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V Ooins; After the Cows.
"Jennie I Jennie I Jennie I
Where in the world can Jennie be ?
She crossed the meadow an hour tgo
What ails the girl that she linger 10 ?"
The mn goes down in the orimaon west,
The tired day prepares for rest,
And the laggard momenta slowly pa. a,
But bring no news of the truant lass. '
"What ails the girl?" The sober cows,
Stopping along the lane to browse,
Hay look in vain from side to side,
And wait for the voice of their pretty guide.'
For far behind, by the pasture gate,'
Jennie and Jamie forget 'Us late " J.. ; ..
Forget the cows, and the milking hour,
And every thing else save Love's sweet power.
The lengthening shadows, unheeded fall,
The whip-poor-will with his plaintive call,
The gathering dews, and the darkening sky
All warn in vain as the minutes fly.
Twice and thrice does mother go
To the farm-house door ere she hears the low
Of the cows as they trample up the lane,
And the ring of the cow bells clear and plain.
But presently come the laggard feet
Of Jennie and Jamie. Oh I shyly sweet
Are the girl's blue eyes as she stands before
The mother who meets her at the door !
"Where did you go, my child?" "I? oh,
Only after trfl oows, you know."
Then whispered Jamie : "Whatever you do,
Don't till her that-1 went after you !"
Uarper't Weekly.
The Point of Honor.
Shortly after Waterloo bad been
fought, au English regiment (which had
taken A distinguished part in that great
victory), Rtationed in a Mediterranean
garrif on, gained an unenviable notoriety
there by a sudden mnia for dueliDg
that broke out amongst the officers, and
which threatened to become bo chronic
in its character as seriously to interfere
with the discipline of the corps. Quar
rels were literally ' made to order " at
mess-time for the most trifling affairs,
and scarcely a day passed without a hos
tile meeting taking place; which the
colonel a weak-minded man expressed
himself powerless to prevent. Indeed,
bo had already been sent to ' Coventry"
by his subordinates, which, as our read
ers doubtless know, is a kind of social
excommunication that, when acted upon
in an English regiment, generally ends,
in the retirement from the corps of the
individual on whom it falls. It was so
in this instance, for the colonel saw that
the vendetta-like conduct of his officers
towards him was gradually divesting
him of all authority in the eyes of his
men: and as be had none but his social
inferiors to whom he could tujra- ioy
counsel and advice, he was CQtiipclled to
rehnqninu his oar&TtfaHir"nd return tu
EuRland. On iff rival in that country he
lost no time uf proceeding to the Horse
uuards, wufre be sought and gained an
.interviewwjth the Duke of Wellington.
he gave a graphio account of
tftte of affairs which existed in the
' ment he had just left.
i Iron Duke listened attentively to
arration. an? knitted his brow in
auger as the colonel related the story of
the dueling: and. when the latter had
finished speaking, he' exclaimed, in an
unmistakably stern and uncompromising
tone:
" It is your fault, sir ! You should
have brought some of the ringloadeers
to a court-martial, and cashiered them
on the spot. Yon have sadly neglected
your duty, and that is a thing which I
never pardon."
The colonel left the Howe Guards in
a very crestfallen state, and he was
scarcely surprised when he saw in the
next Gazette the announcement that
" His Majesty had no further need of
his services."
In the meantime the duke had obtain
ed a special audience of the Prince Re
gent, to whom ho explained the con
dition of affairs in connection with the
regiment in question. The result of the
interview was that Colonel A a well
known martinet, then on half-pay, was
sent for, and the circumstances explained
to him; the prince offering him the com
mand of the regiment on condition that
he would undertake to cure the dueling
propensities of its officers. Colonel A
was delighted at the Drospeot of ao-
tive service, and he willingly accepted the
task assigned to him, it being understood
that he was to be granted a royal indem
nity for anything serious which might
happen to an j body else in his endeavors
to put a stop tq the dueling. He was a
man of high reputation, and had previ
ously held other difficult commands, be
ing known throughout the army as a
good soldier but a stern disciplinarian.
Such was the old soldier's feelings at
the special honor conferred on him that,
on leaving St. James's palace, he actu
ally forgot to return' the salute of the
sentinels posted at the gates, to the great
astonishment of the latter, who knew his
punctilious habits.
On his arrival at the garrison he lost
no time in making himseli acquainted
with his brother-officers. He had already
laid out his plan of action in his own
mind, and was fully determined to allow
nothing to swerve him a hair's breath
from the path of duty. At the mess
table he behaved with studied politeness
and amiability of manner; and his sub
ordinates indicated that they were great
ly' pleased with their new commander.
He chatted pleasantly with all, from the
senior major down to the youngest en
sign, and when the cloth was removed
regaled them with the latest gossip and
doings of London society. Before they
separated for the night, however, he
took the opportunity of informing them,
in a very quiet manner, that he had
heard of the frequent dnels which had
already taken place in the corps, and
that it seemed a matter of regret to him
that they could not manage to live in
peace and amity.
