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T E. WALLEH,
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'Bloc-maburg, r
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AND
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Bloomsburg, Pa.
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Blootnsbdrtt, Pa.
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Building.
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ATTORNEY-AT -LAW,
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Office on First floor, front room ot Col
ombian Building, Main street, below Ex.
change Hotel.
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Attomey-at-Law.
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may 1-tf
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nmdoor totholelt. corner ot Main and -Market
itreets uioomsburg, Pa.
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BLOOMSBTJUG, PA,, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER
V DECMCA I ION.IN CHINA,
Ilut Little ll.ll.r from the Monotony ol
J.iuieiic..-Decline In Morula.
Wo once naked A fnmnna rnVnntnrla
whether lie illil nnt toittoi l.nv!,,,, ,i.,,.
ted his llfo to such a narrow study
"No" ho emphatically replied, ."il :
COUld llVO tnv IKm mrnlli I unnlil ,ln,-n(.
It to ono family of beetles." A rnelan
choly examnlo of tlio domination of on
idea. Of all civilized paoplo the mew
conspicuously in want of relief from tht
monotony of their ideas nre tho Chlneso
The Hindoos have their frequent pooiiiln
yviiicii mime greai inroaua into tlieu
WOrkttll? tlmA ! fhn AInlinmmoilnna liavi
their festivals; tho Uurmeso aro nlway
nuu io'iuiio very nine pretext it
havo a "poo.iy," or entertainment; tin
Manilla Indiana and Mustisos lead quitB
a merry llfo; and the Japaneso we know
to ho tho best holiday makers in th
world. Hut when wo como to the
Chincso we soo a plod, plod from yoar'
end to year's end-, and with the excep.
lion of a day or two's ruinous dissipation
on tho occasion of a marrlazo or i
funeral, and a little dumb show cere
mony at the family grave, tho ordlnarj
life of a Chinese appsnrs to foreign eyci
as dull as that of a gatluy slave.
Even the ricli aro littlo bettor off than
the poor, owing to tho absence of moani
of recreation and their inability to enjoj
tlioja that do or might exiit. An olllcia
dares not attend a theatre for fear o
beini; denounced and to go for half i
day's picnic would expose him to tho at
tacks of the censors. The rtmusoinenti
of theso Chlneso olliciah must, therefore
ba kept within the privacy of their owr
wans, ami unless nicy navo a strong taat
for literature or curio collecting, tlioy
must often ba tempted to fall back or
personal intrigue of various kinds, increlj
to occupy tho vacant chambors of tht
mind.. Is it this that causes high Cluneal
olricials to engage themselves in tho pet
iiesi acinus wnicn m otner coiintnei
would bj relegated to unite subordinati
functionaries? Tho absenco of hoalthj
recreation appears to act on tho mine
as tliu piivatiun of vegetable diet doesoc
mo uo ly in tne ono case tlie delect maj
bo remedied br Hint, iuirH! wlmt in Mia
euro for tbe other ?
I lie aversion to nhvsica! exercl9a
partly innate and partly imposed by tht
oppressive canons of social etiquette, it
perhaps the most morally destructive o
all forms of the privation of 'amusement
-tioral liealtli lias great UimciUty In main
taining Itself without frequent and
copious draughts from tho refreshiug
springs of nature, and the life that it
mewed. up between brick walls, in -an at
mosphere laden with odious eflluvia, il
of necessity thrown back on its own inner
darkness, with what consequences it is
easy to imagine. All lorms ol open air
amusement are, therefore, to bo con
sidered as boons to tho Chinese, and1 if
on the love of gambling, already well de
veloped, could be engrafted the lova(of
true sport, it would bo a sign of' that
awakening from the sleep of ages which
a celebrated essayist has lately enlarged
upon. thtnese lima.
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tOVE'S Ar6rfEWtENT.
For months before, tho ttite of the
country for mlles round had been on tho
tip of expectation for this summor
night fostlv.il, and. It had fulfilled
thnlr IidneH. for Mrs. Clarerooni auldnm
did tilings by halves.
And tho belle of tho ball? 'Well,
there might bo other fafcoa thoro.as
ueauumi in tholr own way as Leah
le. Clare's, butnono which attracted one
hall the attention
rerlmpi there was another reason
for fils than I,oah's rare pale loveliness.
If there wns It was this :
That nono oxpectod to see her there,
for overvonn knmv how rjoor th In.
males 6f tho little cottage on Xar
don ltoad woro known to bo.
jVhjv this slender stately girl earned
tholr llvlfi! by tho untiring work of
her fingers, and by giving lessons
on the ono valuable article they
pos- esed, a piano.
Kilthir I.nrtli nnr hrr mnthfip nvw
hhifcd .a tlino had feeon when overy
artlclo In their luxurious homo had
f 11 1 1 v oqinilled tho piano.
What was the astonishment of all
to loo lioah lo Claro among tho
moetfnvnro.l of Xtrs. Claremont's guests.
Knvhiiis people found it all tlioy
could do to hldo under a fnint .society
sin lo their chitgrln, a they took la
owry ia nil of her costume,
It whs er.v slinnlo nnd e.tnulslte.v,
A robe of Indian musllii, so line It
At Mr$. Ctaremoni't ball.
seemed almost a cobweb, and heavily
embroidered lu gold,
Ono man watched hor with passlon
nto loving eyes Guy Howard, the
cousin and presumptive heir of James
llmvard, tho master of Howard Hall.
