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CHEROKEE ADVANCE
CANTON,
GEORGIA
tub n mu WAT row.
Tha hu* of bar hid# nl dinky brown.
Her body was lean and bar nark ww altw;
Cm born turnwi np and th« otter turnnd down,
n* waa kaan of vtaton » .« long of limb;
With n Roman now and >. abort atnmp all,
And rlka Ilka tea hoof* on a boma mada pall.
Many a Dark did bar body baar;
•bn had bran a tergal for all Ihlnga known ;
On Many a roar thr dnaky hair
Would grow no mora wbara It onoa bad grown;
Many a paaalooate, parting abot
■ad laft upon bat a laallng apot
■any and many a watl-almad atoa
■any a brickbat of goodly faa,
And many a ondgal awlftly thrown.
Had brought tba taarr to bar lortng cyan.
Or bad bcunoad off from bar bony back,
With a nmaa Oka tba non ad of a rtfla amok.
Many a day had aha paatad In tha pound
P«t halptng haraalf to bar nalgbbor’a oorn;
Many a oowardly aur and bound
■ad ban traaadiad on bat arumplad born;
Many a teapot and old tin pall
■ad tha farrnar boya tlrd to bar ttma-worn tell
Old Daaoon Oray waa a pinna tnaa,
Though aooMtlmra tamptad to ha profana,
Whn may a waary mlla ba ran
To drlra bar out of bla growing grain.
•harp warn tha praaka aha uaad to play
To gal hat ill and to gat away.
•ha know whn thadaaaon want to tawn;
■ha wiaaly watched him whan ba want by;
■a aarar paaaad bar without a frown
And aa aril glanea la aaeh angry aya;
■a would crack hla whip In a aurly way.
And drlra along In hla “ ona-boaa ahay."
Than at hit homaataad aha lorad to oall,
1Jfling hla ban with crumplad horn,
Nimbly coaling blagnrdn wall,
■alplng baraalf lo hla atendlng oorn;
Rating bla cabbagaa, ona by ona;
Hurrying boma wbn hat work waa dona.
Bla human paaatooa warn qulok to rtaa,
And airI<1 log forth with a nraga ery,
With fury bluing from both hla ayaa,
Aa lightning# flaah In tha aummer aky,
Itaddte ud redder bla fact would grow,
And after tha orwatura ba would go.
Orar tba gardan, round and round,
■ranking hla paar and appla traaaj
Tramping hla malona Into tba ground,
Orarturnlng bla htraa of boat;
Laarlng him angry and badly along,
Wlahlng tha aid aow'a aaak waa wrmng.
Tba moaaaa grow on tba gardan wall;
Tba yaara want by with their work and play i
Tha boya of thaelliaga grow atrong and tell,
And tha grayhaltod farmara paaaad away.
Ona by ona tba rad laaraa fall.
But tha highway aow outllrad them all.
THE HANDSOME ARTIST.
Gntme McDonald waa a young High.
Under come to Florence to study the old
■aaten. He wan an athletic, whole-
■orm, handsome fellow. He painted In
the palace or wiped hi* forehead on a
warm day with equally email care, to all
appearance, and he had brought hi*
mother and two sifter* to Italy, and enp-
ported them by a moat heroic economy
and industry. Indeed, the more I knew
McDonald, the more I bccamo conviuced
that Uicre wan another man built over
him.
Perhaps yon hare been in Florence
. |)ear aaadtr, and know by what royal
liberality artists ure permitted to bring
their easels into the splendid apartments
of the palace and copy from the. price-
leea pictures on the walls. At the timo
I have my eye upon (some few years
ago) McDonald was making a beginning
Ot a copy of " Titian's Bella,” and near
him stood the eeeel of a female artist
who was copying from the glorious pic
ture of "Judith and Ilolofcruee,” in the
■ante apartment. Mademoisollo Folie
(•o she was called by tho elderly lady
who always accompanied her) was a
■mall and vory grncofully-formcd crcnt-
nre, with tho plainest faeo in which at
traction could possibly reside. McDon
ald was her nearest noighbor, ami they
frequently looked ever each other's pic
tures ; but, as they were both foreign
ers in Florence (she of Polish birth, ns
he understood) their conversation wns in
French or Italiau. neither of which lan
guages were fluently familiar to (Irame,
Rad it waa limited generally to expres
sions of courtesy or brief criticising of
aaeh other’s labors.
Am I said before, it was a 11 proof im-
preusion of a celestial summer's morn
ing, and the thermometer stood nt heav
enly idleness. McDonald stood with his
maul-stick across his knees, drinking
from Titian’s picture. An artist, who
had lounged in from the next room, had
hung himself by the crook o! his arm
over a high peg, on his oomrade's easel,
and every now and then he volunteered
an observation to whioh he expected no
particular answer.
