The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, October 16, 1879, Image 1
TI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., OCTOER 16, 1879.
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Thore is no shadow, without a light;
There is no day, but brings a night
Thoro is no joy. unmixed with pain
Thero-i no sunshino, but after rain
There is no ovil, without some good
No beauty, that is. understood,
Tho heaviost crossos, to our sight,
Are but given, to lead us to the light
The darkest clouds, havq a golden odgo,
4 And the fairest gardens, a thorny hed;o
V ome fairest flowers, give poisonous breath ;
And some deadly poisons, save from Doath ;
Each soul, may reach the lowest deops,
Al eoach soul, climb the highest steops
Each heart, may know joy's brightest glow
And each, the anguish of darkest woe
No battles are won, but some have fought;
No work, is dono, but some have wrought;
Cruel words, from the lips,aro carelessly. tossed,
But no kind word was ever lost.
No heart so true, it cannot be tried;
And none so false, but some good will abide;
Tite is none so strong that he cannot fall,
And none so evil but may rise from it all.
No soul 'or dropped in the depths of woo;
But might have climbed to the hills of snow,
The boat of gold is mixed with alloy,
And the coarsest metals have some emp oy;
All things are mado for some good use
And nothing so gool but may I ave abuse
God gives us nothing but will do us good,
And our oursos scm kindness when under
stood.
A Shower of Rain.
1) ow nt cane the rain in a pelting merel
less shower.
At one crossing a miniature lake had
formed several feet in length and breadth,
and tirce or four inches deep; its shores on
very side were nud-black, slippery mud.
It was amusing to see the hurrying pco
ple drenched, chilled, uncomfortable, imi
patient to be home come to a deA. stop at
this one crossing and hesitate, with faces
expressive of disgust and dismay.
What chance had Ethel Thornton's poor
little weary feet, so small, so miserably
clad, in such a slough as this ?
She glanced around despairingly.
And the next moment she found herself
lifted in a pair of strong arms, carried high
and dry over the mud and mire, and set
down on the other side, while the rescuer,
raising his dripping hat, with a pleasant
bow and smile, passed quickly on his way.
She stood whtcre he had placed her as if
turned to stone, following his fast disap
pearing figure with her dark eyes; - her
hands'were clasped convulsively, the coloi
was flaming in her cheeks under her wet
black veil.
"It was Frank I" she gasped. "It was
Frank himself, and lie held me in his arms
and never knew ic."
A quick sob burst from her lips.- 0 hard
hard fate I to meet thus-so close-and
part without a word I
H[er lover-her promised husband of one
year ago.
Just then her foot struck against some
thing hard.
She stooped and picked it up-a large
pocketbook.
'Frank's1" she said, quietly and hope
lessly; then she wiped it tenderly with her
handkerchief, pressed it to her lips, and
slipped it into her bosom.
As she did this, she threw her veil aside
for the tears and rain together nearly blind
edl her.
I doubt if Fi'ank wvouild have recognized
her, even if he had seen her face--it was so
worn and weary looking, and stained by
the wet black veil.
. - ot much resemblance there to the pret
ty, pfjiant, blooming girl whose love ho had
sought so eagerly a year ago; not much in
Iher appearance just, now to tempt any man
to woo her.
So thought Mrs. Benton, the landlady,
as she let her in, and stared aghast .put her
utterly drenched condition.
Glad indeed was Ethel to reach the qiet
of her own room-glad of the cup of tea
her mother gave her.-gladi to lie 'down and
rest.
She grolled blindly to her little desk and
put the pocketbook away.
- "To-morrow," she whispered ,to herself
-" his address will be 19i;idd--I'll sendd t
hack to-morrow." -
Then sinking wearily on 'the bed, she
murmured:
"Mother, 1 feel so atratngely. I wielu;
now-that I had taken-youir advice, nd
stayed hempe, to-day-"
Th le words came fafntly, in low, broken
gasps, from her parched lips.'
She lay there without #p~elking for sdo
time, and thon articulated:
"I failed again.-a-no work-no hope-no
Her eyes closed, hier' voice ceased, she
fell backc, burning and shivering.- The poor
child hadl contgrgeted a 'serious illness in
that merelless shower of rain.
Meantine Frank Merrihel wa tnie
matizhng his ill iuoli f'n Nsing a' 'vllu bli
pocketbook with bills,'receipts, mioney-ali
sorts of important matters init , j
"It'muist have beeni wion I carried tihat
girl over the muddy crossing. I had it the
minute before; and [ rplehed itshorilfaf
ter wards. Confound my quixotie folly!I
Why couldn't I mind my own business and
let her alonei Poor little thuing, slhe look
ed wet and miserable, and ar6miething about
heor somehow reminds me of,
lIe paused and leaned his head updn
his hands in painful thought.
