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KYORHS.
BT EDWIS E. CORBIOA.
The antnmn leaves are fallen
AH withertS tc the ground.
The summer" golden light ia put,
And all eeema daik around :
Yet though tbe sunshine's faded.
And eeasona qnickly flee
I'll not forget the amile of her
Who's all the world to me! '
Or like a lovely poem
We loog to hear onoe more.
Like tbe sound of moonlit waters,
Breskiug on tbe ehore :
' Tiiongb pant and gone those happy hours
We never more shall see.
Fond mem'rj still recalls her Toice
Who's all the world to me! .
Though worldly forms divide us.
Though time and distance part,
111 hold her well-loved image
. Deep treasured in my heart :
Aud wbereeoe'r I wander.
Still thought and fancy free
I'll pray that Heaven may guard her steps,
Who'e all tbe world to me !
My Flirtation.
BY A MARKIKD WOMAN.
I hail plenty of beaux wbeu I was
young, ana liketf that very well. How
ever, I Lad heart enough at bottom.
and when Steven Lashley asked me to
marry him, in the end I consented,
though I kept Lim la suspense along at
first.
Neither Steve nor I were rich. My
father had sufficient income to keep the
family in a good style of living; but he
saved nothing, and 1 could expect noth
ing from, him when 1 married. Steve
bad just begun to practice medicine,
and was struggling a? voung doctors
must. There was a pretty house just
outside the town, that Steve and I had
our eye on fir a long time, and I had
promised to become his wite as soon as
lie would call It his own.
By dint of such struggling and econ
omy as I never could have guessed, he
had put by enough for the first pay
ment, and was plodding patiently on
toward the second and last.
1 can see now what a selfish creature
I was, what a wretch, indeed, to please
myself with the flatteries of others,
while Steve was working so faithfully
lor me.
That sounds as though I wasn't go
ing to marry Steve for love, but I w as.
Our town was something of a fashion
able resort for summer-boarders; and
many of the people were in the habit
of taking boarders then, father had
always objected to our doing so; but
this summer of which 1 speak he fell
in with a stranger, as he was returning
from a long ride in the country, who
having shared his phaeton with him
during his homeward drive, succeeded
iuso ingratiating himself with my father
that he allowed hiiu to board with us.
The stranger was very much in my
line distinguished-looking, possessing
an eloquent pair of eyes nearly the co
lor of my own, and h:iving a propensity
for saying "pretty things" that was
just delicious to a girl of my turn. It
was such fun to draw him out and then
laugh at him ; to pretend pleasure, then
shyuess; to invite and repulse in the
same breath. It was genuine flirtation,
as much to him as to me.
Steve came often to see me, but he
did not see me alone, and he never
stayed late.
Steve's sister Marian and I were in
timate, and spent much time together.
Poor Steve enjoyed my visits to Ma
rian better than he did seeing me any
where else, and I liked it too, as much
because of seeing him as Marian. It
was then a miserable piece of heartlcss-
ness for me to permit Mr. Fordyce, the
stranger," to accompany me thither.
thus parading, as it wer, my conquest,
and the accomplishments and attrac
tions of Steve's new rival, in the most
disagreeable manner possible.
Steve wa9 good-natured, and kept his
disappointment to himself; but he did
not like Mr. Fordyce, and he was quite
alone in that. Everybody liked Mr.
Fordvce but Steve. lie was an im
mensely jopular man in our email com
munity, entering as he did with such
genuine zeal into all our interests, and
bearing himself genially towards all
When Farson Hammond, who lived
nearest to us, lost a valuable horse from
his stable, and came over to our house
to see about pursuing the thief, Mr,
' Fordyce, though he had just got home
from a jaunt with some friends, which
kept him most of the night, insisted
upot being one of the pursuing party,
and, iiideed, quite led it. - It was the
same way when Mr. Dudevant's shop
was broken open and robbed. Mr. For
dyce weut over and over the ground,
and gave shrewder guesses ad to how
the robbery had been managed than
any one else. When other thefts of a
similar nature, and also of lesser de
gree, continued to vex and puzzle us
from time to time, it was Mr. Fordyce
who insisted on severe measures, pre
vailed ou the authorities to offer large
rewards for the apprehcusion of the of
fenders, and made himself so active in
the matter as to win the gratitude of the
whole town.
lie often joined our social gatherings
and became the life of them. I was
quite envied in having his escort so fre
quently, and the rumor was very soon
circulated that we were engaged.
Steve and I had some words on the
subject several times, and, because it
was 6o unusual for him to insist In such
a matter, I resented it when he did ;
and the more I suspected myself to be
in the wrong, the more I would notown
It.
I detected Steve's dislike of Mr. For
dyce, and taxed him with it. Steve said
nothing, but only shook his head and
looked gravely at me when I praised
him. He never said worse about Mr.
Fordyce than that he did not believe in
him. Steve objected to my intimacy
with him on rather general grounds,
and I answered in such an ill-tempered
manner that Steve, not being ice but
flint, struck- fire and retorted angrily
for the first tim in all our acquaint
ance. The result was a serious cool
ness. Steve apologized for his part of it
the next day, but I listened cooly and
retained my anger. '
I flirted with Mr. Fordyce more des
perately than ever after that, but the
affair had really lost all its relish for
me. 'i I went recklessly on, however, In
my foolish course, till Mr. Fordyce in
so many words asked me to marry him.
