FOR THE FAIR SEX.
Parisian Marrte.
The Parisian, an American paper
published in Paris, says: Our lady
readers will perhaps be interested to
know how a grand marriage is arranged
at Paris. Tlie preliminaries are gener
ally arranged between tlie two families
with the help of tlie notaries; less often
the marriage is more romantic and
springs purely from love, in which case
tiie traditional steps of courtship and
marriage arc much modified. Suppos
ing, however, that a marriage has been
recognized ns advisable between tlie two
families tlie first thing to do is to ar
range an interview between tlie young
oiks. For this purpose some neutral
ground is generally chosen—a reception
at a friend's house, a concert, a ball and
the theaters. Tlie opera is preferred by
the world of fashion; the opera comique
is popular witli the bourgeoisc and tlie *
provincials. The young man sits in tho
orchestra and the young girl dressed in
her best, is placed in front of a box.
Between the acts tlie young man pays a
visit to the box and is presented. Tlie
next day he pays a visit to the father 1
and makes a formal demand of the
young lady's hand. If it is accepted, lie
begins to pay court to the young girl.
Everyday, at this stage of proceedings, 1
the young man is admitted to the house
of his future wife as if he were one of
the family.
He is called by his Christian name.
The day after tlie " accord ailtes," or his
acceptation by tlie family, fir presents
his future wife witli a ring, Always the 1
same one pearl or two pearls mounted i
with twe diamonds. You may see
these rings by tlie score in the jewelers'
shops. Every day, too, he sends abou- i
quet of flowers. Nowadays these i
bouquets are splendid and cost a small
fortune, for it is the custom to envelop i
them with lace,which is sometimes re
placed by watered ribbon, on which the 1
name of the young girl is embroidered.
In aristocratic families the first person
to whom tiie marriage is announced is
the pope, who sends his benediction by
telegraph, on the day of tlie ceremony
at the church. The mother, accom- 1
panied by her daughter, visits her i
friends in order to inform them of the
happy news. In Madam de Sevigne's
days a young girl's wedding trousseau i
contained only three dresses. In the i
year of grace, 1880, a wedding trousseau
in high life is a very grand affair, ami
comprises twelve dresses, all made ui>
with stockings, shoes, sun shades and
hats to match. The trousseau, together
with the linen, is worth from 20,000 to
60,000 francs In the trousseau of the
Princess Isabella de Groy, tlie wife of
the Archduke Frederick of Austria, all
the linen is counted by the gross. There
ire twelve dozens of everything.
he Head Dreee That Kan hi on I'reeerlbeß,
Hats for the seaside and country gen
rally, snys a New York paper, have
vide drooping brims which may be
arranged to suit the taste of the wearer,
either drooping all around, turned up
at one side or the other, or at the back
only. Ribbon, flowers, silk, puize and
foliage are the principal garnitures, for
feathers do not retain ttieir graceful
from and flexibility long if exposed to
the sea air. A beautiful Dunstable
white straw hat for a young lady lias a
wide rolled brim in front, but drooping
at the back; the crown is encircled with
a silk gauze scarf, dotted with gold, and
three handsome white ostrich feathers
are arranged in a graceful grotip be
tweifc the crown and the brim in front.
The'nside of the brim is faced with a
white silk filet, and the hat is to be
worn off the brow. A riding hat for a
young lady just in her teens is an im
ported black Derby, witli a dark green
cocque plume at tlie left side. Tlie rid
ing liahit is of black cloth, with black
buttons closing tlie basque to the throat,
white linen collar just peeping above
the straight cloth hand and dark green
gauntlets matching the plume. Ladies'
riding hats are of the glossy dark silk
seen in gentlemen's, ami oniv vary from
these latter in being a shade lower in
the crown and having a quilted silk
lining with a pad over the brow. Rid
ing habits are made w itli a very short
basque, the fronts coming only three
inches below the waist, the coat back
clearing tiie saddle; skirts fall about
three or four inches below tlie stirrup
foot and are very narrow, owing to the
fact that trousers, matching the mate
rial of the habit and strapped under tlie
boot, are now considered an essential of
ail ladies' equestrian outfits.
Rammer Dreaifi.
Ix-aders of fashion, witli their craving
for variety, are already protesting
against the use of figured fabrics to such
an extent that Paris dressmakers send
to the modistes here dresses of plain
surface jind solid color. This is espe
cially noted in the use of sewing-silk
grenadines in preference to brocaded
ones, and of plnin Surah silk instead ol
figured silk, also in the attempt to re
vive taffeta, which is always plain and
lustrous. The most elegant black
dresses this season are of tlie plain sew
ing-silk grenadines, trimmed elaborately
with black lace in which gilt threads
are thickly interwoven, or else witli
open trimmings entirely of jet, or per
haps with tine embroidery do ne on
grenadine for flounces- and panels.
