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lie
NOTHING TO SHOW.
j "My day has all gone" ('twas a woman who
spoke,
j As she turned her face to the sunset glow) :
'And 1 have been busy the whole day lon?.
Yet for my work there nothing to show."
Ko painting or sculpture her hands had
wrought,
No laurel of finie her labor bad won,
What was she doing in all the long day,
With nothing to show at the set of the sun?
What was she doing? Listen and see
What was she doing in all the long day,
Beautiful deeds that a woman maj' do ;
Beautiful deeds in a beautiful way.
Womanly deeds that a woman may do :
Trifles that only a woman can see;
Wielding a power unmeasured, unknown,
Wherever the light of her presence might be.
She had rejoiced with those who rejoiced,
Wept with the sad, and strengthened the
weak;
While a poor wanderer, straying in sin
She io compassion had gone forth to seek.
Unto the poor her aid had been given,
Unto the weary the rest of her home.
Freely to others her blessings were given,
Freely and kindly to all who bad come.
Humbly and sweetly all the long day.
Had her sweet service for others been done,
Yet for the labor of heart and of hand
What could she show at the set of the sun ?
Ah, she forgot that our Father in Heaven
Ever is watching the work that we do ;
Record He keeps of all we forget
And judges our work with judgment that's
true.
And an angel writes down in a volume of
gold,
The beautiful deeds that are done below,
And though nothing she had at the set of tue
sua,
The angel above had something to show.
SIGNOKA BELLONI.
'Sobo, old Spottie I Gently, Clover
gently, until I let the bars do wo.'
The purple autumn sunset was glow?
ing in the west ; the noise of the little
brook sounded through woods which
were fast losing their last leaves, and
the little procession of cows came medi?
tatively down the rocky pasture slopes,
stopping here and there to decapitate an
especially toothsome wild-flower, or to
mooch a mouthful of grass that was
fresher than ordinary. And behind
them walked a tall, slender girl, wearing
a dark-stuff dress and sunbonnet of
brown calico.
.I've brought home the cows, Mrs
Dodd,' said she, merrily, as a wrinkled
face peered oat of the window. 'Shall
I milk now ? Just hand me the pails,
please. I know where to find the three
legged stool.'
'But, child,' said the perplexed Mrs.
Dodd,' you can't milk !'
'Are yon sore of that !' said the tall
girl, whose face, now that the sunbon?
net had fallen off, revealed a rich olive
complexion, large, laughing eyes, and
hair blacker than the proverbial 'raveo's
wing.' 'But, you see, I never told you
bow ? used to milk my little lunch-pail
full oat iu the pastures when I went
nutting, in October.'
?Dor said Mrs. Dodd.
*I have more accomplishments than
you are aware of,' added the girl.
.Well, any way, I'm glad you're safe
home. Miss Mary,: said Mrs. Dodd.
'It's a sort of a wild place up on the hill
pastare, and Spottie is ugly with her
horn? sometimes.'
Spottie and I are the best friends in j
the world,' said Mary Bell, lightly j
stroking the smooth sides of the horned i
animal in question, as she walked along
toward the barnyard, "with the milk
pails in her hand. Make yourself
easy, Mrs. Dodd. I will fodder the
cattle and see that the barn is safely
locked up for the night.'
'I'm dreadful obleeged t' ye, Miss
Mary.' said Mrs. Dodd. *1 dunno
what rd h* done ef 'twasn't for you, in
this 'ere tight spot.'
'So that's your boarder, is it V said
Mrs. Mattison, who had dropped in to
borrow a yeast-cake for the morrow's
baking. 'Goio' to stay long ?'
.About a month,' said Mrs. Dodd.
.She's powerful fond of the country, j
You ought to see her ride old Dobbin
to water ! And she lives outdoors, like
a gypsy from mornin' till night.'
'Nice-lookin'enough,'said Mrs. Mat
tisoQ.
"So-so,' said the widow-'for them j
as likes dark-complected folk. My j
Phoebe was as fair as a lily, with blue
eyes and a skin that freckled if she so
much as put her uose out in the sun?
shine. But Miss Bell has been very
good to me since Moses run off after the
travcliu' circus and my knee got bad
with the rhematiz. She takes hold as
handy as possible about the house. I
offered to pay her wages, but she laugh?
ed right out at the idee.' 'I'll take
your six dollars a month, Miss Dodd,'
says she. when I'm able to pay you for
ali the kind care you've took of me
since I came to Scramble Farm.' Not
but. what she's paid her board as punc?
tual as a clock,' added Mrs. Dodd
i 'But there was a spell along when she
was rather droopiu' and hadn't much
appetite, and I biled up some herb tea,
fand sort of cossetted her with uice little
home-made messes, until she chirked
up , and she ain't forgot it, you see.'
*Shop-gal, I s'pose V said Mrs. Mat
tisou. 'These 'ere city folks get a sort
of a stylish way with 'em. She walks j
like a queen, though she hasn't, got
oothin' but shilling delaine aud a cali?
ber sunbonnet.'
'No, she ain't a saleslady,' said Mrs.
