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WEDMESDAY, JUNE C, 1883.
loiter From South Florida.
Ellenton, FIa May 21, '83.
Mit. Editor: When the shores of
Fernandina burst upon my view on the
7ih nf Mir. it seemed like paradise, but
I find, after traveling through Florida
that it is only "Heaven's border land.
Tho Manatee region on the gulf coast is
the roal land of Beulah, where the sun
forth in rerfal solendor. "I have
now reachod the roalm of cane and wine
where heavenly glories around me shines
Here the soul is entranced continually
with the most charming melody. The
perfumes of a thousand flowers and
aromatic shrubs are wafted on every
hrnczn. No wonder that De Soto and
other Spanish discoverers named the bay
EsDiritn Santo, for holy spirits ana neav
enly messengers delight to linger here
ere they enter the pearly gates of the
New Jerusaloui. Altbougn me louniain
of youth and perpetual health was not
found hero then, yet it is here as hundreds
cau testify. It is the great sanitarium of
tho world. Consumption quails before
these gentle breezess. Sovero rheumatism
takes night in ten days. The palaied soon
take up their bed and walk, and tho lame
leap for joy. "All of which I saw and a
part of which I was." (Linguists may
translato this phrase to Latin if they
ni ufer to read it in that language.') Most
people liko the English language best
It took two men to get me ashore at
Fernamlina and in fifteen days I am well
If a person desires to keep his health he
must stay here till he is fully recovered
some return north too soon and die in
three weeks.
Ellenton is one of nature's favorites,
In full view the stately palm nods its
evergreen plumy to the morning sun
The oranges and banana grove form a
landscape of rare tropical beauty, unri
valed by the fairest scones in Italy's
far famed peninsula. I am teaching
eleven pupils in a palatial mansion
where J. P. Benjamin spent two months
before he escaped to England. We
shall have a new school house soon, large
enough for church purposes. We have
eood store and post office. Col. George
Patten sells lots at reasonable rates.
Yours,
Alonzo B. Corliss
Sunday School Lesson JS'otes
1!T REV. J. O. SHERIIURN.
June 17th : End of First Missionary Journey-A
1S-S8.
We are not informed how long a time
elapsed between the olose of the last lcs
boh and tho beginning of thia. ItU prob
able, however, that Paul and his company
remained sometime at Lystraj and after
it became known In surrounding cities
that he was having success at that place
in turning men to Christ, the jealousy of
the Jews prompted them to follow him
and oppose his work.
These Jews were, in general, better
known to tho native population of this
region than were these Christian mission
aries. They doubtless used every means
In their power to poison the minds of the
people against Paul. The people of Lystra
appear in a bad light, since it was so
little time before that they were ready to
av divine honors to these apostles. But
if they, in their barbarian ignorance,
wore "persuaded" that these men were
impostors, then was the imposition a grave
one, and demanding eondigu punishment.
Tho stoning seems to have been by a dis
orderly mob, and not conducted after the
manner prescribed in the Jewish law. It
has been a question often discussed
wholher Paul was really a dead man when
they drew him out of the city, or whether,
as the passage seems too read, tho mob
made a mistake in supposing that he was
dead.
Paul himself appears to refer to this
experience when he says, that in Asia he
was so sore pressed that ho "despaired
even of life,"' n. Cor. 1:8. Some have
supposed, and the dates make it possible,
that this was tho time when be was caught
up into the third heaven and heard
unspeakable words. Ibis, however, can
hardly be assorted with confidence, since
Paul , would have bad good reason to con
elude that at such a time he was out of
tho body. The dlsoiples at Lystra could
at least have assured him that during this
time they saw and lovingly guarded what
appeared to be his lifeless form. The
most natural supposition is thai he was
stunned and appeared to be dead, and was
left by the mob, who believed him to be
dead, but that afterward he recovered
from his swoon and was able to walk
back to the city.
This much is beyond question, that the
people meant to kill him and supposed
that they had accomplished thoir purpose.
So Paul snys of himself that he has been
"in deaths aft." His deliverance on this
occasion, if we so understand the mattor,
8 little less a miracle than his actual res
urrection from the dead would have been,
if we take the view that he was actually
dead. So evon now our preservation
from disease and death is often as wonderful
as restoration, almost as wondorful as res
urrection. The next day we find this man
with the martyr spirit on bis way to Dor
be, there to preach Jesus and, if need bo,
io for him.
After preaching for a time at Derbo,
where they seem to have met with little
opposition, they turned about, to go over
again the fields so full of danger, in which
they bad labored. If their wish bad been
to return to Syria by the nearest course
they would have kopt on eastward from
the oity of Dcrbe, and on that course they
would have visited Tarsus, Paul's early
home, and have come much sooner to the
place whence tbey set out. But they were
not consulting thoir own convenienoe or
safely even, but were at woik to save
men, and under tho guidance of the Holy
Spirit. Henco they took tho course that,
human prudence would least have chosen,
but which was most for tho advancement
01 uiinsis Kingdom, ino Douevcis in
these places where they had labored wore
exposed to peculiar dangers. They had
all tho nativo proneness to sin whiuh
belongs to man everywhere, and besides
wero many of them just rescued from
superstition and idolatry; and more than
this, all wuro subject to the opposition, so
bitter, which always came from the Jew
Uh leaders. Under thoso circunistancos,
how mnch tbey ncedod confirming and
strengthening. The main endeavor of this
return journey seems to have been to
build up, and organize, and encourage
thoso who had before believed. Tho work
was henco more of n private work, in
which they did not address the multitudes
so much as assemble with believers; and
on this account wo do not rend that they
encountered special opposition.
Another important item in this work
was the permanent organization of socie
ties, or churches, in these placos where
they had before labored. Tho ordination
of elders was very important; sineo it
would bo necessary that there bo some
who should act as rulers and leaders in
theso jet untrained companies of Chris
tians. All the work of this missionary
trip might easily h;tvo been lost if this
careful provision bad not been mado. Tho
solemn gathering?, when they fasted and
prayed together, and witnessed tho ordin
ation of their leaders must have made a
deep impression on the minds of these
converts. After visiting a second time till
tho principal places in which Ihey had
preached in Asia Minor, they took a new
couibo on their return homo and visited
places where they had not before preached.
