*fW* JJew* WHIM.
Ths wesrv ywsr* hi* rse* now having rnn.
Tit* news begins hi* eompssl course anew;
Witii .how of morning my Id* ho hath hognn,
Betokening peace and plenty to onuow.
80 lot na. which thi* rhanngo of woathor vow
Channgo eke our minds, ami fort not livao
amend;
The old years'* ainnoa liirepaxt lot \t eechew.
And fly the fault* with which wo did offend;
Than shall the nowo yoare'* toy torth fr#*hly
nend
Into the glooming world hi* gladsome ray;
And all theoo sun me*, which now hi* neauty
blend,
Shall tnrno to cauhnoa, and lytnely oleare
away.
KJmuid SpV'isrr.
The Iron Ten,
Mats lion, a Fetterol Honnirard, the Prisoner
,vl Chiilon; the Handle ot Wood from the
Frigate • • Constitution," and bound with
h Circle! of Hold, inset with three prec
ious Stone* trout Siberia. Ceylon, and
Maine.
at hknht w. uiaurkUAiw.
1 thonght thi* Pen would arise
From the casket where it lies—
Ot it sell would arise, and write
My thanks aud my surprise.
When yon gave it me under the pine*.
1 dreamed these gem* troui the mines
>f Siberia, Ceylon, and Maine
Would glimmer a* thoughts in the line*;
That thi* iron link horn the eham
IV Bonnivard might retain
Seuie verse ot the jhvi who *atig
Of the prisoner and his (am,
That this wood trom tlie tngaie's mast
Might write me a rhyme at last.
As it used to write on the sky
The song ot the #ea and the blast,
Hut motionless as 1 wait,
like n bishop lying iu state
Lies the Pen, with it. uuter el gold,
And its jewel* inviolate.
Then must t speak, and *av
That the light ot that summer day
In the garden under the pines
Shall not tale and (as* away.
1 *hall see you standing there,
Carres, .1 by the fragrant air,
With a shaiiow on your face.
And the sunshine on your hair.
I shall hear the sweet low lone
a voice before mknown,
Saying. " This trom me t"i you,
From uie, and to you alone."
And in word* not idle and vain
1 shall answer and thank you again
For the gilt, and the grace ol the gitt.
Oh. bea itilui Helen ot Maine!
And forever this gift will he
As a blessing trom you to me.
A* a drop oi the dew or" your youth
On the leavos ol an ago! tree.
—Harptr t Monthly
Mr. Ko Kun-Hua and Family..
AN ACCOUNT Of THE l IIINESE PUOH_--
SOK AT HAUVAKD UXIYEUSITY.
It is a fact very generally known that
Harvard University has now the dis
tinction ol numbering among its pro
fessors a teacher of theChinesc language.
Nearly three years ago. Francis P.
Knight. Unit id States consul at Che
ang. proposed the subject, and after con
suiting Boston merchants employed in
trade with China, the corporation of the
c .liege agreed to his views, the money
ws raised by subscription, and he was
authorised to engage a suitable person.
Accordingly he selected an educated
man. Mr. Ko Kun-Hua, an officer of rank
in his own country, who was to have
pa—age wirh his family from Shanghai
to Cambridge, and for three years, at a
fixed salary, teach what is know as
" Mandarin Chinese." The course of
study which was subsequently arranged,
provides no"- only for the undergradu
ates, hut for any outsiders, women ex
cepted. who, on payment of a certain
tuitional ft*, may wish to avail them
selves of it.
The Mandarin arrive,! iate in August
with his wife and children, a woman
servant and an interpreter—the lady
being the find of her position in life and
aim >st the first of her sex ot any class
to conic among us to live. It is not cer
tain. indeed, that there is hut one
Chinese woman in Boston or its vicin
it-; and she, Mrs. Ar Foon. has been
here about twenty years. The profes
sor. having made his appearance sooner
than was expiTted, was lodged with his
famiiy in a smail house on the outskirts
of the college grounds until tnnter ac
commodations could he found; and it
was there we went to call on them.
They came into possession of the '
rooms as they were; and the one Tor re
ceiving comp.v y was an office-like
place, furnished simply with a center
table and arm chairs. We observed,
however, a few tokens of the new occu
pancy in the Chinese bowls and other
artic.es in porcelain with which the
mantel-piece was covered; two large
brass basins, and a square traveling
trunk or box in a corner of the room,
mad* oi handsome polished wood, an
inscribed with Chinese characters, and
on which were piled several round
boxes of material and use unknown to
us. We had seen in one of the ante
rooms. as we catered, another and ca
pacious receptacle for their effects, being
a bamboo basket, in shape like a flour
barrel, but much higher. Hark blue
garments for out-of-door wear hung
against the wall, and in the opposite
toon; was a row of elegant round fans,
no two of which were alike, and a
group of colored figures, either toys or
for ornament, stood on the table.
A bright boy ol fourteen in a biuf
sarque, with shaven hair and a very
long queue hanging down his back,
ushered us in and then left us. Aftei
a few moments the lady, Mrs. Ko Kun-
Hua, came noiselessly toddling in on
her small feet, and after going to each
one of us, and giving her hand, signified
that she wanted us —there were tt ree in
our party—to be seated each on one sidi
of the table, while she took the other,
which is evidently the Chinese idea of
what is the proper thing to do.
By this time the boy had come hack. .
bringing a younger on.?, naving during ,
his absence put on over his other ,
clothes a rich nlue brocade robe like a !
shirt, which reached to his heels, and :
had covered his head with a black skull I
cap : the brother was also in blue silk. I
They both passed round and shook
hands with us; and no sooner was this j
over than two girls appeared in the
doorway, eyed us a moment shyly, then
approached and held out their slim,
brown hands. They wore their hair
drawn back and twisted up on each side
of their heads in a knob, tied with red
ribbon; and were clad in singular long,
straight garments of silk, over which
was a red one of the same material,
fairly stiff with embroidery in gold and
colors, and hanging nearly to their
ankles both before and behind, looking
somewhat as if a breadth had been
taken, a hole cut in it for the head, and
then slipped on. the rich wrought por
tion about the upper par*, making their
boulders square, and giving their
small persons a broad, cum bersom e a
pearanee, which was very quaint and
strange.
They wore wider shoes than their
mother —perhaps to accommodate the
bandages with which their feet were
probably being compressed—and, like
her, each had a bangle of twisted silver
on the right wrist. The whole flock
ranged themselves near her, standing,
and gave the utmost attention to what
was going on. Their faces were bright
and full of intelligence, and they seemed
of about the ages of fourteen, twelve,
seven, and five. There was a baby, but
we did not see it. The mother held up
her fingers to signify that she had five
children.
As the professor and interpreter did
not appear, they were inquired for; and
she said " Bos-son." waving her hand
to indicate that they had gone to Bos
ton. She took our cards, and endeav
ored to repeat the names which wen
pronounced for her, and the children ail
did the same; and the whole party
seemed extremely eager to learn. Her
manners were very gentle and pleasing,
and thoroughly those of a lady;her face
had a docile and rather winning expres
sion, and must be considered very pretty
FRED. KURTZ, Kditor and Proprietor.
VOLUME XII.
according to the Chinwr ideas of
beauty, whose highest type must have
jet-black hair, a large forehead, small,
well set eyes, a short nose, rather wide
mouth, and a broad face, ller features
were regular, after their pattern; her
olive complexion had a fresh cast, and
she haul an animated expression when
rying to taik.
She is !>elow the average height of
American women, and evidently slight,
alt hough the Chinese fashion of dress,
which is intend,si witli both *e\,> and
all ages to conceal the form, instead of
displaying it, as with us, is such that
nice distinctions of •'ire and shape are
out f the question.
She also had the long finger nail*
which are so noticeable iu the Chines,'
upper classes, supposed in the origin of
the usage to have two intended to in
dicate that their owner* were not under
the necossilv of working for a living,
although hers were not like those of
lite opulent and arisUxraclic lady whom
SenWor Seward's tamiiy visited, which
were not only polished ami stained to
resemble tortoise shell, hut Were pro
tected each one b a gold case like a
short thimble, ller hair which was
com bed straight hack, was made into an
oval knot low down at the back of iter
head; and lengthwise over this was a
broad clasp shaped like a sword-hill,
in variegated colors, and crosswise
through it was a long bodkiu like a bou
net-pin with a colored knob.
