The Jilted Star.
I was sitting alone In the gloaming.
Casing into a quiet sky ;
My thoughts were tired of roaming,
As weary anil tired sa I,
When all at ones in the sky shore
Shone s star of radiant light.
And then it was in iovo that 1 fell
With this star, so strangely bright.
I knew 'twas a world many miles away,
Far greater and fairer than this.
But I watched for its coming at close of day,
And always threw it a kiss.
To my tinst self it became a friend.
Bringing rest before unknown ;
Its tender radiance seemed to blend
In ray heart and make m its own.
Bnt alas ! too soon I grow weary
Of its cold, dispassionate face,
And a little mortal pang
la my heart crept into its place.
And when at the close of day,
With my new love at my side,
We talked in voices gay,
And she promised to be my bride.
The star looked down from als>ve
As wo stood there talking together,
And I thought of the etiauge in my love,
Ami she of the change in the weather.
But that night, when the world waa sleeping
The rain in torrents fell.
And I thought could my star lie weeping
For the false one she loved so well ?
LOVE AND HUNTING.
"Please, sir, arc these for von?"
It was my man who npoke, ami as he
diil so ho hold np for inspection an im
macnlate pair of "tops" in one hand
and a pair of painfully new breeches in
the other, while his countenance wore
an expression of mingled fear and
astonishment.
With an inward sinking at my heart
I turned from my morning paj>cr and
cutlet, and having nodded a gloomy
assent to his query, said : "That will
do, James ; lay them on the sofa."
The above conversation took place in
my bachelor apartments in tho Albany, j
and the reason for the apjiearance there
in of the aforesaid tops and breeches I
am al>out to explain. lam not a bant
ing man. I never could see any joke
in bumping about on a hard piece of a
pigskin in pursuit of a draggled piece
of vermon called a fox, although some
people say the fox enjoys tho fun. It
is all very well for those who liko it;
and Mr. Jorricks, of immortal memory,
may call hunting "the sport of things
—the image of war without its guilt and
only twenty-five percent, of its danger,"
if he likes, but I confess I can't see it
in that light. It was with feelings the
reverse of pleasant, therefog', that I re
ceived and accepted an invitation from
Sir Harry Bullfinch to stay a week in
his " box " in Warwickshire, and avail
myself of his hospitality and a mount
with the renown j>aok which hunted
that country. I was nrgeil to this ac
ceptance of what in my saner moments
I shonhl have indignantly treated as a
practical joke by a slight attack of the
nuQtcr passion. I met Mir Horry and
his ilanghter, Kate, in London, during
the past season. We had frequently
met at variously balls and entertain
ments, and on several occasions hail
enjoyed the balmy fragrance of Bushy
park and the still delights of a t>oat on |
the upper reaches of the Thames, bnt
with my .natural timidity I had never
ventured to ask the question which was
forever on the tip of my tongne, but
never got further. The invitation ap- ;
peared to hold out promises of quiet
tete a-tetes, so I electrified my toiler
and bootmaker with orders for the
necessary " togs " with which to carry
on the campaign.
I remember having somewhere heard
or read that in order to acquire an easy
and graceful seat on horsetmck, sitting
astride on a chair and holding on by the
back was excellent practice, so, liavißg
called James and given him most A
press instruction to deny me even to
my most intimate friends, I proceeded
to struggle into perhaim the tightest
pair of cords that were ever made for
mortal man, and, with the aid of a
brandy and soda and a couple of boot
books, to poll on a pair of boots which
nearly gave me a fit of apoplexy and
made my corns barn for hours. Armed
with a cutting whip, I then mounted
astride the strongest chair in the apart
ment, and continued the exhilarating
exercise with the firmness of a stoic and
a martyr, and with only one interval
for luncheon, throughout the entire
day.
lfy train left the Great Northern
station at 4:30, and landed me safely at
my destination. In tine coarse I found
myself seated next to the fair Kate,
with my legs comfortably stretched
wader Sir Harry's mahogany.
