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PITTSBOltO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, NOVEMBER 21, 1881.
NO. 11.
For torgorailviTtliiciiiclitBlllMTilriiiilrai-l.''w'll
A Poet's Mall.
Four letters and a paper: tliisone, Miowin
A careless haml, is from my cousin May ;
Ten pages long, and full tti overflowing
Of K am. and belles, and balls, and all
things gay.
And this one : well, I cannot quite discover
Just what til' indefinite writer doon intend ;
He's quite too frankly-cordial for a lover,
And much too lover- like, for just a friend.
And hern a sinter poet tells her fancies,
Merry or sad, just as her humor is ;
Weaving a won of muny-hiied romances,
Out of the soberest realities.
And here is one in marvelloiiH superscription ;
I make it out by guesriing at a part
I tell the truth without a spice of fiction
I tear it open with a niittcriut heart.
Two cabalistic words here greet my vision -Two
simple words, expressive and defined,
And yet they crush me- with their curt pre
cision, Their most polite' Itcspectfiilly declined."
I lake up tenderly my little vcrscliiiK,
That I bad written witli Mich loving care ;
1 feel as does a mother when her numi-liiie;
Is called by others neither sweet iht fair.
I rail against the man who bo decrees it,
And like the world-rciiowued worm I turn ;
"lip does not know a poem when he sees it,
Elscwisc my geiiiiu would he quick discern."
Or else be wants to crush out my ambition,
To keep from me my due of fame or pelf ;
Or else, O I most judicious, sage decision,
It may be ho writes poetry liinuilt'.
If that be true, then may the imi.-c n tUiut him,
And play upon him all ninvurtliy prank.
May every editor in the country scout him,
And all his poems be "declined with thnnliu.''
And uow I read a;;aiu the little verse
I thought so perfect ; it must be confessed
This line is bad, ami that one surely worse is.
And this thought certainly is ill t pn se I.
It may bo that my vanity deceived inc ;
It may be. neither jealousy nor spite.
Inspired the critic who so sorely grieved me .
It may be, after all, llio man was riht.
--i i '(in.
LILIAN'S MISTAKE.
Lilian Whitney looked ont into the
gatheiing twilight, her fair face, with
the nut brown etuis clinging about it,
brought out in startling relief by a
background cf vitid lilns.lt rones.
Tho love light shone, and glowtd iu
Lilian's wondrous pray t-yes, and it faint
smile of ptrftct peace and happiness
curved the corners of the proud, almost
haughty mouth.
And how could hho bo otht riso than
perfectly happy this evening '! Was she
not expecting her lover noble, hand
some Frank Carlt tin? ( )ijly a week ago
he had pjnred into her eurs the story of
bis love, and had asked her to bo his
wife.
And she she did not clearly remem
ber what answer sho gave; she only
knew that bhe was tilled with a joy and
happiness thar was almost pain at times.
And she tsniikd softly aud Unshod, as
she looked at tho diamond ring, which
gleamed in the tender lijUof the
gloriom June moon, just grandly rising
behind the f ir -off purple hills.
The faint and pluintivo cry of the
whippoorwill was l.orne to her ears on
the breezes scented with June roses. A
dreamy look came into Lilian's eyes as
(he slowly repeated a few lines Frank
Carleton hid read to her a few days
before :
"And what i. sn rare at a ilai in June?
Tlieuit ever nil- perti ct la s;
Tin 11 Heaven tries ll.ci aiMi 11 it In- in tune.
Auileicrit sefily tierunrin ear In a.
"New Itte heart is so lull lti.it a Iim. ee:til it
We are ll; J , iw 1h .-.HI!.!. Ih.iI will it."
"Yes" mnrmed Lillian,"! am happy
now because God has willed thai Frank
Carleton should meet mo and ask me to
become his wife. What have I ever
done, I wonder, that such a grand, no
ble man should love nu V" And a rich,
happy blush, rivallingin color the blush
of tho Juco roses, came over her deli
cate cheeks.
The lore-light in her eyes became
brighter, the blush on her cheek deep
ened, for she heard a foot-step which
she could never mistake With a flut
tering'jheart Lilian shrank back among
the rose-bushes, thinking fondly that
Frank would soon find her.
