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i:ng(iircr Citiild's Signal.
ItY PRKT HAKTK.
Conornlnjr th Kns:ineor CitiiM,
, -jn. dchtl on his engine after t ho
ofi'i!ont Ut Kichmontl Switch, with
hanI.upoii the throtHelar, the
i mn Transcript says: No one
..... n-.ul tile- few lines that tell of
the lev'( il er.duct of the engineer
t-A h'n j tin man, without feelinsr
that they were men dei-ervinjj to
tive tlw ir uieuiories honored with
evcrencc for tl.e M. if-jxjs-iesi(n and
ilurfc they exliiltitetl at the awful
Bjoment when, as it instinctively
or from trained halit, they stoKi
ulicre tli'y were lunl to stand,
an l met .death unfliiK-hiiijjly; be-fiustoA-aeit
ly deertiou would
v-h'avc l',, puill-niiuous. Then,
'aiit'it lit the teudcrest :Uho into
"he lurid trajrwly, how touching
hiauiSl't'r"'au,''f theenjrineer.
Hs h!u' was in that cart ff I'rov
idcinv known as K1iiiwom1, his
hoiw Ik i"? cfose to the railroad
i-ps.-in;rJ Whenever he ased this
jw't, wT.t tlKT in daylight or dark
EUs, he li seil to sound si short, e
Vn!i:ir sjnal csn the locomotive1
vhMic is a rreetinpr to his wife.
1 a m 4i lieu 1 1 oil tiiai ne was mere
I '-ail'rizht." Y-ar in and year
Uiis signal never failetl. The
!l
e
r-g
i on : h
B.
iriiig it would say.
'1'iH-re H ii;iM signai to ins wile."
T.'iat f.i&il on. ruing she tnissel it
fir the f.r-t wnv, and will never
iiear it! again. There are otrur
n i.c who-e nn:.il grandeur ami
beauty eannt be d -.-crilietl except
h- tne .-Jniplet of t.itement, leav
i l 'th :i to reveal t!u ir own im-
i.r. s.Mveisignitieatioii.
Such an in-
ti-I.-nt is
rii.i'ive.
that
tlu-
wrivkeil 1k-o-
Xo words
are mtiletl to
UV the imagination or prompt the : fi-. 1!!Vit.ltinn .
la-art tolrraM its m-ming and lts,,..,,.,. . ,,intot,lt.
S-"" s " " tii. ir host for t
T-.-.'i !' vliis:!o-i, i
iii:nnt nr.-1 -ii ar.
Tim: t!ie ii.'iial tli it ;uiM, "i.-.
;.ivf t lils w i
at ProvMoti!--.
l!ir- ".L-!i t!.. sleeping tTv.n, auj
ty-.ft.
i i Hit in the ii'irht.
On t- t!ie liJi,
tlii l".ir:n-, lyini; white, lie
.Un hu-'1
Vi 1 1 ti i
Watching u
l's an ( l:n. sf-ant nod-nbt,
utan I x lwiii out.
I v litin-, sen-nle,
Sai-I w hit ''lat wlii-tle MM-nictl t' say
I -To inv trnt true
W-.r'Ki- t
ya.-.
(.i '.vaitm:
1
r.riWyiins bajimen, t.tiri-i?s tine,
OM ciimnuitf rs al-ii'j the line,
r.rakemen anil rt-rn yrhmifil aliea.l.
Smile-! as the signal, sharp. intens,
Piereetl IhnmSi the s!i:nlowj ol
ProviilvruT-
Nothing am".--
NiHhiiiir! ii
i Hi! V ( Saitd calling Siis ife," the v.-ai..
Sinamer and Winter, thenM refrain
T u. er the billows .t" ri;sniij; grain.
I'urosl 1 1 1 r. 1 1 -1 j the lai.Min Ix.uirhs
Mi
"erheail..-
iloM ! tin' tr-iek W
ii tlie rui leave?
l.iirn''l
Like living eo.i's f r-nil tite engine
:nrneJ :
S iiiiT as it l! -v
" '!" nr trn-t tru':
. Hrs f all In!v l
Ami then
iii.-!i
it wr.s hearvl no
inure.
Fr.-ia Sinning- iver
h island !
-.'lure.
Anl the !'i!kin Priv;.K:i!
iniictl anil
As thi'y turiin! in t!ieir IxtN, '
I eililieer
Has ..nee fs.r'ttcn his inilii
eiiet r."
tiuf only knew
To his trn-t true
1 h;
rht
.!i
d lav iniiL-r his engine, dea.l.
Household CJleanings.
vx ihiu.inuis. iwo ouaris
fiour, fiiitr teasjioonfuls of cream
if tr.rtar, t"o teaijonfuls of
Si-dn, uiie U .ts;j xinful salt, two cups i
saar, nc. tM-poonful mace, one j
talle-p,onf-d meltel butter, mix .
with cold mil!;.
White (,'a!:e. 41 cuis flour, 11 j
cups sweet milk, j cups butter, 3i
cuis white sugar, whites of 0 eggs j
....,. . ;.r rw.fi, t
rn-ant jof tartar, i ti-aspoon soda,
1 - - 1 - I
teasjioou
favor A ith vanilla to
,. .,. :
o i.isit. . I
Superior Corn Bread. Stolid one
quart of milk, make it the consis
tency if thick gruel with corn me:il,
-then add four eggs Iieaten very
light," tme tetijKion of alt. Bake
"in a hot oven, and serve as soon as
a-k(d.
i Frieil Bread. A good dish for !
(jreaKMsr: ihree egs well tieaten, i
fine luat swe( t
nulk. alt, dip su-
(t-s of .bread in the milk and
lay one. -lice upon another, let them
stand ten minutes and fry brown in
hut. lard.
. Spice Cakes. Two cujis sugar,
-r;e pint molasses, one cup butter,
one-half pint water, cne cup lard,
eight cups flour, yolks of six eggs,
one nutmeg.tv. o tablespoons ground
cloves,; three tablespoons ground
cinnamon, one tablesMon ginger,
:k- tabIe-Mxn soila, one halt kiuik1
(!i pped rai.-ins improves it. Bake
in .small pan-.
The lt way to serve Bice.
Soak it fors-nie hours in cold wa
ter to which a little salt has leen
ad.lod. Have a stew pan ready,
coniuning uoiling water, into
which put the rice, and boil briskly
' k-r ten minutes, l'our it into a
colander, and set it bv the lire to
irani' The grains will be separa-
, un aihi very iar:
l Steamed Brown Bread. Three
pints graham flour, one teacup mo
Ucsone ts on sotl.i, one tea
"5"KiaKi!t ; add sour milk to make
' ir tatter ; steam three hours.
After taking it out of the steamer
i " t it In tile hot stove oven ten min
nte. This bread is equally good
; tiadujuf sweet milk and yeast iow-
;o;ge Cake Budding. One cup
iloar, one teaspoon cresim tartar
til fnixe.1 dry iu thf flour,) add
oiyi!ks of th ret " -s well !x-:iteii
et.icup sugar mix well; then
d l tbe whites of the eggs beaten
to a stilT froth ; one teaspoon soda
.absolved 1" a little warm water;
ist, one tablespron of cream. Bake
. m n quick oven.
