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Yearnings.
She had a yearning after something great,
As those few written words will show ;
An inner craving, though it cometh late--
A longing only she can know.
And yet the inspiration sweet and glad,
Gives out when it’s hut hall'-way caught ;
Leaving behind a rnem’ry strange and sad,
In place of the fair dreams it brought.
fohe hath a soul attuued to higher things*
It reaches after the unseen,
And stretches upward, as the wings
Of a frail dove while hov’ring o’er the stream.
But yet the power to paint the magic view
Which rises up before her mind
God has withhold from her pure sou) so true,
And bathed in mists the sunlight kind.
Sjje loves the flowers which in the mild spring
time
Dot here and there the meadow lands ;
And toiler ear each passing breeze takes rhyme,
As though 'twere written out by hailds.
But only now and then a passion rifts,
And wildly stirs her aching brain ;
Then to oblivion softly drifts,
Ae after sunshine steals the rain.
Bhe hath a reaching after something great,
A craving only she can know ;
And yet this yearning, which has come so laic,
Can ne’er be gratified here below.
And so she prays while scalding tear-drops
start
That in a brighter, better sphere,
God will bestow upon her empty heart
That which it hungers for while here.
Wacerbj Magazine
WORKING FOR A LIVING.
"What are we going to do?”
Florence Ellis asked the question,
with her eyes full of tears, and her pale
face turned anxiously upon her sister.
Irene Eliis, a tall, stately brunette,
glanced up in unfeigned distress.
"God will help ns,” she answered,
solemnly.
Florence continued:
“I ana at a loss. How are we two
girls to get along in the battle with
poverty—we who have never known
such a dreadful thing before and have
never encountered life’s hardships. Now,
we are thrown upon our own resources
and mamma’s health in so wretched a
state—poor mamma!”
"Florence, I wish you had accepted
Captain Winslowe!”
“Don’t!”
Florence turned away, her pale face
even paler.
“Captain Winslowe did not love me.
Irene. He only sought me for the
wealth which was then ours. 1 have
been told of his love for—-'for another.
And,” she added, bitterly, “he has held
himself aloof sinco father's failure in
business; and even when poor father
died, he never came near us. Don’t
talk of him ; he is a heartless, merce
nary man.”
Irene’s eyes searched the pretty,
drooping face before her seriously.
“Florence, I don’t believe you really
have so poor an opinion of Captain
Winslowe in your heart as you give
utterance to. You are deceiving your
self. Who gave you all this informa
tion concerning him?” she added,
abruptly.
“Mr. Terrill.”
“I don’t like that man, Florence ! I
believe he is scheming for some seliish
end. He has loved you for months,
and I am firmly persuaded that he would
stoop to any mean and dishonorable act
to gain your love ; even to the slander
ing of a good man !”
Florence started.
“What do you menu ?” she asked,
hastily.
“Nothing; I have no more to say now.
But answer me one question, Florrie—
honestly and candidly—do you care for
Mr. Terrill ?”
“No !” The reply was short and de
cisive. “No, Ido not!”
Irene looked thoughtful.
“And you do care for Winslowe?”
she affirmed. “I believe that, Florence,
though you must not think that I am
forcing your confidence.”
Florence remained silent, but Irene
had heard an old saying that “silence
gives consent,” and drew her own de
ductions.
“Here,” cried Florence, suddenly,
(perhaps she desired to change the sub
ject), here we are, discussing two non
entities, when wo have real business in
hand. Irene, you and I have a most
difficult—perhaps impossible—task be
fore us. We must contrive, in some
way, to make money—to furnish the
means of support to mamma, and not
let her suspect the source of our reve
nue. It would kill her to think that
her girls were working for a living.
Poor mamma—reared as she has been,
it is not in our power to prove to her
the true dignity of labor. She thinks
that every woman who works with her
hands is irretrievably disgraced. Irene,
I wonder which is the greater degrada
tion, honest, though manual labor, or to
marry some man merely for a home and
the line things which his wealth can
supply?”
Ir< ne shrugged her shoulders.
“In mamma’s estimation,” she said,
"there could be no greater or more
lasting downfall and disgrace to her
two daughters than to be compelled to
work. But for my part, I glory in the
strength and independence which God
has given me. Do you know what I
have decided to do ?”
“No! What is it?”
1 he question was asked breathlessly.
Irene smiled.
“I am going to work in a printing
office. You know I once learned to set
type—just for fun ; and now I can turn
mv accomplishment to real profit. Mr.
