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HENRY A. PARSONS, Jr., Editor and Publisher
NIL. DESPERANDDM.
Two Dollars per Annum.
VOL. XT.
MDGWAY, ELK COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, FEBHUAHY 24, 1881.
NO. 1.
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" Of tlio Earth, Earthly.",
Hnvo thoy toM von I nm going
To the laud of rest '
1 nm very patient, knowing
All is for thejjost;
Yet the summer light is clearest
Ere the soul departs.
Nature seems to draw the nearest
Cnto dying hearts.
Have thoy told you I nm leaving
Earthly things behind ?
Love, perhaps, but not deeciving,
Friendship proved unkind i
Yet the sunshine, slowly stealing
Down the soft, green slope,
Brings back all the trustful feeling,
All the dreams of hope.
Hnvo they told you I am hasting
To a fairer homo ?
Yo, but here aro roes wnstiuT.
lSlosoms whito as foai ;
Here aro sun-gilt vine leaves wreathing
Round our cottage door :
Here are solemn lir trees breathing
Fragrance evermore.
Have they told you I am setting
All my thoughts on high ?
Yes. but can I learn forgetting
While old haunts are nigh ?
When the bracken plumes are swaying
On our pine-crowifd bill.
I can almost hear you saying
That you love me still.
Hush ! 1 hear a footstep falling
On the garden plot,
And a voice speaks, softly calling,
Yet 1 anMvcr not
Till I feel your arms around me.
On my face your breath,
I,jve and faith have sought and found me :
This is life not death.
Stroll Dotidniy, in Good H'ov'..
THE OLD STORY.
A sober, half-discontented face at the
window a bright face in the street.
The window is thrown open, and a suule
goes from the bright face to the sober
one, giving it a new ami ploasantor as
pect. Both faces are young that at
the window youngest; almost child-like.
Yet the window-face is the face of a
wife, nnd the street-face that of a
maiden, " fancy-free."
"How strangely I was deceived,
Belhi !" said the lady in the street.
" Deceived ! How, Mary ? 'What do
you mean? But, come in, you're just
the one I wish to see."
" I was sure I saw you, not ten min
utes ago, riding out with Harry," said
the young friend, as they met and kissed
at the door.
" Oh, dear, no ! I haven't neen out
riding with Harry for a month."
"Indeed? How's that? lean re
member when you rode out together
almost every afternoon."
"Yes; but, that was before our mar
riage," replied the young wife, in a voice
that made her friend look into her face
narrowly.
" J'he husband 1ms less time for
recreation than the lover. He must give
more thought to business," remarked
the friend.
The little wife tossed her head and
shrugged her shoulders in a doubtful
way, saying, as she did so:
" I don't know about the business. But
lovers and husbands are different species
of the genus homo. The explanation
lies somewhere in this direction, I pre
sume." "Ah, Bella, Bella! That speech
does not come with a musical sound
from your lips," remarked tlio friend,
smiling, yet serious.
" Truth is not always melodious,"
said Bella.
"How is it to sweethearts and wives?"
asked the friend; " do they belong to
the same class ?"
The question appeared to reach the
young wife's ears with a suggestive
force. Her voice was a little changed
as she answered:
" I don't know; perhaps not !"
Then, after a moment, she said: " And
you thought it was Ham and I that
you saw riding out ?"
"I was certain of it; but, it only
goes to show how ono may be mis
taken." The friend had been scanning the
voting wife for some moments, from
head to foot, in a way that now called
out the question:
" Do you see anything peculiar about
me ?"
" Yes," was answered.
" Wait ?"
"A peculiar untidiness that I never
saw in the sweetheart !"
Bella glanced down at her soiled and
ruffled dress.
"My neglige?" she said, with a little
short laugli.
"So I should think! Xow, shall I
draw your picture?"
"Yes; if you have an artist's fancy."
" Hero it is: Hair lustcrlcss and un
tidy; skin dull for want of action and
feeling; a wrapper better conditioned
for the washing-tub and ironing-table,
than as a garment for the fair person of
a young wife; no collar nor ornament of
any kind; and ft countenance well, 1
can't givo that'as I saw it a little while
ago, at the window, but I'm sure it
wasn't tlio face to charm a lover. Per
haps it might suit iv husband but I
havo my doubts."
"Why, Mary. You are in a sportive
mood."'
" No; serious. How do you like the
picture ? Let mo compare it with the
original. Fairly reproduced, I believe.
I hardly think that you were in this
trim when Harry fell in love. But it
may all be well enough for a husband.
I have no experience in this line, and
can't speak by the card."
Bella felt the reproof of her friend,
as was evident by the spots that began
to burn on her cheeks.
' You wouldn't have me dress in
party style every day ?" she said.
" Ob, no; but I'd'have you neat and
sweet, as a young wife should always
be; that is, if she cares for the fond
eyes of her husband. I verily believe it
was Ilarry I saw riding out a little
while ago !"
Bella threw a quick, startled look
upon her friend who, already, half re
gretted her closing sentence.
" Why did you say that? What did
you moan ?" she asked.
"I only said it to plague you," an
swered the friend.
' To plague me?"
