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-. - -'--- -p- - 4 * *I i* i A ' 1 . r ,tJ T R J WL E TRI-~ tK EDITON.WIN SBOR , S FEBITU RY OLD TIMES. Tl-re's a beattifil song onl the slumbrous air That drills through the valley of dreams;. It comes frot a ellme where the roses were, And a tuneful heart, and bright brown hair That waves in the morning beams. Soft eyes of azure, and eyes of brown, And snow-white foreheads are there, A glimmering crogs and a glittering crown, A thorny bed and a couch of down, Lost hopes and leaflets of prays r. A rosy leaf and a dimpled hand, A ring and a plighted, vow; 'l'lree golden rings on a broken hand, A tiny track on the snow white sand, A tear and sinless brow. There's a tincture of grief in the keautiful song That sobs on the stunmmer air, And loneliness felt fit tIe festive throng Sinks down in the soul as it treubles along From a ellmo where the roses are. we heard it tirat at the dawn of lay, And it mingles with matit chimes; But years have distanced the beautiful lay, And Its melody floweth so swiftly away. And we call it now "Old Times." THE LEAV OF GERANIUM. It is very strange, when we come to tbink of it, on what small cogs and ti pivots the wheels of fate run, and what a slight jar will do towards changing the whole machiuery and set it to run- I ning in an entirely different direction. It was a geranium leaf that altered the 1 whole course of my life. But for the trivial I uf picked by a young girl in a I thoughtless moed I should not he sit- i ting here to-day in this pleasant dining- a room, where the sun comes in throuih the vine-wreathed windows nnd falls c upon the geranium pots inside ; and i this little girl would not be upon my f knee, nor yonder red-cheelted maiden on the verandah with young8mithers ; t and neither. would that very handsome - matron who just passed into the parlor a have been in her present situation. I If you will listen an hour or so, I will tell you my story. It was just I twenty years ago Ibis summer that I i married Carrie Dean. She was twenty one and I was twenty-seven-both old enough to know what we meant and < what we were about-at least I was, but Carrie was such a coquette that I used to think she had no mind of her I own. Oh, but she was lovely ! All rose colored and white and brown treesed, and pearly teethed, with the roundest, u plumpest figure, as graceful as a fairy a in every movement, and with beautiful, shapely hands that were a constant de- A light to the eyes. I was just home from college and she i was on a visit to- my stepmother. her J aunt, and my half sister Lilla, and her g out-min. I have seen a good many girls'in my i seven yeavs at college, and some of the belles of the land ; but i han never yet n had my heart stirred by any woman's f( eyes as Carrie Dean stirred it when my i eyes met hers in greeting ; and the t touch of her Poft fingers completely set -m me afloat on the Bea of love. 1 I was her slave from that hour-not her slave, either, but her passiouate j lover and worshipper. And of course she knew it, and of course, being a 1 finit-hed coquette, she queoned it over me right royally. a 'L'here was Fred Town, the country physiclan, and Tom Delano, the lhand- I some young farmer, both as badly off as I was ; Pnd a pretty timewehad of it. Fred and I-old chums in former days-were at sworda' points now, and hated each other splendtdly for a few weeks. And Tom I held inthe utmost oontempt, and railed at them both w en over upsoi tniy presented& itslf2,fr Carrie's edifleation, after the manner of men, and was repaid by seeing her bestow her sweetest smiles aud glances upon them the anext time they met. Fred drove a splendid span of bays, and almost every day they dlashed up 3 the avenue, and dashed out again with Miss Carrie's added weight. And Tom was on hand nearly every evening, and she was just as sweet to one as the o'.her, and just thu same to me ; and that was wnas maddened iac. I was not to be satistied with a "widow's third" by any means, tand I told her so at last, and asked her how the matter was to be soeti.d "1 love you better than thoso brain less fops, know how to love," I said, hotly ; "and now decide between us." $ne had histened to my love confes sion with blushing chieeks and tic wn east eyea ; but when I1 said this she turnod defiantly on me. "T.ihey are nto mere iopa than you arc," she said, "oven it' they have not spent seven years itn college They acre gentlenmen and L can't say that for entry man of my acquaimuance." And hero she nt tate door bettweon us with a slanm and left mc 4o my p~leas ant meditation,- tanci haif an hour later ,, J I met her at t~he gate with Fred, going A out for a ride, whlih was very aggracva ig, I must coufuss. 