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Nll'M ttf Vl'l'l.t.
THE BURGLAR ALARM.
Mr. Fillisy tame home in hot haste.
Important business called him out of
town within an hour's time.
"Oh, dear!" sighed Mrs. Fillisy, as
she iinih'i i.inii to restore to order the
chaos of Mr. Fillisy' search through
closets ntiil bureaus fur the "few
things" he considered necessary to his
comfort "what shall I do? It's al
most dark, and nobody in the house hut
the new girl, and 1 haven't time to go
to mother's, and I'm so afraid, .losiah
knows It, 1 10. Why didn't he leave me
a pistol or something? 1 never shot off
11 pistol, and don't know what the
trigger Is; hut I'm sure 1 should fee'
infer if 1 ha I one. How dreadful it
would he to he mitrderi d her,-all alone,
and .losiah to come home and I'md me
weltering in my gore! 1'gh!" and Mrs.
Fillisy enjoyed a good shiver over the
sanguinary piet ttreshehad conjured ii,
Iftit supper was announced at that
moment, and Mrs. Fillisy had no time
10 revel in melancholy wondering as to
how ".losiah would feel then," and it
was not till after the two little ones
were snugly ttf -k-tl in hed that she
had leisure- to rcilut it pi n her lonely
and unprotected state.
"I don't see why .losiah hasn't had
hurgiar alarms put in the house. It
would le- so much better. I'll talk to
him when he com 'S home. I wonder
what they are like, any way? Alarm
clocks, I -i-jijiiist, and that sort e-f
thing. Now, why couldn't one invent
Hoim thing simpler? I wonder
and here Mr. Filli-y's thoughts were
arrested by a brght idea.
She was seated by the stove, and her
clancn fell iijijii the wire guard which
kept the vvej toddlers from too clos -tontact
with its glowing surface.
"The very thing!" she exclaimed,
"I'll invent an alarm myself. Talk
iihmit women lriing no inventive
genius. I'll have .losiah at ply for a
patent the moment he .'nines home.
Now, I'll just get it and try, ami it any
burglar undertakes to get in here to
night he'll just wisli he hadn't, that's
nil! Turn, te, turn, te, tuiu," and Mrs
Fillisy started up in high glee.
After considerable pushing and haul
ing about in a closet under the stairs,
she brought to view a large coil of
o.irlinl wire, in which Mr. F. had the
I rcviom summer inve.-te.l for the pur.
pose of surmounting his orchard fence.
"Now isn't it lin ky that .losiah didn't
nee this? If he had, I couldn't have
diown him what a smart wife he has
and he wouldn't be able to refute, with
success, the assertion that woman has
11 knowledge of mechanism. I'll show
them! Ouch! What mean stuff it is
to handle! Hut all the better for Mr.
Hurgiar. Xow, where'll I put it first ?"
Mrs. Fillisy pondered deeply, with all
the gravity worthy of a great inventor
Hiid at last decided that as the hired
zirl had gone to bed, and there was no
:ne but herself about, she would build
Mich a wall of barbed wire at the fool
if the stairs as no burglar could possi
i!y surmount. Hut when she had
wound it around the newel-post, with
many "Ah's" and "lilt's," she found
that the wir- wouldn't fasti n itself to
ho wall, and as for this brave inven.
tor's making a long and lonesome
journey into the woodshed for hammer
iind nails no, indeed, she wouldn't,
Sho'd show Jts.ih that a woman's
mind could triumph over matter.
"No man would think of this," she
said to herself, as she proceeded to fas
ten tho wire in a in I out of the claw
feet that held the stair-rods in position1
"Dear me, it's slow work; but then all
problems are slow of solution, and Mrs.
F , you mustn't be too smart an in
ventor. 1 wonder what folk'll do who
haven't got stair-rods? (Jet some, 1
suppose; or may be, now, when .losiah
comes home he can think of something
to hold the wire down, any way.
Ouch! Just see my finger bleed! Hor
rid stuff! I wonder how Mr. Hurglur
will like that."
And Mrs. Fillisy surveyed with
honest prido the work of her fertile
brain, and nimble, but wounded fingers-
She had contrived, by dint of twist
ing and turning the barbed wire In
every shape and direction, to create a
perfect battery of needle points on the
lower step.
