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Oiirmipondonc noiienwi rrom all Mru of the
miitiy. No nolle will b Uka of taottjmoni''
amauiudiomtiou.
Queen Victoria was recently mado a
Colonel in the German army.
Thi, is tho first time time 1870, In
New York City, that a Mayor, Governor
nil' President are to Le voted lor to
gether. A French engineer ha, conferred a
hlonnlng on all player, of stringed In
itiumenti by Inventing a peg which will
not alip.
Premier Do Giers say, that litissia is
si., no with the Bulgarian, nnd they may
io anything they please, from cutting
inch others' thronts to declaring an
empire.
I'ndcr tlio lust census of Franco (here
nerfPreported in that republic 100 per
son who wero living at tho ago of out
undi-ed years or more, and 1.1, 15 3 who
. ere more than ninety years old.
Kvory once In a while an nnti-mtis.
'iiche crusado is started somewhere in
ala country or Europo. This time tho
movement has had its revival in Eng-
mm), and a clean-shivon face is tho fash
ion iii London.
The lower classes of tho Italian pooplo
-continue to emigrate in cuormous num
' i-f?, and tho Italian Government is
u:U alarmed. The number which left
noa last year was 101,200 as against
,832 the previous year. Most of them
to South America.
1, do Blowitz, tho eccentric Pari,
respondent of tho London 77me., is
'Incd to think that the new French
is a wonderful weapon. Ho says
t it is both noiseless and smokeless
! cnds a bullet with perfect accuracy
'unco of four miles.
American who lived in Frnnce for
- card and saw many rows and rue
S says that Frenchmen who don't
duels always pull hair or kick each
shins. He used to fairly reho to
0 somo one strike out from the
dder and score a clean knock-down,
wa, never gratified.
said that there oro between fifteen
ej and two thousand women in
Northwest who are interested in
1 and atock property. Many
;oiedgo thoT brands over their
i names, while others are interested
iiock running under other names and
Ahich they aro silent partners.
i'!.o natives of tho Arctic regions havo
nbaroua, but effective way of dealing
,i the wolves which are a pest tlie'o.
p blados are stuck in tho ice and
i'd. The meat freezes, anjl in thaw
. out with his tonguo the blade cuts
tongue, ultimately preventing the
t from licking tho snow, and thirst
'y kills tho animal.
ccording to the Investigations of Mr.
win Chadwick, the statistician, the
ago life of the Knglish geutry is 51)
is, of the tdiop-kccping class 27 years,
i of tho wngoworkers 2!1 year,. Out
every 100 of tho children of the shop
pers 38 dio under that age, while no
s than 48 in every 100, nearly one
.;r, of tho children of wageworkers
have tho good habit of
u college. It is said, as to the
learned nations, that iu this country ono
i-jaan in every 200 takes a collcgo educa
tion; in Germany one in every 2 1 :t ; In
England one in every 500, and in Scot
land one in every 000. Tho grado of
general intelligence is higher in the
United Statos than iu any other country
on the globe.'
Philadelphia is greatly alarmed over
tlie decline iu its grain shipments. Very
little whoat or corn hns been shipped on
foreign account during this year, and it
J-3as if tho latter half of 1888 would
jCduller than in the first six months.
The decline in wheat alone is over 4,
000,000 bushels, and corn about 1,500,
000 bushels, as. compared with a corre
sponding period In 18S7.
-
It may surprise some, people, says the
New York Vrap'iL; to learn that Cap
tain Kidihsyas never legally charged with
piracy, aud that after being held in
prison for over two years ho was tried
and convictod of killing a mutinoui
tailor. If ho ever committed one single
act of piiacy the law was not able to
bring forward proof of it. We are glad
to make this correction in favor of Capt.
Kidd, though it comes a little late.
Several of the most eminent architects
ih the country have been invited by the
trustees !T the proposed now Protestant
Episcopal Cathedral, of New York' city,
to submit plans for un cdilico which
thill be the largest, costliest and most
enduring church structure in this coun
try. The name of the new cathedral
will be St. John the Divine. Land ha
already been purchased for it above
1 ighteenth street, near tho Hudson
1 ivur. It is proposed to have the build
ing face south and run back to a depth
of ubout 400 feet. No inrlammablo ma
terial will bo' used in its construction.
Tho exterior will be of marble or granite.
All plans and drawings must be submit
ted to the trustees on or before tho l."tb
f next December.
IN A DREAM,
Tho old farmhouse, I see it ngnln:
In ita low, dark eaves, the twittering wren
Is nested as long ago;
And I breathe once more the south wincrs
bnlm.
And sit and watch, In tho twiligltfs ralin,
That bat flit to and fro.
The hito cows lie at the pasture bars,
And thn dairy, cool, with its tins and jars,
Is stored with curds and cream;
Thnre's someltoily putting tho things to right,
And through the window I me the light
From tho tallow candle gleam.