The Hist meeting of Leah lo Claro
and Guy Howard ihad boon this: Guy
Had bmken tils ankle, and it was to
the little cottngo on tho Lardnn Road
they had taken him, and he hail
spent ono never-to-bo-forgotton week
there, ami nan enueu ty lulling in iovo
with I.enh le Clare.
Hut ho knew his delicate cousin,
Eunice Howard, loved him ; the know
Indo of his love for another would
hasten the final end.
Hl3 cousin, rather his father's cousin,
had been uioro than a father to. him.
Ho could ifeucillleo,. or ratljcr, put his
own happiness aside for awhile, and
trust to iieaven mat no one wouiu
win his darling beforo ah, pitiful
thought ! sweet Eunice Howard's
douthi '
Ilut to-ntght his love had over
mastered him. He had been with Leah
under the shadow of drooping trees
early In the evening.
" Leah, my darling my beautiful
one you cannot dreum how I love you !
Leah, darling, can you lovo mo In
return?"
Tho fair palo faeo drooped low,
the dark' lashes swept the rounded
cheeks.
" My love," ho said, "havo I hopod In
vain? Leah, answer me can you givo
ne your love In return?"
The sweet dark, eyos wero raised,
the delleato choeks flushed faintly rod.
" I do lovo you, Guy," sho answered.
The next moment sho was foldod In
his arms, his .kisses falling softly on
sweet red Hps 'had low whito brow, and
neither of tho lovers dreamed that( a
dark vindictive face was watching them
through the intervening shrubbery.
The watcher was Harley Vomqn,
second cousin to Guy hlmselt, , and
first cousin to his uncle, Jaru'os
Howard. , ,
Ho hud met and lovod Leah jlo
Clare himself, and had asked hpr to
bo Ids wife, and she had gently
but most decidedly answorodlhlm "No.
Ho drew back now,! but only to
change Ills position, and an almost
Jiift le Clare.
llondlsh dollght lit up his faco when ho
heard Guy plead with Leah for a secret
engagement.
i You cannot trust me this far, Leah"? '
ho heard Guy say. " Darling, I would
trust vou to death."
"Cun you not trust me, Leah?" hor
lover said again; " bellovo mo, lovo,
I would bo proud to take you by tho
hand In the crowded assembhigo
thero and proclaim you my promised
w fe."
Ho was afraid to tell her that for an
othor woman's sako he held his lovo
a secret. ,
Ileforo they parted he had won Looh s
consent to a secret engogomcnt.
. .
Ono month later a great silence
seemed to till Howard Hall, for tho
doctors had decided that Eunice Howard's
frail hold on llfo was quietly slipping
away,
She lies now with a look of oagor ex
pectation on hor faco. Her father had
left her but a minute before left her
to seek her cousin Guy, and ho and
Guy were btandlng at that very moment
in the. library together, nnd Mr. Howard
was speaking In a low voice, but very
earnestly,
"You will not refuse, Guy," ho said,
" I know It Is rather strange, but It Is
her' dying request. She wishes to die
yoifr VJlfe. The doctors'glve her twenty,
four hour to live. Suy, you will grant
her request and let her die happy, You,
cannot refuse, my boy?"
"No," Guy aimwered slowly, though
his face grew strangely white, "It shall
ba as she wishes,"
One hour later, tho voice of God's
minister bound Guy and Eunice Howard
In the holy bondj that nothing but
death Itself eould sover,
A' faint smile crpssei Eunice's Hps ; her
eyos lit up with happiness,
"I am so happy, Guyl" she mur
mured, as ho bent his head and klssod
her lips, and then with her haud
still clasped In his sh. tell asleep.
The doctor bent over her, his face
paling for a moment.
"She .will not dlo to-day," bo said;
she may live for months,"
" Live for months I" , Guy's face grew,
It possible, more pallid, heavy bead,
of perspiration stood on his brow,
"My God I" ho cried to himself, "Oh,
Leah, my proud, beautiful darling,
what will I do what will I s&yj"
Yet even In that moment, and realizing
all this meant to him, lie did not
for a moment begrudge Eunice the
new lease ot lite given to her,
"How can I tell wy darling?" ho
cried again.
Another was before him with the
story Harley Vernon but not oue
word ot Eunice's Ulnos? did he mention.
w. ASm
I
vCvto
Bho bore It bravely, but he noticed
tho sudden pallor ot hor faco, the agony
thitt camo to her eyes when the look of
doubt faded slowly.
.".You mean," sho said, "that Ouj
Howard Is married?"
"Yes; to his cousin Eunice. They
havo boon engaged for years, but
whother they love each other Is au.
othor matter, Guy would bo a mad
man to glvo up tho Inheritance ol
Howard lull, and certainly' this woi
tho surest way ho could gain It."
Ilut sho would know It from othet
Hps than Harley Vernon's, and a
few hours later, pale to tho vcrj
Hps, she stood before tbe minister whe
had married them.
Tho kind minister looked at hoi
cuiloiisly at the beautiful white face
and dark ungulshod eyes,
'.' Yos," he answered gently ; "I mar
Hod him and his cousin to-day,"
" Thank you," sho answered ; ''thatls
all I wish to know."
