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VOLUME '_XL.
See, love ! the rosy radiance gleams
Athwart the sunset sky ;
List, love ! sO.l hear the.bird's sweet notes
In lingering cadence die.
love, thy clinging hands in mine,
And holding last by me, r -
Truss, love 1 - twill lie true, my dove,
So true, sweetheart, to thee— .
Sweetheart, to thee. • '
BENJ. M. lISCK
Come, love I I waiting, pine so long,
And weary watch for thee;
Dear love! amidst the darkened night
Thy star-like face 1 me. .
Heart's love ah, come that close to Me;
I'll shelter thee from harms,
From every foe or secret woe,
Close clasped within my arms.;
Lie safe from all
Sweetheart, with me.
May 1, '79,
Dear love t. 14 face above me gleaming,
A sootier radiance gives _ •
Ah, love t thy, tone's sweet asdenee dying,
in`
Sings 'my% heart and 11Ye111.
Clasped, love, close to my heart, tby
Foldettilher wings In peiet
Trusts lure feeling no cold nor shadow,
Finding at Wit her ease,
From tear a sato release, , •
Heart's loVs, with thee 2
Our little friend is in his grave;
The sod Is green with April rain.
We weep for Wm! What would wo have?
2 To him at least our loss is gain.
Feb 27, I'J
We lose the hope of future years.—
Our child, our gallant little man;
But he, the futureb pain and tears ;
We will be happy It we can. _
Or, it not happy, atlll, conteut •
Ills peltei r solace our despair.
God takes away the gem he lent
To set It With the star-beams fair
(novll-75
Harper's Weekly,.
"It is not either her moneys-or
her position that dashes me, Carrot ;
it is my own name.. Think of asking
Eleanor 'Bethune to' become. Mrs.
William Smith If it had been Alex
ander Smith,—"
" Or Hyacinth Stnith."
. " Yes t .tiyacinth Smith would have
done; but plain William Smith!"
" Well; as far as 1 can see, you are
not to blame: Apolog - ze to the
young lady icr the bladder of your
godfathers and godmothers. Stupid
old parties! They ought to have
thought of' Hyacinth," - and Carrot
threw his cigar into the fire and be-.
gan to buckle on his spurs.
" Come with me, Carrot." • : _
" No, thank you. It is against my
principles to like any one better than
myself, and Alice Fontaine is a temp
tation to do so."
" I don't like Alice's style at all."
"Of course not. - Alice's beauty;
as compared with Mrs. Bethune's set
tled income, is skin deep." -
if scareaSm was;intended, Smith
did not perceive it.He took the
ciit
icism at its face value; and answered,
"Yes; Eleanor's income is satisfac
tory; and besides that, she has all
kinds of good . qualities, and several
accomplishments. If I only could
offer her, with myself, .t suitable name
for them !"
" Could
.you not, in taking Mrs.
Bethune and her money, take; her
name also?" •
" N-n-no. A,man does not like to.
lose all his individuality in his wife's,.
Carrot."
" Well, then, I have no other sug
gestion, and I am going toride."
So -Carrot went to the Park, and
Smith went to the The 'oc
cupation gave him the courage he
wanted. He was undoubtedly a very
handsome man, and he had, also,
vary fine manners; indeed, be would
have been a very great man if , the
world had only been a drawing-room,
for, polished and fastidious, he dread
ed nothing so much as an indecorum s
and had the air of being uncomforta
ble unless his hands • were in kid
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tOICAN 1)A, rA
gloves.
Smith had a standing invitation to
Mrs. Bethune's five o'clock tens, and
he was always considered an acquisi
tion.! He was also very fond , of, going
to them, for under no circumstances
was Mrs. Bethune so charming. To
see her in this hour of' perfect relaxa
tion, was to understand how great
and beautiful is the art of idleness.
Her ease and grace, her charming
aimlessness, her indescribable air of
inaction, were all so many proofs of
her having been born in the purple
of wealth and fashion ; no parvenue
could ever have hoped to imitate them'.
Alice Fontaine never tried. She
had been taken from a. life of polite
shifts and struggles by hcr cousin,
Mrs. Bethune,' two years before; and
the circumstances that were to the one
the mere accidents of her position
were to the other a real holiday-mak
ing.
Alice met Mr. Smith with empres
sement, fluttered about the tea-tray
like a butterfly, Wasted her bonmots
and the sugar recklesslA and was as
full of pretty animation as her cousin
Bethune was of elegant repose.
"I am glad you are come, Mr.
Smith," said Mrs. Bethune. " Alice
has been trying to spur me into a
fight. I don't want to throw a lance
in. Now you can be my substitute."
"Mr. Smith," said Alice, impetus
ously, "don't you think that women
ought to have the same rights as
men.?"
"Really, Miss Alice, I—l don't
know. When women have got what
they call their do they ex
.
peet to keep what they call their
' privileges' also?"
Certainly they do. When they
{ bare driven. the men to emigrate, to
scrub - floors, and to jump into the
East River, they will still expect the
corner seat, the clean 'side of the road,
the front place, and the pick of every
thing."
" Ali, indeed ! Anti when all the
public and private business of the
country is in their hands, will they
still expect to find time for five
o'clock teas?"
"Yes Sill They will conduct the
affairs Of this regenerated country,
and not neglect either their music or
their pets, their dress - or their draw
ing-room. They will be perfectly
able to do the one, and not leave the
other undone."
"Glorious creatures! Then they
will accomplish what men have been
TOWAWDA. PA.
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X. N. BETTS,.Casbler
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SWEETHEART, •TO THEE.