I don't know w hat it was about the
man that all at once struck we as insin
cere, i knew that he did not mean
what he said ; and yet he wore a very
loveMikeair.and he would have clasped
and kissed me if I had not shrunk
swiftly away from him. .
. I answered him, however, as though
he had spoken sincerely, and told him,
what I did not often acknowledge, that
I was engaged to Steven Lashley. Xo
man likes to hear "Xo" from a woman's
lips when even his petition is an idle
one. ' For the first time, I saw Mr. For-
dyce's face distorted w ith a sneer of
mingled anger and dislike; and I knew
that my poor Steve's strange feeling to'
ward Mr. Fordyce was reciprocated
by that gentleman with at least equal
intensity.
One night there was a party at
Steve's father's. It was Marian's birth
day. Mr. Flrdyce took me over about
8 o'clock. t It was a gay party. We had
dancing,' which ' we did' not always
have, and the music and tupper were
good. I danced with Steve several
times, and being in good spirits, found
it rather difficult to maintain the dis
tance I had. lately adopted towards him.
Ills eyes too, had 'such a soft, tender
light in them, and his lips such bright
ness. "Come into the garden a minute,
Bell," he whispered to me at the close
of a dance;' "I have SDmelhing to say
to you ;" and for the life of me I could
not say no."
When we were in the bright moonlit
garden, he stopped where a cluiiip of
lilac bushes hid us from the house, and
drew from his bosom a roll of notes.
- "I shall finish paying for our house,
to-morrow, dear," he said, in a voice
that excessive happiness made tremu
lous. "I drew the money from the
bank to-day twenty-five hundred dol
lars. Ah, how I have worked for this
hour!"
I should have been harder than a
mill-stone if I had not forgotteu all my
foolish anger at that moment. If I had
not melted rather from my coldness;
for I was as glad as he was, and 1
dropped my head on his shoulder there
in the moonlight, and cried happy,
happy, remorseless tears. 1
"Steve," I said, "you shall let me
keep the money until morning. I shall
think I have dreamed if rou don't."
Steve laughed, but he let me have my
way. Ah, what a foolish whim it was:
Few women would have dared to take
charge of such a sum of money; and
fewer men would have permitted them.
But Steve knew it was as safe, to all
common calculation, with me as with
himself.
As we turned toward the house, for a
single instant I thought I saw the sha
dow of a man across our path; but,
looking back, I saw nothing but the li
lac bushes tossing In the air.
"What's the matter?" said Steve, no
ticing my backward gaze.
"I thought I saw the figure of a man
crossing the path," I replied.
"Nonseuse!" he replied, and we
were indoors.
"Well, Steve and I were the happiest
pair there that night; and Mr. Fordyce
saw, and could not quite keep his eyes
from saying that he bated us both for
it, or I fancied so.
The party broke up at 12 o'clock;
that was late for us, and Mr. Fordyce,
having brought me there, took me home.
On the way he told me of another rob
bery that had taken place the night be
fore at one of the hotels. A person had
been robbed of ."00, w hich he had just
recived at the bank. I'erhaps it was
that story that made me, tired as I was.
bestow some thought on a hiding place
for Steve's money. 1 pondered very
seriously as I took down my hair and
arranged my hair; then, with a laugh
at my own ingenuity, I tucked the roll
of notes in my luxuriant' tresses, and
drew a net over to hold all in place. ' I
was asleep almost the same instant my
head touched the pillow.
I ought to have slept soundlr, and
dreamed happy dreams, but I did not.
Some counter influence seemed to rullle
my slumbers and I awoke.
Some one was in my room. I knew
it as well as though I could see, and the
room was too dark for that. There
was no sound cither, but for all that I
knew I was not alone. I tried to scream,
to raise my voife. 1 was frozen with
terror. I never thought once of the
money, or robbers, or anything, that I
know of. I was only frightened so that
I could not move hand or foot, or make
a noise. I don't know but I stopped
breathing. I can remember how cold I
felt, though the night was warm.
Suddenly, without the warning of
breath, I was conscious that a hsnd was
creeping stealthily about my pillow.
I did not think of money even then.
As terror bad stolen my enscs. so now
t brought some of them back. I gave
one -scream and sprang from tbe bed, or
tried to; Two strong bands stopped
me; a firm hand held me, while the
other hand vainly sought to loose my
hair. The net,' more obstinate than
nets usually are, would not come off
probably because, in his hurry, my
mysterious assailant was unconscious
of its pliant meshes. lie pulled my hair
in his awkward attemps horribly. The
pain was like a spur to me. As his arm
lay across my arms, I bent my head
swiftly, and fastened my teeth upon it
with a Tiscious snap that only a woman
in my situation would have been ca
pable of.
The unexpectedness of the attack
dissolved ray bonds. Vitb an audible
oath he let me go, and I darted away
with winged feet, and met father in the
passage. Or course I fainted then ana
there; and by the time anybody got
into my room, my robber had mado
good his escape.
Alas, however, he should not have
allowed himself to swear, above all, to
a woman of such acute ears as I bad I
had heard the voice, and knew I it be
longed to Mr. Fordyce.
. Father fairly turned pale when I told
him ; hut he cautioned me not to betray
that I suspected any one present, and
he took Steve's money under his spe
cial charge. . We all met at breakfast.
I should have said that Mr. Fordyce had
made his appearance about tbe same
time as the rest of the family whom my
screams aroused, and in the most natu
ral manner. lie came down to break
fast now, smiling, and just interested
enough in my adventure.
