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HENRY A. PARSONS,
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A Dream of Autumn.
Mellow hazes lowly trailing
O'er the wood and meadow, veiling
Somber skies, with (wallows sailing,
Sailor-like, to foreign lands;
And the north wind overleaping
Summer's brink, and flood-like sweeping
Wrecks ot roses where the weeping
Willows swing their holplcss hands.
Flaunted high, like torches flinging
Flakes of flame and embers, springing
From the vale the trees stand swinging
In the moaning atmosphere;
While in dead'ning lands the lowing
vt the cattle, sadder growing,
Fills the sense to overflowing
With the sorrow of the year.
Fields of ragged stnbble, tangled
Vt ith rank weeds, and shocks of fancied
Corn, with crests like wet plumes dangled
u er the harvest s battle plain;
And the sadden whirr and whistle
Of the quail that, like a missile,
Whizzes over thorn and thistle,
And, a missile, drops again .
Muffled voices hid in thickets
Where the redbird stops to stick its
Ruddy beak between the pickets
Of the truant's rustic trap;
And a sound of laughter ringing
Where, within the wild vine swinging,
Climb Bacchante s scoolmates flinging
Purple clusters in her lap.
Rich as wine the sunset flashes
Round tbe tilted world, and dashes
Up the sloping west and splashes
Its red foam against the sky,
Till my dream of autumn, paling
In the splendor all prevailing,
Like a sallow lesjf goes sailing
Down the silence solemnly.
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ADriveand WhatOameof It.
" When two women will, they will, you may
aepena out;
And when thoy won't, they won't, and that's
nn una on i.
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lIn fr?m .our. "spective families at
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spend theentnesummerin sub hmeinrtif.
xerenee to ctiaperons, toilets and men
chiefly the latter.
Our plan did not meet the approval of
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uu maternal relatives, lor certain rea
sons pertaining to our future speedy es
ta;)iisiiineiit in life which the sumrnrr
fiail rmvu expected to further, and that
our inub.iriinati(n reduced to despair
Wl) hurt, however, flip pnra ti ttiu
pat- rs, who were not nearly so anxious
i j transfer our email claims tor tuamte
era. RnH an wpparrip1 IhoHav anA fni.n.l
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ourselves right speedily established at
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certain particular nook adjacent to a
nameless river, near a place which we
elected to can Sleepy Hollow.
For a fortnight we did nothing material
8 ppn. rpftri. ririnlr millr o-nA f.f
strawberries; then there came what the
natives can " a epeu oi weatner, and
we awakened to a consciousness of the
loveliness about us, running wild to ex
plore the hills that lay around us, all
day in wrapped in a golden haze; to
penetrate to the heart of the dim, cool
wildwood, where strange flowers were
blossoming, and delicate ferns bowed to
me vagrant oreezes over lairy carpets
of soft, green moss; and to follow in
their vagabond course the countless
iaugning brooks that tumbled down the
hillside or murmured under the willows,
where, in the deep pools, the speckled
trout lay in wait for the unwary fly, in
ujisaiui ignorance oi hook and rod
uae day, wuile the rambling spirit
was still unappeased, yet had boots and
limns put in meir protest, an inspiration
came to us most happy in its promise.
We would drive to tne fulls in thp
squird's one-horse chaise. Neither of us
Had ever drawn rein over the
nTn nf
living steed; but we were
ha Irivin.n thecountry ?V
simple maUer and thlj Roxv til
t .u
farmers nnemnt. hnrap vna n ata.f
piece of flesh, not likely to bring us to
grief, if her owner's statement was to be
trustedviz. , that Roxy would draw the
old chaise safely to the falls and back
wit.i the lines lying over the dash
honrH !
Accordingly Roxy was harnessed in.
our basket packed with a comfortable
mncueon, and we, mounting to our
seats, started oil.
In the matter of driving there had
been a division of lnhrn in thfa
Adele held the reins, while I carried the
whip. For tho first mile the road was
level and smooth, and Roxy, persever
ing in the steady trot with which she
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uau Buii ieu uu, permittea us to attain a
serenity tuat our unusual situation may
notxiave warranted; DUtjustas 1 was
beginning to get the better of any little
miujvio niiiu unu iiitiiei tu . iiiuenereu
with my entire enjoyment of the affair.
Adele suddenly leaned .forward, and,
taking the whip from my band, dealt
Roxy a sounding thwack upon her
quarters.
This was more than the most amiable
ueasi, uuum De expected to bear with
equanimity, and certainly Roxy resented
it, tor sue made a jump which fairly
iuion-xuo Hum mescal, ana started at a
tearing pace down the road.
A horp'a mpmoru for thi. f.:j r
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affront seemed not long, however, and
when, by dint of shouting, coaxing and
sawing on the lines our Bucephalus was
crottpn Hnotn to 1 1 or oriinarn t
turned to visit upon Adele something
like a remonstrance. At a glance, I
saw that she was triumphant in the
opinion that Roxy and herself had come
to a thorough understanding of relative
positions, and therefore only meekly
asked:
"What was the matterllwith her,
Ade'eP'
" Why, did you not see her switch
her tail over the reins in the most im
pertinent manner P A horse never does
that when it knows it has a master, and
I determined to settle that question at
once."
Only one more little irregularity dis
turbed my entii-e confidence in the supe
rior horsemanship of Adele, and as that
only came when we were in sight of the
falls, our journey was the most delight
ful and novel imaginable.
It was at the top of a steep hill that
the white, tumbling waters of the cas
cade eame to us a vision of beauty set
in emerald banks, sparkling and throw-
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iviuicu iniuuuws in me sunlight.