"Why can't I ever for'gdt heri Poor lit
tle frail, false heart, why can't I let her go?9.
Why does her swe'et falchm haunt nmb every
where-not bright aqd spprkipgq Ues to
know it, liit pale and r artlfu1 Iqkigl
Reproaching meli All, Etel how 01t
loved yo~u t Io# hiappy Wed Mmi ' $i$d
been to-day, 1~u feu only been trUe I'
H~e arose wit an inpatient gesture, as of
one who, biy'an effgrt of. buts jn it a re
ret. aside,
"How to recover the pocketbook 7 That's
the present-question. There was money in
it ; the finder is welcome to that ; the bills
and papers are what I want, and-!?er por
trait. Yes--there's no use in denying it to
myself. I am fool enough to care for that.
PIl advert.ise in the papers. Confound that
shower of rain I"
"Three weeks mamnima ? Three weeks
lying here delirious? Why, what could
have made me so ill? My head is so
st range-I seem to forget everything."
Mrs. Thornton gazed anxiously on the
girl's wasted face-almost as white as the
pillow on wh!ch It lay.
"You got badly drenched and chilled.
my love, in a shower of rain-"
'A shower of rain ?"
The weak voice rang out clear and strong
-the dark eyes flashed excitedly; she
clasped her hands, while a vivid crimson
suddenly (lied her ciecke.
"O) I remember it all now. Please reach
ic the desk I"
Then she told her mother her adventure
in the rain, and drew out of the desk
Frank's pocketbook.
"Three weeks ago. In all probability he
has needed it. We must open it, mamma,
to find his address and send it back to him
at once."
Mrs. Thornton looked pityingly at the
flushed, eager face and trembling hands.
She shook her head doubtfully and sadly,
and said:
'You love Frank still, Ethel- -now don't
you?" ,
No reply lin words, but the poor pale face
was hidden upon the pillow with a great
sob, and a little thin hand stole into the
mother's, pleadingly.
Mrs. Thornton caressed the hand and put
it to her lips.
"If he were worthy, dear, I should say
nothing, but lie abandoned you, Ethel. 0
child, where is your pride? You are hop
ing against hope, my daughter. It would
be cruel in n-- to encourage you? Mr.
Merrifleld could have found you had
he wished; our address was left for all who
might inquire for it. Ile has not even
written to you since your fortune was lost.
I remember well that his last letter arrived
just as we were going to your cousin Eth
el's wedding-that was just a week before
our trouble came."
Ethel made no reply.
H1er face was hidden again, and sobs
shook her slender form. Mrs. Thornton
continued:
"Would that you had never seen Frank
Merrifleld I He forsook you in poverty,
and even when the far greater sorrow of
your poor father's death came upon us, lie
gave us not one sympathizing word 1 0
E tiel, think no more of him, but rather try
to reward the true and devoted love that
has proved so true a friend to us. Dr.
Jones has been like a son to me through all
your sickness. Surely in time to come you
will get over this Infatuation for one so un
worthy, and reward a devoted love as It d
Berves. "
Ethel looked up wearily,
"I don't love Dr. Jones, mammna, though
I esteem him, and I am grateful ; oh I very
grateful for all his goodness to us both. But
I shall never love any man but Frank I
Some day I will tell the doctor so, and
then--if he chooses to accept esteem and
gratitude-I will for your sake, mamma
She stooped, and quite broke down In a
stormi of sobs and tears.
IHer mother soothed her, and presently
she became calmer.
"Don't let us talk of it any more,"said sheP
sighing. "Let us find Ihis address andl send
him his pocketbook."
So they opened It ansd examined Its con
tents.
Notes, bills, memsoranda, receipts, a con
siderable amount of money, but no address.
At last In an Inner p)ocket they found a
letter, and In it a photograph. Ethel took It
out ; it wva her own picture.
"Mammsa, mamma, look here," and the
poor girl's tremblinig fingers clutched at a
scrap of newspaper that was fluttering to the
gr'ound.
"0, what Is this ?"
Bending their heads together they read
the following notice :
"Married.--On Juno 4th, at Grace
Ulhurch, Hfenry Rollins, Esq., to Miss Ethel
ThornMton. Immediately after the cere
mnony tihe bpppy couple startel on a bridal
tour."*
Mrs. Thornton looked up In bewIlder
mont.
"Why, what Is that doing hsere 9" said
ls. "It's the announcement of your cousin
Etheol's marriage."
