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FROST,
The pane 1* etched with wondrous tracery:
Curve interlaced with curve and line wit*
lino.
I.ike subtle measures of sweet harmony
Transformed to shapes of beauty crj stalllno.
Slim, grmeeful vines and tendrils of mich sort
Asttevor grew snvo In some fairy world
>' jna up from roots of misted silver wrought
1 hrouirh tulip (towers and lilies halt un
furled.
Shag firs and hemlocks blend Swlth plumy
palms,
Spiked cacti spring from feathery ferns and
weeds.
And sea-blooms such as rook In Southern
calms
Mingle their foamy fronds with sedge and
reeds.
And then* are flights of birds w th iris wing;'
That shed in mid-air many a brilliant plume,
And s< inti luting shoals if swimming things
1 hat seem to float Ui clear gr< • H'e(m
gloom.
And there are dlnmond-erusted diadi n.-
And orbs of peart and scepters of pal • gold,
Moral up in crystal gnUtoes. lit with gems
And paved witheim raids of pn. e u t >1
And tnarvt-lou* architecture of none, e,
Facades and shafts of loveliest form and hue
Keen pinna. >es and turrets tipped' wi h
And fretted domes ol put* t so, p!" blue!
All these the Genii of th Fr. 1 -might
" fought through the sUU e. *t * ,nrs bv
charm and rune;
And now, like dreams divUC ied before (he
light,
i hey float away iti vii'.or oil the noon
< hnr'c* L J/ffdrtf/q*,,; Mayuzlnc.
Tin: < 00]) S Of A KIT AN.
Miss lit'U.v Van 1)\ ke hntl purled hor
; q> in tlic com- •ol the spacious
viudow-siil in h r mother's kitchen to
"ateh Tit:ne flute the tloidices of her
iml a muslin. > i>s liotiv na :ts prettv
mul fre h n rose; her eyes were of
lie;iv*n s own hhie. her hair like threads
•and and. her e! e k* “ like t Guthcrine
pear, the side Unit's next the sun.’’
i ionc was nothing inert* than ft bundle
o’ okl boni s wrapped i|a * niwof piuvh
i*l' bt; she was a knice of Lorraine and
liad lately man led an Englishman f:i
lni 1 irirlv known as “(•oorj'C,” whom
she had lo\ed ‘or numi a year.
Mi*-s eti\ wns and il so tle
iio;htod her when (|i"ory;i■ at, last yielded
to the idnlntr, of jihpV Fit*ne that she
coaxed her father into leasing a hit of
s rubhy woodlnnd, with :i tumble-down
hotiM* upon t, to (,'corge, so that ho
c oo'd have a . urdeti and potato j ateh
and raise some chiekens and take nice
can* of poor 1 iiine. .Miss Hetty even
< onde s' ended to go to them during the
I.ous ■- the honovmo n and
I iti ne n ler Jittle domestic? fur
nish tig and ad rn-ngand advi-e (ieorge
in relation to his garden, his potato
1 atch. his ehiekeits and wood-splitt itig.
Hut, truth to say, George had so
studied t hoMsharactcr and at tributes of
the noble Indian that he modeled his
li e upon* is i far as resigning all do
m*sta* dul es to poorl i in*, lie gave
over to hi> sp use the entire supervision
of the garden, potato patch, chicken*
raising and even the wood-splitting. He
" :is or a dit'ann nature and would sit
lor bourdon a rude bench he had placed
lica the w at- r, nn Ith re he would
sju.ke and meditate until Filine had
tidied up the house and led the chickens
and hoe i tin* potatoes and washed a
couple of do en pieces for one of her
patrons, and split some wood and got
dinner upon the table, and then George
would conn; in and eat dinner with
! ititu* and toil her of all he had been
thinking : bout while* sitting there upon
the bench under the trees.
Fine was veiv hap;>v. Site knew
that i corgc was mi eiior to her in
m nd, hut he hud told her time and
ag.i it that it was right he shon and be her
superior, and he loved her ;ill the bet
ter for it.
But M'ss Hetty had her misgivings,
an I one day, w en site was curled up
like a lovely kitten upon the window
sill, she said Jo ! iiine. What does
George do, Fi! lie, towards the support
of the household? It seems to me that
\ou are always slaving and toiling.
v\ haf does ( corgc do!”
Then l i ne shrugged her shoulders,
which had heroine soon \vh I crooked
: nd 1 u'gy i om the heavy burdens they
had borne all these years, and elevated
her eyebrows, which were rath r -<T,ag
gj and a world of
iceFn • in h r \dee: “ \S hat do - lie do,
my angel? lie gives to me tin happi
?ie s which is my all: lie gives f. me the
conver- at ion which is beau! did : he tells
me of what is going on in the big. busy
world; lie pd.es. he consoles, ah, my lit
tle omy* he loves rue' ’
Hetty hinshed and was silent,
and thought, fool -li eh id, that after
ail this wa-over,thing. She left Kit:lie
l f, ib'n tin tucks and .'iirixdows with
\\ hi. ii Mrs. \an i . k<- dei gn' <*d to adorn
her dan; idor Hetty and went out under
the grain vine and walked to and fro
and thought if me body ami
hero
thought of his name—would read to her
tgain, would ta k to her again, would
'•H her of the ig. >u a t ui >rld once
more; if he would love her—ah, what
would sin* not be glad to give in return!