Ferga seems to have been their chief point
of labor in this region, though doubtless
good seed was scatterod in many other
towns. It is possible that this oour.se was
taken, and Attaliah mado their port of
embarkation because there they could
tako ship direct for Aniioch in Syria.
To the church at Antiocb, which had
sent them out and doubtless aided them in
the work by thoir contributions, they
return and make report. The most inter
esting part of this report was that con
cerning the opening of tho "door of faith
to the Gentiles." At this tirno tho ques
tion of Jewish rites to bo observed by
Gentile converts was beginning to stir the
nfant church, and tho "long time" spoken
of as spent at Antioch may havo been
partly spent in looking over this matter,
and determining tho policy to be pursued
concerning it. Then a grot work of
evangelization could at nny timo bo done
in such a city as Antioch.
How Cadle Messages are Received.
Until the fore part of November, tho
French cubic, having its terminus at North
Easthnm, Mass., employed the flush system
of signaling. Now the cablo is worked
duplex on tho Stearns system, says the
Journal of the Telegraph, using an auto
matic recorder, by which tho messages
are received in ink on a narrow strip of
By the system which has been displaced
the messages were spelled out by flashing
a ray of light back and forth across a
standard lino, the right and left flashes
corresponding with tho dots and dashes of
the ordinary tolegraphic alphabet.
In this system the light is flashed bv
refleotiou from an extremely light mirror.
which is turned from right to left by the
opposing influences of positive and
negative impulses, ilns system has the
advantage ot being operated with very
slight Impulses, but also the disadvantage
of leaving no permanent record.
lo secure the latter very important
end tho recording instrument has been
adopted. The press dispatch announcing
the change slates that in the new recorder
the ink is discharged by the agency of
electricity, "and not by capillary attrac
tion, as in other cable recorders." This
statement is incorrect, electricity beinz
now similarly employed in tho recording
nstruments used at Hearts Content, the
Newfoundland station of tho Anglo Amer
ican company's cables.
A recent visitor to Hearts Content
describes n9 follows the method of
receiving messages at that point. Tho
recorder is a horse hoe magnet, electrified
by the usual circles of fine wire, and
attracting n small metallic coil. The coil
is hung between the magnetic polos, and
by a light lover and a thread almost as
line as the strand of a cobweb is connected
with a delicate siphon hung in a little
rcsorvoir of ink. The ink is electrified so
as to produce a repulsion of the particles,
making it flow more readily through the
siphon, which outsido Is about the size of
a darning needle and the interior tube is
scarcely larger than a hair. Tho lower
end of the siphon rests against a paper
tape playing perpendicularly through
rollers. The wholo machine is almost of
gossamer fineness and flexibility, so as to
minimize the electric strain necessary for
Let us imagine now that a coming
message lias been signalled from far
across the ocean at Valentia. The operator
at first opens the simple machinery that
works tho brass rollers. On the center of
the tape, as it passes tho rollers, tho
siphon at first marks only a straight lino.
Suddenly tho line swerves to tho right or
left. Tho message has started and the
siphon has just begun its record. Worked
by two keys nnd positively or negatively
eleotrilied, the coil swings Ihe siphon
point now to one sido, now to the othor
along tho tape. Responsive to the trained
hand of tho operator, the filament
of ink maiks out one notch, two notches,
tnree notcnes ; men suddenly it may be a
high elevation or depression, until Ihe
delioato lino traced on the tapo looks like
the tiny outline of a mountain range.
tsui u is a range wuoso every Hilltop.
valley and peak means a telegraphic
symbol to a telegrapher's oye. Tho
recorder is tho invonlion of tho fa
mous electrician. Sir William Thorn n-
son. How dclicato an interpreter it is
may lie interred trom tlio fact that ton
jars work 1800 miles of cablo, betwoon
Valentia and Hearts Content, whilo
twenty-five jars of the same electric power
wouia no neeueu to worn in roe Hundred
And fiftv miles of land wlrn. In nthm-
words, the recorder is moro than twolvo
times as efficient for Its purpose as tho
ordinary Morse instrument. Tho record.
er traces Its diameter on the tapo nbout as
last as a Slow penman copios n letter.
Bosidog the dolicacy of work, the rooordor
its name imports, has the merit of
leaving Ihe record of the message.
A litllo bright oyed boy, on hearing his
father road tho story of Joan of Are, was
greatly moved by her sad trials; but
when tho part was roached whom sho
was about to bo burned at tho stake, the
poor littlo follow could not contain him-
self nny longer, hut sobblngly clutched
his parent's nrm, nnd, Willi big tears
running down his plump oheoks, oriod
nut, papa, wh o ro wero the police."
Two Pictukej From Like. Pet dogs
are Iho latest hobby in the fashionable
world of New York and other large cities.
A certain costly Bpecics of bull-terrier,
grown exceeding small by in breeding and
doses of gin, is the favorite of such women
wealthy enough to afford indulgence in
such pels. They nro hideous misshapen
little monsters, but the uglier they are the
moro they are valued. They are taken
out every day by their mistresses or fools
men for an airing wearing embroidered
coats and gold collars on whioli iheir
names are engraved or set in jowols.
Une of lliese dogs died in Philadelphia
recently and formal notice of the funeral
was given to the friends of tho mistress,
who sent their dogs in carriages with
liveried footman, elo., etc. The dead dog
was laid in a satin lined silver mounted
coffin; offerings of flowers were sent, and
a costly monument was raised over its
grave.
"ISeppo,'' the pet of the wealthy lady,
lately sent out cards for a reception, which
was attended by all the haul ton of dog
dum. The homely little beasts sent to the
reception were served on dainty china,
with all the delioacies of the carter's art.
Tho feast, floral decorations, elo., cost
more than S200.
On tho week of which Beppo hold his
reception, an entertainment of another
kind wns given by a young girl who lived
neat- Beppo's mistress. She had spent the
summer in a little village in ono of tho
hill counties of Pennsylvania.
The clergyman of this parish was a
scholarly man of much intellectual foroe.
His wife was a refined sensitive woman.
They had fire children. The clergyman
bad given up a profession in which he
might have grown rich to serve tho Mm er
bo loved, in ministering to his fellowmen.
His salary was $400 a yoar, and that
olten was nut paid when it was needed.
In other words, hero was a man who had
the education, tastes and habils of the
very highest class: who naturally wished
to educate his children; who was obliged
to appear and live as a gentleman, and to
exorcise hospitality and charity upon the
wages of a day-laborer.
