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frOL. XLVII.
BRATTLEBORO, VT., FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1880.
NO. 10.
Bhe Vermont Phoenix
rUULIRntl) WEEKLY BT
jfM.Ofair ZI'o.W Uriuiltv Huh, .TIuIii Mtrrt-t,
CIIAITLI'.IIOIIO, VT.
Tsbm. To County subscribers, 12.00 per annum;
gliobscribcr. onlMJc of Wludbam Countr. tl.ii:
Ibayable in advance.
pUATF.Ri)r AtvrRTittiK(i made know n on appliratlou.
Olrths, Drntba amt Marriage. published gratis; Obi,
nary Notice, Card, of Thanks, etc., 10c per line of
EteniworJ..
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tmnUmilttr.
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IZteprrsentlng Companies who.e As.ct. arcoeer
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TESEMKKTa TO J. V. T .
i Agents for llincoCK Fine Kxusauisiicn..
Office In Starr & IXp)'. New Hank Block, cor. Main
ami inot sticets,
lluATTLKUuT.0, VT.
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I&lbume from 1 to '2 and from G to 7 o'clock r. M.
mSVt PHYSICIAN AND SMlllKON,
M. llliAT LLBUltO, VT.
Offloewlth Dr. lloitun, corner Main and Walnut Hts.
Y. KTOIIlltltll.
J. ATTOIINEY k COUN8F.M.OII AT LAW,
Ami solicitor oi i aieuis,
ItiuirtLuoito, Vt.
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. l)ealeritlToB.ranr Cliod..llonk..Ktntlonrre.
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recalled for the irlncljal nenspapir. and magazine.,
wiiiMiwimrH oj man or oiurruisc.
KM 1. IlKniN, lloti.c and Sign I alnter, Or
Mr namenlaland Frocn ralntluK.arainlnp, Kal
Mmlnliie, l'unrr ll.tiKinu, tic.
n tirun Ktreit. iirattitLoro, vt.
nlwnyH Curos nnd novor Disappoints
t, a no worm s Kroai jraini.OAievor
5 for Man and Boast. Cheap, quick
a:ul l'olinblo.
IMTC'II UlfSC'ASTOltl.Y is not
I Narcotic. Children grow fat
'upon, .Mothers like, ami Pliy.si-
V ;iaiis recoiiinienil CASTOUIA.
It rofjulate-.s the Houels cures
AViiicl Colic, allajs Feverish iioss.
mill )lestri)s "Worms.
WEI DE MEYER'S CATARRH
C:i;o, a Constitutional Anticloto for
this torriblo malatly, by Absomtion.
iTlio most ImportnutTJlscovory sinco
K Vaccination. Other remodia may
(rouovo uazarrn, tui euros at any
i-tugo boforo Ccnbumxition sot in.
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THE OI'.nvT VEGETABLE
IPAIN DESTROYER nud SI'ECIFIC FOR
I XFLA JIM ATION AM) HEM.
0KRHAGES. Hihouniatism, Neuralgia.
thorn (listmtrtjnj' complaints in tbo lxtrnct. Our
Ili.IerlsinnluHblDia thtM)IirteaM'H, Lumbago,
rainajn Hack or Hide, ka O tr (tliitmvnt (W
cents) for una wbf'i reiuovat of clotliintf it tucon.
enleQt. t ayrc-jt bc!p 1j relic lotf Inflammatory
CJU03.
Hemorrhages, f:..
iuw, or i nm any cue, n ppceuiiv coniroueu ana
Htoiel. Our .Niiul (irenU)na In
tmifm ($l.uO)aroifreat alJa ia drrcrfitf internal
Lleodiiiir.
Ipiphtheria & Sore Throat.
nn u . iin iiruiu'iiij. it it a Euro lu ro. uv
Uyld danetToj-,
rra QI"lh Thel'trrt la the only ipedflc
latai l II. for iliis dUcase. Cold In llead-
gc uur "tauurrii -ur." nci&iiy preired
to mwt wrluim catmt, ttiutalna all the curaUa
!rccrtlOAof tue Ktlnul inurNaktti N rinse
nvatuabJe for ii"0 la catarrhal uffucUou, in viiupio
unci UQoiionkh&
Sores, Ulcers, Wounds,
bprains and Bruises, ft,"
iugt rooHrnr aud claarinir, Vm our Ointment
in cotmectlnn wltU tlia t-.itmtl t It Kill kill lu
lioaliufr, foitoiilntriinaijktifiilng'ojt thoalr,
Burns and Scalds. S&SSgK
iiiHuunvoien, ana coi.i imeoi xiu ery laiouy
ready foruwiu tiio of aCLMenU. A drtaslntr of
our Olutiuvut wiH til la Jicalictf utid present
II nf lamed or Sore Eyes.
iicauiM) vtiuuHi H.iunieci jear oi Dim,
quickly nllajluf all luMauuiuitloa aad torcnoa
without ialu.
iEarache, Toothache and
karoaphfCi wncn me i.xiruct is
I aucaL.1 IC. ntQtX iccordlng to direo
DjUo Illlntl, )tlMlliiR, or Itching,
! llCOf It Ju the creatCJt known remedy i rap-
iaty curing unoa oiuor moaicineu nave laiiod.
l'ontl'a Kx tract llettlctiltil liivr for cJottet
lute, ldapruentlvaairalni)tCbaniiKautl,llt.. Our
oiu tin fut U of irreat werrtco wbcre tho removal
of tlothinrfUiucOiivenient
FFor Broken Breast and
Sore Nipples. ?&VKet.S
rloua that mothers v. ho h& o onco uttud it ill ne er
le without it. OurOlutmvutltholttmoiucnt
that can bo apjiUed,
Female Complaints. McS
the struct bo lined, i'ull dlrocUuiid accompany
each bottle.
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31-33 18 and 32 Kllbjr street, llo.ton.
'"AhUAiir.n mill i'iioi-ektv for
t BALE AT WEST llltATTI.Enniin. mnt.lnlnc
It'lanlng macblne, circular, band and other aaws, Mith
lathes and other inacbloery fcr genera! wood work,
all lu good repair, lie.t water yower on Whetstone
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ou the premise.. tfM
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I free. Address Btinson U Co., Fort
and, Maiue,
Tlio Tlirer (Inr.I.f ffirnl Jims.
Berg.. James 12, Dnrms, of Wcblport, who
i known ns "ouo of tho cue-lcgKcd JIuih," (it
the Jrciiuoht of comuiiinder SlcNalr, rolatcit
how tho thrco Jims lost their thrco loft legs
at ouo nud tho knmo thuo nud by ono rebel
shell. 1'refnciiiR his remnrks by btallng that
ho wbs n veteran, of tho "7th refiiment Now
York State volutitecru, ho added: ' Well,
boys, it was down in a riflo iit beforo l'etcrs
Imrgb, on tho 'Jlst of Juue, WA lot of
you remember tho day mystlf (Jim llames,)
Jim Lnwreneo and Jim Allen, all of company
A, and from Wchtport, had finished our cof
feo and wero llug down Kluoking our pipes.
My In ml was Mipportcd by my arm, which
rested on my knapsack, and my right leg wan
curled up under me, my left ono being
stretched out. Tho other two Jims wero ly
ing mar me, in about tho mine, position.
That rebel shell came it did nnd thrco
Jims lost their left legs ; and here's rnpid
time inside of three hours our legs were am
putated and wo wero in tho general hospital
several miles nuny at City 1'oiut, And,
thanks to tbo Lord, tbo thrco one-legged
Jims nro alive and as happy as vets on
crutches enn be. Truy Whig.
I 'iii i say with Jim llames that I will re
member the day, as I came near being hit by
tho Mtmo shell. That afternoon a conn ado
nud myself wero passing up the road near
the rillit pit in which tho "7th New York lay.
