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j\.tk Indopondent 3b?apei- Devoted to tUe Interests of tlio People,
volume iii.
orangeburg, south carolina, thursday, october 1, 1874.
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THE JrXtTHER BIDE.
^^^^^^ BY JOHN W, CHADWICK.
Climbing the mountalnM ehaggy oroat,
I wondered much what eight would greet
My eager tfnzo wheno'or my fo t
Unon tbo topmost bol(;ht ehould rent.- .
1 uMbJuur^eAA nSowfl ;1 I IJ /
?? ?^Wrae I Blowiystolled along, ? " w
Sweeter to mo than any song
My dream of visions to bo shown.
Mcanwhllo tbo mountain shrubs distilled
Their sweetness all along my way,
And tho delicious summer day
My hoatf with rapture overfilled.
At length the topmost height was gained ? . r,. -
The hither sldo was full in vio.v; | |
My dreams - not one of them was true,
But bettor far bad I attained.
; v Tit'
For far and wiflo on, either band s V *f ft
Thoro strttohod a vaileynroad and faU\, v
With groennoas flashing everywhere?
A ploasaut, smiling, homo-like land.
Who known, I Ihongbt', but el ?twWproTa^ ^ ' \
x Upon that mountain-top of death, - i
? ? 'rtbere we sball draw diviner breatb,
Ann boo tho long-loBt frtonda wo lovnT
It may not bo an we have dreamed,
Not half so awful, atrango and, grand j, , ?
A quiet, peaceful, hoine-Ukn land,
Better than o'or in vision gleamed.? " ? "
Meanwbilo along onr upward way
What beauties lurk, what visions glow I
Whatovor shall be, this wo know
V la bettor than our lips can say.
BRUTUS AND HIS SONS.
Torqujn . the Proud, kin J of Borne.
' was in sore perplexity. A dreadful
pestilence had broken oat within the
city, and tue peoplewere dying in great
numbers. To add to the general gloom,
?i serpent was seen to glide cautiously
rom one of the pillars of the palace and
disappear.
? The news of this unusual occurrence
spread rapidly, and created great alarm.
Even the king was dismayed. His su
perstitious fears were excited. He re
garded tho strange appearance of tho
, serpent as on ill omou. What did it
foreshow ? His death, or tho dissolu
tion of tho monarchy ? It was a prob
lern whioh could not bo solved. After
muoh speculating, it was decided that
his two sons, Aruns and Titus, should
oonsult the oraolo of Delphi, and seek
an explanation of the mystery. 'Tho
young prinoes were thirsting for adven
ture, and joyously undertook the jour
ney into France.
A man named Lucius Junius Brutns
had aocompariied them. His father had
r:faiUh aviotim to tho cruelty of Tafq??i)'
and to secure .safety, he affected mental
imbecility. Aruns and Titus had no
suspicion that ho was other than ho
seemed_They dirl not. flxpent that ho
would share the perils they must1 en
counter. His apparent idiocy made
them think it impossible for him to un
derstand-the great issue tit stake; but
ho could jest, and amuse the party with
Ins tricks. He went simply as a buffooq.
Upon reaohing the temple of Delphi, an
offering was presented to the god. It
was a pieoe of gold, inclosed in a rod of
oarinel-wood consecrated to reoeive it.
In this way, it was hoped to appease tho
wrath of tho deity.
Tho prinoes then inquired with groat
anxiety, "Who shall reign in Borne
hereafter ?*'
MThe reply was, "He shall be king,
who shall first kiBS his mother."
Aruns and Titus were surprised,'
They agreed to conceal tho words of tho
oraole from thoir older brother, Leatus,
and to hasten book to embrace their
mother the queen, and to reign jointly.
Brutus had also heard the answer of
thegod. He affixed a very different moan
ing to it. The earth, be thought, was
the common mother of mankind!
Protending to full, he devoutly kissed
the/ground and arose, cherishing a se
cret hope of becoming a future ruler.
He returned with the prinoes to
Bomo. The mask of idiooy he had
worn to oonooal deep purposes was now
boldly thrown off.
