1 1A1'L SII:ED IK1825- " iGKEENSBOk,.;CT
The First Cloud.
Ml
, 11 f rnwi-4 lYonr the troubles of lit to defend her,
i t I .. Mini hiild hw for W(at ar frar wu
'.Mi-', if.L- thA rMiwiHi in MAnti www -'
iX 1 - i i !f : it1 1
. T,, isitit- i the stltm: thejr are sitting apart :
i ;& J; has all her wilely Uerotkm U-en wasted?
"Kii-HH-?pbttr in HleBte pain at her heart :
; l .lamp are unligUt-d. his spper untasted-
, ' ; f 8 . ' :i 'i !i . I" I r I .
rh.f&4.v erst, all rloudjes. is now overcast;
ri j"" there i sorrow. hr gladness dejection;
. Tln-rfnt ha enteral their Eden at last,
.Vp5 l-lt it? jlr!' traM onj ln flowers of affection.
" i T,"j&ll may there be id her bosom a pain.
Ah that the vainly endeavors to sumUier;
1 " li - -- " - . r" "TT. B t iv (Hliu,
b(ia tcook h is meal half as well as his mother.
. - if . I i--i 4-4-
:. i mxr.runiTe I nrr
rnttt'cru
I.oyer It an and
the Lore He
1
IiOSt.
i i
SCKXE I.
winter day
A colli sky fllll of
snow tiaucing uown in joyous viva
( ils it) wx4r, wjtli negligent char
iritUugl little town ami hide
itsirtino fiairH of inromjiletiou.
Jnt tfiillis of aitiibe and stone, in
nwtjiif'ilMf jf tMit. tli.irn;gnl4rt
iiiic i'H Wtn'Hs fall of rock in tl'
niifi, tg tlier tvith hill setting of
uiMn.nMi.aoantuiiei iroitect holes
mikI; iMiiliiuriitarj l tunnels, gave a
vhinMsii;siig;eStioii that Titans
iiairltltf iiitiiiis4lil a towntbev IimiI
iei-n t$uttiif one from i the eartirs
t iv!ntteria1. j I . ; ' ' '. . .. .
' ? .Wef tJUtside aspect as
st tji tiir-'iili a pdirof tall windows,
- witli iirtains stretchttl back to
-;u;h. feevery.rayj of light from th
uiiiii on i i iiiiL no' viu i lr
' 'rK. r!'t i ttiV the home like
f Ji.ijiwithin. The warm n t of
(aiiu t siud tiMual fittingscottiforted
iiiUv,e- At tile windows broad
s!ielv-ij iidl of" plants, that gave the
Mt-suggesuon mxiirj', harring
-p;rajn tl tieda rj ti re. j 1 A room of whose
jMiHlhilities the f tu.st had leen
inailf,' full of the; personality of its
tenants'; a rmnit where a man. was
veivfiipt to get ji sense of reHse
ami miuistratiiju -chief rquire
!aVij4 4f the laaeuhue nature,
rdirir(f ilia in j fou ml its effect
tike;tiiat, leaning at ease in a home
v wgr cuair in.
it had the knack.
likeal -the .chains
at this house, of
httuig -the hum;
Ii frame. A I arm!
- "e
If l inclined tn stout
i iie.4 lie was of
hat' type of frish
olves wholesome,
beauty! that. iuv
. V-leifV'vk'ki'iji; flus
betf with delicate
nisjire ul)umlait blonde hair ami
tleep in lie eyes, I j
with more steeply
jeiwierness tnan
was strctly essen-
tiai,luehiul their
lontr. thick lashes.
Hni vejy feafful I'm in for au-
4tlnrr; iturtnightj'f
ue saiu: Miot
iiiiiQU.chaiCB of
he mU openiug
while this; sort o
thing goes on "
lyft the wimlow
Miss; .Souslby
to her low seat ou
tlMslieiirth ilaug
lin. The iinnati
enwjo nis wortiH was so complete
ly . rvafiance with the deliberation
iimCi'tnitentiut'iU of his to.ie.
"U'ses your! soul in" patience,"
'slijaf.K j' It isj only a question of
daysj t)ir;you, Uml "then :" She
"'' an exiies8ivo little crest lire
fit 3.irivv.at .....I
epature. j -re
not 3'ou coming
"Aiiil von f ;
. !fcUli, yes,'? shtj
answered, with a
certain tbt In. skepticism, "when we
sen a in I lie : '
! Mr Lainb sunletl at her satirical
toti:h 4i-n pthejj sanguine creetl of
the; ea in p. ."Lejlyanl was wonder
jug, what eoiilti keep me here," he
said, imronseqiiuutly ; a Bohemaiu
biitli, ti! wli(imhe noise ami hur
ry of cities is. as the breath of life."
iAhulelon iSouisby looked at him
intently." : 1 : j. '
Vellj7 she sjiid, a little sharply,
4iyiat has keptj you!" -jiLiid
y't lie (new Jhat she was
perfectly s w a reJ;what had kept him.
Idlers both, they eould hardly have
coiilltedltho long, companionable
afternoons they bad spent together
that Winter. Tae little town was
. f, V ! uttiK t liai 1 1 iviui ii. i ii fii f
tii ii. I It. woiiltl have neetled morert
tltat'i ! their ioint asseveration to
liaei ctiiivilicekl the gossips that
bejHvfenCthese two no love making
had been.
;&Yii I one lit to have cone last
-rki'
Kli iiriiorins: Her auua-
.(iiy. f4wlieii Ijeiiyarti weni."
