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Poets’ Corner.
Hu Fate
With keeuest mother-pain and mnther-J >y,
Wit i all that love could give or gold could
buy,
Came Into happy life a btue-eyed boy,
Under the az ire of a Northern sky.
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And who might koow that In a wayside
shed,
Beneath the splendors of a Southern sun,
That sell-same hour upon a beggar's bed,
His fate and rulu her life t> o begun.
His Fancy.
Here Is the face of my lady,
Her face, with its smile divine,
Her eyes, with their grave mtentness,
And t lelr shy, proud look at mlae.
<) mouth, you are firm yet tender,
Your tones may be cold or mild ;
You may k> ep back a daring lover,
Yet comlurt a grieving c 11J,
You are pure and fair as the lilies,
You are bright as the July sun ;
You are grave and gav by flashes ;
You are woman and saint In one.
Sweet Evening Come and Go
Sweet evenings come and go, love,
'• he? came and went of yore ;
This evenln : of our life, love,
Shall come and go ao more.
When we have passed away, love,
• All things will keep i heir name;
But yet no life on earth, love,
With ours will be he same,
The daisies will b there, love,
I’he stars In heaven will shine ;
I shall not feel thy wish, love,
Nor thou my hand in thine,
A better time will come, love,
And better sou a be born;
I would not be the best, love,
To leave thee now forlorn.
Could Wi Tell.
■Could we tell whai’s best, my neighbor,
In the world we’re passing through—
How $o manage well and wisely
Ail the tasks we have to do—
Could we see life’s snares ; ud pitfalls,
Could we count Its many snares,
Should we happier be than meetlug
As we do Fate unawares?
Orald we tell, my friend and neighbor,
What there wis for us In store—
Whether riches and abundance,
Or the lean wolf at the door—
Could we forespe hours of anguish,
Every ache and every pain.
Would not life lose half Its sweetness?
Would not pleasure be in vain ?
Walking blindly through the shadows,
Now and then a cheering rav,
Hope and Faith our shield and bu ^kler,
Is for us the better way,
By and by the mist will v mlsh,
By and by the shadows glide,
Letting In the light of wisdom
When we reach the ther si e.
fore tbeyoung pigs were six weeks old
the mother would eat them. The too-
trusting mistress hal hear 1 of such
horrors, and kept at a respectable dis
tance, for the specified lime. To ver
ify the old adage that “i he best laid
schemes of mice and men eang aft
agley,” one da/ instead of being
driven to the front of the house, as
was her custom, the lady had he car
riage taken through the stable-yard
quite unexpectedly. Tableau: “Mag
gie” lying sunning herself on a bed of
straw, with thirteen piggies taking
nature’s refreshment. As the gardener
had given it out that six pigs were the
maximum of this said litter, the infer
ence was obvious. Six weexs’ old
piglings are much sought after and
handsomely paid for, aud “Miggie”
had doubtless been a bi-auuual El
Dorado to her caredaker ever siuee
she fell under his charge.
As with cowsand pigs, so with the
fruit. A friend of miue had an exten
sive garden and several hothouses,
yet nothing was ever ready tor the ta
ble. Happening to go to the green
grocer’s one day, she saw some exceed
ingly fine cucumbers, and purchased
a couple, remarking to the shopkeeper
that they were very flue Indeed. “On
yes ma’am, they an the best that can
begot; I have them from Mrs. Dun-
brown’s gardener at Appropriation
Lodge; he has supplied me for some
time.” Toe name aud address were
the purchaser’s own ; she had bought
her own cucumbers.
The “Handy-Man'’ in England.
A prosperous literary man, passion
ately attached to the run in urbe, took
& suburban house within a few miles
of the metropolis. Ti e garden was
luxuriant, and, the premises abutting
on to a i extensive common, the first
thing thought of was to keep a cow.
