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THE LADIES*
vL||u6 Love.
/ne, and yet you may
ag doubt* about it;
7 rh and simply nay
T blank without It.
** both true and atrong,
-•tat falter* novtr;
faith *ud Ruffere wrong,
V and loves forever.
Me found but once on earth—
cannot repel It;
f ice tt comes, or why its birth,
gue may never tell It.
Is mine In spite of all,
•* I fondly oberish;
ju\v sinh, the skies may fall, *
t#* will never perish.
• that cannot dte,
*b the soul, immortal,
• 1t cleaves the starry aky
fKaea through the pmftla
*ie love that otJinos to etay—
lores are floating;
they come just turn away—
(U t Oupld cheating.
•Women Smokers.
•or American women who have
nuch in Egypt generally return
•smokers, and find to tLoir dis
*t they must keep their now
i*ark indeed, or else be looked
**y the virtuous of their sot.
at to smoko friendly cigarettes
_,malo friends, they will find
T ranked among the rapid
its are dangerous. Now the
•tky what process do we oiv
,_S arrive at a conclusion so
Tne Chinese lady smokes
fiildliood, and one of the ele
,of her attire is a silken tobacco
i. but what would ho said of ono
iir society women who dared appear
public similarly decollated ?
Ilelptul Women.
Even in Italy husbands aro becoming
•ce, so that the Italian women are
ning to help themselves. Work is
t confined to the absolute poor; the
lidillo classes are bringing np their
daughters to learn a trade or profession,
and to work at home and out of the
house. The idea has proved lucrative,
even in the speculation of marriage, ns
a man naturally prefers a girl who can
earn her own living to one who can only
tingle a tune on the pianoforte or sing a
now song I .yTosti, Denzu or Rotoli. But
this is only in Upper Italy. In the
southern provinces the idea <>f womon
working is laughed at. Even the
men tlioro work as little as possible,
and they would rather try to live on a
franc a (lay, without earning it, than to
have 1,000 francs a day und work for
them. In Upper Italy, on the contrary,
even the aristocracy work, and show a
good oxamplo to the loss fortunate
classes.
An Armenian Bride.
A few years ago the editor of the Bom
bay Herald music a trip through Asiutio
Turkey and wrote a very readable and
instructive book about what he heard
and saw. In it lie described the Ar
menian women as the perfection of
female beauty, grace, loveliness and
virtue. He declared that they com
bined everything that was excellent in
female person and character to ho found
in all parts of the world. A rich money
lender residing in Constantinople,
Bekian lif name, resolved to marry one
of the women who Inal been lauded ho
highly in the volume he had btton read
ing. lie sought the society of Armenian
people, aud moou found a girl of the
raeo that exactly' suited his fancy. Hho
was beautiful ns imagination no ill and pict
ure. Her muoo was not pretty—it was
Margaretfn Amussiif--bnf ho did not
enro for that, as ho resolved to change
it as soon as lie could get permission.
As her father lmd no ineoiao except that
derived from an office that paid a small
salary mid afforded no stealings, this
was easy to do. Mndam was an excel
lent housekeeper and showed grout love
of literary work. In looking over her
writings one day to find some pleasant
ending to admire, he discovered a letter
ready for the post. It was addressed to
her very dear cousin, whom she desired
to kill Mr. Jtekiiui that, they might ob
tain bis property and live together in
happiness. Soon after lie received a
letter, purporting to be signed by five
refugees, which demanded that lie carry
a thousand pounds on a given day and
deposit it at a certain plu< o iu a forest.
Failure to comply with Ino modest re
quest was death. Mr. Bekian did not
go out with the money. His loving wife,
however, left the house aud did not re
turn. The matter was reported to the
authorities, who, caring nothing for
sentiment or true love, oondemued the
two cousins to a long term of hard labor.
Mr. Bekian does not read any more
books of travel. Ho regards them as
unreliable as novels.
I‘rolcmltiiMil Bvailihs
Professional beauties, says a London
correspondent, were rapidly becoming
disturbing UuliieiHjOH iu tlie best-con
ducted Lonflofi"ciivios. To be the rose,
or to boast the presence of tlio rose, in a
brilliant company, was one tiling; tlio
display of a multitude of Isuls, vying in
their ambitions with the maturo and
perfect blossom, was another. The spirit
of a burning, and, in nearly every in
stance, most unbecoming coquetry, was
instilled into a number of breasts. So
ciety x' as agitatod by the discussion of
rival claims till it grew sick of heariug
about them. There was not a youthful
or middle-aged beau who did not think
it incumbent upon, himself to start sowo
lady, who had Icon sufliciently unfortu
nate to attract his favorable opinion, iu
the professional-leantv line. This, it
was felt, whs going a little too far.
Thera wa uo reason why individual
cavaliers might not have their prefer
ences, but tiicro was every reason why
they should not ask society to indorse
their ehoioc. If Paris lmd only been
one of a multitude of connoisseurs iu
feminine beauty, the apple which ho
gave to Venus would not have boou so
bitterly grudged l>v tlio brace of neglect
ed goddesses. The system of profession
al beautydom was, in fact, found to Ih>
incompatible with the harmonious work
ing of the social machine. Drawing
rooms were split up into different camps. •
The gentlemen who pleaded the claims
to pre-eminence of the |>artidWlar lady
they had honored with their champion
ship wore growing us much liuisaucos
as, aceoriling to the refrain of lion Gaul
tier s ballad, the man who lost his heart
a short time ago. Moreover, the ab
surdity of tho whole thing was patent.
