HENRY A. PARSONS, Jr., Editor and Publisher. ..'
NIL DESPERANDUM.
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IlIDOAVA Y, ELK COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16. -18&2
NO. 52.
V UJJi ' Alt
An Old 'Wire's YMentlne.
Tha old wife stood at her garden gate
The eve of -Bt. Valentine's day;
She watched for the post, that like a Fate
Just stopped and then galloped away;
Just stopped, arid then, in the waning light,
Fassod OTcr the hill and out of eight.
IIo.granclcln!d tugged at her Bhawl and gown
And her daughtcr.called, sweet and clear,
"Mother, comeln, for the cakes are brown,
And the boys and father are hero."
" Ab, yen," she snid, "and the night is cold;
I quite forgot that I'm growing oid."
At breakfast lay at the father's place
A letter as white as the snow;
-IIo looked at it with a curious face,
And said, " Sow I want to know I"
Tho boys all smiled; the mother grew
O'er faco and throat a crimson hue.
Ho opened tho dainty lottcr then,
And lo 1 in its satiny fold
, Vfas painted rose, and forget-me-not,
And lilies with hearts of gold;
And, under the w:hole, just one sweet lino
"Forever,, forever, thy Valentine." "
... . :t
lie touchpujjio noto with a tcnaor care,
And he went to his sweet wife's side;. .'
Ho stroked with his hand her snow-white hail
And ho kissed her with loving pride,
i"'!iaiJi''Jj smiles and misty tears,
l r -. " -1 l : 1 1 i. i c. 1 :
iu jr.i uiyuyiiu iiiruuu jittj junta.
" Oh, boys," he said, with a youthful pride,
".Aftor fifty years of life,
If you find iu your homo, and by your sido,
. v f . ;,. m,.i Kwr.il iv
Count your life lucky, as I count mine,
And loyally kiss your Valentine."
Mary A. Ba'rr.
A Short-Lived Triumph.
The prand opera-house at Newtown
was crowded, from the tin desirable situ
ations immediately behind the orches
tral stand tip to the still, less desirable
quarters, tp be'sccurefi for a trifling sum,
in the lofty elevation of the fifth gallery;
that gallery built -and reserved in anto
-beljnm cas lor the slaves who attended
their- masters hither, but now only
pet)ji.lcdv'.hPiVm.UiB nttiaotion of pop
ular favorite or rising star it was peo
pled at all, by tho slaves of that harsh
est, most severe of r11 masters impe
cunioFity. The patqnette and dress circle held,
us usual, representatives of the wealthy,
more cultivated and richly dressed in
habitants cf tho city, most of whom
had come here, as they went elsewhere,
merely to wile awny an idle hour, and
were as wearily indifferent to the throb
bing hf art pulses of the exquisite
melodies a tl.cy were to all else in
life, except their own gratification.
Lnt in tho less nrintccratic, lower-
prict'd position?, an o.ldly contrasting
cb s to iIihsp Fpoih'd cliildren, nause
ated with '.heir own good fortune, had
to-iiight found its way. Men to whom
the price of this evening's indulgence
mcaiit. n !tvy of hsrd, rhin
terrnpted labor; .womf-n to whom these
short two hr.ms of respite from care
and wrrry in novel smround'ngs un(j
under the fx citing inlluf-noe of the mu
sical strains wns a revelation, an episode
to bo remembered through all the
coming years, and alluded to as, "That
evening when I went to the opera
house;" and half-grown youths and
maidens to whom the whole seemed like
a poetical dream of fairy-land, from
which they must soon awaken to the
dull prose of their daily lives, with only
a fierce resolution beating itself into
heart and brain to get back into this
blissful life to do tomcthing, to be
somebody I
These members of the middle class,
theso mon, women and children, who
in intellect and nature were on par with
their richer, highly-favored feilow-
mortala in the upper seats at this won
drous banquet of sound, but who had
been crushed, and Lent down to a lower
level-by the iron heel of poverty, had
druuk in the musical strains from the
first lowuotes of the orchestral relec
tion, down through tho intervening
numbers on the delicately scented pro
gramme, with an unquenchable, ever
increasing thirst,, until nowr, as the
: third number from the close was at
hand, their excitement reached its cul
mination, and forgetting all their trou
ble and pain they glanced first at each
'other, with smiling lips and flushed,
.radiant facjs, end then back to the
stage with eager, expectant eyes to
watch for'thfe first appearing of the even
ing's debutante the young violinist.
And then she came a radiant vision,
in sheeny silk and fluttering, cloudy
laco- this girl who had dwelt among
these poor, hard working people now
watching her with such breathless in
terest, since the early days of her child
hood, whope sunny face and cheery
laughter had been to them all, in their
distress, as the sun's own cloud-dispersing
beams ; whose wonderful music
had so often poured forth for thein, now
a merry roundelay to heighten the
. mirth of wedding or festival ; now a soft,
mournful strain to carry balm to griev
ing soul ; or, again, a crooning lul
laby to still the sobbings of some fret
ful child.
