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ABBEVILLE PRESS & BANNER.
BY HUGH WI] .SON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1877. * NO. 1. VOLUME XXY.
"The Sunrise Never Failed Us Yet." I
BY CKLIA TIIAXTEH.
Upon the sadness of the sea
The sunset broods regretfully ;
From the far, lonely spaces, slow
Withdraws the wistful afterglow.
i
So out of life the splendor dies ;
So darken all the happy skies :
So gathers twilight, CQld and stern :
But overhead the planets burn.
Aud up ih.' < :) t another day
Shall chasv the bitter dark away ;
| What th:<;io'h our eyes with tears be wet ? |
The sunrise never failed us yet.
The blush of dawn may yet restore
Our light and hope and joy once more.
Sad soul, take comfort, nor forget
That eunrise never failed us yet!
iWITUrniT A PlfiTAII
V! ! I [IUU n I lUiniba
The Story of a Pleasant Love.
CHAPTER I.
"I have got some news for you. Maggie," j
ho t?iid, one day, about eighteen months after ;
lie had gained ins commission. " Guess what ]
it is."
They were walking along the green lanes of ;
Pollock, listening to the ceaseless murmur of
the sea. as at intervals they had walked and 1
listened ever i-ince they could remember, or j
ever since Maggie could remember, at any rate, !
for she was six years younger than her former {
playfellow.
" You are going to be promoted," she said.
"Promoted, you little goose! No ono ever |
pets promoted in the British army. Guess .
aS?>r-" . , *?
on are going to mam* an heiress.
There was a lump in h<*r throat as slie |
said it. ;
" Wrong again. No inestimable young per- j
son with greeu eyes, a turn-up nose, suscepti- !
b!e heart, and fifty thousand a year, has turned |
uj) yet. But it s something nearly as good. I
I'm Ordered to China !"
' Oh, Alic! she gasped, and burst into tears, j
It v.as very foolish of her, but then she was j
only fixtcen, and had not yet acquired the I
praiseworthy art of concealing her feelings. i
Why. whatever are you crying for ?" he '
asked, and kissed away her tears. He'd kissed j
I.,... bhi. fiv<> and thoilL'bt no
more <>f it than if she had been his sister, or
t ecat. excepting perhaps that it was nicer?'
?which it was, no doubt, " I shall only be'
awav live years at most, and when I come back i
I'll bring you a pigtail and an ivory toothpick, j
ami a whole lot of things, and"?
. Ves V" she said, listening attentively.
" Bat then you'll-be a young woman?I forgot
-nnd 'out,' and all that sort of thing, and .
won't i-onuescend to speak to a poor lieutenant
: vou will havo all the squires and foxhum*
in about the placc at your feet."
Oh, no, indeed I shan't, Alic," she Raid, j
eagerly.
But I tell you, you will. I believe yt u are j
a burn little llirt, and I shall come back and '
find yon "?
But she burst into tears again, and put up [
lier pretty little hand as if to stop his teasing, i
which she could not bear just then. It seemed ;
so cruel of him to laugh and joke when he was |
going away for live years. He did not seem to
care a bit, and she could have broken her heart
on the spot, and would have gladly done so,
and thrown the pieces away so as never to be
bothered with it atjain. Then, seeing her
mournful blue eyes, he was merciful.
I believe I shall come back and find you
just as great a little darling as you are now.!
aud if we have got any money we'll get married j
and live happy over after, and if we haven't i
we'll get married and starve ever after?unless, I
of course, the heiress turns up."
' Oh, I hope she won't!" said Maggie, like a j
truthful little idiot. "Shall you ever write to j
mo, Alic, dearV"
"Ves, of course I shall, and I shall expect
you to write back sis pages crossed, and all j
that son of thing, youjuiow."
So Alic Grander went to China, and Maggie j
waited hopefully enough for a letter, but six
months passed and none came. "Perhaps it i
takes longer forji letter to get here from China," j
nli3 thought, knowing as little about the meann i
of transit and the time it took as if the Ctles- j
ti?il city had been in the moon. but a \ ear |
passed tnd no letter came.
" Perhaps he's ill, or itis miscarried," she
K*ud tearfully, half wondering if it could be j
possible that a Chinese heiress had turned up, j
and that was the real reason of Alic's silence. ;
Two years passed, and never a word. "It's too j
bad," she said bitterly, and wondered rueful)v I
if he really had married a wife with a pigtail.
And the days and the months went by, and
Magtrie journeyed on into womanhood, but no
word or sign caine from Alic Granger, and at
liini till
CHAPTER 11.
Maggie was twenty years old when her father
died, and tho creditors did pounce down, !.
r.nd she and her mother were sold out. Mrs.
Dunlop was offered a home in London by a sis- j
ter who was well off and bad tempered, and it j
was thankfully accepted. Maggie was informed
that .die must get her own living, which being J
precisely Maggie's own opinion as well as in- |
tention, she advertised for a situation as gov- j
erness. Now, Maggie had a very modest idea
of her own merits, and.therefore only asked for I
twenty-five pounds a year and a comfortable
home,* so no less than five answers came to her [
announcement that she could teach English,
French, music and tho rudiments of drawing, j
O.ie of these answers came from Woolwich,
and stated that Mrs. Marshall required a j
governess for her three Utile girls. :
Mr.>. Marshall was a stiffnocked sort of woman, j
and stared at poor little Maggie (who looked al- i
most as childlike and twice as pretty as ever)
through double gold glasses. Colonel Mar- i
shall, her husband, was a nice old man, with a j
'bald head and an iron gray mustache, and there I
was a grown up ciaugnier, a aiiss rauerson,
Mrs. Marshall's daughter by her lirst husband,
who was really the mistress of the establishment,
for Maria Patterson had a stiong will, i
and slio was an heiress. " A very nasty |
heiress too." jx>or Maggie thought, and she was ,
right, for Maria was skinny, and thought h?r- !
se!f sarcastic, and always sail nasty things to I
people who did not dure say them back again. I
One evening, when Maggie had been about
a year at Woolwich, and she ivas sitting alone
in her school-room as usual, J'or her pupils had
just said good-night and been delivered up to ! |
the tender mercies of their nurse. Miss Patter- ! '
.son walked i:i very much dressed, and lather
flushed and excited.
"Mis)$I)nnlop," sho said, "wo shall have a
few friends this evening, and I know one or
two of them like an impromptu dance; will you
be ready ti> come into the drawing-room and
plav. if wo should \svut yon
' I fear I cannot play dance music very well:
I never keep time," said Maggie.
"Yes, I feared so, and thought I would come '
and tell you, so that you might practice for
an hour or two till after dinnerand she sailed
out of the room, evidently considering the
matter settled : and Maggie meekly proceeded
to practice the Mabel Waltz and the Flick and
Flock Galop. Then she put on her shabby
1 :???/?...? o?wl u+vii*L- o enrnv f\f win!