Dodd, whose "Phoebe" was in that busi?
ness and who never allowed the term
'shop-girl' to pas9 uocorrected in her
presence. 'She is a singist.' |
'Musical, eh?' said Mrs. Mattison,
j pricking up her ears. 'lu a church
choir V
'T guess likely,' said Mrs Dodd, lift?
ing the lid off the stew pan to sec if j
the dried peaches were in a proper stage I
for dishing up. 'But I dunno. Mary j
Bell ain't one that talks much. I sort j
o' reckon, though, that she sings at j
concerts and plays the pian ny at parties
for f-o much a night. My Phoebe says j
there's folks as makes it a reg'lar busi?
ness io the city.'
'You don't say ! cried M:s. Mattisou.
'Yes, a reg'lar business. My Phoebe,
she used to be a great hand on the ac
j cord eon, but-'
'Yes. I know,' said Mrs Mattison, j
who had many a time listened to the j
recital of 'My Phoebe's' varied accom- !
pltshmeuts and knew them all by heart.
'But if she sings, Mrs. Dodd I guess
the church folks would be glad to get
her to sing at our concert on Monday I
week.'
'Is it fur thc new media' 'us' car-1
i petT asked Mrs. Dodd, addiog a 1
I more sugar to the dried peaches,
'Not ezackly,' said Mrs. Matti;
'It's our Horatio as has got it up.
to raise money fur the choir to go
j New York tri December and hear
Signora Belloni slog io opera, flor
he's dreadful musical, and he says
one as hasn't heard Signora Belloni f
ain't up to the. times. So the cl
they all mean to go, If it's a poss
thing to rake and scrape money en JI
together The opera tickets is five <
lars apiece.'
.You don't tell me so I' exclait
Mrs. Dodd, spilling half a teaspooi
of best Oolong tea in her surprise,
declare, that's up and down sinful !'
'Five dollars apiece impressively
peated Mrs. Mattjson. 'She's all
the fashion now, and folks would j
twice that, Heratio says, if she ch
to ask it. Then the car-fare will
another five for the party ; and the)
to stay with Deacon Eliphaz Midge
widder as keeps a boardin' house
Third avenue, and she'll charge 'ec
dollar and a quarter a piece for sup
and lodgin' and breakfast. I think
an awful price, but folks tells me tl
things comes dreadful dear in the ci
So if they can raise twenty-five doll
clear profit out of the concert they c
go ; but the tickets hain't sold first-r
yet You see, folks has got tired
hearing Miss Burney sing them litt
squeaky songs o' hern and Uncle Bi
Brooks play his fiddle, and George Ti
do that laughin' solo over and 01
again. So if your boarder would gi
us a song, we'd take it very kind; a
I'm sure Horatio would pay her a d
lar without begrudging it. It wot
be something new, you see, to heai
stranger.'
'Wal, I dunno,' said Mrs. Dod
'Here she comes now with the mil
pails. She can answer you better th
I can.'
And to Mary Bell herself Mrs. Mi
tison, fired with the desire for origina
ty, unfolded her scheme.
'You needn't be bashful, you knov
said Mrs. Mattison. 'We'd make eve
allowance for your being shy and bac
'ard, and our folks ain't particular,
you could sing 'Nancy Lee' now,
4Peek-a-Boo,' or some such good hig
pitched thing, we'd take it kind. 3\:
son, Horatio, would pay you a dolla
and it would sort o' be practice for yo
Next Monday week.'
Miss Bell hesitated a moment.*
'Do you mean,' said she, 'that th<
would pay me a dollar V
'Yes/ said Mrs. Mattison, beamin
all over with conscious generosity. 'It
a good price, I know, but the Slackvil
folks never was mean.'
'Yes, I will come/ said Miss Bel
quietly.
'Our choir is dreadful nice folks
said Mrs. Mattison. 'You mustn
mind Mrs Canting Close-she's til
soprono-if she's a little airish. Hi
voice is thought a dreadful sight 0
Hannah Hall is the contralto-an
there's Ferdinand Jones and my Hon
tion. You'll like 'em all. Now, whe
can you come and practice't
It tamed out, however, that Mis
Bell did not come and practice at all
Mrs. Dodd's rheumatism grew worse
aud the new hired mau did'l arriv
until the very Monday morning. Mrs
Captain Close, tossed her blonde, close
ly crimpled bead.
'if that girl spoils the concert, it wil
be Mrs. Mattison's fault,' said she. *
never in my life heard of anything s
outrageous as a stranger forcing he
way into our entertainment. Wt?
knows whether she can sing a note
Anyhow, I wash my hands of the wholi
thing !'
' 'Miss Bell, from New York.
Looks kind o' good in the paper w<
nailed upon the church door,' sai<
Horatio. *I dare say she'll be bette
than nobody.9
Not a soul iu the audience, however
was prepared for the wild burst of mel
ody with which Mary Bell greetec
them on the night of the concert.
'I declare,' said Deacon Brodbead
'Was that Twickenham Ferry?' I
don't sound no more like the 'Twtckeu
ham Ferry' that my Eliza sings than i
it warn't no blood relation.'
