The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, March 25, 1880, Image 1
1RI-WEEKLY EDITION- WINNSBORO, S. C., NURCI 25, 1880. VOL. IV.-NO.37.
JUST ONE LITTLE SON0, LOVE.
JOAQUIN UILLEn1.
Oume, sing that song I loved, love,
When all life seomtd one sotig;
For I am stricken now, love,
My strong ara is not strong.
Then Ping.the song I loved. love,
You know that one sweet song.
Aye, sing that one sweet son,-, love;
Love, jutt that one sw( ot song,
For life Is none too long, love
Ah, love is none too long.
ihen just one little song, love
Love, just ono littlo song.
I know you love the world. love;
Nor would I doom you wron.
But. when above my grave, love,
Next year the grassii ,rows strong,
Then sing that song I loved, love;
Love, just one little song.
No tears or sable garb, love;
No sigh to break your song.
But when they bid you sing, love,
And thrill tIhe joous throng,
Then sIng the song I loved, love;
Love. just one little song.
A Sarcasm of Fate.
A very elegant looking letter lay in little
Minnie Velsor's handO-a letter that bore a
delicious perfume of violets-a letter ad
dressed in a fine flowing hand and the en.
velope of which was stamped with an in
tricate monogram, that unless Minnie had
known, she could never have deciphered
as Mrs. Paul St. Eustace Carriscourt's ini
tials.
rho girl's snall, pretty hands grew just
a trifle cold and trembling as she took ul
the letter to open it, because so much, oh,
so much, depended upon what was in the
letter; because it either nicant, a new, in
dependent life, In which she would not only
earn her own living, but very materially
assist fn taking care of the dear boys oi five
and seven, or It dooned her to the old tire.
some routine, out of which Minnie felt at
times she must fly.
Mrs. Velsor looked up from a stocking
asha was darning, and said nothing, seeing
the nervous glow in Minnie's eyes. Then
with a little, half-desperate laugi, the girl
tore open the thick satin envelope.
'I t's almost like an ice-cold plunge bath,
but here goes, mamma I"
She hurriedly read the short, friendly
note, and from the quick tears that gathered
in her eyes,. and the smiles that parted her
lips, and the flush that bloomed like fresh
roses on her cheeks, it was quite plain that
the news was good news.
Then she dushed the letter on the floor
and rushed over to her mother, and kissed
her, laughing and crying at the same
thne.
"Oh l mammal Mrs. Carriscourt has
given me the position, and she wants me to
come inmediately-t- morrow I Just
thinki Fivo hundred dollars a year, and
she assures me I must make myself perfect
ly at home in her house; and she says I am
to have a room to myself, and to eat with
Pauline and Pauletta, in the nursery. Oh,
namna, it will be just gloriousi Aren't
you glad, delighted ?"
Her blue eyes were dancing, and her
cheeks glowing like a rose leaf. -
Mrs. Velsor's sweet, sad voice was In
such odd contrast to her child's eager, ani
mated tones.
"How can I be delighted to have you go
away from me, dearli Besides, I ani so
afraid you will not realize your vivid anti
cipations. The outside world, which seems
to you so rose colored.and golden, will not
lbe what you thinik."
"Oh, mamma, what a Job's comforter
you would be ! But how can I help beingi
happy-perfectly happy, except being away
from you-in New York, in a mnagnificent
house, among people of' wealth and( distinc
tion, and with these two sweet children my
only care? Mamma, I will ride with thenm,
and I am to make myself perfectly at home,
the let'ter says, and you remember what a
charming lady weo thought Mrs. Carriscourt
was, wvhen she was visiting IPoctor Mans
field Jast mummer."
Mrs. Velsor sighed softly. It seemed so
cruel to pour tile chill water of disappoint.
meat on Minnie's bright hopes.
"Well, dear, perhaps I am growing
cynical as 1 growv oldIer. Certainly you de
servedi a fair fate, andl now, to descend tc
niatters of earth earthy suppiose you see if
the beans arc boiling diry."
The third day thereafter-a day fragrant
with the smell of frost in the air-a (day
'when the leaves sailed slowly, stately downi
through the Lender, golden atmosphere, and(
the hush of mi October was over all the
earth and sky, Minnie Velsor went away
from the little cottage where she was borni
and had lived, into the world waiting to
receive her-all 1her girlish hopes on glad.
dest wings, all her rosiest. dreams bursting
in fondest realization.
It was a splend'td place, Mrs. Pul St.
Eustace. Carriscourt's palatial residence oni
Fifth avenue-a house that seemed to Min
ie's fancy like a translated bit of a fairy
story, with its profusion of flowers and ace
draperies, its luxuries and elegance, of
which she had never dreamed, and of wh~ost
uses Sihe was equally ignorant.
Mrs. Carriscourt received her with
charming graciousness and patted her oi
thle shloulder, and told her mile hopei she
would not let hecrself get homesick and in,
stalled her in her beautiful little room, witih
ta pink anid drab ingrain cairpet and ches
aut suit, and duniity curtains at thme win
dews,
Thlen~ luipIe made some trifling littli
alteret~tt ila her-toloette, and, proceeded t<
take lito d~tg of Mrs, Cuwriscourt's
invitatio ,&~k t$rself at ho,p1e in th<
greamt, b'eau below, where sht
made a charm ct, quait little pie
turee, as she sat nestled in a huge slliker
chair, the coo: of the roses on her cheeks
ar.d at which Miss Oleona Carriscourt look
ed id astonmshed, ~imperious diealaip anm
Mr. Geoffrey Fletcher in undisguised ad
miration, as the two entered the room a
the farthest entrance.
