The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, May 13, 1880, Image 1
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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION.
WINNS BORO, S. C., MAY 13, 1880.
PAqOl Acn rru m r -
I - - W V& AAA" VV~nnDA
SUNDAY.
still and,rest, inthat sa no repose
t on this poly morunng .moa to those
havo be'u burio4'w ih the obred tha
sad'a'rt weary an'd tile tired heart aohd.
Lie still and rest
God's day of all is bodt.
MOK.DAY.
4ke ?tISi it Cast off thy drowsy dreams!
Ito-1 in the east, behold the morning gleams.
B101ny,,qo gopa the wook," dames
flefreshed, rolie#ed. use woll'tho initial day
An4 see ; thy neighbor
Already seeks hie labor.
TUEsDAY.
Another morning's banners aro unfurlod
Another day lookb smiling on the world;
It holds now laurels for thy soul to win
MarinOt ito grace by slotjifulness or ain,
Nor sad, away
. Seed it to yegterday.
WEDNESDAY.
Half-way tuto the.qog4-the r.ok's igh noon
The miornhi' hours do speedaay s' soon i
Ail when t.le noon is reached, however bright,
Ustinotively we look toward the night.
The glow is lost.
Once th pneridian rost.
TnunSDAY.
So well thle week has sped, hast thou a friend
qo spend an hour in converse. It will lend
New beuty to thy labors and thy 1l1f
To pause a little sometimes in the strife.
Toil soon seems rude
That has no interlude.
FRIDAY.
From feast ab tain ; be temperate, and pray;
Fast if thou wilt ; and yet, throughout tie day,
Neglect no labor and no duty shrink -
For many hours are left thee for thy work
And it were meet
* .'Till All should be complete.
SATURDAY.
Now with the almost finished task n ake haste;
So near the night, thou hast no time to waste.
Post up accounts, and lot thy soul's eyes look
For filaws and errors in hfo's ledger-book.
When labors coa' o,
How sweet the sense of peace !
Ted.
"It's very'dusty," and Mrs. Laura Am- t
berley shook slightly the glossy folds of her
grey traveling dress.
A trivial rfmark; but- -her - husband a
glanced quickly at the half-averted face.
"You are displeased, Laura." 1
gieaf6n."
"It - does spem a little hard, doesn't it,
dear," lifting lightly tile little gloved hand
and kissing it.
Certainly Algernon wished to indulge his .
of, uqo4kh, bu$ he; intimid.
' )n takin$Qne of -thehildren of my c
t - ad livf-sit, I k )sh t9 make a chol:
which will be the most benefit to the family c
The older girls can earn their own living.
T[he younger is very pretty, and will be f
adopted by a good and wealthy family if
we do not take her away, while Ted-"
"Ted l' interrupted Laura ipatiently. <
"Ted is at an undesirable age, and not
prtic'lbriInltt d interesting; -'ut
as he Is one who stands most i need of
help, I thihk we ought to take him."
"Such a shock of tow hair, and so hor
rlbly bashful I" pouted beauty-loving.
Laura.
"I know the little girl would please you
best, but perhaps the boy will develop bet
ter than the girl,'' replied Amuberley,m the
tone of deeision his wife had already
\earned to know.
IIe was so certain hewas righit-that the
noor, friendiless, unformed boy was most in
need of protection and training-that he
could not allow his wife's fancy to dlecide
this important matter, much as he regret ted
ther disappointment.
The 'youngei' child-the little Neillie
was pretty as a picture, and at the charm
ing ago df three. Ho could not but sympa
tlilze with Laura's wishes, but his young
wife was short-sighted.
He was older than she, and felt obliged
tpflege tly mattger ascoor~g.to his hest
jugment..
They were on their wedding trIp. Frm
Niagara ithad ex~tendled to Chicago; from
that city to a lonely tract of rolling prairie,
where resided this remote connection of I lie
Amberley family.
The father of these orphan children was
a coarse, hard man, who was already cast
ing about sfor- a second wvife ; and the
-probability' was that the expectedI step
mother would be little benefit to the two
young and helpless little one..
t~ Jura rqgaded. this mian wic a feeling
'. i$J~ I orror. 4' $e ruidb an4 prikt
4J t9 ~ g < dtabrul to her jgfinet.
It was only when she walked alone
across the great billows of green, nnd,
standing in solitude in the silence, beheld
stretcheded sara,her .countleSS ,loagueA, of..
luminous''sunset, that shie said to herself
that the West was grand and beautiful.
They were driving now along the smooth
p rairie road. A silverf creek ran along
there a Jiudsbush sihowedt its crimsom
<:amopg the bush greens. Td rIght and left
stretch&1 a~aytie'bbimdld~fle.
Laura had requdsted the driver- to get
away from the uninvitingth onib; but for
the ffrit time'there was a shadow between
ft i" w ,hol'g angl,her husitandl.
In justiceoto young"Mrs. Xinherley, let
me say that she9 let re ress her discon
t t)t tits 4lyf i 'lilsaphoint
S -hibilfoe ifbla'tent to )i'erktfabnind'.' More
and more it troubled him, loving his
b~h ' q :~.ayougj wife'mnbstntepdeylg,1and at,. last' lhe
said :
ai g~~~i a~ie mp theo. little
"Algernon,"she cried, "it Isn't that. I
(gitpes a thng.keen d, h
always stared at Laura. Certainly she was
see'inmI i il lreiur goad ege'
o 8 P~I~ h'g 1 e tolm
' arriage, and big 1oth to go into th
'1Uo, al 8 aura, quickly; "I thinl.
shll take Nelly."
