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The Covington Star
J. W. ANDERSON, Editor and Proprietor.
Why Maids Will Wed.
A good wife rose from her bed one morn
And thought with nervous dread
Of the piles on piles of clothes to be washed
And the dozen of mouths to be fed.
“There’s the meals to get for the men in the
field,
And the children to fix away to school,
And all the milk to be skimmed and churned;
And all to be done this day.”
It had rained in the night and all the wood
Was wet as it could be,
There were puddings and pies to bake
And a loaf of cake for tea;
And the day was hot, and her aching head
Throbbed wearily as she said;
“If maidens but knew what good wives
know
They’d not bo in haste to wed.”
“Annie, what do you think I told Ned
Brown?”
Called the farmer from the well,
And a flush crept up to his bronzed brow
And his eyes half bashfully fell.
“Itwas th:s. And coming near he smiled.
1 ‘It was this. That you are the be3t
And the dearest wife in town. ”
The farmer went back to the field,
And the wife, in a smiling, absent way,
Sang snatches of tender little songs
She’d not sung in many a day.
And the pain in her head was gone and her
clothes
Were as white ns the foam of the sea,
And her butter as sweet and golden as it
could be.
The night came down.
The good wife smiled to herself as she said:
“ ’T s so sweet to labor for those we lova
It is not strange that maidens will wed. ”
HIS DISCOVERY.
The Rev. Mr. Shaw contrasted greatly
with his surroundings—his spotless cloth
fitting so well h : s strong, manly figure;
his clear-cut, Grecian features, and dark,
wavy hair thrown back with careless
grace from his smooth brow. He was
visiting one of those wretched tenement
houses used by the very poor, and be¬
fore him was a forlorn group. A widow
who had just buried her husband; she
had fivo helpless children--tho eldest
six, the youngest a nursling baby, and a
pair of twins among them. The rags,
and, worso than all, the dirt of poverty
everywhere apparent. An expression of
almost sublime pity rested on the coun¬
tenance of the minister. The woman,
with her apron thrown over her head,
rocked herself to and fro, and wailed
forth her great trouble'.
“Have you no friends?” asked Mr.
Shaw, in a low voice.
. • Some, but as bad or wuss off than
us. Yes,” she said, looking up with a
grateful, bright expression, . t there is
one— Lord bless her! who has done a
lot for me—Miss Mehitabel Sanks. She
sent medicine and the doctor to the
old man, and guv mo clothes and
suthin' to eat; and many’s the man,
woman, and child that blesses her for
taking care of ’em. Why, sir, she even
leaves little cards with stamps on ’em,
and Job Potter, who can write, sends
’em to her when we are in a very bad
state, and they are always answered.”
After assuring her of his sympathy,
and that he would do what he could for
her, the minister wended his way home.
Mr. Shaw was the rector of one of the
wealthy churches of the city, and Mabel
Lee was one of the parishioners. Her
face was Madonna-like in its tender
curves and beauty, the large blue eyes
with just a tinge of sadness, tho perfect
curve of the red lips, a faultless com
plexion, and blonde hair that was like a
halo of light round the graceful head.
But, ah, when she talked it was like a
damper, a mist on a beautiful picture, |
marring the tints that otherwise would
have been perfect.
Absorbed in these thoughts he found
himself in front of Mr. Lee’s house, and,
obeying an impulse, he turned into the
gate, and was admitted.
As Miss Leo entered tho parlor ho !
thought ,,,,,,, he had seldom seen a fairer . . !
vision, and was vexed to feel his heart
it l • ,.i i H jn - t ]
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W “ Ab l "mv ° Sha w ,‘l tTsee
you. h«d a rnl n'-t SD ril of ennui this !
morning. This 1 ' “ ,J novel C is wretched ' ’
as both hero and heroine dio in the most j :
provoking way a.1 because o some over- .
strained idea of duty; and " as J Ui :
wishing that some one would come in :
and I could have a cheerful little chat
to dispel the gloomy impression.”
