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&hc (tcdartmrh^dirrtser Office, WAREHOUSE STREET, Oh Door north or Colton Wnrehomo. Qgteial Journal of ft® and Haralson Counties. Ad vertinements inserted at the rate of tl per square -for first insertion, and GO cents per square lor each subsequent insertion. The space of oneinch is reckon.*! as a square. ; j, : i'.- rj veil on advertisements to run tors ... n£e* pet uni ilian one-month. 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 r MB p08S 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.