1 thought over nmy conduct that night,1 and concluded that I had been a brute, Tihe next morning I lonud Carrie at the dining-roon winuow alone and sought her side. 8he had her hand among the leaves of a sweet-scented geranium, and just as I approached she pinched a leaf and twined it amnug her braids. I re mnnber how bright and green it looked among the dark loeks. "Ourrie," I began, "I fear I was very mude yesterday." "'I know yout wore," she said. looking mndillerently out of the widowv. -Thils was a bad beginning, butt I went on: ".But, Carrie, I love yott so, and when I see you with that Fret-" 1But here Misas Carrie tuarned on1 her heel. "I am not going to listen to you while y ou slander my friends," she hereshe ofrue again. left the h-.>use then, and did not re turn till alternoon. As I come up the yatI) I met Tomn Delano. Poor lf low, hie lo.okedl like the last roe of biumzmer after a rama. "Good-bye," he said, gloomily ; ''I'm going away, Mhe hase sent nie of', anid can't stay in the plaoe. I hope you ire the happy one-I do, honestly, Al, She said her heart was given to another, and it's either you or Fred. I hope it Is you, and God bless you I" Here Tom dashed away and left me staring after him in amazement. "Given her heart to another I" I re peatod, with a'paiu in my chest soma where. "Well, it is evident that I am not the other, and that Fred is. Poor Tom-poor me I Tao best thing I can do is to follow suit and leave to). I Dan never see her the wife of another and the sooner-I am off the better." So I went moodily up to my room ind packed a satchel, and got all things in readiness for a speedy departure. On my way up I met Carrie juut snerging from hej room, arrayed in hier jaunty riding hait, and I could liar Fred's deep tones shouting "Whoal' EIown in the yard below I watched her trip down the stairs and out of sight, thinking that it was the last time I should see her for years, perhaps forever. When I had strapped the last buckle )n my satchel and all was in readiness, [I went down to say good.-bye to father, nother and Lilla. Lilla was not in loors, and my pareits looked at me in bmazeme(nt. "But, Allen, my son," p:eadd father, 'I had thought you would enter into >usiess with me. There is a grand >peing for you, and I have held the Josition in reserve." "I thank you for all that, but I want o travel a your or two before going in o business." was all I could answer mid my father gave up in despair. Lilla was stidl absent ; but it was juite dark, and the train would leave u halt an hour, so I left a "good-by" or her, and passed out into the hall. It was a long, narrow hall, reaching he whole length of the house, and vith several rooms opening into it ; but is yet it was unnightod and as dark as Egypt. About half-way through it I heard he stieet door open and shut, and a noment later ran full against some one ntering. 'It is IUlla," I thought, and reaching aut my arms caught her between them. 'Is it you, Lilla ?" I said. But sli did not answer, only twined tor two acais about my neck. "Why, lttle sister," I said softly, do you love me so much Y" For Lilla wis not demonstrative as a sual thag, and I was surprised at her iovemneit. "Oi, better than all the world besido, dlil 1" se said in a whisper. And then, as I lifted the face to my t pa, the sweet odor of geranium per- I amed the air, anda my hie'u-t gave a reat, leap. It was Carrie, not Lilla, whom I hold t i my arais ! Sho wam trying in 'liannanga 1-LIUIf 1 ow, but I sudutonly caught her light c )rm in my two stout arms, and, open- ' ig tuo hbrary tioor, 1 -cairiod her Into le brilauntly lighted room. Ilor faco ra hot with blushes now, and her eyes ili of tears. r -'You are too bad," she sobbed. "and N hato you I" C But just then she noticed my travel ILng atuiro and paused abruptly. " Why, whore are you going ?" she sked wnh interest. "I was going away, never to return" answered ; "but siuceo you said what on did in the hall I havo ohanlged my iiud." C Carrie poutod. "I was ony speaking for Lilla. "Thou I shall go, shall I, aitut 'aivo ou to marry fered ?" "I detest Fred," she cried. ''Andl you lovo mec beiier i~aanu .all thie rorid ?" "Yes." So tnat firt was conqulereda at last nd I was the victor. "lBut how did you know it was not ailla?" she asked as wo sat togethevr. "'by the geranium leaf that I sawv you ut in your hair this morning." "Anti but for that you would havet one away uand not como back heor years?" "'Yes, perhiaps inever comec b~ack, at'U] or that tell-tale leaf." 