But Frank Carleton was not alone
for ft woman tall aud graceful in form,
dressed inj eombro black was walking
beside, him. Lilian peered out at them
with wild, jealous pang at her heart.
The strange womau's beautiful face
gleamed white as nuirblo in the 'moon
light. Hark 1 Frank was speaking, and Li
lian strained her ears to hear. What a
look of love and devotion there was on
his face as he beut over her I Lilian
clenched her hands, and her lips grow
white and rigid.
"Dear Maud," he said, softly and
tenderly, " you can never guess how
very, very thankful I am that that man
is dead. Now you are free, and noth
ing shall part us again."
"Nothing, Frank?" she said, looking
up at him ; and Lilian could see the
passionato love shining in Iter eyes.
"Not even your marriago with this
beautiful Miss Whitney?"
" Surely not," he answered, almost
reproachfully. " Why should it ?" And
than they passed on.
'With ft low moan Lilian fell prone
among the rose bushes. A roso which
she had pluckod stung her hand cruelly
with ita sharp thorn, but sb. scarcely
heeded it ; the thoin in her heart was
too terribly real for that. Tho June
roses beut low over her, and the dew
drops foil softly from them, like tears
upon her white,, upturned faeo ; but
still she lay there.
And this wns tho man she loved?
This was the man whom she had thought
so grandly noblo this man who, she
doubtod not, had deliberately intended
to wrong her.
Lilian did not stop to reason did not
stop to argue that thoro might be a
mistake, that deceit and falsehood had
over bt.cn foreign to Frank Ctrloton's
nature. She was too madly jealous and
wouudod for that.
And so tho next day Frank received a
small package a few books, some old
love letters, and a'diamond ring. There
was iio noto of explanation, but he
knew who had sent them.
I'.uragod ar.d astonished, ho immedi
ately sought Lilian, for an explanation;
but tho sot vaut who nnswered his iin
pnticnt ling said that she was "not at
home."
A week later, Frank Carleton started
for tho West; and so these t so lives,
that haro been all in all to each other,
drifted farther and further apart.
Five years Inter. It was the evening
of Mrs. K'jderick Forrest's bull, and
tho beet society of Melville was there.
Lilian Whitney leaned back in tho era
brosuro of ono of (ho windows, and
hidden by the flowing draperies of the
curtains, watched with dreamy half
closed eyes the bright, merry throng in
the ball room. Iltr beauty was more
it in Hi than it ha I been livo yfars
ago, aud the proud look on her face had
softened into more tender, more wo
manly curves. She was decidedly the
belle of tho eve ning, and it was only
by much ekillful inauitiver;ng that she
had been ablo to gaiu this quiet retreat
for a few women tB.
All at ouce she jcaught her breath
with a sudden gasp of pain, and placing
her hand on her heart to stop its wild
beating, leaned forward anil peered
out.
Yes, it was surely Frank Carleton
she saw, though ho was very much
changed. Tullaiid straight aud bronzed,
with heavy niinfacho and beard, he
lookel at leas! Ion years older, and cer
tainly a great deal nicno handsome and
manly thau he had looked five years
ago.
"Uow noblo he looks I" Lilian
thought, with a sudden U rill. "Oh,
how could I misjudge him so by my
daik suspicions? And now I liuve lost
him forever 1"' And tho hot tears of
bitter anguish and remorso trickled be
tween her daintily gloved fingers.
The curtains parted, aud Mrs. Enler
ick Forrest and Frank Carleton stood
before her.
"Lillie, love, ;ou thought you would
outwit us this time, but you see you
have failed, for I knew where you were
all tho time. Allow mo to present
why, child, are you ill?"
For, white and trembling, our horo
ino had sunk down, looking like a
brcken lily. She had thought she
could bear the meeting firmly and
calmly, but her strength failed her at
the last moment.
When, a few minutes later, she
opened her eves, sho found
Frank ( arleton's arms were about
her, and that be was showering kisses
on her face. For a moment she felt as
if sho could dio for very happiness.
"Frank," sho whispered, "oh, Frank I
Can j ou forgive me after I have wronged
you to deeply
"Hush," he said ; "hush, my darling 1
I have nothing to forgive !''