Merton, the publisher on Main street,
has offered me a situation. lam quick,
and a tolerable ‘workman’ already;
‘practice makes perfect,’ you know ; and
I am confident that in time I shall be
come a good compositor.”
“But mamma 1” gasped Florence.
“She will think that I am in school.
You know we have a trifle left, and
while our little capital lasts I shall be
perfecting myself in my trade, and soon
will be able to take good care of us all.
I dislike to deceive mamma, but we
must live; and what are we to do ?”
THE NEWS 4fil AND FARMER.
VOL. XI.
“But, began Florence, dubiously,
what is to be my share in tho pro
gramme?”
“Oh, yon must stay at home with
mamma. You like to cook and do
housework, and with a little assistance
from an experienced woman, you can
soon perfect yourself in that business,
j an d so, altogether, we can contrive to
make mamma very comfortable.”
Florence made no reply, but into her
busy brain a strange idea darted, lodged
there, and took root.
The two energetic girls carried out
| their schemes, and so carefully that
! poor, foolish Mrs. Ellis was spared the
; shock of knowing the truth in regard to
| their occupations.
Under the directions of an experi
i enced and practical cook, Florence soon
| learned to make the most delicious
cakes; and the odd plan which had
originated in her brain was to dispose
of this commodity—to sell enough
every day to add to their slender in
1 come.
| But how was this possible without
i her mother’s knowledge ? and such
| knowledge would be worse than death
| to the proud woman.
* * * * *
It was a rainy, disagreeable ovening,
and Captain Winslowe left his office
with a weary step. He was a successful
lawyer, and had been occupied all day
with an important law suit which baffled
and tormented him.
| Springing into a street car to ride
home—glad to be free from tho tor
j meats and vexations of the day—his
I thoughts were full of the woman whom
jhe so dearly loved. For Captain Wins-
I lowe.was an honorable man, and he had
given his whole heart to Florence Ellis.
What had been his indignation and
surprise when one day Mr. Terrill en
tered his office and astonished Wins
lowe by informing him of his own be
trothal to Miss Ellis, and producing a
cruel note from Florence in which she
coldly gave Winslowe his dismissal.
Of course he had no alternative but
to submit—but his heart was heavy,
for he sincerely loved the girl.
Then followed her father’s reverses
and death; but Florence avoided him
sq studiously, that at last he understood
that she wished to drop his acquaintance;
and then all intercourse with the Ellis
family came to an end.
Sitting in the street car, his mind
busy with these sad memories, Wins
lowe observed an old woman in one
corner.
She wore a long, waterproof cloak,
and a great black bonnet w ith a heavy
veil drawn over her face ; but he knew
by her bent, and stooping figure that
she was old and decrepid.
In one hand she grasped a small has
ket which had held cakes, though the
stock being nearly all sold, but a few
remained.
Somehow the young man found it
difficult to remove his eyes from the
drooping figure. From beneath her
rusty black skirt one foot peeped out,
and the glimpse which he caught of it
disclosed a tiny foot, small and delicate,
uot the size exactly that one would ex
pect to see among the lower class. He
found himself gazing at the little foot
as though he were fascinated.
At length the old cake woman arose
hurriedly, and reached up to the strap
above her body to ring the bell. In her
haste she dropped the faded black
glove which she had worn, and which
she had femoved for some purpose ; and
to Winslowe’s amazement, he saw that
her hand was small and white, smooth
and delicate, as any drawing room
belle’s.
The car stopped and the old woman
hobbled forward'; it gave a sudden
start, and she was thrown forcibly upon
the track as the car dashed on.
Winslowe caught a glimpse of a death
white face, and he sprang from the car,
his heart quivering with a nameless
fear. He stooped over the senseless
form, and uttered an exclamation of
amazement and horror. Hailing
a passing carriage he placed the
unconscious woman within, and
ordered the carriage to be driven to
his own house. He bore tho still inani
mate form within, laid her on a sofa,
and sent for his old housekeeper.
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“Where am I?”
The old cake-woman struggled to a
sitting posture. Captain Winslowe
bent over her.
“Florence—Miss Ellis!” he asked,
“for God’s sake tell me the meaning of
this masquerade ?”
She staggered to her feet.
“Let me pass!” she moaned. “I ”
But he caught her hand in his.
“Listen to me,” he cried. “I believe,
upon my word, that there has been foul
play. Tell me, Florence, are you en
gaged to Mr. Terrill ?”