Spanish laces over colors, especially red
or yellow, are also.used for trimming
black grenadines. The square-meshed
canvas grenadines is liked for parts of
dresses that are completed hy Surah, or,
if figures are not objected to, by very
rich brocaded grenadines that have
smooth ground of satin luster, witli
large, open-worked figures. Tiie plain
canvas grenadine in such combinations
is used for three or four narrow plaited
frills at the foot, and these are sewed
directly on the black silk skirt used lor
the foundation. There are then pyra
mids ot such plaitings up each side, or
only up the Iront. kolded plaitings*ot
the plain grenadine are then laid like a
diagonal scarf across the front and sides:
above this is the apron of brocade, ana
the hooped drapery of the hack is alao
brocade. Rows of jetted fringe laid
on knifc-plaitings tiiat pass up tlie sides
or front add to tlie rich effect. Another
caprice is that of lining the waist ot
black grenndine dresses witli red or
yellow silk, and omitting it in the skirt.
This gives a touch of color, and makes
the difference between waists and
skirts that are now so popular. A very
narrow plaiting of red Surah should he
net under tlie lowest row of black plait
ing around the skirt of such dresses, the
sash belt may also be lined witli red,
and there may be one or two large ro
settes ot biack with gay lining set on
the sides.— Harper'* Tlaunr.
The compositor who set up "$1,000"
nstead of $19,000 might have prevented
his mistake by a little fourth ought.
DEVASTATING STORMS.
How the Mighty Ftwtr of the Wind* Has
■lean Alt rated by Many Terrible IMa
aatera.
Calamity, when it does not immedia
tely touch ourselves, is apt to slip easily
from tlie mind, and hence events often
appear unique, precedent for which
have in fact often been established. The
recent destruction of Western towns by
violent gales of wind has thus probably
been regarded by many persons its a
novel display of tho malefic forces of
nature; but there are iu trutli a great
number of accounts of similar experi
ences of authentic character preserved
in the records. Nor are these instances
confined to tropical regions or to settle
ments of new or fragile construction;
they have occurred in latitudes IVH tem
perate as our own, and tlie most Bolid
structures erected hy the hand of ma n
have sometimes been prostrated by the
overwlie,ruing fury ot the elements.
The gigantic power of the wind lias
been illustrated by the repeated demo
lition of lighthouses built on the famous
Eddy:stone rock; and the same thing, it
will be recalled, happened on our own
coast to the lighthouse on Minot's
Ledge, near Boston, on the 19th of April,
1851. These events, however, like
those of tlie terrible East Indian storm
of October 25, 1737—which destroyed
hundreds ol ships and 30,000 human
ives and perhaps the earlier or
"great" storhi on the coast of England
in November, 1703, may be imputed in
a considerable degree to tho accumu
lated stress of the wind gathered in
crossing vast bodies of water. But the
gale that ravaged England in February,.
1801, when the spire of Chichester
cathedral and part ol the Crystal palace
at Sydenham were blown down, was of
a manifestly different character.
Ixmdon itself has many times been dis
astrously visited in tlie same manner.
In 914 it is recorded that a storm burst
upon that capital which overthrew
1,500 houses. In 1091 500 houses were
blown down there; and, not to mention
intervening and lesser catastrophes of
this natur*, tremendous hurricanes felled
whole streets of buildings in Ixmdon in
the years 1800 and 183 H. In 1814, 1822
and 1828, there were like outbreaks
throughout tlie United Kingdom. In
1839—January 5-7. 1839—the west coast
of England and many parts of Ireland
suffer* d terribly from the same cause.
Twenty persons were killed in Liver
pool by tlie falling of buildings, and
gnat numbers were drowned in and
about the Mersey. Dublin, Limerick,
G'Uway and other towns were similarly
afflicted, and with them the prostration
ot houses and the concurrent loss of life
were followed, as in examples lately
chronicled, by conflagration, the winds
spreading the fires.
As regards the details of mischie
wrought by past great storms, and the
comparison of those details with the
damage done by late tempests in our
Western States, it will be found that
parallels have been recorded to tlie worst
of what has lately been suffered, and
perhaps to exceed it. In one of the ex
amples we have cited, that of the Eng
lish hurricane ot November 20-27, 1703,
8,000 persons are said to have perished
in the floods of the Severn and the
Thames alone. Ships were blown from
their anchorage and never heard ot
more. Twelve men-of-war went down
in full sight of the English coast. Seven
teen thousand trees were torn up hy the
roots in Kent alone. The Eeldystone
lighthouse was dashed into the sea, its
engineer, Winstanley, being within it.
