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’ J. T PLAIN.
PBOSPECTtS
OT TFC
TEMPERANCE CRIMER.
[qr OVD A it]
TEMPERANCE BASMIi
A’ OTUATED by a conscientious desire to further
/\, the cause of Temperance, and experiencing
great dmdyrurtagg hf being too narrowly limited in
apace, by the smallness of our paper, for the* publica
tion of Reform Arguments ana Passionate Appeals,
tre have determined to.enlarge it to a mdre conve
nient and acceptable sizet ‘ AVid being conscious of
the fact that there are existing in the itunds of a
large portion of the, present readers of the Tlafiner
and its former patrons, prej'idj* anri difficulties
which can never he removed so long as It retains the’
name, ico venture asT to make a change in that- par
ticular. It will henceforth he ‘c&l!d, ‘‘THE TEM
PERANCE CRUSADER/;
This old pion-wY of the Temper*!see cause. U des
tined yet to chronicle the fr uinph of its principles.
H has stood the test —-pasaed throughplnf “itcry fnf
ttaoe,” and, like the “ilcbr ;w. children,'* W-appexn and
unscorcbed- XI ha- §uryive.i toe nvgnji‘ijjcv .hini\n&
which has eftiteed, and -s stUl gain y excel-*
lent journals and periodicals Lowin’:, TkV ‘bright ex
htUaiiana i the evenin'./’ to rise no more, and it has
even bera'iuoU- th t‘deith struggle• of many conti m
foraries, laboring for tin* same great end with-itself,
t “still !iv<w,”‘and “waxing bolder -* it grows older/’
{g now waging an eternal “Cr usade ’ against the “In
fernal Liquor Traffic,’ standing Tike iho “JLgo i'lOvSt
of the Israelite*,. who suxd hnweeb the people nt.*d
(lie pUgfte that (hre-atoued dtsti tmii.tn.
We entreat the inMlds of lay Te/ftpcraivce tfa OB*
pj givb ’-*5 their influence io fcstcaditig.tno ,use.iuhH..ss
of the paper. ‘ W*. intend presenting to the- poT-Kc a
sheet worthv* of all attention end & IrtfSrH paiikmage;
fgjf while it is Strictly a Temperance JawnUti, w shall
endvftvor. ti) iuy p -its on sh < itm iperam*
events throughout the country. .. i
EfTßicr af Kcrotofeirc/'SI. stCc'J-. in auvaocc.
john u. Seals,
H Editor and Proprietor.
Peefteki, G*, Dm. i, 1888.
petotei* fntel%eitte, Ifctos, so.
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;: Tue Mai no Law Causes an Increase la
Liquor Drinking in til© State, 5 ’
Such is the assertfhn of the
Prohibition—that the thalhtehanoe. of the
Maine Law is ptoduetive of mo re liquor
drinking'than there would We without if.-
Passing the hardihotnl whirh courd make*
.such an assertion, and tdid
at the exhibition*-o*’ the argument, on the
part of many -who would* pass for very re
spectable temperance men. but who are
soreiv grieved at the ‘* Puritanic and
straight-sided"’ Law of Prohibition.’ we have
been inciine<i*td believe, what every unpre
judiced man in the State knows full welly
that there is* far less drain drinking than be
fore thedaw was passed. This our crimi
nal records plainly- show, and- thousands of
wives and mothers every where in the State
do testify. The exhibition of the statistics,
so often given, is not needed here in support
of ike fact, which no sane man denies. That
liquor is openly sold and -drank in all our
large towns and cities, -and .that in great
quantities, no one will deny* twJiiie every
benevolent beartdaments that,ibis so. But
that‘•more rum is drank now than before
the passage of the Prohibitory Law/Lin the
rural portions ot the State, c v aa-qjfiy be as
serted ;n the lace and eyes’of all fact; and,
be it remembered, that the population which
fhfc cities and larger towns bear to the gen
esc!.population us a niore fraction of the
whole. ..
