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ptjbli
iu tlio Grand Court of the Kremlin at
mscow there it about to be erected a
lonument in memory of tho late Czar
Inch will cost (030.000.
The fcont development of industrial
id commercial enterprise In Japan has
"ri very grrat. Since January, 18H7,
iico hundred and thirty-one companies
ts lnnn started.
Wig Leopold of Belgium recently
!ved a copy of General Grant's
, iuiiI ho ha recommonded tho study
nrricait history in the schools and
' .i of his kingdom.
ie Now York A'eir$ declares there
i fortune waiting the man who can
' sumo economical method of doing
iih tho risks of using natural gas.
'"itiylvnnla alono it has caused
1 y fire amounting to 900,15l in
' ears.
: committee having in charge tho
ojihor Columbus celebration at
'ona, Spain, offers a prize of $10,-
t the best book, in any language,
geographical discoveries of Portu-
and Spanish explorers prior to the
l Mug el tun.
New York broker mado (42,000 in
d ays. Ho put 150,000 with it to
I JO, 000 in three days, and lost
d tiro sum in six hours' turn of the
. t. In the morning ho lived In a
i. In the evening ho was out look
r opartmont.
ist Burkhart, of Knoxvillc.Tcnn.,
t this extraordinary letter to the
i agent : "Please strike my name
tinted Stutoi pension-rolls, as I
r.'i'tly cured aud need tho assist
Uio Government no longer. In
...i my pension."
:"ntto those German soldiers
Ut nnd fell for tho Cmfcdoracy
hoen begun at Charleston, 8. C.
bo erected mainly by the four
comiiftUii'S who fought under
1.(0 many of whom are among
i"A men of that city to-day.
Porter, the boy preacher, who
i nstouishing congregations in
i and Kentucky by his eloquent
.ned sermons, is only eleven years
1 dresses in knickerbockers; a
1 bloBse", a jaunty little hat and
i!'.toii shoes complete his attire,
uty respects he looks like an or
y schoolboy.
.no 17,743 Fijians inhabiting the
hauls, more than nine-tenths at
church with fair regularity; where
' cum since there was not a single
.in, to-day thjro is not a single
; heathen; al tho Fiji children
t!ie schools; the schools and
-i liave wholly displaced tho
a temples.
'Iico have seized documents re
tlio widespread nature of ths
y lliWHrted conspircy in Servia. It
: ended by tho plotters to arrest
i iln aud the leading publio men
cupitul and install Prince Kara
vics on the throne, nnd also to pro
a revolt in Bosnia. Tho conspiracy
: ibutcd to Kussian influence.
e character of a certain class of
ts' booty seems to be undergoing a
,...:lt) revolution. Only a short time
o their boldness extended to carrying
. X stoves. Then it became more expan--c:,
so as to include house roofs, and
nov one of tho rasc.ils out in Kansas has
capped the climax by d gging up and
carting away 500 sweet potato plants.
George Mullcr, celebrated throughout
ilio world as a worker for the good of
l.U fullow-men, is now eighty-two years
old and as full of real and activity as
ever. He hns just returned to England
: :i? a prcuchiiig tour of 37,000 miles
; -rough Australia, China, Japau and
'.'r couutriis. Two thousand chil-:-n
greeted him at Bristol upon his re
: urn, the little ones being inmates of his
oqilianae in that city.
'Tho years clutch all alike," philoso
j.lii.oa tho San Francisco Arjonait, "and
(jueen Victoria has fallen into tho habit
i t tu"kiiig little 'cat uaps' in her chair,
even when visitors are prcsont At such
times the royal lady goes through the
fcume routine, followed by tho most hum
Mo of her subjects. Her head fa)ls a
little forward, swaying slightly from
side to uidu; then she sits bolt upright,
opens her eyes very wide, nnd assumes
an appearance of great intelligence and
alertness."
The New York Ht-r tld prints a letter
:.(.iu Lieutcnaut Commander Charles II.
; .i kwell, United titatcs Navy, on the
'uucu mooted question of fog signaling
lit sea. "This officer," says the JlerM,
"makes it very clear that what is wanted
is a signal quickly and certainly con
veyed and instantly understood. His
pluii that there shall be only four such
s;guals one for each quadraut of the
compass seems to be sufficiently com-
ehensive und yet by no means compli
i ;ited. This mutter ought to be agitated,
Commander Koekwell suggests, until
-me simple, intelligible method can be
u-vised to prevent collisions in fog."
MIRAGE.
Well read that book, we'll sing that song,
But when I Oh, when the days are long;
When thoughts are free, and voices clear;
Borne happy time within thyear
The days troop by with nolneless tread,
The song unsung; the book unread.
We'll that friend, and make him feel
The weight of friendship, tro as steel;
Borne flower of sympathy bestow
But time sweeps on with steady flow,
Until with quick, reproachful tear,
W lav our flowers Upon bis bier.
