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THE FUTURE.
A. figure wanders through my dream,
And wears a veil upon ita face,
Still bending to my breast it seems,
Yet ever turns from my embrace.
And sometimes passing from my sight,
It lifts the veil as it departs,
Aud eyes flash out with Buch a ligh*
As never dawned on waking hearts.
There is no need of sound or speech,
Of toiling through the troubled years,
The rapture of that ami!e can teach
More than a century of tears.
And this I know, if it could move
Out of my dreams into m> days,
One service' of unbroken love
Should till and crown my life with praise.
Love with no doubt and no demands,
But generous as a southern June-
Vast brotherhood of hearts and hands,
Choir of a world in perfect tune—
Nor shallow sunset films the gilt,
Far summits which we darenot climb—
But ceaseless charms of hope fulhlled,
Making a miracle of time.
How sure, how calm the picture seems !
How near it comes, beheld, possessed!
It is not only in my dreams
I feel that touch upon my breast.
It thrills me through the barren day.
It holds in in the heart of strife ;
No phantom grasp that melts away,
It .; m s — it is — the touch of life !
We look into the heart o: flowers
And wonder whence their bloom can rise ;
The sec Tit hope of human hours
Lb hidden deeper than oureyis.
In helpless tracts of wind and rain
The work goes on without a sound;
And while you weep you weep in vain,
The flower is growing underground.
We know the lesson; hut a cry,
Bitter and vast, is in our ears,
Our life of fruitless misery
Shakes all our wisdom into tears,
Thronged by our clamorous griefs that say.
" Behold what is, forget what seems,"
T can but answer, " WeHaday,
There is that figure in my dreams. "
TAKEN BY STORM.
"Mademoiselle, we are obliged to
ask your hospitality. Believe me, we
will encroach upon it as little as pos
sible."
The speaker, a young Prussian
ollicer in full uniform, bent low before
the beautiful girl whom he addressed.
But Marie Moreau saw neither the
courtly grace or manner, nor noted
the youug, handsome face and form.
She only knew the enemy of her coun
try stood before her, that the tri-eoior
of France had been dragged down
from its standard where it had "floated
protectingly over the little French
town, and the hated banner of Prussia
put in its stead ; that the very privacy
of their hearths and homos had been
intruded on — in many instances ruth
lessly—and that the man before her a
representative of all the disaster
entailed.
"Sir," she said, her lips curling
with undisguised scorn as she spoke,
"we are women, and defenseless. It
fits you well that you should make a
pretense of asking through courtesy
that which you have already obtained
through force. The only request we
can make of our guests'" — emphasiz
ing the latter word with supreme
irony — " is that we may bo permitted
to see as little of them as possible.
Unless your regretful consideration
should demand all the house,, leavens
any portion, however small, that shall
boours, notonly in word but in deed."
"Mademoiselle, your wishes are
commands." answered the young
officer, though a flush had risen to his
cheek, at her hot words of scorn.
"My advice would be to take the
upper floor, where there would be no
excuse of' intrusion from me. I wish
most earnestly that I might withdraw
my men from the house, but it is
impossible. The town is small and
troops are many. They are quarter
ing everywhere, and even if I should
withdraw them, you might be sub
jected to fresh a annoyance, from
which it will be my earnest endeavor
to shield you. Permit me. Madem
oiselle to hand you my card, and to
beg you to command my services and
report to me any incivility which you
•nay encounter."
s,! speaking, he placed on the table
before her a slip of pasteboard, and
making a low bow withdrew.
The girl made no motion toward it
no;, even bending the haughty little
head in fecognization of the courtesy.
•• Really. Marie," said her aunt,
stretching out her hand for the card,
"the young man was very polite. It
would have been better policy, my
dear, had not your manner been so
repellent."
"Repellent," exclaimed the young
girl, rising from her seat in her own
excitement- and pacing up and down
the room. " I scorn him. Does he not
know that .1 true French woman will
bear any Lnsult rather than the humil
iation of the Prussian magnamimity!
! hate hir.\] i hate them nil ! I Tow
shall I eve; draw =v free breath, know
ing that they live <m the air that sus
tainsme? Ah. France, be patient;
it will bu i little time longer.
••Hugh Yon Trenck," read the
card. ■• We must not lose this. The
young man may really be of future
service to US.*'
•• Aunt, how can you ? dive me the
card or tea.- it up yourself. Do you
think I would ask a favor at his hands
— aye. or accept one \ Never, never!"
ami the bright eyes flashed.
But madam quietly slipped the
piece of pasteboard within the ret
icule she wore at her belt, determin
ing if necessary :o take the young
officer at his word.
•'• Madam will pardon a stranger's
interference, but I must beg that
niether she nor madamoiselle venture
into the streets to-day. The soldiers
are in a state of revelry and riot.
which might subject; them to insult.