ViWliv iliil voii n t cro T she per
sisted. . i ' ;- ' -;
The household cat had leaped
upin hef lap ;a icioUf, big lcast,
wlAise claws had a wicked way ol
u nlheati ng t htimsel ves upon fontl
- ling lingers. Mr. Lamb found him
self ilwelliug' on the. fact that he
nvver liatl seen li k to requite
Miss Soulsbyfs careless emlear j
ments. IThe bizy creature laid hinv
selfluxiVrfous across her knees,
lila-W great, gray muri; as the girl
nested ier haiitU on his warm tur
wdHieate lunids those, slway
cohi;$ uot clammy, but. co o with a
fiiiCiiV ieticfnt force "1 thcirown.
over;
weighs i man
engativc of out
pi
steakiug.
Jvvlwju tI Laii
,li was a pni,K,nfc1,u
irdinarily, ami iih"?
man
eiongli
gi vp to .In I a Ises ; imi j
?:.t.:r . ......., 1 hw soul s sai
a flw w
yalion ifor te right o dd-ue
Dmk's Spartet jur wi h .
lnUHm fa r w,, h s
r fcsing totich; press down Us
ihiobbing eyli.ls. To.ustk& rt
.davlicuIdl.M.tiurgettl.e.pcture
l.'i iiu lnorx Ol me riuvv
..i l i,l!.wMl rsitietlldc tol
otre
J; v '"" 'i u" :
the air of ab
...1 itn.
iiVtiMtJii. mtioeni.
sidutt'
silfctivlenetramicouu.
psHtialr
elfdistlain;.
! . .ljf.. .lu'i; III 15 -iiri
11 to. chihliHh wistfnluess v . that
51 Lull brw: the sweet I J-
now ciiryin w
jilnlwr eyes. : .
- f . ... ai 1
the intent
his gaze, and
I, ikuliiavei ieii
' aflll 111
1 Hit et . e
. - . m m-m avaa .m 11 mm
ine
tir-'lt
liy the
1. if nerverse
r . ...
. .. t l a-ftCf IT I UVlil
itune"ilay Kuo Kuows i
lA,Ij,adla P'H ..ttcnse-the.rc x;
cnlisV of this Opacity some women
Xi-a tir indirect challenge ; tins
n: u.i...r th.it oernaps
the lomestic adventure of a jouiiu
journalist and the pathetic ninal!
H:ononne of his wife. Both had
read ttm r,l. !..X..i.i.. it .
- ..,t - iiiin.v iueir com
"7!1." luust lrtake or sentimental
coloring. - f
t w1? lt th,e ,n;ln,ier rty..iHi Mr
Lamb, with a fine air of unconcern
and imlifferenee. to offer a woman
fneh a lite as that f ,-or; woaM "n
better protect her fo?m e!facri
flceliy keeping aileucer i
That, man is most fatnous who
iancies that a woman will not make
instant personal application of such
a speech. An exateratiiig smile
awwriiinent bent Miss StJuUby's
Jien nave the perogative of
tnninirting any madness," she
said; with women rests the veto
ower, of self protection against
Mich insanity.'! - ! :
u A re you so worldly T , ' !
.'4 may well be," said . the girl,
bitterly .- I bav known privation
all j my life long that teaches
the true valuo of this worldV gtMsls.
Involuntarily his gaze fell straight
upon her garb soft, rich gray, its
outlines defined here ami there by
broad bauds of gay Roman stripe
in some velvety looking wollen fa
brie- ,.. . , ..f ; .. ..,.1 : ..
44 1 cannot conceive yonr having
known the need of money" he said;
tew women are dressed like that
; " He stopped, becoinilig cniH
scions how oiuted was his wjieech.
4,Fewnre,w she assertetl, laugh!
ing, "happily for themse'ves and
(he sace of their household. I
see. You like ray frock men are
so short sighted blind bats f You
like it. and why f Because it is
nicely proportioned, and it is true
to its purjK)se. Doyou see T" She
held her drapery forward uaivelvi
This is a frock for the house not
the sort of costume one would wear
on the street. Harmony, adapt'
ability; that is it, not elegance!
The whole thing cost me three
tioiiars.77 1
. 44 What!" -
It is quite trne. ! paid' that
for the graj- U ami el. Th bright
stripe was the best portion of a
worn-out shawl, and I had the but
tons," with au air ot triumphant
conclusion. '. , i-
i j - ( -
I Mr. Lamb found something very
brave and very pathetic in the sim
plicity and detail of this confession.
This endurance of vanity's mortifi
cation appeared hereoic as con'
trasted with the lavish exenditure
of other women far less lovely and
worthy. I But then, men - usually
are willing to coucede great virtue
to the. practicality that achieves
sightly results. If Miss Soulsby's
attire had been unbecoming, of if
Miss Soulsby's self had I been less
pleasant to the eye, no doubt her
exposition of wavs and- means
voltmg in the extreme. Also,
some allowance must be made for
the attitude of delightful intimacy
implied lit confidence on a topic s.
nearly personal as this of toilet
matters. Altogether, in a 113' things
go to modify the triviality of value
of discussions bet ween woman and
man on puerile themes. - l
44I thank you," said Edward Lamb,
almost reverently. j.
4iBut this is all in the very worst
possible taste," said Miss Sonlsby,
briskly ; 4sooth to saj, I am iu a
huge tit of disgust thanks, no
doubt, to ihe weather. ! All this
iiiiulit look far more endurable by a
warmer light," with a disdainful
gesture, comprehending ; the whole
room, with its' cheery makeshift
decorations. Do you know,? she
went 011, while the man sat sich
less lefore her daring or her in
nocence; as might be ! have
lately discovered in my nature a
vein of strong jsensuousness. much
to my surprise ; for I'had fancied
myself rather i an ascetic person.
But mi! I delight in pleasant
sounds. I feast on leautems sights,
I revel iu agreeable odors, j Can
anything thrill t!ie soul like clelici
ous scents t the toneli of grate
ful texture charms me !"
