IUZ VILLAGK BLACKSMITH.
VtaUt apwadint; ihrttnnt ttos
Ibti vlui.:e miitiT'laiuW;
e .initli. mli' ciu l bf.
Willi "u lu,'w7 nnd;
ind iiu uiunlriol bia cruwny srnw
Aruui.g tiuu Una.
iiu tulr ucrlP Hid lUck, and lonf.
Ml '" ll,a Ukn : .
Hi. fro l ":t with buiieat iweat.
upmi wii4ii'rr bfctu.
And inok tue wbjle wumI In the Uea.
t ut il U OUt UT BlttU.
wrck In, imk out, from morn till night,
Yoiicin bear tilabel Iowa blow;
You ctu br aim a in bit heavy aledjn,
A lib uca.iiil twatauU tiow,
I Iks itiuiii ringing ibo vlllaijo bell,
ba tua euiug uu l low.
And cblldien comlnt boce from ichool
I Mtii in t tbv oveu do r,
Tflir l"T 10 " l" " imlDK 'onte,
Aud U' ae tullowa rir,
Ami rattli Urn burning a;ia that fly
LUeiflillfroin a Uir,.-ulug II hit.
lie (Ofi on Sunday to tbo churcti.
Audlimo-bilj.ji;
He fuara lb pnuiii iruy tnd preach,
He beaia bit ilaugiittti'. v.nce,
blugiui 111 Uie vllUim choir
Aii'l It makot bit heart r J lce.
It aounda to him like ber motbet'i voice,
Hluglugln raracllt.!
H ntxdi miu ibluk of her ouce mar.
H'iwliilligTiethillt;
And wllb Iiu ijird. rough bind be wlpot
A trr out of Mi eyes.
Tclllng,-r.JiUlnir.-ofrnw!tig.
Onward ibr ugh life be gwe;
fcich moml gnHKJiiiHUNi btglo,
Each K'Uiuu atea It dom ;
gooieiblug a'.Uinpit-il. aooivinitig dona,
Haicaiutd a olghi'a rioa
Tbanki. tbsnkatoikee my worthy friend,
tor the iwn thou haul tiu.'lil!
Tnua at the II .iniuii fore ol life
Ciur fjuuura mutt be wrought;
Thtia ou lia anunilluir au'tl nilJ
Kacb burolug deed and thought.
heury rtadwonu Long folio
Al'.VT DOIUXM'S LEU1CV.
have
Miss
'Littlo Biu, that ia what I
always bear J you called. Pray,
Blancbford, what is your nanie?"
A suaile and a dimplo, a blnsli, and
then a laugh, wbilo six of Miss Blanoh
ford's admirers waited for ber answer.
"I am named for my dear old-fuab-ionod
Aant Dorinda," she said, address
ing Lewald Llewellyn, who bad nuked
the quostion. "Having two of the name
in the family, I, tbe younger, am called
Littlo Kin. It isn't a pretty name, or
romantic, but very convenient, and so
appropriate I" drawing horsolf to her
full, graceful height, and making her
companions a sweeping courtesy; for
Miss Rlanchford, though not "little,"
was beautiful, and a belle, and mascu
line homage attended ber every foot
step. The party were at the Osprey House,
down on Cormorant Cape, iu tbe finest of
the fine summer weather; and, as the
young lady spoke, she turned and
pointed to one of tbo prettiest of the
8Uornoottges.
"There is my Aunt Dotindu's summer
uon'o," sho said.
Ta Mi-u. Oinoml lllmi villa vnnr
aunt?" asked Llowellyu, with involuntary
! Lit.. tl.A ,liA.d nntUnli. 'wltia.
tlo.l under inwr oreaiu, anu aiiss iiuuuu
ford nodded lightly.
A momeut more and the group bad
separated, Aubrey Viilars taking Goof
fry Thorno by the arm, and loading him
off to whisper in his eur, "Mrs. General
Blonvillo is very old very eocentric
but tbe richest worn in I know; and if
Little Kin is her nieos, sho must be an
heire3. as woll us u bdlla and a beauty."
