Let Us All Help One Another.
Let n# nil help one another
And a heart ol kindnee* show,
A* down time's flowing river
In the boat ot lite we row;
For. though rough may Is* the weather
And the *ky Se overcast,
U we only pull together,
We can heave the storm at lent.
I*ct nn all help one another
In misfortune'* wintry day,
And he kinder still, a* ever
Earth'* best gitt* are snatched away
When bright fortune gild* the morrow,
Hollow hearts will tnwn and cling;
But w hen come* the night of sorrow-
Only true heart* comtort bring.
•
l/*t n* nil help one anothbr.
And do good where'orv wc can—
Who withhold* the hand of kindness
Scarce deserves the swine ol man ;
For the one greet lew ol nature.
Which wn meant mankind to Idea*.
Hid* us help a tallow creature
When we And him in diatrea*.
Little by I.Htlc.
(hie step and then another.
And the longest walk i* ended,
One stitch and then another,
And the largaM rent i mended;
One brick upon another,
And the highest wall is made;
(he flake upon another.
And the deepest snow i* laid.
So the little oral-workers.
My their stow hut constant motion,
Have built those pretty island*
In the distant dark-blue oooau;
And Uie uobleet undertaking*
Man's wisdom has conceived.
By off-repeated efforts
Have been patiently achieved.
Then do not l.aik disheartened
O'er the work you have to do,
And say that such a mighty task
You never oan got through;
But jut endeavor lay by day
Another point to gain.
And soon the mountain inch you (eared
Will pro*e to ha a plain.
" Rome was tux buildrd in a day."
The ancient proverb leaches;
A:td nature, by her trees and flowers.
The same sweet sermon preaches.
Think not ot far-off duties,
But ol duties which are near;
And having once begun to work.
Resolve to j-ersevcre.
THE TIDAL WAVE.
*• 1 amin' *" said OtvulLvl: Bean's, with
a contemptuous sniff, as he threw down
an armful >f scrags that were intended
to replenish the none too gvnerou# flame
in the open fireplace—" larnin' 1 W hat s
the good of it? Thcte ain't no need of
it, as I can see; an* as for keepin Hetty
Moriah any longer at that ere school,
an' payin' such big hiiLs, I jest ain't a
goin to do it."
"Now. l>iah." rvmonstratt ,1 Mi-s
B<*alits. " you know there ain't no schools
here fit to send ottr gal to. an' we won't
be doiu' our duty by her unless we give
her a good eddicaliop. How proud
we'll be of Hetty when she txmx s home
with a di-ploma, an' is able to hold her
heatl as high as any o' S*iuire Ring's
darters I"
" Now. Mandv," said Obadiah. as he
seated himst-lf in a low rush-bottonx d
chair. "Utere *un"t no u* of our try in*
to hold a candle to Squire King > ;oik--
Tliey ain't our,kinL an' we ain't no
business to copy alter 'em."
Mandy siglual. hut not Iwcaus*- -lie
was convinced of the correctness of her
husband's opinion. She was an ambi
tious woman—more ambitious for her
oniv child, Hetty Moriah. than for her
self, or Obadiah, whom it was impossi
ble to move from tlx old traditions. He
was a parsimonious fr"ow. ho lpul in
hcrilco more land than lie w.ts able to
nay taxes upon, and followed in the
footsteps of his pr* de -- rs >o iiteraiiy
t that tlnase wlu> had ever s*s n old Ani<>-
Ih*ales, or the demon, his s,,n. would
know that Obmliali came of the ame
stock, (lr.ua s may not lw tr.insiuitt*d,
hut oldities are "handed down from
generation to generation.
Mandy Bealis was a<a-ustomel t<>
tlxax.* remonstrances from her husband,
especially aft<r the receipt of the quar
terly bill for Hetty's tuition; and as slu
drew the mock orange front the toe ot
tlie sock she was darning, she had time
to collect her thoughts and make an
other appeal to paternal pride.
" We ve as go<xl a right to do as well
bv our own child a Squire King dx*s by
his'n." slid Mrs. B<fi''*s, plunging her
neiaile into the ragged edge of a bote the
dimensions of which were rather dis
couraging to the feminine reformer; for
it looked as if. when the wearer of the
sock set his foot down, he was likely to
keep it there firmly tin'il something
gave way. "You ain't as proud as you
ought to be of Hetty Moriah."
" 1 am. too." said Obadiah. doggedly.
"The trouble i*. we're too proud : an' if
we go to st-ttin' her up an' puttin' high- J
fangied notions into lu r head, she won't
think we're lit to 'sociatc with, or that
anything in Crow field is giMwi enough
for her. When she was tcr home last
vacation six* thought the old house
wasn't fit to live in."
"Well, it ain't." said Mandy. with ,
considerable spirit. "You know! ain't
never liad a coat of paint on it since w<
lived here, nigh on ter twenty years, an"
the roof leaks lik*- a riddle, so that them
upper chambers ain't no use at all, keep
in clear weather."
"Wei,, it costs money to be makin*
improvements all the tftne," said Oba
diah. to whom Mandy'* suggestions and
bints were like water on a duck's back
"It costs like Jehu; and what's gixxi
enough for me i> good, enough for my
children. But that ain't all," he con
tinued. the allusion to his own neglect
of duty increasing his consciousness .f
Hetty's shortcomings; "the last time
she wtts ter home she turned up lur nose
more'n ever at Tom Kennedy; an'a gal
don't, know which sxh* her bread's but
tered on when she snulw sut li a feiliT :LS
that."
"Tom Kennedy!" said Mandy, with
much the same emphasis and more than
the amount of scorn Obadiah had thrown
into the" larnin'" with which lu* began
the discussion. "Tom Kennedy, in
deed! I hope Hetty won't take up with
any of that trash. Not hut what he's
good enough as far as disposition g<x*s.
an'clever enough, may lie; hut he ain't
neverfeoin' to set the river on fire."
" Well, who wants him to? Hetty
Moriah may do worse than to nwrn
Tom Kennedy, who ain't nobody's fool.
The discussions in the Bealcs family
generally Ix'gan with Hettv Moriah, and
ended with Tom. who had 10-ig served
as a bone of contention. He had Itecn
in the habit of dropping in evenings
ever since Hetty Beales had ln-cn old
enough to go out in company, and kept
il up, notwithstanding the daughter's
absence, quite oblivious of the fa<*t that
Mrs. Beales, who welcomed him as a
guest, was opposed to him as a son-in
law'. He hail known Hetty ever since
she was a little girl—had grown up with
her, in fact—and always acted the part
of an elder brother, and it was quite
natural that he should want to hear ot
her progress at school and the interest
ing items with which she filled the
letters Mrs. Beales very kindly made a
point o t reading to him.
Tom himself was not what you might
call a activated gentleman, hut he End
seen a great deal of the world, was
shrewd and observing, and had his
miud stored with a fund of general in
formation. that made him excellent
company for those who seldom took the
trouble to read even a newspaper. To
this class belonged Diali Beales, who
wouldn't subscribe to anything if lie
could help it, but would lend his ears
willingly to any one who would give
gratuitous information, and looked upon
Tom Kennedy as an encyclopedia pre
pared tor his especial benefit.
Tom happened in one evening with
his mind full of a topic in which he knew
Obadiah would be interested, and which
furnished him with an excuse for hear
ing Hetty's weekly letter, which he took
out of the box on his way to Crowlield.
" It's sure to come." said Tom, refer
ring to the tidal wave. "The signal
service department has announced the
fact, and will l>e able to give the precise
day and hour when it will reach our
"l)ti tell!" excl med Obadiah, his
under jaw droopinf lower and lower as
his interest and air zement increased.
" Yes," replied Tom, as anxious as
any story-teller to make a deep impres
sion on his audience. "There will
probably be a great convulsion of na
ture. and it is anticipated that many
islands that were once under water will
be again submerged." #
" You don't say so !" said Obabiah,
FRED. KURTZ, Kditor and "Proprietor.
VOLUME XII.
who admired Tom"* w ay of tellingstory.
lltouitli he wuldn't understand lialf the
wonts he used
" Whiolt way is il a -coming?" he in
quired. "Tain't right not to warn
them that live on an island to get their
ginds and chattels together. an' civ*-
Vnt a chance to get off with a ,1 r\ **kin."
" That s so," said l'otu "I* there a
tnat> handy
"Shouldn't wonder. Mainly, hain't
we got suoh a thing in the house "
" As what ?"
" A map. Wo us,si t- r hev otto, I'm
sartin sure."
"It ain't no roml," -aid Mandy, not
\* iiling that Tom should know that tho
mitt had washed it so thoroughly it
would )h> impossible to toll wln tv the
Gulf of M< \ ivo hrgan or ended, or
whether tin Mississippi river hail not
i hanged pla.a s *.v ith the Atlantic Venn
" 1 11 run over and g< t our," said l'otu.
"Il won't taki tnr a tuittutr;" and In
wa# off like a flash and hark again b<-
forr hr was thought to have accom
plished ntorr than naif thr distance. lie
gleefully hrainlishiai an old and weil
thuinlxsl copy of a school atlas
"There!" lie la gan, U-tore hr had half
rwsnrrwi his hrvaih. " you see it's rout*
ing ilur wist, and will strike l'u . tilt
against that rnd o' Long Island, and
vrry itkrly kno k it intosiniihrrv- its."
