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JOHN H OBERLY, PUBLISHER
CAIRO, ILLINOIS$UN DAY, NOVEMBER 10,11872.
POETRY.
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II V KATIIKH RYAN.
My feet ru wearied, and my hands arc
tired My oill opprcMed
Aud with dcilrc linvc I lonj delred
Hcst only rest.
'TU hard to loll when toll U ulmoit viiin
In barren warn;
'TU hard to now, and never garnor grain
In harvett day.
The burden of my day l hard to boar
Sf tit (Jod known bent.
And I have prayed but vain han been my
prayer
For rest sweet rest.
TU hard to plant In Spring, and never reap
The Autumn yield ;
'Tli hard lo till anil when 'lit tilled to
Weep
OVr fruitier Held.
And to 1 cry a weak and liumm cry,
So licart-oppr'Meil ;
Ami no 1 ulith a weak and human nigh
For rct for rect.
My way ha wound acrota the desert years,
And euro Intent
My path, aud through the llowinjf ot hot
yearn I pined fir rent.
'Twas always ko ; when xtill a ehllil, I laid
On mother' bre.mt
My wearied little head ; e'en then! prayed,
An now, for rent.
And I am restless Hill ; 'twill i,oon be o'er;
For, down the went,
Lite's sun In seltirtf, and I see the shore
Wuero I snail rett.
ELECTED STORY
LOVfc'S LUNACY.
Not fanroin the Forks of Klkliorn
lived the pretty little widow Flauntle
roy, ami of her nearest neighbor! wan
General Peyton. The general had
looked upon the widow very much as he
did iinon din blooded horse 1'owhatUn
" the finest horse, hir, in the Ulue i
Gratis region.
The pretty Mrs. Flauntlcroy had
been a widow wore than a year, while
the general, having a great regard for
etiquette, had waited patiently lor that
time to elapse, in order to declare him
self. Hut the widow, with her wo
man's nrt, kept her lover at bay, aud
yet kept him in her train.
lie had escorted her to this barbecue,
and when returning had expressed his
satisfaction at the prospects of General
Cotnb nud the success of the Whig
party.
Tbo widow took aides with tho De
mocracy, and offered to wager her
blooded addle horse, Gypsy, or any
thing else on her place against Pow
haUan, or anything else she might
fancy on the general's place.
The general's galantry would not
allow him to refuse the wager, which he
promptly accepted. By this time they
had reached the North fork of Klkliorn,
and were about to ford it, (bridges
were not plentiful in those days), when
John l'aytou, the general's only son
aud heir, came up at a rapid gait be
hind them.
The widow turned and bowed to
John, and rode ou into the stream, but a
little behind her compauion. The east
bank was very steep, and required the
horses to put forth all their strength to
reach the top with their load.
As luck would have it, good or ill,
the widow's girth broke just nt the
commencement of the steep part, The
lady, still seated on her saddle, slid
swiftly back into the water, whiUt her
horse went up the bank like un ar
row. . John Peyton leaped from the horse,
and iu au iustant caught the floating
lady and saddle, and before the gener
al bad recovered from his astonish
ment, was at tbo top of the bank with
his burden. The little widow was
equal to the occasion, lor she begged
the gcucral to ride on and stop her
hone, which had now begun to under
stand his part in the mishap, and was
beginning to iucieaso his gait toward
home.
The general did as he was bid, and
soon returned wi.h the horse. Iu the
meantime John Peyton had secured
his own horse, and when tho gcucral
came buck with the widow's horse, she
and John wcro laughing merrily over
the ridiculous accident, but what fur
ther passed between them is ouly
known to thomsolves.
John Peyton repaired tho broken
girth, fastened tho saddle again on the
horse, placed the lady in her scat, bade
her good evening, mounted, his horse,
and taking another road down the
Elkhorn, rodo rapidly homo, leaving
the general to escort tho widow.
It is not necessary to r'elute ho w he en
tertained his fair companion with pon
derous anecdotes of Mr. Clay and other
famous public men; but whon he
reached tho Flauntleroy placo. he ac
cepted the lady's invitttion to dismount
and take, tea with her,
After having changed her clothing,
the pretty widow eutertaiued her guest
with her brightest smiles aud Nome now
songs. Tho gcucral was delighted,
and expressed delight as a Kentucky
gentleman of that day would have done.
" You are tho finest songstress, madam,
iu tho Bluo Grass region."
Wbou ho ma her good night and
shook hands with her on the porch, tho
wicked little widow gave his hod a lit
tle, squeeze only u little but it
thrilled like on electrio shook through
his great ponderous frame, whilo she
laughingly reminded him of his wager.