A first-rate Alderney in full milk was
purchased, the “handy man” under
took the entire care of the animal,and
the cookjPvho was the “handy man’s”
wife, was to iook after the dairy. In
a few weeks the supplies of milk aud
butter fell off sensibly, and the “handy
man” suggested that another cow
should be purchased, and then the
milk could never run short. The
family consisted of four pers -us only,
but the supply after a very short time i
still not equalling ipc demand it was
.resolved to sell the cows and give
up dairying. Tnis was done, the
“handyman” and his wife gave no
tice to leave, and soon aft^f their de
parture it was discovered that the
trusted “handy mau,” through an
agent, had purchased his master’s
cows and had set up a dairy on his
own account; he had, in fact, been
selling the new milk while the
animals were supposed not to be giv
ing enough to supply the household.
Nor are pigs ltss eccentric in their
ways than such cows; a favorite sow
had for uiauy Years presented her
mistress with litters of piglings vary
ing from eleven to fifteen ; she was a
sow of remarkably kind and gentle
nature, and quite a pet of the family.
The death of the mistress and break
up of the household necessitated a
new home being found for “Maggie,”
and she was given away to a near
relative on the understanding that in
consideration of “Maggie’s” ottering so
many hostages to fortune she was
never to be made into bacon, but live
the natural term of her life. In her
new abode “Maggie” fell under the
care of the gardener, aud, strange to
say, her nature underwent a thorough
change; site ceased to present her
nistresswith numerous piglings at a
'itter, they fellott to six, even four in
umber, and her temper was reputed
Seso changed with the change of
^sideuce that if anyone—save the
gardener—ever looked into her stye be-
A Crow- Story,
From the fall of the snow to the
present, one of the thoughtful matrons
of our town lias scattered the crumbs
from her table in the yard that the
hungry birds might be fed. At first
but few came to the banquet, but now
scores of different kinds of winter
birds enjoy her bounty. Among the
number is a crow. At first he ap
proached cautiously, as if aware that
his feather was under the ban. But
after an unmolested experience of
several weeks he grew so trustful as to
eat bread from the hands of little
children. But still more remarkable
is this: A few days ago that crow
brought with him to tne premises a
lame crow. Tue la j t comer sat on the
garden fence aud cawed alarm. Hia
guide fiitted beside him,and after bow
ing to him and quietiug his fears, in
duced him to trust hi mself in the gar
den walk. There the guide strode
confidently toward the repast, and the
lame crow limped after him When
the latter lagged, the former would
turn and assure him of hospitable
treatment. The pautomime was as
eloquent as a speech, and quite as ef
fective. Presently both reached the
spread and enjoyed a square meal.
Since then the two crows have made
daily visits.
A Qentl :man oi the Olden
Tim i.
O ue.of the pleasant incidents of the
go!d«u wedding of General M. G.
Vallejo, which took place some weeks
ago at the General’s home in Sonorna,
has so far escaped public print. We
propose to give it as it was related to
us by Geueral Murray Whallon, of
Sonoma, who was in our city on Tues
day last. It appears that, in response
to numerous very complimentary
speeches, Genenl Vallejo replied at
some length, giving mauy instances
of relief that he had furnished the
pioneers of the early day prior to the
di covery of gold, when the raising of
stock was the only business of profit
to the people, who found themselves
away off in the wilds < f this western
slope. A man with liis family had
reached here and found himself in
almost destitute circumstances, and
hearing of General Vallejo, aud learn
ing that application to the General for
succor meant immediate relief, pre
sented his claim. Ha was immedi
ately furnished with fresh horses and
some stock, and he then asked the
General if out of his great possessions
he would not give him a small tract of
land whereon ue could make himself a
home, raise his family, and in time
enlarge his herd of cattle. The Gen
eral, being prepossessed in the man’s
favor, told him he would consider the
matter, and asked : “Well, how much
land do you want?” The immigrant
replied that his desires were modest;
that he only wauted a Hmall home,
aud would be perfectly satisfied with
a league of laud. Th9 General imme
diately replied : “Why, I will give
you five leagues.” “No,” said the im
migrant, “that is more than I want;
with one league I cm manage to sup
port my family.” “Well, then,” said
the Genera’, by way of a compromise,
“take three leagues.” “No,” per
sisted the immigrant, “I wautbutone
league ; that will be quite sufti iient.”
