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PHILOSOPHY.
As the earth rolls over, on its axis whirled,
There is always midnight somewhere in the
world.
Bat, though darkness’ pinions ever are un¬
furled,
There is always morning somewhere in the
world.
Sorrnwhas its inisson, so Fate's shafts are
buries):
There is always sorrow, sorrow in the world,
Avert as the morning gleams with light im
pearled.
There is gladness always, always in the
world.
—La irra. Rosamond, While.
A Red Mountain Romance.
shining One April down morning, while the sun was
in Silver City, Seleni and
her father came slowly into town. There
was snow still in the mountains—many
feel of snow but it had melted in the
valley, and the wooden pavements of the
little mining camp were as dry as though
it were July. Over in Hallelu jah Gulch
k great strike had been made, arid num
tiers of prospectors thronged the streets,
and stood in group- at every corner. One
rough miner turned and looked after Hy
ieni and her father and the old hand
organ. '•Ibis
’ore’s a ritv tiovv, boys!” he
cried. town.” “L'ook at the orguu grimier come
tsi
“Hive, us a tunc, old man!" called out
* second miner.
“Let him alone, boys,” said a third.
“Don t you set- he's blind!”
Seleni led her father down the
street and piloted him safely through thc
noisy crowd. As sin-turned a corner she
spied alt un [in-tending restaurant. “Din
ncr fifty cents," the sign read, and she
paused before the open door.
“We’ll go in mid git some dinner,
dad. I'm fearful hungry." •
She led her lal 1.er to one of the small
tables, and he lipped the organ from
his hack Then sin- drew an old ban
dansi handkerchief from her * pocket and
untied one corner. A few Icii-eent
foeees and a little roll of nickels dropped
oil l on Ihe table.
father, Oot anxiously. enough, Seleniasked her
caught the His quick ear had
click of the coins.
l.o} said Seleni, shortly.
She hitjlvtied up the money, and
going to the counter, ordered dinner for
her father, and for herself
xnush and milk.
I was pretty near starved,” said the
old organ-grinder, us he - his roast
beef With a relish. “ITai ~ the meat
good, Seleni? ’
,{ Bet your life!” answered Seleni,
calmly, taking a sip of milk.
“And the lonmta and the rice piiddin'. < ”
' Yes, dad Don’t stop to talk.”
Seleni soon finished her own simple
dinner, and loaned back in the stiff
wooden chair. Two miners near looked
up admiringly. Iduek Seleni’s eyes were, targe
and as l.a .1 been those of her
It&Hiin motlirr who lv.nl diod when «ho
was born. Heavy braiils of blue blind, i
hair were wound around her head, and
her cheeks ami lips were crimson. Her 1
old straw bat was tied down with a 1
faded ribbon; her dark-blue dress was
stained and shabby. She work a blanket
shawl around her slender shoulders
“We’ve had a splendid dinner, U’nm’t
we;” said her father, rising mid taking
the organ on his back.
Seleni the paid few thc nickels restaurant keeper reniauied. and
tied up that
T)h-i» hIk* took her arm ami !<•<! ;
him to the corner of the street
“MeTUtop ami play here, dad.”
lb r father patient.y began to fufn the
crank of the old organ. Selci (oodb
side him and eagerly samieil the faces of
thv passers I »)•. Si» kw s-rmt'il u> think
tin mode worth paying foi A lady gave
Seleni h ten-cenf piece, and a miner caiv
lessiy bused u quarter Inward ihem. Bill
their siqiper and a uighl’s lodging were
to be paid lor. and so lew nickels were
left io the bandana handkerchief.
It grow late at last. The organ
grinder had played through all his tunes.
“You're tried, dad,** said Seleni, its her
lather paused. “S\ < 11 go and find some
place to sleep.” do
Me don't want no -upper, we,
Seleni < We had -ueh a In arty din net.
“Yes, dad,"said Seleni. faintly.
“And it was late, too,” added the old
man. “It mu-t lia'been’input 1 o'clock.’
“Be yon hungry again, dad . a-ked
Seleni. looking anxiously into his face.
“Not :i mite,” answered her father,
elu-rfullv. “s’posc 1 play a little lougcr.
’Tain’t dark y.t, is it Let's walk along.”
They turned a corner ami found them
Helve- on „ side street in a quiet neigh
borho -d. There were luce curtains at
the windows of some of the small cabins.
ia open door gave a glimpse Suddenly of a
bright Lrussela carpet. window, and a
young girl appeared careles-ty at a tossed into the
raising the sash,
strect a half withered bouquet of hot
house flower.-.
Seleni quickly glanced up at the lady.
who was young and had fair hair. Ibis
much she remembered always.
The liouquet rolled to the young gild's
feci, then stopped. She stooped only and
pi* Led up the flowers. They were
a little faded, seme of the rose- wore
quite fivsh and fragrant b must have
lv ,1 1 beautiful houquet once. Why
did the young hely throw it .may so
soon f
toward o'clock o , •
It grew seven XZ
and her father had , ,n-ed before
fcof
gir who.......1 s,. pmiemh be-idcthcold
mg «. Her hat -lipped back and her
black irair lay in rings on her smooth,
white forehead. Seleni did not knowhow
pri-'U she was and why the men stared
Ht h*-r >o Sh. kn w that she was tired
ami hungry. imic Sin widled some one would
toss them ..........
A young uiau came down the hotel
step- He wop- a him-flannel shirt, and
hi- ■« W.i- quite a- shabby a- the one
S'■!. as fat hei wore He -tood iu tt.mt
of the ors.a' 1 . with his hand-in
pockets. For 11 few moment- he did not
speak, trie. but seemed to be listening
Then his eyes fell on
flow, rs
“Where’d you git ’em!" he said,
demy red. Seleni, quit
“Found 'em, atisw
as, shortly. ;d held out hi
He came a st »U 1 r- r
hni d.
**Let me see un.
But Beleni drew back hastily. cheap.