>he would work ;or him aye. she would
wo. k her.-: m lingers to the bone, only
rf course lie wouldn’t let her; he was
100 iiobh- and generous and thoughtful,
lint if t e necessity should arise, how
glad she would bo to do even like poor
ifinq, if only he would love her in re
turn!
! at, ala-' the uperi rit of mankind
was here also pre eminent, lie was the
new minister, the Key. Peg rial I Hoake.
The consistory had tho ght it host to
get a young man, so that he could hoard
around among the parish l oners and thus
sa\e the tent of a parsonage. Captain
Van Dyke, .Miss Hetty’s father, had
thought it best to economize in every
way that thev could and La 1 even taken
tin* young man to board at first, i.e
told Ills wife they’d scarcely inis v, !• *t
the parson ate and the ch .reh mu-t be
helped aiong as much ns wa- prudent
an cl possible.
But the Captain, after a few months,
suddenly changed his mint). The young
minister was very fertde in imagination
anti puiek n thought; and liis .sermons
were speedily prepared, and the i*ng
summer days had so many sweet, rich
hours to fill! Miss Hetty’s duties were
also light; her mother was still active
and robust and there were two sturdy
young women in the kitchen, bed.i s
th- occasional artistic work o: Fiinc*.
r J*he Captain’s sight was k< e ; and
strong: when he was out sa’ding in tlic
bay* he could sec a coin le o figures
bending over some book in tin-suminer
house or wandering among the r < ks or
along the sands upon the shore. Ihe
Captain would come home hot and
vexed, and take his wile to la*k or this
misdoing.
“I don't want any beggarly liaisons
hanging around my daughter,’ said the
Captain.
The good lady would look very much
shocked and really tremble in her heart
at the Captan's temerity, for she
thought it was almost tempting Provi
dence to cast a contemptuous word
upon the clergy, but she had that whole
some fear of the Captain-that she never
ventured to remonstrate>with him. ~he
sighed in secret with her daughter when
the Captain managed to transfer the
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VOL. X
preachor to the care of a wealthy and
comely widow in the neighborhood.
*• He can poach all he pleases on that
domain,” said the Captain. And short
ly afterwards ho was delighted to see
the reverend gentleman riding out wLli
tlii* tail’ widow and gathering grasses
and ferns in the pretty woodland haunts
about Granville.
“We can’t keep a parson single,' 1
chuckled the Captain at his dinner-ta
ble: “the women won’t let him alone,
do what we may. But the widow Hen
son owns her own house, and that will
save rent for a parsonage.”
The morsel upon Miss Betty’s fork
remained untasted, and the Captain in
this way spoiled many a meal for his
daughter.
And so tho summer waned, and Sep
tember was at hand—September with
her soft blue haze titid rich warm sun
shine; and though the widow had a
brilliant garden of her own she was
fend of the wanton wild flowers that
grew so luxuriously in the woods of
tlrauville. She amf the young min •'ter
tilled the house with great cluster." o:
golden rods and asters and big purple
poke-berrie-'. One day the pon\ phae
ton stopped before tho door ol < a ( tain
Vail I>\ ke ami the widow was led into
the sitting room, where she found Miss
Hotly almost hidden by st mosquito net
ting which she was busily patching.
“tome, child,” said the widow,
“put away that rag and run and get a
pretty dress on. I’ve promised m\M*lf
this many a day we should take this
drive together, and 1 declare to you it
shall he the rarest one you ever had in
your life. The day is made richly 1o
order for it; the balmiest air. tho gold
enestsunshine not a cloud in the. sky!
Hun away and make yourself look as
pretty as you can.”
*■ Von are very kind,” said Miss Het
ty, with a little trip of cold jealousy on
her longue, “but I must mend this net
ting for poor Filine. She is sick will) a
fever, and the mosquitoes are dreadful
down there in the wood. Mamma says
I may have this netting if I can make
it do, it is so badly torn,” said poor
Hetty, “and o perplexing! But I
could not sleep, Mrs. Henson,” *sho
added, with an air of gentle dignity, in
which there was also a slight snftl' of
reproach- * 1 could not sleep in mv own
bed of luxury and know that poor Filine
wa> languishing there a prey to fever and
mosquitoes.”
If the willow had thereupon offered
to drive to town with Miss Hetty and
buy lor I ilines a brand-new canopy .Miss
Hetty would have put the old netting
aide: lmt she was at heart very glad
that the line ladv offered no such saori
lice to charity* for she could not bear to
find her altogether yierfect.
‘•Ten chances to one, my dear,” said
the willow, “you’ll have your labor for
your pains. These poor creatures are
very superstitious and queer, and don t
know what is best for them. Jve no
doub', in any case, she has pretended to
bo sick to get rid of sonic clear-starch
ing for your good mother. Filine
would rather work at home, so that she
can he with that lubberly lout of it hus
band of hers. She is the finest and best
of laundresses, and sorry should Ibo
to have anything befall her; but you
must not believe ali these wily French
women say.”
The color mantled high in Miss Het
ty’s checks as these slanders fell upon
her cars, and sin; steadily refused to put
her work aside.
“ You arc a little goose,” said the
widow at length. “Must I tell you,
then, that we shall have some charming
company with us? W e arc to slop at
my hou-e for Mr. Koake --there, now,
Miss Hetty, run away and dress.”
The color fled from Miss Hetty's
cheeks and the needle trembled in her
fingers. As she raised her blue eyes to
the line black one- of the widow a tear
or two trembled within them.