VOL. VI.
"Vou couldn't put your linger down
without getting pricked," she solilo
quized as she attacked tho next step.
"Now you sec a person might have a
carpet of this, that she could spread
lown before windows and doors, and if
a burglar were to step real hard on it.
he'd surely have to scream, and that
would wake one; and then, while he
was nursing his foot, why one could
shoot him, or catch him, or something
Oh. dear, there's another scratch!
What awful hard work it is to be an
inventor!"
And Mrs. Fillisy stuck her linger in
her mouth and sighed deeply. It was
eleven o'clock before she had completed
her net-work of wire upon the last
step, and then, too tired to do as she
had intended stretch the wire across
her bedroom door she contented her
self with rolling the dressing-case
against the door, and retired, convinced
that no hurgiar would set foot inside
her room that night.
Hut hardly had she laid her head on
her pillow when there sounded from
the little cot he-ide her the wail, "I
want a drink! I want a drink! 1'se
awful thirsty."
Merciful sakes! She had forgotten,
'n her interest in her invention, to
bring up any water! "There, tin re,
darling! Now go to sleep! That's
mamma's pet."
"I 'on't! 1 want a drink! I can't go
to seep widoitt a drink."
"Oh, dear! There's no help foi it, I
suppose-. How ever in this world am
1 to get down tho e stairs?"
Taking the night-lamp in her hand,
she surveyed the situation. "The only
way is to slide down." And, suiting
the action to the word, she imitated the
riotous schoolboy in his wild Might
through space. She reaehe 1 the lower
llcor safely enough, albeit somewhat
jarred by her t'.unccu.-tnuicil locomotion;
but when she had Tilled her pitcher and
retraced her steps to the foot of the
stairs, she reg.irdt.-d the proofs of her
'nventive genius with horrific I dismay.
From the dim regions above came
th.' wail, "1 want a drink," while the
chorus of a still smaller voi e liiled the
night with the music of its "Meows,
meows!"
"Ves, darlings, mother is coming."
Hut how? She couldn't .slide up. He
side, her hands were full. Hut tlm.-e
clam nous voices called forth every
energy, and, leaving her lamp at the
foot of the staiis, she crept up slowly,
hand over hand, foot over foot, en the
outside of the bannister, and, groping
her way to her room, quieted the voices
with the ftw drops of water remaining
in the pitcher, and then went down, in
another wild llight after 1 er lamp.
Worn out with her exertions, when
she reached her room, she fell asleep
almost immediately. She was awaken
ed a little later by a shrill scream of,
'Oh, wtii ra, wurra! It's a iiuirtherin'
n.tke. it is!" and jumping up bewilder
ed, she recognized liridget's veiiee in
the hall.
"Why, what is the matter, Rridgit?'
"shun- and matther is it? It's a
snake or some other iiuirtherin' baste
has hurled me fut tnat bad! uiiisha!
imisha!" and Hri lget sat on the hall
lliini rolling from side to side and Indu
ing her wounded foot in her hand.
"Oh, no, Hridget, it's only the bur
glar alarm. 1 forgot to tell you about
it. See, my hands are all cut up by it,
too; but it'll keep burglars away."
"Hurgiar alarm, is it, thin? An'
who put it there, if ye, plaze?" Hy
this time Hridget was standing etect
and glaring at her mistress with ven
geance in her eyes.
"Why, I did! Vou see Mr. Fillisy is
gone away and I wanted to feel safe "
"Shure an' its safe yez. are from this
night on. I'll be lavin' yez in the
morn in". I never worked afore where
a dacent gurriil couldn't go down the
stairs for a bit of clove ile to put in her
ai liin' tooth widotit steppin' on a bur
glar alarm and bavin' her feel hurted
hat bad! Shure an' I'll be afther
lavin' in the niornin', ma'am," and
Hridget limped toward her room in a
state of unappeasable indignation.
'Fin so sorry, Hridget; I didn't
think," began Mrs. Fillisv, deprecating-
"Shure an' ye'll think in the niornin',
ina'am," and Hridget banged her door
with a force that shut eff all further
explanat ions.
Mrs. Fillisy retired to bed to weep;
she had been at such pains to procure
Hridget, whose culinary powers Mr.
