The Centre reporter. (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, July 17, 1879, Image 1
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**