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Vpon the bills tbe subset glories lie.
fbe amaranth, tbe crimson and tbe gold,
Beside tbe alnnoos brook that ripples by.
Tbe dark, deep ferns their feathery grace
unfold.
t
t -
Tne little yellow blossom of the field.
That sbone a Jewel In tbe splendid day,
Holds one small dewdrop In lis bosom sealed.
And by to-morrow will have passed away.
The Tillage windows ' gleam with gorgeous
light, t " i
And In the east a purple elond hangs low.
A few brown birds slhg out their hyson to.
hight, ; J
On, shadowy boughs then spread their
wings and go. J , ," ".
Along the road the men that sow and reap
With heavy footsteps stir the whitened
dast, ; J .
And up the sky Illimitable steep
The moon climbs slowly to her sacred trust.
Oh,
grand.
strange
LI to be a light to
those
Who lie all night, impatient for the morn,
When the fresh fragrance rises from the rose.
And the sweet des
begems the sharpest
thorn.
The stars, those aleepl
eyes, peer through.
the chinks,
That line the shron
lng darkness of night's
walla,
Each thirsty flower li
1 draught of dampness
i
drinks,
And here and thei
a perfumed petal nuis.
Then from the East a salty breath comes up.
To cool tbe heated bosom of Ihe world,
It lays its Up upon tne lily's cup.
Whose white, soft ledge Its kuas leaves all
em pearled.
And upward, to tbe splendor ot the stars.
Tbe fragrant moisture rises like a Tall,
Night shuts Its gate 1 and drops the heavy
bars,
' And somewhere morning waits, supreme
and pale.
Getting into Society.
tell you,
Jack, the farm is not
your vocation. I
become more and
more convinced of
the fact every day
and lass contented
with the life we are
leading."
Breakfast was oyer and we stood on. J
the farm house portico, arm in arm.
On the sill of the door sat baby scream
ing with delight, jas she fed a pair of
pet pigeons from her dimpled hands.
Our breakfast had been a delicious
one-coffee clear as amber, bread like
snow, and steak done to a turn.
All about us was a green tangle of
sweet briar and wild honeysuckle, the
sun was just rising above the moun
tain peaks and thf morning air was
sweet and fresh anjd filled with exqui
site woodland odors, and musical with
the songs of birds. I j We cculd catch a
glimpse of the barn and poultry yards
from where we stood, and hear the
plaintive lowing) of the kine and
dream-like tinkle pf their bells.
x ieii a vague son or conviction mat,
Jack had but littlf sympathy with my
spirit of discontent, yet I was deter
mined to carry my point, if possible.
"You are dissatisfied with your lot
I see that plainly Nell," said Jack, a
trifle sadly. t
"Oh, nonsense ! ' I put in, "not with
my lot nor with you, only with the
farm, Jack, I'm tired to death with
this prosy, hum-d rum life, and I hate
to see you delvinj ; and toiling like a
slave from one year's end to anotber.
You were born fojr something better,
Jack something grander and nobler.
Fancy a man of your abilities growing
grain and digging potatoes and raising
stock to his life's end."
"But, my dear!" suggested Jack,
"we must live and have bread and but
ter." '
"To be rare, Jack, but why not earn
it in a more genteel fashion ?"
"Honest labor :
always genteel."
"Oh, pshaw I yc
u don't understand
me. Jack. I me
an tnat you nave
capacities for son
e thing better. You
only cling to the
your father, whei
old farm to please
you could do a hun
se where. And, be-
dred fold better
sides, where is
ur society In this
place. Jack ? W
at c nances are there
for our children as they gro f up?"
Jack laughed as he glanced down at
baby who was struggling furiously to
get a pigeon's head in her mouth.
"Ah, Nell, thajt is looking so far
ahead," he said, ,kand you forget that
I have lived here 'all my life."
"Oh, no, I donjt forget. And what
have you done, jck T"
. "Led an upright life and married
you in the end. "J 1 .
"But you didn't pick me up among
the clover blossom, Jack.don't forget
that. You founjl me In town, and
Jack, dear, I am anxious to get baot to
my native element, I'm tired of this.
You can get oh e rer so nicely in town
Jack; and then we can get into so
ciety." j
"I'm not over i and of society, NelL"
. "Oh, but you si tould be for my sake,
Jack; I'm fond of it. I hate to live
like a hermlu VV tiy, Jack, if we dtsire
to give a little party to-morrow we
could not for lac i of guests."