It was-.inserted, apu shown, by actual
count, at the recent annual meeting of the
Stale Temperance -".'oefety olhlkew York,
that, the repeal of the law in that State re
opened 5,000 liquor shops which the La w
had efTeetfiailv closed. Thai the same re
sults would Icdlow a. like issue in Connecti
cut, lio one, at all conversant .with Lemper
airce statistics, would su far hazard his fep
utation as to deny. TdiU the people see, or
why do they sustain a Leg.slat are pledged
to maintain the Law? Tins the people feel;
•and no such assertion as that which heads
this article will f.ave any other effect, than
to conform in them the favorable impression
which the ent weement of the Law has aj;
jready produced.
| Besides, if such be the sher, why all this
outcry and moving of heaven and earth
against the Law? Answer us this question,
gentlemen. Where is your consistency?—
Or have we been deceived'in this matter a!f
j the while, and are these noisy sticklers for*
4 Lee sale of intoxicating drinks in our jnidsf
the only true friends oi i’ernptffSuice after
ail, anti do they really grieve at a measure
which,causes more rufn to be drank than
wn, ever drank and would be dftink Without
iawf AJi, gentlemen, beware how you
set traps to catch only yourselves in. • -
But your Law, say these sagacious ones,-
only drives liquor from the places of its le
galized sale inte the household and the pri
vate iahly iSM.n e ah mdantly .tarnished than
ever oeforc. That this is true, to any gen
eral extent, we unhesiiatingly deny; that and
‘may be true,- to a very limited extent*, we
and shame confess. Because it.,
is made disreputable and illegal to* gratify
their thirst for ardent spirits in a public man
ner, there arc many vjhy* rather than do
without it, or .drink it in public at the hazard
of their reputation, will introduce it. into
their homes, where they, can .indulge \heir
appetites- v/itbout fear of public, condemna
tion. But at dac make the assertion, .and
wo covet an investigation, tharough.and
Hearclfng ir, the'premises, that in oui: cities
even, no* onq table in a Ijundred is., suppiid
with nr.y intoxicating beverage. whatever,
and throughout the State not. one table in
five hundred 1.-, thus furnished.
Let the opponents ojf tlie Law give us the
statistics; the names and the households
where* the table’is ordinarily, or eyqn occaf
sionallv. furnished with intoxicating drinks*
Won gree‘to pubfikh sqcji statistics, and will
confess, when tve ‘are show.ii welj-attested*
evidence of this nsscrJeci fact. Until.then
lei our opponents rest satisfied that we shall
.contindeTo assert and defend tlve Prohibito
ry Law, as the great safeguard of Temper
ance m our midst.— -Peoples ’
**• —t; 5-
, The pv&i Sea. ‘ 1 \”
in breadth. not, exceeding ten,
miles, the Ijesnl Sea seems boundless to the
vyc wruii iO.0Ring srom north to south, ajjd
iiie murmur ot waves,.pg they break on its
hdil-strewu suuie, together w.i\ii..yielmes .of
unit wood and fragments of bitumen ok the.
beaev-i, give to u, : waters a.yes.ep&blauce to
toy * k ur.hHiS“U> experience- th^.-sen-*
satmpp of s\\Aptly.i*g ai so -L ange 4 spa, I.
pV'J t.'j - iie .test 1 lie accounts yj ‘die. extreme,
b'.tiy, anc’y felt itj it, and i wqss quickly Qoi)-
v'rhAed that there was no -exaggeration-.;u
w iiat l -beard. I lotiUu..up> wafer ahnost te
pid, and /o that .ih,e chief diLfi^ulty’
was to <-Nwp srUhciently submerged, the feet
carting iip in’ the* Iffr. at ; eV^j.y 4 . vjcis
stroke. . - When hhlf the boefy ro.ie
.nhovfc the sufjkce, nh<T iv;th a; pillow, dme
might have slept, upon ’ho : . After'■
some,fime the strangeness, or the sensation
in some -'measure disappeared, .inti oh up
proricnt’ng the !#rbf Fharf]g’?Mv dropped my
teet to walk out, wdhmd io ! m/;f aTfuiddef
bad ttr *fach. lre*e| 4 fle w
*1 upwards.- the struggle To* feCOyyf' , 'l’hVkelf
,3*t .hy head do .vn, th>- Vile!# btiter and
briny water, from which I had hitherto
guarded my head, now rushed ‘into my
mouth, dyes,ears, and nose, and for one hor
PESyjfllLU, GA„ SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, I*. —r
r;b|e moment she ynly .dpu.U-.-I. had .was’
whether J was to.be drowned-or poisoned,.
