Departed Day*.
Like dear, dead tsrienda, to u* more dear
Far more beloved since we may g**<*
No more upon their facee here.
Are our sweet vanished days.
Within these hearts of ours they wake
A al, sweet spell, and minister
Unto our souls ever to make
Ue better, holier.
Though lost to us. ah, who shall say
We may not lire them o'er again,
As w-e may meet our dead some day
Beyond the ahitting main ?
Within our breasts let hope, the star,
With power to cheer each throbbing lit,
Shine brightly till we greet the tar
Flown bliss beyond the strile.
—1. .A". Lor<>ey, t .V 1". Arm tag Vatt.
Do Right.
Take this motto tor your lite.
Do right'
Guard it well in every strite.
Do right'
Heed its teachings in your heart,
From its precepts ne'er aepail.
let not evil get the start.
Ds right!
Though tha tempter whisper low,
Ihi right'
He * ill only prove your toe,
Fh> right'
Ever be where duty rails.
In the fleld. or palace halls,
Kiee trom haunts w here tu appals.
IH> right'
1 Wisrr w ill allure the ttuuU.
lXi right'
Pis a snare to all mankind,
Do right'
Principle most help us here.
Keep ,iur munis trom douht ami teal.
Make our pathway bright and clear.
IX> right!
B .ibsli*.
TWICE MARRIED.
*" Yes.-I suppose it's all verv tine and
grand. but I h'iieve I'd rather Eddie hai
taken a fancy to some one wlto wouldn't
have felt himseif too tine and grand for
her tua and jut. "
" 1 can't see but that the young man
is perfectly civil and respectful. And
certainly his mother has acted the lativ
by von Called on you tirst. and askeil
Esiilie there to tea right off. We should
bear in mind that she never expected to
make the acquaintance of plain folks like
us."
" There was nothing else to do, utiles
she quarreled with her son. and that -he
would never do, and he the apple of her
eve. So she made the best of it. Rut
I*ll tell you what, pa—l mean t%> have
my own way about the wedding, for all
Mrs. Le Roy's wheedling soft speeches."
Mr. Clark was always more or less
absent-minded when he came home at
night from th* store. It was a minute
or two before fie asked, as was expected
of him. "What do you mean. Eliza?"
"As it's to be an Episcopalian wed
ding, it has to lie in church, and of
course there'll be a crowd, her friends as
well as ours And she is ashamed of us
She wants Eddie to have Governor Reed
give her away instead of her shabby old
pa."
"Well, if Eddie's willing—"
" Eddie willing! Of course Eddie 'd
be willing if you was willing, and you
never could say no to a woman. So if
she comes along—Mrs. !.e Roy, 1 n> an
—and talk- to you about the social ad
vantage it wi 1 la- to Eddie to go Into
the church on the governor's arm,don't
vou listen to her. Just you say that you
have left it to the women-folks to settle
the wedding."
Mr. Clark received his orders meekly.
He hoped he would not lie called upon
to combat the eloquence of Mrs. 1-
Roy. He doubted that he could hold
out against it unless his wife were by to
back him. He sighed. He bated to see
Eliza fretted. It was his nature to take
things .as they came, hut it was certainly
pothers. Rut he had never seen her *<>
completely upset as she was now.
Some mothers w-iuid have been
elated at the prospect of a daughter'-
marrying above her. as the phrase goes,
but of these was not Mr-. Clark. She
was satisfied with her own station in
life. She preferred to keep to her own
ways and that other people should keep
to their-. She felt that she was as good
as anybody else, and she did not de-ire
to be thrown with people who held a
contrary opinion.
The next morning tame a pleasant,
cordial note from Mrs. I** Hoy, asking
the Clark—father, mother. daughter—
to tea with her that evening. Eddie
wish>*d to accept tlie invitation, and
Mrs. Clark could never h*ar to eruts
Eddie's wishe- She'therefore somewliat
unwillingly dressed herself in her best
and brushed up her old ni:in. "Now.
pa, don't give in to her," were her last
words as they were admitted for the
first time Into the beautiful Is* Roy
mansion—really a mansion, huiit in Port
Roval in the old eoloniai times. Mi-.
Le Roy receives! them with a manner
that was graciousness itself. If she
made up her mind to do a thing at all,
she did it thoroughly. She had combated
her son's&ngagement to beautiful Eddie
Clark as long as there remained a grain
of virtue in opposition. Now she deter
mined that there should lie no vulgar
family jars. She showed a prop r gen
tilitv in that at east.
Alas! Mrs. Clark was powerless to in
terrupt a long, amicable UU-a-tctr be
tween their hostess and her husband,
during which George Le Roy "bowed
her the various curiosities with which
the drawing-rmmis were filled, and Eddie
played sott air- on the piano. Eddie hail
been beautifully taught at the academy;
her tact in music, as ir other matters,
when she chose to exercise it. was great;
she played in that charming pensive,
twilight style which serves so admirably
to fill up odd corners and crannies.
4
George walked home with Eddie; the
husband and wife were together.
" I've done it."' Mr. Clark said, desper
ately. as soon as they were fairlv started.
"She was too much for me; I couldn't
help it."
"You didn't agree that a perfect
stranger should give away Eddie?"
"\es, I did. After all, what matter
does it make? Anyway, it can't be
helped now; and it's nothing but a form
anyway."
" Our only child!" groaned Mrs. Clark,
with tears. Her heart was very sore.
At that moment she would far rather
Eddie liaij been going to marry Joe
Thompson, a clerk in her father's store,
who bad been in love with her for years,
and who would have been honored by
the connection, rather than blue-blooded
George I/; Roy, to whom Eddie's parents
were a thorn in the flesh, to be endured
as best might be
Mrs. Le Roy carried the day; Mr.
Clark, having given his word, held by
it like an honest man. The wedding
took place in St. Mary's, and Mr. and
Mrs. Clark were ushered to their seats
like all the rest of the congregation, to
sec their darling married. Mrs Le Roy
swept in on her son's arm. cairn, cool,
col lee ted ; the bride followed, supported
by the white-headed governor of the
State. In bitterness of heart her mother
heard her take the vows which made
her Edna Le Roy. It was a large, digni
fied assemblage, in which good Mr. and
Mrs. Clark felt lost. They felt equally
lost afterward at the wedding reception
at Mrs. Le Roy's. It was a very melan
choly satisfaction to them to hear on all
sides praises of the bride's exquisite love
liness. They seemed no longer to have
part or parcel in the matter.
If Edna did not realize the pain of all
this to her parents, it surely was not be
cause she did not love them. She loved
them deaiiy, with a tenderness all her
own; hut sit that time she was too ut
terly absorbed in her own tumultuous
happiness to be able to con reive of there
being a serpent trail in her paradise. She
clung to them with "passionate kisses be
fore she started on her wedding journey,
and had almost to be torn from their
embraces; but this without probing the
nature of their regret and wretchedness.
She and George sailed for Europe al
most immediately. He was a rich man,
but he had a profession to which he
proposed to devote himself. For the
next two years lie attended medifal
lectures in Paris as assiduously as though
he liad been a needy student anxious to
go to work to earn a living. He and
Ednu were very happy during those two
years; it was the life that suited Edna
art and music and congenial society.
The world was even gayer and brighter
than her day dreams had pictured it.
Then a year of travel. Then home.
FKKD. KURTZ, l-Cditor and Proprietor.
VOLUME Xli.
• Eddie had never known how she had
missed her dear father tutd mother until
i she found herself once more ela*pint in
! their loving arms, How had she done
without, nil this w bile, tin ir vlnwirdin
i ary ilevotion, their blind infatuation *
She had never half ct\joyed li r own two
j Kabies until she had show n thetu to her
father mid mother Tear* of jov and
pride rat tun! down Mrs t ink's eh. sA-
Eddie's little girls' There neit w • *.v
siielt beauties, sueh darling- Eddies
eyes, elear, hrowu. eager. with their
father's beautiful goldi n hair. -Fortun
ately they were sufficiently lik. their
father's family to win favor with their
grandmother 1 Roy on that score. Oti the
whole. she was satisfied a ith the apjsar
( anee presenUxl bv her son's family Ed
j die's French toilettes were stylish and
becoming: the elder bahy prattled in
French in a distinguished way ; the babv
proper was a study for a picture as she
Say in the anus of her U>m t\ whose pic
turesque cap and apron were the ttrst
that bail ever appeared in Port Royal.
Edna really did not do George discredit;
she would lie well enough, if only it
were not for her vulgar father and
mother.
