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“JUST 8KTY-TW0 ”
‘ Just sixty-two ! Then trim thy light,
And get thy jewels all re-set ; *
’Tia past meridian, bat bright,
And lacks cne hoar of sanset yet.
At sixty-two
Be strong and true ;
Clear off thy rust and shine anew.
* ‘ ‘Tis yet high time—thy staff resume.
And fight fresh battles for the troth ;
For what is age but youth’s full bloom—
• |A riper, more transcendent yout.i ?
r i A wedge of gold
Is never old ;
Streams broader grow as downward rolled.
“At s xty-two life is begun ;
At seventy-three begin once more.
Fly drifter as you near the sun,
And brighter shine at eighty-four !
At ninety-five shouldst thou arrive,
Still wa.t on God, and work and thrive.
“Keep thy locks wet wifi morning dew,
And freely let thy graces flow ;
For life well spent is ever new.
And years annointed ever grow. s
So work away,
Be young for aye !
rom sunset breaking unto day.”
A Second Trial.
It was Commencement at <
- College.
I meant to show the intense sympathy I
felt; but she did not see me. Her eyes,
swimming with tears, were on her brother’s
face. I put my arm around her. She was
too absorbed to heed 1 he caress, and before
I could appreciate her purpose, she was on
her wa^r to the shame-stricken young man
sitting with a face like a statue’s.
When he saw her by his side, the set
face relaxed, and a quick mist came into
his eyes. The young men got closer to
gether, to make room for her. She sat
down beside him, laid her flowers on his
knee, and slipped her hand in his.
I could not keep my eyes from her sweet,
pitying face. I saw her whisper to him,
he bending a little to catch her words.
Later, I found out that she was asking him
if he knew his “piece” now, and that he
answered yes.
When the young man next on the list
had spoken, and while the band was play
ing, the child, to the brother’s great sur
prise, made her way up the stage steps, and
pressed through the throng of professors
and trustees and distinguished visitors up
to the college president.
“If you please, sir,” she said with a little
curtesy, “will you and the trustees let my
brother try again? lie knows his piece
now. ”
For a moment, the president stared at
her through his gold-bowed spectacles, and
then, appreciating the child’s petition,
he s.niled on her, and went down and spoke
to the young man who had failed.
So it hapj>ened that when the band had
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The people were pouring into the church as ceaSe d playing, it was briefly announced
I entered it, rather tardy. Finding the ; t ka t ]^f r would now deliver his ora-
choice seats in the center of the audience ] tion—“Historical Parallels.”
room already taken, I pressed forward, look- ‘“Amid the permutat ions and combina-
ing to the right and to the left for a vacan- tions of the actors and the forces which
cy. On the very front row of seats I found ' niake U p the great kaleidoscope of history
one. I- •.*” This the little sister whispered to
Here a little girl moved along to make him ^ j ie rose to answer the summons,
room for me, looking into my face with! a ripple of heightened and expectant
large gray eyes, whose brightness was soft- interest passed over the audience, and then
ened by very long lashes. Her face was a jj iHa t gtonestill, as though fearing to
open and fresh as a newly-blown rose before breathe lest the speaker might again take j
sunrise. Again and again I found my eyes fright. No danger! The hero in the youth
turning to the rose-like face, and each time | W as aroused. He wenfat his “piece” with ;
the gray eyes moved, half-smiling, to meet a ^t purpose to conquer, to redeem himself,
mine. Evidently the child was ready to an d ^ bring the smile hack into the child’s
“make up” with me. And when, with a j tear-stained face. I watched- the face dur-
bright smile, she returned my dropped | n g the speaking. The wide eyes, the part-
handkerchief, and 1 said “Thank you!” we ed ii p8 ^ whole rapt being said that the
seemed fairly introduced. Other persons, breathless audience was forgotten, that her
coming into the seat, crowded me quite 8p irit was moving with his.
close up against the little girl, so that we | And when the address wag ended with
80011 felt very well acquainted. ; the ardent abandon of one who catches en-
“Tliere s going to be a great crowd, ’ she . thusiasm in the realization that he is tight-
said to me. i i n g down a wrong judgment and conquer-
, “Yes,” I replied; “people always like to j n g a sympathy, the effect was really thril-
see how schoolboys are made into men. • ling. That dignified audience broke into
Her face beamed with pleasure and pride rapturous applause; bouquets intended for
as she said: j the valedictorian rained like a tempest.
“My brother’s going to graduate; lies And the child who had helped to save the
going to speak; I’ve brought these flowers day—that one beaming little face, in its
to throw to him. ! pride and gladness, is something to he for-
They wen; not greenhouse favorites: just ever remembered,
old-fashioned domestic flowers, such as we i
associate with the dear grandmothers; 1 icebe
“but,” I thought, “they will seem sweet! e e gS ~
and beautiful to him for little sister’s sake. ” | The iccbcrga which come down from the
“That is my brother, she went on, North pole and Ue in wait ft)r ve89cls
pointing with her nosegay. j crossing their path find their grave in the
‘ The one with the light hairi I asked. Q u jf stream. Northward and eastward
“Oh no, she said, snuling and shaking ! run8thi8fiereecurrent t below it is a
her head m innocent reproof; “not that stealthy polar current liding ever sonth-
horncly one, with red hair; that handsome ward and the mi hty , who se bottom
one with brown wavy hair. His eyes look reacbe9 f ath oms down, is seized by
brown, too; hut they am t—they are dark- tbe , ow<Jr current and borne against the
blue niere! he s got ins hand up to his Gu]f strcanlj until tbe beat of the upper
liead now. 1 ou see him, don t you ! current melts and disintegrates it, and al-
*** .an .eager lwy oho looked from me to lows jt no longer to be a menace to the
:11m, and from him to me, as if some impor- | niariner—a siren indeed, the very embodi-
tant fate depended uixin my identifying men * 0 f poetry and splendor, hut treachcr-
her brother. . ous and remorseless as a fiend. Several
“I see him, I said. “He s a veiy fe°°d- times have I seen icebergs at sea, gener-
looking brother.” . . j ally looming suddenly, startling and ghost-
“\es, he is beautiful, she said, with like out of a dank fog, but once robed in
artless delight; “and he s so good, and he imperial magnificance. It was the 4tli of
studied so hard. He has taken care of me j u i y? an d the gky wa8 without a cloud,
ever since mamma died. Here is his name but the air was cold and keen as winter,
on the programme. He is not the valedic-; aud we knew what it meant. As the
torian, but he has an honor, for all that.” j 8un aro9e the horizon was studded with
I saw in the little creature’s familiarity, glittering points like the serried spears of
with these technical college terms that she a great host; here and there a loftier
had closely identified herself with her i mass flashed back the rhys of the sun
brother s studies, hopes and successes. j from some berg towering above the field
“He thought, at first, ’ she continued, i ce . There was nothing to be done hut
“that he would write on the ‘Romance of to keep on our course, for we were near-
Monastic Life. ’ j ]y surrounded by the ice; but we had a
What a strange sound these long words leading wind, a good top-galiant breeze,
had, whispered from her childish lips! Her and felt our way without much difficulty
interest in her brother s work had stamped | through the broad channels. What love-
tliem on the child s memory, and to her j y pa i e greens and blues were revealed in
they were ordinary things. j the caverns of the immense, cathedral- ike
“But then,” she went on, “he decided ; icebergs into which the waves brake with
that he would rather write on ‘Historical a far-off, eerie boom, and how exquisite
Parallels,’ and he’s got a real good oration, | was the roseate blush which the icy pin-
and he says it beautifully. He said it to ‘ nacles assumed when kissed by the setting
me a great many times. I ’most know it 1 sun ! The full moon arose soon after and
by heart. Oh! it begins so pretty and so shone on the silvery bastions and towers
grand. This is the way it begins,” she ad- of an iceberg scarcely half a mile from
(led, encouraged by the interest she must us, which was not less* than 400 feet aliove
have seen in my face: “‘Amid the per- the sea and nearly four times the height
mutations and combinations of the actors of our own masts. Next morning the
and the forces which make up the great ! polar fleet had disappeared in the south-
kaleidoscope of history, we often find that 1 era board, and, on the whole, we were not
a Destiny’s hand
“Why, bless the baby!” I thought, look
ing down into her bright, proud face. I
can’t describe how very odd and elfish it
did seem to have those sonorous words rol
ling out of the smiling infantile mouth.
