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On# IlHl* rh**»l ; Imt /tfir,
l#»rd »d tli* harvest, bring I unto 1 bW
Around me ware broad Itetda of hndlltni |i
ouaoner mul spring'# glad sunshine and *■
And autiim* a witchery
||«w ptbat Ml* with ilprned *•
Awd jH m«Ii lnfr«M' of my sloic*
I Inly him* *ln«|; (Mr. pure
A* ■ young Illy liewllng In (lie anti
tHnrr* rejoli e In gold# I hr tr»*de«1 Wain,
The vintjgr ring# In Harvest tlionl* again,
llul I havr only one,
t»ne < taster from th# trite and living vine,
On* JcwnI In Uly Master'* crow* in Millie.
Mailer, my broil I* <wd ;
A *e#rln>I husbandman bet or# Thee kneel*.
Thrnnctli tiro ntglib-walrhen, throngh the llte long
Mf#
My hands essayed to work, my liearl In pray
a blight
hum in# ileal*
llna presage >4 a turning h
I Ihe liarveat sunshine )ial
Wlilrh nl the harvest sunshine pales llm light
I lay |i InTliiRly upon Ihy ahrlne,
Oi'rl* • In meek lie#* »nlv whal I* llilnr,
Amlin! Thy Work
Ill'll in# In tlilaaniall »|«ik relnlie in »/•#
A brilliant worthy, King of Kin**, lor l her.
One tinman *he«l! One Mini
Oo'l d named my llllle treasure prteel
ill* Aon lo *oek It rom# ami dwelt * tin man,
And all tha Marry apliert*
limit with glad chorus o( lh» shgel lioal
Our lh« Unding of ft!# loved and Inai,
on* ncwa-styiug aoul’l
To lire Vnmir.r In yon troild nl llahl,
To add new in*!re lo III* aogosl Name,
To «rr*aitnt another chaplet lo III* fame i
with i rer new delight
To awell the nvartasllng *oiia *4 pr«l —
Which only aonla rt*hn-ne*d are rklllcd lo ralee.
Then, twhd,! need not falnl,
though small my Irlhuln; Thy pore eye* tan r«
I he lo»# Which ifladly lay* II *1 Thy leel,
And work lor Jeans In lliell I* sweet
II II I* owned l»y Thee.
I At dl*ap|eilntineht crown tl, fir awcvcsi,
H*oh fellowship aa Thllie »bwe will Idea*
And ao this wintry IMbrn.
Mr little *heaf In th**krul hands I ItrliiK-
Mr II ...
I join I he angel hand* a ,
*t*th toy whhh angels never iwn li
Ihy pral*e wllh llmm I sing,
tjladly receive |hl* hireling from Thy alnre,
I Thy Ihrm
. . _ iwn In
Ihy pral*e wllh llmm I sing,
. y rerelvr |hl* blessing from ‘
And look In active |<Mlriue op In
lad me mil work In fallh,
Not weary, lliotixh llm aumnier day*
rVali'hlna with rare naeli temler hml and !r«|,
For rnrely aa I bring I hi* llllle sbtwl,
A Joyful ham
Khali Rind mjr spirit with lla llrav'ri-Utni lay*,
And ronud the lend of harvest waft III* pralm
A PHANTOM PARTY.
“ lint liow iii lilt* world nrp, wo to lix
tlio sheet* T"
"Oh I tiutl L rimy rnmijfli nmnngril,
Jnot gut arid I will idiow you in
five minute*,” Mis* .Innrt answered,
mid im Iter friend left tin* room kIio rnlloii
alter Itrr, “ ft ring nit* n needle, Homo
ilirrml and it thimble, too.”
Kvldontly my prenenco lind Itcon quite
1orgotten, and I, too, hiul lorRottcii the
proMnuo tif my comimniomt. Kliuitllnjf
lu the Imw-wiinlow, with Unit Ihmiiitifui
THtltfO of motmlaiiiN j net heforo me, ami
with Hit* heavy rml ciirtaiiiH HlintliiiK me
la fmni (lie parlor ami llm two young
IdtlieH. no Mimler I had llionglita Imt for
tin* Mine Itiilgi*, with iioltlt* I'iHguh tow
ering high iiInjvo ite fellow nioiinta, and
all luithrd in a ht-anlifnl Mamet light, for
oven in January our mountain minaetH
nro ofton rare and rich in coloring, lint
Iheao hml wortla and the exit of Min-
llimtingN recalled me from my own
dreanm, ami I hiutlly pimlie<l imitle Hit*
enrtniim ami took a neat ImhIiIc Mi
*lnmtt.