Ho was burning to revenge the mur
der of his father, and personal injuries
Iiuoretia, the wife of Oollatinus, had
been ornelly wronged by Lestus Tar
quini. Sim was a relative of Brutus,
and his hatred of Tdrquin and his fami
ly now became intense. Every energy
was emplovod iu the work of overthrow
ing the regal power.
He became a public agitator. He
boldly sot forth tho oppressive acts of
Tarquin, and tho advantages of a sim
filer form of government. The people
istonod and believed. - An insurrection
speedily followed, and the king and
prinoes wore foroed to leave Bome.
y a single, powerful stroke, Lucius
ius Brutus had put an end to the
lonarchy, nftor it had oxisted .forty
throo yoara. a *
The Kornaus wero now called upon to j
decide how they would be governed.
After muoh debate, it was determined
that the supreme authority should be
vested in two persons . JBrn^tus, a~d
Oollatinns wero elected consuls. They
wore surrounded with all tho onsigna of
power, and ' the' kingdom was changed
to a ropublio.
Tho most rigid lawB wero made. Tho
new consuls sought by leveling rank,'
and allowing fortuuo to command no
respeot, to oblitorato all traces of tho
monarohy.
In time this despotic exorolse of pow
er made the republican government un
popular. Tho young patrioians, reared
in luxury and addicted to pleasure,
groaned under-the arbitrary sWay of
tho consuls. Sympathy for tho deposed
king and prinoos condemned to exile
began to bo folt. Tho former gaioties
wero remembered, and many earnestly
longed to have th >m revived.
Opposition to Brutus and Oollatinns
arose and spread widely.
Tarquin soon becamo awaro of tho dis
nffeotion. He sent his emissaries to
Rome, who.found moans to oxoita tho
young men into n spirit of rebellion. A
?' >lo was matured in secret, to restore
he monarchy. The noblost youths in
Bomo engaged in it. Tho two sons of
Brutus, and the nephews of Oollntinnn,
were among the number.
The conspirators met by stealth, and
bound themselves by a solemn oath, to.
unite all their energies to overthrow the
republic. ?. ,
Their plo|jy4?Jdisooverocl. Jjfo LJ !
A slaffjnamed Vindioius, suspecting
treason, sooretcd himself in the house
where their secret meetings were held.
He listened to their conversation, and
learned that r. utrong blow was soon to
be aimed ngamut \ the government. He
reveajed the plot to the authorities.
Tne Conspirators were seized and prepa
rations were made to give them a trial.
Early the noxt day, tho Oonaulo Brutus
and OoUatinua wont to the tribunal,
and ordered tho oulprits to be brought
before them.
The'young men were speechless and
terror-strioken.
With unbroken firmness Brutus asked
them if they had any defence to offer.
He received no answer.
TUJ question ?was repeated. Still no
words issued from their lips.
t Once more Brutus demanded if they
could 'deny the charge brought against
them.
I }Tears woro his,only. reply, and.their
dreadful silence revealed their inability
to prove'their innooonoo.
Terrible was the situation of Brntus.
Convinced of the guilt of his sons, Titus
and Tiberius, he was "forced to pass sen
tence of death upon them. With a
firm, undaunted voice, he commanded
the executioner to perform his work.
Tue unhappy youngmen entreated for
mercy. The spectators were moved
with compassion, and urged Brutus to
spare them.
He sternly refused. Calmly and un
falteringly he proceeded to exeoute the
laws, regardless of the ties of blood.
His sona had been false to Borne, and
must fmfier the penalty of'treason with
the others. The people looked upon
him in admiration and awe.
Oollatinus sought to savo his nephews,
but was prevented by Brutus.
"Aman may have more children,"
Baid the invinoible judge, " but he oan
have but one country; even that whioh
gave him birth."
Without a sigh, and evincing no pa
ternal emotion, Brutus saw his sons
scourged and their heads struck off.
Justice was appeased. Tho natural
feelings of the father, whioh he had
stifled to serve his counJPy, could no
longer be oontroled, and Brutus wept
bitterly.
The slave Tlnaiolus was rewarded
with money and freedom. The infor
mation he gave, whioh caused the death
of the noblest youth of Borne, saved the
republic. ______
Prince Bismarck aa "Dummy."
