The Eugene City guard., October 21, 1882, Image 6

, AH I WHO CAN TILL ?
Ak I "b i Can (til what waiU u whcu tli W1
Tost hiili'n flmt miirr lik- is rolled away f
BcyuOii ii kn li iii)tltnoui, what drra-1
awail T
What lie witliiu ill shadow, who can ay 1
U ho traits u tbrs
fleyi-nd our tight?
' Hf or diiir,
Ordav nruliihtT
tTbroos flic Die oul whim it ci off the clay T
Ah I whorta tell 7
Our lovud one die; through mists of biioJinj
In dfwt gloom lpsiriajl w fnpe;
F.Mrhmlinf ly w mw lh lom-lr yean
Cunliieu 1 ll.rir love, uncheerej hy b'.
Ah I who mo tell
'Vhrre ira our dead ?
Will all he well
When life ii lied T
Guard they ourlh through life's dereen Jinx
tiotW T
Ah I who can Ull ?
We tr t' e eerfinenlal wiiK.lnjr, slic-et,
'f Im) Uill of aulvmn fimrn-l U-ll we hear;
Thtt h-t mil rite are and grief complete
f ilia ail the hrart with dewlalinn arvur.
The K'inbre pell,
The lonely h.-arth,
Can thia be all
T iii-re la of earth?
End lie with a collin, shroud and funeral bier ?
Ah? who can Ull?
XM while we weop.lhe lean that eM the heart
I.. ... .. . a. ... .. I ... n.l..l 111 A'arllMtl .illff aUu-U
Aud a new hope, of our grvat grief apart,
la faith prophetic to the d"ii n-plies;
liulie uiiii! did
Dwitll it their g 'ul,
Loly they lie
.Vol to the soul ;
God kcejetli that with erer wau-bf.il eyes
Ail will be well.
By sorrow proved, made pure br trial here,
The rhaaU-ued heart ik up for relief,
A ad holda in mint thut omiiiiuulon dear
J II I HI I UI IVIIIB.IU . u eiiiwiii) anK-i
W bit-h it the well spring of tliii sweet belief
Auer tlie tin Id
Cometh a rest;
Eleruul life-
Knrerer blest,
Ttvt soul lie pullers home a puvi.'Ul tlieal,
And ail it well.
THE TWO ROiES.
I send two rot to mv fair,
A rel one and a white,
And if the love me, tne lit wear
The pure white rote to-oigh
But if in? love deny me grace,
To bid mv hope be dead,
la her sweet boaoin the will place
The fatnl one, the red one.
Ta hope and frar the day I spend,
Each moment slowly goes,
For all mv future doth depend
Upon a tun pie rote
' Oh, that tbe night would come,"
Tnen wish 'twero only noon;
Vur mo, if hope be doomed todio,
The night will ooute loo oa.
I 'gb,
SUio comet I and with ber comes a breath
f reft on the air;
Ami be it lile or be it death,
1 look iKn my fair.
I e the white ro e on her breatt,
Tbe red kmood her cheek;
What need of words to tell the rest,
So plain the rote tieak t
Chicago Tribune.
HlMT TO Kl LI A Ul'SBiXD.
' A few ovenings sinae, as Nellie T.
lttry W. and mvself were chitting over
a cup of tea, and, womanlike, discussiug
tho merits and demerits oi our mends,
Annette Gray came runnnig in, and
drawing up a chair to the table, sank
into it, pouting with laughter. As soon
as she could speak, looking iuto our as
tooirthed faces, she said:
"Oh, I'm not suddenly crazed, I'm
tmty laughing at a ridiculous story Sally
H. ha jnst boen telling me. 13 v the
way, Nell, did you evor try a fit of hys
terics on John to gain your point in any
utter in dispute between you? All's
fair in war, and a woman, as the weaker
vessel, has the right to resort to strata
gun to gain the mastery when she is
struggling for it. At least so says Sallie.
Ton know Sallie went out of town lost
veek to see bor annt, and while there
ad a samplo of ruling a husband by a
It of hysterics, which teems to have
given her new wrinkle in domestic
saanagement, and I rather think Phil,
will have a chance to sea its workings
the first time he is gnilty of any short
comings. I'll te'l you the tale as sho
told it to me, and you can form your
opinion! a to its merits.