Still there were no jars. But, all the
same, Edna gyvw graitually harassed anil
unhappy*. It lieesune patent to her that
Mrs l.e Kov looked down upon her ante
cedent*. and that it was perpetually Upon
her mind to instruct her in the different
articles of her own social creed. Eddie's
gentle soul re bra led. Stic bar! her own
pride of birth. She hated Mrs. La* Roy's
arroganet and a--utut'tiou. She almost
hated Mrs. is' Roy. Day alter day* she
was ntade to appear to disadvantage be
fore George. Day after day she felt that
she was stiffening and hardening before
! the icy breath of her mother-in-Law's
i constant surveillance. A word here and
a word there will prejudice almost un
aware-. George, for the tirst time,
noticed that his wife had defect-; she
j lackraiaelf-raintit)!, seif-joss,—ion. These
things would come in tiinc but they w ere
an indispensable part of the equipment
, ill* a tin is In si woman of the word.
Gradually George began to object to
her frequent visits to her parents, al
though never in -o iuanv words. The
argument he used was that sin' was so
much away from home; he -aw so little
of her. Gradually Eddie abandoned
; this point; but in return she resolved
that she would be equally chary of her
visits to other plac< She established a
character for unsociability and indiffer
ence among all the Is' Roy-' friend- ill
Port Royal, people whom Mrs. Ie Rov
liad urged her to cultivate —'for your
husband's sake, tuy dear; a physician's
wife cannot exercise too much discretion
in the choice of m juaintanees."
Gradualiy she did not seem to herself
to be the same girl. Oh. if only site and
George could live in a little house of
their own! This great, grand house was
a prison. Rut it had always ievn on
the card- that George should live with
his mother An unusual devotion ex
isted between the mother and son.
Eddie was not a wise woman. She
made no effort to conceal the bitterness
in her soul from her own parents. They
knew that she was not happy; they
never dreamed of blaming her when day
after dav went by without their -ving
her. Rut they did blame Mr-. Is'
Roy. and none the less aa they saw Eddie
grow quiet and dull and changed.
George and she drifted farther and
farther apart. His was an imi r- ion
able nature, which speedily fell away
from the magnetism of any influence
which was not vigorously exerted. And
he liked life and gayety; Eddie's mood
chilled and repressed him. He had no
sympathy for people with th< biu>- So
he sought amusement elsewhere. IfEd
diejrefuwd to return visit-, the more rea
son that he should visit vigorou-ly. He
was always warmly welcomed at the
houses of his old intimates. The Sto
reys, for in-tan <■>, made as much ot him
as though he still were unmarried. He
believed those girls would do anything
for him. He showed Eddie with some
what of schoolboy triumph a pair of
slippers Minna Storey had worked for
him ,n shaded flosses.
Port Royal—sit least its exclusive
circles—alwavs left home in August and
September. The Le Roys from time im
memorial had gone to the Swivt brier
springs during those months. It was
decided to carry out his usual pr
gramme, almost without consulting
Mrs. George 1/' Roy. She, for her part,
detested the id<-a of going, as indeed she
had ended by detesting all the le Roys'
doings.
N< verthe',, Sweetbrier springs was
a pleasant place enough, in the heart of
the peaceful, serene mountains. It was
not so lar from Port Royal but that
George could join his family once a
week, for which fait Eddie would have
been more than thankful had she had
the full benefit of his society when he
did come. Rut there were not many
men at the springs, and Dr. Ie- Roy was
handsome and popular. His weeklv
arrival was the signal among theadfe
girls at Sweetbrier to monopolize his
attentions. And George was nothing
loath. He came up here to recuperate
and to have a good time, and when he
applied to having a good time, it was
with the same zeal which he had
brought to l-ar upon the study of his
.profession.
The Storey girl- were his warmest ad
mirers. Minna Storey was as bewitch
ingly beautiful as the typical Eastern
houri—all rounded curves and dimples,
soft, tendrilly brown hair, and laughing,
mischievous hazel eyes. She was a girl
who never hesitated to follow the bent
of her pleasures, although these at times
led her into somewhat devious ways.
She generally h*d a love affair on hand,
although this was apt to he not so much
a flirtation as a romp. At least this was
the distinguishing characteristic of her
present encounter with Dr. Iz* Roy. It
was great fun. no doubt, but it could
hardly be said to be dignified. As the
week- slipped by, the fact grew to Is* an
established one among tin' other girls
that Dr. I>t Roy was Minna Storey's ex
elusive property.
Eddie was wretched. Those women
are perhaps to lie envied who, in similar
situation-, cultivate a gayety which, if
forced, at least serves as an escape-valve.
Eddie not only was wretched but looked
so. And George became irritated. He
actually was at last in the condition of
believing himself to be the aggrieved
party.
One evening, when Eddie hung over
the children until they were asleep,
crooning soft airs to them which always
lulled them to rest soonest, she wandered
down stairs with the vague intention of
finding George and Irving to disjs'l the
miserable cloud which hud hung between
them now for so long. A wish to do so
had come into her heart as stie kissed her
babies good-night. She drifted down
the great sounding stair way, looking like
a pale ghost with her sad eye# and her
flowing white dress. She glanced out
on the different piazzas on her way; the
boarders were apt to walk and sit about
on these during the long evenings. But
she did not see her husband. She drifted
through the parlors, where there were
eard-playing, dancing, music.
"Look at Mrs. fx* Roy. How beauti
ful she is!" one person remarked.
"And how intensely unhappy! Poor
thing! What a pity that any one with a
heart should have married George Ix>
Roy!'
She stood in the open doorway and
looked up and down the piazza on which
opened the parlors. Ah, at last! George
was seated with his back toward her, in
a lounging, negligent attitude. Facing
him, in an attitude equally negligent,
was Minna Storey, her dimpled Bac
chante face upturned to his; her white
arms gleaming out of the falling rose
colored sleeves of her dress,and wreathed
with Roman pearls. Perhaps she was
posing for Lalla Rookli or some other
Oriental character, to whom strands of
pearls are appropriated in, tableaux
vivants: at all events, her graceful head
was adorned to correspond with hen
arms. She made a slight movement at
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
(he moment thai appeared iti tin
doorw ny .with w Licit li.r litt l-wIdle hand
felt against Dr. l.e Roy's knee, and lay
there carelessly . Eddie > face i otttracted
as in pain. Sin' came forward. Minna
slightly changed her attituih*. hut with
no visible show of 'iiiliariMssiui at
George rUMtd up. "Will nw join >'"
in- asked. in an unsympathetic, super
ftcial tunc.
Eddie paused a moment, looking down
upon Minna. Then she said, ii sly . " No.
thank yotl." and moved aw av.
She was combing at the long hair
presently, when George knocked at the
ilwr Still that rigid look on her face,
that hurt look in her eyes. lie ctimed
the door, and stood ailing with his
back against it. ** 1 wi-h, Edna," he
begau, directly. " that you would he a
little more like other people. It is con
foundedly unpleasant to have you going
almut looking like a mute at a funeral."
" 1 cannot look more unhappy than I
feel." she hurst out. with gathering sobs
" Whv did I ever marry you J I wish I
had died instead. Whv did you not
marrv this Storey girl, whom you m ike
love to now before my face? If you have
no feeling for tin* as a woman, I should
think you might show at hast cotumou
respect for me as your w ite."
Her tone, her words. stung <l.<*
Roy to the )H>int of fury. "My wife"'
lie -aid. " Heavens! 1 wi>h you had nut
that claim upon my tolerance. A man
reaps a fearful harvest froiu a youthful
mistake." Then he turned on his heel
and closed the door sharply lehind him.
Eddie wan ouly * tride more miserable
than she hail been liefoiv.
The next day was Sunday l'artjes
for ehureh were made up. Eddie found
herself listlessly included in one. It
1 might at least Is- more tolerable than
wandering aiml< -sly about the hotel.
V- she was handed into the stage she
notieed her hushand gathering in
Minna Storey's draperies within the
i emu pass of a tight wagon, in which he
w at going to drive her. She was talking
and laughing as usual. Tin re was not a
cloud on George'# fat*e. The sight < - ut
Eddie to the heart. She averted her face
hastily. Her fellow - passenger* -aw
what she saw; they pitied her. It is
hard to a young, proud nature to In*
pitied.
The stag' flattered oft amid a t *--ay
Itabel ot voices. A mile down the roai!
there was a hill. At the top of this hill
the horses took fright, one becoming
perfectly uncontrollable Plunging and
rearing, they dragged tic stage to the
edge of the mountain. The n \t mo
ment the great lumbering vehicle was
overtunted and pitched down the moun
tain side. Then the horses, having done
their worst, stood still. The driver
picked himself up and surveyed the
siene of the disaster. Tin* first object
that met his • V' - a> Mis. Roy, who
had been thrown against a heap of
-tore- V mest' iigcr was dispatched to
the hotel, who met l>r. Ie- Roy first of
all in his no-top wagon.
"Hurry! hurry! he cried. "The
stage has gone over the side of the moun
tain. Mrs. !,• Roy is dead."
