Painesville journal. [volume], October 28, 1871, Image 1

About Painesville journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1871-1872

Image provided by: Ohio History Connection, Columbus, OH

                
. ths mmi joiul
-1
JAKES E. CHAMBERS, Editor
IIIIIMIDEVERI 8ATIRDAV
AT PAINESVILLE, LAKE COUNTY,
OHIO.
Cowling Room and Publication Office
Stockwell Mouse Jllock, Xo. 114 Main St.
13 A T ATTICS ATI
A. 1 V EBTIKI TCi Tl TEH.
spiCE. 1 1 w. Sw. 6w. I 3 m. fi m. J l'i in
rni7uTu7 rpir?30l r.&rr$s.n I ' Si"
j lTrr. s. rim I i;i.w IJ7.ini
a " itso'i 4.110 ii.t tCao i5.iiB j-i.lio
r". rasSa,i)i' vuoTi''-'' I I as7i
: 3.15 j5.3t s.75 1 n.uu is-w i. a-'Tikt
vox. 4.50 7.ki oM l too fti.no I a:"
V, - I 5.35 S.IK1 la.!) lii.5ii I J5.l.'i I
S.t0 I 12.50 I lli.50 I -'1.1KI I 35.00 (m.00
3., 10.50 11).0H1 33,Ut 35.00 f .V..00 l'V
1 " l-g.OO 20.00 80.00 47.50 75.110 130.00
JL ti An JuU
Yearly, by uiaiTor Carrier.... -Jioo
Six Months, Dy man or v amer i,-
Three Mouths, bv mail or Carrier. 75
Baf-Snilr. In all txxHrrn A.dtanr Faymrnt
4 rtywii'fit. ..
JOB DEPARTMENT.
' Book and Blank Work, Circulars, Letter
Head. Bill Heads, Cards aul every description
of Job Work, eruted with dispatch ad in the
neatest stylo of the art. '
, HaVinJan entire new outfit of Types, Presses,
and Machinery, together with a fon-eot wnf
teat and nkilfull workmen, we feel that our fa
cilities are second to those of no other establish
ment in the place.
, ,, EXVAGEO.
T IDWIN V.
I know two eyes of azure blue,
Two eyes I love to see.
Because to one I know they're true,
' Though roguioh they may le,
Two pouting lips my own have met,
A we sat side by side;
Methink I feel their pressure ! yet,
A past thoughts by me glide.
Two snowy arms arouud niy neck
Have lov I ngl y bee n th row n,
Whfll a chiek io soft, without a speck,
Reclined against my own ;
Two willing ears have heard some words
-.!.. t Willi Pflti T IIP;4 1
But the answer to those whispered words
vu wet to me 'twas " i es.
.Kiilfl --
1WO.
ITT. . SLDE1CH.
I r Lwt night I dreamed that there were two
J' lithe, gold-baired girls like u,
id loved them both.:. ; W hat could I do!-
They both had just this wavy hair.
This pretty dress, looped here and there,
Your lone of TOice, laugh, gesture, air.
One drew me with your modest eyes,
The other with your sweet repose,
Ad both were full of sorceries. ......
And so alike I could nt.
, When one had gone, which loveliness
1 Lingered to deepen my distress.
Bnt her I loved, nothing loth
Whichever one! and pledged nij troth,
And so was true and false to both.
- -Awaking, It was well to find
Mature had not, howe'er inclined
"; Made itwo of your distracting kind:
DOIfT BE NORKOWll L, DAHL1TVG.
ll I .. BY ALICE CABT.
' Oh don't be sorrowing, darling,
"' Don't be sorrowful, pray; ,
For taking the year together, my dear,
.... There's not more night than day.
' It's rainy weather, my darling, , .
'' ' Time's waves they heavily run;
- Bnt taking the year together, my dear,
, There's not more cloud than stm.
: We' are old folks now, my darling,
Our heads are turnin g sray ;
ti-Sut taking tbeyear all round, niy dear,
We'll always find the May.
Vi'i We have had our May, my darling,
. . And our roses, long ago;
And the time of year is coming, my dear,
' ' For the silent night and the snotv.
i,OTGodl God, my darling,- ' '
Of the night as well as the day ;
And we feel and know that we can go
Wherever he leads the way,
V 'Aye, God .of the night, my darling.
Of the night' of death so grim ;
For the gate that leads from life, dear wife,
Is the gate that leads to Him.. .
xajieli;ss.
BT KICBABD SCALP.
r-ti-.l'I"2
Jndgfe, i pleaflf guilty; he speaks truth;
I am what he says, and what yon see.
So old in a damned, unhallowed youth,
That your wrinkled years seem young to inc.
Doii't preach don't lecture!; I know it all :
The easy canting, the fluent words.
The solemn drivel of text s from Paul,
And a mangled phrase or two of the Lord's.
11 M 1 !- li t '
Moreover yon err, if you supjiose
That even a harlot, soaked in siu,
(tildes down the darkness without some throes
Of the marred pnrities within.
. i O, Sir.! you wi-ong even our disraco
' To think we never wail and cry
- Out from the foulness with lifted face
.. . i i.To an awful Something up in the sky.
' !'Po vou think f never dream of home?
Ofawearv man with whitening hair;
. Of missing voice in a vacant room.
And the sobs a-choke iu a woman's prayer?
That nothing has ever prompted llight,
i Swift as my hungry feet could fly,
., . Fatherward, motherward that I miht
Fall on their necks, break heart, and die?
. M v God ! m v God ! when the masked brows must
Bo clothed to a false, forged radiance, while
1 The bloom of the soul la baked to dust
And straight throngh yonr fabricated smilo
Dread ghosts of murdered innocence fling
Perpetual Javelins from their eyes,
And a babe's bird-like chirruping
Scares like thunder out of the skins.
i When the sweet sanctities set to guard
' The inner whiteness from outward stain.
Tricked of their holy watch and ward.
Moan and madden'in hciirl and brain;
, . And a howling fury hunts and hounds
Wherever a clean thought hides away,
'""And a dreadful voice of dooming sounds
. Through the haunted chambers night and day.
And a Something mocks yon when you laugh,
' And a Somcthfiig jeers you when yon weep;
i -AnAhell-flre lurks in the wrine you quaff,
tltm i, . And a fiend grins at you in your sleep;
And aacoiling horror sucks you down
Through a black and bottomless abyss
Judge, do yon think your legal frown
Can augur punishment worse thau this?
Bah, what an infinite fool am I
To talk like this tea man like you!
Some day the toughest of lis must die
!" ' ' And we shall he sifted through and through.
-bitted and sorted. Judge, have you thought
., . . That possibly to the Sorter, then.
Something that now is may be naught
; . i "W hen the coward's shrieks steam up from men
A FAMILY PAPER, DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE, AND GENERAL NEWS.
VOLUME I.
PAINE S VIIJLE, LAKE COUNTY, OHIO, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1871.
NUMBER 1(5.
CELIE.
'r BYOEOBOE "3AV I).
mst PART.
T ..f
JCOXTU.TED.
WILL confess," T answered,
.'that thee. is an odor of dried
k'itsh here that You will think
me very fastidious, but I am
not as used as vou
.iLV lAf . . .1 r,-. m.f S9 Tna ntiL-ii-nr
ea. "I thought that after having smok
ed as much as I have in my room, the
fish would have had to give under. But
it aeetn not.) Let's go and seethe reefs;
they are worth" seeing, my dear fellow.
Ah ! this is one of the little places that I
know how to unearth ; and the solitude
pf li, the tranquility! The inhabitants
"are aeltghtfnl, such a fine people as they
, " "are. and absolutely no importers at all.
' "I'fiaVe hevef'yct found a place like it
'" since I began to rummage the coast.
' ' YotCll come again to see me, won't you?
' I see'you- have a shooting iron with you ;
' " yon live about here?"
" ' "About an hour's ride; but I should
toe afraid Of spoiling your solitude."
"Xotatall, not at all! Oa the con
'"' trary, It will enliven me."
"Then I will come. How long have
' " you been here ?"
i , ; "Eight days. I wa3 at Etretat; but
there were too many lomigrrs and bath
ers and attitndinarians; the plaoe was
intolerable. I came here on foot, with
my bag on back, and a little donkey to
arrv inv lusrsrasre. I went wherever it
.' tanced. This place pleased me, and I
t.ayd here; that is all."