"It swrus Bailie's aunt had made up
her mind to have a uow carriage, no
common ouo either, but a handsome
double carriage, rilver-tnouuted harness,
with ber favorite dark green linings,
etc., while Mr. B.f ber husband, had as
fullr made up his mind that be could
- aot afford it, and hud very decidedly
aid "No" to all appeals, coaxings, etc.
But Mrs. 8. is no ordinary woman; with
ber to wish is to have, or there must be
very good reason why. Bo, it was car
xiage for breakfast, cairiago for dinner,
jarriage for auppor.
"Mr. B. went to sleep to the word
carnage,' ' and jjot up heariug it re
iieabal in his ear. But all to no avail, he
woo Id ba blind, deaf and dumb, if he
bone, and was so to all said on thai sub
ject. But then Cioiir bad his lirutus,
Kapoloou his Wellington; all great men
bave fallen before some enemy, and
there was a weapon preparing for him of
which he knew nothiug, and before
which 'he fell to rise no more.'
Una evening, while sitting in the par
lur, Bailie, as usual, dawdling, Mr. B.
appearing deep in the paper, Mrs. B.
oinuiencod running through the whole
nale of delights, oomforts and conveni
ences of a new carriage, without one re-
sponae, yes or nay, from her liege lord.
All at once up sho started, with a shriek
that would have raised the dead, and
darted from tha room.
"Startled almost into fits themselves,
Mr. B. andBallie ran after ber. She was
apparently making her way through the
warden to a largo, deep creek that ran
through the grounds. Mr. B. overtook
ber, but she struggled and resisted so
that it was all ha and Bailie could do to
overcome her and get her into tha
hour
"Taking her into her room, and laying
ber on the bed, they rubbed her hands,
l athed ber head and face, aud tried in
very way to soothe and calm her excite
saeot, without suooess; she did not seem
to recognise either of them, and strug
gled aud moaned, and went off into
taint, and I don't know what,
"Tha nearest physician living soma
three miles away, ber frightened hua
Wod was afraid to leave ber to go after
bins, and tha servants, as usual these
times, when wanted, were not to be
toond. After soma half hour's hard
work, who oar, a iona uaiios ai me gate,
i.i.hiccd Mr. P. to go out, in the hojw of
Wiring tin? per.-on wui) cu una vt riuo
over for tha doctor. No sooner bud bo
left the room Mrs. 6. apparently in a
famtinff nt at the time than aba opeuei
tier eyes slyly and looking ronnd said
"Ila tie goui-7
"Poor Bailie was perfectly dumb
stricken wbn ber sunt, riling np on tb
bed said: 'If that don't bring the carri
orb I'll give it np, Bailie.' Here tbe
sound of returning footsteps warned Ler
and leaning lack on the pillow, Mr. 8
found ber as be left ber, in dead faint
from which she only arrived to go into
tbe 'jerks.'
"Sallie looked at tba distressed face of
ber undo as be soothed and caroused bis
wife, telling ber to 'only get well, dar
ling, and you shall have everything you
want,' while tbe wife lay apparently un
conscious of all be said; and making an
exonse to get out of tbe room, Bailie ran
down-stair and into tbe yard, and fairly
rolled on tbe gran in convulsions of
lauchtor.
"Poor Mr. 8. sat np with his wife that
night, and the next day set by ber bed
side and wrote a long letter to bis mer
chant, with fall descriptions of carriage.
lining, silvt-r wo noted baruoss.eto. What
do 3 ou think of that now? Hurrah for
hysteria!"
I Ret t of Odor on 2111k.
Upon this question Professor Arnold,
in the work ''American Dairying," ears:
"The London Milk Journal cites in
stances where milk that has stood a short
time in the presence of persons sick with
typhoid fever, or been bandied by parties
before fully recovering from tne small
pox, has spread these diseases as effect
ually as if tne persons themselves nod
boon present. Scartatina, measles, and
other contagious diseases bave been
spread in tho sama way. The peculiar
smell of a cellar is indelibly impressed
upon nil butter mado from milk stand
ing in it. A few puns from pipe or
cigar will scent all tho milk in the room,
and a tmokiug lamp will soon do the
same. A pail of milk standing ten min
utes where it will Uke the scent of a
strong-smelling stable, or any other of
fensive odor, will imbibe a " taint that
will never leave it. A maker of gilt-
edged butter objects to cooling warm
milk in the room where his milk stands
for the cream to rise, because be says
the odor escaping from tbe new milk
while cooling is taken in by the other
milk and retained to tbe injury of bis
butter. This may seem like descending
to little things, but it must be remem
bered that it is the sum of such little
tilings that determines s-hether the pro
ducts of tho dairy are to be sold at cost
or below, or as a high-priced luxury. If
milk is to be converted into an article
of the latter class, it must be bsndled
and kept in clean and sweet vessels, and
mnst stand in pure fresh air, such as
would be desirablo and healthy for peo
ple to breathe.