“Who told you so ?”
“He himself, when he delivered me
your cruel note of dismissal.”
“My note of dismissal ?'*
Florence sank down on the sofa again
in bewilderment. The captain seated
himself beside her, and so at last the
whole truth came out.
How Terrill had been at the bottom
of all this trouble, thinking to win
Florence for his own wife; but his
scheme had failed in overy particular.
And thon Florence confided to Cap
tain Winslowe the whole story of their
financial troubles; and how, unknown
to any one—oven her sister—she had
been -for several weeks engaged in sel
ling cakes on tho street, in the disguise
of an old woman, and had really real
ized quite a fair profit. He caught her
in his arms.
“My poor darling,” he cried, “how
you must have suffered! But 1 thank
God for clearing up all the mystery and
trouble. And nothing can ever part us
again, my darling—nothing, save
death.”
And, one day last week, I attended a
grand double wedding, and saw Florence
Ellis become the bride of Captain Wins
lowe at the same time that Mr. Merton,
the wealthy publisher, became the hus
band of the fearless-hearted, indepen
dent Irene.
It is estimated that the cost of sup
porting the indigent and criminal classes
in tho United States amounts annually
to $20,000,000!
LOUISVILLE, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST IS, 1881.
FOR THE FAIR SEX.
| I'u*ll ion Nolen.
The Uouuces of some French summer
i silk gowns are raveled into fringes in
stead of being hemmed.
Cheap prints trimmed with the most
costly laco are the proper costumes for
F’rencli watering places.
White Leghorn hats, covered with
rows of paarl-headed Spanish lace, and
trimmed w’ith four or five short ostrich
tips and a cluster of jacqueminot roses
to brighten the whole, are extremely
stylish for summer wear.
English dressmakers continue to use
j a little more embroidery on those pretty
| pongee suits by setting ns a]iron under
the opening of the polonaise. They
soften the rigidity of the shoulder cape
by giving it a border of thick fringe
matching the pongee.
Dark green and pink, the rosebud
combination, appears in one of the
summer suits which has a skirt in the
latter color with flounces of cream lace,
and an overskirt of dark green watered
silk cut in squares on tho edge. The
scarf drapery is of pink and the basque
of green; the bonnet of green crape
with a wreath of pink roses.
Bridesmaids wear short walking
dresses of white Surah, combined with
white nun’s veiling and lace, made with
puffed sleeves, short waists and wide
belts, ornamented with large silver and
steel buckles, iuto which are thrust im
mease clusters of crimson roses. They
wear large Gainsborough hats of w hite
shirred satin, nearly covered with w hite
lace end nodding ostrich tips, and carry
moss baskets filled with roses, mountain
ferns and long drooping vinos and
grasses, which fall over the sides of a
basket, mingling with the airy draperies
on the left side of the dress.
Making a grenadine dress has never
been a joyful task, aud there have been
seamstresses who would refuse to take
a needle in hand to work upon one, but
they are worse than ever this summer.
So long as grenadine skirts were simply
draped, and only had to have their
seams run evenly, the only difficult
work about them was hemming; but
now, when the whole front breadth is
often covered with line knife plaiting
there are as many stitches in a grena,
dine as there should be in a silk. The
distinctive beauty of tho material, its
airiness, is entirely spoiled by this
treatment, and it looks hsavy and for
mal.
News mid Note* tor YVoinrn.
Jenny Lind lives in London, and is
I worth a million dollars.
A grandniece of President John Ty
j'ler, Miss Julia Beauregard, was lately
I married at St. Louis to Lieutenant Lane
i Howell, of the army,
j It is reported that Miss Eva Maekay,
| daughter of the “Bonanza King,” is to
I marry a kinsman of Marshal McMahon,
the Count d’Harconrt.
There are some economical girls in
Tennessee. For a social entertainment
recently, a young lady chose to be a
shepherdess because, she said, she could
afterward use the crook for a cistern
Pole-
An Ottawa policeman arrested two
respectable young women in that city a
few days since, because they were wear
ing “loud” hats. His object, as he ex
plained, was to “teach them to dress
quietly in the future.”
Dr. Harry Darling, of Atlanta, Ga.,
while visiting Niagara Falls, was so i
smitten by the charms of a girl who !
sold relics in one of the museums—
Annie Murphy,of St. Catharines—that he
proposed, was accepted, and the next I
day they were married and started for
he south.