Kl!ih llisso'es". Take some fish,
thef.Trv$ ' or that has leen cooked,
sored u, and let it stew with some
gutter, covering it over until suf-
' ?ntly .done. Soak a roll in milk,
r'ppthe fish and this together
" 4iortar with a finelynhopped
"ndioxjin and three eggs; season
ith alt and pper. Mix all well
ltUier; bake in gmall cups, first
- Jtteivdtand turn out. Serve with
r without sauce.
The following anecdote has out
JJVM its early youth, but it still
rv-ad4 well t John l'hcenix tells the
ory that he was one day leaving
an (rranci-co by the steamer,
verybody else was taking leave of
'nentU but he did not know a soul
a the crowd. Ashamed of his
Mnedness, us the boat sheered off he
Jlcloutina loud voice, "Good
"ye. Colonel !" ar.d to hU great de
"vJt? every man on the wharf took
oahish.it wid fchouted, "Colonel,
Swd-bye!"
i
The Olden Time.
27i Hard Drinkers of the Paxt,
I dare say, in-these latter degen
erate days, we should consider the
spectacle i'f three fahlonable phy-
ician.s cuinr very tinsy at a con
sultation in a judge's house, or any
where else, a very disgraceful and
lanuntable spectacle. And so it
would le; but the old physician
whose memory supplied nie with
tlu-s? reminiscences could recollect
such an event. Xor was it looked
ujxm in these ht-avy drinking days
as umything but a remarkable irood
joke. I think it was the famous
Doctor Cullen who tohl the story,
but 1 will not be certain. He and
two other physicians had an ap
pointment for a consultation alotit
the case of Iyrd , a Judge of the
Court of Sessions in Edinburgh. On
arriving at the house they were met
by the Judge's clerk, a venerable
ild fellow, whose preternatu rally
grave face letokcned something
uniHiial. "How is his lordship?"
was the natural inquiry. To which
the clerk replied, with a peculiar
expreion, "l hope ho s well!"
The Judge was dead, but the cauftTcased ex perience hns-glven 'greater
tious Scot was not,, even under the
alfr-cting circumstances, going to
commit himself ton decided opinion
with regard to his late master's
welfare in his present unknown
place of alxsle t The thn-e physi
cians were of course exceedingi.v
hockcd at the jsad event, ami alter
expressing some of the common
places suited for the occasion, were
about to take their departure. Hut
no; the old clerk had another duty
to perform. "Xa, gentleman, you
must nu leave without takin a liitle
refreshment." As the Judges cellar
was- as celebrated as himself, no
obj'-ction was made to his hospita-
and the party were
t he dining-riNim, where
the time being pro-
t-i . to decant one of a half dozen
p it -landing on the sideboard.
The port was excellent, and after a
couple of glasses they rose to leave.
The clerk, however, put himself
between them and the door, ami
' quietly locking it and putting the
j key in his iockct remarked, as he
; rilled the decanter a second time:
i 4Xa, na, gentlemen, yer 'na gang
: awa yet. Amang the last words
his lord-hip said tome were, 'Jolm,
i I'll have slipped awa' before the
j doctors come," but when they dae
; come, jest ye see mat mey no gang
ootofthis house sober,. Iiring up
'half a dozen of my Earthquake
. jK.rt, and see they dae their duty
; tq't. It'll be no stud that the last
guests in ma hooso went hame
silcr.' It was his last wish, gen
: tlemen. and iniiun be obeyed!"
"And to tell you the truth," was
the doctor's remark to my friend,
as he nlatid him the anecdote,
"his lordship's wish was strictly
obeyed, for afore we left the table
there was na ane o' us could bite
our thumb." '
It was a hard drinking-time a
time of bacchanalian toasts and
loyal buniiers, when "gentlemen"
sat down early to, and rose up late
from, the dining table; when at
certain eriods of theevening a boy
introduced under the table to
unhxise the neck cloths of gentlemen
who fell down drunk; and when a
remonstrance . at some one more
teinierate than another passing the
decanter was thought to be more
stringent ff it was en force I by call
ing attention to me iact "tnai tne
night was young yet the callant's
no under tlie table !" All classes of
society drank, anil drank freely to
excess too. A jovial farmer would
ro into a tavern when the landlady
was "setting" a hen, and would
, never come out again until the
chickens were running about. His
I suK'riorsmight not carry things to
.such an excess, but a two days'
drinking-bout was thought the most
i common thing m tne worm, anti
' the capacity for standing a certain
number of Ixittles the tent of a thor
ough good ft How. These were the
days of five-lottle men, and iu St.
Andrew's Cniver.-ity was a stu
dent's club called the the Nine
Tumbler Club, the test of fitness for
entrance into which was the ability
of the candidate, after drinking
nine tumblers of hot whiskey toddy.
L..r. . s".'"." .": .;'i.'.
nMiinilnnfiirtwil!-lti.l f nfVVoril
i)ii-ii- ri . 1 1-ii-v.i'i". ....-v.i
i i. :
oui lairo useu io nuuve n ni- 1-!,,
that so iHHiular a man was he that
he could go to market with a six
pence in his pocket, and come home
drunk with the sixpence still in his
xx-ket.
Lord Xai me, after returning from
his long exile iu France, on account
of his adherence to the House of
stuart.
expressed himself, in the
eon
comnanv ol tne menus wno nati
cMthered round him to welcome
him back again, thoroughly disgust
ed with the sober habits of the Par
isians. "I-anna express to ye, gen
tlemen, the satisfaction I feel in
getting men of some sense about
me, alter being so lang plagued wi
a set o' fules nae better than brute
boasis, that winna tlrink mair than
what serves them !" Another gen
tleman, who had disinherited his
son, reinstated him in his rights
when he discovered, after a separa
tion of some years, that the lad was
a fair and sound drinker. Another
(a baronet) observing that the fam
ily tutor a licentiate of thechurch
keot his. seat after all the other
quests at the dinner-table had lallen
tieneaili it. uskcu ii ne couiu miuu
. . , i e .4 .1.1 r.....e
the candle." The tutor wiu sucess
ful in his efforts, and then, so
oleasetl was the baronet, that there
and then he exclaimed, "For this
I'll present you to the West Kirk
of Greenock, when it becomes va
cant." The church referred to was
one of the best livings in Scotland,
and the tutor doubtless thought
that a promise made at such a time
would not be very strictly resected
by the patron when sober. Never
theless w hen, a few years afterward,
the living fell vacant, he went to
the baronet's agent and told him of
the incident. The factor considered
for some time, and then asked,
"Was he drunk or sober when he
made the promise?"
"I fear all, but quite drunk," said
the young clergyman.
"Then you aresureof theliving,"
was the factor's reply, "for w hile
Sir sometimes is oblivious of
what he saya when he is sober, he
is sure to remember everything he
savs when drunk."
And he was right, for the rever
end toper filled the pulpit, and
drank at the table of the hard-,
drinking gentlemen of West Gree- '
nock for many years after. r !