Next day Guy wont to the' littlo
cottago. Leah and her mother were
gone.
. . .
Eunlco Howard was dead. For six
short months she had lingered after
her marriage.
Guy wns abroad searching for' Leah
lo Claro, when a letter eamo to him
from his cousin and father-ln-Jaw.
" Como home, my bdy; I would like
you to bo hero at the present tlmo,
when a great Joy has como Into my
llfo. Guy, I nm married again. Old
fool, you will say, no doubt; but
wait till youseo my darling."
Guy artlved at Howard Hall, and
bent over tho hand of his (ousin's
wife Leah lo Clare.
When ho left her with a cold good-bye,
and the slightest touch of her finger
tips with his own, Leah grow whlto to
the very lips.
"The coward, he fled!" sho cr'Iod;
"did ho foarl would tell my husband?"
lloforo long, death entered Howard
Hall again, and across tho telegraph
wlros thero Hashed this messago:
"Come homo at onco. Your cousin
died suddonly."
Ho went went to hear a will road
that left to tho testator's wlfo, Leah
Howard, overy shilling of his vaat
1:3 1 nv I .rtTK I
"Imarried htm and hit coueln to-day."
woath. .Ho was disinherited. rfUnamo
wa- not oven mentioned.
lie went to Loah In tho pain ot
tho momout.
" I wish you tho happiness you do
6orve," ho said: "for my part, I will
enter Hownrd Hall no more."
Ho turned to go, but sho raised
her hoiil, that had drooped while ho
was speaking.
"Heforoyou go," she said, "letmoeay
this that never to your cousin did I
speak of your treatment of me never
did I brentho ono word of tho past."
Ho looked at her a moment.
"It makes littlo difforonco now; ho
nover mentioned my namo."
"And yet of tho Insult ."
" Do not repoat that, 'Mrs. froward,
for you must know the truth now,"
"Yes: I know that while engaged to
another, you "
"Leah, you do not beltove that. I
never was engaged to Eunice, but to
please her wo were married at whnt was
believed to be her death-bed. My roa-on
for not telling of our engagement- was
simply becauso her days were even tlicn
humberod, and knowing sho loved mo, I
fen rod It would hasten her death. Hut
your revengo is complete.."
For ono yoar Loan was mistress of
Howard Hall, and then another will was
found a will signed on tho very day of
John Howard's death, and with tho will
this letter :
" I write this letter In explanation of
wnat may seem strange m mo sudden
change of my will. Harley Vernon
mado mo bellovo that Guy wrecked
another llfo when ho married Eunice
tlmt another should havo been his
wlfo, Instead of my Innocent child, but
lying hero something tells mo Guy
Howard could not bo a villain, and
Be so I will trust my boy tho boy I
have lovod as a son who has beon a
son to mo, James Howahd."
Leah placod tho will In his hand.
Tho noxt moment It was scattered In
pieces at her feet.
iou are still mistress of Howard
Hall." ho said, "and I will sav fare
well. Wo part as friends now, at
least."
'Guv Guv 1" sho cried, holdlnc out
her hands, then letting them drop by
cer sine.
' Daillng! Leah, can It be "
1 It Is." she said, anil as ho drew
her Into his arms, tho past was atoned
ABOUT WOMEN.
Mrs. Julia C. R. Dorr will spend tho
so minor in lCngland and Scotland.
Miss Louise Iinogn (Juiney is about
to brills 0,lt a iww volume of piioius.
.Mks Dorothea Roberts's "Two Royal
Livei" drscriliiH tlu life of thu Imperial
Vriucuand l'riiiui'iu of (iennauy.
About three thousand flvo hundred
woni 'ii aro employed in tho permanent
l'ast Qilicoi'.stiblisliinontinLiroat Britain,
in all capacities.
"John Strango Winter," tlio popular
novelist, is Sirs. Arthur Stanuard, and
Mm Is givl'ig readings Iro.n nor own
works, a la Dickens.
Miss Clara M. Fowler will prcsant to
tho city of Concord, N. II., a building for
a, free public library, in memory of her
parents,' tho lato Judge and Mrs. Asa
fowler,
Miss Luolla Varnoy, of Clovoland, Is
a rising sculptor. Sho lias rscautly finish-
en a uust oi msuop uiuuure, oi lunicuy,
which exhibits much force and is a strik
ing iikenesj.
Vassar College has just conferred tho
honorm-v decree' of LI I), on Airs. Christ
ina Ladd Franklin, of llaltimore, who had
previously beon appointed fellow ol the
Jolius Hopkins uiuversny.
Mrs. A. K. T. R. Carey has invented
n very bimplo cover for tumblers or jars.
H is made of a touch paper. nallv
printed, with spaca bit for marking tho
variety or dato ,of making, and fastens
tecureiy at onto.
Miss Grace Howard has cone to tho
Crow Creek Agency iu Dakota, where
sliu will fullil a two-years mission as In
M ructor of the Indians. A school-liouso
will be erected thoro and a school stab
hshed.
Miss Alien freeman, FTOsiilrnt of
AVclleshy t'ollego, has rceuivod flvo
hundred nd I'uiUty nppllcatiuiu from
young women w.shlug to enter W'ellesley
noxt year. Thero uru only ono hundred
pla.-t'H itosstlilo nl present.