Miss Dash guessed something of the
privations of this good m m and of his
family during her stay in tho village.
Last winter, out of her allowance (which
was a liberal one) from her rich father,
bIio made up a box for the parson's family,
in which she declared there should be
nothing absolutely necessary. Let them
for once in their lives, bave a taste of
indulgence," she said. "It will bo like
water to a thirsty soul."
Ihe great box arrived late in tho even
ing of a raw November day, just as the
clergyman and his family arose from
their scanty supper, for a month there
had not been meat or butter on that table
The family grow red with excitement as
they gathered around the box. Iho Id
was knocked off. Out came warm winter
cloaks and ci ps for the thrco girls, an
overcoat for tho minister, and a pretty
soft dress for Ins wito, alt new.
"Why," said their donor, "should we
givo the man who loads us to God our
cast-off clothes P"
There were books and magazines for
Iho clergyman, nnd on engraving of a
noble picture to hanz upon the wall
Thoro worn toys for the little Molly and
packages of llower seed and a huge box
of candy for everybody ; and then there
wns a letter inclosing a check: which
would send tho boys to school for two
years.
When they all kneeled together that
nizht, and the clergyman tried to thank
God and to pray for their kind friend, his
voice choked so that he could not speak.
Those are two companion pictures for
our readers to bane in tnoir memory
Both aro taken from the life. YoulVs
Companion.
The Character of Mr. Edmunds
Mr, Edmunds has always been a positive
republican, and lor many years he has
been the most weighty republican advo
cate in tbe Senate. His speech for the
electoral commission bill in 1877 contnined
the wholo argument, and the weight of
his individual opinion gave it immense
forco He has tho independence of
assured conviction. His intellectual qual
ity is singularly firm and incisive, lie is
entirely at homo in a parliamentary body,
and his long career is absolutely untouched
by a hint of self Booking. No higher
tribute could bo paid to any publlo man
than the universal conviction in 1876,
amid all Ihe intrigues and plots for the
presidential nomination, that he meant
what he said in declaring that he did not
desire it.
Mr. Edmunds is fifty-fivo years old, and
ho has sat in Iho Senate for seventeen
years. During that long term his con
structive talent has been as evident as his
ascendency in debato nnd his maslery of
constitutional law. Ho is not an orator,
but ho is a thoroughly equipped debater,
an acute and remorseless critio of fallacy
nnd fustian and ignorance with a memory
like a well ordered arsenal, in which
every weapon stands brightly burnished
and ready for instant use. His elevation
to the presidency of the Senate wag but a
tilting honor from his party associates.
and it properly fills the gap which would
have been perilous had it been left unfilled
produced by tho expiration of Mr.
Davis's senatorial term.
Tho most striking fact in tho career of
Mr. Edmunds is that while ho is one of
the most conspicuous, constant, and posi
tive participants in tho discussion of the
Senate, and a "regular" republican, there
is no republican lender who is so univer
sally acceptable to tho party. In 1880 he
was understood not to be averse to the
third-term project, yot he was tho choice
of the strongest nmi-lhird-tflrmors. He
i neither offensively "stalwart" nor
"half breed." Among republican chiefs
his position is unique, and it is due to tbe
fuet that ho holds himself entirely aloof
from tne wretcliou Business of opoils.
His position was not made by patronage,
and it docs not depend upon a "machine."
His ascendency is actual, not factitious.
His state is justly proud of him, as Mas
ssachusetts was formerly proud of Webster
and afterward of Sumner, and, like them,
ho takes his own course. He is, however,
very conservative of tbe Senate and of its
powers. His mind is too acute not to see
the reason of reform, and he Is too just
not to admit it, but his temperament
somotiuies protests, so that he may be
called a reformer if ho can have his own
way. This habit is doubtless often trying
to his associates, and leads to the charge
of hypercritioisin. But Mr. Edmunds
was one of the earliest frionds of roform
in the civil servico, nnd tbe bill offered by
Mr. Pendleton in 18S0 was substantially
tho ono that was proposed by Mr. Ed
munds ton years before. Probably his
chair in the Senate is moro agreeable to
Mr. Edmunds than that of prosiding
officer, nnd it is possible that upon the
re assembling of tho Senate in Deoomber
next ho may prefer to relinquish his new
honor. But whether upon tho floor or in
tho presidency of tho Senate, Mr. Ed
munds Is tho republican leader of whom
his wholo party is proud.
It is saiil that when ono is drowning all
that ho cvor said, thought, felt or did,
passes beforo him in a swift panorama,
and that the bad memories crowd the good
into Iho background. However, one need
not drown in order lo have this experi
ence; ho only needs to become a candi
date for ollleo,
TIIK TWO HUIVKUN.
Death came to the earth; by his side was aprlnKI
They came from (iJd's own bowers,
And the earth was rul! of their wanderln-r,
For they both were sowing: flowors.
"I sow," said spring." by the stream and wood,
Aud the village children know
The Ka r, slad time of my own aweet prime,
And whero my blossoms frrow.
" There Is not a spot In the quiet wood
But bath beard the aouud of my feet,
Aud tho violets come from their solitude
When my tears have made tlioin swoi't."
" I sow," said death, " where the hamlet BtamlH,
I sow In tbe churchyard drear;
I drop In tbe Krave with ventle bauds
My fluwers from year to year.
" The youux and the old a-o uutotlmir rosl
To the sleep that awa its them below;
But I clasp tbe children unto my breast,
Aud kiss them before I tro."
" I sow," said epriufr, " but my flowers decay
When tbe year turns weak and old.
When the breath of the bleak wind wedrs them away
Aud they wither aud drop lu the mold.
" But they come attain when the young; earth feels
The new blood leep In her veinB,
Wbeu the fountain of wonderful life unseals.
And tbe earth is alive with the rains."
" I sow," said death, " but my flowers unseen
Pass away from tho laud of men.
Nor sighs nor tears through tbe long sad years
Ever bring back tbelr bloom agalu.
" But I know they aro wondrous bright aud fair
In the flelds of their high abode;
Your flowers are flowers that a child may wear,
But mine are the blossoms of GVod."
Death came to earth; by bis side was spring;
The two came from Ood'a own bowers;
One sowed In nigbt and tbe other In light,
Yet tbey both were aowiug flowers.
G'ooil Word.
