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T - ,, DITION. rINNSBORO S. C., JUNE 21, 1879. VOL. IV.-NO. 9.
LET It $7
IN not swift to tak#o 4
Let it pass'l -
Atger is a fo, to sonse ;
Let it pass I
Bh "Od not darsly o'er a wrong
WIVOh wi 1 disappear ero long;
Iathor sipg thie cheery sdng
Let itpass !
Lotit pass!
Strife oorrodes the purest min d
Iot it paa t -
As the unro-arded wiud,
Le% it pass I..
Any Vulgar soula that live
May. endemn without reprieve ;
'Tie the idble who forgive,
Let it pass !
Let it paas !
Echo not an angry word ;
Lot it paise I
Think how often you bavo orred;
Lot it pses I
Sinen our joys must pass away,
Like the dowdrop.i on the-spray,
Whoitoforo should our sorrows stay !
Ltt them-pass I
Le6 thenm pass I
If for good you've taken ill,
Let it pass!
Oh ! be kind and gont' still;
'Y4t it",-aaI
Time at last makes all things straight;
Let us not rdson. but wait,
And our triumpi shall b'-reat
Letitpaisl
Lot itpass I -
ilid your anggr to depart,
Let It pass I
Lay these homely words to heart;
'Let t paea !"
Follow hot the giddy throng ;
Bettet, to bo Wron4ed ttap wrop 4
Therefore sing th6 oheory dsog'
Lot it pass I
Lot it pass I
The Old Chalk-Pit.
South Down, though charmingly situated
in ono of the eastern counties of England,
is not a place of general resort.
Here and there a cottage or two spay be
found, making a pleasing varidty in a land
scape rich In nature's loveliness; but as our
narrative has only to do with that part of
South Down In the Immediate viciskty of
the chalk-pits,. we will briefly Introduce the
reader to Adam Ratw%ey and his wife, an
old coiple occupying one of the littLY' dwel
lings near to this locality.
Adant spent most of his days hi carting
away mud and rubbish from the roadside,
and at Other times he- would wori; in the
pits, "earning enough to eop .hiself-and
wife In comfortable circuistances.
Theso old people lived on front ;lay to
day, from season to season, without change
In their mode of life. They were qtet.and
orderly, causiig. 'neither -trottb6 nor anbf
anee .to their ieiglhorg; but for all this they
were no favorites.
The faet' is, Deborah Rawley- and her
husband lived only to please theQmselves.
Possessed ,f every comfort-for, besides
the bread-winper's.earnings, they had a lit
tle income of eight shillings a week coming
in regularly-and engr.ssed in their own
concerns, they nIer troubled thomelves
about tolig' ielghbdrly ; - thus mueh-of the
sunshine of life was - unknown to them,
through the unapproachabless of their
own charactpre, , ..,
Thyey were ceo;aiuly l striidng e9ntrast
to the rest of the lih itants of Lime Cot
tages, na h0 9ollecii bf little dwellings
was cqlldalinbng hom tlpro was a feel
ing of friendliness,- and many helpful deeds
made life's day brighter to maiy of them.
But the Rawleys wore strangers to acts
of kindness, and so long as no misfortune
happened to themselves they never thought
of reliovhtig the Ills bf othie folkcs.
Mrs. Figgins, their next-door neighbor,
wvhco hiubnd was~ don wvith brain'fevir,
and' reqiired constant watching, "day and
night,ohud three'of her little children laid
n g$ he same time with infiamaition qf the
ie4er vehtArp ~n akng ad fro Mr~
Raiwley; but Mrs. Keen, a busy muatron,
with half a dozen little ones of her own,
and engaged nearly tevery hour of the day
in ministering to their wants, proffered the
necessary help11, even before it was solicited.
The wvholp.community, with 0.h excep
tion of eki' Debdykh Qud'hor hmbitsa vied
wII pi nipt iq Iring ooer *s 1IM
*Nnt even a kind Inquiry as tq how the in
yelids were progressing p)assed thme qld
ooup)e'g lips; and as to a few of the new'
laid 'eggsj thiaufras ItAley's henshduppblied
her with no plentifully, flndinig their way
into their slok neighbor's house, such a
mont t,hp shelves in tho little pqrlor till thdy
beoanme too bad to be patp# by any qud,
. he fao4lty sor pppforming iLindniesca
certainly did not belonig to these qid people.
All their lives they ,ba cloadd theit h0,j
to worlis of .benyolonge, sn4 nqw Iin th~
decl ining yearp, no gentle rpmp lri
earth or heaven abomlit "i ii?t1 i
Adamking him for a moment
spa which, I ~ tho bidlt
woi .ave filled i colmtenanod
with asmuti
" us if -they do wan owi
laid - them ke s their
9 . a frien
p' ernin ut o Ick fe$
was from h abid e con4
pypr o Its it s omen'
cn) e in wh je e
's&~o wq ~ IJ simpnI, int
in order to relievo the prestig
Mrs. . gjshou odtJ 14
nakingrapid progress toward convalescence
f supplied with proper nourishment.