"When I remember how little beauty
I have seen in tho world,” said Ingarde
(this artist), “lam inolined to believe
with Saturninna that there is no resur
rection of bodies, end that only the
aparita of the good return into the body
ot the Godhead—for what is ugliness to
do in hesven?”
McDonald only said: "Hm—lim 1”
How will this little plain woman look
4* the streets of the New Jerusalem, for
•sample? Yet she expects, aa wo all
do, to be recognizable by her friends in
heaven, and, of course, to have the same
inredeemnbly-plain face. Does she un
derstand English, by the way—for she
might not be altogether pleased with my
theory?”
"I have spoken to her very often,”
■aid MoDonald, "and I think English
is Hebrew to her; but my theory of
beauty crosses at least one corner of
your argument, my friend I I believe
vhaA the original type of every human
in all othqr miracles, if yon like, at tha
name timer
Ingarde laughed, aa he weal hack to
his own pietme, and McDonald, after
sitting a few minutes lost in reverie,
turned his easel so as to get a painter's
viow of hia female neighbor. He thought
sho colored slightly as he fixed hia eyes
upon her; bur, if ao, she apparently
became very soon unconscious of his
gage, aud be was goon absorbed himself
in the lank to which hia friend had so
mockingly challenged Mate
| Excuse me, dear reader, while with
two epistles I build a bridge over whioh
you can cross a chasm of a month in my
story.]
To OiistMR McDonald—Sir: I am
intrusted with a delicate commission,
which J knew not how to broach to you
except by simple pro|>onal. Will you
forgive my abrupt levity, if I inform
you, without further preface, that the
Countess Xysubriem, a Polish lady at
high birth and ample fortune, does you
tho honor to pro|ioee tor your hand. If
you are disengaged and your affections
im> not irrevocably given to another, I
ran rononlve no sufficient obstacle to
your acceptance of tho brilliant connec
tion, Thu Countses is 22, and not beau
tiful, it must iD fairuosa be said; but she
has high qualities both of head and
heart, and is worthy any man's respect
and affection.
An answer is requested in the oouraa
of to-morrow, addressed to " The Count
Ilanswald, Minister of Hie Majesty the
King of Prussia." I have the honor,
**«•. «hi. Hannwald.
McDonald's answer waa aa follows:
To Bla BaaaUani-r, HanawaM, ate., ate
You will pardon me that I have taken
two days to consider the extraordinary
proposition made mo in your letter. The
subject, since it it to be entertained a
moment, roquirea, perhaps, still further
reflection—but my reply shall be definite
and as prompt as I can bring myself to
lie in a matter so important.
My first impulse waa to return your
letter, declining the honor yon would do
me, and thanking the lady for the com
pliment of her olioioa. My flrat reflec
tion was the relief and happiness which
an independence would bring to a moth
er and two siatera-dopendent now on the
proenrions profits of my pencil. And I
first consented to ponder the matter
with this view, and I now ooneent hi
marry (frankly) for tliis advantage. But
still I have a condition to propose.
In the studies I have had the opjior-
* unity to make of the happiness of im
aginative men in matrimony I have ob
served that their two worlds of foot and
fancy were seldom under the control of
one mistress. It must be a very extraor
dinary woman, of conns, who, with the
sweet domestic qualities needed for com
mon life, possesses at the same time tho
elevation and spirituality necessary for
tho ideal of the poet and pain let. And
I am not certain, iu any oaae, whether
tl>« romance of some secret passion, fed
and pursued in the imagination only, lie
not the inseparable necessity of a poetic
nature. For the imagination is inoapa-
bie of being cluuuod, and it ia at once
disenchanted and aet roaming by the
very position aud certainty whioh are
the charms of matrimony. Whether ex
clusive devotion of all the faculties of
mind and body be the fidelity elected
in marriage is a question every woman
should consider before makings hus
band of an imaginative man. As I have
not seen the Countess I can generalize
on the snbjeot without offense; and she
is the best jndge whether she can chain
my Taney as well as my affcotions, or
yield to an imaginative mistress the de
votion of so predominant a quality of
my nature. I can only promise her the
constancy of a husband.
This inevitable license ia allowed—my
ideal world anti its devotions, that, ia to
say, loft entirely to myself—I am ready
to accept the honor of the Countess'
hand.
Your Excellency msy command my
time and presence. With hiith consid
eration, etc., Gbjkmb McDonald.
