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WINCIIESTEll, T.KNNI5SSKK, APRIL 19, 1882.
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NEWS GLEANINGS.
Dalton, Oa., has tlio only ax bandlo
factory in the South. .
A 100,000 statue of John O. Culhoun,
will soon he erected at Chailcston, S. C.
Athens Is tho only city of its size in
Georgia that docs not have a free school
system.
The oyster beds on Indian river, Fia.,
are said to bo inexhaustible, and a can
ning establishment is in prospect.
The wagos of street car employes on
the New Orleans city railway have been
reduced from $38 to f 35 per month.
A suit over an old sow was settled at
Luling, Texas, last week In favor of the
defendant.' The costs were $547.80.
William Smith, of North Carolina
lias fold his tobacco crop in Lynchburg,
Va., for 50,000.
Three hundred dollars worth of snufl
was sold by a Cuthbert, Ga., house the
other day.
Atlanta and Chicago parties have or
ganized a fertilizer compnny, tho manu
factory to be situated at Nashville.
A shark was caught nearTauipa, Fin.,
he other fday, weighing 700 pounds.
had, when caught, seven rows of
teeth.
Col. Fratt, of tho Palatka, Florida,
Herald, says that alligator oil beats lard
all hollow, and that alligator steaks beat
the frogs ef Paris.
There are over half a million acres of
land in Fulton county, Ga, the county
in which Atlanta is situated, valued at
only eight cents nn aero.
Atlanta Constitution: Fifty persona
left Rome for Utah on Wednesday
morning. They were mrstly snuff dip
jiirg women who hid become Moimcn
Columbia, Ala., has mado 'more im
provement in the paet twenty-four
months than she has made in twenty-
four years before. .
A fire in Mobile last week destroyed
the entomological collection of F. Elshes
It was the remit of fourteen yeors' labor
Vnd contained 8,000 specimens.
Mr. Richard Outlaw, residing near
ulartsellc, Ala., is ninety-nine years old,
and expects to make his five bales o
botton this year.
A young Frenchman, of Hamilton
pa., spends his spare time catching but
terflies, which he sells to partus in New
fork, Philadelphia and Boston at five
?ent a piece.
Lnychburg Advance : The gold boom
Is starting all over Virginia. Gold bear
ng quartz is being developed in tevcral
ounties, said to be as rich as any found
n the Rooky Mountains.
There is a young student at the Uni-
rersity of Georgia who eats the hind
egs of every rat he can find. He also
Biets on those large size tad-poles, stewed
ike oysters. He says that both make
Delicious dishes.
The latest form of cruelty is that
dopted by a nogro of Whitesville, Ga.
lis mule was levied upon by hiscrcditors
thereupon he ceased to feed it. The
inimal died promptly, and the negro i
appy.
Caldwell, Texas, Register: A widow
Judy living on Dry creek lost a calf dur-
iig mo last storm. Alter search it was
fund back of H. N. Smith's plantation
dged in the fork of a tree, supposed to
ave blown there.
A man, Jake Brooks by name, living
War Argus, Crenshaw county, am.
bine months ago made two hand wagons,
utting his household goods in one and
is three children in the other, and took
trip to Florida and returned lately, he
Killing the chattels and his wife the
lilldren.
The bones of a woman and baby have
fst been fonnd in an old shaft near
ilia Rica, Ga. They are supposed to
k thoso of a young lady who, seventeen
oars ago, having committed a social
idiscretion, disappeared and was never
Jf terwards heard from.
Mr. A. W. Martin of Milledgcville,
la., was seventy-two ycarB of age on the
J2th ult, and never had a lawsuit, was
evcr a witness in court and never
trved on a jury but twice, neverlearned
p play at cards, and has not taken a
pnk of liquor in fifty years.
Rome Courier : The guano trade has
pen almost entirely abandonded by our
perch-ants. They find it does not in the
quel prove profitable to themselves nor
Mhe farmers. There is not one-half 09
uch sold this season as was the last
armors are learning to depend more on
peir own resources for fertilizers than
pon bought stuffs.
A THEVnrrQAT, man at f!hir.nfrntbonrht
I would be smart to make a friend who
Jept with him believe that the smart
nan had smallpox. Bo he got up in the
f'Rht. and With stnee naint he minted
h , face with smallpox pustules, aud
rent to sleep. The innocent man woke
p in the morning and looked at his
fiend, and finding him broke out, he
rent out quietly and notified the health
Hoers. and . thnv rmmn with an nmbn-
nee to take him to the pest-house. The
taart fellow had to do some of the best
:ting he over did in his life to keep out
the pest-house. He is not exactly
'w Whether it pays to be so almighty
umi. or not.
TOPICS OF THE BAT.
ZrotijAND is suffering tho ravages of a
famine.
PitixcB Bismarck in having decidedly
poor health.
Wealthy Mormons have an
average
of twelvo wives each.