. Je rcn8 had almost slipped from
Adeles bands, and t.lmwhin tonrhinh
I had thus far paid manful attention,
timuu lgnominiousiy in tne dust of the
highway as we sat devouring the scene
With ent.hllfltfuaHn trnvo wtiAv. T?nvw
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took it into her venerable head to start
m tne most unaccountable fashion at a
tremendous pace down the hill.
Frnntioallv T nintphnrl tho nrhtn ia
ing it as rigidly upright as our bouncing
unicci uva iub ouuuy roaa WOUIU per
mit. Ipat. hv a vbtd rf if a aah i 1, M i
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of the incomprehensible Roxy should
be accelerated ; and, expecting nothing
breath until, as imridpnlv ii .Via
started, our animal had landed n
whole and undamaged in front of a
high gate which barred our further
bprugresa.
Then I looked at. Ariel a Vfor o ...
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I wnitP. nnn rtio rpina waia f :
I treme ends of them remninnd in hor
I uver uie uasnnoarn. mnno nniv hi ar
tightly-closed hands; but her confidence
111 I1K1HH1I H R H. .IPtlll nil AKilnnf m ma
mained unskaken, whatever she may
havo suffered physically in that way, for
she answered mv look with tho
i gitiviiy, saying : .
If I had nnf. holrl hot. noil ti :
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1 think that rnic-lit. hnva vcon Aay,0-.
ous."
Words fnilorl
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ucut.uii, iiitreiore, to tne practical dim
tumtj uesecung our pain
The gate, we concluded, was the en
trance to the grounds of a certain un
known gentleman who owned all the
lands llPI-fnhnllta nnrl nrVin lo1 V,;li.
himself a retreat in this wild and beau
tiful spot wnicn, of late years, we had
been told he seldom visited, and after
due discussion we decided to tie Roxy
wij
to the gate-post, trusting to Providence
to una tne somewhat nnahnhlo Vino a f
there upon our return, and to climb the
leuue wnu our oasKet, wnen, alter view
ing the falls, we would select a suitable
m
mime in wuicn to rest and eat our
We found a nosebag under the seat of
.- , usuu vuw wuiu, TV IV LI u uc
consideration for the welfare of his
horse, har) nrnvirlpnt-.ltr mnnlinH -nrifV,
r- . . "'j ""r-nvu tv ibii
oats ; but the adjustment of this portable
mancer was tne most trying piece of
ousiness, in wnicu we were likely not
to be successful, we thoueht. until in
our maneuvering, Roxy iot a smtfof
ttle grain, and lowered her head in a
way highly satisfactory to two medium-
sizeo young women.mtent upon sliDDins
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T'.IR hPYt diflipllltv WflO tha fnnna
Which WftS verv hilrh nnd nrnimulJ
at the top with a row of most malicious
piuneis, out at tne cost ot sundry gar'
ments turn ntiri nnmo Kruiaaa -ma m
bled over, and utrniahturntr fViiinrt our
selves In a paradise of grass, trees and
Anwpra. frrnwinir in tho wiM nTiinntin.
of neelect. to be sure, huh a nlnnp npuflr.
theless to rest the very soul of weary
Humanity, ana in wmcn to lose tne very
mpmnrDnfrhannalifnir f n iKii1m t
in the roar of the bright waters Hnshi'ntr
uown its stony ian, ana dipping its
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foamy uae Deneatn tne mirror-like cur
rent nf thp rlvpr hplaw.
Whpn WP lmfl pxnlnrod tm r,ona
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uui Heart b content, we sougnpa lovely
little glade shaded by immense elm
t.rppn. miito nenr t.hp hniioo nrhinh nrn.
rather a commonplace affair, consider
ing na romantic situation, wnere we
spread out the contents of our lunch
basket, and with much nonsense and
laugnter proceeded to enjoy ourselves in
cle in which we were supposed to be too
weii-crea ever m an. nnTrr.ninnr in a t.iinr.
uughly natural and girlish wav.
There was a rowan tree on the out
skirts of the little park, in which we
had established ourselves, the unripe
VP.llflW It! thft filinallinp Inrl rlrafririnm
ctown Adele's long, waving, black hair,
x urewseu it iantasucauy witn sucn ar-
rrtwv lfiavfts nnd hprriao na T nnnlrl mill
from t,)if IftW-hftriffiiKT li'mha
While we were engaged in this pretty
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tiGSS Jl mnj. InW OrV hnlf linman in .'fa
buuiiu. yvi iiituicucuer unearcuiy.
Lj , can mat rjer- questioned
"vnac can tnac oef" Questioned
Aueie, a staniea iook wiaenine ner mi;,
miT,t bl?-ck eye1' and just then I
?alight a BlIIUP9e of immense black
body, out of the mouth of which hunir n
iicm ecu luugucauu me eyes UI Wilicu
iooKea to my rrigntenea imagination
like balls of fire, and shrieking: " Run,
Adflle." T set ofT m vuelf na fast aa mo root-
that seemed palsied with terror, would
carry me in the direction of the gate,
tnmking, with an agonized sense of in-
sufliciency, of those horrible pickets atop
Of the fence, and riPVPr rioiihtintr that-
"mvib wuod an iuy ueeis, until again
nuu usaiu n ueiiowing view halloo "
rump rinirinfr riottrn t lio mi.j
checking my headlong flight and giving
mo mo ouaiio-iuiu seuse oi numan as
sistance, which induced me at length to
halt and look hurt
It was a shocking sight that met my
gaze as I did so.
