The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 01, 1893, Image 4
Love i? ac t Free?
Leve is net free to take, like ann and air,
Nor giren away for naught to any one.
It rs no common right for men to share
Like all things precious it is sought and
won.
SJ if another is more loved than you.
Say not, "It is unjust but say : "If she
Has earned more love than I it is her due;
When I deserve more it will come to me."
"But if your longing be for love indeed,
I'll teach you how to win it-a sure way ;
Love and be lovely, that is all you need,
And what you wish for will be yours some
day.
-[Susan Coolidge, in Household Com?
panion.
IP THE DEPOSIT.
fn one of the great merchant cities
of Southern Germany dwelt thc Lady (
Ida, fatherless and motherless daugh?
ter of the highly revered Burgomaster
Trot ten heit?. Beautitul, rich, her
own indulgent duenna, she could
- not want for adorers, conspicuous
among whom were three youths un?
equally endowed wUh tho gifts of for?
tune There could bc no questioa ot
the wealth of Wait or, son of the most
opulent jeweller of tho city; or of thc
poverty of Alexis, who seemed to pos?
sess nothing but the paper on which
ho was continually inscribing a new
draft of his oue sonuct, never to be
finished in this world.
But of Adelbert's property men
only surmised that it was risked in
adventurous speculations, and t hat his
. fortune alternately soared aud flagged
like & pitching kite, Perhaps, how?
ever, those who kuew most would j
have marvelled least at the expression
of absolute despair which darkened
Ida* countenance as oue day he crept
into a sombre thicket of yew, a pistol
ia his hand.
<*It is over!" he cried. "She has
flouted me to my face! Adieu to the
- last hope of repairing my losses, ap?
peasing my creditors, and withdraw?
ing that fearful deposit ere the day of
reckoning, now so near at hand! I
should die of shame then ; better die
of shot now r
And he pressed (he muzzle of his
pistol to ins temple. Ile was in dire
earnest-another moment would have
been his last-when the pistol was
wrenched from his hand, and a well
known voice exclaimed :
?.Hold! or at least declare first, for
the information and, it may be, the j
con&oiatiou of thy friend, whether Ida
has rejected thee.*'
"She has not, Waiter," returned
Adelbert -?Not the pang of unre?
quited love, but the goad of accusing
?conscience, chases, me from this ter.
raque?os world. Hearken, Walter I
it imports thee to know, for thy in?
heritance will be curtailed by my im?
probity. Trusting in the honor of
his old friend*? son, thy father lias
advanced me 50,000 ducats upon the
security of a sealed packet, whose con?
tents I have fabled to be family
jewels, mysteriously intrusted to me.
Oh, Walter, Walter, the swcepitigs pf
the streets were precious in compari?
son. Now zo and denounce me to
thy father-go and betray me to
?da."
"I am a gentleman," said Walter,
stiffly, and walked away, carrying
the pistol with him. The wretched
Adelbert remained the prey of tortur?
ing thought? until a dismal ?ouud
.tr rk upon his ear. and he fled pre
eip* iteiy as Aexis entered the grove
reciting the latest version of his sou- ] *
net.
'When Walter, OH his part, bad quit?
ted the ?pot, lie was tingling all over
with the glow of a magnanimous ac?
tio?, or at least profession, which in j I
its effect on the in uer man is much the
?ame tiling.* He had not, however,
proceeded far ere he encountered a
black and a white personage, neither j (
tf ,whom, indeed, had quitted him j j
during his interview with Adelbert, j \
or any of us ut any period, but of j A
whose presence he then became dis- j
tinctly conscious. The black spirit i <
thought that 50,000 ducats was a great ' (
deal of money, to which bis white ! ]
comrade assented, but added that hon- j ^
or was perfectly inestimable. j {
The black spirit had much to say ! \
about Adelbert's iniquity, and thc 1 ?
white abont its r?tribution. The ques- \ \
lion of Walter's duty to society wa? '. i
fully considered from opposite points I
9? view; and then thc black spirit in- j
troduccd the Lady Ida, aad, by de- ?
pictiog lier in the character of Adel- i i
bert's bride, removed the debate from | <
the ?ealm of ratiocination to the re- i
gion of sensuous ncroepiion, where I <
the white spirit was at singular disad- j
vantage. j j
And as thc arguments of thc black j i
gentleman and people of his feen arc j
invariably found to gain in weight the j
longer oue is willing to listen to them. 1 y
thou wilt not marvel, judicious reader, j
to meet Waiter next morning in Ida's i ;
aaloou, making a clean breast of Adel- ! t
bert's breach of honor, but silent as to ! <
I
his own. ; (
Ida, however, -?OOU made him con- j <
fess that his knowledge ot" the secret j j
was derived from Adlcbert himself,
and intimated very plainly tint she
considered hi? the meaner action of i
the two. j 1
'.Ob, Lady," pleaded the iinpas- j (
sicned Walter, "allowest thou nothing j
for the overwhelming might of self- j i
forgetting love? Wouldst thou have { 1
thy ?lave sit stupidly beholding thy j i
innocence entangled iu the wiles of a : i
?windier, in blind allegiance to con- J :
veutious-nay.evcu tosauctions othei- j
wise imperativer* Not of such clay i* i
thy Waiter fashioned. Show him the : i
iaw that restrains, thc obligation that ! i
debars him from seeking thy weal j 1
through evil report and good report, i j
and bc wi:i rend that tsw and spurn j
that obligation as he shatters tht* ves?
sel .mi trample* upon ihi* qua dru-! i
ped.v <
Ida's va?e oi flowers lay shivered j i
upon the floor, and her little do? i
writhed and howled beucath Walter's
sapes incumbent boot. He was evi?
dently beside himself, and Ida could
only recompose him by commanding
j him to depart her presence, and never
return unless he brought the false
packet with him.
