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Ve dolunbikr.
C0LCH1IA MMOCRAT, ST1H OP THS NOKTn, and CO-
luhbiam, Consolidated.)
Issued Werkly, every Frldny Morning, nl
nLOOMoIlUllQ, COLUMBIA CO., r.
at per year. To subscribers out ot the conn-
r tnn terras aro. strictly In sdvance.
I-Nu payer discontinued except at tbaontlnn
of the lmbiniiers, until all arrearages aro paid, but
Ion continued credits will not be ttlven.
All papers sent out of tbo Htato or to distant post
ouiccs uiuai. wj iiiiiu tut immiuiiuv, uuiessa respon
sible porsoii lii Columbia, county nssumcs to pay
JOB POINTING.
TlioJnb Printing Department of the CoLtmiiiN
Is rery complete. It contains the latest new typo
nl mil lit i ery and Is tbo only onico that runs lob
presses by now er. (riving us tho best facilities. Ks
imntes furnished on largo Jobs.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
r K. WALLKH,
Aj ATTO ltNE Y-AT-L AW,
llloomsburg, l'a
Ofllco over 1st. National Dank.
ir .U.PONK,
ly ' ATTOUNEY-AT-LAW.
Uloomsoubo, n,
once In lint's Uulldlng.
J OUN M. CLA.HK,
ATTO RN E V- AT-L AW.
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
U1.OOM8BUR0, IA.
Oflcs ovor .Moyer Ilros. Drug Store.
p W. MILLER,
ATTOUNET-AT-LAW
Ofnceln Browcr'sbur.dlng.acconifloor.room No.l
Uloomsburgi fa.
FRANK ZV.KR,
ATTO UN E V- AT-L AW.
IJloomsburg, Pa.
onico cornor of Contre and Main strets. Clark J
Building.
Can bo consulted In German,
G
KO. K. KLWELL
-ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
IfLOOMSHUltU, l'A.
OlUoo on First tloor, front room oE Coi
minus Uulldlui:, Main street, below Ex
change. Hotel.
p.VOL E. WIRT,
Attorney-at-Law.
Ofllco In Columbian Uoildino, Itoom No. s, second
B00t BL,')OM.SUURCt. PA.
S. KNOKK. " W1KTR8TEIN.
KNORR & WINTERS TEEN,
Attoi'noys-at-Law.
onico In 1st National Bank building, second floor,
first door to the I ft. Corner of Main and Market
streets Uloomsburg, Pa.
t&-Pension and Rountics Collected.
J H. MAIZE,
ATTORNEY AT-LAW
Since in Maize's uulldJig ever Blllmeyer's grocery.
JOIWC. YOCUM C. K- OEY2K.
YOCU.M & OEYER,
A ttcn'n ey s-at-Law i
CATAW1SSA, l'A.
(Omce front huh of rooms on second tloor of
news Item bulldlnc.)
riTCAN UK L'ONHlLIKDINOKllMAN.jil
Membcis of sharp and Alleman'H Lawyers ind
Banlers Dluctoij and the American Mercantile
and CulUilloii Ancclatkm. will gUo prompt and
carelul iitiintlcn to tollcctlon ot claims in any
part of the fnlud Maiet or Canada, as well as to
ull other piotetblonal buHnits tmiuslid to tlitru
K. OSWALD,
ATTOHNEY-AT-LAW.
Jackson Hullding, Rooms 4 and C.
BKUWICK.PA
-yy. II. RHAWN.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
CatawlsBa, l'a.
Offlco, corner ot Third and Main street.
JJ V. WHITE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Ofllcc In Urowers' Uulldlng, 2nd lloor.
may 1-tf
E. SMITH,
Attorney-at Law.Berwlck. Pa.
Ctn be Consulted in German.
ALSO FIKST-OLASS
FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANIES BKl'IlKBESTED.
WOfllcu first door below the post office.
MISCELLANEOUS
" B. MoKELVY, M. D.,8urgeon and Phy
. siclan, north Bide Main street.below Market
i L. FRITZ, Attorney-at Law. Office
, inCoLUMDux Building,
.0.M
I. DRINKER, GUN & LOCKSMITH
8ing Machines and Machinery of all kinds re-
p urea, uriui uousk uuiiu ik uiwuwutb, .
D
R. J. C. R UTTER,
PHYSICIAN itfUHOBON,
Office, North Market street,
Uloomsbu , i u
OR. WM. M. REDER, Surgeon and
FUyslcIun. gfflce corner of Itock and Market
it.
JR. EVANS M D., Burgeon and
.Physician, ojlce inn IteBidenco on Third
street.
URE INSURANCE.
CHRISTIAN F. KNAl'l', BLO0M8BURQ, PA,
HOME, or N, x. .
MBKUIIANTS', OF NEWAHK, N. J.
CLINTON, N. Y.
I'KOl'LES' N. Y.
KUADl.NO, l'A.
Thehe'.'oLD coaroHATiONB aro well seasoned by
a,-e and nine tbstku uud have neer jet Had a
loss settled by any court ot law, 1 heir assets are
uninvested In bout! bkcuwtjks are liable to the
haiaidof HKKouly. ,
losses fKomiLY and honhsti.t adjusted and
paid us boon as determined by L'iiiustun r.
KNAff, Brkcut. AoT aku APJrsrEii bloomsbuso,
Pa.
The people of Columbia county should patron,
tzs the agency where losses If any u;e settled and
paid m one oft her own citizens. . .
HaPKOMlTNESS. KOU1TY. rAIlt DEAUNO.
F. HAHTMAN
KirassiNTBTni roLLowixo
AMERICAN 1NBURANCE COMPANlEb
North American of Philadelphia.
Franklin, " "
Pennsylvania, " "
Y'ork, of Punusylranla,
Hanover, or N. Y.
Oueens, of London.
North British, of London.
O nee ou .Ur tit Street, No, I, Bloomsbi'rg.
oct.SI, I-
SOiiANTON house.
-ON TIIK EUROPEAN PLAN,
Victor Kooh. Proprietor.
llooma are lifnted by steam, well ventilated and
elegantly furnished. Finest Bar and Lunch Coun
ter In he city. . .
Meals to order at- all hours Ladles and dents
restaurant rurnlshed with, all delicacies ot the
season.
ljution near U. U& V. It. It. Depot. Bcranton,
Pa. Mar w-tt
EXCHANGE HOTEL,
W. R. TUBBS, PROPRIETOR
BLOOMSBUnO, FA,
OPPOSITBOOUUT iionsE.