“ You are web ome to your charming
company,” she said. “ 1 will go on
wi h my work for my poor 1 iiine.
Tho widow laughed lightly and went
away, leaving poor Miss Betty to
struggle on with nor tioublesomc task,
which was more and more irksome
now that she knew how some
other people were spend ng their after
noon. As rent after rent yawned be
fore her, and her weary little fingers
grew less and less nimble, more than
once the question arose within her
whether it was better to go on. Since
nobody cared for, why should she euro
for anybody? Blither generous heart
conquered all these hitter temptations,
and nearly at night-fall she ran up
stairs to slip on the pretty muslin robe,
all smoothed and crimped by the art
and industry of poor f iline. The nul
ling was not a very heavy burden, but
she carried also a kettle, of ice with her
and a pot of jelly. She took the road
through the woods, and though if was
growing darker ami her heart beat
rapidly and she could not brush the
mosquitoes away' because her h nds
Were so full, yet she was upheld by the
thought of rescuing poor h iiine. Since
she could pot save her from tie* stings
of slander and reproach she should af
least he free from those of mosquito ..
At last through the trees he could see
the chicken-coops of Filine. and ' n
she* was at the poor woman’s bedside.
The heart of Miss Betty was lin <1 with
indignation when she remembered the
cruel words of the widow. 1 i no lay
upon a rude bed in the corner. Always
thin and brown, she might now have
been taken for an exhumed . ueen of.
Egypt, and Miss Betty could not imag
ine how all these mosquitoes could f nd
it n their anatomy to prey upon poor
F fine when the fat and unctu us in
stance of George was temptingly' atlmnd
upon the bench outside, where h< was
enjoying his evening pipe - iss Hetty
stooped over the sick woman and -r id
softly: “ I have brought you some ice,
dear \ Mine.”
“ Ah, my angel! my angel of light’ ’
said i itine, ‘Thou hast of hearts the
mo't mer fful; but, alas. I cannot have
th * ie. I am too cold already my
little one. There is a eohl hand at mv
heart. No, no I cannot have the
ice. ”
“Very well, Fi; ne,” said Miss j city,
putting dow;, the kettle which had been
such a nuGance to Ler, “you shall nd
SUMMERVILLE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 28. 188:1.
be troubled with the ieo, but here H
some jelly.”.
“ Ah, my blessed one!” cried Filine,
“thou art like asa : nt from Heaven: hut
talk not to me of jelly. They have
given mo of jellv many y ears ago, a tor
some bitter medicine, and I have since
that time no hunger for jellv. Ah, mv
rose of tin* wildwood! It makes mo sick
to think < i it."
“Then do not think of it. Ffflno,”
su'd Miss Betty, putting aside the jar
that had grown heavier and heavier at.
every step of the journey. “Hut these
dreadful mosquitoes, they are devouring
y ou.”
“Ah, yes, my adored one, they are
demon.* Without inoroy; they have
drawn all the blood from my body, and
their dreadful song is madness io mv
brain. But rest tranquil; death will soon
p 1 an end to my misery.”
“But see here, m\ poor Filine,” er’ed
Miss Betty, exultiugly unrolling her
proeious net; “now you can sleep ;u
pc k e We will spread this over you,
George and I. and not one of the mon
sters can reach you. Sco, my poor Fi
line. wo will draw this over you so,”
and suiting the action to the word Miss
Hetty pulled tin* net over the high post
of the bedstead, when suddenly a terri
fied hok upon the siik woman’s lace
slaved her hands, and she cried out to
Filine in dismay: “ Don’t you want the
net over you, Filine
“Ah. life of mv life!” said Filine, “it
is sail, it L terrible! I know not how
to deny thee, after all thou hast done
for me; but, oh, my little one, I can
not have il over me. I have tried, for
thy dear sake*, to bear it. 1 told m\>elf
that I would say no word against ii at
least till thou were gone, when George
could pull it away li.it I can not even
for cme lit tie moment. Ah. mv angel,
wait until I am dead, and then they e::u
draw over me the pal , and p i can
dles at mv head and feel, and do with
me what they will; blit while I am yet
alive 1 can not be treated like a dead
body.”
Miss Betty said no further words of
on treaty or romohstrame, hut let the
miserable, fliuis a v thing fall out of her
hands upon the floor: and ha mg
smoothed Filine’s pillow aid held some
milk to her lips and promise I to come
again n t cm > ruing. Miss Hotly took
the wo* nl oud home again
Il wi no quite dark, and big
* o lied to threaten every s op
of her way. Her nearl was heavy with
in her, and her poor li tie fed seemed
scarcely able to carry e.cn her light
weight along. What a wretched abor
tive attempt had been Iters to a leviate
the misery of poor lil ne? it was as
the beautiful widow had said, she had
liad her labor for her pains—the beauti
lul. mocking widow, who was no doubt
riding home through the gloaming with
the Hev. Reginald lioake.
At that ve y moment Miss Hetty hoard
the tramping of hoofs behind her, and
stepped asioe to let the light-! mlmd
pony of the widow pass by. ihe ha ket
sides of the phaeton were filled with
wild flowers and the white I amis of the
minister held a buiieh of shy, sweet for
get -me m‘D as him* as .V iss Hot y’s<*\ es.