"However," he said, "if it be your
wish, gentlemen, to fight out your quar
rels in this way, I shall interpose no ob
stacle to yomr doing so. But this can
only be by your pledging your word of
honor now, to the effect that in future
no duel shall take place without my per
mission having been first obtained. As I
am your colonel, it ifl necessary that my
authority should be acknowledged iu all
that relates to the honor of the regiment,"
The officers looked at eaoh other and
then at the colonel, and a somewhat em
barrassing silence ensued; but it was
broken by Colonel A , who said:
"Don't be afraid that 'I shall refuse
your request; on the contrary, I shall
only be too pleased to grant my permis
sion if, on examining the facts ' of the
case, I find sufficient reason to think
that the applicant's amour propre has
been wounded, and that a hostile meet
ing is indispensable,"
At these reassuring words the young
fire-eaters were satisfied, and at once
gave the promise demanded; and Col.
A then" retired ' to his chamber",
where, overcome with the fatigue of a
rough voyage, lie soon found himself
snvgly ensconced . in the armsof, Mot'
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. On the following morning he was
rather rudely awakened from a refresh
ing slumber by a loud rapping at his
chamber-door; and, on challenging 1 his
early visitors, he was informed that it
was Captain Lord Vellum and Ensign
Warbjttle who wished to speak to him
on a matter of the gravest importance. .
"Yen might have chosen a more con
venient hour for yonr visit, gentlemen,"
said the colonel, who was naturally loath
to rise from his bed at five o'clock on tho
first morning after his voyage.
"It is an 'affair of honor,' colonel,"
was the significant reply, "and cannot
be delayed. We beg you will admit us
instantly.
The colonel rose and opened the door
tothe early comers. They were two
handsome young men, who had on the
previous evening already attracted Col
onel A 's attention by the .extreme
friendliness which they exhibited for
eaoh other. They respectfully saluted
their commanding officer as they entered
the room, and the latter broke an awk
ward silence by demanding of them the
object of their visit.
Ensign Warbotlle again raised his
hand in salute as he replied:
" We have come to ask your permis
sion to fight, colonel."
" Indeed I" exclaimed Colonel A ,
" I thought you were great friends." .
"Yes, colonel, we have been most in
timate friends froju our youth upward,"
said Lord Vellum. " and we respect
each other very sincerely; but we have
Ud a dispute, and our wounded honor
mist be satisfied."
jif ' Then I presume that something very
serious must have occurred, gentlemen,
,io make the only remedy for it a recourse
'to the pistol?"
"It is indeed a very serious matter,
colonel," replied Ensign Warbottle;
"and it is this: . After you had left the
table lost night', we chatted over what
you told us about th doings in London
lately; and in the enthusiasm of the mo
ment; I remarked that I should like to
'be there, riding at the head of a troop of
Life Guards, and escorting the Prince
Regent, with my silver helmet glittering;
iu the sun, and my drawn sword in my
hand. Whereupon Lord Vellum said,
with a sneer, that I was a feather-bed
soldier, and. that a leathern bonnet
wonld be quite good enough for such as
r. I took no notice of this remark, bnt
I was annoyed and excited; and when he
further asserted that the officers of the
Life Guards wore brass helmets, human
nature could stand it no longer, and I
gave him the lie. He retaliated by
striking me on the face; an insult, Col
onel A , which justifies me, I think,
in demanding a hostile meeting."
The last words. were said in a manner
which admitted of only one meaning,
and the two young officers exchanged
glonoes of mutual hatred and defiance.
" It is indeed grave, gentlemen,"
sententiously remarked the colonel; "the
hemlets worn by officers of His Majesty's
Life Guards are neither silver nor brass,
but white metal lacquered with silver
gilt; but this information will not, I
resume, alter the position of affairs.
o you still wish to fight the question
out?" .
"Certainly, sir I" exclaimed the two
officers. '
"Very well," replied the colonel,
gravely; " far be it form me to interpose
any obstacle to your meeting, gentle
men; but this duel must be a serious
one, as befits so important a question as
the Life Guards' helmets, and not an
affair resulting in a mere scratch, as I
am given to understand is generally the
ease in these mess quarrels. Remember
that you are British officers and not
Spanish bravoes, and that the honor of
a British officer can only be vindicated
by the death of his opponent. Go,
gentlemen, and fight your duel; and I
will meet the survivor on his return."
,. The two young men saluted the colonel
and retired. A few seoonds afterwards
they and their seoonds were seen hurry
ing off to the place of meeting a spot
which is known in the garrison to this
day as Duel Avenue."