Coming to'the surface, however, 1 swam tq
land, making no further attempt, to walk in
deep water, which I am inclined to believe
is almost impossib!e>L -Eastern Travel. „
Qorard tlie Libti Elllsr.
‘Tii'.* tuo.st intfriiSul v interfes|rng bouk.
-which I ijHVg read fdi’*suuMv ;av\ is .Ihr.r.
W/dch records tin- d-:*;0 ! 8 of the ..tamoii* ll
oy killer in A r ixca, Aion-deiu .Gerard, oi
France. _ Whoever, wishes* to learn all a
bout.thf king of beasrs* ruusi rea l tide,
book. X6t.only will he gala a ,mar
of lSifer|pkti“'n from th- so: pages, res peeling
-the habit* of rin- Ugn, hut Wc will’ Wan
dor ohligatii’tif It/Gerard for enabling him
to unlearn soniof t hings ‘winch arc niu/uv.;
but which have hitherto- -passed cun'eat!
Among the stories to id in this v\>funie,T|
the following, winch is Sdely illuotrofed,
as indeed.most of Gerard’s storic-s arc : f
A native, by the Mainly if Samil, weitli
distm^e*from homo {■j hY niarriedf
In i’eh!ridWg*w : Mi’ fiL. bridg, HigKVcaitvd
on. The parry had advat.ee-!'’ to within
thwe-tniteft of 11 \ >iholtse of the I<r 1 1 egrd mu,
whonra-’ huge lion, presented r>
their.jrnth. What w.-s-tn beMbne*? Ti cv
were .about, half way between the. fhiMc of
the baidegroom’ and the bride, [r wiiioe
qually <l-agerou& to return- or id adva
There-were eight or ten guits'.belonging :- ■
the party, all loaded with .-IniTh The held-;’
v.’hb phicel in the- puddle off a h-df.
square, ami the.eae -n mvodred on. Leaded
•bv the gallant bridegroom. They came *o
wjriu n tiiitiv paisas of the lion, and .yet iro
had not moved. . Small ordered the p.-triv
to halt; and then saying to hi* wffe, ‘judge
wiieahyr you have married ?>. m ‘j nr no-f
he wniked atralgiif- up to the beast, sum
nnaivd him, iri a loud voice, to r.loar th*.-
ro:yj, and tb allow him’ and ids party :o
pass At twenty paces the i.h.n mised ids
mon-tr<>uahead, and prepared, to unrig.
Small, iii spite of the cries of his win- - mi
the on treaties’ of ids friends, .who vimeoL
e i him to retreat, bent ync if 7 oo to the
cartii.v tpok if m, and ijred. The limp woun
ded.by the shot., sprang, on the hiLmu.d’,
hurled'hiui to the earth, and to him in ; ie-.
c.es in the twinkling of an eye. Then he’
charged mi the group,, in “the mublieioi
which stood the *rombling bride; ■•Lot no’
onb fire, 5 shouted The father us Srimil, LYu
til he in within gun’e length.’ But ; the
terrified men had not eeif-comrh ind U.
.obey this advice. They all fired ftt onpe,
utterly regardless where their Grill, won t .