There was an expression iu Bella's
faco that Mary had never seen there bo
fore. Her eyes had grown suddenly of
a darker shade, and were eager and
questioning. Her lips lay closer to
gether; there were lines on her fore
head. " To plague mo ?" she repeated. " Take
care, Mary I"
The friend wished now that she had
not made that suggestion; nnd yet,
since making it, doubt had reached
conviction in her mind. She was sure
she had not been mistaken as to Bella's
husband; but who was the lady with
whom she had seen him riding out ?
Bella hnd said, n little, while before,
that her husband had not driven her
out for a month; and yet Mary felt cer
tain that she had seen him riding out
with a lady at least three or four times
during that period. Should she hide
the truth; or trusting to its power for
ultimate good, let it appear? There
was no time for reflection. She spoke,
now, rather from a desire to help her
friend into a better state of perception,
than from any clear sight in the mntter.
"I think," she said, " that having
now your husband, yon have fallen into
the error of thinking that personal at
tractions are not needed to hold him by
your side. Now, it is my opinion that
if Harry had found you in vour present
untidy condition and yon are often in j
no better plight in a single instance j
before marriage, he would have broken
off the engagement; and I'm sure that
iu a suit for breach of promise, if I had
been on the jury, a verdict in his favor i
would hnvo been rendered."
Bella did not smile nt this closiu g j
sally, but sat looking into her friend's j
face in a strange, bewildered, troubled j
way. The intimation that her husband '
had been riding out with a lady, when ;
it fairly reached her thought, gave her
a sharp pain. It had never entered her !
imagination that he could look, with
a passing sense of admiration, into any
face but hers that his heart could turn
from her to another for a single instant :
of time. She had perceived that he was
colder, more indifferent, less careful of
her pleasures than in the sunny days of
their courtship and betrothmcnt--but,
that he could seek another's society, ;
was a thing uuheard of. It was a pro- ;
verb, this contrast between lovers and ;
husbauds; and she had fety she was
proving its truth. That was all. It :
was an unpleasant truth, and hard to '.
receive; yet she saw no remedy. But :
now, bv a word or two, her friend has j
started her into a different view of the
case. Was her husband's heart really '
turned from her? She was frightened '
at the remote suggestion for in his j
love lay all her world.
" You are not really in earnest, Mary, '.
about seeing Harry riding out with u ;
lady this afternoon?'' she said in a voice ;
ami with a look that revealed fully her ;
slate of mind. The color had left her
face, and her heart shook in her voice.
"Probably I was mistaken, Bella,";
replied the friend; "though I hud not '
doubted the fact a moment, until 1 saw
you at the window a little while ago." '
" Did vou notice the Lidv verv particu- ;
bu ly ?" '
"No; but let the matter pass, dear, i
No doubt 1 was mistaken. It is worry- J
ing you more than I could have imagiit- '
ed." Bella looked at her friend for j
some moments, in a strange way, then ;
giving a low, suppressed, wailing cry. !
bent forward nnd laid her face upon her j
bosom, sobbing and shuddering iu such j
vild turbulance of feeling that her friend J
became actually alarmed. j
" You have frightened me !'' said the :
voting wile, lifting her head at last, as j
her excitement died away. " Ah, Mary, j
if I should lose my husband's love, it !
would kill me !" !
"Then, Bella," answered her friend, j
" see to it that you neglect none of the
means required for keeping it. If you
would continue to be loved, you must ;
not grow unlovely. The charms that I
won your husband must not be folded j
up and kept for holiday occasions, and I
then put on for other eyes than his. ,
You must keep them ever 'displayed be-1
lore linn; nay, put on new attractions.
Is not the husband even dearer than the
lover, anil his heart better worth the
holding ? Look back, my dear friend,
over the brief moons that have waxed
and waned since you were a bride. Put
yourself on trial and take impartial tes
timonv. How has it been? Has
your temper been us sweet- as
"when you sat leaning together in :
summer twilights, talking of the
love-crowned future ? Have yon
been as studious to please as then;
as careful of his feelings; as regardful :
of his tastes? Do you adoru vourself
for his eyes now, ns you dressed" for his
coming then ? As a wife, are you as ;
lovable as vou were when a maiden ?
Bella, Bella ! look to tlio little foxes '
that spoil the tender grapes, if you j
would have Jove's ripened fruitage. -Love
is not a chameleon to feed on air,
and change iu every hue of condition. :
It must have substantial food. Deprived
of this, and it languishes and dies. And i
now, dear, I have warned you. Meet j
your husband, when ho returns homo i
this evening, as sweetly as when he '
came to you in your father's house, at- i
traded as the bee is to tho flower, and ;
note tho manner in which his face will ;
lighten up. Did ho kiss you when he !
came homo yesterdav?"
The face of Bella 'Hushed a little.
"Husbands soon lose the taste for:
kissing," she answered, at the same time j
patting her small foot nervously on the '
Brussels carpet.
" If the wife's lips remain as sweet as 1
the maiden's never!" -
" Oh, you don't know anything about
it," said Bella. " Wait until you are
married."
After the friend said good-afternoon,
the young wife went to her room and
cried for a good quarter of au hour.
