The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, March 04, 1880, Image 1
'TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., \IARCI I, 1880. VOL. IV.-NO.28.
A BABY GIRL.
A little one climbed in my lap last night- I
A fair little creature with ahin' eyes, 1
That seemed to have taken th ir radiant light 4
From the fairest hue of the summer skies
And down on my shoulder she laid her head,
And so'tled herself with a quaint little twirl;
And then, looking up in my face, she said,
"Now, sing me a song of a baby girl." 1
"Of a 1 aby girl I" flow my thoughts flow back
To another time and another scone,
Far, far adown on my memory's track,
With many a joy and sorrow between
To another time, when at evening's close,
Tired out with the long day's busy whirl,
1, too, climbed up for a sweet repose
On my moth- r's lap-a baby girl!
How we change, how we change, as the years
go on
There aro.eilver threads in my hair to-day
And the loving and oherished mother is gone
To the pleasant land where angels stay. .
O. I wonder. I wonder, if e'er she looks down
From "the beautiful city with gates of p earl,"
From "the sounding harp and the gleaming
crown.
To follow the fate of her baby girl ?
What is this, little one ? Ah, her head droops
low,
And her fingers have loosened their clinging a
clasp,
For the innocent slumber but children know
Holds her baby brain in its soothing graep, t
And I gather more closely her forui to my
breast, c
And I tenderly toy with each clust'ring curl, I
When our labor is done; may our final rest
Be as sweet as the sleep of my baby girl I a
A Little Mistake.
Miss Aituerva Blair, spinster on the
shady sido-of forty, and her niece, Miss
I lope Alexatider, also single, but on the A
sunny side of twenty, sat in the pleasant f
sitting-room of a pleasant country mansion, I
listening to the rumble of the afternoon a
railway train, which was just arriving at a
the depot.
"MIr. Harvey will be here in a few min- 1
utes, Hope," said the aunt ; "and you I
must be cordial to him, unless it is your ia
desire to offend me." i
"I wish the train had had a collision !" 11
was the rather vindictive reply, thoti ;h a
sly half-smile showed that the words were
hardly meant.
"Hope I" cried the other, somewhat s
4ternly. "You are positively sinful to be c
so malicious. Why should you hate it o
gentleman you have never seen I" ti
"I might in turn ask you why should 1
love a gentleman I had never seen ?"
"Nobody asks you to love him."n
"'No. But you wish mec to marry him."
"Well," apologized t he aunt, "I woukd
hikv'to see you as well settled as you cer..I
taiuly would be with Walter lIarvey. 'l'ie
love can come afterward. I know you
will like hhn."
"Why, Aunt Minoi va, you have never 1
mtet him yourself I"
"Not since he was a little boy. But I
have always known his parents, and they
are worthy people."
"So were Hope Alexander's, I think,"
poutingly said the youuger lady. "And r
- yet you see what a perverse scapegrace you
have got for a niece." n
Even Miss Minerva's grin features had
to relax a little. But any further convor- 'I
sation Was cut off by a ring at the outer ii
door.
"lie has come," said Miss Blair. "You
itust at least treat him civilly, Hope."
"Indeed I will, aunty, for your sake,"
said the girl, with a touch of good feeling. f
Miss Minerva went herself to admit the c
visitor.
"Mr. Harvey," she said to the dark- ,
hecarded, hlandsome young muan whom she
admittedl, "'It gives mec genuine plcasur'e
to welcome you to this houe. 1 have l
* known yolu' family so many yoars, that
* you almost seemi a friend."h
"Indeed, I' hope to be 011," was the
frank repliy.
'You nmust het mie send( my niece to ti
you," said Mises Minerva, as soon as the.
newcomer was fairly seated, "I am house5- t
keeper, you know, and1( cannot neglect mly
diuties, but you wyill have a substitute whom
y'ou must lear'n to like,"
" 'You would hardly say thlat if you
knewv all,"-the gentleman remarked sotto
voe.
"I am afraid I have htumored hler into I
being a little wilful, but she Is kind
hearted and good."
And with thlese leasatnt words, the kind
old1 maiden lady left the room.
She was gone scarcely- long enloughI to
allow the young muan to collect lisa thloughlts
ere she again stood In the doorway, say..
ing :
"Mr. IIarvey, I present my niece, Miss
I lope Alexander."
And a slender, rustling figure was half
p)ushied Into the room, where It stood bow.
lug with a semi-haughty air.
Something like a smile was upon the
young gentleman's countenance, and lie ~
kept lume eyes fastened upon the girl's face ;
but she did not loo,k up, waiting In aience a
for him to speak. But lie too seemed
wordless, and only gave vent to an embar
rassed ''Ahiem I"
Miss Blair wondered .a little, and *
-frowned a little, at 11cr niece's perverse he
havior.. But she wisely conch.uded to leave i
them together.
"I must attend to getting supper," she f
then eaid. "I will leave you together foir
a time,"
As soon as she was fairly gone, 'hope I'
cried the youing muan. Th'le girl raise-1 her
eyes at once.
"Arthlur Is it yocu? I-I did noet expect
you. I thought It was your cousin Waitera
who was comning."
"It will require quite a talk to explamin
all, my Hlope," he answered. "And I
almiost fear your aunt may overhear' us."
His arm went about her wraist, Sly MIss 1
llope, not to have told her aunt the secret
this action Implied!i Wicked ?diaa Hope,
*to deceive so good a relative I
At present she was only charming Miss I
flope to the only eyes that looked upon her,
and in sooth sheo was flushed and very
piretty.
