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_O.XV ____-IKENS, S. C., THIURepAY, APRIL 30, 1885. 1( A12
The First Cloud.
They stood at their altar one slort year ago;
He vowed from the troubles of lifo to do
fond her
To have her n hold her for weal or for woe,
She spoke t responses in accents most ten
der.
To-tight, in the gloom, they are sitting apart'
Oh I has all hor wifely devotion been wastedi
She mopes there in silence, a pain at her
heart;
The lamps are unlighted, his supper un
tasted.
Their sky, orst all cloudless, is now overoast;
For joy there is sorrow, for gladness dojee
lion;
The serpent has entered their Eden at last
And loft ito 'lux all on the flowers o at
Oh, well may there be in her bosom a pain,
A grief that she vainly endeavors to smoth
er:
To-night he has told her, in languago quite
plain,
She can't cook his meals half as well as his
mother.
A SEA-SIDE ROMANCE.
"But how can I help feeling neglect
ed and miserable, Ned? You scarcely
look at me when Miss Lovel is near,
and she is your preferred partner in all
-things now. You walk with her, you
-sing with her, you drive with her, you
dance with h,and it makes inc very
wretched."
"Now, Mollie, if you're going to ho
jealous!"
"I'm not jealous, Ned. If I thought
you didn't enre most for me; if I fan
cied you cared at all for any one else, I
don't think I'd remonstrate with you
at all. I would just take off this,"
touching the dialond on her hand, "and
hand it back to you. I'm not jealous,
but you are not very kind to me,
Ned.
"My little get, you do not see things
as I see them. One owes something to
society, especia.. when one is at the
senside. If you would otly remember
that I love ; u too well t.o find fault
with anything you can do, and, if you
would become a little more of a society
character yourself, I would o perfect
ly happy. Why, you scarcely take the
least attention from any onc but me,
and so many aro willing to ofl-r atten
tions to you. Now, dear, kiss we once;
I must be off; I am to drivo en the
beach with Miss Lovel. Not jealous,
my pet?"
"Not jealous, Ned, no," and she
turned from him, but without giving
the kiss lie had asked for.
"She is jealtnis, though!" the young
fellow thought, an ?ng as he watchet.
the pretty, straiglh; figure going away
from the nook in which he had found
her out to the stretch of sand, against
which the waves were rolling, reced
ing, leaving now a mass of seaweed on
it, now returning and bearing it away
--a very coquette of an ocean, now
kind and now cold, and always fair in
the sunlight.
Ned Tremaine hurried over the beach,
whistling as lie went, and he presently
caught up with ills amainced, Who. In
the pretty ;;-ss of cream and black,
with her wide sunhat pushed a little
back on her blonde head, was looking
very beautiful and animated-and
smiling in the face of Lee Stone, the
nost incorrigible male flirt at the
beach.
"Where now, Tremaine?" the latter
called out, as, with a nod, lie pursued
his way.
"For a drive on the beach; will see
you later;" and Ned had gone by, re
suming his whistle.
Mr. Stone smiled a little and spoke a
few words to Mollie. She colored
slightly, followed the tall form of her
lover a moment with her eyes, then
gave a gracious answer, and half an
hour later, v-hen Ned and Miss Lovel
met the pretty light carriago on the
beach, in which Lee Sonoe took his
4aily drive, they received a p)leasant
ne from pretty Mollie, who was his
.comipanion, an d who looked as though
she was thoroughly enjoying his so
eiety.
"She certainly lost no time in follow
in g my suggestion," Ned told himself,
~half in surprise; "and she has evident
Aiy found the society of Stone anything
iut boring."
'What a handsome couple they
wnake," Miss Level said, with a certain
gleafn in her steady gray eyes. Ned
colored suddenly; lie dlidnl't quite know
why. -
"Perhaps you dlidnl't know that Miss
Annes is my promised wife," he said, a
tridle coldly.
"Oh, but so many engagements are
brokom in a summer at the seaside, one
never mi that ver-y much," the lan
guidl belle said, indifferently.
That nighit there was a hop at the ho
tel, and N'ed had mode up his mind
while dressing to be a litt,le more at
tentive to Mollie; but, to hiii surprise,
he didn't find Mollio Annes shrinking
under her mother's wing, as hiad been
her custom. A number of her old
friends had arrived while they were at
dinner, and they were ab)out her; be
sides, Lee Stone was quite pr-onounced
in his atte.stions to her, ant while she
gave him (Ned) a smile from the dig
tanuce he found it quite difllcult to get
'iar her; then a l ioht tap on his arm
, -med him that i1iss Level was ask
m why lie was so preoccupied,
Mollie andI Stone went circling
e the waltzers, ho followed
.Miss Level,
bpronouncedl flirtation,''
'r, when lie and Mollio
- .rrace watching, the
and strand andl
n/ g slowly along
Ii knew who
"nts before
'lace that
l.'ders of
'cross
his
come from one who is said to count his
conquests with a cruel pride, and to
whom the world gives no higher aim
than to fascinate, and-remain care
less. Am I too plain? Forgive me."