A man who did not drink, and
drink hard too, was apt to bethought
boorish, and had as little chance of
mingling in the convivial society of
the district he lived in as an lrisn
gentleman of the same period who
didn't "blaze." My old friend used
to tell an anecdote of a clergyman
of his acquaintance who was utterly
shocked when administering con
solation to a dying Highland chief,
to be asked if there as "any
whiskev in heaven." " And half
anoloireticallv. "Ye ken. sir, it's no
that I care for it, but
it looks wcel
on the table."
New York will send twenty jour-
nalists to the Exposition.
From the New York Times.
Ilailroads and the State
In the year the project of
purchasing the whole Britislt'rail
mid system by the State wa defi
nitively rejected tiya roval cotmni.s
sion. The subj-et was then carefully
examinetl, much discussed by the
I'ress, by experienced railroad rnen,
and by able financiers, and the de
li Iterate resolution arrived at by the
commission was generally assented
to by all clash's of experts! We
nevertheless rind that in 1873 the
proposal isrevivel, and that it ex
cites such general attention as to
imply a wide-spread belief that this
step, or something like it, is im
peratively called for bv the interests
of the iople. Excent that the
British railroad system is- yearly
growing more extensive, and that,
apart from the increased cost of the
contemplated purchase caused by
tins extension, the roads are worth
vastly more than in 18G7, we are not
aware that the conditions of the
problem - are materially changed
from what they then were. It is,
therefore, to be inferred that in
forte to the arguments in favor of
the scheme of 18U7, or has weakened
the stress of the arguments urged
against it, or both. Use amount of
money that woum now oe required
to carry out lie- plan varies, as .esti
mated by dif'eiciit authorities, be
tween $i',5(Mj,b00,i.MM) and $4,000,000,
000, in gold. Such a consummation
might, therefore, be broadly; reck
oned to double the English national
debt. This has a very formidable
sound; but thereare statesmen, and
Mr. Gladstone is said to be one ol
them, who believe that if the nation
al debt of England is ever; to be
paid, it must lie by just such a pur
chase of the railroads as is suggested.
In other words, it is believed by
mem mat me proms on me roaus
even at much lower tariffs than the
present ones, would in no long-time
relieve the people of that great
public incubus which has hitherto
been so grievous to btiir, and so im
possible to get rid of." ' ; .
In the animated debate 4idgressr
Ing, by late accounts, in Parliament?
in the Statistical Society, in jthe
columns of the leading journals in
Frazer's Jlafaziner anil in 'many
other quarters, the. leading points
discussed refer to the comparative
safety, cheapness, rapidity, and
thoroughness of the roads as on the
one hand, now conducted, and as on
the other, might be expected, were
they under tlie control of the Gov
ernment. It seems to be pretty gen
erally conceded that in eachof the
four factors named, improvement
might be expected from the pro
posed change. The assumption to
this efu-ct seems reasonable; The
unity of organization, assured by a
common headship, appears to waW
rant it, and whereas such a head
ship, in the form of a private cor
poration, as proposed by the "Globe
Telegraph Company," described by
ussome days ago, might inure in
the named respects t- public disad
vantage, there is no reason to sup
pose that such would be the effect
when the proprietary is vested in
the State. If, then, it is susceptible
of demonstration, or of whatever
nearest to demonstration js possible
to any untried experiment, that
su K-rior safety, cheapness, rapidity,
anil thoroughness are attainable
through Government control of the
railroads, there are certainly four
Miwerful arguments in favor of the
measure. It thereafter, according
to the view of most of the English
debaters of the topic, so far as we
have seen, only remains to ask
whether the State can make a fair
bargain with the corporations
whether theState can buy the roads',
that is to say, at prices constituting
a fair equivalent and such as would
warrant the measure as a business
transaction. -This, again, it is as
serted, can be done although thei
j extravagant demand made by the
: owners of the Irish roads, in 1STJ7,
supplies no encouraging precedent
and thus a case is made up which,
on the whole, seems to have pre
possessed a majority of the writers
and speakers interested in favor of
the project discussed.
But, highly interesting and im
portant as this discussion is to our
selves analyzing and elucidating,
as it does, a situation in many res
oects so analagous to our own, and
measuring ditliculties with which
we now are, or soon will be, -con
fronted two considerations tire
oracticallv omitted in it which, in
the Unite! States, are assuredly, of
prime weight and significance. We
mean first, the formidable dangers
to which we are exposed through
the enormous and growing power
and wealth of great railroad corpo
rations, and secondly, to the dan
irers. possibly no less formidable,
which the unexampled consolida
tion of patronage and influence
might subject us, should the State
ultimately do what they are now
proposing tod) in England.; Can
we stand the pressure of these great
corporations, exerted as it is, and
threatens to be, in so many vnys,
for the lienetit of the few at Cue ex
oenseof the many? Could our con
stitution, on the other had, fiossibly
bear the strain of so prodigious an
additional concentration of power
as a purchase .of the vast railroad
system of this continent and we
are to consider what this is to bo
more than what it is must anevi
tablv lodge in the hands of the
United States Government? f Only
thp last named of these points, and
that only in a limited degree, has
been mooted in England. This is
partly, erhaps, because hitherto
the discussion has been thought to
be merely academical, and now
that it takes on a more practical
shaie, it may become morel com
prehensive. "But this, as well as In
a far greater measure, the first oint,
is differentiated in the two countries
by conditions such as render calcu
lations touching it formed iujE tig
laud of comparatively little value
here. It is, nevertheless, ah ex
cellent thing for the United States
that this agitation has arisen fix the
older country, since it will stininlate
thought and action on one of the
most momentous themes cif our
time, and one which promises to be,
indeed, of paramount national sig
nificance iu the immediate future.
The time is fast approaching y, hen
we shall be railed upon to grapple
with this huge subject in sober ear
nest. It will be absolutely iinjiossi
ble long to evade or defer it.f The
met hods adopted in their somewhat
similar strait by our kinsfolK Across j
the sea may not be, probabiv win
not be, .exemplars; adapted in all!
ways for American guidance.:' but'
the debate and the action to be wit
nessed there will, doubtless, furnish
valuable suggestions, and it; be
hooves us, therefore, to givelthem
close and serious consideratjon.
A Missouri gentleman says Presi
dent Grant is certain to be onoif the
richest men in that State, owjng to
the extraordinary, rise in his real
estate in St. Louis. ","'&!
When a man mutilates the?news-
aners In a Boston reading rni he
s taken out and set up in the boot
and shoe business. ii !
' - - '
From Wilmington Star.
TIie"Fleetwood"I'ineofSliips
What Has Been Accomplish
ed A Word to oar merchants
on the Subject of Direct Importation.
One of the most gratifying evi
dences of I It ri ft anil enterprises mong
our Wilmington merchants is the
increasing interest manifested in the
establishment of direct trade with
foreign countries. , We regard this
as a subject of the greatest impor
tance to the prosperity of our city;
and we note with pleasure the fact
that since or late war perhaps one
half the naval stores shipped from
this place lias gone direct to Euro
pean markets thus realizing to our
producers and dealers at home some
benefit from the higher prices which
these arficlf-s bring abroad. The
freighting of this merchandise has
been done generally by irregular
vessels, chartered for a single Voy
age; and it is but recently that a
successful effort has been made to
establish a regular line to Europe.