"Oar musician," they had called her,
with evident pride in the possession,
since the time when the small hands
had first drawn the slumbering harmony
from her father's priceless instrument,
and had watched the budding genius
as it put forth leaf after leaf, form
ing the gracious flower that now could
could fcive delight to all who gazed
upon it.
All this had been the work of time,
however. Mere than fifteen years had
elapsed since the day when the father,
himself a gifted German artist, mad
dened by jealousy and the unfaithful,
ne-ss and harsh criticisms of erstwhile
friends, bitter to death against a rival
violinist whose fame soon threatened to
eclipse his own, and crashed by the
loss of his young wife, had seized the
two treasures still left to him his two
year old child and his violin and with
them had fled away from all old associa
tions and buried himself in one of the
obscure streets of an American city,
Here he had eked put a scanty pit
tance by teaching his mother tongue to
'those who would learn, and here he
trained bis daughter, his one musio
pupil, for ho steadily and obstinately ,
refused to impart aught of his skill to I
vnuriB iiuui lilt? blUlU luo uttujr juugt?l
could clasp the bow ; and, in aiding her
Erogress, had forgotten somewhat of
is own trial.
But the wound still rankled.
"Leibchen," he would say sometimes
to Marguerite, as she carefully laid
away his old violin, after hours of
practice, to busy herself about house
hold matters "Leibchen, thou goest
bravely. Only see, I will tell thee a
secret. Some day, when thou playest
to the great people and the critics,"
and the old eyes would flash with scorn
and tho old voice tremble with bitter
ness, "play not these inspirations of
the old masters. Make thy violin to
speak, whistle like a bird, bark as the
dog, or scream as a bid child. That is
what these critics will like, that will
bring the fame I Tricks, not music,
seest thou T '.Only, not on my Cremona,"
hugging the old instrument in his
wasted arms; " that would be a profa
nation V his Voice deep and inpreEsive
as a roll of thunder on the last word.
Marguerite would assent to all he
said, her mind entirely blank as to- the
brilliant career he seemed confidently
to arrange for her, her thoughts wan
dering away to the quiet, happy home
life the loving words of a young me
chanic had pictured to her as their
blessed future?
At last n change came into the girl's
uneventful life I
A great pianist in his rambles about
the city chanced to hear the girl-artist
as she practicedj and, presto t the road
to the stage which had hitherto seemed
barred against her progress now opened
clear of all obstacles, alluring, enchant
ing. Flattered, coaxed, petted by the per
sons whose very name had hitherto filled
her with awe, urged on by poverty and
by the thought that she might win
back the fame that had ouce cast a halo
around her father, it was nothing to be
wondered at that her innate vanity and
slumbering ambition awoke to life-
that she forgot her lover and his happy
planning, that she consented to be
taken under her discoverer's patronage,
" I must," she urged, in reply to all
young Earlston's arguments. " Don't
you understand, Fred? Vaterchen Is
an old man, he needs rest and comforts,
He cannot live with me much longer ;
what else can I do to care for him, to
keep myself when he is gone ?" and she
looked' up into the frowning young
face above her, her blue eyes filled with
tenre.
" Rely on me, Marguerite. Trust to
me," the man answered, firmly. " Do
you think that I would tver let yon
suffer, dear ? Come to me now, you and
your lather."
The girl moved away from hin, her
face almost 6ullen at this overthrowing
of her own good reascn, with which
ho sought to blind her own conscience
nd tho eyes of others, for wishing to
leave her old monotonous life. She
talked slowly over to the window and
looked out to where the lovely old elms
were being despoiled of their fresh
Apiijig foliage by an innumerable host
ol small black worms with which " all
green things" were that year infested;
glauced'from them in their writhing,
wearyiug hideousness, up to where a
swarm of gayly-colored moths, newly
released from tho groveling life and
brief prison, were flitting and flutter
ing in the sunshine, then turned back
to tbe humble room with its ono waiting
occupant again.
"Fritz," she said, going to him mid
laying a hand on each of his shoulders
'.' I will tell you the truth. 1 am tired,
ilexpeiately tired, of this stupid life,
will dio if I remain in this awful stagna
lion longer," passionately. " I have
been crawling and held in check long
enough," with a backward glance out at
the marauders. " Now I, too, want to
try my wing?, to flutter about in the
sunshine for a time. It is cruel, cruel
to keep me here r
"Liebchen," he answered, calling
her by her old pet name, though a kind
of despair shone from his eyes " Liieb-
chen, I cannot keep you against your
win; 1 cannot even ask you to stay
cow," and he took the slender hands
from his shoulders and held them close
in his own strong palms for a moment,
'and so good-Dye to you and hap
piness.