The professional beauty was only one
star in a galaxy, and not necessarily the
brightest. Her owu vanity might be
gratified at the selection, but not niolje
than was tlie boredom which this' con-'
dition of tilings resulted in. provoked a
wholesome roaetkm. Mothers aud fath
ers, husbands and lovers, began seri
ously to reflect upon what would be the
general consequences of tlie system if it
was indefinitely developed. Tlie names
of a score of professional beauties were
so habitually on people’s lips, their pho
tographs were so aggressively conspicu
ous in shop windows, that society
wearied of hearing of them. It also
began to be a little apprehensive ns to
the consequences. It received some
highly practical admonitions in tho rev
elations erf the law courts, aud it came to
the conclusion that on the whole, both
in the way of enjoyment and of credit,
tit had more to Jose than to gain by.per
ktouating the regime.
Kcnewln, tooth and Hoamtjr,
It was Madame Boland who said,
“ Few women know the importance and
value of their beauty until they have
lost it. If I had done all that I now,
too late, perceive I might have done
with my charms, there is nothing that I
could not have accomplished.” These
preparations, ono and all, aro sure and
simple receipts for the improvement of
the skin and complexion, and not adven
titious cosmetics. An Italian wash for
the skin, which imparts rare brilliancy
to tlie complexion, is made as follows :
Pumpkin seeds, gourd seeds, cucumber
seeds, melon seeds, in equal parts,
pounded together ami softened with pure
cream, afterward thinned to a paste
with milk ; perfume with threo drops
each of oil *bf lemon and oil of rose.
Anoint the lace, bust, arms and neck
with this upon retiring, and wash off in
the morning with warm water.
For a pallid skin take a lukowarm hath
every morning, followed by thorough
friotion with a rough towel and exorcise
in the open air. Avoid all alkali and
astringent soaps.
For a shiny, glazed skin, use this
preparation: Camphor water, one quart:
glycerine (pure), one ounce ; powdered
borax, one-half ouuco. Bathe the face
with this mixture night and morning,
lotting it dry ami remain for several
moments before washing it off with rain
o • filtered water.
Benzoin, the fragrant gum from Su
matra, ih an article of the toilet no lady
will be without if sho once tests its fra
grant, medicinal and preservative prop
erties. It is healing and very beautify
ing to tho complexion. Asa cosmetic
Lola Monte/, considered it invaluable,
the following being ono of her favorite
preparations: Tincture of benzoin. 2
ounces; and pure alcohol, 1 pint. This,
applied with a soft sponge to tho face,
restores it to its fullest whiteness, and
also brings out tho roseate tints.
Here is tho Aspnsian remody for
wrinkles: Sublimate, four grains; hy
(lroclilorate ammonia, four grains ; milk
of almonds (a little thick), half pint.
Mix carefully in a glass vessel and ap
ply frequently. Another lotion is given
also: Turpentine, two scruples ; ben
zoin water, one drachm, pure water,
threo ounces. Bathe tho face and leave
on to dry. But, if tho crow feet will
not bo soared, tliey must be concealed,
and the following pomade will effectu
ally hide them: Take of white wux ono
ounce ami soften it by gentlo heat until
it mixes well witli juice of lily buds, two
ounces ; honey, two draoliniH, mnl attar
of roses, two drops. Apply twice a day.
Wrinkles may ho delayed by tepid baths
in which bran has been stirred, followed
by a thorough friction until the skin
glows vividly.
A remedy for wrinkles 111 use bv.Span
isli women, and which oortainly imparts
freshness to tho skill, is to boil tlie
whites of four oggs in mao-water, and
add ilium, one-half ounce; Sweet ul
mond oil, one-hall ounce. Reat tlie
xvhole into a paste.— Sl. /,ot
tor.
A Parson Mnn’s Idea of a Puff.
“What do you' mean by that ?” was
the (thorp inquiry of a well-known busi
ness man of Ornisliy County, who
bounced into the editorial rooms of one
of the leading Carson dailies witli a copy
of tlio paper in his hand ; “ Is that your
idea of a local notice V Head it I”
A ghostly reporter sadly hung his
shearsim the well-worn rack, tremblingly
put away the oyster can which answered
ns a pnsto pot, and, in a weak voice,
road: • •••> 5
“Trie YSAHNWO Win *111! INFtMS*,"
" From tlm clvh of Fatten- Adam, whim tlie
liolilou glories of Eden mndo this to him cue
round of nirv, luatnwiusl freedom, down
through tlie srih. man line evur yearned for a
nobler, grainier life ; for an unfettered ex
istence far from tlio grinding earos of daily tuil
in a railroad-ridden community. This senti
ment, 1.0 miivorsal, is based upon a want of
poor, imperfect, human nature. Hut there is
a yearning stronger than this, basoil on an ali
mentary foundation, and that la tbo craving
for at lead throe square lueala a day. Would
you live ohoaply, yet ou fare lit for tlie leaser
giMls or e’en for Olympian Zeus himself?
I ruilo with Choebcuuto \ Cos., practical
grocers."
■' Well,” snarled tho visitor, “ what
kind of stuff is tluit for which I just paid
live cents a line ? Cull that a business
notice ?’’
“What could be more chaste or at
tractive?" guirwnrod the reporter. “It
ih classical, entertaining and gradually
works up tlie unsuspoetiug readers’ in
terest until Ihe iugcuious finale. Wlint
moro natural titan lor its pcrusunl to bo
immediately followed by a grand rush
for your groceries, which,” added the del
prorating journalist desperately, “aro
well known to bo equaled by a few and
excelled by Hone.”
“Balt!” snorted tho grocer. “I don’t
want nothin’ of tho kind—won't have it,
Hero, I’ve written out something that’ll
catcli tho eye and hit 'em hard. Put
that in word for word.” And ho wont
out witli a vicious slaiu.