sorry to part company with it.
Pampas Grass.
Few plants are more attractive for the
lawn and form a more conspicuous feature
The band striking up, put an end to the j than the Pampas grass (Gyncrium argen-
quotation ami to the conferences. tcuni), and, since it is entirely at home in
As the exercises progressed, and ap- ■ the lower South, one is at a loss to make
proached nearer and nearer the effort on out why it is so rarely met with; especially
which all her interest was concentrated, my i when one reflects thai almost every South-
little friend became excited and restless. | ern nurseryman has it for sale, and that it
Her eyes grew larger aud brighter, two is held at prices by no means high. The
deep-red spots glowed on her cheeks. She 1 comparatively few who have it growing on
touched-up the flowers, manifestly making ! their lawns or in their gardens are loud in
the offering ready for the shrine. j praising the beauty of its long, slender
“Now% it’s his turn,” she said, turning to ■ leaves, which form bundles of sheaths at
me a face in which pride and delight and their base, and rise to the height of six or
anxiety seemed about equally mingled, j eight feet, when they gracefully curve out-
But when the overture was played through, j ward, giving the plant the appearance, at a
and his name was called, the child seemed, distance, of a hemisphere of beautifully
in her eagerness, to forget me and all the ! curved lines. Towards autumn when the
earth beside him. She rose to her feet and 1 leaves have attained their full development,
leaned forward for a better view' of her he- , the flower stems appear from the centres of
loved, as lie mounted on the speaker’s stand, j the strongest sheaths, shooting up perpen-
I knew by her deep breathing that her heart dicutlarly three or four feet above the mass
was throbbing in her throat. I knew, too, ! of foliage, and gradually unfolding a plume
by the way her brother came up the steps 1 of elegant, feather-like flowers, which at
aud to the front that he was trembling, first are of a silky whiteness, but assume a
The hands hung limp; his face was pallid; j darker tint as the season advances. Of
and the lips blue as with cold. I felt anx- ( course the reader will understand that Pam-
ious. The child, too, seemed to discern pas grass is cultivated only for ornament,
that things were not well with him. Some- and that, therefore, one or two tufts is all
thing like fear showed in her face. j that a person would he likely to want. A
He made an automatic bow*. Then a be- ' single plant will soon form a tuft. It kills
wildered, struggling look came into his face, down in winter at any point above the frost
then a helpless look, and then he stood line, hut being perennial-rooted soon springs
staring vacantly, like a sqmnambulist, at up into conspicuousness the next spring. j
the waiting audience. The moments of !
painful suspense w r ent by, and still he stood ■ The Finest Residence m America.
as if struck dumb. I saw how it was; Ik ! *
had been seized with stage-fright. j Flood, the California millionaire, is build-!
Alas! little sister! She turned her large, ing what will, it is said, be the finest pri- !
dismayed eyes upon me. “He’s forgotten vate residence in America. The grounds
it,”8liesaid. Then a swift change came into include 1500 acres on San Francisco, hty, 1
her face; a strong, determined look; and on comprising a natural park ready for im-
the funeral-like silence of the room broke provements to any desired extent. The
the sweet, grave, child-voice: j house is 100 Ity 200 feet Jn area, and re- j
‘“Amid the permutations and combina- sembles a French chateau of the old style, j
tions of the actors and the forces which Yerandais surround it, and the roof is broken 1
make up the great kaleidoscope of history, with many gables and two towers 140 feet
we often find that a turn of Destiny’s hand high. The entire exterior is very ornate. 1
——’ ” , Among the apartments are several parlors,
Everybody about us turned and looked. • music room, library and wine room, the
The breathless silence; the sweet, childish latter being of uncommon size. The din- j
voice: the childish face; the long, unchild- ing room is 100 feet long, so that great din-:
like words, produced a weird effect. j ners may be given in it; most of it can be
But t»e help had come too late; the un- shut off, leaving a room of comparatively
happy brother was already staggering in small size for ordinary use. Five years
humiliation from the stage. The band will be consumed in completing the house
quickly struck up, and waves of lively mu- and its surroundings. Mr. Flood also con-,
sic were rolled out to cover the defeat. j templates a city residence of corresponding
I gave the little sister a glance in which magnificence.
In pesonai appearance Peter was tall and
robust, quick and nimble of foot, and dex
trous and rapid in all his movements. His*
face was plump and round. His eyes were
large and bright, with brown eyebrows.
His hair was short and curling and of a
brownish color. His look was fierce and
restless. His gait quiok and swinging.