Upon the grass where she had sat
whpn T St.llplr t.hp hprripa nt-t l.A.
loosened hair lay Adele, her head sup
ported in the arms of a strange man who
kiihii, iihhiiih 1 1 r . h nil urn inn rna tota a
gierantic hound careening in wild circles.
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iuuib asunuicu ui uiyumi Liian i xiaa
ovpf Kppn in mv lifo KatVA f tnsnal
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retrace my steps, just in time to see the
stranger lift Adele up in his arms, and
move rapidly toward the bouse, fol
lowed oy tne nig dog.
In vain did T hasten mv atpna T
could not overtake them, but, shaping
my course by the direction oi their dis-
nnnAnTAnftA- T fonni mvaolf nmaiintltf Jn
a pretty morning-room, in which Adele
my upuu tue cuuuu, witn a BDnvejea
old lairy of a woman bending over her
with a camnhor-bottle in hand. hut.
no sign of either man or dog that I
could dptppt.
" Leo is as gentle as a lamb," said the
little old woman, apologetically. " But
he has come near being the death of you
with fright, young ladies." For by this
time Adele had opened her eyes and
commenced to look around her.
" It is a shame to allow such a mon
ster to run at large !" I cried, more ener
getically than politely 5 and then
Adele lifted her head and, peering into
an opposite mirror, said nothing more
sensible than, " What a fright I must
look. Daisy i" at which evidence of re
turning life the old attendant nodded
her head approvingly, and bustled away
to prepare us some tea, for which
thought I at least was grateful.
As soon as the door closed and we
were alone, Adele sprang up and began
twisting up her hair, but so far from
testifying to the vexation I had expected
her to teel after such an adventur, she
uked, eagerly.
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" Did Mil PAD Mm TtaiQvS TTs!. nulla
nio uanasomest man i ever met.
"Dor heaven's sake, Adele, have done
with nntiBPnsn nnrl lot na fit, tn Raw
tnd the squire's chaise before we net
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iqlu auumer naicuious scrape." a im
"Tflhftlt rln tirtfliiniT nf Mia VlnA mv
dear. People who keen great doirs to
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paying the penalty of their indiscretion
lUDuuiQ nay ui nuutuci. nuswereu tile
aolf frt an llr whnn i-kti r rA la!w Bratn
uvu w oMi.n.a tv n i-u vus. wmu iuii j uuam cii
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lereu me apartment, ana saia :
rvl r luiintrron nrAaonfa hio nnwinll
ments to the young ladies, and begs, if
Hipv n.rp fliifflp.tpnt.lv ranrweraA frrm flin;.
fright, that they will allow him to offer
turiu bui no reutBuuieiiL jn company
wifh Ilia ffton1 an1 imnet Xf Cfnnlnn
son, with whom, he believes, they have
no ncquainiance.
"Great heavens! the very pair of
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linni VTA Wafll ITWlnlaJ n n n nm. n . n n .
iicwpun, anu irom tne nonor oi wmcn
n inmynjr easpeu in consterna
tion: but Adele onlv InuirhAH
Awprpil
" Well, since they are such Vandals
an to run us aown witn aogs, it' may be
as weu to surrender gracemuy."
Ana lonowing ner lead we were usn
ered by the old fairy into a charming
lit.t.lfl mtlitifr-rrknm whon wa fnnn1 IT
RlAnllDTicnn an1 KT TnlinrAM
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beside a daintily-spread table, and, bar-
iiiiK iue eiuourrassment wmcn speedily
nuic uu, oaii uown to a partie carree
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uiuu ium wouiq nave nonvn a-n nnr
entire world with horror had it been
permitted to witness the jollity thereof.
Whin hnfh flia fun nyA llii fA l
were well over, we bade, the attendant
lairy adieu, and witn a parting look at
the falls, made our way leisurely to the
;ticin,g!n.o tuai gave entrance to tne en-
chanted grounds, only to find that our
I mm nf rliaoBfA
Plin nf HitQQt.Pr woa hat iraf full
absence, and, with the nosebag still
around her neck, had calmly turned her
back upon us, and was doubtless by this
the halter, which she had ingeniously
Duppeu out oi, as a meiancnoiy reminder
of the unreliability of all trusts reposed
in four-font nii nnimala
ability to tie a knot.
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vv en we were certainly in lor it. We
had Contrived tn hA ITlliltwf na nmaa
. .w uv v.xk.j v J fLLKJOa
impropriety as two single young women
ran wen manage in one day, and tuere
fore we submitted with an easy grace to
be carried back to the squire's by Mr.
Islington's bays, with that gentleman as
uuuuuieti, anu Dnngmg r red Stephen-
ROn ftlonir for thp OnlrP nf rriirinf ami Imal-
comnany on the homeward drive.
is pei naps neeuiesstosay tnatnoxy
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ua,u ainveu iu gooa oraer, consideraoiy
in n H VAncp (f ll a art A flint tha cntMisno
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not so greatly concerned as to our proba-
uic ia.iv w jurget w asK alter tne
hnltPr whinh T lioH nrAoirlaMtiolltr nlitK
to as to the only available voucher for
mv Pfitirp finnitv Vint: fh!a I mirthf ao
since the matter will creep out sooner
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quite as completely to the satisfaction
gone obediently to Newport, and never
m Aria n on iiQinfnnna vrif-rt Via fnt la a(
Sleepy Hollow through the medium of
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The Bird Omen of Death.
