HENRY A. PARSONS, Jr., Editor and Publisher. NIL DESFERANDTJ M. Two Dollars per Annum
VOL. VII. KIDGWAY, ELK COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1877. , NO. 31:
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Eyes.
Bwect baby eyes,
That look around with auch a grave surprise,
What do yon Bee?
A Rlrange new world where simplest things
Engender wild imaginings
And fancies free ?
A resting place that is not homo,
A paradise wherein to roam
For years, maybe?
Oh placid, wondering baby eyes,
The mystery that in you lies
Oft puzzles me.
Clear, boyish eyes,
Wliose fearless glauoo unconsciously defies
Trouble and care t
When babyhood is past and gone,
What is it that you gaze upon ?
A land most fair ;
A sunny shore with pleasure rife ;
And that great, glorious gift of lifo
'Tis bliss to share.
Oh happy, trustful, boyish eyes,
Let sagos envy, fools dospise,
The faith you wear.
Tho anxious eyes
Of manhood, slowly piercing earth's disguise,
Discover -what 'I
That life at best is quickly done ;
That hopes fill filled and wishes wdn
Are dearly got ;
That shadows chased in headlong hasto,
And golden fruit he strove to taste,
Delight him not.
Oh restless, doubting, troubled ryes,
To learn in sorrow to be wiso
Is manhood's lot.
Dim, aged eyes,
Gaziug across the wreck of broken ties,
What do they see?
Bcbiud dead loai.-hat withered fall,
A fading wildorness, where all
Is vanity j
lSiforc to gladden weary sight,
A glimpse, a promise of the bright
Eternity.
Oh dim and tearful aged eyes,
If waiting till that dawn shall rieo,
ISlvssed are ye !
And an jjel eyes,
Who hive fieir dwelling place boyjnd the skies
Vainly do wo
Image tho glories they must know,
ricturo the pearly pales aglow
Tho crystal sea.
For brightest visions mortals paint
Of that colenti il country, faint
Must ever be.
No ! pure and holy angel eyes,
We can but pray that whr.t you j rize
Our own may see.
HET'LY'S DARK DAY.
Hetty Lock wo 'il sat at Hie open win
dow a big banket of u&dnrued slot-kings
fiy lirr Hide, a new copy of " The Sunny
South," on tho table close by, while
within reach a bright butterfly hoveied
about a newly-opened honeysuckle ow
ing ngaiust the window. The spriug
breezo breathed bnlaily into the apart
ment, filling her senses with n delicious
dreaminess; and her eyes wandered wist
fully out beyond tho shaded village
street to the green fields and budding
willows bordering tho spaikling little
river. On a morning such as tliip, who
could endure to stay within doors ?
Who could endure to quietly sit down
and dam stockings ? boy's stockings,
too, with great holes in tho heels -of
them, which, merely to look at, causdd
her a despairing sigh. Then the new
magazine; how she longedo unfold the
crisp sheet, and luxuriate C its contents,
like the butterfly in thekveets of the
honeysuckle. But Kotty's life more re
sembled that of the bee than the butter
fly. Though only eighteen, she was the
oldest of seven children, mostly boys;
and a goodly portion of tho household
work fell upon her shoulders.
A glad, girlish voice aroused Hetty.
Looking from the window she sw
Susio Lake, one of her few intimnti
friends, leaning on the little front-garden
gate.
"Oh, Hetty, do "come and walk with
me down to Aunt Ellen's. The morning
is just lovely; and I have something so
particular to tell you."
'I'm afraid I can't, Susie. It is Sat
urday, you know; and I am sewing and
watching baby asleep, while mother is in
the kitchen."
"Then I'll have to tell yon now, I
suppose, "
She came close under tho window, and
said, in a lower voice, nnd a mischievous
6ini!c:
" Who do you think I saw just now?"
" I don't know. But who was it ?"
" Why, it was just Mr. Walter Hayes.
Now, ain't you surprised ?"
A vivid blush dyed Hetty's fair face.
She made no reply, and Susio con
tinued. "Jlis employer, Mr. Mitchell, sent
him on business from Philadelphia to
O , and as this wasn't much out of
the way of his home, they gave him
leave to stop here for a day or two ; so
he told mo when I met lnni just now.
He arrived only an hour ago, in the stage
from Cox's statiou; and that is how I
came to see him before you did, Hetty,"
she addod, laughingly.
She passed on, leaving Hetty with
flushed cheeks, brightened eyes, and a
heart thrilling with glad excitement No
wodcr. For more than a year past the
thought of Walter Hayes Lad been the
brightest spot of her life, around which
all sweet, vague thoughts of happiness
had clustered. One year ago he Lad
stood at that same little garden gate, in
the moonlight, on their late return from
tho church concert, and bidden her
good-bye before going away to the great
city to seek his fortune. She remembered
how the warm, lingering clasp of his
hand had thrilled her, and how he had
said at last, in a voice that almost
trembled:
" You must not forget me, Hetty I
6hall think of you always, and when I
come back"
And just then her mother had come on
the porch, and called her in out of the
damp air; and so he had left her reluct
antly. But now he had oome back, and
the would see him to-day.