"Yes, yes.l andl Frank thought It was
mine I I see -It all now-lie has believed
me false to im I Ohs, my poor Frank I lhe
has b.eln sufferIng, too I 'rie photograph
ace, what Is that written underneath It In
lia own handwriting. Oh, look i"
A6gamn they read together.
:Tlhis timne Shsakspeare's lines-thsough
slightly altered :
wVort th-ou but constant thou worc' perfeet.
that one errar
Fis thee with faulsis
"Oh, my poor Frank I" cried the happy,
weeping gIrl. '"Oh'! why were couslis
Ethel and I named thsesameo? And Frank
never iother. Don't you see, mamms-a,
how the ngistake hass occurredi And it
might have relmulned unexplained forever
but for that shower of ruin I Look at the
letter Ismamma. 1 mhust .find his address
The letter wa oexamined, and, happily
*all, supplied it.
"eTopforning a little niote camse by' mail
Siti-4.y daughtr, Whom you kindly a
stated during $ hoe of rain, three week~s
a edbires to restore your pockot-book,
hshe Sd~ icknes ha. proented our
att ding tqtt Wai . 3 lease call a6 ou
o11is conoien, and inmulure for Ms
A in address was given.
Mr. Merrifleld stared at the name.
"An odd coincidence" lhought It(.
"There ire plenty of 'i'horntons in the
world, of course," and lie set off to reclaim
his property.
A lady inl deep mourning received him;
lie stared violently.
Mrs. Thornton !" he cried, "can it be
really you?" and stopl)ped, confused and
angry.
Sie wais perfectly self-possessed.
"I thought you would have recognized
the name," she said, quietly, "though our
circumstances have made a change of resi
dence necessary. It was Ethel whom you
carried across the.street ; sie has been ill
since then, or--"
lie interrupted her in surprise
4"thel it Ethel whom I carried !,
lhen getting more and more bewildered:
"I thought that 'Mrs. lollins was abroad. I
understood
"Mrs. Hollis ? Oh, certainly ! Mrs.
lollins is my niece. I was not aware you
were acquainted 'with her. It was of my
daughter Ethel I was speaking."
Frank started to his feet excitedly.
'Your daughter Ethel I What does this
n-ean ? I h. ard that she wats married. Oh,
madam, have pity on me-have I been de
ceived ? You know of our love and our
engagement. Are there two Ethels, and
can mine be still true ?"
A cry answered him-a cry from the
next room.
Mrs. Thornton flung open the door.
"Go to her," she whispered.
The next instant Ethel was clasped in
her lover's arms.
Who shall describe that meeting?
Suffice it that they were as happy as they
had lately been miserable; all misunder
standings were cleared away, and love and
confidence returned
"And as soon as you are strong and well
again we will be married, my darling," said
Frank.
'Thank God for the storm!' cried Ethel,
earnestly. "And God bless the dear mud
dy crossing I Oh, Frank, it seems to me
that-under Ifeaven's mercy-we owe all
our happiness to that shower of raiu I"
anilutlet Of Flime.
Messrs. Lenox amid Perry have for
some ttne been in the mountains at the
head of Magpie, Montana, getting out
timber for a large stable. The moun
tains in the vicinity of Migple were
recently set on fire by a party of pros
pectors, and the fire raged over
quite an extent of country. About
3 o'clocc on the afternoon of the 14th
tilt., Court Sherifr's wagon and team
started down the canyon loaded with
fence poles, and a few minutes later
Leon and Perry followed with a heavy
load of hewn timber. They had got
fairly in the canyon when the wind
suddenly increased to a lively gale, and
before they could realize the extreme
danger of their position the whole
mountain was in flames. PuttIng
whip to their horses, they commenced
a race for their lives. To turn back
was Impossible, the mountains rising
almost perpendicular on each side of
the canyon. Their only hope lay in
outstripping the fire, which was now at
their very heels. -Judge of theIr suir
p~ri se and consternation on discovering,'
a fewv rods ahead, the- wagon which had
precded them completely blocking up
the road, the driver having abandi~oned
it to save his horses. What wvas to be
done now must be done quickly. Perry
was on the point of giving the horses
the whip and tearing his way through,
but the Colonel, with' the cool head of
an old1 soldier, auiggested throwing off
the loadof fence p~olcs andl clearing the
road. Bloth act to wvork with a willl,
and in a few seconds hadl the poles uin
loaded, the wagon uncoupled ,and
tumbled dowvn theside of the mountain.