Color** in llri'M.
The costliest materials will fail to j
produce an agreeable impression in a
lady's toilet unless their colors have
been carefully blended. The object to
be aimed at in dress is, therefore, a per
fect harmony of color. Foi this purpose
the Art Amateur advises that one color
be taken as the motive of dress and
work upon its varieties. Bed as the
predominant color of a dress could be
worn by very few, but its numerous va
rieties are popular. Scarlet, ::or in
stance, is used to light up the neutral
colors ; it also harmonizes with white.
Crimson reqiures white to soften it, or
it may be combined with blue and gold
or with purple and green. Claret
agrees with gold or orange. So does
maroon which may also bo used with
green. Magenta is best set off by
black. As for pink, its delicacy renders
it unsuitable for any but the most deli
cate complexions. The only decorations
it will bear are in black or white or sil
ver gray. Blue should bo softened by
white when it comes in juxtaposition
with the skin. It harmonizes with its
complementary, orange; hut lire and
water or not more discordant than blue
and yellow. Blue may also be combined
with a warm brown, crimson and gold.
Light blue is a trying color and by gas
light turns a pale green. When worn
it should be treated abundantly with
white or with gray or drab.
Y'ellow is sometimes effective, worn
by brunettes. Black goes well with it,
so does amber or orange. A tall figure
inclined to paleness may wear orange
and black or orange and purple.
Green is a difficult color under gas
light, but may be worn in the day with
combinations of white and scarlet. For
evening attire it is effectually relieved
with gold. Light green may be used
with white or brown or dark green.
Purple is the royal color. It may be
embellished with gold or orange or a
little amber or even scarlet. White
should be used to relieve it. Mauve
combines with cerise, white and gold.
For slight mourning it may be treated
with black and white. Lavender, lor
half mourning, requires black.
Gray, as a neutral color, is generally
useful and widely popular. It may be
enriched with bright colors, even scar
let or crimson, or treated with quiet
tintß.
Drab and fawn are neutral colors, like
gray, but somewhat warmer. These are
susceptible of various treatment and
may be heightened or toned down, ac
cording to the wearer’s fancy.
FHILDREVS SMART SAYINGS.
“What will you do when I aw dead ? ’
asked a mother fondly to her little
gill.
“Eat up all the sugar,” was the
reply.
To a little girl whose mother is deaf:
Auntie.—“ Why, Edith I just look at
your apron, it is all torn and dirty—
what will mamma say?”
Niece “Oh, she won’t know the
difference ; she’s terribly deaf."
When one of the older children of
my friend was saying her evening
prayer, and said “Give us this dav our
daily bread,” her little four-year-old
sister whispered in her ear, “Say butter,
too, Taty.”
A little boy two years old,* sitting at
the tea-table, gazing intently at the
fleecy clouds, exclaimed ’em Dod’s
| aprons? Oh, I know ! * tshey Dod’s
j table elofs. He hung’em up to dry.”
•Small boy in Sunday-school, the class
! having been instructed in regard to
cleanliness :
Teacher.—“ How should we keep the
Sabbath-day ?”
“ < lean 1 ." said a little seven-year old,
thereby preaching a whole sermon.
A youngster once said, “Mamma,
what did you marry father for? Why
didn’t you wait till I got to be a man
and marry me ?”
Said a little child : “Mamma, 1 wish
I was dead, so I could see the hones in
my body,”
Teacher.—“ Why did Eve eat the
apple?”
Child.—To make her fat.
“Mabel,” 1 think it is about time 1
began to brush your teeth,” said a
mother to her three-year-old, whose sole
previous experience had been limited to
a hair-brush, and was almost thunder
struck at hearing the following inter
rogatory comment on her intention :
“Is there any hair on them?”
My little hoy, aged four years, look
ing at the bay one day, said : “Mamma,
where does the water come from?” I
answered, “From the ocean.” “Well,
and where does the ocean come from ?”
Not wishing to enter into minute expla
nations, I answered, “God made the
ocean.” After a thoughtful pause, ho
said, “Well, who turned the faucet
Seeing a very red-faced gentleman, a
little girl said : “Would Mr. S. blush if
I put on niv stockings before him ?”
Receiving an affirmative answer, she
said: "How can von lell? he’s red
now.”
Charlie and little brothers were seated
around a Thanksgiving dinner, and in
the course of the meal began to quarrel
about who should have the wish-bone
of the turkey.
