The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, June 24, 1880, Image 1
TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., JUNE 24, 1880.
GOOD-NIGHT WI8E9. a di
r and
A blessing on my babes to-night, I
A blessing on tkeir mother; en
A blessing on my kismen light, fro
Each loving friend and brother. gIal
A blessing on the toilors rest; lost
The over-worn and weary I the
The doolate and comfortless, alo1
To whom the sarth is dreary. wit
A blessing on the lad. to-night; by
A blessing on the hoary; wi
The maiden olad in beauty bright, cro,
'I he young man in his glory.
A blessing on my follow race, tie
Of every olimO and nation; tai
May they partake his saving grace bl
Who died for our salvation. of
Seel
If any man have wrought me wrong;
Still blessIngs.bo upon him; bov
blay I in lovo to him be strong, A li
Till olarity have won him. bay
Thy blessm4s on me, from of old. pal
My Godl I,cannot number; nat
I wrap me in thy ample fold, tle
And eink in trustful slumber. we
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SHIPWRECKED. wit
less
Thi
It was one of those bright and beauti- On
ful days in the month of October, when old the
Summer, with his fervid heat, seems loth to up(
leave us, and lingers yet for a few days, un- nes
tit his forces are gradually lessened by the sinl
cooling winds of Autunn. 1
At some distance from the business witi
haunts of the thriving city of San 'Fran- ens,
e1sco, whicl borders upoi the bay of the the
same name, with her thousands of strug- berl
gling humanity, may be seen the beautiful as t
grounds and green parks of Captain Will- offi
him Woodwane, a rich and retired sea cap- whi
tain, low
After spending many years upon the Iur
briny deep, he determined to give up hiscali into
Ing, as lie was now rich, dispose of his Ves- whi
sels, and enjoy these hard-earned pleaQures lari
i his mellow old age. Having lost his ens.
wife, a beautiful and acconiplished woman, 1%
some eight years before, lie was now left int#
with only one to comfort him in his do- ing,
clining yefirs. to s
Alaud was the only living child, and was 7
a purfet image of her mother, now passed drii
from earthly view, with eyes of a dark leu(
brown that one could never look into and sea
never be able to sound their depths ; hair of V
dark chestnut, that flowed in sunny ringlets Ing
about a fair and classic brow, and a form fro,
and face that might well be envied by wl
inany a fair one. of a
Capt. Frederick Goodwin was a young she
and accomplished seaman, having not yet as t
reached the age of twenty-flve; but from ma
the serious brow and streaks of gray in
those locks, you would suppose him to be dun
fully tel years older. With eyes of that ove
peculiar gray that at once show strength and Ubo
determnation of character, dark and curl
ing hai. shading a broad and expansive V
forehead, giving evidence of intellect; com
bine with these a firm and expressive mouth aga
and chin, broad shoulders, well developed Witt
form, and standing full six feet in height, str
lie was indeed fit to be the guardian of the ho
human freight placed under his charge. wic
Such were the young people of whom I rolh
shall write. and
During Capt. Goodwin's short visit in wil
that city, having seen Miss Woodwane at a 1
private reception, le was pleased and at nu
once captivated. It was plainly a case of d
love at lirat sIght. And the object of this b
pa..Ssion I How was it with her? She hea
saw this noble looking stranger, and was at out
once pleased with his bearing. After an
introduction, given by their kind host, they are
were left to chat together until the evening T
had flnally worn away, and it was time to grat
depart. By this time these two young peco- she
1)1e had become the best of friends, and a fron'
cordlial invitation was extended to the cap- T
lain from both the young lady and her Fri1
fat.her to call on the following Wednesday ing
afternoon. It was of course accepted. whil
lie continued his calls for sonme time, and
until at last it was whispered th.rough shom
society's circles that Miss AMaud Wood wane A
and Captain Fred Goodwin were engaged. the
It was a cool and yet leasant (lay inii
October. The birda in the groves wore irim
singing their farewell songs to Summer, unti
but in the beautiful parks of Captain 'Wood-,
wvane they seemed to carol their sweetest
songs ; for a great event was about to hap- sea
pen. tsea
One of the most brilliant marriages that shre
had ever been heardl of this side of the con
tinent was to take place cre many hours t
passed. Everyone seemed to he astir with '
renewed energy in the mansion upon the wer<
lill. T1he invita ions to this grand event line,
were beautifully gotten up, and all who T~
wer-e fortunate enongh to receive one wei e wer:
expecting something grand ; in tis they Thi
were not disappointed, for the rich and bras~
generous old gentleman had1( prelpared sump., selv
tuously for the occasion, and lie was noted tini
for the grandl dinners and othier entertain- Thet
ments that took place und(er his hospitable ing
roof. wiltli
Trhe guests at last arrived, and( at four tern
o'clock the bridal p)arty enteredl the spacious. prey
p)arlors that, were filled with many friends, hIad
They were a handsome couple. The cere- rigg
mnony over, they left the parental roof, and, a lai
-withu many friends, wvent upon the tiny war
steam yacht "Victor," the private boat of thier
Captain Wtoodwanio. All paid a short visit, l
to the large and elegant steamship of Cap- and
lain Goodwin, which for a tiue was to be 0
the home of the bride. inobl
Gaily decked with streamers and hunting, and
and amid a salute from her guns, they in
passed upon her (lecks, where, after a pleas- and
ant hour of enjoyment, all departed for the to
shore, and night setthedi down quietly over Wit
the bay and city, final
It was a bright and beautiful morning on V
which ilie "Ocean BIrd" was to spreall her half
white wings and sail for the distant port of mlan~
Liverpool. Now could be heard the merry wYon
"heave-ho 1'' of the seamien, mingled with bras
thme noise of the rattling chains, and the Hecr
anchor slowly ascended from its muddy bed awei
to its accustomed place. Flags wvere float. One
ing to the breeze, the smoke poured out Witl
black clouds, the water foamed and boiled han<
as she slowly and majestically swung about, to tI
setting her prow for the head of the bay.