That superfine and satirical young lady,
Wilhelmina, Margravine of Baireuth, de
scribes him as tall and well-made. “ Ilis
countenance,” she says, “is beautiful, hut
has something in it so rude and savage as
to fill you with fear.” When she saw him
during his visit to Frederick William’s
Court in 1717, he was dressed like a sailor,
in a frock without lace or ornament. A
fine, noble, heroic face the portraits repre
sent him as having: only his gross eating
and deep drinking and low morals had im
paired his majesty, and given it rather a
sensual and fallen expression. From his
youth he had heeu subjected to a spasmodic
affection of the nerves which always at
tacked him in his hours of rage. It is said
to have resulted from a fright he received
in early boyhood; some Rebel soldiers
forced their way into the convent wTiere he
was brought up, and flashed their naked
swords round his head. The spasms showed
themselves by a contortion of the muscles
of the neck and of his face. Dinipg at
Berlin, Wilhelmina tells how such an at
tack took place. “At table the CzA - was
placed beside the Queen,” Wilhelmina’s
mother. “There took him a kind hf con
vulsion, something tfke Tic, or Stiyitus,
which he seemed quite unable to fontrol.
He got into contortions and gesticulated
wildly and brandished about liis knife
within a yard of the Queen’s face, who, in
great alarm, made several times as if to
rise. The Czaf begged her to Main her
composure, ss he would not hurt • her, and
took her by the hand and grasped it so
violently that she shrieked out in pain.
The Czar laughed heartily, and added that
she had not hones of so had a texture as
his Catharine. After supper'a grand ball
was opened, which the Czar evaded, and,
leaving the others to dance, walked alone
homeward to Mon Bijou,” a palace which
Frederick William had placed at his dis
posal, and in which the Czar aud his suite
made fearful havoc, almost breaking the
tlirifty King’s heart. The sight of a bee
tle, it is alleged, had the effect of throwing
him into such a fit, and the sight of a beau
tiful young woman had the effect of taking
him out of one. M. de Stachlin says that
when the Czar was attacked the Empress
was instantly sent for, and failing her, the
first young woman that came in the way
was conducted to the Czar’s apartment;
and, if she had been sent for, was intro
duced with the formal announcement,
“Peter Aiexftfvitz, this is [the person you
desired to speak with.” The soft voice
and agreeable conversation and sweet pres
ence of the charmer liafl such an effect on
the Czar that instantly the convulsions
ceased, and he was himself again, his vis
age calm, and his humor sweet.
9 the Bunting.
Among the most active dispensers of the
bounties of the Pickwicks in ~New Orleans
there is a handsome brunette, "by the name
of J. C. f who is a bachelor—his age is a ins
crutable as that of a pretty woman. Two
young and tidily attired w’omen confronted
J. C. recently whilst he* wns distributing
the beef tea at the club, and one of them,
heavily veiled, disclosing one eye—a brighc,
cimning one—ancf, extending her soft,
w r hite hand, gave him a printed slip of
paper. J. C., wliose batchclordom is not
at all due to a want of admiration for the
‘‘fair sex,” received the document with the
impressment and courtesy of a youth of
twenty Summer, aud was about handing in
return a bottle of prosaic beef tea to the ap
plicant. Upon looking over the paper,
however, J. C. discovered that it was a re
quisition for one bottle of brandy, one bot
tle of sherry,a half bottle of champagne aud
a box of Vienna biscuits, signed by a
Howard, and not at all within his provi
dence to fill. Returning the paper, he
said: “But, Miss, you must have another
requisition?” Aftdr some hesitation the fair
one answered, demurely, “Oh, yes,” and
produced another document, which, upon
examination, proved to lie another requisi
tion for one bottle of brandy, one bottle of
sherry, a half bottle; champagne and a box
Vienna biscuits, signed by a member of the
Young Men’s Christian Association. J. C.’s
suspicious had been aroused by this time,
hut in strict performance of his official du
ties he seemed determined to get a requisi
tion for “beef tea.” In a few seconds, at
his bidding, it was forthcoming, written in
a neat, legible woman’s hajjd, and signed
ostensibly by one of our wdl known phy
sicians. J. C.’s expectations were more
than realized. The requisition called for
two bottles of essence of besf and two bot
tles of beef soup. “Miss”- said he, after
drawing a long breath, and with a sacrili-
gious reference to the green veil that still
kept concealed three-quarters of the young
woman’s face, “w'ill y6u please remove that
bunting?” As though tne applicant had
sailed before the mast for many years, she
threw aside the mask and disclosed most
fascinating features, staggering J. C., whose
perpendicular was only maintained by the
bottles of soup which lie held in each hand
and served him as a balance-pole to a tight
rope walker. J.’C. has seen a great deal
of the world—it# felicities *nd deceptions—
his emharassment was, therefore, only mo
mentary. With a gentle bow and bland
smile said he to the lair sufferer, “Before
I comply w'ith tins demhnd, will you
please go and get me another requisition
for a dozen shell crabs, a noiseless sewing
machine and a set of parlor furniture, and
have thrown in, also, ojie of those nineteen
dollars china sets ” Thq last seen of the
young womau they were sailing dow r n
Canal street, in search of . Judge Myers to
teach them His system oF saccess in defraud
ing the poor and needy.
“if these gets suspended I’ll give thee a
holiday; but if thee don’t get off Fil break
ivery bone in thy infernal young skin!”
Mat Dawson’s method of teaching is quite
the opposite of that of the sturdy old hero
of the green and gold. No master in Eng
land is more quickly and silently obeyed
than Mat Dawson, who, without making
the slighest assertion of authority, has his
little army of men and boys completely
under control. Archer, during five years’
apprenticeship, gave no trouble. Appa
rently impressed with the value of that im
mortal north country proverb, which ought
to be written in letters of gold over every
racing stable and a good many less institu
tions. “It’s canny to say nowt,” he from
childhood kept his eyes and ears open and
his mouth shut. He has thus by degrees
acquired every point of good riding, that of
“finishing” well having cost him more
time than all the others put together. Ma
ny of his best races have been won actually
at the start, and more by his marvelous
quickness in seeing an opening and his
pluck in cramming his horse at it His
fine hands also contribute greatly to his
success. A proof of his dainty handling of
a horse’s mouth is that he is never run
away with. His head is as cool as his
hand is liget and his heart stout. When
he had seized an advantage at the start, in
making a sharp turn or by driving his horse
through an opening that nine riders out of
ten would be afraid of, his clear head pre
vents him from throwing it away. He has,
however, with all his selfpossession no lack
of earnestness. He is all jockey from the
button of his cap to the tips of liis spurs,
and rides—as the backers of his mounts
know’—irrespective of the odds. Whether
on a six-to-four or a twenty-to-one chance
he equally strives to win. Across country
lie goes quite as well as on the flat, and
should his present eight stone and five
pounds expandsed so as to put him out of
count for the latter he will have a grand
career before him as a steeple-chase rider.
