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STOKM-TOSSED.
Qat in the night and darkness,
gOnt in the storm and rain,
4jFl<h never a star to guide him
f’To haven and home again.
He tosses afar, my sailor,
On the breast of the stormy sea,
With the pitch-black heaven above him,
And the thunder’s minstrelsy.
The phosphorent waters parting
Leave a trail of fiery foam;
The good ship flies from the tempest,
But farther flies from home.
Out in the wild night’s blackness,
Athwart the shadowy heights,
Is a blo< d-red glow on the breakers—
Hie gleam of wreckers’ lights!
The rush and roar of the tempest,
The roar and rush of the sea;
Pray, pray to the white Christ, sailor,
For haven, for home, for me!
A DAUMTLE8S MAM.
Away up among the Blue mountains
of Western Arkansas is a neighborhood
which was once noted for the peculiar
ity of its people. The community, you
might say is or rather was, almost self*
sustaining for it received bnt little
benefit frotn the world. Coffee was
unknown there until it was introduced
by some doctor who went there to
practice medicine. The concoction
was promptly examined by old man
Gressofe, who pronounced it worthless
and calculated to injure the commu
nity. There was no appeal from the
decision, and the doctor was informed
that unless he discarded the use of the
stuff he w’ould be driven from the
neighborhood. lie would not agree
to give up the use of his only stimu
lant, and one morning, shortly after
the promulgation of the decisive edict,
the doctor might have been seen—in
fact he was seen, carrying a pair of
dingy saddle bags down the moun
tain.
This community had no other name
than the “District” and if any one had
attempted to change the appellation,
he would no doubt have felt the heavy
hand of revenge. The “District” peo
ple had no regular religious creed.
Every Sunday they would meet in a
rude log building and listen to the
illiterate discourse of John Sumpter,
an old fellow who took upon himself
the duty of instructing the people upon
the principles of religious morals.
Once a newspaper man of discredited
enterprise attempted to publish a
weekly journal in the little village
known as the capital of the “District,”
but before the first number of the paper
came out, a committee headed by old
man Gressom, called on the journalist
and told him that they did not want a
newspaper.
“We did not sehdfejr you," the old we no doubt, in order and perfectly
man said, “whit* is a mighty good
evidence that we didn’t want you.
We don’t want no man cornin’ around
prayin’inter our affairs, an’if it’s all
the same to you we’d ruther you’d go
back wliar you coine from, or leastwise
leave the “District.”
The editor urged that a newspaper
would materially assist in the develop
ment of the country’s resources.
“We’ve got all the c’evelopness we
want,” said the old man. “Develop-
ness is what makes folks miserable. We
never go down from here an’ try to
run the world, and we’ll be blamed ii
the world shall come up here and try
to run us. If you want to come here
and fall in with the rest of the folks,
an’ work fur a livin’ a'l right, but no
lazy man can live here.”
The editor explained that the publi
cation of a newspaper required the ex
ercise of great industry, but the old
man, losing patience, said:
“We’ve dun give you fair warnin’.
We have been kind enough to tell you
what’s the law, an’ if you don’t profit
by it, we can’t help it. Now let us
tell you once for all: If you print any
of your papers here, we’ll fling you
offen the top of the mountain.”
The next day a hand press might
have been seen, in fact it was seen, go
ing down the mountain.
In this way the people of the “Dis
trict” lived. Sons grew up, married
and settled near the homestead, and no
one thought that a change would
come. John Sumpter, the moral lect
urer, had a beautiful daughter, who
despite her crude surroundings had to
some extent, acquired a knowledge of
books. She was tall and graceful. She
was a kind of Sheila among the ruder
- inhabitants of a Barvabost. Once, af
ter long persuasion, she induced her
father to let her go down in the world.
She w< uld not remain long. She only
wanted to see what other places looked
like. The people of the “District”
objected. They told John Sumpter
that nothing but evil could result from
such a wild exploit, but the girl’s
shrewdness outweighed the arguments
of the sages, and she went down
among the strange people below. A
few weeks afterwards she returned.
Every one noticed that she had
changed. Her wonted laugh had died
away, and in the evening when the
sun died, melting behind the rugged
peak of the mountain, she would sit
the great oak in front of her
r’s house, and muse. Her father
was alarmed. “Lamutb,” he said to
her one evening, calling her by name,
“1 want you to tell me what’s die mat
ter with you?”
“Nothing,” she replied without re
moving her gaze from the deep blue
space where distance seemed to level
itself out into a great turquoise
plain.
“Nuthin,’ ’’repeated the old man,
“if there ain’t nuthin’ the matter,
what makes you mope? Why don’t
you go with me to feed the sheep, and
sing like you uster?”
“I didn’t know I was moping. I
don’t go with you to feed the sheep,
because I don’t think I can be of any
use to you and I don’t sing because I
on't want to hear my own voice. ”
D. B. FREEMAN, Publisher.
OLD SERIES-YOL. X- NO. 44
“Come now, gal, that’s all fooliMi- ■ you are, and let me finish my sermon
ness. I’m afraid that trip away from for I fear the congregation will become
home didn’t do you no good. Letgo
into the house. Jeff Magle is there
awaitin’ for you.”
“I don’t want to see him,” Vie
said, still gazing into the blue be
yond.
“What!” the old man exclaimed,
“Don’t wanter see Jeff when you know
he’s nigh dead arter you?
“Let him die, then.”