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flowers iuto h r <-o!dcu Lair, and waited pi- j
tientlv for a snnmious, hoping she would wait
in vain. It very soon came, and with a roll of
music under her arm, a flush 0:1 her innocent
frightened face, and a scared, almost hunted,
expression in her eyes, she descended, and
timidly opened the drawing-room door, and
there stood still for a moment staring in as- ;
tonishment at the scene before her. There nat
the heiress with an eager, pleaded expression 011
her face, and leaning over her, talking and j
laughing, and more handsome than ever, and j
sunburnt and soldierly looking, was Alic
(! ranger. There was no mistaking him. The
color rushed to Maggie's face, as if to say a :
hurried good-bye, and then left it altogether, j
She recovered her self-possession, however, I
and walked with what she flattered herself was
great dignity toward the piano. She felt rather
than paw him raise his head and look at her, and
41. r. n/,vf *Y>Sl*Vt??t)4 lir. Il-ou lw 43u1q
Maggie?my dear Maggie! Why, fancy ;
von being hero ; where did you come from V I
"hav6 been trying to find you out for month-;. |
" I tliougHt you"? And then blie did not
know how to go on, so added, almost piteously:
' " I am the governess here."
" Are von V Oh, I nee, then, that is the rea
T',.? "..r.f 1 T "
BUU X UVI, WWI l/V&VUV, X 0?ipj/Vf.-?^.
' Do you really know Miss DunlopV" the
heiress asked, coming up, and speaking in her
coldest manner.
Maggio wished sincerely Bhe could sink into
her shoes and bury herself.
"Why, of course I do ; we have been playfellows
ever since we were born?haven't \te,
M rgie ?"
And Maggie, feeling she was being backed
up, answered bravely? i
" Yos. "
" Oh, indeed ! how interesting!" Then, turning
to Maggie: "Will you be so good an to bogin
a waltz, Mi s Dunlop ? This was to be our
dance*, I think," to Alic, and she nailed off
with him triumphantly.
He came up to her directly after the dance
was over.
" I went down to Porlock to try and find out
where you had gone to," ho said, "but nobody
knew."
"It didn't matter," slie said, huskily, lotting
her fingers wander vaguely over the keys to
make believe she wasn't very interested in what
he said.
" Yes. it did?it mattered a great deal. Why,
I've got a box full of curiosities for you ?chilis
to fight with, and a little heathen god or two,
and a statue of Buddha, and all sorts of things.
I told you I fhould bring you them home. Do
you live here -1 mean in this house ?"
M>iwn Iniif wnrrJa lmdpr liin hrpilth.
for the heiress came np, and the next minute
ho wan carried off to dance with Mrs. Somebody
at the other end of the loom, but not before
Maggie had nodded a reply to him. Soon after
this Mi?s Patterson came up to the piano, and,
saying she wished to play herself, and that
Maggie looked tired, dismissed her without her
being able to get even another look at Alic.
CHAPTER III.
The next morning, to Maggie's very great
surprise, Miss Patterson came into the schoolroom
before the children had assembled.
' Miss Duulop," she said, stiffly, "I should
like to know where yi u say you met Mr. Granger."
" At Porlock. His uncle lived next door to
my mother. He is a very old friend indeed "?
"Thank you. I merely wished to inquire.
because, of course, you must be aware tnat it
is not usual for any one in your position to
make herself remarkable by having long confidential
talks with any gentlemen who may visit
the house."
"I don't know what you mean, Miss Patterson
Maggie said, indignantly.
But Miss Patterson had swept out of the room
without deigning to reply.
Then Maggie went into her own littlo room,
the one plac; she had in the world entirely to
herself, aud cried till her eyes were red and her
head ached.
The lessons did not progress that morning.
Maggie was thinking of Alio, who was no doubt
strolling about the common, listening to the
band and making love to the heiress. The children
were more than usually stupid, too, and
all the world seemed upside down, and all its
ways turned crooked. Suddenly, at about
twelve o'clock, just when Maggie was in the
middle of expounding as best sue could the eccentricities
of the French grammar, there was
a knock at the school-room door.
" Come in," she said.
The door opened, and there stood before her
astonished eyes the form of Alic Granger, and
behind him was a man?evidently his servant?
with a box on his shoulders.
"All right, Tim, put it down ; that's right:
now be off. There. I've brought the curiosities
round. Maggie ; I thought you'd like to see
them."
4w*<. i ? !,( ? trill Mru "Urn-shall and Miss Pat
terson say V" said Maggie, iu consternation.
"Nothing to you for the next half hour or
so, for I have just seen them safely on their
v.av to Woolwich, and thought I should just
got a quiet chat with you. >Iy dears," he B?id.
turning to Maggie's wide-eyed, open-mouthed
pupils, "I'm Hiiro you'd like to be let off your
lessons, so I'll let you off for half an hour ; run
along, my little dears," o:ul he open.d the door
for them, and shut it after them.
"Oh, A lie!" she said, in fear and trembling.
"Oh, Maggie!" he answered, mimicking.
" What did you mean by going away from Torlock,
and not leaving any address
"I couldn't help it. and you never wrote,"
she answered, helplessly.
"No, I never write letters ; don't know how
to spell wJ.l enough. But I have been hunting
for you all over the place, and never dreamed
c?f finding you here. Now we'll unpack the box:
[ had it opened before I came, so it's only fastened
by a lock."
"But, Alic, they'll never forgive me."
"Never mind, it doesn't matter, because if
you are good I'll- take you away next week.
Besides, they'll forgive me anything. I saved
the colonel's life when ho was in Hong Kong?
at least, so he says. There, now, what do you
think of these for lighting with ? Got them at
Java on purpose for you and he held up a
pair of heathenish looking clubs and brandished
them over her head, and then proceeded to
pull out the rest of the contents of the box and
:o_ decorate the school-room with them.
"I litres Air. miuuna, anu wurus?? jjv,
what's the matter, Maggie ?"
'Nothing; only you will get me into dreadful
trouble?you will, indeed. Mi** Patterson
came in this morning and scolded me for talking
to you last night."
"Never mind, she was only jealous," ho
laughed. " Now tell mo how soon you can
leave here."
" What for V" she asked, innocently.
" Why, you haveti't forgotten that we agreed
to get married when I came back, have you,
you littlo coquette?" and he put his arm round
her waist ju-i as of old, and was not reproved.
It was so very comfortable, she thought.
" No, but you are engaged, are you not ?"
" Yes. of course I am - to you."
''Oh ! but, Alic"?
" Oh ! but, Maggie"? And then he stooped
and kissed her, and nothing more could bo
said, for the door opened, and there stood the
colonel, and there stood Mrs. Marshall, and
there stood Maria Patterson.
" Miss Dunlop!" screamed Maria, horrorstruck.
"Mr. Granger!" said Mrs. Marshall in astonishment.
" Hoity-toity!" exclaimed the colonel. "What
does all this mean V"
" She must leave the houso at once," sai 1 the
heiress.
"Of con.so she must," Mrs. Marshall said.
"I never heard of such a thing in my life "?