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Three hours later, Colonel A went
down into the parade ground to inspect
the regiment, and he was surprised tp
see both Lord Tellum and Ensign War
bottle amongst the officers who ap-
Sroached him to give the morning salute,
'he latter had his arm in a sling; and to
the stern inquiry of Colonel A as to
whether the duel had yet taken place,
he replied, with a forced smile lighting
np his face: " Yes, colonel; his lordship
has given me a nasty scratch in the
arm."
" A scratch in the arm I" exclaimed
the colonel, contemptuously, And do
you call that fighting, gentlemen do
you call that fighting ? And for so im
portant a question as the helmets of His
Majesty's Life Guards! Bah I it is
nothing! This matter must be fought
over again, under pain of instant dismis
sal from the service if my order be dis
obeyed I"
"But " began Lord Vellum, at-
tempting to express his satisfaction at
the reparation his wounded honor had
received,
But me no buts, gentlemen," ex
claimed the colonel, angrily. "I have
the Prince's instruction on this point,
and it is for you to vindicate your own
honor in a proper manner, or retire dis
graced from His Majesty's service. "
This alternative was one not to be
thought of; and it need scarcely be said
that the young fire-eaters chose rather
to fight again than be cashiered. The
duel was fought again, and this time
Lord Vellum was shot through the
body a wound wiiioh laid him OB
eick bed for two months,
I During this long period many quar
rels had taken place or the mess-table,
some of which had been settled by the
colonel acting as "arbitrator;" and oth
ers stood over for his permission to
fight -a permission which he refused to
grant until the result of Lord Vellum's
illness should become known. In the
meantime Colonel A had communi
cated with the Duke of Wellington,
from whom he received explioit instruc
tions to carry the matter to the bitter
end, as the only means of putting a stop
to a matter which was fast becoming a
world-wide scandal.
I Lord Vellum was carefully attended
to during his illness by his "friend and
enemy," Ensign Warbottle. to whose
efforts Lord Vellum' not only" owed his
life, but was enabled at the end of two
months to take a short walk every morn
ing. His recovery then proceeded rap
idly, and he soon became enabled to
waik without any support whatever.
I The two friends were walking together
one morning, when they suddenly found
themselves face to face with Colonel
A .
: "Ah, gentlemen, good-morning I" ex
claimed the latter. -'I am delighted to
see his lordship out again, especially as
it will now enable you to finish your
affaire d'honneur in a more. satisfactory
manner."
! The young officers, scarcely believing
their own ears, were for a time struck
dumb with astonishment, and they
gazed at each other and at the colonel
with looks of bewilderment and despair.
"You see, gentlemen," said the
colonel, gravely, "that this question of
the Life Guards' helmets is of such im
portance that I deemed it advisable,
since his lordship's illness, to write to
the Duke of Wellington on the subject;
and I have here his grace's orders that
the duel should be renewed again and
again until the life of one of the com
batants has been forfeited." As he
spoke, Colonel A drew' from his
breast-pocket of his coatee a large letter,
bearing on its envelope the words " On
His Majesty's Service " in large black
letters, and in one corner the notice in
red ink, " Very Urgent."
" But," said the young ensign, " his
lordship has not recovered yet; be
sides "
"When one con walk," interrupted
the colonel, "one can also fire off a
pistol; and it is not conducive to the in
terests and dignity of the service that so
important a question as the equipment
of his majesty's body-guard should any
longer be left undecided."
The two young officers,' who had
cemented their friendship anew during
the period of illness, here took each
other's hands and gazed long and silent
ly into each other's face. Colonel A
turned away to hide his emotion; for be
ing really possessed of ' a kindly disposi
tion, he began to regret the stern and
unbending part he had been oallod upon
to perform. Brushing the signs of his
weakness away from his eyes, he turned
once more towards the young officers
and said:
" Gentlemen, I have orders from Eng
land to supersede you in the regiment
to which we all have the honor to be
long; and I am only to wave the execu
tion of these orders on condition that the
duel is renewed, as already stated.
Your honor is absolutely in your own
hands. I leave you to decide, gentle
men, what that course shall be, and bid
you for the present adieu."
So saying, the colonel left the two
friends to decide upon their own fate.
They ultimately decided to consult with
their brother officers on the subject, and
to be guided by the general opinion.
This opinion turned out to be in favor of
another fight; and they once more pro
ceeded to the place of meeting, each
mentally resolving not to injure the
other, but each exchanging portraits and
letters for their friends. The fatal wea
pons were discharged, and Ensign War
bottle fell to the earth with a shot buried
in his heart.
'The grief of Lord Vellum knew no
bounds, for he had been led to believe
that the balls bad been withdrawn' from
the pistols. He threw himself on the
inanimate body of his friend, and could
with great difficulty be removed there
from. At length he was conducted to
the house of a married officer; and from
there he indioted a letter to Colonel A ,
tendering his resignation, and reproach
ing the latter with the death of his
friend.