“Come an’ quit yer foolishness,” and
without consulting her willingness to
accompany him, he led her into the
house. She treated the young man
with cool dignitv. He was astonisbef.
He asked her to sing. She refused,
and he was amazed. When he weiit
away, which he did very soon, tha
girl’s father scolded her. T-
Jeff told several of the neighbors of
the girl’s strange actions and before
bed time they called on John Sumpter,
to consult with him. They agreed
that immediate action must be taken.
Jeff Magle was regarded as the coming
man of the “District.” Maidens had
sighed after him and young men had
envied him. To see him thus crumble
and fall from his great social height,
was ominous of a coming evil of grant
consequence. A community thus di
vided against itself could not stand.
“Yes,” exclaimed John Sumpter |n
acquiescence, when one of the caUets
had expressed an opinion, “an’ abbut
the next thing we know the state of
Arkansas will send men up here an’
try to make us live under her laws, an’
then fellers will hop up an’ wanter go
to the legislature.”
The neighbors groaned.
* * * * * t"
As young novelists would say, sever
al days £fter the startling events detail
ed in the last chapter, the people of-the
village met in John Sumpter’s lecture
hall. After the singing of a kind of a
see-saw hymn, the work of a “Dis
trict” composer, John Sumpter arose
to begin his discourse when some one
called—
“Holdon a moment please.”
Every one turned in surprise and
looked in the direction from which the
voiee came.
A tall young man, neatly dressed,
advanced.
“Who are jou?” demanded John
Sumpter.
“William Lockwood.”
An’ what do you want in the Dis
trict? an’ why do you come here an’
pester us when we are at worship?”
“I haven’t time now, my good man,
to answer all your questions, which
natural. I am a Methodist minister.
Conference has granted me the grati
fying privilege to go around and preach
the gospel where it is mAst needed. I
have traveled around a great deal and
am fortunate in finding this place.
Stand aside a few minutes and I will
proceed to dedicate the house to true
worship.”
“You git outen here!” demanded
several voices. “You ain’ got no bus
iness a-tamperin’ with us.”
“Brother Simmons, give us another
tune,” said John Sumpter, addressing
the leader of the choir.
Hold onl” demanded the Methodist
preacher. “We are commanded to
preach the gospel to every living crea
ture, You are living creatures, al
though you attempt to impress a
stranger with the idea that., you are
not. I don’t want any trouble but I’m
going to preach in this house. To
further my plans and to increase the
respect which I know this congregation
has for me, I will state that I am re
garded as the best pistol shot in the
state,” and he drew a couple of revol
vers, and advancing to the table, he
shoved John Sumpter's hymn book
aside and deposited his weapons. “I
would advise my hearers that in order
to enjoy that exuberance of health
which a kind Providence has bestowed,
not to leave this house until the bene
diction is pronounced. Hold on,” and
he cocked a pistol and leveled it at a
man who rose. “Sit down.” And the
man sat down.
‘Mf any of the women desire to leave
they can do so. Women have never
had an equal chance with men, but on
this occasion I have decided to grant
them special privileges. Having thus
explained, I will proceed with my ser
mon.”
The men were so mystified by the
boldness of the stranger that they sat
and gazed at him. He took a text and
proceeded at once to expound his views
on the subject. He told them how they
were violating the laws of God and
man by their exclusiveness, and de
nounced them for bringing up their
children in ignorance of the world.
•I’ll be blamed if I can stand this.”
exclaimed John Sumpter, arising and
turning upon the preacher. Several
others, emboldened by their 1< ader also
arose.
Stand back, gentlemen,” said the
preacher.” “You know I am telling
you the truth.”
“You are a liar,” shouted Jeff Ma
gle.
He’s not a liar,” exclaimed a voice,
and John Sumpter’s daughter, who bad
been sitting with her face buried in
her hands, advanced jvith a majesty
which caused the men to fall back.
“You, Lamuth,” exclaimed John
Sumpter. “IV hat do you mean?, ”
“Just what I say. You know that
we have all been raised in ignorance.
You know it an 1 cannot deny it and
tell the truth.”
My good girl,” said the preacher,
not in the least abashed, extending his
band. “I told you I would come here.
Now I am here, and with your help
can accomplish much.”
“You shall have my help.
“Well, sit down*like the good girl
impatient.
The congregation remained quiet du
ring the remainder.of the discourse, and
when the benediction was pronounced,
every man arose and quietly walked
away.
“John Sumpte-,” said Jeff Magle.
“Yes, Jeff,”
‘-‘That’s what made her mope.”
“That is what made her mope, Jeff.”
“When she was away She seed him
an’ fell in love with him an’ told him
to come here ”
“That’s about it, Jeff.”
“He’s got the bulge on me.”
“’Peers that way.”
“Reckon’ I’ll travel.”
B’l’eve I would Jeff.”
John Sumpter’s daughter. Old 81
ter was slow at first in entering into
conversation with him, but after a
while he began to thaw and then he
grew warm. The stranger was very
interesting, and was so kindly disposed
toward everv one that John Sumpter
began to like him. The next day the
preacher was introduced all around as
John Sumpter’s future son-in-law, and
the next week, just after the perform
ance of a marriage ceremony, a church
was regularly organized.
A railroad now runs through the
town and near a new church, not far
from John Sumpter’s new house stands
a commanding school building.
John Sumpter was a member of the
last Arkansas legislature.
Mechanical ScSeaee.