Following is the notice in question,
which was published witli a paralyzing
effect ou Carsou’s community:
Witt Tel TllK KNIFK.
A boomerang in grecori*.- ! Tremeudnua
smash in prices ! ( heeseunte A Cos. are kuock
mg tilings) I’iggs, J 7 dozen for 91, delivered
free of el.mge to all points within u ratlins of
150milo! Rutter giveu away ! Flour I Sugar!
and Broom ilnmUes! at your Own X’neol
Soft Soap, live cents a quart I! ! Autl-oorio
sive whisky drawn from kegs w ith glass faucets,
50 cents per gallon I A ahromo to every pur
chaser! Don’t trade nowhere else! If you go
across the way you'll be POISONED I! I be
ware of our rivals I They osu’t he trusted.
Three ladies ami a small boy fainted away iu
Huggins A lilies’* grocery yesterday! Tho
smell of tlie decayed goods laid ’em out cold.
(’lieeeomito A Cos. take tho cake! Remember
the old stand I Right’s right and hurts no
man. Call early anti often. The t'hiuese
must go. Terms cash or six months’ credit.
No ilisuriiuiuatiou against Stale ottleers or rail
road men. A man can trade with us as well ss
a child. Respectfully, the public’s obedient
servants, Cll RKSF.MITK A CO ! I 1
Virginia City Chronicle.
Burglars anil Savings Ranks.
"The fact is," said old Mrs. Phipps,
wiio is .town to ’Frisco ou a visit, "the
fact is, m.V dear Mrs, Skidmore. I laid
the narrowest escape from being ruined
the other day you ever beard of.”
“Ob, how nice,” said Mrs. S., pour
ing out another cup. " How was it ?"
“ Why, yiq>Jua>w 1 sold our house and
lot last mouth, lin'd had tlie money all
r. inly to deposit in the savings bank tho
next morning, which was tho very day
of its failure.”
“Good grneious !”
“I stop} with my money under my
pillow, and tlie next morning when I
got ready to start for the bank the money
was gone. Some burglars had token it
during tlie night. An hour afterward
the hank burst. Did you ever hear of
such a piece of good luck ?” -
"Luck ? Why, you lost your coin all
tho same.”
"YVJ, lmt don’t, you gee they •.ipglit
the lufYplars, siidT oh ehnditlou Of my
not proseouting them, they returned me
fitly cents on the dollar. The bank
panned ou* only twenty-two. There’s
uo use talking, Hannah, between savings
banks and robbers, I’ll take niv chances
with the burglars every Ume.“--oki7i j
Francisco l'ost. I
*• A UAQUm Hi UIN BJUHt. ,
A Han Drives roar InrhM of Virrl Into
Mis Mead Without Kflset.
[From the London Lanc*t.)
An instance of singular tolerance of
a severe wound of the brain was recently
communicated by M. Dubrisay to the
Societe de Medecine de Paris. A man,
aged forty-four, in an attempt at suicide,
sent a small dagger through his skull
into the brain. Tho weapon was ten
centimeters long and one wide. Ho had
held the dagger in his left hand, and
given it with the right several blows
with a mallet, believing that he would
fall dead at the first blow. To his pro
found surprise ho felt no pain, and ob
served no particular phenomenon. He
struck the dagger, in all, alaiut a dozen
times. The man was a drunkard, but
was sober at the moment of the attempt.
When seen, alxjut two hours later, the
handle of tho dagger was projecting from
the skull at tho junction of the posterior
and middle third, a little to the right of
the middle line, and in a transverse po
sition. Tho whole blade was imbedded
except a part one centimetre in length.
For half an hour unsuccessful attempts
were made to get the dagger out. The
patient was placed on the ground, two
vigorous persons fixed his shoulders, and
aided by a strong pair of carpenter’s
pincers, repeated attempts were made,
but without success. The patient and
assistants were raised off the ground, but
the dagger remamed immovable. These
attempts caused no pain. More power
ful mechanical instruments woro then
employed. The patient, who walked
well, and complained of no headache,
was taken to a coppersmith's, and by
strong pincers the handle of the dagger
was fastened to a chain, which was
passed over a cylinder turned by stoain
power. The pincers, used for drawing
out tubes of copper, were so made that
the more they were pulled tho tighter
they grasped. Tho man was then fast
ened to rings fixed in the ground, and
tho cylinder was gently Sot in motion.
At the second turn tho dagger camo out.
Tho blade measured ten centimetres in
length, of which nine had entered the
interior of tho skull. The patient, who
had submitted with tho greatest cqol
ness to the maneuvers, suffered no pain
or inconvenience. Homo drops of blood
escaped, and in a few spinutes afterward
the man was able to walk away to a hos
pital, whero 110 remained in bed for ten
days, hut without fbver or paiu. He
then returned to his work, and tho wound
gradually healed. M. Dubrisay endea
vored by a pout mortem experiment to
ascertain what parts of tho Jnain had
been injured. He drove the dagger into
the bend of a cadaver in the same situa
tion, and to the same depth, and found
that, without injuring the superior long
itudinal sinus, it had passed'into the
cerebral stibstaneo, just behind the as
cending parietal convolution, aud thus
behind tho rnytor zone; the point had
•not reached tho base. The difficulty of
the extraction had - been due solely to
tho fixation of the instrument by the
edgbs of tho wound in (ho bone.
Mental Vassalage.