That night, in his dreams, tho littlo
widow Flauntlcroy was repeated so of
ten, aud in so many bowitchtng forms,
that, he resolved to propose to her at
their- first mooting, nor did ho dream
that he could bo refused.
The next moruiug a letter from his
' tobacco factor called General Peyton to
Louisville, and before his return, tho
political contest iu the Ashland dis
trict was ovor; and, wonderful to relato,
John (.Breckinridge, the young Dem
ocrat wan eleoted to congress.
General Peyton was both astonished
and indignant. " Mr. Clay's district,
air, tho .finest congressional district in
tne jjiuu uraw regiou, una uiagravcu
John, with a quiet smile,! assured
him that ho was pleased with his
choice. This pleased the general, high
ly, for he had been a little afrnid John
would object to a step-mother younger
than himself.
Tho next morning the general or
dered Powhattan brought outjmd led
o-er to Mrs. Flauntlcroy.JCalliiig
John he requested him to goBth him
to call upon Mrs. Flauntleroy
" The Whig party has disgraced its
elf in Mr. Clay's district sir, and I am
compelled to part with the finest blood
ed horse in the state to pay my wager
with that lady, sir."
The black boy had led Powhattan
to the hitching rail in lront of Mrs.
Flauntleroy'syard and, having tied him,
had gone into the quarters to tell his
brothers and sisters of their mistress'
good luck in having won the famous
horso Powhattan.
When General Peyton and John ar
rived they found the pretty widow and
two young lady friends in the yard ad-1
miring Powhattan. '
Tho ladies were in high glee, and
after the usual solution, the gentlemen
wctc invited to take Beats ou the porch,
which they did. !
" Madam, " said the general to Mrs.
Flauntlcroy, " I have come, like a truo
Kentucky gentlemen, to pay the wager
I have lost. Powhattan, madam, is
rightfully yours."
" But, general, said she, " I believe
the wager was conditional. It was the
horse or anything else on the place,
was it not?" .
" Madam, " ho replied, " you are '
correct. But there is nothing on the J
tlacc one-half the valuo of Powhattan.
cannot allow you to select au infer
ior animal.
The pretty widow blushed to the ,
tips of her fingers when she said :
" You have another and superior ani
mal here your son John ; if hu would j
use his tongue, I think I shall choose 1
him." !
There was a moment of dead silence,
then a laugh, in which the general did j
not join.
He roe, and in the blandest maimer
bade the ladies good morning. To j
jonn ne
saia : "Oir, you win re-
mam
And that was the way John Peyton j
came to marry the pretty wiuow 1
Flauntleroy.
General Peyton never forgave his i
daughter-in-law her practical joke.
In after years he used to say : i
" Sir, she is the finest lady in the
Blue Grass region, but she lucks taste,
sir." I
AGRICULTURAL.
MANURING ORCHARDS.
I know of no part of orchard man- j
agemetit among farmers that is so in -1
jurious to the orchards as tho manner I
of applying manure to the trees. Iu ,
travelling through the country oi.o of-1
ten sees no orchard with larire heaps I
of manure close around the body of the
trees instead of being spread evenly
.over the whole ground. Tho injurious
effect of this practice has offer bent ex
plained in agricultural papers, but still
the plan is so common, especially where
bearing! orchards first begin to show the
effects of age, that fears may well be
entertained of' the ruin of many fine
orchards. Unfortunately, the life of
the farmer and that of the orchard of'
his first planting is so nearly coexten
sive that he seldom commits tho error
of destroying more than one orchard iu
a lifetime, and, of course, grows no wiser
by what he calls a curious misfortune
to hi i orchard, aud seeks to lay the
blame on somethiug that had nothing to
do with the failure. Placing the ma
nure around the trunk of the trees has
been aptly compared to placing feed in
the manger and then hitching the horse
with tail to it in other words, placing
the food where there is no mouth to cut
it.
Now the roots, or feeders, that collect
the tree's food from the ground arc not
at tho trunk, but are out iu a circle as
far as the cuds of tho limbs. Thcso
small roots or feeders may be compared
to any army of small worms moving
outward from the trunk aud penetra
ting every iuch of soil from the lowest
rods of the surface, nud extracting
every particle of tree food from tho
ground as thoy go. As long as these
feeders can extend outward a few in
ches into rich soil every year, the tree
flourishes, but when the supply of tree
food becomes exhausted in any direc
tion the feeders upon that side of the
tree becomes famished, aud the routs
dependent upou them immediately bo
gin to decay.