JrsdR James was killed suro enough
this time, aud there is no doubt about it.
Tub auction sule of Wolfe's collection
of paintings in Now York the past week
uotted $131,805.
Sowixn of spring wheat will occur
about three weeks earlier than usual
in Minnesota and Dakota this year.
iCtwen M alone anfl J omen Wceflcn,
Pittsburg pugilists, will light June 13, in
West Virginia, for a purso of $1,000.
Tuu liquor tax bill, in Ohio, gave the
Dsniocrats a boom pretty much all over
the State iu tho lata municipal elections.
Tnr, statement that tho Chinaman
could be kicked out seems to be a mis
take. The Chinaman is a heflior fellow
in this country than wo suspected.
It m surmised that Frank James will
attempt to avongo his brother Jesse's
murder. The Ford brothers, who killed
Jesse, express no fear of personal injury.
A Kkntcokian, eighty-niuo years old,
took out a marriago licence at Cincinnati
a few days ago. Ho was halo and hearty,
but his eyesight was somewhat impaired
by age.
Thb fleecing of Charles Francis
Adams out of 19,350 by bunko sharks,
and his forgetting the swindle, has be
trayed tho fact that his memory is stully
impaired.
Evidently, another auti-Chincse immi
gration bill, loss objectionablo perhaps
in its featuros than tho ono votoed, will
bo adopted during tho present sossiou of
Cougrcss.
Says tho Toledo Tdrgram: Crow
Dog, who murdered Spotted Tail, has
been sentenced to bo hanged May 11.
This is a caso iu which tho Tail went be
fore tho Dog.
Trra Coroner's jury iu tho caso of
Cornelius J. Vanderbilt, brother of Wm.
H. Vanderbilt, returned a verdict of
death from suicide, committed under
temporary mental depression.
Bennett's Polar expedition will not
cost him less than $200,000, betides the
most excrueiuting torture to his men re
sulting in tho death of several of their
number, aud science has gained nothing.
Invitations are out for the coronation
of the Czar in August. If they aro ac
companied with passes and tho where
withal for extra expenses well, wo don't
know what we might do under tho cir
cumstances. Longfellow's will makes no public be
quests, tho bulk of tho proporty being
given to his children, Richard H. Dana,
jun., the executor named in the will, being
dead, the poet's son, Ernest, will be
mado administrator.
Discouraging reports of the innple
sugar crop come from New Hampshire
Bad wcathor has caused a poor ruu of sap
and poor sugar. Choice syrup from
Canterbury retails iu Concord at $1.25 a
gallon and Hillsboro sugar at thirty ocnU
a pound.
Frank Hatton, First Assistant Post
master General, writes tho Postmaster
at Cincinnati that postal clerks aud
other employee may accept mnnieipal
offices, unless such offices interfere
with the official discharge of their duties
in tho postoillce.
It should bo generally known that
Sarah Bernhardt now has a bona Me
husband, " a Greek gontloman, tolerably
rich, and good looking." If Sarah can
master her blood-spitting proclivity she
will keep right on playing just as if
nothiug unusual had happened.
A woman living in a suburb of Lead'
villo a few days ago, gavo birth to a
monstrosity with a head resembling a
lizard and hands liko fins. It gives out
an articulate sound. Tho father had to
be held to prevent his killing tho child
It l)ids fair to live.
Tub fact of the matter is, "Botty and
the baby" are going to bo rich. All the
prominent newspaper offices iu the coun
try are collecting a fund for tho Ser
geant's family, aud among them is tho
Philadelphia Press, whoso fund alone
now amounts to $1200. If Mason should
happen to get out he may proceed toon
joy life in the most approved style.
The sito on which St. Xavicr's Church
was located, on Sycamore street, Cm-
cinnati, seems to be a fated ono. When
the old structuro was boing torn down,
somo years ago, to give place to tho
new, a wall fell, crushing a dozen work'
men to uoatu uuuor it. Tlio new
structure, which burned a few days ago,
with furniture and fixtures, was valued
at $200,000. '
Mrt. Geouoe W. Greenr writes to the
Providence Journal.' "I am asked
whether it is true that I am writing the
life of mr late friend Lonefellow. I
reply that somo six years ago he and I
agreed to bo eaoh other's biographers,
and from that tirao to this lmvo kept tho
Intention iu view. The materials an
abundant, particularly the family loiters,
all of which havo been put at my dis
posal." Tun resignation of Htuto Senator Bar
rott, of Tenncssoo, has created much
talk, as his resignation will very consid
erably chnngo tho complexion of tin
Si-notointho event a proposition to settlo
the State debt is submitted. Tho bill to
settle tho debt at 100-3 was passpd by the
Seimto nt tho regular session by a Intro
majority, Barrett being one out of the
thirteen who voted fur it.
