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HUMORS OF TIIE DATTl HICKMAN CflDUR,TnornnB that has leen bruin for some

rciuiHio nut vkioat ir time i3 hard to bear.To step on a man's corn is a bad sign.GEORGE WARREN, Lookout for trouble. Union17 Brooklyn

UICKMAS, KT. IICKMAN CO EK. A re uk.

.X. Very precocious and forward c.liildren-- Lid

are not the salt of the earth. They aretoo fresh.

OFFICE HEINZE BUILDING. CUNTON STREET : - -

The man who picked up a "well-fille- d

pocket-book- " was disgusted to find itfull of tracts on honesty. ' " '' - .V-- 'i

GEORGE WABBEN, Editor, A woman's work is never done, beTl Oldest 2Vo-viiii- l "vstoi-- . Kentucky cause when she has nothing else to do - . i i".

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OLD SCRAPS.

To boil potatoes successfully: Whenlie skin breaks, pour off the water and

let them finish cooking in their owneteam.

Steei, knives may be saved from rust-ing by leing rubbed with mutton billow,wrapped in paper, and put into a baize-liuc- d

chestCellars thoroughly treated with

whitewash made yellow with copperaswill not bo considered desirable habita-tions for rata and mice.

Ir is said two arts tallow and one ofrosin, melted together and applied to theBoles of new boots or shoes, as much asthe leather will absorb, will double theirwear.

CriArrixo of the hands, which is one, of the most disagreeable inconveniences

ttf cld,enthtf can le easily preventedby tub! idg 'he lif ritfi " iracrod

i. i i JWoodwork strongly impregnated witltungstate of soda or silicate of soda v

treatment in strong aoueous solution ofthese salts will bo found to be quiteuninflammable.

To brown sugar for sauce or puddingsput the sugar m a perfectly drv saucepan. If the pan is the least bit wet, thesugar will burn and you will spoil yourBuueepan.

Hovsfkeevers will find that zincs maylie scourged with great economy of timeand strength by umg either glycerineor creosote mixed with a little dilutedsfflphurie acid.

( Ilt'e frequently cracks because of thedryness of the air in rooms warmed bystoves. An Austrian paper recommendsthe addition of a little chloride of calciumto glue to prevent this.

When washing line laces do not usestarch at all; in the last water in whicl

'they are rinsed put a little tine whitesugar, dissolve it thoroughly, and theresult will be pleasing.

Bitrsn silk with a piece of cotton velvetrolled up tight lor washing, pourpint of lioiling water on a tables; vm infillof alcohol. Let it stand till tepid, andsponge the goods with it.

Silk neckties can be washed in rain-water, to one pint of which add a teasiHxmfnl of white honey and one ofhartshorn. Do not squeeze but let themdrip, and when nearly dry press betweenfoIiLs of cloth.

A cebtais cure for a felon is to wind acloth ltKjsely about the ringer, leavingthe end free, i our in commou gunpowder till the atllicted part is entirelycovereti. Keep th whole wet with strongspirits of camphor.

After buttering your cake-tin- s scattera little Hour over thern and the cake isabsolutely certain not to stick to the tin.If your oven is likely to bake hard at theIxittom put a paper in the bottom of thetin. Butter it well first.

Nothing is better to clean silver withthan alcohol and ammonia; after rubbingwith this take a little whitening or a softcloth and jxdish in this way; even frostedsilver, which is so difficult to clean, mayVe easily raodo clear and bright.

When water has once been made toI oil, the fire may be very much lessened,ns but little heat is required to keep it ata I Milling point. There is no advantage,whatever in making water lioil furiously;the heat will eseajie in steam, withoutraising the heat of the water.

To fix pencil marks so they will notrub out, take well skimmed milk anddilute with an equal bulk of water.Wash the iencil marks (whether writingor drawing) with the liquid, using a softflat camel-hai- r brush, and avoiding allrubbing, Place it upon a flat board todry.

Our Opium Eaters.Almost any physician of reputable

practice is qualified to tell us that theintemperance that agitates society andpuzzles legislatures is after all not themost subtle or dangerous that afflictsthe country. Disease in its variexl andacute manifestations, is to be dreaded,not simply because it inflicts immediateinjury njHin the body and sometimes themind, but because it so often opens widethe door to the habit of opium citing,which is a greater evil than almost anydisease can be. It is not easy to satisfyour sense of justice by holding the vic-tims- of

this habit to a strict moral ac-

countability, for aliout the first effect ofthe drug used habitually is to deadenthe will power and make the partaker aslave to a craving that was planted in-

dependently of his ow n motion. Womenare the greatest sufferers. The nervousdisorders to which they are subject, andthe pains and m:dadies which attick

.them in myriad forms, seem to drivethe dxtor to the morphine bottle as theinevitable resort for the relief of hid pa-tients. This is like feeding babies up-on soothing; syrups. It accomplishesw hat it is intended to accomplish for thetime b:ing, but it exacts a penalty whichit takes the suffering and sometimes theagon j' of a lifetime to satisfy. . Alcoholicstimulants never establish a masteryover body and mind in the same shortperiod of time that suffices to implantthe opium craving in an ordinary human- comMirntion." --me jccts of alcoholmanifest themselves even to the mostordinary olwerver. The effects of opium,on the other hand, almost defy detec-tion by the experienced eye of the skill-ful physician. Those under its influenceare lively, cheerful, frequently brilliant,and they get the credit of leing in ex-

cellent henlth and spirits, when, in fact,they are in deadly warfare with all thelaws of physical and moral health. Theresult of this now wide-sprea- d practice,which is as secret as it is terrible, is toenfeeble the generations that come fromthese impure sources. The importation,and, we suppose, the consumption ofopium in this country has increased 140per cent, during the last four years, andwe fear the doctors are responsible fornot a little of this startling exhibit. Theyshould use opium and its preparationsonly in very extreme cases, and then notlong enough or regularly enough to cre-ate a craving. Otherwise they may be,and in many cases will be, laying thetrain for habitual opium exhilaration andlrunkeriness, which is almobt worse than

'death itself.

