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THE ERA.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1874.
What the Angel U rough t Us.
In the early days of Autumn,
In the bright Autumnal days, .
When the Indian-summer sunlight .
Slants Its so A September rays ; ,
In my chamber I lay dreaming '
Of a sick one dear lo me
Of her young maternal yearnings
I r i r- .1 1. x 1
For a Life, that was to be.
By her bedside I was dreaming
In the curtained light of day, ;
Till the purpling of the morning
Brightened into streaks of gray
I was dreaming that an Angel,
Hovering o'er the loved one's couch,
Fanned her with a breath of Heaven-
Healed her with his holy touch ;
Seeming, too, to carry something
Something sheltered 'neath his wing ;
Then be laid it down and left it
Left the wee. but wondrous thing.
And he scarcely. pressed the carpet,
Passing by me, where I lay
Touched me with his wing as lightly
As an Aspen leaf at play.
Yet, that gentle touch awoko mo,
And the rosy flush of dawn,
Falling on the lovely sufferer,
Showed the Angel-form was gone;
But I saw the Angel's burden
Tightly to her bosom pressed
Baby fingers, as she slumbered.
Toying with her marble breast.
And I kissed the dainty fingers,
While two lips so sweotly smiled,
Could I tell which was tho sweetest
Mother pale or dimpled child ?
But I know, no Angel ever
Sweeter boon or blessings bore ;
And no Father and no Mother
Welcomed such a Babe before.
For her faco is like the morning,
Like the morning-star her eye,
And her hair is like the sunlight
Of the Indian-summer sky.
Such the gift the Angel brought us
Baby with her winsome ways,
In the early, days of Autumu,
In the bright Autumnal days.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Romance of a Glove.
A lord was observed who wore,
fastened to his ' doublet, a' small
glove such as women wear. . It was
fastened with golden hooks, and the
seams were adorned with such a
quantity of diamonds, rubies, em
eralds, and pearls, that the value of
the glove was something extraor
dinary. "I perceive, monsieur, that you
are surprised I have so enriched of which some of the spirituous and
this poor glove, but I will tell you malt liquors, so-called, are com
the reason. I look upon you as a posed,' are given to the public, to-
gallant man, and I am sure you
know whatlovo is. You must know
that I have all my life loved a lady
whom I still love, and shall Jove
even after I am dead. As my heart
was bolder to make a - good choice
than my tornrue to declare iL I re-
mained forseven years without even
daring to show any signs of loving
her, for fear if she perceived them,
I should lose the opportunity I had
of beincr frequently with ber a
thought that terrified me more than
death. But one day, being In a
meadow and gazing upon her, I was
seized with such a palpitation of the
heart that I lost all color and coun
tenance. She having noticed this
and asked me what was the matter,
I told her I was intolerably sick at
heart. Thinking this sickness was
one in which she had no share, she
expressed her pity for it, and that
made me entreat her to put her
hand on my heart and see how it
beat. She did so more from charity
than affection, and as I held her
gloved hand on my heart its mo
tions became so violent that she per
ceived that I had spoken the truth.
Then I pressed her hand on my bo
som and said to her : 'Keceive this
heart, madame, which struggles to
escape from my bosom and put it
self in the hands of her from whom
I hope for grace, life and pity. It
is this heart, madame, which now
constrains me to declare the love I
have long cherished for you in se
cret; for neither my heart nor, I,
madame, can longer withstand so
potent a god.' Surprised at so un
expected a declaration, she would
have withdrawn her, hand, but I
held it so fast that her crlove re-
mained with me instead of that
cruel hand. As I never had before,
or have since, any other approach
to near intimacy with her, I placed
this glovo over my . heart as the fit
test piaster I could apply ; to ; ltl:; i
have It enriched with; all the .finest
jewels, in my possession;, but what
is dearer to me than all of; Jtfcem iih
tho glove Itself, wbJch I wouldi
give for the realm of EnglandrFor
there is nothing I prize in the world
so much a to feel it on my bosom,"
Such a love as this Is declared by
connoisseurs to be a perfect and Ideal
love.
The Science of Kissing-.