It may be that to the ifed if time man-
ki d must earn’heir bread by the sweat
of their brow. All the same, it seems as
if mechanical inventions will eventually
make existence easier all round, and
save the human machine from the must
distressing and life-shortening results of
wear and tear. Unr first p treats made
themselves aprons If fig leaves, clearly
demonstrating by Holy Writ that pri
mitive sewing was the initial industry,
and that every other form of occupation
is Jew ancient than that of tailoring or
drew making. As Adam dalved and
Eve span,” so counties# generations of
ladies and gentlemen of the highest an-
tedaluvian antiquity got their brea 1 and
made their clothes. Heuoe manual la-
bos became honorable, as judging by
t|p signs of the times, it may again be-
same, and at no distant date. Tpe in
ttnattag oorrespontaos
lish bom day to day,
ease of a hapless gentility, _
change in public opinion wifli
regard to the honorability of
hard work People are be
ginning to recognise that the genteel
flings aro-evammimdsri, aari 4h
oetter to teach their boys a'trade by
which they may earn a respectable live
lihood, than suffer them to starve as
clergymen, lawyers and scribes, unat
tached. Alexander Pope very neatly
formulated the trouble in the age of onr
great-great grandfathers’ days: “Honor
and shame from no condition rise; aot
well your part there all the honor lies.”
Probably the greatest disabili'y of me
ohanical employment rests on the con
ventional objection to dirty hands. Gen
teel folk, more or lees remotely connect
ed with county families, will not readily
consent to their sons stepping down to
the artisan platform. But is it not pos
sible to raise that platform to a higher
levs,? The dignity of a calling does
not make itself; it is made by those who
practice it. Amateur tamers and car
penters, engineers, farmers and garden
ers abound, and a gentleman is not less
gentle because he amnsee his leisure
tune with the lathe, the tool-cheat the suc
cession of crops or the occupation of re
moving flies from a rosebush. Sir Wal
ter Scott wished all his readers “dean
hands, clear head and patriotic heart,
like Pitt-” Science will make his desire
apply practically and to every calling.
Very soon the wheels of labor and the
work of the world will go by machinery.
Men will have fewer and fewer mean
tasks to perform, and presumably no
one will be too proud to mind a mach
ine. After all, it is not po long since
clerkly skill was beneath the dignity of
a born aristocrat, when earls and knights
signed their names to deeds of settle
ment with the butt-end of a dagger, or
a conventional symbolic, cross. Grand
folk who lived uncomfortably in huge
drafty castles, dressed magnificently,
and were as proud of their gentility as
proud could be looked on school learn
ing with open contempt. Folks of this
generation have gone to the other ex
tern ■. School learning and scholarly
refiuemeut cannot be overestimated, so
long as they do not help to pauperize
the educated classes; but it is a mistake
to assume that a well stocked memory
and gentle manners are incompatible
with mechanical employments. Such
inventions as the improved sewing ma
chine go to prove the contrary. The
management and conduct of machinery
while it neither hardens nor ueoessarily
begnmes the hands of the operator,
leaves the intellect free play for reflec
tion and affords leisure for self-improve
ment. It will be strange, indeed,
should the spread of mechanical science
whicn has too long suffered under the
imputation of degrading sentient skill
below the mindless craft of machinery,
not in the end help to ennoble and dig
nify manual labor.
boaliua mountains. They were reugh-
bearded Allows, who would rather fight
than eat, and thought no more of blaz
ing away with a pistol than I do of
drinking a glass of b«er. One night
we heard the familiar phMfc of the mus
tangs’ hoofs in the water, and soon no
fewer than thirty greasers were loung
ing about our trig fire. In its ruddy
light their fierce, swarthy faces looked
darker and wilder than ever. ^.Ivie
Dederick, an escaped Prnasian convict,
oimof my gang, after drinking pretty
freely, began to tell how Dick Tuloul,
a Canadian miner, was very unlucky,
never striking it nch, but always beg
ging aid of bis comrades.
“ ‘Its a lie,’ replied the Canadian,
who was lounging in the long, tramp
led prairie grata on the other side of
the fire, ‘and even if it were not, I’d
rather beg of the boys than steal their
dust.’”
“What do you mean?” demanded
Dederick, jumping up with his eyes
sparkling like a tiger’s and his hand on
his knee.
‘-You know beet what I mean—
thief I”
“A moment before
heard our noise ’way
but now all was silent
were as still as though
In the white heat
sudden rage his
as he strode
fire to the spot
to receive h
“No one
was not
Laredo to
troversies
Tuloul moved back to make room
for the muss. Quick'as lightning the
ex-convict Ujtaw his brawny arms
the mitar and bit a good-sized
out ofejA ear. He then backed
deliberately t#flis former position,
chewing the falifloiis morsel. One
hoarse, terrible wane came from Tu-
loul’f lips as the Mead poured down his
baity neck and over his soiled flannel
fct”
“Then, in the midst of a silence
broken only by <he eraefcflng tfttheflie
An Old Bunan.
A case ef 'extraoedinary longevity is
reported by Russian papers from a
Bessarabian province, where Savtchuk,
a man of above 130 years, enjoys per
fect health and strength, but his white
hair lias a greenish tinge. He is a
Little Russian by birth and settled in
Bessarabia when it was yet under
Turkish dominion. His eldest son,
who is more decrepit than his father,
is 87 years old. The village of 120
houses, where Savtchuk now lives,
has risen from one cottage, which he
built a long time ago with the help of
a friend, and is exclusively inhabited
by direct descendants of the two first
inhabitants. The tribe of the Savt-
chuks is compaaed of fifty families,
which live in peace and quiet with
out ever going to law.