"Sho has told me all," she went on,
"your sister Maud ; how you have loved
her, and how much you have helped
her, while her miserablo drunken hus
band was alive. And oh, Frank ! I mis
judged you so cruelly I I did not know
she was your sister !"
"Of course you did not," ho said, ten
derly. "Has not your mistake made us
miserablo for five long years? Do not
mention it again, my darling," and ho
stopped her lips with a kiss.
Deadly Work.
Sir Robert Lloyd-Lindsay in an Eng
lish niagRzine article ms : A small,
well-trained body of 50 men, placed
under cover, can easily fire 3,0(10 shots
in a quarter of an hour, (eaohmau firing
at the rate of four shots per minute,)
and can placo every shot at MOO yards
into a space no larger thin an ordinary
sized room. At this rate a battalion of
H()0 men could in half an hour pour
80,000 or 90,000 bullets into ait enemy
advancing againBt them, thus producing
a shower of lead under which no troops
could stand, much less advance.
Intelligence has reached Lincastcr,
Ta., through private sources, of the
murder of a man at Hahnstown, a vil
lage in this county, to procure an in
surance on his life. The parties inter
ested in the policy made tho man
drunk, took him into a hay loft,
arranged a trap, and then after ho had
slept for a time, called him. Ho stag
gered upon the trap, fell thiough, and
died.
Standing Ity His (inn.
Eighteen years rgo, says the Lit lie
Mock (Ark.) (inz-lh; ono of the m-t
dramatic incident of tho lata war,
called late because, let it bo hoped, all
its issues are dead, oceurrel at Fourcho
Dam, a few miles below this city. Gen
eral Price and his army were occupying
this city. Oeue.ral Steele was advanc
ing. Tho whole country was in a ter
rible state of excitement. A battle who (
expected. Everyone had ci nfidenco in
the bravery and military skill of Gen
cral Prico. His achievements wero her
alded, Lis praises sung.
Ono nighf, beforo the dawning of tha
10th of September, 18M, a Confederate
officer, on dnty with his men at an out
post, having received direct i'.ifuinmtiou
from a man who hud bet n in t he enemy's
camp, lay down by a fire, and on a leaf
torn from an old account book, wrote a
dispatch to a senior officer beginning :
"The bailor us to--morrow," and giving
a statement as to the number of men in
tho cnemys ranks, showing that his
forco was inferior to Price's army. Tin
officer wrrto "respectfully forwarded"
on tho paper, aud di.-p itched a man to
Little Hock, with instructions todcliwr
tho communication to General i'rice.
The general could not be found. He
was playing cards at a private residence,
and only bceanio aware that tho time
for action had como when tho booming
of cannon, just at daylight, aroused him.
The soldiers down tho river fought
desperately. Tin y wero compelled to
retreat. Fulling back to Fotirche lam,
it was determined that a final resistance
should be made. General Newton, who
had been sent back to form the men as
they arrived, was executing that order
when General Marmaduke, who hud
been arrested for killing General
Walker, and who had just been released,
dashed up and exclaimed :
"We must make a fight here to cover
Price's retreat."
"Cover Trice's retreat?" replied New
ton, in surprise.
"Yes ; for his army is in full retreut."
Nothing but fght was left. Tho ene
my charged, but was repulsed. Jeffries
was ordered to take his Missouri Bri
gade, cross tho creek aud feel cf the
enemy. Ho crossed, and not only feit
of the enemy, but followitig the prompt
ings of an impulsive nature, charged
the section of a battery, supported by
cavalry. Tho cavalry, from the sud
denness of the attack, was thrown into
confusion and retreated, leaving tho
guns uusuppor cd. Tho captain of the
battery, a yonng man from Chicago,
stood by one of the guns, with a revol
ver in each hand, Wring rapily. He was
completely surrounded, but refused to
surrender. The Confederates, in admi
ration of his bravery, stopped firing and
cheered him. He was repeatedly told
to surrender, and as often refused. Ho
continued to lire, nnd had wounded
several men.