"Dear me, Nel 1, why I could mus
ter scores."
"Of a certain i tort, yes, but I don't
want them, . Jac e. I'm a little pecu
liar in my notioi s. I want no society
but the best ; the the sort of socle y
one gets In town." ,
"Fashionable society, Nell."
"Well, then, why not ? You nave
mean, Jack, and I flatter myself that
we are fitted to move in any circles.
Why should we bury ourselves in
this wilderness.') !
"Our means are not inexhaustible."
"I'm aware of that, Jack, but we
have enough for a start and Vanbor
ough offers you a place In the bank."
"At a Limited kalary.M -
iOh, yes; but you can work your
way up, Jack j iright to the topmost
round of the ladder. Do let's go, Jack !
I've Lived here to please you ever si nee
our marriage; I think yu can afford
to please me a little now.!
'Jack sighed as he looked out upon
his ripening grainfields,' but he drew
me dose to his haart and kissed me.
"That's true .' he said, "you can't
be expected to bare for the farm as I
do, NelL I promised to make yon
happy when you consented to be my
wife, and I'll try to keep my word.
You shall have it all your own way,
NelL" ' - - J
The continuous dropping of water
wears away the solid stone. I had
conquered my husband at last, and
the desire of my heart was about to be
accomplished.
When Jack once made up his mind
to do a thing he did it with all his
might. The matter was soon settled
Cherry Kill, as we called the farm,
was sold at a great sacrifice, and one
sunny morning we turned our backs
upon the breesy mountain summits
and golden grain fields, and Journeyed
cityward.- ' r
"Im afraid you've made a big mis
take,", said Jack's father, as he bade
us good-bye ; "you'd better have stuck
to the old farm. You remember the
old saying about rolling stones."
"I don't believe in old sayings, sir,"
I answered, loftily, "I think I can ap
preciate my husband's abilities better
than any one else can."
"All right, I hope you won't find
yourself mistaken, my dear.:. Good
bye to both of you. Whatever you do,
care well for the little one. I'm afraid
she won't like the change. If you hap
pen to tire of town and fashion, don't
forget that a welcome always awaits
you at home." - T
Jack's heart was too full for utter
"Thank you, sir,"
I said, "but we
shall not get tired." ; '
-Our new home in I'enryth was a
stylish residence in a fashionable block.
We established ourselves in the princi
pal hotel, and then set about the task
of furnishing the house.
. "My dear child," said Mrs. Vanbor-
oarb, the bankei's wife, dropping in
for an early call, "don't dream of such
a thing as ingrain carpet. Get Brus
sels. You'll find it much cheaper in
the end, and besides it is so much
more stylish."
we Darkened to our friend's advice,
and laid our rooms with Brussels, and
the cost ran up into the hundreds.
Then furniture was got to match, Mrs.
Vanborough and several other friends
aiding us in oar selection, and all sorts
of pretty, costly brlo-a brae, and real
lace curtains, and a new cottage piano.
My old Instrument was too plain and
clumsy for us now.
There is a curious sort of excitement
in spending money, which seems to
drive the most sober and eoonomlz'ng
people desperate when they once set
at it. Jack had been one of the most
careful of men, counting the cost of
everything as he went, and saving
every stray penny.
Once into the vortex of city life, his
prudence was speedily changed into a
sort of recklessness. : He actually
seemed to delight in seeing his money
go.
"We've get snug quarters here,
Nell, by George! No one in town
can outshine us, not even Vanborough
himself. It has lightened our purse a
good deal, I'll admit, but what good
comes of . having mot ey - if you can't
enjoy it?? ; ;
"We must try and save a little now,
Jack, since we are . fixed so nicely,"
said I. " ',' ,
"Pshaw, child I Who ever heard of
a banker's clerk saving anything ? If
we make both ends meet, it will be
more than I look for.'.' ,
"My dear, I suppose you want to
give some sort of a party now. It is
customary you know, ; I'll help you
to order your refreshments, and Cece
lia will write out your invitations for
you." .'' -.
I mentioned the matter to Jack, and
he entered in.o the spirit of the affJr
with great excitement. :. .' . ,' ..
"To be sure, little wife, have a party
by ail means. Don't spare expense
either, my dear. And I shall take it
upon myself to order your costume. I
want you to look as grand as a little
empress."
"But, Jack, we are spending a great
deal of money." ! ' . '
''"Oh, well, never mind. It will go
anyhow. You've always wanted, to
get into good society, Nell, and you
are fairly in it now. Let's make the
most of it while we've got it."