The Rawley's were nqt in ignoiance a,
o the feeling of' disfavoy withi Which thel
hellow cottagers regarded them-but wha
ared they?
Possessed of all they required, able t<
vait on themselves, endowed with goo<
icalth, they solicited favors of no one, an<
with biluded eyes, and well-nigh unthank
'til hearts, they lived for themselves only.
One afternoon, Adam Rawley had jus
artaken of a very comfortable tea, whici
its wife had prepared for him. Poor.Mra
Liggins' pale, anxious face, which hi
3aught a sight of as she returned from.he
icanty marketing, had by no means dis
,urbed his enjoyment of it, and with thi
mine unmindfulness regarding the wants o
)thers he prepared to set out for his worl
rgain.
"You'i about have time toshell the pea
md get the supper on afore I'm back,'
were the parting words to his helpmeet
md with no thought beyond the p-esent the
ipeaker started.
The following quarter of an hour wa.
assed in fetching the horse and cart fron
learmuer Kirby's. Then Adam filled hi,
art with the collection of rubbish, and
eading old Derry by the bridle, proceeded
eisurely in the direction of the chalk-pits,
Steadily and qletly the willing anima
)lodded on, past the Ltne Cottages, down
he curve of the road,, to within a few feel
f the deep hollow in which the load h<
was carrying 'was to be deposited.
But suddenly a loud "Whoa!" aedom,
>anied by a tug of the reins, announec<
hat something was wrong, but this faile
~o rectify matters, for the horse, suddenly
;hecked at the moment of slipping, was un
.ble to recover his footiug, and, after oni
)r two ineffectual attempts, lils knee,
loubled under him and down he went.
Then began as struggling and scufllinng
is Adam exerted all his strength to ge
Dlerry to his teet; but the ground whiel
k as composed of loose sand, was unfavor
ible for-.this.purpose, and the horse's strug
les brought him nearer and nearer to the
,it's edge. In bewildered dismay, the oh
nan gazed affrighted around, as lie endea
vored to pull the animal back,
In vain he shouted and called for help
io living creature was visible, and no sonnc
broke the stillness as his agonized tone
lied away without response.
" She'll be over as sure as fate-and draf
:no in," he gasped frantically, feeling hi
;trength failing with each plunge of th
liorse. While large beads of prespiratior
;tood ,on his intensely puckered face,.hi
:hougbts fldw to old Deborah,'who was sit
ing in her kitchen, calmly -shelling a fin
athering of marrowtats, little guessing tha
Derl then just happening to her husban
within 'a short distance from her dwelling
Having finished, she rose from her sea
is-some one hastily passed her open door
uid,'-i}t agqotaer -'.pQngnt,gehQ hieV4:rs,
[' iggins' eldest girl explaining somethuinf
: her lnotlier. -
-The tonds were hurried and the sound
.onfused; and she might have paid littl
iced to thieni-had not her own name fallen
vith familiar diatihitness on her ears.
" What havo they got to talk about m
or?" she murmured somewhat gruffly, as
prceeeding to the door, she was going ta
,lose it; but her attention was arrested b;
wyhat appeared to be the outpouring of al
ier neighbors, as though moved by on4
inind, they rushed in the direction of th
5haik-pit.
Mrs. Figgins alone stood etationary, an(
lir countenance paled when she saw thi
look of fear that overspread old Deborah'
race as s1o. inquired:
"What's the matter-what's they. al
one down there for?" -
"Oh, Mrs,aRawley, ddn't be frightened
he horsO hae fallen' down, and your hi
band cannot get him up again-and we
11er listener stayed to hear no more' wit
i wild heream she ran off, and reached th
icene of the Accident just as, with an aw
fuil crash, the horse vanished over the pit'
inouth, dragging along w.th him old Adam
The half howl, half shriek, which brok
from his wife's lips, long rang in the car
of those who hiemrd it:.
"My Aditini my Adqmi oelb let mec gc
to' hImh I" ttiud, bi ($ nqt b'pwn for kind bi
d'oros apms, the poor c reature wcaal,
bsvo -throwin herself into the pit in lie
a ,' stay ye hr;he'll 1)0 all right'."
But as tehe soothing words were spokenl
the speakers loolse4.grogqd wji bewildm
ed fate',:ti8.they saw~ np'poselble way c
oiqking gqod tlhl promise, 'for ,so,uge thel
wun expresqfon, '"t e meni" were a11 awqy
It~ a,mpan was witiq call; the gttajge
woere peopled by :women rind children a
this hour qf the~ eveiing, the bread-winnet
bolag awny in the fields,. .
