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f.. TRI-WEEK(LY EDIT1ION. WINNSBORO, S. C., NOVEMBIE~R 13, 1879. VOL. 111.-NO. 123.
LITTLE PHIL.
"Make me a headbiard, wits or, smooth and
painted you l10,
Onr ma "ho (ied la,st witc-r, an I Hator and
Jack and me
Ii 1t Hiniday could hardly flod her, iso many
now grave about.
And Bud cried out, 'We've loit hir,' whelk
Jack pave a little "Isont.
We have workied anil tiavoti all wintor--boont
huagrv no.attininH, I own
ilut we hi tle much fr.am fathor undur the
Old door stoie.
Jito never gops thero to oe 1er ; lIo hato,d
ler ; scolded Jack
Vhon ho beard us talking about her and wish
ing she'd como back.
But up in the garret wo whisjor, an-l have a
good time to cry,
Our beautiful mother who k.seod us, and
was'nt afraid to dio.
Put on It, that she w-is forty, in Nov, mber sh,
wont away,
That she woas the best of Tnothers. and wo
havo'nt forgot to pray;
And wo mesn to be at ulo taux ht u---be lov
ing and true and.squaro,
To work and read, to lovo her, till we go to
lier up toro.
Let the board b: white like mothor" (thd stali
chin quivered hero).
And the lad coughed something ui,der, an I
conquered a rdbol tear.
''Hero is all we could koop from fathor. a dol
lar aud thirty cents,
The rest he had got for coal and flour and
partly to pay the rents."
Blutihing the white lie ovor, and dropping the
honout 0.%eC.
Vhat is tbe price of headboards,%tith writing
and I andsono sizo ?"
"Three dollard ! ' a young roo wounded. just
falls with a moan, and ho,
With a face like the ghost of his mother. sank
down on Itis tattered huee.
"Tirt a dollara ! and we shall lo so her, noxt
w,nter the gravos and the snow !"
But the boss had his arms about him. and
cuddled the head of tow
Plose up to the prat hoar 'a shol or, and
womanly tears fell fast
"Dear boy, you shall i.over lose lier, 0 oling
to your sacred past I
Como to-morrow, and br:ng your sistor and
Jack, and th board shall bo
The bt-st that the shop can furnish. thon como
here and live with me."
Wbon the orphans loaded their treasure on the
rugged old cart nxt day.
T..e murpriso of a footboard varnish, with all
that their love coul-I say ;
And "dlith St. John. Our Afo(her!" baby Jack
gave his little shout,
And Bud, like a unountain daisy, wont daiclng
her doll about.
But Phil grow white and trembled, and close
to the boss lie crept,
Kiesing him I ke a woman, shivered and
laughed and wept :
'Do you think. my honofactor, in Heaven that
she'll be glad V'
"Not as glad as you a'e, Philip, but fnish this
j .b, my lad."
A Wilful Woman.
If you don't take compassion on such a
devoted 1>ver, and one who is so good and
worthy of you as Mr. Crichton, all I can
say is this," said Mrs. Hinxmnan to Alberta
Graham, with much emphasis, as if she
were leading up to a crushing crisis, "I
shall have no patience with you, and shall
think you are acting very foolishly. Now,
as Mr. Crichton's wife-"
"It has not been proved yet that Mr.
Crichton desires at all to have me in that
capacity," said MIss Graham, with a little
laugh. "'And If it were, my own inclina
tion goes foir somiethinag in thenmatter, I slup.
pose.",
"'Your' own inclination ought to be for
wvhat is good for you," said Mirs. IHlnxman,
sententIously.
"Sarsapiarilla ? Brimstone and1( treacle ?
WVhat is it yeou give your children In the
spring, Emily, especiailly the naughty
onesa?"
"Yes, that is just what you are like-a
very naughty child, and you ought to know
hetter at your age. And so I hope you
wvill," concluded Mrs. IHinxman, shaking
her head at her friend, as she rose from tier
wrIting table.
Friendls tried and true they were, since
their schoolfellow days some dozen years
ago. Mrs. IJinxman had soon married and
settled downi to housiehioldl cares antid peri
odIlcal babies. Alberta Graham, beautiful,
clever, and attractive in all ways, had, on
the c.ontrar'y, taken tier full p)leasure out of
life, and nowv at thirty was better looking
than she had beeni at twenty, andl, what
wals to 1be expectedl, conlsIderab)ly moro wil
About a muonth ago she had come on a visit
to her friend Emily Hiixhiam, andl there
she had met the Mr. Crlechton spokeni of
a wealthy neighbor some forty years of age.
As Mr's. Hlnxman prepared to leave the
* ~ room, she saidl: "Thereol I shall leave you
.now to meditate ont my good advice," and
Miss Gralham, rising too, openied a glass
dloor leading out oin a balcony.
Alberta sat down .there, doing for once
extrctly as hIer friend had adlvised her
thinking over her advice. But (did she
care for Mr. Crichiton? That was the very
thing she had been asking herself for (lays
without getting any settled answver. "And
if I loved himii I should nlot be in doubt.,"
said( Alberta to herself..
The glass (100? behind tier suddenly
*opened, and Mr. Crichton himself, whoehiad
come ove'.on a,ilsit, wjth tise mission writ
ten op li,fece, asked permission to join~
hier on ito balcony. If Mr. Crilhton's face
betrayed his mission, ho had come there
'quito pi-oparod to follow uip the mute ap
peal by word of mouth. "Emily has sent
lIhmoon purpose," thioutghtAlbort.
Io -a eviently full of the toder sub
jett n(e'o.long wfa saying,
hi Minit lig a surptiao,to, you, ~ I
IeV lo $ GOdel )in ItentiohB VfainIy, andl
said Alberta, who was zigzagging, so to
speak, in her replies.