--Margaret Field
OUR LITTLE FRIEND.
4iterld Q7ale,
ct••••=-'
The Two Mr. Smiths.
M7MJ=
lie
trying to do ever since the world be.
gan. .They - will get two days' work
out of one day."
• "Of course they will."
"But how ?"
"Oh, machines and manag,ement.
It will be done."
" But your answer is illogical, Miss
Alice." - •
"Of course. Men always' take
refuge in their logic; — and yet, with
all their boasted skill, they have
never, mustered the useful and ele•
mentary proposition, It will be, be-
cause it will be."
-.Mr. Smith was very much annoyed
at the tone Alice was, giving to the
conversaticn. She was treating hid
as a joke, and he felt how impossible
it was going to be to get Mrs. Bethune
to treat him seriously. Indeed, be
fore he could restore the usual placid,
tender tone of their fete-a-fete, two or
three ladies joined the party, and the
hour was up„and the opportunity
ITUI
However, be was not without con
solation : Eleanor's band had rested
a moment very tenderly in his; be
had seen her white cheek flash and
her eyelids droop, and he felt almost
sure that he was beloved.' And as be
had determined that night to test his
fortune; be was not inclined to let
himself be disappointed.
quently ho decided on writing to her,
for he was rather proud of his letters;
and indeed, it must be confessed that
he had an elegant, and eloquent way
of putting any case in which he was
personally interested.
Eleanor Bethune thought so. She
received his proposal odlier return
from a very stupid party, and as:
soon as she saw his writingshe began
to consider how much . more delighz7
ful the evening would have been if
Mr. Smith had been present. His
glowing eulogies on h:r beauty, and
his passionate descriptions of his own
affection, his hopes and his despairs,
chimed in with her mood exactly.
Already his line person and manners
bad made a great impression on her;
she had been very near loving him ;
nothing,-indeed, had been needed
but that touch of electricity conveyed
in the knowleigc that she was be
loved.
Such proposals seldom or never
take women unawares. Eleanor bad
been expecting it,.and had already
decided en her answer. So, after, a
short, happy reflection, she opened
her desk and wrote Mr. Smith a.few
lines which she believed would make
him supremely, happy.
Then she went to Alice's door, and
woke her out of her first sleep.." Oh,
you lazy girl; why did you not
crimp. your hair?. Get up .again,
Alice dear; I have a secret to tkll
you. I am-going—to—marry—Mr.
—Smith." . .
" I knew some catastrophe was im
pending, Eleanor;-I have felt it all
Jay. Poor Eleanor !"
" Now, Alice, be reasonable. What
do you think of him—honestly", you
know ?" •
a The man has excellent qualities ;
for instance, a perfect taste in cra
vats, and an irreproachable propriety.
Nobody ever saw him in any position
out of the proper centre of gravity.
Now there is Carrot, always sitting
round on tables or easels, or if on a
chair, on the back or arms, or any
way but as other Christians si'. Then
16:Smith is .handsomel very much
so."
"Ohl , yon do admit that?"
'• Yes; but I don't myself like men
of the hair-dressei style of beauty."
" Alice, what makes you dislike
him so much ? "
"Indeed, I don't, Eleanor. I think
he is very ' nice,' and very respecta
ble. Every one will say, 'What a
suitable match l' and I dare say you
wil' be very happy. lie will do eve
rything you tell him to do, Eleanor ;
and—oh dear me !—how I should hate
a husband of that k nd 1"
" You little hypocrite I—with your
talk of woman's 'rights' and wo
man's supremacy."
",No, Eleanor love, don't call it
hopocrisy,please; say many-sidedness
—it is a more womanly definition.
But if it is to be really so, then I
wish you joy, cousin. And what are
you going to wear ?" •
This subject proved sufficiently at
tractive to keep Alice awake a couple
of hours. She even crimped her hair
in honor of the bridal shopping; and
before matters had been satisfactorily
arranged she was so full of anticipat
ed pleasures that she felt really grate
ful to the author of them, and per
mitted herself to speak with enthusi
asm of the Bridegroom.
" He'll be a sight to see, Eleanor;
on his marriage day. There won't
be a, handsomer man nor a better
dressed man in America, and his
clothes will all come from Paris, I
dare say."
" I think we will go to Paris first."
Then Eleanor went into a graphic
description of the glories and pleas
ures of Paris, as she had experienced
them during her first bridal totir.
" It is the most fascinating city in
the world, Alice."
" I dare say ; but it is a ridiculous
shat iiriving it, in such an out-of-the
way place. What is the use of bar
ing a Paris, when one has to sail
three thousand miles to get at it? '
Eleanor, I feel that I shall have to
go;"
"So you'shall,dear ; I won't go
without you."
." Oh , no, darling, not with Mr.
Smith . ; I really could not. 1 shall
have to try and manage matters with
Mr. Carrol. We shall quarrel all the
way across, of Course, but then—"
" Why don't you adopt his opinion,
Alice?" •
" I intent to=for a little while ;
but it is impossible to go on with the
same set of opinions' forever. Just
think how dull conversation would
become •!" •
'‘ Well, dear, you may go to sleep
now, for mind, I shall want you down
to breakfast before eleven. I have
given Somebody' permission to. call
at five 'o'clock to-morrow—or rather
to-day--and we shall have a tete-a.tete
tea."
Aline determined that it should be
strictly tete-a-tete. She went to spend
the afternoon with Carrot's sisters,
and stayed until she thought the lov
ers had had ample time to make their
vows and arrange theft. wedding.
