Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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1low They Thlkod. As I sit in my library, says Mrs. 1at( Smith, and recall the friends of othei days, I think, though so many are lost to me-dear, beautiful ones, who, wear3 with the toil of life, turned their face t< the wall, and left me to mourn for then -I am less sad and lonely than most oi those who survive. My memory is a perpetual source o1 enjoyment, for it unfailingly preserve all that is wholesome to be remembered and although it is tenacious of all im. pressions, it has a divine faculty o wilnowing the wheat from the chaff. ] scarcely ever forget anything. I-can recall the very words and looks of per sons, and even their dress, the hour and place where a conversation occurred, ai fr(shly and as vividly as though not n day had intervened, Some of these friends were silent, ob servant, others full of fine glow and on. thusiasm. W. C. Bryant was one of the most reserved of men, but his flue oy( would kindle under a happy turn of thought, and his ideas would then flo? into words as aptly chosen as the lan. guage of his written poetry. I do not think he affected the conversation of women, and I have often had then wonder how I could find anything b3 which to sustain a colloquy with him, He never paid a direct compliment to ( woman, but talked right on, just as h< would talk with a man of ideas, Hi thus paid her understanding the ben tribute. Mr. Bryant was thoroughl. the gentleman in manner, listened well was very quiet; no twisting or wrigglbug which we so ofton see in writers of som pretension, and which is so very oflen 8ive to a person of culture. l e was rc fined to fastidiousness; somewhat cold rather intolerant, exact in morals, con stant in friendship, and altogether a miai to live long and be respeetfully tall' o about to the last.. His poetry will live being artistic; and it not belonging t< the high impassioned range, is alto gother his own. 0 F. Holtman conversed fluoutly an well. ''hough conservative in the high est sense, he had a keen admiration fo; ia progressive idea well expressed. H< recited admirably, reproducing the an thor's conceptiou with the imparto:l in terest of a finely modulated voice, am often with a ponetration that carried thi thought onward beyond what was ap parent in the author's experience. H was animated, gay, courteous, with al electric play of fancy, pathos, tonder ness and enthusiasm. His own min lent a grace to the thought, of his collo quist, who was apt to feel that nothmin was easier than to converre with famou: people, till ho tried it with soimebotl' of less geinius, when he learned the dif ference between the electric spark o; the inspired maii, an i the dog-trot com. mnonpluco of mero talent. 1 renombei Margaret Fuller would often look worn, weary, and revolted at the commonplac( twaddle of society, and tho only time ] ever saw her look positively handsomt was in conversation with Mr, lloftnman, Her pedantry amused him, and ht knocked her tieories right and left witi a thorough appreciation of her intellect and at the same time with a good-na tured audacity, a gallant courtesy, au line isciiniiation, which made hit irony p)leasiing, andl broughat to the sur face that huuiinizing lovoe of admniratioi which disarmed the 'most ultra of wo men, and made her as placable as "a Johnt Neal was an excellent coniverser' indeed'( hie cared very lhttle for the opin1 ions or predilctlionas of those ab'out. him bunt pouredl onwuardl like an avalainc indiierenat to what might be bruised oi up)roote'd nii its paithiway. lIe was ter iibly in ca~rne.t. The onily per.;on whc remain-i mei ofi Neail is Gleorge i"rance Train, both b einmg overwhelued with a suiperabunndaneco of ideas, which they pouiredl out, wheithuer apt, or otherwise to the Occasion. B3oth were po)etic, bul Neal was ai poet, nid Train essentially prosaic, lie rhymed, lbut that (does no0 constitute liet ry. Both were favoritea with women, for the reason that botl were like women, iintuitive; and thul !xoth 1iagiied t!IemlIves to lbe e!Ssen. tially iasculiiw, nu md both u'ere manly yet they never camne in contact with a large-hearted womaii, whlo ditd not fee a maternal imatinct, to protect thiem while small women wvere at raid of thenm Intieed a lull woman always be(comies a pirotector to the full man as well as t< thme weak of both sexes, Rlufus W. Griswold, the compiler 0: American Literature, wi's a pleasant gossipy man in conversation, full o whim andl absurdity, as tricky as pretty woman; nevoi seeming in earnest yetr at heart very nmuchi so, unid of fixci and tenacious opinions. It one wishc to know how earnest lie could he, h had only to name James Fenimor< Cooper aiid Napo' con Jlonapuarto, whom lie would( bCcomio realhly eloquent, '1'im< will prove that the first is as weoll wortd talking about as the latter, and whmem we shall have 'i Lener.atioin of largely or ganized men and wvomen, Cooper wil. grow iinto higher favor. N. P. Willis wvas conventionma, full oj fancy and compilliment, but not ini tI< large sen so SUggestive. lie belon ged essentially to the artificial ando luixuri onis. .Ife lacked depith and1 compirohon siveniess; took always the best- lhe foundl Iloalimig on the surface of society, what wa'is moat tasteful iand most artislio . utsed to think lhe might haveo madie inore of his genius, but subsequently became conymncert that it was neither large no exactinig, and that lie achieved all 1h< was capable of doing, Mr. Willis ha( the foolish vanity of a man of the world whio was willing to he thought a muel worse or a more killing man than hi really was, , wher, wvomen were con cerned. Itt is to be hoped that the umor< enhghtoned views growing upon th< -minus of th>e sex will eventually disa bus, the minids of meni of many of thmes< weak, ridiculous notions which were part