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THE WHEEL.
Bee the wheeler with hla wbeei,
Bllent wheel. k
How many murderous thought* pas * 1 * through
our raiud as past he sieals;
As he glides aioLg the pave
With the silene i ol the grave,
And the cry-taliluic glitterln* of nickel
plated steel
Burets upon the enraptured sight,
As It hashes dazzlng bright,
Till the gain ins with delight
(Which the ordinary mortal and pedestrian
cannot leol),
Tell out; ••dee the blooming hljlt cun his
altltood'nous wheel,”
On his lofty and exalted and veloci.iedlc
wheel.
On his whee', wheel, wheel, wheel,,wheel,
wheel, wheel,
On hie lofty a od veloclpedio wheel,
Hear the tli kllng of his bell,
Little bell,
a it warns the folks to give hi n room before
be gives them Topnet.
And he dings It all the while
With a treble, vac int smile,
he werbs nls number twelve in arbytb
mlc kind of sly e,
An 1 the people, ah 1 they think.
As they bear that tinkle tlnk :
Here comes old Darwin’s lost one) here
comes the missing link
And they positively feel
Like smashing up his wheel,
And implauiiag on bis pantaloons some
wounds that wouldn't heal;
would cause him to stand upright as
he takes his mi lday meal,
d would tive him heaps of trouble as he
sat upon his wneel,
hi* wheel, wheel, wheel, wheel, wheel,
wheel, wheel.
hi nickel-plated, highly-polished wheel.
A Gambler’s Wife.
“What new beauty have we here,
trl?" I asked, taking a small color-
id picture from among the mass of
papers, pamphlets, wrapping paper,
etc , that covered the table and fi >or
)f the library and which would have
rid plainly enough to all acquain
ted that Carl was at home once
tore, after this, his longest ramble
i foreign lands, without the corrobo*
illng testimony of cigar smoke, or
je lounging figure in the rocking-
lr.
. r this brother of mine never spent
1 six months of the year in the
itiful country home of his child-
food, giving the other s ! x to whatever
place or people promised most enter-
Jnmeut on short notice. The last
months had been spent in Paris,
p conjectured the little gem of art 1
in my hand was a French
ity; the pure outlines and exqui-
eomplexion looking most life-
as they smiled up at uie from the
eard. But notwithstanding
jreiit beauty of contour and fea-
vthere was a frightened, almost
Id look in the dark eyes that told
Fagedy, or at least anticipated it.
Who is she, C trl ? The eyes aflect
^strangely, with their wild iright-
look. There Is a reign of terror
Ihem equal to the one her ancestors
Bed through. I almost see the
Idow of the guillotine in their vei-
ly depths.”
“Let me see; ah, my little sister,
lay you n^per know so hard a fate as
kis poor girl encountered and suc-
imbeii to. No, she is not French—a
lussian—but married to a French-
|man.” And Carl took the picture
from my hand and placed it on a
km all easel above his desk. “X will tell
}ou about her, Louie, if you have an
[hour, and I will you why I cold you.
“It was while Tom Barnes was
[with me last June, and when we left
r ersailles for Paris, that I first saw
iMadame Literre—though I think: the
(name an assumed one. \^e had to
Iron to prevent being lef f ,I remember,
[and Barnes, out of humor because of
[it, plunged his face into his book and
aft me to my own resources.
“As soon as I was oomfortably set-
1, as usual, began scrutinizing
traveling companions, and to try
imagine who and what they were
kra were four besides ourselves in
le carriage. One a quiet, middle-
kged Eagllshman, who was Boon
[asleep in his corner. The two who
sat next myself were evidently man
and wife, though he paid her none of
the attention aud politeness usually
accorded in public, even if dispensed
with privately.
“He was a pale, quiet man of twenty-
five pexhape,richly but quietly dressed,
and seemingly taking no notioe of any
,one around him. The wife, too, was
le, and much as she looks in that
^tle plc .ure. Ht-r dress, though sim-
was perfect, and evidently the
>duotion of some first-rate artist,
fer whole style proclaimed her at
Mice to be.ong to the higher order of
society.
“She seemed to be suffering and
requently pat her hand t > her fore-
and I observed upon the dell-
itely-formed, ungloved hand a costly
heautv^and I e 1
•he car* seed a small English (log t iat
often looked up at her with affection
ate recognition.