"Then surely you1 can give me an an
sHwer," said he; "there call be no diflinitiy
in that."
"None, of course," roplied Alberta hiasti
ly, "and one thing It is mly right to say-1
will not be bothered aid worried and perse
eitted about a thing that is eiitirelyl my own
Concern)."
"Never by me," said 'Mr. Crichton, tie
sm1ile of i mollient ago elainginig to stulden
gravity, "if I am to understand that you
look upon lily attentions in that light. I
love you far too well to give you a mo
ment's pain. Do you mean that that is
you- ai nswer ?"
"Yes, that is 1mly answer," said Alberta,
with unnecessary vehemence, "and I par
ticularly beg I may hear no more on the
subjebt."1
"That you shall not, be sure. God help
me to bear tis as best I may !" and in a
moment lhe was gone.
She was wilful, but she had not expected
this. In a few minutes lie had vanished
from view aq he returned to his solitary
home.
And then sie was quite sure that sh
loved him.
It was Just a yenr later. Alberta, with
her parents, haod been staying in the samc
city, when sie got a letter from Mrs.
Iiinxman asking her to spare her a few
days, and she concluded to accept the invi
tationl.
Alberta did not look back with pleasure
on the year that was gone. It hand come to
pass that. Alberta had failed to gather imuch
enjoyment from any of the old sources. A
regret, a contrition, an insatiable yearning
Iaunted her, and spoiled everything be
sides. And now that Emily's letter hand
come, Alberta could not resist it.
Though she did not admit it to herself,
she felt somewhat strange that the first day
of ler stay she did not meet Mr. Crichton.
'The next (lily passed too, and then caime
the last evening, and a very beautiful one
it was, making Alberta's heart ache at the
thouight of leaving on the morrow, although
she (had inwardly known but little peace or
satisfaction throughout tie visit. But tlere
was something in it of relief however. Mr.
Crichton had conic over to dinner, and they
were not allowed to sit long after it, for the
children had been promised to go and see
the field where some workmen were burn
Ing charcoal.
So off they started, Mr. Iinximan with
Alberta, Mr. Crichton with Emily. The
children were in ecstasies. The glowing
hills of fire made a sceie that. set them
shouting with joy. As the shades deepened,
the fires came out brighter. The whole
field was a network of bright edges, spark
ling and darting like fire flies, and full of
mystery and romance. They were all get
tii4g childish and merry, and ' the children
were half beoide themselves with the fasci
nation and adventure of it till. Something
of last year's cordiality flashed out again
between Mr. Crichton and Alberta in the
unguarded gaiety of the moment. It was
much too delight ful to be left, but the night
was drawing on, and after repeated re
prieves, the children, hot and excited, were
collected together, and the hlomeward jour
ney began.
In returning, tIle genltlemnen running race,
and playing with the still excitedl chilldrens
Emiily and Alberta fell behind, and reached
thle hall (100r alone, when they.found a bas
ket had been left behlind. Nothing would
(10 for Alberta but to fetch it herself ; she
saidl she had wanted all along to sec thlat
field again, and forbidding Emnily to say
where shle hlad gone, she0 was off round the
coruner of the house. It was not far to go;
only a shIort cut across two fields, and the
gate was reached(. Presently she became
aware that one of tIle gentlenmen hiad fol
lowved her. She stoodl In tIle dark end of
thle field under thle trees, from behind which
thle rising moon01 now sent tongues and1( shlafts
and tremubling mysteries of light across the
shadow. Her white diress, hlowever, be
trayed her, and, mluch to hecr annoyance,
lest she should have been supplosed to fore
see tis consequence of her coming, Mr.
Crichton in a few steps was at hler sidle.
"I am so sorry you should have taken
the trouble to comle," she saId. "'I b)eggedl
EmIly not to say 11 had come to fetch It."
"Has something bleeni forgotten ? I have
not . spoken to Mrs. Illnxman since, hbut,
seeing you return to tile field In a haurry, I
thought you had lost something, andl that, I'
Inlghlt be of use."
"Thank you; It is tIle basket; but I know
exactly whlere to find It." They went a fewv
stepls farther on and foumd It duly awaitIng
thlem In all Innocence In tIhe charcoal field.
Mr. Criqlhton took It up, and they turned
their st.'ps homeward almost in silence. Al
berta walking very fast. Once she gave a
little slip, but recovered herself.
"The grounhd Is . very slippery with thle
djew. Won't yell take my arm ?" said Mr.
Crichlton.
"No, thank you; I shall1 do very well,"
said1 Alberta, slipping again in proof of it.
"Is thlere any occasion togo quite so fa'st ?"
lhe asked; "the nighlt alone deserves some
notice. One could rarely see a finer."
"No," admitted Alberta as they stopped
still under the trees, 'In moonlight, shiine
and shlade,' to look at- it. All tIle ,open
cot'mtry was spiritualized by moonllght; dow
and enchantment were everywhere. Al
blerta and Mr. Crichton resumed their waljc
after a few tague coanmonplaces of admira
tion; niow ini silence, now with a constrained
word or two that showed that silence no
ticed. Tien Mr. Oriehton said, rather aib
rupily:
"Xou areogoing way or,6 t', an 3~'
to bear It quite In silence, or admire this
moonlight, or enljoy the'present ias I might,
for thinklig how soon it is to end."
"I (1o not. gee why ly goiigslould Imake
iny dill'ereice," said Alberfa.
"Possibly not," he answered, "Plossibly
you do not, lunders aid, either, how a 1111111
Cln get to care for a womian No that he cares I
for little else besiles. Porgive me, how- U
ever, for saying this. I have no right to
trouble you. I have not forgrlotten tnthe coin
mainds you laid on me to leave this subject
alone. It it had not been for them, I sholi
have much to siy to-night-but no doubt I
you wished them obeyed ?" It
"Of course f did," answered Alberta. e
"And you wish it still ?" e
''1 do."
