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WOUND ADVICE.
BY PARMENAS MIX.
“ You wish to be a lawyer, John—well, I’d not say
a word
Unless I felt quite certain that your longings are.
absurd;
I don’t wish to discourage you, but then I can’t con
sent,
To board you as (’d hev to do, and pay your office
rent.
'•'You’ve got a lusty set o’ limbs, and ordinary
head,
And you wore meant by common toil to earn your
daily bread;
But a thriving farm and pleasant home where man
and wife agree
Beat any one-horse lawyer’s luck as far as you can
“ If you’d been born with talent, John, you’d long
ago hey shown
That y<>u bad gifts by stealing off to study hooks
alone;
Now, if you’ve ever read a book, I r’ally don’t know
when.
Though, come to think, I b’lleve you sling a some
what legal pen.
“ Bo wise, my boy, the' legal ranks are more than
crowded now,
And half of them who starve therein was cut out for
the plow, r
But they mistook pure laziness for talent, under
stand,
And helped to fib. a big supply where there was no
demand.
“ Are they not educated? Yes, but here let me ex
plain.
That seed that’s grown in shaky soil brings forth but
lit i Je grain;
And this higher education to an ordinary mind
Is like a pair of big gold spec’s upon a man that’s
blind.
“ There is no prouder place than ’twixt the handles
of the plow
(Though stumpy land has humbled me at times, I
must allow),
And as ft>r human greatness, J should think I had
my share
If I could take the prize for hogs at our next county
lair.
“ Just emulate your sire, my son, and just as sure as
fate,
■You’ll live to be respected, though perhaps you
won’t be great;
But enter law and five short years will clean you out
ou 11 hev no recollection of the last square meal you
had.”
A HANDKERCHIEF FLIRTATION.
CHAPTER I.
A lovely evening in early autumn, un
der the thick trees which, shade a quiet I
street in the suburbs of one of our East- I
eni cities, two persons were walking
lowly, conversing in low tones. An ill
matched couple they were. One a
school girl of sixteen, with dimpled, ■
rosy cheeks, and clear, innocent brown
eyes; the other, a man who might have
been handsome but for the marks of i
dissipation and that indescribable mix- ;
ture of boldness and knavery which !
stumps on every feature of this class of i
men the Avoids “gambler and “roue.” I
There is a ring of mocking insincerity I
in the very tones of his voice which
contrasts playfully with the air of child
ish trust ami admiration with which his
companion regards him.
“No, my angel, the time has not yet
come in Which we are at liberty to de
clare our love openly. For myself, Ido
not fear, but your stern father, taking
into consideration the way in which we
met. might separate us forever. ”
“Yes, indeed ! ' replied the angel,with
true school girl slang, “he’d just rave !
lie is down on handherchief flirtations;
ami there is John Riley; do you know,
Alphonse, I more than half behove ho
suspects something?”
There was a start of genuine emotion
of some kind from the ardent lover, and
the carefully modulated voice muttered
something which commenced with d—,
but which was modified to “darling.”
“Who is John Riley ?”
. “Only a cousin who lives with us, and
that day when I first met yon he saw me
flirting, and took me home and scolded
every step of the way like a savage. Os
course I promised never to do so again;
but he looks at meso queer, and to-night,
when I told mother I was going over to
.Allies to study, he asked me if Aide and
I did not do a great deal of studying of !
evenings lately. I know I blushed
furiously. He is always meddling. I
/case him.
Belle’s heart smote her even as she. ut
tered these kind w rds against the good
old bachelor cousin who had petted and
spoiled her all her life, and had never
scolded her but once. A fortnight pre
vious to this evening he had been horri
fied at seeing Belle on her way home
from school in company with two other
romantic young ladies, flirting her hand
kerchief sit some flashily-dressed young
men on the street, in away that gave
evidence of long experience. To step
out of the store, take Belle’s arm, and
walk her home to the unwelcome music
of a severe scolding, was the work of a
moment. Since then Cousin John had
rested calmly, conscious of have done his
entire duty. If he had only known!
For since that time Belle’s companion of
to-night had thrown himself in her way
so persistently, had protested such love
and admiration, and excited her imagina
tion with such glowing pictures of wealth
and splendor that only wanted her ac
ceptance, that the girl’s silly little head
was completely turned. She was envied
and looked upon as a heroine by her girl
confidantes at school, and they lent will
ing aid to plan the meetings which took
place daily.’ Meanwhile, the two are
conversing softly—in fact, the whole con
versation has been so exceedingly soft
that I will spare the reader a repetition
of all except the closing sentences. He
holds her dimpled hand tenderly as she
turns to leave him:
“To-morrow at four o’clock, then,
dearest, you will come?”
“Yes, Alphonse, but”—an uneasy look
clouding the fair face—“are you sure it
is quite right?”
“Right, my love! What wrong can
there be in cheering the loneliness of my
invalided aunt by a visit from one whom
she has long wanted to know? You will
see no one else, and I will conduct you
to your friend’s house before your ab
sence is noticed.”
“Dear Alphonse!” sighed the senti
mental miss, “how hard it is that you
dare not speak to my father now!”
“Cruel!” exclamed the adorer, a spasm
passing over his face, which to an ex
perienced observer, closely resembles a
suppressed grin. Perhaps the thought
flitted through his mind that it might
, be decidedly harder for him if he did.
“But time’ sweet one, will remove all
obstacles.”
Footsteps were heard approaching, and
they bode each other good-night hastily.
The man paused to whisper:
• Remember, to-morrow at four.”
Belle walked home lost in a delightful
dream. She saw herself the bride of Mr.