"She noticed that the. boy's head dropp
as lie turned away, leading the horses; .
shp took little notice of that.
The next morning her husband w
called to Chicago Mlone on business. 8
endured the uncongenial surroundings
lonk as site could, then caught up her b
and shawl and went out to walk.
She strolled half a mile, found the for
Ing of the creek and still went on.
The emerald of the bush grass was ma
nificent, the May sky arched above blue
lapus lazull. Sweet wild birds flew ov
her head, and no other living thing wsI
sight.
The great stillness ha- a wonderfi
charm for her. Now she looked wonde
ingly at the green e1stance surroundng lie
then wandered about, gathering the flom
ers that genimed the grass like rubles, sal
phires and stara of gold.
The tinted clouds of siuset began to fa
in tAe West at last and I she turned towar
home.
After walking quite z distance she bega
tojlook anxiously for the landmarks of he
return. In vain. Round and' round sli
wandered;. but the changing light gav
everything a new aspect.
For half an hour.she stood with throb
bing heart, looking vainly to the right ant
left--lost I
The roseate light deepened into gray
A dunse fog crept around her. She -ia
lirected her faltering foolsteps to a singl
cottonwood tree, and now stood clinging tc
it, her heart sinking In her bosom. Oh,
where was she and what would become of
her ?
She could make no further effort, so be
wildered had she become that she knew
no longer in which direction to search.
Must she stay there all night ? If so she
tried to believe that nothing would hanui
lieor.
ikit it gre'iv dark. The fireflies Swaried
around her head. She heard a stiange,
istant, mournful noise which terrified her.
Suddenly she heard her name called:
'Aunt Laura I Aunt Laura I" She replied,
..lere ! " eagerly, and a small figure can-e
ounding through the rustling grass to her
lde.
It was Ted.
''Oh, Tea I 1 am lost
" Iknow it. I came to find you. I was
vatching for you to come back-you did
tot come. I said nothing to the others. I
et off to find you. Come quick! I think
can find the fordI."
Laura grasped the boy's small, eager
and, and hurtled away with him through
te dew-wet grass.
"You are all wet, Ted."
"I could not wait to find the ford; 1
mam across."
Laura's eyes distended still further with
urprise.
'pv. ura h%%m*...... .
"Ted, won't the others come for me ?"
"I don't know."
It was a hesitating, pained tone.
"Your own IOKs are away, you know ?"
A sefish, churlish man, two young and
nreliant girls ; who would search the lone,
hilly prairle if Ted bad.not come I
Laura's soft, jeweled hand closed tighter
n the child's rohgh oue.'
"Oh, Ted I my husband will pay you
r this I"
lie stopped.
"Aunt Laura, it's no use to go on. I
an't find the ford, it's got so dark."
He was panting.
"The tree," he replied, wasn't it an old
ry one?"
"Dry and withered, I believe-yes."
"ve must go back to it."
"Why ?"
lie did not answer, but hurried her on.
"Ted, what is that noise I hear ? Dogs
)arking ?"
"Hurry I lIurry I" pulling her over the
ackward path.
"Why must we go back to that tree,
"'It is dry, you said I"
"Ted what is that howling?"
11er voice shook with a vague fear now.
"Here it is."
He placedl her with her back against the
-ldl dry tree.
"1 brought some niatches," he panted.
"Matches I What for ?"
Hie snatched some dIry leaves together,
ore some strips fronm his old cotton jacket
sleeve, and lighted the whole.
,Then lhe throw on deadt branches~, all
piled againist the further side of the tree
trunk.
"Ted, what Is that for?''
"Wolves, wolves ! Don't you see theum?"
cried the boy throwing out his arms. "But
you needn't be0 afraId; they can't hurt you
iaow. Oh, Aunt Laura, they'll never come
near us now, for they arc afraid of tlre,and
the tree Is burning."
Laura liad sank upon the ground, faintng
with terror.
"Oh, Ted, dlear Ted I" she sobbed, "I'll
help'ydlu I "-foi' thdIaipes (lying down foi
an giatant, thes boebelpn snatching up
h'andfdle of dry . .~
For hours they worked, piling on all thi
Inflammable material they could find
around the trunk of the cottonwood, whtik
those strange dancing sparks so near thr
ground-the fierce eyes of the wolves
which Laura saw plainly now-rehctantl',
retreated when the flames blazed, at last,t
the topmost boughs of the tree, and the
light streamed far and widle.
Iblsheveled, pallud, exhausted, her mi
cry lost at last in a brIef sleep-thus A
geron-Amberley found his wife in the earl
dawn.
The ground smoked beneath her, lhura
Ing twigs fell arountd her ; but Ted's watel:
iflg eyes took care that she was not burned
I11s little jiicket was wrapped around hc
shoulders; hidr hied waif pilowed on hi
knee.
''She's tired, I-reckon" lie salgI synpi.
"Oh, my bo'y4" brokle fromi Algerna
Aniberley9 lips.
He .carried his wife home in his ai
Ted ,lpdlng the way-' 'ed never once do:
seibudi of the love he hamd earned put s
and lonely again In that old farmlu'ou'se.