"I do declare, Hetty)" exclaimed her
mother, bustling into the room, warm
and flushed from her pie-bakiug, "you
are the laziest girl I ever saw. Here
you've been upwards of an hour darning
one pair of stockings ! What have you
been about ? Dreaming away your time
as usual, no doubt, and with all the
children's Sunday clothes to look over
ana lay out for to-morrow, beside the
Saturday 'chores.'"
Hetty penitently resumed her work.
But she was very glad when, toward
sunset, it was nil done, and she had
leisure to run up to her own littlejoom;
and never in her life had she taken such
pains with her appearance as now, while
she arrayed herself in what she con
sidered her most becoming toilet, a soft
dove-colored dress, with a knot of a rose
colored ribbon at her throat, and another
nestling like a freshly-bloomed rose in
the ripples of herlirown hair.
How anxiously she listened for the ex
pected ring at the front door. How tu
mnltnously her heart beat when at length
it come, nnd how heovily it sonk when
old Deacoil Brown stalked in, to discuss
some church matters with her father 1
Then she began to look at the clock ;
and her heart grew fainter and fainter as
she saw it traveling slowly round to
eight o'clock. In Riverside they kept
early hours, and when, at a quarter of
nine, Deacon Brown took leave, Hetty
also arose, and lighting her bedroom
candle, went slowly and sadly upstairs.
When, next morning, she came down,
her mother remarked, as she busied her
self about tho breakfast table :
"Hetty, Walter Hayes was here last
night."
"Oh, mother 1"
There was something almost pathetic
in the look nnd tone ; but Mrs. Lock
wood was too busy with the steaming
coffee-pot to perceive it.
" He enmo in just as you had gone up
stairs," she continued. " He asked for
you, but it was so late, I thought it
hardly worth calling you down again.
He had been seeing Miss Mitchell home
to her aunt's that Philadelphia girl,
yon know, nud I didn't know until he
mentioned it, that she was a niece of his
employer, Mr. Mitchell. He is cer
tainly improved."
"I think," observed Mr. Lockwood,
as he took his place at table anJ cut into
the cold corned-beet. " I think I heard
Harry Tuustall say yesterday that young
Hayes was paying attention to Miss
Mitchell. He said he had seen them to
gether iu Philadelphia. She's a hand'
some girl, and her father's got money,
If Walter marries her he will do well
don't bolt your food like that; cut il
properly, sir, before eating."
Hetty had turned suddenly sick at
heart. Sho said nothing, but she could
not swallow her breakfast, and her moth
er presently remarked upon her pale
looks.
"Don't yon feel well, child?" I no
ticed that you were fldgetty and nervous
l6t night, lou re teevcrisii, 1 doubt,
with the spring weather."
Hetty was glad that her mother per
mitted her to pro to her room and lie
down. There was never a fire in her
room; but she drew the bed-clothes over
her head, and wished that sho could
thus shut herself out from the whole
world. She felt forlorn and miserable.
All htr sweet foolish dreams, of love
seemed to have been rudely stricken at a
blow. Walter had ceased to care lor
hT. He had not been proof against a
venr's absence. He had been won from
lier by that handsome, stylish girl from
FlnladeJphia; and Hetty hid her lace m
her pillow, and almost wished she coul j
die.
It was the darkest day she had ever
known. Sho tried to read her Bible.but
could not fix her thoughts on it, and
closed it in despair. Sho listened to the
dismal beat of the slow-falling rain, and
nt times watched the swaying of the hall
budding tree branches in the chill wind.
The cherry-tree before her window had
been yesterday whitening into blossom.
Surely the cold would kill the tender
buds, and there would be no-frnit- How
like her own holies nnd happiness !
Her mother sent for her to come down
to dinner. There was, she said, no use
in staying upstairs in the cold, nnd the
child would be better by the fire, with
some nice warm soup. Iu there all the
afternoon Hetty sat, while her "father
nnd the boys went to church for it had
ceased raining now and her mother
read Baxter's " Eiso aud Progress," and
Bang hymns to the baby.
"Het, said Bill, upon his return
from church, " I saw your old beau.
Mr. Walt. Hayes, at church with Miss
Mitchell, and he shook hands with me
and asked how the family was. She's a
real swell, a regular roarer, I tell you.
and if you don't shine up some, she'll cut
you out."
" William, don't let me hear any more
such slang talk irom you, I beg," said
his mother reprovingly.
"And Hetty," said her little sister
Annie, as she carefully drew off aud
folded her gloves, "I heard Kate Haye6
tell Mrs. Green that Walter and Miss
Mitchell were going back to-morrow to
Philadelphia, and Mrs. Green said she
supposed that was one reason of his
coming to Riverside that he might -travel
home with her."
Hetty lost all heart and hope nt this.