Fillisy had especially praised that very
day. How angry .losiah would be
when he came homo and found
Hridget gone. Dear! dear! and all be
cause of that burglar alarm!
Somehow her pride in her invention
began to wane. She wasn't quite so
sure now that .losiah would be pre
pared to admit that woman had as
much genius as her so-called lord and
master.
She was crying silently over her trials
when suddenly she heard a sound that
caused every individual hair on her
PITTSB0110',
head to stand erect. Somebody was at
the front eloor! She couldn't be mis
taken! There! It eipened! and yes,
hear those stealthy steps along the hall,
and there goes the sitting-room door!
Oh, de-ar! There's a burglar in tho
house for certain! How frightenel
she was! There! she heard him mov
ing cautiously about in the sitting-room.
What could ho bo doing? (letting the
silver? Se-arching for money? oh!
She did hope she wouldn't be murder
ed! Por .losiah would feel so bad.
And then she thought all at once of
the burglar alarm.
"Ha! I have thee now!" she quoted
mentally. "One step and thou art
doomed."
she waited patiently, thinking mean
while how proud .losiah would be of
his little wife, and how the whole city
would ring w ith her praises for having
outwitted a burglar. Presently she
heard tho stealthy steps coming near
er, nearer, and then a smothered ex
clamation She just lay back in bed
and laughed. He was done, for she
was sure. What a pity she hadn't a
pistol; she could shoot him so easily
now. She listened. Another step.
A bold burglar certainly, lie must
know she was alone. She ceased
laughing. Still another step! "Thun
der and Mars!" came in niulll"d touts
up the stairs and along the hall. Mer
ciful heaven! he was coining in.
"(beat Scott! Jerusalem! Ten thou
sand furies! Sulphur and brimstone!"
were wafted to her ears in half smoth
ered tones. She waited to hear no
more. She sprang from her bed, and
putting her mouth to the crack in the
do ii, called out:
'h, please, Mr. Hurgiar, do go
away! Take anything you want;
there's plenty of silver down stairs,
and my wat- h and jewel-case are in the
cabinet with the silver trimmings.
Take them all; you are welcome to
them, indeed you are:; and if there's
anything else down st,iirs- -bt t please
don't kill me, .losiah would feel so bad
and, and- if you are going down be
careful not to hurt your feet -"
Hut she was interrupted by a terri
i'le howl of;
'(ireat guns, Martha, it's me. What
in thunder ails these stairs? Some
thing or other has cut my feet all to
pieces. Open the door, quick, can't
you! I'm bleed ng to death! Ouick,
I say! Ain't you got no sense! Let a
fellow stand here and lose his life
blood because you're afraid of some
fool burglar! I want to see what the
thing is. 1 hope 1 ain't poisoned.
May be it's a scorpion or a tarantula,
or or - "
'oh, no, .losiah, it's only the burglar
alarm. You see, I " began Mrs. Fil
lisy. throwing thedoor np-n, and lett ing
the light fall on .losiah, who stood
midway on the stairs, vainly endeavor
ing to hold both feet in his hands at
once.
"Oh! oli! oh! Confound your old
burglar-alarm. What in creation's
name is it anyway ? It's killing me,
I can't stand nor sit down, nor -nor
! anything."
"Climb onto the bannister, .losiah, I
did -"
"('limb onto the bannister, woman!
And so you've been playin' -ircus
while I have been away. 1 thought
when 1 married you 1 had found a
woman of discretion; but it seems
w as mistaken. Vou'relikeall the rest
Sliding down the bannister, indeed!
Xow tell me what i.ll this confounded
nonsense means," said .losiah, perching
himself astrido the bannister, and e-yer
ing his wife malignantly.
"Oh, .losiah, indeed I haven't been
playing circus at all," exclaimed Mrs-
F .bursting into tears. "I I -
was afraid, and so I--I invented a
burglar alarm, and and I never
elreamed of your coming home --but I
thought if a burglar should get in, it
would prevent his getting up stairs,
and and I guess it would." And
she smiled ruefully upon the barbed
points at her feet.
"Stars and garteis! Prop'iets and
I'onjurers! When will women erase to
be fools?" and the representative of the
world's wisdom shifted uneasily in his
i-nforcecl position.