"It Ih tlie 'Phantom Party’ we ai
Mpeaking of, Mr. Wallace,” **lm‘Haiti; ”t
oonrae you are going?”
" I have not tjiiiio tlecidcd. Do ye
want me to go, Miwt Janet ?” I imketl,
haiklng atraight into her bright hrmvn
oyoa.
”Df cotirat* I do." aim replied, a aolt
odor rlalng to her chccke, "and I promiw
yttn a eharinliig evening. Wo all wear
. inaaka. you know, mid the tliagiilae ia jht-
feet; Indeed, it la often dlflieiilt to ilia-
lingiiiah a lady (Vt>m a gentleman.”
1 that caat* I may nave aomeamuao-
inent, and pay off an old aeon* at the
Mime time/’ 1 aaitl, a Midden flniev en
tering my miml. " Mlaa Janet, toll me
truly, tlo you tdijeet to my playing i/on
on Thiiratlny night 1"
Hhe looked at me in aurpriae.
" What ti«» you mean ?”
"Only," I aimweretl. " that if you
allow me after the tlaneing him
moiiecd to try to art ami talk like
for a while, I will In* much obliged.’ 1
have a friend with whom I want to lie
ijuitH; In* him aevernl timea played oil’
practical jokea at my eximiiw', aml if you
will |H*rmit me to iH*raomit<* MInh Janet
(lordtm, I mu an re 1 can pny him liaok,
ami there a no telling how many soft
apooehea he may jaiur into my ear,’to anv
nothing of—"
" Hualt,” ahe inUwrupted wltlt a amilo;
do you cot ace on., might Infer frnm
your wortla that Mum Janet heraelf will,
ingly liateim to aiielt apeeehe-t? IVrhap*.
von are more truthful than complimen
tary." 1
*• IVrhniMHtt," I aaitl, ami ling hack into
the miaelilevoua eyea; "hut the truth m
Mr. Wright - ”
"Siit ia Mr. Wright you mean,” ahe
interpowd.
" Indeed If la, ami I think you guc^d
It from the lirat. Put really, may I tie
c»iv«* him it I can?”
" Y '"' l>»«> rny niiiwnt," Him wi,|
gaily. " I owe him a grudge or two mv-
Melf. ami If you ran in any way imitate
me—hut atopl lien* is
mine which everybody kmi,. n ,
think you can pet it on :'
It wim a i|uaintly tiiahionml ring,
old family relic, ami large for
Janet ; m*. fortunately, hv dim of
a j nee/.i tig, I mMmige.lt*> get it on.
" Hut ate not our hauda to in-
cred T"
"Of eotirat*, hut every one \
alockliiga on their lmmU,*Mf there
tliatlnguiahing them. Ity-the h v ,
verv well that you can wear the rit
without it, miles* you eani'opv mv
m*r exactly. I fear you would have
elfeet uimn him.”
” 1 will do my Ih st t«» resemble
Janet. ’ I sni.l this in tones s<,
t'ompnnion'a that she started up
ment in amarement. and the next sat
down again with a merry laugh.
"Why, Mr. Wallace, I had no idea
von wen* «uch a mimic. Do that again,
" This is bettor any day than looking
the glass,'* she said merrily
Indeed tve blunt." I sddbdi "but
Miaa Janet ought th he grateful enough
to our t'llmnle to brighten up our little
uwn with Home of the novelties she ban
taken |wirt In, before she left her hornd
in tin* capital of the United Htatea.”
'•(Irnleful doe* not cxprCM my feeling
for Anlie Vi lie," nho said warmly. "In-
deed, no wool can ekprem it. When
i* lias well-nigh placed a halt in the
grAVc, they ah* mohs llitth grntelnl to the
plat e and climate which enahlea them to
take a fresh hold oil life. And thOAO
glorious iienka!” slit.* eontiinied as we
left the house, and for a moment turned
our fneea to the west, "can anything
snrpasa them? (live me western North
Carolina before any other country fiir
grandeur of scenery and henllhfuIncM of
climate.”
"Ami Asheville." I suggested,
sauntered down Alnln street, tin our way
lo tin* Mountain Haidtarinm, " liefore
any other place. fl»r the cVenbeMt of its
pavements nlid the eleanliiit'att of it*
at reels.”