"I forgivo you freely-as I would for
give you all things, Misi Annos; but
neither you nor tie world fully under
stand me. I may scem a triller; but,
wore the woman I love to love me in
return no smile would be to me so
sweet as hers, no presence half so
dear."
Mollie had been watching the couple
on the sands, going slowly back and
forth in the moonlight; now she lifted
her sweet young face and looked at him
with a sort of wondering pity.
"Do we all wron- you, then?" she
asked, gently. " Rave you failed in
your wooing? Can you not win where
you love?"
His face flushed a little at her words,
and sho, watching it, was struck by its
strength and beauty. How did it
chance that she had never notieed eith
er before?
"I am not left the chance to woo or
wini her," he said, slowly; "she is an
other's promised wife."
"Ah,' she said,, pityingly; and she
gave him her hand in a sweet, woman
ly sympathy, never for an instant con
necting his words with herself. He
lifted the small hand reverently to his
lips, and, drawing it through his arm,
turned toward the beach. As he did so
he found himself facing Ned Tremaine
and Laura Lovel, who were coming in
from the moonlight, and lie noticed
that the young man's face was quite
white, while there was a half-scornful
smile on the lips of the fair belle of the
seaside. lBut the two couples passed
each other in silence, the one going
dou n to the stretch of glittering sand,
the other going in to the dancers.
A week later, and Mollie had just
)mo in from a long hour, peaceful
and calm, spent with L,'ee in a quiet
nook among the rocks that overhung
the ocean. He had been reading to her
there some of the sweetest. poems given
to the world by genius. IHer leart had
thrilled as he read, and new, strange
feelings had sti:-red it. When lie clos
ed the book ho had looked up and
found her eves filled with tears. And
now in her own room she was asking
herself how it was that what she had
but commenced for t,he purpose of an
noying Ned had in one brief week slain
all her old resentment against Miss
Lovel and made her thoughts turn con
stantly, not to Nvd Treiaine. who was
her aflianced husband,but to Lee Stone,
who was teriucd the greatest male flirt
at the beach. What was ehangiig in
her life? When she nowl met Ned aid
iaura it did not pain her as it used.
Was it because a handsomer face, a
stronger and nobler face then Ned's
was constantly near, ready to turn to
her with devotion, ready to light if she
smiled?
A curvnnt hroke hnr pondnrinns by
bringing her two messages-one a bou
quot of white flowers, with a few feath
ery sprays of fern among their white
ness, and one crimson rose gleaming
red from their center; and in it was a
note from Lee, asking her to go for a
drive with him by moonlight; the oth,
er was a few angry lines from Ned,ask
ing if she remembered that she was be
trothed to him while she allowed cv
cry gossip at the hotel to chatter of her
flirtation with Lee Stone.
"I have been patient, waiting an op.
portunity of speaking to you," lie
wrote, "but you will not give me one,
so I write to ask you if you wish our en
gagenient broken; to all it would seem
so."
She trembled a little as she read, and
her sweet face changed color; but she
wvent to her des5k, drew from it every
letter he had ever sent her, formed
t hem and his ring in a package and
wrote him the followving note:
"It was I who was first taught y p
tience, while my existence was forgot
ten for one who was what you bade me
become--a society character.' WVhy
should I fancy that you wished an in
terview with imc of late? It is not so
long since you couldl not spare a me
m'ont for inc from Miss Level. D)o I
wish our eng-agement brkn Perhaps
we both wish it, Ned; at least let us
break it, sinco0 I so disp)lease you.I
send you your letters and( ring."'
Then, although a clioking sensation
was in her throat, she poeonedl a brief
note to Lee:.
"'I will be p)leaised to go wvith yeou;''
that was all; and in the starlight-the
moon rose late-she went with him out
over (lie beach andl far along the coun
tr'y.
Was it stirange that lie noticed she
no longer wore Ned's ring? Was it
strange that lie told her of his love, and
that she listened silently, beliovinigly,
with a strange flutter at her heartP
Was it straiige flint when they drove
back, liingerimg besi 0 the sobbing
oceaii, another rin o shouldf deck her
linger andl ianother 10>ond should lie upon
her life? W'ell, two others walked up
on (lie strand, two whom te gossips
called lovers; atmi yet when it was told
that Mollio Annes waus to p)lace her hap
iness in the keeping of "thie flirt of
(lie beach,'' 0n0 man who hecardl it
tuirned wh'ite as dearth and11 shran k from
the sit of (lie beautiful woman besidho
him, although nmen called her fair, and
ma ny sa id she had won him from his
faith; yet Mollie wvas too happy to re
gret , althlouigh shle still somnetiimes re0
B11 Nye' en thle Et iquet(te of Whiust,
T1hiero are t wo kinds of brute verte
brates. Oute wears hair, andh has the
deccency to st :ay ou t of doors; the ofther
wears clothes, awil makes money. and
insists oin comingr i.doors aiid p)laying
whiist aind abulsing his plartnler. One
hangs by his fail to a forest tree, andI
behavesi himself; (lie other hangs by his
uirse-string to dlecenit society, and(
-skes himself ob)noxious. The blood
'it one human bciing is uipoin my
s. It is the blood of a man who)
whmist agaiinst me one evening,
Ided his partner unmtil (lie tears
'o her beautiful eyes. lie
-... ...had a right to do so because
- wife, hut that didn't make
- en -e with the cordhmer's jury.