of the training whicn Mr. Willis ia mas youth receive(t from such sybaritei as Lady Blessiington and Couni D Ort-ay. Orestes A. Brownsoen was Johnsonian He liked a monologue better than colic -(lquy; was humorous, phiulosophic, dicta - toriah. In talking with mc he was ver apt to slide into "Sir," instead o "Madlam," which was not displeasing t< - me. His reaimng was simply enormous he never forgot aiiythinug, and wvouh surprise a histener by ilhustrat;on am quotation from some out-of-the-way an. thor, just to showv that there wvas nothi lug now under the sun, and that thjose who plumed themselves upon saying a new or original thing, were, in reality repeating mn a poorer way what some finely-cultured mind had reached cen.. turies before. Dfogmatie as lie naturally was his humility amid child like docihmt in all matters pretaining to his religious belief were truly touching. Extremes are apt to approximate. George Ripley, the apostle of .asrook. farmn, out of whieh experience Haw. thtkne constructed lid l'omanco of "l3lithodalo," a Massachusetta scholar, and very proud of his native State; and William Gilmore Simme, a South Caro- I lina scholar, and he also proud of his I native State, were very similiar in the style, though greatly differing in the I subject matter of their conversation. I They were finished, concise, elegant. They talked in paragraphs, so well worded that every syllable might be I put into a book, and it would read well there. Mr. Ripley .had no superior in the country as a critic, and the Tribune e owes much more to his taste. judgment, and learning than is generaily known to the public. His conversation was genial, full of a subtilo, ) otined insight rarely I rising to enthusiasm, and yet in charac ter Mr. Ripley was an enthusiast of a I high ordi r; a poet in heart and expres sion, without the incumbrance of the art. His proso has the finish of Irving, and a great deal more of breadth and penetration. He was fond of the so ciety of superior women, as all superior men are; and he fully sympathized with the highest aspirations of the sex. Uld-Fa,hlonedl ltoses. in the present craze for Jacquominots and Marechal Niels and Bon Silenes, few people remember any of the beau tiful old-fashioned roses that delighted 3 the hearts of people a generation ago. I. Years ago the cabbage roso was coniid r cred almost the very perfection of roses. , Now the variety is nearly extinct. Some , persons will remember a fow old speci mens, never to be forgotten on account - of their tall, spreading, woody bushes, their largo, glossy, dark-green leaves and their gorgeous masses of deep-pink - bloom. Those who think the corolla of i the fashionable Jacqueminot big should I have aeon those They were literally; as the name indicates, respectable-sized cabbages. The Baltimore belle was - once the fancy rose. Now it is scarcely ever seen, except clambering over old 1 fashioned porches and arbors. It is ai - hardy, luxuriant climber, and at the e same time a delicate, graceful one. it 1 3 bears a wealth of bloom, sometimes the green being scarcely visible under its veil of crimson. Tue color is a deep I crimson, velvety as a royal robe. The 3 flowers are not very double, having in - their centres a prolusion of bright yel > low stamens, i But though the Baltimore Belle is - beautiful the Champney far surpasses it, 1 Not one in a hundred of the present - race of readers knows what a Champuey rose is. A single specimen is h ardly obtainable any whi re. T.eo bush is low and spreding, somewhat after the man ner of the wild rose, and it blooms at the rate of hundreds at a time. The blossom resembles that of the Baltimore Bello in that it is but slightly double, with a profusion of yellow stamens, but it differs in color, being of a dainty, creamy white, shadingi into a faint pink. All old gardens displayed an abundance of the hundred leaf or crown rose. This seemed well named, for the too. abun(ant petals were literally packed together to torm a blossom raised in the centre like a crown. In color it was of a real so I called rose pink and had the character istic fragrance so well known in rose water. Now, whenever seen, the hun d red leaf rose bushes are usually de generate prey for rose bugs. Beautiful half blown buds may soeitimes be0 oh. tained, but very seldom cani onn fhud a perfect flower. TIhie old fashioned yellow rose has disappeared almost entirely. T1he plhits were little, the clustered leaves very di minutive and the atems and seed vessels very prickly, but the b)loslaoms were t large and glowing,like a small suu,more Ibeautiful by far than the modern elated I sunflower-. TIhe blighted rose onico was quito a cnrbsity; and so it is 'bow--in the few pices ini which it may still beacon. One I single plant sometimes,spread itself likoe a miniature thicket, a !angled mass of greenery. Th"e rather large, very dou-i ble blosoms were pure white upun their1 outer edge and delicate pink in the cen tre, similar in this respect to what is I now known as the blush rose. But the blighted rose had one peculiarity. Be I fore the centre haid fully (developed the outer edge had begim to fade, so that it was no uncommon thing to s. e the pink heart surrounded by a fringe of >withered petals. Sometimos the outer layer showed streaks of brown even in fthe bu1. The real moss rose of which the poets fhave sung is now little more than a memory, It resemnbled the crown roso, ,except that it was larger, of a deeper I pink and had a green mossy growth I upon its calyx. Thoe moss roso is still imitated by art, but how far this imita ti~on is suceessiul lew of the pleCIl of the p)resenlt day have miuch opportumity of judging. '['le dfog rose is perhaps the rarest of aall the roses formerly cultlvatod,though it is said to grow wild in sonme parts of IPennsylvamia. Tinis resembles thet sweetbrior and ran over, p)erh~aps, yards