My heart ached a little, and in the
midst of all the flare and flutter of
preparation I was conscious of a vague
feeling of regret whenever I recall the
quiet months pf my early wifehood,
spent at Cherry HilL With the fool
ish inconsistency of my sex, I sat
down and cried over the consumma
tion of the very hopes which I had
cherished so long.
But, despite my tears, our reception
went on,' and it turned out to be a great
success.
. "B George," said Jack, "thl sort
of thing is Jollier than the old farm, I
see now, little wife, that you are right,
always righL"
The winter that followed was ex
ceedingly gay. We were invited
everywhere and our house was con
stantly filled with guests. Balls, toi
rees, kettle-drums and ; the opera
seemed to engross every hour.
When spring came our last surplus
dollar had been expended, and we
were solely dependent on Jack's
monthly salary.- " X ' -
The warm weather came on and the
baby soon fell ill. I hoped day by day
.tnat Jack would say something about
going back to his father's for the sum
mer, but he did not even hint at such
a thing. ; -
Our fashionable friends fluttered off
like summer swallows and: we were
left almost alone. " '
"Couldn't you manage to make a
little trip to the seashore, my dear ?"
Mrs. Vanborough had suggested, and
Jark caught st the Idea with eager,
ness.
"We might, Nell, I think we can.
Ill try and borrow a few hundred
somewhere."
"Oh, Jack, no, no," I sobbed out
in my remorse and despair. "I won't
go to the seashore. You see how ill
baby is. Oh , Jack, ask your father
to let us return home."
I said no more. The long bright
burning days wore oh, and our bills
ran up higher and higher, and the
baby's little breath seemed to grow f
weaker and weaker, and poor Jack
himself began to look dreadfully worn
And one afternoon he was sent home
in a carriage, quite unconscious,
stricken down with a sudden fever.
I put my pride aside then and wrote
a letter to Jack's father.
"Jack and baby are both ill,"
said, "and we are sick and tired of
this life. Pray forgive us, and let us
come home."
The very next day the dear old gen
tleman arrived, but the bailiffs and
officers of the law were before him.
The rumor that we intended to leave
town had got out and our creditors
rushed in anxious to secure the lion's
share of our effects. The Brussels
carpets, the handsome furniture and
costly bric-a-brac, all went under the
hammer at a disastrously low figure.
"Never mind," said my father-In
law, not a shadow of reproach on his
kind old face, "let them squabble over
it if they will. "We must get our sick
ones homes."
So we got Jack Into the carriage,
and with his poor hot head upon my
knee, and baby in my arms, I turned
my back upon the scene of my short
lived triumph.
" We are going back to Cherry
Hill," said the old gentleman, as id
the dusk of the golden day we drove
through the dewey stillness of the
mountain ravine.
"The old home has been waiting
for you all t hese months. I was pretty
sure you'd come back."
The door stood wide open. We car
ried poor Jack in and laid him down
in the broad breezy room that had been
our bridal chamber. .
He opened his eyes and drew a deep
quivering breath, as the mountain
breeze touched his throbbing head.
"Nell, where are you?" he said,
surely this must be my home."
"I am here, Jack," I answered
through my tears, "and this is home,
dear old Cherry Hill."
"Thank Goi!" he murmured and
fell back on the pillows and I saw
great tears trickling slowly from be
neath his closed eyelids.
I rose softly, and fell on my knees
beside Jack's low pillow.
'Oh, Jack," I sobbed, "I have been
sS wicked. Forgive me, Jack, forgive
ne, I am so glad to be at borne
again."
Vnn rllrln't moon If TuV T whlo.
pered. ''You only pretended to enjoy
it, all to please me."
He smiled at me with his grave,
fond eyes.
"And, oh. Jack, our money is all
gone and"
He silenced me with a kiss.
"No matter, little woman; the lesson
we have learned has been cheaply
bought. We shall not care to leave
the safe old mountain nest in search
of fashion and society again."
I could not answer.
Winning the Race with an In-,
ferior Horse.
The writer met the jockey of Ruth
erford while dining at the Winter
Palace in Bt. Petersburg a short' time
after that huge sporting wrangle, and,
in the course of a conversation on turf
matter, the astute prodder of horse
flesh said, with a childlike and ingen
uous smile: .
"Would you like to. know tbe dead
inside fjts as to how that race was
won ?"
"Why, you rode the best horse,
didn't you?" we asked.
