FUEELAND TRIBUNE, PUBLIBUKP LVEIIV MONDAY AND THURSDAY. v ' Tlios. A. JiUOKLEY, Editor and Peopeietor. OFFICE: MAIS .Street A both Centre. srnscßii'TioN bates. One Your f 1 50 Six Months 75 Four Months &0 Two Months Subscribers arc requested to observe the date following the name on the labels of their papers. Hy referring to this they can toll at a glance how they stand on the books iu this office. For instance: (i rover Cleveland 28June95 means that Grover Is paid up to June 28, 1805. Keep the figures in advance of the present date. Keport promptly to this office when your j>uicr is not received. All arrearages must bo paid when paper is discontinued, or collection will b,* made in the manner provided by law. In spite of the fact tlmt Now York's requirements for a medical license are iho highest in the Union, it is tho ooast of the Mail and Express that tho Empire State heads tho list of doctors with 11,171 licensed practitioners. The President not nnfrequently makes his appointments at largo to the military and naval academies from among the sous of army and navy officers. Much as the officers of tho two lervices grumble at gricvanc s real ind imaginary il commonly happens, notes tho Detroit Free Press, that they are glad to seo their sous appointed to j tho academies. Florists arc constantly looking for inch plants as produce flowers that will live long after being cut from tho parent stem, and also for those that flower in early spring before their .eaves appear, and thus present masses of uubroken bloom. Students >f the Biibjc"t say that Japan e av be legended upon to furnish some limbs if the latter sort, and there are a few Dative wild shrubs, uotablv that pop ularly known as the spicewo I, that *eem to promise great possibilities. Tho Pennsylvania Kailroad ?ia. apened a large new warehouse in Jer ley City, and is preparcil to give ex ceptionable facilities and quick trans portation to Southern garden truck •old in New York. The New York In dependent is of the opinion that "in iho present condition of agricultural depression everywhere the action of Hie Pennsylvania Railroad, in facili tating the handling of garden truck for city consumption, might bo fol lowed with advantage in other parts 'f tho United States." Now that it is stated that dollar wheat may no longer b- expected b - cause of competition of Argentine, Russia and India with the United States, attention is called by the New York Independent to the f/ict that the iverage number of bushels per acre raised iu tho United States is but twelve or thirteen, about half the iverage in England. Agriculture in Ureat Britain is more intensive, more sareful methods and mm fertilizing material being used, with the result of ft much larger crop. If American farmers are to meet steady competi tion hereafter it will be no surprise if by means of impr v. l i,, . Jg i u machinery and in farmin -th ; duco expenses by increasiu ' pr > luct: A writer on the public debts of na tions presents an interesting tablo ! comparing the figures of 1805 with j those of 1890. During that quarter ! at a century the grand total increased enormously. The only nations show ing any decrease were tho United State Great Britain and Denmark. The hitter had a debt of SIS,'JJO,OO') in 1865, and 333,00-1,722 in 1890. This is certainly a highly creditable showing for a country so limited in resources and population. Great Britain hod a debt of $ 1,813,40,0 )) at tho earlier of these dates, and of {3,350,719,5!)'! at tli bit j5.je fg , United States wis th> only country which made any very gr at r bi"tion namely, from .32,756, t i 1,571 t, .UJ 962,112, just about two-thirds. Tim ing now to the continent of Europe, including Russia and Turkey which ire partly in Asia, w tin I tho debt increasing figures as follows: Germany .. $610,470,000 -i s<; an M7 Austria - H uu . B' Hr >' E476,220,00) 2. •iu ,) I J" rtuc9 2,W,5ff'),0.)0 4.11 7.n.i'i | Ru33,a 950.050.010 3,4J1,018,071 I Itolj" 871, Oil), on) s>c j'. j | 'P' ,ln 030,600, Of)') 1',331,158,630 I Netherland,..., 414,120,00 ) 430 5)9 svi Bslgium 110,003,003 S4>> 5115t) I Swaden 21.120.00) tl'.jj ).- i7 I Norway 0,041,003 13,678 752 Portugal 100.400.003 490 m VI9 1 Greece 34.510,00 ) 10; no',h i Turkey 229,412,000 82u.yt.000 | ft'witxerland.... 714,000 io.I Totals. T'S.OO'J.OOO.OOO 018.1,1n;. 