, Father, went away. into town after
breakfast, and Mr. Fordyce sat in the
garden and smoked.' The officers who
came to arrest him stole upon him from
the back way,' and secured him before
he'thought Of resistance
' It was a plain case. They found prooi
enough of robberies he had been at the'
bottom of all along, hid away in his
trunks, and he owned them at last, with
smiling twichalance, . turning back his
sleeve actually, when no one 'was look
ing, and showing me the prints'-my
teeth had niade on his right arm, and
kisaiDg them with the old gallant eta-
, Of course Steve made his . payment,
and we were married at an early , day.
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i Why do people write that they 'ac
cept with pleasure" an unpleasant in.
vilatiou, when -they really mean they
do so with reluctance ?.'. . '
-..Why do ladies bid their servant say
that they are not at home, when ; they
menu they are engaged or uu willing to
see visitors? . .i : . ...
Why doactors grumble that the drama
is going to the. dog", when, they mean
that they themselves are not Ju favor
with the public?
Why do men tell their wives that they
will be detained by business when they
really mean to be detained by a club
dinner?
Why do women bid their husbands
escort them, when they really mean to
make them pay for a new bonnet?
Why do singers speak with diffidence
of the powers of their voice, when they
mean to swallow greedily all the com
pliments you give them?
Why do In viters often call their coun
try house a "little place," when they
mean to show you a palatial residence?
Why does your friend tell you "any
toggery will do," when e means him
self to sport a dress $jit and white
choker? '
Why do china dealers' name so pre
posterous a price when .they. mean to
jump at less than half if they be offered
it?
: Why do pianists complain that they
are sadly out of practice when they are
asked to play, while In reality they
mean they want more pressing, and
then will gladlv vield to it?
Harried Babies.
An Armenian missionary, in "Whiffs
from Ararat," describes the social con
dition of the people in that country
especially the children. The (so-called)
civilization that orerJoes the domestic
institutions in this way, is about as bad
as the barbarism that has no domestic
institutions at all. "Girls, newly born,
are hastily engaged to boys not a year
old. In every honse there are several
engaged girls, and also several engaged
boys; so that if we wished to engage
dur Zenope (about four years old), per
haps we could find a girl, but it would
be necessary to wait till a new one was
born; then, if we heard quickly of her
birth, we might secure her; otherwise
there would be no hope. These past
days several children were married,
who could not tie their girdles,, they
were so small. In my. school some of
the boys and girls are married, and
some are engaged. Tbe girls are sold,
as cows or other animals, from seventy
five to one hundred and seventy-five
dollars."
Here is what they must expect when
they goto live with their husbands:
''Many times have I seen great loads
on the backs of young brides: The wo
men bring water from a great distance.
They wash clothes with their feet, in
cold water, without soap. Their washing-places
lie on my way to school,
often I see ten or fifteen women descend
to the river, whcr'continually so strike
the clothes, keeping time with their
feet that they make a great noise. This
winter there came so great cold that I
hardly dared go out, yet in the coldest
weather, the women in crowds washed
their clothes, standing in the freezing
water. I wonder thev did not freeze."
The First tema
' If a man loves any one' thlng-say,
rare books, or pictures, or objects of art
of any kind, or music, or science so
well that for the sake of one thing in
which he would be rich he is willing to
be poor in everything else, no matter
though his choice be an unwise one ac
cording to the best standards of choice,
he will yet have a motive which will
help to keep him right. But for those
who love none of these things, but
simply desire them because it is the
habit of the time because, like pam
percd children, they, must needs cry
for whatever they see just out of their
reach for them is neede.l the whole
some self-discipline which shall teach
them to let alone whatever is not theirs.
And the beginning of this self-discipline
is in the home. Parents' must
teach their boys aud girls the great
lesson of doing without what cannot be
fitly theirs. .
A Blrd-t'hansilas Lady.
A few months since, says the Jack
sonville (Florida) Union, a handsome
niockiuz-bird ttew iuto the residence
of a lady in this city and alighted at
her feet, exhibiting little or no fear or
suspicion of her, and permitting her to
catch it in her hand. She placed it ia
a cage and it seemed happy and con
tented, and it proved to be one of tbe
finest sineers of its species, tilling the
honse with its varied and melodious
strains, until after some fonr months of
captivity it was taken sick, and died,
much to the sorrow and regret of its
mistress. A short time after the de
cease the same lady was sitting in her
room when another beautiful bird of
the same family came in and took its
position near her, apparently inviting
her to capture it, which she did with
out difficulty. She placed it in the same
cage, and it seemed as contented as the
other had done, as if it knew and cov
eted a life with so gentle mistress.
Private Theatricals la Fraaee la the
l-jtt lealary.
. The taste for drama and music took
a new and vigorous departure, as did
most court and public pleasures, when
the gay and reckless regency had re
placed the cloistral gloom of Madame
de Maintenou's reigbn.. We see this
taste and fashion springing up iu all
the higher social ranks. . The French
became a nation of actors and mimics.