I .fWI IT ' nPM 1(11 null W a qah n
terror to t.hp nhvaieinn nttpnina, hm. :M
her last moments, " look at that ereat
bird flying about me." It was a bat
that had 11 own into hep denth pliamKnr
and Dr. Monipr Amva it. i,fr 9
This little incident is suggestive of
the strong belief which once obtained in
England and Scotland t.hnt. thn on-
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uwui aunuiu me hick room was Ii.
sure omen of approaching death to the
occupant. Sir Walter Scott, in his book
on "Witchcraft and Demonology," gives
many remarkable instances of this su
perstition which, like all superstitions,
is never at a los3 for eye-witne3ses and
p.irpllmatantial puiHan na ITultl. . L. n
omens of birds is indeed one of the most
ancient of do mil fir riplnsinna Tt nraa an
ancient Greeks, and Sophocles, the most
ueitgnttuiiy numan ot tne tragedy wrl
ters ot Athens, sneaks of thp mi
prophecies and. foreknowledge to be d
rived from birds, fiom the strident
wina-s of full-irrown flUPd to thp V.linm
ones " whose callow win?s refuse n
lengthened flight."
The enisorip. of tha " irrn.1 v.:4t
which so terrified the dying actress re-
minrifl na nlso of ntin nf tha
of lives and deaths to be met with in
the English Jhistory. Thomas, the
second son of Lord Lyttleton, is believed
h? mnnv nrit.ipa to thia Aon tn u ti...
bv manv critics to this Hn to ha .),.
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author of the famous "Letters of
Junius," although Macaulay inclines
decidedly to Sir Philip Francis. Cer
tain it is that the description given by
Woodfall, the printer's boy, of the tall,
thin gentleman, with high shoulders,
the WJs. of one of the "letters," accords
witu tne appearance 01 ixird Lyttleton
but not with that of Sir Philip Francis.
M nrpnupr whpn thp fnrmoi.
the house of lords he fairly electrified
his audience by his power of invective
and HRrp.fLsni. nnd it. ia a 1.1.1.1.1.
cidence that many of Lord Lyttleton's
cjwpicoaiuuo, uucu as women, and men
like women," are found also in Junius.
Hut A.11 this of oi-.il rao ia ti.t
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and we only recall the strange noble-
uiau wuu, even at ji,ion, was looked
upon with awe for his odd mixture
of morose soicism with dissi nation
because his rin.t.h. bo at lo.ot k.
serted, had been predicted to him by
the annparannn of a nrliiip hirA i. 1.:-
bedroom. This was the third nieht be
fore he died, and he declared that his
death would take place at midnight, just
when it did. He was at a convivial
party at a brother nobleman's country
uuuse, turn loosing atnis watch he said,
with the sardonic smile peculiar to him,
" If I live halt an hour longer I shall
ockey the ghost," n eaning that he
would give it the lie to the omen. He
retired shortly after, and sent his ser
vant for a spoon that he might take his
customary dose of rhubarb. When the
man returned he found his master dying
in convulsions on the floor. There
seems little doubt that ho had poisoned
himself and had predicted his death in
the full purpose of fulfilling the proph
ecy by suicide. Still, the story of the
bird my have been true, and the belief
in such appearances of the feathered
tribe, especially of one or sometimes two
white birds, before death, was very pre
valent even among the upper classes of
society in those days. Brooklyn Eayle.
The Utes have killed five of Ouray's
best horses that they might accompany
him to the "happy hunting grouods.'v
MTTj DKSPP.T) A XTTTTTIT
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NEW YORK MENDICANTS.
Where the Street Tramps Pan Their
Night.
When the wind blows cold and the
air is crisp with irost it is not an un
common thine to meet at evpnino in t ha
streets of New York, especially below
Canal street and in the Bowery, beggars
whose claim to consideration is either
hunger or tue assertion that they have
no place to sleep. The plea of hunger is
perennial, but the request for money to
pay for a night's lodging is one that is
seldom or never preferred-at this season
by the sophisticated or professional beg-
nn. tin il.an tint Mnw - ' - . .
w www" ivu uvn biku ior tue
shelter of a lodging-house, but is well
content to forego the accommodations
which later he will beg to secure. The
lodging-house keeper is not at present
the person to whom he must look for
such disturbed slumber as, in winter, he
can snatch in the brief truces between
himself and the predatory insect band
whose name is legion. It is the police
man who is the autocrat of his bed
chamber in summer, and the canopy is
ms Buy. ii ue can umy manage to escape
the notice of the man with the r.lnh nH
off-hand manner, he is willing to insure
the rest and to discount the worst
enorts 01 au tne mosquitoes in Manhat
tan island.
Where does the homeless hpo-tmr of
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new lerii aioep iu me summer the
beerear whom the attractions of rrroan
fields, babbling brooks, henroosts and
potato patches cannot seduce from the
city to be a country tramDP The re
porter whose duties lead him about the
streets at midnight stumbles upon him
in many places ; sees him curled up in
a doorway, stretched out in some hoa.
pitable truck wagon that has been left
in the street, or wandering away in
search of some secluded spot where
neither the light from the street lamps
nor me policeman's eye will hnd him
out. And he may be found on the
benches in the public parks, where he
enters upon possession at the witching
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"ui ui imuuiguii. 111 ia curious to note
what classes of DeoDle eniov thpupnnrira
and when. Of those who make use of
tne seats and shade for the leisure
hours of the dav nothing need hp aairt.
for it is a patent fact that the old men
and children under the charge of their
white-capped bonnes are then largely
in possession. As evening approaches
the children go away home, and their
places are taken by a variety of men,
many of them voune and well-drpsspd.