And still ws walk the deaart sands,
And still with trifle fill our hand,
While ever, just beyond our reach,
A fairer purpose shows to each.
The deeds w have not done, but willed,
Remain to haunt ua unfullllled.
Aw I'orfc Commercial Advertiser,
LOST AND FOUND.
BY K. X. (JRAKT.
The summer that I left old "Vasssr's"
lassie shades, crowned with honors aud
flushed with triumph, father was board
ing at Mrs. Elliott's; indeed he had
lived there for years, while I was pursu
ing my studies In tho North. He was a
widower of fine physique and ample for
tune, with no encumbrance save me, his
only child Eunice Grey.
Mrs. Elliott's boarding-house was, tin
liko the typical one, elegant in all its ap
pointments, with a corps of woll-tra'ned
servants, and a mistress that would have
graced the home of the most fastidious
connoissour of feminine beauty nnd
worth! We became fast friends at once
this petite brunette and myself. To
her invalid child I was no less strongly
attached. I wondered often why the
mother was always robed in the deepest
of mourning. That she was a widow I
knew; but that her bereavement was of
no recent date I had learned by chance,
from the littlo one who, in mentioning
her father, told mo quaintly she had
never known him, that he had gone up
to God before the fairies had given her
to ner mamma.
I asked my father if he could solve
tho vexatious mystery of those sable
mystery of those suble
garments.
"Oh, yes," he answered, "I believe I
can.
... Sta
lex of the grief that know, no so-
. Seven years ago her husband per-
man
a relic
lace, seven years ago tier husband per
ieheu in a storm that wrecked the pleas
ure yacht in which they were cruising.
She herself escaped death by the mirac
ulous interposition of Providence, be
ing caught by a passing steamer's crew,
as sho drifted by them clinging to a
broken plauk. blie was carried aboard,
but lost consciousness, as the rough but
kindly hands drew her from her watery
bed. For months' she lay ill, nigh to
dcuth, her n ind a blank. When at
length the skill of the cxpcrUin the 'Ho
treat for the Insnne' to which she had
been conveyed elected the restoration
of reason, she learned through tho col
umns of an old Herald that she alone sur
vived that fearful gale. A few weeks
later a new-bom bnby lay upon her
bosom. Miles away from the scene of
the disaster, in a strange land, littlo Ada
was born. Mrs. Elliott docs not know,
as I do, that official stupidity or care
lessnesshad reported her death some
three days after hor husband's. Tho oc
cupant of the bed next hers in the In
sano Pavillion having dcd,and the namo
oddly enough being tho same as her
own, it was immediately taken for
granted that the deceased was tho vic
tim of the yacht disaster.
"The northern climate was not suitci
to Ada's delicate constitution. For this
reason Mrs. Elliott came south and opened
a email select boarding house for tho
maiutainance of herself and little one.
So populnr did this become under her
management that the wa emboldened
by the success of her humble beginning
to remove to this tine dwelling. Aud
you see what she accomplished here.
"She was.my first love, Eunice. Years
before.-r met your mother I knew and
leved Edith I attimcr; but she gave her
hand and honrtto my chum, George El
liott, and I went my way with sorrow
for my loss, and gladness for the happi
ness of the two so dear to me. I would
niae her my wife now; but she is true
to the memory of her husband, and
frankly says that no one can ever be as
dear to her as ho. It is sad, this linking
one's self with those that are gone; but
it is like a woman's constancy; and I am
not the man to press a suit I know is
vain."
After hearing this recital I believe I
loved Mrs. Elliott more than ever. Icer
tainly felt deeper sympathy for her grief.
Her devotion to her child was touch
ing in the extreme. The - littlcj
creature a cripple from birth seemed
too fragile for this earth. Her deep
blue eyes looked out wistfully at one
from amidst a moss of Hully golden
curls So patient, so loving, who could
help being drawn toward hor 1 I was
with her day after day, reading some
bright tale, or talking to her of the
birds, the flowers and tho bright blue
sky; but best of all she loved to hear of
the sea where the waves, in their silvery
tones, sang a requiem over the grave of
the father she hud never known. And
she would press her lips to the miniature
that hung by a golden thread from her
neck, and murmur words of love to the
handsome man whose image it bore. She
would sit for hours by the wiudow where
we' placed her nnd watch the shifting
Iianortinia of busy people in the streets
olow. And when some sprightly little
ell would dance by in childish glee Ada
would draw hor mother gently to her
and kiss away the tears which clouded
those dark eves for she knew how it
grieved her that hor only child should
be so uulike other children. And in
many a pretty, touching way, the little
one would seek to show how little she
recked her own sad lot. Poor child!
she knew not that a child's heart is an
open book to its mother. But when Ada
and I were alone, she would often say:
"Oh, Eunice, why must I suffer sot
It hurts so bad to cough, and yet I can
not keep it in. And when the doctor
comes in the mornings and sounds my
lungs, as he says, I could scream out
loud ; but I do not cry because mamma
is always there. But it hurts so awful
bad."