Rather agitated than surprised seemed
Mile. Folie when, tho next day, as she
arranged her brushes upon the shell of
her oasol, her handsome neighbor com
menced, in the most fluent Italiau lie
could command, to invite her to his
wedding. Very mnch surprised was
McDonald when she interrupted him in
English, and begged him to use his na
tive tongue, as madame, her attendant,
would not then understand him. He went
on dolightodly in his own honest langnugc,
and explained to her hia imaginative ad
miration, though he felt oompuuetioiiH,
somewhat, that so unreal a sentiment
should bring the visible blood to her
cheek. She thanked him—drew the
cloth from the upper part of her own
picture and showed him an admirable
portrait of his handsome features, tub-
stituted for the masculine head of Ju
dith, in the original from whioh she
copied—and promised to be at his wed
ding, and to listen sharply for her mur
mured name in hia vow at the altar. He
chanced to wear at the moment a ring
of red cornelian, and he agreed writh >»*r
that the should stand where he could
see her, and at the moment of his putting
the marriage ring upon his bride’s An
ger that aha should put on this, aa a to
ken oi having reoeived his spiritual vows
of devotion.
The day came, and the splendid equi
page of the Countess dashed into the i
square of the Santa Maria, with a veiled j
bride and a cold bridegroom, and depoe- ;
being could be made beautiful without
in any ereential particular destroying ~ t** 0 *
the visible identity." them *** ot U * e ohurob * A * i
. . , 1 ^ey were followed by other ooroneted
"And you think that little womans eqmpogee, and gayly-dresaed people
faoe could be made beautiful ?” dismounted from each—the mother and
" I know it sisters of tho bridegroom, gayly dressed
" Try it, then. Here is your copy of among them, but looking pale with in’ I
Titian’s ‘Bella,’ all finished but the oertitude and dread
face. Make an apotheais portrait of i The veiled bride was small, but she 1
your neighbor, and, while it harmonizes moved gracefully up the aisle, and met
with the bod|y ot Titian’s beauty, still her future husband at tho altar, with a
leave it recognizable as the portrait, and low courtesy, and tut do a sign to the
TO give in to your theories—believing priest to proceed with tho ceremony.
McDonald waa color lose, but firm, and,
indeed, showed but little inteauot, ex
cept by aa anxious look bow mi than
aaong tha arowd «f apart atom at the
•idee ot tha altar. He pronounced hia
vowa with a eteady voioe, but, whan tha
ring waa to be put on, ha looked aronod
for an instant, and than sadden!/, and
to the great scandal of all present,
clasped hia bride with a paaaionale ejaoa-
lation to hia bosom. The cornelian
ring waa on bar finger—and tha OfaaoW
eae Nyschriem and Mademoiselle Folie
-hla bride and hla fancy queen—were
one I
This curione event happened in Fkw
enoe eome years since—aa all people
then there wtR remember—and it was
prophesied of the Countess that aha
would have but a short lease of her
handsome and gay husband. But time
doea not any aa A mare constant hus
band than MoDonald to hia plain
titled wife, and one man continuously
in love, does not travel and boy pictures
and patronise artiste—though few, ex
cept yourself, doer reader, know tho
philosophy of it.
jvdoud by mm bcmoolmaybb.
A custom whioh is unique among the
schools ot the country has been ob
served, with the heat results, for twenty-
five yean at the Channcey Hall School
of Boston. It ia described aa follows by
the Advertiser:
" It ia a vote by tha boya and girla of
the school tor the beat boy ia achool.
No conditions an imposed, save aa they
■A implied ia tha explanation whieh ia
given to acquaint the young people with
the purpose ot those who established
the practice.
" Each pupil ia free to vote for any of
the school who has been a member for
any length of time, exeept since Dec. 1
last. It haa been the custom to aaleot a
boy from tha oldest claaa, but it ia not
oompulsory to do aa
" Former asembers ot tha achool, not
all cl the same claaa, bat intimate
friends there, believing that a prise
given on tha principles they propound
would help in developing a manly spirit
st the eohool, began the practice of giv
ing a medal to tha boy who reoeivea tha
plurality o< the votes at the eohool ss thr
I test boy.
" At noon the scholars wan gathered
in the school-room, and, after other bust-
nesa (including an explanation of the
medal system at the eohool, baaed on
•lisolute, not relative, merit, ao that a
modal ia within the raaoh of every pupil),
Mr, Ladd explained the intent of the
gentleman who give tha • baat-boy med
al.’ ‘ This does not mean,’ aawl he, 1 the
beet olaaeioal scholar, nor tha most noted
catcher or pitcher at ban hall, nor tho
ablest mathematician, nor tho bast-
drilled soldier, nor the moat elegant de-
claimer, nor the fastest runner, nor the
moot accurate Bhakapeariaa scholar, nor
the (pluckiest fellow ai football.
"‘You, young boya, will do well to
vote for the |>eraon who seems nearest
to what your father and mother want
yon to ba—what you mean to be your
selves when you are iu the first class;
and you, young girls, will do well to
vote for the boy who oomae nearest to
being what your parents are trying to
have your brothers baoome,
"•The older scholars are tolerably
familiar with aneiant and modem histo
ry. Vote for that one ot you number
whose character oomee nearest to the
noblest man of whom yon have read.’