People will kiss. Yet not one la
a nun area Knows now to extract
bliss from lovely lips, any, .morel Which has been exceeded only three) fourteen years are still the brain, the
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than they know how to make dia- times in the history of cotton cul- head, the soul of the to-day Derao
monds from charcoal. And yet it ture in this country. This large cratic party; and they are to this
Is easy, at least for as. First know crop follows the large crop of 1872- honr unchanged in sentiment, in
whom you nre going to klss. Don't '73, whicli was 3,930,000 bales. The sympathy and in will. Outside pro
make a jnistake, although a mistake natural result is that manufacturers fessions of purpose and policy may
may be good. , 'jJon'tJump up like are now provided with larger stocks appear different, but reopen the is
a trout; or fly, and smack a woman than usual and that prices are tend- sues of the fourteen years past, with
on her neck, or the ear, or the cor- nl? downward. The aggregate thesame possibilities of successful op
ner of her forehead, or on the end amount in dollars and cents realiz- position, and the same enemy would
of her nose." The gentleman should ed by the planters In 1873-'74 has be in the field, the same treason
be a little" the "taller. He should
have a deanace, a kind eye, and a
moutb -iuin if expression. Don't
kiss evervbodv.- Donfc alt dnwn rn
It 'fifand nnJ Nxi nnf h nv?nnJ
nhnnt frAHfno. in rrmirrf tw
w w w w w mm w V S A
sons are plenty to corner, and catch
a kiss : more persons would spoil
the sport. ; Take the left hand of the
lady in your right let your hand
go to', any place out of the way;
throw the left handgently over the
shoulder of the lady, ftnd let It fall
down the right side. Do not be in
a hurry; draw her gently, lovingly,
to your heart. Her head will fall
gently on your shoulder, and a
handsome shoulder. strap it makes.
Do not be In a hurry. Her left hand
is in your right; let there be anira-
pression to that, not like the gripe
of a vice, but a gentle clasp, full of
electricity, thought and respect. Do
not be in a hurry. Her head lies
carelessly on your shoulder. You
are heart to heart. Look down into
her half-closed eyes. Gently, but
manfully, press her to your bosom,
Stand firm. Be brave, but don't be
in a hurry. Her lips are almost
open. Lean slightly forward with
your, head, not the body. Take
good aim ; the lips meet; the eyes
clqse; the heart opens; the soul
rides the storms, troubles, and sor-
rows of life (don't be In a hurry);
Heaven opens before yout the world
shoots under your feet, as a meteor
flashes across the evenine sky (don't
bp afraid) ; the heart forgets, its bit-
tefness, and the ; art of kissing Is
learnt! No fus3, no noise, no flut
terinff. and sauirmln? like hook-
impaled worms. Kissing don't hurt,
nor does It require an act of Con
gress to make it legal.
The Beverages of the Iay.
Through a recent convert to the
temperance cause, the Ingredients
wit: ,
Bourbon or rye whisky is manu
factored from high' wines, common
ly called fusel oil whisky made to-
day and drank three days after. It
also contains vinegar, syrup, oil of
bourbon, French coloring, blue-
stone, and other . poisonous chemi
cals. It costs 80 cents to $1 a gallon,
and retails for $oa$6 a gallon.
Cognac brandy is made from
French or Cologne spirits, burnt su
gar, oil of cognac, vinegar, blue-
stone, Jamaica rum, honey, and
aloes- It costs $2 a gallon, and re
tails from $6 to $10 a gallon.
Irish or Scotch whisky Is made
from Canada highwines, or newdis
tilled whisky, one week old, salt-
petre, fine salt, essence of oil or
Scotch or Irish whisky, fusel oil,
syrup bluestone, St. Croix rum,
some imported Irish orScotch whis
ky for flavor. It costs $1.50 and re
tails' for $6 a gallon. -.
What sells for the best Holland
gin is made from French spirits,
water, oil of juniper, syrup, white
wine vinegar, bluestone, New Eng
land rum,w: peach pits, with some
imported gin for flavor.
Old Tom gin is made from the
same ingredients, but double syrup
is. added to make it sweeter. It
costs $1.25 a gallon; and retails for
$5. It is also bottled as a medicine,
and sold for the kidney disease.