People of rank and fortune Imitated
their children, and just as boys and
girls then as now were playing some
character, .or enacting some scene in
their holidays, the lords and dames of
the court and of the hotels imagined
every variety of dramatic diversion
with which to beguile the time that
hung heavily upon their hands. It
was, as Taine says, carnival-time in
France all the year round. There was
comedy and the spirit of comedy every
where. "In every chateau, in every
mansion, at Paris and in the provinces,
this fashion of comedy sets up travesties
on society and domestic life. On wel
coming a great personage, on celebrat
ing the birth-day of the mas tor or -mistress
of the house, its guests or invited
persons perform In an improvised oper
etta, in an ingenious, laudatory pastor
al, sometimes dressed as gods, as vir
tues, as mythological abstractions as
operatic Turks, Laplanders, and Poles,
similar to the figures then gracing the
frontispieces of books; sometimes in the
dress of easauts, pedagogues, peddlers,
milk-maids, and flower-girls, like the
fanciful villagers with which the cur
rent taste then filled the stage. They
sing, they dance, and come forward In
turn to recite pretty verses composed
for the occasion, consisting of so many
well-turned compliment." , Among
the great houses where this sort of per
formances was much in vogue, and
where they were presented with much
picturesqueness and elaboration, was
the historic chateau ofCbantilly, then
the lordly residence of the Trinces de
Coude. There the young and lovely
Duchess de Bourbon, was wont to ar
ray herself as an alluring water-nymph,
and to conduct the young nobility
across the canal in the park to the island
which she had named the Isle of Love;
while the Princess de Conti acted as
the fair dame's pilot, and a crowd of
gallants and demoiselles attended in
every variety of allegorical guise. '0U
one occasion, at another chateau, the
ladies were mysteriously advised that
they were to be carried off to seraglios;
whereupon a pretty play was impro
vised, in which the ladies got them
selves up as vestal virgins, and sought
an improvised temple In the park,
where they were received by a melodi
ous priest with a suspiciously black
moustache. Then the temple was sud
denly attacked by three hundred gua-dily-attired
Turks, who broke in upon
its sanctity amid a thrilling chorus,
aud carried off the vestals in palanquins.
We hear, on another occasion, of the
Little Trianou being turned into a fair,
behind the stalls of w hich roval and
noble ladies appeared as saleswomen.
To the Oueen was consigned the super
vision ot a ctie. About the grounds,
meanwhile, charades and little plays
were performed under the trees aud be
neath silken tents.
The rage for comedy so completely
possessed the French in the time of
Louis XV. that a house, either in town
or country, was scarcely regarded
fashionable or well furnished that did
not have its little theatre, with stage,
scenery, green-room, wardrobe, foot
lights, auditorium, and all. Bachau-
mont, writing about 1770, says that the
rage was so great after theatricals that
"there is not an attorney in his cottage
who does not wish to have a stage and
his company of actors." County mag
nates would erect theatres iu their
chateau, form companies among their
neighbors and intimates for miles
around, and beguile the lorr w inters
with several performances a week, it
became a part of the education of child
ren to learn how to act gracefully in
the iolite comedies of the period priv
ately played; and Madame de Genlis,
among others, wrote pretty little dram
atic pieces. In correct and graceful
verse, for the children to play; men
and women of rank became as accom
plished in the dramatic art as profes
sionals. The Duke de Luyues declares
that "those who are accustomed to such
spectacles agree in opinion that it would
be difficult for professioual comedians
to play better aud more intelligently."
The fashion was long-lived, aud was in
full favor in the early years of the
reign of Louis XVI. Marie Antoinette
was not only passionately fond of the
theatre, but was herself oue of the very
best actresses in the court, and won
what was evidently the most sincere ap
plause by taking the part of Colette in
'Le Devin de Village," and Jiosine in
"Le Barbier de Seville."
The princes of the blood and the
greatest nobles constantly participated
iu these dramatic diversions.
The Count de Trovcnce had a theatre
in his house, and the Count d'Artois
and the Duke d'Orleans each two.
Connt d'Artois, afterwards Charles X.
was noted as a comedian of striking
merit;' while the count de Clermont
was equally distinguished for the talent
with which he took the "serious parts;"
Philippe Egalite was famous for fa is
vivid representation of peasant charac
ters ; and Count de Pons was a wonderful
Misanthrope. The Prince de Linges de
clared in one of his letters that "more
than ten of our ladies of high rank play
and sing better than the best of those I
have seen in our theatres." "In a cer
tain chateau, that of Saint-Aubin,"
says Taine, "the lady of the house, to
secure a large enough troupe, enrolls
her four chambermaids in it, making
her little daughter, ten years old, play
the part of Zaire, and for over twenty
months she has no vacation. After her
bankruptcy, and iu her exile, the first
thing done by the FrincesS de Guemn
ee was to send for upholsterers to ar
range a theatre.
These patrician theatricals were car
ried out with the most elaborate and
professional completeness. There was
always a drama or comedy, something
by Moliere, or Voltaire, or, late in the
century, by Beaumarchais ; and after
this the dramatic dessert was given in
the shape of "a parade borrowed from
La Fontaine's talcs, or from tbe farces
of the Italian drama.". Philippe Egalite
was wont to sing coarse songs .before
the court, with ample grimace and
broadly suggestive gesture; making,
indeed a ,. mountebank of . himself.
