The Corvallis gazette., August 27, 1880, Page 4, Image 4

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W1IKLY C0KY.4 1 LIS GAZETTE
CORVALLIS.
- AUGUST 27, 1880
MY MOTHER.
BY K LA INK.
I stand beside my mother's couch
And look on ber dice so fair
Upon the calm but care-worn brow
The wares of snow-white hair.
I think, as I watch her sleeping
With ber smile so sweet and rare.
Of the happy dsys of her childhood
Ere ber life had known no care
When her heart first knew love's dreaming
And the world was radiant wilb light;
When those silver locks waved golden
Upon this brow so white.
Dearest mother, in yonr dreaming,
Des yonr heart e'er know regret
For those days of love and pleasure
Days yon never can forget t
Does there never come, dear mother.
Through the dreary toil oi day,
Visions sweet f one who loved you
When yonr heart was warm and gay ?
Do your thoughts e'er wander back w at I
l trough aad memory's grasxy lane 1
Do you ne'er forget the present
And live o'er those days again ?
Abt methinks, my failhlul mother.
In your heart tin-re Is a grave;
And over it affection's willows
Everrr-cre shall sadly wave.
Gentle mother, bear your burden;
We p. in silence, o'er your loss;
And reraemberUod's sweet mono
"There's no crown without a cross."
Terror Somber One.
Every day the ball trains, mule teams,
ad stages roll into the Black Hills with
their loads of "fresh fish," as the vet
erans call the new arrivals from the East.
These "fresh fish" rush for hotels, board-ing-houBes
and saloons, get a meal or a
lunch, and are presently seen walking up
and down the streets of the frontier city
or collecting on the corners to hear the
latest news from the diggings and the
prospects of striking a job.
The other day, when a wagon load of
bull-heads was dumped out in Custer
City, as wagon loads had been dumped
out every day before since grass started,
the first man to welcome them to the in
tout city was a chap five feet high, and
weighing accordingly. There was a
blood-stain on his left cheek, a scar on
his right, and he had fierce eyes, a voice
like a roaring lion, and a bad limp in one
of his legs. He was whittling out a ten
pin with a big bowie-knife as the wagon
drove up, and pushing the knife down
the back of his neck he lifted up a Henry
rifle, ran his eye over the crowd, and
called out in an awful voice:
"Is there anybody in that crowd look
ing for Terror No. I? Kase if there is,
here I am; and I'm just aching to be shot
full of bullets weighing about a pound
apiece!"
No one waa looking for him. Borne
looked at him, and some looked across
the street on purpose not to see him,
while there was a uniform movement
toward hip pockets.
"I didn't know but that some of yon
might have come out here from New
York or Boston to plant me under the
sweet jessamine or the climbing- morn
ing glory," chuckled the terror, as he
rested the butt of his rifle on the ground
and fished up a six-shooter from his boot
leg. There were men from New York and
Boston in the party, bnt they didn't
want to bury anybody just then.
"I don't own this town," continued
the 'Terror, as he laid his infant armory
across the head of a barrel. "I don't
own a foot of ground or a share in any
of the public buildings erected at the ex
pense of taxpayers, but when I stand on
Washington square and utter one yell
this whole town quakes. I'm Terror
No. 1. There's one or two other Terrors
around here, but I'm the boss I'm the
reg'lar death's head and cross bones of
the Black Hills region!"
Before he had ceased speaking most of
the new comers had disappeared, some
looking pale and anxious, and others
feeling shivers race up and down their
backs.
An hour later, when a party of five
strangers from Hew England were mak
ing the acquaintance of the infernal bev
erages on sale in one of the shanty
saloons, and at the same time pumping
the proprietor about prospects, in
walked the Terror. He looked as fierce
as a catamount cheated out of her des
sert, and there was an awful growl in his
voice as he called out:
"Five o'olocsr by Omaha time, and I
haven't killed or been killed this whole
day long! Turn loose yonr pet grizzlies,
unhitch your whirlwinds, and let a dozen
wild lions come for me at once!"
"Take something to drink, my good
friend," mildly replied the saloonist.
"You are always weloome here, but yon
don't drop in half often enough. Don't
be afraid to pour out all you want."
"To tell the honest truth, Steve," said
the Terror, as he poured out nearly half
a pint of the meanest whisky ever made,
"I came in here to kill some one; but
you are a white man clear down to your
toe nails, and I won't raise no row.
That's good whisky, that is, and if you
want any one in Custer City put under
ground, just give me his name. Can you
think of any one ?"
The saloon keeper reflected for a mo
ment, as he slowly wiped off his bar
with an old calico apron, and finally he
replied:
"No; I don't think of any one just now,
but something will probably turn up in
a day or two. Any time you feel thirsty
come in and help yourself."
One of the five men had formerly been
a moulder in a Troy stove foundry, and
he had been closely watching the Terror.
