The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, April 12, 1881, Image 1
TLI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, C., APRIL 12, 1881.
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THE OTHER SIDE.
We go our way in life too muob alonA,
We hold ourselves too far from all our kind;
Too often we are dod to P.,h and moan
Too often scorn the weak or helpless f lond;
Too often where distress and want abide,
We turn and pass upon the otlier side.
The othe- side is trcdden empoth, aRd worn
By footsteps passing idly all the day ;
Where lieth low the bleed-ug ones that mourn,
Is seldom more than an untrodden way ;
Our selfish hearts are for our feet the guide,
They lead us by upon the other side.
It should be ours to pour the wine and oil
Into the bleeding wounds of stricken ones;
To take upon ourselves .the gladeome toil, -
And bear them whore a stream of blessing
runs
Instead, we pass upon the other side.
Oh. friends and brothers, gliding down the
years,
Humanity is calling each and all
In tender acconte, born of grief and tears,
I pray you listen to tl o thri ling call :
Ioon amtier in 3our cold and a. Ifish pride
That death may me-t you on the other ,-ile.
A Scarlet Boom.
"Blessed be scadet flannel," said Laura
(Jay," "and blepsed be the inast who In
vented It."
She had certainly done wonderful things
with it, and viewed her work with pardon,
able pride. Such a lovely scarlet room as
she had gotten up for poor Cousin Annie.
who was well-nigh crazed with a decade of
"plain living and high thinking" never
being able, as she said, to have her sur
roundlings represent her In the least, until
this deft-handed maiden appeared u)on
the scene, and, waving her magical wand
of red flannel, made
-the low. rude furnislied room
Burst flower-like into ro y bloom.
Mrs. lathers. had scareecly been de
lighted at first, with the advent of her
city visitor. Three small children, and
doing her-own work, left little tine for
extras. and she had r.o idea that Laura
would prove so helpful and gifted. No
airs, either, but just took right hold and
worked as though she had always been
used to it. So charmingly frank, bo; her
most admired dresses. she confessed, had
been made out of old ones, her bonnets
were fashioned by her own hands, until
her cousin declared, half enviously, that
she believed there was nothirg those hands
could not do.
But that scarlet room was her crowning
triumph.
"What is the use of your telling me,"
said Mrs. Mathers, one day, "of the won.
cerful things that can be done in the city.
I haven't the "little money," and I cer
tainly rm not gilled with genius; It is
like saying things can be bought for a mere
song-- what then I"
She was rocking in an irritated frame of
mind in a n.ost ungainly rcckihig chair,
one of those hideous sprawlers that ire al
-.ay onaaring thLn.icolvoo with COpeoos
feet; she was fresh, too, from the kitchen
fire and "baking day," and altogether a
sense of injury was strong upon her.
"I have never had anything I wanted in
In the way of furniture," she continued,
"and I never expect to. I like p etty thing.
as well as anyone, and know them, too,
when I Eee theni ; but just look at this par
lor I It makes n.e mad every time I conic
Into it. ive got about twenty. dollars
saved from the chicken money-I have the
sale of th eggs, you know-but what
would that buy, even if they kept anything
at the stores here that one wanted ?"
Laura glanced around the bare, unattrae
tive room, and said veiy quietly:
" Curtains would bo a great impro.o
ment."
"Undoubtedly they would," was the re
ply, "but where am I to get thoem?"
"Will you lot nme spend your twenty.
dollars for you, was tire smiling question,
"if I will engage to refurnish the parlor so
that you would scarcely know it ?"
"Spjend it and welcome ; I am sure that
you will get at least a hiundred dollars'
worth of goods with it. Only you will find
nothing in 1--, my dlear."
"They keep red flannel at the stores, 1
suppose?" asked Laura, demurely.
"I suppose they do," replied her cousin.
'And unbleacherd muslin?"
"And unbieached muslin, to the beet
of my belief. But what, In the naine of
common sense, has that to do with civiliz
lng the 'e - "
"A gr.
Ily sce ; io.
I take it fo:.
jection to sc..
''None In the
"Precisely my own seric.
go out tis afternoon ai d do oumr an..
But first, Laura, who was a very exact
little body, dId a great deal of measurIng;
she measured winatows, sofa, rocking-c hair,
mantle-p~iece; eyed a great, awkward table
very severely, and finally appeared to be
satisfied.
The salesman at the dry goods and gro
cery store, evidently conrsiderpd Miss Gay
a lunatic on the subjiet of urnbleachrd rus
lin, and had his views in rpgard to her
passion for red flannel; but the young lady
pursued thie eveni ternor of her~ way and rp.
tiirnmed triumhphamt.
Whast she di with her purchases was
this: Curtains were made of the urnbleachied
mnushn and flannel alternately. and, a
delightfully comfortable plllowto smatch
at each end, with a scarlet worsted tassel
on every corner. Th'le rocking-chair was
treated im the same w ay, after being sawed
low and a few yardeot rookers being sawved
off, and a rmoes cushion fitted to time un
comfortable back and seat. Th'lis, and the
front of tire sofa were orrnaamrnted wihh
scarlet worsted fringe; for Laura never
believed in doing Lthings by3 hialvecs. Theia
fringe was knotted with a crochet, nieedie
on a piece of scarlet braid, ari then tacked
on the furnitufe.
