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In spite of the fact tlmt Now York's
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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
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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 <r gi-ttiug mani-id, both in the
| preparatory and in the final stages of
he process, in tho opinion of a St.
bonis (iloho-Detn erut writer, undoubt
•dly a very solemn thing. In the first
place there i.s the courting, lor, save in
'• ranee, where everything is managed
>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 <ccasionallv a lib
eral pecuniary outlay. As far as time
s eon cornel, tlm ex pond it lire is made
with somo degroe of choerfulnoss, for
•ourting, like virtuo, is i's own re
ward, and more than one man has real
ized, in the words of Owen Meredith,
chut
J ho deer] in tho doing It roaches Its aim,
\nd Dio fitet has a value apart from the
When the matter of comfort enters
Into consideration, a field is opened, as
the clergymen say, too wide to enter,
for one of the most astonishing things
about that pha-o of idiocy known us
love is tho peculiar influence it o ert -
u changing the nature; sometimes in
tensifying traits already exist ing, s: mc
■ limes bringing out qualities whoso ex
istence wu- altogether unsuspected.
I As a general thing love is an incentive
Ito exert inn. The lazy y< nth who with
lithculty drives himself or is driven
to bis daily tasks, under tho influence
of the tend'T passion displays an
energy before unknown. Ho'takes
long walks, not because ho likes walk
ing: in fact ho may desj>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.