v
Plea for ••Castles
nanny
fee
t» -, Air
th
the myriad trouble
y day,
'duM not from th
urn invny,
i a fin-off fairy-1
unions bear,
Q. awhile our teai
he uii?"
11:
2"
a briffht-hu
ieyond our view,
hopes whioti i"
taalo\vy and unit
e not in that di
SCtH"
j|»)iuls
and cure,
'•*---.1 out P.trauiso
be air"?
re are lonely ch oe
.lid heart—
1 Jil'c'8 S"ttg Of
•ear a pnrt.
nrk! wi at mysoi
he
vt'ico of curt-.
't**l Ininda are e
'Castlt'3 ill 111*' ft:
ever grow
disc
nvoi'S not,
pursue
life's
pi.
v nil hour ol
an re Ia wear—
I :ire kings and e
n the air."
LlTTLi: CI S
iptain!" —The
TOHM
as a woman'.
,ke me with yon to i
it allowed to carr
said the captain,
ig up from his de-1
tug-boat St aver. v.
s, was lying at the iT
•iho was tlie only bo..- -:gh mat
•d any sign of life .ho others
laid up for the win" navigation
perilous. The g) river vvas
and full of huge '-s of float
e, and ali the land w.n deep v i4h
and sleet. It was inteu--'..
4 the 22d of December.
lidu't mean to go as a passenger,
he voice. "1 thought maybe you
let me work my way along with
ew."
got all the hand- we wan:, 1
e." said the captain, busy with
lis.
iptain, I'll work u.-Jity hard
in, please, can't 1 go with you,
lie tried to speak bravely, but it
ainfully evident thntbe wa- brc
ick a sob.
captain finished tiis b... and
I up at his vi-i!"r.
ell, I be d— Mi" -a ,d the tp-
,-as a very small boy who had of
his services to iIn* captain a lad
die face and feutuies of delicate
His soft, dark hair hut i-. wave
bout his nick. His e. were
ed and shrunken as il' from illness,
iothing was scant and thin, lie
rembliuw w tl cold, and his wide,
n eyes had n i
lg that the i" ni, -i
eeovered fr -m
am to come at-,
i.
know I'm n
he boy as
ight\ little
.«,tood by
,.•( rc ],
Irl'IV, MI
'iiii .,"
our li
I'm twelx
hard as an
hat's all rij
.in. "Wha
i 'he bov.
on," answi
0 you want t- /m
Ben? What do on wa
fo,,?"
fnever
n—large
is,
pr
,«t1
V
oi
irs:
iys
TB''
y(
ig
pay n
busin.
1 mac
lime,
diilii':
to mo
doors
ch i S la
to pic
used i
and I
eent the
1
ird. I told mother i wns iti
I never said what business,
atv of monev in the stininier
ruber got cii .y I
MIid I Rent I
ami sometimes I slept uui
A' then I got sick and 1 hud
day, and hey shook me all
and 1 couldn't sing like I
:. i people stopped paying me,
my £tutar to a man,
inotiev to mother.
:iK« ami lev lin'
*'ng about one 1»
lred w:ian exuvm
tain,
stove
and
olh a
ie boy looked at i-i-.it1
tent, and ti e-, he -aid:
t's almost hristmas, am
mother I was coming le
ves iu St. Louis."
.s simple woi 1- touched
I" Motil-
the cap
lived in
The captiiMi', mother
jouis, too, :uid he was trying to
home in tiuie to spend the holi
with her.
•Veil, what'- the matter?" asked the
ain. "Ain't you got no money?
down here, little chap, and tell us
at it. Look-, like you've been hav
a pretty tough time."
he boy sat down, and the captain
xiuch questiuuingobtained his t4orv.
parents had resided in Now Or
is. He was boru there. His father
an artist, who made a sufli tent
jme to support his family in cum*
and to semi his son to a musical
ool. Two \ears before his father
1 suddenly and his mother moved
it Louis, where she invested her
ds in trade, and opened a modest
le millinery ostablishment in one of
poorer sections of the city, liusi
N did not flourish with the widow,
.she managed by dint of saving to
her boy at school.