Jamaica and St. Croix rum is
made of double refined : highwines,
French coloring, oil 6f rum, fusel
oil, vinegar, bluestone, burnt sugar,
molasses syrup, with some imported
Jamaica, Cuba, or St Croix rum for
flavor; alum, aloes, and prunejuice.
I Stock ale or. porter is diluted with
oil of vitriol,- strychnine, and aqua
fortis to make it keep. New ale is
diluted with oil of vitriol and dam
aged molasses. Lager beer contains
a little malt, plenty of water, 6ome
inferior hops, rosin, tar, saleratus,
soda; with four different chemicals
to make it keep after brewing.
' " I tell you, what,' said a Troy
widower,' as'he spit out of the win
dow, " it'seems awful when I think
Sary's down In" the ground instead
of being around fixing to dry ap-i
pies."
'
Cotton Prospect.
The cotton crop for the year end
ing the 1st inst., Is 4,17p,000 bales,
ieen considerably less than the sum
obtained for the crop of the preced-
Ing year, which was 240,000 bales
smaller.
In spite of the circumstances we
have mentioned, which will erener-
' w
ally be considered adverse to the
Interest of the planters, we are still
of the opinion we expressed last
year, that the prospects of those
engaged in the cultivation and
manufacture of cotton in the United
States were never better, taking
broad view of the future. The
beavy crop of breadstuff's through-
out ine worm, ana tne consequent
a
low prices of food, Insure tor the national approval, and having full respondent of the Boston Journal,
coming twelve months a larger leave to execute the dominant will says that those who visited Corn
consumption of cotton goods than of the party, the fruits of blood and modore Vanderbilt's rooms recently
has ever yet been reached. The sacrifice in the late war will be lost, could haW seen in the antechamber,
consumption will further be stimu-
lated by the low prices now ruling,
cotton goods havingreached a lower
value than they have touched since
1861 We need not dwell longer on
these lacts, since they win be ac-
knowledged by every one to be the
most powerful of stimulants to in-
crease consumption. Only a little
time is needed to bring them into
effective operation.
. We observed a year ago that the
export trade of the United States
with China and South America in
cotton goods of our own manufac-
ture, which had obtained consider-
able dimensions previous to 1871,
would probably soon be regained
1 and extended. The official returns
of the Custom House show that
great progress has been madein this
direction, and the exports of the
current calendar year irom tne ports
of New York and Boston are great
er for the first eight months than
for the corresponding, period of and
preceding year since 1860.
The quantity of raw cotton work
ed up in the United States last year,
after allowing 100,000 bales for the
luv-Acaoc
1,220,000 bales against 1,200,000 bales
for the two years 1859 and 1860.
The European manufacturers fully
recognize the superiority of Ameri-
can cotton over the East Indian and
other varieties, and if our planters
feel the pressure of low prices they
may find some solace in the fact
that their rivals suffer even more
keenly from the same cause. The
truth is that American cotton is
steadily regaining from its foreign
competitors the supreme position it
occupied before the war. The only
formidable obstacle to the perma
nent prosperity of the planting in
terest is the misgovernment of the
Southern States. In Georgia, Texas,
North Carolina, and some other
States this obstacle ha3 been remov
ed, and with ordinary prudence and
vigilance we hope to see it removed
everywhere else. iV. K Tribune.
Character is Capital.
What you can effect depends on
what you are. You put your whole
self into what you do. If that self
be small, and lean, and mean, your
entire life-work is paltry,your words
have no force, your influence has no
weight. If that self be true and
high, pure and kind, vigorous and
forceful, your strokes are blows,
A M .
your notes staccatos, your worK
massive, your influence cogent ; you
can do what you will. Whatever
your position, you are a power, you
are felt as a kindly spirit, you are
as one having authority. Too many
thinly of character , chiefly in its re
lation to the life beyond the grave.
certainly would not have less
thought of it with reference to that
unknown future, on the margin of
which some of us undoubtedly at
this moment are standing. But I
do wish that more consideration
were bestowed upon its earthly uses.
would have young men, as they
start In life, regard character as a
capital, much surer to yield full re
turns than any other capital, unaf
fected by panics, and failures, fruit
ful when all: other investments lie
dormant, having as certain promise
in the present life as in that which
is tocome. CftOTfe Peabody.