“Pay for 'em first. I'll sell Vin
He thrust liis hand still deeper into
pocket, then t( sed a silver dollar ou
of the old.organ Th. he took
flowers, and studied them iutcuGyas
turned the bouquet around.
“Tell me where you got ’em,"
'INK < d. pleadingly. 'em.” Beleni said again,
“Found
fade throwed 'em out the winder
The youug man said* something u
his breath, the turned and walk .i
Seicni had seen the color come to
face a hllrt Ioo,i in his t t As -h
looked after him he gave the bouquet a
to.sui, and it fell in the muddy street, only
to wheels be crushed the next instant by the
H’ain’t of a passing wagon. ?’’
“ there enough money yet
asked her father, touching her arm.
“ Yes, dad,” she answered, “We’ll
go and git some supper, and then we’ll
find a place to sleep.”
The little parlor of Mrs. Murphy’s lodg
ing-house was Seleni crowded with father miners seated that
; evening. left her of
; contentedly in a corner, and stole out
i the front door. She was so used to an
outdoor life, that she felt suffocated in a
i small, close room.
Home one sat on the lower step, with
| his head in his hands. lie looked up
j and saw Seleni, as she stood hesitatingly
| in the doorway,
‘‘Don’t be afeard,” he said, kindly, bought
j It was the young man who had
j the Seleni flowers. sank down the and
j drew on steps, still closer
her old blanket shawl
around her.
j ‘Tt's cold out here,” said the in.” young
man. “Mebbie you'd better go
! “I h’aint cold,” answered Seleni. ‘ Tm
most always outdoors.”
“VVhere d you say you found the
posies f” he asked, suddenly raising his
head.
“A voting hide throwed 'em out. She
had teller hair. II was a house with
white curtains at the winders, [didn't
e -1 no price on the flowers,” siie. added,
hastily. You needn’t have paid so much
for’em.”
“I hain’t complainin’ of flic price,”
said the young fellow. “They cost me a
pile to begin with.”
lf Diii
Beleni, curiously.
“Yes,” he answered, shortly; “more
fool, too!”
-‘They were faded,” remarked Seleni,
consolingly,
“Yes.” hr said, bitterly. “She’d had
’em twelve hours.’”
Hi- head dropped on his hands again.
“1 wouldn’t ern e,” said Beleni, softly.
The young imiii glanced at, her. Sell ni’s
eves were soft with sympathy; she looked
'
so fair in tlie moonlight
“How old he mil!” he asked abruptly.
“Seventeen,” she replied, wonder
inglv.
‘ And _V‘ U travel around with your
father;”
“Ye said Seleni. u I)ad likes to
travel, lie won't let me do nothin’,”
she replied, he proudly. ” “Ife says he
reckons ran support me,
“Canyon write?” looking eagerly into
‘Considerable,” answered Seleni. “I
was to public school once.” said
“I hTiin’t get no edi.ation,” the
vimng mail, sadly; ‘mid I want, to get a
ie.ter '
writ.”
“I’ll do it,” offered Seleni, eagerly.
“Will von, now?” and the young fel
low sprang up. “Gome on' inlo the
kitchen. “There's never nobody tlmre.”
In n few minutes lie had brought
Seleni a sheet, of paper and pen and ink.
They were, alone in the little kltrhen and
that was scarcely more than a shed,
the girl seated herself at the pine table.
Thirlin' Lizzio,' ” said the
young mail, leaning anxiously over her
shoulder.
In a cramped hand, and very slowly,
Seleni wrote: “Darling Lizzie.”
“Tell her 1 love her!” he hurst out.
“Tell her I’m goia’ over to Red Mcuo- j
tain to morrow, but, she can write to me.
Jim ( onvoy’U read me her letter. She
needn't say nothin’ but Yes or No. Got j
it, all down?” near,” said Seleni. “You j
“Pretty awful lot.” She |
told me such an was ,
liainiliiijr^lw p< n jiwkanlly.
A hrig.it color had come to the young
man's cheek-. His the ludr was of the tight, al (
most golden, just color She glanced young
lady's, Seleni thought
down at the letter. Would Darling
Ei/zie shy ^ rs, or No.
“(}o|. <lonc^' «ui<l her new friend. * *1*11 ■
mke if over to Ihe posfoflice. carefully ” and
He waled tin* envelop:'
.,ut i( tenderly iu his pocket. Then he
held out his bronzed hand.
“Hood bye. I'm much obliged to you.
If I don’t never see you again I wish you
good luck.” passed Seleni’s chair silver dol
As lie u
,lroppe<l into her hip.
*
1 he next A prd .. eleiu .. . her . ... In
■ am a r .
found themselves once more erossmgRed :
Mountain on their way ; 1 ' ( 1
Seleni had grown a little taller but she ■
looked mueh the -ame. 11 ‘ :l>
st ill shabby, and a forlorn felt hat re
placed the old black straw, but her Iqis
and eheeKs were enmson with exercise
and health As they came into view of
the town they passed a group <>t of miners them
who w-ere out prospecting. One
shaded his eves with lus hands. ull<l
looked long at rieh-m. lie called ( ,
“Hive us a tune. out ” ■> p
organ-grinder, ami the old man ohe.lt
eutly set down his organ and began lo
turn the erauk
t'hcn the v.atng tnincr came slow \
toward ScU-m and hehl out. bis lttw •
The girl knew him til a elame, and hei
Mark eve- grew bright with pleasitie.
''I didn t gel no answer, he whis
pered *’
Seleni .....1> '‘"ri • 1 ” n ' unoiis
gaadue-- earn.- to her -
"H am t you »eiwi hei - ic as n .
“ No. aiwwotod tin- young man, > -
don t live kcu-iio mote
“I m sorry, sind the girl,
P’l- ,,’t V II,r fault ” '
Then lu- look, 1 a, her admiringly.
The''oh! ^
hi.
burden again, and as they moved away,
smiled oier her -houldcr at the
young man with tail hair who look**
after luras he leaned lightly on us pick.
A month later a pvt* st at Mb ct * it\
mamesl them.