Charlie.—l waul the wish-bone, mam
ma 1
Mamma.—Never mind, Charlie, let
the little ones have it this time; you
can have the next one.
Charlie (sullenly).—l don’t care, I’m
going to have mamma’s wish-bone when
she dies.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
No man is so wise that he may not
err.
Faith aud hope themselves shall die,
while deathless charity remains.
No ashes are lighter than incense, and
few things burn out sooner.
There are as many wretched rich men,
in proportion, as there are wretched
poor men.
Men may say of marriage and women
what they please, they will renounce
neither the one nor the other.
We censure the inconstancy of women
when we are the victims. We find it
charming when we are the objects.
There is no greater fool than he who
thinks himself wise; no one wiser than
he who suspects he is a fool.
Every man has three characters; that
which ho exhibits, that which he has,
and that which he thinks he has.
The prejudices of men emanate from
the mind and may bo overcome ; the
prejudices of women emanate from the
heart and are impregnable.
Wo are always more disposed to laugh
at nonsense than at genuine wit; be
cause the nonsense is more agreeable to
us, being more conformable to our own
natures; fools love folly and wise men
wisdom.
No life is wasted unless it ends in
slotli, dishonestly and cowardice. No
success is worthy of the name unless it
is won by honest industry and brave
breasting of the waves of fortune.
There is great difference between tho
two temporal blessings, health and
wealth; wealth is most envied, but
least enjoyed ; health is frequently en
joyed, but the least envied ; and the
superiority of the latter is still more ob
vious that the poorest man would not
part with his health for money, but tho
richest would gladly part with his
money for health.
When a man thinks nobody cares for
him, and he is alone in a cold and selfish
world, be would do well to ask himself
this question : “What have I done to
make anybody care for and’love me, and
to warm the world with faith and gener
osity?” It is generally the case that
those who complain the most have done
the least.
The severe weather injured the pea
nut crop to a considerable extent, but
the yield of “hitherto unpublished let
ters of Lord Byron promises to be as
large as ever this year. Borne appre
hension is felt, however, for the crop
of Lafayette’s gold watch. Only two of
it have been rescued from the clutches
of pawnbrokers since the year opened.
The treasure-house of a man’s life is
his heart; and he who has nothing there
is poverty stricken, though he roll in
gold; while he who has a good deal
there is rich, whether he has a roof over
his head or not.
FACTS FOR HIE (TRIMS.
A Brazilian plant, it has been just
discovered, will reduce obesity.
Petards were invented by the Hugue
nots in 157'J.
Hats were first made in England by
i Spaniards in 1510.
j St. Petersburg was founded by Peter
tho Great in 1705.
The use of the mime Puritan began,
[ according to Fuller, in 1501.
Alum works were introduced into
j England near the close of the sixteenth
j century.
Herodotus states that tbe Lydians
were the first people who coined gold
aud silver.
There is a tradition among sailors
that tho petrol was named from St.
Peter, from his having walk and on the
sea.
The number of rainy days is greatest
j near the sea, and decreases in propot
j tion the farther we penetrate info the
I interior.
Tho Egyptians believed that after
3,000 years of living the lives of differ
ent animals, the soul would again seek
its own body.
Supposing tho earth to have been first
in a molten state the time which must
have elapsed in passing from a liquid to
a solid state is fixed at 350,000,000
years.
A loaf of eat able bread has been mado
| out of a deal board! The wood was
| boiled, reduced to fibre, dried and
ground, when it, had the smell and taste
of corn flour.
The belief in centaurs originated in
the mistake of some spectators behold
ing a group of Thessalonians on horse
back while their bor es wore driuking,
the animals’ heads being depressed and
out of sight.
The marks by which the sacred bull
of Egypt was known were a square,
white spot on its forehead, the figure of
au eagle on its back, a double tuft of
hair on its tail and the figure of the
sacred beetle under its tongue.
Among the peasantry in a certain
portion of Germany it is considered a
sign of good luck to meet a pig. Some
shrewd goldsmith utilized the idea by
manufacturing charms, or pig emblems,
which became all the rage in Germany,
and which have lately been the fashion
in this country.
There is a plant in Chili, aud a similar
one in Japan, called the “flower of the
air.” This appellation is given to it be
cause it has no root, and is never fixed
to the earth. It twines round a dry
tree or sterile rock. Each shoot pro
duces two or three flowers like a lily,
white, transparent and odoriferous. It
is capablo of being transported 200 or
300 leagues; and it vegetates ns it trav
els, suspended to a twig.