'ilie table cover, a rournd onie, was fitted
closely to the table of unbleachied muslin;
then a labrequin, or hanging border, of thne
same, attached, and trihumed with gradui
atuai rows of larninel, tine whole finished'
with scarlet worsted fringo.
Theln mantel shelf was a high, narrow
abomination of wood, painted white ; this
was covered with flannel, anmi flnishedi with
a prettily shaped, pointed lainbrequln
trimmed with the frite. On the selci
V auras placed two plain white vases of
raceful shape, a present, froim hersefY, and
\led them with drooping sprays of Tr-a
antia. The effect of the scarlet, gre'en
and white, to a color loving eye, was sim.
ply charming.
Two chairs had their seats covered in
stripes to match sofa and rocker; but to
Mrs. Mather's intense astonishment, two
or three can(- bottomed chairs were ban
ished, and their places supplied with some
disreputable looking ones from the kitchen.
But these wooden ones were first painted
vermilion, and emerged from the process,
things of beauty. Some common little pine
picture frames were treated in the same
way; and as they enclosed passably good
engravings of pleasant subjects, they proved
very ornammtal.
Brackets were 'not forg'tten ; small
wooden shelves of circular shape were
covered with the Inevitable fringe; plaster
busts, not particularly strong as works of
art, were nearly concealed by vines grow
ing in bottles behind them, and produced
a very pretty effect.
"You must certainly have a couple of
foot stools," said Miss Gay, when she ar
rived at this point; "but woe be unto the
presumptuous he or she that shall place
desecrating feet upon them."
The footstools were made of salt or
sugar boxes for a foundation, covered
with unbleached muslin that was orna
inented with scarlet braid, an applique flg
ure cut out of flannel for the centre, and
fringe around the edge. They were really
beautiful, the topq having first been nicely
raised with moss and covered with old
calico. .
Laura's busy fingers worked swiftly to
accomplish all this, for she alsdained help
from her cousin, who certainly had enough
to do without adding any fancy touches to
her pile of duties. But Mrs. Mathers looked
and wondered as the parlor steadily grew
in beauty, and frankly acknowledged -that
she would not have known it,
"Now for a wall-pocket, said the Inde
fatigable workwoman; and after adding
some pasteboard to her stores, and produc
ing a lovely chromo-lithograph of Little
Red Ridingirood from her own portfolio,
she began operations in this way:
A piece of pasteboard, fourteen Inches in
length by about eleven in breadth, was cut
in the shape of a shield, covered on one
side with a gray paper of a very delicate
shade, and on the other with scarlet flannel.
It is better, however, to have two pieces
of pasteboard, as they can ne covered more
neatly and the back firmer. Sew on te
edge of the gray paper piece, with tiny
stitches on the right side, a binding of
c-;'et worsted braid; baste the scarlet
flannel on the other piece, making the edgee
very neat ; bat the two are not to be joined
until the entire front of the pocket is com
pleted. Sew neatly on the flannel piece a
loop of braid to hang the pocket up by.
Omi out two more pieces of pasteboard,
with straight edges, measuring seven by
nine inches; covering one piece with star
let flannel, the other with gray paper bound
with braid like the back piece; on the
gray paper side carefully paste the picture,
which should be.of a size to leave a margin
of gray all around ; edge the picture with
a narrow strip of gilt bordering of the kind
used with scrap-book pictures; put the
mo bnrdoring ou tho annor cdge 'E thu
braid binding. Then uite these two smal
ler pieces by a neat overhand or slip stitch
done with scarlet silk. Next cut two
gores of scarlet flanel to attach the pocket
to the back; stw neatly, placig the pocket
on the aray paper side of the back in the
middle of the shield. Now join the flannel
Aide of the back of all this in the same way
is the pocket sides are joined; crochet i
deep fringe of scarlet worsted on the lower
ind pointed end of the shield, and the
Lrticle -is finished.
This is Miss .0ay's receipt for a wall
pocket, and IL is as beautiful a one as can be
manufactured with the needle.
The (lays went on and the parlor was
anished. It was unique, and the whole
ramnily were in a state of adniring cestacy
ver it.
"Now," said Mrs. Mathers, decisively,
"how much have you spent, Laura, over
and( above the twenty dollara? This is
worth paying for, and I shall soon have
ionmc more egg money." '
"Y'ou wish me to give an account, ther
af 'moneys expendedi' " replied her cousin.
"Here it is: unbieached muslin, two (101
hars ; scarlet flannel, five dolliss; worstedl
braid, paimt, silk, and sundries, t wo dollars;
sum remaining in the exchequer, eleven
dlollars, which I .herewith dlehver to the
rightful owner."
"And do you mean to say," gasped her
hostess, "that my p~arlor has aeually been
refumnshed in this exquisite manner for
aino dollars?"
"Yea ". 4eplied Miss Gay, nmodestly ;
.a are the cap~abilities of scarlet
me might have added, scarlet flan
l paint, hiae to be mixedt "with
ir," to pioduce the desired effect.
. He Dared.
His llonor had before him time case of a
young farmer whlo was arrcstedl for disturb
ing time peace and being drunk, and when
iaked for his dtefense lie sald:
"Well, I live out here about twelve
miles. Yesterday miorning, as I was spiit
Ling rails, Billl Adams lie came alonig andi
:hred me to comue to town with him, And
L dialed.