Beleni was very happy m m w
Thera were no ltwe curtains at the cabin
windows, for her hurimnd was but a poor
prospector, with only its youth ami Imp,
Her father -till played the md can. but
lie kept near horn, that > lem might se.
him a- -Vie g’.aae. d up from le v work.
One evening, during i.k w mt* r. >< * ■
ni's husband came home, trad as he seated
himself by the stove, drew a j
velope from hi.- |«» k. t It »:i* 0 U 1
and worn port-mark*. by much btmmmg. ami bore
uumerows
U ha! 1 - it a-koil > . <n. ’I’ 1 ” A
' All old letter fur me ui-«. re. ncr
hu>band “They ” 1 1 ’ " 0 * ,m
.^,tt,SrwirK5 HU mueh ever good b pose youjeavi
•un t now.
it. I
St leni took the letter and tore open th
envelope. There were only a few lines.
It iK’giUi, ‘ I)arlm‘ dim." and was
-mucJ. lour >wn Lizzie.” It stated
that thc write! would marry J him anv %
time.
• Don _ t Look , so ... crtctl - , , her hmband. , , ,
Sclent grew *\ca*lv white. >Uc ok! not
-i».-,k but -t w 1 lH-rfectlv -till with thc
Vt.er cb.tehe 1 rn her hand.
But her hu-banJ threw hi- strong arm
;in»U *1 her.
d 1 didn't get it!" ho cried
‘•Don’t you know T love you best? .No¬
body can’t take vour place now 1 "— Nina
11. Clark.
On Picket.
On one of the tours of picket doty dur¬
ing the month of July, 1864, says a
writer in the Veteran*' Advocate , we are
on post on the left of the army, near
what is known as the “Gurley Farm,”
and I ain sergeant of one of the reliefs.
My line extends for a couple of miles or
so. and in the centre is the Gurley man
sion, situated on a road winch runs
across the lines. The enemy’s lines is
just in sight b in (he edge of the woods in
om frnnt front, s ay seventy-me J«uas v-mis away. *»whv
tsSSKMafitt r,™
from the e,.civ’s pickets in comes front along their
the road a short distance of
line ami waves a paper. 1 understand
this to mean that he wants to exchange
papers, but 1 have nothing in the news
paper line except a eopv of the Free
/&,,/«.! weekly paper, the Morning Star,
jml.li-h.d at Dover. New Hampshire
and tbisis more than a week old. and
not -opposing he will care for* this, and
knowing it is against orders to com mu
j nieate wit h the enemy. 1 at first pay no
' attention to him. Hut lie i- persistent,
and remains there, anti as the man on
post wishes to go down and
j meet him, i finally give, . him the
paper and let him go. the Conlederatc
kicks at that sort of exchange, but oon
eludes to swap, and sends me a Peters
burg paper of the morning before, and
also a kind message expressed in such a
riiuiiner that I feel that lie can he trusted,
We have pleasant communication with
cacli other the next dav, during which I
learn that the Ninth regiments Virginia and picket Fifth
North Carolina are on
duty in our front. (VVemeet that North
Carolina regiment many times in the
held and on picket, ami eome to be
almost like old friends, although foes.)
The third morning, as my men are being
outlie relieved, right there ol are mv sounds^)! line. Ihe rapid next firing lelief
has just gone up the line and some of
others 111 .V men have joying been rel^vyd. g&od hearty Myself and
are en a morn
ing wash at tlu*. pump in fiont of th<*
house, while some of my mcn arc in the
house taking a bath. Wo get ourselves
together its quickly as possible and ride
up there, but the firing lasts only si mo¬
ment, and sill is quiet long has been before made we
arrive. 1 find an attack
on the right of my line, Jimmy Burns and
captured, of'my Tom line Moore’s driven horse in, and shot, then the
others
ma<| mail '-<] .dear through. I cannot ^ help
I eelmg that I am some to blame--that,
perhaps my friendly relations will, the
Confederate picket have caused me to be
less careful Unit lie 1ms hi ledme into a
feeling of security purposely that the at
lin k may lie better made although there
is no reason lor thus thinking. 1 am not
happy a bit that forenoon, and am pretty
Ugly the next time iny relief gets on post,
Hardly are my men posted, when out
comes my <federate friend, waving a
|>»|x*r aml motioning for ian to voma
dow n. I think this the height of cheek,
«'”> «•" te'npbul to order my
pielcrl, to shoot at him, hut that won t
d °i and seeing him more than usually
anxious, L let the picket go to meet him.
When he comes back in* bnng* meumwt
jd'le note trom tne t onteueuue, expie-s
mg his sonovv tot wtia oeeurm m me
morning. atidLWiytng Ins eomnvaml lutl
none ol fl. but t lull the icgimem. on i n n
eft, which wii.s<.p|H.site nightb< my lino, n.irt
hern lelieyed tlu \mt
"L'’; ‘"'R m n< , a<l VN " 1,11,1 ’ ‘p ‘ ‘‘ L ta .
' < onlmeuee .“Y restored, ' and 1 ^ , ,
is
natnred ton aid hun, b it C <hm t pt
Jiinmy llurus lurk that n, not until the
next winter.____ /
forest t Influence on (Innate*
In a paper read before the Royal Me
teorolugieal society of London, Dr. Woe
ikof stated that the first step toward a
seientifie investigation of the influence of
forests upon climate was taken by the
establishment of the Bavarian toiest me
tcorologieal stations. This example was
followed by Germany, France, Switzer
land, Italy, and other countries. I 11
general it has been found that during the
warmer season tlie air and earth temper
|l|1|r( . s lower in the forests than in
l „.ij,i l | K)r i u ^ woodless places; that their
variations are less, and that the relative
Uunvi.iity is greater. A dismission of
this question allows that in the western
ullls „f tin- old world extensive for
,, sls materiallv inthiem v the temper; itun
„ f neighboring j lwnlilies. ami that the
llormH j Mm ..-tse of temperature from the
y t hint if ocean toward the interior of tlie
; s ,„ )t only interrupted the by
1 | their agency, hut they cause summer
to be cooler in regions situated further in
| | q,,; interior than those nearer the sea.
