The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, February 24, 1883, Image 1
TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO. S. C. FEBRUARY 24 883 ESTABLISHED8
HURDIENED WITH RORRO1W.
Burdened wita sorrow,
Fearing the morrow,
My heart ia sighing,
Jesus, (or Thee.
Errors confound ine,
Terrors surround ine,
Falinting and flying,
succor Thou me.
Ileartslick and weary,
Patti 1ng and dreary,
Desolate, lonely,
Death-threatened now;
Waters high-swelling,
Succor compelling,
Refuge, Thot only:
Jesus, hear Thou..
Hated, forsaken,
Front judgment taken,
0 Thou cross-bearer,
Mockingly crowned ;
Bleeding and wounded,
By foes surrounled,
Still a Friend fairer
Mortal ne'er found.
Scoifed at, utplifted,
Thy flesh spear-riftod,
Thieves there beside Thee,
Dying for mue I
Crimson Thy ralinent,
Making sin's payment,
Sure, Thou wilt lilde tne.t
Refuge wilt be I
TUIC TWO 91111.
Indeed am I sweetly blessed, Mis
tress Myra.
"I should not pause to reek how deep
my love, that I should dare-dare' and
win, al, mel a jewel that I have no
right to wear.
"1 am but a lad with empty pockets;
only that Heaven has given me health
of iron and these strong arms, truly
were I poor-"
"Nay, Julian, and may not the kind
Heaven that has given thee these also
bless what they may do?"
"Come-and the girlish voice was
bantering-' have you won my heart to
pine upon it and thrust it back again?"
"Heaven grant otherwise, my Myral"
Happy lovers they, standing side by
side on the vessel's clean deck, seeming
. to gaze on the dark ocean around them,
yet really looking inward at their own
true hopelul sotis.
Among the pious pilgrims who weigh
ed anchor from Cowes, in the Isle of
Wright, to plant the banner of religious
freedom in the wilderness of Maryland,
1633, there was one unfit for the pro
totion of that God to whom all prayed
as they faced the perils of their histori
cal voyage..
Stersempaniards or oiuising Turns
.aif gxe4ily almost directly in the course
of* the two staunch vessels, the "Ark"
and the "Dove;" storms and privations
they could not avert, but heroically
anticipated.
Our interest lies in the "Ark", the
better manned, better armed of the
two.
On board won a lovely orphan, follow
ing her guardians when they forsook
home and kindred to worship after the
dictates of their own hearts-her name,
Myra.
Sh lie was loved by everyone, and worth
ily, for her purity was even lovelier
than her face.
Especially dear was ho to Jiltan
Grange.
And when it was observed that Myra
regarded him favorably before ol others,
they yielded the flk .to the handsome
Only one demurred in his callous
heart and mentally vowed that Julian
and shte should never wed,
- Peter Hardy had been an open suitor
was promptly rejected by both guar
dians and maiden, for his countenance
was verily that of a regue,
Three days following St. Cecilia's
Day a violent storm arose.
Just how it happened none could tell
-but, above the roar of the tempest and
crush of waves, the shudderinig cry went
up
"Mani overboard!"
At the same Instant Myra was seen
running across the rolling deck and
shrieking piteously
9 ~ ".Julianl Julian I"
It required strong arms to restrain
her from throwing herself into the rag
ing waters.
"I want my Julanl"
*. "Let me go with him!" she wailed, as
they forced her safely to the cabin.
"He is my Julian i my love! Oh, ho Is
lost-lost!"
Once she saw a chalky-white face
with a pointed nose and baleful twink
ling eyes-the eyes of Peter Hardy;
*and he grinned infernally at her, even
in her misery.
Tiien ensued a blessed blank, and
she lay delirious on her couch,
* ~ History has recorded thtat terrible
tempest, the maj tossing of the "Ark,'
the pleading prayers preparatory to
the seeming inevitable shipwreck
* prayers that were answered by Heaven
at last, still the deep, and giving joy to
every pious breast.
"But the "Dove,"'their consort had
vanm'hed.
Shte was given up as lost for ever,
While matters were righting on the
shipboard, Peter Hardy, in a mys te
-nrous way, beckoned the captain aside.
'A word with you.'
"What have you to ''say, Master
Peter?"
Peter looked slyly from his little
twinaling eyes.
"I have heard it said that John, thie
sailor, lost his cup and knife?"
"And Richard, the cook, has ls't
some silken 1mos"
"True."
"And, Mistress Myra-mind thee
cannot find anywhere a golden bracelet t]
that was hers, a gift from her dying 11
mother." t
"Well, and what of all this, Master
Peter?"