The attempt in England to impost
civil disabilities jipon a mail because ol
bis religions belief, as in tlie Brail!angh
case, will bear its fruits. Sensible and
just people will sec tbo folly and tlie
wickedness of tlio stab at tins liberty oi
thought. (Hailstone believes in the
< Uiristian God. Bradlaugh ilot's not bo
il eve iu any God. No one objects tc
Gladstone for his belief, to tho extent ol
(ryiug to handicap him in political ac
tion. No one luis a right to do so. Any
olio with a spirit nbovo a beast, willingly
accords him his religious opinions. Then
wby not extend the sumo generosity to
Brad laugh? He is a man of liberal
mind, and so far ns wo know, lie Das al
ways plea i for the advancement of liis
people, lie has not.been truckling to
power. He lias not been a slave to tho
opinion of others, lie lias often and al
ways spoken lor tlio weak and plead the
cause of tlio poor. But prejudice, in
trenched behind publio opinion, has
ostracised him and driven him out 1 of of
fieo, or refused him a seat in i’prliament,
because ho did not believe in the God
worshiped by tho orthodox members of
that body. In England it appears that
tlio people aro moro generous than their
representatives. No sooner is Mr. Ttrad
lnugh rejected by the House of (kuu
mons titan his constituents honor him by
returning him to Parliament. There will
never ho any real honesty in polities or
in religion until men aud women can
t lriuk aud speak freely. Tlie politician
is still in bondage. Whore is the one
who dares to bo exactly what he is?
Where is tlio one who is not in subjec
tion to some society—some secular or re
ligious society ? Here are a few words
from Colonel Ingursoll, which may be
worth considering, lie says: “I would
like to liberate the politicians. At pres
ent tlie successful offioe-seekor is a good
deni like tlio center of tho earth; lie
weighs nothing himself, hut draws
everything else to him. There ore so
nnuiy societies, so many churches, so
mgpy isms, that it is almost impossible for
an independent man to succeed in a polit
ical career. Candidates aro forced to
pretend that they aro Catholics with
I ’rotestaut proclivities, or Christians with
liberal tendencies, or temperance men
who now and then take a glass of wine,
or. that although uot members of any
church, their wives are, aud that they
subscribe liberally to all. The result of
all this is that we reward hypocrisy and
elect men entirely destitute of any real
principle; aud this will never change un
til tlio people become grand enough to
allow each other to do tlieir own think
ing. ” A man ought to be tlio master of
tlie institutions which he lias created.
He ought to stand above them. No wan
ought to be either a physical slave or a
mental serf. This world will not bo
much of a paradise so long as tlie indi
viduals iu it are willing to be the servants
to fear aud prejudices. Tlie religions
world and tile political world will both
bo improved when thought is unchained,
and when every idea can be honestly and
fearlessly expressed everywhere. Fetters
should tie broken from the xnind. and
-mental vassalage of every kind should
come to an end. —lndianapolis Jler.ild.
Thkrk seems to !>c a rage just now
among people who are afflicted with dvs
]vqis ato drink a glass of hot water be
fore breakfast- Astonishing cures are
reported ; but, ou the whole, it seems
Hint tlie dyspeptics who Arc' loudest in
their pniiaus o{ the hot-water cocktail
are tho open who have uot yet tried it.
They are about equally divided with tlio
people who praise tlie juice of oranges
in tho morning. Tlio man who onuses
the juice of apples before breakfast ar.d
all tiso time lives numerously in Nov
Jersey.
“A Pastor’s Resignation ” is the
hearting of s paragraph iu ou exchange.
We thought it might refer tp the Chris
tian spirit with win . he had received a
“surprise party ” of patislitouttre, who
came to present inn* a gold-headed
cane or ailt-edged, Bible. We were mis
taken —fie liftd mcrelylost his third wife.
—Philadelphia Bulletin.
arXfce
Boats are the universal means of con
veyance and communication, and a
boat thus becomes a necessary adjunct
of every person’s household; to its dex
trous use every child is trained ; men,
women and children are equally accus
tomed. Perhaps the most common form
is a stout skill about twenty-five feet
long, turning up very shapely and high
behind, like a Venetian gondola. It is
broad in the beam, and two thirds of its
length is housed over, leaving- a little
flat deck in front, and a still smaller one
behind. Behind stands the husband and
sculls ; in front stands the wife, rowing
and using a boat-hook to help their way
through the crowds. The front of the
boat is used for business, passengers or
cargo. The rear third is given up to
family and domestic furniture.
For, incredible as it may seem, we
soon see that each boat is the home of a
family, father, mother, girls, and boys ;
who are born there, live there, and die
there. In the day time the children and
the furniture are crowded into a space
not over four feet square ; at night they
can spread out over greater surface. I
looked into these homes with attention,
and never could enough wonder or ad
mire how closely all was packed, without
seeming to jostle orpainfully crowd. Also
that tho children lived so happily and
contentedly in a space no greater than a
large-sized Saratoga trunk! It is prob
ably a fact that there are many ten-year
old children in Bangkok River who have
never walked overtwentyfeotina straight
line, in short, who have never been on
land. But then, when tliey come in prox
imity to boats whoso little inmates they
know, they would—boys and girls from
five to twelve —jump out of their boat
house, and dive and swim away to visit
and gambol around together; now free
in the water, now hanging to the boat’s
side, or sitting astride of the scull oar.
And a friend tells me that he has seen
them in their visits take with them the
baby, to whose shoulders the mother has
prudently attached a hollow gourd or
other light float to insure its safety.
In a minor excursion up a side canal I
found myself at tho city residence of tho
Prime Minister—whose name I have not
now time to write out in full. I ran my
boat all" aiound through his pleasure
grounds, and wondered whether the
worthy old gentleman considered that ho
was living on land or in tho river. In
ono part of his aquatio elysium I saw
magnificent specimens of the victoria
regia, whose leaves, found like a platter,
wore over two yards in diameter. Their
rim was sharply turned up iu a ledge an
inch high* and on the raft thus formed
were settled, quite at home like, a family
of frogs. They; too, seemed to fall iu
with the humors of the country,—Chron
icle.