!leni . (>i forests exert an iuflocnec on cli
, „ lilt( . t which does not cease at Iheirbor
ders. but is felt over a great, r or less
> ,iislri«t, according to tin size, kind, and
t positions j of thc forests. It follows from
. t lig that man may considerably affect the
ctimale by clearing forests in one place
:(md planting others iu another.
----—
Mnverick.
.... j .-Maverick” is used in the
’ ( ^ (>< „f the West ownerless'uuuual. to designate an
, anll |„.„eo
.... ^ Francisco V.tr.ri'cl gives ' this
as the origin of the word
A few uars since Bam Maverick went
f«.m ^ o
buying 1 herds he m,h ... d hi
rang® and i n-’ 1 >’< h : ''’L*;' 1
-elvev Mr bu, ru k. w dntan , urn«« . ,
11 L- te ; (i implicit hone-tv
'tuck. hei. x ing m tlx. 1 » t ho. -
O . _F , ,.. UI across an un
” ’ ' ’
branded annual . , , ud^^ Mavcr . . el£s they „ >
.etsbrandit.
. • .....
1
tt- .unit d d • ■- • ;; • '
.
ea.aig.d
< .a ‘ ‘ ' ’ '
, •
• ' ‘
his opmion on any sunjwt, ,.1 ; , I'^n™ , ,, u .i 1
lle hotas ’ '
The M-iior ** was Ri-ht
-
W kffi. „ !U 1 tb< !
' ’ -
y,,,) stmv ing a -li.-efrom his chair.
„ t faiu’ly of ixwuul jwirtv long life—
The lengo-t. I reckon, h>ai.
•**
major stop}**! short in his yam at
tills stage. entered the door.
Vor the judge in at
•Now. major," the juvlge very gravely re
marked, gramif her well;
“I knew your old
He was just eighty-three w eu his spirit em
barked where the gv-Kxl spirits
For that bourne
dwtJL -
For a moment U* major hml nothing to say.
.^ ImmhW m.A four BrwU
wav — aadstoxt
Tli •i the judge moseyed —Chicago up Meat. trvat.
THE FAMILY DOCTOR.
Neuralgia and Hairpins.
Neuralgic headache in women is. says
the Lancet, largely caused by irritation to
the nerves of the scalp coming from the
small bundles of hair, which are pulled
back and held in place by hairpins,
The in jury done is lasting in its conse
quenees.
Remo ns for ‘Biliousness.’’
Ihe lemon treatment trf ._. |npTlt ol ,.mousness biliousness is is
qrnte .fashionable at present. Most pe
i’ le ^ow the benefit of lemonade before
Breakfast, but few know that it is more
ki .. nf . t i. f>r
tw “ ™ three lemons, as appetite craves
>“ as h '.'f v ’/ ltcr aM ” P leasa f
fnnk without sugar, before going to
»'■ ln the 0D a *
half an hour , before breakfast, take the
J«»ce of one lemon in a goblet of water.
B'-ople must not mutate the stomach by
eating lemons clear, hut diluted properly,
«o that it does not irritate thethroat.aml,
taken on an empty stomach, the improve
ment is marked.
Hot Water as a Medicine.
In drinking hot water it should be
sipped, and not drunk so fast as to di»
tend the stomach and make it feel tin
comfortable. From fifteen to thirty
minutes may be consuniod in drinking
the hot water. required A period, of six theliver months
is generally to washout
and intestines thoroughly. should Not more he
than half a pint of hot water
drunk with the meals. To make the
beverage palatable, or to medicate it,
aromatic spirits of ammonia, clover bios
sonis, ginger, lemon juice, sage, sometimes salt or
sulphate of magnesia arc
added. Where there is intense thirst or
dryness, a pinch of chloride of calcium or
of nitrate of potash may he added to al
lav the thirst and leave a moistened film
over the parched and dry mucous sur
facc. When there is diarrhma, cinna
mon, ginger and pepper may be boiled
in the hot water, and the quantity le*
sene;I. For constipation, a teaspoonfmt half
of sulphate of magnesia, or used u ten- in
spoonful of taraxacum, may be
hot water.
Inebriety has a deadly foe in this use
of hot water. All thirst and diy mucous
membrane disappear in a few days, and a
moist condition of the mucous membrane
and skin takes place. The relaxing in
fluence of heat inside the alimentary
canal relieves spasm and colic of the
j 'u T ”«'sidc the abdomen
relieves. Hot water dilutes the ropy
seeretions of the whole body, and rendem
them less adhesive and tenaewna. It
dissolves the abmrrinal crystalline sub
stances that may be m the j 00 ■ am
urine. It washes out the stomach ain
loaves it Iresli and clean for eating. It
promotes elimination everywhere. As we
are severity-five per cent water, o keep
trom stagnation we need contmua ie
ages newal. at miial ITm universal tnne is based use^of on ho aphys.o- level
logical neci's.sitv. o wa ei m \
quantity- is taken between mea s, e ■
will he but UUe need of taking water at
meals. Acw ii/ik intHtne. |
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Downfall of the Dutle King.
Berry Wall) hits at last sunk to the level
of common clay, and is being sued bv his
tailo guys tt j.,, ( . ( , nt Yew York letter to :
,|io Boston Ur raid. Not so long ago Mr.
Wa!1 was regarded as the flower of New
York b loode<l Iff*. He was surrounded
)V a choice coterie of underdone chap
pies, and he was looked upon far and
near as the “king of the dudes.” Mr.
W al) enjoyed the distinction so much
• his fast li
, , , f ort une as a.s
kllew bow , »„,! let it be azlmitted that
l,e knew how pretty well. It only took
him a couple of years to get rid of some
thing over ^J{00,000, and the youth who
can go at that gait, as a regular thing,
you wouldn't call so very, very slow.