" If hes alive now, he'll lbe kicked t
death bordre lhe can be got out.," walled D<
borah, as thie horse gave a restless pl4nge
itI qiuee n1eN slie made despertde egou1
tQ i'vatb,iIir husand.
All uni(ind behayior qnd past" disagree
bles were forgtten--by-'the- pQQI wonmsn'
I,y abputgiqr,' a4r'vl.tg by wQr4' and dleE4 t
moderate b,erAnguih.
f'Oh if theo mces would only comoi mi
waved. her hiandk4rohief high above ht
19 f "y Ba, b(qndin
d r. Rtwo.'ten6
9k ~ f$ ud 6' la
y.Io4omjm~ qf,hm~r th.e ditr9gs wc
lA argt)Jsvelr ~ ~m ,1er compe
n - ~tdnoa prqongo liom Mrn
on beek'f oy .by an gjerrn:whic
-mshrill o'aitgh every h t.
Se
1ihelip.brawny hand~a an4 armsl were g@
eAYiestlyeng aodI the wirk di resote
afi4 while he women comforted inl@Debe
~ VSnt ct~bt hi
'I'ls Incident wrought an entire change
in this old couple. Whether the attention
and synlpathy of their neighbors had any
thiug t4 do with it, cannot be said; but it
is very certain that few are. proof against
kind words and loving deeds; sneers and
reproaches may harden, but who can resist
the sunshine of love?
Happily the Hawley's hearts were
touched by the friendly solicitude shown
them; and they evinved their gratitude in
many ways. Selfishness gave place to ge
nerosity, and perhaps the final recovery of
Mrs. Figgins' invalids was, in some mea
sure, due to the frequent supply of .new
laid eggs which Mrs. Ilawley's hens seemed
to take as much delight in laying for other
people as for their own mistress.
Be that as, it inay; hearts which had
been long closed to the sufferings around
them were now awakened to the honest rea
lization of life's d ities their earaest atten
tion to which enriched then with a higher
appreciation of life's true sweetness and the
secret of all happiness.
Goiden Words to Young Men.
Nevei complain that your einployers are
selfish. Not that they are otherwise, but
it will not help matters to growl about it.
' L'hey are selfish. Their employers, when
they were young, were no doubt selfish, and
front them they learned the lesson. You,
too, will learn it, and when you bccome
employis you'll be selfish too. It is from
selfish motives that men engage In trade,
and selfishness rules their actions. Of
emaire it would be better And wiser, and all
l that, If they werle not selflsh, but they are.
Now what are you going to do about it?
Why, make it for their selfish Interest to do
bettor by you, and they will. Respect
yourst:lves, and you'll make themi respect
you. Remember that you are at i disad
vantage; that there are a hundred ready to
Climb lite your place if you do not fill It,
and that those who employ you are fully
aware of the fact and ready to make the
most .they can out of it. Rlemember that if
- you atre getting $1,000 this year and want
$1,500 next yea", you have got to earn the
$1,1500 this year. You'ye got to pay for pro
- motion, often an exorbitant price, and as
you have no other means to pay with,
I you've got to pay in work. Of course its
I unjust, of cogrse it seems hard that yqi'
a employer should keep and spend. money
that you have justly earned, but It won1t
pay to fret about it. Never be satisfied
Swith having "earned.your money." Earn
more than your- money, and then, In a man
a ly,'straightforward, business-like way, ask
fbr'more Day. Ten chances to one you'll
- get it, If you don't, look about, and as
soon as you've fouud a better plaoe, dis,
charge your employer. The hard work
tidt ypu have done, the record of it, and
the reputation you will have established for
hard work, will make the task of finding
new employment comparatively easy.
Your capacity for work is your only capi
tal. Invest heavily and you are sure to
win.
" War' aJim?"
A great big good-nitured fellow about 25
years of age came along to a food storc on
Michigan avenue where two men were end
ing up a bale of hay, and calling to them to
stand aside he flung the bale around as if
he were playing with a quarter sack of
1 flour. Tim act called forth the admiration
of all bystanders, and the man in charge of
the store winked the giant man aside and
said:
"You are the m'an I've boon looking for,
In the hay departmont'down stairs we have
9 a young. fellow of 18 who thinks he can
clean out anything wearing boots, and I'm
I anxious to have him taken down a peg or
two, If you'll go down and pick him up
and mop him around a few times I'll give
you half a dollar. Don't hurt him, but
just bounce him around and take the con
I cet out of him."
The big man descended~thte cellar stairs,
- and wvhen lie struck the last step lie calletl
5 out in an awful voice:
"WVhere in blazes is that fellow called
3 Jim? I've walked seven miles tis mnorn,
B lng to mash him to a jelly and fifty dlollar
bills won't buy him off I"
t "' floro I nm1" came a voice from behind
t the bholes8 ad thme gIaent was heard feeling
I his way along anmd growling to himself :
r "Thinks he runs this town, does lhe?