"My dear Mrs. Marshall," said Aiic, looking
as if he were beginning a speech, " it is all my
fault. You tola me, ana so did the colonel, to
v/\nr limi?p r?v hnnifv and I have done
so. Miss Duulop hero was a playfellow of mine
oace, and when I went away wo were engaged,
hut somehow wo lost sight of each other when
there were a few thousand miles between us,
and it was the happiest moment of my lifo to
meet her again last night; and so I took tho
liberty of calling on her this morning, and we
were just arranging to get married next week
when you interrupted us."
"Qiiite right, quite right, my dear Granger,"
said the old colonel, heartily, "you shall be
married from here "?
" Oh ! please let me go to mamma?do let me
h'o at once," pleaded Meggie, finding her little
tongue at last.
"I think it would bo much more satisfactory
if Miss Duulop went back to her relations," said
the heiress, sourly.
So they all finally agreed, and that very afternoon
Maggie packed up her modest belongings
and all the curiosities, and went to the well-off
and bad-tempered aunt.
The bad-tempered aunt received her niece
very graciously when she found she was
going to marry well the following week. It
is amazing how fond people are of rich relations,
even though the riches concern tin m
little personally. As for poor Mrs. Dunlop, she
could have jumped for joy, only she was too old
for such violent exercise.
" I'rav, miss, what arc you laughing to yourself
about?" asked Alic the evening before their
wecuung uay.
" Nothing, Alic, only when you were away, I
used to think sometimes -hat perhaps you'd
marry a Chinese heiress wnh a pigtail.'
"The sort of thing you would think," he
said, grandly : " as it is. vo see, I am going
to marry a little girl without.x>igtail; and I
am very happy, my darling?ou?"
" Very, very," she said; and s.ie was.
(Jetting Even With an India Prince.
A curious story, by the way, comes to
us from India, says a correspondent.
The viceroy had received some offense
from Scindia, and could not avenge it
openly; whereupon he meditated and
took the following deeply deliberated
wnfolrnfinn Wlinn ft lnrrrn
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number of native princes came up before
him to make their obeisance, no sooner
did the ofTou'ling Scimlin enter tlmu the
viceroy sprang forward with unwonted
effusiveness and kissod him on both
cheeks. Such contact from an alien and
a Christian is the extremist taint ana
tive can receive, ijcinilir s own wives
would not come near him ; in one moment
he sank in the eyes of all India
from a prince to a pariah, and ever since
the poor man has been undergoing purifying
ceremonials, costing a large part
of his fortune to cleanse him from the
viceregal kiss by which he was betrayed
I I
Dangers from the Dead.
That the dead should kill the living
Beems a paradox ; yet nothing is more
true. Indeed we venture to sav that
every year in our land corpses murder
more people than assassins do. Not
only have intramural interments poisoned
whole blocks and quarters, not only
has drinking water contaminated by
grave yards yearly spread disease and
death through country hamlets, but before
the process of decomposition commences
there is often a great and press- j
ing danger from infectious disease. We j
quote a recent instance :
"Dr. Goldie, the medical officer of j
health for Leeds, England, in his report I
to the local authority, states that every
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out? ui iiiury puuuiu uu i>.uw
wake of an Irish girl who recently (lied
ill that town from typhus fever were attacked
by the disease and no fewer than
nine of the cases ended fatally."
So strongly have the needless dangers
of exposure at funerals impressed the
medical mind, that the health board of
New York have issued a circular recommending
that no public or church funerals
should be given to persons dying of
either diphtheria, scarlet fever, measles
or whooping cough.
In Chicago nlso, where scarlet fever
and diphtheria-have been severe this past
winter, the recommendation of one hundred
medical men in council was in these
words:
"There should be no public funerals
of any patient who had died of any infectious
or contagious disease. Remember
that the separation of the sick person
from the well is the most certain means
of nreventincr the spread of the disease."
A writer in the Baltimoro Physician
and. Surgeon, last December, went so
far as to advocate the passage of a law
ou the subject (the1 averago American
man looking upon a "law" as a cure-all
on every occasion). He thought it
should embody the following provisions:
1. Whenever any one dies of contagious
disease, the publication announcing the
death should state cause of death.
2. No person except the immediate
family should be permitted to attend the
funeral, and the handling and burying
the body should be intrusted to persons
who devote themselves to that business.
3. A sufficient number of carriages
should be kept for the special purpose
of attending these funerals, and the
hiring them for other purposes should
be prohibited, under the severest penal
ties. k
These are good suggestions, but people
should learn and obey them out of a
natural sense of sanitary propriety, not
out of obligation to a statute.?Medical
and Surgical Reporter.
Cistern Water.
In our climate, where rain is abundant
during a considerable portion of the
year, the water falling upon the roof of
any house, if properly collected and
stored, is ample for the whole supply of
the family which that roof shelters. This
water as it falls is ordinarily free from
anv imrmritv that can affect its taste,
and from every source of serious fouling,
though after a long-continued
drought it is well to divert and discharge
upon the surface of the ground the first
ten minutes' flow of a shower?so that
the impurities of the air, and the dust of ,
the roof may be first removed. After
this first dash, lead to the cistern all that
follows. Ev<?n 'with this precaution the
water will bo more agreeable for use if
filtered There are numerous systems
for makiug filters in cisterns, but no
other is so simple, nor so durable ami
satisfactory as the separation of that part
of the cistern from which the suction
pipe leads by a wall of brick and cement.
It is simply necessary to build a wall of
brick set ou edge (two and a half inches i
thick), so as to include about one-quarter
of the area of the bottom, sloping it
back so as to terminate against the side j
of the cistern at a height of from four to I
six feet. This wall should be so well j
I iln lll.if 11*11 f?,V rtOTl nilW I
UtTIllUilLCU WU ltr> Ji/iiun umi hwvvi. v**y . ,
]?ass through the material of brick, and
for strengths it form should be slightly
bulging. A wall of this sort, measuring
say six feet nt its base and rising to a
height of six feet at its highest point,
will transmit an amount of water suf- '
iicient to supply the demand of the most
constant pumping that any domestic use
can require.
Putting* his Horse to lied.
Iu a book written by Major Charles
Loftus, formerly of the royal navy j
and late of the Coldstream guards,
occurs the following passage: His i
undo asks : " ' Where are you going ?'
' I am going to lay my horse,' I replied.
' Lay your horse !' he gaid, ' what do you (
mean ?' In two minutes I explained. ,
' Oh !' said he, ' I should like to see that i j
performance,' and, jumping up, he was ,
followed by all the gentlemen to the j (
stables. ' Now, how is this done ?' j j
j The grooms were bedding up their j
! horses. I walked up to mine, and com- j ,
menced by patting him 011 the neck, and
taking to him in soft, low tones. He ! !
began pawing first with one forefoot, j
i then with the other, and evidently kuew j j
me and my voice. Taking a snaffle I
bride, I put it on, pulled him gently j1
back into the stall, rubbed my hand up '
1 and down on his knees, and then, putI
t-innr intr mnnfli fr? liin r>nr. wliisnfired 1
into it, as if talking to him. He began
immediately to move, and, bending his
knees, slowly let himself down ou his
near side, I at the same time keeping '
well clear of him, while I still patted him *
on the neck. When I took the bridle '
off. he settled for the night. 'Now,' j !
caid I, ' he's safe, and will sleep all '
night. Come away!' They were as- (
tonished. 'Why,' said my uncle, 'I!*
shall send you to Astley's amphitheater ! '
and make your fortune. Where did you j1
learn this?' 'From my own groom,'I ;
replied."