A. Sartoris, heir to his aged aunt’s im
mense fortune —the center of an admiring
circle of friends, when even cousin John
would be compelled to treat her with
the respect due her mature years and
elevated position. I am not telling the
story of an exception ably foolish or reck
less girl, reader; it is only a repetition
of the experience of thousands of women
who, viewing life through the medium
of boarding-school experiences and sen
sational novels, fell an easy prey to the
moral wild beasts that wait in every lifo-
palu. wm-eyeil. iiopctm* ••uuwus HOW,
whose, feet are swiftly treading the down
ward path from which society says
sternly, “Thou shal’t never turn back.’’
If the mothers of our land would pause
and consider the pitfalls in our cities,
which, artfully wreathed in flowers, await
tin' unexperienced feet of their darlings,
they would devote less time to fashion
and frivolity, and think only of fighting
these monster evils, which, licensed and
encouraged by this good (?) government,
.every year drag thousands of innocent
ones down to infamy and shame.
CHAPTER IT.
How Belle got through her lessons the
next day is only known to herself and
the long-suffering and patient teacher.
For was she not soon to see the magnifi
cent mansion where she would some time
reign queen? What were Latin roots
and French verbs to a young lady of her
grand expectations? At last the clock
chimed the hour of three, and our young
lady was free to go to the house of the
friend with whom she had obtained per
mission to pass the evening. But instead
ot going lut-ie as sue u-n mr scnooi
building she entered a street car going
in the opposite direction, toward the
vtrv heart of the city. The streets which
they presently enter are unfamiliar to
Belle, but what school girl of sixteen is
not. equal to such an occasion? So she
leaned calmly back in the seat and
watched the changing panorama in the
street. It was a long ride, a very long
one, but at length her eyes brightened,
and she sprang to her feet; a benevolent
looking old gentleman stopped the car
and assisted her to alight. "She thanked
him with a graceful little bow and smile,
then walked slowly down a side street,
scanning every house closely. Though
near the center of the city, the street,
seemed qni< f and retired. It v,as lined
on both sides by grand and gloomy
looking brown stone fronts. Before one.
of these Belle paused, then with beating
heart ascended the marble steps and rang
the bell; the doom as opened by a girl
who looked at. her curiously as she. tim
idly inquired if Mrs. Hunt was within—
this was the name of the aged aunt, for
whom Alphonse had directed her to ask.
The girl hesitated for a moment and then
with a peculiar smile on her unpleasant
countenance threw open the door of a
magnificent reception-room and invited
Belle to enter. She did so, and, after
seeing her seated, the girl left the room,
closing the door after her. The room
was rather dark, but gradually, as Belle’s
eyes became used to the dim light, she
was assured that 'Alphonse had not ex
aggerated when he described his magnifi
cent surroundings. A. carpet thick and
soft as moss covered the floor; rich cur
tains were draped so as to conceal the
plate-glass window’s, and here and there,
from out the darkness, gleamed beautiful
statuary. She had ample leisure to ob
serve all this, then as no one came, she
began to grow’ indignant. “Why was
not Alphonse here to receive her? Why
did they keep her waiting so long?”
Suddenly a voice bo near that it made
icr start, exclaimed :
“Hello, sis!”
She looked aronnd with a startled cry;
she had thought herself alone; but near
by, partly hidden by the window-draping,
sat a man, who was gazing at her with
an impudent stare. He was adorned by
a red necktie and a profusion of flashy
jewelry; he sat astride a chair with his
arms folded over the back, and a look
in the bold black eyes which made Belle’s
cheeks blaze with indignation. She did
not deign to reply. Her silence seemed
toamusehim. He caressed his mustache
with a smile of intense enjoyment, then
inquired affably.
‘ ‘You came to call on me, I suppose?”
This was probably an impudent serv
ant; would Alphonse never come? She
replied coldly:
“I wish to see Mr. Sartoris.”
“Any relation to the Grant family?”
“I wish to see Mr. Alphonse, Sarto
ris!”
“Ah!” with a gesture of mock surprise;
“I thought you were inquiring for Al
gernon!” he arose, and bringing his
chair to her side, peered into her face
insultingly; “but as Algy is not in at.
present, and the other gentleman is en
tirely unknown to me—won’t. I?—”
Belle sprang to her feet, the blood
surging over cheek and brow: a dim
foreboding of, she knew not what, filling
her with one idea—she must get away
from this house, out of the presence of
this terrible man; as she reached the
door it was openedfrom without, but the
glad exclamation “Alphonse!" was
checked by the appearance of ihe woman
who entered. Richly, hut flashily
dressed, crime was stamped on every
feature of her repulsive, red face; its ap
pearance was not at. all improved by a
large scar which ran zig zag across the
forehead. She closed the door and kept
her hand upon the latch as she looked
keenly at the shrinking figure of the
girh '
“Mistaken in the person, my dear,”
she said, in a coarsfe voice, “Walt, what's
the rumpus?”
“Walt” laughed brutally. But Belle,
her heart beating with terror, said
gently:
“Madame, I fear I am mistaken;
does not Mr. Alphonse Sartoris live
here?”
The woman and man exchanged sig
nificant glances, then they laughed.
‘ ‘Another one of Larkey’s fancy names, ”
said the woman. “All right, my girl,
you’ll stay.”
“Where am I? Who are you?”
gasped Belle.
“One question at a time, young lady,”
answered “Walt,” blandy. “I have the
honor to introduce you to Madame
Corallie Hunt, principal of this unrivaled
institution for girls. Special attention
paid to ‘morals and manners.’ We are
just out of circulars, but perhaps you
have heard of this place before?”