"Then that is enough for me," said Mr.
Crichton, with such a depth of sadness in
his voice as he held (lie gate open for her to
pass, that the painful contrast to his nerri- t
ment with the children so short a while ago I
was more than the warm but. wilful heart s
beside him couki stand.
"But," began Alberta, and the stopped l
short, with her face in the moonlight grown
suddenly hot.
"But whalt?" Said Mr. Crichton, gravely,
for there had beeni a few minutes' silence,
and his thoughts had beei full of gloom. 9
"But," repeated Albert a, with a ripple of "
latighter in her voice, "supposing there hal
been no coinaids, Whit. was it you would
V
have said?"
"Is that a fairquestion ?" lie asked, hadling 9
and looking at her in a mixture of surprise
and doubt.
"Quite fair," said Alberta, looking aniy- .
where but at him.
'Then I should have asked you once more h1
to be my wife, and to give me love for love, 8
if fin ever so small a degree.- Your answer, r
if you please, Miss Graham?" concluded s
Mr. Crichton, a sniile upon his own lips il
now. 0
"As you like it, then," said Alberta, s
steadily, for she knew her own mind and r
his well lit last.
And with a fervent "God bless you for d
that !" Mr. Crichton drew her closer to Ills
side. 9
And the moon perhaps never smiled upon
a happier pair of lovers than the honest
hearted gentleman who had lived in hope
and the wilful woman who had given up her
wilfulness to love.
An Odd Character of Parin.
Baron Taylor died not along ago in Parir.
le was ninety years old and still sprightly.
Only ten years ago lie was in active life, and t
h8is namie was in the nelwspap)ers daily. As s
long ago as 1824, lie was the " royal com
missioner," charged with the direction of a
the Comedie Francaise, and he weathered a
the various storms which were provoked f
during the warfare of the classicists and ,
romanticists. Had it not becn for Baron a
Taylor's efforts it is doubtful if Victor ji
lugo's " Hernail " would have ever been e
produced in the first theatre of France. The .
Baron managed, however, to remain reason- 1
ably inipartial uitil the struggle was over. I
I-le was of English-Flemish parentage, but r
his father was naturalized in France. When
a youth lie devoted himself for a time to
literature, but finally studied art and became
a most accomplished critic and connoisseur.
Ills many missions to Spain, to Egypt, to
buy the obellsks, to other countries to hunt
up panintings whlich the allied armies haud
carriedl away at the time of the invasion,
are hiistorical. Louis Phillippe on1ce gave
him 1,000,000 francs, and sent haim to Spain
to buy wvhatever lie chose for the French
miuseumn. lie retuirnedl 126,000 francs out
of this million, and( on1 the (lay of his return
had not money enough to buy his dInnert
wvith, so that lie went to the house of a
friend to dine. It never occur'red to hini
that Louis Phillippe hlad initendled to allow 1
1him1 to enrich himself. The galleries of,
Versailles are filled wvith treasures from
Italy, Greece, Turkey and( Asia Minor,
gaitheredl together- by the care of Baron
Traylor. Hie wrote well, andl his mnemloirs
ought to be interesting, Hie kniew every
body of aniy consequence in Europe. In
180)7, Blismarck wvent personally to thank
him for the services wvhilch lie had rendered
to"indilgent German artists, lie had been a
imembei of the'Academy of Fine Arts since
1847. lie was the founder of a great nun..
her of charitable societies. When lie wasI
made a Senator, in 1839, uindter the empire,
lhe gave away (lie larger part of Is sailary t
of 80,000 francs for beneficent purposes.
HIe was dlevoted to his library, whlich eon-t
tained1 the finest theatrical collection in
Europ)e. The old gentleman wvas comlpelled
to part wvith some of his literary treasures
after the war, being In temp1~orary financiail
dlisiress, and it nearly broke his heart.
No WVomin.
During 800 years no woman Is knowni to I
Jiave entered the grounds of the monastery(
of Camnaldoli, Italy, except once, when a
IprIices of the house of Medici, who had a
great desire to behold the place, digulsedt
herself in man's clothing and wvas admitted. e
But so sile#ken with remorse was she On be- s
hioldig td sacred spot, that she hastened I
to the people to confess her fault, and as a a
p)enance she commanded to build a
new cottage in the enclosure, whillshedl. I
This monastery is one. of the few institu- 1
tions of the kind suffered to remain in Italy.<
A recent visitor says that what are called ii
cells are comfortable little dwellings. Each si
Is surrounded by a wall, and has its garden, c
twenty feet square. A little pIazza, with a
the trunk of a tree planed and squared for 1
a bench as its only funiture, runs along the t
side of the house. Entering the door, 'you
find yourself in a brick paved vestibule,c
with an empty chamber where a spirlng of a
water is flowing into a basin on the left, and a
the living rooms on the, right. Thiesoecon
sist of a study juat large enough for one 1
person to enter and sit dhown a dining and
sleeping room9 withithe bed Liit, into the s
'wall in the fashion of a shiip' birth. A i
'emall table, two:chaire and a cupboard comn
Iplete-the furniture. Food is pased to the
occupant through A hole in the outer' wall
all ben prpred in a comtaon kitcheon aidA I
bt?lt. t14hepr~ 41n04 . .dy They
eat:1tate naP pohno of f i t
'I lt Fronut, (Inte.
