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xii.; - r - ; -graham;' n: c, .Thursday,; September 30,-i 886: - -
i;t;;;mh no. 34
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CINKAOX liUSES,
J otta5- honAs had .been laintwi
Vhlto, but tb paint, now- was only a
iy tpaoroe plac -One could se tlia
, ,, i . - . faient had a' wnwallV fleclininii look: -the
."' ' ' MihigTea were staling from the roof, the
( ', . . heis and martnws about it was tlia
' ' IVemt door. That was titWtea' a bright
bl?e. , ,;, , ) : -.v
- -, .i'.'(t."Cnmm -loiwiuHA''' crraw.'. in
. '. quao front yard.'- 'They Vei full of
.(,- , i 1hmr little sft-eet raJ ro now.-iWith
'nil j i -tbrft Uent.. lowly peMutentyi hey had
;!(.- i OTrnwthe whole. yaftL " T)ier was jjo
t J ,.. - , . . teppHifr-room between thohv. , They
- formed a trreen bauk: against the house'
' , walls; their hraucites roaclied droorngly.
-; ' f r aftross the,; front walk, : and , pushed
',!,. t i thrtush the-.fence. ' Children on , the
: .vf!.- aldowalk conMpteb the toses.
' A SWnr men eoniinn m tlie street with a
- ' ; i ; ' Hisinew air- looked besitatini;ly at this
,' Tose-cruwJed ' front' "yard when Jthey
, ..- '- beared it. - ' : ,
"'.' '.- Tha'r ain't no use goin in thar into
that mess of prickly roses," said one a
. . ' forge man 'ith a happy smile and swag
' tser- . .
"We are oblijpd"by a,yf to have the
Bale on the premises," remarked another,
blandly and authoritatively. - He was a
light-whiskered young fellow, wlu woro
'better clothes' than the other, and held
a large roll of papers ostentatiously, , . t .
(rt v " fOh dear!" Uiey heard distinctly. In a
. I : nhili, weak," womanish -voice, with an
- unnatural strain on it "oh dear! oh dear
' - i me! dear mil!" Tlien followed loud hys
.' 1 terieal sobs; theft the voice kept on: "Oh,
i ., ! i'. father, what made you leave me? what ,
i ":- ' '1 ' tnade you die an' leave, me? - I wa'n't fit
' ;l ' . to bo left alone. - Oh, f atlter! oh, mother!
::,-. oh: Lucinvl I "ain't o-ot nnvhrj.lv T
. j . . - - , " - F,-- " J J
' 'pin't, not anybody.' Oh dear! oh lear
- Hniildear me!" v;; " 1
:'' "I heard she took on awfully .'bout it,"
' "...' - aid tlie auctioneer. ; . ..,,:;
i .'.!..,:":? fWell, you might asi well go on," said
' . s i V?' tl lawyer; duty has to be performed,
. . uo matter how unpleasant." ...,.:..;''.s'
: ' ' i i The auctioneer commenced his readr
..!, ing of the statement of the condition of
i i" -the sale., then tbe&idding beijait !,That
, ', ;,.' ( was soon otr, since there were only two
.,- i, 'i ! bidders. The ld rhan, . who held the
'V mortgaKO,',which: ha'd'b(n fc'iwlosed,
" bid with norvous promptness the exact
' ' ' mnoiuit of his claim. Then a man at
'3 ; :' '" ..the cherry tree made a bid of a few dol
" ' . 'lara more, and he ''w pronounced the
."" purclraser. 's Z -
-.; i "Going, going (fonal" said Ue auction
' i .' V-' ner, "to William Havers." - ! f
. ' ,..-fr- 1 William Havers luigereda5out his new
..-I,' k A : s ; eatate until the others hod dc-parted,
- j:;,'.,! wbjeh the did s soon as the -aecessary.
j ; ( i , ' ' -' orraligeinents had been completed. They
. . wanted to.be out of hearing of those sad
..- cries and complaints.
llavor strolled' out to" the roa
.' " tlieili. When he saw theih i airly started,
- - -1 be went swiftly 1 back to the hou?o,'to
7. : ';the side door. ; t
He knocked cautiously. . Directly -the
cries broke ont 'louiler and shriller.
. vTTheyVeoorrie t order me but ' Oh '
"':'!) f't
at
'.,;,. ...dear! oh dear! dear! dear! Ttiey'wcnpie
' . . to-order me' but they liev, thgr--herl",-?-
.'fj otcps approached-the rloor swiftly; 'it
'. '... .i'Ofwl, anda jWomanappeanKi. Slie
,i n ..J.-'lopfcjcd pale, and troubled,"; hut she wae
not. tlie one in suoh bitter distress, fqjr
, theicrifs tiliii sounded 'from Jtht) iuteiiitf.
. i '.! s i, of lhe house. i i; '-
tuJ'-.i .ii Allow do you 'ior Mr,' Ilaretjif :
,ir i Hie rnm.nn.j with Brave-fflrmalllv'
"j . ."Can J (tee Jier niinyte? he gseJ,
.- hoarsely. .' . , , '
i : Elsii? 1 dont knew. Sfte'S taklr
,t cn drajidfvllyn Sue ain't fit to see any
body. I'm afraid she wouldn't."
.. r-. i.. v . jj ghe'd only see me a minute. I've
n' t something .1- want to say particu-
" V.r ""' .- . -t i '.' I ni f- I '
' ... . . "Well, I'll see." ..