She was a floating palace--without, prob
ably dark and gloomy to the eye; but
within, all was brightness and gayity. She gin;
was manned by as good and bold a crew p)ro
as ever trod, a plank,. with a generous and sh ui
noble-hearted captain, pod!
How bright and beautiful were the waters Ti'
as her sharp prow out through them, and the
they were hurled aside hmy the graceful faill
lines of her lhugo hull I first~ they were of a inu a
bright greQn; gradually this deepened into atta
%rker hue ; then they changed altogether
, became a dark blue.
lappy and light of heart were the pas.
gers. They had caught some inspiration
a this beautiful day, and were engaged
merry songs and laughter. The city
lually faded from sight, and at last was
As they float6d smoothly along, the
scene grew brighter and more beautiful
ig the banks. Here was a farmhouse,
li its several outbuildings, all surrounded
large and shady trees, and the cattle
celully grazing in the fields beyond,
le overhead could be seen a flock of
6ys cawing continuously as they wheeled
irclcs over the corn-fields. A forest in
distance covering the sides of a moun
, and oxtending away at last into the
and empty air, while dotting the whole
lie rippling surface of the bay could be
i crafts of all nations.
low a fishing smack passo:1 under her
7, bowling merrily along upon its course.
irge schooner was moving slowly up the
, towed along by a tiny tug. They were
sing through the "Golden Gate," one of
1re s greatest and grandest freaks. Anon
r were beyond the head of the bay, and
e passing the lighthouse. The land
.ually faded away into long banks of
3 clouds.
t last they were in the calm Pacific,
I her mild and balmy breezes, her cloud
skies above the blue waters below.
s gaylty continued from day to (lay.
the morrow they expected to weather
stormy cape. And night settled down
n them, leaving all in.peace and happi
, with nothing to disturb their calm
nbers.
'he morning broke clear and beautiful,
ii not a cloud to obscure the blue heav
It was a warm and lovely day ; even
most feeble had ventured from their
ha to behold this beautiful scene. But
he day wore on, a cloud was seen in the
g. At first It was only a small,
to spot; then another rose, to be fol
ud by still another; they seemed to be
rying together until they had combined
one large and widely- extended mass,
ch rolled along, blackening and en
ing until it covered the whole heav
breeze sprang up, lashing the waves
frothy foain ; the white caps were ris
now sinking. Few remained on deck
eo the stori which threatened.
he waves were tossing and tumbling,
ing tne sleet and rain with great vio
e against the deck and rigging. The
grew more boisterous as the idght ad
ued. At eight bells the wind was blow
a hurricane. The ship plunged to and
as she bravely breasted the angry
ers. Now, as she rode upon the crest
n enormous wave, bei stern sank, and
seemed slipping backward, down-but
so wave broko under her, she rushed
Ily forward into the trough of the sea.
lie trembled and quivered like some
kb creature in agony, as the waves broke
her, deluging her decks, and seeming
it to engulf her. But she still rode
n the crest of another.
(hat was that ? A bell ? Yes, it sounded
n I By some chance the Aongue of her
ch-bell had become unfastened, and it
ok her resounding sides with a dull and
:w sound, startling everybody with its
d and hollow clanging, as the ship
d In the trough of the sea. Dolefully
sadly it pealed out upon the waters,
the chilling and almost human words,
)ui Knoll! Your Knell I" filling the
di of the passengers with horror and
my.
rhat was that dull roar? Was it iotthie
, of the surf ? Tie man upon the loqk
shouted
Port ycur heln I For your life, or you
lost I The breakers I The breakers I "
on late! In another instant her keel
ed the rocks, and with a fierce lunge
struck. She quivered and trembled
1 bow to stern,
hon the p)anic wvas fierce and wild ;
;htcned men, women and children rush
madly here and there in their fear,
le above all could be heard the wild roar
beat of the surf upon a rock-bound
'e.
bove the roar and din could be heard
aoble shouts of conmmand.