All I want in this world Is to git my paws
on hinm for about the millionth part of a
second I"
- His wislh was gratified, Those stand,
f lhg at $hle doov above heard a shook and a
struggle, qmwick gaspis find a tussle anti the
ginnt suddenly appeared without his hat,
B hi nqse all bloody and hair on cnd, lIe
6 was in 'a hurry. Hie halted just long
5 enough to cast a glance of reproach at the
feed, store maD, and then lie hopped over
3 a conaignent of oats and was lots~ on thie
- street,
--Taking.a_Cepsus,
"Noeer gave you an history of my census
- taiking I believe. Well, I took Jim Walk
s er's place while he was up at'Chicago,' anmd
- T had some tough pustomers, I toll you. I
egine along one day to a cabin some fomr or
five miles from any neighbo'm; ini answer
$o my Icnoeil fenl-old womnan about forty
-vimne t'o ti door,
'"ow d'ye -do ? Walk in ; folks all
.gonm'; 'take a cheer ; wore you wantin' to
ma "o.~idaui " said I, tfter aecep)ting
her Invitation, ' amn taki'ng theceensus."
- "Tme who?" sid she.
"The cnsus of the people, the--"
"O, lor'; well, you won't tind much sense
r in the people about hero the fever'n ager's
y s'aook-It all out on 'cm."
I profeeeded 'to explaIn.
"Dear suz, I thought you might be q~
- uagntlsm mgn or q~ frenologer.."
-I,pydced9d to,'gat h@r husbfind'a nama
und'age, also 'the chik4rem\; bult when I
eakd bar ae, aho eaime d4owi on me fint;
1aqti,xd it ovelf, hq~wever, qa~d lpt go.
igt',d yo~omaufhybt'io'o'' vt
W 'A"'Certainly'1, am "j replied, atnd pie,
'I tlieled $6 take it at onee," ou
ii I 'Tn hef's old Jerry, blit he 'ena
f Ansi y hs jelk 2,1 doI't ~i ktag
poor fo le('l Jtto gnother spring,
ii Jerry-wh' Is (is other njameot
tW lt me 'see; l ifteen; twent~
~'c1w,1t3C?--be must be hard pu to thirty
ft t"Aiold manat thirty?" i", o /
j.~aQi4dmaala Who's talking, about oh4
~An t - I'ueotlolidg you aboit old an hoss,"
4'.ln~s'I didn't pick up~ tof hat-pe'r~
atd'nia&b 4very hasty leave-wellh
not, ~ i'~ /
l'rineo llaxsan and Ili* Gloves.
Though but twenty. four years old,
Prince IIassan, son of the Khedive,and
coiimander-in-chief of the Egyptian
contingent on the Danube, is an experi
enced soldier, and has alreatdy had his
share of haps and mishaps. The young
Prince received hiltilitary education
at Woolwich and Berlin, after which lie
occupilet the otillce of Minister of War
to his father. During the late war
with Abyssinia he was seriously
wounded and made prisoner. Although
treated witht great considleration, King
Johi-"to punish hii,'' si he ex
pressed It, "for fightiug agalist Chris
tians-ordered that i large cross should
be tattooed on 'the back of each of the
Prince's hands. This was done; and
when the wounds were healed the
young officer was released and returned
to Cairo. Arrived at home, Prince
IIassan consulted the best Europeati as
well as native physician and chemists,
and Copt soothsayers, promising a
large sumnt to any one who should rid
him of the mementos of the Abys
sinian King. Advice was freely oil'er
ed and experiments tried; the Prince
underwent much suffering but all in
vain-the Christian crosses were indeli
ble. In despair he finally resorted to a
Dervish for advice, and the holy mnan
comimunlicatei a remedy which, at least
had the merit of being undeniably
eflcaclous. "Chop of both thy hands,"
he said to the Prince. "Better live
without hands thanl wear forever those
signs of the in idel gaiours !" But Has
san relished it but little, and remains
to this day tattooed with the hateful
symbols. This is why no one sees him
without gloves.
A Brave Cashier.
While George L. Walter, the cashier,
was alone In charge of the Working
men's Savings Bank of Allegheny City,
Pa., recently, he saw two men of very
suspicious appearance enter the build
ing. One of them stopped at the front
end of the counter, while the other
passed on to the small opening in the
glass partition, on the top of the eoun
ter, about lifteen feet from the door.