'MISEJUES OF 31A TING I THE SUFFERINGS MEN UNDERGC WHILE COURTING. I I.nvrr* ,„„l Their TVnyi-Tho Jokrn Ma,l. at Trtelr Fxpense-Dcufness and Blind nvAt Ails I "disguised Blessings Pre paring to tugugo a Father-in-Law. < Uapter on CourNhlp. Mv dear," said a prim aunty to a newly engaged niece, do you know is a solemn tiling to bo nutr t'lodr" 4i '©s, aunty," was the pert rejoinder, out it is a g' cat deal solcmner not to be. i't o] n the standpoint of youth and beauty, the girl was undoubtedly right, or wnatevor may be the side issue* of bangs and toilet powder, of gold 0111- brohl -red drosses, lium-shapod sleeves, and the oxtruvagant costumes that the irmtcrs of fashion doelnro shall bo worn by the beauties of the day. there •an be no doubt that the ultimate end and aim of each and every adornment i-, tor the young lady at 1• n-1, nothing more nor less than matrimony. In his jurious book on "Natural Selection," Darwin shows with gieat circum stantiality and force how important is the part, played by brilliant and elab orately displayed plumage in 111• * im provement of successive generations of the feathered tribes, and also how dis tin *t species have originat id from the preference. | orhaps uneonseiously dis played, by male birds for elegantly adorned female s. An equally interest ing disquisit ion will perhaps some day' he written by the student of sociology .<> show how important in the social world is the influence of fashion, and how the course of individual ives is i sometimes changed by a bow of ribbon ! >r u hat or the arrangement of a cor ! sago bouquet. Interesting as all these things are to women, thev aro none the less so to A* ,T i* DONE IN THE COUNTRY. nen, for no matter IK v streuously the alter may protest their indifference to x 'airs ar.t'eipalory of mut imony, it i t settled historic far*l that whenever a won-an is niarrio 1 a man is found en tering the holy estate of matrimony at the same time, to say • thing of 'the additional eireurnstaiK o that tho mon usually do the courting, and, save in very rare and exceptional eases, women are rover marriol until urged to jihango their (oudition by members of tho stonier sex. If. however, young jo n tie men, or even old bachelors', fully I "adzed the load of responsibility thev I were incurring in undertaking sori- I >usJy the business of getting married, .'hero is Jittlc doubt that a bear move- I nent in matrimonial stock would at i 3ii<-c begin, which would swoop away i more than one margin which lias al •■•a ly !>• n a-l vane id to tho broker. I y the parents, or in Iceland, where a go-net ween attends to the business, or in Timbuctoo, whore girls are bought md sold liko sheen, the young lady "list be courted, and courting i> ot it - -elf a serious matter, involving no lit le saerifiee o! time, disregard of per sonal comfort, and i>o it, but he feels tho need of working o.i his su perfluous energy and walk in ■ suits the purpose a little better than labor. While walking he can think and does so, and if his walks take him in the ' jPlSiilll i II J \ EI 11V THE iTHEET-CAH MKTII' *1 . direction of her homo, so much the bitter, for he finds his mental opera tions much quickened by that circum stance. When he gets back ho is tired to death, it is true, but that is a more trifle: only his muscles have given out. his mind is us fresh it* over. If his miseries endt d with tho ach in J < I' his tired limbs however, lie would be singularly blest. Hilt they 'to not, for one of t penalties of being in love i.s the fact that tho mart Who i courting s-■•mobody is never exactly certain about his looting. Ho is like n : boy talking on rotten ice. who takes • 1 -top after stop in dismal uncertainty | whether at each the thin crust may I not give way beneath bis foot and let 3 hiin through. To bo sure, ho might make a rush and so end the suspense, but somehow or other ho prefers the suspense. In every matter other than love-making 1 a certainty is infinitely to " be preferred to a doubt; but ono of the - I curious cranks to which a lover is sub • j joctod is that of preferring his own uspieions and fears to the best-o-tab lished knowledge that any ono else ran givo him. Tti other words, ho wants b> bo miserable, and generally gets what he wants. Nor, in this respect, "SOMEBODY'S OOMINU! 