“Then I’m afraid,” smilingly, “you
will not like your present visitor. I
have not come iu a very cheerful humor; ]
and, besides, I wish to ask of you a
favor.” I
“A favor! That is too lovely. Con
elder is granted, even to the half of my
kingdom. 1 am truly glad that you
wish to ask a favor of me, because I did j
not think your opinion of me was sufii- I
ciently good for such a thing. Do you
know,” with a sudden droop of the eyes,
< ( that you always made me feel as if I am
doing something wrong?”
“Do I? Well, I shall give you a
golden opportunity now to redeem your
self. I have just been visitiug some of
those wretchedly poor families in
street,and I would like it so much if you
could interest some ladies iu their behalf
—visit them and relieve them.’
A look of consternation overspread
her pretty face as she exclaimed:
“Oh, indeed, you don’t mean for me
to go there? Ilow could I ever stand
it? I can’ thear such places. Ask me
almost anything else, The dreadful
men and women 1 the odor: Ugh 1”
with a shudder. “Ask me almost any.
thing else.
“I really feel that I owe you an
opology for intrudingsuch a disagreeable
subject, particularly after your nerves
were shattered with your novel, Good
morning;” and he bowed himself out
very abruptly, with a strange little pain j
in his heart.
Everywhere that he went in his charity j
rounds he could see and feel the influ- i
ence of Miss Banks’ good acts. She
seemed to be an angel of mercy who
never tired and who devoted her entire
time to charity. All that she did was
marked by a practical good sense and a
depth of thought and feeling that he
could not fail to admire. Still bechanced
never to meet her.
One day when entering the postofiice
ho saw in advance of him the graceful
figure’of Mabel Leo. Bhe was unaware
of his presence, and standing idly be¬
hind her he felt as if he had received an
electric shock as she asked: ‘ ‘Is there
anything for Miss Mehitable Banks?”
and then received and pocketed several
postal cards.
Acting upon an impulse, with a few
hasty steps he soon overtook her. He
was lost in a bewildering surprise. Bhe
was the last person with whom he would
have connected Miss Sanks in any way,
and her great agitation as he walked be¬
side her increased his surprise. A sudden,
bright suspicion caused his heart to beat
almost to suffocation.
“Tell ine, Miss Mabel,” he said, “what
have you to do with Miss Banks’ let
ters?”
“I really can’t understand, Mr. Shaw,
what right you have to ask such a ques¬
tion. In all things spiritual I acknowl¬
edge your right, but in this instance you
forget yourself.”
“Tell me,” he said, with eager, re¬
gardless haste, “are you Miss Sanks?”
A sudden burst of tears was her only
answer, as she hastily pulled down her
veil and walked silently beside him.
“So, Mabel,” he murmured tenderly,
your heart is as beautiful as your face,
though you have veiled your goodness
under an exterior of frivolity. This is
not the general rule of humanity.”
< t Nevertheless, I have only been obey
ing your instructions. Don’t you remem
that yon some time ago preached against
ostentatious charity ? ‘Let not thy left
hand know what thy right hand doeth.’
I thought there was a world of truth and
force in it, and I have only practiced
what you preached. And now, Mr.
Shaw,” she said, with a demure glance
at him, “if you are done with my hands
I will not trouble you to hold them for
me any longer.”
“No,” he said, gravely, “I do not
wish to return them. My dear!” he said,
tenderly, “give mo the privilege of own¬
ing them always. Won’t you, my dar¬
ling ?”
She hesitated ; then, with a lovely
blush and smile, she laid both her hands
in his.
One for Miss Sanks—one for my¬
self."
Preserving Eggs.
The following* the “Havana process”
fw ing cg2S| tbo formu la for
which has been kept a secret or sold to
persons who were willing to pay $2 for
u . Take twen ty-f 0 ur gallons of water
andputinit 13 p0U nds of unslaked
Ume , md four pouads of saU . Stir well
several tlmes a day and then let it stand
andsettle until perfectly clear. Then
(1rftw off twenty gallou3 of the clear
u me an d saltwater. By putting a spigot
barrel about four inchcs above the
bottom you can draw off the clear water |
and leave the settlings. Then take five
ounces of baking soda, fivo ounces of
cream tartar, live ounces saltpetre, five
’
ounces , borax and one ounce of . alum, .
pulverize these, mix ana dissolve in a
u gallon of boiling water, which should be
* <»- This will «»* fill <»* whisky «< barrel «•
water. a
about half ful1 an<1 such a b:Urel h ° ld 9
150 dozen eggs. Let the water stand ,
one incl1 aboye the eggs - Cover wlth
an old cloth and put a bucket of the |
settlings over it. Do not let the cloth
^ over the barrel. As the water j
evap0 ^ rates add more, and the eggs must
^ corerod ]
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A Terrible Weapon.