George was off like the wind; hut not
Iwfore Mi— Storey had entreated, with
white lips, to he let out. He was alone
when he was confronted by Eddie's piti
ful pale face.
They gathered her up and carried her
to the hotel lor dead. The rest ot the
party escaped unhurt, except for trifling
cut.- and bruises; hut when they iald
her on her leal they thought that life
was extinct.
1 might quote pages in -upport of the
assertion that the worth of a treasure is
emphasized bv the dread of losing it.
Harshness, indifference, neglect, dogged
t leorge Is Rov steps like sti-rn aeeus'-rs,
now that Eddie lav speechless, uncon
scious. for hojs'le-- hours. It -< * ip>sl to
him that he had killed her. If In- hail
(seen with her this might not have hp-
M Bed. Surely he might have shielded
her. Shielded her? Ah! had heshielded
her from other dangers, other ills* The
bitter reproach haunted him that he had
betrayed his trust.
How utterly little and contemptible
th< irdi-sen-ion- now -eemd! Only the
one truth remained, that -he was his. the
woman he loved, the only woman who
could fill his heart.
He -ent for her father and mother.
Thev came, wrung by the cruel is t an -
guish: but they came just as she began
to revive. Youth i- stubborn: life is
obstinate; and !<>ve wrestled with prayer.
George Is- Roy had never known
l-fore what it *vas to face a mysterious
Providence, omnipotent, and yet heark
ening to supplication.
Eddie was given back to him again—
given lw k to him, so it seemed, from
death. It was a second marriage.
We often wonder if we could live our
lives better if we could live tliem over
again. Certainly Eddie and her hus
band profited by their former mistakes
For one thing, they spent their second
honeymoon in a home of their own.
When Eddie went down from Sweet
brier springs, in the fall, to Port Royal,
she found a lovely house made ready for
her. of which she was the unconditional
mistress. George explained, to all whom
it might concern, that the situation of
the house suited the requirement s of his
practice better than that of the !/• Rov
homestead.
It was astonishing how easy it was to
get on with Mr-. Ix l Rov mere after this.
Sometimes, indeed, Eddie wondered
whether her former troubles had not
been chimeras of her brain.
As tor Mr. ami Mrs. < lark, thev were
at last entirely reconciled to their
daughter's marring). They spent the
greater part of their subsequent lives in
spoiling their little grandchildren to
tlieir heart's content. — UnrjM r\t Haznr.
A roach man's Conqiie.t.
Murray Hill society has lately been
agitated over a scandal in which the in
evitable coachman again figures and
which has thrown a shadow over one of
the most prominent and highly respoct
ahle families of that fashionable locality.
In this instance the young lady is lioth
In-autiful and highly accomplished, and
her lover, the eoaehman. is young and
good looking, but very illiterate. It is
said to le* a case of love at first sight.
He that as it may, the couple carried on
their courtship so ardently and boldly
that eventually one of the gentleman s
neighle >rs dropped him a note through
tlii mail. asking him if lie knew of the
conduct of his daughter. The father
was astounded upon learning of the
affair and at onee called his daughter to
an account. She acknowledged that she
knew the eoaehman and had spoken to
him on several occasions, but this was
all. Her explanation deceived him so
thoroughly that he ceased to watch her
movements for a time. Subsequently,
however, lie found among his daughter's
effects during her temporary absence
from her home, several letters from the
love-smitten Jehu, which still further
opened his eyes and confirmed all that
had been written concerning the couple
by his friend. The result win a stormy
interview, during which the young
lady's mother was so affected that
she said to have fainted. Soon after
this, and despite the vigilance of the
parents of the young lady, she clandes
tinely met her lover, and arrangements
were perfected for their marriage, which
were frustrated by the appearance on the
scene of the father when the couple were
on their way to the residence of a min
ister whom they had engaged to perform
the ceremony. The coaciiinan was dis
charged by his mi-tress and the young
lady was taken to her father's country
residence, where she is now reported to
be closely watched to prevent her from
joining her lover.
Prior to this unfortunate affair the
young lady had been receiving the com
pany of a young, wealthy and talented
physician, who had asked her hand in
marriage and had met with a favorable
response. The shock produced by this
affair has nearly crazed him, and lie has
since, by the advice of his friends
started on a voyage around the world.
—New York Graphic.
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1870.
tiienbites ot the Late Fremlt I'rlltee.
Tile late I'riliee latui* *, apoleoli, killed
11v t lie /.uiu- m South A Irlea, celebrated
his twenty-third birthday in March
Horn three yi.ir- aftci Napo.eun's utat
riage to Eugenie de tie w is coll
tided to an English nurse, alsittt twenty
til e Vitu s old. stioiig, handsome, cl Very
jovial disposition and pleasing manners.
People w lio tiuvi SIS-II / ititacois' Unlit i
ful painting, " The Education of a
I'rince," have seen a good liki tn - of her;
so far as regard- the costume it is a p r
tect part rait. The prince w :u. slender
:ynd had a mild, pleasing countenance;
hi- cars w ere rather tw. large, and on ihi
account the Parisians, for whom nothing
is sacred, and who alw i\s find a nick
name for everybody.called biin " Enure
Ore i Lard. llts christening by .u dinai
Eutrui, as representing l'op l'ius 1 \ .
was a gorgeous court display . Ihe
empress showed lu rself a real mother to
the I toy. often spending In r entire dttv
and nights iM-siue his cradle in ipite of
court etiquette and the emperor's r
uiotistranees. She had her reward in
the ImUtulless affection that the child
learned to fivl for lu*r i love which has
know n no diminution
His lather, though he lovial the Ituy
very dearly, rarely pelted him save in
public, tine day* the ln>y, then perhaps
file years old. w :is crying with tisith
ache The <mperor msdded him, saying
that the futureetuperor of Eratteeihouln
l>e above all such weakness. " But it
hurts tue aw fully, papa, re plied UK buy,
" Xo matter," sternly rejoined the lwru
of Sedan; "stop up your • ar with your
fingers, and you will not feel the [>aiu."
The boy glanced at htm in ainar.ement.
but foilowasl his failite s idvice. iunl ten
minute- Later announced that the pain
was over.
Milt) and amiable a- In wa-, h> ixca
siottaily yielded to temper when hi
nlaytiMlnt, tin* wins of Ir Conneau and
ti.-ns. Fleury and K-pina*s<>, w.n not
ready to OIK'V hi- whims. "lam .a Na
pokon," In- -aid one day Ui young Ka
i>ina>-i*. who had refused to race with
Kim: "woe to him who will not olx-y."
His father overheard him. and tin l*\
was cond.nund t*. bread and wt*r for
twenty-four hour.-. The young prince,
when a little hoy, could not In- induced
to mount a ponv until ho had Uva
threatened with the sevetest punish
ments. so much did In- fear a tumble.
Afterward lie became a !in- horseman.
Hi- favorite pastime was to .i.-u*n to the
tnuaic that tie hand of tin- Imperial
Guard played daily iti tin- court ot tie
Tuilerie*. He tiw.k such a strong liking
for the cornet player of the hand, Pu
four, that In- wouhinot con-. at to the lat
t r - retiring with the others Often,
when all the other- had gone, the coio
:i M Hufour wa- -en either standing
lx*fon* the diminutive prince to play the
cornet, or carrying him aroutnl in his
arm- for hours ami hours in -inv --ion.
One d \ tin* cm pre— was talking with
some of iter ladi - of honor alM>ut a x-r-
Lain marriage which had recently taken
place. "I. too. will get raarrha)," -aid
the Inn; "I will marry M. lhtfour."
Young lx>ui- wa- frxs(Ueutiy n-iui-lo 1
hy hi- tutor. (Jen. Froi-sard. to he pru
dent; " a prince," he was told, "should
never commit himself one way or tin
eliter." A short while after he had
ixa-n reminded ot thi- duty, the son ©t
tlen. Fleury :tskisl him whether In* wa
ll ungry. "I Would not lib- to < vpri—
any opinion on tin■ subject," young Louis
gravely rcplitsl.
Some two or ihrw years I'rinoe
Ls-ui- a<axmpanhal liis mother on a c ur
ney. through Austria and Italy. They
travel.al a- the Count.-- and .lint of
l*i.*rrefond. hut their identity wa- n>-
where a re!, and they were received
with the highc-t con-id. ration every
where, except at Vienna, where, it i
said. the ex-<uipr>s was rcfum .1 alt
audience at court, i'erliaps tin* nnmorv
of the campaigns of l-o! ami IHOn. w liieli
deprived tin* Austrian crown of I*m-
Imrdy and Venice, wa- -till too ftv-b in
the mind of tin* Austrian sovereign, thi
their way to Ktutland tin* empress and
ln*r son had a,ked tx*rtni*ion to .row
France, hut they were t m> 1 it<i> advi-.-dto
take another route, (hi tin- ltrlgi MI fron
tier a young gentleman was arr-t.-l be*
onus.- of his re-embinnee to tin* prino©
imperial, i-sixs iaiiy in hi- thorough Kng
li-h style of tr.-*ing It was-aid that
this journey of the prince abroad had as
it- object a marriage; another rumor
wa- that it was undertaken for the pur
iM.se of forming an alii.uioc belw.-en the
rote*. Austria and the lion apart. - at the
expense of Italy. Though with little
profit, a propaganda has IM*. n constantly
carried on in France for the il.-tructinn
of tin* republic. Prince l/.uis lent him
self t no intrigue-, hut he certainly in
tended to recover tin throne that hi
fatlier had lost. For the pear© of F,ur<>po
and the triumph of tin republic hi-death
in providential.—AVtc .Sin.