Any command I shall be happy to
fulfill. Respectfully,
II run Yon Trenck.
Madam Moreau, some three days
later, read aloud the above from a
card slipped beneath her door.
Her niece stood before the glass,
tying on her hat, and listening" with
curling lip.
"You see, Marie," she said glanc
ing up from the writing, •• you must
not go out. It would be rash mad
ness."
But Marie only picked up her veil
and began adjusting it across the
pretty face.
•• Marie. .'. > you hear me ?"
"' v '■'■ " siie answered: "but
- uueli .: ■• i am very hungry, and
as there is lothing in the house to
eat, 1 think it rather a matter of
necessity than >f choice. Besides, I
would rather have an open insult
than Herr Hugh Yon Trenck's mag
nanimous interference. Have ho
fear, auntie; I am quite able to take
care of myself."
And in spite of the older lady's
entreaties, and with a good-by kiss,
ami a reassuring smile, she was gone.
But the smile faded as she stood a
moment on the threshold of the out- (
side door, and glanced up and down
the street, filled with soldiers. The
color in her cheek paled to whiteness,
and her heart beat loud and fast.
She almost determined to turn back,
when some one standing at her elbow
said in tones so earnest as to be nearly
harsh: " Did your aunt receive my
warning ?" It was Hugh Yon Trenck
who spoke.
" Are you in authority in this house,
sir, over all its inmates?" she ques
tioned. 4i lf we are your prisoners,
let us know it, You can then enforce
your wishes."
" You do me injustice, madamoislle "
he replied in a low, thrilling tone. '• I
beg you for your own sake, not for
mine, not to ventiue out this morn
ing-"
" Your prayers and commands are
all one to me, sir,," she retorted.
The next minute she had gained the
street, fear forgotten, in her indignant
anger. With quick step she hastened
in the necessary direction. Beyond a
rude stare of admiration, she was
unmolested, and her few purchases
wore effected.
She started to retain, when coming
immediately toward her, extending
from the curb to the wall, was a line
of Prussian soldiers, arm linked in
arm, their steps unsteady from liquor,
and their voices raised in laughter
and song. What should she do ? She
feared to turn and llee, lest, they
should persue her. Perhaps by hid
ing her tremor, and walking boldly on
they might make room for her to pass.
Heir Von Trenck's hated advice rang
in her ears. She should hate him
trebly if it proved necessary. But
now all the soldiers' eyes were turned
upon her, as they stood, an impassable
phalanx barring her way.
"Pay us toll, my pretty little Fran
caise," said one, fastening his coarse
gaze upon her.
"Yes, pay us toll." the others
echoed. " A kiss apiece."
Concealing the awful sinking of her
heart, she strove to pass them by step
ping down from the curb ; but the out
side man and first speaker threw out
his arms to prevent her escape.
• ; Xo, no!' : he said, in freezing
tones. -'You are ourprisoner, and we
cannot let you off so easy."
To scream would but gather round
her fresh tormentors, so she struggled
te appear calm.
" Let me pass. ' she said, in a low,
indignant tones, when, without deign
ing further parley, the first speaker
threw his arms about her waist.
She felt his tainted breath upon her
cheek. Oh, God! must her lips be
polluted by his touch.
With sudden strength she wrenched
herself from his grasp, the brutal
laugh of the others jeering on her
ears.
A scream loud and long burst from
her lips, followed by another and an
other, as her persecutor again ap
proached, when, as if by magic, some
one darted in between them, and felled
the ruffian to the earth.
The others, bold with drink, mur
mured angrily, but a gleaming pistol
soon silenced them, even as they
recognized their young colonel, and
respectfully moved away.
Calling a guard, he put the man he
held under arrest, then turned and
offered his arm to the trembling girl.
She saw, then, for the first time
that it was Hugh Yon Trenck who had
saved her. Haughtily refusing his
arm, hating herself and hating him
more, she walked on in silence by his
side. At her door she forced herself
to speak : Sir, 1 owe you my thanks."
she said.
" Madamoiselle, the day will come
when you will pay me your debts in
full," he replied and left her.
What did he mean? His words!
The man himself haunted her. How
brave and full of courage he had been !
How nobly he had come to her relief!
How generously he had uttered no
words of reproach, or of the truth
that she had brought it all on herself.
If he had not been a Prussian, she
might almost have liked him. As it
was — but she got no further than this.
She broke down in a storm of tears.
A week later the troops, all but a
small reserve were ordered out for the
sortie. Paris had long been in siege
and must soon capitulate.
With all her heart. Maria prayed
night and day for success to the flag
already doomed. That her cause could
be lost, seemed to her impossible.
Xow and then the wind bore to her
the boom of cannon. They were fight
ing not far off, and among them was
the man sho had treated with such
disdainful contempt.
Could it be that she thought of him
lit such a time I
The third day the fighting ceased —
the Prussians were again victorious;
but all night long they were bringing
back the dead and wounded to the
little town.