B fy Jove,- what a lovely girl I Who.1
sae, Miiss OarriscourtP Ile astked in a tonl
Ol60 ' uak~es looked unuttorabl
a r eng plAto, rs. Ogrrlscourts
att on e'arth' b she doing 'here
eh ora ntn4 IWa latinmctl
aOsh intndeit should 1),b;
ekoffdahatIifftilW its shbr
beauty's face, and Mr. Fletcher's eager,
admiring eyes, whose boldness startled
her.
"I am sorry to have made such A mis.
take. I thought that Mrs. Carriscourt
meant that I was to sit here a little while.
Please excuse me ; I will not come 4gam."
Ier voice was sweet, and just a little
nervous, and she instantly crossed the room,
followed by Cleona's cold, cutting words,
every one of which brought a sharp thrill
of mortification and pain to her.
"1e careful you make no more such mis
takes, girl. Your place is among the hired
help, and not In the parlor. le good
enough to remember that."
And even Ocoffrey Fletcher's callous
heart gave a thrill of sympathy at sight of
the scarlet pain on the sweet, young face.
Once safe in her room, poor little Minnie
fought and conquered her first battle with
fate.
"I'll not be crushed by my first experi
ence,'" she decided, resolutely, an hour or
so After, when her breast yet heaved with
convulsive sighs, and her eyes were all
swollen from crying. "I will not give it
up iand ruvh home to mamma-my first
impulse. I will endeaver to consirtie pJeO
.ple less literally, amnd keep my place."
But. there came a fiush to her cheeks that
all her brave philosophizing could not con
trol, at the memory of Cleona Carriscourt's
cool insolence.
"I'd not have spoken so to a dog," Min
nie said, as she repressed the bitter tears
that sprang In wounded indigmtion to her
blue eyes.
After ihat there was no shadow of an
opportunity given by Mimuie for Mrs.
Carriscomrt or Cleona to lay any blame to
her charge.
She performed her duties as no gover.
ness had ever performed them, and the
twins progressed to their mother's complete
satisfaction.
Minnie never was seen in the rooms of the
family*, hil lived entirely to herself, taking
her solitary little walks when the day's
duties. were ended, and disciplining herself
into an unconscioiusly unselfish, brave,
patient woman.
ir letters home were bright and cheer
ful-mitil one day Mrs. Velsor was horrified
to learn that her darling was dangerously
ill, that the fever had come suddenly upon
her, and that in fear and selfishness, Mrs.
Paul 3t. Eustace Carriscourt had insinted
that t1- raving girl be tak en from her house
to the hospital.
"It will kill her to move her,".Dr. Leth
bridge had remonstrated i(lignantly.
"What nonsense, mamma! ' Cleona re
torted, looking fiercely at the physician.
"It will not hurt her to.be moved nearly as
much as it will for us to keep her here.
She is nothing but the children's governess;
she had better die, even, than to risk all our
lives any longer. You will please stiperin
tend her removal to-day,'' she added, hn
periously, to Dr. Lethbridge.
He looked coldly, almost furiously, at
Miss Carriscourt's face as she spoke. Then
he bowed, and answered quietly:
"I beg to agTee with you. This poor,
suffering cluld had better (lie than remain
among such inhuman people."
And Dr. Leithbridge persomally super
Intended Minnie's transfer-,not to the hos
pital, but to his own house, where his love
ly, white-haired mother and his sister
opened their hearts to the girl, and nursed
her back to health and strength, and--the
sweetest happiness that ever came to a girl's
heart, for Hugh Lethbridge asked her to be
his wife.
And the memory of those brief days was
hidden away beneath the glad sunshine of
her beautiful new life, and Minnie in her
new home was proud and honored and be
loved as a queen.
The years passed-as yetirs have a trick
of passing -bringing their burdens of joy
and sorrow, and to Hugh Lethbridge and
his wife there were only landmarks of con
tent to mark their flight.
Three dear children had come to them,
and matron Minmnie was evren fairer amid
sweeter than the nmaidlen had beeii, for she
hadl been benefitted by the stern discipline
of earlier (lays..
And as the years wvent by Dr. Lethbridge
grew famous and rich, until there were no
comforts or luxuries he was obliged to re
fuse to his wife or family--and one of those
coveted .luxuries was a resident governess
at the home or the children.
"I remember my own governess (lays 5o
wvell, dear," Minniie siiid one (day to her
husband, when they were discussing the
feasibility of securing one. "I feel as if I
never could ke kind eniough to any one In
such a position in my house. And yet all
the haplpliness of my lire resulted fronm my
position in Mrs. Carriscourt's family,"
IAnd she looked the great unuitterable love
I he had for him, and Dr. Lethibridge kissed
her lovely upturned face tenderly..
"Then I will take this widow lady, whomi
Allison recomumendet), shall I, Minnie?
lie says she is of good family, and ia very
reduced circumstances. 11cr husband was
a miserable, dIrunken fellow, and she has
to support both herself and her Invalhd
mother. It would be a charity, I suppose;
but, of course, wo must also look to our
own lnterests."