Chang and Eng.
In anßxver to a correspondent who
writes us for information on the above
(subject, we have compiled the following
information: Eng aud Chang were born
simultaneously, on tho 15th day of April,
1811, and died at tho ago of sixty-three
years. They were connected together
by a patent coupler, which entered tho
body of each in tho region of tho vest
poekot. This connecting arrangement
necessarily threw them a great deal in
each other's society. When tlioy were
boys their lives wero rendered more or
less unhappy by their widely different
tastes. Eng wns very fond of sour ap
ples in liis youth, and when at night he
rolled and tossod upon his couch with a
large stock of coiic on hand, Chang had
to lio awake and get tho benefit. Later
in life Chang developed a strange long
ing for a flowing bowl, while Eng was a
Good Toruplar. Wlion Eng went to tlie
lodge, tho worthy outside guard xvould
refuse to let Chang in, because he
couldn’t give the pass-word, and as Eng
couldn’t go iu and leave Chang in tlie
ante-room, he had to go home and wait
till another meeting, Eng was a Mason
and Chnng was a Knight of Pythias,
nud t hoy used to give each other away
sometimes, and have lots of fun. Eng
was a Half-Breed and Chang wan a Stal
wart and that made it bad about attend
ing caucusses. Chang joined tho Epis
copal Church aud believed in spriuklmg,
while Eng was a Baptist, and uot only
got immersed himself, but fixed it so
that Cliaug had his sins washed at the
same time. Once in a while Chang
would get an invitation to a private
party iu a set to which Eng did uot be
long, and then they had to settle the
question by putting Etruscan noses on
each other as to whether they should go
nr remain at home. Chang died first,
and Eng died a few hours later as n mat
ter of courtesy. Eug was not prepared
to die, and regretted that he was not con
sulted by Chang before this important
step was taken, but lie said it would save
tlio expense of two funerals, and he
wanted to do wlint was right. The lives
of these two men wore somewhat peculiar
in many respects. There were many lit
tle nameless annoyances to which each
were compelled to submit, and which
would not at first occur to the student.
For instance, Cliaug had to get up and
go for tho doctor in company with Eng
whenever Eng’s children had the croup;
and whenever Chang's wifo thought there
was a burglar in tlie woodshed, Eng had
to get up iu liis night-shirt, and go with
liis brother in search of the villiau.
■They could ride the festive velooipede,
and when Cliaug got Idling drunk, Eng
had to go to the jug with him, and stay
there till the flue was paid. Among tho
many blessings which cluster about us,
and are showered down upon ns through
life, wo are prone to lose sight of tlie fact
that with all of our sorrows and disap
pointments, we are not born Siamese
twins. —Laramie City Boomerang.
An American Prorlehrlism.
“ Will you try,” said my opposito
neighbor, handing me a dish of pota
toes, broken up iu milk and butter,
“will you try some of these fixings?”
There are few words which perform such
various duties as tlie word “fix." It is
tlio Caleb of the American vo
cabulary. You call upon agentlemnu in
country town, and liis help informs
you that he is “fixing himself” just
now, but will bo down directly, by which
you are to understand that he is dress
ing. You inquire on board a steamboat,
of a foUow-jiasseqger, whether break
fast wifi be ready soon, and lie tells you
be should think so, for when he was
below they were “fixing the tables,” in
other words laying tho doth. You beg
a porter to oollect your luggage, aud he
entreats you not to be uneasy, he’ll “fix
it presently,” and if you complain of
indisposition, you are advised to have
recourse to doctor so and so, who will
“fix you ”in no time. One night I or
dered a bottle of mulled wine at a hotel
where I was staviugcaud waited a long
time for it. At length it was put upon
tlie table with an Apology from the
landlord that he feared it wasn’t “fixed
properly." A,nd I recollect once, at a
stage-coach dinner, overbearing a very
stern gentleman demand of a waiter
who presented him witli a plate of
underdone rosst lieef, “whether lie called
that fixing God Almighty's riffles.”—
Charles Bicker*. J
. Mqrmou.lcmph „Mauvoe. ,
There are scarcely two account * which
exactly agree in every particular ns' to
thq dimensions and cost of the old (Mor
mon temple at Nauvoo, Hancpck County,
111. We have carefully examined sev
eral of these, aud give the results here
with. An Euglish, gentleman named
Henry Caswel (quoted by Davidson aud
Htnve in their “History of Illinois")
writes as follows In regard to the temple:
“It is 120 feet by 100, and 'when com
pleted will be 60 feet up to the eaves.
It* expense is estimated at $300.0Q0.
The baptismal font is finished. It is a
capacious laver, about 20 feet square,
rests on the backs of twelve oxenV woll
sculptured, and as large as life. The
laver and oxen- are wood, painted, hut
are to be gilded. ” Carpenter’s * ‘History
of Illinois” speaks as follows of the
temple: “Tho pian for this immense
structure followed no particular order of
architecture, although it moye promi
nently resembled the Egyptian. In the
basement was an immense laver, in imi
tation of the brazen sea of Solomon. It
was supported by twelve gilded oxen,
hewn from the trunks of large trees,
with their faces projecting outward. The
temple was never finished. After the
expulsion of the Mormons from Nauvoo,
commissioners were permitted to remain
to dispose of this and other property.