A man having a bill against a dis
tant merchant, sent a letter of in
quiry to a banker in that locality.
The reply was : " He is dead : but
he pays as well as he ever did."
I The Two Parties.
- 1 The men that led the opposition
I to !EepubUcariism during the last
would rankle, thesame fires of hate
would burn against tho loyal wheth-
er in the field, in Congress, or in the
humblest walks of official service of
the countrv. The same daneer
would menace the slave, the same
-
resistance to his emancipation, and
the same effort to prevent his eleva-
tion and to crush out his rights.
Give this same Dartv to-dav the
power with the assurance that pub
Wo. sentiment would bear the retro-
a gression, and the work the Repub-
lican nartv has wroueht would be
reversed. If they now come back
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to power with theapparant voice oi
These assertions are founded upon
what we all know of the composi-
tion of the Democratic party in the
South, in our great cities, and in
the less enlightened portions of the
country, rew men naa Better op-
portunity to know that party than
Mr. lireeiey, tneir late rresiaenuai
candidate. In regard to its compo-
nent elements in the South, he said
only the year before his death, the
brain, the head, the soul of the
South, with its Northern allies and
sympathizers, is rebel to the tore to-
day:1 Of the unenlightened and vi-
cious portion of it, he says, "the
essential articles
of the Democratic
rum and hate nig-
creed are " love
gers." Cincinnati Gazette.
Reproof of Foppery
Dean Swift was a great enemy to
extravagance in dress, and particu
larly to that destructive ostentation
in the middle classes which led
them to make their appearance
above their condition in life. Of
his mode of approving those per
sons for whom he had any esteem,
the following instance has been recor
ded: When George Faulkner, the
printerf returned from London,
wWft ha hJ,i cijoifino. snh.
; fnr hia Vition of the
wnr. . wpn, , nav
rpsnpr.q to him. dressed in a lace
waistcoat, a bag wig, and other fop-
penes.
Swift received him with the same
ceremony as if he had been a
stranger. "And pray, sir, what
are your commands with me?" said
he. "I thought it was my duty,
sir," replied George, " to wait upon
you immediately upon my arrival
from London." "Pray, sir, who
are you?" "George Faulkner,
printer." " You George Faulkner,
the printer? Why, you are the
most impudent, barefaced scoun
drel of any fellow I ever met with !
George Faulkner is a plain, sober
citizen, and would never trick him-
self out in lace and other fopperies,
Get vou rone. you rascal, or I will
immediately send you to the House
of Correction."
A a'av wpnt. flenrirp. ns fast ns he !
" -7 " -e i
could, and having changed his
dress, returned to the deanery,
where he was received with the
greatest cordiality. "My friend
George," said the dean, cordially,
" I am glad to see you return safe
from London. Why, here has been
an impudent fellow with
me inst
now, dressed in" a lace waistcoat,
and he would fain pass himself off
for you, but I soon sent him off with
a flea in his ear."
Preparing Fish for Winter.
It is estimated that at present
there are stored in New York city
about 250,000 pounds of valuable
fish in a frozen state for next winter.
These stores will not be touched
while freshly caught fish can be
brought to market. Terrapin is
one of the luxuries of the table.
Those who catch them have to hunt
for them as far south as Galveston,
and Savannah, Ga., and Charleston,
S. C, to furnish supplies, and some
very line terrapin are caugnt in me
. . . . a. I
Chesapeake Bay, and are eagerly
purchased at Baltimore, where they
have been sold as hieh as $45 ner.
dozen. . In order to get anything
like a supply for the New York
market, a leading wholesale fish
dealer found It necessary, several
years ago, to lay in a stock during
the summer, at which time, in Con
sequence of their voracity, the ter
rapin are more easily caught. As
it is necessary v to preserve the ter
rapin alive, he caused a large pen
to be constructed on the shore of
Pleasure Bay, near Long Branch,
about 100 feet square, constructed
with a fence of planking 8 Inches
wide, 2J inches thick, and of ordin
ary length. The bottom and shore
was artificially constructed so as to
give it a ;! gradual slope, and the
shore was made of white sea sand,
while the bed of the pen was com
posed of ordinary sea mud and sand.
