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About Crawfordville democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1881-1893 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1883)
Tbs MoiUnOe Dent. CRAWFORDVILLE - - GEORG f A. WRITTEN IN BLOOD. (|ctcNUefl , i Letter »• lb* U*nr-H»w n Prlsonrr Ynlurrf n lillwipue of ilie »Ly. A St. Petersburg dispatch of Oct. 22, savs that the new Nihilist journal, the Messenger of the Will of the People, contains a letter from the Nihilist pris¬ oner Netehaieff to the Czar. Tho origin¬ al letter was written in blood. It says: “Sib: On taking charge of tho fort¬ ress, the new Commandant Ganetsky addressed his subordinate officers in the ravelin on the event of March 13. The character of the speech, and also the fact that it was made in the hall not far from my cell, showed to mo that it was intended for my ears. And, indeed, I beard every word of it. But this intimi¬ dation did not reach its aim. Tho indi¬ rect threatening of Gen. Ganetskydid not frighten me. It showed me that, under the influence of the late events, even the highest representatives lost their heads of and the Administration have feeling of jiersonal dignity. I would not mind tho trick of His Excellency if, for no fault of mine, he did not aggravate my lot, which has already exhausted my endurance. “The Alexis ravelin is a secret prison. No supervision is allowed there. The late Commandant Baron Meidel, used to restrain to a certain degree, the thievish Warden Philimonoff. While fulfilling his hard duty, he did not torture the prisoners to gratify his personal cruelty. But after that speech took from of Gnnefsky, last the thief Philimonoff ns the crust of bread, saying of imptidenlly Commandant. that such was the order the In order to get in favor with the new Commandant, tlie officers of the ravelin have tried their utmost to flppress politi¬ cal prisoners in all possible ways. For montlis they have kept me in my cell, without permitting that me to see daylight. Ganetsky ordered even the warm¬ ing-holes in mv cell should be closed, on the pretence that. I might there get soot and make ink of it. The upper pane of my window was oloan, and through it I could see a part of the sky. It is nec¬ essary to experience the horrors of a Inn g solitary confinement in order to nn derstaml wliat relief a prisoner gets from the sight of passing clouds and shining Btars. Ganetsky closed that pane. The two Commandants, six of the chiefs of gendarmes, and even the chief of the Su¬ preme Commission, Gen. Melikoff, while visiting me, saw the clean pane and did not think the State was letter in danger on ac¬ count of it. [Here the was illegi¬ ble.! “Ten years already I have suffered here. The further aggravation of my lot cannot proceed but only from from any the political cruelty consideration, of the man to whom you have entrusted the fortress. Oenernl Mezontoeff was my personal enemy. For two years lie kept me in heavy chains, and yet he did not shut me up out of sight of the sky. I had another enemy, General Potaiwiff. He insulted me in words, ami I slapped his face. Of course no hated me, yet he did not take revenge. He knew that to take revenge upon a man who is bound arms and legs would bo an action fit only for a wild beast, and General Potapoff a mau anybow. Gonotskv enjoys the sight of suffering prisoners. Perhaps he expects to bring mo into a state of despair in order to see tears and the pas¬ sion of helpleHB madness, and to listen to insane shoots of rage frojn me like those I hear from a neighboring cell, where a comrade at the end of a long confinement lias liecomo a lunatic. Oh, no. I will not treat Ganetsky to such a pleasnre. hnndreth I hopo of he the will calm preserve and even self a part bo oontrol I possees when ho shall car¬ ried to a scaffold. “In 1875 the Government requested me to express my views on tho (date of affairs in Russia. In my memorial sent to your late father I explained that the time of absolute power was gone, that the unlimited monarchy was undermined, and that a liberal Constitution might yet gave Russia from the horrors of revo¬ lution. I insisted upon the need of lib¬ eral institutions which, and which only, could stop the series of daring attempts. I said then that in a few years even a Constitution wonld l>o too late. Stilrae qnent events have justified my views. The reaction which set in after the catas¬ trophe of Much 13 was a matter of course. It was in the nature of things. •But, being carried too far. even the re¬ action will bring about quite unexpected results. I do not expect any relief from the new administration. I shall not lie surprised if my lot lieoomes still harder on account of the present letter. Louis XYI. realized the horrors to which tho prisoners of the Hostile were subjected only when he became himself a political prisoner. Skrok Neti'raiefe. "I write this with my nail in my blood. 