After these performances, the noble
company, stirred .by plentiful cham
pagne, and put in wild humor by the
play, would indulge in frolics which
are surely amazing ;to read of as hap
pening in so polite a society. Madame
de Genlis relates bow on one occasion
"they' upset the tables and furniture;
they scattered twenty carafes o water
about the room ; I finally got away at
half past one, wearied out, pelted with
handkerchiefs, and leaving Madame de
Clarence hoarse, with her dress torn to
shreds,' a scratch on her arm, and a
bruise on her forehead, but delighted
that she had given such a gay supper,
and flattered with the idea of its being
the talk of the next Jay." . In such
manner the butterflies of the court
danced and gamboled on the already
smoking volcano of revolution. Apple
ton' Journal . r ;''.
Black Pearls.
The black pearl is found In the concha
maeera, a dark colored species of the
mother of pearl, and also In the Arblona,
or, more properly, the Aulun, a beauti
ful single shell of variegated hues,
which is found in shallow water, at
tached to rocks. This shell is greatly
admired, and is manufactured into in
numerable ornaments, like hat buckles,
pins for the hair, covernings for pocket
books, parasol handles, Ac. Black
Pearls of a fine quality are also gotten
from the mussels found off the shores
of the strip of land that forms the port
of San Queutin.cn the outer coast of
Lower California. It .was here that
Capt. Xed Wakeman, who accomplished
the perilous feat of bringing the small
side-wheel steamboat, Xew World,
with the Sheriff aboard, who intended
to seize ber for debt, around tbe Horn,
and safely into San Francisco Harbor,
delighted to stop. "Capt. Wakeman's
Mussel," and other stories have passed
Into the maritime history of the Pacific,
and are now a part of the standard nau
tical "yarns" of the far West. . Pearls,
more than any other gems, vary in
prices. Their size, color, aud lustre
regulate the value of the individual
pearl. They also have an associated
value on account of the dilHculty of
matching and the impossibility of alter
ing them by art. As an instance, if
one pearl is worth 20, two exactly
alike in size and beauty would be worth
$"3 or.$tiO, while three similar ones
would probably bring 100 or more.
Seou pearls bring from f 15 per ounce
and upwards. Mother of pearl I de
cidedly the most profitable and certain,
and is quoted at from $7 to $22 per hundred-weight
in the rough. It is col
lected at I .a Taz, and from thence
shipped In bulk to the Old World. The
pearls find their way, through the reg
ular channels of trade, to the diadems
J of quee8, anj help to adorn the person
of the nobility. Beautiful and simple
chaste, they form an ornament for the
lingers, ears, or hair, quite as appropri
ate and effective as their most costly
rivals. They can neither be imitated
nor improved. They stand out alone
amongst all gems for just what they ap
pear, pure or defective, an ornament or
a deformity. It is a gem that tolerates
no deception, and, like a pure and beau
tiful woman, commends itself from in
nate worth.
DresHlac a Iosxicer.
The Kingston Freeman, has this do
mestic incident to relate: "A young
housekeeper up town was much sur
prised the otiier day upon answering
a ring at the door-bell to receive from
a small boy a package, w hich proved to
be a large red lobster, (it having been
cooked) with a note pinned around one
leg stating, 'Your husband would like
to have this broiled for bis dinner.' She
knew her husband was partial to broiled
meats, but not having seen a lobster,
she really couldn't conceive bow such a
hard, horrid looking thing could be
cooked in any way much less broiled;
but he must be pleased if it was possi
ble to do it, and so all the cook-books
(hc had. a small library of them) were
takeu down and examined, but no re
ceipt could be found for broiling any
thing that resembled this. Fiually, be
ing at her wit's end, she dressed it np
iu a doll's clothes and sat It on her hus
band's chair at the dinner table, where
that man found it when he came home,
the joke being completely turned upon
himself, though the woman was seem
ingly unconscious of it, only saying, as
she pointed to the ridiculous object.
'You wished me to dress it for dinner,
aud that is the only way I knew of do
tngit,'",, . . KnallBb. Baaha.
Matters are managed very differently
by the great banking institutions in
London from what they are in the
United States. In 1842-13, says a cor
respondent, I was a junior clerk in the
Union bank of London, then in its in
fancy, now an immensely rich and
prosperous concern, second only to the
Bank of England. The public banking
hours were then from nine to five
o'clock, and from five to six the daily
balances of all transactions were struck.
During that hour twodirectors(changed
every fortnight) were in attendance
always, whose special business was to
see all cash, notes and other securities
counted over in presence of the manager
(similar to cashier in the United States.)
and who themselves deposited the
money etc., in tbe strongroom, each
having a distinct and separate key,
which he took home. Xo clerk was
permitted nnder any circumstances to
leave until the daily balance was proved,
whether the error amounted to 5,000
or one penny. - It constantly happened
that we were kept there until seven,
eight, nine, ten, and once I remember
until twelve o'clock. It was therefore
impossible for any teller to go home
until his books and cash agrsed, the
latter being handed over to the direct
ors in their private room and counted
and locked np by them.
Russia has more than 5,000 tobacco
mills.
tare XahSaa la Eaglaad.
Honiton lace is, without doubt, the
best ever made in England. Enormous
prices were paid by the noniton lace
makers for Flemish thread, rising, It is
said, to $o00gold the lb. during the
war with France. The workmen were
also well-paid, their wages being calcu
lated in this wise: the lace ground was
spread oat on the counter, and 'the
worker herself desired to cover it with
shillings; and as many coins as found
place on her work she carried away as
the fruit of her labor. Keal noniton
ground went out of date with the In
vention of bobbin net, on which the
sprigs were applied, until that form of
lace went out of date all. together, being
superseded by the modern guipure
the Honitort of to-day which composed
the bridal dresses of the Crown Princ
ess of Prussia, the Princess Louisa ot
Hesse, and the l'riucess of Wales.