The roar and eraekling of the flames
and the booming crash of falling tim
ber was suflcient to striketerror to the
hearts of oldIer mountalnders than those
who had only been in the country a
few months, So exhausted were they
with the Intense heat and the severe
cx ertions of the last few moments that
they had barely sutfilelent strength to
clamber on the wagon and again conm
menece the frightful race. Tihme lire 1in
meantime hiad got shiead of them, and
putting the whip to their nowv maddenied
horses,thiey began runninug the gauntlet
of tire. Trees wvere fallin~g In all direc
tlon's around them ; the atmosphere
was thick with smoke and impregnated
with the fumes of' burning pitoh, nmk
ing it alumost suffocating. Moth faces
were LoginrIa.uito wear the picture of
despair. All hope of' ever getting
aufely through had almost died within
them, when Perry chanced to remark
that the Colonel's wife that night would
probably be a widow. The words acted
like magic on the Colonel, who, rais
ing to lis feet with a "not by a long
sight," began urging the horses to re
newed- exertions with the end of a
binmding chain, the horses literally tear
ing thiior way over fallens trees and
burnt timber for a distance of half a
mile, when. they emerged into a small
clearing whore the fire had taken a turn
and again gone up the mountain. With
the exception of some slight damage to
the wagon and a few bises them
selves, they arrived safely at the Feh'ry
8o far is it from being ti'ue that hmen
are naturally equal, .that no two people
can be half an hour together but, one
shall acquire an evident superiority
over the other. -
Time goes at' its'own gait,'end you
Mahnote Eastii it by~ using the "spur of
the momlente" You mayv tAA n
friend to "stop a minute,"1m~t neithor
vani nor ho hna the nnwar ta do its
A Itomantle Story.
The rolantie vilissitudes of the early
life of the Countess Solange de Kramer
hiave once more become the talk of the
Parils silons, and they are, indeed, so
eixtraordinary that, used as miaterials
for a novel, they would spoll the )ook
by the lack of verisimilitude. One
night in 1891 a little girl abolit one year
old wits deposited in the driwer of the
foundling hospital at Brest. She was
dressed With iichii finery, an,1d a note
attached to her skirts, told that her
nalne was Solange, and th'tt sit. would
be reclaimed by her father. The claim
wias never made, however, nd In i duo
tine tie hild wias transfei *'ed to tile
orphan asiumu, to be edue ted there.
As she grew up she devel ed a most
excraordinary beauty, but I I intelleet
appeared to be very weak, I id site silf
feredi from frequent nervous -i. When
sihe was twelve years old s! i was sent
out into tile streets to sell ',>wers, and
her beauty and modesty attr cted m11anv
people's good will, but sho @-ew weak
er and weaker, ad at las ilhe died.
According to French custoil sihe was
buried in all open casket, anfl, as It was-8
winter and tile ground was 1rozell, she
was laid In tile grave and on ly covered
with a thin layer of sand. l)uaring the
night she awoke, and, ptshing the
sand away, crept out fromithe grave.
Not exactly understanding 'what had
taken place, shte was not so cery iuhell
frightened, but crossing th glacis be
tween the cemetery and th.$ fortilnea
tions, she was suddenly stoliped by tie
outery "Qui vive," and, as sheldid not anl
swer, the sentinel fired, and she fell to
tile grutind. Brought into the guard
house, her wound was found to be very
slight, and sie soon recovered; but her
singular history and also her great beau
ty had made so deep an impression on i
young lieutenant of the garrison (Kra
lwer) that lie determined to be 1her pro
tector, and sent her to one of the most
fashionable educational establishments
in Parts. During the next fev years
Kramer was much tossed about by tile
war, but when In '18 ie returned to
Paris, lie found Solange a full -grown
woman, r.ot only beautiful, but accom
plished and spirited, with no more
trace of intellectual weakness or tner
vous fits. fle married her, and for sev
eral years the couple lived happily in
Paris. Mean while' investigations were.
imode concerning the girl left, in 1801,
in the foundling hospital at Brest, and
as these investigations were made by
the Sweedish ambassador, and in a
someowhat offilial manner, they attrac
ted sonic attention. Captain Kranier
heard about the affair, and sent a note
LO the inbassadoi', and, a iontih later
Dn, tile anbassador, camue in state to
bring Mmic. Cramer a formal acknow
edgement from her father, the former
General Bernadotte, the present King
Charles XIV., of Sweden. Captain
Kramer and his wife went immediately
to Stockholm; they were ennobled,
etc., and their son 11as1 just now been
tippointed attache to the Swedish Lega
Lion in Paris.
Fight With an Eagle.
Parts of Pennsylvania, in Wayne
rounty, are yet as wi'ld~ as thecy were
when tile Indians Inhabited thle region.