"But I will come back," she urged.
hurriedly, frightened now at her own
work. " I will come back to you some
time."
" Yes," he answered, with a bitter
smile, " as the moth returns to its own
ways."
And then he left her, feeling that tho
light had gone from his life, while she,
alter one day of fierce anguish, had
again been soothed and stimulated by
her new friends to forgetfulness of all
else but the thought of her new career
All during the spring and summer
she practiced more earnestly, more as
ttidnously than ever before; strong res,
olntion lending her physical strength
a boundless ambition guiding her fingers
through the intricacies of scale and
arpeggio.
In the early fall came the eventful
night. The spacious opera-house, with
its rows upon rows of upturned faces
the faces of those upon whose smile or
frown hung the suooess or failure of her
artist-life; the idle, lack-luster faces of
amusement-seekers; and above and be
yond the dear, familiar faces of her
girlhood days.
As she stoodlooking down upon them
all, for one moment she hesitated, a
dull, acning fear paralyzing every nerve
and muscle ; then the opening notes of
the accompaniment fen upon her ear,
and clasping the precious old Cremona
in her fair arms, sue stood awaiting the
signal for her playing to begin, lost to
all save the love of her art.
And how she played I
Surpassing her patron's wildest hope!
Carrying her wnoie audience as one
sonl spellbound into the regions of di
vinest sound 1 All her father's old skill
heightened and roanea by her own
womanly intuition and talented grace.
One, and only one of all the vast as
sembly lelt his hoart sink, as he saw
the flattering attention and heard the
thunders of applause that broke fortq
again and again as soon as the last note
had died away, and the girl turned to
leave the stage. Standing far baok in
tho shadow of a huge column, young
Earlston watched the slender form as it
passed off between the wings ; watohed
the flash of pleased excitement, the
sparkle and flash of the blue yes as
she returned in obedience to the en
thusiastic recall : watched the trium
phant mien of tho old Yaterchcn as he
peeped from tho curtains of tho mana
ger's box, and knew that his last hope of
saving her from this life was dead.
A fixed purpose now Shone from his
deep pry eyes. Working bis way
through interminable corridors, through
masses of machinery and avenues of un
sightly scenery,' he at length found him
self at her dressing-room door, and
heard her well-known voice bidding
him enter.
Marzuerite sprang to her feet as she
saw him, her eye's! still feverish bright,
her month still smiling, the violin still
clasped in one arm, while the other
held a huge mass of the lovoliest flow
ers a perfect incarnation of triumph.
Enrlston sprang toward her with a
cry of delight, but with a little laugh she
thrust forth the .violin, ani so held mm
off.
Yon will spoil my -flowers, she
said, with a playful pout.' " See I arn't
they lovely ?"
leV he answered, starting back,
" I would spoil your flowers, and so 1
have come to say a real farewell'
W hy I lou are not going away V '
Bhe asked, a troubled expression com
ing into her face. . .
"Going West," he answered, abruptly
" Perhaps I, too, may fome day break
forth from my chrysalis : at all events,
I will find something more to do
something beyond this every-day plod'
ding. Good-bye r and without waiting
for an answer he was gone.
In the corridors he found old Vater
chen, his face " one vast substantial
smile," his broken English pouring
forth in wild attempts at oratory, shak-
ing hands with every one-on the very
topmost pinnacle of Happiness.
" What I you go," exclaimed the old
gentleman, seizing Earlston's unwilling
arm. " Worn, nein, that makes not,
as the young man attempted to offer an
excuse. " We must haf a little of good
times.a skolly celebration, niohtwhar."
But Fred slipped away n,t last, and
rushing forth into the night soon lost
right of the brilliant lights, heard no
longer the clatter and laughter; saw.
only the awful blank in his future;
heard only the voices that called to him
from tho awakoning .powers of the-
West.
All that winter the fame of this Mar
cuerile, this German daisy, was sounded
all over the length and breadth of her
adopted country. All that winter the
young girl lived the restless, uneasy,
dissatisfving life of a pubiio performer
a popular favorite. All that winter
Vaterchen felt 'himself growing daily
vreoger and weaker, the strong current
of excitement preying upon his old,
worn frame, until with the coming of
the June roses he grew tired unto
death and lay down for a long rest.
Then Marguerite realized the loneli
ness of her position, the isolation of
her new sphere as never before. Cut
off from all old associations, placed in
an unreal atmosphere, surrounded by
jealousy, rivalry and flattery, she longed
tor
"The toncli of a vanished hand,
For tho sound of a.voico that w,as still !"
Dtirinflr tho' summer sbA wandered
about from one secluded watering-place
to anothor, finding everywhere those
who were eager to claim an acquaint
ance with tho successful violinisto, but'
none who cared to befriend the lonely
Riri.