"We will -stroll into the garden; Arthui'.
T Ihere we can talk without danger of being
overheoar1,"
8o .they walked out into the pleasant 1
piaths.of thle home gtounds, an'd over the I
grebneward, to the roots of a' great buc)k- 1
eye-tree, where they found ozy seats.,
"klave you over told .your aunt about<
on of her early friend, John Harvey, that
mlly opposition would have made helr un
iippy. So 1 have left the matter to time.
Jut you have not yet told mike how you
ome to be hero."
"It is not too wonderous strange. My
ousin Walter and myself are excellent
rood friends, and as he happens to have an
tttaclmient of his owu, he is just as adverse
o being forced into a marriage with a
tranger as yourself. I discovered all this
n the course of a conversation with himi,
nd then 1 told him the story of our meet
ng, and our present relations. The revela
ions came just in time. Ills father was
ven then urging a visit here upon him.
othing was easier than for me to take his
>)ace, t u let Walter undertake a more
velcome jh' nt."
"And no w that you are here, sir, what
an you (o ?"
"Upon my soul," cried the young mtan,
omewlat ruefully, "1 hardly know I I
nust try and ingratiate myself with your
nunt and leave the rest to luck."
A long talk was followed by a long stroll,
and thus nearly two hours elapsed before
hey returned to the house. Aunt Minerva
teamed a most approving glance upon
that she deemed the success of her plans,
ut she startled then the next moment by
aying:
"I have just had a note from your father,
Ir. Ilarvey. lie will be with us himself
o-morrow mOrniig.
Poor Arthur tried hard to conceal the
:onsternation which this Intelligence threw
lim into. Fortunately Miss Minerva was
u too complacent a hulmor to be very ob
ervant.
"Come, ITope, you shall read the note.
t might make Mr. H [arvey too vain, or I
vould give him a peep also."
Miss Hope, in another room, read John
larvey's billet, which ran as follows:
"If my son Walter, usuaily No (liltiful,
hould disappoint me in our plan, I shalf'
eel like adopting my nephew, Arthur
larvey, who is a splendid young fellow,
lid would probably do more to oblige me,
s lie has not been spoiled by indulgence.
suppose my gentleman will have arrived
efore ywi get this. I have taken a sudden
otion that he may require overseeing, and
s I have long owed you a visit, I will pay
iy debt by following this note to-morrow
lorning.
Sincerely your friend,
JOHN llAuv."
t"I suppose," said Tlope, slyly, though
Ite felt in no humorous mood, "if you
ouldn't get the son, auntie, you would not
bjcct to the nephew, as it would all be in
1e family ?"
"Well," replied her aunt, after a mo
lent's thought, "'I don't know how that
lighlt have been if 1 hadn't met Walter
[arvey. But I feel now that no otlier
oung man could replace him. -Ilesides,
[opo," and here she gave her mece ia mis- i
bhevous pinch, "I guess he won't be so
nwilling.''
Poor I lope could only hang her head and ,e
lush like a guilty thing.
"What shall 1 do, 1Iope ?" cried Arthur,
then she tripped back into the parlor. "I
,el like running away instanter."
"I'hat would be so brave I" was the
ither sarcastic rejoinder.
'Please, thu advise-or rather, coim
laial me."
"Well, then, sir, hear your orders.
'his deceit matces me feel mean and guilty,
spite of myself, and we must have an
Xplallatiol at all hazards."
"Now ?"
Hope reflected a moment.
"No, not now-to-morrow. You must
ice your uncle, and then let the truth
t'ine out."
"And then won't there be a storm 1" the
oung man sail, shrugging his shoulders.
"'Well, we have rmed it, and lust meet
~," Miss Hope replied, bravly,--"And
ow let us8 disifss'the subject for to-day."
But although they did( their best to be
appy, a nervoulsness about the coming ex
osure overhung them, and they were much
30 restless for comfort that evening and
1e next mornmng.
It was ten o'clock before the train from
:10 city arrived, and two weary hours
assed lafter breakfast before the exp)ectedI
isitor reached tile house.
Hie was received at the door by Miss
linerva, while Ilope and her lover re
lIiaiedin the sitting room. Arthur made
virtue of necessity, and adlvanced to greet
is uncle with as mluch heartiness and in
ocence as lie could possibly throw into his
ianner.
"Why, Arthur I" cied the old gentle
man, 'tis is rather a surprise. What
01uld haive brought you here ?"
But he gave nils nephewou a wvarm shake
f the hand.
"'Arthur 14 cried the aunt. "Arthur, I
Iloughit your son's name was Walter, John
[arvey ?"
"So it is, Miss M~inerva--so It Is ; but
uis young man happens to be my nephew."
"G~ood graious I" gasped Miss Blair,
lIikIng back into a chair.
Johmn Harvey began to comprehend that
omeothing was wrong.
''See here, Arthur I" lie cried sternly.
'HIave-you been playing a trick?i Why
re you here, hlistead of my son, -whom I
enit?"
"Dear uncle,' Walter would not come,
or lie is not heart-free ; anid lie and I both
:ne0w that you wanted MIss Hope in the
anily, we thought-that Is, I-he-"
There: was a blank, ominoums silence.
Hope stole to Miss Minerva's side.
"Dear auntie," she said, "yot Jiunst for
:ive Arthur and me. We. are such 01(d
riends. Besides," she added demurely,
'you saId if you couldn't get Jphin Harvey's
on, you would prefer his.nep1gow."