'She sings like a lark,' said old Misi
Smell, wiping her eyes. 'It does UH
good to listen to her.'
'It may be fine singing,' said Mrs.
Captain Close, 'but I don't believe in
these loud screeching voices. Give me
cultivation, say I.'
*It ain't the way we was brought up
to sing,' said Miss FJunoah Hall.
'Anyhow it would have been only
politeness for her to come on and make
the audience a courtesy, with them rap?
ping their umbrella batidles off agin'
the fiooor.
'P'rarps she was bashful,' suggested
Deacon Brodhead.
'Nonsense said Mrs. Captain Close.
Upon the whole, Slackville couldu't
decide whether it liked Mary Bell or
not. She had certainly startled them
out of their apathy ; but they were a
little ashamed of having been thrown
of their guard. And they universally
agreed that 'it wasn't what they had
been used to.7
But the Slackville choir succeeded in
raising its tweuty-five dollars from the
proceeds of the concert, and they went
to New York aud 'put up' at the mod?
est establishment of Deacon Eliphaz
Midget's widow.
! And after their" supper of baked
beans and cold corned beef, with apple?
sauce and a powderly variety of baker's
swect-cake, that somehow f?uggested the
idea of one of Pharaohs mummies,
they set forth to the Academy of Music.
Horatio Mattison, and Hannah Hali
lending the way, and Mrs. Captain
Close following with Mr. Feadinand
Julies.
'Dear mc, what a crowd !' said Miss
Hall.
'And how elegant the ladies arc
C
dressed, to-be-sure !' said Mrs. Captain
Close, with an uuea*y glance at ber
dyed green-silk gown.
And then came the mad rush conse?
quent upon the opening of the doors,
the squeeze thc shrieks, the gesticula?
tions of ushers and the deliberate de?
termination of everybody to get into
everybody else's seat, which character?
izes the musical public on field nights,
be they of high or low degree.
Only a concert tu-night,' said Mrs.
Captain Close. *l did s'pose it wa? to
bo the opera.'
'It don't matter what it is so long as
Signora Belloni sings/ said Horatio
Mattison.
The waiting was not so tedious a6 it
would have been if the Slackville choir
were not strangers. But they had
hardly finished taking an inventory of
the auditorium, the lights, the orchestra,
the people and the drop-curtain, before
the concert began : and the great, glit>
tering 'horse-shoe' rang with plaudits.
Bouquctts rained dowu on the stage
as a tall, slight figure in white glided
forward, and Signora Belloni's wonder?
ful voice soared upward like a silver
dove, rising steadily above the blare of
the orchestra.
Mrs. Captain Close looked at Mr.
Mattison with a bewildered air ; Mr.
Jones stared at Hannah Hall.
'It can't be possible V said Mrs. Cap?
tain Close
'No, it can't !' cried Hannah.
'But it is certainly she V said Hora?
tio.
With the encore, Signora Belloni
came smilingly forward and sang
'Twickenham Ferry ;' and as she fixed
her dark, sparkling eyes full on the
Slackville choir.
Once more the flowers fell in drifts of
snow and carmine around ber ; once
more the peans of applause rose op ;
and Signora Belloni retired smilingly
from the stage, leaving the rural quar?
tette more amazed than ever.
Slackville would hardly believe the
news when the choir came back. That
the famous cantatrice, Signora Belloni,
should have sojourned in their midst as
'Miss Bell' seemed an impossibility ;
that she should have washed Mrs.
Dodd's dishes, and driven 'Clover' and
.Spottie' home in the autumn twilights,
was simply incredible.
'Of course my name isn't Belbui,'
the brilliant vocalist afterward told
Mrs. Dodd-'nothing on earth but
good, honest Bell. And the doctor
said I needed three months1 entire rest
before I appeared in concerts again ;
and where could I get such rest as your
farm has afforded ? It was such fun to
be incognita in that wildnerness. But
j I earned a dollar,' she added, with tnis
cbeivous exultation ; and I think I
rather astonished those good people
when I sang 'Twickenham Ferry' at
the choir concert.'
I guess you did lf said Mrs. Dodd.
Wriilen for the Watchman and Southron.
Recollections of Potter's Raid.
NUMBER XXYTII.
Your readers will see from J. W
Kirkley's letter, which closed the last
number, that I learned for the first time
the entire name of Lieut Waterman.
This was certaiuly making some prog?
ress toward reaching tho end, besides
other information in the address so care?
fully given of Col E. W. Serrill, and
Capt. Patrick McGuire, of the police
force of New York city. I wrote at
once to Col. Serrill and received the
following promptly. (I have never
heard from McGuire):
17 Nassau Street.
NEW YORK. June 1, 1880.
"General Serrell presents his com?
pliments.to Rev -.acknowledg?
ing the receipt of his note of 27th May,
and assuring him that the information
desired respecting Lieut. Waterman,
will be looked up and forwarded if pos?
sible. Major Place's address is Cohoes,
Albany County, New York."
