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VOLUME Y.
rite Hand Upon the hatch,
v cottage home |s filled with light
fbelpng, long summer day;
f#s oi' I dearer love the night,,
And hail the sinking ray;
for eve restores me one whose smile
Doth more than morning’s match—
\nd life afresh seemada wiring while
His hand is on the latch!
t Whep autumn fields are thick with sheaves,
, And shadows earlier fall,
And grapes grow purple near the eaves,
Along our trelli9’d wall—
i dreaming sit—the sleepy bird
faint twittering in the thatch—
•fo wake to joy when faint is heard
His hand upon the latch!
In the short wintry alternoon
I throw my work aside,
And through the lattice, while the moon
Shines mistily ami wide,
On tltfadhh upland paths I peer
In vain his lorm to catch—
I static with delight, and hear
His hand upon the latch!
yes I am his in storm and shine;
for me he toils all day;
And his true heart I know is mine,
Both near and away.
And when he leaves our garden gate
At morn, his steps I watch—
Then patiently till eve await
His hand upon the latch!
three times.
"Come, Helen, dear, go with us to
ijj< cieadows to come home with
ilotlfr John—do!”
And Lilly Leslie’s voice grew plead
ife as she watched the sober face of the
dp who fctood in the door looking down
,m>sstlie cool green lawn that sloped
sway from the house toward the river.
“I wish school was not done. Is this
wka,t makes you so sober to day ?” ques
ted Amy in a whisper, as Lilly stood
looking wistfully toward the meadows.
Before the young governess could
answer Lilly called *
“Will you come, dear Miss Helen,
and meet brother John? There he is.”
Helen Arnold shook her head, and
the two girls ran down to meet the tall,
sturdy young man, whoseemed to bring
with him the scent of the hay that lay
frailly out in the meadows. The beauty
and brightness of the summer seemed
doubled :ts he came up across the lawn,
*.au.Uiiv eagerly to the clear, happy
voices of the girls.
Helen Arnold stood in the front door
way, waiting with a trembling yearn
ing to nny the hasty words of yester
k-l <lr -nppiJUMUnlty.
poising in at the side door and seeming
not to notice her.
Ail day, as Helen Arnold had toiled in
the little schoolroom she had though*
<>t John Leslie, and wished (oh, how
earnestly!) that she had waited before
ming that “No,” which she did not
mean. She began to feel how lonely
d*‘ could be even among .the pleasant
• s L’hts and sounds of the" country, and
■fat her buoyancy and brightness of
during the long happy summer
• id not been all on account of pleasant
aid healthy surroundings. She went
into the house and up to her room to
r h i face as she brooded over un
pieas:int thoughts. One of life’s golden
Ppcrtunities had been offered her, and
h'l i last it aside, and now it was
- n< Torever. \ This was the last day of
, r engagement as governess, and she
WuU ' soon be at home, and he would
'n toiget her. Hut perhaps he might
• !ve her a chance yet to return a differ
(nt answer. A blush mantled her pale
i ck, and the blue eyes grew strangely
't bright, as she went to the
J "Tor t° arrange the gold brown hair
0 I( ‘ over her neck in graceful curls.
j; 1 ' smiled as she saw reflected the
ll ss picture, and with anew hope
.. . * wn to join the family at the
UWtf meui.
°’fii sat in his accustomed seat, very
' r 1/ usua |. but his eager eye drank
‘ K exquisite loveliness of the young
' U ?.P aUf t figure as she came round
■‘mace. Perhaps he read in her
' * ‘W, tender eyes, the change that
e; e °nie over her, but he gave her no
v- v u °* it, and after supper, when
- uWron romped abotit her and
.-bmtherJohn toj place a wreath
:io s -I J 1 ' 1 ° wors on her head, he showed
' of embarrassment or emotion,
k il to her coolly as if she too
1 ,H ‘ n his sister. Helen was a little
L a won( for? for she thought
‘ a Deen trifling, and that she could
‘ ' u*. a fire blazed up in her deep
y>f- an( * burned brightly on her
. 11 ks. John watched her beau-
HUIi f-ioo l . . • ‘ _ _
ip v. U a • varying color, and gloried
r , lf !' t,lam P h ; but, oh,when w?is glory
1011 j r lit too dearly? He leaned over
louc hed lightly her soft hand.