Cattle were drowned in tens ot thou
sands. The bishop of Batli and Wellr j
and his wife were killed in bed at tlieis i
palace in Somersetshire.
Such an accumulation ot horrors is *
not outstripped, it must bo owned, by |
any evils witli which unhappily the last
few days has made us familiar. Such
dire catastrophes are uncommon, it is
true, in immediately modern days, but
ttiey have been sadly plentiful lor all
tba;; and what is more, and Mr. Buckle
and Mr. Vennor to the contrary not
withstanding, there is neither measure
able periodicity nor other trustworthy
data about these dismal inflictions
whereby mankind can provide for or
evade them.
That which gives most plausibility to
the theory of direct providential inter
ventions by means of these phenomena
is probably tlie fact that violent temp
ests have often changed tlie course of
history. A prodigious fall of hail near
Chartres, in France, inflicted such loss
on the nrmy of the invading English
king, Edward 111., that lie was for* e ( |
by it to conclude a treaty with the
French in 133!). Seven thousand Swedes
died in a snow-storm when they were
on tlie niaich to attack Drontheim in
1719. To the wreck of the Spanish
armada in 1558, following tlie repulses
inflicted by Howard and Drake, the fact
is doubtless to be ascribed that Ethe
and I instead of Spnin became •
dominant naval power of tlie world
tiie centuries that have succccd e <'
When we consider how the history of
nations has thus been deflected by
mighty tempests, the injury of special
localities from such a cause becomes
relatively trifling. It is not the fasnioa
ol the time to impute these stupendous
events to the overruling hand ot Prov
idence, but to whatever cause they may
he imputed their potent influence at in
tervals on the course of humnn affairs
cannot reasonably be disphlcd — New
York Evening Post.
Barbers and Sharing.
The idea that shaving is a duty,"says
tlie Ixindon News— ceremonial, as
among the Egyptian priests, or social,
merely as among ourselves—is olr.cr
tlinn the invention of steel or even ot
bronze razors. Nothing is more re
markable in savige lite than the resolu
tion of the braves who shave with a
shell or with a brokeu piece ot glass
left hy European mariners. A warrior
will throw himself on th\ ground, and
while one friend holds his arms and pre
vents him from struggling, another will
scrape his chin with the shell or the
broken bottle glass till he rises, bleeding
but beardless. Macau lay, It sccms-
NlU. it. have shaved almost as badly with
the razor of modern life. When lie
went to a barber, and, after an easy
shave, asked what he owed, tlie fellow
, replied: " Just what you generally give
the man who shaves you, elr." " I gen
. erally give him two cuts on each cheek,"
■aid tiie historian of England. Bliav
; ing requires a combination of qualities
( which rarely mdetii: an amateur.
Englishmen, as a rule, shave them
selves when they do not wear beards.
Razors are like Scotch sheep dogs; no
\ one would keep a bad one or sell or give
away a good one. No razor should be
condemned till it has been " stropped "
well and carefully. Borne say that
• soldiers'old buff bells make the best
strops. Tlie Scotch piasantry use a
peculiar hard fungus which grows in de
caying elm trees.
The Noefours of New Guinea.
Among the islanders marriages are
not made according to the inclination
or hy the iree choice of tho young peo
ple, hut at the wish of their families,
who consult their convenience alone
when they alliance ttieir children—
most frequently at a very tender age.
When tho arrangement is completed,
the betrothed are Ibroidden to associate
witli each other. The etiquette which
regulates the affair is very rigorous,
and presses heavily upon the little
fiances. They are forbidden to look at
each other, and it is enjoined upon the
young girl to so arrange matters that
her future husband cannot see her.
When they meet each other on the road
- an accident which cannot fail to oc
cur occasionally—the girl, who rarely
goes out alone, being warned by her
companions, is bound to keep herself
hidden behind a tree or bushes, from
the time that her future lord and master
comes in sight till he has passed by.
It huppens often that the two are of
the same company—for Instance, when
they cross from one island to another in
the same boat. Then the childlike and
simple courtesy which gives the law in
these regions demands that they turn
their backs, and look steadfastly "in op
posite directions. The betrothed must
also avoid all contact with the members,
both masculine and feminine, of the
family into which they are about to en
ter. "From the future father-in-law and
the future mother-in-law thyy must
guard themselves as irom the plague.