The opening of tho season found her
again m the ttttiu maelstrom of profes
fiional life, the novelty worn away, all
ambition, save to requi'- the onos who
had drawn her out of obscurity, to pay
the debts that necessity had incurred,
dead or dying in her.
Then came the sorrowful endiug.
One December, night, alter an un
nsually brilliant cvation, as she stepped
out into the icy street, holding her
violin in her arms as she always would
trusting no one else with its care, in
tbe Bhort space intervening between
hnll and waiting carriage, her foot
slipped and she fell heavily to the hard
pavement. Hiven in tne act of falling
however, the old instinot enabled her
to hold her beloved instrument out cf
harm's way. but tho act cost her dear
for her right arm received the full
force of tbe shock, and was niansled
and crushed into an almost shapeless
muss.
Who can tell of the dreadful struggle
that followed the fierce rebellion
against the skilled surgoon's hard de
cree ?
" Oh I I cannot, I must not lose it,
doctor," the poor child screamed in her
terrible agony, "lou will not be so
crnel. There must be some way to
save it. Tnere must De."
" My dear," answered the kind old
man, touched by her hopefulness when
all was hopeless, I wish I only wish
for your sake mat tnere was."
"Then let mo die," she urged,
passionately, burying her face in the
pillows.
But death when so entreated seldom
comes, and eo a few weeks later Mar
guerite sat in an easy reclining-chair
looking out on the passera-by, her fair
face pale and worn, her empty sleeve
concealed under soft draperies by her
loving maid, her bonny blue eyes tilled
with despair.
Suddenly the door opened. There
was a rush of fresh, invigorating air,
thrill as if some strong presence had
entered.
The girl turned her head slowly.
languidly, uninterestedly, and saw her
lover, unchanged save for the more
resolute, manly bearing.
" Fritz!" she called, halt doubtingly,
and then sprang toward him.
" My darling," he answered, as he
clasped her closo.
" But how did you know?" she asked,
a moment later " how did you know
where to come to me r
: " The goings and comings, the haps
and mishaps, of noted persons, like
yourself, are all choice items for the
press," he answered. " Away from all
news and habitations where I have been;
thoso ubiquitous sheets do not find
their way frequently, but when I saw
I came." '
Marguerite looked up into his bravo
face for ah instant, then' softly moved
away from him and said, with her old
despair creeping slowly into face and
voice:
I sent you away when I was strong
and well. Yon come back to find me
maimed and helpless. I cannot accept
the noble saoriflce it shames ;rhe" so.
I am unworthy of you I"
"Yon are still Liebchsn, my darling r
he answered, drawing her baok into his
strong, loving arms.
Serving a Sultan. .
Solomon was an oriental despot, and
out of his self-knowledge wrote, " the
heaven for height, and the earth for
depth, and. the heart of kings ' is un
searchable." Two aneodotos, one asso
ciated with the late sultan of Morocco,
and the other with the present despot,
illustrate tbe " unsearchauioness ' of a
tyrannical despot's heart.
The late sultan, having'a passion for
landscape gardening, surrounded a
beautiful lake with a charming garden
lie was in the habit of rowing on tbe
lake with the ladies of his harem. One
day the boat capsized and every
person in it would have been drowned
had not two.men, working in the gar
den, rushed into the water at the risk
of their lives, and saved the whole
party. A' European monarch would
have rewarded such services by a hand
some gift or a pension for life. The
sultan took a different view of the deed.
The men had seen thai? high end
mighty ruler in the undignified position
of floundering in the water. They
had also seen the ladies of his house
hold,, and possibly their unveiled
faces. Such men, according to oriental
ideas, might hot to live, and he was in'
capable of gratitude: so the brute in
his nature had its way. Immediately
the two gardeners who had been so un
fortunate as to save their ruler's life
were walled up in a room in a palace,
While some repairs were being made in
the building, en the occasion of the
present sultan's accession, their skele
tons were found.
The present sultan is brave enough
to lead his troops into battle. On one
occasion, when engaged with a rebel
lions tribe, his army was routed. Tho
sultan's horse had boon shot under
him, and the dismounted ruler was
overtaken by an enemy, while running
for his life. -As the. man was about
striking the sultan down, Taieeb,
royal oflicer, galloped between .them
and with tne blow killed the assailant
Dismounting from his horse he assisted
the sultan to mount and guided hire to
place of safety. A civilized ruler
would have knighted and promoted the
brave officer on the spot, and have seen
to it that he should not want means to
support his new state. All the recog
nition this sultan-took. of .tho bravo act
was to give his deliverer a horse, ,
Itai-e Your Own Fish.