Madame Corallie!—heard of her!—she
had, but as she had heard of imaginary
horrors too terrible to lie named, some
thing too dark and awful to ever come in
contact with her fresh young life, like a
flash of light a complete understanding
of the plot to entrap her came to Belle.
Alone, unprotected, not even her parents
ilrpiinnncr of I>#4v vuvril Alone in
flen ot merciless oeasisi with a piercing
scream she sprang toward the door, but
was pushed violently back by the
madame.
“None of that, my girl; you’re bound
to stay here, and might as well make the
best of it; you may give me some, of that
extra jewelry while we are on this sub
ject, too.”
A faint hope sprang up in the poor
child’s heart. She began tearing off her
small supply of jewelry with feverish
haste. “Oh, you may have them all,”
she cried eagerly, taking off the pretty
rings, earrings, and pin; even the dainty
little watch, the pride of her heart, was
quickly placed in the woman’s out
stretched hand. “You may have them
all, and my father will give you more;
only let.me go! oh, let me go!”
The last words rose, to a wail as the
woman turned aeuwerateiy u> leave me
room. Commanding the man angrily to
“take care of her, and stop that infernal
noise,” Madame Corallie left the room
and locked the door after her.
Belle turned to the man who had
watched the whole scene with calm en
joyment.
“Oh, sir! please show me away out of
this dreadful place! have pity! for my
mother’s sake,” she implored with a suf
focating sob, “let me go.”
“Take care,” replied her jailer, warn
ingly, “no more of that noise, if you
know when you’re well off.”
Belle sank into a chair, her sobs
gradually died away, and then she be
came silent.
“That’s right,” said her tormenter ap
provingly, lighting a cigar and leaning
back comfortably, “always make the best
of what you can’t help; you’ll like us
better after a while. ”
' Belle shuddered, but made no reply;
although silly and thoughtless she was no
fool, and she had set all her wits to work
to devise a plan by which to escape from
this place before it was too late. Shading
her face from the gaze of “Walt” she
glanced keenly around the room; the
one door was fastened; the only other
communication with the outer world
were three windows, and they were
1 closed by shutters and heavy curtains;
j t hrough a chink in the shutter of one of
them, where the curtains were parted
slightly, she could see the glimmer of a
street lamp on the opposite corner, and
under it the blue gleam of a policeman’s
uniform. But he was so far away. The
room was getting very dark; she looked
at her jailer despairingly; he was watch
ing the blue wreaths of smoke that curled
upward from his cigar; as Belle’s eyes
wandered around the room they fell upon
one of those large white sea-shells so
often used for ornaments, lying on a
silken mat. near her .chair.
With one bound she has snatched up
the shell and reached the window; there
is a crash of shattered glass, a torrent
of hprrible oaths from the villain who
grips her arm cruelly and tries to drag
her away, but the agonized cry rings
loud and clear, and the bleeding hands
cling tight:
THE WEEKLY POST, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25. 1880.
- nrep: re ep: neipr'
There is the quick sharp sound of a
policeman's rattle; another and another
and another answers, and the cruel hand
leaves her arm; a passer-by looks up at
the pale face at the window; he joins the
policemen as they rush into the house,
and Belle throws herself fainting into
the arms of her horrified cousin John.
When she recovers she finds herself sur
rounded by blue-coated men, and an
swers the stern, business-like questions
of one of them, tremblingly, but he
learns enough.
“ Larkey O'Connor, alias Alphonse
Sartoris,” said he, “I know him ; this
trick of enticing young girls into these
places is getting common, and will be so
as long as girls are allowed to walk the
streets at all hours unprotected.”
“Rathersay,” responded Cousin John,
indignantly, “as long as such places as
this are licensed and encouraged to ruin
these innocent ones, body and soul ; as
long as our law-makers deliberately make
it unsafe for the helpless ones to walk
our streets unprotected. This little
one,” gently caressing the sobbing girl,
“has escaped. Think of the thousands
of ill-fated ones who do not.”
And the policeman assented with a
sigh. That evening, with the poor, torn
hands carefully bound up, Belle sobbed
out the whole story to her affrighted
parents. It was a bitter lesson, and
whenever her schoolmates spoke of flirta
tions of any kind, a vision of ihe hard,
wicked face of Mme. Corallie and
“Walt” rose before her.
Don’t do it, girls, for though you may
never have Belle’s experience, still
It has brushed from the grape Its soft hlue,
From the rosebud has shaken the tremulous dew,
and yon can’t afford it. This unfortun
ate girl escaped the trap which was laid
for her feet. But while we thank our
guardian angel that she did, a wail comes
up from all parts of our fair land—hear
it, you who would deny mothers the right
of making laws to protect their spotless
ones; “think of the thousands of ill
fated ones who do not. ”
The Yarmouth Bog and Cat.
The Yarmouth water-dog deserves a
special notice, although not entirely pe
culiar to the country. For its sagacity
the writer can vouch. One instance may
serve to illustrate the general instincts of
the class. A dog of this kind was kept
at the fen pumping mill, at the top of
Breydon Water. In the winter his favor
ite pursuit was to go out by himself, and
search in the rough stones which face the
Breydon wall for wounded wild-fowl;
these always, if possible, creep into some
nook or corner. Whim the wind was
northeast, and many ducks in the coun
try, he sometimes carried home eight or
nine wild fowl of various kinds in the
same morning. After leaving one at the
mill with his master, he returned of his
own accord to the place whence he had
taken it, proceeding regularly in his
search, and every time recommencing
exactly where he left off.
