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TIIKTOtDA\n THE BHJf.
v V. XU LEY.
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oiiriout*-lifcp,” Mid the tn^-toid.
44 I’ve twittdrrdlor min pIJ day ;
And I got -up Mfetk and b"l end till uooii,
JJuith<t>uD, W* lla*ed-nwny
Till 1 thfld dtumb down in a craw-nib hoi*.
Weary at heart end Kick at aoitl!
4 ‘ Dozed away for an hour.
And 1 tackled tbe thlnn again ;
And I arixic and euQg| till I knowed my lung
Waa just alxTiit to give In—
And then, thinks I, ’eft it don’t rain now.
There’* nothing in mmem’ auyboyt
in a while soidr farmer
Would com© a-drtvla’ |>:at;
And he’d hoar tny cry, and atop and aigli,
Till I 1' at laid buck at In*-1
And hollered, B tin! ’ till I thought my throe*
Would burst open at ever’ note I
41 But I fetched her! oh, I fetched her!
’Canne a little while ago,
A I kind o’ act with one eyo abet,
And a-aioglng aoft and low,
A tojcc dropped down on my fevered brain,
A-aayiu*, 4 Kf you’ll jot huah I’ll rain I* ”
SACRAMENTO.
It was an odd name for a girl— Sacra- |
men to.
So the girl herself thought as she
stooped down l>csiile a spring at the foot .
of a cottonwood tree and lazily dropped ■
ncr pail into the water.
“It ought to have been given to a boy, ;
if it was a fit name to give to anybody,”
she said, quite aloud. “But lam more
boy than girl anyway.”
This last was added rather bitterly, as
she looked, at her brown, rough hands
and her bare ankles, and thought of tb<>
“boy’s work” klio had to do.
And it was hard to believe that this
was the best kind of a life for a young
girl like Haeramento. Here she lived
alone, for her father was down at the
mouth of the canon all day. The gar
den work she was obliged to do, and
the care of the cattle foil upon her. It
w*s not often that slip saw any person
-but her father, although now and then,
in spite of herself, she came in contact
with the rude men of the ruining camp
up ulhivu,
Ycf Sacramento lmd her dre am—one
that she “ scarcely dared to own;” but
it came to her often as she went about
her work.
She knew that down at Santa Barbara
ntul in the towns along the coast, and
far, far away across wide stretches of
the oontintfnt to tlio greut East, there
.Wcie girls who lived very different from
her life; anil she dreamed of such a life
for herself.
“Oh, if I could only go away from
hero !” she cried out, almost as one cries
for help. “If I could only go down to
Huu Francisco and go to scfiool there for
a single year ! Ah, if I only had $500!”
Suddenly there was a stop—not of a
man, but a horse—on the bank behind
Iter, and then someone spoke. Bho
knew the voice without looking up. It
was Fete Lnrrabeo, a fellow who lived
down on Haluiemann's plantation, two
miles along the trail. Ho sometimes
rode by. He had not heard her lust
words at all ; yet strangely enough his
own were a repetition of them.
" Five hundred dollars, Sac,” said he.
“Five hundred uollais in gold! I)’yo
want ter earn it? There’s yer clmnoe,”
and lie threw down to her n bit of paper
crumpled into a hall.
•800 rtrwAnn Tho above amount will ho
)ijd for Information leading to tlio arreat, dead
or "alive, of \V alter Humors, who has wurkoil for
'' tints past uu Maxwell’s raneh. Haid
Kisium is about IS years old amt (lvu and a
half foot high, rather good looking, with light,
ciirly luui-, l.luo eyes apd a light musttohe.
VVhtiu last ko:u ho lmd on ft. black slouch hat,
gray l>u>dm.M tuul with blue it.umel slUr% aud
IxMti with tofif toys maAek Vvßlithe maker's
ur.mr, '
The name of ih fit.--'* ——
i the bottom of the bill. Sac
ramento, having glanced it through,
looked up.
“ Ho’a been atouUii'horses.” exclaimed
rote; “got off last, night with four of
Max’ll's best somewhere. That reward
won’t do much good, though. Thor
Regulators'll lorno him and string him
i ufi; i(*W Tft*|hA law’iK git (lliMod.
They're nevin' a mectin’ now up at tho
Gulch. I tell yo, they arts mad. They’ll
make quick work if they ketch him. l'er
lather’s there. Yo uoodn't look fur him
homo ttforo night much. ’’
Then, af tor a word of two more, tho
man rode on ; and promptly Haeramento*
took up lier pail, and, with the Sheriff's
bill still in lier hand, Went slowly up the
bank and across the trail toward the
house, thinking very seriously about the
BVK) all tho while.
It was Home hours after this, and the
afternoon sun was going down behind
The tops of tho mountains, that Hacra-
Uignlo,.having finished her housework,
\*W .preparing to sit down on the porch
t<> do her sifwing, When she was met in
the doorway by a young man she lmd
never seen Wi>re.
And yet he was no stranger. The girl
knew )um instantly, although tlie slouch
hat ums-puHed down over tlio flaxen heir
k’td Wuc'eyes, and the gray pants, torn
and muddy, had been drawn out of the
Isfot legs so as to uo longer allow tho
rod Uips.of tho boots with the maker's
niups qe soen.. It-was the
She did not, however, express any
surprise as she saw him. Bho was,ac
customed to tho sight of rough, evil
men, and at the Jirt glance she had
felt that this one could not bo either
very wicked or very dangerous. He
was nbt much more than a lad, and hail
an air of gentleness and good breeding
id*out him that six months of Western
life and tlio miserable plight he was in
st the moment had liy no menus de
stroyed, Ho seemed to be short for
breath, too, and iie was trembling as if
lit) liud Aeon running. ’
Iheflu’ctmdy h raised liis baud to
wn*! kU hat -and (hen, wOiuikdig him
self, dropped it again.