There was a little. }font on her lips
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ais She left Carrol "outside of the door,
and slowly bent her steps to Elea
noea private parlor. Bhe was trying
to make op her mind to be' civil to
her cousin 'a husband elect, and the
temptation to be anything else was
very strong:
shall be dreadfully in the. way
—his way, I mean—and be will want
to send me out of the room, and I
shall not go—no, not if I fall asleep
on a chair looking at him."
With this decision, the most amia
ble she could reach,. Alice entered
the parlor. Eleanor was alone, and
there was a pale, angry looron her
face could not understand.
"Shut the door, dear."
"Alone ?" •
"I have been so all the evening."
"Have you quarreled with Mr.
Smith ?" '
"Mr. Smith did not call."
"Not come?"
"Nor yet sent WI apology F"
The two women sat looking into
each other's faces a few moments,
both white and silent.
" What will you do, Eleanor ?"
- "Nothing."
But be may be , sick, or he may
not have got your letter. Such queer
mistakes do happen."
" Parker' took into his hotel ; the
clerk said he was still In his room ;
it was sent to him in linker's sight
Conse-
and hearing. There is not any doubt
but that he received iL"
" Well, suppose he did not ? Still,
if be really cares for you, he is hard
ly likely to take your supposed si
lence for an absolute refusal. I hare
said ' No' to Carrot a dozen times;
and he won't stay ' noed.' Mr. Smith
will be sure to ask fora personal in-
tervicw."
Eleanor answered, drearily: " I
suppose - he will pay me that respect;"
but through this little effort at 'asser
tion it -was easy to detect the white
feather of mistrust. - She halfsus-
petted the touchy self-esteem of Mr.
Smith. If she had merely been guil
ty of a breach of good manners to-
ward him, she knew that he would
deeply resent it; how, then, when
she had—hoWever innocently—given
him the keenest personal slight?
Still she wished to accept Alice's
cheerful view of the affair, and what
is heartily wished is half accomplish
ed. Ere she fell asleep she bad de
.tided thit her lover would call the
following day, and her thoughts were
busy with the pleasant amends she
would make him for any anxiety he
might have suffered.
But Mr. Smith did not call the fol
lowing day, nor on many following
',ones, and a casual lady visitor de-
:stroyed Eleanor's last hope . that be
'would ever call again, for, miler a lit
tle desultory gossip, she said " You
will miss Mr. Smith very much at
your receptions, and brother Sam
:says he is to , be away two years."
"So tong '?" asked Eleanor, with
Orfect calmness.
"I believe so., I thought the move
very sudden, but Sam says be bas
been talking about the trip for six.
months."
" Really I—Alice dear, won't you
bring that piece of Bantam pottery
for. Mrs. Hollis to look at? " "
So . the wonderful cup and saucer
were brought, and they caused a di
version so complete that Mr. Smith
and his eccentric move were not
named again during the visit. Nor,
indeed, much after it. " What is
the use of disi.uSsing hopelessly
disagreeable subject ?" :Said' Eleanor
to Alice's first otfersif sympathy. To
tell the truth,, the mere mention of
the subject made her cross, for young
women of the finest foal/pee do not
necessarily possess the finest tempers.
Carrol's next visit was looked for
ward to with a good deal of interest.
Naturally, it was thought that he
would know all about his friend's
singular. conduct But he professed
to be as much puzzled as Alice. "He
supposed it was something about
Mrs Bethune; be had always told
Smith not to take a pretty, rich wo,
man like her into his calculations.
For his part, if he had been desirous
of marrying an heiress, and felt that
he had, a gift that way, he shoUld
have looked out a rich German girl ;
they had less nonsense about them,"
etc.
That was how the affair ended as
far as . Eleanor was concerned. Of
course she suffered; but she was not
of that generation of women who pa
rade their suffering. Beautiful and
self-respecting, - she was, above all,
endowed with physical sell.control.
Even Alice was apared the hysterical
sobbings and faintings and other
signs of pathological distress com•
mon to weak woman.
Perhaps she was more silent- and
irritable than usual, but Eleanor's
heartache for love never led her to
the smallest social impropriety.
,Whatever she suffered, she did not
refuse the proper mixture of colors
in her hat, or neglect her tithe of the
mint, anise, and etimmin due to her
position. •
. Eleanor's reticence, however, had
this good effeet—it compelled Alice
I to talk Smith's singular behavior
over with Carrol; rind somehow, in
discussing Sthith, they got to under
standing each other; so that, after
all, it was Alice's and not Eleanor's
bridal shopping that was to do. And
there is something very assuaging to
grief in this occupation. Before it
was completed, Eleanor had quite
recovered her placid,sunshiny temper.
" Consolation, thy name is satin
and lace I" said Alice. thankfully, to
herself, as she saw Eleanor so tired
-and happy about the wedding finery :
At first . Alice had been quite sure
. .that she would go to Paris, and ..no
where else; but Eleanor noticed that
in less than a week Carrol's influence
was paramount. "We hare got a
better idea, Eleanor—quite a novel
one," she said, one Morning- "We
are going to make our bridal trip in
Carrol's yacht I":
" Whose ides is that?" --
" Carrot's, end mine too, of course.
Carrol says it is the jolliest life. You
leave all your cares and your bills
behinkyou, You issue your own
sailing orders, and sail away Into
space with an easy conscience."'
" But_.l thought' you were bent on
a European visit ?"