La rgesand convenient sample rooms. Hath rooms
hot and cold water and all modern convealaactn
S.B.BLWHLI., . . ...
j BITIBNBENDEb, ('ur"'or'
'yAINWlUUUT ft (JO.,
WHOLESALE OHOCEKS,
PlIILADEI.riUA
TKAS, SYKUPS, COFBFK, BUOAlt, MOU Stb
ItlCI.SriCIS. BICARB SODl,ftC.,A-C.
N. B. Corner Second and Arch streets,
nr-nrders "hi rtceltt pi.tnt atlctifoi
'COURSEN, CLEMONS & CO"
l.ltnlteil,
Importers and Wholesale Dealers in
Crockery, (llasswoie, Table and I'ockcVcutlcry,
Window nium, and l'lated.aie,
The 5(1 ca.ndlc-tiov.cr mnridi electric lamp.
Ihccclcbinted l'lualore burner,
lllrd Ca8cs, Fruit Jars.
Hi Lackawanna Avenue. NCHANTON, la.
may l-iy
11. HOUSE,
DENTIST,
15 LooMsnuitn, Columbia Colniy, Pa.
All styles ot work done In a superior manner, work
warranted as represented. Txth Kxthict
kd wiriiocr 1'ain by the use of (las, and '
freo of chargn hnu arttriclaltoetb
arelnsprtert.
Ofllco over Klclin's Driij; Store.
lo be nnen nl alt huurt during the r'at
lor worKinK people, wndio cents post
age, nnd we lll mall j ou free, a royal,
valuable sample box of goods that will
P.iy iou In the wn- of ninklnir more
money In a few daysthun jou everthouaht possl.
bio at any business. I'npital not required. You
can lire at home and work Incpaie eonly, or
all tho time AH of both sexes, of nil oces, grand
ly sueiessful, 50 tenia lo fi eallv eamed every
evening. That all who wnnt work may test the
business, we make this unparalleled otlen 'lo nil
whonre not well satMledue will send 11 Ui pay
for tho trouble of writing us. Full particulars,
directions, etc., sent free. Immense pay absolute
ly sure lor nil who stnit at once. Con't delay.
Address stinbon & Co., Portland, Maine, decis.
Fas.j Be illy, j
PKOIMUETOU OF
E;:::::;: Barber & Fool Room.
At tins old stand, under the
Exchange Hotel,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
M. C. SLOAN &"M,"
KLOOMSUUKG, PA.
Manufacturers of
CARRIAGES BUGGIES, PHAETONS
SLEIGHS, PLATFORM WAGONS &C.
First-class work always on hand.
REPAIRING iVEA 71. Y DONJi.
Prices reduced lo iui the times.
BL00M MIH& MILL
The undersigned bavins put hlB Plnnliip Ml
on Uatlroad street, In nrst-ciass condition, Is pi e
pared to do all kinds ot work In his line.
FRAMES, SASH, DOORS,
BLINDS. MOULDINGS,
FLOORING, Etc.
furnlsnea at reasonable prices. All lumber used
Is well seasoned and none bur. skilled orMuen
are employed.
ESTIMATES FOE BUILDINGS
urnlsned ou application. Plant- and spetinca
oas jrjoired by an oxporlcnced draughtsman
(Jlliktl.l.S KRl'fj,
It liiuiiislitire, l'a
OBNAMEKTAL 1E0U
OF ( AST CR WROUGHT IRON.
tsuitable for
Yards,
Cemetery Lots
and
Public Grounds.
:o:
The followlnit shows the picket (lothlc, one ot
theseeral beautiful stylesot Fence manufacturtd
by the undersigned.
For Beauty and Durability they aie unsurpnes
ed. bet up by experienced hands and warrnnled
to give 6aflstactlon.
Price and Hpeuiiuens of other du
hilthm went lo any mlurew.
Address
8. WL Him
BLOOMSBURG PA-
May 4-tf
Five cold and Two Silver Mednlt,
awarded la 1885 at tbo Exposition! of
New Orleans and Louisville, and the In
ventions Exposition of London.
The superiority of Corallno oyer born
or whalebone lias now been demonstrated
by over Ave yeais' experience. It la wore
durable, more pliable, uioro comfortable,
and never breaks.
Avoid cheap Imitations niado of varlom
kinds of cord. Nono aro genulno unlcsi
"Db. Winskii'a CortALiNK" ia printed
on Inside of eteel cover.
rOR SALE Br ALL UABIHB MERCHANTS,
WARNER BROTHERS,
353 Broadway, New York City
feb 5 r urns.
I
.Mi IKS WAN! Wto work for us al their own
ho lues. T to Jin per week eau be easily
, iiiad;ii ocanvasslnifi fascliMtluir and steady
orkwntwr stun P. Add i ess lUJMh tu,
O. llox I'JIU, lloiton, .Mass. iuur.iu-4l.d.
SUHSCltlHH von
TIIK COI-UM HIA K,
w
mum
lie
SALVATBOMOIL,
"The Greatest Cure on Karth for Pain,"
Will relieve more quickly than cr.y
other l:nov.'n remedy. Rheumatism,
Ncuralsia, Ewcliincs, Cruises, Durns,
Scalds, Cuts, Lumbago, Sores, Frost
bites. Backache, Wounds, Headache,
Toothache, Sprains, &c. Sold by all
Druggists. Price 23 Cents a Dottls.
in a pottle.
C Wl A P T 1 M SuiTicIcrt 1 3 top in fivo
OlllnllllllU mtmitei the in.ariinf, t,tin
inupiinof roo burnt t cjIU.
It will stp tlie paii) 41 ojii 41
- applied.
PnilPUIMP Abundance to cure a seor1!
UUUUnilUI nf culdi And the coughim:
that often lead- the wjy In
Consumption. It wiil ros
iiivpiv case u Cough in 15
P U n U I M P Mof than enouch to save
U II U IV I II U a
dozen children Choline with
Croup. One nnnnie niter the
first doe the hardest .at.uk
r.f Croup be relieved.
Plenty to relieve the oppret
Man and wheeling tl the itioit
tevere cae &l Ailhtna. l lie
direct cure ot A,-lhm y
t hi medicine are proof Out
Dr. ThomaV I.clectnc Oil lu
no equal u an Aithi. iure.
WHEEZING
In th alwve r.ie T)r Thoma Kclcctnc Od can
lie rlifd upon. It ha pivn teliel in ihcmands
Keep it in cur liotie. I heir it li.rdly a week cl
the )'ar it v.'u not be t'sefut.
nuir. 23-ly-iild.
PARKER'S
HAIR BALSAM
tho popular farorito for dmln(f
tlio ball, Itrxtoilnt; color ubvu
fi-ny, ami prorpntlnr; Itindrtiir.
t iloaiirx1 tx'alp, tttojw tbo
lull r falling, and in Miro to pK-OM.1.