Mrs. Doddt "Why, Mrs. Make-sur- e,

you're not looking well of late."Mrs. M. "No (sighing deeply), Ineverlook well after I've been buying butter."Mrs. IX "After buying butter? Howdoes that happen?" Mrs. M. "Well,yon see I have to taste all the butterbefore buying, and as I have to tastefifteen or twenty kinds before gettingsuited, and swallow a good-size- d lumpevery time for fear the grocery keeperwill be mad if I spit it out, and as two-thir- ds

of it is mixed with lord, and theother third with tallow, yon can just im-agine the state of my stomach." Louis-ville Courier-Journa- l.

In making a crust of any kind, do notmelt the lard in flour. Melting will in-jure the cru&L

ESTABLISHED 1S59.

The Man in the Moon.rrv ,i; .i t ii.xuu uiMi ii me iik.iou, as is very ap- -

I'suvm, w iioii'i iuiinrni ii lightness IHltis cuversuiea oy turn areas here andthere. These dark areas are so arrangedas to represent the eyes, nose, andmouth of a human being, and the 'wholedisk represents pas.sal.lv Well a humanlace. .Not an people, However, can seethis resemblance. Some who can notsee the lace can see a man and n womancarrying between them a bucket ofwater. The man stands on the left sideof the disk, the woman on the right Tosome the dark spaces appear to hare thesame shape as North and South America,as if the Western Continent wad refleeted in the moon.

The Tartars see none of these, huttheir "man in the moon is a woodcutter, bearing on his backn huge bun-dle of wood and supporting himself wixha staff. The Japanese see the. form, of a

era attuHt erect, rii "lIore Mm is alarge mortar. In his forepans he holdsa pestle, with, which he is grunting ricafter the manner of the Japanese.

The Emperor Kodolph, who often observed the moon with the Astronomer,Kepler, saw upon it the image of ItalyThe ancieuts recognized the resemblanceof the moon to the human face, for thehistorian Plutarch wrote a treatise con-tradicting the vulgar idea. "Greatfools," said he. "'are they who thinkthat they see a face on the moon. Thatwhich they think they see is an illusion.It is caused by fatigue of the eye, whichmake's light "and shade where there isonly uniformity."

How greatly he was mistaken wasshown afterwards, when the telescopewas invented. Under the ixDwerful eyeof this instrument the surface of themoon exhibits anything but uniformity.It equals in roughness the roughest mr-tio- n

of the earths surface. Huge moun-tain craters are scattered over the disk,and within many of these are smallermountains. loep chasms and highridgt s are abundant I'rom some of themountains long rays extend in everydirection like streams of lava.

The telescope dispels all those resem-blances which are so apparent to thenaked eye, but even with this aid not allpeople see alike. One likens the moonto a green cheese, while another thinksit resembles a lnly of w ater frozen overwith the ritlles on its surface, and thecraters ure air-holt- 's in the jee. An-

other simile, perhaps the most ridiculousoi ail. is mat or a pot or umuig mush,the craters Wing the bubbles of air asthey oome up and burst on the surface.Some see onlv a cold, desolate, deadplanet, incapable) of supporting life ofany kind, while others see valleys.streams, canals and other characteristicsof mother earth. Cincinnati Coiiiiiurial.

A I.eailwlle .Minister.The following remarkable report of

Protestant Episcopal life in Lcadvill.; wasm.Ie by the Lev. I . J. Mackay, a mis

sionary in charge of that church, on arecent Sabbath in on" of the larehu relies of that denomination (i r. K- -n s), in i mlailelphia. After statiag

that when he went to Leadville, he found,instead of a hamlet, a thriving town, w ithchurches of everv denomination, fivobanks, five daily newspapers, etc.. hsaid :

"My first vestryman could drink morewhisky than any man in t lie town. Shortlyafter I made my apjiearanee i:i the townmy parishioners invited me to a churchsociable, and upon going I was astonishedto see the worthy jieoplo waltzing anddancing in the most scandalous manner.To add to this there are two streets whoseentire length were made up of low dancehouses. How was I to overcome such agigantic evil? I secured a hall, had thetloor waxed, anil after engaging a bandof music, I sent out invitations to allthe young men of the place to comedown and have a dance. I instructed mvfloor manager who, by the way, madelots of money and skipped not to allowany waltzing. The result was, after en-joying square dances until 11 o'clock,the participants quietly dispersed. Somefew said: "Wait until the preachergoes, then we'll have a waltz," but I wastoo smart for them I carried the key ofthe hall in my pocket, and did not leaveuntil all had departed. Every otherweek I gave such a sociable, and theresults are remarkably good. This char-acter of mission would not do in Phila-delphia or Boston, but it will do in Lead-ville. It may seem ungodly to practicesuch a course, but it is the only way toreach these people. When I lirst wentout there the congregation used to ap-plaud me when I was preaching, but Ifinally got them out of such an unholyhabit. No matter w ho dies, the proces-sion is headed by a brass band. When Iburied Texas Jack, the partner of Buf-falo Bill, the cortege was headed by abrass Viand of forty-tw- pieces. Lead-ville is also a great place for titles.Everybody has a title. Captain is prettygood but to command attention one mustlie a Colonel or a General. Iam a sortof a ("iSieTal. I belong to five militarycompanies, and in my capacity as amilitiaman I watch over my congrega-tion. ,

Stonewall Jackson and Uie WaironTongues.

Mr. Howell, one of the proprietors ofthe Atlanta ((la.) ( 'unnfitution, says ofStonewall Jackson:

"His genius lay in two things thethoroughness of discipline and his devo-tion. .1 do not think he was a man ofgreat natural ability. He could not talkat all. He was not an entertaining per-son. He was a rigid military man; edu-cated at West Point, ho had learned hislesson well, and applied it unflinchingly.I remember a single order whichhealways enforced, which, in my mind, ac-counted for a good deal of his success.It was that, whenever we stopped on amarch the wagons must go to the side ofthe road, and be unhitched with theirtongues pointing to the road, so theycould lie driven either up the road ordown. Now that would seem to be asimple thing, but it accounts for the re-markable celerity of Jackson's marches.Suppose a man would stop and hiswagon tongue would point the wrongway, and at a certain hour in the morn-ing ho would begin the march, and thatthe wagon would block np the road? Ifthere were many such wagons the marchwould lie delayed a certain time to letthem get ship-shap- Jackson rode upand down his lines every day, morningand evening, to see if such orders asthese were strictly carried out"

Is the harbor of Wisenar, in the Baltic,animalcules, increase and muitiply at agreat rate, for 17,000 cubic leet of mudure formed there every year, and everygrain of this mud contains 100,000 000of the beautiful siliceous remains of theinfusoria.