"Good lxirvly exclaimed Maudv,
ittst beginning to rvn'ize thr prohahu
situation of affairs, and tltr ins.vurityof
r**a! estate. " Ain't thrrr nothing to
slop it:' Why don't thr folks
o work and build a breakwater, MI'S to
eep thr watrr front crowding w here it's
no business to?"
" Oh, hlrss \on '"said Pom, "a break
water wouldn't do a mile of good Why,
when this tidal wave comes. it'll just
>*et'|i rvrry thing In-fore it worse than
any spring freshet you < t rr saw."
"An' it's coming due west-" - tid
Dialt. with his forefinger pr* >sed tight
ly on thr east ind ol I#ng Island, as if
he would thus arrest tin* incoming of the
great wave that threatened surh a work
of devastation.
"So thry say,'* answered Tom, pleased
with the interest taken in his hit of
news. "Of course there isn't any e-r
--tainty aUu: it. hut it's iust as well to
la* prepared for the worst."
"Well, hut it sweeps right
over this island''s.iid Mandv. i Pom
look ut> his hat to go. " What"! be
come of us 5 '
"We'll have to take to boats, 1
reckon." was the laughing reply, w hieh
met with no response from the friends
to whom In* I wide " good-night."
Ohadiah Heales went about his work,
hut was even mon ta< iturn than usual,
so that his wife was heartily glad wlnji
Hetty Moriah caun home for the sum
mer vacation. Whatever happen, <l.
'hey would be together, ami it did
brighten up the old house to have a
young girl in it who wore whit. dr*---<*.
and blue ribbons, and hiel a world of
romance in her heart.
" Father, what in the world are you
going to do now?" asked Hetty, one
morning in July, when O kadi ah and
his hired man W*re -**n removing a
good-sized row-boat from the f.rtn
wagon and working it slowly toward
the house.
" Never you mind." said Obadiah. " I
know what I'm about."
"But, dear me!" continued Hetty,
"the house looks disreputable enough
now: and with that boat in the fore
ground the neighbors will certainly
think we have taken lt*ave of our
"Well. let 'em," said her father.
" What do I care for the neighbor*?"
Hetty wished that he canal a little
more for the looks of things. But as re
monstrances were u#el<-.s, sk- went into
the house to nun plain to her mother
that " father was doing his IM-SI to nmk<
the old house look just iike a junk-shop,
ind she was sorry enough she'd invited
May Carrol and her brother Shim \ t*>
-j-nd a week with her during the vaca
tion." May was her room-mate, nd
**idney was making a collection of In
dian curiosities, and she knew Tom
would show him where to find arrow
heads and other relics, and do his !>. -t
to make their brief stay agreed* But
•f father was going to fx* queer r than
ever, and would persist in putting an
old cellar door on tlx* croquet ground
and cluttering up the door-yar I with
what belonged at the liaeka.f th* hotlse,
why, -he would f.*ei more iik** running
•iwav from than receiving her expect,*,!
visitors.
But th* eye -*K>n ac ustoms it- If to
•ddlties. an*l after a few davs tin* old
tMiat cca-* *i to IK* an unsightly object t>*
Hetty Moriah, who found it nc* <--ary
to have frequent talks with Tom K*-n
--msly in regard t the proper entertain
ment of .May and Siilney. whom -In tfM.k
pains to extol v*-ry highly, that Tom
might have a realizing sense of tln-ir
superiority.
Tom happened in at tin* Ileal**-' one
evening in .1 til v. ostensibly t > * xhihit
some alteiona shells wliieh a frit-n*i had
iust brought him from < alifornia. hut in
reality to be near Hetty, whom lie
couldn't help admiring, btxsiuse -In* was
so unlike the other girl- in Crowlield.
Tom found the family assembled in
the sitting room—Mrs. Beale# asleep in
the rocking chair. Hetty er<K-heting or
pretending to, and In-r father studying
over the map which Tom had left in his
possession.
"I'm 'inazin' glad to sec yer." said
Ohadiah. "Tak** a cheer. Sec in- to
moil's abouttinn- for that 'eretid"! wan
to come along, ain't it ?"
"Shouldn't wonder." said Tom. as lie
laid tin shells on th# table where the
light of the lamp would shine down upon
them and n-n-ai their prismatic is-auty.
" It 'll ru'-k thing-." said < )badiah.
y Yes, it will," said Torn, busy in
listening to Hetty's description **i some
sleeve-buttons and other ornaments that
liKiked lik'- immense opals <>r iiier*-* of
the sunset skv. SJhe thought they w.-r*-
mothcr-i>f- jH-arl. hut linndsonier than any
of that material sh*- had ever i-*-n. and
was now convinced that they weremad*-
of these ahelona shells.
Ali at onee a strange rolling sound was
.heard in the air, like the roar of artillery,
and Mrs. Beales. starting from ln-r nap.
exclaimed, "What's that?" a# if she de
tected in the sound something more ter
rible than the approach of thunder.
Then a flood of rain struck the house so
suddenly that it seem to reel, and brought
them ali to tln-ir f**et.
•'lt's coming!" said Ohadiah; "it's
the tid'l wave!"
And tlim* was no denying the deluge
that swept down from tlie sky as if it
meant to carry everything before it.
Hetty began to cry at seeing iter lather
and mother so agitated, and clung to
Tom as if he alone had power to protect
her from the fury of tin- storni.
" Wemust go upstairs." said Oliadiah,
leading the way, lamp in hand. " I'm
ready for it! I've got the boat hitched
fast to tlie chimney, an' it's big enough
to hold everyone of us."
Tom might have smiled if Hetty
hadn't been there, hut her alarm was so
very genuine, and Mr. and Mrs. B*-nl**s
were so convinced that l#ng Island was
to lie swallowed up, that his sympathy
quite overcame his sense of tie- ridicu
lous. It was, indeed, a rain of terror,
from which an ascent to the upper
regions afforded no measurable s*-n ** of
relief. The r*M>f leaked horribly, the
wind tore off the shingles, and hut that
the thoughtful Mandy had provided a
couple of umbrellas, there would have
been no starch left in any o tin* party.
Obadiah stood near the window .watch
ing for the waters to ris* ami bring tin
boat on a level with nis hand, when, in
less time than it took Noah to embark,lie
would put himself and family on board,
including Tom, and locate somewhere
above high-watermark.
Tom ciasped Hetty in his arms much
closer than was necessary, but she made
no objection, and the umbrella was not
a very large one.
" Hetty," said Tom, in a whisper,'' If
this was the end of the worla, what
would you say to me?"
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
',l -don't know,"said Hetty, tuck
ing her head more closely to hi*, breast
"t'ouldn't you " But at thi* moment
t thadiah called Tom, and that Individual
felt obliged to relax his hold of the
terrified maiden.
" Ihint go! don't leave mc!" said
Hetty, feeling a** if ithout Tom's *>up
i*>ri she should -ink to the thmr, and
lioeiuue a prey to the angry clean nt
" I'll stand h\ you forever," said Tom.
speaking rapidly, " If you'll only say you
love me."
" I've alwa\ s loved you," said licit v.
the darkness and danger favoring so Ixtld
a confession
" \\ by didn't you tell tne so before'"
-aid Tom. dropping the umbrella as it
there were no further in-ed of any such
protection, and finding hi-way toilet
t\'s lips In a s**rt of circuitous routi
that t*ok In lor forehead, eyes, -lus*k
and chin, lingering longest, of iour-e, at
lip final resting place. "Why didn't
*ou tell no- hetor. Tom again repeat
ed, with masculine pertinacitv
" Be* aitsc," said llctty. with a funny !
little laugh, " I didn't find it out until n
iitt whia'ago'" iUnl t lie ails wcr sct'iiusl
quit* satisfactory to Tom, who gave an
elliptical acknowledgment, ami moved
toward his prospective lather in-law .
" Tom." said Okailiah. with a sigh of
relief, " 1 he lie v* the.storm's 'most ov< r."
"Looks !ik** it." s;ii.l Toui, pis ring
throftgh the window, the flying clouds
and the distant thunder confirming liis
opinion. All along the w* st* ni lx>ri/on
was a line of silver light that shorn
brightly in contrast with theilark clouds
moving lik*- r> treating aruii's from tin*
scene of conflict.
"I'd a sight ruth* r hoctomips all.la* '
xelaiuuai Obadiah, in a tone of disgust,
as he turned away from the window and
prepared to d*-s end the stairs. "An I
never want to conn* so near Ix-in' snort
to death. Mandy, how this roof leaks'"
in* added, as if he had just made the dis
covery
" I shou.it tiling it did," said Mandv
•' an" it *ll leak worse than * *cr n w, lor
the way tln-ll! shingles rattled otT WHS a
aution. I ihvlare tor't 1 w a'n't halt as
much afraid of the tidal wave as I was
that the house would tumble dowq and
bury u> all under the ruins."
" There is a blessing in ev**rv calam
ity," -aid Tom, giving Hetty's hand an '
eloquent sqUis'Ze, and the -torni being
over, there was n> excus.* fo liis tarry- j
ing anv long**r; -o, having said good
night, he went off w ith a hapny sw ing '
and a lighter heart titan he ban carri*-d
in his breast for many a day.