In all ags tile fron gaite hsbeenl ree44'
ize-d a Ian inlpispells:Ible Me-lent (of real
oliriip), Of colrse. girls haye beell
otlei in) brownit -4cimn holuse de-void of
r-ollf yar. 11d1 of every species of practical
ate, bilt ill sleh unse-s Ile poetry of love
111iiii is lacking. Avvwrding t1l u-kle,
)IrIIwil and Spellcer, domemlic ha.1ppilness
xist oilly in collitries wilu-re fri,nt gates
hol,iml. WhIy is it tha20 the4 Prenlch mri
esarlaranp by th<-. pInIs (1f thle
ridt. 11114I groom, an<( ire( bellee based, not
pon llvm-, blt uplon coivekie ? And
'hy, ill oiur3 favored 11an41, are marriages
riang( without the*fightest reference to
le old people ? It 1.4 plI)IINy, becatuse inl
'rance the front. gatte is re aid its true
ses are 11k1(iown), while inl our rl--1l towns
very house has its( front gale, and thle
lwrest child knows 1 uses. French mar
lges, contracted wiitout the sweet inthu
nces of lie gate, are too frequently unhap
y, but w%ith us the hie path of domnestic
liss lies through the front gate, and it is
>o plain to be easilym missedl. Aiong lie
tomans ihe wire wias little better than a
lave, and onl Sunda(1ltlty nights the young 111
larrie(d lIjjllman, inste.ld of sppe(dillg his
venling in tie "'1diml, religious light of tile
nck pirlor," 31s Milton beautihilly says,
,ent to the circus or: th(! amphilheatre to
'itness at gladatorial walking imatch or (lie
titics of Ilie Tahn111ge of th(e period. I'I'ie
iscovery of PompeIi explains why court
liip was a lost art ininong th(! Rllnial.
'here was not a1 gate of any kind inl th(%
'hole city walli, and we have every reasonl
) suppose that nothing aatilaligolls to our3
ront. or back gates existed hlllronghlou the1
ide exteit of (th( lRonum Empire.
It. is ill our1 Western St(tes t1a1t th(, front
itte 1has8 reir'hed ils highest development of
n aid to courWship. As is well kniown,
iere re two schools wib rh radically
i their theory, of the tru -, thod of using
te gtle. 'I'le Concord school, of which
Ir. Ialph Waldo Emierson is the leader,
olds that young mn and young Women
iould lean oil the same side of the ga(e
ie inner side being regrded 3as preferable.
'lie Western school, On the other hand, ill
ss that tile young 1lady should lean onl the
ier side of the gate, while the lover ]ceans
nt the other side. Though the %estern
'lhool lacks a leader of the fame and expe
1ence of Mr. Emerson, it has by far the
reater mber of adherents, and to the un
rejudiced minid there eai be but little
oubt that its doctrine is the trie one.
It is easy to comprelend how the front
The originally came'1nto Use. The original
aIr of lovers who first. it ilized It had doubt
!s sought at place where they could enjoy
ivacyN, while yet. aflr oft, th1e u1n1syipa
eliec fathler an(1 th wiiyfariiig small boy.
'he locality of thle front gate, commnanding
s it does a full view of the house from
,,hich the father may emerge with his
eartless boot, and the public street, along
-hich the casual snall boy may wend his
rh1stling Wiay, Would natuillly be selected
von by lovers wholly without engineering
istincts. - Experiliee soon showed that
lic front gate )ossessc( other unequaled
tragetic advantacges. To the eyes of th1e
ublic the lover on lthe outside of the gate
lways seems to be in the- act of going
Way. When any on3e except the avenging
ither drew near, the lover would remanrik,
'Well,. as I wats saying, I m3ust. really go ; "
nid thenl, Whenl thle ObJCtionafble person1
ad passed on, the sweet sorrow of proloig
d parting Could begin again an(d last 1111til
3o appewance of a1 c'lderly gentleman
1ith a club 3at the front door seemed to
oint to the propriety of an3 immediate and
mal parting.
Fall Leaven.
It seems a11nost sacrilege to mar the sym
letry of a well-grown tree by cufting or
re1akiing its branches. A few ima- some
mnes be remlovedl without detractin'g froml
s beaut-y; but whlenI the grounid is strewnl
elih leaves, it is needlesk to do tils. From
nchl p)rofus5ion rare selecetionls of coloring
lot.tled, mIalrbled, st riped, blotced(, or
hladed--canl be ma13de that are una31ttainab11le
a single blranch~es; and1( these maly be so) ar
ist ically comin~ied an3d mounite3d Oin wires as8
serve the pulrpose3 of naitu3ral brancehes. A
ow green leaves greatIly enhauice tile bril
3lanCe of 1the more0 highIly colored. 13011
(3(s and yellows becomoe more Vividl in eon
rast wvithi green-a facet too oftenl ignlored,
ltaher 810311 wIre 18 nleededi for the main
toei of a~ garlanld or ai branceh; mlore slen
.er to strenigth3en and( renider pliant the leaf
toe. Connnon wo)rsted, Berlin or Gecr
iIantownI, ini red, ma~roon or brown; is ex
ellent for winIding the stems) to wii'es aifter
lie mianlner of ar(iInCial flowver sprays. Car'e
I arranging the leaves, accordin1g both1 to
olor and1( size, is necessary to give 1atisfa1c
rry resuilts. A bouigh or a branchl should
eginl at thle aipex withI a very smal311 leaf,
1n( the leaves gralduaIlly increase In size
'1ward1 tho base. This being alIlxedl to the
11111 steml by w13ining 1th0~ eiosted, otheir
wigs, 'Biihrly made(1(, can be added0( as the
work pr'oceedls.