"The yacht will be ever BO much
nicer. Think of the nuisance of ticket
offices, and waiting-rooms, and see-
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ond-class hotels, and trouble':nue let
ters waiting for yon at your,bankerl),
and_disagreeable
,paragraphs iri .the
neientisperart think'Cirrollildea is
splendid." "'
• So the marriagelook plane f=at.thi
end of the lesson; And' Aline and Car
rot sailed happily' airoyinto'the un
knovin:. EleanorWaii - at a hiss what
to do with herself. She go
to Europe, but' Mr. &Pith had gone
there, and she felt sure that' some un
luckyaceident would throw thern,to
gether. It -was noti,-.1.1er ,nature- to I
courtembarrassz..reents ; ~- s o Europe
was out of .the question:. ,
Whileshe.WasAiesitatilig'she.calle4
one day on-. Celeste
,Reicl—a b,eauti;
ful girl whO had heen,4 great belle,.
but was now a confirmed invalid. u
am going to try the air of Colorado,
Mrs. Bethune," she said:'" Papa has
heard wonderful . stories about • ' it.
Come With our 'party. We - Shall
have a speCial e,ar,lind _the trip' will
at least have the - charm of novelty."
. , "And I' lore the , mountains,
'testes - I will join you withpleasure.
I was dreading the old routine in the
old places; but this will hedelightful."
Thus it happened that one evening
in the following August Mrs. Bethune
found , herselt slowly stroiling down
the principal street in -Denver. It
was a splendid sunset, and in its glo
ry the . Rocky Mountains rose like
Titanic) palaces built of amethyst.,
gold, and silver. Suddenly the , look
of intensepleasure on her face was
changed for one of wonder,.,and an
noyance. It had become her duty in
a moment to do' a very disagreeable
thing; but duty was a kind of relig
ion to Eleanor ; she never thought
of shirking it. . • .
So she immediately inquired her
way to the telegraph office, and even
quickened her steps into; as fast a
I - walk as she ever permitted, herself.
The message she bad to send was a '
peculiar and not a 'pleasant one. At
.first she thought it would-hardly-be
possible . 'to frame it in' such words
As she would care to dictate to strang
ers ; Int she finally settled 'on the
following form : ' • . •
" Xessrs.* Lockek Lord:
"Tell brother Edward that Bloom is in
Denver. No delay. The matter is of the
greatest importance." "
When she had dictated the mes
sage, the clerk said : " Two dollars,
madam." But great to Eleanor's an
noyance, her purse was not in her
pocket, and she could not remember
whether she had put t it there or not.
The man stood looking at her in an
expectant way ; she felt that any de
lay about the message might be fatal
to its worth ; perplexity and uncer
tainty ruled her absciltite'y. She was
about to explain her
,dilemma, and
return to her hotel for money, when
a gentleman, who had heard and
watched the whole performance, saki :
" Madam, I perceive that time is
of great importance to you f and that
you have lost your purst• ,• allow me
to pay for the message. You can re
turn the money if you wish. My
name is William Smith. I, am stop;
ping a t the' A merican.' "
Thatil: you, Sir. The message is
of the gravest importance to my
brother. I gratefully accept your
offer."
Further knowledge proved
William Smith to be' a New York
capitalist, who was slightly known to
three of the genthmen in Eleanor's
party.; so that the acquaintance be
gun so informally was very speedily
afterward inaugurated with all the
forms and ceremonies good society
demands, It was soon possible, too,
for Eleanor, to explain the circum
stances whieh, even in her code of
strict etiquette,made a stranger's of
fer of money tot the hour a thing
to be gratefully accepted. She had
seen in the door of the postoffice a
runaway cashier of her brother's, and
his speedy arrest involved a matter
of at least forty thousand dollars.
This Mr.'William Smith was a to
tally difl'erent man to Eleanor's last
lover—a bright, energetic, alert busi
ness man, decidedly handsome, and.
gentlemanly. Though his name was
greatly against him in Eleanor's prej
udices, she found herself quite unable
to resist the cheery, pleasant influence
he carried with him. And it was
evident from the first day of their
acquaintance that Mr. William Smith
had but one thought—the winning of
Eleanor Bethune.
When she returned to New York
in the autumn she ventured to cast
up her accounts with life, and she
waF rather amazed at the result. For
she was quite unaware that she was
in love with this •William Smith in a.
'way that she had never -been with
the other. The first had been a sen
timental idea the second was a gen-
uine ease of sincere and passionate
affection. She felt that the deser
tion of this lover would be a grief
far beyond the power of satin and
lace to cure. . ,
But her new lover hid never a dis
loyal thought to his mistress , and his
lo've, transplanted to ;the pleasant
places of New York life, seemed to
find its native air. - It enveloped
Eleanor now like a glad and heaven
ly atmosphere ; she was so happy
that, she dreaded any change; it
seemed to her that no change could
make her happier.
But if good- is good, still better
carries the day, - and Mr. • Smith
thought marriage would be a great
deal better than love-making.- Elea
nor and he were sitting in the fire-lit
parlor, very still and very happy,
when he whispered this opinion to her:
." It . is only four months since we
met, dear. Only four months, dar
ling;.but I had -been dreamingabout
you„four months before that. Let me
hold Sour hands, sweet, while - I tail
you. On the 20th of last April 'I
was on the point of leaving for Col,
orado to look after the SilVei
Mine. My carriage was ordered, and
I was' waiting at my hotel for it. A
servant brought me a -letter—the
dearest, sweetest little letter—see,
here it isl" and. this William Smith
absolutely laid before Eleanor her
own prettY, loving reply to the first
William Smith's offer. ,
Eleanor looked queerly at it, and
smiled. " What did you think, dear?
" That it was just the pleasantest
thing -that had ever happened to me.