These do not, as a rule, remain long
enough to decide where they will go to
seek amusement. When the last meal
ot the day has been eaten, and the
dishes have been cleaned, the servant
girls and their male friends begin to ap
pear in the parks. To watch them
closely is to discover that the Door irirls
are invariably so wearied by the labors
of the day as to need the supporting
arms of their escorts, which are never
denied them. After an hour or two
spent in the mildly exciting pleasure of
miKing anu nemg nugged, the girls go
their waya to rest, anf a little later the
beggar begins to slink into the Darks
and to court forgetfalness of his d.iilv
wretchedness in sleep. It may be that
uonest worKingmen nave been in the
parks to breathe for a few hours a purer
air than they can hope to find in their
hot lodgings. These begin to go when
the beggars and tramps come, in order
not to be confounded with them.
Where has the beesar been since the
sun set? Walk in anv of the streets ad
jacent to the park and the question will
answer liseii. as you go along you will
become conscious at times of a shadow
even though it be at night; a shadow
that is erect and walking. If you show
that you are conscious of its presence,
tho chances are that vou will hear the
shadow muttering some words, among
which may be distinguished "a few
pennies " and ' not a bite to eat." This
shadow is the beggar who, unlike the
wise husbandman, strives to make hay
while the sun does not shine, and who
wearily " moves on " through fear of the
police, until he has moved with the
hours to midnieht. He then eroea to thn
parks and sleeps, unless the park police
man, who must remain awake himself,
maliciously decides to keep him awake
also. And this is usually the rnso. for
it is an every-night affair for tho man
in gray uniform to flit about through the
parks and rouehlv shake into aemhlnnnp
of wakefulness the wretched creature he
nnds, and admonishes him not to sleep.
With a erowl that is an oath thn hpirT..r
declares himself awake, and straight
way nods again . This is often repeated
during the night. At earliest dawn the
policeman makes a final round, and with
the voice of authority announces that
sleep must positively have ending. This
time he is obeyed, though with thn
slowness of unwilling acquiescence. The
Deggar sits sullen, blinking and yawn
ing, until he fanally becomes thor
oughly aroused, when he rises and dis
appears. Usually, as he slinks away,
he seems like one who is " drunk many
times a day, if not many days entirely
drunk." He is a sad specimen ot ruined
manhood, of an utter mental and moral
waste.
Torpedo Balloons.
A scientific gentleman warns thp
country and the government of a new
and terrible engine of war that may pos
sibly come into use, and against which
New York would be utterly defense
less, ft is the torpedo balloon.' A ves
sel lying out of range of any of our forts
could take advantage of favoring breezes
to set adrift, witiiout aeronauts, small
balloons, each carrying fifty pounds of
nitro-elycerine, the explosive to be
dropped by a well-known and cheap
mechanical contrivance at such t.imp
may be determined upon after the dis-
tance and velocity of the wind hao
been estimated. It will be readilv seen
that a vessel barely in sight nf land.
and after only the rudest calculations,
could not send out any such fiendish
missiles without doine ereat damairn to
life and property somewhere within the
great area covered by New York.
rooklyn and Jersey Citv. It is nour
comfort to think that other large cities
of the world are eauallv exDosed to
such terrors, and that even London and
Paris are not far enough from the sea
board to escape harm. A general agree
ment between civilized powers, such as
was made regarding explosive bullets,
should promptly nip this danger in the
ouu. jxew lorn iieraia.
A funeral nrocession at 0-rforri Tn
found itself without a minister when
the grave was reached. After an em
barrassing delay a ragged tramp, who
was passinir by on a railroad trap
stopped, announced that he was a clergy
man and, the mourners consenting, pro
ceeded with the services, conducting
thoia to the satisfaction of all,
TIMELY TOPICS.
More than l3,noo people are given
employment in Baltimore in packing
fruits, vegetables and oysters in tin cans.
More than 15,000,000 bushels of oysters
are said 10 De cannea mere annually.
Tho nnmKnr of pn.apa of all aorta nf nnnAa
.uv " .... v. . . miH u gjjAB
packed there it is estimated will not tall
Duuie ui ,vnni,vnn, nveittgiug twenty
four cans to each case There are eighty
firm a cn era no A in tho varimia Krannlmn
01 packing Dusiness, capital is $,uuu,uuu
A rtilinlrw nrnmnn Ifwittf
u fiuvnj VTllULa iiiiug au a. 1 Vl0 UvlU
Me., recently scared a quack out of his
seven senses. He had promised to
cure ber of neuraleia if she would lav a
roll of greenbacks on the kitchen table.
She put the money on the table as he
requested. He then asked for pen, ink
and paper, and when she went upstairs
to fetch them he disappeared with the
money. In a moment she was behind
him with a revolver at his ear, and she
1 A. It. a.1 . 1 1 . , 1 1 .
&epi, it. mere until ne 11 au crawled Dacs
into the kitchen, nut down the monev.
ana Deggea ior mercy.
-i 1 , .
In the office of the treasurer nf the
united btates is a glass case which con
tains the keys which were used in the
oiden times to lock the treasury vaults.
Mr. Giltillan says that in the old times
the treasurer, when the vaults were
locked up, carried the keys home with
him, and several times the house
of the treasurer, who had the
keys in custodv. has been broken into
dv tuieves to get these open sesames.
Under the present system the vaults are
locKea Dy time ana combination locks.
There are inner and outer d-.ors to the
vaults. The officer who knows the
combination to open the outer door does
not know the combination of the inner,
and vice versa. When the combination
is changed the changes are noted by
different clerks and handed to Treasurer
fjrilbllan in a sealed envelope.