He is frequently to be found at Captain
Machell’8 school for jumpers and private
course, putting new' horses to the business
over hurdles, and in winter hunts regularly
w’ith the Valve of White Horse or the
Cotswold. At Melton, Lord Wilton, who
has shown him much kindness, always
find him a mount and takes great delight in
the verve of his riding. In the flat-racing
season he rides nearly every day in every
w’eek, and often and after a hard w r eeks
works in this country will run over to Paris
to ride on Sunday and be in the saddle
again at Newmarket on Monday. For the
fatigue of railway traveling he has one un
failing remedy, sleep; and it may he added
that except when riding horses in trials he
is no early riser. Racing is afternoon work
and hard work, often preceded or followed
by a long railway journey and a jockey’s
morning is thus his only leisure time ex
cept Sunday—that is if it lie a Sunday on
which there is no’ big race at Paris. It
must of course he obvious to all who have
given the subject a thought that a jockey at
the height of his reputation must have a
wardrobe like an actor, and a dresser to
look after the multitudinous jackets, boots,
breeches and saddles. Fred Archer, with
his income, might if he were thoughtless,
require such a person to attend on him
alone, hut it speaks well for his good sense
and that of his intimate friend, Constable,
that these admirable horsemen have a
“jockey’s vale” between them, and find
themselves most efficiently “looked after.”
On the “off” Sundays Archer is much at
Heath House where he is quite one of the
family, and enjoys a cut of Mat Dawson’s
prime lamb and a glass of champagne as
well if there were no such limit as eight
stone ten in the conditions of classic races.
A Relic Maker.
Fred Archer.
Fred Archer is the jokey who has ridden
Parole to most of his victories in England
and the characteristics of his method of
riding may he summed up in tliree words
—patience, vigilance, courage. He is al
ways ready and nearly adwajfe first at the
starting post so as to seeure the best place.
He obeys the starter implicity and thus
avoids irritating that important functionary,
and never takes his eyes frgm the flag. He
holds false starts and breaks away mere
Telly, thinking it better' to r wait till it was
really a “go,” aud then he is like a gray-
hound from the slips. Sihee the days when
George Fordliam, in Captain Chriestie’s
white jacket, made the souls of l>ook-
makers to shrivel witkin-riiem, no jockey
has got off like Fred Archer. Instead of
pulling his horse’s head off, as he eyes the ;
flag, he lbaves if loose, and when the signal
drops sends liis horse along with a touch of
the spur. Tliis is very different from the
bustling scrambling style of young jockeys
who have been educated after the manner
of Joe Saxon. It is said that when old
Joe was J immy Grimshaw’s master he was
perpetually impressing the lad with the ne
cessity for “getting off.” Little Jimmy
said he was always getting fined and sus
pended as it was. “Never-thee mind,” I
was the encouraging reply, accompanied by ;
an ominous flourish of a stout ash plant;
Henry Wilkins was a relic hunter. He
was especially delighted with choice sou
venirs of distinguised people. As he ex
pressed it, “A tender flower from the tomb
of some inspired poet, a bit of wood from
some great cathedral, or a delicate twig
from some famous historic spot, is to me a
source of exquisite delight. ” He then told
how a man named Hendrick’s had sold him
a cabinot of rare curiosities for $100, rep
resenting at the time that they were a col
lection from the Old World, when in reality
everything in the lot had been found or
picked up in this county. He considered
liis feelings, tastes and general love for the
associations of the past, outraged by the
cruel conduct of the accused.
Mr. Hendricks then took the stand. He
admitted all that had been charged against
him. He had found Wilkins a man with
an abnormal love for curiosities, a man
continually hunting for old autographs,
postage stamps, faded flowers and old
The “Peaaant Millionaire *
Wa
By the murder of Josef Weyer at Szentes,
Hungary, the Emperor of Austria has lost
one of his wealthiest and most noteworthy
subjects—a peasant who was a much more
curious character than ninety-nine out of a
hundred peers nnd princes of the realm.
Weyer was popularly known as the “peas
ant millionaire. ” Sixty years ago he began
life as a small farmer. At the time of his
death he enjoyed an income of 500,000 gul
den, in spite of which he lived in a modest
farm-house, dressed like a peasant, ate food
which his wife cooked, and indulged in no
luxury’ except horseback riding.
The latter might be regarded as a neces
sity though. Like most Hungarian farmers,
he was an extensive cattle breeder, and his
herds were scattered over miles of vast gra
zing plains. He counted his houses and
farms, too, by the score, and up to the day
of his death kept all of his vast possessions
under his personal supervision.
Many curious stories are told of the old
farmer prince and his eccentric way’s. He
was a peasant to the core in spite of his en
ormous wealth, and looked it. At one time
he bid at an auction sale of oxen, which,
according to Hungarian fashion, were put
up by yokes. There were 300 yokes, and
the old man bought the whole 600 beasts.
The auctioneer was a stranger, and when
the miserable, shabby little granger who had
bid so steadily was pointed out to him, he
waxed wroth.
“Josef Weyer,” he said, “do you not
know that it is forbidden by law to hoax a
public auctioneer ?”
“Surely, sir, surely,” was the reply.
“The price of these oxen you have bid
for must be paid down. Cash ! do you un
derstand ? Cash!”
The old man dived into the breast of his
dingy Dolman, hauled out a ragged old blue
silk handkerchief, and without a word
counted out a pile of 1,000 gulden notes,
that made the auctioneer’s mouth water.
“It’s a pity you have no more bullocks,”
lie said, as he rolled the remaining notes up
and stuffed them back into his breast; “I
was in hopes to be able to buy a thousand
or so. ”
During the state of siege which succeed
ed the Hungarian revolution an edict was
enacted forbidding the peasants of the Theiss
valley to use saddle horses without a spe
cial permit from the military’ governor.
One day some gcnn-d'armes overtook
Josef Weyer riding along some twenty miles
from Szentes, on his favorite horse and de
manded his pass.
“It is at home in my house in Szentes,”
he said.
Indeed ! And how is it' that you ven
ture to affront the law by traveling.
I am only visiting my estates.”
The gens-d’armes grinned. They fan-,
cied they’ had a prize in this old beggar who ! , r ? mar ^ e “ :
with a sweep of his hand claimed proprie- \ * ae ° “ man wn
torship of a dozen leagues of land. Per-
liaps he was even one of the dreaded revo
lutionists. At any r rate, they’ arrested him,
laughed at his request to send to his house
for his pass, and as the Judge was busy or
dering insurgents off by batches to the fort
ress or the grave, he was locked up for sev
eral days. He (lid not grumble, and true
to his busy instincts pottered around the
and such things will go hard with you.”