One day when Mr. Van Hasselt was in
his school, one of the boys suddenly
threw himself under the table, where
he remained motionless. Not knowing
what to think the frightened teacher
was rushing to the child, when his com
rades called him back. " II is nothing,"
they said, " only his brother's future
mother-in-law is going by!" and they
explained to the astonished foreigner
that if the boy should so much as look
at this expected relative, his brother's
fiancee would have a child before the
marriage. .
But let ul return to the betrothals.
Marriages in Nocfourian high life are
not celebrated with splendor and parade,
although their wedding ceremonies are
characterized by a reserve and a
modesty very remarkable in a savage
people of the tropics. Adorned with
t he most beautiful ornaments, the bride
is conducted through the village. One
woman, having seized her by the legs,
carries her on her back ; while another
binds her arms as though she were a
captive, and leads her by a rope to the
home ot her betrothed. It is a symbol
of slavery—a souvenir of the ancient
servitude which the aristocratic class,
every where conservative of the tradi
tions ot the past, lias preserved. Mar
riages among the lower classes are dif
ferently conducted. In this case, the
procession starts from the houseol the
bridegroom, who leads a crowd of rela
tives and friends, each one bearing a
present. The prooonston begins to
march at nightfall—for it must be
made witli torches, classical emblem of
hymeneal tires. On reaching their des
tination the bridegroom is presented to
the bride's relatives, who lead him into
her chamber. She awaits him witli her
back turned, indicating that she does
not dare to meet his conquering gaze.
Tho young man approaches till within
two feet of her, turns on his heel, and
they arc back to bock in the iuid-1 of a
numerous assembly, the men on one
side, the woman on the other. After the
cnt.rtainment tiie bride is led into iter
own room, etill not daring to meet the
teriible glance of fier husband, and keep
ing her back turned to the door: seeing
which, the husband also turns his back
upon her. The whole night is spent in
this manner. They sit there motion
less, having some one to brush away
tlie flies, and without spe-aking a word.
It is a veritable Watch on their arms.
If they grow sliepy some one of the
assistants, who take turns in doing this
service, nudges them with his elbow; if
they keep wideawake the bridal palrarc
assured of long lite and a green old age. In
the morning they sepnrate, still without
looking nt eneh oilier, to refresh them
selves after the fatigues of the previous
night, in order to repeat the performance
the second night, and the third, and
oven the fourth, without being per
mitted to relinquish the siege. On the
filth morning, with the first rays of the
sun, tiie young people at last look each
other full in the fare. That suffices; tlie
marriage is considered accomplished,
and the nowly-wrdded pair receive the
customary congratulations. Not till the
following night do the watchers leave
them; and then the husband is bound in
honor to slip away before dawn, since
his bride cannot be expected vet to en
dure a second time in broad daylight
tiis terrible look. She will not dare to
meet his gaze until after an interval ol
four more days and nights. So much
modesty would not be suitable for slaves.
They throw themselves into each other's
arms, and all is done.— International
Review.
Trying to bp a Bird.
A friend of the San Francisco Call
sends the following literal translation
from a recent number ot the V\s/ie de
Cherbourg (France) which vouches for
the truth of the story : Cherbourg pos
sesses now a marvelous phenomenon,
unique without doubt, since the world
exists. A child six months old, Augus
tine Laver, who bears upon her head n
feather, which drops oft nnd is replaced
every six davs. The Phoenix fabulous
rising from its nshes an.i becoming a
reality. We haveMcnthctwcnty-thirO
feather which tins bloomed in succes
sion upon the head of this infant. We
moisted last Saturday at its father's
house (a clever joiner), No. 101 Haute
Honore street, at the falling out of the
last. We will probably assist to-day
toward four o'clock at the birtli of the
twenty-fourth. Behold how this strange
phenomenon occurs; nothing is more
curious. A bud forms upon the nape
of the infant. At the moment when the
bud ought to open Augustine experl
euc.es a flight trembling, accompanied
with some pain. The bud opens and
the feather shows itself pushing out,
but )>ent, in oraer to obtain its full
length, some ten to twelve centimeters.
It is golden upon its borders, and pre
sents tire most variegated and charming
shndes. When it falls out some drops
of white liquid ooge out of the hole,
which closes immediately without leav
ing a sign of its existence until the ap
pearance of a new bud. The infant bears
this feather on its head, sometimes six
and sometimes four days, and what is
still more mysterious, the new feather
takes as much time to bloom as the old
does to die or fall oft.
Were absolute perfection enthroned,
courtiers would certainly discover some
way to flatter it.