Wo often see a tree thrifty on ono
side and the trunk and limbs dead ou
tho other. The reason is plain that
tho feeders on the decayed side have
met with sumo obstacle to their further
progress in that direction, or that tho
trco food has been exhausted within
their reach. Iu either case tho rosult
would bo tho same, the roots and feed
en would be neglected and left to de
cay, whilo the wholo energy of tho tree
would bo thrown into tho other eido,
where food was yet abundant. And
the danger in applying manure to mi
orchard lies in overlooking this pecu
liar principlo in the economy of veg
etable lifo. If tho manure is placed
outside of the circle of feeders they
soon roach it, and all is will, but if it
is placed iusido and near tho trunk, a
fatal revolution iu tho economy of the
roots begins. Iiutoad of drawinc sun-
port from the feeders and roots outside
of tho manure, thoy are ueglccted and
loft to dcoay, while tho euorirv of tho
tree is exerted to throw out a new set
of feeders around tho truuk to live on
the manure. And whilo tho outside
roots that held the tree so firmly in the
ground are rotting, the manure gives to
the tree, through the now set ot teeners,
roots around iho trunk that supported
tho tree from tho manuro till the rootaj
could hold it no longer American
farm journal.
(J'dJUSG PORK.
Some thirty years ago' I lodged
from Saturduy to Monday with an inn
keeper in the country, who was also a
farmer. On tho table for Sunday din
ner, there was a nice piece of pickled
pork, boiled tho day bctorc. un tast
nig it, I thought it the most delicious
I ever ate I requested " mine host "
to give the rcciept for curing pork. Ho
replied as follows: "As boou as my
hogs arc dressed and cool enough to be
cut. I pack the side pieces in a barrel
or cask -with plenty of salt ou all sides
of each puce, and when my barrel is
full I immediately rool it to my pump
and pump in water until I can sec the
Water cease to Milk iu tho vessel, or to
moisten tho salt on top of tho cask. I
then lay a flat stone, as large as the
vessel will receive, on the content3, so
as to keep the pork always under the
salt or pickle. I put it iu my cellar,
covered so as to exclude the flics, and
there it remains until u piece is wanted.
Care must bo taken to keep the
meat uuder the pickle, otherwise it will
rust."
Here is the whole secret of making
good pickled pork for family use. We
have used the above method, and wo
want no better, easier or more econom
ical plan. It has often happened
that when we wanted lo put down new
pork there remained some of the old in
the bottom of the cask. Iu that case
wu poured off the pickle, took the un
dissolved salt, packed the fresh pork
on top of tho old, using the salt, which
had been in the cask, with the addition
of fresh salt if neccessary, and then
poured on the old pickle of water. Iu
this way we have had pork three or
four years iu the bottom of our pork
barrel, udd when used it was as free
from rancidity as it was three weeks
after it was put down. Indeed, we sel
dom emptied our pork barrel, except
when it wauled hoopiui:. We believe
that boiling pickle is useless, if not
injurious. Pork should not, if it can
be prevented, to be frozoti before it is
put down.
The best pork that we ever saw was
that from some pigs urder the charge
of a lad, who took as much care of
them as some people do of their child
ren. Every day he used to give them
a dinner of hot potatoes, for he
said that he didn't sec why his pigs
" should'ut have their 'taters hot us
well as himself." Then he used to
scrub them several times a week with
brush and soap, rinsing them well with
clear water. The animals teem to en
joy their lavation, and used to press
quite eagerly toward him as he came
iu sight with his pail and scrubbing,
brush. Their sty was also kept per
fectly clean, and their troughs washed
out frequently. Iu consequence the
pork was perfection.
As a general thing it is a good plan
to reject pork made from hogs that
have been kept by distillers or butch
ers ; but, if possible, get pork that has
been bred and fed by a dairyman, and
finished off with corn. Correspondent
Country Gentleman,
MISCELLANEOUS.
SAPPHO POEM"3.
From the Westminister Itcvicw.
The world has suffered no greater
literary loss than the loss of Sappho's
poems. So perfect are tho smallest
fragments preserved iu " Bcrgk's col
lection " the Hue for example fVros
iiiiffchi imcrophonut androu), which
Ben Jouson fancifully translated, " the
dear glad angel of the spring, the night
ingale " that we muse in a Bad rap
ture of astonishment to think what the
conip'cto poems must have been.
Among tho ancients Sappho enjoyed a
unique renown. She was called The
Poetess, " as Homer was called "The
Poet." Aristotle placed her in the
same rank as Homer aud Archilochus.