1l}utd.anura hi him brought to her bet
sie' h'eld ,his hands In hers, kissed his litt
~grimny cheeks.
"Ted, you are going back with u
rIgejo.I not gnotbsrboX so loy'ed In all ti
wor d."
ndt was truo:
-Caps md hats came Into gener
use alionte l49
fltter Cooks.
d What ire sonme of the things that. ev
ut cook who piepareS the food for any fan
ought to know? Unless the whole rout
a of her work be hap-hazard and unrelial
tshe should have intelligent and well-defih
opinions concerning the relations of food
a physical growth, so she can furnish ti
which is best adapted to the Whole hou
hold, lit to build up symmetrical a
healthful bodies for the hilldren, as well
to give to the mature workers of the fain
- the necessary nutriment to keep good I
is balance between supply and demand. T
.r children should not fail to develop prope
1i because of her Ignorance of their nee:
The father should never give out iuo
i strength and vitality in his struggle wi
- the world thanu she can make goodL to hi
, as she prepares his daily food. All ti
implies a praotical application of the pri
0- .iples taught In physiology and chemisti
as 'oll. as a knowledge of the kind ai
. quality of nourishment stored In plant
flesh, fish and fowl. Earth, air and a
furnish her with materials which she mu
understand how to prepare so that it can I
r easily- . transformed into bone, blood ait
3 lusele in Such proportions that each shn
3 have its nroper development. She must L
both too ..ise and too humane to conco
any dish or brew any drink that will induc
dy8pepsia, headache or dullness. Nev(
until, cooks give more tiie to the master
of such studies will cookery take its prope
place aiong sciences. These bodices
ours are exceedingly complicated and del
cate machines, not to be sa'fely tamnpere
with by bunglers. A blacksmith ca
undertake with greater impunity to make
watch, than an ignorant and untraine
housewife to build up without knowledg
and without skill a symmetrical and per
fectly developed human body.
And when the value of these bodies, no
only as physical organisnis but as related tc
mental growth, Is fully appreciated, the
work of the skilled cook will rank with
that of other great scientists, and, more
than this, with that of other great philan
thropists. It is not extravagant to say that
the progress of humanity toward true per
fection dtepends largely on this branch of
domestiac economy. Ilow Iluch thought,
Iime and study are given now to the proper
food for flue stock? Here in our own lab
oratory extensive analyses of grasses,
grains, etc., have been mado in order to
determine which will most rapidly and
healthfully stimulate tile growth of cattle
and swine. Surely we owe as much care
'to our children as to our herds- It is cer
tainly true that just in proportion to the ad
Vance of any people in civilization will be
the advance of care and skidl in the prepa
ration of food. it is therefore worthy of
absorbing study. Health, mental vigor,
virtue and happiness depsend more closely
than we are apt to imagine on the cook who
reigns In our kitchen.
nan, and lie carried a small black box in
his hand. He entered an Insurance ollce
with a familiar air, walked up to the sole
Occupant, who was writing a letter, and
began :
"Excuse. me, sir, but I represent four
different kinds of pads, viz: Lung-"
"I am btjay," Interrupted the letter
writer.
"Yiz: Lu1ng, liver stomach and kidney,
and i a few days we-" I
"Dlidn't I say that I was busy?" de
manded the citizen as lie put down his pen.
"You did, sir; and in a few days we
shall bring out the heart pad, the throat
pad and the car pad. Excuse ic if I sit
down. Please let n feel of'your pulse."
"I want none of your pads, sir I I. am
busy, sir, and 1 want my olle to mnlyself 1"
"Nevertheless, you do want a pad, and
1 can prove it. healthy pulse sljould not
beat over eighty-five per minute. 11l bet
yours goes to a hundred. Any one can see
that you are ailing. I can Bell you a beau
tiful satomach pad at reduced rates. How
much do you-"
''Didn't I say I didn't want any of your
padis, sir?"
"Correct, you ditd. Do your lungs
trouble you ?"
"No, sirl!"- -
"Hlear-t all right ?"
"Yes, SIr !"
"Hearing good?"
"Yes, sir-i
"Ever have the back-ache ?"
"No, sirn"
''Spleen all right?"
"Yes, sit-i"
"Throat bother you ?"
"No, sir I I tell you I don't wvant any 0:
your pads 1 want to be let right alone
I've got a head-ache this morn-."
"Eureka I Keep still I-not a word
You furnish the cap~itai, and il put in m:
time and we'll bring out a head-ache pad
Capital idea-rich thought I Go ahecat
andi write your letter, and I'll be-"
The citizen ran for his cane in the corne
but the pads had walked out to hunt fo
ailing humanity.
-A bsence of Mindt.
"Speaking of absence of miind," said th
R1ev. iney Smith, "the oddest instane
happened to me once in forgetting my name
I knocked at a door in London, and ake
if Mrs. iB. was at home. "Yes, sir: pr-a
what namie shall I say ?' I looked in tb
man's face astonished-what name ? Ay(
that is my queston-what~ls my name ?
believe the man thought me madl, but it
true that during the space o)f two or* thr<
minutes I had no more idea of who~ I we
than if I had never existed. I did ne
know whether I was a dissenter or a la:
man ; I felt as dull as Sternhold or Jenkin:
At last, to my great rellef, it flashed-acro;
-me that I was Sidney Smlth. I heard alt
-of a clergyman, w~ho went jogging aioijg c
-the road until lie came to a tur-npik
r What is to pay ?' 'Pay, sir ? for -'vhat
asked the teurnpike man. 'Why, -for ni
horse, to be sure l' 'Your horse,- sir I -wh
horse? Hrero s aoehoiwe,. sir I' 'No hot-s
(ibd bless nie. I' 'said 'he, suddeonly looki,
down between his legs, 'I thought I w
on horse back 1" ,..-.