Tbe Incisors of tae Horse.
Tha incisors of tha horse, once worn
down or lost, are gone forever, bnt in
many species a provisien exists by
which the wear and tear of mastication
is compensated by the perpetual growth
of certain members of the dental series.
This very convenient arrangement exists
in all the rodents or gnawers, an order
of wnich the beaver, the rat and the
rabbit are familiar examples, and also in
the elephant, the walrus, wild boar, etc.
The incisors of the rodents are tho seat
of this perianal growth, and any one
who will take the tronblo to examine the
skull of a rabbit will at once see how
admirably they are adapted to the animal
wants, iuey are of curved shape, and
occupy sockets extending to the back
part of both jaws, the npper pair de
scribing larger part of a smaller circle,
and tha lower ones a smaller part of
larger circle. Each tooth consists of a
solid column of dentine, with a plate of
enamel in its onter surface, and, conse
quently, diminishes in hardness from
front to back. Tbe constant wear pro
duced by the continual collision of tha
opposing surfaces forms an oblique
chisel-like surface, sloping from the hard
enamel of the front to the softer dontine
of the back part of tba tooth. As these
are perpetually growing, they require
constant exercise to keep their growth
within due bounds, and the rat and
others of this most mischievous family
might assign, as an excuse for their rav
ages, tbe necessity of finding oousUr.t
employment for their front teeth. All
tha lear Kouud.
Coot Prunluij.
The London Garden prints the follow
ing regarding the pruning of roots: Tho
experiments were made ou tho apple aud
. i. . .fii
pear, a vigorous appta ireo, rignt or
ten years old, which had scarcely made
any frnit buds, has dona best when
about half the roots were cut in oue sea
son and about half three years luttr, by
going half way round ou opposite sides
in oue year and iiuished at the next
pruning, working two feet underneath
to sever downward roots. It hits always
auswered well also to out from such
trees all the larger and longer roots
about two and a half feet from the'stem,
leaving tha smaller and weaker ones
longer, going half way round, ks already
stated. The operation was repeated
three or four years luter by extending
tho cut circle a foot or two further away
from the tree. By this operation unpro
ductive fruit trees become thickly stud
ded with fruit spurs and afterward bora
profusely. This storteuiug of tba roots
has been continued in these experiments
for twenty years with much success, the
circlo of roots remaining greatly oirouui
scribed. Tha host time for the work has
been found to be in the latter part of
Angnst aud beginning of Beptember,
when growth has nearly ceased, and
while tha leaves are yet on the trees,
causing greater increase of bloom bads
the following year than when performed
after tha loaves had fallen.
In the examination of candidates by
Bishop Hunt in the conference of
California, recently in session in Oak
land, it is stated that the questions laid
down by tha church began with tha in
quiry as to faith, and ended by asking
the candidate it he is in debt and if ha
will abjure to tha nsa of tobacco. Wa
are out a member of tba Methodist
ehnrch. but wa will be alronclv inclined
to go that way it wa can thereby get rid
oi uie touwow auuuiiuauua.
Jackson's 0 d Servants.
Vlaitin? the hermitage not lonir ago,
fonnd two old servants who had belonged
to Gen. Jackson and bod never left tba
nlaM where they were born. Not those
of tha old hero own blood could feel
greater pride of birth or a more religions
i ' m i . 1
reverence ior ois name, lue present iu
cumbent at the hermitage is a lady in
feeblo health who never receives visitors
Bo Annt Gracie was our "cicerone,
That Gen. Jackson was tbe greatest man
that ever lived is as fixed in her mind a
tha eyes in her bead, and aha feels that
bis lightest word nss a value demanding
caution and dignity in ner repetition,
She took ns through tbe house, showing
ns her master books and sword ana
favorite chair, this lait comfortably
facing Washington's arm chair, so that
neither need be moved an inch if ever
the two grett ghosts want to talk to
gether in tbe dim old room. Then we
went through tbe old-fashioned garden
neglected with a method, one might say,
so pleasing was it in its wanton growth
and neglected wreatu oi roses, we
seated ourselves on the granite steps of
the tomb, under the dome with its
Corinthian pillars, planned by the rest
less braia it cohered, and read tha in
scriptions on tha two flat slabs the one
long and of a pathetic eloquence, the
other lieanng only the name An
drew Jackson" across tha surface.