"Will you kindly tell me, oh, gre'at
inventor, how am I to get up these
stairs? My stockings are already
plaste-re'd with blood to my poor feel!'
"Climb up the railing on the outside,
like this," and she showed him, by ex
ample, how easily ho could gain the
upper landing! AVhen once there, he
turned spitefully to his wife with the
words:
"Martha Ann Fillisy, you are the
biggest fool 1 ever saw! If you eve r
invent another thing, I'll shut you up
in a lunatic asylum!" f'hkwjo Intir
On an.
Tho Russian barliers practice the
old Roundhead fashion, and really clip
hair by putting a Iteiwl over the heads
of their customers, and clipping what
ever bair protrudes,
CHATHAM CO., N. C.,
MATKSMEVS SMiXATlKKS.
How the Thrift IIout I'nur at Vunli
tuition Turn an HuhchI lrniiy.
A favorite eioeiiia!ion among thfl
page boys at. the House end of the Caf
I itol, says a Washington letter, is that
of procuring autographs. Perhaps it
might bett'-r be said, however, that it
is a favorite business for tluse littlt
fellows make a business of it. Yoa
can see them any hour before the eipen
ing of the se-.sion. or immediately
alter its close, when members are sti'l
in their seats, rushing about, autograph
album in hands, asking members tut
their signatures.
"You see," oxplaine I one of thcin.ae
ho stopped to c.iteli his brea'h al't- r
dashing here ; ' there among tlei
assembled solons just before the I .ill of
tho Speaker's gavel -"vent see, we get
from $5 lofjin forgettingthesealbuiin
filled, and it is worth while' making the
effort."
Whose are the albums';' he WiH
asked.
"Those of peopti'in and out of Wash,
ington. A go ut many of them belong
to familie's of members, especially
from the rural districts. Nearly every
fellow am ing us pages has an album
or two, and sometimes three and four,
during the session to ge-t liiled. Tliero
art; a hundred or two idled a session."
"io you h.i e much trouble in get
ting th- s autographs Iron: members? '
"Not very often. There are a few
cranks who won't give them to us."
They are a curious study, these
ill 1 n i ns. lillel with thi' autographs of
the law-makers of the cmintry.running
from the President down; for your
autograph collector usually begins at
the White House, goes down through
Cabinet otliccrs,.iistiee of the Supreme,
Court, Senators and Hepn scntative's.
Of course the President's autograph,
where one album is to emit tin the en
tire lot mentioned, is the lirst, and a
qiie'cr one it is. "Chester A. Arthur,"
it says, all writt -n with scarcely rais
ing the pen from the paper. The
listers lea i way over towards the right,
chasing e-.ieh other in a hen track over
the pap.-r, s iiiietimes up hill, sonic
limes down. There is character ami
vigor in tlie signature, but it is neither
graceful inn' business-like. It Is a
great hurried -crawl. Mr. Waitt, the
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,
signs hilii-elf ' M. It. Waite, Chief . lus
liee, 1'nite 1 Sti.tes," the letters chas
i'lg eai-h other up hill in a somewhat
iligiiilied, ambitious sort of way. Mr.
I list ice Miller sijins himself "Sain F.
Miller, Justice of the Supreme Court,
1'. S.," but t'.ie signature might as well
be "Sal and Julia," so far as its legibil
ity is coneei niil, for it In -ks more like
those two fenniiiii' appellations than
that of a Justice of the Supreme ( ourt.
Judge Reagan, of Texas, signs with a
Very unsteady, scrauibly sort of baud.
Congressman Singleton, of Mississippi,
who was a member of the Con federate
Congress, writes a cry pretty, neat
hand, straight as tlneigh written upon
hues - I'haracteri-tic of this tall, slender,
neatly-attire-d oil man of seventy.