Loggeviy reeon
. The following table of the comparati
olongevity of trees, is based on an examis
tion of annual concentric layers of the 01
est kno~wn trees. Judas-tree, 800 yeaz
conunon elm, 8385; common Ivy 450; eaq
mon maple, 4183; *hite lnrch 570; otbs
tree, 680; evergreen cypress, 800; comm
ohve,800:wanut, 900; oriental plane, 1,0(
cominon lime 1,100; common fir, 1,2(
i odar~ of Lebano6i, 2000; tarpd ut~~
tiohnim,1000 yew B200. 7
Chaunning roa Eluiteilla.
"I tell YOU," Said Andrew suni
'ry Lon11g Islaud fisherman, "it's no funl I
n in the bayor outside in the whiter
le coirs we fish ill winter for cod.
et, the first of4 Novemiber they begin' to
td and we re ilarly flil for thent until
t When the od coml), the lishermn1 go
to Wiginit, over the beach, and
I luts. Theli whenever the weather is
,id favorablei
fa ,ICy go oitside. There a
m1any as tlirty boats out at once somel
11 8I1y fha the old smactlekers used to
he with hook lvery six feet on the line
'1 ting the fis hook theimelves. The sr
is. era8 ire tho~u that go out in large sni
. and stay dys, and soietimeiosweeks.
put their eqtch into wells, as they call t
m and take 1ii to Fulton uimarket V
There is a ch i'ivalry between them
is the yawl fl ors. The latter (1o not
their fish a ve, ind so when they
VP them to i ket it is necessary to sel
(tnd fish f1 t. This hurts the businet
8, the smack and last winter they trio
!t get a Ilaw ed that no iead cod
t Should be (1 in Fulton market, but
de couldn't it through. I tell you,
d fishing is I d work. Sometimes we
go out it Is orhaps so cold ihat ;your
f'reeze tile 4ninute they leave the w
' hey have be handled bare-handed,
0 so frozen f igers follow. I freezo ny
gers regularly every wintpr."
Y By tits Tine the fishing grounds, alb
r mile northy tile Surf lotel, were reac
ThIlere were already several boats at anc
and Samimiis's loop) wa'ls soonl added to
number. 'e fishing was to be (one
"chummuing,) it method enltirl-Cv new
the writer. lie watched tile 'flsbieri
and saw hoV it was done. First, 8am
sharpened & rusty. hatchet and a ri
butcher knife on a piece of a brick. Wih
or all "ch ununers" use a brick or not is
known Samnis did. Withthe knifehe slic
piece ol of#one of tie bunkers, and cut
piece intosimall chunks. This was for
hooks, and the hooks were baited. Th
drawing a rude chopping board from
hold, lie placed it by the boat's side, a
placing a buinker therein, he proceeled
chop and mangle it until it was fine. It
not make a pleasant looking mess. T
was "Ichumn." A handful was thrown ov
-board often, and the tide carrie(l it off. 'T
hooks were thrown in, and they, too, 1io
ed back with tile chum.
'Tile main thing, " Sammis said, 1o
ing his line with one hand a"d cutti
''chuni" with the other, "Is to keep t
trail of chum unbroken. T1he fish are so
attracted and follow it and feed oin
'Ihere, you've got a bite; pull 111111 alor
don't gijv11e him any 8lace1 that's right.
With Immense prido the writer yank
his fish, which was very gamy and na
all the tight possible, now.juniping clean 1
of the water, then coming head first for 11
boat. The hook was baited and aga
thrown out AIUMIs iibsc"t
Sammis, with, cutting bait, and pulling o
fish. had his hands full. In less thani
hour twenity-cight handsome fish w
struggling in the boat. Suddenly they st0
ped biting.
"'It's slack water," Sammis said. "1Ti
won't bite for an hour or two, until V
tide sets out protty strblg. '1 hey're a ni
tish, ain't they I But they are perfect g<
miandizers. They'll eat just as long as tle
is itny thing to eat. I've seen a lot, pf bh
filh get into a school of bunkers, and t
water all a'ound would be red with blot
A bluelish would catch a bunker and sha
him all to pieces, as a (log siakes rats, a
they would bite and snap into the sch<
apparently out of pure deviltry. But we
going'-to have pioreonas4y weatiler; the ri
ain't over yet. If'you say so we'll run ba
Pity it's so stormy. Come down sol
pleasant day and I'll give you all the Rpi
you want."
A snake .wallower.