"Don't bb aatlrical," ahe aaitl, "at
the ex|fense t>f your native pine
then we ajKike again of (lit! "Phantom
'• I know you." I whispered, ns nm
lier folir wtls balled oiil ft'nil I Htcn|)etl fe
wanl t/i have a atoekingetl hand placed
in my arm ami a demure figure claim me
tut her partner. " Indeed, Mias Janet,
you need hot pret'ertd you are some one
else, for I know ytm, so tlo Ik* gtHitl and
talk tti mt! this first s»-t. PertieinlH-rlhal
after this st;!, I thrb into n latly anti
cannot pay you any attention.”
"Mow provoking,” she whispered
back. " I was sure I could deceive you.
But is Mr. Wright here noil have you
spotted him ?"
" Yea; lie ia our vU-a-vi*, anti I will
kntiw him anywhere, for there is a small
natch on tho sheet lie wears, jtlifclfbnenth
the lower part of Ills mask. I can easily
push tin* mask aaitlo, aco tho patch anti
so identify him."
lint, alter tho f|iuiilril!c was over,
doubt If I would have loft Miss Janet’
side, hail slit* not herself urged me on. i
touch hero and there to my drapery, a
pin-hack, ami there I stood nsecond Miss
Janet finrdnn, except Rfr A Hiiglit. difter-
ence In height, acareely pcrceptilile
less we stood together.
i At one.) slnglen out Mr. Wright,
was leap-year and the Indies were taking
the gentlemen’s places.
" Will yon promenade?” I asked
lie started lip tjuitikly, and so natur
ally that every motion would have Ikj
trayed him, hml I not before known him
Wo went out on tin* phir.zn, hut hooii
prOlHisctl we alioilld stroll to tlie gale
“ I have aomoihing to say to you, Miss
Janet," lie continued, without an at
tempt to diango Ills voice; " I know you
art* Mias Janet though you are so silent.
I wonder if you rcc*gui/.i*fl inn when
you asked me to promenade. Dili von'.’
"Perhaps I din anil jierhaistI din mil,'
I replied, in tones so like Miss Janet’
that I smiled behind my mask at m
own Ntifcess.
Ily this time we had readied the gate,
ami as we stood there Mr. Wright gently
took the liatid—stocking and all—that
rested on Ids arm. Of course, the llrst
tiling he felt was Miss Janet's ring. It
was a peculiar alinpo mid ho know it in
a momcnP.
" I am glad I feel your ring,” lie
h(ill lioltlingmy hiuul, "for I know
lieyong any doubt that you are Miss
Janet, and I have something to
you ami no one elae."
Ami then lie went on and matin the
most (|es|K*ratt* love to me. lie hml
pusheil hack his mask ami the bright
moonlight played full ii|miii his face.
For a moment-my heart smote me that I
should so deceive him, hut the whole
thing seemed so ridiculous, that I had
not tlie graft* to give up my part in it,
quite yet. At length, after much i*er
Hiuuion oil his'part, and u great ileal of
apparent reluctance on mine, ho put my
hand to ids lips and then drew it teii
derlv within his arm. I had not really
tin* liearl to undeceive him juat then,
laugh at his siMionineMs, as I intended to
tlo, ami tell him I was even with him ft
(lie practical joke lie bud pluvotl on mt
An hour afterwards, when ) recounted
tills scene to Miss Janet, she laughed
merrily, as I exifceted hIic would, hut
she also blushed deeply, which I wr
somewhat surprised at.
” lie eame out in tin* lover-line mor
strongly than I had any idea of,
I saltl. " Mt* was really quite passional
and earnest.”
" Do you think so? Well, I admire
your response. Your conduct
model of maiden modesty,"
swered, laughing.
'• Hut tlie answer I gave him- you
don’t approve of that, I supposo. Don’t
Ik* angry with me. I will undeceive him
straight away. I am going to his hoard
ing-lmuae tills moment. Poor.fellow,
he will Ih* roused from bis brief dream of
bliss I I e\|H>ct lie will lie for knocking
me down.”
" Is't him alone, (or to-night, then
to-morrow or next tiny wilt do,” replied
Miss Janet, easting down her eyea until
the lung lashes rested on her very pink
ring of
like
Hut here the
Hastings enteret
or opened, i
sorry to have kept v
' IK* tell
id Miss
ing, Janet, hut I was deUin'c*!.' I Into
von and Mr. Wallace will excuse the de-
Jay.”
Iii a few moments Mias Janet had so
arranged the sheet that it formed an al
most |>erfeel dniiierv. «nd Miss Hastings
p itting it on and adding a pillow-case,
pinned mound her hcatl, fiver the lone
white mask, was «o completely disguised,
that 1 am sure she would not have Itceii
r.'cugui.vd hv any of her friends. Miss
Janet then made me put on the amue
things, and aUntling U'/ore .the long
mirror, I w>mdensl tf it were I my self,
or some tall young lady, stepp'd into
ThU I* something new for AolieviHe,"
Miss liutiugv said, as at length Miss
Janet ami I ro^» to take our leave. • ai
we must thank you for it, Miss Jstnet
KAKM ANI) UAKDtt*.