I could only press my lips totre'her to
keep back the tears, aud presently turn
the child's thoughts elsewhere.
Summer passed. Autumn in the
South, you know it, fair reader, with its
cool breezes fanning away the sultry
breath bf heated days; when birds Of
fashion flit back from rural scenes to
brighten the dull city with the spread of
their gay plumage; when men go buck
to tho dull routino of business, revivified
by the rost they have taken ; and dormant
Society wakes from its sleep.
That fall New Orleans's pulse beat
with feverish activity, fer it witnessed
the opening of the "World's Exposition."
And right royally tho dear old city wel
comed a concourse such as had never be
fore graced her doors. A concourse
drawn thither by the grand pageant in
which all nationalities forgot their dif
ferences, and united in bringing their
treasures to enrich the scene. Mrs
Elliott's was tho vantage point toward
which the arlluont visitor to the South
ern metropolis invariably mado his way.
To certain number only she gave ad
mission. No thought of a goldon harv
est to be reaped could persuado her to
incommode her bonders by an unseemly
crowding in of other guests, so that
while other houses were swarming with
crowds of humanity that jostled one
against the other in the small compass
allotted to them as value received for
the liberal stipend paid, ours was free
from these discomforts. Father was en
gaged at the "Exposition Building" all
day and far into the night, superintend
ing his interests there.
As winter approachod, Mrs. Elliott
but rarely left Ada, for she saw, what
even to strangers was plain, that the lit
tlo bad was passing away to bloom in
the garden ol Paradise. I assumed all
the duties and responsibilities of the
housekeeping that the mother snd her
child might not be parted during the
last days of sad, but sweet companion
ship. To my father I relegated the col
lection of bills, the payment of dues;
keeping strict account of each receipt
and every expenditure.
One night ho returned home much
earlier than was his wont. His face was
ashen pale, and his limbs trembled with
excitement. I went with him to his
room to try and persuade him to rest, but
he silenced my fears of his ill-health,
assuring me that all was well with him.
And then he told me: "Eunice, child, I
seen wuhi at ,,r "'-'"
1 1 . . n I . 1 1,. . L
K.mom, i", ' uf lr , .T"":
1 nao uiu A Biru iuu iuiiiiiiivl iuaiuivs m
the surging crowd that swept by me. I
1 length I found hiEdkEShus:
old fn V?,?rge L11'0tt-
Eu"'co- how. ,C8ra 1 'eli rJ lt .... . .
followed, scarce creJiting my senses;
'But," said I, when the first surprise
was pnst, "how can you explain the mys
tery of his reappearance? For years he
was mourned as dead."
"Yes; but he, too, was rescued by a
good Samaritan of the deep, and be
lieved h i wife was lost, owing to the
official stupidity of which I once told
you. The poor woman that was hur
ried off to the Potter's field as soon as
the breath left lier body, was, months
Inter, disinterred, and buried beneath n
marble shaft, in George's plot at Green
wood. My friend still woremournig for
his wife when I met him to day."
"So, perhaps, after all some men have
women's fancies," said I.
Father kissed mo tenderly "go pre
pare Edith for the meeting. George
waits anxiously. I have told him of his
child, he knows that her stay will not be
for loug." I hurried t obey my father's
wishes. Something of the joy 1 felt at
the anticipation of the glad reunion must
have appeared in my faco for Ada smiled
sweetly as I entered. "Sister (sho al
ways called me so toward tho last) Sis
ter has good news," said she, faintly.
"I have, darling, good, very, very
good news."
"Will you tell usl'
Kneeling there beside her, I stroked
the little hand she laid in mine as I an
swered, "yes my darling, in a little
wh.le. Are you Btrong enough to listen
to a littlo story first?
"Yes yes" eagerly answered the
child.
"Well, then, darling, many years ago,
we will say seven years since, there was
a lady and a gentleman tailing on one of
those pretty white winged yutchs that
skim over the billows like a bird at
sea"
"Stop! stop!" cried Edith.
I motioned her to silence, and con
tinued: "A tiny black cloud suddenly
arose in the clear blue sky, a harbinger
of the swift oncoming storm; but none
noticed the warning, nnd the precious
moments passed on. The wind arose,
gaining rapidly in intensity until it cul
minated in a furious gale. ' Tho tiny
yacht danced like a leaf on the storm
tossed waves. But, oh, cruel fate! The
tempest felt no pity for the two hearts
there. Amid the roll of thunder and
the triumphal roaring of the wind, the
wicked deed was dono. And when next
4lio lightning's flash lit up the scene, the
waves were signing mournfully for tho
little boat thut had gone down, down
into the grave beneath the deep blue
sea"
"Stop! stop!" cried Edith. "Eunico,
darling, it was a storm such as you have
pictured that robbed me of my husband."