"I tun glad of it. I come every week
to the house of a lady who lives very
near here, a friend of my aunt."
"You have, an aunt, then ? You are
very lucky,!. As for me, I haven't even
.aoatto.be interested in me; but, all
' things considered, that's the 1m? it, Hav
ing nobody else to love, I love my great
.friend and mistress painting."
"And you are never tired 1 suppose."
"You don't understand. I get tired tn
death sometimes ; wlien it rains and tiiere
is no good light to work by. I try to
read when there are any books, but here
jther are none."
"Td bring you some "
"Thank you, no. It's much better not
to drive away ennui. It produces a re
action in favor of fheerf illness and cour
age when pleasant weather returns."
"Would you like to be presented to my
stunt? She will be charmed to ve you.
You can come on rainy days by the
titttge."
"You are very jioliir; but it's impos
sible. I'm a reirular unlicked bear, with
badmmnerB and bad clotbef, fine, la
dles bore me. I'd much rathordine tete-a-tete
with you in mime village public,'
next time you come. What do you say :-"
"Whenever you please."
"Well then, Sunday, since it is fur me
io say,"
"Suidybelr; but early, for I spend
the eveirtu at. the chateau yonder."
"What, in th"- donjon up there? Is it
inhabited V"
"No, lower dow Iwyond is the chat
eau of La Ciuielle. . You Ijaye never
been over this neighborhood, then?"
"Nothing but tlm shore always, or
half-way up the cliff. I ,-ould spend sis
months 'here very well without climbing
the wall, or going so far as the fields,
landscape is not my style, nor a sen
lew from to high it point ; seen lioin
so high it has effects which cannot be
rendered, anil the foreshortening be
comes iuipos-sible. It is beautiful, it. is
sublime, I know, but it runs into the
fantastic; and without any effort that is
only too easy to whoever has anything
to do with thi3 sorceress with her pass
ionate caprices and her infernal illu
sions!" He shook his list at the sea, and at the
same time gazed at it with amorous eyes.
It was burlesque,but there was something
fine about it. I followed him among the
rocks, and was pleased to see him ai
proacli a group of fishers who were eat
ing together, seated on the reefs at low
titie. rHe was already as intimate with
them as if he had been born in the vil
lage. He pleased them bv his grave air
and abrupt manner of speaking, and re
sembled them in their sobriety, the rude
ness of their habits, their apparent free
dom from care. I saw clearly that lie
knew not a word of the existence of
Celie, or that he took so little thought of
it that he had never made the least en
quiry about her. I hoped, thanks to
him and the proposed dinner in the vil
lage, to get acquainted with these peas
ants whom thev said were so devoted to
their mistress, and to contrive prudently
to make them talk; but I knew the nat
urally suspicious nature of such people,
and frcm the beginning was on my
guard against appearing curious. I was
content to have them first get used to my
person, and feigned to be interested in
their labors and their occupations. As
I was going to withdraw, for I saw that
Stephen was impatient to resume his
brushes, an old lishermau said that he
was well acquainieit wiui iuy iacc. ire
had seen nie pass in a carriage wirn
M. de Montroger, going to the chateau
of the ladv.
"Very likely," I answered with an air
of the utmost indifference. "Does M. de
Montroger ever come here to shoot?"
"Xot often." he answered. "lie is a
man who has a gooil deal of important
business in the country. He came here
once, two moiitlis ago, io see me nine
one."
"I don't know the little one," l sam
with an attempt to appear indifferent,
though I felt the color rising to my face.
lias lie never spoken mjuu
little one? Then you don't know tne
storv !"
"I am not at all curious.'
"It is natural to be curious about pret
ty stories, and if you wish to see the boy
Oh! hut he is a pretty little fellow,
and as fine and bright as can ne.
"You shall tell me about una anotner
time," I replied, rising from the strand
ed old barge on which 1 was sitting;
and I went off with Stephen, with an air
of coolness and disdain, as if determined
to hear nothing. Hie ettort was neroic,
for I believed mvself in possession of
Celie's secret; but since the good people
were so willing to comess, l pretencii u
learn it, as it were, in spite ot myseu,
and to lie aide some day to declare to
Mile. Merquem . that I had not compro
mised her by a vulgar and cowardly
curiosity.
1 was about to taue ine ruau uk
shore again, when .Stephen stopped nie.
"Don't go by that," he saui. "Devil :
the sea is coming in, and it inignt eaten
you in some disagreeable corner. Take
the foot-path yonder, .move us.
This was the patli irom tne mwer, aim
I refused absolutely to attempt us ascent.
"Bah!" said a light-haired young tei-
low, tiill and strong as a llereuies, u s
nothing to go up there; it's the lady's
path."
That was just ine resauu .-
unwilling to take it. It would not uo
for any one to be able to say that I had
put foot upon her grounds. I answered
tnat i was not airaiu ui ucmS n"."., ,
that I had no right to cross the park of
La Canielle.
" v.i need n't cross it." said the young
follow ti.e wall: the
path' goes right through the coppice."
Whnt .1 crnod chance, it would be to ex
amine this wall, and to get acquainted
with the paths of the wood ! But it was
too soon. I persisted in returning to the
shore. Riivino- that I had observed it w en
enough in coming to be sure of not be
ing surprised by the tide, and departed,
l.ino-hiiio- nt. Stenhen's fears. I was con
tent to brave a little danger at the begin
ning of my romance, and to have tne
meritorious consciousness of having com
promised nothing by too much haste.
The walk was rough, for the. road began
to be really dangerous, and I had need
of all my resolution and presence of
my mind. Stephen had mounted an el
evation to follow me with his eyes, and I
learned afterward that if my refusal to
hear their story had offended my new
friends a little, the daring of my course
in skirting the waves and leaping from
rock to rock had given them a high opin
ion of character and my muscle.
"Ah!" said my Aunt, when I came in,
"you have lost an excellent opportunity
to become better acquainted with Mile.
Merquem. I was so enraged against
Mme. de Malbois, that I told her all.
She lnno-hed at it: and when I advised
her to have nothing more to do with that
mischievous woman, what do you think
she answered me? 'I shall be well on
mv onard floviinst her. Einma is a
chnrniiiiff eriii. and ouabt not to be hu
miliated in the person of her mother.
Besides, nothing in all that offends or
m.il-M nie uneasv. In not marrying
foresaw that. I should be exposed to all
kinds of susnicion. and accepted the con
sequences of my isolation. Answer those
who Question vou aoout. una in. mchuub
child, that if it were my own 1 would
have the courage to say so. ami in tne
happiness of having a son I should for-
2et 11 any sname exisieu; uui. ai.-is. -i
have no struggle nt all to undergo on
account of any loved one, and having
only mvsclf to defend against suspicion,
I think that it would lie makii g too
much of mvselftobe vexed or angry
about it. All that I owe to myself is to
be beyond reproach, that I may never be
insulted. Having no protector, I have
arranged it so as to have no need of pro
tection, and I imagine that majiy women
whom others defend or avenge would
have been verv well off without giving
occasion tr so luanv dramas; but in gen
eral women love strong emotion ; every
one to her taste.' 1 asked her then if it
was true that she intended to tirtopl the
child and bring him up herself. She
answered me, "Xo. I shall assist linn to
such a lot as fits his capacity, but 1 shall
not adopt him. What good would it do?
I should be afraid of becoming selfishly
attached to him. He is an orphan whose
parents perished in the tempest t
;lt
cast li im m.o mv arms, i wish to uiing
him ut) for himself, not for mo.' "
These w ise and prudent answers had
so fully convinced my amit that it would
have been useless to suggest tne slight
est doubt, and I kept my feelings to nij'
self.
The following Sunday, at three in the
afternoon, I was in the caboose oi niy
friend Stephen, that is to say, in tl
house of master William, the fisherman
His son was the tall and fair young man
of Liighsli type, whose acquaintance
had already made. With a clear and in
telligent eye, a yellow beard, a moutl
too far from his nose, and a nose that
was too short, ho was well made, with
out grace, and polite without being pre
possessing m his manners.