Miss Agnatu Ramsay, of Girlon Col
lego, lias been awarded the first rank lu
classics at Cambridge, England. Miu has
surpassed all tho mala studeuta in class
ics, being til') only ouu o cither box to
pass lu thu i. r.t division.
Lilian Whiting says: "Tho time has
almost gotio by for tlio discussion of
wlu'thor womeu want or do not want tho
ballot. They will have it whether thoy
(los.ro it or not. And tho true wisdom Is
4, 1887,
to study to find how to use thlsextenlon
of iow t, tlmt is sure to uulno in the mar
future."
An attempt lo indict Mrs. Biirller'in
Ihd K.dcral (Jourts, for illegal Voting at
the last wii"rl election In Now1 York
htate, having failed,, an cllbrt .has, just
bo ui mado to Indict her lu tho Stato
CoiirlH. This, also, has failed,' ilud the
Cdurt h.lsailiurned, leavldg Mrs. Uarber
mistrcis of tlu situation.
Uuth M, Wilson, of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
has palo.ileJ. an "lUtimliuto.i Uower
niece. Tno invention conjisls in pro
viding tho piece with a rcllector in keep
ing nviLi tho design, .with .Jqta of llglit.in
traduced bufore tlio reflector, in such a
way tlmtiiir-chainbcrs intervene between
tuu ll:imj and liu flowers.
-Jtra, Mary Virginia Terhnno (Marlon
Harland), has gout with Her family to
tiiiniiybank, on Lake Kamapp, northern
Now Jorsoy, buoli lelsuro as.sli can g'?t
siu will devotj to'u hovel which she has
been ti ving for six J'eirs to liml time to
write. Dr, 'lVrhuno will p.isisouic.Wc6ks
in tho Adlroud icki ; and both ho and
his wife will accept the .hospitality, of a
friend who has a conntry-seat'on Lako
Wlnilopiscogeo, tor a weJk.'
Killing a wlfo is riot very soverely
punished in Massachusetts. In tlu Su
perior. Court at Ne,V lied ford, recently,
Thomas F.itzgibbons, of Fall ltivcr, or
killini his wile, was convlctid of man-
shiU.lii'T, nn l ssiitencdl to tlu Mousoof
Corroi'tidn for two year.s. Ilut when' a
wife, rendered despjrato by years of
cruelty, killed hor husband in New York
Statu lait year, sho w.n hung, nnd her
daughter, o'dy for keening her mother's
s-cret, Is more severely punished than
this wlle-klller.
A Mother'. Con.. oration.
A lady contributes to the irofcAman
and Reflector a signillcant reminiscence; of
tlio lato Ujv. l)r. Slovens, the Veteran
missionary in Burmah:
"During his last visit to" this country,
we had tlio honor of a visit from him at
my mother's homo in Auburndalo, when
he gave a most touching account of his
recent return tor .the flfst' tlmo to his
birthplace in Georgia. Ho had met there
nn nL'wl lady, who told him how in his
infancy his mother had sent for iter pas
tor, aim, notuing iuq iniani. in ner arms,
requosted hfm to dodipito tho child in,
solemn prayer to tho work of foreign mis
sions. Of this act of his 'mother Dr. Ste
vein learned for.tho first time, after near-
lv fuity years of missionary labor. 'I now
s"c, said he, 'why I was drawn so irre
sistably to tho missionary work. It wai
tho answer to my mother's prayers.' "
"r GrttsAT YOUNG rhaN.
showing That Youth ti Mo Oar to Dlatlno
tlon.1
Charles James Fox was in Parliament
at nineteen.
Tlio, great Cromwell left the University
of Cambridge .a eightpen. .
John Bright hover was at any school a
day after he was 11 (teen years old.
Uladstono was in Parliament attwenty
two, and at twenty-four was. Lord of the
ATeasury. . ,
Lord Bacon graduated at Oambridzo
when sixteen, and wis called to the bar
at twenty-one.
reel .was in. rariiamont at twontv-one,
and Palmerston was' Lord, of tho Admi
ralty at twenty-three,
Henry Clay was in tho Senate of the
United States'at twenty-nine, contrary to
tho Constitution.
John Hampton, after graduating at
Oxford, was a student at law in the Inner
Temple at nineteen.
Uustavus Adolphus ascendod the
throne at sixteen : before, he was tlnrtv-
lour ne. was one ot tne great rulers ot
Europe.
J udge otorv was at Harvard at nftccn.
n Congress attwentv-nine. and Judi;o of
tho Supremo Court of the United States
at tlilrty-two.
Marlin 'Luther had become larzoiv dis
tinguished at twenty-four, and at ilfty-six
had reached the topmost round of his
worin-wiue lame.
Conde conducted a memorable cam-
dun at seventeen, and at twentv-two ho
and 1 urenne also, were ol tuu most illus
trious men of their times.
W'Mi.im II. Seward commenced the
practice of law at twenty-one, and at
tnirty-onOjWas rresiueur. oi a aiaio con
vention, and at thirty-seven Governor of
New York.
Washington was a distinguished Colo
nel in tlio army at twenty-two, early in
public affairs, commander of the forces
rr,rtv.,l,ran Or,, I Prual.ln,,, 'it llfl,..
seven.
Maurice of Saxony diod at thirtv-two.
conceded to have neon ono of the pro-
tounuest statesmen nnu oije oi tiie aoiusi
(Jencrals wnicn UtiristoudOm bad seen.