, , ; She disappeared, and,-. directly-' the
. yojco, which had been a little mure subr
B, ; j diiel, waxediouder, tt
- M "No, I won't , see . him; I wqu'tj I
can't. I won't see "anybody. I nver
brolfier's wife. "Shell be -ashamed of
borself tomorrow. But shVs comin' to
live with Silas an me. She's Welcomo
to a home with' us jest as i long , as .'she
Uvea., She aren't fit to ,Jive alone any
way. We knew whn her father , died
he'd run the place out in no time. Well,;
she's takiu pn ao, I shell have . .to go in.
Idon,'t like to leave her a minute. t Don't
yon mind anything sho said." , ,
-'-Contrary,'tt Mw. Wing's expectations.
.Elsie lOilt was not disposed to retract
Jier words. . .The nest day, when she. was
pecoafully ' domiciled in her brotbev'i
house and seemed a little calmety Her
aUter-ih-iaw opeuea on tliO subject. -u; --
- "What in creation made yon talk so-to
William Havers last nigliir said he
"Not one man Jh a hundred would have
made you tliq,piler tlat-hedtd after he'd
bought aiplace. ; ' ;'!' l"1:"'1- '!.-4'
' Elsie fired up: at "once. ',"1 guesB 1
know why, "'said shet. "Jjiciny gav him
the mitten once that's whyr-He's doin'
it to show out." '
' "Why; Elsie Mills', are you in youi
right mind?" .. . .
"Yes, I am. Ho acted - awful , cut up.
He never got over it. He always meant
to pay us back. Now he's bought the
place an' invited me to- live n JUim, he'll
feel better." , :,"
"W..1I T novovl" ...
. -ilfa. Witlg repeated the conversation
to her husband, and told him , that alia
was really scared about Elsie: slie did
not act with' any reason, . : ;.:
Silas ', Wing - laughed. "Don't you
worry, Maria," said he. "Elsie always
had that notion. I never really believed
that Luciny give Havers the mitten my
self, but she did. an' she always went on
the notion that he. was dreadful upset
over. it. Elsie queer. Bue mighty
meek an' yieldin'' generally; she seems to
be kinder coin' sideways " at things fur
tlio most part; but if she ever does gi
i,'inf.ul 'io'IK ' nt- nn.-fl,a', "fl, oi,.7'"
no turnin' her." . ., . (
"Do you remember anything about
William Havers waitin' on liuciny?". ;
"Yes. He, was round some two years
before she died. I didn't ' think much
about -'it.' Luciny was always bavin'
beaux. An' ' no Wonder; thar : wa'n't
many girls, like ' her, Lonll I kin see
her nou, jest how site used to look. .Poor
Elsie wa'n't much beside her. but I don't
believe-sho ever give that a thought. She
thought Luciny was beautiful, an' thar
wa'n't anything too good fur her. ' She'd
slave herself 'most to death td save her.
No; don't you worry, Maria."' Elsie's al
wa3s run on that notion." "' '
Bilaa Wing was Elsie Mills half
brothrr; the' dead Xiucina had been her
own sister. - The house which had just'
-been sold, was her inheritance, from lior
father,- , '; - "'- ",.;
: Silas Wjn'g.., was an easy, prosperous
man, with a shrewd streak in,,. his pliar
acteri His sister's property 'was adly !
, I dcterioratud, and , a popr investment.
with ! 116 liacl no iaea ot "inKing money 10
secure it lor ner, but lie was penectly
willing 'to provide for her and gave Iter
a most cordial invitation to his home.-.f-He
gave her a front chamber- in - his
large square, white-housov and furnished
it with Jier own thing, to make it seem
like home,
'.'.;f'l-.,t! :..
Thar ain't any ' reason why" EUIo
sliouliiirt be as Jiappy as a queen here
as lou aa she lives," lie told his wife.'
L JThar ain't many women fare any bet-i
tor. VSlie am t much over forty. She d
hev to work liar J if she was m some
( r w i places,; an' she ain't -fit ' to. '"ow she'll
tJh'fiwil hev foJielp you: round a little, an,'
..'':- ; m - .lire jest aa eoiiitortablo as Can be." .
-ElMe'S cramBefownnianded a good
viewuHier tJlUriitJuie, widen nasuu Eli
opposite- side of tlie street, a little further
down. She could see the yard full of
cinnamon roses, and the bluo front door,
which stood -out .bravely. That blue
door was due to her;' she had painted it
herself. Silas had some blue paint left
after painting his farm wagon, and she
had bugged.it. Then she had stood on a
chnir a small, lean figure in ' clinging
calico-and plastered the brilliant blue
thickly over the front door, wielding the
brush stiffly In bet ' little knottv hand,
w.wnt to., see anybody again a Jong a Irech!n J""8? UP ,' lor slight, long
i.'u:t - j livei. Oh aearl-aearr" .
.. i "It ain't any use," said the wonran,
;n: ui . . coming back. "She ain't fty to. see any
- body; she's most crazy. She don't know
-T--; t-sv-iwfrshe'ssayra', anj-how." :
1 k -rhen yoli ten her you go Mght in an
tell her now she kin stay here. .. It don't.
- make any odds about my burin' the
, I , . plncr; J won't" live Jieoe. Sh kin keep
? . 1 " stay in' here jest the wne.'
i . ' i . . door opened suddenly, and another
woman appeared. She was a pitiful
Kk17- ' ; sight. She had. a little slim bony timtre
4 w.'vjaidl seemed to tremWe in every joint.