"The papa I never knew, "
echoed the child. "I will meet
him soon, dear mammma. and
tell him how you loved him."
She i aused, aud her eyes fastened
themselves in amazed siitprise upon the
door which hail opened softly as sho
spoke. No need for me to turn, I knew ;
I felt who stood there. Edith alone had
heard nothing. "Toll him, darling,"
she murmured through her tear?, "that
the heart I gave him years ago is now as
truly his as then, and that when at length
death comes, I will gladly welcomo the
call that summons me to you aud to him."
1 gasped for breath as she spoke, for a
stranger had drawn near to the bedside.
My lather stood beside him. "The
pretty yacht went down, but husband
and wife were saved!" I cried out joy
ously. Edith looked at me keenly.
"Saved? Both?" she echoed.
"Yesl yes! said the child. "Oh.
mamma, he is here the father I never
knew and loved so we'.l." And pale
and exhausted from the effort she had
made, Ada lay fainting on the pillow
which w as scarcely whiter than hor face.
Shall I ever forget Edith's eyes as they
met the loving gae of her huban 1 she
had mourned as deal; Oh, the rapture
of that meeting! saddened as it was by
the drifting away of a little life so near,
so dear to both.
AVo 6at by thut bed thiough tho whele
of that night- our Ada's lust night on
earth. l ong post midnight she rallied
from her stupor and faintly called :
"It grows so dark oh, mamma Is
this death?'
"My darling, my darling!" was the
broken cry in response.
"Oh, wife, think how sho has suffered;
rejoice that nil pain will soon be past."
"See, see, how bright it grows.
Listen the sweet music hush 1 It
comes nearer nearer oh the bright
pretty light. Mamma papa sister
the dark is all gone now."
A faint gasp for breath, a tremor of
the oyclids, and as the gray light of the
early morn stole in, there amidst the
flowers she loved, Ada lay at rest for
ever. Yanket Bladr,
Voueznolati Coffee.
What I saw of the process of making
coffee, writes W. A. I'aton to the New
York limes from Venezuela, requires no
elaborate, carefully-considered descrip
tion. The following plain and Unstilted
cook book, English, will suffice to initi
nte the careful, painstaking housewife
in the cystcry of how to make a cup of
collee. Get vour Venezuela coffee the
fattest, roundest, heaviest beans roast
enough of them to serve for the making
of as many large cupfuls as there are to
be drinkers. Boast the beans, do not
burn brown, do not blncken them; bray
them whito hot in a mortar with a pestle;
do not grind them in any kind of a pat
ented or unpatented labor-saving and
coffee-spoiling machine whatsoever.
Crushing does not, and grinding does,
cause the coffee to part with some of its
aroma. Tie the grains' thus crushed to
about the size of flaxseed in a bag of
thick, white flannel, so thick that no
dirt or dust, if any there bo in the coffee,
may escape through tho interstices of
the cloth. Take a plain earthen pot, fill
it with water, and set it on the tire till
It is Lot, very hot, and the water has
been bol'.ed a minute or two. Throw
out the water, put in the bag, let the
coffee steam a few minutes, the lid of
the pot closely fitting, aud allowing no
escape of aroma. Carefully lift the
cover, pour in boiling water 'enough to
make one-third of a cup of coffee for
each prospective drinker and one-third
of a cup for the pot. Let the bag of
coffee boil three minutes, the lid of the
pot still on, letting tho steam escape as
little as possible.
In three minutes the time it takes to
boil nn egg tho coffee is ready. Pour
out one-third of this black, strong, hair
lifting essence, dilute it with twice the
quantity of boiled milk milk of the
Andnlusinn cow; sweeten it with pape
Ion, natural Vcueziielan sugar crystals,
and you will bo prepared to enjoy the
delights that excited me to two cups and
a half that moming John, Hans, Jeaa
Juan gave me for do ayuno in the hotel
of blessed memory in tho sweet vale of
Caracas. Breakfast served in our own
parlor, John waited upon us deftly aud
with entire composure, omitting, how
ever, his habitual custom of cigarette
smoking. 1
Elk ts. Wild Dogs.
A stockman just in from the Wind
River range tells a story of a fierce and
exciting battle between a courageous old
elk and tho wild dogs that infest the
Wind Biver region.. The -river escapes
frpm the mountnins nod hills into what
is known as the basin district, over high
and beautiful falls namod the Maiden
i Hair. While riding near these falls a few
days ago the Btockmnn's attention was
attracted by n deep baying, and at once
recognizing the so ind as coming from
the savago clogs and realizing the ne
cessity of getting out of the way, the
horseman rode rapidly to the too of a
neighboring hill, which commanded an
excellent view of the falls and also of the
surrounding country. He had scarcely
reached the top of the hill wl.en he saw,
dashing along a high ridge running
parallel to the river, a magnificent elk,
hotly chased by a dozen or more mount
ain dogs. Tho race had evidently been
on for some time, for tho elk appeared
about exhausted and the dogs were not
in the best of condition. On swept tho
Eursued and the pursuers; every bound
ringing the dogs nearer the haunches of
the tired elk. Suddenly the elk changed
hi-t Course. 8Jid plunged dowu the side of
the ridgef making straight for the falls.