60c, mid S LOO at Dimp-pihts.
Ihti heat Cough Cure you mil use.
And the best pro 1 ntl o know n for Cone iimpt Ion. !t
euros bodily tlns, and all ilixordeni if the Stomach,
Bowels, Lung, Liver, Kidney, Urinary Oi puis and
all Female Complaints. Tlio fiTblo and oleic, ftnii
gllntr against dltoane, and nlowly ilrirtln towards
tho trrae. villi In luuHtcaM'H iwtm-r tlulr health by
thetlualy uao ut l'AltlCEK'tl Tjmc, but dtlay U dan
gcruua. Take It lti lime. Buia by all urugultrta in
lorgu bottlus at $1.04
HINDERCORNS
Tho safest, eurent, quliket and best care for Ctnu,
Punloru, Wart, Moli-s, Callouwri, Ac, Ilitnlt-rfl their fur
ther growth. Stowalliaiii. (livnotroiitili. Mokrittho
fett comfortable, Hlnilereorns vnn-n wbcncM-rjtli'IT
olbOfalU boldhyl'rumrbtDatlV. HlcuXtSCo.,. V.
;uig. M-ly
GENUINE MERIT
IS SURE TO WIN.
Ve liellCTO lilt lll'VilAN ltllKU.M ATIS3I
Cl lli: has real, iri'iiulno merit, It U this fallli
ulilcli Ims loil in t uttmr luouey Into it mi
Utwr.illy. Volmu put moru Into Ittliun monuy
iiiniip)' cduM nut buy the fulr nimicwu hnvu
L'liinod hy twenty years ot honorable business
iloalliiR rl'ht hero on Market M.. l'lillailelplila,
nnd yet sairruat Is our fallli 111 the ltusslnu ltheu
mutism Cure that no nru willing to Make our re
liiitatloumi It as a sale, rpecdy unci permanent
euro lorall Rheumatic trouble. Oouhl wu oiler
any belter Ktiaranty of uooil laith? others be
liles ourselves luuu tesleil Its merits, unci iuM
llu'ir hearty uinl unequivocal emlorement.
Wo wild toulluho uk It a pamphlet contain.
liiRiiiuch of sucli testimony. And yet If you
have Itheiimatl'iu why sutler ono day lonaer
Ibnu Is neeuvsary. Itco-tsonlySiMto be cured,
and while you aro lnnMni; up yenir lulnd to try
it you might bo made w ell. Tho
RUSSIAN
RHEUMATISM
CURE
has saved every ilheumatlo sufferer who has
given It 11 fair trial. It Is for you to decldo
whether or not It shall euro ynu.
P, c?r rzr I If mallei. ldo. additional.
rlCO Sai.OU; If rfgi.lred. luc. muiu.
, -tRUSSIAN- t
Oik'Ihiji yt&nuiyl Non.0.nuin.
,i.tho 'nri.u
bnsiucss. I TlVt yZt I Trada-SIark,
RHEUMATISM CURE.
An yf t it Is not to l found at tbegtorcs. but call
oulybo liud bycudosiutf the Biuouut as ttbue, and
liildrcslnirthii Aliierlrau proprietor.,
PFAELZER BROS. & CO.
StU-S'Jl Jlurkt't rtrret, l'hlludelphln.
nurcli iii.ij.ii
IF Vol' liavo internal i-llnio recr, canker, iirrld
nlileinn. bail tusle anl 01lt-lible blealll llr. Kll.
lucr'bSW .Mr-ltoiiT rciiiou'iiull thcoocoiid.llou..
Ask smirdnijriilst lorll. Sic,, II.
IK vol' hit 11 lust jour apiii'tltc, or tomue
co.lUil, uiy and lurclinl Upwind mouth, kpltllo
dry ami cottony, or luu become ciiiaetaU'd Dr.
Klliuer'H SWAMI'-WOOT will biilld up your broken
down court lluilun, bk jouriliinfulet lorll. -J c I
IV Mill lute biidilcu ulluckHuf ilnkliiUHiie'ls
thol.uu nhiiound deatlnv imIc. and expeilencc
fcelliiBinlliouitlidjlii!, and cohlnehs holca your
very Ululs nr. KllmeraiK'HAN-WliKiiroiisciillie
lieart'Hiieilou and sue lite llruKKlntkbellll. fl
It' Mil liaui oiirulilu illseuw, or perlcaulla, or
heart c.ibo troubles, or liui thick" anil bluirglsh
1j1ikI, (Mil us llui'iKli bleedlin; would lelle.vo you
Dr. limner's lit T.AN-M titili vocrecln and I. the
rmedy you need, urut'tistsbi-uiu. 11, 11.
TNAHMHR A handsome V A Mj (.A All' ,'IU'D
' VWVVVV with a IS order lor Tea nndcorf.
A ll II r UU in- All Iron siim.h I'llAMIIEH
c . hr;p ,0 pieces. oraTKASKT. 41
Pieces, ori liandbomollUuNZK HANlllNO LAJH'
Liven wllli u lluorder. A I'llA.MliKH SET ono
pleces,wttti blue, inuroonor pink band or an IKON
b'lONi: CHINA TBI E l" of SB pieces, ora Ul.ASS
-1,1 ui nu luiud i.ct, m, u,,,v,i .,p ' ..
WiMi: l'lti:.vil'.MS, ronslotlne ot Decorated L.ao
ir.,. iti'lui, k..tL nl.,1 Dinner nml Tf.n Kelxcoin
blued, and Chamber Sets, lie He, Klten with
oiders for 118, lat , ft nnd W. hend for clrcu.
lur. which uilliriwuou full inirltculars. lillA.Mi
I'NIO.N TKA IVMI'ANV, S5 South .Malu bt
lllll.ca I I. uittMiluni-
ters Hd r'rout ktiect, cw
Vorlctlly.
may IJ-ly
BLOOMSBUEG, PA., FRIDAY, APETL 2,
TAKING TIIK VHIL.