"I suppose our dull country pack
will seem quite s second rate to yon."
said Kate.
I was murmuring something in re
ply, when Sir Harry cut in with:
"Ah! Fve got a splendid mount for
yon to-morrow, my boy 1 A trifle play
ful, perhaps—hasn't been hunted yet
this season, bnt will carry yon like a
bird."
Oh, yea," said Kate. " Cxar is such
A nice creature."
Hmfe&.a.'&j 'it .
" Indeedl" said I. "I am rejoiced to
hmr it. Of course you accompany us
to the meet ?"
" Yea," alio replied. " and jwpa liaa
said that as yon arc going out I might
oven follow the hounda a little way.
You'll look after mo, won't you, Mr.
Do Boota?"
I promiaod to do my devoira, hut in
my heart of liearta thought I should re
quire aome one to look after me.
The following morning at hreakfaatt
which waa early on account of our hav
ing to go aomo distance to the meet,
the horses wire brought round—a
sturdy, thick-set, quiet-looking weight
carrier, a neat-looking gray mare, and a
bright, fidgety chestnut. The latter
gave his attendant groom some trouble,
and insisted on waltzing around on hia
hind legs a good deal more than ap
eared to me to bo necessary.
" I am afraid your papa will find that
animal rather troublaome," I remarked
to Kate.
"That," alio answered, "oh, that's
not papa's—that's theono you are going
to ride—C'zar."
My appetite left me, and as I rose and •
walked, in as unconcerned manner as I
could assume to the window, I saw that i
tho Czar had reversed the order of
things bv putting his head between his
forelegs and lashing ont with his heels
in a very vicious-looking and anything |
but "playful" manner.
A general move was now made to the
front door. Kate looked at me anil
evidently expected mo to " put her up,"
but I knew better than to attempt it,
and pretended to be intent on buckling
a strap of tho pair of spurs Sir Harry
had lent mo until she was safe in the '
saddle. Czar was then brought up for
me to mount, which, after several abor
tive attempts on my part, I effected, and :
we all jogged on toward the meet. Con- ;
trary to my expectation Czar behaved
in a most exemplary manner, and I even
ventured to swing my whip with a
jaunty air without his taking the slight
est notice. But it was too good to
last. Presently a red coat pop|>ed ont
on ns from a by-lane, and tho Czar's
ears began to twitch. Two or three
more horsemen overtook us, and his
tail Isegan to describe circles, and he
proceeded on his way with a crab-like .
movement, which was anything but eh- i
gant and eminently disconcerting.
Almost l>efore I could realize) tho po- '
sition, a stern voice shouted: "Now, you
sir, mind the hounds, will yon?" and a
muttered oath, accompanied by an ex- I
pression which sounded very much like j
" tailor," drew my attention to the fact
that we had arrived in a field by the |
side of a wood, in which was gathered
some seventy or eighty horsemen and
a pack of hounds. Luckily for myself,
and also for the hounds, on whom Czar
seemed to think it great fun to dance,
the master at this moment gave tne sig- i
nal to " throw off." It nearly came !
being prophetic in my case. In less j
time than it takes to write, a fox was
started. I lost my hat and my head at
one and the same moment, and nearly
my seat, and the next thing that I re
member with any degree of distinct
ness is clinging with the blind energy
of a drowning man to the pommel of
the saddle, and regarding with despair
a linge fence which seemed to approach
me at a terrific rate. There was a sud
den rush, a tremendous spring—l nvm
to have left the lower part of my waist
coat and its contents on the other side
of the obstacle—and, with a jolt which
pitched me somewhere in tho vicinity
of Czar's exrs, we were over.