F.x-Ooveknor BTAsronn, of Cali
fornia, says that ultimately the entire
output of California grain fur Europe
and tho Atlantio coast will go over the
Southern Pacific P.ailroad. Ships which
will ti'ke tho graiu from New Orleaus te
Europe will be (Itted to curry back emi
grants to Now Orleans at a very low rate.
Ho snys that tho popnlar table wines of
Ciilifuriiia aro hotter than tho ordinary
poor stuff of Franco, Germany and
Italy.
A lady writes from Boston relating a
little, episode that happened when Oscar
Wilde drovo out to Cambridgo to call on
Longfellow. Oscar asked him if bow.is
not a great admirer of Browning. Long
fellow replied that ho liked tho very f.iw
poems bo could understand, but the
mass of Browning's pieces wero incom
prehensible to him. Oscar slapped the
poet familiarly on tho shoulder and re
marked: "They aro as clear to me as a
running brook. I comprehend them all
fully."
Tub London World siys that there is
slill n strain of Puritanism in America,
and that tho sons of tho people who
ordained tho Blue laws of Connecticut
who made swearing a finable offunsn,
kissing one's wife on Sunday a misde
meanor, less insipid sorls of osculation a
crime still regard weekly beans as a
Imi nt offering, aud assoicate the domestic
virtues with an annual feast of roast
turkey and pumpkin pies. Wo do not
like to dispute so eminent an authority
as tho World.
Fohp, who shot James, and wlu lived
with him ntSt. Joseph since hist Novem
ber, snys of James' daily habits:
"During the day ho would May around
the house aud iu tho evening ho would
go down town to tho news depot and get
tho papers. Ho said thero were men
here who ought to know him, but they
never did. Ho took the Chicago 7W
Afoic, Cincinnati C'm'irrm', ami Kan.as
City Time regularly, aud always knew
what was going ou all over the world.
About a week ago ho read a piece iu ono
of tho papers that Jesse .lames career
was over, and Charlie said ho was awful
mad about it."
BuEfniKit is iu favor of Chineso immi
gration to America. Ho says they are, by
nature, calculated to do a low class of
work at which other races revolt. To
give tho reader an idea of how low down
iu tho social scale tho Kov. Mr. Beeeher
laces tho Chinaman, as well as other
races of tlio huinau family, wp quote the
following from his sermon ou tho sub
ject: "What tho Amoricaus discard the
Ocrmnus ' will eat, what tho Germans
reject tho Jew will consume, mid what
tho Jews throw away tho Chinaman will
Biibsist on." This is, to say tho least,
ather a sovoro classification. However,
the question now in, What does tlio
Chiuamau cat ?
Thb story circulates that B.ev. Henry
Ward Beeeher contemplates retiring from
the pastorate of Plymouth Church, and
permanently from tho ministry, on tho
completion of his seventieth birthday,
which will bo Juno 21, next year. This
is not beoause ho is iu full physical and
mental vigor his admirers say his pres
ent sermons aro among tho bo?t ho has
ever preached but beeauso, as is re
ported, ho is unwilling to run any risk of
intellectual decline in tho pulpit, of
which ho seems to havo a dread. His
father, Eev. Lyman Beeeher, lived to be
more than eighty-seven; but had not
preached regularly for a number of
years previous to his death.
DuniNO August of last year, at the
time tho Cincinnati Commercial was
managing the " Cook One Ceut Fundi'
to aid Capt. Cook in paying a fine
assessed him for slapping a man who
" wishod Garfield would die," that paper
reoeivod the following, which, at this
timo, seems of poouliar interest :
"Kansas Citt, Mo., August 13, 1881.
"To tho Editor of the Commercial:
" Although do'""'! aud doauixed, uid f on red
by a good many, and only $20,000 of a reward
on oiea ior ua, ncau or omcrwiae, aim iur an oi
tbo abort) tto honor and niapoct our President,
and atand roadv not only to Ian, but to shoot,
if it need be, for him. Sorry it is not dollars
instead of cents that is rolling in to tho honor
able and patriotic old Captain Cook.
Frank and Jesse James.
" MiHUonri's Awful Outlaw.
" Floase copy it all for Missouri's Governor's
take. I have not seen his name in yonr paper
yet. JJttANit.
After a short visit two ladies are
about to pay their compliments to tho
Countess Santa-Grue and take their de
parture. " Pray," she says graciously,
"remain a little longer.'' "Indeed,"
answered one of the ladies in her most
winning way, "were I to stay another
five minutes I should never bo ablo to
go (whispering to the other lady), for I
bhould be fast asleep,"
' BT THE Hf.A, HUVV, 19, 1iSl,'
BY MM. riMOIJI limiQIION tvioir.iT.
WiUliman! whit of UuulglitT
Tho iky It dark, my frli nd,
Ami In bonvy grief await tho er.tl,
A liulit la burmiiii Iu a ailnit room,
llut - bavo uo lihl Ui all tlio gloom.