“ Could you givu nw sotuotliing to eat
and ilntdir he iwhftl in a hesitating
voice. —Anything will do. lam very
htinCTy. ,I-j[ hjdqjpthryg to bet I
’ “ Come in,” said Sacramento, gravely.
In her voiet> was naither kindness or uu
kindness. She was tryinsr to realize the |
situation she was m. “Como in audsit i
dewp.“
Thou she went into the closet near by
and lwgn taking down from the shelves j
milk and bread and meat, as she slowly* j
Aid so turning over the matter iu her |
mind. Here was this man, who had
been stealing horsus, and far whose cap
iw/t oflbfed. in'her kitchen.
Fivs hundred dollars! Exactly the
sum aht had tieeu wishing for—the sum ;
that would take her down to San Frau
tdsco to school and help her make a
lady of herself. And tins sum might be
hers if she ooui<l m some way secure |
this stranger or scimrinnii kecpdlitt ill
the hoJxfeU But* htd p niyivied. fiSp 1
Why.-dSmm-dly treStcFSblp. He was
weak and exhausted, null in the drawer |
of the kitchen table thfre waa aJuaded
revalveiyhj^E'Xv* u >
She *eame out presently and set the
things befoye bin*, hwiyjiag also a tea
pot fro#llie aatUpna ring for him
a cup of Tea; Then she went and sat
down by the window Aisl w*tchbd him
furtrtsßfis be nto. ’*
In* wpife ’of Ins caution he had taken
off his hat ..while. he WM-erthw./ %*
could . bteriiM see what m whs like. It
was an almost boyish face, worn, but not i
wicked, with tho curling hair lying in
damp clusters upon his palu brttw. In
the bauds, 'sman HM wefl-sbaped, and
it, all ltis motions and manners she feit
that she could read •omething of his
story. Siio had heard before this liow
young lads in tho East, filled with ro
mantic notions about Western life and
adventure, sometimes felt llieit way out
to the ranches of the Pacific slope. Per
haps he was one of thesfi.
As she looked at him, fancying all
tliis, and realizing the terrihlft utrait he
was in, and the probable dark fate that
was before him, her heart yearned with
true womanly sympathy*; and her feel
ing found expansion before she was able
to restrain herself.
“Oh, how could you do it? How
could you do it?” she suddenly ex
claimed, her voice quite full of what she
felt.
He looked up at her in wonder ; hut
as his eyes met hers he understood her.
“ I did not do it. Upon my honor I
did not!” he said. “It waa that man
Dennis.”
Haeramento breathed a great sigh of
relief. Horse stealing was held in that
section to ho a crime worse than murder;
and she was by no moans free from the
popular estimate of its grave nature.
“Oh, lam glad of that I” said she.
jtnt—” Hlie hesitated, and then went
on, doubtfully. “But then how was it?
Why did they say it was you? And
why did you run away ?”
“ It was Dennis’ doings, their laying
it to me. He did that to clear himself.
And after that, you kqow as well as I do,
there would have been no use in trying
to prove myself innocent. They always
hang a horse thief first, and thou con
sider Ids guilt afterward. I had to run
to save my life.”
“ Do you know that there is a reward
offered for your capture V”
“ I know the Regulators are after me,”
answered the young fellow, suddenly.
“ They came pretty near catching me,
too, this noon. I just escaped them and
came down the canon by the mountain
trail. I have had a hard run tor it, and
what with na sleep or food fur twenty
four hours 1 am about used up. I felt
as though I could not go another step
when 1 saw your house. You —you
have been very good to rne. 1 shall
never forget—”
“ But what are you going to do now?”
interrupted Haeramento. “ You are not
safe here.”
“I know it. But I them off
tho track at noon, aud I do not think
they arc within five mi led of me. Now
I have bad something to pat, I will take
to the woods again. I hope I may got
away. If I don’t"—liis voice trembled
and tears came into liis eyes. “If I
don’t, I shall get a hanging, I suppose.
Oil, what a iool I was not to prefer homo
to this sort of thing. And yet, I would
not earn so much cither, if it wasn’t for
inv faUior and mother. ” And then tho
poor fallow fairly broke down.
“ Hark 1” Haeramento exclaimed. She
lmd been crying, too; she could not help
it.
They both listened. Iu a moment
they heard plainly tho sound of horses
coming down tho trail. The girl turned
with instant self-possession.
“Go iu there I Quick I Quick! Thero
is not a moment to be lost I Hero, tako
your bat 1”
And handing his hat to him she half
pushed him across the room and into her
own little room that led off from it.
Then she hurriedly oloarod tho table.
ugijn,i barely fiutHhfng the task as tlio
horsemen halted at the door.
'M n.i%< ui. Une was
lilt hijUqja. Sacramento knew the other
t.iw liet’ rigid, 'iiiev were rough,
but of flio better sort of thqpo who made
up fife flweflfcrs in Kelly uulch. The
facts of nil thm* were uteri and.forbid
ding, and they evidently had been ruling
hard, They dismomitod together,
“Hue,” began her father iih heeutored
the door, “hevye soon anything of a
young cl lap, afoot or a-horsobook, com
ing this way?”
Sacramento had expected tlio ques
tion and was ready for it. And sho
meant, if, ikwupi pyasiliU’, to aumiiM' it
withpqi a Rfi... - 1
"A ybufift ehap 'abbuf 18years6T age
and five foot aud Gialf high, rather
good-loduijg, and with rod-top boots
on ?’ ” replied she.