FIB*, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Cor# Fodder,
The practice ol showing a crop of
corn fodder to supplement the failing
midsummer pasture is growing more
and more in favor every season. During
July the feed becomes dry and brown,
nno cows fall off in both milk and flesh
if there is not some provision made for
tiding over the time until fall rains iiave
revived the pastures, or the cattle are
turned into the newly seeded fields,
freatly to the detriment of the latter,
'his habit, with the equally pernicious
one of allowing stock to roam over
mowing lands from tiic time the hay is
cut until coid weather, is grudually
giving away to the sensible one of pro
viding fodder crops. The stalk crop is
of great importance in this connection.
Covn for feeding both in a green state
during summer and dry one durjng
winter can hardly be overestimated* in
value.
There is, indeed, but little if any dif- P
ference of opinion as to the merits of
fodder tliouuh there exists a variety of r
practices concerning the manner of rais- J
ing and curing the crop. Sweet corn
has conic to be preferred over other va- 1
rieties for this purpose as there is not 1
near the waste to th is fodder there is to "
the gourd-seed sorts. The majority of '
farmers now drill the seed in, though
occasionally it is sown broadcast. A
plan which brings good resylts is plant
ing in drills three feet apart (and about
six inohes between the stalks). Thicker !
planting will make more fodder, but it
loses in quality what is gained in quan- J
tity. Many of our best farmers are us
ing only one to one and a half bushels J
of seed per acre. This amount gives a
yield suflh iently thin to allow the *1
stalks to stand up in ordinary summer V
weather to gain the? full effect of sun- '
light and air For early use the first 1
planting of fodder corn should he early, 1
of course, but the seed can be put in any r
time during July with good results, as r
it makes r. heavy growth on land com- 1
paratively dry and in dry weather. i
During the season the crop ought to J
be cultivated several times. It is best (
to begin as soon aa the plants are out of r
the ground by running a cultivator close I
to the rows. Corn fodder may be fed J
green when two feet high.
All forage crops give best results J
which are cut before they are out of '
bloom. Corn is no exception to this 1
rule, but owing to the difficulty some '
experience in curing it in an immature '
state it is often allowed to become too J
ripe before cutting. Chemical analysis 1
has demonstrated that fodder deteri- 8
orat's in two ways by standing, namely, 8
the lessened proportion of albumin- H
oidr and by decreased digestibility. 1
Another objection to permitting the 1
stalks to stand until the cars arc per- J
fee ted is that they grow so tall that
they are troublesome to handle, and are
more liable to fall and lodge under a
hard stone. Furthermore, early-cut
fodder is in itself a complete ration, ,
rich enough in albuminoids to make ,
food feed without mixing with other ,
materials. Last, hut by no means least, .
the greener the crop when taken off the J
land the less exhaustion to the soil— .
Man York World.
Analysis or Hoot Crops. 1
From a paper on the nutritive value of t
root crops in the last report of the Milks it- I
chusetts board of agriculture, by 11. E. i
Stockbridge, we take the fo.,owing:
The most reliable chemical analysis of <
the important root crop? gives the fol- 1
lowing results: i
Total amount of Nitrogenous
or Flash-forming Material. Pound#. i
In 1,000 pound# of potatoes 20. 3 '
In 1,000 pound# ot mangold# 11.25 '
In 1,000 pound# of augar beet# .10.00 <
In 1,000 poundaot turnip#. 11.25 t
In 1,000 pounds ol carrot# 13.12 |
Total amount of Carbonaceous <
or Fat-producing Material. found#. I
In 1,000 pound# ot potatnea 237 4 i
In 1,000 pounds mangold# 107.2 I
In 1.000 pound# of sugar boot# .... .17-4 4
In 1.000 pound# of turnips. H1.7 <
In 1,000 pound# of carrots ... 139.1 |
By a comparison of these figures it 1
will be seen that, as a flesh producer, i
the polato stands first; while the sugar i
beet comes last, containing rather less
than half the amount of nitrogenous
matt) r found in the former. As pro-
dueersof fat, potatoes stand first, closely
followed by carrots and beets, while <
turnip# and mangolds arc far in the
rear. It therefore appears that were
the nutritive qualities of roots the only
basis'or ur decision, potatoes would
he pre-eminently the best root food for
all classes of animals, and that next to
tin in stands the frequently despised
carrot. Hut there is an item in guiding
to tli" selection of the licit root crop,
if pes-ibje, of far more importance
than the amount of beef and fnt
forming elements it contains, namely,
the cost of production, and hence
the market value per pound to the nu
triment they furnish. Experience has
fully demonstrated, that, in regard to
its yield, the ease with which it is cul
tivated, and its freedom from disease
and insert pests, the sugar lieet far sur
passes all other roots, and when it is
taken into consideration that in nutri
tive qualities it is only surpassed by the
potato and carrot, both of which are
greatly, inferior to it as producers, and
far exceed it in the cost of cultivation,
it must he conceded that the sugnr beet
is, all in all, mucti the most profitable
root we can grow, and is suitable alike
for young Rowing animals, fat cattle,
horses, milch cows; and even sheep and
swinx might advantageously be treated
to an occasional meal of these palatable
and nutritious vegetables.