The man at the opening presented a
dollar and asked for change, and then
suddenly held a pstol at Walter saying
"If you make ally noise, or stir, I will
blow your bra.ns out." Mr. Walter
instead of recoiling, caught hold of the
revolver with both hands, and in a me
ment wrenched it out of the man's
.hand. The robber then called to his
conpanion near the door, and he drew
a revolver and eamo toward Mr. Wal
ter. The latter fearing that they
wanted to eter the vault at the rear of
the bank, the door of which Stood open
ran to the rear end of the counter,
where he faced about. IIe w4s just in
time to see his first assailant elimbing
over the glass partition on the counter,
and the second onegetting up on the
outside of it. Mr. Walter instantly
fired at the man who had first assailed
him, with the revolver he had first
taken from him and still had, but the
robber jumped down from behind the
counter in time to dodge tha ball which
passed through the plate glass window
in the front part of the bank. Tile rst
thlief then caught up the largest pile of'
bank notes oin theO table and started to
climb over the counter again. Before
he got 0on the countter Mr. Walter again
fired at him, and as lhe cimibed up 01n
tile counter fired again. The man thenl
got over the partitioni and foil to the
floor, dropping a large part of the
monoey lie had unlder his arm. Quickly
regainling Is feet ho rail out of the
door. Tile secor.d robber wvho had
climbed over the partition got back and
followed his companion, It appears
that there was still a thiirdl man and a
boy statiding entside of thie door. A
mlomnent after the first two moen entered
tile boy followed wvithi a large market
basket, wvhlehi lhe quickiy dropped and
ran out wvhen M{r. Waiter began shoot
lng. Thie basket, n10 doubt, was to
place the money~ in. Chase wAs then
givenl tihe robbers. One of thleml
snapped a pistol at a railroad flagman
who attempted to stop the m.. fo then
leaped over tile wvali and run clown to
Bell's alley to the Allegheny River, in
to which lhe jumnped. lie floated amnd
swvan dowvn to a coal float, where he
pAinted 111s revolver at twvo boys ini a
skill'and compelled them to -t,nke him
aboard and row him down and aeross
tile river to Pittsburg, where he es
caped, a did all hlis companions, owing
to the conlfaifon anId uncertainty of the
pumrsuers. Tfhe robbers took away
$1,50~ -and dropped $900. There was
aitogethier some $15,000 on thep bank
counlter 'with in resell of the thieves.
11oeglan_Water-oarrierw.
A Alexican water-caririer la always an
oddly-dressed fellow. Hie looks some
thing like the:man one gmo$ "one misty
moisty mlorninog," who was clothed all
in leath et';I lhasa leather cap, jnik
e$ and trousers, the last reaohlng .only
to his knees and! held asIle with btight
buttons of siver, so do to show the
white drawers beneath, D~own the
front of' his jaeket, too, and ar'o'und the
rim of his cap are bright buttonsa
Fastenedl at lia side is a ieather' wqlet
holing ai s ioney,' On hlf feet are
twdftout 'eather straps, ho dVh ta i
ngs, farthenware, one rqsting. on
his;getandtheother. bangisg, in
front .M.elb.egins.work earlyin. the
mornIne )if Joui go.Into an Ogthe
*ubio %quates In 'the cityq f NeitJo',
aulllhs e g 6Wa fhn
1I nrtO a~
'1'hey reach far over the edge, and dip
lug up the water, lii their large jug.
Throwing that on their backs, they
reach down once more amit iii the
smaller one, and then trot oft and visit
the different houses of the city, and
sell the families what water they want.
You would say, perhaps, It was a heavy
load to carry Ly the head aid ieck,
but the carrier does not seem to mind
it, for he is very strong and the jugs
j ust balance each olher. It is s-tid an
Enxlishiman was once told of this bal
ance, and to see if it were so, he waited
until a carrier came along, ind then
with lils cane broke one of tho-jugs.
Alas! I)own came the man's jugs anid
all his balance surely was gone. Wt
ter has to be brought about in this
mannor beeauso none runs in the
houses by lead pipes, as with us. it
all comes from :iear the old castle of
Chapultepec, three or four miles from
the city. It runs over great stone ac
queducts, built by Ceries, and w'hen it.
reaches the public square falls into
the stone basiis of the city. So you
see, It makes these carriers almost like
our mllkmen, only they do not come
with a fine horse and carriage, and do
not mako nearly 1as iuch. Tney only
gt a few cents touch day. How hard
they work, too. Busy from morn till
eve, always earnest, harly ever sniling
always on a little lndian trot, they go
about from house to house, and then
when the day's work is over, what a
life they lead. They have no home to
go too, either; they live in the streets,
sleep in the gutter or on the eathedral
stone steps, and often, [ fear, get so be
fogged on "pulque," the national drink
that they do notcare whether they have
a home and- a good bed or not.
Think what a miserable existanoe,
not knowing how to read, dressing as
those before them did three hundred
years ago, and doing not hing but car
ryhtlg water about the city. Every (lay
they will go into the great 'athedral
and say their prayers. They put their
jugs down beside them, clasp their
hands, raise their eyes to the Image of
their patron saint, and present their
requests or their thanks, and then tak
ing a last look at the golc candlesticks
and rich ornaments, will hurry away
and continue their hard, uninteresting
labors.