Ol the right of tho .'oad was n deep rnviue
cut out by the water souie 12 or 15 feet deep.
At this moment wo heard the shell. I judged
it to bo n Whitwortb, from its peculiar souud,
jiud Ureal at a crosH range. My comrade in
stantly ducked for the nnine. In his haste
ho missed his foothold and went rolling
ton-aids the bottom. I commenced to laugh,
when the shell was upon mc. I threw my
self flat ou the ground anel the shell passed
just over mo nud struck in thu rillo pit but a
few feet distant and burst, but with no seri
ous harm to mc. and 1 am giad to know thnt
the "thieo Jims" came off with tho loss of
only a leg each.
II. A. 0., Co. E., 11th Vt. Vols.
Williaiubvilli", Vt., Feb. IBM).
Tilt llooui lu I'uprr.
1'rcln the Great Harrington, Mas-., Courier
The rapid rise in tho price of papir is a
boinb-shth in the camp of newspaper and
book publishers. Alrenely the cry of distrtss
goes up in many places, nnd such newspaper
publisheis as hno taken their subscriptions
in .tdtauec for thejeur ISM), at a low liguie,
will see grief about their cabiu doors before
the year is out, unless they bine stoekid up
l.irgely. and thus hat made their pence with
paper-makers for tho jear to come. Tbo
Chicago Tribune lias already raised ils sub
scription price Irom 11' to tjlli, and other
western papers urc following suit, 'ibe east
em papers will also be obligcel to do the
same or suffer the consequences. And the
ratios of advertising will also of necessity bo
obliged to adopt tho ascending scale.
From Ibe Milwaukee Sentinel.
There never was, in the history of news
papers, a period as distressing ns this. l)ur
mg the war the price of print paper was
high, but thu advertising pntroungu was fur
greater than it is now. The recent advance
in the prico of print paper has been almost
.Ml per cent, with an advance in tbo price of
type, fuel, etc. Under this pressuro mnuy
newspapers have been compelled to increase
the rates of ndt pi thing, reduce tbo eipenses
of publication by making smulhr papers, or
incrense tlio subscription price.
Trom the fprlngQeld Union.
Hags are getting to bo a luxury in the mar
ket because of their scarcity, and it will pay
families to bo close savers in this direction.
All tbo waste dealers sell for i'.l.l'.l per hun
dred pounds, with an expecteel rise of front
one to two cents per pound soon. Tho scar
city and high prices account for tho excited
state of the paper market just now. Local
rag dealers affirm that if the people will save
and sell their rags for three months, the
threatened advance in paper will be cheeked.
Local paper makers anil rug dealers who have
been slow to sell their stock, are now reap
ing a good harvest.
From the Hartford Courant.
The New York Journal of Commerce, al
luding to thu action of tho Chicago Times in
raising its subscription price, predicts that
"if the market value of raw material contin
ues to advance every American newspaper
which has reduced its subscription price will
B toner or later bo obliged to raiso it. '1 ho
alttruathe will be a lossou every copy print
o 1." Tho fact is there is nothing sold which
i. as cheap ns the newspaper of to-day. It
is barely possible that tho very low price at
which is bought tends to lessen tho public
estimate of its value. Year by year the ex
pense of newspaper publishing has increased.
Take n paper of to-day and comparo it with
one of ten years ago and the change is won
derful. With one of twenty-five years ago
there is practically no comparison possible,
as there is no common ground to put them
on. There, has been n steady and amazing
improvement in newspapers during tho past
decade with no increase whatever of price,
and it is among the possibles that when the
general rise of material begins to bo seriously
felt by publishers, as it soon must, n rise in
prices may have to follow. It would not be
making people pay more for their papers
than they used to. It would be merely mak.
iug them pay for more which they get in
their paper.
In a recent paragraph on tho subject of
wood eugraviug the Penny Illustrateel Vaper
of Loudon affirms that "in the production of
illustrated monthly magazines New York is
far ahead of London, Ferilmer', with its inim
itably finished gems of drawing and engrav
ing, being still tho wonder and admiration of
thenrt-world."
Tho Atlantic SIoxthly, for March, con
talus soiuo additional chapters of Mr. Howell's
delightful serial, "Tho Undiscovered Couu.
try;" u critical essay upon tho writings of
Washington Irving, by ChnrleH Dudley Warn
er j and an era of Egyptian history, entitled,
"Under tho Pharaohs," is ably treated of by
Mr. V. II. Underwood, llesides these, tho
number couUins the usual variety of fiction,
essays and poems from well known writers.
Tho leading article iu the Noiitii Amemcan
IUvicw for March is by ex. Judge Jerc. S.
Black, and is entitled "The Third Term," be
ing a reply to ex-rlenator Howe's paper on
that subject iu tho Review for February.
Hou. E. W. Stoughton follows Mr. l!Iack,i
taking precisely the contrary view. A timely
article, by David A. Wells aims to prove that
n discriminating income tax is essentially
Communism, and that this is specially true of
such an income tax as was levied iu the Unit
ed States by Acts of Congress iu 18C3 and
sueceediug years. The fourth article is by
Iter. Dr. Hollows, and treats of Civil Service
Reform, The author recounts what has been
done iu Britain to reform the civil service of
that country, and shows how tho experience
of Itritish statesmen may bo turned to advant
age by American lawmakers. Professor
Simon Newcomb, in an articlo on "Our Po
litical Dangers," calls attention to tho need of
some non-political tribunal forthodctermina.
tiou of contested elections. Ho looks on tho
presidential struggle of three years ngo, and
tho recent excitement in Maine, s symptom,
ntlo of n, diseased political condition which
calls for remedies very different from those
which have hitherto been employed. John
Lancaster Spalding, Ilishop of Peoria, makes
n spirited reply to Froude'a recent articlo on
"ltomanisni and tho Irish Race in America."
Tho notices of new books are by Mr, E. L.
Didier.
Forty-four million five hundred thousand
acres are under cultivation in Great Britain,
and tho average rental amounts to $14,38 an
ncre. Eight hundred and sixteen thousand
two hundred and ninety-four laud-holders, or
about four-fiftha of the whole, own 17t,3f8
acres, and - persona owu upwards of 100,.
000 acres apiece.
Miscellany.
Ill.riillinillril.
Dead! Do you ear that be I. dead 7
Tako back the word. It la not truet
An empty cage you mlftht bare Bald
lias io.t the .Inger that w o knew
The song now level with the stara ,
That charmed us even In prison. baral
Bntdeadf There ran be no such word,
For that which waa sereuc'y bright,
Msdo in the image of It. Lord,
An cfilucnc! frim the central light,
An Inbreathed essence from on high,
A bearen-llt spark t-tlat could not die I
Net dead but frre be soar, above
Tho limit of our lrcr .cope.
And wr, because we shared bis love.
May currl.h the uplifting hope,
That life to u. Is more, by Just
Ills altitude above our dutt,
More by the poter he ba. attaint d
To mlni.ttr as angel, may!
More by the knowledge be ha. gained
Of love's suprtme.t, p.tient way
Of Lit .sing through the cloud or sun,
Bo one all-perfect Will be done.
And be (the thought Is radiant!) hr
This very moment may be near,
With solace meted aootblngly
To feed a hpe or hu.h a rear!
Ko true it Is, diTine.t thing.
Come borne to u. on bidden wings.
So well we know our Father', c.rc
llovers alwut us night snd dsy
Ro sweet It Is to think the air
la mom! lu a mislerlous way
By brt.lh of one beloved on e.rtb,
eirowu lonelier by celtstial birth!