It was not long before I received the
following in one envelope :
Willard's Hotel,
Breslin & Cx>k. Proprietors.
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 9, 1880.
General: I am requested to furnish thc
present or last known address of Lieut.
Harrison L. Waterman formerly of my
regiment (1st N. Y. Engineers) and
am unible to do so. It is said to be of
importance, and if you can help me by
any of the official records in your keep?
ing you will greatly oblige by directing
it sent to my office, 17 Nassau St., New
York. Your obe't,
EDWARD W. SERRELL.
The Adjutant General, Albany, N. Y.
Endorsed on the back of this was the
following :
4045.
No 17, Nassau St., .
NEW YORK CITY, June 9, 1880.
Major General Edward W. Serrell.
Desired address of Lt. Harrison L.
Waterman, of IstN. Y. Engineer Vol.
Adjutant General's Office.
Received June 10, 1880.
State of New York.
Upon this paper was attached the
following :
State of New York,
Adjutant General's Office,
ALBANY, June 10, 1880.
Respectfully returned by direction of
the Adjutant General. The address re?
corded in this office is Cambridge, Mass.
(Then is the name of the Adjutant
General, which I cannot decipher.)
17 Nassau Street,
NEW YORK, June 12, 1880
Most respectfully and gladly forward?
ed to Rev. -, Foreston, Claren?
don County, So. Carolina, with one en?
closed from Major Place. Lieut. Wa?
terman's last known address is Cam?
bridge, Mass.
EDWARD W. SERRELL,
Br. Major General.
Thc enclosed letter from Major
Place is as follows :
COHOES, N. Y , June 10, 1S80.
Dear General : I regret having been
absent when you passed through Co
! hoes. I am unable to give you any ad
. dress of Lieut, flarrisou L. Waterman,
of my Regiment. The last I saw of
him was the day he was paid oi? at thc
close of the war Ile told me he in
I tended to leave New York that night
! to visit his sister who resided in the
\ vicinity of Boston Ile promised to
! writo to me. I heard nothing of him
I afterwards. Yours truly
JAMES E. PLACE.
[ Gen E. W. Serrell,
j No. 17 Nassau St., New York.
j I wrote at once to Major Place, and ;
j received the following reply :
! COHOKS, N Y., Juno 17. 1880. j
; Reverend and Dear Sir : Yours of
the 1.1th inst asking the address of Mr. !
lian ison L. Waterman, late Lieutenant .
of the 1st N. Y. Vol. Engineers reach- j
ed me by last evening's mail. I have I
lost all trace of Lieut. Waterman, since
i he was mustered out of service in Au- i
gust, 1875. His intentions at I
time were, first, to visit bis sister \
was married and residing somewhen
the vicinity of Boston, Mass., and t!
to enter upon the practice of bis pro
sion, civil engineering, as soon as
could obtain employment. He pn
ised to enter into correspondence w
me but I have heard nothing from I
afterwards, much to my regret as
was a young gentleman for whom I
tertatned a strong regard. The o
other information I can give you
garding him is that he was a gradu
of "Howard Scientific School," Ca
bridge, Mass. The last address I I
of Gen. James F. Hall, was Appr;
er's Department, Custom House, N
York. My former efforts to learn i
whereabouts of Lieut. Waterman hs
been bare of results. Should you s
ceed in getting any trace of him, I v
feel much indebted if you will favor
with his whereabouts, or fate. I am
Very respectfully yours,
JAMES E. PLACE,
Late Lieut. Col. 1st Vol. Engineers.
Rev,-,
ForestoD, Clarendon Co., S. (
The last number of these "Reeolli
lions" was written and I did not p
pose to do any more writing : havi
given up all hope of ever finding t
object of my search, Lieut. Wat?rms
I gave him up with great reluctanc
for, as my readers will see, T bad
great desire to find him. I wa?, ho
ever, reading over Lieut. Col, Jas.
Place's letter, and read, "The only
formation I can give you regard ii
him (Waterman) is that he was a gra
uate of 'Howard's Scientific Schoo
Cambridge, Mass." I had read tl
repeatedly, but now it impressed me
it did not before, and the thought w
suggested, why not write and make i
quiries of the "Howard Scienti!
School ?" I immediately mailed a h
1er to the Faculty of "Howard Scie
tifie SchoolCambridge, Mass., ma
ing what inquiry I could. To n
great surprise I received promptly tl
following reply :
Harvard University,
Lawrence Scientific School.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS., May 22. 1886.
My Dear Sir : Mr. W. L. Waternu
graduated from this school in 186
He was fiom Vacaville, California,
have no further information concern?s
him. I am compiling a record of ot
graduates, and I may find out somethin
of the whereabouts of Mr. W in whic
case 1 will write you. Truly.
W. S. CHAPLIN, Dean.
Not knowing to whom else to writi
? mailed a letter at once to the Pos
master of that distant town. The fo
lowing reply reached me promptly:
.The Vacaville Real Est. Ag'cy,'
A. J. Lyon, G. N Platt,
VACAVILLE, CAL., June 7, 1886.