“ les I yes t That's him !” oriod one or
the other men. eagerly. “Have you soon
him? Huh ho been bore/’
“I was ou]y quoting 'from this hand
bill," said Haeramento, taking the paper
from tho shelf where sho hud laid it.
“Then you haiu't seen him at all?"
asked, the father.
“I have been right here all day, and
nobody lias gone b.v except Pete Larra
boe. It was he who gave me tlio bill.
Am you sure became this ufajr.the—the
—hq*uwßij*M” ; }
.“NA; lait wo didn't know but he
mighter. The chances is that he sloped
off to tho mountains, meiuiiu’ ter go
through Stovepipe Puss. They’ll git
him, though, afore sundown.”
" It's sundown now,” observed Buorn
wolito,
“ Then they’ve got him now," was the
sententious response. “ And w*e should
be too late for the lmngin’ of S'o ril'd go
Itojb Least wrys”-t-this \taA added to
is eotnpanfbim—“ VouM bittbr poipo,iu
Hiiil hA4e a bitb lifotV fe go. ”
Bo presently tlio three meu 3at down
to tho supper that, tho young girl quick
ly prepared for them. And while t hey
where eating she herself, at lier father's
bidding, went out to take the saddle off
Bueno, his horse, and give him liis feed.
As alio approached the door once morn a
tow minutes later she heard words which
oiiased her to stop and listen,
. “I don’t like ter say anything against
diet kid o’ yonrn, neighbor, ” oue of the
men was saving, "hut it lie* kinder
sCorned ter me ail tlier wliilo’s though
she sorter lied soma ’at on her mind like.
Yo don’t s’pds* sho knows am thiug
’bout tliet young feller, urter all ?”
Sacramento’s father laughed at this
as though it was too absurd to be ecu
qjdißrod.
Tho other, however, was not to bo
laughed out of his suspicious.
“Furall wo know,” persisted he, “she
may hev him hid here somewhere dh the
premmysis.”
“ It's easy enough to see,” n'tnrned
the proprietor of the said “ premmysis ( ”
tet At. “ Where d’ye think she’s hid
lmn ? In her bednxim ?"
As he said this Sacramento, who mis
now near onougn to see into the kitchen;
saw her father rise from his chair and
step to the door of the room when' she
had congealed die fugitive. Her heart
utmost stopped iieatmg as she saw him
push opeu the door and enter the room,
followed by his companions.
“We’ll make a clus search of it
whdewrtrr nßonflyT she' EBW him
- *
And then she stood there in terrible
suspense upon the porch, expecting'
every instant to hear Urn, about that
would follow the discovery of the fugi
tTev*Oll' ft ' f‘
ilut no such shout was heard ; and
it, a moment after, the two
men again, her father still
laughing at his friend.
what could it mean ? Had the young
man been able to conceal himself in the
room Mid so sjvode ! bail 1 sun
was ndt possible. Then she thought of
tlio window. Ctfuld he have escaped
from tho room by that? Tim Hinnow
Was so email she could scarcely believe
that lie could have crept through it.
And yet he must have done so.
She went hurriedly to the hack of the
house, and then down beyond the horse
sheds. No one could Vie Bken, Silo
halted ft moment under a live oak tree
just at the edge of me garden. Tho
evening *.va i very calm and still, and the
twilight shadows were deepening fast.
Was It. the rustling of the wind in tho
boughs overheud that caught her ear ?
She listened.
“ Hist 1 lam here—in the tree.”
Tiio words came in a distinct whisper
from direetiy above her.
She stood and thought a single mo
ment before replying. Then she said,
“ You must get away from here atonee,”
in an eager whisper. “ One of the men
suspects something, and they may at
any moment make a search of the place.
lam going into the house a minute.
Get down at once and go frrough tlio
garden and across the trail to a spring
that yon will find there. It’s at the foot
of a big cottonwood tree. Stay right
there until I come.”
Tnen she went back hurriedly to the
house. The three men were still sitting
at tho table, mid Sacramento felt rather
than saw that one of them still regarded
her suspiciously as she came in. Bhe
did not s|X“ak to them at all, hut went
directly through the kitchen to her own
room, and in a moment came out, went
about her work in the kitchen, and took
up a pail, apparently to go to the spring
for water.
Tea minutes later, standing m tho
shadow of the cottonwood, young Som
ers heard a step, and then nacrame .ito.
leudiug Bueno all saddled and bridled,
appeared. He started forward.
“ Hush I ” she said, “ they may come
out at any moment. Fasten to what I
say. Your life depends upon it. You
must ride straight down the trail for a
quarter of a mile. Then close by a big
cottonwood, just like this, you will
strike a path to the left. Bueno will
know it, once you get him iu it. It will
bring you out, half a mile on, at n cor
duroy road that crosses the swamp.
This end of tlio corduroy has got out of
order and there are some logs laid.
Lead Bueno across and then pull tlio
logs away. If you can do that, it will
make trouble for those who follow you.
Beyond tho swamp is a big plain. Strike
straight across it, keeping tho moon
square on yonr right—the moon will be
up by that time—aud three hours’ rid
ing will bring you to the new railroad.
After that—God help you to get safe
away 1 ’’
Haeramento paused, and put out her
hand. “Can you remember?” she de
manded.
“I can, but lean never forgqt —”
“ Never mind that. Here, take this.
It is a little money. Yc>u will need it.
Now mount and ride—slowly, a littlo
wav, anil then for your life.”
Tho young man still had hold of her
hand. The tears came into his eyes.
The next moment ho was gone.