The Paris correspondent of the Lon
don News relates the following anec
dote :
" A Saxon military band gave a pri
vate performance before Prince Bis
mark, a few weeks ago, in Berlin, just
prior to his departure for Kissingen,
and one of its members has furnished a
Dresden paper with au aoconnt of their
reception by him. The prinoe showed
, him over his house, and pointing to a
desk in* the princess' room, told them
his wife, as thov might observe, kept
the cash. He i ai from tbe biginning
intrusted her with the charge of his
money affairs, while he attended to pol
itico, and ho would advise every mar-"
ried man to do the same, taking no
more than his wife gave him. Drawing
a table out of a corner, he said: 'At
this table M. Thiers/M. Favre and I
played a dummy game' nfc whist.' That
dummy was won partly owing to you
Saxons, for if nil had not been so brave
I should have held no trumps in my
hand. When we began to negotiate, the
gentlemen would not understand my
French because I demanded too muoh.
Thereupon I spoke German to them, and
that they would not at first understand;
but at last we agreed. They conceded
eveythihg; ahd When^ they had signed
their names to it, I again spoke French
with them. Had 'we been united t two
hundred years ago we need not have
been tyrannized over by the French;
but now, thank Qod, we are united, and
I hope we shall . remain..sowr.Ii ?they
onoe moro require it, we shall again
give them a fall.' Alluding to the war
of 1800, the prince said ho had always
respected the Saxons, for they, above
all, had the courage to stand firm
against tho Prussians when all the oth
,e*s had doib^thei^ headfc 5 You-must
see,' ho; sniid,' 'that it could not bo
helped. We were foroed to find out
whioh was tho strengest.'"
Hat-Backed.
Tho Saratoga oorrospondont of the
WdshlnpHon Starsays : " They have a
phenomenal boy to mind the Grand Un
ion dining-room and, hat-rack, to see
that no mistakes occur. In powers of
memory and locality ho beats ' Blind
Tom' or tho ' lightning oaloulattor.' In
the height of the Saratoga season, with
from nine hundred to two thousand hats
on his' mind, he has never been known
to moke a mistake. White hats, brown
hats, b la ok hats, slouch hats, stovo
Bipe hats, straw hats; No. 5s, No. 8s,
p. lOj; hats with blaok bauds, mag
outa bands, blue bands, or green bands,
it is nil tho samo?ho has never failed
to havo in his hand the: right
hat for the right man at tho exact mo
ment of emergence from tho dining
room. He is not supercilious or proud
of his gift. When complimented upou
Iiis powers of memory, ho answers not
in words, b?fc wnitVs Vroelancholy
smile, as if tho sword were too sharp for
tho scabbard."
?It oosts Franoe $6,000.000 a year to
protect tho body politio from tho rav
ages of the criminal classes.
THE VALLEY OP THE GEYSERS.
A Hamlrcd Holling, Baubling, Bottom
' los? Springs.
Dr. H&ynM' Iceland letter.
Here I am at last in tho very midst of
this great nest of babbling fountains of
boiling water,'whioh I first saw in my
school days' geography: book, and whioh
liavo been to mo n won dor over einco,
and. are, now tpat I have seen them,
more a wonder than.ever. A hundred
jets of Bteam are rising in the air all
round mo like so many columns of smoke
from as many piles of brushwood. A
hundred holes of various sizes are in
the earth, and looking! down into them
through the rising steam one sees a great
bubbling, boiling spring that seems to
bo bottomless. From many of thorn
water from time io time pours over the
brim and runs away in boiling rivulets,
above whioh clouds of steam are ever
rising; steam hisses but through fissures
in the rock, \ through the soft turf,
through,seething pools of mud, and
over a marsh a quarter of a mile distant
a veil of mist is seen rising and floating
away, to be melted in the tender sun
shine. For the day is lovely past all
description, and, weary from our two
days! journey of not less than ninety
milB3 over the worst of- roads, on horse
back, to whioh few of us have been of
late c ecus to med, we enjoy our repose on
tho grassy slope overlooking the valley
of the hot fountains, and write, and
sketch, and won dor, and admire. The
air is clear, as it rarely is in Iceland.