All of a sudden he held out his hand for
a shake, cheerfully observing:
"III bet one hundred to one that we
used to work, board and room together."
The Terror reached out his hand,
olosely scanned the moulder's face, and
after a moment he said to the whole five:
"Gentlemen, come out doors and take
seats on the bench. I begin to know
this man, and I don't want to answer
any questions in here."
"Well, but I am surprised to find
yon out here and rigged up in this
style," remarked the moulder as the
men found seats.
"So you may be,"' slowly replied the
Terror. "When I worked in Troy
there wasn't a man or boy about the shop
who couldn't make me eat dirt. I was
one of the biggest cowards east of Chi
cago, and now I'm one of the biggest
west of that town. I own right up", be
cause I Know you won't go back on me.
I might fight if I was cornered, but if
there was a chance to run or crawl out I
wouldn't strike a blow."
"But yoa talk very brave," said one.
"And it's all talk." replied the Terror,
as he picked his teeth with his bowie
knife. "I floated out here from Chicago,
poor as a rat, and the biggest coward in
the whole train. If luck hadn't favored
me I should hare been under the sod
long ago. I've got an awfnl voice, and I
can look as ugly as a bear in a trap; but
somehow or other the story got afloat that
I killed two men in Chicago, was rescued
from the gallows by a mob, and that I
had come out here to escape justice.
Men grew afraid of me, and I soon got
the cue. I determined to become a Ter
ror in order to make an honest living,
and I've got the thing right down fine."
"Are you not a fighter and a shooter
and slasher?"
"flentlemen. it's kind o' mean for a
man to run his own character down, but
to be honest about it, I don't suppose
there is a man in Custer City who
couldn't wollop me inside of fifteen min
utes by the watch. I go around simply
to make a show, If that saloon keeper
had reached out for me you'd have seen
me dig out mighty lively. But these
weapons, the name I've got, and my anx
ious look for gore frightened him half to
death."
"Yes, everybody seems afraid of you,
bserved the man from Troy.
"Afraid? I guess they are! When I
walk into a place everybody begins to
quake and shiver, though I have never
drawn blood in this town. There comes
i the chap who acts as Marshal, bherifl,
Chief of Police, or whatever -you may
call him. He's six feet high and weighs
over two hundred pounds, and yet see
how I can bluff him."
The official referred to was coming up
I the street at a leisurely gait, and when
he came along opposite the group tne
Terror leaped out with a wild yell and
shouted:
"Looking for me, are you! Want to
see me bad, do you!"
"For God's sake! don't raise a row
with me!" whispered the Sheriff as he
looked around for cover. "I don't want
vou. vou don't want me!"
"You see how it works," continued the
little man as the official moved on. "That
man could make my heels break my
neck, and yet he is afraid of me. Here
are some grizzly bear claws which I
bought in Omaha for two dollars. Every
body around hero thinks I pulled the
beast out of a hole in the hill, held him
by the ears with one hand, and cut these
claws off with the other. There are
twenty notches in the stock of this rifle.
Those folks around here have got an idea
that I have killed twenty men in rows or
fair fights, but I never even shot at one."
There was a period of silence, and then
the Terror continued:
"There's money in it, and it's rather
pleasant to be top of the heap, but this
thing can t last long, borne day before
long 1 snail light down on the wrong
man and he 11 dress me down and drive
me to the hills. I hope you boys will
have lots of luck. I've been square and
honest witn you, and now don t give me
away.
At that moment three men on horse
back came down the .street, and the Ter
ror jumped out with a screech and
shouted:
"Here's the holyhock you are looking
for. Here's the modest violet who wants
to be carved up and fed to the wolves!"
They weren't looking for him, and
they got away on a gallop. The party
from the East went out among the dig
gings and were absent a whole week
When they returned to Custer City, they
inquired for the Terror, and a hotel
keeper replied:
"Yes; they did use to call him the
Terror, I believe, but they didn't know
him. He was whooping around here in
his usual awful style three or four days
ago, swearing that he must kill some
body, when a tinsmith from Dayton,
Ohio, took his rifle and bowie knife
away, spit tobacco juice on his hat, and
then kicked him the whole length of this
street. The Terror was an awful coward ,
gentlemen a regular rag-baby under
the bed, and he'll never be seen in Cus
ter again.
A Bough Translation.
A young lady moving in the most ex
alted social circles of Galveston, after
much toil and practice at the piano
learned to play with considerable dexter
ity a piece entitled Picnic "olka. it
is something after the style of the cele
brated "Battle of Prague," in which the
listener can readily distinguish the roar
of artillery, the rattle of musketry, the
shouts of the soldiers and the groans of
the dving. In the "Picnic Polka" the
noise of the wind among the trees and
the joyous carols of the birds are repro
duced, the finale being a thunder shower
which disturbed the sylvan revellers. It
happens that a country cousin is in town
just now, and the young lady thought
she would play the piece to him and
hear his comment. He is a plain, sim
ple minded youth, and although he is
not very bright, is very appreciative.