Harksdale, of Mi-si-sippi, who was also
li member of the ('i ngress, writes as
though he was writing for a deaf man,
with chaiactcrs very large and high
and broad. His nam;- stretches clear
ucro-s the page of tin- album and, with
his po-t ollice! address, reaches dow n
iitnl covers one-third -f its length. Car
lisle, the Speaker, signs in a schoolboy
hand, "J. (i. Carlisle, Ky." The J is
more like a'l O than a J, and the aver
iige reader would probably make "Car
iiline" out of the Carlisle, llilt.of I Hi
nois, who is a college graduate and a
gentleman of large experience, makes
il signature as large as his experience',
stretching it uno.- the full sheet, and
occupying nearly a half page with the
signature ami ad lre'ss. Murray, of
Ohio, writes 'Respectfully," and then
follow a lot of marks which look as
though he had been testing a very bad
I pen. It may spell out "It. M. Murray,'
but no living man would ever suspi'ct
it of being that. There are some curi
ous contradictions among these signa
lures. For the man in the whole
House from whom you would haveex
pecte'd tho worst signature writes the
lie t. This is Kleiner, of Indiana. His
signature is. as tho boys put it, like
copy-book writing, and yet he write-s
it with lightning-like rapidity, as is
the e-ase in allot his writing. ' Helford,
ef Colorado, who would not be expect
ed to write a decipherable signature,
signs with a good, clear, round hand.
A name quite indecipherable turns out
'n consultation of the Congressional
directory to be "Frank IT. llurd," for
llurd is the only man from Toledo,
Ohio. Reach, eif New York, who
enhanced to sign on April 1. preceded
his signature with the quotation
"What fi o'.s we mortals be," and then
after his signature he writers, "All
Fool's Day." Oehiltre-e signs "Totu
Ochiltree, (ialve'ston. Texas," in a very
bad hand. Phelps, W. W., signs "Win.
Walter Phelps," in a very esthetid
hand, the "Win." swelling out at the
bottom like double Jersey onions.
JULY 10, 1884.
"II01A" ISKVIKES.
A .IIkiIv I ley of I tiiolullrrntrit I'ukhii
Imii ami I'lllli.
A t ravclingcorrespoiident of the Salt
Lake City Trilinw sends from India
this intere'stmg account of a famous
city: It took until the afternoon of
the next day at 1 o'clock to reach He
nare's. The country was'an illimitable
prairie, dotted with palms, mangos and
several kinds of cactuses. The soil
had been baked I y the scorching sun
of four rainless mouths, and as there
was but little verdure, it was painful
to the eyes to look upon it, even
through the medium of our blue glass
windows. There we-re several im
mense bridges over streams that in tie
rainy season are rushing torrents hall
a mile wide, but. w hich were at this
ime of the year nearly or quite dry.
At Patna, we were in the heart of
the opium country of the Rihar Prov
ince. In every direction from the car
w indows we could see ilulueli-e lie-Ids
of the poppy, through which I'varly
naked natives we-re walking and work
ing, their black skins contrasting pic
turesquely with the sea of w hite poppy
blossoms.
At Mogul Serai, six miles from the
liaiigi-i, we changed cars. We had
scarcely opened our carriage doors
lifter the guard had unlocked them be- j
fore a horde of hotel runners flowed i j ),,. iwlitl organization. He- i- nm
liko water into the apartment, exactly M;, ,. (.Vll ,.l:,ei.,,i, l,u she is what
mi the American plan. Fa b one . thl. yn.Ul.u ,,;ti ...,,,, a , n c;ih tit
vowed that the places kept by th- red j ttlin ,,. the Fugli-h languag-
were low. foul smelling iliw-s, ,t''-i ..iTords im cqiiivah-iit. Her r-ckies-Miutting
my eyes I picked out one of i ni,ss h l(.v i;,mcis is something
Ihese, and alter a sanguinary cnte-t : ,.ionieiial. ' Wle n sin- w as about to
iueei-cdcl in putting the others " .tart for Amen.-.i s'n- w r. te to a bril-
loiite. When the cars liu. illy stoppe.i ,
hear the tiangesthis complacent men-'
tor escorted me to the gharry stand and ;
negotiated with the driver for me on
the commission plan for passage to
Sckrole, or the Cantonment, as the
Kuropcau part of Ri-uarcs is called, a'
distance of a little over four miles. :
The price was lived at two rupees and
we started.
