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HEWS GLEANINGS.
Ii' iJ1161 are 271'46l negroes in Kentucky .
iuscaloosa,. Alabama, is to have
: . gieet railroad. .
forth-Carolina has 26,900 colored
; f -the locusts have
appeared in middle
Tennessee.
" -a - - 'v .
; vorn prospects throughout Florida
are very iine. ,
xxmsvil!e, Kentucky, has a public
Jiorary of 50,000 volumes.;
A 250 pound
-turtle
was caught on
Pensacola beach last week.
. Iast year , Bullock county, Alabama,
uougnx, 4 V tons t guano ; this year she
buys 416 tons.
V. H. Pillow has shipped from Pen
saqDla, Plorida, this season, thirty-nine
thousand quarts of strawberries
The Goldsboro (N. C.) Advance says
bushels, barrels and hogsheads of straw
oernes at five cents a quart, and acres
in the fields red with them for picking-.
Mr. Alger, of New York, has taken
charge, and will begin and push through
water works for Charlotte, North, Care
lina. .'" ;'; H - - . ,;
Mr. L. O'Neil, of Nassau county, Fla.,
cleared $600 on a small patch of celery
during the pas winter, .
, During last week, 50,000 pounds of
1 strawberries were, shipped from Chattan
" ooga . to Cincinnati. , They brought
X;W. Willis, of Crystal River, Flor
lua, nas a neia i corn inat averages
betwen eleven and twelve feet high and
not yet tasseled.
The center of population of the United
States is placed in Kenton county, Kn
tucky,.a mile from the south bank of the
"Ohio 'river. , -
. . a wo men recenuy iouna a cypress
tree in Clay county, Florida, that meas
ured four feet from the ground 25 feet
. in circumference. ,
A't Goodlettsville, Tennessee, "a few
days sirce, 653 Iambs were sold at five
cents pir pound, land were shipped to
New York by a Bowling Green man.
-It will take forty thousand bushels of
corn to run the Dale county, Alabama,
- farmers this year. So they will have
some $60,000 to pay for that article next
fall. i ;- ;' , ... '
The Tecumsch furnace, at Rome, Ga.,
is said to be making an average of twenty
tons a day, and not to bave been cool in
six years. . ;
Rer. Dr. S. G. Hillyer Jias resigned
; the pastorate of the Baptist church at
Forsyth,- Ga , and received a call from
the church' at Washington,- Ga. This
leaves vacant also the Presidency of
Monroe Female College. '
: Nashville, Tennesee, is well pjrovided
with schools.
Among the, most import
ant ' institutions of learning are the
Nashville ' University, " Vanderbilt,
Ward's Seminary, with its 250' young
ladies, - Price's Seminary, and Fisk's
University, the latter being a colored
institution, well endowed, and provided
with 'magnificent buildings. ,
v M Going :ta School." j ,
: v-U -. Class in geography, stand up; Now,
H "who can tell; me who was - King of the
Cannibal Islands 400 years ago? What,
; can no one answer this gravelyimportant
- query? Is it possible that you have
Vi- knowingly kept yourselves in the dark
on ft point which may one.day decide the
i . fate of the nation? Very well;, the
j whole class will stay , for i an hour after
L; school as r. punislunentt- -, . - '. ..If.
j J - The "B" class in geography will
s please arise and come forward for trial
-and sentence.' ! Now then, in what direc-
; tion from San' Francisco are the Man
t grove Islands? What! can no . one an
l v ; swer? And you boys expect to grow up
'-. yjj ahd become business, men, and you girls
i to' become wives; and yet don't' know
whether the Mangrove Islands are north,
east or' southwest of Sau -Francisco! I
shall . send the boys up to the . principal ,
to. be thrashed, and tne girls avUI nave
no recess.
The class in history will now take ths
prisoners' box. aud tell the jury whether
n - -i ; ;
.11 1 sunno weT seeus are auujug -uie eApui w
of Afghanistan.1 No answor? JNone .ol
you posted on this momentuous ques
tion? Two-thirds i-f you on the point of
leaving school to mingle in -the busy
scenes of life, and yet you do not know
whether Afghanistan exports sunflower
seeds orr jgrindstones! For five ye."js I
have labored here as a teacher, and now
I find that my work has been thrown
away. Go to your seats and I will think
up some mode - of punishment befitting
your crime. . ' ' ".
. ; The advanced j class in mathematics
will now step forward. One of you
please step to the blackboard and illus
trate ' the angular rectangle northeast
! , corner of a quadrangle. What! No one
.it.- in all this class able to make that simple
i illustration? I James and John and Joseph
;- and Henry, you expect to t become mer-
I - chants, and ; Mary and Kate and JNancy
and Sarah, you are all old enough to be
married, and yet you confess your igno
rance of angular, rectangular quadrangu
lers before the whole school ! J ohn,
" suppose you become a wholesale grocer.
f Do you. expect to buy tea and sugar and
, coffee and spices, . and . sell . the same
again without reference, tos quadrangles?