She told him what the piece was and
then proceeded to give him the "Picnic
Polka." The first notes are rather slow
and hesitating, the idea sought to be
conveyed being the solemn solitude of
the forest, through which the ge'ntle
zephyr (not heifer) sighs. After she got
through with this preface, she asked him
if he did not almost imagine himself in a
lodge in some vast wilderness. He re
plied that he thought all that slowness
meant the delay in getting off. Said he,
"There is always some darned fellow
that oversleeps himself and keeps every
body else waiting."
She did not care to discuss the point
with the ignorant fellow, so to conceal
her emotions, she once more let herself
out on the piano. The bird whistled as
if his throat would split, the cuckoo filled
the sylvan bowers with his repeated cry,
while ever and anon the mournful cooing
of the dove interrupted the matin song
of the lark.
"There, now, I guess you know what
that sounds like," she said as she
paused.
"You mean that 'tootle, tootle, tootle,
chug, chug, chug?' You just bet I un
derstand that. Many is the time at a
picnic I've heard it from the mouth of a
demijohn or the bunghole of a beer
keg."
Her first impulse was to hurl the piano
stool at him, but it passed off, and once
more she went for the piano as if it was
the young man's head and was insured
for double its value. The thunder
growled, the lightning flashed (from her
eyes), and the first heavy drops are
heard upon the leaves. She banged and
mauled the keys at a fearful rate; peal
after peal of deafening thunder perturbed
the atmosphere and re-echoed in still
louder reverbations until it wound up in
one appalling clap as a grand finale.
Then turning to the awe struck youth,
she said:
"I suppose you have heard something
like that before?"
"Yes, that's what the fellow with the
linen pants said when he sat down on the
custard pie."
The audience found himself alone, but
he picked up his hat and sauntered out
into the street, densely unconscious that
he had said anything out of the way. J
Galveston News.
Prescience of the Mind.
I have intimate acquaintance with a
lady in one of the counties of Kansas
who is of Scotch descent, well bred, in-
With a part of
she exhibits at
mental endow-
to impressions
telligent and truthful,
her family relationship
intervals an exceptional
ment, either subjection
on the brain from great distances, or tne
pervasion of space with her sense and
sensibility, or clairvoyance, or spirit
mediumship. Which is it?
The periods at which this condition is
active coincide with misfortunes to dis
tant members of her family. Her sisters
are endowed as she is. Throughout their
lives they have had immediate intelli
gence of disaster in the family by dreams,
subsequently confirmed in every instance
by letter or telegram. These dreams are
visions of things seen, not messages by
word or sound. They are pictures of
events as if seen with the eyes in the day
time. My Kansas friend has a dream, bare in
outline, severe in simplicity, with not a
word of speech, rap, or motion of panto
mime in it, with no ghostly shade in the
chamber. She wakes up with a full
knowledge of a misfortune that has hap
pened to a blood relative. Her vision
intelligence covers only relations by
blood. Relatives by marriage may die,
be wounded, or violently killed, and his
sisters will know nothing of it. And
this clairvoyance or mediumship does
not extend to the male line in the family.
It is restricted to the females. Now for
a dream which Mrs. describes:
"My brother Dan had disease of the
lungs. It was aggravated by exposure
and hard service in the Army of the
Potomac. Rendered unfit for duty, he
threw up his commission in the Pennsyl
vania Bucktails and went to Cuba. At
that time I was living in Terre Haute,
Indiana. My husband was absent in the
Army of the Cumberland. A lady friend
lived in the house with me. Dan was my
favorite brother. At short intervals he
wrote to me. One day I received a let
ter from him in which he said thajte
was strong, that the disease Qjtris lungs
seemed to have passed away, and that he
intended to take the next steamer for
New York, and then go into the Leather-
cracker region of Pennsylvania and set
tle his business affairs. The settlement
made, he intended to return to Cuba and
engage in business. He urged me to
meet him at AltoOna, and be with him
during his short stay in this country.
An impending battle in the Southwest,
where my husband was stationed, made
me undecided about going. I hesitated,
not knowing whether to meet my brother
as he requested, or remain at home until
after the battle, and until I had heard
from my husband. I went to bed at 10
p. m.. and dropped to sleep at once
"At 10:30 I was awakened by a short,
vivid dream of warning. Alarmed, I
roused my friend and said: 'I have my
warning. Something is the matter with
Dan.' My friend laughed at me. I soon
recovered from my nervousness, and
again dropped to sleep. Instantly it
seemed the scene was changed. I was
on the cars traveling East. Opposite me
sat a white haired man who had a covered
basket on bis knees. There was a hole
in the cover of the basket. The aged
man occasionally peered into this hole.