She longed for sympathy to lay her
head on her mother's knee and tell her
all. But Mrs. Lockwood, though she
really loved her children, was not one of
those gentle aud sympathetic mothers to
whom their children thus turn; nnd poor
Hetty went again to her lonely room,
and wrapping herself in a shawl, seated
herself at the window and looked listless
ly out.
A few people were passing. She hardly
noticed them, until she suddenly met a
pair of brown eyes, aud a hat was lifted ;
and she drew back with burning cheeks
and a beating heart, as Walter Hayes
passed. How handsome he looked 1 and
as her mother had observed, how im
proved in appearance with so much
manliness and dignity. And she what
could he think of her, sitting there pale
and forlorn looking, with her hair all
disordered about her face ? He might
come this evening, perhaps, and yet she
hardly wished it now. It would only be
painful to see him, and find him changed.
Still, she dressed herself and went down
stairs, though her head was throbbing
and she felt really ill. And all the eve
ning she waited and watched as she had
done before ; nnd Walter never came,
oud 6he knew now that ho did not care to
see her. Ami so ended the long, dreary
day.
Next morning Hetty arose feverish and
ill. But she busied' herself about the
household work; and when her mother,
observing only that she was dull and
languid, remarked that Bhe needed ft
walk, and desired her to carry a little jar
of butter to old Mrs. Simpson, she made
no objection. The day was pleasant,
though cool, and wrapping herself in a
warm shawl of her mother's, and tying a
pink-lined hood about her face, Hetty
set off alone on her walk.
It was rather a long distance that she
had to go out of the village and across
a field, and then by a lonely pathway
lying along the foot of a hill. Mrs.
Simpson kept her some time, talking ;
and it was late when the girl set out on
her return. Slowly retracing the little
pathway under the drooping beeches,
Hatty paused at the stile which led into
tho open field. It was pleasant here.
The sun shed a golden light over the
beech boughs, and a breath of spring
time woodland fragrance floated on the
air. Somehow Hetty felt soothed, as
she resting on the stile, and looking
dreamily at the white clouds overhead.
An approaching footstep startled her.
Turning, she saw a man's figure coming
along the pathway, nnd nnother glance
showed her that it was Walter Hayes.
Her heart gave a great throb and then
seemed to stand still.
He came straight toward her his
hand extended, his lips smiling, his eyes
looking straight into her own.
" Hetty 1"
She loaked nt him, half in hope, half
in doubt, nnd the color came and went
on her face.
"Hetty I have wanted so much to
see you."
She could not mistake the sincerity of
his tone, or the look of the brown eyes ;
and she answered simply and naively :
" I thought you had forgotten me."
" Forgotten you ?"
She could not have told how it hap
pened; but somehow she found herself
seated on the step of the stile with Wal
ter betide; his arm aronnd her, and her
cheek close, ah ! very close to his;
whilst all the world around seemed
transformed into a strange beauty and
glory. Such miracles does a moment
sometimes work in our lives.
As they walked slowly homeward to
gether, he told her how one thing and
another had prevented his seeing her;
among the rest, Bill, having confiden
tially informed him at church, iu answer
to his inquiries, that she was too sick to
come down stairs that day a statement
which he unfortunately credited, and
when this morning he had called, aud
learned from her mother where she
had gone, he had lost no time in fol
lowing. " But, Walter," said Hetty, hesitat
ingly, " do you know I heard something
about you anil .Sli s Mitchell Y
He laughed.
" Miss Mitchell is to be married
shortly, Hetty, to our junior partner.
She has been very kind to" me, and so
lias her uncle, my employer, indeed,
Hetty, I wanted to tell you of my good
fortune aud good prospects; and to ask
yon, darling, if, when
Aud then the words which had beeu
for a whole year delayed, were spoken;
and Hetty wondered, as she came in
sight of her home, whether this could
be the same world that it had been ou
that dark, dark clay, yesterday.
The Socratic Method.
As every one knows, who knows any
thing of the tricks and manners of Soc
rates, that remarkable philosopher never
conversed except by asking questions,
I. he wanted to express the opinion that
Xiintippc had put too much lard in the
pie-crust, he would begin by propound
ing to her a series of seemingly irrele
vant questions, with tho view of ulti
mately leading her into an inadvertent
admission of the evils of excessive lard,
His famous conversation with Alcibi
ades, in the course of which he convinced
the latter f the non-existence of his
dog, furnishes a fair example of what
we have come to call the Socratic
method; nud, ns the dialogue has never
been translated into English, a brief ex
tract from it will not be out of place
here:
S. They tell me, oh, Alcibiades, that
you have cut on yonr dog s tail.
A. It is true, oh, Socrates; I did it
with my battle-ax. jfr
S. What is a dog? Is it an animfj
with four legs and a tail ?
A. Yon say truly.
S. Then your dog is not a dog,- for
he is an animal with four legs, yet with
out a tail ?
A. I see that I must admit it.
S. But you will also admit that neith
er among Greeks, nor yet among bar
barians, is there an animal which, hav
ing four legs, has no tail.