The Basis of the Chll Sabbath.
These are some of the grounds upon
which it rest*
First -Kvcry human l>eing. by tin- ne
cessity of his nature, needs n rest of one
•■ntin day in seven, added to his nightly
rest in sleep, for the restoration of his
strength exhausted by the labors and
cares of six successive days. "Ilia very
heart and flesh cry out for it." The free
citizen has the satne natural right to be
protecttsl by law from the disturbance
on his weekly rest day as in his nightly
sleep. •
Second —The Slate needs the rest day
for the protection and promotion of good
morals, good order, the public peace and
public decency. "The Sabbath law,
considered :is a police regulation, rest*
on the foundations which uphold laws
prohibiting gambling, lotlerii>, |>oly
gamy, disorderly houses, the sale of in
toxicating liquors on election davs, and
the like. The State punishes all these
offences, Sabbath breaking includeii, not
as sins against (lod. but as injuries on
society." (Supreme Court of New
York.)
Third—No citizen should be required
by law to worship Hod,even on Sunday,
for the sake of public morals. Hut Un
law ought to restrain him from disturb
ing those who choose to devote tlx ir rest
"ay to religious worship, lor this among
other ends, namely, the we'iure of the
whole people. <'onsidereil .as an educa
tional agency, the SahhaHi stands side
by side with our SI-IKKIIS of earning;
and both ought, for the same iiasou, to
he protected front molestation.
Fourth— Our citizens have a natural
right to undisturbed worship on tin-day
set apart for rest by the usage of tie*
American people from the settlement of
the country. This right cannot bestsured
amidst tbe noise and stir ol ordinary
labor and public- amusement.
those who carry on their business on
Sunday virtually compel their neighbors
in the same business to dec the same. In
the active competitions of life, "the
liberty of rest for each man depends on
the law of rest for all.— F.iinwtsJrom an
Address delivered in ljniisviUe.
A Morphine Eater's l*et.
A lady offered .<IOO reward for the re
covery of a pet white rat in a Syracuse
(N. Y.) paper. The reporters learned
that she was a morphine eater, and on a
visit to Iter father, a respectable gentle
man of Syracuse. The drug was taken
to allay pain. Alter her arrival, when
under the influence of opium, the pet rat
fell out of the bosom of her dress, where
she was in the habit of carrying it, and
was killed by market men. The lady
said she could not sleep till she hod an
other pet rat, and started for New York
to obtain one. Her father says the rat
was perfectly tame and devoted to its
mistress, who is rational upon all other
subjects except this pet and morphine or
opium. She said she was roofa-d of
valuable rings while under the influence
of the drug, but added: " I can buy more
lings but will give to regain my
darling rat."
The Cherry.
The cherry comes originally from
Asia \flcrn victorious expcdiUoli into
I'o.iiu-, the I (onion genecai l.uculiu*
brought tie > iieicy lioiit • l 0.-ui, a lov* u
ol tlmt proviiuv, into Italy, Soulier
though he was, thi* l.ta ulTu* always
bad mi eye open to whatever was agree
able in the way of food; and it is not to
lie doulit'il lliai be regarded the cherry
a* one ol the proudest of all his trophies.
The cln-rrv was then brought l<> ltoiuc
about seventy VISITS before Christ.
Vlsiiit i>ne hundred and twenty vmis
later it w:is introduced into fjr<-al
Hritahi From Italy it was brought also
into all the other countries of Europe—
iu every one of which it is now a uni
versal favorite with all cl*se of the
petuile,
Tlie ltoman hortieuiturUits soon in
c ntt d other spe, i. s of the clierrv, and
Pliny makes mention of ei-Hu different
varieti<w which were i-xtaut in his day.
It shows what great things can be
wrought by cuilivattou and art, that
more than thr'< hundred different varie
ties nrc now -pci lib-ally dem ribed in the
otHcial catalogues.
The of tlie cherry is almost hhai
lical with gum arable, li ha* liuqUeiitiy
IMI-II utilized fur food ;uid the degree of
nutriment found Iu it is something •ur
tirising lln wi*d of tin 1 cherry i*
very Ih .-iutiftil and is mnch Usui for fur
ralure. Some pri>ms •>( g<MMI taste ad
mire it a UlUwb as liuiliogany li is
hard, compa>"t aud tougit, and it lMs
--n-sscs tu- rais- virtue of not w :xrping It
takes on a very li ts'.ish. It- Is-mti
ful reddish tint. Instead ..f failing with
tino, gnovs decj.cr and richer every
par.
I'h* cherry tr<* is -o urg- ami li*utfi
ful in our own country tl.ui it is strange
that it i> not planted and gpiwn more
frv-iuently as an ornafuentai shade tree,
lit (lermany the cherry tree fa great
favorin- for thcoe imrpoaea Many roa<l
siii< < in (it-rttuiiiv ;us lined xvith cherry
trwsuu both side.-. You will fn-iuenthr
i a-- through mi avenue of th**e iM-auti
fttl shade tree- for mile- at a time.
The -nil* of the cherry were brought
to Atuericaal an enrly dav b* eolonl-ts.
ImtJi from KtijUand :md Holiand. H<--
id< - thoe culttvaU-xl i herrios, liiere i*
wild ch rry which is indigenous to thi*
country.
The !arg-st and grand*-st cherry trw*
I have ever nad of are found in \V>-t
Virginia Win a- tlu*> gtvw in (ic-rniaiiv
to 1M- four fe t in diaiiieier mid sixty and
*■ v enty f-t high, they in- found in >V->t
Virginia as large -m life, ix and even
—on t <-t through, nn t sometimes one
hundred fist high.
Tin wild cherry i piorc comiuotny
. ailed ehokels rrv It grow* Hot only in
the Ea*teiu andSlidd < States, but in tin
fir W est —in 1 tah, Arizona and Other
lb- kv Mountain Statin; .*o in tiregoit.
I'h wildche.iTv is a great favoriu w ilii
the iiidi.-m.*. They make * tea of tin
hark, which they greatly relish. Thev
also jM.und tin- bark fine, dry it in tin
sun and Imil it in tneiit broth*. They
nils it aiso witli meal, which they make
frotu variou* rootor*ei!a.
(•real as an- the natural adaptations of
our country to th< growth of the cherry,
this fruit in America has hy nn ni'His at
tained all the excellence of which it is
capabh . :uid it is t<> IM- ho|M-d that t!io*e
putiiie iourtiais which ar-.- favoralik* to
liorticuitun will i \crt iheuielve* to
stimulate tlu ir fruit-growing readers to
aim at -nil higher perfection in tlie
clwrry.—Jlu.'.ufiipAi-i 7Vm-1.
Changes of the Fifty Years,
'Hie auttior oi a s.-rics of pa|-rs on
" Voting I. onion " In the hmdim I\U
t/ritftfi ns "nl* some of the change* of the
iiall iciiturv WL- n In- first b-giui to
rvmcmWr things there were omy two
railroads in th<- United Kingxioui. It
t'Mik the best part of four day * togvt to
Paris; and the postage of a l tt<-r to that
city was one and -igbtperiee. There
were no o*i*an *ti-anu*rs: and five w>* ks
w i re often ixaisuun-ii in a journey to New-
York. There Wei * tin iucifeT lpstche*
lighting; on or oft" tie* IMU ; and dint and
sb-el, and th< tindef-hox. :tnd mnb he*
dipped in brimstone, reigned supreme ill
tlie kitchen: oil was still burnt in the
-treet lamps of(,rsvenor -quare. There
Were uo electric teicgniplis. HO |MlStoffit*e
money orders, no *tn-l pens—in common
use—-no cnvclopt-s. no pt rmnhuialors.
There w<re no cheap newspaper*, no
shining magazines, no pst card*, no
perforab-d stamps imd countorfbile. and
no paraflioc candle*. There wa,* not an
Imtc] In England w h> n al idy coulddine
in a public room. Then- was n photo
graphy. n> ln-nrolinc, bo chlorofm tit, no
ffly.irinc, novoiiodionaml no guncotton.
