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Light question , coldly— •
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COODRICH it HITCHCOCK. Ptibl
VOLUME XLII.
Missing, missing, and silence,
The great tides rise and fall;
The sea lies dimpling out hi the light,
'Dr dances, all living gleaming white;
Day follows day, night colleen nillits;
Missing, and that is all. -
The bark crossed out In the log-Look,
=The naint.s dritpped Out of the prayers ;
In malty a household ayaiant place ;
ininany a lac a vanished grace, !-
We know our cast In tho long race,
ilut tidy God knows theirs. '
•LrTintoley's Magazine
PARThENOPE.
The dull yellow sunlight. Of the
English- autumn struggled vaguely
through the silken curtains. Shadows
lurked everywhere in the
. richly 'fur
nished apartment, but nowlore so
heavily as upon the fades of the - tito
men who stood regardipg, each other
with gloomy eyes. The, : younger, a
',stronger built, handsome man of
thirty., confronted leis conipailion
with a look of open resentment. The
other, double his - agEybut erect and
stately as t. pine, returned his gaze
zith assumed oahriness. his lip
.quivered perceptibly; however„und
there was as accentof rage in his
, voice as he said:
" You appear to forget that you
are my secretary, sir 7- my hired ser
vant."
" And: . youlivould- intimate that I
also forget that you.are Sir Thomas
Ulmer," was"the bitter retort,_" one
of the world's leaven and something
better, by Heaven's will, thin we
poOr common mortals. Therefore,
because
.I.".was born plain Luke T 1-
bot, I am no match for your
daaagh
ter."
" Exactly, sir," — l . Trilied Sir Thom
as ; " your logic is exCellept. My
admiration for your talent is only
tnualed by my wonder at your impu
dente,"
" You speak according to your
coda, Sir Thomas, when you- call - my
just, assertion of the,Tighti GO has
distribute'd equally amongall-nien Ly
so insulting a name. But in your
supreme' justice you forget one im•
portant fact. Your daughter loves
me."
" I do not `forget th:tt you use
it," was thesharp retort. ." I do not
believe it, for I have a betteropinion
of my daughter's good sense." -
" She has- told me so," was the
prompt reply, " and, I can trust' her;"
" - Indeed!" Said Sir Thomas, ironi
cally. "It has gone as far that ?
It is high- time that a grain of sense
'were cast into-the atmosphere of fool
ery which you have brought into this
house with you. There are - lawit in
England made to protect weaklings
like -my daughter from scoundrels
like you. lie assured that shall
lodge you in the nearest jail if you
presume -to breathe a word of this
subject again during the:brief remain
der of your stay. Now leave the
room.". -
- • -
•
Talbot's face fluslitd hotly.
" You are a fool to threaten
be cried, " when it is in my heart TO
put you and your pompous•pride_out
of the _world altogether."
• " I haven't, .a (loubt you number
assassination among your , .'cirtues."
:said "Sir Thomas coldly. "At the
sank' time we will ',dispense with he
'ohs if you please. ; Come here at 9
o'clock_ this evening, present your
accounts, and get -Out of the; house
within the - hour, or—well, I .will not .
bandy words with you " •-•
' Talbot glaredst him fiercely for a
moment, and then, as . if lie really
feared that his temper wonl4 get the
best of him, be: rushed out of the
room. As he. opened the door a wo
man's dress whisked quickly into an
alceye in the corridor. In his excite
ment Talbotssed on, unconscious
that there liadb - een a witness to his
interview with Sir Thomas. •
. At the foot-Of the stairs_ .he was
met by 'a -young, girl, who approached
him with- a pale' and agitated face.
She looked up at him anxiously, and
seeing the -heayy frown upon his
forehead shrank'pack from him mur:
'muring tremulously : •
"What did,he say,. Luke.?." .
" Say I" answered. Talbot harshly,
" he heaped insults upon me. and or
dered me out of his house like a mon
grel dog."
66 Poor - Luke," • said a low, sweet
voice behind him, and a tall Mender
girl came. to his side and took his
hand , with an air of compassion.
" You arc learning the hard lesson
which is - as old as the wirld, that
love has more sorrow than oy in it."
" Yes, Parthenope," retained Tat;
hot,' more gently, "pray God when
your turn comes the - lesson may not
be as bitter as mine.", •
The girl dropped his- hand, and
averted her face in silence. Qne rare
ly sees-so wide a contrast between
the two children of - the someparents. .
as between the two daughters of Sir
Thomas Ulmer. Fearl, the younger,
was small-and fragile of figure, with
large. timid, velvet eyes and - pale
gold hair. A sweet thing, born to
live all her life a clinging childi and
to be the meek shadow of those she
loved. 'Parthenope, the elder, on the
other hand, was of grand rorp'rtions,.
graceful as a deer, with hair and
eyes of a Moorish - blackness. Her
very movements were 'expressive of
mental strength and decision. In
the old' time she might have been
chosen by an Emperor to be his royal
mate. As she stood beside Talbot
now, however, there - was -a istrange
air of submission in her attitude.
" Help us, Parthenope," saizi the
younger sister, 01inging about 'her'
neck. "You cad influence our father
where I could only anger him. We
love each other so."-'•
The elder - sister looked.-down at .
her in !silence. There was a pink
spot in each cheek and a hard ex
pressiolPiabout her pale lips. '
" What do you_ know about love ?"
she, said in a siothered voiceP- • I
" All that a woman can know,"
sobbed: Pearl.
"Nothing," returned the other
most 'Violently._ "Nothing .of the
agony' the bitter seltabasement, the
utter hopelessness that have burned
into a ' woman's heart 'before now,
and may again. But,' she said with
a. sudden movement and a cold smile,
" I must leaVe the sentiment to you
and - Luke, who are better judges than
I. I will try what I can. do, with
father to-night." - .