The same afternoon, Colonel A
assembled the other officers, and address
ing himself especially to those whose
applications to fight were in suspension,
declared himself ready to grant one
more permission on the same conditions
as tne other, namely, that " for honor's
sake" the combatants should fight to
the death. In the pause which ensued,
one offioer after another saluted the col
onel respectfully, and then retired as
silently as they came, leaving him alone
iu the mess-room, and master of the
situation.
It was a rude lesson which these offi
cers had received, but it fully accom
plished its purpose; and from that day
to this dueling has been almost unknown
in the British army.
The Battle of Monmouth.
The New York Herald says : New
Jersey has fittingly commemorated the
one hundredth anniversary oi the battle
of Monmouth, which was in its results
one of the most important of the milita
ry events of the war for independence.
In the middle of June, 1778, Sir Henry
Clinton came out of his comfortable
quarters in Philadelphia and marched
toward New Brunswick, with a view of
embarking on the Baritan. General
Washington, about the same time, broke
camp at Valley Forge and started in
Ears nit. The British commander when
e arrived at Allentown creek turned to
the right, taking the - road leading
through Freehold, when Washington at
onoe resolved upon a battle. The patri
ot forces under General Lee, who had
been sent forward, were at first thrown
into disorder and . began to retreat.
Washington quickly rallied them, and,
the main army soon coming up, the en
gagement began In earnest The result
was the defeat of Clinton, who retreated
under the cover of night. The anni
versary ceremonies were exceedingly
interesting. New Jersey has patriotic
ally resolved that a monument phall
mark ber historio battle field,
! the Inhabitants of Mars Moons.
' Probably the most convenient assump
tion we can make is that there may . be.
Creatures in a general respect like our
selves on those moons of Mars, but that,
Owing to the extreme rarity of the at
mosphere, their vital energy is bo far
reduced that they are not more active
than we are, despite the feeble action of
gravity in the world. The air must be
exceedingly rare, most certainly, even
if the quantity is proportioned to the
Volumes of these moons. On this as
sumption the quantity of air is less than
the quantity of terrestrial as one is lees
than 400 times 400 times 400 that is,
it amounts only to . 1-64,000,000 part of
terrestrial air.
t Being spread over a surface which is
but 1-160,000 of the earth's, it follows
that the quantity of air above each
square mile of surface is" 1-400 part only
of the quantity over each square mile
of the earth's, surface. This would.be
little enough in all conscience; but this
is not alL For the action of gravity
being, according to our assumption, only
1-600 of terrestrial gravity, it follows
that the atmospheric pressure, and
therefore density, is further reduced in
this degree, giving finally a density of
equal only to 1-240,000 of the density of
Our own air.
) Now, at a height of seven miles, where
the atmospherio pressure is reduced to
one-forth that at the sea level, men of
ordinary constitutions would perish in a
few minutes, if not instantly. In Cox
well's ascent to nearly that height,
Glaisher fainted, and Coxwell only just
had strength left to draw the valve string
with his teeth, (his hands being already
powerless). Yet at the height of seven
miles the density of the air is 60,000
times greater than that whioh, according
to our very reasonable assumption,
prevails at the surface of the Martian
moons.
We can very well believe, then, that
in whatever way the inhabitants of these
moons may be adapted, corporeally and
constitutionally, for existence in their
small homes, the rarity of the air there
must tend to reduce their vital energy.
So that we ma well imagine that,
instead of being able to leap to a height
of half a mile or over a distance of two
or three miles, they are not more active
than we are on earth with 600 times
greater weight, bnt far more effective
respiration. We might, perhaps, go
even further than this, and assume that,
in order to give the inhabitants of these
moons locomotive powers proportioned
in the same way to their own dimensions
as ours are, they must be supposed very
much smaller than we are.
. We might imagine them in an' atmos
phere so exceedingly attenuated that
creatures which could have .vitality
enough to move freely about must be no
larger than flies or ants, and must have
also some i'jch provision a-ots have
for more effective inspirati u In this
way we might find in the MarXn moons
a miniature of our own earth, not only
in the proportions of these worlds them-1
selves, but also in those of. the creatures
living npon them. But it would not be
vt ry interesting to consider mere minia
tures of our earth, such as the moons of
Mars would thus come to be regarded.
Indeed, in that case, little more could
be said than that all the relations pre
sented by this earth were or . might be
represented in the Martian moons, but
on a greatly reduced scale. Prof. Proc
tor, in Belgravia.
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A Singular Woman. .
Miss Emma Bartlett, who died in New
York recently, was one of the "queer
creatures " of this country. She began
business in New York some years ago,
selling halter-straps which were made
for her by a harness maker on the Bow
ery. At first he trusted her with one,
which she. told him she conjd sell.