Ohadiah was right in one coip*-. tur-
That st**rtn was the pr lude to tin
tidal wave which daslnst with such fury f
igaiiist the sandy shore on the eastern
■ ml of le'ng Island that gr*-at damage
was done and several lives were lost
But there were it- proud wa**- stayed,
-.nd I*>ng Island sti.i retains its po-ition
md it> reputation for scrub oaks :tui
-and.
But an event to**k place in t'rowficli!
that astonished all the inhabitants, and
was of sufficient const-qucins- to * x it*
the wonder of S ,uire King's family, win*
represented th* aristocracy* of fti* place.
This was nothing .*-- than the dernoli-h
--ng of th* o.*l liou-* 1 w hen* < )badi:di i
Beak's' father, grandfather and gn*at
grandfathi-r hail lived and died, and ;
under whose r*M*f he lia*l * v|Ms-t*sl t<>
end his day-—if tin* roof had only held j
• *ut.
May Carrol s* nt w.*r*l that site and
Sidrn > wouldn't U* able to mak*- the
promised v isit that summer, and IL-ttv
and T< *m IHIP* tin* dLsapfh >int ttienf with
a wonderful seienity.
Mandy stiperinttml* *1 the erection ol
the new house, and Hetty insist*-d on
tinving a pia/.'a. which t fhadiaii objected i
•-■as an additional and unn* - • *ury *-\-
peuM. But ll'-tty■ ci.a\*-d*aiul cried, and ,
iy dint of tears and cntn'atics managed
to s*i*ure a sort of com prom i si*. It
wasn't in Ohadiah's natun* to lx v*-ry
.iheral, so the pi ay /a was not p.anned on
that seale; hut if it was drt.adfully nar
row, it wa- a giM>d sight better than
none at all, and with Tom as a lover it
didn't r*-aily matter very mu< h.
Mrs. B*a!*-s w.as r* xMieilial to tin
match, since it secnnal to nn-et the de-ire
•>f Hetty's igpe t. who ha I never ap
.-eared so lovable an*l (-harming—far
-ujx-rii*r. the doting mother thought, to j
my of Squin- King'- daughters; whi!*
Ohadiah was in a state of unspeakable j
liappin*—. for In- kn -w Tom's wa*-. an*l
was willing to give his daughter and hi<
dollars into -ti> h saf<- kis-ping.
Tom and Hetty b!e-sed the tidal wave .
that brought them together, and the old
timbrel-a under which tln-v told their
love i- pr* s veda- a precious souvenir
•>f that memorable <xs-nsion. when it
* seeuied mlf Ltu hind would l><- <
-wept into the Atlantic t h-can. IJirpcr'x
Haztr.
Trails in Diseases.
A writer in the Herald of Health makes
a strong statement regarding the u-- of
ripe fruits in diseases. H*- says: Then
is -careely a disease to which the hunuui
family is heir but the sufferings then*- *
from would be greatly relieved by the
Us** of the verv fruits which are now so
-trietly forbidden. Further, many ! ;
these diseases would be conducted to a
safe termination under the free use of
fruits, because of the acids they contain.
When our trixips wen* fighting the S*-in- j
inoiesin Florida many sick with diarrhea |
and dysentery cured those diseases hy |
stealing from tin* hospitals into the li*-iiis
an*l eating fruits, blackberries espe<*ially.
Since our very pleasant and profitable
* x<-urion of last month, I have sent
several children suffering with cholera
infantum and with dysentery to the
(•each orchard, with most gratifying rc
-ults. and wuere they could not he car
ried to the orchards to pick and eat tin
fruit fr*-sh from the trees, I havq* had f In
little sufferers fin! with sound fruit with
'■qtially good results. In typhoid fever,
in the treatment of which extraordinary i
care is enjoined as regards diet, froitsare
not only highly grateful to tie- patient,
hut even work very favorable results. A
physician who had been sick some we* ks
with typhoid fever says his diarrhea
was cured by peaclies. He says: "I
first ate the first half of a large peach,
and feeling no ill effects, I ate the other
half, tln-n on*- or two more, and tin
next day as many more as I desired."
He adds: "My IKIWI-IS got better at
once, and my recovery was rapid." Since
our Inst meeting a typhoid fever patient
who had h**cn about three weeks sji-k,
and though imploring, was allowed no
diet hut lierf tea or fllilk punch, came
under my care for a f*-w days. 1 imme
diately ordered the free use of poaches
and grapes and the diarrhea at onee
ccasi*d, and at the end of five days, when
I relinquished tin- car*- of ln-r. sin- was
convalescent. My impression is tin
diseaserunsa shorter ami more favorable
course under the free use of fruit# than
under tin- usual method of treatment,
and 1 think the use of stimulants rarely
required when fruits are freely used. In
the treatment of scarlet fever and diph
theria our summer fruit# and many of
tlie vegetables are most useful, and to
tiie best may he added some, or, in fact,
any foreign fruits. There is scarcely a
disease accompanied witli fever hut
grapes and bananas may he given freely
to the patient.
One Way of Reducing Expenses.
"I say, (b*orgc, what makes you l*Mk
so cheerful ?" hoi* 1 one friend to another,
recently.
" AVhy, didn't you hear. Bob, I'm go
inf, to be married next Wednesday?"
"Well, I must confess, I see nothing
in that to make you lKk cheerful; I
should think it would make you feel
sad."
" Why no, my dear fellow, it will be
tli** happiest day of my life. You see,
Matilda is a very expensive luxury. She
wants to go to the opera every night, it's
cream on the way, a pound of candy
while there, and soda water on the way
home —and I tell vou it's a terrible drain
on a fellow's pocket, so I'm going o put
a stop to it. Come in and have a cigar
Yonkern Rtatesman
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1870.
TOR HIT. I AIR NT\.
Illiri ot (be l*i cslili ill* .
"What wives of any of tin- former
Presidents of the I'litt- d States ar> now
living? and w hero?"
Mr- tieinral (irant is living, having
a. . iilupaiiii .l to r liuhajid on a tour
arou nt the w.u ld, now neai ly eoiupleU*d.
Mi - Lin. oln, a* . .'iding to th* Spring
th-lil (HI.) Jourtull, i- residing in the ro
mantic little city of I'au, near the tiase
of the I'yrennes, in Southern France, It
may he added that lu-r uieutal condition
is now considered norma!, and her fre
quent curt * -pond* in c w itli h< i friends at
home indicate a < lie rful and happy
frame of mind.
Mrs Saralt i'olk, widow of the tenth
President, J anus K Polk, resides in
l< atlliful home lu lln- heart ol (In* * it s of
\ ishviLe, l i iiii. -.li i 4 i hariiiiiigiy
dignitiix' woman, ss * 11 ads anced in years
and distinguislnxl for her kindliness ami
tM-auty ot character. I lie liome -In- oc
cupies is l aulifully uicatcd, and it|cs is
here that tlie e\-President diisl, six
svisk- after his retirement from tin-
White House, thirty V* ars i.o
Of thosi- not is mMr- Franklin
Plena- du d IWenils-r id, lsU. at In-r
iiouu in N*-s Hampshire. Mr. Pierce
died in l#7o. Mr*. Pierce never fully
rccost red from toe shock iM-casioiitxl !>s
the sad death *>t h**r youthful -on in the
• a. amity en the Boston ,v Maine lail
road. January sth pnxxxHng the inaugu
ral, on ss hi* li occasion the President
. .. t hiuisi-if narrowly escaped death
Mrs Fillmore, who ssasa schiMilteaclier
in her earlier life, having pursued lu-r
studies in M i-sachusetts, in part, di*sl
suddiii.s at W ii. usi's Hotel in At a*lung
ton. iu March. 1*53. Mrs Taylor- s lios,
dislike for public lit** is proverbial, de
monstrated a- it ss as by thr declination
• *ii In-r part, while mistr- -- of the AVhlfa
House, to " reix-ive ditxl at her home
in lxiuisiana in 1 **.'■'-'.
Mr- Vmlress Johnson, ttiougti for
s*ars an invalid, survived her husband
*.ii'\ a I ss mouth- Mr Johnson died
in N tsfis iii* . T* mi . .Fuis 31. 1"75.
President Tyler's ttrt w if.- dual dur
ing tin second year of his administra
tion. He. later, married a daughter of
Mr. tiardiner. of (iarditier's Island. A
- ol incident is related in this connection.
Mr (iardim-r anil his daughter, with
President Tyler, were guest* on Isunl a
government s*-s-* i. enjoying a -ail on tin-
Potomac, in IsJt t>n thi- ma-asion it
was that the "Peacemaker." a heavy
ordnance gun, exploded, killing nearly
al SVIH* were near it at Hie time, among
whom ss. re mans <>t th* presidential
party. Mr tiardiner was among tin
victims, and he was buried from tin-
Whit* House. Mr. Tyi r diai in Rich*
uiond.A a .in I His widow dinialMiut
two years ago. Pr* sident Harrison's
administration lasted only on*- month,
during which period his widowed daugh
ter-in-law jierfortuixl the duties requisite
it tli* Wlitt*- H**us.-, Mrs. Harrison r*-
maining it N*>rtli Bend. Mrs. Aan
Buren'- detv-io**- o< urrisi :xs r>-< -nt as
I>*-. Nt IM r. |TT. The wife of President
Jackson lis >-d to s*. ter huslutml * iis-ted
Pi *-ident of tli*' I nit'sl States, hut diisl
iiefor his inauguration, in Dux-iul* r.