Rev and Dear Sir : Yours of tb
26tb ult., to Postmaster at Vacavilh
California, to hand yesterday, and wa
handed to me to "work up." I fiu
that Richard Waterman left here i
1864 or '65. Was in the army,
Lieuieuauv, and is now practicing lai
in Chicago. A line to him may pu
you on the right track. After inter
viewing one of the oldest inhabitants
fail to find any one who ever knei
Harrison L. Waterman. Will kee?
this in mind and if any clue comes t
hand will write immediately. In haste
Yours truly, G. N. PLATT.
The return mail bore a letter of in
quiry to Mr. Richard Waterman. Th?
fellowing came to mein reply:
Law Office. Room 15,
94 Washington Street,
CHICAGO, June 28, 1886.
Rev.-,
My Dear Sir : Your favor of the 16tl
is at band, and contents noted. I hav<
been absent from the city for severa
weeks, and only reached home to day
In reply will say, I do not know Lt
Harrison L. Waterman, and fear I can?
not give you any clue to him. I au
Lieut. R Waterman, inte of the Uuioo
army, and lived near Vacaville, Sala
no Co., California in 1861, and gradu?
ated from Harvard Law Sehool, but 1
never have heard of your friend. There
was a Captaiu Waterman living near
Fairfield, Cal. in 1864, that was in the
same county and ten miles from Vaca
nille, aud I am inclined to think he i;
the man or his father, of whom you
speak. I would suggest you write to
E. R. Thurbee, Esq., Vacaville. Cal.,
aod ask him about Harrison L. Water?
man. He may give you a ciue. He
has lived thereabouts 25 years, and is
known and respected far and wide out
there. Yours truly,
R. WATERMAN.
Mr. E. R. Thurbee was written to,
and the following was his reply :
VACAVILLE, Cal., July 3, 1886.
Rev. Dear Sir: Yours under date of
2d July received and contents noted. 1
have lived here nearly 30 years past,
and never heard of Harrison L. Water?
man. The Captain Waterman spoken
of by Richard Waterman I have known
for 30 years. Ile died two years ago
childless. There wat? a man who kept
a IJotei near Fairfield, Solano, Cal.
called "Waterman Hotel." . Who or
where he came from 1 uever knew. A
letter to the Postmaster, Suiten City,
Solano Co , Cal., 1 think will furnish
the information as to who he was
Other than the uame of the Hotel, I
never heard the name in the Northern
part of this County, where. I have lived
?.? long, excepting when Lieut. Richard
Waterman w;is living with me in 1 *SG4
and 1865. Should 1 at. any time hear
it spoken of, I will make inquiries and
report, to you. Hoping your earue>t
search will be rewarded, I lemain.
Tours t.iuly.
E. V? TllUKKKU.
I at. once wrote to the PnMmastrr of
Suisen City, Cal , and having henni so
promptly from ev VJ y one. (execpriug
0;?f?f. Patrie!; McGuire of Police force;
X V City) to whom I had written io
search of my friend Waterman, 1 was :
not prepared for a disappointment in ;
this last instance. But after waiting ?
for weeks and receiving no reply I was ;
forced to give it all up, and came to
thc conclusion that the long entertain-j
ed hope of finding him for KO many '
years was never to bo realised, and the
pleasure of communicating with him ;
was to be denied me. But somehow I
could not subside. After hunting
him for no many years, and I supposed
soutar finding him several times, I,
could not give it up, and I determined
to make one more effort and if then ?
failed, I would cease all efforts to find
him. With this resolve I wroto again
the last week perhaps of July to W. S.
Chaplin the Dean of Cambridge Uni?
versity, that I could not find Harrison
L. Waterman in Vacaville, Cal. or
any one there who knew anything of
him ; but there was a Richard Water?
man who had graduated in law at Cam?
bridge That he was also a Lieut, in
the Union army, and asked if he might
not have made a mistake in giving me
H. L Waterman instead of Richard
Waterman, I feared while writing this
that I might be a bore to the Dean, and
make him conclude that I was proving
myself to be a nuisance. To my letter
I received the following :
SOUTH DARTMOUTH. Mass., Aug. 7, '36.
Reo and Dear Sir : Y ours of July,
23d, has just come. To-day also I re?
ceived a letter from Mr. H. L Water?
man. He was a Lieut, in the 1st N.
York Vol. Eng., and now is Vice
President and Gen. Manager of the
Ottumwa and Kirkville Rail Road Co.,
and Wapello Coal Co. His address is
Ottumwa Iowa. Please consider this
confidential, as Mr. Waterman might
thiuk I was using my information im?
properly. Truly, etc.,
W. C. CHAPLIN.
I flatter myself that those who have
bad the patience to follow me in these
"Recollections," will share with me in
the pleasure that this letter gave me.
Of course the next mail conveyed a let?
ter to him. It was not lengthy, only
a brief outline of some of the main in?
cidents of his visit to my home in Man?
ning. Of course L told him of some
of the efforts I had made to find him and
that thc search had been unremitting
for over twenty years. I told him how
I at last received his address through
the Dean of Cambridge University, but
that he Lad given bis address to me in
confidence, fearing that he might think
I was using the information improperly.