I was curious about the contents of the
basket, and was pleased when I discover
ed there were fish in it. The train stop
ped for dinner. Getting out I met a lady
I knew, and we had dinner together.
have forgotten the name of this station
but I remember that there was a mis
spelled sign over an adjoining restaurant.
The incidents of the dream were those of
a journey from Terre Haute to Altoona.
I was happy, pleased with the changing
scenery, and thoroughly enjoyed the
trip. I looked forward to meeting my
brother at Altoona, and in the dream I
never doubted that I would meet him.
"Soon after my Western train ran into
the depot at Altoona, the Eastern train
came thundering in. I stood by a post
on the platform watching the passengers
get off the train, expecting to see my
brother. 1 began to doubt his being on
the train, when an expressman passed
me, wheeling a great box on a truck. I
looked through this box as though it
were clear glasss. In the box was a
coffin, and lying in the coffin was my
brother. One glance showed me that he
was dressed in heavy gray Scotch twill.
From a buttonhole of his coat hung a
black ribbon. On his feet were shoes
that had perforated toes. Never having
seen shoes of this style, they attracted
my attention. The buttons on the coat
and vest were very peculiar, and forced
themselves on my notice. The express
man wheeled the box past me, and it was
put on the express car for Hollidaysburg.
I got on the Hollidaysburg train also.
"The intense vividness of the dream
awoke me. I sat up.in bed crying. My
friend arose, lighted the gas and talked
to me. With tears streaming down my
face I insisted that Dan was dead. The
hands of the mantle clock indicated 11
p. m. Knowing that something was
wrong, I resolved to go home on the day
that my brother had requested, Again I
slept this time a heavy, unrefreshing
sleep that lasted until morning. At the
breakfast table I told my dream. Good
humored ridicule from my friends had a
beneficial effect on me, and after two
days I was almost persuaded that I was
attaching too much importance to a
dream.
"The day for my departure came. I
entered the car in the Terre Haute sta
tion. I seated myself and looked about
me. In an opposite seat sat a white
haired man. I recognized him at once
as the man I had seen in my drea'm. He
had a fish basket on his knees. The
faces of the passengers were familiar to
me. At the dinner station I met the
lady I had seen in my dream, and we had
dinner together. Arriving at Altoona I
stood watching the Eastern train come
into the depot. I was sure my brother's
body would be put off the train. As I
stood watching the passengers hurry into
the dining-room, the express man I had
seen in my dream said to me: 'Please
give way, madam.' I turned to look at
him, and on the truck lay a large box
that was addressed to my father. I took
the Hollidaysburg train, and on arriving
home was. met by my father, who said:
'Dan is dead. He died at sea five days
ago from heart disease. In answer to my
question as to the time of day he died, I
was informed that it was at 9 p. m. The
difference in time of the East and West
showed me that Dan had been dead some
four hours before I saw him. Silently I
stood iu,the house by the side of the box
when it was opened. The lid of the coffin
was removed, and there lay Dan, dressed
exactly as 1 had seen him in my dream.
"I nave no explanation to make of the
dream. I simply tell you the fact of my
having seen an apparition of events that
were to occur, an apparition of inanimate
objects, of dozens of strangers, and of my
dead brother's body."
GOING TO EUROPE.
BI POLDT PEPPER.
Portland Evening Telegram.
Mrs. Cavendish, a young bride of
nineteen summers, came rushing into
her aunt's boudoir one morning in June,
announcing her immediate departure for
Europe with her husband, in ecstacies
at leaving her home for foreign soil.
mra. xtowara enquired oi her niece,
why her husband had so suddenly
changed his mind, as but a few days pre
viously he had stated that he intended
to travel through his native land, and
visit Niagara Falls, Lake George, the
White Mountains and other places of. in
terest in America, which he had never
seen.
'Oh ! I coaxed the dear old fellow to
yield to my wishes now, as it is so much
more fashionable to go to Europe, and
see the wonderful things contained in
England, France. Germany. Switzer
land, etc."
"But, said Mrs. Howard, "how long
can Robert spare from his business to
take this pleasure trip? Can he stay long
enough to recompense him for the fa
tigue, and expense of the journey, be
sides giving up his own inclinations to
yours?"
"You dear old nuisance, he can spare
only two months; but we must put on
our seven-league boots, stride over the
ground, take a cursory glance at every
thing, buy railroad guides and study
them, pick up ssme curiosities, and re
turn like two "travelled monkeys," jab
ber away about the wonders we have
seen and the glories of the old country,
knowing that we are almost as ignorant
about it as we are now; but then, dear
auntie, we shall have done the fashion
able thing, and not be considered eccen
tric, by travelling on this continent; be
sides, what is there" so very wonderful
about Niagara Falls that you think it
better forlny husband to carry out his
original idea of visiting them and Lake
J--George, in preference to carrying ouf ray
wishes?