Just tlii'io the turbid river nsiiiniM
even nwiro than its t-ontcil niiry ap
IH'iinuiri' Htnl In ri-at cdilleH, mlnlattiro
whlrliKKiN nml wethlnK curivutH oema
to bo uniU-rKiiliiK roiiio tcrrihln conviil
slim (if pain nt lit'ing conllntil between
tlio barriers if tho levees, liniiieilinlely
above nnd Ik-Iiiw this sweepiiiK liend it
moved iilnng with noinethinK like ma
jesty In Its smooth, broad surface, nnd
creates an Impression of ita Tilnnio
imwer jieihapH far greater than where it
bubbles and Ixills, twists nnd turns in
discomlituro nt being forced to change
its straight, .onward rush to thu sen to
conform to tho idiosyncrasies ot tlio ir
regular banks. Hero and there tho
branches of partially submerged willows
were swaying to nnd fro moved by the
iiiilM'tuoiis current, nnd rafts of drift
wood, gathered by the eddy from the
great masses Hunting down, kept up their
slow revolution some twenty yards from
the bank. Kery little while portions of
this confused aggregation of trees,
branches, twigs, fence rails and other
llotsam, always seen in high water on
the Mississippi, would liecnught by the
main current and go sweeping down ns
if glad to part company with the heter
ogenous mass it had just left. Headman's
Eddy was known in those dajby all tho
Rteamlioatmen, and few of them cared to
put the noses of their boats into it on a
dark night, for it had a reputation that
was anything but Inviting. Numbers of
boats had their wheels disabled by tho
accumulated drift, and one or two had
been snagged within the lioillidaries of
this ominously named portion of the
river.
Opposite Dcndman's Kddy, emliowered
in a grove of stately live oaks, stood the
largo plantation house of the Cavellier
family, u roomy, comfortable building
belonging to the Creole style of archi
tecture that probably altords more shade
and ventilation to the t-quaro foot than
any other known to .southern climates.
It stood about 200 yards back from the
levee, nnd the intervening space was
laid out in paiterres of ro:cs and palms,
cainelias and sweet olive.
Neither the quiet charm of the land
scae, the delicious atmosphere of per
fume, nor tho ravishing iearl shower of
bird notes produced anything like the
elTect on a visitor to this place that
the queenly beauty of Marguerite Ciwcl
lier did, A brunette of 22, her eyes had
Bet more guitars thrumming in bach
elor's quarters along the river than any
other bello ever known thereabout, and
her face had flooded the table of the ed
itor of L'Abcille, in New Orleans, witli
hundreds of poems, some of them writ
ten, it must be admitted, in questionable
French, but all warm, passionate and de
voted. She was tall, with tho figure of
BOme of thoso delicately chiseled (Jreciau
statues, and possessed of n manner that
was so perfectly natural and free from
constraint it left .with everybody the im
pression that they had been intimate
friends of hers for years. She did not
know what guile or duplicity was, and
with the naieto of a child would reprove
or compliment the action regardless of
any thought of the actor. Every negro pio
auinny on the plantation worshiped her
with a blind idolatry as something en
tirely supernatural and not of this earth.
Her voice was low and musical, and
when her great black eyes were fixed on
tho listener tho effect was al.nost mag
netic. The French word svelte applied
to her most appropriately. To see her on
horseback in the morning galloping along
the rior road, followed by liergayly
dressed negro Ixiy was n sight well worth
the trouble, of early rising, at least bo
thought Edouard de Montpre, tho strug
gling young attorney of the parish. No
matter bow late lie may have been injur
ing over liia books endeavoring to tlx in
bis memory precedents and leading cases
ho never missed his promenade on tho
levee just at that hour when tho young
equestrienne cumo cantering along. A
lifted hat and deferential liow was al
ways paid for by u bewitching smile and
wavo of the hand, and the lawyer for the
rest of that day saw that face jieering
into his own over tho back of his Hon
nen's digest, and out of the panels of his
not too well filled bookcase, On his
father's death city merchants had bold
out tbo Grand Bosquet plantation under
many mortgages, and the only surviving
bon was left with an athletic form, good
disposition and excellent education ns the
only legacies from tho Montpre estate.
Everybody along tho coast, as the banks
of the Mississippi river was called by the
residents in thoso days, esteemed the
young man. and applauded him in his ef
forts to re-ebtablish tho'paternnl name.
Ho visited tlio Cavelliers once or twice
a month, but his Belf-piide imagined
that his receptions there were not aa
cordial on the part of the venerable host
as they might have been, and this lie at
tributed to bis own modest purse,
It would bo pleasant writing to tell
how the friendship between the lawyer
and Marguerite ripened into an inti
macy that soon developed into a pure
and deep love. The Cavellier family', al
though opposing DeMontpio's frequent
visits, wero all of them under the bweet
influence of Marguerite, and could re
fuse her nothing.
"Edouard," she said, "was so different
from the other callers, and sho never
saw him without learning something
he was so gifted and knew so much."
And so it was within a year after her
return from tho convent they were en
gaged, Mom. Cavellier agreeing to give
the young man the Ilelle Colombo place,
on tho other side of the river, for a btart
after marriage.
In the midst of that beautiful season
of contemplated love and betrothal, the
old plantation house was startled by the
report brought from New Orleans that
the state of Ixniisiana had seceded, and
troops were being raised for u war. The
news spread rapidly. People that hith
erto had taken little or no part in liolit
ical affairs began to discuss the situation,
fcCol, Lalferrauderie, an old army ollicer
had established his headquarters at tha
Cut-off postotllce, not far distant from
the Cavellier place, and young men wore
enrolling lu score. The conversation
around the dinner tables now was de
voted to the new artillery company oi
Capt. So-and-so, or the splendid chas
seurs a-peid of young Molaison of tho ad
joining palish, Kdouard Mnntpro caught
the infection, Forty young men ten
dered him their captaincy, and in three
weeks hn and his men were ou a steam
boat bound for the Crescent City.
Tho partiugof Edouard and Murguerito
was most tender and altecting, The men
of tho company, long afterward, mound
tho camp tires in tho mountains of Vir
ginia, frequently talked of It, and not n
little of the lovo and solicitude for their
captain was due to their knowledge, that
he hud left behind thu most loving and
noble girl In tho state.
The boat blew a long and discordant
whistle, n if Impatient of the delay
caused by iroMontpre's leave-taking. Ho
realized that the supreme moment had
come. Ho bent tenderly over her and
whisiiered, "Ma churie, I will bo with
you soon again, It may all lie over in u
month. Iok for my return ou every
boat. Think of mo often, my dniling. It
is for you and our people I go." Ho
kissed her, muttered a tremulous
I -AUieu, anil started down tho stciw.
I Marguerite blood lnotlonlt'si for a mo
If 1 11111 1 1 1 1 11
III I WIMP f f
ment and then sank to the floor.
Assisted by her father nnd an old negro
nurse sho reached tho levee just as tho
Ixiat was backing out. As long as
Dcadman's Eddy wns in sight the flutter
of a white handkerchief could bo dis
cerned against tho background of green
willows growing on the bank.
lJonts passed and repassed. Somo
times they would stop near the Cavellier
place, sometimes they would go on, but
nono of them Imre her lover back to her.
She waited weeks, months, years. Each
day that figure in white could lie seen
seated in the shade of a live oak in front
of the old plantation house, keeping its
watch for that boat that never came.