Mr..H1arvey'sand MissBIlair'sglancesmIet,
nd something like a smile -passed over
heir facds.
"I see how It is," said lie, "We have
icon fighting nature, which is a bit of a
nistake. . I guess. we had better rectify it."
And they did so.
Everybody knows how; if not, learnm of
r,-aind Mrs. Harvey.
kesj to he m(gtt.
In thue'lttes, the castom of keepig ~to
lhe right4Jiatid- sidesof the sidewelk should
e invariably observe l anyone who persists
a takinds the left hand may .be degtej
gnorant an4rude, unless thiere are~
pool'a( ieas 1- hidbhddet? FotVhlIc
160, the right httuidd lb the ' rightMd,
like-in town and, cdutatry. . ome of"this
Itates have stalute law ootamandin1 hba,
a *thef. the rule u9Mikiet .
Anerican 1irds.
The Duke of Argyle says in his limpre
siois: "With regard to the birds of Nort
A merica, I cannot doubt froni what I saw
and heard that as songsters they are inferior
to our own. Tiis is the testimony of Mrs.
Urant of L.aggan, wjio was familiar with
both. It is a curious circuintaie that be
tween one Canadian bird and the corres
ponding species at home the only difference
I could detect was that the American spe
ties was silent, whilst our own is always
talking. I refer to that charming bird the
coiiton sandpiper, abounding on the
banks of every s ream and lake in the high
lands. Its American cousin is equally
liundant on all the rivers in Canabh; but
whilst at homte its call notes are incessant,
und the male bird has even a continuous andi
miost lively song, I did not hear a solitary
3ound from the sandpiper of Canada. I'bis,
lIowever, may have been an -accident, and
Lhe sandpipers are no where reckoned
imong the birds of song. One hears the
migratory thrush (robin) everywhere, in
the midst of the gardens and villas of towns
Aid cities, and in every little clearimg of the
[orest on the outskirts of human habitation.
It is a pleasant song, but decidedly inferior
o any of its cousins in Britain. It is in
ferior in power to the missal thrush, in va
riety to our common 'mavis,' in melody to
the blackbird. Near Niag,ra I heard one
very broken anl interrupted song of fine
one and of considerable power. But at
bough I was in the woodls and fields of
ianada and of the Slates in the richest, mo
nent of the spring, L heard litttle of that,
ust of song which in England comes from
he blackcap and the garden warbler and
he common wren, and (locally) from the
tightingale. Above all, there is one great
want which nothing can replace. TheI
neadows of North America were to my eye
,horoughly Enghsh in appearance-the r
ate rich and luxuriant grass, the same
haracter of wild flowers' and even I;le same
rveeds. 'he skies of America are higher
Iud wider and more full of sunshine. Itit,
here is no skylark to enjoy that 'glorious 1
Mrivacy of light.' "'he sweetest singer in c
he Hleavenly Father's choir' is wanting in e
lie New World. I cannot help thinking i
hat it might be introtued.. Of course the
vinters 01 Canada and of the Northern
tates would compel it to follow almost all
he other birds which summer there, and
o retire with thetii until the return of spring s
o Virginia or the Carolinttas. It would be I
in interesting experiment. i do not know 1
vhether it has been tried. If not, I would a
lggest it to my Americali friemids Its one
vorth,trying. It would be ahappier intro
ha:tio.n than that of the l.otndon sparrvow.
Sin ct-t Courtship,.1
They were sitting en a stile-Salry and
Steve. .i e at ote end, solemtly ''gnaw
ng his tawny tmoustitche, ''she at the other,
olemnly knitting cottssn lace. Ile smiled.
the smiled. lie slipped up close to her
ide, tbok i big sweet potato out of his
iocket and wiped it carefully on his sleeve.
"Less swip, "Said he, in deep, rich toties,
is he handed her the potato, and, taking
he dingy cotton lace from her hands, he
:otucttishly wrapped it around his hiat.
"Well, less," she replied, gnawing at the
aw potato. 'Ton minutes of dead silencu.
L'hen from another pocket lie handed a bun- ]
lk. tied up in at handkerchief.
"Ones what I've got," said he, archly.
"Mo' taters?"
"No."
"Ginger cakes?"
" No."t
"Chinkypins?"
"No."
"Warnutts?"
"No."
"Goobers?"
"I'asl NIw guesu who they're fur.
"'Fur y'O' tmatr?"
"No."
"No"
''Fur that sarcer-eyeded Cath'n you'se
>cu payin' 'tention ter?''
"No." One of his rare smiles pltayed
ipotn his aristocratic features at that. am
nenit andt( cauisedl her to say:
"Maybe they's fur tme."
''That's wvho they's fur, shorel"
She took the butndle tand thanked him.I
Nfore silence. Then he cleared his throat
exactly fifteen atid a haltf times. Hie had I1
omething to say, but dlidn't know how to
may it. ie looked sheepishly-I mean
)ensively-tat the leaves daninlg brownly
mi the ground, then at the cotton lace
wined round his lhat, then at the cauhn, blue
Iky, for mapienh~tien.
Maybe, like the great Constantine, lhe
eheldl a writtinLr on IIeaven's azure wall,
or ho spoke, and thusly:
"Us is gwine to mlarry, aiti't us?"
"Yaas, us is."
'Anu' whlen the imeat an' thie tmeal gives
mtt, an'm I beats you 'cus you won't wuck<
mn' git sonie mo' quick 'nuT, n~ ill you leave
tnc?"