But tIhe decision was to empilloy the wid
ow lady Allison, so confidently recommend
ed, andl a day or so aftorwaid an Interview
was arranged.
It was just at the dusk of a winter's af
ternoon that the servant announced to Dr.
Lethbridge and his wife that a lady wished
to see them In the p)arlor-theo lady whonm
-Mr. Allison had sent--and Minnie and her
husband went down to meet her-i all, pale,
bearing the unmistakably traces of misery
and sorrow on her face-Cleona Carris
court.
Minnie gave a little exclamatIon of .s
toishmeont.
"Is It possible? Miss Carriscourt
Shme iinterrumpted, quietly:
"Mrs. Fletcher-Mrs. Geoffrey'Fletcher.
SAnfd you are little Minnie Velsor. I had.
no Idea-Ilhad forgotten Doctor Lethibridgo's
name--of course, I cannot have. the posl
tion. It would hardly be natural that you
should wish to befriend me."
Mrs. Fletcher turned toward the door,
her palo face piteous, her voice bittel- and
walhing,
. poior oetheridge looke.d sternly after
her; but ' innle shot him an appealIng
,. Aanco before, sh,e .stepped toward the de
partIng womnan.
[ Walt-jst a moment1 please!I I was
'so surprlhed,'Mis Fletohmer. Pray sit down,
yo r Is i ble, an d If w.e can be of any
grvice, icnwvtho doctor will be glad to
auhst you.
o rs Ipl4erWph ed a cond, as
r "eamin heed ofwoek,but K'40 ao$ .
Peet It of you. You canl only despise me
and hold me in hatred and contempt for
what I (lid to you. But that or something
else has comie home to me."
I do not hate or despise you Mrs. Pletch
or. God has been too gbod to me for that.
Stayl Doctor Lethbridge will. indorse my
forgiveness, I am sure, and we will make
you a happy as we can. We will forget
all that wis unpleasant and start anew.
Do stay and teach my little-girls, dear Mrs.
Fletcher."
And Cleona sat down, overcome with
passionate tears, while the doctor, with ani
indulgent siile, and a nod of the head to
Minnie, left the two women alone under
the strange circumstances into which the
sarcasini of fate had led them.
A Hatchelord~ League.
Many highly respected unmarried men
in London about thirty years ago, had be
cone thoroughly impressed With the idea
that something ought to be done to relieve
themselves from cerinin social duties which
hiad been gradually growing more and more
nerous. After some canvassing among
the imterested persons it was finally decided
to form ir League of Bachelors, and as the
members of that league were endeavoring
to escape from responsibilities which are
notoriously shirked by tie young men of
Lo-day, we shall perhaps interest our femi
nine readers by transcribing a few of the
riles which were liid down for a London
3oeiety lm1ost a gellenrtiol a1g) and which
tre likely to be revived before long on this
Ride of the water."
1. Every bachelor joining the league is
to callcel all previous engagements.
2. Every bachelor having subscribed for
live years to the League, and who, by mis
fortune, shall have incurred a matrimonial
engagenit, shall be derended against any
uiction for breach of promise, and thus
3aved from the shame and misery of going
tIrougr the Court of Ilynen, which is too
1*requently iother name for the Insolvent
Dourt.
3. Connected with the League it is in
tended to establii a llachelors' Insurance
D)ilice, to insure single men against marriage
ind flirtation, on the same principles as are
asuaily applied to death and fire. Any
member having visited willfully a house
with more than two marriageable daughters
will, in the event of the calamity of marri
ge befalling him, be regarded in the same
light asftlo de 8e, and his policy will be
vitiated on account of the very bad policy
that will have guided him. Any hachelor
falling-into matrimony--by his own hand,
is inl the case of a writtenl promise to Wed,
will be deprived of all the benefits o1 his
insurance, aind every applicant proposing
to be insured must answer the following
Cuestions, amirong others that will be pro
posed to him: What is your age next birth
Jay? At what age had your fatier the
misfortune to marry your mother? Have
Vou been afllicted with the German or other
mania? Are you subject to sentimental
its? Have you been addicted to the writ
ing of sonnets? Or have you ever suffered
from the cacocthes 8ribendi in any shape
or at any time whatever? Have you at any
Lime in your life been a victim to the flute,
or any other deadly-lively instrument?
[Have any of your near relations fallen ill
love at any time, and if so have they re
aovered, or have their cases ended fatally?
If these questions are all answered in
a satisfactory manner, any member, of the
Bachelor's League may insure any amount
under X5,000, to bo paid within three
months of the melancholy termination of
proof of wedlock having actually overtaken
Itim. The insurance against fliration or fire
cannot be effected where the applicant is
more than ordinarily inflanirnable, and
watering-places in the season, balls, and
picnic parties must be considered as doubly
r trebly hazardous, and charged accord
ngly. A great moral engine will be kept
>n the premises, so that in ease of alarm of
lIre, any member may have cold water
hrown upon01 him withrout extra premium.
- Tihe KCorosene Lamrp.