'He said if dar was mo' ter tell, his
tory would tell it," said Annt Gracie in
solemn voice. By this time her hus
band. Uncle Alfred, ragged hat in hand,
had joined ns from the field. "lie was a
great company-keeper, da general was,"
said Uncle Alfred ; "he always kep' de
front do open. ever made no differ
ence between rich an' po', pervided dey
had behavior. Yon know dars a heap
difference betwixt list a man an i
gentleman." Uncle Alfred was evi
dentlv a tremendous old aristocrat. "De
general never got mad." be said, "an
less yon dinpnted him an' ha found you
was on da realities; den bis blood would
rise." This was rather obscure, but we
inferred from it that the general only
'got mad" when he perceived that his
opponent was in tha right. In answer to
an inquiry of how Christmas was spent
at the Hermitage, Aunt Gracie, by way
of impressing as with the general ele
gance of things nnder the old regime,
declared loftily that "it was Christmas
slide year ronn'." But Uncle Alfred
coma in with: "Den da real Christmas,
dut was a time. Wa would all go np to
de bouse jes' like a troop of soldiers,
Mis llacuel sne would gib de women
presents, an' de General would gib de
men ato'-clothes. an' head-haadkerchers,
an terbaocer. Den wa would draw ra
tions far do week's holiday flour an
sugar an' tea. An' we would walk roun'
de house singin', de General a bowiu' an'
-wavin his hat at de front do . An by
de time we bad got roun to da back do.
dar be was to receive our greetin's."
lie didn t bave a servant bnt would a
died for him," said Aunt Gracie softly.
The Hermitage is cot paid for, en 1 when
an appropriation for tha BUte debt was
voted on, not long ago, old Alfred got
all the negroes within bis influenoe. to
vote for it "for the sake of Gen. Jock
son's home aud honor." Lippincott for
October.
A fau-e vf Immorality.
The hardest class of shop girls to deal
with are those who have seen better days.
In her forthcoming report, Miss Jennie
Collins, manager of Boflin's Bower an
institution organized twelve years ago by
that lady to ameliorate the condition of
unfortunate shop girls and workwomen
generally bos much to say of the evil
effects of the rninous competition in the
clothing and other business. The
meagre sum paid shop girls in not a few
of tha large and small establishments
frequently results in the demoralization
of tbe purest and best. One prepossess
ing young woman, some two months
since, related her cose to Miss Collins as
follows: "I came to make you a little
present of $10. Use it to help some one
else before they get where I am. I had
to corn my living. I tried housework
first. The family's washing was beyond
my strength. I thon procured a place in
a shop, commencing with three dollars
a week, witu tuo promise
that at tbe eul of three months my pay
would be increaBOd according to my
ability. At the end of that time I was
discharged, and another novice taken
with the same inducement. JUy next
place was in a office for $3 a week, and
from that I went to do up packages of
grocerios, with the promise that whon I
cot used to the busiuees I could inake$G
or $7 a week. It was tbe same old story;
I was discharged and another novioo put
in my place. I next got a position to
tend in a cheap variety store, with an
advunca of $i a week on this stipulation
that I was to dress as well as the other
young ladies. To do this I was obliged
to live npou oue meal a day. Half
starved, disheartened and oppressed,
I drifted , where I am now."
These are foots; and tbe
story of this girl is the story of hun
dreds of other girls. The police here
Bay thut Boston has more "drifted" wo
men to the square acre than any other
city in the country. Crowds of young
women coma from Alaine, iew Hamp
shire and Vermont to Ret their living,
and, failing it that, on account of starva-
tion wages, are tempted, ana leaa a me
of immorality. The women who apply
t the Bower lor aid are oi all classes.
The young and intelligent ones arc
easily disposed of. Daring the post l'l
months Miss Collins has furnished over
1)000 meals to destitute girls. Bhe is do
ing a humane work, but her labors are
not half appreciated by the Boston pub
lic. She saves hundred of girls from
death and destruction every year.
PkbfbtuaIi let Ssow. The Hon. G.
W. Btapletou returnod yesterday from a
business trip to Glendale, and while
there was told of a lake which hunter
had seen near tha heawatera of Wise
river about eighty miles south of Butte.