"Not a bit of It," replied tbe jockey,
with a grin. "The fact was chat Ruth
erford was :only about the fourth
choice, and was not rated at more than
eighth or ninth in the pools. True
Blue, Katy Pease and Thad Stevens
all had the call over Ruthy. Butic
happened that my horse was a 'bolter,'
aDd to steady him and prevent his
flying the track I put blinders and
goggles on him. You noticed them,
1 suppose?"
"Taere were two horses rigged that
way," we replied.
"Exactly; Stevens was a nervous
critter also, and as soon as his trainer
saw how the goggles steadied my horse
he put 'em on Thad too. The day be
fore the race a big idea occurred to me.
I got a couple of pairs of magnifying
lenses and quietly put 'em in place of
the plain glasses in the goggles of both
horses. Catch on to the idea ?"
"Well partly."
"The only difference was that in
Stevens' bridles I fastened the glasses
with the bulge inside, so as to make
them diminishing glasses, don't you
see?"
"Like looking through the wrong
end of an opera glass, eh ?"
"Exactly. The result was that,
while Rutherford was encouraged all
the way by the coarse seeming only a
couple of hundred yards long, the
quarter flags appeared tea miles apart
to Stevens. You see, a horse can be
discouraged as well as a man."
"Great scheme, that."
"Well, I should smile. Ruthy
though the was in for a little quarter
race, and it kept up his heart, so that
when he had nearly done the last mile
and swung into the homestretch, and
I called on him to let out his last link,
he thought the ' Judges' stand was
right under his nose, so he came home
like an express train on a down grade;
but,' Stevens, who thought he had
about fifteen miles farther to go, went
all to pieces, as you remember, and
almost lay down on the track, he was
so mentally caved in, as it were."
Congenial Friends.
A Shart Story With a Xeral
Simpkins had been out over night
at a little party, and this morning did
not feel exactly up to the store. Per
ceiving a tendency in the wife of his
bosom to be huffy about the ten o'clock
Dreakfast, and ostentatious in her man
ner of displaying the holes in the heels
of the children's stockings, he took his
hat and went uo to "Malinda's."
Malinda is one of those blessed spirits
who make tolerable the thorny track
of life to the men whose tender natures
suffer from the coldness and unoon
genlallty of their sp mses. ;
! "Ah, Jaggars, you're a man to be
envied, your wife is one in a thou
sand." -
Jaggars, who was down on his knees
hunting the baby's stockings out of
the pile of dirty clothes in the bot
tom of. the china closet, assented
blandly.
"Things are as bad as ever up at
your house, I suppose, George ?" said
Malinda, pausing in her per deal of the
afflictions of Alticidora Multiflora, or
The Bold Buccaneers of Bussora
' "Worse," groaned George, "they're
beastly, they're ferocious, they're hor
rid ; that woman has no more concep
tions of the art of amusing or enter
talning a woman thn a a, Ichthyo
saurus." "It's plain to be seen," responded
Malinda, soothingly, ''that if you ever
do enjoy you-elf it will have to be
away from her."
The entrance of Mrs. Simpkins. who
came over to borrow some yeast cakes,
interrupted the seance, and Simpkins,
deprived of his opportunity to bask In
the sunshine of sympathy, went off' to
the store. That night when Simpkins
entered his parlor he started back in
norror. A. cold sweat broae out . on
his marble brow, and his slim shanks
trembled beneath him. . Had pademo
nium broken loose, or was he bewitch
ed. He backed helplessly out of the
hall and looked at the number 242.
All right. He must be sick, and this
sight which met his eyes was the
phantasmagoria of a violent fever. The
neat Brussels carpet, the pictures, the
statuettes, the piano, where were they?
This was what he saw: A sanded
floor, two deal tables, three eucher
decks, a checker board, a billiard table,
lemons, sugar, and a demijohn, flanked
with tall glasses, and Pickens, and
Bostwick, and Warren, and Wilson,
and saints above, it was the pretty bar
maid from the " Cove's Retreat, or the
Sailor's Delight," up street.
''Come in, come in I said Pitkins,
waving his hand hospitably, " free
blow, won't cost you nothln'."
"Jolly feller, Simpklns's wife," said
Bostwick, approvingly, "love her like
a brother a'ready ; no, like a sister, I
mean ; no, that ain't it either ; hang it
what is it I do mean, anyhow ?"
"Have some tonic, ol' feller?" hic
coughed Warren , "you're welcome to
an'thlng thre's ; no stinginess 'round
here."