We allude' to the "Fleet wood" Line
of English barkentines, for which
our fellow-citizens Messrs. Vick &
Mebaneare Agents. These vessels
trade 'direct between Wilmington
and Liverpool, or other British
iorts 'and make their vovages with
almost the regularity of packet
11- 1.? 1. I. . . A .
snips, it is less man inree curs
since the first vessel of this line
(time to Wilmington under charter,
in tlie usual way. Her owner, Mr.
Thomas Seed, of Fleetwood. Eng
land, was so well plea-ed with her
irst visit tlurt he sent her back on
a second voyage, and very soon had
her followed by another ves-el of
the same class. Being found exactly.
suited to the trade, these two ves
sels were adopted us models for the
construction of others'; anil th re a re
now on th'line seven sfauncn new
"clippers," viz: the M. K. Ke(f, the
Brilliant Shir, the Elizabeth Tajlor,
the Gt'orye Jiooth,lhv lie: A- 3febitne,
the K. Slum and the JMmit.rf Hiri-arrff-oiz.
They are all of marly the
sametsize, averaging alxiut l!S0 tons
register, are uniform in rig and
general appearance, ca'-ry small
cargoes, and "are very fist sailers;
and are thus in all respvets admira
bly adapted to the trade for which
they have been constructed. The
eighth one on the list will be ready
for sea in a few weeks, and is to be
called the EitfU Vick, in honor of
the little daughter of Mr. S, W.
Vick, of this city. The naming of
two vessels for tlie Wilmington
Agents, is, we take it, a neat com
pliment on the part of the owners
to the satisfactory management
they have received at this end ot
the line.
The success of these vessels has
been really remarkable, and we feel
sure that the encouragement they
have received has been such as to
make the permanence of the line
beyond doubt. Their light draught
hen loaded is a peculiar advan
tage, as it obviates the expeuse and
delay of lightering a portion of the
cargo down the river, which'ahvays
Ikis to be done for vessels drawing
more than twelve feet. With the
present increTiscd depth of water on
the bar, these vessels come and go
on almost any tide without delay
or difficulty. Their ailing quali
ties have already gained them quite
'a reputation, and instead of being
out thirty or thirty-rive days be
tween here and Liverpool, as was
formerly the case with nearly all
vessels, these little clipjiers make
the trip in from twenty to twenty
four days. One of them went home
from here in December last in the
astonishingly shoit period of eigh
teen clays, and we shall not be sur
prised to hear of its being done in
even less time than that.
At present the only articles of
merchandise largely imported here
from England are salt, hoop iron,
cotton ties and railway iron; anil
these are not brought here in such
quantities as to furnish cargoes for
all the vessels which can be loaded
homeward. It would be well for
our merchants to turn their atten
tion to the matter of importing
their own goods direct from Eng
land, for we are assured that it can
lie done as cheaply here as at the
North. The fact that vessels fre
quently come here in baltmt to load
with naval stores for Europe, is
sufficient proof that they would
bring merchandise at a very low rate
of freight, if it could be had. 'Ljie
Fleetwood line offers excellent op
portunity to our wholesale mer
chants to undertake their own im
porting, as the Agents here assure us
thatgfwxls will be brought by their
ve-sels at a merely nominal rate of
freight, only for the sake of the
homeward cargo. They rate first
class and insiire as low as any other
vessels.
A London detective put his head
into an omnibus, just as it was start
ing olf, with the remark: "Pass
engers will do well to look out for
their pocket books. There are two
members of the swell mob in this
'bus." Thereupon a grave looking
old gentleman, with eye-glasses and
a gold-headed cane got out saying,
"If that's the case I won't go in
this 'buss." lie was followed by a
(clerical looking old gentleman with
a white choker, who remarked that
he 'wouldn't ride in such company.'
And then the detective closed the
door and shouted to the driver:
" All right ; drive on ; they've got
out."
We don't mean to be unkind, but
really the story is an old one, and
we have no excuse for publishing it
except that Senator Patterson's pa
thetic speech the other day about
leaving public life with pleasure, if
things were going on in this way,
and then brother Harlan's follow
ing him out with remarks in a
similar tone, recalled the circum
stance. A'ezo York Times.
xVs far back as 18o2, Professor
Playfair described how the most
delicate scents were being metamor
phosed from intensely .disgusting
tidors. Fusel-oil, most fetid of sub
stances, treated in one way, gives
oil of apples ; in another way, oil of
pears. The od ot pineapples, wnicn
flavors the choicest English ale, is
the product of the action of putrid
cheese on sugar. Oil-grapes, which
flavors English sherry, and oil of
otard, which converts English
brandy to cognac, are little more
than diluted fusel oil. Tor oil, fetid
beyond description, produces' oil of
bitter almonds, which flavors con
fectionery and perfumes soap; and
the huile de mile Jleurs is derived
from the drainageof thecow-house !
"What is that which Luke had
before, Paul had behind, that girls
have, that boys do not have, that
Mrs. O'Gallagher had twice in the
middle before she was married, and
which, if you wish to have both be
hind and before, you must go to
Liverpool? " It's only the letter L."
An Indiana lawyer lately defend
ed a man tor keeping', his saloon
open after ten o'clock at night. He
made the plea that it was ten o'clock
until it was eleven, and won his
case.
(From the Piedmont Press.)
Watauira county Its Resources
Sugar Ghovj:, N. C, April, 1873.
31k. Editok: I desire to call the
attention of your numerous read
ers and men of enterprise generally.
to the undeveloped resources of
Watauga county.
Watauga county is situated be
tween the Stone Mountain and Blue
Ridge running in a Northeast di
rection, a distance of thirty miles,
and about twenty-five miles wide.
It has only about six thousand in
habitants, and embraces an area of
seven hundred and fifty square
miles, which is only eight persons
to the square mile, which fact is a
conclusive evidence of the great ne
cessity of immigration to our coun
ty. There is a vast amount of Ter
ritory unoccupied in various parts
of the county which, if properly
filled, would yield abundant crops
of all kinds of graii and grasses
and the various vegetables which
are usually cultivated in this coun
ty the soil being rich and well
adapted to cultivation. I challenge
the State of North Cy-olina, or any
Iortiou ox. th3 state iy surpass this
county in tjie production of wheat,
rye, oats, corn, buckwheat, msh
potatoes, cabbages, turnips, &:
This is a fine stock raising coun
try. The various 4$inds of grasses
being a spontaneous growth. One
of our farmers, Mr. llobert Shearer,
killed a beef, of his own raising,
that weighed fourteen hundred and
fifty pounds, (net.) I have known
him, more than once, to sell one
yean old steers for twenty-five dol
lars each. But the majority of our
farmers claim too much of the old
adage which says " my Daddy drove
this road, and I'll drive it too."