'rho bebt way to prepare the leaves for
1I imlpuIricties--is to p)res#. them31 be(tweenl
1(ean3 whIte papers under aireliht. Where
ne has not p)ressinlg boards designed es
eciaIlly for this puirpose, the papers0~ con
lIning thle leaves can be laid under a heavy
ox or a1 pile of books. After two or three
aye the3y shoul3d be flly dIrled an3d smoothedc(
v'ith ai warm3 (not hot) Ironi. If a~ bit of
vax or of palrafinIe be rulbbed on the face of
lie i'oni juset as each leaf is lronIed, a gloss
nd ela3sticity wvill be Imparted and1( at the
3111 time1 1130 colors heightened 313nd fxed.
icafy branichles are most8 easIly dried inI this
my, withlout p)revious pressInIg,
By mneanis of wainn sand small31 boulghs of
~3ves can be dried with thleir. twigs and1
saives in naitural position. Seeding mnaples
nily three or four Inches hligh, that are 50
bundant arounld fuli-grownl mlaple trees,
re very lovely drIed in tIs mlanner. A
011mmo03 wire sieve, a quantIty of cleani
and and a box, the bottom of wleh can
e easIly removed, are the tmaterhals needed.
let the sleve within (1he box, and( In the in
orstices of the wIre-work place the0 stemis
f the maples or th~e base of thle branelh,
with~ every leaf posed as us.ual, Pour thle
and, heated to blood warmth, through a
taper cone or tunnel a1roun3d and upjon the0
ranches and leaves till all are covered.
let the box in the sun or on the back of a
love or ranlge. If in the sun, two or thIree
lays will be requlired to dry them31; on a
tove or range, wIth . constant, steady
rarmith, twenty-four -hours will probably
ufflee. At the-end of thatin remove the
ottom of the box and let the *end pass out,
e'h littlitree and branoho will t rmain eIn
IeIy,.v~ Iefon' riadoNlly
mevlted %alx or- paralllinle should fliish the .
Arritlge the 1ec's inl it (11ad11 of 111d, lay
genInlo,,_ upo 1th1sufaceq, and1( youl haVte
at pretly pardor orlianimnt.
'Th'le leaves of' the11111leaplead :(mk, ad1141 of
t ftew woodly shArolls Suieh 11s tile herry
ing planill-, N1 repay eIl Ipain a1111i for
preservatt i4nl. Ov lheinmples, a .1-err in
(the- red Iapit. ), whose foliaglp tilr-Is deep
crimisonl inl ItI1um1 u1, d141 A. m1eumrinum
(the 411gair nae) -.Xibiting, -Ill 4h11ilpe4 of
red anid yIlo smtmsInth l e1 Ieaf
--from mar11olin Itnd orang11e lo delicinte
ellerry and rose-color or pIle cre will
be sul11livient.
Select from th(! onks (ortecus coceinea
(theI(, scarlet oak), with its growing red
leaves, anld Q. discolor (the .wamp1ll) white
oak), with rich brown deeply scalloped
leaves. These give e'lgance of foriml and
beiauty of color. When pressed and dried
they ire very effective ats decorations.
The leaves of the sumnes, in their atu
tuni tints of claret and crimson and gold,
are fine material for wall bouquets. Re
seibling ferns in their phinaled form, they
groulp Wpll Withj thlem, and1(at(1d briIIllnne to
the-ir delicate huem. The mostM. desirab1le are
lum capallina l. ty1phina, and R. 1l/a
hn'a. These hang out. their gorgeouis ori
thimmes iln rocky pastuel and by 1b1ar1ren
hillsidos just as suuner visitorsf are hastenl
ing, homeward; and aill Ilhe winter-after
they have been nicely pressed--like (1he'
ballilers from old bilronlill halls, they will
h(Id glory Nd1111 grindelIr to ily 111 hm
ble homle.
The boughs of some okw ti(.tes aire mo
erooked aid curved as to reseible the mit
h-rs of deer ind when covered with
li(Ilelns 11(d droopi lln a1r8 e fl1ne orlla
mnents for anl enitran1ce hall or. library. These
ar-e usually ancient hemlocks or junlip1rs,
andI( ire foind in damp lo1nllies. Nliny
pretIy llings mayli lbe Im111le of th1se Ilossy
bioughs, such ats valses anild stand10s for dried
grItaitsties or- pressed ferns itid simnacs; ulso
hilliging baskets for holding pot4 of living
plantits or dried leaves and flowers, land
easels for supporting 8ketchies of ruril scen
ery. A little ingenuity iln eutting and
triminhg the branclhes and inl whirlilig 1them
into the desired slilpe, will make of the
most, refractory boughs very beautiful ob
jects. Use fine anneitled wire to keep till
firm anld steady.
Tile liCIIhns thit cover the( fallen limbs of
trees, ol dilapidatted fences, and the bowl
ders scattered lere and there t11r-owuh tie
woods have ia beauty pecullarly their Own.
Wooden brackets to which their lavender
and gray ruffles aire glled adorn at room and
serve many useful purposes-are especially
desirable to hold a pot of growing vines that
will drop gracfully over and about them.
Collema laccru, resembling rosettes of
pearl gray lace, ori a full blown rose carved
in stone, may be found in moist woods.
This handsome species is very desirable for
covering old picture frames lending ia quaint
attraction 1o the dingy and discolored surI
face, wich they should liealrly hide. Vases
of box-board or of wood, covered with these
lichens, allre,- handsome receptacles for
branches of autumn leaves or ferns.
A wooden cross having these lichens so
closely glued upon It as to hilde its material
looks as if chiscjeld iln some arabesque pat
tern from solid granite. Such a cross
should rise from i base covered with the
more common flat species that abound on
rocks in pastures and by the way side.
Jainus Gordou itsIennett.
A recent writer gives the following
)ointed account Of Jam111es 0ordon Benneti,
the proprietor of the New York JIerall.