While standing near a livery stable
fronting Union Square, a horse broke
its halter. She asked the stable owner
if he 'wanted a new halter-strap. He
said "Yes." Then she asked what he
gave for halter-straps. He told her,
then she ran to a harness shop; told the
man she could sell .one if ihe bad it
He trusted her. She sold the strap, re
turned to the shop with the pay for it.
Then the man trusted her with tbree
straps to go out and sell. She disposed
of them in one afternoon, and at night
went to bis house and paid hina for them.
The next day she sold seven halter,
straps, and paid for them as before
The third day she sold nine, and paid
for them. By this time she had made
and saved $1. 75, which sum she invested
in straps, which were soon' sold. She
added to her stock a few halters, and in
time a few bridles, that she sold at dif
ferent stables she visited.-' Thus she
worked her way into a goo.l business,
and came to own before her death a har-'
ness manufactory in which she gave em
ployment to one hundred persons. She
was a small woman, never weighing to
exceed ninety pounds. Her voice was
neither feminine or masculine, and she
had a' light beard, so that she shaved
three times a week. What was more
singular was the fact that liquor never
affected her brain, though she drank of
it whenever a customer would drink.
She used to drink with hef customers,
and thus drove better bargains with
them.
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Sea-Sickness.
Of the many annoyances to whioh the
traveling public is subject at this par
ticular season sea-sickness is .perhaps, the
most distressing. - A perfect cure for
this malady would rob ocean travel of
half its terrors. No drug, however,
has been discovered whioh acts as a
specific. The cause of the sickness is
largely, if not wholly, due to the invol
untary and unexpected motions to which
the passengers are subjected on board
ship. These cause undue pressure upon
the stomach and liver, and derange the
action of those organs. To prevent this,
attention has recently been called to an
old plan, whioh is said to be very suc
cessful. It consists in regulating the
act of breathing according to the pitch
ing or rolling of' the vessel, drawing in
breath as she rises, and breathing out as
she falls into the trough of the waves.
After a little experience the practice, it
is said, becomes involuntary. When
sea-sickness has fairly set in, the only
thing to be done is to get rid of the ex
tra bile thrown into the circulation, and
to allay the irritation of the stomach,
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I It is estimated that over 800,000 trees
Were ' planted ' Itt Otoe ' county, ' Neb.
Arbor day and the day previous. J 4 '
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! D'Albertis, the Italian explorer of
New Guinea, describes the people whom
he saw on hiB recent journey up the Fly
river aa " beautifully dressed with white
feathers, . and their . bodies painted , in
many oolors."nri i ;
In 1877, in England, ftixty thousand
postage stamps were found loose in let
ter boxes and cars, having been rubbed
off , through insufficient) "licking , and
sticking, and five million letters, were
consigned to the returned letter office.,
j Two boys started from Rochelle, 111.;
in quest of adventure.! i They .'walked
along a railroad for . ten miles, and then,
tery tired, they sat down to rest Very
soon they fell asleep, and one 'lay with
his head across 'a rail, so . that wheu a
train came along he was beheaded, a
! Some" people believe they'-can think
faster on railroad trains than anywhere
else, ' the theory being that the rapid
motion quickens the action of the mind.
Some influence of that kind may have
affected a man and woman who met for
the first time while traveling from
Elmira, N. Y., into Pennsylvania. They
sat in the same seat, fell into conversa
tion, were irresistibly attracted toward
each other, aud at the end of seven
hours were married.
' Gen. Le Due, the commissioner of
agriculture, is experimenting on a new
root called chufa. It grows in hills like
the potato, is abent the size of a walnut
and has the flavor of an almond. - It is
no trouble to raise, and the experiments
made demonstrate that hogs and chick
ens) fed on it are of the most superior
quality, not only in their size, bnt in the
lucsious sweetness of their flesh. " It is
predicted that chufa will become a staple
crop among farmers in a few years.
: A snake charmer, named Samuel
Helms, of Lackawaxen, Pa., lost a legacy
of $5,000, recently left him under some
what romantic circumstances, by dying
five years too soon. He was divorced,
in 1864, from his wife, who pursued her
matrimonial ventures with such success
that, when she died, recently, she had
outlived two other husbands, and had
accumulated $20,000 worth of property.
She bequeathed $5,000 of it to her first
husband, bnt, when the -executor went
to hunt him up, he fonnd that he had
died five 3 ears before in ; poverty and
want
There are over 800 Catholic churches
in Borne, independent of St.' Peter's and
the seven cathedrals. The government
returns show that in 1870 the ecclesias
tical population of the " Eternal City "
was as follows:
.Cardinals '. 80
Biehops .... .-. r 86 -
PrieBts and persons in holy orders 1,169
Pupils destined for holy orders. . . 828
Monks and Friars 2,832
Nuns, Sisters of Charity, etc . . .'. 2,215
Total 7.409
There are sixty-one monasteries for
men, and sventy-one convents , for
females,; twenty-seven colleges and
fifty-eight schools direoted by nuns for
the education of girls.