It is situated high up in the mountains
and surrounded by steep crags, and the
water is frozen solid, notwithstanding
tha remarkably warm weather in this
section. Tha banter is convinced that
it never thaws, and states that in tha
center of thia great body of ice is an av
alanche of snow piled np to a great
height, which has evidently slid down
tha crags surrounding tha lake. It is de
scribed as a beautiful spot, scenery
grand, and tha whole country alive with
game. A glorious spot, no doubt, for a
summer excursion. Montana Star.
A Georgia Cora '.Shucking.
Tha farmer who proposes to give a
corn-shucking selects a level spot in
his lot, conveniently near the crib, rakes
away all trash and sweeps me place
clean with a brush broom. Tha corn is
then palled aff the stalks, thrown into
wagons, hsulod to the lot, and thrown
out on the spot selected, all in one pile
If it has been previously "norated"
thronch the neighborhood that there
to be plenty to eat and drink at the corn
fchuckincr. and if tba night is auspicious
there will certainly be a crowd. Boon after
dark the negroes begin to come in, and
before long the place will be alive with
them men. women and children. After
the crowd has gathered and been moder
atolv warmed np, two "gin r Is' are
chosen from among the most famous
corn shuckors on the gronnd, and these
proceed to divide tbe shockers into two
parties.later comers reporting alternately
to one side or tne omer, so as to seep
the forces equally divided. The next
stop, which is one of great importance.
is to divide the corn pile. This is done
br laving a fence-rail across the top of
lh com nils, so that the vertical plane.
passing round the nil, will divide the
pile into two equal portions. Laying
tne rail is oi great importance, since
upon thi.t depends the accuracy of the
division : it is accompanied with nuch
argument, not to say wrangling. The
position of the rail being deter
minod. the two generals monnt
the corn pile. and the work
begins. The necessity lor tha
"gin'r'ls'" to occupy the most conspicu
ous position accessible, from which to
cheer their followers, is oue reasqn why
tber get up on top of the corn; but
there is another, equally important.
which is to keep the rail from being
moved, it being no uncommon thing for
one side to change tha position of the
rail, and thus throw an undue portion
of the work upon their adversaries. Tho
position of the "gin'r'l" in a corn
shucker differs from that of the soldier,
in that the former is in greater danger
than any of bis followers; for the chances
are that, snonid ins siaa soem to do
gaining, one of their opponents will
either knock the leador off the com
pile and thus cause a momentary panio.
which is eagerly taken advantage of.
This proceeding, however, is considered
fair only in extreme cases, and not nn
froauently leads to a general row. If it
is nossible. imagine a neorro man stand
ing npon a pile of corn, holding in his
hand an ear of corn, and shouting tbe
words of a song below, and yon will
have pictured the "corn gin'r'l." It is a
prime requisite that be should be ready
in his improvisations and have a good
voice, so that he may lead in tbe corn
song. Tne corn-song is almost always a
song with a chorus, or to nse the lan
guage of the coin-Bhuckers, the "gin'r'ls
give out," and the shuckers "drone."
These songs are kept up continuously
during the entire time the work is going
on, and though extremely simple, yet,
when sung by fifty pairs of lusty lungs,
there are few things more stirring
October Century.
The Kin? and the tTap.