"This thing is gettin' tiresome,
cap'u," yelled a lank Missourian, "an'
if you don't behavo yourself an' and
quit your skylurkin' you'll get hurt."
The brave fellow, with a disdainful
gesture, exclaimed :
"I told the peoplo of Chicago that I
would never surrender this battery, and
by all the demons in hell I'll keep my
word," and ho leveled his pistol at the
Missourian. But tho lank man was too
quick for him, and throwing up his
pistol ho lired. Captain Heed fell across
his gun, shot though tho heart.
'Brave man," said the boys, as they
laid hint on the ground preparatory to
removing tho gun. 'lira vo rutin ; it is
a pity we had to kill him."
The gun, with its death-mark of life's
blood, was drawn away by the Confed
erates, and used in a dozen different
battles, but no ono ever washed oil' tho
blood. Onco when an officer asked ono
of tho men why ho did not wash his
gun, tho soldier related, 'tho circum stances
of It'jed's death. "Let the blood
remain ; it is a mark of respect to tho
memory of a bravo man."
Just before tho close of the war Cap
taiu Reed, tho name applied to the gnu,
was dismounted by a cannon ball. After
tho battio the soldiers tenderly buried
tho heavy iron. Tho rains of heaven or
the hands of man had not washed oil'
the blood.
A Wise Horse.
Tho horse lives in Wilmington, IVh
ware, and the Slur of that city tolls this
story cf brute intelligence : f A few Sun
days ago ho was rnnuing looso on the
streets and passed iu the neighbor
hood of a certain drug store, whore tho
proprietor noticed that he hail a severo
sore on his back and several less serious
eruptions on ono of his shoulders,
wherepon he put a suitable plaster on
each of tho wounds. The animal then
went off and ho aw no moro of him
until tho next Sunday, when ho a-.nn
went to tho door of the establish
ment, where ho remained uuMl his
wounds were again dressed, and since
then he has regularly appeared every
Sunday at the door of J the drug store
to have the plasters put upon his back
andshoulders, and the proprietor kindly
accommodated him. It is supposed
I that his owner keeps him busy all tho
week and turns him loose on Sundays.
FOR THE FlIU SKX.
Fnl.iin Nine.
Soatlet pohn.it es, lit lie
worn ovrr i
black rkirts, aro shown by Paris dress
makers. Plush costumes trimmed with leat her
work aro among the now things talked
about.
Whito cashntero morning wrappers
there are with hand-painted borders,
cuffs and collars.
A pretty style in bedroom furniture
are the white-wood suits with panels of
birdseye maple and brass trimmings.
Winter cloaks aro most of them long
and in pelNso style, with linings of fur,
plush or gay-colored satin merveil.eux.
Fpiders and their webs form the de
signs embroidered on the flounces of
Bonio of the Paris gowns. Gold thread
is the material usually employed for
this work, but sometimes silk is ned
Mew mid Notes for Women.
Iowa has thirteen lady caudidat s for
superintendents of schools.
(J ieen Victoria's maids of honor aver
age abouf, fifty years of ago.
Iu tho city of New Y'ork 1,000 of the
drum shops are kept by women.
The uew crown prinnesa of Sweden
has a hundred puirs of gloves -number
six and three-quarters 1
A New York modesto is constructing
an SS.OOO trousseau for a Fifth avenue
bride elect.
Ellen Neil son, spiustor, h'uiged her
self iu Philadelphia because sho had
failed to secure a husbaud to support
her in her old age.
Miss Margaret llieks is said to be
the first lady who has adopted tho pro
fession of arehitec ure. Sho was grad
uatcd recently from the course in archi
tecture at Cornell University.
Eve's daughters contrive to have their
revenge on the snake iu a hundred
ways. For years they have made braco
fets and girdles of him, aud uow they
havo him twisted into tho letters of
their name and wear him for a laco pin.
Tito following mottoes aro suggested
as ex .client for tea-table cloths : "Trust
begets truth," "Try before you tread,"
"It is better to have a hen to-morrow
than an egg to day," "Better half a loaf
tbnn no bread," "Enough is as (.'ond as
a feast," "A penny saved is a penny
got," " rumb not yonr bread before
you taste your porridge."
I'lilikliiiiii A l,nn' I iiiicr Tin.