“The other passenger I could not
make out at all. He was elderly, com
monly dressed, and with scant gray
hair and heavy whiskers. H s plero-
ing eyes were fr q teotly placed on
the silent young mariied couple. And
then he seemed as utterly oblivious of
them as they of him. What was his
nationality ? Was he with them cr a
stranger like myself? I could not
i ell. And the more I looked the more
uncertain I became. I thought, too,
there seemed an tff >rt at disguise.
He kept bis face averted all he could,
consistent with his watchfulness of
the quiet young husband whom he
eyed at times so persistently.
“We sped along ovpr the beautiful
road, each absorbed iu his own rtflec
tions, broken only by an occasional
low sigh from the lady, and soon ar-
rived t»t our destination. The train
s'odped, and, as none of my compan
ions showed any disposition to move
first, 1 aroused Barnes frrm the depths
o'his romance and we left the car
riage.
“Dinner over, we went to the thea
ter, and afterward by the persuasion
of a friend, to a private gambling-
house. I was greaily surprised, on
entering, to see my elderly traveling
companion seated at the table, his eyeB
and manner keen as ever, and deep in
a game of rouge et noir. It was early
yet, and very few people were present;
but every sound was hushed and the
the game went on in dead silence,
broken only by the voices of the
dealers, calling the result of
games, and tne rattling of
gold as it was raked from
to auotber. The old
t’ e
the
one
man
night, and I must have tne ling.”
seemed in luck, for the time being,
avid wod ev ry game. I thought a
gleam of satisfaction shone over his
face as the d->or opened and our o'her
traveling acquaintance from V«r
sailles—the quiet, careless husband,en
tered and sat down to play.
“I did not play that night; and my
whole attention was given to these
two. The young man lost from the
find, deal. It >uleau after rouleau was
swept from the table by his wat chful
old opponent; but still he played on.
The large sums he lost, and his p le,
excited face, deeply interested me,
and I stayed on and watched him un
til late at night, when he left the
room his last napoleon gone.
“After supping at a coffee-house I
went back to my room at the hotel,
but for some cause could not sleep.
The heat was oppressive and my room
small; betides, the game I bad been
watering had excited me strangely,
and I only fell into a troubled bleep
near morning.
“I was awakened about daylight by
voices in the adj >ining rrom—those of
a man and woman, evidently. The
man’s voice was low and pleading,
and the woman seemed to be crying.
I could hear enough to understand
that she was refusing him some
request, for his tone became loud and
threatening and at last I heard him
say:
“ ‘If you rifuseme, you seal my ruin
and your-iwa. I have no mire gold
—and I must have the diamonds to
retrieve myself.’
Hysterical sobs were the only
answer he received, and he contin
ued :
“Something tells me I shall win to
paler thau ever, a long, shuddering
Bign l r >ke from him as he felt first in
one pocket, then in another, and final
ly grasped nis hat and fled from the
room. The playing went pn for a
while longer, and then one by one
they went out, leaving only the at
tendants, the old keen eyed gambler
and myself present. Something—an
undefinable feeling of interest in the
unhappy young man who had left the
house in such despair a short tiui’
before—held me there. I must see if
he returned,
“Suddenly the door opened and h?
ran in, as if fleeing for his life. I
shall never forget tint sight, Louie.
His face was ghastly, his dress disor
dered, and he trembled as though
with ague. As he rushed up to the
table, in the strong gl re of the lights
I saw gre&t drops of perspiration
ttmding on his brow. Hi thrust his
hand in his pocket and tossed a ring
down before Ids opponent.
“There 1 It is worth 10,000 franc*.
Now cover mv stakes,” he cried.
“I instantly recogniz -d the beauti
ful diamond as the one his wife had
worn in the (jars, and the conversa
tion I had heard that morning came
back to my memory, and i knew my
fellow travel* rs were the man and
woman I had heard disputing in th**
early morning hours. But he bad
succeeded in overcoming her deter
urination, for he had the ring, and
my heart ached for l he poor wife as 1
wood*'red how he had -'btained it.
“R d! I bet oh the red!’’ again
Bho uteri tne young man; and in a
moment the croupier called “Black
wins I” and the ring was no longer
his.