The following is from a correspon
dence entitled, "The Funeral Tent of an
Eevntlant Queen:"
it was desirable in tne interest
of scionce to ascertain whether the mum
mv bearing tbe monogram of Tbothmes
III. was really the remains of that mon
arch. It was, therefore, unrolled. The
inscriptions on tho bandages established
beyond all donbt the fact that it was in
deed the most distinguished of kings of
the brilliant eighteenth dynasty, and
once more, after an interval ot tmrty-six
oenturies, human eyes gazed on the fea
tures of the man who had conquered
Syria and Cyprus and Ethiopia, aud had
raised Egypt to the highest pinnacle of
her power, so that it was said thut iu his
roign she placed her frontiers where she
pleasod. The spectacle was of brief du
ration; the remains proved to be in so
fragile a state that there was only time
to take a hasty photograph, and then the
features crumbled to pieces like an ap
parition, and so .passed away from hu
man vision lorever. ine uirector ioiu
me that be felt such remorse at the re
sult that he refused to allow the unroll
ing of Ramses tbe Great, for fear of a
similar catastrophe. Thothmes III. was
the man who overran Palestine witu bis
armies Wv years betore tne uirtn or
Moses, and has left us a diary of his ad
ventures, for, like Ciejar, he was author
as well as soldier. It seems strange that
though the body mouldered to dust the
flowers with which it had been wreathed
were so wonderfully preserved that even
their color could be distinguished, and
thev looked as if only recently dried,
yet a flower is the very type of ephemeral
beauty that passeth away, and is gone
almost as soon as born. A wasp, which
had been attracted by the floral treasures,
and had entered tho coffin at the mo
ment of closing, was found dried up but
still perfect, having lasted better than
the king, whose em ilem of sovereignty
it bad once been; now it was there to
mock the embalmer's skill, aud to add
point to the sermon on the vanity of
human p ride and power preached to us
by the contents of that coffin. Inexora
ble is the decree, "Unto dust sholt thou
return." Running in tha same line of
meditation it is difficult to avoid a
thought of the futility nt human de
vices to achieve immortality. These
Egyptian monarch, the veriest types of
earthly grandeur and pride, whose rule
was almost limitless, whose magnificent
tombs seem built to outlast the hills,
eould find no belter method of insuring
that their names should be held in re
membrance than the embalmment of their
frail bodies. These remain, but in what
a condition, and how degraded in the
uses to which they are put! The spoil
of an ignorant and theiving population,
tha pet curiosity ot soma wealthy Yan
kee, who buys a royal mummy as he
would buy tha Sphinx if it were remov
able; "to what base uses art thou come,"
oh body, so tenderly nurtured, so care
fully preserved! How far better to have
mingled with friendly mother earth, and
served tha nobler purpose of enriohing
other lives in nature's wondrous trans
mutations! Tha Ruisian novelist Tnrgenieff is now
a confirmed invalid. Ha is in pain con
tinually. '
That a country may ba truly free, tha
people should all ba philosophers, and
tha rulers all gods. Napoleon.
The Minister Ceased to Wonder.
Appropos of the Egyptian troables, we
wish to relate little story, the circum
stances of which ooonred during our trip
Lto the Holy Land several years or more
ago.
He was a devout Christian, and had
made the study of the Bible and a proper
understanding of the Big Book the high
est aim in life.
When he arrived at the Sea of Galilee
his heart was filled with awe, and he felt
enervated and cleansed by tha thought
that he was gazing on the very spot
where bis Savior ouce stood.
Approaching tha boatman, he address
ed him in his choicest Arabio, and with
Bible and commentary in hand he await
ed an answer.
"Ah! what 'smatter 'th yer? Why don't
yer talk United States" asked the man
contemptuously. He was a real live
Yankee, who was picking np a living by
ferrying tourists across the sea.
"Bo this is the Sea of Galilee?" de
voutly murmured the searcher after
knowledge.
"Ya-a-s."
"And the is where our Savior walked
npon this waters'"
"Yaa-s."
"How much will you charge to take
me to tho exact spot?"
"Wa-al, you look like a clorgyman an
I don't want to charge you nolhin'."
The dovout man boarded the boat, and
at lost is pointed out where the miracle
is said to have occurred. After gazing
at the waters and dividing his time be
tween glances at his books and devout
ejaculations of satisfaction, the searcher
signified his willingness to retnrn.
'Charge yoa $20 to take you bank.
said the speculative Yankee.
"But you said yon would charge ma
nothing.
"Naw, didnt. Nothing to bring yon
out. Twenty to get back."
"And do you charge everybody to take
them back?" asked the searcher.
"Y-a-a-s, that's about the figure."
''Well, then," said tbe devout one,
as be went down .into ma clotnos,
"no wonder onr Savior got out and
walked.' fN. Y. Dispatch.
Bernhardt' Jealousy.
Bernhardt is terribly jealous of her
new husband, whom marriage has not
entirely cured of a passion for flirting.
Bhe keeps a close eye npon his move
ments and is never comfortable when he
is ought of her sight. During her stage
performances the bare thought 'hat hor
attractive lord and master is engaged in
"mashing" some of the footlight beauties
behind the wings drives her nearly dis
tracted. ' At Blackpool recently, where
an immense audience had assembled to
see her in "Camille," Bhe refused after
tha first act to play any longer. She al
leged eickness as the reason for this sud
den whim, and pointed to tbe blood
which sho was raising from her lun;s
with a violent attack of coughing as a
proof of it. It was shrewdly surmised,
however, that the blood was merely
"stage blood," which Srali hod used
with realistia effect, and it was after
ward discored that her jealousy was
tbe real reason of her refusal to con
tinue to pluy. Bhe hud detected Damala
in a new flirtation, and could not remain
on the stage while she was out of ber
eight. If she doesn't shoot or poison
this fickle benedict before long, or kill
off herself or every beauty he is likely to
admire.she won't.bo true to the traditions
of the disappointed actresses of the
French stage. Chicago Times.