Tbo others cxuhanRed much the sams
confidences. Lie wellj n alone said noth
ing, but walkad awiy tuinking. Ho had
often wondered bow a f?irl could bo as
beautiful as Mis IManehforJ, and not bo
spoiled; and no.v it turned out that she
wan, in perspective, rich, he marvelled
still more. 8o gonerous, so unaffected,
so Binple, so sweet tempered and
he had seen bor temper seyerely
tried by her father. In contrast
with his sisters the only wom
en he knew well she did not seem to be
likewise of flesh and blood. His spirits
fell. He had come to that quiet place
for tho summer, much harrassod by care,
thinking to seo no one ho should care
for, and yet he bolieved now that he had
found tbe one woman whom, of all the
world, ho could love. Of late, his busi
D0F8 losses bad been hoavy, but they had
not cinsod him groat despondency until
this summer, when he was obliged to
realize that he was comparatively a poor
m in. If he offered himself to Little Kin,
he certainly belioved her father would
counsel her to reject him. Not that Mr.
Cuthbert Blancbford was a curmudgeon.
Oa the contrary, ho was a man of bril
liant parts, socialiy; but he was an
opium eater, and his temper uncertain.
At times ho was very tyrannical,
though he cortainly loved his daughter,
who was his only child, and was very
proud of her. But they were not wealthy,
and ho bad openly avowed his wish to
have his daughter marry a rich man.
Certainly Littlo Rin, with her accom
plishments, her lightness and grace, did
not seem fitted to be the wife of a poor
mau. Ho had better uot dream of it.
But Comorant Cape, with its fine out
look, its free breezes, its pleasant nooks,
suddenly had lost its satisfaction. He
grew restless; there was a guawing pain
at his heart. It amazed him to find that
he had hoped. '
The rustle of Miss Blancbford s silver
grey dress upon ttio piazss aroused him
from a fit of despondency.
"It is very naughty to be idle, said a
musical voice. "Come and take care of
me wbilo I go down on tbe rocks and
catch some smelts for papa's breakfast.
He rose from the rustic bench quickly.
II iss Blancbford had a sun-hat, with tur-juoise-blue
ribbons, tipped over her
face, a fishing-rod in her slender gloved
hand. She addressed him with her
usual gay frankness, and led the way
down upon the rocks, merrily talking.
" 'I love to steal awhile away, don t
vou" she quoted. "We hava nice so
cial tims here the boarders are very
agreeable; but its so deliciously quiet
ont here it rests one."
Hehadbatd her hook and put the
rod into ber hand. Then he held a
drooping branch of the single tree to
ahelter her face. Then he stood and
wa'chod the perfect contour of the ro
seate choek and dimpled chin, while she
dropped the hook into the water and
tnen quietly waited. Suddenly the
lovely eyes, bluer than the ribbons,
lookn'd full up.
"Hasut this been a delightful sum
mer?" she said.
"It haa been to me," he sid. Some
thing flashed from his Rray eyee ioto
her blue eyes; tbe white lids quickly
fell.
"Bat it ie past," It a.'daV'I 0 home
to morrow." .
The bluo-ribbonel hat btira suddenly
full a little lower. SUuJing ubovo her,
he could see only tho dimpled chin nov,
aud could not know that a chill scorned
to have touched tho satin choek. It was
whito as the curlina crusts beneath.
But her tone had changed when she
spoko again.
"I suppose we, too,shull go before tho
month is out."
He felt tho chancre, yot dared not be-
lieve it, aud kept bravely silent; but
when a breezo suddenly blew tue con
cealincr hat back upon tho graceful
shoulders, a face all pale, grieved and
changed was shown lain. mo revel'
tion was too much.