The Use of Spices,
Spices make up ihe utUhotics of eating;
they nre Ihe finest and most exquisite
products of nature, for they contain ihe
condensed aroma of essential oils, pro
duced by the intense rays of the sun.
Almost all spices grow on islands, that in
the East India islands, Madagascar, the
Mauritius, tho Baudu islands, the Melin-
cas, Sumatra, Java, Ceylon, Japan and
tho East Indian islands; tho coasts of
tropical countries are also productive of
spices.
apices have a peculiar cilect upon the
human system; if taken wisely and in
moderation, they certainly produce n flow
of saliva, of the gastric juice, and having
exerted a pleasant action upon tbe nerves
of the touguc and palato, they communi
cate a certain warmth to the blood and
stimulate the system beneficially.
Tho peculiar source of the aroma is not
always in tho same part of tho plant, but
may be contained in the fruit, the leaves,
the bark or the root, according to where
the treasure has boen deposited.
Of fruits, nono is more useful than
pepper, mostly grown in East India and
Ceylon, nnd throughout the east. When
the berry of this shrub is ground with its
dark cuticule it makes the black pepper;
when it is ground without it, it forms
white pepper. Pepper is a most useful
condiment, if used sparingly, and enhances
the natural aroma of many foods. It is a
preventive or indigestion, stimulating tho
digestive organs.
Allspice is the mild West In Han or
Jamaica pepper, also called pimento.
Nutmeg is tbe fruit of eastern trees and
shrubs, and exceedingly grateful to the
palate, in fact so exquisite and mild a
flavor that it suits well with farinaoeous
substanoes.
Maee is tbe cuticle of the nutmeg, and,
with some people, a greater favorite still.
It suits well for dolioate stews.
The clove is the flower bud of a tree,
and becomes of a dark hue, when it has
been dried in tho eun.
Mustard is a seed of a plant which
grows in temperate and tropical climates.
Its pungency is so great that when ground
fine it has to be mixed wilh starch to
moderate it. Mustard is a very useful
and healthy condiment
Vanilla, the fruit of the vanilla plant,
is indigenous to Mexico, Brazil, Peru, etc.,
and cultivated in the West Indies. Gath
ered before ripe, dried in the shade, and
steeped in the oil of tbe cashew nut, this
spice is the most aromatic of all spices.
and of exquisite flavor as an essence.
Of the barks, cinnamon is estoemed
most; it is a very valuable assistance to
digestion nnd can safely be given to
children now and then. The young
shoots of the tree are used for the pipes,
and when dried nre ground into powder.
Of roots and bulbs, ginger is the most
usoful, either as a preserve or used whole
dried state, or also ground into
powder. Both with ginger and cinnamon
better results are obtained by blending
various grades than by putting it up
perfeotly pure.
Curry powder is I lie combination of
many spices, and has oome to us from tho
east. Unfortunately our clumpy ways
often spoil the mixtures by not preserving
that delicacy ol combination wlncn alone
can produce tbe true flavor it ought to
possess, curry is lar more useiui in lood
economy than we understand as yet, and
deserves our best attention. Food and
Health.
Just, hut not Wasteful. Kudolphcn-
stein is sick unto death. To him comes
bis partner, Jacob. "Jacob," he says
when I am dead you will bury with mo
the two hundred dollars I put into tho
business."
"I will," sobs Jacob. "All that you tell
me to do, I will oo it. '
Two weeks later Jacob meets a friend.
"Why are you so sad?" asks the
friend.
"Because," says Jacob, "my conscience
troubles me. My partner tells me to put
two hundred dollars into tbe colhn, nnd
forgets it. Now he is buried, and it is
too lale."
Never mind, open the grave and put it
in."
"I will do that", sayi Jacob. "Then
my conscience will be easy once more."
Again, later on, the friend meets Jacob.
"Well, Jacob, do you feol better?"
"I feel happy as never was."
"You put the gold in the coffin?"
"No, not gold; that was wasteful."
"Greenbacks?"
"No, not greenbacks; tho damp spoils
thera."
"What did you put In then?"
"My check to bis ordor."
Johnson's island, throe miles from Sin
dusky, in Lake Erie, was the principal
military prison for rebel officers during
the war. The old forts and graveyard
are fallen into deoay, but thore still
remain the ruins of two block houses nnd
two or threo wooden strncturos once used
as quarters. The old earthworks may
still be traced, and tho gpaees noted that
once were occupied by magazines or
frowning oannon. In the burial place sot
apart for the prisoners lie entombed near
ly 300 confederate dead. The graves aro
nogleoted, tho headboards fallen or gone,
and the lettering upon those remaining
almost obliterated. Two gravos aro
marked by marble headstones, but from
ono of them the iron ohains and posts that
onoe surrounded It have boen taken away.
Grass and weeds overspread tho spot, the
fences are broken down, and a growth of
shrubbery and young trees cover thickly
the last resting-place of the captives. A
movement is now on foot to put the
ground in presentable oondition, and per
haps on the day sacred to the union dead,
to scatter a few blossoms In memory of
tho ill-starred soutbernori whose bones lie
mouldering under the tangled grasses.
Living in an Omnibus. A True Story,
"Chios, ma'am? Only five cents a
basket, "said a little voice, as I Blood at
my gate one morning, deciding which way
i snould wane.
Looking around I saw a small, yellow
haired, blue eyed boy smiling at me with
such a cheerful, confiding face that I took
the chips at once nnd ordered some more
"Where do you liver' tasked, as we
waited for Kuty, the girl to empty the
basket.
"In tho old 'bus, ma'am."
"The what?" I exclaimed.
"Tbe old omnibus down on the Flats,
ma'am,. It s cheap, and jolly, now we
aro used to it," said tho boy.
"How oame you to live there P" I asked
laughing at the odd idea.
"Wo are Gormans; and when the
falhor died we wero very poor. We
came to the city in the spring, but couldn'
get any place, there were so many of us,
and we had so little money. We stopped
one night in the old 'bus that was left to
tumble to peices down on the Flats behin
the great stables. The man who owned
it laughod when my mother asked if wo
nitgnt stay mere, and said wo migbt lor
awiiile; so we vo been there ever since
and liko it lots."