1 j oil not mean yes? I know
We shall be very happy.”
windent! Do I not know my own
na - you?”
<./ a ' 1 J >rom Ptcd the words, and as
hev ' ' ' vere uttered she wished
" re unsaid; but John Leslie
llot kn °w it; and if be had, per
would not have forgiven her.
grew very pale, and lie turned
y- "’ltnout a word.s
or, ,! * r paßs ®d awa y< and fortune fa
* ’ ohn Leslie. He became a suc
,U f mer ehant, and therefore was a
s ) ‘ or Ul atnmonial"speculation; but
‘ troubled not his head about
At last the pleasant, insinu
v ' 111;lmuia s, who talked to him so
. ? affectionately about the
i?, ‘ r,s who were their greatest treas
, ’ to saying unkind things.about
1.,'. 1! oss old bachelor” his
1 ,f " hat use was it, to be sure, to
s \ ,<? bgve so prettily to such a re
. 1 °ld fellow? He seemed to care
■ • ! *o at all lor ladies.
surely t her wedding
1 r. Maynard, brother John would
THE FOREST NEWS.
hls retirement and make
some of the marriageable ladies of her
acquaintance happy thereby, and he
for l bUt lfcw i as a short-lived happiness,
leftM ß Zsrne 0 es Btimebeforelieagain
The truth was but the young ladies
did not seem to know it—if John Leslie
had wanted to marry any one of them,
or all of them together, he would have
fwked them. Being well satisfied to let
things take their course he did not
trouble himself much about what was
outs i<fo of his business, but
plodded steadily onward. Now, when
!i° Dr ' Ma yuard’s, he had
the little Lilian to caress and talk to, as
wdi as her proud and happy mamma.,
and he went oftener than before the
baby came. One day while baby sat on
ber uncle’s knee, Mrs. Maynard said:
My old friend Helen Arnold is com
ing to stay awhile with us, John, and 1
v\ ant you to run out as often as you can,
for she is so very quiet and reserved
that I want to stir her up a little. You
need not be afraid of her talking too
much. She never does that.”
John tossed the baby, and the baby’s
mother was so pleased to see the little
ones delight, that she forgot her brother
did not reply. However, it was several
weeks before he ventured to visit Ur.
Maynard’s again. Then it was only
after an-an urgent entreaty from Lil
ian.
“We are so lonely,” she wrote. “ The
doctor is away, and though Helen is the
best friend in the world, and baby loves
her so dearly; I want you to come out.
I miss my dear old brother John. Do
come by the next train. I will send to
meet you. Lilian.”
Helen Arnold sat at the piano, sing
ing softly, and touching the keys lightly;
and Lilian played with the baby, and
laughed at her cunning ways one
minute—the next looked out of the win
dow and fretted at John’s delay.
“ Dear me, 1 don’t see why he doesn’t
come!” and she went to the window for
the fiftieth time and had almost began
to imagine something dreadful had
happened, when she suddenly whirled
round with a cry of delight.
“I was looking at a beautiful pic
ture,” said John, in the doorway; and
as she sprang forward he caught her in
his arms and gave a return for the
caresses she showered upon him. Be
fore she had time to think of Helen,
baby set up a cry of delight too, of
course. She was such a knowing child;
and her frightened mamma took her up,
and talking sweet baby talk to her, car
ried her up to the nursery. After she
was quieted and petted a little*, she was
left with Susan, and Lilian ran down
to the drawing-room to see “dear old
John,” wondering all the time if lie
would be polite to Helen.
“Good gracious!” This was all she
said, as she opened the door aghast.
What do you suppose she saw? There
was John, brown, handsome John,
sitting on tie sofa, smiling, and ap
parently very happy; and Helen Ar
nold, with a crimson face, sat quietly
in the shelter of his arms.
“ Come in, Lilian darling, I want to
tell you about it. I have proposed,”
said John.
“ Proposed!” said his sister.
“Yes,” said John. “This is the
third time.”
Lilian laughed, and as she came up to
her brother jhe drew her down beside
them. Then he told her all about it,
and added:
“This time she has not said no; and
we will have a happy home, too, will
we not, dear Helen?”