Ii. , might-y fine-looking wvid
'trget the part- I took
- - - ih of human life is
'I'IIE AWFUL TOICPEDO.
What the Naval Engagernent ,f the Fn
ture May lie-An Uncortuln Fight
of One Against a iludred.
The role of the torpedo.hoat, reals a
a translation from Figaro in the- New
Orleans Tlm,s-/koocral, is terrible,
and those who direct its movemc..s
are exposed to the greatest dangers.
A single heavy shot may scatter it to
atoms, and when it approaches tho
enemy a hail of balls from the it itrail
leuses and ritles will do terrib!e execu
tion on board. Therefore, the mero
fact of embarking on a torpedo-boat is
a guaranty of bravery. Figure to your
self the situation of the oflicer in com
mand of such a torpedo-boat who is
ordered to sink a ship of the enemy's
squadron. All his surroundings con
stitute one vast danger. The very sea
that hides and protects himl) during the
first part of his expedition may in ain
other moment tosl his crlo hither
and thither upon its watvas. His ad
versary will seek to r:eld! the boat
with a rain of steel, east-iron and lead.
The torpedo itself. which e:rries such
terror with it, might be touche,l with a
missile and explode, bursting the tor
pedo--boat into atoms.
The combat conioerle. Tfh ves
sels of the fleet have gpenel fire.
Shells rain in all directions. One of
our cru'isers, can non:ade, liaviiv on
the starboard side by a fol meaeiuting
twelvo Krupp guns, is simnuuii:l)musly
attacked on the l:rho:hrd sihie by one of
the enemy's iron-elads. She has al
ready suffered severelv, ant her posi
tion becomes critical. A mast sitnal
from the admiral's ship is given, and a
torpedo-boat starts. The watchful en
emy has observed the signal. He
knows the danger, and at oiiCe concen
trates his fire upon the little gray speck
which is shooting rapidly toward him.
Three miles separate them, and the
torpedo-boat must make that three
miles in ten niniites. If it is not sunk
before it has traversed that distance
the iron-clad is lost. Therefore, the
cannoncers point their guns with the
most scrupulous care. The first shells
pass wide of their mark; but the aim
is rectified, and soon the shells fall so
near the torpedo-boat that they throw
the water over it. Now one has fallen
right at its prow, A geyser jet of wa
ter thirty feet high conceals the tor
pedo-boat; the enemy believe it has
been sunk, and utter a tremendous
cheer. But the projectile has only ri
cochetted and passed over it. The wa
ter falls back in rain, and the bravo
little vessel reappears all streaninn
with brine, .s though it had emergca
from the sea-deeps, and rushing on at
full steam in the face of death.
There are only nine men on the lit
tle vessel, and they are going to attack
a sort of leviathan carrying an immense
crow. It is not the fight of one aoainst
ton, but of one against a hundred,
Not a single tyord is uttered beyond
the necessary orders. ''hose iuon,
whom death already touches with his
fingers, are silent and grave. And do
not suppose for a mnoment that they do
not think of the danger. On the con
trary, they think of nothing else. But
it is not of their oii dangor they are
thinking, but of tlhe danger of failure.
It is not a question of their lives, but
of the success of the enterprise. It is
essential that the torpedo-boat shall
reach the enemy's llaiink and rescue our
cruiser. After that, if the torpedo
boat sinks, so much the worse!
Every nerve is strained, every eye is
directed toward the object in view.
Now the boat is only live hundred
yards away from the iron-clad. The
fire of the mitrailleusos mingles with
the showers of shells and swveeps (lie
(leek; everythintg woodeii is sp)linitered
to atonms with grapie-shot. Ain inices
sant fire of repeating rilies from the
mast tops of to iron-cladi plays over
(lie torp)edo-boat, and Ithe balls, enter
ing through thle fewv Qpeninigs in (lie
decks, have already dtisab)led three men.
T1hey lie in a corner, to which they
have been able to drag themselves, for
there is no time nrow to atteind to them.
They may be thought of in two minutes
more-after (lie fate of all shall have
been decided.
T1hie torpedo-boat has almost reached
its enemy. Thle success of (lie expedli
tion is nowv assurmedl, for the shell bat
tories are powerless to harm (lie tor
pedo0 boat at such short range. The
rifle fire, terrible as it is, can iiot sink
her, it can only kill somne of her
crew; but thant is of ino great conso
qu~oee. Now is thie timie wheun the
cap)tain needls all his surey of eye andt
coolness of v. ill; niow is thie time that
his men must execute orders wvith (lie
rapidlity of light ning, for if (lie torpedlo
be fired a second too soon it wvill fail
to (10 its terrible dutty, and yet if there
be ai delay of a mnoment (lie torpedlo
b)oat imulst dash51 itself to p ieces aiginst
(lie sides of its mighty adIversary.