Several attempts were made to sell it for
educational, manufacturing and other
purposes, but they all failed, and the
temple stood as waste property until the
torch of the incendiary reduced it to
ashes.” Another account describes the
temple as 130 feet long, by 90 feet wide,
and of polished limestone; and another
gives the dimensions as 130 feet long, 78
feet wide, 65 feet to the cornice, and 103
feet to the top of the cupola. In the
year 1848 the building was set 011 fire,
and all destroyed except the walls, which
on May 27, 1850, were overthrown by a
tornado. Carpenter describes the place
thus : “Nature has not formed along the
Great River a more picturesque or eligi
ble site for a large city. Tlie succession
of terraces ascending from the river un
til the high land is reached, furnish a
gradual slope of remarkable beauty ; no
blo groves of tall oaks, interspersed by
winding vistas, clothe the ground to the
summit of tho ridge, from whence an
immense undulating prairie is visible.”
The town of Nauvoo, according to the
census of 1880, has a population of 1,402.
When the Mormons were there, in the
height of their power, the city had a
population estimated at from 15,060 to
18,000. Chicago Inter-Ocedn.
Egypt anil Hie Slave Trade.
Slavery dies hard. There is a strug
gle in Brazil between those who would
hasten the operation of tlie gradual
emancipation law aud the slave owners
who want to throw obstacles iu its way,
and even render it a dead letter. In
Egypt, after earnest efforts have been
made to break up the slave trade on tlie
Upper Nile, wo find the Khedive’s
Ministers takirig the back track, and
declaring that slavery is a necessity to
Egypt, and that the efforts in behalf of
emancipation should be stopped. It
may be that the protecting powers of
Europo may conclude from this that
“the basest of kingdoms” needs re
modeling, and call for a Ministerial
change. The export of slaves from tlie
west coast iu European and American
vessels has been stopped, but Arab
dhows still carry off loads of victims
from some of the obscure parts of tlie
east coast. Not long ago a brave British
naval officer lost his life in a fight with
one of these semi-piratical craft. In tlio
interior, as in Firmer clays, caravans of
poor wretches are still gathered, yoked
together, half starvod and beaten, to be
carried to the seaboard with the hope of
smuggling them off to Arabia. The
emancipation of the slaves in the Portu
guese colonies, however imperfectly
carried out, the pledges of the Hultan of
Zanzibar to England, and tlie past policy
of Egypt, all unite to show, however,
that light is brenking after years of
darkness. Tlie opening of tlie continent
to legitimate business, which is steadily
going on, will also hasten the destruction
of slavery. There is much to bo done,
however, aud the Egyptian reaction will
boa source of trouble, Tho sentiment
of Christendom is nevertheless so strong
and united that tlie Khedive and ins
Cabinet will bo brought to terms and
forced to keep their promises. But for
the threatened uprising of the fanatical
Moslems we should expeot to hear of an
immediate and vigorous protest against
the declaration in favor of perpetuating
liumau bondage. —Cincinnati Gazette.
Charlotte Cushman’s Crave.
The famous tragedienne, Charlotte
i Cushman, is the most distinguished
i woman buried iu Mount Auburn, Her
i monument is modeled after the Egptian
: obelisk recently erected in Central Park,
tlio shaft being twenty-five feet iu
! height. Thisrests on a suitable fouuda
tion, and tlie entire structure is nearly
i thirty-four feet. The only inscription is
the name “Charlotte Cushman,” which,
i indeed, is all that is required. Miss
Cushman was a native of Boston, and
( was the oldest of five children. Her
I father was bankrupt, and she weut on
j tho stage for tlie purpose of affording a
support for those she loved. Bhe devel
! oped an extraordinary dramatic genius,
w'liich xvas fully appreciated by the pub
lic, and her role included tho highest
rango of Shakespearean characters.
I Hence she drew immense audiences, aud
as a result her professional emoluments
wero of an unparalleled amount. She
was always highly liberal to her rela
tives, and left them nil estate estimated
at a half million. Miss Cushman was
, the only distinguished tragedienne that
: went through life unmarried. The rea
son of her celibacy is unknown, but it
may be supposed that her bold, mascu
line manners were too repulsive. Slio
had one admirer, however, but no one
, knew tho reason why he was uusucess
ful. Perhaps lie shrank at last from of
-1 fering his hand to. ouo of such hauteur
mid autocratic disposition, or some pique
may have led her to reject him in hope
'of a more distinguished match. What
’ ever be tlie reason she remained Char
lotte Cushman, and gave a noble exam
ple of the dignity of maiden life. She
selected a lot iu Mt. Auburn some timo
before her death, and showed her usual
taste in the preference of locality. Is is
prettily situated at the base of a gentle
‘ eminence, and has a fine view of Boston,
with the Charles River in the distance.
Tlie tragedienne remarked at the time of
making tlie pm chase, “Here I shall he
in sight of dear old Boston.” Immedi
ately after her death (February 18,1876)
a small headstone bearing her name was
erected, which eventually gave place to
the al'ove mentioned obelisk.
Thkrk are tour kinds'of men who lose
time—the man who is always waiting at
tho street corners trying to persuade his
little dog to catch up to him ; the man
who spends four or five hours a day try
ing to color a bogus meerschaum pipe;
the man who is generally explaining to
his friends how and under what circum
stances he was presented with his ex
pensive cane, and the man who, having
pretty hair, wishes to keep the part in
• exact shape and appearance.
Fifty Thousand Congressmen.
a much smaller territory loan
that of some of our States, consist sot ,
between six hundred and seven hundred
members. If the United States had the
same biisis of territorial representation
mu- House of Representatives would
have not less than 50,000 members. In
many respects this would be a very great
advantage,. Fifty thousand Congressmen
would mean the introduction of about
5,000,000 bills every session, which
would be a magnificent thing for the
paper manufacturers and the printers.