'Then we will keep this leaf nl ways,"1 ho said, taking it huin her hatir. And so we hrave. .1 procur'ud ai gold. ni box, and there it is to-day one o1 our1 Laeiist treasuries. Of course I married Carrie, anid 0t ourLSe that blooming miatron is she. Tomi Delano dlid not die oh a broken 4 acart, but marrned a lovely girl out < Vest a hew in.ouths alter his departure; .id Fred Town is ourt l amily pniybiciani I udJ has a p~retty wifo of his own,. "Sir I" cried am well-dressed anm, naose face was purple with an4ger, as ,o walked up with head erect to anaothe~r itizen on C street Virginia City, re aently. "Bir, I understand you have ieen speaking of me as a fraud unid a iar" "Well," responded the porson1 ad lressed-a man with u yellow sauk coat ud a big slouch hat, who was leaning gainst an awning post, "thbat's as true 5 gospel, I think you are a liar aind a raud if ever there was one." "You do ?" cried the other, grev, ing >ale and gritting hiis teeth, ''You (do, >hm ?" "Y0s, I do, and don't yen forget it." "In that case," retorted the well Iressed man, speaking with concenatra ed fotocity, "I must request you to onskder yourself no longer on my list f exchanges," and turning upon his ieel ho strode away. The man with the yeilow 'sack-coat o~ttered into the nicarest saloon, and at ast accounts was slowvly recovering. -Twenty-seven women working in a shaim gang were a sad sight at Atlanta. -A New Englonder put an owl in his lellar to catch rats, andi the rata ate the >wl. -Qount Fits James, of 3'ranoe, a di. mot desendant of (Iharles II, is keep. ng house in Walangtou Wnile louse' Dinner@, Speaktug of invitations ro dinners in Washington, Presideoht Arthur,. whose dinner parties will begin soon after New Year, will use the same style of invitation as last year, which was on a, large card and read : The President requests the honor of the company of----, at dinner on- -. Thursday was the usually the day of the week he chose last year for his dinners which was the day Washington preferred when President. I have before me, says a writer, copies which I have made from the original Invitations of several Presi dents. First, of course, conies one of General Washington's. This I have copied from one in the posseselon of Mr. J. C. 0. Kennedy, whose grandfather, Major El liott, was one of the enincers who laid out this city. The invitation roads: The President of the United States and Mrs Washington iequest the pleasure of -Company to dine on---uuxt at 4 Welock. - , 179-. An answer is requested. Mr. Fihiore, while President, had one style of invitation on note-paper and an other on a large card. Sometimes Mrs. Fillnore's name appeared with his and sometimes not. One style was worded: The President requests the favor of -'s company at dinner on Thursday next at 5 o'clock. Au answer is respectfully requested. Another style used by hin substituted the w ord honor for favor. One of Mir. B. lianan's, which Juiigo Black's daughter, (Mrs. orusby) has, reads much the same is Mr. Fillmore's: The 'resident requests the honor of Hiss Black's company at dinner on Friday January the 8 h, at 0 o'clock. An early inawer is reqested. General Orant's dinner invitations een -rally read "the Presldent and lra. (Jrant equeat the honor of," etc., but when they rave the reception in honor of the King of ;he Sandwich Islands. the invitations were worded : The President of the United States re plests the compiny of- at the recep Ion in honor ot his Majesty, the King of he iflawaiii islands o Thursday evening Necenher 18th at 9 o'clock. This is the oily iivitaiion of a President which I have found, except that of Gene ,ai Washington, where the form "Presi lent of the United States''is used. As ,as been mentioned, Goneral Washington nvitedi gue-ts to dinner at four o'clock, 1r. F illmore at five o'clock and Mr. Bu tiianan at six o'clock. President Grant's aid those of President Hayes were at 7 i'cloci, while for all that Preiulent Ar hur had last winter half p-iAs, seven was he hour named and the dinner usually legan at elgniu. General Washington's invitations were otten up in a very flne sty:o for that era, ut lie frequeitly, as I lud fron the wri tigs of hit conltml)oraries, extended var ne of his secretaries, to "'ollicial charact rs, members of Congres, %trangers or citi. ens of daitinc: to.." Jol Adam. when ousulted by w Ishit g'oll as to rules of tiquette 1-oun aufter the.r imauguration, Lconnended this ant id that 'aeh im. itation should always be extended with ut formality." Aeverdteless it was con ideted during the very Oust year of Wasli. igton's aittinistration ai mark oi his fa. 