The wi-ow drew up her ponv and
hade Miss Hetty gel in by her side, lest
tho hobgoblins of the wood should de
vour he ; bui the young girl stoutly re
fused, nor would she be coaxed from
her decis'ou.
“I am not afraid of hobgoblins,”
she said, thinking in her heart there
could be none so greed*, and rapa ions
us the beautiful widow herself.
“ Now what is to be done with this
obstinate child?” said the widow. The
minister had long since leaped from the
wagon and approached Miss Belt. : h i,
she turned her back on him, perhaps
to hide 1 lie tears of wretchedness which
Were tailing out ot her ey. s.
‘Tick her up and put her in here by
me,” said tin* widow. “I am myself ji
lilt Ui afraid o tl**, satyrs of the wood
Gome, child: do not be i goose and go*
jealous of your grandmother. *he
gent einan then* has gathered a pre ty
neregav of forgot-nr* nols for on that
f> ere left o\er from spring. We have
been looking for y ou far and wide, and
he has done nothing lut talk to me of
li * love for you tiil I am sick of Ihe re
frain.”
Hetty’ turned a swift, melting game
h' hind her. in a twinkling the in lis
ter h: and lit:<*d In* • to the widow - s'de,
".ml forgo! to take his arm a wav. It.
was quite dark, and the only Mar that
klioj: e in the sky was thill, of Venus.
They -Dove rap'dly on, Mi>s Hell ’s
hear! thumping iti unison with the hoofs
of t le* pon v.
“I told you,” said the widow, “you’d
have your la or for our pains. We
bo ped at Filine i lie poor eronture
wa ■ tiill of adoration for you. She,
i a led upon every saint in the ea'eudar
lo bower blessings upon your head
She said that you had brought her some
beautiful ice and delicious jelly, an Ia
net Hint was most beautiful.”
“Hut she refused them all,” said Miss
Hetty.
• Ali yes.” replied the widow; “but
George did not refuse them. He ha l
chopped up the ice in the milk ami had
;.:ii!'(*:i'l all the jelly upon his bread and
11*: i 1 1 v.rappcd himself up in the mosquito
netting and laid upon the lounge as we
entered, snoring, as I*iiine .aid, lik * an
ange!. I'iiine w. s parched with fever
and devoured with mosquitoes, but he
(| - lured to me that she was quite com
fortable and happy. 1 do not under
stand t ”
but Miss Hetty did. She nestled
closer to the arm about her, and Jilted
her lushed and rad ant face to the one
above her own.
•*Mv sweet little Samaritan!” ho
whi-pered and although the widow
could not understand the happines of
1 i ne, it c ear to the heart of Miss
Bett V. - • Ilari.T M■ •
The "Department” Clerk.
The worst-abused man in Washington
ji the department clerk. He earns from
SI,BOO down to 8700 per year. 1. in
iafe to say that all get as much as they
are worth. Half of them who owe board
bills and sport so much style around
Washington could not make enough in
competition with the world to wear two
suits a year. The clerk is a polite pau
per. He thinks that for some reason or
other this country owes him a living.
He goes to work at 9 o’clock, and is
found, all slickly brushed and gloved,
issuing from the front stops of his great
asylum just before 9 o’clock.-- WaHhiny
ton tetter.
Cross-Cut Religion.
The meeting house of tho Lickskillit
district was crowded. The preacher, old
Noah, with his grizzly bciml and head
half white, like a cotton field when tho
I Kills are just opening, sat in the pulpit
surveying his congregation in that pecul
iar way which has ever characterized the
colored preacher. A spontaneous hymn
arose, ami when the melody had ceased
the preacher arose and said, “ Let us en
gage in prar.” The congregation kneeled,
even young Ike, the preaolierV. son, who
had just come from down to the spring,
where he had been trying to swap mules
with one of the deacons.
*‘oli, Lord," began the preacher, “wo
\semble in dis house ol> worship to thank
thee fur the many blessin’s ob do past,
an’ ax dat yer would sprinkle our Inn’
wi<l a lectio moah rain. We must hah a
shower ’twixt dis an’ Saturday night,
’ease, Lord, we’se needin' ob hit. Amen.”
t) list as tin* preachor arose there was a
stir at Hie rear end of the house. V toll
colored man, followed by several parties
as intensely colored nsliiniself, tiled down
the aisle. “Como up ler do stan’,
Brother Robinson,” said the preacher,
for ho recognized the preacher of the
Bhieksnort district.
“I donn want ter come up ter yer
stan’.” said Mr. Robinson.
“Wind's do matter wid yer, sail!" c\
claimed old Noah. “Wind’s a ailin’ol
yer?" m
“Tiithor day r s<*nt yer a note, axin’
vor ter stop prayin’ fur rain,” remarked
Robinson, with emphasis. “Our cotton
is sull'erin’ fur sunshine. We'so had
monli rain den wo wants, an' lieah yer
goes axin’ fur moah.”
“We linin’! had no rain, shall, nn' l
‘tons ter pray fur it until hit do come.”
“ Is yer try in* ter drown us out?”
“No, but I wants’nough rain,”
“1 understan's yor game, Drudder
Noah. You sees dat rain is puttin’ ii in
do grass. You know dat hit is to do
wori’ly intrust ob dis section fur ter,keep
us dar. Yer wards de fjord ter drown us
out, so dat your eon'legation will git de
heels ol> us id de market. De Lord at
dis season ob de ye di. hits gnl so much
business ter tend H r dal li<* ain’t :r noticin'
how much rain is a failin', bm Hep
a sendin’ up your pears, ini’ lie keeps a
pullin’de string. I wants yer to stop
hit. Does yer heali, Bruddor Noah?”