Every line in her small face wavered and
. , -qniveml; her blue eyes were watery and
' .' 1' ; i," Uodhe4 he ' akin- all blotched and
stained with tears. She was so disSgured
f - f ' ' by grief that it was impossible to judge
, of her natural appearance. She would
have been hideons had not her smallness
'- andfraiHy in her distress made her pite
' Mr .- ooay - - '
1' ' . Now, however, something besides sor
."'. ' row seemed to. move her. She was all
alive -with a strange impotent wrath,
-which 'was directed against William
V , . Havers. ' . , r- ,
She clinched her red, bony hamls; her
poor eyes flashed with ifidignation.
thonch the force' of it was lost through
their tearful weakness. .,
:j "I gueea I won't Veep on stayin' here,"
- ahe snapped, in" her thin, hoarse voice.
' "I guess I wont. You needn't offer me a
.' borne. I've got one pervided. I ain't
, . quite destitute yet.. You needn't think
- you're go in' to ceme roun now an'
smooth matters over. I know why you'va
r ' done it You can't blind me. You'va
been watchin all the time for a chance
' -to pay os back."-
"I dont know what she means," said
Havers, helplessly, to the other women.
rv--Lor, she don't know Herself.' She'
T ret ktad of a notion that yon'reto blame
' for boy in' the place. She'll know better
to-morrow. . ...
...til a good dnl better or me to buy
ft than Steadmsn." said Harare, wita a
'troubled look. 1 shell let her keep right
oo hmu To tell the truth, I bought the
.. iiisce more fur . - - : - -1 - -
, - -Ton'-r a real rood nsan. eaid Ura. 1
-Wing, warmly. She was EUu Mills'
L'liiljsk.
v' One svening Elsie, at her open cham
ber window, overheard, a conversation
between her brother and his wife. They
were sitting on the doorstep. "
"Havers came over to-night," said Si
lus. "I see him out at the gate as I come
along. He's goin' to let his other house
and live here, he says. I declare I'd
hoiiUy ttuafc .nsJ-want to, this is so
much further from town. But tlie other'U
let better, I s'pose. Hackon, that's the
reason." . ' ' v ..
"Is he goln' to fix this ono upr askod
Mrs. Wing. ' . ,-1 .
"Yes; he's' goih' to paint it up some,"
- an' - hev - tlie roof shingled. : He was
kinder langhin' .about that blue door, but
be didn't seem to think) he'd hev it al
tered afterward. I toki him how poor
Elsie painted it herself. - .
- "Lord I I shouldn't think hed'd wont to
keep that blue door." '
"He seemed to think it wouldn't look
bad if the house was painted new to go
with it. He's goin' to cut down all them
cinnamon roses in tlie front yard to-morrow.
He's brought over bis sickle to
nhrhL" ; ' . ' v '
-That was all Ehue heard. She did not
know how long they talked aYterthat.
He was going to cut down Luc-'na's cin
ainon rose!
Slie kept aaying it over to herself, as if
it were a task she had to learn, and she
could not easily understand. "Lticina'i i
cinnamon roses. He's goin' to cut down
all Luciny cinnamon roses to-morrow."
It was 13 o'clock that night when Elsie
crept down the stairs and out the- froni
door. There was no sound in the boose rs
cept her brother's heavy breathing. H
and his wife had been asleep three hours.
Elsie sidled oat of the yard, keeping oo
the grass, then sped across the road and
down it a little way to her old home.
There war only these t o honsra for
km way? there was not alight visible la
either. No' ooe Would be passing at this
time of aiscbt; there waa no danger of
bee being observed; saorsover. ahe could
not have been very'easiry. , Great elms
grew on both side)' of lb jtreet.and
tiiry east broad, flickering shadows.
Eine, keeping close with the sliadows, at
if thef ' were friends, , and progressing
with soft starts aftor'1'ttle pauses to,
nsten and peer, might
shadow herself.'.'
She stopped for a minute at the corner
of, the yard, and stared fearfully, over at
the periled roses, The moon was coming
up, and ahe could see them distinctly,
She fell to -remembering. TO this inno
cent, simple-hearted creature, clinging so
closely to i old- holy loves and loyalties
that eha meditated - what to her was a
desperate deed In defence of them, that
fair dead Lncina became visible - among
bs cinnamon roses, r ,
""Elsie for a minut;. as she stood there.
was all memory; the post seemed to come
back In pity for her agony of regret and
overshino tlie present. ' I '- i
': Tbelight'of an old morning lay on
those roses, and young Lucina stood
among them, lovely and triumphant;
She had just sot them in tlie earth with
her own hands. ' . ' . . . .
', When Elsie moved again sho was ready
for any thing. . - , . . ,.:'
- Oh," those cinnamon roses! tho only
traces which that beautiful,' , beloved
maiden had left of her presence in the
world! Oh, those cinnamon roses! the
one little legacy of grace which she had
been able to bequeath- to it! u,.': '-,',-
" When Elsie came out on the road again
she had something covered by her apron,
lest the moon should make it glitter.
She ran home faster than she had come,
with no watchful pauses now. But she
had to make another cautious journey to
the Wing barn before she returned to
her room. Finally she gained it success
fully: no one had heard her. ' '
. The next morning some .one knocked
while the family were at the breakfast
tabic. Silas answered it. '
."The queerest thing be said, when he
returned. "Havers has lost his sickle,
the one he brought over last night, an
he wants to borrow mine, an' I can't find
that high or low. -1 would ha' sworn it
was hongin' on the hook in the barn.
He wants to get them cinnamon roses
cut" ' . .v - . ( .
