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IoaeD the allken band Hound tho iquaro bondlt ami Bee what a dainty band McriuDieu to nu it Full of farcttouachat; Fancy bow lone alio aat Molding tbebiiheta that uame witn cacu Miict, Ah I I remember itlll Time that I used to kill. Waiting the postman'! -.brill, Heart-fit 1r ring whlillra ; Calling rague doubta to mlud Whether or no I'd And That bo had left behind One of ber rolsfillea. Kecomla became au ago At tula exciting atage; Two eager eyea the page Mean for a minute; Then, with true lover' art, niuuy ii. pari vj pan Until Ibey know by heart n.vrrimng in it. What la It all about 1 Daabea for worda left out Pronouua bejond a doubt) Very devoted. Howella ahe'a Juatbrgun; Dobaon her heart baa won ; Locker and Tennyaou urcqueniiy quoted. Criun-crosi the readiug guea, ltapturoua rhjme and pruae Worda which I don't auppoeo Look ery largo lu 1 too La on the "ologlea"; Then there'a a tluy frleie, Full of ewetta In a que(zet oraeu ou mo margin. 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HOT OR COID WATER, SAVES LAliOlt, TIME ond BOAV AMAZ INOLV, and gl?c uniTeraai .an.l1v i-lh nr noor ahoulu bo wltnout It. e,MK. .nnnn. liEWAWEof imltatlona well designed to mislead. 1BABU8 U tho ONLY 8AFU labor-saTlnp; compound, ana alvraya beara tho abovo aymboi, ana nnmo 01 JAMKS TYLE, NEW YORK. Mil. UM.L'S MISTAKE. Fino Itulldlng Lots for Sulo. I 00:01. fm. ..1a at tundprata rirlca mv land on West ern avenue, omwslte D. H. rratt'a, or In exchange for a bousa and lot in Ibis rillig.. It can bo laid out ao as to make a.ieral good building lots. J, M. Ta LAn. UrUlliboro, Janl0,isa3. u Mi6R Carson caiuo to Cliicaoo before tho Rrmt Are, or. an she always cxprtKiod it, the 'great coDIlaKralion." slie Kent boartlem. ami tho htrtiKtflu bhe made to at loaRt come out eveu at tho cud of the mouth, gavo her face a tnncucu ami worried cxprefiuiou which her blamltbt suiile could not wholly obliter ate. Her bonrdern were five In number, and were all gentlemen. Mr. Hall, an old bachelor of Uftr. had boarded with Miss Caraon for six years, though ho threatened to leave on an average of once a week. Mr. Wilson, Mr. Crane and Mr. Stownwore salesmen In n largo dry goods house. They occasionally presented their landlady with gloves, handkerchiefs, and the latest thing in neckwear, in return for which kindness she darned their stockings and replaced missing buttons. Last, though by no means least, for ho was six feet tall, there was Mr. Fay. a young law yer, who had taken a room immediately under the mansard roof, and who spent most of his evenings reading ponderous volumes that his landlady declared mado her head ache oven to look at. At first Miss Carson was inclined to weave romances about Mr. Fay he was so hand some, so quiet and reserved. Was ho some thing in disguise or was be suffering from an unrequited lover However, as montns pass ed on and nothing startling was heard con1 cerning him, she ceased to think much about bim, excepting as a ratuer unsocial young man totally wrapped up in bis studies. Miss Carson made it a point always to show a ready sympathy in whatever interoited her boarders. If Mr. Stowo told her the White Stockings uaa ueuten tut xtosions, or some oiuer turiu ing item of news connected with the national idiocy, she would exclaim. I am surprised! or "What a pity 1" with an interest that was only equalled by ber ignorance of the great American game. Hut it was A severe trial to the good ortho doi lady uhon Mr. Hall, who was an admirer of lngersoll, would say : I toll you, Mis Carson, It Is only a ques tion of time when church going will bo re. garded as a mere superstition, l'eople will laugh about it as they now do about witch craft." Miss Carson would not argue. Sho would merely throw him a sickly smilo and adroitly change the subject, wishing with a gentle sigh that Mr. Hall would marry a woman who would change uis wicked views. One cold winter evening tno landlady did not appear, as was her usual custom, behind the coueourn at the dinner.table. Old girl sick '!" asked Mr. Crane of the company in general. "No, replied Mr. btowo ; "sue s gone to the Twenty-second street station to meet ber niece, a little girl who is coming to live with her. "If she's going to take a child to raise.that settles it with me," growled Mr. Hall in a deep bass voice ; "I shall leave at the end of the montb. wiiat is mat lu iront oi you, Stowo? A meat-pie, of course ! Meat-pie is an invention of boarding-houso keepers to use up scraps. Miss Carson says she never gives us hash, bin sbe either puts it between crusts and calls it meat-pie, or else adds onions and calls it an Irish stew," A roe by any other namo would smell as sweet." observed Mr. Wilkins. To morrow will be bunday." continued Mr. Hall, "and that ineaas codfish. balls for breakfast. W ill somebody tell me the con nection between codfish-balls and Sunday morning, that they should appear regularly on that particular day 1 Is there auy creed that Insists on coann-naiis lor aunaay oreaa fast r As no one volunteered an answer to this nuestlon. Mr. Hall finished his dinner with the remark that be hoped soon to take his meals where ho would be served as a gentle man ought to be, and not be fed like a tramp, Miss Carson s boardors were ratuer surpris ed to find ber niece a full-grown young lady instead of the little girl they bad expected to see. It would be a dimcuit matter to aeBcnue Flo Bbeldon. She was notabeauty; hernoso was & trine "tip-tilted and ber moutb a little too lares, thougb ber leetu were wmte and even. Hut her eyes were the glory of her face. They were large, dark and bright; they were shaded by long, curling lashes, and were such alluring, provoking, bewitching eyes I "I have always mentioned Flo as my 'little' niece," said Miss Carson at the breakfast table. "I can scarcely realise that this tall young la dy is the little girl in short dresses I parted from nve years ago. AU well! 1 nave cuang ed a sreat deal iu that t mo myself." "Not at all." said Mr. Hall witn a sudden and most unaccountable fit of politeness. "I assure you you look as young and as er er -rosy as you did six years ago. Time has not nut silver tnreads among tno goia, or er er trifled with your appearance in any way, This was true. Miss Carson's hair was drab and her complexion matched it. Time oould mako no startling changes in either. A gradual but very perceptible change camo over the houso after Flo's arrival. Sbe was a v.irv Industrious olrl. and knew how to em ploy her time. Tho curtains wore looped less primly, tho parl.ors had a moro comfortable, bomelike appearance, wuiieueiieaie puumngs, flaky pies and delicious coffee showed ber ao naintanen with the culinary art. "You are certainly the personification of youth, health and happiness combined. Miss Flo." said Mr. Fav. as bo found her late one aftoruoon singing gaily as sbe was spreading the cloth for dinner, "It does one good to look at you." "Thank you ; pray continue to look at me, then, bv all means. As to the first observa tlon you mado, I can say that I deserve it. I am vouug. I am certainly healthy, and I am very happy, for to-ulght I am going to the opera. Wheu you learn that J am fond of in ii tin and that I never saw a icAl opera in my life, you will not be surprised to bear that 1 can scarcely Keep iruiu uauowjg w,,u g,oc, na wll as uhiDincr." "Your parents do not