Overhanging the edge of the river, and
towering directly above the pool at the
foot of the fulls, was a hugo rock. On
to this rock the bull made his way,' and
planting himself within a few feet of the
dge and with lowered antlois, awaited
the attaek. He did not have to wait
long. The dogs came with a rush and
hurled themselves at their prey. First
ono and then another dog was caught in
the elk's antlers and sent howling into
the depths below. Just when the fight
was the hottest the rock, or ledge, upon
which the battlo was being fought, sud
denly gave way, und with a crash the
combatants were dropped into the water
and roeks at the foot of the fulls, and
their bruised and bleeding remains were
swept down the stream. (jla'ie Democrat,
A Plague ol Crickets.
Accounts are published in Paris of
tho devastation caused by crickets in
Algeria. The insects resemble, but are
not identical with either locusts or grass
hoppers. Last year swarms of grass
hoppers ravaged the colony. This year
the crickets have taken their place.
They spring like grasshoppers, but have
a more rapid and sustained flight. They
form clouds which shut out the light of
the sun. When thoy alight on the
ground they destroy every trace of vege
tation. They sometimes fall exhausted
on the ground iu such numbers as to
cover it with a layer of dead bodies,
from which pestilcutial exhalations arise.
The method still employed to check the
evil in the African possessions of Franca
is the old nnd expensive one of digging
long trenches at a right angle to the ud
vuueing swarms, and plucing on the most
distant side a sort of fene, formed by a
web of cloth. Tho advancing insects
strike against tho cloth, fall into the pit,
and are there covered with lime or mould.
The Algerian authorises have spent
$140,001) in destroying them, and now
contemplate a further expenditure of
$200,000 to complete the work. It was
recently stated that the English authori
ties in Cyprus had traced the locusts in
that island to their breeding place, and
had there to a great extent succeeded iu
destroying them in germ, before thoy be
came developed into tho duitructive
swarms which periodically devastated
thutislaud. Cuiitm reiat Adccrluer.
Glass wiudows commenced to make
their appearance in English private
houses iu 11 U0. Glass wa first brought
to Eiig'aud in Wi.
THE CAT -O'-ME-TAILS.
DELAWAHE S f ILLOHY AND WHIP
PING! POST DESCRIBED.
Offences for Which Priaonera Are
AV hipped and Put in the Stock
at Newcantle-A Whipping Scene.
The Chicago Timet1 correspondent
sends that paper a graphic description
of the scenes enacted lour times a year
at Newcastle, where prisoners are sen
tenced to the whipping-post and pillory
for various offences. Our informant
says:
The offences for which prisoners are
sentenced to the whipping-post are the
various grades of stealing, from petty
larceny to highway robbery and burglary,
and the punishment is graded according
to the offence. The pillory sentence ac
companies the higher grade offences,
and the number of lashes is larger to
those who aspire to lead in the profession
of stealing. The most celebrated whip
pings in Newcastle took place about
187 1, when several celebrated bank burg
lars, who attempted to rob a Wilming
ton bank, were made to stand in the
pillory for an hour and were afterward
given forty lashes. The punisnmcnt is
the most severe in winter, when it is not
an unusual thing for the victim to stand
for one hour in a cold rain nnd be literal
ly covered with ice before taken down
and Hogged. Five lashes is the mini
mum and forty the maximum number.
The court that disposes of these criminals
and imposes the sentences sits in Wil
mington (although this place is the
county seat), and is a very austere body.
Tho Chief-Justice is seventy-five years
of nge. Judge Houston, one of the
assistants, is seventy-four years of age,
and has been on the bench for thirty
three years. The other Judge, Paynter,
appointed two years ago, is as deaf as a
post.
For some offenses prisoners are put In
the pillory only and not whipped at all.
A very few years ago a prisoner con
victed o larceny was also, la addition to
the specimen sentence quoted, ordered to
wear a convict's jacket for six months
after his release lrom prison. That por
tion ol trie sentence, whicn bad really be
come a dead letter, was repealed in lbStf.
It is a mistaken idea thut wife-beaters are
whipped at the post, when, as a matter
ol tact, only onenses tunt relate to steal
ing make the offenders liable to the
pilfory and the whippinir-pos't.
The whipping-post and pillory in use
here at New Castle are plain affairs.