She had on a petticoat of blue siik.
and a looee upper garment ot lighter
blue titling close round the neck where
it was finish,ai with gold braid, with
which the edge that lapped across the
funt was likewise trimmed. Besides
this there was a band of colored em
broidery about the shoulders.
These Chinese silks, such as are worn
by their own people o! rank, and which
are seldom soul to go out ot the empire
—any more than their choicest-flavored
teas are—have a peculiar crinkle and
luster and elasticity which no manu
facturers in Western countries haveey er
been able to attain to; as is true, a,so
ol their elaborate embroidery, which is
done in very dainty patterns and in
marvellously-brilliant colors, and often
finished so that both sides of the work
are alike, ail the ends of floss and gold
threat) being carefully concealed. There
is such .1 quality of springiness about
these silks that you can squeeze yards ot
the fabric into the smallest pasttib . e*m
pass and it will come out without a
crease, and will wash like linen and fast
through years of wear. The story is
that this is owing to their methods of
managing the silkworms, which are so
sensitive that they are affected by noise,
want of clean liness and rough handling.
It is further said that a great deal de
pends on the process of weaving, which
is ail done on hand looms set on the
ground, from the belief that the mois
ture of the earth causes a gloss not
otherwise to be had
We had lieen told that where callers
had found the Mandarin at home, he
liad appointed a day on which to return
the call, probably according to the na
tional forms of etiquette; so we were in
daily expectation of their appearance at
our door, ami anxious to be at home
that we might not mi-s the pleasure.
Meanwhile, the family were to bo seen
going in a coach to pay visits which
came in order before ours. Sotnetiiw -
the interpreter was to be met in the
market buying chickens, if on a rainy
dav. with a dark-blue Chinese umbrella
over his head; at other times the Man
darin was observed out walking in a
black silk gown with blue sleeves,
green silk trousers, black skull cap and
White shoes trimmed with light blue,
moving along in a dignified and mea
sured way. while the interpreter fol
lowed, keeping the distance of about
four feet always between them.
On the fifth day, while we v, re at
dinner, tie* door-bell rang, and the girl
who answered it came into the room
A'itb two cards in her hand, announcing
to us with looks of mingled amazement
and dismay that "then - a whole load
of' colored lo.ks!
But we all, with one accord, cried,
" Why, they are the Chinese!" and with
one accord, iikewisi. w. sprang up from
the tanie, and rushed to the parlor, the
venerable head of the house tagging be
it>nd, however, to nut on his betterniost
coat, in which to do honor to the Man
darin. The cards, let me say. were sim
ple visiting cards, on one of which was
engraved. " Mr. Ko Kun-Hua."
The coachman, having seen them all
out, had returned to his seat, add they
were coming along the piazza, which
they almost seemed to cover with their
ample rote s, being so many, the pro
fessor and bis wife, the two girls, and
the interpreter. The lady came in first,
with a sort of grace in spite of her feet;
then her husband and the children, each
shaking hands all round tiefore taking
their seats.
And now a tremendous mistake was
made —the interpreter was offered a
chair. And he is never allowed to sit —
he would never presume to do such a
thing in the presence of a mandarin!
Consequently he remained standing,
though one after another of the family
said. "Take a s*al." Then arrived on
the scene the laggard gent leman of the
house, who had Isvn all this time get
ting on his coat; and he, after the hand
shaking was over, said to the interpre
ter. who still stood as firm as a post:
"Take a SEAT!" No movsment. "Take
a SEAT! !" repeated the host; and
then a Mat he lock, which, unfoitun
ately. was a larger and more imposing
chair than that occupied by his su
perior. The latter personage looked as
tonished, shocked, grieved, for the net
was no doubt equivalent to a personal
insult, and some animated conversation
passed between the three elder members
of the Chinese party. However, Mr.
Ko Kun-Hua had the good sense to see
that it was proper to forego the usual
punctilio under the circumstances;
though we all suspect that the offending
interpreter. Chin Tin Sing—for that is
understood to IM* his name—received a
reprimand alter they reached home,
and perhaps rightfully, from their point
of view.
No one of them wore gloves, and
with the exception of the interpreter,
each had a long, black, folded fan. ,
which during the entire visit was held
closed in the right hand across the knee,
doubtless in conformity to some code
of ceremony. Even the little girls did
n>t open or play with theirs, but sat
perfectly quiet and upright on the sofa
where they were placed, models of good
behavior, for American children, whose
mothers under similar circumstances
would very likely have been under the
necessity of saying " Don't touch that!"
"Don't swing your hands so." "You
must not put your feet up on the sofa!"
"You must not meddle with the lady's
things!" "Take care! you'll break your
fan!" "Now, if you don't sit still. I
shan't let you go with me again!" and
many more such remarks and injunc
tions, which these well-bred Chinese
children did not need, i'liey were bare
headed, and had queer pantalettes tied
once around their ankles and attain a
little higher up, and their garments
were similar to those we saw at their
hous?, only much nicer ones.
The interpreter wore a blue cotton
skirt, and upper garments of dark blue
woolen cloth, a skull cap, and common
Chinese shoes. He was taller and larger
than the Mandarin; but the latter
looked the superior that he is, and the
face of a gentleman and a scholar, re
fined and though ful, and_ his_ bearing
was as lofty as that of a Spanish gran
dee. His attire was elegant. A skull
cap of a solid kind of satin, with the
red silk button, which denoted his rank
came down to his forehead. On his
feet were " Mandarin boots," which
seemed to be of soft, white leather, and
reached half way up to the knees in
wrinkles like Turkish boots. His lower
garment was a skirt ot blue silk, and
j the upper one was ot superlative beauty
aud richness, made of silk of a deeper
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
blue, and worn over another of a 'lighter
shade, the smaller sleeves of which
showed below the ample folds of the
outer when he raised his hands, it
had a close collar, and was fastened
witli gold buttons. and on the shoulders,
the sleeves, and down the breast were
exquisitely wrought medallion* in a
pattrnffw hich indicates hi* rank. As
you s,-e him standing there in lit* rolws
of state, you can l>Ut say tliat he is a
man of noble aspect and presence.
The attire ol Mr* Ko Kun-llua as far
exceed, d licr first a* one blue silk could
outdo another. The petticoat was laid
iu the finest perpendicular plaits, so
uarrow that they looked like creases,
and press,,l smoothly down; and tv
some arrangement a plain breadth wa*
made to overlap in front, where it had
sumptuous divoratio.t- no doubt for the
same reason as that of her husband of
gilt braid, in curving lino from top to
bottom. Her upper robe was of blue
brocade of a different shade, as shim
mering and bright as siik could
be, edged Willi a stiff" fraud of brilliant
flowers on white round the neck, and
also forming a yoke-shaped trimming,
while the Uttoiu of ih sleeves was
bordered with similar wrought flowers
in colors on white siik. to the depth of
several inches. No belt or confinement
anywhere, hut loose, flowing drapery;
and she looked just like the richly
dressed ladies we see on tine Chinese
fans and rare porcelain.
We had felt great curiosity to know
what she would have ou iter head, since
Chinese wotuen do not wear hats, bon
nets or veils. Her hair was arranged as
before, euly it wa* now *o much cov
ered with ornaments at the back and a
sort of upright fillet in front, that only
,>n the top of her head could any be
seen.
Her little feet were in *ight, encased in
daintiest of shoe*, though not so dimin
utive as among l hinese ladies f ex
treme fashion iu the most exalted rank,
who are known to wear shoe* only two
and a halt English inches m the length
of the soles, ller* were at least four
inches with the tiniest of high heels and
pointed toe*, and were extremely pretty,
with flowered heel* and delicate gilt
lines in idg-rag curves, and row above
row of embroidery on white in pale blue
and red.
You tuay wish to know how she was
able to walk, but you can easily get all
idea of the method and the difficulty if
vou will attempt to go the distance ot a
long hall by stepping only on the edge
of your heels, it is a slow kind of mo
tion. a- if one mijjht topple over; and
we observed that in passing out to tin
carriage she helped herwif by putting out
her hand on the side of the house.
We had sonic conversation with our
guests tlir.iugh the interpreter, finding
out that the lady was contented in tuit
-trnnge iand; that she had one Chinese
woman with her to take care of the
baby; that the little girls' names (as
near at we ivuld understand! w. re
Wing tlo and Wung Ho; that the rea
son why the boys did not come, too, was
because they were studying; that they
were going to move into a different
house, and many other tilings.