Peter's lean fingers beckoned towards d
the cabin. e
"Oh, come with me, that your own 8
eyes may discover what I but half sun
pected."
Togethei they entered the cabin.
By one of the berth's was Julian's c
chest fast locked. tl
"You are captain," said Peter, point- t
P
ing. -1
"Julian Grange is dead; the key is
gone with hin{. Open that and see v
what you may find." a
The captain hesitated. t
But at last the chest was forced, and J
there amid Julisn's tidy clothing lay P
cup, knife, hose, anu Myra's golden a
bracelet. 0
Unfortunate Julian!
Soon afterwards, those who had t<
mourned his loss were angrily shaking I
their heads.
Julian, then, was the thief; and even
to steal the bauble of his own true m
lady-love-that seemed unmanliest of e1
all. e
"It was not he," ciqoared Myra sadly. b
"I do not-you must not believe it of
him, I pray."
"My Julian was too good, too noble,
too God-fearing for any crime."
When not quite two mouth later the |
"Ark" arrived at Barbadoes, seeking n
provisions, the people weie so inhos- h
pitable and extravagant in their charges
that the captain himself, with three
others went ashore to negotiate. s
One of thp three was Peter Hardy, f(
whose. reputation for driving a good '
bargain was well known.
Night came on before they could re- b
turn to their boat. J<
The captain urged haste, for in that n
January of 1684 there was a pending t'
insurrection among the slaves for mur. t
der and pillage. P1
Their haste was. too late. d
Even as they reached the shore a
horde of yelling, frenzied beings poured
out upon them.
There ensued a terrible fray. it
Bravely they fought-fought until n
every bandolier was emptied; but one
.fter an'ot1or went down before the i
bloodthirsty assailants.
in desperation the captain sprung r<
toward his moored boat. b
"Save mel Save mol" screeched the
voice of Peter Hardy, directly beneath
his feet. k
It was a hazardous task, but by i
superhuman exertion the captain reach- i
ed his vessel, bringing with him Peter fil
Hardy. f
bi
Peter was badly wounded --dying, e
pronounced the doctor. a]
When lie realized that there was no is
hope, lie summoned the captain.and a 0
holy man to his side. t
"Lot me confess," he gasped, pain- It
fully. tt
".1 cannot die with such sin as mine se
untold." .t
"My own hands pushed Julian Grange t
I
"My own hands stole what was n
yJulian Grange's chest."
"1 had a key that fitted cleverly." er
"But forgive me now I implore." P
"I loved Myra." 51
"When I saw that she was not for
me, I hated him who outranked me in ii
her heart." ha
"At times I fear I dared to hate her s
too." b
"1 am dying." e
"Forgive -" at
The wretch died while speaklun
The conspiracy of the slaves
covered in time to utterly suple it
and the "Ark" lay tranquilly in hamos
wheni one bright morning there was a
clangor of trumpets, and the air quav
ered withI glad shouts from all oni board. s
The "Dove"-thd mourned vessel o
that had vanished during the storm 0
some weeks before-sailed gladly into I
viewv and anchored near.
First to gain the deck of the "Ark"
was Juhian Grange, i
A plank washed from the "Ark" on n
that tempestuous night had saved him, t
after an almost hopeless struggle the 9
"Dove" had rescued him.
How describe the emotions of the two c
fond, re-united lovers! o:
They were at once married. l
From the pair grew sons and daugh- t
ters to become a pride of Maryland
the only state that was not wrested for g
settlement over the bleeding corpses of o
the unfortunate natives. h
The Bios 4-'4tanina~ Weedt.
During the French expedition to Mexico ir
General Martroy was informed by a native e~
that a plant grew In his district which was a
largely used in the domestic surgery of c<
the Mexicans, and he audvises the General
to lay In a stockr of it for use In the Frenchi
camp. 1t goes by the name ot "the blood
stanchmng weed '-he exact native wordt
has been placed oni record. This plant 0f
lhas the properly, when applhed after being 1i
chewed or crudhed, of almost instantly ar. w
resting the flow ok blood from a wound. b;
General Martroy biwught home some hi
Speclmens of this plant to France, and cut- ci
tivated it in hi. uarden at Vereaillea, where fc
it has thriven excellently ever since, blos- w:
soms every year and produces a sort of et
fruit. Meanwhile its transplantation to
Euiropean soil has not *robbcd it ot the
qualhty for which it was originally recom-i- fa
mend~ed to Its introducer. . w
Bamboo and Paper In Japan.