A. Again thou sayest what nobody
denies of.
S. How then can you claim that yon
have the very animal which does not
exist ?
A. By Zeus, I make no such claim.
S. Then you see you have no dog.
It was by this method of cross-questioning
that Socrates achieved a" tre
mendous reputation. It is to bo regret
ted that iu his later years he did not ad
here to his early custom of always hav
ing three or four persons about him
whose business it was to admit every
thing. Uufortuuately, he fell into the
habit of asking everybody questions, in
consequence of which his long-suffering
fellow-citizens had to kill him. New
York Times.
A Just Judge.
A correspondent at Hot Springs, Ark.,
writes : This corporation has a model
mayor one who enforces the law against
all offenders impartially, and who sees
the Roman father and goes one better;
for, while the historio parent passed
judgment upon his own offspring,
Mayor T. F. Linde, of Hot Springs, in
vokes the penalty of the law upon him
self. Tliis morning, repairing to the
executive office, where a number of evil
doers were awaiting trial, he calmly
opened court in the usual form, and
called the tiret case on his docket : " T.
F. Linde, for violating ordinance No.
10," and propounded the query,
"Guilty or not guilty?" responding
promptly, in the character of the ac
cused, "Guilty, your honor." "The
prisoner is fined $5 aud costs," said Mr.
Lind, a judge, aud entered the record
upon his book. Having thus disposed
of his own case, he passed on to those of
other offenders against the laws, to
whom he meted justice in doses accord
ing to their deserts. "
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Recipes.
Molasses Cookies. One cupful but
ter, two cnpfuls molasses, one teaspoon
ful cloves, one tablespoonful ginger,
sufficient flour to make a stiff batter, not
dough; mold with the hands into small
cakes, and bake in a steady rather than
hot oven, as they are apt Jo burn.
A Breakfast ob Supper Dish ron
Children. Boil one quart of milk and
add, while boiling, half a cupful of oat
meal, and cook a few minutes. Have
ready a vegetable dish half full of bread,
cnt in pieces half an inch square, and
pour the milk over it, having previously
seasoned it with salt. A free use of
both oatmeal and beans. They are both
very nutritious. Fried mush for break
fast and mush and milk for tea are very
nice, and when desired molasses may be
used instead of milk for a change.
To Boil SweeF Corn. Choose full-
grown com, and let tne rows be even
and medium size. Pierce the grain with
your nail, and if the com is fresh and
tender the niilK will escape in a let and
not be thick. Corn, like potatoes, is
best steamed. If no steamer is at hand,
plaoe the corn in just enough water to
cover it, and boil fifteen or twenty min
utes, nccordiug to the size of the kernel.
If boiled too long it becomes hard. Send
it to the table wrapped in a napkin or
towel placed on a meat dish. Serve hot.
To Make Sweet Pickies of Ripe
Cucumbers. Select those that are about
half yellow with ripeness, cut them open,
remove the seeds ; cut them lengthwise
iu strips an inch or more wide, and soak
for two days iu salted water and alum ;
theu soak lialf a day in clear cold water.
Bring Btrong vinegar, enough to cover
the cucumbers, just to boiling, aud pour
over them, and let them stand over night.
Then remove and pack in large mouthed
bottles ; dissolve one pound of sugar iu
one quart strong vinegar ; strew in the
bottles spices to suit tho taste, cover with
the sweetened vinegur, cork, and let it
stand all night ; the next morning set
the bottles in a kettle of cold water on
the fire, bring to a boil, and make the
corks tight. Keep in a cool place.
Silver Cake. Three cups sifted
flour, one aud a half cups of sugar, one
egg, one teacup of sweet milk, two tnble-spoo:;-c,ils
of butter, three tablespoonfnls
ot yeast powder, x lavor with vanilla or
lemon, to taste. Beat the butter and
sugar to a cream, add to it the milk and
egg, well beaten, then add the extract.
Mix with this very slow three cups of
flour in which the baking powder has
becu well, mixed. liake in a quick oven,
Tomato Soup. Boil two and one-half
pounds of lamb in four quarts of water ;
boil the lamb to shreds and the water
down to two-quarts ; strain itf Peol and
cut up fino two quarts fresh tomatoes ;
mix them with tho liquor ; stir them
very hard and boil them half an hour
season with parsley, pepper nnd salt
strain them again ; stir hi oue table
spoonful of butter before pouring iu the
tureen. Tho broth in which chickens
were boiled is often preferred to the
lamb.
Chicken Salad. Wash and dry two
or three white heart lettuces, reserving
tho center leaves, cut thein fine, and lay
them at the bottom of a dish ; mince all
the white meat from a broiled chicken
without the skiu, and place it on the
lettuce. Rub the yolks of two hard-
boiled eggs to a smooth paste, with two
dessert spoonfuls of melted butter. Add
to it two spoonfuls of made mustard aud
one of pounded loaf sugar, nnd stir very
gradually in a cupful of vinegar. Ar
range as a border the center leaves of the
lettuce, with some small, delicate cress
between the chicken and the edge of the
dish, and, when ready to serve, pour
over the chicken salud dressing.