"My friend, Celio," said Stephen toi
him on seeing me enter, "have the good
ness to say to your mother that my guest
is here and probably hungry,"
"What a devil of a name you give lo
that great fellow!" I saiil to him, when
that young man had gone out.
"Yes, in fact it is a queer sort of a
name," said Stephen, struck for the first
time by its oddity; "but come inside.
You i re not fond of the smell of dried
herring, and so I have made them set
tl; table under the arbor. The leaves
of the tm.iarisk are not generally sup
posed to be shel), biit there is nothing
else in this country. I must, tcj! you
that it is not at the tavern but here thai
we are to dine. I have discovered that
mv hostess cooks to perfection. The fish
will not lie much; you know that to eat
fish one must not conic to the seaside.
These good people carry all their mer
chandise to the railroads, but we shall
have some crabs and prawns all the same,
some soup made of bacon of the first
quality, and cheese ad liMnM."
"All that is charming," I answer
ed, "and I have an appetite that would
do honor to a shark."
We passed out under the arbor, which
afforded not the least, shelter from the
sun; but I was determined to brave all.
Happily, Mme. William had the provi
dence to send lis an old sail, that Celio
spread out over our heads; after
which, addressing himself to Stephen,
"Mv sister is here to wait on you," he
said", "and mother will take good care of
you. As for me, I am going to see my
god-mother. It is her day for talking
with me, and you know it is the custom
for everybody" to go there on Sunday."
"So much the worse," said Stephen.
"I hoped you would do us the pleasure
of eating soup with us ; but since you
have a god-mother, don't troubie your
self. These young fellows are happy in
having god-fathers and god-mothers this
way ! For me, 1 don't even know if I
ever was baptized."
"I presume," said I to mother Wil
liam, who was ' bringing us the hot
prawns, "that you sou's god-mother is
called Celie ?" .
"Bless me," she said, "you are well
acquainted with her ! Yes, it is the lady.
She was not more than ten years old
when she was god-mother to my boy.
Ah ! hut they are two friends at present;
it is he who takes her out on the sea with
Celio Barcot, Celio l'etit, and Celio
Chaulin, all her god-sons, without. count-'
ing those who are not old enough yet to
manage a boat."
"Then the lady is god-mother to the
whole village?" - -
"It was her grandfather who wished
it, and they have kept it up. So there is
a so-called Celio in every family. The
cure of the parish says that is not the
name of a saint, but that it means the
child of Heaven, and consequently that
it is not a heathen name."
"He is a good man, your cure," said
Stephen.
"He is what he is," answered the old
woman ; "it's all the same to us. The
good God for us is our lady, and he
knows very well that it's no use for him
to come here and say anything different
from what she says."
I had forgotten to forewarn you,'
said Stephen, when Mme. William had
gone out, "that there is a regular iuoiu
try here for this lady ; I don't know her,
and you do; I have'no opinion concern
ing her, and I don't ask you for yours;
but 1 warn you that if there should hap
pen to be any imprudent remark made
we would be stoned, my dear ieuow: i
only wanted to say that."
I have nothing but good to say ot
her."
Then it is all right. . For my part, it
is all the- sama to me. Whereye- one
goes the people have an idol of wood or
stone, and if one denies the miracles tiiat
they work he will be treated like a dog.
Here it is an idol of flesh and blood. So
be it! I take things as 1 find them and
people as they are."
"Then she seldom comes to the shore,
since you have never seen her?"
"I have seen her three or four times;
she comes here every day."
"Did you think her pretty?"
"Yes, but she hardly can be."
"Have vou had a good look at her?"
"Yes; a painter ought to iook at ev
erything that crawls "in his neighbor
hood ; but vou are one of her friends "
"One of her friends, but a very impar
tial one. You can say whatever you
please about her appearance. Hasn't a
painter a right to say anything?"
"Exactly, tliere is nothing more chaste
than the look of a painter ; you are right.
Well, then, this lady is a How shall I
describe her to you ? She is certainly
not a piece of straight-laced primness;
she is an oddity ; and in saying that I
pronounce a complete eulogy of her in a
single word; I canonize her. There is
nothing good in this world but oddities."
"I am quite of your opinion ; but in
what ilid she seem odd to you?"
'In that she lives after her own no
tion, and amuses herself as she thinks
best. That is a proot oi wisuom, aim
consequently of eccentricity. You pro
bably know'that he goes out on the sea
almost every tiay. i nai is ner uarire ;
she commands and steers it herself, al-
wavs accompanied by lather William
and the band of god-sons. She adores
the sea: that's a good point. She loves
danser; I don't think so much of that in
a woman myself, because when women
set about being anything they generally
overdo it. If thev are brave, they be
come rash, even desperate, and treat the
bravest man as a coward, however little
the prudence he may show when pru
dence is necessary. I didn't mean to ap-
olv this to vour lady ; I have never seen
her do anything very imprudent. What
I know is, that, to satisfy her passion for
the sea, she dresse3 herself like a sailor.
Grant the cause, and she is right. But I
must tell you why I think she cannot be
nrettv as a woman. It is iust this : she
is too nrettv as a bov. She has n charm-
inr costume, mv dear fellow the true
costume of the place : a close and short
blouse with a leather belt, sailor's frock,
and larsre woolen gaiters; its ione is
warm and itsappearance very becoming.
The felt hat, with her loose hair escap
ing from it, is a perfect jewel on ner
head. She has so much the appearance
of a bov that I should never have sus
neeted her sex it some one ium not saui
to me. 'That is she, there she is.' But
a woman who has tne ease ana grace or
a man in many exercises can hardly be a
woman tomspire lint 1 don't tKow wny
I am telling vou all this: vou wnom it
may vex, perhaps, while it's nothing to
interest me at all. oniau, you see, is a
dangerous biped that I try never to trou
ble my head about, so J. never anow
my imagination to rove beyond a cer
tain fixed limit. Xeither fine ladies nor
cocnttesi the'onlv charm for me is good
health, good humor, and a willing dis
position, which I can meet, accept with
out remorse, and leave without regret.
I am very, philosophic m these things.
urn ugly, and the ideal beauty turns
her back ou me; I am as uncouth as a
rustic, and elegant manners put me to
flight; and then women understand
nothing about painting, ihere are not
two of them one can talk with. Are you
not of the same opinion r Such w:
the sum of the impression tint Celio had
made on my untutored companion. .
avoided all discussion, and was consid
erably tired with him, sitting at his
shaky table, where, my appetite having
been satisiied well or ill. 1 had to remain
for two hours, smoking and hearing my
friend expatiate on the effects of sea and
sky, feeling thcm and describing them
very well, but inspiring me by his de-
scriptions of them with a feeling almost
of sadness, since I kiaw that he was in
capable of ever rendering them in any
other way than by words
I waited impatiently for the return of
the people, for everybody had gone up to
the chateau and the village was deserted.
At last I saw groups coming down the
path; and soon the shore, the gravel ly
road that served for a street, and the
house in which we were, were filled
with them. All the villagers were m
their Sundiy dress for the audieiire, as
they called the atreriirtqn that the lady
devoted every week to hearing theni. "l
listened to w hat was said in the house,
and then went out to mingle 'wit li the
groups in the street and hear their talk.
This is the substance of what I learned.
This weekly audience was an Institu
tion of Admiral Mcnjuem. Up to the
last week of his life he had adhered to it.
This brave man had been adored in the
village, and the idolatry of which Celie
was the object was her acknowledged
right of inheritance. She had faithlully
confoniied to the directions and the cus-
t.nns of her ancestor. Brought up bv
and at all hours, so long as he was in
health, he had been used to take her
sailing with him in his boat, which was
a model for strength and sailing quali
ties, she preserved her taste for this ex
ercise and her need of it. Accustomed
to the dangers of these excursions, she
braved them without merit, as she said,
when it was necessary to carry help
either to the people of the place or to
strangers east upon the cost. In such
matters she busied herself iu a magister
ial manner. Even as a child, the rud
der and the command of a little boat had
been entrusted to her. She knew the
shore and every sunken reef as well as
the oldest fisherman of La Canielle.