' the man's pride that
j t was young
sportsmen called him “game, ” which
(bey were quite willing to do as long as
),j s money flowed into their pockets, and his
s om e of the larks of young Wall
immedidte followers were extremely
amusing to themselves. At the same
time tliey were expensive. For instance,
olu , night, after a long evening at
the Brunswick, eight or ten of them
started for Jerome Park so as to be there
early in the morning to see one of Wall’s
horses put through' his exercise. They
went up in a coupe and a hansom cab.
qq, e CO npe had four people inside and
two sitting outside on the roof. The
hansom liad three inside and one on
t iu* ronf. Partway up Fifth avenue alt
hands stopped and'waited for one of the
crowd to go into his house and get an
overcoat, lie was gone some time, and
tbe , )eo plo aboard the coupe, including
the driver, went to sleep. Then it ne
curred to Mr. Wall and Ms friends in the
hansom that it would be a good fellows. scheme So
to play a joke on the other
*|„. v climbed out, and by all getting
hold of one side of the coupe they sue
eeeded in tipping it over into the gutter,
For a wonder, the horses did not run
uwav but the damage to the coupe
amounted close upon S'.htO. and all the
oeeuiiants were bruised ton greater or
loss extent. Wall, who had suggested bill,
this pleasant little joke, footed tlie
mid the young men did not go to Jerome
1 ’ark that morning. is livings- I be
Tlie young chap furnished now hun by Ins
lieve. on an income
nM>t ‘ M ‘ r ’ -llllijilll_
Dhy Haneoek Died Poor.
Surprise > is expressed, asserts a New
Y ^ k , orres poudeut. that General Han
cock did not leave a larger estate behind
)ijm bu( hp was generous to a fault, and
he had many calls upon his charity. It
was the heavv cross of liis life that bis
brotber ; for thirty year- resident of
di 9 ta u t Wwtern city, had disappointed and
his expectations, lost his ambition
into a living death. His brother
w . lg ,, lawyer. o»e of the most brilliant in
the Northwest, clearing from $lo.0t)0 to
$”0,000 a year by his practice, when he
fell a victim to his love for good com
pony and good cheer. He went down
frorihis high position like a rocket, and
for th. last fifteen years has been entirely
supixirted by his brother, the general.
There is a touching little bit of romance
connected with this -.id story. 1 he law
j ver , v; , s J n his prime, a magnificent hvok
j„ .■ man, and bccamo engaged to the
beautiful daughter of a lady in whoso
house he boarded. The engagement began
twenty-two years ago. But the lady saw
danger aheati, and she refused until to marry he would her
ardent and handsome wooer
forswear the flowing bowl and show him
! self a thoroughly ref or.ned man. the He lady still
j i lives there in too the and same still house, unwodded. and Sdie is 1 -
I true to her ive, but is-equally true to her
promise 1. while she tenderly cart
> man she loves and mourns, she
*- wrecked,
the" ' •it her life is anil that
- heue now on this side of the
grave. -e w orld is full of such u>.
.
noticed i.eroin -
EXQUISITE EELS.
A JAPANESE DISH AND ITS
j j NER OF PREPARATION.
Bl . oi i,. d Eels Brought to Table in
j Lacquered Boxes—-A Visit
; to a Japanese Restau¬
rant Kitchen.
! ] In a letter from Japan to the San Fran
j • writer describes a
, Japanese restaurant—owned bv
- ndTOK1 m company «
Japanese student who had been educated
A—
; eels ood to-dav?” patroniz
in „m ,?Xve i nql dred my „ friend of' thtUwoprie
, l hemrd that their flavor is not
* uitc . J \ it usedto be Do you orEre pro
* “ } t he city canals f
‘ h A fro Dom the hf . 8umida b im da ri « ; err - 1 h e I pro
j after the fashion of
I Japanese Ja I^«senttcrin uttering a.joke, a joke’ and ana answered
j I 'canal-bred
! ima . o ■ ule A . should , otter canai urea eeis eels to to
T 1 CU .Vff?. | hf
j , „ t • but the most beautiful BMnmb^ eels
° that ^ the time was near J,. for vou to pay
ug a sit [ j }lave gaml so 0 f the finest
( y( , r saw \\' 0 uJd you like to
come j n t 0 the kitchen and inspect them?”
j gently added his wife, who had
j listened to his s'oeech with downcast eve *
o t hat is so. ' We have some eels fit for V
.i,n
j ‘ ’.
, iXVI What ; nnll ; rf .a mv rnm
1
P ! '“'" . n /'Vould you like Hgp to rt risJt visit the the
-
I . ac artlnent
until P ‘ dined . „ I erul ,
A°t I have ansn
! 3 m . f ! ,1 q K »ri 11 «ou.slj at the faint odor of
| partment. P'“ . The that waitress t lssued quickly Vma a ppearrii li
I ' vlth sonic trays containing squaie black,
; lacquered l>oxes, beann 0 the signs of thv
| ^^^^ ’ V 010 ^ ^hfe ,'»«>nt
tlt t, r ‘« ri .11 ,. nt -
. .
^ u .. ^n-e le P r .' \ lrt ^ V . v .
that g.tu, out out a a most appetizing i nefeiav odor odor,
mid 1 he - repUmshmg lrI . i 3 m . ll I' d “ ^ my T saucer, ucer^ukced^it placed it
thm'e'vmi ' ' ^ wiUfiml th? una<d 0 verv
-
. .
[hi'i mv chooSicicsin mv ri«d*thand liroke
^morll - , ^ate mints m I lie ST™ lish off
Ye Irately flu
vored an(1 boneless! I drew my box
t d e ’ nodded approvingly ‘l l deleetabie at the
atteudallt> aiul Mjoye the
food Thc sm ib U g girl brought in, box
. (t £ ter | >ox , tlie contents of each being
than the last. I have partaken in of
jried oysters at home, broiled fish all
coua tries and the delicacies of every
c ]b a( . but have never more thoroughly
en ; oved any dish than I did those eels.
j a8 ^ j ] a]d down my chopsticks,^-and,
JaJ1( . iug at Itly Men d exclaimed:
“You were right in. saying that tliis* is
a d j sb for the gods. » We Stress ought to intro
^ - t at ho e „ Thc bowed
m acknowledgement of my praise, and
inquired if we would like to eat some
rice.