Our farmers being remote from the
liaiiroad and the active scenes of
business life seem to be satisfied
with the solitude of the mountains
and exhibit no desire for scientific
enterprise. This is too much the
case with us, and is liable to remain
so until men of enterprise and cap
ital come within our borders and
established our agriculture on a new
basis. I believe that a system of
farming could be established in our
country which will give a yield of
three times the present production.
Where thirty-three hi s lelsofeorn
are nowrfit-ised to the acre, one hun
dred might be produced on the same
land. Where "two tons of hay are
now raised to the acre, five tons
might be grown. The remoteness
from llailroads is one great inqx d
iment to the agricultural inteies.s
of our county. To raise a compe
tency of all the necessaries of life is
a very small matter wilh us-when
any more than this would be little
else than a useless redundancy.
Besides the various agricultural ad
vantages, here in this section, we
have the best indications of mineral,
perhaps the best in Western N. C.
Poga (a little section of country by
that name) is rich with siver. All
that is lacking is men of capital and
enterprise to open this rich and in
exhaustible bedyOf silver. Copper
is also found in .large quantities in
this section. Gold abounds in the
vicinity of Boone, the county site
of Watauga. Why is it that the
people of N. C. prefer to expend
their capital in other countries
while there are so many advanta
ges offered in their own Shite?
Emigrating seems to be the desire
of a great many of our people. We
all should try and build up and en
rich our own county, help ourselves
then we may expect help from oth
ers. The time will soon come when
we hope to see a liaiiroad through
this section, then we will have the
best country in the world. Now we
must be patient and go to work,
and try to build ourselves into no
tice by our own efforts.
Bob. Sisk.
(Erom the Southern Home.)
Incident of Seven Pines.
The division, which stormed the
works of our "iate
enemies" at
Seven Pines, suffered the most. In
that severe engagement, several of
the cadets of the North Carolina
Military Institute, gave their young
lives for their country. Young Ad
dison Jones of Wadeboro, fell mot
tally wounded. Major liatchford,
who had been a cadet with him,
went to him during a lull in the
battle, to remove him from the
field. "Let me alone," saiil the
young hero, "1 must certainly die.
Take off the field only those who
may live to fight again for our
country." Then with a pleasant
smile he said, "Good-bye, Hatch
ford, don't mind me ; God bless
you."
Sir Phillip Sidney, the scholar,
statesman and- soldier, was the
brightest ornament of the court of
Qu en Elizabeth. On the rid
September, loso, his tnigh w
shattered by a musket ball at Zut
pnen, from the effect of which he
died. In the th'.rst caused by hi
mortal agony, he called for water,
and a bottle was with difficulty pro
cured lor lam. .Just as he was
about to raise it to his lips, he no
ticed a wounded soldier looking
longingly at it, and without touch
ing a tlrop himself, he passed the
bottle to the poor fellow saying,
"ou need it worse than 1 do
No act of the brilliant career of
Sidney has been more honored than
this. But the unselfishness of the
youthful soldier at Seven Pines
sterns to us even more heroic and
sublime than that of Sidney. The
motive, too, was higher with the
Confederate. It was love of coun
try and not mere compassion,
which made him forgetful of self.
m f I O ii A . . - t "H
The lanure oi ."senator ALorrurs
bill, for setting apart the proceeds
of sales of public lands to the en
dowment and support of agcicul
tural colleges, though regarded in
differently at the north, is repre
sented as causing much disappoint
ment in certain parts of the south,
where great expectations of ample
means for education were founded
upon it. In several of the recon
structed states even the common
school system reared under the re
construction acts and military gov
ernment have been greatly weak
ened, and are even further endan
gered. Well informed persons
Connected with educational matters
freely express the belief that an ag
itation for a national system of
education will begin within a com
paratively brief time, thus realizing
the forebodings of the opponents of
the bureau of education when the
bill to establish it was pending in
Congress. .
A wife asked her husband for a
new dress. He replied, "Times are
hard, my dear so hard I can hard
ly keep my nose above water."
Whereupon she retorted, ".You can
keep your nose above water easy
enough, if you have a mind to; but
the trouble is that you keep it too
much above brandy,"
The Tennyson of Indiana is re
sponsible for the following poetical
contribution: -:. . , ....
Young man, spare that bustle !
Touch not a single "pape;"
That woman's had an awful tussle
To get herself in shape.
rf
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as
Postal Cards.
That the coming postal cards will
prove a. great convenience and a
great economy we are well assured,
and the apprehension that they will
diminish . the revenue of the Post
ofhee may be readily dismissed. It
must not, however, be supposed
that this time and money ..saving
device is altogether without its
drawbacks. There are scoundrels
and cowards in all communities,
who will not hesitate to stab when
sure of not being called to account.
We can hardly expect in this wise
to escape the experience of the En
glish, among whom the valuable
and conceded advantagesof the pos
tal card have been slightly temer
ed by this and some other, peculiar
abuses. .
An instance in point occurred in
London witldn u few days past. A
man j named Henry Pearson was
proved to have been guilty of send
ing tq a young girl a ixistal card o-
which was written a cruel and most
atrocious libel. It consisted of a
charge ofTim moral conduct, and.
situated as the girl was. the pro
ceeding threatened not only to blast
her character, but to deprive ht r of
the very means of subsistence. She
was employed m a large establish
ment wnere there were many other
young girls, and anything received
lrom the post ior- ttie employes of
the concern had to pass through
several hands. What added to the
singularity, if not to the heinous-
ness, ol pwarson's, act, was the fact
that he was the girl's uncle, and
that his brother, her father who
lived in the country, was in delicate
health, poor, and tlie parent of ten
oilier children Jiad asked
Pearson
to have
an
eye to his daughter's
welfare.
The actual consequence of
the sending of this card was that
the girl lost her situation, and was
turned out on the wiirld to starve or
do worse her friends at home de
clining to receive her. Luckily,
before any other harm befell, the
postal card was traced to the sender,
the wickedness and falsity of Pear
son's cnarge were exposed, the
young woman completely exonerat
ed, and restored to her position,
whence she had been so unfairly
ejected. It afterward appeared that
the despicable coward, Pearson, had
formerly served out rive years of
penal, servitude for poisoning race
horses, i
Now, in this case, by fortunate
accident, the mischief contemplated
by this cloaked assassin was avert
ed, and " the ingredients of his
poisoned chalice " were fitly " com
mended to his own lips." But sup-
pose it had
Pearson no
been otherwise" Had
not been discovered, and
his baseness laid bare, his hapless
niece would have been, as he de
signed that she should be, irretriev
ably ruined. As it is, the wretch
pays a heavy line, and goes to pri
son for two years, while his innocent
victim stands with unspotted-fame
the recipient of more kindness and
sympathy than, but for this episode,'
she might havo known in a life
time. This, however, is the result
of happy chance alone, and it is
painful to think that flagrant and
terrible injustice should have ben
prevented only by such a conting
ency. If the postal card can be made
the instrument of villainy like this,
it certainly cannot be called an un
mitigated good. A". V. Times.
The linipcror
Ilrokcn En
William on
a
gageiiicnt.