And he turned his beaming face from
his sister to look at the lovely one upon
his shoulder, grown thinner and paler
than when he saw her last, but now
most sweet and womanly, as he drew
the encircling arm closer about her.
He did not seem to think there was
any danger of a “No,” nor did she, judg
ing by the confiding look she gave him,
at the same time saying, softly:
“ I always thought you would ask me
again, so I waited.”
John’s face was but the reflection of
the happiness within, as he answered:
“ It seems a foolish thing to do, but
yet I am not sorry that I proposed three
times.”
Lilian laughed, and ran upstairs to
see the baby.
Steep and Wante of Life.
Sleep will do much to cure irritability
of temper, peevishness, and uneasiness.
It will build up and *make strong a
weary body. It will do much to cure
dyspepsia, particularly that variety
known as nervous dyspepsia. It will
relieve the languor and prostration felt
by consumptives. It will cure hypo
chondria. It will cure the headache.
It will cure neuralgia. It will cure a
broken spirit. It will cure sorrow.
Now no man should do more work of
muscle, or of brain in a day, than he
can perfectly recover from the fatigue of
in a good night’s rest. Up to that point,
exercise is good ; beyond, are waste of
life, exhaustion and decay. When
hunger calls for food, and fatigue de
mands resL we are in the natural order,
and keep the balance of life. W hen we
take stimulants to spur our jaded
nerves, or excite an appetite, we are
wasting life. There are wrong and mis
chief in all waste of life. A man should
live so as to keep himself at his best,
and with a true economy. To eat more
food than is needful, is worse policy
than tossing money into the sea. It is
a waste of labor, and a waste of life.
The Dennis family at Beaucoup, 111.,
found bits of glass in the sausage at
breakfast, and that day the children’s
teeth crunched powdered glass in tfceir
luncheon at school The mother con
fessed that wishing her relatives to die
in the most horrible manner possible,
she had planned to kill them with the
glass.
JEFFERSON, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1880.
WARM AND ROMM.
•
Farm Notes.
Warmth saves feed, helps fattening,
and prevents sickness among live stock!
Charcoal pulverized and mixed with
water is highly recommended for re
lieving cattle suffering from any de
rangement of the stomach, such as
bloat, hoven, etc.
Hogs are sometimes troubled by dis
ordered stomach. The best antidote
is charcoal. Aside from charcoal,
charred corn cobs, or charred corn have
a good effect.
Young cows should not be taught to
eat at milking time, as it will not al
ways be found convenient to supply
food, and they will be restless without
it when accustomed to it.
Soot from a chimney where wood is
used for fuel, is an* excellent fertilizer
for pot-plants. Put into a pail and
pour hot water upon it; then water the
plants with this every few days.
Where animals are allowed to feed in
grass lots until the whole is gnawed
closely, no hay can be depended on the
succeeding season, unless a liberal top
dressing of some sort of fertilizer is ap
plied.
•
A Connecticut dairyman, who has
been experimenting with turnips as food
for cows, thinks they are worth twenty
five cents a bushel. There is no saving
in the amount of hay consumed, but
they increased the flow of milk, and
were an aid to the digestion of hay and
other dry fodder. European experi
menters have come to the same con
clusion. •
Plowing laud when it is very dry is
nearly as hurtful as when it is very wet.
But my experience is with heavy clay,
or land in which clay is an important
constitution. Such land when plowed
dry breaks up lumpy, and subsequent
rains do not dissolve the lumps. It is
my opinion that there is never a more
suitable condition for plowing any soil
than when it has enough moisture to
cause the furrows to fall loosely from
the plow, with no appearance of pack
ing and no lumps.— William Armstrong,
Elmira, N. Y.
Professor L. B Arnold advises skim "
ming the milk as soon as sourness is
perceptible and to churn at sixty de
grees instead of seventy, before the cream
gets sour. When the butter comes in
granules, enough cold water or brine
should be put in to reduce the mass to
about fifty-five degrees, when, after a
little slow churning, the granules will
booome hard and distinct, and the but
ter be in a condition for washing out
all the buttermilk. The salt should
then bn worked in with as little labor
as possible, and after standing a while
it will be ready to pack.