Then they all. at some spoken word.
r.se together. inviP-d us to come and
see them again, shook hands all round,
the interpreter put the children into the
carriage, -aw tin- Mandarin and his wife
in. then lie hiir.t. It mounted to the ~ at
beside the driver, ami ail rode off, '.cav
ing with us a most favorable impres
sion of their dignity, courtesy and gen
eral high breeding.
About a wick inter it was my unex
pected good fortum to make the family
a second call, in com; any with the su
perintendent of the Chinese mission
school in llos'on. and one of the lady
teachers andh< r daughter; and this time
the hour lieing late in the afternoon—
they wi re al at home. Ihe same Sad.
as courtion- as a page-in-waiting in
some roval household, admitted us. re
ceived our cants, ami showing us into
the same room on uiv first visit, said.
"Sit down!" then -p d away to make
known our coming.
We. however, thought it more re
spectful to wait standing, and such was
our altitude when, without a moment s
delay, the Mandarin came in. having
hastened at once, as did his wife on the
former occasion, to welcome his guests,
quite unlike our inhospitable and un
eourteous custom of keeping a visitor
waiting. He advanced with gracious
and cordial manner, andas thestrangers
ol the party were presented to him by
name. Vie fixed the identity o! each one
by the cards he held in his hand, and
then begged Us to " Take seats'"
He was in home dress, like any gen
tleman who might have come out of his
study in his dressing gown; but how
unlike in the fabric and color and fashion
thereof! Professor Ko Kun-Hua was
like an Oriental picture, a personage
out of IAIIIB Rookh. or something quite
apart from our common place world, in
a robeof pale blue flowered crape, lovely,
delicate and lustrous, a silvery azure,
failing in a Soft, graceful way ov-r a
brocade silk skirt of the peculiar yellow
green which is known in the fashion
plates as "faded leaf" color; in this at
tire the refinement of his features and
siiebtness of Jliis form were more appar
ent than when in his visiting costume.
The interpreter, who i< also a servant,
came immediately and took hi* position,
standing several f*t front hi* superior;
and soon Mrs. Ko Kun-Htia entered,
dressed a* when I first saw her, followed
by the two little girls. And on my re
marking that I had not seen the baby,
the professor, understanding mv word*,
smiled and said something to fiis wife,
which seemed to he asking if the baby
could be seen, to which she, half laugh
ing and (firing her head a slight toss,
seemed to answer: " I don't care." So
the interpreter disappeared fora moment
and returned leading a tiny girl two
years old. a diminutire specimen of a
Chinese woman, a wee thing with round,
grave face, awl clad in indigo blue
clothes figured with white, like some of
those India silks which were so much
worn a few years ago. The litt'e thing
stood nuietiy holding fast to Ms hand
and solemnly contemplated u.s--tantasti
eally attired ereatures that we were
her eyes.
And now. with en;; iderable help from
the interpreter, we had some interesting
conversation about tin* fduration of
children. The father !<aid they were
to be tauvht English at once, and stent
them for their new books, which were
conies of "Halliard's First Header," in
whim the superintcndeTt now gave
them a little instruction, to the great
delight of the family. Then lie went to
his study and brought out a pile of Eng
lish and Chinese school books which
had been given to him. and was very
eager to get information aliout cur lan
guage. lie produced our cards, and
asked us one by one to pronounce our
names, and then each eard he labeled
with the Chinese. Mine required three
characters, which were made in a per
pendiculat row at the upper right-hand
corner- These were done with a few
skillful strokes of a dainty black brush
or pencil which he took from some re
ocptaele attached to a girdle beneath his
robes.
It was evidently his habit to translate
in this manner for his own convenience,
the names of Ids visitors, who had al
ready been numerous, to judge by the
quantity of cards in the decorated porce
lain salver which he brought from his
studv.
As the Chinese is a language ol sym
-1k)1s, of hieroglyphics rather than lr tiers,
a single character represents what with
us it might require several syllables to
express. I'he spoken dialects are numer
ous. according to different provinces of
the empire; hut the " Mandarin dialect,"
as'it is called, is the purest, and has an
extensive literature. It is otherwise
known as the " Court dialect," being
the language "fixed upon by govern
ment to be learned and used by officials
throughout the empire," so that those
who acquire it can always find persons
with whom they can communicate in
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA. THURSDAY, DEC EM HER IS, 187 R.
every part of China This, to, he tit
formed U*. is the Intlgungv lie speaks, as
much an unkttown tongue to ih<- ,otu
moti ela* of that nation a* out own is
Pile mandarin*, of whom there are
aeverni ranks, have special privileges.
They all w, at lilue. and they alone can
use gold embroidery on their clothing;
and their win* are attired according
to the position of the husbands, which
t* seen at once by the color on their caps
or the peculiar eiuhlaxoury ou then
rofiea. It is their custom in the pres
ence of others to sit (a* Mr ho Kutt
llua haa already been ,!•■*, rtl d 1 with
the hands on tire kmc*. and in a very
composed manner. So mandarin can
with propriety return a visit on foot;
and alien he appeals on the street no
person of inferior order mutt presume
to salute him.
in spite, however, of a.i su> h .inula
tion* w<- found our interview* with the
ho Kun-llua family delightful: and tins
last one was dosed by our trying to pt,-
nounee lite name (which sounds a* it
written "ho tjitng-Whah ") and by
tea-sl linking■■■" liigh tea," I atu sure it
ought to l- called. The interpreter
who appear* to be tuan-of all-work,
and always full >d business, smart, < spa
ble and bright wherever one no-el.*ltitu.
whether in doors or on the s.teel—came
in with a waiter on which were six cup*
of tea, each in its "salver," which lie
set on the tabic before us.
I'ht- etiquette is fur the pirau to take
up their cups, when the heads of the
hou-e immediately imitate them. and
then all silently partake together; l>ui
though we understand tha*. such wti.i
the custom, ana tow ihnt Mr and Mi*.
Ko kuiillua waited our movement*
not out* of us ventured to do tin*. nt
even when the Mandarin said, " Pake
t a1" for how should we manage?—
that xx as the question Each cUp was
on a long narrow " salver " or waiter of
metal. xx hit'll had a sunken circle into
which it titter!, and each • up had a cover
on it like a small saucer turner! Isittom
upward. We waited, as with one con
sent, till -Mrs. Ko kun-itua, seeing our
dilemma, raised hers with her right
hand and daintily carried it u> tier lips,
holding her arm high, ami she *ip|wl
with the cover on. We all tried, and
made a universal, ignominious failure
In fact, as for myself, I could hardly
convey mine safely U my mouth with
out using both hands, such concern
was I in lest the aover should dropotT.
We tried again; ami then w< laughed,
the whole company of us; and then the
host and hostess, with considerable
kindness and courtesy eharacteristie of
that people toward their guests, removed
the cover* from their own eupsand .ai.l
them on the tahle, and wi at oin • !i
low. d their example; and then w. all
took tea. drxxtrously and in state No
spoons, no sugar, no uii.k; they mxer
use theiu. A few tea leaves are put in
the txottom of each cup. tioiiing water
poured on, the cover* put in p. .we, and
thus, with ail the flavor kept in, it i*
served.
They were extremely agreeable and
obliging, and no doubt if our euriosity
had so far overcome our good hreniing
:is to have induced u* to ask al* >u t tlo in,
they would have taken down those
viiv ornament* from the mantle, to
which had been adihai some exquisite
lacquered IH>X- S and a rare slend< r x use
of deep blue in which stood a single tali
-teni of beautiful r. d eoral. And no
<!oubt also we might have known more
about those elegant writing itnjtli ments.
:uid trays, and choice little jar*. and
t ti- xv itV* Chinese character* "ti tliem.
in the study. As It was, we made a
most umx remonionslv long <■:.], which,
however, we wen cordially invited to
repeat; and then the family accom
panied us to the outer door with n--
jH-ated hand-aliakings and "gwol-hyes."
Hut one thing we happiiv had pres
ence of mind not to do. We did not
violate etiquette hy taking formal leave
of the interpreter; we did not shake
hands with Chin Tin Sing. H'ufc
Awak*.