1--.'-. Mr- John (juini-y Adaiu* was (hi
tst of th*- women of the Revolution who
li* 1 the position ofnii'ti *--■ of tin- W liite
House Mrs MonriM- di* d at " Mont
- i* r." Mr Monro* 's Virginia i state,
■a l*vto Mr- Madison di*-d in I-tu,
svhilein Washington, ss lien- she attend
ed the Whit*- House wpiioni as Lite as
Mr. Polk's administration.— llortem
Trait rqg |
Thf I iahlot*a.
Nov 11 rii sIN I)u>si s.. Many of tin
fr* -li bok'ng and Inexpensive strijM-d
fabrics intrixlu i-d this season have their
color- matched in the half transparent
wool goods, which arc a- chtvs similar
i*> th<- most di lii-ate old-fashionixl de
. *-u ha oiul*iliati**n as while gau/*-,
; -lain*- and striped pale h!u*- and wluu*
-uin ra* *is . xi-sding v effective. A
• •hainiiiig dr *< of piiik ti.iiiste. triinmcif
with I sands o| the same, emhroiderrd in
the gas. s- eolor, lias a short train, and a
ss iii*-, plaited flounce, tviuimxl I# fore
plaiting svith a thria*-ine| hand ot th*-
.-as i-nihroi.f* ry. Tin- familiar rovcraixl
or " 1.-ivuisi " overskirt has the u)*turni-d
piece fini-hed on the edge with embroi
dery also, and th** In k. corresponding,
is arrangixl in puffixl drapery. Rihlmn
i-omp* iing tin* colors of the needlework
arc u**il for looping. A stylisli dr*--- ot
pink and lull*- p lid gingham ha# a short
walking skirt, trimmed with a deep side
plaiting, faslctied half was down ami
again near th* top svith tsvo small
pining- ot hia# blue iin*-n. The *ver
si.irt, cut bin- of (he material, is rai-i il
high at one -i*ie hv rows **t shirring, tin
opposite -iff,, drooping toward the !•>! of
til*- dr* ss. S* s* ni puffs disixee of th*-
drapery of the back hreadtll. and Itu
overskirt is trimmed with wide i:u-*-.
svith a piping of blue linen for a heading.
Me- douh *• ha-que has a v*-st and under
!>;isi|Ue of blue linen, tlm up|M*rone having
a garniture to match that upon the over
skirt. Coat slci ves and a standing collar
finish this graceful drc-s, to which i
added a parasol matching tlit-material
and trimmed in correspondence with the
Uil**t generally.
LAO. AND V.Mimotut uv.—A striking
picture of the summer fashions is th*-
enormous amount of hand-made lace and
embroidery used in decoration. The
Breton lace has become more popular
within a few months than even it# prc
deei-s-or. torchon, although a great mis
take is made in using Breton for many
purposes to which torchon can IM- ap
plied. Breton laee is pre-eminently
adapted to such garments as do not re
quire washing, hut lor underwear and
whatever involves hard u sage or real
service torchon is infinitely iM-tter and
more appropriate.
Needlework seems to have advanced a
step and taken a place) which it never
previously held as a trimming for dresses
and outside garments. No other triin
ining has been used so much this season
for chintz*cambrics, ginghams and ail
tlie superior class of washing material#
as white needlework edgings and ma
chine-embroidered hands. The facility
with which tin -<• are now made and the
great reduction in prices have doubtless
contributed to this end. The yard of
needlework which formerly cost fifty
c*-nt# can now he nhtaimxl for •'J the
dozen yard-, and of course a dozen are
purchased where one was formerly.
Si ASONAJU.I FAIIKICH. Silks have
never been more beautiful and have
rarely been so cheap, and the variety—
multiplying every day. it sr.*ms—almost
perplexi-s instead of deciding the nn-fer
ciiee. The most attractive material# in
the market at the nresent time are the
American foulard silks. They are some
what heavier than the French silks,
more lustrous, are said to be more dura
ble and have the merit of washing a#
handsomely as a piece of linen. The
favorite patterns an* the sprigged, in a
dark color on a light ground; the polka
dotted and tlie pekin. Very beautiful
effects are shown in grounds of pearl
color, cream white, pale gold and laven
der, with fringes in navy, gendarme and
peacock biuee, seal brown, garnet, ruby
and Bordeaux reds; cream white and
yellow. Entirely new designs for slim
mer wearing have been introduced
among striped silks recently. In those
the combination# of color are wheat
color, blending in alternate stripes with
chocolate brown, and dark blue strip*s
shading to a light blue. These silks are
for summer, and, therefore, are light,
and the stripes are a scant inch in width.
Merchants have introduced for summer
dresses many tine qualities of woolens,
which pass under different names in dif
ferent places, and therefore confuse
readers at a distance. Zephyrs, Panama
mixtures and tweeds and Zulu checks
are all light, fine and soft and much em
ployed for summer dresses. Frencli and
American huntings, chuddah cloths and
wool grenadines are especially intended
for the seashore.
ITKMS. —SmaII capes are fashionably
worn, made of black brus#els net,
mounted with rows of lace and edged
with a deeper row . which f*irtn a s*-ant
ruffle. Hiblm as, which are *** extensi* ely
used for triinuiiiig iiowsdu**, requln* a
' little forethought in sclectloß, and art
never more out of plan than when
they arc T*HI petty in width or do not
harmonise with the color of tin* drtws
on which tiny appear. Married ladles
Ix-youd the tllil'tii choose ribls'lis N'os
I'.'.ltialld <•* illas w iite a- No. for d* **■
rating costume* Uuito a fan* * e\i-t
--for triinining the full Iront ol the over
skirt with two rows of lAi-e or ciubroid*
.-rod Ixirderiug, thu* simuintiiig itouhle
or triple st arts across tin front. Ijotie-
I Use paasementerics on grenadine t<**-
tutiles this season, and buttons ar*- often
displncist by -inatl passi luenterie orna
iiniits studded with jets and having
brilliant little pi-ndnuts attached to the
white, are brought up on tin- -hoiiid* r
in folds, and tin- corner* tieltcd in <ui
the trout, tlie point hanging loose only
jul liciow the line of tin- wai-t. Bi'oail
- i-ln - arc again in *ogu** plain, -tri|M-d.
watercii. and with large r;us* d llower
in natural colors, and may IM *ty)ialily
arrangist in hlai-k drapery: and the
uperh m-w walslco.-its. ill delicate W'u->
cream and rose inlnritl satin, etiihronl
■ rid in a design of flowers in bright
ff.*——*'—, with cuffs to match, wonderfully
enhance a lilai-k custuilie. I.ici* and
tlowi-r# are tlie greatest auxiliari* ■ to
Ikaiity and the most fitting and natural
adornments for suiuiuer. It is the little
tilings, the finishing touches, whi. h
fr*shen and tirighti-n a lady's toilet and
add so mil. h t<> its grace and i legal ice,
and this season tln-re is no limit to these
charming little :im-si*n.a to iinik*- th*
lair si \ still fairer.—-Y* ■ York Ih raid.
Hit* East Ithcr Itiidge.
The bridgi- now in pro. i -- of construo
tion cxmne. ting th* i iti* -ofN* w \**rk
and Brooklyn will have the longest *iit-
gk* span of any bridge in tin- world.
1 llr Uiaiu spall will tac 1.i6 feet six
in* In s, and Hit- land spans y'jn l*a-t eacli.
The bridge was designed in W7 hy
John Albs tding. but he died in I-"*:'.
I* fare anv work on it had LM-gun,and it
ha* UX-II i*uiit entirely und**r tlie guid
aii* i- of Washington A. Koehling. lli*
pres.-nt chief engineer.
flu* liridge • xtt-nds from the junction
of saiids and Fuiton #tr*x*t. iii Brooklyn,
to Chatham street, in N* w- York a lotai
ii-ngtli of i.'.SMi fx-t. tlie Brooklyn ap
proach being f7l feet, tin* us|).-iid*st
part J.4N'il fat. and the New York ap
proach |,Sfot| feet.
The approaches will consist of a *■-
ri*-# of brick and grr liite an-hes. wliieh,
ss lien fiiiisliisl. will he ornanu-nis to tin
Iwo citicfl. It li.v taken nin<* sears to
wmplcte the tower# and anchorages,
eonstrtn t the i-ah.* s. and g* t cs * ry thing
readv for the suspension of the floiir.
l'nqxxring the foundation* for tln-uw
. rs w # one of the most difficult part* of
tlir work. Hug* tnulx r oni-sou-, each
I7 f.s-t long. Itßl feet wide, and twenty
five f*s*t high, ixuitaining over l.fftw.coo
i*s-t of tinil** r. w .-re sunk Ix-'ow th* l*e*l
of the river until they rest***! *n ro<k or
•ni an tsjuaily linn -latum. On the
Brooklyn -iii*- this wa# reached at a
depth of forty-five fix-t below high wrater;
hut it Was ti'W-s:rs to g* si-S • nty-eigllt
fi-q hel**w high water on the N. sv Y--rk
-i*h*. The pneumatic ni* thod of-inking
caisson- i- not new. hut the operations
h*-re surp.-x.-s* .1 lis Uieir Immensity
. vi-rytliing of tlii- kin*l that had e**r
IKS-II done Iwfon . The t*>w*-rs are 'JTs
Ind high. The aAehorag*-# arc IfSIM
i*y IIP fret at the has*. llTfist by 104
l**-t at tlte top. and eighty-nine fix-t liigh.