1 ' I l< os he usually receive much comfort from the fair object of his rogard, for j if there is one thing a woman delights | >n more than in all sorts, kinds and j .; editions of finery, it is to keep two |r tliroe admiters on the tenter hooks ! of expectation, each alternately hoping ! and fearing, and oach afraid to open j his mouth to her on the subject for fear of hearing that fatal no, which he can not but believe would end all the happiness that lifo lias for him, and Dvon clothe the heavens in a figurative black that would, he fancies, aptly portray his feelings. To hint to him that he is mistaken, and that, if ie fused, at the end of at welve-month he would probably ho just as devoted to soma o her girl. In? regard* as an in sult, as to him. for the moment, at lead, the world contains but one woman, and site is the deity at whose nod his little universe fairly trembles. While to lovers themsolvos their business i< of the most momentous con optionee, to people who are not in love, or. having been .-o, found thoir complaint speedily and permanently cured by matrimony, it is a triviality endurable only because it Is so funny. For it is not to bo denied that to tho world at largo, tho lover is a source of infinite quip and jost, a standing butt •f jokes and humor. Nor is tho fact ! without a reason, for, as a rule, lovers carry on thoir business so openly that ! even the unobservant can not fail to j •oo what they are about, and to be amused or annoyed ac -ordinglv, us temperament or caprice may indicate. A pair of lovers in a street car, for in stance, never fail to advertise them selves and their calling us openly as the ugh thoy woro placards on their backs, for as soon a* thoy are seated the billing and cooing begin, and goon without intermission until they get out again. The people across tho aisle may -mile and nudgo each other, tho eon 'lueto ■ may tip a wink to the motor man. who lo k> back from time to time in grinning enjoyment of the specta cle, regardless of tho faet that ho is endangering human life by indulging his merriment: the rough fellow in the end seat may hurst into a loud guffaw as he leaves the car, and in audible tone < allude to tho "antics of them two loonb s." hut tho lovers themselves see nothing, hear nothing, their ears catch no sound but the murmur of tho voieo that is sweeter than tho music of the spheres, their vit-ion has no horizon I cvond tho eyes; Ky 04 so wansparcnt That through them ono soes flio soul. It is well that the lover is blind; ho is additionally fortunate in being deaf, and other people would bo sometimes in luck if he woro also dumb. Hut that never happens save when the lover* A NECESSARY OUTLAY. are alono. It is a curious fact which may hoc: m mended for observation and study to tho students of sociology, that two iovors who can sit in a parlor o whole evening without making noise enough to keep tho mice in their holes, can go into a public hall and by their clatter causo tho people in throe row* <>f scats to become inwardly profane. Why the tender passion assumes syinp torn* so diveivo in different places and at times so in >pportuno is not even t< he conjectured; it is < ne of those mys teries of which the universe is full, and which must bo received in th arms of faith without even so mu *h us an effort at explanation. After tho terrors of courtship have 1) en ondured for a season the misorv of a proposal is in ordor.and if there w'oic no other objection to getting man led than iho necessity of making a pro posal, this of itself would seem to be .-ufficient diminish the number ol mart iagos per cent, in a single year. I o a man not in love asking a woman to marry him seems t > be a very simple and easy ma tor, but t > the lover, turn to pie cs with anxieties for which to ore is no valid reason, a proposal i a veritable slough of despond. Some how or other, though, he must strug glo through it, and gonerally doe* so, in the most absurd and ridiculous man ner. making himself an object of ridi culo to the iady, who, in later years. 11 she accepts him. rarely fails to remind him how cheap and insignificant h< 1 oked when, with sheepish aspect and hesitating words, he asked her tod' him tho honor of lookirg after his rai ment until death should them part. Men never talk about thoir proposals for no matter how carefully thoy may have prepared for this momentous oc casion. a proposal, like a fall down stairs, or a death in the familv, always cone s with a shock, and tho studious preparation goes for naught. Blessed therefore, is tho man who does no: have to propo-e, for there are a lev. e: ,f is whore the twain understand oa 'h oth'T so fully that a propo-ial is a su perfluity. Thev simply take the whole thing for granted, and, with the most i effect confidence in each other, re gard it as settled. j tout eVen in such cases, while every- J l.hing may be perfectly satisfactory for ; the young lady, the trouble of the youth ha-! ju t begun, for in all well •egulated families papa's consent to the engagement must be obtained, and the necessity for this formality is presented to tKo interested youth by his inamorata, ho may bo oxcu.