A Now Book.
She entered the store. She was
young, neat and modestly attired In
black, and had a face of rather classic
beauty, while her shapely hand.i were
holding a pencil and a book.
The store was full of customers and
there was every appearance of a rush
of business, but one luckless clerk
walking behind the counter chanced to
stop, and the young lady began :
"I have a new book here which I am
selling-''
"I don't think I care to-" began the
clerk; but the young lady continued:
"The author is a famous one, and it
Is said by all that this is his best work."
"I have other business-if you will
kindly excuse me," said the clerk, but
the biok agent stopped him with :
"You see this is a new business for
me and I hope you won't rid yo-urself
of mue.In this way."
The clerk explained that he had no
wish to sight her," wvhcreupon the
persistent little beauty resiumedi:
"I am not ashanmed to say that I am
in want anid have decided to p)erfect
myself in short-hand rep)orti ng. Th'lat's
wvhy I am so anxious to sell you a book.
I wvill not deliver it until next mionthi.
I do wish you would take one, it would
help me. You can pay for It so easly.
I wIll toll you how to save $2. YOU
need only save four cents a (liy and( it
wou1ld help meo galii my object. 1 as
sure youl I wonuld ap)prectate it, for I am
very anxious. fhat's why-I work day's
and study nights. On1 my list here
I have just came fronm Toledo--I have
the names--"
flow long she would have continued
in this strain It is im possible to say, as
the clerk gaspinig for breath, abruptly
loft her to attend to another customer
wyhO had just entered the store.
tirowlu,g EngMesh Ivy.
I have heard many people complain that
theoy could not keep English ivies, because
they grow so slowly, and that they could
not afford to walt for a small vine to grow
to any considerable size. While visIting
my old home, the past summer, I made
many calls, and among them, one upon a
lady, who is Doted throughout the village,
for the beauty of her ivies. Though coim
paraitively ysung plants, they were stalky,
'while the leaves were of that glossy -green
which is seldom seen on plants outside the
green house. I asked ho , after having ad.
mired the plants sutllolently, "What is the
secret of your succesa?" Bhie assured me
th~at It was no secret, adding, "1 put a piece
of beefsteak at the roots cv"ry Spring and
Fall, 9nd this is the result."
"But does not tihe odor of the decaying
beef annoy you?"
"it never has and why .ahould it, won't
people flil the pots half full of stable rich
ness, .and never oven think of offensive
odors?"
On miy return to Worcester I put some
steak, a piece perhaps two inches square,
under the roots of my ivy, and in a week
or two it began to run, and hia grown very
rapidly ever since.
Now, perhaps other decaying matter'
would do as well, but? can truely recoin
mend the steakas '-t n tried. Ma
upI ray that stres an Li u1 will kill the
-. AMUIh Sparki ajf" tha
of are
Philosophy.
Two boys went to hunt grapes. One
was happy because they found grapes.
The other was unhappy because they
had seeds in thet.
Two men, being convalescent, were
asked how they were. One said : "1
am better to-diay," the other raid : "I
was worse yesterday."
When it rains one mn says: "This
will make mud.'' Another: "This
will lay the dust.''
Two children looking through color
ed glasses one said : "The world is
blue." And the other said: "it is
b)righ t."'
Two boys eating their dinner, one
said : "I would rather have somie
thing better than this." The other
said : "This is Is hetter than nothing.''
A servant thinls a man's h"use is
principally kitchen. A guest that It is
principally parlor.
"I ant glad that I live," says one
man. "I atn sorry that I must die,"
says another.
''1 am gla'," says one, ''that it is no
worse." "I am sorry" says another,
"that it Is no better."
One man counts everything he lihas a
gain. Another counts everything else
that he conceives a loss.
One man spoils a good repast by
th inking of the better repast of another.
Anothor enjoys a poor repast by con
trasting it with none at iltl.
One man is thankful for his bless
tngs. Another is morose for his mis
Iortutnes.
One man thinks he Is entitled to a
better world, and is dissatielod because
he hasn't got it. Another thinks he Is
not justly entitled to any, an(d Is satis
fled with this.
One man makes tip his accounts from
his wants. Another froin his assets.
Jsrrv lili,k'n %tory,
Judge Bhtek, of' 'einsylvania, tells
a comical story of a trial in which a
German doctor appeared for the defence
In a case for damages brought against
a client of his by the obj,ct of his as
sault. The eminent jurist sooni recog
nized in his witness, who was prolic
ed as a medical expert, a laboring man
who some years and in another part of
the country had been engaged by him
as a builder of post-and-rail fences.