Her little craft, manned by a chosen
body of her voluntary clients, would do
beside what uo other'in the place would
dare to attempt. It was in the most ser
ious way, then, that she had directed
and taken a personal part in some won
derful rescues. To this capacity and to
these martial means was naturally joined
also a prestage derived from the imagi
nation of the good fishermen. Seaman
are the most superstitious of all super
stitious people ; for having gone on board
one stormy day iu a hat with black
feathers, a lady of my acquaintance
barely escaped being thrown into the
sea by some enraged sailors on the coast
of Italy. According to them the black
feathers had brought the storm. Celie's
felt hat, which Mile, de Malbois laughed
at so pleasantly, was a sign of safety to
the sailors of La Canielle, iike the white
jilume of Henry of Navarre to his daring
followers. If she dared the waves with
out her hat all would have begged her to
remain; but with or without it every
one would have devoted himself to per
ish with her. She was worshipped, but
not with that enlightened love which
knows how to appreciate the devotion
and estimate the value of the person lov
ed ; but with that faithful and always
somewhat selfish attachment peculiar to
rustics. Celie was as necessary to La
Canielle as the sea to the fishers. She it
was who took care that the poor should
not be without resources, the strong
without work, the infirm without noiu--ishment,
the old without aid, the orphan
without a protector, and the young with
out sonv -action. How, then, could
Lshe be UiuaO-U with ? - If she had vol
untarily lc;t t lie country, tne- would
have blamed- her erhaps enrsed, per
haps hated her. Did this affection, bas
ed oii personal interest, deceive the clear
sighted Celie? Xo. I learned after
ward that she had not mistaken it; she
knew only that the gratitude of these
egotists was a passion, and I ought to
say that I have never seen anything like
it toward any other person.
When I had listened enough to the
good people I was easily initiated into
the details of the audience. In the be
ginning, and especially in the time of
the admiral, the- went there to claim
justice or protection against the repre
sentatives of authority (M. Merquem
was a wild republican who would not
tolerate the least interference), or often
er to complain of eacli ether and ask ad
vice of him about going to law. Natu
rally, the good ohOord, with his notions
of equality, permitted neither law-suits
nor battles. He would arrange every
thing, reconcile t he worst enemies and
contribute from his own purse, when
necessary, to console the party whom
the law had injured. He governed the
little community so wisely, and so pa
ternally that he made it a model of him
self. He did not wish to change the na
ture either of the climate or the people,
and so refused to introduce any different
resources from those which had hitherto
been sufficient, for the population, eon
fining himself to developing and con
firming the local specialties. The sea
ought to nourish those who dwelt be
side her, and the man of the seaside
ought not to leave his nurse. Children
should follow the career of their fathers.
profit by their lessons, and make use of
their experiences. If a young man did
not love the sea and had a fancy to live in
the town, he should be left absolutely
tree to depart. The admiral would give
him a fixed sum of money, enough to
enable him to live lor three months with
out work, but nothing more after that;
and it he returned he was well received,
but was required to restore, for the bene
fit ot the poor, the money which had
been advanced him.
The admiral did not wish to give the
country people a taste for luxury and
prosperity, lie hunt nothing, put noth
ing in order, and made no changes in the
village. "I do not wish," he said, "to
make an the villages oi tne country jeal
ous ot you, and your enemies, iou may
follow progress as you can and as you
understand it. What I wish is to make
vou independent, masters of yourselves
and rich enough, if you are willing to
be sober, reasonable, and industrious,
It will be easy enough for you. I am
here to assist you in case of accident to
retrieve disasters, to replace your boats
when they are lost in a storm, to teach
you to build them better and use them
more skillfully. I am here, also, to see
that your siek are taken care ot, and to
help you when it is impossible for you to
work : but to build vou a cate, a church
a market, a promenade, no! that would
be throwing money away, ion can
pray to God just as well in a ruin as in a
palace. You can invite each other to
your houses and drink with your friends
there. It is more fraternal than for each
one to pay for himself in the house of a
stranger. Your little local commerce is
a mutual interchange which a market
makes arbitrary or fraudulent; and last
ly, the promenade for vou is the sea, and
if the sight of trees and flowers is neces-
sary foryo;) -Vom time to time, come to
my house doors are always open.
3Ille. Merquem had Introduced only
some changes tor the better into this sys
tem. She was not satisiied with the in
struction given by - the schoolmaster to
her rustic mends. She wished to over
come their superstition and their fatalism
by giving them some idea ot science
Jivery Thursday evening M. lieilae- gav
one of a course of elementary lectures at
the old donjon. Sometimes it was on the
natural history ot the sea, its vegetation
and its inhabitants: sometimes on natu
ral philosophy, and the laws which gov
ern the clouds and the waves. As the
donjon was richly furnished with appar
atus, these lessons iu philosophy were
accompanied by experiments which ap
pealed to the senses, and convinced those
whom reasoning had not persuaded
Mile. Merquem was always present at
these lectures, and if by chance M. Bel
lac was a little too technical, she would
undertake to explain the lesson in more
tamuiar terms. She always made her
self understood, and thence the good peo
ple concluded that she knew more tha
the professor.
In all other respects, Celie conformed
to the programme marked out by her
grand-father, as much from belief in 't. as
from respect for his memory. She
thought with him that there was danger
of unsettling the life and transforming
the character of the working man, and
by this means of separating him from
some ot ins most, essential qualities and
virtues. This was very well explained
to me by Celio, the son of William, in
whom I discovered a very sound intelli
gence, and a manner of expressing him
self which was very clear and judicious,
without, at the same time, losing any of
the accent and color of the rustic dialect.
The lady said that it was a mistake to
think that, a new arrangements of func
tions and occupations is a means of pro
gress, Change is mistaken for advance,
presumption tor freedom, iiitd curiosity
for iiilcjligciiee. She said, also, that flu;
soil w hjcli any one owns jnd works for
his benefit is a sacred thing which must
not be left to faithless or unskilful hands :
that to enrich one's self It is not necess
ary to increase one's estate, but to know
how to draw outofthe means of labor all
that they are capable of furnishing, and
that this was an inexhaustible source be
cause tin' courage and invention of man
have no limi Is.
ANECDOTES OF Pl'BLlG Ht.X.
BY COL. J. W. FORNEY.
XO. XL.
There is always something grotesque in
the manners and habits of the old south
ern slaveholders. Every body has noticed
how the negro dialect pervades the. con
versation of the so called superior race. A
beautiful Georgia, South Carolina, Yir
ginia, or Louisiana woman is made more
interesting by the infusion of the plan
tation patois into her liquid language.
Long and constant communication be
tween the master and the slave created
and crystalized affinities and eccentri
cities that will require generations to
modify. As some friends and myself
were passing through one of the south
ern states, a little more than two years
ago, an odd incident illustrative of the
characteristics of the old time school took
place in one of the smoking cars. A ven
erable gentleman, with white hair, and
gold headed cane, got in at one of the
stations, took his seat, and drew from
his large coat pocket a long pipe, which
he proceeded to fill and light. He was
soon followed by another of the same
school, a little older, who took his seat
next to him and lit a segar. rney were
evidently near neighbors, and the dia
logue ran about as follows : "How are
you all at home, sail i w en, san r- as
Miz Smith well?" "Very well, sah!"
Is Miz Jones well?" "Yes.sah," ques
tion and answer being rapidly punctua
ted with puffs. Then came the more se
rious tonic. "Jar. smitn," saia tne one
to the other, "I notice that Tom has gone
back on you, sah. I never had any op
inion of Tom, and I am not surprised
that he did go back on you, sah !" "Yes,
sah," was the reply; "he has gone back
on me. Is it not an astonishing thing,
sah, that this boy of mine should now be
representing me in the legislature, sah,
hen I am prevented trom votemg Dy
this damned radical Congress and Gov
ernment, sah? He was a first-rate ser
vant; wrote a good hand, sah; frequent
ly kept my books, sah ; and yet he sits in
the Legislature, sah, and I can not even
ote, sah." On inquiry I learned tnat
om was a former slave of our worthy
Polonius, but, after emancipation and
reconstruction, was elected a member of
the legislature, and was then at Kaleigh
doing the work that the masters had done
for a century. This simple hearted old
man did not seem to know that in every
complaint against Tom he was paying
the highest tribute to his qualihcations.