The outlines of the mountains are
sharply defined against the clear, pear
ly sky, and evon tho snow peaks oan be
discernoJ in all their varied forms
through eighty miles of distance. As I
look away to the southeast great Heola
looms above a range of purple hills,
the position of its immense crater dis
tinotly marked iu a depression of. tho
oap of snow. . I am looking directly
across the steaming plain of tho Gey
sers that stretches away beyond throngh
miles and miles of soft green, and
through whioh meander Bilvery bran olios
of the" Hvita, or White river. The
scene is too grand and wonderful for
pen or pencil. The sunlight glow on
Heola surpasses anything I have ever
seen.. Occasionally a delicate current
of warm air touches it, and, chilled by
the cold ice and snow, a light vapor
for a few moments floats away from its
highest point, oreating the impression
that a stream or smoke is issuing from
it. But this happens rarely, and the
great mountain seems to float in the
sky as a lightsome oloud, glorious and
luminous and vast. Behind mo is the
level, white summit of tho Lang Jo
kull; hearer rises the great, sharp,
snow-streaked Blafell, whose marvel
ously rioh hue reveals at onoe the me in
ing of its name; while between this and
Heola, with the same dark foreground
whioh frames and intensifies the glow
of the famed voloanio mountain, rises
peak on peak of the great Arnariello,
whioh is the very oentral orest and
heart of Iceland. It is a picture for a
painter to finger over ; it is a pioture
for a poet to dream of all his life, and
one which I oan not better desoriba
further than by saying that it was sim
ply glorious. A poet (Bayard Taylor)
sits now by me on the green, and I find
myself wondering if his fanoy and in
ten so sympathy with nature are not,
even while I write, rearing up some won
derful poet 10 fabrio worthy of the mar
vellous foroes that have beer aud still
are at work in the earth beneath and
around us, and worthy, too, of his com
prehensive intellect and subtle quali
ties of thought
Heola in itself, that is in form, is not
at all picturesque. There was nothing
in it to interest the fanoy but the glow
of sunlight on its oap of snow. It is
simply a long ridge standing broadside
to the northwest and southeast, and is
only remarkable in outline when seeu
from the southeast or southwest, when
the sharp ridge oomes out like a peak
against the sky.
I learn that the ascent of it is not dif
ficult, and it has been already reaohed
this year by Dr. Leitner, whom I have
had the pleasure of meeting on board
the. Albion and again at the king's din
ner, at Bejkiavik. From the Geysers
to its foot ib a good two days' journey.
One may go on horses to the little ham
let of Niefrholt, a good way up the side
of a spur that it sends out to the west,
from whence, after refreshing one's self
with a night's sleep, the crater may be
reaohed without difficulty or danger in
five, hours. This year the summit is.
more than ordinarily cove rod with snow.
The season has been unusually back
ward and chilly, ?nd there are very few
dark patches to be seen near the orest.
Uiisally, as I am told, tho crest is al
most olear of show before August, and
therefore Heola has failed to be digni
fied by tho name of Jokull, whioh
moans snow mountain, or ao least a
mountain always white. It is a simple
fell, or rooky' waste. <
First in importance of these Joknlls is
the Yatna, which oconpios an immense
space of several thousand square miles
in the southeast part of the island,
whioh has nevor boen explored. I was
told in Bejkiavif- that an English party
of four enthusiastic Alpine climbers
have gono thero this season, supplied
with every appliance, in the shape of
Alpine guides, ropes, ladders, spiked
staffs aud spiked boots, to do what has
been hitherto regarded as impossible;
but whether or not they have suooeeded
in broaking their neoks remains to be
reported. I H;noorcly hope they may
oomo out safe and sound, for the region
i if ono of great interest both in an artis
tio and scientific point of view, and may
they live to tell of it.