Here for three or four years past the
fish dealer stored his terrapin, some
times having its many as 10,000 ter-
apin in the pen at onetime. As
the food appear most to enjoy
can be easily had, the cost of main
taining the pens is small ; while the
revenue, Should the scheme prove
moderately successful, will be very
- Sreat even Sood fat terrapin
brinS in this market from $8 to $15
P dozen
How ho Lived.
" Burleigh " the New York cor
waiting for an audience, a person
about fifty years of age, undersized,
light hairj qulet, and evidently well
preserved.' When his time came,
he was ushered into the little room
where the! Commodore holds court.
" You don't me," said the visitor,
butl knqwyou very well." "Who
are you Vi said the gruff railroad
king. "I am Eaton Stone." "What,
not Stone, the great bare-back
rider?" "Yes," was the reply,
"And what are you doing ?" " I
made a little money in my busi-
ness, and have retired to a farm near
PatersonJ I have taken with me
my old horses that helped me make
what little money I have. I have
built me a small circus, and when classes of property. Ho has differ
my friends come to see mo I treat ed entirely from Vanderbiltjn this
them to a little entertainment. It
is difficult to tell whether myself,
my friends, or my horses enjoy the
treat most." " But, Eaton, how
have you preserved yourself so
well?" " During all my circus life
I abstained from the use of allstim
ulating drinks and from tobacco. I
found that, to be at the head of my
calling, it was necessary for me to
hold my nerves in perfect control,
and this I could not do with the use
of stimulants. I never used tobacco,
and never took a drop of intoxicat-
ing drink in my life. I am not as
rich as you are, Commodore, but I
amuitas hPW"
Kcep "Your Promise.
A boy borrowed a tool from a car
penter, promising to return it at
night. Before evening he was sent
away on an errand, and did .not re-
turn until late. Before he went, he
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ntuj luiu biiu v 1119 ir&vrbiiva oiavuiu vu
the article returned:
- After he had come home and gone
to bed. he inquiredand found that
the tool had not been sent to its
owner. He was much distressed to
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but
was persuaded to go to sleepy I
and rise early and carry it home the j
next morning. 1
Bv davlierht he was ud. and no-1
where was the tool to be found. Af-
for a Inner and fruitless Rearrh. he
. - - I
set off for hi3 neighbor's in great
distress, to acknowledge his fault,
But how great was his surprise to
find the tool on his neighbor's door
stone ! And then it appeared from
the nrintiof his little bare feet in
the mud. that the lad had rot ud in
Hia oioon nnH fnrried th tnni hnme
and gone ; to bed again, without
knowing it.
Of course a bov who was prompt
in his sleep was prompt when
awake. He lived respected, had
hv. onH I
t,lic vuiiuuuvu ui mo uviuu wi, uu i
was piaceq in many o races oi irusi
and profit.
If all the grown folk felt as this
boy did, there would be a good many
tracks of bare feet found some of
these bright mornings : and what
piles of tools and books would be
found lying at their owners' doors !
Phrenological Journal.
" Gracious j heavens I" exclaimed
Mrs. Marrowfat the Brooklyn Ar-
gus tens tne story- cropping . m
.'..'' . , , , I
paper from pier nervous grasp, and
leaning back in .her chair with' ah
expression of blank astonishment
on
ner countenance ; Gracious
heavens, jtfiltiades, what's a par
oxysmal Ikiss'?" Mr. MarrowfatJ
assuming ayery serious aspect, ob
served : '? A paroxysmal kiss ' is a
kiss buttered with soul liehtninsr." I
Two Rich Men. j
A New York correspondent of tho
Cincinnati, Gazette wrjtes: V The
chief holder, of personal estate in
this city is Cora modore Vanderbi It, ,
who is estimated to: be. worth $W,
000,000, the largest part of .which is
in railway property. .-JIe owns
enough of the Connecticut river nnd
New Haven roads to be a director
in each ; and he also owns the con
trolling interest In tho.QentnU,
Hudson and Lake Shore, , besides ,
his stock in Ohio and Mississippi i
and other important roads. It ;was
said of George Peabody .that , ho
made almost the entire bulk of hi
enormous wealth after his fiftieth
year. I think a stronger statement
can be made of tho Commodore, for
he made the -largest j part of .his
money since he was sixty that is,
within the List score of years, -J
suppose that when the war broke. i
out he was not worth fivo millions.