-o 1 for feeling that, as the biblical proverb says, "there is a time for all things," j this is the proper time for a cold sweat, j And ho has it, to >. for a! the dismal words ohe poured into tho portals of | his r ductant oars, he feels that death | would be a relief, tout there is no help for it. so ho arranges with himself a time when he will call on his prospect ive father-in-law and adjust matters. Ho does not, in the language of Old Virginia, "hankor after the job." He ha* a dim consciousness that an inter view with a hangman on the gallow would b > a jovial, not to say hilarious, occasion by comparison. Ho defers the matter from time to time, giving him polf a reprieve from the inevitable. When, however, it can bo no longer deferred, ho puts on as bold a face a in his depressed condition be can pos fdbly assume, and starts for the houso. Courageous as lie may have been at skirting, however, lie becomes a pitab'e picture before bo roaches liis destination. His courage out in an inverse ratio to the ilisJanco; that is. tho nearer he gets tho faster it oozes. He discusser with himself whether he would bet ter go on or run away out of town or go off somewhere and quietly die. He trios to think of something t< ruy and fails. He trios to think what ho shall answer if tho father-in-law. that is to be, asks him any questions .'.bout himself and scores another failuio He walks past tho house hall :i dozen times beforo ho can make up his mind 1o ento:\ momentarily dis cussing with himself tl.c propriety ol holting and lotting tho whole thing gc by default. He fails to see tho neces sity of u girl having ally parents, and j a though devoutly thankful to I'rov • i lence for having provided him with a rweetheart entirely to his tuste, car not undort-tand why Providence could not just a-; well havosent him an or phan. Yet all this time ho is, in all probability, gravely in error, for the pironts of tho young lady are perhaps dreading the interview just as much as him elf, unu will bo just as much re lieved as ho when It is at an end. Blind as a kitten, however, ho can not i*oe that their love for their daughter impels them to bo careful of her in lo ost, and that tho obstacles which they see to tho union are created sole ly by regard to the future happiness ol their child. As a rule, he finds that the ■•i deal is by no means so dreadful a he feared it would be, and before tho business ia half ovor lie lealize that parents, uro not ogres lvinp In wait to scare timid lovers intc llts, but kindly, considerate, well meaning people, ready to overlook hit omburras ment, and even, when nee cssary, to hold out a helping hand to c tufToring fello.v-croaturo in distress and smooth his path when they see lie is about to make a disgraceful stumble. In fact, before tho interview is over*, he ha* experienced a radical change of hoart with regard to parents-in-law. and has made up his mind that as v young lady's mother is t >her the dear sst one on earth, that husband must be •it,her a brute or a boar who could, ir terms of disrespect, allude to hit mother-in-law. tout time would fail tc tell of tho mberies of the engagement and how tho young ladv korqi* it socrel by telling all her friends about it. She loos it, of course, liecause she is proud of him. She probably ha* no cans} tc bo, for the chanco* are that ho is v very ordinary fellow with nothing t( eommond him to the attention of any body but herself, and tho other girls after reading his letters to her, kindly tendered for that, purpose, and pio nouncing them "just lovely," go awa\ and wonder what she can see in that man to admire: but then she bus Haiti just, tho same thing ab >ut their beaux, and so the honors are about even. The poor follow thought that the whole trouble was ovor when he had asked the lady and obtained tho conscn' o! her parents, but t • his terror find? that It was only just begun. For there are tho miseries of the engagement with tho twitting of his friends going on in a never-ceasing stream; tho prep arations for the wedding, and, worst of all, the wedding itself, with tho sol omn preacher in front, his own tern bling self as an aim for curious eyes, und the grinning and giggling audi cnco in the b- ckground. Of c ur.