Then she commenced doing as her friend
had suggested. Refreshed by a bath,
sho attired herself in a spotless white
wrapper, with a delicate blue belt bind
ing her waist. A small lace collar,
scarcely whiter than her pure neck,
edged and tied with a narrow azure rib
bon, was turned away, from her. swan-
like throat; and just below was nn ox-quisitelv-cut
ovnl pin. Her hair, n rich
golden brown, had been mnde glossy as
the wing of a bird, nnd was folded just
enough nway from the temples to show
their delicate cutting. Two open rose
buds red and white nestled in her
hair. She did look lovely and lovable,
as her mirror told her.
Harry was half nn hour later than
usual in coming home. Bella was sitting
in the parlor when ho came in, waiting
for his return with a new feeling at her
heart a feeling of blended fear and
hope; fear lest ho wan actually becoming
estranged from her, nnd a trembling
hope to win him back again. His step
was not very light. Sho noticed that,
for her ear had become newly sensitive.
Ho had caught a glimpse of her through
tho window, and knowing, therefore,
that sho was in the parlor, came to tho
door and stood there.
" Bless mo !" he exclaimed, after a
moment, " how charming you look !"
And he came forward with a pleased
smile on his face, and, taking her hand,
bent down and kissed her.
" Sweet as a rose !" ho added, hold
ing her nway from liim, and gazing at
her admiringly, How her heart did
beat with a new delight !
" Dressed for company ?"
There was just a little shade of cold
ness in Harry's voice, ns ho suggested
the probable reason for her singularly
improved appearance.
"Yes," replied Bella.
"Who?"
" My husband," hi a trembling voice.
Harry was a little puzzled, but great
ly pleased. It was true that ho had
been riding out that afternoon with a
lady; a handsome, attractive woman, who
was throwing around his weak, almost
boyish, spirit, a siren's fascination. She
put on eveiy charm in her power to
summon; while the foolish wife was
hiding hers away, and taking no pains
to hold dominion in the heart she had
won, and was now in danger of losing.
Five minutes before the companion of
his ride appeared to his fancy so charm
iug, in comparison with his wife, that
he felt no pleasure at the thought of
meeting one who, since their marriage,
had seemed to grow every day less at
tractive. But now Bella was his queen
of hearts again !
" And are you really dressed to re
ceive me, darling ?" he said, as he kissed
her again, and then drew his arm lov
ingly about her waist.
" Yes, for you. Could a truo wife
wish to look lovelier to other's eyes than
her husband's?"
" I should think not," he answered.
Sho understood, in thu words, more
than he meant to convey.
There was a rose-tint on everything
in Bella's homo that evening. From
the cold, half-indifferent husband, Harry
was transformed to the warm, attentive
lover. How many times, as she turned
her eyes upon him, did she catch a look
of tender admiration or loving pride.
"What has mndo you so charming
to-night?" he said, as ho kissed her for
the tenth time. " You look as pure
and sweet as a lily."
"Love for my husband," she an
swered, and then a tear, in which joy's
sunlight made a rainbow, stole out
from the drooping lashes, nnd lay, a
crystal drop on her cheek.
Sho made no confession of her
thoughtless neglect of the nivalis by
which hearts tire held in thrall to love;
though her husband half guessed at the
fact that something had awakened her
to the truth.
On the next afternoon Ilarry rode out
with a lady again; but that lady was his
wife. He was never afterward in dan
ger of beiifg won nway from faithful
love, for Bella grew in his eyes more
attractive, more charming, more lov
able every day. And thus she saved
him, in his younger and less stable
years, from being drawn aside from the
right way; and both herself and him
from vears of wretchedness. Vtrintiait
til )'irk.
A Train's Frightful Position.
The most hair-risingepisodethat ever
happened to a New Mexican mountain
railway train fell to the lot of Conduc'or
Blessingham, Thursday afternoon at
three o'clock, on the west slope of
Glorietta Summit. Tho train com
prised thirty loads, and as it was entirely
upon the descent, Jack Brown, the
engineer, threw on tlie water-brake, but
found that it was brokeu aud would not
work.
Tho train gained momentum to
such a frightful extent that the switch
cables and books lying on tlio pilot base
in front wero hurled from their places
into mo an, oieaMiig one oi me loco -
motive s gunru rails, rsrown called tor
brakes, but tho train men had already
set every one, aud realized that the
train was beyond their control. Soeing
that nothing could be done to stop the
mad course tho train was running,
Brown jumped from tho cab while
going at the rate of sixty miles an hour,
landing seventy-two feet distant, actual
measurement. Blessingham, who was
on the caboose with Pawnee Charley and
wife as passengers, fearing that the train
was going to destruction, cut his way
car loose, aud checked it with the
brakes, while the train continued its
velocity down the long grade. The
fireman stood at his post like a hero,
and whilo the engiue was plunging
down tho flight at a giddy speed, ho
crawled out on the toot board and poked
sand through the sand-box, thinking
41. nf .f mtrvl.t .t. ...1 1.. J 1
mill iv uiigui iinaim tuo WUCCiB m get
ting a grip upon the rails. As the train '
sped around Material curve, which is :
" short and steep," tho velocity was so
great that that the locomotive ran on i
one rail, and overbalanced so greatly
that it came within an ace of losing its
equilibrium. The brakemen on deck
were obliged to lie flat and cling to the
running boards for safety. For six
miles those badly frightened men stuck
to the ship and faced the horrors of
death. Below Conocite is a natural
basin, with three miles of level track,
and it was on this stretch the runaway
train was mastered and stopped. Some
of the cars were laden with iron for the
front, but they wero unloaded before
the train stopped by the material being
hurled in all directions. Just how the
train held to the rails as well aa it did
is a mystery the doctors must solve
we can't. Lot Vegat (N. .V.) Optic.