"I'll* total quantity graniU and lime
stone in th* tow*-r# an*', anchorage# is
145.f1()ff cubic yiuxls. and it required the
< i*ntinuous work for four years of over
:s% enty [Uarri*-* in Maim Ala'- v-hu-i tt-.
Rhode Is*-xnd ;u*l N*-sv York U furnish
tin- n* ■ —ary supply. In tin- suumi*T of
l"?fith tnaMUtry w a# complet* *L
bi thfg*th of May. 1*77, tin- first w ir*
f.ir tin* cable wa# -tretcln-d acrtss# lh*
riv*-r. There an* fiiur cables, each < oii
-isting o( nineps a strmnis. *-ach strand,
containingsid)gaivanizi*l-a#t steid wires.
No. # guagc. The#** cable- an tiftis*n
and tlirec-quartcr inclie# in iliaiueier.
For wrapping the ejthle# rnl vanir- d an
nea. *1 iron wire ss .x# us*sj. Mar* li
I, 1-7.1, the four cabin# w* n- ixjuupldrsl.
just twenty-one moot Us aAcr they were
•xiniinenced.
The platform of tin* bridge, which is
live fix-t wider than Broadway, is *u--
tain**i hs the iron cross-h**ams. and stiff
* ned hs six longitudinal trus-*#. It i
divided into live part#, two oUt<T parts
intended for liors* ear# and general v ebi
ele traffic, two intermediate division#
iiitend*xl to accomodate th<- rapi*l tnui-it
pass"tigs*r iars, and a cenlrai promt nad*-.
a little abovn tin- level of thr main
tl*K>r. and intended f**r |x*h*striati#. Tiie
stiffening tru*< - will !m- iron, six in
number, the two oti*<*r one# nine ami a
half lo**t high, the other four sixteen f**-t
in height The total w* iglit of th<-
bridge w ill Ik- 13.300 Puis. It i*pro|o*d
to ni*-vi* tin* car- on tlii* bridge by mean#
oi wire ropes and stationary <ngin**s
Thi# method i# considered a# preferable
to that of loi'omotis-c* on account of the
-t'-ep grade of tin* bridge
It is i stimati-d that the bridge, wlten
eoniplefed. still "have *-ost ? 13.5(Xi,ff(10,
ofwliich sviil l- -pent on tlie
liridge itself, and sl,ot*>.ooo in a<x)uiring
the necessary real estate. It i- hopeil
that in l*el tin- bridge will he opened
to the public.— Satntifer American.
I Bet Turtle.
Mrs. Z. Taylor Lacy, ot U*-ading. l'a..
has a numlsT of pets, among which an
ringdon*s, canary hinls. white rabbits,
fancy stock of fowls, a dog and a land
tortoise. Sin- said to a reporter that she
"hardly knew which she thought tin
most of, excepting it might he the land
tortoise, which sin* would not -**ll for
any money." She was stroking the
h**ad of the tortoise with her finger.and.
as sin- spoke to it, eaUing it "my pet,"
the shelled animal looked up into hrr
face and turned it# head to one side anil
then to the other, a# if listening to and
understanding what she said. When
the reporter came close it uuicklv drew
hack out of sight into its shell, and she
remarked, " The little pet is afraid ol
strangers."
" What do vou feed to the little pet?"
" Bread and milk in a bucket."
" How long have you had it?"
" About two years. I received it from
a friend in Philadelphia. A cousin o
min** residing in that city has one that
makes a peculiar noise when It wants
something to eat, and it follows mem
ber# of tin- family all around the yard.
They keep it in tin* yard in summer, aud
at the approa* h of winter it go* * to the
cellar d'sir, when sonic one open# it and
it gi M*s down and creep# into tlie ground,
where it stays until spring.
Th# Isthmns t'nnal.
A letter from Paris says that M. de
Eesscps has already eoinineneisl the for
mation of a company to construct the
tide level inter-oocanie canal from Colon
to Panama across the Istlmius of I >ari*-n.
the route selected by the International
Congress. The company which ob
tain*#! tin! concession from the govern
ment of Colombia, and made arrange
menta with tlie Panama railroad, will
turn over their charters t*> the new or
ganization for proper consideration, so
that the new company may start fairly
and squarely.
A first subscription of $W),000,()00 will
he opened simultaneously all over the
world about September next. It will
he an essentially popular loan, without
government aid or guarantee. The
amount ol the first subscription, of
which ten per cent, is to IM* paid on
subscribing, will, M. de I#*ssepsexpects,
he more than covered. Mr. Nathan Ap
pleton wil l be a director of the company,
:ind will he delegated to open subscrip
tions in the United States.
M. de Lesseps goes to Panama via
New York, to take out the first spadeful
1 of earth on the Ist of January. 1880.
flitting the Isthmus of Darirn.
It serins hardly prnwible (bat a large
I sailing *hip going from New York to
Sua Tralicisco could pay a toil of IH.uwi
to cross the Isthinu* of )>arii-n hy a
canal, and yet save a g<n>d deal of money
Ihy doing ho. By going through such a
* anal tin ship Would avoid a -ail round
South America, *uy tt.tss) miles. * qual
to thi'ci- voyage* across tin- Atlanlie.
As this usuaJi* requirvw tliris- or f**ur
tu**iilhs. the -hip would save the Wages
and hoard of a > rcw of twenty persons
tor that time, h* *id* - a large sum in sails
and paint, and gen* rat wear and tear. A
suit of sails for a lnrg* sliip costs *:t rum
or #4.that, ami tin y wear out with sur
prising rapidity. Aw.i* gm-a iiiainsail
in a gu.st of wind. " Eight hundred
dollar* gone!" .-ays the captain.
The canal would save one-half the in
surance upon vessel luut cargo, and a
great mn in interest. A big ship may
have ipMNi.iKXi worth of cargo on linn!.
i all of which lies dead and Useless whi li
lt is hnttriu-i! d**w it under hatch* - Now,
four per cant ol is a large sunt
of motif). Wln n such a canal is tiuishwl
a Yank** sc In Miner will -lip out of tin
Merrimat- witli a load *if ap*pl* s, l**...ts
and wash IUIMI, and in thirty days its
cpi*in can be selling tin in in feru,
< an not wc affoiii, llu-u, to dig this
cana ! ? It could In* done for the sum that
u-eil to In* spent in the late war in forty
da* . t ii- hundred and twenty millions
i in a lils-ra; estiiuate |'i/arro saw the
ue-d ol such a canal tlir* <• hundiial aud
forty years ago, when he iiv*d upou tlu
isihtiius; and who can look U(MIII the
map and n-T* t* <-1 what a boon it would
t*<- to "tin wtiole family of man to have
that ifiirty-mile olistruetion taken out of
, one of the world's great higfiways?
i iiant Hiflhalty interp*wc-s. The
"sianjese twins were ciiiine* ted only hy
an istinuits not tuueh tlii* k* r tli;Ul a
liatiy'* arm ; hut v*U set- it held them to
getln r ali their it\ *■*. The isthmus that
I join* tin s*< two continents like a liga
tuenl is anl'Xtreiuely rough, tough and
ufimaaagetib c pin * of ground, full of
-rei k* and rivers, with a chain of
mountains running through it. part ot
tin- stupendous mountaiti system that
t * ten* til from A.a-ka to i'atagotiia. Its
climate is tropicqi. 111 the *umiiu-r. the
stream* run low or dry up. In winter,
tliey are rustling torrents. In eoiue
placi-lix mountains rise to the
iof twelve thousand feet, twice a high
at Mi Washington, in other*, their
(night for many mi>e- averages below a
thousand fts-t, ami occasionally fails to
thr** liundrisl Tin- ithmus varies in
width from two hundred miles to twenty
eight miles.
NitM-ditten-nt route# w en* under con
sideration l*y a cons < ntion of engineers
and nasal ortiix-rs that rssxmtiy set in
l'ari#; hut they may IM* dis ided into two
sets or systems. One s*t was ha-ed on
the idea ol making u-e of the ris crs and
lake#of the isthmus; connecting them
hy the proposed canal, and raising V*-SM-1S
to the different level# hv li# ks. These
ss *-N- I' iistixl. Tropical riser# an- a
untamable as tropical wild le-ast#; l*e
sides it would base taken a ship from
tsvo to six day* to g*' from orean to
IK *an in that way. The other set of
■ hcim -projHMxlacut across the i-thmus
at or ll* ir tin p!a*x' where it is narrowest.
Afr K* .v. of N*-w York, a gentleman of
fortune, who lias #jeni many year# in in
vi#*tigaiing the prnoticabiiitv of digging
this *ali:u. ss a* in favor of taking the
hull hy the horns, ,xnl cutting the isth
lntts at tin pr*-*-is* sjM.t win-re It is nar
rowHst His plans required theexmsa
lion of a tunnel seven tuilen long, through
the mountains, and high enough t*< ad
mit the j*.i—age through it of ui<- talh-st
"hip.