You will not be troubled with carpetmoths, if you scruVyour floors with hotbrine before tacking the carpet down,and once a week scrub your carpets withcoarse salt.

HICKMAN,

Old Lady Gossip.There is much pleasure to be had in

listening to a nice old lady as she gossipsof the people and customs and things oflong ago; as she tells of a society thatpassed away ere we of this late genera-tion were bom; of the building of thehouses which w ere old w hen we wereyoung, and of those who dwelt in them

the grave citizens and their fair dameswho led the tow n sixty years back, andw hose names strike npon our ears not asstrange and new, but rather ns awakenedmemories. It is pleasant, indeed, to lis-ten to her as she thus brings before oureyes life-likel- y those details of personand place which in themselves are tritl-'.i:-

yet without which we can have noth-ing that approaches to a perfect pictureof the past.

Most astonishing is the dear old lady'memory! A little rambling she may bin her talk: a little uncertain as to the

L.sequeuce-4.- events, ami m date she always is hopelessly at sea. But the ma-terial points of her narrative, tho smallfacts w hich give it strength and flavorand reality, never are lost. Her back-grounds may be hazy, but Jier portraitsand groups always are clear life-lik- e

because they are drawn truly from life.And what matters it that a love storythree score years old is not ticketed withthe very year to which it belongs? Sure,there is noplace for such harsh, cruditiesas dates in a t ni romance. "It wasabout the year 1SJ." or ls.'50" is far lessstriking a liegiuning than: "It was tenor fifteen years after the end of war."And if she is not interrupted by

inquiries as to the when and how,she is fairly certain in the long run, tell-ing her storv in her own way, to make itcoherent and clear. Some times she maytreat decorously of the certain doubtsand doubtful certainties of the pastwith no thought of malice, vet in a fashion to make the ba.-k- s of some of thenowadays "nice" people creep awk-wardly, in response to the oncer socialrule that makes one resnonsiMe for thedoings or misdoings of one's grandfathersbut mo-- t times her recollections run inmore placid chanuels and are busiedonly in bringing once more to light thequeer, entertaining memories of the timewhen she was young. One of the chiefcharms of her storv-tellin- g is that vonnever know, when she is hurly started,what she is going to tell. It may be asketch of the good Bishop White silve-

ry-haired, graceful, serene in his per-fect goodness; or of that stout veteran.Captain Anthony Morris last of allPhiladelphia! to wear knee-breeche- s; orof Father l'lllmore. the eccentric rectorof St. Paul's; or of how the cows of well-to-d- o

citizens were pastured on the Hos-pital lots; or of how the Yauxhill Gardenwas raked by a mob; it may be one of ahundred such stories as these that shetells, or it may be a story in which, so faras the facts arc concerned, there is noth-ing of interest at all. But even when herstories are commonplace, her hearersscarce will tind them dull; so sincere isher own hit. rest in them, so genuine thezest with which they are told. Mellowlytender ana run or a sweet iragrancc arethese gathered memories of long ago,and very pleasant is it to listen to themas they take form in gentle words. Theyare, in truth, but the shadows of thepast; and yet a heart unhanhiiedby the world will tind them farbetter worth pon.fi ring upon than arethe angular realities sprung up iu flirown time. And as the dear old ladypresents them, they have a tinge of truepathos. To us of a later generation theyare memories of old, old times; but toher they are memories of the one gladseason when all was new when the eyeswhich are grown so old anil see so muchthat is sorrowful, locked out happilyupon the world and saw it brighter,fresher, fairer than it is now, becausethey were young. I'hiladi Iphia 1'imt k.

"Going to School."Class in geography, stand up. Now,

who can tell me who was King of thoCannibal Islands bX) years ago? What,can no one answ er this gravely importantquery? Is it possible that you haveknowingly kept yourselves iu the darkon a point which may one day decide thefate of the nation? Very well ; thewhole class will stay for an hour afterschool as a punishment.

The "Ii" class in geography willplease arise and come forward for trialami sentence. Now then, in what direc-tion from San Francisco are the Man-grove Islands? What! can no one an-

swer? And you boys expect to grow upand become business men, and you girlsto become wives, and yet don't knoww hether the Mangrove Islands are north,east or southw est of San Francisco! Ishall send the boys up to tho principalto be thrashed, and the girls will haveno recess.

The class iu history will now take theprisoners' box, and tell the jury whethersunflower seeds ure among the exportsof Afghanistan. No answer? None ofyou posted on this moment nous ques-tion? Two-third- s of you on the point ofleaving school to mii;gle in the busyscenes of life, and yet you do not knowwhether Afghanistan exjwrts sunflowerseeds or grindstones! For five years Ihave laliored here" as a teacher, mid nowI find that my work has been thrownaway, (to to your seats and I will thiukup some rnode of punishment befittingyour crime.

The advanced class in mathematicswill now step forward. One of youplease step to the blackboard and illus-trate the angular rectangle northeastcomer of a quadrangle. What! No onein all this class able to make that simpleillustration? James and John and Josephand Henry, you expect to become mer-chants, aud Mary and Kate and Nancyand Sarah, you are all old enough to bemarried, and yet you confess your igno-rance of angular rectangular quadrangu-ler- s

before the whole school ! John,suppose you lecome a wholesale grocer.Do you expect to buy tea and sugar andcoffee and spices, and sell the sameagain without reference to quadrangles?Mary, supiose you go to the store tobuy four yards of factory at ten cents ayanL How are you going to be certainthat you have not been cheated if youcannot figure the right angle of a trian-gle? Ah, me! I might as well resign myposition and go home and die, for thenext generation will be so ignorant thatall educated persons will feel themselvesstrangers and outcasts. Detroit FreePress.

Opinm Smoking.San Francisco is not of the opinion

that the article in the new Chinese treatyprohibiting citizens of either countryfrom importing opium here, and vesselsflying tho flag of either nation fromcarrying it, will destroy the trade in thisarticle. Opium smoking, on the Pacificcoast, is not confined to the Chinese, forAmerican yonths have acquired thehabit. Saysone of the importers: "TheChinese will get it, if it is on the top ofthe earth."