8. N.” In December, 1882, Netehaieff was tortured by the Warden, and soon after wai found dead. Nearly Buried.—A ghastly story is reported lrom Mscheno, iu Bohemia. A mau, who was apparently dead, had just been lowered into the grave, when the mourners were horrified to see theoofliu lid begin to move, and the liueu shroud gradually appear, until the corpse at iwt sat lip. The man heard said that all that he had had throughout his illness been said. He was aware they thought him dead, but he was unable to make any sign. From the graveyard the man was taken home, and there is now every prospect of his recovery. Poor Ia—T he Fenobecot Indians, who have been a part of the history of Maine for 300 years, have intermarried until they have become almost white. Oidtown, the seat of their mission, has dDUrfa sa d from a population of 8,000 in 1625 to s mere hamlet of a few hundred •ouls in 1883. God is glorified, not by our all groans, goes! ten onr thanksgivings; gxxsi claim and thought ami actum a natural alliance with good oheer. LIKE A. LITTLE LIBERIA A COMMV OF COLORED PEOJFI.B IN TIIK METROPOLIS. kept hr a White Jinn—The Grades of its .Society. In a large city like New York, says the New York Times, it is customary for the lower classes of each foreign race to dwell together in some particular principal portion of the town. In the American cities the colored people follow this rule. More persons of that race are to be seen on Thompson and Bleecker streets and on Sixth avenue than in auy other parts of New York. But the lo¬ cality which is nlost thoroughly given here up to citizens of African descent consists of the three little thoroughfares which are mentioned in the Htreet Directory as MinettarStreet, Minetta lane, and Minetta-place, respectively. This loenlity which may properly be called Minetta, is a very peculiar one. Though an extremely quiet place, it links three busy thoroughfares, in which the street car bells keep up an nnceasing jingle. Minetta-street begins at Bleecker Church, street opposite the Universalist and, turning at a slight angle abont half way up its length,emptieaintoMinetta- the foot of Sixth lane, which runs from avenue to No. 124 Macdongal street. The street and lane form a figure T, which, owing to the angle in the former, is a little shaky al>out the knees. The length of the street is about equal to that of the average block, while the lane is considerably shorter. A short open passage leads from Minetta-street, near its head, to Minetta-place, which runs parallel to the street, and is of miniature proportions. Minetta is old-fashioned lo¬ a very cality. The inhabitants have kept it in nearly the name condition as they found it a number of years ago. The most notable exception to the rule is a five story apartment house of fashionable build, which overlooks the rest of Minetta. Here dwell the aristocracy of tho colony. But few white people Jive within the limits of Minetta, and they quite properly look uj>on themselves as belonging to an alien race. They con¬ sequently feel obliged to submit to the domination of the more powerful na¬ tives. On a pleasant afternoon, when the pavements swarm with dusky skinned children at play, the white-faced little ones are obliged to keep their dis¬ tance, and when allowed to join in the sport they must subject themselves to the discriminative rules laid down by the young lords of Minetta. Some of tho young oolored lads aro provided witli bicycles, out of the way of which it behoove* the white child to keep it¬ self. Many of tho youngsters are well dressed, and their clothes appea r to have been made for them. While occupied in manly sports hues they appear skin to advan¬ tage. The dark of their make the oolorless faces of their humble white companions half-baked. appear Many by oontrast of the maidens tallowy and of Minetta are comely, even if they can not be truthfully spoken