. " You:, arc a true friend, Parthen
ope," said Talbot, warmly.'
" Friend," she echoed in a strange
tone, '‘‘, wait until the event proves
My friendship."' -
Anil she hurried away, leaving the
loverso to derive what .comforf they
might from her promise of assistance.
In the vague hope that he might
find Sir Thomas more favorably dis
posed toward him, Talbot repaired
to the Baronet's room that night at;
nine o'clock.. As he' paused before
the-door'.to summon, his composure
for what was likely to prose an
eventful interview, a strange sound,
proceeding from the room, startled
iiim.• It was that of a low, deep
groan, followed by a heavy fall.. As
he tailed the door knob there was a
muttering of voices .and: the tread of
heavy footsteps within.: On entering
the apartment. a terrible scene met
his gaze.- The Baronet lay upon the
floor with the 'blood flowing from a
deep wound; in • the- forehead. His
open eyes and clepched teeth told
that it had been almost instantly
mertal.. ,.. Near him on the carpet was
a 'short bar of - iron stained with the
old man's - blood. It had evidently
been used to -pry up the window,
which opened upon: a low - balcony;
from whence the perpetrators of •the
deud•had probably entered-the
roam and killed Sir Thomas, sleeping
in his arm-ehair.
As Talbot stood `bewildered and
uncertain Lowto act, he Was . startled
by a IoW cry `behind him, TUrning
quickly he beheld Parthenope gazing
at her fattier with wide and' horrified
eyes. - I
" He is dead," said Luke, hoarsely.
" They haye killed him with one blow
and escaped by the balcony into the
garden. • Quick, ring the bell and
amuse the house."
She turned toward. the bell rope as
if to coini4; then paused and . looked
at him.with sudden mad gleam in
her eye.
" Luke,''"she said, in' a whisper,
dropping the bell harfdle and coming
close to him, '"you were heard to
; threaten my father, today. You will
be accused of this." • • .
• " Yell - cannot believe ine - guilty,"
gasped Talbot.
46 No," she ;answered, in the same
low Lvoice, " but • others will. ' Do
what I tell you. Close - the window--;
softly, so. . N'ow take up that bar of
iron." .
Without understanding her, with
out even consenting to her comniand,
he obeyed her. mechanically ? as if he
were magnetized by her fierce energy
When be had done as she directed
she suddenly *prim , * toward him and
seizing him by the m arm uttered a
shrill scream for help. In an instant
the room. was filled with affrighted
servants, and 'with them valme Pearl,
nearly, - faintift.:
" Take him " she cried., "I accuse
him of my fathiFs murder! See, lie
has the weapon still in his hand." -
There*as a rush and twenty rough
hands seized him. He struggled vio
lently to free hunself. -
" What -do 1 you mean?" he
claimed, in horror: " Parthenope,
you know that lam innocent. Wby
should you seek. to_ fasten this awful
crime upon me..?",
" I accuse - you of my father's-mur
ler,"she repeated, with a ghastly
"Pearl,". cried the unfortunate
man—" Pearl,. for. God's sake,. look
at me ! _ You, too, do. not beßeve me
guilty ?"
But Pealtierted her. eyes and
shrank back from him in 'affright.
"You.quarreled with my father to-,
day," she moaned. '" Ohl: Luke I
Luke ! how had yoU:the heart to do
it ?" - • -
--He ceased his resistance instantly.
" Take me away," he said. Aqf
she believes meguilty, who will have
faith in me? Pearl, you have broken
uiy heart. : - Parthenope, my blood be
on: Your head, and maylleaven for
give you!"
- -Aith a- sorrowful- look at-the sis
ters—the younger bowed to the earth
with terror, the elder erect and:fading
him with an expression of mingled
triumph, and agony—be was led
away. •
The unhappy young man soon had
reason to believe'in his own. prophecy.
The bar had been found in his hand.
The motive fci,i - the deed waS estab
lished to the satisfaction of themost
charitably disposed. The wilolemel
turcholy story of his love was made
public, together with his quarrel With
the Baronet on the day of the murder. .
ParOenope, whose unaccountable
malice had fastened the most dam- .
- fling pioofs upon him, testified to
having beard him threaten to cannier
her father, and her - evidence was sup.
ported by others..
TOWMA, BRADFORD COUfirX,
The case was plaitt.7. , His ,)own
Counsel was so fully conyineed of his
client's guilt that he barely made a
show of defense. TalbOt s had little
doubt Of the issue of the trial, and
eared still leis. If Pearl bad loved
him she would have believed\ in him,
and he should have had the courage
to make a manly , struggle for his life.
As it was, death seemed the happiest
mode of ending his ..liPire.tehedness,
even if it must wine upon the scaf
fold. '
. .
One ni g ht , as he sat moodily in
his cell indulging in - the. gloomiest
refleetions, the gtated door was flung
open and a muffed female `figure ! en
tered. He a4rted up. with a bound
' tug heart ; he hoped it might lid,
Pearl, come at last to' • testify. her
- ' faith in him. The woman-flung back
'her wrappings, and Parthenope,' pale
'as some shadowy - yisitarit of that
dreary place, stood -before him. He
Aire* hack from her with egestureof
disgust.. - •
" Are. : yOu here," he said, sternly,
"to mock me with the fate your own
malice has wrought upon me?" . - .
"I am here to save you," tilie'said•
gently. ,
, "I, will not take my. safety • from
',Your hands," he cried, fiercely.. "For
some evil reason of your own you
have plotted formy life. ; • Take it; I
Will not bargain with - you." :
"Luke," she moaned, "wretched
aslou are; I am a thousand times:
more miserable, Death is all that.
threatens you. I would gladly ex=,
change *ith you if I might belidot
the - burden of remorse and shame
.that. is bearing me to the . earth. Yon
say true. I did plot to criminate
you, knowing you to be - innocent. I
aimed to have your life in my hands,
that I might have it.. and make it
mine. On, the evil impulse. of the
moment I put. the bar in_your hand
and had you accused •of-:my father's,
death. ' 1 - belieVed that I could save
you then; I know that I can save
you now." . ~
" But What.was your object?" ask
ed fTalbot, in wonder. , ~ • ,
- " Luke," she cried, flinging , herself.-
abjectly at his . feet, "1
. loved you.'