"Wish you well," said Wilson, bow
ing with immense gravity ; "wish you
well, friend, whoever you ar? ; no mat
ter what's your 'ligion or politics, I
wish you well."
The pretty bar-maid smiled malic
iously; she had Mrs. Simpkins best
lace tie in her pocket.
" No need to go out In the cold to
seek congenial society now, Mr. Simp
kins, you've got the spice of life at
home."
: It took two policemen three hours
to clear that house, and cost twenty
five dollars to get the tobacco spit
cleaned up from the floor and repaper
the walls, and it was half-past eleven
before Mr?. Simpkins could remove
from the door of her room the bureau,
the baby's crib, the coal scuttle, and
the slop jar, with which she had barri
caded herself and her precious darlings
from the congenial iriends of the part
ner of her bosom. 4
' When the beys in Ibe streets shout
"congenial spirits" after Simpkins
now it makes him mad.
Mrs. Browning's Marriage.
"Lady Geraldine's CourthIp" was
written in twelve days by the invalid.
: It contained several allusions to liv
ing poets; ahd among others, to Mr.
Robert Browning, whose "Bells and
Pomegranates" was referred to in
these lines:
Or from Browning some "Pomegranates'
which. If cut deeply down the middle.
Show a heart within blood-Unetnred of a
veined humanity.
Pleased with this compliment, the
poet called upon El;xbeth Barrett, in
order to have an opportunity of thank
ing her personally. Fate oftentimes
takes tbe shape of accident. The-poef
ess was never at home save to a few
intimate friends, and a new servant,
who opened the door for Mr. Brown
ing, mistaking him for one of these,
unhesitatingly ushered him into the
invalid's room, -where they met for
the first time. Previously, when she
had finished that magnificent poem,
"The Dead Pan," which teach e us
strange mysteries of melodies, and
flows fervent, free and pure, Like a
great crystal stream down the swift
sweet current of sound into the vast
voiceiul sea of profound thought, Eliz
abeth Barrett sent the manuscript to a
friend, in order to have his criticism,
who in turn showed it to Robert
Browning. The poet was much im
pressed by it, and wrote a letter to his
friend full of enthusiastic appreciation
which found its way into Elizabeth
Barrett's hands. This incident no
doubt paved the way to a friendship
between them which afterward result
ed in one of the happiest of unions.
This part of her life's story reads more
like fiction than fact, but fiction were
colorless beside Mich reality.
Mr. Barrett refused his consent to
his daughter's marriage. She was his
favorite, the object of his pride as well
as his leve ; he it was who helped to
form her mind, and store it with the
riches it contained ; he . could not en
dure the Id a of a severance. Alto
gether the idea of her union was pain
ful to him, and from the day of her
marriage to the end of her life he re
fused to be reconciled, to her, notwith
standing her appeals to his affection.
However, she now loved in her thlr-ty-niuth
year, and for" the first time,
and for a conception of the great depth
and sublime fervor of this new affec
tion which brake over her still life,
and suddenly woke her to a nobler
conception of humanity, to a clearer
vision of that subtle soul-power which
binds heart to heart, we have only to
turn to those most glorious "Sonnets
from the Portuguese." In these we
see and feel that her heart has over
flown from very force of its happiness,
and has broken out In rapturous songs
whi'h chain as with the unbreakable
and unbroken spell of deepest har
mony, tremulous with all the glow
and fire of ardent and pure affection,
f, eeh as morning, Bublime and sweet
as the direct aspirations of a mind
rapt and overwhelmed by the first
eestdsy of virgin leve, ahd full of a
music never before equalled, never
since exeelled. Perhaps there are no
two lines in the English or any other
language which with such simplicity
and force express so much as these :
I yield tbe grave for thy a Iceland exchange
My near sweet view of heaven for earth with
thee.
And they help to show us and make
us comprehend, as far as we are capa
ble, .the new spirit which awoke iu
her. Two years after her Interview
with Mr. Browning, Elizabeth Barret.
wu literally assisted from her couch
and married to the poet, and iminedia
ately after tbe ceremony they depart
ed for Italy. "Our plans were made
up at the last, and in the utmost haste
and agitation, precipitated beyond all
intention," she writes to a friend ; and
further adds: "Perhaps it bas struck
you that a woman might act more
generously than to repay a generous
attachment with such a questionable
gift and possible burden as that of un
certain health and bnen spirits; to
which I can only say that I have been
overcome in generosity as In all else,
theugh not without a long struggle in
this specific case ; also there was the
experience thit all my maladies come
from without, and the hope that, if
unprovoked by English winters, they
would cease to come at alL The mild
ness of the last exceptional winter has
left me to hope everything from Italy ;
so you see how it ail ended."