It was just day break when a squad
of soldiers halted at her door. She had
not dreamed of undressing during the
long night. A nameless dread had
tortured her. She knew in this mo
ment what it was, as herself she went
lown and threw open the doors to
receive the pale, senseless form they
bore.
. '-This way!" she said, with a quiet
lignity, and led the way to her own
bed.
He had told her she could pay her
lebt. Could he have foreseen this
lay ! Would he ever know what she
had done for him.
For weeks his life hung in the bal
ance; but one night he opened his
eyes to consciousness, and they
rested on the solitary figure at his
side. Her aunt, weary, had gone to
rest. A smile broke over the white,
thin face.
■' You here, madumoiselle V he said.
" Yes," she said, " I am hero. Mr.
Yon Trenck."
He held out his wasted hand and
silently placed hers within it. Then
with a smile still upon his lips ho fell
asleep, but from that moment the tide
had turned and life had gained the
victory-
He was almost well again, when
one day came the tidings of the fall of
Paris, ami on the same day came to
him the news of his promotion to a
general's rank.
"Ah, madamoiselie." he said. -I
cannot rejoice while you weep. I
once said you should pay your debt.
I little imagined how you should pay
it. I meant the day should come
when you should love and marry me.
I had loved you from the first moment
my eyes rested on you. in spite of
your scorn and contempt. But now
you have paid your debt in your otvn
way. You have given me back my
life. I will no longer torture you by
my presence. I will go away and
leave you."
And he turned his head that she
might not see the moisture in his eyes.
But softly she stole to his side, and /
kneeling down she nestled her head i
on his arm.
• ; If I stay, Hugh, then will you go!"
"My love— -my darling! do you
mock me ? Oh, this is cruel ! "
"Nay, Hugh; I am like my own
poor Paris," she replied. '-The siege
has been a long ono, but she and I, I
fear, alike have been 'Taken by
Storm.' '
The Extinction of Large Animals.
In an interesting article on this
subject in a French journal, M.
Yignes shows that those species
which exceeded their fellows in height
and bulk are more than ever at the
present day threatened with extinction.
Since the recent geological epochs the
progressive diminution of their num
ber has become all the more rapid that
they must now count man among the
numerous competitors that dispute
with them the surface of the earth.
Thus the present age may be called
upon to witness the accomplishment
of their extinction. In the struggle
which they have to maintain against
the new competitor, they present, in
comparison with species of moderate
or small size, two disadvantages. The
mass of their body being more than
developed, they require more abund
ant nourishment, and are thus liable
to be deprived of sufficient subsist
ence. Besides, their mutiplication
being compartively slow, they can
only repair their losses with great
difficulty. Certain small species —
rats, mice, insects, etc., — against
which there is universal war, with no
hope of exterminating them, owe
their safety to their extraordinary
fecundity ; whereas, the losses among
the larger animals can be but partial
ly filled up by reproduction. If
science does not make haste to com
plete her knowledge of these animals,
she will by and by find herself de
prived of subjects. It is certainly not
rash to maintain that the Avhales,
lamantins, dugongs, walrus, certain
species of seals and otaries, the great
white boar of the Artie coasts, the
common bears, wolves, the great car
nivora (lions, tigers, etc., ) gorillas,
the giant armadilo, giraffes, elands,
aurochs, bison, elephant, hippopo
tamus, rhinoceros, kangaroo, elephan
tine turtle, crocodile, birds of the
ostrich group, the Artie penguin, etc.,
are all threatened with the .same fate
which during recent centuries has
overtaken them, among others, the
gigantic opiornis of Madagascar, the
great moas of New Zealand, and,
within the last two centuries, the
enormous dove and gigantic water
fowl of Mauritius. Among the an
imals which have recently become
extinct birds are specially conspicu
ous. Numerous other victims of
human competition will soon follow
moas, the dinornis, the opiornis, etc.
All the great animals, in general,
tend after their kind to disappear, in
consequence of human competition.
The only ones which man will allow
to survive will be those from which
he can. without much trouble, draw
some profit, either by a regulated
pursuit or by domestication.
One of Napoleon's Veterans.
The Montreal FF#ne*«tellsofaniost
remarkable man at present living in
that city, being no less a person than
one of the Great Napoleon's soldiers,
named Louis Lessard, now over 103
years old. Mr. Lessard is a well edu
cated man, and tolls the story of his
life in a manner at once quaint and
interesting. At an early age he enter
ed the army of the first Napoleon,
and soon rose to what was then known
as a "commanding captain." He ac
companied the renowned conqueror
in all his principal campaigns, was
present at the battle of the Pyramids,
Austerlitz and Wagram, and finally
went to Moscow with the -Grand
Army of Invasion." the defeat and
destruction of which by the Itussians
is so well known in history. The
memorable M retreat " on that occasion
in midwinter, and the sufferings of
the French army, are described by
Mr. Lessard in vivid language. He
fought his final battle at Waterloo.