A Itoniauftr Marriage,
A beautiful and highly nomux-t'-d
young girl, who rontrartid an unpro
pitious marriage, has n*<'-ntly returned
to her home in Dorchester county,
alter an eventful tour around the world
and a tenifiorarv rcsiib in • ahrt>ad for
several years. Her story is very sad
and til led with eventful incidents. She
spent a few days in Bailimon this w. k.
visiting her relative# and friends, w.io
■ireamong the b.*t families in Baltimore,
hut xvi nt home lr,.*t night by tie steamer
fieorgiana
Sle jj, a native of l)nrciieti r county,
higluv educated and accomplish* d. Her
tuusiea! education was acquired partly
in Europe. Some six years ago an ad
venturer went to Dorchester county to
teach music. He was a man of fine np-
P arance, good address, great versatality
of talent and of good conversational
powers. He therefore succeeded in get
ting pupil# among the Iwst and most
conservative fatniii<*. Among them
was the subject of this sketch. An in
timacy sprung up between tutor and
pupii. .and the family of the unfortunate
girl tried every method of persuasion to
prevent it: but the tie was too strong.
The girl loved the professor tenderly and
devotedly, and a separation could not
he effected without breaking her heart.
The marriage e remony was per
formed amid many misgivings of the
girl's mother. Tic bride was only six
teen years old, and her troubles Is'gan
before the honeymoon xv.-us over. Her
husband soon undeceived her as to his
identity, and told her he ioie a different
name from that under which they were
joined, and that his true name | was r
matter of no consequence either to hen
or himself. For the present they would
go by the name of Hick. His business
was precarious and changeable. Music
was a passion or an accomplishment
with him, not a profession.
In spite of these startling revelations
tli<- bride clung to her husband, and tliey
went to New York to iive. Here he got
money by robbery, forgery and all kinds
of rascality, and beat hotel-keepers and
others out of their just dues. The couple
would frequently change quarter* and
start under a new name, the poor wife
being constantly bewildered as to what
to call herself.
After a few months' residence in New
York they started upon a tour of tin
world, nnd lived a short time in various
European cities. They finally turned
up in New South Wales. The husband
having murdered a woman in cold blood,
that was thought a good place to cseapt
justice; but the villinn was arrested,
I put in prison and properly dealt with.
The young xvife was now thousandsol
miles from her dear old home among
, the verdant fields and forests of Mary
land. No old and .ried friend was neat
to guard and advise her. The fruits ol
the marriage were a broken heart and
deep misery and embarrassment. A
beautiful boy was born, which was tin
only trophy of the happy days of In i
profound love and devotion. She doe
not to this day know his real name, sine*
j bis father has sailed under so main
| aliases. The xvife being highly educated
• and accomplished, she taught music
: etc., in Australia, and got on very xvel
and made many friends.
Mr. Nevitt Steele, Mr. Archibald Stir
ling and other eitirons of Ha.timore
I hearing of her circumstances, sent hei
| means to come to her home in 1 torches
! tcr county, where she arrived recent ly
and she did not fail to visil them durinf
I her trip to Baltimore to express hei
gratefulness tor their kind-hearted gen
' erosity.
She is now but little over t went 3
I years old, and, notwithstanding hei
many hardships and worry of mind
much of her original beauty and cheer
fulness remains. Providence has beet
| good to her, and it is believed she wil
; greatly improve in spirits now that sic
is among the early associations of he
childhood and friendship.
She has obtained a divorce from he
husband and goes by her maiden name
—Baltimore Bulletin
HI ICM:It AN 4 WIICH
Tlir llirllil* 1,**,.!, 1 H*. 1.4 IM • llu.-
• L \ !I1K> .
1 •* St. I'rifrliur|{li Halo* ray In
tin* city il Tikhvin. <>n (k'Uit#r 25th.
seventeen peasant* wi re |>ui on trial
utMin tin' ti'i'iMtliun of having liurunl
aiivr a peasant Woman, Agrnphena lg
n.ttiff, fifty year* old, a* a witch. On the
preliminary in** "ligation it wan discov
ered that Agraplnna, from lor girlhood,
hail IHI II regarded an pnwi uinjj the
superhuman nowwof '' spoiling" people,
that in of inrtii tiiiii d i tie rent diseases on
the persons who displeased hiT. alni also
ol I'Unnr thou at her own will. Marry
ing a soldier, she left her native village,
/rot'lo If. ami settled in St. I'etersburg.
Iwo yeai # before h*rli ath she returned
to her nativi- place, a widow and penni
less RIU* villagers WITI* much alarmed
at to r ap|n aralo being afraid that nlo<
Would cause tin in great trouhli*. The
tmldcst, ol* perhaps tin- most cow ardly
of tlc'iii. wanted to at once nliul Up the
witch n her house, and burn lot Hut
at that time the villagers did not dare to
carry out thin plan Agranhe im wan
poor and m< kiy. and livcd chiefly upon
charity Some of the village families.
oUt ol fear of the .nupjHtned witch, Used
tonati-lvali her WinloV; while others,
enpe, iul,y the pin>r ones, had to refuse
her demalidn, and Were Wont to ascribe
to her all the caac* of sickness ami ail
the accidents that he fell thou. While
living in St I'itersburg, Agraphena
had tieeaiuc acquainted with the projw-r
--tien ol many valtiah.e medicines, and
after her return to the village the often
attended the nick, HOrnetim** with Woli
derfu. su . ■> Tliin oni\ , ontirmed the
popular belief in h> r witchcraft. Un
liappily tor herself, he neither admitted
nor denied openly thai she wan a witch;
perhaps she penerrcd to leave things
tv they were, draw ing. no doubt, a protit
from the villagers" tear.
On January, R?l>. a young woman
was suddenly taken iek and died ; then
two other Women Were prostrated by
Some kind of II rvous disease They
ci ied out that they .-re •• spoiled " by
the witch. Their parents tried to pro
pitiate Agraphetia with 'loir te-irs and
prr-sent*. But to .i.. ,-ntrvaties she sim
ply answered . " 1 did not injure them
nor can i heip them ' Then then arose
a great indignation; the men of the * ii
ißge a>' Ulh.ed and decided to shut Up
thr w itch in her house, to feed her there,
hut on no a count t•. a ,ow hi r to \ isit
any other house. This plan was to le
carried out immediately. On February
Hi a do/<*n ol tin- vii.agers went t< the
hou of Agraphma they took along
with them mu .# and | anks. Arriving
th- re they M arches! tin woman's Hunk
fore!.arm ; - a ept some via.sol medi
cine, they found nothing suspicious;
tiut to tic simp!' minded and excited
p. 1-alttS till se seemed to tie the
positive proof of witchcraft. To make
a long story short, Acraphena was shut
up tu th houc. tic thiol's and windows
were secure,y close.! vmi nai ed. and.
though tlii* had tw-er. no ti.art of the
original plan, the house was set tin tire.
The TMUM* attracted at once a crowd of
people; many expressed their gratifua
tlon. and HOIMMIV dared m interfere in
I* ha fof the victim. Among others
came th> • rother of Vgraphcna. lie
rusheil to tin dot" antl tri-d to hreak
it in. hut was not allowed to do so
"The Mir have sooitd.iet In i burn,"
crita! tin- mob. Som* of the nmn hu
mane. how, v,T. apt>n>a< lodtlie window
and -honied to th woman "t\ii
fos thy . rime, ami w.- will save th's-,"*
But site kept a!lent. To her tie-pairing
brother she answered "D-nr brother.
1 aui not guilty." tint of th. crowd
said alouti " Thert is y t time to save
the woman ; let Usito it at once, f,r we
shall sutler severely." " lkw't touch
her," said a septuagenarian ; "I answer
fot this deed with my heart." The fate
of the woman was scaled. unlmdy th re
alter tris<| to save her tin the contmrv.
some of the men helped to spread the
tire. Soon the tailing f< 11 down, and
the unhappy victim of popular super
stition perished in tin flann s The
people stayed at tilt p net tin' whole
nig t. til! tin- tire went out of it. f. <>n
th, nxt tiny the . mist a hi.- found a f- w
eh aired tHtnes. On th< trial the
peasants ninffwssl tin ir tW, hut de
nied that they hail committed a erime.
The jury found only three, the ring
leader-. guiily. Otn f those was the
oitl man ah..ve mentioned. The rest
wep' acquitted.
Capture of a Sawfish.