-e when the affair passes from tho state of the engagement to tho condition ol a public-wedding, the groom loses hi? prominenca and passe* into insignifi cance when compared with tho bride, too is a sort of necessary nuisanoo, tol crated because ther) is no getting along without him, but long before tin close of tho ordeal lie usually subsico into a state of harmless idiocy, ine chanically grinning and snaking bands with every one who comes neat him. that being tho only thing he cur do, for in his state of mental vacuity, such a thing as c nvorsution is out ol tho question. Such are some (f tho miseries thai men will undergo in order to get wife, and it is perhaps a merciful die* pons at ion of nature that lovers arc deaf nn I blind to what is said ar.ddono about them. Nature often makes won derful provision for the comfort of hei creatures, 1 ut in all the list < f bless ings none is more kindly in its benefi cenco than this, l'oople in their right mind* would fight or go crazy over the half that lovers stand without so much as a pang. Tho lover is a pachyderm utous animal, and so long as he i forced to endur ' the gibes of all crea tion it ij well that this is the case. Its I t NCH Arc Manifold. In tlio slatighfor of cattle very little if any of the carcass is .wasted. The blood is caught and sold to make albumen for sugar refineries, or tc form a cheap substitute for hard rub l>?r, out of which buttons are made. Whon the meat is dressed the content* of the stomach are dried and baled at manure, and the stomach itself is pre pared as tripe. The hide goes to the tanner, the head is skinned and denuded of flesh for the sausage ma Kor, the horns go to the comb maker, who knocks out tho pith and sells it to the glue manufacturer, whe is ever ready to biy any oi the refuse from any part of the steer. The shin bones make the best of bono handles and the rest of the bony structure it i sed for ferti'idng purposes. Kverj scrap of the animal's skin, including the pate, is u ed in one way or another and the refuse of the tanneries be co res an important part of the income of tl)osojestablishments. CHASE OF Til ESLAVERCORA THE EAST SLAVE-SHIP CAPTURED BY THE UNITED STATES. She Fell Prize to the Steamer Con stellation, and Was Taken In Charge by a Mere had. ONE of those true romances of tho sea that put to blush the best efforts of a Captain Mqr ryat, a Fenimore Cooper or a Clark Russell, was the chase and cap ture of the American slave-ship Cora, by the United States steamer Constel lation. The Cora was a staunch bark, freighted with no less than 720 slaves, and she was commanded by a bold, resolute and resourceful man. At the time of the capture the captain gave his name as Campbell, and claimed that he was an English subject, and merely a passenger on tho bark. By masonic friendship lie managed to es cape from the Constellation at St. Paul do Loando, and in after years he met the young naval officer who was detailed to command the prize. Then ho was the painted and spangled per former in a circus, the celebrated clown, William 15. Donaldson, and he confessed that this was his real name. Says his captor; "He had been sailor, lounger, and pseudo-gentleman of leisure on Broadway, negro minstrel, clown, slave-captain— perhaps tho list had better be closed; but he had a faithful, generous heart. He was a brave man, even though a statutory pirate." The Cora was the last slave-ship captured by the United States, and the young officer who played so prom inent n part in the affair was Lieuten ant Wilburn Hall. As soon as Liou teuant Hall, who was in command of the Cora, landed his prize in New York, he cast his fortunes with the Confederacy. After serving through the Civil War ho became one of tho American officers on fhe staff at the Khedive of Egypt. He is now the American Consul at Nice. Major Hall has written n graphic account of tho chase and capture of the Cora for the Century. An extract lrom his story follows: "In President Monroe's administra tion, the United States and Great Britain by treaty agreed to maintain each a squadron carrying at least eighty guns, on the African coast, to suppress the slave-trade, which to that time had received no real check. Each nation could search and might capture the merchant vessels of either, upon proof which satisfied the naval officer of the violation of the laws. In point of fact, while this right was oc casionally used by British