A Miner’s Romance.
At Amherst College, in the class of
'53, there were two chums who had stuck
together ever since they had first en
tei ed college. They were fast friends,
and no trouble had ever disturbed their
friendship. One was the son of rich
parents and the other a country minis
ter. When they graduated the rich
man’s son went iuto business with his
father in Now Y'ork and took his friend
with him as an employee. Things went
smoothly for some time, when that com
mon accident of life happened. They
both fell in love with the same girl.
The fight in the heart of tho employee
was long aud bitter, but, contrasting his
position with that of his friend, the
differences in the advantages ho could
offer the woman, ho yielded, and with
scarcely a word of parting, with none of
explanation, he left New York aud went
West. A year afterward found him in
San Francisco, and he so n joined the
gold diggers, His fortune was varied,
at times rich, at times poor ; afterwards
in Nevada he followed silver mining,
and when the silver craze struck Lead
ville he went there. There he was suc
cessful, and this spring, a rich man, he
determined to return East for the first
time in twenty-four years. Y esterday,
as he got off the Southwestern train at
Wilton, lowa, and went to got on the
main line train which was to carry him
to Chicago, a lady who was trying to
turn a seat attracted his attention. Step
ping forward to help her, he first looked
with wonder, then joy, to see that it
was the woman he had run away from
so long ago, a woman now past forty,
but handsome yet. He talked to her
timidly at first and uncertain. When
he learned that she was yet unmarried
his questions came faster yet, and her
present condition was soon known to
him. Her parents had died, and, de
pending on her owm exertions for sup
port, she had taught school, and at pres
ent was principal of a school in western
lowa. The old love still lived in the
miner’s heart, and he soon found that
he had not been entirely forgotten by
her. To make a long story short, it
was a very happy-looking couple who
got off the train here last night, look
ing for a minister, and a still happier
one which registered at the Sherman as
Mr. and Mrs. Shearburn, Leadville, Col.
Soft Beds.
There are differences in opinion in
regard to the best beds for refreshing
sleep, some persons advocating soft and
some hard beds. The difference between
them is that the weight of a body on a
soft bed presses on a larger surface than
upon a hard bed, and consequently more
comfort is enjoyed. Hard beds should
never be given to little children, and
parents who suppose that such beds con
tribute to health by hardening and
developing the constitution are surely
in error. Eminent physicians—both
here and in England—concur in this
opinion, and state that hard beds have
often proved injurious to the shape of
infants. Birds and animals cover their
offspring with the softest materials they
can obtain, and also make soft beds for
them ; and tho softness of a bed is not
evidence of its being unwholesome.
But if it is not kept sweet and clean by
daily airings and frequent beatings-’-
whether it is hard or soft—it is surely
iujunous to health.
A Glimpse of Mecca.
The town lies in a basin among steep
i hills of from five hundred to seven ltuu
i dred leet in height aud probably not
j more than one thousand two hundred
| to one thousand live hundred above the
j sea. The whole of this valley—about
i one mile and a half long by one-third of
Ia mile across—is packed and crammed
with buildings of all shape sand sizes,
! placed in no kind of order, climbing far
up the steep sides of tho surrounding
hills, with here and there an outlying
house on the summit of some rock, look
ing as though crowded out and wailing
r for a chance to squeeze into the confu
sion below; a curious gray mass, fiat
topped, to a European eye roofless, half
plastered, for planter in this climate is
I always either being put on or well ad
| vanced in coming off, but never to be
I seen in its entirety.
The walls of the houses area composed
of uncut slouo and rubble from three
to six ieet thick, in very high buildings
oven thicker. Cut stone i used only
j for the sills of windows or jambs and
i arches of doorways, and very little brick
|is employed anywhere. Notwithstaud
! ig tho substantial thickness of the
i walls, tottering ruins may be found by
j the side of the most thronged thorough
* fares in every part of the eitv. Many
I of the houses are of great height, large
and factory-like, full of little windows.