That was Love's test; but she replied.
weetly and 'firmly:
"No, I won't, niuther! I'll stay 'long
vithi you while life lastesl"
Wentheor News.
January-Will be rather wartm, but not
tery warm; somiewhtt moist, but not very
toist ; just moist enough. Trhore will be
omeo cold weather, and some not quite so
old ; just cold enough.
Febrtuary-The weather will be like that
>f January, only more so, with slight var..
ations.
March-Can't say whether we will have
my weather ti month or not. The game
, blocked and( the machine won't indicat-e,
ut it Is safe to saty It will rain, and it never
~ains but it pourB.
Aprii-eople..will be greatly foouled on
het weather of this . month. We know
what it will be, but.don't propose to.spoil
ti1 the fun by giving It away.
May-We may have some rain thus month,
but It will mnot raitn all the time. The sun
will shine.
Juno-By thte time we htavo got along to
this month we will all begin to see the of.
!ects of the famine. Oh, bumt it will be hot
songeqf the time; but it is well enough for
sonme folks to become acclImated.
Juily-Bo-8me dust,~ rain clouds and wind,
bat inore sunshine; It will be quito hot.
Auguste-Considerable faIr and warm
i unmro thtan we can itso.
e~pI ili-8n ~ l~ t ,enough
e km . ~ O will pro.
N
Lake )wellers.
This class of persons lived before the
time of the Pyratid-builers ; but in their
progress and their discovery, first of bronze
und finally of iron, they may have been
Blower and later .than the ancient I:gyp
tians. The only knowledge we have of that
strange people, who once lived in curious
rotundel houses built oi platforms ercetod
for some distance from the shore out into
the lakes of Switzerlanl, is derived from
archteolog$-. In 1854 the waters of Lake
Gurich (and of. some other Swiss lakes) re
redcd farther than they had ever been
known to sink before during the historic
period; and a farmer, digging the rich
muck thus exposed for his garden, was as
onished upon coming upon masses of piles,
d11(1, mjxed among these, bionze inple
nents-knives, chisels, axes, etc. Ina other
localities subsequent explorers, digging
Iovn into these lakes and in other places,
mine upon inplements of stone as well as
Ironze; but it was found in every instance
hat the stone Implements lay below those
>f bronze. Whether the age of bronze came I
or the Lake Dwellers at the same time
hat it did to those wonlerful people in
iahiting the valley of the Nile, is verv
loubtful, if the Lake Dwellers were earlitcr
,han the Egyptians, they were also slower.
td probably later in arriving at the age of
>ronze. hit they reached that age. They j
ad lances, fish hooks, sickles, axes, all of
>ronzc. It was an age in which men did
lot know the use of iron. And the bronze
mplements they had were east in the forms
in which we timd them. In some localities
ve come ulpon articles of bronze and of
ltone ; in others of stone only. The ques
,oin arises - was there ever a period
nf which mankind used only implements of
itone. There Is no doubt of it. From one
mke alone in Switzerland no fewer than
,64:3 axes have now been recovered, .I tt ar
'ows, and a variety of other weapons anl
lomestic utensils, all stone. Other Swiss
akes yield similar suggestive revehn'i"ns.
1Id it was the same inl Great Britain-it
vas the same in France-it wias the sanme
bronghotut Italy, Germany, and most parts
f Europe-it was so even in Egypt ? Not
men the Egyptians knew, at one i ime, the
18e of iron or bronze.
What a Boy Did.
A c.uke walking in his garden one day,
aw a Latin copy of a great work on Mathe
natics lying on the grass, and thinking it
tad been brought from his library called
ome one to carry It back.
"It belongs to me," said the gardener's
On Stepping ulp.
"Yoursl" cried the duke; "I)o you till
lerstand geometry aid Latini"
'I know a little of theta," answered the
nd modlies:ly.
The (like, having a taste for the sciences,
egan to talk wit It the young student, and
vas astonished at the clearness and intelli
,once of his answers.
"But how came you to know so much?"
sked the dike.
'One of the servants taught me to read,"
nawered the lad; "one does not need to
:now anything more titan the twenty-six
otters in order to learn everything else one
vishes.'' But the gentleman wanted to
,now more about it.
"After I learned to read," said the boy,
'the masons came to work on your house;
noticed the architect used a rule and con
masses, and 1111de a great many calculations.
What was the meaning and use of that.? I
sked and they told me of a science called
rithmetic. 1 bought an - arithmetic and
tudied it through. They then told me
here was another science called geometry.
bought the books and learned geometry.
['hen I found there were better books
bout these sciences in Latin. I bought a
lictionary and learned Latin. I heard
here were still better ones in French. I
~ot a tdictiotiary and learnied French. it
,ems to me wve may learn everythiing
vhen wve know the twenty-six letters of
lhe alphabet."
Tlhey arg in fact, the ladder to every
elencee. lint how amany boys are conhtentedi
o waste their time at the first twvo or three
ounds, withl not pluck nor l)ersev'erance
noughi to climb higher! Up, up up), if
'ou want to know more, and see clearer,
mid take a high post of usefulness
n thme world. And if you arc a
>oor boy and nteedi a l.ittle friendly enicour
igement to help you on, be sure, I you
tave a will to climb, y'ou will find the
vay, just as the gardetner's son found it
ftcrw.ards in the Dutke of Argyll und~er
Nlhose pairenttage he pursued his stud(ies
mnd becamue-a distinguished mathematician.
1Stone's -AMath<mlial DJictionaLr,,
or Stone was the young gardlener's ntatme
vm4s a celebrated book published in Lotmhon
ome years aito.