approve of that kind of amusement, 1 suppose i "Ob. that was not the trouble. We live In tlm cmintrv. and mv father could not afford to take aix daughters to a city merely for a pleasure trip You've no idea how glad I was to get my aunt's invitation to oome to Chica go, and bow much I enjoy myself when I go down town. It's stale to city people, I sup pose, but I like to watch tho crowds, to study the different faces and to watch tho various expressions. Why, even tho noses are a study," she continued, laughing. "Did you ever look about you in a street-car and notice tho varie ty of noses ? Tho insignificant little nose, the sharp, prying nose, the sly-hooked nose, and, as Dickeus says, the 'composite or mix ed nose.' Hut you must not stay nore, or i Bball not get my work dono iu tltno to dross for tho opera." Sho appeared at tho dinner-table In her best dress, a black Bilk, with knots of scarlet ribbon at ber throat and waist. Her black hair was wound in heavy braids about ber bead In a most becoming style, and a ricu color dyed her cheeks, Nover had sho looked so pretty, aud Arthur Fay realized for tho urst time that he would like to woo and win his landlady's niece. Hut thoughts of lore and marriage were not for bim, and ho must put thorn aside. As soon as dinner was over Mr. Fay went out for a moody stroll and a smoke. When ho returned Flo was playing an accompaniment while Mr. Stowo sang. Tho latter wan, doubtless, to ue her escort to tuo opera. I'robably this was the cause of her excessive uapplneBS mis altcruoou, .Mr. l ay resolved to soek his room and forget his un pleasant thoughts in bard study. Mr. Hall stood at tbo foot of the stairs with an opera glass under his arm, trying to draw over his fat hands a pair of palo lavender kid gloves. "What an insufferable puppy htowo is.' said Mr. Hall iu a confidential crowl. "He kuows Miss Flo is going to tho opera with mo, but ho keeps ber playing iu order to show off that wretched voice of his. Why, ho bowled for a mortal hour last night, aud kept her pouudiug away for bitu all tho time. Con fouud these gloves I Why dou't they mako 'cm to lit the human hand and not lit the shapo of a bird's claw ? Here coiuos Miss Carson ; perhaps sbe van button thorn lor mo." That lady smiled oblii'ingly, and made sev eral Ineffectual (.Sorts to make tho glove meet across about two inches of Mr. Hall's swollen palm. "I am very much afraid the gloves are too small," observed Mr. Fay coolly. "Ihey're not," snapped Mr. lull : "are they, Miss Caon ?" "Ob, dear, no, uot at all," said MUs Car son faiutly, as sbe tried to mako the obstinate button meet tho still moro obstinate buttonhole. "Well, tbeu the baud is too largo for the glove ; souiethiiig is evidently the matter," said Mr. Wilkins, who appeared jut theu cm the sccue. Why bow ut ran KO I nuvir thought of it !" exclaimed the landlady, drawing it bunch of koys from her pocket, to uhich wai attached a small button-book. "Trust a woman for helping a felloe out." I aid Mr. Hall. Miss Carson smiled aud redoubled her ef forts. "Ab 1 1 have airbed for rr.t I" Sang Mr. Stowo from the parlor, wheu sud denly Mr.Hr.ll gavo vmt to a prolonged "o o oh. which sounded liku a false note In the song. kou have dragged my uholo palm through that button. noi-, 1 lUlnK. Here, let mo try it. He gave the glove a vigorous wrench, aud split it across the back. He said nothing. however, probably thinking he could not elo the subject justico ; but, makiug a little ball of the glove, he opened the front door aud threw them with unnecessary force into the street, after which he went to his room for a Iresu pair. Uld Hall is crazy about that girl, obstrv od Mr. Stowo to Mr. Fay that evening. "I don't blame him, cither. She looked stun nlng to night. I shouldu t mind taking her myself. 'Hut possibly Miss hheldou might object to being taken by you," said Mr. Fay coldly, as ho left the room It was true that Mr. Hall was in love. AI moat the first glanco of Flo's eves had capti vated him. Usually quite careless in bis dress, he now became, very particular. He threw away the soft felt bat which he had hitherto worn for comfort, aud bought a low crowu felt with a fctiu brim turned up with satin. As sacs coals were worn short, bo or. dered tbo shortest that could be made. He wore light blue and crimson ties, and the latest style of collars aud cuffs. He could not see why Ho Sheldon would refuse him. He had '.'0,000 well invested and a uaudsome bouse ou i'rairie avenue. He was neither young nor good looking, but surely Flo was too sensible a girl to care about ihe mere personal appearance of a man oi properly, Bmi iieuer sun, a mau oi iniei. lect. He was so sanguine that he even hint ed to bis tenant that he might want the hoiihu on I'rairie avenue himself by the 1st of ilay. Auntie, said I lo. the day after tho opera. "Mr. Hall is desperately iu love. lu love I exclaimed Miss Carson, making a great blot on ber account book. "les, and with you." continued the niece. "With me ?" murmured Mi6S Carsou, blush- lug. 'Anybody would know it. ' 6aid Ho "Doesn't he makeevery excuse tobe wherowo are ? Didn't be go to church twice with us last Sunday the first sermon he had heard in years.' He took me to the opera lust to please you To court the whole family is an old trick of lovers. I am the only member of your family that ho knows, and ho wants to gel me on nis side, it is evident mat .Mr. Hall has become convinced of tho fact that be cau't live without you. Accept him, auntie. He would bo the prince of uncles." The more Miss Carson thought over Flo's words tho more firmly convinced she became that the girl was right, bo true it is that the wihh Is rather to the thought, Mr. Hall became jealous of Mr. Mowe. of Mr. wilkins, of Mr. crane, and madly leal ous of Mr. Fay. That the latter was the handsomest man in the bouse he could not deny, and Mr. IIo.ll hated bim bitterly, finally matters came to a climax, Mr. Hall peeped into tho parlor one eveningwhen bo knew Flo and Fay to bo there alone. He benrd the word "Uarilng ho 6aw .Mr. fay kiss her hand I It was enough. He went to Miss Carson with the whole story. It was improper. It was shocking. Who knew anything about Fay ? Who knew that be had not a wifo al ready ? Miss Carson agreed with Mr. Hall as a mat ter of course. Sbe was severe with her niece for the first time, What do you know against Arthur ray I asked the girl, 'Well, nothing definite, but Mr. Hall does not like bim. and Flos eyes Hashed. Mr. Hall s meddling was uncalled lor, sbe Bald, and when his ad vice was needed she would let bim know, After this Bhe snubbed her elderly adorer unmercifully. If be ventured to remark she answered so curtly that bis breath was almost taken away, Mr. Hall became wretched. He resolved to lay the whole case before Miss Carson. With herald be might yet win tne wayward gin, who. perhaps, after all. was only flirting with Fay. He found bis landlady seated at the dining-room window, pensively darning a stockine. "Miss Carson, be said, drawing a cuair to ber side. "I want to speak to you about something that has lain on my heart for the laBt four months." Miss Carson's bands trembled bo much that she could hardlv hold hor darning needle. "You are a shrewd woman," bo resumed, You cannot be blind to the subject of my atteutiona to your uicco." She tried to speak, out tne words aieu in her throat. She made an effort to thread her