To enumerate the various uses to which
ie bamboo is put would be to furnish a
at altogether unreadable, for they seem
make everything of bamboo and to treat
in every imaginable manner. It must
i rememberod that the bamboo is a tough
brous, giant grass, with hollow stein divi
ed horizontally at the roots. Thus it
onsists of a series of cylindrical chambers
liperposed one on the other, and separated
rom each other by horizontal wooden di
isions, the knots or divisions being very
lose to each other near the root of the
lant, and removed from each other by a
onsiderable distance in the higher parts of
le stem. It is from these knots that the
tun shoots on wich the foliage is borne are
rotruded. Before me, as I write, are a
aries of carved boxes, each made from a
Dction of the stem, with two of the trans
erse divisions,\the one forming the too
nd the other the bottom of the box, and
iese boles vary in height according as the
int has come from the center or lower
ortion of the sterm. Here is a sachi bottle
armed of an elongated joint and with an
rehed handle. On it is a beautiful spray
f the magnolia, carved in the manner cal
.d cameo, and with a bud so arranged as
) become tee spout from which the sachi
I poured, a plugged hole 'at the top of the
essel being filled with the exhilarating
uld. Here is a spill bordered with a
Ireek key pattern, and on one side ot
phich a snake is carve A, while on the oth
r we have a flower,the surface being low
red in both cases so that the figure stands
ut.in relief; but, besides the carving, this
cautiful spill is enriched with a little lac.
uer work, in which gold, . oxidized silver
ad a warm brown color prevail. Here is
nother spill with flowers cut 'in ititagho,'
lore is a tea box or tea caddy formed out
f a root joint, with the spout carved in
ju thickness of the side. & hole is made
u inhe top, to which a lid is fitted, and the
andle consists of a tuft of lateral shoots.
Lere is auother made out of two cells, and
tree of the dissepiments, the one being
sed as the bandle. But before nie I see
loops made of portions of the stem, ti ay&
)rmed of the horizontal divisions, both
irved and plain; medicine boxes;portable
Friting cases;-a box formed by splitting a
Drtlon of the stem lengthwise; a nest of
xes consisting of a number of superposed
nuts; a vcnser in the form of a tripod, and
Lany other things. But, the Japanese at
ich handles to poations of the stem, and
ius make neeful ladles. They use large
)ints for the carrying of water as we use
alls. They make fences of a hundred
ifferent kinds by plaiting and intertwii
ig the thin shoots in various ways' They
iake sun blinds by threeading little bits of
amboo on strtngs,as we thread beads; they
>lit )t into laths and form mats by attach
ig the strips together with threads; tdey
iake the spokcs of their fans of bamboo.
'hey split a stem throughout a.portion of
a length, and make a hand screen by
)readtng. the spill portionj awt pasting
%per over them, They make tLeir fishing
>ds of bamboo, they convey water in
*uiboo stems from which the transverse
Lemibers or dissepiments have been re
ioved; and the gutters around their hous
i are formeri of this material. The bak
ats are of the bamboo (willow is not used
i Japan for basket work), anui by ham
ering it till it is reduced to a broken and
brous condition, they form a fuse used
>r blasting operations, while the tooth
rush is a bit (if bamboo stem, with the
id rendered fibrous by hammiering. These
e some of the uses to which the bamboo
put In Japan, but they are only a few
a multitude. Te Japiunese paper is
ugh and fibrous, and we have seenl that
tey treat it in various ways so as to give
the appearance of other substances.Thue
oy make from it a material closely re
mbling leather, and also an imitation of
,rtuise shell so :iku the substance imitsted
tat. it might readily be taken for the real
eli. Trhey make a paper so gossamer
kte that the air pases thbrough it as it
ould through a net, and which ilht al
ost be used for iaadies' veils. In its leath
lihke form paper Is used for mkinig the
cketxooks, tobacco pouches, pipe cases
itchels, andi for niost of the purposes to
hich we wouil apply leather. In the
>rmn of imitation tortoise shell it is Inlaid
to cabimaP' 'md trays. Japanese pocket
uudkerciefs are formed of paper, and
'me of these may be rubbed up into a
ill without their tearing, when they be
>me as sort as the finest cambric. Small
urcels are almost invariabliy tied with
ring formed of twisted paper. Water -
roof coats are formed of paper, as wel' as
e aprons of tihe jinrikishas, and paper Is
o piut to all those uses5 to which we ap
it in England.
Te Fish Exhibie.
The United States is to be well repre
mted at the London Fish exhibit whiioh
pens next May. TIhe fish industry is
ae of great importance, and of late years
as received most imtelligent encourage
ment and direction from the Govern
ment. The exhibit gathered together
y the United States Fish Commission
apparently complete in every depart
ont. It is of soiontileo as well as prac
ceal inferesat, because it embraces
olored casts and photographs of all the
nportant food fishes captured in our
sa and inland waters. For the practl
il people there is a wonderful exhibit
f fishing apparatus, from the boats,
arpoons, guns, &c., used in whalhng to
.1o nets employed in mackerel fishing.