I i.-sce tiding the sandy bank we
crossed the sacred river on a bridge d
boats, the worst I eer .-aw, pay in,'
for this dclcctabl- pri ih-g- th" extor
tionate sum of eight ;iiiii;i I about
twenty cents i. The river is ai this:
point about yard- wide and some
fifty feet deep In the rainy -ea oil.
however.it risestoan additional height
of forty feet, and becomes half a mil";
w ide. Then passengers take a ferry -boat
right at the door of the depot. I
The (liidh iiud b'ohilkiiud liailway is
now engage I in the mighty tu k ot
bridging this grcitt river, and ere an-'
other yi'ar tourists may betaken dircc'
to theC.illlotlmeiit without all the cer
emonial torture whi'di I cndurni.
"o yon see that object floating in'
the river there?" inquire I my e-s-ort
as w e drove upon the rickety bridge,
1 assented, and he continued:
"That is a dead body. Si-e, there's I
another -and there, and right lure.,
close to us, a woman. I lie people uim
are too poor to eremaie uieir ''' j e-hoosc s, sh- always travels in a
throw them into the sacred waters of s,.,., u ,.;ir. find, once cum- .un d tl.i n -the
(hinges. Come down here in the 1 )l(, wi)l lh,wn ,.. ,im,'..
morning and you will see plenty of j
them. It is against the law. of course,
but they do it in the night. It really
can't be heljied. Many of the people
are too poor for iiny other method ol
disposing of their dead, however iliex
pensive. There are always quite a
number of bodies lodged under this
bridge."
I looked about me in some bewilder
ment. There came a black earca-s.
fearfully bloated. On tojiof it stt a
crow, which as the drifting mass nji-
proached me, paused m his gorging ! )(- jt (l vity , i(, j,,,'-- j
process, whetted his bi itk on the l one , -
of a forearm and then eyed me in a rc j An lAeitimr Athenian.
Ilective way, as much iis to say: ; (r. J. P.. Martin, while i.inibling in ;
"Ah. there comes a stranger one of the mountain of Colorado recent iy.
the gret-u foreigners. I can tell him ! met with an excit ing a-lv o tit nrc He.
by his inexperienced air. Let him.-tay i WHS. climbing a niouiit.iin.il id happen
here a little while and we'll initiate ' jg to look iiji met the eye- of a w Mil
ium." j cat cr hing for a spring. The ani-
I ii striking contrast with this off en- ! ,Mai made a leap, and, Mr. Martin in
hive spectacle w;is my lirst view of the stinetivcly dodging hi- head, the beast '
river front of Henares. the sacred city j tvii upon bis right shoulder, fastening I
of the Hindoos, as seen from this same j, -Jiarp claws in his overcoat. Mr- .
bridge at the same moment. '1 he city .irtin shook it oil" suddenly, wheiij
of Henares is built along the bank of it rolled down the steeji side of the i
the (iiinges, with an average depth of j mountain for some ten feet, (hither j
mi mile and a height above the river ing itself u-p, furious with rage, it j.rc- I
eif from eighty to Km feet. From the j ,;,rPd for another leap. Mr. Martin,!
water's surface to the summit of the i in the meantime, started mi a run iiji
cliff itre sjilemlid ghats, built of the j the mountain, but w:is soon obliged t"
iinest Chunar stone. Owing to the i stop for want of breath, when he dis
Insecurity of the foundation, some of covered the w ildeat close to his heel-.
these terraces are now in a somewhat
ruinous condition. At the summit of
the cliff rises an amphitheatre of mag
nificent buildings from four to six
stories in height, all constructed t.f
stone. Many of these are the palaces
of native princes and ojnilent citizens,
w ho are wont to journey hither at cer
tain seasons ef the year to renew their
sprituality by dipping themselves in
the holy water of the (Janges. a pana
cea feir all the vilest sins which a Hin
doo may contract in less sacred localities.
vi i i
JNU. 14.
I feel so pow e-rless t approa h the
task of al-quately describing this
scene that 1 shall simply quote from
li ivard Taylor a pas-age w hich uio.-l
of the guides bave handy to hurl at
you, when they witness your unit
rhapsody. It is this:
When it is recollected that the
buildings ii'iovi- are a hundred feet, or
more long, and four or fixe stories
high; that the ghat- are eighty feet in
height, and are in themselves construc
tions of which any city might, be j
proud, that this row of palaces, tem
ple's and ghats extends for two miles
along the river bank, worthily termin
a'ed by the Masjid of Auruiigzeb, with
its graceful initials: an I that the
Whole scene was lighted Up by ill)
Fasteni sun. bringing out the gaudy
colors of l lie tire-s of lb. people, and
the gilded ornaim-nts of (he mosques
and temples, the reader may perhaps
uiid 'rs'and aiel pardon th i-nthusia-m
excit -il in lit" by the-splendid an hit' c
t m-iil effect of this ricr front, which
j(..nMnt w v;iM .,.,,.,...,,
bv
uny similar see-no in India or in the
world." .'" A.-- r;t;i Trll'iiii..