While the boy spoke I took a fancy
that 1 d liko to see this queer home of his
The Flats wore not fat' off, and I decided
to go that way and perhaps help the poor
woman, if sho seemed honest. As Katy
handed back the basket, 1 said to the lad
"Will you show me this funny house of
vours and tell me your namef
,,011, yes, nia'am; I'm just going home.
an. I my namo Is fritz.
saw him look wistfully at a tray of
nice little eakes which fluty had put to
cool in tho window seat, and I gave him
one. Ho put it in bis pocket very carefully
saying:
"Six besides mother."
I just emptied the tray into tho basket
an! wo went away togother. Wo soon
came to the Flats behind tho stables, and
there I saw a queer sight. A great
shabby omnibus of the old-fashioned sort,
with a long body, high steps, and Mat root.
with tho long grass growing about its
wheels, aud smoko coming out of
stove-pi no poked through tho roof. A pi:
dozed underneath it; ducks waddled and
swam in a pool near b ; cbildron of all
siZ'S swarmed up and down the steps
and a woman was washing in tho shadow
of the great omnibus.
"That's mother," said Fritz, and then
left me lo introduce myself, while he
passed the cake basket lo the little folks
A stout, cherry, tidy body was JUrs
Hummel, and very ready to toll her story
and snow her houso.
"Hans, the oldest, works in the stables,
ma'am, and Gretchen and Fritz sells
chips; little Karl and Lottie beg the oold
victuals, and baby Franz minds tho ducks
while I wash; and so we get on well
thanks be lo Gott," said the good woman
Witching her Hock wilh a contented
smilo.
Sho took me into tho omnibus, where
everything was neat and closely stowed
as on board a ship. The stove slood at
tho end, and on it was cooking a savory
smelling soup, mado from the scraps the
children had begged. They slept and sat
on the long seats, nnd ato on a wide
board laid across. Clothes wero hung to
the roof in bundles, or stowed under the
seats. Iho dishes were on a shelf or tied
over the stvo, and the small stock of food
they had was kept in a closet made in the
driver t scat, which was boarded over
outside and a door cut from the inside
Some of ihe hoys slept on tbe roof in fine
weather; they wore hardy lads; and
oig uog guarded tho pur and dunks as
Well as the uliildroa. Louise AT. Mmiti
Conceiinino Stoves. Those in the
northern states who takedown thoir stoves
early in May usually pay a penality
in several days of discomfort, if not in ac
tual illness. A year rarely passes without
bunging a cold in the hist halt of June,
when a lire is actually necessary for hotlth
Forlum to aiu thoso who have open fire
places in their houses, in which during
any damp, chilly spell, a small lire of wood
can bo miide, and will be most aaeptablo.
Stoves, when taken down, should be
thoroughly cleaned both inside and out,
nnd it a now lining or. other repairs are
needed, now is he time to attend to this.
Go over the outsido of both stove and
pipe with common stove polish, which is
plumbago or black lead, and avoid all
kinds of varnish. The use of tho polish,
thoroughly nibbed on with a brush, is not
for opptarance merely, but it forms a thin
dim over the iron and prevents it from be
coming rusty. Iho pipo should have
all loose dust knocked out, and if it is
necessary lo scperate tho joints, first
mark them wilh chalk in such a m inner
that they can'bejreadily put together again
Much of tho proverbial annoyance in pat
ting up a stove is due to a neglect of this
simple precaution. All loose parts, includ
ing legs, should be wrapped in coarse
paper and placed inside ol tho stove bo-
lore it is put nway, not forgetting the pok
er, handles, and whatever else belongs
with it. Stoves should always be stored
in a dry, tight place whore water cannot
accidently reach them. It is a useful
precaution to wrap them in old bagging,
or even newspapers. Am. Agriculturist
jor June.
The visitor to tho petrified forest near
Corrizo. on Ihe Littlo Colorado, will begin
to Bee tho signs of petrification hours be
fore he roaches tho wonder. Ono morn
ing it only required half an hour's good
driving to reauh the heart of the immense
forest, and then such a wonder met our
gaze as no one can over realize until he
has made that vory trip for himself. The
petrified slumps, limbs, nnd in fact whole
trees lie about on ail sides, tho action of
the waters for hundreds of years has grad
ually washed away the high hills rounda
bout, and tho trees that once covered the
high tableland, now lio in the valley be
neath. Immense trunks, somo of which
will men sure over five feet in diameter,
aro broken and scattered over a surface of
300 acres. Limbs and twigs cover the
sand in every direction, nnd tho visitor is
puzzle ns lo where ho shall begin to gather
the beautiful speoimens that lio in easy
reach. There are numerous blocks or
trunks of this petrified wood that have the
appearance for all the world of having
been just cut down by the woodman's axe
and tbe chips are thrown around on iho
ground so that ono instinctively picks
them up as he would in the log camps of
Michigan and Pennsylvania. Many of
the small particles, and even the heart of
ijnie trees, havo now become thouroughly
crystallized, and tbe beautilul colored
cubes sparkle in the sunshine like so many
dlmonds. f.verv color oi tne rainbow is
duplicated in thoso of an amothyst color and
would pass the eye of a novice for a real
slono. The gram of tho wood is plainly
shown in nearly every specimen, making
tho pieces more beautilul than ever. Al
buquerque (iV. M) Journal.
Had Heakd Him Mentioned. The
other day a bright littlo girl was listening
lo her mother, who was roauing stories lo
her, in one of which the name of his
Satanic Highness was given.
"Minima," sho exclaimed, "who is the
devil?"
Why. my ehild," tho molher answered
hosiiatingly, "I can't loll yon exactly!"
'O.well, never mind, was tne inter-
rtiptive exclamation of tho littlo one "I'll
ask grandpa. I'vo heard him mejtion
h iml"
A young lady belonging to nn nristo
cratio family in Knoigsberg, in Prussia,
gradually lost her powor of vision and be
oame entirely blind. Her eyes, on being
examined, were found to bo perfectly sound,
whence it followed that the cause of the
trouble was in tho brain. All treatment
proved unavailing until the discovery was
made that she had reoelved some months
previously a heavy blow on the head from
a falling board, Professor Munck, the
famous experimentalist, who examined
her, convinced the oculist and surgeon
that Ihe affected pirt must bo that part of
the brain which his experiments on mon
keys had proved to be Iho central station
for sensations of sight. Tho blow had
evidently injured tho membrane of the
brain. This mado perforation of the skull
necessary. Tho operation was success
fully performed and the patient recovered
her eyesight completely.