Nowv tho boat seems ahniost ready to
touch (lie enemyv's vessel. iIand-gren
ades5 flui'ug upon her (leek rebound andi
burst; one man is k illed; thie captain
has receivedl a terrible wound in (lie
face, but, sumiimon ing all hiis strength,
lie supports himself erect against the
iron wall by a sublime efTort of will.
Livid, drenched with blood, but ter'
r'ible ini hiis calhni resolve and bravery,
lie keeps his eye still uphon (lie enemy.
"'Ready! Let her go!''
The awful missile is launched. An
enor'mous surge app)ears in thme water,
and( a fright ful crackling noise is heard,
followed by a terr ible cry of distress.
Thme pigmy has coiiquiered (lie giant.
"'11ar'd a starboard!"'
And (the little vessel, sudtdenly3 wheel
ing arioundit, steamus away at full speed,
while (lie enemy's iron-clad sinks to
thie butthm.
Te'n iiinutes afterward thle torpedo
boat nuas returned to its post hueside (lie
adi.iral's vessels. The admiral sends
fce thie captain in order to congratu
late him. Hie is carried to him upon a
bier. Menwhile thie fight goes on. A
neCw exped~itioni may pr~ove neceiSary.
A p)rovisor'y captain is at once appoiint
mnatedl crew; and (lie torpedo-boat Is
readly to fulfill another mission; it has
another band of heroes to diret it,
Until lately it was (lie general belief
thiat chewing (lie splinters of a tree
struck by lighitnin g would cure thie
toothache, and that suebr splinters
would inot burn when thrown into the
fire.
'reelanti.
In a recent address, Prof. B. G. Nor
throp, of Connecticut, said: "A brief
histocy of Arbor day wil show its a-rns
and results. The plan originated with
ex-Governor J. Sterling Morton. the pi
oneer tree-planter of Nebraska. lie
secured the c.)-op."r.,t :t. of the state
board of :tgr:cudure soae: t we've years
ago, when thce governo: wa: thus in
duced to appoint the 4econ! Wednes
day in April as a day to be devoted to
tho economic tree-h11nth g. The old
theory that trees would eot thrivo in
the "Great Ameienn )esert" had
formerly discouraged tree-planting. By
pen and tongue, witi argnients from
theory and facts from his own practice,
Mr. Morton succe,ede-d in (reatinggreat
popular interest in this work, in which
ho was ably seconded by ex-Governor
Furnas, who has longerv:d the United
States depart ment of a rieub:. ure in the
interest of forestry. 1 lat'lv examined the
groves on Mr. ilortonl's t-state.in which
black walnut abounds, growine from
nuts planted by him in 1 (7 a 1866.
The circumference of onte of those
planted twenty yeats ago, three feet
above the ground, is four feet and three
inches, and the girt of one eighteen
years old is two feet and three inches
four feet from the earth, and its height
is twenty-five feet.
As an experiment I have just planted
personally and by proxy in Clinton and
vicinity about 150 nuts grown on these
trees this year. The experience of tree
planters in Nebraska favors planting
the nuts and the seeds of all tap-root
trees where they are to grow. For
forest planting in that state, tho black
walnut, takes the lead of all hard woods.
A general and remarkable interest was
awakened in Nebraska in the observ
ance of her first Arbor day, and it is
said that over 12,000,000 trees were
planted on that day. '1'his enthusia,-u
was not a temporary el'ervescence.
Each successive governor has continued
thos to recognize this day. The inter
est has been sustained a'nd increased.
The State board of agriculture annual
ly awards liberal prizes for the greatest
number of trees planted by any otlo
person on that day, as well as prizes
to those who plant the largest number
during the year. Hence, Nebraska is
the hanner state of America for eco
nomical tree-planting, having, accord
ing to the reports frotn the several
counties, as I am informed by ex-Gov
ernor Furnas, 244,356 acre: of culti
vated woodland, or more than twice
that of any other state.
It is not strange that the originator
of arbor day should be recognized as a
public benefactor, nor that, during the
last campaign, when party lines were
so closely drawn, as a candidate for
Governor lie ran some three thousand
ahead of his party ticket. Though at
first aiming at economic tree-planting,
Nebraska now observes "Arbor day in
schools," and the schools were last
,year invitelt to pli;nt "iemlorial trees.
'1he example of Nebraska was coon
followed by Kansas, which claims over
119,000 acres of planted woodland.
The governors of that state issue annu
al proclamations for Arbor day, and it
is now observed by teachers and schol
ars in adorning school-grounds and
'n0s.
The Iook-Store e ht"eper.