Itecently farmer Potts, of lerks coun)
Pa., waIs theO victIm of a tsrrible adventu
llecoming drowvsy he laid under a tree, a
whuile sleepilng a snake about nint<
inlches in length and( of a green color dIar
Into liis opef nmduth and descended into
stt omach, After h.. awoke he experient
a peculiar and( sIckening sensation
times hie frothed at thle mouth, and(
eyes almost started from their sockets.
physician presse I his car to Potts' bre
and distmertly heard the movements of
reptile. The victim was required to lnh
the steal) of boiled milk, whlich pro1u4
a strangling sensation, the snake hlav
made an unsuccessful effort to leave
stomiach. Potts was then led undler a sI
roof ad put on a wagon. A strong r<
was t~ed to a beam and th~en secur
wrap~ped arolud thle legs of the suffea
The wagon was then pulled away, and P<
was left dlangling head( dlowni. h While
this position lie again Inhaled the steati
boledl milk. Thel patilent's tongue r
r trudled and his eyes started. TPhe t1
.stdainuflo.vej~fils throat and the I
feror made a noise as if 'choking. T.
qulck as thought the docter saw a hi
a protrude, and seizing It with his8 na
e fingers ho quickly pulled and( the repj
,was daOshed Into an emrpty bucket.
*i few seconds Potts was lying on the gro
~, nearly dlead. Hie was given some wi
e and ,water and was rubbed with coI
toweling, antd finally lhe seemed to be r
j ing easy. lie was carried lto the h<
s and puit to bed, and light food was adr
e istered. Ils throat wais very sore,
still lie was than1fulwhen'o was told
tthe reptile haid been removed. 1l<
slowly recovering,
A itefined .liteher.
IIarkins' (laughter returned from I
ntn's butcher shop, laid a steak upon
table and sid:
~, "Th'at'sthe mnost.roelned butcher I
mect. 1 apCed hing f1 his steak was l~en
and he saiti, 'Oh!I~ beatifui1lltend
(lie miden, tn the firt lush5 of love, asa
fit to be classed with tender, and halke
associations, and'one likely to be devo
hbymofarsmbbestulwaiaden.'~
.hs.a4 A ked atte girl a, d
,e thundered :'
a- "What under the canopy was that fE
d. gly og you?"
a; Md, as her color came and went, sI
a pliedl:
go '"Glvlng'tite taffy, I stppose."
0; 'OTAdE as ps muist not be
4; re tllhip.: opee, To go tigupgh
ym is a le a- wnut eat' thie stum]
og1 /nlf
Sonething About 43111.
ishin I very man has noticed, and every n
. f of taste has been disgusted with the I
bout -curls, which me'any woImien wear upon ti
run, forehead, gving themi ats artificial and i
lay. attractive an appearance as ancything
down equal dieinslons can. These curls are k(
builk in place, it seems, by gunming the It
at all with bandoline, i preparation of quint
re as seeds. In consequence of its deanltui
imes. this purpose the importvaion of quince-see
fish, has largely Increased. The seeds used
let- 1)e adillitted free ats seeds for medficinal uk
lack- but being now employed ats an aid to t
aIcks, toilet, i duty of twenety per cent, advalore
They hits been put uponic them. It is not the pr
hem vince of the Secretary of the Treasury
live regifate the enational ta fte, but if he I
andie made the Peeds pay one-utindred per cen
kee or any anount of duty autllcient to prevel
tkeep the mnanufacture of bandoline, and the mal
the Ing of those odious curls, he would ha
s of done a public beneflt. Bilt, neither he m
i to Itny other mian, nor any public body, ca
fish linder wotnen who are so resolved, froi
the <slguriig themuselves. . If they fead n(
a bandohline they wouli get sonething elst
'an't for they seene determined to wear the hklt
ines eous curls. When we remenber that ti
iter entire sex are absOrbed with the quliestio
and of how to make themselves look best, it I
- uipossible to understand Why l they take stil
Patins .o produce the opposite efte3t. It I
t1 a their ignorance, of course, which is at fault
ted. and their ignorance seeins to be unconquer
or, able. 'ake themc for all in all, Aiericai
thie women have as much taste as any womei
by in the worht, and yet i great many blincdly
to adopt anything labeled as fashion withou
tlinking whet her it be fit or unfit. Fashiot
will at any litme drive them into any ab,
i surdity. It makes th'ousancds, who emigh
'ti- appear to ad vantafe by consulting coinmol
not sense, nature and their own needs, appeni
d a unattractive, aned often renders thetn ridi.
,lis culous. Fashlon, Indeed, as commonly ro
[lhe presented, is more a deforier than a beauti.
fier, and always will be, until women, re
tH fusineg to aceept its autocratic behests
id, study the principles of pure taste, which
tare. radically, always the same, and whose
basis is 1lke becoieing.
Ils ---
tir- A Story or steot Pens.
'he
it- Few perdons who use slee pens on which
is stamped "Gllott" have any idea of the
d- story of suffering, of indonitable pluck and
g persistence which belong to the placing of
1 that. name on that article. A long depres
en sion in trade ti England threw thousands of
it, Shellield mlecianics out of work, amotng
t thie Joseph Gillott, then twenty-one years
of age. lie left the city with but a shilling
,d in his pocket. leaching Ilirminghiam, lie
le went into anc old iu and sat down upon
l a wooden settle in the tap-room. Ii8 last
le penny was spent for a roll. lie was weak
in hungry and ill. He had not a friend in
4Birningiame, and there was littl i u
down on the table, declaring to flnc6eiuhdaia
lit lie would try and trust in God, come what
n would. lHe fouid work that day in making
r belt buckles, whileh were then fashionable.
p As soon as he had saved a pouind or two lie
hired a garret in Bread street, and there
carried onl work for himself, bringing his
taste and his knowledge of tools into con
Co stant use, even when working at hand-made
r- goods. This was the secret of Gillott's sue
re cess. Other workmen drudged on passive
le ly in thee old ruis. l e was wide-awake,
e eager to iuprove lis work, or to slorten
the way of working. i1e fell in love with
a pretty and sensible girl named Mitchell,
l who, with her brotlers, wis making steel
pens. Each Pen was then clipped, punchidd
and polisted by hnuid, and pelns were sold
n at enormous high prices. (llott at once
' brought hls skill in tools to bear on the
nie Ilatter, and soon inventeI a iacline which
rt turned the points out by tlousands in the
timee that a man would require to make one.