She out the! gray" cat suddenly
down upon the red brick hearth, as
if with it she decisively setiaside
poverty,! ecoiitimy ami all sordid
and distasteful things. Leaning
forward, she stretched her curving
hamU toward the leaping flame. !
I could never be completely
happv while cold," she said 'jmr
utterly miserable with my bmly
clad iii warmth. Oh, I do .under
stand how people can sell love ami
lilM-rty yes, a4 honor ror lux
u ry " I " J
i Where was the reserved ami
maidenly companion of a moment
since with her "haste cameo face
and unrespondiiig fingers f This
was a oung Lamia, full otall sen
S II ous
cealetl.
longing, oiieu oi mi-h
Hdward Lamb sprang to
.ml uhulinir towani nie
fire, tore from his bosom a let . er he
had hidden tnere. All day it hatl
unied there Ji his breast, full of
his feet.
" a
itsjwn admonition. !
I would have put in her hands"
he told himself between thewufiieil
dunges of his. heart, "but now
hern is no need. Uer own speech
as taught me what she feels' He
ropped the letter between the ce
dar logs, with a very storm of pas
sious and temptations warring with
him. Audi! yet-so siHHMldy, so
s le tly, are j made the decisions
?bat determine humai, destin
i...r.rM rue curieti nui -
ing ash flew;! upward, black ami
" L .., -..fit! it until lt
. 1. : .. . .1 sininire
feeling swept over nim, .
ioTthed himself for the sin he would
have done, jj ,
He turned reluctant eyes on Ma
dclou Soulsbyl afraid ami ashamed;
ail d behold, she sat, uiiensciors
a d comiwsed as stime young saint
"r grave brow serious d calm.
Iter li ft.lHjl almost
her delicate nauua
K for prJyer. U" r.hab
xinie ver
1 mull IIVH
. -r .
UU '
e . a a . ... ff lftfl
mill i --i
(-that we like -to parade our Mwer
mi make show of our strength T.
'What a little creatnre yon are!;
said Edward Lamb. "4llo lab
deHnitely I Stand up and let me
see
He put out his hand as if to raise
her from the chair, but drew back
short of her finger tips. For hi
life he dared not now presume by
so mueh as that slight touch. She
stixsl up as simply asaddld.
4What was it that Orlando" said
about his lad 's stature t" '
44 Must as high I as my heart'
she Uire'y breathed the words, yer
with equisite tenderness, iucliuiii
her head with a movement unspeak
ably sweet and shy, until her cheek
lieut just above his throbbing heart,
yet quite apart from him.1 -
But before her hair wasi stir
red by the sigh from his droop
ing lips, she sprang back like a
creature at bay, her brow knit in a
frown, her eyes blazing indignation
and reproach. - 1 !
, "How dare yon " she cried.
"What a pitiful pretext! How in
genious! How full of courage !"
What wonder that the fair Irish
man blushed for his own oor rns
to briu g her near him for a mo.
ment. i Was this acting f Had she
only effected just now to discover
his motive T Was his ardor au
Bweretl ny wild rapture iu her own
undisciplined heart f Or was she,
like some fair saint, for above the
comprehension of earthly passions T
Could she have used igiiorantly the
dangerous phraseology of evil as a
child might play unwittingly with
engines of destruction each in mr
cently vain ot its fancied knowl
edge! -j ! - ' '
4Comein!" Miss Soulsby's sweet
voice followed a knock at the'dtwr.
. Mr. Lamb's associate came into
the room.
"Ledyard telegraphs that the line
is open now. ami a party is start
ing out - You have not a momeut
to spare j No one knows how long
we may be shut in here, once the
spring thaws set it."
Ami so, before the curious scru
tiny of this observer, they closed
the da and bade! each other but a
formal adieu. ! M
SCENE II.
- -
Mr. Edward Lamb brought to its
close a letter, sittimr in the read
ing room of a hotel in the city at
the Western Seagate. Sundry in
flueiiees had delayed its comple
tion ; he hail but just come to the
end of his transcontinental Tip; a
certain sense of freedom and el a
tiou was still new enough to ; in
toxicate him, heart and brain; he
could not put out I of his mind his
sensation, when, crossing the bay
from the train, he first caught sight
of the city looming ahead like some
mighty monster iu bruize. And
au acquaintance he had -made hail
restrained him for a time -
!He wis but just! putting pen to
paper when. he was greeted by a
fellow journalist, who presently in
troduced Mr. Lamb to a man sitting
near; a man whose name stands
historic iu the records ot the state,
whose pts tin and great wealth
might have commanded the young
er man's attention. Beyond these
his interest had been won by the
mellow wisdom and gentle shrewd
ness of thisquite, kindly potentate,
who. as per Pacific journalists' dic
tum, "owned half a county."
1 Even now, despite the vital in
terest of the lilies he was writing,
Mr. Lamb found his mind ami his
eyes straying toward his neih
bor. The fine, small head,
venerable with its scant, white hair
and flowing gray beard, was in re
lief against the wall, that threw
up all its wholesome freshness ami
calm benevolence. Mr. Lamb found
a sort of fascination in this con
temptation, ami divided his atten
tion pretty-equally lietween tire
gentleman ami the letter
As he folded the sheet he lifted
his eyes toward the. general stair
case; coining down fiom the floor
aboye was the woman he was ail
dressing.
Selfposscssed ami easily poised,
she canie toward him with the old
tree step and the old impenetrable
challenge on brow and lip a little
warmer of tint, a Utile brighter of
eye than when they parted It was
only when she had come very close
to him that he noted the exceeding
richue.M'of her attire, woru with
the same careless grace as the old
tune llanuel. ! ;
- "She tloes become tine raiment!'
his thought exulted, "and yet she
she would not sem emlimanchee in
cloth of gold."