The gardru Is rich with its old-time bloom,
And I catch, In fancy, the faint perfume
Of blitsvoins dank with dew;
And over it all is the starlit dome.
And round about it, the peace of home
How It all comes back to vicwl
The nigtit wind stirs In elm an 1 oak,
And up from tho pond comes the breezy
croak
Of the bull frog's rich bas-soon;
And I catch tho gloam, as over the brink
There peeps with a tremulous, shivering
blink,
The rim of a creicent moon.
Hall cntiies back from the dusk of time,
With tho mournful cadence and awoll of
rhyme
That Is half remembered, still
Like a measure from some forgotten strain,
lhathauntiugly comes and flees again,
And under a duty, twilight sky,
It, mingling, floats with the plaintive cry
Of tho desolate whlppoorwill.
Ilollia H". Fieltl, in Detroit Free Press.
A SUCCESSFUL RUSE.
HY HELEN rolMMiST OltAVES.
'Tleaso, sir," said old Zeruiuh, tho
housekeeper, "there's a man up in the
plum-trod"
"I'p in tho plum-tree?" repeated Mr.
Brown. And what's he doing up in the
plum tree I It ain't tho time o' year for
ripe plums."
'No," said Zeruiah, giving tho frying-pan
that she was cleaning an extra
scrape with the knife, " 'tain't timo o'
year for plums to be ripe. Hut it's al
ways time o'year lor young men to make
foolsof themselves and the third branch
of that'ar plum-tree is on a lino with the
wintlow of Arabella Arden's room."
"Kill" said .Mr. lirown, dropping his
newspaper and opening his eyes very
wide. .
"As true ns you live, sir," said Zeruiah.
"Hut that was precisely what my
brother sent her down hero for," said
Mr. ltrown, contracting his bald fore
hoad into innumerable wrinkles. "To
keep her out of Hubert Wynton's way!"
"Humph!" said cruiah. "The world
is wido - but it ain't wide enough to
keep two fools mrt."
"i'p tho plunArec, is he?'' said Mr.
Drown, with n sardonic- smile. "What
sort of a looking fellow is ho, Zeruiah?"
"Will," answered the old woman, still
holding tho frying-pan a, Minerva of old
miht have held her shield, "the leaves
is thick, aud my sight nin't what it once
was; but he's got light-colored clothes
on, as was never cut in liean Hollow;
and his hat, thnt lays out on the grass,
has got a city maker's name in it."
"Good!" nodded .Mr. Brown. "You
ought to havo been a detective, Uucy.
They would givo you good wages, I'll
bet a big apple. Where is the hatf"
"1 lining it in and put it on the hall
table," answered eru ali.
"Very well. Go out and chain Cics,r
under the plum-tree. Give him a good
length of chai ', Kuey. Then come ba k
and move all Arabella's things into the
west bedroom. I'll tako tho end room
myself. If there's any serenading, or
poetry-reciting, or anything of that sort,
I'll havo tho benefit of it myself."
A slow smile broke out over Zenii all's
woodon faco.
"Hut what'll you tell her t" said she.
"Tell her? Why that the end room is
a better aspect for my rheumatism," said
Mr. lirown, chuckling. "And mike
haste, or she'll bo back from Widow
Peet's. Kvcrything must be moved be
fore she returns. . And pull the shade
down, so the city chap won't suspicion
what we're up to."
Olf trudged Zeruiah, who, in spite of
her having first seeu the light on the rag
ged coasts of Maine, was at heart a truo
Spanish dttonna, and took a grim delight
in frustrating tho inteuts of Cupid.
Bella Ardun was young and pretty.
Bella had dared to ridicule her old fa-h-ioned
ideas. Bella had nicknamed her
"Medusa,'' and though Zeruiah had not
the least idea who ".Medusa" was, sho
dimly suspected that it was no compli
mentary term. Aud therefoto Zeruiah
was not sorry to seo the pretty Boston
girl "come up with," as she phrased it.
"Why, I'nclo lirown," cried Bella,
when she came in, with her fair hair
blown about her face, and her cheeks
reddened by her btisk walk across hill
and hollow "why have you changed my
room?"
"Well, you sec, my dear," said Mr.
Brown, craftily, "I've an idee that the
cast room will suit my rheumatism bet
ter. You don't mindf"
"Oh, not in the least!" said Bella,
cheerfully. "And I'll go right to work
aud arrange the things that that cros
old Zeruiah has flung ubout so recklessly.
Oh; by-the-way, uncle, there was no let
ters for me, 1 suppose;" as she glanced
at the weekly paper lying unfolded on
the tab'e. "For 1 seo they've brought
the mail."
"No, my dear, said Mr. Brown, no
letters."
Aud the cows came, with tinkling
bells, homo from the fern scented pas
tilles, and the sun sank behind the
maple swamps, and the purple dimness
of twilight begau to brood over all
things, aud still Hubert Wyntou,
prisoned up among the tossing plum
boughs, waited iu vaiu for some prospect
of his release.