First, there is a heavy upright post about
twolve inches square and fifteen feet
high. About eight feet from the ground
is a platform about six feet square.
through tho center of which the post
runs, ilie ptatlorm is uraced liy numer
ous stays, arranged somewhat like the
ribs of a raised umbrella. On citherside
of the post, about four feet from the
ground, is an iron semicircle wUh rlauges
at the end. One end is fastened to the
post, so as to swing loose. The other end
slips over a staple, into which a pin is
placed when tho wrist of tho victim to
be flogged is placed against the post and
encircled with the iron. The portion of
the post above the platform has a cross
beam about five feet from the floor, and
it forms a large cross. The arms of this
cross, on either side, are cut through the
center, the upper portion lifting as
binge. Three openings are made in the
center of tho arms, one for the victim's
head and the other two for his' wrists. The
upper portion of the arm is lifted up, the
prisoner places his head in the lower half
of the center hole and his wrists in those
at the side. The upper part of the arm
is lowered and lasteued at the end, and
the prisoner is secured. They are gener
ally compelled to stand in a stooping
position, and not on their toes, as some
aver.
Tho post and pillory are used between
the Hours of 10 and 12 o clock, and al
ways on Saturday morning. At 10
o'clock, the Sheriff places those sentenced
to tho pillory in position, the platform
being reached by a ladder, and throws
the jail-yard open to the public. As a
rule the spectators are few, but some
times there may be as many as two hun
dred. They are not allowed to annoy
the men in the pillory, who never stand
there more than an hour.and who squirm
and twist with the painful monotony oi
their position. Then the prisoners to be
flogged are brought out one by one,
bared to the waist. Their arms are fast
ened to the post, and a deputy sheriff.
with a list in his hand, tells the sheriff
how many lashes are to be given. The
sheriff stands to the left, and as he
brings the lash down ea h time the de
puty counts aloud. The cat onine tails
is not luid on heavily, blood is never
drawn sufficiently to run, and the sheriffs,
as a rule, are very lenient. Nearly every
uiow oi the leather thongs makes a welt,
especially upon white men, and the
sheriff distributes the cuts over the entire
back. When twenty lashes are given,
no matter how gently luid on, the vic
tim's back is in a very tender condition
when the operation is over. The last
blow is, as a rule, the hardest, and gen
erally surprises the victim, who imagines
thut he is getting ol! easily. Black men
pay the least attention to the whipping,
and it is not an amusing thing for them
to Jump aud kick their heels, ak for a
chew of tobacco, truck a joke, or laugh
as they are led back to their cells. With
the whites it is different. They squirm
a great deal nnd frequently give vent to
emphatic declamations. The crowd of
spectators is ready to laugh ut any sem
blance oi levity upon the part or the
prisoners, and the one who has enough
grit to crack a joko after his punishment
is repaid by tho greeting of the crowd.
The last to be whipped ate the men in the
pillory, if any there be. They suffer the
most, their bucks and limbs having be
come stiffened by standing in one uosi
tioa. The Minting Sands.
A late Charleston letter Speaks of the
neglected condition of the gruves of tho
Confederate dead' who are buried on
Morris Island, near that city. For the
past twenty-three years the wind has
been steadily sweeping away the sand in
whiih the soldiers were buried, so thut
now in many cases their bones are ex
posed and bleaching iu the sun. Some
times only two or three of these gruves
are uncovered at a time, and again as
many us twenty-live or thirty will bo ex
posed. The spot where these remains
are upturned is near Vinegar Hill, in
full view of one of the bloodiest battle
ground of the YtuT.J'hiladetvhia
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HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
A New Son p.
Take eight large potatoes and three
Onions; cut them in small piecosaud boil
them in a pint of water until soft. Pass
them through a fine colander. Have
ready two quarts of skimmed milk; boil
it; add a very little powdered mace and
one piece of loaf sugar, a pinch of
cayenne and the puree of potatoes.
When all boils together, thicken the
soup with two tablespoonfuls of potato
flour or ordinary flour. Before pouring
the soup into the tureen, place in the
latter a tablespoonful of butter. Fry
some crutons in good beef dripping and
serve them with the soup, but on a sep
arate dish, Truth.
A Simple Sideboard.
A simple and inexpensive sideboard,
which does good duty and is very ap
propriate in the modestly furnished
house, is made of a plain deal table about
two-thirds the width of the ordinary
kitchen table, with a shelf ttted below.
Stain this to imitate old oak with a mix
ture of raw Sienna, burnt Sienna and
Vandyke brown thinned to the proper
consistency with sizing. Hung some
plain shelves above, either stained or
covered with felt cloth, to hold orna
mental pieces of china and glass. Lay
upon the top of the table a scarf of
butcher's linen, with knotted fringe,
and further ornamented with drawn
work or outline designs in washable
silks, and then will be had a sideboard of
which no one need be ashamed. Vrairie
Farmer.
Unique le for Broomsticks.