“I lieah, but is mighty loft about
hark’nin. We wants rain, we does. \\V
prays, and ef de Lord grabs a bold ob de
wrong string it taint no fault ol ours."
“Well, I eumo lie all prepared for a let
up or a tight. Siel*. I'nnlislmcss aa you
send up is 'nough ter gif de Lord so tan
gled dat lie can t git himself straight for
a yeah. You'll pul o ;nnin de clips.”
“Do what vid d< sun?”
"Put hit in do clips.”
“Well, ef dat doa;i beat any mistake
I ever heard a nigger make. No wonder
do Lord won’t pay no ’toiition to yer.”
“What would you say?”
“ Wiry, de reelipse.”
“Dili’s all right, but de fact I want
settled is dis; layer gwitie ter stop?”
“No, f isn’t.”
“ I)cn we mixes wool.”
Mr. Robinson sprang toward the pul
pit. Noah sprang to meet him. Tho
wildest confusion prevailed. The two
men grappled, and the gathered
around.
“Giniiny do plantation grip," ox
claimed Noah, while Mr. Linson vo
ciferated “eul yer capers, eul yer capers!”
Finally Robinson fell, Noah mounted
him, choked him into ob die.nce and
raising himself up, ©xr.Lniaed: “ Let us
pray again. Brudder Johnson, git down
dar.” The preacher*} h*cve become friends.
—/Attic ifook Gttzfitio-
Ganarle.H Trained to Whistles Operas.
Mr. Jacob Wins, trainer of canary
birds in this city, has achieved remark
able success in getting his pupils to
whistles tunes. < )nc songs! or that belongs
to Mrs. Townsend, of Philadelphia, a
daughter of if on. William L. Sent!,
whistles “Dor Freiseliutz” as well as an
expert whistler. Mr. Wiss says that it
takes two years to train a bird, and de
scribes the treatment us follows: “ The
bird when quite young is isolated from
all other birds and bird sounds but his
own. This little instrument is a music
box specially constructed for this pur
pose. Two or three times a day it is set
playing, but always the same air. The
young bird, hearing no other sounds, be
gins to imitate Ihe air; right short when
he has sung all he knows; he never at
tempts to go through the whole until
every note is committed to memory, and
is as perfect or imperfect as the .music
from the instrument.” Mr, Wiss states
that lie trained one to whist le. “God Save
the Queen,” and an Englishman paid
him s<>o for if. He never gets Jess than
SSO for a trained bird.—AV/o (Fa.) l><
patch.
An Absent-Minded Farmer.
Wednesday’s Tin/ contained some
singular accounts of absent min i'll
ness, which, it is believed, are rivaled
by the freaks of a farmer living at
Smitt’s Corners, a hamlet two miles
from Goble kill. Las! summer lie
drove to Gohle'kill, accompanied by lbs
wife, to do some trailing. After spend
ing several hours in the village, hednr.e
home alone, did his “chore and,
upon going to the house, was provoked
that his better-half, who was not to bo
seen, had made no preparation for sup
per. He failed to find her in ihe house,
and in a few moments she arrived home
in a conveyance rora the village, where
she had been anxiously awaiting her
husband’s appearance. At another
time he rode a horse to the villa, e to
have it shod. Ho was engaged mil I
evening, when he walked home. a ; ’tcr
waiting some lime for ar de His wi c
recalled to his mind the fact that ho
had left his horse in the village, and lie
returned for it. Troy {hi. v Lo *
—lsaac 1 rice who was appointed
Postmaster of Schuylkill, a little ham
let of Chester County, Penns. Ivania,
when General Jackson was i resident,
lias iust resigned tho post he has held
for lift, years. His successor is h sson,
P. F Price. The hamlet contains now
but one house in addition to those there
when he took the office. Seoies o busy'
towns hav been buill up aroun Ii . but
Schuylkill remains as it was when the
century opened, hocause it is out of the
wav of railroad travel.
Mrs. SeotcliroeN Grief.
“ Pvt* had my life insured,” said Mr.
Hoot hroe, according to 11k* veracious
historian of the Little Rock Gazette
“Now, incase I die, my wife will re
ceive $2,000. In case of my death, how
ever, I don't know that sin* would be
benefited, for she has determined to kill
herself if anything of a serious nature
happens to me. Let me toll you what
• Ik* did,” and Mr, Bootehroe took hold
of the two men to whom he was talking.
“ Why, she has prepared a bottle of
stutV deadly enough to kill a mule. She
says that when the money falls due she
shall fall a victim to the contents of the
bottbv*
“JI maybe unwarranted incredulity
on my part, Seotchroo,” replied one of
the men, “but I’ll bet you $5 that 1
can go to your house, tell your wife
that you are dead, and ’
“ dust go on. Break tile news to her
gently. I’ll stand outside prepared to
rush in when she makes a dive for the
bottle. Gome ahead.”
Tin* two men went to Scotchroe’s cot
tage. Seotehroo stood out by the chim
ney while his companion went in.
“This is Mrs. Scotch roe, J believe?”
said the man, when a red-laced w oman
opened the door.
“ Yes, sir.”
“ Rather a fine day.”