needle. Anxious to engage her whole atten tion. Mr. Hall took her hand and uttered i sharp exclamation as tho Jneedle pierced his tbumu. "Flo suspected this," whispered Miss Car. son. "Hal she did ? What did she say ?" "Ob, she liked jou very much then, but lately" "Oh. I know I have boen a fool, but with your consent I shall yet bo the happiest man in uuicago. "And I am the happiest woman." ehe mur. mured. "Ob, Mr. Hall, or Jacob, I suppose I ought to call yon now, I shall do all In my imnpr to be a cood wife." In ber agitation Bhe covered ber faco with the stocking Bhe bad neon darning ana wepi TbArA was an awful sileuce. -'Mr. Hall' tonoue was paralyzod. Was this an awful ilrAam ? fir was he coins mad ? "You must exouse me," Bald Miss Carson, wiping her eyes. "Hut the news of Flo' nncnoAmnnt and evervthinc! connected with rather upset me to begin with, and this com (nr. Inn was ton much." "Flo's engagement I" said Mr. Hall In a voice so hollow that It startled him. "Yes, they have been engaged over slnoe the night you saw them in the parlor, but Flo would not tell me because) the bats I was unjust to Mr. Fay, Thcro has been quite a change In Mr. Fay's affairs. Ho was quite poor and was obliged to send a part of what money ho mado to support bis widowod mother. The sntno day that ho proposed to Flo ho had received a lettor staling that a fortune had been left him by an uncle in Philadelphia." Mr. Hall waited to bear no more. Ho seized his hat and rushed from tho houso. His tenant was walling at tho offlco lo sea him. "You Intimated that you wanted the house, Mr. Hall, but I called for a definite atiswor before" "I don't want the houso, I am going to leave Chicago. I'll make out a lease for five years if you like. Call this afternoon." Left alono ho burled his face in his bauds and reflected deeply. Whether he wished it or not, bo was engaged to Miss Carson. Ho tried to remember just what ho bad said, but could uot recall his words, l'ossibly iu his confusion ho had proposed. Well, she was a good woman, and might mako a better wife than her niece. He remembered how kindly sho had nursed him through the rheumatism two years ago. Yes, it was all for the best. He went to one of the large stores ou Slate street and bought n hinidsome plcco of vel vet for a dress. "Sho shall have a pair of diamonds to wear with It," ho Bald with a chucklo. His tenant called in tho afternoon. Mr. Hall told him that ho bad again changed his mind. The tenant left, deeply disgusted. "Elizabeth, I roally moant what I said this morning," ho said, ns ho laid his presents in her lap. "Do you suppose that I doubted it, Jacob?" "No, no; of coursouot. Hero cornea Flo. Oivo a kiss to your uncle that Is to be, and forgiro mo for meddling with your affairs. You sco I was so devoted tn your aunt that i "I understand," replied Flo, with a roguish smile. vitimgo i noune. ftlrl 1.1 fr In India. On the day of her wedding sho is put into a palanquin, shut up tight mid carried to her husbaud'ri house. Hitherto she has been Ihe spoiled pet of her mother ; now she is to be the littlo slavo of her mother-in-law, on whom she is to wait, and who teaches' her what she Is to do to please ber husband ; what dishes be likes best and how to cook them. If this mother-in-law is kind she will let tho girl go homo occasionally to visit her mother. Of her husband she sees little or nothing. She Is of no moro accouut to him than a little cat or dog would be. There is seldom or uov er any lore between them, and uo matter how cruelly she may bo treated sho can never com plain to ber husband of auything his mother may do, for bo would nover tako his wife's part. Her husband sends to her daily the portion of food that is to be cooked fur her, himself aud the children. Wheu it ii pro- ami she places it on a brass platter aud sends it (o ber husband's rooui. He eats hat be wishes, aud then the platter U seut uck with what is left for her aud her chil ren. They sit together ou tho crouud and eat the remainder, having neither knives, forks nor spoons. While she is young she is ever allowed to go anywhere. ihe little girl Is married ns young as .1 ears of age, and should tho boy to whom she married die Ihe next day sho li called a idow, and is from henceforth doomed to per. petuat widowhood sho can never marry agaiu. As a widow hhe must never wear any jewelry, never dress her hair, never Bleep on bed uoiuiug nut a piece of milling sjiread n the hard brick floor, aud sometimes, iu fact, not even that between her and the cold brick ; and, no matter how cold tbo night may be, sho must have no other covering than tho thin garment she has worn in the day, She uiut eat but one meal of food a day, and tnat ci the coarsest kind: aud onco In two ecks sho must fast tv. eutw four hours. Then uot a bit of food, not n drop of water or cdicine muU pass her lips not oven if she was dyiug. bhe must never sit down nor peak in the preseuee of her mother-in-law. unless she commands her to do so. Her food must be cooked and eaten apart from other women s. hh is a disgraced, a degraded woman. Sho may never even look on at auy of the marriage ceremonies or fes tivals. It would lie an evil omen for her to do so. She may have been a high-caste llrahmiuic woman ; but on ber becoming a idow auy, eveu the lowest servant, may or- er her to do what they do not like to do. o woman lu the boui.e must ever speak one word or love or pity lo her, for It la supposed that if a woman shows the slightest cointnis- ratiou to a widow i-lio will immediately bo come one herself. It is estimated that there are 80,000 widows n India under Hi years of age. The preva leuce of suicide among young females is so great that it has been brought to tbo attention of the courts, 'Ibis cftu bo traced to tho op pressivo control exercised by tho mother. in aw in household mailers over the daughter u-law. Independently of and unchecked by the interference of the husband. The son is expecteel to tako tho part of tbo mother against tbo wile. VOU.IITS TllIV.U LA TION. r did!" ejieuUtod l'olllo Tun Hodit of Sbe yt utra. For 11 vo long hours, as tho boat finished her loading at Yicksburg, tho first mate kept :i a monotonous i "Hi ! there, nigger ! Nigger, what you do ng t Out of that gangway, nigger! 1'ass along I l'ass aloug I Up that gang plank I Hi! there, nigger! Ami for nve long hours the second mate lood at the boat eud of tho gaug-plauk and sung out to tho loug, dark line carrying sackB of cotton-seed meal : Cross over down this side ! Cros over dowu this side! Como along, nigger dowu this side I On ! there, Ephraim, cross oyer I" And for five mortal hours a tort of third mato was stationed in tho Btarboard gang way. and he drawleel out : Out o that gangway, nigger ! walk rigut up. Charles Henry I U'way Iroui that water pail, you black rascal! (Jut o that gangway, scorpions ! Uring along them sticks, you nig- cers ! And for bve never-ending hours another mate of some sort gravitated between the warehouse aud tho boat, and kept shouting i "Now, you niggers, pass along! now, you niggers, pass along 1 You, there, Abraham, pass along! You, mere, William, wots your wings ! l'ass along I l'ass along I AU you mergers, pass along ! After the steamer pulled out I went down among the crew and asked one of them why t was tbat sucu proceedings were deemed necessary while loading or unloading. Waal, boss." bo answered as bo finished swallowing a piut of river water, "doy say dat a boat once ruu up uu' dowu dis rlbber wid a Captain who didn t drink, mates who dtdn t sw'ar. an' a crew dat worked like cats an' didn't need no orders. She loaded heah fur Orleans an' got dar'. au' ehe took on a load fur up rlbber an' busies her bilers at Natchez an Kiueei euury sum uuoaru. i spools uo uio way am de safest way." 