Kerosene has been in general use so manry
rear-s thrat wec naturally supposeO that peop)le
ire familiar witir Its qualities, and und(er
itand perfectly well how to hand'e it safely
and economically. Tis ImpressIon Is,
lIrowever, hastily formed, and it seems1 that
a lamentable ignrorance prevails on the sub
lect. Much damage results fronr turning
tire light of these lamps low. Tire plresene
of glass chImney on every kerosene lamrp is
as plain a direction to keep tihe flanre brighrt
its through it wer0 p)rinted inl 50 many words,
"Don't let me sntoke.'' Kerosene is a pon
eentratcd hrydro-carnuon. With an Inliufil
Derit supply of oxygen, It gives off dydro
tgen andl carbonric arcid gases, both inimnical
to hecalthl and 13n Suffi yient amounts fatal to
life. WVith in ordinary open1 111131 tire
burning of ko osie Is nrot successfuli. A
hinney Is i:ddsd, and ekienids several
inches above tire flame, whrichm rests on tIre
perforated base below it. On lighting the
lamp, thre glass chrhnney Is almost instantly
heated, Indlucing an urpward currrent of air,
whichr rushes In through the netwvork of
perforationse, feeds tIre flame withr oxygen,
and passos off at the tel) of tire chimney.
If tire chimney Is sutlcieently high, and tha
perforatiorrs .sufliclently large, tire intensity
of tire light may be conisidlerably increa.sed,
of course at thre expense of a larger amount
of oil andi a greater supply of oxygJn.
Thuis thme table lamps, with cylindrical or
Argand works, give a larger amouint of 41 h
than those whichr are fed by a fiat wick ;
the chimney much hIgher, and tIhe atmnos
phrere is fed to tire center as well as to thre
ourtside of thre flame. When a kerosene
lamp is turned down low, from mistaken
idea of economy, threre Is insufficient com
bastion, anid if thme lamp does net visibly
smoke, the muisiblbe gases of carbonic aci
a'nd hydrogen are evolved, and may be de
tected Instantly by the smell, especially by
averson wire conmes In from out doers or
from a room with a purer atmosphlere. Tire
presence of these dangerous gases means
headache and vertIgo, and at- length inasen
sidity and death. No ordinarily 'sized
living room In a house is safe half an houmr,
or a[teen minutes, even, after a lamp las
been put Into this Improper condition, ' All
saving of oil by such mesas Is at tihe risk oaf
loss of health, and possibly of lIfe. Such
niggardliness is suicidal,
The greatest evils inm life have had
their rise from something whIch .was
throught of too little importance to be
attended to.
Sif you would relish food, labor for It
before you take ist. if enjoy elo.thing,
pay for it:before yotm wear' it; if got;
wouldi 5JsteASOhally, .4 olear,oon.
,1ie e to beiwth you, ~
A Hig ftustard Pitster.
Dr. Henry C. Chapman, Coroner's 'hy.
siciun in Philadelpha. Pa., whose genial
nature age has not withered, and whose in
finite variety of chcetful speech custom. has
anything but staled, rushed excitedly into
the drug store at the northwest corner of
Twelfth and Chesnut streets and cried in
peremptory tones: '
"Give me three feet of mustard plaster;
and give it to Ine right away !"
The apothecary "with overwhelmhing
brows' looked up from amidst his "qreen
earthen pots, bladlers an( musty seeds' and
said int dazed sort of way;
"Sir?"
in this single word was oxpressed both
interogation and Rurprise.
"I say," replied Dr. Clapman, "I want
three yards of mustard plaster, and I want
it Just ats (luiek as you can make it. Patient
is i imminent dange&. IDelay may mean
death."
"'lhree feet of mustard platter I Good
heavens, Doctor, wiat are-''
"I said three yards, not three feet; att
least, wieii I said three feet I meant to say
three yards and I immediately corrected
myself. And I think that I mentioned the
fact that this was a case in which there was
no time to be lost." The Doctor w-s grow
ing testy.
"But thrce yards of must aird plaster
why, bless my souli You woulla't want
tbat much if your patient wis a hiIppopota
mus with the stomaci-ache; surely, Doc
tor, you don't really mean to say yards;
yoi must mean inches.''
Dr. Chapman assumed an air of severity
becoming his professional dignity and
municipal ollice. lie seemed on the verge
of expressing a forcible opinion forcibly.
There was a significant pause. Then his
severity faded away, his dignity relaxed
and lie clckled:
"The fact of the matter Is," he said,
"ont! of the giraffes out at the Zoo has an
acute attack of bronchitis. His throat's
sore all the way down. That's what the
plaster's for. Now then, let's have it.
And then the puzzled apothecary saw
(lay-light and set about manufacturing the
largest mustard pL!aster thait the world has
ever known.
A Spanisl Dinn,r.
We returned to our hotel for another ex
perience-that of a genuine Spanish dinner.
This harrowing theme is not to be avoided,
since life cannot be supported on cathedrals
and curiosities. To describe one Is to des
cribe all. The (lining room has a bare floor,
seldom visited by soap of Castile or of any
other region, but the walls try to attract
your attention by hideous o paintings and
photographs, and occasionally dingy gilded
columns support the ceiling. The table
linen is very coarse and rough and the nap
kins are put in rings for further service.