Whiere dioes the Dtay liegin?
As a matter of fact, the day begins all
rounid the world-not at the 'same instant
f time, but just as the sun vIsits succs
ive plortions of the earth In hris journey
rom cast to west. But the t.raveler who
roes the Pacific ocean can give another
mower to the above qtuest ion ; that on the
.8th (degree of longitude-one-hatlf of the
tlrcumnference of the globe, starting from
}reenwichi east or west,-these Is an ar
>Itrttry chiange or dr-opping of a day, andt
hat at ti point, If antywhere, the dlay
nay be said to begin. It was with strange
eclings that the wrIter, crossing the Pacl
Ic, having gone to bed on Saturday ntight,
caving everything pertaining to the alma
ac, In a satisfactory condition, awoke on
~iondlay morning I Sunday had completely
iropped from our calendar, for that week
tt least. Every one knows that In travel
ng round the world from east to west a
lay Is lost, and in order to adjust his rec
koning to thtat of the place ho huts left, one
mist drop a day as if he had not lived It,
when in reality the time has passed by
erigthephng every (lay during the journey.
LFor a long time it was 'the custom for sal
ors to effect this change pretty much
where they pleased; but it has now beconie
i settled rule among AmerIcan and English
ruavlghtors that at the 180th dbarce a day
mst be passed over If going wcst, and one
added it going east, in wvhich latter case the
traveler ofijoys two Sundays or two Thurs
ilays, as the case may be. It Is most likely
that tIs particular degree was decided on
from the fact that, except a few scattered
islaads of Polynesia, there are no large conm.
munhties, with their vast commerplal and so
alal transactions, to be affectdd by the
abange.
"What? Twenty-five cents a pound
for saus-ages I Why, I canm get 'em dhown)
it Schmidct's for twenaty cents I" "Yell,
e,y,didn't gar 2" "tause Sch mldt
whto'em." "Vell, uv I was- out
of 'em IsoIl 'em for twohty.cents too,"
Ilatvana is tosntpolItanI. Onte sees Im he1
streels alost every natinality and hearn
muany u nguc5. Coolies are employed fo1
muilt of the worl{ along the i iharbor froni
and also swell the ranks of the peddlers.
The vanity bred in the Castilian is evincet
by the matny" varietiesof gorgeousuniformns,
nceting the eye. Ahnost every third mar
is in uniform, and a score or so dilferentl%
tricked out may he seen at at glance. Somi
of the olic"ers weaia'O side airmus al,o CaI)
Malacca sticks with a t,olden brown cordl
and tassel, which strangely suggests Cock.
neyisn. (One of the commonest types is a
sw "arthy hearded maln dressed ini a very
neat light hItie stripe"d material, witi white
vest, low " cut, exposing at gorgeous shirt
froit, sitaill PIancaske cap with. a straight
tortoise shell visor, gold bowed eye glasses,
and ill the (lecorations in (Il) and uniformn
that his rantk will allow. The ladies sel
dom go covered ini the strect. Their coitf.
urepare most elaborate, atnd only a film of
lace is occasionally worn on the back of
the head. Some of the poorer classes wear
even less than the traditional Topsy, anud
dur111ing the Imorning's drive our comtipany
passed several groups of negro chihlren
with only nature's covering. In the even
ing ile social life of Ilavatna begins. The
long lines of the IPrado arc Iailaze with
light, the numieroicuafes overll .w to the
sidewalks, which in manny instances are
undler atrecdes, anad the theatres and the
cir(us firnish atuusenent. Irilliant pri
vatle etluipages andl hk.s 4%iambitious victor
Iis daslh along with their loads of dark
bearded men aInd smiling senoritus. The
'Taucont theatre hasl probably ia w orld wide
reputation. Fo'r solle ciise it is closed at
present, and the fashionatble house is t he
Theatre IPayret de lia I'atz, i handsome new
theatre, slanding in at sipuare nearly oppo
site tle I'acon. The IPayret is prolmlyIv as
large as the Ioston tIheatri, whieb it very
mnch resembht -s. There is ia pa rliet cirele
anad four tiersabtove; two of which are ii
vided inlo boxes. 'I'The theatre has a fair
company and at remarkably large orchestra,
which discourses excellent music. ''he
curtain remains down about IIf'teen minutes
het ween the acts, sand the partet is entire
ly emptied. ''ie men throng out into the
the lobbies or the adjoining caftrs, smoke
cigarettes or drink coffee. The American
bar is a feature of the llavana cafe, but not
Lite prominet feature. It is found on one
ide or in a corner, while most of the space
is devoted to the marble-topped tables for
o((ffee drinkers.
Ill is ryinag at Ltrge.
A New York justice of the peace was re
Cently called to a (ierman house in thatcity
to marry a couple. Put ting it marriage
ertiticate in his pocket, he started for the
restive sevne. Arrived at the house, under
the direelion of it blue-legged little boy,
who pointed out the place, he knocked and
went in. In the miiddle of the 111"r stood a
stout German girl. sorry and plump, her
blue eyes solling out tears as large as but ter
pis.
"What's the matter?" said the sympa
thetic judge.
"Altterl" said the girl, "dat Gotleib
went off and wouldn't. marry me, ain't it'"
The justice saild he supposed it,was, and
intimated that lie had come to marry some
onc, and requested the old lady to bring on
tIle lamubs to the sacriilce. Old lady said,
"Dare vos no lambs-(lotleib ish run off,
ma vil not marry my Katar"ina."