A book-store ought, in a sense, to be
a public library. It ought to be a sort
of intellectual headquairters and start
ing poiit. It shoui'd bestow its betne
fits upon the conmiunity in which it
stands, and that community should re
gard it as something worthy of prido
as well as of support. Its proprietor
is, of course a usiness ian,who wants
to miake imoney. Ihtt thte htigher his
ide(a of his functiotns, the more moticy
lie ought to mtake'. More intelligence is
neededQ( in the readin-r of books than in
cobbiling shoes or weighjng sugar. lIe
shoubhi be thle i;rbht-h and man to thle
minister, thle ed1itor, thle school-teacher,
the lawyver, thie phtysiciatn. lie should
t ake :oun tsel of thie educated antd weoll
to-do elast ses in thle comininity ; and
shldt( put ont his shelves thle~ books
t hey wait , aniid should welcome t hem
to hiis pilace of hbusintes . Hie is himsel f
a tetachter and 1preachier, whose miotal
atnd initellectual itntlutetnce itaakes his
buisiness ani ethicae:l as w~ellI as a coim
mneehd one. lie has a "'hight calling"
anmi ough lt to take a becomning p ride
in it. If lhe sells pae-aaig sta
tionery, brotnzYes andi kiik-knitacks lhe
shouhl( c trei ebe th at theso, howvever
iremuni ierat ti'e, are0 bt, side-shows. If
heo covers is witidows with ilash, il
luistratedl journals or saiglithto
graphs lhe shows that lie has nto cothi..
dence( itt the initelh.etutal part of thie
toiwn ami1( no powert to tma ke him11sel f
at tra(ctive to it. Is it all a mete imat
tert of prolit? By noi tmeatns; butt if it
wvete mtore mtontey as- well tns more rep
itttion is to bc got ) bywork ing
for thle best. and wilsest andu we; I-to-do
classes thantt foir thle Saturdl ay niight p~u r
chiasers of the .-Itory' paes
Outdoor IAfe.
Man seems planne i fotr outdoor life
in a mild (limiate, wit ht jutst a leaf or
two of sheltetr for a rainvy daiy. His
tature will bend fot a time' to the con
ventional burdens of an art i icial civili
zation, buit replantt 'tim on first ptiniici
>les int thle outtdoor zatrden of life and
uis reocuperat i v forces wvill reb)onuid
with thio elastic enotrgy oif steel spritngs
relieved. Our fashionabile friends
would lose caste were they to uise) their
neigh botr'.s secotid-biantd clothing, lutt
they will dlally try to purlify their own
blood with theirt nieigihboc' s secotnd
hianid or tetn-timtes used breath, pioisoned
as it always is, evetn wvhen exhaled by)
yeolng and heal thy persotis. Man, ini
comtmolt with other wvarmn blood di
creatutres, getnerates a suluis of heat
within his body. Otutoor sleepers fitnd
that no miatter how cold tIhe surround
lng air mtay be, if dry, einough of the
out,tlowving heat may b)0 (dammted back
andl retaitned by suit:ahle clot hing to sus
tain the vital futnctions in health and
comnfort. Until domtest ic aurt cani supply
our lunge with cool, ist-miortgaged
air, in warni r*oomts, its votaries will
have an important problem to solve.
In the mehantitme out-ca:"persan
hovel dwellers wvill e,ear the best
wrated blood ini the laud. Am--I'erican
A Beverely, Mass., man, has a pomt
peian lamp alleged to be 3,000 years
nld.
An Hour Anong tho Skilled Workman in
a Type-Foundry.
In a walk through a type-foundry
yesterday morning by a 'ines reporter
the following words from Motley's
"lRise of the tlutch Republic" wero
quoted by the foundevr, wvho accomlpa
nied the repor ter through his establish
ment, in referring to the art of print
ig.:
"'At the very epoch when the great
ness of Burgundy was most swiftly
ripenig, another weapon was secretly
forging, more potent in the great
struggle for freedom than anv which
the wit or hand of man has ever de
vised or wielded."
"It may not be generally known,"
said the type-founder, '"that the first
quarto bible printed in America was
the work of Christopher Sauer, of Ger
mantown, who there in 1735 estab
lished a typo foundry, but it is to see
how t.ype is made that you come."
''Let us begin with the metal room."
About the place where the anialgan
of which type is made were piled hun
dreds of bar of the metal. At the fur
ther end of the room a master work
man threw into the great kettle cer
tain proportions of copper, antimony,
lead, and tin. This is the amalgam,
the exact proportions of which produce
the useful met a that must be hard
without being brittle, ductile but tough,
flowing freely and hardening rapidly.
A bar was broken in two, and the
beautiful, spar ling grain of the metal
shown. About the apartment were
casks of glittering antimony, bars of
yellow copper, dull bricks of lead, and
blocks of tin.
As the composition melted the man
at the kettle stirred the molten mass,
and when the proper degree of heat
was reached ladled it out on the molds
t4at lay on the brick floor at his feet.
Above the metal-room the bars wero
fitted for the printer's use. Before a
machine known as a punch-cutter sat a
man surroiunded by a bowilderino ar
ray of deliea,- ,'--c and guagos.