The field wo lauded in was a stifllsh
fallow, bnt Czar still " urged on his
wild career" with unabated speed. I
shook back into the saddle, and a pass
ing regret that I had neglected to insure
my life against accidents flitted through
my mind. I continued to cling to the
|>omniel, and in this manner we nego
tiated three more fences, and got into
aqniet lane, when, mnch to my aston
ishment C'zar stop|>ed dead short. We
had, to my sincere delight, lost the
hounds I I patted Czar gently on the
neck, and quickly dismounting, led
him slow y down the lane. We had not
proceeded far when I discerned a conn
try lad coming toward me, carrying in
his hand my lost hat, which had been
battered out of all shai>o by a horse's
hoof. I recovered the lost headgesr
climbed ltack into the saddle intending
to walk Czar quietly homeward, when
I could discover in what direction home
was. Bnt as ill-luck would have it, at
that precise moment the sound of a born
was heard far off in the distance. Czar
pricked np his ears and gave a sudden
start, and on my attempting to check
him, reared straight on end, while I
lovinglv clasped him round the neck
with loth arms, and with one plunged
forward and upward we left that lane
and that country youth forever. We
landed in a pasture, and were going at
a tearful )>aoe up a slight incline. Ar
rived at the top, the whole hunt was to
lie seen coming down the valley.
And now Csar would take no denial.
Rushing down the slope st a speed to
whi<* all former exertions of his hsd
been as mere child's play, flew over a
double ]>oet and rails, and I found my
self a good field in front of the fore
most flight of horsemen and close on to
the hounds I still onward ! until loom
ing in tho distance appeared a strag
gling lino of stunted willows, which,
oven to my initiated vision, meant
" water." Splash 1 thoro goes the
fox! Splash ! splash I there go the
hounds I I hoar voices shouting he
hind mo as if in warning, but all I can
do is to hold on and trust in Provi
dence. Our pace, if possible, increases,
and with a sort of idea of going up in a
balloon, Czar and myself seemed sus
jiendcd in the air miles above tho
brook. It Booms ages boforo wo come
down again, which wo do with a jerk
that would have unseated mo had it not
been for Czar suddenly springing for
ward and shaking mo back to my proper
place. Wo rush on to where tho hounds
seem to be scrambling for something
and quarreling amongst themselves—
they have run into the fox and Czar
comes to a standstill just outside tho
worrying pack.
Up comes the first whip and flogs
them off their prey, and 1 see Sir Harry
advancing toward me, red in tho face and
violently gesticulating with his heavy
hunting crop. What have I done ?
Have I unconsciously infringed some
point in hunting etiquette or havo I
hurt Czar? Neither the one or the
other. Sir Harry, hastily tlinging him
self off his steaming horse, cornea up to
me and seizing me by the hand nearly
wrings my arms off and bursts out with
"Well done, my boy! You rascal,
you! You've * pounded' the whole of us.
Never saw such going in all my life.
I>on't believe there's another man in
the field that could have done it. Here,
Ix>rd Oeorgo"—to the noble matter
who at that moment rude up—" permit
mo to introduce my friend, Mr. Do
Boot*."
"Delighted to make jour acquaint
ance, sir," says hit lordship, shaking
mo heartily by the hand. " I trust ty
l>o able to show you some gooil sjort
if you are thinking of remaining in our
country, though if yon do we shall all
have to look to our laurels, for you went
like a bird, sir."
While he is speaking several gentle
men rido up, to all of whom 1 am in
troduce!, and all of whom praise what
they an- pleased to mil my " plucky
riding."
Miss Kate comes up as the last olmo
quii-s are being performed, and on the
huntsman, obedient to a nod from his
lordship, who is no lover of women in
the hunting field, presenting me with
the brush, I handed it to her with all
the grace compatible with mud-stained
habiliments, and a crushed and bat
tered hat.
We rode home together—Kir Harry
and an old crony of his riding some dis
tance in the rear. Cr-ar was complacent
and hail apparently had quite enough,
at any rate, for that day; so thinking
that 1 might never have another such
opportunity, I gently took Kate's whip
hand and ventured to put tliat question
whieh had l>oen so long on the tip of
my tongue.
Her answer was a whisper " Yes;"
but suddenly turning to me she added:
" On one condition."