Then the lion fell on the grqopy dadiing.
them hither and thither with liis moiistron
paws, breaking the bones .ftnd tearing
.flesh of all whom, he couMreaeh. . ’
•Some of them, however, escaped, carry- ‘
lug with them .the- bride, half fteud with
terror. la a moment more, and thediou
was .after them. There, was no refuge and
n- defense; and the wounded i>.-ast. -seized
and tore, in pieces one after ajidthor, ■ until
but one ;aary whs left of.all the party . He
more tortunaiy thay the ‘others, reached
the f >ot ot.n rock, on which he,placed,
the woman, awl then began climbing up
after her. He had already, reached a con
siderable, height, ivhen the Hon gained life
foot of thy rock, zs furimts as oyer. Wirl.
a single bound, he seized the unfortunate
man by .the leg;, and'.dragged him back
ward f.V the ground, while the woman
reached thq aaaiiiiirdj’ the'rock, where she
v ‘evred the horrid scene’ which was trans
piring heloyd *AiasS the hist of her de
’tbadefsyoQij fell a victim to the fury .of tiie
tiqn.’ ‘ * #
The rest of the night passed slowly away
to'-the-lonely’ Woman. When the morning
davVncd“h*e had watched the bride all
nigid-Mhe retired rehicfaptly to his lair.
A foW morflints after, a group of cavalier?
appeared on tin- plain. The v/tdo'W of
‘Small, without any voice to * call, waved,
her bridal vail hs a signal of distress. The
party cYtme'tfj bar mi a earrieil
her to her latimrV toifl;, where she died tiie
n?*xt uighi, at the Houfr oj*the wedding.
& Mother's t -
Earth has some sacred spots, where we
feed like loosing the shoes-from our feet, and
treading- vvith.holy revere-nce. where com
mon words of social converse seem rude,
and tiie smile of pleasure unfitting** places ,
where friendship’s-, hands have lingered in
each ofrbfcrV, vows-have been plight
ed, prayers 0 fie red, and tears (tl
shed. O, how the titoughis aover arocma
such places, and * travel back Through un
measured s[ta'<?e to visit ihem. But ot ah
the spots on this none is so sa-
assilfi'ftt. ‘iyhiftre rcist,,'waiting the rsm>
re uion,ithose we oqce*cl|erished and loved
-mhir 1 >r>>thiftins,;oiur ijislejis, or our cinidi en.
Hence in all ages the h“eitr part ol manloito
haVe cho,sen i ;,tnd loved spots for the burial
‘of tltejn dead, and .on these,spots they t)n\ e
loved to wander übeveutida to nieditaie andl
w-oep,. iiiit-of* all places even among the
ol the dead, none tsso sacied
as a Mother's Gravi?! - .. ..
TbcfiS sleeps tl/e ndfse of our mhincy
tlieguid f e ol our youth-—the coun.ioior q* our
riper veurs —-our friend when qUiers desert
ed us!;” she whose h6arf was a. stranger to
uv-tiry other feeling but love, and vvlio could
it! way a fliid excuses for us vvnen we could
find h-Se’tor Tnwe she slheps.
and we lovo*the very Cartli for her'^ake.
With sentimehts like these i turned aside
from ti>e guyeties of life to the narrow hab-
iUitrons pi the dead. I wandered among
• nrise .u no had commenced file with me in
uope. , Hei.e di-tmctions were forgotten; at
least, by the .quiet siumberers around me.-
i l ' !av ’ ilJe ■ and tho great, who scorned
toe poor, and snunned them as if infected
plague, quietly sleeping by their
side. t
TJi3 Use of Hum will do you no Good.
It \oi not increase vour property ; no
uisvu.ncjKn vYidiu doom h relish for it essen-
Bal.tu- n good v lerk, or partner in business.
It Will nbk invigterato your body ’ or your
m;nd; for phy&icians tell us it contains n*>
more*n^nr;sion;=ntohim fire or lightning.
