» - THE BROOKLET. By A. Asamux KeLLy. Brooklet! wandering tothe river, Singing low and sweet as ever, Past the ferns and drooping grasses, Sunny slopes and rocky passes, What the song thou’ rtsinging ever, “Wandering to the distant river? Flowing on and on forever, Seeking still the distant river, What the song thou'rt always trill All t ir with gladness filling? ‘hat the song thou'rt singing ever, cing still the distant river? ing. Dream you summer lingers ever, “Twixt vour flow and distant river? Pream vou that the pretty flow'rs er will court these sunny hours? Brooklet! careless, laughing rover, Soon the summer will be over! "When the earth in coldness slumbers Then will cease your happy numbers, When the Ice Ring, _.s and hoary, Snreads his frosty mantle o'er thee, Then tl It cease thy joyous numbers, Brooklet ! when the cold earth slumbers! Sing thy SOng ns gay as aver, t distant river +s here, why should we borrow Winter's chilling sorrow! | £ let's not destroy it t—let's then enjoy it! s her sm AA Letter from ltaly. BELLA.’ — ITS MANI- NATURE AND SANTA ANNA, LA FOLD BEAUTIES ART—THE FETE OF ** FIRENZE OF RENCE, “Firenze la Bella,’ | July 26, 1883. ) I wished to write to you long before, and made the effort ; but my poor eyes, much tried by dazzling Italian sunlight, and without rest in this true ‘‘city of flowers and flower of cities’'—s0 replete it is with every sort of beauty to fas- cinate and delight them—were not suf- ficient for the task. Thou it would be impossible to become thoroughly acquainted with Florence in so short a time, yet I have seen more of the beauty and inexhausti- ble richness of human art (which at- tained its fulness here, its high-tide mark which appears unattainable again), than ng I had jpreviously seen could have led me to dream of. The richness in coloring and uncon- scious grace in form and attitude which distinguish the paintings of Ghirlandio, Massaci , and Lippi, and their follow- ers of the old Florentine school; the heaven-sent glory of purity and true devotion which Fra Angelico's paintings the effect of the prayers and yisions by which they must have been yr Va +h gh anvthi anythi give inspired ; the traces and remembrances of the master spirit of Michael Angelo which still seem to linger round the honored eity which he cherished with so deep a patriotism ; the stern simplic- he grandeur, and the all-pervading, jingly unconscious, grace of all its buildings, endorsed with the di- ft of taste, and so free from stentations, and wearisome of ornament, uthern bre 001 Wille public | vinest the heaping uj with in italy : ti fertile hills winding streams of the Amo wonder f Ponte Vecchio, among br which di from any in their remote windings close up to the far looming Apeunines; the eternal beauties of nature—mother and mis tress of art—which afford their inspi- ration and rest everywhere around the city ; and also the fairy gardensand ave- nues where nature herself hasbeen given idle, so often met i-Oriental of most it; the {with its and sem e tiful crown encircles unique iges) vide it, and elight distance are seen £2 form by art : these are among the thou- sand delights which Florence has given me to eniov. Besides thie Uffizi and Pitti galleries, with their far most precious of all lections of the jewels of painting, I have been to the suppressed convent of &t. Mark, where each of the numerous cells has its fresco from the hand of Fra Angelico, or one of his worthy pupils. Quite half of them are from his own hand, and besides these there are three or four of his paintings, and in the chapter-house his splendid great master fresco of the Crucifix I saw his room. that of San Antonio who preached to the fishes (** O surdis pou piscibus,”’ many preachers since) and that of the martyr Savonarola, with many relies of him, including the crucifix, painted by Beato Angelico, which he used to hold up in his hand when he walked in the street, Of far fess interest there is too the room where Cosmo, ** padre della & uncle of Lorenzo the Magnificent), used 20 live. In still another hall there is an admirable fresco of the Last Supper, by Ghirlandaio. But at this rate "my 1'st will never end, with its marvellous doors, which I pass every day and rarely without ste pping to discover new beauties of design and workmanship ; Santa Croce, with the col- ion 105k, patrul " +0, Machiavelli, Alfieri; Sta. Maria Novella, Michael Angelo’'s favorite; Santo Spirito; la Sautissima Annunzi- ata: the Carmine, Badia, or San Mi. <chele,and nine other ancient churches— ,many of them fit shrines for the glorions master-pieces of the dawn of modern .art—the suburban basilicas of San Mi- niato and Fiesoli, as well as a Roman amphitheatre at the last place ; the Palazzo Vecchio ; the Buonoroto Gal- Aery, placed in the house inhabited by a ————— ee wo—_ A —— Th —— jects of the greatest interest ; the Mer- cato Vecchio, with its statue of Plenty ; and hundreds of places and buildings, associations, must be added to my list among them the Loggie of Orcagna, of the Bargello, and of the Mercato Nu- ovo, and the dwellings of Dante, of Machiavelli, and the countless Floren- tine great, Yesterday was the féte of Santa Anna. and the anniversary of the ex- pulsion