Sec what annwful thing my love must
be when I can sacrifice every womanly
sentiment to it. But:I do_ not care s
It is too. late to shield myself behind
any false pretense. More than life,.
or honor, or pride,l love . you,i as I'
loved you from th day • you entered
my father's house. With' some wo
men,.Lnke, love le a - gentle emotion
—all meekness' And. submission.
Such love is my sister Pear's. Other'
women love' like evil spirits,.arltheir:
love is deadly to themselves and all
around -. them. I am one Of
- those women, Luke. But do not
mistake - me. I have - nourished_ no
vain hope since that dreadful night.
There is no longer any hope left me'
in this world." - : 1 -- .
gently.-
. " Poor girl!" said Talbot,n
"If this be - true, God knows l. fort
give you. My Own heart_ is sore
enough to urge all, charity for you.
I, too, have nothing worth ' living
for." ,
"Yes," - cried. Parthenope,, "you
have a long-life of happiness before
you,-
blessed with Pearl's love. Weak
as she is; she leas never; been untrue
to 'you. I have poisoned her against
yen until - she could not but believe
inyour guilt. It shall he a past of
nay penance to restore her to yon."
"Then Airtiiii be forgiven and for
gotten,"
_papered Talbot.. " Rise
my' poor sister, and- be comforted."
-"Comforted," she said, raising her
tear 'stained eyes to his," where shall
I find eomfort.". • ,
• -He stooped to raise her up and
would have kissed her, but she drew
back, with a bright spot - id her - hag
- gard• cheek. ,
- " Not now," she whispered; " not
till all wrong is-righted, Luke."
• With' bowed head and .tottering
step she,. left - the cell. ThredaYs
later Talbot wins taken in Court
and. acquitted. - . •
in
" Young i ;_man," said t e Judge,
With' emotion, "your life has. been
saved' at the expense of a noble wo
man's. Go to her and thank her for
the sacrifice as beSt- you may, tor
your gratitude and the 'world's ap
plause are as nothing to her." . '
Fe iring he knew - not what, Talbot
hastened to the Ulmer. mansion. A
- surgeon's gig "was standing before.
the door, and a weeping servant . ad
mitted him. - He Was led into a room
where he saw Parthenope lying upon
sofa and beside her, holding one of
ter hands, knelt Pearl, her frail - form
shaking with sobs. • . One glance at
the "!w kite face and hollow eyes of the
elder sister told,the sorrowful story.
"What has !happened ?".'he ex
claimed.- "There •is bleed on her
dress." • • - •
'.," She has received d wound in the
breast," said the surgeon, I. who stood
1 g ravely by. "She is beyond human
aid."
" I have earned my pardon, Luke,"
Hreurmiired Parthenope with a• faint
smile. "Even you will forgive me
now, as Pearl has, for 1 have told
her , all. There was
,good. in my
heart, even if it took an assassin's
knife to find it. I knew you were in=
nocent that night, for I saw that the
house had been entered by thieves and
my father murdered by . them. But
I hoped, by casting the blame on.yoti
- tobargain for your love when I
could offer your life'for it. It was a I
mad hope. I . might have learned !
how futile it must be, from my. o'wn i
heart. •Aftcr-yoU wire .taken - away
I searched the grounds beneath' the
window and. found a- ant which one
of the.villains; had flung 'Off in his
flight. I recognized it as that which
I had seen on one of two - vagrants.
who - had been lurking about the
phich during the day. I secreted_ it
until my time should come.. But_ in
my ignorince of the law I had made
a terrible mistake. As .your trial
progressed I saw that my plan must
fail, and unless'. I . made the • whole
shameful truth known you must die.
I resolved to do it, and save. you, as
Promised you in the_Rrison eell..But'
..i *as .spared that. becure in i your
arresiuml..probable conviction, the
Murdeiees instinct' led Vie trainpi ;1.6'
returnptfithe scene -
or their_ crime. I, I
saw them bothin tie :garden' again.
Pealing -. that they: would.: eseipe::be.'
fora ',help' arthed t i I .11e101.,•one;-or
I
-
REGARRLEBB OP DINUNOILTION . PROM ANY QUARTER.
them.' He struggled; - but I was
strong, and it was only by delding
me my death that lie -- tore himself
away. They were quickly captured,
and the lesser villain, to save hiniielf
from the consequences of a double
crioe, confessed the whole. This is
thil story, Luke," she added, famtly.
"Pow, if you have forgiven the poor
girl who has atoned for her love and
ber guilt with her life, kiss her that
she may did in peace."
With tearsin-his eyes, Talbot bent
and kissed'her. E'en with the act,
with ii look of supreme love she
breathed out her soul upon his lips,
Arising, he looked sadly down at her
and said, in a low. voice :
" Love is mighty, for good or evil.
4.lixl's peace be with her, for her love
was great."
And Pearl, hiding her tear-stained
face upon his breast, whispered:
64 , As mine shall be."
Sciinething New Etomoliigy.
t ant Sunday as Mr. Jones was re
turning from church with his family
IfeAlscovered a new and singular
lohking bug on his front door-steps.
Asl l he was something of a scientist
'he was pleased with the new speci
men, and forming hid pocket-hand=
kerchief into a - sort of a cage, he
:pounced down on it and succeeded
in 'capturing it.