RAGOUT or BEEP.— One and a hall
pounds of beef, either round or neck;
cut the meat in pieces two inches
square, brown k in out for or drippings
enough to keep it froui-burning; add a
tablespoonful of flour, and when the
flour is brown the meat must be cov
tred with boiling water; then season
with pepprr and salt. Let it cook
slowly until tender. The water is to be
replenished as it boils away.
NEW ENGLAND ELECTION CAKE.—A
very ohj recti pi: Three pounds of
flour, one and three-fourths pound of
butter, one-half pound of lard, and a
half pound of rai#ins, four nutmegs, a
j teaspoonful of cinnamon, three egga.
six teaspoonfuls of soda, two quarts of
milk, one pound orcurrants; beat sugar,
' flour, and butter together and the fruit
, with the milk and spices; beat the soda
* and nrcnm tartar together in the milk
! until It foams.
\ WHORTLEBERRY PUDDING.— Make a
r stiff batDr of one pint of inilk and a
I pound and two ounces of flour, and add
twoqiarts of berries stirred in: boil
three hours in a bag. If blueberries are
used, make stiffcr
8 Man talks to convince—woman to
persuade and please.
Almost Eaten by a Hear.
On Saturday, the Bth inst., Hannibal
Roe, the best-known hunter in Montana,
met with an adventure which maimed
him for life. He had gone up the Little
Prickly Pear to Wolf Creek station, and,
with his gun in good condition, he
passed into the mountains. While be
was walking in a small gulch, and just
as he had turned a point of rocks which
protruded abruptly from the mountain
side, he received upon the left side of
his head and face a stunning blow from
the paws of an immense she bear,
which it appears was lying in wait for
him on the other side of the rocks.
The blow knocked Roe down and
caused him to lose possession of his
gun, which was the only weapon he had
with him, and at the Hume instant the
infuriated beast throwing herself upon
the prostrate form of her astonished,
disarmed and wounded victim, the
man and hear were precipitated to
gether about fifteen feet down the steep
bank to the bed of the gulch. Having
nothing to defend himself with, Roe
quickly determined to "play the dead
man," and turning upon his face feigned
unconsciousness through one of the
most trying ordeals ever experienced by
a human being. The bear evidently
concluded if her prey was dead he had"
been killed by her own strong paws
and began her feast. Beginning upon i
his head she literally tore the man's !
scalp to shreds, leaving it. in a condition j
horrible to look at. He says he could j
both hear and fed her teeth grating'!
upon his skull. She then b<gan upon |
his left shoulder, inflicting there a
ghastly and dangerous wound, and hit I
him in several places upon his left arm, 1
side and back as far down as the Lip.
Just as she had driven iiqr teeth into the !
hip, and was doubtless upon the point of
inflicting such wounds as would have I
caused instant death, one of her cubs
raised a cry of distress. It was at this '
point that Mr. Roc'# play of "dead
man," which had hitherto seemed so :
unavailing, was of great service to him. j
The bear evidently thought her victim ,
dead, and, leaving him, hastened to the ■
relief of her intending, it is sup- 1
posed, to finish her meal at pleasure, j
Though bruised, mangled and fatigued
—his scalp a bleeding in:iss of torn flesh,
and matted hair hanging about bis 1
brow, his left cheek and ear torn off i
until they hung at his side by but a ten- i
der strip, his cheek-bone broken, hist
skull fractured above the eye, Lis l
shoulder, arm and side badly injured— i
ho nevertheless summoned sufficient
strength to rise and get aw-iy before his
antagonist nrrived. He was brought by
some fellow-hunters to St. John s hos
pital in this city, anil by skillful nursing
will very likely recover. Hcletm(Mon)
Independent.'
Two Large Southern Hunters.
The New Oilcans I\rn\junt says The
agricultural operations of Colonel Ed
ward Ui<-hard*on are on a scale unequal- |
cd anywhere in the Uuitc-d States, and
probably in the whoio world. Scores
of vast cotton plantations, the manage- j
mcnt of any one of which requires su
perior skill and experience, scattered !
through Ixmisiana and Mississippi, are
successfully handled by this able man.