The next morning Haeramento tobl
her father the story itiid coaxed him into
forgiving her. And tho following after
noon a man brought Btfono over from
tho railroad town; and then she knew
that tho fugitive was safe.
Hix weeks later a lawyer from. Santa
BnrMfii with n* letter from
\wit,-i ssoiuors. Hr waft with his friends
at New York, and lie begged Huero—
un uto to accept, us a gift of gralitir Lo,
ut least tho ainouut ol tlio reward that
had been offered.
And so it wus that sho went down to
Han Francisco to school that winter,
after all,— Youth’s Companion,
.lustin* Late but Sure.
Socrates was a stone-cutter by trade,
but too lazy to follow so honest a calling.
He loved to talk too well, and spent liis
time lounging on street corners and
gathering young men ns idle as himself
around lum. Ilis personal appearance
was disgusting in tho extreme, and fine
has but to gaze upon tlio Louvre east in
the gallery of which wo are so justly
proud, to straightway sympathize with
poor, abused Xnutippo. He bail a flat,
nose, thick lq>s, prominent eyes, bald
liqad. low,.Broad figure, and awkward
gait, wont barefooted and half-clad, was
a bitter enotu.v tq Cleanliness, knd a
mountebank iu maimers. He married
a woman to whom ho was attracted by
her singular conversational puwißi, mid
alt hough ho beliovdd he himself excelled
all his contemporaries in that respect, yet
he found that she far excelled him in
the command of language. He eared
nothing for the welfare of his wife or
children, left them to support themselves
as best they might, while he spent the
time ho could spare from the curbs on
seances, and wasted the treasures (>f his
thought at the feet of Aspnsia and Theo
dote, whom he pretended to desire to
convert, that ho .might thereby add lustre
to his invu Hume—sly old dog —and in
addition to all this, he would invito the
lazy creatures who surrounded him to
diue with him when there was nothing
in the houso to entertain them with.
It is natural that this would bo very
irritating to a proud spirited woman who
was struggling for herself aud little ones.
What woman in existence could have
borne her soul in patience* under such
provocation?— Post-Dispatch.
.Harried for Love.
Tl nun w ire has married f<jr lovi* is a
liappv fvNow. *He is generally cheerful,
and always thinking about tlio dear ones
at home. He prefers to live out of town
for the sake of the children, lie is
rarely late at business, rises early,
gardous a little, eats a hearty breakfast,
and goes to the necessary labor with a
light heart and a eleau conscience.
He often brings heme pleasant sur
prises for liis wife aud, children. You
may recognize him in trains loaded with
parcels, which lie good uuHmxlly carries
w ith ‘perfect unconcern of what others
think—a new bonnet, music, books, a
cloak for his wife; while iu another
parcel the wheels of a cart, a jack-in-the
box, a doll, or skipping rope, intrude
through the paper and suggest tho
nursery. He ip brave amt,kind, though
he makes uo noise in tin* world.
The humanizing influence of that
darling red-cheeked little fellow who
calls him father brings a glow and rap
tqiu.of the purest pleasure* jearth holds/
for tltosian bjx* ha* iewf* fW* Rn*
•and (Fast) his will always lack something
4-lie wilt be les* bun urn. Jls* ’•k > 7
than otlblq Q U V
This Is ihc noble, the honest, the only
form of hfc Uist imparts real content
ment and joy, that will make a deathbed
glorious, an,L love see psiys.- *tljt,igh its
teark. It is UUsClfiih, so ter.-
dcrly true; it Satisfies Uto iiigfcret ift
stibets, if stimulates men to tbe best
deeds they are capable of. —Yonkers
Statesman. _ . T
Ihe liorsosijoe doesn't bring good
, iuck when the horse applies it.
Workingmen and nar.
1 Sherman.
It is not many years since Sumner,
standing in Boston n the Fourth of
July, iu one, ; of tho finest orations on
record, announced the dietrine of peace:
that arbitration should, take the place of
war. The idea thou seemed novel, and
peonle derided it as Visionary and ha
practical. Hlohe tlich tfirtny cmel wars
liuve desolated the earth, and the tread
of hostile armies have shaken many
countries. Europe and America have
trembled tinder the roar of cannon. Still
the idea of peace has been spreading.
Statesmen, philanthropists and philoso
phers have welcomed it and deprecated
the spirit of war. The parties who in
augurate war liavo always depended
upon the workingmen to fall in and fill
tip the ranks. It is one of the bright
omens of the day to see that this class is
no longer in favor of barbarous war.
No class suffer more at its hands, yet
war ahvay*s confidently counts upon the
workingmen to fa)' into its ranks when
ir blows the fife aud beats the drum.
War al ways comes to desolate the homes
of these people. They have accepted it
ns a kind of unavoidable necessity —
something that had to be done. Labor
troubles have been pressing upon the
laborers until they liave had little time
for other considerations. They liave
been trying to take from opprensiv laws
the stings which have wounded them.
Now the laborers see that one of the
great disturbers of their peace arid pros
perity have been the wars which have
called them from their peaceful pursuits
and disturbed their industrial prosperity.
Now they sec that war is a wrong, bar
barous and cruel tiling, and they pro
p >se to throw all their influence against
wars. At the great Trades’ Union Con
grens, recently held in London, the
President, speaking for the Congress,
after alluding to the obstacles which
press upon industry, said : “First ol all
there are the artificial laws which hamper
industry, anil of these none are more
important tiyavi those relating to the
land. After what has been passed this
session iu regard to Ireland, we can not
be silent upon the subject in reference
to England and Scotland. Next, the
most important of all, is the question
whether we are going again to tolerate
Ibis country waging war against other
people for the sake of increasing or per
petuating an empire? "What iuterest
have we, workmen, wliat interest have
the people of England in carrying on
war for the sake of empire ? If our po
sition as workmen is one .of independ
ence. we ought to recommend the inde
pendence of other workmen ftnd of other
nations. It is not merely | that these
wars do untold misery U> tjie poor aud to
the working classes ly the actual mis
ery they cause, by increasing the insta
bility of industry and employment, which
is unstable enough without any addi
tion, lei t these wars are profoundly de
moralizing to tiie country engaged in
them, and are crimes of the worst.kind.”