Keep the guns booming I Men, stand
to the boats I Let no one of us enter
1 the women and children are safe I''
hen did they show their true and noble
ts. The b->ats were lowered, but the
was so wvild that they were, one after
other, instantly swamped, and1 with
eks and groans the poor wrelches sank
ieir watery graves.
he ship was sinking slowly. 1Her fires
s oui-she had passed the last water
lie remainmng passengers, aitrighted,
3 huddled together up)oni the upper (leek.
waters had reached them. Some,
!(er than the others, were trusting them
cs upon01 spars and doors-with any
g, so as to reach the wished-for shore.
y felt the chilling waves gradually creep
under their feet, hungrily reaching up
their horrid jaws to grasp them, de
Iinedi not to be cheated out of their
.There were only five left--the sea
claimed the rest. These clung to the
lng with the tenacity of despair, and as
'go and mighty billow eame rolling to
:1 them, as it reached them and swept
from their hold uton its crest, with a
despairing shriek two were swept away
loot.
uit of the two hundred souls upon this
0 ship1, only the mate, lashed to a gun,
the captain and lisa wife were left. The
:1, whistlIng through the broken masts
cordlage, seemed to play the prelude
their "M edding March to Heaven."
hi a last dull boom, the ship sank to its
resting-place.
rhat was that upon the beach yonder,
bunlled in the sand ? A spar and a hu
figure? Yes, it was that of a man. A
ian clung closely t> him. 'T.was the
c commander and his beautiful bride.
arms were about his neck, aind a sad1,
ft smile upioni those pale, cold lips.
of his hands still grasped the spar.
h the other lhe held( her close. Together,
I in hand, their spirits had ascended
eo bridal feast.
SScripture the drtinkard's style t.e
in lawlessness, proceeds in un
itableness, ends in misery ; and all
up in that denomination of his
gree. A son of Belial,
icy who are Ignorantly devoted to
mero ceremonIes of religion hiere
m into thick darkness ;but they are
till thicker gloom who are solely
ohed to fruitless snnon1ations -.
Hand Organ Music,
"The popular taste just now seeems to
run more to light and comic than to sorlot
and sentimental music," said Mr. Taylor,
America's only hand-organ maker, pressing
down the ashes In his pipe bowl and medl
tatively giving a twist to the nearest crank,
which brought forth a protesting yowl from
the Instrulnent. "But, of course, " he con
tinued, "when they get their musical car
goes by the hand-organ line, they have to
take them mixed. We put up the tunes in
assorted lots, as you may say. For spring
styles just now, the principal choice seem
to be selections from the 'Pirates of Pen
zance,' Ed. Harrigan's airs, 'The Pitcher of
Beer' and 'I he Jumping Jack;" airs from
'Fatinitiza,' and a variety of jigs, reels and
waltzes. What are we doing from the
'Pirates?' Well, the opening chorus, the
second chorus from the policemen, and the
aria of the General's daughter. Published I
Well, I believe sonic of the 'Pirates' music
is published, but I'm not certain. It isn't
necessary for us to wait until music is
printed to get it on our cylinders. I can
listen to a piece of music once and write it
out afterward correctly, without it is terri
bly complicated. But the 'Pirate' Is weak,
viewed from the hand-organ standpoint. It
lacks taking airs, melodies such as 'Pina
fore' was rich in, chings that everybody
gets to know and that the children sing.
Ve had a great mush on 'Pinafore' airs last
season, but now they are never called for.
I only make organ barrels, or cylinders, to
order, and the person ordering picks out for
himself the tunes lie wants put on; so there
is no regularity about the arrangment, and
no two are alike. As I said the demand
this year is lively for music more than ever
before, but still there are sonic serious tunies
that hang on well. 'Silver Threads Among
the Gold' is one of them, and the 'Sweet
By and By' will always be good in the
West and through Connecticut. Some of
Moody and Sankey's tunes are good to have
in working the rural districts, particularly
the sort of lively ones, such as 'Where is
My Boy No-night?' and '1iold the Fort' is
a good, steady stand-by. An operatic air,
one from some old, good, standard opera is
always well to throw in.
"Negro minstrel airs are very seldom
called for now. That sort of music seems
to have in a great measure (lied out, and it's
a pity, for some of the sweetest purely
American music was written for the burnt
cork brethern. I have a good deal to do
putting In old country songs, German and
Italian, generally, that people come and
wibstle or sing to me for the purpose of
getting them set up. But the popular fav
orites, you may say, for the coming season,
those which you will hear on more organs
than any others, will be the 'Jumping
Jack' and 'Pitcher of Beer.' "No, I don't.
make a great many instruments. I can
turn out about two a week, if- I want to,
but the demand is limited, and n:os, of my
work is in repairing and making new cyl
imders. A cylinder with eight or nine
tunes for hand organs cost from $32 to $40,
and for parlor and side-show organs from
$33 to $100, according to size. The score
of instruments you see about you all belong
to individual owners who are having some
thing done to them. The large ones conic
from the carousel sat Jones' Woods, Coney
Island and some other places of summer
resort. I don't hire out any organs, but
there is an Italian on Baxter street who
rents out a dozen or more during the sea
son. I never triod that, but I did try once
selling hand organs on the installment
plan. It didn't pay. Organs are too light
and handy to get away with.'
It is not. known froim what country the
rose first came, but it has been common
froni the earliest period. The variety of this
beautiful flower is influite, and the study of
the various kinds forms one of the charm-4
of botanty. There are severail wild kinds
in thme United States, among which are the
prairie or Michigan rose, blooming in July,
and from which sonic of the cultivated pink
roses have descendedi. There is also the
dwarf rose, so called, which blooms from
May to July; the swami) rose, found usual
ly in damp ground, and which blooms from
June to September, and the early wild rose.