THE FARM A!U HOUSEHOLD.
A Vnlunble Tnlilr.
The following table, giving the quan
tity of seed and number of plants re
quisite to crop an care of land,
will prove valuable to farmers nndgard-;
i euers, and to families generally who
may Lave only a small garden :
Asparagus, in 12 Inch drills m quarts.
Asparagus plants, 4x1 fuct fi,(H(0.
Barley 21 i bushels.
Beans, in drills V, feet pJ bushels.
Means, Oft., Proline, etc., 4x3 teet. lu
Hocts Mangolds, drills 21. feet.. 9
quarts.
pounds.
pounds.
ounces.
ounces.
pounds.
ounces.
23,000.
pounds
pounds.
liroom corn in drills..
Cabbage, outsido for transp'g. . ,
Cabbago sown in frames
Carrot, in drills 2) 't feet
13
12
4
4
8
l eiery,
li
eleiT, plants, 4 bv ' feet ,
lover, White Dutch 12
1 T .n
Ci
Clover, Lucerne.
I lover, Alsike
Clover, large red, with timothy..
Clover, largo ml, without tinio'y.
Corn, sugar
Corn, field
Corn, salad, drill 10 inches
Cucumber, in hills
Cucumber, in drills
Kgg plants, 3x2 feet
Knilive, in drills iyt feet
Flax, broadcast
(trass, timothy, with clover
Grass, timothv, without clover...
Grass, orchard
Grass, red-top or herds
Grass, bine
Grass, rye
Grass, millet
B pounds.
12 pounds.
1(5 pounds.
10 quarts.
s.
23
li
4
, 4
, :i
. 20
. 0
10
, 25
, 20
, 2s
, 20
. M2
n
. 4
, :l
. .1
4
, 5
, 3
quarts.
pounds.
quarts.
quarts.
ounces.
pounds.
quarts.
quarts.
quarts.
quarts.
quarts.
quarts.
quarts.
quarts.
bushels.
pounds.
pounds.
k minis.
pounds.
lKDUIlds.
Hemp, broadcast
Kale, German green
Lettuce, in rows 2 feet
Leek, in row s 2 'teet
Lawn grass
Melons, water, in hills 8x8 feet. . . .
Melons, citron, in hills 4x1 feet...
Oats
Gkra, in drills 2 by 1-1 feet
Onion, in beds for sets
Onion, iu rows for largo bulbs
Farenips, in drills ixt feet
Pepper, plants, 2l , by 1 foot
Pumpkin, in lulls feet
Parsley, iu drills 2 feet
Peas, drills, short varieties
Peas, in drills, tall varieties. 1 to 1
IVas, broadcast
Potatoes
liadish. iu drills 2 feet
live, broadcast
live, drilled
Salsify, iu drills '1 't feet
Spinach, broadcast
Squash, bush, in hills 1x4 fed
Squash, running, Sx'i feet
Sortrhuin
Turnips, iu drills 2 feet
l ull li iK. broadcast
Tomatoes, iu frame
Tomatoes, seed, in hilld JxS feet..
Tomatoes, plants
2 pounds.
2 bushels.
20 bushels.
50 pounds. :
7 pounds. I
5 pounds.
17.500. :
2 quarts. :
4 pounds. ;
2 bushels,
1-2 bushels. :
3 bushels.
H bushels. '
10 pounds, j
i oushels.
11 i bushels.
10 pounds. :
pounds. !
IKUUlds.
pounds. .
quarts.
JKUUnls. ;
pounds.
ouncts.
ounces.
3.S0II.
1 1-4 bushels.
2 bushels. ;
Wheat, iu drills. .
Wheat, broadcast
llllliUCNtloil ul' I'ittH,
It is not a general practice with
farmers to give salt to pigs or to mix it
in their food. Salt is no more injurious
to a pig than to a person. The stomach
more like those ofo'lfnnian beimr than
nve those of almost any other nuimul.
A hungry pig would probably tat
enough to injure itself if its food was
strongly mixed with salt, just ns a htiu
gry man would bo likely to eat too
much of salted fish or meat. Salt is
used to, make human food moro pala
table", aud seems necessary to supply
the wastes to the system caused by the
nnimal secretions. Tho instinct's of
horses and ruminating animals had
them to desire salt. Hence, in a wild
stato they seek for salt springs or
" licks," where they may satisfy this
natural craving, and in a domesticated
condition it should always be accessible
to them, nnd then they never will
injure themselves by eating too
much of if. Pigs do not seem to have
this natural craving for salt to the same
extent as other animals, but I have
known them to eat it when given to
them while in pasture, aud also while
confined in pens, and I have made it a
practice to put salt where pigs could help
themselves to it. When pigs are fed
cooked food of any kind, and especially
vegetables, the food can be improved
and made more palatable, so that the
appetite may not llag.by moderately salt
ing it. The proportions of salt shonld
be tho same as for human food. Too
little attention is usually given by farm
ers to the stomachs of pigs. They are
expected to cat anything and even thing,
or perhaps to live a long time on only
one kind of food. This want of atten
tion is tho cause of frequent diseases
among pigs chief of which are diarrhea
i and constipation
ltorminv r,.n.ii.w, ,.f
salt in
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iiumititv o,..l ..f ,,1
f ...