These , sentiments were wariqly cowered
by the.congress of vorkingmen. When
the men who work aud the myn who
fight iti the ranks make up their minds
that they will no more go out to the wars
to lie butchered and diot down like hogs,
peaco will be possible. Wo gladly hail
this movement of tho workingmen in
England, Will the workingmen of
America imitate them, and oppose all
projects looking towards unjust wars?
The men who form the great body of the
armies of the world must assert tliem
•iMves agaiYst the huibarisms of war.
They must'come oiit mid fight down tlio
ambitions of generals, diplomats and
rulers, who are ever ready to plunge a
nation into war for some paltry object.
The lust of ambitiop, the greed of power,
the desir'd for fame, anger or revenge are
usually the unholy motives which bring
wars and all their calamities upon the
peoplh. The workingmen of England
htiVe done wisely in protesting against
v. fit. —lndicniapolhUci akl.
The probability that nearly every
large town or city will soon Vie supplied
with large quantities,pf electricity for
lighting purposes has given rise to con
siderable interest in the plan of making
tise of the same supply for producing
power for fight household work. Several
small motors have been devised to
meet the expected demand. The-first
of these little machines was constructed
about three years ago by M. Marcel
Dcproz, and was found to work effec
tively. A second apparatus of this kind has
for some time been used by M. Trouve,
hu electro-magnet bring used in place of
ibi permauetii steel magnet of Deprez.
This motor drives a sewing machine
eery readily, although it is of very small
size. Trouve’s little electric canoe at
the Paris electrical exhibition was pro
pelled by some of these engines, and M.
Tissandier lias suggested their use for
balloon steering. The last and best
notor is that of Mr. Griscom, tlio
American electrician. Oho of these
powerful little machines, four and a half
inches long and weighing little more
than two pounds, will run a sewing ma
chine very rapidly with a small expendi
ture of electric energy. The lack of
labor-saving conveniences iu the house
hold lifts often been deplored, but the
introduction of electricity seems to offer
a source of power which may serve in
many ways to lighten the toil of the
v etu\v housewife.
Paris Oysters.
It always made me mad to see
a Frenchman sit down to a plate of raw
French ovsteis—for when ho did so he
did it with an Air which seemed to do
dare that of all countries none save
France tvuld raise au oyster, and none
• ave Frenchmen knew how to eat an
oyster. Yet the poor creatures, in all
their self-conceit, sat thus before a plate
of thin, coppery bivalves with naught of
condiment before them, save salt, pep
j*et aud vinegar. And I was obliged
to gaze on all this ignorant pomposity,
ns to the oyster, with visions before my
eyes of the palatial oyster saloons in
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and
WaShitigtqn, where human culinary skill
b. s reached its highest flight in dealing
with the oyster ; anil the “ roast,” “pan
ro.'-.t," "fried,” “fried in crumbs,”
“ rii din batter,” “plain stew,” “box
stew,” “Boston stew” and “broil.” all
; st to the range and scope of Ameri
■can ingenuity iu dealing w ith the king of
i ivalves. And to regard these conceited
Frenchmen looking as if they had
r< ached the acme of human perfection
j *. (Ruling with tfie oyster, when entirely
ignorant of America’s triumph in oyster
c* *4iiug, and I unable to boat the
i ,- tigsnf au idea into their vainglorious
I raisa,! — Paj'is letter.
The Soap and Water Cure.
The Mexican Government has offered
g fvwaril'of $100,00.1 for any invention
t :t will prevent yellow fever. If some
♦ tie*prising American could disguise
s .p in such a manner that the Mexicans
* ■ wild not know what it was. and get
them to using it, he could rake in that
SIOO,OOO. Of coarse, if he should be
found ofit he never would leave the
uritrv alive, but there is always great
ri <k where much is to be made in any
uusHiM-s. — Peek's MtheauJcee Sun.
"rrtri rw* tlr RarhflrUa * ——
To her fell the care of the tea-table.
“ Will you have a cup of tea?’ ehe
asked, with that far away look ill her
o+e, expressive of anything rather than
tfie administration of course creature
comforts. The robustbarbarfan assented.
A cup of warm tea on a cold winter
afternoon was a pleasant prospec .
Poetry led the way to the table. Look
ing back over her shoulder as she went,
and speaking to the youth In the forner,
she said;
“ The divine ethos!”
As she spoke a radiant smile eamo over
her face—a smile that had been hired to
express spiritual illumination and the
consciousness of priesthood.
“Do you take sugar T' she askeit
sweetly, in preparation for her hospi-
The robust barbarian answered: “No;
no sugar, thank yofi.’' • .
Poetry held the tea-pot in her liana,
poised in mid air—the tea uupoured.^
“The grandsublimity of Dautemarcned
with the lovely tendness of retrarca,
she said again over her shoulder to tlio
youth in the corner.
“ Do you take sugar ?” she then asked
the robust barbarian kindly.
“No; no sugar, thank you, ' this latter
answered.
Poetry poured out tho tea. During
the process she said, with great sweet
ness aud touching hospitality:
“ I may give you sugar ?”
“No; no sugar, thank you,” was the
reply.