Watchman I wlintof Uia iilirtit?
Friend, alrung men wab'li tlio Ijll
Willi Ilia .Irani,-, mlat of tuir l .li.ro tlu-lr 'Wit,
Ami Kunieii at mrli liejrlbit.mc ..i and iray
'lllut Ilia freat dirkim end at laal in day.
Watchman I how k tlio nlplit ?
Wnorlly, friatida, for him,
YU ln huurt tjuulla nut, though tlio light bunu
dim.
A hrutnl) aa h foil;htth field of life,
Ua utara lduiLatf in Uil, Ilia ttual atrllo.
Watchman) int of thenlulit?
Frlenda, we are lett no word
To toll of all the littler wrar ttlrrej
In our aad anula. Wo eland aud mil ut fate
Who lcavca handa aniiy and k--ari dia.di.io.
II Ara pure, great itmta ao many In the land
That wa alionld loaa Hie rhoMMi id the band ?"
Wecryl lint ho whoaulfeni dee,
Urfiting febari-iicajutd jam with titcadfii't ey-a
And nuilfea no plaint while on ihfl tbrcehnM ileVh
Half dniwn liin keen awold lriin IU g at"tiiit
eheatli
And liHiklni; Inward tian.o. 7ini;erii!R lour,
Talltiliii; linaw f tlio wiult Wluio tlio ttivng.
Watchman ! how coca tho nlt;ht?
III learn, my friend, and iralno
Of hia high tmtti mid gMieron, trmttlnu wava;
Of Ida Harm love and Imojiiiit lioj and filth
Miich niiKftd lifo'a tiica tree Jt'oui all biij'.it or
acaihe.
Strange! wo forftct the lanre! wreath e t'avc,
And uii.y love him, alundiuif luur hia grain.
Watchman I what of the nlhl 1
Friend, hen It la nt,
Wo wonder uliat our uricf cm bring at laet, ,
To lay Uon hU broa l, tree, tender hreapt,
What flouer whoao awi-elneet eiiall out 4ft tlio l"t
Ai.cl Una wo act from all the h:o..iu apart ;
" Ilo Moko now luvo and ludh iu eiery hart."
Wiilohinau 1 what of Ihs nli;ht?
Would OihI that It weru gouo
And no might ki-a oiico more the rlaimr dannt
'J'he durknek di-:ier i-owm -tho lixht liiuini hev,
llierw awtcpa u cr laud und lea a cry rf aool
Wat'-hnian! Wh-d now! Whatuowl
Ifu.h, friend we may not any
Only that -nil tho puwi h.i pjwed a.vay.
Vittrmn'lti t'mnmrcial.
OLD STEP TO A NEW Tl'NK.
"One, two, three, four, five, six 1
One, two, three, four, five, six I More
evenly, monsieur, if you please, l'ou
must not rise so much ou the four.
Again I Four, livo, six I One, two,
threo, four, tlvo, six I" with a monot
onous regularity thnt seemed to ti ll
of a round of nioro or less stupid pupils
succeeding ouo another unendingly.
Hut M idemoisello Gervanx, fishiun
able dancing mistress of Silver street,
Golden Hipuiro, und every one admitted
who had ever taken a Ies.-um of her ono
of tho prettiest girls to be met with in
town or country, had qniek, laughing
eyes, which at present told of moro in
terest than her ImsiucHH-liko tone gave a
hint of, She was of dark complexion,
with rather vivid color, nnd below tho
middle height, aud was more richly
dressed than, knowing her station, ouo
would havo expected,
Hor present pupil had observed this ;
and, bent as he was on attaining tho ob
ject for which he had sought Silver
street, nud en attaining it no quickly as
possible, ho had yet giveu more nitrii
tiou thau ho otherwise would to his
teacher's personal appearance.
It was only 11 o'clock in tho morning,
and, however dazzling such persons may
appear at their weekly assemblies and
evening classes, bo had not ex peeled to
lind such a paragon of neatness and
taste at that hour in tho. morning. Cir
cling round tho room by oneself, with
one's bauds hanging iu an osUditatiou .ly
easy position, and one's figure n ll eted
in a number of full-length mirrors, is
not a way iu which a young man, even
of little vanity, would care to present
himself before a pretty girl ; and tlio
Vieomto Alphon.se Ciumignol, of tlio
French nnvy, was quite as vain having
indeed such reason as a good-looking
face and:n slight ilauro can civo a man
to bo so as most touiir men.
Ho was a Frenchman who had been
for somo timo serving abroad, and with
distinction. Uo had just tu't'ived iu
London, and, rich, high-born and in a
small way famous, ho found himself
wnrmlv welcomed. Invitations to nil
tho host houses flowed in ; and Monsieur
lo A'ieomtu found it necessary to get tlio
assifltauoo of friends well acquainted
with Loudon society before ho could de
termine which of his cards ho should
use, and which ho should tacitly or ex
pressly lay aside.