" Name it, dearest," I replied.
" You are so rash and daring that you
must promise me never to hunt after
we are married!"
Need I say how readily I gave the re
quired pledge, and how faithfully I
kept it ?
How Ham Solon Fired a Bun.
Colonel Solon's boy Sam traded off
his yellow dog lost week to Jim Jenks
! for the latter's old army musket. Sam
had never fired a gun, but ho hail a
notion how it shonld lie done. His
father had half a pound of powder in
the house, which Sam poured down the
muzzle, then jammed down a whole
newspajier, and filled the remaining
space with chunks of lead which he cut
j off from the lead pipe in the kitchen
with the butcher knife. The cap was
; put in place, ami armed with this czar
deatroyer the boy went forth in search
;of adventures. Upon the roof of an ad
joining house were a flock of doves,
and Sam rested his gun over the fence,
pointed the mnzzlc in their direction,
and saying to himself, " They won't
know what hit 'en," shut both eyes
snd palled the trigger.
For about half a minute that neigh
borhood was so filled with feathers,
noise, chunks of dove's meat, pieces of
wood, boya' yells snd women's shrieks
that the people on the sonth side
thought there bail been s collision on
the circus train, and the elephant was
taking out an old grudge on the lions.
Sam laid fist on his back, with the gun
a rod tiebind him and still shivering
from the concussion. Half of Sam's
face was black snd blue, snd he didn't
dare to get tip until he was sure the
gun had got all shot off, and even then
be wasn't certain that more than half
the load had gone out. And those
doves f Why, two down had been
paralyzed, and the top of that bouse
looked as if a shell had burst in the
attic snd blowed s feather bed with a
servant girl up through the roof. There
wasn't enough left of the doves to dis
tinguish s fan-tail from a bull terrier,
and people in the neighborhood are
preparing to move away nnleas Ham is
sent into the country.— Oil City /ferric*.
PIMM TOR ON TIIK I'LANKTN.
Worlu I. Sol la lr IMatarltrd.
When Professor Proctor and his
nowly-marriod wife were in Chicago, a
short time ago, a reporter visited the
celebrated English astronomer, and the
following interesting conversation en
sued :
"How much truth is there, Profes
sor," asked tho reporter, "in all tho
worry that the hnman family is having
just now about perihelion and floods
and tho stars in general ?"
" Not a bit —not a bit, lunghod the
professor.
"Well, how about the comet some
liody by tho name of Hwift discovered
tho other day ?"
"Hwift? Is it so? Has he discov
ered another comet ? Well, I didn't
know it, I'm sure. I'm the worst per
son in tho world to come to to learn
about such things now; I'm so busy
traveling and lecturing, you know.
But it's a telescope comet, I suppose
a little fellow —don't amount to much,
probably. But let's take n s<-at, and
I'll tell you about some of these
things."
And, seating himself, the professor
flx-sl his eye on tli i office flagging and
turning over tho card meditatively be
tween his fingers, kept gazing at this
and this spot on the stone floor as if
ho had a constellation in the range of
vision.
" It used to bo thought," saiil he,
"that the stars had an influence on the
weather, on floods, pestilence and all
that sort of thing, but science lias dis
proved it. The truth is that the influ
ence of all the planets together is not
equal to the difference between the
greatest and the least influence which
the moon exerts m a year. And if all
the giant planets—those OUtside the
earth's orbit wore to come into con
junction and perihelion, all at the same
time, they would not exert as much in
fluence as that very small ratio of the
moon's influence, namely, the mere
difference lietween ltsgri-atest anil least
influence."
" Then the world is not going to
pieces this year ?"
"Not at all. Why, some of the planets
are coming into conjunction every n<>w
and then all the time. Two of them
came into conjunction on the nineteenth
of last June. I,et's see—nothing hap
pened tliat day, did there?"
" And tin-re will la- no mors trouble
this year lavause so many come to
gether?" qncrb-d the reporter.
" There is no more reason to cxjoct
it than that Jupiter has effect on the
sun spots."