" Well," said the justice, ";otleib isn't
the only man there is-send for some other
masi to marry lien.
At this Kalatmta's face brightened ill,
nmd she ejaculated, "Yah-datt is goot
tend mit lats."
Ilans was sent for, but couldn't. come.
When her niessenger returned, Katarin,
tieterminsed not to give it up, sait, 'Senid
mit Shiosephi.'
Shioseph was sent for, bu1t lie couildns't lie
found. Katarina's looks fell sat this niews,
11md the justiec was growhig limpait.ient.
Juist then Ktainas looked out of the win
slow' and( sa1w a sort andit thick yoiung
German151 goinig by, whieni Rie rustled to tIle
tdoor andit ballolod, " Friitztl Fritzl"
Frit',z shortly made his8 appearancstlie at the
door, when K ataia''s miothler' said, '"Fritz,
you lofs ninse Katar'ina?''
Fritz, allo1)wed lie did, '"more 5 asiuier
knalit.
'"Thlen stand upl here,'' cried the jus~tice;
and before hiritt~ coul realize his position,
lie sisnd Katairinai were man and wsife, andi~
Kastarinia's armus weire arounid his neck,
imd1( her lips pressed to his, she crying the
the wthilIe. "'Mein husand-melin Fritz!."
Our dulty as corr'ect hiistorians compilels us
ho saiy that Fritz hugged back as well as lie
knew how. 'Thie juisice, wthl head erect.,
Rtepped( smilling out, leaivinig tIm lovers to
tiemselves, andl wvalked a way meditatively,
a holy cailm steailinig sill over lis massive
prop)ortionis,. the consciotussess of ha'ving
done his (duty glesaminsg in Isis eye, anud
honor, hioniest.y, and1( rectitud(e ini his foot
Oil ProItisuoing Jisieset.
-i This insect, winch lias consid(erable eco
nomnic .use in Uesitral America, belongs to
the samne -genus as the cochineal, and is
cnlled ty the native snme of ''ni-in."' Be
iing iimknoin to sciece, the aulhor names
it Coccus adphofera. TIhie females sare of a
coral-red imnd are covered withs a fine whit
isIh powder. 'Thiey live ons trees b)elonging
to the genus Spodis, and known as "hog
phinnbs." They adhere to the treces by
mcans of their beaks, remaIning motionless,
and existing in such large nuimbers that
they frequenutly cover every p)orthon of the
plant. Thiei'e is extractedl from these fe
imahes 26 to 28 pci' cent.. of their weIght, of
a bigh6 yellow fat having an odor sutige
neris, and which wvhen recesntly melted'Is
homogeneous,, bu1t In a short tIme becomes
granular and of a lIghter color. It Is the
most qticekly dryIng oleaginous substance
known, sInce it bccomes immedIately
covered over with a pellIcle full of wrinkles
and( folds ; ami, If t,hIs pelliclo be (lipped
Into the greese to exclude Its surface from
contast with tIe air, the whole mass shortly
becomes transformed Into ani Infusible an
Insol uble resinous substance, ,Applied,to
paper or any other surface, this greose dries
in six or seven hours so isa to form a smooth
lustrous surface and almost odorless. Mixed
with copal/ or any other m'esln, and tpope
tine, It forms a golden-.y'llow drying var~
nish. Its melting poInt is 86 * .flopeteri
to a temsperature of 200O* to 210.0 i9pI) It
becomes glutinous,, it bi ' es on lin11g
io a bland elastic mass (aouteliod"of
ni-in) which ia alniost in eubl In nt Qf
turpnIine, but inboiuble In iul~ do
Oe uI 5 per cent.'l1 Isli
aligt ly soluble, Te.v*lous.~z~
this fatty matter, and its behavoir wit
acid(s and alkalies, prove that its cieic
composition differs from that of all othe
oils known. L ike ll drying oils, it formn
by the action of neat a glutinous substapce.
but, while heat is in(dispenisable to mank
such oils more siceative, the ni-in greasc
loses a portion of this property througl
healing. The elastic sibstance of oils is
slutible in ether, and especially in turpen
tine, but that of ni-inl is nearly Insoluble in
these imaterials. In s'me locallities in Cen
Iral America this oil i8 largely employed
for plaltintmg wooden utensils, such a ladles
etc., at 11a1ss being inade with eolor, chalk,
atnd the grease, and 111plie( pre(isely as In
ordintry oil painting. It has lin'i observell
that articles painlted with it nay be prv
served for a long tile. (luitar" maunufae
turers also use this greeso in varnishimn
their instruments. As yet it has receive
no apliplicationein pharmacy. It is probalc
that the ancient race which f'ormerly peop.
led (entral Anmerica used this greese in
painting their buildings, and it is for this
renson that, after 31 lapse of several ceniltu
ries the decorations are still to be aeon in
that perfect state of preserviition which
caised the a(mirtin; of Mr. Stevens wher
h visited these ruins in 11 2.