"You hgidii't any errand ?"
"None at all. Alter we got lhere Bill
Adams lie says to nie he'd dared me to take
i drink. And I dared. Party soon, after
we had b~een to a harness shop, lie dlared
inc to take another. Andi I dared."
Thiat was two drinks ?
"Yes, sir, atrd after Bill had bought four
pounids of nails lie dared me to get swiz
aled. And I dared."
"What is swizzled ?'
"Just dirunk enough to think you can lift
i barrel of salt, butt you can't hit one end
f a hat, full of bricks."
"Well, when we got swizzled Bill lie
dlaredl me to upset a mani carryinig a step)
ladder. -Anid I dlaredi."
'I'hat's when you .got that black eye,
"Yes, sir. I upset the man, but lie got
up and knocked me1 plzen West."
"Well, then we saw a policeman march
ing along, and Biii Adams he dared mue to
pitch him mt) a snow-bank. And 1
dlared"
"Was it much of a pitch?'
"I'o, sir-not for the officer. IIe gave
me two cracks on the head and brought me
dlown."
"Well, now I shall dare you to go to the
Work Hlousa for thirty days," concluded
His Honor as Jie settled b'ack.
And he dared,
u5n1ager Tours of 1881
Already the notes of preparation for th,
Summer, Pre being heard on every side
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company will
during the conAng Eeason, present greate
facilities than ever for visitors to the nian
mountain and seaside r'esorts reacidU by it
All the advantages offered in previous sea
sons in the way of excursion tickets, fas
and frequent trains, Palace coaches, an<
splendid passengers equipment will be con
tiued and many Inprovements will bi
added which will insure to passengers stil
greater comforts and conveniences. Witi
Its leared and controlled linoe, It reache
direct to all the popular watering places oi
the New Je - ey coast; and all the fainoui
mountain rtsorts of Pennsylvania, and ]n
expense is spared to provide speed, safety,
anti luxurious accomodations for its pa
trou. Fast express trains will be run t<
Long Branch, Ocean Grove, Asbury Park
Ocean Beach, Spring Lake, Elberon, Dea
Beach, Point Pleasant, Beach Haven
Long Beach, etc. A now branch now it
courke of construction will be finished tt
Sea Side l'aik, adding another del,ghtfu
ocean resort -to the already large numbei
touched by the lines of .this gi eat corpora.
I ion. On the West Jersey It ilroad
(which Is also controlled by the Pennsyl.
vania tailroad Company) which reachei
to At'antic City and Cape May; many in.
provenienLs have beon made, most proini.
nent of which are frequent long sidings,
giving all the advanages of a doubl(
track; the running of the trains by thc
system so successfui on the Pennsylvani,
Railroad-and the placing of water tanki
be ecen the ti aeks eiabhlng eigines t t.tkt
up water while in motion, thus allowing
trains to run through without stoppage4.
A marked feature of all thi se lines is t'h
thorough construction of the roadbed, the
smooth runging of the trains, aqid the en
tire freedoin from dust being particularly
nct C0 ible. For travel to the mounta.as
there will be hound the usual high standi
ard of accomodation, and those preferring
a jaunt in the country, a sojourn in the
anatly valleys, or on the mountain tops
will find overy convenience for quick and
Dnjoyable transit to Kane, Leknovo, Dela
ware Water Gap, Altoona and Cressp
An Aged Iloroine.
Recently the papers announced thi
leath of Sarah Benjamin, at Mount Pleas.
mt, Pa., at the age of 114 years. She wai
iorn in Goshen, New York. When she
was a child of seven or eight years her fa.
lier-emigrated toPennsylvania. Herd upori
,he outposts of civilization she spent hei
routh, amid the dangers and adventures -I
.iorder life: she developed an active, fear
ess, and Indomitable mind. This cast o
nind combined with great cheerfulness ard
L good share of wit, she retained to the
.losing years of her long life: When v
gIrl of twelve years, she was sent, about
unset, to do an errand; she had proceeded
)ut a few steps from I lie door, when she
ailed to her nmother. that a fox was commn
>ut of the swamp, The mother knowing
1o fear, ordered the chiid 'to go.
[tilt the fnx prmved tn be a panthor. As
ihe came up she sprang upon the cow hovel
md the ferocinus animal seized the dog
hat had accompabied her. But the niothet
iearing the cries of her favorite dog in the
laws of the panther, caught a sinall axe
nd quick as thought buried its blade in the
irains of the animal. As the report of thn
earless exploit was noised abroad, it stag.
rered the faith of even the oldest hunters
)f the neighborhood. Her youth was spent
imid the dangers of wild beasts and hos
Ale Indians. She could recollect the de
:eat of General Braddock, in 1755,througli
he excitement which grew out of it.
On the opening of the Revolutior she
mtered very deeply into Its spirit.. She
ook great pleasuie in seeing her husband
mngagod in fighting the battles of her coun
ry.
During the latter part of the war, shet
mccomplanied him in the army. D)urang
Aieir marches she made herself very useful
a preparing food, and when not thus en.
;aged, in sewing for the oficers and men.
3lhe never quailed before the face of muan.