;Iary, suppose . you go to the store to
, buy four yards of factory at ten cents a
i yard. How are you going to be certain
! that vou haye not been cheated if you
- cannot ngure tne ngnt angie oi tnaa
ele? - Ah,' me! I might aa well resign my
.position, and go iome and die, for the
I next generation "will be so ignorant that
till educated persons jwill feel themselves
strangers: au4 Outcasts, Detroit Free
A
WEIL, KOI1 THIS ETEK1NO.
Twas a bright and moonlight erening
-,her wandered on the shore,
A"i ahe gently pressed hii coat-sleeve,
Aa she oft had done bsfore,
And they talked about his college,
While she charmed him with her looks;
Then she called him very naughty,
Not at all well up in books.
" ?STa you eTf r d." ne murmured,
?aets' Memoir? 1 wishyou would,"
Well, since you Jnost," he whisixred, ,
" I wiU try and be eo good."
" Take your aim away you monster! -
rem my waist, you awful man!
-. Th1 snot what 1 meant at all, sirl .
There, you're breaking my new fan!"
" ne lifeo Joseph Squees, sir,
And 1 think vou're awful bad I
Am I angry? Take nie home, sir, ;
Yea, Ijim just fearful mad 1" .
'Twas a bright and moonlighi evening
As he wandt red on the shore;
But no maiden presat d his co.it-slegTe
As she used in days i yore.
THE PAINTED FAN.
'You won't foreret me. little one ?"
said Earl Lysle, in his softest acuents,
looking down with earnest eyes into the
sweet flower-face, so 'trustfully. ulif ted
to his own. - ' ' . t
. "No, I will neverforcet vou." answered
the girl.
And the blue eyes errew moist, and the
red lips trembled.. The cromise broko
down the last remnant of her strensrth :
the next i moment she had burst into
passionate, bitter weeping.
It seemed : as though the branches in
the tree above them bent pityingly down
upon them; as though the sun lingered
a moment in its tenderest sympathy, ere
breathing his crood night to the world:
though the robin checked liis notes to
listen to the sobs which echoed through
the silence of tho wood, and stirred Earl
Lysle's heart as it had not been stirred
before for many a long year.
tie naa won the love of many women
wfan it often for the mere pleasure of
winning; sometimes . he had woil and
worn it until it wearied him. but always
believing that had the condition been re
versed, the woman would have done even
as he did. In this case he knew differ
ently. iWhen he first i met Xiena Man
ning she had been a child. It had been
his hand which had guided her wavering
steps across the boundary line from
jehildhood to worn anhood ; he who had
wakened her child-heart from its slum
ber. . For what ? For this! It had been
in his life a summer-idyl, a passing folly;
in ners,- tlie one spot , from which all
things henceforth must date, lie was a
ahan of the world; she a child of nature.
wnose world nencefortu was bounded by
the horizon of his presence.'
"Hush, Lena hush!" he entreated,
passing ins arm about her waist. "Do
you really care for me like this ?"' '
A passing pride stirred at his que3-
tiou. ' '
"Do you care for ma so little that you
can hot understand it ?" she answered.
"Nay! I love you very c'earlv so
dearly,, Lena, that, "miglit l carve out my
own desires, and foreret mv dntins' r
would never go back to the great citv.
and the life which has grown Wearisome.
As it is, I must go; but. Lena, if I may.
dear if I can so shapa my destiny
some day I will leave it all behind me,
and come again, this time to pluck and
wear my sweet woodland rose next to my
heart forever."
Pretty words were very natural to
Earl Lysle; yet even as he spoke these
words, he knew that ere another year
had run its course, he was destined to
lead' to 'the altar his heiress-cousin a
tall, haughty brunette whose letter ot
recall now lay in the breast-pocket of his
coat. ' '
"But tbutif things should -go amiss
not as you fancy?"
There was absolute terror in the girl's
tones-terror so great tliat, to the man;,
it seemed cruelty not to ouiet it: and.
besides, ' his heart was stirring within
him to nobler, better purposes
Perchauce he might avow to his be
trothed the truth, that, instead of a mar
riage of convenience, he sought a mar
riage of love, and ask her to free him.
from chains which already began to gall
ere they jwere fully forged.
tSo he only arew closer to him the
girl's .slender figure, until the blonde
head lay on his shoulder, as he stooped
and pressed his lips to its golden crown.'
"Have no fear, my little one. I will-
comeback with the first snow."
"Yon promise, Earl?"
'I promise!"
Lena had always loved the summer
rather than-winter. The leafy trees, the
birds, the flowers, the blue sky all had
;been to her as welcome friends, to be
greeted ' rapturously, to be parted with
almost tearfully; but this year she could
scarcely wait for the turning of the
foliage, or the southern flight of the
birds. r ': ' ' .
She f smiled from her window; as she
looked; out one. bright morning upon tho
first frost. She laughed when people .
said that it would be an early winter.
All her painting for she possessed
great talent with her brush depicted
winter scenes- snow and ice.