'rollit ivt, 111e1i.ii s ry
The censuas act anIhorizes the cenlsul.-A
bureaut to report "the kind and amount of
power employed in establistmin tts of pro
duive mn(dustry, and the kind and numbei
of machines in3 use, together with the maxi
111u11 capacity of such establishments,
w'here the superintendent. of (onsts shall
deemii such ulquiry Appropriate." The in
formation which this inquiry will bring out
will ie of great value and importance, and
the superintendent Is taking measures to
umk1e it thorough and searching. In 1870
there were reported 2,707,421 persons in
the United States employed in maulfactur
iug. mnechantcal and mining industries, and
5,1 !9t,0110 elnplo 1ed in agriculture--mak
ing i total of 8,( 21,421 persons engtged in
productive pursuits. But this piece of i
Iormaation is incomplete without at knowl
edge of the aggregate power of tall th
steam -engines and water-wheels harnessed
to the work also. Very little labor. com
paratively, is now (lone without the aid of
power machinery, and the human mus18cles
contribute butt a small portion of the powei
employed. It is estimated that the steam
engines in Franco give an aggregate force
eglal to ihat of ;i 1,0)00,000 men ; and it has
been-asserted that the power machinery in
Great Brit1in has a force e.iual to that of
800,000,00 men. To know what the pro
ductive capacity of our Country is, there
fore, we must hnuire, not only how many
persons ire employed In productive pur
suits, but, how many steam-engines and
water-wheels, with the horse-power they
represent, are employed also. It will
throw some light on that very interesting
and much-disputed question, whether the
world is abl to consume all that it is able
to produce.
A Flying I.g of .Mutton.
In the "'good old days" it the Ilaymar
ket Theatre, London, they were runnin g
the musical farce of "No Song, No Mupper,'
and the exigencies of the piece required 3a
real boiled leg of mutton every niglht, which,
according to th1e law of property, or rather
the "property-man's" law In a1 theatre,
went after performance, alost untouched1,
to the otliclll named.
lhut the "lymen,'' perched np aloft, did
not like this, which occurred night, after
night to their growing dissatisfaction, for
they, too, ha(1 wives and families, to whoma
a bailed leg of mutton free of chargs would
have been at thing to be remembered. So
they hit upon a plan, and one night Mr.
Williami F'arren, who had( the carvinlg of
tihe afore83aid leg, was soliciled to fix a book
that wouild be lot (down fromt the "'11ies"'
in3to tle mulltton and3( leave thle rest to them.
Farren, always33' readyh3 for a p)racticl joke,
(c0nsente Od a1 on3ce, and3( as3 11e scene3 wasi
conming to a terinion1(3, dleftly3 faistened
the hook 13n1o tihe heg, and( "tleft the rest to
them. As the scene0-shifters were p)repar3
lng to "celose ini," and the1 property-man11
stood( at tihe winigs reaidy 1(o seize on3 hlis
perqiIsite, the1 leg of muttoni was seen1
slowly to as5cend(, wvithlout any visibIl aIgency.
The a1(u(ienlce laughed, and3( the employ03es
al11 gave venlt to their' feelings in ill-snIp
p)ressed merrmimlent-aIll Save the p)roperty'
man13, wvho romaltined mliseraIbly serious, and3(
gaizedl at his fast deoparting suipper with 31
wvoe-begonue cou1ntenaniIce. Sutddenily, as
the scene1 almIost closed( in, the hook, whi11ch
the faIt, gave way, and1( tile muhi-coveted
muIttton (1ame1 (dowa (on the (dish1 with1 a ter -
rific splash11. Thie auIdience no0w roaired, tile
emlployes roared, Farren aIt theo tale r-oaredi,
and( as8 the '"ilats''hid1( thle unrehearsed tableau
froml view, the0 no0w delighltedI p)roperty-man
rushed0( 0on the stage, and3 securng tile ill
treated suIpper, jolined in the general roalr..
Our fly fishers were necver known to try3 a
btook again..
A Fair Dluel,
In 1794, anl Eniglish juIdge dlelivered the
following charge to a julry in a duelling
ease: "It 1s no0w a pahiful dutty which
jointly belonig. totus; it is mine1( to lay downl
thle law, ando yours to apply13 It to the facts
bIefore y'ou. Th'le oath by whitch I am
hbound obliges m1e to saiy that hom11id,
after a1(1130 interval loft for considleration,
amlounIts to muIlrder. Tihlaws'tV of EnglandI
ini thleir ultmfost lenlIty and1( allowance fot'
human111 frailty, extend their . compason
only to 811((10n and mlomelntary- frays; and
the'n, if the blood haA not hia:1 time to cool
or tIle reaIson to return4 the result1 is termecd
mianslaughiter. Such is the law-of the lanjd,,
wichl unfdouibtedly the uinfortuniato gentle
manIf ait the bar has violated, thaougli ho ,ba
acted in conlformity to 'the las of. honor.
Is whole demeanor in tihe duel, ageording
to tile witness whiom yeu are: mos,tjo, be
lieve, Colonel Statlwix, was that of;perfct
hrmor qnd perfect humnanity,38 uoll ts the
la1w and,1suchl are tile facts, lI yeou cannot
recotiolle the latter to your c9nSolesc,,yoei
musItt record a verdict of guilty, But if tho
cont,rry, though th1e acquittal may trncvh
onI tIle rI 1d rules of the law, yet thZ ver
dict wUl qlovely in the s)g1j of d l
me'n,'t I t finer sW1 wa. thoe irtirq n of
th(eJu4tice Flt) r{ $1 oh j ia
it is my buIsiM :to.tays plaltQ ;te~
le o.f" ~ gt a Wol, anildo e~tIm
a,- pw My W murder.A4Ito
yu,y)whi) r9;llt at
FOOL) FOR '1'IU i'l'.
) Do that whielt is assigned yott, and ,
yo ta not lope too tilch or lure to)
niuch.
''he miser is the man who lives like a
beggar. because he is afraid of dying
like one.
All that tread the globe are bit at
handful to the tribes that slthber in
its bosom.
lIe needs no other rosary whom
thread of life is strung with beads of
love and thought.