Corn lor Meed.
Iu selecting corn for seed, it is often
the practice to merely choose large ears
from the general crop. This is not the
best method, for while the plant may be
strong and vigorous, and bears large
ears, the corn may have been fertilized
by pollen from feeble or stunted plants
near it, and the seed may retain and
repeat these adverse qualities in spite. of
he vigor of the plant on which it grew.
A better nlan would be to nlant some of
the seed m a small plot by itself, at a
little distance from the mam crop, and
to give this patch plenty of room and
high culture. When the tassels appeor
iu the seed every plant should be ex
amined, and feeble stalks should be
pulled out or cat below the tassel before
it has an opportunity to bloom. By
this nrrangememt both the plants on
which the ears grow and the pollen
scattered from its own and neighboring
tassels will partake of the strength of
both its parents.
How (-ptnacli.
The market gardeners as well as those
who only wish to supply their own
tables, should now make preparations
for sowing spinach; any vacant land that
is rich enough will answer, but as it
needs thorough preparation and as the
manure also needs to be thoroughly pre
pared, it will be well to begin now to get
ready the manure and work it thoroughly
fine; a liberal admixture ot night sou is
excellent for this crop, promoting rank
and rapid growth. Land from which
peas or potatoes or some other early
crop has been cleared, should be cleared
up and plowed so as to be ready for the
seed. For fall use and for storage to be
used in winter, spinach seed should be
put in about August 14th. For winter
ing over in the field it is sown from
September 1st to 15th.
A Terrible Shock.
The courier from Helena bearing dis
patches, reached Shaw the following
day. As the dust-covered horseman ap
proached the quarters, a lady, sitting in
front of one of the cottages, with a young
babe in her arms, accosted him :
"Have you news from the com
mand ?"
"Yes, madam, I bring dispatches."
" Tell me the news, quick."
"A battle was fought on the ninth.
Captain Logan and Lieut. Bradley are
among the killed." ' -
The babe dropped from the nerveless
arms aud the young mother fell back iu
a swoon.
It was Mrs. Bradley, the wife of the
brave oltiiier first to fall iu the recent In
dian battle of the Big Hole. Helena
Montana) Jlerald.
LONG-LIVED GREAT MEN.
Old Men Who Are Prominent ns Itiilcrx,
81 nt rumen nnd Wnrrlom, nnd Forrinont
In Literature, Science, l.nw nnd Religion.
The death of the ex-President of the
French Republic at the advanced age of
eighty years suggests the thought that
tne civuizeu nations oi lue tunu hid jui
the most pnrt governed or guided by old
men. On the twenty-second of March
last the emperor of Germany completed
his eightieth year. This mightiest of
the rulers of the world has known nd
versity as great as his present prosperity
is exalted. A boy of ten he tied witu
his mother to escape the victorious
armies of Napoleon the Great. Forty
years later he had to fly a second time
. -i - i l r ... T
irom .ueriin, uuu sougut remge in uuu
don from the resentment of his country
men. Marshal MacMahou, Duke of
Magenta, nnd president of the French
republic, is nearly sixty-nine. His life
has been one of steady progress, but he
stands to-day for the first time in his
career in an uncertain position. Alex
ander II., emperor and autocrat of all
the Russias, has not yet lived three score
of years, but his life has been a most
eventfnl one. Iu 1861 he performed
one of if not the greatest act in history,
namely, the emancipation -of 23,000,000
human beings from tho bondage of serf
dom. The Russian prime minister.
Prince Gortschnkoff, is now in his
seventy-ninth year. Prince Bismarck,
who was bora on All Fools' Day, is over
sixty-two. The Earl of Beaconsfleld
(Disraeli) is m his seventy-second year;
the ex-British premier, Air. Gladstone,
is sixty-eight, while Count Andrassy, the
Hungarian statesman and leader oi pub
lic opinion in Austria, is no older than
fifty-four years. Admiral Constantino
Canaris at eighty-seven is president of
the Cabinet nnd the hope of Greece. It
is fifty-five years ago since he avenged
the devastation of Scio by fastening a
fire-ship to the Turkish flag-ship and
blowing her up with many hundreds of
men who were celebrating the Kamadan
Victor Hugo is just midway between the
three-score and ten and the four-score
years of the Psalmist. Earl Russel, the
great Whig leader, is eighty-five; M.
Urevy. who has been chosen as Gani-
betta s lieutenant, is sixty-four: Jules
Simon is sixty-three, and Lord Stratford
de Redchffe, better known as Sir Strat
ford Canning, is no less than eighty-nine,
Of venerable politicians aud statesmen
in our own country it would be easy to
multiply names. Simon Cameron, the
Republican leader in Peunsvivanin, is
seventy-eight; Caleb dishing, of Massa
chusetts, is seventy-seven; Alexander a..