Somne of the hlghlest elevations in
i'ennsylvania are In tis county.
1'hese are rocky peaks abound~ing in
Cleep ravlnes and enverns. 'in thlis
wild territory thlere are seventeen
large lakes, some of thlem n 1thle very
crests of the mloulntalins, mlore0 than two
ilthosanid feet iabove tile sea. Thelse8
lakes are full of 1151, andt are favorite
resorts of enormous 11811 h.1wks, wvLieh
fInd abundant food in the bass, piekerel
Ilfnd perch thlat they catch. There are
also mnany eagles, and they subsist by
robbIng thle hawks whlen they rise
hiden wvith 11811 from tihe lakes. Th'le
inatccesstble crags and~ ravines afford
them secure restinig places, and hlere
eagles still rear thleir young. Speci
menls measuring over seven feet fromn
tip to tip hlave been slhot near the lakes.
F~ishermnen often see fierce battles be
tween tile hawk and the eagle, and
eften both eagle and hlawk are b~roughit
rlown by thme sportsman's rifle. At
timeIs tihe eagles extend( thecir 'foraigiing
exped itionsd to the farming coun try
southl andc lIorth of thle wilderness. In
tile spring they annaoy tile farmers, for
they sweep downl bold ly uponf the tiheep
pastures and carry off lambs audi poul
try. A farmer nlamedl Utt, who lives
n~ear onie of the lakes 1has a two year
sld game cook that was presented to
his wife, and sheo has taken a liking to
thte fowl. Recently, while her, hus
band wvas absent In Deposit, Mrs.(t~tt
heard a commotion among th~e chlickens
In the barnyard, anld Oil runnig out,
round her game rooster fighlting with
what she supposed was ii very large
hawk, whlech was trying to fasten its
talons inl tihe elekent. The two birds
were so deeply-engaged in the combat
that Mrs-. Utt's shouts (lid nqt frighten
the enemy away. She piekedi' np a
stick and ran into the barn-ya~td and
struck the-intruder. Tis did not ap
parently alarm It 'Then she seized it
by the neck, with both hands, and for
the first time she saw it was uan eagle.
l'ho powerful bird burled her. claws
teep In Mrs. Utt's arm. She 'lid not
clare let go her hold, -although the
iagle wai tearing hler flesh dreadfully.
She tightented her grasp upeon his throat
and then t'yrew herself heavlfto the
ground uipon It. In thi way.. she
ahoked it to death. 'The iesh on. Mts.
tIt atm Kwau *6rn to, the3 tone in
some places. Tile eagle .measured
hnarly~ ido loot from tIp totip.
0
Deer Huunn1,1g iIn the Adirondsfaac.
At sevi tie hi1ilters are oif. Three
or four dogs are started oii as mnany
trails by the hxunters, who ol'ten take
long trallips through the thick woods
for that purpose. Generally, however
it takes only a few miniutes to ii1nd a
track, and tihe dog starts, bapying as he
koes it irregular Intervals on the trail
made, perhaps, the iight before. l1e
wanders aboutiuncortalinly for a time,
21s the deer hasci fhsed.111d then goes oil'
straight and qdulkly out of' hearing be
1hind some wooded hill. Tite hunter
knows then that the deer ha2s left oil'
fe'eding; that the (log haits n1ot roa used
hhi as yet, but that he is probably Iy
Ing at rest after Is night's travel Ho
the hlunlter uses Ils ears instead 7f his
('es ; lie listens for the lost 1o10nd1s.
'Ihe airl is full of limiltirs; now he
thinks lie hears the (log: butt it is only
some great fly butzzing rods away. Ai
hour Is gonxe; the caar is tired of' Its
straining, al lie scans the bay. it
may be the deer has comie to witer, it
ofteni does before tile dog is heard. 11 o
looks along the border of the lakes
where the leaning cedars make a dark
Zone; many nll ilxpracticed eye has
idssed thogaixme in thiat (d)eep sladow.