The only railroad in Greece is but fivemiles long.

FULTON COUNTY,

OUR YOUNG FOLKS.

BY II. O. KSOWI.TOH,5

Oh, t wih th winter vculi! E'i,And I wish Hie ftuunner wouM come.

Then the hii; lirnwn farmer will hoe,The J it Tie I'rnwn hee. will hum.

II", hum !

Then the rol.in ln fife will frill.An. I Oi" vt.Hi.'krr le:it hi itrum,

Ami out ,,f their teiit.a in the hillThe little treen lr'ps will come.

Ho, hum !

Now t hi. 'ss'miis ure siek iu I'O!,A- - tf the ile.ir i'tite I'll h ure dumb,

The tniH.k h;i a ol I in hi r hea-1-

i, s:mim"r t:ike to tome.', hum

hen in honnie h!ne nf si; yAle! in 1' iniiie ur-e- hel.iw,

Tiie i lou.i-ll.- x ks tl v ami the l.im k lie.Then u him. r will cuiue, I ku w.

11.., ho!

Tt''-- i nrouti 1 and nvei the tre, . -

With a flitt er ami flirt will roA rollickm,', (mlk knu breeze,An.l awav with a whisk, ho, ho.

'il.., ho!

ih, the l.l.issoms take long to i omftAim! the ic cles lon to no;

Hut the summer will come, nj the bet-- willhum.

AuJ the bright little !. fc will flow,1 know, llo, ho!

St. yirlioMt.

MfSS -- BILLT BUTTON."

Hallo! There goes Hilly IJutton!lift's run and set; who will carry thebm.ks and lunch-bo- x cried abright-eye- d and rosy-che- f ked ffllow ofseveiitef'n. who sei-me- to have his armsalri-ad- y full of hooks and lunch-box- .

This "Hilly Uutron" was not the fa tlittle tailor, who, covered with buttonsthe si,. of saucers, iHt d to make

still makes jieoplo laugh at theciri-tis-

.

No, the Hilly Hutton who had jm--t

turned the corner, with books, lunch-bo- x,

and a bunch of sj.riiig violets, wasa pretty girl of sixteen, with eyes likestars, and cheeks like roses; and with abom t notwithstanding her follies kindand true.

The hare act of living and breathingwns a joy to Sarah IiCeds; and life hadbeen one gala day to her. Every wishwa.--. gratified, and every freak laughed atat home aud among her friends; so thatshe felt she was quite an inqiortaiit jier-sieia-

in this little world. Her satisfac-tion with herself was shown in herbright eye and dancing stej.

Is it iiny wonder that she sometimesdid silly aud imprinh'nt things?

Sarah Tweeds had a weakness for Jieeul-ia- r

dress. She preferred to w ear dressesunlike those worn by other girls, or sheoverdid a fashion till people turnedround aud looked after her in the street.

When long saeques came in fashion,hers extended to the hem of her dress, andwas ornamented with white buttons thesi.e of an old cent down the front andback seams, on the strap at the back,and oil the pivkets and cull's.

She came in iew like a galaxy of pearlbuttons, and thus gained the sobriquet ofHilly Hutton.

A felt hat of her brother's, withoutbow or plume, sat ou one side of herhead, completed her costume that win-ter.

She was so bright and funny that thehigh school boys vied with each other forthe honor of carrying her books, andshowing lu r other little attentions;' butnone of them w ished their sisters tocopy her dress or her manners.

They even gave her nicknames whentalking with each other, calling her"Haucing Sally," iu reference to hergait, and tho "Snapping Turtle," be-

cause she snapped uji all "the beans"as they called themselves from theother girls.

One bright spring day, a merry groupof high school girls aud boys went tothe adjacent woods iu search of Mayflowers. Sarah's marked garmentsproved too warm for its owner, and thelioys took turns carrying it.

One said, "You won't need this thingany more this year. Won't you give mea button for a keepsake?"

"Yes, indeed, if you want one," wasthe merry rejily.

"Oh, give me one, too!""And me, too.""And me, and me," rang through the

group."Help yourselves! Only stoj- - your

noise!" cried the little belle, chippingher fingers over her ears.

Out came penknives and jackknives;and off came the buttons. Any one whoknows boys can imagine the condition ofthe garment after this. It was full ofholes like eyes, all up and down thefront; and was never worn again.

A few years went by. One of thesefellows, who had had such fun with"Hilly Button," had grown to manhood,and moved from Hoston to Chicago.

Calling one evening on a new friend,who lived in a good deal of style with astately widowed mother, he was asked ifhe had ever met a Alias .Leeds, who livednear J Jos ton.

"Cranston Leeds' daughter?" asked"voting Boston," his eyes full of fun.

"Yes.""Indeed! I did know her well."Ttie old lady, who regarded all girls

who were strangers to her as dangerousassociates for her son, pushed back thelace from her ears and straightened her-self to listen.

"Manv a frolic I've had with her!She's a high one, isn't she? She was aright good-hearte- d girl, and all the fel-

lows at school used to flutter round her.But I dou't think any one of them everwanted to marry her." was the reply.

"Mercy! What did she do, and whowere her jieoplo ?'' cried the old dowager,with an excitement quite unwarrantedby the simjjle question of her son to hisfriend.

"O madam, I don't think she ever dida really wrong thing in her life; and shewas as good-hearte- d a girl ever lived,"said the young man.

"But a butt for sjxwt-lovin- g Ixvrs!" re-plied Mrs. Stantou, casting a sarcasticglance at her son.

"Oh no, not exactly. But she madefun, and we liked her for it."

And then tho young fellow, uncon-scious of havoc he was makingof a younggirl's hopes, went on to tell the story ofthe long sack and its mutilation on thatMay day by the cutting off of the rowsof buttons; little dreaming that a spark-ling diamond ring had taken a journeyto Boston, and had come back becauseStanton was too shy to offer it to SarahLeeds, and that it lay at that moment inhis ocket-boo- k waiting till he should beable to raise Lis courage sufficientlyhigh to send it

"Well," cried Mrs. Stanton, when herson's friend had left the house, "neverlet me hear that girl's name again,Henry. I want no 'Billy Buttons' roundhere!"