; vmr ,v;tu an occasional foedin" of char -
i ..,.i ,.,,, ,.,VeokL will soi vo t,i iok
: o-ood aimetite. lu-omote digestion
und prevent disturbance of the
bowels, which is more likelv to occur
without these precautions. The health
! U digestion
of pigs would
nn- .
i .ion
doubted! v be promoted if thev had ;
I access to prepared chalk or if a small ;
amount of magnesia wns given them in '
I their food; Pigs suffer much from indi- :
i gestion, caused by over-eating, and if
i they had the remedies accessible their
; instincts would teach them to make uso :
; of them and thus prevent the frequent :
result diarrhea. Iu summer-time, .
when pi"s have access to the ground'
they cure themselves, or, in other words.
; prevent diseases of the stomach by eat
ing grass, which is laxative, or earth, ;
rotten wood or bits of charcoal, which j
seem to check this condition or to pre- i
: vent extremes. The best medicine for
; any animal is preventive, hence their '.
I food and surroundings should bo such :
; as to promote health. Tho opposite is '
; too frequently tho case, as they are often
: kept iu filthand their food is prepared
' . . . .
for them regardless of sanitary laws, out tact, any more than thoy cau help ; a young newspaper man was introduced ; oicli one having an area of six miles
their physical wants or natural instincts, ; having no ear for music ; but there aro j into tho room, and tho " Hutchinson spiare. It is l?oped ho will bo sup
This inconsistency is all the more occasions when it is almost impossible i family " brgan its imitation to tho in-; pressed before his secret is made kpow'n
reuimiYuuie wueu nc luuwufr luui pigs
aro always reared only for human food,
and are the most liable of almost all ani-
inals to possess narasites in their bodies,
tuiu are suscepuuie vi a great variety oi i
diseases, ami among mem tnose ot a
scrofulous nature, which may bo trans
mitted to the human family when the
pork is eaten. I never eat random pork,
as I ain afraid of it. When carefully
raised and properly fattened, however,
pig meat is healthful food. The omni
vorous nature of pigs makes them more
dangerous for food than beef or mutton,
as neat cattle or sheep will not naturally
eat anything but grain or vegetables,
while pigs are kept sometimes on putrid
food or the refuse of slaughter houses.
Cattle may be taught to subsist on fish
j and be made to consume swill, but tho
number of such animals which nro turn
ed into beef in this country is extremelv
limited, while " swill " hogs are much
more plentiful. A butcher or any per
son who cuts up such animals eau road
ilv distinguish them, ns the flesh is soft
ftna "abby. it snouia do made a mis
demeanor to sell such meat, as it is not
healthful food. Figs from tho country
are almost always fattened on grain, and
tho firmer tho llesh tho nearer it is to
perfection and health. Cwmjwndonce
llnntl Xew Yorhv.
llallsf hold Hints.
Rusty black Italian crape may be re
stored by dipping in skimmed milk and
water, with a bit of Alio gluo dissolved
in it, ami made scalding hot. It should
bo clapped and pulled dry, like muslin.
Beeswax nnd salt will muko rusty flat
irons as clean and smooth ns glass. Tie
a lump of wax in a rag, nnd keep it for
that purpose. When the irons are hot.
rub them lirst with a wax rag, then
scour with a paper or cloth sprinkled
witli salt.
Beef having a tendency to be tough
can be made very palatable by stewing
gently for two hours with pepper and
salt, taking out about a pint of liquor
when half done, and letting the rest
boil into the meat. Make a gravy of the
pint of liquor saved.
Half a pound of borax will drive the
j cockroaches out of the house. A largo
! handful of it put in ten gallons of water
j saves ten per cent, of soap. It is an ex
I cellent dentrifice, nnd the best thing for
j cleaning the scalp.
To remove ink stains from printed
Three Popular Songs.
" Hail Columbia" This song was
written in 17!)S bv Judge Hopkinson,
LL.D., at 132 Spruce street, Philadel
phia, to tho well-known tune of the
" Presidents March," which was either
composed by Both or Boat (Philip ?i, at
l2."i Crown street, Philadelphia, between
.'.H-17'.i'.i, or by lJliyla, of Philadelphia,
whoso oldest son assisted in tho per
formance at Trenton when Washington
was inaugurated. The descendants of
Hopkinson hold Washington's letter of
acknowledgment.