Tbtu say not he la of Ibcdtadl
Ti. only we In cererotlit. dim
Who fall of life around, o'erbtad
But say It nevermore of blm
Wbcm death to livelier Joy baa called,
W ho Uvea amoLg us dltdtntbr.lled !
Mary II. IX'
"SU'KET HKI.I.S JAXIII.L'J)."
Tho firm of Slilel A Mac Neil is pretty
well known now in tho printing line ; but, as
the song soy, "When they began, they'd no
meat iu tho pau ;" and before they were fair
ly ou their legs, so to speak, Mac Neil went
nud married a "lass without a tocher." Shiel
had yearned otr this xtrangancc himself ;
and going down one day with his partner to
the old place where thty bad learned their
trade, hearing from tho press-room the old
sweet, familiar tunes, Shicl's heart throbbed
to tho measure, and he said to Mac Neil, with
n big blush on his broad checks, that he suji
posed his partner bad forgotten little Jenny
hurke. but he, for one, would never forget
her while the world went rouud, and be was
going iu to see her that ,ery day. Where
upon Mae Neil began to redden U'.o, and led
tho way so readily to the particular press
that the young English girl was feeding, and
Jenny met his approach in such n shy, trem
bling, glad confusion, poor Shiel felt bis
heart suddenly faint within him, and stole
away, ufter n minute or two, to be alone with
n singular pang of desolation that bad swept
over him. When Mac Neil joined him, Shiel
was himself again, but there was something
in bis face that led Mac Neil to ask him what
was the tuatttr. Had he lost anything ?
"No yes," stammered poor Shiel ; then
ndtled, pitcously : "Why didn't j on tell me,
Mac, that ou had kept on with Jenny? I
thought it was a bargain we shouldn't tbiuk
of marrying till tho business was well start
ed." "So it was, Shiel," said Mae j "hut you
know what a sweet voice she's got. Deuce
take me, if it didn't haunt me uiglit and day.
You don't know what it is to have a musical
ear, and there's no harm iu being charmed
by a song or two."
"Tush, man!" broke iu Shiel. "Do you
love each otheri1"
"I'm afraid so, Shiel."
"Then the sooner she's out of that uasty
press-room, the better."
"If you'el board with us, Shiel, fbelievo
wc could save money by goiug to housekeep
ing; and think how nico it would be to havo
n snug ingleside tif our own !"
Shiel winced a little from this proposal, but
couldn't find courage to reject it ; so they
took rooms uenr their place of business, and
for the first twelvemonth or bo Mac's fiddle)
was w ell known to the neighborhood. The boj s
dropped iu for a chorus three nights out of
four, and all went merry as a marriage bell,
till tho feeble pipe of an infant was added to
the refrain, which suddenly subdued all other
music iu its vicinity, to the immense delight
of Shiel, who, not being able to raise a nolo
himself, wausomewhut tired of tho melodious
conceits of others. He did not know that
tho child's stpieak was singularly low and
sweet, anil as it gained tolume it also ac
tpiiretl melotly.
Now 1 take this premature and striking
proclivity as a misfortune. Infant prodigies
are always more or less of- a nuisance, and
little Miss Jean's precocity grew to an alarm
ing extent as the years went by. Tho firm
of Shiel nnd Mac Neil flourished. Jenny
saved tho pennies, nnd the only extrava
gances wero iu behalf of littlo Miss Jeau,
whose waxen face could ouly be coaxed into
a glow by the aid of fome sort of a melody.
And tho older she grew tbo wider her taste
exjianded, so that after n while a new piano
was manii uvred up the stairs nud almost filled
Jenny's little parlor.
"It's a burning shame," said one of the
boys, "to give up the dear old fidello for tho
jinglin' of them ivory puppets. Every new
piece of Miss Jean's sets n fellow's teeth on
edge. One can't hare any more fun at Mac's ;
he's hungup his fiddle and bis bow ; and for
my part I'm sick to denth of the iufant phe
nomenon." So were the rest of the cronies they fell
oil one by one, and iu a few years nono were
left but Shiel ; he, poor fellow, sat night aft
er night with his head up against the wall,
the music going in ono ear and out of thu
other, till it seemed to hint be had become
simply a sort of hollow melancholy tube for
tho accommodation of echoes.
What could .Mao do, who had alone kept
pace with his daughter, and appreciated to
the full her remarkable proficiency what
could ho do but loug for n larger, fuller,
broader bcopo for her? The ceilings were
low in their humble floor; tho acoustic prop
erties were entirely wanting in that cramped
but cozy vicinity. Alas! alas! the nest was
all too small for its full-Hedged inmates, and
the neighborhood was not what it had been.
Mac's business increased day by day. He
was getting to be rjuite a moneyed man, and
really an authority iu music.
Ami Jenny, finding that tho very walls of
the old nest were almost bursting asunder,
consented at last to more into a fine new
bouse ill n new neighborhood, and have new
furniture nud new clothes, a new church nnd
minister, n new butcher and baker, and,
worst of all, some very superior nud excellent
servnutH, who took tho whole establishment
out of her bands, nud left her high upon tho
banks of prosperity with nothing to do but
to enjoy herself. And nil at once she began
to bo most miserable. Mao Neil and bis re
markable daughter stepped out ot their nest
as the blithest, finest, most sagacious of birds,
left the worthless tenement that had served
its purpose, and began forthwith to scratch
and peck nud scramble for themselves in the
most natural nud praiseworthy way. Rut
poor Jenny stumbled at every step, nud grew
uiore featherlessnud forlorn us tho yenrs went
by. Pretty she wns yet, far prettier than her
daugbtcrbut this did not seem to wiu for
her tho admiration she most coveted. Poor
Jenny would hare gladly taken the ponder
ous form and heavy features of Mrs. Dolancy
Vere, could shu have gained thereby that la
ely's severely critical taste nnd talent, or the
long bony neck of Miss Perry, if it could still
hold those wonderfully high notes which Mr.
Mao Neil so admired. Do what 'sho would,,
tho old accent that was once so dear in her
husband's car still clung to her. '
"Don't say 'yere,' for 'here,' Jenny," ex
postulated Mr. Mao Neil ; "and I'd rather do
without anything at the table than the letter
h, except when it's one letter too many."
So Jenny began to speak only from sheer
necessity. ' She never could please her bus.
band any more, do what she would, and
didn't care to find favor in tho sight of otb.
ers. It began to be apparent to Jenny that
she wns n clog and a burden to her husband
and daughter -nay, to tho" wholo world in
which tboy delighted to livo and there came
a time when she resolved no longer to bo the
stumbling-block to their popularity.
Thcro was a invtitale at the Louse that
night, and all tho doom wero open. Tho
halls wero filled with flowers, somo of them
brought from tho florist in tubs of wldo ill
mcuslous i and Jenny, in n plain black silk,
crouchtd behind ouo offLoso while Mr. Mao
Neil was bringing his daughter down thu
stairs and into the crowded parlors. Mac's
nose was high in tho air ; bo was dressed lu
tho finest of broadcloth, wbllo tho musical
prodigy, who was now a well-grown young
woman, swept along inn rustling whito silk
that tho dress-maker wouldn't let Jenny do
even the cording for. On they went, and
Jcunj's heart swelled big with ptldc, then
sank with mortification, for two fine ladies
near her, leaning upon tho arms of n good
looking gentleman, began nil nt onco to cavil
nt poor Jenny, who had never lu her wholo
life said evil of mi) body,
"Tbo mamma nppenrs to he invisible," snld
ouo of thein. "They say sho Is shut tin iu
the coal hole upon these ocensions : nnd no
wonder when ono thinks of tho blunders of
tljo poor creature."
"Perhaps she's ill the kitchen," said tho
other. "I've heard that is whero Mr. Mac
Neil first found her."