knew but whnt mother had
Oty of money,1' said the boy, in his
iple way. "She always gave me
»rything I wanted, till one day last
nmer she came to my room, and I
A singing and playing on my gui-
tea- drops had been slowly
Wing in the boy's eyes he hastily
ished them away with the, back of
hand. "She looked so pretty," he
id, "that I ran up to her and kissed
r. She was smiling when she came
br room, but when I kissed her she
\d her head on my shoulder and cried,
it nearly killed me 1 never saw
rther cry before. And she said she
is just nervous and nothing was the
atter but I made her tell me, and she
id her money was nearly gone
rf^'I' V-BUt 1
took inv gwitar and went out of
1
ie house, and then 1 wrote mother a
_ote and tohl her 1 was going away for
r,Sr': little while, and I would write to her
^jjfjyerv day and send her money. 1
94 *-allied from one town to another all
T.C^t*§ sutnuittr, ami in the eveniugs I use.d
mid 1
"And every letter I got from i-.nther
she was begging me to come home, and
she said she did not need my money
and business was getting good, but vou
captain, she fooled nte once before.
1 u (W stio would say anything to get
me oaek, but the last letter I wr«te lier
1 told her 1 was coming homo and 1M
be there for Christmas. Ami yesterday
and last night I walked all the w
from I'aducah through the snow, un t,
captain, 1 can't walk any more.11
He had ft.- rgoiten his present troubl'
in the recital of his adventures. 11
etiled suddenly to remember his posi
tion. He looked at the captain wit
tricat, pleading eyes.
.s 1 .• oft sobbed, "I
let me iro
UK) Iltt Hi Clillp
ears had to come
ie i aptain u«»t up .VIM n'
1'^h the iittl alow, li- -v
and iped eiully ..e
Sown again.
'vVeli, well," said, ^uuldn
about it son I reek -a we ca
1,\ for vou, I cxpcct. you do '..ant
,our mother .-^irc 'null.
I'nank you, sir," said the ,ov. di •,
his eyes. "1 never will forge: s,, ,r
ine-s^ captain, and now I'm tea i\
kvork."
I ne cap'M 'i n,nki -i at the no. and
a ghed.
-Vou needn't do anything, sotun.
in- stay aboard and make yourse
e enfortable."
Hut the boy persisted, and the cap
la :n told him to go below and do whf.t
,-•• the mate commanded.
An hour later the St
aver was makin.r
!!.• best of her way up the ice-tilh i
turbulent Mississippi, and the eapta-n
had nearly forgotten about the boy. lie
worked w"ith the crew, pulling on slecU
frozen ropes, wheeling coal to the fir
naee. doimj whatever the men wov.'
1 him. hev were rough, kind-hea-'
men.
ill v.av
Thev joked the boy in
and told him he had
tied
i o
V 1'
'en -1 f
midn
ifV voi
deck
"lvoil-i
t, now!
inieiu-
"You !o
l'h'- man let Mm
•II"s bed.
"Hello! who'
iimg feller! Vou*.
I
in the in xt bertl
Engli.-h! rou -e ti
nt a man on the
i" on
i i:
Tile ot
bod V
her.
proni-
ni.rht
hat do vou want
ami
wag afraid I would have to stop
Ofic lessons. Aud I told her not to
j, cause I'd make money for her. and,
.ptain, I done it, too." There was a
ne of triumph in his voice, and for a
oment his pale face flushed with con
Ious pride.
"1 never told mother what I was go
to do—1 knew she wouldn't let me
"Well, you are a sweet eat. -i
iii.ni, vou are.'1 said the mail, eyeing i:e
1 "v disdainfully, ''('onif!on with ne
I'ii soon show you what you've got
do, you tow-colored trump you.
the devil did vr .1 come from,
through cursing IJiTl Howe, and ilieu he
doaed off to sleep again.
It was terribly cold on deck. The
boy shivered as the man led him over
the long line of barges. Finally they
reached the last barge in front of the
Bteamer. There was a torch burning
in au iron frame. The man told the
boy he must keep a sharp look out
ahead, and when he saw a dangerous
drift coming toward them he must
signal the pnot by waving a light.