The soup is generally good, because thick
ened by a sort of pea, which some writers
says "tries to become a bean and very
nearly succeeds." This vegetable is sure
to appear three or four thnes i some form,
either In the dignity of a separate dish or
in comradeshi) with another. There are
seven or eight courses, the fish loitering in
at the third or fourth, and some of them
miLht be good but for the revolting presence
of sonic mitranslatable flavor and especially
of garlic. If this villainous plant does not
positivoly mix itself with all the viands it
can at least boast that it breathes upon
them. The young lady of our party ven
tured to say that she did not really dislike
it, wherenpon ulh was assailed with such
a storm of scornful Incredulity that she
went straight over to the enemy's camp for
ever, much to the disgust of her admiring
cavalier. The vins ordinairca of Spain
are agreeable and pure; the sweet dishes
were to us insoluble mysteries, usually to
be avoided; tihe fruits excellent, especially
grap)es, which in October are abundant,
enormous clusters selling for two or three
sous. This is the land of chocolate, which
nearly usurps the throne of cotfee; with it
are served long frosty morsels of a mixture
of sugar and white of eggs of deadiy sweet
ness. Trhe bread is always good; as to
butter, bid it a fond good-bye when you
leave France, for here no one eats it, and
if you make the attempt once, surely you
will never miake it again.
Mrs. Oakoy's A dvice.
A woman chooses for her profession the
head of a household. Let her not enter on
it lightly. Properly viewed, it is the most
elevated of all professions. She has In her
hands the welfare and direction of a few or
many peop)le, bat It Is a work which can
not be- neglected. It is her duty to see
that her home is clean, airy, cheerful, hap
py, and Its various economies attended to.
A mistress shold( go through her house
every morning, p)raise wvhere p)raise is due,
andi quietly find fault with any carelessness
or omissIon, thinking nothing beneath her
notice, buit with a gentle authority which
admits of no question.
Do not live with a fine house over your
head and subsist in the basement. Few
people-out of your family know or care how
you live. L.et your house, large or small, be
kept for the benefit of those who live In it.
W'armth and light are better than fine fur
niture, and goodl beds better than fne bed
steads.
Live in your dirawing-rooms; have books,
work, music, fire, all to make It the pleas
antest place for the members of the family;
a p)lace for rest, comfort, conversation, with
nothing too fine to alt upon.
CurtaIns are noit for ornament, but use,
drop them, shut out the cold, and have an
open fire. It is the best of luxuries, an or
nament and a cheerful companion.
Early rising is desirable. 1 (do not mean
getting up before daylight. It Is useless to
begIn the (lay by muaking every member
of the family uncomfortable.
The mnother should set an example of be
ing neat and approprIately dressed. She
will see no one during the day before whom
she should desire to appear so well, or to
appear so attractive.
T1reat your servants with confidence-and
consideratIon, and do not suspect them of
doing wrong.
They must have time to do their wash
ing and keep their clothes in order, or they
csannot be clean and tidy.
Without wholesome Intervals of amuse
ment,. uninterrupted work becomes intoler
able. Thiers are and iniust be differ-ences
in the modes of enjoment, bitt there Is a
coinmon womanhood
-Tihe first coffee house was.opened
in Enlatfnd ini the -year 1692.
Ir:is more beautiful to -overcome .In'
jbsrk kidness than to oppose to it
.to@b tenogeot hati*ed&
Ooncentration or Mint.
Dr. Potter, a few days ago, before the
Banitary Reform Association, of New York,
when explaining the difficulties a child had
in concentrating Its mind ol its studies,
when surroundings were uncomfortable, a
in a badly built or ill-ventilated schoolroom,
made use of a singularly happy expression.
Ile spoke of those physical '"adjustments,"
the exact meaning of which most people
who work with their brains and pens can
most thoroughly understand. It is quite
certain that the surroundings of a literary
man, when he IS at his work, have some
thing to do with the facility or dillicuilty
with'owhich his labor is accomplished. A
spluttering pen, viseld ink, greasy paper,
a Iekety table, an uncomfortable cliair, are
often clogs to successful composition. They
are( niechanical obstructions, physical
interruptions, which, constantly rectiring,
<i-k the free flow of thought. The ilb
s'>Aute work to be done, even when liceiss
IlPY accomplislied, is it the expenve of a
(ertain amiount of extra labor. It has of
ten been told, what are the - peculiar sur
roundings llidfr which sigme dtinguishlied
men have aceomplish1ed their literary work.
One aithor niever could write unle,.s a itbruss
eandlestick, tie candle in which never was
lit was on his table; another had to have a
dish of wafers, though Iet never was kmwnl
to use any; it third never couldI pen It line
unless it pot wit I geran itns was phiced mil
or near his writing desk. As to the inale.
rial to be used, it is said that one of the
most famous of modern French novelists
never would have written a romiace if a
maker of at pecuilir paper with blue lines
hald( stopped mnufacturing. 'Thse are,
of course, mental iliosyncerasies to be
laughed lit, 1111d iiight he called special aid
justments. Taking, however, Dr. Potler's
broader Idea, and applying it to tle lower
Creation, we all know the method employed
in training canary birds to sing at stave of
11111mu. They tire unclosed in i dark cage
mnd piped to. All outside dis:nrlhing . inl
IUences a:e withheld. It Is -ItOhlutely cMr
tain that, in teaching children, in drawing
to a polit the focal powers of their brailnls,
ll extraneous disturbances, 11s far as liossi
ble should be removed. With the a1ull,
however: it is t misfortune when these
physical adjustments are stich niecessities
ltat no serious continued work can be lc
20m1plished when Ite is not In harmony with
Limi. A man becomes then the slave of
his surroundings. No one Is idiotic
Diough to despise tie quiet library, tile
baize-covered table, the morocco-covered
,hair, the silver staindish, the pet pen, the
iand-nide paper, the pleasant warmth of
hie cainnel-coal fire, and the carefully ad.
|tisted light. But such delightful Itdjillicts
we do not all enjoy. Perh-ips the news.
puper ollice, with its thosinds of inter
ruptions, its usual discomforting surrotrd
tigs, would be the besl. phacu mit the world
.o teach a maun that these physical adjust
ients can be at timies entirely dipeised
,vitl.