Then up spoko the good-natured. looking
gentleman, and said that if sho could make n
good ragout there her husband ought to rise
up and call her blessed, for it was a finer ac
complishment than any he could remember t
nud ouo thing wns certnlu, sho was n far
prettier woman than most ot them there that
night.
A little latir on, ono of their old friends,
tho wife of a journeyman printer, iu the dear
old neighborhood of the forsaken liest, wns
startled by the apparition of a comely face,
dear to tho olden time of mtrrimcut nnd
song, but now blurred with tenrs; and tho
tale she told, Mrs. M'Shnuc anticipated every
word of.
"My poor bairuie," she said, "I kuew how
'twould bo when I saw Mac's way of going on.
His stuck-up airs and his talk about stroiihes
anel sjiiipbonicB nnd outlandish heulbtnnms
boded no good. Hut so long ns I have a roof
,ou shall sbaro it."
Hut Jenny was iudepeudent, and soou got a
situation far above the ono iu which she first
saw her husband. As luek would have it the
old rooms were just vacated. Mrs, M'Shane
had most of the old furniture; so, be-fore the
month wus out Jenny was back in her nest,
but sick at heart, and sometimes ready to die.
In tho meanwhile we must run back a
mouth to the scene of festivity, where wc left
Mac with his head high iu the uir, aud tho
skirts of the musical prodigy trailing full a
ard behind her. Neither of them missed
Jenny till thu splendid repast wns ready, and
the guests were not disconsolate for the soci
ety of their hostiss. Hut now, indeed, it
was time for Jenny to take her liglitful place ;
nnd with many un inward prater that she
would be us little unop.al to the occasion as
could be expected of her, anel a resohe to
caution her only to speak when necessary,
nnd n certainty in his heart that sbo would at
least be pltaiant to look upon, Mr. Mac Neil
awaited his wife. I needn't say he waited
iu vain , and two or three of the sonants not
beiug able to find her, Mr. Mac Neil, in high
displeasure, sent Shiel oil with an immediate
order for her peremptory appearance before
him, Shiel hunted high and low, and came
back to bis partner with a wild look of alarm
in his face, and his now scanty locks almost
ou end.
"She's clean gone ! not o sign of her !"
ho said. ,
MacNeil was more mad than grieved, for
be knew she'd couie in, he said, at the fag.
end of the ftast and soil everything. "She's
run out somewhere for something," said poor
Mac, littlo thinkiug of the nature of her er
rand. Ho made an apt excuse to his daugh
ter, and the supper went on successfully.
Poor Shiel ate uctern mouthful, and his face
was us white nnd blank as if ho bad seen a
ghost ; but nobody minded Shiel. In truth,
Mac's owu appetite was n little frustrated,
and as the uifcht wore away he washsaitily
glad to see the people trooping out to their
carriages. When all were gone, a little up
stairs maid, who had always been civil to
poor Jenny, put a little note into Mac's hand,
saving that her mistress told her not to give
it to bim till tho festivity was over. Mac
opened it with a trembling hand, aud read
poor Jenny's scrawl :
"I'm gone fur good and all, dearie. For a
long time l ie seen that jou and my darling
child were bejoud me in everjthiug. I can
never grow up to jou ; so please forgive mo
if I stop by the way. God bless and prosper
you is the prayer of jour fatibful
Jrxsr."
Mac handtd it over to Shiel, and dropped
in n chair as if struck by an unseen hand.
The air was a little heaiy with the breath of
bis artistic guests who bad just departed, and
the scent of the exotics sickened his nostrils;
the big blaze of light grew- dim about him,
and nil he could see for that weary minute
was the sweet face of a young English girl he
hat! known and loved almost beyond bis
strength n long time ago.
Shiel had read the uote for tho sixth time,
his face growing more and more distracted
and imbecile, and had begun to read it over
again, when Mac cried out, in a broken voice,
"Could liny villain be at tho bottom of this.
Shiel ? could any one bavo tampered with
her lojalty "i"
"Never!" cried Shiel, indignantly. "I'll
answer for that with my life. I know how
foolishly faithful sho was never an eye or
ou ear for anv body else. I know that by
experience. Many 'a the time I've tried to
console her myself for jour indifference."
"My what r" roared poor Mac.
"Your indifference nnd neglect. Sir!"
cried Shiel, now aroused to the pitch of reck,
lessncss. "She was n pearl of purity aud
sweet simplicity, but sho was cast before
swine, Sir,"
"Shiel, you were always more or leas of a
fool," groaned Mae, "nud now you're clean
daft." Hut he listened to Shiel as he went On
to givo him a piece of bis mind, and took
heart as he lathered in the evidence of Jen.
ny's wouuded lore. "She'll be back beforo
twentj'-fours," said Mac, "aud we'll all be tbe
happier for this littlo bout."
A whole week passed away, nud no Jenny
came to lift the weight rom Mao's heart.
Shiel advised him to secretly consult tho po
lice, nt which Mac first revolted, then sue-'
cuiubed; but with no success. A fortnight
went by, nnd oven Shiel forgave every fault
of Mac a, so deep and slncero were his sor
row and penitence. Tho musical abstraction
of Miss Jean served in n measure to mitigate
her grief, and au eminent professor had of.
ferttl her the warmest sympathy nud conso
lation n man can offer ; but poor Mac hated
the thought or souud of music now, and
would have no commiseration save that of
Shiel, which, indeed, partook of so unwearied
a nature that Mao clung to it as n drowning
man will to n straw.
At tho cud of a mouth Shiel declared that
journalism was tbe only thlug left to them.
Ho had held it, he said, as a dtrnltr ratrt,
not wanting to set the tongues of the world
that Jenny so hated wagging in her behalf;
but her cruel obstinacy had let them no al
ternative. "I see," said Mac "the personal column
in tho Herald. Make it as agonizing as you
can, Shiel. God knows it can't hold misery
enough. Tell her to come back and rule er
ery'.hiug manage the money aud the busi
ness, smash tho piano, nud forbid Joan's mar
riago to tho professor ; aud tell her Shiel,
the. houso is 'cauld without her, and my heart
wearies salr,' " Aud here the tears rolled out
of his eyes, and a lump iu his throat stopped
his speech.
"Nonseuse, man," said Suiol. "Call you
that journalism ? Listen here, Sir, to the
cunning touch of genius, the lever that mores
the world," and he read foth to the despond
ing partner a littlo paragraph from a promt,
nent newspaper, stating the deep regret with
which they learned that tho recent domestic,
troubles of the eminent musical critic, Mr,
Mao Neil, had not only prostrated him upon
a bed of illness, whero he was now lying lu a
critical condition, but that his business af.
fairs had become hopelessly entangled, and
thcro wns a probability of an early sale of his
household effects for tho benefit of his cred.
itors. Among these articles were some mu.
sical curiosities, information of which could
be obtained of Mr. Shiel, Printing-house
Square, No. blank.
"And now I must go to No. blank at once."
said Shiel ; for if I'm not mistaken, this will
fetch her within tho hour."
Shiel bad no sooner got seated nt his desk
than thcro wns n timid knock at tho door that
sent his heart thumping iu unison. Upon
that threshold ho presently saw n familinr
littlo figure, and heard n bnaken voico which
tho thickness of no veil could disguise. Sho
began to inquiro about tho musical curiosi
ties, whllo Shiel looked nt her eagerly. Ho
said not a word, but there was something in
his faco so cad nud yearning that Jenny be
gan to sob.
"Is he so very sick, Shiel dear i" sbo cried.