But iustat the Thanksgiving season
her father, a sturdy farmer, -wa3 borne
senseless, ' one day, to Lis home, and
died before he recovered consciousness.
It was her first real grief. . She had
lost her mother when an lafant. It
seemed to her that she could not have
had strength to live through it, but that,
as they low ered the coffin into the grave,
a few flakes of snow came whirling down
'rom the gray sky, and she welcomed
them as heaven-sent messengers of hope.-
When she came back , to the.qiun
bouse, through whose rooms the dear,
cheery voice would never mora echo,
she almost expected to find some one
'waiting for her: but all was still and
desolate, .', - . , . i -
Tliey;were dreary weeks that followed
the imore dreary' that she found a
heavy inortgage. lay on the farm,, aud
tbat.when all things w"ere cfeared up,"
there would be' left to her but a few hun
dred dollars. ,." ;
"JJe will not care." she murmured.
"It will prove his love for me the more."
The week after the .funeral, 8t in the
first heavy snow-storm, and the papers
told how it had spread from one end of
the country to the other. - -
i Lena was almost i barricaded in, her
lonely home, but she sat all day, with
folded hands, looking upon thV toft,
feathery flakes watching the drifts
grow higher and higher-i and knew that
it was all bringing summer to her heart.
The ' neighbors- cam to take her in
their sleighs, when the Wi peeped ont
again and all the earth was wrapped in
its whit mantle. They said that her
cheeks were pale and her hands fever
ish, and that she must bave more of this
clear, bracing air. p '
But she shook her head and refused
to go. Could she leave the house, when
at any moment he might come? Besides,
she had sent to him a paper with the
announcement of her father's death, and
this must surely vhasten him. . f .
But, 'day succeeded day, until week
followed week, and still she neither came
nor ent Tier word. $he anow-clouds
had formed and fallen many times, and
each time her heart grew sick with long
ing. - j . !
She loved him so wholly, she trusted
him so completely that she thought only
sickness or death oouldl have kept him
from her. - j . " . .. ;
The hours dragged very slowly. Her
little studio . was neglected. She sat all
day, and every day, beside the window,
until one morning she wakoMed to know
that the first robin had returned, and
the first breath of sprinjg was in the air.
He had failed to keep his promise to
her.. . ' , '
That same day they told her that the
farm . must be sold. Many neighbors
offered her a home, but she declined
them alL 1 - J
A sudden resolution came to her. She
would go to the city Where he lived.
Her pride forbade her seeking him, but
maybe, if he were not dead, as she often
feared, she might one day meet him in
the street, or at least hear some news of
him. ' f '
The hope of meeting him of hearing
him vanished, when she found .herself
in the great metropolis, : and realized its
size ahd immensity. X' ; '
She had secured a comfortable home
with ' good, motherly woman, but her
purse. was growing scanty, and she could
not tell how long it might hold out, un-
less she could find some means of sup-j
port, when one day, . sauntering idly on
the street, glancing into a shop-window,-she
saw some fancy articles, painted by
hand. '
Gathering up her courage, she went in :',
and ask$d if there was sale for that sort
of work, land if she might pe allowed to
test her skill. f j
From that hour all dread of want yan-t
ishedj and. now that hands were . busy,
she found less time to brood and think..
"I waiiff a fan painted," the man said
to her, one day. "You may make- cn;
original design, but if must be very:
beautiful." ! " 1
Lena's heart had been very sad all day,;
as, at evening, she unfolded the satin,
and sai down, brush in hand, to fulfill
this latest order. I
"It is.agiftto an expectant bride, "j
the shopkeeper had said; and the words
had recalled all the long waiting, the
weary disappointment those words
might bring. f j ; . " - '
And, its she thought, she sketched,
and the hours crept on and the evening
grew t into night, and, the night into
morning, and still she bent over her
work, silent, engrossed.!'
The next day, the gentleman who had
given the order for the fan sauntered, ijitoi
the store. With an air of pardonable
satisfaction, the man drew it from the
box. 1 1 .' '
- ' ' i ' I - - ;
"The ypung artist has outdone herself,
sir," hel said. "I never .saw a 'more,
beautiful piece of work; and the. design'
is entirely her own. I
But he checked his sentence. j
The gentleman had Itaken the fan in
his hands, ' and wa3 examining it with;
startled eyes,' and face from which every!
trace of color had fled. ! .. ;
Could it be that the : word Nemesis
was painted upon the'j satin ? j No, this:
was all he saw. On l one side was a:
woodland scene, while seated ' on .a log;
beneath the leafy branches of an old
oak, were two figures,! one a man, and;
one a woman j His arm was . about her
waist. Her lips seemed to move, her;
whole expression was j full of loyff, and
trust, aud his of promise. ""A little laugh7j
in g stream rippped at their feet. Aj
bird sang overhead. i " I
Where had he seen just such a scene
before? He turned the fan ou the other:
side. . Summer had vanished. It was;
winter kere. jNaught but the fast-falling;
snow drifting in white' heaps upon the;
ecrth. . ' ', ' '-'' ; '-. '-' '
. "Who painted this?" he asked, in
hoarse, changed tones.! '
The man gave the name and address.'