When riding on tin heach at t.aives.
ton. Tex. on the first ■> April last. I
notieid som. Mexican fishermen draw
ing a seine ti> shore t<> which wa at
tached a irge sawfish (/Visfi
rum). The anituni was n<it in< <> cd
within the net, hut some of the meh< *
had lieiaime engaged with the teeth ot
tile saw. and hy this attach **nt it was
drawn several hundrial feet toward the
sliore, the large th.isal tin alone show
ing nlwive the water, suggiwting that a
shark was entangled ir uie net; hut if
a shark it must have been a dead one.
for not thr least effort at wn*
made, nor even signs of life, for the ob
ject drifted in as ;ife|css as a log till it
touched the bottom; tl cn, indeed, it
made a few spasmodic efforts showing
terrific power, in which the head and
saw were thrown high into the air
antl swung around in a fearful way,
while th' tail was lashed about, show
ing that a oulinck could not have with
stood the blows.
This demonstration did not last fire
seconds, hut it ha* brought tl"' mon
ster considerably nearer tic shore and
into about one foot <>l water, where she
lay perfectly quiet The Mexicans then
cautiously approached and slipped a
noose over the tail, which was very
broad, though the body just above it
was but a few in< hes in diameter.
Win n an attempt was made to pull her
to shore she nude one more effort,
though but for an instant, when she
quickly resigned herself to her fate.
A Iter she was nearly clear of the water
eight men could not pull her more than
one foot at a time, hut she was finally
landed well up on the beach. I did not
venture near enough to measure her,
but judged her body was eleven feet,
and her saw four feet long. At the
shoulders 1 judged she was eighteen
inches broad; thence it gradually ta
pered to the tail.
The extraordinary feature was the
immobility of the animal under the oir
cumstances; she was drawn in several
hundred feet by a twine not larger than
a knitting-needle, and she suffered her
self to he dragged through the sand,
tail foremost, without the least effort
at resistance, or the least motion to
■ show that she was suffering. I would
like to know if this is usual with this
tisli when raptured?
1 learned tliat three well-grown fcetal
sawfish were found in her. — Jtolyc
Oalott, in Anuriran Naturalist.
The World's firnnarj.
Till the eomparison is made in figures,
it is not easy to appreciate how com
pletely the I'nited States overshadows
England and the rest of ilie civilised
world in its ftx>d-pr<dui'ing power.
England has '2.H'.H,(HX acres of wheat
this year, and Australia supplements
this with 9,500.000 acres. With the ex
ccplion of Canada, these two countries
contain a.l the wheat tilled hy thr
■ English-speaking race. The United
States has the rest— 33.000.000 acres and
' over. All Europe, including Russia,
■ has barely 40.000.000. at a rough csti
, mate based on the wheat production of
• the different countries. The United
i States alone has nearly as large an acre-
I age. and at the annual rate of increase
■ will soon have more. Taking the world
r over, and including all sources of supply
outsiuc of Norther# China, about whost
r 1 wheat nothing is known, the United
. i Stales probably grow one bushel ol
wheat in live.
1.41t 41, IL4HUFX AN If IIOI'NKHULU.
1% liru <1 lion In ftnno Trass.
j The question ot the time lor pruning
trees must he settled, id a greater or less
degree, by the climate and nature of the
tree, As a rule, at the South, winter
pruning, performed directly after the
fall of th. It af. is largely practiced. In
the North prunitig fwgins in many
orchards a* early as February and is
continued through the urolith* of
Match, April, tutu, in some localities,
later. 1 lardy trees th-r are which may
!*■ pruned whenever the farmers find
leisure IM-IWIV!! the dropping of the
foliage ami the *'* i ood utoiiUi of Hpl'iag.
Tru-tworthy cuitiv alt.rs advise prun
ing the peach ju*l a* the leaves la-gin to
swell, because the fruit and leaf buds
arc then icadily distinguished one from
the other.
Uf all trees the apple is most In-m-fited
by pruning the quince i- also better for
judicious cutting hack. tieneralh
speaking sweet cherry ir<** call fur
sparse pruning only. All trees arc lia
ble to injury from tlo* removal of large
branches; tins statement holds espe
cialiy true with the peach
At a meeting of the Massachusetts
Hortii ultural ts<>. iety, where the usual
diversity of opinion was expressed in a
discussion on pruning, one member ad
vocater! when large branches are to be
taken .ift, culling the under side of a
limb part way through first, Ui prevent
it from splitting down the trunk and
leax ing an ugly sear. A liquid graAiug
wa\ was also recommended for cover
ing the cut surface. The practice of
cutting the liiuh twice— the first time
altout a foot from the tree—leaving the
length specified to lie taken 't! at the
second sriwiug. was advocated at this
same meeting. The first cutting was
advised at any convenient season, and
the last one to be done in summer
The judicious pruning of fruit-trees
rest*on IM veral general principles which
should IM* thoroughly undei SUMMI. First,
the vigor of a tr.,- suhjeetsal to pruning
depends in gnat measure on the equal
distribution of sap in ai it* branches.
To accomplish this the following means
may he nut-ioyed. l'rune the I• ranches
of vigorous parts short ntid of weak
part* long. l**ave a large quantity of
fruit-buds on the strong parts and few
or none on the weak parts. Remove
from the \ig,.rous part* superfluous
shoots a* early in the season as (aissiiiie,
and from the fi*-b!e part* a* late a* may
tic, |*im h early the soft extremities of
the sh.sits on the vigorous part# and
le.ay this pr.M cs* on the feeble parts.
Anothei principle to be regarded is—
tiie sap . ts with greater force and pr
duci s more vigorous grow th on a branch
or sh.s.t pruntsi short than one pruned
log; hues the pno-tii-c ..f piuuing
ah rl when w,..i brssdMi are desired
and 'ong for fruit branches, tftfier
tiling* to IK rem. mln rsi in pruning,
whether tins Is- done to induce fruit or
to diminish if, an -first, the sa(> tend
ing always to the exiremiti< t of the
shoot* < .u-is the terminal buds to push
wish great*r rigor tlisn the laterals
• >nd. th- more tin sap is oh#tru-ted
in it* circulation the more likely it will
I K to produ. < fruit l>uil# ffurd, th*
lear o s,-r\c U> prepare tin- sap absorbed
hy tin root* for the nourishment of th<-
tree and Hie formation of hurts on the
tr. a trees, l herefore. deprived of
t!n*ir i\ s are iiahie to perish. Lastly,
when the buds of any shoot or branch
do not d< v .op previous to the age of
two years they can only be forv*d into
activitybbe; -> pruning, and in some
case*, notably tin p ach.< ven this often
fails t, bring a!out the desired result.—
V, ir )Wi
%l4ari|| * abtinflfi I•* PH
tiiu v.nilif (*( Ir finnlinjc
an hi Miuing I tetter known, this cnq. is
more i irg. i\ grown. Thegreatest diffi
culty is in pr* -s rving llieni. Decayed
cabbage, an-< * rtninly t lie worst posb
h.e loud for a I'airv cow, and the odor
and taste of the milk caused hy them ate
farmer' dis.ign < able than when tur
nip* are f. d. Tile Stl<a*< sslul k**ping of
ticm is therefore retry Import—l. A
thousand head of we .-grown cahhage*
wi furnish a full ration on< e a day for
ten cows dining at .e:it two nntntfis:
by pittin:' them, cabbage# tnav le kept
in pood order lor iwl e that length of
lime. The usual method for storing in
•ci.ars i* not s, it as that of storing
in pit* Pitting i done bv plowing
Severn! furrows *o as to scoop out a long
hollow or trench, and heap the earth
upon each side of-it. The cabbage* aiv
ilien p.-u kial, head downwards, in the
trench, aid first covered with straw,
then with earth *uffi> ienlly thick to
k<* f out the frost We have packed
them without straw, and found them
to ki* p lettcr tiian with straw, a# the
closer the packinr. *,> :> to exclude the
air more thorough,y. the better is the
condition of the cabbagee; the earth,
t,n,. *, im to have a ;.r* s. rvative i fleet;
tbc bead# iwing packed downwards, no
earth penetrates between the leavis.—
Amen .is AynrulturtM.
( In Isliiias l*tii|rllnc.
4)nc pound raisins stoned, one (>ound
currants ch ancd and dried, one pound
of I#* f suit cnopp> d fine, one pound of
br ad crumbs (stale are the best), one
pound of brown sugar; then cut in small
pic- * two ounces of lemon, orange and
citron, candied peel, h~.f a nutmeg
gtatcd, half u t-iisnoonlul of ground
ginger, one teasnoonful of mix* d--pice,
half a saltspoonftil of salt, eight eggs.