The Federal pickets near Culpepper
court house, Virginia, were surprised
just after daybreak by the appearance of
n man staggering along nlone, without
rifle or accoutrement. The mud on his
dress completely hid tlio color of his
uniform. Ilia fnco was bloody and ho
reeled like a drunken man. Thero had
been n sharp skirmish near thero tho
evening before, and it was thought tho
solitary figure coming through tho
misty wixids wns some Union
soldier left ou the field who
had recovered sufficiently to get
up. The men went out to meet hint nnd
wero surprised to discover that the-unfor-tunato
fellow was a Confederate, and a
captain nt that. Ho had received a ball
in the center of the forehead, which had
fractured but had not penetrated the
skull. Ho could not talk Intelligently,
and his movements showed that his brain
lacked co-ordination. The expression
had gone out of his eyes, and his coun
tenance was pale and wan. Ho was
escorted to the rear nnd placed in a hos
pital in Washington City, from which ho
recovered from tho wound, but the pres
sure of a particle of bone on the brain
left him lacking his memory. Ho could
tell nothing of his past. It wns ns if it
had never existed.
When tho war closed he was released
from prison. Ho knew not where to go,
for he could not recall from whence lie
came. An old gentleman of southern
pioclivities gavo him employment as a
gardener in the neighborhood of Wash
ington, and ho brought to his new posi
tion a strong frame, willing heart and
happy disposition. Ho wns looked upon
with much curiosity by all the neighbor
hood, for hisbearingand features showed
ho came from patrician blood.
It seemed as if all nature's minstrelsy
had joined to greet the beautiful morn
ing. The tinkling of cow hells in tho
pastures behind the convent, usually the
llrst notes of approaching dawn, wero
silenced by the twitter of birds in tho
great pecan trees. Mocking birds nnd
oriole, the cardinal and papc, whistled
so cheerily that even the blackbirds,
half dozing on last year's cornstalks out
in the fields, turned their heads first on
ono side and then on tho other niedin
tively, to listen to the joyous outburst.
Inside tlio chaiel of the Ursulineci..ivent
there was gathered a silent congrega
tion, mostly of ladies. The yellow light
of this spring morning injured through
tho windows, adding something of the
supernatural to the appearance of the in
terior. Tho tender, tremulous notes of
the organ, tho almost weeping voices of
tho choir, and the agitated tones of the
good priest visibly atfected all present.
in l rent ot tlio altar knelt u queenly
figure robed in the habiliments of a
bride. From that hour sho was to be
come a bride of tho Lord, and
henceforth as a nun, to devote
herself to the obligation of a recluse.
For her the world was to be dead
forever. Thero is always something in
effably sad in tho ceremony of taking the
veil, and in this case circumstances made
it unusually touching. A young lady
endowed with wealth, beauty and every
thing that could mtiko n home happy
passed out the chapel door never more to
look upon a worldly life again. There
were few dry eyes in the little building,
and oven until to-day many recall the
morning wdien that beautiful young
woman gave up tlio name her family
knew her by nnd was rechristened Sister
Ursule. Hope deferred had made the
heart sick, and the world had lost its
sweetness for her.
That very morning, in the operating
ward of the Charity hospital, that skill
ful surgeon, Dr. Stone, wa.s performing a
most delicate operation. A poor fellow,
shortly before arrived on a New York
steamer, had tippled for admission to tha
hospital, suffering from neuralgia. He
complained of his head, and after a care
ful examination the cicatrix of a wound
in tlio forehead was discovered. The
patient told of his lack of memory and
could not give anything of bis history.
The doctors diagnosed tlio case as one of
pressure on the brain by a liortion of the
frontal bone, and resolved to trephine
and remove the cause of the trouble.
The operation was successful, and the
patient was remoed to his cot in an
other ward.
The next morning he had fully recov
ed from tho effects of chloroform. Ha
called the nurse to him. Ha asked
where he was, and was told. A now
light shone in his eyes. He sent for the
Louso surgeon. Everything had come
back to him. The vanished years of ob
liviousness dawned ujxin his re-awakened
memory. IIo remembered his
parting on that front gallery, tho war,
the skirmish, and his affianced wife.
He begged tho doctor to send for his
friends in tho city. Surely somo of them
could Ihi found.
On the third day old Xenon Cavellier
visited the hospital. In the man with a
bandage about his head ho rit'ngnized
ono lm hud known five years lieforo.
Tho sick man turned over on his bed and
looked at thu visitor. Ho raised himself
on his elbow and his lips moved.
"Where is Marguerite;" wero his first
words.
The old gentleman hesitated, but the
invalid begged so hard, At last, with
tears in his eyes, the visitor answered:
"She has taken tho veil ut tho convent,
and has left the woild,"
The head 1 ro 1 back, theeyu closed,
tho baud fell listless ou the white sheet.
The nurse hurried to tho burgeon. There
was a lapid movement of feet on the
sanded lloor, and the gray-hulivd physi
cian appeared. Ho shook his headsadly.
" Tis too bad," said hej "You havospoiled
that oie ration. Heat t disease. That did
tho woik! Some shock to his nerves, eh':"
The driftwood still is curried round and
round, in tlio curieiits of Headman's
Eddy, Tho orange tiei-s put ou their
bridal crowns each spring, as before, and
the mocking-birds still warble their ori
sons in the tall pecan trees, but never
Uioro will that queenly llguroili white Ihi
seen ou the broad veiimda of the old
plantation house. Never again will tho
young attorney wait on the road in tlio
early morn for the coming of that lieauti
fill equestrienne. From the turbid ed
dies of life the one has floated into thu
harlsir of religion, the other drifted out
into tho measureless sou of eternity, "C.
E, W," in Tiines-Deiiiociat,
Itlii.ut limit or llf.I7il.li,
One pi ' ll fe. t wide und 20 feet long,
witho . i. IdViuishof any kind, and
imotlu . . i wide are among tho con
tributions British Columbia to tha
Uverpool inhibition, Inter Ocean.
It is letter to bo proud of your de
scendants than to boast of your an
cestors. l'lillailelplila Call.
1886.
SELECTIONS.
Iteason's whole pleanure, all the Joys of n,
lie In three words health, Jieace and compa
tence, I'ojie.
I'ntlent forlienrance and swoet cheerfulness,
And gentle, charity that loves to bless
To hide all faults ns soon as they appear.
Without such stores, bought by no golden
price,
Winter limy freaza tho human blood to Ice.
Caroline. May,
Some grnvo their wrongs on marble; he, mors
just,
Ktoyp'd down serene, and wroto them on tho
dust;
Trod under foot, the simrt of every wind,
Swept from the earth, and b' 'ted from hut
mind;
There, secret 111 the grave, ho bade them lie,
And grieved they could not escnjw the
Almighty's eye.