—Over one hundred and thirty
million cans of tomatoes have been con
sumed in this country within the last
three years, it is figured out
For forty-two years past Richard
Rossiter, commonly known as “Grand
father Dick.” has lived in the South
west. Recently he returned to his old
home on Staten Island. He was soon
surrounded by a group of relatives and
friends, to whom he told many startling
stories, of which the following is among
the mildest. It should be said that
amid many temptations to exaggerate
“Grandfather Dick” has preserved an
untarnished reputation for veracity:
“In 1843, while Texas was yet an
independent republic, I was engaged as
manager for a herder named Francis
Seph. I was encamped with a party of
rancherae upon the Rio Grande, near
Laredo. Just, acmes the river was a
Mexican town, also called Laredo. The
rivertat this point is nearly a mile
wide-fat dining the dry season is ford-
uble. 8 '%be taii-of ’43 was .uncommonly
and the sighing of the night wind in
the grass, the Kanuck in turn stepped
toward the Prussian. The two wrest
led for a moment in close embrace, and
when they separated Dederick’s nose
was missing and Tuloul’s bearded
mouth and chin were red. Both men
drew their weapons, when old Nine
fingered Jim, who had the voice of a
Texas bull, rushed between them and
cried:
Hold on, boys! EE you are so fond
of fresh meat, have enough. We’ll
chain you together an’ lower you to
the bottom of San Esteban Canon.
Thar’s light enough downthar ter fight
by. Fight till one of ye passes in his
chips, an’ then the other must live for
five days an’ nights on the dish you
both seem so fond of.”
“Maddened and writhing with pain,
the two men consented and the whole
party hurried to the canon, which was
mere crevice in the earth, San Este
ban, but so deep and dark that it seemed
like the very gate of death. To tie a
score of lariats together and lower
Tuloul and Dederick into the chasm
was the work of hut a moment. The
combatants were firmly chained to
gether, with no'weapons but their
knives. Up through the impenetrable
darkness came t o us the faint clash of
steel as we leaned over the edge and
strained our eyes vainly to catch a
glimpse of the belligerents.
“We can not see nothin’ to-night,
boys,,’ said Nine-fingered Jim, in a
tone of disappointment, “let’s go back
an’ all promise not to come here in five
days,” All hands promised, hut I
think that during those days of suspense
more than one man in the camp was
tempted to break his word. Sunset on
the fifth day found us again at the
brink of the canon. I leaned over the
and looking down, saw the
shadowy, motionless forms of the two
men lying on the rocks at the bottom.
“Alive, Dick?” I called.
“No answer. ‘They are both dead,’
whispered the men. To make sure,
however, a burly herdsman was lowered
and we saw him examine first one
body, then another. At last he raised
a limp form in his strong arms and
gave the signal to bo raised.
‘ Never shall I forget the awful,
sickening feeling that crept over me as
we dragged the two men up. The
herdsman’s broad shoulder concealed
the face of his burden, bnt when both
were lifted over the precipice, we
recognized the sunken, mutilated feat
ures of the Prussian. He was uncon
scious, and, we thought for a long time,
dead. But frequent doses of Laredo
whisky, which we forced between his
lips, revived him. With his head rest
ing against big Geronomio’s knee, he
told his story, while the men crowded
close around to get within sound of the
feeble voice.
“ ‘Soon after we got down,’ he said,
the ‘circus began. Bound together as
we were, we could not see each other
and did little damage for a long time.
Then I felt .faint and lost my senses.
When I came too the sunshine was
beating upon my face and Tuloul was
lying at my side. He was cold and
still. His jaw had fallen, and his eyes,
like glass balls, stared at the little belt
of sky. I tried to rise, but could get
no further than a sitting position.
Upon taking an inventory of myself I
missed large slices from my thighs and
breast. I saw them on a rock at the
Kanuck’s feet. Reaching for my knife
I chopped off his left hand, thereby
freeing myself from him. Then I passed
two days of horror and starvation.
Gnawing hunger finally overcame all
else, and I ate’—here the voice sank so
low that only those of us who were
very clow to the speaker caught the
words—‘my own flesh. May God for
give me.*”
have
lent
yet that her beds are
eompaiat la. This seems hard to Im-
lieye.. Spring beds certainly seem to
mast people the best fonistations to
sleep .on. There is great cboioe be
tween, the different kinds in vogue, bnt
tne length of one's parse generally de
cides fee question of which to get, and
fair one may be purchased for a
Then, if possible, get
mitt nun of wool or cotton, or
Jo place just above the
If more convenient, put a
pair o(-ald blankets, or a dean (if time
worn) comfortable in the place of this
thin mattress, the prime object ef
which 4- to proteef the thick, mai
tress Bow the api~
wo are, bmiding. If poaaible, have
the jrieoe de resistance a good hair
mattrfak^-JEhia mattress should be
tarnedf'dver every day, being made in
two pacts, in order that this may be the
^ore'fesily done. The ordinary thin
White eomfortaole used between the
mellAta and the lower sheet is not
thick enough for winter weather in the
higherutitodes, bnt should be supple
mented by a good blanket or comfort
able. Blankets are preferable to com
fortables in all cases, as they are lighter,
warmcf, and bear cleansing mneh bet
ter. These, once smoothly laid, put
lower sheet, which, like all
onld be three yard3 long and
and a hall wide. Tack it in
top, then at the bottom, then
Tuck” does not mean a
'ling about in the crack be-
mattrass and the bedstead,
raising up of the former,and
and firm laying of the sheet—
to hold it well m plase—be-.