'Uut don't you Know euougn to snouiuor a sack and bring it aboard I 'Hart n." 'And can't you do it without being called a scorpion ?" "sartln ; nut dar a de mates, o pose ize gwine to git up a kick an' frow all da mates outer work an' let deir doo' wives au' chill'en suffer wid poverty ? No, Bib Izo no sich man. Dem males am hired to cuss au' call names an' hit us wid bar'l hoops an' rush us up an' down, an' I isn't gwine to raise a fuss an git em dlscuarged. uey nas got to nave a chanco, tame as us, an' I ain't a bit down on 'em case dey happen to be bo'n white. If I " "Now, niggers, movo this uaconi ' suuuen ly callod tho secoud mate, and as the dusky crew gathered around him he beagn to sing : "All you niggers grab a chunk 1 Lift 'em up walk aloug drop 'em down all you sin nora pass along "V'troil Free l'rtu. When Adim from bis sleep avioke, A radiant creature inethia eyea, Whose beauty on bis vision broke Aa break, the moru 'oeatb tropic akles. With wonder Adam stood transfixed Auother day bad Just begun Bhe crossed bis vision Just betwixt The dawn aud rising of the auu. " 'Tie morn," aald be, "in human guise i Fair morn, tnv homage pray receive." The vision blushed, caat dowu ber eyea. Ami ..!. 'I am not morn, but Eva." eVeo. ftutttU Jackton in Cvttaye Hearth, r.morv Storrs. tho reparteelst. tells a Btory of a man who bought a hill of goods for $1500, The firm being suspicious of their Well, I Thompson. "Never uld What v inquired uroiuer jouu. "Never did see." went on l'ollie, still looking Intently Rt tho Sicond Header which she held In ber hand. What's the use of looking then?" re marked leasing Johu i but l'ollie'a thoughts as well as her oyeB were upon her book, aud she hardly know that bo bad spoken. I never did see a book (ado as tun one has," she continued seriously, "especially Just around the edges. Why, when I shut it up, Johu, it looks almost copper-colored. Seohore!" John took tho book with a comically seri ous air. "It wilt soon he tho oxact color of a North Amorican Indian," said ho. And It's bo oueer. went on l'ollie ; "for it's nover been out in the sun, and I nover lent it to a boy in all my life." Indeed! remarked John, examining tuo book curiously. "I think it must bo the work of n very old boy, caned lime. l'ollio smiled. I wnu bu d keep uis un- gers oil my thingi," Bald Bhe. Hut bo won I,6ls ; sua tuai isn s ine worst of it. IIo's at work upon your faco as well as your books. Hy and by, you'll be" "Un, 1 Know all aooui tue gray uair nun wrinkles," Intermixed l'olllo ; "hut just now, Johu, I'm wishing I had a nice new reader for to-morrow. It s examination you anow ; and Miss Head Is so particular." Well," said John, as be passed out ot tuo room, "1 don t see uow you can maae inose edges now, unless you whitewash them." He forgot the words as soon ns tuey were uttered. Not so I'ollio. "Whitewash them," she said to herself. "That's tho very thing, if I had any whitewash ; but whitewash has to bo put on witu a brush, wot urusn, anu u mightn't dry in time. I wonder if Oh, I know what I'll do I" She ran upstairs, and opened the drawer of her doll's bureau. There, she found small, round pieoe of chalk about tho size of a wal. uut. Ttiu very thing I Now. tho truth is that l'ollie was a careful little girl ; and it was Time's fingers, and no others, which had so faded the edges of her Second Uoader. Far better would it have li-en, had she loft tho book to his uot unkind ly dealing, as, alas! sho was soon destined to find out. Ilouiiht wit is the best of wit," bo wo have atl beard : and poor little l'ollie, all un conscious of tho price which sho was to pay for hers, rubbed tho chalk generously into tho faded edges, until they rivaled the driven snow. Then, with a smile ot satisfaction, ehe placed tho book in her satchil, and went to refresh her memory as to tho position of sundry black Hues oud dots upon the map of the Uulled States, upon which she might reasonably expect to be questioned on the morrow. Tho sun did not get up very early the next motuing. A December un is never in a hur ry ; but l'ollie was awake as soon as he was, and smiled back at him as he peeped in nt her littlo window. "This is tho day," she said to herself. "I b'liovo I know every thing, and my reader looks almost better than n new one," What could a littlo girl desire more ? UjI at the breakfast table came a harrowing doubt. "Kit vour biscuit, sis." said Johu, seeing that she was about to leave tho table, "llracj up for the conflict, Pollie." "It isn't a conflict," said l'ollie. "Aud I can't eat any more. I was just thiuking what If that dried apple question should come to me, and I should say that Beveu times nine dollars were fifty-six dollars. I did Bay that oucc, wheu I knew just as well as could be tbat it was sixty-three. O mam ma, you dou't suppose. I shall be such a goose before them all, do you ?" Aud a look of extreme anxiety cams over the fresh, rosy face, I don t believo there is auy danger : and you must try and not think of them all, said mamma. Yes." put in Juhn. "Just preteud that you aud Miss Head aru cast away on a elesert island, anu mat you are nusw-eriug ijuesuons for her amusemenl." Two hours later, l'ollie stood up with her class, before the august "committee," to read. With a feeling of pardouable pride, she glanced at tho edges of her book, which seemed fairly to glisle-u in their irreproacha ble whitrness. She was at the head of her class. Miss Head stood upon the platform, looking very handsome, l'ollie thought. Her own little face was flushed with excitement. She had not failed as yet, but there were moro worlds atlll to conquer. l'dtio out hundred ILirty nluo. l.ssson forty-seven." What a clear little voice it was ! She wa-.u't afraid. not she. She hal iust finished her paragraph, when her good minister. Dr. Ilriggs, entered, and seated hiui-elf very near ber. "lho com mitlee" offered him the book which he him self was holding, but it was politely declined Miss Head came nuiekly forward with a spick and-spin ui'w one fiom tho desk, but the good old gentle-man smiled a manu reiusai. Hardlv knowing why sho did so, l'ollie timid ly stepped up, aud held out to him her white- wrhlied S. coud l'.ead. r. lie look it at once, with a "Thank 50u. my little girl; and proud and happy child win l'ollie at that mo- meat She looked on with the next girl after that. She tried to fix her eyes upon tho page j but they waud.