men-of-war, still they seldom exercised it against American vessels, and it became al most the rule that American men-of war should perform tho duty. This fact came about because the slave trade was largely carried on by Ameri can vessels. And strange as it may seem, byway of parenthesis, the American vessels were invariably fitted out and despatched from Northern ports, only one in mnuy yearn imme diately preceding the war, having Southern ownership—the schooner Wanderer, which landed slaves on the coast of Georgia; but these slaves were at once gathered in by tho United States Government, and sent back to Africa on the steam-frigate Niagara. "Engaged in this duty tho Constel lation was cruising on tho African coast, tiio men finding relaxation only at long intervals in u short rest at Madeira, or the Canaries; or perhaps on one of the islands in the Bight of Benin. After one of those cruises, when off tho Ambriz River, near tho Congo, in August, 1860, the calm gave way to a refreshing breeze, and tjie Constellation, with all squaresail to royals, had just shaped her course for St. Paul do Loando. It was about 7 p. m., tho sou was as smooth as a floor and a beautiful moon lit the waters with a splendor rarely seen. The crew and officers were all on deck enjoying the refreshing change. Songs were heard forward, messenger boys were skylarking in the gangways, offi cers were pacing the Ice quarter-deck. Suddenly from tho foretopsail yard rang out the cry, '.Sail ho!' "Instantly laughter ceasod, songs ended, men jumped to their feet—all was now expectancy. 'Where away?' came sharply through the speaking trumpet from the officer of the deck. 'About one point for'ard of the weather beam, sir.' Every eye caught the direction indicated. Sure enough, bright and glistening in the reflected moonlight the sails of the stranger were seen, hull down, with the upper parts of Ino courses in view. "The slaver was well on our star board bow. Mr. Fairfax called mo to go with him on the gnu-deck, where we rau two heavy .'s2's out to our bridle-ports ready for a chase dead ahead, which soou occurred. I was directed to carry away the upper spurs aud rigging, and under no circum stances to hit the vessel's hull! 'Aim high and make your mark,' lie con tinued. I touched my cap and smilod ; it was so like the admonition of an ambitious mother to her son. Soon one gnu was sending round-shot whirling through the rigging. Suddenly our attention was attracted by dark objects on the water ahead of us. The slaver was lightening ship by throwing overboard casks, spars, and cveu spare masts. The sea ap peared as if filled with wreckage in a long line. All at onco boats were seen. They are filled with negroes,' I heard sonm on >. cvy on deck. 'Steady on your course,' I heard the flag offi cer shout on the forecastb just above my head. Sure enough they were boats, an 1 as wo sped they seemed to bo coming Mvittly to us.' My heart beat with quick emotion as I thought L saw them crowded with human forms. Men on deck shouted that they were crowded with people, but wo swept by, passing them rapidly. The slaver hoped we would stop to pick up his boats, and thus gain inoro time, but his ruse made us even more eager. Now, our guns redoubled, wo knew the end must come soon, but there seemed no way to stop the chase without sinking her, and humanity forbade a shot in her hull. Her cap tain realized tho situation, but even then his courage was wonderful. "On we went. Suddenly, I saw her course begin to change ; she was com ing to windward—her studding sails came fluttering down, her skysails and royals were clewed up, her foresail also, and as sho rounded up to the wind and backed her maintopsail, the Constellation had barely time to get in her canvas, and round to under her maintopsail, scarcely two hundred yards to windward. 'Away there,first cutters, away!' called the boatswain's mates, as their shrill whistles ceased. "I had barely time to get on deck, after the guns had been secured, be fore I saw the first cutter, with our gallant first-lieutenant himself as the boarding officer, speeding like an ar row to the vessel, her oars scattering sparkling diamonds of phosphorescent water as they rose and fell. Every of ficer and man was leaning over our low hammock-rails, breathlessly waiting and watching. We saw the cutter round up to the gangway. 