“With a wild cry the wretched
loser fled from the house; and com
pletely unmanned by what I had
seen, I returned to my hotel, hoping
the young man would soon follow
Piomc Economies.
me,
“I found
them all—travelers, pro
prittor and servants, wild with excite
ment ov*r the murder of a beautiful
Russian lady. An hour before her
maid hi d gone to her room and found
her deluged in blood from a wound m
hot head, aud dead. The husband
had been in and left some few mo
ments before. I went up to her apart
ment and to the bud where she lay.
H u r exqoislti. face was fairer than in
life, lor it had lost the unhappy look,
and seemed at peace. As I turned
to leave the roo n I saw this picture
among a heap of things turned out of
a man’s traveling case, and appropri
ated it. Probably the hu-band bad
tossed it there in his search f >r hoiu *
va'U'bltsto risk at-the earning table
“Th j miserable man Iron bis Lfe be
fore he W i« a> p-ebe ided for h'scii ue,
and the old gamol r who, fir-t i i one
disguise, then in anoth* r, h »d follow
e 1 the easily-duped vie im lr »u> <ity
to city and won many thousands from
him, left Pari* before the husband
and wife w*r-> carried to their last
r sting plaee i • t>e n—ut f ri burying
ground where h*» fo • father ( slept.
“Ijou'e, h*i«»hy 1 relusei to play
even whh Howard, last eveuin'. F
i.ave never t tuone 1 car is t-iuoe, and I
never ca-» >»»aiu ”
A Mil »iu t>... hi.auiy.
“ ‘Never. C harles! I cannot give it up.
It is all I have left. It was my
methtr’s, and I will not let it leave
me.’
“ The man’s voice was so choked
with passion that his words wtrj in
articulate, but with a burst of wild
anger he left, slamming the door after
him. The woman’s sobs became
lower, her cry’ng oeassd, and 1 tell
ibto another nap, not waking until
near 10.
“ I saw neither of my gambling ac
quaintances that day, aud the night
found me again in M. Carlo’s rooms.
Tiie old man was again on baud, not
satihfied, I thought, with hiswiunings
ot the night before—and again 1 saw
a gleam of satisfaction cross his face as
his victim of the previous evening
came in and got ready to play.
“ Make your game—the game is
made up l ’ critd the Utah r, aud was
about to deal the cards when the young
man who had Just entered called ou
in a loud voioe:
“Fifty napoleoas upon the red!”
Seeing he placed no money upon the
table, the croupier paused a m oment,
then said:
r, vou must stake the mou q
Yet I cannot help being iuflrnima-
blo, especially In the neighborhood of
^ilan, winch Is surely responsible for
the prettiest w men iu the world.
With their wavy figure*, nut-brown
eyes, marble-veined comp’exions, and
rich, black dresses, they would move
an authropobioiogist (whatcv<r Le
means in Engli h), let aloue a poet.
8o it was J f II in 1 >vo, in and tor ten
minutes, uuu« r Mrs. K Jons’ eyre,
at an open-air i rjekfast on the Lola
Bella—and that my passion whs re
turned. We Dever spoke, but we
loved. 8 ih whs obviously engaged to
the gentleman who was with her, but
that did n< t m itter. Rhe was so
pleased with my frank’, but I trwai
respectful, adoration fro a the next
t>b’e, that she changed her seat, and
put in r-ielf, with a gr »ce beyond the
itMOh of ait, in the light best calm -
1 tel for me to htiidy her. When site
left she made a Parthian turn, and
gave me just one bow and smile, in
which the most presuiui tin-us of
men could have detected nothing
wrong—which were a privilege- I
rushed to the strangers’ book, an**
found her name was Autouleiti C ,
of Milan. 8 irnumes are, as Charles
Surface says, too formal to be r»gis-
tered in love’s calendar. Besides, the
gentleman looked fiery and migl t see
this. Aud Italians fi^ht duels, and I
do not. But the surname was even
more beautiful than the Christ inn.
AtuH oUl Antonietta C , if ever
you should read ibis, remember a
poet who for that one glimpse would
got) the world’s end for you, if he
had not Hainany other things to do,
i r Mm did
Anchovy Pauce.—Make a drawn
butter sauce and add to it two or three
teaspooidals of anchovy paste. Wften
itthickeus remove it from the fire;
you may add ltmon J rice if you like
it.