The incessant and enormous In
crease of railroad values, and colos-,
co 1 ovfonf rf h iu nnoraflnna rtnvn
brought an increase so stupendous.
as to remind us of the old stories of
oriental magic. The only, instance
o a - ; T
in which real and personal estate is ;
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vast possessions of one individual
is found in A. jT. Stewart. He owns'
enough in each of these shapes, of
wealth to make a dozen men rich.
In point of real estate ho has two
great dry goods establishments on .
Broadway; also the Metropolitan
Hotel, and the former Unitarian
church. Add to these the Baptist
church in Amity street, now used
as the stables bf his business teams ;
the Depeau row, in Bleecker street ;
and, above all, his Fifth Avenue
palace, which! cost him $1,000,000.
In personal estate is his stock in
trade, capital and bills receivable,
which must be $10,000,000, and! also
a large quantl
this manner j
ty of bank stock.! In
Stewart wields both
j point. The latter has invested.1 a I-.
most solely id rail way stocks while
the former has eschewed! this form
of nronertv in a most peculiar man
ner. He has ja strong affinity; for
1
those things which pertain to trade
and to this alone. It is said that
his estate cannot be less than'K),-
000,000." j v
i
Tools for Farm.
Don't buy a chest filled with tbol3
ready for work. If you have had a
good deal of experience, and know
what you want, make a chest and
select the tools yourself, but If you
get one which some one else has fur
nished,' you may, to be sure, get a
good set of tools, but there wlll be
many forVwhlch you will find ljttlo
use. 'Even regular mechanics have
different ways 'of using tools, and an
ingenious' amateur will often make
shift to do without certain tools,
wbJch a carpenter or blacksinith
J '. f .1 : 1 ' tt' ! '
considers lnaispensaDie. Here! are
some good suggestions, which j wc
clip from the Agriculturist : .''Every
farmer should have a small room.
tight and warm, which he can jock',
and where he can keep his small
tools. Then he wants a good, solid
workbench, with an ironvlceon one
side, and a wooden one on the other.
For iron working, he wants a solid
piece of iron for an anvil, a seven
pound steel-face hammer, a riveting
hammer, one large and one small
. . ' . . i! . t . 1 1
cnisei, two or inree puncnes
from one-quarter to tnree-eigmns .
inch, a rlmmefanci a countersink,,
to be usea witn, Dit-stock, a; screw
plate that will Cat a screw from one-
quarter to mree-eignins men ; tnen
with round iron of tho various' sizes,
and ready-made nuts, uq c&u make
y uuimt? . . f1 . r f
wur&, uc nauks aouaic, aouaviu
nore, urawiug ue, aati, ui pmuuo.
auger from one;half to two inches, a '
nne nauu-aaw, jwuu tuu; wwrvu
nnd rlrvsaw. lartre cross-cut S3 W for'
c r t --r ., ., !...:
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ii
A Fortune; There is i a young j
woman i n juarsnau vo . ivansas, ,
said to be heiress to an estate of
$15,000,000 in England., .The yarn,
runs that she
was .brought to this
country by ,"a gypsy, having i been
stolen from "her; parents-rthat she ia
a member of one of the noblest fam
ilies in Great Britain that the old
hag who brought her here, confessed
tr 4hoA fata nrtstn tho horl et flAflth'
Tney womaa-has received
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letter 'i from an ; English lawyen
which asks her to come: overL and
take possession ; she is going overr
muchly to the great grief of all tho
marriageable young men Qf Kansas
There are some ; thlpgs thatnoi
even Echo can
answer.
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