AVhat is in a police club? Usually it
is a useful piece of locust, but a ser
geant in the East Fifty-ninth Street |
Station toid mo the other day that he
was presented with a day club which
be d id not dare to carry. It was
meant for use among the gangs. As
be twirled it nt the end of the leather
thong it was a neat looking stick, not
easily distinguished from the ordinary
c’ub but if a tough took hold of it to
wrest it away, four short, sharp, two
ed-red knife' blades could be thrown I
out on four sides of the club, to the
ruination of the hand of the tough. |
How many policemen carry weapons |
like that?— Brook'yn Etg’.e.
Use of Snlphur. j
t > What a bid complexion Miss Sloapor
has!”
ii Well, she ought to have, She’s all |
the tiin: doctoring it. Actually, she puts
sulphur on her face!
sulphur good for?” '
“Sulphur! What’s
‘ ‘Matches. ’ ‘— Life.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27. 188G.
A PET HOTEL.
Birds and Beasts Cared For
While Owners are Away.
How Featherel and Other Favorites are
Boarded and What it Costs.
Iu upper Broadway is a large, airy
store for the sale of bird aud beast pet 3
.
ln addition to being a store, it is a bote 1
" a hotel for pets whose owners put them
out to board during the hot weather.
Just as soon as the days grow long and
warm, and the fashionable world begins
flitting away to seashore, lake-side and
mountain, the Pet Hotel begins to fill up.
Cruel aud unreasonable prejudice
even the most beautiful, intelligent and
exemplary dogs accompanying their mas¬
ters and mistresses. Birds are such a
nuisance to travel with that
few persons attempt to take them alon Ot ' t
except tough old maids, who have
strange ways of their owu. And as for
monkeys, no hotel with a sane proprie¬
tor would open its doors to them, of
course. So the best arrangement that
can be made, for both owners and pets,
is to leave the latter in the care of an ex¬
pert person during the summer. That is
where the proprietor of the Pet Hotel
comes to the front as tho expert person.
He sees to it that the birds and beasts
are properly fed, that their oages and
kennels are carefully cleansed daily, that
any sick among them are properly iso¬
lated and doctored until they get well,
and for all this makes quite reasonable
charges.
For boarding a big mastiff or St. Ber¬
nard or Dachshund, with an appetite like
a hired man, ho will charge $4 or $5 a
week; but reasonably sized dogs, such as
fox terriers, pugs, Yorkshire terriers,
black and tans, aud even spitzes, are
boarded for only $2.50 a week. There
aro generally fifteen or twenty dogs here
as temporary residents at this season.
Their kennels are in a large, light high
ceiled, and well-ventillated basement,
where dog would doubt
less deem himself very comfortable for a
time, but would eventually find exist¬
ence rather monotonous. The hospital
kenneis for sick dogs aro out in the yard
at the back of the building, where they
will be completely isolated from the
other animals. Tho food of the dogs
consists of bread, water, and the meat
saved from the tables of a large restau¬
rant.
Cats are also boarded for $2.50 a
week. They are kept in a large wire
cage where a glance in” any direction
satisfies them of the utter uselessness of
yowling for “M’rier,” and consequently
they are very quiet and unobjectiona¬
ble boarders.
The bird guests in the Pet Hotel
outnumber the bensts always. Cana¬
ries and finches are cared for at 25
cents a week; parrots, macaws, and
mocking birds, 50 cents a week. The
only big birds boarding here now are
a sulphur-crested cockatoo belonging to
a Polish count who is temporarily in
Europe, and a huge macaw, as gay in
colors as a new barber pole, belonging
to Theodore Moss. The macaw is not
simply a boarder, but patient. Its
feet are paralyzed, and if it does not
get better on treatment they are going
to astonish it with some electricity.