She paused. beside his chair, and
looked straight into his kindling,
deep blue eyes with her own un
wavering gaze. .
"To think! I meet you here," he
said ; 4I was semlim: you a letter
to EI Paraiso see! Take it read
if now ! incoherent as it is, it will
sjH'ak as my lips can not "
He put the paper into her reluc
tant hand. '1
l would better not read it, I
think," she said, gently; "let me ex
plain first"
44ltei.d T he said, almost fiercely,
and she read slowly down the page:
It was a vear since I have heard
one word of you (the letter ran,
with that abrupt beginning which
signifies absolute absorption) when
Ledyard, writing, mentioned casu
idly tint in passing through El
Paraiso he 'mid met jou there. The
next day I started west again. I
am here, but I dare not go farther
until 1 semi in advance my explana
tiou not an excuse, mind for
what seemed a cruel and cowardly
retreat when we parted oiityonder
you remember the bleak and
hoi-less day. The fight I fought
that afternoon has 1 disabled me
ever since; but also it has strength
ened I me. Can you uuderstaml
thutf No: no woman can under
stand what it meant to have you
there Iiefo.-e my eyes, within reach
of my arms, and to leave you. To
know your sot did surroundings, to
hear of your privations, to see you
b tting yonr wings against yonr
prison bars, and to know that th.
pleasures and lnxnries I won Id
liave heaped upon you I -must ren
der in unwilling tribute to a wo
man I abhorred. You do not know
no one on this side knew that 1
had a-wife. I married her in Ln
don wueu I was just of age. -Shi
was an honest woman h would
Lhave divorced her else but Imr
coarse and vulgar nature made my
life a hell. 1 gave" up everything;
to her and came over to Kew York.
She was nestled in luxury and yon
were in actual want! Now you
understand the' temptation I bat
tied with out yonder. ; I had a wild
1 1 ream of carrying ;you away with
me. H"W you would have reigned
a little' queen in the bright and
careless set I knew ! Just as tnat
wonderful adaptability will make
you now the most finished ahd gra
cious of grande dqnu-. 1 had a
letter from her in my hand that
day, ami burned it iu yonr cedar
fire when I thought to do you that
wrong. But the took ou your face
drove back my words, thank God !
ann can offer you now a guilteess
future, for the woman who was my
wife is dead. I am .following this
letter 'o morrow, j j !
Faithfully yours,
Edward Lamb.
She hail grown j very pale. She
looked up with a gasp, rue band ou
her heart. Before Mr; Lamb culd
speak, could j touch her, the gray
haired man he had been watchiug
had come to her side. !
"Wha; is it, Madeloli V
No voice of youth ever held half
the tenderness of that Old mans
tone" . .') -l .
She made ! a brave attempt to
smile in reassurance.
"It was foolish I am a little ner
vous to-day, - perhaps and Mr.
Lamb has given me, 111 this letter,
ill news of an old; friend. I will go
away ami rest a little from the
shock. But first! let me introduce
What,! Mr. Lambf Have
you already met-j-my husband t"
l Emerson's Symbolism. ,
From Dr. Holmes' Emerson."J
Emerson is a citizea of the uni
verfe who has taken up his resi
dence for a few days ami nights in
travelling caravansary between the
two inns that hang out the signs
of Venus and Mars. This little
planet could not provincialize such
a man. The1 multiplication table
is for the every j day use of every
day earth people, but the symliols
he deals. with are too vast, some
times, we must own, too vague, for
the unilliiminatetl terrestrial and
arithmetical intelligence. One can
mt help feeling that he might have
dropped in umu us from some re
mote centre of spiritual life, where,
instead of addition ami subtraction,
children were taught quaternions,
ami where the fourth diuietisinir-of
space was as familiarly known to
everybody as ai foot measure or a
yard stick is to! us. Not that he
himself dealt iu ithe higher or the
lower tna t hematics, but he saw the
hidden spirtual meaning of things
as Professor Cay ley or . Professor
Sh ester see the! meaning of their
mysterious formula;. Without using
the Hosetta stone: of Swedenlorg,
Emerson finds in every phenome
non ef nature a hieroglyphic Oth
ers measure and describe the hiouu
ments he reads the sacred in scrip
tiou i How alive he makes Mona
tloc! jDinocrates undertook to "hew
Mount A:hos to the shape of man"
iu the likeness of Alexander 'the
Greatl Without the help of tends
or workmen, j Emerson makes
"Cheshire's haughty hill" stand
oefore us au imiers'uatioii of king
ly humanity ami talk w'th ns as a
god ! from" Olynipus might have
talked. - jj : ' ;'"
This is the fascination of Emer
son's poetry ; it moves in a world
of universal symlolisin. The sense
of the iuditinite fills it wjth its ma
jestic presence, ij It shows, also,
that he has a keen delight in the
every -day aspects of-nature. . But
he looks always With the eye of a
poet, never with that of the man of
science. The laV of association ot
ideas is w holly difierent in Uie two.
The scientific man connects objects
in sequences and seiies and iu so
doing is guided by -their collective
resemblances. His aim is to clas
sify ami inwcx ail that he sees and
contemplates so its to show the re
lations which unite and learn the
laws that govern" the subjects of
his study. The oet links the most
remote objects together by the slen
der filament of j wit, the flowery
chain of fancy orthe living, pnlsat
jng cord of imagination,' always
guided by his instinct for the beau
tii'ul The man of science clings to
his object, as the marsupial embryo
to its teat, until j he has tilled him
self as full as he call hold; the pot
takes a sip of his dew drop, throws
his head up like !a chick, rolls his
eyes around in contemplation of
the heavens altove him and the
universe in general and never
thinks of asking a Liunseau ques
tion as to the flower that furnished
him his dew drop.