"To what end, Lady? When it has j
been opened in court the cheat will be j
manifest to thee and to thc world."
"And how know 1 that it may uot
have been tampered with meanwhile?
Produce it tomorrow, or see my face
no more."
Walter meekly represented that the
deposit was not ia his custody, an
argument manifestly devoid of weight.
Ue promised obedience and departed.
On his way home he had much com?
munication with hts black companion,
and ere tho prescribed time this ex?
cellent young man had possessed him- j
self of thc jacket by means of a false j
key.
He hurried to Ida with his prize,
and placed it in her hands. She
wavered him back while she broke
the seals. To his amazement,the first
indication of her sentiments was a fit
of laughter, but her expression be?
came tragic tvhcu she had satisfied
herself that the contents were iudeed
but paper. Shs turned fiercely upon
Waiter,who found it advisable to quit
her presence with expedition. "How
awfully fond she must be of him."
ue soliloquized.
"Would 1 had known it ere I satis?
fied my finest feelings for her sake! j
Aud yet what a scrape I have got in- |
io I The packet is in her hands-was, I
ihat is lo say, five minutes ago; for |
by this time it is probably in the fire.
What will become of my father when ?
it cannot bo produced? And, more i
especially, what wiii become of me? |
Wretched Walter! lucky Adelbert ! un
grateful Ida
"Make a counterfeit," advised the j
black spirit.
'.Confess everything," recommend- j
ed the white. ! ;
"I am snre I can'?," replied Walter
to the latter sngrgestioa ; aud "I don't i
I
think I eau" was his response to the j
first. He w.19, nevertheless, revolving !
a scheme for tho acquisition of Adel- j ]
ben's seal, when a knock came to his
chamber door.
''Enter," he cried, and one of Ida's j
domestics presented the packet, with !
the seals so cunningly restored as to j ;
leave no trace of opening, along with !
%, billet from his mistress. Walter j
read: ! .
"Forgive my impetuosity. Itt my j
agitation I did not stay to gauge the ,
intensity of thy affection by the enor- ,
caity of thy turpitude. Whensoever
tho conleuts of the packet are publicly ?
2vincod mere paper, account me ,
thine. " :
Walter heaved a sigh of speechless .
ioy, and hastened to replace the pack- j <
st in his father's coffer. At thc seme j
moment Adelbert, alone in his diam- ,
ber, was holding a phial of poison to
?oe lamp, whose rays lent a baleful
rimer to the adder-hued fluid. An ,
?rnpty globiet gaped for thc deadly ,
,K>tiott. Adelbert's fingers dallied }
nrilh lue cork, when a hand smote f
ipon the door wii^out, and he hastily <
.hrast the phial into a draw.
"Pardon Hie iutrusiou," said Alex- j
s, entering, "but thou mayest proba- j
j'.y wish to hear my sonnet, which is ?
io w co mp ie'ed io my satisfaction, t
excepting thirteen lines. Moreover,
he Lady Ida has intrusted me with a
etter to thee." j
Adelbert eagerly broke the seal.
I'lie missive contained nothing save !
i delineation of an auchor, the em?
jleni of hope. "Does she, can she
;uow?" kte speculated. "Is she a
tfitcb, or is Walter a traitor? How
jeit, the phial may rest where it is?"
The great day had arrived. Thc j j
;onrt was thronged with merchants j (
iud lawyers. The parties concerned j
?vere present with their uotaries- | 1
Adelbert pale as death. Walters J (
Lather flushed and fidgety. Waiter ? /
lardouicaiiy calm. A magistrate read j j
lie formal notice that, the pledge not i i
?
ming been redeemed, thc packet was ? ^
jow to be opened and its contents j (
nade over to Walter's father, subject j j
o three days' grace of redemption, j t
Adelbert's heart might have been j
leard to beat all over the court but:
for the buzz of excited whispering. : r
Trembling with eagerness, thc old j {
eweller broke ?he seals and cut thc j (
nlkcn strings, and held up a mass of
lapcr, scored with blotted and erased ?
mareeter*. t
"A'cxis' sonnet, by all that's bHtel"' ^
uied Walter.
"I* this all. wretch?" sboued his
,4.
Valuer to Adelbert. "Wretch, 1 say, s
s this all ? ' j j
Adelbert made no reply. j
??Ida has mocked nie," he thought, j
ivith inexpressible bitterness. al
"Villain, you ?hail 3wing for this! " j
hundered the old man as he dashed \
he papers on to the table. A i itig as ? ^
>f metal smote upon every car, and ! .
>nc of the fifty outstretched hands !
jrasped and held up a brilliant ob? i ,
cet, flashing and sparkling in the j
sunshine that streamed tin- ugh the j
;onrt windows.
"Heavens!" exclaimed the aged j .
apidary, "these are the family je wei* j
>f the house of Tiotienheini! ?*
"Which," said a clear voice iu the
.emote part of the court, "I lent to
1 I t,
ierr Adelbert that he might un pledge
hem for the sum he needed, and
?vhich my lawyer wili now redeem for j
he same with a deed of interest" I ,
"Lade!" shrieked Waiter, "how
! o
ons: have these gean-" but his
father cheeked him augriiv. Ida bm- :
.jed blushing from the court amt c
Walter sank back murmuring, "Aw. !
fully fond of bim."' j
The word was taken up ou ali sides. \
md as tue stunned and slowly reviv- j c
>v? Adelbert found himself Surround- i
id with old and new friend? coasrniiu- .
uling hint upon his triumph and the ; Q
lear prospect o? a weal th y m? devoted ; li
bride, be could not but repeat to him?
self, "How she must lore me!''