Tho price for boarding monkeys is
seventy-five cents a week, which barely
covers tho bananas, milk, and eggs that
the quadrumanous pets require. Not
many of them are brought to the Pet
Hotel, and the proprietor thereof is
rather glad of it. No good reason seem9
to exist for putting monkeys to board
bero i n idleness when their aristocratic
owners might be drawing a revenue from
them bv hiring them out to Italian dukes
the rural hand-organ , season. u
0 r
haps the prevalence ot some 8Ucl1 ar *
r ftn g eraen t prevents the number of mon
*>»«*«.
j u conversation with the proprietor
tho fact was dev, ' lo I ,cd tlmt our P eo P ,e
car e very little for our most charming
native birds, preferring those imported
from otber countries; but thero is a great
and steady demand in Europe for any
gweet . vo iced little “indigo” beauties,
American goldfinches, Virginia nightin
eales> Baltimore orioles, and other choice
birds from the United States.—A Tori
Sun.
Not Acquainted,
Many men arcs o rushed and driven by
business affairs, that they often say
laughingly, that they have no time to
u get acquainted with their families.”
The Boston Post tells au amusing inci¬
dent renarding one of tlnesc very busy
men: his child
He usually left home before
ren were up in the morning, and did not
return until after they had gone to bed.
He was hurrying away one morning
when he found that his little boy had
arisen earlier than usual and was playing
on the sidewalk.
“Go into the house.”
The little fellow refused. His father
seized h 'in and punished him.
The child went into the house crying,
and the mother asked,—
“What’s the matter?”
“Man hit me!” cried the child.
“What mm?”
“Why, that man that stays here Sun¬
'
days.”
Extravagance at Harvard College, I
All the men rooming in Holworthy
Hall, and about half of the men in the
other halls, employ the janitor of their
building to light fires, black boots, etc.,
at an annual expense of $25. Sundries,
at $150, can easily be accounted for when
one considers how near Boston, with all
its attractions, is to Cambridge. The
amount paid to Boston theatres would
alone be a very large sum. Then din¬
ners and money spent for liquors swell
tho total, About seventy men
might be enrolled in this list of very lib¬
eral livers.
This leaves about forty who live
neither economically, moderately nor
liberally. The only adjective left to
describe them is • ( extravagant. As I
these are the men unfortunately, who !
give the general public their impression I
of the whole institution, and have brought ]
Harvard into a bad reputation for mo- j
rality, they deserve spscial attention. |
Most of them are from New York and
the West. Consequently they have few
acquaintances in the vicinity of Boston,
and run no risk of ruining their reputa¬
tion by fast living. They are too often
the scions of families that have rnoro
money than brains. Some have particu¬
lar wavs of dissipation. One man gam¬
bles excessively, another drinks,the next
poses as a man about town, ready for all
kinds of “hardly innocent merriment.”
Others go into society and devote their
attention chiefly to dress and dudery. A
few of them are popular men in their
class. The majority are not. As they
have no time for study, they get through
college by means of tutors who cram
facts into their brains just before the
examinations. They are generally able
fellows when they devote their attention
to anything useful. Some, no doubt,
will make excellent citizens after leaving
college. Others aro ruined. At any
rate, their influence while in college,
both on their classmates and on the rep¬
utation of the college, is bad and de¬
moralizing. They spend all the way
from $1500 to $5000.— Boston Herald.
Modern Teetotalism.