ot bloom¬ ing. The men appear as a rule quite re homes injectable. in Mftetta. Scry few The na#r«> women loafers are in¬ , dustrious. Many who have time to snare after attending to their domestic duties earn considerable sums by taking in washing or going out to work. Some are cooks in restaurants, while their hus¬ bands are waiters, mechanics, washers in white, or laborers. Near the head of Minetta street is a neat, one-story gro¬ cery store, which is kept by n colored man. There is but one bar-room to bo found in Minetta, and this is a small one and difficult of access. To the credit of the neighborhood, bo it said that this is not On kept pleasant fiy a oolored days the man. windows of the neighborhood ore full of dark faces, or¬ namented with white teeth and bright eyes. In cold weather, happy little “ooons” flatten their noses against the well-oleaued window panes. Old women who have once been slaves and still oover their heads with bandana handker¬ chiefs aro frequently seen at the win¬ dows. The wild whoop of the licensed render will bring them to the doors brthe score. Even among the best people of Minetta the prejudice against The poor most for eigners is very strong, ac oomplislied colored lady will not hesitate to leave her door and scold like a fish woman at tho slovenly Italian gnrhage buuter who has the hardihood to dese¬ crate her osh-barrei with his loathsome hook. No hawker of razors would d»r< to eater the precincts of Minetta and bv his presence remind the ordinarily quiet matron of the weakness of the colored man for secreting a razor in his boot ns a weapon of defense. Old-fasliioued cellar doom, opening on to the highway, abound along the street and lane. Old fashioned stoops rise from one side 01 the houses, instead of from the fr<u“ leaving tho approach to the basemen! open. Old-fashioned knockers still hang on many of the doors. Their marks still remain on others, although long since removed. The houses are low, mauy lieing not more lhau two stories high. The fronts are of brick and are generally quite neat, but many of the 1 mcks are rather shabby and are of wood. Lines run out from the rear windows in all directions, and on these are dried the clothes which are brought there from nil portions of the city to lie cleansed. Even this little Lilieria has its aristo¬ cratic and its low quarters- Minetta place may be deserilnxl as the Fifth ave¬ nue of the colony, while the Ians is the Bowery. Minetta place is very neat. The houses are of brick, with green bUnda and clean steps. The walk in front of them is kept scrupulously neat, Ainong the luxuries of the place neatlv- are a pump and a lamp-post, A In painted wooden fence hides the yards the rear of the houses which front on Minetta street. But the view from the winuiws of # the place is spoiled , . by AX the shabby, nnpamted backs heavflv-loaded of the opposite Imre housos and the long drying from which float hundreds of patrician undergarments. These look ch^au, but the fact 80 r> 5 >eulyex!>osed give* the scenes the houses vulgar air. The contrast between fronting on the place and those belong¬ ing to the street is very striking. Mi netta street is much more respectable The in appearsuoo than the lane. latter nkrt a cheap look. Two or three rather uninviting-looking courts run out from it. One of these is so crowded with clothes-lines that it is almost impossible to see the sky from the ground. Signs in front of the doors are quite common iu the lane. One ef them reads: “Mrs. Anthony, Washing and Ironing, Going fol¬ out to Day’s Work.” Another is as lows: “Fashionable Dress and Cloak Maker. Ladies’ Suits Made Over Equal to New.” Another announces the fact that “Cheap Dress-making and Family Sewing” is done inside. At the entrance of a basement is the sign: “Mason-work and Plastering Done,” with a slate over it for orders. “Lodging for Gentlemen” is on another sign. Other signs an¬ nounce that artists who have devoted themselves to chimney-sweeping and whitewashing respectively are to be found within. * Minetta has the appearance of been a suburb many years before surrounding streets were built up. The houses have an ancient look and their architecture is that of a past generation. Its former inhabitants were driven from their quiet retreat buildings by the advance of business, the of which sprang np around them on all sides. Something of an ancient air respectability