Domestic Economy.
To;Preserve Egos, says an ex
change, dip them for eight or ten sec
onds in boiling waters. This is better
than mo? t of the preservatives given
in the papers.
' Hebb Sauce. Parboil ot par ley,
mint, and fennel, a small bunch of
each; mince, and mix them with
melted butter; add a little salt and
lemon-juice, and serve q i'te hot.
French Hebb Broth. Boll a
quart of water, and when boiling, put
about forty leaves of sorrel, a cabbage,
lettuce, and ten sprigs of chervil, hav
ing previously washed these vege
tables ; add a teaspoonful of salt and
half an ounce of freeh butter; cover
the saucepan close, and let the whole
simmer a few minutes ; then psss the
liquor through a sieve or colander, and
drink it when cold This is a favorite
beverage in Fiance, especially in
spring.
Fried Herbs. Ciean and dry a
good quantity of spinach leaves, two
large handsful of parsley, and a hand
ful of green onions. Chop tbe parsley
and onions, and sprinkle them among
the spinach. Set them all en to stew,
with some salt, and a bit of butter, the
size of a walnut ; shake the pan when
it begins to grow warm, and let ft be
closely covered over a close stove till
done enough.
Bessie's Bread Pudding. Soak
about a pound, oi a pint, of dry bread
in water. When softened add enough
milk to make it thin enough to pour ;
add three or four eggs, as you happen
to have them ; grate nutmeg on the
top, and bake. Do not sweeten, but
make a niee sauce to pour over it when
dished. Take a tablespoonful of flour,
the same of butter, half cup of sugar ;
melt and work smoothly ; dd water
sufficient to thin it ssyou like it ; add
flavoring to suit.
Brisket of Beep with Beets
Choose four pounds of the brisket of
corned beef, net too fat, wash it in
cold water, eut out any bone which
may be in it, taking care to cut from
the inside so as to leave the outer sur
face of the meat intact, roll it tightly
and tie In compactly ; pat It over the
fire in sufficient cold water to cover it,
add a teaspoonful of pepper-corns or a
small red or green pepper and boil it
very slowly for two hours, replacing
with cold water that which evaporates
so that the beef is kept covered with
water ; after the beef has been placed
on the fire, wash six medium-sized
beets in plenty of cold water, taxing
care not to break the skin, and leav
ing on the i oots and about two inches
of the leafstalks; put them over the
fire in a large pet or saucepsn half-fall
of boiling water, and boil them until
they are tender, which will be in
about an hour and a half ; then take
them out of the boiling water. for a
few minutes until they can be han
dled : slice them, beat them quickly
with a saltspeonful of salt, quarter of
a saltspoonful of pepper, a tables poon
ful of batter, and a gill of vinegar,
taking care not to break the slices.
When the beef is done remove the
strings from it and serve It on a large
platter with the beets placed around it,
Fishes that Groan and Cry.
Berne of tks Strange Sounds Xaie y Ylaiy
Deaissns ef tas Deep.
"Yes," he continued, in reply to a
question, "we often see finback whales
up here, and there's one curious thing
about em, and that is their talkin'.
So aintit, Aleck?"
"Bar tin, sartin," came from the cor
ner. "I know that some fishes make
noises, whether they talk or not," the
writer replied ; "but what sort of noises
rln nrrtalaa mak-af"
"-wen," continued tne old man,
"you've hesum the noise a ben niaken
on a hot day when she's fed up and
got a nest started on the sly. It haint
a cluck nor a cackle, but it's a kind 6'
conscience-free song. Wall, a whale
makes that same kind of a noise when
she's got her kind, alongside, only it's
mueh louder. Now, blackfish, when
they're a-runnin', make a noise that
sounds Jest like a groan, and you'll see
the dam a-runnlu about the calves
and try In' to care for 'em jest like a
cow, all the time a-makin groans, and
the young ones a squealin jest the
same as a pig."
Being pressed for his opinion as to
whether fish talk or not, the writer
who had made a study of natural his
tory, was able to gratify the old fisher
man with the statement that he was
correct as to their making a noise As
early as Aristotle's time the voice of
the fish had been recorded as an exist
ing fact, and the choiros, common in
the River Clitor, was famous for Its
vocal sounds. Sir Emerson Tennent
was so fortunate as to hear the sounds
made by fish directly from, the water.