A Clara Belle Boyd in a New York let
ter, describes a visit to a "manicure, "
as follows :
When my timo came I sat in a row
with five other ladies, all iu tho easiest
of arm chairs, and with damask napkins
in our laps. Finger-bowls of stained
glass on plates of painted French china,
tilled with tepid water perfumed and
contiining an acid to soften the skin,
wero given us, and solemnly we sat nnd
soaked our finger for liftcen minutes.
At the end of that timo an "operator"
on a low stool seated herself beforo me,
dried ono baud, posed it on a pink satin
cushion, aud with u fine steel instru
ment quickly scraps .1 aw ty all tho soft
skin ntonnd the nail, then she filed
it into a point at the top and clipped
the si les with sharp scissors, then sho
rubbed a red salve over it ; wiped it off
and proceeded to polish with the diamond
powder, using tho palm of her hand,
until the nail fairly glittered, and finally
warm water.castile soap.and a soft brush
left it clean, smooth uud shining. Tho
prnr-oss wits repeated on every finger
and in half an hour, for the sum of
1.50, was finished, and tho result was
ten pink and brilliant weapons of de
fense so sharp and pointed as to sug
gest tho advantages of peace. Tho
fashion of wearing these long and
pointed nails has become so exaggera
ted that it necessitates long-fingered
gloves, and extreme care to prevent
their breaking oil'.
Hie i:jeighl of Headers.
A writer calls attention to tho danger
which readers run of injuring their eye
sight by the use of a bid light. He
remarks that engravers, watchmakers
and others, w ho use tho eyes constantly
in their work, take extra care to pre
serve them by get'ing the best possible
light by day, and using the best artifi
cial lifilit at nicht. Tho great army cf
readers are careless, and have, sooner
or I tter, to pay tho penalty of their
carelessness by giving up night work
entirely, and sometimes reading, ex
cept at short intervals, ond under tho
best conditions. All departures from
common type, making the matter more
difficult to take in, increase the danger.
The magnitude of the physical labor of
reading is not appreciated. A book of
GOO pages, forty lines to tho page, and
fifty letters to tho line, contains 1,000,-
000 letters, all of which the eye has to
take in, identify and combine each with
its neighbor. et many a reader will
go through such a book in a day. The
task is cue ho would shrink from if h.
should stop to measure beforehand,
The be.s. positions and the best lights
clear typo, plain inks, with the best
paper of yellowish Huts, and abundant
space between tho lines, afford tho best
safeguards against harm.
llll. 1IO.MK l)0(Ti)K.
( elnry boiled in milk and eatn with
tho milk served as a beverage, is said
to be a cure for rheumatism, gout, and
a specifio in cases of small-pox. Ner
vous people find comfort in celery.
To remove freckles : Lemon juice,
one ounce ; qnartor of a dram of pow
dered borax and one dram of sugar.
Mix them, aud let them stand till ready
for use, then rub it on tho faco occa
sionally. When an individual is reported to
havo died of disease of the heart, we
are in tho h ibit of regarding it as
an inevitable event, as something which
could not havo been f jreseen or pre
vented, and it is to) much the habit
when peisous suddenly fall down dead,
to r 'port the heart as tho cause ; this
sileiii'iS all inquiry aud investigation,
and saves tho trouble and iuconveuienco
of jnnl (ho7. hi. A truer report w.mld
have a tendency to save many lives. It
is through a report of disease) of tho
heart that many an opium-eater is let
( ff into the grave, which covers at
onco his folly'and his crime; thebraudy
drinker, too. ouietl y slides around the
coiner thus, and is heard of no nnro
in short, this report of disease of the
heart is the mantle of charity which
the polite coroner and pyiupatheti
physician throw ato'tnd tho graves of
generous jxople. At a scientific con
gross at S'rasbarg, it was reported
that of sixty six persons win had sud
denlv died, an immivliat) and faithful
; i,sl ;.. w showed that only two per
sons had any heart affection whatever
ono sudden death only iu thirty-three,
from diseases of the heart. Niuo out
out of sixty die of apoplexy ono out
of every seven; while forty six -more
than two out of three died of lung af
ec!i.m, half of them congestion of tho
lungs, that is, tho lungs wero so full of
blood they could not work ; there was
tint room enough for air to get in to
support life. It is, then, of consider
able practical interest to kuown some
of tho common every-day causes of this
congestion of tho lung-i, a disease
which, tho tigr.res above being true,
kills three times as many persons at
short warning as apoplexy nnd heart
disease together. Cold feet, tight
shoes, light clothing, costive bowels,
sitting still until chilled through after
having warmed up by labor or a long
hasty walk ; going too suddenly from it
close, heato.i room, as a lounger, or
listener, or speaker, while tho body is
weakened by continual application, or
abstinenco, or heated ny a long address;
these are the frightful causes of sudden
death in the form of congestion of the
lungs; but which, being fulstdy reported
as disease of tho heart, and regarded
as an inevitable event, throw people off
their gaurd instead of pointing them to
their true causes, all of which are
avoidable; und very easily so, as a
general rule, when the mind has once
been intelligently drawn to the sub
ject. Unit' .luurmil Il.nllli.