By ottaching a pump, propelled by
tho wind, to a well you cm supply a
basin from fatty to Beventy-hve feet in
diameter and six to eight feet deep,
with water sufhcient to raltie several
thousand carp or other fish. The cost
of this pond and appurtenances need
not exceed fifty dollars. The bottom
and sides need to bo cemented
thoroughly. When the basin is com
plete, place iu it a small quantity 'of
brush or floating weeds. If. you intend
to raise carp, do net place other fish of
a predatoiy character in the pond. Tho
spawning will occur during tho spring
months, the female laying from OU.UUU
to 500,000 cjrgs. The rears will adhere
to whatever they touch, and will soon
hatch, ihe green rcum ol a partially
stagnant pond is fine food for the young
list). Mud in the bottom of tne pond
is beneficial. The fish will feed readily
on kitchen-garden refueo,-such as cab
huge, leek, lettuce, hominy or other
6ubstincos. Water seldom becomes
too warm for theso fiih. Daring freez
ing weather they bury themselves in
the mud at the bottom of the pond
While in this condition they should
not bo disturbed. In a pond of the
given dimensions several thousand fish
have annually been taken, If weeds
and grass grow profusely about the
borders of tho pond, so much better
for the fi6h. In two years' time you
can have an abundant ana constant
supply of sport and food, and the ad'
vantage of a pond to assist in beauti
fying your home.
Type Writing.
Any ono, writes the New York corre
spondent of the Rochester Democrat
who reads the papers will notice the
frequent advertisements cf typewriters,
who are now becommg almost a guild
Professional type writers make the
business more profitable than any other
method of copying, and hence there is
a constant increase in the number of
practitioners. They are in common use
in law cfflce3, and have become eo pop
ular that they will in such places be
come a substitute for ordinary penman
ship. The neatness and legibility of
this method prevent mistakes, and this
adds vastly to their value. This is special
ly important in matter which is intended
for the printer, in which errors might
easily occur when tne copy is in writing,
especially when the latter is so often
illegible. Byron found that the works
he sent in Maa. from Italy to .London
suffered so tench from the printer s in a
bili'ty to decipher his writing- that he
had them printed in Italy merely for
the sake of correctness. A few copies
were then struck off and sent to Murray
merely as copy for the London printer,
What an enormous saving could have
been made in such an instance had the
typo writer been in use ! Oirls who are
now using the type writer find it a be!
ter way of making a living than the use
of the needle. Editors and clergymen
are also among its patrons, and insur
ance companies are applying it to their
immense correspondence.
Tlinmu TT. Henry (colored) has been
admitted in nractice in the courts of
Pennsylvania. This is the first case of
the admission of ft colored lawyer in
Philadelphia.
SAVAGE ATROCITIES.
Mlsnlnnnrr'a Arconnt ot Ghnttlr Scenes
Witnessed by Him In Africa.
The Cincinnati Gazette says : Father
Joseph Zimmermann, a Oatholio priest
who has been acting as a missionary in
quatonal Africa", in reply to Inquiries
us to his own expenence among tne
savages of that region, gave some inter
esting particulars. There is an almost
universal custom of making human
sacrifices to the idols or fetiches of the
different tribes. Father Zimmermann
has himself witnessed the preparations
for these horrible orgies, but was com
pelled toriwthilraw before the slaughter
oommencedi not, however, sufficiently
far to be out of earshot of the blood
curdling shrieks of the wretched -lyio-
tuns.. He showed the Uazette man .sev
eral pictures, copies of those taken on
the spot by one of the fathers,
who is an artist. In one ot these
weird works- of art the human
sacrifice is'represented in a fearfully
mutilated'oondition. The head bavn g
been completely severed from the body,
nailed high up on tbe trunk of a
palm tree, the feet of the body are
nailed just nndor it, and the stomach
and chest are ripped open, the skin
being pinned back by iron skewers. At
the righj; of the picture sits, the fetich.
With the still palpitating human heart
laid before it." Another picture, -the
original scene of which was actually
witnessed by tlte fathert:portrays the
tall trunk of a palm tree bending to
ward tho earth, having suspended at
ts extremity the writhing body of a
human beicflt toward. wnom are hurrv
ing several- vultures, buzzards and
other beastly birds Cf eatrfon. Another
picture represents a human Holocaust
The fiends are heaping on the gathered
fuel more palm oil, the lurid flame and
dense smoke leap up toward heaven
like tho rock of hell. Thousands of
human lives are annually thus sacrificed,
and the missionaries are powerless to
stop the. carnage.
On one occasion several of the fathers
stationed at the mission of Adjaie,
while walking with the pupils of their
school, discovered a small hut in the
woods a short distance from the mission-
house. Curious to know who inhabited
so queer, a structure, the missionaries
entered the place and were, horrified to
discover the body of a full-grown man
nailed head downward to a beam. Hor
rified beyond description, the fathers
fled tho spot, and becoming fatigued
shortly afterward sat down in the shade
to rest. Scarcely had their little party
been seated than a great shouting and
rush of feet were he.ml in the adjoining
wood. .Presently a number of savages
appeared, dragging a young girl by the
feet on tho same footpath which they
were about to take. .The- - savages ran
as if possessed, and when the body of
tho poor girl was nearly torn to pieces
they left it hanging to a tree before an
idol.