“Yes,” nodded my companion. “I
think I could empty a bowl or two.”
Away went the girl, who, after a brief
Jelay, returned bearing a 'large tub, tray on
which was a covered w®oden con
taining hot rice, two- lacquered bowls,
1 teapot and some tiny cups.
I contrived to» eat one portion of then the
delicious, well-cooked cereal,
lighted mv pipe and watched my friend,
who had his howl refilled a dozen rimes,
wul moistened his food by * saturating U
with tea.
“Mow do you contrive to render the
skins of the fish, so- tender?” I asked the
girl. do know,” she answered, glane
“I not
ing timidly at the mats. “The
never permit us to learn their secrets.
you like to visit the kitchen they will no
doubt explain everything to you.”
“Now for tlie bill,” said my compan
ion, refilling his pipe. “Altogether, you
have given us a very tolerable meal. Ln
a few moments she came back, carrying
a small scoop-like tray, in which was
placed a slip of paper containing a reck
oiling. This she pushed along and the mat
toward him; and then bowed re
mained with her face close to the floor.
while he minute)v scrutinized the docu
ment. Taking his purse from his sleeve
he dropped some paper money into the
tray, and remarked iu a low tone;
“You may keep the change” overpowered (10 cents), the
His munificence almost
waitress, who bowed repeatedly, and
gratefully murmured; “Your generosity
resembles that of a foreigner. Any one
can see that you have traveled.” After
we had smoked awhile he asked whether
I would like to visit the kitchen, and on
niv replying iu the affirmative, summoned
the landlady, who said: “You honor us
too greatly. Mv husband shall show
how we prepare the eels.” We rose,
quitted the room and descended the lad
<ier-iike stairway, the steps of which were
polished smooth as glass, slipped kitchen. on our
loot-coverings and entered the
On the hard earthen floor were rows of
little charcoal furnaces, provided with
iron rods that served as rest- for the
skewered eels. Maroki, wiiose only fail
ing was a weakness lor bowing and
politely ^gSteS-e^Potnting sucking m his breath between
toTrange
of n,--ernuunum hue -peeimeu-of fi-h.
“ Tbesc were caught expensive this morning;
, he , are thc most fish in the
Nippon ' j iia-hi market. Are they- not
wo v h lookin ,, ;U r
“How do you contrive demanded to completely “Out
extract ^ their bones?” I
c( ks accomplish that fact." Mo
tioni ng a lightlv-clad sa'id: servant to ap
proach him. he have just in.
-.some customers come
p ^flemen. rt . p ., re an ee l in the presence of these
” The man. who evidently
took great pride in his work, selected a
vigorously squirming ti-h. wooden struck block its
bead smartly upon a kneeling
piaC ed noon the floor, and bv it
„ raspc d the creature’s neck, inserted a
k . lifl . iu the left side of the vertebne
am I dexterously ran it down to the tail;
tb en rapid!v applied the his backbone instrument and to
tbe other side of re
pgated the process, leaving thc eel split
0 j K .n. attached Holding up vertebra? the head, and to which
wag the
bonesinelosing the intestine-, he bowed
and said:
“There is not a splinter left in the
fish ->
“That is so. proudly employ remarked the
proprietor. “I only the most
skilful men and cooks." The operator
, vugil d down the block, chopped the
flattened eel into three-inch lengths, and
gb outed to a cook, who advanced to re
move it ou a dish. The n.-xt process
was a mysterious one and was performed
behind a screen, from whence the
of e: Is wa- presently handed out to one
of the broilers. My opinion is that the
fish had simply been plunged into boil¬
ing water to make the skins tender.
Me advanced to a range and saw a
cook skewering the pieces of eel on long
bamboo splints. Then he placed them
on the rods over the glowing coals, and
when one side was browned, dexterously
picked them up with a pair of iron chop¬
sticks and turned them. After they
were thoroughly cooked he seized the
fish with the same instrument and plunged
it into a vessel containing old shoyu,
which was thick and dark as molasses.
The steaming unagi was then drained,
placed in a lacquer box. and sent up¬
stairs to the customer.
^il <md Express reporter, -there will
*? ot “f necessity for importing any
for «S n chee se - American ingenuity ^ is
r ?P ld J^ soh : ln . £ th « chee f. e Pf oblenl ;
already produce a domestic Swiss cheese
which I consider fully equal to theim
ported article, although the latter brings
cento TO0IS 111 P» ce - The importa
tion of Limburger cheese is now very
gmall still the importation of amounted foreign
cheese into this county last year
$5)50,000. The principal foreign
cheese are the Stilton, Cheddar, Cheshire
and Gloucester cheese from England ;
Gru - vere f ™ m Switzerland- Roquefort, de
Camembert, Pout 1 Eveque. tromage
B rie an f Neufchattel, from I< ranee, Ldarn
c ^ u eese fi'om Holland; I armesa, froma^io
Romans Ital Stilton and Garmo cheese C.ayalio Aapo the shape i, 10 ot m
J: is m
a cylinder, ten inches in height “ forty-five ' »
niches m diameter. It is worth
cents per pound wholesale. Gheuuar l
similar to factory cheese m appearance,
md l ? ' v01 th ? hlrt v ' tw0 c ® nt f' Both
- cheeses, .
Cheddar , and , Gloucester are flat
and are worth twenty-eight cents. The
genuine Gruyere cheese comes
Switzerland, although an inferior article
is »* ^nce. The Swiss Gruyere
cheese measures three feet across. Four
cheeses, weighing about loO pounds, are
packed in a tub ^ for exportation. iTO ^
tWC “ ty ' ^
P oulld -
Roquefort cheese is . made from the ,
milk of goats, ripened m limestone pounds and caves.