As he traveled to and fro on the marsh
wall, he would, if unloaded, wag his tail
and acknowledge the notice of any one
who spoke to him; but. no sooner had he
obtained booty than he seemed to con
•sider himself the guardian of a treasure,
and to distrust every one. As soon as a
man appeared to be coming toward him
he left the wall, and, crossing a wide dike,
betook himself to the marshes, and went
the longest way home.
It is generally supposed that a cat has
an unconquerable aversion to wetting its
feet. There are many authentic excep
tions to this notion. While we were
staying at the Wherry Hotel, Mutford,
we were often on the.banks from which
the anglers depart for the sport, which is
here of the best. A cat belonging to the
House, tempted down by the fry and
smaller fish thrown out of the baskets of
the captors, sometime found herself so
much engaged on board a boat as to be
unaware that it had proceeded far into
the lake before her knowledge of her ab
duction had become a fact. Heedless of
water and its consequences, however, she
would mount the gunwale, look for an
instant in the direction of the hotel, and
then take a header and swim, as well as
any dog, towards the landing-stage,
mount the ladder, wring herself mop
wise, and shortly afterward be found
purring .about with a perfectly dry
skin.— All the Year Round.
For Preserving Meat.
Secretary Gold gave the following re
ceipts at. the Williamantic meeting of the
State Board of Agriculture: Beef should
not be allowed to freeze. Salting should
be deferred until the meat is ripe. The
fat of pork only should be salted, the
lean should be used for sausage moat.
Pack pork in clean barrels on the edge,
first scattering on the bottom a few hand
fuls of salt, then again upon every layer,
packing very close, and when all is packed
in, pour on a brime made by dissolving
salt in hot water. Be sure to cover the
pork and place a board upon it, and a
weight upon the board, to keep all in
place. When a piece is removed be sure
that the remainder is tightly prosed
down. For curing hams heused six gol
lons of water, nine pounds of salt, two
pounds of sugar, one quart of molases,
four ounces of saltpetre, two ounces of
saleratus for one hundred pounds of
meat. He first covered the hams with
salt and then let them lie a couple of
days, flesh side up: then he packed them
close in barrels, and poured upon them
the brine above described. For small
liams three weeks would be long enough
to stay hi the brine, but if large ones,
then he would let them remain six weeks.
He then takes them out, dries them, but
does not allow them to freeze. When
properly drained he then smokes them.
Quack Medicines and Their Mystery.
The toothack remedy, which the lady
in Westerly was nearly killed by swallow
ing, was for external use, but - there are
patent medicines for external use, whose
quieting or curative effects are expected
:o boos the five-minute order, and which
ire therefore of the most powerful and,
it may he, of the most dangerous nature
in certain conditions. People will resort
to such things, and they will continue to
I>e furnished so long as a market can be
found for them, but it is suggested as one
means of lessening the risk and deleteri
ous effect that a law lie passed requiring
the ingredients of patent medicines to be
published and sold with the bottles, so
that if a person has mind to take opium
■ >r whisky, he will do it with a full knowl
edge and not under the disguise of an
anodvne or an invigorator. Half the at
traction of quack medicines comes from
their mystery, and if this was removed
some of them would be shunned and the
greater part would at least be used more
cautiously. Nothing can entirely pre
vent the people from being preyed upon
until they become wise, but the law may
interfere against the grosser and more
dangerous forms of deceit.—- Providence
hnirnal.
Two months ago a valuatne norse Be
longing to Charles E. Smith of Stony
Brook, L. 1., had his leg broken at Port
Jefferson. The broken bone was set, and
the leg was imbedded in plaster of Paris.
I n two weeks the horse could walk around
the stable; in three weeks the owner
drove him home, a distance of five miles
and on Saturday the horse was driven t<
». road wagon a mile in four minutes. It
is usual to ifioot tioieee that break their
ega.
if a thing is worth doing at an, it is
worth while to do it well. Yet the world
is full of work badly done and half-done.
It is always a bad policy to do work in a
poor, half-hearted and slovenly fashion.
Good and honest work will always be of
the greatest service, both to the serving
and the served. The worker will ever
find it to his best interest to work con
scientiously and carefully, and to do ills
very best.
A Possible Relic of De Soto.
ilie Tallahassee (Fla.) Floridian says:
A few years ago, about two miles east of
Tallahassee, was found a ponderous spur,
of unique and curious workmanship, the
like of which has not been seen in
modern times. The burr was one and a
half inches in diameter and the bar pro
portionately heavy. On either side of
the rowel dangled small pendant bells,
that gave forth a tinkling sound in re
sponse to eachstepof the wearerdoubt
less some steel-clad and bonneted warrior
of the long ago. Not many days since,
while parties were plowing near the
identical spot, a solid and shapeless mass
was turned up. which, upon close exam
. ination, proved to be an iron stirrup of
ancient pattern, as heavy and as massive
in proportion as the spur spoken of first,
and firmly imbedded in a thick coating
of clay and rust. When this was re
moved, the stirrup was found to be in a
remarkably good state of preservation.
The sides represent two Ethiopian fig
ures standing upon the foot-rest, leaning
forward facing each other, while they
support with outstretched arms what
forms the top of the stirrup, or thatpart
which is connected with the leather. So
unlike are both these relics to anything
known to the generations of this day and
-time, and, both being found so near the
same place, it is not unreasonable to as
cribe them to the same era and individ
ual. Nor is the supposition at all im
probable that one of the knightly fol
lowers of De Soto, hired on through this
then unknown region and wilderness,
like that dauntless son of Spain, by a
thirst for the yellow heaps of gleaming
gold that loomed up ahead of them in
vain visions and heated fancies, here fell
a victim to the tomahawk and scalping
knife of the wronged and revengeful red
man; and no doubt, some one of the
“Tallahassee Tribe,” of which “Tiger
Tail” claimed to be a descendant,
boasted, as he displayed at his belt a
yet bloody scalp, that he had “killed a !
pale-face.”