“ Rather.”
“ Heard any news to-day?”
“No, sir.
“Got some for you. Seotchroo is a
capital follow, a splendid mail. Every
body liked him. Pity that such a ca
lamity should befall linn.”
“ What’s tho matter?”
“ He went down to the depot to-day
and stood around. A switch engine
came walking along. You know switch
engines have killed more men than all
the others.”
“ Yes,” said Mrs. Seotchroo, "switch
| engines have always borne sanguinary
I reputations.”
“ Well, this sw itch engine took sight at
Scotch roe and .floored him.”
“ Did it kill him?”
“ Well, he’ll he brought home alter
! a w hih* in a sack.”
“ Will they bring him before din
ner?” #
“ I don’t know. By tho way, he had
an insurance policy for $2,000.”
“ Yes, and I want the money right
away.”
“ Rather unfortunate, but when lie
was swept up from the track, among tho
rubbish was found a paper show ing t hat
Scotch roe had relinquished his pol
icy ”
“ What, deceive me in that way ; leave
me without any support ; the miserable
wretch. I
Seotchroo ran in and attempted to
clasp his wife.
“ Where’s that policy?”
" Hero it is.”
“ Give it here. It’s just like you to
surrender it and get killed.”
“Gome on Jim,” said Scotch roe to his
friend ; “ I want to get the vilest drink
to bo found in a ton-ceut saloon.”
NilefllohY Cutlery.
Shelliel, a; is well known, is the
home of the cutlery trade in England,
und by far t in* mod important center of
that industry in the world. It was born
here. Three hundred years ago
Shellield had gained the reputation for
the making of good knives. The poet
Chaucer speaks commendably of the
"Shei’eld tnwylel,” and ji writing
master in 159<i, giving directions about
quills, penknives, etc., says: "First,
therefore, ho tho choice of your pen
knife ji right Shefcld knife is best.”
'This reputation embraces also razors,
and continues until the present day. if
w • inquire :is to the secret of the excel
lence of ShelHeid cutlery, the steel
maker will tell us thiii the superiority of
his steel is at the bottom of it; the
forger at his anvil will say that the fine
grain necessary to produce the best cut
ting edge is given to the steel by the
blows of his hammer, and that no
machine-made blade can equal his; tho
ternperor will claim to possess some
ret of especial ellieaey; and others
will confidently stillrm that there is some
poculir; virtue in Sheffield water t hat is
imparted to the steel in the process of
hardening. In proof that this latter
belief exists is the fact that, a few years
since, when ji company of Sheffield
eutlerr went to the United States to
make razors, they took with them a
cask of Sheffield ’water, they having no
faith in the "Yankee” article.
Tho Sheffield culler believes he can
hold his own against the world, and the
world’s demand for his justly-celebrated
wares will go far to confirm his belief.
During the ten yea’s ending with 1881,
Sheffield has sent cutlery to the United
Stales alone to the value of $10,7*55,892,
*.i* m ire than $1,000,000 annually. 'The
amount required to supply the home
market is about the same as that taken
by the United States, or $1,000,000 an
nually.
For the protection of this ancient and
important industry, and for the promo
tion of its interests, a cutler’s company
was formed and incorporated as early as
1624. The act of incorporation or
iginally included makers of cutlery only,
but i> ha-, in later years been made to
embrace also makers of steel saws and
edge tools. The company owns a line
building in the center of the town, in
which is the Cutler’s Hall. It is an
elegant room, one hundred feet long by
fifty wide, by fifty high, in which an
annual banquet is given by the master
cutler to the Gutler’s Company and to
distinguished invited guests, including
often members of the Government,
members of Parliament, and foreigners
of note. This is called the Cutler’s
Feast, "The Great Northern Banquet.”
It i second in importance only to the
Lord Mayor’s banquet in London. It is
esteemed a high honor to be elected
master cutler, to preside at the feast,
and tp be entitled on occasions to wear
the massive gold chain and badge of
office arid to be recorded in the long line
of worthies who have been at the head
of this ancient and honorable company.
'The privilege of the company is the
granting and protection of trade-marks.
-Cor. N. Y. kernin'/ Cost,
It is a lazy fly that cannot counteract
the good a minister does by his Sabbath
morning sermon.
NO. 10.
Knowing llow to Swim.
The recent disasters on the waters have
conclusively proved the advantages of
Hu* art of swimming. Those who were
conscious of their ability to swim were
cool in more than one sense of the word;
hr they not only werenottwinic-Htricki'ii,
but they did not burn. Even those who
can but float In the water fuel that they
luivo resources which others do not share.
Among tho passengers of the Seawan
hakawas Mr. Samuel Barlow, of New
York, who having provided himself with
a life preserver, gave it away to another
passenger and dropped into the water.
Ho turned himself upon his back and
floated, managing to keep his nose above
w ater until he was rescued. All the pas
sengers who could swim, or at least who
did swim, reached the shore in safety.
Tt would reinforce persons otherwise
liable to be fear-stricken, with assurance,
enabling them to take measures for sav
ing themselves. If, for example, the
water were not an absolute terror to one
half or three-fourths of the passengers,
when a collision occurs or a lire breaks
out, they would, with some degree of
carefulness and deliberation, set about
lowering the boats. They could exercise
their reason and take precautions, would
look to see if the plugs were all in, and
would lower tho boats, perhaps, without
emptying everybody out or filling the
boats with water. On tho Narragaiisett
one of tho boats was lowered while tho
plug in tho bottom, allowing tho lain
water to run away, was out, and tlio Isiat
tilled. Tho patent plug, which, by the
pressing of the water on the bottom, is
forced home, ought to be used in nil
boats; but it is not, and a little caution
and preservation of tho mental balance
on the part of the passengers would avoid
these unnecessary dangers.