'ln bows; way enough!' we could hear Fairfax say distinctly, though his orders were low. Then came the rattling of the oars as they were tossed, and the grat ing of tho cutter alongside. "Fairfax's active figure could be seen quickly mounting the side, and then he disappeared as he leaped over the gangway into the waist. For two or three minutes the stillness was pain ful. One could hear men breathing in their excited anxiety. Suddenly tliero was a hail, in tones which I can recall as if heard to-day—clear, dis tinct, manly, 'Constellation ahoy! You have captured a prize with over seven hundred slaves.' ' 'For a second the quiet st ill prevailed, and then tho crew forward of the mainmast spontaneously gave three loud, ringing cheers. Only the sane tity of th" quarter deck prevented the officers from joining, but they shared the feelings of the crew. Aside from the natural feeling which success in n chase brings, there was large prize money in prospect, for in every such capture the law divided among officers and men a sum equal to half the value of the ship and her outfit, and an ad ditional sum of s'-5 for each slave cap tared, amounting in this case to a1 least stto.ooo. To a practical mine there was reason for cheering. The prize, however, was not surrendered by her captain, but by tho crew, whe in terror of our guns hove to the vesse . "It was about 2 a. m. wheu, by ordei of the flag officer, I went on board the slaver with a prize crew, consisting ol nine men all told, one being a negrc servant. I "The clerk wan covered with arti cles of all kinds, which were to have been cast overboard to lighten the ship. The crew could only be Keen a* called to me. They were a sot of cut throats—bearded, dark-looking, scowl nig Spaniards and Portuguese, not o native American among them. Tlu slaves were nearly all on the slave deck, shouting and screaming in terroi and anxiety. 1 leaned over the main hatchway holding n lantern, and the 1 writhing mass of humanity, with theii J cries and struggles, can only be com i pared in one's mind to the horrors ol hell us pictured in former days." WISE WORDS. Cupid is not a calculator. | .Life is too short to get square, f ! No man can buy the sunshine. I Lovo is a spontaneous combustion, j The world is the tramp's treadmill, j Economy was not born in tho poor | house. ! The fools do not say all tho silly I things. Many absurdities are accepted as ' axioms. A genuine holiday must bo honestly earned. The king can do no wrong without everybody knowing it. Pessimism is an evidence of a sout stomach or of inherited taint. All things come to the way of him I who does not expect too much, i A house that is divided against itselJ j cauuot stand outside interference. He who has schooled himself to si lence has set his world wondering. It can never be that everybody else is wrong and you alone are right. Much harm is done by people who j think they are doing what is right. I A man who really loves horses and dogs loves women and children noxt. It is pitiable to see a poor man "gauged" wrong for a small income. The man who is sometimes too busy to hear the whistle blow is seldom out of work. People talk little ills into great ones, but seldom talk little goods into great ones. It is hard lines to win a woman with bonbons for a year and feed her on bread and butter for a lifetime. A Rhyme lor "Massachusetts." Referring to a statement in the Bos tou Globe that there is no rhyme for Massachusetts, and the attempt of a Massachusetts mail to show that there is, a correspondent of the New York Tribune submits a rh}'me which lie thinks wholly beyond criticism. It is as follows: A man named Heath Has. of false teeth, Just got him two bran t new s?ts. Now, Tribune, dear, Pray find just her.-. A rhyme td Massachusetts. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. TO MEND TABLE LINEN. Table linen is best mended with em broidery cotton of a number to corre spond with the quality of tho cloth. Under the ragged edges of the teaf baste a piece of stiff paper, and make a network of fine stitches about an inch beyond the tear. Thin places and breaks in linen may be run with flax or embroidery floss, and towels should be mended in tho same way.—New York Journal. TO DEFY THE MOTH. If you wish to defy that unpleasant little animal, tho moth, in packing away your furs and woolen garments, here are a few suggestions to follow : First, beat out all the dust from tire garment and let it hang in the open air and sunshine for a day. After this, shake very hard, fold neatly and sew up closely in muslin or linen cloths, putting a small lump of gum-camphor in tho centre of each bundle. Wrap newspapers about all. In addition to these precautions, secure as a packing case a whisky or alcohol barrel but lately emptied and still strongly scented by the liquor. Have a close head and fit it iu neatly. Then set away in the garret.