.le married Miss Mitchell, and they carried
on thme manuftactutre Logether for years. On
the morncing of his mnarriaigethc industrious
.:' yountg wotrkmnan mnade a gross of peins, and
mc( sold themi for thcirty-8ix dollcars to pay thce
a weddineg fees. In his 01(1 tage, havmveg reaiped
ed an eneormous fortucne by his shrewdness,
cia honesty an~d induestry, Mr. Gillt wvent
el agatin to the old inn, bought, the settle, and
At landi thce squaire sawved out, and mnade into a
is chacir, whuich lie left, as an heirloom to his
A family to remind them of thce secret of his
list success. --
lee A Water "oncstert.
ile -___
ed A monseter whcale was ecently exhcibitedl
ngin New York. A man stood one the whale's
he hump as the (lead levithiaen Icay along the
1e( bottom of tie flocat. A haelf block of the
pc1 shiny3 blaick animale stretched tts lenigih be
3ly yonid him, while just beneathc Lthe path Ic
er. walked two aund fro upon was Lice m)Lonster'5
tt'nouthc-a bony, bpait-shaped lower jaw,
in widler and half a-long as a whaleboat, acid
of a narro(w-pomted upper jaw, fringed wIth
ro- whalebone and tr'iced ucp withc a cable from
ick thce t01) and a beam uncdcrneathc, placed as
iii. corencobs are put len the mnouthcs of hcogs in
se butcheer shops. The wheale'looks bike ai long
uad misshapen mass ,of glossy India rubber.
ed Onily whcat may be called bits after plart
tile thirty or 40fekt back of the hump-is shcape~
ii a like a fish, ancd that terieates much au
mud whales do in pictures, with a fantail, whicl
sky3 seems to leave bcen accidentally putt ocn thc
rso wrong way. Thie skin is scratched anc
eat- torte in places, and~ the red blood theat dis
us tingicishes its kined from the fishes staines itt
tAn- flesh. Onc the otheer aide the aroma of the
buit fresh liac, which seems to have bleene carte(
hat' to the edge of the lower jaw and dumnpet
is in, refreshes thce visitor.
"I hope you didn't comte here to jat
kmives int heim," says the irritable macn or
the whale's humccp, ''or umbrellas either, o1
sticks (pointing to offenders who uesee
)en~. those imnplceents). Wue ai t, exhcibitinj
the Lice iside of the whale, and It won't las
any too longcas it is.
iver "Step right aloncg, good people,' say
der, this exhibitor to the throng, whose memnh
,as era masrch singly, hugging a raing thcat ha
teak been put up around the dead wheale; "chtel
wed right along; there's more coming to see Lh
ered whale. Pass out of the other door. Tic
car,, sir, is just beneath that harpoon-nc
p of that's tyce eye. Pass on, good people
then. yod'll see the scars'of the lances furcthe
on. lHe was cnot killed'with theat hcarpoori
ibow ice was killed by two-(theat's tlie spou
hiole, sir)-by two bomb lances that eli
c r. ploded in hhi n and killed him. Afterway
that hcarpoon was stuck i19, and lhe wa
towed withc it by men in that boat yondei
"Whales doi't hcve teeth-that' thU
u ed whalebone," lee 41 presently, t9 i4 mn
th who wanted to i1546w whiether whcaes "4
Sof way. hafVE hair 6n- their teeth?'' "Thg
9 lag ad this i4 hz head. 1hsep
hole Is here at my feet; the ear Is under
th at hatrpoon; the eyes are these tings.
la a re you tryig to do---to see If you
elr can dorc your unbrella throuwb the whale,
m. o 'd ou want t~o get insile him? No,
1I ir; the whale in its rnatural position--righit
saliie up, withi care. Yes, its dead. You'll
lair Oit. ',ill history of the whale wheni you
or there werec nany woman in the throng
or Cln ept Pouring in at 011e end( 'af the float,
(1 andt out at the other end1. The templtatiori
to- poke the yielding nssemdargr
Swith the woonen than the men. On the
li other hand, the email boys found it impos
0- 5ilto pass8 the great flat tall or the leath
try six-root is stretchedi out beyond the
railing without walking on themi, and
Id 'jumping just a little when the showman
Sditd not see thenm. There were two men oni
itthe after gang plank, and the circuilars sold
" by the ian who called themi '"the most
r im1portant p~art of the exillbition,'" dlid not
irwholly agree with what the other mlan, in
a ruibber coat, saidl about the whale.