His landed posessions rival those of the
proudest estates of the English nobility
Uth in area and value, and many of the j
German princes have fewer subjects than j
he has employees on his pay-rolls. The j
sugar interest furnishes an equally con- .
spicuous example of executive ability |
in agricultural affa>ra. One man in j
I/iuisianaduring the period in which !
ordinary managers were struggling for j
existence, and earning scarcely sufficient j
to make the improvements on their j
places demanded by the new conditions ,
of the sugar trade, went on enlarging
his possessions and consolidating an j
nrea of sugar lands under one head that j
must be regarded.'a# entirely phenomenal. |
Mr. John Burnside now owns and \
operates eight plantations, lecaied in the I
parishes of Ascension and St. James, i
On these fine estates, over an are aof six j
square iiile*. the sugar-: anc now waves |
in the bfWSS. In their fittings UwM
places represent equally the old and the
new methods of manufacture. On four
of them the alcam-lrain and vacuum
pan turn out the white and the yellow
clarified sugars that arc equal in quality
to the product of the largest refineries,
and are so highly prised throughout the
West and Souiti for their agreeable
flavor and high saccharine strength.
Below we present a list of the planta
tions owned by Mr. Burnside, with their
production for the crop year 1879-80, as
given in the fYtoe Current's annual re
port of the sugar and rice crops of
Louisiana, recently published:
Nairn* ol Aero# cane l'ounil# sugar Ithla.
plantation*. ground. produced. Mot'#.
Awension .... 275 400,000 550
Hi vert on 400 800,000 900
I>onald#on . 25) 450,000 500
Clark 500 1,000 000 1,200
Conway 300 480,000 . 600
Orange Grova. 450 950,000 1,200
St. JammKet. 412 804,000 940
Annan! 700 1,200 000 1,400
Total 3.287 6,084,000 7,290
At the rates current during the pres
ent season, Mr. Burnside must have real
ized from his crops the enormous a
of $5 05,0(81.
The Talne of Lemons.
Somebody who appears to know all
about it writes positively that it will
draw the sting of Jhe hot weather, not
only for this lime, but for months to
come, to understand the right use of
lemons. Most people know the benefit
of a lemonade before breakfast, but few
know bow it is more than doubled by
taking another at night also. The way
to get the better of all bilious systems
without blue pill or quinine, is to tike
juice of one, two or three lemons, as the
appetite craves, in as much ire water
as makes it pleasant to drink, without
sugar, lust before going to bed. In the
morning on rising, or at least half an
hour before breakfast, take the juice of
one lemon in a goblet of water. This
will clear the system of humor* and
r bile with mild efficacy, without any of
' the weakening effects of calomel or
. Congress water. People should not
i Irritate their stomachs by eating lemons
, clear; the powerful acid of the iuioe,
r which is almost corrosive, infallibly
, produces inflammation after awhile, but
l properly diluted, so it does not barn oi
i draw the throat, it does its full medicinal
: work without harm, and taken when
the stomach is clear of food has oppeflr
k tunity to work on the system thor
i oughly. .
in.
9 Certain Russian ladies oocupy uno 91
cl.tl diplomatic positions, some of thru
receiving from the government as mud
as $65,000 annually for entertaining
3 brihery, and other secret service <x
pen sea.
Mortality Among Rich and Poor.
The Hyalite, the official organ for
the socialistic party in France, report*
about a pamphlet with the above title,
which lias been read lately to the Medi
cal association in indon by a member,
Dr. M. It. Dryndale.
Among the statistical result* c m
pared in Haid pamphlet are the follow
ing:
In France in the mortality of persons
in the age of 40-45 yearn, 8.3 of 1,000
wealthy persona, 18.3 of 1,000
poor persons, i. e., two and one half
times as many poor people die in a given
time out of the same number of persons
than wealthy people.
The death-list of Paris showed in the
course of twenty years, from 1817 to
1835, in the Twelfth nrordissement,
mostly inhabited by the poor, one death
among fifteen inhabitants, and in the
Second arondisst ment, mostly inhabited
by the rich, one death among sixty-five
inhabitants.
According to Joseph Garnier, in 1857,
in Manchester, the average length of life
in the poorer districts of the city was
seventeen years, and in the weakhydis
tricts forty-two years.
Villerone proves that the average
length of life with children of working
men is one and one-half years, and witu
the children of employers sixteen years.