of sp.mce, with the same native luxuri alice. .its blossoms were single, like those of the wild rose, with ivo simplle poetals, but larger and of a dheep velvety p)uk. Other roses thoroe were of which scarce the name or the memory remains< One of these was like a douible swampj-( rose, forming thickets like brambles. I1igId 3ienuness., "Do you claim any superiority for tihe cannimg over green vegetables?" was asked of a manufacturer of canniedf goods. "Yes," in this way: We are now canmug asparagus at the rate of 6.000 cans a dlay, and putting it up withmin three hours after pulling it out of the Sground. It is gathoroet in the early morniing before sunrise, while the dew is still upon it. The same remark ap Splie to tomatoes, of which we are p)ut ting up 412,000 cans daily at our factoy I at Morristown, N. J., where a string of wvagons a milo long is waitinig every mornmng to receive tIme calns. '.1 he same holds good with p)eas, wniich are also gathered before thme sun's heat can got rat them. If you buy similar vegetables fgreen at a retail stom'e they are nsually > rom one to three days old, They lose their freshness, whereas by our process I they will remain fresh and sweet for three years." 'But what about the chiemical action of the solder?" c "All our goods are nowv soldered oni the outside by a now patent process by which it is impossible for the solder to 1 touch the contents. iMoro. for example, g is one of our new canso'f I le kind I refer - to. You can see for yourself that it is i as I say." "W,aat is the secet of successful can "To destroy the germ of fermentation I -that is all that is in it, apart from rigid i eleanHns." Love, Go1d aid ivorce, 'Iie elite of California have been hrown into confusion by the announce nent that Miss Diana H. Murphy, of 3au ,Jose, or Mrs. Morgan Hill, as it ap ears Is her legal designation, had con nenced divorce proceedings in Modesto. L'he heroine, Diana H. Murphy, is none )ther than the daughter of the late well inown millionaire, Dan Murphy, who lied at Elko last October. Diana had .oen a San Jose belle for several years md many were the suitors for her hand, is it was known that in the event of her atier's death her wealth would be great. To all, however, she turned a leaf ear, excepting Morgan Hill, of the Irm of E. II. Jones & Co., of this city, pon whom she centered her affections, uci, however, to the chagrin of her parents. No schemes, no entreaties, no tlireats proved of any avail and when Dver an opportunity offered the young .ouple met to exchange their vows of miutual affection. A change came, however, but in a way least expected. Just prior to his leath the ti ealthy cattle dealer, realiz ing his situation, sent for his children, Diana and Daniel, Jr. The former ar rived just in time to receive the pater aal blessing, which was coupled with a last request that she would never marry Hill. The promise was duly made and the father died contented, leaving his daughter heiress of $800,000, The funeral over, an unmistakable change was noticed in Miss Diana's behavior. She no longer was the quiet, sedate young lady of old, but plunged into musient with recklessness of one who had no longer pleasure in life. Eill's visits lessened in frequency and the rumor that the engagement was iovered was repoi ted. Diana, not con out with her old field of conquest, at ended the session of Legislature, dazz ng the lnw-makers with her beauty, nud the attentions lavished uponher by t young Senator from the orange grove listrict caused the report that a mar iage had been arranged between them. Gossip now found more food to feast ipon. It was reported that Miss Murphy and been clandestinely married in this ,ity last July, and though for a long imo no confirmatory evidence could be ound, lust week it leaked out in Mo lesto that the report was correct. Last fiuly the yacht Nellie left this port for santa Cruz, where sle remained for iome time, Among the party aboard vas Mr. Hill, and Miss Murphy, and the atter's confidant, Miss Mattie George. )n the return of the party the ladies eistered at the Palace, while Mr. Hill emained at his quarters at the Grand. it the latter hotel on the evening of fuly 31, the marriage took place, the ereinony being performed by the Rey. Jr. Jewell, of the Howard Street lethiodist Episcopal Church. The mar iage was kept secret and Mrs. Hill re urned to her home. Until the death >f her father nothing happened to mar he blissful condition of affairs, but sfter that event Hill lost control over his vife and she ciaed under the yoke of natrimony. Hill's wish to avow the narriage was met with a flat refusal by its wife, and le was unceremoniously lismissed. He has made no answer to lio bill of complaint filed at Modesta. New Drinks. As in pretty much e rertything else, there re fashions in summer dIriniks. i'he patro~ns ad fano~y decotions mn New York as else yhere deimndsomething novel in the way >f ale hohic St imulant as t he seasons ch ange md1 thle establishmient, is first to catch the opular taste with something new, is the >iace thmt dIraws the lion's share of' eus A mnong the popular caterers ini the b)ibu Ems itne is AMr. C~ollins, whou inf f&med a eporter that lhe was on time wIth his ovelties, as untual. "'We have this sulmmer," saidl Mr. Col Ins, "a greaiter variety of fancy drmks han has b)ee~ nide for years. The taste >f drinkers seems to) be morecexacting than ni the old thiie, when wvhikey straight v'as good enough tor anybody." 