"I will tell you, Gracie. First, the
roaring of the falls can alwayB be heard
two miles off, and sometimes forty miles,
according to the state of the atmosphere.
Then there is Goat Island, standing in
the midst of the rapids, dividing them
into two unequal currents, and also di
vides the great cataract. Then the
American and Canadian falls unite in a
sublime exhibition. J?able Rock is di
rectly below the cataract on the Cana
dian side, and from it is a perfect view of
the Horseshoe. As the water flows
along, it appears first dark as the rock,
then near its descent a dark green color,
then a mass of white foam, finally ending
in clouds of spray being too dazzling and
insupportable for more than a few sec
onds to the eye; the whirlpool is five
miles below, and looks less like a river,
and more like a torrent, surrounded by a
wall four hundred feet high. Do you
think this worth the time and expense of
going to see?"
"Well, yes; it sounds awfully grand
and all that sort of thing; but what about
Lake George; is it larger than a good
sized fish pond?"
"Oh, dear, Gracie how can you be so
frivolous and forgetful of what you have
heard so often you talk more like a
child of twelve than a married woman.
Lake George is thirty -six miles long and
nearly two broad, and is situated at the
southern extremity of Lake Champlain.
It abounds in variety of scenery, and is
closely surrounded by high mountains,
which the sun cannot overtop until he
has risen many hours. The water of the
lake is so translucent that the bottom
can be seen at almost any depth; and it
abounds in fine speckled trout, of which
you are so fond, and would afford great
amusement to Robert, who is so partial
to piscatory pleasures, and is a great re
sort for sportsmen. The Indians called
this Lake Horicon, and the French had a
superstitious reverence for it and called
it Le Lac St. Sacrement, and used the
water for baptismal purposes. The Eng
lish afterwards named it after their
patron saint. It is studded with lovely
islands, and it has been said there are as
many as the days in the year, from which
are collected in quantities brilliant crys
tals, unsurpassed for form and transpar
ency. This would be an attraction for
you, and in many other ways the beau
ties of nature there would make the lake
enchanting. Also may be found some
marks of entrenchments where the army
of the Marquis de Montcalm took up a
position in 1757 during the siege of Fort
William Henry."
"Now, my dear Gracie, knowing how
anxious your good, indulgent Robert is
to visit these scenes this year, can you
feel justified in asking him to succumb
to your bizarre ideas, simply because it
is fashionable, and for no better reason ?
You would not wish him to grow weary
of you; but believe me, men soon tire of
a woman who seeks her own selfish
gratification perpetually, without regard
to his wishes self denial must be prac
ticed by both, if there is to be harmony."
"I will go at once to Robert and tell
him my good fairy godmother has been
here with her wand, and removed the
scales from ny eyes, and made me as
anxious to see the natural beauties of
this land of freedom as he can possibly
be; and next year if we be well and pros
perous, we can have our trip to Europe,
with plenty of leisure to admire its won
derful scenery, and works of art, 'all in
the blue, unclouded weather;' but I
must have my sage aunt Patience ac
eompany me, to keep my mercurial tem
perament within bounds, or I shall be
sure to transgress, through my gushing
spirits, and shock both you and hubby."
"It is a bargain, auntie ? We will talk
of this at some future time; 'sufficient to
the day is the evil thereof;' make your
arrangements for this summer, and try
to carry them out pleasantly, and enjoy
yourself all in your power; always mani
festing a delicate regard to the wishes
and opinions of yonr husband, who is on
uncommonly good man, and one deserv
ing of respect and reverence for his
superior qualifications, and for his un
limited generosity to, and forbearance
with his thoughtless child-wife. One
kiss, auntie, and pray don't lecture me;
but with your advice and assistance I
think I shall soon develop into a sapient,
dignified matrom."
Gracie never regretted having ob
tained so much information from Mrs.
Howard, nor for following her advice,
and is rapidly becoming an ornament
and useful member of society; and only
desires to be fashionable when it does
not clash with good sense and the feel
ings of others.
"What sort of an institution are you,
anyhow?" fondly he asked, as he gazed
tenderly into the liquid depths of her
dove-like eyes. "I'm a self-binder,"
whispered she, clasping both arms rib
f racturingly about his manly form.
Aesthetic Women.
And the women? What is to be said
of them with their marvelous color com
binations and their picturesque appear
ance and the virginal downcast style of
look which has come in with tight-cut
flowing garments and the pent-house-roof
style of tangled eye-darkening locks?