How well he had known it! but how
came Lena liiere ? ' And what was this
which stirred through ! every fibre of his.
being?, Could it.be fjhat his manhood
might yet redeem him ? ?
. With swift steps he walked to the
house of hfa betrothed. Stately and
beautiful,, she came into the drawing
room to greet Him, and bent her head
that he might touch her forehead with
his. lips. v . J ' : . ' . !
"Helen, do you lore me?" ' .
She had known him for long years, but
never had she' heard such earnestness
such real passion, in his tones. ... ;
It was as though his very soulhung on
her answer. I Strange, she had never
dreampt his love for her was more than
friendship, such as she had felt for him.
A tinge of color crept into" her cheek.
"I have promised to marry you, EarL
You khowJthat I am.: fond of you, and
I highly respect you. j Will hot this sat
isfy you?" ; ' -! ; :,; '
"!No. J want all the truth! Is your
heart mine all mine, so that, to tear me
from it, would be to tear it asunder?" j
No, Earl. If it were for your happi
ness or mine I could i give up my love
and still hold my friend and cousin." !
v He seized her hand and carried it to Insr
lips more fervently than he had done
even y( the moment of his courtship.
Then, taking the fan from liis pocket, he"
unfolded it, and told her all the tale of
his summer romance. t ;; ' ' t
... "I thought I teould forget her," 1
said, in enchngj "and that when the
snow fell and I did not return to her, she
would ceaser to remember me; but see,
Helenl She still remembers, and I still
love. I da-not know what brings her
here. I have' heard1.-nothing from her
since mi summer.
But, tell me, cousin
mine, what must l'd? I leave it all
to
you." I? ' I ' j I
"I said that I wouil be your friend.
Now, I will be hers s veil. Go to jher,
Earl. Tell her all tie truth. Theo, if
she forgives you, make her y'our wife. If
she is alone in the worlL as perhaps she
may )e. brin? her tam. She Bhafl be
married from my house as my sisteR I
accept this fan, not as a lover's gifibut
a pledge to the truer, more honest bond
which heiicef orth binds ns." '
Lena wks exhausted , alef her s&ep
less night audi throwing .herself oxi the
lounge ixt the sittijig-roon of her kind
hostess, she had fallen into dreamless
slumber, f ! . ' -r fh
Long Iarl tysle stood and, washed
her, until; the jmagnetjtfn of; his glance
aroused her. pie thought that she was
dreaming of the fan; but as he Stopped
and took jjier i4 his arfiasj she knew;that
it was reality, j . k
She listened silently while he told her
all even' his struggle f ctf forgetfuliesb
and his ignorance of hisj own heartland
its demands. ' She heajd that she? ha'(i'
sent tho paper with the news jof; he.
father's death to the wroig addressjthal
he had known nothing of -.thetong
lonely winter to which had : succeed ed
this wontferf ul, grious summer-piu o
hopei' . ' -
Poor child! She had no room fa
pride iiv the heart so filled by his image.
She forget" that there was soret neel for
forgiveness. ; ; t
He lovd her now! Of that shijwas
assured; knd after all, the snoY hadonly
lain upohi the ground to warm the eKrtb,
and f oster the rich, sweet violets, which
now bloomed and clustered at herfeet.
ready for her to stoop and pluck them.
Perhaps some women, in! their"" pride,
would have Rejected them. -She' could
not; but, stoopiDg. kissed - themthen
transplanted ithem to her heart; there to
shed sweet fragrance forevermore.l
A Leadville Minister.
The f5lloiing remakable i; retort of
Protestant Episcopal life in Leadvrli'e was
made byj the Eev. T. . Maekay, mis
sionary ip. charge of that church, ;on a
recent Sabbath in one of - the large
churches' of thatdenominati(3 (Dr." New
ton's), in Philadelphia. After stating
that when he went to Leadville,lhe found,
instead of a hamlet, a thrivingiownwith
churches 'v of h every denomination' five
banks, five j daily newspapers i etcs, he.
said: . ;; j;. ' O
"My first vestryman could dfinS inore
whisky uian kny man in the town; Shortly
after I made: my appearance in thelown
mJ parishioners invited me to a church
sociable, 'and upon goin I was astonished
to see the worthy people waltzing and
dancing in the most scandalous manner.
To add to this thercfffe "two streets -hose
entire length were made up ofjowance
houses.1 How was I to overcome loch a
gigantic pvil? I secured a hall, haxl the
floor waxedj and after engagingfi1and
of muic, I sent out inviralions) all
the .ycaing; men of the placer tjj3ome
down and hkve a dance. I-insijrucfeulmy
floor manager who, by the waynade
lots of money and skipped-not tr allow
.any waltzing. The result was, after on
joying square dances until Ijl dficiock,
the participants quietly dispersed. Borne
few said: ("Wait until the prjcher
goes, the'n we'll have a waltz',"! but was
too smart for them I carried they of
the hall in my pocket, and did nol jeave
until all had departed. ' Every mher
week .1 'gave such a sociable, aif$ the
results are remarkably good. ThisJhar
acter of mission woujd not do" in Phila
delphia dr Boston, but it will do' inad
ville. It may seem" nngodlyjto pfctica
such a course, but it is the only way to
reach these people. When I firsfwent
out theife the congregation used,to ap
plaud me iwhen I was preaching; ;but I
finally got them out of such : an- unholy
habit. 'No matter who dies; the proces
sion is headed by a brass band Whon I
buried Texas Jack, the partner ofe Buf
falo Billj the cortege was headedrby. a
brass band of forty two pieces. -Xead-ville
is ! also a great place for fUtles.