It was directed to Mr. W. Smith,and
had been pnt into my hands. I wne
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that - U*lw not. ft tended, for you, and
yoii obi not know 4 ,7Saulorßethune."
,;!‘...0h, 7 beg-your pardon, swear
heartilt VW; -intended forme. I.ean
itnagineliestiny standing Samastiesl ,
:by
,your aide; add watchful; you
send the letter to one. W.Smith when
she, Intended it for another W. Smith.
Eleanor Bethune •I meant to know
just as soon-as-possible. Li was eon/•
ing baek +to New York to look for
And, instead, she went to you in
Colorado."
' 6 , only think of that!: Why, love,
when that blessed telegraph clerk
said, t,Who sends this message P and
yop, said, Mrs., Bleanor. Bethune,' I
wanted to . fling MY hat to the. sky.
I' did 'not loge my head is badly when
they foind that new lead in the Sil
ver
"Won't .7. you give me that' let
terratid let me destroy it,.WilliQm ?
It was written to the wrong Smith,
and •delWered to the'wrong Sniith."
" It was written to the wroa_
but it was.. givento .thelight Smith.
Still, Eleanor, if you will say one lit
tle word to me, you may do, what
you like with the letter."
Then Eleanor whispered the wor I,
and the blaze of the burning letter
made a little illumination in honor of
their betrothal kiss.
'THE ITITOTS or MOONLIGHT.
As some people, says a writer,
seem ,to , scout the idea of baneful
effects from the rays of the moon,
allow me to state a few facts known
to me. In• the year 1863, when run
ning on ' a bark between San Frnn
cisco and Humboldt Bay, our pro
visions consisted• on the down trip,
in- most cases, of elk meat purchased
at
_Humboldt Bay, and invariably
hung up in -the rigging,,covered with
Canvas. Upon two occasions, when
two hindquarters from the same ani
mal Were hung up side by side, the
crew some time in the night uncover
ed.one of thein to cut off some pieces
for bait for the numerous fishes-fol
lowing in our wake, and
-neglected to
replace tliii - ctinvas , covering. In the
morning. the cook noticed that the
meat bad a slimy appearance, but,
not suspecting anything, cut of sun.
dry slices to cook for breakfast. The
result was that the whole ship's com
pany were made sick, myselt includ
ed, which the captain, on inspecting
the quarter of meat, decided Was ow
ing to-the effects of the moon's rays,
and ordered it to be thrown Over
board ; but the mate,,iidiculing this
idea, d i reeted -the steward to slice off
more of the same for his dinner, and'
at the same time two of the crew ate
Of the tainted . meat. The result was'
that' all three were made extremely'
sick, with symptoms resembling those
of cholera—,viz vomiting, cramps,
etc. The rest of the crew, who ate.'
from the other leg, were not effected,
and we ate from the one that remain
ed until our-arrival in San Francisco.
I have seen in China seas two or
three instances_of men who had slept
on the deck exposed to the rays of
the full moon being attacked with
" moon blindness,"-thatis, unable to
see in the night, though perfectly
able to see in the daytime. These
attacks after otime wore off. Aftho'
not superstitions, I thlly believe in
the. baneful effects of the moon's
rays. I. think that these effects are
more urevalent in the tropical waters,
especially in the Pacific and Indian
'oceans, and only under' clondkss
skies.
_ Li EaKSTllilii AT WASHINGTON
The recent
. political decapitations at
the Capitol, which have turned adrift
several worthy men after yea rs
, of
faithful service, un fi tted for other
pursuits and almost penniless, recalls
the advice given
,to.. a, young. appli-.
cant for oflice by Tom Corwin, when
Secretary of the Treasury. "My
young friend," said Cbravin, "go to
the northwest; buy one hundred and
sixty acres of government landror,
if you have not the money to pur
chase, squat on it; get you - an axe
and mattock, put up a log cabin for
your habitation, and raise a little
corn and , potatoes; keep .your con
science clear, and live like a free
man—your own master, with no one
to give you orders, and without de
pendence upon
_anybody. Do that
and,you will be , honored, respected,
influential and rich. Accept , a clerk
ship,here, and , you will sink at once
all independence; your energies be
come relaxed, and you, are unfitted
in a few yenta for any other and
more independent place. I may give
you .a place today and turn you out
again to-morrow ; and there's anoth
er man . over there iat the -,White
House who can turn me out; and so
we go. . But if you own an acre of
land it is you kingdom, and your ca
bin is your - castle. You are a cover•
eign, and you will feel it in every
throbbing of your pulse; and every
day of your life will assure me of
your thanks for having thus advised
you."
A • HAUPY MEDIUM. - "Nirkere's
immune?" cried blue-eyed Bessie,.
running breathlessly into 'the' room
the, other, morning. " Never mind ;
you'll do, aunty ; I only - want to
know something--is my pa rich ?"
"Not very. Why?"
Oh 'cause Benny Bend and May
Monk and Kate Kinsley are out
here talking about their pa's, and I
didn't know about mine."
".Well, Bessie, tell you. Your
pa is not too rich, and - not 'too poor;
be is just comfortably well off."
child stood- for a moment,
lei . woking - thoughtfulty, then repeated
aver enclaves to herself, , " Not.weddy
sictioot weddy poor, jest comterble,"
and went out.
Presently.her mother came in, Bea
ale following . her. " Well, Bessie,"
said she, " have you been a goodgirl
to-day ?"
" No, mamma."
".Why, Bessie, I hope you have
not been a bad girt?"