'or when any one received an invitation ) dine with him and an intimation that lie courde of a puhlic man had excited his ispeamitre when no such invitation was an-iered. For instance. benator Maclay wrote Do. ember 16, 1789, that Mr. Izird e&ve him 'clear hints t Iis loss of ch.iraeter at ourt intd of the direct Influence of the 'resident with ieibers of Congress," in taniced inl exiteniding livitations to them. laclay had lost favor because he wantd otes by L'alloi in the Senate on Washing. on's nomi nat ions, ani d Senator Izard tolId aim that all the othier Senators had been to line with the great nman. A week later. Yaishlngton attended a scision of the Sen .te ini p~erson, alccompianiied by General Cuox, the Secuetary of War, to advise vith the Senate about a treaty with In lians, and the (lay of is second visit to hat body Senator Maclay was cailld out, ay the doorkeeper to sp)eak to Colonel luimphlreys, onte of the 1'resi<ient's house told, and was by the latter verbal ly invi edi to dinner with the President on the ollowing Thursday at four o'clock, that >cing Mondaty. Senator blaclay writes: 'I really was suirprisedl at the Invitation. t will be my lnty to go; however, I will nake no inferences whatever. I am eon. iceri all the (dmnlers he cain now give or iver couhl, wdil make nio diflerence in my onduct." "When the dlinner occurred the comn >any were President andi Mrs. Adams, the )overnior andh his wife, Mr. Jay (Chief lustice) and wife, Mr. 1hlton andi a lady, )erhiaps his wife, anid Mr. 8mith, Jiasset ind Maclay, Lear and Lewia, the Pres!. bent andm Mrs. Washington sat op~posite ich oilier in the muiddle of the table. This meatomn has always becen followed at a hinner given by a lPrlaleent who has 'a Nie, but I prestume few know how far ,ack tihe precedent for 1t goes. Trhe two aecretaries, bear and Lewis, each sat at >neO end1 ot the table. It was a great din er and the best of the kind I over sat at. rue room, hiowever, was disagreeably varm.' Thbis wjis in Augut. President Arthur ins revolted againat following this prece. lent, th'cught, it is the general complaint hat othier host or hostesses hcre do have hir room.4, even in wit er, too warm. I heard President Arthur last winier when. giving ordlers, just before one of hits din loe was ready, to open the windows and ool1 the house, ie added, laughingly, oirning to another laidy anti myself: "There .5 an engineer hero wiho has been so ac uuston.cd to overheating the rooms that, having remonstratd in vain, I feel tempted k) order uhn to be slain and lia body thrown in tne river. iBut a man cannot tlo everyining he wants, even if hie is L'resident I To return to Washington's dinncr, the writer of thei description continues: * First was soup, flhli, roasted and boiled meats, uammon, fowls, etc. This was the dinner. I'h6 middle of the table was garnished in the tisuai taty way with smnall Images, flowers (artiflcial), cdo. T[he desert was first apple pies, putddinlge, etc.; then weed Ireams, jellies, e,; then watermelons, nusk-mielons, apple, nuts. it was thle most solemn dinner ever I sat at," con. lnes Maclay. "Not an health drank, learoely a word said, untiltihe cinth W.. taken away. Then they President, taking a glass of wne,with grgat foriAlity drani the health of every- ikdividual by nam 'round the table. Everybody Imitate( him-charged glasses, aid such a buzz 91 'health, air,' and 'health, madam,' anc 'thank you, madam,' noter had heard be. fore." "'rhe ladies sat a good while and the bottle passed about, but there was a dead salenco almos,. Mrs. Washington at lasI withdrew with the ladIes. I expected the men would begin. bpttelo same stillnvsi remained. The President told of a No% England clergyman who. had lost a has a nl wig in passing a river called the Brunks. le smiled and everybody else laughed. lie now and then said a sintenco or twc on some common subject, ind. -vWhat he said was not amiss, Te President koet a fork in his handt when tid,,cloth was taker away, I thoultht for