[ier resolute and indomitable spirit rose
ibove all rank and authority. She could
tave faced the King upon01 hva throne in be,
malf of her country, and wiih the utmost
lel beratlon demanded her rights It sems
hat General Washington knew and appre
iated her. She tho't him a very goodl
nan andh a brave commander. Still she
hought lie was sometimes too ienioiit i
he administration of justIce. She wan
with her husband in the army when at
Kingsbridgo oni the lludson. T1hey er
loading so.ne heavy artililbry ostensIbly tc
ittack blow York then in the hands of the
iKuglish, and it bemng necessary to do it ini
hle night, sentries were placed around lest
~hey shiouldh be taken by surpri 0. Hler
susband having been liaced as a sentinel,
ilhe took his place with overcoat arid~ gun,
hbat he might assist the men in loading the
utlliery. It, was long before General
Washington. with a clue caution for a safe
~y of his troops, came round to examine
hie outp~osts, and seeing something in .onc
f-his sentinels a little unusual, lie tadvanc.
3d to her and said, "Who placedsi/you
ectoI" She pr ompitly repliedt, with a loud
voice, in her own peculiar manner, "Them
hiat hand a rIght .to, sir." Re, apparently
ecognizing her independent aind patriotic
apirit, piassedi oni.
She had accompanied the army withi her
iauband to the South, and was present, at
~he siege of Yorktown and surrender to
Lord Cornwallie. During ti1e baittle sie
nadle herself useful in carrying water to
,he thirsty and relieving thu wants of the
ufifering. Passing where .the bullets of
lhe enemy were flying,she met Gen. WVash
ngton, who said to her "Young woman,
ire you niot afraid of the bullets?" S8he
luaintly and pleasantly replied, "The bual
eta will nver client, the galows."
She returned from Yorktown and after
ards settled in Mount Pleasant with heri
bird husband, in 1882. There is now liv
ng there her great-great grandl child, a do
acendant of her youngest daumghiter. Th1ese
lenerations, in all, live were present, t her
umneral
A VanaTie iosiovoiy.
While a boy was recently bathing in the
>peilng of a channel connecting the F~oun.
ain of the Virgin and the Pool of Sihoam,
it Jerusalem, he discovered a rock upon
which were graven a number of Phoeaniclan
sharacters. They are small and finely
wrought, but unfortunately not deeply cut.
P'art of the atone Is submherged and .hidden
Jy a silicate deposit. Afte: the chianniel
as been drained and thte deoposit Carried
iway It is expected that oonsiderble light
4n thme topography of Jerusalem .wlll there
dv berained.
"That's Is Po rd."
Mr. and Mrs. Bowie Knife, of Custer
City, Dakota, arrived in Brooklyn on a
wedding trip recently, and put up at the
Mansion House.
'We never have slung much style,' ex
plained Mr. Knife, as he engaged a room.
'Me and my wife has allers been sort o'
quiet-like, and now we got married, we are
prosoectin' for fun. We are going to
$urope, but I say we'd better be touristing
around thd'old gulch for a while, till we
get hooked on to the regular racket, and
then we could bore further. Secet What's
the coin a day in this stockade?'
The clerk told hitu.
'1 don't mind thoprice. Mud's been good
to me for four years, and I kin control the
quartz. Just mention to the ladies that
Ily quaw is in the parlor, and she can kick
the fly off'n a six-foot man's ear nine times
runnin'. Say, stranger, wheie's your bene
dictioon factory?'
'Beg pardon,' said the clerk.
'Oh I don't apologize to ie. I ain't
throwin' myself for anything. I only
thought I'd like to hear soniething trickle.
Don't you keep no warnin' to orphans in
this yer stern-wheeler I'
'1 don't understand you exactly."
'Don't ketch on, oh? Ye see, this yer
travelin' is burdenin' on a system, 'and I
reckoned there might have be somethin'
about that would wash the sluice. I ain't
partic'lar, but if you could sort o' mellow
the angles so as to p'int to the tan-yard,
I'd gather in a chip for greens. Haven't
you any accommodations for a chocked
tunnel '
'I don't quite compreheud you yet, '
smilied the bewildered clerk. 'If you'll
tell me what you want--'
'You're beggin' quita often for one deal,
pard, but I'll give you another. You see
this is rather tropical weather, and the
boilers has chocked hard. Now, what I
want is some pulcliase to ease the valves.
Couldn't you tell where to drive a drill for
results?'
'You-are looking for a mechanic, I take
it?'
'Not exactly,but somethin' close on to it.
You seem to keep me pocketin' ily own
ball. Me and my wife is studyin' the
chain, 'cause we are goin' to Eurup. We
got here all right, but the last stage has
dampened the fires. Now rock is good
assay enough for a regular old pine knot.
Uet me now, stranger?'
'I think I do. You have sonic quartz
you want to take to the mint '
'You only need another c'rd to make
your flush, pardner. You are banking bet
Ler each game. It's just here. This is a
hotel. Now, bein' miere, we'd [,ke, my
wile and me, to flush the tunnel. What
we want is directions to the ihunily that's
wraped up the cartridges.
'Could your wife come here and explain
this thing i If I could understand what
you want, I'd direct y'u in a moment.'
Air. Knfe went olf and presently ro.
turned with his wife.
'Ycu and him don't scent to draw out of
the stall,' she remarked to the clerk. 'Per
haps you was hitched on tihe wro4g side.
My husband has been heavin' the lead f.or
quite a piece, and now lie thinks as he
would like a slice off the Uuinea pig.'