lie sees somxe floating object far down
'e lake, at which he striins his eyes ;
It Is a loon that laughs lit, ii and dives
and floats away. The l1ly pads rise
from tie water with the breeze ind
ceicat him into another long debate be
tween the sense aid reasoin. A nother
hour Is gone anxd eye a1s well a1s ear is
tired. Blueberries or raspberries are
thick about him, and lie pieks theim and
gives ani occasional glance about the
lake. A crash comes aicross tle lake
from the hill to startle the strained
senses Oit is some great tree falling in
the woods that Jars the carth, shocks
tixe aIr, and makes tile water lap thxe
pebbles on the beach. In thxe hush
that follows tixe faintest baying of tle
hound Is heard, far oil but ulite (dis
tinct. Ecio makes a plaything of the
sound, throwilng It from hill to l1ll,
giving it to you first at one point, then
from another, cheating you all the
thnie. You spend two lviole hours lin
listening to that sound, and then it(dIes
dowin again, and your guide concludes
uim deer 1111s gone to water lin some dis
(ant lake. And then you push oil your
boat for a start homeward, wheni all alt
once on the Iill-side, close to the place
where tixe (fog first took the trail lie
breaks out again, loud and urgent,
barkinig, yelping, howling lin one loud
continuous stream of noise. le has
the deer ahead of hii this tine sure
enough. Now 'eve"rything 1a excite
ment; there is no fatigue in eyes or
ears. Round the rai .thoy go, deer
and (log, up the lake shore toward tile
iead. "Will he go hi there," we ask.
"No," replied the guide, "we never
watch that place.'' Back they come,
right toward our watching place. "Will
lhe come in ?" we ask. "Not yet," Is
the reply. The chase turns and goes
rapidly up a brook bed toward High
Polld ; another turn and back they
collie, tixis time throngh a swamip. We
caln feel the perplexity of tixe clog as
the marshy sol defens his scent, and
breaks his bayIng into infrequent and
impatoent hxowls. The swamp is p~assedl
and1( as the chxaso leads oil in a straight
line parallel with the shore, our guide
faixrly shouts, '"That (leer is ours; there
lie goes straight for Great Forked aind
and1( right ''ito B.'s hands." We wait
minuites that seem hours. "WhViy
dloesn't lie shoot? theo (deer is in the bay
long before this;" and B.'s rifle cracks
two miles away, and ,the hxuxit is upl.
Fiye hxours of steady watchIng gives us
a (leer, it is the story of a rep~resenta
tive hunat whxich might have been var..
10(1 In a score of wvays axid elided in de
feat at last.
raipor Makinxg.
At thxe p~resenxt tinie the United
States is making more thxan one thxird of
all the paper made in the world. Thela
product is about 1,830 toins daily,
amounting to abouxt 640,500 toins a year.
Th'iero are now 827 mil, represenxtinlg
a caital of at leaist $100,000,000. Th'iese
mills empllloy 22,000 p~ersons, who draw
about $9,050,000 in salaries per year.
It is estiahted that thxe entire paperC
literest, including mxaxiufacturlaig,
priniting and puibl ishiing, furnisheos em
ployment to 75,000 persons11. New Yolk
makes the most paper. Massiaohusetts,
*Je'nnsylvania and Oio rank next in
order namaed. Thle growth of this in
dustry has been very rapid of late
years in the Western States. The in
troduction of 'the. new Bullock prossos
of extra width into the press i'oom of
the ,Sua and other large danies hxas
opened a new field of usefulness for the
newspaper interest, and mnany paper
makers are hastening to. inerease and
enliarge their machinery in order to
compete for order. In 1850 the con-'
sunmption of paper iji the. U itedl States
was equal to that of England and
France together. The highest, price
ever paid was in 1864, when newspa
per stook was sold at 28 enrts and
book' at 45 cents pier p'ound. This,
however was of short duration, 'Tese
faots go to ilhuqtrate the great. Atdvance
of the paper. trade during those years,
and since that time the growth. has
been so rapid and has assumed- such
enormous proportions that' it fieW
ranks among the grea'tt'indtisti'ies of
the age. The use' of straw and wood
as ingredients hM9jlQen largely instr*'
mental ina its growth aand advandfe, Im
provemhents in paper m~akitig Machinry
are 4onistantigy being imade, wh leh
lessen the labor and tend to ohaen
and perfect .the manifact.ur of1
paper. Paper nlow enters very largely
into tile maitifactrire of many of the
llost Ilseful an(d Ieces.ary articles, and
new diseoverles of Its utility a1re daily
being mnade. The diflereit grades and
iOttlities of paper numnber at least
t-wenty-flve, and vary from the finest
writinig, to the coarsest roofing 1111d
sheatlhing paper. Of these nilcrous
grades newspaper stock Is most largely
m1ade, but writing and book papers
represenit the largest capital, and aire
thle most Important branches of thle
trade. Our flune pIpers now e(tnal, If
they (10 not excel, tile iinest grades of*
paper lrodcied i I ei , anl they are
being daily Improved upon. Of wood
1)pI1l) paper il)so it Is estliatted that
atbout 52,000 tolls per Yea11. lilar made
vithill the past live years the paper
trade has sifFered in thq geieral de
presslonl of' hisiness. The prices have
hiee. ve'y low, and the demiaid small
compared with former years; but
w111111 the Imst yenr the trade hasi re
vIve(l colsid1 herably, and though the
price-s still 1 ru1e- low, tLh de nllilld lias
Increased, ind(] m1ore hopelni feeling
exists InI the market. It is not probable
that there will he 111010 th11an11 a slight
advanlee, if' any in p.iecs, for at least a
few years to come ;vbut 11s the eon
stimers are onlarging their orders,
mills which have been standing idle
have begun ruling again, anld a gen
eral revival of' the traele is predieted.