'Namie sonie of your priominent, drinks, >lease?" "W e!!, we have t he Prince Albert todd(y, vhich lhas taken the p)lace of the gin-fizz. t is comnposced of apple brandy, phieapple trips, hlostetter's bitters antd sugar. If lie ieredients are aiccuirately coinpouinded lie drinker invauriab)iy leaves the house v'ithi a smile on his face. The price is 40 ents, a very reasonable one if the liquor )e good( We also make the' Ioman Elixir, :oinplosedl of Ithine wine, mhiit and lemoni uice. It Is a very palatab)le dlrlnk, and 5 prescrihed by physicians for dlyspcpsIa. i dtrink for which there is a considerale limand( i'n the Ladny lh:ger Julep It us >rparedl as an ordinary mint julep, with lie addhitioni of sweet oil and p)arsnlp ex rdet, and is se-rvedl in a glass pointed at lhe top) like a lady's finger. Tlhe price is 0 cenits. We sell about 700 of these laity.'' "You cater largely to actors, do0 you iot ?'' "'I sim happy to say that most of my radle is trom that quarter.'' "11a,ve these geintlenen any p)refer ice? "They have." "W~hat is it ! "Beler." At the Mletropolitan ilotel there is con-. ~onsidlerable of a run just now on Santa ruiise Filliges, a dIrink wich has taken he place or the once famous Santa Cruise ouir. Its comiponent parts arc Santa um, tlitteredl; tihe suggestion of tomato tatsup, spring; mint, lettuce,Mother Carey's 3lulcken feed andl syrup. It is said to be mn (execnt remedy in cases of prostratIon mupermd(ucedl by continuious expansion of lie porous system. A man of ordinary ealh, according to D)r. ShIne, can drink Ifty and( still keep omit or~the station ouse. Alany of the wvell (dressed mn who visit lie tloiman House miehty are attracted here by the famous Charlotte Pavet, the ngiceits of whIch are llolland gin, luir phiysbuoro extract of pasmnacetty anti eltzer water. One dlrink of this famous Lcoc tion is sellcient to stir the most huggish nature to activIty, two will make Sman "feel himself," as the sayIng is, vhdoe a half dozen, when takeni by a con umptive, wouild make him a nmatch gamnst a whole squad of pohlcemen. In the Gilsey llouse, Fifth Avenue andi Vmthuor hotels there are frequcat calls for lie "dudites' cocktails." This refreshing everage Is dlesigned to meet the requItre monte of the day. it Is comiposedl of soda rater, essence of mint canniy and cairo ray seed. It Is not, in any dlegree, Intoxi ating, and is only apt to produce cramps rhen taken In large quantitIes. Young entlenmen addictedl to the use of this everage are supplIed with napkins per uinedh with cherry wine. Tae price is 60O ents, and the fact consiesed that eme 1c3 are not, rcquired in the morning, It Is ot excessIve. KEPas muche stools as can be fed well sr this adds to the manure pile and their merease, and a few fat carcasses afford big intinet on thnstmnt 'othig Winnen *ilo sw,u. "Do Women learn to switu here? Well, yes, I should say they do," said a swim ming master, in reply to the query of a reporter. "We generally have from five hundred to six hundred women and gir pupils every season, and the desire to learn the art seems to be extending among the sex year by year.' "Is it rs easy to teach a woman or a girl to swim as it is a man or a bo3 ?" "Not quite; but, then, there are excep. tions to the rule. A woman is more con fiding than a man, generally, and puts her trust in her teacher more fully than a man, but when she first touches the water and goes through the motions of swimming she is apt to be very nervous. She is slow of comprehension for a time. A man plunges in recklessly, digests his instructions with out parleying and has none of that nervous fear that retards the progress of nearly all women." "Are there any good swimmers among your female pupil!?" "Oh, yes, several. We have one young lady of nineteen who can do two miles of fast swimming. Several of our girls would be able, under a pressure, to swim across the Delaware. Teaching gives them con. fidence in themselves and fits them for an emergency that everyl)ody is likely to meel once at least in a lifetime." "Our process of teaching is a very simple and easy one. When the pupil presents herselt and has donned her bathing suit, which consists of a sack, skirt apd broad trowsers, she is taken to the prepar"tory room and is taught the proper motions of her arms and legs on a carpet. These mastered, she is taken to the bathing pool, where a strap, so padded as not to hurt her, is passed around her body, and she is placed in the water with her face down and kept afloat by a rope passed through a pulley. Here she goes through the motions of swimming, which, like her music lesson at home, are indicated by the voice of the female teacher, who counts one, two, three in a-monotone that gives the time to the motions of the limbs. The next stage is swimming with a float or hie-preserver around the body. In this the actions' of the limbs are perfectly free, and the pupil, accompanied by the teacher, often succeeds in making a round of the bath in the sec ond or third lesson. All her motions are closely watched and her attention is sharp ly called to any false stroke or laggard movement. The motions once perfectly learned, the pupil soon gathers confidence in her ability to swim and it is only in a few cases that we are not able to dispense with the float at the fifth lesson and send the young lady out to swim without any other aids than those given her by nature. Girls are taught the same stroke as boys, but 1 think there is an essential difference between them in the matter of using the propelling power of the lower limbs. The boy is more vigorous and more propulsive in his legs than in his arms, while with the girls the reverse is the case. Many of our lady swimmers dispense with the skirt, which somewhat retardstheir motions, and wear simply the aack and the trousers. ] think that is the most reasonable swim ming costume, for the skirt is apt to hold the water and lessen the speed of the swimmer by giving her a heavier load tc carry," "Do old ladies ever take a fancy tc swimmingi" "Sometimes. One day last summer we had a party here that included three gene. rations of one family. There were the grandmother, a hearty old lady of 60; the motner, a plump matron of 40, and foum daughters, ranging from 12 to 18 years of age. All could Iwim