Everybody has a title. Captain is ipretty
good but to command attention- oneust.
be a Colonel or a General. J am i assort
of a General; 1 belong to five nfciarji
companies, and in my ca'pacityrifes a
militiaman I watch over my congjrega-
.tion. -f : .-'JM
. i rr
The Decoration of a Eoom;-
Crude srhito is in favor with house
wives fojr ceilings "it looks so clean.'
That is just its fault- It looks so clean,
even when it is not, that it rnakegl ah
else look Idirty, even though it may b
clean. To paint the flat ceiling id t
moderateTsized room by. hand is shiply
a waste of labor. r It ia onlyat greater
Bonal inconvenience that one canIook
long at it, while, as a matterof fact, no
one cares to do so. You see it occasion
ally, by accident, and for moment,
and, that, that casual glimpse should
not be a shock to the eye, as it is as well
to tint it" in accordance with the zoom,
or even cover it with a diapered paper,
which will to some extent withdraw the
attention, from the cracks that frequent
ly' disfigure the ceifin'gs ,of modern
houses! if What hand-pain ting ' we can
afford may best be reserved for the pan
nels or doors, window shutters, and the
like; where'it can be seenthese, doors
and the Other woodwork being painted
in two or. three shades of colors, flat or
varnished, according as we prefer-softness
of : I tone or durability of surface.
PerhapB' it will be best in this instance
that the; woodwork should fall in f with
the tonepf the dado; but this is not a
point' oh which any rule r can be. laid
down. The decoration
should be in keeping
paper patterns. It may
of .the panels
witb .the- -wall
be much more
pronounced than they, but soil it must
not assort itself. One j great point of
consideration in the decoration of a'room
is the relation of the various patterns
one to another. It may loften be well to
sacrifice! an otherwise admirr-ble design
pimply because you can '. find nothing
else to 'go with it. A single pattern,
once chosen, will often contra! the whole
scheme of decoration. Magazine oj
ATI. .-!'
Thb wisn oiten warm upon my
heart that I may learn Bothihg here
that I cannot continue in, the Other
world: that I may do nothing here hnfc
r: deeds that win Dear vmiw heaven,
STOLES KISSRS.
In silence and hush of a dream,
With never a sound to be heard,
But a touch of lips in the gleam.
Of the fire, and never a word ;
The echrt will ever repeat
Bre iking the silence in twain,
' Stolen ki$3es are always sweet,
And love is never in vain.!"
For a kia? would a maiden wake
From the charm of a dreamful sleep,
And a touch of true love would break
Tiie p.-acc tbat the blue eyes keep.
For ever the cho shall greet,
Like the song of a ripening rain,
' Siolen kisses are always sweet,
And love is never in vainp'
. Vf hen hearts and lips bare grown col
And love lies but. for an hour ;
When life's romance lias ben told,
And kiss s have lost their power,
: Then sliall soft memory fl -ei.
No more a dream to enchain ;
Yet stolen kisses aie always sweet
And love is never iu vain!
Sandy's Experience with Mint-Juleps.
i Mr. John Greig, who for the session
commencing in 1841 represented the
Canandaigua district in Congress (in
place of Francis Granger, who resigned
to accept the office of Postmaster Gen
eral), was a well-preserved Scotchman,
as well in purse as in person, and very
fond of entertaining in a princely man
ner. He had invited a small dinner
party in order, to entertain a Scotch
friend who had but recently arrived in
America. The hour named, had fully
come and passed, but the honored guest
had not. Mr. Greig became uneasy and
nervous, for the servants had long since
reported the courses ready for serving.
He went out on the porch and looked
down the avenue to see if he could get a
sight of his friend, when, lot there comes
"Sandy," much as if he had a hundred
pounds or so upon his shoulders-in
fact, he was a sheet or two in the wind,
as it were. 1 Greig took in the situation
.at once, and, hastening down the avenue,
met the happy guest, and readily got
him beneath his roof. Although "Sandy"
was glorious, his mental powers were yet
steady. He said:
' 'John, 111 tell ye hoo it a' came aboot.