" Tlie ss inter torrent*, aaid Admiral
S* Ifvidgs-. I". H. N , " w ill till your tun
nel full of svater."
Tlial plan was rejivtisl, and the cxm
v* ntion. after tw *1 w** ks' debate, nxxini
nntided an o|M-n canal, running nearly
pxrilh to tie* pr*— tu railroad frs.ni As
pinw:iti to T.'tnxtnn This canal would
be ai*ul forty-live nit!*-* long, and it was
said wouid not probably det.uii a veac'l
uior*' than oin- *!:y,
Tlie public ss i I! —* **n hear more of titis
matter from M. E-s.*p. a French g<-n
--ti'-nnui s im carried through tin Su* ?
canal and who im# now turm-ii his atten
tion to the 1 >arien projix-t.— ) uiUh't Coin
pdNVM.
Washington In Tear*.
Washington had a < * pt*-*t .-ui invita
tion from Arnold to breakfast \sith him
on the s err day the plot was disixiveml.
hut xraapretrentixi from keeping liis en
gagctm nt 4y what men call clian*x—by
Un* earnest request, namely, of an old
oflii-er, near whose station tli* y tMUwed,
to sjK*nd the night there and in*j**-t
some w.*rks in tin nciglitmrlioiMi. N* \t
day while Wa-hington. with liis stall,
including Kuffiyctte. sv< r- seat* *! at a
tabic at thi# olli*-* r' quarters, adispaU'h
w.as brought to the American general,
whlrh he iinimxliatelv op* ti**l and re-ad;
then laid it down without comment. No
alteration wa visible in hi* countenance,
hut he remained perfectly -ilent. t'on
versalion dronj>cxl among hi# suite; and
after some minute- th<- general, beckon
ing l.afayette to follow him. pa-sixl to .-ui
inner apartment. (urn*d to liis young
friend without uttr*ringa sy 1 lahle,placed
the fatal dispatch in his hand*, and then
giving way pi an ungovernable burst of
feeling, fell on his tux-k and sobhtxl
aloud. The eff<vt produced on the
young Fr.-ni-li Marqtlis. a*-cutomi*l to
regnnl hi# general (ixdd and dignified in
his usual manner) a# devoid of the u-unl
wcakiics-' s of humanity, may l* ini
aginod. " I believe," aaid Lafayette, in
relating thi* anecdote, "that this w.as
the only occasion throughout the long
and sometime# hopeless struggle that
Washington ever gave way, even for a
moment, under a reverse of fortune;
and, perhaps, i was the only human
being wh*> ever witnessed in him an ex
hihitioij of fi*eiing no loreirn to his tem
perament. As it was. he recovered !*-
fore 1 had perused the eonimunication
that hud given rise to hi* emotion; and
when we returned to hisstaff not a trace
remain**! on hi* countenance either
of grief or diwpondeney."*—
J/'VAxzine.
Ron Australian# Uifpl tire Wild Bucks.
Those who have penis*#! that adven"
turousaud fascinating novel of t'liarl*—
Readc's. entitled "Foul I'lay," will doubt -
h-s remember that when Robert I'enfold
wa* racking his hrain# for the liie.-ui# ot
sending out intelligence that tw* p*-r
--sotis were *a#t awav on one of the is.amis
of the Pacific. h<- hit upon tlie expixlient
of making wild ducks tlie Is-an-rs of mes
sages d<-< rihing the locality of the island
and the nature of the assistance needixl.
The novelist lieserilMW at some length*
tlu- method hy which Peufold oajittired
his ducks for iliis purpose He lastcned
n number of eomtuon reeds to a hoop,
and going into the water in the morning
before tin day broke, up to his neck,
idaeisl the htKip with -is*dsover his In ad.
Theunsupi<-ious ducks, sis-ing nothing
hut a hunch of r*s-ds. where other reeds
were, swam within his reach uncon
scious of dang*-. Seizing a duck he drew
it under the water and stealthily glided
to tin* shore. The duek ln*ing suddenly
drawn under water uttered no outcry,
and hence I'enfold managed in a short
time to capture all tin-ducks he requirixl.
Now th* novelist evidently borrowed
liis idea from the native Australians.
These people ustsl preeiseiy the same
method for *apturing wild fowl, with
this difference, that they used sage-brush
instead of reeds, and d row nisi their ducka
on c apturing them, that is to say, they
kept them underwater until they were
rowntd.
A native would thus operate in a flock
until he had secured its many as liis
hands could grasp the legs of, after which
he would silently paddle to the shore,
place his prizes on land, and return to
the flock to go through the same process
again. By this mode of capture the flocks
were never alarmed, for a duck drawn
guddenly under water makes no noise.
TKHMH: $2.00 a Year, in Advance.
O DRITM tl. DIAMIt.
IIIIH a l*rl at A nnlrsai lllsid al
t'tslas wlili Hi* I blscH Vlrwray.
The N#*w York Herald correspond
ent traveling with (icm-ral (• rant's party
<i*' tin interesting account of a dinner
at the Viceroy's palto-e in Canton. We
I quote;
A VtCUtPUL tiIKX Kit.
The dining-room was open on the
garih-ns, apparently open on tliree siiles.
Around tin open Hide* wa* a wall of
-errant*, attendants, soldier*, manda
rins. and if you liMikist Ix-yoiid into the
gardens, under tlie eorrus* ating foliage,
hurdened witli varit gated lantern*, you
-aw groups and iiue*. ail staring in upon
u*. ihir ilitiing-room was. I have said, an
open hall, iixiking out U(H>n a garden.
< )ur table wa* a aeries of (aloe*, forming
three sides of a square. Tlie sides of tlu
tnldes that formed the interior of the
x|Uare were not Occupied. Here the
servant* moved ahotlt. AI each tahle
win six pi-raun*. witli the exception of
tin principal table, which was given Up
lofjcnt-rai 'lrant. the Viceroy, the Tartar
general, Mr Boric and Mr. lloleoiulx*.
Behind the Viceroy stood hi* interpr -t?r
:Uld Otln-r per*olial Servant*. Atteiui
:uil* stiMwl over the othei tablet with
largt- peacock fans, which was a cont
ort, the nigtit was so warm. The din
ner Mi* entirely Cliine*e, with the
exception of the kniv-s, forks and
glasses But in addition to tin- knive*
and fork* we had chopsticks, with which
some of the party made interesting ex
lH-rinient in tin way of searching out
ragout and soup dishes. At each of the
tallies Were one or two of our Chinese
friends, and we weroMpn-ialiy fortunate
at having with u a Chi new officer wlto
-poke English well, having learned it al
the mission-M'IMMI I ol lr. Ihqiper.
Tlie custom in China is not to give you
a hiii-of-iar* . over which you can medi
tate and. if the dinner lias any resources
whatever, compose a minor dinner of
your own. A servant comes to each
tabic ami lays down a slip of nil lea-box
paper in- rihed with Chinese < hsrsrters.
Thi* i tlie name of the dili. Each
t:doe wa* *-on-red with dishes, which
remained during the dinner—ilisln-s of
everything except bread—sweetmeat*
and cakes predominating. The courses
are brought in lx>wis and et down in
t!. midStof th( table. Y'our Cliinese
friend, whose jMiliiein-s is unvarying,
always lu-ln you lx*fon- lie lu lps liimseiL
He divi-s his two chopsticks into the
smoking 1MW1 and lug# out a savory
mor-ci .-tail drops it on your plate. Tin n
In* help* himself frequently, not
trouhiing tin* plate, hut eating'directly
from the ikiwi. If the dish i* a dainty
sharkVfin*' or hird's-nest soup, ah tin-
Chinese go to Work at tlie same twiwi
ami with the saun-i hoptieks, silver and
ivory, which were not changed during
the eat in dinner, hut did service for
li-li and fowl and sweetmeats. Itetw*** n
<a* li course WIT*- cigars or pipes. Tlie
high Chinamen had pipi-Ix-ariT* with
them, and a* each eouis*- was ended they
would take a whiff. But the cigars
crime a* an *icf to the smoking incniin-rs
of th* party, for they could sit and lixik
on and epjov tin* sjc*eta. 1<- and have tiie
sensation of lis*king at someUiing new
and strange. The cigars, too. wi ri* an
i-M-tt**! for not eating, and at a Chinese
dinner an excuse for not eating is wel
* ome. There i# no reason in tin* world
why you should not eat a Chim-sc din
ner *-x> *_pt that you are not aecustomed
to it. lull come t tin* tahle with a de
praved appetite. Corn bread and pigs'
Feet and corned lx-ef have done tin-ir
work upon you. and a insxl dinner most
prolmhiy means a mound of !n*ef ovi-r
---pr*-.*ul with pota4ix*s. Of ixiurse such a
training untits you for tin* niceties, the
delicate touches, of a Chinese dinner.
Then I am un- you do not like sweet
meats. That is a taste Ixdor.ging to
earlier and happier days—to tin- day# of
innocence anff hope, before you ever
heard of truffles and cliampagne. You
would rather fight a duel than eat one of
tin*--- In-aps of candied preparations
which onr Chinese friends gobble up
iik* children. But there i when* our
Chinese friends, with their healthy,
i hiid-lmtl tastes, have the :ulvantage o
Us. and why it is that vour incapacity to
> njoy your dium-r is tin- result of an ap
p* tiic di-adeneii by civilization.