Kdwin Chad wick, the head official of
the London health office, found the
mortality to be, with the wealthy classes
| 11.3 on every 1,000: with the poorer
classes3B.o, and with the entirely in
! digent. lifty on every 1,000.
Charles Ansell, clerk of the National
Life Insurance association of Englvnd,
j hits undertaken the immense task to
I gather information about 48,044 chil
dren of the better situated classes, es
pecially in the families of attorneys,
physicians, clergymen and nobjemen.
This book. "Family Statistics," proves
the mortality to be in the first year of
life, 80.45 on every thousand of the
children of above-named well-to-do
classes, 250 on 1.000 among the poorer,
i and 350 on 1,000 among the totally in
i digent classes.
In the time of life from one to five
1 years, Ansell proves the mortality to
be 40.84 on 1 000 children of the wealthy
1 classes, and 113 09 of 1,000 children of
, the poor.
In the time of life from twenty to
| torty years, the relations seem to bal
| ante. There arc 125.52 deaths averag
j in / in all classes.
In the time of life from forty to sixty
years (in wl ich time the number of
poor persons yet xisting is pro port ion
| ally smaller by far than the number of
the rich) the deaths of the wealthy
classes ntimber to 149.74 on 1,000, and
j ol the poor classes to 108.76 on 1,000.
It is shown that in the year 1873 in
England and Wales, 368,179 persons
died under the age of sixty years. Mr.
Ansell provi s that if the total mortality
would not have been greater than that
of the wealth \ classes only 226,040 would
have died, "therefore, in thits one year,
and in one single country with a popu
| laticn of 23 000,000 souls, 142,130 human
| 1m have been murdered by povi rty,
i that is more destruction of lives than
'■ in many a bloody war.
Words of Whedom.
Be vigilant but never suspicious.
Affectation is at best a deformity
j Confine your tongue lest it confine you.
Deeds arc iruits; words are nut leaves.
Draw not thy bow before thy arrow is
fixed.
A wounded reputation is seldom
cured.
Ask thy purse what thou shouldst
buy.
Be slow to promise and quick to per
form
Bettor to be alone than in bad com
pany.
Avoid that which you blame in
others. .
I Confide not in him who lias onoe de
-1 reived you.
1 Beauty without honesty is like poison
kept in a box of gold.
Be mind'ul of tilings past, and provi
! dent oftliings to qome.
To conceal a fault by a lie has been
j said to be- substituting a bole for a
stain.
Dp you wish to learn how to give
anything? then fancy yourself in the
p.ace of the receiver.
" Settle promptly with us and we will
settle with somebody else," is the legend
! on the billhead of a prominent business
firm.
How can lie look with confidence to a
heaven above who does so little to help
fo make a heaven here below.
, Never be discouraged by trifles. If a
, spider breaks bis thread twenty times
, he will mend it as many. Perseverance
) and patience will accomplish wonders.
> The mind has a certain vegetative
> rower, which cannot be wholly idle.
1 If it is not "aid out and cultivated
> I into a beautiful garden it will of itself
J! shoot up weeds or flowers.
Traveling Hand.
It is a curious fact not generally
known that at a certain point on the
' Upper Columbia, close fo the water's
! edge, the fine sand is continually travel
! ing up stream in one eternal procession.
1 ' Talk of the great army of Xerxes on the
1 march—what was that to the myriad
t battalions that pace the marge of tba
< mighty riverf In comparison with
f these tiny travelers what art the leaves
L of tliw forest when summer is green ?
r This sand is being continually washed
I ashore, and as the water fall* away with
l the deartli of the season it dries, is taken
- i up by the winds, carried back no stream.
? 1 is blown into the water ana makes
p ! another voyage; and so the work of
r transportation back r.nd forth, by land
t and by sea. goes on forever and ever.
9
f A prominent F.nglish magazine (7Vnt
„ ley's) believes that America is the lit
-1 erary land of th 3 future. I*. asserts that
} America started will) the civilisation
r of a highly civilised sge. She did not
t rear her own civilisation on her own
, soil. She started with prosperity, and
f the first use she makes of her pros
y perlty is not to cultivate the fine arts
t in tier own people, but to laugh at them
r in others. Up to now only one class ot
il transatlantic writers have challenged
n tt.e attention ol Kurope. and that was
p. humorous and prolanc. Emerson, Bry
ant. Cooper. Poe. I,owell, Holmes and
Irving are merrly Europeans born in
America. Bret Harte, Twain and
Hreitmann arc original and American,
j. America ia undoubtedly the literary
u , promise land of the future. It has done
h °t> to this. Its condition has
• forbidden ft to achieve anvthing, hot
[. triumphs may be anticipated