During the same trip one of the same
class came into our special car and rega
led us with a long catalogue ot his sul
ferings and losses. Like most Southern
men and women, he was full of talk and
full of politics. It is the characteristic
of these people that they hardly ever
hold a conversation which is not inter
larded width their1 own affairs. Addic
ted to it before the war, they enlarge up
on it now. I had barely been presented
to my new friend before lie opened his
budget. We were passing over some of
the historical fields of the rebellion, and
it was amusing to note, in the midst of
is lamentations, how he stopped to say,
Well, sah, here's the spot where we
gave the Yaukees h , sah," "Xow we
are coming to the place where you uns
rather got the advantage of us, sah, and
ere is where we had to fly to when Wil
mington fell;" and then he would re
sume his wail. ' I listened a good hour
without Interruption, The oblivious
simplicity of the man rather pleased me,
and when there was a pause in the tor
rent I said, "Pray, Mr . in all your
accusations of the national Government
have you ever once reflected upon the
part you played against it? Do you ever
thinK that all these snllerings have been
brought upon you by yourselves?" I
think if I had struck him in the face he
would not have been more surprised.
This honest, kind-hearted man was so
completely absorbed in his grievances
that he had never taken account of his
own offenses. And so it is with the en
tire class. Naturally generous, confid-
ng, and brave, they are so much ab
sorbed in themselves, and have all lived
so long iu their exclusive world, that
they have finally come to believe iu noth
ing but their own wrongs, and never in
dulge the liable ol selt-exanunation.
Herein we have the source ol their steady
resistance to mental and material pro
gress. They do not feel the world move
They do not see- the vast improvements
all around them. They will retain thou
sands of acres without going out of their
way for purchasers, and even when they
nnd them they are very apt to lorieit
bargain on account of politics. To them
every advance in science and in govern
ment is a radical innovation. They can t
be called malignant, although their ex
clusiveness operates precisely as if they
were. They are generous as long as
their vanity is flattered. Very brave in
personal combat, they fought gallantly
on tne reoei side, Dut, lacking true cour
age and self respect, they do not admit
that tney committed the slightest wrong
against tneir Government, even while
they expect the Government to extend
its blessings over them. It remains to
be seen whether the children of these
men and women will follow their exam
ple. Happily for themselves, and happi
ly tor the country, the Government of
the United States and the welfare of all
its citizens do not depend upon the fiat
ot the old sfaveholders.
But I was talking of the peculiar dia
lect of these people rather than their
opinions. Henry Clay's speaking was
strongly marKea by it. James Jtt. .Ma
son, of Virgina, seemed to delight in the
African accent. But tliere was uo bet
ter specimen than the late Thomas II
Bayly, for many years the Kepresenta-
tive in Congress of the Accomae district
He was a man of considerable force and
education, and I can easily recall his tall
torm, his expressive face and ringing
voice, as spectacles on nose, he would
address the "3Ir. Speakah," and refer
to the honorable member who has just
had the "flo'." Keitt, of South Caroli
na, had the same accent and pronuncia
tion. So, too, Linn Boyd, ot Kentucky,
and Howell uodu, ot Meorgia. All the
men, and most the former leaders of
opinion in the South arc in their graves.
but Toombs, Stephens, Henry A. Wise,
Bocock, John Forsyth, and Jeff. Davis
still live, as warnings, if not as examples.
When a man is well, he doesn't realize
that he has a nerve, or a drop of blood.
Touch the brain, let sickness remove the
tough covering, the protection of health,
and cities are the heads, the brains of the
country. They produce civilization and
are produced by it; their purity, morali
ty and wholesomeness are of transcend
ant importance to the whole universe.
Shall the nerve in the cheek ray to the
nerve in the foot, "You are so far down
that you don't belong to me." It is no
ble to spread commerce all over the land
but it is of more importance that a me
tropolis should be a weU governed city
than that it should increase in commerce.
Our cities are the seats of God, although
you might not think so from the. fruits
they bear ; but whether the seat of the
demoniac gods or of the Great Jehovah,
they are the places of power. Our civili-,
zatiou is expressed by our cities. Amer- .
icaistobe the land of cities. Intelli
gence and thrift always develop in that I
direction. This fire is a good tiling, then, I
if only for enlarging the idea of our re
lation to the world. This burning of
Chicago is a great national benefit. It
hasn't been a disaster. We are richer
to-day with Chicago burned than we
ever were before. There were a great
many things which should have been
burned. If we were to judge from the
cruelty and lust which transpired there,
it would seem as if God sat upon his
throne ouly to make misery. Over
against this picture, like a rainbow
against the storm cloud, hangs another,
fair and beautiful. In that great whirl
ing tornado of fire there was a bounti
ful harvest of good as well as a hide
ous, harvest of evil. How many selfish
men have learned to esteem others better
than themselves. How many mothers
joyfully suffered that their children
might be spared. V hat heroic achieve- i
inents ; more than, we know, but not !
more than the an eels chronicle. Alan-
hood is raging in its best aspect. Xot I
that I think houses, offices, banks and j
churches are the best crop ; but that man-1
noou which the very next day rebound
ed and commenced "is better to us than
streets paved with gold. The sufferers
rose superior to their misfortu nes. They I
stand up heavier and stronger than be-
tore,anu it s this manhood that makes tne
world rich. It is a treasure to. Europe,
and may rouse the sluggish Asia. Burn
dwellings; go down churches, that we
may see what lies behind you. There is
a grand a glorious bright side to this so
called calamity. I mean to participate in
the heroic example of the sufferers, and
pick out the good lying among the ashes.
It may be safely affirmed that not a man
was more than twelve hours hungry.
All the granaries of tde West, and the
wardrobes ot the East were thrown
open, t ire and steam did the work of I
humanity. A mother in the night never
turned quicker to her mourning babe,
than the whole world turned to ease the
pain and misery of the great charred
city. Creeds might be spread all over
the universe, and not a Christain be
found on it. Churches might be built
upon every block of land, and the soirit
of Christ be nowhere visible. We have
been Dreaching the brotherhood of man,
eudeavering to harmonize the rough ele
ments, but at last the work has been
done by fire aud destruction. What do
we see t Churches and theatres working
together. God bless the theatres, and
the churches, too. Every man feels that
he is more than a Catholic, more than a
Protestant he is a man ! Corporations
are said to have no soul ; but it seems to
me they show something very much like
it at the present time. It is not worth
while to have a disaster which brings us
together so closely? This spectacle is
worth more than all the riches ot Chica
go. We couldn't anord to have her not
burned. When Her Majesty telegraphed
to Canada; "Send all the blankets in
the Dominion," it touched a deep chord.
We have been touched on the other side
before now. And when the Mayor of
London sends a thousand guineas to give
away when Germany, Austria, the
Drnube, and the very Black Sea send
sympathetic responses when the whole
world is beating with one heart, then are
vi e ready to exclaim, "Go4 be praised
for all!" . I admit the disaster; but the
benefits outweigh all the anguish.
however, care must be taken to avoid ex
tremes. A few nicely excuted specimens
of hand work give to a room, otherwise
bare, an air of coziness, but too many
objects of the kind produce what might
be termed a "mussy" appearance.
V ith such ornaments as vases, and ob
jects of this class, the chief essential in
securing a good effect is the exercise of
taste in selection. They may be obtain
ed of almost any quality and for almost
any price. But it should be remember
ed that a small, graceful figure, of Par
ian marble, adds more to the beauty of a
room than the half dozen plaster objects
which might be obtained for the same
money, and each of which is a deformi
ty. Above all things avoid the plaster
imitation of fruit and flowers. Bronzes,
just beginning to be appreciated in this
county, are, unfortunately, expensive,
but a very pretty one may sometimes be
obtained at a moderate cost. The plas
ter imitations of bronze, rarely very
good, are yet preferable to most plaster
figures.
vve have mentioned some of the more
obvious means of relieving the mono
tony of bare walls and mantels, and giv
ing to a house a more homelike charac
ter, in eases where this object is to be
attained with very little outlay. Com
mon sense arfd the exercise of a moder
ate degree of ingenuity and taste will
suggest numberless added devices. Cer
tainly, nothing would be more desirable
or productive of better efiect, thau a cul
tivation of the love for the beautiful, not
among the rich alone, but among those,
who, as a rule, have learned to under
stand or enjoy very little of that which
is most attractive either in nature or art.