Plato, in the Pluedrus, mentioued her
us tho tenth Muse. Solon, 1 earing
onc.of her poems, prayed that he
might not sec death till hu hud
learned it. Stiabo speaks of her ge
nius with religious awe. Longinus
cites her love-ode r.s a specimen of po
etical sublimity. The epigrammatists
call her Child of Aphrodite aud Eros
nursling ot tho Graces and Persuasion,
pride of Hellas, peer of Muses, com
panion of Apollo. Nowhere is a hint
whispered that her poetry was aught
but perfect. As fur as we can judge,
these praises wero strictly just. Of
all the poets of the world, of all the
illustrious artists ot all literatures,
Sappho is the one whose every word
has a peculiar and unmistakable per
fumo, a soul of absolute perfection and
itiimitablu grace. In her art she was
uuerriug. Even Archilochus seems
commonplace when compared with her
exquisite rarity of phrase. About her
lite her brother Uharaxus, her daugh
ter Cleis, her rejection of Alcious and
suit to Phaon, her love for Atthis and
Anactoria, her leap from tho Leuca
dian cliff wo know so very littlo, and
that littlo so confused with my theology
and turbid with the scandal of the
comic poets, that is not worth whilo
to rake up once again tho old materials
for hypothetical conclusions. There
is enough of heart-devouring passions
iu Sappho's own verso without the
legcuds of Phao and the cliff of Lcucas.
The reality casts all fiction into the
tthado, for nowhere, except, perhaps,
in some Persian or Provincal love
songs, can bo found more ardent ex
pressions of over-mastering emotion.
whether addressing the maidens
whom oven in Elysium, a Horato says,
Sappho could not forgot; or embody
ing tho protoitndcr yearnings ol an
intense soul ufter beauty which has
passionate utterance, diantondf; topazes
and tables, in which tlie''ftre of tho
soui is cryjfiuuzcu iuiewi. j.iuciiuiu
ly to translate) Sappho beyond tho
power of oven Cattulltis j that love-ode,
which n Greek physician copied into
his book of diagnoses as a compendium
of all the symptoms of corroding omo
tiou, appears but languid in its Latin
dress of " Me mi par." Far less any
modern poet succeeded in the task.
Kossctti, who deals so skilfully with
Dante aud Villon, iff comparatively
lamu when he approaches Sappho.
ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.
Years ago, iu Kent county, Md.,
resided n prosperous farmer, who mini
beed, among his family, a bright lit
tle girl of three or four summers, and
a lad about six years older, the latter
of whom ho had taken to raise. Be
tween this youthful pair, a childish in
timacy sprang up, which advancing
years served to strengthen and increase
until they reached the years of man
hood and womanhood, when their
troth was plighted, and the day of
their uuion joyously looked forward to,
by two happy hearts.
In 1848, when tho California gold
fover was spreading like wildfire over
the entire East, our hero, among
others, was seized with the malady,
and, despite his home connections,
aud the fond entreaties of his almost
bride, decided to bid adieu to homo
and friends, for a few years, and seek
his fortune in this great El Dorado of
the far West. No amount of persua
sion could induce him to abandon the
project, md hastily making prepara
tions, he bade adieu to the weeping
maiden, assured her of his undying
devotion and otcrnal constancy, and de
parted on his long and perilous jour
ney. r our years passed by, without auy
tidings of the absent one, and the con
clusion was finally reached that ! e had
lalleu a vi.tim to the many perils that
then beset that region, and he was
mourned fur as one dead. During this
interval, the farmer had moved to
Wilmington, and established himself
in business here. Among the circle of
acquaintances which the family drew
around them, was a young man of good
connections and industrious habits,
who soon became enamored of our her
oine, and proposed for her baud iu
marriage. Though her heart was still
faithful to her lost lover, she euter
taiued feelings of the utmost respect
for this latter suitor, aud yielding to
the solicitations of parents and
friends, she decided to accept him, and
the day for the marriage was ap
pointed. Almost on the eve or tho wedding
day, when all preparations had been
completed, mid without a word of pre
vious warning, the first lover appeared
on the scene, rejoicing that he had
safely reached home to claim his bride.
His grief and astonishment on discov
ering the state of affairs can better be
imagined than described. But, with a
nobility of mind and character that is
seldom met with, he acknowledged to
the maiden, who would gladly have re
turned ta her heart's allegiance, that
such a state of affairs was produced by
his unlovcr like ucgligeticc iu not ac
quainting her uf liis continued exis
tence, and bruvlcy stifing his inclina
tions, he obeyed tho stern behests of
duty and returned to his Western
home.
