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J. A. EANOUS E,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
FORT BENTON, ~. T.,
7uTA.4Y PUBLIC A.JD JFSTICE OF T71l
PEA CE.
OFFICE: Main Street between Baker and St
.John'n 'tretcs:.
Dr. .P. E CALDWEL.L,
Homeopathic Physician,
l'OICT BE;NTON, I: M.ONTANA,
OFFit'E H1OURt:
1Froml 10to 12 a.m., 2 to 4and 7 to n p.m,
SHOBER AND LOWRY,
Attorpeys at Law and Co:lecting Agenot
,ackmon Street nea:r Wood Street.
II]ELENA, 31. T.
HI-. P. R1OLFE,
AT T NEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
- .r uit andr & (ullen, of Helena.
Coi:ections and Business Promptly At
tended to.
, . r.O,, Tntorn, near Wetzol & Coo.
J. J. DONNELLY.
Atto rney at Law,
Pro:.pt Attention Biven to Collections.
MASSENA BULLARD,
H~E3LEITNA, M. T
il%'ll Prnellr)e nld Make Collectiolns in nla
parts of he Territory.
II[oiFt It. fICKs. WM . IL iH Ni, Jo.
(. . o t, ,,ymi- ionor. Notary bl'ttlir.
BUCK & HUNT,
.Aitorlleys Ind Coumnslors at Llaw.
IfORT BENTON, - - MONTANA.
rel.c,'e: Diagodally optpocite Court
(lotuse.
J. W'. VHIEELOCK,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
OtffP b hi p ofessiooal services tt the citizens of For
lBenton and vicinlity.
OFFICE at Flanagan's Drug Store.
CIVIL ENGINEERING
-AND
SURVEYING
-OF ALL KINDS
Accurately and Promnptly Performed
-BY
H. P. RO, JFE,
Fort lcnton, : Ilontania!
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For oirotM('lal [ ' :[1aears conneCted with the Unitted
,taoies coat Survey-. The bst transit and sotlar
o' in the country nSed. lollmesteadti, Pie
anll]l i all d Desert Land Entries attended to.
Ch;arges reasonable.
INTERN ATIO NA L
HOTEL,
RINA & 8KLOWER, Progw!
Corner of Main & Bridge Sts.
HELE TTA, MI. T ,
CO81OPOLI TAN
HOTEL.
Nos. 37 & 39 Main Street,
- ,-ELENTA , M1V T.
SCHWAB & ZIMIYMERMIAN,
Proprietors,
Centennial Hotel,
G(EOItGE V. HIEAL, Proprietor,
('Oil.ti'R OF" MAIN AND GRANITE STR'EETS;
I-UTTE CITY, MONTANA.
St. Nicholas Hotel,
. 1. 3TY, MONTA ,1A
.; .. : ney House,!
t,. , J)I: MON'I"NFA
AYrI ES1'OITH I&McFARLAND,
Proprietors.
lFirst-~Class? IEotelrc in UEvery
II esiectt.
1880- ESTABLISHED- 1867.
ClHAF8 E$ ARKIIAI,
MAIN STEETrN, IelENA, M~. T., SECOND 1DOOR
BELOW FIRST NATIONAL B3ANK,
--Whoic:dalc and Retail Deatler in
Harness & Saddles,
lhorse (ollars, Spaiush Bits.
Stagye Lashel, Mcexicani Spurs,
Side Saddles, Curry Combs,
I'ack Saddllts, Buggy Harness,
lil;ksialke Whips. Buggy Whips.
--CASH PAID FOR-
HIDES, FURS and PELTRIES
Sales tlMade at Lowest Cash Rates.
REPAIRING DONE AT
SIORT NOTICE.
Youtr Patrotnage Solicited. Satisfactioh
GUARANTEED.
Poetry.
THORNS AND ROSES.
E From morn till night John's hammner rang,
The tale of labor telling;
t But oft he marked. with envious eye,
Squire Htards's cosey dwelling.
. Onedlay the Squire himself came by:
"My horse has lost a shoe, John,
And thalt' the least of all mycares,
But cares don,'t come to you, John.
The lightning struck my barns last night;
* My chill near death islaid, John;
No! life is not what folks suppose,
'Tis not of roses made, John."
i And then the Squire rode sadly off.
John watched him in amazement;
And as he watched two faces bright
Peeped from the open eacement.
lie hear, his wife's voice, sweet and low,
Ilis haby'.-i merry laughter;
John giveu his anvil such a blow
It -.hok each smoky rafter.
'I would not chiangle with Squtlire," said he,
i '"For a11l his land and money;
There's thorns for hinl as well as me,
Bult not such roses bonny!"
I'TE Pi AR SON'S LEAP YEAR.
BIY ii;ILEN FO(ilRSnT GRAVIS.
"It is a very pleasanit p:!rish," said the
I.i"iev. lMr. R qliic:tt, "alild very pleasant
peolik. The elder ladies are steady, con
asist t workers; the yoliunger active and
etlhusiaelit. I ldon't think, if I had pos
sessed t he privihlge of selecting for myself,
I could lhave found a more delightful po
sitlion."
dIr. Rod eric R:acquet was six-and-twen
Ity, twil) : straight !ose, pleasI:nit, blue
eyes, and a general talent for hbeing
I satifliid wit l ev.ery thing and every body.
Slies was lociated in his first parish, a pictur
esque little knot of houses overhanging at
brisk cataract which ntade work for mills
lanl I hltois, and filled all thte adjacent
Iwoods wilth its ntoisy umelody ; and so far he
Swa tite of thosie exceptions in lift, a per
fi.et'ly satistied man.
"Ai," siai, his friend, 3r. Alton, who
was it nlisatithrolpe. "The ladies, loh?"
"Yes," said Mr. JRnequet, quietly; "for
ofl'olurs, you knlow that hutch of the pros
plerily ofla countrl' parish deptlends upon its
femallne tleCitbers."
''"Yes," observed Mr. Alton, dryly.
"You are an nl rrllllll ied iman, I btelieve.?"
I tllm an unmarried man-yes, cert/tin
ly."
"And this is--leap year.'
'Nonlselse !" cried the parson, briskly.
"I hope you mity find it inontlsense," said
1r. Alton, pursing up his lips; "but I am
told that there are a good many single la
diles this year who are driven desperate by
the prospect of spinsterhood-- "
"Nonsednse!" again exclaimed Mr. Rae
luet. "My dear Alton, this is a little too
mtuchl of a:t burlesque. You don't serious
ly believe in this-this ttbsurdity?"
3Mr. Alton only shook his head as he rose
and reached for his hat.
"I'll get my book, Racquet," said he, as
lie looked lugubriously iaround the room,
"and go out for it stroll in these delicious,
pine-scented woods. My doctor says that
pine sapl is very healing for lungs that are
consulmptively inclined."'
"Very well," said the Rev. Mr. Racquet
with a glance at the scattered sheets of the
half-finished sermon that lay on his desk;
"a'-nd I will join you after at little period of
time.'
lle took up his penl, dipped it determiln
cdly ill tlhe ink-stand, antd wentl resolutely
to writing; but, ill spite of all his ilndustry
the words of his iconoclastic friend rang
persistenlltly ill his eatrs.
"If there shouldl ( tane fionlintdation for
Altonl's absunrd idea'" he pollndered, with
hisi pen suspended above tthe partially
written sheet; "Blut of course there canii't
lbe; but if such :1 possibility did exist-and
a !lmarried mllan is re.ally a better mleln
ber of society than :a single one. I never
did adhere to the rigid doctrine that cler
gymen should be celibates."
And all the while Rose Appleton's cher
ry cheeks and tangled yellow hair were
ldancing a hunlt will-o'-the-wisip before
the horizon of his mind's eye.