I looked with high hopes for his reply.
He wrote in great kindness, but evi?
dently under restraint and briefly saying
"21 years was a long time to remember
an occurence that to him was only an
incident in that unfortunate struggle.
To you Mr.-it was different, and
whether it was a favor or injury would
not soon be forgotten. I remember
distinctly being in Manning and in
Sumter and in Camden and recall many
occasions on which I was able to ren?
der favors, though only trifles in them?
selves and for which I was entitled to
no special credit as they were simply
acts of humanity. If you are not
mistaken in the person, and it seems
to me you cannot be from all the cir?
cumstances you relate please tell mc
just what occurred there, the time and
all the circumstances connected with
it. I caunot lightly consider so kind
a letter as the one just received from
you. Please tell me how you obtaiued
my address? I remember calling at
some person's house where there were
several ladies and having a pleasant
talk, a od an indistinct recollection
which becomes more and more vivid as
I think upon it, of an occurrence as sug?
gested, or rather related, in your
letter."
I studied this letter before ? replied,
and called up several little incidents,
and tried to tell him miontely of va?
rious circumstances which had occurred
while he was with us. Mailing this
letter. I waited for a reply, hoping
that he would write, and be able readi?
ly to call up all the incidents which
had occurred in our home, and throw
off aH the restraint which he seemed to
be under in this letter received from
him.
Our Minister in Mexico.
A Southern gentleman, familiar with
Minister Manning's habits of conviviali?
ty, gives an interesting accouut of his
methods in this direction :
'Mr. Manning is afflicted with this
sort of thing regularly twice a 3'ear.
It comes upon him irresistibly, and he
prepays systematically to submit to it.
Ile will go to his barber and get a
clean shave, then put on his best
clothes (and he is a connoisseur in sar?
torial matters,) and after that will take
a long, vigorous walk. Ile is a hand?
some, lordly looking man, and on this
preliminary walk you might mistake
him for a member of some royal family
traveling incognito. He then goes to
his room, locks and bars the door, and
at the head of his bed he places a staud
on which he arranges as comprehensive
au assortment of liquors as he can pro?
cure. There will be good old brandy,
Kentucky rve, ab>inthe, sherry for con?
trast, and perhaps claret and a big bowl
of punch. The fine clothes are doffed,
an embroidered night gown put on.
Then, with a good novel in hand. Man?
ning goes to bed and begins on the
puneh. Ile makes no provision for
food, and drinks at one kind of liquor
until it is all gone or his stomach refuses
to take more of it. Then he attacks
something else for a change, and so he
keeps on for four or five d;?ys. Then, j
after a deep sleep, he rises, opeus his j
door, and calls in his physician, under
whose charge he remains for a week or
?nore, as sick a man as yu can imagine,
'hen some fine morning you will see
him out. walking down the street again,
smooth-shaven, erect, well dressed, a
kittff among men. Tin te ave few men
nf greater ability in the diplomatic ser
v it-?; n? dav. hxeej>t on these two semi
?UTI uni obliquities Mantling never
.lr ilks arni he mi^h- hf linked opon as j
a prohibitionist.'-St. L's at's Glube De- j
moeia!
There is said to he but <MIC lawyer in j
heaven. I low ht? managed to pass St. ;
Peter not positively known, but it. is j
conjectured that ile passed himself off ?
for an editor and slipped io unexpeet- ?
ed ly When he was discovered the
startled ail ire Ls searched the realms of
felicity in all their length and breadth
for another lawyer to draw up papers j
for his ejectment, hut they could find
none, of course, and he held the fort.
This notice is found posted up in j
a negro blacksmith's shop: 'Notis. j
- De copartnership theretofore resist-1
ing; betwixt mn and Mose Skinner is ,
hereby resolved. Dem what owe de j
iirin will settle wid me, sx id dem what J
dc firm uwe will settle wid Muse.' '
SCIENCE AND PROGRESS.
A PITCHER SIPHON -COLLAPSED
WATER TOWER IN TEXAS.
Flowers that Bloom In tho Scows-Clean?
lng Powder for Show Windows-Hainan
Footprints lu Stone-A Siphon for a
Sick Koom.
A sim?lo m yoho 1 of constructing a capil?
lary siphon is shown in tho cut. A piece of
wire is doubled and bent into the proper
shape. This serves as a frame wori:, and
around it strips of muslin are wrapped.
Placed m a pitcher as shown, it soon becomes
charged with water, and if time is given, it
PITCHES SIPHON
will empty tho vessel In the treatment of
inflammation of glands, notably of the mam
inillary glands, a cloth is spread over the seat
of inflammation and a slow dripping of water
upon it is maintained. To this end the ar?
rangement just described lends itself admir?
ably, and a slow drip can be maintained by
the hour on any place. An early use of this
application for a period varying from several
hours to one or two days may prevent many
weeks of sickness.-Scientific American.
To Clean Windows.