While waiting at the hotel for the oor to.
come, I saw some Yankees at the bar a
drinkin' som'at I coodna tell by sight
what its name may be. It was a mixture
of sugar and lemon and lumps of ioe,
and maybe some else; but the 'barkeeper
shook the mixture between twa tumblers
until it foamed and sparkled like an au
rora borealis; then he put in some sprigs
resembling meadow-mint, and then the
Yonkees quaffed the Uquid through a
sprig of rye straw, and they drank wi' a
leer, as if it was unco guid. I stepped
to the barkeeper and'speered token- the
name o' the liquid, when he said it was
a jollup,' or 'jewlip,' or something like
to it in the soond. I telled him I'd tok
yun; but, oh.mon, it was no bod to tok!
The fak is, John, af oor I kenrfed what;!
was aboot 1 had made1 'way wi' seeven, &'
through a bit o' rye straw. Noo, John,
if I had but kenned the power o' the
thing, and hod quot at six, my heed
would no feel as if the pipers and the.
. fiddlers were playing lively reels in it,
and a . score o' lads and lassies were
dancing in glee a' aboot it. Noo, John,
if ye be minded ever to try yon Yonkee
lollops, tok my advice and be content
wi six at a situn . jmna ye, 11 ye try
seeven. ye maun be waur nor Tarn o'
Shan tor or mysel'; six is quite enough,
J ohn. Harper Magazine.
A Hot-Water Kiver.
The great Sutro tunnel, cut to relieve
the celebrated Comstock mines at Vir
ginia City, Nevada, of the vast quantities
of hofc .water which is encountered in
them, affords an outlet to 12,000 tons
every twenty-four hours, or about 3,000,
000 gallohs. Some of the water, as lit
finds its way into the mines, has a temj
perature of 195 degrees, while four miles
from the mouth of the tunnel, the tem
perature ranges from 130 to 135 degrees.
m , - A i, . . -UIl.
xo ooviaie me inconvenience which
would arise from the vapor such a vast
quantity of water , would give off, the
flow is conducted through the entire tun
nel, four miles, in a tight flume made jof
pine. At the point of exit the water has
lost but seven degrees of heat. Sixty
feet below the mouth of the tunnel the
hot water utilized for turning machinery
belonging to the company, from whence
it is earned off by a tunnel 1,100 feet in
length, which serves as a water-way.
Leaving the waste-way tunnel, the water
flows to the Carson Kiver, a nine ana a
half distant. This hot water is ' being
utilized for many purposes. The boys
have arranged several pools where they
indulge in hot baths. The miners and
others use it for laundry purposes, and
arrangements are being made whereby a
thousand acres belonging to tne com
pany are being irrigated; It is proposed
to conduct the hot water through ir0n
pipes, beneath the surface of the soil,
near the roots of thousands of fruit
trees which are to be planted, and in a
similar manner give the necessary
warmth to a number of hot-houses to be
used for the propagation of early fruits
and vegetables.
Oriental Nonsense.
Calling on a giddy girl, who has noth
ing under heaven to do but to follow the
fashions, I found" her reclining on a
lounge in her boudoir. She wore what
is called a tea-gown, , shaped not unlike a
long, loose paletot, with elbow-sleeves,
or angel-sleeves, looped and gathered up
at the wrists. The material of the gar
ment was. a combination of brocade in
gold and silver with! silk gauze. Any
thing more Oriental could hardly be
found out otthe Orient itself. Over her
bosom was a fichu of lace, laid over the
shoulders and crossing, in front; a bunch
flnwArs was fastened at her belt;
rAv ahrmdant black hair was brushed'
back with a . well-counterfeited negli
gence; the toes of her extended feet
were stuck into embroidered ; sandals,
and her stockings were a true fiesh-cblor.
A glorious creature she looked, truly, as;
as she lay there in her studied careless
ness of finery. But what I set out to
say was! that incense was burning at her
side. Yes, fragrant smoke was rising
la2ilyfrom an incinerating pastile in a
bronze dish. This is a new freak of the
girls. The scent-bottle is put aside, and
rooms and clothes are perfumed with
incense- If the practice lasts long the
cannibal who eats a fashionable girl wfll
find her smoked through and through,
like a tam, but a great deal spicier.
NewYork Letter,
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CALABASH SAM.
CnaatMl to Klch
Take m latUe WaUk.
Two hundred of the leading oitizens of
Gunnison City, CoL, met in convention
On a street corner and adopted the fol
lowing resolution:
Resolved, That a committee of five be
appointed to wait upon Calabash Sam,
late of Dead wood, and inform him that
after sunrise to-morrow this icrowd will
open fire on him with the intention of
furnishing a corpse for our new grave
yard. ' : " .
The committee of five went out to find
Samuel and deliver their message. He
sat on a bench at the door of his shanty,
a shotgun across his knees and a pipe in
his mouth, and4 he preserved silence
while '. the chairman of -ithe - com
mittee read the - resolution; ; Then he
said: ; i
"That means me, does it ?':
"She does."
"They don't like my stile of carving
and shooting, eh ?" I
"That's what they kick on." :
"Well, I won't go. You haven't got
'nuf men in the whole valley to drive
Calabash Saul a rod. Return to the con
vention and report that Pm here ' for the
season.