••All ri-right, sir.'1 chattered the boy,
and the man swore nt him two or three
times aud went b.o k u the steamer.
Tlie sionn oi wind and sleet was
over. Th ir-Jit was beautiful and
still. The deep, measured breathing of
the tug away back in the rear, the
crushing of the ice along the banks,
and now aud then the howl of a famish
ed wolf from the swamp laudd on either
shore only made the
more awful and sublime.
him the stats seemed doubly brilliant
through the clear, cold air, and before
him was the great, mad river idled
wi'U flashing, l'antastic, gho-tH fornw
ii.vt moved, and chauged, and .. ..
n:i.1 seemed to beckon him. A: 1 ,v
w:,s so cold, so terribly, deathly eoui.
An hour—two hours went by. 'i
Ho ,- kept his eyes fastened on the ri\
it every bone in his frail b-'v
t!« mbling and his face was put i .•
coid hiu't him it was an agony lb- -,i:
down on the front of the barge. i'
he looked taek at the headlight
tug, back to the glowing warmth of
furnace.
"1 must try antt stand it,11 he kept re
peating to himscif, and presently
took from his ragged jacket a little t"\.
ami opened it.. It contained a ciieuu,
black breastpin. He had spent his last
cent in a Christmas r-ft for his mother,
lie 'K"d at it. and it seemed to warm
hit The cold didn't hurt him any
i-v A pleasant, di-eamv sensation
-'i .ding over bin.. He tin it ie
•\o I :.e down will head .», it,y
,• n he could watch the river just r»
il. And then no, he eouhl not
'.'iniin" bv some euriou» nia^ic
,... il A
i'lnt, c"»/y
-1• his book
iiad left tie
portra
i iiuiia
his i
,nd on ta'-a
i bou-jtH-* of pretty tl"
i* be suuitncr time, bee:
,' ..as f)pe.t» and the warm
-o, VUHSll 'I.'! '::.'
i- i. And ho-.- !o- 'i.
.oil
tnuc.
ps UI
i l, p«
is hat
•lie
trang.
UtiVH.
th
be!
1
"Euglisli
n
aw a gas,
selves. Were
MIV
L."ng:b
The deck-hand known as
looked over the side of his bunk.
"Ivook here. Hill Howe," he grum-
blod, "do you mean ter say you're go
ing ter put that there kid out on the
front?"
"I mean to say I'm going to *lo just I
what 1 blame {(lease," said Hill.
"Well, you ought to be ashamed of
yourself, you white-livered puppy."
said the deckhand with some warmth,
"I'm pretty tough man myself, but
me if I'm going to see such a
outrage as that. You go on back to
bed. sonny I'll take your place."
"Naw you don't neither," retorted,
Bill. "Yon wouldn't come when I
called you, and I'm captain of the
gang, and what I say goes, aud don't
you forget it." and before English could
interfere he had caught the ooy rudely
by the arm and pushed him from the
cabin,
"Kid'll b- back inside o1 ten min
utes," reflected English, when he was
i
i
u i e n e
1
.. is ai Hi(! iwk him in her a: to- -i
nt and kissed him. And he
heail in her bo-om. and he
arm breath .n i. e ,i c\. a* 1
v. ith gladness.
how
1 IOV€ VOLI. A.
j'lurnuired happ si!:'" l- a. and tie w.
'•ting to tell her ..bout 11 a and
i-iplain and the strange ud n- on t:
.ver. tail ,t sl jped from htm
i rgot it. He torgot. cverythiii.g
The deckhand known
lit
4•English''
woke from a sound sleep, and instantly
wiiv, he could not sav tie thought of
tiie bov. Not finding him in his cot,
he hastily put on a great shaggy over
coat and went forward to relieve him
om the watch. He found little lien
ving with his head on his arm, a smile
•aus on 1."-. and in his hand he held
is mot..-': gift, but his face w-.- eolor
i a s snow, and life had e--ascd to
his heart. English bent over
Then he stood up.
i
Bart'
Aver
rpdian
illl
lie thr
now
wigwams.