Retiring from the army, he settled
down in a country part of France to
the quiet pursuit of farming, but
finally came to Canada. He has been in
Montreal forty years, and has taken
considerable interest in the progress
of the country, although never taking
an active part in its polities. In the
troubles of 1837 he held a commission
in the militia: lie can speak with
remarkable accuracy on all the lead
ing incidents of the rebellion. But
perhaps the most remarkable thing is
his memory of the days of Bonaparte,
the incidents of the battles fought,
and the names and appearance or the
officers commanding. He speaks of
these as a matter of almost yesterday.
He received a silver snuff box from
the hands of Napoleon. He never
during his life used tobacco or spirits
of any kind. Ho has been twice mar
ried, but has no children, and here
comes what may be called a really
strange episode in this remarkable
history : He married his second wife
only eight months ago. The bride is
a lady of middle age, and the twain
live happily together, and appear to
take the liveliest interest in each
other. Altogether, the story of Mr.
Lessard is replete with interest ; and
although he is now 103 years old. his
days appear to be no means numbered.
Indeed, he expresses the hope to see
"many good days yet."
Russia and America in 1861.
One of our ministers lately returned
from St. Petersburg says that during
an official call on Gortschakoif. the
chancellor sent for a book and showed
him an order written by Alexander
ll's own hand, at the very outset of
the rebellion. This order was the
substance of sealed instructions sent
to the admiral of the Russian tleet
then lying in New York harbor, that
if either England or France took any
part favoring the south, the admiral
was at once to report to president
Lincoln fur orders. Thurlow Weed
has d letter in the New York Herald
substantially to the same effect. Mr
Curtin. ex-minister to Russia, says
that the secret orders were undoubt
edly given and that the fleet was sta
tioned here for the purpose of being
on the spot in case any foreign power
should interfere in behalf of the states
then in rebellion.
A Yihgixia journal expresses a
doubt that any twelve men can be
found in South Carolina who would
declare a homicide by duel a murder.
THE WISE JBEZLS.
MILLIE C. POMEKOY.
On a sunny Sabbath morning
I Forth two messengers were sped.
That the bells be set a-ringing,
One to say, in chime ;md singing :
" A fair maiden is to wed !''
Oue to 6ay, with knell and moaning,
" A fair maiden lieth dead !"
By mischance the stupid servants
Went not whither they were bade,
But each where was sent the other ;
Oneeaid, " Ring the bells right glad
"For the bride !" One said in sorrow,
" For the dead ring 6low and sad !"
So it chanced that, at the bridal,
All turned pale to hear the bell ;
While the gladsome wedding chiming
'Mid the dirge discordant fell.
But the angels, hearing, whispered :
" In the chime and in the knell,
Wisdom more than man could teach thee
Didst thou speak to-day, O.bell!"
TRICKS OF THE TRADE.
Secrets of the Mysteries Revealcd-Information
for Consumers.
It is perhaps not known to the
general reader, that some of the finest
scents and flavors are derived from
what is called impurities, decaying
and refuse matter of various kinds.
The investigations of census-takers
reveal many transformations of mat
ter, chemically and othenyise, not
dreamed of in natural philosophy.
The statistics show that manufac
turing products in New York have
increased since the last enumeration
$75,000,000. Among the new and
strange industries discovered the fol
lowing are named : It was found, for
instance, that some use was made of
old shoes, but exactly what use was
hard to find ont. Large numbers of
old shoes were sold by rag-pickers to
certain men, who disposed of them
at a good price. It is known that bits
of old leather make the commercial
article known as prussian blue, but
only a few firms manufacture it, and
the new call for old shoes was evidently
for some other purpose. In New
York city and Brooklyn about three
million pairs of old shoes are thrown
away every year. Formerly old shoes
were plentiful in the gutters of cer
tain neighborhoods; now it appears
that they are sought as choice prizes
in the rag-pickers' line. By dint of
persevering inquiry it was discovered
that the old shoes were used for three
purposes. First, all shoes not com
pletely worn out are patched, greased,
and, after being otherwise regener
ated, sold to men who deal in such
wares. Some persons wear one shoe
much more than the other; these
dealers find mates for shoes whose
original mates are past hope. Secondly,
the shoes not worth patching tip are
cut into pieces ; the good bits are used
for patching other shoes, and the
worthless bits— the soles and cracked
" uppers "--are converted into Jamacia
rum by a process known only to the
manufacturers. It is said that they
are boiled in pure spirits and allowed
to stand for a few weeks, the product
far surpassing the Jamaica rum made
with essences, burnt sugar, and spir
its.