A great de:d of trouble has been ex
perienced In persuading the lace work
ers of Devonshire to adopt newer and
better designs. For a long while they
persisted in sticking to their old pat
terns, but at last some impression has
been made on them by the authorities
at South Kensington, who have recently
supplied them with a large number of
beautiful designs. -
. One effect, of the gradual degradation
of taste which led to the fineness of the
reseau being ultimately considered of
more importance than the beauty of
the pattern, was one of those determin
ations of the human intellect in one di
rection, which, rarely fail to achieve
success iu tbe end. After innumerable
failures, the bobbin net was at last
made by Heathcote's machine, and the
value of clear ground was lost forever.
Bobbin net machines were not only set
up in England, but in Brussels, for the
purpose of making double and triple
twisted net upon which the pillow flow
ers are sewn, to produce the so-called
point appliue.
This extra-fine Brussels net' has
become deservedly celebrated, and it
consumes a very large quantity of cot
ton thread annually. Soon after the
triumph of England over bobbin net,
the Jacquard system was tried at Lyons
for making lace by machinery, and no
sooner were the experiments successful
than Nottingham began the manufact
ure of machiue lace on a. large scale.
At the international Exhibition or 1S02,
Nottingham exhibited Spanish Laces,
most faithful copies of the costly pillow
made Barcelona, imitations of Mechlin
(the bro-U and picot executed by hand)
and Brus-eis needle-point, Caen blondes
and Valenciennes, rivaling those ofj
Calais, also the black laces of Chautilly
aud Mirecourt. Machine lace has had
a curious effect. It has almost extermi
nated the inferior kinds of handsome
lace, but it has not diminished the de
demand for the finer fabrics of the
pillow and the needle.
On the contrary, the finest work of A
leiicon and Brussels has been sought
more eagerly by the rich, since machin
ery has brought the wearing of lace
w ithin reach of all classes.
Haw I.ocsers Lite.
Three hundred men will cover and
cut asectiou of about three square miles,
taking off over60,000 logs, which would
measure about 10,000,01)0 feet each sea
son. Work begius at daylight and ends
at dark; and when the days lengthen
and the moon favors a longer twilight
or earlier morn, the men get the beue
fit in longer working hours. On the
river, when the drive is started, work
begins at three o'clock in the morning
and ends at nine in the evening, the
men having five meals ; breakfast at six,
lunch at nine, dinner at twelve, supper
at five and tea at nine. The meals con
sist of pork and beans, corn bread, mo
lasses cake and tea or coffee.
No stint is given to man's appetite.
The fare, such Is It is, is abundant, mo
notonous, nutritious and cheap. A
cook is provided for every fitty men.
The beans are generally the large white
bush, parboiled in pots holding half a
bushel, then ten pounds of pork are set
in the middle of the beans in the pot, a
quarter of a pint of molasses is poured
in, and then the pot is set in a hole sur
rounded with hot ashes and burning
charcoal, the top covered with a stone,
over which a heavy wood fire is built;
aud here they stay from five to eight
hours, coming out a most palatable dish.
All the baking is done in rudelv built
stone ovens, w hich are heated before
the dough is mixed, with a great wood
fire. The loaves of biscuit or cake are
set upon the hot stones, and are cooked
quickly and thoroughly.
A camp of three hundred men will
consume daily lour barrels of beans,
one-half a barrel of flour, half a barrel
of meal, one quarter of a barrel of
sugar, and five gallons of molasses.
The men areencamped intents, making
their beds of boughs, while their extra
clothing, a pair of duck overalls, a flan
nel shirt, and two pairs of woolen
sock?, is kept in an old grain sack and
used as a pillow at night.
The Sabbath iu the woods is always a
day for sharpening axes, mending
sleds, repairing boots and clothes, set
ting out a new tenting spot handier to
the cutting in the woods, and all the odd
chores which would grow out of the
congregation of so large a body of men.
All well-regulated camps exclude liq
uor. The work being usually fifty to
two hundred miles from any settlement,
and the men not being paid until the
end of the season, there Li little induce
ment for any speculator to peddle ruin
through the woods, or for the men to
straggle off in search of it.
The consumption of axes and handles
is enormous, an axe lasting a month
and a handle about three weeks. The
axes are sharpened daily, some camps
having regular sharpeners, while others
require each man to keep his own axe
in order. The old axes are never col
lected for the junk dealer, the distance
to ship them being too great to make it
an economical measure. Woodsmen
general consider spruce harder on axes
than either birch or pine. The gum
which runs out of the spruce tree is of
ten found hard enough to chip the edge
of the axe when striking through it
The styles of axes differ with national
ities, a Canadian chopper preferring a
broad square blade with the weight more
in the blade than elsewhere, the handles
being short and thick. A down-East
logger, cne from Maine, selects a long
narrow head, the blade in crescent
shape, the heaviest part in the head
above the eye. New York cutters se
lect a broad, crescent-shaped blade, the
whole head rather short, and the weight
balanced evenly and below the eyes,
that is, where the handle goes through.
A western backwoodsman selects a long
blade, the corners only rounded off, and
the eye holding the weight of the axe.