the 0urposa..of, pick ing nuts. He eat no "Pite, ..but .layed with the fork, striking on the edge of the table with It. We did not sit long after the ladies retird. The Plesident rose, went up staird to' drlDi (Offee h1J con. pany followed." Tbts precedent wpa fol lowed at President Arlhur's tiune a last year. F'anoy AIr . Fancy wares, and the'hew and protty things in what may be called secondary jewelry that is small articles in silver and enameled or filigree wares that take fancy forms. are almost uniformly pro duced this season in some shapes of in sect or animal life. Sporting men and women find inkstanda, table-lamps, can die-sticks, pen-racks, paper-weights, watch-stands, table-bells, and many other things, all manufactured from hoofs so finely prepared, and so beau tifully mounted with colored metals and silver as to be at once artistic and highly ornamental. One of the hand somest novelties of this description con stats of hoofs forming Lhe centre to a tripod, the double wax lights of the lamp hurning clear under exquisite Venetian glass shades. This lamp costs from $120 to $200. A new form of pen rests is a rustic garden seat mado in olive wood, and furnisied with ponliol holders, paper-knife and thelike. Scon cos, or candle brackets, aro no loUger backed with mirrors but with brass plaques, chased, or worked in repousso. Brass ornaments aro one of the greit (lesiderata; a brass clock and small candelabra for side-pieces, or portrait plaques ot Rubons, or Moliero, or Rem brandt, or Schiller for the hall. Tie cost of the first is boyonud all but the rich, a fine brass cloo with side-pieceis being worth from $250 to $500, but, the Au'q'ueJs are niore p ..- m)u or a moderato size nity be purchiased for $25, though the average. is $50. The imitations of Bonares brass turned out by machinery, are of course much choapor, but we are speaking now of genuine hand-wrought articles1. Brss burners, chandeliers and candle-sticks, brass fenders aid grawo 6iXtures, and brass clocks and plaques revive the burnished glories of the past, but require an amount of labor which the poor havo not time to perform, and which the rich only can afford to pay for; so, naturally, the use is somewhat limited. What in not brass is plush now-a days, and still fashionable are the plush covered frames which amateurs have found so convenicnt for exorcising their brushes upon. But even hero the o craze asserts itself. Instead of apple blossoms, an owl sits in the corner look ing wise, or a small cockatoo is peCrched upon a rustic branch. The sides of the frames of pictures or small beveled nur rors are not equal, but much broader at the foot and off side than upon the other, and it is up~on the ofl aite that the bird or other decoration is piaced. The plush81 bag, or pouch, has become an institution. The bag is satin-lined and sometimes leather moiunted; it inu more aiurably finished than the puch, and is carrieAt in the hand. The piouchi is suspen ded from the aidio, and forms a pani of the looping of a dress; it may be of leathor, but is often of emnbroiui ered satin or covered with a network of pearls aver silk. Velvet pouches, with enlgrarved silver clasps and chuatolainec to suspend it from the side, are sold as Jewelry, and are sometimes set with precious stones, though usuilly the umounting is of wrought silver duly. These cost fromn $85 to $50, and up ward. Jewelry, unkass it is very rich, is now almost wvhooly confined to a fancy lace pin and carrings, to serpenitine brace lets, and one or two bangle rings, The now ,pins are simple, but odd.Th bar is a sohid silver pin with enlarged head, which serves as a perch for a snail, a beetle, a tiny bird or a small row of fhmes, T21here is a smallasnfilower brooch which is very pretty, with a bee upon it; but these designs are easi ly coarsened and made common-look ing by being executed in an inferior manner and with very cheup materials. A niew flower series in lace pins has the charm of especial sentiment at tached to each one; as woodbine, friend ship; fern,smecerity; primrose, youthful affections, and periwinkle, rueom branco. The novelties in bracelets are the Ho-. lone, which is self-holding, and coniss of a flexible coil wvhich fastens itself to the arm; a shopping bracelet with pencil attached, and one of wvoven wire which also coils around the arm, and takes the place of the serpent bracelet. Small articles of real ivory, or shell, make charming presents to persons of refiuement