There w en- uo mauve ami no magenta
dye*. There were tn> prcM-rvnl meats,
si'ittp* or vcgi'tablcs. Tlmrt was but lit
tle charcoal and no roco Soda wati-r
was a shilling a bottle. There wi re no
refrigerators, and uu sewing machine-.
TIHT* were no k<*yli nor eryataJ-cased
watches; no elia-tro-gilding nor silver
ing, and no electrotypTng. Tlie stu-i fork
in ordinary u-c liiul only two prongs.
Tln-pc wen-no-tnys that were noi in
strument- of torture, and no walking
Itoot.* for ladle*. There was no Hnlbi-|g
gan nor Balmoral hosiery. There were
only a few vs-iocipexle*. Nad there wen
no revolver*. There was no gutta-per
cha and very few cigar*.
beginnings.
l"apci> are giving wide circulation to
an article entitled " He wan- of Hegin
nings." Tin* article i. directed to young
men and is intcnihii for tlieir heneiit.
The appropriateness of the advice de
pend* entirely upon tin* < barncter of the
iK'glnning n young minis going to make.
If In- i- In ginning to make a 1<M1 of him
self by hanging over front gates until
after midnight; by playing billiards un
til the -mall hours conn*on :by sp'inling
t wo dollars when he is only < aiming one;
hy loafing on the street and making a
lout out of himself while he ought t< he
putting in the time at home; hy driving
fast horses when he ought to he walk
ing: hy drinking lmd whi*key instead ol
cold water: by going in debt and throw
ing away hi* hti-inc-s character while he
ought to IM* building up a reputation for
business honor; hy tying while lie
to Im* telling the truth—*f you an* la-gin
ning any of these things you might to
he war* •of them. But there is nothing to
hew&reof in iMginnings. if you are Iwgin
ning to tell the trutit; to trade hom-st.lv:
to treat your neighbor a* yourself; to lie
sincere in religion ntul politics; to stay
at home nt night: t< avoid saloon*; to
he a* pious and charitable on Tuesday as
on Sunday; to prefer an open heart to
hypocrisy ; and to live pure, independent
and industrious ltVe*. You can toy witli
such beginnings all von choose. The
morn you g*t entanglni in tlwin. thein't
ter it will he for you. You can never
Is'gin too early in life to embrace them,
and if you have neglected tlicm you mi
never too old to begin. The had liegin
niiigs are the ones to avoid, and the good
b<*ginniugs are the ones to run after and
hold on to.—-Vm v Jkxi< rn Aiyo.
A Former blave of Jefferson.
Esther .Jefferson, of St. Louis, Mo..
•IN there recently, it is claimed, at the
remarkable age of 117 years. The cose
of Aunt Esther, as she was called, is
worth more than a passing notice, not
only because her alleged longevity is
authenticated hy very strong evidence,
but also because she was a slave of
Thoinaa Jefferson, from whom she took
her name, and, with the rest of Mr.
.TefferW>n's slaves, was sold at auction
after his death. Esther Jefferson and
her husband subsequently earned money
enough to buy their own freedom. A
permit, signed by Henry Chouteau,
clerk of the St. l/iuls Circuit Court, in
1831, gives permission to Esther Jeffer
son, a negress, sixty-nine years of age,
" to live in the State of Missouri as long
as of good behavior, and no longer." ft
the age stated in the permit is correct,
the former slave of Thomas Jefferson
was fully as old a- sic* is now said to
have been.
TIMELY TOPICS.
| The statement is given that more
I . aitdy is made and oaten in the United
, Stab-s than in all the rest of the world
■ ' combined. Iloston manufacturer* win
, -uuic nlsiut 4,000 tons annually, New
Vorls about 7,000 ton* and Chicago does
, a large business in the same flelf. Tie
i export.- from the United States to
Europe include "the l>est French
! can dies."
Tin Prussian government apaear* de
tcrmimd to make sure thai the army
siiail not, like the French so.diery, IM
poruicatcd t| th< leaven of dt*mo'raUe
iiicai, '1 lie troops siatiowr 1 in llerljn
lta*> IM.ii forbidden lot-cad the Kile-rnl
in -papers, mid their quarters are to be
-carrie d at regular times for thepruliih
j itsvi journals anil for other object louable
publhaiioiis. Seven* punishuii-nt in
promised those wilii whom such articles
arclound.
Tlu-re ar*- more than a million Welsh
sneaking people in Ureal lirilaiu. In
lint Ist. of Mau lw uty-live per cent of
the population In IHTI understood
Manx In the same year it was emu*
1 putinl that not more than five thousand
|Mr->ns eould r*al Irish, and no news
paper was published in that language,
whvivm, in Isi i there wu scarcely a
county iu which Irish was not more or
lens spoken. Now It Is scarcely heard
except In the extreme w.M Clare, (ial
w ay, I Nsnegal, Kerry, Mayo and tin
wcsiurti island* are the xiruuglioids of
the ancient language.
f " Blind with rage" meant something
in a I'aris workshop one afternoon some
j wo-ks ago. An uvuvxf of t4e works,
, luidliig liuit one of the men hal not
fini-licd a pints of work which was
urgently r< juirt d. fell into such a state
4 <tf fury a- to strike hhu in the face.
Almost in tin- xer> ait of striking, how
ever, lit- slaggeivd hack, shouting for
ai.t ui't tioiuplaUiiiig that he could not
<s-. Tin- workmen came round him
with I'tler* of aasi-taiior, but nothing
could Ie done, it was ecrlaiu tliat he
. 11111 suddenly lost the Use of Uith hi*
eye- Medical evidence showed tliat
some >f tlie hltMsi vctaei* Iw-hinti the eye
had htmt, and that the blood had floodtal
the intcrir cavities of the eyeballs.
An aeronaut named I .Est range rc
.i ntlv met with an extraordinary wa(e
• from death in Australia. In lirepreseniv
of tlmu-ands of spvtnlors he made an
cml from Uc agricultural ground* on
, tic si. Kiida-roa.l. in tin- Itaiioon
Aurora —the satue, it i said, which was
used to convey ditjatrhm during the
Franc. • I bars shin war. When the l<ail<M>n
had atlainrd the gnat altitude of a
mile and three-quarters it suddenly col
lapsed. tin gas bursting through it- side;
but the parachute cane into play, and,
instead of the wm k falling like a stone,
til *il down in * ri./J* tourse, and
tinalix struck a tw. \i'om*n s< rcaiu<-d
i and fjiiniod, *>.m<- fed on their knees
l with their hands clasp.*! in prayer, while
liuudml* of turn rushed into the govern
ment domain expecting to find a
mangled ISMIV. hut to their astonishment
I tliex diwvveml l.'F-strange alive and
< almost unhurt.
According to the
Axituni. a ioTJuai). named Kir. Stein
, i>aeJi. his mail" an imi>rtanl di-s orery
in photography. After years of study
an<f exp.'rlment he ha* *owih*l in ab
staining a chemical com|MMition. by
nuan* of which a mirrvr imam' aiav 1*
lix.d and sold at a photograph. itll
Uii* coiuiosition the mirror surface is
painted, and the la- k part of the mirror
nawives a!*> a coating of oil. The mir
ror thus preparefl i n*ld before the p*r
<ui who i* to la- photograph.*! Tlie oil
coaliug cVi|Kratex, and tlie UkenwW of
the iierson remains in natural colors on
the light surface. The image. o iixiti.
' i* brought in to a hath, and i* MBOSWI
I half an hour to sunlight, before deliv
ery, A rwli -;iiihuit in I'cru. it i* said,
hi-quit ..I tlii* invention for i#4i*),-
ooti. and Sargi- establi*luucnt* are to be
forim*! in North and South America for
carrying it out.
The Tn tfMI-Owners.
There were t*o nu-n (al>out IS3mI.
Stiekpenny A Wlnnvell, who owned a
sawmill n.-ar Old Town. Maine, m com
j mon. The arrangement under which
the mill was operated was that ea<-h >ne
had the mill all to himself during the al
' teniate weeks. Stiekpenny wn a mean,
rtisty old i-lisp Whewell was a shrewd,
inv-tigatini; yiaing m.-ui. Thv miii was
I i-uii by a rude, rough kind of an undnr
, shot wheel tliat gave very little is.wer
for the amount of water n-*i, so that the
1 water vva oftin short. Whewell want.*!
' to put in a new iron spiral vent wlnvl
th*n iust coming out, but Stiekpenny
, wou.d have nothing to do with it. ll<-
wasn't going to lav out money for any
"such job a- that.*" Finally, whewell
! -aid he would pay all the h'lfs. to which
Stiekpenny at la-t agreed, "hut pro
vided you put the wheel in in your
wx-k." So tie* yew wheel \va put in,
and Wliewcll. Wingofaniechantcnl turn
of ftiltid.Experimented with It. and soon
1 found that ry phtgging up some of tin
orifices Mie saw xvent tlnvuigh the log
taster than w hen they WTC*II open. So
,he plugged them up during bis week,
and always pulled the plugs ail out again
for Sti. kpenny to operate with. Soon it
1 begin to be noticed that somehow oi
otln r Whewell alwavs managed to saw
a couple ol thousand h*-l mora of lumber
iu his w * k than ever Stiekpenny could,
no matter how the pond w a. Finally.