, "Weil, I should think it was queer!"
said his wife,' "I know I saw it out there
yesterday. Are you sure its goner" '
"Course I am. Don't you s'pose I've
got eyes?" .". 'n ' ""
Elsie said nothing. Sho bent her head
over her plate and, tried to eat T''y
did not notice how white sho was. ' She
kept a sharp watch all day; she Btnrted
every -time any one spoke; she kept close
to the others; she dreaded to hear what
might be said, but she dreaded more not
to hear, . ,
"Has Mr. Havers found-his sickle yet?"
Mrs. Wing - asked, when her husband
came home at sight... He had been over
to tlie village "I see you ridiu' home
with him." 1 . ' .
" "No; he ain't He's gono and bought
a new one. Says he's bound to hev them
roses cut down to-morrow. 'Ain't seen
anything of ourn yet, hev ye?"
- "No; I've been out myself an' looked." :
:' ."Well, it beats everything two sickles
right in tho neighborhood! 1 rather
think some one must ha' took 'em."
. "Land! . Silos, nobody's took 'cm.' I
know all about you. I've know n you to
hev. things stole, before, an' it always
turned out you was the thief. When
you lose a thing, it's always stole."
Elsie found it harder to start out to
night; a little of the first impetus was
wasted- . Still, she 'did not hesitate.
When the house was quiet she crept out
again, and went over to the old place. ,
- 6ne did not stop to 'reflect over the
rosea to-night ; Slie was braoed up to' do
jlgr endjJiHtJ t Tnnat ha jjauieVh
or she would give way. . She went
straight around the house to the wood-,
shed, where slie had found the sickle the
night before. As she came close to the
open arch which served as entrance
there was a swift rush, and William
Havers stood beside her holding her arm.
' "Oh!" slie said, "then began feebly
L gasping for breath. ... , ? " ' ' .
"Elsie Mills! what in the world aro you
doin' here?" -. -; -,
, , She looked up in his taBts, but did not
speak. i.
. "Why, Elsie, what is it? Don't you be
afraid, you poor little thing. , What was
it you wanted? Tell me?"
- ."Let me go!"
' "Of course I will, but I think you'd
better tell me what yon wanted, an' let
me get it. - I'd be glad enough - to. I
Hon to that I wanted yon to keep on
livin' here. When' you acted as mad
it fojro 'passed for aj 'cause I Spoke about it I didn't, dare to
V :-' " ' "' j say anything more. But I wish, you'd
didn't mean to scare you. I suspected I
bed a sickle stole.an'I was kinder keepin'
a lookout When I jumped out I didn't
see who twas."
"I stole your sickle, 'an' 111 steal it
again if you offer to tech Lueiny's roses."
"You stofe my sickle I offer to tech
Lueiny's roses! I guess I don't know
what you mean, Elsie." -
"I mean jest what I say. I'll steal your
sickle every time you oiler to cut down
Lueiny's rosea."- .
"You mean them roses out in the front
yardi"
"Course I do. Didn't she set them
ontT
"Lord! I didn't know. I didn't know
Dothin' about it I hadn't no notion of
your feelin' bad. If I had, I guess
Why, didn't you toll me? Why didn't
you come right overt I'd hev mown off
my own fingers before I'd offered to tech
them roses if I'd known. "
"Do yon s'pose I wss goin to com
over ben an ask you not
knew yon waa jest doin U for spite 'cause
Luciny wouldn t bev you.-" '
'Cause Luciny wouldn't bev me?" '
"Yes, canse Luciny wouldn't bev
yon." , v ...'.-',
"I didn't never ask lur to her me, El-
come now. , Won t you? . I ll go back to
my old home; twont put me-ont a mite.
An' I shan't do it because I've got any
spite, nor . want to show out It 11
be because I've always liked you better'n
anybody else, an' wanted to do some
thing ffcr you." , . H-.ft-s'-' f V
Elsie was , crying. "Tve got to get
used to thinkin of it," she sobbed.
iUsie Mills and WUUam- Havers were
married at the . bride's brother'. Wlien
the bridal couple went to their own home
they did not enter at ' the , front door,
They passed around to the side, one, be
cause the front yard was so full of cin
namon roses Mary E. Wilkins, in IlaiV
per s Bazar. ' -. ' '" ' ' - - -f ,. ;
- "' A Dlnlnsj-Kooltt II th KfiaC
The roofs of New York are very inter
esting. - - Much that would never be sus
pected by a stranger in tho streets goes
on upon these aerial platforms above the
heads of tho masses. From the Brook
lyn bridge ' I have seen that topmost
stratum of the city fairly alive with peo
ple on a tine autumn evening. - Un one
roof were to bo seen some shop girls
waltzing to the music of a concertina in1
the hands of a young man seated on the
raised wall-top between that house and
the next On another was n merry party
of children filling the upper air with the
melody of their singing. Over yondor
were two lovers, hand in hand, talking
earnestly; and so in one , place after an
other were to be seen persons wiser than
their fellows, seeking the quiet and com
paratively pure air above tlie uproar and
stagnant atmosphere of tlia lower stories
and the streets. -
A year or two ago. being invited to
dine with some Cubans I had met in
their own-land, I went to their address
in the neighborhood of the Central park,.
and was shown up by the servant
where do you suppose? To the roof.
Tlie Cubans understand the science of
taking every advantage of the open air.