NaDoleon at twentv-flve commanded
the army'of Italy. At thirty he 'was' nbt
only one of the most illustrious tieuorals
of all time, but ono of tho great law
givers of the world. At forty-six he saw
Waterloo.
Tho great leo X. was Pope at thirty-
eight. Having finished his academic
training, he took the otlice of Cardinal at
eighteen only twelve months younger
than was Charles James Fox when ha
entered Parliament.
Only one civiliau out of tho Presidents
of this country gainod his first election
after he was sixty, and that was James
liuclianan. J. ho chance tor the 1 resi
dency after sixty is small and growing
less,
W ilham Put entered tho m u strv at
fourteen, was Chancellor of tho Exche
quer at twenty-two, l nme .Minister at
twentyfour, and so continuod for twenty
years, and when thirty-live was the most
powcriui uncrowned ucau in Juiropo.
From the earli"6t voars of Oueen Eliza
beth to tho latest of Ouoen Victoria. Euc-
land has hail scarcely an able statesman
who did not leave tbe University by the
time he was twenty, and many of them
left at an earlier age.
. Tho late Lord Boaconsfleld left' tho
cloister and entered thu great world early
as did John Brigln) and commenced
his political career by writing a book at
seventeen, in which ha predicted that
lin wnnlil n Prbrm Mlnlctor.
Hamilton was in King's College at six
teen ; wucn seventeen ne made a nqtn
hie address on public affairs to the citi
zens of Now York : at twenty ho was In
trusted with a most important mission to
General Gates, was in Congress at twenty
flvo, and Secretary of the Treasury at
thirty-live.
Jphn ' Quincy Adams, at the age of
fourteon, ' was Secretary to Mr. Dana,
then Minister at the Russian Court; at
thirty he was himself Minister to Prus
sia; at thirty-llvo ho was Minister to
Russia; at foity-eight he was Minister to
England; at lllty-six he was Secretary of
otatc, anu rresuiem at uuy-Bavon.
There havo been twentv.two Presi
dents of the United .Status. Five of tiium
wero elected at lllty siven. and six at
tained that great olI'u'Q beforo the agj of
fifty. Three military uiou past sixty
have beon elocted : two dlo'd vervsom.
and tho other was General Jackson, and
no was uut sixiy-ona wnen elected,
Jonathan Edwards acoulred early ro
iiqwh was tho greatest metaphysician in
America, and in unsurpassed by any one
in Europe He commenced tho readiiij
of I-atiu when six years old, At ten he
wroto a remarkable paper upon the Im
mortality of the soul. At tho agj of
thirteen he entered Yale College, wluro
ho graduated four years later.
General Grant was elected President
at lorty-slx. Hut wliun a very young
man, in thu Mexican war, ho so distin
guished himself at tho battle of (Molina
del Key that General Scott named hint
for promotion on the field, and at the
storming of Chapultepou his courage nnd
nullity caused him to bo siudiUv com
mended by General Worth, and for tlusa
younj acts of skill and valor ho was
mado Captain in tho regular army, lie
was but tlilrty-nino when lie gainod Ids
victory at Fort Donelson, and only forty
one wusn ho took Yicksburg.
THE COLUMBIAN, VOL. XXI.NO 43
COLUMBIA DEMOOKAT, VOL.tl, NO 82
BILL Of FARE.
Th Largs Amount of Prorlaiona For an
Ocean Steamer. What Ocean Trar.
l.ra Drink.
The bar on an ocean vessel is one of tho
most protltnhlo features of tho ship, and it
has been said that $3,000 has frequently,
been cleared on ono voyage by a hut-class
steamer n the husy season. The 'pos
sibilities' n this direction may bo judged
from the laot that tne i-.truria puts on
board at Liverpool for the round voyage
1,100 bottles of champagne, S50 bottlos of
claret, 0.000 bottles o! ale. 2'fiOO bottles of
porter, 4.r00 bottles ol mineral water and
OoO bottles of various spirits, wliilo tho
annual consumption ot the Cunard Lino
is as follows: 8,030 quarts and 17,013
pints Of champagne, 111,011 quarts and
7,310 pints oi claret, witn v,vw dohios oi
other wines, 4SO,:541 bottles of alo and
porter, 174,921 bottles of mineral waters,
34.000 bottles of spirits, 34,300 pounds of
louacco, 00,0-iU cigars aim ou,oio cjgr
ettrs.
I-cmons are used on an average at tho
rate of 1) per head a day, and apples
when in season at the rate of 2 per head
per day, while the consumption Of oran
ges is about 3 per head per day.
A very important element In the ex
pense bf a trip is crockery, which is
broken at tho rate of 000 plates, 280 cups,
438 saucers, 1,213 tumblers, 200 wino
glasses, 27 decanters and UI water bottles
in a single voyage, from which one Wight
infer that the passengers fought tho wholo
way over, 1 lie broken waiter bottles is
tho only part wo don't regret.
The Etrurias total consumption nf
coal is 300 tons per day, or 12 tons per
hour. Besides tlio coal, 130 gallons 61 Oil
are used dally for i6urnals, bearings, Ac.