Tho most bitter opponents of ithe
Christian missionaries are the idola
trous priests, the npper class of whom
form a perfect caste, transmitting their
faculties from father to son. Theso
poor barbarians preserve the vogue
radition of a one god, named Ulieron,
who created the world, and was good
to men, but becoming angry he w6nt
away behind the clouds, and Hence
forth concerned himself no more with
hnmfinit.v. Tim frilipn liar. t.herpfnrp.
transf erred' teir allegiance to a second
class of gods, whom they style
" Oreesha." Of these they treasure a
$ei feet mythology. The gods to whom
thev make human sacrifices are :
Shongo, the god of war, an idol formed
of iron ; Elecba, the unhappy god .or
devil, represented in .clay; Oggun, the
god of water, and several others. At
Adiaei, where he was staying lor some
time, Father Zimmermann at one time
saw no less .than, six Fiotims, all bound
ready for sacrifice. He quickly retired
to tbe miesion house hard by, but even
there tho horrid yells penetrated, ds he
foil on his knees to ask God's pardon
for the act.
The present king of Dahomey, named
Toffa, has been warned by the English
to discontinue the practice, and he now
hesitates to perpetrate tho horrid act
publicly, but it is still carried on at
night. The missionaries havo to be
very careful in 'speaking against the
act, as open opposition would be sui
cidal on their part, and at once put
a stop to their work. They study
meaicine, and practice gratuitously.
They gain tho confidence of the native
by receiving the sick into their hos
pitals, and taking charge of old and
worn out savages. .
These poor old people are thrown
out, of the huts and allowed to starve
to death. The missionaries also buy
numbers of children exposed for sale
in the regular slave trade. When the
tribal chiefs are unable to obtain cap
tives in their raids upon rival tribes,
they buy these children and slaughter
them instead. The unfortunate little
ones have.learned by experience that the
white men will not kill them, and conse
quently when they appear in the market
they are immediately assailed by piteous
cries: "Oiboramil" "Oiborami!" (White
man. bny me I white man, buy me I )
And they buy them to the extent of
their limited finances. The mission
aries usually pick out boys and girls of
about six to eight years of age, take
them to the Christian colonies and
train them until they are old enough to
marry. Some pictures shown to the
Gazette man of these Christianized bar
barians were inexpressibly funny. One
young gentleman in a very- scant
blanket, but crowned with an exceed
ingly battered stovepipe hat, seemed
to be fully impressed with the impos
ing dignity of his newly donned cos
tume. Hundreds of these children are
bought by the Catholic missionaries
every year. They pay for them in
oouries or sea-shells, old guns and
glass. The price fluctuates from the
value of 85 up to $15.
Mr. Mulhall.of theS tatistioal Sooiety
of London, estimates the amount earned
by commerce, manufactures, mining,
agriculture, carrying, and banking in
Europe in 1880 at 7,683,000,000, show
ing an increase for Great Britain of
337.000,000, against 1,218,000,000 for
tho rest of fturope.
FOR THE LADIES.
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A' Woman' Of Kndnranrp.
Living in a town in New Hampshire
is an . Amazon, not in the sense of ap
parent masculinity, . but in actual
strength and agility, and her enterprise
is equal to her endurance. It was re
ported in the papers of the county that
she picked and marketed 400 qnarts of
blueberries the Inst season. She as
sured the writer that tho quintity was
much larger than reported. Those ber
ries she carried on foot two niilos to the
village and peddled them out to the
resid-ents. itecently she wheeled a-
wheelbarrow two and one-half miles
over a rough and hilly road, and re
turned with it, trundling' home two
'good-sized pigs. She performed a feat a
few weeks sinco that few men would care
to undertake, yet she accomplished it
without ado or difficulty. Having pur
chased at the village an outside dwell
ing-house door, one and one-half inches
thick, she placed it -on her back and
oarried it In' that manner to her home,
a distanoe-of two long miles. Yet she
is slender in form, and agile and elastic
as a deer. She is often seen walking irf
the street engaged in knitting, her
fingers and. feet moving as if in vigor
ous competition with each other. When
not incumbered, in passingiCo' and from
tho village, she frequently strikes into
a rtfn, sometimes maintaining it up the
steepest hills and for most of the dis
tance. Occasionally she essays journeys
of ten or fifteen miles' on foot into the
neighboring towns, if not at a cor
responding speed, yet at one surprising
to people silk ordinary powers of loco
motion. Uoston Journal.
Spring Cotton Oooits.