Stanton had met Miss Leeds at Saratoga,and lieen quite at his ease, because shesaved him the trouble of being agreeableand entertaining.

He was charmed with her, as verybashful yoiniK men always are with

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KENTUCKY, FRIDAY,talkative and self-confide-nt girls; audaa lately been to Boston and called onner at her suburban home.

.Udore ho went, he had bought then'ntien ring, but had neither courage to

sk his mother's blessing on his pur-lios- e.

no,. to offvr the lady his hau' He had but one thought waking andsleeping; and all hopes were lost in theone lnpc 0f bringing this merry and jov-i;- d

girl to their quiet home.Iut now a barrier imjenetrable as a

mountain of rock had been thrown be-tween them, by the innocent chatter ofhis friend!

"Tell nie, my son, how far this matterJnw pone between you and 'Billy But-ton.'" asked the mother sarcastically.

"Not far at all, mother; and probablya brilliant girl liko Alias Leeds would notlook it a quiet a stupid fellow likoir.-4- ke your son," was the reply.

i 'jjtih ! yon are t.!good for a girl'Eooi imy6ne" wPuhTMare to ridicule. Ifyen have taken no step you cannot re-trace, thank heaven for it! If you have,jet another home of which 'Hilly Hutton'can be mistress. I never can consent tohave her come her!"

T.ie young fellow made no reply,though he inwardly resolved not to lethis mother say who he should or shouldnot marry.

But this lady knew how to wield sar-casm as a mighty weapon. She neverceased to play on the name of "BillyButton," and to remind him that ado.enyoung men were carrying alout as tro-phies of boyish victory, the buttons, thehair, and jiossibly other favors fromthis Yankee divinity.

Perhaps Stanton himself began to fearthat there might bean offensive elementin the character of Sarah Leeds.

Perhaps he was overjowered by hismother's btrong will.

At any rate he soon ceased to scowlwheu she laughed about " Hilly Button,"and the diamond ring was reserved forsome other linger than the oue for whichhe bad bought it.

Remember, girls, that the follies ofto-da- y will not always be forgotten inthe vears to come. Youths' Compan-ion.

Beautiful Sentiment.One sometimes finds a gem among th

castaways of the forgotten years. Thf. .llowing congratulati ry letter to a younglady ou the eve of marriage is venerablehut gc.Hi:

"lam holding some jmsteboard in myhands three stately pluckings from thehush of ceremony. I am ga.ing ujion p

card, and upon a name; a name withwhich your gentle life began, a namewith which your throbbing heart waslost There's nothing strange uln.utthat card. The maiden sign still looksup from it, calm and customary, as itl.ks on many a friendly visit, as it liesin many a formal basket.

"I am gazing, t.", ujvin a card wherethe nearer patent tells the world she willhe 'At Home' one day; and that isr.i't.'.iiig new. But there is another cardw In,.,. Tuj,. g there iuit a tongue of lirel.it. its spi'ft'hlo ss pastel wi.'ird. It tellslis t.iat tlicMfl cnnls nro lint th milei -- ii i- .. . . 1

iier.uusoi a coming crisis when n hitn.lthat lias pressed friend's hands, amiplucked I'.iwcis. shad close down on oneto wh.mi she will be a friend and flowerecr after.

"I send you a few flowers to adorn thed ving moments of your single life. Theyare the getitl. st type of a delicate, dura-ble friendship. They spring up by ourside when others have deserted it, andwill be found watching over our gravewhen thto: who siiould have been therehae forgotten us.

"It seems meet that a jmst so calmand jui re a-- s yours, should expire with akindred sweetness aliout it; thnt flowernand music, kind friends, and earnes.words should consecrate the hour, whena sentiment is j'.issing, into a sacrament.

"The three great stages of our beingare birth, the bridal, and the burial. Tothe tirst we bring only weakness, for thoI. ist we have nothing but dust. Bn.here at the altar where life joins life, thejair come throbbing uj to the holy manwhispering- the deej) promise that armeach with the other's heart to help on inthe life struggle of care and duty.

"Tho leautiful will be there, borrow-ing new beauty from the scene thegay and the frivolous will look solemnfor once, and youth will come to gaze onall that it sacred thoughts jiantfor andage will totter up to hear the old wordsrejH'ated over again, that to their ownlives have given the charm. Some willweej ever it as if it were a tomb; somewill laugh as if it were a joke; but twomust stand by it, for it is fate, not fun

this everlasting look of their lives."And now can you. who have queened

it over so many bended forms, can youcome down at hist to the frugal diet of asingle heart?

"Hitherto you have been a clock, giv-ing your time to all the world. Nowyou are a watch, buried in one particularbosoiu, marking only hours, aud tickingonly to the beat of his heart, where timeand feeling shall be in unison until theselower ties are lost in that higher wed-lock, w here all hearts are united aroundthe 'Central Heart' of all."

'ot So Green After All.A chap from the rural districts stepped

into a music store in the city of Provi-dence, and, after taking a fifteen min-utes' survey of the contents, he steppednp to the counter and asked the cleric, ifhe had any new music " bran new, inatout?"

The clerk measured him with his eyefor a moment, and, thinking he was ig-norant as to music, and that anythingwould be fresh to his customer that hadbeen issued since the days of " Rosinthe Bow," decided to palm off some oldpieces whicli had become a drug on thecounter. So he took up "The LastRse of Summer," and Bard :

"Yes, here is a piece that goes with aPerfect rush, and here is The Old ArmChair,' 'another favorite. There is' When this Cruel War is Over,' which isftll the rage all over the city."

"That will dew," replied Jonathan,"How much do you ask for the lot?"

"One dollar," returned the clerk.." Waal, you may dew 'em up in a

piece of paper and lay 'em on theshell. "

The clerk obeyed, but Jonathan didnot pay for the music.

"I'm going down town a piece," hesaid, and if I come back I will pay for

music ana take it ; but u X aon tLouie back you may light your pipe wiith. i,"e Last Rose of Summer,' srt down in

Old Arm Plinir' anrl mit tillruel War is Over.' "Jonathan slid out of the door, and the

c,erk looked as though he had beensold,

.A CTBtocs use was made of the mar-"aK- e

ceremony in Cincinnati the otheri A young girl having put her in-ja- nt

death was, at the suggestion oflawyer, married to her lover, who

was the only witness against her. Then Jiug married the State was de-pnv-

of its onlv evidence.