Old Tags would probably bring $lO a
pound, paper mills Tvould be started on
every other block, and printers would be
paid a thousand dollars for overy one
thousand “erns.” The Government
Printing Office at Washington would
have to be extended beyond the boun
daries of tlie District of Columbia, over
half the State of Maryland. This would
improve real estate iu that section im
mensely. Then the Capitol would have
to be built beyond the Potomac into Vir
ginia, thereby helping scores and scores
of industries and developing thousands
of marble quarries which are now idle
nud unproductive. But these are not
the only benefits that would follow the
enlargement of Congress. As five mem
bers are on an average sufficient to run
a first-class saloon, there xvould be room
for ten thousand additional establish
ments of this kind in Washington. The
only interest that we can think of that
the addition would not help is religion.
It would be entirely unnecessary to en
large the churches.
But these advantages are purely local
and should not be taken into considera
tion in deciding the question. There
are, however, controlling national reasons
in favor of tlie proposition, o i which xve
should not lose sight. If Congress con
sisted of 50,000 members, every member
xvould, of course, insist upon the right
of enlightening his colleagues and con
stituents on every question that might
arise. Fifty thousand speeches would,
of course, render the passage of more
than one or two bills in a session impos
sible. This would be so great a step in
the line of good government that we are
certain tho people would cheerfully make
any sacrifice iu order to accomplish ' it.
Indeed, the chances are that before mem
bers had finished introducing bills tlie
session would have expired and a fresh
50,000 M. C.’s would bo swooping down
on the District. Another troublesome
question which tho enlargement would
settle is the disposition of the surplus
revenue. The salaries alone of a Con
gress on the scale suggested would be
about $250,000,000 a year. As they are
bound to have this money in some form
or another, the best thing to do is to let
them draw it out in a lawful way. A
thousand Congressmen would be entirely
too small for this great country. —New
York Herald.
love Among the Mummies.
The glass case yonder is getting to he
more and more the Mecca of my glanceß
and tho Atlantis of my hopes. Why is
it, this strange new uprising of emotions
that ought to be long since dead ? I can
neither analyze my feelings nor ignore
them.
I wander what she is. Certainly not
Egyptian of the ancient race. The con
tour of her beautiful features, the cut of
her cerements, forbid the supposition.
That aquiline was never reflected in
tlie water of the Nile. The straight
black tresses were nex'er toyed with by
the Nubian breeze. From ethnological
indications on which it is unnecessary
to enlarge, I am confident .that she is
neither Aztec nor Peruvian. Strange,
lovely being, why did not the curators
think it worth their while to label you
distinctly ?
Sometimes I fancy that beneath my
ardent gaze the faintest possible blush
of consciousness reddens the parchment
of her cheek. Sometimes it seems that
her glance turns not unkindly iu my
direction. Sometimes—hateful thought!
—it seems to glide over my right shoul
der towards Bames VI., whose hiero
glyphics aro brighter than mine, owing
to liis later date.
At such times democratic, even com
munistic, ideas struggle in me for ex
pression, and I lose ail respect for maj
esty'. I could almost burst my wrap
pings and throttle the old imposter on
liis gaudy case!
ii.
He is tall, but not too tall. I believe
that ho notices the peculiarly becoming
style in which my hair was braided by
tlie old women of the tribe.
He must have come from beyond the
mountains. No Chinook chief or warrior
ever went to the happy hunting grounds
swaddled like a papoose in that ridicu
lous fashion.
Be still, my maiden heart! I know lie
admires me. I feel the melting of tlie
snows, the song of the spring birds, the
blossoming of the little buds. Why,
when they rearranged tho museum, did
they not place me nearer to him? My
cheeks must be dreadfully red. Did you
ever see anything so impertinent as liis
persistent gaze ? How well a scarlet
.wing feather from that phceniroptcrux
ruber in tho third ease to the left would
look in my back hair.
He shall never, never know my pref
■: —New York Sun.
Count I)e Lesseps’ Romance.
Count do Lesseps became a widower
at sixty-eight, with a numerous family.
A few years later he was in the habit of
visiting a family in Paris which com
prised live sisters. One day lie observed
that be had undergone great dangers and
difficulties among the Arabs, because
they could not conceive how a man could
live without a wife. Tlie prettiest of the
sisters innocently asked, “Wliy, then,
do you not marry again ?” “ Because I
am too old. Because, if I Were to fall in
love with a young girl it would be ab
surd to think that slio would fall in love
with me.” “Who knows?” observed
liis questioner. Lesseps told his young
listeners about the rose of Jericho, which,
after being dried and placed in water,
again bursts out in bloom. Soon after
ward he obtained one of these roses and
presorted it to the young girl. In a few
days she appeared with the reblossomed
rose in her hand, which she gave to the
count, saying: “ See what a miracle the
water has effected uoon the rose ; it is
tho blossoming of love in old age.”
Their eyes met, and he, believing she
had a meaning iu what she did, said:'
“ If you really dare venture to share the
remaining years of an old man, hero is
my hand.” But for this marriage it is
vory uncertain whether he would have
undertaken his laborious task at Pan
amn. Sha is always at his side, and has
been his chief help aud support through
out his arduous conflicts with politicians,
money-lenders, engineers and laboreis.
“X bulieve," observed a Western
Judge, as he adjourned court to attend a
convention before which liis name was
to bo presented for nomination, “that
office should seek the man, not the man
: the office. But whep. the office is seek
i iiig the man there is tio harm in a man
being arotaid where the office is likely
I to find him without an; trouble.”
the workshop.
.
There have been proposed circular
saws made of three layers, eaob side cast
steel and the middle tough wrought
iron.
A new slate-frame is mad© from strips
of pasteboard, liard felting, or the like,
molded and cemented together, and
which is designed to otiviato tt* disa
greeable noise made by pupils, 14 using
the ordinary wooden frame.