A Puzzled Letter-Carrier.
i
A letter-carrier had a missive to de-1
liver ou Mount Ida, Troy, N. Y. He
rang the bell and waited for the door to j
be opened, but no one came. He turned
to go away, but hearing the word " letter-carrier
" pronounced, went back and 1
rang the bell again. After gnzing at the |
! windows and exhausting his patience he |
! knocked at the basement door, and going 1
i around the house peeped through the ! |
S windows, but the only response to his |,
I appeal for admittance was, " letter-car-!;
rier," " Jetter-carrier." At last lie
espied a parrot hanging high in air and
repeating the salutation, and he departed
j with stealthy step?a wiser and more
I contemplative letter-camsr. i
| A good wtory i? told with regard to a " daft" j ]
man and a somnolent congregation. When- i
ever any of his hearers began to "nod," the
minister observed that "daft Jamie" aroused 1
them somewhat sharply by shooting peas at 1
them. Catching the eye of the delinquent at
last, he shook his .finger at him reprovingly ; J (
but "Jamie" responded, not a bit abashed : j
" Just gang on wi'your sermon, minister, and I j
I'll keep the beggars wakinV 11
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
KecipcH.
Lobster Bakkd.?Choose ft small bu
heavy lobster, aiid after boiling it, tnk<
the meat out of the shells,'leaving th<
large body-shell whole, which was!
nicely ; cut the meat in small (lice, witl
a little parsley and shallot, a few dropi
of tho essence of anchovies, a spoonful o
vinegar, a little cayenne pepper and Halt
6ome melted butter, and the yolk of i
hard-boiled egg, rubbed with the batter
put a little melted butter in the shell
sprinkle some bread crumbs over it; fil
with the prepared lobster, and cover witl
bread crumbs and small lumps of butter
brown in the oven, and send to table hot,
^ trorrr
UAlii ? JL^UlXT-i. O. IUUUIU T WJ iiiv*
white tripe ; cut in small pieces ; seasor
with suit and pepper ; stew slowly unti
very tender ; it will take quite a lonf
time. At the same time havo in a sepa
rate saucepan eight white onions boilec
soft and mashed; the water in whiet
they were boiled pour off and flour, mill
and butter added ; let all stew together
when the tripe is tender dish on butterec
toast with a squeezed lemon over it; tin
onion sauce served in a gravy boat.
Water-Melon* Cake.?White parttwo
cupfuls white sugar, half a cupful oi
butter, half a cupful sour milk, ono tea>
spoonful soda, two of cream tartar, tli<
whites of eight eggs and three cupfuls oi
flour. Red part?half a pound of red sugar,
half a cupful butter, half a cupful sweel
milk, one teaspoonful of soda, two o1
cream tartar, the whites of six eggs ant
two cupfuls flour. Put half the white
part in the pan, then the red, with a few
currants sprinkled in to have the ap
pearance of seeds, then place the remain'
ing white part 011 top.
Sausages.?Grind your meat in a sausage-mill,
and take ground black pepper,
pulverized sage-leaves, and red peppei
well powdered; mix a small quantity
and cook to dry it, and then mix in the
pepper auu sago to suit your taste.
Chocolate Squares.?One cupfu]
butter, two of sugar, one of milk, twe
and a half of floor, one and one h df teaspoonful
of baking powder ; bake in lay
ers in a biscuit-pan; place between then:
the following mixture, cut in squares
Icing?Dissolve one sheet of isinglass it
one cupful boiling water ; mix with il
one cake of grated chocolate and one cupful
powdered sugar, to the consistency oi
cream; for the top, mix the remiiudei
of the icing with a cupful sugar, flavored
with lemon ; spread thin.
Diiead.?Dissolve one cake of c an
pressed yeast in one-half cupful tepi<j
water; take thr- e quarts of flour, one
table.-poonful salt, and warm suflicieul
to m^ke a stiff batter, adding the jeasl
last; beat all well together; cover tightly.
Eariy in the morning a<kl a sma I
lump of butter,two tablespoonfuls sugar,
nnil niolil in flourRiiflfipifinf, to forma Koft
(lough; must bo well kneaded, but nol
too stiff and hard. Cover and set in v
warm place where it will rise quickly.
The quicker it rises the whiter it will be
should be perfectly light in, at most,twc
hours. Mold on a bread cloth, or folded
table ploth, with a little flour dredged or
it. I like narrow, long tins, with perpendicular
sides, for baking in. Aftei
putting in pain, li t rise about fifteen
minutes. Just b-fore placing in the
oven, wash the top of the loaves over
with a little melted butter or milk with a
paste brush or feather. Immediately on
taking from the oven, roll each loaf separately
in a bread towel.
Notes for Farmer*.
Arrowroot culture, which formerly
was carried on quite extensively in
Florida, is about to be revived by the
new settlers in the land of flowers.
The washing and shearing of sheep
should be deferred until the weather
is warm enough to insure them against
taking cold after the fleece is removed.
Filthy and wet poultry yards are likely
to produce u disease known as scurfy leg,
just as low, wet lands for pasture bring
on foot rot in sheep and cattle. It is
much easier to prevent such diseases
than to cure them.
The grasshopper commission, consisting
of Profs, liiley, Thomas and Packard,
are soon to leave for the Rocky
mouutains, for the purpose of investigating
the life history of this great
pest of the Western States and Territories.
The breeders of Angora goats must
begin to get discouraged, inasmuch as
the price of the animals has dropped to
almost nothing, and the fleece, which
we were assured would sell readily at ?5
or SG a pound, finds a slow market at
thirty-five to fifty cents.
Those who may desire to raise Ameri1
1-4. -1 ~-1 1.. i.
San eim, scuri'.'t i*iiu huver mupie net's,
should not forget that the seed ripens in
the spring, anil should be sown as soon
is gathered from the trees. The seeds
)f all our other speeie3 of maples ripen
in the fall, and may be kept over winter.
For bee pasturage there are few plants
that excel mignonette, as it grows readily
au light soils and blooms throughout
the hottest and dryest weather, when
many of the more hardy perennials
fail. If you keep bees, sow a bed of
mignonette for bee pasturuge in times of
Iroughts.
InHcct Pests.