•leMTiption
I
wa« 'Wii
ido. l-'ro
igrieultural
nteiideni
"t
l.orre: t!:
paddle, executed
'Veil ot lg
Ii.a!
po,
Hill the.
Indian
ous elKtugs. .•
-h for ci
ility for enj o.
ellovvs," or "K
as thev prefer to
v
MUi(
:.i iron
t. So the
ival C'augii
'call th.-m
•r of he
tern.-r
/, 'aero-st
eH-e club,
into the
in the full now
ami veiiow attire. wli
into the hearts of their
W e n
1
brethren in England.
mod war-crv
Inlating their
strains of music, presented a varied -pro
gramme as the result of tie .. evening
pastime by the winter log-tii-
Ami while the spears of Uic abori
gines are being beaten into .colonial
pruning-hooks, the war-dance is pre
served as an entertainment for fete days
and favored guests.
The dance was introduced by a song,
under the leadership ot one who i'lotii
time to time shook aud rattled a horn
tilled with small pebbles. Then discus
sion took the place of music, the dispute
growing more and more angry, untii
tomahawks were raised, and the facet
of the combatants had assumed the most
threatening expression and 'heir bodiel
the most menacing attitudes. A war
rior sprang into the center of th« greup,
gesticulating, stamping, and jelling,
while the others tohl their sympathy
and hate by a low monotone of stamp
kept up by the feet ns if by electricity.
This grew louder and more aggressive,
until body and soul seem«*d to be pos
sessed by one set purpose of yellingnud
stamping, impelled bj" the desire ol
bloou and the prospect of revenge. Tlx
scene, even in mimicry, was too awiie
to be entertaining, had it not given evi
dence of having produced delight in
stead of rage in the breasts of the per
formers, aud had it not been adroitly
fused by them into a
flanit
of farcical
buffoonery, amid deafening rounds ol
applause.
The Qmx*r.
A I»ndon correspondent says that
the people of the English metropolis in
a year's time eat 600,000 oxen, 2,000,
000 sheep, ^00,000 calves, 300,000
swine, 8.000,000 head (if fowls, &(*0,000,
000 pounds of tish, ,VJO,000,000 jtounds
of oysters, 200,000 lobsters, some mill
ion tons of canned go*xls, no end of
fruit, and other btutV, and 60,000,000
bushels of wheat It takes L'OO.O'MJ.OOO
quarts of beer to quench the common
thirst. But more than this, they drink
And above 10,000.000 quarts of rum and .00,000,iX.K)
quarts of wine. Taking out the water
used for sprinkling, cooking, and fount
ains, and the actual drinking supply is
I dcvoeratelv small.
rr v i o irin smr.
i* i I HiItii'u!t Ce u i.•
I W li Finil a W.»v.
tie, tai
eomp
hey either
:rf er
ami to iro t('
of a duenna.
v ir thev arc
i almo
1
itties
N e i! ea^t
forbid
:i l»v
W 11
•:e .its go
in oid woman
secrete their hat
el.
them safelv in
them
mi it s :i mi i
me alter me nrst lew \ears o"
In a word, everything is done
both temptation and r-
11 t'rt aitvi i.o i -i .v u vT
N i i. s are beginn make
ii •. In Fiorenc
ladtc-. enjoy a liberty which wouid have
seemed outrageous licence to their
grandmothers, and vcn iti Naples
pa re i ,gor is slowiy relaxing. Iti
in Si v and the less frequented parts
of Soulucrn Italy that 'Jut old system is
still in full force, though, strangely
enough even there there are single towns
a-..t districts in which from time, im
i.orial the customs have been far
I To these we do not refer, nor to
e,. marriages as are simply arranged
i v ie parents of the young jeoplo for
worldlv reasons. The number of the
latter is ^mailer Italy lha:: ti.-ually
supposed.
1
ider the niostdillieult circumstances
as tiie old song says, will tind a
Wiiv, and here, too, he steals into the
maiden's chamber, however can-fully
it may be guarded. One right she
possesses which is sometimes nied to
voting wives--the perfect freedom of
bah'onv. There she mav sit whenever
-:. tdow falls upon it. or aecoolness ot
evening has
come,
i.( 'L. a or .nearlv ad
.. .•.