To get a gear wheel off a shaft upon
which it has been shrunk it is recom
mended to pour some melted iron around
the hub, by which operation the latter
will expand so quickly that there
no time for the shaft to get hot, and the
gear will come off easily.
Sutton says that he improved a high
priced modern circular saw by removing
about three-fourths of the teeth, leaving
three times the usual space between the
remainder ; this would give more than
three times the usual space. Mr. Sutton
considers that eight teeth is enough fox
a saw five feet in diameter.
The “Woodpecker” saw, worked at
an early period in sawing large logs in
California, was a considerable length of
a common straight saw, with a hole 111
the center, and mounted on a shaft so as
to rotate in the same manner as the cir
cular saw. It had only two teeth, one
at each end. It required plenty of
power.
A novelty in the utilization of wire
fences consists in insulating one of the
continuous xviree. and connecting its
cuds xvitli tlie opposite poles of a bat
tery. Animals coming in contact with
this lvire will receive a shock from the
electric current, lvhich will effectually
deter them, it is said, from attempting
to break down or ox'erride fences 0/ this
description.
One of tho hardest woods in existence
is that of the desert iron wood tree,
which grows iu the dry xvaslies along tho
line of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
Its specific gravity is nearly the same as
that of lignumvitre, and it has a black
heart so hard, when well seasoned, that
it xvill turn the edge of an ax, and can
scarcely be cut by a well-tempered saw.
In burning it gives out an intense heat,
and charcoal made from it is of une
qualed quality.
Anew aud efficient process of manu
facturing paper from straw consists in
first cooking the straw, then reducing it
to pulp, whereby the fiber is disinteg
rated, but not destroyed, and all the
gluten and albumen of the straw is re
tained, and finally bleaching it in a ves
sel of novel construction, xvhicli obviates
the introduction therein of any solid
particles of alkali. It is said this pro
cess renders the paper tough and plia
ble. It is asserted, also, that this paper
treated with glycerine assumes the con
sistency of leather.
Mb. Joshua Rose, a well-known me
chanical writer, explains that the tend
ency of a nut to unwind aud recede from
the pressure upon its radial face is pro
portionate to the pitch V’ the thread aud
the diameter of the bolt; and the finer
the thread upon a given diameter of holt,,
or the larger the diameter of bolt with a
given pitch of thread, the less will be
the tendency of the nut to move back.
In the case of ordinary bolts and nuts, a
giveu diameter of bolt is given a stand
ard pitch of thread, and these pitches
are not so fine as to prevent the nuts
from unscrewing in many cases, unless
check nuts are used. It would he other
wise if the nut-thread fitted reasonably
tight upon the bolt; for if the nut is
screwed well home it should remain
there, __.
Pie.
A young man, whom wo will call Dud
ley Ashton, went out to the North Park
to write up the mines, and otherwise to
whoop up the country and make it blos
som as the rose.
After lie had been there some time he
thought that the miners didn’t live high
enough. He had been accustomed to
luxury and pie, so he said he would
show the boys how to make pie.
Every one was glad that a professional
pie-promoter had struck the camp,
and there was a general good feeling all
around.
So Dudley took off his coat and took a
chew of tobacco, and laid the founda
tions for six fire-proof pies. Ho made
some plaster of-Pari3 dough with amal
gam filling, and proceeded to put in tho
‘ ‘ works. ” He got some canned black
berries that were on Jack Creek xvliou
the Indians invaded the camp years ago,
and that were so hard even then that tlio
Utes would not touch them.
These he kiln-dried and laid in the
pie, holding them in place with ten
penny nails, and trimmed with overskirt
of the same. After that lie was ready
to put on tlie sheet-iron roof. This ho
did, fastening it down witli wrought
iron rivets. Then he got an engraver to
put his monogram on the top, and put
tho whole six pies in the retort of the
assayer’s furnace.
The following week the pies were
taken out, still at a white heat They
were gradually cooled, and after tho
mid-day meal of bacon and coffee, every
man put his napkin under his chin and
smacked liis lips, while Dudley took a
pie out to tho blacksmith shop to divide
it up for dessert.
Only one man ato any pio that day.
Ho was the man above whose lowly
tomb the blue-eyed poison weed is wav
ing, and where iu the quiet midnight,
the soft-voiced coyote coos a mellow re
quiem.
The boys in the Park feared that they
would have to kill a man in order to start
a cemetery, but when that pio penetrated
Hie system of its victim, death entered
the new metropolis, and on the plain
white slab, erected over the new-made
grave, they simply wrote :
Turn, sinners, turn ; why will ye die
From eating cold, cast-iron pie ?
-Laramie City Boomerang.
A Doctor on the Dicycle.
“A Country Surgeon” writes to the
London I.ancet about the bicycle as fol
lows :
“ I have been a bicycle rider for the
last five years, with an ever-increasing
delight the more proficient I become.
This summer I have turned both my
horses out to grass, and have trusted to
my bicycle alone, going on an average
about fifty miles a day. I find I get
through my day’s work with less fatigue
than on horseback, and without the
monotony of driving. My work is done
quicker ; my usual pace is ten miles ar
hour, and I can go at the rate of fifteen
when pressed. A bicyclist's steed is
always ready saddled, and on arriving at
our destination does not require a boy to
hold him. It can be ridden with almost
os much ease in wet as in dry weather,
but it is not adapted for a very hilly
country, though all moderate lulls can
be surmounted. Since I invested in my
hew fifty-two-inch, I rode ninety-five
miles in one (lav -without unusual fatigue,
lean confidently recommend all men who
are fond of exercise without fatigue, arid
all who wish to curtail their stable ex
penses, to take the trouble to learn the
bicycle,”