—New York World. AN OLD SEWING MACHINE. Blessed is the plant lover thnt can count among her possessions an old sewing machine, exclaims Anna Lyman in tho New York Independent. Mine was gathering dust and cobwebs in the garret, when tho happy thought suggested itself to make it into a plant stand. The top works and large wheel underneath were soon taken away, and here was a strong, pretty looking table 011 iron legs with cas ters, tho last being iuvaluableon zero nights to wheel my establishment nearer the btove. A box was made, six inches high and somewhat largei than the stand. This was half tilled with sand. Here I learned a tlorist'e secret. You notice they put their pots on sand or soft earth and not on 8 dry shelf or table, as we amateurs generally do. hso my geraniums and other plants wero put down 011 the sand, and the air was kept moist, a? plants like to have it. Tradescanti was stuck in around the pots, making 0 shaded carpet. The old fashioned green Virginia creeper has gone out, and lovely colored leaves take its place—striped, silvered, piuk, white, gray, bright as flowers. My staud was a grand success all winter, and I hope to get hold of another old sewing ma chine to make a fernery for ray north window. In the summer it will be moved to tbe piazza, and I can have geranium in bloom, or some other pot plant, and it will be a grund place for the chrysanthemums later. If I want •tands or vases for my plants, I am pretty sure to find some discarded thing in garret or cellar that answers tho purpose. RECIPES. Hard Gingerbread—One cupful o! sugar, one of butter, one-third of a cupful of molasses, half a cupful ot sour milk or cream, one teaspoonful of saleratus, one tablespoouful of ginger, flour enough to roll. Roll thin, cut in oblong pieces and bake quickly. Care must be taken that too much flour is not mixed in with the dough. All kinds of cakes that are rolled should have 110 more flour than is absolutely necessary to work them. Choeso Fingers—Take one-quarter of a pound of putt' paste and roll it out thin ; then take two ounces of Parme san cheese, half a teaspoonful of cayenne and a pint of salt. Mix these ami sprinkle the cheese over half the paste, turn the other half over it and cut it with a sharp knife half an inch wide and any length you please. Hake iu a quick oven aud serve hot, shaking a little grated cheese over them. The fingers must be piled in a dish, cross ing each other at right angles. For Chicken Omelet —Scrape tho bits of meat left on the body bones of of a baked chicken after it has done service on the dinner table. Use all the dressing left with it. Mince tine with the chopping knife. Beat two eggs light, and add one spoonful ol flour and one gill of milk. Mix with tho miuced chicken and fry iu a well buttered pan on top the stove. When brown and sot, fold over in half and servo at once. Omelets should never be allowed to stand and grow cold. Rice Muffins—One pint of milk, one quart of flour, one pint of boiled rice, three eggs, two tablespoonfuls of sugar, one teaspoonful of salt, one of soda, two of cream of tarter. Mix the sugar, salt, soda and cream of tartar with the flour and rub through a sieve. Beat the eggs and add to the milk. Stir gradually into the flour. When it makes a smooth, light paste, add the rice and beat thoroughly. Bake thirty-live miuutes iu buttered pans. This quantity will make three dozen muffins. A Railroad ot Curves. The first railroad west of the Alle ghanies was built from Lexington to Frankfort, Ky., in 1831. The road was laid out with as many curves as possible, the engineers declaring that this was au advantage. The cars wero in two stories, the lower for women and children, the upper for men, four persons being seated in each compart ment. The cars wore at first drawn by mules, but after a time a locomo tive was made by a Lexington me chanic. The tender was a big box for wood, and a hogshead was provided for water, which was drawn in buck ets from convenient wells. Iu place of a cowcatcher there two poles in front fitted with hickory brooms for sweep ing the track.—Lancaster Eagle. One of the pioneers of California is Won Yip Noncr, who came from Hong Kong in a sailing vessel in 1844.