"All the school aat upright with mil
itary precision. Their officers passed
the ballots, and each pupil prepared
hia own.
"At the head he puts hia own name,
and tha number of years he had been
in the eohool; below, the name of hia
choice for the prize. Each ballot counts
as many units as the scholar easting it
has I wen yean at the school.
"After the votes were east, the achool
was marshalled from the room in regular
order, and the result will not be known
till the next exhibition.
" By long experience it ia found that
the pupils select a boy who ia deemed by
the teachers to be worthy of the medal,
thus proving that the sense of honor is
the same with boys aa with grown peo
ple.”
A BIX NBA YAHTT.
The hostess should Bee to it that din
ner is served punotoaliy, while the guest
must not be late. Exact punctuality is
the only politeness. Whatever fashion
may sanction, or the rank of the offender
seem to exotue, a want of punctuality is
a transgression nearly allied to imperti
nence aud ill-breeding. Flowers may
be used to decorate the table; but they
are a grievance when they obscure the
view aoross the table. People do not
like to lean round an epergne of flowers
in order to see a friend or answer a salu
tation. A iow, ova! trey in the center,
with four thin, small glasses placed
close to it and so aa to make four oor-
ners, is a very good way. An excess of
floral decorations is e fault. It is also a
very great fault if condiments and suit
able eanoee are not within eaay reach of
every guest. In some houses the rStt of
fine bread ia plaoed inside the napkin.
I think the majority of people would
prefer to feei that their napkin hod not
been handled. A napkin, jnat aa it
oomee from the laundry, has an atmos
phere of purity about it whioh is lost by
twisting it into fancy shapes, oi arrang
ing it in any way whioh neoessitetee tho
handling by servants. Tha soup-plates
are sometimes filled before the guests
enter the dining-room. Tba aim^ f Jr
this ia that it allows every one to begin
dinner at the same time, and thus assert
perfect social equality. But I think
most minds will refuse the associations
such a custom brings. The guests arc
not famishing, and n dinner in a private
house should never in any way suggest a
chan table institution.
Whf.n the same man plays " high
low,” does that indicate an ’ uusettlad
and fluctuating market ?
USE?
AMAtMtrMB AmM
atu re*: apt fo leak upon
«dito* re that* m0 imtoMfle lure
thk «Ml Fat*fflfla ****** they
daetlaalo avail tomwfoafi ot odotribu-
tkma whieh the otmtttalor fa convinced
would make the firtam* of the journals,
M tor toy kaa* ft* Bosh MMmm to
ctotalareat fuuam pftg in the breast
«f the woridly-’rioeamafonr. He indites
a letter ot remoneiranaa to the misguided
ft promptly ttffialiid. In
momma a lam tends* eteotic* than pity is
•roused by aneh oaadttet, Hags very
often agitates the boiom at the rejected
poet. Smarting ,««ftC • eenae of gross
ill-usage, he pours not the vials of his
wrath upon that teraraetton at trend,
injustice and wiofcednaei, the editor
FHiy should hft poegu be rejected, when
nmnoh treah ia inserted ? Why U no
raeeonfog rejeettan vouchsafed to him?
He hysterically daman da satisfaction.
Tha amount of this aortal correspond
ence that goes on ft surprising and die-
♦waring. It ft diatreaaiag because it
■hows aueh a lamentable want of tact on
the part of the contributors, Mo editor
ean reasonably beexpected to reoansider
hia decision. If he mare to do so, every
teretion here and m addition than; and
it would be neoaamiy to have six edi
tors instead of ona to examine the con
tributions In thafi anoeaaaive stages of
development Bear aneh an eoooomleal
system would weak we leave the reader
to imagine. Naturally this badgering
of editors never leads to "buainaaa.” If
an editor decline# a proffitred contribu
tion boeansa it la Mweitable for hk mag-
aaina, it ia not likely that he will be
bullied into taking H; and every attempt
to do ao will be wanted and remem
bered. The bod teat# ao well as bad
policy of amateata who adopt rack a
oouraa of action cannot bo too strongly
censured. If they really believe that
their article, or form, or whatever it
may be, ia worth publishing, let them
■end it the round of the periodical press
from the Nineteenth Century downward,
and U it fail to find a haven of rest from
iu wandering* semewhere, its proper
place ia in the fire It ought to be boras
in mind that, although the reeding pub-
lie devours on ftamanaa amount of rub
bish, and pays for it too, it will not a wal
low the literary garbage produced by ail
who oiiooee to aeribble on paper with a
pan. Than ia n vast dffibienoe between
well-written nouatnae and the clumsily-
hashed encyclopedia or overstrained
sentiment of beginners.—Tinsley's Mag
JOVBXALIMM OHB KVXDBBD AMD
WIYYY TBABM ABO.