Ile escaped as soou as he could and
hastened to Ida. ile fell at her feet
and thauked her for his life and honor.
Then he urged her to wed him.
*-Not for the universe, Adelbert/'J
answered Ida, very sweetly.
The discomfited suitor could only
stammer, "Wherefore?"
?'Because compassion is not ii ecos
i
Bardy love; because I may have de?
sired to humble, even more than lo
help thee; because Walter would uu
doubtedly hang himself; lastly, and
this, indeed, is I he principal and mott,
conclusive reason, because I have becij
these three wcoks privately married to
Alexis."'-[Illustrated News of the
World.
Thc Yankees of South America.
"The Chilians are the Yaukces of
Sottth AmericV said Victor P. Hart.
tlThey are alert, progressive, ingeni?
ous, and give the almighty dollar as
hot a chase as any people on earth.
The women ure remarkably beautiful,
and thc men as fine a lot of fellows as
eau bc found on the cari!?. They arc,
for the most pait. tall, broad-should?
ered, supple as Hindoos and brave as
lion?, it is peculiarly fortunate that
thc United States did noi nccomc em?
broiled in a war with Chili. Of
course, such a contest could have but
one result, but it would not have been
the walkover thc people ot this coun?
try supposed. The Chilians are not
only a brave and warlike people, but
their mountainous country affords
every advantage for defence, It is
full of Thermoplyeeu pusses, where a
handful of men could hold a mighty
army at bay. It oilers abundant sites
for fortifications as impregnable as
Gibraltar and Quebec.
"All this talk about the Chiliaus
disliking (he American people is the
veriest nonsense They regard the
United States as (he grandest country
and the Americans as the greatest
people on earth. Wc should cultivate
thc Chilian*. Tiiey arc :i deserving
people, and the glory of Sou-h Amer?
ica depends chiefly upou them."-[St.
Louis-Giobe Democrat.
The Salmon Berry,
In the northwestern portion of thc
Pacific Stales is a very beau ifni fruit
of the Buhns family, which is not a
blackberry or raspberry, bu; inter?
mediate bel ween them. Thc general
appearance of (he bush, and of thc
whole plant.is that of a raspberry ; but
die berry is not thimble-like, as in thc
raspberry when detached from the
>lem, but come* oil in thc same man?
ner as the blackberry, lt is known by
thc visitors to that region as the
Salmon berry. The berries vary from
i light amber to a reddish tint, and
hey are collected and sold by thc In
Hans to any chance visitors who come j
dong. The fruit, however, is not i
particularly delicious; but in the
ibsencc of better fruit, is considered
i luxury by those who cati get them.
S'o otic has ever placed ou record any
easou why the fruit was named the
salmon berry; but Miss Grace E.
dooley of Wellesley College, Mass.,
ivho has been giving an account of a
jrief trip (o Alaska last year in the 1
Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club,
states that thc berries are gathered in
he summer for winter usc bv bciiifi
reserved in salmon oil; and hence
;omes thc Salmon berry.-[New Y'ork 1
independent.
Old-Time Carrier Pigeons? 1
There is nothing new under the sun, 1
lot even military pigeon posts. An
?ld account of a voyage made in the
kast, that of Labrogniere, our Paris 1
:orrespondcnt says, is soon to be pub? 1
i a beti. M. Lett fur, who edits ii, con- 1
ri bu les a preface, in vihich ?ic says
ha:, in thc lSib century these birds 1
vere used in Syria and in Egypt for
he rapid transmission of news. The j
Jrtlipiis mad*: ihc pigeon post a regu* j ''
ar institution in the Nile delta* j '
Ac?lemeles had a department at Cairo j 1
:or thc registration of thc gencaiogic* j '
>f pigeon?. Hour Eddin, in 1109, j 1
nade a pigeon-postcode, and ordained J ?
hat thc cenital o?hcc was to bc in (he ? J
? l
?lade! of Cairo. Tall towers and I
ugcoii-houses were built along the >
outc of his whole empires and to its j 1
ttinost extremities. Thc towers were i :
o serve to enable the pigeons lo ! '
ccomioitre from cages the neighbor- ! 1
>ig country and tho pigeon-houses for '
^reeding. Penalties were imposed ;
or killing a pigeon and prices were
ct on the heads of birds of prey !
ikciy to molest them. There were j
ix pigeon-posts between Cairo and j
>amascns and ten between tho latter ? 1
ity and Beimcssa. - [London News. j 1
The Maw of Pari?. i 1
There is no city m the world that j
:ccp3 such accurate records of thc j
utry ot* food and fuel supplie-? within j
ls borders as Paris. Tins is due to !
he fact that a high import duly is ;
jvicd on almos! everv article of do- '
i
?leslie use which is brought to this j
itv. During 1891 thc total atnouut !