The marriage ceremouy was per
ormed, and since then years of wedded
happiness have been enjoyed by the
diacousolatu maiden, who, although her
heart was another's, possessed tho love
of a loyal heart, and in the comforts
of her home and family, found solace
for her youthful grief. Children have
been born to her, until now the comely
maiden is a staid matron, with bloom
ing daughters, the counterpart of the
mother's former self. Abuut two year;,
ago her huband died, thus forming
another link in tho chain of curious
oircumstat e:s which we are breifly
chronicling.
During all this timo the absent lov
er remained in California, where ho
succeeded iu amassinc quite a hand
some fortune. Occasionally, but very
rarely, he would communicate by mail,
with his Eastern friends. A short
timo ago, iu correspondence with his
brother, iu this city, in reference to
some business affairs, he casually in
quired for his former love, as to
whether her marital relations were of
a happy character. Back went the
answer, " She has been a widow for
two years."
Tiireo weeks ago, a stranger nrrived
in this city, und stopped at tho Wash
ington house. Inquiring for u city di
rectory, ho eagerly scanned its pages,
until his eye alighted upon the name
for which ho was searching, when ho
immediately seized his hat and started
for the placo of residence designated.
What tho emotions of our hero for it
is ucedlcssfur us to say that tho stran
ger was none other than he must
have been, as ho stood upon tho steps
of tho residence, mid rang tho bell, it
is hard to imagine After twonly years
of patiout, constant dovotion, ho ouco
more appeared iimoug the scenes of
his youthful days, to stand again in
the preseuee of tho object of his life's
affections, and mo for tho happiness
which cruol fato had so long denied
him. Tho door was opened by tho
widow herself, who, howovcr, failed to
rccoguizo, iu tho bronzed aud boarded
stranger who stood beforo her, tho ono
upon whom the affections of her youth
had been lavishly bestowed. But'wlieu
he addressed her, the well reuiombcrcd
voice, from which the musical cadeuce
of youth had not yot departed, aud tho
recognition, was nistantatious com
plete.
But littlo more remains to bo told
icstcruay morning, our now happy
and contented hero, accompanied by
publish tho following marriago notice,
taken trow yesterday a 1 Uazctto , fee:
ing sure that all who recoguizo the
chief characters of our sketch, will join
wun us in wishing them all the liappi
ness Imaginable.
Itowert-KIrkman. In Philadelphia, Oct
l.lth by RuvMr. Manon, Mr. Namucl How
cr, of Fnruen Town, llulto county. Califor
nia, to Mr. Mary K. Klrkman, of Wlmlng
Delaware. Kent Newn pleano copy.
"""ECHOES.
Echoes aro producced by tho rcflec
ted wave of sound. When a sufficient
interval exists between a direct nud a
reflected sound, wo hear tho latter iu
b echo. But, as Professor Tyndall
lias shown us, sound, like licht. " may
be reflected several times in succession,
aud as the refracted light under these
circumstances becomes gradually fee
bler to the eje, so the successive echoes
become feebler to the ear. Tho re
flection of echoes is also in part duo to
the fact Uiatthe reflecting surfaces arc
at 'different distances from the hearer."
ISot qhly is sound in all respects reflec
ted'" and-" refracted like light, but it
may, like light be condensed by suita
ble lenses. For instance, a bell placed
oh un cmiuenco in Heligoland failed,
on account ot its distance, to be heard
in the town. A parabolic reflector,
placed behind the bell, so aa to reflect
the sound waves in the direction of tho
long, sloping street, caused the strokes
of the hell to bo distinctly hoar'd at all
times. It is found, too, that curved
roofs and' ceilings act as mirrors upon
sound, a fact of interest to the architect.
in somo apartments tho singing of a
kottlo scorns, in certain positions, to
como, not from tho fire on which it is
placed, bnt from the ceiling, and so
with tho ticking of a clook. A rather
remarkable, instance oftho samo thing
is cited by Sir John rfcrsrhol. In one
of the cathedrals in' Sicily the confess
ional was so placed that the whispers
of the peuitcuts were reflected by the
curved roof, and brought to a focus at
a distant part ot tho edifice. The focus
was. discovered by accident, and for
some timo tho person who'disaovorcdit
took pleasure in hearing, aud bringing
his friends to hear, utterances intended
for tho priest alone.
The whispering- gallery of St. Paul's
is another well known instance. Here
the faintest sound is conveyed from one
sidg to the other of the dome, but it is
not heard at any intermediate point.
In Gloucester Cathedral, u gallery of
an octagonal form conveys a whisper
seventy-fivo feet across the nave, while
the ticks of a watch may be heard
from one cud of the abbey church of
St. Albans to the other.