of the tyrant Duke of Athens, and. accordingly, for the five hundred and fortieth time the flags of the city companies were hung around the small but beautifully adorned church of Or San Michele, above the niches, each adorned with the grand works of G an di Bologna, Ghiberti and Donatello, at the expense of the different guilds, and surrounded by the arms of the company which erected it. The interior of the church was all strewn with orange leaves, giving forth a very pleasant odor : and Florentine patricians were constantly entering to pay their devo- tions. Pa — Bryn Mawr, HOME NEWS ol A Floral. Th e Season of Lilles. It is now the season of lilies. Wesee them everywhere from the car windows as we whirl through the country. Like a flame they appear in swamps and meadows. To perfect their glorious color the full heat of summer is re- quired. They come with the golden daisies, the St. Johnswort, the yellow- topped aster, the evening primroses and other glowing tints of July. The first of these lilies to appear is the smaller orange species, with flower erect, like some precious cup of holy grail. It ie the Philadelphian lily of botanists, and grows in dry or sandy soil ; for that matter, it is quite various in babit. The perianth is spotted within with pur- plish dots, and the whole height of the plant is from two to three feet, Ere this passes out of flower we will find in wet meadows the yellow, or Canadian, lily, There are from one to several flowers to a plant, all of these gracefully nodding, and spotted with brown. Again, still later, comes the Turk's-cap lily, Lilium superlum, perhaps the finest The flowers are umerous, and the plant may be six or eight feet in height. These plants are a magnificent sight in their native lccation, and may easily be made to grow in gardens. They have the sepals or divisions of the flower strongly curled backward or revolute, of our wild species. often n The flower is a yellower orange than the tiger lily of the florists, and is spotted with purple within. It is, perhaps, unnecessary tosay that the pond lilies, which gladden our city streets in summer, not true lilies, The family Ny , indeed, are quite relationship, finding their nearest aliles in magnolias, butter- like. They attain their highest expression in the famous Vie- Jie of which, are mnhoraceo remote in cups and the of the Amazon , the leaves floating on the water, will support a child, It was from ex- traordinary veining of these great leaves that Paxton is said to have derived his plan for constructing the roof of the Crystal Palace in Sydenbam. tor (13 the All the rafters, so to speak, are cu- riously buttressed and supported, giving the greatest strength with the least material. The flowers of the Victoria are among the most superb of natural objects ; they are magnified and tran- scendant pond-lilies, With all their beauty, however, we doubt if they can excel our own lovely and sweet-scented flower, The objects wild lillies, like many natural notably sea-shells and marine life of all sets), lose much of their beauty in the prosaic environment of our homes, 1 hey ure ** lilies of the field,’ and there we must £o to see them. Rose 'nsects. Monthly states that a good 1ermedy the which infest the syringe both surfaces with a solution of whale oil soap, using one pound of the soap to one gallon of water. Another remedy is kerosene mixed with an equal quantity of milk, a spoonful of the mixture being then stirred in a gallon of water, Vick's for rose, insects is to Caution if used too freely. It is advised to mix a few drops in soap suds made from goft soap and try its strength on weeds, Scab on Sheep. The only method of ridding the dis- | eased sheep of the scab is to dip them I into a liquid which will penetrate and | soften the scabby portions, and even | then it is of ten necessary to rub these | places with something rough to open | the scabs and let the liquid take effect, | A sheep dip made of one ounce of sul- phur and four ounces of tobacco to a gallon of water has been found very ef- fective, In the water, which should be at the boiling point, steep tobacco stems or leaves, and add the sulphur later; then allow the liquid to cool down, when the sheep may be immersed. Standard Jersey Bulls. The publication of records of tests under which Jersey cows have produced fourteen pounds or more ef butter in seven days has resulted, by common con- sent, in the adoption of a new standard by which butter-producing cattle will be hereafter judged. The production of fourteen pounds or more in a week has been quite generally accepted by breeders as being enough to entitle a cow to rank as a standard animal, but it was not so easy to decide upon a scale which should entitle a bull to a place in the list of standard sires. Some months ago a scale was pub- lished under which any registered Jer- sey bull would be standard, *‘the but- ter tests of whose dam and sire’s dam average at least fourteen pounds of butter in seven days.’”’ Asthis require- ment ruled out most of the best bulls, it failed to meet the approval of Jersey breeders. Such famous bulls as Ferlin- nalti, Imported Tormentor, Sweepstakes ineligible under the rule mentioned. For a list of standard sires Jersey Butter-Test ing rules have been proposed. in he will be a sure producer of such cows To be eligible for entry in any one of the classes proposed a bull must be : First—Sire of at least two standard cows out of different dams. Second—Son of a standard cow, and bull. Third--Son of a standard bull and bull, Fourth—Son of a standard bull and a standard cow, one will have given proof of power t qualities, two classes the bull must prove one or either of his parents, provides for young bulls which A bull must be at lefore he can have given of his right to place in either of the first three classes, — Thoroughbred Stock Jowr- nal, Phila, evidence ——— Mormons Balked of Their Prey. United States Troops Protecting Women from Forcible Deg- radation. In the spring of 1854 a party wus or- ganized at Salt Lake City for the pur- pose of crossing the plains to California, a majority of its members being newly enlisted recruits for the army, designed to fill up a number of depleted com- mands on the coast, It was at a time when the Mormons were unusually averse to the presence of Gentiles in their midst, and during the winter months, which the party spent in Salt Lake City, many disturbances had oc- curred and bitter fueds had been engen- dered betwebn the Mormon residents and the gradually increasing party. So serious indeed had the situation become that on one occasion early in the spring the Mormons violently assaulted a de- tached portion of the command and seriously wounded several members of the party, necessitating the comnmander, Colonel Steptoe, to place the men under arms and station double guards con- stantly about their barracks to prevent their being surprised and possibly mas- sacred. When the snow cleared in the spring the party moved upon the banks of Beaver river to fatten up their stock and prepare for the wearisome and tedious journey to be taken across the plains and mountains to the Golden State. Their leaving the city did not serve to lessen the hatred of the Mor- mons, however, and the party still found themselves submitted to every class of indignity and forced to conduct themselves most circumspectly to avoid serious trouble. In the midst of all this bad feeling a Mormon woman came to the camp accompanied by her daugh- ter, a voung woman almost grown. She was admitted into the presence of General Ingalls, then a captain, and Colonel Steptoe, commander of the party, being absent for some reason, her conference was held with him, Her story was one calculated to inspire sympathy in the heart of almost any one, and Captain Ingalls, without any further questions of hesitancy, guaran- teed her the desired protection. She had married a Mormon gentleman in the States and had not long been a resi- dent of Utah, Her husband was not a polygamist, however, and their married life had been a happy one. About a year previous he had died and lately the leaders of the church had been | making persistent efforts to induce her to marry another man, one already pos- ses-ed of a sufficient number of wives Her daughter had also been ijmpor- tuned to marry, to which both had en- tered objection. The persistent efforts of the Mormons to force them to do as they dictated were akin to persecution, and the mother and daughter deter- mined upon flight us their only means of immunity from further persecutions, Captain Ingalls was fully aware of the consequences of his action, but deter- mined toafford them a safe conduct to California, and accordingly provided quarters for them. Just before the train was to start on its journey Westward, the Mormons learned that two women, whose disap- pearance had created quite a commo- tion, and for whom search had been in- stituted in every quarter, were with the accursed Gentiles, who proposed to Accordingly a large party of their *‘ minute men,” armed to the teeth and fully equipped, and headed by no less a personage than Brigham Young himself, was hastily summoned and marched to the camp on the Dear The Mormons outnumbered ve 10 one, and were fully armed plined. and well discl- Only a few of the Gentile party them being civilians on their way across the had suitable arms, a majority of continent, and the troops were perfect- The little party was surrounded and every preparation made for a fight, but they showed no symptoms of weakening. All could be avoided by surrendering the women, but this would not do. Brigham Young went to them-—— Ingalls did the When the Mormon apostle made his demand for ly raw, new recruits. trouble the officer talking. the surrender of the women the young officer stoutly refused to give them up. “You may this out of existence,” said can’t have these women. them protection, You wipe little command he, *‘but you I have prom- and they shall rot force sufficient r force than ours but you will have the | ised have it. have § pited States to Lhe Whenever you are ready to com- 1 The and whip before you are through with t 100, menc operations, open ure men were ordered into line, the Mormon escort withdrew with Brigham t of their force, 1 tation the o the main body eY hel i and concluded And he the party consi d a let Ingalls take did, too. ed for fornia safely. WOoInen., Yat ar AER A day or the start