The tea poured out, Poetry took up
the milk jug.
“ The many sideduess of Shakespeare
and the perfect form of Goethe,” she
said again over her shoulder to the yottth
in the corner.
To the robust barbarian, ‘ ‘ Sugar ?”
“No,” said the robust barbarian,
quickly.
Poetry poured out the milk. Still
holding the cup she looked back to the
youth in the corner.
“And add to this transcendent whole
the stately march of Spenser,” she said.
“This is what tho true poet should be—
and this is what you will pome day be.”
On which she hastily shoveled' in two
spoonfuls of crushed sugar and handed
the cup to the robust barbarian, with a
cliaruling smile.
“ You take sugar, I think ?” she said,
very sweetly. “I hope I have made it
sweet enough.”— Hnmr, Journal.
Prehistoric Tides.
At present the moon is 240,000 miles
away, but there was a time when the
moon was only one-sixth part of this,
or say 40,000 miles away. That time
must have corresponded to some geo
logical epoch. It may have been earlier
than the time when Eozoon lived. It
. wns more likely to have been later. I
want to point mit that when the moon
was only 40,000 miles away we had in it
a geological engine of transcendent
power. If the present tides be three
feet, and i? the early tides bb 21(j times
their present amount, then it is plain
that the ancient tides must have been
618 feet.
There can be know doubt that in
ancient times tides of this amount, and
even tides very mnch larger, must have
occurred. lak the geologists to take
account of those facts, and to consider
the effect—a tidal rise and fall of 648
feet twice every day. Dwell for one
moment on the sublime spectacle of a
tide 648 feet liigh, and see what an agent
| it would be for the performance of geo
logical work ! Wo are now* standing, I
suppose, some 500 feet above the level
of the sea. The sea is a good many
milesfrom Birmingham, yet if tlieriseand
fall at the coasts were 648 feet, Birming
ham might be as great a seaport as
Liverpool. Three-quarters tide would
bring the sea into tho streets of Birm
ingham. At high tide there would be
about 150 feet of blue water over our
heads. Every house would be covered,
and tho tops of a few chimneys would
alone indicate the site of the town.
la a few hours more the whole of this
vast flood would have retreated. Not
only would it leave England high and
dry, but probably the Straits of Dover
would be drained, and perhaps even Ire
land would, in a literal sense, become a
member of the United Kingdom. A few
hours passed, aud the whole of England
is again inundated, but only again to be
abandoned.
These mighty tides are the gift which
astronomers have now made to the work
ing machinery of the geologists. They
constitute an engine of terriiic power
to aid in the great work of geology.
What would the puny efforts of water
in other ways accomplish when com
pared with these majestic tides and the
great currents they produce ?
In the great primeval tides will proba
bly be found the explanation of what
lias loug been a reproach to geology.
The early palicozomc rocks form a
stupendous mass of ocean-made beds,
which, according to Professor William
son, are twenty miles thick up to the
top of the Silurian beds. It lias long
been a difficulty to conceive how such u
gigantic quantity of material could have
been ground up and deposited at the
bottom of the sea, . 1 he geologists said :
“ The rivers and other agents of the
present day will do it if yon give them
time enough.” But, unfortunately, the
mathematicians and tlio natural philoso
phers would uot give them time enough,
and they ordered the geologists to
“hurry up their phenomena.” The
mathematicians had other reasons for
believing that the earth could not have
been so old as the geologists demanded.
Now, however, the mathematicians have
discovered the new ana stupendous tidal
grinding engine. With this powerful
aid the geologist can get through then
work in a reasonable-period of time,
and the geologists and the mathematic
ians may be reconciled. —Lecture by
Prof. Pall.
Inventor of the Postage Stamps.
The Hon. E. A. Mitchell, Postmaster
at New Haven, Conn., claims to have in
vented the postage stamp in 1847, aud
shows several samples of the original. It
did not differ mnch in size and form
from the present Government stamp, but
was of brown color, was printed on or
dinary paper, and contained the words,
‘ ‘Paid New Haven Postoffice. 5 cents.
11 A. Mitchell, P. M.” Mr. Mitchell
j hail them printed for the use and conven
| ience of citizens of New Haven, who had
| complained to him of tho delay some- j
I times occasioned by their being' unable !
I to prepay letters except in office hours. !
I Tho stamps were sold by the Postmaster,
I and accepted iu prepayment when affix
i ecL A high price is put upon specimens
\ of this stamp by the collectors, and the
j present Postmaster at New Haven has
! frequent application for them.
One hundred and fifty-three mills in
Lowell, Mass. New' York News.
Unit’s nothing ! We have a twenty-dol
| Inr gold piece which isn’t anything like j
as large as Lowell, and it contains 20,000
■
j CossiDßitm. the common habit of
, wife-beating in England, the Pad Mall
Gazette wonders whether there are not
| too many compliments paid to English
j bravery'and gallantry. J
Tin, pAmanee Ot BqjkfaMKth'CMr I
Ten *go, one oppressive sum- ;
mer night a gefif’eman, who was then i
arid isnow’a dealer in teK M spicesi m
New York, was a guest at tuC -troy
House. He asked the clerk if there
were any amusements tb*t evening, and,
receiving negative answer, manured
where h* could find a cool spot to spe4
au hour or two. The clerk advised a
ride on the street cars to JHbja and back
The gentleman boarded a car. ,^ e ** *”
h*ir> sat a young lady, the daughter of a
poor, bift respected Englishman, then a
resident of Albia. The young was
not very young, neither Vety Jian^ nl ®;
but was attractive and bright, lie*
cupation was school teaching. A re
mark by the gentlem2n led to an in
formal conversation, which occatne eo
interesting that when the young lady N
residence at Albia was reached she was
not aware of it Until tbe conductor called
he* attention to the fact. After she had
gone the gentleman asked the conductor
who the lady was, The conductor, who
had supposed the twO Were old friends,
gave the young woman’s naGe, Haul
the gentleman : “I would like to meet
her a"aiu. I 3m a widower with two
children and live iu New York. I have
never met a lady in my life who looked,
talked, and acted so much like my wife
i as the young woman I accidentally met
on your cal.” The conductor, taking an
interest in tliG I'cmiaittic cusg, ausworod
! ibe varied questions of the widower, and
I finally agreed to take his card to her
: and ask for an interview at her home.