Her crew is as followB! Captain, 0 olll
ccrs, Burgeon, purser, 40 seamen, carpen
ter and, joiner, boatswain and mate, 2
masters-at-arms, 12 engineers, 112 tiro
men and trimmers, 72 stewards, 0
stewardesses, 24 cooks, bakers and as
sistants; in ull 237 hands. The amount
ol provisions, procenes, c, on board at
thu time, of sailing is very large. Fpr a
einglo p-issao to the vfestward with 547
cabin passengers nrid'iv crew of 287 ber
sons, sho had, when leaving Liverpool on
I'Mh August last, tno lollqwing quantities
of provisions! 12,ot!0 lbs. fresh beef, 7(0
lbs. corned beef, 5,230 lbs. mutton, o0
lbs. lamb, 350 lbs. veal, 350 lbs. pork, 2,
000 lbs. fresh fish, 000 fowls, 300
chickens, 100 ducks, 00 goose, 80 turkey?,
200 brnco grouse, 15 tons potatoes, 30
Hampers ot vegetauics, Z6U quarts oi ice
cream, 1,000 quarts milk and 11,500 eggs.
In groceries alone thero wero over two
hundred different articles, including (for
tho round vovago of twenty-two days)
650 lbs. tea, 1,200 lbs. .coffee, 1,000 lbs.
whito sugar, 2,800 lbs. moist sugar, 750
lbs. pulverized sugar, l.ouu lbs. cneese,
2,000 lbs. butter, 3,5X) lbs. of ham, 1,000
lbs. bacon.
As regards iho consumption on board
the Cunard fleet for one year it can
almost bo said that their shecp'and oxen
"feed on a thousand hills," for 'its ships
consume no less than 4,050 sheep, 1,800
lambs, and 2,474 .oxen, an, array pi flocks
and herds surpassing in extent the pos
sessions of many a pastoral patriarch of
ancient times.
This is equivalent to 2.091,754 pounds
of meat, or four pounds per minute. Tho
passengers consume 831,003 eggs, or more
thhn lj per minute, and drink 21,000
pounds of tea in the year and ,1,,00
pounds ot couee, sweetenea, Dy .-vo.iuu
pounds of sngar; while the following
articles, also ngura largely ; une.anuono
naif tons of mustard, 1 J of popper, 7,210
bottles nickles. 8.000 tins sardines. 30
tons salt cod dumpling, 4,102 four-pound
lars jams, lo tons marmalade, tons
raisins, currants and figs, 13 tons split
peas, 15 tons pearl barley, 17 tons rico,
34 tons oatmeal, 4G0 tons flour, 23 tons
biscuit, 33 tons salt, 4SJ02 loaves of bread
8 pounds each, 53 tons ham, 20 tons
bacon, 15 tons cheese, 0.10 tons potatoes,
24,075 fowls, 4,230 ducks, 2,200 turkeys,
2,200 geese, 31,3(2 tablets Pears' soap,
3,434 pounds Windsor soap', 10 tons yel
low Bonp, in auuiiion to tne auove
mentioned items from tho bar.
Tho heaviest item in the annual con
sumption Is naturally coal of which aro
burned 350,704 tons, or almost 1,000 tons
for every day in the year. Tha con
sumption of engine oil is 101,013 gallons;
of burning oils, 23,020 gallons; of paint
oil, 0,200 gallons ; of waste, 1)0 tons ; of
wiiito leau, oi ions; oi ren lean Vi tons.
"Willi respect to the aggregate employ
ment ot labor by the Cunard Company,
it requires 34 captains, 140 officers, tl'.'S
engineers, boiler-makera mil carpjutors,
005 seamen, 010 firemen, 090 stewards,
12 stewardesses, 42 women to keep tlio
upholstery and linen In order, wltn 1,100
of a slioro gang ; or'nbout 4,500 people to
run tho ships, which traverse yearly a
distance equal to five times that between
tho earth and the moon.
A MONOPOLY IN ENVELOPES.
llow the Manufacturer. Are Seeking a
Monopoly.
A strong combination has been formed
by tho leading envelope manufacturers
01 the country lor the purpose ol main-
luihiuc uricL'H anu cuiiiruimn- luu minis
try. This bos been brought about by a
esurrection of tho Standard Envelope
jouipanv an organization 01 similar pur
port, which was formed somo five or six
years ago, but which soon collapsed. Tlio
:oncerns wnicn compose tlie combination
ire wjiiio, loruin -o., wintcomu Jvn
velopo Company, Plimpton Manufacture
jig Company, Holyoko Envelope Coin-
ny, rowers I'aper company, ixigan,
lit fi Brigham Envelope Company,
J. Q. Prehlo & Co., Berlin A Jones hal
ve lopo Company, hauiuel Kaynar ec Co.,
P. P. Kellogg tk Co., Springlield Envel-
-, ., w ij ii...i.
auu ouipuiiy iuiu u uu jruiiK'ra.
These firms represent about !I0 per cent
01 tno productive capacity 01 1110 entire
:ouutry, and control all the machinery
or envelope manuiaciuro as well astro
jitents thereon. The members of tlie
ool aro bound by stringent rules. They
ire restricted 'to a certain percentage of
.heir productive capacity, and aro also
sound not to deviate in any manner from
:hu pool price list under penalties of 2250
for cacli offense, and twenty-five cmts
per 1,000 on the quantity sold below
nrice. Bonds, both to tho coutnanv and
to each other, aro required of tho mem
tiers to insure the payment of lines and
jqialU'S. The executive committee is
riven authority to oxamino, at any time,
.ho books of any member of tho pool in
rder to render detection ot qfleuders
sasy. The' agreement by which tho pool
s formed went Into effect July 1, and is
to continue for live yoars. Under the
new )H prices will bo advanced from
five to fifteen cents per 1,000 on commer
cial sias and fifteen to twenty-live on
'overuiuent sizes, but retail prices will
101 no aucpieu at present.