the West, and reached Cali- They were bothered and bedeviled in every imaginable way by the Mormons until they were across the Sierras, but they were never molested by an armed force. To make complete whatever romance there may be about the incident, it can be added that, after the arrival of the party at San Francisco, the younger of the two women married to a young man who belonged to the party. Was — -- How to Save One's Self From Drowning. W. H. Pottinger, of Hamilton, Onta- rio, Can., an experienced swimmer, fur- nishes the following few remarks upon the vital importance of knowing how to keep one's self afloat when suddenly immersed in deep water: “When you find yourself in deep water you will sink first a few feet down, but if you do not struggle you will eome quickly to the surface again, which on reaching immediately draw a full breath, throw your head back, and this will have the effect of placing you in a recumbent position on the surface of the water. Now, this is a most critical time for those who don’t know what to do next, Extend your arms at once on a level with your shoulders, palms of hands downward, so that the water cannot penetrate them, and begin gently pad- dling the water with the movement of the hands frem the wrist only. Extend your legs quietly and slowly in a line with your body. If you raise your arms or your legs above the surface of the water you will sink, but if you have the presence of mind not to do so, or struggle about, you will never sink so long us you keep paddling gently, with- out exertion, with your hands, and so you may float on until you are picked up er until you are nuifibed by cold.” ol MM ls A A WILLIAM STarvorDd, who is ranked as one of the leading tragedians of the country, is claimed to have this season one of the finest companies ever seen in tragedy. The costumes, recently im- ported from Paris, are very elaborate and are exciting a great amount of curiosity in New York city, where they are now upon exhibition in the windows of a prominent store upon Broadway. ————— A ——— —W. H. Vanderbilt has tipped the college students who are serving as walters at the Glen House in the White mountains very heavily, During his residence in the hotel he was pleased with the reliant spirit and gentlemanly conduct of the student waiters, and when he left on Monday last he gave the proprietor $3000 to be distributed among the young men, A Vermont Boy and a Bear, Thomas Larnard, of Somerset, set a trap for a black bear. One day trap and found the bear had Leen there it and departed. Evidently he had his foot in it. The youngster was delighted ing help, 80, cutting a club with his jack- bruin sitting on his haunches, with one of his legs almost cut off by the trap he had been drawing, bear could be, the with dodging dives, and as ugly as a But the boy went for skillfully and hitting it at Finally, when the stunned, he closed animal its every opportunity, bear was partially with its ear, and then cut boy his club, it ii, its wind pipe. Ti hurt and he 3 neighbors she was not at all in counter, Can't see any why hi wuld think he has done anything remarkable, — The Cholera P There is no brutality like anic. of that the panic-struck. etta from cholera exceeded 100 drawn around the wretched town, with orders to shoot any one found leaving it. Consequently every one is afraid to enter the place, which bas become a fetid prison, and there are neither suf- ficient doctors, guardians of order, nor medical comforts, The people die or live uncared for, relatives are divided, business stopped and for all any one i's ” knows the At bribe the pol inhabitants may | we SLArving. the same time, any one who can ice gets through, so that, if cholera were contagious, it would be conveyed in spite of the cruel restric- tions. It is believed that the outbreak, in the main. is local; and Lord Granville ni read an of 1 from Sir William Gull, for era sys doy AUR hha 3 4 ’ 14 1 . stating that he saw little ground Ld alarm, as severe epidemics of ch were small JL breaks spring. All ranean have j us winter and states of the Mediter- *h0 Lait iline rues, and the French and Italian papers in- » cholera came fro ville true, might be so, the great quite free of Indian cities never being cholera cases — The Safety Pin--!ts Antiquity. "Pattee § Taking i a atartire a starting ij which tl he common ‘‘safety pin’ as int 1} aris $v nt, Lhe Various types " into its fall are classified and thor Not a single part of the simple, je exemplitied study . ughly in this little though not primitive, instrument but has suffered strange Now 1 catch into a disk or diamond-shaped plate, some metamor- phosis, he is flattened now lengthened into a tube, now knob- the bow lengthened, squared, rounded, decked with studs, bed and put back to the bow | is alternately shortened, grain-work, braces, rings, plates, amber beads, figures of men, ments | bled, birds and beasts and tricked with hanging orna- while the spring is found dou- multiplied into coils, changed into solid roll, or hinge, or magnified into gigantic proportions in relation to the other part of the brooch. The Ital- fan groups, with either simple or two- springed bow, me very distinct ; the Hungaro-Scandipavian examples