Pride In One's; Wife.
"Yes," said old Farmer Jones to
a traveler who was stopping with
him over night,!! "I've got as go si
a wife as any n au in these parts, 'A
I do say it." . :
"I am not married myself," re
turned the traveller, "but never
tbeless 1 can appreciate the pride
which a husband might take in a
good wife." !
Why, stranger," went on the
old farmer earnestly, "I've known
that 'woman to git up at 4 o'clock
in the moriiiu', milk sixteen cows,
and git breakfast fer twenty men,
an' have the hull thing done afore
sunrise.
You don't say so," exclaimed
the strauger. I.
Yes, sir, aiid not oncet only,
but week in hu week oat; an' you
kin see as well as 1 kin that she
ain't a strong woman, nuther." ;
!; City er Country I
Blessed is the man who has n
well stocked - farm and is outt of
debt. On a very hiiisII trai t of l iud.
with common intelligence ami a fai
share of industry, the c jances Un
an honest livelihtxMl, but loti with
any expectation of becoming a mil -lionaire,
are as ten to one (more
favorable than those of any othei
class of budiueas iiiu. Iuileetl, 80
far us regards the most j favored
pursuit of oar young men tlmvol
the j mere.haiit one of the ) most;
sagacious citizens of Boston at one
time remarket 1 that not more than
one or two out of every hu mired
that hal come under hi notice h;nl
sncceeded in business. The farmer
at certain period of the year has
8e'ere labors to iierform ; but even
n such oi-irasi.Vns he is fully re
oi"lensed by - the enjoy ment of
the restorer, sleep, and recti erated
with the dawn o another day, to
Hrronn the duties which jhis'pnr
suit demands How diOVreiit tin
(Hiudition of most of those iu busi
ness who crowd our cities! jThey
may not have the same! manual
labor to fierform that liehnigs ts
the farmer, but none but those who
have to undergo the work ban esti
mate the agony which springs from
the coin j H-t it ion in trade Which so
ff en accompanies the c?yj man,
whose restless sleep but ill prepares
him for the round of similar de
mantis UK)ii his time ami patience
of the ensuing tlay. Without go
ing into any details of the eirctim
stances now surnmndingus in this
country, for the daily press ttm
plainly shows day by day the en
tering upon a t.ew era, the result
of which for the next decade 110
one can foresee, we would remark
that there is all over the civilized
world at the present time a similar
condition of thiugs to that now be
ing foreshadowed by us, which
causes that conservative! journal,
the Cornwall Refl ctor, to draw the
attention of its readers to the ail
vantage to be derived byjttaj coun
trymen in the selection -bf a life.
It says: I -!.
"As mentioned incidentallv in a
ret;ent article, changes are in pro
gress in this and other countries,
which must modify very cousiih ra
lIy the whole structure of society.
The application of steam ami elec
tricity has supplied an impetus to
progress truly wonderful J and the
world moves with gathering mo
mentum, leaving it. hard to predict
the changes even of ten
come. Within. the memory
years to
cf those
still liviug, a fair education was
generally more or less a
pasaport
to a position of some kind.
'especial
ly in cities; now, such is the spread
of knowledge ami the opportunities
for learui' g, that this can tiartll.x
be affirmed, the possessor of some
useful handicraft often having the
advantage of penmen ami accoun
tants, if not of men with a college
education. : " , : ! j -
"Among thei changes spoken ot
must be put the wiping outjofthe
great distinction formerly existing
bet ween town laud coiiutryi The
former no logeir 'stands for ad
vauceil civilization, the latter for
the lack ot it, and as we go on from
year to ye..r, 1 we are bouiid; to see
the line of demarcation more and
more broken down. t
"We iu the country tt day, along
with our own advantages, enjoy
practically all the advantages of
the cities. The great transjiorta
tiou lines make the towns tributary
to lis.. The post ami telegraph
place us abreast with alf parts of
the laiid in knowledge of current
events; iu literature of all j kinds
we enjoy equal atlvantagesL We
have 110 excuse for being behind in
anything, and the word! rutic',
from characterizing manners ami
intelligence, can now only fitly ap
ply to our s'enery ami location.
It was lately proved by a systema
tic inquiry that the books implying
the highest culture iu the; r readers
go not principally to the cities or
to any particular section but are
generally distributed all (.over the
country, west as well as east .
"Such being the facts country
life ought to be gaining all the
time iu attractiveness. The com
parative peace, the beuty, the
healthfulness are all 011 jour side.
We, in short, enjoy all the year
around advantages snatched lor a
brief season by the townsman who
can afford a summer vacation in
our village or in the villages; of the
Catskills. There is quite enough
around us to inspire prjde.in our
homes ami our leIongiiigsr and a
local interest inciting ussto do our
utmost iu the way "f improvement.
Consi dering the fierce struggle of
competition in cities th! pitfalls,
the temptations, and the wrecks
can we not instill iuto our ytmth a
local patriotism which shall lead
them to work conteiitetllylati home,
growing up with ami enhancing
the prosperity of the. neighborhood,
instead of hurrying to New York f
Have we not abundance to bo
thanked for, and proud or lj Am
pie field for the display of our best
energies, ami reason enough . for
m:i k 1 11 f our country me a ooast
rather than an apology f 1
Dlue on Ten-Peuuy alls.
A farmer, while in a sstloim and
a little tipsy, sHke of the womaii
wit 1 the iron jaws in tjhej circus
here last Siitunlay, sji.vs the Leba
non Herald. "Why, my teeth are
just as gtMsl," saiil he, ami he took
an eighteen ny and a fen penny
nail between his teeth ami broke
them in two pieces. H"i$ a car
penter, and when workiug on
bridges of our township and ail
is ttailong, he saya he takes it lo
tween his teeth ami breaks it off.