On the following evening an introduc
tion took place, which was followed six
months later by a marriage, investiga
tion of the gentleman’s statements eon
cerning his standing having verified
them in detail. Tho former, widower
now has five children and a happy home
in all respects.— Tru>/ Times.
A Polyglot Family.
There is living at Middletown, Mass.,
a family in which nine distinct languages
are spoken, namely, English, German,
French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese,
Greek, Arabic and Turkish, besides any
number of. dialects connected mostly
with Italian and Hpanish. The head of
the family, who is a native of Zurich,
Switzerland, is a musician, who, -after
extended travel, settled in Tunis, North
Africa, where he held the position of
musical director for the Bey. _ He
married there a lady who was a native of
Arabia, but born of Italian anti English
parents. Children were born to them
there. Tfiey settled next at Constanti
' nople, and resided some years at the
Turkish CapitaTT There he waa the Sul
tan’s chief musician, not only'having
the charge of the bands of nll hja regi
"nieiiis at iTlii -Capital, bit also*ef the
music of the Sultan’s harem. Other
children were born,to tliptn at Cqnstacti
iibp?.',’Hel'M the Turkish Capital to
come to America, dwelling a year ■ iu
Germany and traveling in Italy* before
coming here. Of fonrteeu children,
several of whom were born In this coun
try, only six are now living, and all but
one are residents of Middletown. The
oldest of these, who is the wife of Mr.
Frank De Morvelle, is by birth an
Arabian, and speakes all the languages
known to her family except Portuguese
and Arabian. The next younger member
of the family, who is a- "resident' of
Brooklyn, was born in Constantinople.
The eldest son, whose marriage was
lately published in the Press, is also by
birtli a lurk, and the other throe—a sis
ter and two brothers—are American
born.— Middletown Press.
Parallel* of Morality.
A man has a right to take pride in his
moral character. It is the one tiling that
counts with men in the long run down
the ages. Intellect coupled with infamy
does not last. Time covers it with ueg;
luct. Intellect to live, must bo associ
ated with some right principle, and cor
rect conduct. There must, be something
manly about it. A great many things
are pardoned to private conduct when it
is known that the man’s public princi
ples are pure and noble. There can be
no question but Webster, in private life,
had many shortcomings, but where do
you look for healthier, or more rnanly
words than you And in his letters and
speeches ? There is this, too, to be said
of him. He never made any lofty aud
ostentatious display of liis sentiments.
He was conscious of his principles, but
he never made them offensively promi
nent. In excusing the faults of Lord
Bacon, the Pall Mall Gazette says: “The
most offensive part of Maeauley is tliis
assumption of a lofty moral tone when
he is libeling a great man. In the case
of torture, as in the latter case of cor
ruption, it is clear beyond doubt that
Bacon’s error or weakness consisted iu
this, that he was not so far in advance of
contemporary morality ns we, might have
desired. But there is a wide distinction
between a man who breaks accepted and
recognized rules and one who is only not
in advance of them. A compliance with
questionable, but hardly yet questioned,
practices is compatible with lofty and
patriotic aims, whereas a man who,
judged even by the contemporary stand
ard, is a contemptible suenk can hardly
bo credited with any kind of virtue.
Nbw, Macahley gets a cheap credit by
refusing to allow this plea of Bacon. To
the average conynon senva of mankind
it looks very virtuous to say that cruelty
and corruption is corruption all the world
over.” —lndianapolis Herald.
The Harem of the Wealthiest Turk In
Ld remit.
We remained several days in Edremit,
while preparing for the ascent of Mount
Ida, and made excursions in the suburbs,
which consist chiefly of olive groves and
cemeteries. On the smooth roads that
wound under the olives we always met a
variety of travelers—Turkish gentlemen
on horseback, attended by a train of ser
vants ; officers of the army, finely
mounted; caravans of camels, gypsies
driving trains of pack mules, and farmers
in their rude carts with solid wheels
drawn by oxen or buffaloes. Late one
afternoon in a retired grove we were con
fronted by the harem of the wealthiest
Turk in Edremit, returning from a
neighboring town. The carriage held
the more elderly ladies, but the younger
ones, to the number of about half a
dozon, were mounted man fashion on
spirited horses, each. stl which was at
tended by a Greek servant. They were
dressed in white robes, which draped
but did not conceal the . form ; and the
yashmaks or veils which they wore were
uot transparent like those of the beau
ties of Constantinople, for the traditions
of the harem are still respected in the in
terior ol the land. At sight of the
portly matrons in the carriage quickly
covered their faces, but the young Cir
eassians iu the saddle, slender girls of,
righteen or twenty, returned full upon
us the dazzling pomp of their beauty,
that singular beauty which dwells In
cold feature, haughty spirit, and still,
luminous eyes. —New York Times.
Prince Mm ah, ol Servia, is a hand
some man, tail, dork and imposing,
1 coking more like a Frenchman than a
Slav.