While echoes whisper secrets in the
areas of antique halls, in the windings
of long corridors, in tho melaucholy
aisles of arched cathedrals and ruiucd
abbeys, they are no lei partial to cav
erns and grottoes, and reverberate with
loudest voice among mountains. There
aro single and compound echoes. Somo
repeat only one syllable, aud sounds ot
a certain pitch ; others, known as tauto
logical echoes, repeat tho samo words
many times in varied tones. The rea
son of this is, that the echoing body is
far off, and there is time for one re
flection to pass away beforo another
reaches the ear. Mission, iu his des
cription of Italy, mentions an echo in
the vineyard of Simonetta, about two
miles from Milan, which reflects a
word twenty times over. Gasendi tells
of another, near the tomb of Cecilia
Mctella, at Home, which reported the
first verse of the vEneid eight times:
and a third, near Cobleutz, which re
peats seventeen times. There is a
deep cul-de-sac, called the Ochsenthal,
formed of the great cliffs of the Engel
homer, near Rosenlaui, formed of the
great cliffs of tho Engclhorncr, near
icoseiilaui, in Switzerland, where the
echoes warble in a wonderful manner.
Tho sound of the Alpine horn also, re-
bouudiug from tho rocks of the et-
terhoru or the Jungfrau, is in tho first
instance heard roughly. But by suc
cessive reflections, the notes are ren
dered more soft and flute-like, the gen
eral diminution of intensity giving the
impression that the source of sound is
retreating further and further into tho
solitude of ico and snow.
A very famous echo is that of Lur
lei. It is thus described by tho au
thor of tho "Rhino and its Picturesque
Scenery ; " " An old soldier blows a
tantivy on his huge French hunting
horn. No sooner have tho fiuo brassy
notes ceased, than you hear them re
peated on the opposito shores, so dis
tinctly, too, that, though you know it
is but au echo, you can hardly per
suade yourself that there is not somo
ono concealed ou tho top of Lurlio im
itating the sound.". The next portion
of the entertainment is with tho mus
ket ; and fur this thu guard waits till
tho air is perfectly stilll. Thou, di
rectly a lull ensues iu the breeze, click
goes tho triggor, and the report rattles
against the wall of the opposite rock as
if the crags wero tumbling dowu in a
shower ; and no sooner has it butst
upon the ear than you hear a second
explosion, almost as loud as tho first,
clattering bcyouud thu summit of
Lurlei. This time, however, tho echo
does not end hero, for the moment af
ter, tho sound seems to bo ascending
the liver iu a kind of small thuuder
poal, muttering along tho opposito
onus ; tueu comes a pause as it leaps
across t no stream, utter which you
catch it again on ou the same side of
1(1)111633 yourself, ascondiiig along tho
rooks in taiuter and faster peals, till it
reaclios tho vinoyad adjoining the
FiilHoubank by St. Goar ; and the
next instant, after another pause, tho
ear detects it across tho river once
moro, whoro it ultimately expires with
a faiut puff, just abovo the ruins of
Katz." All tho Year Bound.
Sr. Franklin described the farmer's
condition in 1770 us follows :
" Fanner at tho plough,
who minting cowt
ADOON TUB LANK.
L'piti one stormy .Sunday,
Coming ndoon the lane,
ere u koto of bonny lamoq
And tho sweetest I nuiiitalii,
AYrm Caddie,
That 1 took beneath my pladtlle
To shield her Irom tliu rain.
She sal. I the d.ile htil.hcd
For tbo kl that I had ta'cn ;
1 w.iddn hie thought the IumIu
AVad ca nfn kl.i complain.
"Now, laddie!
I wlnnlti tny under your tiladdle,
If I fang liatno in the rain !"
Hut on ane after Sunday,
When cloud there wai not anc,
Tldn self same vlnoln husie
We clniU'ed to meet In the lane-
Said Cuddle,
"Why cllnna ye were yourpladdlc?
U'hii kens but 11 may ralur''
ALSACE AND iJoiUtAINE.
It has not often been thu fate of na
tions to undergo within the space uf
centuries such stringent processes of
denationalization as havo been applied
to Alsace au Lorraiuo in directly op
posite directions within that period.
The denizen of these contested regions,
who are being re-Germanized in no
suft-huiidcd manner, may still thank
tho milder principles of the ngc that it
is not with llicni as it was with their
great grandfathers, when Louis XIV.
determined on turning them into
irciicliincn.