It. is not merely, therefore) that the art
of swimming will save the lives of voy
agers, but the familiarity with tho water
und the consciousness that one can, even
when he must take to the water, support
himself in it for a time at least, and un
til help comes, would prevent the dread
ful panics to which u, .e than to the dis
aster itself, the great loss of life is due.
Should every man, and every woman, and
every child that’s old enough to learn, be
aware that as soon as they touch the
water they could support themselves in
it, nearly all of the immediate danger
would disappear. A swimmer, too, can
use even a life-preserver to better advan
tage than one ignorant of tho art.
< )f course swimmers drown sometimes,
but the proportion is very small, and it
happens quite as often that it is tho boy
that cannot swim who is drowned while
in bathing. The number of swimmers
that are drowned is very much smaller
than the number of non-swimmers who
are drowned while bathing or sailing.
CHILDREN’N TEETH.
lion Tm\t Nlioiil<l m AI (ended to and
l>f*nj Prevented.
(American Agriculturist.!
A mother of several children lately told
me her experience. A few years iif<o she
houglit Hint her eldest boy s teeth in the
front of the lower jaw were decoying
badly. This was a disappointment to the
mother, who hud fed her children care
fully on nourishing and wholesome food,
ss ii general rule, keepingbothpickles and
confectionary from them. Studying the
matter over, she jumped lo the conclu
sion that wliut she had read emieerning
the mischief-making properties of the
tomato must bo true, especially ns her
husband, who was very true in the use of
his tomatoes this season, had a peculiar
trouble with his teeth. She had ob
served that her children’s, especially the
hoys’, teeth grew white mal clean when
there were plenty of ripe tomatoes, and
she thought that the acid of the vegeta
ble went too far and acted on the enamel
of the teeth. But when tho boy, then
fourteen years old, want to a dentist to
have his teeth filled, lo! there was no
tilling to be done. “Your boy has a
splendid set of teeth,” the dentist told
the mother. “There is not a cavity in
them. Unusually good teeth for a hoy
of his age.” And the dentist had no
doubt that the teeth were better than
they would have been if tho owner had
munched candy and pickles, os children
usually do. “They must he cleaned,
and tlint without delay,” he said. The
tartar which had gathered and crusted
gradually at tho crown of the teeth was
removed by the dentist, and with it all
appearances of decayed teeth. Now
tho hoy has nothing to do hut keep his
teeth in order to avoid dentistry bills in
the future. The younger children are
warned to avoid the older brother's
trouble by the daily use of tooth brushes.
From their father’s cose they learn to
avoid tho opposite extreme. His teeth
are hopelessly discolored, and a few are
habitually loi.se, but the useful tomato
is no longer suspected ns the cause. Ho
had an opportunity to read some in a
work on dentistry and came to the con
clusion that hard “scouring” of the
teeth witli gritty substances when a
young man had worn away the hard
enamel of his teeth, so that the strong
coffee he drank (during his soldier life
especially) penetrated and permanently
colored his teeth. I dislike to hear of
scouring tlio teeth. When they have
been neglected this may be necessary
to get them once clean. Tho dentist
has peculiar tools for removing tartar
crust, but the yellow deposit on chil
dren’s teeth can he cleaned away as the
ilontist does it by anyone. Take linely
powdered pumice stone and a little clean,
soft pine stick to rub with. Dip the
pine stick into water and then in pow
dered pumice, and rub the teeth gently.
Afterwards wash them with soap and
water, using a tooth brush. It is well to
use a little fine, clean soap occasionally
for cleanihg teeth, but plenty of pure
water (alittlo warm in tho cold weather)
will usually suffice for cleansing the
teeth of persons of good dietetic habits.
To make good teeth in the first place,
beginning when we can begin, and allow
ing for “ ancestry ” the mother should
oat plain ana nutritious food, u varied
diet well supplied with bone material, as
the grains are when it is bolted or sifted
out, and lean meat. For young children
milk should be freely used, and Graham
and oat meal also.
We are apt to be kinder to the
brutes that love us than to the women
that, love us. Is it because the brutes
are dumb? —Ocerqr Eliot.
BCIENUE AND ART.
From tbe speed of light, which has
been measured, it is Moved that at least
four hundred and fifty-one millions of
millions of these minute waves flow into
the eye and dash against the retina in each
second.
White flsli less than a week old and
looking like a pair of eyes with a tail, if
placed beneath a microscope arc found to
t>e transparent, and exhil.it beautifully
the action of the heart in propelling the
blood, and its circulation through tho
tail.
If seeds (Imrloy, com, etc.,) bo placed
bet ween moist pieces of litmus paper, tho
roots stick to the paper and oolor it so in
tensely red that even on the back of the
paper their course can be traced in red
lines on a blue ground. If tincture of
litmus be rojjeatculy added, tlie intensity
of the red color is increased.