"I met him at the Union Club a few hours
after his arrivail. I never saw him look so
handsone. Imagine before you 11 tall, sim
1111n, about forty-five years old, bis face
florid, and his hair prematurely white. Mr.
llenlett's eyes are very singular. Ile has
what, a horsemn lis 'watch-eyes ;' that.
Is, tile iris (If the eye Is light gray, whlie
thle pupil or' central dlot Is whilte. Walker,
the flllibluster leaider, bad the same restless
'watchi-cyes.' Mr. Bennett's wite hair is
like that worn by Stokes, who killed Jum
Fisk ; by Frank Lord, tile son1 of the late
M. H icks Lord ; andl 113 younIg George Law.
It Is caused by3 dr1inking. Chamlpagnec
duICes goutI. Ilennlett. is a1 drIinker, and( nlot
11n eater'. If lhe had thlree dlollars to buy a
mea21 l'with, lhe would speind two dlollars and
eighty-five cents for chamipagnme and1( lIfteenl
cents for a sand(wichi. Bemnnett is really one
of tIle 'h)uudest.' lIvers 1in tIle counitry. lie
sIde the big house 0on W'ashingtoni I leights
left b)y huis father, heC hasi a big dIoule-hous1e
onl Fifth Avenue, ai house in Lonidon, a
'shooting-box' In Lanucashire, and( now a
yvila lat. Newport. All these thlings cannlot
cost, lhhn less than11 a hund1(redl thousand11( dIoi
lars per anmlim. iIe spends Is mIoneCy like
a king, and1( Is really admihred1 in New York.
M~r. Henlnett, thlough a man of talent, has1
reatlly very little to do with the lIIerald.
ils business is simply to call about, four
times a week and1( 'shake the boys upl.' One
of Mr. Beninett's pecuiliarities Is 1110 'shank
Ing up' mlanlia. One nhighlt, after a echami
paigne dinne2r, lhe flew downi to the ofilce,
shook up Connery, the mlanlaging edlitor,
and1( thlen wrote a ioose, shishinag editorIl,
pulttIIg thle pIrice of tile JIcrald dlowni to
three cents. lie not only shakes up hits
newsp)aper, but lhe shakes up Is friends.
Ils trouIble wvith the Mays was causedl by
his app)earling at, tIle May residence at twelve
o'clock at night, 'shaIking uIp' the dloor-bell,
cleaInig off tIle lhat-rack, firing a shlot (or
two inIto thle mh-11ror, and then givIng Miss
May a pocket-pistol to defend herself withI.
R.eligiously, Mr. Bennett ought to 1)0 a
Shaker-thloughl in fact lhe is a CIathiolic."
TRIO Unworked (told Fields of CaHl1fornsa1.
For hlundredIs of miles along the wvestern1
base of the Sierras are gold-bearing velins
and placers, alwaltInlg development that will
yield a profitable retuirn to the energy anld
money of tile capialists, whlo will yet seek
thIs fiel as8 one of the best and miost relia
ble to be found 0on the globe. -lere will be
foulnd every facility of a kindly clhmate,
accessibility, cheap and1( avaIlable power,
and every concomitant thlat Cal i make thle
business p)rofitable above tIle cost of produc
tion. Tile gold mines of California, not
withstanding the vast treasurers they have
given to tIle worl, are comparatively un.
worked fields. Tile gold-bearing veins are
practIcally without limit, and the dead
river channels are only begInning to yild
their inoxhaustible stores. ThIs is not an
over-drawn estImate of the gold fields of
California, and far-seeing men are begirnni
to realize the importanco of giving more
attention to thlem .as a source that will b
lastirig and reliable in keepingu ait equaba
poupdton'e the moetpl thtt p inetly
th0O1* rge~tb WReI ad4utr
Sucking Deatl.
Not long ago a wel dressed traveler arri
Ved at the Ilotel de France, St. Petersburg
stating (Ihat. lie Was Mr. 0oph --,
colonial aigent, 21nd thimt he Wishede to stay 1
Short timlIe in Jhitomir ipon buiness. A
roomli onl ile seemnd floor Of the hotel wa
asiged to him and lie spent two or thre,
dlays inl Walking a111lit tihe! sh,cee:4, tilliolgi
thle weather wasm 111n1slialily w<el and MtormlY.
()ih tile .1ur h 1111 eveningy" he ret 1ired to hi4 roo'n
'arly aint lbeked himself i. Next moninip
Ie wias valled at his usual hour, but ret<tie(
21 antmswer to tile summons. A nler a gooo
del of fuitile knocking and slioting til
hotel proprietor became alarmed liat his ten
ait's pr ' -teted silence, aid caused the doo:
of tile I )?>, to be brokei open. A terribic
spectiae: 10 '!8enited itself to the aissemllble(
liouselo!, . Mr. O--'s body was lyinl
o tie buic -edstead, from which the mat;
tress and bed-CIOtICs hald been removed -
a sheet, partly covered the legs of the corpse
which was Other-Wise inl It aStite of nudity
its left hand pressed tightly upon the region
of the heatl, and its right hantild colvilsively
clitchiing the i jr. 'I'le eyes were widc
open, fixed inl a gIlasSy death stire, tind thc
fetitures distorted with agony. Ani oppre8.