It Will n.'t iiiereaso the number of your re-:
*?pcctubte friondig no one, in his right mind
won!4 esteem ■ o brother or. neighbor the
anore, or think Ink prospedta the bester, on
account of,his occasional use..of intoxica-
Uqg hq-io X’.t.wUl it in the least puri
vY. jour ittlVctions; or tit. you for j
of ibmn siie jiL.; no par- ]
1 eifr, snohid uo ..It tea* his tkuighf er, would
i v ;e u b>v<’.r of ai-!
uenl--;Y for, uopfo ’.'hv phr'iphet, wine
* a a-..-foY’ iudolgeUce^-“takes away
iuo i).viL*ri*', “\Voy,Y ; ien, Hh*.-nid ratio?mf
forifor capable dt* tlia pfirfea’t enjoy moil t.
yie-Y vo A. (juste:a in no rnspocc ns-- ml: .but
iwriioi riib eecaaion 6f*coUntiesa - miseries ?
Lb.de.So tjicy ca.n show some offsev to the
v;;B arn--';n*Td- o( t vil which - they ocaasii.nfo
b -- ;;;y sawdy to be'ruled out of gorirt.
Bu-r =4 fopv Y- % pa o'pared v--> inaintai?i ’.that
M drinking usages are ueCanary, or
even ns-. Li, vh-.u nifor should. n?e iritoxica
tinir'nqnorif as, a b-.-re rage? Do *!my add
; ■■■ t • or stferigvb to intellect,
or--. or ruUlV \y tic. ite-art, or roditude to the
-cm sci may? The experience of thousand,
an eve for? dhoti t has fiusw&rbd this ques
‘Hofl. Ir. •'dmoet ovvry age and quarter of
ihfo. world, but tj*pe-v.‘.;tiiy witluj the last
twenty-.five v--: and in onr. own lurid,
nttw.y tn.-si offomtlre abstinence
from -ul uitat cAi-i uooxtente. Haw few of
rhonp will cayfoes that they have Buffered
from it, either ?•: iteaifch of body, or elasti-
Cioy of cpirifo. ■; r energy .met activity of
mindl,. ilov m*-uy will testify that* in
•each of thfoo r : -.-*.pect-s, tiic.y wro sensible
g.uiters from ch. tiigo fh-ey ivriounced the.
\ih al|’ aighoiic MimulnnU —-Spirit of tlu.
Tar. •• .
Hr. Motlibd of Writing.
The lull owing letter -received a lew tiny's
since by Dr. J. Henry Clark, of ibis city,
author df “-Sight and Hearing, how - pre
b; rpiU lio.vv lufet, 5 ’ describes a motho/i
by which thu .blind rftuy wftte, and corn-
UHinicntes an interesting fuel in relation to
Jtho infirmity against which the great histo
rian lias struggied in the attainment of ins’
unequalled tamo iii lifts 1 departaiyat*
(Mass.) J nry 20,1856.
Mil tkar Sir: loon...much obliged to yon
(or your work, which ; you have been eo
kina us to sene me, on Sight and Hearing.
As far ak T cab judge —and I have had
some experience in .regard >6 troubles con
nected with the former- —it seems to me ex
tre'mcl'y Well suited -to the objects for
which it vvsu: intended.. I sincerely hope
that tliii young and inexperienced may
profit by,the salutary counsels it conveys.
* jL on
the apparatus which I.use in writing. It
ie-oi u very simple kind, consisting of ft
frame of ihe -size of a common sheet of ‘let
ter paper, with’ brass .wires inserted hi it
ip corves po iid with tho. n amber of the lines
marked. Ot4 one iide of this frame is pas
ted, a ! leaf of thin carbonated paper, such
as is used t-> obtain duplicated. Instead of
a pen, the writer makes use of a stylus of
ivory dr agate; the last better, as harder.
- Aii-hht leajAfaouU b# put . into the sheet
vfcbu-oh is. to be written- -on, us tf.e paper
: vyonifj-OfhbrK'iso yield to. ,tho pressure of
the pen.
The great difficulty in the way of a blind
tuau’s, f wri f -bi- ;> thy usual a way. Arises j
.from his not knowing when tho ink is ex
hausted.in js*H pen, and moreover his lines
run into one un-Aber. \ Both difficulties are
obviated by this simply writing.case, which
enables one to do !h*.'-work” as well in the
•larkfts in the light. Though my trouble
is not blindness, but iPdisorder of the nerve
of the eyy- the -fiVci. (is fur as- this is eon
*ce-rnhd, is the sitnic, and Tam wholly’ in-ro
ywiMadror i&rilmy- -in the o-rdumry yvry.