Allow me to give to the suffering public
a more effectual remedy than any I
iiave seen recommended for the destruction
of all those pests that feed upon the
Foliage of our crops. Dissolve a dram
if corrosive sublimate in a pail of water,
sprinkle it upon the foliage with a fine
sprinkler. It is not necessary that every
leaf should be wet with it, as it is the
mating of the leaf that destroys the worm
ar bug, and not by its application to
their bodies. I destroyed the whole
crop of currant worms last year upon
my bushes by one application. There
being entire absence of taste to the arti
cle, it is eaten readily." The rain washes
it off, but it would not be safe to put it
upon fruit nearly ripe. It is a most
violent poison, to man or beast; therefore
the utmost care should be exercised
in cleansing "all vessels in which it has
been placed ; thp water even in which
Lhey are washed should not be poured
upon the ground where fowls might pick
up food. In the potato field there
would be no danger in its use unless
fowls were allowed to run in the field and
should eat the worms. A farmer cau
afford to use great caution in its use if
lie can successfully destroy the worm of
the Colorado beetle.?Mwwachwicttx
Plo ugh v tan.
A minute analysis of life at once destroys
the splendor which dazzles the
inifiaination. Whatsoever grandeur cau
display or luxury enjoy is procured by
offices from which the mind shrinks from
the contemplation. All tho delicacies of
the table may bo traced back to the shambles
and dunghill; all the inagnifi?ence
of building was hewn from the quarry,
and all pomp ornament dug from among
the damps and daakneBH of the mine.
. j Needed Information.
At ten o'clock the other forenoon ft
; mftn wearing n, doubtful look appeared at vi
t the stamp clerk's window in the post3
j office and asked for a postal card and
5 j facilities for writing. He was a long ! ^
i i time getting ready to put his pen to the j y
1 I card, nnd he had only made a stroke or j
' - two when he called out:
f " How do you spell ' Jim ?' "
, "Why, J-i-m, of course," answered ur
i the clerk. I f?
; " Don't look as if it was right," said i e3
? the man, he held up the card and scru- j
I j tinized the word. "Sure you haven't: i-,
i j made any mistake ?" I ?
5 " That's the way, of course," growled j ?
. a by-stander. " How else can you spell ,v
3 the name ?"
i "That's so?how could I ?" smiled the w
I man, as he looked again. "I'll put ,
r J-i-m against any other Btyle of spelling
- every time. Now, his other name is?is
i ?well, knock me down if I haven't fori
gotten ! Why, hang it, I have known *
c liim for teii years, and now J. can t tiunu jj
: of his name ! Jim?Jim?Jim?J-i-m .
1 yum / ^ ^
j He looked around in a helpless way,
and one of the sme.ll crowd finally said : ^
"You can write the message, and i
f think of the name afterward."
" So I can. I want to say to him that v
; his wife is side abed, his landlord is ^
f howling around for rent, and that he'd
better come home. How do you spell
I it ?"
p "I'll write it," answered the clerk. '
I "He couldn't read your shearogrnpy,"
, said tho stranger. " Jim isn't much on S
'T education, and I have to write just as
poorly as I can or he couldn't make out j
a word. Less see ! Do I want to start i ,
nff witli P K nr what,?" I ,,
"I should 8nj: ' You ftre wanted to 1?r
home to once,' if it wan me," suggested -A
1 a car driver, wlio was after a stamp. | ,
"'Twouldn't do," sighed the man, *
[ sliaking liis head, "I wouldn't dare ^
5 spring the thing on him suddenly, or
he'd make for Canada. The plaoe to
I tell him to come home is down here at
> the bottom."
" Where is he ?" some one asked. .
"Whv, in?in?in?why, blister my
? ears?why !"? j aj
: " I'll bet you've forgotten the place !" ; f
' shouted the car driver. 1
t " J-i-m, Jim?J-i-m, Jim, and he's in 01
?in?J-i-m, Jim 1" gasped the man, as !1(
f lie looked around with an appeal in his 1
' eyes. I
1 Tlio crowd mentioned twentv different I
places, but he shook his head at each Pj
' ouo- tl
[ "If you can't think of his name, ami ,,
; can't remember his address, how are ,
k von coin" to send the card ?" asked the ?.
: 'clerk P1
"That's so?how am I?" sighed the 1U
[ man. "If you was me you wouldn't n
, send .t would you ?" '
; " I don't think I would." j?
"Tlion T -won't Tf his wife can think !
l of his name and the place where he is
she'd better write it." n.(
; When he walked away ho carried hiB B1
i lint in one hand and scratched his head
I with the other, and muttered : C(
i "J-i-m with a great big 'J,' and P
blister my ears with a great big 'B.' ,c
and I ought to have written his name
i down on the door or somewhere. Less : J
! see ! J-i-m, and he's i-n in?in "? and
he disappeared up Congress stree.? f1
i Detroit Free Press. !
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Turkish Titles. cc
Sultan?The sovereign of the Turkish la
empire?the recognized organ of all ex- tli
ecutive power in the State. His head- er
quarters arc at Constantinople. b(
i Porte?The government of the Turk- th
ish empire. m
Sublioje Porte?The official name of af
the government, s -called from the gata ht
of the sultan's palace. Ji
Gran 1 Vizier?The chief minister of Cc
the Turki-h empire. w
Divan?The Turkish council of State : re
i ?the "cabinet." j ae
j Gr.md Mufti?Chief interpreter of the j tb
| Mohammedan law and head of ?he "wise I 0r
uieu"?jurists, tneoiogians aim uicrun \ m
?who assemble for c, nsu'tatidu on his j N
order. He is mostly styled the cliief of | th
the faithful. A writer say* a fctwa or : A;
decree from him would summon iirouud J pf
the standard of the prophet all the fa- i cl]
natical hordes of Islam to fight to the i st
death against the "infidels, in the firm j 01;
| beli-.f that death on the battlefield is a |gt
sure passport lo paradise." j qj
Pasha?Governors, viceroj b, com-! fa
manders, civil and military rulers of! f0
provinces. . : or
Deys?About the same as pasln. i Pj
Shfik?The name given the heads of m
Arabian tribes or clans. It menus elder, i jn
or eldest iu dignity and authority. ca
Osmandi?Turkish official. of
Islam?The religion of Mohammed. ra
Islams?Mohammedans themselves. 8])
Mussulman?A follower of Moham- iir
rued. gti
Ottoman Empire?Another name for iie
the Turkish empire, ani derives its wi
name from Osman, its founder. I th
Osmanlis?The Turks proper. j jn
_ ? ' ioi
Turkish Dcstructivencss. ! f0
A recent traveler in Asia writes: In tie
I the latter days of the Greek domination, i H
j Trebizond was the capital of an inde- i as
j pendent empire. Since it wns taken by ou
; the Turks, notwithstanding the advan- 1 re
j tages of its situation, its growth Ins i wl
j been arrested, and it has sunk from tho af
! dignity of a political capital to a third- j in
! rate town. As Ion/? as it belongs to Tur- j re
: key it will be the miserable, tumble-! vii
: down place that it now is, without a ( he
; sheltered port, and with an open road-; od
j stead only for anchorage, where vessels ! an
j lie a league from shore, exposed to tho i tri
I full power of tho land and sea gales, th
.The Turks have a great power for de-, ga
j struction and none for construction. Tut th
I them down in any given place, and let it mi
| l.e as rich ami prosperous as it may, and ve
; in a short time they will let it fall into at
: decay. If it is a seaport, its harbor will i th
be choked up with sand, its piers will ! mi
crumble to pieces, its trade will dwindle nc
; away, and its population will thin off as to
i if it had been swept b/ a pestilence. si>
| ?- ftfi
f Energy and Humanity.?A widow H
I about, forty years of age, living on High be
' street, and having the reputation of mi
being one of the meekest anil humblest N<
ladies in Detroit, pulled hair with the ! wl
' servant girl before breakfast the other 1 te
morning, clubbed two boys from the 1 on
gate before eight o'clock, and had a fuss sp
with a neighbor about a parrot ere the j hn
clock struck nine, run a peddler out of ! tli
lliH varil nt tail. " sussed" two of the fo
! sanitary police at eleven, and at high al;
110011 she throw nshes over the valley nn
fence < ;i a man who was swearing at a la
balky horse. During the afternoon she ;/J,
wns e ipjftgocl in working the motto:
"Le.tt'iy light shine."?Detroit Free
Pre#*. i he
A lady in Covington, Ivy., held ft rftbid black in;
ftti'i tan dug do*.vu by tho throat for more than of
I two bourn, until bar bnnb.-uid camo hornn and do
I dispatched him. I hy
AN ADVENTUROUS CAREER.