ValaablftLIalMfal.
. HU*ele writes to tho American
farmers’ club: Home time ago I was a
good deal worried with a couplo of horse*
which had sore harks. I tried various
rrmedic* without auccrm, and was l»e-
glnnlng to despair when the following
«*e»*lpt tjtrtlo tfl my notlwt I "Tho inner
k of white oak barlt Ijolled down in
iron kettle (never uae a hraanollt*)
until It ia as black a* ink ; while boiling
drop in n piece of alum, about the sine
of a hen’s egg.” Thli liniment ia to lie
applied witli a s|Kmge, and ia gotsl lor
any aore orbruiao ; In fact, it is a safe
thing to keep in one’a imm ready to
* when occasion requires. A a I fotihd
this so useful, I venture to send it for
tlie tfcneftt of others who may not Ik» in
tlie |foa*ea*ion of anytliing as goo*l. I
it ia also an cxetdlent plan ill
warm tVeailier to cIcAh the fcollrtrn Often
witli eastile snip,
1’olnts In Cailor H#aa Cnllurr.
The inerense in the culture «>f CM tor
Isaiis in niHiiy countie* in we*U*rn
Missouri and eastern Kansas has Imth
very marked during tlie two preceding
years, nartlctilarly so Inst year, a* it
amounted Id ah Inerense (if nearly two
hundred ix*r cent. Till* Ifl to Ik*
counted for from llm fact that gi
hopneni do not toilcti the young jilanUt
in the spring, nor will the chinch-hug.
(hit-worms, Tmwevet:, do. some (iKmflge,
which necessitate* tlie plnnlShg Hf in ore
seed than ia required lor tho two plants
hill which nro to Im left, if tlie
re five feet apart, ami only
if four feet apnrt. Any good corn land
will produce a gowl crop of oo*torlK‘iui*.
A half huahel will plant nlajut eight
acre*. Four or five seeds are dojKisited
in A hill. Tim reed should lie !lint whieh
win ripened unifi.rmly, any Dial whieh
is first ex|K>llei| from tlie ImiwIs,
or in other wortla. the first picking of
those that have ripened early anti uni
formly. It will Im difficult ttf present
to obtain seed thus saved. Formerly
tlie rows were left five and six feet
apart, and every seventh row was left
olio way to admit a horse and wagon
or slide to pass. Hut further cxperl-
cnee has demonstrated that the rows
may Ihi ns done as lour feet on thin
lands, and not more titan five feet
apart oil stronger soils, and that the
seventh row or blank space is unneces
sary ; for if tile team altadied to the
wagon in always driven tlie same way
over the bettt row, it will not break
the plant*.
Previous to 1871, castor beans were
imported largely. Iiut now the lm|sir-
tat mu of them has ceased. The land
should 1st prepared tlie same as for
torn. On gissl lands, the yield averages
alsnit twenty bushels to the acre. Fin
present prices of seed, see market rc|"»rt.
Directions for harvesting will Is* giver
at the proper time, which usually Is-gius
it 1 h>tit the I/>th of August, and eotitiu-
lies every eight or ten days until the
crop is gathered- /hiral World.
< iilll*Hllon of Itrooni Com.
I’room seed corn should Is* planted in
beck.
The next day 1 called to see Wright.
He was not at home, ami I traced him to
the Mountain Sanitarium. When I
ten'tl tin* parlor, there lie and Miss
Janet sat U|niii the divan side by ttido,
and their blushes and conscious lo*k*
behaved to me how the
" Vou acted proxy a*i well Ibrmc, that
I deterinined to abide by your decision,”
cried Miss Janet, rising mid making me a
playful courtesy. I tendered my con
gratulations, of course, as gracefully ns
|*ossiblo under tlie circumstiuicea,
Imi I felt a little sore nevertheless, and
the conclusion that that prae-
Deal joke of mine was not such n fuiinv
alter all.