I f ; -
How Brides go to the Altar.
! Brides go to the altar with the
left baud uncovered. The glove is
carried in the right ham) with the
boquetof loose, long stemmed white
roses ami foilage. Bridesmaids
carry floral fans or baskets swung
from the left arm by broad satiu
ribbons
j - , . Geu. Grant. .
Durlng-tho oast week Mr. Van
derbtU has ha I a iujgment entered
up agiiust General 'Grant for some
thing more tbau. one hundred ami
fifty five, thousand dollars. It is
aid that this was done merely to
preserve , the evidence of debt and
that. the old General will not lie
pushed w ith au execution. There
is a degree of sadness in the fiuan
eial afflictions of this old warrior.
The b u m! ret 1 ami fifty j thousand
doll a re the General borrowed of
Vanderbilt the day before the fail
ure of Grant & Ward is j the basis
of this claim; the fi ve thousand is
for interest. To meet this obliga
tion the hero of ApMraattox trans,
ferrcd to Mr. Vauderbilt iiumtli
ately after the failure all his real
estate in Philadelphia, Washington
and St. Louis. All the pieces of
property so turned were. gifts from
friends, but it was all swept away
in the fiuai.ci.nl whiilpool which
Wartl and Fisk createtl.j' General
Graut by this act gave- up all the
real estate he had to keep his word
to a irieud ami he has tiothing left
- except the income from the 250.
MM) that is held in trust for him.
This financial crash has borne more
heavily upon him than cj'ery other
trial of h;s lite put together and he
seems to be ageing rapidly. He is
now engaged iu writinga review of
bis'iiiilitary campaigns, which will
make two large volumes.) It is ex
H'cted that they will both be ready
for publication within a year. Al
ter they are fiuised he .will write
another liook, giving his mlitical
exierienccs from the surrender of
ApMiinattox to the present time.
Ex Senator Chaffee, who gave this
information about General Grant's
spirit and purposes, said that this
last book will be one of the most
interesting luniks, historically, that
has yet been given to the country,
as it will cover an inside view of
Andrew Johnson's administration,
of "which very little is known. Be
shies this book work which Geueral
Grauc has undertaken, he is soon
to write a paper tor he ('entry
Magazine upon " The Battle of Shi
toh."
Ked Hot from Ileaveu.
The big cheese thai is now being
displayed with so much pride calls
to mind au incident of the days of
Thomas Jefferson. A well known
Baptist preacher of tUejtiiiie prior
and subsequent to Jefferson's elec
tion to the Presidency, j was Revi
John Leland, a bluff, warm hearted
man, who believed not iu formal i
tins, ami dealt with! all men as he
did with his God direct;' He was
a true Democrat .011 the Jeffersouiati
plan, ami the President, although
of atheistic tendencies, had a warm
place in his heart-for honest John
Lejaml, appreciating him at his
true value. Soon after Jefferson's
inauguration . the people ot Che
shire, Mass., combined their dairy
forces ami made an enormous
cheese for him. ami knowing of the
existing warm friendship between
the men,! deputized John Leland to
carry ft to Washington ami present
it to the President with Cheshire's
compliments, lie did so, ami his
salutation, "Is Tom in I" to the at
tendant who received --bun '.at the
White ) House door, will never lie
forgotten Mr. Jefferson was very
glad to see him, ami introduced him
extensively. Among others whom
he met! was the then Chaplain of
the Senate, an Episcopalian. It
was the period when religious do
iioniiiiat:ous vere extensively ar
rayed against each other, and espe
ciallv bitter was the j contest be
tween the sects, two representar
lives of which here met. The fol
lowing) mora ing Mr. Leland was
invited!' to o eii the Senate with
prayerj The old. man arose, ami,
with uplifted head, directed a peti
tiou to the throne of Grace, with a
power and directness all his own.
He concluded, and the Episcopa
lian, turning to him, asked : ii
May I inquire, Brother Leland,
where you g t that prayerj"
"Red-hot from heaven, ami you.
can get the same thing if yon throw
away your book.77
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Nearly Sixty Millions In . Capital.
The organizaiioii of 13(1 new cor
poratiotis has been reported iu the
last week to The American liusinesk
Guided against 94 in the previous
week. Of the former eleven, with
aii aggregate capital of $ljl90,000,
arc for ehctrical purposes six are
gas ami water companies with cap
ital of 81,G7fi,lX!0; sixteen are devor
tetl to grain, provisions, liye stoek
etc., with capital of 725.000; twen
ty three with 810,080,500! are lor
land ami building purposes; twen
ty four with capital of 81,124,000
will build machinery, etc.; j fourteen
with 820,495,000 will engage in
milling ami mining; nine with
8571.000 are for printing and kiu
ilretl puriinse?; eight with 88,075
000 will build railroads and railway
appliances; while twenty are for
about that number of difierent pur
poses with 839,00O capital. The
total capital stock aggregates. 850
400,500. ; r .. 1
Why they Drink Wine. ;
44 Do you always drink wine at
your diuiier ?" inquired Mrs. Dea
con. j i
4Always," replied the lady ad-j
dressetl. ! i
44Why don't yu use waterf
"Why, because the pump is bror
ken." ' . ) : , :
4l should think you would have
it fixed," said Mr. Deacon in a
somewhat flurried manner.
"Well, we did, ami it got broken
again. Ami after we figured the
thing out, we foil ml it would be
cheaer to buy wine than pay tlit
phi 111 lie r. That is the reason we
drink wine ami use the cast iron
pump for a lawn ornament."
. j
A Spring that Tans Hides Naturally.