A curious story has just cropped j
out in Cassel, Germany, touching a
bet made between two officers
there. One of the gentlemen, who
was a count and adjutant, laid down
the proposition that a man of rank
and title could, whenever he chase,
marry a rich heiress. He proposed
a bet, indeed, that within eight
days he could get himself engaged
to a certain young lady who pos
sessed the highly desirable qualifi
cation described. The bet was ac
cepted. This young lady was the
daughter of the .widow of a man
who had been tlie proprietor of a
gambling house, and she was said
to have half a million as her dowry.
The count set to work to win the
girl's affections, and succeeded.' An
engagement in Germany is a solemn
affair, and is always in the news
papers. However, as voon as the
engagement was arrived at the
count elaiined his bet, and then
wrote to the girl to say that, on ac
count of her father; having been a
gambler, it was impossible for him
to marry her. The engagement
was annulled, and the final results,
it was thought, of this humorous
affair, were a large quantity of
champaign and' a broken heart.
ut the Emperor William heard of
the little romance and did not like
the looks of it at all. Probably
before the large quantity of cham
paign had been drank, both the
officers in question found themselves
under arrest. At present, accord
ing to the commands of the Em
peror, they await their trial by
court -'martial; and it is highly
probable that they may find serious
cause tot repent of having engaged
in that marry jest.
i Nasby Outdone.
. TheLWashington Star prints tlie
following letter 'from a gentleman
in a backwoods town in Iowa, who
was recently appointed postmaster
on the munificent salary of twelve
dollars Iper- annum. We give it
verbatim i t literatim :
"to the gineral postmaster at
Washington Citty my Deare friend
i hope you will not pint me post
master, rin this here town i hain't
got no time to tend to it i supose
got thelpaper sornoow my friends
sent up jftecominden me but i hain't
got time to do the thing up as it ort
too be done. In fact i dont know
hardljvwhat is a go in to be done
our shoomaker - would be a ry
good man only he was G rely square
out which you know onfits hinr for
the position then there is our store
ceeper jim B that wants the po
sition mighty bad; but as shure as
you are'a livin man jim B kant
read good writin and thats the
trouble eYou see them that wants it
dont khow enuff to tend it and
them their that does dont want to
take it jim B wus rased out in
the cotiotrey and jest come to town
last week and dont know 'onuff to
be postmaster but do as you think
best only dont apint me i hain't got
time ever vour friend," &c. ;
Out of the thumbs of worn-out
glo vesi (so cal 1 ed ) , w h ich t h u in bs a re
made out of the skins of rats, there
is extracted a tremulous jelly, which
is called "table gelatine" in the
shops, and which is the choicest of
.i L : i!..i ,.f I
mat nuincious - articio oi imm.
Whv this thumb-leather should be
more rich iri yielding gelatine than
the original ratskin, is owing to the
carbon, jit, con tracts both from the
curing process to which it is first
subjected and from long wear,. .
A drunkard, on being, told that
th;? earth is round and turns ornts
axis all the time, said : "I believe
that, for I've never been able to
stand on the darned thing."
B
From the Norfolk Virginian.
Reminiscence of 1812.
Previous to the war of 1S12, the
residence of our townsman, Com
modore M. M. Todd, at the foot of
Freemason street, was occupied by
Commodore (then Captain) Stephen
Decatur, whodispensed old Virginia
hospitality with an unstinted hand.
At the time spoken of in the anec
dote given below, the Macedonian
was at anchor in our harbor, and
her officers were the honored guests
of many of our citizens. Among
others, Captain Decatur gave a large
dinner party to the Englishmen at
his residence, and it was at his
tauie mat the conversation men
tioned occurred. The following is
clipped from the National JIagazine,
published during or soon after the
u-ar nf 1S!' .mil .1 if ,Aijim
something of a local interest, we
give it entire:
Before the war Captain Carden
and the Macedonian were at Nor
folk. Decatur was there, toovand a
warm intimacy soon joined in
friendship two kindred hearts.
While discussing naval matters one
day, Carden said: " Decatur, your
ships are good enough, and you are
a clever set of fellows; but w.hat
practice have you in war? . There's
the rub. One of these days we will
probably have a brush together,
and if I catch your shipat sea, I will
knock her into a .cocked hat;
Stephen."
'-'Will you?" said Decatur. "I
will bet you a hat on it."
The bet was agreed on, and the
conversation changed. But a few
months eloped ere the war that had
been threatening commenced, and
the two Captains, by some singular
coincidence, n et in battle; the one
in the Macedonian and the other in
the United States. The results of
the action are known. Captain
Carden, on going on board the ship
United States, was received by a
Lieutenant at the gangway,to whom
he tendered his sword. " Not to
me, sir," said the officer, " but to
the Captain." " And where is the
Captain,"- said the embarrassed
Englishman. " He is standing aft,
there, that is the gentleman, sir, in
a tarpaulin hat and round jacket."
Garden went aft, and his feelings,
on meeting . under such circum
stances, his old friend, may be
imagined. As he offered his sword
to Decatur, tlAit officer said, " No,
Carden, I never take the sword of a
brave man. You have fought gal
lantly. But," said he, laying his
hand on the other's shoulder, " 1
will take that hat, my dear fellow."
In transferring to the United States
the suite of Capt. Garden a fine band
was included.
In the afternoon, when dinner
was announced in the cabin, Capt.
Carden said to Decatur :" These
musicians are very skillful, and I
have always had them on deck
while at dinner." "Very well,";
said Decatur, " We will have them
up." The band was ordered o:i
deck to play, and Com. Decatur was
asked what air he woulld like to
hear. "Let them play Brittania
liules the Waves," said ho, with a
slight laugh.
Fun and Astronomy.
Dr. Trail, of Philadelphia, has
made a very unpleasant' discovery.
In about seven years Ju pi ter, Sat urn,
Uranus, and Neptune will approach.'
nearer the earth than they have
been in eighteen hundred years,
and the result will be a pestilence.
When Congress has the manliness
to make astronomy an indictable
offense, then we shall have relief
from these things, but not before.
It was not a long while since that
some one predicted that the earth
would be swamped with a deluge,
and you couldn't borrow an um
brella or a pair of rubbers from any
one. The next idiot said a comet
would strike and demolish the
earth in a twinkling. Whereupon
many excellent people tied their
beds and carpets about their prem
ises, and put cotton in their ears,
and sat down on the cellar bottom
in dreadful expectation of the
shock. Hardly had this alarm pass
ed off when another astronomer
came round telling people that the
Tfc-r . ti . 1 1 . . i . i i i i . .
Niagara rails wouiu oe ury in less
than nineteen thousand years, and
nothing would do but that people i
should hurry right out there lor a
farewell look, and in less than
twenty-four hours there wasn't
people enough in Dan bury to enter
rain a Japanese hermit. And now
here is Trail with touf planets and
no vaccine matter. All the tobacco
chewers are to be killed by these
planets, and young ladies who wear
stays, and men who bet' on the
wrong horse. If we understand the
old scoundrel correctly, the only
people saved are those who drink
lemonade out of a dipper and play
Copenhagen with their aunts.
Danbury Necs.