As soon as Strasburg had been
clutched by the surreptitious tour Je
force of October, 1800, Louis took the
cathedral from its Protestant worship
pers, in spite of promiso given, and
handed it over to the Roman Catholic
prolate. All Lutheran officers were
displaced ; in tho country parishes
even tho I'rotcstant pastors were
turned out, though at Meysciihcim the
women made a gallant stand and
thrashed tho French ejectors before
tho process was completed. French
names were given to many places, in
stead of thu old German names. On
the 4th of June, 1085, a mandate was
issued to the effect that every Protes
tant who should embrace the Catholic
reli"ion should bo excused from tho
payment of debts for three years.
Aud another equally arbitrary enact
ment, possibly moro popular with the
daughters than with the fathers of
Alacc, ordained that the rrench lush
on in dress should be adopted by all
young persons of the female sex.
Now, as the old Frankfort Relator
observes, it was a very costly matter
for the Germans to imitate the French
in dress, and hitherto thu magistrates
of Strasburg had been strict in re
quiring tho maintenance of the nation
al costume. The men, too, came iu
for their prohibitions : they were for
bidden any longer to wear the high
pointed hat of former days. The
writer of tho " Frankfort Relation " in
1094 says: ' The Franoh Ministry
have again invented extraordinary
means of extorting money. All the
clergy aro forced to purchase their
offices over again. The poll
tax in Alsace and the Palatinate was
very high on all tho officers, and every
mail (non-official) was required to pay
one rcichsthaler, every woman one
gulden ; half those sums was raised on
each child ; six kreuzers ou every
cock, four kreuzers ou every hen, "
&e.
When he nunexed Lorraine ten
years before, Louis had proceeded in
the same uncompromising style to de
nationalize the province ; removing all
officers who wero suspected of enter
taining German sympathies, and for
cing tho young nobility into the ranks
of his army. All the treasures of
Nancy he removed to Paris. Pall
Mall Gazette.
MISS FANNY SB WARD.
Miss (Irundy'a Letter, '. Y. Herald.
Another marriage soon to bo cele
brated, though not in this city, how
ever, is that of Miss Hattio Risley, sis
ter ot Miss Olive lusley beward, tho
adopted daughter ot the recently de
ceased statesman. Mi.-s Hattio Jiisley
is now in Washington visiting friends
prior to her marriage. Her father, it
will be roincmbered, was during the
administration of Lincoln and Johnson,
solicitor of the treasury. His eldest
daughter, Olive, was the schoolinato
and chosen friend of Mr. Seward's only
daughter l-atiny, while Mr Itisely was
a personal friend of Mr. Seward. Tho
friendship between tuo lumiiy was ot
long-standing. The assassin Payne
was iu reality tho murderer of tho gen
tle and luvoly Fannie Seward. It was
slio who struggled with tho assassin
when ho attacked her father, and it
was she who afterward identified Payne.
But she uover recovered from tho
shock ot that terrible eight, and slowly
hut surely her health failed, until she
died after sovcral months' confinement
to her room. I always grieve to think
ot that young girl, whom 1 never saw
but onco or twice, but who produced
on all who met her oven casually, a
lasting impression, so puro was her
character, and so innocent and winning
her face, voico and manner. Adopt
ing her friend, as his daughter was a
beautiful tribute of the father to the
memory of tho child. Cortoiuly Mr.
Soward showed his wisdom as woll as
his affection, for his adopted daughter
has been not ouly a comfort, but a
holp to him, and tho lifo of study thoy
havo led has suited tho young girl as
woll us tho old statesman. It has been
tho habit of tho two siuco their trip
tho world to discuss at tho
breakfast-table each day thou plans
fur the day s work, tueu to seperato,
3Ir. Seward going to his and Miss Sow
ard to her study. At a certain hour
they met, compared their work and
talked it over.
G. F. T. IN ENGLAND.
Mr. Conway'a LetUr to the Cincinnati Com
mercial. Some of these days the United States
mttv InnW nut for a list of arbitrable
claims from England for allowing
Gcorgo Franolr Train to escape from
arrives. It was only by accident that
1 heard ol his making au appearance
at an ancient workiogman's debating
club which meets nightly at the Urcen
Dragon in Fleet street. Tho room was
full of tho haze sent up from two score
! 1 .1 II! ft' !
pipes wnen me ciouu-coiupeiiiu xmiu
made his appearance. The chairman
said, iu introducing Traiu, that, as ho
was an unusual visitor, ho would not
bo limited in his speech to tho ten
minutes assigned to each speaker.