who cannot afford such pur chases, and a fan never comes amiss to a lady. Tne three kinds o1fahns most approved are the rich feather .i.ans with pearl or tortoise shell, or amber stick.; the fans of clear point lace, with gold wrought stioks, on ivory, pearl or amberi and the fans painted on matin by real artista and mounted in acoord ance with their oost, The use of orica as a oulidiug material, both burtut and unbdirnt, dates from a very early period. Burnt brick is recorded in the Bible to have bean used in the erection of the Tower of Babel. We have the tes titnony of Lierodotus to the effect that burnt briks were made from the city thrown out of the trenches surrounding Babylon, 8tatemen's of travelers show that the Babylouan brick Is very much like a tile, being from 12 to 18 inobes squate, and 8j inches thick. Most of .them bear the nalue inscribed in cunei. form (f Nebuchadnezzar, whobe buildings no doubt replaced those of an earlier age. They were somstimes glazed and enau cled in various colors. Samiramus is said by Diodorus to have overlafd some of her towerifwith surfaces of enameled bricks. Bpn.dtd bricks were exclusively used in affient times, espeoIaI~yji, ja'gvpt, where the njuufacturo was considered a most degradibg eniployintut and as such formed the principal part of-ite occupation of the Iselhtes (luring their bondage, alter the death of Joseph. Theso Egyptian sun drjred brjcks were made -of clay mixed with chopped stra, which was furniAhed 46 tWie'-ohildren of Israel by tbdir Egyptian askmasterA, betord the application of Moses to PhaYaoh in their behalf. After tnis the obligation waV put up3n them to furnish their own straw, which appears to have been 1-ke the last straw upon the camel's back-too much to be borne. It appears from the details given that the Israelites worked in gangs under the superintendence of one of their own na lion, who was provided with all the nec essary tools, and then held personally res. ponsible for the labors of his men. Some Egypti:n bricks were inade without straw, and are now found as pertect as on the day when they were put up, in the region of Amonopolis and Thotmes, whose names they hear. When made of Nile mud they needed straw to keep them together, but when formed of clay taken from the tor rent beds on the edge of the desert they held together without aid. Among the paintings at Thebes, one on the tomb of R(kghata, an offlicer of the court of Thot ties ill (11. C. 1400) represents tho en forced labors cf captives, who are distin guished from the natives by the colors with which they are drawn. Watching over the laborers are the "taskmasters," who armed with sticks, are receiving the "tile of bricks" anti urging on the work. The process of dig gmr out the clay, of moulding and of airraneing, are all duly represented. The process of manufacture in Egypt was very bimilar to that adopted 'at the present time in that country. The clay was brought in backets Irom the Nie, thrown into a heap, thoroughly satuirated with water, and worked to a proper temper by the teet of the laborers. This appears to have been none entirely by 'the (light-colored) cap. tives, the (red) EAyptian shumiung -tihe work which must have been oppressive and -ni li oisn%a aa. naikL m.% ,ha, .Al8 mate. vne cty when tempered was cut by an instrument res' mb.ing very much an agriault tral hoe and niolded in an ob. iwog traugh. Tho bricks were then dried Il the tin. iurnt bricks were used in Egypt for river wals and hydranhc works, but not to any great extent. Enclosues of garden or granaries. sacred circuits encompassing the courts of teCmiles, walls ot fortiftc tions and towns, dwelling houses and toinbs; in short, all but the temples thein selves were of crude brick. a nd so areat was the demand that the Egyptian Gov crnment, observinr the profit which would accrue from a monopoly of them, under took to supply the public at a reduced price, thus preventing unauthorized per :ons from engaging in the manufacture. The Jews learned the art of brick making In Egypt, anml that they used it greatly is proved by7 the complaint of Isaiah that the people built altars of brick instead -of unhewn stone, as the law directed. The Rlomans used bricks, both burnt and un bri.rnit, in great profusion, leaving their siundriedl bricks in the air for four or five years to harden. All the great existing rnliing of Rome are of this imiteriaI. At the decline of the Romnan empire the art of brick makmng fell lute disuse, but was rev ved in Italy after the lapse of a few eentuirics. 