The Menhaden ttshl ery of this country is
tie largest . ts kh4l. in-the woric, and Is
mily exceeded in im1portiince by the cod
Isherles. The herring family Is represented
i the Atlantic coast by tell Species, all of
which swim inu lmlenseschools, 813(d several,
inch as the sea herring and the hhad, are of
rreat economical importance. In abuild
nce and value these are all surpassed by
le menhaden. ThIs fish has thirty dis
ilict names, limited in their use within
iarrow geographical boundares. North of
Jape Cod the namle pogy Is UnIverslllyt used
while in southern New Eigland the fish Is
,Alled the mendaden. The names are de
rived from two Indian words of the same
neiing. About (ipe Cod the pogy is re
)laced by hard head shad, and in eastern
Donnectlcut by bony fish. In western Con
aecticut the Species is commonly known as
hle whlite fish, while In New York thle
familliar nameo is mtossbunker, a relic of the
D)utch colony of New Amsterdam. 'Then
>ther names aro ale wIfe, bay alewvife, pilcher
mid green tail. Virginia gives it the name
>f Lihe bug fish, bug shad and bug head.
Professor Goode says that sixty or eighty
er cenut. of the mnenhadten talkent In the
Jhesapeake containi parasitic crtustatcans in
hieir mouths. Theli parasites (10 niot live on
~he fish, but taking p)osseSion of every
pefln mouth, devour the food as1 It passes0
bhrough the fish's gills. In North ('aronibia
:he name is fat back, whtich prevails ais far
d6uth as Florida, andt where arc also hleard
heo names, yellow tail aiid yellowv tauiled
shiad, while In southern Florida the fish is
sailed shiner and herring. It Is dleemed hm
possible to indicate the movements of the
nenhaden with certainty. With se'ttled
wvarmn weather they make their appearanlce
n the inshore water, usually p)recedinlg the
shad and tile blue fish a week or so. The
irst schools ussually appear in (Chesapeake
Bay, in March or A pril; on the coast of
New Jersey, In AprIl or early May; on
the south coast of New Eniglanid, ini hate
Ap)ril anmd May; off Cape Ann, about the
iniddle of May, and In the Gulf of Maine,
the latter part of May and the tirst of June11.
Rleturning, they leave Maine late in 8ep
tomber andl October; Massachusetts in Octo
ber, November and December; Long Island
Bound andl vicinilty, in November and Oe
sember; Chesapeake Bay', In December and
Uape H atteras, In ,January. Further to the
soth they remain more or less constantly
throughout the year. Their northern range
has become restricted within twenlty years.
F'orty years ago they were caught In lin
mtense schools in St. ,John's Bay, N2. IH., and
somtetimes in great numbers m the flay of
Fundy. They are now seldom seen there.
In 1879 there was a great change in the
limits of their'northern range. Ii July
more than forty steamers resorted to the
usual fishIg grounds north of Cape Cod,
where the catch for the season did not ox..
cced one hundred barrels. TIhie theory of
the aIbsenice of the fish fromt tis old haunt
Is that the fish usually resorting there wet-e
killed off, or sought othier hiaunts, probably
the latter, as no one aelvances the theory
that the menhaden are being exterminated,'
anud they are vastly more abundant on this
coast. The absence of food, th'o presence
of an enemty In their old haunts, or the dIs
timsteful atmnosphier' of the . Water, would
drIve themi to now ones. It hias been sug
gested that the presence of censiderable
numbers of blue fish north of Capo:Cod may
be the cause of tlie menlhaden's absence, but
Professor Goode disputes it, on the' ground
that the presence -of great schools 6f blue
fish among, menhaden does not have the of.
feet o,f drIving them Mway.- 'At the time
that blue fish -were )no6t. aba dant,. there
was no perceptible diminution In he. aun .
ber of menhad4tre Ths.han of qpf
ature Ist epted te;m.t h 1MAble
theory, *nd giPofea.#~ lo1mo
th te-g lt Gl
Stream, where they find the right tempera
ture. There seems to be a doubt as to what
the food of the menhaden is. Hundreds of
specimens have been dissected, and every
stomach has been found to contain dark
greenish or brownish mud or 1l1t, such as
occurs near the mouths of rivers and on the'
bottom of still bays. When this mud is
allowed to stand for a time In clear water,
it becomes slightly tinged with green, In.
dicating the presence of chloroplyl, perhaps
derived from the algie, so common in mud
dy bottoms. In addition to the partieles of
flne mud, the microscope reveals a few
common forms of diatoms. If the mien
haden had teeth it might be supposed that
they feed on other flah, as the blue fish feed
on them; but in place of teeth their mouths
are supplied with about fiftee hundred
thread-like bristles, from a third to three
htuarters of an inch long, which are attached
to the gill arches and resemblle a sieve.