One thing I mntif. not forgot to men
tion before quitting tho description of
^his soeno from tho Geysers. It is the
surprising richness of coloring in the
landsoape. Surprising, because I had
read quite tho contrary, and my friend
Mr, Bryce, who had passed over Ice
land last year, had told me that every
thing to the artistic eye was unattrac
tive and monotonous, This is doubt
lens in general quite true, for fog or
rain is the prsvading condition of an
Iceland i: summer. On thiB day, how
ever, the air was romarkably trahspo
rent, and there was no color in the
landscape wanting to delight the artist's
I oyo. The most delicate violets, the lov
liest purplo, the richest gray were all
I from time to 0time conspicuous, and
there has been throughout the day a
glow on mountain, hill and dale that is
truly charming.
._-?
Romantic Marriage*
Tho Norwegian papers :"oro full of a
marriage recently celebrated between
an English gentleman and a gypsy girl
j bearing the name of Esmeralda... The
gentleman is Mr. Hubert Smith, de
scribed as a land owner in. Shropshire,
and who,"some tithe ago, made himself
known in' literature by a clover book en
titled "Tent Life with English Gypsies
in Norway," dedicated'.to^King Charles
XV. of Sweden 'and Norway. Mr.
Smith has spent several summers in
Norway with a following of'gypsies,
wandering on foot through valleys and
over mountains, carrying tents and pro
visions with him on the back of don
keys, aud lending a most original vaga
bond lifo?, Esmeralda was born on his
estate in Shropshire. She is, the Nor
wegian pipers' state, very handsome, a
Eor feet type of the peculiar beauty of
or race, of the sweetest temper, aud
richly gifted from the hands of naturo.
The last months she has passed in.the
Norwegian family, taking lessons in
languages and musio, and has aston
ished all by the wonderful progress
made in a short time, not less than by
her geutle'manuers. The marriage was a
civil one, being performed by the justice
of the ponce, but tho rector of the par
ish attended the ceremony, and, as he
had tho opportunity of knowing the
bride daring her stay in the neighbor
hood, roa$e a much applauded speech
in her honor. The Norwegian gypsies'
friond, Mfc Ellert Sundt, who has de
voted tho best part of his lifo to the
pulling down of tho barrier erected by
Srejudicovaud traditional superstition
etween the gypsies aud the rest; of the
community, and who has converted not
a few of tue nomadizing tribe to settled
nu.i inuutfoiouM )if?, fcal been invited
to the marriage, whioh had his full ap
proval, but was prevented at tho last
moment from attending. Several no
bilities from Christiana are mentioned
among the guests, aud the marriage
was the occasion for numerous expres
sions of sympathy, ^especially from
ladies who made the acquaintance of the
bride. After the solemnity the newly
married couple left to spend their hon
eymoon in the venerable beeoh forest
near Laurvig, the only one of the kind
in Norway, affording ample commodi
ties for tent life with gypsies.
The Best Organs on Most Favorable
Terms.
Cabinet or Parlor Organs ore capital
things for peddlers to work with, be
cause very poor ones can be made at
half the cost of good ones, and few peo
ple are competent to tell the difference
from a first examination. Manufac
turers print in their catalogues prices
which are three or four times as high
as the value of such cheap work. Then
the peddler starts oat ana pats them on
the people in various ways. He sells
at an enormous discount, if he oan get
oash ; takes part trade, if ueoessaay, or
leaves the organ awhile on trial, and
sells it, on long time at "manufacturer's
prices," exhibiting the catalogue to
show that it is suoh, or even at a dis
count from this, which he oan well af
ford.
The Mason & Hamlin Organ Co.
have recently announced a plan whioh
is likely to interfere with this business.
This Company, as is well known, makes
only the best work, which, by its uni
form excellence, has obtained the high
est reputation for their organs. They
proved tho best, and obtained the high
est awards at the recent Vienna and
Paris World's Expositions, as theyi
have uniformly done in American In
dustrial competitions. The fact that
these organs ore the best in the world
is, indeed, too wall established to need
farther endorsement.
The Company have now added a large
new factory to their former extensive
works, and design to greatly increase
their business. This they propose to
do by offering organs for time pay
ments, or for rent with privilege of pur
ohaso, at barely sufficient advance on
tho cash prices to afford a reasonable
interest for' the time. An organ may
be hired by the quarter with privilege
Of purchase at any time iu one year or
longer. If purchased within the year,
the whole oost, inolnding rent paid, is
only five to ton per cent, more than if
tho oash had been paid down at the be
ginning.