Mix all well together with your hands
except the eggs, whiclg niu*t !*• 1* aten
yo ks and whites separately, whites to
a froth with the hack of a knife if you
do not have any egg-heater. Now mix
your egg* with"the other ingredients, it
inuM !* quite quick or it will fn.l apart;
if not moist enough add one or two eggs.
Half thi quantity i* enough for a small
family. (irease your mold or b wl, fill
with the mixture, grease a plate and
put over the top wrong side up: dip
your pudding cloth into boiling water,
dredge it with flour and tie securely.
Hare a large pot of boiling water ready;
plunge your pudding in. moving it about
for a minute; always keep your pud
ding covered with water; keep a kettle
boi ing near by to replenish with; never
jcl I lie pot go off the boil, or it will
spoil your pudding. Boil six hours the
first day. and when you are ready to eat
it boil two hours more; oefore untying
the cloth plunge the pudding into cold
water, "lien vour pudding will not stiek.
Cover it with finely powdered sugar
before sending it to table.
fertiliser* for ll„,t<tr IMnnt*.
When the plant is in a had i-ondition.
it is a mistake to apply a stimulating
fertilizer. The causes of ill-health are
many, hut the most general one with
those who have had noexperienee in the
care of plant# is over-watering.
Plants, to live, must have water, there
fore the more water the licttcr, seems to
he the reason ing. and the consequence
is starved, nearly lifeless sticks in a pot
ot mud. In the majority of eases with
holding the water is one of the
things needed, and with invalids a
stimulating fertilizer is the one thing ol
ail others not needed When plants
are ina flourishing condition and making
growth, then fertilizers may he useful,
especially if the soil in the pots was
originally rather poor. Any of the
fertilizers used in the garden would
answer for plants in the house, were it
not necessary to avoid odors, and to eon
suit neatness and ease of application.
For hard-wooded, slow-growing plants,
'very fine hone —flour of hone —sold hy
seedsmen for the purpose, is perhaps
the best; a few tablespoonsfuis being
forked into the soil of the pot. For soft
wooded, quick growers, a liquid fertil
izer may he used. This may be guano,
a tablespoonful to a gallon of water;
soot two tablespoonfuls to a gallon,
or the water of ammonia (liquid harts
horn) of the drugstores, an ounce to the
gallon. Water the plants with either
of these, instead of dear water, once or
twice a week, as the condition of the
blunt requires. No invariable rule can
pe given.— American A'/ricuUurist.
TKKMB: J&2.00 a Year, in .Advance.
CUIt TilK CAIK SEX.
ruhMH MMM.
Head fringes are used to edge sleevs*.
Normandy point grows in populrj-ity.
Wedding rot** have very long Vraina
l.iiu'nck lace is coming in Vogue
again.
Door curtains have hand'(tainted val
ances of silk.
New piaid su* kings have the plaids
set diagonally.
Biat k velvet is much used for trim
ruing purpose*.
.short waists are positively coming
again, it is said .
tjuilted satin haimorals will he much
wont this winuf.
Woolen oatmeal cloths have lecn in
vented in England.
Colored flannel petticoat* are again in
vogue.
Smyrna collars and cuffs sti.) remain
fashionable for children.
Old fashioned fur tippets with long
ends are worn in Ixtndon.
flies in cashmere colors are
popular millinery ornaments.
Velvet brocades embroidered in beads
are used to make outdoor wraps.
Little rapes and kerchiefs trimmed
with fur are shown for house wear.
Lyons satin is preferred to eorffad silk
for tlie outside of fur lined circulars.
Dinner dramas are made with pointed
ItasqUrs, short on lite sides and pointed
in front.
Prune color and myrtle green is one of
the combinations tshich English dress
makers use.
, Little silver birds perched at the base
of feathers are u*cd to decorate the
hair.
Slippers with icstep straps embroid
ered in jet and in colored beads arc fash
ionable.
Soft feathers make an extremely tie
coming face trimming for a bonnet and
are much liked.
Bonnet* of bright colored satin, cov
ered with white tuutlin. are worn at the
opera in London.
Pink and blue muff* are carried with
l>ink and blue gowns, and harmony is
supposed to reign.
Litt;e silk buttons, that look like
whole pearl*, are dotted here and there
on chenille bonnet ties.
Sealskin li-U in the shape of a sou'.
w-*u*r. and with a button in the middle,
ar<* sold for young girls and children.
The white Japanese crape ties worn
by gentlemen are much liked by indie*
who are tired of musiin and lace scarfs.
They are very soft and becoming.
Miss Downing. me of the London
candidate* for school committee, is de
scribed a* a .illie woman wiili a dark
eye, a masculine lace, and a fine Mile- !
sian brogue.
Csltl and Voung l.ntlra.
Ibntamin F. Taylor, the poet, has
Written a letter to a young girl at tfi
IxiwvL.e iN. V.) araihany. in which he
tnixe* up poetry and good advice in
equal doe* most charmingly. What
Mr. Taylor says will fie.tr repetition;
* 1 call you a girl, but it i* not the
fashion any more. Tlo* girls are p*ne.
and there i nobody l* tt but young latiies.
1 like girls f***t. There usc<i to fa- a
fIH-k of Carolines in I*iwviilc, and a*
fair a flia ka ever wore mu*iin There
wa* ( aroline Collins. Casotine Xorthup,
f 'aroline Da\ an, and i v*r so many more.
There lias, Janes, Elixahi'ilis.
Marys and Paulina*. They were all
girl* and they nevi r scorned the title.
Sow they would I* i*nrri-s and NVi.i s.
l.irxir*. Mamie*. Jennies and t'ornies
ami young la-iie, witli > . i very daughter
of ttiem. le't u not end our names in
"if." I*'t U* not forget that affectation
i* the art of being a foo. according to
rule, lei us iearn t- work the wnr-;ed
(.at* of impossible pink, if we mut. but
let us learn how to make Indian padding
and a golden loaf of corn bread a* well.
I**t u* talk French if we can, hut let,us
avoid " siang "a* tn would pestilence
and famine. Pure and unrtenled Eng
lish never sound* so musically as it di**
from the unadulterate ' iip# of a genuine
girl. Let us iearn the exquisite art of
keeping young You re .d ol Roman
rules. I think I have heard Tyre, "I'ad
mor and Thebw mentioned onre or
twice, hut there i* nothing so ancient in
all this world as an old dilapidated
heart. It i# everybody's duty, especially
every girl's, to k# p young. Now. to
you and vour classmates
Hear girls. I pntv read (He Hook of Rnth,
I'hst old IOVK t<>rv lKwntit-.il • truth.
CM one who lire* in everlasting youth;
And sav with her to truth, " Forever thine *
" Thy (o4 my <,oi. and thy peopie mine"*
So sludi you keep in loring tep with thine
And lile's eet endence pravos a jwrteet
rhyme;
And when nt lust the song is done.
And level hiues the living sun,
Another dawn will sh.,s it* early fight.
And morn." though you hare said
"go*"! night."
What Bid ffarv Sajl
A lawyer is responsible for the fi',ow
ing : During the trim of one Gogecil. for
kidnaping, an incident oceurred which
created considerable fun at th<- expenw*
of wigs and counsel. A Mia Sloan was
giving eviden <, and wa* requested to
state all she kn w nl,ut a > < rtain trans
action. Witness; " I wa* in the sitting
room wjen Mary cauie in frorg the
kitchen hurriedly, and Hoczeli after
her. He caught hold of her at t'o* sit
ting-room door and said. "Mary, you
have been here long enough; otueand
go home now," Counsel: "What did
Mary sav?" Counsel for I lie prosecu
tion "Stop there! I object to that
question." Here a discussion ot nearly
two hours took place, in which four
lawyers participated, after which the
judge gave a long and serious harrangue
on the subject, and finally, in a very for
mal and (tout pons manner, stated that it
was the opinion of the court that the
qui-stion tbould he answered. The
ixxurt was crowded almost to suffoca
tion. and the m<'. inb-n## interest was
manifested at this stage of the proceed
ings. The question wa# repeated;
" What did Marv say®" and the witness
answered, simply. "She didn't say a
word.'
Why She Would Marry lllm.