'Now you've got it, stranger,' chimed
Mr. Knife. 'Bhe's put oi Square on.
Fold up your thumb and p'int the way to
the copper kdfttle. Tne flues full oi sand,
and I want pressure.'
'All this is entirely lncomprehensible to
ie. Can't you indicate what you want to
know in plain language?'
'The husband and wife consulte.i a mio
ment.
'You're pretty light for a wheeler,' she
finally remarked to the clerk. 'You don't
appear to rivet down. We're passengers
in this house now, and we want consola
tion. We ain't anxious about the la el,
but we feel like we'd ought to have soni
kind of a dance that we can jine in.'
'But we don't have hops at this sea
son.'
'J ist so. But don't you have no fresh
air for a man ? Can't you throw your pick
and eraculo somne yell ow ? We've got dust
and coin to pay for what we get,, and if
you .ose any cargo for us, we'll pu up an
other stamp to work and give you the run
of the ledge. All miy husband asks for is
a chance to get- his teeth illed.'
'Ah I now I understand you,' said the
depressed clerk, brightening up.
'Have made a iadin', stranger? inquired
Mr. Knife anxiously.
'Yes, you want a dentist.'
'Not all to myself partner, Look herto
Can't me and amy squaw get a lick at a
sher-d xology?'
'A church(' asked the clerk.
'No nothinm' o that kind. We want to I
breathe high wind for a stretch.'
'Look here. Suppose you go and see
the barkeeper, he'
'That'V it pard. T1hiat's who we've been
askin' foi -the barkeeper, that drill-driver.
Show us the way, ai ii aniy of the other
boarders come in, just tell 'ei mec and 1my3
wife has gone ior a little tear-heel, and
we'll meet, 'cim in the parlor and swap lip
tidl it's time for the bacon.
The iFaoetions Paian.
Down at the depot recently, a newly-ar
rived 'pilgrim' thought to atmuse his fel
lows andc a crowdl c f bystanders with a bit
of pleasanmry playedl oilf on a man51 of thej
past. This mian tatteredl and torn, dleserted
'of hope, at .od leaning, as one hua a dream,
against the corner oi the dlepot. All the
color of his face had( emuigrated to and set
tiedi ini the end of his hose ; p~robaibly in
ordler to be near the grand~ buisness scenter,.
t'his bundle of rags with a redi head'ight,
the pilgrim approached, thirowinig a biackic
wardl wink as lhe did so, as much as to saly
to lisa chums: 'Keep your eyes on inc and
you wvill sec someo Inn.'
Theli pilgrimi drew a bunch of matches
fronm his p~ocket, broke ohf onie andl gravely I
andh deliberately apprioached'( it to the nose
of the grealt 'taittered and torn.' Th'le hat- I
ter stod motionless, not, a muscle mioved
an~d the~ eyes remaiiined as hianimzate as the
eyes of a fishi until the match touched the '
end of his nose. Tihait instant a flit shot e
out as straighut as a ramrod from a gun, a
t aking the pilgrim square bet ween the eyes, y
knocking himn hall-way across the plat-.
formi. t Wvas the work of a seconld, and 11
in anothier secoiid the mnan of the past was t
standmng as before without the sligittegg (
spark oh life mi either eyes or faeo.
TIhe ilygrim got upi, anlti looiling at his
late assajlsait, was uniable to see that lie had
moved n hiajr's tareadthi. Witls a oleedinig
and thoroughly ouz/.led face th~e f~cetioits
pilgrim turned to his ccaminions and snidtdi
' Vho'd ever thought of lit nose gotag 0%I~
like tati'(
Birds and Beasts.
A reporter strolled Into the shop of a
taxidermist recently. In the window was
perched a large brown eagle with an un
lucky little bird In Its strong, sharp claws.
."That eagle was shot about five weeks
ago," said the proprietor "ills extended
wings measure over six feet." Near the
eagle a gray owl stared out into the street,
as If he had forgotten his natural dislike to
daylight. le held a mouse In his thin,
hooked talons. Suspended babk of these
was a bat, with wings extended over twelve
inches. Some wild-qucks which had just
been received for stuilng, lay with their
glossy green and black plumage carefully
smoothed down. The skins of soie ducks
and other birds lay around in various stages
of preparation. The reporter gave a start
as he nearly stepped on a little white Spitz
dog, curled on a mat near the door; but
he, like his companions, was only life-like,
and past all "delight to bark and bite."
Several glass cases were ranged about the
room, and contained hundreds o birds of
ilost as maniy species. Some were glis
tening in sheeny plumage of green, red and
gold, with the shifting brilliancy of
"changeable" silk. Others were quietly
LIremsed little songsters. done gray squir
rels sat up on a show case, as port as if in
iheir native woods. Here, tob, were
inowy feathered geese, and efligles of pet
anaries. Beveral heads o1 deer with their
vitlers on were mounted to do duty as
tiat-racks, and other deer were stuffed
ntire. A large sea-gull and a vicious
ooking hawk svooped down from the
ciling. Near the door hung a number of
ovely white (loves witli outstretched wings.
1'hese were only a few of the things that
net the glance, as almost every kind of
ird known in this country was represented,
ud the collection ranged all the way from
% beetle to a bear. Thle reporter began
luestioning. "What is your largest class
>f customevrs ?