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A Washington s|H*cial of Wedm'.silav
the rhieagu Times astys ; Tom S-ott
Sfuthern I’acille w'licme receive*! its
juietns fi»r this session t».-«lay in th
commit hv, at the hands «»f it’s friend!
tattsl in these dis|vitchcs, there wn
never a shatlow of a Mtaiuv t»f its muhtss
the house, and the Sct.lt
ing made a careful cam
house, sought their friends n
initttM', and lH'gg*-*l tiutt tho bill should
no* Is* brought into the house. Mein
n» ol the eominitttv who were friendly
the bill were getting equally as aux
in to have the question lie over un
til after the presidential campaign, ami
•day. Mr. Atkins, the author of the
bid, Who was acting chairman of the com
mittee in tiie absence ot Mr. I^tnutr, of-
fered a resolutien that the bill and all
•there of similar nature In' laid upon the
table, not to la- taken up unless on a
majority vote of the committee. The
vote on this resolution was nine to four,
Mr. Atkins voting in the nthrmativo for
Mr. Lunar. The four who voted against
this are supposed to Ih> (iarlield, of
Ohio; l.uttreli, t»f ('aliforni.t; Knss
of Iowa, and lllair.of New Hampshire
The remedy, ho claim*, has proved a
positive ctlre in nil recent case* of mus
cular rheumatism, Which have fallen tin
tier his observation, and these have Is'en
ninny. He also observed its Cfleets In
several cases of acute articular rheuma
tism. in two of which six dronasufficed to
niibtluo the pain and swelling within a
jtcriod of twenty-four hour*. In one
caao of chronic rheumatism of a finger-
joint, whi«;b had lasted for half a year,
the slmphindministration of the ammo
nia comi
y».*
fly diapelled the iiifianmia-
in tlie joint witli in two
tin* spring, alsnit the same time as Indian
corn,on ground thill has Iktii thoroughly
jmlveri/cd with the harrow. Corn stub
ble or clover h<m| is tftit* of llm la st places
for a crop of broom corn. Ik*1 the row*
Ik* marked out three and a half feet
apart, after which sprinkle tin* seed in
tho marks as evenly as may Ik* practi
cable by the hand. A IfOttcr way is to
use a common garden drill. Cover (lie
seed by passing a I'ght olio-horse harrow
over the ground, going twice U> the row
If the land is clreldy. l>o not cover tho
seed too tleep. After the spears
alfout two inches high, go over tin* row’s
with n large harrow. Do not Ik* afraid
of tearing up the young plants, as the
greatest mistake with most |>eople con
sists in planting too thick; tlie stalks
should Ih* three mid four inches apart in
tho row. Two and a half quarts of oikmI
seed will Ik* sufficient for one acre, if tho
ground is in gtsal order. Hv harrowing
the small weeds will he killed, and the
working of the soil will give the corn a
start, after which tho growing crop will
require the same cultivation as other
corn. When the stalks l»egiu to shtsit
out in head, go over the field, liending
down all that are out, liefore the tojw
get. crooked. This operation will have
to Ik* done several times. After the
reed is nearly ri|*e, commence cutting
tlie brush. First cut tlie brush
rows, then go back and with a t
ter cut tin* stalks, laving them i
on tlie tows, so as to make a l*ed to keep
the brush from resting on the ground;
lay the brush on the bod and let it re
main two or tliiee days in tho sun, after
whieh tie tlie brush up in bundles ami
secure in round shocks, about twelve
buqdlc.H together. One lied will hold
the brush for eight or ten rows. Cover
the shocks with stalks tent fashion, mak
ing tight at the top, hut so that the air
can pass through the Ixiltoni. In this
manner tlie broom corn ought to stand
three or four weeks until thoroughly dry,
then cart to tin* barn and take o’fl* the
seed, which may l*o performed by using
a common threshing machine; take ufl*
the top, and, if an undershot, cross the
band; have a boy to hand you tlie brush,
ns much as you can hold tightly in vour
hands at mice, holding the reed emln on
sylindor as it revolves. In this way
man and a boy can clean several
hundred |smnds |H>r tiav. Much de
pends upon the kind of soil in raising
broom corn. Flat, loamy lands or river
bottoms will yield tlie l*est crons. Hot
paying crops of broom corn can Ih* raised
ay good corn land that will yield
700 to 1,000 pounds and -10 bushels
of seed to the acre.
tore are several varieties of broom
The improved evergreen is much
• profitable, as the brush is worth
almost twice as much in the market,
I the yield of reed will Ih> larger ami
iH’tter than the crop of the old red va
riety of br«*om corn. Praelicul Farmer.
‘Sure (T
for Itheumatisi
b# nim-«
Mouth.