"Confound these good people!" said
he to himself. "What on earth have
they chained that savage beast here for
just no(t1 And I believe I must have
mude a mistake that is not Bella's room
at all. A stout old man has sat there,
reading the paper, all the afternoon, and
1 haven't dared to stir, for fear of being
shot for a burglar. I've seeu the darling
once or twice picking flowers in. the
garden, and bringing water from the
spring, but I haven't ventured to call to
her, for fear of betraying my hiding
place. Shades of Kpicui us! how good
that frying chit ken smells Coffee, too!
X'd give a kind's rauson) (or a cup of it ("
Poor Hubert! !Io could not stir for
fenr of rousing C:i sar's dcep,low-pit( hod
bark and compromising himself and
Hella, but he grew etilTcr and more
crnmped with every second of his en
forced vigil.
"They n.n:l take the dog to hi, ken
nel before long," bo thought, as the dew
suffused the air with moisture and tho
night-birds began to wheel about tho
luxuriant brandies of the old tree.
But presently cniiiih tame out with
a tin pan of water and a platter of bones
to break Cnsar's fast.
"Is it all right, Buey?" said Mr.
Hrown, in a sort of stage-whisper, from
the kit hen door.
"All right, sir!" Zeruiah answered.
And then, in a lightning-flash, a, it
wore, Hubert comprehended it all.
He was entrapped. That wcazen
faccd old woman anil the malicious eld
erly uncle of his bclovc 1 wero in league
to be his jailers. He whistled softly
to himself.
Casar, from below, left of crunching
his bones, and uttered a deep, thunder
ous growl at the sound. From tho dis
tance, the echo of voices reached him
careless laughter and stray sentence? hero
and there.
"It's Helton nnd Hnlph Weir, coming
back to the inn after t heir day's shoot
ing," he thought. "If I could only get
word to them!"
Ho tore a leaf from his pocket-book,
scribbled a line or two on it as well a,
he could in the uncertain dusk, nnd
wrapping it around his watch, Hung it
a, far a, his aim could reach toward the
swamp.
"Matters are getting serious," ho said
to himself.
But the missivo had not been without
its use.
"Hello!" said Weir; "a shooting
star."
"A white biid!" exclaimed Belton,
checking hislong, swinging stride. "No
it isn't, either it's n watch with a let
ter wrapped nround it."
And then, in the swampy fastnesses,
by the light of a few matches, they de
ciphered tho cry for aid which had come
from the plum tree.
"Wucw-w-w!" said Weir. "Let's go
and Khoot the dog."
"Let's do nothing of the sort," said
Helton. "What would we or poor old
Wynton, either gain by declaring di
re t war in that sort of way? Let's be
polite, or nothing."
And ho tired his rifle three times in the
nir, a sort of signal recognition of his
prisoned friend.
"What's that:" said Mr. Brown, who
wa, computing tho interest on a promis
sory noto at the sitting-room table by the
light of a kerosene lamp.
"I dunno," said Hue, "unless it's Dea
con Hall shootiu' wcase's iu his hen
roost." "Oh, I'ncle Brown," cried Bella, with
clasped hands. "I hope there are no
burglars around."
"Never heard of audi n thing iu all
Bean Hollow, my dear," said the old
man.
In the dead of that same night, how
ever, two masked men appeared mysteri
ously in Mr. Brown's bedroom.
"Your money or your life," said ono.
"Miscr.unhand your treasures !" shout
ed the other.
Old Mr. Brown lay quaking there,
quite helpless, when, in an instant, a
lithe form sprang through tho open win
dow, balancing itself a second on the
sill, and then hastened to tho rescue.
A brief struggled ensued; but at last
the masked burglars fled precipitately.
Casar barking wildly at them, and
straining his chain to the utmost, in his
cllorts to wreak his vengeance upon
them.
"Young fellow," cried tho old man,
scrambling out of bed, "you've saved
my life, besides the government coupons
that were under my pillow. What can I
do to reward you!"
He was very pale and trembled vio
lently. ,
"I'd like something to eat, if you
please, sir," said Wynton. "To tell you
the truth, I've just come out of the plum
tree."
"Yes, I know," said Brown, recover
ing himself a little. "You're the fellow
that is iu love with our Bella, ain't
you:"
"I don't deny it, sir," said Wynton,
boldly.
"Well, -you deserve her," said Mr.
Brown; "nnd you shall havo her. It was
I that ordered the dog chained up to the
plum tree. I meant to balk you if I
could, but 1'vo changed my mind. I
should have been a dead man, young
fellow, if it hadn't been for you. Coma
right down stairs this moment. Noth
ing in this hoiiBO is too good for you !"
And he wrunt Wynton's hand until it
seemed us if it wcro grasped in an iron
vise.
A strange midnight collation it was
the coffee and cold fowl, the biscuit,
and tongue, eaten with Bella nestling
close at his side, aud Mr. Brown heaping
all sorts of indiscriminate dainties upon
liia plate, while old Zeruiah's face glow
ered out of tho darkness of tho kite hen,
like a badly-lighted polyopticou. But a
happy one yes, a very happy ono.