MAY 6, 1881.

INTERESTING PARAGRAPHS.

Yorsa men may ba too fresh, but eggsnever.We have no objection to a man's bor-

rowing trouble; but we want him to keepit to himself after he has borrowed it.Buffalo Courier.

"Women are either thinking aboutnothing or else thinking about somethingelse." This passes for wisdom because itwas said by Dumas.

Since 18oG nine thousand divorceshave lieen granted in Italy, Milan beingset down for no less than three thousand.Since 1S70 Rome has had six hundred.

As exchange remarks that gout, whichis becoming quite fashionable, will neveraffect the editorial profession, as crackerami beer lunches never produce so high-tone- d

a disease.Whkn riiiladdphinus sco a man with

a block eye, bloody nose, and generallyhirrupped appearance, they point to himand whisper: " He's a statesman.''

ntftH I'axtA onritcir never splits on account of

its numerical strength. It is only whentwo deacons can't decide which one is toboss the sexton that need is found foranother building and minister. 1) t'oit

' f J'rrs.ArcoHoiNo to Professor Swing, "the

corning laau will be temperate, chaste,merciful, just, generous, charitable,large-hearte- sweet-tempere- Christian,a good neighbor and faithful citizen,"What a nice time the coming woman w illhave.

A wRiTF.it in the London Truth saysthat the "fifteen puzzle" was worked outin Hutton's "Recreations in Mathemati-cal Science" more than fifty years ago.The Hindoos, Chinese, and Hgytianswere familiar with the puzzle, the squareof sixteen being consecrated to Jupiter.

A mas is either a fool or a physician atforty, and w hen he is the hitter there isno physician in this country at least

who can teach him anything Heknows somebody's domestic medicine byheart, and imagines he is suffering fromevery disease known to the books. In amedical rioint of view it is occasionallynot a bad thing to be a fool.

Wiikn a Chinaman dies on the home-ward passage from San Francisco toChina, his remains are embalmed by hiscompanions, in a simple but etleetivemethod. A gash is cut in his neck, andan artery opened, and aliout two gallonsof arsenical solution injected into theveins by means of a hand pump. Theartery is then tied up and the bodyplaced in a box.

The following figures have been pub-lished, giving, it is said, the exact num-ber and nationality of soldiers who wereengaged on the Union side iu the "lateunpleasantness:"'

I'er cent.Native Americans. . . . .1,5 ;.3io 75.4.i(itriiian 1, fit HI S.TtiIrish lll.'JoO 7.14I'.ritish American 5't. iV ") 2.4aOthor foreigners 4S.4IM1 2..i.tIlnfc1",li 45.500 .tiForeigners unknown. 2i '..500

Total number 2,0 IS, -- nilA Torstt Italian painter, Siguor Carlo,

in Paris, has been astonishing a selectcircle of spectators with some wonderfulperformances in the way of rapid execu-tion. A memtier of tho companychooses a subject, and without a mo-ment's retlection, the painter proceeds todepict it on a large canvas, six feet bythree. In four or five minutes the pic-ture is finished and replete with details.Of course, being produced at such arate, the work leaves much to be desired;but as an instance tf lightning speed,combined with a harmonious en."cnit,tr,it is simply marvelous.

An Oriental Sunday Anions" the Mer-chants in ICtimhay.

An Indian corresjxindeut of the Wash-ington Republican writes: Tho Sabbathin Rornbay is, as it is on the Continent,a busy day. The natives find that thehdor of six days does not render themrevenue enough, and therefore continuetheir traffic on the seventh. The Euro-peans remain quietly at home, but thisdoes not prevent them from being visitedby the merchants and their wares. Theyenter tho hotels and boarding-house- s andntrew the floor with their goods, and verybeautiful they are, too. Cashmere shawls,embroidered Persian garments in silverand gold, cunningly wrought jewelry,sandal-woo- d fans and boxes. The cus-toms and manners of the .merchants areunique and not just what we are accus-tomed to in a civilized land. His goxlsare transported by a coolie w ho remainsoutside. Tho merchant who is bare-legged and not over-dresse- d, squats onthe floor while he displays his merchan-dise and glibly tells of the superior qual-ities of the articles. He names at firstan astonishingly high price. He expectsto be beaten down; and, as you expressdisapproval, gradually lowers the price,until, if you purchase, it has been low-ered nearly two-third- s. The Jews, whohave always carried off the palm for thisparticular mode of trade, would findthemselves in nearly every instance putto shame by a native Indian trader.There is no necessity for ladies to go outshopping in Bombay, for all kinds ofapparel and fancy articles are brought tothe houses and bungalows for them tochoose from. All of the native shopsare open on Sunday, and mechanics goto their daily labor as a matter of course,the large cotton-mill- s and manufactoriesrumble on regardless of the holy day.The natives have different days f jr theirreligious worship throughout the month.

Please Don't Fret.There is one sin which seems to me is

everywhere and by everyliody under-estimated, and quite too much overlookedin valuations of character. It is the sinof fretting. It is as common as air, asspeech; so common that unless it risesabove its usual monotone we do not evenobserve it. Watch an ordinary comingtogether of people, and see how manyminutes it will be before somelxxly frets

that is, making a more or less com-plaining statement of something or other,which, most probably, every one in theroom or the stage, or the street car, ortho street corner, as it may be, knewliefore, and which, most probably,nobody can help. Why say anythingabout "it? It is cold, it is wet, it is dry;somebody has broken an appointment,

a meal; stupidity or bad faithsomewhere has resulted in discomfort.There are always plenty of things to fretaliout. It is "simply astonishing howannoyance and discomfort may be foundin the course of every day's living, evenat the simplest, if one only keeps a sharpeye out on that side of things. Buteven to the sparks flying upward, in theblackest of smoke, there is a blue skyabove, and the less time they waste onthe road the sooner they will reach it.Fretting all time wasted on tbe road.Helen Hunt.

There are still a few negro slaves inthe country owned by the SeminoleIndians in jFlorida.