But of his manv invitations ono had
been accepted beforehand, aud, in fact,
was tlio cause of tns visit to lidigiana.
Ho was encaged to bo mairied, and had
come over to bo engaged to his flunrce
literally to bo introduced to her, for
they hail never met. 'llteirlnniiliesliail,
in French fashion, mado up tho match,
and tho two persons whom English
iicoulo would bnvo considered most in
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torestetl nail novor comu hki u i
This was Monday. Uu wcuncsuay
weok there was to bo a state dinner at
tho French Embassy, followed by a bull,
for tho purpose of introducing Monsieur
Alphonso to tlio daughter of tho Marquis
do la Peuthiere, French Ambassador at
St. James'. A little of Euglish preju
dice had been allowed to creep in, in
defereuco to which tho VicoHitu had re
ceived a private invitation to tea on tlio
name afternoon, until which time, owing
to her absence ou a visit in Shropshire,
the young lady would be invisible. In
ouo moro week from that date they woro
to bo married a queer arrangement to
tho English minds, but to tho two famil
ies, and indeod to the two persons who
iu Euglish eyes would havo Iweil consid
ered victims to it, tho most natural stato
of things iu the world.
Oddly enough, the Vieomto could not
dauoe tho newebt waltz which was then
tho race in Loudon. New descriptions
of that dance succeeded one another so
quickly that in these days it is easy for
a sailor, French by birth aud fashiona
blo by Btation though he be, to return
from the service of his country and find
liimmilf still " at sea" ou the wcll-waxea
boards of a ball-room, Such a state of
things could not be permitted to con
tinue, more especially as Madomoisello
de la Pcnthiere would certaiuly expect
her flanrf.e to dauco, aud to dance well.
Bo the Vicomte had callod in Silver
front one morn in r at au early hour,
had sent up his card, and had boon duly
received by Mademoiselle Geivaux, and
had token Lis first lesson at once, She
wis not at all liko tlio dancing-mistress
whom, fmm tho description given by
the friends who had recommended him
to apply to her, ho had expected to bod.
But sho evidently knew how to dunco,
and sho was very handsome and lady
like ; and the young niau found a now
kind of pleasure in returning to take his
second lesson.
"Madeiuoisollo," said ho, as ho
stopped to rest nnd nut down on a stiff
backed chair, "shull I bo perfect by
Wednesday V"
Iu his French way, so entirely desti
tuto of shyness, ho had told her all
about tho important event which wus to
come nil' ou that Woiluesdav, had ex
plained how anxious ho was to see his
futuro wife, and how graceful und
cliunmmte. suo was she must bo " that
angel t.f a daaiihcllr," But till Ibis
had taken pliteo at tho fust lesson, and
for some reason Monsieur lo Vieomto on
this occasion had said much less of tho
forthcoming event.
"Assuredly, monsieur, mademoiselle
shall havo no reason to complain. J Jut
you are no doubt consumed with anxiety
to see her?''
"Ah, am I not?" replied tho Vi
comte, with a French ejaculation. "But
mademoiselle uersi-u m entirely charm
ing I" and tho young man looked very
sincere as ho sniil this, though he added
no word of emphasis ; while mademoi
selle, who should have been hardened
by long praetieo against the warmest llut
tery, seemed unaccountably embar
rassed, and resumed the business of the
hour with wonderful alacrity.
If they were not already in love, they
Were rapidly approaching that stage;
anil on tliis day, as tho young Fivueh
nuui stood iu the dingy street waiting
for his cab, the gloomy faded neighbor
hood struck him with a full sense of in
congruity, it seemed to accord so ill with
tho grtvo and elegnneo that still im
pressed his mind. How much more ut
homo, ho thought, sho would look in
Eaton Square or iu the spacious rooms
at tlio Embassy 1 And unconsciously he
breathed a hope that Mademoiselle do
la Peuthiere might be liko her. Three
more lessons the caledlatiou came nat
urally to him threo moro lessons, she
had said, would make him perfect.
Wherever ho went during the next
three days, to park, dinner or bull, tlio
j Vieomto cuiild not avoid comparing all
uio nuiies whom lie met wuli liisdano
ing mistress ; and, when the last occasion
actually camo ou which ho was to see
her, his eeys wero open to the fact that
ho was in love lie, it Frenchman, n ni.m
of the world, .10 years old, nud ready to
rangu himself, was positively in hive I
So at tho lust lesson this littlo scene
brought itself to pass. Tho pupil had
taken his iiuul turn with his teacher,
and she had pronounced that only prae
tieo was needed to give him the smooth
ness of the perleet wultzcr.
" I must bid you ndien, then ?" said
he softly, taking her hand instead of
making "tlio low bow that, as a teacher of
deportment, she could havo exacted.
"Yes, liioii'.ieur ; I urn certain that
you will not foiget the step."