"Oh, tako mo to him, wicked woman tbnt I
am 1 I haro killed I have killed him for
whom I would lay down my life I"
She threw back her veil aud put out both her
little liuiiels, nud Shiel, ou tho spur of tho mo
ment, caught her in his arms and held her to
his heart, excusing tho wntmth of this ent
braco by tho pica thnt ho thought she wns
faiutiug.
They found Mac wnlkiug nbout tho room,
somewhat worn aud thin, to bo sure, ami
big, greedy, cavernous hollows of grief lu his
faco ; but ns bo took Jenny iu his arms,
these hollows filled up with joy, and his
whole being seemed to dilate with strength
and gladness.
"Surely, you can't bo so very, tery ill,
dearie i" whispered Jenny, looking coaxiugly
into his eyes.
"I'm I'm n littlo belter," said Mac, sljly
winking to poor Shiel, and kissing her again
nud again.
"Then don't mind being a beggar, dear,"
pursued Jenny, "Let them sell what they
will, they can't sell jou, nnd wo can all go
and live in our old nest again.
"Aud givo over this fine one to Jean aud
her professor," said Mac.
"Hut the creditois," cried Jenuj-.
"There is tbo only man to whom I owu
anything lu the world," said Mac, pointing
to Shiel.
Jenny looked about her rather ruefully,
and said to Shiel, "Can't wo go back to the
old nest, Shiel? Cau't we all go back?"
Shiel wns near the door, nud caught both her
hands iu his.
"There are no birds iu Inst year's nests,"
said poor Shiel, and left them alone together.
An Irl.ll VVLr.
When eveuiug came the storm lulled, and
left a gloomy chill iu its stead. Tho coffin
arrived so expeditiously that somo snitl it
must hnvo been made beforehand. A few
country people who had met it on its way fol
lowed it with loud wailiugs, iu which they re
herased tho virtues of those whom tbe-y had
lost, aud their grief and desolation lu hating
them no longer with them. Often a cofliu is
thus escorted from n neighboring village to the
houso of mourning. It is then placed out of
sight, ns the body is not laid in it until a few
minutes before leaving its Inst earthly abode :
turf wns heaped upon the fire, candles light
eel, and a jug of whiskey, filling the room
with its penetrating odor, gave evidence of
preparation for tbe approaching wake.
Tbo villagers loitered about tho doorway
gossiping uutil the arrival of n weird old wo
man, who knelt nt tbe threshold, nud snitl,
"fioil bless all here ! God rest the soul of the
dead !" Then seating herself by tbe side of
tho bodj, she stretched out her lean and
shrivelled hands, nnd burst forth into the
most piercing lamentations, in which she re
counted all tbo virtues of tho defunct and of
her family; other withered creatures, who
had been smoking and dozing by tbe chimney,
now aroused themselves, ant joined inn dole
ful chorus. The intervals between tbe arriv
al of the guests which wero signals for new
outbnrsts were filled by whiskej'-drinking,
smokiug, snuffing, anel gossip. If any one
who hail lost it fneud desired to do so, they
could embrace this opportunity of "crying"
him. As the night advanced, the scene be
came one of wild excitement ; the old people
grew confidential and communicative over
their cups, and the younger members amused
themselves with various games.
Upon the breast of tho corpse, which Uj
ou the table in the centre of tho room, was n
plate heaped with tobacco, from which each
new-comer filled a pipe presented him on en
tering, and after murmuring a brief prayer,
took his place either among the old people by
the fire, or the younger ones in tho further
extremity of the room. Ou the arrival of tho
neighbors, two old women, who wero "given
up" to be, as I was informed, the best criers
iu the parish, broke iuto unearthly bowlings,
aud these dismal echoes dieel away amid tho
gossip of the elder and the laughs aud jokes
of the younger portion of the assemblage.
From an obscure corner I watched unobserrcel
the strange sceue, and saw how, after each
round of whiskey, the rigid lines that marked
the faces of tho old men and women broke
iuto n myriad traits of subtle expression, and
their gummy eyes glistened and sparkled with
a new.founel life, while the young people
were soon iu the midst of ft kissing game. A
circle was formed round a youth, who was
called upon to choose the prettiest from tho
assembled maidcus. On beiug summoned
she advanced, kissed her admirer, who retired,
aud in her turn chose a young man from the
group, and so tho gamo proceeded until all
had been kissed I hoped to their satisfac
tion. Should any decline to meet the de
mands exacted bj' tho laws of the game, the)'
are beaten with a knotted apron, amid great
hilarity and, contention, into compliance.
When this was finished, the old people, who
hail been drjiug tobacco bj' the fire, and pow.
dering it into snuff by rolling it between
their lingers, and partook of it iu large quan
tities to keep themselves awake, again began
the death-song with wild vehemence. When
thej had somewhat reliered their feelings iu
this manner, tbo whiskey was once more
banded rouud, aud tho young people resumed
their games. The old men and women refill
ed their pipes with tbo tobacco which lay on
the dead woman's breast, aud warming their
thin blood by the cheerful fire, listened to
some cummer's tale.
One of the young men on tbe other sido of
the room, clad iu an old red petticoat, ragged
shawl, and a rufiltxl cap, his face begrimed
with soot, and a short clay pipe stuck in his
mouth, personating an old woman in the
agonies of a fatal sickness, attracted my at
tention. A tall youth in a white flannel jack,
ct and trousers, whose face was the picture of
jollity, endearored to appear as wise be was
perhaps in verity as a doctor. Ho felt tho
pulse, aud shook his bead, and prescribed
"potheen" which, amid vociferous applause,
wus partaken of by tho whole assemblage.
He who counterfeited tho old woman dropped
this he ail and was soou stretched on the floor,
in simulation of death. Mourners grouped
about him, and two of the leading spirits bat
ou either side ns criers, tho wholo assemblage
giving themselves up to the fun of this mad
travesty.
"Never in all my life can I cry well on this
side the corpse," said ouo of the madcaps,
rising, nnd with his henvy hob-nailed shoes
walked ou as well as over tho counterfeited
corpse.
"Nor I either," cried tho other, who walk,
ed over the body with even less tenderness
than his compauiou.
.If the object of this mock solicitude ob.
jected to the rough treatment, he was beaten
into submission by the knotted apron before
mentioned.
In the dry recital these scenes lose, per
bnps, a great deal of their mirth ; but when I
witnessed them I could not resist tho hilarity
which they provoked, uutil the littlo grand,
child, who had been sleeping, nmid nil this
uproar, iu her mother's lap, creeping to tho
table on which her grandma lay, tugged at
the sheet, and crying, "Mahmore," recalled
mo to tho nwful presence of the dead.
This touching incident did not seem to nf.
feet the rest of the assemblage in tho same
manner, for tho sobbing child was sent back
to its coruer, aud the old women broke into
another verse of their death-cry, while the
young peoplo prepared for another game. J.
Iu Clouil, in March llarjxft.
Gold. A cubio inch of gold is worth $'.'10;
bcublo foot, t30:!,880 ; n cubio yard, $!I,7!I7,
7K2. This is valuing it at $18.G'J an ounce. At
the commencement of the Christian era there
was then iu the world M'.'7.000,000 iu gold.
This had diminished to $1X7,000,000 at tho
timo America was discovered. Then it be
gnu to increase. Now the amount of gold in
use is estimated to be $0,000,000,000. Yet
all this welded into one mass would be con
tained iu a cube of -U feet.
Imluati liil Kitucatlon
Thcro nro certain facts of current history
which giro grcnt importance to tho subject
of industrial education. It Is notorious, iu
tho first place, that the old system of appren
ticeship has almost entirely gone iuto tlisuso.