'ii.?e sis,

VOL. XVI.-N-O. 32,

The Rich Men.Jay Gould is estimated at $70,000,000.

ne makes now on an average So, 000,-00- 0

a year, and hence will soon becomea leading capitalist Russell" Sage,though old enough to be Gould's father,is only rated at 30,000,000. He beganlife a poor lyt and was a clerk for someyears in a Troy grocery house, where hoafterward became a partner. Ho mademoney by industry and economy, audsoon was able to enter the w ider field ofrailway spccidr.tion. This gave him asufficient rapital" to remove to Wallstreet, where he has been a leadinggambler in stocky privileges. He sells"puts, calls and straddles" to tho foolswlio are adihetud to this practice, andhas made an imtueuse fortune out of themoney they t,hrow away. D. O. Mills,w ho is reckoned at fcslOO.OOO, accumu-lated the largest part of his wealth inCalifornia, b. m also been highlysuccessful ""stn-e- t. - Samuel J.Tilden is estimated at from $9, 000.0(H) to

most of hieh he has madein speculation. He began this practicewhen a young man, nuA his intimateacquaintance with Walt street men gavehim an unusual advantage. This hasbeen admirably improved, uutil Tildenmay now be considered the richest bach-elor in America. Moses Taylor, with

000, is the richest of "our bankPresidents. H. . Marquand ratesabout the same as Jim Keene. WilliamH. Vanderhiit and his two sons (Corne-lius mid William) are worth SlOO.OOO,-0- ).

Cornelius K. Garrison is rarelymentioned now, as he seldom appears inbusiness transactions, but he is gotnl fora dozen millions.

Hubert L. Stuart, the survivor of thesugar manufacturing brothers, is estimated at iTi,(MM,0(Kl. Judge Hilton isof equal wealth. He got all this throughhis acquaintance with A. T. Stewart, themerchant prince, who made him heir to8 . The Judge then made anexcliange with .Mrs. htewart wlncli wasimmensely in his favor. Robert L.Kennedy, nephew of James Jjeuuox, isestimated at So.OOO.IXJO. P.obert andOgden Goelet, who are the heirs of theimmense Gut-le-t estate, are estimated at

20, 000,000. The Astors are worth morethan $100,000,000, and are carefullyhoarding their wealth. Miss HarrietLenox, who is the heir of her brotherJames, is probably worth 2,000,000,'tne interest of whicu sue gives away rnthe manner formerly practiced by herphilanthropic brother. Miss Lenox isno doubt dispensing a larger amount incharity than any other woman inAmerica. Peter Cooiht is the oldest ofour capitalists, and also the most philanthropie. He is now in his ninety firstyear, but notw ithstanding his advancedage is still in tnissession of all his faculties. He is estimated at $7,000,000, allthe tnut of industry and good management. His Institute continues to begrand public benefaction, and he hasrecently added all the modern improve-ments. George Law is next in point ofage, being now eighty-two- . He weighsnearly JOO pounds, and tins nas seriously impaired his activity. He owns theI )ry 1 Kick Bank, and the largest part oftho Eighth arenue surface railroad, hisentire wealth being estimated at $3,000,- -uoo. H hat a contrast letveen thesetwo last mentioned capitalists, for, wliileCcx i er has been lavish in his benefac-tions, George Law has never been knownto do anything for philanthrophy. Herose from the working class, but doetnot appear to have any sympathy with itor with humanity in any shape. JTewYork Letter.

Roller Skatln? at tbe Capital.So it happens, writes a Washington

correspondent, that Washington hasmore proficients on roller skates to thesquare acre than any other city in theworld, and that certain classes of herpopulation have mannerisms as peculiarto roller skaters as are the unconsciousmechanical movements of a blacksmithcharacteristic and typical with all hisguild. Wherever there is a declivity, ason Capitol Hiil, roller skaters most docongregate. They go up the incline inshoals, as it were" every individual girlor boy, or manor women, bending to hisor her work with patient, cheerfulalacrity. Coming down they pool theirissues, and form in line lehind a leader,who, w ith his coat-ta- il in firm grasp ofihe boy liehind him, giv?s momentum tothe whole column, every individual stand-ing stiff and prim on the rollers. Aftergetting the line in motion the leadereases up, and standing like the others,all go whizzing down the hilL Oncefairly started, there is a letting go ofcoat-tail- s or apron strings or hands andeach skitter moves as an independent, de-

tached fragment of the liue. Here comesin the delusive or deceptive feature ofthe scheme, and the unconscious al

movement that has grown intoa mannerism. If all goes well, that skimdown Capitol Hill is worth a week's funto any boy or girl who has the spirit ofadventure. Those who enjoy coastingwill understand this. But in this substi-tute for coasting it is rarely that all doesgo well. If the leader tumbles, all tum-ble, or if any one down the line tumbles,all behind him tumble. Every skaterseems to understand thus, and they areso confident in tli.ijr expectations of hav-ing to sit down in the face of a catastrophe,that they seem always in the act of get-ting ready to sit down. When thecatastrophe comes, or rather on the in-

stant it threatens, every boy or girl sitsdown promptly, but easily, with a move-ment that reminds one of the mechanismof the conventional stage fall. The ma-jjrit- y

remain in sitting posture untilsome boy who has good command of hislegs reaches an upright position and pro-ceeds to assist the others. Then theyglide in a subdued way to the bottom ofthe hill, scattering as the spirit movesthem. Often some tyro on roller skatesis left to regain his footing himself, orsomo boy with a bloody nose, or asprained ankle, or a bruised hand, is leftstranded and disconsolate on the curb-stone. .Nineteen times in every twentythese combiuation movements end in dis-appointments, but hour after hour, andday after day, the roller skaters, shuttingtheir eyes to all disappointments, con-tinue to take the risks.

True to the Last.Daisy Shoemaker, the pretty daughter

of a farmer living near Richmond, Va.,had agreed to elope with Westland Pierce,but when the critical moment arrivedshe feared to transgress her parents'wishes, and would not go to the rendez-vous. Her sister Jane, two years hersenior, begged her to keep her trust withher lover, but all in Va.in. "Well, if youdon't keep your word with West Pierce,1 11 do it for you," she said, and indig-nantly leaving her sister, she got intothe buggy and dashed off, despitethe screams of her sister. Miss Janereached the waiting place; explanationswere made; she said she was willing totake her sister's place. The lover,touched by her pluck and captivated brher determination not to let the plan failthrough, did actually marry her so thestory goes.

she lias lier hair to nr.The Syracuse Jfrrafd don't under

stand how, necessarily, a man may bo ahatter w ho makes his influence felt.