The Hamburger Corresponden 4 -aac
ot the largest and most widely eiroiHated
pennon newspsaffp. not long ago cele
brated iU 1 60th Jhini veraary. The pro
prietors publistyfLon this occasion p
memorial number of 200 pages, giving
literal reprinU of same of the most inter
esting numbers. The accession of
Frederick the Great, the principal
evonU of hia was against the united
powers of Europe, ore recounted. Tha
revolution by whioh Catharine earn# to
the throne, wading through pools of
blood, including that of her husband, is
given with oemfoal reserve. The num
ber of Feb. 5, 1793, contains a moat
l>athetio acoonnt of the execution of
Louis XVL, whieh ends with the pleas
ant news that "exchange on Hamburg
ia 72 and steady.” When Napoleon
ruled over Germany, the old reapeeteble
journal, then already nearly 80 years
old, lieoame Journal Official du Depart-
utctU des BouoKmm do FElbe, Under
this regime the number of the 16th ot
November, 1818, contains the official
eooount of the battle of Iwiyxic, twenty-
nine days after the event, Tho official
account says that Napoleon had wen the
battle, but retired to Erfurt for 11 etrate-
getioal reasons.” Among the contribu
tions to the feuilleton are Schiller, Lea
sing and Herr Goethe, "who ia the
well eduoated and talented eon of the
high-born, most reapeeteble, moot wor
thy Herr Senator Goethe, of the free city
of Frankfort,” Heine waa a frequent
contributor.
kb war Aram wbitixo rs. maba-
MIXB WOMB.
The chief duty of moat newspaper men
ia to burrow around for news, not to
form smooth sentences or enunciaU
beautiful thoughts. Many persons can
be brilliant two or three times a year,
who utterly fail in the treadmill experi
ence of journalistic work. "Literary con
tributors to newspapers or periodicals
seldom become millionaires. Of course,
one wbv ia already famous can get his
own prioe for an artiole, but gfi a page
is a good average compensation for an
article accepted by one of our magazines.
Suppose it to cover ten pages, tba writer
receives 860. If he could write end se
cure a publisher for twelve such articles
in a year, which is supposing what rarely
occurs, his net inoome would be #600.
Thus, while it may pay the young be
ginner in law or medicine to employ his
own abundant leisure and increase bis
limited income by writing for the month
lies, a complete relianoe on them for
support, even under favorable circum
stances, is foolish. Aa for tha daily pa
pers, they have little room, under the
constantly -inareoaing amount of tele
graphic and loeal news, for the miscel
laneous topics, in whieh alone the out
sider can hope to compete with the reg
ular staff. Thus they offer very little to
the amateur.—CituinnaH Qawrite.
Thbi stood at tha door preparatory to
saying good-night " When shall I call
agnin ?” he naked, with an emotion t) ud
made hia eyes misty and hia voioe soft
“ When papa returns,” she answered
calmly. " And when will that be ?” he
eagerly added. "Well, ho starts for a
voyage around the world to-morrow,
and I'll let you know when he geta
Dock.*'
far jrftatfr-ctomrmr.
A ample rf olff aolll etoangteootf
ia Mtohipefa ao well oa in tkttf bsi
aoootmtt- ware on a bowooar aday#
two ahutt, ttoft'n mm mm taping
aboard apparently aofferihg ffoffi rheu
matism. One of tho solid man re
marked, ‘Tvs never hod a twinge of
fhacmatbm in my Ufa,” and a! the same
time ho text from hft ponft pocket a
hone-chestnut, and displayed it with on
air that reamed to imply, "This ia the
little jdkef that did tha business." But
fto sooner had arfiid eittaan Mm 1 dis
played hia chestnut charm with a con
tented air, than solid citiaen Mo. 2 also
draw from hft pantaloons poeket a horae-
eheatnui Said the flrat citiaen, "I've
retried that for thirty yeers." "So
havr I carried this tot more than thirty
years,”replied the other] btft I don't
carry mine for rheumatism. 1 carry it
for gonh M
A passenger, who had bahk tm inter
ested listener to the foregoing, rather
timidly asked one if he really believed
there waa any virtue in a simple horse-
chestnut. "Mo,” answered the man.
"Then why do yon carry the thing
about with yon?" " Because it don't
coat anything) and ana do no harm, if it
does no food.” "It shows a little su
perstition, though.” " Very Well j I'll
shoulder il Ia tho meantime I shall
keep on carrying il Fva carried it
thirty years, and have not boon troubled
with rheumatism. And t know ef others
who eon testify to tho aama result. ”
Than tho lame man who had got
Aboard of tho oar and waa the eaase of
this episode pat hie bond in hie poeket
and drew out a htires chestnut, and
held M ap to the gw of the other*. A
ripple of laughter went up, and the two
■olid oitiaena who pinned their faith to
tha nut anticipated a set-back from the
lame man. Bat the latter remarked,
" Don’t laugh, gentleman; I have faith
in tha hares ehaatnut. My lameness ia
not rhenaaatftre. I got a sprain a few
days ago. I had t touch of the rheu
matism, though, about ten year* ago,
and I went and got a hone-chestnut,
and hove carried it ia my poeket ever
since. And, gentlemen, I’ve never had
the rheumatism since."