At Oskalooso,
siiriutr of water
Iowa, there is a
which - will tan
skins, either with the fur off or on,
in from twenty four to twenty-eigui;
hours, according to the size of the
bides.
. - - :
Advice to Yoang Ilea on Marriage.
; j ; i IBnrdette's Boston Lectnre.l
; Get marrietl, my son T Look we
in the eye. If you never do ahy
thing else in the world, get mar
ried. 'Doift lie in too big a hurry
about it, but don't be to deliberate.
It is your duty. Dou't think the
girls are all butterflies of fashion.
If you want to marry a laundress
do 3-oiir courting in the laundry;
but if you want a wife, marry the
girl you love. Be honest with the
worhl ; don't sail under false colors.
Dou't repine over your povery l it
is good for you. We get most of
our Presidents from Illinois tan
yards and farms and Ohio towpatlis.
Don't envy any great man, my boy.
The great man, with his weight of
years and care, envies you every
time he passes you by. Aud if
you can't be a leader, double-leaded,
a cola mu long, on the second
page, you be something just las
useful.! You can be a little paying
four line j solid nonpareil "ad."on
the inside, down under a picture of
Lytlii Piukham. and that wi.I help
the nuke up and fill its place! in
the paper. Be anything iu the
world, ; my lMy, that is alive and
usetul. Be anything but a. "dead
at!';.::'iv':-; . ji;,
He was Too Near the Grave teXIe
A feeble old darky struggled
painfully in.
4Boss," he said, "Ise and ole, tle
mau. I ;was bo'n in ole Vahgiitny
an' libbiUl dar-mos' on to niiity
eight year, an' I want yo' ter asis'
me er little dis inawuiu' boss, efyo'
p eas' sah !
'You knew George Washington,
of course ?n I
44No siih, I nebber seetl him."
"What! You lived iu Virginia
ninety; eight years ami never law
George Washington !"
4Dat ;am er fac', boss. Ie fan
hones' ole man, an'ain foo far gone
in dis worl' fer to tell er lie- I rieb
lier seed young George, but Ijo
sah hU ! po' ole grairfadder Ian?
grati'imidder youse ter tb.uk! er
pow'ful sight ob me, boss."
Skating Flirtations.
Lying on your right side,
My
heart is at your leet."
Standing on your nose, "I
have
no objection to a mother inlawr'
Lying on your back, 44Assist me."
. One leg in the air, "Catch mL"
Two legs in the air, 4Mashed?'
One skate iu your mouth, 44Cnsh
etl.'f 1 1 j I -
1 Hitting back of. yonr head MPith
your heel, "I am gone."
Suddenly placing your legs hori
zontally 011 the door like the letter
V indicates, 44I am paralyzed." I
Punching your neighbor onthe
stomach with your left foot, "ifam
on to your little game." I
A backward flip of the heels ft ml
sudden Cohesion of the kuee to
the floor indieates.'May I skate
the next music with you."
j 'o Time for Discussion
. I Froin Texas Sifting. i
A great many pe p!o are inter
ested jtst now. iu ascertaining '-ow
the) president elect is going ti di
vide out the numerous offices atpiis
disposal. Hopes are entertained
by many that he will make a clean
sweep, i while others, who doaiot
exjHct any ofilce, are of the opinion
that the civil service rule:: should
Im observed. A similar difference
of opinion occurretl "between (wo
darkies who were raising poultry
by hand. ,
4'Sainbo, ain't hit agin de law -ter
take dese heah chicken!" asked one
of t lie reformers. j
"IIjI. nr am n irr;ir. moral ones-
tiou
which we hain't got 110 time
ter
pul
discuss : .hair down auuddcr
et." -
The President.
President Arthur ordinarily Sees
his j callers in the White House
library I When he is talking with
his general visitors lie stands sup.
When he is receiving siiecial iir
ers he sits behind a small writing
desk ami, wheeling ou his rcvdlv-
ing chair, talks to the visitor, who
is seated in a cuair upon ine ten.
One of these visitors writes tifsich
a call i j "I have never seen -the
President 'look so well physiesdlj'.
His color is good, His complexion
is clear ills nesn iooks soiki nnti
ha lost that flabby Itxik of a year
!"!.' a' 1. -L -
ago, wnen lie was sncn poor
health. He was dressetl in a simg
titling business suit, a dark mixed
goods.; A ret I roselmu was nut lie
tiehti harrtw lapel of his four but,
ton
cntaway coat
X IIIaiphemer Struck Dumb.
Jobu Lvioau, an old sailor given
to profanity when excited, was last
week' superintending some work
men on his farm iu Brown county,
Iml.,lwbeti a silly accident prof-ok-ed
his wrath. Words more blas
phemous than ever iK'fore uttfred
ndled from his fluent tongue, wliile
he danced alamt iu a KTlect ar
oxysin. ! Sudtlenly the ; impious
deel a ra t ions cea setl . Ly m an S fel 1
face downward to the ground Jand ,
was unable to move ( a muscle.
Sight and sneech were-con e.and
motion was impossible. Aftpr a
while! he recovered slightly,! but
his nrofanc tongue is iMiwer!ess.
ami he remains in a half conscious
condition. 1 I I i
;) Advantages of Frontier L.lfe4
In 1 Paso, Texas, a Mexican
dollaV is worth 85 cents.; It) El
Pasti del Norte, just across the river
in Mexico, an Atmricau collar is
wor Li 85 cents. Not long ago a
cowlWiy took a fifteen cent drink jf
whiskey in an El Paso saloon. He
tendered au American dollariaml
received for change a Mexican dol
lar, equivalent there to 85 cents.