Our Law-Abiding Fathers.
The anxiety of our Revolutionary fa
thers to keep within the law, and to ob
serve ail legal forms, is shown by the I
following, published in the Cleveland I
(Ohio) Leader:
When the War of the Revolution was i
begun, the Continental Congress took
measures to show that the British Gov
ernment was the party who first com
mitted illegal acts and provoked a breach
of the peace, thus thowing the responsi
bility of causing the war upon the parent
country.
Accordingly, a string of depositions
was taken of ■witnesses to the fight at
Concord Bridge, showing that the Brit
ish troops did then an<L there “commit
violent assaults and murder, contrary to
the law and peace,” and that the people
were compelled, in self-defense, to resort
to force and arms to repel such unlawful
assaults and attempts at murder, etc.
Among the depositions were two taken
of witnesses who participated in the fight
at Concord.
They testified under oath that they
were members of a. militia company, and
were ordered out for the purpose of pro
tecting the peace and resisting the at
tempts of a body of lawless men, known
as British soldiers, to invade the rights
and premises of the people for the pur
pose of robbery, committing murders,
and so on.
That the militia to which they were
attached stood in line at one end of Con
cord Bridge, while the unlawful coml limi
tion opposed to them were drawn up in
line at the other end of the bridge.
That the aforesaid combination did, in
an illegal maimer, and in violation of the
peace of the Commonwealth, open a
murderous fire of musketry, and fired
two volleys, resulting in the death of
several members of the aforesaid militia
company, and it was not till after these
two volley’s had been fired that the afofe
said militia company returned the fire.
It was in this manner that the old
Continental Congress proved that the
overt act was committed by the English
troops.
A Fat. Dog.
People who have no regard for truth
are sometimes not very happy in their
choice of lies to gain a point; 'and after
they have told the wrong one, it is gen
erally too late. The Kennebec Journal
revives the old story of the boy who
brought the dog-skin to the. tanner to
sell:
“Was he a fat dog?” asked the man of
leather.
“Yes.”
“Was he very fat?”
“How fat was he?”
“lie was the fattest dog I ever see.”
“Well, my boy, if he was so very fat,
his hide is not worth any thing.”
“Come to think of it,” returned the
boy, “I don’t know as he was so verv
fat, after all!”
A $50,000 Sapphire.
Georgia papers are again in a fever of
excitement over the rubies and sapphires
found in the Sequah mines, in that State.
The Gainsville Eagle says that a few
days ago a lad eleven years old, by the
name of Ledford, found in the gravel of
Sequah creek a large, deep blue sapphire
perfectly transparent, in size nearly an
inch square, but wedged-shaped, weigh
ing thirty-seven and one-half karats, the
largest ever found in America. -W. G.
Strubbe, of Cincinnati, Ohio, is now thi»
owner, by purchase, of this precious
stone, which, according to Prof. J. D.
Dana’s method of determining the value
of precious stones, is worth $-51,200.
Boys and girls and grown persons are
searching for others where this was
found. The sapphire is nearly equal to
the diamond in value and hardness. The
largest known sapphire is in Mr. Hope’s
English collection of precious stones, a
crystal formerly belonging to the Jardin
des Plantes, of Paris, for which he gave
$150,000. Sir Abram Hume also pos
sesses a large crystal. The composition
of sapphire is pure alumina. Blue is the
pure sapphire color. When red, it is an
oriental ruby; when green, an oriental
emerald ; when of other bright tints, it
receives other names.
A cat, qaj’iiessly shut iq in a room ip
Rouseville, N. I'., while tin family were
away for the summer holiday, was* found
alive after thirty days. In the agonies
of starvation it had torn down the cur
tains and mutilated the wall as high as
it could reach.
The nationality ot somiers tn tne army
during the great rebellion is given as
follows:
Per cent.
Native American 1,523,300 75.48
British American 53,500 2.65
English 45,500 2.26
Irish 111,200 7.14
German 170,800 8.76
Other foreigners 48,400 2.38
Foreigners, nativity unknown... 26,500 1.33
Total .2,018,200 100.00
-
! Delicious Pineapple Custard.—On
the day before you wish to use the cus
: tard, peel and pick to pieces with two
! forks a nice pineapple. Put plenty of
sugar over it and set it away. Next day
| make a custard, and when cool mix
with the pineapple, which will have
; become soft and ious, and thoroughly
I sweetened.
'—
Chc'jolatf. CooiJes.—Take the white
of six half a pound of sugar half a
pound of grated chocolate, five ounces
of flour ; first stir the whites of the eggs
and the sugar together, then add the
chocolate, and lastly the flour ; drop by
the spoonful on greased tins, and bake
in a moderate oven.
Cremona is a general term applied to
violins made during the seventeenth
and eighteenth centuries Cremona in
Italy by the family Amati. These in
struments have become celebrated
throughout the world for their superi
ority over all ut>
Homely Accom plisliments.
There are a few of the accomplish
ments prized by our grandmothers which
even in these days of machinery, of co
operation, and of luxurious living, we
cannot afford to have classed with the
lost arts. Among these is the art of
plain sewing. In the olden times the
sampler and patch-work made girlish
fingers early acquainted with the
use of the needle, and though no one can
care to see those particular industries
revived, yet there are few women who do
not find sooner or later that in their lives
“the needle bears equality with the
beautiful craft of the pencil and the
mighty power of the pen.” Whether it
is cheaper or not to buy ready-made
under-clothing is not the question. The
point insisted on is that every women
shou®l know how to make her own cloth
ing neatly, skilfully and readily. She
may add to this knowledge that of em
bnoidery and lace-making just as she may
add to a practical knowledge of bread
making that of making cake and desserts.