An Extraordinary T.atam.nt.
Probably ono of the most remarkablo
wills over made was drawn up in Pitts
burg on February 17. 1847. Tho testa.
tor, Ambrose lhjtharge, who is fifty-two
years 01 age, aner cuspojing oi 510,ooj in
real estate, directs as follows: "I direct
tliat my body bo taken to St. Michael's
Church, and, alter, the proper religious
services, aro performed, and it be glve-n in
clianre of mv family, who will convey it
to Samson's Crematory, and there hare
it burned to ashes, tho ashes to b3 put in
a small bottle and given iu charge of tho
Gorman Consul at Pittsburg. This con.
tloman will then forward ray ashes to
the Consul in Now York, who will give
mom m ciiargo 01 tne cup'-am 01 tlie Her
man steamer Elbe, who will place them
pecuroiy in ins suip lor 1110. ocoatj. voy
age. Vi hen In mid ocean direct the cant.
ain to requ lst ono of the passsngers to
dress in a seaftirin? suit nnd ascend, with
my ashes in his hand, to the ton of tha
topmost most, anil, utter pronouncing a
last benediction, to extract the cork from
tlie bottle ttno; cast its contents to tho
four winds ot heavon," .
PURE JAPANESE TEA
Unw Ilia Frnirrnnt lal ! rinnteil, drown,
l'lckeil and Cored.
Arrordlna lo a Yokohama correstiond-
ent of thoScatllot W.T.) l'ott-liiUlllgenctr,
the foreigners residing In .Inpan nre tlio
chief exporters of ten. Tliry havo largo
cuiing houses at tho seaports where they
reside. The tea leaf partly cured Is
bought from Jnpnncso producers or tncir
agents. Although tbo tea plant Is tlio
nmp. Ihera nro Various grades of leaf.
Tho younger tho leaf the firmer Iho ten
so tha Japaneso Ray. Tho soil and
particular locality also affect the llavor.
In their curing houses tlio foroign ox
porters put tho loaf through a recurlng
proccM. It Is dried in inotai pois neaieti
by charcoal. To what extent it mny bo
lixeil up to siiiv me loreign ranmcui n
not generally known, but I fancy that
few who drink tho tea imagino that it
contains Prussian bluo. Thlsiscombinod
with another powder, tne name of wulcli
is unknown to tlio writer. Tho mixture
Is sprinkled over the leaf during the pro
cess of curing. Why is tills done? It
gives thj tea a whitish, uncolorod blue,
Foreign drinkers have a dread of green
tea. They imagine that It has beon
colored by chemicals or curod over cop
per. The trulh is Hint the tea leaf when
cured apart from all metals and chem
icals has a greenish oast. The darker tho
color, the stronger the tea. I have taken
the troublo to visit tho ten orchards In
tlio suburbs of Toklo and to inspect tho
native mode of curing. Tho tea plant, as
It is called, is really a bush of very hard
wood. To what height it would grow If
left iintriuimed I am not ahlo to say. It
Is seidom Boeii over throe feet high. It
is an evergreen, Tlio leaf resembles in
shape that of tho salad bush. When tho
bush has reached maturity, which Is ndt
until after several years, it llowcrs anl
produces n round seed about the size of a
cherry. Tlieso seeds nro planted in rows
a suitable distanco apart, and tho bushes
thinned out and trimmed as they In
crease in size. Thoy do not prosper if
transplanted. Tho soil best adapted to
tho bush is a clayey ono siilluiently
elevated to cast off any excess of mois
ture. Thero Is a general Impression that
tlio tea bush requires a warm climate
Such Is not tlio caso. It will grow whor
evor any othor hard wood treo will
prosper. It is my opinion that it would
do well in certain localities lu Washing
ton Territory 1
The river bottoms and marsh land
would hardly suit it, but I soo no reason
why it might not bo cultivated clsjwhero.
It would not bo advisable to plant it in
large quantities, as tea can bo brought
cheaper from Japan than Americans can
produce it. But as an ornamental tree,
or as an evergreen hedge around a yard,
it would be both beautitul and novel.
The process of gathering tho leaf is a
tedious one, but tho work 13 made more
enlivening by many persons working to
gether. The pickers aro mostly women
and children. As they pick they talk,
laugh and sing. Thoy nre paid nccord
ins to tho, weight of the loaves picked.
Seldom is more than ten cents per day
earned and that without board. Tho
leaves aro first washed and then st'ampd.
The.'stcaraing process must bo done with
care, as tlio llavor of the leaf is liablo lo
bo affected. The Btcamed leaves are put
in pans mado witu wooden sides ana
thick, rough Japaneso paper bottoms.