'lie nmethods of packing and canning
sh and oysters are fully illustrated, and
ie processes of fish culture will be showni
n a large scaio. Even the angler has
is department, and a very beautiful
rhibit is made of rods, reels, files, &o.
his is the kind of specialty exhiibision,
mplete In every way, and arranged to
apart information, that is of time groat
it possible educational valtie, and of
nuoh more use in that way than an In
>mplete general exhibition,
i3.rdis and Aoimama.
Reiche, fte Bird and Animal Importer
'New York, hias a lot of some 800 Eng
an pheasants coming from Europe, of
hiem number 100) haye been engaged
' PIlerre Lorillard for time preserve on
s estate. Three prominent shooting
ubs will take most of the remainder
r the purpose of distributing them
ideiy, and giving them a ehanco to be
>me common in American forests.
Taa quality and juices of meats are
r bettor preserved if the meat is wiped
ith a towel iinstnad of washed.
The Successiul Farmer.
r'ho succe;sful farmer thinks and pla
not only how such and sich work can
easiest done, but to do It in such a maui
as to render any subsequent;work conni
ted therewith the easier. For examp
preparing his corn ground he is careful
leave it as smooth and as well pulveris
as possible, so that there will be no clu
to cover up the tender plants in plowir
and in so far interfere with the progress
the work. fie lays off fils Corn row straig
so that the plow can run close to eve
bill: His wheat land is brokon up in tu
and so "fined" as to enasle it the better
onserve moisture as well as drink in. t
fertilizing gases of the Atniosphere. I
furnishes plant food to hiskrops In rs mi
available form. While hiniore neohge
neighbor plows under his qaknure in a hi
rotted condition, -he spreadh it, well rott
and finely pulverized, -on the surface. I
stead of applying it on lite corn ground
uses it on his wheat., whvre it will, be
more service in helping along his cloV(
He not only.sows clover on all his sin
grain, but knows.that to get the most be
efit froin it, it must be allowed to devel<
itself, and thus keep the soll shaded to il
sure its nitrification. In order to accor
phieb this he never pastures it the first se
son,or not until the second year, and n
even until it is in bloom-having provid4
a permanent pasture for his stock. Ret
izing that underdraining warms a natural
cold soil ar i fits it for earlier cultivatl(
in the sprang, ie prefers to invest his car
tal in draining all such, rather than m ti
purchase of additional land. Instead i
investing his means in railroad or oth,
stocks, he is always looking for a prop
investment in tne line of his busineas,eiti
or to improve the productive capacity i
his gelds or the quality of his live stool
He nowe, t.oo, that lie is;too short to ei
able him to master the whole business
farmig without availing himself of ti
experience of others, as found in the agi
cultural literature of the 'day. He ali
makes the surroundings of his honie attra
tive and pleasant, and fosters in his sons
love for the farm. He lightead the lab
of nis wife and contrives an occasion
holiday for all his family. in short, I
alms at thoroughness in all he undertake
and finds his farm improving from year
your as well as his own information. Ac
lowing a regular plan of work, lie hits ti
market, and often finds his profits great
in yuars that prove disastrous to his mo:
negligent neighbor.
The Ruuh of an Enginato a Fire,
You are sit timg at tea when the alar
rings. You don't know the box, but y(
rush out on the street a id stare aroui
you. In a moment the o nous rush coin
on the ear. The horses catler out of th
stables, the firemen, .nithqbas cats,eap
their stations, the wide doOrs are t hrowi
open, three palicemen dash out of o.
to see the start, and bang| ding| whisl
rush I G'lang I crack I look out I din
(long I ding I away they go like a to
nado.
Crash I a baby may. be burning. Hanj
sleeping children may be smothering.Dir
dong. ding I An old man, feeble at
rheu'natic, may be staggering in amoki
isook out! the strong man, blistered wil
flames, is yelling for his babies I Loc
out, then! look outl stand aside and l
them pass. Here they come; like a storn
The driver, stooping down with slackc
rein, speaking to the intent steeds that,b
eyed,wide nostrilled and strained go thin
dering on.
The foreman sitting by his side, ere
and defiant with arms folded, looks lic
faced at the sky,searching for the ominot
glare. The firemen behind him clingic
litre cats to a ladder, dressing themselvi
as the machine thunders on.