I*rop. J. Lawrence Smith, of Louis
ville, Ky., in a paper read before the
French Academy of Sciences, says that
the meteorite which fell at Ksthcrvillc,
lowa, on May 10, ! '7O, should Do placed
apart for the phenomena of its fall, es
pecially the force of penetration of its
fragments into the ground, und for the
mode of association of its mineral con
stituents.
An Italian Antarctic expedition is pro
posed by Lieut. Hovu, who was one of
the officers under Nordenskjold on the
Vega. It is to sail in the spring of 1881,
and touch at Monte Video, Terra del
Fuego, Falkland, and South Shetland
Islands, and, proceeding in a southwest
wanlly direction, commence explorations,
expecting to be engaged for two winters
in tlio Antarctic region, ami return by
way of Hobart Town. The expenses are
estimated at 600,000 Urn.
An instrument called tho stathmo
gruph, for recording t he speed of railway
trains, has been invented by a German
mechanician at Cosset, and works so well
that the Prussian Government is about
to test it on some of the State lines. A
dial iu view of tlio engineer enables him
to ascertain tho velocity of the locomotive
at any moment, and the changes of speed
are graphically represented upon a roll of
paper, which can lie studied at the oud
of the journey.
A few years ago Herr Kolbe suggested
dringing-water used on long voyages
might be preserved from corruption by
means of a little salicylic acid, and this
was supported by laboratory experiments.
Afterward experiments were made on a
large scale on hoard ships without sue
cess, and when the water was examined
not a particle of the acid could be found.
What became of the acid is an open
question. Herr Kolbe considers that tho
action of the wood of the cask decom
posed the salicylic acid.
Somewhat in these words an Fmglish
scientific journal introduces the follow
ing suggestion: They propose to light
the whole of London by means of a great
central light-house. Suppose a circular
tower, say ],()()() feet or more, with gal
leries at intervals of one hundred feet,
and each gallery provided with a series
of electric lamps, with reflectors ar
ranged at suitable angles. The light
could thus he directed and diffused over
the entire metropolis, rendering gas-light
unnecessary except in the suburbs. This
is tho suggestion. Who will carry it into
effect?
The Philosophical Society of Glasgow
is to hold an exhibition of gas apparatus
on ft large Hcalo next, autumn, ami it is
intended, also, to make a display at tlm
same time of the apparatus which will
illustrate the progress made in electric
lighting, in telephonic communication,
in the manufacture of mineral oils, in
hydraulic engines, in heating and venti
lation, etc. There can be no doubt that
this exhibition, taking up, as it means to
do, some of the most important prob
lems to which man’s attention is given at
present, will prove of great service to
those who have to deal practically with
sanitary appliances.
Aooout.ing to M. Edmond About there
arc at least 2,00(1 pictures in the present
French Salon which no dealer would
show in his shop. Within tliclasttwcnty
years the number of pictures hung has
doubled, without. *rt reaping much ad
vantage. M. Paul Parfait gives ns an
amusing description of some previous
Salons. That of Yeai IX (1801), con
tained only 18fi works of all descriptions,
instead of, as to-day, 7,289. M. Gullet
exhibited a mngniflcentcanvas symbolical
of the 18th Brmnnire, of which the centre
was occupied by the vessel of the State,
which was represented as having safely
entered port and as moored with a chain
of laurel wreaths. The British leopard,
too, was displayed oh it vainly lavishing
guineas on expiring monsters, and Dis
cord wns flying before the dawning rays
of a luminary doing duty for anew era.
Light, Not Noise.
One of the members of the bar in Sara
toga, who thoroughly enjoys a good joke,
relates the following, and applies tho
moral to himself: He was counsel in a
case before Judge Pratt, referee, and
during the progress of the trial became
a little bit noisy, as he sometimes does,
when the Judge looked up and said to
him: “Mr.—-, did you ever hear of
tlio man who was lost ill the woods during
a thunder storm ?” On being answered
in the negative, the Judge continued:
“A man, in attempting to pass through a
piece of woods, lost his way, and while
ho was iu that predicament a fearful
thunder storm came up. Tho woods
grow awfully dark. The roaring of tlic
wind and the crashing of the thunder
were terrific. The man was frightened
and started to pray, but, not being used
to that business, said: ‘Oh,Lord, givens
alittlo more light, and a little less noise!’
I don’t mean you, Mr. ,” added
the Judge, but the audience supposed all
the time that, the Judge did mean him,
and now that he thinks of it himself ho
inclines to that opinion also.
Two of a Name at One Hotel.
An unusual and perplexing event oc
curred at the Davidson House yesterday.
H. G. Chamberlain came and registered
as being from Chicago. A short time
after fi. G. Chamberlain registered
there again, this time from Dayton.
Then the Chicago man r ailed for the
mail addressed to his name, and re
ceived four letters. Presently the Day
ton man came up anti wanted the mail
for that name. The clerk began to
think a trick war being played, and
brought the two gentlemen face to face
The one who had gobbled the corre
spondence was just beginning to scratch
his head in perplexity, as two oi the
letters were totally unintelligible to him,
being intended for the other man. It
was discovered that both are traveling
agents for agricultural machinery firms;
neither had ever heard of the other, and
both happene* to arrive at Columbus
and in the same hotel at the same time,
having had their mail forwarded to tho
Davidson House. An equitable division
of the mail followed, after which some
mutual explanations and courtesies were
Indulged in, but not tho remotest rela
tionship to each other could bo traced.
(JotumOiis (0.) I)h fill'll.
The age of a policeman cannot be told
by his rattles.