" 13ring the microscope, children , "
he cried; "and tel your ma to hurry,
I want her to look at it ; -I'm sure it'
belongs to the Hemiptera class and
is a new specimen. Here, Charlie,
put your eye to the ocular side and
tell me ,What you see."
" 011 , pa, ain't it splendid ?
got four wings; eight eyes, and; 01,
my I- r ain't it a sparkler, though TY ,
Red,i and green, And yellow, and—
oh, it's getting away, ain't it, pa V'
• " Then it isn't dead 1" cried Mr.
Jones, in eesticy. I wasn't quite
sure whether it moved or not. -Let
me, look ! Yes, it's a terrestial, I
think, after all; it belongs to the
_genus Pentoma—the antenna have
that pe' culiar flexible look ; and yet,
flow that I look again, the eyes seem
to iadielite that it is a phytoeoris; in
which ease it will be very destructive
to youf ma's plants, and we must kill
it at once. I'll ask Prof. Sill. It
,will be, in any case,
a valu'able addi
tion to science. Maria, where's the
chloroform ?"
EMU
THURSDAY MORNMG, • JUNE 16,
.1881,
"Up on the , clock shelf; what , are
you going to do with it?" asked- Mre.
Jones, wholad hien giving her un
divided attention 'to the baby.
" Kill this bug as soon as you have
exafininel it," answered Mr. Jones,
in a lofty voice. "I shall present it
to the Detroit scientific association—"
" Well, I guess not; Mr. Jones,"
broke in
. his wife, who was looking
With much interest at the new speci
pen. "I_paid $2 for that bug last
Week. to wear on _my , new bonnet, and
I must have dropped. it off when I
came in. It belongs to the genus
millinerm, and couldn't be any deader
if it had been naked , for a century.
Science will have toget along with
out it, Jones; it's alreadYclassified."
Poor Jones i I •
The Nearest Start,
In an interesting article o South.
ern stars reprinted in, Science Mr.
-Pope,' of New Zealand;-describes
pba Centauri, the known nearest (ix
ed star to the earth.? This magnifi
cent double star, he says, is the finest
object of the kind in the> heavens.
Besides being a binary star of very
shot period, everyone knows that
Alpha Celt• auri is our next neighbor
among the stars, and thatrit, was the
first to give up the secret of its w
allax tinder direct Transit Circle ob
servations. The color of this star ls
straw yellow, or sometimes =golden
yellow; ccording to the state of the
atmosphere. When there is haze, of
course the smaller star is-'somewhat
more affected by it, than the larger.
This tends to give it a slight brown
ish tint when the sky is .not clear.
Alpha Centauri is a star of - the sec
ond class. It spectrum is very like
of the sun. Even the principal dark
lines are fine, and thy apparently
occupy; the same relative positions as
do the well-known lettered lines in
the solar spectram.
There can be little doubt, in fact,
that ihe physical constitution of this
great star is, in most respects, the
same as that of the sun. It is prob
able, however, that Alpha Centadri
is less developed than. the , sun ; for,
as Mr. Proctor lass pointed out, its
1 light is brighter than its mass would
lead us - to expect it to be, judging
from the light , of our sun, as com
pared with his Mass. While the mass
of the star is to the mass of the sun
as 2 i 1, the light of the star is to the
light of the sun as 3 1. Now, if it
is true, as physi.?ists have good
grounds for believing; that the sun
is; and has been, Very slowly but
surely losing his heat, just as our
earth has moat certainly lost an enor
mous amount or hers,
there must
have been a time whenthe-zsun and
his syetem Wefe less developed, but
far hotter ankbrighter than they are
now—when they.formed, probably, a
white star—tfiat is to say, there was,
quite possibly, a time When. the light
from our bun bore the same relation
to his mass as the light from Alpha
Centauri bears now to,ita.mass. We
may also believe that matters are
less advanced in the playas (if there
are any) of this neighbckring system
than they are , with us.
Planets as Non-Disturbers
At .a recent meeting ot the astrono
miCal section of the Minnesota His-
torical Society, Mr. S. S. Corrigan
read a -feasible paper showing that
the near approach of several of the
great planets to the sun and earth
cannot produce any unusual disturb
ance; The :only rationakmethod, he
saysof learning whether the forces
radiating from the planets can ap
prechbly affect the earth;is to sub
ject them to analysis according to
the fundaniental laws that govern all
forces. The princiPal law is that all
' radiant tomes diminish li:intensity
as %beware of the — disturce,throuth
which they are exerted
and vice versa. When : Jupiter is in
ME
perihelion, once' in twelve years,' and
in conjunction with the earth, he is
23,000,000 of miles nearer to the sun
and to, us than when , he is at his
average, distance. Saturn, ,once in
nearly thirty years is, under similar
circumstances, 50,000,000 Of miles
nearer than his average distince.
These approsehes may seem _ great
enough to produce considerable
effectsibut they are in both cases
only one-twentieth part of- the aver
age distances of these planets.. The
intensity of Jupiter's ilisturbing
action when he is 23,000 1 C0:1,ot miles,
nearer to us will be found by the
above law to be only one-tenth igreat
,er than the average farce which he
exerts, and it is only this ; increase
that can produce disturbance ij the
average foree , ;cannot, as it is constant.
Whether an increase of 4illy 10 per
cent. will affect the earth depends
upon the intensity of Jupiter's force.
But it can be shown that • his whole
force is inappreciable. •Once in each
year the earth approaches to and re
cedes from - Jupiter by abOut 185,000,-
000 miles, or about eight times the
diltance by which Jupiter approach
es us, at perhelien, once in 'twelve
3 ear's. Therefore, according 'to the
law above given, we should have dis
turbances due to.,Jupiter, every year,
sixty-four timeseTas - great' as those
which seem to occur every twelve
yeiirs, and are attributed to that
planet. But during the great change
of distance between- us and Jupiter,
oncea year, no appreciable increase
[of electric or magnetic force, one of
the most subtle „of all forces, and
probably the pause of terrestrial dis
tances, can bc - ileteCted by refined
measurements.