"There are % &yiow':re'v. of note for
this part of work in the United ates,"
whispered the reporter's companion.
"It requires a delicacy of touch and
perception that is not easily acquired."
On the end of a piece of steel the work
man at the punch-cutter was forming a
letter. He worked rapidly yet with
caution, frequently testing his gauges
until the letter was complete. Then
other letters of the alphabet were
formed finishing the series.
One by one the dies were placed in a
stamping-maclinie, an oblong piece of
copper put under them. and then the
great lever was brought down. Tho
impression was left deep in the copper.
This oblong bit of copper is termed the
matrix.
From the punch-cutter the matrices
were carried to an adjoining room,
their fitting up for the mold. The
slightest variation or irregularity was
said to be fatal to the appearanceo of
the typo cast in them.
Perhaps the most interesting things
about the foundry are the tiny casting
machines that pour out an endless
stream of type as long as they work.
'"These snug little fellows' said the
type-founder, patting with his hand
the odd little mass of machinery before
which he stood, ''can throw out more
typo in one day than a man, working
ton hours a day, can count in a
month.'' The casting-maclino is the
invention of David llruce, Jr., of New
York.
The metal is kept fluid by a little
furnace t 1nderneath the machine andi is
project.ed into the mold by a pump.
1'hoe mold is miovable, andt at every
revolution of the eranik is brought. to
the spout, where it receives a 0fresh
ehar'ge of the metal. A spring in front
of thu 1mohl( holds close to it. a copper
matrix, and the stampil of the letter on
the matrix is dIirectly3 opplosite the
aperture of the mold which meets tho
sp)out of the pump1)1.
In boxes the new-nmade type is car
ried to the dressing-room, where
arouind large stones thie boys are kept
busy rubbing awvay the rough edges on1
the type. T1hie lads wear leather glove
fingers for protection. As the type is
rubbed smooth each letter is set up in
long lines.
Pr'om the niimble-finugered boys the
lines of ty pe pass into the hands of tho
d resser, who hads beshI id himl ai powerful
mUagnifyigeglass. Th'e dresser deftly
slips a line of type inito a long st.ick
similar il shape) to that used by p)rint
ers, face downwaird, screws them up
tight, and1( with t wo ra;'id movements
of planing-tool cuts the grove in the
bottom of the type. his opecrationl is
known as giving the type legs.
"'They mulhst have something to stand1
on,'' saiid tihe good-natured looking
dresser. After that, withI the magnify
i glass, the face of thle line is criti
ecaYly inspected and imperfect ones
thrown aside to be retiuned to the
mat.ng of ty'pe,"' said thei founder.
'"Atterwardl thle difl'erent letters are
pult upl inl what we call 'p ages,' and
are readly to be sent out.'' The ma
trices andt mold, of which the foundry
hias a collect ion 11um11ber ig manzy thiou.
ands, are kept, wihien not in use, in a
Iirep)roof vauiilt. They are very vahi
ablle, repr iesenliting, as they' do, t ho col
lect ion of inany years of laibor.
A complete font of type may b0 coim
p)risedl under(0 nino1 heads, as follows
C~api tals A, .sminall capi tals a, lower
case e, figures, poin11ts, spaices, emi and
en quand rat es, two 1and( thrnee em q uadl
ra tes, and( 00i accnt.
l'in itens divide a font of letter's into
twoe classe.s-up;per-case andl lower
yase sorts. Th'e ulpper-ease ar ecapi
tals, smaill capital letters, andt refer
meres; thei lower-ease consists of small
letteirs, dloule lettersl', higures0, poinits,
'1d( qjua:drates. -l'/ hdidelha Timbes.
TherCle has1 beeni dIiscovered near 'Yu
ba l)aiu a fugitive sheep, wvhich, in
swinuni, throuuigh the mauddly water,
had be'omfe thoroughly covered with
"sl icke iis,"' in whiiich miiuch grass seed
hadl ber- mi'od. A t hick (frop of greeni
grass is nlow gro a i:ig upon0 the sheop's
back. Isoth thle sheep and grass are
being; care1euy guairded, and when thie
hltter lhas reaheud its full growth it
will be harvested converted into hay
an1d preserved as one of the California
enriositits
How Stud-Poker in Playe".
As numerous references have been
made lately to stud-horse poker, the
following description of the fascinating
game, taken from an exchange, is re
produced. It was evidently written by
some follow who had run up pretty
hard against the buried card.
Stud-horse poker Is dangerous, be
cause it has the air of innocence and
fair play. Five cards are dealt, the
same as in other poker, with this ex
ception-that all but one card are ex
posed, and it is upon the strength or
weakness of this hidden card that the
players win or lose their money, as the
case may be. For instance, one player
may have an ace in sight, another a
king, and so on. Should any one of
these pair the "down card" it would
constitute the strongest hand. The
players can only judge from the cards
thrown around by the dealer as to
what pairs are out. The highest card
or pair in sight must do the betting.
hais gives the player holding a strong
pair, one of the cards of which is ex
posed, the other hidden, a decided ad
vantage, as the others may not be play
ing him for a pair. The tables form a
semi-circle, and are so arranged that
ten or a dozen men can play at one
time. The dealer, with his chips, sits
in the center, and requires each man to
"ante" one chip, which entitles him to
draw two cards, the first one of which
is dealt face down, the second being
exposed. The betting then begins and
continues until the cards are all drawn
out. This looks like a very fair game,
and probably would be were it not for
the "rake-of'," or percentage, and oth
er little points which are kept a secret
among the favorites of the green-cloth
circle.