"A good iany people send their dead
)eta here to be mounted," replied the
axidermist. A large share are canary
Ards, and they send, too, dogs, cats,
quirrels, rabbits, eveni horses once ii a
vhile. During the autumn and winter,
vhien the game laws give liberty to sports
uien, I get iiiany speciiens of gaie to
nount. I presume they keep them as 3
rophies. They are usually wild ducks and
;eese, partridges and deer. 8,ametiies
hey shoot an eagle, or a big owl or hawk
Lud these they are pretty sure to want
tutifed. Owls make very handsoume birdsi
vhen they are stufted, as they are plump,
iave plenty of compact plumage and
trilking eyes." 1
"I presume florists use many of those
vihite doves," said the reporter.
"Oh, yes, I have a large order for them
low. They perch them on the floral de- I
uigns for funerals. There it always a mar
let for pure white birds."
"Where do you get your brilliant colored
nrds I
"From South America mostly. They
kin them down there. They cost different
>'ices according to the color. Some of ti.
tues are very rare."
'Are milliners usinnimany of thon now?'
isked the 'reporter, wao was not posted in
he fashions.
"Not this year, as they are not the style,
nut last year I could sell all I could 1111ind
vithout any trouble. Women. are very
.hiaugeable. Fur dealers have a goodi many
Lilmals stuffed to serve as advertisements.
% handsome black bear, tiger or panther,
Lttracts attention."
The taxidermist requires a careful and
%xpert hand, and also some knowledge of
intural history. If lie has not the latter,
10 will be apt to spoil his bird or animal
n skinning it; and will afterward stulT it
nut of proportion, or mount it awkwardly.
't is always desirable to mount the beast
>r bird in a natural attitude, iaid, if
'assible, in some characteristic act, to
pive it life and~ expression. Theii taxidcr
nist's tools arec not, many, comp rising pinm
~era, shears, scalpel and a measuring rule.
I'he skins, after beiing'removed(, are painted
vith arsenical soap to preserve them. An ~
rtihlcial body oJf wire, wound with cotton ~
aitting, is coiistiructedl, andI iterstices are
tulled with tow or excelsior wadding. A-t
uicial eyes arie inserted, mere black beads ~
newering tile pulrpose for small birds. To
cop the feathers of a bird in p)ositmon after ~
ieing shot, it is insertedl in a paper cone,
cad dlownward. After the bird Is stuffedt
lhe feathers aire woumnd down smoothly ~
vith thread, glue is applied where neces
ary, and1( after a few days the thread las
emoved.
How ai Niory (irown.
A farmer Was once told that his turnip
keld hiad b~een robbed, and that, the robbery ~
ad been conmmitted by a poor, mnoffensive
nan, of the name of Palner, wvho, many
f thme people of the village s..id, 1had( taken
away a wagon load of turipis. Farmer
lirown, muileli examperatedl by3 the loss of
tis tutrnips, determined to prosecute p)oor
?almer with all the severity of tne law.
Vith this Intention lie went to Molly San
hers, the washlerwoman, who had been
imay in spreading the report, to know the
vlhole truth; but Molly denied ever havmng
aidl anything about a wagon load of tur-.
lils. It was but a cart load thait Palmer ~
ad taken, and Daree Hodson, the biuck
ter had told her so, over and over agmn.
rhe farmer, hearing thIs, went to Dame
10(d5on, who said that Molly Sanders wa r
Iways making things worse than they r
cally were ; that Palmer had taken only a
rheel-barrow lull of turilps, and that she
tad her account from Jenkins. the tailor,
vho stoutly denied the accouint altogether; ;
to had only told Damne Iiodson that Pal
tier had pulled upi several turnips, hbut how
inny lhe could not toed, for that lhe did nota
cc himself, but was toild by TIom Slack,c
he plowman. Wondering where this i
voumld endl, farmer Brown inext quiestioned
'omi Black, who, in his turn, deelared lie
ad never saidl a word abmout seeing Pal
ier p~uL' up several turnips; lie only said
e hind heard say that Palner had pulled
p a turnip, and that Barnes, the barber,
ms the person who had told him about it.
lie farmier, almost oct of patience at this
reount, hurried off to Barnes, the barbor,b
rho( wond~er ich that people stiotlki find
leasuire In spreading idle tales- wvhich had
o truth In them,. Hetssured the farmer
11 hie had said cbotit the matter, while lie
sik oli the heard of Torn Slack, was that,
or' all he know, Palmer was -as likely a
itin to puli up ta turnilp as lis neighbors.
'The best, recipe icr going through
Ife in at exqilisite way, with beauti- I
ul manners, Ia to feol that every body, 2
to matter how rich or how poor,noeds t
,11 the kindness lie cau get 'from t
&athrd.
ItIde on an Ice-Yacht.
The speed of the ice-boat is incredible,
and it will when sailing across the wind
go faster than the gale that propels it.