ThIe Cherokee rose, much used! in the South
ern States for hedges, was origlnallyr
brought to this country from China.
Among the cultivated roses, the red Fr-ench
or Provence rose is fine and attractive. It
wVas brought to France fromi Syria In the
days of time Crusades. The familiar and
luxuriant cabbage rose came from time Cau
casus, and the Denmark rose from Damas
cus. The p)oetical incas-rose was fIrst,
brought to England front Holland; the y'el
low rose from Persia. With us the rose is
valuable,*for Its ordinary fragrance and
beauty, but in the ECast it is a source of
valuable manufacture, and is valued for'
the perfumes or oil extracted f rom it. Th le
ottar of iroses is an oil distilled from the
petals or flower leaves oi roses, and is pro
dluced ini Indlia and Tlurkey, some also be
ing made In the South of France. It re..
quires 4000 pounds of rose leaves to make
one pounad of ottar of roses, hence tIhe great
cost of this article, very little, if anly, of
which ever reaches this country in an uma
dlulterated stato. Damask and musk ros
are chiefly used for tihe production of their
dlelighitful pecrfumel.
A NoiHy Joke.
A faithful night watchmnan in a Sacra
nmento warehouse was recently mamde the
victim of a plractical joke. Six alarm clocks
were locked uip in the dirawers of six desks
along the wall. They were so arranigedn
that time first should begin the racket about
1 o'clock in the morning, and the others to
chime in intervals of a half hour each. At
thme app)ointed, time, as the wfttchuman was
resting lisa feet upon the stove, the hereto
fore noiseless little instrument in one of the
dtrawers fairly turned itself loose with a
noise resembling thme ringing of half a dozen
door-be ls mingled with the roar of a steam
engine. Thie startled watchman sprang to
lis feet and mushe~d to the windows, hut,
gazing out, could see nothing, and again
taking lis scat, was beginninig to imagine
lie had been mistaken, whenm clock No. 2
wvent through a like p)erformlance. This
time the location was suspected, but the
cause not understood. When No. 8 began
there was new cause for wonder, as the
noise had chainged from one dlesk to another.
The matter now became too p)erplexmng for
r'est, and No. 4 and No. 5 were listened toi
with equal astonishment. When the last
one had ended the night's entertainment
the joke was seen:
ExPERIMfENT shows that with Early
Rose potatoes the smallost autount of
seed in the hill yields the best aron
Safety in Thunder Storms.
The safest place in a thunder-storm is th
interior of an ir6n building, or of a hous
well provided with lightning rods. As t
what meets the latter condition, it is sufl'
clet to say that t4e application of lightninj
rods is a matter demanding the exorcise o
expert knowledge and judgment, and I
telligent apprehension of the law of electric
ity. Experience has shown that it is no
safe to trust to an ignorant person the do
cision as to the quantity and location o
arrangement of lightning rods for an
building what so ever. Under ordinary eir
cuistances, in a house without any rods
or with rods improperly adjusted, the safes
position is a horizontal one, in the middl
of a room, upon a feather bed elevate
abovo the floor. Au iron bed-stead, how
ever, furnishes a perfectly safe position, anl
a wooden bedstead may be made a saf
place of refuge by attaching metallic wire
to the corner post, and connecting then
all together by other wires running froii
one to the other around the bed In thes
circumstances, a discharge of lightning i
provided with an easy path in any direc
tion, either vertical or horizontal, a.d n
injury can ensue to a person lying upon
such a bedstead. Number hine anneali
iron wire or a small copper or brass wir
may be conveniently and effectually uset
i tis way; or strips of sheet-metal ma,
be tacked on. Nails, bell-wires, stove fun
nels and other netils in buildings presen
an interrupted path for lightning. It i
especially dangerous therefore, to assume t
position between two detached lines o
masses of conducting matter. For exam.
ple, a person has been killed by liglituin
while seated in a chair with his head lean
log against a bell knob; in another in
stance, a man was killed by a discharge o
hghtning, which passed from a socalle(
lightning rod on the outside of the wall t<
the quicksilver oil the back of the mirror
in front of which lie was standing; thenc
through hin into the floor, and to a stov(
)I) in the next lower story. Position
near windows, doors, and fire places are t<
be avoided as particularly dangeroue. Ou
of doors the safest position is flat uponi til
ground, away from any tree or other cle
vated object. Thoroughly wet clothing ii
a partial conductor, and gives increase<
security to the wearer. An umbrella witI
an iron or steel shaft, having attached ti
the handle d metallic chain or flexible wir
cord long enough to trail upon the ground
would protect the person carrying it
Farmers might easily arm their wagons wit
wires in a manner similar to that alread3
suggested for a bedstead, or they can fuasteL
a wire on a long handled pitch fork or rake
and then hold it vertically, with one end it
the ground and thus secure protection. ThI
interior of a barn containing new hay o
grain, Is a very dangerous place in a thun
der storm, and such building need lightninh
rods of the iost complete and perfect des
cription.
Niauara in India.