The reporter said that somebody boil
stab-1 that the developments of astrono
my w. r<- more and more demonstrating
that there was after all some ground for
ancient astrology. Did the professor
think so?
"On the contrary, if anybody reads
the works of ancient astrology," said he,
" they will see what a mistake that is.
The astrologies claimed, not that the
relation of the planets to each other
bail any effect on the destinies of men,
but that the position of the planets in
the sky—tliat is in the canopy above the
horizon—hail such effects. For instance,
the ancients thought the stars in the
ascendant—which means those i-oming
up from the horizon- were those that
would influence the career of a child
born during their ascendancy ; but that
hail nothing to do with |>eribelion and
conjunctions."
" Well, what almut Jupiter's influence
no sun spots, which yoti spoke of a mo
ment ago ?"
" Why it has been said that scientists
admit that Jupiter affects the sun's
spots, but the truth is, scientists have
only thought such a thing |>ossib)e, be
cause Jupiter's js rioil is ten years and
ten months, or about that—of course,
one can't carry all these things in one's
head—and the sun-spots' period is ten
years and one month. But nine months
make* a great ileal of difference."
"What do you think of the idea that
the sun-spots affect the weather?"
*' I think they do not do so at all. I
have watched the sun-spots through
cold and warm winters and through hot
and cool summers, and I could not nee
that they hail any effect whatever U|>on
one another."
A Premium for Scorpion Scalps.
A Dnrango correspondent describes a
terrible scorpion, known as the alacran,
which infests that region. Its sting jia
mortal in every case, and no remedy has
ever been found to counteract its deadly
poison. The spasms are so violent that
it takra three or fonr strong men to
hold a patient stnng by it. Happily
the suffering is short, for after two or
three hours the suffering is all over.
Patients emit from their month a
greenish-yellow scum, which tnras into
a black spongy matter in a short while.
Every year thirty or mora deatha are
recorded as the work of the alacran.
The government pays a premium for
their scalp, and boya hunt them and de
rive quite a revenue from that source,
but the pest does not seem to diminish
any. They are said to occupy bat a
■mall belt of land running east and
weat, taking in Durango and Masatlon.
—&tn Antonio (Twtat) Hwrnld.
TIIF. FAMILY DOCTOR.
To Rimnrvn ASTHMA— Hoak blotting '
or tissue paper in strong sal tpoter water.
Dry and burn at night in the bedroom.
To KK.MOVK Pnoto Fl.KSll.— Pulverize
loaf sugar very fine and apply it to the
part afflicted. This is a new and easy
remedy, and is said to romoveit without
pain ; or burnt alum pulverized and ap.
plied is an old and reliable remedy.
To PIIEVKXT CIIOKIXO. —Break an egg
into n cup and give it to the person
choking, to swallow. The white of tho
egg seems to catch around the obstacle
and remove it. If one egg does not
answer tho purpose try another. Tin
white is all that is necessary.
M err AIM PI.AHTKII. By using syrup
or molasses for mustard plasters, they
will keep soft ami flexible, and not dry
up and become hard, as when mixed
with water. A thin paper or fine cloth
should come between tin- plaster and
tho skin. The strength of the plaster j
is varied by tho addition of more or ,
less flour.
8< AIII.IT FKVKH.- An eminent physi-j
rian savs he cures ninety-nine out of)
every hundred cases of scarlet fever by
giving the patient warm lemonade with
| gum arabic dissolved in it. A cloth
wrung out in hot water and laid ujmri ,
the stomach should be removed as rap
idly as it becomes cool. In cases where
physicians are not easily obtainable,
i simple remedies are riot to be despised.
AITW-S.—A more extensive use of
apples as food at our meals will do much
to diminish dyspepsia and biliousness.
They are " loosening," and therefore
tend to remove constipation—a promi
; nent cause of digestive derangements.
The acid of this fruit—one of th<- very
Ix-st known in aid of digestion- acts
favorably on the liver, causing it to so
crete tho bile, which is nature's cathar
tic, thus preventing this constijiation.