-r occasionally to the kind old minister's face, then to the hand which held the book, theu tn tbo book itself. Would he notico Ihe whiteness of its edges, ond won dor how she bad kent it o clean ? Ho followed the lesson closely, a sniuo nlavincr about his mouth. "The committee had selected a very fuuuy piece, and l'ollie thouerht thev were reading it remarkably well. Hut, suddenly, Bho saw Dr. Hriggs look curiously down upon nis coai, wuicu i,. mini to be sprinkled in spots with a fino, white powder, lie uruimeu ii c.ireiuiiy .uu his handkerchief, aud, still smiling, sought the nlace acain : but. when l'ollie dared glance at him once moro, there was the white powder, thicker man ueiore, upon me umo liroadcloth. How her noor little heart thumped ! "Ihe chalk!" sho thought. "It must be the chalk, What could she do I It was her turn to read iust then, uuo naraoranh was one of the very funniest, Usually, l'ollie would have been more than equal to the occasion ; but now, she gavo tho wnnis in n iremuiiuu voiou. bvuiuuiiuk uiw the best passages, and was so unlike her bricht little self that tho teacher and pupili looked at her iu surprise. The next girl did horself groat credit, now. ever ; aud l'ollie, in au uguuy ui oppiouou sion, waited for the closing paragraph. Three more. now only two, now Hut just then the door opeued, and in walked Mr. Sharpe. He was aUo "a committoe," one of tho kindest-hearted men in tho world, only as John said he bid a epaeer way of showing it. There was some nttio commotion upon his entrance, but Follie's eyes did not loso sight of her Second Header ; and it was with a feeling of absolute terror that she saw it pass from tuo kind uanas oi ui. unggn iu the more doubtful ones of Mr. Sharpe. Ho wanted to hear them all read, ut course he did. With very great effort, I'ollio controlled her trembling voice, and com. nienced. What she real she hardly knew. Sho was only conscious of an anxious under. cureent of tnougut, - un, i uope, i uo hope it has all come off on Dr. Hriggs. He wouidu i mako a tuss, auu idiu.juouibi mo brush it off. Hut Mr. Sharpe I What would he say? What would he do? Oh, dear I" Vnr that csntleman was even then looking suspiciously down upon his ooat, which was quite Ihlckiy BpriuKieu wieu wmio. Follie know nothing about the lesson after that. 8ho saw Mr. Bharpe look curiously at tbo book, which he held in his hand, then be suddenly shut it, with a result which sur. nrlaed nvnrvbndv but herself. The poor lit tle girl could bear it no longer, but hid her faoo iu her handkerchief, feeling that Bhe was disgraced forever. 'This book is full of chalk. Whose is it ?" asked Mr. Sharpe, In the ringing tones which unmellninB electrified an audience, but which caused Follie to shrink farther and farther into the depths of her handkerchief. No one answered, juibs ueuu sioeni mu.- lu his awful voice, "l'ollie Thompson may come to me." I'ollio took one ntep forward, then another, feeli g at if each one must be hor last. She hardly felt tho floor bonoath her feet. When at Inst sho reached tho platform, she found a loving arm about her and a reassuring whis per lu her ear. "Don't be frighteuod, darling. Whatever you have done, I kuow you meant to bo good. Just two steps moro. There, that's a brave little girl 1" Hut I'ollio knew that she was not n brave little girl. Her heart had been thumping vi olently all the morning, though no oue would vcr bavo guessed it t but tbo very hardest lesson, oven tho dried apple question iUelf, was as notblng to this. "Uou t cry so," said Mr, bharpe. "l'ut down your hands, and look at me. Slowly, very slowly, the small hands were dropped, More slowly Btill, ehe raised her swollen eyes, until they rosted upon Mr. Sharpo's face. Sho kept them there obedi ently, though they could hardly see him through their tears. Ho was touched, as Indeed a harder. beartod porson might have boen ; but be had uo con. ception ot tho suffering endured by tbo sons itlvo child. He tried to bo gentle, but I'ollio thought him very hard. Now tell me why you did this," said bo, holding up the Second Header. "I'm sure ou did not mean to spoil my best coat, but what did you mean ? Don't be afraid. Speak out." Sneak out, in Joed I How could she speak out, wheu every word was choked by a lob ? I I 1 " up went the handkerchief agaiu. "Come, come, como! " said tho sharp voice. Why should a uico littlo girl fill ber book with chalk? There's sonio good reason, doubtless, but we'd like to know what it is." 'Twasu t full," sobbed l'ollie s iben, gain ing a little confidence by the sound of her own vo-.co: " lwa.s just tho edges. The odges were all fadod out, brown and yel low, arid and 'And vou wanted your book to look par. tlcularly nice to-day," said Miss Head, again putting a caressing arm around her little pu- ill. "bo you chalked it. That Is the whole Btory, isn't it, I'ollio?" I didn t know it would spill out," fal tered l'ollie. One or two of the big boys tittered, but were iustantly frowued down by the others ; for l'ollie was a universal favorite, I Bee, I see," said Mr. Sharpe. "This is s n good little girl, and my coat will be none the worse for a little whitening. Wipe your cjos, l'ollie, and take your seat. Tut, tut I uo more tears!" Hut the poor child could not be so easilv consoled. Tho other ixerciscs might have been in Greek for all that l'ollie understood ot them. Iu her (.xcite-d state, it made no difference tbat sbo had been publicly acquitted. It was enough that she had been "called up by the committee." She should never forget it, never. She kept her seat, a sobbing littlo culprit, until, to ber great relief, sho was al lowed to go home. How she found words to tell mamma, sue never knew ; but she did know that, from that moment, she was comforted. And, when a tired little head was laid upon its pil low that night, l'ollie felt that lifo might not be altogether a burden, after all. "Don t tell John, mamma. 1'leaeo don l tell John," she had pleaded ; and mamma had promisee!. So John didn't kuow a word of it until the next ibvy, when the eloor-bell rang and a love lv little bounuet was handed in for "Miss Fol lie Thompson." Her eager eyes sought the cam attached. 'It's Dr. Hriggs." she cried, astonished. "And he says. 'For the little girl who tried to do right.' O mamma, do you s'poso it will all brush oil ? " Of course John wanted to know what "it meant, and of course l'ollie had to tell him Isn t Dr. Hriggs good t sue cried, as buo Unishod. "l wouidn t ever want Mr. anarpe tn mve me auything. but dear Dr. Hriggs ! Oh, I wish I could brush bim off myself, John." John stooped and kissed bis bright-eyed little sister. He remembered remorsefully that the whitewashing had been his own sug gestion, but l'ollie had entirely forgotten it. That evening, sbe arrayed herself in one of mamma's kitchen aprons, and conscientious ly set herself to work to undo the mischief she had done. She slapped the Second Head er vigorously, she "clapped" it and pounded it, but not a particle oi the White oust couiu she raise. It must all have come off on them." sbo said soberly to her brother, who was looking ou with an amused air. "Aud this book is iut exactly like a new one, John." It was so very much liko a now one that sbo examined it a little more closely. "John Thompson! Do jou know where this book came from ?" Hut Johu only Bmilcd. Mary C. BarlUU in Christian Ittgitttr. ton twenty Ave pounds and granted half that amount lo tachof her oimpauions. Tho sto ry of their daring deed was carried far to tho southward, and Governor Nicholion, of Slarylaud, sent a valuable present to the es caped prisoners." l-'utiiou. Kemps', from Indlltns. Dr. Edward Eggleston's profusely illus trated paper in the September Century on "Indian War iu tho Colonies" recounts the followiug exploits : "Siories of marvel ous and ingenious escapes were the romance of the colonies, and such adventures date back to the earliest Indian war iu Virginia, where a mau and his wife, who had boen spared in tho wholesalo slaughter, found