The constabulary force of Bean Hol
low were promptly notified tho next
morning, and a search instituted; but to
no avail. Nothing was ever heard of
the two masked burglars.
But when Mr. Wynton came back to
the Hcan Hollow Inn, the following day,
to order his portmanteau removed to the
Brown farm-house, nnd bid his late col
leagues adieu, he wrung Helton's hand
alternately with that of Weir.
"I don't know how I can ever thank
you, boys," said he. "Not for the res
cue from a rather sorry plight brute
force could have dote that with n blow
on the dog's head but for the tuanurr
of it. I'm a great man now in old
lirowu's estimation, nnd Bella thinks I
am a hero. And it's all owinu to you."
"Oh, don't mention it, old fallow !"
said Weir. "How did you like me as a
first-class ruffian :"
"Hy-the-way," added Belton, "I've
burned the masks. Circumstantial evi
dence, you know. They might get us
into tronble."
"You'll invite us to the wedding, of
course." queried Weir.
"Oh, yes ." said Wynton, beaminsly.
"Aud I may kiss the bride.'" asked
Belton.
"Of course you may!" said Wynton.
And Belton observed, thoughtfully,
that he considered that reward enough
for any man. StUur&ty NiijUt.
The man who knows everybody know
law inuuu.
SELECT SIFTINUS.
A palm is threo inchc.
A span is ten and seven-eight, inchc,.
Dnvid Ober, of White Oak. Fcuu.,ha,
had a lead pencil forty years.
The crown nnd regalia of Kngland wero
pledged to the city of London by Hich
rd II. for (10,000.
The German nnd French government,
in the war of 1871 held to their agree
ment to employ no privateer,.
A vegetarian hotel is an innovation in
London There nre already thirty vege
tarian restaurants in thnt city.
Tho custom of going bare headed ono
day intho week (on the "Sabbath," or
Saturday) is observed by tho Mingrclians.
Bccently a disgusted Oshkosh, Wis.,
juryman offered to pay tho sum in dis
pute if the claimant would dismiss the
case.
liven so celebrated a general nnd old a
soldier a, tho Duke of Wellington felt
it necessary to light a duel as lata as
182!'.
Paradise, by Tintoretto, is the largest
painting in the world. It is 81 feet wide,
8;iJ feet high, nnd is now in the Doge's
Palace, Venice.
"Hoodlum" come, from the German
huddler, meaning a loafer, or idler; so
"bummer" from the German buinmlcr,
a word of similar import.
Within a twelvemonth four person,
have been killed outright and a fifth
badly crippled nt very near the same
spot in tho freight yard at Amcricus,
Georgia.
Cooks of old were considered a sacred
race; even their finger, were consecrated
to tho deities. The thumb was devoted
to Venus, the index finger to .Mars, tho
middle finger to Saturn, tho next to tho
sun and tho little one to Mercury.
Henry Cnry, of Key West, Fla., ho, a
novel shaped potato. Standing at a dis
tance of six or seven feet one could not
tell it from a wild duck whh h had been
deprived of its body feathers, and to
make the delusion moro perfect he had
inserted a few tail feathers.
A traveler at St. Clnirsvillo, Ga., out
of curiosity visited the court house, and
was almost horrified to find his only sis
ter the defendant in a murder trial going
on at the time. She had mysteriously
disappeared from home years before and
her whereabouts wero unknown to her
people.
Jacob Ilibshman, an unmarried man,
aged forty-tive years, residing near Lan
caster, Penn., died of blood poisoning
tho other afternoon. Four weeks be
fore, while cutting feed for his stock, h:s
right hand was pierced by a sharp frag
ment of hay, and that scratch caused his
death.
An immense pipo of baked clay, that
probably belonged to somo distinguished
mouud-builders of prehistoric days, was
recently dug up near Purdy, Tenu. It
weighs four nnd one-half pounds, and is
in the shape of nn eagle, the bowl rest
ing on the eagle's back, and measures
nine inches in length.
Jim Blevins, living near White Bock,
Texas, killed a very large chicken snake
a few days ago, nnd noticing the snake's
body was unusually inrgo and ill-shaped,
made an incision nnd fcund it to contain
n large cow horn and in the horn a
prairie rat. It is supposed that the snake
chased the rat into the horn, ana to se
cure the rat swallowed the hoin.
In the National Library at Paris there
is a Spanish globe o.jO year, old, on
which the Congo follows in a rcmarkn
ble manner the course now given to that
river on tho maps. All the best maps in
the sixteenth century showed the Congo
as rising in a lake fur inland, while in
this century we first tried to identify
the Congo with the'Niger, and then for
many years made it flow north.
Poison for some animals is food for
others. Hos can cat henbane or
hyocynmus, which is fatal to (logs and
most other nniumls. Dog, nnd horses
are not easily poisoned with arsenic.