How me American artisan gets tho knowl
edge nnd Bkill which enable him to work nt n
trade, is not obrious, Iu ono wny cr nnothcr
ho manages to do it : but tho approach to n
mechanical employment has practically ceas
ed to bo tnrougn au oiii-iasinouea appren
ticeship, Among tho causes that have con
spired to procure the abandonment of tbo
old system, may first bo mentioned tho influ
ence or common schools, (juarrel with tho
fact ns wo may, it cannot be successfully de
nied that the influence of common schools
has been to unfit those subjected to their pro
cesses and social inllucnces for the common
employments of life. Tho lad who has mado
a successful beginning of the cultivation of
his intellect, does not like tbo idea of getting
a liriug by tbo skillful use of his muscles, In
a mechanical employment. It does not nc
couut for everything to say that ho gets
nbore It. It is enough thnt ho likes the line
of intellectual development in which ho finds
himself, nnd has no taste for bodily labor.
So ho goes further, or, stopping altogether,
seeks somo light employment demanding his
grade of culture, or tries to get hi liring by
bis wits. Mechanical employments are pass
ing more aud more into tbo hands of foreign
ers. General Armstrong, of the colored col-
.lego nt Hampton, iu a recent search for black.
mums shops at the North whero lie might
safely place n number of Indian lads, found
no Americans to deal with. Erery black
smith was an Irishman.
If it is nsked why there is not a universal
effort made for tbe reinstatement of the ap
prentice systems, we reply that there is n
very ugly lion iu the way. An item of news
which has just gone the round of the papers
states tbe case as it stands. A piano-make
complained that be could not get men enough
to do his work, tbe reason beiug that his men
belonged to n ccicty that bael taken upon
itself to regulate the number of apprentices
he could instruct iu the business. They had
limited this number to one utterlj insufficient
to supply the de matid, nud be was powerless.
The)- had even cut down the number recent
ly, bo that there was no way for him but to
import bis workmen, aire p.dy instructed, from
abroad, Iu brief, there is n conspirncj
ninoug societj'-men, all over the country, to
koop American bojsout of the useful trades;
nud industrial education is thus under tho
ban of an outrageous desjiotism which ought
to bo put down by the strong baud of tbe
law-. It is thus seen that while the common
school naturally turns the great multitude of
its attendants awaj from manual emploj'
uieiits, those who still fe:l iuclined to enter
upon them have no freedom to do so, because
a great r.imy of soeiety-men stand firmly in
the way, overruling employer aud employed
alike.
The public hardly needs to learn that the
result of the indisposition and inability to
h-arn trades among American boys is about
as disastrous as can be imagined. It is found
that in the prisons, almost universallj-, the
number ot criminals wLo never learned a
trade to those who are skilled workmen nre
as six to one. Tbe army of tramps who have
infested the country for the last few years is
largely composed of men who have bad no
industrial edueatiou whatever. These men,
who be gut our doors, are mainly men who
never learned n trade and can handle nothing
but a shovel. A New Y'ork clergjiuau, jk
scssiug a large family of boys, recent)- de
clared from his pulpit that he intended thnt
eve ry lad of his family should learn some me
chanical employment, by which, in au emer
gency, he could get a living. He was right.
It is iu the emergencies of life it is when
men find themselves helpless nud without tbe
lower of earning money that they slip into
crime, nnd Income tbe tenants of prisons und
penitentiaries.
So the American people must, sooucr or
later, be driven to the establishment of in
dustrial schools. To learn bow to work skill
fully with tbe bunds must become n part of
commoli eduentiou. Rich ncd poor nlike
should be taught how to work, for it is tpiite
as likely that the rich will become poor as
that some of tbe poor will become rich j aud
that is, and alwa) must be, n poor education
which fails to prepare a man to tako care of
himself and bis dependents in, life, We un.
ilerstnnd wbut to do with criminals. We con
fine the m ami set them to learning n trade,
especially the jouug criminals. The reform
schools never lenve out tbe element of manu
al industry. Why is it not just as legitimate
to teach thu virtuous how to take care of
themselves without crime as it is the vicious?
.. 17. JlftUanrf, in Sfribhfrfvr Mitrch.
The- l.luphoir.
THE LATEST VAIIVELOE ELECTRIC SCIENCE.
Dr. II. K. Licks, of South Bethlehem,
Peim., who has been a student of electrical
phenomena for several years, read a paper
before a scientific societj of that place a few
days ngo, in w hich he announced the success
ful issue ot n most remarkable series of ex
perimenls. Ho calls his discovery the dia
phote, and be claims that it will do for light
what the telephone does for sound that is,
that it will not create light, but that it will
cause its transmission and reproduction. The
theory of tbe two instruments is very similar.
In the telephone, two diaphragms vibrate
sympathetically, and in tbe diapbote two pe
culiarlj'.cuustructed minors are used, which
present similar images upon their surfaces,
though thej- may be separated by many miles.
The receiviug mirror is composed of an amal
gam of selenium and iodide of silver, and
the reproducing mitror of a compound of se
lenium aud chromium. Iodido of silver aud
chromium wero use d because of their peculiar
sensitiveness to light, a property which is
well known scientifically, and which has long
been practically utilized in photography.
Selenium was added, because after many ex.
perimeuts, it seemed best adapted to modify
the action of the mirrors that each ray of light
should iufiuenco tho electric current propor
tionally to its position iu the solar spectrum.
In the diaphote exhibited to the society, each
mirror measured G inches by 4, and each was
composed of 'l sections, each section being
connected by its own wire with a galvanic
battery and with the section correspondingly
situated iu the other mirror. Tbo 72 wires
can, of course, be bound iuto a single bun
dle when properly insulated. When mirrors
of uubrokcu surfaces and a single wire are
used the tho truth of the theory is said to be
demonstrated, but unsatisfactorily, as the im
age is not so well defined as with sectional
mirrors. Iking thus constructed, the dia
phote is operated by conducting the waves of
light from an object through an ordinary
camera to the first mirror, there they pro.
duce momentary chemical changes in the
amalgam, vvhich modify the electrio current,
and cause similar changes in the remote mir.
ror, thus reproducing a similar image,
which, by a second camera, may be seen by
the eye or thrown upon a screen. Having
thus explained the instrument, an exhibition
of its powers was given by Dr. Licks. Mag.
uesium wire was burned before one mirror in
a distant room, and a committee of the soci
ety held various objects in tho light thus pro
duccd. A trade dollar was first shown, and
tho audience in tbo lecture-room could dis
tinguish even tbe date. The movement of
the hands of a watch, a flower, a kitten's
head, nnd other miscellaneous objects were
also readily seen. Several independently
printed reports apparently establish the truth
of Dr. Licks's discovery beyond question;
he himself is firmly convinced that future de
velopments will moro than make good what
is hero stated. The only blemish in bis dis
covery nt present, seems to be a teudeuoy on
the part of tho mirrors to become disintegrat
ed by constant chemical changes, but that he
hopes to overcome. The imagination almost
fails before the possibilities of what the dia
phote may yet accomplish. It would at once
solro tho problem of the division of the elec
trio light, for many diaphotes would turn a
light of a thousand candle-power into an in
definite number of small lights, situated in as
many places as desired. Ard as sun-light
could also bo transmitted, Now York may yet
see a light primarily Introduced by the. sun in
regions where sun-light never fails, and where
it is day-light when it is night hero. In con.
uectlon with the telephone, it would be pus.
eible to see and talk with persons at a elis-
tance, and the telegraphic forgeries which
now periodically convulse the stock market
would become impossible. Signal-men may'
yet ba mado to see hundreds of miles of track
nt once, and iu thatcaso there ought never to
bo another railroad accident. And iu con
ncction with photo-lilhograjiby, uewspnpers
may yet bo simultaneously published in sev
eral cities.
The Ittrial Editor.