The celebration of the tenth anniver
sary of the accession of the reigning sul
tan, Abdul Hamid, was observed with a
patriotic devotion that showed no flag¬
ging, writes a correspondent of the j
Hartford Gourant. The 20th of May is
the 4th of July of ^Turkey, and the
thunder of cannon, the gayety of the
decorations, the brilliancy of the fire
works in all the large centres were hardly
inferior to the patriotic displays in other
lands. There is, however, a certain so
briety in oriental festivities which is in- ;
dicative of good sense. Oae contrast
was especially noticeable; there was no
drunkenness. The police reports of j
Beyrout for the 20th of May would not ;
probably contain a single case of arrest 1
for disorderly conduct caused by wine or
liquor. In fact, the Mohamedan world ■
is a teetotal world, and wine drinking !
among the Moslems is extremely rare, and
when practised has to bo shrouded with
all the secrecy of the back-cellar of a
Maine grog-shop. Beyrout has a large
European population as well as many
native Christians who use wine, and a
number of wine depots are licensed. ;
Y r et I have never seen a person under !
the influence of liquor in the East. - Be¬
fore tho advent of Europeans, there was
but little wine drinking it at all at
Beyrout. Things arc changing for the
worse in that particular. The Moslem
religion, however, is a vast teetotal so
cietv and its benficent influence will al- ;
ways keep a check , , upon _______.____ the customs of
the country. ]
Ruled by Snperslitlon. |
I noticed in one of the papers, says !
Alfred Trumble in the New York News,
j an account of the death, at Balt Lake
C ity, 0 f eight Mormon children, of diph
| theria, because the superstition of their
1>aren t s forbade cal ing in a doctor.
»*
f or a cure and the treatment failed. I
know a community of foreigners iu this
wise city of New York that, though it
j does no t hold to the Mormon creed, holds |
firmly to this one of its beliefs. It has
common cure for every mortal ill
from consumption to corns—oil and
17 ' xhe oi ) ig kerosene and is ap- *
plied exernally with friction. The mem
bers of this besotted band are English,
And the, are part of a considerable bodv
there -
of their kind that sprang up some
years ago. Ihcy are working , - people, ,
thrifty and prudent, and live sober and
domestic lives. Vegetarianism is one of
their doctrines; another is to never read
the newspapers on account of the wicked.
ness they record. This latter fact may
excuse their debased intellectuality and
explain the imbecility of their medical
practice. j
A Shrewd Boy. 1
A jar of preserves had effected a very
mysterious disappearance during tho ]
night, and the fact was mentioned at the
breakfast table next morning. Denials
of guilt cmne from every side, but it was
noticed that one particular youngster
was silent. j
“And what have you to say, Georgie!”
finally said his aunt, turning toward
him. And then very honestly and
solmnly came the response:
“My pa don’t allow me to talk at th#
tabl*.”— Pittzbarg Dispatch.
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.
Dr. C. Keller, of Zurich, finds reason |
for believing that spiders destroy more j
aphides and insect enemies of trees than I
do alt the insect-eating birds, His I
views have been verified by observation I
on coniferous trees, a few broad-leaved
trees and apple trees. |
The large number of deep wells sunk j
in and about London during the thirty
years is said to have so lowered tho gen¬
eral level in the chalk which underlies
tho district that the water has fallen
about a foot a year. The supply seems
to be abundant still, however. ■
A remarkably brilliant meteor was
lately seen in England, and two hours
end a half later a similar phenomenon
u ' as witnessed in India, over 5000 miles
away. It is suspected that the two ob
serrations were of the same meteor, about
the usual speed of meteors being indi.
cated.
According to observations made in
Munich on a zinc roof which had been in
use for twenty-seven years, it is estimated
that such a roof, one-forty-eighth of an
inch in thickness, would last for 1243
years. It was found that the ru9t oi
zinc, instead of hastening, litre iron rust,
the oxidation on the metal underneath,
really protected it.
The deepest artesian well in the world
is that now being bored at Pesth for the
purpose of supplying the public baths
and other establishments with hot water.
A depth of 3120 feet has been reached,
and 170,000 gallons are furnished daily
at a temperature of 176 degrees Fahren¬
heit. It is proposed to carry the boring
to a greater depth and obtain a greater
supply of water at a temperature of abouf
176 degrees Fahrenheit.
Tho meteorites that fall upon the earth
are composed chiefly of iron. Signoi
Bombicci suggests an explanation of this.
The earth is a big magnet, as shown bj
the proceedings of a bar of stool freelj
suspended and accurately balanced oniti
centre. Bombicci’s idea is that this big
terrestrial magnet, when rushing throng!
space containing meteoric particles
exerts a selective attraction for thosr
which are ferruginous. Tho fact that s<
many masses of meteoric iron have beet
found in the Arctic regions, so far as r
goes, supports this theory.