With this elue lie opened his cross-ex
amination. "You say, Doctor," he be
gan with great deference and suavity,
"that you operated upon 1IMr. - 's
head after It was cut by Mr. - 's?"
"Oh, yaw,"- replied the ex-fence
builder; "mne do d:t ; yaw, yaw."
"Wits the wound a severe one, Doc
tor ?"
''Enough to kill him if I did not save
his li'e.''
"Well, Doctor, what (id you do for
hitit ?"
"Exeryting."
"Did you perform the Cmsarian oper
atlon ?'
"Oh, yaw, yaw ? it me not do dat lie
die."
"Did you decapitate hlm ?''
"Yaw. yaw ; me do (lit too.''
"Did you hold a post-mortem examin
atlon ?"
"Oh, to be schure, Schudge; me al
ways do dat."
"WVell, now, Doctor," and here the
Judge bent over in a friendly and fat
mihiar way, tell us whlet.her you anb
mitted your p)atlent to the process
known among professional mien as
post-anad-rall-fencior'um?"
The mock doctor dr'ew himself up in
digniantly. "Scherry Plack,'' says he,
"I always know'd you vas a tam jay
hawk lawyer, an' now I know you for
a tam mean main."
The V.utnina Eean, ati. the MauritilNs.
Of late years the cultivation of vanilla has
been introduced, the high price of the bean
attracting attention. Tis was not always
the case, whten its only use was a flavoritng
essence ; now it has been found to be of
great assistance in silkdycing, and. the de(
mand for it became much increased. It is
a heavy, sluggish-looking plant, climbing
up the atick or trunks of trees near, while
it is planted in a serious so'rt of wvay. The
leaves arc flat and thick, anid the pods hang
in clusters from the joints of the stems.
The flowers have to be impregnated by
hanid, and great care Is used in handlinig
and drying them. The pod(s are at first
green, when dry they turn black, and if
properly prepared exude beautifutl needlle
shaped crystals. Shade is absolutely neces
sary to the plants, and the circumstance is
taken advantage of by the proprietors, who
p lant the vines in rows under the shrubber
Ces which adorn their gardens. Thieves
were not long in findIng out the value of
the beans, andl for a time the new industry
received a check owing to their depredation
until a law was passed oontaining the most
stringent provisions for its protction.
Lobsters ans &'iytninigs,
Not long ago, in Sweden, two girls used
to watch for an old boatman who, in the
season, would bring up the fiord or creek, a
whole boatload of lobsters at a time. Then
the girls would beg their nurse Johianna to
let them play with the queer things. Getn
eraily, leave would be gi von, and the sisters
wudfetch Indoors with great glee as
many -of the lobsters as they wanted, and
stand them up all around their 'pliagroom,
stroking each on the head asthey did so'
and thus putting it to sleep. They had tib
keep a sharp eye on the creatures, though,
and,as oonas one threatened to wake, et'
waved its terrible claws, they had to .rutn
and tickle it en the head--when it woul go
off to sleep again at once I Lizzie saysi4
was funny to see these play-soldiers,-"ma
rines," she calls them-standing up stiff
and straight, as though th)ey were on the'
best behavior at parade drillt Before you
try this gme, be surei that yo have the
rihtkh o 0 9 lih, for it
d swkw d turn og~
BRIEFS.
-The annual crop of tobacco loaf Is
about $420,000 000 pounds, two-thirds
of which Is exported.
-l'utatoi'3 are twenty-five cents per
bushel in Colorado, and $1.25 per bushel
in Massachusetts.
-Recently there have been depoQited
in Ihe streams of North Carolina 2,000,
000 young shad.
-'1wenty-flve thousand live quail
are being inporteo from England to be
set at liberty in Pennsylvania.
-ot. of the 19.118 chilhdren of school
age in Cleveland, Ohio, 16,633 do not
attend any School.
-One h1ndl(1 red thousand l)ieces of cal
ico of thirty yar'Is each are produced
every week ii the United States.
-The yield of wheat per acre In Wes
tern Maryland Is declared to be unpre
cedented.
-The new constitution of California
goes into effect the lirat day of July
next. The old one dates back to 1846.
-i)uring the season Just closed the
B1oston Sewing Circle has naade 10,40
pieces of clothing for the poor of that
cit.y.
-Tle population of Wain and the ad
jacent i!lantis is it.625,860, including
40.741 foreigners. ''htis is an Increase
of 952,324 shice 1800.
-A beet stigar manufactory la to be
establi-hed at New Uamburg, Cainada,
with a capial of $20,000, all raised
atuong the fairu:ers of the vicility.
-At at colored people'as wedding in
Cicinnati the other day the bride was
prescntld by her parents with ia hand
sonic resialenace anid 60 000 in, eash.