Dr. Mary Howard, an American woman
doctor, is creating quite a stir in social life
in China. Sho attended tho mothor of
Prince Li, Hung Chang, nnd although sho
aid not save ner nie, sue showed so nine
skid that she was called in to treat the
wife of the great minister. From all. par
of North China letters from the wives of
mandarins aud high officials are pom in
in on her entreating her to come to them
or to "send other wise women trom
America." Eastern women of rank di
with obscure diseases rather than submit
to operations performed by male surgeons,
An American physician who spent some
lime in lurkey was callod in to prescrue
for tho wife of tho Bey ill with typhoid
lever, iho patient was wholly covere
with asheetin whiclioneholowascut large
enough for him to put his lingers in to her
pulse, and another through whioh sho
thrust her tongue. Dr. Howard has been
loaded not only with fees by her grateful
patients, but jewelry, furniture and price
les curios enough to stock a bric-a-brac
warehouse
One in Six. Tho huntsman of a well
knpwn English pack returned home lately
by rail in a third class carnage, in which
were i 1 ready nvo men, and, as he entered
seeing a parcel of thin papers on the floor
under the scat he picked them up Looking
at them and Ihen at his companions, he
asked if any gontleman had lost a bundle
of papers. J- icn man said "No" and the
huntsman handed the bundle to the station
master, saying, "As thoy seem to be bank
notes 1 had better Icavo theiu with you."
ihe men agreed that ho had done right
but, after a time, one began to feel In his
pockets, and, with many imprecations on
his stupidity, announced that he had lost
a bundle of notes rccovied that day at mar
ket. A discussion ensued as to what was
to be done, and it was agreed that tho best
thing was for the owner to got out at the
next station, take a back, and go back as
hard as he could. As the victim hurried
off, tho huntsman laughed a quiet laugh
and said, "I thought there would be ono
rogue out of six men. It was a bundle of
play bills."
If Ireland has its Blarney stone, which
assures to any one kissing it uncommon
eloquence and persuasiveness "blarney'
in iuct, for there is no other equivalent for
the mysterious gift Spain has her "mar
riage-stone," tho virtues of which are
equally remarkable; for any single person
male or lemaie, wno toucnes it is absolute
ly sure to bo married within a twolvo
month. The stone forms part of the
masonry of the college of Sacra Monte,
Granada. About twelve months ago two
young tames paiu a visit lu trie old Moorish
capital, and were shown over the college
by ono of the resident clergy, who acted
as cicerone, and who treated the fair visit
ors with unusual deference and respect.
Touch it," said ono of the ladies to her
sister, who laughed incredulously, but
followed the advice none the less touch
ing the stone, not once, but twiueor thrice.
Now, the two young ladies wero the
Spanish Infantas Dona Isabella and Dona
Paz; and the latter it was who touched
the stone. She did so on ihe 3rd of Apri
last year, and she was married to Prince
Louis of Bavaria on tho 2nd of April of the
present yoar. tu. James Un.zttle.
Pethoi.eum. In its original stato
petroleum has a murky green color, and
needs rchning belore it is lit for
uminating purposes, it is distilled in
pans, with great furnaces blazing beneath
them ; and as tho vapors arise Irom the
blazing liquid, tbey are conveyed into pipes
surrounded by water, in which they are
condonsod. ihe nrst vapors condense
into naptha, and thoso produced by longer
heating give tho burning oil. About live
per cent, of tho crude oil put into the pans
or stills remain' in the form of tar, which,
by another course of treatment, is
converted into parafline and coke.
Alter distillation the rehned oil is no
longer green, but is ns transparent as
spring water, and beautilully tinged with
purples and blues, it is not ready lor use
however, and has vet to bo washed. The
idea of washing oil may seem absnrd, but
is quite practicable. the fluid
emptied into a large circular tank, in
which it is treated with acids, which arc
poured in nnd mixed with it bv
powerful air pressure from benenth.
When it has been well shaken tip it is
allowed lo seme, and the acids then
parate from it, and sink to the bottom of
tbe tank, taking with them somo ol tho tar
that remained in the oil.
The acids are then removed, and the oil
is washed with salt wator, which is mixed
with it and agitated. Suffocating fumes
coino up from tho tank, nnd the more
they are shaken out ot the oil the sitter it
is, for thoy tiro Iho explosive part of it.
Finally, it is bleached, and it is then
ready for the shops.
Lakkin Mead's Gkeatest Wohk.
Probably the most colossal statue yet or
dered for the states has just been finished
in the plaster form by an American sculp
tor at Florence, Mr. Larkin G. Mead,
There are but two in America that can
even be compared with it, Greenough's
Washington and his group ot civilization
which adorn tbe capitol in Washington.
Some idea of it may bo obtained by a short
description. Tbe subject is the Mississippi
river, a largo recumbent statue, not unlike
in treatment to the Nile gronp in Rome.
The figure is represented leaning against
a cluster of rocks whence spring the source
of the Father of Wators, whilo as a sup
port to tbe other arm is a broken paddle
wheel caught in a snag, a not uncommon
sight on that mighty river. At tho base
are represented in bas-reliot tho various
objects characteristic of tho stream during
its long course, stern wnecier and side
wheeler ; sugar cane and crocodile, and
its minoral wealth in the representation of
lead mine, whilo negroes are seen load
ing and unloading bales of cotton and
tobacco and sugar cane; crystals, too, are
not forgotten while the giant right foot
rests on a ledge of limestone, and in the
ght hand stalks of that great product of
the Mississippi valley, ludian corn, are
hold, one mature, tho other in the shook.
A wreath composed of tobacco and cotton
crowns the bead of tho colus-us, whilo a
fishing net is carelessly thrown across ihe
base. Tho plinth or pedestal is U foct in
length, and tho weight of the marble no
less than 41 tons. This is to be presented
to the oity of New York by Mr. Elliott F.
Shopard, New 1 ork lawyer, son-in-law
of Mr. W. II. Vanderbilt. From the
Koman New).
St. Paul used lo be a wostern cilv; now
it is central. "Take a map of the United
States. 'says the Cirittian lnion,"und place
ono arm of a pair of dividers at St. Paul
and tho other at Jacksonville, Fla. Move
the latter northward toward New York,
and you aro ilOO miles out in the Atlantic
ocean ; movo it toward Iho southwest and
you aro at iho City of Mexico; move it lo
the northwest and it falls short by 300
miles of reaching the utmost limit of
fortlle and productive country capable of
sustaining a largo population, tue rail
roads bavo brought tho Assiniboine and
Saskatchewan valleys nnd llioso of Mon
tana within 48 hours of St. Paul and have
opened to tho inrush of an enterprising
population what else mast have remained
a howlin?; wilderness."