Sl'EEcn is silver and silence golden.That is where it costs more to make aman hold his tongue than it does to lethim talk.

Old subscriber: ."What are yougrowling alout? If you want an articlethat will cover the whole ground, get aChicago girl's shoe." Boston Bout.

Says Henry Ward Beecher : "Noneof us can take the riches and joys of thislife, lieyond tho grave." Don't wan't to,sir. We'll take ours this side of thegrave, if we can get 'em; the sooner theI letter, sir.

An exchange asks "If kissing is reallya sanctimonious method of greeting whydo not the pastors who practice it everliestow their labial attentions upon men?"Because the men are always away, attheir business, when the pastor calls,aud there is nobody left to kiss only thewomen. Beck's Sun.

Anohy wife (time, 2 a. in.) "Is thatyou, Charles?" Jolly husband "Zashmo." Angry wife "Here have 1 beenstanding at the head of Ihe stairs thesetwo hours. Oh, Charles, how can yon?"Jolly husband (bracing up) "Standin'on your head on t'shtairs? Jenny, I'mshprised! How can I! By jove, I can't!Two hours, too! 'Stronary woman!"

A newspaper article asks: "What arethe causes of decline among American,women?"' Well, generally because shethinks the fellow cannot keep her insealskin sacks, French gowns and fash-ionable bonnets. When a single manwith plenty of "soap" is around there isnot any decline among American womento speak of. Boston Cuinmrrcial Bulle-tin.

"I've noticed," said Fnddidnd, "thatthe railroads mu past all the fences thatare painted over with medical advertise-ments. It's funny," he added, "but it'sso. Did any of you ever notice it?" Allpresent acknowledged that it had neveroccurred to them before just that way.Fuddidud is more than ever convincedof his profundity. Boston Transcript.

In one of the hotels at Nice is a bean--f- ul

American, who lately went to an "athome " in full dress low-necke- d, satin,diamonds, etc. On arriving and lookingaround the room she perceived the otherguests to be in demi-toile- t. "Well,"she said, " if I'd known that it was onlya sit around I'd not have put my clotheson." London Truth.

Americans are of a practical nature.When an Illinois farmer who had gotrich was visiting Switzerland, they dilatedto him of the beauty of the surroundingscenery. "Yes," he replied, "as sceneryit's very good. But it strikes me theLord has wasted a lot of space on scenerythat might have been made level andgood farming land." They wanted tolynch him. Boston Bout.

The Chicago street car conductor maynot be very civil but he is a man of im-agination. The Inter-Ocea- n tells a storyof a member of the guild who, when awoman wearing a dolman waved herarms to stop him, and then, fearing tobe run over by a passing wagon, did notmove from the sidewalk but continuedher gestures, shouted, " Come, madam,quit flapping them wings and getaboard." Boston Transcript.

Plans of Polygamy.Some idea of the avowed designs of

the Mormon Government may be formedfrom the following public statements bytheir Bishop, Lunt:

"Our Church has been organized onlyfifty years, and yet behold its wealthand power! This is our year of jubilee.We look forward with perfect confidenceto the day when we will hold the reinsof the United States Government. Thatis our present temporal aim; after thatwe expect to control this continent. Wedo not care for the territorial officialssent out to govern us. They arenobodies here. We do not recognizethem. Nor do we fear any practicalinterference by Congress. To-da-y wehold tho balauce of political power inIdaho; we rule in Utah absolutely; ' andin a very short time we will hold thebalance of power in Arizona and Wyom-ing. A few months ago President Snow,of St. George, set out w ith a band ofpriests for an extensive tour throughColorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Mon-tana, Idaho and Arizona to proselyte.We also expect to send missionaries tosome parts of Nevuda, and we designto plant colonies in Washington Terri-tory. In the past six months we havesent more than 3,000 of our jeople downthrough the Sevier Valley to settle inArizona, and the movement still pro-gresses. All this will help to build upfor us a political power that the dema-gogues will be forced to recognize. Ourvote is solid, aud will always remain so.It will belthrown where the most goodwill be accomplished for the Church.Then, in some great political crisis, thetwo great political parties will bid oursupjiort. Utah will then be admitted asa jKilygamous State, and the other Terri-tories we have peacefully subjugatedwill be admitted also. We will thenhold the balance of power, and will dic-tate. In time our prrnciples, which are ofsacred origin, will spread throughout theUnited States. We will possesB theability to turn the political scale in anyparticular community we desire. Ourpeople are obedient. You can imaginethe results which wisdom may bringabout with the assistance of a churchorganization like ours. It is the com-plete- st

one the world has ever seen."

An Old Japanese Coin.A. E. Outerbridge, of this city, has a

Japanese coin 400 years old, that pos-

sesses an interesting history. It is saidto be the only one of the kind that hasever come into the possession of aforeigner. A few years ago the JapaneseAmbassador at Washington asked the ad-

vice of Colonel Thomas A. Scott, of thuscity, in relation to the selection of anengineer competent to superintend theconstruction of certain important publicworks in Japan. Colonel Scott suggestedJoseph W. Crawford, of Pennsylvania,then engaged on the Texas and PacificRailroad. Mr Crawford sailed for Japanand began the construction of an artil-lery road in the northern part of theJapanese possessions. The enterprisewas regarded as a very difficult one, butwas finished so much to the satisfactionof the Japanese Government that Mr.Crawford was immediately engaged toconstruct the Polonai BarlroadL "Whenthe latter road was opened, Mr. Craw-ford was decorated with the Order of theRising Sun and presented with the coinin question, which is of gold, 32-10- 0 footin diameter and weighs 4 9-1-0 ounces.Philadelphia Times.

Late Genlns.A poet says: "When the sun imprints

a fcood-nig- ht kiss npon the western hon-so- n

the sky blushes." How pretty is thethought! The sky blushes when the nunrises in the morning; but, then, the poetaare always asleep, for genius is generallylate. New Orleans Picayune.

The New York Central runs one hun-

dred and sixty trains a daj one everyzone minutes.

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