-There were vine fat lures In Cica
go dutring April, with !iabilit.ies
amnnt nting to $182,000 aici assets (non
luul) dl'$119,000. -
-Dnring A pril 10,000,000 paper bags
were mlade by a factory at Ballston Spa,
and yet the supply falls short of the de
mand.
-The Dominion's revenue has fallen
oil $3,348,157 since 1873-74 though lia
billi-aes andt mnatutring' obligato ls have
been onl the lncrease.
--M3r. Charles L. Flint, the State
Agricult ural5ectetary of Alaasachu etts
has been elected Presidlent of tihe Am
herst Agricultural College.
-Mr. Mnillais's picture, "The Order
of Rltoilnsu," was sold the other day Iln
Loldon for $14,175. lie painted It
twenty-five years ago for 2,000
-Nine thousantd dollars have been
sut bscri bed inl Raa"hester for an observa
tory for Prui. Lewis Swift, and the
building wIll soon be commnenced.
"-T1here arec in tho prhmnary, lnterme
diate and granna r sa,hools of Provi
dence, R I.. 252 teachers, oily nine of
whom are men.
-I lie 4rl'hton of an noRv. D". Jo1a
lteurt"y Newman to t.he dignity ofi a Car
diual took phice at Rume on the 5th of
May. lie is to be known in church
annals as Cardinal St. George.
-During the first quarteir of the pre
8011t year, the"re weru 412 Ilies in New
York Chy. 'nvolviug at total loss of $4,
075,178. T'Lhe iintusutred losa auneuntud
to only $110,625.
-The arrearage of pensions accounts
have thus l'raveragt'd about eight hun
dred anld 11t'y dollatrs, or four t'n wes ats
large is tie esti natte reporte" to Con
gress.
-''he sugar and rive crops of Lunis
inina Sold last year for more than k20,
000,000. They were prluced on less
than one fifth of the cultivated acreage
of the State.
-A leather bag, coitaining $25,000
was recently found in a London bll
liard saloon, where it was left under a
settee by its careless owner, lie recov
ered( it next (lay.
-ThIere Is a snowdrift Inl Tueker
manli's r'ainel, Morli lt W,ashingtonl, 3 )
feet deep), wvith an1 .'u'h of 150 feet.
'Thle hleart hats been cu1t out by the
water.
-Thel) chirI of tile New Enigland
churchl,. att Blostoin, w.vil contaIn 80
sopranosil, 75 atltos, 05 tenors and 80
bain.os next year', wIth 10 aiddtional
yolues for solos
- Recent rep)orts show that of thle
2,400 or'ganizatins of' Younlg Men's
Chrllistlian Assoclitions thrloughiout the
world, 1,000 are In Ameriea. ThIs
Amler'leanl gr'oup owni lifty-MIX buIldings '
anld propert,y valuted at $2,500,000.
--Thle excess of' exports over Imports
for the last twelve mlonthls reached the
enlormnous totatl of $283,000,000, agait~l
$199,000,000 for' thle year' ending wIth
Mlarch, 1878, shotg a not incirease of.
our foreIgn csommierce of $84,000.
-Iia MIssissippi there are 348,244 pu
p)i1 childr'en-158,150 wh ite, ian:i 1U)0,088
coloretd. Of these, 100,076 white and
104,770 color'ed attellded school.' The
school f'unud for the pas1t year) amIfounIt
ed to $020,28-per caiplta in average
dilly artendunce, $4.42.
-War balloons, 01na of them contain
ing thlirty-eight thousandl otble feet,
are being got In readIness for transfer'
froim Lonidonl to the seat of !the Zulu
war., Thle paeatleability of seitallg up
a f'resh supply of' gas to a b,al0on,
whlile It ls Ill tile air, hua been dermon
starated. -.
-According to Mr.-E. QGBR1avenstein,
of thll'Londou Statistical Huuety, the
Irish-Qaello langualge ih#t1 tspoKen by
807,000 p)ersonIs I1: the liriciti sllands;
tile Malix, by 12.600 pt-ons; cootch
Gatelle, by 809,256; WelshI, by 1$000,100,
mahkinig a total ui' 2,196,450, -or unearly
..qven per cenlt. (f the WIho$ popgii,gon.
-Aln absent-minnde4 elady si,,it a
Jewelr'y store, la Fortland, e., B'or
ati datys ago, and before ehterlhj she
left heor baby in, its cartlage at the oor.
She finisht her puarchase 'i1 Wont
hemle.. Thle .jgwetes wA ~nI~ at
tr'ate by 11h0'chilsd's0 6ryti ( ~ Qk
It In'td thed 0toth And*ituiAe'CWt
abobut Lwo hiotm's. I
S-4'he crypt inder the feh
on Now liavesi (teen, re- f
slabs in it: anmd-1 1tablet&~ $#h Ieet
logik1 Ipop,hti P.r93MD
slab Which bear'Iste fl)1 to
her - lg~