The ubiquitous reporter taking notea c
the boomplate of the lcity ladder. Hlanj
boom, bang! look out? Th'ley pass a cro
sing like an earthquake on wheels. Ti
horses, alive and stung with the same ei
thiuslasm which fills the thremen,spurn tI
rough #treet and clash along as If a praur
on fire was chasing them. 'They need r
Whip, they need no lash: their big arterii
are churning with hot blood;thear big mu
eles are strung to the task they love. TI
wild horse, followed fast by rca ilre,nev,
sped like they. With ears laid Dack,wit
eyes standing out from the bony face, wii
nostrIls red as if withL blood, they galk(
on untiring.
'The branchmnan gets out his key, tI
foreman isa all readly. Ding, dong, swusi
The fireman gather themselves for the fin
jump. 21~ngl "We're near the fire,lad,
-look out. (Irashi All rigiht. Blang
Hiere's the box. Jump for your Jives. Bang
bang! bangl They jump.
Trho horses' sides heave like big bellow
Their noble heads fall between tremblli
knees- the sunk tails quiver, the pointi
ears droop like limp leather, and the fir
men, eloquient wth enthusiasm, dash in
the street, and( an old woman, wiping hr
hands on her apron, comies out on the stei
and says --"the Lord bless you, gentlemi
but it wars only our chimney; and the io:
bless you, 1-" and the gang go home all
play dominoes. Tihe horses stand waitm
for the next, and just as willing to jun
as the man who has been waiting an hoi
for a shave.
Ikatial Uuntomas.
The exhibition of bridal gifts b
been sanctioned by royalty. On zi
marriage of the Princess Royal in E~n
land, ini 1858, the tributes to the brid
amounting in value to a fabulous sur
wore displayed, not only before i
eyes of the Court, but also forthe ben
fit of the general public. After ti
marrimge of the Prince of Wales,
1868, the bridal presents were also pu
licuy exhibited'in Kensington Palae,
Reporters and newspaper artiste we:
expressly admitted, that they might,:
type and picture, reproduce for ti
curious pubile the wonders of the mai
ninleent profusion with which the yout)
ful princess of Denmark had been e,
dowed by the crowned heads and wes
the R~foeerry Rothschild presen
were unusually superb. They weri
exhibited in three rooms of the lRoth
child mansion mi Piccadilly, the tabl<
on which they lay b~eing magnificenta
adorned with expens)ive floweri.
On the principal table were the ear]
a~fts to his bride, enclosed in a bord<
of teia-roses and orchids.
Among these were the Rlosebori
family jewels, consiingn of a~ ta.,
comb, necklace, earrings, and cross, all
of magnificent diaionds.
be There were also presents from the
be bridegroom of .A diamond diadem, with
er seven large centro stones of the purest
C' water ; a bracelet of double hearts, tied
ie with a lover's knot, a copy from one
worn by Mary Queen of Scots; a suit
d of pearls, a large spray brooch of bril -
lants in the form of a roseberry with a
g, matchless pendant pearl, and anotner
of
- pendant of immense and faultless sap
ry phires set*n brilliants. There were al.
no so some presents of interesting histori
cal memories.
he The bridegroom proeented the brlde
le with a beautiful painted fan which
a formerly belong to , Marie Antoinette,
nt and an exquisite gold box with an
ift onameled portrait of some unfortunate
ad queen.
n. The prince of Wales gave Lord iose
e berry a beautiful and curious dressing
of case of silverwork of'the period of
r. Louis Seize. The Sykes club presented
a silver punch-bowl of the period of Dr.
a. Johnson. E.rl Beaconsfield's offering
>p to the bride was a ring of turquoises
I- and diamonds arranged chookerwise.
I- 'ihe presents of the Rothschild family
i. in all parts of the world, as might be
)t expected, were such as one might hope
4 to see only in dreams-gold and jewels
1- of the most sumptuous and priceless
y kind.
n Among American gifts were a silver
I- coffee service from August Belmont, and
ec a picture of the earl and his bride in a
)f gondola, which the bridegroom is steer
3r ing, and which is drawn by six swans,
3r from Mr. Board.
1. The bride cake is no loss sanctified
f by antiquity than is the ring. It is the
hymbol of "pienty," and is intended to
express the hope that the newly-mar
) ried couple may al- aye be supplied
Le with an abundance of the good things
- Of this life.
0 Passing pieces of the oake through
* the wedduag-ring nine tines, and put
a ting them under the pillow to dream
upon, was a practice in vogue long be
l fore our great-grandmothers lived and
k loved, and the cuatom is not yoL obso
lete.
A pleasant custom formerly prevailed,
after the ceremony had been concluded,
e of handing round to each guest a ring
er bearing the names of the newly married
couple, after which the latter received
the feioitations of their friends.