History of the Tomato.
A good many jears tigo a scamp who
had recently arrived from the Bermuda
Islands was sent to tho York county (Pa.)
jail for some offence committed against
the laws of the commonwealth. He hud
with him a few seeds which he planted
in the rich soil of the j -i.il yurd. Before
the plants which sprang from the seed
reached maturity ho was discharged,
aud no one knew the name or nature of
them. They grew luxuriantly, bearing
fruit of a largo size and unusual appear
ance. As this strango fruit ripened, its
color changed from green to a brilliant
red, and becamo an object of wonder
aud admiration to all tho inmates of the
jail. Mrs. Klinefelter, the lady keeper,
cautioned all the prisoners against eat
ing any of the fruit, tts sho was sure it
was poisonous, and besides that, she had
promised the man who had planted tho
seed that she would endeavor to pre
serve specimens of it for him should he
return in time.
Just whi u the fruit was fully matured
tho Bermuda prisoner revisited tho jail
and asked to see the plant. This re.
quest grunted, ho next calbd for pep.
per, salt and vinegar, and to the horror
of the good lady, commenced to eat of
tho supposed poisonous fruit with a
relish that astonished tho belioldtvs.
After enjoying the strango repast, he
informed Mrs. K. that the fruit or veg
etable was the tomato or love apple,
aud it would bo found wholesome and
nutritious. The seeds of tho remaining
tomatoes were carefully preserved and
distributed among tho friends and
neighbors of the lady, and tlius this
uow popular efculent was introduced
into the ancient and goodly borough of
York. For many years thereafter it was
cultivated as an ornament rather than
for table use, but by degrees its merits
began to bo more fully understood and
appreciated, and there, as elsewhere, it
grew into general public favor.
It is rumored that Edison is inventing
a talking machine, and excited women
all over tho Eautern coast aro shaking
their fingers at him and telling him
they will brook no rival. Ho is tread
ing ou dangerous ground.
High Heels.
Until the ladies of our day resumed
the antiquated fashion of high heels,
bunions were shown up only in bur
lesque, and there is moro than their
ridiculous absurdity to be condemned
in wearing them. Tho weight of the
body is thrown upon the toes, which are
thus unduly burdened, an thrown for
ward against the front of the shoe.
But worse thau this, the ankle has many
a twist or wrick, the step is not firm or
secure, and the further teudency of all
this is to give to the spine more cniva
tnre than even fashion ordains in the
"Grecian bend." Add to these un
lovely results the clatter of tin; heel
blocks, and wo havo a total, not less
disagreeable than that of the patterns
of o'.ir grandmothers, which had at least
the strong ri'comruend.tti' n of u'iiity.
It is true that high hot Is make the in
step seem higher ; but surely no proper
minded person would bo guilty of u
sham. And further, us tl: In el of I he
fool is kept up above its proper level,
the muscles whose duty is to raise it
aro enfeebled by the loss of that exer
cise. These muscles are tho calf of the
leg, which will thus dwindle away to
the leanness of decrepit age, and be
come a "shrunk shank," if this un
seemly distortion be long persisted iu.