"ShCe's youtng," he said to hliself, "bnt
perhaps ai tritle inclinied to be giddy; bIut
she's certainly very ci'htitriltitin. ;n.d, sillce
the Appleton'si h:ive fatiled, intl tile mother
las opIened a boarding-rhouse, and Lncilla
its gone to tea lhingt, I don't lhink I could
do better 1t1an11 tO mar;!r'l'y--'
"Rona A1ppleton, 'ir, if yout pletase."
It wts a tilid little voice thit broke in
iiotn the threadl of his rellections, and Ro
;a herself stood blotfre him, coloring all o
er like a piink oarnrttion, with a basket of
Iate i1eah'tles in Iu:ul , and white, Ilittering
tilubons in her htt.
s;'.
'The Rev. Rodlerick miov'ed forward his
chair.
"P'rayl le seated, Miss Appleton," said
lie, not without somel confusion on his
part.
If they had been living in the Palace of
Trlth now, and JRosai cOild hlave seen into
thie depths of his lheart!
And Miss Appleton sat down, pulling
nervously at the lingers of her brown I
thread gloves.
"It's about outr Iucilla," said she.
"Indeed ?" said Mr. lRacquet.
"We want to get her well started in
life," said Rosa, appealingly.
"I thought she was teaching," cried Mr. ]
Racquet.
''She doesn't like teaching," confessed t
Ilosa; "or rather, to be candid with you,.
the trustees don't like her. She isn't very
young, you know, aind has sOilie odd, for- t
lnal little ways, and only one eye and the 1
children inake fun of lher, and the trustees
say she has no dignity,"
"Very u:lfortunate," said Mr. HRacquet,
bending a transplarent pearl paper-cutter
back and forth, with the sublime indiffer
ence which we :re all apt to display to
wards the tribulation of others. "if there
is anything I could do-"''
i'O, but therc is.'" said Rosa.
"Eh ?" ejacul:atetd lev. Rlaciluet.
"She thinks, and mamma thinks'-"
"Well ?"
"That she mighllt com here,"' said Rosa,
with her blue eyes fixed full on the young
clergyiuan's face.
(lick i click and the two pieces of sev
eredl paper cutter flew into opposite cor
iers of the room.
"IIere," cried M'r. lacqnuet-"to the
parsonage ?"
"Yes," innocently assented Rosa. "She
isn't pretty to look at, to he sure, but :s
you yourself said, itn your address to the
Sunday-sEhool, last week, beauty is a mere
nothing; and you'd .nd her very beauti
tu! and :accotplished."
"Indle:d?" said MIr. Racquet, frigidly.
"She has been highly educated," went
on Rosa, gaining confidence as she t:lked;
"but at the same time she would not de
spise descending to menial duties for the
sake of one she loves and knows as she
does you,. And so, Mr.. Racquet, she
\wants to know if you'll have her'."
A cold perspiration broke out around the
Reverend Roderic's mouth. He drew
back his chair with an instinctive move
ment of self-defence. Leap year was up
on him in very truth and fact. Alton was
right, and he should be coerced into mat
rimony before he knew it.
"1--I'd rather not!" said Mr. Racquet,
very decidedly.
Rosa looked at him, half amnazed, half
offended.
"Rather-not?" she repeated. "I don't
think Lucilla expected thait decision: Per
hap' she'd better come and see you about,
it herself."
"o, no, sishe netedut Iio that," '-gasped
Mr. Racquet. "My °decision is irrevoca
And, hurriedly gathetig his papers, 'he
caught bispen and fegneid great assiduity
once more.
"I see you are blusy," said Rosa, softly,
after an instant of hesitation.
"Yes," said Mr. Racquet, "I am rather
busy."
"Then perhaps I had better bid you
good-morning," said Rosa.
"Good-morning, Miss Appleton," said
the clergyman, with his eyes glued to the
paper.
"What!" he cried, after the fashion of
the soliloquizing heroes of the stage,
marry that wrinkled, one-eyed hag
against my will, just because she wants
some one to provide for her, and it is leap
year! And worst and cruelest of all, to
think that Rosa should come to propose
it!"
Just then Rosa's voice, soft and plain
tive, talking to the old housekeeper in the
kitchen below, chimed upon his ear. In
voluntarily le listened.
"I know it is very foolish in me to cry,
Mrs. Megson," faltered Rosa, "but, in
deed, I can't help it! You see, we heard
you were going away next week, and Lu
cilia was so anxious to obtain the situation
of housekeeper. She's so middle-aged and
steady-going, you know, that it would be
the best place for her."
"Certainly, certainly, Miss-Rosa," said
good-natured Mrs. Megson. "And what
objection did the master possibly have to
it?"
"I don't know," said Rosa, "but he was
so cold aed stern and short with me. He
didn't seem a bit like himself. And, O! t
Mrs. Megson, please do give mea glass of
water, for I feel all in a flutter. I didn't
even have a chance to tell him that Lucilla
was willing to come without wages for the
first montli, for the sake of learning the c
household ways, and-"
But Roderic Racquet heard no more.
Scattering the sermon sheets right and
left, he seized his hat and rushed down the
back garden to a certain shadowed walk, 0
which led out to an angle in the wall,
which conmmanded the highroad by which
Rosa Appleton must return to iher own i
home; and when the light figure came,
moving softly along like a shadow, lie
stepped out and stood directly in front of n
her. She started like a frightened fawn.
"Rosa," lie said, "do not be afraid. I
I do not think we quite understood each
other just now. Your sister wanted to
take the position which Mrs. Megson is n
about to vacate of housekeeper at the par- y
sonage?" 1k
"Yes, sir," said Rosa, with downcast
eyes. o0
"But I should prefer another housekeep
er, Rosa," boldly spoke out the parson. s,
"I shall prefer you as my wife, darling- s8
my own beloved life-treasure "
"I never thought of such a thing," said ei
Rosa, beginning to color up and tremble.
"Think of it now," went on Mr. Rac- te
quet, "Lucilla and your mother can live
with us, if you like; but you must be the t
little keeper, Rosa." hi
And after a singularly short period of '
deliberation, Rosa Appleton decided to ac- er
cept the situation. al
When Mr. Alton came in from his solita- di
ry meditations among the pine groves
Roderic met him with a radiant counte- M
nance. m
"Old fellow." said he, "I'm safe! No i
more of your leap year intiimidation for
sue. I'm engaged !" hi
"So she has asked you, eh?" groaned th
fMr. Alton. re
"No," said the parson: "I asked her."
A Mian's Reason Preserved.
A curious story is going the rounds of
the English newspapers of an exhibition in
the show windows of one of the leading
jewellers of Vienna. The object of attrac
tion is a brooch magnificently studded with II:
gems, il the middle of whose chasing is
inclosed the most singular of centres-four t
common, old, bent, and eorroded pins.
This brooch is the property of the Countess
Lavetskofy. The pins have a history, of
course. Seven years ago Count Robert G
Lavetskofy, as the story runs, was arrletetd B
at Warsaw for an alleged insult to the Rus
sian Government. The real author of the
insult, which consisted of some careless
words spoken at a social gathering, was
his wife. lie accepted the accusation, ti
however, and was sent to prison.
In one of the lightless dungeons in which of
the Czar is said to be fond of confining his
Polish subjects, the unfortunate martyr t
for his wife's loose tongue spent six years. tl
He had only one amusement. After he [
had been searched and thrown into a cell, iI
he had found in his coat four pins. These of
he pulled out and threw on the floor; then de
in the darkness he hunted for them. Hay
ing found them, perhaps after hours and
even days, he scattered them again. And
a
so the game went on for six weary years.