ADORNiriENT or Rooms.
by Carl playbeli..
hiiu upon tug se:i( ince in nil weathers
TO HE UlXTKllli.
tux: bright siojg.
by henry ward beecheit.
The late gi-eat conflagration which vis
ited Chicago is an anachronism iu his
tory, and is like another Pompeii or the
apocalyptic vision. It astounded rather
than interpreted itself. We dare not
enter upon the interior of this disaster,
or ask "why hast thou done this?" Why
should the frugal and industrious suffer
more than the lazy and shiftless, who
had nothing before and have nothing
now? Why should the innocent and
helpless-r-the poor little children the
weak women be chased out into the niirht
only to hill victims to the devouring
element? Why should the puny wife,
pist. opening tho door ot fife to her
first born, be destroyed and since she
must go, why might "not the lover and
the husband go too? God's judgments
are a great deep, and the man who at
tempts to follow them with inquisition
will soon hud himself without chart or
compass. Turn away from these quer
ies, for in their path lies Atheism, lie-
fuse longer to be in darkness. Is there
not some thought that will bring joy and
comfort to the sorrowing? Is there not
a bright aid.) ti) this terrible disaster?
es, there is. Morally, socially and iu
dustriuusly, cities are the great heads of
society, Chicago is blotted out, but eve
ry town, villago uud city feelw the flash
of its flames. Its ucrve-fllaments run
out to every part of the land. There is
scarcely a nation on the globe but had
some of the roots of Chicago in it. Xo
city stands alone no lmiu can stand
alone much Icsj can a whole communi
ty of men.
Perhaps the most marked defect in the
character of the average American is his
almost utter lack ot a tiuer taste. Satisfi
ed with the real, the ideal is something
beyond his comprehension. It his home
be but comfortable, commodious and well
lurnishea with all necessaries, fie is sat
isfied, lie feels no want of something
more; something to constantly please
the eye and gratify the artistic taste,
Take a room in one of our ordinary
houses, it is eomtortaoly lurnished,
and, it must be admitted, that occasion
ally an attempt has been made to decor
ate the walls ; but it has been a matter of
conventionality, not of study. It has
been no labor of love, Pictures of a uni
form size have been hung upon the walls
at equal distances from each other, where
with the grim precision of grenadiers,
they face the looker on. The observer
would be awed by their magnitude, were
it not lor their superlative badness. An
abundance of bright color, and a display
of gilded frames, constitute their chief
merits, and the remaining adornments of
the room are equally prominent and un
handsome.
In houses of a less pretentious class.
such as are occupied by the families of
laboring men, the style of decoration,
save in the matter of costliness, is very
similar, Qaudy colored wood cuts adorn
the walls, and plaster figures ol impossi
ble forms are arranged upon the man
tels.
Such is, too often, the degree of taste
exhibited in the decoration of our Amer
ican homes. It is true, that even such
efforts to attain the beautiful are better
than none at all, for they show a hom
age tor art even in cases where real ar
tistie beauty is neither appreciated nor
uuuerstood.
This condition of things is bad enough
and we need a higher and more general
cultivation in matters ot taste. But m
many cases uo attempt at all, or, at least
noue worthy ot mention, are made to
renderahou.se beautiful, from tlie mi
taken idea that means of gratifying the
finer wants ot our nature accompany
only tqe possesston o.t money, rin
m error.
Fewr who have never made the attempt
can understand now cast- it is to make
house attractive in its interior decora
tion with very little outlay. A few pic
tures, small but carefully selected ; a
handsome bracket, so placed as to be
useful and ornamental; a pair of vases
on the mantel, not gaudy, colored affairs,
but delicate in lorin, and possessing an
artistic beauty. These and numberless
similar objects, each good in its kind
though neither large nor expensive, all
contribute to the. general attractiveness
of a home, when distributed and arrang
ed with judgment.
By careful observation and judgment
in purchasing, a really good picture may
sometimes be obtained at auction, or oth
erwise, nt a nominal price. Of course,
these chances are only of occasional oc
currence, and can be secured only by
being constantly on the lookout. Again,
a good engraving isV prize sometimes to
be secured, even in this country, and a
really tine engraving is well worthy of
possession.
There aye many adjuncts of a room,
ornamental in' character, which cost al
most nothing beyond a little manual la
bor. There is work here for both the
master and mistress of a house. One, if
possessed of any mechanical genius, can
make a pretty bracket, shelf or spiviim-n
of rustic work. The other can form any
of the thousand and one objects in the
makiug of which feminine lingers de
light, and which, if not useful, arc often
very pretty. Iu this class of dec-ovations.
A NOW AFTER LEIGH HlT.
BY GEORGE TERKIXS.
Now August woos September, and
Summer lingers lightly in the lap of
Fall; now the nights lengthen and grow
cool, and mild morning loiters into noon ;
now the sun, rapidly receding, sends
slanting rays that touch and glance,
leaving the" air cool though luminant;
now the hills grow thoughtful, and look
down with a far-off gaze that by
and by will deepen into melancholy;
now the sky is cutting and fitting its
robe of haze the gauzy garment of the
ran; now the gramhelds, swept ot their
billowy gold, look up sombre and sere,
while quail and chicken whistle and
whirr around the stubble. Xow the
chestnut swells its armor of green, and
the faded corn rustles a monody ; now
the purple grapes blush crimson in the
sunlight, or foam into blood red must
round the white feet of tlie laughing
girls that tread them down; now the
streams run clearer over rocky beds, the
red spots grow redder on the silver trout,
and the partridge chirrups to its mate
that the game laws are lifted, and the
breach-loaders taken from the rack.
Now the mountains of either conti
nent put on their white caps for the long
winter s night, and the white-robed
beauties flutter downward like swallows
eeking summer; now Adolphus ceases
to perambulate without vest or collar,
and shines once more immaculate in
linen, and sheeny as to broadcloth ; now
pleasure seekers hasten homeward from
bay and ocean, drawing-rooms are
opened for the coming gaieties, diaphan
lin muslins are hud aside for rustling
silk and satin, aud the streets grow
bright with glowing faces, and the par
lors glad with light and laughter.
JN ovy theatres open wide their many
doors, and cornice and cushion glow
with revovated lustre; now Januuschek
poses her tragic head and looks sidewise
from her matchless eyes; now Booth,
with flowing hair, and sad, pale face,
not seems but is" the Prince ot Den
mark. Now Barrett sparkles as De
Mauprat, and Thompson trips with
many-twinkling feet the measures of
"isarne iielue," ana Silly sways with sen
suous beauty through the laughter of
Ihe Brigands," or pops and hisses.
sparkles and bubbles, through the cham
pagne song or "The .puchess," Xow
Pattison and Wehli storm through Rus
sian war-song or left-hand polka, while
farepa, ana the Pattls, and Xusson, and
Kellogg and charming Minnie Hauck
u a . i . : i . i . l j 1
nie tiieir unu-iiKc LiiiciaLts, auu cue sur
grows tremulous with sons:.
Xow the sun goes early to his bed, and
as the shadows lengthen and grow deep.
the stars peep out in the sky, and the
lanterns ou me tun; me mailers click
with clear resound, voice and laughter
ring out into the night, lithe forms Hit
rapidly through light and shadow, white
faces gleam still fairer through the dusk
with the mellow charm of a mezzotint.
Summer is fleeting, but its pleasures
tarry to mingle with those of Autumn.
At field and at home, on turf and in
dra wing-room, glad girl and merry man
are given up to pleasure, and merrily
runs the world away.
"An Editor In Heaven."
Apropos to an article going the rounds
under the above heading, an exchange
presents the following legend.
Once upon a time after the demise of
one of the corps editorial, he presented
himself at the gate of the Golden city,
and requested aduiissi on. The door-keeper
asked him what had been his occupa
tion while on terra jirma ? He replied he
had been an editor.
Well" said the watchman, "we have
a crowd of your kind here now, and they
all came in 'dead heads.' If you pay
our passage you can come in; if not,you
must place yourself uuder the control of
a personage you ruled tyranically down
below" meaning the devil.
Xot having the wherewith to go in,our
brother of the quill and scissors posted
off, and presented himself a t the entrance
of Pluto's dark domains. A very dark-
complexioned gentleman stood sentry,
and asked in a gruff voice, ' Who comes ?'