"I forgot to menshun," continued the
chairman, in a careless voice, as he
leaned on his gun, "I forgot to menshun
that the convenshun has ' adjourned.
The committee thus finds itself in an
embarrassing situation and I it sees only
one way out of it. Onless you'll agree
to pics, up ana travel tms commiixee win
feel called upon to to j
"To begin shooting, you mean?"
"Exactly. Samuel, exactly? You may
have already, observed that two of the
committee have got the drop on you."
"I see." :
"Corpses which are riddled with buck
shot have a very unpleasant look, con
tinued the chairman, as hel rested his
ehin on the muzzle of his gun.
"Yes. that's so."
"And it's : kinder lonesome, this being
the first plant in a new hurrying
ground. j
. "Y-e-s, it I may be." !
"And so. taking it all around, the com
mittee kinder indulges in the hope that
you'll see fit to carry your valuable so
ciety back to the Black Hills, v YOu may
have observed that three shot-guns, each
under full cock, are now looking straight
ai -re. We don't want to bluff, but it's
gittingnigh supper time,
"Wall -cf'-o-p lrw-itinor
over. I'm convinced
- 1 1 u, o
won't pan out low-gritrfev
I'll take a walk."
"Right off?"
"Yes."
; "Right up this trail?"
' "VM :' "
"Very well. While the committee
feels sorry to see you go, and wishes you
all sorts of luck, it hasn't time to shake
hands. Step off, now, and for fear you
ain't used to walking, we'll I keep these
guns pinted' up the hill until you turn
the half-mile boulder. Train march!"
Journalism Forty Years Ago.
The first number of the! New York
Tribune made its appearance April. 10,
1841. Prior to its appearance Horace
Greeley published the following in cir
cular form: '
"On Saturday, the 10th of April in
stant, the subscriber will publish the
first numberof a New Morning Journal
of Politics, Literature, and General In
telligence. "The Tribiin", as its name imports,
will labor to advance the interests of the
People, and to promote their Moral,
Social and Political well-being. The
immoral and degrading Police Reports,
Advertisements, and other matter which
have been ! allowed to disgrace the
columns of our leading Penny Paper
will be carefully excluded from this, and
no exertion spared to render it worthy of
the hearty approval of the virtuous and
refined,1 and a welcome visitant at the
family fireside. ' 5 '
"Earnestly believing that the political
revolution which has called - William
Henry Harrison to the Chief Magistracy
of the Nation was a triumph; of Right,
Reason, and Public Good oser Error and
Sinister Ambition, The Tribune will,
give to the New Administration a frank
and candid, but manly and independent
support,, judging it always by its acts,
and commending those onlyso far as;
thev shall seem calculated to subserve
the great end of all governmentr the
welfare of the People. I ' ,
"The Tribune will be published every
morning on a fair royalsheet (size of The
Log Cabin and Evening Signal) and
transmitted to its city suDscnoers at we
low price of one cent per copy. - Mail
subscribers S4 per annum. It will con-,
tain the news by the morning s southern
man, wniciu is coniaineu ui uu ouci
Penny Paper. Subscriptions are re-i
spectfully solicited by ,
"HOBAOE LrREEliEY, dU Ann-Si.
The very first number announced, the
death of Harrison, and was dressed in
the usual form of newspaper mourning,
the column rules being turned upside
down. v 1
There must have been great labor and
anxiety attending that first issue in Ann
street, when telegraphs were unthought
of, railroads few and far between, steam
ships few and slow (the president naa
sailed for Liverpool four weeks previous,
and has never since been : heard from),
and T7hen steam printing presses were in
their infancy. The changes of fortj
years have been mighty. f
Mb. Julian uawthoknk writes con
cerning Lord Beaconsfield's audacity:
"Some years ago, while he was plain
Disraeli, he was at a large dinner, where
his wife also was present an excellent
lady, but ; not distinguished for outward
attraction.; It happened that her next
neighbor at the table waa iBernal Os
borneV 'and after the ladies had with
drawn,-the latter (who has the manners
of a city cabman) broke out in a loud
voice: 'Good God, Disraeli, how on earth
did v you come to marry that woman 7
Hereupon ensued an appalled hush, all
eyes fixed on Disraeli. At length . he
aaid, with, a quiet, friged Arawl: partly
for one reason which you, Osborne, .are
incapable of understanding gratitude!
This comnletelr crushed the vivacious
Osborne." '
The man, with a scolding wife is oyer-
rated. , j . .
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HUHORS OF THE DAY.
TbottbxiK that has been brum for some
time is hard to bear.
To step on a man's corn is a bad sign.
Look out for trouble. Brooklyn Union
Argus.
Very precocious and forward children -
are not the salt of the earth. They are
too fresh. v c :
The man who picked up a "well-filled '
pocket-book" was disgusted to find it
full of tracts on honestyr
A woman's, work is .never done, be-
cause when she has nothing else to do
she has her hair to fix. . - - ' ;
The Syracuse Herald don't under
stand how, necessarily, a man may be a
hatterwho makes his influence felt
Speech is silver and silence golden.