"But for them," he writes in his memoirs, i
"I would have gone mad. They provided
me with a purpose. So long as I had them
to search for I had something to do. When c
the decree for my liberation as an exile c
was brought to me, the jailer found me on so
my knees hunting for one which had es
caped ine.two days. Theysavedmy wife's
husband froim lunacy. My wife, therefore,
collid not desire a prouder ornament."'
On Which Side?
A corrcspolndent writes to the Philadel
phia Times for an answer to that question ir
which has long puzzled the beaux-On o0
which side should a gentleman ride when
escorting a lady on horseback? The edi- t
tor says: This is a point on which usage a
is not sharply defined. It was formerly G
the general custom for the gentleman to f
ride on the off side of the lady, for the rea
son that he could thus bring his horse b:
much closer to hers without inconvenience b
1o her, and would avoid the danger of en- 1
tangling his stirrup or spur in her habit.
The shorter and less voluminous skirts now
worn make this last consideration - of less a
importance. Though a man riding on a a,
lady's left must still keep a respectful
distance, there is the very strong argument
in favor of this position that he has his b
right hand toward her, disengaged and
ready to aid her in case of accident, to e,
cttch her bridle, or herself should she fall, li
or her saddle-girth slip. And this is not
all. It is probable that tihe custom of rid
lug on the lady's .right really arose from
the fact that in England you take the left
of the road. and the man should always be i1
next the passers-by. But with us the law o
of the road is reve;sed, and the man should h
therefore ride upon the near side, that he
may be between his companion and those a
whom they muay meet. Tie practical ar
rangements seem thus to favor the near
side, and it will be found thateustom tends
increasingly in that direction.
Danish Butter. s
The London -CGrocer says that Danish f
butter commnands the highest price in any v
market in London in the 'winter -months, b
because it is the best. The butter is made
on large estates, where are usually kept
from. one "hundred. to two hundred- and
eighty cows, ind in some-cases even more. I
It is satisfaetory to know thiit everytlhing c
shipped as butter fromf.Denmirk ita'pure,"
a most important fit to dealers. Denmark
exports about ten thousand casks of but
ter per week, averaging eighty pounds uset,
out of Which, at present, about foulr thou-'
sand are sent to London. Butter is also
packed in tins of various sizes for ;export
to hot climates. `Danish butters arrive in
London once or twice 'weeklvt vi the
North and the pesent dimensions of this
traffle jinsy be understood by the fau that
the goods manager of the Farrangt6io
-Street station of the Great Northern Rail
way receives weakly for distribution iu
London iabot btsixty tons o a nisb butter
a is casks,
ty HOW SHE MblIA RIEII) Hi'NIY
,.Keziah Buckthorne had survived, by a
considerable period, whatever of feminine
Ir charms and graces she might have once
possessed, when a handsome fortune drop
u ped down upon her as if from the clouds.
Had the riches come a score of years
d sooner, there is no telling what might have
ie been. Keziah's attractions, had never
been, so to speak, dazzling. But twenty
)f years have great potency in turning dim
ples into wrinkles, and lines of beauty in
g to crow's feet: and many an adventurous
SCaelebs who might have found Miss Buck
thorne a match not unacceptable, with
o such ta fortune, at twenty-five, passed her
e by at five-forty, saved from the sin of cov
etousness by the reflection that she and her
money were inseparable conjuncts.
e Even Tophahi Gynblaney, the daily pro
blem of whose life was to keep adjusted
the balance between a very moderate in
come and quite expensive tastes, and who
looked upon a thrifty marriage as the goal
of human wishes, after a few visits of re
connoissance to Keziah, which left him in
doubt that he had hut to say the word to
receive a gracious answer, left the word
unspoken.
Mr. Gynblaney's visits had ceased for
some weeks, when a message came one day
that Miss Buckthorne was quite ill-had
fallen into a decline, in fact-and had been
given up by Dr. Croke. She desired to see
Gynblaney and such other friends as might
wish to bid her farewell ere she started on
that journey whence there is no return.
Of course there was no refusing, such a
request. Decorously clad in solemn black,
and with a face put on to match, Topham
Gynblaney presents himself at the invalid's
door.
"How is she, doctor?" he inquired
gravely, of a dried-up little man, who met
him at the threshold with a countenance in
which was a whole homily on the vanity
of hope.
"Sinking rapidly," Dr. Croke replied;
"those who wish to see her alive have no
time to spare."
"There is no chance for her, then ?"
"Not the slightest. Constitution gone
nervous system shattered-lungs collapsed
-no recuperative force-no-"
"How long do you think she'll last?"
interrupted Topham, anxiously.
"Eight-and-forty heurs at the furthest;
more likely less than half of it. Would
you like to see her?" asked the doctor, at
length.
"I called for tlhat purpose," returned the
other.
"Let mse apprise her of your presence,"
said the doctor; "in her present state any
sudden surprise might prove fatal."
After a brief absence the doctor return
ed.
"This way," he said, leading the visitor
to the sick-room.
Mr. Gynblaney was shocked at; the spec
tacle that met him. His heart, we have
hinted, was pretty tough; but tough as it I
was, it was touched at the sight of the pale t
emaciated face-enough of itselt to dispel e
all doubt of the truth of the doctor's pre
dictions.
"This-is-very-kind-of yon, Top-
Mr. Gyn--blaney, I mean," the sick lady e
murmured, a spasmodic cough interi upt- 1
ing her words.
Mr. Gynblaney took the chair placed for
him at the bedside, and clasping in his own
the thin hand extended to welcome him,
returned its trembling pressure.
The doctor and the nurse retired to pre
pare a posset for the patient, leaving the
latter and 'Mr. Gynblaney alone.
"I trust you will be better soon," said
Mr. Gynblaney, with well-meant hypoeri- E
sv.
'`lThat-is-past-lhoping-for," wuas the t
'"That-is-past- oping-for,: was tile
scarcely audible answer. "Dr.--Croke
has-told-me--the-worst."
Dr. Croke, we may here remark, always
told his patients the worst. If they got
well, the more credit to hin. If they died,
of course it wasn't his fault.
A sudden thought flashed across hMr.
Gynblaney. If he could only marry Miss
Buckthorne noee ! In two days, or less, he
would be a widower, and the lawful pos- t
sessor of his wife's fortune. Here was an 1
opportunity indeedl !
Rubbing his eyes with his handkerchief
till they watered and looked red from the
force of the friction, lie gave the hand an- t
other and more tender pressure. t
"Dear Keziab," he whispered softly be
tween his sobs, "how-how--cruel that- -
that we sh-should be parted thus! I have 1
long cherished the purpose," he went on,
hurriedly, mastering his emotion with an
effort, "of asking you to be mine. Difi-]
dence alone restrained me. But if you:
will even now consent-"
"Do-you-feel-that-it-would-be-d
a-comfort-to you--Top-Topham, dea-"
The cough would not allow her to fin
ish.
"It would ! it would !", he exclaimed,
with a burst of well-feigned feeling. "To
call you mine, but for an hour, though I
lost you the next, would forever link my 4
soul to a precious memory which-which I
Mr. Gynblaney was on the point of end
ing his flight with an inglorious flop-down ]
when Keziah came to the rescue.
"It-shall-be-as-y-ou-please,-dear," I
she sighed.
"No time is to be lost!" lie cried, spring
ing up. "Let us send for a minister at i
once!" i
Just then the doctor and the nurse 'e
turned.; The minister was summoned, and
a few minutes sufficed to make Topham i
Gynblaney and Keziah Buckthorne one ]l
flesh.