Perhaps three men oarrying horse-
chestnuts ia a rather big average far
a one-hone carload of passengers, but
there ere mere masculines with these
chestnut oharma in their pookets than
Dr. Tanner, in hia philosophy, "ever
dawwmwA cl."—Hartford Times.
TUB YBOJAM WAB.
It waa at the auniage festivities of
Palana and Bhetft, parent* of Achillea,
that Eria, the goddess of Discord, waa
not invited; to avenge herself, ahe threw
into the assembly a golden apple in
scribed, "To the Fairest.” ^Juno, Mi-
| nerve and Venus each claimed the apple.
| After seme discussion on the subject,
I Jupiter referred the decision to Paris,
sen of Priam, King of Troy. Paris de-
, sided in favor of Venus, who in return
for this honor promised him the most
beautiful woman in the world aa hia
After this Paris began to travel, and
among other places he visited the court
of Menelaua, King of Bparta. Here
; Venus inspired within Paris a passion
j for Helen, who was Menelana’ wife; this
passion waa reciprocated, and the result
waa that while her husband waa absent
in Crete, and her brothers, the Dioscuri,
I were engaged in aogne petty quarrel, ahe
fled with her lover to Troy. When Men-
elaus returned home he was wroth, and
demanded the surrender of hia wife.
This waa refused by Paris, who already
had considerable trouble in getting
Helen. The Spartans roused all Greece
to war; this waa not a difficult thing to
do, aa Helen had many suitors.
For the first nine years of war very
little ooeurred save a hand-to-hand con
flict between Aohillee and Paris' young
est brother, in whioh the brother wm
•lain.
It wm after this that Achilles (the
bravest of the Greeks) was elain.
Thera now arose n contest between Ajax
and Odysseus ss to who should have
Achilles’ anna They finally decided
that Odyeaeus should ; this had such an
effect upon Ajax that he became insane
and put an end to hia own life. Tim
Greeks had now long besieged the city
of Troy, and the war was becoming
tiresome to both Trojan and Greek ; but
Odysseus had hit oa a stratagem by
whioh to put a check on the war.
Knowing how fond the Trojans were of
show, lie had an enormous horse built,
and in the liody of it were placed 100
Grecian soldiers ; this they dragged be
fore the gates of Troy and there left it;
the fleet, too, sailed out of the harbor.
"Mow, indeed,” thought the Trojan,
“ the siege is at an end. ” And, exulting
in this, they brought the horse into the
city as if he, too, might enjoy their tri
umph. In the stillness of the night the
fleet returned. The roldiers came down
from the horse and unbarred the city
gates. The Greeks rushed in and then
followed oonfusion. Tho n an were put
to death and the women and children
held m slaves.
Meanwhile, Paris had died and Helen
was married to hia brother. He wae
slain with tho rest of the Trojans, and
Menelaus then took hia devoted wife
home to Sparta, where they arrived after
a tempestuous voyage.
It is to be hoped that, after *11 this
trouble, Menelaus and Helen led tho
happiest live* in the world,
A curtain editor of a weekly paper
made a praotioo of "stopping' the press
to announce,” if he had nothing of more
importance to anno or oe than a dog
fight. One week everything wm m dull
m • Patent Office report, but the ruling
pooeion cropped oat as follows : " Wa
stop the press to announoa that nothing
hM happened since we went to press of
sufficient interest to induce us to siop
the press to ausomtee it.”
wmtt mi rrnYt
Why do women with rod or ytfflewish
hair wear "dead” fold, rad grams that
remind tho beholder of badly cooked j
vegetntdfoV Why do fade-f seed, brown-
haired women wear the deop Md and |
ofaflge hues whieh ean "go" only with 1
the olive and pomegranate tinte, and the
blue-black hair of the Bottth 7 Who ia
accountable for the terre-ootia garments !