Coats eat water hemlock with impunity;
pheasants, stramonium; rabbits, bella
donna; and morphia is said to be innocu
ous to pigeons. There is some truth in
tho old saying that "What is one man's
meat is another man's poison." This is
due to habits and idiosyncracies.
Ironclad Overland Craft.
Perhaps tho onfy solid iron box car in
tho Southern States to-day is now in use
regularly on the Nashville, Chattanooga
nnd St. Louis Hailroad. It was built by
tho Cnitcd States Government more than
twenty years ago, mid, judging from
present appearances, it will be used for
tweuty years moro.
This relic is constructed of heavy
boiler iron, with doors of the samo ma
terial, tnd was used to transport powder
aud ammunition along the lino of road
between Nashville and the South, to the
Federal troops aud stations. It afforded
perfect safety to its contents from those
terrors, the Tennessee bush-whackers,
who would be along the side of the track
and fire upon occupants of every train.
Their bullets fell liut nilcssjy from the
sides of the ironclad, so for four long
years of strife and bloodshed this old
traveling muguzino would jog along
calmly aud serenely through the thickest
of tho fight, perfectly indifferent to all
attacks that wero made upon it. After
following the armyall over tho South,
and fulfilling its important mission, at
the closo of the war it was sold to the
present owners. It was used by them as
a baggage car on the Shelbyville branch
for about fifteen years. It is, perhaps,
the only relic of the kind in the country,
and, its veteran fiiends say, iu token of
past services, should be bought by the
Government and pluccd iu tho National
Museum, where, doubtless, it would be
a very attractive feature. SuthcilU
(ZVni.) Anurian.
A Montenegrin Dunce.
The Montenegrin dance is curious
graceful it is uot; but one can not help
being struck by tho wonderful activity
ami suppleness of limb displayed by the
dancers. A ring is formed aud a man
and woman begin to dance ly springing
as high as they can iu the air, with the
arms raised above the head. After a few
bounds they change sides with a prodi
gious spring, twisting around in the air
as they pas. A couple wdl dance for a
minute or so, and wheu exhausted be
succeeded by another couple, and so ou.
The dance is unaccompanied by any sort
of music, not even by that primitive and
doleful raonochord instrument, the
"guzia." A'f. Jam Quette.
EARLY CALIFORNIA DAYS,
THE FLUSH TIMES AFTER GOLD
WAS DISCOVERED.
KgK at. Eighteen Dollar, a Dozen
Osctllallna Prior) Gambling
and Drinking In San I'rnnclsco.
Tho following article is from the New
York Suu's review of Mr. Hubert Howe
Bancroft's new book, entitled: "Cali
fornia Inter-l'ocula." I
It seems that "during the flush time,,
although credit, were freely given, debts
ssa rule were promptly paid. Business
wus clone upon honor. lliere wa, no
law; at a distance from tho larger
town, there wa, no legal machinery for
the collection of debt"." Tho uns'end
iness of prices in the day, when tho dif
ficulty lay, not in selling food staples,
but in procuring them at all, i, illus
trated by too following incident: "One
day George Kggleston stood behind a
box of fine fresh eggs talking with Bob
Parker, from whom he rented his stand,
when n customer came up : 'How much
arc eggs?' 'Six dollars.' 'What, nbox?'
No, a dozen.' 'Givo me a dozen.'
Something in the transaction
struck Peter as ludicrous, and
tho plot of a joke arose in his mind.
'Ccorgo,' said he, when the customer had
gone, 'yon will never make onything if
you don't keep better posted in prie s.'
'How so?' demanded Kggleston. 'Why,
here you are selling eggs at $') a dozen,
when the regular price everywhere is
$18.' 'But I know where I can get nil I
want nt $3,' said Kggleston. 'That's it,'
replied Parker, 'you haven't the business
sense that tells a mau hr-w to make the
most of his opportunities. Pretty soon
another customer came up and asked the
Iirice of tho commodity. 'Well,' replied
Cgglestou,. somewhat slowly and de
murely, 'eggs are a little up this morn
ing; those nre $18 a dozen.' All right,'
was tho rejoinder, 'I'll tako two do.en,'
and luid down $:'.G ungrudgingly." Mr.
Bancroft mention, another imtance
where a man had rccchcd 1500 do.cn
egg, by a coasting schooner, and sold the
wholeconsigmcnt for 37 J cents a dozen.
Observing that the purchaser legan to
sell them at $4.50 a dozen, tha original
salesman bought them all back at that
price, took them to Sacramento, nnd sold
them at $o a dozen. Let us cite two
other examples of oscillation in prices.
Once, when tobacco was down, a man
desirous of building a house on soft
ground tumbled in enough boxes of to
bacco to make a foundation. Before the
house was completed tobacco commanded
$1 per pound, and the sunken boxes
were worth a dozen such buildings. An
other San Franciscan, wanting to lay a
crosswulk over made ground, ihrcw in
sacks of beans, which soon alter were
worth thirty cents a pound.