A tinge, which nmight have passed for aI
blush twenty years ago, overspread the i
bride's countenance. For some moments i
she lay like one entranced with happiness. i
"Toppy, dear," she said, when they
were again alone, "I feel as if I could eat
something; they've kept me on gruel till I t
am nearly starved."
"What would you like, dearest?"
"Some tea and toast, and chops, and
boiled eggs, and-"
"Good Heavens!" exclaimedd the doctor,
entering in time to catch a portion of the
list, "do you wish to commit suicide ?"
"What hurt can it do?" she answered.
"You have already told me there is no
hope."
"I think we might as well gratify her,"
her husband added; and finding himself
outvoted, the doctor held up his hand , in
horrified protest.
The repast was brought and- re2eived
ample justice.
Next morning Mrs. Gynblaney was iup
by-times packing her trunks for an elabo
rate wedding tour, from which her hus
band and the doctor in vain tried to dis
suade her. It would be hard to tell which
of them was the most amazed. Both were
firmly convinced that the age of miracles
was not yet past-unless, as the disconso
late Gynbhlmey halfsuspected, lie had been
made the victim of a cunning plot.
The years have passed, and Tophami
Gynblaney has still, the old problem to
puzzle over; for Mrs. Gynbhuley holds her
own purse-strings, and insists on "Top
py's" living on his own income.
Well Loaded.-It was one night when a
neibghbor had been in and told burglar
storihe, that the old man hnd his two sons,
eaceh, without mentioning the fact, felt
rather searey, and 'went and loaded the
gu&i and it was the old man who got more
scared in tbe night, and, getting the gun,
Aired it ait t n imaginary mant, and got
kiked clear through the chin-eloset door.
and broke up six dozen of table ware. He
says he just wishes the burglar had fired
the gunat him, as the villain Wouid have
been killed sure
:Apl
TIlE DEATH OF RACH EL.
a Most people will remember that she
ie caught cold while attending a great cere
ee molly at the Jewish - synagogue of New
p- York in 1855, and that, through her hav
ing unfortunately neglected it, it eventu
rs ally settled upon her lungs, and in a few
re months utterly destroyed the constitution
sr of this very remarkable woman. A winter
y in Egypt, far from improving her health,
1- seems rather to have aggravated her mal
1- ady, and on her.return to France she was
is advised to spend the following winter of
1857 at Nice. M. Sardou, with exquisite
h politeness, at once placed his villa at her
r disposal, and, on her accepting it, N. Ma
rio Nechard, the accomplished author of
r "La Fiammetta," who was inhabiting it
at the time, withdrew to another residence
near Cannes.
d When Rachel left Paris she was fully
- aware that her last days were drawing
o near, and before bidding a long fare vell
.1 to her relatives and friends, she ordered
Sher carriage and drove to the front of the
1 Theatre Francaise, where she stayed a long
time contemplating the scene of her great
I est triumphs.: According to her sister,
Mile. Sarah Felix, who was in the car
t riage with her, she did not, while thus
employed, utter a single word; but the
I rapid changes of the expression on her
wonderful countenance spoke a volume of
mental sufferings and blighted hope.
The journey to the south was performed t
by short and easy stages. At Draguignan
one of the stations on the road, a beggar
woman happege.d-t come to the door of
the inn just as Bilc. Rachel was getting
into her carriage. Touched by the story I
told by the poor old creature, the great I
tragedienne opened her purse and gave t
her two or three gold pieces. This act of t
generosity exasperated Mile. Sarah, who n
was a very parsimonious person, and she
remonstrated with her sisterfor her prodi- a
gality. Rachel quietly answered, "My fi
sister, what does it matter? In a few days ii
I shall be dead. Let nme do what little ti
good I can before I go. If the old woman d
is an imposter, so much the worse for her; ti
God will judge with what intention I gave ti
her alms. 3
On arriving at Le Cannet she was re- b
ceived by several eminent persons, among p
others, by Dr, Manre, her physician. -
When she was introduced into her sleep
ing apartment she was seized with such a
paroxysm of terror 'at the sight of the
statue of I'olmnia that her attend
ants thought she had lost her reason.
She stood before it, trembling from head 0
to foot, her brow contracted, and hier eyes 1
flashing, and her cheeks glowing with an
unnatural, hectic flush. "Take away that
awful statue; for God's sake take it away i"
she cried in the hollow tone of voice which ei
had so often struck awe into the hearts of
thousands. "Take it away! It has sealed
my doom, for under its shadow I shall
surely die." In a few moments her deliir
uin, for such it seemed to be, so increased
that, before the statue could be removed, t
she was in strong convulsions, which
were succeeded by a death-like torpor. On
recovering her senses, she explained the
cause of the horror the statue had occa
sioned. On the night of .July 8, 1852, she
had a dream, in which she imagined her
self in a chamber draped in white; in the
center stood the figure of Polentia, which
seemned to cry out to her, "'Under tile shad
ow of my hand thou shalt surely die."
This story was no invention, as was after
ward found by reference to an entry in an
old diary. Strange to relate. the statue n
couldl not. be rlemoved from her room, and
was only concealed, without her knowl
edge, in au aullcove above her bed.
Rachel, like niany exceedingly iagina- e
tive persons, was given to what in other p1
people would be called lying. She would
at times tell the most extraordinary un
truths, and in perfect good faith, so that I
her brother Raphael once told me it was cC
difficult to sift out the truth from the false- te
hood in what she said. If she liked peo
ple, she imnaglned and related a thousand
agreeable anecdotes about them ; and, if it
she hated them, any number of enormi- th
ties to illustrate their evil qualities. At m
Le Cannet, however, a gravity came over g
heir which showed that she was inwardly
preparing for the change that awaited her.
Almost the only book she now read was
the "Imitation." Being asked by a skep- II
tical friend wh:at she considered its litera- w
ry merits to be, shIe said, gravely, "I do m
not care what they are. If Monsieur, Ia
had been carefully educated and trained se
from my youth, and had read this book to
earlier in life, I should have been a differ- in
ent woman. I advise you to read it with tI
attention; its perusal will do you no harm." tr
She frequently retired to her room to pray, rT
and oni several occasions held long con- m
versations with her friend on religious ce
subjects. I have been aissuredl thtt shortly se
before her death she was converted to Ca- v
tholicismn and privately baptized. st
When in Rome, ihn 1851, Rachel had fre- t
quently expressed her admn iration of v
Christainity, and was observed to be great- s
ly moved by the splendor of the rites in
the various basilcas. It was during the t
sojourn in the Eternal City that c
she was presented to Plus IX., under t
somewhat peculiar circumstances. She (
had been visiting the gardens of the Vati- r
can, toward the close of a very mild even- t
ing, when suddenly the Pope and his court r
traversed the alley in which she was walk- a
ing. She knelt as the Pontiff passed her, t
and on one of his attendants whispering
who she was, he turned to bestow a bless
ing upon lie . Rachel bowed low. His
Holiness addressed a few kindly words to
her and asked her a few questions on her
religions opinions. Whether purposely or a
by accident, she is said to have answered t
is the words spoken by Pauline in Cor- e
neille's superb drama of "Polyeucte," d
when that heroine becomes a Christain ,
"Je vois, je sais, je crois, je suis Chre- f
tienne enfin"-a speech with which she t
used to electrify her hearers in the (
days of her glory.
Her life at Le Cannot was very simple. c
Sheerose at mid-day, and spent a great t
'eal of her time in sewing, an occupation
which, whilst it kept her employed, did
not excite her as did reading and conver
sation. She also received a few visits, and r
sometimes, when feeling well enough, a
played cards--her favorite amusement. d
She was now always gentle and kind,.and s
still paid considerable attention to her a
dress, which usually consisted of a white t
muslin or silk peignoir, with natural flow- 5
ers in her hair. The kindness and atten
tion of her sister Sarah cannot be exagger- t
a ited; she who was usually impetuous and
ill-tempered was now beyond praise pa
tient and loving.