?
f coal consumed in Pari-* was li,270,
00 gross lons, of which 1,012,000 |
ross toas were broifglit to the city by j
iver and canal: 1.707.000 gross (ons j
*ere of Fren uh origin, (UT,700 gross i c
ons came from Belgium, 418.500 j \
rom England, and 129,900 from Ger- ? 1
7 i
nany. Thc small amount of charcoal j
sedas luci io Paris will bring the j 1
ota I consumption of fuel to three and | \
uc-half mi 1 i Iou gross tons. The ; 1
early constttnption of coal in Loudon ;
\ twelve million ton-. - [Boston Tran- j L
Cli|??. j -
AH Settled.
Li', i lc dominic--I goes* *is ha? ac- ?
epted Al .. V(".\ comer. j -
Little Stslei - Why ir ! ,
Little Johnnie-He ha>n*t given me j ?
ny candy for a week, and yesterday 1 r
e* nicked the doir.- fGood News. 1 I
THE PEANUT TRADE.
An Interesting Chapter on a
Great American Delicacy.
The Peanut's Adaptability to
Many Useful Purposes.
The nows that there is a shortage Sn
tne peanut crop is likely to agitate a
great many persons in Gotham, where
the habit of eating peanuts is more
general in certain districts than in Sun
Francisco, Chicago or S;. Louis,which
are the three foremost rivals to the
metropolis in the consumption of thc j
leguminous nut. Thc peanut caters
of the great cities atc provided for
chiefly by the crop yielded by the pea?
nut farms of Virginia and North Car?
olina. This crop, it is announced, has
this year falicnhhort of 40,00,000 bush- j
els, and there is a consequent advance
in the wholesale price. Thc quoted
market rate is now five cents a pound,
but the numerous Italian Counts who
are interested in thc retail trade still
adhere lo last year's rate of ten cents j
a quart, and arc therefore entitled to j
and will doubtless receive the gratitude
of Gotham's peauut eate!*, par ti cu- j
larly on the Bowery, where a supply j
of peanuts has from time immemorial !
been part of the theatre outfit of the j
humble and enthusiastic patrons of
the drama.
In times gone by certain residents of j
the metropolis, suffering from lack of j
knowledge of the great American pea- I
nut, have affected to despise it, and to i
scoru the taste of those who chose it j
as a delicacy. But it is worth no th- j
ing that the peanut has risen superior j
to this mistaken prejudice and has j
forced the respect of many who j
thought contemptuously of it by be- j
coming an object of art as it were, j
Every New Yorker accustomed to usc j
his eyes around holiday times has seen
thc proof of this in novel ornaments j
that have appeared in thc shop win- |
dows. With a paint brush skilfully j
handled, and bits of bright j
colored cloths or silks, artists j
have been able to metamorphose ?
thc peauut into an object that unites I
humor with an inherent beauty of as- \
peet that is remarkable. Peauut dolls ;
and other things have now a recog- ?
nizeil market value as curio', and it is ;
a fact to the eternal honor of the low- !
ly nut that artists of local renown j
have uot thought it derogatory to their
art to busy themselves in the absorb- j
ing pastime of peanut decoration, j
Peanut dolls are found adorning man- j
tels in many studios, and elaborate I
art works, in which the peanut has ?
played the most important part, arc j
exhibited in costly gold frames.
Those who think slightingly of the j
peanut forget its adaptability to many I
useful commercial purposes. The-nut i
has long been valued for its oil. Thc ?
seed contains a fluid that is an excel- j
lent substitute for, aud is often sold j
as olive oil. By heating the seeds be* j
fore pressing them another sort of oil j
is secured that is useful in the making
of soap. The seeds themselves have |
also been used in making certain !
kinds of chocolate. Those who would j
speak contemptuously of the peanut
are undoubtedly ignorant of thc fact !
that the vine that bears the aet is in if- j
self au interesting curio itt Northern |
climes, quite as much, indeed, as the :
cotton bud and branch. If the dried ?
vine be varnished and painted and the
uut gilded, a parlor ornament is j
obtained that is sure lo atl-act thc in. !
terested interest of the owner's visi- j
tors.
These decorated vines are so seldom j
seen in New York that they may bc .
classed as veritable curiosities. The j
mere method of growth of the v.nc I
has always been an interesting study j
to botauisis, anti especially to those j
who have acquired a liking for that !
fascinating science. Thc vine grows
fc peculiar pod, which, af.er the vine
iias dowered, is gradually forced down
into the ground by a curious propul?
sion of the vine slock. Once safely
under ground ibo pod enlarges and
I row s a thick, netted shel": over thc j
fruit. No other plant has this singu- j
?ar method of developing its fruit.
Added to its many other uses ih<
peanut ha* of late revealed a property
isa preventive of intoxication that
??as won for it the respe -: of those
iv ho are accustomed to dally with thc
lowing bowl. A- a turnip will ab-j
?orb waler, so ths fruit of thc peanut
?as a comprehensive faculty for ab?
sorbing alcohol, and preventing ii
t?o;n demoralizing thc nerves of ihc !
stomach and upsetting inc thinking
uachluc. lt is ostini Ued. for exam-j
)lc, that it a mau drinks a quart of ,
;ltAiupague and eats ;i pint of peanuts,
iie peanuts will overcome the i nebr i.
ding quality of thc wine without cur
ailing its .exhilaratingeffect*. At ten
;enls a quart the population o? ?his
?itv are getting something which, con- j
lidercd as a luxury, is well worth the
uoncy,- [New York Sun.
The Great Wall of China.
The scenery from the Croat Wall is !
rcry fine. 'lite wails is here a di- .
'idiug line let ween thc high, rugged j
jilla of China, which tower above u> :
ni t!?; one hand, and the great sandy ?