Persons having any idea of purchas
ing, will be wise to send a note to the
Mason & Hamlin Co., at either Boston,
New York or Chicago, and obtain their
new circulars, boforo purchasing.
?It is related of Gen. Kearney, that
during the hottest part of tho day at
Seven Pines, when his division were
putting in their very best "licks"
in holding back tho Confederate
column, tho colonel of a certain regi
ment of infantry that was hurrying for
ward galloped to tho American Bayard
aud ask him where he should go iu.
" Oh, anywhere, oolonel, anywhere.
It's all the same. Lovely fighting along
tho whole line."
TALMA AND KEMBLE.
A.Great Actor's Appreciation ot a Great
Actress.
Talma waa announced to play, for the
first time, the chief -priest in Bacine's
" Athalie." The intelligence, hov/over,
reached Kemble, in London, so late
that, by the time he bed made up his
mind to go over to. Bee nis great Frenoh
colleague, he was in doubt whether he
had time to reach Paris by the evetiing
of the performance . He set out, never
theless, and, on arriving on the Frenoh
sido of the Channel, he took a post
coach, paying treble fare in order to
treble the speed. It was already night
fall when he reached Paris. In all the
uncombed and unwashed disorder inci
dent to his journey, he had himself set
down before the door of tho ? then (as
now) famous theatre Franoais,' and hast -
ened to the tiokot-ofiio?. -Not a'coat
was to be had in any part of the house;
he was compelled, therefore, to tako a
simple admission-ticket. But now he
was so far from the stage and in such a
crowd that he could hear very little,
and could see less. Familiar as ho was
with the Frenoh language, he was not
sufficiently accustomed to hearing it
spoken to DO able to ?nderet and it satis
factorily under such untoward circum
stances. After so long a journey, to
miss a syllable or a gesture was enough
to almost drive him to despair.
And how near to him there was a box
containing seats for people, only two of
whioh were occupied, and from whioh
one could see and hear so admirably 1
He did not consider long, but went into
the lobby, had the owner of the box
called out, and told him how he had
come all the way from London to see
Talma that evening, and now, being
unable to get an eligible place, would
fail in the objept of his journey unless
he would give him a seat in his box.
In Kemble's manner of preferring his
request there was something so distin
gue and earnest that the gentleman,
who was no other than tho Duke de
Boohefoucauld, unmindful of the stran
ger's extraordinary appearance, opened
the .door of his box and bade him enter.
The case was explained to tho duchess,
who, of course, could not remonstrate;
but, after glancing at the - intruder, sho
moved as far away from him' as possible
toward the duke.
The performanoe began, and, from
aot t-vaot, the enthusiasm with: whioh
the Paris public were wont;to receive
their favorite increased. Kemble Bat
daring the whole time without moving
a hand or saying a word : the satisfac
tion, however, that was pictured in his
face seemed to reconcile the national
pride of the duke and dnohess to the
stranger's outlandish appearance.
The enthusiasm rose to the culminat
ing point in tho fourth aot, when the
high-priest utters his prophecy concern
ing Jerusalem. The effect produced
on the Englishman was equally as great
as it was on the other auditors. Little
by little he rose from his seat, and, at
an opportune moment, he involuntrily
cried out, "Beautiful! most beautiful!"
In an instant all eyea turned toward
the Duke de Rochefoucauld's box, and,
as the curtain foil, nothing was heard
throughout the house but the cry,
"Pathim out! put him out!" The
dnke and dnohess were naturally ex
ceedingly mortified, and the duke was
debating" with himself whether . he had
not better rennest the stranger to re
tire, when suddely the mod of the au
dience underwent a radical change.
An Englishman had recognized his
distinguished countryman, and had in
formed the audience who ho was, and
what he had said.- .The mercurial
Frenchman now applauded Kemble
louder than they had applauded Talma,
and, when Kemble finally rose and
bowed his thanks and pointed to .the
stage, intimating that all their plaudits
we're due to their gifted countryman,
the enthusiasm became unbounded.