The Baltimore .Vetrs says that a few
evening# ago the landlady ola tavern In
that city, a widow, sent lor a physician
to attend a man who was seriously ill-
The doctor came and found the patient,
an old sailor, rapidly sinkiug. A pre
scription was given, and a Unit two
hours afterward the doctor again called,
and perceived the vett ran past the
power of his skill, in fact, at the poll t
of death. "Well." asked the woman,
with nervous anxiety. "Is there any
hope?" " None whatever." The widow
appeared re ievod. "Send for the clergy
man, and doctor, dear, you'll be a wit
ness." "To what ?" inquired the latter,
nuzzled at the widow's conduct. "Oh!
1 want to marry him." "Marry him!"
"Yes; you see. if I marry him and he
dies. 1 snail be entitled to f.'ioo. as his
widow, from a society to which 1 be
long. Then you know he gets a pension
from the government, and I. as his
widow, xx-iII continue to draw it." The
doctor was amazed. The clergyman
came, but heing acquainted with the
circumstances, indignantly declined to
perform the ceremony, and the bereaved
on ( u lives on a " lone widdy."
A genuine Corsiean vendetta, which
had lasted a year, involved nearly a
hundred families, and caused a great
deal of bloodshed, was recently ended
by a formal treaty between the fiends of
the factions involved, which was read
to the populace at Sartenes. Tin a fair
had its origin in Corsiean politict.
NUMBER 50.
The Korr*t* of Alaska.
The (nut and island foreau of the
| south iid ut Ala*ka *m a grayish
| brownish <m>* in tin- foreground. black
in til** middle rround ana dark blur In
j the distance. The gray and brown If
i derived from lichen* that depend from
lb. bran- be* and from nwu-i liiat grow
j not only on tin* boles, but form large
I nest like ium>ki on tha horizontal j.I -
j mat** portion, of tin* main branches fifty
J or evar. a bund rid f.*t *U?* tin* * round.
It i. only wlir iiiuw and rock rival an
ch* have occurred that a bright grass
green i warn.
Landing almost sny where to take a
walk in these wood, you have first to
fight your way through airing*of hushes
tediously intrrtanglrd—rubu*. huckle
berry, dogwood, willow, rider, etc.. and
. a strange looking. woody plant a Unit six
feet high, with ijtnbcr, rope-like stews j
and a head of bro vl leaven spread out
horizontally like tlmse of a paitu. Roth
i .tem and have, are novernd with keen '
*pire, so that it i* impossible to grasp j
it anywhere without getting a multitude
of thorn, in the fit h. This U popularly .
known aa the lfnvil's club. and used by
i the Indian, to thrash wltcin*—the tnoel
diabolical thrashing in.tmmenl <on
j eeivahie. It i the truly plant that seem*
out ul ptare here. It terra*. rather, from
itn vine-like leaning atruia and head, of
ample traus.ucen, hare., to belong to
11-.e tropic*. Hack in the shady deep, of j
I : he wood, the ground is covered with a [
thick felt of inos.es Iut little roughened |
with boshes of any kind, and not a track
will you e- of bird, tn-aal or man on
thi* yellow, elastic ear pel, not evrn '
(how of the deer or bear Una inhabit j
these wood.; for on account of tlie ob-j
ctruetion* offered by fallen trunk, and a j
network ot bulging root*, tie- animal,
follow the waterway., leaving the wood,
virgin- Rut when Irom any cause they '
are traversed n<> visible track i left, any
more than if they had walked in the j
air.
From the universal distribution ot the
wood, one would be led at lir.l sight to
supj.ow that Alaska wa. an old country.
considered with r< ferenne to it* regenera
tion at the nose of the glacial period, and
that it had lawn long exposed to the dis
integrating action of piwt-glacial fon-ec.
and hail tliu. been covered with soil and
then planted with trees. Rut. on the
contrary. Aaskn is a very young coun
try. and it. forcl. an* mostly set on solid
ruck tliat had hut just emerged from be
neath the ice sheet. Tbe existence of
forests on so bare a surface is possible 1
only in a wet and t. mperate riimaU
like this As .rem as the ice leaves tin*
rock it is covered with moss, a deep,
bossy blanket of it, in which the tree
weals find lodgment, and grow and weave
their roots together into a sod. so that
one support* the other, and thus with a
li Uir anchorage here and therein fiastiml
spot* they are i*nah!ed to stand on stesp
slopes even without any soil about their
roots, or covering of any sort save the
damp mosses. On the very steepest and
smoothest declivities the whole aid ot
trees will at limes give w.y and slip
down iu a bean to the had ot tlx wail.
But on the ruin, another and i not her
growth is but t, uiuii the whole is cov
ered. One ha* only to go to the Imnk*
ot the existing glaciers to we thi* finest
work done.
(live to Alaska the climate of Califor
nia. and these evergreen islands and
shorts would be treeless, sun-beatet)
rock*.— Sm Francum bulletin.
Trade Mark*.
The growing imwHlttM to the rum
ni> rcia. world of the trade mark law,
which bas.iusl been pronounced uncon
stitutional by the I mud States supreme
eitirt. id forcibly shown by tJie steady
increase in the nutu r of tnnte mark*
yearly registered. The whok- number
i f crrtifii-ate* by the government
(rum July. I*7o. when the law went into
.•Iteration. UiNmembrr ll.of the present
year, wax 7.T7T, of which 5 (it'7 were
issued since the beginning of IffTS. a*d
jf.lSO iicfore that time. The registra
tion* incr'-a-cd froni 4# in ItCI to in
•*C4 and I.IS* in 1575. They toil off to
|sg in l*7tt. but row to I Sl# in le<. and
1.577 in IKb In November. I*7ft, Uw
Iniu-d Statif circuit court ia Wisconsin
d<i- ared the trade mark statute invalid.
Thi decision was widely published and
commentcd upon, and it was naturally
supposed that it* effect would lx- to stay
the current of application* for registra
tion until the vital question raised should
he tinaiiv settled by the supreme court of
the United State*. Notwithstanding
this circumstance. X*9 trade marks a ere
registered in the patent oflice at Wash
ington from llie beginning of IS7U to
Nuvcmlirll A question of some prac
tical importance is presented cythe in
quiry wiiethcr the government will re
turn. oris bound to return, the money
which it tias demanded and received in
the form ot fits, tor ttie registration of
trade mat ks. We do not propose to
offer an opinion as to the law on this
point, but considered as a matter of
right and justice, the question is a
toVrahly simpie on*. . In consideration
of stgs paid to it. the United States
promised to the owner of a registered
trade mark, during a period of thirty
years, the protection provided for by
iln act of Omgrtos. This statute is de
clared void, its remedies ate annihilated,
and the government wholly fails to net
form its part of the contract which it
has entered into with one of it* citigona.
Meanwhile, the owner of the trademark,
liaving tK'rfonaed his part of the agree
ment by complying with the pres ribed
regulations of the I w, is not. in fault.
The fart that lie doe* not get what he
paid for—in fact, nothing for his money
—would seem to is" sufficient reason
why he should \v entitied to have his
f-c re* anted to him. l"pwari of twenty
one thousand dollars ha* been paid to
the government during the present yeai
hy theownrrsof trade marks, and nearly
two hundred thousand dollars since the
law went into operation.— l\tk;>ur<jh
Fretting Chronicft
The Sea S>rpent Once More.
Sorur of the crew of Life-Saving Sta
tion No. I. while patroling the beach
near the station at three o'clock in the
afternoon, saw a commotion in the
water at about 400 yards distance from
lite shore, which was at tirst thought
to be caused by a school of porpoises.
A minute later, a monstrous black form
arose out of the foaming water. The
men had been reading an account of a
whale seen the day previous by Cant.
Al. Foster and the passenger* in the
stcvunltout William Fletcher, between
Sandy Hook and Rocksw .y, eight or
nine miles southeast of the Highlands,
and connecting this in their minds with
tuo monster that vnu lashing the water
Into snray off shore, some of them
hurried to the station to call their com
rades. while others leveled a pair of
strong field glasses at the creature.
Then they saw, the men say. that al
though it was black, like Capt. Al. Fos
ter's fish-scaring whale, yt't it was not a
whale at all. hut a serpent-like monster,
three hundred feet long. Those who
looked through the glasses aver that
they eould plainly see the creature's
Iliad when it was lifted above the water,
and that It looked bigger than a hogs
head. It had an enormous mouth, and
shining black eyes as big as saucers.
Portions of the long, dark-colored, and
rounded body they saw rising anil sink
ing in the water as the monster leisurely
worked its way toward the south with
sinuous snake-like motions. At times,
the men sy ; the creature threw its tail
out of the water. The tail seemed to be
shaped somewhat like that of an eel.