Broomsticks are not such useless arti
cles after all. Aside from the proverbial
Dse as a woman's weapon, the broom
stick can serve as an ornament. Three
of theso with a ho'e bored half way be
tween the ends nnd tied together, and
When left to fall into tent-shape form the
legs ol a very unique little tuole. A
square, or circular, or indeed any shaped
piece of board makes top. Now cover
this top with plush or velvet. Crazy
silk patch work used to be seen, but
this, like its friends, the bcdquilts, are
being discarded. The broomsticks are
pretty, gilded. 1 le the legs with broad
ribbon and place on the bow a bunch of
grasses or Dowers. iiroomsticks ar
ranged in this tent-like shape can be used
for a gypsy kettle or most any kind of
banging basket. Vommeraal Adcerlner.
A Delicious Sandwich.
A very delicious sandwich, for which
we are indebted to the French, is made
of puff-paste. After it is fully rolled and
folded, roll it out one-fourth inch in
thickness, and fold it evenly like a sheet
of paper. Then roll this out to nn eighth
of an inch in thickness, and about twelve
Inches in width. This sheet of paste must
be arranged in size to form a roll when
rolled up of two inches and a half in
diameter. Wet the edge to that it may
not unfold again, then press it fiat until
It is reduced to three-fourths of an inch
in thickness; then with a sharp knife cut
it off in slices one-fourth of an inch in
thick uess; lay these in the pan cut part
down, lor Lucy need room and will per
haps spread. After they are baked (lust
them well with powdered sugur and re
turn to the oven, which must be very hot
in order to melt tbo sugar, which gives a
One glaze. A salamander will glaze them
quicker than the heat of the oven, or you
may wash them over with the white of an
egg dusted with sugar. When finished
spread raspberry jam on them and fasten
two together, Theso are very delicious,
and form a tempting looking dish. Acta
York Pout.
Il'tcipea.
Jam Saite. A te.uiupful of water to
half a pot of jam; stir it and melt it on
the fire ; then strain it and pour it around
your pudding.
Chocolate Pt'Dniso. Melt one half
pound of butter and stir into it one
pound of flour, one-quarter pound sugar,
one pint of milk ancl the yolks of three
eggs. This pudding can either be
steamed or baked.
Lyn.u87-: Pototoes. Cut one pint
cold boiled potatoes into small pieces
and season them with pepper and salt;
add one tcospoonful chopped parsley;
put a tcaspoouful butter on the fire in a
saucepan; when hot add a slice of onion;
fry brown; add potatoes, and fry to a
light brown.
Piiiikk okPkap. Wash a Quart of jicas
which have been already hulled, put
them in a saucepan with three pints of
water, very little salt and pepper, half
an ounce o ham and an onion cut in
fliccs. l'oil i iitil soft, then drain off
the water and rub the peas through a
colander. Heat again on the fire, add
ing two heaping tablespoonfuls of butter
and a pinch of sugar. Serve very hot.
Si.aw lliiK'Kisn. Heat together to a
boiling point in a stowpun, a gill of
vinegar and un ounce of butter. Stir in
an egg well beaten and a gill of sweet
cream. - Season to taste aud pour over
finely chopped ca'ibage. Another way
is to mix together a g 11 of wuter and a
gill of v inegai ; thicken with half an
ounce of flour. Cook two minutes, add
an ounce of butter and season to taste.
Stkwki) I'ui'iiinii. AVash, perl and
cut into two-inch pieces, then into strips,
one pound of rhubarb. Put into a
porceiuiu-lined laucepiin, add three
quarters of a pound of granulated sugar,
cover, and boil fifteen minutes. Lift
thesaueepau from thu range and twist it
back and foit'ato prevent the rhubarb
burning or sticking to the bottom.
Turn it into nn earthen dish or bowl in
stead of metal ware.
Florida's Great Salt Water Fish.
The tarpon, the gr. at s ilt water fish
caught in Florida, is makiug its up-
peurunce in the taxulermut stores in this
city. Some of them are more than four
feet long, and weigh from 100 to -ll
pounds. Tl.cy are distinctly of the
Salmon family, and, ulthough caught
with hook and reel, cftcn busy a fisher
man for two hours before they are landed.
During the battle they are likely to carry
his bout like mud thiough the water.
They are such pretty conquests to the
fishermen thut few of them mind paying
forty or fifty dollars to have the body
of their biggest fish stuffed, varni hed.
and mounted on a great panel of plush
for exhibition in their dining rooms
Jt'rui York Unit.
A woman in New York died recently
from the etftcts of swallowing four false
teeth oa rubber plate,
THE OLD AND NEW.
Old radiant faces are t" ' t,
However good the i
The first have smiled -oou .h tent
Of many years review.
Old voices yield the richest song,
Though dark the clouds above,
Their echoing are sweet and long
With changeless notes of love.
Old lips thrill with a monotone,
Old hearts have steady beats,
Their fashioning was in th tona
Of truth, and not deceits.
Old eyes glow with a steady light
When new ones turn away,
Old hands renew their youthful might
In sorrow's darkest day.
So I will cling to friendships old,
And stand always for right.