Among the best known Americanisms,
unused and scarcely understood in Eng
land, are locomotive for " engine," rail
road for 44 railway,'!, horse cars for
44 tramway," depot for 44 station," switch
for 44 shunt," baggage Jor 44 luggage,"
store for 44 shop," bureau for 44 chest of
drawvers." clever for '" eood-natured."
boards for ,4deals," calico for 44 prints,"
corn for . "maize." - dry goods tor
4 drapers' artiolesor baberdasherv." fall
for 44 autumn," dress for gown, "fix
for 44 repair," guess for 44 think," hard
ware for "iron-moBgery," hold on for
" stop," nomely lor V ugly," loafer for
44 lounger," mad for 44 angry," mail for
44 post," pantaloons for ' trousers,", vest
for 44 jacket," quite for very," rooster
for "cock,' sick for 44 ill," sleigh for
"sledge," stoop f or porch, 'suspen
ders for 44 braces," venison for deer
meat," and woods for 44 a wood." ' '
An American merchant in Paris has
issued a small blue book of fourteen
pages, on 44 Three Works of Art," manu
factured in Saa Francisco expressly for
the international exhibition. The first
is "a massive and elegant xorte-monnaie
a ad card -case " made of gold and quartz
from the mines of two State and two
Territories. The seoond ia a ladies'
powder-box and puff, surmounted by a
grizzly bear in tne act of crossing tne
great overland railway. The third is a
jewel casket, 44 representing the bubstan-
tial mines of the Pacifio coast. On the
cover is 44 a pictorial and historical re
presentation of a buffalo hunt on the
plains," with big trees and a railroad
track with two bulls dashing across it to
evade the hunters who are in close pur
suit The casket contains nearly nine
teen pounds of solid gold and auriferous
quartz, and with the other pieces is
valued at $30,000. The case is made of
different species of wood grown on the
Pacific coast
Having been bound up in Paris during
the Beige, the editor of the London
1'ruth ought to know something about
the taste of the meat of the various kinds
of animals whioh were then used for
human food.' A shop for the sale of
horseflesh having been recently opened
in London, he writes apropos of it: 44 A
contemporary calls npon me to give my
experience in horseflesh. It is like third
rate beef. It cannot be said to have a
disagreeable .taste, for it has no taste at
all. . Donkey, on the other hand, is de
licious, and infinitely better than beef
or mutton. This the French soon dis
covered during the siege of Paris, for a
portion ' of donkey cost about six times
as muoh as a 4 portion of horse. Cats
taste exactly like rabbits; it is impossi
ble to distinguish between them. The
objection to rats is that when cooked
their flesh is gritty. This objection,
however, is somewhat epicurean, for. ex
cept for this grittiness, they are a whole
some end excellent artiole of food. I am
surprised that there is not a society for
fhe promotion of eating rats.' " r
TIMtLY TdFIC!.
I '., An Elephant's Reienge. , , fi .,
Elephants have so "muoh ' sympathy
with depraved human nature as to think
with Byron, 4 'Swoot is revenge. ' An
Anecdote of an . elephant' revenge,
translated from the . French, is as fol
lows; Upon one of the plantations was
an English overseer named Bennett, an
xVteedingly cross and disagreeable man,
who .was' employed by the master be
cause of his great capability in directing
affairs.' Upon the plantation was an
elephant named Dourga,' that Bennett
greatly ' disliked, and upon ' whom " he
Often placed mean tricks. 1 His employ
ir after reproving him several times for
Iiis unkindness to the animal, warned
him that if. he carried his. tricks top far,
Dourga would pay him back with inter
est Finally the time chme when Dour
ga's ) patience wa tried beyond ondur
anoe, , He was in the. habit of receiving
every morning from his driver a huge
corn -cake covered with . molasses, of
which he was Very fond. One morning,
as this cake was being carried to him on
a bamboo hurdly : Bennett," who 1 was
passing with a pot full of red pimento,
threw it upon the cake, and then stopped
to watch and mimic the grimaces made by
the elephant when he swallowed it. The
result was easy to see. The poor ani
mal, his mouth on fire, passed the day
in a marsh trying to calm the thirst that
yas devouring him, and to appease the
inflammation produced by the fiery dose
he had swallowed. ' When evening came,
the hour when Bennett brought the
coolies from work, the elephant pounced
upon him, picked him up with his
trunk and pitched him headlong in a
large reservoir or pond of water, which
was thirty or forty feet deep.' Bennett,
who knew how to swim, quickly swam
to the edge. Dourga allowed him to
climb up the bank, when he picked him
np again as if he had been a wisp of
straw, and threw him back in the water..