It would be difficult to describe the in
terest which was manifested, not only in
France, but all over the world, in the wel
fatre of a woman who had once played the
- guitar in the streets of Paris. Telegrams
of inquiry were sent daily from half the
courts-of Europe, especially from that of
St. aetersburg; and the quantity of fruit
and flowers which arrived for her accept
ance was positively incredible. Many la
- dies and gentlemed of distinction, from
Nice, went-iu person to inquire after her.
lI remember thait one day Msme. S. wdnit
with her daughter, and took me, then a
r smadl child, with them. I was perched on
the box with the coachman.':
On arriving at the Villa Sardon, we
found Rachel, as the day was fair, in the
ardenl She wore a white dress, and an
old white-black plaid shawl wrapped
about her body nsd htead.i She camne to
rthe door of the brouigham and received the
ioweiirs iy friensds brought her with pleas
'ant courtesy. I had become in the mean
a time, rather restless, and maulfested a
tronst insleilation to get down. The la
dies entered the house; and still I renrain
ed on my perch, no one paying me any at
the tention. Presently Mile. Rachel turned
re- round and said to the coachuman in her pe
ew culiarly resonant voice, "Faites, done, de
iv- cendre cet enfant.
u- I shall never forget the tone or the wo
sw man who uttered it. I can see her now :
on A very small, snake-like, but beautifully
er shaped head; features smnall, but straight
:h, and regular; hair raven black, and simply
a1- bound up behind in a knot; eyes peculiar,
as one, I am sure smaller, than the other.
of The last peculiarity was so remarkable, at
te least to me, that I took special note of it
er in the room afterward. I cannot recollect
a- what occurred during tih visit, but 1 do
of remember being presented with a hand
it kerchief containing a quantity of marrons
ce glaces, which, like the contented witch, I
munched and munched on myi homeward
ly journey.
ig On January 1, 1838, she became sudden
11 ly worse, and on the following Friday her
d life was despaired of. She rallied again
me on the Saturday, but on Sunday, the 5th,
iR all hope was again abandoned. "I am dy
t- ing, Sarah," she said, "and will soon be
r, with my sister Rebecca, and then God will
r- show mercy." Rebecca was her favorite
is sister, and died, when only twenty of con
ie sumption.
'r Early in the morning of that fatal Sun
if day she wrote affectionate letters to her
parents in Paris. Sarah, seeing her sis
d tar's danger, summoned the Rabbi and
i Jewish singers from Nice. They ap
.r proached the bed, and began a' mournful
f chant in the Hebrew language, "Ascend,
0 daughter of Israel to God. Behold, O,
' Lord God, the agony of thy handmaiden,
Lt Rachel, and pity her sufferings. Shorten
e her pains, Good Lord, and break these I
r bonds which bind her to life, so tlhat she
0 may be at rest. Lord God, pity Thy ser
e vant, and take her unto Thee, and let her I
agony redeem her sins, so that she may
Y find peace." Whilst they werestill sing- f
s ing Rachel fell asleep in death. Just as
e the soul and body parted she pressed her
a devoted sister's hand and opened her eyes,
to fix them on her with an expression of n
tender affection. Six hours later, Dr. 1
IMaure felt the corpse and found it flexa- i
ble, even warm, and it was long beflire he r
Spermitted it to be placed in the coflin. (i
-The Theatre. I
Popuhation Statislics.
Alabama is as large as England, and yet
has only 100,000 of people to England's 21,- e
000,000. California, with less thall 1,000,
000 of people, is very litte smaller than
France with 36,000,000. Nevada is a little
smaller, and Oregon is larger thn NSew
York and Pennsylvania combined ; so eith
er of these new States could easily hold
two older St'ates' combined population of
8,500,000. We do not think Massachusetts
overcrowded with 1,500,000. nor Ohio with
less than1 3,000,000, nor New York with 4 t,
500,000. And yet if Texas were settled as
thickly as New York, its 1,000),000 of peo
pie would grow to 22,00,000; if like Mlas
sachusetts, it wou1ld holt 52,000,000, ori
more than the whole present pop)ulation of i
the Union.
Theire are oily lifteen States out of the
thirty-eight which have each more than i
1,000,000 of people. \while there are four- I
teen States which have each a larger alrea
than EnI-lan-d with her 21,000,000. Settled
like 'England, these States would haveC
more thanl 300,000,000.
.The States toward which emigration is
now mainly setting are Minnesota', Nebras
ka, Kansas, Texas, and Colorado. These
about equal Missouri i in population, w hile
their area is ten times hers. So, to be cv-t
enly populated like Missouri, sparsely peo- I
pled as that State is, these five should have i
20,000,000; mrd to be settled like IMassa-I
clihusetts, being ninety times as large, the) I
must have 135,000,000, or three times our
country's present population. If the whole
territory of the Union were settled like
New York, it would contain 270,000,0000,
if like Massacnhsetts, 560,000,000, and if i
it reached England's ratio of inhablitants to
the square mile, its population would al- 1
most equal the present population of the
globe.
One or the Other.
She was a woman of Bloomington, Ind.
ter husband was a meclhanical genius I
with a hankering after a perpetual-motion c
machine, and her son was a live boy with c
a taste for hunting rats. The son one day t
set a steel trap in the cellar, and went I
to borrow a rat dog. The worman went I
into the cellar with a requisition for ra- l
tions, and her eearclling gaze fell on the
trap. "O, dear," she sighed, "John Hen
ry has made another perpetual-motion
machine," and prolmp)ted by womallnly
curiosity she picked it up by the trigger to
see how the old thing worked. She saw.
With hideous howls she climbed the cellar
stairs like a whirlwind, and went wailing 1
through the house and fled1 into the street.,
waking the echoes with disconsolate
shrieks, while the neighbors shouted
I "Fire!"' and thronged into her house and
began pitching out the furniture. Ordert
once more reigns in Bloomington, but
that woman has posted a p1lacard on the I'
doors, notif:ing all11 to whomn these presents
may come greeting, that hereafter it is to t
be all perrpetual-notioin machlie or al i"
rat-trap about that house, she doestn't carei
a cent which, but she isn't going to have I
the thing mixed any more.
WIhat Becomnes of Fijialln UWidi
Owi. !
There is no uniformity of custom in Fiji, I
so that no description of what is done by 1
any one tribe can be taken as applicable to
the others. The strangling of widows,how
ever, that they might be buried with their
dead husbanids. seems to have been every- w
where practiced. The Widow's brother per
forms the operation, anrd is thencefo)rwar'd i
treated with marked respect by his brother
in-law's kinsfolk, who present him with a
piece of land, over which the strangling
cord is hung up. Should he, however' fail
to stangle his sister, he is despised.
V When a wcman is about to be strangled,
she is imade to kneel down. and the cord
(a strip of native cloth), is put around her
neck. She is then told to expel her breath
as long as possible, :mr , whel she c.an eia
dure n- longer, to stretch out her hand as a
signal, whereupon the card is tightened i
and soon al is ever. It is believed that if
this direction be followed, inseosibility en
sues immediately on the tightening of the
cord; whereas if inhalation Ilis taken place,
thereis an intervi ofsuflering.-LiIan Foxe.
BLirds in a Gong.
A curious t~c i1n naturat'l listory is no- i
ticecd at the depot at Yilliamsport, Pa...
where two spa:'rowvs hti."e built their nest
and are rearing theiryounig inside tlhe gong
which announces the departure of trains.