are marked by their spiral catch and co} spring ;: the Greeks characteristically seized on the spring as the feature of the fibula, and curled the wire into two spirals, from the centres of which catch and pin spring. The history of the fibula can be traced for some 2000 years starting from its first appearance about ten centuries before Christ, oF AIA AI - Killed by Lightning, The GChastly Discovery Made by a Texas Ranchman in a Lonely Spot. A letter to the Galveston (Texas) News from Lampasas, says : A carriage containing the skeletons of three adults and two children, sitting bolt upright under a large tree, has been found near a road in Llano county. The tree was shattered by lightning. It is supposed the occupants sought shelter under the tree and the carriage was struck, the bolt killing the inmates and the horses, The weather-beaten appearance of, the carriage and its trimmings indicate that the event happened a year or two ago. In & small trunk was a letter address ed to “James G, Chamberlain, London, Eng.” The remains were found by a ranchman driving cattle, and the dis- covery was reported at once to the authorities. The parties are supposed to have been tourists, The spot where they were found is very secluded and | far from any habitation. | The So-called “Weaker Vessels.” In France women live an average of A Chicago wholesale cloak house ad- ' vertised for a “female model with a rty-six inch bust,” offering $5 a week, | There were twenty-five applicants in Mlle. Piccolo, a Parisian actress, up a tree, until the police arrived. California, sold her ticket for half price, pet dog with her in the car. In modern Egypt a young man is not marriage, As a consequence not infre- quently soon after marriage he makes up his mind that he never wants 1o see One ensrgetic woman did the work Ind, ich She into the saloon in wh her a p in lieu of a club, and smashed { i i i i i i Mary Bullock got a ridiculously heavy whose railroad she was slightly burt. jut a new trial has been granted on she and her sisters, who ap- peared as her witnesses, were 80 beau- tiful that their charms of person had deprived the jury of common sense. The Poetry Of Women's Rights: The right The right The The ri; The righ others sleep weep, waich while O er others woes U to succor in distress, when others curse $0 bless, y love when others scors to comfort all who mourn to shed new joys on earth i for] the soul nign w yrih, lead the soul to Go s path her Saviour trod ys woman's rights G crown her champion with success bleed ni WwW | Qa Types of Women.—A London paper Engl women of ish claims that young stronger than their other European United States, in country, or | Well any com peers +} wie n bred American type of loveliness; French ladies are the best dressed in the world ; the youthful frauleins of Germany have the finest heads of hair ; girls the brightest eve to be found anywhere; 3 ) t L 0 the Spanish and i enice and Florence may be iis day, direct descendants of old world blonde beauties still fresh and fair upon the canvas of Ti- tian. those When, however, all is said that the foreigner demands, young English ladies remain stouter of limb, clearer of complexion, and alto- gether more hearty than others else- where, courtesy to Plain food, sound sleep, and suitable clothing, exercise in the open air, and the plentiful application of soap and water, are the hygienic open secrets for the preservation of health in the human being ;: and the use of those aids, helped by a climate favorable to physical development and personal have made young English women what they are at their best. beauty, A Jottings. Tie hay crop was a heavy one. THE oats crep is a very bountiful one. Tur wheat crop will hardly equal the late estimates, Tix has been discovered in the Blue tidge, Virginia, between Amberst and Rockbridge counties, Tur amount of railroad dividends paid in this country in 1882 was $102,- 031,434, an increase over 1881 of $9,687, - 244. A rarTY of Philadelphians spent their midsummer vacation walking from New York City to Saratoga via the Catskills, Tue gross earnings of all the railroads in 1882 were: $770.256.716 ($67,066,- 511 more than 1881) ; of the same $202, - 140,775 were received from Passengers | £506, 367,247 from freights. and $61,848, - 734 from miscellaneous sources. Tir Record says: “If half the care were taken to keep smuggled opium out of the country that is used to keep a few dozen Chinamen out, the health and morals of the people would be im- proved.”’ Right, friend Record— a good point made, too, Tur Arapahoes at Fort Washakie, Wyoming territory, presented President Arthur a very handsome pony for his little daughter, and moccasins and leggins for the members of his party. The president thanked and congratu- lated them on their fine appearance. He was replied to in English, by one of their number who had been educated at the Carlisle school. A ——- ——— A collector once wrote to General Sherman for his autograph and a lock of his hair, and received the following reply : “The man who has been writing my autographs has been discharged, and as my orderly is bald, 1 cannot comply with either of your requests.”
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