except the old Intdy, ud I could ooo n~o obio otood in thc shallow water that she envied her descend. ants the enjoyment of their secoimplish. iment. Mlany medical men prescribe swim ming baths for ladies, and we have regulam visitors who come because the exercise Ii beneficial to their health." "In the art ever likely to be useful tc ladiesi" "To show you that the art of swinmming is often useful, even to women, I caiu recall two or three incidents In the career of cer tain 1pup111 of ours that will prove very interesting. One of our pupils was a (daughter of E~x-Secretary of the Nfavy Boric. She was an expert swimmer and perfectly fearless. One day in the summer of 1877 when she was bathing on the beach at Cape May two children that belonged tc a party near her were seizedl by a rece~ding wave and carriedI out beyond their depth. Neither could swim, and the ladles who were with them were equally helpless. Taking in the situation at a glance, Mils Boric swami out Into the swelling surf and in a moment had rescued the drowning chiildlren. "Another young lady, also a pupil of ours, a M1iss Laury, whose father is a coal dlealer at Lombard street wharf, saved a minister and another gentleman at a water ing place on Long Island after a perilous swim. The men could not swim, and hav ing been seized by the undertow were dirawn out into deep water, where they were helpless, bliss Laury awanm to them, andl by her noble aid they got sately ashore. What would have been her feel ings at that moment if she had~ not known how to swim? Still another pupil of ours has distinguished herself by saving life. This was Miss Fanny Reigel. One day when she was riding near Hlamnmellsburg, a little village on the Delaware, she saw some children playing in a boat on a large mill dam. -Suddenly, to her horror, lie boat upset and the three little children were struggling In the water. Without the loss of a second she sprang from her car riage, and only stopping to throw off her bonnet and shawl plunged into the pond. She was enabled fortunately to save three lives, whereas, had she not been a swim. mer, abe would have had the horrible memory all her life of the death struggles of the little innocents. "I only cite these instances to show that an opportunity for domng good often occurs to a woman who can swim. A distin guished author says of the art: 'There is no exercise more graceful, more easy, more pleasant, more health-givmg to the human frame than swimming. It expands the chests, it rounds the arms, develops the muscles of the trunk, gives vigor to the loin and strengthens and fills out the lower limbs. It confers presence of mind and confidence in one's self and prepares women as well as men to sustain themi selves and to help others in a form of danger to which the contingencies of travel must of ton expose us.''' Ifie Snootingr. The American Rifle Team recently sailed for Europe to contend at Wimbledon with the best shots of the British Volunteers. The match is purely military andl the guns used are serviceable weapons, so that the shooting has more practical value than that of amateurs with "sporting" rifles. The American team Is a strong one, but It is to mieet the flower of England's army "volunteers," who have the advantage of greater experience both in individual and team shooting. Whether the Americans win or lose they are pretty sure to prove creditable to the nation that sends t,hem forth. ToUan moat may be made as tender as any by the addition of a little vinegar 0 the water, when it is nutm on toon tviid Uoliehes lItte insides For, The tlonsummate achievement of New York Anglomania is doubtless the hunting t of the anise-seed bag over the gentle undu lations of Long Island, but next to that Is the driving of four in hands before English coaches and riding thereon up into West chester or through the Central Park. This noble feat was performed 8aturday by a choice selection of Anglophiists known as the Coaching Club. Eleven coaches, to borrow the language of an enthusiastic witness, "unwound like a bright ribbon from the green centre of Madison Square and went rolling up Filth avenue to the park." The coaches-yellow body and red under-carriage, claret body and canary under-carriage, or what not else-were glorious with now paiut ; the harness splendid with pohshed plate. The "gen tlemen drivers" wore the uniform of the club-dark green coats with gold buttons, yellow-striped waistcoats, drab trousers and tall white hats-and must have looked like the Pickwick Ulub on their travels and as they were exceedingly English, that l was well. There was Colonel William f Jay and William K. Vanderbilt, Roosevelt i and Sturgis, Lorillard and lavemeyer, I Parker and Bronson, Kane, Newbold and c Kernochan, and wives and fair friends of t theirs; six persons to a coach, and all of f them seated on top. The coaches were, as a reporter observes, "pedestals of visions of shimmering satins and flowers and pleas- t ing igures"-only that and nothing more, so far as it appears. The horns were I tooted with science, the horses pranced r and Colonel Jay "unreefed his whip arm'" a at hve o'clock. It was a glorious sight, a and crowds gathered to see It; thousands i that hadn't a dollar in the world to spend c for fun looked on and gloiifled the show. I It was really one of the circuses that an I aristocracy are always bound to provide to f accompany the "distressful breed" of the a lower classes. The common people in the park ad'nired to the full, be sure, the "gen- t tiemen" in livery and the gay silks aird satins and flowers and faces behind them. e When the parade- was over and the noble beings drew up their equipages before the ? Brunswick to refresh their higher appe tites at a table shaped like a wifiletree, it was then discoveied what the inside of the coaches were for. Ladders were drawn thence, whereby the ladies might descend