in whieh aoaao otherwise harmless maid-
efle pervade fashionable crowd*, inapir- |
ing tha observer with wonder, totally un-
mfoad with aimtialtwT . rlmlrr firle
arrayed in whapeieM clothes, made ap
parently of alloee of tho wall of to now
Natural Hiotory Museum at South
iMdljlio | strong-minded young
women ill aggressive cloaks, so un
speakably hideous that mu sigh for tho
ulster of loot season, whieh Wo then be
lieved Could not tm surpassed in odioua-
neaa ; awful thiiiga mada at sage-green
tweed with bine frills, or gosling woolen
stuff tipped with pink I The eel-akin
style hgs beeh ttleeeeded by bag, and,
though the latter ia moM decant, it ia
not much Ism ugly. A woman with high,
narrow shoulders, and thin, long arms,
might do bettor than army herself in a
black satin bog, with a running string at
the neck and at the waiet a " piping”
(such, we were assured by a sympathetic
friend of the offenders’ own sol, ft the
correct term by Which to describe this
contrivance), from which the skirt hangs
ahapeleaaly to within an inoh of tha
ankles; and aha might crown tha
edifloe more becomingly than with a
bonnet—or wm it a hat ?—like
nothing in nature except a crumpled
cabbage. The "ooeey," as an adjunct
to the toe-table, ia of dubious elegance,
m Well oa unquestionably fatal to drink
able tea; but when adopted as • cap* to
the shoulders of blooming girlhood,
forming a straight line acrees the mid
dle of the beck and cutting its sleeves in
two just above the elbow, it is the very
most unsightly piece of dress that ean be
put on, especially if it ia of a sickly
color. Salmon pink satin, lining a big
bonnet of crinky crinoline, looking like
half a dozen sheila joined at the edges,
would be trying to the boot complexions;
it wm eoneoling to bm it applied only
to the wont. Why should n very pretty
lady wear a flat gown of 0 peculiarly re
pulsive green in color, but of rich velvet
in material, and over It n hideous oaaalet
cloak el another, end if possible more
repulsive, green, with n hunch of yel
lowish ribbon at tha beck and a plush
bonnet like the viaor of a knight’* hai
rnet? Why should writing people,
painting people, singing people, persona
presumably intelligent, ainoothey all do
something that pleases the public and ia
paid for in money, array thcmaolvm in
garments, of price indeed shsbbinesa
is not the note of tho popular affectation
—but which render them distressingly
conspicuous? These questions oannot
fail to ooour to men observing the hu
mors of a select crowd, and especially m
the dreM of “ the conflicting gender ”
tends more and more to simplicity. Of
course there will always be affected mala
idiots, long haired and short haired,
with neektiao that make nature and
hate that make ua wink by their brill
iancy ; but these are tha mere " brats "
of society; they are too insignificant to
be offensive.—TKm Spectator.
a rmw mixTM on uonxo.
Move all thebrio-a-hracand parlor or
naments first. It ia important that they
should be displayed with elegance on the
load. The truckman should have tho
most msthetie taste.
Never mind beating the carpets, beat
the landlord you are leaving. Remember
he refused to put 82 gilt paper on
tho hall bedroom, and dunned you
for rent in the presence of your wife's
father.
The coal hod should lie carried tender
ly. Fill it with coal and lot tho eldest
lx.'V tug it along. It will learn him a
lesson of petienoe and develop his bi
ce jw.
The crockery you will carefully pack
iu a woHhtub, of course. This is one of
tho time-honored laws of moving that
would be an ill omen to break—especial
ly the crockery.
Pack your tin-ware and mirrors on the
same load; you will thus cast more re
flection on ttio neighbors you are leaving
than you oould by six weeks' well-meant
gossip.
Leave e dilapidated water pail, a roll
o! ragged carpet, a half bushel of old
paper, a tin nurse-lamp aud a pot of
soap-grease behind you. They will
serve as a nucleus for the next tenant —
New Haven Register
VTTBMAMCBt or MOXBD MBM.
"It looks like vain.”—Plato.
"Peas the butter.”—Horace Greeley.
"Oold day, ain’t it V —Martin Lu
ther.
“ To* oen stop my paper. ^ '—Napoleon
Bonaparte.
"My head soIms fit to split.”—George
Washington.
" Is this hot enough for you ?"—■ C'or-
dinal Richelieu,
" Here’s another button off this shirt”
—Daniel Webster.
"Bend me np two pounds of steak.”—
Thomas Jefferson.
" These potetom ain’t more’a hal*
done. "—Socrates.
“You’re fuller than you woe. befor
dinner.Confucius.
"Gall around next week and I’ll pay
ft.”- -Edgar Allan Doe.
“ Can’t you keep your oold feet out of
my back?”—Brigham Young.
“You needn’t ait up for me; I shan’t
be home till latei"— Thomas a-KempU,
“ Can’t you lend me 86 till next Mon
day Y'—John Howard Payne.
"I suppose I’ve got to go out and
■hovel off that sidewalk.”—Charles
Manner.
Exofssivu discretion is the twin sis
ter of cowardice, but a little discretion
is often better than much valor.
PLMASAirrMZMM.
Jam calls hft wife’s hair-dxcm
switch-tender.
A KATonuM atory—One in
there are no waddings.
Tuna ft a chap who calls hia beat gill
Revenge, because "revenge ia ■weak”
Pwar girla are sold to bo fo(p| onl
of fashion. If this ia true, tho plumper
" Mt DafBng’a flhoea” ia thannMod
a new ballad, bat " to old manli toft*
ia generally considered mere touching.