their opportunity whilothe Indians were danc ing for joy over tho acquisition of a white man's boat that had drifted ashore These captives got into a canoe, and soon afterward surprised their friendi in the settlements, who had believed them to be dead. Very like this was the escape of Anthony Hracket and his wife iu Maine. They were left to follow on after their captors, who were eager to reach a plundering party in time to share in the spoil. Bracket's wife found a broken bark canoe, which Bhe mended with a needle and thread ; the whole family then put to sea in this rickety craft, and at length reached lllack Point, where they got on board a ves sel. A littlo lad of eleven years named Eimcs, takeu in Philip's war, mado bis way thirty miles or more to the settlemouls. Two sons of the famous Hannah Bradley, previ ously mentioned, effected au lugenious es cape, lying all the first day in a hollow log and u.iug their provisions to make friends with the dogs that had tracked them. They journeyod in extreme peril and Buffering for nine days, and one of them fell down with exhaustion just as they were entering a white uAiilmpnt. A vouud olrl in Massachusetts. after three weeks of captivity, mado a bridle of bark, and catching a horse, rode all night through the woods lo Concord. Mrs. Dean, taken at Ovster Hiver in lC'JJ. was left, with her daughter, iu charge of au old Indian while tho re6t finished their work of destruc tion The old fellow asked his prisoner what would cure a pain iu his bead. She rmsnmmi nded him to drink 60ine ruin taken fmm her hniisB. This nut him to sleep, and the woman and child got away. Another ilnwn.ea&t captive with tho fitting name of Toogood, while his captor during an attack on a settlement was disentangling a piece of customer put $300 on the usual prioes. The ing at Pollie, who was one of her good girls, customer could only raise Sl'.'OO, which was What could it mean r the regular rate, the rest being in excess. Ho said he would cive hla note for the remain. der, and they took it. Then he eald he was in the habit of reoeiving a prcseut on making so largo a bill. They gave him a necktie. He bitterly objected to such a mean, little present. The proprietors concludod to pro. sent him with his note for the $300. He took it with a look of cunning, and theu said t "Well, Mr. Alexanders, I think I will prefer the neciue, u in just tne same to you. "Pollie Thompson." read Mr. Bharpe from the fly-leaf. "Bo this is Pollie Thompson's book. Pollie Thompson may oome to me." "Please don't insist upon tbat, Mr. Sharpe," said Miss Head, in a low tono. "Pollie Is oue of the dearott little girls iu the world, and It will break her heart. I dou't under, stand It, I confess j but I'm sure she never meant to do wrong." "I'm not going to kill her," he whispered Impatiently, In reply. Theu, he said again, etrlnn with which to tie him. jerked the Indi an s gun from under uis orm anu, iovouub u at bis bead, got sareiy away. "Escaping captives endured extreme hard ships. Oue Hard, taken in Pennsylvania, irved nine uayB ou a tew uuua uumuui Mrs Tn oils, captured in the valley of Vir- oinl. escaped in company with a German from a place far down the Ohio river. After nirrnnlv avoiding discovery and recapture. they succeeded In nsoending the south bank of the Ubio tor somo uuuureu. ui unu. Whon within a few days' travel of settle. ments, they were so roduced by famine tbat tho German woman, enraged that she had been persuaded to desert tbo Indian nsh pots, and crazed with huuger, made au uu SUCCeSSIUl attaCK OU usr ouujjiiu.u nu ... nlbal intentiousl "The most famous of all tbo ewoapus of Now England captives was that ot iiaunau Duston, Mary Neff, and a boy, Siuiuel Leon ardson. These three were carried off, with many others, in HVJ7, in the attack ou Haver, bill, Mrs. Duslon's Infant child having been killed by tho Indians. When the captors had separated, tho party to whom tho two women and tho boy were assigned encamped ou an islaud in the Merritnao river. At mid night the captives secured hatchets and killed ten Indians two men, two women, and six children one favorite boy, whom they meant to snare, and one badly wounded woman, es caping. After they had left the camp, the fugitives remembered that nobody in the set tlements would believe, without evidence, that tbey hid performed bo redoubtable an action ; they therefore returned and scalped Ihe Indians, after which they scuttled all tbo canoes ou tho island but one, and iu this es. caned down tho Merrlmao, and finally reaobed Haverhill. This was sueh an exploit as made the actors famous in that bloody time. The Massachusetts general court gave Mrs. Dus- I.lfi- In tlm Arlianaua Wood.. T.ifn unit rharartnr a. It ta exhibited amielst tho wilds of Arkansas, presonts lo tho practi cal mind n themo for tho most profound med itation. M&nv nf nur readers will, uo doubt, ven- turo lo say that these regions aro uuluhabit od ; that human lifo could not find endurance in such isolation ; that no living pers m would over attempt to procure tho necossaries of life in a country that seems to be particularly adapted for nothing but as haunts for tho wild beasts of the forest. Hut such is not tho case. People do live here, and it is not exaggeration to say that the population is comparatively large. Indeed, in tho roruot est wilds, in tho deepest and darkest corner of swamp or wilderness, whero thcro is nothing to greet our senses but the silent maleatv of chaot io nature, one need not bo surprised at any moment to stumble upon Borne rude nattered Buanty, wnere a aozen or more human beings live live, heaven only knows how. Take a noen in at the door of one of these ancient domiciles, reader, if you please, and briefly notico tbe quaint interior and its uu. man tenants. In eeneral outlines you will observe a sort of Bamenossin pretty much atl of them. There is the rough plank floor if perchanco they can afford bo great a luxury that creaks and groans in a sepulchral man ner as you walk over it. Thcro is tho great smoky fire-place, tbat serves for both heating and cooking purposes, and also as au illumin ator when daylight has merged into darkness. Tbo fire that burns brightly upon its hearth stone affords the only visible aspect of cheer fulness a something strangely in keeping with the gloomy surroundings. Glancing upward, your vision comprehends a crazy collection of gnarled logs, twisted limbs and fragments of boards, with here and there a littlo heap of straw or brush, the whole rather suggestive of a roof, but bearing no marked resemblance to the articlo known by that name. Hero and there you will observe where a move has been made to stop up the chinks between tho logs, but tbe effort is bo small in compass and leaves off 0 abruptly as to lead one to imagine that tbe workman cither wearied of his task, or else was seized by a sudden impulse of laziness and a hope that to-morrow would afford a more suitable opportunity for the completion of the work. You will also observe a total absence of all articles of furniture chairs, tables, tieds and all the useful commodities of a household are luxuries never dreamed of, much less enjoy ed by theso wild nomads of the forest. What need havo thoy for such articles the floor is plenty good to sit or lie upon, while in the matter of a table whereon to eat, an oak slab admirably serves all such purposes. When this is