Here is a girl in a chromatic scale of
burnt-sienna drapery. Several different
tints blend and mingle, and cause her to
resemble a living walking cup of rhubarb
and magnesia, like what the nurses of
our childhood inflicted on our shrinking
selves as we sat up in bed shivering in
our night-gowns, and listened to the gen
tle tinkling of the teaspoons that herald
ed the nauseous draught. Children now
know nothing of nasty physic; and this
fair girl, with her hyaointhine locks and
sparkling blue eyes, little recks what
horrid memories she has inspired us
with. This grand creature is the god
dess Juno, with suavely flowing robes of
grass -green, bordered at the edge with
golden tracery, and a bonnet (is it a bon
net, or is it not rather the nimbus of the
gods?) all studded with big ox-eyed
daisies. How majestically she moves!
Who is it? She was once a little bare
footed model running nudely in the mud.
Now she has married a great painter,
whose ideal is Greek, so his wife wears
Juno's dress, and looks monstrous well
in it, too, by Jove! Here comes, surely,
our lady of despair, who has eaten of
Dead Sea fruit, and hs found it calcined
with bitterness and salt-tasting tears.
Her brow is sad, her eyes are wide and
dark-rimmed; her face is long and angu
lar; her garments are sad-colored, and
might be stained, from their appearance,
with the dews and toils of years of
travel green that bos turned blue, pink
that has faded into yellow, white that has
merged into pale gray these are the
tints she affects; her hands are white and
worn in one she carries a lily, for she is
an admirer of Burne-Jones and her
husband keeps a larger draper's shop in
the city. And the little lady here is a
poetess, decked with barbaric-looking
gold ornaments and a black-and-crimson
gown. What a pretty ltttle face it is,
and what speaking, frightened-looking,
fawn-like eyes! She writes of love well,
who could help loving her? And this
one is a musician, her inky locks thrown
back and curling into wavy rings, like a
Medusa head. She has composed an an
them and "Miserere," and wears a brown
dress, with pleatings at the waist and
straight dull folds, like the Madonnas of
Fra Angelico. London World.
Cisterns for Farm Buildings.
Lady Smokers.
That a great many ladies in New York
City indulge in the fragrant cigarette is
an open secret. Indeed, the custom has
become so universal that it can hardly
be called a secret at all.
It used to be very common for girls,
when a party of them met in some quiet
place, where there were no men, to take
a few puffs at a cigarette for the sake of
the forbidden fruit sensation. But now
they are more bold about it, and I will
venture to say that the majority of New
York girls smoke cigarettes. A number
of gentlemen have told me that their
wives would take a cigarette after dinner
when they took their cigar, and they ap
proved of the custom. I knew one lady,
one of the highest born in the land, who
was an inveterate smoker until forbidden
by her physician.
Spanish, Russian and Polish ladies
smoke, almost as much as the men, and
no one.thinks the worse of them for it.
I should not like to see ladies smoke ci
gars or pipes, but I see no impropriety
in an occasional cigarette. There is a
great difference in the way they are
smoxea. j. nave seen some women
smoke a cigrrette so daintily that it was
a beautiful sight to watch the delicate
smoke curling up from their rosy lips,
while others puff away in such a mascu
line manner that one becomes thoroughly
disgusted. I have been at a number of
dinner parties where cigarettes were
passed around to the ladies when cigars
j were brought to the gentlemen. I am
I talking about the best people now, not
I Bohemians.
If the waiters of Delmonico's or the
I Brunswick would tell you, you would be
surprised at the number of private par
i ties where cigarettes are smoked by la
dies. If you ask a lady plump out
whether she smokes, she will evade the
question until she has sounded your
opinions, and if they are favorable, she
will generally confess in the affirmative.
I have heard some people say that they
would rather see a woman drink than
smoke; that they thought the latter more
masculine. I do not think so, and the
effects of a cigarette are certainly more
innocent than of champagne or whisky.
Boston Courier.
In the endeavor to have everything as
convenient as possible about farm houses
and farm buildings, there are few things
more worthy of being cared for than cis
terns to hold the rain water from the
roof. Even where pumps are supplied
it is often an advantage to have cisterns
in addition, as soft water, which pumps
will not always supply, is of great value.
At any rate it often happens that though
there may be a pump convenient and
water furnished by it all one can desire,
even the little labor that a pump re
quires for a single horse or cow becomes
a great task when many are to be supplied .
We know of one farm where 75 head of
cows, more or less, are on hand; and all
the water they require has to be fur
nished from a pump, and it is no small
job to do. Yet on this very farm the
land lies so convenient that a cistern
could be built on an elevation a little
above the cattle yard, and all the water
from the roof could go in it and be drawn
off into the cattle yard by its own natural
flow without pump or labor of any kind.
So it often happens for household sup
plies." A cistern can be built which would
cost little, and yet save the women folks
generally overworked many an hour 's
labor, besides giving them a quality of
water' they all so much desire.