A young man whoso benefit was to
take place at the Philadelphia
theater, being greatly discouraged by
his inspects, called on Hopkinson
for a patriotic song one Saturday after -
noon to increase his chance of success,
i I7 Sunday afternoon it wns ready; on
! Monday morning it was advertised to
' bo sung that evening. Its success was
then so great that it was repeated moro
than onco every night and tho audience
; joined in the chorus. War with Franco
was then considered inevitable. Tho
song was sung by crowds iu the
streets at night, both parties and
members of Congress taking part,
ns the words suited either.
' Tho Bed, White and Blue " -This
song was written aud composed by
Thomas A'Beckt, Sr., and published bv
T. Osborn, Third street, above Walnut,
Philadelphia (but on
his failure the
plates went to Bentcen, of Bal iinore).
under the title of "Columbia, tho Gem
of tho Ocean." It was written for
David T. Shaw, of Philadelphia, to sing
at a Philadelphia concert. Ho pub-
lished it as his own work, aud it was so
copyrighted in 1813, by George Willy,
of Philadelphia. As " Britannia, the
OiM.lo fif tlm f litnnn H if -iu oiiuiy ninrl.f.
it was snug night-
ly in London, and published without
any name, by T. illianis, Cheap
side. The namo Nelson, in tho last
verso, was substituted for Washington,
and in is 17 .it was claimed ns an
Knglish composition. The author, T.
A'Beckt, was, however, English by
birth, and this accounts for tho order,
"red, white aud blue," beiug adopted.
To be distinctively American, the order
should bo blue, red and white. This
j song was extremely popular in England
! during tho Crimean war, and in America
! during the late civil war.
' Mv Uountrv tis of Thee," as God
bave tne iuug," was nrst sung iiv rienrv
.. ,. ii
i.aiev, hi u puoiio (iiuuer, i ceieorute
1 tho takinS ot Porlobello by Admiral
i ernon (November J i.jJi. The words
; and music tb-st appeared iu ' Harmonia
: Anglia, "1I2 or li 13. It became pop-
j r fts ft l'al RonS during the Scottish
' rebellion m It 4 . The Pretender was
luueiuiiiieu ui ijuiuuiug, iDejic3iuut-i .Lr,
and the song was sung at Drury Lane,
September harmonized by Dr.' Arne.
Dr. Bumey wrote the harmonics for
Covent Garden theater.
This song soon crossed the channel,
and was used as a Danish national air,
at Berlin as a Volkslied, and is now tho
Prussian and German national anthem.
The words are said to bo culled from
: many sources, and tho music also. Tho
. IIIUIUIIY wiuiu nniuin-Diioiuicuiiiiuuiuj
and Tmlly.is simitar, in technical points,
to tlio Scotch carol, " Kemomber, Oh
Thou Man !" aud tho soug " Franklin is
fled away!" Dr. John Bull also WTote a
similar theme, in his MS. sketchos,
pago ninety-eight, in lol'J. .s'. Xfch
alas. Tact.
People cannot help being bom with-
: 10 uo cuariiauio iu a tactless person.
; Yet people who havo no tact deserve
j pity. They are almost always doing or
i wivino- Romothinor to eat themselves into
disgraoe, or which does tlicm au injury.
Thoy make enemies where they desire
friends, and get a reputation for ill-
nature which they do not deserve,
They are also constantly doing other
people harm, treading on metaphorical
uuius, uioiiiuB tun tufjuuiuui nueiu
family skeletons are kept, angering
people, suauung people, saying and
doing the most awkward things and
apologizing for them with a still more
terrible bluntness. If there is ouo
social boon more to bo desired than
another, it is tact, for without tact the
1 1.., r, ,,-,,.11 nvnl ,, 1
acid, which dissolve in a small quantity i 'lrUn?' . krllt , ,,"1gl"S
of warm water: then slightlv wet the i " '"7"a ' l'?Med of a noblemiin.
stain with it. when it will disappear, J"'1 a B1 intellect ; blessed
leaving the leaf uninjured. The oxalic : j1"' . i ' G?.d
acid innst be handled carefullv, as it is ffii V YT
. i . ., of teachers ; admired and looked nn to
a (leaiuy poison.
career of tho richest and most beautiful
is often utterly ruined.
(Jet's Drunk." A Sketch
for I
Voting People, j
" ne's the Bmnrtest young man in our j
class." '
" Yos, but he gets drunk." ,
" Oh, but he's ro fine-looking, so i
noble, and so talented withal ! His com- i
position yesterday was tho very best in 1
our division. Ho writes aplcndldlylj
They say he's writing for a magazine,
no older than ho is, and not out of j
school yet I won't ho be a groat man,
though, Rome day 1"
" No, I don't think ho will."!
"Why not?" i
"He gets drank." j
" Oh, that's nothing; a good many j
smart men get drunk. Every young man
hns his wild oats to sow; and because a
fellow gets a little boozy once in a while ;
I wouldn't condemn him forever; qnito i
likely he'll outgrow it when he gets !
older nnd Fees tho folly of it."
' Moro likely that will outgrow him, j
aud, ns to his getting n little boozy, ;
I'm afraid he was a good deal so when i
the boys found him beside tho walk, j
the other night, and had to carry him
to his room, dodging around Btroet !
corners aud skulking through by-ways :
so that none of the professors would see :
him. I tell you a person who drinks nt ;
all is not to bo depended on. The only
young men that I havo any conlidenco
in nro tlioso who let " intoxicating ;
liquors entirely alone.'' . '
" Well, I don't care ; he's good "and ;
smnrt, anyhow, and I liko him."