Sflckpenny w-cnt down to Whewell
: abviut it.
Says lie: "Whewell, how is it that
vou always manage to saw more lumber
In a given time than I can when my turn
i-nmi s round? " Says AV he well: " Don't
vou know how that is* Waal.l'll tell you.
ilt's Immune you nin't been tr\atin' of me
fairly on this matter. It's again natun.
You can't expect the mill to saw as well
for you as it d<-s for them as do thoauuare
' thing all around." Stiekpenny wouldn't
' hrHevc that and went away. Hut still
the mill went on turning out regulnrl
i more lumber for Whewell than Stiek
penny managed toget out of it; so finally
i the latter came around and said:
" What's vottr l>ill? I'll pay my share."
lie paid it, and thereafter Stiekpenny
I managed to saw lumber just a* lively as
Whewell did. "Well, said the old
j fellow. " I always knew that the folks
around here were all ag'in me, but I
| never thought the Almighty was;" ami
' ltedied without finding out the explan
ation of it. all.
An Old-Fashioned Election.
Mr. J. W. Marher. of New Haven, lias
kept, and still keeps, a diary whieh lie
began January asi. inlH. Among the en
j trie* i the following, that shows by con
trast with the presi-nt, an improvement
] in the manner of observing an election:
lsil. May 11. Election. Went to
i Hartford. KlfUlmt was n thns- days*
holiday, beginning on Thursday, when
the (Vuvcnior was inaugurated, and
lasting through the week. The wur.try
)xeoplc for miles around flocked to
Hartford. There were always gathered
more or leas negroes nnd Indians, witli
thcirsquaws. melancholy remnant* of a
dying race.
Tlie (Governor's (iuards.in their Hrit
i*h colonial uniform, red coat* and short
bm-ehes, always paraded. Muring elec
tion gambling and drunkenness held
a high carnival, (iamhling-tables. with
di e and liquor-stand*, were in and
around the State-House Square, dancing
and fiddling going on hard by, "double
shuffle and breakdown." Men and boys
moved amid tlie throng with glasses and
bottles of clierry-rutu; tackW every
body to sell t hem a drink, making dives,
Uall-n-dozen at a time, upon the coun
trymen coining in on horseback, and
thirsty from the dust of the roads. By
noon iho liqunrJjiad got well circulated,
when more or less tights Un>k place, with
pushing crowds, and seizures by the con
stable*, and conveyances to the jail, fol
lowed by yelling, hooting, drunken
hand*.
TKRMS: a Year, in Advance.
JEKOMK IMKK.
% AIIMUHI MM* !• Mrtptlua f Ik*
JtnrlklH Jwkt, I luk'a larwMl. IU
f.R lark.
Is will Im* *ome time before hor<*-
rnring ill Amerie* attract* the attention
m■ ili<- importance Umt it ha*
done in England. Not jet will tin* law*
' giver* nftliir ititliun in uagrm assem
bled follow tin- example of tli* English
i laird* and Common*, and dissolve their
tuguiU assemblage fur tin* purjMMM- uf
Hastening So the race-track on an Amer
ican " Derby day." NevertJielixM, racing
in fiint hetimiing n iintiuti.tl sport with
I u. i>o-***iiig more interest yrar by year,
j niiil bring more generally attractive to
ill elsx**.-- of lili-anUn' Mfki-O. 11l Je
mnit; Park w.- linvr an embryo Epsom
! ib.wno. and although it* visitor* may be
i-uuntmi by hundreds wlini compared to
the gn at throng* that accumulate on tbr
Kngfii.li rare-touree*. it i ail tin MUUC
a outer of fashionable interest, and an
| institution that ban dunr mui-h toward
affording aiiiuwwnt
Jerome Park wan lialli'ii in honor of
tin* public-spirited iiiiilionairc who sug
gested the idea, Isiught the property,
made tin* iutprovementH. built tin*
; ' ourae, and erected the buildings at his
own expense. ilii* gentleman—Mr.
Li-oliard W.Jerome was always folid
of horses, and hi* stable* were quoted far
and near. In the virinity of the pleasatit
village of Weal Faruis, West. h<*tcr
county, nestling in the le-autiful Har
lem valley, he found a farm known
t hereabout* as Bathgate, the approiu he*
to which run through a singularly ro
mantic and picturesque cwunlrv,guarded
by bold bluff*. made beautiful by the
winding river, and Itound to the metrop
olis by tin* iron bund*of railways, dotted
with tn ■*. and commanding a targe ex
psr.se of view. Having wen and fancie|
it he liouglit it. and in addition the ad
mining two thousand miw that sweep
further up the country, on whose hither
Isiundary lies the Fifth Avenue Boul
evard, and along whose side line races
the swift Harlem engine.
The property once secured, Mr. Jerome
broached to a few friends the id.*a of es- j
Inhibiting an American Jockey Club,
under WIKMM- direction annual races
should be held, fir the protMT conduct
and honorable supervision of which the
I lub should Is- held responsible. Very
quietly and with tin knowledge of a
very few people Mr. Jerome proceeded
with the work. He sent for Mr. Wheat
ley. well kfewn throughout the country
as a man of large experience and sound
judgment in horse matter*,and with him
prepared a design for the course. The
r.*ult was such a* might have in -liral
expert* in the business of landscape gar
dening with envy. It i* ccntrallv lo
cated. roads troin many points of the
compass t.mi directly toward it. the cars
steam UK it. and teams are driven there
daily from all part* of the surrounding
countrv. The course, made exprcMsly
and entirely for running, is novel in de
sign. and aeiwaarily so on account of
the lay of the land. U lias a long stretch,
with a double curve like an elongated
figure a. It lies about a quarter of a
mile from the main road, the principal
entrants* i cing on a new avenue, now
made hi) feet in width from the Central
bridge over the Harlem river.
The grand stand is on tin* east side of
the course, and is 450 feet in length by
forty-five f.*-t in width, with two tiers
or gsileri.* of seals, and will accommo
date a,ooo persona. It is divided into
throe ss lions, the c-nter one of which
is exclusively fi.r the memlwrs of tin*
club and their families; the other sec
tion* .in- for tbr public. The front fac
ing the track present* an open colonnade,
two st.irics high, supported by orna
mental iron columns, surmounted by a
cornice and [Miiiments on the center and
each end, prusientine a very airy and
unique appearance. Theentrance to the
stand is on the east front, and aniwts is 1
obtained to the galleries by wide, *asy
and spacious *tain~*ee*. tin the first
floor are the ticket-offices and refresh
ment-room*. mntaining every conven
em-e for tlie .snnfort of visitors. The
galleries nr fitted up with comfortable
MHU, from all of which a perfect view of
the course and surrounding grounds is
obtained. Immediately opposite the
stand, on the bluff above-mentioned, are
the club grounds, on which are the cluls
house and other buildings for the exclu
sive use of the uiciul>er of the club,
including an observatory sonic fifty fist
in height, from which • tine view of the
surrounding country can Is* obtained.
The stands for judges, timekeepers and
starter*. and for the accommodation and '
convenience of the members of the press, i
are in keeping witii the st vk of the grand
stand. At the north of* and adjoining
this latter structure is an open stand to I
accommodateß.soo neraon*. and also sev
eral private boxe*. liavlng a perfect view ;
of the homo-stretch.
Flirt tier up the valley, to the north and
in view of the stand, are Wated the
stable* which are built in detached
groups, each stable i>ntaining ten stalls
of twelve hy *ixt<**n feet ech, and sur
rounded bvsheds ten feet in width: and
kitchens for the trainer- and other*.
Aiboining the stables is n half-mile ex
ercising track. The cour-e is surround
ed by an open picket fence ten fi*et*liigh.
The ticket-office* an* situated at con
venient place* on the main avenue and
road. aff<*niing due facilities to the
public. The club-house faces the track,
and is supplemented hy a large stand,
which afford* ample accommodation to
such of the members a* pn*fer it. Tak-n
altogether, the arrangennnts are most
complete. From the sleeping apart
ment* for the hostler* and the comforta
ble stables for the horses un to tin* pre
paration- made for the club and the
public, Jerome Park may well challenge
comparison with any of the gr*at raee
eounws of England and Europe. Tin*
stable* ar* built in the most careful and
substantial mamu r. They are seven in
nunilHT. four Iveing on the northwest
side and three on the north side of the
track. They have lx*en constructed
with due attention tocquine comfort and
convenience, and nothing iu the way of
improvement has lccn spared. The
sleeping apartments for the attendants
and gnsims are partitiootii off from the
stable*, and the kitchens are built in I**-
twecn and at the rear of the main build
ing*. The whole ha* a plain but suh
-tantiallmanl fence running along its
front side, for the purpose of preventing
visitors from annoying the horse*.