??ailis of Mongolia on the other, with I
lim mountain-summit's beyond in the ; ,
"JV distance. Over these barren, :
ocky spurs and acclivities, ascending
o ther very summit?, wi ding about ;
II irregular eu wes and zigzags, bs ,
ci ried battlements clear-cut against ,
9 : ]
hu ?ky on the topmost ;idge?, des- ;
ending into dark gullies to appear
gain ribing on the oilier side, the ,
?die?s> line of massive sion?; and
?rick runs on and cu mir los? io ? ,
ight behind the farthesi range. And ?
0 it goes tor miics au 1 milos, ?as'. ,
raid to the IWiili Gulf, and ww'. .
i i
ir?rd. mos ly i ti ? wo great, rambling j .
mes, along the border of the Co vi I?
Desert ami Kansu, until it ends onion?
the foot-hills of liieXail Shan range
However we may regard it, whet he
as a grand conception for the defend
of an empire, as au engineering fem
or merely as a result of the persisten
application of human !abor,ii is a stu
pendons work. Xo achievement o J
(he present tune coin pures with it ii
magnitude.
Bul it has outlived its usefulness
Thc powerful Tartar and Mongo
hordes, whose sudden raids and inva
sions it was built to resist, are u<
more to bc feared. Thc great Genghh
and Kubla: could not lead their pcoph
Lo gory conquest now as they did cen?
turies ago. Tito Chinese civillzutioi
bas endured, while the once conquer?
ing Mongol?, thc people who in theil
brightest days established an cmpin
from thc Black Seato the China coast,
and a court at Peking of such luxury
and splendor as Marco Polo described,
are now doomed lo pass away, leaving
nothing behind them bul thc tradi?
tions, and records, and ruins of ?
brilliant past. Thc wail stands as ?
sharp iinc of division between tlie
tribes cf the north and the Chinese.
The latter, though repeatedly sub I ned
and forced lo bear a foreign yoke,
have shown an irrepressible vitality te
rise like a phoenix, and to reassert
their supremacy and thc superiority ol
their civilization. - [Century.
-. m> .
Chinese Notions of Color.
The philosophy of Chinese house
painting is truly curious though per?
haps the interest which attaches to
this subject lies more in thc restric?
tions imposed upon the man with po?
and brush than in thc free exercise of
a decorative art. For among these
Celestial? arl is eminently utilitarian.
We enjoy our colors: the Chinese put
theirs to work. More, in house-paint?
ing, green and red are, so to speak,
de rigueur; other colors would be un?
propitious, unlucky, ill-omened. And
even if the average Chinaman (bal*
ancing himself as best he can upon
thc superstitions and practices of
ages) is ignorant of thc precise
grounds of ??is belief, he adheres noue
the less rigidly to thc canon. As
Pythagoras taught that music was the
first cause of the universe, so the
Chinese have pained their faith to the
absolute efficacy of color, oudowiug it
with powers quite beyond thc laws of
chemistry or physic?. Indeed, poor
John may be said lo live and die by
the color seale.
No color, not even imperial yellow,
lies so near the heart of the Chinese as
red. True, they do not, as did the
Hebrews, smear thc blood of the lin?
tel, but they have a custom of much
the same import. Any one even su?
perficially interested in (lus curious
people must have noticed the iii tie
pieces of red paper-red peach paper
it is called by the Chinese-which,
covered all over with characters, are
attached lo the door-posts of (heir
dwellings. Thc impression is general
that these bits of paper in some way
indicate the business or employment
of the occupant. But Ah Sin him?
self will tell you that they are "just
lucky."'
This is as satisfactory a reply as
could bc expected from him under the
circumstances; (he mystery of life is
not easily expressed lu a couple of
words. But why red peach paper r*
[Harper's Magazine.
The Small and the Great?
Une night a mau took a little taper
otu of a drawer and iii it, and began
to ascend a long? winding stair.
"Where are yon going?-' said the
taper. "Away high up;" said (he
man, ;-higher than the lop of the
h<?usc where we sleep,'? "And what
aro you going to do there?'' said the
little taper. "I am going to show (he
ships out at sea where thc harbor is/'
said tlie man. "For We stand herc at
thc entrance to a harbor and some ship
far out on the stormy sea may be
looking for our light even now."
"Alas! no ship could ever see my
light,*' said the lillie taper, "lt is so
very small." "If your light is small."
said the man, "keep it burning bright
and ?cave ? lie rest to me."
Weli, when the man got up to thc
Lop of the lighthouse-for this was a
Sight house they wen; in-he look ihc
little taper and with ic he lighted the
great lamps that stood ready there
with their polUhetl reil-ctors behind
them. And soon they were burning
steadily and clear, throwing a great,
strong beato of light across the sea.
By this lime thc i?ghtbou;e man had
blown ont the ?iiile taper and laid it
a.-ide. l>tti it had done its work.
Though its own light had been so
small, ii had been (he means ot kind?
ling the great lights in thc top of thc
lighthouse, and these were now shin?
ing brightly over liic sea, to that ships :
far oat knew b\ it where they were,
and were guided safely into the har?
bor.- [Xcw York Voice.
A Philological Fancy.
li is surprising l:<>;\- many people
ucl ive that thc entire body of a man
is renewed every seven yeats exactly.