The Now Yotk Oraphic says: " FtKit-
prints in the sand,” sang the poet, but he
failed to state their sIw-h. A ml since, in
connection witli tlie Into# t scandal, It re
mained for the Jenkinses at Washington
to let the world know that Mrs. ftelknap
wears only a one and a half "hoc, polite
society would seem to offer afield, III this
regard, for investigation. So much
weight ha* the saying that " you can't
[mt a No. x fopt Into a No, 8 ahoe" Inal
even astute committees, while gravely
considering retrenchment appropriations,
have often found It n convenient analo
gy. Unfortunately statistic* do not
pmi’8 In* Itl/fti ttf the adage, a* is evi
denced bv. iHlfltlftd* Of aching feet in
New Yfdk evefy day.
Hut New Yolk has something 10 Is*
prnbft of Id the matter of le*t, nqd espe
cially thosq of tlifi sex. It is the
tcstiiAOfiy if WQP? of the largefft fdstiiou-
able shoe-dealers that the average foot of
tin* feminine New Yorker is much small
er than that of «|<W other cities In the
United State-, and that there KWj bun
dreds of latlies in this city who wear .•
No. 1 shoe—a half «i<4! smaller than that
which so. recently pressed tlie cnr|xsU in
the temple of Hit- hdtiun's Mars. Anu|>-
town tlealer remarked that rt gfeal many
ladies wore ones ami twos, and many
more tried to do so and could not. Th<'
same desire to get on a small IksiI is man
iTested by tho gentlemen.
The sale* of fiisliiomihhi Issits ami
tilioe* In till*city reach their largest fig
ure with tlis ladies among the three*and
four* and (Villi Ihe gentlemen hi the
HGVCIIM anti eights, anti of llicsti sires tin
pro|Mirtion is about half to all others, ot
lor every pair of ones ami every two pairs
of twos, seven pair* of threes and lours
are soldi The ladies' sjws usiuillv run
from one* to sixes in tins c ity, while in
ftostou and other eastern cities they arc
marked from twos to sevens, and Inr the
gentlemen tlie usual range is from fives
to ten.-. Further south, and especially
in Houth Carolina, among those [s nide
who are direct descendants from tlie Hu
guenots, tho feet are much smaller. The
writer lias often heard a former slave
owner say that lit* could always tell a
Yankee by the sire of his feet. Then
there are tlie broad tScotch boot* ami
shoes, whore outward appearance give*
no sign of wlmt may Is* within ; and the
holt-nail*, moccasins, anti, last Imt not
least, the |K>nrlcrousfifteen* for thcgrnvo
and august senators of tlie sunny south,
whose sudden transfer from tho cotton
fields and riee-mcmlows to the Icgialativr
hulls included all their understanding.
There probably i* never jammed
same space hi much misery n/
found in a gathering of the colored breth
ren in their Hu inlay 1km its. Their tint
ami Ikmiv feet are in constant rel»ellion
against the refinini; mid cramping influ
ences of fashion. Then there is the since
Lint, made witli a view to counteract the
ofleet* of the slo|>ing of the stage, mid, of
course, Worn principally l>V dramatic
artistes. Tin* grace and dignity of step
that cliaraeterires Mis* F.ytinge or Miss
Dyas would Ik* int|s>ssinlt* on the slope
that leads to the footlights were not their
sIhk’m made so ns to hnrnionire* with the
haxnrtlotiscurve. A/iro/totof Lsits mid
shoes, it may Is* stated that tlie contri
liution* from this city to the Centennial
exhibit ion will embrace a variety that
will not Ih' equalled in the world A
manufacturer mi ft road way i- now en
gaged in preparing two pairaof shoes for
tin* exhibition from the skin of a human
L'ing, a pn'r fmm the skin of mi mmron-
da, a pair front a rattlesnake skin, a pair
from the liide of a kangaroo, ami another
pair from the skin of a catfish. The
leather of the last named i* equal in it*
texture to tlie finest silk, and of those of
the skin of a human L'ing tlie quality
would lie rated anywhere, perhajis, if we
ditl not know what it was, as super fine.
At no distant dn.v it may lie the lashion
for the merciless fair to count their shoes
hv the number of their victims, and lit-
rally trample their disappointed suitors
Poor Organ*.
The following from tho Ar*» YofA
Chrirlian Jrfro«i/r,’written by it" editor-
in-chief, Dr. Currie, some years sinee, i*
yet more true to-day than when it was
written; ns the [Mipularity of tlie instru
ment ha* extended, tlie number of in-
|ietcnt maker* lias increased. There
now few articles in reference, to
which the public i* more deceived and
|H>sed upon than in parlor or cottage
organ*. Thw L attested by the thou-
sund* of *iich instruments now standing
utterly luwleos, aft over the country,
whieh are but a few month* or years old:
Caujnkt oil I’aiujiK Oruanh. As
usual in such cases, the new and large
demand for these instruments ho* in
duced a great number of [icraor** In en
gaged in their manufacture, Home of whom
are quite unequal to the busincs* they
have undertaken. It require* Home*
thing more than mechanical skill of tlie
artificer in wood and iron to make :
prepare for ft*-’ * musical instrument ; i
vt t some hitve brought nothing else to
their iihl in the N«lne». Then-enUi'i
that the country is V'ctiming fill*-*! with
inferior and defective
MERIDEN
T«b "PATKifT iToar" IIashui Table Ksrrs.