A good cleaning powder for show windows,
which leaves no dirt in the joints, is prepared
by moistening calcined magnesia with pure
benzine, so that a mass is formed sufficiently
moist to let a drop form when pressed. The
mixture has to be preserved in glass bottles
with ground stoppers, in order to retain the
easily volatile benzine. A little of the mix?
ture is placed on a wad of cotton and applied
to thc glass plate. It may also be used for
cleaning mirrors. Do not use near a fire or
light, as the benzine vapor is very in Mamma
bio and explosive.-Popular Science News.
Footprints in Stone.
Layers of stone containing some of the sup?
posed human footprints lately found near
Lake Managva, in Nicaragua, have been
sent to the Vienna Natural History museum.
The stone is a volcanic tufa, and the im?
pressions are extremely sharp and distinct,
and if genuine footprints, prove the existence
of man in Central America at a very remote i
period.-New York Sun.
Arctic Flowers.
There are 702 kinds of flowers in the Arctic
regions. Fifty of these do not grow any?
where else.
Victoria AVater Tower.
Victoria, Tex., was recently visited by a
cyclone, which damaged the water tower
there, cs shown in the accompanying illustra?
tion. The Scientific American accounts for
the damage as follows: ''Tornado winds blow
at thc rate of from 90 to 100 miles per hour
and exert a force of from forty to sixty
pounds per square foot of area. Tho meaa
VICTORIA WATER TOWER.
area exposed above the w::ter line, all of only
3-16 inch iron, may safely bo taken at 300
square feet, which, at forty pounds per foot,
would amount to 32,000 pounds, or six net
tons' pressure on thc windward side, with no
support on the inside, while the leeward side
was supported in tension by the small partial
vacuum of a leo wind, which is equal to tho
slight vacuum or draught caused by blowing
across au orifice, as is claimed. We are con?
fident that lateral pressure caused the collapse
of the stand pipe."
A Now Sewing Machine.
Mr. Waterstou, of Edinburgh, has just pat?
ented a new sewing machine, of which he
is the inventor. It ison tho rotary shuttle
principle, ar.d he claims that it is tho simplest
yet made for effecting the lock stitch. Tho
novelty lies in a saucer shaped shuttle which
is set up on edge and laid with its fiat side
agahist th? left hand end of tho lower shaft,
while it is held in position: by a'revolving
cup. Tbs axis of the shaft, the shuttle and
tho cup being in line and revolving together,
tho result is an easy motion, far surpassing
tho old reciprocating shuttle.
Steel Barrels for Fisk.
A new method of preparing fresh fish for
transportation to distant markets is being
tried at North sea fishing ports. Thy fish aro
packed iii steel barrels in an antis?;-ic solu?
tion of 3 per cent, horacio and tart:? ic acids
and salt in 'J? per cent, puro water, thG liquid
being forced in under a pressure of sixty
pounds to the square inch. Fresh fish thus
prepared ere now supplied to the London
markets from tho Danish, Scottish and Shet?
land Island fisheries.
A Scalo Made With a Photograph.
It is suggested in The London Field that in
photographing articles, to get working copies
to scale, a clear and distinct three-foot rulo
bo placed on the object and photographed
with it. This wiil give a rrue scale ^ ^.
Winter lied Covering.
An anti-comfortable crusade might well be
started by some woman who loves her kind, j
and who knows, like tho writer, what instru?
ments of disease and death they may become.
Even a dirty blanket is far more tolerable
than a dirty comfortable, for blankets aro
porous and allow the air to penetrate. Every
wearer of woolen cloth, in whatever form,
knows that tho loosely woven fabrics are the
warmest, this arising from tho fact that air
is held in the meshes and becomes a medium
of warmth. One blanket of pure wool, no
matter how coarse its qualit}', has more
warmth producing i?ower than a four pound j
comfortable; yet, because- thc feeling of weight j
is lacking, there is iimnediate outcry that it i
is cold. Two blankets and a light comfort- j
able will furnish a bed amply, and the lessened ?
weight will mean quieter sleep of a far more j
refreshing quality than any io oe had under j
ten or twelve pounds of cotton, ?lankeiseun |
Le washed v? s*?&4 vicuna J, and ii C*M1W?4S
beds ore in question, soft gray or blue blan?
kets may well replace white, which is soiled
in a week ot' such experiments as most chil?
dren indulge in with the bed clothes, which
are often tents by day as well as covering
by night.-Helen Campbell in Deinoresf'a
Monthly.
YOUNG FOLKS' COLUMN.
HOW THE BAMBERRY BOYS TRAPPED
SHEEP KILLING DOGS.
Johnny Klee's Market Garden-A Per
Full of Mee, Gentle, Honest Do^g,
"Whose Owners Were Astonished as Well
as Ashamed.
Mr. J. T. Trowbridge tells in the last 6t
Nicholas a good story, which he says i3 true,
about how some clever boys caught a lot of
sheep killing dogs.
The boys made a good deal of money oat
of their Cock, and ic was a source of great
pleasure to them besides. But the third year
the dogs got to killing their sheep. They
knew it must be their neighbors' dogs, but
when they mentioned the subject to dog
owners, every man was up in arms ot once.