Engi.l-h PoundCake —Onepound
of butter, one pouud of sugar, one
pound of fi >ur, twelve eggs, one pound
of raisins, three pouuds ofourrantB,
halt a pound of citron, half a pound of
Almonds, a gill of brandy. Bake like
Palmetto cake.
Soft 'cing— Beat the whites of
two eggs to a stiff froth, add gradu
ally a half pound of b> st pulverized
«ugar, beat well for at least half an
hour, flivor with lemon juice. To
color a delicate pink, use strawberry,
cut rant (r crauberry j uice, or the
irrated peeling of an orange or lemon
moistened with the j ticeand squeezed
thr >ugh a thin cloth, will color a
handsome yellow.
Beefsteak with Tomato Sauce
—Take a dozen ripe tomatoe*, skin
and scald them (canned t uuatoes may
be used); put them iu a saucepan with
half a pint of good beef gravy ; se son
with salt and pepper, and put them to
stew for an heur. When the steak is
nicely br died send it to table with the
sauce in a tureen.
Paradise Pudding—Pare, core,
and mince three apples into small
pieces, and mix them with one quar
ter of a pound of bread-crumbs, ttirea
eggs, three ounces of sugar, three
ounces of currants, the r.nd of one-
half lemon, one-half wineglass of
brandy, salt and grated nutmeg to
ia-te. Put the pudding into a butter
ed mould, tie it down with a cloth,
boil for two hours, and serve with
sweet sauce.
Celery Soup.—Boil a small cup of
rice in three pints of milk until it will
pass through a sieve. Grate the white
pbrtof three heads of celery on a bread
g ater; add this to the milk alt r it
oas been strained ; put to it a quart of
strong veal stock ; let it boil till the
celery is very tender. Reason with
salt and ca>enne pepper and serve.
Rabbit.—Cut up the rabbit, remove
he biea-nbone and bone the legs.
Put the rab fit, a few slicss of h tm, a
few fir;cmeat balls aud three hard
boiled eg^s, by turns, in laye;s, and
seatou each with pepper, salt, two
blades of pounded mace, end one-half
teaspnouful of grated nutmeg. Pour
iu about one-half p nt of water, «over
with crust, and bake in a well heated
oven for about one hour and a half.
When done pour In at the top, through
the hole in the middle of the (rust, a
• lltlegood gravy, wntoh may be made
of the l r jast aud leg bones of the rab
btt »nd two or three shank boms
flavored with onion, herbs and -pices.
R i\>oits, wbi ih are io the best c<>n 11-
tion in midwinter, may be fricasseed
like chicken in white or bro vn sauce.
To roa-t, piutf with a dressing made
of bread-crumbs, chopped salt pork,
thyme, onion, and popper and salt,
sew up, rub over with a li tie butter
or pin on L a few slices of salt pork,
add a little water in the pan, aud
baste often. 8 -rve w th mashed pota
toes and cur aut jelly.
Annient loikts.
The use of cosim tics in connection
with the bath prevailed among the
wealthy women of a very remote period
At themagn fluent court of Ahasuer-
us, iu the seveuth yebr of his reign,
the following elaboraie processi of
“purifi JatLm” were prescribed for the
maidens destined for the King’s ha
rem : Being “gathered t-gether into
Sliushan the palace *othe custody
of Hegai, keeper ot iue wotneu,” they
abode iu the “wouieu’s house” and
“so were the days of their purification
accomplished, to wit: six months
with oil of myrrh, aud sx mouths
with s#eet od\ rs, and with other
t- iugs for the purifying (f women”
(Esther ii. 8 12). The Snug of 8 mgs
is rich in figurative allusions to these
“sweet o tors,” its las. rapturous note
echoing from “the mountains of spl
ces,” myrrh aud frankincense, with
all powders of tne m- r hant,” “eam-
phir, with spikenard aud s ff ran ;
calamus aud ciuuaui"n, with ait trees
of frankincense ; myrrh and aloes,
with ail the chief spices “my hands
dropped u yrrli, and my ting, rs sweet-
•fuelling rnyrr l “his cheeks are as
abed of spices, as sweet flowers; his
lips like lilies, dropping sweet smel
ling rnyrru ;” the “mandrakes” and
the “pleasant fruits.”