"The animal machinery," siys Sir
Charles IV11, "cm be seen in perfection
only when it is kept in full activity.
Exercise unfolds the muscular system,
producing a full, bold outline of the
limbs, at the sumo time that the joints
are knit sin ill and clean Look at the
legs of a poor Itisliinaii traveling to the
hurvest with bare feet ; the .thickness
and roundness of the calf show that the
foot and toe- ;lre free to permit the
exercise of the muscles of tho legs.
Look, uow at the legs of au English
peasant whose foot and ankle are tightly
laced iu a boot with an inflexible sole ;
Hiidjotl will petveive, from the manner
iii which he lifts his legs, that tho play
of tho ankle, foot and toes is lost as
much as if he went on stilts ; and there
fore are his legs small aud shapeless.
In short, the natural exercise of the
parts, whether I hey be active or passive,
is tho stimulus to tho eitculaf ion
through them ; exercise being as nc c s
stry to tho perfect constitn ion of a
bone us it is to tho perfection of the
muscular power." ( '''. .l-mniiil
A Cornish Village.
On the summit f the west I,.n.k it
touches the village of saltash, which is
built down the hill side to the water's
edge, and which is like most other
fishing villages in Cornwall clean,
solidity put together, nnornimenlal,
and a whitish-gray in color. The de
ficiency of color is dispiriting to the
artist who has come from the contem
plation of the more opulent architec
ture of the Continent. The cottage',
one and two stories high, of coucrete,
brick aud store, with diamond-pained
windows, have been designed to shelter
without any other idea than utility.
Their white or yellow walls seem to be
vertical strata of the indigenous rock
of their foundations. The sashes and
the doors are painted black, and the
streets are made of gray nitcadim.
What little color there is gains brilli
ancy from contrast with these quiet sur
roundings. The verdure is the green
est, and tho fuchsias blazo in relief.
Up oa the hill, with a s iiuewhat disor
derly little grave-vard inclosing it, is a
serious-looking, sqnuro-towered church,
like many others in t ornwall, of gray
sandstone, wt 11 worn bv the weather of
centuries, which h is smoothed all th
edges. 'Ihe church is nearly seven
hundred years old tho tower older
and where time has made a gap or a
seam, the "restoration" 1 ns been ef
fected in the most economical way. The
concrete used to till iu lias included the
fragments of the ruined part, and bits
of gargoyles and other carved work are
found imbedded in the plaster. Look
front the houses to the people there is
an infallible correspondence. The n'eii
are brown and strong, it little sad, with
large frames, but no spare flesh ; and
the women, who are pi and at the oar,
are scarcely their inferiors in physical
proportions. Thev are frank and Hide
pendent in manner, gathering Iheii
living front tho sea. There is little
vice among them the smart dresn's
and chubby faces of their children are
certain indications of domestic virtue ;
but that some of them fall to the beset
ting sin of the English may be inferred
front what, we heard one of them say of
a neighbor: "no wass as dhritnk as
forty maiutops'l-plieotblooks."--iiy(
)f:i:i'Uln.
Heriii-ui.
A story of heroism comes to ns from
the English stesmer Ednr on a recent
trip from the Senegal. The entire
crew, except the captain and his wife.
and tho mate, were stricken with sick
r.ess so that they could take no pnrt in
fhe navigation of the vessel. -The cap
lain suggested to his wife to take the
post of " tho man at the wheel," while
he himself and mute acted as engineer
and fireman. Tho threo brought the
vessel safe from tho west coast of Africa
to tho European continent.
HEMS OF INTEREST.
l'.stachio nuts are brought from Sicily
ond Syria, where thfy trow upon a mna
of turpentine t-ee.
The value of tho Briiish jennd
steiling, gol1, in the United Slntes
money is i,Si5 "i.
To'copyright a play in England it
must first be produced in that country
and its author must be a denizen of
England.
The Camden, N.J., milk inspector
coi.demned nine hundred quarts of
adulterated lacteal fluid- No "skim
milk " f r Jersey.
Ilandkcrclrefs wrought and edged
with gold used to be worn in England
bv gentlemen, in tlcirha's, as favors
for young ladies.