Hogs when nearly fat are liable to
have a disordered stomach through
over-feeding, refusing their food. The
best antidote for this is charcoal. If
the charcoal is taken from the stove
when cold there willbably be ashes pro
taken up at the same time; these will
not hurt the hog should he eat a por
tion ot them. Charcoal is best taken
from an open fireplace. It would be
well to have on hand at all times a
barrel or two ot charcoal. Charcoal
corn cobs or charcoal corn have a good
effect. There is nothing better than
these substances when hogs have the
sours.
Ginger Crackers.—Two quarts of
Hour, one pint of molasses, one pound of
brown sugar, half a pound of Lard, two
ounces of ground ginger, and a teaspoon
ful of cloves. Knead them a long time
and roll very thin. Bake over a steady
stx*ong fire.
Domestic Sausage.—Two pounds of
lean pork, two pounds of veal, two
pounds of beef suet, the peel of half a
lemon, one grated nutmeg^one teaspoon
ful of black pepper, one of cayenne
pepper, five teaspoonfuls of salt, three
teaspoonfuls of sweet marjoram and
thyme mixed, two teaspoonfuls of sage
and the juice of a lemon. Stuff in cases
or skins if you prefer.
Stewed Kidneys.— Lay them in salt
and water for a few minutes. Cut off
the outside, or meat, and chop up in
small pieces. Put them in a stew pan
with a little water, and cook until ten
der ; then add pepper, salt, butter, and
a little thickening flour; last of alia
glass of port wine, and you have a dish
for an epicure.
Lemon Pie. —Grate the rind off a fine
lemon, and express the juice. Beat the
yolks of four eggs, add to them one cup
ful of cream or rich milk, one tablespoon
ful of flour, and the lemon. Beat the
mixture well, and bake in a crust.
While it is baking beat the whites stiff
with lour tablespoonfuls of sifted white
sugar. When the pie is baked, spread
the whites on smoothly, and set in the
over to brown slightly. This quantity
will make two small pies.
Indian Cake. —One pint of sweet
milk, one egg,two large spoonfuls of mo
lasses, two of melted butter, one and one
half cups of corn meal, one cup of flour,
one teaspoonful cream tartar, one-haif
teaspoonful of soda, a little salt; mix
together, then chop some sweet apples
about the size of raisins, and stir in and
bake.
The übiquitous grasshopper hits ap
peared in Russia and has alarmed the
government, whichShas already sent a
scientific commission to investigate the
habits and possible depredations of the
unwelcome visitor, and with most un
welcome results. But it is thought that
certain birds inhabiting the Caucasus
naturally prey upon the locusts and
would be only too happy to make their
acquaintance, and an effort will be made
to introduce them to each other,
FOB THE LADIES.
American Wives of Foreign Diplomats.
The number of American ladies who
are wives of gentlemen of the foreign
legations here is frequently
the subject of comment, but it is not
generally known that there are several
other countrywomen occupying simi
lar positions in St. Petersburg, in ad
dition to the wives of the gentlemen of
our own legation there who may be
married. The wife of the German min
ister and his first secretary of legation at
the Russian capital are New Yorkers;
one was Miss Jay, and the other Miss
von Hoffmann. The wives of the Bel
gian minister there and his secretary
are also American.
Mrs* Plunkett, formerly of Philadel
phia, whose husband was secretary of
the British legation here several years
ago, went with him from Washington
to St. Petersburg, where he occupies
the same position. Mrs. Grosvenor,
whose husband is also attached to the
British legation in the latter city, is the
daughter of Professor Wells Williams,
of Yale college. Her husband is a near
relative of Earl Grosvenor, who is vis
iting this country, and a son of Lord
Ebury, of England. It is known that
at every court of Europe American
ladies are weU represented among the
wives of Europeans of high position.—
Washington Star.
The Difference.
It is frequently remarked, says Jen
nie June in the Washington Star, that
one of the great advantages which the
dress of gentlemen possesses over that
of ladies is the permanent cut and style
of their full,* or what is known, as
“ evening dress.” With a clean shirt,
a dress coat and white tie all men look
like gentlemen, and what is more, feel
like one. This is not always the case
wit h the evening dress of women, not
withstanding the vast amount of
trouble and anxiety it costs them, be
cause it is so often different from any
thing else they ever wore before in their
lives, and they are not sure of it or them
selves. Full dress ought to have some
thing distinctive about it, and it should
not change very often, or in essential
ideas. The skirt should always be more
or less trained, the bodice cut square or
open, and the sleeves to or below the
elbow so as to allow of the delicate fin
ishing of lace, the display of jewels if
need be, and the wearing of long gloves.