At the presenit, prices there Is a, fair
profit to tie manufacturers, and with
larger orders they Can1 OaIsily galin a
comfortable return for their capital
and labor. The United States Is failr
more fortunate than any of the Eu
ropean countries inI this respect. There
Is a very marked depression abroad,
especially In England, where the paper
trade Is at a very low ebb, paper being
almost givent avaly, while the demand
is coil)paratively snall, with no pros
poet of any Iuerease. The United
States Is importing less )aper every
year; while the exports, now amount.
ing to about $1,700,000 per annum, aire
steadily increasing.
Mustard and Oon'co.
It Is related p luat, General Scott's
famllolfpWfM ,r'Z~ly Tatylor anl
1101111 inti.o )vithdraw'al of most of
the regulpr troops froai Taylor's com
manid to be placed underfbis own in a
projecting'movement frow' Vara Cruz,
towards the capital of Mexico was re
ceived while General Taylor was at
8u)per)' with his stafif near Monterey.
Tle General asked Colonel Bliss to
read it to him. lie had just replenish
Otd hIs coffee up1), and was eligaged In
cooling it while the reading went on.
This appeared to make no further im
presslin upon him than that Iindiated
by a Coltelliptlous "'sniilr'" but as the
real import of tile letter began to ap
pear his whole ianner changed, and
he abstractedly dipped the spoon into
a bowl of mustard, whilh sAt upon the
table, and stirred It in the coll'ee. This
lie repetated until by the time the read
Ing of the lotter was 1lu1ished, the con
tents of the mustard bowl were ex
hausted. Without saying a word and
to Bliss's astonishlenlt and horror, lie
raised the cupi to his lips and~ gulpesd
down the whlole aiboinabe1131 comouno~ld.
.ile then broke into an excIted hiar
r'angule, consigninlg to everlasting p)er
ditioni every 0one concerned in the pro0
p)osedI depletion of his forces and1( only
Censing whlen his speech was overtakenm
with a paroxysm of stuittering, whlieh,
with him, usually followed all ouatbreak
of temper. The Colonel felt sure tirait
fronm thle amount,, tile muiIstard he had
swallowed, combined with the Intelli
gence lie had received, it would infalli
bly sieken him, but nothing ungsmmon1)01
came of it.- "Rautsbane at that mao
menit,"' salid Bliss, "'would, I am con
vinCedl, haive had~ 1no more effect uponh
him11 than uphonl thne stomlachl of Mihl
dates." General Pleasanton who comn
mnandled the General's escort In Mexico,
says that wvhen 0Once thorotugly aroused
lhe wats the malhddest manlf lie ever saw
mladl from the crown of his hat to the
soles of Is boots."
What-shan1 le D~one with Daughte?
Treach them self-rellance.
'Toach them to maike bread.
Treach thiem to make shirts.
TIeaich them not to wear failso hair.
Teach themn not to powder and paint.
Te'ach them how to wash and Iron
clothes.
TJeachi them how to make their own
clothes.
Tleach them how to do marketing for
the famIly.
'reach thiem how to cook a good meal
of victuals.
'Teach them to wear calico dresses
and do it lIke a queen.
Treach themn to say no and mean it,
or yes, and stick to It.,
Teach them how to darn stockings
and sow on buttons.
TIepuch them to regard the morale, not
the money of a beau.
GIva them a good substantial common
school education.
'Teach them every day, dry, hard,
practical common sense.
Teach'them all the mysteries of the
kitchen, the diunn roomf and the jpar
'Tchthem to have no~)litig to do
,with dIssolitte ati. intemperate young
men.
Teach them that a good, round, rosy
rpnip, is worthy, At eiao c n.
slimptive. ,
alnd if 1awir 111lt &l (11 4Wol
hoe leven milk* ah way
Uyprus.