Gambling, of course, wa, rampant and
defiant in those early years, una 31 r.
Bancroft tills a chapter with recollections
.of it. "In 1850 on two sides of the Plaza
were brick buildings devoted almost ex
clusively to gambling. There were tho
El Dorado, the Bella Union, the lien
dezvous, the Kmpire, the Parker Houso
and the Verandah. Here large halls
were fitted up, some of them by com
panies formed in France, with Oriental
splendor. In one the ceiling, rich in
fre-co and gilt, wu, supported by glass
pillars, pendant from which were great
glass chandeliers. Around the walls
were large paintings of nudo female fig
ures, and mirrows extending from floor
to ceiling. Entering nt night from the
unlighted street into an immense room
glowing with dazzling brilliance, and
lo id with the mingled sound of musical
instruments, the chink of coin and
glasses, and the hum of human voices,
was like passing from the dark depths to
celestial brightness." Some of the
saloons were open day and night nnd
brought iu enormous rents; six thousand
dollar, a month wa, paid for the Kl
Dorado. Noth ng but gold coin was
issued, and the stakes ran into the hun
dreds and thousands. A bet of aay uiu
less than five dollars wa, regarded its
contemptible. Cue assertion made by
the author in regard to these places
will be read with some surprise, namely,
that "from 1S4K to 1852 gambling was
followed in San Francis o as a legiti
mate business, and thcre.was no disgrace
nttached to the profession. Among the
dealers of gambling games at that time
wcro some of the most influential citi
zens." Among the many anecdotes of
the public gambling era recounted in
this volume wc reproduce the following,
premising that it was the custom to allow
a miner to lay upon the tablo a bag ot
gold dust or Mexican dollars, and wager
tho estimated value of tho contents.
"One night a Mexican with his face bail
concealed in nn old scrape entered the
Kl Dorado, and, edging his way through
the crowd, stopped belore amonte table.
After following the game lor a thort
time he drew forth an old linen bag ol
coin, supposed of course to be silver
dollars, and placing it upon a card and
leaning over tho board, watched the
dealer's fingers with breathless anxiety.
The Me.xi:uu won; the dealer, with in
difference, pulled the bag over to him,
untied the string, and emptied out the
contents. His lace turned white us a
sheet, his customary coolness deserting
him, for out of tho bag had rolled, not
silver dollars, as every one expected, but
golden doubloons, more than enough tc
break the bank. The gambler, however,
borrowed w hat lie lacked from his neigh
bors and paid the .Mexican, who with
drew as quietly as he had entered."
If gambling was common und undis
guised, liquor drinking was uliin st uni
versal. In 1853 there wero in San Fran
cisco 537 places whero liquor was dis
pensed, "in the larger saloons tobaccc
aud cigars were sold from a stand fitted
up in one comer, and an elaborate
luncheon was set out on a table once oi
twice a day, from which he who bought
a drink might partake without extra
charge. This free lunch, as it was
called, at first consisted of only crackers
and cheese, but competition gradually
enlarged the ideas of saloon proprietors
until finally it grew ii.to a sumptuous
rcpa-t of soup, fish, roast meats, aud
bido dishes. At these places (for exam
ple, at the 'Bank Kxiltange' on Mont
gomery street', one could obtain in addi
tion to a drink, which cost twenty-live
cents, a dinner which elsewhere would
cost twice or thrice that sum." It is
also to be noted thnt at such pluces
while "two bits" or twenty-five cents,
would I e demanded for a mug of lagei
beer, the same sum would procure
glass of chambertin, of imported cham
pagne, or sparkling moselle,
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
To Rweetcn n Talntrd Hafrel.
A tainted meal barrel may be best
sweetened by charring it. It may be
cured by slaking some lime iu it and
then well wnshlng it, but it i, easier to
char it. Put a small quantity of dry
shaving, in the barrel nnd set them on
fire nnd let them burn out. 1 ho barrel
may then be swept out or washed and
used again at once. If lime is used, put
a peck of it freshly burned into the bar
rel, anil pour a pailful of warm water
on it. When it is slaked down add
boiling water until it i, thin enough to
stir round with a broom, nnd thorough
ly rinso tho barrel several times during
two day,. Then wash it clean with
fresh water.
Keeping Sweet Corn.
This easy way of keeping sweet corn,
recommended by the New ) ork Tri une,
enn be readily tried: When the corn i,
not too old cut it from the cob and put
into a stone jar with one-eighth measure
of salt, or more it cannot bo made too
salt. Cover and weigh. It must always
be covered with brine. But a lady found
that even her cow wouldn't cat corn thus
treated. But later sho learned that after
being drained out of tho brine it must
be put at once into plenty of boiling
wnter, boiled ten minutes, then drained
nnd put into fresh water for a short
time, repeating this the third time,
when it is excellent seasoned with but
ter, pepper and milk or cream, with a
spoonful of sugar to each quart of corn.
Just scald this and then serve.
Lunch Dishes.