from their lofty seats with decorum. B, fore this age it has been a mystery. Los of Jam. A truckman drove acrosa the (own-town 1 track of the Third avenue line, on Chatham it street, toward the entrance to the bridge, e in New York. He had a broken nose and a calm smile, and drove a piebald horse. It suited his humor to drive slowly across 1 the track. Coming down town at a rattling e pace were a pair of desperate horses, draw- I ing one of the new opencars. Their driver 7 seemed unduly composed of jaw. His eyes I were hidden beneath the brim of an ok( t felt hat, but his massive chin looked bel- t ligerent and bold. t As he moved along briskly he discovered t the truck driver on the track, and sent a forth a shrill whiitle of warning. By a n slight acceleration of pace the piebald P horse could easily have drawn the truck t out of the way. But, instead, the calm t driver of the truck drew in his piebald horse and came to a standstill across the track. The car driver jammed down the brake, his face became red, and he gently raised himself on hi3 toes. "Were you in a hurry, gentle Annie?" 9 asked the broken-nosed driver on the truck, in tones of warm affection. 'I wuz," gasped the car driver, letting himself down on his heels and then gently ~ rising again. "Don't get in a hurry again, sweet Clara; t it's apt to cause a rush of brains to the head, and you couldn't stand that, baby." The car driver was now leaping up and y down with anger, and his face had become ~ purple. He couldn't utter a wcrd. TIhe truckt driver was leaning forward, with both elbows on his knees, and gazing at C the car driver with an expression of friend- C ship and love. c "How beautiful you arel'' soliloquized I the truckman fondly. "How came*you so y beautiful?" t. "If-if I ever gig-gig-gig-git hold-.- y "What! Angry?" said the trucknman in v gentle reproof. te "Comie 'er0, you,'' yelled the (driver, h~ turning to the conductor suddenly. "Come p 'er0 an' hold this tame, an' ll kill that I snipe it I git twenty years." But before tne conductor got to the for- ii ward end of the car the piebald horse started up and trotted on the bridge. As the broken-nosed driver disappeared lie ~ looked longingly over his truck and cried: a "It breaks my heart to leave you.", "Weli, be hivina, if you stay Ol'hl break ~ ivery boue in yer body!" yelled the driver. ~ Then he clubbed his horses with the butt C of his whip and went on his way, a a Among the I13uny (i,oers. L A writer from Gloverville, New York,. says the great bulk of the ordiers for buckc and all winter. gloves are given before the first of May. Samiples and staple stocks are made up during January, and Febru ary and March bring some of the- heaviest buyers. T[hese, like all succeeding buyers, are welcomed by the nost of mianu factur erg, all, naturally, anxious and foolishily h determined to sell at any prices. The I jobber knows this and holds off, talking t "dull trade," "blue outlook,'' and masinu ating that goods will be and are being " offered low. He uses all hie craft to cause discouragement and to stir up the compe- t titive spirit until a break in prices is caused, a when ho buys not hair the goods he wouldP had the market held firm, because he is fearful that the market will get still weak. or. E5ach cucceeding buyer adds to the panic until not only is t.he manufacturer's profit ruined, but the jobbeis in their turn are afraid of the weakness they themselves have made in the market, in consequence otrt deftrring the greater part of their pur- I chases till late, often as late as midsum- s mner. This appears to have been the con dition of things for the past and present & years. The extensive severity and length of last winter must, and did, clean out the ~ not heavy stock that was preparedi for it;-' therefore a booming trade was expectedi early in this season, but It did not come, E and although a large amount of orders have t been quietly placed later, they were taken at very close margins. All this is appa- a rently, and is admitted by all thme manu facturers to be, the result of the causes here given, Nearly all the gloves and mittens used in niorth America are madle here, and must se be made hero; therefore, the business can th and should he controlled hero. Instead of a competencies made in this beusiness being c rare exceptions, fortunes shouldi be thme rule. As it is, enough goods to supply the demand that must come, remain unsold,b and a boom is confidently expectedi by ourb most competent judges. But little prepa ration, however, is being made for this late be trade so confidently expected. Instead of ru stocks of stap'e goods being got ready, our PC manufacturers are neglecting to got ahead th of their orders. In the past they have " filled their shops with unsold goods, ready for the fall trade. Are they not now going to the other extreme, i. e., working too elt cautiously in not preparing for a demand tim that is confidently anticipated and that of past experienen teaches will sur.ely coe -v DOMETIO, OAUnR Ponnibog AND> (Ax. -Thd wo principal ways of cooking oatmeal ire porridge and cake. The following s a good receipt for porridge. To three >nto of boiling water add a level tea. poonful of salt and a pint of coarse neal, stirring while it is being slowly )oured in; continue stirring until the neal is diffused through the water bout eight or ten minutes. Cover it losely then and place it whei'e it will immer for an hour; avoid stirring dur ng the whole of that time. Serve hot, vith as little messing as possible (it is >est poured into plates) accompanied vith milk, maple syrup or sugar and ream. To make oatmeal cake, place n a bowl a quart of meal, add to it as nuch sold water as will form it into a oft,. light dough, cover it with a cloth ifteen minutes to allow it to swell, then lust the pastc-board with meal, turn ut the dough and give it a vigorous mreading. Cover it with the cloth a ow minutes, and proceed at once to roll t out to the eighth of an inch in thick Less; cut it in five pieces and partly ook them on a griddle, then finish hem by toasting them in front of the tre. MUTTON HAMS.