We are told that Edward Kelly, a
famous philosopher in Queen Eizabeth's
M days, was openly profuse in giving
u away rings, twisted with thice gold
d wires, at the marriage of one of his
houshold, to the value of $20,000.
3. Though wedding customs dil'r in
o dia'erent countries, yet they are all
,n designed to express cortain idos, more
or less correct, upon which marriags is
founded.
n The ancients considered certain days
in the calendar as unlucky for matri
mony. Lovers were told to beware of
the entire month of May, and espeoially
g warned off Irom Fobruary 11th, June 2d,
d November 2d, and December 1st, And
it was particularly desirable that the
h weather should be clear, and that the
k ceremony should take place in the day.
,t time, for
"Blest Is the bride on whiom the sun clotii shine."
d
Nothing More To Say.
' I had often read of the slow speed
made by southern railroad trains, but
n noticed nothing unusual until reachig
- Macon, says a writer. The train pulle,,
out at about fifteen miles an hour,
slowed down to twelve, and the waits
were long and tedious. Some of the
crowd didn't seem to care if we never
n got there, but the drummer for a Phila
'delphia house took on terribly, le
was bias ting awvay when the conductor
o ame along and inquired what ailed
him.
S "Why, i'll be left I" hotly exclaimed
0the drummer.
"Let's seo ? You go to Thomnaville ?"
"'Yes, sir."~
e "You clhange ears at Smithivlleo ?"
~r "I ought to, but the train wvill be
hi gone.
h "Not a bit of it. That train is twvo
phours behind time."
" Well, I'd rather wait in Smithvillo,"
oe "You couldn't wait in that town two
ii hours without being asked to drink
il some of the worst whisky ever made,
" and if you refused you'd have to fight."
S"I could go to the hotel."
gl "Then you'd have to walk a mile in
the sand, 19o 'bus conmes down until
s. our train whistles."
ig "i might drum up a customer."
d "You couldn't drum nothing. The
t- last Northern drummer in Smithville
.o had to fly for his life."
tr "Couldn't I wait on the platform ?"
>s "No, sir. Thore is no platform to
na wait on, and if there was, you d be
d suspected of wanting to start a turpon
d tine fire."
ig "Well, it's awful slow,-"
'p "What of it ? The other train Is atill
ir slower ; no dinner can be had until we
get there ; there is nothing to see ; the
depot won't be open ; you can't sell a
paper of pins in the town ; you can't
get en to Thomasvllle ; no one in the
'town plays poker ; you can't find a do
10 cent cigar there, and from what I know
of S3mithville I can assure you that it
,has at least thirty citizens who would
~'take a pop at you on general principles
'e within six minutes of your landing
s' there."
n The Streets oR i'aru.
The Streets of P~aris are lighted by 48g,
000 gas lamps, and 420 lamps which burni
Spetroleum and colza oi. There are in ad
edition 2d5,000 jets of gas In the buildings
-which belong to the municipality, and the
total cost for lighting them is estimated
'for the current year at 6,500,000 francs.
An ordinary gas lamp burns about six gal
Sear, of gas n hour, and te cot for a
about ten hours every mght, is almost ex
10 actly 105 france. The petroleum and oil
' lamps cost about 50O per cent.- more. The
agas company employ seventy-six men
7y looking after the lamps and the mains,
,many of them being told off to inspect the
ameters and the pipes in private houses and
r eee there is no escape. The lightingr power
of the Aas supplie" y the Company is
Y tested every evening 14 eleven laboratories,
I, situatced in dierent "'eta of the city.
Utah's Base ores..
The wonderful value of the base ores of
Utah Is made strikingly apparent by the
carefully-prepared table made by Mr. J.
E. Dooly, agent for Wells, Fargo & (o.,
in this city, at the close of last year. By3
that table it is seen that there was pro.
duced last year of copper $75,785; of lead
refined, $410,690, and of unrefined lead,
$1,801,096; or altogether more than 20
per cent. of the value of all the money I
from the mines. But the table further
show& that of the silver -produced 47 3 10 1
per cent, was obtained from base ores and
55 5-10 of the gold was produced from
base ores. This fact shows how inextric
ably mingled are the lead and silver Inter
eats of Utah. From what-is known of the
districts which-ar..liable in, future to pro
duce most, this percentage will be in- I
creased raiher thandiminished In flgrc.
One important district wilich is liable to
become largely productive. in the opening
of the Denver.-and Rio Grande road hag
many base metal mines, and.the indica
tions are that the districts immediately
surrouiding Milford-Cave, Star and Lam
coln-will within the next year add heav
ily to the same quaty of ores. We ex- V
pect, also, a much heavier yield of the I
same metals from Tintlc before the close
of the year. It seems, too, that of all the
precious metals produced in the United t
States west of the Mississippi River, 35
per cent. is produced from base ores. In .