Tin- one thing which gave the dinner
a touch of poetry was the bird's nest
soup. The fact that tin- Chinese have
found a soup in the nest .if a bird is one
of the achievements of their civilitation.
Take any school of half-grown children
and ask them about the manner# of the
Chitu-se. and there is not an answer that
will not include bird's n*-*' soup. So
win n our Chinese general told us, a* be
read the cabalistic letters on red tea
< lu -t |*-i|x*r, that the next dish wa# to
IM* bird's nest roup, w*- awakened to it
a# to the realization of a in-w mystery.
The birds' t*.*-st> came from Java.
Borneo and Sumatra, and are rare and
drar My China friend told tne that the
dish lx-foreu# would <*o#t ?L> or ?'Jo.
that tin* hir*i'# nest prepared fur s**up
was worth it* weight in silver. The
nests are built in and an the work of a
spis-ics of swallow. When the howl
came on the table it was as thick as a
ragout, and our Chinese friends lugged
out a nn*ss of stringy, librou# food,
about tin*color and consistency of gixxl
old fashioned vermicelli. The soup i*er
•ainly does not justify it# fame. There
wa# nothing disagnvahle about it; it
was simply tastelAss. I i*ou'id not detect
a flavor or tlie suspicion of a flavor; it
was only a m*s* of not unpleasant, glu
tinous fiMxi. that nis*ded seasoning.
After w<- had learned the hint's nest
soup. an*l had. ala#! one mystery less to
know in this developing world. w< were
ultra* tisl by shark's tins. The fins of
the sliarl. are much prized in China, and
there wen* several stewed. Wc dis
oovered that the bird's nest soup was
insipid; that shark's fins wen* oily and
ran* id; that fish brain was tixi rich:
that the pn'parations of wluvie sinews
and bamboo and fish maw. mushrooms
and a whole family of tin* fttngus
species were repelling; that the chip
ping of the ham and duck and pigis>n
into a kind of hash IIMJ awav all the ]
qualities that inspire respect for them
at home, and that the fatal omission was i
bread. " If vou go to a Chinese din- J
tu-r. ' said n friend on shiphoanl, "be
-lire and t.-ik<* a loaf of bread in your
i*ock*t." 1 thought of this injunction as
1 was preparing to dine with the A iceroy,
hut had not #lie courage to go into a |
Chinese palace, like Benjamin Tranklin.
with a loaf of bn*ad under my arm. If ■
we had been dining we should have
niiss'sl the hnaxi; hut none of us went
through the dinner, except the doctor,
perhaps, who viewed the entertainment
from a professional point d view and
went through it in a spirit of discovery. ]
Win n tin- feast was alxuit two-thirds
over the Viceroy, sis-ing that Clcneiml
(•rant and Mr. Boric had gone beyond j
the possibility of dinner, proposed a
walk in the garden. The remainder of *
tlie party waitisl until the dinner was
over. It was a long and weary n-uast,
once that the novelty passed away.
The Way to Know People.
The only way hy which people can be
thoroughly known is by living with
them in the K.-IHIC house or traveling
with them in the same carriage. The
smooth surface which we can maintain
with so much success for a short tiiuc
gets broken up then by the thousand
petty details of daily life, and tempers
are trhxi and characters revealed to an
extent which years of an ordinary draw
ing-room intercourse would not have
allowed. Then the real man or woman
conies out, and the human nature which
has been surpressed asserts itself, some
times with startlingsineerity, and almost
always in unexpected places; for no one
is what his casual acquaintances and
superficial friends believe him to be,
and the depths reveals secrets never so
much outlined in the shallows.—Meri
den Recorder,
NUMBER 28.
TIMELY TOPIC#.
A thorough of ll*< power, eoat and
comparative vlvwit4(*i of tlie flwUin
light is U> I** made in tl*s Capitol build
ing nt Washington. and three machine*
for tin* purpose have ai reads li"ii jmr
ehascd It i. also proposed to place a
light at tin* summit of tin- dome of such
power as to illuminate a large portion of
tin ity.
, It ia slated that at Christiana and at
Sto< khului. Sweden, tbe police arrest
it>cn who, in the streets and places of
niHiru, indolgt* itt llit habit of
pursuing, nlilrminii and annoying w
men who freely circulate there Such
offender* are made to pay a line of twen
ty-five knmer (equal to aliout six dol
lars) ami their name, reaideaoe and pro
fusion are puiiliiti'il in all the journals
u.iderthe head of " li#turb-rs of the
Peace of Women " It I* nenlleas to may
that the public shame thus incurred is
now very much shunned bv men. and
many would willingly pay, if they were
allowed, a large sum of money to be per
mitted to escape.
Car)<*. an Italian g> tnnaL. well-known
from hi* feats rit£ a rliarged wooden
cannon, wa lifting it frotn it* stand,
during a recent exhibition in ("ervia.
when it fell, mouth downward. The
gymnast. with lite rapidity of lightning.
• ndnavufwd to break the *fcock so a* to
prevent the weapon * exploding, but be
wu unsuccessful; the eonctuwion fired
the piece, and as the charge ouuM not
emerge, the cannon burst. Carlo* died
almost immediately. The ri maternal!on
and horror among the ajna-taUir* at this
ftighiAtl scene wer intense; ontyr oneof
them waa wounded, however. although
the splinter* of the cannon were driven
about in every direction.
A recent review of liurmeae troop* i*
thu* deaerihed by an eye-witne** "The
number of men drawn up on the parade
ground was five thousand, including in
fantry and cavalry, in addition to which
then- were eighty-five elephant*. Tile
infantry looked iik- *o many monkeys;
for siw and *oldierly ie-aring they are
utterly contemptibU-. The cavalry were
mounted uuon Uiin and puny ponies
The gun* ot the eiepliant liauery were of
no greater bore titan tin- common Kng
lisli duck gun. The iturnieae were im
mensely excited over their warlike dis
play but it would be difficult to imagine
an\t.ling more ridiculou* llian such a
rlgjt to any one with Uie slightest ac
quaintance with tlie armies of Europe."
President Eliot, of Harvard College,
at Uie dinner of the Masanchusetui Med
ical Society of Boston. called the atten
tion of the member* of the society to cer
tain peculiar diseases prevalent among
tlie student* of Harvard College. He
had found that.in the senior class of two
hundred young men. fortv-two suffer so
severely trmm diseases of tlie nose, throat
and lungs that it is impossible, in tlie
opinion of members of the Massachusetts
Medical Society, for them to go to pray
er* : and a peculiar feature of the disease
is tiiat tiie same uiemU-rs of the society
certify iliat it would lie dangerous for
tln in to go to prayers for six mouths to
roine. -Another j>eculiarity is that the
disease apparently increases the longer
the student'sttmds college, for while
onlv ten per centum of the freshmen are
afflicted, twenty-one per eentum of the
others are. Still another peculiarity of
the disease is that it exist* only a few
moment* in the day. and always about
the same time; it doc* not prevent the
patient* fiom going to their meal*, even
though the prayer hell is ringing at the
same time ; it doe* not prevent tlieir at
tending recitation*; they can even go to
the theater and ride out home in the
horse-car late at night in mid-winter*
th'-y i-nn row in tlie lxiats. play base
iiail. and even sing in the glee club. It
is known that the disease exist*, how
ever, for it is certified to by member* ot
the Massachusetts Medical Society.
The tod.
The cod on" of the most faouad of
ftli and more widely used far than
any other Ash except, prrliap*. ihe her
ring. It I* not con lined. some per
son- seem to lliink, to the waters of this
continent.extensive fisheries of the kind
being on tlitivwU of Sweden, Norway.
Iceland and the north of Scotland. Tlie
Netherlander* were engaged in them as
early a the fourteenth century; the
English went Ui the coasts of Iceland
about the sane time for the same pur
pose. and the French have also been
similarly employed. The cod is always
caught by line:"the bultow method, in
troduced by the French, being adopted
lstth on the oovt and ou! at sen. I'he
bultow is a line of sometimes 3.01W
fathoms, with hooks fastened on it by
-noods six feet long, about twelve feel
apart. Buoy- and anchors are attached
to each end of the line, which to stretched
aero— the tide to prevent the entangle
ment of the hooks. The next morning
—the line is set at evening—the hnoks
are loaded with large fi-h—several hun
dred- usuallv—dead from drowning.
Afore than .<** European vessels, inde
pendent of boat* along shore, are said to
be engaged in this fishery, and one mm
has leen known to catch .">OO or 000 fish
in ten or twelve hours on the banks of
Newfoundland, which excel all other
n-gions in productiveness. It is esti
mated that the pie of tlte female contains
from 4.000.000 to 9.000.000 egg*, and that
lie who >-ats it eats what, if allowed to
strive at maturity, would some
400.000.000 pounds of food. There are
vessels, tonnage 1'26,000 tons, and
14.000 to 13,0<*1 men employed in the end
fishery of the Cnitcd Stau-s. The fishery
has been carried on for nearly five cen
turies without interruption; and yet
there lias been no diminution of the sup
ply. which is prodigioua. equal to any
r.p'parentlv possible incp-ase of demand.
Almost the whole clviliaad globe eats
end nowadays, and nature seems deter
mined to contribute far more than
enough, even should the entire wcrld
become a voracious consumer.