" I don't ; he gets drunk 1"
Bo t; o conversation ran on bet ween 1
two schoulmates, who wero walking i
those
by associates : the pride ami hope of a
fond father, intertwined in the heart
and life of a doting mother, united in
close and tender bonds with 1 profilers aud
sisters ; holding iu his hand tho honor
and good nanio of the institution with
; which he is connected, of tho socictv in
which he mingles, and vet " gets
drunk !"
As a natural consequence that young ;
man who drinks will generally blight '
tho manhood that is within him, change
to curses the blessings that are upon
him; biiug to the luat whatever hiirh-
! born aspiration1, whatever lonniiitrs for
greatness, glory nnd immortality may
: be his ; bl st tlio fondest hopes of par-,
: ents, put out tho brightness of their
; future in the darkness of disappoint-
; nient, pain and sorrow: bring flume i
! and reproach upon brothers tuuf sisters:
j trample upon the love and confidence
of his fellows ; shut himself out from
: oil goodness, purity, usefulness and
j happiness ; blot out the imago of God
j that is stamped upon him, nnd drag
; himself down lower (hnu the bvutos.
j Aye, so surely does ho shut himself out
; from heaven as " ho cots drunk !"
Get alt line Gernutiu t:
Startling Scene in a .Vfeiingerie.
A J ion-tamer, a colored man named ;
Alieaniousn, cumo very near being torn :
to pieces by an infuriated lion timing :
a perfornrinoe in a nionairerio nt Bir- :
i mingham, England, a short time ago
j I he animal is a vicious one, nnd a few :
j days previous h-d shockingly - man- :
gled one of the attendants, whom Ali- '
camousa rescued. T ho liou aitenvard :
i showed symptoms of resentment at tho :
i severe punishment tho trainer was !
: obliged to inflict upon him at that lime :
and Beveral times afterward. Ono Sat-
i uruny attcruoon tiieie was a great
Ul'llftV flftel'lioon throf! wnu o fnv.nf rf.
tendance, und tlio lion-tamer gave two
performances. Tho first was concluded
in safetv, but us Alicamousa mnde his
second entry into the den tho largo lion
sprang at him and hud to bo beaten
back. While proceeding across tlio
ergo the lioii-tcuuiunfortunatcly lifted
his cyos from those of the Won, which
was upon him immediately, amid
the shrieks of tho immense crowd of
spectators. Alicamousa was clawed on
both sides of the faco, struck to the
ground, and bitten in tho arm. Tho
- .
red-hot irons wero at ouco thrust her
iween tno bars, and the man wriggled
: eei irom neueatu tne lion, tin?
: 1. !..,.,! i i i; . i- . i
. diicuuuiik uuwu jus iuco anil
i snouider, no discharged his revolver
' mree times iu the lion s mouth, and,
: gaming his feet, placed his back
; against the sulo of the cage and at -
; Jked the animal with his loaded whip,
, niiung it repeatedly between the eyes
Until It Was almost Stunned. ' Tho en-
counter had been watched with breath-
loss anxiety, but ns the lion-tamer left
tho den the crowd gavo vont to their
excited feelings by enthusiastically
cheering him. Ho was not seriously
injured.
, ,
I hey Lost Further Intercut
There is a nice little game iu vogue
among the young folks in this vicinity
known as tho "Hutchinson family."
Tho game consists iu beguiling some
unsuspecting person into a room into
which the wholo " family " is stationed
tho members of which imitate in word
and action everything done by the vic
tim, and the amount of amusement that
can be extracted from a nervous young
man of bashful proclivities can easily
be imagined. At a sociable Catherine
I held in this village a short time ago,
; tense ueiigui oi evcryuouy present ex-
i cept tho victim. It didn't tako tho
young man a great while to appreciate
! tho situation, nnd then
ho calmly
walked to the center of the room and
! stood on his head. Tho "Hutchinson
j family " at that moment was composed
j of two young ladies nnd a gentleman,
j aud it is needless to remark that the
j lady members immediately lost all in-
icicoi iu -uiuic piuvtcuuign. inntfiieit'i
ent Republican.
The Mechanicsvillo (Iowa) Pros re
lates how a man named Seth Wilson,
a cooper of that place, left his second
wife recently to die in distress, and
when the funeral took Tilaw tlm Knit 1 1 fl
'Hp
I lllst nhoiul At nm All linn
! of '.his hammer was heard all day in
i the shop next door to the house.
'v
The Orclinrd-Lnnds of Long Ago.
The orchard-lands of long ago !
Ol , drowsy winds, awake, and blow
Tin- snowy blo-soms back to me,
And til tho buds that used to be!
blow buck nlotj the grassy way
Or truant feet, ana lift the hftzo
Of happy summer from tho trees
That trail their tresses in the seas
Of grain that float and overflow
Tho orelnr l-lnds of h ng ago!
I'dow buck the melody that slips
in lry laughter from the lips
'That marvel much if any kiss
Is sweeter than the apple's fo.
blow back the twitter of the birds
The lit-p, the titter and the words
Of merrimnit that found he shine
Of Hiitiimei-kiuie a glorious wino
That drenched the leaves that loved it bo
In orchard-lands of long ago!