Fresh importations of cotton fabrics
for spring and summer dresses are
shown each week at tho wholesale
stores, and many are. exposed for 'sale
in the retail shops.' Chintz patterns
are found among these both in light
and .dark colors, and with borders or
without them. The percales are espe
cially pretty in their Cobweb patterns,
on white .grounds with web-like lines,
on which gay figures are thrown. There
are also many in Watteau colors'-and
designs combining blue with pink, or
rose with gray, and showing birds,
baskets of flowers, tiny landscapes, or
Eipes, shepherdess hats, and flowers
ound up with ribbons. The polka
dots prevail, however, in all the soft fin
ished goMs, and coma in all dark
bronze, -brown, garnet and blue' shades.
The Madras cloths are the popular
zephyr ginghams in all the old-fash
ioned checks, bars and stripes that
wash and wear so well, and in many
new contrasts of color besides. The
cheviots are excellent for service, and
represent the twilled and plaid effects
of the Scotch wool cheviots. Euglish
calicoes, heavier than percales, come in
the chintz patterns that they always
repeat from French calicoes, and in the
popular polka dots of white on dark
grounds ; the latter are particularly
liked in black and white for ladies
dressing in mourning.
tiatinetto is a now cotton fabrio that
can scarce'y bo distinguished from fou
lard, as it is " silky " even to the touch
This has a costly twilled surface, is not
nearly so thick as tho usual cotu a sat-
ncs, and is brought out in most ait etic
colors and designs, with plain satim-tte
to match the ground of each pattern
It comes with a cream ground strewn
with Marshal Kiel rose-buds, or pale
pink with deeper pink roses, or blue
grounds with either pink or yellow
roses. To make up with these olive-
colored plain satipotte will be used with
the cream ground, or deeper blue with
pale blue, or they may have fhe same
ground throughout. Dark brown, green,
wine color and purple are shown in the
plain shades, and these will make ex
cellent foundations for the satinettes in
stained-glass designs, as those are
called thai cover the fabric withflgnrts,
leaving no single color for the ground ;
similar designs wero trend last year in
foulards, and wero sometimes employed
for the entire dress, though com
binations with olive, dark blue.
real brown or bronzo shades
wero found to be very effective,
For lighter colored dresses these satin
cttes have white, gray, pparl or pink
grounds strewn witn carnations, nastur
tinms of natural size, baskets filled with
flowers, bouquets without baskets and
bird patterns of most varied coloring
All these pretty designs are repeated in
sheer batiste of most beautiful quality
that is Handsome enough to be. made
up over silk; fifty cents a yard is tho
price of -the satinettes and also of the
new batistes. Fine cambrics and shirt
ings have blue grounds with white
figures, or white with colored figures,
The new pattern for these is called Ihe
Comet of 1S81, and represents two
comets crossing eaoh other, one blue
the other red, or some other contrast
ing colors. There ore also anchor pat
terns, rings, squares, stripes, bars, the
curved line of beauty forming the letter
a, horseshoes and. polka dots so small
that they aro mere specks of color grad
uating up to those like great bolls or
moons. Harper a Bamr.
Fashion Notes.
Bonnets grow a little smaller.
The rage for old gold is on the wane,
The name for new sateens is sati
nette.
Percales show pretty cobweb pat
terns.
The cappto, of good size, is the com
ing bonnet.
Shrimp pink and shell pink will be
much worn.
1'eaeock leather embroideries enjoy
higtwavor.
Tiny landscapes appear as figures on
some of the new printed cotton goods,
isroad moire sashes are seen upon
many stylish winter cloaks and visites.
The new organdie muslins are woven
in large plaids, bars and stripes of pure
colors.
Dark ball dresses, lighted only by
bunch of bright flowers, are worn in
XjOndOn.
Scotch ginghams show tie' same
heather mixtures that appear in the new
cneviotB,
Large reel rosebuds in chene effeow
on a ground of shrimp pink are amoug
new safcens for spring wear.
Tho first importations of spring silks
have moire grounds with geometric
and flowered damasse designs.
Fringe or folds cf plush are used to
trim all pointed waists, except those
mado for the most slender women.
Colored stones set with diamonds are
considered more fashioflable than soli
taires or onyx incrusted with the gems,'
High Elizabethan collars, closely
covered with facetted pearls, are very
fashionably worn with elegant evening
toilets.
Scarfs, sashes, plaited side panels
and Watteau tnnics, made of Roman
striped merveilleux, are much worn
over dresses of a monochrome color.
Pink, a leadintr color this season, is
brought out in any number of tones and
shades soa-shell, primrose, nesn,
shrimp, coral, geranium, laurel, peri
winklo, and, most fashionable of all,
the exanisite pink tint shading to gold,
and known in the oosthetio world by tho
name of aurore or dawn.