Word* of Wisdom,
Men's musclm move Iwtter when tlieir
souls an' making merry music.
Man has to gc out and sock his path;
woman's path usually lies done under her
feet.
When people's feelings have got a
deadly wound they can't i>c cured by
favors.
rieasure is the mere accident of our
being, and work its most natural and
holy necessity.
Some persons move through life as a
band of music moves down the street,
dinging out pleasure on every side
through the air to every one, far and
near, that cares to listen.
If all were as willing to l>e pleasant
and as anxious to please in tlieir own
homes :is they are in the company of
their neighbors they would have the
happiest homes in the world.
Times of the greatest calamity and con
fusion have ever been productive of the
greatest minds. The purest ore comes
i'rora the hottest furnace; the brightest
flash from the darkest cloud.
Our eyesight is the most exquisite of
our senses, yet it does not serve us to
discern wisdom; if it did what aglow
of love would she kindle within us and
whoour lives would be beautified.
(lood words do more than hard
speeches; as tlie sunla'ams without any
noise will make the traveler east off his
cloak, which all the .blustering winds
could not do, hut only make him draw
it closer to him.
The industrious bee does not stop to
complain that there are so many poison
ous flowers and thorny branches in the
road, but buzzes on. selecting the
honey where she can find it and pass
ing by the place where it is not.
lowa has ten counties named after ten
ex-President* of the United States.
■ g *
" Tin PwtMr IHty.
star, awaat day, tor thou art lair.
Pair, and tuß. and eahnt
Crow**! aU Up floidaa hoar*
Wb lovaa freshest. purest ttowaaa
Strong fa fcX% aaMudma powers.
Riafc in hope's bright balm.
Way, what ohanoa and change may w
Aayoagltdaavayi
Haw t all an glad and bright.
Now wa hraatha in aara delight!
Now wa aaiila ia fats'# daapita.
Stay with ua, sweet day.
Ah! aha aaaoat. may not atop;
All things roast decay t
Ho with heed, and heart, ami will,
Taha tha Joy that lingers Mill,
Taka tha pauaa ia Mrila and ill,
Priaa tha passing day.
-ill Mr Ytar Hound.
ITEM# OP IITKREHT.
Boaon friends—Studs
HatrH is lika ftrw— it make* rrea liglit
rubbish dauby. >
A HUla advertising MM* and llit-r. wfl
do no harm to business mm.
An Indianafarmer shot iuto his smoke
house at a supposed thief, and killed
hit ttnrte.
" You follow On- legal pwfraabw. I
believe, atrP' Lawyer Pompous: "No.
i air ; I i*d ic"
Vww-Pru.lt Wbh'Wr Itaanow. sine®
, th<- ib-alb of ins siau-r. no relative want
Uan bia cousin.
Tlia use of tlw improved electric ligbt
will permit fhrtaert to harvest their
•topa at night.
Many ao-eailod v#eif-mad.imat" W
iilL*ir pr£fiU of a Jeanul ilotil of
responsibility. — ISJUUT
The recent cyclone in Kansas waa
quit- popular-many pmooa were really
< arrtod away with it.
Tbe ltotroil J-Vea iHm i sure that tha
*' ability of a statiwman does not depend
upon Uie aiae of hia Jaw
The MUeouri farmera are reported to
be driving poau in tbe ground to bang
to wbrn the eycioam eotue.
Tbe lewd Mayor of London acta
|SO uuo for tbe year be ia in office. Tlx
mayor of New York'a yearly salary ia
ttg.ocw.
England jmya about ggi 000.000 pet
annum (ut oyster*. The demand for
American oyster* ia rapidly in-reaaing
in that country.
' Owen Swift, an wt-pugiliat who died
not long ago m London at the age of
pighty, had (uutiit *' '
fourteen of whkh be won. and in two of
which be killed hi* opponent.
To dnam gloriously, you must act
gloriously while you si* awake; and to
bring angela down to eonverw with you '
iu i our sleep, you must labor in the
<au*e of virtue during tbe day.
Henry Ward lb-et her mentkma in tbe
< 'hruduin t num. among otber au ggeationa
aliout " How to Keep Weffl," woe impor
tant condition not generally put down
tn tbe medical booas. namely, "Bcfuns
to be unhappy-"
Senator Bruce estimates that Iwtwcen
6,000 and 10.000 colored people left
Mississippi tor Kansas during the
" exodus lever.
People are apt to Call in lore witb
tbuye who are beautiful at sight. But to
retain lore, one must hare truth, tender
ness and constancy.
In reteateg its postage rate from fiv#
to three cent*, a year MP, the French
government ha* suffered a decrease in
revenue of $5,500.060
In Germany lietrothsd person* ex
change ring*, and both the man and ths *
girl go about wearing their betrothal
ring. This stamps them as both out of
the market and prevent* mistake*.
Fort Wayne, Ind.. ha* a professional
frog catcher who works the canal from
that .sty to lb-Ham*. Ohio. He some
times catches a* high a* 5.00# frogs on a
-ingie trip, which retail from twenty
flve to seventy-five oente per down.
1 "My dear."said a smiling spouse to
her other half, a morning or two since.
I aai going a-sboppiog; 1 want a little
change. "Pooh r* responded the un
gallant man. "that would he no change
a all: you go shopping every day
The following laciude# the names of
all the America* horses that have ever
trotted in less than 8.18: Kara*. 8 131;
Goldsmith Maid. 8.14: Hopeful. B.Mi;
1m1u.2.15; hmugghr.B.ls; Luriir Gold
dust, '2.16 i ; American Gir1,2.164 ; Gioa-
U-r. 8.17; Dexter, 2.174,
A mar. who attend* strictly to his
own business, nay* the Quincv Modem
Arvo. is alwav* busy, bnt the man who
want* to attend strictly to your business
can go to a fire or circus just a* well at
one time a# at another. We are always
ready to give him a vne-tion.
Oh, 'tis th<- aufcWwt **-
•cm of the year;
For the terrible mawjoi
to doth appear.
Ok, dear* — Erie Herald.
Tliere are 56,000 tenant hrmw in
, Gn-at Britain and OOOiWO in Ireland, the
holdings in Ireland being on a very small
scale. It is said these farmer*, in the
prosecution of their bumbos*, employ *
capital of f2.000.000.000, much of which
is in dally ue.circulating among trades
men and laborers.
tors'# nno-oasM*.
Art one. th.v mret. aeia* pleasing dream;
*et two. he'll Uwl to eeda and w-rrnun;
Act three, hi* audi, al**' I* nearly piered;
M four, hi* girt grows eold. eedele sad Maid;
Act five, iot a* hw lm is npe and mellow
Hi* giri h sporting with another fellow.
Toronto C*onper.
lJttle Freddy wu undergoing the dis
agreeable operation of having his hair
com bed by hi* mother. and he grumbled ga
at the maneuver. " Why, Freddie." W
said mamma, "you ought not to make
sueh a fits# I uon't fuss and cry when
mv hair is combed." "Yes." replied
the vouthful party. " but your hair ain't
hitched to your head."
The Russian army near tlie Caspian
Sea are tormented by common black
bouse-flies. The commander of the
cava!rv told a correspondent (who
wrote the tale in a trot or gauze, within
which then- was but little light owing
to the counties* flies t Ungitig to its ex
terior) that be had known horses to fall
dead, exhausted by Uie incessant perse
cutions of these diminutive tormentors
The Philadelphia ledger believes that
if there wen- more gymnastic exercises
in our public school# then- would be
fewer hall-alive people in the world.
Don't know about that. We once saw
a schoolmaster chase a boy six times
around the school-room, over desks and
benches, and out of a window, and when
he caught him that boy, for Uie space
ol an hour, felt only about half alive,
despite the exercise he had just indulged
in.— Korrietown Herald.
The dead body of an old man named
Getting*, lying "in the filthy yard of a
rear hovel m West Fortieth street,
where he had fallen in a fit of beastly in
toxicalion Uie night before and died with
no one near him: a mother, seventy
eight year* of age. dying of starvation,
and a "son and daughter insensible with
liquor, huddled together like beasts
within Uie shandy—these wen- the sights
that mat the eves of a New York police
man who had been summoned to the
pot hv the neighbors at an early hour.
Itjs seidom Uvat a more terrible revela
tion is made ot the misery, degradation
and crime Uiat hide in the heart of &
great citv than that obtained in the re
volting story of the Getting* family.
They Went and Prosed It.
A statesman was once in conversation
with a few friend* a* to what course
ought to he adopted with rcgant to mis
representation in Uie press; and a friend
said to htm: •
"The obvious course is not to take
notice of what is said of you in the
papers. People will find you out in
time if yon do not contradict these
things."
" Well," said Uie statesman, heaving a
deep sigh, " that was the course I once
• pursued I entered on publiclife with a
resolution that, whatever the press
might say of me, I would take no notice
of it. For year* aiid years I persevered,
till at last my friends came to, me and
said. 'There is an accusation in on'
paper of such an unuttcrab v villainous
kind tliat you owe it to yourself and to
your supporters to contradict it." "
The statesman felt that in this case an
exception must be made. He contra
dicted the report, as lie informed the
friends to whom he was recounting his
experiences.
" Well," said one, "and what did the
papers dof"
"Why," tlie statesman answered.
" they went and proved it, the villain* I**