Each c&ee.-e weighs five is
worth thirty-fave cents per pound. An
old Suten Fre M * t an ' h d, * owns entlema a “>, large resM } herd ,n ^ ° of n <
ff oats and nutkes a very fair article o
Roquefort cheese. He supplies quite
»'^berof dealers and is w « rth ^“ lte »
i‘ ttle fo, ‘ u ® e made ln tbe ’
GAmembert cheese imported . . , boxes
is u
g L' XST.w^'vEv^rioTth Brie $1 50
L t>er ! dozemand ' Neu'eh'itel”a fromaoe de
^heise^ r v j ece £ worth"te^^ species of pot
ee,ffs per portbn.
Limbureer .5 m i ule here is worth twelve
t r T) 0 i3;( i and Munster cheese
twentv cents The bright red Edam
a.e-se fi-onu IfoHaml -ilmost’as as round as a can
. i M ii and hard ’ is worth
® 1 n n ease of -l dozen loaves Parmesan
f .|„,p se ar’-tion almost exclusively used in the
llr [talvrin p n of macaroni fiVe comes from
tabs twentv-ei«ht'cents .mntAnine loaves and
*, s vv ’orlh eheeiS per pound,
q'be eacoiJ^ favorite of the Italians is the
cavallo « horse head eheese,
wb ichis shimied to this country from
tw an i es an( j rs tajig at thirty cents. It is
only a question of a very little time when
all these varieties of foreign cheese in can
be successfully reproduced here our
own dairies.
A Horse’s Intelligence.
nfthe . . PeteT^ w WK ba cl lnsen in oosseasion
t'-miilv in Bushkill 'famous Penn.
- twentv Jh, “lmnlr vi-lin and which was
“ B human ? hitelli^eime Sh he fre
!' ! 3 ; J 2 !.‘ ri d Dr
, of to*ra»lrtHbertV thp horee’s life
‘ franSfrivbitrtied Y ‘ 'j, im J. to haul
r ^ f : tt , r f4v . th-it died
‘.v J * ‘ | pp upht the Delawire
river where ' the carcasses were buried.
, , imriids" alwavs stood near and
„,o„i.„,i l + 1 .,, with 0 <rreat. interest
, ,
il.i'vYo, .vm-, this ho-rse fell sick One
avis l-nissed from an enclosure
„„..„ d » ge fiiiallv ., rcb
' ' , for him ’ and he was
.. , . • 1 % , ,i w bere he
1 - , ‘, d jdies 0 f so manv
f , . As the J nlaee was out of the
j , j ' .. ' ,.„i 1 i.„ unt „ ,, nd
, ; , there ex
, 1 .;,',,, th,.ri> witirisome *' dead
‘ „ nwh „ kn( ,. v
k Ho bid m,r seek-the soot L feel
., n< i VP (he
! ” J *■ Wnnlino-lbs (leadiioilv there to
0
, .
t „i f i of h ; g in t e i.
‘ ”, r , { {, ■ lie . . , r .... n j„ bt
” n . j t ow-m-d him
’. \ j, ‘ A! n0 ; se ou a
- the loud
J f 1 ,.-is
.. , V g , ud ., heavy
. ® .A „ «'
V’ n ;, r ,, a <w of
. '. ,■ the house went to the
. , 'i't,„L w.s the old horse s'fimiiino '
' , j . ... ' !i'i„ d n his
P The ” .L m m ‘ii];' was made that ’ an
; '
, j,i 1 ti re
T) |„,rs<. had .riven the alarm ‘ ’ and a
‘
j blind flood in a
. ; ' ,, 7 ,-, \, 1 ,,,.., \ horse be
, • t \ ie dl u or m -, t out 0 f ; ts pas .
” ” d n-. ' ulc le'riii<rdown to tiie swollen
in s omc W av -mt into the water,
, valn ‘ * ., ;., bout j u -j circle ' -md was un
. d>v t0 r oh f . itllpr sho re . one
; could r( , nder ;lnv !lid to the poor animal,
a ” d ^ ^ ^ £Z
XV“>f ''Ir-'-rim the blind \dnm^d hor^ w^trug
^ “ f th 'to ^bhnS'w^nd in lie
A its’usual headed
; *°f « 1 ^ it tut^tonmke turned to m-ike it. i»ual circle arci^
; ‘»J
, ^ 1 ' heading the blind
^ n *e . midJd if nn the
-""u. he g...«bd 1 * safelv safely to o shore shore. -
*
____
Imitating . .... Valuable v , .. vi,.Hw« A iiilm .
“We have persons coming in here
i every violins, day said with maker so-called of violins Siradiyanns the
a iu
. German
j Bowery. “They are of common the Stradivanus
violins with a copy
label printed or pasted on the msnle.
Pretty much every violin, no matter by
whom it is made, has some such label, so
that labels nowadays do not count for
anything. Inexperienced persons may
be fooled by them, but anyone who
! knows anything about violins pays no
attention to them.
“I suppose makers put the label m be
j cause have some valuable people violin. like to A pretend mraaivar.us they
a
: is worth anywhere from So,000 to * 15,000
and they are not very plenty. They can
be told by their shape and -y the kind
of varnish on them.
i .“»>* i}nsafe to pay a big price for a
violin until it is pa—eu upon t-y experts.
j I have known a label to be taken off a
! genuine stradivanus and inserted in an
imitation one, for the reason that one
i could be sold oa^ tte merits, while the
o.her nceued th- labe.. A* r 1 ork Sun.
MONTE CARLO.
SCENES AT THE NOTORIOUS
GAMBLING RESORT.
The Magnificent Casino in the
Iiittle Principality of Monaco—
A Motley Crowd of Offii
cials and Players.
The glory and the shame of Afonte
Carlo date from the year 18(10. when the
late M. Blanc, foreseeing the fall of Hom
burg. took possession of it. There had
been a Casino there for some years before,
styled Elysee Alberto, till the reigning resolved
Charles III.,
* . T . f
Monte Carlo Blanc bought out the old
.