He tlien crossed over to the Mexi
can town and took another drink
of tie same stuff. He passed ber
the Mexican dollai and received for
tdiaiigean Ameiicau dollar, equiv
alentv there to 85 cents. He jcon
tiuuetl this operationjill day, land
at night was found dead drunk with
his original dollar in his pocket. J
.1
tiere was tuscovered in
White's Valley, Va.. a few days
ago, a KpIar tree that measured
29 feet in girth. y
A Christmas tree at the New
Orleans Exposition is fifty feet
high and iu its branches, lighted
with five hundred colored electric
lights, are innumerable toys.
; The sura f 8 C00 was paid re
cently for one walnut tree near K
Tazewell, in Virginia. So huge
was the tree that the. purchasers,
who were 'lumbermen, made con
siderable profit. ''"
: A tree,- weighmg twenty tons.
l ragged by thirty horses, was I
iiauletl from the valley of the Aube !
at Cannes tothe villa of the Baron- i
ess Rothschild, it being a whim of
that iiersou to own that particular
tree. f - - . .. :-
AtCanliff a wire rope has just
beeu niauufactnretl which is 2 300
fathoms in length, or two miles and
108 yards It weighs 21 tons.
Nearly 100,000 fai horns of .".-wire
have beeu used in making it. This
huge rope is to le useI in working
the trains in the tuune! at Glas
gow. . - -' -..)
' A jot from thtv Rochester Chron
icle and Democrat : Mrs. L. L. Fix. '
of Castle, is the proud Hssessor of j
acalla lily which measures the en-1
ormous length of forty tie inches,
which is saitl by florists to be the
largest ever 011 record in the county 1
ami seldom equaled. .. j -j
This is from the Santa Anna.!
Cat., Herald: A log cut from a blue
gum tr e mi H. U. Roper's place
was seut to New Orleans Exposition
on Tuestlay. It was of seven years'
growth, would jreigh probably five
hundred pounds ami measured 3
feet through. :It will give an idea
how rapiuly trees grow iu this)
country. , ; 1
I At Plant City, Florida, there is1
a bunch of grapes which is a mar
vel in its way. The bunch is only
fifteen inches Jong, but contains
fifteen large clusters ami weighs 22
pouutls. They grew so close to
gether that boine of the grapes arc
pressed out of shape and the bunch
has the'appearauce of a large round
ball. 1 ".
IMucatlou of Children.
In an interesting lecture the oth-
er night, Superintendent McAIIis )
ter, of Philatlebihia, , tlisctissed tin? '
question, "When ami how should
the, education of children beginf'
"The child," he said, t'flrst comes'
in contact with the world through;
its senses. Education should,)
therefore, begiu through and byj
the training of-tho senses and
lead upward to the .education of
the intellectual ami moral faculties.)!
Activity isjjjio great law which
regulates child lite, and Frtiebel's
principle was that all education
should lie based 011 the self activity)
of the child. No one has more stren
uously insisted upon this than our
own Kinersoir, who left lew ones
lions untouched by his snbtic in-!
tellect. What Froebel did. how-
ever, was to show how the intel
lectual activities of I chiltlhootl !
should be organized i L in ing holdJ
of the child's tendency to play, he,
invented various games the ptir
jiose of whiclr is to itgulate ther
natural ami instinctive activity of
the limbs ami senses, that the ends
of nature nny be attained.' When
a more advaucl'tl stage of the
chihPs education is readied the will -
is awakened, ami tli's f iustimrtive
activity becomes ctmsciiTus action,'
which by ami b;grows into pro)
d active action or work. This is
what is meant by the cardinal p iuj
ciple. of kindergarten culture that
all learning consists in tloing. It
is this which places the kindcrgaH
leu methods in antagonism to the
methods which still largely obtain
in the primary schools. The new
etlitcatiou demands that the knowl
edge of things shall precede-the
knowledge of wt.rds, and that the
mind thall lie allowed to unfold and
riiieu through its own observation
am! thinking."
A Modern Fable. -
1 - 1 ; H'bila.llr.hia Call.)
A Donkey fell into a deep holc
a ml, after nearly starving, caught
sight of a passing Fox, and im
plored - the Stranger to help hini
Ollt. ' '-"r.v.r
"I am too small toaid iou," sai
the Fox,'-"but 1 will give yon some j
good advice. Only a lew rods
away is a big, strong elephant. '
Call to him and he ill get you out ij! -iu
a jiffy." -j . , - j; )
After I he Fox had gone the Don - '
key tins ieasonetl iih himself:
44l am very weak for want ot uour
ishmeut- TTy moVe I make is H .
just so much additional loss of
strength. 11,1; raise my voice to
call the elephant I shall be weaker
yet. No, 1 will not waste my sub
stance that way. It is the duly f
the elephant to come without catling."-
; j -:" '.-1 ; ; !'!
So the Donkey seated hi ui self
back ami Ijventuall' stanitl tti
death.. ., ., .-." .! ': (..,. ; .".;
LOng afterward the Fox on pass
ing the hole saw within it .1 whiten
ing skeleton, and tetnarked : j 4If
it be true that the souls of animals
are transmitted into men, that
Donkey will-bee. me one of those
merchants,wiio cap never aflWd to
advertise." j ,;
Full DrckH.
"Are you going to Miss Fassau
feathers' party t" asked .1 jonug
ladv of a friend as thVy iurt on th
street. ' ) j
44No," was the response.'
"And whv not. nrav? It is t b
a very swell affair.". . - 1
4Yes, I know, but I haven': any
thing to wear.! 1 J j ;).:
"Oh, you tlon't need anything
much ;
k now.?
it's to- lie full dress, you
A Jiantlsome cover for the
sitle board is made of fine while,
crash, with ends of inacraine. Ta-s
ble scarfs are i sometimes made in
this war also.i
tome Big Things. : ;
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