Below this is the stomach, which resembles
the gizzard of a chicken, and further down
is a coiled intestine about live times the
length of the fish, all of which would point
to the fact that the menhalden feed on veg
etable matter. Profeisor Goode's Opinion
is that the fish goes down to the mud, sifts
out the unnii1tritioiis mat tei and swallows
tIhe remainder. With regard to their breed
ing halbits some llystery exists. ''hioiisandi1ls
o rsmCillimn have been dissec'l-ed sine 1871,
witliout the discovery of mature ova.
Young menhaden, from one to three inchies
in length aid upward, ire common in Sum
ter and Autunn in the southern part of
New Englai. These are in schools, anal
make their appearnice suddenly from the
open ocean, like adult 11sh. Menhaden
have never been kno% n to apawn on the
sout1hiern1 coast, anlld the egg bearmg Ones,
when observed, are always heading out to
sea. The strong p6ssibility is that their
breedi ng grounds are on the of sliore shoals
which skirt the coast. froan George's Banks
to tie Florida Keys. The ienhiaden has
come to be regarded as the most prolific of
fish, far exceeding the shad mind herring
An ('xandination of oie fish revealed o0e
huniitdred and 1ifly thousand eggs. The
husiness of rendering menhaden into oiland
scrap, the latter for fertilizing purposes,
hns grown rapidly on Long Island within a
few .years. Over forty millions of fish were
Caught, aid rendered last year. Three new
steminerm are heitig constructed for next
year's crusade, and three new factories are
going up. Over a million dollars are now
iIvested, and it is safe to assume that half
a million of cipital will he added within
the next year. The profli of the business
are mineni se.
D)owt JIM in ia stago (o141h.
A utoinent'h halt ol the simnmit and the
dow iward trip begins. Tie horses relieved
of tihe weight which has dragged so heavily
from the beginning, set into n stronggallop,
evincing a confidence in the brake block
which occasions do not always Justify.
The road is frightfully steep, and so sininu
ous that oftentimes the way in front seems
barred beyond passage. The coach dips
and careens from side to side and a strong
grasp upon the seat Is necesary to prevent
being discharged into the depths below.
The droppig of the brake block lends anl
additional Interest to the ride. Thonce
forth wheelers and leaders are latinched
Into a terrific race for life. With dilated
nostrils and ears well back, the frightened
beasts know thait flight Is their only safety,
and strongly they plant their feet into the
hard and often icy road. Jehu keeps them
well in hand, holds the wheel horses up to
their work and plies the vigorous lash to
the leaders. So long as his steeds keep
their feet, lie knows lie can control the
movements of his stage, but if one goes
down, a frightful disaster is almost certalin.
Down the rugged road the coach pluinges
now grazing the solid .wall of the moun
tain and anon trembling on the very verge
of the brink-that appalling evidence of
the narrow hune between lIfe with all its
hopes and aspirationis and (heath with its
cheerless uncertainty. A few moments
and the studded gro~wth of hardy ever
greensa struggling for life amid the chaos.of
loosened rock appears, annaouiiing the
aplproach to fairer lands; the road gradu
ally loses its p)erp)endicularity, corwduroy
bridges threaten to demolish thme qjuaking
vehicle ; the horses slacken their pace;
tIhe way widens; vegetation assumes a
larger growth ; birds of broader wing,
more variedl plumage ando wlier range o1
song.dart from tree to tree; stunted grass
sore andi yellow and late autuminal I owers
give a happier face to the landscape ; the
austerity of the heights above disappears,
the driver slowly anid carefully dIraws rein,'
andl one passenger, at least, indulges In
silent thanksgiving. But it is a grand, ex
citlmg, magnificent ride aniyway, and every
body should take it oncee, at least, im a life
time.
An Innearualo P'atr.
A D)uke of Savoy, who made somme p)re
tensions to the city of Geneva, sought to
gain it b)y surprise; lhe sealed the walls in
the night, but his success was inot eqjual to
his wishes. Thle alarm beinig giveni that a
great number of besiegers had mounted the
walls, the cItizens ran to arms and repulsed
their enemies, who were too weak to resist
themi. Those who fell into their hands
were led to an ugnoniniious decathl. Amnong
thme number of the prisoners was an ofieer
who had partiecularly dlistingumishied himself
for his valor. The newvs of his mnisfortime
being carried to his wife, she flew to the
pilace where her husbamnd was to perish,
and dlemnanded to embrace him for the last
time. They refused this favor, and the
oflicer was hung without her beig permit
tedI to approach him. She, nevertheless,
followed the body of her husband to the
plaice whg~e it was exposed. She there
seated herself by thme melancholy spectacle,
aind remained without taking aniy nourIsh
ment or sufferlng her eyes to be abstracted
for a moment from the object of her affec
tion. Death, which she had waited for
wvith impatienco, came at last, and closed
her eyes while she was strotchcd over the
(lead body of her husbaad.
"'The proof of tlw puddimag is In tIhe
eatIng," says an~ old pr'overb, but; it
ilmost takips away ottr appetite wher,
W'o sQe a -"Dioof"4 of the waItor'
thumb on'the edge of the dIsh.