still seems to linger there, and it is still comparatively snrronnds it. free from the bustle which A steps will suffice to take one of its in habitants from his home to he noisy outside world. The Opium Curse. The latest case of the terrible work of opium that is, the most notable that has come to light recently, is that of a mid¬ dle aged woman Who, born in affluence, weaitn and refinement, becomes a slave to the opium demon, and sinks in the lowest walks of life. The woman from a home in the State of New York, with her two children, to that Denver, Gol. When she had arrived in city a year ago she had forty thousand dollars in nn) ney, many valuableldiamonds and a large number of rich the and Windsor costly dresses. Hotel, She took rooms at the moat fashionable and costly in the city, end soon began to indulge her f alBe and unnatural appetite for opium. She went from tho Windsor lower and lower for her place of living until now her money and jewels are all gone, her honor “or fled and she and her little ones, heaA whose sake a natural mother's’ Z would have object kept her from her degrada all are of charity. The case in its details is indeed one that ex cites sympathy as the woman is the daughter of a prominent army officer and has been sent by the Woman’s Humane Society to her fathers' home. She could not be trusted with a ceut of money or be sent alone, so great was her determination to get the drug which had wrought her ruin as she wonld pawn anything and everything to ob tain it, so a lady was Bent east with her to see that she and her children were again in the keeping ot her relatives and friends. A movement to abolish the im portation of opium should be iuaugu rated and a severe punishment iufiicted on those who deal in the drug for other than medicinal purposes. Tliis drug is on the list of secret sms. It is taken on the sly at first, but in a hoit t me aud degrade? * For tins, mi otbei reason it is worsethan wmsky, and besidi ot that it leaves its mark on the children ^ZZph^fcS^ndmontelly’wtak There is argument hiiman bemgs. off but thousands no in favor W: of reasons against 2ft the of opium and the puniX stri* legislation with the severest mentis should be promulgated Ugilmst it How Soldiers are Swindled. CLAIM AGENTS EXACTING FEES FOR WORK THAT IS NEVER DONE. Judge Ferris, the Second Auditor of tiro Treasury, has submitted to the Secretary his annual report, iu which he says that on July 1, 1882, he had 38,440 accounts and claims on hand ; that 27,- 502 were received during the fiscal year 1883, that 24,104 were disposed Jahi of, leav¬ ing 41,028 unsettled on 80. The net amount drawn from the Treasury in payment of claims and in advances to dis¬ bursing officers was $23,878,043.49. The Auditor states at some length the condi¬ tion of the public and business fifty intrusted to liis charge asks for additional clerks to enable him to dispose of ac¬ cumulated work, there being more un¬ settled claims on hand than at any time since 1872. Judge Ferris says that not one in twenty of all the pending claims was filed upon the suggestion or by the voluntary ordinary action that of the establish claimant. the The causes rela¬ tion of attorney and client do not exist. The attorney seeks the client-. An agent is employed and to solicit business in a cer¬ tain section his advent is announced by advertisement Ho is armed with blanks ready to be filled up, and repre¬ sents to the nni’iformed, more geuerallv the colored soldiers or their heirs, that they have not been paid all that is justly due them ; that some new law or new construction of existing law entitles them to more bounty or further pay. A small fee in advance is required, general¬ ly $2 or $3, sometimes more, in fact all that can l>e got, with the promise that no more will be demanded unless the claim be allowed. The fee is paid, the application filled, and in the end rejected. It is a very common thing to receive in one package fifty or a hundred.,such claims. The alt', rney rarely looks After them, as it does not pay. He has’ re¬ ceived his little advance fee and it pays better to hunt up more victims. Judge Ferris says that another class of purwxirthlessclinnis claims for bounties is constantly already increas- paid— mg imd renews his former recommendatioD ‘ i)f * be Presage of a law of limitation, A . " ... R^eition.-Two „ , Mormon r nnssiounnes reoemir presented tliem ^Jvesat tho door of Farmer de Armond iu rrsuk lin Countv. night.