A gentleman who doubted the truth
of this story stopped recently a$ a low
grog-shop in the neighborhood of the
factory spoken of. and inquired if they
had any rum from old shoes. -No,"
said the barkeeper ; ;i we doh't keep it
much now, the druggists who want a
pure article, all sell it, and the price
has gone up But we have had it, and
we can get you some if you want it."
How many old shoes go to a gallon of
rum could not be ascertained. It has
been noticed by some deputies that
while manufacturers are quite willing
to put a valuation upon their manu
factured product, they hesitate about
stating the value of raw material and
even return the schedules with the
space for the value of raw material
left blank In one instance a manu
facturer of tomato-catsup returned a
report giving the value of his manu
factured product at $18,000. and the
value of his raw material as nothing.
His explanation was as follows:
Every year in the canning season he
sends to all the wholesale houses
which make a business of canning
tomatoes clean tubs, with the under
standing that the women who trim and
peal shall throw the skins and parings
into these tubs : every day the tubs
are removed, the stuff in them ground
up. fermented, flavored, and sold as
tomato catsup to the extent of $10,000.
Another singular and decider; pernic
cious business is the manufacturer of
cheap candies from white earth, or
terra alba, mixed with a little sugar,
and glucose. The deputy who inves
tigated the confectionery business re
ports that 75 per cent, of some candies
is composed of those substances, and
such candies, notably gumdrops, con
tains still less sugar. The effects of
the unfortunate children who buy
these candies is yet to be determined
by future autopsies.
What is called a fine brand of castile
soap has been found to be composed
chiefly of this white earth and grease.
but the evil effects of such an impost
ure are trifling compared to the
results of turning children's stomachs
into miniature pottery works. Among
the new industries which have sprung
into existence daring the last few
years in the system of finishing in
this city of foreign goods imported in
an unfinished condition. Foreign
articles composed of several parts
are now largely finished in this city,
the parts calling for hand labor being
imported, while those calling for
machine work are made here. In
this way heavy duties are saved,
although the articles are sold as im
norted goods.
The manufacture of spirituous and
adulterated articles is not confined to
New York alone, for we find by the
French journals that the' question of
adulterated and manufactured wines is
greatly agitating the French wine
merchants, who have petitioned the
government to intercede in their
behalf by such legal enactments as
will effectually prohibit and prevent
the manufacture of artificial wines,
the petitioners asserting that not one
third of the wine used in Paris is
made of grapes. The many Ameri
cans who turn up their noses at the
juice of our own grapes will naturally
wonder what the spurious French
wines are made of. The petition of
the French wine merchants says that
there are a number of large
factories near Paris in which wines
are made from rotten apples, damaged
dried fruits of all kinds, beets, and
spoiled molasses. But there are
not enough of these materials to
make as much wine as is require! by
foreign trade. Turnip juice has been
worked over into wine, and American
cider is the basis of millions of bottles
of champagne, but good apples and
turnips are too costly to be wasted on
cheap wines, such as most Americans
buy. Some of the temperance
societies might find the returns they
are after by satifying public curiosity
about what wines are made of.
AMERICAN MANNERS.
As Seen Through English Eye.v — Impression*, of
Archibald Forbes, the lx>ndoii Times Cor
respondent.
A reporter of the New York
Tribune recently called on Archibald
Forbes, the famous war correspondent
of the Lorxdon Times, who gives the
following spicy ascount of the gentle
man's opinion of our people in general :
" What do I think of America?" he
said, in answer to a question, "I
think you have a country and a people
to be admired — to use the mildest term.
I have been very agreeably dis
appointed. In our profession, we are
accustomed to study human nature,
and while I have been in this country
I have seen a side of character which
1 never saw before, and which, I must
say, I never expected to see. The
English have the idea that the Amer
ican people are a race of ill-mannered,
bad-tempered people. But they never
were more mistaken in their lives.
There are no bad manners in this
country. What has been mistaken
for bad manners is the abruptness.
One says to a ticket agent : " Can you
sell me a ticket to such a place ? He
replies: "Two-fifty,' and hands one
out to you. You instantly think :
Well, you are an ill-tempered fellow
not to answer my question, but on
reflection you become satisfied that it
is the most practical way of doing
business. You d"§k a man to move a
little. He does not hear you, and he
says 'Aye,' instead of 'Beg your pardon,
sir.' But as soon as he catches your
meaning he is all politeness, and takes
an interest in your welfare."
M Then, do you consider the Ameri
cans a sympathetic people ?"
" Not sympathetic, but human. I
missed a train out West. The brutes
in England would have laughed at me
and said, ' You'll be in time for the
next one.' But what did they say
out West, 'Oh, that is too bad,' and
immediately helped me to get out of
the difficulty as much as was in their
power. I have met no brutes in this
country. At first I thought the hotel
clerk was one. He will answer your
questions in a mechanical sort of way,
and throw a key at you, as much as
to say. ' What the devil do you want,
anyway.' But experience lias taught
me a lesson, and I now think the
hotel clerk is the traveling man's best
friend. His manners are abrupt
because the public doesn't want
two words when one will suffice. But
if you want to find out anything, or
get anything, or to have anything
done, you go to the same clerk w r hom
you have thought churlish, and he
does it for you readily and satisfac
torily."