-As a change from a 00 frequent pork, eggs and poultry liet, mutton hams would be very desira le. A sheep slaughtered occasionally rould furnish suc'filent fresh meat for week's consumption, without the legs nd shoulders. These may be cured as ams and furnish a toothsome change ,f diet either sliced raw or lightly >roiled over clear coals. To cure the tams, proceed as follows: the legs of a at sheep are cut into the shape of hams, nd rubbed over with a mixture of equal arts of bay salt and brown sugar. They lion remain twenty-four hours A Ickle is made as follows: Two pounds aeh of bay and common whito salt, ix ounces of saltpetre and one pound f brown sugar are boiled in four quarts f water, the liquid being okimmed as t boils; when the pickle is cold the ams are put into it and kept covered r two weeks, They are then taken ut, wiped dry, hung up, and smoked ver a slow fire of damp wheat straw, 'he knuckles should be filled with rown sugar and tied over closely with ieces of bladder. The hams are then ung up in a dry, cool place or packed n a close box or barrel in chaff or finely ut straw. AN improvement to pea soup is made y adding a few leaves of mint and a bred of onion to the parsley garnish. n Europe a dish is made of the boiled ods, and they are served as a vegeta le, but a more delicate way is to turn hem into soup by boiling them until bey can be strained turough a colander, hen adding a little draw butter, flour hickening, and milk jcist heated to calding. The true votary of pea soup ever wants it made frcm the peas; the ods have quite a different and better iste, and the peas are then served for Lie vegetable course or for the next day. A rANCY dish of potatoes is made by ressing mashed potatoes through a olander; let tl'em lie lightly in the ish just as they fall, and then set them Li the oven to brown. They should be rell seasoned with butter, pepper and alt before they are put throurgh the olander. If you like potatoes prepared I this nwiy, it in~ a time.paving invention a have a colander made for this purpose.. .ake an ordinary tin pan, and have: oles punched in the bottom of the size ou require; it will then take but a few ainutes to prepare a large dish. SAnnY LUNN.--Three eggs, one pint f aweet milk, salt, two tablespoonfuls f lard or butter (or one tablespoonful f each) melted, three pints of flour, a1f a pint of hop yeast. Separate the elks and whites of the eggs and beat bem very light. Add the milk to the olks, then the salt and flower and rhites. Stir in the yeast and beat all gather until very light. Bumter a irge "Turk's head" or two small ones, our in the batter and let it rise three ours in this weather. Bake an hour r longer in a moderate oven and serve hot. STRAwBERRY SPONGE CAKE. -Make a ustard of one quart of milk, a cup of uigar and the yolks of four eggs. Fla or when cold. Blice one stale sponge ake and cover the bottom of a glass ish with it, moisten the cake with the ustard, over this spread a layer of ripe brawberries, then another layer of pongo cake, andi again a layer of straw erries; sprinkle the fruit with powdered ugar, beat the wrhites of the eggs stiff, hip into the eggs some strawberry noce well sweetened, spreadl the mern u.s smoothly on top and ornament with right scarlet berries. iF onions which are to be boiled are ut in salted water-after they are peeled, ud are allowed to remain in it for an our before they are cooked, they will se so much of their distinctive flavor ia they will rarely remind one hours rter of what he had for dinner. On me that are to be eaten raw may be -eatea In the same way. Both onions ud cabbage should have the first wate*r oured off after they have cooked fifteen inutes and renewed from the boiling a-kettle. A WATER boR, to be served in glasses. no cup of loaf sugar with the juice of x lemons squeezed over it, half a pint water, and a syrup made by boiling tree-quarters of a pound of sugar In a tile less than a pint of water; let this and in a large earthen jar or dish for i hour and a half, then mix the lemon, a., with it. strain it and freeze. If an wish to make this a pretty dish as eli as pleasing to the taste, add the hites of eggs beaten to a froth with >wdered sugar mIxed with them; put 1ia on top of each glass. WORTH TRuYwNG.-lf green peas are teled and then put in dry, open outhed bottles, and are shaken togeth so as to occupy as little space as pos bile, then arc tightly corked and are aled, it is said that they will keel) roe or four months, They must, how er, be buried in dry earth in the lIar. STRAwBERRY CRUTs.-A box of straw rries and a dozen buns. Split and ttter some small round buns; let them t t hot in the oven. Bruise the straw. rries slightly so that the juice w.ali n; strew powdered sugar on them, ur over the buns while hot, and let am stand in a glass or china dish il cold, before serving. THE crushed strawberry on the table. a utn, can be removed by sp)readin)g t et part of the cloth tight over the top 13 a bowl and pouring boiling water r er It until It dsapars AGBIOULTU 1, MLLE ANb B UNGARIAN ltAU, M' " let is entirely a summer crop, and the seed should not go in the ground until warm weather has been assured, It l specially adapted to light sandy soils, upon which large crops can be grown, but thrives well, also, on soils that are heavier. The richer the,soil the Letter, but it is very important to first get the seed bed in a flue pulverized condition. Plow deep and barrow several times be. fore seeding, using a brush for covering in. If the location is in a good, rich and suitable portion of the field, the seed should be sown thickly, for the finer the stalks the tenderer and more palatable the hay, but where it is sown for the purpose of obtaining seed for the succeeding season it should be done in drills, using less seed, though it may be broadcasted if necessary. The appearance of millet while grow ing is that of thickly-sown dwarf corn, the leaves being broad, covering the ground compl tely. It grows very rap idly, especially during warm weather,if there has been a plentiful supply of moisture,and it also stands the drought admirably. 