Ram bling company for a million and a
ha!f of fran cs. and from that time till Ins
death was lavish m his expenditures on
t||f , estension and maintenance of the
fairy . lana he had created m the loveliest
^ of the glob e. The great Casino was
f TOally opened in 18 6 S by a banquet, at
, vtich all Monaco and a great deal of Pans
was resent . The whole establishment
. indirectly under the control of a eom
. ioncr of tU( . prince of Monaco, but
chief funcion - of this officer is
t drftw his own salary and remit to his
Mvereign his share of the plunder. the outside All
that money can do to make
' gambling-house attrac
flnd inside of the
t j ve h as been clone. The gardens are
tnarve j g 0 f beauty and flbr.il wealth;
palms< oliveSj aloes, carob-trees, all the
semi-tropical vegetation, flourish Itix
ur ; 8 ntly. The building is provided and with _
a conceT t-h;iU, a reading-room, The par
] orSj a n luxuriously fitted up. great
hall devoted to roulette is in the Moorish
]p with a lofty ceiling, and windows
wljif , h , ook on one s UTft to the square, on
the other to the sea and the rocky height
f jr ^ Crossing enters two spacious
stran g er a great gal
]crv - n w hich are placed three tables,
one for rouie tte, the others for trente-et
Kemble; Here the throng of the players time;
some merely to and pass anxiously
manv, however, seriously
studying eveiy turn of the wheel or every
g p 0 t the cards. They are as solemn
the 3le hemists of old in their search
-■ tJlp fin/belief ^iiosophei-’s stone, with the
same that an infallible method
Qne d be discovere d. Play re
„„ires coolness, patience, and persever
ance as well as courage. At Monte Carlo
everything is perfectly fair; what the
player has to straggle with is the ad van
whiehthe nfles of the game give te
«
The officials of the Casino are numerous
—two inspectors who superintend and’ the
whole, inspectors ol the tables, an
army of croupiers (men who watch the
cards and collect the money). The latter
functionaries number seventy or eighty
in summer and 160 in winter, awl are
dressed irreproachably in black, with
white ties. Tire croupiers, through some
mysterious cause, are mostly bald, and
have a wearied. melancholy look;
the other officials are at tlie same
time cringing tcv those in authority or to
the rich habitues of the place and over¬
bearing to those unfortunates who are
down on their luck. Some of the losers
go out and kill themselves in the gar
dens, which unpleasant affairs are, il
possible, hushed up or attributed to some
other cause; a- few have the sense to run
away home; some come back regularly.
Nor is the passion lor play restricted to
the ruder sex. The tables have a potent and
formation for ladies of all ranks
classes - Not a vear passes without the
. of wealth and
report of some woman
position Being .a victim to her infatuation
' >la ^' The crowd is a motley one
As amon ff the mcn we see t!l ° weak and
wicked ’ the ;md the r0 ® k > th «
kindlings adveuttwer and and the man of
honor, so among the women are ladies of
ran ^* mothers of families, innocent
daughters,, . bailet dancers, actresses and
^ ie wo I?*' ^uiale adventurers. A
ca ^ u L‘*a n g mother, an old hand at the
tables, often thinks that in this shifting
crow R Ler her daughter will find a greater else,
chance for career than anywhere
Some of the ladies, too, are kind enough
^olqnteei''advice Toubt■ “Put to players who seven- seem
' n your monoy on “and
teen >^.monsieur, ’she will whisper,
we wil1 ^”? de 5f yon.win.” If ‘‘he is
pretty and the player is a fool, her ad
V1 fe lnav 1,6 taken - R’ 5t the steady player
ni . ^ ma ke no such bargain; like all gam
frit*™, he is superstitious, and will ask a
c ' d ' d or a str ^’'S® r to make a stake for
kim - but 1,6 "’ 1,! not sbare Lis winnings.
consa tts the card on wliieli he has
tiricked down thc wiimine and losing nnm
It seems as if it would be safe to
pick often out numbers tbe ll that tba had not would turned up
- 0 P e t they soon
appear; yet years _of , observation and
stu<1 Y bave never discovered a safe mar¬
tin " ale - fact, as each turn of the
wh eel or deal of the cards is independent
a * 1 ^ iat bave ff one before it, the
f-bances °f picking . out the winning num
ber or c< ? lor arf ‘ i" st tbe sa;ne at lu in
‘Lredthrime as t^ire first time. One reads
and hears very often that with a thousand
of or tl winning Y° ’.bousiud fifty thousand francs one francs can be sure
Sucli a year. and
statements are. of course, false,
arc the inventions 01 knaves or fools. As
th, ' re ,s always a certain percentage in
,avor of ,lie bank - t,lc longer you play
' !lf ' more certain _vou are to lose, just, aa
V .°V woul.l lose u yon liought all the
•
tiofeetrs m 9 lottery. The managers of the
m l"’ i,n d k f 0W thafc
^y ph^rs 'w/Scf 1 and"
.-tln-y
to sn - v ' They are sufficient to keep the
Princc oI » hixury. to adorn the
Casmo,to run an opera-house and theatre
itt the season, to lay out gardens, to ar
ransre horse races, yacht races and every
Wnd of amusement, and to enable the
daughters of M. Blanc to ally themselves
witll th e Radziw-ill- and the Bonapartcs.
Many a hungry eye follows the blue
livened servants who carry off the bank
and its treasure when the game closes.
That is the moral. “All you stake goes
off there.”—-Harper’s Bazar.
Chinese Taper,
Eighteen hundred years ago the Chi
neS e made paper from fibrous matter re
duced to a pu i p . Now each province
ma hes its own peculiar variety. The
CP i ebl - a ted Chinese rice paper, that so re
scnlb les woolen and silk fabrics, and on
vfhich are painted quaint birds and fiow
ers. is manufactured from compressed
p; tb . which is cut spirally by a keen
knife into thin slices six inches wide and
twice as long. Funeral papers, or paper
j mit ations of earthly things which they
desire to bestow on departed friends, are
burned over their graves. Thev use
paper window frame-, paper sliding
nnd paper visiting cards a v .rd
i 0 ng. It is related that when adistin
joshed representative of the British
government visited Pekin several sr-r
yams brought him a huge roll, which,
wb en spread out on the floor, proved to
be the visiting card of the emperor.