Utah for the past six years the average of
silver obtained from lead ores, that is of
all the silver produced, 40 per cent. has
been from base ores, and of the gold 51
2-10 per cent. has been produced fron C
the same source. These figures show how
impottant the lead interest is, and what a r
blow to mining a serious blow to the lead a
interest would be. It also makes clear
how safe a business extensive works for
producing manufactured lead in all its
forms must be. Nature has drawn around
Utah a protective tariff in the form of
mountains and deserts which no legisla
tion can repeal, and though by special
rates the railroads may modify it some.
what, they cannot overcome it. Utah
nunes, only scratched as they have been
so far, produce 10 per cent. of the gold,
silver and lead of the West, which shows
what kind of a mining country it is.
The Rothuciild's Palmous.
The princely chateau of Ferriers, where
Baron's Alphonse do Rothschild has been
given a series of entertainments in honor
of the Conitesse de Paris, bids fair i to
outdo Beauregard for the magnificeneo
of its fetes. The Itothschilds possess
upon l'rench soil as many fine mansions
as were formerly possessed by the mon
arehB whose veins were coursed, by the
blood of the Valois. Saying nothing of t
the houses of the family in .aris, the
muore prominent of these residences may
be mentioned. There Is, to begin, witi,
the splendid Abbey of Cernay, which has
ben tranformed into a modern castellare t
by the Baroness Nathaniel. Then there
is the mansion of Chantdly. which the -
unfortunate Baron James Edward was t
having erected in the shadow of the
house of the Condos at the time of his
sudden and tragic death, and which has
since been completed by his widow. a
Next conies the chateau of Boulogne,
bought by the Dowager Baronness de a
Rothschild, and to which she has impart a
ed a magnificence which is only equalled
by that of her own villa at Cannes. The t
Baroness Adolphe holds a plenary court in 1.
the early daye of autumn at the charming v
little villa of Pregny, on the shore of tie
blue Lake of Geneva.. Lastely, there is
Ferrieres, the residence destined to pass
from generation to generation to the
eldest son of the house of Iothsohild in
France, in order that he may tiere main
tan a Roverelga pmmp as chief of the
dynasty., ________
Usefui EHirda.
When Michigan was invaded by the 11
army worm, the blackbirds (11( excellent r
work for the suffering ariners. On the t
prairie myriads of these birds, yellow birds
and robins were hioveriung over the place
most invested, evidenitly making a meal
of the worms. Just In front of the right
flank of thme army of worms ms a corntild,
all along the east fence, which seperates
it from the meadow, a line of blackbirds
were stationed in as good order as if mar.
shialed for a fight uder a military leadIer.1
TIhmey woul fly in a solki1 mass to the
ground as if attacking something, andt
fall back to thme position on the fence,
from which they repeatedly advanced in a
body, "Those birds," said a geintlemaii,
"arc protecting that corn." Surely enough
examination sho~ved that the pestiferous
insects had come uy to th'e fence, but, had
not uobe an Inch beyond, and none coul<
be seen on the corn, But a large nimbem'
of dead worms could be seon on the grounda
where the harde had been cast of the fence.
it, Is certain that the birds had made hayoc
with the worms, aiid it really looked as it'
they had a design ini it to keep thiemi out
of the cornfield.
The Hustthity Portor.
Thme porter of the Fifth Avenue flotel,
New York, is. perhaps, the most aristo
cratic and haughty porter the world has<
ever seen. 11is business is handling I
trunks, but he would no more touch a I
trunk than lie would touch a red hot coal.
He comimads a smal.l army of undler I
porters, who wear check jackets and
really move ,thme trunks of guests. Trhe
head porter seldoii speaks, but contents
himself with posing in elegant attitudes
about the corrndor of the hotel, smoking
fragrant cigars and gazing with immense
condlesccnsion upon the Legislators and
bankers who throng the hotel. ils attire
Is fashionable in the extremne. It is not I
gaudy, but it is rich, lie wears a silk
hat, a blonde beard parted in the middle
and light gleves. I ami told by a man a
that knows him that he talks with great
gravity and weight upon political affairs,
and has a fondness for things Europeau,
but that he never talks of the hotel and
becomes magnificently silent when trunks
are mentioned, even in an indirect and
casual manner, It must he a great thng
to be the greatest porter in tye world.
The Government of India did a capi
tal stroke of business when It estab
lished ohinohonaplantations. The eash
profit on the Bengal plantatiens alone I
the past year was $40,700, besides
$16,600 saveat on thme quinine furnished I
to the troops-that suin representing
the difference betweenr the eost of pro. I
duotion and the market npinae1
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
The, gratitude of place-expectants is
I lively sense of future favors.