Tho Women of Qufbcft
The French Canadian people have had
the rare taste or luck to keep their sur
roundings in harmony with their char
acter. I imagine the city would be dull,
or even distastelnl, if its drowsy and
romantic spirit were replaced by a
coarser life. The women of Quebec are
attractive by their appearance of good
health, iew of them are pretty, but
many oi tnem are good-looking umi
pleasant. Yon meet them at almost any
hour, returning from mass or confession,
dressed always in dark colors, and walk
ing with a slow gait that might be taken
for meditation. 1 heir manners are un
obtrusive; their voices are low and
pleasantly modulated. . The young wo
men, as you brush close by them on the
narrow sidewalk, look up 'frankly, with
out either boldness or shyness, and pass
on witn a direct ana moaesi manner.
You see on the cathedral steps some
ladies ot the old French type, with high
bred foatures and a dark complexion
rioh with color. Their walk, though
dignified, is graceful aud free from
haughtiness; and their manner suggests
characters at once strong, sympathetic,
and dignified. But the most beautiful
objects in Quebec are certainly the
ohildren rosy, bright, and cherubic
October Century.
The Title or Bail-bpillter.
Mr. Seward was nominated in the Con
vention by Mr. Evarts of New York. Mr.
Lincoln was nominated by Mr. Jndd of
Illinois. The nomination of Mr. Lincoln
was seconded by Mr. Delano of Ohio,
who said: "I desire to second the nomi
nation of a man who can split rails and
maul Democrats Abraham Lincoln."
This probably originated the term "rail-
phtter, which immediately became
popular. Decorated and illuminated
rails surrounded the newspaper offices,
and became a leading feature of the cam
paign. "Rail-splitter battalions' were
formed in tbe different cities and minor
villages of the North. At a great ratifica
tion meeting at Cooper Institute, Jane
8th. after speeches by Messrs. Evarts,
Blatchford. G. W. Curtis. General aye
and Judge Traoey of California, the last-
named said: "We wage no war upon ti e
South, we harbor no ntalioe against the
South. We merely mean to fence them
in;" (pointing significantly to a rail ex
hibited on the platform) "this is all we
propose to do to stop tha extension of
livery, and Abe liincoln baa split tne
rails to buil the fence." The Century.
Good plain gingerbread is made of
two pounds of flour, half a pound of but
ter, half a pound of sugar, two table
spoonfuls each of cinnamon and ginger,
one pint of molasses, a tablespoonful of
soda dissolved in a half cup of sweet
milk,' use that, and a half a tetspoonful
of soda. Bake in very thin layers;
mark each layer with a fork in lines an
inch apart. Tha open should ba hot
whan tha gingerbread is pat in.
HOUSE ADD PAB3L
Coarse salt, in crystals is th. i .
nse for picking. ' " lLe to
Geese cau be pluck.d twice . .
May and SepteinW ?ear-
Potato tops make an excellent sddit;
to tho compost heap. 'Mitioa
Canada thistles should alwav i
when in blossom, or before. 1 Ucx
The Virginia 8tate Fair will i- , . ,
from October 25 to 27, inclusive hela
In their native climate century pUni,
bloom when nine years old. PU
The English harvests will full 8i,ort .
what was expected two months ago. '
Indiana is making olaira to tha larff,i
yield of wheat over any other Bute.
Variety in feeding does mora fo'r ti,
animal than excess of one kind of food
A hedge that is not thick at the bo.'
back!8 D0 ge B KeeP il i
Honey should be kept where it is w,
fectly dry if desired to be in prime ordc
Coil oil should be used careful'.'
around frnit trees.
them. JUi
A Massachusetts farmer claims tl,.
Paris greon kills tho birds when annC
to vinos. u
Prnne in autumn to insure growth
and in spring to insure fruilf uluess it a
grape maxim. '
When manure begins to boat too ninch
tnrn it over and sprinkle it with pLuto
while so doing.
Prof. Budd notes the fact that no trace
of blight of pear or apple trees can ha
seen in Europe.