Th"Illis is one of the hlumlpback species,'
Sthe circular readl. 'lIt is sixty-five feet, long
and11( forty-five feet around the body at the
- tump, and weighs Seventy tons. The car
0cass is worth $500 for oil and1( bone, lie
was bought by 8. 8. 8wift & Co. of Prov
a iiettown for -$600, and1( was towed by omie
io oston's biggest tugs to New York
'~ih took forur day11s ant1( niglits, and cost
>.tfifr towage. Whrlen c'apturedl twenty
b larrels of herring were taken out of lhim
l'his is the largest whale ever exhlibited I
the United i alte's. This whale was struck
ny a bombi lance. A boml~b lance Is tilled
with dynamite, which explodles when it
strikes the blubber, killitig the whole.' i
'It's a tinback,'' said the mian in the
r'iibbeir contlemplItuoulsly. 'I've been1 a
whaler twenIty-five yearsiI and(1 IInever took *
one of themj lshes, thbough many's the
chance I've had1( to do it. Whmy niot? Welln
they enn imn like ti' cuil, and they all I
wayl3s .(do when they i si .'ucks This e
was siolk or they'd never have got hiim h
There aint 110 oil in higm to speaik of-no n~
fibitek ever hati nn' l(fifteen barrel In
ha- ,l'(i 15ooner ('atch a black fish. Big? i~
Psa inw lie aint nothing alongside of a sa
right or a spernt w~hale. It's n' goodi a2ec
though. TIhey paid $700O for lin: took icr b
m2ort- than that in the first two houirs."'
Iutlian Longeviny, 0
T1here is a ii)Indiiani w0Inan~ now living at
Joshha Peters's, near 81an Lu0is ley, Call- a
fornua, who is at least 0one hunduredi and Is
twenty-four years of age. AMany years ag
her hair tiurnedo snowy white, but within al
recent year's It has undergone renewal, arid( se
Is now ais black as a coal. She Is no0w in
her second chiildhiood--spealks and hi5pa, and(
has all the mental characteristics of' a child
Sonme fifteen y'ears ago this woman's nmn.
.rywas go)(ugad she recollectedl and tol
los Viojas. Th'e missionaries sent t it' r
soldiers and vaiqueros after the Indians to
corral thlem andt bring them Into the mtis
sions, and treated the Indians with great ot
severity and cruelty. The ohd wvoman usedi
to relate thait (one of2 these vaquieros thr'ew a L
lasso over to catch her, and In s1 (doinig
strangled to death the Infant that slie waso no
c'arr'ying eni her bactk. W. i. Co0uts andiol
other old residlents of San Lins itey3 know r
tils venerabia womian wvell, have often his
tenedl to her relations of past times, and are P1
p~erfectly conin~ced that shie is one hundred b
an11( twenty- four yemxs o1ld.ii
Kamfirastan.
Burgeon-M~ajor 11. W. Ilellew, of the 0J
Biritish Army, has lately collected from
native authorities some useful Information tI
resp~etiig iKafliristan, that Interesting
country which no European has so far sue- i
ceededl in exploilng. It appear's that it Is,
after all, only abmout 150 miles In length iby ~
50 or 60 in breadth, Iad its boundaries may a]
be taken as the Ihindu Kushi on the north, t~
Including both the northern and the south
ern slopes, froml Latkoh Darra on tihe east ~
to the F"arajgal Valley on the range sepa. ~
rating It from Panjehir on tihe west ; the "
Chiral river, own to Chaghanlsarae, 01'
even Katnar, on the east, forms Its limit Inl U
that direction, while the southern boundioar'y frm
may be taken to bie a line fro D-111erra Nur' tI
oin tile east to Talgoa on the wvest ; anid on
the west it is bounded by the Nijrao and al
Panjashlir Valleys. The whole area Is LI
mnounltainous and furrowed by a successioin is
of long, winding valleys, eachl of which has
Its own system of branches and glens rami- k
fyilng into the recesses of the mountains. ,,
From mformaltion which Dr. 1Bellow derived a
fromn a nlative of the country there appears
to be "nowhere room to gallop a horse.' "
Y'oiung F'arme~rs.
The ChaddI's FOrd(, Pa., Climb, wislug
to encourage the young folks to a studly ~
of the best methods of farihinlg, &e., has
offered a haindsoime lot of prlzes to Chester '
and D~elaware county boys of seventeen
years and under, wh'io shall raise tile lartreat. V
numabe~r of bushiels of corn on one-eighth of t
an acre of land in the year 1880. The I
contestanlts are to be0 allowed to do as they
please about manuring, booing, &., but o
are to keep a record of what they do and d
the cost, and report at the end of the season, 1:
Similar prizes are to be offered to tile girls y
of the two countIes who shall make tho
best butter. -T1hie butter and the corn are tod
be exhibited together. Such trials of skill e
are calculated to do a great dleal of good by 1
directing the attenition of the young folks
to a study of tile conitions5 necessary to
the achievement of the best results' t
A Good Deal stixed,
A. short time age an enterprising fe
male did a flourishing business In this
- cotuntra by takIng orders for corsetr.
i A. flutter has been caused among tile ladies
> by it being reported that she was a oman
a cleverly disguilsed1 for the purpose. It is
a said that ehe has been arrested for mlasque
, rading in thIs manner by a peace officer,
, who apprehended him and took her before
r. a magistrate, where he~ was accused .of
; passing hereef off on a unsuspoeting comn
.t munity as a gentl9 member of the female
-per-suasion, If he could decape, aho had
d better keep clear of this town, or he'll got
a every hair of hwr head pulled out by the
. lagles who patronized himn, purchaused'*er
.0 confotumsded corset., and helped Mm t.e a
91 a suabsistence for her family. On paha*w?