There is great effort made nowadays to
acquire accomplishments comparatively
useless and the neglect of those which
are of first consequence. The little girl
may begin her apprenticeship to the
needle by making doll clothes, and as
patterns for all manner of Lilliputian gar
ments are for sale in pattern stores,
she can learn to cut out and put together
at the same time. Os course she must
have instruction, direction, assistance; to
give tjjese is one of the purposes her
mother wag specially created for. By and
by the juvenile seamstress may be pro
moted, and permitted to exercise her
skill on larger garments and later be
taught machine sewing. But before this
she should master all the mysteries of
“over and over" stitch, of hemming,fell
ing, overcasting, catstitch, backstitch,
gathering and facing down. Little folks
always want to do what they can’t do,
and a promise of permission to undertake
a difficult task will often stimulate a child
to do well that which is entirely within
her power. Then she should be permitted
to enter upon larger undertakings.
Mending is another accomplishment
possessed by very few young ladies.
This branch of domestic industry is usu
ally delegated to the mother or grand
mother, and the young ladies play the
piano or embroider when they should be
more usefully employed in mending.
This injposes a great deal of drudgery on
the one who has all the mending to do,
and releases from what should be a pleas
ant task, those most able to perform it.
No matter how wealthy a young lady is,
sire should know when her wardrobe is
in perfect ardor anil be able to keep it so
with her own hands. There is a very
complete Manual of Mending recently
published which gives full instructions
in this most necessary and valuable ac
complishment.
Germany’s Financial Troubles.
The condition of German finance is
one of the curses of the unhappy Father
land. The number of finance ministers
Germany and Prussia have had since
the glorious period when Gorman unity
was consummated cannot well be counted
on the fingers of one hand. Prince
Bismarck has his ideas of finance; but
his unfortunate minist- rs have generally
had opinions which differed from his.
In order to discover additional means of
increasing the revenue, the financial
heads of the various States are now sit
ting at Coburg. It has become evident
that the protective tariff does not supply
the requisite amount, but by hook or
crook the German revenue must be
augmented. That is the burden of the
song which this conference must sing.
Prince Bismarck proper s more indirect
taxes, such as a heavier malt ta.x, a
tobacco monopoly, and additional stamp
duties. He quite admits that the direct
levies are already as great as they can be
endured; while the injustice in the. inci
dence of Indirect taxation is loudly com
plained of by writers in the German
press and by the army of professors. If
the military competiton between France
and Germany continues much longer it
is not difficult to foretell where the
victory will lie.— London Examiner.
To restore velvet: Where velvet
has been crushed, hold the wrong side
over a basin of quiet boiling water, and
the pile will gradually rise. Do not
lose, patience, for it takes a considerable
time, but the result is marvelous.
Polishing Furniture.
To clean furniture, especially the sur
face of a finely-polished piano, we will
give our lady friends a receipt better
than any in the books. Take a wash
bowl half full of tepid water and a little
fine toilet soap and a table-spoonful of
sweet oil. Dip a piece of old flannel in
this, and apply it to the wood, rubbing
vigorously for a while ; then exchange 'I
this for a piece of old, soft, fine cotton, .
not linen, as that leaves its fibers of
lint, and rub with this a while, finishing
with a fresh piece of the same rag until
the liquid application is thoroughly re
moved. All these successive applica
tions to be made to one particular spot
of the wood no larger than can be
worked with a shingle stroke of the arm,
and that to be finished before a fresh
place is to be treated. When the whole
piano has been done over in this way (it
should take two hours, at least, to do it
well) it will look as good as new, and
far better than if refinished by an or
dinary workman. This is the best ap
plication for that purple cloud that,
comes over a poh’shed wood surface in
damp weather. Os course a judicious
person will be very sparing of the liquid,
although she has a wash-bowl half full
of it, and will not use enough to drip on
the carpet, or to penetrate to the in
terior of the piano.
Don’t Tell Your Age.
A woman isn’t obliged to tell her age
in Prussia, according to a recent de
cision of the Appeal Court at Metz. A
lady there, when courted by a man, ac
cepted him, allowing him to think she
was six years younger than she really
was. When the wedding came off, she
would have to produce the official certifi
gjte of her birth, so she alt, red it to
make it agree with her previous asser
tion to her lover. In some process of
red tape the forgery was detected by a
clerk, and the bride was arrested for
falsifying a public document, tried, con
victed, and sentenced to three months’
imprisonment. She appealed ; and the
Superior Court reversed the sen
tence, the Judge, declaring that de-
I fendant did not intend to commit an ille
! gul act, but was probably actuated
■ merely by female vanity. A woman’s
| age has thus been officially declared to
: be her own property.
Ready-Made Dimples.
i And now lias turned up an ingenious
artist who advertises to furnish ladies
: with ready-made dimples 1 He thus de-
I scribes the process : “I make a punet
! tire in the skin at the point where the
i dimple is required that cannot be no
i ticed when it has healed, and with a
: very delicate instrument I remove a
’ slight portion of the muscle. Then I
■ excite a slight inflnmmation, which at
i taches the skin to the sub-cutaneous
hollow I have formed. In a few days
the wound—if wound it can be called—
has healed, and a charming dimple is
the result.”
Green Peas.—There isn’t much prin
ciple in cooking peas, as it all depends
on tlw tenderness of the pea. But what
i hurts peas is to drown them in too much
water. Some cook-books say it doesn’t
matter as to quantity of water, but it
does. Boil quickly, that’s the thing,
but with just as little water as you can.