Hive odor, ais of- scorched fait, pervaded tilt
room11. No wound wats perceptible upon the
body, but thel chiest. was tranisversely barre(I
ill SeVIerl lAle.4 by dull red Stripes. A.
son a1s the police, accoipanied by the loca
IIIediCll olice', ha.-Id miade its tippeaI'antice Orl
lie eee of th1is horribl! tragedy. the corpse
wis turned uplionl its face, when tite cause of
deathik bectIame known for the first. tihe Ip
parent to the terror stricken spectators. A
deep and broad burn wats exhibi(ed in the
middle of the back, ind the Apinle WIH found
to be coipletWly cillbonlized. Upon the
Iloor, underneath the beds(ead, were dis
covered thle wicks, embedded lin i litthe
blotch of (ol tlearile, of three candles,
which had beei taken out of the candle.
sticks anid 1Ixed u1 onl 1 planking Onl 21 layet
of ieted grees, and tlie 1tune of these
candles Mr. 0-- had laid upon the skele.
(onl framiework of his bedstead, anIld sufTered
his Spine to be slowly colguiled itil he
died. A inuscript., placed ulponl 11 table
close to the bed, contained not only at resumc
of the reasons which prompted this unfor
hunal e man to undergo self-inllicted martyr.
dom, iut minute details of the torturing
process by which hlle had chosen to destroy
his life. It wam written lin four ingiages
-German, Russian, Polish and Czechish
and connmenced in a firm, bohl hand-writing,
the last few pages, however, being scarcely
legible. In this letter Ie related that lie
adopted this pecullar mode of death to dein.
onRtrate whether sulclevs were cowards or
not. Tie latter portion of it wts evidently
written while stretched on the bed of torture.
The caume of the act wll; undoubt(mdly a
love disllpIoilitmncit. Ill his man111sIRscript
he curses the being who caused his death,
and mays if he is able to revisit the earth
Ie will leave her no single moment's peace.
I II
SIoW PUIRnO.
A imisance that tronbled Europe fifty
years ago is beginning to attract attntion
here-t-hat Is, putting alu1m in the bread we
eat. The bread must be " light" that it
niay be digested; that Is, it 1us1t, be filled
by the well-known cells we are accustomed
to see ii it. Where beer or ile IS brewed
th8ose who understand healthy bread-making
procure yeast, which " lightens" the brend
better thia any substitute, and is wholesome.
Where yeast is not readily to be obtained,
"baking-powders" are resorted to, anud out,
of tlem come mIschief. Bicarbonmate of
soda and cream of tarttar, or tartrcle acid,
tire the usual constituents of t good baking.
powder. Cream of tartar sells lit sixty
cents to eighty-Ilve cents a pound. This
high price hIs led "cheap baking powders'
to be made of alum as a substitute for som<
or tall of the cream of tatar. Alumi wvIll
maitke bread look witer, so thait bakers cati
ma)2ke lnferior' ilour' sailble as brtead( by ItI
use0 ; and1( they use0 it, ini some) p)laces callingR
It "'rock," so that, no0 inadveurtet, exp)ressionl
mayi3 let "'outsidiers'' know~ that ahnin is uIsed.
Ahlun is ani ijurious article to the human
contittioni ini large quanittitles, 0or In smatll
quiaintities oft.en repeaitedl. It is the small
quantities, takeni every mneal, that do thc
mlischief in breaid. Ahunu Is cheap-threc
cets a po0und(-to the plocket, but It takel
whait is so saved ouit of the stomaIlch andi
takes It with fearful interest. Alum is an
aistr'ingenlt, and1( is usedl by3 dy3ers and othere
218 such. Taken frequently oni thle hiuinani
stomaitch, It produces heartburn, Ind(Igestlon,;
grip)ing, cons1tip)ation, dlyspepsiaI, and1( kin
dried troubles resuilting from IrritatIon (If the
muhcouts membrane, p)rodulced 1by the astirin
gont properties (If lum'if. All thiesc aro nie
thlings to b)e InIflicted by thle breatd eaiten
children, growing girls, persons of weekly
frame and sedenitary occupations, this alum
bread Is poIson most especially. If the
r'eadler wants to know somnethiing of alum,
let him sucke a lump of It, notIce its effect
uphonl tine miouth, which is something like
that, of an uInriple persimmon ; then let 1hi1)
reflect, howv it acts upjonl the tender, deliate
coats of the stomaCh. Dr. HIenry A. Mott,
thec celebrated anlytiel chemist, analyzed
twenty-three of the baking powders most I1
use, and founid ahun ini all but one. It is
time we took mieaisulres to top this bread.
poisoning that kills our lIttle ones andl( per.
pletuates dlyspepsiat andl cholera.
Afraid of Animals' GIhostwA
Among the many strange customs of say.
age nations, nlot the least curious are thc
ceremonious observances offered by them to
the wild beasts wiclh they hunt and kill.
TPhe boldest, native hunters of Br'itish India
wouhld shudder at the thought of heaving thc
corpse of a slain tiger till they3 hiavo singed
off its whiskers to the very root, without
whleh precaution they firmly boliove that
the ghost of the dead monster will haunt
them into their graves. lIn many parts ol
Russia the killing of a wolf is not thought
compllete without cutting off the hlead. andl
right fore-paw. The Lapps . and Finns,
whenever they kill a bear surround the bo'dy
with loud lamentations. One hunter ther
asks the dead beast, "Who killed the?"9
and another answers, "A Ruissian," wher
all tihe rest exclaim in~ chorus, "A cruoe
(deed, a bloody deed I" hoping by this mean
to divert the boar's resentment from thenm
selves to the Imaginary Russian. Skulls 01
brown bears, nailed.to the trees by th<t
Tnditgne, in compliance ivitht some natli
superstItion, are often found sby Carnodiat
camping parties in the woearotiddLak
Simcoo' and the ~ 9hr %~I
Ix4 kil a pQar Vl9&'~i
A History in Coins.
John II. McCall, the well-known railroad
man1111, has atimsed himself of late years in
imaking a collection of American allver and
copper coins. and the result has been that
lie is in possesion of one of the finest ex
libitims of the kind which any private
pwrson can boaist or in the country. It is a
i4plendid reminder of by-gone eventsto pick
tip theti ancient pliecei and think of the
varied scenes that have happened in the
year or thwir coinage, and the more strange
things that have become history since. Mr.