The gong is about eighteeni illnches in di
- ameter, and when strnuck lby its hammerllnr
Shas a deafening soutid but, notwithstand
Sing its racket, and the rioar aid rattle of
eghines and carl, the birds ire unimoved
the male, indeed, beingt fiequently observ
ed sitting upon the iron knocker itself
while it is striking.
A Baltimore paper suggests that, inas
Smuch as the sight of a horse-car incites all
pedestrians to tremendous exertions;, it
Smight be a good_ plan to utilize he vehicle
e in walkingmiatches, infusing new life an
Sto the contestants 1ow ,and thenh by brin
i ing a car into sit iat the other end of the
Ati t O soyou think the bikgrou
FTelhtuaJ;y Critic-O, ino, my dear fellow!
Thaat' j st whis, theya re sot!
1- Professor Huxley on Dogs.
d Professor IIuxley pointedrout by the aid
- of a diagram, in which force was given to
the illustration by the skeleton of the ani
nmal being raised on its hind legs, thllt in
ternal construction the only difteriane be
! t.ween man and dog wits one of size and
i proportion. There was not a bone in one
it which did not exist in the other--not a
, single constilneits in the one that was not
to be found in, the otlier. In the case of
the dog there was not that which, on su
t perficial examination, answered to the
t collar-bone of the man; but 'close dissec
t tion would disclose, il the case ofthe iow
eier animal, a little bone varyin.in leongth
- from a third to haif an inch, oeaupyving the
same place as the humain collar-bone,
[ which was indulbitably a rudimentary
I collar-bone. It appeared to be of no func
tional importance, but there it was.
Considering the psychological nature of
the dog, the lecturer remarked that he
might be met at the outset with the ob
jection, "Talk of the mind of a dog; why,
I don't believe he has a mind." 'Well,
the only reasonlie he d for assuming that
the dog had a mind was the same reason
by which le assumed that all present had
minds. There was no direct evidence of
the fact any more in the one thanl in the
other. Run a pin into a rman, and there
was a stiart and a cry, by which they came
to the conclusion that pain had resulted
Run a pin into a dog, and there was.a
howl, and attempt perhaps to bite, by
which we inferred that the animal was in
a state of Gonsciousncess in which it also
suffered pain. Could they say that the
dog was a mlere piece of :llinii:ted illa
clhinery ? It was quite true that certain
philosophers had heli views of that kind,
but counnlllol-senlse people would lnot 1 have
it, land he believed the colilOlmmon-sense
people were right. At the samin time lihe
was disposed to think that in dlogs the t
feeling of pain was infinitely duller than i
in humlan beings. AsI to the other senses i
belonging to dogs, he was inclined to (
doubt very much if dogs could see with
it W iS :1 r.l' trk l e f 'I I t It it s' lte ' lwlt
regulated on a totally different scale iii
1dogs as compare" ,ith hlu beings.
Did they ever he::i' a iof ' do takingX ail1
pleasure in isie? )1 the colntrary thele
SOtuld of imuisic s.eetmill to rates= ei h.l Witte
pain, ac:Pollmnlied I). a lhor'ibh sort, of
asipot at whihli . he wais sultbjectei to the
doing its worsti n the str',Ieis, w\ihy did lhe
jil tul oil his l a lnches ail how! wihei lie
might gI t up and run iway? Yet he t
toften wondered whether dogs really dil t,
suffer pain from musih, or whether itey
howtled i r(lt in! syt ' mlathli'.y, aP did l the
jackal;s of the prairies.
lTheises llof smell in at don" Was Some
thinilg mar'elus-matrvellot s nlot only for 1
its deli'c:it'y, but ftr ihe fact tilat its dis
lrisillisaction otif what wii t l greteabile andli
disagreeable wAt , oea-tly the reverse eof
ours. They ever l ii ai'd of a dog being
inlfatuted with lavll eiir water or plit
chouli Or Eau de 'olog'lwn; lie rather re
vililed in the smell'uus whitcih to ilmen were
a source of tlnfeiielld horror td il!islust. i
lie once possessed a dogs which hle fre
quelntly left ac o ngst the thouIallnds fre
self behind ;t tree. So sool ;s theli animal
found that hlie had lost his master, he laid
his llnose to the grountid, dll in thailt li er T l
very soon trtue'd him to his hiding-polace. l
That showed that thl e dog'1 had the power d
of distinpguishing th !,a, rticular modificas q
tion of the leather of the boots caused by s
the wearingll of his mats.ter', ill contradis
tinction to the modifications prodiced by
hill dreds of tlhousalids of other people
present at the ImiomhII nt. 11
As to the ability of dogs to tlil their a
way frlom place to plt:ce, he believed there u
was an hl onsciho s registration in their 1
,inds of the visual pictures presented to it
in the various tracks through which they
passed, land. that the irelnOry worked
lbackwtard until the alnimal reahted its des
tination. No one could doubt the moral
Xeither was there any dou)t that a dog
A Baboon .)inner Episode.
Bishop ('oleu,' givres thlis incidet in the t,
early liie of a South Afri,,:n baboon. 1
There is soImeCtiig qu'iintly huntan about i ou
ii :
It wa Ii hot d11:ay, antld ai IIII(number of - bib
oonlS w(re sunnling" themselves alolng the t
bottomi of' lth i Do)n. They lay upon
their backs, with half-closed eyes, rubbing ']
their stomachs in a estlte of placil enjoy- s
luent. T'Io or three young balboolls had c
wvanlelredt to :1 little dista-llce downi the i
I)o.iy, searching iIfor scr'pioIs fromi stone
to stone jst )below them. 1'llThey ere not I t
very s:ul°ecsf'l, alnd it diM not appelar that a
their tliOventc:nfIs were of 1imuich concelr I
to tihei. ctdliel.. l1reeuly, hiCeve'r, onle
of the yo!ung oline td!!iiu i 1ng :up one, lit I
uptoi 1 fathe :And prt riculurly ifat scorpioll, t
whichll, 1i1h a futirtiv glannce :it hiis elders, a
lie s.ized a:ld popped into his mltouths, hav- I S
ing firs piilched off the st:ig'. He a once i
proceeded to turn over the stone with gre:i.
assidiity, is if in lftrth." unsucc-essful I
setrch tfor storpiOIns. lili had not escapied aIl
notice. iHow,) ver, for dovni the gully in a I
sluggish roll canmo a great hbaboon, who c
seized the young onle by the sc.l. of tlhe t
neck, shalinhg hlil vigorotusly u:il the t
plinll)p mnlorl dropped froml his:' pouch. I
HaviIg gobbtle this up, the elder babooni
t onice regained his lounge, atd: il went 1
on as before in th1 -leeepy 1 1hollow.
Supper in the imoking" tar It
'Sulppelr i, now ready in the smokillng t
ar!" shouItedt the brakemlan; an111d a -young
tihan from I f:utford, who was on his way 1
to Sill Frl' .lcisCO, went folward t[o see 1
what the brakiem:n ilant. lie went into i
the smoking car aund found a party of Bi:- i
Ivrians cooking two kinds of cheese and I
three denominations of salsages on the
store. tHe caue.out very, pale, and gave i
the lutkemann lhalf a dollar to burn match-- t
{es e1nder his nose, "Was it very bad?"i
an old gentilemlen asked him, when he re- !
turned to the coc:b,. "Sir," said the]
young man of Hartford, you will never 1
smell :anything like it until you have lec.,l i
dead about six lIlonthit.'"