Colonel lsaig, in his account of his jour
ney to discover the best road to Judgalpoo
in the Bastor county, thus describes th
falls of Indravati, which must, very near1
come up to those of Niagara: "The falli
are certainly one of the grandest sights ii
India, thouth from their inaccessible posi
tion few will ever see them. The rive
was in flood within ton feet (according tc
the people on its banks) of its extrem
height. About four miles above the fall
(which ares mile above the village of Chitra
kot.) the Indravati is joined by the Narnagi
a river about thiree-fourths it size. 6"Thi
united waters of the two, swollen by th
heavy rains to a volume which I reckonet
at about thirty million cubic yards per ho,
descend perpendicularly a height of ninety
four feet over a ledge of sand-stone rocks
about five hundred yards in length, and
slightly curved in at a place at one end, s<
as to give the fall something of a horse
shoe shiape. Thme rich coloring of the water,
varying from a redhish brown at the cres
of the falls to a brilliant ochre, where mor
b)rokeni ini its descent, adids much to tih
beauty of the siglht. The lower part, ol
the fall is hidden by the clouds of spray
and im damp weather, Iimedately aifter
showecr, when the air is loaded with mois
ture, these rise even higher than the cresi
of the falls, fill the whole chasm b)elow, an<
even hide tile country on the Opposite bni
from view, disclosing only at intervals the
final luhnge of the imnense mass of wate
Into the gulf beneath ; the scene then be
comes one of the wildest and grandest him
aginab)le.
liusiness, Maxtuma.
Choose the kind of business you uinder
stanid.
Caplitah Is positively required in business
even if you have real estate outside ant
credit, ever so good.
(One kind of business is as8 much ats
mani cani manage successfully. liivest
imeiits on the outside do not generally pay
especially if you require the money in youi
business.
Buy cautiously andi juxst what you want
and do not b)e persuaded to purchase whau
you dio inot nleedi; if you do you wIll soau
want what you can't buy.
Insure youir stockc; hiiure your store
insure your dwelling, if you have one.
the rate is high it is only because the risi
is Agent, anmd of course you should not tak<
the risk yourself. A business that will no
pay for insuriing will not, just.fy runinlg.
8ell to goad, responsible parties oiily
Sell on a specified tifno, and when y'ou
money is due demand It; (do not, let ti
account stand wit hout note om interest, fo
an indefinite period.
Sell at a realsonab)le profit and never mis
represent to effect ia sfa10.
Live within youmr income; keep youl
business to yourself; have p)athince, ani
you will succeed.
C'oimpetition is the life of trade, but I1
trying to run your competiLtors out, of buii
iness, he careful you (10 not run yoursel
ouit.
A Ni~e i,innpr.
A lady guest at a Baltimore hotel has
wveek decided to have a nice little dinner al
by herself, and here is what she called for
servedin courses: Soup, baked shad stuired
boiled mutton and caper sauce, chmickem
with egg sauce, turkey with parsley sauce
spring iamb and mint sauce, roast, veal
stewed kidneys with champagne sauce
chicken pie in country style, cold veal, colb
mnutton, mashed potatoes, spinach, lettuce
asparagus, cabbage, apple pie, rhubarb pie
p)unich cake, sponge cake, baked tapioci
puddIng, vanilla uce-cam, .English wal
nute, crackers, rice snow-balls with cream
apples. coffee.
The Far West.
Old Dr. Potts, of San Francisco, and wh<
3 is an enthusiast in his profession, Is th,
I originator of the theory that much diseas
is transmitted to human beings through eat
ing the flesh of immature animals, such a4
calves, in the early spring. The doctoi
- aitains that young animals, in thell
. inexperience, eat greedily of certain nox
ious weeds, and that the poison therobj
r assimilated is transferred to the blood oi
r the consumer of the animal's flesh. As thi
assertion was disputed by some of his con
temporary Ai. D.'s, Dr. Potts deteruine
to make some useful experiments befor4
giving to the world his discovery. lie ac
cordingly purchased a six-months' call
one of the kind that appear to be built oi
Sstilts-and, as the doctor had no back yar(
to speak of, he had the brevet cow place
iin the cellar, where Ie proposed to mix th<
weeds mIquestion among its food for a fem
days prior to its being converted into tes
cutlets, so to speak. '1hie China boy waE
bribed not to mention the calf's presence tC
the other itembers of the household, who,
it happened, had been absent while the
quadruped was being secretly let dowil
through the coal-hole by the butcher. Tc
prevent its bleating the doctor had placed
a Stout leather muzzle onl Its nose0.
That ntight thle doctor was awaketted by
Mlrs. Potts, who sat up In Ied and gaped
inl a horror-stricken voice: "Uraciol
heavensI Archibald, don't you hear titl
sigular noise down stairs ?"
Tlie calf had evidently gotten the muzzle
about half off, and was making a peculiat
sound, resembling a smal. foghorn tortured
by remorse, but Old Potts stamniered out
that he couldn't hear anything in particu
lar.
"Not ear anything, Dr. Potts? Are
you deaf ? Just listen to that I It's per
fectly blood-curdling."
'"Perhaps it's rats, " hazarded the miser
able physician.
"Itats, Dr. Potta I Are you lusaue?
