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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, Tlie TVgav Clothing- Store, O. M. GAY & C 0.,. 37 PEACHTREE STREET, ATLANTA, GA. . Men’s, Yonth’s and Boys’ Clothing, Hats, Furnishing Goods, Rubber Clothing, Trunks, Traveling Bags, Umbrellas, Walking Canes, etc. O@rWE ARE AGENTS FOR KEEP’S SHIRTS AND UMBRELLAS'®® Those who have worn KEEP’S SHIRTS will have no others. They are made better, fit better, look belter and wear longer than any other Shirt sold in this country 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. & A - P. STEWART. JON. N FAIN Tinware Manufactory ,RON <ing ST WB® I B BB.OOM FACTOB.'y fIWMM BW CARRIASBB. 69 Whitehall and 89 Broad Stg„ ATLANTA, GE9RQIA The I. X. L.Mattress Factory Is the Only Mattress Factory IM ..THE The Highest Cash Price Paid for Shucks and Straw. J- HI IT M A LT, BSrSend for price list. io 1-2 North Broad Street, ATLANTA, JACK & HOLLAND, manufacturers of 7 ORAOKERF). O-AJhJIDIES M’holesate dealers in CONFECTIONERIES. FANCY GROCFRIFS toys ftTk-’ cr r. s i s, WHOLESALE ' BMCBRY & COMMISSION MERCHANT. Fruits and East Tennessee Produce a Specialty. SI East Alabama St., Atlanta, <3ra. 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, Fruits. Flour, Poultry. Etc., Etc., , Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc., ofTONEmN BApo Fl N IS H ■>& ■K OKGANS from $23 to $503. PIANOS fnn $53 to $1,0) tS i n >fh ing more, or better for your money than you can get elsewhere, Send for ; i or call at the corner of Broad and Alabama Sts., Atlanta, Ga. 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. .4ssfiik Bi' . ®JS3 \\ \ ■ /XX ' \ vMm|v7 Manufacturers of Fine Watches, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in MOW, FINE JEWELRY, Solid Silver and Plated Ware, CLOCKS, BRONZES, Etc. J. P. STEVENS & CO. Factory and Salesroom, 34 Whitehall Stret, ATLANTA, GA. Send for our Ctaloguesand Prlae List, W. L. Jai vis. J no. W. 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For Ordinary. WE aie authorised to amoanea Jidge TMnlal Pittman a candidate far re election of the of fice of OrtHnarv of Fulton county. FOR CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT. I HERESY respectfully announce to my frienda and folio-v-citizens that I am a candidate for j Olert of ths Supariar (Janet. Eiaottna WaOaaaday ft. Jannwy IM>. Bapattaa wit! ba namad fa ta time. «. a. graoxo*