If they dil not do so on their native isle
they would all cook, like so many loaves
in a-baker's oven. I founa the roof where
this family hod gathered a place unique
among the house-toiis of New York.' An
iron framework enclosed the great sheet '
of tin, and from its posts was hung a
pretty awning of blue and white striped
can vas. In hanging baskets and in great
xU were broad-leaved tropic plants, and
two or three birds in pretty cages swung
among the flowers. A complete set of
furniture, all of cane or wicker work,
except tlie table, completed the appoint
ments. There were rockers , and easy
chairs and settees of split enno In. which
to loll and lounge and read, ami sew.
There, M a delightful breeze , that kept:
the ribbons of the ladies all a-fluttering,
we ato a dinner that I would not have
exchanged for any , that was served in
any hot and study dining-room in the
city on that night Providence Journal.
Carious Fuel About ill Male,'
It i said that a mule can not bray if
you tie a weiirht to his toil and hold it
down. " This was tuchiiigly' illustrated
in the cavalry movements that preceded
the second battle ot Mann.ua. Gen.
Stuart, with large, force of ' cavalry
manoeuvring around the retreating army
of I'uik;. got fctught between two-columns
.of tlio Union troops, and was obligod to
conceal himself in a dense wood between
two parallel roads along which the
enemy were retreating; H-J hod to lib
low all night until thej columns-passed
tjj- Mewiigeis that Um UniUll J0nerali
sent to each other through . the woods
were captured and held with as little
noise as possible. '
' ' One great difficulty was to keep the
mules in tlie ordnance and commissary
wagons from braying and thus calling
tho attention of the foe. For this pur.
pose Stuart ordered a man to be detained
to stand by each mule and whack him
With a stick as soon as be Offered to
bray; for a mule, like an orator, requires
a certain preparation before beginning
his neat and appropriate vocal exercises.
There is a preliminary protest mado with
the ears, and certain solemnities of the
nostrils, an expression of sorrow over
spreads the countenance, then the tail is
lifted. 41 bray does not break forth from
the mule. It begins way back in the
abdoni'nnl viscera and comes gradually
tip. Now, as bo-m as the cavalry mules
began to prepare for a bray, whack!
whack! would go the sticks," and the
bray would be suppressed and thus aH
nlzht. It was said that -this was need
less severity, for it would have sufficed
to tie a brickbat to the tail of each mule.
Maj. Randolph in Baltimore American.
Forty KaoU aa Hour.
Tlie idea that it is impossible to propel
ships at the rate of forty knots an hour
is being discussed in Europe. Professor
Thurston, of London, has recently taken
up the subject, and concludes that it is
possible. The ship that he proposes is to
be 000 feet long. 60 feet beam, and 23
feet draught, with a displacement of
about 38,000 tons. Hn estimaus the
power required to propel her at 250,000
norm. He catcokiles - that hrr may
chincry and boilers will weigh only sixty
pounds per horse power, or 7,300 tons in
all. She would bum about 173 tons of
to, when I ' coal an hour, 8.500 tons a day, and 10.500
1 i
PLEASURES Of THb STEERAGE.,'
.."What?" '
, "I didn't never ak her."
"I don't see what yon mean by that"
. "Why, I, mean I didn't"
"What was you hangin' round her se
for, then? An' what made you act so
awful cot Bpf
"Didn't ' yon never know 'twas yon,
Eijur '
"XleT
"Yes, you. T bought this place jest
on yon account when I heard the mort
gage was goin to be foreclosed. I didnl
reely s'poee yau'd be willin' to marry
me, yam treated ma so indifferent in Lo
ciry's day; but I didnl pay so si ten-
tons for a voyage from Liverpool to New
York. Hie total weight of fuel and ma
chinery would be about 18,000 tons,
leaving 20,000 tons for tlie ship and
anno. For tho hull be allows 12,000
tons, leaving J.000 tons for crew, pass
engers and cargo. Brooklyn Eagle. -.-
Argmm.at tor Um lirmUUM
n superstitious will make a note of
the unpleasant fact that one of the offi
cr on duty at flaHW Ur tomb commit
ted suicide, and ! of tiie soldiers went
mad. and Will in sumo way connect
these occurrence with ' (initeau's curse.
The matter-of-fact people will empliaaize
the rircumntanors . that the suicide oc
curred hundreds ot miles from Garfield's
tomb, and that the nnfortumte officer .
bad been a sufferer fnrn chronic neoraJ-
Experisaees of -TwerToaas; Men' ipn aa
! Oeaaa -fttearaor-tsSMs)Ins;' Foatk '' "'
."Tlie rates for. a llrst-elasa ' passage tc
Europe and bock have fallen so low that
I would forego the pleasure of crossing
In the steerage again, said a' friend to a
reporter -the other day; t i "?' '
"""Did you come as a,, steerage passen
ger?" asked the reporter, "j ! ,, , ' 7 , ; .
"Yes; I was hard ap lost summer, arid
I had to either try tiro steerage or swim.
My friend Jim U. was with me, and we
are hot likely to forget our experience,
"Wo, boarded the, brto'sA Ifavre with a
fine crowd of Italians; French, Germans,
Swiss, and representatives of -every other
nation 'under the sun. Our bedroom
was below decks, fifty by twenty feet in
size, - containing , some, , 203 bunks in
double tiers, ono above - the btlier, and
separted bunk from bunk by a stat A
few hours after leaving port, when we
began to think of our supper and to
wonder what the bill of fare might be, a
belt was heard. We rushed down the
gangway in good spirits, but no signs of
tho feast were yisibla. A bare pine table
-Was in the center of our bunk room.