Extraordinary. Yield of Pe
troleum.
It is now twenty-one yeirs,since
the first artifieial well for petroleum
was sunk. The' following year min-
_ -
oral oils were first_jeported, and in
1864 expOrts of them began to be-re
ported complete. ''Comparing • 1870
(fiscal years), the increase in quanti
ties of illuminating petroleum is .
enormous-367,325,000 g4lons for
1880; against 96 902,000 in 1860. It
rose to 132,608,000 in 1871 4 , declined
10,000,000 in 1872, rose to 158,009,-
000 and 217,000,000 in_ 1873 and
1874, declined to 191,55000 in
1875, and has since been largely and
uninterruptedly increasing, having in
11880 increased 36,000,000 Between
1870 and 1880 the increase in quan-
tity exported is 275 per pent.; but
the increase in value is trivial, being
less than $2,006,000 (64 • per 'cent.
0n1y)—531,783,000 against 29,864,-
000. The quantity exported in 1877,
about 105,000,000 less than in 1880,
brought more than $23,000 3 900 more.
In quantity numerically speaking,
and not by bulk, petroleum is an ; ex
port of vast importance, its 367,009,-
000 gallons being outranked only by
'cotton, lard, and babon and hams; in
value it ranks fourth. ..,Its discovery,
.subsequent commerl importance
and extraordinary cheapneastform a
striking illustration.nqt only of the
bountiful dealings out of natural re
sources to this country, but of the
great moral and economic lesson that
when a new source: of supply __is
enough needed it is found: A guar
.ter-century ago there might haVe
been doleful inquiries what the world
would do for light ere long, for the
whales were becoming alarmed at
their own censucieturns, and if pea
p!e did not worry about it the reason
must haVe been the lack of the pecu-
liarly demonstrative class of . statis
ticians who now hurl , at na such in
forniation as the • number of trains,
each made up of a certain number of
freight cars, drawn up a - certain grade
by au, engine of such a power, and
having an :engineer weighing so
many pounds, which could haul at
such a speed enough standard dollars
_(if -they could only be coined) to pay
the-National debt (if anybody would
take them). Posterity has done noth
ing for" us, and ,we can Sy on the
table, the _ problem of what will, be
done when all the cold is all gone—
by that time the world may find out
how to tow icebergs down and utilize
their latent heat. Before the petro
leum is exhausted we shall make the
day twenty-four hours long by elec
tricity. Petroleum then being . out of
demand for burning—even forstart :
ing the morning fire at which the ser
vant girl makes herself a martyr to
stupidity—we shall get beyond the
use we now have for it (under new
commercial names) in Mollifying stiff
joints, and shall probably discover
that its nature n . has
.been mistaken,
and that it is really the cureall min
t nil _water of the age.—Chicago Jour
nal of ;Commerce. i•
A witerka in the Atlanut„Contgitu
lien tells this pathetic little story :
" A friend ,of,mine said to rile yester
day : All the money you ever han
dled couldn't buy that little 'piece of
paper.' With that be handed a man
ifold soiled scrap, on which .I first
could see nothing; At length the
ciphered in rude, disjointed letters
the two words, " DEAR PAPA." Ile
had discovered it in • the. play
house of his little daughter, who died
I only a few days ago; Some time
when, in the Midst of - play, her little
heart had turned toward him she had
scrawled these two words—and then,
having borne testimony of her love,
threw the paper away." There are
many fathers who , on the blank
leaves of old school books, have
found similar proofs of the love of
darling ones who "have . crossed to
the other side," and who will preserve
them as preciops momentoes, whose
-value no figures can express, as long
as life fihall
STUFFED SHOULDER OF VEAL.--Re.
move the bone from a, shoulder of
veal and fill with a stuffing of bread
crumb, lie:none] with summer savory,
salt do pepper. :Wet with as little
watei as possible, and add an o egg
and alump of butter the size of an
eggs :Rub the shoulder well with
better and roast slowly tillthorough
ly done. Mince np any remnants of
the meat and stuffing that are left
after the meal, add a little more sum
mer savory and somq sage, mix with
the yolkwf ail egg, and , make into
email Ws and fry as veal croquettes
fOr invakiltsv
=I
• -
' . •
AWAITING.
With wiltturand wishful our courses we pave ;
We welt forthe port as ire tattle the ware ;
"Tie wetting forever from cradle to grave. •
Waiting for morn, so serene In Its light ;
Waiting forimotpda, so , brilliantly bright ;
Waiting ?it eye for repose in the night.
Waltlug for zephyrs icy spring-time that biew ;
Walling roisurnmer ant flowers that grow;
Waiting for winter and swift-falling snow.
Welting Is eier the bosom's refrain..
fn momenta of pleasure and momenta of pain
Welting, though stricken again and again.
Wafting In childbootl for youth's Joyous time;
"I'm waiting," says Youth, "but VII certainly
climb. •
The top of the ladder ont reachlog my prime."
In manhood awaiting-the time wheli' he may
Find rest on a calmer, a happier day,
When age shall relieve from lhoworrylng fray,
Waiting when .Fortune sheds brightly her smile
.When choice pleasures the .isatliway ire
guile,
There always Is something to wait for the while.
Waiting in poverty, augnisti and grief ;
Waiting forheaven to send lip relief,
Telling the heart that the trjal Is brief
Aye, waiting for joys that will never appear ;
Walting,for voices - wif never shall hear;
Waiting for mothents that never are near.
Waiting when sinning and worn In the strife,
With penitent throbblngs the Igetont is rile,
Waiting the dawn of a holler life.