not available, why what would you do without. One thing you will find, how ever, and that too in every house in the land tho medicine 'shelf. Yes, here it is,a whole apothecary shop in a world of quaint bottles and curiously shaped jugs, almost hidden from view bv a thick crust of mingled cob webs and dirt. Each contains some remedial power especially adapted for the cure of somo one peculiar disease, for be it known tbat these people are afflicted not only with tho ague or "shakes," to use a native tetm but with all the ancient and modern com plaints humanity ever fell heir to. But it is the natives themselves that more especially attract the stranger s attention, There'a the head of the family, prodigiously tall and ungainly quite interesting objects they are, too, with their thousand and one mental and physical peculiarities. The chil dren also, always a dozen or fifteen of them, ragged, sorrowful looking urchins, of all sizes and shapes. And the doers bless me came near forgetting to mention the dogs great tbey are in numbers, and so thin and bony that it is little wonder the greater por tion of their existence is spent lying before tho old fire-place, never changing their posi tion savo when compelled to do so. A strik ing sense of willingness seems to overshadow tbe whole group, as tbey squat about the dinar room in all imaginable attitudes, each wrapped up In tho narrow confines of his own little self and the quid of dogleg tobac co. Tobacco is their only solace a home made article it is too, meanest and vilest stuff to be found anywhere in tho land. Tbe men chew it, the women chew it, the children chew it, and even the dogs chew it. It's chew. chew. chew, spit, spit, spit, squirt, squirt, from morning till night and from night till morning, and it you are not cau tious enough to get ou at a sale distance you will be compelled to dodge numberless mis siles of amber colored juice that are shot about in every conceivable direction Irrespec tive of persons or things. Sometimes their jaws become weary after a long term of ser vice in the art of mastication, chewing ro nuires too much exercise for their indolent natures to witnsiana. Qomciuiug muse ue done to relieve these overworked members of the humau organism, and the characteristic pipe is at once brought forth from its hiding place in the chimney. And such pipes; great black, filthy things Btrong enough to wreck tbe constitution ot a otn ward politi cian. A man who can Biaud neiore oue ot those pipes when it is in full blast is proof against anything. He would certainly need no Ufo insurance. The diet of tbese people is a remarkable thing iu its way, not only in quality but also in quantity. Corn bread and bacon consti tute the hill of fare and in the meagre com pass of its life-sustaining qualities it com bines an ana tue uuiy ueiieiaoios ui tue season, and is never out ot season, it s corn bread and bacon for breakfast, corn bread and bacon for dinner, corn bread and bacon for supper ; that is all the year round. To moralize upon the ingredients of that corn bread would bo as hazardous as to attempt to solve the mysteries that cluster around tbat world-famous dish, Doarding nouse nasn. i know it is a horrible mixture ot corn meal and water, but I am innocent of anything else it may contain utterly devoid of salt, saleratus or soda. This is poured into a small rusty iron pot half buried in the asheB, where It bakes and dries until it Docomes hard enough to knock a hole through a brick wall, provided the aforesaid wall isn't moro than 10 feet thick. While the baking proc ess is going on the family squat about tbe fire-place in languid listlessness and fire ran dom shots of tobacco juice at the fire. What if they do bit tbe iron pot and the sumy juice oozes in around the edges of the lid and mingles with tho precious contents. No matter, it all travels, tbe same route they say, and in that consoling thought tbey are no doubt content. Tbe bacon, too, is an article worthy of comment, inasmuch as it imparts a sort of flavor to the corn bread and thereby renders it the moro palatable. You first discover it in huge slabs of fat with littlo or no lean in its composition, and almost completely in crusted in the accumulated filth of weeks and months. One glance at it would make a health officer sick ; but to eit it, oh, horrors I Tbe corn-bread being baked to the proper extent Is placed upon a stump outside tne door to cool, while the dogs form a circle about, lick their chops In silent hunger, and bestow wistful dances upon the, to them, delicious morsel. Slices of bacon are then placed in tbe great iron pot, where tbey siz zle and splutter until finally resolved into I number of little dried-up chips floating about upon a miniature sea of slimy grease. This horrible mess grease and all in conjuction with the corn bread, is eagerly devoured by theso rapacious natives, aud ou this meager diet, strange to sav. but nevertheless true, tbey manage somehow to keep the sands of life in motion. Truly one-half the world knows not how tbe other half lives, Com tpondenct Kansas City Timet. and annihilate them, when suddenly the an. ?er In bis countenance was supplanted by a look of terror and he slunk away as silently as he had come. Ho had caught sight ot Annie's mother, who during Enoch's abieuce had broken up housekeeping and come over to live with ber daughter, and bad become fitturo there. Enoch told some of the boys afterward that It was the narrowest escape of his life, and he would rather be shipwrecked every llv-s minutes than to encounter his mother-in-law. Cincinnati Saturday Night. The Pen- ta. seen from the lu1pU. As yon preach the word, my young brother. cost your eyes around upon tho congregation, and you will observe these people, as follows, namely, to wit, viz. : I. The StEErEn. He will he there Per. advonturo ho leaneth bis chin upon a cane, so that when tho moment of deep and profound slumber cometh upon him his chin slippeth off, and with tho bang of his head upon the pew in front of him he is awaked. Howbeit the bang upon his wife's head no man can near. Or, the alumberer may sit bolt up right and nod In time to his deep and regular breathing, Only when yon cast your eyes upon him the watchful wifo of his bosom stabs bim with her elbow, and ho glareth up. on tho congregation as who should say : "He that Bayelh I slept the same is a liar and a villain and a horse-thief." Or, if ho be so that he leaneth his head back until the lid thereof falleth down between his shoulders, and ho playeth phantastio tunes with his nose, insomuch that tho boys in the gallery make merry over the same, then is it hazard ous to awaken this elumberer right suddenly, becauso hedreameth of divers things and say. etb to the tithing man who shaketh him up, "Hey? hi! hal yes, yos, all right. I'm up." aud thus is the congregation much scandal, ized, Hut if he foldeth his handkerchief over the back of tho pew in front, and boweth his head devoutly upon the same, even in that moment wnen tno text is pronounced, then will that sleeper trouble no one, but will slumber sweetly on until the time of the bono. diction; and he will awaken refreshed and smiling, and be will extol the sermon and magnify the preacher. He is the old-timer from Sleepy Hollow. II. The Lounges. He falls Into the pew and slides easily into the most comfortable corner. He shakes himself down into a com fortable