Stephens, a representative Southern
Democratj is sixty-five; Gen. John A,
Dix, of this city, has now turned seventy
nine. E. B. Washburne, of Illinois, is
sixty-one, and Horatio Seymour is sixty-
seven. Secretary of State Evarts, who
is both lawyer and statesman, is in his
sixty-first year.
Turning from those who govern to
those who educate, wo find numerous
old men who exercise a wide influence
throughout the world. Thomas Carlyle,
tho English essayist and historian, is
eighty-two; Alfred Tennyson, the poet,
is sixty-seven ; Prof. Charles Robert
Darwin is sixty-eight; nnd these nro the
grent lights in English literature and
science. Of Americans, Henry Wads
worth Longfellow bus just turned
seventy-one; John G. Whittier is seven
ty; Ralph Waldo Emerson is seventy
four; George Bancroft is seventy-seven ;
William Cullen Bryant, tho pott oud
journalist, is nearly eighty-three ; Wil
liam Lloyd Garrison is seventy-three;
Theodore D wight Woolsey is seventy
six, and Peter Cooper is eighty-six.
Legal jurisprudence nt home and abroad
is represented by Charles O'Connor, of
this State, who is seventy-three ; by
Flsaac Adolph Cremieux, a French lawyer
and legislator, who is seventy-nine; by
William Ballantine, an English sergeant
at law, who is sixty-three, and by Firmin
Agosta Caballero, - a Spanish lawyer,
journalist and statesman, who is seventy
seven. Chief-Justice Waite is sixty-one;
the Lord Chief-Justice of England is
seventy-five, aud the Lord Chief-Baron
is over eighty. Of ecclesiastics high in
authority or position,' Pius IX. is
eighty-five; the Primate of all England is
sixty-seven; Bishop Ames is seventy-one,
and Dr. Dollinger, the German theolo
gian and historian, is seventy-eight.
Among leaders in religious thought are
Bishop Dupnnloup, of Frauce, who is
seventy-six; Dean Stanley, of Westmin
ster Abbey, who is sixty-one-; Dr. New
man, who is sixty-seven; Cardinal Mc
Closkey, who is seventy-seven ; Dr.
Thomas Worcester, who is over seventy
five; Henry Ward Beecher, who is over
sixty-four; Dr. Chapin, who is sixty
three; Dr. McCosh, who is fifty-six, and
Rev. Stephen II. Tyng, Sr., who is seventy-seven.
In the science of war the
chiefs are Count Von Moltke, who was
born in 1800; Gen. W. T. Sherman, who
was'born in 1820, aud Gen. Garibaldi,
the most popular man in Italy, who is
now approaching his seventy-first year.
Thus the peoples of the world seem to
be governed and educated by old men,
though the average length of humau lifo
has been so considerably extended that
nowadays we scarcely call men old at
sixty. And as old is a relative term, it
might be more correct to say that power
is to be found in the hands of older men
than of yore. New York Times.
A Wasp's Sting.
A most singular and at the same time
serious accident has occurred to a boy
named Llewellyn Griffiths, aged nine
years, residing with his parents in Roso
mon street, Clerkenwell, London. It
appears that the mother of the boy gave
him his breakfast, which consisted of
milk and slices of jam and bread. While
eating the latter he gave a loud scream,
and began to run about the room, evi
dently in great pain. He theu ejected
the bread from his mouth, aud it was
found to contain the body of a wasp,
Dr. Franklin, oi St. John street, was
sent for, but befoiffhis arrival the tongue
had swollen to such an extent as to pro
trude from the mouth, at, the same time
so impeding the breathing as almost to
produce suffocation. Dr. Franklin at
once injected a solution ot ammonia iu
the uuncture caused by the stiug, which
gradually eased the pain and reduced the
swelling; the power of deglutition, how
ever, was nearly suspended.
AN OLD WAITER'S STORIES.
Fninona New Yorker whom lie Served
Their llnblta n to Dtnln.
An old New York waiter, who had
been employed in leading restair.ants a
great many years, was interviewed oy a
Sun reporter, to whose interrogatories
he replied as follows:
Did yon ever see old John Jacob
Astor?"
"Only once. sir. He was a feeble
man when I saw him, but his son, Wil
liam, used to lunch regular with Clarke
& Brown. You see, sir. we had little
boxes in those days. They all opened
in front on the passage, sir, but they
was partitioned off bo that nobody could
see his neighbor. And most of the
waiters yelled, sir. I suppose I've heard
em say I'lum-botu ' more man ouu
times a day in tones so loud, .sir, as
would scare a hawk. The great dishes
was steak and onions, plum pudding,
with wine and sugar sauces, strawberry
shortcake, aud devilled kidneys. It's
astonishing how them things go by
fashions. ,
"Will fashion soon drive the trade
up-town ?"
" Hot very soon, sir. wny, it wasn t
many years ago when Mr. Hallock, of the
Journal of Commerce, Gen. Webb, of
tho Courier, nnd Mr. Beach, of the bun,
used to take a bite with us. How dif
ferent them men was, sir."