Seldom two adjacent houses face the
| same way or arc the same height. Noth
: ing resembling a row or street could by
i any stretch of imagination be extricated
j from such a chaos of masonry. It is
j impossible, even from au elevated point
; of view, to trace a hundred yards of
! open space between houses in any direc
! tion (many of the passages are hoarded
over, which to .. certain extent conceals
| them), except on the outskirts of the
j town, where two or three suburbs
I straggle off up the less inclined outlets
! from tho valley, and where the ground
| is not so thickly built over, though with
j the same systematic irregularity,
j The rule seems to be that uo two
! things must he alike, an Eastern char
j acteristic developed into a fixed law of
non-uniformity in everything about
Mecca, a town which, built as it is of
the crumbling rock about, made to ad
here with thirty per cent, of coarse lime,
j together with the dusky crowds creep
ing in swarms about its dark lanes and
streets, if such mere tortuous intrica
cies can be called so, suggests the simile
of the giant ant hill most strikingly,
and indeed it applies bettor than any
other description. There is a great
sameness about all this detailed dissim
ilarity, from the midst of which the
harem stands out most prominently, at
once fixing the attention, and indeed it
is the main feature of Mecca. It. is a
large and quadrangular open space, its
longest direction, northeast by east and
southwest by west, itielosi*) within four
arched colonnades or arcades, one hun
dred and ninety yards on the longest
sides by one hundred and twenty-seven
yards on the shortest, close up to which,
except on the east side, where it is
bounded by a street skirting the hall of
the harem.
How to Tell Good Rutter.
The Legislature of Ohio has passed a
bill providing for the inspection of
butter and cheese, “and all substances
having the semblance of butter and
cheese,” and of dairies and other places
where milk is sold or butter and cheese
manufactured ; to be done by inspectors
appointed by the State Board of Health.
The superintendent of inspectors of
butter and cheese, Mr. Robert Orr, lias
issued a circular of instructions to his
subordinates giving information which
may be of value to butter makers and
buyers generally. He says :
“When butter is properly churned
both as to time and temperature it le
comes firm with very little w orking, and
is tenacious; but its most desirable
state is that of waxy, when it is easily
molded into any shape, and may be
drawn out a considerable length without
breaking. It is then styled gilt-edged.
It is only in this state that butter pos
sesses that rich nutty flavor aud smell,
shows up a rich golden yellow color',
which imparts so high a degree of pleas
ure in eatiug it, and which increases its
value manifold,
“It is not always necessary when it
smells fresh and sweet to taste butter
in bulging it. The smooth, unctuous
feci in rubbing a little between the
finger and thumb expnesses at once its
rich quality ; the nutty smell and rich
aroma indicate a similar taste ; and the
bright golden glistening cream-colored
surface shows its high state of cleanli
ness. It may be necessary at times to
use the frier, or even use it until you
become au expert in testing by taste,
smell and rubbing.”
Don’t Postpone It.
if you have a disagreeable duty to
perform—and few are fortunate enough
to escape unpleasant things in this life
—fulfill it promptly. Nothing is gained
by deferring a dreaded piece of work.
If it be a carpet that must be taken up
and turned, the best parts brought to
the middle, and the worst adroitly
| managed so that they will be under the
bed and out of sight, it might just as
well he begun to-day as next week,
, Begin it to-day, and by next week it will
|he finished. I f you owe a call to a fret
ful, unhappy woman who will jar upon
your nerves and disturb your composure,
do not. be cowardly and shirk tho mat
ter, but mako your call. You may find
the lady in a rare mood of sunshine. If
you are appointed as collector for a
missionary society and you prefer any
other way of working lor tho cause to
soliciting money for it, nevertheless if
to do that be your duty, and you ac
knowledge it as such, please undertake
it at once. You will find Alps melting
before you into ‘mole-hills. You will
receive courtesy where you dreaded
rebuff. It will not seem very hard after
all, if you do it bravely and because it
is your duty.
Let tbe soul be turned as strenuously
towards good as it usually is towards
evil, ami you will find that the simple
lovo of goodness will give incredible
resources to the spirt in the search after
truth. Love, with intellect, will per
form miracles.
NEWS AND FARMER
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Bill Nye says that “some men are
born bilious, some achieve biliousness
and some have bilousness thrust upon
them.’’
Herkimer, N. Y'., is the oldest dairy
ing district in America. The farmer
who first Began dairying there went on
foot, from New England the latter part
of the last century.
Of the 200,(MMi,(lot) people in China
2,000,000 use opium. Tho Chinese phy
sicians admit that the only possible cure
. is solitary confinement, with the striet
j est regimen and habits.
There is, among the relies in the
cathedral of Perugia, a ring affirmed to
be the very ring of espousal given by
Joseph to the Yiigin Mary. It is of
: green jasper, the stono hollowed out
and forming both hoop and signet.