In I-ioiTT there are hospitals for super,
’animated cats, while human suffering
scarcely elicits a case.
Thh vineyards of the Napa Talley,
California, averaged, in 1880, about eignt
tons of graphs to the acre.
* Ax earthquake in 18F.I caused a large
area of land near the delta of the Indus
to become a large inland sea.
Neaki.y 3,000 tons of wrapping paper
were made in one month, by fifty-one
mills, in the United States.
There have been more earthquakes
in Hpain than in all the other parts ol
! Europe taken together, Italy excepted.
In the columns of Berlin papers are
freement notices offering children in
presents to whomsoever wishes to adopt
i theul.
Thu elevated roads in New York now
| operate 3/250 trains per day, running
! tuily one minutes apart during the
busiest hours.
There are tliirtv Egyptian obelisks
scattered over Europe. Rome has
eleven, four of which are higher ihan
the oue in New York.
The railway system of India includes
8 611 miles. ‘The gauge is three feet six
inches. All lines are built primarily for
military and not commercial purposes.
It seexis that at Havre so many ships
have been built that iu the course of a
year or eighteen months the port will be
able to boast of tliir-ty steamers, oi great
i dimentions, intended for the tranatlxatic
trade.
The lafff*st flag-stone ever cut was
laid in before the fire. It meas
ured 16x25 ’ set and was twelve inches
thick. Ou- ilmost as large has lately
been qnarrled in Waterville, for which
$5,000 has been offered in Now York
city.
The total amonnt of copper produced
bv the mines of tho world is estimated
at 130,(W0 vt*>a,- of which the United
States only contributes 30,000 tons,
while Chilileads with 45,000 tons, cfosely
followed by Spain, with a product of
25,000. ‘
To grow richer at the rate of more'
than $2,000,000 a day is the present
happy fate of this nation. The annual
increase of wealth in the United States
is estimated at $825,900,000, while the
annual accumulation in Great Britain is.
$325,000,000; in France $376,000,000,.
and in Germany only $200,000,000.
Annual incomes reach the highest aver
ages in this country and Great Britain—
sl6s.
As the result of extended navigations
made by the minister of public works in
France, and which demonstrated that
transportations by water would cost only
about two-fifths as much as by laud,
$200,000,000 will lie expended in improv
ing inland navigation. This is to be
done from a comprehension of the fact
that French manufacturers must have
cheaper rates.of transportation to hold
their own against German competition.
THE WORKSHOP.
A German paper says that a roof can
be spade fire-proof by covering it with a
mixture of liine, salt, aud wood ashes,
adding a little lrmpblack to give it a
dark color. This not only guards against
tire, it is claimed, bnt also in a measure
prevents decay.
Mouse boles in walls and closets should
be first filled with lime and afterwards
plastered over with plaster of Paris
mixed with water. It is a good plan to
keep a paper of the latter in every house,
as it is useful in filling cracks, and mi
many other ways in household economy.
A brilliant black on iron and steel
may be produced by applying, with a
fine hair brush, a mixture of turpentine
and sulphur boiled together. When the
turpentine evaporates there remains on
the metal a thin layer of sulphur, which
unites closely with the iron when Seated
for a time over a spirit or gas flame. This
varnish protects the metal perfectly
is quite durable.
The following method of softening
putty is useful to those having hard putty
to remove from sashes: Take soda or
potash—the latter being preferable—and
dissolve it in water ancl mix the solution
with fresh burnt, fresh slacked lime.
After the mixture has stood for a time,
pour off the clear fluid and bottle ™
use. Putty moistened with this fluid
quickly softens and is easily removed.
To prevent the cracking of cast steel
in hardening, a -correspondent of the
Metal Arbeiter places the article first in
a tiu box, where it is packed with clean
wrought iron drillings, and after luting
the box carefully ho heats the whole
slowly to a dark red heat. After cooling
it very gradually he finds that all internal
strains which otherwise would have de
veloped cracks in the tool during harden
ing are removed, and when steel to be
hardened is thus annealed no further
trouble is experienced.
The following rules should be ob
served in the care of grindstones : 1-
Don’t waste the stone running it
in water, nor allow it to stand in
water when not in use, as this will
cause a soft place, and consequent un
even wear. 2. Wet the stone by dropping
water on it from a pot suspended above
the stone, and stop off the water when
not in use. 3., Do not allow the stone to
get but of round, but true up with a
piece of gas a “hacker.” 4. Do
not leave the stone out of doors in the
wind and weather, as this hardens it and
makes it less effective. 5. Clean off all
greasy tools before grinding, as grease
or oil destroys the grit. 6. When you
get a stone that suits your purposes,
keep a sample of the grit to send to the
dealer to select by, as in this way you
can always secure one that suits.
A printer at Dubuque has been con
victed of violating the Sunday law by
fishing on that day. It seems as though
there is an epidemic of crime going
through this country that would event
ually knock it to pieces. The man at
Dubuque will evidently claim that he
was inspired. There is too much of this
going on. Wonder if he caught any
fish.— Peck's Sun,
“ Mabel, I think it is about lime I
began to brush your teeth,” said a
mother to her thW-year-old, whose sole
pnevioua experieiice liad been limited‘to
n hairbrush, and was almost thunder
struck, qt hearing the following interrog
atory comment eg her intention; “is
there airy'hair off them ?”
- lo oven- !_•’
I r .
At a conflagration a worthy citizen
gants with stupefaction an the steam
fire-engines. “ Well, I never,” he says,
with deliberation. “I never expected
to see snich criminal, senseless wasteful
ness ! The idea of wanning the water
before throwing it on the flames !”
As every thread of gold is valuable, so
is every minute o i time.