The percentage taken by the house
absorbs at least one-half, and is so
great that old and experienced gan
blers will not play their money against
the game. Where the greatest evil ex
ists is the cheapness of the game. The
chips in the majority of the houses are
sold at the rate of two for 6 cents, the
player being retquired to buy 50 cents'
worth at a time, or as many more as he
desires. Should luck run in his favor
he may make a good winning off a half
dollar: In nine cases out of ten it goes
the other wiiy.
This, then, is' vhere the fascination
comes in. Each player imagines that
ho can play the gamo betftr .than some
one else, and that there is a fo.une In
store for him if ho only has nerv4 ad
follows it up. Young men who could
not bo induced to play their money
against other games of chance are
daily bOng caught in the meshes at
"stud-pokut," and once in, they find it
hard to extricate themselves.
"Fifty cents' worth, just for amuse.
mont," says the smiling tempter; and
the half-dollar is exchanged for a small
stack of ivories. The cards are dealt,
and the leginnor, at the end of several
ereased fourfold. "Great game!" cries
the novice. "No good," growls the
capper, who has been losing. "Try
again," suggests the dealer; "perhaps
von will have better luck next time."
lie does try again, and the rule invari
ably is that either he or the dealer has
all the chips when the game closes.
These, then, are the recruiting-posts
for the gambling-housos. Let a man
once become a victim to "stud-poker,"
and it will cinch him like the Old Man
of the Sea. The best friend that comes
to the rescue of these poor fellows is
the law. It is the only thing that can
save them from utter ruin.-Virginia
Enterprisc.
A Thousand Pounds to One.
Nearly every one who has played
whist much must have had at times a
Yarborough hand-that is. a hand In
which there is no card above a nine,
Peombridge says lhe has held three of
these hands in the course of two hours;
but this Is, of course, altogether unus
ual. TIhe name given to a~hand of this
sort Is derived from a certain Lord Yar,
borough, who lused to offer the attrac
tive but roahiy very safe wager of
?1,000 to E1 that a hand of this sort
would not be dealt. If Lord Yar
borough had not calculated the chances,
(or had them calculated for him,) he
acted with little wisdom in betting at
all on such a matter; but if ho knew
theni lhe acted with little fairness In
offering the odds lhe did. It will be
found that one hand in about 1,828 is a
Yarborough, so that Lord Yarborough
ought, to have wagered ?1,827 to El
instead of ?1,000 to ?1. It Is said that
he lahi this wager many thousands of
times. Supposing lie offered ?1,000 to
El to each membler of a whist p arty,
for 10 dleals, on about 91 or 92 nights,
in each of 10 years, mak ing In all about
396,5GO wagers-i. c. 20 times 1,828
he would1( have lost about 20 times, or
?20,000. and wvon about ?36,500, mak
ing a clear p)rofit of about ?16,500, or
?1,650 pcr annum, by this seemingly
reckless system of wagering. An in
stance, lastly, is on record of a hand
containing~ four twos, four threes, four
such a hand might well believe himself
especCiall,y selected for punishment by
the deities or demons, whoever they
may be, who preside over the fortunes
of whist players. Yet such a hand Is
bound to occur from time to time,when
so many play whist. The chance of
holding such a hand Is, In fact, exactly
the same as the chance of holding all
the trumps, viz., one in 168,753, 889,000.
F"or there are only four possible ways In
which such a hand can be made up.
It must hold( the 12 lowest cards In the
pack, andl one five, which may be of
any of the four suits; hence there are
four hands having no card higher than
a live out of 635,013,569,60, or one
cbance of such a hand In 158,758,889,.
000. Yet I have no manner of doubt
so foolish are mon In regard to betting
-that if a Lord Yarborough of to-day
were to offer ?10,000 to L (instead of
?158,'T58,389,000 to ?1) against the
occurrence of such a hand he would
lind miany takers. -Richard A. Proctor,
in 1Longmitan's agazinae.