'Uhe imedissval, ecclesiastIcal and palatial architecture of Italy exhibits nmnny fine specimens of brickwork andi ornamental designs ma terra cotta. In tiollanid andi the Netherlands the scarcity of alone necessitated a su'astituite, and led, mat an early period, to the extensive use of brick, vot, only for dlomestic but for eccles insicad build ings. Thecse countries abound ma fine rpecimens of brick work, often (tone in two colors combil~ned, with great, tasie, and producing a very rich result, as it is to be seen in the celebrated exam ies at Leenwarden, in Fdleslanid. It is worthy of remark that In the tens of Lmt colnhxre and Norfolk, -where we would naturially expect the same material to be used, the churches, many of winch are exceedingly fine speCcimxens of architec ture, are hmilt of small atones, said t' have bieen brought a great distance upon pack horses., in modc'rn times nowhere do we find greater perfection in the art, of brick m'akinig and laying tihan in ilolland, where most of the floors of the houses and the Streets are pavedi with bricks. Miodern bricks are inade of differont materials; clay, sand and ashes make ex cellent bricks, while good brick-earth is found in some localities. Loam and marl in .England are considered the best ingred tents. Upon the materiale employed de pend the quality of the bricks and the pur poses for which they may be used. They are pressed ant dried by machinery to a great extent now, though yards are of ten started in the country where suitable clay is found, and bricks made by manual labor. T'he finishing and ornamentation, of which so muotx is done, Is of course accomplished in larger places, where ex perienced workmen are employed. Do. tails in the plans of buiiheines are often delayed until it is known wvhat kind of brick Is to ho used. Thbis being the case of course only in places where only a certain number of whole bricks can be placed, as between winmlow ledges, sills, caps or atone quolns. The utility of brick as a along word is not to be dented. TIo call a man a brick is to complhment him. exceedingly. In one word you toll him' lie hs useful, upright, absorbent, retentive, that his family kiutory ca' be traced farther than that of most men, and, above alt, that bo is not made of "common clay." ________ .T'he highest r lr ad e oa teaoher in Un toiswo1a0 Ilospitality In a o'ncho Vill ire. For the last two miles our journey' led through a dense forest, and It was nec easary to march in single file so narrow was the path. We soon, however, no ticed that we were appiontehing a clearing and no sooner, scarcely, lad this fact dawned through our minds, than the village was presented to our astonished eyes. It consisted of about two hun dred huts and around each of the huts wera a number of dogs, all of whom came forward in a body and made suh a borrible din with their yelping as would give one a very fair idea of Pandemo nium. In the centre of the village stood a hut much larger than, the rest, sur rounded by quite a pretty garden. Dif fering from its neighbors, the entrance was large enough for a man to enter. walking erect and was possessed of a door. There were several "bull's-eye" windows, evidently the remains of some unfortunate vessel, while over the outer walls of the hut vines had been trained and now covered them with a mantle of the most beautiful green. This was the residence of the Indian chief. A filuely formed and intelligent- looking negrees opened the door of the hut for our ad mittance, and in broken Englis bade us. welcome. The interior of the dwelling appeared almost as strange as the ex terior surroundings, and its equipment was a sort of cross 1metwoen a ship's cabin and a native hut. It was sepa rated into two apartments, a palm-leaf matting separating the two rooms. On the walls were hung a number of articles peculiar to the country, such as antelopo horns and quaint carvings--the product of native ingenuity-- while upon a rough looking table were displayed the tusks of elephant and rhinocerci, a few well used volumes, it ship's chart and several trinkets. both of native and European manufacture. We hade been but a few minutes in the hut when we were aroused by a great noise outside, and upon going to the door we fouhd that the natives were making preparations for a great barbecue in our honor. Immense quantities of yams, cocoanuts, dates ard % variety of