One of the most wholesome dishes for
children at this season is composed of rhu
barb and rice. Rhubarb just now. is the
only seasonable substitute for oranges
which havo been plentiful, and it is nil
possiblo to overrate its value in early
spring, lo prepare, tako a bundle ol
rhubarb, four ounces of rice, one and one
half pounds of loaf sugar, ono pint of
milk, and two drops ot essence ol lemon
or vanilla; wash nnd pick tho rice and
drop it into the milk, which must be boil
ing; nnd four ounces of loaf sugar and the
vanilla, boil till the rice is tender, then
remove from the firo and let it got cold:
trim tho rhubarb, cut into ono inch pieces
and slew them in a small quantity of water
until thoroughly cooked, when Ihe juice
from tho rhubarb should ho poured into
another stowpan, with ono quarter of a
pound of sugar anil one-halt a pint of
water to boil for eight or ten minutes
strain it and pour over tho rhubarb; Bet
it away to get co'.d, and when needed
serve in tho center of a dish with tho rice
around it.
A Talk ok Telegraph Ticking. A
well-to-do voung man recontly married
and started west on his bridal tour. The
happy young couple jwero breakfasting ai
a station eating-house. During tho repast
two smart nlccks camo into tho eating
room nnd seated themselves opposite the
telegraph operators, tiv delicate poising
of their knife and fork they wero able to
tnako sounds in close imitation of tele
graphy. In the mystic language of the
key one said unto the other ;
"Ain't she a daisy, though?"
The party thus addressed replied by
clicking off :
'Wouldn't I liko to kiss her, the little
fat angel!"
'Wonder who that old bloat is that she
has married?"
'Some gorgeous granger, I reckon,1' re
plied the other.
iho groom stood it untu ioroe3rance
ceased to bo a virtue, when he also bal
anced his knife, and click, click, it went in
rapid succession. It was intelligible to
tho very cute twain that had recently
made fun ol its author. When Interpreted
it read :
Dear Slits: I am superintendent of
the telegraph lino upon which you work
You will please send your time to head
quarters, and resign your positions at once
xours,
Superintendent of Tei-eouapii.
TnE Salt Supit.y. There Is no danger
of this country spoiling for the lack of
salt. Iho new salt hold in western flew
York dovolops rapidly. Wells already
sunk provo that a deposit of puro rock
salt, from 70 to 85 feet thick, at a depth of
1000 to 1200 foot, underlies the entire
Wyoming valloy, from Warsaw to LeRov
a distance ot M miles. Ihe Warsaw
wells, some half a dozen in number, have
a present capacity of 5,0110 barrels a day,
which can be largely increased. The
piality is said to be the best. New York,
Syracuse and Camden parties have invest
ed there, and extensive works for tho
manufacture of soda ash aro now building.
tho purity of tho brine rendering it the
first found in this country suitable for this
purpose. The latest strike of salt was
mado by Francis D. Moulton of New
York, tho well known tinnier in dairy
products, whose drill pierced a stratum of
pure salt 8j feet thick, nt a d)pth of 1 150
feet, in tho middle of the developed
territory. It is a peculiarity of tho field
that there are no "dry holes;" the sail
vein upponrs to bo continuous under a bell
of country from one to throe miles wide
and 20 miles long. Tho density of the
brine is nt tho maximum of 100; that is,
it carries all tho salt that ran be held in
solution. This is, of course, favorable to
Is cheap manufacture, either by solar or
artificial evaporation. The new Hold will
eventually, and before very long, dominate
iho salt interest in this country.
Flouida'S Makk up. An unexpected
nnd novel proposition to divido Florida is
under discussion in that state. The sub
coast progress says that tho child of to
day may witness tho consummation of the
projected division before attuning bis
majority. It says : "Recent events point
unmistakably to tbe fact that South Flori
da has no rights which the northern part
of the stato is bound to respect. We havo
been despoiled of our lands to satb-fy the
nsatiate thirst of the greedy cormorants of
the northern and middle portions of the
state, and if wo would save tho remnant
of our horitago from the hands of the
despoiler. we should be up and doing."
the f loiulian detenus tno norinern part
of the stato against tho charge of want of
respeot for the rights of Southern Florida,
going into details on several points. It
also opposes Iho proposed division,
declaring that it would bo monstrous. It
ingeniously cives reasons why there oan
never bo harmony between tho several
parts of the state, but does not consider
that suffoient reason for separation. The
following passage will bo read with inter
est. "The inhrmity, as it wore, ol Florida
is her geographical malformation. Terri
torially she is fearfully and wonderfully
made so to speak. Sho would not have
been so curiously constructed hut fertile
circumstance that when tho boundaries of
Georgia anil Alabama wero determined
the aroa of Florida did not belong to the
United States, and henoo the lines of
Alabama could not run down to the
waters edge to obtain the port of Pensa-
cola, nor thoso of Georgia to possess the
fa r land of Middle lor Hi a wittl its gult
harbors a coast outlet naturally belong-
ii3 to those two stales, and which they
would doubtless have possessed, and the
peninsula alono havo constituted Florida.
So Florida torritory became a common
wealth of the union in tue same lorm as
that acquired from hpam, and nero we are
now.awkardly shaped but quite determined
to stick togother and hold on to what we
aye, though it is 800 miles around the
elbow, and has more land than tbe six
New England states have, and is bo
arranged that it is quite out of Ihe question
that tliero will ever bo union of interests
or entire mutuality of commercial Inter
course nnd consequently political har
mony. Atlantic, eastern and nortnern
oonncclions pull one way, and gulf south-
n and western Iho otner way. une
section is jealous of anothor, for each has
what anothor can t nave, ana eacn wanuj
considerable of all. We cannot nil be
satisfied even as to the location of the
capital, as a geographical center is a
problem that delies solution by any
measurement of this boot shaped domain.
Wherever tho capital might be it would
be too far off from some part of the state."
row the A'eiu Orleans ricaiune.
A Tnouoifr.