attitude. His legs extend under the pew in front and meet his hips at the crook edest of obtuse angles. He crooks his pliant elbow into the arm of the pew, and drops the side of his face into tho fearful hollow of his hand, by means of which he pushes his cheek up into his oye. His shoulders are nearly on a level with his head. Every tlmo you look at bim you expect to see him elide out of sight. And although you are a good man, sometimes you wish ho would, and uev. er come up again. III. The Fidget. Whether you look for bim or not you know where he is. He pushes tho hassock away with a long resonant groan of his own. Then he Bits bolt upright, hooks his Bhoulder.blades over the back of the pew, and hangs on. He is going to sit still this Sunday if it kills him. Hut the pew is too high, so hs settles down a little. Theu he puts a hymn.book between his back and the pew. Then be leans forward and lets it fall with a orash. Then bo folds his arms ; he half turns and lays one arm along the back of the pew. Suddenly he slides down and braces both knees against the back of the pew in front. Ahl that's comfort. It last ninety seconds, when he abruptly straightens np, el eva'os both arms, and hooks his elbows over tbe back of the pew. That isn't what he wants ; his legs are tired ; he reaches for the hassock with both feet, upsets it, and in a frantic effort to Btay it kicks it against the pew. Covered with burning embarrassment he pulls out his watch twice or thrice without onco looking at it. He folds his arms across his breast, then he crossos them behind his back ; be thrusts his hands into his pockets, ho drops a Bible on tbe floor puts his feet in to his hat, and at times you look to see him go all to pieces, but be doesn't. He stays to gether and comes back next Sunday, every limb and joint of him. IV. Tue Watched. His neck is fitted on a globe socket and turns clear around. He sees everything that goes on. The man who comes in late does not escape him, and it is vain for the tenor to think he got that little note to the alto conveyed between the leaves of the hymn book unobserved. Tbe watcher saw it. He sees the hole in tho quarter that Elder Skinner dropped in the plate. He sees tbat Deacon Slowbow has on but one cuff. If tbe door swings ho looks around; if the win dow moves noiselessly be looks up. Ho sees tbe stranger in his neighbor's pew, and he sees Brother Badman sitting away back under the gallery, furtively taking a chew of the in hibited line cut. All things that nobody wants him to see the watcher sees. He Bees so much tbat he has no time to listen. Bur ditU, in the Cincinnati Enquirer. l.V tSEXEllAX. Enoch Aroen's Tbde Stout, When Enoch Arden came borne after that memorable and disastrous voyage which sbipwreckod him and his hopes he crept up tbe Btreet to his old borne, as Tennyson informs us, and looked in the window. There he saw Philip Day and Annie, his wife, and their child, all sostod around the hearth cracking walnuts. Tbe whole bitter truth came upon him with terrible force. Annie, supposing Enoch to be dead, had married Philip, so as to have a home for herself aud child and a man about the house in case of tramps. It was a sad coming back for Enoch, and be was mad about it. Not so much because Philip had married his wife, for there were plenty more wives to be bad -, not because his child bad learned to call another man "pa." though that was a bitter pill, inasmuch as tbe child looked a littlo like Philip anvhow. Neither of these things worried him half so much as to note that Philip was wearing his (Enoch's) clothes. With a menacing ges ture Enoch was about to dash into the bouse Tho saying that tho Tilgrlm Fathers first fell on their knees and then on tbe aborigines is credited to Bishop Williams of Connecti cut. The largest peach farms are in Maryland. On oue estate there are 123,000 trees, on an- oiuer izu.uuu. John Flynn of Cincinnati, aged 22 years. for thirteen years a city newsboy, has sold his Btand for $22,000, and will open a hotel In Denver. Lieut. Soutberiand of tbo Fifty-sixth ltegiment is the largest man in the British service. He is eight feet four inches high, and weighs about 3G( pounds. Mrs. Sanborn of Metuchen, N. J., ten years ago swallowed a Bet of false teeth, Re cently one tooth was extracted from her shoulder and eight more from differont parts of tho body. Wolf Meyer, aged 100, a veteran of the wars of Napoleon I,, died at Newark, N. J., the 30th ult. He was a native of Western Germany, and came to America with his rel. atives about twenty five years ago. In tbo spring of 1880 the ground upon which Albuquerque, New Mexico, now stands was a marsh intersected by irrigating ditches. To-day there stands on this ground a bustling city ot over u.000 people. It is a popular belief tbat tbe practice of reckoning time from tbe birth of Christ was instituted soon alter bis death, mi fact is tbat the use of this epoch was introduced in Italy lu tbe Cth century by a monk, Dion ysius tbe Little, and was not used in Gaul and England till about two centuries later. After five years steady work the Protest ant Episcopal cathedral at Garden City, Long Islaud, built as a memorial monument to A. T. Stewart, Is pronounced finished. The building, which cost $2,000,000 Is of pure Gothio style, aud presents a superb appear ance. There is a magnificent mausoleum be beatb the chanoel Intended for the great mer chant's remains, but it Is empty. Dr. A. W. Bullock, a druggist of Alio ghany, N. Y., put up five powders for a Ger man patient, oue Zister, on Monday, the lat ter supposing be was being furnished with quinine, for which ho had asked. He took one of the powders on retiring for tbe night. He was found dead In bed In the morning. Dr. Bullock, on being informed of his fatal error, committed suicide by taking a dose of tho same poison. Peppermint raising baa been introduced into East Mississippi, and has proved a great success. The world's annual consumption is about 100,000 pounds of peppermint oil, and St. Joseph county, Mich., and Wayne county, N. Y., are tbe great peppermint centers of the world. At less than $2.50 per pound it has not paid to cultivate it, nut in tast Miss issippi it can bo raised profitably at $1,50 per pound. Artificial eves, in which article there Is a larger trade than roost people would lnragine, are made at Btutzebaob, in the Thuringien Forest, Germany, and the industry employs a largo force of skilled workmen, who imi tate tbe human organ of sight with wonder ful accuracy. It Is a singular fact that while no human being's eyes are exactly liko those of another, there is scarcely an eye that can not be almost perfectly matobed. Never before, within the memory of that famous oldest Inhabitant, was so much build ing going on in New York and Brooklyn. A recent count here showed that buildings enough are going up to make homes for 10, 174 familios, or 60,871 persons. Many of these are immense and oostly "French flat" houses, accommodating from 20 to 30 faml. lies each. Tbey range from 7 to 15 stories high, and ou more than one of them tbe out lay counts up among tbe millions. In Brook lyn 1U33 buildings, more than six for each working day, were completed last year, at cost of more than $8,500,000. In the first six months of this year 1105 were finished i In the same mouths last year 600, New York. Letter. t-Vfl, 3l 3 f a: I $ 11 X ' 1-Hi ! ,i '-t , j .