Morgan hastily exclaimed: “Damn you,
are you going to take it up ? If you are,
I’ll kill yon too! ” He raised a chair and
rushed upon Heath, who had risen to his
feet, and struck him a terrible blow over
the head and eyes, which stunned him and
brought him to the floor. As Heath arose
he struck him again, when Fulcher stepped
forward and told him he muct stop. Turn
ing like an infuriated demon upon his new
opponent, he told him he would kill him,
too, and rushed upon him. Fulcher drew
his pistol, a small one of 32 calibre, and
fired rapidly at Morgan tliree times, each
time with terrible effect. The first shot
took effect in the mouth, and passed near
ly through the head; the second in the
right temple, tne latter nearly tearing off
the top of his head. He turned to run,
exclaiming: “ My God, I’m shot! ” As
he turned Fulcher fired two more shots,
taking effect in Morgan’s hack. Morgan
went out of the door, his young wife with
him, and both fled across the field for near
ly a quarter of a'mile, his wife ahead of
him. Near the home of his mother he
fell. He was taken to her house and died
in a short time. Capt. Lanter, the first
party assaulted by Morgan, was in dan
gerous condition wdien last heard froin, and
liis second victim, Mr. Heath is also serious
ly’ injured.
i’t <>oo(l on Fig£cra.
She came to town from Rockaway on her
usual trip. She came down on the same
old clam cart filled with clams and onions.
As she slid off the cart wheel she had a wor
ried expression on her face, h wonderfully
suggestive face — suggestive of a Dutch
cheese. She slapped the off horse on the
back, gave the nigh one an onion, and en
tered one of the stores opposite Washing
ton Market.
The clerk, a young man who had a hump
backed nose that looked as if it had been
through a mill, and gave him the appear
ance of having a shoehorn tied to his fore
head, rubbed liis hands in glee, for he im
agined he saw’ a big sale looming up in the
distance.
“Say, look here,” she drawled, “I want
ter git a hat an’ a pair of shoes for the old
man. When I let him come down with the
clams and onions, he gits bilin full, and
don’t chip up a cent when he gits home.
I’m runnin’ the machine myself now Give
me a hat an’ a pair of shoes for the old
man.”
“What size does he wear?” queried the
accommodating clerk.
“I’ve got ’em here in my ridbule some
where,” and she went up to her heels in a
gripsack that she carried in her hand.
When she came out it was seen that the
search had not been successful. She colored
rit the Aggers dow’n on
Wived But Not Wedded.
They had loved each other long and ar
dently—had promenaded in the shadow of
umbrageous foliage on moon-lit evenings—
had rehearsed Melnotte and Pauline beneath
the arching vine, “and wondered what star
should be their home when love became
immortal.” And so not a great while since,
when an itinerant minister came along, who
w’as sleek and oilly in appearance, and had
a soft and gentle grace about him which
charmed the y’oung people, they determined
to get married and have him perform the
ceremony. And they did. It was a splen
did affair, radiant with w’ealth and lieauty,
and the bloom of orange blossoms—with
music and costly presents. Their friends
congratulated them, and smiling through
happy tears the glad eyes of their parents
blessed them. And so they went off on
their bridal tour. But in less than a month
the bride received a letter from her mother
which contained terrible news. It said in
effect that the minister who had performed
the ceremony for them was no minister at
all—that he w’as an impostor—that they
Were not married—and tliat they must go
right away to a church and have the cere
mony done over again. To the young lady
the letter was the cause of consternation—
the groom however took it philosophically.
“Oh, Charley, what will we do ?”
“Why, I don’t see anything to make
a row about—do you ?” And the youth
smiled up into her face with a tautaJizin:
indifference which made her wild.
“You wretch ! How dare you say such
a monstrous thing. No difference, indeed'
Why, I’m not married to you.”
“Well!”
But it was not well. The gentleman
loved her sincerely, and he fully intended
having the thing straightened out hut it
was such a fine opportunity to have a little
fun, that he couldn’t resist the temptation.
But the lady had no such frivolous views
of the situation. To her it was a very ser-
matter. If the gentleman should hap
pen to back out, there would he the mis
chief to pay and no mistake. So she took
a very stalwart resolution. Going into the
adjoining room, she reappeared an instant
afterwards with her lover’s traveling pistol.
She had a pale, set, determined face, that
indicated business.
“Charley, if you don’t go with me imme
diately to a clergyman’s, and get married,
you are a dead man ! ”
“Why, Mary !”
“Don’t say a word, but come along. I
can’t joke on a matter of this kind. Are
you coming ?”
The blue eyes had begun to flash with a
dangerous light. There was an ominous
click as the rigid fingers pulled hack the
spring of the pistol.
“Mary, there’s no use in this fooling ?”
“Are you coming?”
“Of course I am!”
And he went; and so the day was ended
up in joy and peace and congratulations.
BRIEFS.
a piece of paper, but I must have lost it.
“Can’t you remember what they were?’’
“Lemme see. There’s the hat fust— The A „| mi4 i,.
humph. Now, the Aggers for the hat wuz .. . „ „ ,
—well, the Arst Agger looked like a cruller, I 1S P rL -' we know n that the lower
and then there was a straight mark that ; a 'T a! . s P 0 ^ 93 a11 the weaknesses, vanities
stood on a shelf, and un er the shelf wuz ? nd v ! CL ‘ a knowa man ' Indeed, they
another cruller ” 1 oave tlie passion for dress even more devel-
The clerk began to look as if he was be-1 oped-eometimes to the cost of their lives
1 —than our fine ladies have. The cock is
iail doing lbbt chores till a small official blown up as he took a pencil aud made tnan our nnc iaoies nave, ine cock is
who kTei him SI c“ea™n" a rin a » «>e Agures in the alphabet. I " otono “ s| y and ‘I™ 110 * 1 S , tha
who knew him tound lum cleaning a win . ^ q{ ^ | liog as he grows old becomes a mere lout
“Good Heavens, Herr Weyer!” he ex
claimed, “what are you doing here ?”
“Don’t you see, my son l Claiming the U P aw I’ll send <
indows. The gens-cTarmes arrested me ! 10 ^’ ou ' * s ’ ow ’bout the shoes.”
because I had no pass. ”
. - ■ j and sensualist, though the promise of his
“Well, mebbe there’s different kinds of - vouth ' vttS of bc,,er ‘kings; .the jackdaw 102 feet long'.
—Forest fires have been very destruc
tive in Pennsylvania.
—The Universalists have 737 churches
and 71 ministers in this courtry.
—General N. P. Bank’s eldest daugh
ter is said to be studying in Boston for
the stage.