Neuralgli.
A very simple relief for neuralgia is to
boil a handful of lobelia in half a pint o|
water, till tho strength is out of the herb,
then strain off and add a teaspoonful o)
g ne ga it. Wring cloths out of the liquid
as bo £ as possible, and spread them over
Hie part affected. It ac‘s like a charm,
Change the cloths as soon as cold, til]
j] le pa i n }g a p gone; then cover th(
p ] ace with soft, dry covering till per
ppiration is over, so as to prevent taking
cold.
Take two large tablespoonfuls of co
i 0 gue and two teaspoonfuls of fine salt:
m i x them together in a small bottle;
every time you have any acute affection
of the facial nerves, or neuralgia, sim¬
ply breathe the fumes into your nose
from . .t the bottle, i and j you will -ii i be name- ■
diately relieved. j
Prepare horse-radish by grating 3 1
an<
mixing with vinegar, the same as foi
the table, and apply to the temple 1
when the face or head is affected, oi
to the wrist when the pain is in thr
arm or shoulder.
Angel's Wings,
The ' iu “ be ^ of wlllga that should g<
t0 an aa gel, where tuey should , be placed,
aud how, ’ is the subject " now exercising f thi
minds of the Royal Institute of , Arch- ,
ecologists. The question of the osteolo
gy of the angels is au old one, and dif- j
ferent schools of artists have answered ii;
in different ways. Thero is, for instance,
a stained-glass window at Merton college,
Oxford, :he angel on which has six wings,
Two are more common, though two pain |
of forelimbs, “one modified into arms and bj!
the other into wings,” are advocated
a distinguished authority. Perhaps ol!
greater interest is the scientific objectiot j
that tho angels of tho artists are no, j
“built for flight. » The angels “abundance of Raph I
acl and Botticelli have ol
wings, but they are merely show wings,
[f the figures were to attempt to fly front!
their canvasses, they would come to tin
ground as certainly as would the angeL
of the patomime if her strings broke.- j
«■ 0a ^U- '• !
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.
A i Y-n New tutor Motor.
What surprises there are in modern
chemistry! It is now claimed that that j j
harmless looking substance soda, can b<
B0 manipulated that it may be converted J
j nt0 a powerful motor. A car is run
fr0]n gtate strect( Chicago, "it the motive
poW er of which is soda, docs not re
quire any fire, is noiseless, emits no of
fensive smells, has no exhaust stack or i
steam whistle to frighten horses, and
makes fully as good time as the old-fash-1
ioned steam dummy. It takes only j
thirteen minutes to charge it, and ii
will run continuously for six hours nftei
it is loaded. Tho Boston & Albany
Railroad company is also building a
ty ton soda fountain to haul its
through Boston; a similar machine
successful use upon a road in
and a company in Minneapolis is about
to close a contract that will supply
its cars with ttvo-horse power soda foun
tain.
VOL. XII, NO 49.
A Man Attacked by Weasels.
Mr. Maclaren, a gamekeeper of Wick,
in Caithnes -shire, the other day had a
narrow escape of his life from an attack
made upon him by weasels on Sir. dyne’s
field on the farm of S'.irkoke. While ho
was on his knees setting a mole trap, he
was suddenly surprised by a strange
sound, h i if coming from a hive of bees,
a £ bis back, and immediately a swarm of
weasels appeared on either side of him,
and began to climb upon him. Instantly
realizing the dangerous position in which
he was placed he sprang to his feet; but
meantime the animals attacked him with
the utmost ferocity, screaming as if iu
great rage. Maclaren, wi h a slick which
lie carried, struck them from his legs,
killing no fewer than nine of them. As
showing the desperate nature of the en¬
counter, ihe correspondent slates that
Maclareu’s legs were black and blue above
the knee from the strokes of the stick.
Thero seemed to bo two young broods
located near tho hedge, and as many es¬
caped as were killed. Maclaren brought
home eight of the animals as evidence of
the battle. This is the second time he
has been attacked by weasels, On the
first occasion ho had to retire to save his
life.— London Si. Jame' S' Gazette
The Worst Bread.