Tne General then r dsed his straight
figure to its full height, and, throwing
an air of auth >rity iu his voice, made
reply : “Sir, you must take two leagues
or I will put you iu the calaboose.”
The deed was made and the immigrant
entered upon landed estate, and thus
avoided the General’s prison bars.
The man to whom the laud was given
is Bti.l living in this State. The Geu
eral, when tilling the story, shook
with laughter aud good-humor, evi
dently enj >ying the recollection of
his generosity In the days when he
was the nabob of the land. Aud we
doubt not that, even though he him
self is almost landless, he prefers the
recollections of his many open-he irted
charities and enjoys them more
heartily than were ha the possessor of
millions and compelled to iook back
on the wrecks of happiness and the
sums of human misery “that to their
summits lead.” Truly, the General
is one among a million—a gentleman
of the olden times.
Sewer Gas in Houses.
Professor Kerr, iu a late address be
fore the British Civil and Mechanical
Engineers’ S >clety, expressed views
on the sewer-gas question very similar
to those urged by Drs. Hamilton and
Doremus, o’ this city, in the discus
sion of the same question here last
March. They knew, said Professor
Kerr, that gas was generated by the
decomposition of the decaying matter
in sew-ge when deposited, in however
slight a degree, upon any interior sur
face. Wuai followed? They knew
this gas had two qualities which were
extremely obnoxious; one quality
was that it ascended to the highest
level by reason of defi dent specific
gravity; aud the second quality was
that wheu it reached tue highest level
it exercised a pressure, being an ex
tremely elastic gas. He need scarcely
point out the effect of these two con
siderations. Waen the sewer-gas (a
most excellent name, without going
iuto particulars as to whether it should
be called gas or vapor; the name
sewer-gas carried an idea of offensive
ness which was extremely couveni--
ent)—when the Bewergas had reached
the highest level, it exercised a pow
erful elastic pressure to force its way
out, aud succeeded iu forcing its way.
It go£ into the house; and if there
were no other grievance, there wms
this to complain of—that thi-i pestifer
ous and poisonous gas forced its way
from the sewers into our houses, and
of course reached the vital organs of
those who occupied it.
A Plea for Chtl tren.
Of all disagreeable habits, that of
leasing children is the most despica
ble, Way not let the little girl et j >y
ner dolly without tea iug her about
its nose or eyes until she cannot take
dolly into her arms without thoughts
of its imperfections, suggested by this
teasing, coming up before her?
The little boy enjoys his hobby
horse until reminded of tbe f^ct tha’
it cannot eat oats or kick as real horses
do, then he is no longer satisfied with
his hobby. If a chili’s hair happens
to be red lie is teased about that as if
it were a disgrace to have red hair. If
he has freckles, he is told that his
face looks like a turkey’s egg, and
similar remarks are made, until the
child readily believes that he look i so
bad that he is ashamed to go to Sal -
bath-school or church. Oiten by this
heedless, cruel teasing, the child’s life
is robbed of its natural brightness and
gaiety.
H >w many mothers have we; t bitter
te irs as they have seen the child they
have so carefully taught to be gen
tle aud loving to all, teased into saying
aud doing things saucy and rude. In
vain do they beg papa, uncle or
cousin to desist from teasing, and not
until the naturally sweet-tempered
child has been changed into a rude
aud disagreeable one, do these habit
ual teasers see the wreck they have
made, and then it is often too late to
wholly remedy the evil.
Paul understood human nature:
when he says, “Fathers, provoke not
your children to wrath.” No one
ever saw a mother tease a child to
make it unhappy. We ought always
striv' to keep the child in an amiable
mood aud to bring into daily action
the traits of character which we wish
to become habitual. Every outburst
of passion leaves its mark on the soul,
and whoever needlessly provokes
these outbursts,
“Notaloie commits an error,
But a grievous moral wrong.”