Inconstant hearts can never hold
A solace for life's night.
Henry K. Orr, in Virginian.
HUMOR OF THE DAT.
Ancient Greece Old butter.
Musical circles Whole notes.
Butchers are great hands to "cut up.'
With the horseman, life is but a span.
An unpopular bill stickor The mos
quito. Hunger and a thrashing make many a
boy boiler.
Before arithmetic was invented people
multiplied on the face of the earth.
It is traveling tho broad road that fre
quently puts a man in a financial strait.
"In the swim" of society the codfish
aristocracy should be able to hold their
own.
No motter how high an awning may be
suspended, it is only a shado above the
street.
The snddest words pf tongue or pen
"There's too many women and not
enough men !"
In a Lcadvillo church there is this
notice: "Plcaso do not shoot the organ
ist; he is doing his best."
It is stated upon reliable authority
that the teacher with a gloss eye has at
least one refractory pupil. Tid-Bit-
Soulful Youth (languidly) "Do you
sing 'Forever and Forever?" She (prac
tically) "No, I stop for meals.'" Life.
Young Man "Will you give assent
to my marriage with your daughter,
sir?" Old Man (firmly) "No, sir; not
a cent."
Petrified human beings are vory com
mon nmong the heathen, for when they
worship an idol they generally turn to
stone. Sifting.
Can anybody explain why a bottle of
catsup, when it explodes on the table,
will sprinklo everything in the room ex
cept the meat? Chicago Iri'junt.
"Don't call me 'ducky,' John," said a
fat bride to hor husband. "It's too sug
gestive." "Why, precious?" "Boiauso
ducks always waddle, you know."
Intellectual combativeness manifests
itself in the human race very early.
Children begin to "ah, goo" before they
can fairly talk. Commercial Advertiser.
The roporter who wrote up the exhib
its at a fair and described a locomotive
mado of candied peaches as "tooty fruity"
is at present unemployed. Botton Trait
tiler. A lawyer being asked what a contin
gent fee was, suld: "If I bring a suit
for you and lote the case I get nothing;
if I win the suit you get nothing." At ie
York JViwi.
Servant- -"The mistress says, mum,
thut she is not at home. Who shall I
say cailed?'' Caller "You may say that
a lady called who didn't bring her
name." Epoch.
On a summer's morning our littlo
I.illie was walking with her aunt and
discovered a Bpidoi's .web. She was do
lighted, and exclaimed: "O, see, here is
a hummock for bugs 1" Christian Adco
cate.
"Porter, have you time to do some
thing for met" "Yes, sir; what shall
it be?" "Bring my trunk from the
depot." "Excuse mo, sir, but my
specialties are love letters aud bouquets!"
Flicgendt B'u tter.
A lady writing on kissing says that a
kiss on the forehead denotes reverence
for the intellect. She doesn't say so, but
g kiss on the back of the nock is a proof
that the young woman didn't hold still.
Norrutoten llerul I.
Charlotte (who has an income of 30,000
marks) "In (act, sir, my heart already
belongs to anothor." Karl (her persist
ent suitor) "Ah! Then he may be
easily satisfied; and as forme, I shall be
content wUh tho rest." Ilumorittiehee.
Passenger (on Western railroad!
"How long will we stop at the next sta
tion for lunch, conductor?'' Conductor
"Idunno yet. I telegraphed ahead
for a fried chicken, and if it's ready
when we get there we won't stop more'n
ten minutes." lid-Bilt.
Brown "You are looking bright and
happy this morning, Dumley." Dura
ley "Yes, I'm out ol debt at last.
Every bill I owed was outlawed yester
day. I tell you. Brown, a man feels like
a man when he is square with the
world." .rie Yorkiiuii.
I.andludy (to applicant for board)
"Have you any children uiudum?'1 Ap
plicant "No. " ' l andlady "You are
fortunate, for we never take families who
have children.'' Applicant "Have you
any children?" l.uudludy "Yes, two."
Applicant "Well, you are unfortunato,
for we never board with families who
have children." .!a York un.
"Yes, sirrco! I'm a self-made man;
and I don't wish you to forget it, Mj
Filkin a self-made man, sirl" "Ah, in
deed !" replied Filkin. "I'm really very
glad to hear it, Mr. Bjoues. Do you
know, I always thought there wassome-
tlmig amateurish about you, and i see
now why it is. I didn't like to think
that you were a product of nature."
llarfjer' Buar.
Suicide or a Itohin Kedbreost.
There was a peculiar suicide in I.uney
Purk, Elmira, N. V., the oilier morning.
A robin redbreast, deserted by its mate,
sought to drown its misery iu deuth.
Taking a long string which ho hod
picked up to put into its nest, he swung
it around a bough, then woua 1 it around
his neck aud expired. Tho body huug
in the tree all day, aud many pudettrians
gazed at it curiously. I'itUburg
paUh,