—The fruit crop of the United States
for last year is estimated at $140,000 -
OK). ’ ’
—America imported from Germany
this spring 32,000 dead humming birds
tor ladies bonnets.
—The population of Australia is now
2,500,000, and the import and export
trade is £70,000,000.
—Four carrier pigeons flew from
Harrisburg, Pa., to Hoboken, N. J., in
125 minutes. Distance, 158 miles.
—It is repoited that President Hayes
will spend the summer mouths at his
home in Fremont, Ohio.
—The Howard iron works of Center
county, Pa.,.lost 1,000 cords of w ood by
mountain tires.
—Chicago fires in May caused a loss
of $110,403, of which about half was
borne by insurance companies.
—London lias a shell mission, the
shells being sent by children at the sea
side for children in hospitals.
—Texas cattle men estimate that the
“drive” of Texas cattle lor 1879 will
reach 175,000 to 200,000 head.
—Ocean county, X. J.. is the place to
get wortleberries, of which £50,000
worth will be gathered this year.
—It is estimated that the Log crop of
Wisconsin this year will reach $1,635,-
feet against 1,075,000,000 last year,
—Mr. Spurgeon has been presented
with a testimonial of more than $30,000
in honor of the twenty-fifth year of his
work as a preacher.
—The potato bugs in the western
pan of the Slate of Maine are, it is said,
making sad havoc with the potato
vines.
—There were 1,367 fires In the United
States and Canada in April. 1870. The
aggregate loss is $9,109,600. The loss
to insurance companies is $4,505,800.
—Mr. John B. Gough lias ended his
lecture tour in Great Britain, aud is
about to return home. He lias given
115 lectures there.
—Isaac and David Seltzer, twin bro
thers, have just celebrated their 83d
birthday in their Chester county (Pa.)
home. •
The Prince of Wales has reduced
the rents of all liis fanners in the Duchy
of Cornwall twenty per centum for
three years.
—Only 7,000,000 of the new silver
dollars have gone into circulation since
the coinage began last year, while the
treasury holds $15,000/ 00.
-Forty-six thousand dollars’ worth
of lobsters were shipped from Halifax
lor the London market, one day last
week, it being the first cargo.
—During the month of May the
United States Mints coined gold pieces
valued at $2,878,550; 2,330,000 silver
dollars, and $4,708 in smaller coins.
—The longest pine root on record has
recently been dug up on a plantation a
few miles from Savannah, Ga. It was
, . | the clerk “Now what number An vm. Pacific arrayed in a white apron and pre
The man secured 4ns release at once. A u,c ,,, x>ow ' Iiai numDer °° y° u ( t e ndin '
short time afterward, on the day of liis mar- j wa °| ‘
riage, a lawyer handed him the deeds of a! Well, I remember this much: the old
comfortable little farm and ten cows and j man fhaf if f i°®f fhc Aggers that there
oxen. Old Josef Weyer had not forgotten i was a war occurred in the last part of the
the irood turn he had done him i 9 i loe number. Can’t you name some year
that had a w’ar in it?”
The clerk spoke of the war of the Rebel-
Weyer purchased his first farm from
Count Steven Karol}’, who let him have it
very easy terms, in view of his proverty. I !‘° t n ’ b , u . t ebe “j' 1 that as
■ - - - - ~ v - 4-l , 61. He then began with the year of the
and monkey are full of mischief; the beau
teous dove is quarrelsome, and even t
‘Ah! yes, the'shoefC To be sure,” said I PfS?" wbio,, , sila »" rof ' ks in tho SoaU «
, . ' - . . * i arrayed
to be as neat as a pin, is foul beyond
*onception. That they have a taste for al
coholic liquors is known as a fact by scien
tists. One of these selected for his subjects
the quiet household of a cock which had
never done him any harm, and in which
there was no hereditary tendency toward
the bottle. To the master of the household
the tempter came at first with ales and light
wines, and gradually led him on, step by
step, till at last nothing would satisfy his
Marshal Haynan fined the Count a half I t S r ^ i,, a
million gulden for befriending Kossuth, ^ T T‘ T™'
after the capture of Ofen by the imperial : * u ° w b h ? a JV™ ai j "t'/T'T ,- 1S I aroused appetite but the strongest of liquors,
troops. The Count’s resources were badly | u Evolution T took kindlv to ft elr potations,
crippled at the time, and his steward was 1 '“‘I’f | though not stJ eagerly as' the cock did, and
in despair at his inability to make up the lslo ol ,„ „„„ yj® ' ere long that once happy home was a scene
of woe, disorder and irregularity. The
I comb and wattles of the father swelled and
pieces of tree bark from famous places, i y 011 know how much money
-j it. _ -.1 > i . “IzOok! look! muttered
amount of the imposition, when a little old | at ™„ C , k J. 812 ’ she i umpcd nearl} ' 0Ter
man, smelling rankly of sour milk, called ™ nn
on him and stated that he had heard Count
Steven wanted to borrow some money.
“Wfcll, what business of yours is that?”
“I thought I might help a little, sir. The
Count was a good friend to me once—God
bless him!—and I would like to help him
if I could. ”
The steward laughed heartily.
“Why. my dear fellow, do you know
how much money the Count needs ?”
“Excuse me—no, sir.”
“Two hundred thousand gulden.
that is ?”
He had accordingly manufactured a lot of
these relics.
The articles sold to Wilkins were here
produced by Mr. Drake, the Proscecuting
Attorney.
Mr, Drake (picking up a piece of old
iron)—Wliat is this ?
Witness (grinning)—That, sir, is a piece
of the cannon hall that wounded Napoleon
at Waterloo.
Mr. Drake—Where did you get it ?
Witness—At the Fulton Foundry, on the
Divide- [Laughter in court.]
Mr. Drake—Here is another relic, labeled
“St. Paul’s Cathecral before the great tire.”
Where did you get that ?
Witness—From my wood-pile. I stained
it with iodine to give it age. ]More mer
riment. ]
Mr. Drake—And this?
Witness—Twig from the grave of Victor
Hugo.
Mr. Drake—But Hugo isn’t dead.
Look! look!” muttered the old man,
scratching his ear. “Why, I haven’t
brought that much with me, to be sure.”
“I should fancy^pot.”
“But here is a hundred and eighty thou
sand. I’ll go home and bring the rest in
the morning.”
Josef Weyer was assassinated most bru
tally by a drunken vagalxmd at a public
house in Szentes. The miscreant who was
mad drunk, was shot dead by the police in
attempting to secure him. The colossal
fortune of the peasant millionaire will prob
ably (the State, as his wife is dead,
not known to have any Heirs.