This used io bc taught in books and,
al;hough not orthodox now, is still ac
eeptcd as gospel by many. To show
its inaccuracy one has only to hit a
nail on hi- linger hard euougn, for in
that case the injured object will come
idl' and be replaced by au entirely
new nail. If this process occupied
seven years such au accident would
he a very tiresome afluir: hut as any
mechanic will tell yon, ii oniy occu?
pier a very few week-'. The growth
ii mote rapid in summer than winier,
out never taking more than tout
months. sJ far as thc uniis are cou
erued. then. Ibo renewal process is !
repeated iibuul twenty-one times dur- !
mg-tim regulation seven years, and
lie theory i> (hus destroyed, even if
io otl.et pr>ofs of ii? falsity v.ere
forthcoming. - [?Si. Louts Globc-Dc?)?. .'
?ern t. j
1
THE PARIS BOURSE.]
- i
Pandemonium Truly Reigns iii j
France's Big Exchange.
French Brokers Like Bears in j
a Pit, Seen Besffrom Above,
The great financial institution of
France is the Paris bourse, lt is to j
that country what the stock exchange j
; of New York and the board of trade
j of this city arc to America. The build
: iug is well known to people who have
? visited Paris, l t is a twin brother in
; architectural 6tyle to the Church of
j the Madeline, which resembles all the
] Roman temples copied from the Greek
j of thc Corinthian order. It is useless
I to give a detailed description of this
I edifice. Tiic god that they venerate
j there is called Plutus, and they still
! worship him. The orisons of his
! faithful devotees are ca'culated to in
; duce absolute amazement on the part
; of thc uninitiated, one who after hav
! ing passed the sp?culatrices in the
i garden risks himself for tho first time
j in thc interior of this noisy quadrila
; tcral.
j The deafening noise which strikes
i his ears, the incessant movement
i which tires his eyes, the dust which
j obstructs his breathing, thc cominued
elbowing which compromises his equi?
j librium, thc cigar smoke which fills
j his nostrils, the incomprehensible
! shouts which 6hock his hearing, all j
i contribute to plunge him into a pain- j
j ful state with premonitory symptoms
! of giddiness something akiu to sea
! sickness. For thc novice entering for
j the first time thc Paris bourse is j
! whirled about by the most infernal
eddy that even an old sailor could im- i
agine. Elsewhere the business man j
who shouts loudly to one of his coi- j
leagues feels obliged to excuse himself j
by a word or polite gesture.
Here thc code of manners requires j
no such an apology. One apologizes i
for nothing, not even for treading i
upon another's toes. They elbow,
they jostle, they push aside with the j
bawl, thc shoulder, thc back; they I
force a passage as they can, cost what j
it may. aud if, perchance, some one !
protests, they pretend not to hear. It j
is a fight for thc quotations, and the !
most persistent and muscular is likely
to come out best.
Thc members of the bourse, like
the bears in the Jardin d'Acclimata?
tion, arc best seen from above.
Noticed from the balcony, the bourse
habitue is interesting to study. If j,
one has thc imprudence to descend !
into the pit where he frolics he can i
i ?
become dangerons, but from tuc bal?
cony, with an opera glass, one can
gaze with impunity upon the infinite ?
variety of speculators of all sorts and !
sizes, who for few or many years j
have been wont to seek their daily j
bread in the midst of this tumult, j ,
There is one who has not lost a single
day for 40 years. ,
The bourse was established iu 1794. ,
The present building dates from 1826. *
It is poorly adapted for an exchange. .
The hall is surrounded with arcades
and galleries, it is badly ventilated, 1
and is dark and damp itt winter. The
corbeille, or "busker," is a circular j ?
space surrounded with a velvet-covered }
raiiiug. Around this stand the li- ?
censed brokers, culled agents de ,
change. ,
The co a lissier is an unlicensed bro?
ker, bul he does the game kind of
business as the agents dc change at
half the commission. Governmental
securities, however, must bc trans?
ferred bv official brokers, who maur
rears ago found that tho cottiissier ! '
' I <
was a means of bringing business to
their shop and so tolerate him. There j
are sixty official brokers appointed by !
the government nuder bonds of $50,- j
OOO each. Every broker on appoint- j
meut pays into the treasury of the !
Brokers' association^ as a membership !
fee, $24,000. The agent dc change 1
can, however, at any time transfer his ? ?
membership if iL is approved by the j 1
government and tue association. A I *
membership is really worth ?400,000, |{
so he puts up but a small proportion <
of its value. *
-Margins are supposed to be required 1 (
before executing an order, but in j 1
reality the big operators never deposit i '
any security. When a crash comes j 1
and they arc unable to meet their out- j*
standing obligations of thc day, it is j *
tiic broker ot the association thal pays, j
An agent do change cannot fail. At \ 1
thc time of the crash of the Union j *
Generale in 1882 the agcuts de change j 1
borrowed 82,000,000 francs to pay j -
their di fibren ces. The company is I 1
always ready to assist one ot* their j 1
number pecuniary o?* otherwise. Thc j v
sessions of the sl^ck brokers or agents j ^
de change arc held every day from i *
12.30 lo 3 p. nr., excepting Sundays ; <
and holidays. Thc exchange is occu- ;
pied by the merchandise brokers from
.i to ? o'clock. The grain merchants j
formerly iiehl their exchange in front ! 1
of the Church of St. Germain I'Aux- j 1
errols, but have lately gone.in with the j
other merchandise dealers.-[Chicago 1
fimes. *
_ m_ s
Hie Wheaten Loaf. I 1
The ideal loaf depends on thc per- t
fection of the leavening process. B?k- c
in? lixes the air coils and the quicker t
that is accomplished the better. If !
dough is placed in thc oven before ii . i
is sufficientiy "proofed,*' the bread j
wilt be close-grained or heavy. If the j <
temperature of the oven i5 too low, ? ?
then s )ggy bi cad results: if over- <
heated inc ernst will form too quickly j j
becoming haul, thus preventing the <
escape ol waler. The result ii au <
"underbaked" loaf. The right tem? :
pei at iv e and med tam sized loaves re- !
suit in such a penetration of ?he bea: j
ihroush thc loaves as lodelav the bak- ?