At last it haa been discovered where
the worst bread in tho world is made—it
is iu Svanstia, among tho Caucasian
Mountains. After reading the following
description by a recent traveller, we
ought to be thankful even if our bread
should be slightly sour or a little heavy
sometimes:
Conceive a thing like a largo Sally
Lunn, only flatter, made of a mixture of
the coarsost oatmeal and sand, very
heavy, more than half sour, and very wet.
When you have imagined this, you have
imagined tho thiDg which the unsophis¬
ticated Svan looks upon as the staff of
life. Still, bad as it was, only one of
our party refused to cat of it, and that I
one our interpreter, P.aton.
At first I was very angry wi h him, j
considering that as he had been bred in 1
the country, what was good enough for !
us ought to be good enough for j
him. But he was right for all that, as
our disordered digestions and a violent
attack of heart-burn told us next morn
mg- To eat the bread of Svanstia with
impunity, even an ostrich would requiro
to be nourished on it from earliest in
fancy, otherwise it would assuredly be too
much even for his digestion.
His Favorite Topic.
The story is almost old enough to bo
new' again, in which the chief figure is
an old Baptist preacher, ^who never was
known to preach without dwelling on
immersion, aud who was made the sub
ject of a wager by two of the unright
eous,one of whom undertook to furnish a
text from which the parson was to speak
impromptu, aud in which he could find
no basis for a sermon on immersion. By
a little scheming it w r as arranged, and
the text wa a , “The voice of the turtle is
heard in the land. i t My friends,” said
the , speaker, , , “you , have all ,, , heard .... ot tur
^ ... often them. — You
*‘ es - ou lavo seen
know that a turtle often climbs up on a
log or a bauk t0 811,1 ,mn8elf ; tben ’
perhaps, have heard his . but
you voice;
did you ever notice what hnppens when
that turtle returns to his native element,
my brethren? Is there any dallying
thero? No, there is none. Ho plunges
into the water; he immerses himself in
the element; he is covered by the immer
siou; and this brings us to a contempla¬
tion, my friends, of the fundamental
doctrine of immeision.”
Origin of Negro Minstrelsy.
This department of theatricals dates
as far back as 1799, though the first
Uiinetrel company was not organized till
1843. I he earliest instance of the intro
ductiou of negro characters ou the stage
occurred in Boston, Dec. 81, 1799.
Russell’s Boston Gazette of that date con
tamed an advertisement of the entire
performance, as given at tho Federal
Street Theatre at the time. Thg first
piece was “Orouoko; or, the Royal
Slave.” At the end of. the second act
there is a song of “The Gay Negro Boy. ’
ia character, and this was given by Mr.
Graupner, a member of the old Federal
strcet com P an Y The famous pantomime
of “Gil Bias” had been introduced that
Christmas week, and although the house
was hung with mourning a at that time on
account ot . the .. death , of Washington, w ,
such W£L , the applause given to the song
0 f “TheX-.-ro Boy” that he had to bring
in h is little bench and sing his story
oyel . and over> ’ again and again.—New ”
y ari: World.
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Advised to Learn Dentistry.
Mrs. Smith.—“The newspaper says
that six female dentists were graduated
in Philadelphia last week. What a sin
gular profession for a woman to engage
in I”
Mr. Smith.—“I don’t see anything
wrong in it, my dear, In fact, I think
you ought to learn the business.”
Mrs. Smith.—“Me learn tho business!
Why, John! Why should I learn den
Mr. Smith.—“Because dentistry com
pels your patients to hold their mouths
open; and just think what a fine oppor
Iu: nity it would give you to do all the
I talking! Ill
Mutability.
A song Is finished, and a chapter read;
A task completed, and a day
Passed on; a heart beats quickly and is dead;
A pleasant day-dream fades away.
I The thrones upbuilded, soon in ruins fall;
I The shaft of marble topples o’er;
j The waves of time tear down each mighty
wall,
And strew its fragments on the shore.