Milk-cans or pans not kept clean are
liable to impart to the milk a dangerous
fermentive poison.
PASSING SMILES.
w The man who offers you counterfeit
coppers shows bad cents.
Musicians are known by the “accom
paniments they keep.”
The man that bequeaths property
must necessarily be a land-doner.
An exchange says- “To make a good
monkey wrench, feed him on green ap
ples.”
Can anything go. and not go any
where? Where does a light go when it
goes out?
A woman’s heart, like the moon, is
always changing, but there is always a
man in it. -London Punch.
I n the dictionary of the future it w
be: “Fast, v. i. To abstain from food,
to go hungry, to Tannerize.”
Doni: has completed a grand case pic-
I'.i'-e called “Moses Before Pharaoh.”
What ?:oses played before faro is not
shown.
Why should the spirit of mortal be
proud, tvlien a four dollar hotel clerk
can ivear a bigger diamond than the mil
lionaire.
A young physician asked permission
of a lass to kiss her; she replied, “No,
dr: I never like a doctor’s bill stuck
into my face.”
The Jlaivkcpe man says a high board
fence, a locust-tree and twenty-three
beer-tables make a grove anywhere with
in thirty miles of New York.
The Philadelphia Ledger discusses
“The Health of Reservoirs.” This is
the first intimation tve have had that res
ervoirs did not enjoy good health.
A North Carolina woman stabbed
the man who attempted to hug her. This
proves that all tvomen are not enthusi
astically in fa cor of a free press.
The time of the spicing and picking of
fruit has come, and the economical house
wife may be seen going through her hus
band's vest-pocket for cloves.
They told grandfather Blimpkin that
old Mr. Jones xvas dead. “Ah, well,”
said he, resignedly, “I’ve noticed that
people have been dying ever since I can
remember.”
■ ‘ln choosing a wife, ” says an exchange,
“be goye’ne.l by her chin.” The worst
of that is, afte: having chosen a wife,
one is apt to keep on being governed in
the same way.
An Irishman watching a game of base
ball, Avas sent to grass by a foul which
.struck him under the fifth rib. “A
fowl, was nt? Begorra, I thought it was
a mule.”
A dealer in hosiery in Chicago marked
a pair of stockings: “Only $10,000,” and
more than one hundred ladies stopped at
the window and cried out: “Dear me!
how cheap—l’ll ask my husband to buy
them.”
When, at a Chinese banquet, propriety
requires that the guests should get pleas
antly tipsy, they may, if they like, hire
substitutes to drink for them. No such
cheap Chinese labor will be tolerated in
this free country.
The publisher of a humorous German
paper at San Francisco c< immitted sui
cide the other day. The humorous
journalists of the English press do not
seem to have so clear an idea of their
duties to the public.
At a celebration back in the country a
female orator arose and began: “This is
our one hundred and fourth anniversary. ”
A wicked young man away back in the
crotvd yelled out: “Good Lord! you
don’t look that old.”— Quincy Modern
Argo.
Beer sells for twenty-five cents a glass
in Mexico. Oh, jovial Bacchus, just
think what it must cost to elect a Presi
dent in that country! Now we under
stand why they have so many-revolutions
in Mexico. A war is cheaper than a le
gitimate campaign.
An old Yorkshire woman described
her happy circumstances thus: “I’ve a
nice httle cottage, a chest of drawers and
a pianny, a lovely garden and some
flowers in my window, and (waxing
warm,) my husband’s dead, and the very
sunshine of ’Eav’n seems to fall on me.”
A family going North from Raleigh
last week took the boat at Norfolk after
dark. Next morning the little girl awoke
and scrambled up to the window, and,
looking out on the broad Atlantic, ex
claimed: “Oh, mamma, do get up here
and see; the front yard is full of water.”
—Jlalcigh News.
“What I want to get at is the anirn ■ .
of the transaction,” said the judge.
“Blit., your honor,” said the compl J it
ant, “there wasn’t any at all. He e;.me
up quiet like, and grabbed the coat, and
was off with it before I saw what he was
at. No, sir, there wasn’t any muss.”
A German resident of Belmont avenue,
who recently espoused an Irish wife, who
proved herself to be the better half, was
questioned as to his nationality. “Veil,”
he responded, .scratching his head, “I
VT»® porn in Germany, but I vas Itish by
marriage. ”
An Umbrella-Finder.
Umbrellas are the things most easily
left behind in the Paris cabs. Some per
sons leave newspapers, others gloves;
wealthy men have dropped bank-notes ;
a bald man is even said to have lost his i
wig ; and there are not fewer than three j
instances of men having forgotten their
wives. But umbrellas are the articles ;
most commonly left behind. A man
named Mosenouy set up a new profes
sion on this habit of forgetting things
in the four-wheelers of the capital. He
would walk along the file of cabs and
east a glance in each empty vehicle, un
til he found one with a parcel on the
seat or an umbrella in the corner. He
would then get in, tell the driver to take
him somewhere, and on alighting carry
off his prize. Mosenouy, however, got I
to be noticed by the cabmen, whose sus
picions he had aroused, and Louis, a
; wily old driver, seeing him coming one
I day, laid a trap for him by placing his
wife’s umbrella inside his own cab. Mo
senouy at once spotted it, got in, gave the
driver an address, and, on arriving, got
out, paid his fare, and was about to walk
off with Mme. Louis’ gingham, when the
other called a policeman and gave him
in charge. This was not the first time
that Mosenouy had been brought before
the Police Court, so he was at once sen
tenced to ten months’ imprisonment.
The Old Salt’s Estimate of the Piano.