Cyprus is an island of audden
changes. Both climate and landscape
are subject to rapid van From
the glare of an overpo n one
mtay enter the cool shade of a.tropical
garden, with the' murmur ot water
trickling past as it wanders A~dng the
groves of oranges, figs and pg4ns. The
bare treeless plain may be changed in a
very short space for pine forests of
magnificent trees; instead of iand and
dust, we trample on bracken tern by
the side of ril Is and torrents running In
steel) gorges. Tihe climate changes
from great heat to chilling cold. We
have noted a daily variation of 50 de
grees of temperature; after calm, clear
morning, with the distant hills appar
ently close, suddenly a *Mndy' hurri
cane, accompanied by a' thiek haze,
comes over the island, and ;iqts out the
view. In the landscape it is the same.
There are no gentle sloper; the hills
all rise steeply from the plains; the
vater courses run in deep beds, cut
through alluvial soil and rock. These
signs show the island to have been
visited by heavy tropical rains. After
the Winter of 1877 the great Messarea
plain was a lake of water and. slime.
This Winter there has been barely five
inches ot rain fall-hardly enough to
make the roads muddy for a fer(hours.
There is no doubt that the resources of
the Island are great, if properly de
veloped. It possesses a very fertile
soll, capable of growing almost any
thing if carefully cultivated and irri
gated ; without water, the hot strocoo
wind<4 from the cast soon dry up any
vegetation. Irrigation, however, Is
not a dificult matter. On the plain,
water is found almost everywhere at
from 18 to 20 feet deep; and along the
hillsides there are many springs and
rivulets that run to waste throfh the
Inertness of the people. Thde1-Would
willingly paya handsome profitTor the
water if it was brought to them, but
iave not the capital or eoterprise to
make the required aqueducts them
selves. A few windmill pumps on the
plain irrigate a farm suffleintly to
make It independent of lack of rainfall,
and for the production of crops and
trees that require watering after the
rainly season Is past.
The Hindoo Women.
Thte 111ndoo women when young are
(elIate and beautiful, ao fir as *b can
reconcile beiuty with the olive com
plexion. They are finely proportion
ed; their limbs small, their features
soft and regular, and their eyes bright
and languishing, but tihe bloom of
beauty soon doeays, and age makes
rapid progress before they bave seen
thirty years. This may be accounted
for froim the heat of the climate and the
customs of the country, as they are
often mothers at twelve years of age.
No women can be more attentive to
cleanliness than the Ilindoos; they
take every method to render their per
sons delicate, soft and attractive; their
dress Is peculiarly becoming, consist
ing of a long piece of silk, or cotton,
tied round the waist, or hangifg in a
graceful manner to the feet; it a after
ward brought ever the boly in negli
gent folds; uinder this they cover the
bosom with a short waistcoat of satin,
bmut wear no lineni. Their long black
hair is adorned wlith je wels and
wreaths otfldowers, their ears are bpored
in miany places, and loaded with jeatris,
a variety of gold chains, stringe of
pearls andl precious stones, fall from
the neek over the bosom and tihe arms
are covered with bracelets from the
wrist to the elbowv. They have ' also
gold and silver chains round the
ankles, and an abundance of rings oni
their fingers and toes; among those on
the fingers is frequently a small mirror.
Th'ie richter the dress the less bpecom
ing it appe~ars, and a Hlindoo woman of
distinction always seems to be oyer
loaded with finery, while the .yi lage
nymphs, with fewer ornameita, but in
tihe saume elegant drapery, are' Noro
captivating-athough there ed very
few wvomen even of the lowed~t f~mi
lies, who have not sonle jewels #t. their
marriage, In these external 'deYora.
tions consist the pride and pleasui'e of
these uninstrueted femaled ; fdt Very
few, even In the best families, know
how to read or write, or are capable of
intellectual enjoyment. We learn
fronm Homer tha$ the women in ancient
tre he ays kept in a reptredi part of
tehreemployed in egnbroidery or
or other feminine occupations; An at
this day the Indiani females Are ver
seen by those who visit the magg~ of
the family. They kno. iut 1 of
the world, and are not permitti 4 tt oat
with their husband or brother, nor to
associate with other men.
A Rtro Ok4 Itikei """ ~
In the year 1105 tihi dIO4Agr$ of
Stavronikites, 'ehtoh 'sl eridte'lthe
rooki reess 'if MNir' Ath~s, jur'
chased from somo' piedbflietd fpi1.
grims, on their way eq the holy Lad4
the right leg bonfe o't ht. Andrb, who
suffeed snartyr4d n inys0uthert'if~s
sia,. The, lnonks p*Idyi njQt,0tthf% 1t
weight arn pid f'or the r994 '4*91~f
investolent turped u hty~ St
for tIle (aii 4teVOlA ed f
wile,, ati k'i)
t6 4he shrine, eah o.6
yortlofik~