Waiting at last for the spirit's release;
Walling a rest In the Dwelling of Peace,
Where walling atul longing forever will-eia.se
[For the IZr:pciitT rn.
LETTER FROM GERMANY
1. FRlLiKpl2,rt • er4t STRASEE, 1
WIk:OIADEN, MAY 16, 1881.
* * * * * :*. * * * *' *
We are just back from a little trip
to Italy—not that the trip however
was so Jittle as the time we spent in
making it. I believe ive were - hardly
ten days: in Rome and but two or
three in 'Florence, but it was thefich
est fortnight I ever spent.. .
• People here wondered at our start
ing off on so long a journey, intend
ing to remain only so short a time
away - but Ma felt that because she
could not have the whole loarshe
wouldn't despise a slice or two. I
am glad she did not, for in spite of
its briefness, it was a most delightful'
and instructive visit. • We hnew we
might spend %lifetime in Rome with
out exhausting the interests of the
truly Eternal City—but why should
we not have a Peep at a few of its
beauties, and its baildings of renown
—a general survey at' least of the
city, and a more satisfactory geo
graphical idea of ;its situation and
surroundings? Nre never go about
on the tourist principle of "doing "
places " thoroughly," and meanwhile
sacrificing comfort, convenience and
later clearness of mind regarding
what we have seen. We ` therefore
greatly enjoyed Rome and Florence
and ran no risk of the fever 'or any
other unpleasant result of over fa
tigue. Sight-seeing is perhaps the
most brain and body wearying of oc
cupations, no matter how easily or e
takes it. - - - --yet induces disease as well
as ridicule when overdone. And of
all '-the cities on earth in which to
hear a traveler declare be has come
to "see everything," 'ROME with its
art collections, its almost hallowed
treasures, is the Inst. There is some
thing almost too pitiable in the dec
laration, even to elicit a smile. ' Yet
I believe'there are guide boLiks ar
"ranged with the delusive aim of en
abling the hurried tourist to get a
glimpse of all the city' contains, even
in seven or eight days.!' Truly a
royal road to Rome.
They cannot however guarantee to
provide against his afterward, speak
ing of things as their may recur to
his bewildered intellect, as for in-
stance the' Toothcombs of the Appian
way, or the Jews' Get -Out—honizet•
ti's :St. Jerome----or the Si.rieentb
Chapel, etc.* ~. .
'Truly beautiful !indeed is; that
Cbmmunion of St. Jerome ! It is
the Vatican, in the same room with
Raffaello's Transfiguration—and . it
pleased me far better. Somehow that
dreadful boy in Raphael's great paint
ing, possessed with a devil, and quite
cross-eyed and disjointed, is a fright
fully conspicuous and uncomfortable
fore ground. All the heads In Do
menichino's Jerome are so beautiful,
so grand, I could have sat hours be
fore it in admiration.
The Vatican is so comfortable. a
place to visit—not too much -then:
bnt all of such, beauty and interest.'
Then it is so odd to step out into
Belvidere and find yourself surround
ed by statues, familiar through pho
tographs and engravings of every
size and style, among them the world
famed Apollo, the 7' Laocoon, the
Wrestlers, and celebrated works of
Canova, all in one small court-yard.
In statuary, I think I fell l most in
love with the Venus of the Capitol;
"David," and- Canova's "Reclining.
Venus," (alias. Pauline Bonaparte,)
out in the Villa Borghese. , • -
. And what a magnificent old place
is that! "'the splendid trees—the
shaded sketohes of green turf s almost
as broad as meadows—the grand
avenues, the picturesque bits of ruin
here and , tliere,-a fountain once en
closed underfelaborate architecture,
now surrounded 'by broken and
crumbling columns from which green
vines sway in the soft wind, or clam
bering from one capitol to another,
frame in a bit of ".gleaming sapphire
_
sky.
. .
Ah, most ,thing,s in Rome were
quite all, and oftentimes more than
my fang y bad painted them ! I think
what I was most disappointed in,,
were the paintings of Beatrice Conci,
t--
and La FOrnarin anti n the , princi
pat street of,Ro e the torso. •
The colors Guide Rohl used , for
his- "-Beittriqe " have not held well,
to l i
and -1 da say the flesh tints that
lacking, so ewhat affecti the general
expression and impresiion ,of the
face—of ()ark it i.s. '-‘ theLproper
thine!. ut one's head on one side
and utte superiativet ejaculations
over the sty of Raphael's For
narina--la t she looks so much bet
ter as th Madonna; in his great
_
• We may ell suppose our tale correspondent
to bare been Istentug to the valuable experiences
of ' some an explorer who , has, gut Mugs
artgAtty eared—call, the famoos Catacombs the
Tootticoartsomd the Ghetto. Os Jewink AlUarier
of tae city) the Get out; substitutes Dontrclika
'miter of operas. for Domentebino, the famous
painter, aced the Sixteenth, for the sibrilue Chapel
thus named atter rope Sixtus' IP., Its-builder—
celebrated for ite - wendertui wealth of art and the
performance of the chant of the .3ftserrre. storing
ramlliOU Week, - - I'.
•1.00: pet Annum In Advance.
'painting at Dresden; that I found her
"rather uninteresting in every day
clothes I •
It was so difficult to imagine, us
we have beard, of,numbers of a lid
horses tearing down the "Corso" in
the Carnival raced of oldentimes=-
when, every time we droVe slowly
down through it with ciur one horse
Shay,9.l expected we would annihi•
Late all the people in .the Street. It
was a marvel to .me how the people
dared . . traverse what they call the
narrow streets on foot. I' have seen
hem flatten themselves . Against the
walls and yet our carriage wheels
have nearly • scraped their toes and
they showed- no special concern—a
fierce look at the driver perhals, or
a muttered, 4 Corpo'di Bacctio!"—if
he could perchance . have left thein an
inch or two more room, was all. I
Suppose they know it is incritable,
and think little of it--butl felt that
LShould - become a lunatic in a 'Week's
- ,
time, if much of my nervous force
had to be expended in a steady an
ticipation Of being run down and de-.
molished, by some unpremeditating
steed, accustomed to the long prac
ticed gymnastics :of the -Ronian
people..