The upper sheet should be first
the bottom. The blankets
iterpane should then be added,
* lar-down * extra,” or Afghan,
across the foot of the bed.
thing m carefully, and yon
made a bed that would make
ing •"msomniaut like Her
rest comfortably, though
leep. The main thing is
„ .smoothly the portion of the
sheets gild blankets to be “tucked’
under fee mattress, instead of poshing
it in a wrinkled wad down between the
mattTSsS and bedstead, to be readily
displaced when a nervous sleeper tarns
himself .about, and to yield untold dis
and nightmares by exposing
his barefeet to the outer air, or almost
discomfort (U he be not a
•r old enough to like the warm
ing touch of the blankets) by bringing
them in contact with the rough woolen
coverings just above the sheet. In fee
morning throw off every partirle of the
beddfeg in snob a VSfthatiresh out
side air, and, if possible, the sunshine
shall penetrate every portion of it. Do
least an hour—better
taking it to pieces, and lneirt upon its
being made with equal care every day
of the year. Use cotton sheels in
the winter, and, if practicable, linen
ones in summer. Fat the head of your
bed wherever you like. Scientists have
decided that it doesn’t make the slight
est difference which way fee electric or
magnetic currents run. A person can
sleep as well, they say, with Ins head
to the South as to the North.
Above all things, and here is a point
which an elderly friend wishes to have
particularly heeded, do not allow the
blankets pat on with the doubled eud
at the head. They should be adjusted
so that one thickness can be readily
thrown back if the sleeper so desires.
Limitless annoyance has been often
caused by neglecting this simple rale.
If a feather bed is liked, it Bhoold be
used on top of a firm good inattrmss of
almost any reliable kind, and should be
even more industriously aired and
turned than other kinds. The experi
enced feather bed maker knows exactly
how to poke and punch the refractory
mass of billowy softness into proper
shape; bnt the “green hand” will often
find, upon lying down to rest, that, in
spite of well-meant efforts to provide
different things, the heels are higher
than the head. As for pillows, the large,
stuffy objects under that name, which'
are so mneh affected nowadays, cannot
be so good as softer an 1 lower ones. It
cannot be that man was intended to
sleep sitting np. Given a clear con
science and a good digestion, a bed
such as we have described, and have
metaphorically made up, is warranted
to yield a comfortable night's sleep, and
pleasant dreams to the most confirmed
’insomniant. ”
Two Fashion ‘'Bags*'
Tacking and pleating are a rage.
Among some very novel breakfast
dresses just imported are long gowns
of finest cashmere—in cream, peacock,
and electric blue, shrimp pink, straw
berry, and rock-gray shades—that are
tucked lengthwise from top to bottom,
back and front, and trimmed with
cascades of tinted Escurial laoe in
which are Dots of satin ribbon. Silk
cords confine the waist. The sleeves
are a little full and slightly flowing,
easy upon the arm and trimmed with
lace.
Another style of morning dress is
cut with a moyenage waist which
clearly defines the waist anf hips.
The skirt is laid in very full, small
perpendicular folds around the elonga
ted centre at the back of this bodice
and to the sides, which may be paneled
or simply made to meet a front formed
of two kiltings, with a rim of rose em
broidery between in solid, self-con
trasting, or varied colors between, as
preferred. Certainly upon white is
more elegant than any color, especially
if the hip belt, which covers the edge
of the bodice and defines it, is of black
velvet.
Still another morning gown is of
gray surah, the fulness laid in length
wise pleats upon a straight lining,
which strictly outlines the figure, but
is easy as well as graceful. The hip
belt islof ruby satin and is passed un
der the pleats, reappearing upon the
plain parts of the bodice and the color
i» repeated in the cascades of lace,
which are carried down the front. It
is very common now for ladies to adopt
the European custom, and breakfast
in thefe boudoir, generally a lovely
secluded, room, with stained glass
windows* an open fireplace, and per
haps rose silx curtains to give a becom
ing tint to the complexion. These
gowns are for boudoir breakfast pur
poses, and thaw with a moyenage bo
dice are particularly adapted to wom-
of stately, handsome figure.
oi the manner u
le may be
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of Course,
the peculiar properties of the lacqner
and the effects to be produced. The
raw lacquer, chiefly the Seshine urushi,
is used for priming, with an adition of
burnt day dost, or fine stone powder,
so as to produce a coating of the utmost
hardness. The prepared lacqner, alter
having been strained, is slightly trans
parent when applied in thin layers, and
possesses a color similar to that of
shellac; this transparency is occaaional-
Jy increased by a small addition of dry
ing-oil, which, by mere baldening; pro
duces a sufficient glossiness of the sur
face, whereas the pure lacquer has to
be polished. For coloring, the lacquer
with cinpaba or piment, red
of iron or Prusian blue, etc.
The black lacquer is prepared in the
fal owing manner. It is effected with-
ont any addition of solid particles,
such as lampblack or similar substanc
es, but merely by stirring the ernde
lacquer for a day or two in the open air,
whereupon it assumes a very dark-
brown color. Towards the end ot the
operation a small quantity of water,
which has been kept standing for a
few days, mingle l with with iron tilings
or a gall-nut infusion darkened by the
addition of iron, is added, and the
whole stirred again until part of the
water has evaporated; then the lacqner
acquires proper consistence and color.