A Cot.iundreui Answered., I
A silI't yoinug l1tnto alsked at geiltlemlll I
froml Catlpe Cod, "VWhlat is the difflrencel
between yvou ndti cllan?' thinkinig that
the Cape Codger would s:iy that he didn't I
kinow, aindthlen the young n1111 would
pity- him for not being able, to see any i
diffei-ence betvween himself altnd a clam, I
baut the tihing didn't work. The Codger,
t took the young manl and brushed a path -1
,eross the street with him, mtd thien, after I
cro.ji ing hulm into an empt!y fish barrel I
anidiyanking him out again, taid, "A clim
isouldln'tlbep hyiit ngwitlh you in this way.
That'. ffers th nee di 'ti .it ae and a
clain."' Tie young mlan had no moreI
questions to ask'.
,J3r Ieep said to a drukenk felilow "H'I
I were in 'our place, I would lgo out to
the Woods: tind bnug myself.' The' Ins
t'wer was, "If yooz in my plaiah, you
cotuldnit get theret'
WA CELE.BATEiiD PA\IST Pl D(5I5t 5
t o! SHODD0YITE.
i
n- Henry Ketten, the pianist. says tie San
e- Fransico Post, not only left -behind him
'l the g~l-will and hiearty favor due this
ie most aceoniplitsed artist and courteous gen
a tlemnan, but as well the memory of so thor
ot ough . aind matchless a snub to one of those
of intolerable vulgarians who forii at least
t- the superstructure of 'Frisco society that
e wve could alTbrd to ever hohl him in grate
fuil reiemrancll ~ce for the latter reasonl
aldone.
1 It appears that Mr. K. was invited to a
ie party at the house of one of our local Phi
tocrats, a large importing merchant, and
Y attended the same with his wife, precisely
as would any other expected guest.
To his surprise, however, he found the
f company sitting solemnly around, as
c though in a concert-hall, and himself at
once pressed to "play sonmething'' by his
host. The courteous Frenchman compli
I, ed, and, in response to repeated requests,
It continued to entertai-, the company lbr
I nearly two hours. When at last he was
d thoroughly fatigued, supper was announc
f ed, whereupon the host arose and said:
' "You've got piano punching down fine,
" Ketten, old fellow. Now if you'll play
e these young folks a few quadrilles and
- polkas while the balance of ius go dtown to.
a hash, I'll send up Martha Louise to relieve
lyou presently; or, if you like, you can
Shave something sent up, and eat it right
here on the piano. I ,first kinder clcudlat
ied to have to engage', a couple of tiddlers,
but the old lady said she thought you
wouldhh't mind. I'll make it ll right
Swhen you go."
lThe astoinded artist gazed at the spleak
er-iwho was well known to have been a
barkeeper in the- "good old days"--for a
few moments utterly dumfounded; then,
controlling himself, he gravely turned his
back iand began playing dance music ;s re
lqueste. When the comllany had all reas- i
sembled inl the parlor, he raised his voice
and said;
"Pray let somel whiskey, lemnols:ad su
iar be brought in."
it was done.
'"Now, then," said Mr. Ketten, lixitg i
his on eye the host--tnow, then, mix u;
somei cocktails, mny good fellow: every :
ian to his trade."
There was anl a\\wfl silence, and then the
shoddyerat, with a glmastly attemnpt to ear- t
ry off the joke, prepared the drink and
handed it to the musician.
The latter drank the beverage critically.
"You're hlsing li practie, my good inlai? ;
the elilow at the hotel bar dtoes much bet
ter. There, you may keep the change:"
and tossing the alimost asphyxinted million- i
aire a half dolular, he liput his wife underhis a
arm and walked out.
HBlazing" (Cadets at . W'est Point
and Annapoliu.
'there is hazing :at the colleges, but the I
sophomlore class has not the facilities for 1
indulging in the pastime that are possess
ed by third class-mlen at West Poit anlld
Annapolis. The third class is above tihe
new-comier, the "pleb" or "youngster,"
and exercise a certain sort of supervision
over him. lie is made superiiltenldent
over the fourth class floor. As he hlts just
come into a little ailthority, lie delights to
exercise it. The "pleb" is "spotted" or
reported for every thing. l1e is not spo
ken to :ti a geIntlelllll, jilt more like a
dog. He has to put a "sir" .t'ter every
question to an upper elassman. lie lmust
stand uptll atnd take oilf his c:p ' whenever
onle of these important and angust indi
vidlltls enters his roo0im. lie must standtl
and have his looks, figure, :and his nanle
made fun of by iperhaps a ytoung stripling
t foot shorter than himself. The lInguage
used is often insulting, but it is seldom the
pleb dares to resent it. If hte lhappeins to
get off somiethling that atiproaches . wilt and
the yonlg'jcter smiles, lie is then pitched
into for diaring to Ilaugh at all tiupper class
mate. Tils is the nlilder forml of haL'zing;
it is called llnintlg."' To most young'tI
mlen it is !more galling thlan lhaLzing proper.
The latter affects the body, while the for
mer consists in slurs and personal abuse.
On drill the youngster is yelled at on ev
ery occasion by the cadet officers, and
sileeilng remarks are made at the manlner
in which he conducts himself.
As a general thing none but the third
class are supposed to h:aze: but all three
of the tipper classes combine to make tile
new cadet uincomfortable. One that is
always practiced mtore or less every year is
the "shirt-tailparade." After taps, when
everybody is supposed to he in bed, a few
of the choice spirits of the third class go
to the floor where the plebs are in bed.
'They tulrn them out and make each one
of them armn himself with a broom. Night
clothes are all that are worn. The plebs
are organized into companies, and under
the dim light in the corridor, are drilled
in all their phantom-like picturesqueness.
The wardrobes ill the cadets' rooms aire
very narrow; thle youngsters are mllalde to
climb thenm very quickly. Often the
wlrdrobe falls on theim.
At Annapolis a sheet is stretched across
the wardrobes, and the two roomt-nmaites
are madtle to go through the evolutions of
loosing, reefing, and furling sail. They
get dusty, anid w'!hat is worse, are often
kept in their cramped positions on top of
the wardrobe until their limbs ache: they
are iladet to get. on the table, dance and
sing; 1io tmatter whether they can dance or
sing they have to go through the mIotions.
A favorite a:nlsemlent for tile festive
hatzer is to make out youngster get into
at wardrobe to sing, whlne :nother one acts
as if lie was turning the etankl of a hand
organ. Wlthenever a iew tune is wanted,
the outside mant taps oil tile war'robe and
the siiger sings him another lay. The
mattresses are taken from the beds in sev
eral rooms and piled tip around a few se
lections of the genus plebs, until thie hol
low colunn reaches near tihe ceiling. Into
the top of this, water is poured upon the
recumbent youngsters until the Ihazers get
tired. Sometimes, but not often, a partic
ularly cheeky young iman is made to eat
soap. Frequently lie is shaved with a
blunt piece of titn, comlon soap being
used for lather, -and a whisk broomi for , a
brush.
If a youungster gets to exhibititng too
much"'gall," or evinces a determination
not to submit to his many persecutions, lihe
is taken into a dark room, -where some
twenty. or thirty upper classttment are as
sembled. Thei peration of palssitg around,
is then carried out. This consists in one
man giving the rebellious pleb a punch in
the ribs, klnocking him to the next timan onl
the right. He is carried around te circle
tutil he either gives in or becomes ex
lhausted. Thiis treatment is known to
bring even the most cheeky youngster to a
proper sense of what is due by him to his
upper clas slmen.
Frequently twenty or thirty plebs are
gotten into a room, and eateed in chairs.
The most religious one that can be found
is made to take the desk and preach a ser
mon from a text in the Bible. The audi
enceat proper intervwdls says "Amet." lie
then calls on a brother for "prayer." The
prayer nmust be forthcoming. Tying plebs
up ii sheeets and ihanging them ont of win
dows is not :is commulon now as it used to
be. CUadts aire frequent, however; of
tying them in their bedls on their backs
ind tleaving thliem theie. Running a piece
of rope into a room over the transom af
te taps, and tihean making it fast to the feet
othtiepleb is commnon. The youngster ia
sudddely awiakensel by feeling hituself
drawn outrof bed He is pulled up to the
traiansom by hisfeet andm then lowr\tiedtiagai.