Sarah lii i nliai'll.
I.itey Iboper write-s of Mir.ih Hern
harilt. the great French aeire-s, as fol
lows: I reailv think that this wonder-
, s,v.,m has a -crew lui-e sonn-w her
liiint French author: "Ali my expense
and those ol my mail, mining car
riage hire, are to l e paid by the mana
ger. I.i yi -ii think 1 cm get i.long
with sl.'Ii'iI per m.-nth as pock.-i
umne. licr trii li t w mi
In k
tnswer: '-since ymi ask in- the q ics-
t:on. I do n-it think that y.-u can." 'he
will give her steward a bundle I I - 1 1 : i r -at
a tini". Two days later h" will
c-iiik- to her (or money. "Why. did 1
Hot give you suiu- the other day?" she
will -ay. xagiidy. "All g' He. Is n ;
Well, here is s.Vi. only take i-a: e - I t."
licr cook never kn .w - how many o
plcareto be pre- nt at breakl'a-t or at
dinner, for aiah thinks nothing of
inviting an extra dozen or so of
guests. Mi.- will put mi a pair of new
boots, go out to walk, get caught in a
shower. niil toss i cr .lesccratcd '"''''"
us a pre cut to her mai l as -non as she
pull-them oil'. She never pays a bill
without legal pressure. isla -lily g-n-erotis
to her er.ants aid t- tin- poor.
Ii s no idea of order or punctuality,
and is as eccentric in pri..te lib is
sh" is git-it' upon tin-d ige. si' h-is
made and squander d three I" rt it : i
js always .lying and never dies i.- as
tlilgil" ilS il reed, yet tiles out the
sti'ongc-t men in h'-r troupe when -he
goes upon a professional tour. Thi
hitter peculiarity is owing to her cx
cci.tional tiowcr of sh ping whenever
..ei.tional iwer of si
betake herself to slumber. Arrive I i
id her ilestiiia'ioii. she will walk v ;
a stage on which she has never .-et j
her foot before, iitnl the exits and en-;
trances of which are totally unknown j
to her, and will go through her art '
. with as imit-li spirit .ml l-nl i-iiny it.
though she had a t. d there t.-r ball ,
her life. All her friends adore b r
and she is the idol of very rat or dog j
belonging to the theatre- of France.,
In many res-cts "a most -wert
woman." and for the rest, "H the pitv
j'orthe lirst time he thought of a re. I
volver in his pocket, and lodged a bui
lt t in one of its forelegs, but the ani
mal continued to ;i.jroach. 'I he next
shot lodged in one of the t reat lire's
eyes, and he continued tiring till the
pistol was empty, when he had the
satisfaction of seeing the bea t tlmp
dead at his feet.
Alcohol was first invented and used
to stain the cheeks of the ladies in
Arabia 9i8 years ago. It now stains
noses.
A D VERTISIN C
oni -qmirr, mil' insertion
'; ( in Miiiiri'. two insertion
in'1 square, "in month
I BO
. ii.r.n
libem! i'i'U-
hirer
tmcts will I"
advert i-i 'incut
i ii t I -.
I Might Hate Done.
I- lliel-e 11 vel !er Word lllrlll tlli.
I lllijilt ll.ivc ilonr"
I lili-ht hilli- lille l lilc'- ril' "I l'll-s.
Al le.l-l lot I'lli' '
"I linlil hoc .lone ' So -illiill' joy
I l.r'- Woil (If Wile
I.-..I.. 1; h:illn'- -ii. I ti'l-y.
M '- hie ii -mile
I mi-Ill h Hi' .lone1" While ynun hie -tli'"1
e o ,enl I-,
l.:l. h ...e.l ;: iilllillle ell liud,
.. I., ..III ill .! I-.