I1EV. JAUES FnU.MAN CLARKE IlEUCRlBES HIM
TO THE PArillfn CLUB AT BOSTON.
llenUemen and iMliet of the I'mn Wo
preachers have hnd a great many lessons
from jou in past years lessons for which I
am grateful in regard to our faults nnd
needs, Wo haro had In litcraturo many pict
ures of tho ideal clergyman
"Passing rich on forty pounds a year."
Suppose, since you haro given me this oppor.
tuuity, I turn the tables and describe tho
ideal editor?
Tbo ideal editor is ono who uses, not only
his scissors but his brains, in making up his
paper. Ho asks himself what bis readers
need, and gives them not merely what they
wish, but what they want. He is not satis
fied with printing unintelligible statements
nbout tbe wnr in Afghanistan, but finds out
what they mean, and makes tho condition of
things clear to the average reader. So he is
n teacher who educates tho community by
erery issue.
Tbo ideal editor is an independent man,
buying his own convictions and impressing
these ou his sheet till it takes tbe color of his
mind. He is not merely the echo of bis sub
scribers' opiuions he sends forth no uncer
tain sound. All know whero he stands. Ho
has, as James Lowell said of Joseph Tinker
Buckingham, "something iu him gritty." So
at last men como to read bis paper as tbey
read Horace Greeley's, trusting in him as an
bcuest man, who always said what ho
thought, and who bad bomo thoughts to bay.
The ideal editor is also a man of conscience
ns well as n man of conviction. Ho know s
that be wields a mighty weapon that he in
fluences the publio mind erery day, either
for good or eril. He knows that he is always
making men better or worse teaching them
to respect truth, justice, humanity, philan
thropy, or to sneer and laugh at them. This
description is not wholly ideal ; no doubt it
has been realized more or less fully, l'er
Lqps there bare been ns many ideal editors
as ideal ministers. Newspapers, like church
es, aro usually on tbe side of what is best,
nnd I trust both nre growing more so.
Maying;., unit Wno'Tlrat Kiald Thru,
Many of our common sayings, so trite and
pithy, are used without tbe least idea from
whose mouth or pen tbey first originated.
Probably the works of Shakespeare furnish
us with more of these familiar sayings than
nny other writer, for to bim we owe: "AH
is not gold thnt glitters," "Make n virtue of
necessity," "Scre jour courage to a stick-iug-place,"
(not point), "They laugh that
win," "This is tbo short and long of it,"
"Comparisons are odious," "As merry as tbe
day is long," "A Daniel como to judgment,"
"Frailty, thy name is woman," and hosts of
others.
WVbiugtou Irving gives us "The Almigh
ty Dollar. Thomas Norton queried long ago
"What will Mrs. Grundy say i" while Gold
smith answers, "Ask me noquestions and I'll
tell you no fibs." Charles C. Pickney "Mil
lions for defence, but not one cent for trib.
nte." "First in war, first iu peace, and first
in tbe hearts of his fellow-citizens," (not
countrymen), appeared in tho resolutions
presented to tho House of Representatires in
December, 17SJ0, prepared by Gen, Heury
Lee.
From the same we cull, "Make assurance
doubly sure," "Christmas comes but onco a
year," "Count their chickens ere they are
Latched," aud "Look beforo you leap."
Thomas Tasser. a writer of tbe sixteenth
century, gives us, "It's an ill wind turns no
good," "Better late than never," "Look ero
thou leap," and "The stono that is rolling can
gather no moes." "All cry and no wool" is
found in Butler's "Hudibras."
Dryden sa)s: "None but the brave de
serve the fair," "Men are but children of a
larger growth," "Through thick and thin."
"No pent-up Uticn contracts our power," de
clared Jonathan Sewell.
"When Greeks join Greeks then was tho
tug of war," Nathaniel Lee, HilC.
"Of two evils I baTO chosen the least," and
"The end must justify the means," are from
Matthew Prior. We are indebted to Colley
Cibber for the agreeable intelligence that
"Richard is himself again." Johnson tells us
of "A good hater," aud Mackintosh in 17!U,
tbe phrase often attributed to John Randolph,
"Wise and masterly inactirity."
"Variety's the very spice of life," and
"Not much the worse for wear," Cowper.
"Man proposes, but God disposes," Thomas
a Kempis.
Christopher Marlow gave forth the invita
tion so often repeated by his brothers in a
less public way, "Lore me little, love me
loug." Edward Cooke was of the opinion
that "A uian's houso is his castle." To Mil
ton we owe "Tho paradise of fools," "A wil
derness of sweets," and "Moping melancholy
and moonstruck madness."
Edward Young tells us "Death lores a shin
ing mark." "A fool at forty is a fool indeed,"
but, alas for his knowledge of human nature
when he tells us "Man wants but little, nor
that little long."
From Bacon comes "knowledge is power,"
and Thomas Southcrne remiudsustbat "Pity's
akin to lore." Dean Swift thought that
"Bread is the staff of life." Campbell found
that "Coming events cast their shadows be
fore," and " 'Tin distance lends enchautment
to tho view." "A thing of beauty is a joy
forever," is from Keats. Franklin said, "God
helps them who help themselves," and Law
rence Sterne comforts us with tbe thought,
"God tempers the wind to tho shorn lamb."
Even some of the "slang" phrases of the
day have a legitimate origin. "Putting your
foot in it" is certainly not a very elegant
mode, of expression, but, according to the
"Asintic Researches," it is quite a fine point
of law; when the title' to laud is disputed in
Hindobtan two boles nre dug in the ground
and used to encase a limb of each lawyer (?),
and the one who tired find lost his client's
case. Fancy, if you can, some famous "limbs
of the law" pleading iu such a manner I It is
geneially the client wbo "puts his foot in
it."
When things are in disorder they are often
said to bo turned topsy turry ; this expres
sion is derired from tho way in which turf
used for fuel is placed to dry, the turf being
turned downward ; and the expression then
means top-side turf way.
Plutarch, in his life of Arcesilaus, King of
Sparta, gires us tho origin of a quaint and fa
miliar expression.
Ou n certain occasion an ambassador from
Epims, on n diplomatic mission, was shown
by the king orer his capita), Tbe ambassa
dor knew of tbe monarch's fame knew that
though only nominally king of Sparta, ho
was yet ruler of Greece nud he looked to
see mnssiro walls rearing aloft their embattled
towers for the defence of the town ; but he
found nothing of the kind. He marveled
much at this, and spoke of it to the king.
"Sire," ho said, "I have visited most of tho
principal towns, and I find no walls reared
for defence. Why Is this ?
"Indeed, Sir Ambassador," replied Arcesi.
laus, "thou canst not hare looked carefully.
Come with mo to-morrow morning, and I will
show you the walls of Sparta."
Accordingly on the following morning the
king led his guest out upon the plains where
his army was drawn up in full battle array,
and pointing proudly to the serried hosts, he
said :
"There, thou beholdest the walls of Sparta
ten thousand men, and every man a brick !"
Apropos of the Grahamite theory is the
story of old Sam Johnson's definition of oat
meal. He hated the Scotch with irrepressi.
bio malignity, and never lost an opportunity
to express himself on tbe Bubject. When en.
gagod on his famous dictionary be came to
the word "oatmeal," and described it as fol.
lowst "A substance that is given to horses In
England aud to men in Scotland." One of
the Edinburgh professors saw it, and said i
"Ay, and what splendid horses you have in
England, and what splendid men we have in
Scotland!"
A Caution to Consdmptite Invalids.
Anronos of the recent Inurnev from Dahtiai
j to St. Petersburg of the invalid Empress of
AtuKsia, wuu uas gone uoiuo in miciwinier lor
fear of dying away from her family, a distin
guished Vienna physician publishes a vigor
ous protest against tho practico of sending
consumptive patients to warm climates, with
out regard to the stage of their disease or
their circumstances. He has taken noto of
fifty cases of such patients who haro been
sent by their physicians to spend a winter in
Italy or Egypt, and among them all he found
only throe who received any benefit from tho
change, whilo many were positively injured.