Seeing muceh, and suflering inch,
and sti lying mutch, arc the three p11
lars of learning.
Al ways there is life while life lsts,
which rig:ttly iivined, hnplies ia divile
satisfaelion.
The most convenient, habit, von canu
eilteiire Is that of lettin; your habits
sit loose upo yo.i
lie who, with good health, lias i true
"riend, may laugh adversity to scorn
anmi defy the world.
As many as are the dilliulties wh leh
v irtuae his to encon ier InI this world,
her force is yet superior.
It is a great art to keep yourself con
teit.ed and happy, anti It requires a
grea', heart to make others so.
A 3 an archer makes straight his ar
row, so a wise man makes strtight his
thought, which Is dillicult to turn.
This is the present reward of virttou% .
conduct,-that no titucky conse(lucIIe0
ca:i oblige us to regret it.
F''lowers sweeten the ailr, rejoice the
eye, link its with natulre and inltocence,
attl are sonething to love.
Peotele who fish for compliments do
not need long lines. They will get
thlir best, 'ites in shallow water.
A lie is like a counterfeit bil. It
miay pass through a great many hands,
but it n i'1 be loun d out at last.
ent are oftea like tea-the real
st.rength and goodness are not properly
drawn out until they have been in hot
water.
-"11-who.with health, its a true wife,
a dutiful child, and a (true friend tmlay
laugh adversity to scorn and defy tue
world.
Speak the truth ; ylel I not to anger;
give when asked, of' the little thou hast ;
by these three steps thn shall go tetar
the gtods.
Though the life of a mati falls short of
a hundred years, lie gives himself as
n.iuch pain and anxiety as if he were to
live a tiotusatnd.
Wtho will feel the tentlerest partiell)a
tion in joy let him not look at happy
children, but at the parents who re
Joice to see them happy.
Our striving against tiature is like
holding a weathtercock with one's hand;
ts soon as the force is taken oil' it veers
again with the wind.
True friendship is a plant of slow
growth, and inust untdergo and with
stand many shocks of adversity before
it is entitled to the appellation.
Though the word andi the spirit do
the main work, yet sufforing so un bolts
the door of the heart that both the word
and the spirit have entrance.
- A beautiful smile is to the female
countenance whatit hle unbeam 1s to the
landscape; it enlbellishes all inferior
face and redeems an ugly ('lie.
Kindness is stowed away in tle heart
like rose leaves In a drawer,'to sweeten
every object arouid thetn, and to bring
Itope to t.he weary hearted.
The greater the dilleulty the more
glory n surmion.ting it. Skilful pilets
gain1 their reputation from storms' and
totn pe ts.
lhat plenty should preduce either'
covetousniess or prodigality Is a perver2
aion of provIdence, and yet the gener
ality of nieti are the worse for their
it Ia a distinguishing feature of Chria
tianit,y thatt .Ii God Is a God of love.
Ch rlst iatilty telis us tht,"'God is Love."'
Th'is is both liisnaturo andt I1ls name.
There is no greater aIgni 01 a mean
and sordi J mant thani to dote up)on
richest nor is antything mord magniti
Icent than)1 t y thiem) onit freely In acts
ot' bounty and li berality.
A mant need only correct himself
with the saime rigor ththe't ret)rehiends
others and exetuse othet's with the same
indulgence thatt he.shows to himself.
Over In Ketuuky, when a mute gets
so hazy that lie >von't work morme than
ears dowvn and sell him to sopio Chicago
mal111 for a carriage horse.
"Oils andl p)omade are no0 lotnger used
oni the hair.'' Th'lis Is a senisible edict
of fash ion. IIereaifter a young man enn
help a yotung lady to say ,tothi ng In
paRrtieuilar on sunday ovoting wIthout
having his vest soiled.
Whent the barbarous praitee of stu ff
ing one's gu.ests shall have b.een abol
ished, a scial gathering Will not nte
eessal'ily imp., hard labor and dyspep
sia. Perhaps, when that tine arrives,
we shall be sufilelently elvilized to de
mandi pleasures of a hier sort. True,
the -entertainmots will th9n), In one
sense5, be more costly, as ciilture coas
more than' cake.
There is a game of' cards very popu
lar 10 Ig'eland cailled "Sp9i.ed lyie."
Any number ,o'f pOsons greater than
two.cap~ iar'tiiiot i.agatii( but wIt h
three' ontestats~ th 'best D,oints are
di'fwn Qui,. Each pIayer'looks exclu
sivbly jf'ter his' own Interests. .Each
trieck codnt ivyd,'and toIn 'a game it
is necessary' to det fifteen ih a single
hand. .But as only' five car'ds are dealt
td each blayer, thilsgit will be seen, Is
not an easy thing to do; anid thi good
playeord the battl.e has ot e to' be foutg h t
agaiti.and agaIn, with inord~aing stakes
and Interest; before a 4iletbryi Is scored.
As.aootras the player has.looked at his
hianidandlealoulated his. ohfaces heo is
guided by. thise golden rule': "It you
-can't wvin the game,:spoil lP02
ruQth disobver'es the evil t-races puts
it A#ay,. Ti'uth' unt6dd what main Is;
grae unfolds ' whiatGo04;1I. Tr uh
brings out Into the I1kht jhe hidden
.*orkings'ef evil In thy headt of man;
ci'aoe- brIngs o;tt, ,In conitrEAt. the rich s
and ehIanstless s rIbga oefact in the
~for athe fninft i4nt
gracefor he ee ora
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