. ., . * I .
ing o?* tue crust until thc necessary !
chaudes have been made. To test thc j
oven, throw on its floor a tablespoon,
fill of fresh flour. If it takes fire or
burns black quickly the oven is over?
heated and must be allowed to cool. If
thc floor remains white after a few
seconds tiie temperature is too low.
If the oven is right the flour will turn
a blackish or brownish yellow and
look slightly scorched.
In the large cities there are im?
mense bakeries where machinery and
reel ovens are employed in bread
making. This reduces the cost to the
consumers, who wiii ere long bc abie
to buy, if they are not already, bread
as cheap as they cm make it at home,
taking fuel and labor and loss from
bad bakers of bread into account, sin
the large bakeries the dough is mixed
iu huge oval tubs of oak which hold
live barrels or 1000 pounds of flour
made into dough, which is worked by
machinery. The tub is elevated on a
platform so as to permit the working
of revolving steel blades. Three men
are thus enabled to work up in one
day without touch of hand 150 bar?
rels of flour, which if done in the
ordinary or old method by hand
would require the services of thirty
men. A huge lump of twenty-four
pounds of dough is cut by a machine
in a few seconds into twelve loaves,
Economy of material, belter bread
and low cost are the results of these
mechanical improvements.-[Food.
Riding Over a Tidal nave.
"I had a strange experience at sea
in the summer of 1888," said Captain
R. C. Macartey, for some years past
csmmander of a Cunard steamer, to a
St. Louis Globe-Democrat reporter.
"I was at that time in command of
the Comet, plying between Liverpool
and Havana. Wc were three
days out from Liverpool and were
ploughing through a sea that was as
smooth as a billiard table. There
was not a breeze stirring? and the
weather was terribly hot. Just at
sundown the second officer called my
attention to a curious ridge on the
western horizon, into which the sun
appeared to be dipping. I turned my
glass on it, and it resembled a mighty
bank of gold extendiug north and
south as far as the eye could reach.
.Ifs a clo tul,9 said I.
"PU be blowed if it is," replied the
officer emphatically: it's water/'
"I looked at him and saw that he
was pale as a sheet. I again brought
my glass to bear on the curious phe?
nomenon. The bank appeai-cd nearer
and nearer, thc upper edge of the sun
being just visible above il. The top
of the bank was of a reddish yellow,
while the base had changed to a dark
green. 'By heavcus!' I exclaimed,
di is water I It is a tidal wave!' and
0 it was. I came roiling toward us
at a terrific rate of speed. 1 put the
prow of the ship squarely to it and |
had the hatches battened down. I did
not think it possible that we could ride
over it. My ouly hope was to plcugh
through ir. I was about to signal the
engineer to put on ali steam when the
second officer begged me to back ship.
1 yielded. The eugines were reversed,
Rud hy the time the wave reached us
we were moving slowly backward.
Thc wave wras not 30 perpendicular as
I at first supposed. The ship was iu
ballast and rode over it like a feather.
lt looked tome at least fifty feet high,
and went rolling away to the north?
east with a dull, rushing sound similar
Lo Niagara."
i Wild Goose Forsakes its Freedom?
Last winter D. W. Little, oue of the
idobe farmers on the west of town,
mot imo a band of geese; a white
jaudei was struck and one wing brok
;n. Mr. Little took the goose home
?nd gave him to his boys, who doctor?
al his wing, aud he soon became so
ame as to foilow the boys about
?vherever they went, eat from their
ninds, and even poke his head into
their pockets for corn or wheat.
A few days ago a band of wild
jeesc, flying over the premises and
miking their usual clatter, attrated
he attention or the domesticated gan
ier* which gave an outlandish display
)f quacking and sh ri ?1 veils in goose
augiittge mat had a most startling
jflect with thc baud Hying past. A
ine white goose was seen to leave the
jand and shoot down until il landed in
he yard at the side of the pet, and
he meeting was demonstrative to an
oceiting degree.
Their gabbing, quacking and amus
ti2 antics afforded as much fan for
he boys who witnessed the meeting
is they would have found iu a circus.
The new arrival, which is probably a
nate of the now tame goose, refuses
o leave, but will fly over thc fence
vhen the two are approached by Lite
joy?, and then fly back to the mate
vhen the boys step aside- [Higgs i
[Wyo.) Argus. j
Bathhouses in Mexico.
As this time, when so much inter- j
>st is felt about city baths, a few
ines quoted from Charles Dudley
hVarner* "Mexican Notes" may not
ic uninteresting. Ile says, ?-Mexico
ms one evidence of civilization that
onie other civilized countries lack.
n every city, in nearly every town, j
herc are attractive bathhouses. How- j
?ver mean the town may be otherwise. |
he public bathhouse is pretty sure to ?
>e neat and attractive, and is often i
litfhlv ornamental and luxurious.
lucre aro bathing places of various j
logrees of cost, ^me plunges and I
>ools where the populace eau lake a .
lip for a tlaeo (about a cent and a j
iah) and othets more exclusive.
?hero the common charge for hot and
;v?ld water, linen, soap, rubbing libre
md oil is twenty-live cents.'* He say?
further ou, ?'Not far ot! is a most hu- ?