Dr. K. Madden.
HOW DOES THE BRAIN WORK!
The True Answer to the (Juestlon A
Series of Co-Orilltiated Movement.
How, then, does tho mechanism of the
brain really act? I believe the truo
answer to this question is the one most
fully given by M. Kibot and never yet
completely accepted by English psychol
ogists. It acts, for tho most part, as a,
whole; or, at least, even the simplest idea
or mental net of any sort is a complex of
processes involving the most enormously
varied brain elements. Instead of dog
being located somewhere in ono par
ticular cell of tho brain, dog is an idea,
audible, visible, legible, pronounceable,
requiring for different modes of his per
ception or production the co-operation of
an enormous number of separate cells,
fillers and ganglia.
Let us take on Illustration from a kin
dred case. How clumsy nnd awkward a
supposition it would lio if we were to
imagine there was a musclo of dancing,
and a muscle of walking, and a musclo
of rowing, and a muscle of cricketing,
and a muscle for the special practice of
the noble art of lawn-tennis! Dancing
is not a single t' is a complex series
of co-ordinali ' 'ills, implying for
its proper perl' the action of al
most all the nuiscieii of thu body in dif
ferent proportions, and in relatively
fixed amounts and manners. Even a
wultz is complicated enough; but when
to a quadrille or a set of lancers, every
body can see at once that the figure con
sists of so many steps forward and so
many back; of a bow here, and u twill
there; of hands now extended both to
gether, and now held out one at a time
in rapid succession, and so forth,
throughout all the long complicated
series. A quadrille in short, is not a
name for one act, for a single move
ment of a single muscle, but for many
acts of the whole organism, all arranged
in a fixed bequence. Popular Science
Monthly.
llewuie of the Hoo-lJoned Store-Itooras.
"There is one ot the unlucky places of
this town," said n renting agent, as ho
rode along Madison street in a horse car.
"I wouldn't want to guarantee to give S
cents for all the money that will ever Imj
made in that store-room. Within thu
last year four or five men have tried their
hands at running a restaurant there and
have failed, The room is now vacant
have failed, mo
again. I lunir kn
thero. At le:Nt n
know a man to succeed
scoro of tenants have
been in there since tlio building was put
up, and not one of them has made a dol
lar. Even a saloon failed. On either
hide of it business of all kinds is prosper
ous, but nothing goes there.
"That isn't tlio only place of the kind I
know of in Chicago. There aro store
rooms in which 1 would not start a busi
ness if 1 could get rent freo and a subsidy
to boot. Thev are unlucky spots, and a
nan had better keep out of them. Am
I superstitious Not ut nil. It isn't that.
J he unfortunate result of all enterprises
stinted in these places is duo to a trait of
human nature lo a business law that
trade naturally avoids locations where
sheriff's notices and to rent cards are fre
quently displayed. It isn't superstition,
but luiMiiess. Hip owner or any one ot
these filled stoles could have well af
forded to give rent free and paid out
iniiney lx'sides if he could theiehy have
averted the reputation which his house
now has. My advice to any man starting
a new business would be to pay some at
tention to the reputation for luck which
the stoiv-rooui he intends taking lias got,
just us the prudent man does lo the rep
utation of the partner with whom ha
join's fortunes. Chicago Herald.
llnw Mine. CuvalHll Liberated ttouie.
Tho event of my life was the part I un
dertook in the lilierutiou of Home. One
da) while in Home a young officer be
longing to Oaribalili's staff called iqion
me and asked my aid in inciting an in
surrection for the purpose of delivering
the city over to his general. The plans
were made, and tho next night the place
of the harlequin ill tho ballet was tilled
by the young officer, who woie a rich
green costume, My bodice and skirt
was of bright red. At tho conclusion of
un effective dance I fell back upon my
paitner in the regular ballet fashion, my
red dress and white skirts resting
against the green costume of the harle
quin, thus showing tho national colors
which were then prohibited ou tho stage.
The effect was electrical; and as the cur
tain fell the spectators rushed into tho
street in tho wildest excitement. In a
short timethocity was aroused and Gari
baldi entered it ill triumph. St, Imis
Globe-Democrat.
A Troupo of JtullHil Singers.
A troupe of Italian ojiera singers are
nlMiut as great an inconsistency as a Hock
of untrained animals. The roorters for
the press constantly uver that I have
financial reason for changing an ojiera
at the last moment. If it were only
known what a dealer in macaroni-eating
Lingers has to contend with, idl this talk
ivould be btopped. Uhiu the slightest
pi etense prime donne will refuse to ap
pear, and in figuring what we shall do
we have to select an opera that will not
have in its cast one of the soloists who
has sung the night before. Most of our
best singers refuse to appear twice in suc
cession, and wo ore compelled to do tin
best we can. Col. Maplesou.
'I he) llud I'l.li fin lllnii. r.
The meinlier for West Algonia tells a
good story uliout a species of sturgeon
from forty to sixty pounds in weight,
which is iHviillar to Hainy river and
lake. On u visit which ho paid last
summer to a settlement on the river, ho
had invasion to visit a young bachelor,
who, with true backwoods hospitality,
insisted that he should stay for dinner,
Mr, Conines seated himself and watched
the preparations of his entertainer.
First lie set down his hoiuo-inade bread
on tho table, with tin mugs for tho tea,
und then put a big pot full of water over
the Hie. When tho water came to tho
boiling point he infused tlio tea and set
it aside. Then he seized n gaff alxiut
six feet feet long, stepped outside to the
river's edge, which wns not over ten
paces distant, and returned in three
minutes with n sturgeon kickiucton the
end of his gaff, part of which was soon
cut off and transferred to the pot of toll,
ing water to bo cooked for dinner, Tlds
ts the Usual thing up there. They nhvuys
have the water Willing before they go to
catch the fish, and they use only u com
mon gaff, Toronto World.
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THE JAPANESE PEOPLE IN 1871.
The rhennlnrnnl Colored Servnnt Th
fllrdqil Snord. Temper nf the Weapon.
I'erry's vi-.it Jiqian was as complete
Bit eKch for 1.. Jieoplo of that country
as Columbus' to the native of America,
The latter disaptioared under tho alien
visitation, Dal Nlpion has profited by
it. Events are dated in Japan from tho
appearance of l'erry just us we com
mence nn eocli from the birth of the
Saviour. Tin- Tetino lived in the Nnisu
Maru, part of the Oyeno or fortified
palace grounds of the old Tycoon.
Horticulturally, I remember, these
grounds wero ierfect, great camellia
trees, beautiful llowersof all kinds, hand
some drives and the gardening culture.