A Bloody Affair.
A bloody and brutal affair recently took
place near Farley, in Platte county, Mo.
Captain Lanter. a School Trustee, attended
a meeting of the Board to which he be
longed; T'-m Morgan, a young man 23
jycar8 old, was also in attendance. Morgan
Witness (much astonished)—Is that so? jwas known as one to whom a word means
I thought he kicked the bucket last year. a blow following it, and who needed but
[Loud laughter.] ^ [slight provocation to wreak summary ven-
Mr. Drake—Here’s a brick. Igeanco upon the offending ones. In the
Witness—From the house of Oliver course of the meeting he became involved
Cromwell; got it on C street. That bunch in a quarrel with Lanter, whom he assault-
of grass you have there didn’t really grow l e d and brutally pounded, so that he is now
on the grave of Mary Queen of Scots, but pying in a critical condition at his home.
I made Wilkins think so and got four dol- The high standing of Captain Lanter pro-
lars for it. I gathered it down by the jduced considerable excitement, and a war-
bonanza reservoir. All those other traps I [rant wbs sworn out for Morgan’s arrest,
picked up round the town and labeled ’em | a nd placed in the hands of Constable Ben
properly, as your honor can see. Those Fulcher, a young man scarce the age of
autographs of Washington, Garibaldi, Lin- ’Morgan, and Israel Heath, a Justice of the
cold, Wilkes, Booth, Lafayette, Talleyrand, Peace, a man of advanced age, and who is
Voltaire and Marcus D. Boruck I wrote regarded as a quiet, peaceable citizen,
myself, and then laid ’em away in a damp Both of these men were on friendly terms
place to give ’em age. (with Morgan. They proceeded to Morgan’s
Mr Drake—Did you ever fool anybody about noon. On entering the room Ful-
else on these relics? cher said : “Tom, we have a warrant for
Witness—I sold an old oil painting to y° ur arrest, and it isn’t necessary to make
Hank smith for twa hundred and fifty dol- a °y disturbance, but just settle the tiling
lars—a sketch by Hogarth I told him. As peacefully and coolly. ” Morgan replied :
a matter of fact it was an old vinegar hit- j“lt*s all right, hoys; you are friends of
ters picture, so smirched up you couldn’t mine, and 1 will go with you peaceably,
see it. He paid me one hundred dowa”aad A 0 * 1 1 wouldn't go with anybody else. But
I never went after the rest. ]Tremendous if* 8 u°w about dinner time. Pnt your
merriment, suppressed by Constable Nor- horses up and feed them; come in, and the
ton.[ . i old woman will get us some dinner, and
The Court—Ain’t you the chap that sold then we will go and see about this thing.”
me an oriinnal etchinir by Rembrandt last Morgan took his violin and played a few
Summer ? ~ tunes for the entertainment of the visitors.
Witness (coolly)—-Yes, your honor, and He then handed the violin to Fulcher,
also the pen that John Randolph signed saying: “Ben, you play a tune and I’ll
the Declaration of Independence with. ! dance; there s nothing like a good shuffle
Here a howl of laughter went up, and before I go. ” Fulcher took the violin and
even the stolid features of Constable Nor-- played and Morgan danced for a few mo-
ton relaxed. i ments. He then stopped and said: “That’s
: Lanter; I’ll kill him yet.” Mr. Heath,
Some girls are like old muskets, and who was reading a newspaper, looked up
use h great deal ot powder, but don’t go and said: “Tom, you oughtn’t to talk
off. « that way; remember you are under arrest,
—The Germans, Italians, and French
are preparing for extensive exhibits at
the Mexican Exhibits in 18S0, with a
view of interrupting trade between the
United States and Mexico.
—The exports of provisions to Europe
counter: I” 1 u.cguiamj. me are falling off* very rapidly—the total
“That’s um, that’s um, show up your ! comb and cattles of the father swelled and | durjng A “ ril bf ,i„^ oi ;,^ at ; out $ 8 ,500,-
twelves. You’re the brick I've been huntin S rew P UI P' e bke a tippler s nose; Ins ejes , 000 or 5b0 o00 less than during the
for. The old man’s got a foot like a her- i 1 f came , b !° <>d8hot ’ „ h ' s w , 10 ! e . beI . n S was [QODtfl of Apri i > 1878 .
*. j a at iii changed; he quarrelled with his wives and
nn box, an you ve struck it dead. You’d \
git nine out of a possible ten. Make a
twelve, will you?”
He made her a twelve, and after scan
—The total bonded debt of New York
city, leas the sinking fund, on May 31,
was $121,532,007.51, an increase ot $2,-
409,175,41 over the previous month.
—The anti-tobacco Society of Paris
has petitioned the authorities to pro
hibit smoking in the streets and cafes
by youths under sixteen years of age.
—Hartford, Conn., has just had a
grand jury whose average height was 6
feet X% inches, and average weight was
195 pounds. The tallest wss 6 feet 4
inches.
lieat them over the head with his spurs, and
in their turn the wives grew reckless, cross
and dumpish, and neglected their broods,
nimr the A<reres she took a noeket lmnk our i Tbe old gentlemim would go to roost at all
of tne gripsack aid paid foftot shoes with-1 ; xld bour3 .? f and night, and presently
out saying a word, but there wa, a satisAed ! faM fT hl ? IIe w ,°! 1,d CrOW ln , bc
„L, d i. , , , most absurd and unreasonable way; get Ins
look about her which can be likened only i . , , . .. a • ® .
tiaza „ _i , r 1 legs tangled together, flap one wing when
to the expression on a mule s face after he . ~ ® a .. ’ f 1 , ,. ,
has kicked a man over a barn i he meant to fla P hoth ’ rcfused hlH mea,s > and
“i « ; u i O o f rt » u f 4i at h e fall a victim to the demon of rum
“I wish we wuz so fortunate bout the
hat. Make some crullers, won’t you ?’’
He began with an “o,” and she said tliat
was a doughnut. He again went through
all the units, but she couldn’t find what she | Neptune’s cup.
wanted, and left for home. The old
by dying. It was a sad ending, but it sat
isfied the demon of science that men are
not alone in their love for intoxicants.
came down the next day,'and said some-1 Almoet imperceptible creatures m the
thing about a old f.xii, and purchased ^ a b “! d “ tbe Ind,an ° ccan a K oblet ' . Il
a hat, size 81.
Tea In Holland.