" No, ma m ma," said the littlething;
" not weddy bad. not weddy good,
je at a comferble little girl."
.Issit that was banged said. to the
crowd : "This life is but a hentp-tieshonc.”
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EMMEN
*MI EAU? !LOWERS An aon
,
The 'wwa ali failof tiny poet, •
nit sweet vans of Abe newer%
TIM sprang In ever7.shenine4: not*,
Amid the springtime hours.
The buttercup Iles am the elope
Where brit the sunlight rent
The violet sleeps beilde the rill s
The olaby In the dell.
Upon no stone Is carved the name
. Of April*, Oildnin fair
They perished when the sky was bright,
And retitle was the slr. '
TO the soft kisses of the breeze.
• They held b*U trembling, nP,
Tull mania small transparent, urn
•
And houry-ladened top.
And when the nem nodded out, -
to summers balmy bolus,
No little mound was made to tell
Where slept the gentiellowers. -
Those early tbrwers-.they seem to me
Like little children sweet,
Who emilia moment on oillt path
Then perish at oar feet, - - •
I A
TIIE STORY OF A BODSIIP.MAN'S
\ BRAVERY. I
Smi
St., Nlcholas for April.
1
When Tom Black was , in his four
teenth year, he was t school in a
small village in the south of Eng
land, and was'as bap y a boy as'any
fellow ought to expect to. be ; and
yet on his birthday, when he was
really fourteen he ran away* to sea.
No one contd possibly imagine
why he did - this, and, indeed, Tom
himself could give no good reason
for his condudt.
He had a half-holiday on his birth
day, and, he went down to the sea
port town of 111—, a short trip
from, the school, to spend a few
hours and to see — the ships. There
he fell in with a recruiting officer
who wanted some boys for a man-of
war in the harbor, and Torn was so
much pleased with the stories he told
of life at sea, that he went int& a
stationer's store, bought some paper
and wrote, two notes, one to his
family at home and the Other to the
master of-the sehool, informing them
that he had a most admirable appor
turiity of going to sea and learning
to be a naval officer. Such a chance
might not occur again, and as he had
made up his mind to enter the navy,
any way, it would not be wise to let
the • opportunity pass. He would
lose nothing by leaving school now,
for navigation,
-rnatamatics, , and
everything that it' was necessary for
a naval officer to know, were taught
on the ship. Then he mailed the let-
tees and went on board.
When Tom's father and the mas- 1
ter received these notes, it is prob
able that, they would , have taken
measures to get Tom off that; ship in
very short order, bad it not been fur
the fact that the : vessel sailed early
the next morning after Tom made
his appearance on' her deck, and she
was far at sea before Mr. Black and
Dr. Powers had read their letters.
So there was nothing 'to be done
at home but to hope that things
would eventually turn out for the
best, and indeed this was what Tom
himself had to ' do. For he soon
found that his position. on the vessel
was very different from what he had
supposed it would be. Instead of 1
being taught how to sail the ship, he I
was taught how to coil the rope and
to help wash - the ' decks. He was a
ship's boy,-=not a midshipman.'-
When poor Tom found out this,
lamentable feet, he made up his mind
that 'he would run away the first
time the vessel touched, at a port.
But when she did reach a • port, he
remade up his mind, and concluded
to stay onboard.
By a little observation he found
out that it `would be a' difficult and
dangerous- thing for him to try to
run away, - and besides he bad no
money to take him home. It would
be better, he thought, to stay on board
the ship, where he had made some
friends,
.and where he was getting on
a good better than any other
ship-boy. / For the under-officers
soon found out that Tom was made
of better stuff than the other boys,
and they could not help thinking.
too, that he had been a great fool to
come on board - in such a, position.
But they did not tell hint so, for that
would have helped no one, and might
have spoiled a very good ship's-boy.
Tom wrote home whenever imbed
a chince, and he had some long let
tenr from his family,.which were for
warded to him with the other letters
for the ship;
But after he bad been on board'
the "Hector" about six months, he
got a short letter which pleased him
more than , anything in the letter line
he had ever . received. This told him
that, as his friends had becone con-1
winced that he was really very much
attached to a life on the sea and that
as his officers had reported well of
him, they had obtained for him an
appointment as midshipman.
I Now Tom- was floppy.' Now he
would really learn mathematics and
1 • -
w
nay:gap, and now he had a chance
I to work himself up into a good posi
tion. It would seem as if this
I thoughtless boy had been rewarded
for running away from school, 'and
giving his family so much anxiety
and trouble. But things sometimes
happen that way, though• it does not
dreto trust to any such good fortune.
In after years, Tom often regretted
I that he -had not stayed at school and
finished portions of his education
1 which had to , be entirely neglected on
I board a ship. And he also had some
immediate cause for repentance, for
he found that Some of his companions
•'
were very willing toj ke about the
ships-boy who had - among them,',
although they knew hat he was just
co i
as-much of , a gentleman air any of
them.. -
In about a year after Tom's ap
pointment; war broke out with Spain,
and the " Seder' Was Ordered to the
Spanish coast. After cruising about
for a month or two, she joined with`
two other British vessels in an attack
on a fortress on the shores' of the
Mediterranean Sea, which was at the
same tithe besieged by a' land forte.
Early in the morning the three
vessels opened fire on the fort, which
soon replied in a vigorous fashion,
sending bornbshells,ancl cannon-balls
all - around them, and sometimes
knocking off a spar or - crashing
through some timbers. But' the
" Hector" fared very well. She
81.00 Der AnnUm In . Adlvincr.
was more' advantageously placed
than the other ships, and while she
could readily pour in her fire on the
fort, she - received fewer shots in re- ,
turn than her consorts.