CUTLERY
CO.
ID
ii «m> iii mint ii ixDLr.
Id !•» .11 Uealcra
trumeiits. iAtrge
ilcd for value
less articles, anil the people ar - ' Uef riiu j , b^
of their needed musical isliicath
evil is intensified by the fact that , m
inferior instruments are, on account 0
tiieir inferiority, most industriously
urged UpOfi the public. Ileeauw they
ctlhtoui compete with better one* in the
open maritf!- they *re pre**ed u|kiu the
public by direct aojkitatioiw: and L-
t-auM* they offer Utfrt camffltown*, they
are (uOft most commonfy offered by
agents and hawked by peddlers. Anu
ns most purchasers arc u/JnMc lojndge
of tho relative merits of these tilings, the
inferior article* arc often Liught when
is:ttef cm** are desired, itntl would Ik?
clicerfitlly paid for.
Induct'd l>y there COfirfM*ralbifi*, we
have Len Ht some pains to nftvrfain
wlmt instrument ot the many now so
liciting the public favor combine* the
greatest amount of real excelleneie*. NVe
have prosecuted till* inquiry entirely
independently of aid or direction from
interested parties. The opinion* rif some
of the is-st nififffcffl trifiH, ebmporers,
mid |s?rformer* hnve liee/i otdalnerl; re-
rt* of cx)ierimetit* made in (lie ofdi-
ry ure of various instruments in
churchtfl. school*, and families lin re liecn
ctimparcii, all of whicli < with singular
iimiuimitv concur in assijffibiy the first
n| * tv to the Cald net Organ ol Mandti A
Hamlin a decision that corrcs|>onds
with our own previously formed eonvie
lions. * ^ * We hare written
there things without <JifMtnlioii from
e, and without the xiK/HLda^ of
hose pecuniary interests we
reem to favor. The interest of
readers is the object w have sought
esjieeially to promote, ami in that
est we bare prosecuted our inquirie
and flow We reopril our convictions. —1
Y. ('hr if linn An^tcafe.
s cm * n.i.r.
wrLB. n M t'omoOTro or
PURE COD LIVER
OIL AND* LJMEy
omiHTt "itv
I lentil, wn# .trnlthiiy
Mild L*
elniHett*
underfoot. NoL'tte
vised for the epidermis "t the
wasting in despair, die Is 1
man’s fair.”
Worn a ii Null mice
Yielding to the im|">rtunilies of the
advocates of woman's entranchisemr
the committee of the MaasachiiH'tt* *
nte to whieh the matter was referretl
reisirtetl a woman sutfrage hill. '1.
bill is not at ail satisfactory to the suf
fragists; hut they look untni it ns a con
cession to them, and the ract that it has
I teen proposed as a reason for a continu
ance of agitation rather than for Ihe ces
sation thereof. As it stands the hill
neither prn|x>Hf.s to admit all
who are eitixens to the enjoyment of the
elective franchise, nor to allow those who
arc admitted tlie exercise of the right in
all elections. Women to enjoy the .priv
ilege# of the hill must L* at least twenty-
one year* of age, must have the educa
tional qualifications of voters of the
other sex. and must have paid a
upon pro|*orty within two years,
women voters are made eligible to i
nicipai offices, and their right of voting
is confined to the offices to whieh they
are eligible. In sinking of the hill the
ftostoi\ Traveller says that it might L-
urged in its support that more than
twenty-live thousand women are direct
ly, or through guardians, taxed in Mas
sachusetts on property amounting
nearly one hundred and twenty
of dollars, and that the
them amounts to nearly l
lollar* [»er annum.
A l.m i.K bov, four years old, in I'tica,
and 1 i" reported to have been Lully poisoned
“ 1 by stocking* dyed brown with picric acid.