Up on the Pincian Hill and - out in
the. 13orgliese grounds, we - saW mag
nificent equipages - and horses--we
were fortunate enough also to'see the
king and Queen a couple of. times.
-4 fa on
Victor Emanuersaid there was but
one uglier . looking . . man than himself
in Italy—and that was his, son; so
we may conclude that Italy has not
improved in monarchs, so far as,rooks
are eoneerned. Sing llumbert has
•however a great deal of what we call
dyle—and is always exceedingly well
dressed, Which is .more than can al
ways, be :said ot'- distinguished. per
sonages. The Queen is pretty .but
extret:dely delicate looking. We also
saw , some . haif dozen Cardinals
driving in th'eir sombre-colored
brougham—int; that was no rarity,
as there ere eighty-two living at the
'Vatican, I believe, governing their
"Church Uniy.ersal," from that most
luxurious post.
In Florence we found. our Selves
again "surrounded by -the familiar "'
in the Palaces Pitti and Utfizi, and
:the Lodge., of the • Lancers in the
magnificent Piazza . della p_g , in9ria.
• • How -could we • but
. admire the
Dome which Michael Angelo said he
might exceed in:Size, but never sur
pass in i beauty,-when designing St.
Peter's ti • ..
We saw .Michael Angelo's hour
and the ancient dielling of Dante;
bridge we crossed,over the Arno, was
so lined with quaint old shops that it
seemed quite, like a street and • re
minded us of the Rialto.. . ,
For its !f snit its prescnf af,.73.r
-anee w l'!:ed I lop f.,i- l!,•to.;
that. Rom , -LA 'lr:s I t!:10;,:,
lo m ti t i i , an d
we regiettel not ing ab!e to add
'at 11 . 'ad a di z,n, hours •:,r - so 1.0 each
idt;y we ••pent there tiow, it is
of .eour:w ii possible to think of the
rniv,ennis and galleries of -Rome and
Floftnee as inure than great illustra
ted story books where one saw and
enjoyed -all the picture.: without read
ing•the'sto6 I Next time, I want. to
read the story too4-but I dare saj I
shall be a long time waiting for that
opportunity.
When we - returned here, we; found
Wiesbaden in a ferment of jubilation
over the German Emperor_ who had .
just arrived, and. whom we occasion
ally met, driving about, sometimes
with• his daughter, the DuchesS of
Baden, or his grand daughter, who
has recently been betrothed to the
Crown Prince of Sweden. -- •
.Poor old Kaiser 1 . 7 he always bad. a
look of nervous apprehension on his
face in spite of his fine bearing and
brave facin s g of multitudes. They,
say he bas - rchanged in appearance
since the murder- , of his nephew . the
Czar:7 BUt Kaiser Wilhelm is so old
(eighty-four) and so endeared to the
masses here, that I think they will'
Succeed in guarding him safely down
to his gravel ,
. But I have chatted so long—or so
voluminously at: least, that shall
have to be stopping -while I can
yet make one envelope hold . the
result * * * * 4
N.
A. M. N.
What a Young Man Got
Tire other night old: man Wickle
an his wife, while walking along the
street going hfime from a mite society,
engaged in a quarrel.
" I'm 114 going out with. you any
more, §a'nluel:' said 'Mrs.. Wickle
"You are too old a man to cut up
the Way you did to night. .The idea
of an old man who has the rheuiva• .
tism so bad that he . .can't put his
socks on in mornings, going to a
mite meeting .and romping as you
have done to-night! 1 say it's a
shame." 4 -
."" I may have rkeurnatisw, 7 l.. replied
the old . man, -"but I, Liven% got
dyspepsia.; I don't growl at'ever.y
body. You have-been growing worse
for the last ten years.. If you didn't
have me to pick" st;;,l belieVe you'd
die."
"I - wdn't walk -With a- man that - I
acts like a rhinoceros." - -
•" How does the rhinoceros act ?"
asked the old man; thinking that he,
Would catch her on natural history.
tt Acts like
. •a 'fool, that's how he
'aas," and Mrs. Wickle walked rapid
ly away, leaving the old.. man several
paees'behind. lie finally caught up,
just as s a young man came walking
along. - • •
" You are! walking pretty
__fast,"
said the old gentleman.
• His wife didn't say-anything.
"It's clouding up," he -,remarked;
" . giust be going to raia."-
. The old lady made' no reply,. but
the young man took in, the — situation - .
You old villain," he exclaimed, ad
dressing Mr. Wickle, 'rwhat do you
mean by attempting to' thrust your
company on -
_a lady • who does not
watt you! It's - becoming too .fre
quent for ladies to be insulted on the
streets by loafers. Get back !" The I
young man struck at %Vickie. Mrs.
Wickle clubbed her- umbrella and ex
chiming That's; my husband,"
struck the young man an:undignified
blow. The_old. man . encouraged by
hid wife's strike for the union, PuiP*
Id on the young man and held him
While the rattling ribs of the.umbrella
fell on the youth's head with a noise
like the failing of bail stones. -
• "Samuel, nobody can break up
our domestic felicity," 'said _the wife
after the battle. _
"No, sir," . aswercd the old man.
When'a man tries to destroy the
domestic happiness of my household,
he catcbes my consolidated power
wrath:" •
, ...