The American chopper as a rule selects
a long straight handle. The difference
in handling is that a down-Easter takes
bold, with both hands, of the extreme
end, and throws his blows easily and
gracefully, with a long sweep, over the
left shoulder. A canuck chops from
directly over his head, with the right
hand well down on the handle to serve
In jerking the blade out of the stick. A
Westerner catches hold at the end of his
handle, with the hands about three in
ches apart, and delivers his blows rather
direct from over the left shoulder.
In fact, an expert iu the woods can
tell the nationality or State a man has
been reared in by seeing him hit one
blow w ith an axe. It is, however, an
interesting fact to know that a Yankee
chopper, with his favorite axe and
swinging cut, can, bodily strength le
ing equal, do a fifth more work in the
same time than any other cutter, and
be far less fatigued. This, iu a very
large degree, will account for the great
er percentage oC-Maiue men who will
be found eachyer in tbe woods of Nor
thern New England and New York.
Badha's slays.
This name is given by the natives of
Ceylon to the appearance of broad beams
apparently of bluish light which some
times extend from the zenith down to
the horizon, where they converge. The
spaces between them have the ordinary
illumination of the sky. This effect is
supposed to be due to the different tem
peratures of the air at various level.
The upper air is colder and denser, and
the rays of light are refracted down
ward. A singular explanation is given
of a remarkable appearance seen at
Adam's Peak, Ceylon. This mountain
rises abruptly from a low country to the
height of 7,200 feet above the sea level
The- phenomenon consists apparently
of an elevated shallow of the mountain
projecting westward to a distance of
about 70 miles. As the sun rises high
er it rapidly approaches the mountain,
and appears at the same time to rise be
fore the observer in the form of a gigan
tic pyramid of shallow. Distant objects
may be seen through it, so that it is not
really a shadow ou the laud, but a veil
of darkness between the jieak aud the
low country. It continues to rapidly
approach and rise, until it seems to fall
back on the observer, like a ladder
which has been reared upon the verti
cal, aud the next instance it Is gone.
In this the air of the mountain top is
colder and denser than that of the val
ley, but as the rays of the light are
above instead of below it, the retraction
is upward, producing theeffect of dark
ness from the loss of rays which would
otherwise come to the observer's eyts.
A Jlilf, laa lor lacs Warth.
I n one of her lectures, Mrs. Liver
more tells of a genius in dress she dis
covered at Lebanon, among the New
Hampshire hills. He was tbe chairman
of the lecture comraitttee, and Mrs. Liv
eruore, staying at his house, with her
habit of looking into things, found her
way iuto the work room of his millinery
establishment. There were dozens of
bonnets so tastefully trimmed that her
eyes, educated by the ethics of Boston,
at once recogn ized the touch of an artist.
There, too, were dresses in every stage
of complexion, delightfully planned.
Asking who trimmed the bonnets, the
work-girls told her the master of the
shop? Who designed the dresses? The
same man, who selected every yard of
trimming aud attended to the finishing
of every dress that was seat out. His
fame was wide in the hill country, and
the Dartmouth College ladies thought
they couldn't wear a bonnet unless it
came through his bauds. He was auto
cratic, not allowing his customers to
dress alike, whether long or short, stout
or slim, but devised fresh styles for
each. Going into the parlor at his
house, the lecturess stopped to pick up
an exquisite tea-rose tossed on a marble
slab on the table, and found it model
led in wax the recreation of the milli
ner artist. He sketched in crayon, and
painted in water colors. His house was
full of delightful trifles the work of a
man who had earned his own living
since he was eight years old.
Plala Talk la Ulrls.
Your every day toilet is a part of
your character. A girl that looks like
"fury" or a sloven in the morning is
uot to be trusted, however finely she
may look iu the evening. No matter
how humble your room may be, there
are eight things it should contain
namely: a mirror, washstaml, soap,
towel, comb, hair, nail, and tooth
brushes. These are just as essential as
your breakfast, before which you
should make good use of them. Parents
who fail to provide their children with
these appliances not only make a great
mistake, but commit a sin of omission.
Look tidy in the morning and after the
dinner work is over improve your toi
let. Make it a rule of yonr daily life to
"dress up" for the afternoon. Your
dress may, or need not be, anything
better than calico, but with a ribbon oi
flower, or some bit of ornament, you
can have an air of respect and Satisfac
tion that invariably comes with being
well-dressed. i - .
A girl with fiue sensibility cannot
help feeling embarrassed and awkward
iu a ragged, dirty dress, with her hair
nnkempt, if a stranger or neighbor
comes in.
Moreover, your self-respect ' should
demand the decent apparelling of your
body. You should make it a point to
look as . well as you can, even if you
know nobody will see you but yourself.
Prince Henry, of Prussia, is about
to enter the Prussian navy. He is the
second grandson of Queen Victoria.
5SW3 Df BRE7-
The people of Southern California
are enjoying jtreen corn, cucumbers
and green peas.
The average speed of railroad
trains between New York aud San
Francisco is l'J miles an hour.
Since the first day of la-t April
43,000 emigrants have entered Texas
by the way of Dcuuisou, by actuas
count. ., ,
New Tork has about twenty sugar
refineries, some of which can produce
as much as 2,500 barrels per day, or
nearly 500,000 pounds.
A Detroit card writer, having noth
ing better to do, wrote, in plain, legible
letters, no less than l.tHJO words on the
surface of a postal card.
. If you are tired of city business
and iu smalt profits, you might s to
logging up into Minnesota, where
hands get $7 a month.