The iuelosure wns moated and invulnera
ble to any attack devoid tf artillery,
sheltered nnd guarded against any an
cient form of warfare. A great covered
rentrnl gate thu O-te-go-inon, gate of
the great hand wns the one we entered
by. Shrines, grotesque monuments and
queer tiled buildings wero In plenty, nnd
men nnd officers, but no women. Not n
female face was seen in or nlsntt any of
the official residences, except at the
entertainment at the Hoina-goten,
Sawii's palace, when singing nnd dancing
girls gave nil exhibition during tins even
ing. Japan is changing, so that I pre
sume in a few years all tho old will havo
disappeared and with it much of rare
historical and artistic interest.
When I was in the country, in the in
terior a foreigner wns n curiosity, equal
to the first Chinaman or Jap seen by us
here. On a visit made to tho summit of
Fuji-yatna in the summer of 1HT1 I went
lo the famous hot springs at Hakone;
at nearly every tea-house our jmrly was
as much of nil exhibition as Jo-Jo or thu
woman with big feet is here. A colored
servant, dark as Erebus, whom I bad
with me, was a phenomenal subject to
the innocent Japs. The men and women
would come up to him, try to rub tlio
black off with their bands and lie sur
prised they could not, and laugh over it
with the contagious nnd hilarious gleo
the people so much enjoy. My watch
would have lioon a passjiort any where
into the interior, as they never tiled
looking "at the wheels go iiind." Inso
lence and suspicion wns never met with
among the common folk, but only from
the Samurai. These fellows are 1mm
brawlers nnd when Hushed with sakf
were dangerous. All wore swords then,
now done away with. They set great
store by this wcnxiu, and a Japanese
noble often wore one worth $1,(100. Tho
occupation alone ot all the trades of
wovdsmith in old Japan was an honora
ble one .mil tho members of tho guild of
gentle blood, Iyeyiisil, founder of tho
hist dynasty of Shoguns, left a motto
that "the girded sword was the living
soul of the Samurai." When forging
the edge of the blade the ancient sword
smith put on the robes of the Kugo class
or nobles of the Mi-ka-do's court.
The temiMT of these trenchant weapons
excels auv Toledo trusty. I recall a
visit Iwa-kuru mid his official family
paid the late Admiral John ltodgcrs on
the flagship Colorado. While in tlio
cabin Admiral Kodgers Fighting Jack
lioducrs ho was called in the service, to
distinguish him from the present Ad
miral C, H. I'. Kodgers, whose sailor
name is Chesterfield ltodgcrs, on account
nf the urbanity witli which he could ask
the deck officer to take u reef in the top
sails or set a lower stun'sail wns show
ing the Japanese San-jo-dai-jin the
mettlo of a sword presented to him by
the emperor of Hussia, when it snapped
like a whipcord. Iwa-kuru took his long
katann, heavily mounted and rich in
cunning metal work probably an heir
loom in his family for centuries bent it
hither and thither nnd almost tied a Ihjw
knot in it. Our admiral was not a little
chagrined at the b.id behavior of his
llussian weapon, Afterwards, however,
the San-jo-dai-jin sent him a superb na
tive sword, probably equal to his own in
temper. I remember hearing ono of the
court officers sav that it was not consul.
ered a good sword that would not at ono
blow cleve through the dead bodies of
three men. Young noblemen wero wont
to try their maiden swords by bribing
the headsman to uso them at public exe
cutions, and lieice, inhuman Ynkonins
tested theirs not infrequently in tho old
times ou dogs and lazars on the public
highway. Ex-Naval Ollicer in Phila
delphia Times.
Action of Acids oil the Silllva.
Tho influence of acids in retarding or
arresting salivary digestion is further of
liniKntunce in the dietetic use of pickets,
vinegar, salads, and acid fruits. In tlio
cat-e of vinegar it was found that 1 part
in o.OOO sensibly retarded this process, a
propoition of 1 in 1,000 rendered it very
slow, and 1 in oOO anested it com
pletely; so that when acid salads are
taken together with bread the effect of
the acid is to prevent any salivary diges
tion of the bread, a matter of littlo mo
ment to u person with a vigorous diges
tion, but to a feeble dysiieptlo ono of
some iiuiioitance. There is a ery wide-
spiead Ix'lief that drinking vinegar is an
efficacious means of uvoiding getting
fat, and this popular belief would ap
pear from these experimental ofiserva-
turns to be well founded, it the vine
gar be taken at the same time its farin
aceous food it will greatly interfere with
its digestion and assimilation. Nine
teenth Century.
S miitmiiA of Ten TiirHlvsU.
There is such a thing ns pen paralysis,
sometimes called "writer's cramp," and
it is a very inconvenient affection. It is
a weakness of the nerves of the hand,
caused by the constant contact of metal,
a kind of electrical action limit the
nerves and produces uncontrollahlo tern-
bung, riters who use steel pens a
great deal, and telograph oiorators, are
subject to it. It is treated by electricity
applied to the nervo centers and by
nerve tonics, and readilv yields. I have
had it, but am in a fair way of recovery,
Professional clerks should not use steel
penholders if they desire to remain free
from an attack of the disease. E. 1'
Walsh in Globe-Democrat. '
Incorrect Opinion ut Meumimut Mute.
The impression the public have of
stcamlxxit mates is not the eorni't ono.
Tho mate who looks the fiercest and
swears the loudest isofteu the best to his
crew. A mute is noisy from mere force
of lialnt. Ho deems it mvessary to in-
uulgo in expletives, mid the average
roustalxiiit would lie a worthless orna
ment without thu encouraging tirade of
of the coinix'tent mate. Once uwny from
the Ixiat, the mate, as n rule, Is like any
otner man, aim i nave Known many
noisy mates who wero quiet and orderly
as a Sabbath-school teacher on duty
when they wero olt duty. Capt. Asbury
in uiono-iJeniooral.
The Three Tunnels of the Alis,
Tho Als aro pierced by throe remark
ably long tunnels entering Italy from
France, Switzerland and the Austrian
Tyrol. They nru the Mont Cenis, seven
and three-quarters miles long; the St.
Gothard, nine and one-quarter miles
long, and tho ArllxTg tunnel, only b!x
ami one-half mill's long, the projected
Simplou tunnel, by which tho railroad
from Geneva to Mnrtigni will lx carried
through the mountains to Dumnd'O.ssola,
will Ixi twelve and one-half miles Jong,
and the estimated cost $ 20,000,000, Chi
cago Journal.
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THE HORNET'S NEST AT SHILOH.
Carrying the rnnfederiate Colors Forward
Miraculously Preserved.