We place an idol in the bosom’s shrine,
And unseen powers cast it down;
TPo dream, and on a regal throne recline;
, But wake, to mourn a missing crown.
—Franklyn W. Lee in the Current
HUMOROUS.
Why is the little boy like a postage
stamp? He often gets stuck on a letter.
An Illinois hen lays two eggs every
day except Sundays. On Sundays she
lays off.
“It’s a poor rule that won’t work both
ways,” exclaimed the boy as he threw
the ferrule at the schoolmaster’s head.
“Mamma," said an interesting juve¬
nile, “do sheep write?’ “No child.”
“Then why are they provided with
pens?’
A young man wants to know how to
bring out a moustache. Tie a cord
around it tightly, hitch the cord to a
post, and then run backward.
“I wish Columbus had never been
bom” was what a London merchant said
when he heard that his cashier had left
for New York with all the assets.
Fine complexion Mrs. II. has got, n
said Brown to his friend Bristles, the
artist. “I know it,” replied Bristles,
“she and I buy our colors at the same
shop.”
A young man was recently asked to go
duck hunting and refused, giving as a
reason that the aquatic birds were too
personal iu their remarks. He was a
physician.
Little Charlie U Papa, will you buy
me a drum?” Fond father—“Ah, bat,
my boy, you will disturb me very much
if i do.” Charlie—“Oh, no, papa, I
won't drum except when you’re asleep."
“I am satisfied on every point but
one,” said a gentleman to an applicant
for service. “I cannot get over your
nose. “That is not to be wondered at,
sir,” replied the applicant, “for the
bridge is broken.”
His Blushes Visible.
A good story is told concerning a new¬
comer who appeared on parade with a
very dirty neck. “Sergeant!” said the
captain. “Sir!” said the sergeant.
“Have this man scrubbed.” “Yes, sir.”
The man was taken away by halfadozen
0 f his companions to the bath and
Gripped an d vigorously washed. At the
a fternoon parade he took up his position
ffith the rest “Sergeant!” said the
: captain .. Sir! » said the sergeait'
j 9 that man I told you to scrub?”
“There sir!” “Where?” “Therel”
"Oh, no; nonsense 1” (( Yes, sir; that’s
the man 1” What! that man?” “Yes,
g j r p> “Well, now you say so, I fancy it
must be; but I shouldn’t have known
him. What a difference it makes to a
man to be clean 1” Happy recruit 1 every
man on the grin and he blushing violent
ly, conscious that for the first time for
many months his blushes are visible.—
Leisure Hour.
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Men’s Neckwear.
One reason why the making of men’s
neckwear has become so cheap is that
man 7 msirried womon aad
young girls of fairly, well-to-do
families wish _ to cam some
thing for pocket money, and, thinking
this light and not unpleasant work, take
it home and do it. They do not depend
upon that for their bread, and so do not
have the same reasons for trying to up
hold the price, which is now less than
half what it u as three years ago. Tho
women and girls who work at cravat
making, are generally of a superior class
mostly such as have seen better days,
and are ill-fitted to battle for justice, or
those who do not really need money
and do not realize what a dreadful
struggle it would be to live entirely from
the product of their work at this trade,
—New York li or.d.
A Maori Joke.
On the Waikato river, below Lake
Taupo, are large falls, says a new Zealand
letter to the Salt Lake Tribune. In a
placo where there are precipitous banks
tho broad stream is crowded into a chan- *
nel about thlrt ... 7 feet wlde Through
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this the waters roar and surge in great
billows for a distance of over 200 yards;
the y then makc a perpendicular leap of
fifty feet ’ when they rush alon S other
rapids and narrows for a long distance
among rocks before becoming quiet. It
is related that the resident Maories once
taunted a party of sixty strangers into
an attempt to shoot the falls. Not a
man of the party came out alive. The
natives about the lake consider this the
most brilliant joke ever played off by
them—it is the pride of the tribe. ,
Very Important.
Clara (Bobby’s big sister)—I heard
father calling you a little while ago,
Bobby—Did he say Robert or Bobby?
j Clara—He said Robert.
: Bobby (with a serious look in his eyes)
: Then I guess I had better sec what he
wants.— Harper's Bazar.