"Yes how?"
"Well, Mr. Hallock looked like a
minister. He always wore black, and
was never fashionable, sir. Ho was very
gentle, sir, and I always thought he
must have been well brought up, sir.
But Gen. Webb was a stunner. He had
a great deal of hair and a large stomach,
and you'd think he was a real general to
hear him talk, sir. It was a rare sight
to see him lift his hat, sir. Gloves
always. And he was very neat, aud at
times generous. I remember ho gave mo
a dollar one time, nnd he seemed par
ticularly grand and splendid, especially
when his high stock was new and stiff.
He was very pompons like, but he never
abused the waiters, sir."
" How about Mr. Beach?"
" I don't know, sir. Mr. Bench was
a man, Bir, if I may so speak, who
always seemed out of place, sir. I am
told he was a very clever man, sir, but
we didn't take to him, sir. He was a
grent hand for pork and beans and apple
dumpling with both sauces, sir; not that
I could find it in my heart to blame
any man for liking them dumplings,
Bir, for they certainly were splendid."
" Were vou ever 'iu Delmonico's ?"
" Not in his new place, but I was in
his Chambers street place a long time,
sir. Mr. Siro is very particular, sir, so
is Mr. Charles. The old man I never
saw but once. A man's alwnys sure of
his wnges at Delmonico's, and it's the
best place lor fees in the country. llie
little gent who traveled with the Prince
of Wales aud paid his bills gave 5 after
a lunch. The biggest I ever got was
one day after Tweed, Connolly, Hall,
and two lawyers had been in No. 8 for
five hours. I stayed three hours after
mv time was up to tend to cm. as
they came out Mr. Hall ho slipped some
thiug in my hand. When I went in the
room I slung my napkin under mv nrm
nnd looked nt it. It was three five-dollar
bills, s r. I ran down stairs quick, sir.
They were standing in the doorway with
Mr. Siro. who was smoking, os always,
a cignretto. ' Can I speak to you, sir '('
says I to Mr. Hall. Certainly, Wil
liam,' Bays he, as polite as a basket.
What's up ?' Then I told him I feared
he Lad made a mistake, and handed him
the three fives. He took thciu, never
said a word, opened his wallet, took out
a bill, rolled it over the three fives,
handed 'em to me, put his finger on his
nose, and walked away to the door. Ho
had rolled a tenner over tho fives, so I
had 25 for my pains, sir."
" Well, that was generous.'-'
" Yes, sir, nnd I often think of it, sir.
He was a thoughtful person, sir, Mr.
Hall was, and I never like to hear him
run down, sir. One of our regulars was
Mr. Stewart's chief partner, Mr. Libbey,
aud a nice mon, too. He alwnyB came
in at a certain time, had a certain sent,
ordered his lunch quietly, accepted it as
it was, made no fu6s, paid his check with
ten cents to the waiter, said Good day,'
and went out.
But Judge Barnard was the mou.
One day he came in and walked to a table
where another judge, an editor aud au
actor were sitting. As he sat down he
ordered champagne cocktails for the
crowd. Then he ordered a chop for
himself. Bottle after bottle came, pop.
ped and went. 'Now,' said he, 'the
fellow who has the most cash in his
pocket shall pay for the dinners.' The
other judge showed up $15, the editor
$22 nnd some change, but the actor
brought out $150 in cash and a cheek
for $500 signed by John J. Cisco & Co.
I pay, savs Judge Barnard, as he
showed $75 in money and a city warrant
for $1,250. The actor said 'No.' be
cause a warrant wasn't cash. Finally
Mr. Siro was appealed to, nnd he said :
Well, if Mr. asks me to accept
to that $500 check I Bhall do it, conse
quently it is cash ; and if Judge Barnard
asks me to cash his $1,250 warrant I
Bhall do it, consequently he has the most
cash, and he must pay the bill.' Of
course, it made a great laugh in the
room, and after another bottle they
separated.
"Did you ever wait on young Mr.
Bennett?"
" les, often, sir. He had a way in
cold weather of now and then coming to
the place. He d "walk in quick, pull a
chair before the fire, and read the
papers. First he'd warm one side, sir,
and then the other. Then he'd Bay :
Eugene, breakfast.' Eugene was the
head waiter, sir, nice man and very rich.
sir. Then Eugene would order and I
generally served it, sir. He never paid
for anything, it was always charged, sir,
That's the way Mr. Hall and many others
did. sir. It saved the bother of handling
money, but it was hard on us, sir, for
there was rarely any change for the
waiter, sir. One of the odd people was
a priest. He used to oome in at eleven
aud stay till two. He always took the
best seat by the fireplace and read the
papers. He always had tea and bread
and butter. Sometimes ha had a bit of
steak, sir. At first he was a curiosity
then a nuisance, but finally a fixture,
and we should have been lonely without
him."
Golden Thoughts.
It is only those that have done nothing
who fancy they can do everything.