Twenty-four of us surrounded it. The
The remaining 273 sat perched upon the
bunks like hunry vultures. Tho steward
now showed hinnelf, with boll in hand,
and invited u to ho seated. Wo finally
learned we . would have to divide into
squads according to the location of our
bunks. To a sqitnd woro given two
tickets ouo for wine and colTee, tlie
other for meat and soup each ticket j
bearing the number of' persons in the
party. , Wa were also allowed two pans,
one deep and the other; BhaHeinr.and-
with these two of us were told to tret
iroru tlie kitchen rations for tho squad.
Jim and I failed to grab a tin cup, iron
fork and spoon when we liad a chance,
and as these articles were scarce . were
compelled to eat with our pocket knives
and from a snuocpan In common with a
rat Uurman until we hooked thest) luxu
ries from 'our neighbors. ' : , ,
"The delegates sent to the kitchen for
our first meal, after waiting for an hour
were sent nway ' rejoicing with n -stew
composed of odds and ends of meats and
vegetables, immersed in a thick, brown,
uninviting gravy. You can. imagine
that tho menu was not very appetizing
to a dellcato stomach. I really envied
the two comely girls at our table, for the
first mate took such a fancy to thciq that
not only their lodging places but their
food was very much improved. For the
next few days we, woro too sick to use
what we got - After that Jim and I lost
considerable flush, until a couplo of Eng
lish rascals taught us to help ourselves
to tiie cook's, or baker's sujiplies, when
we formed quite a successful confed
eracy. A way of , loafing around the
kitchen resulted in' nninorons gains of
boiled potatoes. A largo leg of mutton
was one duy's booty; a ooopUjof broiled
lamb chops and maimed potatoes were
andtlier's. Of course it was necessary to
make" some very quick and" stealthy
grabs. Tho pastry cook once , lost three
large round cakes at three separate raids
within half an hour. -Tiie List two days
were good for this snort, as tlio pastry
cook was then some distance from his
room busy stirring ice cream. Just op
posite this pastry-room was the bread
cook's room, at the .window of which
that official usually stood. Xn order to
divert his attention from tho real game,
tlio rape of tlio cake opposite, Jim at one
time protended to grah some bn-ad while
ftUHtligr of cur hitnd mrriml tT tli? j-i-
we were after. So much running around
after food and only getting half enough
then made us somewhat weak, and we
were lad to lie. down upon any con
venient spot regardless of the dirt of the
deck. 1 ' ' . .
' "For six nights of our voyage I slept
on duck, as I objected to a bed already
filled with life. :
"I must say a word about our compagn
ons do voyoge. Werner, rnler of tlio
so-called ' Werner gang was in charge
of a party from the Itomaitsch valleys
of Switzerland. His subjects took his
lordly manner very meekly. At meal
time their ruler presided over the gang's
meat and soup dish and dealt out the
portions according to his own pleasure.
Though ho was rough and could swear
roundly at them, he was very just. He
was a particular favorite with tho
women, old ' and young. Good looks
aided him here; ft bright eye, a jolly
laughi curly brown liair, rosy chucks
mid ft powerful frame.
"Among tlie" English gang were:
'Harry.' familiarity calbsi the 'Bloody
Joker,' a younger son of a lord, likely
enough, but who had gone to the devil;
Pat,' a representative son of Ireland,
and 'Greenhorn Jack,' a fellow of 23
years, trying his luck in a foreign hind,
who waa the' funniest looking fellow I
ever saw. His ryes were mere peep
holes, his nose was tipped np so much
that the bridge was lust sight of, his
month constantly stretched wilh'ft grin,
displaying teeth of only half the ordin
ary lengtli. A brown, stubby chin beard
did not mcreose his good looks. A hat
of style several years back was ft
target for the playful and rough wit of
bis messmates. The poor fellow merely
grinned at the rough jokes played on
him. He was rather quiet, probably
homesick, for bo had little money
no friends."
IstomMtMs; aceamas mt. ft rmnUIar Klaw
Am ArtUt's Aural lUalUm.
Concerning1 tlie awfol realism of
Titian's anatomical drawing and color
ing this story is told: When lie first
painted his "John the Baptist" ths Turk
ish ambassador urged him to go to Con
stantinople to sell it He followed that
advice. The sultan admired bis - work.
- and declared tlie neck of the decapitated
apontJe was not correctly represented.
"Now," said the suIUn, "I will show
you." Calling a slave tlie royal despot
drew hit own blade and severed tlie vas
sal's head fro a bis body. Over bis
ghastly remains the sultan argued the
justice of his crlUristn. Titian is said to
bsrve profited by this horrible experience
and thereafter depicted the drawn miu-
ria. and tiiot the mad soldier had nmi- eU and severed arteries with frightful
tested signs of insanity long before be , intensity in the cojHes rT kia origin)
went to Cleveland Buatoa Transcript. study, Oucago News.
Tho peasants of Tuscany are better off
than those of any other part of Italy,
and this is" said to be due largely to wba
is - known . as . tbs ; i fumiry colour
system. This system is , voluntary, has1
never been recognized by tlie state or; by
: the law of the country, ' and has grown
out of a general condition. In TuscanyJ
the land-owners provide tuo land, tne
peasant furnishes the labor, and tlie ex-f
penses and profits of farming are equally
divided between the two, tlie agreement
boing terminable on due notice by either
party. These peculiar relations are gen
erally cordial and lasting, and it is said
that there are instances in which the
same family have occupied a form for
hundreds' of years. , ,
' Under both law and custom property
is equally divided among all the children
of a deceased father. . If a peasant has
four sons, for instance, nil of whom
have been laboring . with him, he will
generally leave, in addition to tho capi
tal invested in the farm, a small nmount
of ready money. By a mutual ayange
mrnt the eldest brother takes the farm
in his home and 'becomes the head of
the family. He manages tlie business,
and, in case any of tlie younger brothers
wish to withdraw, pays his portion in
ready money; the old home is kept op,
the brothers and sistort take their meals
together, and the household expenses
are provided from a common fund. Gen
erally speaking, such an association as
this would be broken up by marriage,
but in Tuscany it has proved otherwise.'