'• Have you noticed any peculiar
American habits ? "
■ ; I cannot recall any except per
haps, the habit Americans have of
clearing their throats. Canadians are
also peculiar. They never shut a
door. I asked a boy in a hotel what a
door was for, and he replied, •To go
in by.' But speaking of Canadians,
reminds me of my trip to Canada. It
was one continual supper and speech
making. I could not get away. The
Canadians are genial, gentlemanly
men ; men of sterling character, who
I believe mean well. But they are
insufferably slow. They admire
Americans, and When an American
happens among them they receive
him with open arms — can not do too
much for him. But when they cross
the border they are dignity personi
fied and keep the Americans at the
elbow joint, as if every man they met
wanted to rob them."
"Have you discovered any swin
dle?"
'•Not by any means. In not a
single instance- has there been any
attempt to get the better of me. You
pay so much per day at the hotel, or
so much for this or that, the price of
which can always be ascertained. I
do not see as there is any chance for
a man who has his wits about him to
be swindled. There are no porters or
servants to ask you for attendance
fee:;. If you give the man a quarter
forcarryingyourbaggage.it is your
own affair entirely. There is no
question but what America is a very
groat country, and I mean to come
back to it."
The New Arctic Expedition.
The Now York Herald says that
Commander Choyne of the British
royal navy, has offered lieutenant
Sehwatka a position in the Arctic
expedition to sail from England next
Juno. He expects also the co-opera
tion of Lieut. Iloogoord of the royal
Danish navy, who will accompany it
in the interests of Denmark. In En
gland the proposal meets with some
popular favor, and it is intended that
it shall be conducted under private
auspices, and untrammoled by govern
ment orders. It is proposed, should
the sum of £00,000 be secured, to send
a vessel to St. Patrick's bay, where the
Alert of Nares' expedition, wintered,
and from there survey the prospect of
polar sledging by means of balloons,
and, if favorable circumstance's are
found to exist, it is intended to attempt
the journey with the assistance of bal
loons. Otherwise, the vessel will
return down Smith sound and enter
Willton channal by way Lancaster
sound, passing up with the current
that is believed to fiow toward the
north and oast, to possible winter quar
ters in latitude eighty-four degrees
north. From here polar explorations
will bo conducted by means of sledges
and balloons, and upon being released
from ice in the following summer..the
vessel will persue her course toward
the northeast, passing as near the pole
as possible, and probably pass the
second winter near latitude eighty
four degrees north, upon a meridian
further to the east and about due north
of Greenland. The following summer,
upon breaking out from her winter
quarters, she will continue her home
ward voyage to England, passing down
the southerly current between Green
land and Spitzborgen. The plan
s^oms to be ;:n excellent one. provided,
in the Grst place, Commander Ciieyne
can succeed in placing his vessel at
St. Patrick's bay, or at latitude eighty
four degrees north, by way of Well
ington channel. But one vessel lias
ever yet reached St. Patrick's bay,
and none whatever has reached even
latitude seventy-eight degrees north
by way of Wellington channel.
Cincinnati is making great pre
parations for the next re-union of the
army officers of the Tennessee, whihe
which will be held in that city April
9 and 7.
WE TWO.
MAUD MEKEDITH
Beside a babbling mountain-stream,
Where 6oftly alders quiver —
Where eddying bubbles glint and gleam
Adownward toward the river —
Two fair-haired children traced the mead
Of butter-cup and clover ;
Or rode, on Fancy's winged steeds,
The purple hill-tops over.
Two children roamed the shady dells,
By fancy blithe or sober,
From May's first blossoms on the hills
Till crimson lipped October.
They watch the waxen May-Flowers creep
From russet covers under ;
And whispered low of fancies deep,
With nods, and smiles, and wonder.
Till Time the gray-beard— fairy he,
Unfairy-like his doing-
Had touched the maiden's merry glee
With his resistless wooing ;
While Life his heavy hands put forth,
And chained the childish ardor
To days and deeds of use and worth,
Beneath his strong recorder.
The joyous ways they wandered dow::,
Life's sunny," spring-time weather;
Then parted in the rose-hedged lawn,
To walk no more together.
For one, the roar of Ocean's surf —
For one, the vales arc blooming ;
One sings the weary dirge of Earth—
And one its songs is humming.
I only know o'er both alike
The sun of morning shineth ;
That eager eyes look tow'rd the height
When the day-time declineth.
FARM AND HOME.
Domestic Matters.