* How differently the duoal pair looked
upon the stranger now! After the
play was over they insisted on his driv
ing home v/ith them, and refused to ac
cept his excuses only on condition that
he would dine with them the following
day. Kemble promised 'what they
asked, and hastened round to the stage
of the theatre to 'congratulate his dis
tinguished friend and oolleague.
Parisian Marvels.
Tho Paris correspondent of tho Phil
adelphia Press says,; in describing the
display of jewelry at the exhibition of
fine arts applied to industry: V. Among
the prettiest designs for earring's arc a
{>air of scales eaoh freighted with a rose
eaf, while tho beam above it is a true
lover's knot in diamonds pierced with a
tiny diamond arrow.1 (tA superb gold
bracelet is olasped by two diamond
shells joined by a large emerald and
eaoh shell containing a pearl. Tho gold
hair-pins of .novel design represent dan
delion seed-balls in gold studded with
tiny diamonds, the feathery lightness of
the down being exquisitelyreprotaoed.
The loveliest of diamond sprays for tho
i hair represents a plume of seed-grass,
and anything at once so grooefnl and so
brilliant oan hardly be imagined. Side
by side with these glittering marvels a
ease of dolls from the Hue St. Honore
attracted universal attention. Their
wooden ladyships were dressed so as to
display tho fashions in Franoe from the
end of the last century and beginning
of this. There was the Marveillenae in
the thinnest of muslins and scantiest of
draporiea ; the short-waisted, nhort
skirted damo of the consulate; the
longer skirt, huge sleeves, and Cash
mere shawl of the lady of tho restora
tion, and finally the becrinolined dam
sel of some years ago, looking very
large and hoopy, but pretty and. pict
ur csquoAuotwithstanding."
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FACTS Al^^FANOIE^ii-?^,Jt
?No young manqsibrc^hgaint-ttiil
earn-drop when she. holds it between
er teeth and invites him to'toko ? bite.
?Out of the flfty-foul*y$rmg^e^
appointed cadets at West-Point and 03
nmined during; j tho past week, pnjy
twenty-two pa?ed the examination and
wereadmitted. r"\' \*$ &rnJt
?"Of course we couldn't have li?n
roaming around here and. Putting;
congressional sirs," say0 a Nevada pa
per in explaining now ii'TOmfe'''-1 thief
come to his end? "sdi ,'ynyph u*ttd%iir
?rYoung ladies hive brokou pufc with
an attack of oollnr, that partaken of tho
nature of a table cloth, a boiled isHift;
nad a fireman's cape.- It is worn about
half way dorwp the; ba^,nf) h*llm
? j,,?An. enthusiastic > admirer, ? 01"? y_oh?
smith Moid has pulled t*o hairs'from
the groat trotter's tail,' and intends to
have them woyen, into ? a, ipfg^n Ijte
needs a plug h/xt to stow his ears in.. ,
^.?.nr, <rfj,ifttR miilfjiiftt at J?^mabij}
?If a man is not rising inwards to
be ah angel, depend1 uponHlrfie ff "s3ib>
ing down to be a devil. ; He cannot ntop
at the beast. . The .most savage naenarp
not beasts?they are worse, a great deal
worse. : 1 ,r "?*'*' vtanvmao ?<u vtf
?*' Mamma/', said,; a a little; ;.:gij?l,
'* what's the. meaning of a; book being
printed in 12mo ? " " Why, my deary'
replied the mother, "it moans that tho
book will be published inu^tw_alve
months." ? > ^ ' '
?When a young lady notices your
shirt button hanging by a single' thread
on thet*^ragged edge"; of;the. button
hole, and ?calls; your attention to it,
don't wait for another hint like that, as
you may never get it; i?'"'?? ir.di iri^n
?A Kentucky church: has sent two
lady missionaries to the Feeieo islands.