Duty is the lattle blue sky over every.
h'earLud rllsoul-&oVer every life-'lared
on-ough to* A staf to Ilook bet.we'n the
clous, at fo the zAkylaI!k Hanpingt95
to rlAe heavenatrdr tht'ough gnd sig
Bellitiful th de are suggotl'e of1a
mit ulldoe *fa f*tw Vo have a
FOOD FOR THOUGIT. -
What Iq the best thing to do in a
hurry? Nothing.
A classlcal farmer named his pigs
after the Greek roots.
Why Is flannel like mahogany ? Be
cause it is made into draivers.
' The pancake Is like the orb of day,
rises in the yeast and sets li the vest.
It is no sign because a farmer Is
growing sage that he Is becoming wise.
The time Is coming when a buffalo
robe will cover two'hearts that beat as
one.
A desert waste-scooping out the in
side of a pie and throwing away the
crust.
Where there's a smoke there's some
fire, and very often a mighty poor
cigar.
Tihe Indians are fast refiring to their
reservations, which are six feet under
ground.
A man never knows how many
friends he has until he purchases a bil
Hard table.
How can we expect a harvest of
thought who have not had a seed-time
of character ?
In a theatre the man who laughs last
never la1ghs vell. He disturbi the
rest of' the company.
It is easy to pick holes in other peo
pi)('s work, but far more profitable to
io I)ettor work yourself.
Wo presutime the axle-trees of.railroad
earwheels are called Jottrnals because
of their rapi circulation.
It is better to be doing the most insig
nifivant thing In the world than to
reckon ialf an hour itsigiticant.
Many ways of halpiness have beeu
discovered, but all agree there is none
so pleasant as loving and being loved.
Integrity wIthou t knowledge Is weak
aid usuelsm, ad knowledge withoutlu
tegrity is dam;;crus and dreadful.
Logio helps to strip otr the outward
dlisgutises of thing-l, and to behold and
j:dgc of them in their own nature.
It is a strange desire to seek power,
amid to lose liberty; or to seek power
over ot.hers, and lose power over one's
sell.
We cannot conquer fate and neces
sity ; but wO can yield to them In such
a mninner as to be greater than If we
could.
Whe a Christian goes into the world
because lie sees it In his call, yet while
Ite feels it alho his crossi it will not
hurt him.
A downeast Justice sentenced a mai
who stole a cent to the penny-tentiary,
and if hedoesi'; reform we suppose old
Nickel get him.
An act by which we makeone friend
anld one enemy is a losing game, be
cause revenge Is a much stronger prin
ciple than gratitude.
God wishes to be served joyfully, and
the glory of a good master is to fin his
servatis continually happy and con
tWtled in his service.
That which each can do best none
but his Maker can teach him. No main
yet knows what it is, nor can, till that
person has exhibited it. -
Good uture extracts Sweetness from
everythIug which,it.comus in contact,
with ts tihe bee 6xtracts honey from
every 11 )>ver which' It vislts.
These six--tlie peevish, the niggard,
the dissati, lied, the passionate, the aus
pleiou, andi those wno live upon other's
means-are forever unhappy.
Thle business of life is to'go forward;
lie who sees evil In prosPuet meets it
on the way; but lie who catches it by
retrospectton turns biek to find it.
Main's valire s 1n pI lroportion to what
lie hats couraugeously sufferoil, as the
value of the steel blade is in proportion
to the tempering It has undergone.
Men trust rather to their eyes thanm to
t,beir ears; the effect of precepts is
therefore smow and tedious; whiil.t that
of examlessatumimary aid effectual.
Tihiere are some men who are busy ini
idleniess, and make the leisure of peace
not only more troublesome, but evenm
more wicked tihan the business of wvar.
'Thero is as much greatness of mind In
the ownlig of a good turn as In the
doing of It ; and we must no more foe
ai requital out of time tihan be wanting
Wisdom is better thanm riches. Wis
doum guards thee, but thou must guard.
thy riches. Rlches diminish In thl
udsng ; but wisdom increases in the u.se
of it.
Were there butt one virtnons man in
the world, ho w ould hold( up his head
in contfidence and honor ; lhe would
shamte the wvorld, butt the world would
not shame hIm.
The great moments 86f lire are but
momeiits like thme others. Your doom
is spoken it a word or two. A single
look from the eyes, a mnure pressure of
the htand, may deeIde it.
Thietre Is no joy in the wvorld like the
jny of being a true Christian. Young
peop)le think religious life Is gloomy
andi( ciheerless, that it would rob thiem
of pleasures and make life dreary. But
nxever was there a sadder mistake.
Th'ie wvotild ia governe.d by three
things, wisdom, authority and appear-.
aunces. \Wisdom Is for thioughitf'ul peo.
p)10, authority for ro)ugh people, and.lap
pearance Ier thme great mnass of super
ieal peoPTe who can look oniy at the
o\utside.
Imaginary evils soon become real '
ones by indulging, our reflections on
them; as he who has ai melancholy
Sancey seng somethIng lIke a face on the T
wail or wainscot, can, by two or three
touches with a'lead-penicillmake it look
visibie, and agreeing with .Wpamt htR
fabeles.
iiThe eveiry aday- cares and dutie~
which men fal dium'ry are th,i{
wveights and ed)iuitOrpOS of the 01lko 4
of time, giving its g# iuim ttru vi 14
bration, and its hand a- egiular mot~
and wvhen they oee to ~n upontIml
wheels the pond len r0o. etgO sWvingLA
the hrauids 11 "get ithie tiel
stands sliill. ;iA
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