'
maue institution-a hot sc-bath-a j
Sarge, deep reservoir ordered by au
inclined plane, where the horse? aro
taken and enjoy a refreshing swim."
' A i?Te Senf? y
Way do I !ov* thee so, sweetheart?
X ??nnot tell, Love knows no why?
I cannot reason, but I know
Tiie lore I bear thee cannot dio?
How do 1 know I lore thee, deart
Love's signs are known to all the world,
So plain that he who runs may read,
His banner always ls unfurled.
Wh en thou art gone, near heart, I sea
Ko beauty in the fairest things,
Ko melody in song of birds,
Ko music in their rustling wings?
How do I know I love thee, dear?
By what thou'st made this world to nu,
By the new joy I find In life.
By all I mean my life to be.
By cleeming of all womankind
Perfect and pure, became of thee,
By finding life worth living, dear?
I know thou'rt all the world to nie!1
-[Florence A. /ones.
HUMOROUS? \
Born leaders of men-Women.
Visiting a chair fair is like going
into the highways aud buy way?.
Newe costs: yon can't eveu get 8
report from a gnu free of charge.
Behind with his accounts-r- The
bookkeeper on the inside of the rail?
ing.
Montrose-Whatever came ont oi*
your engagement with Miss Tone?
Van Waffles-I did.
"They say Green ha* been wander?
ing in hit mind lately.** "Weil, be*i
safe enough : be can't get far.'*
The mau who is so poon that he
can not get credit, ha? a very fail*
chance of one day becoming rich.
First Burglar-If anybody disturbs
yon at your work, kill him. Second
Burglar--No; I'll bc hanged if I dd;
Teacher^In the sentence "The sick
boy loves hi3 medicine j" what part of
speech is love?** ??ohuuy-It's a lie,
mum?
A Brooklyn shoemaker has (his catii
in his window: "Any respectable
man, woman or child can have a fit in
this ?hop."
Venerable Gentleman (patting Jamie
on the head)-And how old ia the
little man? Jamie (with pride)-ri!
be 10 in less than five years.
Mrs. Hobson-Fred, dear, we mutt
economize in every possible way.
What shall we give op firat? Fred
Dear (promptly)-Oar bonnets.
Mr. Munn (to his daughter)-I sup?
pose this foreign suitor of yours hasn't
a cent. Miss Mann-Oh yes, he hat,
pa. He has a lovely English accent.
Ile (deeply in love, but proud at
Lucifer)-Do you love me? She
No. He-Well, I fancied you did,
yon know, and I wauted to tell you
I'm already engaged.
"Mr. Scrnggius was very affable
when I called on him." "You must
have struck a tender chord.*' '-No; I
paid a bill.*' "That's what I mean t:
a legal tender chord.
"flat Sally accepted you, Horace?"'
asked Porter when be met a friend on
Tuesday night. ??No, dear boy. J
am rejected aud she now humbert me
among the souvenir spoons.-*
"Are you aware," said the man ic
the rear, fiercely, "that your umbi ells
is poking me in the eye?'* "It isn't
my umbrella," replied tlie min ir
front with equal firmness; "It't a
borrowed one, sir.**
Newly Made Bride-Mamma says
she doe? not think we will ever quar?
rel a s she and papa do. Groom--Never,
dearest. Newly Made Bride-Ko;
she isays you will be much easier to
mauage than papa was.
"William," she said severely, "how
many more times are yon going to ask
me io marry you?" "Clara," taid he,
.*I cauuot answer that question, bnt I
think I'll not bother yon much
longer. One of the other giris I'm
proposing to 6hows signs of weaken
in^**
It is taid that when a famous French
general was obliged to retreat, as lie
and his aide-de-camp were feeing be
fore the enemy, he breathlessly in?
quired: "Who are the rearguard?"
..The men who have tho poorest
horses, general," replied the aid, who
was making good use of his spurt.
The Lungs of a Plant.
One of thc prettiest microscopical
studies is the examination of thc lungs
of a plant. Most people do not know
a plant lisa lungs, but it has, and its
lungs are in its leaves. Examined
through a high power microscope.
every leaf will show thousands upon
thousands of openings, infinitely small
of course, but each provided with lips,
which, in many species, are continu?
ally opening and closing. These open?
ings lead to tiny caviiies in the body
of thc leaf, and by thc opening an I
closing of thc cavity air is co n ti nally
passing in and out, so that the respira?
tion is continually going ou. Thc sap
of thc plant is thus purified, just as the
blood of an animal is cleared of im?
parities by passing through the lung*,
and the average sized tree will, tlrerc
forc, in thc course of a day, do as
much breathing at a man.- [Yankee
Blade.
Iron Masters of America.
Thc Carnegie Steel Company it cap?
italized at $22,000,000, and the stock
i? said to bo divided between ttveuty
three persons. Mr. Carnegie's hold
Jngs are said to be the largest, amount?
ing to $13,833,333.33, or the controll?
ing iuterest. Mr. Phipp? and Mr.
Frick come next with holdings at
$2,750,000 each. The worirt of the
concern include the Edgar Thomson,
Homestead, Duquesne, Upper and
Lower Union Mills, Lucy Furnace,
Keystone Bridge Work*, Beaver Fallt
Milla, Scotia Ore Mines in Center
Comity, Larimer Coke Works in
Westmoreland County and the Yongh
ioghcuy Coke Works in Allegheny
Conntv. - ?Philsi?ftlnMa ]>de-f>