A nniaue style of evening drees af
fected by many young ladies is a costume
of white nun's veiling, with black satin
sandals over black silk hose, embroi
dered with crimson star flowers, elbow
sleeves, with very long black Suede
saxe gloves, high-standing fraise and
bertha of old Spanish lace, and garni
ture of artificial Jacqueminot roses,
delicately perfumed.
Many ladies in New York city are
wearing velvet, silk or satin toilets, with
the ljng-trained skirts entirely plain,
but adorning tho corsage with costly
lace garniture n bertha of point,
duchesse or other valuable lace, with
ruffles or turn-over cuffs upon the
sleoves to correspond. Where this
fashion is adopted the fabric composing
the dross is of a superior qnality.
Tho Fortune of the Barings.
The Barings havo been among the
most famous of Euglish bankers. They
are of German stock. There is a kind
of ecclesiastical flavor about them.
Their English foauder was a Bremen
pastor, .settled in this country. His
prandson ma-ried the niece of an
English archbishop. One of his de
scendants became bishop of Durham.
The money was originally made in the
rich profitable clothing business in the
west of Eoglanl. Asbburton gave a
title in the peerage to tho chief of the
house c f Baring. It has been a rule in
tho house that when any ono of them
has got a title he goes out of
tho business. Sir Francis- Bar
ing, the first gieat banker, who,
dying in 1810. left a fortune of 82,000,
000, and had three sons Thomas,
Alexander and Menry. Thomas suc
ceeding to the baronetcy, gave tip the
business. Honry had a rather romantio
reputation as a luoky gambler, who was
frequently able to break the bank of a .
gambling table, lie wan tne amazement
of beholders when he would sit down at
a gambling table at the Palais Royal be-
fore such tables were happily abolished
with piles of cold and notes before
him. The reputation of a successful
gambler was barely suited to the intense
respectability of the film, and Mr. Henry
was indnced to retire from the business.
Alexander Baring, Often known as
" Alexander the Great," -sustained and
extended tho fortunes of the house. He
went to America, and the richest
banker iu England married the daughter
of the richest citizen of the United
States. Ono of his gigantic transactions
possesses a historical importance. After
the conclunou ot the great .European
war he paid down a sum of 1,100,000,
by which France was freed from the oc
cupation of P.ussian, Auotrian and Gor
man armies. " There are six great pow
ers in Europe," said the Dnc de Riche
lieu: "England, France, Russia, Aus
tria, Prussia and Biring Bros." In 1835
he was mado Lord Asbburton. Two of
his sons held the titlo, and each succes
sively retired from the business. The
head of the firm, Thomas uanng, be
came chancellor oi me exenequor in
Loul Melbourne's miu stry, and
another member, Lord Northbrook, has
been governor-genersl of India Lon
don Society.
Some Rich Americans.
The New York Stir estimates the
wealth of a few rich men as follows:
W. H. Vanderbilt, 200,000,000; Jay
Gould, $100,000,000; Mackey, $50,000,
000; Crocker, 50,000,000; John Rocka-
feller, Tjt the Standard Oil company,
810,000,000; O. P. Huntington, $20,
OOO.OCO; D. O. Mills, 820,000,000; Sena
tor Fair, 830,000,000; ex-Governor Stan
ford, 840,000,000; Russell Sage, $15,-
OOO.OOii; J. R. Keeno, 815,000,000; S.
J. Tilden, 815.000,000; E. D. Morgan,
8 10,000,000; Samuel Sloan, 810,000,000;
Commodore Garrison, 810,000,000; Oy-
rns W. Field, 810,000,000, Hugh J.
Jewett, 85,000,000; Sidney Dillon,
85,000.000; David Dows, 85,000,000; J.
F. DeNavarro, 83,000,000; John W
Garrett, $5,000,000, and W, W. Astor,
$3,000,000. The Star adds: The real
estate of Croesus, the Lydian king, the
richest man of antiquity, was worch
$3,500,000, about two-tkirds the valne
of Vanderbilt s and his houso cost
$100,000, wbilothat of Vanderbilt will
cost $3,000,000. The value of the late
W. B. 'Astor' s real estate alone was
worth more at the time of his death
than that of any nncrowned head in
Europe.
The Richest Man In Ireland.
Francis Wise, who died recently in
Dublin, was tho richest man in Ireland,
leaving a fortune of over $15,000,000,
which ho made as a brewer. He had an
investment of over 800,000 in the gov
ernment funds, and a sum to his credit
in tbe bank of 100,000. The interest
of his Engjish funded property would
be 24,000 a year. Then his income
from land and securities in land so far
back as 1870 was estimated at 80.000
a ?;nM w. i,sm, kv,
n nn. U.a 1 . I . I.. . :
prCfc8ea times, was at least 200,000.
1 Ha lived in An mAvnonnivA maniiAr Vmk
was verv generous to relatives anil
friends, and gave freely to religious and
charitable institutions.