McCall has a sample of every sliver coinage
of dollars made from 1704 to 1803, and
again from 1836 to 1879, with the excep
tion of two. Also of the half-dollars from
1795 to 1869, except that made in 1802,
very few of which are in existence; the
(juarters ats far back as coined, except thoso
of 1823 and 1827, and the tens, five and
threes. Samples of pennies from 1798 to
1879, inclusive, appear in this collection, as
well as the half-pennies from 1808, being 82
in number. The twenty-cent, five-cent and
two-cent pieces, representing more modern
dates, lire among these coins, while the col
lect ion of tokens which had uch a mushroem
growth during the war days contain 248
pieces, no two of which are alike. It is a
study to go over these tokens which received
their birth when change was so sacree, and
at the volition of individuals. They repro
sent lill kinds of business, from the nillk
dealer to the undertaker; the hatter and the
clothier ; the druggist and the confectioner ;
the dry goods anr the hardware man and
saloon keepers without number, all redeemn
able in sunis of $5. Every imaginable de
vice Is stamped upon these tokens, and they
are decorated with all kinds of inscriptions
from "lin God we trust" down to "One
country; one flag and and zwel lager." The
rarest coin In this collection is the silver dol.
lar of 1836, the first one that was coined after'
1804, commonly known as the "flying
eagle," very few of which are extant: the
well-remembercd nickle penny of 1850; the
half-dollar of 1815; the cent of May 1, 1887,
which wias substituted for shinplasters, and
(he cent of 1839, commonly known as the
"booby head." Beside these coins, which
fill a large box, and are, of course, of no
small woight, Mr. McCall is in possession of
sanples of all the script ever issued by the
government. This collection has been made
merely for amusement and instruction, but
several times the owner has been offered
large sums for it. Perhaps no other of the
kind is more perfect, and as points On which
to Iuild past political histdry the coin aro
interesting keepsakes.
Lilies,
Many cultivators of this beauitiful tribe of
plants are much annoyed at finding them die
oif just previous to their flowering, the low.
er leaves turning yellow, and tl4e stemovent.
tially decaying. Upon taking up the bulb
the ensuing autumn it will be found to be
more or less decayed or rotten; this Is especl
ally the case with L, auratum; the goldei..
banded lily of Japan, some of the new Call
fornian and Oregon speeles, and our native
species, some of which like L. suparbum,
seem to defy cultivation; even the strong
growing L. lancifoliun and its varietes,
now common in our gardens. Our own ob.
servation and experience, as well as those of
a friend who is an enthusiastic cultivator of
this tribe of plants, lead us to the conclusiqn%
that it Is owing to the excessive heat' of tile
surface of the soil, which destroys the fibrous
roots formed at the foot of the stoi, just
above the bulb); for many lilleshave twosets
of roots, one set stout and comparatively
fleshy, issuing from the baso of the bulb, and
the other set inuchmore delicate and fibrous.
Acting on this conclusion, we have planted
bulbe of some of the species that annoyed tio
most by their (lying off, among groups or _
clumps of dwarf-growing shrubs, and hAvo
found that lin sich situations they thrive
finely ; throwing up their flower-stems above
the shrubs, and blooming freely and beauti.
fully. T1hus planted,thelr roots are deep
shaded, and therefore more moist and cool
thani w~hen exp)osedl to the full bulaze of the
sun, with its attendant drying and intense
heating of the surface soil. It also agre'e'
better with their natural situiation, as many
of them, like L. supcrbu~m, as most of onr
read(ers must haive observed, grow in thickete
throwing up tall stems above the shrube
loaded with blooms. Somne, like 4, aura
hun and our native L. oanadeneo, grow in
open grass fields, but in such situations the .
grass always keeps tihe soil moist and cool. 1
Offecal salnaismin Europe.'
*Ofiai salaries are very low in Germany Y
compared with those in England. The on-<
tire salairy of the Imperial Chanelhlom',
Prince Bismarek, from all sources, both as
Prussiani Minister and Chancellor of ths u
Emp)ire, Is only 54,'000 ($18,500).- This'
highest salary of a Prussian Cabinet Mins,',i
ter is 80,000 marks. Pensions are on the d a
same moderate scale. Thiey are settled o~
analogous princiles to those whieh govern
the English civil-service ptislon' system -
tihe pension amounting to asm any
tieths of the salary whichl was oing ee'.
ed at the time of retirement as there hliqa$~
been years spent In the service of the
Ten years are added to the record of stlo~.
in all cases where misconduct has not -~9I..
for censure. But where the salary excededs5)
12,000 marks ($8,000) only the hahfef au,
excess Is taken into account. Dr. Falkc
retiring Minister of Public Works a T
ucation, entered the service of the 8taW,
184'7. He has consequently 88 yo'
public service plus ten. .IHis salary as )e
Ister was 80,000 marks, whicha becQ~fs
duced to 24,000 for thie purpose of
lag his pensIon, which will be 420ot
amount, or little over the half, naml,1
200 marks ($8,800). . ,
The Cobra atm ibinner aW . '
I was assisting once at a b~a 44i
big dinner party, and we had' albi'
tremecly vivacious, At last the lde
to depart, when, just past the uJi
of a very prety girl who had be~
band neighbor, there glid4 a c
forthivitht-nade for theo w
hind us, but was ittackefilkUd
it could escape~ Theyuo
naturally, ot rathertet~1
came round tsu tten t x wb
sidering altle e omiteri
ing the progre4s of t*44zh
on sevoral diffei'ent'
oect widch onoce W
t.which st 0
oh