I
it. is enough.
at mot Italians o tins
-. ,•.vu at first sight, or
.. v id den passions li .i1
A:
Juiiet arc the ru.e
i cs! eptioti in the South,
--, i.ircly have so tragical an
h,i A young mail catches a
.ii[»sc of a girl, and at once resolve
:n..ke her hi-, wife if it i* at ehuri i..
1 f,.di,w- her home if on tl balcoiiv,
and begins to haunt.
.•
it ie-
i
aeci'pttibie, perhaps
i!av n liower will tall at his feet,
t- ug'n the girl knows that such is
laigement is tin maidenly. A lover
v a «od voice ami ear has an im
•••Ivantage. He sings snatches of
love lOi.gs as he walks below, and ii :i
voici-. above takes up the last note and
gradually passes to another song, he
inav take heart. Whatever ddlieulties
he m:.y still iiavc to cncounte.r, an
aver-ion on the part of the. obj, ot of his
,'dViciions will not be one of tneni.
Verv pretty flirtations are carried on in
this"way, the young lady at times mock
ing anil teasing her admirer with frag
ments of satirical verse, and at times
falling into something very like senti
ment, but they are more frequent after
than before, the betrothal.
Even tiiw most favored lover has, in
I the meantime, been seeking for some
means of establishing a more direct
intercourse with the object of his choice.
He has made inquiries of the neighbors
as to the character of the family and its
Intimates, and endeavors to obtain an
introduction to one of the elderly ladies
who frequent the house. To her he ex
plains his wishes and his position in
life, and he ihen begs her to plead his
cause. If he is an eligible suitor, ^he is
almost certain to consent, as the mis
I sion is an interesting one, and the
josition is considered highly honorable.
She knows nothing of any signs of favor
the lover may have received, so her
I lirst visit is to the young lady, who
feigns shjness and a reluctance which
it sometimes takes w(*?ks to overcome.
At least the envoy is supposed to act
thus fnet, there is generally a per
fect understanding between her and the
parents, though they pretend to know
nothing of what is going on. After the
maiden has given what she considers a
sutlk-ient proof of ber modesty, »be
yields. Tlie father is then consul ted.
the principal conditions of the marriage
contract, are discussed, and the betrothal
takes piace.
Such is the course of true love when
it runs sinoothlv, as, in spite of all the
authorities to the contrary, it occasion
ally does in real life. If the maiden is
coy, the youth has a more difficult task.
He endeavors to secure the good ollices
of some female dependent of the family,
of an old nurae—nur«*es play afar great
er parf in the family life of Italy than of
England—or even, if no
ni.i'ir of he f:tt a! 1 he vo-.intr pco:
an understaiuiing w
mi the father, of com
(Vtuii)e!*, He consults
|.e e
Hid el -c.r Ot tlie young III
ats4a results, he signib
riirnes: treat, and the
Ml (oll That Ot it e
Vitueu^r
amoun
,,nk" in
it
of
W
W o
I' i,
nt
ill
iti_
w in
priv a'
i e
cr wit:
wid
et oi
oune
aid the youtt.-
pas.s along the street east eager
ces upwards t.» catch a glimpse ot
pretty faces above. Then, as ne
.v e niav go to church under
•m -e .. nsii ip, and it is extraord
for re!i'Tious '\er*i,
spioke.
he ease of
OIIKT op|ortu-
nity oilers, of the washerwoman. Such
negotiations are generally kept strictly
secret, and if the young lady shows a
marked aversion to the projosed mar
riage they are dropwed at once. If she
assents to it, the lover sends one of his
relations or friends, who is as often as
not a man, to speak with the father on
the matter. No mention whatever is
tor pi,
Main
they
ive gt
.!•. :is
..leu ne\:
his rot".
N» w York mi
ington bride- .•
straitened e
4'It
the
II
w v\ -i .isplav
anot
1
e
ver 11 .o-» u ii .e ociety
ai inv an-t •.:«. v am! legal
balls. Ami now, when its riciiest yoa
bachelor and clubman waul- a vvitc
goes to Scothmd for her. and leav
-cores of di-:ij.}M)inted a.-piraiits here U
wonder why he need travel so far.