It was during a visit to Battacaola.
on the northern coast of Ceylon.
Drifting upon the lake one calm even
ing, he heard curious musical trills
ahd notes, varying in tone and Inten
sity, coming up from tbe bottom.
Some appeared like the sounds ob
tained by rubbing the rim of a wine
glass ; while others were distant and
sharp, coming Is quick succession and
ending in a prolonged note. The noise
mads by the great reddish hogfish of
the Gulf has often been heard by the j
writer. They make a curious roaring I
or grunting sound. According to some
who claim to have beard It, the eel
produces the most musical sound of
all fishes. It makes a single intona
tion, often repeated, which has a de
cided metallic resonance. The Em
peror Augustus firmly believed that
eels or murrays could talk, and pre
tended to understand their language.
Probably the loudest sounds are made
by the drum or pigflsh of the Jersey
coast. When being hauled in they
make such a noise that it can be heard
quite a distance, and it is easily con
torted into appeals and lamentations
by an excited imagination. The mat
ter has been investigated by Professor
Balrd, of the Smithsonian Institution,
and he Is of the opinion that the sounds
come from the belly of the fish. The
malgre a European fish makes a
remarkable coning noise, accompanied
by a croak or groan. The most active
noise maker was a fish (Haemulon)
found in Southern waters. It was a
yellow and mottled fellow, with mild,
intelligent eyes and.large mouth, and
on one occasion when one was hauled
up it Immediately began such a series
of groans and grunts, ending finally in
shrieks, tbat the sympathetic captor
tossed it back Into tne water. A vari
ety of the malgre in 8uth America
makes a noise resembling a bell. Sir
John Richardson, while . off the coast
of South Carolina, was one night pre
vented from sleeping by the noise
made bv drumfish. Lieutenant John
White also states that on his voyage to
China, when his ship was anchored at
the mouth of the Citnboya River, the
tailors were much astonished by the
curious sounds that Issued from the
water, resembling the bass of an organ,
mingled with the tones of a bell, the
croaking of an enormous frog and the
twang of immense harp strings. These
sounds swelled Into a gentle chorus
on both sides of the ship, and were at
tributed to a school of fish. A similar
occurrence in the South Sea was de
scribed by Baron Humboldt. The
sailors were greatly terrified one even
ing by an extraordinary noise in the
air, like the beating of tambourines,
followed by sounds which seemed to
come from the ship, and resembling
the escape of air from boiling liquid.
Later these strange sounds, which it
was Judged proceeded from a school of
"seloenoides," ceased.
Over fifty varieties of fish are kno wn
to produce sounds, each more or less
different. Many fishermen are famil
iar with the curious note of the gizzard
sh td, known to science as the 'jloroso
ma," the sound being vibratory and
agreeable. The mullet so common in
Southern Florida, and which often at
tains a large size, makes a strange
sound quite prolonged, and during its
utterance babbles of water are seen
arising from the water above ir. The
catfish makes a humming sound, and
the sea-borse utters, not a whinny or
neigh, but a series of single sharp
notes. In many cases the sound is
produced by the pneumatic duct and
twlmming bladder ; while other fishes
make an involuntary noise by the Lips
or the pharyngeal or intermaxillary
bones. In the fishes trial, and aeus
there is a diaphragm with muscles for
opening and closing the swimming
bladder, and by lis action tbe sounds
ara graded and qualified. The voice
of the catfish and eel is produced evi
dently by forcing air from the swim
ming bladder into tbe ceiopbagus, and
the sea-horse makes iu noise by the
use of certain vibratory voluntary
muscles, and to all intents and pur
poses the sounds are comparable with
those made by other aniouUa express
ing, perhaps, tbe emotion felt. Their
air bladders are homologous to lungs,
and the pneumatic duet Is analogous
to the trachea of the higher vertebrate,
Scraps.
The biggest thing oa ice The
profit.
A crusty old bachelor says that
Adam's wife was called Eve because
when she appeared, man's day ci
happiness wss drawing to a close.
Beauties often die old maids. They
set such a valu3 on themselves that
they don't find a purchaser before the
market is dosed.
Rector "Those pigs of yours are lu
a fine condition. Jarvla." Jarvls
"Ye, sir, they be. Ah, sur if we
was all on us as fit to die as them are.
we'd do."