The addition of this water fil said to
cause the highest brilliancy and black
ness of lacquer. Sometimes the colored
lacquer is used when the final coating
is required to be of a transparent natare.
Either the on mixed, strained lacqner,
or that peculiar kind of lacqner which
has been thinned by an addition of oil,
is used.
The mixing of lacqner with harden
ing or coloring powders is generally
effected by the lacqnerer himself on
wooden board with wooden spatala just
before using it. Finally, tne thick
mixture is forcibly strained through a
piece of paper called yashinogami.
Should the lacqner become too staff for
use, some bits of camphor are crashed
and thoroughly mixed with the lacqner
by spatala, and then it becomes more
liquid. Before beginning to lacqner,
the artist often lines the extenor of the
objects, especially the joints and corera,
with linen ganze orgoshinogami pasted
on with raw lacqner so as to give the
objects greater solidity and to prevent
its breaking.
The primary coatings are pnt on with
a mixture of raw lacqner and burnt clay
powder, and afterwards stone powder;
when hardened they are nibbed with a
grindstone to smooth and polish the
auifacs. The next two or three layers
are done with inferior kinds of the black
or colored lacqner, according to the
color lo be produced. The lacquer is
applied in the first place with a wooden
up foe at spatala audaftea^Mfe with.* wry stiff
hours—after fiat brash, bo as to smoothen and spread
the lacqner equally. The surface is
then ground with water and charcoal,
of which latter two kinds are used, the
one coarse and hard, and the other
light and soft. As a peculiarity, it may
be stated that the ireshly lacquered
objects are placed in large woaden
boxes, the inside of which has been
sprinkled or washed with water, so that
tee procsss of hardening takes place in
a dark and damp atmosphere; according
to the statements of professionals, this
precaution is absolutely necessary to
produce the speedy hardening and fine
appearance of the lacquer.
The final coating is done with the
best lacquer of fee kind require 1 in tne
particular care, and after having been
carefully ground it is polished with
deer-horn powder. Tne black lacqner.
when finished, is repeatedly rubbed
with a bail slightly in the Sethime lac
quer, and each time carefully polished
with powder made of deer-horn. Tbe
gold sprinkled lacqner, called Nash’ji
(literally pear-surface), is produced by
sifting a certain amount of gold leaf ent
into small pieces on to a fresh coating
of Seshime lacqner. When hardened,
the surface is smoothed and then coated
with a choice qnatity of lacqner, ca'led
the Nashijt urushi. wh’cli is prepared
by careiuUy straining and mixing it
with a small quantity of gomboge. The
lacquer when applied in thick layers,
is opaque, and only becomes transpar
ent in diiu layers; so that, by grinding
the final coating with charcoal, the
gold sparkles underneath can be made
more or less visible, according to the
will of the artist.
Fi tally, after being carefally polished
the object receives a very thin coating
of the same lacqner to produce the
For common ware, tinfod
is used instead of goldleaf, but owing to
the yellow color of the Nashiji urushi,
the tinfoil haa a gold-like appearance.
The method of lacquering always re
mains the same, but the number of
coatings can be reduced. The priming
may be done with cheaper materials, or
the lacqner may be of inferior quality.
The final process of decorating tne
objects is one which admits an almost
minute variety of devices, and consists
either ot paintings or of incrustations of
mother-of-pearl, metals, etc., or else of
a peculiar preparet on of the surface.
• Dude's Hat.
The members of the New York Oil
Exchange are a rather swell set of
yonng men, but the lead in the matter
of clothes is taken by a youth known
as “the dude,” whose name is with
held for the sake of his relatives.
This dude strolled into the Exchange
during a dull hour recently, and
Solomon in all his glory was never ar
rayed like one of him. To begin near
the bottom, his feet (the dude’s not
Solomon’s) were enceased iu the glos
siest of patent leathers: his trousers
fitted like the paint on the lamp-post;
his coat had never a crease from tail
to top; his linen was starched until it
shone, and his collar was perfection
itself and raised his chin so that he
could only gaze at the floor at the
hazard of cutting his throat. But
his tout ensemble, so to speak, was
completed and set off by the darling-
est silk hat imaginable, with tbe broad
est and . most curling of brims and a
beautifully bulgent top. Altogether
he was radiantly, dazzliugly beautiful.
The dude stopped near the middle of
the floor, struck an attitude much af
fected by garden statuary, and gazed
serenely and pityingly upon his com
mon place fellow-brokers. Bnt, horror
of horrors! A rude man came behind
him and jerked the silken tile from
bis head, and the next moment it was
thrown to the floor, bad received a
tint, and a dozen brokers were
running after it. They surrounded it,
uffled for it, and away it'sailed again
towards the ceiling with the entire
membership . of the Exchange, save
ly the owner, in wild pursuit. Bound
1 round fee floor gambled tbe
merry brokers with the hat before
them. Now it was suffering in their
midst, then it shot over the floor in
desperate efforts to escape, only to be
again overtaken, trampled, kicked, and
trodden until it presented an appear
ance as if it had been lain down on by
a cow and then spent a summer under
a dust-heap, and the gay brokers were
tired out and perspiring.
The dude during this terrible period
stood aghast, and with horror depicted
in every feature, turned in frozen de
spair as tbe gambols of his wicked as
sociates led them to the four cardinal
points of the room’s compass. But
when a grinning messenger boy
brought him the battered corpse of his
precious dices, he forced a smile which
was only a desolate mockery of happi
ness. and remarked:—
“Aw dawn’t care, anyway. It was
an oldhawt.”