'lhe tall German giant mil let is the variety usually preferred. Blunganian grass is very similar to millet, both belonging to the same fam ily of plants, but while millet can only be croppod once Hungarian grass fur nshes successive cuttings until fall, which is an advantage when the soiling system is practiced with stock, but it does not grow as tall as millet or give such heavy yields at the times of cut. ting. As a hay crop for winter use mil let should be preferred. Millet and Hungarian grass aiebighly relished by all kinds of stock,especial;y if cut and cured before seeding. The heads may shoot to seed, but the cut tiig must not be delayed long enough to allow the seed to mature. Cured the same as ordinary hay and stored in the barn, the leaves do not crumble to pie. ces easily, like clover, and when in through a cutter and seasoned with meal, bran and a little salt, the mass h, akes almost a complete food. These crops ara indipt usable in places that are not adapted to clover and other grasses, as they are not only certain but grow and mature in a yery short tin e, As renovating crops they are excel lent, for a large crop of millet or Hun garian grass turned under fuhnishes a mass of green manure that n ver fails to restore the soil to its o' ignal feitility where it has not been cropped for grain too largely. Whenever the crop is in tended for gie, i manure it should be seeded doun thienly and out before the heads form, first giving the standing crop a good dusting of lime on a damp day, following with a plow and chain, As both crops grow on very inferior sandy soil to a cei taiu extent they afford a means of nriching the soil until it is fitted for other crops, but it is well to bear in mmd that all gretn manure is more effectual when used in company with lime. If nt ce:sary, two crops can be grown and plowed under the same season, HoEtNG A SUnIsTITUTE FOa RAIN. Hoeing and the frequeit stirring of the surface of the soil are good substitutes for rain. Those parts of the garden that are most fIrequi nitly cultivated show the best results. .1t is probable that dorn, waterire'ons, tomatoes, :Llma beans and cobbau'e. and liossibly other plants, if well started in good soil, may go through a two months' drougtht with out very serious damage. A deep,well. manured soil sulfers much less than a shallow soil. Subsoiling and manure are, to a certain < xtent, substitutes for rain. Moisture comes from below. Un- D derdrainmng is also a safeguard against drought. The course of the drains in the garden can easily be marked in a dry season by the ranker growth of vegetation abcv e them, Irrigation in many parts of the North will pay. The soil, if well prepared, could use to good advantage twice the quantity of water it receives from rains during the dry months of summer. THE Ayricul(urist tells how to make a two-story milking stool that presents a number of conveniences. A board the width of an ordinary stool seat and twice the length forms the first fleor and rests upon four stout legs. The two rear legs pass up through the long board and furnish t wo legs for a short board above that forms the seat, two front legs being placed in the stool. A cleat is placed on the front edge of the long board to keep the pail, which is set on the front half of the first floor, from falling off during the process of milking. This arrangemenlt preventse~ any necessity for placing the pail on the ground and brings it nearer to the udder. FnEQUENT cultivation is a good sub stitute for manure, but pays much bet ter with manure than without. This we have tried on garden crops,especial ly potatoes, cabbage, beans, onions and other root crops. An old saw has come dowii to us from the fathers that lie who would have early cabbage sprouts must hoe them every morning before breakfast. We have tied this in spring time for mornings enough to prove that it is not one of the old wives' fables. In the early morning the dew is on, and this is charged with an available amount of ammonia, which, of course, feeds the roots below. If the surface is neglec ted a crust forms, and the ail' does not airculate in the soil, IT is often desirable to know which is the most profitable way to sell fowls ulive,dressed or both dressed and drawn, l'o find out weigh the fowl alive, then' ifter it us dressed and again after being irawn. Record the weight in each iaee, and then a little figuring, with weight and market prices as basis, will loon tell the inquirer what he wants to mow, Generally, we think, it will be round that selling alive pays about as well as to dress, particularly if the own 3r's time Is.valuable and he is not an xpert at picking. Those who buy and .ress for market on a large soale ar .i' renerally experts themselves at this vork or have such "artists" in their imploy. Tiin quantity of food needed by stock varies even among animals of the same ge and breed, and it necessarily varies 0 't greater extent among animals of lifferent breods. Upon this subject a urmer in England says it is suiflelently orrect to reckon on a sheep consuming wenty.clghat pounds of green food, an x or cow 150. pounds, a calf forty ounds and a yearling eighty pounds ally. At thuis rate an ox or cow con almes as much as five sheep. The lat er will require 10,220 pounds,or nearly ye tons apiece, the former 54,750 ounds, or nearly twenty-five tons of reen food, for It yery ma. tnace