That is where it costs more to make a
man hold his tongue than it does, to let
him talk.
Old subscriber: "What are you
growling about? If you want an article
that will cover the whole grouna, get a
Chicago girl's shoe." Boston Tost. I
Says Henry Ward Beecher : "None
of us can take the riches and joys of this
life, beyond the grave. Don t wan t to,
sir. Well take ours this side of the
grave, if we can get 'em; the sooner the
better, sir. -
An exchange asks "If kissing is really .
a sanctimonious method of greeting why
do not the pastors who practice it ever
a t -1 -1 ii. a: o
oesiow uieir xauiai atwuuuiu upuu uicui
Because the men are always away, at
their business, when the pastor calls,'
and there is nobody left to kiss only the
women.- Pecks Sun.-
Anoby wife (time, 2 a. m,) "Is that
you, Charles?" Jolly husbandV "Zash
me. Angry wile "tere nave x o?een
standing at the head of the stairs these
two hours. Oh, Charles, how can you?"
Jolly husband (bracing up) "Standin
on your head on , t shtairsf jenny, im
shprised! How can I! By jove, I can't!
Two hours, tool 'Stronary woman!"
A NBwsPAPEB article asks: "What are
the causes of decline among American
women?" Well, generally because she
thinks the fellow cannot keep her in
sealskin sacks, French gowns and fash
ionable bonnets. When a single man
with plenty of "soap" is around thereia
not any decline among American women
to speak ol Boston Commercial Bulle
tin. . -
" Tve noticed," said Fuddidud, " that
the railroads run past all the fences that
any or. you
present acknowledged that it had never
occurred to them before just that way.
Fuddidud is more , than ever oonvinoed
his profundity. Boston Transcript. '"'
that these diggins ments. It's funny", he added. " but it's !
ore, land I guess so . Did any of you ever notice it?" All ,
iNone of the hotels at Nice is a"bealt,- -
f ul American, who lately went to an " at
home " in full dress low-necked, satin,
diamonds, etc. On arriving and looking
around the room she perceived the other .
guests to be in demi-toilet. "Well,"
she said, " if Pd known that it was only
a sit around Pd not have put my clothes
on." London Truth.
Americans are of a practical nature.
When an Illinois farmer who had got
rich was visiting Switzerland, they dilated '
to him of the beauty ox the surrounding
scenery, "xes," ne repiiea, "as scenery
ifs very good. But it strikes me the
Lord has wasted a lot of space on scenery
that might have been made level and
good farming, land." They wanted to
lynch him, Boston Jost. '
The Chicago street car conductor may
not be very cavil but be is a man of im
agination. .The Inter-Ocean tells a story
of a member of the guild who, when a
woman wearing a dolman waved her .
arms to stop him, and then, fearing to
be run Over by a passing wagon, did not
move from the sidewalk but continued
her gestures, shouted, "Come, madam,
quit flapping them wings and get
aboard." Boston TranscrivL .,
A Sad Case.
Miss Grace Miller is well known ass .
youngs lady of culture and refinement, ,
and as a member of one oi umcinnau s',
oldest " and wealthiest famines. Her ac
complishments and charms have" made
her a' favorite wherever she is1known.
For some time past slje has been afflicted
with a soreness of the eyes that threat
ened serious trouble, if not permanent
blindness, and has been Ireated by a'
skillful optician of this city.' On a.recent
evening, as we are informed,-; after pass
ing a few hours pleasantly with her fam
ily, Miss Miller retired. In the morning
she did not make her appearance, and
her maid was sent to call her. Whon
awakened, Miss Miller said: ' s .
' "Why, Mary, why do you call mis so
early ?"
"It isn't early, Miss Grace," replied
the maid. "It is quite ' late. I am sent
to wake you." '
"But, Mary, it is so dark; it must be,,
quite early. Open the blinds; let in the
sun; let me see the daylight."
"Yes, Miss -Grace," said the maid
"thai shutters are now open, the sun
beams jn; don't you see it? Or what is,
the matter? Can't you see?- Do your:
fey es trouble you?" v
"Oyes. Mary," replied the afflicted
girl; "I can not see" Oh I- must be
blind," and she gave an agonizing shriek
that brought the family to ,- her room.
The, truth alas! was soon known. In a
night almost, Miss Grace Miller had
been stricken blind. ;
The case is one of such sadness as
words cannot describe. We give the'
simple . facts as related to us upon good'
authority, and can only say : that, sym
pathy, the deepest and most . sincere, is
offered in this hour of great affliction.
Cincinnati Letter. ; ; '
A Disgraced Davghter. .'f.
A doting mother in Chicago displayed
her solicitude for her daughter's good
name by frantically rushing into '. the
station and shouting, "My daughter is
disgraoedr True , enough, she r had
eloped with an insurance agent; but had
the mother been discreet she. wouldn't
have given it away- . - ... ';
Lttebaby women are not as rul,
remarkable for beauty, i Indeed, it is sel
dom, unless in the case of a few editors,
that beauty of soul is combined with a .
corresponding beauty of person, ' v
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