Syracuse. N. Y.. has thirtv-eiaht nro.
ducing salt wella, varying in depth from
850 to 430 feet, and in strength ot brine
from ten to twentv tier cent, of salt.
Over 1,500,000 gallons of salt water are
pumped daily. The daily production
per kettle from the steam process ranges
from 300 to 550 bushels, accordins to
the strength of brine, and costs eight or
nine cents a bushel. The solar evapor
ation costs, 01 course, little lor labor.
There are about 50,000 vats in use, with
the annual production of sixty bushels
per vat. The flow of these salt springs
differs greatly. Some which gave early
promise have been known to cease flow-
ng in a few weeks: other have chanced
the saline auaiitv of their stream to
something quite different and mostly of
iittie or no commercial value, tin f lip
other hand, there are springs now pro
u..j ii i.r.u . T
wuiiug nuuiiuuuiiiY wuiuii nave oeen
flowing for thirty years or more.
According to t.hp T.onrion Mtlin1
!l - wuw UUU 1. l.l..vll
t.hoRP t.imiH Viointra whn ..
I h.u..u " 1. ' U Q J n UU 1. 1 VI
haunted by apprehensions of being
buried alive, and who make testament
ary provisions against such contingency,
may now take courage, for science has
supplied an infallible means of deter-
uiming wueuier or not tue vital spark
hna.nliit.tprit.hamort.nl tram a X? Iis.t.!.,i .
i - . ...... .uv.. AJiv.1.. i.iivii,jr
enables us to distinguish with absolute
cprtaJnt.v hpt.Wppn lifp nnH tooth In
two or three hours after the stoppage of
tue neart tue wnoie 01 the muscles of
the bodv have comnlptplv loat. thpir
electric excitability. When stimulated
by electricity they no longer contract
T tlt.n ... 1. .... I."..-., A: . .
bucii, vvucu xamuisui, ua tue treat-
mpnt. .with inri.ippri Aiimmla nf .l.n
tricit.v for rpmpriiul nm-nnona ia ..ll.,
applied to the muscles of the limbs and
1,1 unit, say nve or six nours alter sup
posed death, there be no contractile re
SDonse. it ram hp. p.prt.iKpri with norioinin
that death has occurred; for no faint,
nor trance, nor coma, however
deen. can nrevpnt. thn mnnitWniinn
of electric muscular contractility. Here
there is no possibility of mistake, as
iuere uermiuiy was wuen the Old tests
were employed.
The Isle of Man.
Therein a nat.n.h in tha Trial. 000
r " w..w ..ii. nbw ..uiicu
the Isle of Man. On a sunny day the
llicrhlanrifl of TTlator in Tialai nwA r
Galloway, in Scotland, are visible from
ilb wesveru suore; ana from tae summit
of Snaefell mountain, England is seen
fretting in the golden haze across the
sea.
Small as this island is, it has a gov
ernment of its own, and a thrilling and
PVPnt.fnl hiatorv P.urtlmina f.nnj St-
OUt while he was a consul at Liverpool,
ana nas praised it in his " English Note-
duuks. ocois gatuereo material lor
" Pt'TTri 1 Of thn V.l.l b- ll-nm VAmnH:
scenerv and lpcpnria nnri Wnntuunrih
commemorated a visit to it in a sonnet.
in its greatest length the island meas
ures about thirty-three miles, and in its
prpatpnt hrparith nhont. thirtonn Tn .1..
cumference it is seventy-five miles, ex-
ciuamg tne sinuosities 01 the bays; and
it contains a superficial area ot about
13(1 fillfl RPTPa. or eillnra milpa 1?
joying the benefits of the Gulf stream.
f ha tlimofa ia aSnnnlaitlB w?ls4 . J
vuv vuiunvv as Diuuini IJ XIX I XU O II U
trpni 1 nnri thpro nro four nftiav r.!nna i..
the world where the difference between
summer and winter is so slight.
As to the healthfulness of the climate,
you would find proof in the native
girls rosy-cheeked, plump, active and
pleeful: and the men nrn aa atalornrt.
masculine and handsome a race as
breathe sea air.
Most of the coast is rocky and wild,
honr with t.hp foam of tha tni-hnlanf ap.
that surrounds it, and indented with ca
pacious harbors and innumerable creeks ;
I A. I . At A I- A. I 1 1 . , '
out in iue norm tue iana bidks into a
low nn.atlirn.fff. nnri meMa tha mo fo w
the glistening pebbles of a smooth bea h.
The interior includes nearly every kind
of natural Hnpnprvlianthor-.lal k.l
simic hills, plains richly cultivated, wide
reaches of prickly gorse as drea.' as
Yorkshire moors, and the prettiest of
cascades, ineencoantmentot northern
land dwells in its subdued light and on
its mist-crowned heights.
Sleepy villages are perched on the
cliffs where once the beacon-bres of the
wreckers allured many a goodly ship to
her doom. In the bays where the pi
rates hid themselves of old, fly the
white sails of pleasure-boats.
ine present invaders are not Romans,
TMpta nor Rnanriinavlana K. .
, ... ..... ..una, uu, a-gglCBBlve
tourists, bearing knapsacks instead .of
eaues. and waikino-.Ktintra InciuH nf
javelins. These confront you in nearly
every part ot the island; and the piimi
tive character of the natives is - fast
changing under the influence of I he
t iwn manners which the visitors bring
with them. Many of the supersti. ons
have been laughed away, but there are
nilt. a ffiW hnnPt. fn Ira whn mil -
taadfwt faith in mermaids and fairies.