The worst kind of men are those who
do not care when men see them doing
wrong.
A man who has so long to fight against
misfortune, wants strength to meet a
sudden kindness.
The world is but one great family.
What, then, is this narrow selfishness in
us, but relationship remembered, against
relationship forgot? .
"Lecture ou Fools' Admit one,"
was the inscription on a card of admis
sion to a discoures by a Western clergy-
man the other.evening.
The formation and sternly pursuit of
some particular plan of life has justly
been considered as one of the most
permanent sources of happiness.
There was never, in any age of the
world, either philosopher or sect, or law
or discipline, which did so highly exolt
the public good as the Cliristian faith.
The "golden everlasting chain"
described by Homer as reaching from
heaven to earth, nnd emornciug tne
whole moral world, was no fable. The
chain is love.
He seldom lives frugally who lives by
chance. Hope is always liberal, and
they that trust to her promises make
little scruple of revelling to-day on the
profits of to-morrow.
Human life defined by a hue is as
uncomfortable as would be a human
figure defined by a wire. One prefers a
little mist nbout it, where hope may put
out a wouderiug hand.
WTe strive ns hard to hide our hearts
from ourselves ns from others, and nl-
ways with more success; for in deciding
upon our own case we are both judge,
jury and executioner; aud when sophis
try cannot overcome tne nrst, or natter
the second, self-love is always ready to
defeat the sentence by bribing the third.
Women often fancy themselves to be
in love when they arc-not. The love of
being loved, fondness of flattery, the
pleasure of giving pain to a rival, nnd a
passion for novelty and excitement are
frequently mistaken for something far
better and holier, till marriage disen
chants the fair self-deceiver, nnd leaves
her astonished at her own indifference
nnd the evaporation of her romantic
talents.
Act towards others as you would they
should net towards yourself. It is the
same in life ns in the midst of the waves;
for every navigator there is the same
sea, the same tempests, the same dan
gers to beware of. As long as yon ore
borne on a tranquil surface, help those
who have Buffered shipwreck. Who can
say that you will not be overtaken by a
storm you are not yet in port; the same
conduct that, you have shown to tho un
fortunate will 'be shown to you by your
fellow-voyagers.
Items of Interest.
When is a man's face like the Atlantic
ocean ? When it's miles across.
Tho four boxes that rule tho world :
The ballot box, the jury box, the car
tridge box and the bandbox.
This year's peach crop aggregates in
value the sum of $3,420,000, of which
the Maryland and Delaware growers net
1,000,000.
In England the noblest peers in the
realm feel a pride iu their connection
with agricultural pursuits. The Trince
of Wales is a frequent exhibitor at
county fairs.
The man who made a shoe for the foot
of a mountain is now engaged on a lint
for the head of a discourse, alter which
he will manufacture a plume for Gen
eral Intelligence.
Rev. D. N. Bentley, of Norwich, Ct.,
who is ninety-two years old, has
preached seventy-five years, having
married five hundred couples ami onici
nted at three thousand funerols, but has
never received any remuneration for
preaching or burying the dead.
Queen Victoria finds India shaws most
attractive, and has a collection worth
hundreds of thousands df pounds, in
cluding shawls the art of making which
has long been lost besides an tne nuesi
and most delicate marvels of the India
looms of the present day, including
webs of golden thread and embroidered
with diamonds and pearls.
One hundred pounds of butter con
tain teu pouuds of water; the same
quantity of bacon contains twenty-two
pounds of water; similar quantities of
cheeso contain thirty pounds; of eggs,
seventy-two pounds; of lean of meat,
seventy-three pounds; of fowl, seventy
three pounds ; of fish, seventy-four
pounds, and of milk, eighty-six pounds
of water.
Two men were riding in tho cars on
the Daubury railway the other morning,
when one asked the other if he had a
pleasant place of residence. "Yes,"
was the reply; " we havo seven nice
rooms over a store." " Over a store !
should think that would be a quiet
place." " Oh I it is quiet enough. The
folks dont advertise. "All I l see,
said his friend, iu a tone of relief.
Danburn New.
How to be Welcome.
What a ceremonious affair we make
of receiving company ! Too many of
us lose all sense of being at home tne
moment a stranger crosses our threshold,
and he instantly feels himself to be a
mere visitor nothing more and acts
accordingly. The man who knows how
to " drop in of an evening, draw up
his chair to the hearth, as if it were his
own, and fall into the usual evening
routine of the household as if he were a
member of it how welcome he always
is I The man who comes to stay under
your roof for a season, and who, without
being intrusive or familiar, makes you
feel that he is "at home" with you,
and is content in his usual fashion of
occupation how delightful a guest he
is 1 And the house ah, how few of
them ! into which one can go for a day
or a week and feel sure that the family
routine is in no wise altered, the family
comfort is no wise lessened, but on the
contrary, increased by one's presence
what joy it is to cross their thresholds 1
What harbors of refuge they are to the
weary wanderers 1 What Bweet remin
iscences they bring to the lonely and
homeless 1
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