'bat IJcfcl a Delaware i)Ian by l^nnd and
Hca?Perils in Varlona Hliupcx.
There was lately lost at sea off Hatsras,
a coasting vessel bound from New
ork to a port off Texas, the captain of
hich, John Williams by name, had a
>mewhat remarkable career. He was a
itive of Sussex county, Del., and first
iw light about sixty years ago, near the
inks Of Indian river. Following the
cjimnle of t.he mnle nomilation of that
igicm from time immemorial, he early in
fe became a fisherman and spent the
renter portion of his working hours in
is boat dredging for oysters or hauling
ie seine for fish. Of Williams' haps
id mishaps at this period of his career
e have no record, but if they were
; all in proportion to what befel him
i subsequent years they were very
any.
When he was about twenty years old
3 had grown tired of his quiet fishing
fe and hired as a hand on a schooner
ading with New York. He made sev:al
trips, and his first glimpse of the
itside world was obtained as the vessel
liled up the East river among the forest
; masts. The only accideht tliat hap3ned
him while in the service of the In'
; 1.: i?: I l ,1
LtUl river Hiuppei- wus mo ueJiiy a.iiui;o.eu
per one day in New York harbor, but a
jpe being thrown him he was speedily
i deck again. His first extended voyage
as to the West Indies, and ono day
bile in the tropics he, with two coinanions,
went in to bathe. A school of
larks happened in the neighborhood,
id one of Williams' companions was
iten, while our hero himself lost a part
: his foot. His escape from the jaws of
le fish was so narrow that he never venired
to bathe in that latitude again,
lis next adventure was in South
merica. While the vessel on which he
tiled was in port undergoing repairs
Williams, with two other ccmpanions,
jt leave to make an excursion inland,
s the three men were winding their
ay slowly down a mountain slope, beriding
the mules used in such counies,
Williams, being some distance in
Ivance, wa3 startled by the sudden
lying of his mule. At the same instant
e heard a horrible hissing sound, and
1 looking in the direction whence the
disc proceeded was terror-stnciien to
eholtl ft huge serpent in the net of
:>uncing upou him. He instantly sprang
om the saddle anil bounded up the
ith. A moment later the poor mule
ttered an almost human cry of fright as
ic serpent sprang upon it a^d bore it to
ic earth. When Williams came in sight
: his companions they asked for an exlauation
of his strange conduct, declarig
that he looked i\s though lie had seen
ghost. He could only point down the
ountain where the seipent and the
ule, coiled together, were rolling in
ie thicket below. The sailors lost no
we in departing-from the dangerous
jighborliood, and mode no more excurons
into the country*.
On the home voyage the vessel enmntered
a terrible storm and went to
Will in ma nrwl ft p.nlnrp/1 man
mud themselves clinging to a spar, half
jad. They both managed to bestride
, and by constant watchfulness managed
' avoid being rolled under the -waves by
icir unsteady raft. After they had been
mating for twenty hours the colored
an complained that his strength was
st leaving him, and feared that he
uld not hold out much longer. Wilims
endeavored to cheer him by saying
iat as they were in the track of f-outhn
bound vessels they must surely soon
i seen and picked up. But exhaustion,
lirst and hunger proved too much for the
an's endurance, and on the second dav
ter the shipwreck he suddenly fell
ickward with a sharp cry of despair and
sappeared under the sea. Williams
mtinued to float for another half day, '
lien he was seen by a passing ship and
scued, more dead than alive. The ves1
proved to be an American bark for
ic West Indies, thence to Spain, and
1 reaching the former islands, Wilims,
finding no vessel ready to sail for ,
ew York, and being offered a berth by (
e captain who rescued him, accepted. :
i the vessel lay in a Spanish port a
irty of the sailors went ashore on mis- j
lief bent. While strolling along the J
reets they heard strains of music, and, j
itering a house, found a dance in pro-!:
ess. " Half-seas over," and conselently
reckless, they entered into the j .
ndango with great zest. All went well ;
r ft time, ami tlie inmates Beennngiy (
ijoyed the vivacity of the intruders.
L-csently Williams began paying very
arked attention to a fair senorita, -who j
turn seemed charmed -with the Ameri- I
n?too much so, indeed, for the peace j1
mind of her jealous cavalier, -who in a
ge drew an ugly looking knife from its :
eath, and, making a lunge at Wil- I
ims,_ stabbed him in the side.* He j I
aggered, and would havfl fallen, had j i
s not been caught by his comrades, : ]
10, after demolishing the furniture of, i
e place and wounding several of the { 1
mates, removed their injured compan-1 ]
n on board ship. Williams' wound was j
und to be a dangerous one, and it was <
lemed advisable to sail without him. i
e was accordingly placed in a hospital <
hore, and the captain sailed home with- i
it him. In a few months, however, he <
covered and shipped for New York, at j
lich port he arrived without accident, i i
ter an absence of several years. Find- ; ]
g a vessel irora iimmn nver auoiu iu ( ,
turn, ho embraced the opportunity of 11
siting his> early home. While there j ]
! was offered the position of first mate f
l a ship engaged iu the Southern trade, ! .<
id accepted the place. On the second i
ip from New York, when off the capes, f
e schooner was wrecked in a terrible j i
.le, and Williams, the only survivor of i r
e ship's crew, was found lashed to the \
ainmast and taken off by a passing | (
ssel after the storm had in a measure 1
ir.ted. It would naturally be supposed ' <
at this narrow escape woulcfr deter the i t
uriner from further risk by sea, but j
it so; there was a fascination iu the !
mpestuous life which lie could not re- j
it, and accordingly we find him sailing i
;ain as soon as he could find a berth, j ]
e continued a seafaring man for a uum- t
t of years, "and finally obtained com- j
iind of a schooner trading between j
sw York aiul Galveston, Texas. It was 1
rile sailing from the former to the lat- j
r port that his vessel went down during [
le of the terrible gales of the early i
ring, and all on board are supposed to (
ive perished. Thus ended the life of , t
is intrepid mariner,who for forty years ]
(lowed the sea, in that time visiting ,
moHt every part of the civilized globe, j
id braving dangers both on sea and on j
ad to find at last a watery grave.? (
hiladclphia Press. t
? 1
Mrs. Bezwaoks in .something of a joker. When I
r husband came home at noon and fell over a i
litewash pail, barking bis shin and fractnr- j
; 0'ic of the commandments, to nay nothing ^
spoiling his clothcH, his wife told the next
or neighbor, jftcr dinner, that sho had jUBt 1
ard the latent snore news. i)
Fashion Notes.