FARM. GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD,
lteclrwa.
Potato Cakes. Mix thoroughly
with cold, mashed potatoes left from
dinner the well-beaten yoit or an egg;
make into cakes as you would sausaees.
place in skillet with a tablespoon hot
ham or beef driDDines. cover tiirhtlv.
and, in five minutes, when lower side is
browned, turn, remove cover, fry until
the other side is a nice brown ; serve
hot Make up after dinner ready for
trying for breakfast.
Arrr.E Snow. Pare, core and bring
to boil in as little water as possible six
tart apples, cool and strain, beat well
and add the well-whipped whites of
three eggs, sweeten to taste and beat
thoroughly until a dish of snow is the
result, flavor with lemon or vanilla, or
add the grated rind of a lemon; serve
with sweetened cream. Or make cus
tard of yolks, sugar, and a pint of milk,
place in a dish, and drop the froth on it
in large flakes.
Pickled Onions. Splect small silver-
skinned onions, remove with a knife all
the other-skins, so that each onion will
be perfectly white and clean. Put them
into brine that will float an egg, for
three days; bring vinegar to Boiling
point, add a little mace and whole red
peppers (or sprinkle with cayenne, ad
ding bits of horseradish and cinnamon
bark, with a few cloves), and nour it
hot over the onions, well drained from
brine.
March Pudding. One cud dried an-
ples. cuv molasses, one and one-fourth
cups flour, fourth cup butter, one egg,
one teaspoon each of soda and cinna
mon, half teaspoon cloves; wash and
soak apples over night, cut fine and
mix with water in which they were
soaked, add molasses and spice; mix
egg, butter and flour together ; stir soda
with apples and molasses ; add and bake
immediately; serve hot with sauce
made of half cup butter and one cup
sugar, beaten smooth and flavored with
nutmeg, lemon or vanilla.
Fowl Beneficial In Orchards.
Last fall the editor of the Poullrv
World visited an orchard in which fowls
were kept, the owner of which told him
that before the fowls were confined in
it the trees made little or no erowth.
and only a corresponding amount of
fruit was obtained. But what a change
was evident now I The grass wan kept
down, the weeds killed, aud the trees
presented an appearance ot thrift, which
the most enthusiastic horticulturist
could but admire and envy. The growth
of the trees was most vigorous, and the
foliage most luxuriant; the fruit was
abundant, of large size, and free from
worms and other imperfections. The
excellence was accounted for by the
proprietor, who remarked that the
'liens ate all the worms and curculio
in their reach, even to the canker
worm." He found less trouble with
their roosting in trees than he expected,
and a picket fence six feet high kept
tuem wituin Dounos. His orchard was
divided into three sections, and the
fowls were changed fiom one to another
as the condition ot the fowls or the
orchard sections seemed to require.
The Supply ot Cattle.
The IndianaDolis Price Current savs:
It seems to be the opinion of those who
have examined this matter pretty
thoroughly that a considerable decrease
will be found in the stock of the United
States and Territories, after this year's
shipments are over. We are of the opin
ion that this may be the case in regard to
such as are sufficiently well bred for
shipment to foreign markets; but as to
interior stock, wo question whether
much, if any, deficiency will be found.
Yet in any event there will unauestion-
ably be a considerable advance in the
price of cattle another year, as well as
in sheep and swine. There are two
reasons why this may be so ; the first of
which is the grenily increased tide of
emigrants to our country this season,
who will be consumers instead of pro
ducers ior a twelvemonth to come; and
the second reason is, so numerous are
the losses sustained in Great Britain
and Ireland during the past eighteen
months in domestic animals, that their
wants for this year will doubtless be
larger than the past have been.
An Old Farmer's WWdow.
One who has tilled the soil for forty
years, and meantime accumulated a
competence and given his children a
good education, says his experience has
tauetlt him these things r I. (inn nnra
of land, well prepared and well culti
vated, produce more than two which
received only the same amount of labor
nad on one. a. One cow. horse, mule.
sheep or hog well fed, is more profitable
than two kept on the amount necessary
to keep one well. 3 One acre of clover
or grass is worth more than two of cot
ton where no grass 01 clover is raised.
No farmer who buvs oats. com.
wheat, fodder and hav. as a rule, for ten
years, can keep the sheriff away from
1.A A 2 . I 1 m I. . .
iuo uuut in tue enu. o. j.ue inrmer
who never reads the Danera. sneers at
book farming and improvements, al
ways has a leaky roof, poor stock,
broken-down fences, and complains of
bad "seasons." 6. The farmer who is
above his business and intrusts it to
another to manage, soon has no busi
ness to attend to. 7. The farmer whose
habitual beverage is cold water is
healthier, wealthier and wiser than he
wuo does not refuse to drink.
Words or Wisdom.
One maxim is. "A nound of nluck ia
worth a ton of luck."
Discretion of speech is more than elo
quence.
If a man be gracious and courteous to
strangers it shows that he is a citizen of
the world.
He that is not industrious envipth
him that is.
Suffering has ita limits, but fears are
endless.
Monev is like miiV not. roori s-rnpnt
it be spread.
We double all the ills of our fate by
A WPllinOT On t.hpm a onvalnh tannma
wound, a slight an injury, a jest an in
cum, n Biuaii pern a great aanger, and a
Blight sickness oftea ends in death by
brooding apprehensions.
All that we do depends upon what we
are: llf than who hna Wt to tha vnr)H
the record of a noble life no outward
memorial, has leit an enduring source
ol inward, and though inward, of out
ward greatnepg.