Young armv aud naval otllccrs are the
most mercenary lot of all. and the) in
variably save up their leaves of absence
to spend in W*ashingt',iu during the win
ter months. One mi.-ereant in epaulets
once horrilied ,-ome married ladies by
saying:
pays u* or fellows on
short commons -a -s a season »n
Washington sending bouquets aiu?
spending all our money on the girls
lor ail the rich girls go there, and their,
b'I'tuucs are only equivalents for the
-ocial
position that we can give, them.'V
Soiii'a ones iiie.se o"av i (ecul it tors get
terribly
-oi.\ i.o:
I-M I\
papa that
ii.ises'lo a ... o-.., e '.eaily one,
nd heiress is :i mune, ver i.silv ticket
.' to a girl who dresses well, ltecently
vp-re has been a notorious ease of out
of these uniformed fortune-hunters get
ting the MipjKised heiress alter a long
•,lege, only to tind too pite mat the. .for
tune was all iu thi -. ".
-,ip like
i
liea i- ag
oiiicer.
although engagco. n
now iu Eui'oj'e .1, ng
...ml buying
i elea.sed 11't. i i '1
WHO.
great heiress
her French
11 1
marry a pciiniM-^-i i p.uin e
one ot the th-pai: ments here. I'
who believe in tin" old-fasluoncu
stories admire and sympathize deeply
••villi this crooked course of true hive.
'4"
A joke is often told on (.ne verv
punctilious army •'".* w iti the
coiir-e of frontier
1
m-
ex-lauiidrcs.s the
ro..:nl
his
WHO
of a congressman.
The laundress' ri -e and the growth of
her husband's fortune couid not briny
the ladie.-of the foil recognize her,
.md this parLicu ,i o!licer, :iltiiougi
now a general, eo.te. remember some
stormy scenes, when, as a poor young
lieutenant, he had scored and upbraid
i ed the laundress aboul matters ot
I starch, buttons, and plain mending,
i Sin: fell in his way next at some eeie
bration or event where her iiu-djand,
the congressman, was iu one of tin
I front carriages of the procession, and
she, tin* gorgeous figure, on the plat
formcrowde.il with the distinguished
|*-ople of tiie day. The general in his
I uniform was in ro.bleed and her voice
aud face sent his memory chasing back-
WTlrds. Just about as the identity was
becoming clear her talk went on to the
winter that she had ju-t passed in
Washington. Her comments on so
ciety ami people at the capital woand
"up "con -oiingly with this: "(.), yes! I
found, too, that army oilieers go ip
quite good society at Washington.'
When this got into army gossip it fur
nished as much amusement as a remark
that once rose above the hum of voices
at a dinner party hen when the sau*
-woman, who looked 00 and wore a
ravenblack wig over a face seamed with
a hundred wrinkles, simperingly said
"Yes, 1 mean to wear baby blue auld 1
am 30."-
y\ (isUut(jtv7i Letter in
J,Qina Olobt-Dcmucrat.
Kcmarkable Intellectual Ora»p.
A wealthy gentleman interrogates
his son's teacher as to the boye's capa
bilities.
"You have been giving private h*s«
aons to my son for more than a year':*"
"Yes. sir it's more than a year."
"Well, by this time you nmst have
got a pretty good idea as to his capa
bilities.
"I think 1 have."
'Now, tell me, candidly, has he no*
got a remarkable intellectual grasp?"
"Indeed he has quite remarkable, r»
fact."
"Ah! I am glad to hear it,11
"Yes 1 think I can truthfully
my
that
be grasps the simplest problem with tb#
greatest imaginable difficulty
tiftlHijS.
Tlie new "brown" or "cocoa" powuer
is a departure in military affairs. Woo4
charcoal has given place to a new ma
terial, and the proportion of sall]eter
and sulphur has been changed. The
new powder makes less smoke and is
slower to explode when not con lined
It has proved its efficiency in the artii
lery, provided always that the guns as*
breech-loader