Only a tliouKlit. but tbo wurk it wroutrlit
Could uevar by toutfue or pfu be tauvlit.
For It ran tlirouwh a life, like a thread of Knld,
Aud the life bore fruit a hundredfold.
"Klud hearts are more than coroueta
Aud simple faith thau Norman blood."
Teimywn.
"Our life Is srarce the twinkle of a star
IuUud's eternal day."
Hatard Tattor.
"Now 'tis tho spring, nnd weeds aro
shallow rooted." Shakespeare.
"Ood hath yoked to ifiiilt
Her palo tornioutor misery. "
liruant
"Every one is as God made him. and
oftentimes a great deal worse." Don
Quixote.
"Thoso to whom the oarth is not conse
crated will find their Heaven profane.
Martineau.
Charity is a virtuo of the heart and
not of the hand." Addison.
"Nothing great wai ever achieved
without enthusiasm." Emerson.
It is better that our armor should be
bruised by rude encounters, than hane
forever rusting on the wall." Longfellow.
I would rather trust mv life with a
man sincerely superstitious, than with any
man who denied the existence of a God."
Joseph Parker, London.
Many have puzzled themselves about
the origin of evil. 1 am oontentto observe
that there is evil, and that there is always
way to escape irom it; and Willi this I
begin and end. Newton.
I need not understand all the relations
md adjustments of Divine Providence
before I ctn Innt the Lord. On the
lial plate of Seripture I see the hands
pointing to the promises and Iho com
mands and the rewards of diacipleshlp,
ino u is enousn, I Deiicve anil trust.
Dr. A. J. Gordon.
"frfKik not mournfully info the past. It
eomns not hick a train. Wisely improve
i ho present, it is thine. Go forth to meet
tho shadowy future without fear, and with
a manly hoart." Hyperion.
The New York Observer quotes a some
what remarkable (as found in a secular
prinl) but really obvious editorial stato
nient, from tho Journal of Commerce.
tbe latter, in s'rong and manly sentenoes.
affirms that, contrary to the hastv and ill
considered judgment of narrow observers.
orthodox opinions and religious modes
are rapidly gaining, and not losing, their
hold upon the most intelligent men in the
nommunily. The editor affirms that the
Christian church is not disturbed by tbe
noisy utterances of doubt; that its num
bers are larger than ever; that it is doing
broader and bettor evangelical, charitable
md humane work; and tnat scientific
liscussions, after all, have led more men
into the church than out of it.
Tho inevitable tendency of scepticism.
recently f,o palpably illustrated, has now
ts perfect counterpart in the reaction
from scepticism back to faith. In all the
cases ot scepticism, so prominent in
Christian ministers of brilliant imagina
tion nnd popular aspiration, the leading
principles of natural and revealed
eligion: nrst, a personal Ueity; second.
creation ns his work; third, providence
and answer to prayer; fourth, a revelation
of spiritual truth; fifth regeneration by
his spirit; and sixth a pure life
hese six have each and all given way
uceessively beforo doubt, indulged sit
either point of tho necessarily connected
ham. the significant counterpart is now
revealed in Dr. Frotbingham's return, by
successive steps, to the only possible rest
of sincere and comprehensive thought.
In an article entitled "Christianity and
Criticism," in tho North American Review
for April, 1883, Dr. Frothingham traces
the common truths embodied in the sym
bolic ritPS and doctrinal precepts of all
loading religions ai compared with
Christianity; hinting that it has nothing
ultimately to fear from criteisin. His
ndiic'ioin are thus stated: "llieo sym
bols of religion aro not evolved; they are
communicated. . . , Tneir character
is often oppose.) to the natural instincts of
he people. I heir connections, their deep
significance, preclude Iho theory which
ssigns to them a terrestial origin. . .
All that can be claimed as to these symbol
io ideas is, that Iho enbleins which lie at
he founda'km of all spiritual truth
teach first, tho existence of a supreme
mind; second, the communication of
truth by that .mind to man; tliiid. the
power of a divine person representing
Deity; fourth, Iho reality of a celestial
influence imparted by the Deity through
Christ, whatever be his mine; lifh. the
experience of an ntornnl superiiHtursI life;
sixth, Ihe necessity of self ambegnat ion ns
a means of attaining that life." Observer.
What is Wouk! I may perh-ipi bi
allowed to put the opening question, What
is work? The common reply is, "Any
pursuit by which a man earns, or attempts
to earn, a livlihood and to aoeitmulato
wealth. This defination is tho more lo bo
regretted because it cherishes, or rather
begots. the vulgar error that all persons
who do not aim at tho nccumulation of
wealth arc idlers. In point of fact, such
men may be doing far greater service lo
the world than the most diligent and suc
cessful votary of a trade or profession. Dur-
win, having a competency, was therewith
content, io him and to olbers of a kindred
mind, the opportunity of devoting hit
whole life to the search after scientific
truth wns a boon immeasurably higher
than any conceivable amount of wealth.
Shall we call him an idler? Nor is
science the only field which opens splen
did prospects to men of independent
means. Art, literature, pbilanthrophy,
have al I their departments, unremuneratire
in a common point of view, or nt least not
dircotly remunerative, and for all these
cultivators are wanted. Therefore,
roversing the advice given by routine
moralists, I would say lo wealthy young
men of ability. "Do not inSe up any
trade, business or profession, but do some
of the worlds unpaid work. L?avo money
making to thoso who have no other option,
and be seekers of truth and beauty."
Every one who follows this advice will
contril ulo something to show tbo world
that the race for wealth is not the only
pursuit worthy of a rational being. I
should define work as Iho conscious, svs
tematic application of mind or body to any
The new West Shoro railroad from
New York to Buffalo parallels the Hudson
river and Central road, separated only by
a rivor. Thore are more than 2o,000t
, ., a, n.:- i: m
laouiuis tlb WINS uii iiiis IIIIU muiu iusu
than the entiro army of the Uniled States.
Many of them nro utter slraDgers to
America. They cannot speak a word of
our language, and aotually, for all practi
cal purposes, bavo no names, but wear
motallic tags, numbered, so that a man is ,
No. 175 or No. 2,140, or nnytjing olseHJ
that may bo. Occasionally there is an f2
aocidont, and the local papers report that
"an Italian, No. 417, had his leg broken,"
or otherwise suffered. By August tho
road will bo completed and this great
nameless army let loose. . . ,
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