Did you ever hear rats wailing like a lost
soul iu purgatory ?"
"Well, not exactly like it," said the doc
tor, soothingly, "but perhaps--"
"I can't stand it a moment longer. I
shall go wild if you don't go down and see
what's the mtatier. It's my belief that
burghrs are trying to murder Ah Wrong.
"Well, my dear, if you insist I 't
But Just-then there came a sudden jerk
at the bell and a terrible hamnering at the
front door. The doctor put up the window
and beheld a delegation of about fifty half
lressed neighbors with four police ollicers
mI their midst.
"Is lie dead yet ?" said onec of the crowd,
as the doctor poked his head out.
"Is who dead?" said *the latter much
astoished.
"'Why, your brother, down there in the
cellar. Didn't you tell us your brother had
made a big strike inl stocks, and was com
ing to stay with you this week?" asked
Didimnus, the doctor's iiext-(oor neighbor.
"Why, yes I What of it V"
"You cold-blooded villain. Do you sup
pose no one heard you murdering him iI
the cellar just now? By Jove, lie is nit
dead yet-he's groiming still. Just lis
ten!"
"If you don't lenune In I'll bust the door
down !" said one of the police.
"Ohi, Archibald I to think you should
trn out to be a Iurdereri " gasped .Mrs.
Potts, going into hysterics.
Old Potts was too mad to utter a word.
le just walked down stairs in lils night
cap, admitted the whole crowd, conducted
It to the cellar stairs, handed the policemmi
a candle, and told him to go ahead, lIe
then went up stairs and awaited results.
Of course the calf made a break for the
light as soon as it saw it. The big oflicer
holding it was upset by a terrible butt in
the stomach, the candle went. out, and,
amid the rattlinig of the coal and the uin..
earthly yells of the crowd, the cellar began
to vomit forth haticss, grimy, and disgusted
men.
When they hiad all gone, Old Potts quiet
ly dlescendled,. locked the house up again,
tied a spong.e full of chloroformi round the
calf's nose, resuscitated Mrs. P., and then
returnedi gloomily to lis dreams of science.
Thus enided one of the most int.eresting in-.
clients of pioneer life in the far West.
About Dinners.
"A iian should, if lie (lie having accept
ed an invitation to dinnier, leave lis execu
tors in solemn charge to fill his place," said
Sidney Smith in that vein of burlesque
solemnit,y with which lis ample wit. draped
nil trifles. And the absurdity contains a
truth. D)inncrs are so carefully measured;
they are so important to host and( hostess;
they arc the results of so much care and
thought, that every one is socially bound
to remembler the engagement, and keep it
wvit.hi punctualily. If illness or necessary
ab)see from townV cause the invitee to
regret, after having accepted, a note in the
first person should inform the hostess at the
earliest possible moment, that she may in.
vite somiebody to fill the place. Invitations
to dinners in New York, In the gay season,
are sent out a fortnight in advaince, and
should lhe answered quickly andl positively.
Nover hint at any cumtingency, but gIve
your hostess the simple assurance that yon
wvill come or that you wvill not come. Nev
er say that you "would come if so and so.''
Never attempt to give a dinner unless you
are sure of your cook andi your waiter
that, both are very good (unless you give
your dinner a la Rlusse and order every
thing fromi a restaurant. These are not
the best dinners. The dishes are apt to be
cold, greasy and ipoor unless you have the
very becst, restaurant in the world at hand).
Th'ie best dlinners are those given by excel
lent housekeepers, whose domestic service
Is p)erfect, who have a cook who is famous
for indhivl(dual (1181e0 and with a waiter
who is at home and who can call in, If lie
needs thiem, somel imet to help him. The
American habIt of luring the same waiters
wvho have just servedl at a neighbor's house
led to a very curious mistake from a foreign
nobleoman. I ookinig at a well-known old
black man, who usedh to servo at all the
d iners, lie remarked: ''What a very
singular resemblance the colored race boar
to each oilier. Now I could swear I had
seen your butler at every dinner I have
eaten in New York." This hab)it of hiring
a "set of retainer's" had niever' occurr-ed to
the nobleman. "The little dinners" there
fore, of eight or ten, cooked in the house,
served by the servants of the family, simple
and short dinners are the moat agreeable,
the most flattering as attentions, and require,
if given often, a far greater' care and ex
penditure of thotight than the one splendid
show dInner,
How to Write WOU.
We believe that the whole of our method
is a mistake, and there is no single system
of mecanique for writing, and that a child
belonging to the educated classes would be
taught much better and more easily if, after
being once enabled to make and recognize
written letters, it were let alone, and chid
den or praised not for its method, but for
the result. Let the boy hold his Pen as he
likes, and write at the pace he likes
hurry, of course, being discouraged-but
insist, strenuously and persiteutly, that
his copy shall be legible, shall be clean, and
shall approach the good copy set before
him, namely, a well-written letter, not a
rubishy text on a single line, written as no
body but a writing master ever (lid or ever
will write till the world's end, le will
make a muddle at first, but lie will soon
make a passable Imitation of his copy, and
ultimately develop a characteristic and
strong hand, which may be good or bad,
but will not be either meaningless, unde
cided or eligible. The boy's hand will alter,
of course, very greatly as lie grows older.