* Indiana, and asked to ^ owr He told them they cmld not W' entertained. They insisted on n'main in g. He went out to the bam and brought in a corn-knife. “If you , <flv j'jj eu t xour heads off,’’ said ha They loft.-AVn.‘«oAy Journal. -4 Mvskeoon young man , has married . , his aunt. Now let some paragrspher bc gin calling the man uncle to himself brother-in-law to his own mother, and son-in-law to hia own grandmother. IF. If you your lips Would keep from dip*, Five things observe with care; Of whom you speak, To whom you speak, And how, and when, and where. If you your ears Would save from jeers, These things keep meekly bid; Myself and I. And mine and my, And how I do or did. — Christian A dvocate. WIT AND WISDOM. Our content is our best having. Keep potatoes in a cool, dark place, Apples keep best on shelves, Lemon-juice will usually remove mil dew; place the fabric in the sun. A HAla , SOMB woman plea8es the eye; b t 8 ^ “ charis the “ heart, not until you are told of . oppor Unities to do good; inquire after them, Love without esteem cannot reach far, 1180 very high; it is an angel with one mn 8- * “Yes,” said the merchant, “I’m in a ,great hour hurry. I’ve got to go and wait an in a barber’s shop.” A Little Bock man found a cake of soap and for days carried it as a curi as nobody could tell what it was. "It’s a weigh! have,” remarked the butcher as he let his band rest on the scales while weighing the meat. He whose first emotion, on the view of au excellent production, is to under value it, will never have one of his own to show, “The dog has queer taste in matters of dress; he wears his pants in his mouth.” Yes, and the man’s pants, too, sometimes. It is said that a hot shovel held over furniture removes white spots. It will remove young gentlemen callers when they stay too late. Nothing is so great an instance of ill manners the'eompuny, as flattery. If you flatter all you please none. If you only one or two, you affront the rest. VI > ? , the ° ld « eutle ,, “ aa W , tis daughter is coming on and he iras Ulke 8na our P 8 advice l ,aok at and let * wel1 *1 enough, b enou « alone. Profane swearing is a voluntary sin. Most erring people, when they do wrong, count upon some good to be derived from their conduct, but for profanity there is no excuse. Old Gent— “Ah, Mrs. B., did you keep a diary during your visit to the country ?” Mrs. B., indignantly— “No, sir, I didn’t. The family bought milk from the neighbors. ” At the roadmaster’s office a few days since a report of material used was re ceived with this indorsement: “Charge to Mrs. Lane’s account." Investigation ,vod that miscellaneous account was | ^nded. , AT waa quite rigM whon he said that 1S a great blessing that night never i |i'n Mere vith an llonest man’s work? but [ ays f when the day’s work is over and , el ow ls aU ti red 0llt . Howells and Mark Twain are. to com hme . and write a book on American bumor / Bball 8 et out of the bum * right . away, while we are. yet safe. American humor won Utand much more ' vntul 6 about .-Lowell Chhr.cn. “Handsome is that handsome does,” quoted a Madison avenue man to his wife. “Yes,” replied she, in winning tones. “For instance, the man who is always ready to hand some money to his wife for fall clothes.” She won. It must be admitted—and the fact is greatly to our credit—that Lord Chief Justice Coleridge is being lionized al¬ most as much in this country as the English prize fighters and pedestrians who preceded him .—Norristown Her¬ ald. A Little Coal Mine. —DickLuke is the owner of a whole coal mine in Michigan, and yet he is not much of a capitalist, He personally for it is a works very the small only prop¬ erty. tun¬ nel, into which he crawls in the morn¬ ing, coal to before get night. out an average of a ton of Writing Uuder Difficulties. Wilkie Collins writes most of his Novels with his own hand, but now and then rheumatic gout gives him such pain that he cannot hold a pen, and then ne employs an amanuensis. The greater part oi “the Moonstone'’ was dictated, and Mr. Collins says it is the only one of his works which he has not read. The recollection of the agony he suffered Vhile dictating it deters him. “For a long time, while that book was writing,” he says, "I had the utmost difficulty in getting an amanuensis who would go on with his work without interrupting him¬ self to