Tea in Holland is, like almost eveiything
but water, of excellent quality, and is not
converted into a beverage by the proprietors
of tea gardens. Everylxxly makes her own
tea at Hague and Amsterdam, and even at
Scheveningen. When Mynheer and his fa
mily have taken their seats-at one of the
green tables closely packed under the trees
round the orchestra, madame proceeds to
make tea in the national machine known
as the “theestoof.” Tliis is very unlike the
English urn and teapot, and eqnally dissi
milar from the Russian samovar. The care
ful waiter first brings what appears to be
an iron pail, but is in reality a stove of
primitive construction, bottomed well with
charcoal. On this is set the kettle of com
mon life, boiling, and kept boiling by the
charcoal underneath. Tea is brought in a
caddy adapted to the size of the party and
black earthenware teapot. Madame pro
ceeds to make tea, first ascertaining that
the water boils, and when the first round is
poured out removes the lid of the kettle
and puts the little black teapot in its place.
There is clearly an understanding between
the coppersmith and the potter as to the
size of teapots and kettle-lids, for the fit
seems exact, and the tea is kept hot, as it
reeds to be in the open air. Thus, after
the manner of the nursery rhyme, the fire
begins to boil the kettle, the kettle begins
to warm the pot, the pot begins to make
the tea, and the tea, presumably, begins to
warm its drinkers, for they seem happy
enough in a quiet, self-contained way.
They are not listless, these Dutch drinkers
of tea (shade of Van Dunk!) Jmt they can
not he pronounced festive. Evidently they
are contented folk, well off in the world’s
goods and careful of them. There are no
peals of laughter, no flashing gestures, no
demonstrativeness of any kind, and yet
these Dutch folk are not sad. They are
“gentle, yet not dull,” happy, yet not
boisterous—perhaps, nicely, modulated
cheerfulness is the best term by which to
is called Neptune’s cup. Sometimes it has
a height of six feet and a breadth of three.
It is erected solely by myriads of polypi.
Thpy have no consultation with each other.
Each works in a separate cell, each is as
much cut off from communication with
every other as an inmate of a cell in the
wards of Charlestown prison yonder is from
his associates. They build the stem to the
proper height, and then they begin to widen
it. Everything proceeds according to a plan.
Is the plan theirs, or does it belong to a
Power above them, and that acts through
them? As these isolated creatures build
Neptune’8 cup, so the bioplasts, isolated
from each other in the living tissues which
they produce, build the rose and the violet
and all flowers, pomegranate and the cedar,
the oak and all trees, the eagle and all birds,
the lion and all animals, the human brain
and all men. Neptune’s cup alone strikes
us dumb. But what shall we say of the
mystic structures built by the bioplasts?
There is ihe cup; it is a fact: and the eye
is another Neptune's cup ; and all this uni
verse is another Neptune’s cup; and out of
such cups I, for one, drink the glad wine of
Theism.
Floating Utflit.
Besides the light-houses which warn the
sailor of danger and guide him in his
course amidst the darkness of night, there
are along the British coasts numerous float
ing lights, or light-vessels in situations
whore the erection of a light-house is im
possible, where there are banks or shoals
perilous to ships but affording no founda
tion for a nuilding. These vessels ride at
anchor in places that have been selected
for them, and which are as exactly marked
on the charts as the positrons of the light
houses. Most of thejn are stationed off the
cast coast of England from the mouth of
the Humber southward; a few on other
parts of the English coast, and on that of
Ireland; and two on the coast of Scotland.
They are generally vessels of about one
hundred and fifty tons, specially construct
ed with a view to their riding safely at an
chor in exposed situations and during the
indicate their mental condition. Chatting \ most severe storms, without regard to sail
quietly they advance to more and more
cups of tea, made fresh and fresh by the
lady presiding, far too good a housewife to
have lavished her store of tea on the first
brewing. She appeals to the caddy and
tne ever-boiling kettle, and brews inter
minable tea of excellent strength and flavor.
ing powers, of which they have no need;
and it has been an extremely rare thing for
them to be driven from their moorings or
to experience any disaster. The mariner
counts upon the guidance of their light in
any weather, as confidently as he does on
that of a lighthouse built upon a rock.
—A piece of ordnande has been man
ufactured at Turin which throws a pro
jectile weighing a ton, and requires500
pounds of powder forachaige. It is
34 feet Jong, and has an 18-inch calibre.
—To the 120,000,000 quarts of milk
sent annually to New York there is ad
ded 40,000.000 quarts of water, which,
sold at ten cents a quart, brought $4,-
000,000 per annum, or $12,000 per day.
—In 1870 Colorado had a population
of 39,864. Now it has grown to 250,000,
or over six hundred per cent, iu nine
years—a proportion even greater than
Kansas.
—The formation of a company to con
struct a tide level canal across the Isth
mus of Darien, has been begun by M.
Du Lesseps, and a subscription for 400,-
000,000 francs will be immediately call
ed for.
—It is stated that they are now mak
ing artificial ice down South at a cost
of only seventy cents per ton. One
factory turns out ten tons daily in the
form of blocks feet long by ten in
ches in thickness.
—The Pennsylvania railroadcompany
lias begun to plant Virginia creepers on
the hillsides along their tracks. The
effect it is thought will add to the beau
ty of the scenery and tend to prevent
land slides.
—The exports of wheat and wheat
flour at its equivalent in grain from all
the United States ports to all foreign
countries for the year ending Decem
ber 31, 1878, as per the official report of
the government, were equal to 134,309,-
966 bushels, against 64,462,866 bushels
in 1877.
—Mrs. Zerviah Gould Mitchell, of
North Abington, Mass., an old Indian
woman who says that she is a lineal de
scendant of Massasoit, has pitched her
tent on the borders of Assawompset
Pond, in Lakeville, Mass., on the land
of her forefathers, which she claims,
and intends to pass the summer there.
—Up to the 17th of May, nearly
7,000,000 francs c$l,400,000) have been
sent to the Archbishop of Paris as sub
scriptions for the Church of the Sacred
Heart, now being built in that city.
The subterranean vault of the edifice is
nearly finished, and its dimensions arf
iid to surpass those of any existing
cathedral In France.
—According to statistics just publish
ed, there were 18.733 young men stu-
Iving at the 20 German universities
luring the winter semester just passed.
Of these 2438 were studying theology,
5106 law, and 3537 medicine, 7657 being
inscribed in the Philosophical Faculty,
Their ages ranged for the most part
from 19 to 22 years.
During the year 1878 there wrore
recorded in tne Register’s office in New
York about twelve thousand deeds, in
cluding thereunder leases, contracts or
other instruments, and about six thou
sand mortgages. The average cost of
recording a deed was $2.25; of a mort
gage, $2.75. So that during one year
about $40,000 was paid to the Register
for recording instruments in his office.
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