Therfl fa a. tiAhlonaaa avA
H fv.iwuMa 4A IWUVUa MUV4
RVfln BRArarinoan In wavIt I. a
so benighted, forgetful of his high call
ing, there is always hope in a man that
-wuRiijr ana narueswy works.
Two Dollars per Annum.
NO 30.
Is it Sol
To long for and possess not,
Remember and regret not,
Mayhap, indeed, caress not, -But
ever to forget not,
Xs'Tiotter than enough.
A little song for singing,
A little time for sighing.
A summer swallow bringing
Some word of love's replying,
Is better than enough.
The end of all our dreaming
Is surely but awakingr
And sweet and subtle seeming,
Fulfillment overtaking,
Is bitter and enough.
O. IT. Richmond.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Champagne is made out of tomatoes.
Figs grow and ripen "well in Califor
nia.
Minnesota raises frogs for exporta
tion.
A favorite word with women The
last one.
There is one good thing about mules
A good appetite.
A prudent housewife makes her bread
when she kneads it.
It is believed that the United States
will produce 6,000,000 bales of cotton
this year.
The difference between some srirls and
grapes is that you can't make the girls
wuiue oy squeezing tuem.
There are sixtv-three stallions that
have a record of ii :25 or better, and of
these nineteen weie bred in Kentucky.
During a late balloon ascension a SDeed
of not less than 120 miles an hour was
attained.
When the Constitution was adonted
there were seventy-five postoffices in the
Union. Now there are over forty thou
sand! It takes considerable produce to rear
animals on a farm : but a mule, we have
observed, will rear itself. Marathon
Independent.
In Germany and Austria eminent
physicians are generally associated with
private hospitals.of which they are often
proprietors.
A Reading fPa.) man onlv sixtv-fiva
years old lias beea married three times
and is the father of eleven pairs of twins.
tie nas forty-one children m all.
There have been ODened since the
present flurry six thousand mines in and
about ieactvuie, Uol., one hundred of
which will perhaps pay the ordinary
expenses of working and a little more.
Chicago thinks that it has the cham
pion cat of the United States. He stands
fifteen inches high in his stockings,
weighs fourteen pouuds. and is exauis-
itely sweet tempered. The little dear!
Petroleum is now the fourth of tha
export commodities of the United States,
although the first artificial well was
sunk only twenty-one years ago. The
annual production is now fifteen million
barrels.
On the farm of Albert Perro, at Bark
hamstead. Conn., is a trinity of trees,
consisting of a birch, maple and a hem
lock, all joined together at the butt and
apparently springing from the same
roots.
It is an interesting fact, not generally
known, that all the flags lor the navy,
war and treasury departments of the
United States are now made seamless,
the fabric boing woven in white bunting,
and the red stripes and blue field being
dyed in pattern.
c; There's a leak in the soup kettle,"
said Mrs. Barker to her husband, as a
gentle hint that he ought to have it
niemded, and the unfeeling brute re
plied: "Let the leak stay there, aud it
will be a great saving in enions."
Teacher" Suppose that you have two
sticks of candy and your big brother
gives you two more, how many have
you got thenP" Little boy (shaking his
head)" You don't know him ; he ain't
that kind of a boy." (Jalveslon News.
During the first six months of the
present year 390 ships were registered in
England as unseaworthy, and were in
consequence detained from proceeding
to sea, while 125 others were prevented
from sailing because overladen.
It is singular how the expectations of
youth fall short of realization. Many a
bright, promising boy, who starts out
with the full intention of being a pirate,
never rises above tho station of cleric on
a river steamer. Middle town Transcript.
Ten thousandrEnglisli'miners are an
nually injured by accidents, and 850 of
these die. InPrussia the mortality is
much hlrher, a life being sacrificed for
every 70,451 tons of coal raised, while in
England the proportion only one in
every 89,419.
The sorrowful tree, so called because
it flourishes only in the .night, is found
on the island of Goa, near Bombay. The
flowers, which appear soon after sunset,
close up or fall off as the sun rises. The
treehas afragrant odor, and blossoms a t
ni&ht the year round.
"Playing Trunk, as Papa Does."
" My early practice," said a doctor
"was successful, and I soon attained an
enviable position. I married a lovely
girl; two children were born to us, and
my domestic happiness was complete.
But I was invited often to social parties
where wine was freely circulated, and I
soon became a slave to its power. Be
fore I was aware of it I was a drunkard.
My noble wife never forsook me, never
tfilintpH ma nrith a fii 1 1 n. mnA
v.uiA.1 nmu, ucver
ceased to pray for my reformation. We
were wretcneoiy poor, so that my family
became pinched for daily bread. One
beautiful Sabbath my wife went to
church, and left me on a lounge sleeping
off my previous night's debauch. I was
AroilQPn hv hpnrinu or.mpfV.lnr. fall ha..
ily on the floor. I opened my eyes and
saw my little boy or six years tumbling
on t.hp parnpt. Hia oMpi Kisf h
- .. . . uim Liiviwii.1 Bam
to him: 'Now get up and fall again.
x uat b tue way papa aoes. iet's play
we are drunk. I watched the child as
he personated my beastly movements
in a way that would have done credit to
any actor. I arose and left the house,
groaning in agony and remorse. I
waliced off miles in the country think
ing over my abominable sin, and the
example I was setting beiore my chil
dren. I solemnly resolved that, with
God's help, 1 would quit the cup, and I
did. No lecture I ever heard from Mr.
Gough moved my soul like the spectacle
ot my own sweet boys, 'plajlng drunk
si papa doss."'
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