I- we give it up. Our pronouns have get
a ed, hut whatwe mpsn to say is thateA4
id aneyes>p ha~ve h~e.,epurs boxed.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
Hold on to your character, for
and will be, your beet wealth.
Manner Is one of the greatest engines
of Influence ever given to man.
Flattery te a false coin which has eir.
culation only through our vanity.
A talent without tact has been sai
to be like a fiddle without a fiddlestick.
The veil which covers the hand of
futurity 18 woven by the hand of mercy.
ifidden virtue I8 often despised, inah,
inchi as nothing extols it In our eyes,:
Conscieiire is the voice of the soul;
tle pssions are the voices of the body
A sweet temper is to the household
what stinshine is to trees and flowers.
Alen seldom improve when they have
no other models than themselves to
copy after.
Modesty In to worth what shadows
are In a painting, it gives tQ It strength
andl relief.
You cannot dreanm yourself Into a
uiaracter; you must hainmor and forge
youirself one.
Every heart has Its necropolls, filled
With the grave-stonlos both ot the loVed
And unforgotten,
We suffer more from anger and grief
,han from the very things for whilh we
inger and grieve.
The preservation of life should be
M ly a secondary cencern ; the direction
If It our principal.
Wound no nati's feeling Un necessa.
Ily. There are thorns enough in the
path of' human lite.
Adveralty is the trial of' prinotplo.
it'hout It a man hardly knows wheth
r lie is honest or not.
All is hollow where the heart bears
ot it part, and nll is in peril where
ri nciple Is not its guide.
A noble heart, like tihe sun in the
Caveis, showeth its greates counte
nce inl ie loest e
Joinling In the ainusemonts of others
I, In our social state, the next thing to
rnmtathy In their distress.
In most .!lscussions we love ourselves
utter than our cause; and seek less to
ave it valued than' ourselves.
Feelings are always made the excuse
teinper; whereas temper much more
'equently influence feelings.
Domestic rule is founded upsa truth
id love. If It hasn't both of these It
nothing better than a despotisml.
It is very dangerous for a man to ind
iy spot on this broad globe that Is
reeter to him than his home.
Divine grace remits Individual sins
it divine Justice exacts the sternest
nialties for national offences.
Beware of hating men for their -
ge.
We often censure the conduqt O.
hers, when, under the same circum
mices, we might not have acted half
well.
it is the heart which feels God, and
it the reason. This is what true faith
God felt by the heart, not by the
ason.
By exanining the pulse of a pahenf a
ysilians find out the disiases of the C
dy, and bring hope to the weary,
arted.
We seldom find persons whom we ac
owledge to be possessed of goosI
,e, except those who are with us Id
linion.
Ilippy Is he who has Wearned thilsone
lng-to do the plain duty of the mo
ont quickly and cheerfully, whatever
may be.
Great minds dlifer frpm small in
>thiing ,more than this, that they can
ford to bestow praise, which the latei
r cannot.
Lie that knowvs a little of the worlde
Il admire it enough to fail down and
orshlp It, but he that knows It mosti
il1 most despise it..
Those errors are not to be charge1
po0.1 religion which proceed either
om tihe Want of religion or superati.
ouis mistakes about it.
To fill' the -sphere which Providence
Lpoints is true wisdom; to discherg d
ulsts faithf'ully and have exalted idemas
the mission of good men.
A cheerful, happy temper keeps u I
nd of daylight In the mind, exclude
ich gloomy prospect, and fils Ititi
steady and perpetual serenity.
Thme constant man looks up to Hleaveri
full hope, even when itis darkened~
s flowers that open with theosun,,ol
ot though he be hid by clouds.
ri ot affect to be witty or in josta
s to wvound the feelings of' anotbe
o say as little as possible of youarse
nid those who are near and dear to yq
if we would be perfect, we musdai
pith much that we love, forego mile
hat would be pleasant-not to nlesh -.
lood alone, but to mind- and heart4g
Trhere is one noble means of AvI
urselves for umnjust criticism; i~ *
oing still better, anid silencing I
v by the increasing extellonce of
pork.
Energy will do anything that ok
one in the world; and no talep(,
I rcumstance, no opportu nitieli
cake a two-legged animal a man #
ut it.
.Blessed be tlie man who knewp d
o caper and enjoy nonsense, d
he man that parted early with hie
mood, and blessed be the man th
'los his boyhQod down iatest In
Avoid exaggeration. A 14
us soon as she admires too eas
oo miuch. In man or *omlafi
md the person lose powerwh
ire on the strain to e~rss a4~t~
Love one human. .ng p*~
warmly, and you wil lov10 1
heart ini this heaven, i'teh
ig sun, seek nothing, r~
Irop to the ocean,.bi e
It warnis and i
We must opnsqe)~goti
and softest reason otIrQ s.~
monishmeat; odr #tv~ *i
Like a violent t'i #1k
1abafigth'6e'fW'droop Wh
to ohei-ish and refresh. It
as the de~upon cth ldo
melting 4akes.Csny4
fally tile Ioerdwit
deeper it