Trust that ;nau in nothing who has
iot a conscience in everything.
The manners of nature make a man;
he manners of art unmake him.
There's not a string attuned to mirth,
ut hath Its cord in melancholy.
The current may be strong,. but that
which defles the current is'stronger.
Ieligion can capture a heart easler
;han it can overthrow the pocket-book,
Much of the- charity that begins at
iome is too feeble to get out of doors.
The shame of being thought poor,
ods to worse eylls than poverty itself.
Ione are so desolate but something
tear, dearer than solf possesses or pos
essed.
Who would venture on the journey
f life, if -compelled to begin it at the
Ind?
Character gives splendor to youth,
mid awe to wrinkled skin and gray
kIaird.
If you would not have affliction visit
rou twice, listen at once to what it
caches.
Devote each day to the subject thou
n time, and the evening will find soio
hing done.
Comparisons, whothor as to senso
ourage, beauty or rank, are alway.1
dfensiye.
Nothing from man's hands, nor lav
Lor constitution, can be final. Truth
Jone is final.
Law and equity are two things which
lod hath joined, but which man hath
>ut asunder.
The eharity of the rich is much to be
ommended, but how beautiful is the
harity of the poor.
Slumber not in the tonts of your
athers. The world is advancing.
Ldvance with it.
It is from out the depths of our hu
aility that the height of our doutiny
ooks grandest.
When slander and falsehood aro
itched to a person's tongue, the devil
ots as coachman.
Matrimony is a great blessing, be
ause even a blind man has his eyes
ipened after a little while.
A wise and good man does nothing
or appearance, but everything for the
ake of having acted well.
Wait for others to advance your in -
orests, and you will wait until t are
Lot worth advancing, . .
It is trito wisdom .to speak but.ttilo..
If the injuries you have received, or
lie good deeds you have done.
Imitation causes us to leave natural
rays to enter into artificial ones; it
herefore makes slaves.
Few, with the hope of another life.
rould think it worth their while to live
bove the allurements of senso.
It is better to be thought a fool than
knave, says the saw; but it is better
till to be known to be neither.
A man's first; care should be to avoid
he reproaches of his *own heart, his
iext, to escape the censures of the
vorld.
May I tell you why It seems to me a
rood thing for us.to remember wrong
hat has been done us? That we may
orgivo it.
Nothing, indeed, but the possession
f some power can with any ertaii ty
Liseover what at the bottom Is thle
rue eharaetor of any man.
A man has no mere rigli 6 to say an
noivil thing than to act one; no more
ighit to say a rude thing to another
han to knock 1im down.
Discover the opinion of your enemies,
rhich is commonly the truest; for they"
vill give you no quarter, and allow
mothing to complaisance.
A word, a look which at one timo
nakes no Impression, at another timne
vounds the heart, and like a shaft flying
vith the wind, pierces deep.
Employ ment, which Galon calls "nat
ure's physician,'' Is so essential to hut
nan happiness that Indolence is jtustly
ecnsidered the mother of misery.
'The talent of suecess is nothing
nore than doing what you can do woll,
ind doing well whatever you do, with
)it a thought of fame.
We cannot too strongly attack sup~er
tition, which is the disturber of society;
or too highly respect genuine religion;
vhich is tihe support of it.
The lightsome countenance of a
riend giveth such an inward decking
o the house where it lodgeth, as proud
>alaces have cause to envy the gilding.
Many persons, after once they be
somc l earned, cease to be good. All
ither knowledge is hurtful to him who
las not the science of honesty and
rood nature.
Order is the sanity of the mind, thme
iealth of the body, the peace of the
ity, the scrutiny of the State. As the
ieams to a house, as .the' bones to the
aicrocosm of man, so is order to all
bings,
They teach us to remember; why do
met they teach us to forget? There is
Lot a man living who has not, some
ime In his life, admitted that memlory
was as much of a curse as a blessing.
The way to subject, all things to thy.
elf is to subject thyst' to reason.
Jhou shalt govern many if reason gov
irn thee, Wouldat thou be crownied
he monarch of a little world? ,Coin
uand thyself.
St. Paul gave the palm to the women
rho were stayers and workers at home;
or he recognised that home is thes
rystal of society, and that domnestic
)ve and duty are the best eurity for
11 thAt is most dear to us on earth,
.It was a very proper answer to him
vho asked whly any man shotuld be de
ightedt with beauty,p~hat it was a ques
ion none but a blind man could ask;
mone any beautiful object doth so muchi
ittrnact the sight of all meln that it is
a no man's power not to be pleased