Tm a waa aM* a girl la ftetelh
Who haff sa eatntea te Sratk,
■ha teM lalAa tea he< a sera teste
Gamaon who are continually in*
veighing against fashion warship should
rations bar that it makaa a heap ai diffsr-
anoe whom drees ia gored. '
Wm a hen etta on aa empty china
egg, you oall it blind instinct. What do
you oall il when a girl acts her affeotione
on an empty-headed noodle?
A omvAnaooa unhangs thinks whan
a man marries a widow ho should give
up smoking. "She gives up her weeds”
—he should bo equally polite.
*Tn Boston Daily Adwerttecr hand*
an article in its eotamM, "Tho Graeco
of To-day.” If this ft intended for •
conundrum we would answer—Oiactuar-
garine.
"Bn wm 0 dafty,"but aha pul hm
little Freneh-heotyd shoe on a banana
peel, and in a flash WM transformed into
a lady slipper, and than am Washing
like a peony.
Aa atehMtoaa girl te Dateqaa
Vail la lora wMh a Sam farUga Betel
Waa all ana) “ altaatef hate
ate Mates Bte a ill OI BuiaS
"Do too play the piano?” "No, I
don’t play tha piano, but my sister Han
nah, who ft in Havannah, ahe plays tho
piano in the meet charming mannah."
"Haveebenana?”
A tocno lady wm caressing a pretty
spaniel and murmuring, "I do love n
nice dog I” “Ah!” sighed a dandy,
■tending near, " J would I ware a dog."
» Never mind,” retorted tho young lady,
sharply, "you’ll grow.”
Tna Boston Olobe remarks that love
ia an affection ot the at nmaah. In tha
interest ot amatory poetry, wo really
hope not Just imagine a lover warb
ling beneath the lettioe of her he loves,
"My stomach, my etomoeh ft breaking
for the love of Alice Gray.”
"Mt wife,” remarked a prominent
manufacturer, "never attends auctions.
Bhe went once, jnat before we were mar
ried, and, seeing a friend on the opposite
aide, nodded politely, whereupon tho
auctioneer knocked down a patent
cradle, and asked her where ahe wanted
it delivered. ”
“ Is n true that you are going to mar
ry again?” "It’s very true.” "And
whom do you marry?” “My dead
wife’s Bister.” "Ia ahe handsome?’>
"No.” » Rich ? ” “ Not at all.” " Then
why have you choaen her?” "To tell
you the truth, dear friend, in order not
to change mother-in-law.”
ALLIBATOB UtATMBB.
It ia now twenty-one yearn since the*
an old Canadian revealed to tho head of
a large ehoe-m*nafactaring firm in Bos
ton the secret of a process for the tan
ning of alligator hides. The industry
immediately became a profitable one,
and since then many thousand alligator
hides are annually naed by our homo
manufacturers or sent abroad, princi
pally to London and Hamburg. At first
the skins came from Louisiana, and
New Orleans was the center of the traf
fic. The wholesale manner in whioh
tlxe alligator* were slaughtered, how
ever, speedily rendered them scarce ia
that State. Florida ft now the great
source from whioh our supplies are ob
tained, and the trade center* In Jackson
ville. The alligators ore killed in great
numbers, liotli by passenger* on board
the steamboats plying on the rivers of
Florida and by hunter* who follow tiaft
pursuit as a means of livelihood. After
being killed they are flayed, and only
those parts which are useful for leather,
such as the belly aud flanks, are pre
served. They are then packed in o cask
containing a strong brine and Mnt
North to be made into leather. Hither
to alligator leather has been used chiefly
for men’s boots and shoes ; now, how
ever, it is ooming into fashion for ladies’
wear. It ft also made into slippers,
pocket-books, cigar-cases and various
other kinds of fanoy articles. The traf
fic in this leather, whioh has hitherto
been of importance only in this coun
try, ft now making rapid strides in Eu
rope, and at a not far distant day will
probably resell no inconsiderable pro-
portions. — French paper.
ANOTBICB HVBMTITOTB YOB CAB1
OIL.
A writer mentions black alder ai
substitute for castor oil. He root
mends a fluid extract made from
bark, each fluid dram of whioh oonte
an equivalent of one dram of the b*
The extract ft a dark brown thick fit;
with a sweet and agreeable taste, i
the dose varies from one to two dr«
for a ohild. As an aperient it has mi
advantages over Rhamnus cathartic
it causes no nausea, no eructations, i
no griping, and also seems to have to
and aromatic qualities by whieh
muscular action of the bowels is eligh
stimulated.
Tn« will yet read to the living an u
published story of the dead. Tixue mi
explain silences whioh shall make etroi
men weep. Time may teach o
hands to be quiet or our roioM to 1
tender and low. Time may lead np o
of the valley of humiliation a troop
penitents to weep at ■