1 should .t- i-l ‘it would, lie .more e-an
rvdn.hmt'.fo hatcfaafa frame, boat) a with
Ifadhp.r-oh r&efa itua atracbed to .porttb
lio. .--This is mg way tyir.n iai'ne. ■ \ tuo'd
el,however,betf - ’ than dercfiptldp; end
I tut ve Trc.*Jn#n 1i v. iisf) tl^s. \dey ,u;;e faf fnr-.
nirthuig.my ‘wriylij.g'ca-fc, which was- made
ia rhigfdiid'; many
-fr.>o.i -v-bfyb fa oors-have beet) made here for
vho-e wn-> ‘wpiv- laboring under #n'.
fyoft r. ‘ eye. 7 ‘ *
r . With g! -,'nt';v;g;;rd |re me in, dear sir,
f.Otir ‘dbiigwi >ih‘d obi'dlynt syrvi'uir.
•* * Wmv ir. ¥*Xst>.+rr.
;J ; .IT-x Vy, y M. lb ■’
?• ■ EmgiiterSJarriage,
v\,T ; ot:vg'; >1 th fafagiifar -things- recorded
•yf ihc nvhwvu noth*
yiig jqu.lj • i.jUe h >Jhaving, which Wy clip
jjC’iro ih and ivnioo :> -per. A young truuTre
nn'iag who under an
“* in.-ot *4* marrfag*?-w;id* a’ young lu
!vy died on Friday hdt. Bqth the gentle
men and lady, a# well Wt families,
wore firm believers m the doctrines of the
spiritualists, and notwithstanding the
death of the former it was determined that
the marriage should take place between
the disembodied spirit of the young man
and the living, breathing body of his affi
anced bride. Accordingly, on Sunday the
marriage ceremony was performed between
the clay-cold corpse and the warm, bloom
ing bride. It is understood that this was
in compliance with’the directions of the
bridegroom. Tine devotion of the la iy to
the spirit or the memory of her lover car
ned her through this trying ceremony
without faltering, but it must lead to nn
happiucsH, for she no doubt considers hor
sell us.fhq.wifc of-one whan? she fih.all
meet in the body'never more. We cannot
but regard -the affair a® • eminently foolish,
.and certainly the voting ladyY delusion j
must have been perfect to loiid. her to nuc.b i
a step m the haa taken.— Newark 2£er&*~ 1
jry.
- Coffeo.*
A Brazil correspondent of the New
> or’k Journal of Commerce givc-B an inter
i -utig‘sketch of the history of this univer
se’ beverage, so papular amongjall natiorib
[ winy her eivilGcd or setru-civilize {, which
have become acquainted with it© proper
ties. Wherever it has gained a tootbold
it? advance ha* been most sure. It has i
urivor made h retrogadc movement, though
assailed by ecclesiastical bodies, or by col
leges of physicians of every school. ML
hammodan Muftis thundered anathemas
against it; moru than three-ecu turies ago the
wittiest writers of the court of Tx*>uis XIT
squibbed it. The illnstrions Dr. Murray
(A-lopafoiic) reproached coflee, when in
dulged in too tYv.dy, with producing ver
tigo, trembling ot the iinilis, cutar.eons
eruptions on the taco, hysterics, hypochon
dria, Ac, Are. Hahnemann, the great high
prioct of homeopathy, accusing it of caus
ing tie .decline, of the.. German (his own)
race.
Coffee is. a native of Abyssinia, and not j
( >f Arabia, ua many believe, and abounds
in tin- province of X&ffi), whence it derives
Ttß tuime. The eoffov tree waa not trans- (
planted ireia Abyssinia into Asia nr, til the
lath century, when its culture was begun
)i\ Arabia Felix, where, in the environs of
Mocha. it prows’ to perfection, The Wes
tern workl learned the use of coffee from
the Orientals; but how the Orientals learn
ed to*ee it is a difficult, question to solve.