But, after a time, the enemy begin
to think that the " Hector" needed
rathei more attention, and additional
guns were brought to-bear upon her.
Now there'sras lively times on the
" Hector's 7 deck, and Tom found out
what it *as to be in s hot tight on
board of a ship.
But the hoy was not frightened.
That was not his nature. He rushed
around, carrying orders and attending
to his duties, very Much as if he was
engaged in a rousing good game of
cricket. '
While he was thus employed, plump
onboard came-,n bombshell, and fell
oliiidat at the foot of the mainmast.
The - fuse in it was smoking and fiz
zing. In an instant more it would
explode and tear 'everything around
it ter stoma.
Several men were at a gun near by,
but they did not see the bomb.
Their lives were almost as good as
gone. ' _ .
The captain stood just back of the
gun. He saw the smoking bomb,
and sprang back. Before he had
even -time to shout "Look out 1"
along came Tom. He was almost on
the bomb, before he saw it. -
It never took Tom long to mate
up his mind. We have seen that.
His second thoughts always came up
along ways after the first ones. He
gaiv one glance at the smoking fuse;
he knew that it was just about to ex
plode, and that it would kill every
body around about it, and he picked
it up and hurled it into the sea.
When, the captain saw Tom stoop,
and grasp that hot, heavy bomb in
his two hands; when be saw him
raise it up, with the fuse spluttering
and fizzing close to his ear—Where,
if it had exploded, it would have
blown his head into pieces no bigger
than a pert—and then dash it, over
the ship's side, so that the fuse was,
of course, extinguished the instant it
touched the water; he was so aston
ished that he could. not speak.
He made one step, a warning cry
was on his lips, but before he'could
say a word it was all over. -
When Tom turned, and was about
to hurry away - on--the errand that
had been so strangely interrupted,
the captain took him by the arm.
"My good fellow," said he, and
although he had seen much service
and had been in many a fight, the
captain
~could not help hisi voice
shaking a little" my good fellow,
do you know wh ' nt you have done ?"
" Yes, sir," said Torn, with a-smile.
"I have spoiled i bombshell."
"And every man in - this part of
the ship owes you his life;" added*
the captain. . .
If you should ever meet Captain
Tom Black of her Majesty's ship
" Stinger," you might ask him about
this incident, and he would probably
tell you that he. has heard about it
a great deal himself, and that he be
lieves from what happened after
ward,that the - affair of the bomb
shell was a very good thing for him,
,but that it was all over so, quickly
that he has already, forgotten almost
all about it.
—Lovata
Thread, although one of the smal
ler alleles of manufacture, is the
foundation of an hn ease industry,
(1 ,2
and the process an machinery by
which it is produced have been de
veloped and perfected until it ap
pears that there is little room for
further improvement.
The primitive method of spinning
cotton thread was to attach a bunch
of the carded cotton to a foiked stick
called a distaff, and, holding it under
the left arm, the cotton was drawn
out and twisted with the left forefin
fier and thumb; the size d milky
of the thread being regulates ly
by the deliCacy of the touch as it
passed through the fingers. .An soon
as sufficient length was twisted, to,
reach to the ground, the was
I wound upon a stick called a spindle.
In this manner the spinsters of Old
England•made their thread, and it'
was not until the time of Henry
VIII. that the spinning wheel—
which had long been in iise in India
—was introduced into England. Af
tet this come the spinning •jenny,
then ,the spinning mule, and then a
host of machines of various branches
of textile manufacture;
NUMBER 4
SPOOL COTTON.
A spool of cotton appears a sim
ple thing, but when it is considered
that the thread, which is so even and
so strong, is composed of six. cords,
that the filaments which compose
each cord are straightened are made
parallel and twisted ; that
.two such
cords are united and twisted togeth
er, and' that three of the double cords
are twisted to form a complete
thread, it becomes a matter of won
der that it can be profitably done fur
the price at which the thread is,, af
forded to the consummer. •
The cotton, as it comes from the
bales, passes througkmachines called
pickers, which pick it up loosely, re-
moving burrs, dust, and' other- impu
rities by means of a. vacum. From
the pickers it passes to the lap ma.
chines, where it is similarly treated
and well flattened and compactly
rolled up into laps preparatory to
passing through the' carding ma
chines. In the carding , machines,
the fibers are further cleaned, comb-
ed; and broken, and delivered in A
narrow unbroken ribbon called the
sliver, to tall cans, in which, by in
genious mechanism, it is toiled. The
filled cans are conveyed to the rib
bon lap machinek t
_where a number
of the ribbons are united in a single
lap several times wider than the sin
gle ribbon. These laps or rolls are
now conveyed to the French cumbers
which, with perhaps the exception of
the spooling machines, are the most
interesting of all the machines used
in thread manufacture.: - They are in
termittent in their action, and comb
out all the short staple, leaving only
the long fibers to be worked into the
thread. The sliver, as it pastes from
the ambers, looks deli Cate and gen
'zy, more like a spider's web than
anything else. The machine handles
in delicately, and brings 'it together
in a narrow ribbon and coils it in
. the cans. This operation is of the
it rem - tries
the abort fibers-sad mangey the
10.1_11 - erieit be best Mulder". „
The 'ribbon is next drawn and
twisted. In the drawieg frames, and,
is afterward further twisted -in two
separated maehines before spinning,:
and is wound upon large spools,
which are earned to the spinning`
mules. In each of these machines
there are . ‘several hundred spindles,
which revolve,very, slowly as they.
are carried forward by the carriage '
'in winding the threadtin the spindle;
but revolve with great speed as the
cerriagedraws back in the operation
of spinning. The spinning Mules
are entirely automatic in their ac-
tion; the attendant has only to re;
pair- the = broken threads of . which
there are not many.. Froth. the spin
ning mules the cops go the cop win
ders, where two strands are wound
togethers on a single spool. The
bobbins revolve at a spied of about
5,000 revolutions per minute, and
the thread is wound on the bobbins
by a simple differential arrangement;
Three of these double strands are
twisted together, making' the well,
knoWn six-cord spool cotton.