There is a prevalent idea that they cost
a great deal to make, but it is far less than
is generally imagined. If the land is solid
say either of clay or rotten rock the
sides of the natural ground may be
shaped like wall, and a lining of mortar,
say half an inch, put on before the final
cement coat is given. But if there is
any chance of settling, so as to crack the
mortar framework, a four-inch brick
work may be built around first. Most
ground is, however, firm enough tor the
purpose. The mortar as it is hud on to
form the lining or framework of the tank
should be very well worked by the
trowel. The object is to work out all the
air. It is the air spaces in the wall that
make it porous, and it is through the
pores that the water escapes. A working
of the trowel backwards and forwards a
few times over the soft mortar expels the
air and closes the pores. This is
especially important to be borne in mind
when applying the cement. This need
not be put on very thick. The merest
film, if properly worked, is sufficient.
Oermantown Telegraph.
How She Kept an Expense Account.
"My dear fellow," said Lavender, "it's
all very nice about economizing, and
keeping a right rigid account of expenses
and all that sort of thing, but I've tried
it. Two weeks ago I stopped on my way
home, Saturday night, and I bought just
the gayest little Russia-leather, cream
laid. paper account book you ever saw,
and a silver pencil to match it. I said to
my wife, after supper: 'My dear, it
seems to me that it costs us a lot of
money to keep house.'
"She sighed and said: 'I know it
does, Lavvy, but I'm sure I can't help it.
I'm just as economical as I can be. I
don't spend half as much money for
candy as you do for cigars.'
"I never take any notice of personali
ties, so I sailed right ahead. 'I believe,
my dear, that if we were to keep a strict
account of everything we spend we could
tell just where to cut down. I've bought
you a little account book, and every
Monday morning I'll give you some
money, and you can set it down on one .
side, and then, during the week, you can
set down on the other side everything
you spend; and then, on Saturday night,
we can go over it and see just where the
money goes, and how we can boil things
down a little.'
"Well, sir, she was just delighted
thought it was a first rate plan, and the
pocket account book was lovely. Well,
the next Saturday night we got through
supper, and .she brought out the account
book as proud as possible, and handed it
over for inspection. On one side was,
'Received from Lavvy $20.' That was
all right. Then I looked on the other
page, and what do you think was there?
'Spent it all!' Then I laughed, and, of
course, we gave up the account book on
tho spot, by mutual consent. Yes, sir,
I've been there, and I know what domes
tic economy means, I tell you."
When a lawyer goes in to bathe he is
usually non-suited. Ex. Oh, no; he
usually wears a brief attire.
A Shadow that Wonld Not Out.
When, in the early days of July, John
Abbott was brought from the steaming
depths of the Union, his head crushed by
a falling wall plate, he was laid on the
floor of the office and medical aid sum
moned to minister to his wants, although
it was plain that he must die.
Next morning Superintendent Rooney
noticed where the dying man had been
placed that his outline lay like a shadow
on the floor. He ordered the janitor to
clean the boards which was done. Before
Rooney went to dinner the shadow reap
peored. He ordered the floor thoroughly
scrubbed and went to his family.
The next morning the floor showed
that a vigorous application of soap and
brush had been made and the floor was
white and clean. But during the day
that shadow returned and at night there
it lay as though the. man was still waiting
death on that floor.
Next day Rooney ordered the floor
painted. With the coming of the paint
pot the shadow vanished, but after a day
or two returned and once more limned
itself on that office floor. Rooney then
again sent for the painter and had
second and a heavy coat of paint put on,
not only where the shadow lay but over
the entire floor.
This was his last command of "Out,
damned spot;" but it would not out. In
a few days there it was again, and with
each day it grew more and more distinct.
Even strangers at length began to notice
it and to comment on its resemblance to
human form.
Its presence afc length became intolera
ble and Rooney had all the boards of the
floor on which this heavy and terrible
shadow rested taken out and replaced
with new. The paint brush then follow
ed, and now that outlined figure from the
floor has disappeared. Gold Hill -News.
Gbatittjde op Elephants. A story
conies from Tenbury, England, where a
menagerie has been paying a visit, which
illustrates the well known character of
the elephant for humane feelings in a re
markable degree. Among the animals
was a fine female elephant, called Lizzie,
which was attacked with a violent fit of
colic and suffered intensely. A local
chemist, whose success as an animal doc
tor is well known, treated Lizzie and
saved the animal's life. On the proces
sion passing the chemists' shop on Fri
day, the elephant immediately recognized
her benefactor, who was standing at the
door of his shop, and on going to him,
gracefully placed flier trunk in his hand.