A Captain who was asked by his wife
j to look at some pianos while he was in
< the city with the view of buying her one,
i wrote home to her : “I saw one that I
I thought would suit you—black walnut
i hull, strong bulkheads, strengthened
fore and aft with iron frame, sealed
with white wood and maple. Rigging,
' steel wire—double on the ratlines and
I whipped wire on the lower stays, and
; heavier cordage. Belaying pins of steel
; and well driven home. Length of taff
rail over all, six feet one inch; breadth
i of beams, thirty-eight inches ; depth of
hold, fourteen inches. Hatches can be
battened down proof against 10-year-pld
boys and commercial drummers, or can
j be clewed up, on occasion, and sheeted
I home for a first-class] instrumental cy
clone.”
i How the Hhite Man Gained Every
thing.
The Kaffir cosmogony says that three
| nations were created—the Whites, the
Amacosa, and the Amalouw. They as
! sembled before Teco, the Creator, to re-
I ceive his bounty. A honey-bird drew off
the Hottentots in full cry. Teco in
wrath condemned them to exist on wild
roots and honey-beer and possess no
stock whatever. The Kaffirs eagerly
claimed this one and that one from out
of the herds of cattle. Teco, indignant
at their greediness, said they should
have no better gifts. The Whites pa
tiently waited till they received land,
cattle, and all other property. Such is
the narrative of the Cape Folk-Lore
Journal,
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37 PEACHTREE STREET, ATLANTA, GA. .
Men’s, Yonth’s and Boys’ Clothing,
Hats, Furnishing Goods, Rubber Clothing, Trunks, Traveling
Bags, Umbrellas, Walking Canes, etc.
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Those who have worn KEEP’S SHIRTS will have no others. They are made
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We are HEADQUARTERS FOR UMBRELLAS. Don’t buy an Umbrella till
you have seen our stock. THE BEST, at the same time THE CHEAPEST. Remem
oer we have NO OLD GOODS. Our stock is fresh, our goods first-class, our styles the
latest and our prices the lowest. A. O. M. GAY & GO.
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ORAOKERF). O-AJhJIDIES
M’holesate dealers in CONFECTIONERIES. FANCY GROCFRIFS toys ftTk-’
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We keep in stock and receive daily consignments of the following articles :
Wheat, Apples, Meal,
Lemons,
-■■acw-F Corn, Bacon. Coffee,
Lard, Syrup,
Hay, Shoulders, Butter,
AS . Bran, . Hams, Eggs,
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The Horse in England.
The Egyptians mummied all sorts ol
sacred brutes, including bulls, cats and
crocodiles. If Englishmen should ever
take to embalming beasts I am sure that,
notwithstanding the national name and
the place which roast beef holds in Eng
lish song and story, they would pass by
the bull and swathe the defunct horse in
muslin and spices. For if the horse be
not a god in England at least the cult of
the horse is a sort of religion. There are
tens of thousands of English gentlemen
who have horse on their minds during
the greater part of their waking hours.
The condition of the animals; their
grooming; the cut of their tails and
manes ; the way in which they stand, or
■step, or stride : the fashion of their har
ness ; the build, the look, the dress of
coachman and groom—these are matters
to them of deep concern, of uneasy anx
iety. And this is so not once a year, or
once a quarter, or once a month, but
every day and two or three times a day ;
every time, indeed, that they ride or
drive. Nor do I mean only those who
are called “horsey” men, gentlemen
drivers of mail coaches and the like, who
are grooms in everything except taking
wages, and some of whom, I was told,
will carry their coachmanship so far as
to take a ‘ ‘ tip. ” Apart from these there
is a very large class to whom the perfec
tion in the minutest point of their equest
jian “turnout” is a question of the ma
ror morals. When one of this class feels
sure that his horse, his ‘ ‘ trap ” and his
groom will bear the criticism of his
friends and rivals, the ineffable air of
solemn self-sufficiency with which he sits
the saddle or the box is at once amusing
and pitiable. These men criticise each
other's equipages as women criticise each
other’s dress, us pedants criticise each
other’s scholarship. Indeed in England ,
there is a pedantry of the stable.—Rchi
ard Grant White in the Atlantic.
Queen Victoria’s Reign.
Very remarkable changes have take*
place during the forty-two years’ reign of
Queen Victoria. She has outlived by
several years every Bishop and every
Judge whom she found seated on those
benches in England, Scotland, and Ire
land. She has witnessed the funeral of
every Premier who has served under
her, except Lord Beaconsfield and Mr.
Gladstone. Not a single Cabinet Min- :
ister of her uncle and predecessor’s days
now survives; and of those who held in
ferior offices under her first and favorite
Premier, Lord Melbourne, there can be j
found among the Irving only Lord Hali
fax (then Mr. Charles Wood) and Lord
Howick (now Lord Grey). Os the mem
bers of the Privy Council who sat in
June 1837, to administer to her the oaths,
only four survive. She has received the
homage of four Archbishops of Canter
bury, of four Archbishops of York, and
of five Bishops of Chichester, Lichfield,
and Durham successively. She has filled
each of the three Chief Justiceships
twice at least; she has received the ad- I
dresses of four successive Speakers of the
House of Commons; she has entrusted
the Great Seal of the Kingdom to no ,
fewer than nine different Lord Chan
cellors; and she has commissioned eight
successive Premiers to form no fewer
! than thirteen different administrations.
i A mare owned by Isaac Horsetleid, ot
Hempstead, L. 1., recently foaled a colt
! having no forelegs. The little fellow is
well developed and apparently perfect
in every other respect. A stump on
the left side is all that indicates any ap
proach to forelegs. The hind legs are /
perfect.
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