An Arabian author of the 15th century re
cords that it was n Mufti of Aden, who*
la the 9th century, was the firnt to use cof
fee. At this epoch r t was already known
in -Persia, where common tradition ascribes
its discovery to one Mol la Chadeilv, a pi
ous Mussulman, who was mncli troubled
by drowsiness during his nocturnal medi
tations. He invoked Mahomet to come to
his aid, who caused his faithful Mollah to
meet with a goatherd, who led him to a
coffee tree, and informed him that when
ever his goats at e of the berry of that tree,
they passed the whole night wide awake,
leaping and capering. ‘ The devout Mollah
prepared nn infusion of the berry, which
after drinking, gave him for the whole
night n most delectable state of sleepless
ness. Ho made known his discovery,
which was adopted by all the dervishes
and doctors of the land, and the new bev
erage rapidly became popular over the
whole Orient. There are other versions
of the discovery of the use of coffee as a
beverage'* It is believed that the dervish
es learned this means of overcoming sleep
from the CL nobite Christians ofThebes and
Ethiopia, who adopted the practice of
drinking coffee. The Mohammedan prieet
soon became enemies of the new beverage,
however, r.3 it led the people to forsake
the mosques and flock to the coffee-house,
and they hurled the fiercest anathemas
against it, but without avail.
Before the lTdi century, coffee was on
ly known by name in Franco, and it did
not Ucome fashionable nntil Soloman Aga
the. Turkish ambassador to the Court of
Louis XiV, gave nn eclat to coffee by of
fering it to the high-born dames of the
realm. Curiosity and vanity led them to
AgaV residence, where, hr received them
with oriental magnificence, and coffee was
the rage. About the same time it became
a favorite in Vienna, the method of its pre
puratiou having i>een learned from some
Tm lea captured in battle, Twenty years
before, if was introduced into England by
a British merchant, returned from Con
stantinople. In Franco the coffee-house
became,exceedingly popular, ai;d notwith
standing the immense quantities of wine
drank in F ranee, there is probably no eouti
-11 y, excv pt T n rkey and tKe United St at ee,
so UiproughK given to Coffee. Tea is hard
•iv known outside of ■ the great cities. A
oig’dficant index of the universal use of
coifeeds the fact that what we call a tea
.spoua, the Freftch invariably call a coffee-
Bpoon,
Up to the 18th. century all the coffee
which was eonsumod in Europe came from
Arabia, but in. 10.99 the Dutch introduced
it. into Batavia, where it grew to periec
tiyn, and in iTlu a plant was sent to the
botanical gardens of Amsterdam, where it
llouriahoJ. Au offshoot was presented to
Louis XIY, who sent it to the Jardin des
Plante, and it became the ancestor of all
the coffee planpitious in the West Indies :
the French government succeeded, in 18-
20, In fritrodtKrhog it rrrte Martkdqtre.
( TERMS: f 1.00 IN ADVANcI
) JAMES T. BLAIN, 1
1 FBtNT^k
vol. xm-miMRKR. B
It is uncertain when the coffee #hmt vfl
carried to Brazil, but htt* I
growth and cultivation boon so
Jirid rapid. There are li J
who saw th# first sm*il mtmp shipped frfl
Rio Janeiro, and now that port i the lfl
gest coffee mart in the world. The U
ports from that port for the year end*
June 30, 1855, wore 2,352,284 bags, I
160 lbs. Portngne.se,) nearly one-hrtlfß
which immense amount came to theTlM
ted States. Good “old washed Rio” wfiß
ia said to bn equal to the best Java.
Story of a Highwayman.
Not many years ago, an Irishman, who
finances did not keep pace with the deman
maoe on his pockets, and whose scorn
honest labor was immediately unfavorab
to their being legitimately filled, borrow*
an oid pistol one day, when poverty h<
driven him to extremity, and took the hig
way where he was most convinced, he wj
likely tc find a heavy purse.