This is very considerate, ' N? a?ubt the
cannibals will prefer* this cort to tho
tough old gentlemen who nro nmiallv
thrust upon that market. ' \' ,
?Iii Thomson's Gazetteer is the fol
lowing erratum : " For D utohmari read
Dr. Adams." This ;i$ 1 almost, equal; to
the well-known correction,, v For dum
squizzle read permanent,'* or the'- ainhs
ing erratum-in ? Hartford papery 7,r For
Alum, Water, Alma, Mate^ ^ r
?" M^.t SweUii-ns, ,what'is;a comet 2V'
asked the elder Mrs. S welkins. '*Nertn
ing bat a predatory star, with o mncil
aginous tail," said Mr. .S. " Jane.'Vsoid
Mrs. S., "git the diotionoir and hunt
for them air words j Vour father' always
did talk that way afore wo was mar-*
ried."
?If tho titoo over comer, for the ex
planation of the mysteries of this
world we shall bo glad to'know why the
young man who remarks . on , leaving
church, "I can preach "a *betfer ~ sermop
than that myself,'- is.c?ntebt to' wear
out his life over n< eoimter ,aj^?5Q?a
month. ,i\r,K tft i'itd:
?A New York paper has. the follow
ing among "its marine 'tootices::,'^4,t*3Hie
schooner Albatross was wrecked on tho
coast of Newfoundland ,pii the^.llth
inst., the captain swimming aSuore,
and the female cook olsd,: who'being in
sured for 815,000, and heavily laden
withiron." ronVnA uli 'd ?
?" Are the. Joneses bockrw inquired
Mr. Spitkints, wlib bdsh't:been out of
town all summer: .1 V'Yes'm," replied
tho cook, "and Mrs. Brown and the
children got home from Saratoga' this
morning." "Then;'?Maryy you 1 may
open the front shutters," continued
Mrs. S., "and say we've, returned' too."
?A married pair wore recently di
voroed by docreo of the - supreme judi
cial court of tho state of; Maine , on tfche
ground of cruelty. The true *ea?PB
was that he loved flowers] .bboloufme
try, pets, and all the beautie3 of na
ture, whUe she-confined; her thoughts
solely , to "biled vidtuals and the. in
terests of the chi^dreri.>^?, ?* ft,f e^mi"*
?Brief colloquy in Teias -bet ween a
tourist and a native; "My friend, why
is it everybody, in this conutry thinks it
necessary to carry one or two "revol
vers ?" f' Well, stranger,*' said tho Tex
an, "you mought travel, aroand here a
good long time and not wont a'weppon,
but wheu you do Want a pistol in this
oountry you want it like hell." it hum
?An eight-hour man, on going; home
the other evening for his supper, found
his wife sitting in her best clothes"on
the front stoop, reading'n-'ivolunm of
travels. " How's this he csclaimcd.
"Where's my^supp r?" .''I don't
know," replied his wife. "T began' to
get vonr breakfast at! six o'clock! this
morning and my eight hours ?e^de^ at
tWO P.:m." . '
?A curious epiHodo ' in the^railroad
depot at Ijincoltii'Nebraska,; ijhe-jother
day, was a Menonito divorce. The man
was anxious to go to Dakota, aha -his
t? ife' equally anxious*" to r0mhdQ,fBo] Taf
te? a > long argum^t^nhi^sq^^snd
German, they sat down upon the. floor,
and, opening a bag Wntihim^-,'two
thousand dollars in gold, counted it
out,: piece by, piece,., tho tman. taUng
one-half and tho wonaam the . other.
They then shook hands7 and scphrated,
the man jumping upon a train bound
for Dakota, ; . . .^.j'
?The* American Agriculturalist, in
its last issue, contains tm article'?pbn a
new species of funj<i, lately importod
to this oountry in. the bollyhook-^whieh
have already made depredations upon
that plant of a Berio?h nature and
threaten still worse. ( The writer as
Berts that tho wholo family of plants to
whioh the hollyhock ! belongs is: in
i.<qnal danger, and atr this includes cot
ton, this.great industrial interest is, we
are told, in imminent <?anger! As a
remedy florists are urged to' ^tupcr^ 1^0
moid of this species oft,plants .touthe
pqnntry, as their deBtmotiou has^so fay
dofled all remedies appliecK ..