Theso pans are about two and a inlf by
lour leet in size, jjeneaiu meui is a
charcoal fire, regulated so as to produce
the required amount of heat. A man
stands at each pan. As the leaf dries, he
ruus anu rous 11 in 111s minus. iu ussisi
in tlii process, ho lias a. .board upon
which ho places a handful of tho tough
leaves, and with a rolling pin doubles
and twists them up. Nothing In the
shnpo of chemicals is put on thu leaf. It
is left to assume lis natural color, wnicn
is ot a groenisli cast. Alter silting
through coarso cano selves, to extract tho
powdered leaf, the light colored tea is
picked out. It is sold cheaper than tho
darkor colored.
Why should not such teas be sold to
foreign countries? It is perfectly puro
hut'has not the peculiar odor character
istic of mostly exported tea. It has not
been doctored to suit tlio fanciful foreign
taste, but Japanese like it. Foreign
cured teas aro considered by them much
inieriorto teas cured in their own inetuou.
Did tea drinkers in foreign countries
havo both kinds, would not they too
prefer tho nativo cured ? It may bo asked
why Japanese do not export their own
teas? They aro beginning to do so.
Several nativo companies havo been
formed for the export of teas to foreign
lands. Heretofore Japaneso havo not
betn sufficiently familiar with foreign
trado to justify them in dealing directly
with merchants abroad. Now, after years
of experience and education, they feel
jirepared to transact direct trado. Agents
nre abroad in Europe and America study
ing 1110 loreign markets. 10 nanuio tea
for tlio foreign markets requires largo
capital and a close scrutiny ot tho flu- tua-
tion of prices. The competition is large,
and sometimes the prolits small. 1 Here
is no doubt but' that adulteration of tea
is practiced: ' Hut this is partly owing to
consumers. They noed not oxpoct to
get pure, good tasting teas at a trilling
cost. Let them pay a tew moro cents per
pound and get tha genuine native-curod
urticle.
HUMBUCS IN W1NKS3. le
How Native Brands Arn Mnite Foreign In
the Dealers' Cullnra.
"Wo make from 30.000.000 to 35.000.-
WO of gallons of American wino yearly,
md wo do not import over 5,000,000.
l'hoso figures tell whether tho wino
Irunk by our peoplo is foreign or Ameri
can." So snoke a Now York wino dea
ler. "By far tho larger part of tho Amer
ican wine, however," ho added, "is not
sold as American, but as loreign wines.
Onlv a fow ilavs ago I visited tho cellar of
ono of tho largest wine merchants in tha
city. It contained many thousands of
gallons ot American wine, tno casks ueing
marked 'St. Jiilion, Modoc,' etc, through
tho list of prominent, foreign brands.
Hotel men go thfro anil order theso
wines bottlod nnd lablod as foreign wine,
and I saw in tliat collar many tlioiismds
of labels re.vly for uso in this way. Thesa
parties take gool care not to liniiata a
trademark, but thoy give the wino tlio
foroign name and sell it as foreign to their
guests. It is a strictly confidential busi
ness as between tne wine mercnant aim
tho hotelkoeper, Tho American wino is
bottled ri-ht there in the cellar, inarkod
wit 1 thu lureiL'ii label, and til 11 sunt to
the hotel, bo that tho hotel proprietor is
not put in tno power 01 111s stou aru or
caterer by tlio latter knowing the sou?3J
iroin wuicii 111s oiupiuyer rucuives ina
wines. Of course this does not apply to
all hotels.
"It is not difficult to see tho advantago
of this," went on the wino dealer. "It
enables the hotel man to sell his wines at
a profit of 10 J to 200 per cent, and it ttn
ables the American wino producer to
dispose of his product, that might other
wise bo left on his hands.
"But ono ol thu most interesting decep
tions," added tho wino dealer, "is that
perpetrated by somo 01 tno ureme 110 in
cremo iiiwu theirconfidingfriends. Somo
rich individual who has a coat ot arms,
and mats of anus can always bo got in
ls; lu.i at tlie nylit liguro, win order a
quajaty of American wine bottled, and
have a label with his coat of arms stamp
ed on tlu bottb. Then lu confides to
his friends, as thoy loll over tlu dinner
table, tint the wino was expressly im
ported (or his private use. It's an inno
cent sort of a fraud, and tho wino prob-
auiy tastes a good ueai iielter lor it.
"But selling American wines for foreign
Is nothing to the trick of making spurious
wiuooutotcidjr or fruit acid vitlifnou0'h
American wino (or a body. This is not
only a deception it is morally, and ought
to bo legal'y, a crime. Yot many thous
ands of gallons ot such stuff aro disposed
of yearly in. Now York.
A German. Teuipertince Speech.
An honest German, who was asked to
speak at a tomperancu gatheiing, deliv
ered tno following exhaustive speech :
"I shall toll vou how it vas. I put
mine hand on my head there vas ouu
big pal 11, Then I put my hand in my
pocket, ana mere vas uotlilng. rsow
thero Ish no moro pain in initio head.
Tho pains in mine body ish all gouo
away. I put miiio hands in my pocket,
and thero isli twenty dollars. So i shall
Bhtay mil the temperance I"
CoryKK Jelly. Ono teaspoonfut of
very strong coffee. Dissolve in It a ono
ounce packet of gelatine, l'ul on tho
tiro one pint ot milk and 0 01. ot luiuii
sugar ; when nearly on tho boil pour in,
the coffco and gelatine. 1-et all noli to,
gether for t;n minutes; pour into a wet
ted mold, and keep it in u cool place till
Btiff.
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