This was repeated aB many times as Ben
nett attempted to escape, until he was
compelled to remain in the water, keep
ing his head up bp well as he could. The
affair would have ended with sure drown
ing for Bennett if one of the coolies had
not come to his rescue and forced Dour
ga away. " ' .
The elephaut never forgot the injury
done him, and rarely allowed an oppor
tunity to escape to still further revenge
himself npon the overseer. Sometimes he
wonld throw a paw full of sand slap in
Bennett's face; again it would be a spout
of water thrown over him; at another
time he would be pitched into a cactus
bush.f rom which he would get out ecarcc
ly alive, so horribly scratched would he
be. ' It was impossible to correct Dour
ga and make him behave. The upshot
of the whole affair was that Bennett was
obliged to leave the plantation, which
was not large enough for him aud Dour
ga together, and his employer valued the
elephant more than he did his overseer.
Pare Milk by the "French Method."
' In the 44 Home and Society" depart,
ment of Scribner' Magazine forJu,ly,
Joel Benton describes a new experiment
of a dairyman as follows:
, These glass bottles, whioh are sent
from 44 Sweet-clover Farm,? in Sharon,
Conn., and from nowhere else in the
world, are made of beautiful clear glass,
and, though of daintier proportions, re
semble somewhat in shape the ' larger
champagne bottles. They are supplied
with a wired rubber cork, similar to that
which is used for sarsaparilla and beer
bottles, and on the side of the flange of
the wire, which is to be raised before
the cork can be opened, a paper label is
pasted overlapping the wire on the glass
neok, whereon is printed-the day and
date on whioh the bottle was failed.-. On
the base of the bottle is a general label
giving the advertisement of the farm -on
whien tne method originated, and a
little piece of information of which we
shall presently speak." When twenty of
these bottles are tilled they are put into
a box just large enough to hold them,
separated from each other by rack par-
uiion. .
It is easy to see' that milk put np in
this way says to the purchaser at once,
and unmistakably: lam 4 the genuine
article.'.". . For, it would be .utterly inv
practicable to try to tamper with it. The
label, which cannot be broken without
detectipn. gives to the buyer the correct
history of the contents- of every bottle;
and when he draws the cork, he knows
that the grass his milk was secreted
from was cropped the day before 'on the
elopes of lovely pastures in Litchfield
county, Conn,' There is no fear ot chalk,
of chemicals,, or of water. Jt is the same
fluid you find in the pail as it conies
from the country barn. ,
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A sentence pnuieu on lua uoiueu lens
us that the bottling of ' Milk from one
Cow" is a specialty; and to young chil
dren and invalids this news becomes a
pleasant proclamation. For ordinary
use the combination of the milk of twen
ty to a hundred cows sufBoes, if the
dairy be well kept; but, under special
circumstances it is desirable, and in the
case of delicate infants may save life, to
have the milk wuicn is used drawn reg
ularly from one cow. When the bottles
discriminate in this way an extra label
is used to designate 4 ' Cow 25, '
84," and so on.
or 44 Cow
i A Palace and No Bread.
Late letters from Constantinople to
the English journals sav: The Palace is
in the greatest straits for money, and
cannot even pay its bakers bills, badjk
teiegrapned to the Van of Bmvrna, beg
ging for 800.000 piasters for the house
hold expenses of the Hultan. . ilia Vali
answered that he had not as many paras.
The grocers to whom the palace is in
debt refuse' to furnish - provisions for
even small amounts. .The money raised
by loan is instantly swallowed by debts.
Things are now as bad as ever. Besides
this the Sultan, it is said, has fits of
madness, in whioh he amuses himself
by smashing everything in the apart
ments of some Of his women whom he
suspects of having had a hand in the
conspiracy. He ordered Murad and
family to be sent into exile. With diffi
culty Sadyk persuaded xim to revoke
the decision, and then the Sultan turned
on him in f nry. and ordered him out of
his presence. He refuses to speak to or
to see Osman Ghazi, and sees plotters
ago; enemies on dtwj f ;uo(
'"Items 'of Interest. ' - I
A seasonable suggestion 44 Pass the
pepper. ' 1 - '.
Angora goats are raised with profit in '
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When is a literary work like smoke ?
When it comes in volumes.'. . . 1 v
An attached couple that . are always
separated A pair of shears. .
Sixty wolves have been killed in Wa
seca oounty, Minn ., this season.
Never give -way to despair, for-des
pair will never give way to you.J . , ,
The mysteries oi the future The ;
next fashionable dress and bonnets. , .,
I Bashl-Bazouk . means ' light headed.
and the name was giveu them for reck
lesn riding.- '''-' ' '
1 An unsuccessful' lover wad asked by
what means he lost his divinity "Alas!"
oried he, 4 'I flattered her until she got
too proud to speak to me." , . . . ,
The following excruciating conundrum
is calculated to throw a pall of glow over
the most hilarious gathering: What is
the difference between a. 44 sell "and a'
riddle ? Because one is the hoax (oaks)
and the other a conundrum (acorn under
'em.) .