Lancaster county, Pa., ranks ss tbe
banner county of the United States fur
agricultural products.
Thevalnoof agricultural product of
New Jersey exceeds that of any other
State iu proportion to the area culti
vated. Chas. Downing says it is not safe lo
give a decided opinion concerning ny
ue strawberry or raspberry short of flvi
years' trial.
The Maryland State Fair will be held
at Baltimore, Oct. 3. The time is favor
able for stock, and an excellent display
is expected.
Tomatoes will continue to boar until
irost, and as last as ripe ones are gather
ed new blossoms will appear, espeoiallr
where they have been well cultivated.
Pastures given to excessive moistur
should, as far as possible, he avoided
for sheep grazing, excepting, perhapj,m
the middle of the day, when surlice
nioisure has been dispersed.
Jelly made of unripe grapes, jnst b-
fnra llmv nlmncra frnm rrnun in mi..l. .'.
J " O -. vu q.wvw W f UiyiC,U
very delicate. Wash the grapes, after
picking them from the stems, iu several
waters, then put them in a porcelain
kettle; wash them before putting them
on the stove, as then you will not need
to put any water with them, sad ot
course the less time it will take to boil
the juioe. Put the grapes when suffi
ciently cooked in a bag made of firm
flunnfil. anil Int thn l'ninA Hfruln nnt mi h.
out squeezing, if possible.
Times liar Changed.
"I'm no band to complain," he wi
anvinrf t a friaswl in Mia iiAvvi A nm nt
WJIUJJ IV a MtVUU IU UU WIIIUV1 VI IU7
postollice, "but it makes me fuel bad to
have man doubt my financial stand
in." "Has any one doubted it?"
"Well, not in so many words, per
haps, but I can sea a great change in
human nature. Three or four years ago
I could buy a trunk for a dollar, arrive
at a hotel in a $600 hack and live on tb
fat of the land for three weeks before I
had to skip. Alas! how times hsvs
changed. Nothing less than an $3
trnnk will secure a room, and you can
never tell when the clerk will ask yoa to
break a $50 bill in order to size vonr
pile. It makes mo feel degraded to have
a man doubt me, and I sometimes tbisk
I might just as well pay my bill with
bozus check as to slip out the back way
and leave my empty trunk to square the
account.
CuBiosrriBS of Ihdcstri. Perhaps
the fact is not generally known that the
leading textile manufacturing companies
spend largo sums of money yearly in
sending samples of their nsw product.
One establishment at Lowell has been
sending samples of their prints, figure
and cretonnes to every seotion of the
oountry. This practice is followed twic
a year, beginning in May and Septem
ber. Soon hfter tho new style re
laid asido until all the patterns of the
season hava been produoed, when they
are cut to the desired rfeat"
nre. All the samples are tastened witu
. .... . nHwnnnAmnn .ui ill on tironerlT
packed in boxes and sent to their respec
tive agents for distribution. The ad
dresses, printed on gummed labels, v
affixed to the envelopes, which sre the
stamped by corps of young women. , TM
Lowell oompony has just sent ont lo,"
sets of these samples. Every dry gooH
firm of importance in the States ?JL
ritories receives a set. Some e-M
in two cent stamps was used in mailing
the sets, and 17,970 Yards of cloth ;
nsmi in nnHini? the 1.885.000 "swatche,
a swatch representing all tha patten
This work involves much labor snl '
peuse.
T)jn Rlmninn. the veteran dranimer-
boy of 1812, Us given the Botonian
oiety his portrait and the ilrumthatJon
Bobbins beat at the name oi
Hill. He Bonds a characteristic
with the gift. Mentioning that the
is his 92d birthday and that his fnen
have suggested that he make the socieij
a birthday present, he says: "I g' J?'
the drum and portrait, to be framed e
you, ana Dotn oi mem u"6 -r-.
should Uke to bave tne porirai
drum in the memorial ball of tne w
state-house in Boston, and to be foiew
in the cara and custody of the Btonia
society. If you could hang the dru
(and possibly the portrait, for l w
drummer in the war of 1812) in "
the lion and nnicorn, perhaps thtf
leave tha building, aa some timid pec-l"
wish, as I hear, without being orderes
to do bo by the common connou.
my part I like these old relics, r
may be because I feel like one ny
Daniel aaya that the oil portrait
represents himself holding the drwa.
the work of Darira Cobb, a
worthy eentlenun, tos8Pe o0r
tuna and labor to make its good
trait.-