Potatoes are in demand at the
Maine starch factories. Those at
Presque Isle, and Maysviile alone have
bought over I'joxxi worth.
Mrs. Belknap, it Is reported, is
writing a book, giving an account of
society and K)litieal life in Washing
ton during the past six years.
The number of visitors to the Cen
tennial from Iowa is given in round
numbers at 17,0X), and die amount of
money expended at f 2,0OU,OK).
A Galveston (Texas) doctor raised
a sweet potato that weighsl3's pounds.
Two patients recovered while he wai
busy watching the potato grow.
Australia, not to be behind the rest
of the world, will have an exposition
at Sidney early in the coming spring.
So far America has not responded.
Mrs. James Shelton, of Olvmpia,
was tbe first white child born ou
American soil north ot the Columbia
river. She is now in her 3 )th year.
Americus, Ga., Is an independent
inue uiwu men issues iter own cur
rency, and wheu that becomes mut'
lated redeems and replaces it with new.
A venerable Hoosler of SO makes
regular weekly journey of 40 miles
each way to kneel at the feet ofa widow
of 90, whom he has beeu courting for
the past year.
Europe and Africa to be connected
by a tunnel under the Straits ol Gibral
tar, is the latest projmsit'on. The sub
marine part of the tunnel would be
line miles long.
Ira. L- Ibbitson, formerly a General
in the Brazilian army, aud subse
quently a Major General ilnring the
American war, applied at the Ottawa
(Canada) Police .-nation the other night
for shelter and food.
Nelson's paroquet has jun died at
the Jardiu des Planets at the ripe age
of 115 years. He was with the great
Admiral at Trafalgar, aud alter the
battle was never able to say anything
but "bomb, bomb, !oiiir.'
Ex-Governor Horatio Seymour has
been chosen president of a new histor
ical association which is to be called
"The Oneida Histoiical Association of
Uticti." Senator Crinkling and Ker
nan are also olHccrs of the association.
President Smith of Dartmouth Col
lege has oBereil his resignation be
cause of ill health, but the trustees de
cline to accept it. They will give him
a vacation, but he do- not expect to
lie able to resume the duties of the of
fice. George W. Bruce m.'t a grizly
bear near Santa Cruz, California, and a
fight b"gan promptly. The man stabbed
aud shot the bear, tiie hear broke the
man's ribs by squeezing him, and then
both retreated, apparently satisfied to
escape without a victory.
The daiiirhter-in-Iaw of General
Jackson, the wile or his son Andrew,
is compelled by financial pressure t
part with valuable relies Collected by
her during her residem.-e at the White
House. Mie is now living at the Her
mitage, near Nashville, Tcnu.
Ir. Spiers ot S in Francisco has a
collection of ancient end modem coin
which Dr. I.imlerniau says surpasses
in rarity, aiitiqueness and h-auty of
Secimciis every collection he had "ever
seen, including those in the mints and
museums of London and Paris.
Alfred Uuell Wallace, a writer
ou the Distribution of Animals, as
sumes that an animal which produces
but one at a birth w ill in forty year
increase its kind to I0,nuM,uu. Good
enough in pigs, hut when applied t
pole cats it is not so pleasant a prospec
tive. The applications tft' tu o old actors
have been favorably received by the
managers of the Fore-t Home, Phila
delphia. William Lomas and George
G. Spear will, it is supposed shortly
take their places in the Home, as the
first of Mr. Forrest's heirs at Spring
brook. Paris is one of the mo-t heavily
taxed cities in the world. It is stated
that the average share per head of the
national tax paid by the Parisians is
$1., and that in addition to this their
municipal taxes amount to $22 )er
head. The interest on the del.t alone
is $3,41)0,000.
MissGrattan, the adventurous Eng
lishwoman who ascended Mount Blane
on the 31st of last January, ha mar
ried the Swiss guide who accompanied
her. She made I lie acquaintance of
the hardy mountaineer when, only
fifteen years old, she first clambered
up the Alps. She is now about thirty.
Chinese peculiarity is not confined
to the male sex. The wife- of Wong
Fui, an otlicer of one of the C'hiue-e
companies in San Francises, died re
cently under suspicious circumstance.
and au investigation showed that she
had stolen I,7oo from her husbatic ;
lost it in gambling, and then tv.eu
poison.
The death from the Brooklyn fire,
as reported by the registrator, shows
that 2S4 bodies were interred, of which
number IS J were identified ; the bodies
were put in a common grave. A por
tion of the remainder were subse
quently recovered, so that no doubt is
left that the number of people who
perished reaches at least 3"0. Seventy
five per cent, of the deaths were un
married men,
Felix Belly at oue time connected
with a scheme for cuttings canal across
the Isthmus of Panama, recently at
tempted suicide In Brussels. The cause
of his action was thought to be pecu
niary distress. He previously wrote a
note to his landlady apologizing for
the inconvenience his death would
cause her, and giving directions as to
the disposition of his effects. He had
no stomach for a life of adversity.
There are, says The Peoria Transcript
four men living on adjoining farms, ou
the Faruiington road, seven miles west
of Peoria, whose united ages amount to
346 year. Their names, ags, and
places of birth, respectively, are as fol
lows: John Borland, born iu Scotland,
aged SO,' i years; David Porter, bora
in New Jersey, 82'.j years; William
Davis, born in Pennsylvania, aged 87
vears, and Frank Smith, born in New
York, aged 'M years.