The spools from the twisting ma,
chines are conveyed .to? . the reeling
machines. where the Linke are form !
ed. When removed from these ma
chines the hanks' are inspected by
experts, who. by long practice, are
enabled detect a very small varia,
tion in the j siz,e of the thread, or any
other imperfections.
While the thread is in hanks it is
passed to the bleaching hoise, where
it is bleached twice, being/ subjected
during the process to. it. thorough
soaping. After bleaching, the hanks
are dried and _passed to the• hank
winding machines, where the thread
is Wound on large spools preparatory
to spooling . The spools, , we are in•
formed, are made in Maine, it having
been found that they could be Made
and shipped cheaper than the wood
could be shipped And worked at the
manufactory. - -
The spooling machines, seem the
very embodiment of ingenqity. They
take the sp?oli, hold them between
centers, revolve them, start the
thread, wind it back and YoFtft with
the utmost precision, making allbw
once for the beveled ends, stop when
the required amount is wound, nick
the spool, putin the timid, cut it
off, lino release the spool, all without
attention. All that is required of
the attendant is to see that thread is
suppli4,- and to keep ; the hoppers
full of spools.
The tickets which/are placed on
the lends of the spoolei are 'printed in
the ( establishment, two steam - litho;
graphic presses being employed for
the purpose. The bronze is applied
to the tickets by a bronzing mahine,
and 'they are gummed and punched
bj hand. ,
The tickets are -very rapidly gap
plied to the spools by girls, who hold
a-small package of them in one hand,
passing them one at a time into, one
side of the mouth, while they are
taken 'by the other -hand from the
other side of the , mouth and applied
to the spools. By continued , prac
tice the hand becomes very deliter
-
The boxes which contaiS the
spools are made by an army of
and the label an 3 other printing is done
in a printing - °ince containing two
Hoe cylinder presses , and two other
small presses.
AFRAID SHE'D BE KIRSIEDA man
was once walking along One road and
a woman along another. The two
roads fitfully united, and man and
woman, reaching i the junction 4, the
same time, walked on from there to.,
gether. The man was 'carrying a •
large- iron kettle on back, in one
hand he held by the legs alive chick
en, in the other a cane,. and he was
leading a goat. Just, as they were
coming to a dark, deep ravine, the .
woman said to the man : "I'm afraid
to go through that ravine with you ;
it is:a lonely place, and you might
overpower me and kiss me by force."
-"If you were afraid of that," said
the man, " yoirshouldn't have walked
I with me at all. How can I possibly
overpower and kiss you by force
when I have this great iron kettle on
my back, a - cane' in one hand and a
live chicken' in the, other, and am
leading this goat? I might as well
be.tied hand and foot."
" Yes," replied the woman, " but
if you should stick your cane into '
the ground and tie the goat to it,
and turn the kettle bottom side up
and put the chicken into
_it, then
you mightwickedly kiss me, in spite
of my resisiance.
" Success to _thy ingenuity, 0 wo
rnah I" said, the rejoicing man to
him
self. " I should never have thought
of such an expedient"
And when they came to the ravine
he stuck his cane intq the ground
and tied the ' , goat to ' it, gave the
chicken to the woman,saying : " Hold
it while I cut some grass for the
goat;" and then, lowering the kettle
from his shoulders, imprisoned - the .
chicken under it, and wickedly kissed
the woman, as she was afraid he
I would. •
AT THE sale of pews in the 'new
C4holic Cathedral in New York a
few days ago, fifty-three were dis
posed !of - for $12,525, the highest
price. paid being $2,100. Only the .
right to choose pews were sold, and
the bilYers are required to pay Lm an
nual rent of from $lOO to $l5O - for
their use. We read in a certain book,
that the rich man cannot enter the
kingdom of heaven, but it Is getting
sq that only the rich man= and wo
man—can enter our large and fish
lonable Churches. The choice of seats
in the better world are not sold to the
highest bidder, we bellevei and St.
Peter doesn't yell at the man in a
faded check shirt, Here, yonl stand
back there, and don't crowd this gen
tleman with diamond-pin yand don't'
you see you are Wading on the train
of that • lady's, silk dress! if you
haven't got a reserved seat ticket, go
'round to the back gate!"
- " ANGELINA!" cried Theodore, mel
odramatically, " may I call you mine,
wholly mine ? Oh, say that I may,
dearest." " Well, let me see," an
swered the saucy fair one with pro
voking deliberation; ." I am barfly
prepared to capitulate unconditional."
ly, to - sign a definite treaty surren
dering my autonomy in perpetuam ;
but I think I should not object to
entering into amicable relations, ac
cording you all privileges possessed
by, the most favored fellows!" The
poor fellow thought she was making
fun of him- and looked hurt. But
she soon took means to reasstire him,
and a treaty offensive and defensive
was immediately entered into. And
sealed ? Well, rather.--Baiton Tran
script. -
•
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foieMune cannot.Testore tp
fete weep," wasi the inscription on' a
F • tomb sto