Uh, memory! aliuht and sing
Where rosy-bellied pippins cling,
And goldi u russets glint and gleam
As in the old Arabian dream
The fruits of that enchanted tree
The glad Aladdin robbed for me!
And, drowsy winds, awake and fan
My blood as when it over-ran
A heart ripe as the apples grow
In orchard-lauds of long ago.
JitmiK It", li'liy.
1 1 I'M Oil OF THE DAY.
To make a successful niu for oflice ft
man must imitate snow. He must conio
down occasionally. J'hUmMihift C7ro
w ivlf.
The Canadian weather prophet in
forms the world through the Oil City
lLTfih- that no weather is genuine un
less Venuor's name is blown on tho
bottle.
"Improve the evenings," says an ex
change, aud the Xorristow u Herald addtt
that it is needed, for some evenings thin
year have not been lit to be recognized
by decent people.
We Tare informed bv the immortal
declaration that all men are born fret
eo
and equal. How is it with twins? Doe.'
oes
a twin have an equal chance with tho
rest of hnniauily ' -Jltuston Transcript.
January, sncrzy; February, freezy :
March, breezy; April, wheezy:
Miy, showery: June, lowcry:
July, bowci-v : August. Miowery:
September. II iwey: October, ilowey:
November, Mio ; December, glowey.
jAttvifrilh (.uitiitr Juttr'ntit.
Statistics show that fewer marriages
occur upon Friday than upon any other
day of the week. Friday is considered
unlucky, you know. A crusty old bach
elor whispers in our ear that inarriagei
is unlucky, no matter what the day.
lit wo a. 7V i itscr if it.
" la," said young impudence at
breakfast, this morning, "this is tho
last pie you made, ain't it V" "Yes,
my son; why?" "1 guess you had to
paint the shilling in with a brush. It's
awful thin." Sentenced to go pieless
until he can cultivate a proper spirit of
appreciation.--A'ism Hute.u llvytovr.
A crushed youth's revenge: Ambitious
boy " Mother, may I go out West and
fight Indians V" Mother " Jso, my
son, but you may go down to tho cellar
and fetch inn up a scuttle of coal."
Thereupon the heart-crushed lnd swore
eternal hostility to society and forth
with became a plumber's apprentice.
Hrookltn Evjb.
A creditor who had given his debtor
a week to contrive some plan to meet
his obligations called at the expiration'
of the period and politely asked:
" Have you thought over that matter
! YV - exactly, respoiutca tne
I d,bto1' tH " troubled look; "you seo
i I wanted to think of it a good deal but
1 .i... ........ . i . i . j i . l ,
nil till yi it-ii in iiut:iei LUJll
,-ery ilnv vou left mv
me I mustn't do any brain work."
Urdnhliin Kttijlc,
A fond Galveston wife presented her
husband with a beautiful suit of blue
cloth as a New Year's gift. Sho was
looking at him yesterday, when it
st nu-k her that the cloth 'was fading.
Said she: " That suit don't look near oh
blue an it did when vou got it." " That
is rather strange, for I feel bluer than
t'v'r "cc I got tne lull, 1 assure
x cuungen coior us soon ns i saw
: '... .w.... '....-
i " wmmiw .n,
They were watching tho sea-gulls
; whirlintr in irra.-efnl circles above the
i waters of the bav, while tlio ravs of the
! sinking sun covered the landscape with
! a flood of gold. Finally he turned to
; her, and in a voice trembling with eim
Minn, asked: " 1 inilin.' if wo wrn Ken.
; gulls, would vou lly awav with me and
; be at rest ?" To winch she answered,
with her gae fixed on a far-off mass of
j castellated clouds: No, George; I'd
let vou flv awav, nnd then I'd have all
. the rest 1 wanted here."
Sam Johnsing is the colored porter
; in a large Galveston business house,
: which is proverbial for not paying its
! employees living wages. The other
day tho head of tho firm called Sam
' buck just as he was going to dinner and
: sum 10 mm: i wanted to asK you
something, Sain, but to suvo my life I
can't remember what it w as." ' " Per
haps," said Sam, " you was gwino to
ask me how de deuce I keep soul and
body togedder on seven dollars a
week ?" (itUreitim Setts.
A French chemist claims to bo uble
to create thunder-storms at nlcasure.
to tile public. If tho people genern
wero to possess such a gift, the thuml
storms would avera"o at least one a
lerally
der
dav i all the
j couldn't have a picnic without soma
! mean member of an opposition church
bringing down a thunder-stonn upon
; their heads. This wouldn't be so bad,
! however, for Sunday-school picnics are
j accustomed to such things; but imagine
year
- now it would be durinif a presidential
campaign ! It would be lmnossiblo to
have a torchlight procession without hav
ing n thunder-storm nt tho same tune.
The Democrats would muko it nnpleas-
ant for the Republican turn-outs nnd the
Be) ublicans would drench the Demo
cratio . demonstrations: The FrencJi
r chemist can't bo swept out of existence
a minute too soon. Aotrtttotrn iimald,