Thes are soncde of the :iilany ways tlhat the
pleb is made to feel thati he is ta he obedi
einit to his uplpers. hiflhntio t..~i
- AfSoarts ofPara graspin '
The heir is very set in ways.
The jokey leaus on a 2.40 gait.
A smooth bore-A life-insurhuce .eult.
, s a rule the safe blower is a retieaint
S.\Very seldloil 'rounltd-T'he square: e.on.
i "A% chiel llong ye, taking notes' -''fTl
pickpocket.-P-'uk.
The mall who "has the key to the srit-o
tion" keeps ain intelligence office.
I The forests of the eartl are estilrttea to
cover one foulrth of the land surfiace.
A tate Ilnumlleroulsly inhabited, butit not
on the Iiap---The state of suspense.
I Stock, generally go down in the suimlni r.
This rillle iloe nIot apply to corn-stails.
The Arab who invented alcohli die i
nine hiundred years ago, brit his spirit sil
t lives.
There i.s somielhiiig in the wind, i:
olyl0 couighi ;l!til eatarrhI, sate the .1. 1'
"Pay al yol go' is ta lIle, tilhe applie.
lion 01of which is most general on horse
railroads.
A Philadelphi i phbitiisop)her has di.0cov
ered that all fools are not flops, but al lips
are fools.
A great manly en who start oUt o 0 .'
form the world leave themselves off t.\
the hilt job.
The Mrs. Blloomer who invented L-t.!. cel
iebrated "Bloomer stmLtllle"' is Stili :live
and happy.
When tie t!'beJr'' shops are all fuili voit
(ln get'i :I clothes shave :at sone o: tie
clothing stores.
SForty wonen stiudlied in the Loctildoo
I School of Medicine for women during the
term just closed.
'rile glazier who was cleated out of' hId
pay complained that lie got only his troubln
for his panes.
There is a church in Norway with its
interior tmade of paper. The bhas r.'iefs
are of laper also.
The Prodigal Son is the only indlv dual
we. ever knew to acknowledge that h got
tired of it husking.
New proverlb-Yon cannollt raise si1ver
crested Hamlbugs by setting a het, on
nickel-plated eggs.
Thilere is one class of pIersons to w.Oj:n
tile board of adlieri'en has never givlen
"hearing"-1The deaf.
A 1mau explained his extreme b-aldness
by saying that he wasn't h aroun. l hen
they were giving out hair.
People always sympathize with the ui
Stler do ;' in the fight, but they -. thah
lno lley oil hIbe othe1 r animall11il.1 ,. 0,
A couple of 1pliuibeirs are tail.l i ,a
ill, Niagara Fulls this sunnmer :>,:. }ate=
senting it to the government.
Paste1o, ard .b1oxes are beco01llli! po.'l iu-*
har as tholt, made ,of wood fafr .ip.,in¬g
fruit, alld :te 4 lulctl-h cheapl, er.
PhI'liladelphia has the Honor 1of dI vsi Aigl
thie silence party, where, until -.;.1 r
time,. o one is allowed to spelak.
At the preselnt rates of inlnlli;.
vast territory of the tWest isbe.;<; - .ij
filled up by tile nations of Eur .
'the Oil City Derrick says the A'::i .
River is so cullrving that a mal ..'. :
oil its banks will snometimles tei ,. 1
owo heels.
Iow m1any can atlopt the d 'i - words
of Payson as their own li\'lig r wicrna:.
"I long to hand a cup of IhIt.-..-S toi
every hiulan being'?"
A certain junior has at last t ii'-,:.t 5
one advantage in the faculty. ER b:y -
that tihey write to his parents so cit .-i
it saves hiin the trouble.
Never point an unllloalded g l::a:
for full. If the gun goes off, it ' i l.pt
to kick yo0i like sixty, and if :. .
the mlln may do it himself.
i\olliell always claim to be .ux-!, t"a
have as good husbands as possible, --id yEt
we never attend a wedding hea'se t.0 .s
bridie malrried the best man.
One of tilose hligh-toned b,-,:·. "'.hi
ihalg around New York's best ';A. '.y hlos
turned out anll origilal Italimi--F? w
with an orliginal wife and seves s ad.j! i'S
wives.
"If you grasp a rattlesnake fid i: . ;'i:.t
the neck, he cannot strike yoe," .. a
Western paper. 'There is now no c~ cu:ise
for any'one's being bitten by then- s:r
penlts.
The IIon Jrnl stks to its cp.'.g e t ih a
przstncy worthy a betr koz. h'ies inng
wage to luk like a vtern ov thl .at war,
minus wnn arm and both legs---.L Y,
Corn. Ado.
A French office-holder goes i,-o 'diGes
with full pockets, and comes out with
empty ones. The French has,. not yet
reached the sublimity of the Amecicatn
republic.-N. Y. Mail.
One of our dry-goods dealer, aldve>r -a,
"something new in corsets." W'e dto not
know what it can be that is any 'mbtter ;tan
what was in them before. No' any 3._w
thing in corsets if you please.
The teachings of Rev. F. Mo:re, of Cov
ington, Ky., that it is proper to de v ote
Sunday to recreation as well as redtiion,
were pronounced heretical by 'he pri eby
tery, and he has left that body.
At a police court: Jpci.-'" " our aute
cedents are not too good. Yo:, hasv ld
ready been three times in prison,;' Pr',svaner
-"But you forget, Monsieur .e J~ldg e,
that I ani sixty five. At that, age it iL
not lmuich."
It sce.ne on!v necessaryforsoieumeuiiýal
institutions to have a lot of larils print
ed, to wit: "This is a doctor," to r:.a] dJon.;
diplomas, and to hire a small bo; to olte
them on candidates for professional htoors.
- I. . Mail.
lie was watching his neighbor's a.y
climb a tree. and he had a look of pailiul
anxiety on his countenance. '.Are you
afraid the lad will fall and break is aneck?"
was asked him. "No," lhe repli:ed; ".' san
deucedly afraid he won't.
The latest plan for crossing t!he English
Channel is embodied in a mod now be
fore the British admiralty for a monsler
floating railwary station, which i- to e.srr
trains holding two thousand passengers
across at the rate of fourteen knots an
hour.
Mr. Justice Page was renowtrd fo: hi1d
ferocity upon the bench. While going osi
circuit, a hmeetious lawyer nandtcl (;rnwle -
was asked if "the judge was no:- jus.
hind." "I don't know," sai(' Cszwle,
"but if he is, I am sure he was c:ver jisat
before."
A barometer shows the ilhfight of a
mountain thus: For every lCd' fe. of
perpendicular height the bh:aromoser will
frill one-tenith of an inch; if, th:bs ore,
barometer hia fallen one and alT bi.&` ; 'i
-e know we have ascended to ' beigit
1'00 feet.
A Vallejo father told hi. ,:ira ni
daughter lately that she must not. ste< t
flatterers. "But, pap'a," sh.e rEio7_ l 1 w
can I tell that they flatter mu ani
listen ?" "Tur-rue-tur-rue, :i g
And he leaned over tile end of lt
and commenced to think .
Freshmnan--' "Please iraljdid
Professor-'"Well.no, I'n. si
that you did not, come up t4 ,
Freshmnan--"Thank you sir;,`
outsmiling all over, as if igh
afraid .you.inun.e ... irte n
haa't pas3ed.': Freshmn
bet just the same. -
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