The chemist visited the exhibition at
night and met with an unexpected re
ception from his former patient. Gently
seizing the "doctor" with her trunk, the
elephant encircled him with it to the
terror of the audience, who expected to
see him crushed to death ; but Lizzie had
no such intention, and after having thus
demonstrated her gratitude by acts more
eloquent than words, she released the
doctor from her embrace and proceeded
with her appointed task. That elephant
seems to possess a holier sense of grati
tude than some people do,
Sophie Sparkle, quoting from some
body overheard at a hotel, sa s that a
Boston woman never believes well of you
until she finds out that you are really
possessed of merit, and treats you accord
ingly with her grand air of pride and con
scious superiority. A New York woman,
on the contrary, accepts you as being
worthy of respect until she finds outjsshat
you are not, and will extend even a
stranger, a spirit of oivilty and confi
dence.
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From a Merchant.
Davton, W. T., Feb. 10, 1879.
W. J. Home, Proprietor California Elastin
Truss Co., 702 Market street, San Francisco Sir:
lne rruss i purchased of you about one year ago
has proved a miracle to me. I have been runtur-
ed forty years, and worn dozens of different kinds
ot I russes, all ot which have ruined my health,
as they were injurious to my back and spine.
Your valuable Truss is as easy as an old shoe, and
is worm nunareas o: dollars to me. as it aitbrds
me so much pleasure. I can and do advise all,
both ladies and gentlemen, afflicted, to buy any
wear your modern improved Elastic Truss imme
diately. I never expect to be cured, but am
satisfied and happy with the comfort it gives me
to wear it It was the best $10 I ever invested in
niy life. You can refer any one to me, and I
will be glad to answer any letters on its merrits.
I remain, yours respectfully,
D. 1. Bunnell.
Latest Medical Endorsements.
Martinez, Cal., Feb. 17, 1879.
W. J. Heme, Proprietor California Elastic
Truss Co., 7u2 Market street, S. F. Sir: In re
gard to your California Elastic Truss, I would say
that 1 have carefully studied its mechanism, ap
plied it in practice, and do not hesitate to say
that for all purposes for which Trusses are worn
it is the best Truss ever offered to the public.
Yours truly, J. H. Cauothkrs, M D.
Eradorsctl by a'promlucut Medical la-
MtiUtC.
San Francisco, March 6. 1879.
W. J. Home, Esq. Sir: You ask my opinion
of the relative merits of your Patent Elastic
Truss, as compared with other kinds that have
been tested under my observation, and in reply I
frankly state that from the time my attention
was first called to their simple, though highly
mechanical and philosophical construction, to
gether with easy adjustibility to ersons of all
ages, forms or sizes. I add this further testimony
with special pleasure, that the several persons
who have applied to me for aid in their special
cases of rupture, and whom I have advised to use
jours, all acknowledge their entire satisfaction,
and consider themselves highly lavorod by the
possession of the improved Elastic Truss.
Yours truly, Ha hi, w J. Smith, M. D.
Proprietor Hygienic Medical lustitute,
035 California street, San Francisco.
A REMARKABLE CURE.
San Francisco, Oct. 26, 1879.
W. J. Heme, Proprietor California Elastic
Truss, 702 Market street, San Francisco Sir I "
am truly grateful to you for the wonderful CURE
your valuable truss has effected on my little boy.
The double truss I purchased from you has PER
FECTLY CURED him of his painful rupture on
both sides in a little over six months. The steel
truss he had before I bought yours caused him
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when he laid it aside for the Califohnia Elastic
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are providentially led to give your truss a trial.
You may refer auy one to me on this subject.
Yours truly, k. Pkrit,
038 Sacramento Street.
This is to crtify that I have examined the son
of Win Peru, and find him PERFECTLY
CURED of Hernia on both sides.
L. DfxtebLykobd, M. D.
Surgeon and Physician,
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at our expense on receipt of price.
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HALL'S
SAFE AftO LOCK CO.
CAPITAL, $1 000,000.
General Office ami Manufactory,
CINCINNATI, OHIO.
Pacific Branch,
ill and 8113 California St., San Franciaco.
( HAS. H. DODD & CO., PORTLAND,
Agents for Oregon and Washington Ter
HALL'S PATENT CONCRETE
FIRE-PROOF SAFES.
Have been tested by the most disastrous confla
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Although about 150,000 of these safes are now
in use, and hundreds have been tested by some
of the most disastrous conflagrations in the
country, there is not a single instance on record
wherein one of them ever failed to preserve its
contents ier(e-tly.
HALL'S PATENT DOVETAILED
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Have never been broken oieu and robbed by
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Hall's burglar work is protected by letters
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His patent bolt is superior to any in upc.
His patent locks cannot be picked by the most
skillful experts or burglars.
By one of the greatest improvement known,
the Gross Automatic Movement, our locks are
operated withont any arbor or spindle passing
through the door and into tbe lock.
Our locks cannot be opened or picked by bur
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will put from $1,000 lo $10,000 behind them any
time against an eaual amount.
THEY ARE THE BEST SAFE
Made in America, or any other country.
One Thousand Dollara
To any person who cm prove that one of Hall'a
patent burglar-proof safes has ever been
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burglars up to tbe
(.'resent time.
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