"Forget it, Adiieniie I Ah, could I
ever forget it ?' And tho Vieomto caught
her in his arms and kissed her.
The result was quite contrary to his
expectations. First, she boxed his ears
soundly, or rather one of them, and tlu n
buist into tears, which, whether caused
by rage or confusion, were certainly siu
cere and moro effective.
Tho Vieomto flung himself on his
knees and set himself fervently to pac
ify her and put things on a proper foot
ing, lint mademoiselle was mortally
offended. Never bad ho known such an
oli'en.-o regarded so severely. She was
inconsolable ; and sho was silent save
for sobs.
At last sho suddenly made for tho
door, and Monsieur lo Vicomte, bin
futuro Vide, tho event of tho coining
Wednesday, and tho wrath of tho fami
lies forgotten, in mi ecstasy of repent
ciiee implored her to marry him, to bo
his wife.
" Monsieur," replied sho with dignity,
stopping hurt, "you forget that you
are to marry another!"
"But, Adneniie, uiy darling, listen I
I love only you I"
"And wlintof your niothor aud tho
Marquis de la Peuthiere?"
" 1 am thinking only of yon I'' cried
he in a tone of despair, as tho indigna
tion of these persons occurred to him.
" Nay, Monsieur, I will not sutler this
madness. You havo insulted me, but I
will uot exact such a punishment. Hear
inc. On ono condition I will forgive
yon.
" Whatever it do, x win win i""
don."
I tako you at yonr word, lou win,
before you marry uay, at your nrst
mw.i iirtwiHi M o. uo la roniuiero
tell her of vour recent misconduct. You
liiive wrontred hev as much as niyBelf."
"I have promised, Mile. Adrienno,'
ho cried, with a groan. " But what of
your
Of mo?" said, she proudly, bowing
lnw " T minion vou. Adieu. Monsieur!
An.l lii.fnm fhn vininr man could aenin
interpose, sho disappeared, tho door
closed behind her, nud he was loft alone
iu tho unfurnished talon.
Well. I urn a fool " lie soliloqiuzed,
as ho picked his way through Golden
Squaro aud Beak street. "I'd havo
married her, though what madamo rcy
d lmvo said I don t know,
and, as to Mademoiseiio ao la rcnuuere,
T .1,,11 trdl lmr I don't know. But
www a oi"" v-- . , i 1
I'vo promised, and the uormignois ncup
their word." ho added with a groan, an
i, ,.-1.,..,l.nred hnw n few minutos ear
lier ho had offered to break his most
B.d.tniii otimiireirieot.
Even at tho i'rencn jmuiwBj, hum
otnt.dv Imildimr which, flanking the
Aiu,,ri. Onln induces country cousins io
ask what it is, a great ball is heralded
Viw Rnmn slicrht but perceptible prepara
tion a but those were littlo apparent as
the Vicomte was ushered up t he spacious
Btaireaao to tho sruiillost drawing-room.
TTnr.. t.h Marnuis do la Pcnthiere re
ceived him very oordiullyj for they were
old friends, as far as men of different
aires can be, and tho Marquis had im
i,iuj mni,,iit Knfflish iKeiudices not
to havo handed over his daughter to tlio
most unexceptionable parti had not lie
folt sure that the man himself was one
likely to make her bappyi
no was an indulgent s.tther, and sho
had been allowed much more liberty
than French girls generally enjoy be
fore marriage. Possibly, therefore, she
was not quite so resigned to her fate as
thoso around her supposed ; but sho
gave no sign of discontent, ud perhaps
was waiting to see hor future husband
before sho decided to oppose her father's
wishes. Mure probably she looked on
tho union as a matter of course.
Mademoiseiio do la Peiithiero bowed
low in answer to the Vicomte's revereu
tiid salutation ; but, with tho modesty
of a young French girl, sho shaded her
face from his eyes with her large orient
al fan, so that iu tho gathering dusk he
could not at once determine what she
win like, save that sho was elegant,
graceful and very beaut iTu'ly dressed,
After a few phrases of cordial court
esy, tho Marquis glided from the room
n proceeding not at nil in ar.Mrditneo
.villi strict French etiquette and the
two wero left together.
Tiieu tho Vicomte knew that bis timo
was come. It might bo that he would
not see her ulouo again until their mar
riage ; and he had promised "her" that
ihe hhonld bo told of his recent strango
forgelfiilnesH. Ho drew a deep sigh
this was worse than a cutting-out ex
pedition I thou lie braced hiinsrlf up,
and, ufter requesting permission to toll
her something that was a littlo disa
U'rece.lil", but which he would make as
short at possible, ho received a graeious
acquiescence, and, plunging in media
in, ho told her all iu as shamefaced a
way an a Frenchman could.
" Lhit Mousienr lo Vicomte, do you
love this woman?" ?nid the aristocrat
ic beauty, iueold tones, from behind her
Inn, when he had told his story aud made
some sort of nn apology.