Tho word tobacco is from the Indian
t.ibtico, the tube used by tho Indians
for inhaling the smoke, which by them
.. . . ? t.:i...
1!', called peiunier nuiu.:,
The Indian head is placed on tho
American cent as being typical oi
America, the Indians hoins? the) nrst
known inhabitants of the continent.
John Bull doesn't like Secretary
Blaine's letter on the Panama oanai
itiestion. Nevertheless, Mr. I.laiuo
. , ., . ,1- 11... II .m.i.it.Gnt
voiced l tie si iiiimeius 1 1 ui- . nunu.
Yankee natioit'whcn hewrjte it.
A witter spout is supposed to be
, , r I -..,..1.1 l.r.
caused liytne pa-sstge "t wtu iii "
called by the passage of what would be
called a whirlwind on land. Water is
drawn up instead of dust and dobns.
Leading millinery windows display a
startling bat of scarlet felt, trimmed
with dark red velvet or plush, and tho
plumage of a brilliant looking tropicul
bird. Tuis hat is modelled somewhat
after the shape of the "smuggler's"
hat worn hu.t season.
The five Philadelphia boys who loft
that eiiy to go West and fight the In
dians trudged along for live miles, aud
then cnncludjd to return. Had they
persis.ed in their determination tho
consequences would havo been dread
ful. A Philadelphia washerwoman who
held twelve shires in cue of tho build
ing associations i f that city has just re
ceived I.10 us the result of her saving
during nine years and six months. Sho
had paid iu $l,:t":i in her monthly dues,
ank was so punctual in her attend tnco
that her accounts were clear of fines
when the association finally wound up.
The Executive Mansion at Washing
ton is called the " White House" from
its b. inglmilt entirely of whitematerial.
The walls of the central building aro of
whitehondstone, from an island at Aquia
Creek, Ya. The extension is of Hue
white marble from Lee, Mass., and tho
columns are of white inai hie from Mary
land. More ascents of Mont Blanc havo
been ma le during the past season thau
in any previous year. Between July
and Oct fiber, sixty-four tourists, of
whom nineteen were Fretich, seventeen
English, and six Americans, gained tho
summit. Three were ladies, . natives
respectively of England, France, and
Switzerland.
TEMl'EKAM'E l. POLITICS.
How mi Olilii Itiver iielnln ;H lllx
fcliixiner OU u linr.
Lincoln Hall, Washington, was
crowded with the friends of temperance,
the occasiou being a meeting of the
delegates to tho Woman's National
Christian Temperance Union, which
closed its sessions. Mrs. Willard, presi
dent of the Union, presided. Miss Duty,
of Massachusetts, conducted tho devo
tional exercises. Mrs. McLaughlin, of
Massachusetts, made a ringing speech
in favor of the cause of temperance,
vhc was followed by Mrs. Malloy, of
Indiana, a journalist, aud ono of the
most eloquent and interesting lady
speakers iu the country. Mrs. MaJloy,
iu the course of her speech, related sev
eral interesting anecdotes, among them
one about a celebrated character, a
captain of a schooner on the Ohio river,
who was a noted sinner. This captain
(.o? his schooner on a suudhar at Cairo,
and sent word to the ( htistinn ladies
of the town that he was under convic
tion for i.in, and denied them to como
,o his schooner and have a prayer moot
ing for bis benefit. " The ladies," said
Mrv Malloy, Hocked to the captain's
old hulk in large numbers, and upon
uming thoro were requested to 'go
aft.' They found tho captain apparently
wry penitent. The weight of tho ladies
aided materially in floating the schooner
oiVthe sandbar, and us s nn as tho cap
tain found that ho was all right again
he called ont to them to get off 111
boat ; that the prayer meeting would
lie postponed until tho next trip." This
Mrs. Malloy said, reminded her of tho
wo great political parties. As soon ao
. ne of them got in a eloso corner they
:d ways called ou tho women to hold a
prayer meeting and help them out, but
as soon as assistance was rendored they
would cry out, "Wait till the next trip
tho prayer meeting." "We won't
unit any longer for either party," said
Mrs. Malloy ; "we will organize a third
party and bury the two old rotten par
ties beyond resurrection."