His dog was just the nicest, sweetest, honestest
creature in the world. He'd no more kill a
sheep than he'd fly.
THE DOG snoyr.
So they got no satisfaction. At length the
brutes one night jumped over the bars into
their sheep pen, and tore the throats and
killed some of the most valuable of their
flock. This was too much. Tho boys; almost
shed tears at sight of the pretty, mangled
lambs lying dead.
At length one of them said: "Boys, weU
fix 'em."
There is something strange about the way
dogs attack flocks. A sheep killing raga
seems to possess them, just as if they were
dog crazy. While the spell lasts, they gt>
about a neighborhood in packs, like wolves,
and fall on one flock after another, seizing the
defenseless sheep, throwing them down, tear?
ing open their throats, and sacking their
blood. A dog is only a civilised wolf any?
how. ; nV_
SHEEPISH DOGS.
"Boys, well fix'em," said one of the Bani*
berry brothers.
During the day they built the sheep pen
much higher, so that no dog could jump oat
of it Then they made a slanting bridge on
the outside, so that a dog could walk np ?
and jump over into the sheep pen. But nb
dog alive could jump up that wall to get om>
again, and the rails were so close together
that even a pup could not crawl through.
They put their live sheep into a close shed and
left the dead ones lying in the old pen. The
trap was just the kind that the pioneer fann?
ers used to set to capture wolves.
In the morning, as truly as the worlJ, there
were twenty-three dogs in the pen. Some ot
them were very aristocratic, blooded dogs,
belonging to the wealthiest people of the
neighborhood. These high-toned dogs looked
as slinking and ashamed as possible. Their
owners looked no less so when they came to
elana their pets. You see them leading the
guilty animals away, the very fellows they
had declared to be so good and honest. The
Bamberry boys charged every owner $5 be?
fore he got his dog, and thus they received
money enough to pay damages. Some of
tho beasts never were claimed and these were
shot All day people around about came to
look at the dog show and everybody who
didnt have a dog in it had a good long
laugh. It was a sight to see.
Johnny Rice's Garden.
Johnny Rice rented a garden of his father,
Mr. Waldo F. Brown writes, and raised veg?
etables on it They had a regular article of
agreement such as Mr. Bice wrote out for bit
farm men-Jolmny wrote it himself, and lt
was as follows;
uMr. Bice hereby agrees to rent to Johnny
one-half acre of laud in the southeast corner
of the north field, for ?5, for one year from
the 1st of January next, and to allow him to
have all the manure he wants to use on it at
50 cents a load, and to furnish a team to plow
it and a horse to cultivate it And Johnny
Rice on bis part agrees to plant the said h*Tf
acre in an assortment of garden vegetables,
and to cultivate it thoroughly, and to allow
Mr. Rice the privilege of buying all that is
grown-or that he needs iii the family-any
surplus to be sold, and the proceelc, after the
rent and manure bill is paid, to belong> to
Jolmny. The following prices are to be
allowed Johnny for tho products of the
garden. Lettuce, radishes, spinach and beets,
5 cents each for each meal at which they are
on the table, snap beans and butter beans 7>?
cents. Sweet corn before July 20,10 cents a
dozen, from July 20, to Oct 1,5 cents a dozen,
after Oct. 1, S cents. Potatoes, tomatoes and
onions market price. Cucumbers for slicing?
1 cent each, for pickles 25 cents per hun?
dred. Peas, 10 cents per half peck; cabbage,
3 to 5 cents each. Any other, products not
named are to be paid for at the rate of 5
cents for each time they are used on the
table,"
Johnny worked faithfully all spring and
summer. He bought many loads of manure,
and asked adrice from a vegetable gardener
in tho neighborhood. Bright and early be
was up even- morning, full of life and enthu?
siasm. His garden, as it deserved to be, waa
a great success. He furnished the family
with vegetables, all they required; delicious
vegetables, too. He paid for the fertilizers
he bought and for some extra work he hired,
and sold enough oif thc garden besides to have
a handsome sum left It was $23.05? Johnny
felt like a millionaire with so much money.
Ho spent all he wanted to cn the Fourth of
July, at the fair and every where else. He
bought himself some garden tools, some books?
and subscribed for a paper or two, and stSl
had enough left for pocket money all water
and to buy some garden seeds and plants the
next spring. Johnny is now a prosper?os
market gardener. His experience, with his
first gard?n made him healthy,, manly and in?
dependent. Above all, it gave bim industri?os
habits, which were- worth more to bim than %
gold mine when he became a man.
Easy Way to Smoke Meat
Meats for the consumption of a small
family can bo smoked by suspending tho
hams from bars, laid across a large barrel,
open at Loth ends, set over a smoldering
fire. Cora cobs make a good smoke, and bay
leaves and juniper berries burned with them
givo the meat a slightly aromatic flavor.
Cover the barrel while the smoking is go?
ing on. _
Doc-tor S. C. F m recommends the appli?
cation of castor oil to warts once a day. The
application must be continued for from two
3?x months. _> --?- -- - ?? -