"Mademoiselle, I do lovo her; but,
when I havo known your charming vir
tues for a short lime, niif, they will
drive away her memory 1 What chance
shall I, who am so susceptible, havo in
your presence ? "
But it was evident from tho Vicomte's
louo that ho had no very sanguino ex
pectations that such would bo the case.
" Well, monsieur, before 1 answer
your compliment, I too have a confess
ion to make. I also have a great friend
in London ; sho is my foster-sister, and
is a dancing-mistress, living in Silver
street, near (Joldun Square. No, do not
interrupt mo ; I will hear any reproaches
you have to utter afterward. My father
is indulgent, nnd 1 often visit her at
tended only by my maid. A week ago I
returned unexpectedly from a country
visit, und it chanced that while I was
thero my foster-sister was called away to
fulfill a liusiuoss engagement. I stayed
a few minutes iu her room practising
some new music, when a gentleman's
card wus brought up to mo by tho serv
att, who thought her mistress was still
at home. Innocently curious, I looked
at it nnd recognized the name as one
very familiar to mo. Iu a spirit of mis
chief I taw tho gentleman, made ap
pointments with him, and, with madem
oiselle's concurrence and in her liuuio,
gave him several lessons."
"Moil JHch .'" cried tho Vicomte,
snatching away the fan which sho kept
before her face. "Adrieuue, my dar
ling, am I not happy ?"
"Aud I ?" said sho. "You have not
forgotten the step?"
A'ery . lucky it was thatr Monsieur lo
Marquis did not enter for several mo
ments, or the lurking distrust which he,
as a diplomatist, felt might have been
considerably strengthened.
A week later tho marriage of thb Vi
comte and Mademoiselle do la Pcnthiere
formed the most fashionable item in the
Morning 1'oH, And as people couned
tho description of the dresses and tho
presents, they expressed their pity for
the two victims of French marriage cus
toms. But not ovon yet has anything been
known to have happened to them out of
tho common not oven yet; for these
tilings happened in tho most brilliant
days of Louis Napoleon.
Beaten by Chicago.
A tolodo comuiericnl traveler who has
icen opening up a new rouo in Indiana
ncouiiterett ono ileaicr wno tiinu i iiiiuk
md better change bis custom. Ho
ntd been dealing with a (Jhicago House
ir several years, and he nud uo mult to
liinl.
' I can make yon brooms lor 9 per
dozen," urged tho Toledoan.
" Yes, but Ulncago neais mat.
1. How's cents a pound for starch?"
" Oh, Chicago beats that."
" I'll sell you good tea by tho chest for
cents.
' That's purty fair, but Chicago boats
that." . .
" Our house will give you lour mouins
credit."
" Chicago s ahead of that.'
Tho traveler couldn't mention a thing
that Chicago didn't beat, and at last,
despairing of receiving an order, he ro-
mnrknil '
I did think of stopping over Sunday
and going to church, but it seems .
" Oh, it's no use in trying that on,
interrupted the dealer. " The agent of
a Chicago honso hps been runnnig our
choir over a year post, and a Cincinnati
house has already agreed to send us on
n Riimlnv-school library I Maybe you
can do something in the next town, but
we're chuck full liero and wouiun t toucn
a Toledo house unless it promised ns a
tweuty-acre lot for a new graveyard 1"
Statistics of the German recruiting
years 1870-'80 show that the tallest men
in the army come from Schlcswig-Hol-
stoiu. For those yeats this province
furnished upward of 6.000 men whose
uverago height was i.oira miuimerere,
od.il tho averace for the rest of Ger-
nifl.nvwasl.C-ia millimeters. About 13
nnr eeut. of Schlcswig-Holstoinors ex.-
ionderl an average of 1.750 millimeters,
and only 2 per cent, foil below the minia
mum of 1,570 miuuuetors..
It cannot be too frequently stated
that strangors are not allowed to carry
concealed weapons in this oity. They
do not vote here, and they cannot expect
to enjoy all the privileges of citizenship
on a fifteen minutes' acquaintance.
New Orlean Pieayune, r
ODD SCRAPS.
Chained wood should be washed with
cold tea.
Sour milk romoves iron rust from
while goods.
Tn puro benziuo to remove stains
from hair-cloth furniture.
Tub free use of lemon juloe aud sugar
will id ways relieve a cough.
Chram of tartar rubbed upon soiled
white kid gloves clean them well.
Ct T hot bread or coke with a hot
knife, and it will not bo clammy.
Morns will oat the all-wool reps, but
not tho mixed silk aud cottou upholster
ing. Camphor placed in drawers or trunks
will prevent mice from doing them any
injury.
Ci:ix,ino8 thnt have beon smoked by a
kerosene lamp should bo washod off with
soda water.