Then the rude man who had torn
the tile from the unhappy adolescent’s
head approached and handed him the
silken hat uninjured, and the dude
learned that he had been the victim of a
wicked joke. An old hat had’ been
substituted on the floor, while the joker
held the victim’s tile behind his back.
And it came to jiass that the noise of
unholy laughter was so great as to jar
the ticker into the tape-basket, and the
dude will wear a derby bat to-day and
forever after while on the floor of the
Exchange.
Electricity in Stage Illusions.
The advantage of electric over other
lights for stage purpose is its intensity,
which produces sharp outlines to all
shadows, and its perfect similarity to
sunlight, the most delicate colors being
unchanged by its rays. In the “Proph
et” the rainbow is most faith fully
represented by its aid.
“In the second part of “Faust” M.
Behrend utilizes incandescence for
working a miracle. A bottle is seen
suspended or balanced in the air. Sud
denly it becomes dimly illuminated,
the light gradually increasing ,in bril
liancy, and a human figure is seen
within the bottle. This bottle, which
is made of gelatinized gauze, is held
suspended by two iron wires. An
oqaque band about the neck of the
bottle serves to hide the direct rays of
the incandescent lamp, while the
downward reflection lights the figure.
This list is of rubber, and a wire at
tached near the middle serves to render
itmisshappen. By degrees the wire is
slackened, and the figure, through its
elasticity, rises and amuses a human
form.
In the second part of “Faust” a
mysterious key is rendered red-hot,
apparently while in the hand of the
ajly,
ThiSTteJ 1 , which~is quite large,* is
made with a frame of iron wire cov
ered with thin mica painted red with a
transparent pigment. In the interior
of the key are some platinum wires
connecting buttons or less resistance.
Two flexible conducting wires lead
from the battery to two disconnected
points in tbe shaft of the key through
the platinum. At the proper moment
the actor presses the key, closing the
circuit and sending the currant through
the fine platinum wires, which by their
high resistance are thus made lumin
ous, and the whole key seems to become
suddenly redhot.
In “Der Freischuetz” a skull rises
from the earth and launches fire from
the eyes and moutu. To accomplish
this, small bundles of wire are arranged
so as to bring them end to end to each
other, as if you were to place the
brush ends of two brooms together.
These are elastic and only in slight
contact. From each of these a wire
leads to one terminal of the battery.
Now, when the head rises with a tot
tering motion and “solemnly wags,”
the motion breaks the contacts, and
the escaping sparks scintillate at every
break point.
In the “Glass Slipper” the incande
scent light is used to render the slip
per luminous, aud the diadem of the
Queen of Night, in the “MagicFIute,”
is lighted in the same manner. So of
St. Elmo’s fire in the “Phantom Ship;”
and the diamond rocks in the same
spectacle, and other gems, are equally
well represented by inclosing the lights
in mica, glass or gelatinized gauze.
The star in “Faust” is almost of mic
roscopic dimensions, in fact, until illu
minated, and the effect produced by a
sword combat, where these form the
connecting terminals of a heavy bat
tery, is folly as near akin to the mar
velous in the spark shower thus pro
duced.
In an Australian Forest
Morning and evening tne Australian
forest is awake; at noon it is asleep. No
greater contrast can be imagined than
between the morning honrs and those
at mid-day. in the former, the very
flowers seem to possess an active ex
istence. Myriads of such, larger and
more brilliant than those under English
skies, load the air with the sweetest
scents. Magnificent tern trees wave
their fronds or branches in the light
breczs. On old stamps of trees great
green ana yellow lizards lie watching
for their prey. The magpie throws her
voiee from thrf wattles, aud possibly the
lyre bird in the denser scrub; and in
toe tall gnm trees numberless parakeets,
parrots, roselias, cockatoos, butcher
birds, love-birds, etc., screaming and
darting to and fro. felt by-and-by the
intense heat fell siieate all these, and
nothing will be heard but the chirp of
the grasshopper and the shrill sound ot
some unseen maeet. At twilight again
there is a rev.Vrl of life, but not of so
cheeiful a description. Tne cicades
shriek by myr’ads their deafening
‘p-r-r-r-r-r;” drowsy oppossnms snarl
in the gam bojts, and flocks of cocka
toos scream aa some great gay kangaroo
bannds past jfeem like a belated ghost.
If there is agnhy ground near, the
deep boom of |he betiern, the wail of
curlew, tee harsh ary of the crane,
mingling possiuly with thosgnaf a pass
ing or returning ti ck of black swans,
wrLUSld to the couoen. In a moment
of slld.ee one may -he startled by the
■locking laughter of the jackass, or the
melatchoiy “me-poke” of the bird of
the same name. The dead of night is
not so still aa tha uni venal hash of the
horning noon.
Fata ia the friend* 'ot the goal, the
golds of the wtae, the tyrant of the foof-
the envy of the bad.