While eating tliern between meal- must
derange the stomach—like tin- use of
all food at that time—they arc really a
very valuable food, demanded especially
;in waim weather. They may be too
cooling in the coldest weather, while
the more acid berries are lotter in the
; spring and summer.— l/r. J. //. Ilina
ford. ________
A Wandering ( she.
A recent issue of the Sodalia (Mo.
//.< says: One day during the past
week there arrived for Express Agent
Fanlhal r a box about twelve by fifteen
inches in size, which cam- in from the
north. It was apparently obi and well
battered, and contained a large jelly
cake w. 11 wrapped up in tissue paper,
on which was the following inscription:
"Thiscak- wai baked on January'i t,
IST". I 'ass it along."
This Ixix was opened and Mr. F. and
his assistants gazed in spot-ehless
amazem- nt at the contents. The cake
! was well pr- scrved, though as dry as
Egypt and hard as the heart of Pharaoh,
and notwithstanding the fact that it has
lc-n on the road for years it had a won
dcrfnlly innocent appearance.
The box was ornamented in every
available spot with lalx-ls from different
companies through which it jiasscd; for
• ach agent to whom it had ix-en con
signed had paid the charges (fifty cents),
and, appreciating the joke, remarked
the box and sent it forward to some
j other txiint. Thns the lalels showed
conclusively that the box with its pre
cious contents had visited every fttate
in the Union from Maine to Texas and
! Oregon to Florida, and it is probably
doomed to lie a constant wanderer npon
j the face of the earth until the end of
time, for as long as it is kept going no
one has to pay for its transportation.
Each agent upon receiving it simply
sends it on, marked C. O. I>., to the
next man, who treat* it in the same
manner. And so it will go until
some fellow get* disgusted, pays the
charges and kicks the parcel ioto the
street. Attaches] to the I HIT was a string
| of tag* on one side, on which wen- the
usual directions, while on the other side
waggish fellows along the way hail
made such remarks as they deemed ap
propriate. One says: " Too rich for onr
! blood;" another "Yum, yum;" and
othera, "We pass," "Dry ujs" " Baked
j ly Eve in the Garden of Eden for
' Adam's Express rompany," " When
j shall we meet again," etc.
It we* aent from Bedalia to Fort
Worth. Who Ktartcd it no one know*,
and there ia no way of finding ont.
Conld the box talk it eonld donbtlca*
tell an intereating tale of UwTel, bat it*
beginning wna a myatery and probably
it* fate will le the name to all bat the
fellow who finally "take* the cake."
.4 M-hcrman' Odd f'ateh.
Thonia* Lipecomh recently had some
hooka aet ont on Little rirer. Two of
the hooka were aet pretty doee together
and one of then caught an eel during
the night, and the cel. in attempting to
get off the book, had twiated the line np
until he wan entirely ont of water.
When he went to examine hia hooka he
fonnd a large hawk caught on the hook
near the eeli He think* the hawk aaw
the eel al>ore the water, and in attempt
ing to catch it got caught on the other
hook dangling cloae by.—H'mAia<//oa
(oa.) Otmur..
CMPI'IJfUH KOK THE CL'KIOI'H.
Examine the thread-slime how we will
wo tun find in it no month, no stomach
no muscles, no nerves, no parts of any
kind. Yet it eat* and breathes and
grows. When it is too large to be com
fortable it splits in two, and each half
goes its way a a living animal.
The sea-urchin has several movable
spines. Each spine looks very knowing,
and apparently makes its own little ex
cursions without regard to what the
other spines are doing. In large S)xx:i
inens, where the claws can be seen round
the spines, the effect is verv comical.