sympathize with me. 1 am much like*a beast in many ways—if I lay I am in pain, I must howl; and, as in the bed in the corner yonder, I would often break forth in a yell of anguish. Then my amanuensis would urge me to compose myself and not to write any more. Between the paragraphs I would go along nicely enough, having in my pOnd just what I wanted to say, and these interruptions would drive me mad. Finally a young girl, not more than seventeen, offered to help me, and I consented that she should, in case she was sure she could let me howl and cry out in mv pain while she kept her place at the table. She did it, too, and "The Moonstone’ finally came to an end. But I never read it—never.” Blasting Fruit Tress. — Sufficient nas l*een said on autumn planting in for¬ mer months. How long it may be con¬ tinued will depend upon tho season. Wherever the soil is in good condition trees may should still they be be planted, if the but ground by no means set is partly frozen and unfit to come in con¬ tact with the roots. In such condition of the soil it will be better to heel-iu the trees until spring. --—- Postal.—T he estimated postal reve¬ nue for the next fiscal year is $47,104 078, and deficiency ttje expenditure of $2,958,11L $50,062,189, leaving a JOHNSON, THE PACER. Oily 92*000 ConiniiiMti on for a Ilorf Sale* [From the Denver Tribune. J Some men are unfitted by nature to be the owner of a fast horse, and Mr. Mather, who recently sold the pacei Johnson to Commodore Kittson, is one of them. Mr. Mather is a banker of Berlin, Wis., and discovered the now famous pacer in that sylvan nook some three years ago. At* that time Mr. Mather was the owner of a pair of gray driving horses, whose speed he rated at about a mile in three minute®. It was while driving these moderately rapid steeds up the road one day that he first saw Johnson. The owner of the pacer, a man of moderate means, conveyed to Mr. Mather the information that the bay gelding suggested could go along pretty well, and that the ownership of a half interest in him would be a good thing, even for a banker. Mr. Mather, judg¬ ing everything in the the way of horse flesh from the standard of gray team, told his neighbor to start up the road with the pacer while he (Mather) kept along¬ side with the gjays, and noted how the horse went. ft is hardly necessary to say that Mr. Mather viewed the per¬ formance from a considerable distance in the rear, but tliis fact so him that he became a half owner in the* pacer, paying the less than $500 for his share of animal. Later he secured the other half, and in the summer of 1882 found himself the owner of a horse that could go a mile in about 2:15. Last spring the animal was placed in Peter Johnston’s hands for training, and soon after that Mr. E. H. Smith secured a controlling half in the horse for $5,000. When the trotters and pacers began op¬ erations in Michigan, Mr. Mather con¬ cluded to go across the lake and see how his horse would perform. He reached Detroit in time to see Johnson win his race with ease. At the Chicago races Mr. Mather again had the pleasure of beholding Johnson win, and at the end of the second heat the entire field that started against him had been distanced. Then came a cloud on the hitherto rose tinted horizon of Mr. Mather’s turf ex¬ perience. At Pittsburgh the horse was taken sick. Mr. Smith, the other part¬ ner, wanted to buy or sell. Mr. Mather reflected—and bought out Smith. Chicago, this fall, Johnson paced a mile in 2:10. In the mean time Mr. Smith had secured an agreement from Mr. Mather, which was to the effect that in case Smith could sell the horse for over $18,000 the surplus was to be his com¬ mission on the transaction. Negotiations with Commodore Kittson were opened, the price of These Johnson being placed at $20,000. figures were satisfac¬ tory, provided the horse could show three good heats. He did that, and then nothing remained but to pay the money, Dan Woodmansee was the pay¬ master. Mr. Matfier suggested that the entire $20,000 be handed over to him and he would settle with Smith. Mr. Smith objected gently, but firmly. could He would take $2,000 and Mr. Mather have $18,000. At this juncture Mr. Mather sought consolation and advice from John Splan, who was one of the "Does it?” replied Splan. “I think you aro getting off remarkably cheap. As a rule, when the boys sell a horse for a man, they just split the Stnount in two with the owner.” “What! Is that really the custom?’ "Certainly. When Barns was sold for $30,000,‘I got $17,500 he^toio foimy part,” Mr. Mather wanted to more, but went across to the Paimeb House rotunda at a 2:20 gait iu order to sign the bill of sale. After the sale had been concluded and the draft for the money handed over and vouched for by a bank, the party again fell to chatting. Smith "Don’t you think,” said Mr. to Mr. Mather, “that now you have got all that money you could afford to buy me a nice cigar ?” to,” the reply, "I should like was "but I have only just time to catch my train,” and a grab was made for his satchel. John * You’d better look out,” said Splan. “Every saudbagger iu Chicago has been waiting for yon to get that money, and they are lining the road from here to the depot now. ” "Oh, I haven’t got the money,” re¬ plied Mr. Mather, earnestly. "I put it all in the bank except $15. Good day, gentlemen.” "Good day,” replied Mr. Smith, “and God bless you.” A Little Change. A wealthy man from the old German country of Pennsylvania would said think to that me, says Gath: “You not in our region it is hard to get domestic servants, where we have so many strong, farm-raised native girls to whom work is the chief education. Yet it is true, and I attribute it to the radical change money has effected to the real injury of the well-to-do people; for of wliat reliable use is our money if we cannot get cooks, nurses and maids ? Not many rears ago we raised the best household servants in the country and there were plenty of them at easy wages. Then we were not so puffed pleasant up with money with and onr girls had a relation the family and when their work was done would come upstairs and Now, hear since what was being talked abont. some of us have become rich, they are no longer invited upstairs and must sit in the kitchen, and as they are social animals they will have their company. They say, ‘they don’t care anything about us. We* owe them nothing.’ And,” said my friend, “it is rapidly com¬ ing down to a s rt of eight or ten hour law among servants. certain They will get your with breakfast at a hour and stay you till evening, and then they are going up in the village to have recreation. The fact is,” said my acqnaintance, "that they are Americans like ourselves, and if we want to draw the live on them they mean to draw it on us. There are disadvantages about dividing classes.” our repub¬ lican peoole into two A fragment ot conversation between Toung girls: “Do you know what a preface Ts?” “No, do yon ?’’ ‘ ‘Not ex¬ actly; only I know that it is at the be¬ ginning of books.” “Oh, well; then it must be the same as when we are courted before entering on marriage.” CHOPPING DOWN A TREE. DescriplUiu of the l’roress as Practiced l» the Maine Woods. [From the Boston Transcript.] The chopper works upon one bended knee. Before beginning to cut, he has looked to see which way the tree is in¬ clined. For this he steps back a short distance to where he can see its very top. If he is in doubt he lifts his ax by the end of the helve and lets it hang freely suspended. This gives him a plumb line by which he measures the inclina¬ tion of the tree. But it is not enough to determine in what direction the tree will fall most readily. It may be that large trees are standing right in the way of its failing on that side, and against these the tree will be lodged. It mast be carried to the one side or the other, and herein consists one of the mysteries of woodcraft—the skill to guide a tree in its fall. He will direct it with the greatest ease. Having decided where he wants it to go to avoid the risk of lodging against other trees, or of being broken by falling on uneven ground, or to have it lie so that the logs will be convenient of removal, the chopper first undercuts the tree; that is, he cute upon the side toward which he will have it fall, and in such a manner that the line of the kerf shall be exactly at right angles with the line along which the tree is to lie. If the tree stands nearly perpendicular, and has no inclination to fall as he wishes, the chopper cuts a little beyond the heart on that side. By do¬ ing this he removes the base when the tree is ready to fall, and rests upon a base of but an inch or two in breadth, se much? from the center of the stump. The effect of this will be very great in. moving the base so that the center of