Grease from Silk. — To remove
grease-spots from silk dresses, rib
bons, etc., rub softly with pieces of
freshly cut, stale bread — each piece
absorbs a part of the grease until all
is extracted.
Home-hade Lemon Extract.— To
three ounces of the thin yellow peel,
allow one pint of good alcohol. Keep
in a bottle tightly corVed. Shake
frequently every day for a week, then
strain the liquid from the peel and it
is ready for use.
Keeping Lemons.— Lemons may
be kept fresh for many weeks by
keeping them in a vessel of cold water.
Change the water two or three times
a week and keep in a cool place.
Housekeepers who use many lemons,
will do well to purchase them while
cheap and keep them in this way.
Sponge Cake.— Three eggs well
beaten, one and one-half cup of pow
dered sugar, one. cup of flour, one
half cup of water, two teaspoonsful
of baking powder. Flavor to taste.
Orange Cake. — Two cups of white
sugar, one small half cup of butter,
five eggs, whites of four only, one half
cup of cold water, two cups of
flour, two teaspoonsful of baking
powder, juice and rind of one orange.
Bake in layers. Make a frosting of
the white of an egg, powdered sugar
and juice of an orange.
Fish Savce. — One-fourth pound
flour, one and a half pints of milk, two
ounces of butter, salt and pepper to
taste. Cook twenty minutes and
throw in some chopped green parsley
leaves when iust done.
Apple Charlotte. — Mix two
pounds of sour rich apples, one pound
of sugar, juice of three lemons, rind
of one grated. Boil two hours then
turn into a mold till cool. Serve with
plain cream.
Welsh Kakebit.— One-half pound
of old cheese, one-half tea cup of butter,
two teaspoonsful good mustard.
Heat in a pan, stir till melted and
mixed well Spread it thickly over
toasted bread and serve hot.
Agricultural Helps.
One good farmer says that he pur
chases in the summer his mill feed for
his stock, when it is cheaper than it is
in winter.
• English farmers are beginning to
find that they must fatten their beef
cattle, while the animals are young, if
they would make money.
The meat of turkeys which are kept
supplied with charcoal during the
period of fattening is said to be supe
rior in point of tenderness and flavor.
The early eggs of the season are
more apt to produce strong, vigorous
chickens than those laid later. They
are more apt to hatch cockerels, but
nobody knows why.
Do not undertake to keep sheep'on
low, undrained land. They will surely
contract disease, and a sick sheep is
about as mean a thing as we know of,
not excepting a sick chicken.
It should never be forgotten that
rich cattle food makes rich manure,
and rich manure heavy crops, while on
the other hand, poor feed means loan
cattle, poor manure and inferior
crops.
To Pbksebve Eggs.-— Pack on
end, cover with salt and lime water
and keep in a cool place, Proportions —
a pound of stone lime and a pint of salt
to two gallons of pure water. Be
sure that the eggs are perfectly fresh,
also be careful not to crack the shells.
One of the sources of increase of
wealth to a real farmer should be an
increase in the fertility and product
ive power of his acres, but instead of
this how often we hear the remark,
" We would give more of such and
such a piece of land if it had never
been plowed." Sometimes this depre
ciation is so great as to overbalance
the improvements on the farm, and
raw prairie right alongside is chosen
before the farm by a buyer. Farmers
should ponder these things, and begin
to study the wants of the soil as they
study the wants of their stock.
If any farmer who raises spring
' wheat has not good, clean seed, now
is the time to be looking it up. There
is more, leisure and better chance to
find it now than just at seed time.
It can also bo thoroughly cleaned.
No farmer should sow weed seeds,
as he will always have volunteer
weeds and mixed grains. A good
plan to get good seed is to got the
grain dealer to watch the wheat as it
comes on the market, and lot him buy
it, as lie can generally buy it
cheaper than the farmer can, and in
midwinter it can generally be bought
25 to ?,',) per cent, cheaper than at seed
time. Getgoodseed : sow early; ami
thresh early ; and. as a general thing,
sell early.
A SUCCESSFUL old farmer once said
that " one acre or land well prepared
and cultivated will produce more than
two which receive only the same
amount ot labor used on ono. One cow,
hor.se or mule, sheep or hog, well fed
and cared for, is more profitable than
two fed on the amount that will keep
one well. One acre of grass is worth
more than two of cotton where no
grass is raised The farmer who never
reads the papers, and sneers at books,
farming and improvements, generally
has a leaky r«of, broken-down fences,
and complains of bad seasons and poor
crops. The farmer who is above his
business, and intrusts to others to
manage, in due .season has no business
to attend to."
Horses are quite sensitive to chill
ing draughts of air blowing upon them,
and especially upon their heads ; hence,
in construction of stables this should
be born in mind. Many stables have
the horses face an alley, along side of
which are doors, or a large space is left
entirely open; in such cases, wher
ever the rear stable door and the one
leading out of the alley are open, the
horses stand in a chilling draught,
from which they can not escape.