It may alter at eleven, because it is at that
age that the range of the eye is fixed, and
short sight betrays itself ; and it will alter
at seventeen, because then the system of
taking notes at lecture, which ruins most
hands, will have cramped and temporarily
8poiled the writing, but the character will
form itself again, and will never bit dell
clent in clearness and decision. The idea
that it is to be clear will have stamped itself,
and confidence will not, have been destroyed
by worrying little rules about attitude and
angle afid slope, which the very irritation
of the pupils ought to convince the teachers
are, from some personal peculiarity, inap
plicable. The lad will write, as he does
anything else that he cares to (10, as well
as lie can, aud with a certain efilciency and
speed. Almost every letter he gets will
give him some assistanice, and the master's
remonstrance on his illegibility will be at
tended,tolike any other caution given In the
eurriculum.
An A1114iritl-nal Opu,oum.
The tree was a large one. Its bark wan
smooth like glass. Cutting a notch in the
bark, and embracing as much of the huge
trunk as possible with his arms, the black
fellow mount ed the height of thestep, then,
standing with his too in the notch, with his
tomahawk lie proceeded to cut another,
about the height of h119 waist, which he also
asceided, keepinme his body flat to the tree.
Step by step lie gradully rose looking like
a fly walking up a window-pane, until he
reached the first, fork, nearly forty feet
above the ground. A sudden twist enabled
im to surmount this difficulty, after which
lie walked among the branelies with the
activity of a monkey. Selecting one with
a hole in it, he dropped two or tirce small
stones which he had carried u) with hiiiii
down the hollow, listening intently as they
rumbled down the pipe. They all stopped
at a particular place. Descending to the
spot Stick-intlie-mud cut into the hollow,
and, inserting his iand, drew forth a lnrge
opossum, its eyes blinking in the daylight.
A few knocks tgainst the the tree deprived
it of life, and throwing it down, its captor
descended, grinning f rom ear to ear his
appreciation of the white fellow's compli
ments as to his dexterity. Blacks never
move without a firestick; and soon the
opossum, divested of its fur, was roating
on a fire, emitting a most inviting odor un
der the(. circumstances. It makem Stitk-in
tle-miud, who has only lately despatched
aln imIlneIse meal, hungry again; and John
has some diliculty in perstuadinig hhn111 not
to seize the half-roasted creature and bite
out at piece. The black fellow looks aston
ished; the prohibition is Iuite against the
cmtons of his race; however, lie gives in,
contenting himself by throwing time entrails
on time fire for a amomlent, aid soon, to his
guest's horror, Ie commenced dispatehlinai
ya-rs of the scarcely warmed intestines, at
lie conc.lusioni of which op)erationi his faice
piresentedl a sicken ing sp)ectamcle.
F'irty Cents' Worth.
.Jaie Welch, a bold teamster, livinig in
D)etroit, was sitting on his doorstep the
other evemnmg when along came a stranger
who picked upl something from the walk.
"Was it a hlair pinl ye found at miy door ?"
demanded Alr. Welch.
"I never bend my blackc for less than
fifty cents," was the reply, as the strangeir
tossedl the cola ma the air.
"It rolled from ine pocket, andl I'tm
much obleeged that ye found it," said
Jamie, as8 hie put on a smtilec.
"You can't roll no0 fifty cenits ouIt of
this chicken," was the answer, as the man
moved on.
AMr. Welch followed him, and argued
and flattered, aind when that wouldn't (10,
lie put his fIsts at work and hatnunered thme
finder until lhe gave up the coin. When
lhe returned homie andi( told lis wife she
claimed half, and there was a family row
which brought an oflicer and aii arrest.
''Where's tihe money ?" asked thme court,
aftcr the story had beeni told.
Th'le prisoner hiandled it over, anid after it
had been inspected lisa honor said:
"it's the worst counuterfeit I ever saw I"
"What ! is she boarus ?"exclaimed Jamie.
"Sh3le are. It's mnore than half lead."
"And I was foot enough to have two
fights anld get myself rui in for the sake of
this old sham I" groaned the prisoner, as lie
flung it on the floor
"You were, and I must punish you."
"Go ahead, juidge; l'm dleservinig of all
you can pile on. I'm the biggest fool iiu
America, and I might as well be in pirison
as out l''
"I'll say ten dollars or sixty days."
"That's little enough. le the perform.
ance over ?"
"'It is."~
"'So am I. I've no mloney, and so I shamli
go up. If my v'ife comes crying around
tell her I've hired out to a cIrcus as the big
fool, and thlat I won't be home for two
A Disc ovicny AnouTr CouN-An ox..
chainge tells of a man who p)lanlts, two
or three weeks after the crop is planted,
a new lill of corn every fifteenth row,
each way. And this is the reason:s If'
the weather becomes dry after the fill..
ing time,the ailk and tassels both become
dry and dead. In this condition, if it
should become setasonable, the silk re
vives and renews its grow thi,but the las
sels. do not recover. T'hen for want of
pollen, the new silk is' unable to filli the
offico for which it was designed. Theii
pollen from tile repllanted corn is thetn
ready to supply silk, and the filling is
completed, iIe says nearly all the abor
tive ears so common hun corn erops, are
ca'sed by thes wantof pollen1, and lie has
known ears to double their size ir~thmis
Oling.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
A pound of care will not pay a pound
of debt.