gravity will fall on the side desired. Though he works in so cramped a pos¬ ture, the chopper cuts the stump so level and so smooth he thinks his little boy could spin his top upon it. Having undercut the tree with the greatest care, the woodman now changes his position a little, but remains on the same side, rests on is, his other the knee, and shifts hands, that wields ax with the other hand forward. He now cuts upon the other side, leaving the stump two or three inches higher according as he wishes to gain advantage for the last few strokes. The work goes on with little concern until the base is no thicker than a aimed plank and full qnite the as even, then a blow is at center, and the chopper looks quickly at the top to note the effect. If he perceives a tremor in the trunk, or if a bit of bark or moss is loosened from its hold, he knows now every stroke will tell, and he aims these with the greatest precision. Soon as ever the top bows to its fall he marks the direction to which it is mov¬ ing. If he wishes to bring it more to¬ ward him he strikes a blow upon the further edge; if to cany it further from him, the blow is given upon the side that is nearer. These last strokes need to be given with great nicety. If fee¬ ble, they will fail to effect their purpose; if of too great force, the tree will be sev¬ ered from the stump upon is that side, and then all cor <rol of it lost at once, and it plunges Sdindly forward. A tall tree Jjkp the pi ■ is broken from the stamp shorter trees. In its descent the pine acquires at its top lift a centrifugal force so powerful as to the tree from the stump and carry it forward five or six feet before it reaches the ground. When it does come to the earth the top and the butt strike at the same time, and the tree lies half buried in the snow’. Beauty and the Beast. A king had a son named Kusa, who was heroicaby strong, but who, unfor¬ tunately. “possessed the 18 signs of ugliness, and a face like that of a lion.” Iu order that the youth might not know how hideous he was, he was brought up without ever having seen a mirror or even the surface of standing water. And when he married, he was ordered never to show himself to liis wife in the day¬ time, or by artificial light, lest she should find that she was wedded to a monster. After a time, however, the curiositv due of the Tibetan Psyche was aroused, night she lighted a When lamp and covered it up with a bowl. her husband arrived she lifted the bowl, and then for the first time she saw that he had “the eighteen marks of unsight¬ liness and a face like a lion’s jowl,” so she exclaimed: “A demon ! a demon 1” and fled away to her father’s bouse. Sorrowfully did her deserted husband seek to recover her. Several times he, unrecognized, won bet heart by his ad dress. But whenever she saw his face she always uttered the same cry and fled. At last he displayed such heroic qualities in fighting against her father’s foes, that the Princess thought excellently : “As this youth Kusa is endowed with boldness and courage, why should I dislike him ? So “she took a liking for him,” and returned to live with him. All went well for a time. But at length Kusa went down to a pool one day to bathe. Catching sight of the reflection of his face in the water, he said to himself, “As I have the 18 signs of nncomeliness and a face like a lion, and as on that ac¬ count the Princess takes no pleasure in me, it is needless that such n one as I should remain alive. I will go and put mvself to death.” Thereupon he en¬ tered into a copse and was about to hang liimself, when Indra interfered and pre¬ sented him with a jewel which, when worn upon his forehead, endowed him with personal beauty. After which he lived happily with*his admiring wife. The story has been considerably dis¬ torted in its change from a mythological belonged, to a moral tale. It originally of Indian no doubt, to the large group >ed the for legends iu which are deserfi tunes of a brilliant and generally Divine- for being, who is forced to assume a time a sombre or even repulsive all appear¬ event* ance, and to live on earth, at during the day-time, as a hideous man or even as so inferior a creature as a pig or a frog, until at last the s r wSiich binds him is broken, usually his- m consequence of something done husband by be w ife, and the long-degraded bright and glorious.*— comes once more The London Quarterly Review.