A Wel -Developed Ear.
Kosciusko Murphy, who is remark
able for his large, generous ears, has
had a falling out with Miss Esmeralda
Jjongeoffin, an Austin belle, toward
whom he had been suspected of enter
taining matrimonial intentions. Some
body asked him the other day w’hy lie
and Miss Longcoftin were not out
buggy riding as much as usual, to
which Kosciusko replied that he did
not propose to pay buggy hire for any
woman who called him a donkey. “I
can’t believe that Miss Longcoffiu
would call any gentleman a donkey,”
was the reply. “Well, she didn’t come
righ , out and say I was a donkey, but
she might just as well have said so.
She himed that much.” “What did
she say ?” “ We were out riding, an i
it h4^ed very much like raiu, aud I
said it was going to rain on us, as I
felt a rain-drop on my car, and what
do you suppose she said ?” “ I have
no idea.” “ ‘Well,’ shesaid, ‘that raiu I poster’s paste when stale is very “fetch-
President Arthur’s Wife.
Mrs. Arthur’s room in her beautiful
New York mansion, in which she
died, has never been disturbed; her
ueedle is still threaded and sticking
in a bit of delicate euibroidery in ner
work-basket, undisturbed; nor will
her husband allow any one to change
the room in its furniture arrange
ments. This is the little rocker In
side the standard work-basket, aud
the little neglige crocheted slippers.
There stands her desk, with the ink
dried on her pearl-handled pen, which
she had hastily put aside from some
interruption never to use again on
eartu. Her favorite boeks aie placed
in a tiny case, with a marker in one of
them just as she left it. O i the table
are placed each morning, by orders
from the president, a bunch of her fa
vorite flowers. Even her favorite
perfumes are iu the toilet bottles at
her dressing case, and iu the wardrobe
hang her dresses. This room is bright
and sunnv, her former maid keeping
it neat, aud arranging the flowers in
the vases, and attending the canaries
iu the window, but never altering the
places of the furniture, the books, etc.
This room is a place where the presi
dent takes much comfort in reading
and meditation, and they who know
say that the bit of needlework has
been mauy times wet with tears by
her husband.
Science for the People.
Attracting Moths and Butterflies.
On the C mtinent, particularly in
France and Italy, says a writer in
Knowledge, old soapsuds allowed to
become ffcitrhl is largely used to attract
moths, aud with fair success. Bill-
I failure will result. Most of the hawk
j moths can be caught in this way, as
none of them come freely to sugar.
The females of some moths also
have an extraordinary attracting
power for males of the same species,
the “scent” appearing to travel
incredible distances, aud by exposing
one of these virgin females in a small
box covered with a piece of tine mus
lin, numbers of theofliersex wll' com*
flying around in great excitement,
and settle on the box, or near it, when
they can be easily taken. Probably
the females of all moths have this
peculiar power in a greater or less de
gree, but in the case ot the Vaporer
(Orgyia Aotiqua), the Oak Eggar
(Bombyx Q lercus), the Emperor
(Saturnia Carpini), the Kentish Glory
(Sudromis Versicolor), and one or
two others, it is so very marked that
even a person who knows nooning of
entomology cannot fail to notice it.
Toe Purple Emperor (Apatura Iris),
the most beautiful of British butter
flies, and at the same time the most
difficult to capture, possesses a de
praved taste, the greatest delicacy one
can offer him being decomposed ani
mal matter, and if a dead horse, don
key, or other animal in a state of
putrefaction happens to be placed
near his haunts, he is sure to descend
to the feast. Tuts noble butterfly
seldom visit-- the ground unless under
these circumstances, always flying
about the tops of tall oak trees, hence
the diffi mlty experienced in catching
them.
Light is very attractive to many
moths; aud if on a still warm night
the windows are lettopen and a strong
light kept burning in the room, num
berless insects will flock iu, appa
rently fascin ated by the gl re, and the
operator, by standing near witn a net,
c in caplure as many as he req uires.