Sleeveless sacks and jackets aro still j
worn. 1
Light-colored shoes will be worn this ! j
season.
The Tally-ho hat is a broad brimmed I
Panama.
There is an effort to revive the pagoda
sleeve.
The modestie is the new name for {
chemisette. j 1
Japanese designs on note paper are j ,
very iasnionauie. , ,
Small sized Charlotte Corday shawls j '
are worn in Paris. ) .
Bonncrs composed entirely of flowers | ]
are worn with very dressy toilets. |3
New garnitures of roses and leaves !
have tiny shells hanging amid the foliage. j
Black or white straws are prettier, in j i
better taste and more ladylike than those <
in colors.
The edges of the newest linen collars j
and cuffs are needle worked with red,
blue or gray.
. Elderly ladies are adopting the long, j ]
loose paletot of black silk, trimmed with j j
passementeries and lace.
Draperies are not tied back so tight, (
but skirts are made narrower, so as to i
produce as.close an effect as ever.. ;
Rubber grasses are mingled with the ,
violets, roses, mignonette and forget-me- 1
nots of corsage bouquets.
Large cravats of white muslin, trimmed
with fine lace, are worn knotted low ! 1
in the throat of summer toilets. 11
New linen collars are cut low in the j '
throat, but they have revers that fold 11
closely so as to conceal the throat. <
The fjatemcH, or dust cloaks, of this | <
season are long, loose princess paletots, I j
with two large back and two front I
pockets. i j
Princess dresses are not appropriate I
for confirmation toilets. They are un
becoming to youthful figures, and rc- j
quire more garnitures than the occasion
demands or permits. %)
For Breton costumes our large houses i
sell along with the material for the dress '
all the trimming necessary for it; that j
s, the embroidered bands and the j
equisite number of buttons. |,
White dotted, barred or plain Swiss j <
dresses are to be worn this summer over 1
slips of pale blue or rose-colored lawn, j
The dress is then trimmed with bows, ,
jabots, and " panel " trimmings of rib- <
bons to match the color of the slip, or I <
of contrasting color.
? ? !- ? ?. I
UOUnrmiHlUU iuiiui? uru uiuou uisroiui :
when made up with rigid simplicity. A !
plaited corsage, a skirt trimmed with j'
simple folds or scant bias volantes,-the j
neck and wrists finished with a simple '
ruche, and round the waist a white rib- *
bon sash tied at the back, is the correct '
style. '
Parisian toilets of white muslin and (
lace show several contrasting and har- ,
monizing "colors in the ribbons with j
which they are trimmed; for example,
one has ribbon bows, cascades and " lad- ]
ders " of straw color, olive, brown and ]
pale blue ; another of pink, pale blue ,
and tilleul; another, olive green, brown .
and cream color ; aud a fourth of Maza- j
riu blue, canary color and opaline gray. (
A Brooklyn Man's Mineral Spring.
A Brooklyn paper reports 'that one j
Mr. R , while excavating on the 1
shore of Newtown creek, struck a spring <
of mineral water. He took a bottleful 1
of it to a German chemist for analysis, i
telling him he should advertise the re- ,
suit, and convert the place into a regular |
Baden-Baden. The chemist, having been i
* 1 ?:j.I. - ?< .
Iftvoreu W1U1 U U1 IW iwuirivu
the spring, remarked, dryly, that he
would send his analysis written out in
mmmon language, which people would
understand bettor than such scientific
terms as chloride of sodium, oxide of
iron, etc. Mr. R soon received the
following :
ANALYSIS OF TIIE NEWLY DISCOVERED NEWTOWN
CHEEK MINERAL SPRING WATEB.
Salt water 750
Coal oil 34
Extract of dead dog 13
Precipitate of cat 24
Oxido of hoopskirt 17 I
Sesqnioxidfi of barrel hoops 10 |
Quintessence of gl le 14
Decomposed bone 56
[nfnsion of soot 8
rritnrated paint screenings 11
Boardinghouse butter 9
Pish residuum 19
Conglomerated sediments 23
Othor nasty things 12
1,0C0
H. K , analytical chemist.
Mr. R has concluded to postpone |
idfprt;?inrr the snriner. I
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?i?? c
The Cossack. t
The Cossack is a little Russian, about *
Sve feet five, even on his high heels, but r
it once sturdy and wiry. His weather- 8
beateu face is shrewd, knowing and 0
merry. His eyes are small, but Keen; 11
[lis mouth large, and between it and his 0
pug nose?rather redder than the rest of
[lis face?is a tuft or wisp of straw col- v
sred mustache. His long, thick, 1,'
straight hair, matches his mustache in ^
jolor, and is cut sheer rouud by the J
nape of his neck. Below the neck the j *
Cossack is all boots and great coat. He , 11
is more armed than any man of his i ^
inches in Europe, and could afford to ! ^
oso a weapon or two and yet be an j P
iverage dangerous customer. "Weapon k
lumber one is the long, black, flagless ; P
auce, with its venomous head that
*eems itching to make daylight through I
somebody. He carries a carbine, slung ; t<
u an oilcloth cover, on his back, the
itoek downward. In his belt is a long ^
ind well made revolver in a leather case, ' e
------ , ? 4.1
md from the belt iiaugs a cnrveu sworu 11
vitli no guard over its hilt. His whip v
:ompletes his personal appurtenances; 11
le wears no spurs. He rides, cocked up d
jn a high saddle with a leathern band 0
itrapped over it, a wiry little rat of a 0
)ouy.
The Family.
The family is the educator of the race, i
Here men and women are made. What
-hey are in the world, that they were in 0
lie family as children. The family is the c
ilace where first the lessons of law are a
received, and where the whole character, ti
n vit w of law lias a direction given it. li
rhe citizen is made in the family long p
ififore. tha time for votincr or activity has h
:omo. When Napoleon said, in answer 1>
0 Madam do Stael's question about b
Prance's greatest noeil, Mothers," lio v
inserted the all-potent influence of a true f'
ife. The family is the greatest means tl
'or the development of diameter. What ft
1 world doe3 it present for the affections v
:o abide in ! Where in all the earth tl
reside are sympat'ue* so warm, love so tl
lure and fervent as here ? All that gives h
raluo or beauty t) human diameter finds p
n the family at once an atmosphere in ti
vhich to expand and develop the elo- tl
nents which shall bring it. to the highest w
lerfection, - . e<
Items of Interest.