Mr. Winter, the great Australian
sheep farmer, baa armed in New York,
and talks freely about the obj. eta of his
visit. “I am, ’ said he, “here for the
purpo e of purchasing sheep to ship to
Australia, lor my ranch. I was here last
spring en-.l made some purchase*, and
shipped a unrulier of sheep from San
Franci co. Siuee then I have lteen in
Erglaud and Scotland examining stock,
and I bave just returned. ’
“The foot and month disease is over
running the island, and 1 was afraid to
buy any liing for fear of introducing
the plagne among my stock. The foot
and month disease is a new one—that
is it is only about fifteen years since it
was first n< ard of. In Scotland I ex
amined some stock, and learned there
that hares, rabbits and dogs spMafl4ha
disease, i shall remain in fee eify a
few days only, and am then going to
Montana, i may buy there, but wfli
surely buy in California unless the sheep
there lias the plague. But my buying
depends on whether or not the colonies
wilt admit stock from this country. I
notice that New Zealand has shut her
door on the importation of sheep and
cattle, and possibly the other colonies
have followed her. I bay Spanish
merinos, the “Infantas,” which have
been kept pure nowhere outside of fee
United States. When I get them to
Australia they will be crossed with our
entire stock, the Australian merinos, I
sell my fleece for thirty cents undressed,
and sometimes have received forty-five
for it.” Mr. Winter, when asked how
large his farm was, said: “I have about
36,000 acres, of which 7,000 are in the
Lucerne grass, or alfalfa, as it is called
in California. The Lucerne is capable
of supporting fifty sheep for a season
on one sere. My farm haa s ocked on
it abont 45,000 sheep, 1,000 head of
cattle, and 600 horses. There is one
man in Australia, Mr. Sam Maehey, of
New bonrfi Walee, who sheared 1,500,-
000 sheep last year, and tnis year he
expects to have 2,500,000. His lands
run 700 miles in one direction and com
prises 5,000,000 acres, and have been
nearly all reclaimed from the desert.”
The Witches’ Carnival.
The witches held high carnival on the
night of October 31. and being in merry
mood their kindly offices will be invoked
by yonng people thrognhont Christen
dom to divine fee name of fntare hus
bands and wives, and otaer me tera ab
ont which yonng hearts are wont to won
der and surmise. It is All Hallowe’en
The eve of All Saints—and abont it dus
ter a host of superstitions and legends
that have been treasured for centuries
and handed down intact from one gene
ration to another. The sober, work-a-
day citizen who mayhap haa forgotten
that the 31st of October is any but an
ordinary occasion will doubtless have
the fact recalled to mind should he ven
ture out on that evening. He will meet
troops of boys and yonng men in grotes
que costumes parading the streets to the
noise of tin kettle bands, he will sea
hoywriagtag floor-balls aad
eir'escape before the summons
can be answered in a way
more hasty than dignified, and
he will probably meet young ladies run
ning madly down the street, each withe
mouthful of water and a handful of salt.
Each of these latter are endeavoring to
win from the witches the name of her
lover. Whatever name she hears
spoken or shouted as she m ikes a hur
ried circuit or the block, that is the name
of the man who is destined to be her hus
band. At least that is the superstition,
and whether the fair creatures believe
it or not. they are very food of trying it.
They will also burn nuts, each one of
which is first named. If the nut cracks
and jumps its namesake is fickle; if it
burns, he is constant and true; and if the
nnt named after herself burned at the
same time, she will many him, Names
written upon little slips of paper are
rolled into balls of meal and these ball*
are thrown into a basin of water, where
of necessity they quickly dissolve, allow
ing the papers to rite to the top and
float. The firstonetoappeariaofeoune
the name of the one most worthy of af
fection, These are a few of the testa
which will be made. Apples and nuts
wil be < s en in unlimited quantities and
weird dreams will be the result more of
the evin g than of the occasion.
In the Hay and Harvest Field
People drink too copiously of ice-
cold water, and every summer the list
of deaths from this cause is a long
one. Excessive drinking of ice-cold
water becomes as much of a habit as
some other forms of drinking. If ice-
cold water be used to reduce the tem
perature of ordinary well-water
’half-and-half,” it will be found to
quench thirst quite as readily as when
taken into the stomach at the melting
point of ice (32°), and there will be no
danger of sonstroke and sudden pros
tration in tbe bay field.” Still better
than ice-water is some prepared drink,
to be taken in moderate quantities.
Nothing is better for those who work
in tbe bay and harvest field than the
old-fashioned “Switchell.” This is
water, sweetened with molasses, to
which are added vinegar and ground
ginger. We do not know of any defi
nite proportions, as the ingredients are
usually mixed “according to taste.”
It is a most refreshing draught, and if
cooled by adding a moderate quantity
of ice, the ginger prevents any un
pleasant effects. Another capital
drink for workmen in the field is “Tea
Punch.” Make strong tea, sweeten
it, and then squeeze into it tbe juice ot
one or more lemons. This may aim
be cooled by adding ice in moderate
quantities, and those who like tea at
all, will prefer it to any other harvest
drink. Strong coffee, with sugar, and
milk, placed on ice until well cooled,
is an excellent drink for the field.
Frndai Livinc fcoplfl.
A German savant named Grusel-
bach. Professor of Chemical Science in
the University of Upaala, has been de
voting a considerable time to perfect
ing an apparatus to freeze living people,
and keep them in a torpid condition for
year or two. In any case, he an
nounces that he will undertake by his
process to freeze up any lady or gentle
men willing to submit to the experi
ment, and benumb them, deprive them
to all appearances of vitality, pledging
his word to bring them round again at
the expiration of a couple of yews, with
no prejudicial effects to mind or body.
As no adventurous person has come
forward to supply the savant with the
desired opportunity, he has submitted
his invention to the Swedish Govern
ment, with a request that aarimirad
condemned to death shall be provided
to enable him to d me '
efficiency of Ids discovery.