The daughters on marriage receive their1
'portions and exchange their ancestral
home for those of their husbands.
When one of the sons wishes to marry
be consults the head of the family, and
is largely influenced by his decision.
In most cases assent- is given, and the
wife received into tlie association to share
the labor and tho profit. . Tho dowry
which she brings her husband remains
their private - property,, but' custom re
quires that it shall be i reserved for the
use of their cliildren. . When money Is
needed for any purpose, the elaer brother
is applied to, but he takes caro that the
sums thus supplied to the various mem
bers of tliu association shall bo equal in
amount. The children ato brought up
at tho common expanse, and.as .tliu prin-.
cipal crops require constant watchful
ness,' cliildren aro of grout service in the -vineyards-
and .olive .pardon. When
there are too many hands for tlie original
holding, Another farm Is' taken, and the
pld lifo continued.) In isdmo 1 eases' the
rider members go elscwhnre ' and organ-'
ize a new colony. 1. ho 'J itscau, peasants
have grown so accustomed ' to this kind
of life that -they prefer tlilH common
home and table to the isolation of separ
ate houses The Saturday Review.
, Some Old Kt TAk niiurilM.7
Tlie genealogical record of some of the
first families is threatened by an ex
posure which may make sciine wince,
but no true Americnn will lie a -d mmed of
a humble origin. . In fart there is ' but 1
little room for liooNtin'r among the New
York millionaires. Peter Gilsey buran
as a journeyman pianoforte maker, and
the founder of Cooper institute1 first ap
pears in the directory as "l'eler Cooper,
machinist" The Brevoort were market
gsnlcners. AMorman Carman; who left,
a round million, was n .linuso. cnrpeiiter,
A. T. Stewart began' by teaching a small,
school. Thd niillioniiiro VVrmilve were:
church. Cyrus W.Tield, first p-pnud
trade as a dealer in rags. Lawyer Hum
niel began as an errand boy in the same
office in which he is now partner. . Wil
liam Libbcy, formerly of A. T, Stewart
& Co., and now a retired millionaire,
was the son of ft Newburg carpenter. .
The first Astor that came to America
was a butcher and bad a stall in Fly
market. Rufus Story, who is now the
millionaire veteran of - Front street, be
gan here as a hard-worked boy in a
cheap grocery. Jay Gould was imenfly
life a clerk in a country store, - and felt
that he was doing remarkably well when
he peddled maps in Delaware county.
Uoadvr, it will not do to dispute the day
of small-things.: - Why, even tho Spof
fords wers shoemakers, the Steven e
kept tavern, 1 and the Wolfe can be
traced back to a gin-mllL Let the genea
logical fiend do his Worst,'' be ill still
find that wealth, like charity, covers a
multitude of sins. New York cor, . Cin
cinnati Enquirer.
THE tfrflJLEBSl. CUESf.
6, hejgbt.sVr.cue.bttans.&irt not tfWf?
. Why flees lay bseomnS; cairn aa I draw
' nhth . -To
yon remoter height, where earth anf
i-Cpmniivrlif gbsbadjanaT, make the seeae
. so rairj,..
It breathes an Insplratlrm and a pf aver
I li rne,it4okIie'jt ih wistful eyr
Why am 'I baffid thus when'er I try
The distant mountain height to reach and!
'' sbnref iT jiot
O! take it fondly, home to thee, dear heart
' ft ever" has been so since time began,
And ever will be; not alone thon arc,
' 8rirlhgtovio-wht never can bedooey
For even the angeli oa ly know In psrti .
- Heaven were trot heaven could Its Luff
heights be won, . .
U Carlton in Pioneer Press.
DRINKERS DISEASES.
- TEA:
1.: .-
blsovUersWell Knran U the Doetan '
Prvdomlnanee of Kerroas Symptoms.
' It is not ft little curious that the dhv -eases
arising from the wrong use of tMs
should be met with in greater frequency
in countries foreign to its growth. It
might haye been . supposed that where
production wont" on, ..then), would be1
found those- evils that attend the con'
sumption of tea in their greatest extent;
but such does not appear to bo-the case
The diseases due to (eft are well known v
to doctors,- 'but tits' -public seem to be?
strangely indifferent to the teachings of
their medical advisers In these matters .
i Becently, bl France, M. Eloy has re
minded medical men how vast is the?
number of diseases owing ah allegiance
to the dominion of Queen Tea. The list?
of headings in M. Eioy's paper U well -
calculated to arouse attention, and, we"
hope, to lead to some abatement of
this Widespread disorder. America ami
England are the two countries that arer
afflicted most with tho malady arising;
from the excessive consumption of tea.
Individuals may suffer in a variety of
wars. . It is customary to sneak of acutev
subacute ftnd clrronio "tire ism" a form
that has no connection with theological
matters.' , It is ppsaiblo to be ft "thelo"'
by profession or1 a "theic" by passion.