There are nix different ways of spelling the
iame Batoum, the Turkish port, bat there i?
jnly one way of capturing it, and that w by
ighting.
Rata are so thick around Bloomington, HI.,
:bat the weary tramp who lieu down in a fence
jorner is soon made to feel what a poor, misjrable
creature he is!
The bey of Tunis is hard up, the khedive of
Egypt can't pay his bills, and Kiug Dahomey is
standing off his wash bills for sixty days. Lot
laboring men be consoled.
The uncalled for baggage at a hotel would ,
jtrike one as being full of lonely romance if
Dne didn't see tho porter take out so many
brickbats and old boots.
When you "pop the question" to a lady, do
t with a kind of laugh, as if you Wore jokirg.
[f she accepts you, very well; if she dees not,
rou can say you were '* only in fun."
"Gone?faded into the dim mist which
hides the sunshine of life from the black pall
of death," said an orator, when speaking of
the first two captains who sailed on the Erie
;anal.
A man at a restaurant bad called for the bill,
paid it, and was leaving, when tbe waiter suggested
that the amount did not include the
ivaiter. "Ah," said tbe man, " but I didn't eat
the waiter."
Deacon Jon es, juat deceased, had a very red
ioso. His widow thought it rather personal in
ihe minister to begin his funeral discourse :
" Another shining light has been ta kcu from
jur congregation.
A fashion report says that gentlemen's hats'
ire provided with a .new kind of ventilator
.vhich will last much longer than the bole style.
Anything that will outlast a hole must be &
paluable addition to the resources of a people.
Comparisons are odious. The major, rockng
Nelly on bis knee for Aunt Mary's sake
?" I suppose tnat is what you like ?" Nelly?
"Yes, it's very nicc. But I rode on a real dori*
*ey yesterday?I mean one with four legs, you
inow."
Charles, playfully?''How much, really, did
;hat hat cost, Jennie?" Jennie, archly?
"If you really want to inspect the bills for my
Iry goods, Charles, there is a way to do it.
\ud what else could Charles do but propose on .
tbe spot?
"Boys," said the teacher, holding up her
right fore finger to make the scholars attentive,
"what is Indian meal composed of?"
And a little boy in the Jjack seat, who wore'
patched trousers, got up *nd said: "i'lease,
ma'am, roast missionaries."
A correspondent writes to ask why newly *
married men are called Benedicts. The reason,
we believe, is that in entering on their
new state of life they are supposed to give up
ill the bad bachelor habits to which they have
been bejiedicted.?San Francisco'News Letter.
After seeing two doctors hang around over a
man for four hours and use a gallon of mixed
chloroform aud ether,' trying to get him to
deep that they may saw - his leg off, it grows
more and more a mystery to us now a robber
:an couie in, and slap a little two-by-four
(ponce saturated with chloroform over a
jlerk s nose and steal a whole bank slick and
:lcan in less than seven minutes.
A Young Lawyer's Downfall.
The New York Express lias an account
)f the downward career of a young lawyer
of New York, who created a pensa;ion
recently by sending a challenge to
Eight a duel to Mr. Anthony Comstock,
secretary of the Society for the Prevention
of Vice. The young lawyer was
nakiug a disturbance in Mr. Comstock's
jliice, and was ejected by that gentlenan;
hence the challenge. The story of
lis early life is as follows:
About twelve years ago the'New York
bar was greatly surprised at the wit, brilliancy
and learning of a young barrister
tvho had just been admitted to the legal
profession, having taken the highest
lionors in college. A bright future was
expected by every one for the man,
whose jovial habits and high standing
ind social attainments warranted his
triends in calling him "Henry." But
is time passed, it could easily be observed
that Henry was not the same as
before. At times his wit was dull, his
roice husky, and his eye lacking in the
quickness that bad formerly sparkled *
;here, and it began to be said that he
tvas too fond of the cup; and that bis
lights were often spent in dissipation
vnd debauch. He was seen hanging
iround Delmonico's, waiting for his
riends to come and ask him to drink,
ind people made up their minds that he
iVrts fast drifting away, to utter ruin.
But the gossips seemed to be mistaken,
ill at once Henry seemed to gain new
.'itality and anowar and better life began
a open before him, his glad laugh and
learty voice were heard again in the
;ourt rooms, his clients multiplied, and
nen of double his years preferred to be
issociated with him than to be opposed
o his dashing eloquence and brilliant
iatire.
Rumor of course was not long in findng
out the cause, and it was said that
lis affections had been placed upon a
roung and charming lady, and that for
ler sake he was endeavoring to become
vortliy of her love. His family were
lelighted, and his friends gathered
iround him cheering him back into the
urifVl TLVMvlct
^Ublio %Jk yiivuc mvu nvmu v* ^ ?
neut and hope. The reformation seemed
:omplete, the engagement was made and
he wedding day was fixed. It is said,
towever, that on the morning when the
utptials were to take place Henry met
everal of his friends and, elated by the
iccnsion, adjourned with them to a
leighboring bar-room, and his fall was
omplete.
The beautiful bride, dressed in her
redding attire, waited long and patientv,
but the groom did not come. He
/as, it is said, in the room of a hotel
opelessly intoxicated and cared for by
lie gentlemen whom he had asked to act
s his friends upon his wedding day.
.'he next morning, sober and repentant,
e sought his bride that was to be, imlored
her forgiveness and one more
rial. The latter was given, but a long
robatiou was imposed.
He sold the house aud furniture which
te had bought, and voluntarily retired
) a private inebriate asylum, hoping
hereby to eradicate the fatal tendencies
rhich hejielieved to be a curable disase.
It is alleged that he remained
twn xrooi*H "Fill* a VfrtT rtr SO 1)0
'tis sober, but at last, cither from a
atural weakness or from a feeling of
espair at having heard that the woman
f his choice was to be married to anther,
ho resumed his old habits, and
ritli a few occasional periods of sobriety
lecame a hopeless drunkard.
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A Pleasant Custom.
Cameron's "Across Africa" says that
n tho death of a Urua chief, it is the
ustom to divert the course of a stream,
nd in its bed to dig an enormous pit,
lie bottom of which is thou covered with
iviug women. At one end a woman is
ilaced on her hands and knees, and upon
er back the dead chief, covered with
is beads and treasure, is seated, being
upported on either side by one of his
rives, while his second wife sits at his
?et. Tho earth is then shoveled in on
hem, ami all the women are buried
live, with tho exception of the second
rife. To her custom is more merciful
lian to her companions, and grants her
ae privilege of being killed before the
uge grave is filled in. This being comleted,
a number of male slaves?somemos
forty or fifty?are slaughtered, and
loir blood poured over the grave, after
'liich tlm rivfr in allowed to resume its
ourpe,