This seeming paradox has been so clearly
bhown that I shall not take the space to
explain it now. The reason for the amaz
ing number of ice-boats is because any
body with a hammer and saw and a few
boards can make one. Even the largest of
them are not expensive except as far as
the sail Is concerned. Toronto bay Is
%bout three miles wide ina seven or eight
miles long, at least those were its (ilmen
4ions when I was there quite a few years
igo. A long low sandy island keeps out
.he waves of Lake Ontario and as there is
rio current the bay has nothing to do when
winter sets in, but freeze, and it generally
stays frozen until navigation is open every
wher else. 1 only had one ride nit an
ce-yacht, but I remember the trip with
olerable clearness. There is nothing
juite so bright and fresh--especially the
atter-as a student who is taking iu his
irst experience of city life. Two of us im
,hIs callow con(litioi had trotted down the
.risl) frozen street to the Esplanade, where
loronto turns out to s.e the skaters and
he ice yachts. A gay party of four were
!ust hoisting the big triangular sail of a
racht that lay on the ice at the iwharf.
L'he Captain marked us as his prey.
"Have a ride over to the island, gentle
nen ?"
The delicately-applied flattery which lie
lisguised in the word "gentlemen" cap.
ured us, and my comrade answerwi for
>oth and said . "We would be most hap
We sprang down on the ice and took our
)laces on the triangular framework. There
vere no seats, unless the cross scantlings
:ould be so called ; some sat on those and
one on the flooring. One of tie meU
hoved around the sharp end of the tri
AiL1e, which had11 fixed at the pGilt a mov- t
ble skate attached to a lever after the
nanner of the helm of a sail-boat. At
ach other point of the triangle was a fix.
d skate and from between theni rose the
tast. The man pushed the ice-yacht out
rom the lea of the wharf and sprang on
ioard. The wind merely touched the sail,
'et we slid a:oig faster than some boys
vho were skating coulit keep up with us:
hie urchin asked if lie might hang on.
le was given cordial permission, and he
eld the point of the triangle, and pla Xd
is feet together, skated along without any a
xertion. The istantt, we were out of tie
allience of the warehouses, the boat sh )t
head like a thingt ot life. The luau at
lie wheel winked at his companions, and
uddenly veered the boat around. T1his
vas for the benellt of the boy on skates.
ilstea(i of tunbhlng over, however, he slid
iut at right angle.s, triumphant, kept his
cet like a little man, and found time to
nake a derisive motion with his hand.
lie had been there before.
Now that the gale struck us the spOed L
mecaie terrific. We two held on by the
inibers, but were laughed at by our com
manions, who accustomed to the motion,
at unconcerned. Every now andi then a
>atch of snow would be encountered that
>erceptibly lesseied the speed, and when.
I boat struck a patch it was with dili :ulty
hat we kept our places. Wo skinuned
lnong tihe other yachts and threaded be
ween skaters in i way that made freedom
romi accident Iarvellous. Most of the
iie one skate rarely touched tile ice,
nerely dipping down on tihe -rystal surface
low and then to flirt a white flake of sp)n
cc from the glistening blade. I was in a
onstant terror the boat would upset,
vhich I gathered from the conversation of
lie boatmen, was a frequent occurrence.
We now rapidly neared the island.
"Where do you wish to land, gentle
.en ?' asked tihe wheels:nan.
My Iriend was p~ast, sp~eakinig, so I an
wered : "Oh, anywhlere ; we're not par
icular."
"All right,'' lie cried, making straIght
yr the island until within a few rods of it,
thien lie suddenly turned the belm about
t right angles.
Natural phlifosophiy has taught me Ithat,
lie ice-boat, must have very hastily left her
ourse when the helm was ehanged. I
herefoze firmlhy believe to this (lay that
hie di change, but personally I have iio
nowledge of thle fact. I wasn't a-going
a chlange my course merely because the0
oat did. I kept right on, and I will dIC)
riy frienid the justice to say that he stuck
,y mie.
We slid thmeremainider of the dilstance to
lie island, rapidly aissuming new postures
iI the while, and, allowing for increaisedi
riction, lmdie alnost as good time as thme
achit wVould iiaVe (lone. The~ speedi was
ot what we grumbled about. We rolledi C
ver a good part of the way acuoss the
iland bef ore we conicluded to stop.
My friend, becing a man of pIety and
rincipile was (deprived of the consolator'y a
flheeice that I -who had no such scritples
-p~roceedecd to surround miyself with. I
ave hn mny opinionl of our late compan
ms1 ini a style of rhetoric that I flatter may
lif dlid justice to the occasion. lie silent
brushed off hIs clothes and qmietly took
sort af inventory of the dlamages, listen
ig all the while, doubtless with seome sat
faction, to my Impassioned eloqueiice.
A Misitako.
A young gentlemnu was recently mar
ed1 at aii uptown church, and as lie was
reparing for the ceremony, he fplaced the
moiiey lie intendied to hand to the minus er
-a ten-(iolfar goldI piece-in one vest
ockect, and a five-dollar gold p~iece for the
xtoni in another. The service over, the
minister was met by the sexton, who wore
smile as large as the front door of thme
turch.
'"rlTt was a fine coup~le," said the smil.
ig sexton.
''Very nice party, Jerenmiah," said the
minister.
"And quite a liberal one, too. See
hat they gave mte?" saidl the sexton, as
a opened his hand and shiowed the glitter
ig eagle.
The minirter eyed it curiously and re
lied: "AhiemI that's very kind i n
ut see what they gave mel" and lie fished
p) the five-dollar piece from lisa pocket.
The sexton wondered, and the parson
'alked away, but bo0th hlad a suispicion
tore had been a mistake made-and there
Water made s'igiiniy salt, and to
vhich bran to the proportioni of one
uart to every gallon has been added,
saId to ineroase the yield of utik by
5 per cent. if it is given to cows as
heir ordinary drink. After a shiort
lime the cows will refuse pure water, '
hnlest theS are very thirary.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
No legacy so rich as honesty.