It is most iuteresting to learn, in
connection with another couplet of
this equislte song, “My beloved is un
to me as a cluder of camphire in the
[ where camphor still grows. Tdto
plant is better known by its Arabian
name henna ; it Is a tall shrub, whose
white and yellow flowers grow in
clusters, like our familiar blue. The
Eastern women are still fond of wear
ing these fragrant blossoms in thebr
hair or their bosoms; but it is as an.
ancient dye that the plant has com®
into special notice. The dried leaves
of the henna were crushed aud made
into a paste with watsr, and applied tc
the palms of the bauds, to the uails of
fingers and toes, and to the hair, if the
discovery of gray threads should be
unwelcome. It was used by the men
to dye the hair and beard, and even
applied sometimes to color the mane
and tail of a favorite horse. The an
tiquity of this oustom is demonstrated;
bv its frequent mention by writers of a
very early period, and even more con
clusively by the fact that the nails of
some Egyptian mummies (especially
those of women) still retain the stain
of dye.
Painting the eyebrows and eyelids
with kohl was another Eastern fash
ion (not yet extinct) of equal popular
ity. The large languishing black ©ye
shaded with long dark lashes, has
doubtless always been the distinguish
ing feature of beauty in the dusky
daughtsrs of the East; and it is noi
sur; rising that they have tenaciously
retained a practice supposed to en
hance its size and brightness. The
black powder called kohl was made of
several substances; stibium, or anti
mony, with zinc and oil; or burnt
almond shells, mixed with liban, a
sort of frankincense, also burnt; an
other sort was made of powder of lead
ore, and was considered not only or
namental, but beneficial, by reason of
c* rhain medicinal properties. This
kohl was kept in box«3 or vials of
wood, stoiieor pottery, having several
compartments, and often highly orna
mented.
It was applied with a small stick ef
wood, ivorv or silver, which was first
wet in rose water dipped into the
black powder, and drawn carefully
along the edge* of the eyelids, both,
upper aud under. In the same way
i he arch of the eyebrow was darkened
and elongated. This practice of eye-
painting must have been in great pop
ularity as early as the time of Jet; for
Kereu-happuch, the name of the
youngest i of his three beautiful
daughters, signifies “a horn fori
paint;” that is, ' n bottle for knhl.”f
It was esteemed a great mark of I
beauty that the ey«brows should meet
ever the nose in the form of a bow
and it was common to imitate naturx
in this respect by the use of kohl; but^
this had to be removed in seasons of 1
mourning, and, if the hair actually
grew there it must be r lucked out.
In the toilet of that rare Jewisl
beauty of the apocryphal story.Juditi
the widow of Mansses,—whiob
made in the highest interest of
ligion and patriotism, as exnouudej
in the day of that historical fiction,-
there is so full a recapitulation of th«
several customs in connection with
women’s dress, that it Hetms appro
priate io introduce the description in
closing the sunj ct. The narrative
reads thus: “She put off the garment
ot her widowhood, and washed her
body all over with wattr, and an-
oiuted herse f with precious oint
ment, and braided the hair of her
he id and put a tirs upon it, and put
ou her garments of gladness. She
took sandals upon her feet, and put
about bir her b a-selets and her ohaina
and her rings and her earrings
and all her ornaments, and decked
herself 1 r ively.”
‘xie Needs It.’
D iriug the late p riitioal campaign
the iriends of a man who wanted to be
a candidate for the Assembly said, in
urging his nomination : “He is a poor
man, with a large family. He need?
It.
As a rule, (be pay of an Assembly
man hardly meets his current expen
ses at Albany. Tuerefore, it would
be folly for a poor man with a larg(
family to seek a nomination for the
As embly as a menus of bettering his
condition, if he intended to be con
tent with his legi mate pay.
Tue inference Is obvious. T2r#
imptcuniouH candidate wanted to go
to Albany for tbesake of the stealing
which he could “realize”as a membej
iri the Legislature. Tunt is what hi
“needed.” Aud the friends who wer<
urging his nomination on the groum
that he “needed it,” muat ha>
known that.
President Biuuoux aud Mangvnw
Feder,qfl| the Union Generals, have
lodged an appeal, which will be heard
in February, agt^^L thej
ris tu