The fetid liquor secreted by the
small glands of the polecat is care
fully prepared in bladders imper
vious to the air until after fermen
tation, when, by the action of nitric
acid and distillation, in alcohol, it
becomes the kaloderma for remov
ing sun-burn and freckles, pimples
and chilblains. The extreme ofl'en
siveness of the secretions of the
Mephitis Mericana, long debarred
on this account from its well known
-medicinal uses, is now counteracted
in Parisian perfume manufactories
by distillation with bichromate of
potash, and becomes the famous
aquamira, which changes red hair
to a golden color. The green slime
of stagnant pools of summer water,
the residium of cess-pools in large
towns, and the cholera-creating
night soil are all by the appliances
of organic chemistry converted into
eau romaine d'or, quillia and creme
de Vimpetatrice. Indeed, when it is
remembered that the oils of lemon,
juniper, rosemary, roses, copaiba,
violets and pond-lilies are identical
in composition there seems to be no
end to the metamorphoses which
may be produced for the toilet out
of the most repulsive materials.
Are the ladies, indeed, coming, as
alleged by one authority, in ten
years, to baldness, or to have their
heads covered with faded and dis
eased hair ? And all from the per
sistent wearing of chignons, braids,
and ail such fripperies? Will they
furnish a new fact for Darwin ? It
maybe jMwsible; but there is this
consolation now, that "for every ten
women who are bald, there are at
least fifty men." And why ? Poma
des, that clog tlie pores of Jhe skin ;
hair dyes, that scorch i he roots ol
the hair; close hats, ta i, allow no
circulation; dyspepsia, and a brain
that is quicker,-to i.-;o!d to a
" whisky punch, or a bi.oitls smash,
than to any intellective Drain exer
1
tion "that's the indictment.
j A quaint old gentleman, of an
active, stirring disposition, had a
man at work in his garden who was
quite the reverse. "Jones," said
he, "did you ever see a nail?"
'Certainly," said Jones. "Then,"
said the old man. "you mu t have
met hina for you
couh
er have
overtaken him."
From the Richmond State Journal.
Free Trade and the Iron Interest.
Experh' c-- ; he most competent
of all schi.um..s Kemarkingon
the wonderful development of the
metallurgy of the ; United States
during tne last ten or twelve years,
the Ijondon Colliery Guard fan a
leading organ of the iron interests
of Great Britain has the following
suggestive observations:
"The present aspect of the iron ques
tion in the United Suites possesses much
interest" -for the iron timlo. if Great
Uritain, b'oloajj astlio Americans coukI
j obtain supplies ot rails lrom this coun
i try ut a reu.sonalIe price, they were con
tent, to import them wjtn a certain free-
!hm ; but in exact prfiortion as lirinsh
j r:!ls ,,!ve risen in price, they nave ap
-'PLC!! UieillSeive Will llierOUSlHl etlvr
j lur&ical industry. Never at any pre-.
; vious period of "their history have tho
Americans liovoted so: much energy to
the. work nig of American tial ami the
production of American "iron as -lSTl
ami 187-; and just as coal hiiiI iron have
become dearer ami tiearer in Ureal
Britain, so have tho working of Ameri
can eoaf and tlie pnxlirction of Ameri
can iron been still further stimulated.
Th its nit ef this new order of things in
the United States is rctloeted in a mark
ed diminution in the American con
sumption of british railway iron. Iu
the tir.st two months of 1S72 was sent the
Americans :,4.'M) tons of our railway
iron ; in the correspond ing period of this
jrear, tha corrcsiKimliiiir exports sank to
48,901 tons, showing the alarming'do-
cIensioiiol'o9,5-iU tons." f
And yet there are people in this
country, claiming to be political
economists and thinkers, who are
constantly clamoring for tho over
throw ol thq wise policy under
which this remarkabledeveldpment
and expansion of our home resources
and industries have been reached.
The exceedingly wise fool who kill
ed the goose that laid the golden
egg was not more shortsighted than
are these free trade devotees who,
for the sake of a mere theoretic ab
straction, wcaild convulse business,
derange industry and destroy values
without so much as a compunction.
" If," further says the Journal from
Which we have quoted: '
"The- Americans- had only Great
Britain to rely upon as regards their
rail supplies, the .construction of Ameri
can railroads would probably have now
to be, in a great measure, suspended;
but American energy lias been equal to
tine occasion, and we now have statisti
cal evidence of tlie fact that two-thirds
of the rails required for Amcrican'rail
roads havo been made of late in the
United States themselves."
A. most clear and forcible state
ment of the disastrous results which
would inevitably have followed free
trade dependence on the mother,
country in the matter of iron pro
duction a result which would have
been nothing less than the dwarfing
of our power as a nation to the con
ditions, of a pigmy republic. Is this
what our free trade agitators are
plotting for? It looks like it.
The Car of .Juggernaut.
Having demolished the many
cherished historical traditions and
geographical legends iof Europe,
depriving .the rising generation of
William Tell, soA .and. Gessler, to-'
get her with theij fascinating bow,
arrow and apple business, and
proved to them that the once de
lightful maelstrom existed only in 1
the brains of imaginative geogra-;
pners, tne matter-oi-ract nistor.cai
investigators oi mis practical age
have invaded Asia, and they come
from the Continental cradle of the
human race, with no end of poofs,
demonstrating the, harmless quali
ties of the car of Juggernaut. No
one. it seems, is or was ever crushed
beneath its ponderous wheels. In
deed, these painstaking gentlemen,
well versed in Hindoo idolatry, as
sert that "sacrifice of blood is not
permitted in Vishoun worship."
And so the great car of Juggernaut
is nothing more than a gorgeously
gilt American circus band wagon,
without the extra attraction of a
lion on its elevated cushions, and
ilniinT service in the bvnl eanso' of
idolatry -rather than in the good one !
ot amusement. Ateamvbne one
must wonder what popular ami at
tractive my Ih will next fall under
the hands of the industrious and
jearn,.d h-onoc
'fiX. a ,t,
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lasts of our matlcr-of-
t How to
Begin
an Article
for
Publication;
. A great many people are apt to hit
u'pon happy ideas in society, and
when' they go home they , write
them out for publication, and most
Of these good folks know how hard
it is to begin an article satisfactorily;
A word to them : Com men c with
your very finest writing and most
beautifully rounded sentences. In
troduce your subject, in your most
elaborate style, be poetical, rhetori
cal, didactic, as your mood may lie,
and when you think fit, gradually
drop into the discussion of the subject-matter.
' When the article is
finished, begin at the opening sen
tence, and read it unul you find
you have commenced to say smie
thing to the point. Stop at this
place; strike owl everything before
it, and let your article liegiu just
there.- You will then probably find
that it opens well, and that by col
lecting all your labored composition
in due place where it can be readily
stricken out, you will have saved
yourself all the. trouble that would
have been necessary had it-been
scattered through the article.
The bonnet of the period is a thing
fearfully and wonderfully made;
no one can look at it without recall
ing Pet ruchio's scornful description :
Why, this was moulded on a porringer,
A velvet dish !