Never look a gift gun in the muzzle.
The best thing in the world is to be
able to live above the world.
In the divine the'ocracy majorities do
not rule, but the private heart.
Life is a comedy to him who thinks,
and a tragedy to him who feels.
le who can take advice is sometimes
superior to him who can give It.
A man owes his sucoess in his life
woi k to the woman who walks beside
hin,
Painting Is the intermediate some
thing between a thought and a thing.
Divine vengeance comes wit'i feet
of lead, but strikes with the hand of
Iron.
The sweetest thing on earth ts a little
child when It has learned 03 know and
love.
Bodily enjoyment depends upon good
hiealth, and health dependi upon tei.
poralce.
Kitowledge will always predominate
ver Ignoranoo, as in in governs the
>ther animals.
Few thing1in this world are useless
-none, indeed, btit what are of man's
)wn invention.
A wise man, when he rises in the
uorning, little knows what he may do
Wofore night.
A little less moneV and a little more
;ood character would Improve hoits of
)cople vastly.
Human life Is everywhere a state in
vhieh much is to be endured, and a
ittle to be enjoyed,
Oar best Intentions, even when they
lave been most prudently formad, fall
lten in tWeir issue.
An old and tried friend Is the best
linIi of mirror for a in in who wants to
ciow ox totty how he looks.
Tnere is an old proverb which runt:
"'ell eVery body your busluess and the
evil will do it for you."
Men may second fortune, but- they
annot thwart her; Lhsy miy weave
ier web, but they cannot break it.
Fair happier are they who always
:now what they have to (o, than they
vho have to deterinuue what they will
b0,
After friendship and love come be
evolence and that comp:asilon with
tuites the soul to the untortunate.
There Is no truth, however pure,and
owever sacred, upon which Ialsenood
annot fasten, and ingraft itself there
li.
Keep close to your friends a'id far
,way froi your onemies and you will
lever have to indulge In the luxiry of
quiarrol,
It may be doubted whether there
ver was greatness-of character whioh
Lad not been nurtured in the school of
;reat affixtion.
Peace: a diamond among the gems of
auguage; a word so choice and rioh
n its significanee that in Itsolf alone
G Is a benediction.
Those who openly confess the truth.
nd cheerfully suffer for it, must have
, believing spirit, and a firm hold upon
uvisible realities.
I require that the poom should hIn
resi mae, so that after [ have shut the
hok it shall recall me to Itself, or that
)assages of it should.
What Solon said of individuals, that
io one could truly be called happy tIll
Iiv .lifo had terminated in a happy
le ath, holds equally true of families.
Stick to one thiipg until it Is done,
,nd done well. The man who chases
wo bares not only leaves one of them,
mtr Is pretty sure to lose the other
You ought not to asic odds of any
noe. Like a blooded horse,' all youa
'ave a right to detmand is to be put
von on the whifl itreos. After that
how your mettle.
Tihe devil ought to have hisi diue. lHe Ie
good paymiastor. le never forgers a
uibt and never pays in money that Is
t a discount. 'There are no dollars ini
is coffers.
TLhaat which 1iscaled good company
as led manay a mnan to a place Whic
is not considered decorous to men
ion before '*ears polIte," is a comn
ion, and, thereftore, the more an awful
ruth.
Theie are two ways of happiness
penl to every mn in. O-w is to get m r
iued, the othier not to.
The youth who leaves off hIs over
oat to enjoy a balmy sprlang is help.
igpay oil bile mortgage on his doc.
w's 8houso.
We hava, a way of comparing our
elves with those who are w >rse than
re aire ourselves, not with those was
re better. In this way we ieann to
hilnk ourseives better tha nu ma will
verage,
Providence has arranged an admair -
bie system of comnpenustion in tile
ascrabutioni of talents and Instincts;
u thaL, as in tihe rule of t'hree, th e
'rod~uct of the extremes of' belief etiuals
hant of the miaddle terms,
sat's lessons are out and carved on
inzs inianlimate-seen In the leat'and
lo .ver, paintLed on the Ianidscape, dha a
din tile mu.rmuring brook, heard lai
lie viewiess wind, revealed in -a pass
rg cloud o1fitcting shiadow.
Man of all ages is a selfish animal,
nu unreasonaoleJ In his sellishuness. 1t
akes every one of us in turn, many a
larewd mau, ia our wresclings with the
vornd, to convince us that we are not
o have everything our own .vay.
People talk a vast deal about genius,
unt we have noticed that the greatest
ecnluses are meni who do the hardest
vork, and so we are inclined to tllak
hat hard work and. genaus are ver y
inch the same thling under dlft'rent
Lames.
Th'le first cigar whioh a boy sniokes
eaches him more about true lanvard.
ess tnan all phie mnetaphlyslejsof alter
ears.
A little boy, whose sisters must have
teen comspeilled to make shirts at eight
entts eacn, when questioned as to Lila
eligious experIence, said lhe didn't
vat to be born again for fear lie might
to born a gir),
O4r friends interpret the world and
urselves to usaii we take them tender
y and truly i nor need we but lova
Aem devotedly to become meqisbers or
,n immortal fraternity, superior re au.
ient or change.