Whereupon Train, becintiing at a
about nine, spoke until midnight, the
hour at which the police order all
public houses to be closed. In obe
dience to this edict of old world tyr
anny Train had to sit down ; but du
ring his three hours he informed his
awe-struck hearers of a good many
things they didn't know before. He
said that ho had presided over the
Commune ot Paris, and had personally
set fire to the Tuilcries. He admitted
it to be doubtful whether he would be
elected president in tho coming election,
as it was probable that Grant or Gree
ley, (both of whom ho abused unmer
cifully) would bo ahead of him at tho
polls: " but in 1870 I shall certainly be
elected president ; and then I shall
i. it. U i . .1. .. ...:..:anM
down the 3,000,000 he owes me for
my tramways, or, eo help mo uou I i
will behead him." He then said that
the secret of his power lay in a largo
extent in the fact that he neither
smoked nor drank each auditor here
puffed his pipe and sipped his beer,
and in all respects had led a rigidly
moial life. " You may call mo an ego
tist. I stand for manhood, lor
populi vox Train. Tho fact is, gentle
men, I am tho biggest thing that has
been up on this planet for 2,000
years." Train was not a hit exhausted
by this, and if the landlord had not re
ceived a hint from the police, he might
have been haranguiug at the Green
Dragon at this moment. When he
left the room the wholo company was
at bis tail, gazing as if ho wero a new
specie of kangaroo. One who had
been listening asked me if I knew
whether ho was a man of much in
fluence iu America.
PICTURES.
Pictures aro are always beautiful
wheu they represent pleasant ideas, but
wc never fancied a battle sceno ou a
parlor wall. We cannot seethe pro
priety of ornamenting a slccpiug room
with a murder scene, and a sick cham
ber with the cut of somebody's '' tomb,"
or a floral cross takcu from a coffin.
Cemeteries are a necessary evil, under
the present constitution of things, but
wc like to have them kept in thoir
places. It is not always quieting to a
sick man's nerves to sco the jaws of
death open to receive him. Gives us a
grand landscapo tor tho parlor a land
scape that will thrill you with happi
ness and inspire you with noblo motives
cvory timo you see it. In your sleep
ing room, hang tho lovely face of a
tirei child that has dropped off to
dreamland among the roses. Give to
the sick ones a peep into a sunlit vale,
with only shadows enough to make it
look like rest and peace, and let them
sec a clear, still lake, with a green and
quiet shore. But these ' master
pieces " of death agonies where shall
wo put them? Surely not in ourhappy
homes ; not among our flowers and lit
tle children. We must have no skele
tons in our closets ; no thorns in our
home circle. That one place ot retreat
from tho noise of the world must be
fresh, and fair, und sunny. We know
of but few localities whero the skulls
and cross-bones do not look out of
place. They are perhaps significant
in a drug store, besiuo tue puis aud
poisons, and a skeleton may with per
fect propriety grin in one corner of a
doctor's office, where its presence is
highly suggestive of too much medical
treatment.
DEATH.
Death is the antagonist ot lifo, and
the cold thought of tho tomb is tho
skeleton of all feasts. We do not
want to go through the dark valley,
al' hough its dark psssages may lead to
paradise ; we do not want to lay down
iu the damp grave, even with princes
as bed fellows. Iu tie beautiful
drama of Inn, the hope of Immortality,
so elegantly uttered by the death-de
voted Greek, finds deop response in
every thoughtful soul. Wheu about
to yield Ins young existence as a sac
rifice to fate, his (Mcmantha asks if
thoy should meet again, to which he re
plies: " I havo asked that dreadful
question of the hills that look eter
nal ot the clear streams that now for
ever of the stars among whoso fields
of ozuro my raited spirit has walked in
glory. All were dumb ; but as I
gazed upon tlicy living face, I feel that
thorn is Bomotning iu the Jove that
mantles through its beauty that cannot
wholly perish. Wo shall moot agaiu,
Clomautha."
Kpucatinu Gini.8. Educating girls
for household duties ought to be con
sidered as necessary ns instruction in
reading, writing and arithmetic, and
quito as universal. Wo sro in our
house moro than half of our existence,
and it is the household surroundings
whioh effect most largely tho happi
ness or misery ofdomostio life. If the
wife knows " how to t keep
houso, " il'sho has learned how to seta
tablo, if sho has learned how things
ought to be cooked, aud how bda
should be made, how carpets should be
swept, furnituro should be dusted, kow
tho clothes should be repaired, a4
knows how purcluuM M W ade to
the best advantage, aa4 undorstaads
the laying in of provision, how to
them go furthest at d last IommL tf
ne appreciates tne mpowee of
tern, order, UdiiuMfM thu
management of driUmk aa4 Ml
then;, ah kijWtOfcow U mU . VHl