When . the late Mr. Seward put.-
chased Alaska from the' Czar he was
not aware that he- was getting with •
countless fur•seals, •fisheries,
,mines
and icebergi one of the great
est rivers in the world, and now :al-
most demonstrated to be of greate:i
volume than the MisSiSsippi. Such is
the Yukon.. The vast region its waters
wash remains almost as mel
tt a ter
ra incognita as the . Congo In fact,
while the latter has been once ex
plored—bytStafiley—from-Lthe point
where Livingstone tuned back dos n
to the Atlantic ocean, and by J.iv
ingstote from'its•txtreme sources to
where Stanley's explorations began,
no traveler has ever yet seen the up
per
water of the Yukon,..or has. been
able_to enlighten the World as to 'RN
lerigth or its source, or the- region it
drains. Here,. then, is an openir.g,.
fr enterprise :and ambition, . more.
uitful of promise than 4tything , as
yet nnrevealed in A fricaJor the Arc
tic sea, and probably les4 , dangerous.
That tire.-country (.:ontal4s mines of
gold and silver, we may -.readily con
jecture from the'fact that-suell mines
exist on .all sides of it. ' The river is
navizableSor hundreds of. miles. ' It
NUMBER 3
Unknown Alaska.
is free of ice from .Tune to Septem
ber. Its - lianks arc flanked below
with Indian. villages. Its waters are
filled with fish forthe support of hu:
canaille and its moods with game.
The mountains in which it . : rives are
unknown to white man e but : as they
are generally Iklieved be stored
•with that sort - of treasure which led
.
to the rapid settlement of California
and the expansion or commerce on
the South and Central Pacific, there
is the •strongest sort - of temptation
on the part of thousands to see them,
test them and dig them - up, if the
treasure can he found. The govern,
ment has many vessels lying idle and:
uselessly rotting for, the want of ac
tion. Why not tit one of theni up
for a two or• three years' cruise on
this great - unexplored
,river ot , the
North ?' The discovery of goldjuines
there would lead instantly to a large
migratiou from all.-parts 6lthe
and in a rew years; contribute mil
lions to.the commerce of the South
ern Pacific States and Territories.—
' San Francisco "New.; Letter.'
They Were all. Busy
A case of assault and battery.
whicir. farmer's sotis were - plaintiff
and defendant resp6ctively, was on
trialin this yieinit2,-4 says the DetrOit
Free aIA the plaintiff's lawyer
was very anxious-to make out that
the .plaintitils family -must hate
seen the fight which , Wok place just
outside the kitchen (1. , ir. The de
fendant's mother being the stand;
the lawyer•began: - -
" Well, where were you the
firSt blow was struck?". - •
" Down cellar skimming - milk and
tying cloths over my preserve jars,"
re,plit.d:
Where was your husband'"
" lie was in the bard, mending The
rnessiand grea. , :ing the wAgon."
Wh'ere was 'your . daughter ti
rah ?''
Sarah was In the north bed-fpotu
changing
. the U:e
sparebe.7l.7
And wLere was Janb?"
"Jane? She had ran over to a
neighbor's to borrow.some coffee soil
nutmeg."
7„ - "Let's see ! Haw n't you a sister
living with you ?" ,
" Yes, sir. ;ihe ,was sewing carpet
rags up stairs:" : •
Ah ! She was? You have a
younger _son named Charles, haven't
•ou ?"
'"Yes.
_sir; and he was salting slim)
across the road." •
"..Just so. Non are a busy family,
I. see. 1 suppose even the dog • was
'very busy atthis iiartieuiar moment."
" Yes, sir, he wa..s. Ohl Bose was
down at the gate lookinry .towards
Detroit for one-horse lawyers!"
That closed the testimony and set-,
tied him. •
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WHAT 7:%1 - AKE: 4 A (3o ii NEWSPAPER.
.11(1. ' Louisville Courier:JourJut
has. the following sensible
_reniark-s
about.conduCting a newspaper: SiJule
people estimate the ability of a news=
paper and the talants of its editor-by
the quantity ot its original matter.
It is eomporatively an easy - task for
frothy writer to pour out daily a'
column of words--words • upon any
and all subjects. His ideas may flow
in one weak, washy, everlasting flood,
and the command of his language
may enable him to string them to
gether like . k)unches 'of onions, and
yet'lris paper.may be a_ meagre and
poor' concern_ Indeed, the mere
writ;ng, part of editing.a paper ih but
a small - portion of the work. iThe
care, the time employed in selecting, _
is - far more important, and the fact
of a' good editor is betrer,slio*n by_
his selections. than by anything else;
and that, w!:fkliow, is half the .battle.
'But, ;Is we hitt V C
. . said, an:editorought
to be. estimate', and his labor under.
stood and appreciated, by the general
conduct of__llV paper. , Its tones, its
uniform .con-;istent, course, aims, man:
litieFis, its dignity and its presperity.
To preserve these as they should -be
preserved is enough to occupy fully
the time and the attention of any
man. if to this be added the general
supervision of the newspaper estate
[lshii:eat, which most _editors have to
encounter, the wonder is . that they
find time.to Write.at all. -
IN order to keep their' butter over
-the period of low prices and hot
Weather, California dairymen seta up
their-products in tin cans, sinking
them in'the bottom of cold 'streams.
Butter made in April comes out in
October in good order and continues
to keep fresh in the cool weather of
winter.- Forty-four pound cans arc
commonly used. Isn't this worth a
trial here ? . •
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• IT is believed by many that red .
clover is one of- the most valuable of
soiling crops. A half acre will keep
ore cow throughout the month of
J.uw, July and August,. if cut and
fed •at the stall; more than
twice thi4 amount of land, if grazed,
according to experiments in England,
will barely 'subsist a cow during the
same time.
T-..~..----
--Thomas Moss and Frank'Litt titgatt•-
e(i id .a friendly toxin; match atillangor,
Northampton county, on Thunsday, when
the :former received a blow in the chest
and. died almost , bislang'',