Fortune can only take from us what
she gave.
Never expose your disappointment to
the world.
It you would make a thief honest,
trust him.
Never rejoice but when thou hast
done well.
A good book supplies the place of a
companion.
The simple flowers are sociable and
benevolent.
Anferl like rain, breaks upon what
ever It falls.
An evil conscienee Is always fearful
and unquiet.
Thou shalt rest sweetly if thy heart
condemn thee not.
None have less praise than those who
hunt most after It.
Content is better than money, and
Just about as scarce.
That glory is short which Is given
and received from men.
He will easily be content and at peace
whose conscience is pure.
Thou art not the more holy for being
praised, nor the more worthless for be
ing blamed.
Every man, coming toan obscure old
age, thinks he would have achieved
wealth and distinction if
It is ssveet to have friends you can
trust, and convenient sometimes to have
friends who are not afraid to trust you.
He that thinks himself the happiest
man as really so; but he who thinks
himself the wisest man Is the greatest
tool.
That soldier can never answer it to
God tnat hatLh not a good cause, and
striketh not rather as a Justicer than as
a soldier.
Many times there comes a son that is
aq good with a fork us his father was
wili a rake; as great a spend-all as his
ftlier was a get-all.
Possibly the calandar of heaven hath
a post-date to ours. Such it Is that as
Uud seldom comes at our time; so he
never fails at Ills own.
.No matter how small sin may appear
in the beginning, it touches, by way of
conflict and opposition every attribute
for the Divine Character.
God Will so mortify the deeds of the
body by Ills spirit, that sin shall not
play King in us; the traveler shall not
00co11th man of the house.
It was the speech of a learned man:
If tnere be but one sigh comb from a
gracious heart it fills the,ear of God, so
that God hears nothing else.
The happiest'man in the world is the
one with Just wealth enough to keep
limn in spirits, and Just children
enough to make him industrious.
We make the greater.part of the evil
circumstances in which we are placed,
anIId then we lit ourselves for those cir
vumnstances by a process of degredation.
Falschood, like poison, will generally
be rejected when administered alone,
but whon blended-with wholesome in
gredionts may be swallowed unper
Lwived.
It is the work of faith to wrap itself
in the promises as made to us in par
ticular; and unless faith be in Lis
wayjicLuated, It is to comfort, as good
its 110 falith.
Thoreau once said: "There .is no
where aity apology for despondency.
Alway, there is live while life lasts,
which, rightly lived, implies a divine
satisfaction."
'Tis much easlersto meet with error
than to ind truth ; error Is on the sur
face, truth ia hidden in great depths;
and the way to seek it does not appear
to all the world.
it Is our wisdom, by keeping a good
conscience, i.e keep all clear between us
and heaven, that we may have light
f romi above, when clouds and darkness
are around about us.
Those who speak always and those
who never speak are equally unfit for
1 riendshilp. A goodi portion of the tal
ent of listening and speaking is the
base of social virtues.
T'here is net a more restless fugitive
upon01 the earth than lie that Is contInu
tally p)ursnled by his own guilt; nor a
worse vagabond thian he who ia at the
beck of his own lusts.
Darunkenness is a fair spoken devil, a
plheasanit poison, a sweet sin, whicu ho
that hiath in hIm huath not hImself, and
whiich lie that runs into runs noti,nto a
slugle sin, but Is wholly turned into sin
To achieve independence, you must
practice haabitual frugality, and while
smnjoying the present. look out for the
rainy day, andi think of the possibility
4f old age, which neeods to be provided
for.
No man can be in a proper frame of
inlnd for the discovery and reception of
truth who Is not utterly regardless of
the question whether his being in a
nijority or mInority will be the result
r hIls investigatIons.
At tihe day of Judgment we shall see
53n excellent harmony in this record of
things; and all obscure passages shall
be made as plain to us as if they were
written with the most glltteoring sun
beam upon a wall of crystal.
W e ought always to deal justly, not
only with those who are just to us, but
likewise with those who endeavor to
injure us; and this, too, for tear least,
by rendering them evil for evil, we
should fall into the same vIce.
They who are fallen lowest remember
the heights of virtue, honor and peace,
whose shining they once belheld, and
whose pinnacle they once almost
touched. A nd are we net all in some
sense and some degree fallen ?
Warm your body by healthful exer
else, not by cowering over a stove.
Warm your spirit by performing inde
pendently noble deeds, not by Ignobly
seeking the sympathy of your fellows,
who are no better than yourself.9
The word of the Lord abideth forever ;
is convenant is sure~ His loVe is un
changeable; His promises are immuta
ble. Draw nigh unto Him in~ the full
assurance -of faith, and your night of
trouble wvili be turned ifito~joycus day.
Seek earnestly the faith of full assur-.
ance ; and as a means to it practice daily
the faith of steady adherence. rove
and obey God as faithfdlt .1 if you
were absolutely cgrtahi o adoeptancoe
at last, and you will sooI1 be c1ktalut of
it here,