Lunche, nre less formal gatherings
than parties, receptions, and the like,
says a lady correspondent of the Prairie
partner, nnd tho refreshments are usual
ly much simpler. Being generally given
in the middle of the day when the ma-
i'ority of the gentlemen are cngnged in
nisiness, ladies constitute the principal
attendants. Hut, are worn or not as
preferred. Somo only serve chocolate
or coffee with wafers, oat meal or other
thin crackers, cither with or without
cake, and ice cream. A little more
elaborate lunch includes with coffee and
chocolate, thin sandwiches, or thin slice,
of bread and butter, sliced chicken,
boned turkey, or somo otlicr nico cold
meat, and some kind of salad, as shrimp,
lobster or chicken salad. After tho
plates are removed, if in the berry sea
son, icecream and cake with berries are
served. No doubt in other localities
ditlcrent customs prevail, but tho idea of
the lunch is not so much to bring friend,
together for tho display or toothsomo
dishes, a, for the interchange of friendly
greeting, and the renewal of pleasant
friendships.
Protection of Clothing from Mot ha.
It is doubtful if there isuny known re.
liable, and unobjectionable means of pio-
tccting clothing from the moth, except
ing that of tightly inclosing it in some
material not subject to the ravage, of
this insect. A correspondent of the
Muii'iacturer ana IS alder writes:
have hnd clothing badly moth-eaten
while kept In a bureau made wholly of
red cedar, but havo never known the
moth to enter a tighly tied snck of cot
ton cloth. For the preservation of an
overcoat, for example, through the sum
mer, the following is recommended:
Take a piece of unbleached cotton sheet
ing, 45 inches wide nnd about 10 inches
longer than the coat; fold lengthwiso
ami sew tho side and one end, thus form
ing a sack ten inches longer than the
coat and 22 inches in width. Thor
oughly brush the coat, and hung it up
by a stout cord six or eight inches
length, passed through the usual tape on
the inside of the collar. line thus sus
pcuded draw the sack upward over the
coat, gather the upper end of the coat
closely around the suspending cord, and
tie tightly with another cord. Let the
coat hung until needed for use. Wheu
taken out it will be found free not only
finmthe ravages of the moth, but from
dust und wrinkles also."
Ilectpea.
Phixcks, Potatoes. Form cold
mashed potatoes into balls, brush them
with melted butter, thou with beutcn
egg, nnd place them in a baking pan.
Bake in a very hot oven until a golden
brown.
Chicken Pie. Joint aud boil until
nearly done, and season with salt and
pepper, make a dough with flour, baking
powder and butter as if for biscuit, roll
out about an inch thick, cut into squares
two inches in size, and drop them into
the pot while boiling, keeping the pot
covered until done, which will bo in
twenty or thirty minutes; keep a kettle
of boiling wnter to pour some iu as the
wuter boils away.
Siji ARii.--Summer squashes are good
only when young, fresh and tender.
Wash aud cut into quarters or small
pieces. The skins anil seeds need not
be removed. Cook iu boiling, suited
water twenty minutes, or until tender.
Place the squash in a strainer cloth and
mash until smooth; then squeeze the
cloih until the squash is dry. Add a little
cream or butter, salt and pepper nnd heat
again beforo serving.
KiiciiAitii J am. Cut the Ithiiuurb into
pieces about an inch long (not peeled i,
put three-quarters of a pound of powdered
sugar to every pound of rhubaib aud
leave till morning, pour tho syrup from
it und boil till it thickens, then add the
rhubarb and boil gently a qtiurter of un
hour; tie down with tissue paper dipped
iu white of egg. It will keep good for
a year aud is excellent. If tho flavor of
ginger is liked, you can boil some ginger
root in a muslin bag along with the
syrup.
The Time of Think inf.
The time of thinking has been esti
mated, with some interesting results:
It takes about one tenth second to sec a
color, one-seventh second to seo a word.
It takes longer to see some letters and
words than others. A word can be named
iu one-ninth second, wkereas one-third
second is needed to name a color. It
takes about two-fifths second to call to
mind the county in which a well-known
town is situated; oue-half second tosaj
which of two eminent men is thought
to be the greater. Those used to reck
oning can add two to three in less time
than others; those familiar with litera
ture can remember more quickly than
other, that Shakespeare wrote ' Ham-let."
MONOSYLLABLES.
Mine be the force of words that fax the
tongue
But once to speak them full and round and
clear.
They suit the speech or song and suit tha
ear,
Like bells that give one tone when they are
rung:
Or bird notes on the nir, like raindrop flung,
Thnt pour their joy for all who pause to
hear.
Their short, quick chords th dull sense
charm and cheer,
That tires and shrinks from words to great
length strung.
Strong words, of old, tha right to the
brain
And hit the heart a, soon ore brief and
terse.
Who finds them now, and fits them to his
sling,
Smooth stones from brooks of English are
his gain,
Which shall make strong his thought in
prose or verse,
Wills he with scribes to write or bards to
sing.