Tea was first introduced into Europe .
in " 16UU by tne urnca maBi xnaia
Company, and tnen only as a curiosity,
showing the nature of the herb so uni
versally used bv tne uninese in tne pre- ,
paration of their so-much loved bever
age. Last year a Missouri editor offered his
paper one year for tho largest watermel
on., The offer has not been repeated
this season. Instead of doubling up
his subscription list by the grand
scheme, the melons did nothing but
double up the editor.' ' ' " ' '
Cherry rum refuse thrown into the
yard by a Bangor woman was eaten by
turkeys that apparently aiea irom tne
effects. After being plucked they were
thrown into a heap on the grass. 0n the
next morning they were found walking
around the yard in undress.
44 Are you trying to raise a mustache,
my son? Kindly inquired a neavny
whiskered father, the other morning,
observing the young; man scraping his
face " in the place where the hair ought
to grow." 44 Yes, sir," replied the boy,
44 since you failed, it s about all x can
raise.". . . . ,
;A Persian dealer in curiosities has
been condemned to two months' impris
onment by tho Liverpool bench of magis
trates lor an assault upon nis wiie .ma
tilda. This follower of the prophet tied
the hands of Matilda behind her, and
tuen, having tied her feet, struck her
twelve heavy blows on the soles with a
piece of horn.
"Got any cow bells?" 44 Yes, step
this way." 44 Those are too small.
Haven't you any larger?" 44 No, sir;
the large ones are all sold." Customer
started off, ani got as far as the door,
when the clerk called after him: 44 Look
here, stranger, take one of these small
bells for your cow, and you won't have
half the trouble in finding her; for when
ydu hear her bell you will always know
she can't be far off." The customer
bought the belL
" Mins Green is a regular blue,' ' ' '
' Mi'S Scarlet looks paloas a lily, ' -Miss
Violet ne'er shrinks from view,
And Miss Wiseman thinks all the mm silly;
Miss Wright she is ooustantly wrong,
Min8 Tiokell, alas i is not lunny,
Miss Singer ne'er warbled a soofe',
And in 1 ruth poor MisB dash boa no money;
Miss Knight is now changed into Day,
And Miss Day will soon marry a knight,
. Miss Prudenoe'has just run away,
And Miss Steady assisted her niuht.
But success to the fair, one and all,
. No tnisB-apprehensiou bo making
, Though wroug the dear sex to m ins-call,
There's no harm Jet us hope,in miss-taking."
The late ex-King of Hanover had the
grievous affliction of blindness. But he
bad a gr jat consolation in the person of
his eldest daughter, Princess Frederica.
This lady Mas his constant oompanion,
leading him, and sketching for him with
her kiud yoioe au interesting persons
and things surrounding them. The
king ' would enter a museum or other
public place like a man with good eyes,
and, when on his daughter s arm, never
failed tu return the salutes addressed to
him from whatever direction they might
come. It was evident that there was
some system of telegraphy known to the'
two, and from long hatnt tne King nad
become so expert that he rarely made a
mistake. , At a soiree he was led up to
the host or hostess, bowed at the right -moment,
and went through the cere
mony with all the ease of a man who.
could see. -
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t , v A Shetland Dainty,
The luxuries of Shetland, writes, a .
traveler in the Shetland Isles, are what ,
most ptople would never dream of. One
morning 1 had been- in XjerwicK about
ten days our landlady brought up for
breakfast a well-grilled bird. 4 'She
thought we might like soorie by the way
of a change.". In my ignorance, I knew
not then the meaning of a scorie. Upon
asking my friend opposite, he replied, -with
much clearness:
"What is a scorie? why just a
scorie." i
I concluded that it was some kind of
game peculiar to Shetland and I had al
ready discovered that dainties were rare,
and that nothing must be too rashly de
spised. It was very good; tender and '
delicate; and in the end I learned that -it
was nothing but a young sea-gull; a
gull of the first year; when its feathers
are yet gray, and it has not long used its
wings.) Most people wonld dislike the
idea of eating a eea-gull; 'perhaps I
should have done so in any other place
than Shetland; I can only say that I re- ,
turned to the change another day, and
without relutance. It is a very eatable
bird, without suspicion of fishiness, tin- '
less cooked when a little too old. The
Shetlanders will, not, as a rule, eat these
soories. They go further and fare worse
much worse. While despising scories, '
which are easily obtained, they will take '
a great deal of trouble to secure a young
cormorant . They ' cook and eat these '
cormorantaj whioh are coarse, impossi-
ble food to any one but a Shetluuder.
They also make them into soup, which
they think delicious; strong, unctuous
liquid ihut, from its appearance, 'must
possess some of the more wholesome,'
though not agreeable qualities of cod
liver oil.
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