The mooster was seen by all the mem
bers of the crew, who ran along the
beach and kept it in view as long as
possible. It tinally disappeared m a
southerly direction, going toward Long
Branch. It kept a distance of about
I,'JOOfeet from the shore, increasing its
speed a little while before it was lost
sight of.— New York Sun.
ITEMS OP iSTCREST.
" The teeth of time" are not false
teeth.— Yonbtrn flwttt*.
England imports f I 0,000. worth of
lard annually, chiefly f*om the United
States.
A hoy sixteen years of age lately
banged himself at Liverpool Kenvuas
somebody had " found fault with him.'
The people of the United Slatea own
property in the District of Columbia to
the amount of about $i5.000,0r0.
There i a "oiored woman In Mont
gomery county, Da., who has hiwsw
! the mother of seven children in sixteen
: months.
n toe opening o] tne present renter?
' our cities numbtred one-twenty-tifth of
; our population: now they compt lae ot o
f fifth of our population.
It is n remarkable fact that in the six
! utnth oentury there wi re h.000.n00 o
l pie in Siberia; now there are but 4.0nr,-
00#. Ihourb there I* an influx of 190,010
convicts annually.
fimari Is the mad fi st teats to data;
And tbnoasnais watV tagrtfcer the**;
Prompt p*> nouii it nil* a MOD* nit,
Willi kern and thai* * fMisaafttar.
—TwSWft Graphic.
A mother who has guided and molded
. the lives oi a family ol children, an that
they enmo Ui an honewt, virtuous. Chris
tian in an Ikm *1 and womanhood, hssdnne
; a work that any woman may be proud
of.
1 The shrinkii.* of the water in Tuiarr
l*ake, Cad-, has turorofel a pre
i historic sett I* mint, stone buildings.
traces of canals once 1 ordered with
I planted trees, and other evidences of
occupation hy an unknown race, being
clearly defined as tlx water subsides
Tlie blood of slaughtered domestic
I annual* is uwd in Frame to clarify
wine; and fully six thousand tons of
dried blood are said to fx annually used
for purpose* of dyeing, ami for use* per
taining to the art of coloring printers
nk.
A young maiftwmed Ridley. living six
miles south of Pairti* Id, Clay county,
S'eb . was aecidru.aliy poisoned by his
mother. The young man hail ixen sick
for sou* time, and his mother adminis
tered a dose of epsont salts, a# she sup
posed, but which proved to be oxaite
arid. II- lived just twenty minutes
alter swallowing tlx fatal do*r
Her Age.
There Is a good deal of amusement in
tlie following tabic of figure* It will
enable you to tell how o.d tlx young
kadie. are. Ju*t hand thi* table to a
young lady, and request hr to tell in
whieti column or columns her age is
contained; aid togrtlnr tlx tigttria at
tlx top of tlx columns in which tier age
is to He found, and you have the great
2t*t. Thus. uppo*e her age b x
seventeen, you find that nuuile-r in tlx
first and fifth columns; add the firt
figures of these two columns. llwis
the magic table;
18 4 ft if, 38
3 3 5 U J7 33
S 6 ft 10 D 34
77 7 II l 35
V 10 18 19 *> 36
II II 13 13 91 37
13 14 14 14 98 3ti
15 15 15 IS 93 3
17 l 5 24 84 40
19 19 91 85 85 41
21 22 39 99 96 42
23 23 23 27 97 43
9 ff 6 8 44
87 27 89 92 29 45
96 39 30 30 39 96
31 31 3t 31 31 47
33 34 3ft 40 4* 48
35 35 37 41 49 49
37 > 3H 18 5#
39 39 39 43 51 51
It 42 44 44 52 52
43 43 45 45 53 53
45 4 4 4 54 54
47 47 47 17 55 55
49 50 58 sft 51 sft
51 51 53 57 57 57
53 51 54 sft sft 58
55 55 55 59 59 52
57 5H 0 0 < <W
59 5 l l 61 ,
| m 82 fW ft* *8
3 Kt 63 ti.l C
iniegritjr ami
It is * misfortune u be poor, but not
a crime—unless one keeps up appear
ance* at 'lo* expense of other*, contract
ing debut he cannot pay. borrowing
money be cannot return, etc. This try
ing U> went what we are not baa fe
rtatt tle bane of society, and. like wfiat
in called mimicrv wmmg inoi*. pro
duct* a nondescript race eery difficult
to define or assign to ita proper plane in
Ute order to which it evidently belong*.
Of eouiw. we are not adrwaorg iw
eapo-orv of a man'* business :iff.r* to
everybody witb whom he come* into
ha*inc* or fiieudly relation*; but we
do bold tliat be IJW no right to pretend
to be better off in worldly rood* than
In' is in fact; for to to so t* a deception
which * but another nante for disbon
(-*ty. By *irK-t economy, and alepti >n
of a manner ©1 living suitable to our
mean*, the pressure <d |>overiy may be
r<moved in time. To be sure.. is bard
to deny one's self iuvune* of life, and
resolutely tmn from aU expensive j.icaa
ures. But it|mu*t Iw done tf wealth i
to be rained. There is a pleasure in
self-denial tliat a majority of people
never experienced, and it cutn * in most
gloriously. and is extremely satisfactory
to the one practicing it. can
say. •" I owe no ntnn anything." and at
lite same time has a hundred dollars in
hi* pocket; but, wanting some article
costing two. he refuses to |*vhae until,
Uirough self-denial, tiie other hundred is
obtained It r>"<juircs some courage to
adopt such a system ot living .and deal
ing. but it ha* this as a rereomraenda
tion—it is perfectly safe and honorable,
and deorives BO one-
A Crnel Daughter.
The strange mfflitut of a Cwmi
Citv banker and his unftlial daughter it
told by the New (hriean* Uttru^rnt
Twenty sear* ago the Iwnker owned the
most substantial lianking it si i tut ion in
New Orleans, and his wealth founded
Ixntisiana's principal nilrod. He was
prominent in the legislature and city
council, patronised the fine art*, and
was foremost in all the Schemes of local
and stab-enterprise. Hut he established
the Havana ga* works, taking the
husband of Queen Christiana of Spain as
hi* partner, and the stock became so
valued as a m*an* of revenue that the
queen invited llie rich hankm and his
daughter, then in Europe, to Madrid.
A match was latched for the young
woman with one of Spain's pi*r grand
ee*. and after the brilliant Wedding, the
father hurried home to "uild a pamee
lor hi* daughter and her husband. But
enormous losses and depreciation of
stocks ha.l seriously emlwmawd the
hanker in lit* absence, and he manfuiiy
set at work to satisfy his en-doors and
save the wreckage of his foitune. Hie
daughter, however, hastened to New
Orleans and in-is ted that r claim on
th estate, a* h*r mother's heir, should
i>e immediately satisfied. She became
her father'* most unrelenting creditor,
and. placing her cinim in a lawyers
hand*, forced her father to make a hrge
sacrifice of securities and sell hi* elegant
home, which is now occupied hy the
wealthiest eitiaen ofNew Or:e.m*. The
daughter t>ok her money to Madrid,
where tlic Spanish grandee soon squan
dered it, after which she returned to the
United States in straightened circum
stances. and has sinoe lived in gloomy
retirement. Tl father settled up his
affairs and went into hush <* at the
North, where lie has regained a high
standing in the financial world.
Wen tii of the ilonaparles.
The first Napoleon endowed all his
family splendidly, an the master of Ku
rope might have been expected to do.-
The re ords of St. Helena show that a
sum variously estimated at from •B©,-
000,000 to •100.000,000 was at the com
mand of tin' exiled emperor in Amster
dam, Frankfort and lamdon. Notwith
standing the idle stories which have
been current for years as u> the pecu
niary emlMirrassnientsoi Napoleon 111-,
before he became rulro France, it is
absolutely certain that at the death of
his fslher, the ex-King of Holland, at
leghorn, in 1810, be inherited a very
hnndsotno property. He had always en
joyed, too, a liberal allowance froin his
father, excepting for n time after the
affair of Strasburg, of wltich the ix
king entlr-lv disapproved Joseph
Bon 'parte died immensely rich, as did
Luc Lei: also, and Jerome was wealthy,
not only through the liberality of his
brother, but in the right of his wife, a
Pi incess of Wurtemberg. The fortunes
of the Bonapartes came by the scepter
and the sword, like a good many oilier
fortunes.