"Let me toll you why tho summer has
been so pleasant to me, ue ruui, ue
causo Hit) sweetest woman I have ever
Imnwn lniH liieii mv comi)uiiioi). Aud I
go to morrow, much as I would like to
stay, becunse let me say it for I say
it without hone I love her."
One little moment all was still but tho
clashing of tlio water and the shrill cry
of the snowy wheeling gnlla. Thou the
blue of tho lovely eyes shone out.
"Why should yon not hopo, LowalJ,
wheu sho loves you?"
He knelt down, took tho ovJ face be
tween his trembling hands, so that there
was no escape for the eyes of blue from
his soarching gaze.
"Dooi she love?"
"Dearly."
"Ood bless her."
Then sho sprung, laughing, from his
embrace, for a fish was running ou witu
her rod.
"Help me. L3walJ! help me!"
He laughed, too, as ho caught it so
glad to be hippy, hopeful!
"Lot mo do your fishing, Lady-bird,
wbilo you sit there, llko a queen, and
tell ma why you love mo."
She pulled tho gloves loisnrely from
the whito hands and folded them on her
lap.
"Because I trust you and you suit me,"
was all she said.
He cut a maple stick and strung tho
fish in silonce.
"Your father will never consent," he
said at last.
She turned the rings on her hands un
easily.
"My father does not want me to marry
poor. Ho likes you, but yon are not
rich, Lewald."
"No, I am poor," he said bitterly.
"So am I." she answered. The waves
dashed and the wheoling white gulls
cried. "But i o not dospair. If Aunt
Dorinda forgivos papa, I shall be rich."
"I do not want you neb, be repneJ,
absently, his brow corrugated.
"You must have me rich, if at all,
she sruilml, leaning forward to interpose
her beautiful face between his troubled
gaze and tho water. "Let me tell yon
about it. My grandfather was poor, and
his children had their fortunes to carve
out. Dorinda, tho eldest, was wonder
fully good, brave and capable. She
educated herself taught school. Of
the boys, Undo Arthur and my father,
she made father her favorite. She was
anxious that he should prepare
himself for collego; sho offered to
pay, herself, the collegiate course. But
be did not care for a classical education.
He agreed, but wastod his time, took an
other course, and bitterly disappointed
her. For twenty years, they did not meet
or communicate. Meanwhile, aunt had
married General Bienville and grown
old; meanwhile I waa born. Though
papa had not gratified his sister, he ad
mired aud respected her. He named me
for her. It is only a fow years ago Bince
she drove, one day, in her carriage to
call ou us and Bee me. Then she sent
mo some lovely dresses, shawl and jew
els. But papa believes she has never
forgiven him, aud I do not know.
Lewald Llwellyn beard tins story in
silence. There was no possible foituno
waiting for him. The times wero bad
and growing worso. His important in
terests had tailed: his daily business, as
an art dealer, was hourly becoming less.
His partner s letters were daily more dis
couraging. His lease oi uis store ana
art gallery only kept him still engaged iu
business. It baa oeou a congenial oc
cupation, but of late had become bitterly
unprofitable.
He told all this to Mr. iJlancuioru tuat
evening.
boneless matter, sir. but I
lore your daughter nono the lota."
"I will be irana wuu you, air.
Llwellvn." said Mr. Blancbford, who
was in a serene mood, "like you, but
my Little Rin is not Bitted lor poverty.
t lw.r in it tvnnld be disastrous.
But, since she so evidently loves yon, I
hope perliaps in vaiu iuai a leguuy
from her aunt may facilitate matters.
My sister is very old and failing, and
Little Itiu will spend tho winter witb her
as soon as she returns to town."
By the last of October all the birds of
my story bad uown cityward. Mrs.
Bienville's oity residence was kept quiet
during tho fall, for she was very feeble
and unable to receive; but she did not
object to her niece entertaining her
friends informally. Llwellyn came fre
quently to the great rich mansion, where
neb carpets inuiugu uis step w mmuu
InRsness. and whose wonderful pictures
haunted his dreams.