Between PHI and 1880 about three
tilths >-f the known supply of gold,
obtained during nearly four centuries,
wa* poured into the market. Nearly
one-quarter of the silur produced was
also obtained during the same time.
The best part of one’s life is the per
formance of one’s daih duties. All
higher motives, ideals, conceptions,
sentiments, in a man. are of no account
if they do not come and strengthen him
for the better discharge of his duties
which devolve upon him in the ordi
navy affairs of life.
Contagion is largely propagated by
means of clothing, and clothing is best
disinfected by heat. No form of eonta
j gion can withstand a dry heat of 200 de
glees. Tho clothing should be placed
iu a box or a closet maintained at that
temperature for about an hour. Car
belie acid will destroy the effect of vac
cine virus only for the time being.
Among the lug trees in the world are
the cypresses of Montezuma in Mexico.
| and which as long ago as 1832 had a
circumference of thirty.five feet and
1 must have been 1,000 to ti,oooyears old,
■ and the ancient cedars of Lebanon about
900 years old : and a big tree near Con
stautinoplr, which, in 1835, was ninety
feet high.
The French Government intends to
establish au observatory at Cape Horn
for the purposo of accumulating data,
regarding terrestrial magnetism. Those
who are to take charge of the establish
went will sail in the same vessel which
is to bring out the astronomers who will
try to make what use they can of the
i approaching transit of Venus.
The population of New South Wales
! is, by tho recent census, 750,000. Not very
considerable when it is remembered that
j the colony has an area more than five
I times as great as the State of Now Y'ork,
!is over eighty years old, and has for
i years presented the attraction of gold
fields. The people of New South Wales
I are, in fact, about as many as those of
I Leeds, which is not even a city, in the
i mother eountrv.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
The Ileiivenn Peclnre Him (Jlon.
j The untutored mind has often a short
way of taking hold of great truths which
men of culture might well covet. Here
is an illustration touching the order of
nature. A minister asked au old negro
his reasons for believing in the existence
in God. “Sir,” said he, “J have been
here going hard upon fifty years. Every
day since I lir ve been in this world I see
tlie pun rise in the east and set in the
xvest. The north star stands xvhere it
did Iho first time I saw it; the seven
| stars and Job’s coffin keep on the same
path iu the sky and never turn out. It
' isn’t so with man’s work. He makes
clocks and watches; they may run well
for awhile, but they get out of fix and
stand stock still. But the sun and moon
and stars keep on this same way all the
w hile. The heavens declare the glory of
God.”
I
ll{<‘livcioiiM New* nml Nolen.
One in every six of our 50,132,863
I population is a church member.
Four hundred and thirty I’resby
i terian ministers in Ireland have signed
j a petition to Parliament in favor of the
i land bill.
Abyssinia aud the United States, said
a speaker at a church conference in Chi
cago, are the only two Christian coun
tries that tolerate polygamy,
j The supreme court of the State of
Maine decides that “ a church is not a
corporation with authority to create
debt in erecting a house of worship.”
Four Presbyterian churches in this
country the past year raised .*727,511
for foreign missions, and three raised
•$510,703 for home missions, making a
i total of $1,238,214.
| Bishop Huntington, of Central New
I Y'ork, recently ordained two young In
dians. one a Cheyenne, the other a
I Kiowa, who pursueda threoyears’ course
! of study, and go on a mission to their
I own people in Indian Territory.
The completed returns of the English
YVeslevau church show that it has 380,-
922 members, a net increase of 4,244.
Over 30,000 new members were received
Of the net increase 1.118 was gained in
London. There are 70 candidates for
the ministry.
11 was said at the recent Congrega
tional convention in Chicago that Con
necticut is tho very centre of Congrega
tionalism for tho xvorld, since no other
State or country can say that nine per
cent, of its population is in Congrega
tional churches.
The ratio of ministers to members in
several of the leading churches is as
follows: Reformed (Dutch) church, 1
minister to 147 members; Presbyterian,
1 to 114; Congregational, 1 to 107;
Protestant Episcopal, 1 to 100 ; Meth
odist Episcopal, Ito 144. The average
in 17 denominations is 1 to 141.
Tho following bishops of the variolic
Methodist branches in America go to
the Ecumenical Methodist conference
in London: Bishops Simpson, YVarren,
Peek, McTyeire, Bowman, Payne,
Brown, Shorter. Dickerson, Hood,
Jones, Hillery, Thompson and Holsey.
Of these all but the first four are col
ored.