A dark short street suit is as much out
of place in a drawing-room on a “ dress ”
occasion as the business suit of a man,
and fora make his appear
ance in such a costume at a formal
gathering would be to exclude him from
the lists of guests in the future, unless
his poverty or his genius formed a suf
ficient excuse. The short dresses worn
at dancing parties by young girls are of
course most fitting and proper. They
are usually of light delicate materials,
and as charming as the wearers. They
have a reason i being which the
walking suit has not—in such com
pany.
Knsliion Notes.
• White pansies are used for bridal
bouquets.
Buttons will be as fanciful as ever
this summer. *
There are twenty-two new shades in
open-work silk stockings.
Lutes ring ribbons with feather edges
are coming in fashion again.
Bracelets should be worn on the wrist
when placed outside long gloves.
Imitation Aleneon point is much
used to trim kerchiefs and neckties.
Isabelle yellow is the proper name for
the coffee color so prominent in lace and
nets.
Bolts and rivets in metal are to fasten
on the trimmings of some of the sum
mer hats.
Outside jackets are made with very
large pearl buttons, but are otherwise
quite plain.
Plain grenadine and brocade grena
dine will be combined in summer
gowns this year as they were last sum
mer.
Plain linens and cottons, and very
simple stripes, are to be the favorite
wear of our English sisters this sum
mer.
Louisine silks are replaced this sum
mer by what are called canvas silks.
They have alternately stripes of plain
color and of brocade on white ground.
Loosely woven Cheviots in pinhead
cheeks of two colors or of two shades
of one color, will be worn for traveling
suits this summer. They are wide and
not very expensive.
Sea-green, which is to be fashionable
this summer in thin goods, needs to be
lighted up with pink ribbons or pipings
to become blondes, and brunettes cannot
wear it at all.
Long jackets, made tight at the waist
and reaching nearly to the hem of the
skirt, have been introduced in England.
They are almost exactly like the old
fashioned basquine.
Camel’s hair goods appears still an
other style this year. It is made with
thick round threads, loosely woven, and
is either striped, clouded or strewn with
tiny dashes.
One cf the new ways of dressing the
hair is to part it in front, crimping it
slightly, and to fasten it into one large
braid at the back, placing a bow in the
center of the knot and a rose low on the
side.
A city ordinance in Terre Haute com
pels every man keeping a canine to put
up near his gate a sign, “Beware of the
dog,” and it is a lovely sight to see a
two pound blacfc-and-tan loafing around
one of these notices.
The Great Fire in Japan.
The Japan Gazette gives the following
account of the destructive fire at Tokio
by which over 260 persons lost their
lives: The fire broke out at twelve
o’clock in the central part of the city,
close to Nihonbashi. It was blowing a
gale at the time, and within thirty min
utes of the||outbreak the city was on fire
in seven different places; turning shin
gles were flying about as thick as hail,
and were carried long distances by the
wind, settling on other houses and set
ting fire to them. The scene is said to
have been terrible. Strong men were
running about in a state of bewilderment
with old men, old women and children
on their backs; mothers dragging along
their little ones, bent only on saving
their lives. All day the fire raged with
the utmost fury. The whole of the build
ings on the island of Ishikawa, at the
mouth of the Sumida river, including
the dockyard and prison, were burned.
So rapidly did the flames travel that it
was-with difficulty streets were cleared
of people before the houses ignited; and
in so many places was the fire raging
that they knew not which way to rim.
Anxious to save flit tis and wearing ap
parel the poor creatures sallied forth
from their homes with bundles on their
shoulders to fly they knew not whither.