Whir, 'tis a cockle or a wainut shell.
A knack, a toy, a trick, a baby's cap !
Awiy with it!" Come, Jut in'j have a big
ger! - ;
I But the fair wearers, one and all;
reply with Katharine:
I'll havenobigfrer ; this doth fit tl.etinie,
And gentlewomen wear such caps as
these ; - v
and, who shall dare to dispute their
taste? It is, however, pleasant to
observe that, in the matter of orna
mentation, delicacy and daintiness
are 'taking the place of the too
prohoiicecx modes of past seasons.
A
.-fashionable lady being asked
she liked the dinner given at a
howi
poet's house, her reply was, lhe
dinner was ex -splendid but my seat
wasjso promote from the nick-nacks
that I could not ratify my appetite,
and the pickletl cherries had such a
defect on my head that I had a
notion to leave th3 table, but Mr.
. irave me some hearts horn
j resolved in water which bereaved
me.
i Eli Perkins, who is having a new
suitlof clothes : constructed on long
tiiri'j-, will soon deliver a series of
lectin s in London, by special re
quest f the Queen, who leaves town
during their delivery.
Society may congratulate itself on
the fact that feminine fastness has
gone out of fashion entirely.
Oancing Under Difficulties.
A Wooden-1. gged Tight J lope Dan
cer to rrrform at the Schutzen-
st in Charleston.
The German citizens of Charles
tons. C, are making great prepar
ations for the coming Schutzentest.
This festival Is a great event in that
city. Probably no similar holiday
making in any city of the continent
is more'widely and generously ob
served. The Germaus nominally'
have the shaping of the affair, but -the
whole city joins, in the merry
making, j j
Besidts the other amusements
which the German liitle Club, of
Charkston, have provided for the
fest there will be uuh which "Will be
worth seeing, and will be furnished
by a wtHxlcn legged tight rore per
former, whose career is full ot re
markable incidents.
Professor Delloune, who served-'
thirteen years lit Ileentz's celebrated
circus, in Berlin, known to every
continental tourist, immigrated to
Texas just lie fore the breaking out
of the late war. ! '
When that conflict began he join
ed a cavalry1 company and served
with gallantry, always keeping
close to the enemy, as his numerous .
wounds testify. Iu tho very first
battle iu which he was engaged ho
received a sabre cut in tho face, ami
had several of his front teeth knock
ed out. Subsequently, in another
fierce set-to he received a bayonet
thrust, which compelled him to re
tire from duty and seek a hospital.
As soon as he recovered he rejoined
his command, and was again dis-
ablet I by a ball passing through his.
ngnt leg. i
From this ho also recovered and
took the field only to remain a short
while, for ho soon had his left leg
torn off by 'hrcannon ball, which
almost killed him. This finished
i his military career.and ho was never
again able to do military duty.
When the war closed he was left
with a wifo and six children In
Texas, in a state of total depend
ence. It occurred to him that ht? .
might utilize his gymnastic knowl
edge, and, he adopted the tight
rope a slender in.eans by which to
support himself and family. At
this, however, he has been eminent
ly successful, and it is said by those
who htrveseen his performance that
notwithstanding he is encumbered
by an awkwanl wooden leg ho is ns
agile as a cat, and has no superior
in his line, j t
After he completes his engage
ment at tho Schutzenfest he will
start for Vienna, to contend during
the exhibition for a iprize of o0,(M)
gilders, open to all tight rope per- r
formers in the world. In tho lace
of all these hairbreadth escapes and
disasters, the professor is light
hearted and full of professional
pluck. !
Tho Voice of Creation. ,
The works of Creation as they un
fold themselves in all their variega t
ed loveliness and splendor, 1 can not
but love. I! love the mighty and
majestic ocean, the loud anthem of
the cataract, the onward, flowing
river, and the sweet murmuring of
pleasant streams; the rich drapery
of old ami i venerable forests, the
green fields,' the beauty and incenso
of flowers, the music of tho birds.
the snow-clad hiUs and tho Icy cov
ered rocks of the cataract; the won
drous orbs that shine in tho fyr-ofT
blue heaven, illuminating tho wide
canftpy with beams of holy light,
worlds upon worlds performing
their onward march to the grant!
music of lime ! All theso love and
love fervently. There is a voice
here, that if listened to andobej'cd,
will teach man to be holier and hap-
pier, and wll lead him higher than
their created beauty, even to the
footstool of the eternal.
3Iooneys Ianger. , 1
It is well 'known that Hie Dela-
Wiir! people claim the right to ex
! dude the Jersey fishermen from tho
rvcr opposite Wilmington, undcra
grant to William Penn from tho
Duke of York. It Is said that at
Trenton, some time ago, the tragedy
of "Itichartl III" was produced,
and when the Duke of York entered,
the whole audience rose and hissed,
and pelted him with eggs and dis
integrated cats and soda water
bottles, under the impression that
he was the identical duke who
caused the trouble. They were
about lo kill him, when the manager
interfered, and explained that ids
j-eal name! was William Mooney,
ami. that he was born in Ireland.
William, it is said, rejoices now that
he is not a nobleman. In future,
when Jus plays in New Jersey, he
will eary au American flag wrapjied
about ins person and nuil his natur
alization papers to his hat. Max
A deler. i
Aii Old Prayer. ,
In the Arabic and Syriae there Is
a floating tradition of the form of
prayer believed to have been used .
by Noah in the Ark. The .follow
ing is a translation of the prayer:
" O Lord, excellent art Thou in the
earth, and there is nothing great in
comparison of Thee. Look u'lon us
with the eye of mercy and compas
sion, deliver us from the deluge of
wateps, and set our feet in a large
ro mi. By the sorrows of Adam,
Thy first made man, by the blood
of Alx l, Thy holy one, by the
righteousness of Setn, in Whom thou'
art well 'pleased, number us not
among those who have transgressed
Thy statutes, but take us into Thy
merciful care; for Thou art our de
liverer, and Thine is the praise for
all the works of Thy hand for ever
more." And the sons of Noah said,
"Amen, Lord."
How and "When to Take a Nap.
The Jleruld of ITeaUh says that
sleeping after dinner is a bad prac
tice, and that ten minutes before
dinner is worth more than an hour
after, it rests and refreshes and
prepares the system for vigorous
digestion.! If sleep bo taken after
dinner it should be in tho sitting
jiosture, ns tho horizontal position
is unfavorable to healthful diges
tion, let those who need rest and
shep durmg the day take it before
dioiici .instead of after, 'and they
wili mmu find that they will f(l
Ixutcr, and that tho digestion will
bo improved thereby.
Paper Car Wheels. ;
There Is no telling to what pur
poses paper will yet be put. The
Connecticut River ltai I road is proud
of a locomotive with paper wheels,
and (ho experienced engineer who
drives this remarkable engine says'
the paper! wheels revolve with les
friction and do not j tr near bo much
as those of ir...!'. 'i a this viwof the
case, It does m t sccm at all impro
bable th.d we shall soon have cyJIn
ders, cntn ks and piston rods of par er,
the use of costly iroi in machinery
being confined to boilers and rrato.
bars.