Jerome l'ark was opened on Tuesday,
Septemlvr tls. l(Wt, and the "inaugura
tion" meeting extended over the sSfith.
88th. t?7tlt and Ktth. The racing was
renewed on Octols*r 1. There xvas an
immense attendance on the opening
day. The great race wa* called the in
auguration race—four-mile heats, for all
ages. Three years, W0 pound*: 4 vears.
101 pounds; 5 years and upward. 141
pounds. The race resulted as follows:
Kentucky. I 1; F'icetwing. 3 8; Onward,
j 3; Idlewood, distanced. Asteroid,
eonsidenil to l* Kentucky's great rival,
had met witli an accident, and wa* un
able to start.
Fortunately for Mr. Jerome's novel
enterpris*. the weather was fine. This
undouhte<lly luul much to do with the
crowds that pressed to the scene, and
then' was another feature which did
much toward stamping tlie undertaking
with success. This was the encourage
ment given to the meeting hy the ladies
of New York city. Hitherto, for obvi
ous reasons, it had not been the custom
for ladies to attend the races in any
large numbers. The police regulations
had not Iveen good, and wore not en
forced: the crowds on the race-courses
were always more or less rough and
reckless, and no comfort or pleasure
could IM* derived which in the least
ompensated for the risks run in getting
out and coming back. Under Mr.
Jerome's leadership the club had made
racing comfortable and respectable, and
the presence of the ladies of New York
city gave it the indorsement necessary
to make it a popular and reputable re
creation. Never before was there a
greater array of feminine beauty lent to
NUMBER 27.
' Ui? inauguration of what must aiway*
I )*• considered a peculiarly male amuau
lUellt.
On.- feature that marked inauguration
day at Jerome I'itrk was the pn-wwc of
(.etierul (Irani, then commander-in-chicl
of the army, who came on from Wash
ington expressly to aitrud the meeting;
another too pruscoi*- of the great trage
dienne KUtori.
The nv-e at Jerome I'ark thua bril
lianlly inaugurated hare since bdoroe a
moat popular institution, ato-nded by
tlie beauty. talent and wealth of mu
ch y,—//<ii7*-r'i W \ckiy.
Tortured by the Zulu*.
A Frenchman belonging to the British
irwt In South Africa wa <puirod by
the Zulu*. hut aflerwagd made hi eneape.
The story of hi* adventure*, at told m a
I xunion ietter. it a* follows: After ail
our mounted men had Item put to rout
on the said day, Col. Wcatlierlev'# men
were completely hemmed in, and (ought
with undaunted laavery to the laat man.
Only one man escaped lfatb~a French
man named (iraudier. Tim Zulu*, who
were concerting an attack tin- neat day
on Kam hula, wotild not kill (i randier,
hut math- him a t>ri*oner, to tie brought
| before Oty wayo to he dealt with lit
> him. lie was kept a prisoner on thai
mountain until the impi returned hack
to it again after attacking KarahulalliU.
When lie ww brought before Cmrwavo
the latter questioned him seriously con
cerning th>* column llr ww asked by
the king if tie liad had enough of it.
Oty wayo thinking at llii* time that the
impi he Mill to attack this column had
completely annihilated u*; hut never
wae he more chagrined than when,
while in the act of <;oe*iioning the
Frenchman. the tiding* of the grand de
feat of hi* lew! warrior* wen* related to
him. Tin- Krencliman nays that Oty
wnyo nearly cried on hearing stuli un- ,
expected new*, and h got greatly,
enraged on hearing that L'mbehni was
killed. The king further questioned
him as to Hie actual strength of our col- <
utnn, to which the Frenchman replied
that we wi*re near 3,1iu0 strong, and 1
1 could defy the whole Zulu army. Oty I
wayo gave him to understand thai he
knew all about the reinforcements coni
ng out by showing him a ml of paper*.
The king ai*o told him that the Ihihrh i
and Zulu* wer< going to combine., and, i
after killing all the English, he would
turn round and kill all the Dutch and
have all the country to himself. This
Frenchman savs that a good many Zulus
at the king'* kraal can read and speak
latter English than he can. ao that ac
count* for tlieir information with regard
to the reinforcements coming h*n*. But
it is a very strange thing how Otywnyo
can gt jiossea-ion of these papers. I
think some underhand work must be
going on somewhere. It would be a
gomfjob if the partv were found out and
made an example of.
* Oty wayo kept his prisoner for eight or
ten days, and every night he was
stripped naked aud both hi* hand* and i
f<*ct were liound together. In tlie morn
ing all the women and a few men would
> one- and give him some severe blow*
: to make him rise up, after being out in
the cold all nigh! and quite numbed
from it* cff.s*t> The women used to
; pull small portion* of hair at a time out
of his head and whiskers, causing him
great pain, the men pointing their as
-egai* and going through the form of
how they should kill him
At iength the time arrived for CVtr
wavo to deciile what he slniuld do with
him, and. iorming a ring, with the
prisoner in the center, they told him
that he should Be s*nt under an eacwrt of
women to I'mbelini's party with fall 1
instructions how they should kill him
and avenge the death id" Umla-iini. at
the same lime showing him how they
would commence killing him by cutting
-mall piece* off his legs and arm*, and
thence continue till the wliole l>ody was
sacrificed in the same manner. The •#-
cort from there proceeded with their
prisoner for I'mlwiinlV party, and when
they got a good many miles on their i
journey lite Frenchman feigned being ,
tired and w anting to sleep, and the e- •
onrt complied with his wishes. One of 1
tlie escort 1 raving fallen asleep by his \
side and tlie other liaving walked a short (
distance away, the prisoner availed i
iiimself of an assegai belonging to tile '
Zulu si<sq>ing alongside of him, ami j
driving it through him stak<*d him lo
the ground. The other Zulu. percpiv
ing Tits is%mptinion laid low. suddenly j
took to his heels and nut for hi* iife for 1
fear the same fate should lefkl) him. i
Crandier did not know what place he
w.-t* in or what dilution to Ibliow, ex
cept by the rising of the moon Und smt.
Going by these two guide*, lie made for
the direction of the Zktbano mountain
to tin* best of hi* idea*, with tin* inten
tion of. jxThajii*. getting any sort of
covering for hi* body which might have
been left there after the fight, and thence
make the Ik**: of his way to l.uneberg.
But the poor fellow lost hi way after
leaving the Zlobani mountain until
picked up in a miserable condition by our
mounted men.
An Eventftil Uareer.
Tlie town offtraliam. tn Young coun-;
IV. Texas, is named after a man who, !
though no longT young in years. is still j
•o in both physical and mental vigor, j
and whose name and posterity may well j
be oerpitualed in the Ix autifu! region j
which ha* been selected for the town
site. 1 r. Christopher Graham waa horn <
near Danville. K v.. October 10. 17t>7, ami j
was descended from Irish parents. He i
grew up with lnit limited education in ,
that then new country, lie served in I
the war of 1812-M5. "He descended the j
Ohio and Mississippi to New Orleans j
several times liefore the days of steam- j
boats. He was a proficient hunter and
excelled in athletic sports and manly i
courage. As a marksman and hunter Im* j
hai hut few equals in the early days of ;
the present century in Kentucky, then '
f.uncus lor riflemen and hunters. After
serving through the war with Kngland he
returned to Kentucky, hut not to remain
long in the prospects of peace. In the j
year I*l7, when the expedition of Gen- |
eral Mina was preparing; to invade Mexi
co through Texas, in order tooverthrow
tin* Spanish power. l>r. Graliam left !
Kentucky in company the afterward
famous Texas patriot and hero. Colonel j
Milam. Ben Sanders. William Baylor, j
Charles Mitchell and others, and joined ;
the force of Mina at San Antonio. Gra- >
ham. however, soon became dissntisthxi 1
with the manner in which the war was j
conducted, thus escaping j
the tragic fate of some of those who ac- t
couipanied him. He returned to Ken- ;
tucky, studied medicine and. it is said, '
was the first M. D. graduated at Tran- |
svlvania Cnivcrsity. He came back to j
Texas in 1*22. and was with Stephen F. j
Austin in the City of Mexico when the t
latter went to secure a confirmation of
his colonisation contract. Going hack !
to Kentucky, he commenced the prae- j
tice of medicine, and built up the now j
famous watering pi ■•'*©, llarrodsburg t
Springs, which property he sold in 1H52
to the Cnited States for a military asy
lum, receiving the sum of?100,000for the
! same. Again he n-turned to Texas and
accompanied Colonel Gray in his reeon-
I noissauoe for a line of railroad on the
thirty-second parallel. The doctor,
however, left the surveying party at Kl
i Paso and proceeded through Mexico to
the Pacific at Maxatlan, and from thence
to San Francisco by sen. suffering many
perils and hardships both by land and
water. Thence returning to Kentucky,
he inaugurated a system of improvements
on a grand scale on Rockcastle river.