The streets became blocked with the
surging masses; women and children
were trampled under foot, and many
who fell in the crowd never rose again;
little children were seen looking for
their parents, parents looking for their
children, while the air was rent with
cries of rage, anguish and despair. Still
they clung tenaciously to the few worldly
possessions they had succeeded in bring
ing from their burning homes, thereby
almost completely blocking up the nar
row streets through which the masses
were slowly treading their way. At
length the police interfered and caused
numbers to throw their bundles into
the river, or anywhere else out of the
way, so as to facilitate the escape of the
people from the frightful death which
threatened them and which was gaining
on them fast. The native papers say
that sixty-eight streets, containing 11,-
464 houses, wei*e burned, rendering over
40,000 persons homeless. A relief fund
was started, toward which their majes
ties the emperor and empress subscribed
2,000 yen each. Long before the fire
reached the foreign settlement of Tsu
kiji, the residents felt anxious and began
to pack up. But this appears to have
been almost a needless task; for when
the fire did reach them there was no one
to be fouud to convey their goods and
chatties away. Everything had been
got ready for flight, but had to be left
in the house, as no coolies were to be
iound willing to undertake the task of
removing even the boxes of clothing
The American legation was in imminent
danger for some time, and Mr. Clataud ’
hotel ignited seven different times, but
each time the flames were successfully
suppressed. The residence of Bishop
Williams, of the American Episcopal
mission, was burned. It was the prop
erty of the bishop, and was uninsured;
personal effects saved. The Methodist
Episcopal church, partially insured, was
consumed.
Jefferson's Manners.
When Jefl'erson became President he
carried his simple manners and taste
into official life, lie determined that
his inauguration as the chief officer of
the republic should be as free from dis
play as possible.' Dressed in plain black
clothes, he rode on horseback to the old
capitol, without guard or servant, dis
mounted without assistance, and hitched
his horse to the fence. On the steps he
was met by a number of friends, who
accompanied him to the Senate cham
ber, where he delivered his inaugural
address. During the administrations of
General Washington and John Adams
the sessions of Congress had been opened
in a style similar to that by which the
English sovereign opens parliament.
The President, accompanied by a large
escort on horseback, drove in state to
the capitol. Taking his seat in the
Senate chamber, and the House of
Representatives being summoned, he
read his address. Mr. Jefferson, to
whom such ceremonies were distasteful,
swept them all away by one act. He
sent a written message to Congress,
which was read to both houses by their
respective clerks, and that practice has
been observed ever since- Against one
of his reforms, however, the ladies of
Washington rose up en masse. Mr
Jefferson, disliking the levees which
had been held at the White House,
abolished them. He established two
public days for the reception of com
pany—the first of January and the
fourth of July. On other days he was
at home to all others who came on busi
ness or out of courtesy. Many of the
Washington ladles, indignant at their
social pleasures being thus curtailed,
determined to force the President to
hold the customary levees. On the
usual levee day they resorted in fuil
dress to the White House. The Presi
dent was out taking a r ; de on horse
back. On his return he saw that the
public rooms were filled with elegantly
dressed ladies. At once divining the
plot, he appeared before the fair guests
booted and spurred and covered with
ust. So courteous was his reception
of them, and so graceful his manners,
that the ladies went away delighted
with the President, but chagrined with
themselves. They felt that they had
been guilty of a rudeness in visiting a
guest who did not expect them. It was
their last attempt to break through the
miles of Jefferson’s household.— Youth's
Companion.
An exchange asks: “What is nearest
to the heart of the American citizen?”
We should say his undershirt, or his
chest-protector, if he wears one.— New
York Express,
MOMENTOUS MATTERS.
An instrument called the stathmo
graph, lor recording the speed of rail
way trains, has been invented by a Ger
man mechanician at Cassel, and works
so well that the Prussian government is
about to test it on some of the State
lines. A dial in view of the engineer
enables him to ascertain the velocity of
his locomotive at 'any moment, and the
changes of speed are graphically repre
sented upon a roll of paper, which can
be studied at the end of the journey.
It is estimated that the total cost of
the bridge connecting Brooklyn with
New York will exceed $13,500,000. This
will make the Brooklyn bridge by far
the most expensive bridge in the world.
But it is unquestionably the boldest un
dertaking in the way of bridge structure
ever attempted. Its central span across
the East river, from tower to tower, is
1,595 feet long. It is nearly 600 feet
wider than the now widest span—that
of the bridge at Cincinnati across the
Ohio.
Silver, next to iron and gold, is the
most extensively diffused metal upon
the globe. It is frequently found in a
natural state, though never chemically
pure, being invariably mixed with gold,
copper, antimony and other metals.