The ft*v*ton Journal of Chemistry say#:
The number of " infallible” cures *(or
rheumatism that have Ihvii announced
ia* become a matter of joke. Our
vadera have doubtless seen tho amusing j Anoi.mos of i iik Dkatii 1Y.xai.ty.
i#t ot a liundrcd t*r so of these specifics, —Maine is the fifth state that has nbol-1 *»><». >f i^
irofessional and non professional, that | isheti the death penalty. The other four J
tas gone the rounds of the imjier#. Dr. i are Iowa, Wisconsin, Sliehigan and Don- rhiu.t.*i|*hi*. *.*«<#
Kntnr Heller has added one more to the I necticut. Iowa is aLmt to restore the \ trwitinrni..( |..ii>n.
•atalogue, and that is ammonia, whieh ho ! pillows, having found the immunity en- l hIKi»i , ^tan throw*
advocates enthusiastically in the Modi- (Joyed by murderers to Is* fatal ton large ration, (or «h#u i«hWn* or nuou-r
r.inische l*rove *»f Vienna. For several and constantly increasing proportion of an!l^h»iuauB^*!«tn > tn > hMi ° K ' ,h<> , '"' rnt
years lie had been .. sufferer from severe 1 her [*opulation. In Wisconsin and Mich-' T«#naMr ihri'iiini'orn'
muscular rheumatism in the right igan, two agricultural and emincntlv
shoulder ; he had taken all the common [waccable and law-abiding states, the ah- j Ih.'Di!N mI'-iv.''ils
anti rheumatic remetlies with but little i olition has worked well enough. In Ycr-j *u ot»tr«rUi»n», «ris\ ihe iron t>i»<i<i«r, the Nie
alleviation, when he began to reason that mont, the hanging statute still remain*] \vZtx\ Tonte*t» a ^nOelimuian t
alterative ; the alkali .%f which it i» rv>inp<eot.
t rheumatism, as in gout, there may L» j on the Lxiks, but it has Iwn practically
aeid diathesis; he tlioupht that idslished for many years. >furvicrs
liquor ammonia*, on account of its tapid | the Green Mountain
volatilisation, would be the ivnietly most j and a life imprisonment is punishment
readily absorbed, and the most prompt enough where there is no criminal class
in action. He took one drop, diluted 1 to overawe with the gall*
with water, and felt immediately a com- however, has Iwn tlie scene
pie te relief from the pain, which h'ad lasted atrocious murders in the last five ye:
for ten hours ; he was now able to move and the abolition of the death penalty
freely the arm which, an instant before, , that
he could scarcely l>enr to have touched.! tune.
Tlu* grim inoimt
itiqiroarliiiig. I could iiluiovt
fiery breath upon mv
less Rod.I.M, llyg(-i:i, bad utterly dco-rU
im'. Only now and then would .MorplifiiH l
friend me, but nit tbi* aHaidoloin day, he had
d*‘igni'd t«> ninUtcn my ryeUd* *itii heav
piiI.v nmbro#ia, *nd I #lcpi. A* I tic
hold, 1 had a dream ! I tboiiubl that I *v.i
roiunimt iijmui foreign soil whither mv physi
•iaii had sent me to recover my health. I wn
n n great metropolis- one of the grand mart
if the world. In one of my at roll# I elwmecd
who had in Iii# hand a hand
aoiiiHy-hofftnl volume, entitled "The t’eo
ple’a t'omnion Henae Met|Iis*l Adviser," ami
wli" said lie win an agent for tlie sale of tlo
hook. The title wn» attrh n novel one llmt I
was impelled to giv*- (lie
tier. A# I hastily glsneed
served tlml it coiitHiiie*!
ilv found in medieal work#, lint I had
too many time* been hoaxed by appear
auer#, and I determined that I would naie
iiorAiim to <lo with it. A voice w ithin me,
like a faithful nfeittnr, whispered, " Knnu i/t',
Opportunity; on that L*olt i* thy salvation !*’
reasoning with mv#elf. Mthougli
doulttful and distrustful, yet I put forth
take the honk, nut!, hi! the hh
! I wa# mLcrahlr. lu mv ngouv I
nke. (ircat drop# of perspiration
in mv brow. Mv *ny lie*hide was a friend
u had called during my slumhci
Said mv friend. “ i liaxe brought witli
A honk, just published, w hieh 1 though I
might interest i/**"." One glance at the work,
"Hired that it was "The People’-
use Medieal Adviser," by Mr. It.
ieree, of Muftalo, N. V. Kurrlv, (Am
vcritdde hook whieh I had
My friend loaned me I
•cry day, u- my strength permitted, I
nd Remedies. I believed that I
• affection, and yet more than
i-dical attendant had pronounced
Consumption
particularly in..p'i».r-,
I Street, New Orleans, Wholesale Agents.
i-iiti NovrtTr l'Aiaitso Lu . AilU#a<L Mass.