Harper's Magazine.
HLMOtt OF T1IE DAT.
A woman who always makes tho train
The dressmaker.
If all things are well that end well,
how about the hornet?
"No," snid the butter ball; "these are
not hard time with me."
Always "at par:" Ma, when pa stays
out too late at iho lodge.
A silent partner is nil right when ho
doesn"; want to have the whole say.
When yo;i lend anybody your fan, you
give them a sort of palm leaf to use it.
Some men are good because goodness
pays best, and then, again, some arc good
for nothing.
It is difficult for a sailor to make a
tiller of the soil. Ho can make it of
wood, though.
Mrs. Bernard Becre, the eminent
actress, is coining to America, but not in
a schooner, as has been alleged.
It is alack of artistic taste and feeling
that prompt, an old man with red
whiskers to wear a jet-black wig.
If one's creditor, nro adamant, sum
mer ought to bo a good time to ask fa
vors, for nil are in a melting mood.
"Yes, sir, I've walked where formerly
I rode, and I've saved enough money by
the opcrntion to have my shoes resoled."
3e i'mk AVir.
Mrs. Jenks (at dinner) "Would you
like some of this oyster-plant, Mr. Primf"
Prim "No, thauk you; I'm a strict
vegetarian." Life.
Some one has asked: "Where do flies
go in wiuter?" We don't know, but wo
wish they would go thero in summer.
JJiiltim-ire American.
Blobson "Don't you think that
Dompsey rather plays the fool?" Popin
jny t'So, sir; 1 think that ho works at
tho job." Uurling'OH Fne Press.
I Street Lady "Will you spend the
summer in Washington, Mrs. Uardup I"
Mrs. II. "I suppose so. It's all I've
got tospend."- Was'tinyton Critic.
Customer (getting his hair cut)
"Didn't you nip oil a piece of the ear
then?" Barber (reassuringly) "Yes,
sir, a small piece, but not 'nough to af
fect the heariu', sir." Sitting:
A Lucid Explanation: Teacher (to
class) "In this stanza what is meant by
the line, 'The shades of night were JH
ing fast ?' " Bright Scholar "The peo
ple were pulling down the blinds."
Maude (beforo tie laughing hyena's
cage) " How mean! II.;re we've been
twenty minutes and the hyena hasn't
laughed once!" Ella "Strange.and he's
been eyeing your newhnt, too!" 1'iine.
"Talk of mothers-in-law and sons-in-law
not agieeing," remarked Tituiarsh.
"My mother-in-law and I agree. She
says I ought not to have married her
daughter, und I coincide with her."
Mercury.
"This butter is really offensive to the
smell," observed the two-dollar-and-a-half
boarder. "Well, what's that got to
do with it;" remarked the landlady.
"Sensible folks eat butter and don't
smell it."
Bishop (on hi, semi-annual round)
"And do you remember mo Bobby?"
Bobby "Oh, yos, sir; youare the gentle
man ma scolded pa about because you
smoked In tho parlor aud nearly ruined
the curtains." h'ioch.
A little girl in Lewiston, Me., who
was ill tho other evening, called her
mother to her bedside and taid piteously;
"Mamma, I am awful sick; 1 just swal
lowed upward," aud her mamma sympa
thized xvith her. yew Yrk AVim.
Agent "Madam, cau't you induce
your husband to take out a life insurance
policy for if U', 000 in your benefit?"
Madam " I'll try; but I have my doubts
about the benefits. John's got the con
stitution of an ox." Harper s llaz.iar.
Thero wa, a tramp, a graceless scamp,
of cheek he hud a lot; ho stole each
meal, and once did squeal: "A cucum
ber I've got !" But in the night he woke
in flight nnd anguish sad to see; ho
roared iv pain, then did exclaim: "That
cucumber's got me!"
She wanted to tako lessons in archery,
but was very, very vcrdent. "Have you
abow and quiver: " nkcd the teacher.
"Ye ye yes," sho hesitated, " I have
a beau, but I haven't a quiver any more.
He's been coming for two mouths now,
aud I'm used to it." Wan'tti ij'v.i I'WtV.
Down in Marblehead haibor the other
r?ay "the fleet lay moored." A couple of
old fishermen were sculling about and
chanced to look up just iu time to spell
out the gold letters ou the stern of one of
the yachts: " P s-y-c-h e ! Well, if
that aiu't lite funniest way to spell fish."
Jfi-oa II, raid.
" At an agricultural meeting the other
llay 'The Best way to Keep Oirls on the
1 arm' was discussed. .No conclusion
was reached, but we think a barit wiro
fence six feet high, minus gates, Mir
rouuding the farm, would solve tho prob
lem. A boy taki s his life in his hand
when he attempts to craw l over or under
or through a barbed wire fence, and ho
doesn't wear a bustle, either. yorrie
tvitn 11 raid.
Flowets, wrote Goethe, are the beau
tiful hieroglyphics of nature, with w hich
she iudicates how much i-he loves us