"An humble disciple of Faust," was
the calm reply. .
Than hold on, you,can't be admitted,"
exclaimed the gentleman in black, evinc
ing considerable agitation, and fiercely
scowling upon him.
"Why not?" demanded the typo, who
began to get some huffish, anil looked
around for a -sheep's foot' with which to
force an entrance.
"Well, sir," replied his sable majesty,
'we let one of vour profession in here
many years ago, and he kept up a contin
ual row with his former delinquent sub
scribers, and as we have more of that
class of persons here than any other, we
have passed a law prohibiting the admis
sion of any editors, only thosejwho have
advanced our interest ill their papers on
earth, and even those we keep in a separ
ate room by themselves. You have pub
lished many things operating against us,
and always blamed the devil with every
thing that went wrong, so you can't come
in. We enforce this i tile without respect
to persons, for our own peace aud safety.
Now travel."
Casting a droll lear on the outside sen-
tinal, our typographical friend started on
again, determined to get in above. This-!
time he took with him an old hie of his
papers, and presented it to the guardian
of the celestial city, requesting that it i
might be carefully 'examined, and they j
could see whether ho was entitled to a
free ticket. Indue course of time the
conductor came along and took him in.
telling him that ho had been a martyr to
the cause of human improvement, and
that resolutions had been passed to admit
all members ot the art preservative who
had abused the devil while below. He
added that as they were punished enough
by being with the 'devil' all their future
punishment is commuted. He furthnr
stated that not one delinquent newspaper
ubscnoer could be found in heaven.
TO THE GIRLS.
BY ALCYONE.
I want to tell vou somethins. eirls.
conndentially. Perhaps you do not know
it ; perhaps you do. If you do not know ,
it is something worth knowing:. If vou
do know it, you do not act as though you
U1U.
Now mind, this is strictly confidential.
and by "the girls" I mean all unmarried
ones of the opposite sex, be they seventeen
or seventy.
i ou have heard of the men, of course
you have ; what winning creatures, how
iascinating,what immaculate clothes they
wear, tnat pose, how charming! 1 saw
one such wink at j-ou yesterday at the
music.
You do not know him, vet you smiled ;
was that all? What ma you mean bv
giving your nanoKcrcniel a flirt at your
side?"C.'onie, follow me," was that what
you meant rue thought so, for he remark
ed to his companion that he was "goinj
for her,"whatever that means. Girls
such men are your natural-born enemies
they are enemies to all mankind, but par-
iicuiaiiv vimrs.
llumer-s notii-es in loral column ill hi'i-liMi-fr-cilforattho
rat? ol" 15 cents Mr line lr llrt
insertion muiI eiK'it c-euts iicr line fur each snli
semient insertion
Business cards $1,25 per line per ntuuini.
Yearly advert isers discontinuing tlicir adver
tisements iKiforc tlie expiration ol' thcircoiit racls
will lie cliai-jfcd according io the above rates.
Transient advertisements must invarialilv lift
paid lor iu advance. Kexular advertisements
to be paid at the expiration of each tiarter.
MEL1NGE.
I hey are the vermin ot society :a refuta
tion of the common saying, that nature
aunors a vacuum, rnse living nonenti
ties, these fungosities, live on your smiles,
your presence begets them, and yon play
tne nosiess oi natures and warm nib
life those serpents, that poison wivhthci
wiles, aud delude yon with their simper-
111 l H .11 1 i 1 I C ,
cry low nonest. earnest, real men
find a woman to love. Whv? Because you
seemingly love to flutter and fawn around
these gilded, gaudy vacuums; and it's
queer, ain't it, like'moths you approach
these benighted, but to you luiliant.
beings, only to burn your wings, and
ultimately to fall within the anient rays,
hopeless, powerless, lost; and to draw
from their hearts as much sympathy as
do the flies, who, attracted by the flame
of a lamp, leave their wings. 'hi its dory,
oply lo fall within its warmth, no' hand
extended to save, and so to expire within
sight of tlie goal, destroyed, without
power to even stay the hand of tlie de
stroy r.
Ho you fhlnk the paint on your face
pleases a man that, respect you ? that the
carmine on your lips renders you more
attractive? the eyebrows arched with
India ink, the face smeared with lily
white, lo improve your appearance? Nay I
nay ! 1 tell you earnestly, and this yon
may tell the rest, that, positive ugliness,
wlih an earnest heart and generous im
pulse, is vastly preferable to looking for
worth and love beneath tle yoinws of
"Paris vylnte itud'unoeu fun,"
Tint your hearts with good deeds: mold
your face by thought sand acts of benevo
lence and sympathy, and loving you will
be as natural as flowers turn to greet the
light; and then all the good, the true, the
noble in man will seek you out. Cold is
never plated.
A Bichmond druggist sprinkled acid
on a bench where loafers used to sit and
reflect. None of said loafers have becu
able to sit and relU'cl iuisv
Two of our great educational institu-
10ns are now engaged in the praise
worthy task of endeavoring to suppress
the lisgraceful and blackguardly prac-
leeot "hazing, or the malicious abuse
of the juniors by the seniors. At Prince-
oiiP resident Jlct'osh has arrayed against
himself and the Faculty the malice and
mritot runianism among the students.
but as he is iu the right, and as he has
plenty of firmness to uphold the right and
to maintain discipline at all hazards
there is very little doubt that he will ae
chieve a decisive victory. At both of the
military schools of the country hazing
has been even more ot a feature than at
the civil schools, and there are many ofli
cersof Ihe army and navy of high rank
who will earnestly contend that it is es
sential for the proper education of an of
ficer and a gentleman that he should be
kicked and culled during his junior year,
aud that he should kick and cuff his
juniors after he has arrived at the dignity
ot a senior. The position ot a newly ad
mitted cadet, especially if he be a boy of
sensitive disposition and refinement, is
one of continual torture, and for some of
the refinements of cruelty practiced he
has absolutely no remedy, as it is a prom
inent article in the . code of cadet
morals that "blabbing" is the most un
pardonable offense a "youngster" can
commit. In view of the brutal outrages
that are known to be practiced upon boys
recently admitted to the 3i aval and Mili
tary Academies, it is gratifying to find
that "hazing" is beginning to receive the
attention it deserves from the highest au
thorities. Secretary liobeson has done
something which wilL be cordially ap
proved by the country at large in the is
suing of an order on Saturday last dis
missing five of tho cadets of the Naval
Academy for "hazing," in defiance of
orders and regulations. The Secretary
hits the nail square on the head when lie
says that, "while mere youthful vivacity
may be overlooked, persistent black
guardism is inconsistent with the charac
ter ot an officer and a gentleman, and
will not be tolerated. Ihere is no les
son our bovs and young men need to
learn more than the difference between
mere fun and ruffianism, aud those who
have the supervision of our educational
institutions cannot perform a greater
service to those under their care than by
compelling them to behave like gentle
men and to have some respect for the
feelings ot others, especially those
younger and weakerjth.in themselves.
A BEAIJTIFtl. INCIDENT.
Dr Adams, in his beautiful book of
"Thanksgiving Memories," gives us the
following incident:
"In the Cathedral of Limerick there
hangs a chime of bells, which was cast
in Italy by an enthusiast iu his trade,
who fixed his home near the monastery
where they were first hung, that he
might daily enjoy their sweet and sol
emn music. In some political revolu
tion the bells were taken away to some
distant land, and their maker himself
became a refugee and exile. His wan
derings brought him, lifter many years,
to Ireland. On a calm aud beautiful
evening, as the vessel which bore him
floated on tho bosom of Shannon, sud
denly the evening chimes pealed trom
the cathedral towers. 1 lis practiced ear
caught the sound, and he knew that his
lost treasures were found. His t-arly
home, his old friends, his beloved native
land, all the best associations of his life
were in those sounds. He laid himself
back iu the boat, crossed his arms upon
his breast and listened to the music. The
boat reached ihe wharf, but still he lay
tliere, silent and motionless. They
spoke to him, but he did not answer.
They went to him. but his spirit had
fled." The tide otmemories that came vi
brating through' his heart at that well-
known chime had snapped its strings:"
It was tliis incident that suggested to
Moore his song of "The livening Bells."