Sinole cream is cream that has stood
on the milk twelve hours. It is host for
tea aud coffee.
Is BoiidNa eggs put them iu boiling
watei'. It will prevent the yoke fror
coloring block.
In making a crust of any kiud, do not
melt tho lard in flour. Melting will in
jure tho crust.
Cnr.AM that is to be whipped should
not bo butter cream, lest iu whipping it
cliango to butter.
A fine comb loosens the dead skin of
the scalp iust as friction rubs ou tho
scarf skin of the body.
A few dried or preserved cherries,
with stoues out, are the very best thing
possible to garnish sweet dishes.
Dovdlb croain stands on its milk
twenty-four hours, and cream for butter
frequently stands forty-eight hours.
In Potosi the most violent headaches,
so very common there, are cured by
puttiug tho feet in hot wutcr.
A solution of common salt givou im
mediately is said to bo a successful
remedy for strychiuia poisouiug.
Salt extracts the juices of meat in
cooking. Steaks ought therefore not to
be salted until they have been broiled.
In boiliso dumplings of auy laud,
put them in the water oue at a time. If
they aro put iu together they will mix
with each other.
Tup. onlv suro and efficient way to
warm cold feet is to dip them iu cold
water aud thon rub them dry briskly
with a coarse towel.
To beat tho white of eggs quickly put
in a pinch of salt. The cooler the eggs
tho quifaker they will froth. Salt cools
aud also freshens them.
Tbf.ue is a greenness in onions and
fotutoes that renders them hard to digest
'or health's sake put them in warm
water for an hour beforo cooking.
When washing oil-cloths, put a little
milk iu tho last water they are washed
with. This will keep them bright aud
clean longer than clear water.
FiTUsmutE needs cleaning as much as
other wood-work. It may bo washed
with warm soap suds, quickly wiped dry
aud then rubbed with au oily cloth.
To make silk which has beon wrinkled
appear exactly liko new, sponge it on tho
surfaoo with a weak solution of gum
arabio or white gluo, and iron on the
wrong sido.
A paste made of whiting and benzine
will clean ruarblo, and ono made of wait
ing and chloride of soda spread and loft
to drv (in the suu if possible) on tho
marblo will remove spots.
F.oos coated with butter in which two
or three per cent, of Balicylio acid has
i,n.M. dkxrilveil aud then uacked in dry
sawdust without touchiug one another
will keep fresh for a year.
Something About Gems.
Tho ruby is more valuablo than th
diamond, if it is largo, without flaw,
aud of the true pigeou's blood color.
Tho largest known ruby belongs to the
King of Burmah, being the size of a
pigeon's egg. A flue stone of four
carats' weight is worth about two thous
and dollars; but above this rate they
are very rare, and could command fancy
prices. The ruby has beon most suc
cessfully imitated in paste, and gamete
backed by a ruby foil are often wet
with. The mouBter ruby of Charles the
Bold, set iu tho middle of a golden rose
for a pendant, which was captured by
tho Btvruoso alter bis rout at Oranson,
turned out to bo false. The Bapplure
is not so valuable when ot great size as
tlio ruby, but a fine stone brings a greit
price. Tho largest sapphiro is the
"wooden spoon Seller," so called from
tho occupation of the tinder in Bengal.
Its weight is 132 1-16 carats, and it was
sold to a French iewelor for 831,000.
Lady Burdett Coutts, of Loudon, has
oue of tho rinost sapphires. It was for
merly one of the crown jewels oi J! ranoe.
The emerald is so rarely perfect that
an emerald without a Haw lias passed
into a proverb, and fine specimens ore
worth from one hundred to two hundred
dollars a carat. In the middle ages it
valuo was enormous, Cellini putting it at
fan iinma the diamond. The largest
emerald known is the Devonshire, whioh
was purchased Dy uie uuno 01 jjdhju-
shire for Don Pedro. It is not cut, and
is two inches in diameter, weighing eight
ounces, eighteen pennyweights. The
turquoise is found in l'oista, ana tne
Shah is supposed to have in his posses
sion all the finest gems, as he allows
only those of inferior quality to leave
the country. In consequence, large
turquoise of good quality and fine color
are extremely rare ana m-ing great
prices. The opal is esteemed unlucky,
but the absurd superstition cannot be
traced further back than Boon s novel 01
Anne of Geirstein.'x m which the
Baroness Hermoine of Arnheim wears
one. The Empress Josephine s opal,
called the " Burning of Troy," from the
Innumerable red flumes blazing on its
surface, was considered to be the finest
stone of modern times, but its present
owner is unknown. In the Museum of
Vienna is an opal of to-ordinary sua
for which two hundred thousand dollar
has been refused. The largest pewi w
record is now in Rassia.
from India in 1G20, and sold to fJiui
IV of Spain.
t....'..tfl fa (TTYlim in '
A TTtn quality OI -aim-- - o
Oregon. ,