Although now in the ninety-second year
of his age, he is still in Aill possession of
his faculties, and occasionally con
tributes articles of a practical and scien
tific character to the iiouisville press,
allowing no diminution of his intellec
tual powers.— QglvejuUm New#.
Three Nevada mining towns that had
21,000 people now muster, all told, about
fifty
k % And thaaoilk wtod. a*ariy besn,
fy) qf by;
Ming—tor summer sprodstfc bn*f
Cflf 1 *mg<*l*vwry pisase*haro
soma alas, tha wintry blast
Strip* the woodland ham, ,
Swant hint. *'
Mtnp* the woodfamd ham t
king, awl mak* the morn thy tmod
(Circle round aob happy tree
Where thy brother mate* attend.
Full at leyaM Uhurty !
Speed iky wiag from *py •* •W
Teach the world thy merry mg.
Swiftly summer glide* away—
-I*l insure lasts not long,
Sweet Wffl,
llaseute lnsts not long!
C'kurU* Ami*.
ITBMs OF IMTKEEHT.
Hornet* hare sharp toe-nail*.
What Tf country want*—Sumnwr
boarder*.
Why I* it that • ebiiuww cannot fly,
though it aiwaya ha* a flue?
I'iwwy Ilea the man who ha* already
been caught at it am* or twU*.
Th* heart k a book w)iUJi we ought
i not to tear in our hurry to ft at iu eon
tenta. ,
Hanging k capita- punishment—ea
l Am Zv hinging on some
; good looking girl** arm
i Why k a newspaper lUw* *
brush? ItrcaiPu evtay on* should have
<meofhi*owii aud not IjC borrowing
hi* neighbor'*. ,
A iivtr pad man want* m to idtw
lias him aad take a pad. We dtm t
want a iivtrp ad. without the money.
SUurtiay .Vi'^A/
Tlie faner*! of Bfngieton Van Buren.
gnui4*on of the late Freeident Vag
l Bareti, took piaro <fMptbtat Xew \ ork.
~ ad was krgelj attended
" I had no time to stuff the chicken,"
ts>!ogixrd a landlady to her hoarder*
! -'Never mind, madam, ksfowgh .-nough
i as it is." orptied one uf tbsau.
Tha Sm Orjea /^if notes a
I gwnerai oouiplaini Uii*yeai In Pgard to
circus Tstjf are exceed
ing. v small 'and newer Mil keeper "
A hoy am hawlw a hshpok all day
and tie a* frroh a* a daisy at night, while
a licanpule look* as Mg a* a *aw log to
him. and tie very thought of it make*
hi* hark arte.-dVmMMfteßemld.
The early boy fit murk n*m industri
i ooa than tU early bind. The bird *iin
i ply ualchro the worm while the boy
catcUm the worm and the colic. That
is if hi* exploration# result In the dis
covery of any green aupmtfoh OUf.
Hannah Maosw e.td to Horace W al
pj<—"ltJ wanted,to punish an enemy
!t should V by fastening' on him the
trouble of .otwtantfy hatinf aotoebody .*
Eliot got gi&.oku ft* in* i**
vowel. We ■ xjmt people would pavtu
thai much for our iaat one, too—if they
could be convinced it really was the k*l
one.—Butiirttr.
A man mar be Pin* *• • rintin
■ nowfl*kc and a* mild morn
i lag, but be Willi* wild jual thesame
wu'-o hit ht.T dip* the madhuce
brush in the inkstand.
Young men who make regular visit®
Sunday nights, with several sandwiched
) in during the week. ma* properly be
iaid to belong to the " Press ASMCM-
I ttou."— Bradford Era.
Ko comedian can make laughable
' a fere a* that made by the email boy
when be brine a jelly jar down from
the rio,ct gbeu and 4to*wrs it to be
j full of un-penny najls.
A voung man mi/ do a tmat many
1 foolish things, but bwwiN oarer wear a
r*aiT of white mmUkiube to a picnic but
<w>c. He will never forget the large
amount of fun he didn't hare on the
! first occasion.— Xorriakmm BrraU.
•• Must hare rained around about laat
night." remarked the old fanner, as he
looked abroad is the morning. And bis
little boy, whose jacket was very raggec,
said h< wihHf thai it had rained a
roundnlxxit for him.—ons*mM.
"Tlie onlv real hitaor tear*." says
some one. " arc Ihosa abed in solitude."
You may bet your life that philosopher
never saw a u-year-old foiy coming out
of the woodshed in cewopanv with his
♦ fid her and a skate-strap— Hamdrye,
81* stalwart revohttfonnes entered the
; house of the (lovwtior of Jvkv. Russia.
, aad after gagging and stripping hie ex
cellency. admihistemi fifty strokes with
| a stout cane. After their-departure the
I governor was found pinioned on the
floor.
tt'hrn you aad I ** fsd nad las*
A (n*bet hoe was on the pw,
And star* won twuxkiirg to the skv.
liuesuee you kit me in Ue eye,
We quarr*4d Ml frwn ftttt to tkst.
When you and I * M ta and law
Whan lad aad lass ** jW sad 1
1 You stole and atr awti oaSaed pie,
t Than to aye* the crumbs did throw
And how tley licked iu you sreil know;
Such w ere the things that emme t pass
When yon mad I* w asi and has
—OH Ctfv Dttritk.
t ps and Dawns C Sew Ynrk Life.
A New York correspondent tells this
touching storv: Going fnto a little milk
and butter shoo tlMf writw purchased
some < ream, and finding it m good and
the old geulkutttn who attended the
place so polite she Inxame a regular cus
tomer of the oM man ami Wmt him a
number of others. The rwrlal proceeds:
One day we fell into a conversation and
be said. "1 noticed your name in send
ing home some things the other dav;
pray tell me are you any relation to the
Sir" who kp! tiw young ladies
boarding school a* Flushing some years
ago?" Y replied that the gentleman he
spoke of was mr fist bee. He looked at
me a moment ami then, clearing his
throat, aaitl: ''My daughter went to
vour father's school for a number of
years; I suppose you were too young
then to rem ember her." "You don't
mean to say that you are the father of
—said L mentioning the name
>f the most popular girl in the school.
" Yes, I am her father. Bhe's dead now,"
continued he. nwaitawmjr a lump in his
throat. " Site married and died a short
time after. There have been a great
many changes since those days. I sup
pose that you would hardly fchow me."
I did not recognise him at once, but I
.toa saw that the face was the name, only
the glossy black beard and hair were
streaked with gray, the bright eyes had
crown dim and the well-knit, prosperous
looking figure had bent beneath the load
of years and trouble. When I first knew
llife man he was one of the most pros
iMTous merchant < in New York—a silk
importer—ami lived in fine style up
town. A rascally confidential clerk and
hard times had made way with all his
money, and now ta his oki days he deals
out butter and eggs behind a counter on
Third avenue.
No Hiding in Paris.
I The populat ion. floating or permanent,
of every arromiissement or ward in
Paris, says a correspondent, is counted
i officially every month. Be your abode
at hotel, hoarding house or prt"te resi
lience. within forty-right hours you are
required to sign a register, giving your
name, age. occupation and former resi-
I deuce. This, within the period roen
; tinned, is retpfod hy an official ever
I traveling from liouaa to Itouae with tlie
i big blue book under his arm. The reg
ister gives, also, the lending charactens
tics of vour personal appearance. Pen
altv attaches itself to host nr landlord
who fails to get and give to the official
i such registration of lit* guests. There
are no unmarked skulking holes in Paris.
Every house, every room is known, and
under police surveillance. Every
stranger is known and described at
police headquarters within a Jew dav*
of liis arrival. Once within the walls
of Paris, aud historically, so to speak,
vour identity is always there. Incase
of injury to any person the sufferer is
not dependent on the nearest 4rug store
for a temporary hospital, as with us.
In every arrondissemeul may be seen
the prominent sign, *' Assistance for
the Wounded or the Asphyxiated or
Poisoned." Abo-re always bangs the
official tri-eolor. I say " official." be
cause a certain slender proloiiiation o
the flagstaff denotes that 1 the -establish
ment is under goveririMkht aiipbrvision,
and no private party may adopt this
fashion. The Frgacli flag is not hung
higgle ty-pigg!ety AO llm iartvg# like the
stars and i stripes, so that norni can de
termine whether it inda :ites a United
States goferpuieut station o% . Wr
saloon.