other fruit bad been gathered, while a number of mountain goats andl antelopes had been slain and their carcasses lay upon tWe award where our dusky friends were en gaged in removing tLeir skiia and other wiso getting them ready for the feast. village largo crowds of monkeys looked down and performed gymnastic evolu tions from bough to bough, evidently overjoyed at the prospect of obtaining ai share of the goo.1 things that sho uld remain after the people of the hamlet had retired to rest. By antd by the din f a large horde of jackals, who had been attracted to the vicinity of the vil lage by the savory smell of the roast Ing viands, was added to the songs of the natives, the discordant notes of the birds and the chattering of monkeys, ind the whole combined to make one of the most infernal series of sounds that had evr grated upon the human ear. An Angry Tr-ee. A gentleman of Virginia has a tree which is a species of acacia. It was grown from a seed brought from Aus trulia. The tree is now a sappling some eight feet in height, and it is In rull foliage, and growing rapidly. It is leguminoue, and very distinctly shows the characteristics of' the mimosa, or monsitive plant, Begularly every even m1g, about the time the "chickens go to roost," the tree goes to roost. The leaves fold together, and the ends of the tender twigs coil themnseves up like the tail of a well-conditioned pig. After one of thme twvigs had been strokedt or handled, the leaves move nuiessily, and are in a sort of mild somimotion for a minute or mere. All this was known about the tree, but it was only .Jeosterday that it wvas dhiscov oredt that the tree had in it much more life aind foeling than it had ever before been credited with. The tree being in quite a small pot, one which it was fast outwgrowing it was thought best to give it one of much larger simo. Yes terday afternoon the tree was trans forred to its ne0W quart rs. It resented the operation of its removal to she best of its abilily. Arrnving at his residence about the time the tree had been transplanted, the gentibman found the house in grand commotion. On asking what was up lie was told that they had trans planted the tree according to orders, and the operation had "made it very Hardly had it been placed In its new quarters before the leaves began to stand up in all direetions hike the hair on the tail of an angry cat, and soon the whole plant was in a quiver. This could have been endured, but at the same time It gave out an odor most pungent and sickening-just such a smell as Is given off by rattlesnakes and many other kinds of snakw In summer whon tessed. The odor so filled the house and was so sickening that It was found necessary to open the doers .and windos s. It was fully an hour before the plant calmed down and folded its leaves In peace, It would probably not ha,. given up the fight then hadl It not been that its time fe going to roost had arrived. 1876. 1882. F. W. HABENICHT, Proprietor of the MORNIN STAR 8AL0ON I respectfully call the attention of the public to my superior facilities for sup plying everything i. my line, of superior quality. Starting business In Wlan: boro in 1876, I have In all this time given the closet attention to my busi ness and endeavored to make my estal lishment FIRST-OLASS in every par ticular. I shall in the future, as in the past. hold myself ready to serve my customers with the best artioles thatcan be procured in any market. I shall stand ready, also, to guarantee every article I sell. I invite an inspection of my stock of Wines, Liquors, Tobacco, Cigars, etc. F. W. HABENICHT. IMPORTED. Scotch Whiskey (Ramsey's). A. Bin Laubert and Marat Cogia. Brandy. yamaica Bumb. Rotterdam Fish Gin. 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Don Caries (Nub)-all Havanna--10 cent. Minerva Cigar-Havana filler--5 cents. Oheek Cigar-Havana filler-5 cents. Our Boast Cigar- Havana filler-5 cents* Lucky Hit Cigar--Havana filler--5 cents. The Unioum Self-Lighting Cigarette, (Amber nmonth-piece to eyory ten packages.) a., The Pickwick Club Cigarette, (Shuck mouth-xmieces.) (Light Hrmokin'g.) Tlle Dilly Billidi ail~ FODI Par 1or in Towii ICE! ICE! ICE! An abundance always on hand for the use of my customers. I wil also keep a sup~ply of FISH, OYSTERS, &C., for my Restaurant, which is always open from the first of Steptember to the first of April I shall enueavor to please all who givu me a call. Very respectfully, F. W. HABENICTIT. OPPOMITE PQSTOFF(E.