The richest silver mine in the world is
Potosi. It is situated on an elevation
16,000 feet above sea level, in a region of
perpetual snow. It has always been
worked in a very rude manner, yet it
has already produced $250,000,000, and
shows no sign of exhaustion.
The most recently published figures
show that suicide is on the increase in
France. Before the Franco-German
war the average number of suicides only
slightly exceeded 5,000 a year, and now
they exceed 6,000. In Paris there are
three times as many suicides committed
as in the country. Most of the men who
destroy themse ves arejrachelors. The
spring is the time of the year when sui
cide is the most frequent, and death by
hanging is more usually resorted to than
any other mode of self-destruction, be
ing considered more expeditious.
A curiously pathetic little story
comes from Ohio. Dr. Frank Bledson
and wife,of Brownstown,separated four
teen years ago, and the wife procu red a
divorce, retaining their two little girls.
The doctor soon married again, and his
second wife, after bearing him five sons,
died. Then a correspondence sprang
up between the doctor arid his former
wife, which resulted in a renewal of the
old love, and a promise of remarriage.
They met and the plighted taith was re
newed, the doctoc promising to be kind
and loving to Mrs. Bledson and her
children, but told her that she must
likewise be a mother to his five boys.
She indignantly said, “Never!” The
doctor took the train to join his five
boys, while Mrs. Bledson took her two
girls and returned to her home in
Brownstown.
“Cast thy bread upon the waters;
for thou slialt find it after many days. ’
The historical editor of the Philadel
phia Ledqer has unearthed a striking
illustration of the old text. In the
year 1676 the condition of New Eng
land was one of 'earful desolation. One
in eleven of the New England towns had
been destroyed by the Indians, and the
same proportion of men capable of bear
ing arms had fallen by massacre, or in
open encounter with the Indians. The
fields bad to be abandoned and bread
was at famine scarcity. During a
period of the most acute distress in 1676
the Rev. Nathaniel Mather, resident in
Dublin, probably upon advices received
from the Rev. Increase Mather, resid
ing in Boston, suggested the relief of
the colonists. Citizens of Dublin
freighted the “good ship Catherine”
with provisions, which were duly re
ceived, thankfully acknowledged and
equitably distributed. The governor
and the local magistrates superintended
the distribution. In Boston 402 persons
were relieved, and in other towns the
recipients made* up the total to 2,351.
That Dublin food cast upon the waters
in 1676 is once more returning after
many years. One vast drift of it went
back in 1846-7 and another goes now in
1880. _______
Words of Wisdom.
If rare merit be the rarest of all rare
things, it ought to pass through some
sort of probation. '
In all the guilty train of human vices
there is no crime of deeper dye than
that of ingratitude.
The fire-fly only shines when on the
wing. So it is with the mind; when
once we rest we darken.
As the pearl ripens in the obscurity
of the shell, so ripens in the tomb all
the fame that is truly precious.
Every man endeavors with his ut
most care to hide his poverty from
others, and his idleness from himself.
Pursue what you know to be attain
able; make truth your object, and your
studies will make you a wise man.
Whoever is honorable and candid,
honest and courteous, is a true gentle
man, whether learned or unlearned,
rich or poor.
We bear within us the seeds of great
ness ; but suffer them to spring up, and
they overshadow both our sense and
our happiness.
Character is power; it makes friends,
creates funds, draws patronage and
support, and opens a sure way to honor,
wealth and happiness.
The way to acquire lasting esteem is
not by the fewness ol a writer’s faults,
but the greatness of his beauties, and
our noblest works are generally most
repiste with both,
DUMBER 45
ALL SORTS.
Satin and gros grain striped ribbons
are made double faced.
It is easy to breakfast in bed if you
will be satisfied with a few rolls and a
turnover.
*
Boiler explosions need no' account
given of them, as they universally make
their own report.
The salaries paid to Federal office
holders in the whole United States
amounts to $31y252,107.
The $47,000 reward offered for the
murderer of Mr. Nathan, at New York
in 1870, is still in force.
The Bowery savings bank in New
York, out of $36,600,000 of deposits has
$20,000,000 of government bonds.