Tuey must, if possible, be taken
immediately ou entering, as, if not,
the wings ?re sure to become more or
less injured, owing to the frantic
eflirts of the moths to get to the light.
All the above mentioned methods are
in use, and are accompanied with a
greater or less share of success; but for
moths, nothing comes up to “sugar”
in attracting properties.
An Improbable Story.
you felt on you
three miles off.' ”
ear may be two or
Mrs. Fletchpr Webster has presented
to Mr. G. F. Williams, of Boston, the
arm-chair and table used by her illus
trious father-in-law iu his Marshfield
study.
The Wanton Calf. A Fable.
A c df.full of W intonness and Play,
seeing an Ox at the Plough, could not
forbear insulting him. “What a sorry ,
poor Drudge are you,” said he, “to
bear that heavy Yoke, aud go turning
up the Ground for a Master!” “Hee
what a happy life I lead !” he added.
When at evening the Ox,unyoked and
going to take his rest, saw him, hung
with Garlands, being led by the Fla-
rnaufa venerable man with a fond
ness for Veal Pot-Pie.
Moral—This Fable teaches us that
Young People had better STok to the
Farm aud not study for a Learned
Profession,unless they are fully aware
of what it meaus.
iug,” aud fruit which has burst
through over-ripeness makes another
good bait, especially for butterflies and
other day-fiying Lepldoptera. The
flowers of the ivy are also attractive to
moths, aud have a peculiar intite icat-
ing or stupefying effect on the insects,
which, while under this Influence,
can be knocked off the flowers into a
net without the slightest trouble.
This method must be worked at uigl.l
with a lantern. The following flowers,
also, together with many others, are
often visited by both diurnal aud
nocturnal Lepidoptera: — The heather,
mistletoe, bramble, catcntty, viper’s
bugloas, valerian, several kinds of
grasses, scabious, honeysuckle, etc..
The flowers nv’st be well watc
and when the iusect is hovering
or has settled, the net will haV|
used quickly, aud with
A Pads dispatch quotes the Debits
as telling the following : On the mem
orable day of the massacre so ne fifty
Arabs, led by a half-naked M arabout,
carrying a green flag and a sabre, ran
amuck through the streets of Alexan
dria. They made a prodigious noise
to keep up their courage, for a long
time being lucky enough to meet only
stray Europeans. Toese they hacked
aud slaughtered to their hearts’ con
tent. On turning into the Rue du
Marche, however, they cima upon
three Greeks, seated at a cafe smok
ing. Without stopping for a moment
to reflect ou the odds arrayed against
him one of the Greeks quietly put
down his nargile and walked up to
the Marabout. That worthy at once
set up a dismal howl; “Help! help!
Cuildren of Islam! to the rescue!
They are assassinating us.” Ou this
the uireek snatched the hero’s sabre
out of his hand and struck him several
times in the face. Having thus shown
him the measure of his contempt he
ran him through the body before his
fifty followers and in the coolest way
returned to his nargile. The Arabs,
name-stricken bolted round the cor
ner, and although after this the three
Greeks sat outside the cafe tor some
hours they were not once molested
The Princess oi Wales.
Of the Princess of Wales, the com
ing queen, it is said: “Her tender
care and solicitude for her children
are so well-known that her examples
have made it fashionable among titled
ladies to affect a fondness for the pres
ence and society of their children,
who otherwise would be left to the
care and companionship of servants.”
According to an official statement,
103,000 out of the 124,902 persons repre
senting the entire population of the
Fiji Islands, are Wesleyans. Mem
bers of the Church of England num
ber 1,900, and Romau Catholics 9,000.
There are stated to be in the colony 12
Romau Catholic priests, two ministers
of the Church of England, and 9 Wes
leyan missionaries. The labors of these
functionaries, so far as they are of a
missionary character, would seem
be drawing to a close, as the “ui
known alid heathen” portion of
population is put down as only 10,
Wesleyan missionaries
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