Much that he says is as applicable to this
country as to Europe. No doubt many of
our physicians prescribe a winter sojourn in
Florida or Nassau to patients in advanced
stages of lung complaints, without much con
sideration of the possible effects upon them
of au enervating atmosphere, tbo absence of
homo faces nnd homo comforts, and the wear
iness and loneliness ot a listless life among
strangers. A warm winter climato is no
doubt beneficial in the early stages of the
disease, and in some instances may effect a
euro ; and in moro advanced stages its influ
ence may alleviate the sufferings of the pa
tient and retard the progress of the fatal mat
ady. But tbe wise physician should careful,
ly consider whether the possible benefits will
not be moro than counterbalanced by the fa.
tlgues of tho journey and tho discomforts and
homesickness attendant upon life in hotels
away from family nnd friends. Erery one
who has visited our Southern winter resorts
has been moved at the spectacle of melan
choly invalids hoping for some maeical ef-
feet from tbo climate, which they should
uever nave oecn jeu 10 expect, ejousumed
with ennui, with no society save that of oth
er patients, these poor people watch the ther
mometer and tho progress of their ailments,
shivering with cold when the mercury ap
proaches the freezing point, and bitterly re
gretting the snug Northern homes which
many of them should never hare left.
The EniTon or the Atlantic A news
paper scribe has been visiting William D.
Howells at his home near Boston, aud cannot
refrain from giring his impressions of the ed
itor of the Atlantic to the public. The de
lightful author is very accessible ; he never
assumes a lofty demeanor or treats j'ouug
writers either with superciliousness or pat
ronage. He is, on the contrary, very simple,
straightforward, and cordial in manner, but
still shrewd and careful in all business mat
ters. In person he is small, rather stout,
stooping a little ; bis complexion is dark, his
eye bright, his smile kindly, his brown hair
parted in the middle, bis mustache heavy and
just tinged with gray. He has something of
an Italian look, though he would bo known
for an American anywhere. He has three
children, a boy and two girls, the elder of
these, 14 or 1.",, having already made her de
but in verse in a juvenile magazine. They
usually run in and out of his study while he
is at work, and are as fond of bim as he is
of them. His conversation is as facile, bright,
aud graceful as his style, and, like that,
abounds in delicate humor and gentle cyni
cism. He avoids serious subjects, and can
not be betrayed iuto argument, but illustrates
whatever ho touches with a picturesque light-"
ness. He is accounted charming in company,
but unlike what might be expected of a de
scribe r of contemporaneous lite and manners,
he goes littlo into society. His wife, very
amiable nnd pleasant, a siste of Larkin G.
Mead, the sculptor, he first met in Italy.
Howells is a native of Martin's Ferry, Ohio,
his father being Welsh and his mother a
Pennsylvania German. Originally a printer,
he became a journalist he edited the Ohio
State Journal once and then a pure littera
teur. He is a master of style, and is in his
forty-third year.
The Zcles Eat Some Meat. It was such
a scene as I am powerless to describe. Each
boj bat at the fire in front of bis own particu
lar stick or ramrod, on which were the little
knobs of meat ; but beside each was a pilo of
long strips about an inch thick, nnd some of
tbem a yard in length. While his knobs
were slowly roasting the boy would take ono
of these long strips, containing at least half a
pound of meat, and, holding one end in the
name, would let it get toasted for a few sec
onds; then be would place that end in his
moutb, and begin to chew it, placing tbe still
uncooked end in the flame, and at the same
time watching that tbe knobs on his stiek did
not get burned. For three hours or more not
a boy moved from tbe fire except to cut up a
fresh supply of meat or to bare a drink of
water. All this time tbey hardly spoke a
word, so intent were they on gorging them
selves ; but as tbe night advanced they broke
into a low, monotonous sort of humming
chant, during which, one after the other,
they recounted some adventure of the day, or
expressed their delight at so much good food,
tbe others all the while keeping up an accom
panying chorus of tho humming chant. Oc
casionally they would rajse their voices to a,
yell, and then sink them so low as to be al.
most inaudible. Woodward and mj'self turn
ed iuto our blankets, and were 60on lulled
nsleep by the monotonous but not unpleasant
singing. All through the night tbe boys al
ternately ate or sang, and several times when
I awoke I saw them still hard at work chew
ing" down the yards of meat. llemintetnco pf
llofie LifeSandeman.
The Hiohest Stbcctcbxs in the Wobld.
Tbo twin towers of Cologne Cathedral will
probably be completed during the present
year. They ate now the highest structures'!
the world, exceeding by l.0 metres the tow
er of St. Nicholas Church in Hamburg, which
is 144.20 metres iu bight. When completed
tbey will be ICO metre-B high. The following
are the bights of the highest buildings in the.
world : Spires of Cologne Cathedral, 24
feet 11 inches ; cathedral spire at Rouen, 482
feet; tower of St. Nicholas, Hamburg, 473
feet 1 inch; cupola of St. Peter's, Rome, 4C9
feet 2 inches ; cathedral spiro at Strasburg,
40fl feet 11 inches ; Pyramid of Cheops, 449
feet H inches ; tower of St. Stephen's, Vienna,
443 feet 10 inches ; tower of St. Martin';,
Landshut, 434 feet 8 inches ; cathedral spire
at Freiburg, 410 feet 1 inch ; cathedral spire,
Antwerp, 404 feet 10 inches; cupola of cathe
dral, Florence, 390 feet S inches (Campanile.
292 feet) ; St. Paul's London, 5C.1 feet 1 inch';
ridgo tiles of Cologne Cathedral, 3C0 feet S
inches; cathedral tower at Madgeburg, 339
feet 11 inches ; (Campanile, St. Mark's square,
Venice, 322 feet) ; tower of the new Votive
Church, Vienna, 314 feet 11 inches; tower
of Ratbhaus, Berlin, 288 feet 8 inches.
Gold in Russian AnenrrECTCBE. Tho re
port of Russia's wish to negotiate anew loan,
and the undoubted fact of her paper ruble
being now worth only SO cents instead of 7S,
suggest some curious ideas in connection
with tbo magnificent church now being com
pleted in Moscow, with a thick plating of
gold on its dome and cross. This fashion ot
gilding church towers is universal in Russia,
and it has been calculated that enongh gold
is thus lying idle to pay off the national debt.
The Isaac Cathedral, in St, Petersburg, has a
plating of gold three-quarters of an Inch
thick orer the whole of a dome as largo as
that of St. Paul's in London. The church of
Our Lady of Kazan has a massive altar fur
niture of -solid silver. During the great firo
of Moscow, iu 1812, the molten gold and sil
ver were seen flowing like water from tho
burning churches, aud the new addition to
them which is about to be consecrated repre
sents on outlay of fully $13,000,000.
A Boston correspondent of the Providence
Journal tolls this story about tbe venerable
Rev. Dr. Bartol t Mr. Savage, the Unitarian
minister, had instructed his little girl very
sensibly with the idea that a portion of God
was perceptible in everything that was noble
and beautiful. The child, as children do, had
got this idea very ingeniously fitted into her
own mind ready for an application at a mo.
ment's warning. One day as tbe door-bell
rang, sho presented herself In the hall just in
season to receive one of Dr. Bartol's benig.
nant smiles, and to fully observe that gracious,
benignant figure. Immediately she sped to
her father with this exclamation ; ' 'Ob, papa I
apal The whole of God has come now."
r. Bartol, as well he might, declared that he
had never been so flattered in his fife.