The famous museum of Boulaq, in
which so many interesting remains of
ancient Egypt are preserved, is threat
ened with destruction. The Nile has
already began to undermine its walls,
although a few years ago an attempt
was made to divert the current by sur
rounding the building with a solid stone
embankment.
Miss Elizabeth Thompson, the well
known lady philanthropist, has pub
lished a curious little tract, contrasting
the relative expense of religion, living,
education, rum and tobacco. Rum, she
computes, costs the country $667,638,-
502 annually; religion, $47,636,450; ed
ucation $95,406,727. Rum costs each
person annually sl7, whether they drink
or not.
Life in Hong Kong.
Dr. Robert Brown, in his book en
titled, “ The Countries of the World,”
says: A disorderly Chinaman is un
common, and a lazy one probably does
not exist. He is rarely out of employ
ment, for he will turn his hand to any
thing; hence beggars are seldom met
with in the streets; hence, also, unhap
pily, among their other virtues, that of
picking pockets is included. In this
pursuit they are very adroit, and in the
allied art of asking half as much again
for anything than they intend taking
they are perhaps equally skilled and un
principled. The houses and shops are
most curiously constructed, and just as
strangely fitted up; not one, however
small or poor, but has its domestic
altar, its joss, and other quaint and
curious arrangements known only to
these peculiarly strange people. Look
where you will there are evidences of
the customary industry and enterprise
of the surprising sons of Shem. Up
every alley and in every street we see
crowds of little yellow faces, and stum
ble against brokers or merchants hurry
ing on to their business, clad in their
universal blue jean jumper and trousers,
cotton socks and shoes of worked silk
with thick wooden soles; some with
and others without hats; the shaven
face and pigtail so typifying the class
that to note a difference between Sun
Shing and Wang Hong is sometimes
most embarrassing. The dress of the
women differs little from that of the
men. The curious, built-up style the
married ladies have of wearing their
hair gives them a strange appearance;
while the younger lasses allow theirs to
hang down their backs in tresses, or
wear it bound tightly over tlxelr fore
heads, and secured au chignon. Their
cheeks are tinted bright pink, and with
their neat little feet and clean and
loose clothing they make a very pretty
picture. Although great numbers of
other nationalities are to be seen, the
Chinese are most conspicuous and in
teresting to the stranger, and when
once the business of the day has begun,
the din and traffic are enorpaous; for
crowds of men of all creeds and colors
—Jew, Pagan and Christian, Buddhist
and Parsee, Chinese, Japanese and Eu
ropean—fill the streets, while gangs of
coolies chant to keep step, as they press
on beneath their heavy burdens. The
merchants, whose places of business lie
along the Queen’s road, are so similar in
appearance that a description of one
will apply to ail. He is generally a fat,
round-faced man, with an important
and business like look, wearing the same
kind of clothing as the meanest cooly
but of finer material —and is always
clean and neat; his long tail, tipped
with red or blue silk, hanging down to
his heels.
A i*Ji U s (V'trtii's Mint tike.
Dr. Clemenceau, the eminent Parisian
physician, is also a member of the
French legislature. He is a brisk and
busy man, keenly cognizant of the fact
that “ time is money,” and, the other
day, while he was in attendance at his
Montmarte consulting room, two men
simultaneously solicted an interview
with him for the purpose of taking his
advice. One of them, admitted to his
presence, and asked, “ What was the
matter with him,” complained of a pain
in his chest; whereupon he was ordered
to take off his shirt, and Dr. Clemenceau
subjected him to a careful examination.
Before the doctor, however, sat down
to write his prescription, he rang the
bell and ordered his servant to show
the other patient into the copsuiting
room. As the latter entered the door
way Dr. Clemenceau, without looking
up from the desk at which he was
writing, said to him: “Just undress
yourself, too, if you will be so good.
We shall save time by your doing so.”
Without a moment’s hesitation the
second visitor proceeded to take off his
clothes, and by the time the doctor had
finished writing his recipe, taken his
fee, and dismissed the preceding patient,
was stripped to the waist ready for in
spection. Turning toward him, the doc
tor observed: “ You are also suffering
from pain in the chest, are you not?’
“Well, no, doctor,” the man replied;
“ I have called upon you to beg that
you will recommend me to the covern
rnent for a place in the postoffiec*.”—
London TiUgraph.