As Moore is not so much read as he used
to be a ipiarter of a century ago, we re
print the lines, as they may not be
familiar to some of our readers:
"Those evening hells! "TlioseVvenlng: hells !
How niHuy h talc their music tells,
of you! !l and home, ami that sweet time
AVlien last I heard their Mioihiug chime.
Seasonable upsand downs Spring and
fall weather.
A n-ice production may be expected
from December.
An Illinois paper calls itself the Ari-
ery, m hope of pushing: its circulation.
Yellow fever is known in Mississippi
as the "saftron-hued angel of death!"
January is a month like the foreman
of a jury, being the first of tho twelve.
What is the boatman's month? Whv.
the month of rose in. Dnn't June no'.
t'?
Little black and tan dosrs are now es
sential to the happiness of New York
belles.
Which is tlie most hiinnrrv season
Summer, for no one disputes tlie sum
mer's (h)eat.
Tne man who popped the question bv
starlight" got his sweetheart's rongeur
in a twinkling.
October cannot be said to be an up
right month, for it is always found in the
lau oi tne year.
December may be said to tin the wear
ing apparel of the seasons, it leinr the
cluse of t?ie year.'- -
Pesolutions of "thanks to God ahd to
the police of tlie city," were passed bv
an Indianapolis meeting. - .
May is the most surnrisinsr month, for
whenever a person is surprised, .lie will
admit that 'tis it-hwii's-meiit.
Lead ore of a verv l-ii-h nunlilv bn
been discovered in the southern part of
Greenwood County, Kansas.
Two Ohio editors, havinsr had a talk
with the President, have diseovereil Hint.
he is a "scintillatinir senilis.
Mr. Greeley to the people "Office
seeking in our deadly upas." The peo
ple to Mr. Greeley "You pass."
Female agitation is going beyond civil
suffrage. As the winter ball season ap
proaches, she insists on her right to bare
arms.
Summer mut perforce be upright, for
it will turn upside down if it tries to be
seated. .If you do not believe it, try a
e ion hh r-si-t yoursel f .
Thy "proud cathartic State" is what
her loving sons call the Commonwealth
of Kansas. It all comes from the cuhi-
vatiou of castor beans.
A Torre Haute girl thinks it about
time some young fellow proposed, as she
has been bridesmaid eight times, and has
been tantalized enough.
Bob-tailed Gulch, Nevada, has seven
dwelling-houses and thirty-seven sa
loons. They talk of tearing down some
of the houses to make, more room.
What season of the. year has the most
creditors? The fall, to be sure. We arc
continually reading of the fall-oirimj
sitiiis w hen a listof figures is given. .
It is said that if vou take two letters
from money, there will be but one left.
e have heard ot a man who took money
from letters and there wasn't any left.
Those joyous hours have passed away.
Ami many a heart that then was pay.
Within llie louih now darkly dwells.
And hears no more tluiso evening bells.
And thus'l shall be when ! am jyonc,
'1 !il tuneful peal shall still riu$- on.
And oilier bards shall walk these dells.
And sing thy praise, sweel eveuinjf bells',"
uriceii i 'in is- u mt , Mir mutves. anil Hi . , . , , . '. ,,
k.u.k killed One. lie smeldt Orful. I Vrxt l,:!' xv,r,, !,s !1",i;,','t, the follow
new a Boy that Had ,S chickens but His I ul- ""'"S; Kev. J antes rhomp-
A Boy's CoMi'osn'jON ox -run Iloitsr..
The horse is the most useful animal in I
the World. So is the t ow. 1 once had j
thirteen pucks anil .s was drakes and a
Sk
k
father would not let hint raise Them and
so he got mad and so he boa ml a Hole
iu his mothers Wash tub. I wish i had
a hors. a burs weighs loot) pounds.
Olive l.ogau sayus that iu Europe- the
woman suffrage movement is generally
classed with Moriuonisin, Oneida com
munism and free-lovelsia which shows
that llie pcvplc of KurojM' cauuot he con
sidered had at clas-ii'viii" .
A young female of Sedalia, Mo., at
tempted suicide the other day because
her young man refused any longer to al
low "her $50 tresses to press his fcio
vest.
Weary of life, although only one
hundred and eight, poor Henry Wolfe,
of Callosy County, Kentucky, ended his
troubles the other (lav bv cutting his
throat.
A Missouri paper claims thnt the hogs
of that State are so fat, that in order to
find out where their heads are,it is neces
sary to make them squeal aiid tlien judgt
irom the sound.
Horace Greeley is reported as authori
ty for the last, rule to secure profit from
poultry. If it is desired to make them
lay, he says, tic. their legs together, and
then they can't stand up.
Olive Logan is going to lecture this
eason on ",'ice Young Men." . . Last
year she lectured on "Girls." A crusty
bachelor hopes to goodness she won't
get those two lectures mixed.
An affecting sight to behold at a
wedding the sorrow-stricken parent as
he "gives the bride awav," when vou
know for the last ten years he has been
trying to get her oil" his hands.
A Western gambler is said to have
sharpened his sense Of touch by sand
papering the points of his lingers to such
an extent that he can discern any card
iu the pack with his eyes blindfolded.
Cleveland newsboys catch dogs and
get 7i cents apiece for them of the 'pound
master.. Some of the more depraved
boys steal dogs from the pound aud 6ell
them over again. Qi:eky By the pound.
"I believe that mine will he the fate of
Abel." said a devoted wife to her hus
band, one day. ''How so?" replied the
husband. "Because Abel was killed hy
a club, and your club will kill me if yoii
continue to go to it every night."
A purely mechanical puuster,Ruggests
that young women have adopted the
masculine exercise of boat-raciug W
canse they think it's ro-inan-tie. Noth
ing of the sort. It's because itdevclops
tlie chest and makes them row-bust. ..
The Saturday J!v(en, in speaking of
costumes at church, says that "d'ress
ever was, and ever will be, as webs
spread iu the way of woman's righteous
ness; no doubt Eve frilled her apron of
li-leaves before she had worn it a dav."
A. minister made an interminable call
upon a lady of his acquaintance. Her lii
tlodatihtcr, who was present grew very
weary of his conversation, and at last
whispered i u an audible key: "Didn't
he bring his amen with him", mamma?"
A Pennsylvania paper has the follow
ing lines oii the marriage "of William
O raves to Wertrurlo" Dale : "Tlie ti raves,
'tis said, shall yield its dead, whenever
Gabriel's trump shall sound; but,,if God
please, from ti raves like these, a dozen
living souls may bound." '
Ammonia, as is well-known to
scholars, is named after .lupiter Amnion,
on account of its grcatstrength. This is
doubtless the mison why it is being tried
as a new motor tor propelling cars. .1 . A.
always appears w ith a pair of rams
burns ; but we doubt whether the public
will be agreeably curried upon hart's
horn. ,
A Massachusetts paper tolls of a col
ored woman who had been lately con
verted, but was so unfortunate as" to fly
into'a passion over the misdoing of one
of her friends. I lor mistress remarked
upon Ihe impropriety of such conduct iu
the case l one about to join uie church.
iml received ibis Irank. response: "l
have 'sperienced religion, and 1's gwinc
to join the church ; but, Miss H. I'll
scald dat nigger lust !
The importance of careful punctua
tion cau not bo insisted on ton urgently.
Here are a few instances which illustrate
it : " Wi'utcfi, a young man to take charge
of a pair of horses of a religious turn of
mind." "A ehild wa run. over bv a
wagon three, years old and cross-eved
with pantalets which never spoke after
wards." A toast at a public dinner.
"Woman without her, man is a brute,"
was printed, "Woman wUhout her man.
is a brute."
In the office of a New York phper there
stood in type the report of a sermon and
a paragraph about the carver of. a mad
dog. In "making up, those two got
mixed, and tlie readers of the paper the
son preached (o a large .-uulienco last
Sunday. This was bis lat sermon pre
vious to hi'; embarkation for Kurop-. He
exhorted his brethren and sisters, and at
toroll'eriiig a devout prayer, took a whim
to cut some frantic freaks. He ran up
Smith siivot io Broun, and down Car t
t'ollege. At this stage of tho proceed
ings some boys seized him, lied a tea
kettle to his tail and let him go. A great
crowd gathered and for a few iniiiuies.
there wa-i :i lively scene,"
i i