Horses, like many people, can stand
much wind in an open field, but will
catch cold when in a draught only a
short time. With proper ventilation,
the doors of the stable should be kept
closed in cold weather that no draughts
may occur.
INDIAN AFFAIRS.
Ex-Secretary Schurz on the Management of the
Indian Bureau t>f the Nation.
Ex-Secretary Schurz was dined at
the hands of several hundred citizens
of Boston on March 22. Speeches were
madeJby|President Elliott, of Harvard,
James Freeman Clark, Mr. Schurz
and others. The latter gentleman
reviewed at length his management
of the Indian affairs of the Nation,
and during the course of his remarks,
said:
"As to my own administration of
Indian affairs, I am perfectly content
to leave it to the public and even the
judgment of its critics, when the
hea" of unnecessary controversy
shall have subsided. I know that my
conduct has grown from just and
human purposes, and that my natur
ally kind feelings for the Indians have,
by direct intercourse with them, ripen
ed into personal friendship, and that
friendship is reciprocated by most of
the Indians with whom I have had
occasional contact, and who some
times express their feelings in delicate
and tender manifestations of attach
ment and gratitude ; for I may assure
you that the Indian is by no means
devoid of such impulses. I think also
that the policy followed by me during
my administration, the policy of pro
moting the transformation of Indians
from shiftless paupers into thrifty
and orderly workers, as agricultur
alists, herdsmen, traders and mechan
ics, of extending their educational
facilities to teach them how to learn
and how to live, of stimulating their
desire to become individual owners of
lands and other property like white
men — a policy, i:: one word, of pre
paring them for ultimate absorption
into the great body of Americar.
citizenship, with rights and duties,
have been as successfully carried on
as four years of hard and conscientious
work in the executive department
could make it, and that will and vigor
ous pursuit of the same ends will
finally .solve that Indian policy which
in the past has so often proved a
trouble and sometimes a disgrace to
the American people.
Not as a matter of justice, but as a
matter of fact, the development of
the country put before the Indians
the stern alternative of civilization or
destruction by conflict. Wise ami
humane statesmanship will see to it
that the Indians don't stand in the
way of that development, but became
a part of it, and so be benefited by it.
and I don't hesitate to declare my
convictions, showing from much study
and some practical experience, that
Indians can be civilized sufficiently to
secure orderly, harmonious neighbor
hood with the white race. But to
bring about this result all our coun
try requires not only the proclamation
of a general purpose, but steady and
judicious work in detail. To this
work I have been devoted four year:..
and the warm interest I take in the
Indian race will induce me to aid it in
whatever way 1 can as a private
citizen as long as I live. It is a
singular thing that we are impugned
in our best motives and actions by
those whom identity of general pur
poses should make our friends. Most
discordant sounds are produced by
different people playing the same mel
ody at the same time in a different
key, and so I had to suffer attack not
only from the reckless border senti
ment, bent on war and destruction,
but from some of these who speak in
the name of philanthropy. I suppose
I am not the first who has had to en
dure this, and shall not be the last.
But now the so-called Ponca question
appears to be happily disposed of.
Congress has appropriated a liberal
sum to indemnify thePoncas for their
losses to settle them comfortably, ac
cording to their wishes. The Poncas
in the Indian Territory are content to
stay there. The provisions made for
them is all they ask. The Poncas are
satisfied. The American public at
large seem satisfied, and it is to be
hoped soon, that to that general satis
faction there will be no exception,
and that honest philanthrophy will
find for this unity of purpose also one
more harmony of action. Let US
join hands and do something of prac
tical importance for the Indians, and
let us hope that in such useful efforts
the old Ponca quarrel may no longer
divide us, but as the Ponca question
was not the whole Indian problem, so
the Indian problem is only a small
part of onr national concerns.
The value of the grape and wine
product of California for IHBO is esti -
mated at S3 500,000. The state fur
nished over 10,000,000 gallons of wine,
450 gallons of brandy, $100,000 worth
of raisins and grapes for preserving
and table use to the value of $100,000
orsl r >o,ooo more. The new brandy is
worth at -wholesale $1.15 a gallon.
The new vineyards that have been
planted cover 8.000 to 10,000 acres.
In Sonoma county alone 2,000 acres
were planted in vines last year. In
Napa county the wine product has
increased from 297,670 gallons in 1870
to 2,460,000 last year. Land fit for
wino growing may be had for $5 to
si' 2"» an acre, according to location
and soil.
Aerated waters delivered to cus
tomers through "solid block-tin"
pipes have been analyzed by the
French Academy of Sciences, and are
found to contain dangerous proportions
of tin and copper. The large increase
in cases of paralysis in France within a
few years is said to be due to
the free use of these water's and
the soda-fountain may bo. doing the
same mischief here. Paralysis has un
questionably increased in the past few
years.