"What made you steal thatwatei
proof cloak ?" demanded the Judge.
The culprit whispered, "I was trying
to lay up something for a rainy day."
There is an eld adage tbat if enougl
rope is given to a fool he will ban?,
himse f with it, but it appears tha
ever since the world . began there Is
scarcity of rope.
- "Is there much water In the cistern,
Biddy f" inquired a gentleman of hie
Irish servavt. It is full on tbe bot
tom, sir. but there's none at the top,"
said Biddy.
"I say, when does this train leave?'
"What are you asking me for ? Go to
the ' conductor ; I'm the engineer.'
'I knew you're the engineer ; but you
might give a civil answer." "Yes, bur
I'm not a civil engineer."
A lady in court, being asked bet
age, replied that she didn't know;
she couldn't remember the exact hour
when she was born, and could only
depend on hearsay. Hearsay is not
evidence, and the matter was ruled
out.
A gentleman while traveling on s
Hudson River steamer, one day at
dinner was making away with a large
pudding cloje by, when be was told by
a servant that It was a dessert. "It
matters not to me," said he, "I would
eat It if It were a wilderness."
A friend told a good story the other
day. When in the country last week
she picked a sunflower in the garden
and brought it into the house. Meet
ing the landlady on the doorstep, she
stopped to have a word with her, re
marking, as she pointed to the sun flower,
"These are called 8B3thetitr
now, you know." "Do tell," replied
the landlady; "I never heard them
called a lythlng but sunflowers." My
friend succeeded in concealing hei
laughter, and rushed off as soon a
she could, politely do so to tell ene
of the boarders, a lady of apparent
culture from the city. She repeated the
story when, to her utter astonishment,
the lady said : "I always called them
that tool"
Jonathan Edwards' Frankness.
One of Jonathan Ed wards' contem
poraries, the Rev. Dr. B., in an ad
joining town, discarded the severest or
the Calvinistio dogmas. A notorious
scamp in the town, much affected in
revival, went to the doctor and said t".
him. In tbe religious pwrlance of the
time, "I real'sa that I am the chief o
sinnere." ."Glad to hear it !" repliel
the dominie, "your neighbors have
long realized it !" "I feel," persisted
the whining penitent, "that I am will
ingtobedamned for the glory of Goi."
"Well," responded tbe hard-hearteJ
preacher, "I don't know anybody
around here that would have tbe
slightest objection !"
One of Jonathan Edwards' daugh.
ters, who had some spiiit of her own.
had also a proposal of marriage. The
youth was referred to her father
"No," said the stern individual, "you
can't have my daughter." "But 1
love her and she loves me," pleaded
the young man. "Cai't have her I"
said the father. "I am well to do, am
can support her," explained the appli
cant. "Can't have her I" persisted tbe
old man. "May I ask," meekly in -quired
the suitor, "if you have hear )
anything against my character?'
"No t" thundered the obstinate parent,
by this time aroused ; "I haven't
heard anything against you; I think
you are a promising young man, aat
that's why you can't have her. She'-i
tot a very bad temper and yon
wouldn't be happy with her!" Tbe
lover, amazed, said, "Why, Mr. Ed
wards! I thought Emily was a
Christian. She is a Christian, isn't
she?" "Certainly she Is," growled the
conscientious parent, "but, youn
man, when you grow older you'll bt
able to understand that there's some
folks that the grace .of God can 11 vr
with thatyou can't I"
Not Easy to? Block up the Suez
Canal.
Stopping the trade through the ca
nal would be a mueh more -difficult
task to accomplish. This results from
its size. For most of its length it is.
waiving fractions, over 300 feet wide.
At El Golfer and Serapeum, where ti
sand was deep, it would have cmt tu
immense labor to have kept up tbe
full width at these places, so for a few
miles it is only 60 metres, or about IS
feet. To dam up such spaces could nci
be done in minates or hours. Blnkino
tux old vessel would also have its difiV
cultles. Arabi's men might have
some diffijulty in finding a ship ci
sufficient size for the purpose ; and
supposing this could be done, it would
not take a very long time to remove. :
again. Unless Arabi has means o
whieh we yet are unaware, there l
little chance of the traffic being stoppec.
for any length oi time. Oar gunboat
will be quite able to keep he banks t
the eanal clear, so far as their guns cat
reach, at any rate, from any body o
Bedouins or of Arabi's soldiery, an.
they are likely to have a wholesonr-t
fear of big guns for some time to come.