I witnessed the various bloody and un
successful attacks un the "hornet's nest."
During one of the dreadfut repulses of
our forces, Gen. Hragg directed mo to
rule forward to the central regiment or a
brigade of troops that was recoiling
across nn open Held to take its colors anil
carry them forward. "The flag must not
go back again," ho said. Obeying ine
order I dashed through the line of battle,
seized ttie colors from tho color-bearer,
and said to him: "Gen. Hragg says these
colors must not go to the rear." While
talking to him the color-sergeant was
bhot down. A moment or two af tcrward
I was nlmost nlone on horseback In the
open field lietwcen the two lines of
battle.
in ollicer enmo up to me with a bullet-
hole in each cheek, the blood streaming
from his mouth, nnd asked: "What aro
vott doing with my colors, sir?' "I am
olx-ying Oen, Hrngg's orders, sir, to hold
them where they are, ' wa.s my reply.
"Let mo have them." ho said. "If any
man but my color-lxnrer carries these
colors, I am the man. Tell Gen. Brngg
I will bee that these colors are in the
right place. Hut he must attack this
lxjsitlou in flank; wo can never carry it
alone from the front. Jt was txl.
Allen, afterward Governor Allen, of
Louisiana. 1 returned, miraculously
preserved, to Gen, Hragg, and reiwrted
Col. Allen's words. I then carried an
order to the same troops, giving the
order I think to Gen. Gibson, to fall back
to the fence in tho rear and reorganize.
This was done, nnd then Gen. Hragg dis
patched me to the right, and Col. Prank
Gardner (afterward major general) to the
left, to inform the brigade and division
commanders on either side that a com
bined movement would be mndo on the
front and flank of that jiosition. The
movements were made anil Prentiss was
captured. Col. Lockett in The Century.
WiitrhlnK the Chirks Shell Oat.
I wns rather surprised last night when
I drifted into the fanciers' show to see
four indubitable swells sitting in four
largo wooden chairs in front of an arti
ficial ijieubator, nnd staring at a lot of
eggs with tho most nbsorlied and inter
ested faces imaginable. They all wore
fur coats, leaned on their sticks heavily,
and two of them held their watches in
their hands. Thero were dozens of eggs
under tho glass case, and every few
minutes one of the shells would open,
nnd a small and puny chick was born
into the world. When the event oc
curred, the four men would look at each
other witli eyes that wero invariably wide
0K'ii, nml comment Uxm the size, ap
pearance, and activity of the recent ar
rival with the solemnity of supreme
rourt judges. Occasionally the two who
held their watches in their hands would
make bets of somo magnitude on flie
interval of time which would elapse be
tween one birth and another. Once,
when four or five of tho livelier chicks
jxiunced iqion n weary-looking siecimen
who seemed to object to being liorn, the
very moment the shell wns broken the
interest of tiie four men wns almost
painful. The exhibition was really very
much of a novelty to them, nnd 1 am
told that they had hired the chairs from
nn usher three nights before, and had at
tended the show regularly from that
time on. IllakelyHall in The Argonaut,
The Outcome of Assiduous Care.
When the late Charles Matthews was
playing in Mellxjurno fifteen years ago
ho received what ho considered the high
est compliment of his professional ca
reer. A little girl-in tbo audience was
asked by her friends at the conclusion of
performance how she was plsased, to
which she replied: "I didn't care for Mr.
Matthews acting a bit; he just walked
up and down the stage as papa walks up
and down she dining-room at home." It
is the fact of this appearance of perfect
spontaneity in the highest nit, !eing
really the outcome of the most assiduous
care, that renders it so truly inimitable
nnd the counterfeit so easy of detection.
The "lound O of Giotto" wits only a per
fect circle, but it needed the master hand
to execute it witli a simple sweep of the
crayon.
Kiiskin tells us m one of his treaties on
landscajxj painting that in some of the
greatest works of genius an otTi-ct which
is almost magical at the proper focal dis
tance is conveyed by what appears, to
the uuiustrueted eye and viewed close at
hand, to lie a mere dash of loaded color,
but which in reality could not be added
to or diminished by tho smallest par
ticle without detracting from the effect.
Chambers Joiirnal,
Aliprecliilloii uf the ('Htltoriilu lleihiiMtd.
The value for liiaiiulaettiiing and fin
ishing purposes of the richly grained led
wood of California is liegiuniiig to be ap
preciated, though not, it would seem.
until after immense quantities of it have
been diverted to unnecessary uses, until
recently the rich, cm ley bird's-eye and
other Ks'tiliaily marked siecies were cut
lor rough lumber uiul thesolter. straight
grained kinds Ixnug mi much more easy
towoik, less liable to shrink endwise,
and not so liable to split in nailing, were
the favorite material for building and
other purposes for which redwood was
used, lo tlie exclusion of the wavy and
jK'citliarly grained varieties included In
the lirst-clas redwood list.
Thus trees or logs indicating tlio very
features now so prized in redwixxi have
lieen Used in prodigious quantities, sim
ply because of their bize and strength;
hut it is now a matter of special interest
to builders and artisans that, for richness
olid peculiarity of grain, tho redwood
is excelled only by tho finest of costly
hard wood. The shrinking endwise is
special to this wood, but does not extend
beyond thorough seasoning. Chicago
Herald.
Hi MirprUe l'uity in KiiKiand.
Yet another American sixnal institu
tion is Ix'comlng acclimatized in Loudon
society in the sliapo of "surprise parties."
Ilnelly ilcsorilied, a "surprise party" is
one in which the guests, who should all
be known to each other, swoop down un
expectedly on tho looms or houses of a
friend and proceed to enjoy themselves.
The gist of the business is that the "sur-
pri.so guests" tako their supper with
them, so that e en if thu surprised host
or hostess Ixi netually out the party can
still 1) held. To inako "surprise parties"
really successful is no easy matter. A
perfect organizer of them is well-nigh as
valued a member of six-iety in New ork
as u Unfiled leader of cotillons is hi our
own capital, Hut, thanks to the pres
ence uf so large an American contingent
in London, the "surprise party" is likely
to become quite a feature of the current
season, Iindon Figaro.
The llnlllf .nuke mid the I'mlrle Hog.
The strange companionship explained
thus; The prairie dog's burrow is the
only shelter afforded tho snake from the
intense heat of thoso torrid plains; and
us the dog always sinks a well on his
pietnises, it is the only menus of getting
water, and I have demonstrated to my
satisfaction that rattlesnakes sieedUy
perish without It. In return for this bos
jiitality, the rattlesnake takes charge of
the census, and thoughtfully prevents
thu prairie dug from accumulating a
larger family than he cm cmveni,
eutly sunport, Scientific Amri'in.