, The predominance of nervous syrap
tonis is a characteristic of theism; gen-'
era! excitation -of' the functions of the
nervous system may be observed; or the
weakness may be noted more especial!
in the brain 'as distinguished from the
spfnaT cor J. PerverBlonof tho sense of
bearing is not at all an' uncommon symp--torn
pa.tiepta, hearing voices that have" '
no real or objective existence. The irri
tability that overtakes "Voincn so fre
fluently may sometimes, baclearly traced!
to, an excessive indulgence in afternoon
tea. It is a mistake to suppose that it la
the poor seariis'tresB Who il the chief suf
ferer froih theism.'.' No doubt tlie tafmin
which ten (liat has,,beon standing long;
contains dpes a great amount Of mischief,
but tlie darangomeuttUet it causes hardly
belongs .to that class of diseases will
which we ore ' at ' present concerned. '
Bather does theism belong to that genus
of.disease in whicjinorujnisin,caffeiin
and vanillism ore found.
"Tlie habit of tea drinking' is one (hat
grows on its victims 'like tho similar ones'
of , opium or(. aVoboJ. ! Tijken in strict
moderation, and, with flue precautious in
the mode of preparation, tea is, like alco
hoi, a valuable-stimulus m Ha abuse-there-)
also a certnin analogy. There is
hardly a morbid 'symptnin which may
not be traceablf to Jc'ii an its cause. This
Is ft facf tlia( general practitioners often
use to tlieir own sutisfuction and to tiieir-IMifnlTiaT1??--??
iinp?nz:tuT5B'
that kind of pntient who does not object
to piake some caqriiice iu-ijrJor to be rid
of troubles. Lancet
' A rtallr rrlrt at Llssl.
There is only one portrait of Abbs
Liszt with which he is pleased, and It
came to be made by accident One even
ing, in I tome. Liszt was performing one
of his compositions with unusual bn
petuosity and power. The piano, ' says
an eyo-witness,sang and wept alternately
under his charmed hand. ,.When fas
finished, the audience burst into a rap
turous shout of Lncore! At this Liszt,
pale and looking inspired, brusquely
leaped from his seat, .turned around to
the audience, with . his back leaning
against the piano, his arms crossed on
his breast, and his bead thrown slightly
back, and eased at tlwtn unmoved for a
moment with stem severity. It was
while Um master was ia this superb at
titude that Layraud, who chanced to be
present, seized kis pencil and caught tlie
r-tura before him. When Liszt saw H
af lerwards he was delighted nd ke re
peated the pose, though he could not re
peat theJook in the artist's studio next
week. Paris Letter.
A Tmw Yery rtala TiMagats.
- Borne of our eastern literature makes
me siok. It is so ovemlos it is nasty.
Do yon know, the English have added
sixty new skin disease to the catalogue
of cutaneous diseases through excessive
bathing? That reminds one of the state
ment of the philosopher, that he bashed
twice a year Xf he needed it Dona
Piatt In Tlie Current.
' Taas af Etaaafattve rncmawta.
The LnovTv-at Paris has lately received
forty toss of decorative f ragmen ta from
tkpalaces of Artaxerxes and - DArius
txT contemporaneoaa - art FbHadsJe
pburress. .
,' rsaelaatlBs; aiftkto a ChllilhtHxt
As ws pass away f rota lie period of
childhood, most of its wonderful sights'
lose their fascination. Que of these l
tho elephant, leading; the circus procew
sion through the village afreet I never
could see it enough, that huge, unearthly
shape. I used to think it strange that
people who were rich enough should not
have one always pacing about their own
back yards. . .,;.. f
Another of . these spectacle cf chQd-
hood that keeps lis charm from me is
the locomotive at full 'irpfced, Women
turn , is : but -a i warn iu a book, except
when I stand as near as I dare io the
clattering rails, and take the 'fearful joy
of seeing hearing, feeling, touching, so
to speak, with tiie trembling antenu of
my mind the thunderous . rush of the
iron mass as it readies met and is gona,
A different and calmer pleasure is to
watch the train f roin a half milo'a Uis
tanca across tlie fields .how stick in its)
slipping along, "without baste, without
rest," as if independently of sny pro
pelting force; for it is the train that' sp
pears to run the driving-wheels, not the
driving-wheels the train, . It is not mo
mentum now, but the iniretia of motion;
not a missile or projectile, ' burled front
behind or drawn front before, but ft
thing whose state of speed is as natuml
and immutable aa to -other things the
state of rest The Atlantic.
- sMplemaar f Ctiiaasa- Stataamaa.
Prince Bismarck complained not Ions;
ago of the way our foreign office inun
dated him' with diapatcbes, but even ti.e
writing powers of ItXnrning street wo.iij
not be a patch apon those of CblTteaa
statewiM-e. A masterly policy of inac
tion la there studied to perfection, and ii
is rare that any case is settled until
reams of paper have been covered in
thrashing cat every detail. A Chinese
dispatch must be written in a eertsi
stereotyped form, and in acksnwlertrin
a dispatch you snust first begin by quot
ing in cxteBse all tke dorumrots to
which yon are replying.. TThis system of
reproducing ail the previous or i poo
dence proves very . cumbersome as the
ease gradually develops. Like ledy'e
lettockoweveiv the pith of ft Chinese
communication generally lies In the pest-
script,' and a practiced hand will gras?
the meaning at ft glaaee. '. The viceriy
of Chinese province peruses sons hun
dreds of these documents every -day. aa1
sttacbes a minhto to .eaoh in a basicixa-
like style; which is not excelled by ant
best organised departments at
Nineteenth Century.