/l toxly old farmer ccme jogging alon
anc t :5 irishman put him down instantly <
a pro tv who possessed those requisite
wmch he so much stood m need ofhimsel
I resenting his pistol, he commanded th
farmer to “stand and deliver.”
he pocr fellow forked over some fifr
dollars, but finding Fat somewhat of a green
horn, begged a five to take him home? a die
fance o . aoout half a mhe. The reques
was complied with, accompanied wiih tm
most patronizing air. Old Ae> es and Koodi
was a knowing one. Eyeing the Pistol, in
asked Pat if he would sell h.
“Is it to sell the pistol ? Sow!, an’ it/
that same thing I’ll be afther doin’. Whl.
’ud you be afther givin’ for it?”
“Fit give you the five dollar bill for it.”
“Done; an’ done’s enough between two
gentlemen, Down with the dust, and here’s
the tool for you.”
The bargain was made by immediate
transfer. The moment the farmer got’the
weapon he ordered Pat to shell out, and
pointing the pistol, threatened to blow his
brains out if he refused.
Pat looked at him with a comical leer, and
buttoning his breeches pockets, sung out,
“Blow away, ould boy ; divil take the bit
of powder’s in it.”
We believe the old man never told the
fast part of the story but once, and that was
by the purest accident.
A Fine Picture.
A lady, in.a letter from Providence, fur
mshes a graphic account of a picture
has attracted much attention among the lov
ers of the fine arts in New York. It is Paul
Delafoche’s Marie Antoinette at the Revo
lutionary Tribunal, now on exhibition at
Goupil & Co.’s:
“You ascend a spiral stircase, properly
illustrative of the giddy heights of ambition.
A gentle pressure of the green baize door,
rarely fails to bring you face to face with
some masterpiece, but seldom before one so
emotional as this of Marie Antoinette. At
first you do not notice the accessories of the
scene. Vision fails you for aught but the
noble figure of t hat most unfortunate among
unfortunate women. She is just coining
from tho Tribunal, and the early light of
morning falls full on her loyal face ; she has
received her condemnation ; but there is no
drooping of the head, no womanly weak
ness perceptible, her air is a6 regal ai in her
proudest hours; her lip wears a smile, bit
ter as must have been her thoughts; but her
eyes, under all their proud disdtin, seem to
be looking above and beyond the crowd to
the life that is to come. Her hair, that
beautiful hair that turned gray from grief,
is brushed from her brow, and every line
there tells of the struggle of her haughty
will against that tiger nation. The nortous
grasp of her handkerchief calls your atten
tion to the delicate minutiae of the whole,
the details of her costume, the robe of black,
the white kerchief knotted over her brtast.
In the background are the judges, with the
sickly glimmer of the lamps falling over
their hard, haggard features. A!! the differ
ent types that went to make the Revolution
stand watching their queen as she crosses
the threshold; in all that throng there is but
one face that looks on her pityingly. It is
that of a young girl. We bless htr for her
womanliness i But these subordinate fig
ures, admirable as they are. do not impress
you as aiiying reality, as does -the queen.
She is a living, breathing woman, that has
appeared before you, told you her sorrows,
and is departing from you. In this picture
you will find all the pathos of Burke’s Apos
trophe. 57
Tkelltk^lfide
Once, in a happ) home, a sweet, bright
baby died. On the evening of the day,
when the children gathered round their mo
ther, all sitting very sorrowful, Aiice, the
eldest, said, “Mother, you took a!! the care
of baby while she was here, and you carri
ed and held her in your arms ail the while
she was ill; now, mother, who took her on
the other side?” “On the other side of
what. Alice?” “On the other iide of death ;
who took the baby on the other iide, moth
er; she was so little she could not §o alone?”
“Je&us met her there,” answered the moth
er. “It is he who took little children i* his
arms to bless them, and aid, ‘Suffer them
to come unto me, and forbid them *ot, for
of such is the kingdom of heaven!’ He took
the baby on the other side.”