The Tkutsche Medizinal Zeitung gives
an accouint of a series of earefulex
periments made ia the Prussian army
as to the utility of serving schapa to
soldiers in active service. After pro
hongedl trials the army surgeons ab n
doned the use of spirits and give t*# or'
coffee In place of it
Keeping Tbeir Costames eseebs
"Actors and actresses are mighti
distressed when they appear In a m
role," said a dramatic manager ef Ix
perience, "lest some other actor or so
tress should manage to see or get a dei
scription of their costume, and elthes
reproduce it frst or else make it a sub
ject of gossip In professional circles. If
isn't easy to understand their feelings
when a costly costume has been bought
to find some one else reproducing it on
the stage. The dress of the actor and
actress is part of their capital. It is
not thought to be stealing in the pro
fession, however, if an actress can get
the best of her sister actress by appro
priating her ideas. The arguament need
Is that if one cannot guard her psbfe
sional secrets, then she had better not
go into the business. The stories of
the pains that actresses havq taken to
learn what a popular riTai Intends to
wear would fill a book. To be outwit.
ted in this way is a disgrace, and now.
a-days it is rarely done. Indeed, It is
not so attractive an amusement as it
used to be, for in first-class theaters
actors haven't a word to say about
what they shall wear. The manager
dictates every garment to be worn,
both in design and color. The reason
is that the picturesque, effects of stage
grouping are closely studied, and an
effort is made to present at every new
situation a new picture to the eye-a
picture that mig t be a model in every
way for a painting. In the matter of
color the tone is carefully studied, and
all the tints in walls, carpets, furniture,
and dress are selected according to the
laws of harmony or of contrast.
"In minstrel or variety perform
ances, however, such nicety canno4_;"
of use, and T erformers select a'lter
they please for a costume. W re they
oet their clothing made is y. stery.
if by accident you should leans the ad
dress, and should ask the milliner, or
dressmaker, or tailor. or shoemaker for
whom the bonnet. or dress or suit, or
shoes are being made, you would be
met by the polite and firm reply that
the gentleman .r lady who left the or
der requestA that It should be kent
secret. At dress rehearsals where per
formers .e required to appear as they
propose .o perform on first nights, the
actress ill often appear in street cos
time, a.id put in excuses, sometimes
llausii4o, often absurd, to account for
the on.ission. Some popular singers
and antresses I know, whose dresses
are :imired, have resorted to learning
fie knack of dressmaking, so that they
may be sure that their secret is safe.
To their friends they say that those
dre.ssmakers are so unreliable that
the"" the actresses, were driven to
making their own costumes. They
have been held to be weak and foolish
for :inr jealous of each other," added
the maniager, 'but it seems to me that
if tiey.are,, they, are to he excused by
the Duin- o flI. s .
Fruit-growing as a Businesse.
.Fruit-growing, as a business, is espe
cially adapted to some regions, and to
some restricted localities. This truth,
in relation to certain kinds of fruits, is
well comprehended, but, regarding
others, less attention is given to it than
good judgment demands. Outside of
certain well-defined areas no one would
think of planting peach orchards and
vineyards for prouit; and more than this
within the past fifty years the adapta
bility of certain localities for the profit
able production of these fruits has
greatly changed, in many cases the re
sult, probably, of deforesting large
tracts of country.
There is too much indiscriminate ad
vice given by the press in regard tofruit
raising. Again, tree dealers and nur
sery agents, seeking a market for their
wares, circulate wild statements about
the profits of the industry, and at a
time like the present, when the p rices
of grain are low, it is not diffioult- for
them to induce numerous persons in
almost every community, who have not
special fitness or experience for the
work, to undertake, at least in a small
way, the planting of orchards or small
fruits. It requires no highly gifted
seer to porceive that most of these
efi'orts will he abortive. The fact is,the
wrecks of ill-conceived fruit plantations
arc strewn over the whole country.
We have no desire to say a word that
may discourage anty one from engaging
in fruit culture who wvill atten)pt it in a
rational and business-like manner; but
we would warn the inexperienced to
look on both sidesa of the subject, and
it has two sides, one of which is not the
rose-colored one that is usually painted
by newspaper writers.
The fruitegrower needs to have a
eourageous heart, and an abounding
faith in his pursuit. He has numerous
enemies with which to contend and to
conquer; unfavorable seasons are not
infrequtent; numerous insects and para
itcuniare constantly disputing pos
sessionso his plants, trees and fruIt; a
general business doepression, or an ex
cessive supply of fruit often deprives
him of all or nearly all profits. But
these difficulties are probably not
greater than those attending many
other pursuits.--Vick's Magazine.
The Comte d' Hlorisson, in his re
cently published "Recollections of the
Siege of Paris," relates that Eugenie
Was compelled to leave the Tuilerios in
such haste that she could only carry
away a small traveling bag containing
her purse and some pocket handker
chiefs. These Dr. Evans, who accom
panied her in her flight, washed in a
streaml when they became soiled. As
Sir Walter Raleighi acquired much red
nown in history for throwing his oloak
upon the ground that the feet of hl
Queen might not touch the mire, D)r
Evans Is certainly entitled to eq1ual
honor for his gallantry.
Gustave Petitpierre, who died recenk
ly at Geneva, desired to invent a syw
torn of writing qually suitable for .
languages. Ulnipaphy was hisP
and his dream' he saw in it th
step toward the establishment- of
universal langruage foretold by
prophets. He had acumlte
the subjects a great variety of
which his friends who shared '
ideas often urged him to pU~IA
he was never sufficiently awe
the completeness of his work to
with their request. .

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