Ihe various tribes of ants go to war
with each other, plunder each other sys
tematically, and have altogether a great
deal of excitement in their way. Home
tribes of ants keep cows, and others
slaves; others have blind beetles resi
dent with them—blind bar<ls, pcrliaps,
to sing to them.
iho Journal of Aj/jtiitd Scienrn savs
that the birth of the eider-down indus
try in Iceland may be traced to British
trade in the fifteenth and sixteenth cen
turies. The birds reach the island in
May and dune, frequenting the lirtli*
and estuaries, and are never found in
inland waters. If the nests are robbed
more than thrice the birds will go away.
Three nests give alsmt half a pound of
down. A real down coverlet weighs
only one and one half pounds, and can
not be quilt* d: the so-callftd down quilts
weigh four and one-half pounds, and are
not so warm.
In the ancient Egyptian astronomy
the ord<r of th- planets, in rospoct of
distance from tin- earth, beginning with
the most remote, is Saturn, Jupiter,
Mum, the sun, Venus, Mercury, the
moon. The day was divided into twenty
four hour*, and each successive Lour
consecrated to a particular planet in the
order stated so that, one hour lieing
consecrated to Saturn, the next fell to
Jupiter, tli" third to Mars, and so on,
and each day was named after the planet
to which its first hour was consecrated.
The Egyption week began with Satur
day, or the day of Saturn; and the Jews,
because of their {light on that day, male
it the last day of their week the last
day of their bondage—hence their Sab
bath or rest fr"m la!or.
Personnel of Our Earlier Presidents.
The President* of the United State*
were generally men of good jieraonal
apjssaraiiee. The extremes in point of
stature were Polk and Lincoln—the lat
ter of hom was six feet four, while the
former was a little more than five fet
three. Van Bnren, also, was a small
man. The first four were men of much
dignity. Concerning Washington noth
ing need Is added on this point. He
was the Wan ideal of manly beauty, even
in his latter day*, and when Stuart un
dertook to ]<atnt hi* portrait the artist
was o overcome with the majesty of his
patron that at first he was unable to pro
ceed with his task. John Adams lacked
Washington's noble stature and gran
deur of mien, but he was a man of much
dignity. Jefferson was of noble ]erson
nel—tall, well-built and of ltnposingap
pea ranee. Malison had merely a re
spectable look, and Wing dressed in
black presented much the appearance
of a clergyman. Monroe and Washing
ton were the only Presidents that served
in the field during the Hevolution. They
were together at Trenton, where Mon
roe wa s lieutenant and received a ball
which he carried through life. He was
the last of the Revolutionary Presidents,
and wore the cooked hat and conti
nental uniform, which Iwvame him to
a remarkable degree. John tjniney
Adams, like his father, was stout,
thick-set ami deficient in point of
stature. Jackson was tall ami gaunt,
with bristling hair, and a nervous but
deficient countenance. Van Buren
lacked jwrsonal dignity, and. indeed,
was the most deficient of all our Presi
dent* in physique excepting Polk. Har
rison was a man of much |ersonal dig
nity. Tyler was a spare-faced man, with
a broad, thin nose, which gave him
rather a comic*! •ppc*r*nce. It was
his station as President that won tho
hand of the rich woman, Gardiner,
rather than any personal attraction.
Polk was ** has been said, a small man,
with a cold, repulsive countenance, and
a hard, staring pair of aye* that were
singularly free from anything like a
kindly, genial look. Taylor was a
lieavy-bnilt man with a rough visage, as
might have been ex)>ected of one whose
life was passed on the frontier. He was
bred a soldier, and loved tie service.
His face had a pleasant smite at limes,
bat was often impressed with the stern
character of military life. Fillmore had
a lymphatic countenance —doll, except
when lit up by business or pleasure.
He wws agreeable in aooiety and inter
esting in conversation to a degree much
beyond many cf his predecessors. He
was of mora than an average aiae, and
of proportions that auggnated dignity if
not elegance. Buchanan was a feeble
looking old gentleman, whose white
choker suggested the clerical order.
It ill Mtircmtod that something be
tween 800,0110,0.10 and 1,000,000,000
foot of logs are ;e irly made into shingles
in the United Htatea.