"I l.'Ve IVhi.IiI linn-. -ilil llinlel on,
I l:e. ..lie l. ..III' ;
1 1 til'.- I., ih. In n nil ,i!- ".inc.
"I ii.i.;lit lime dot
.tl.in I'ltmmrr.
iimoiMiis.
The nio-t cm to I belle--the dinner
bell.
The llgyptiiin injunction-"Mummy"-
the Wold."
"I have it pr. -sing engagement," re
marked Ad Iphu-. as he started to see
hi- sweetheart.
If a doctor !.iys you owe your life
to him never employ him any more.
lie may Collect his Li J
A woman -junking a l aby with one
ham! and trying to w rite poetry with
the other, labor- under great literary
di-ad ant ages.
"This summer lido s are dressing
tln-ir hair as they did a hundred years
ago," say-a iicw- aper. This makes
s t the lad .- rct!,v old.
"A young wile'- greatest trial" is
jiiob ibly t-i linl .nil whether it would
l-e ito.cr to March her husband's
shirts all over, or only the bosom and
cull.-.
In some Fa-tern countries the face
of the bride i- ihmt seen until after
tin- marri ige ei-reiiionies. And then,
some! ime.-. the lace of the bridegroom
s novo r .-eeii any more.
I want ;t Chaucer." -aid a custom"
er to a clerk in a bookstore, looking
ov er the b-t of Kngli-.li toots, " Fine
tut or I'lug?" inquired the young
man. j utting hi- hand in hisjioeket.
Jniii'S. who was trying to .-ew a
new button on hi- coat murmured:
They say tlu-re'.- a new yacht that
liittl.. . Ill'l . ,- i. ,.!.. mi li.nir l.iit tl.iu
thread iii. ikes twenty knots it min
ute." Iie.icoii lew good's son returned
home very late the other night from a
ire-sing engagement with his pretty
sweet heai 1. Where have you been?"
growled the old man ;i-the youth came
sneaking iii stairs in hi- stocking feet,
hear father." he rej.lied. "I'v e bi e-it
to ;t jirot raded meeting." And tin
go.-d old man iihrai.cd himself for
hiiv ing t rented his sou so harshly.
making- a Ouccti Itre.
I'.eesdon-'t usually want more t him
one qiieeil. In bl't, they will not have
more than one unless the swarm ha
grow n so 1 'ige as loirowd the hive
and they are going to found a colony,
or "-warm," a-il is called; in who Ii
ease each lamily w ill need it Sovereign.
As soon as it is dear to the wiseacres
that it will hi; necessary to send oil it
-warm, the bees go to work to make it
queen. A worker maggot, or if there
hai'ins to be none in the hive, a work
er egg is selected li. iir the edge of the
comb. Two cells next door to the on'
in which this maggot isare cleared out,
and the div iding walls are cut down,
s i that three ordinary cells are turned
into one. The food vv Inch the worker
worm has be it feeding on is renioveJt
iind the little creature is supplied with
;i new kind of food ii royal jelly-
ha u go of food, a larger room, and i'
ilillcrent jiisitinn -the queen's cell
hangs down in-tca I of being horizon
tal these three changes of treatment
turn the bee that is developing from
worker into a queen. She is differen'
in her outer sbajie, different ill almost
all her organs, and different in ever
single instinct. There is nothing el-',
in nil nature that seems to me more
wonderful than this.
For fear that one queen may not
come out all right, the irovidcnt little
eieat arcs usually start two or three
que ll-eells ill olice. It is cllliollS U
watch the lir-t queen its she comes out
She moves iiji ittid down the '-oliib-looking
for other qui en-cells, and ii
sh I'm. Is one she tails ujion it in the
great ct excitement, ami stings hei
rival to death. Sometimes, by acci
dent, two new queens t'ome out at the
same time: then it is wonderful to see
the be They clear a space and brinji
the two rivals together, and statu!
back to wide h the tight. And it is t
royal light indeed: a light to the death
for tin y never give up till emo or the
other is fatally stung. The victor it
then acceqite-d as sovereign. St. A7et
ol(.V.
Iii twenty years the sales of single
packages of patent medicines in (Ireat
Hritain have increaseil from G,OGl.fti i
to 18.457.1HW.
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