Aubrey ViUars came, too. lie was
n uth in tnwn. a vonnsr man of
good family, of French extraction, not
,., L 1. - .1 V.nnn 111., Bftma.
as weaituy as it uu uo,
what distinguished. He was handsome
and agreeable, and at Cape Cormorant,
Little Itin naa cojoyeu annuo uum wiu
him. But now her heart deepened, all
her thoughts another's, she cired little
for his visits.and said so to Llewollyn.
."But be cares for yon; I assure you he
is serious," he roplied. "an! has been
since you became exalted in hia eyes as
the niece of your aunt. He is my rival."
Little Rin laughed incredulously. But
time proved Llewellyn's words true. Mr.
Blancbford, unstable and pressed for
money, began to complain to bis daugh
ter that she had not preferred Viilars.
"Villara is of better position than
t -u-rottiTn n.l haa more monev than the
latter will' ever have; why are you so
foolish as to prefer him?" he said, imt-
ly. I' Jou liaa orinnei 14 wuu,u u'
- Knt mv famil arelonQT-
DJBb CI nu iuuvM, " - - j j -
lived; your aunt may live an invalid lor
nnmber of Tears. Lot Llewellyn go,
and marry VUlsrs.
Shocked, gneved, aisiresseu, wi
u.. nnt what to renlv. But then
eommeneed a long winter's struggle.
The father reproached, expostulate", in
sisted; Rin, knowing him well, tempor
ized hoping for better times.
The winter of 1875 pataed. The spring,
however, was equally shrouded in finan
cial depression. Mrs. Dorinda pursued
the even tenor of her way, never asking
if her brother were pior or rich. Sho
was polits when tht-y met nothing
more. To Kin sho w.t kind ami affec
tionate. It is not neco.'sarv to dwell on tho gen
eral uuhuppiuess of all parties. Sudden
ly, iu the early summer, without special
warning, Mrs. Dorinda Blenvillo diod.
When Mr. Cuthbert Blauchford nu t
with relatives to hoar the will read, he
shook liko a leaf.
Various largo bequests to various in
stitutions aud personal friends, aud tlx-n
"To my brother Cuthbert and his
daughter Dorinda, I bequeuth jointly
tho Latin grammar to be found iu ray
library."
The yellow old Latin grammar that
sho had pressed npou ber brother in his
youth wlien life was all before him, it
was a bitter satire.
She had uot forgivon him; Kin's lifo,
too, was spoiled. Must she marry for
money? -'Never, sho said, aud held ont
bravely; but her beautiful cheek grew
thin. Her father's hair becamo white.
Ho aged fast.
And Llwollyn was wretched and holp
letit as most mou in a tluanoiul crisis.
His business was ruined. At one timo ho
offered Kin her freedom, but she smiled
tenderly and shook her head.
"Wait "she snid.
For what? Llffellyn Lad a taste for
antiquities. Tho Latin grammar was
thirty years old, and ono day ho asked
Km for tho privilege oi cxamimug it.
She went for it. "It has not been
opened," sho said, handing it to him.
Not forlonz years, certainly, tho yel
low leaves broko apart stitlly under his
baud. He turned palo, paler, as bo con
tinued to turn them. Little Kin c tme to
bis Bide. The vol u mo was filled with bank
bills.
Fifty thousand dollars were hidden in
the old book. It was not a satire now
but to Cuthbert Blanchford's conscience
it was a reproach. But for his willful
ness, he need uot have needed so sorely
tho bounty of a good sister.
Ho was haupv only in Bin's enjoy uieut
of it, and for her all tho world was
bright, for she could marry tbo man oi
her choice. Three sweet years as his
wife, a wonderful baby son and then
Llwellyn bagan to hold his on. The
tido turned asd to day they are as rich
as happy owing to Aunt Kin's legacy,
they declare.
Chinese Midlists.
It is not generally known iu the west
that the Celestial "empire has a wide
spread secret society of vegoturiau re
formers whose organization is very simi
lar to that of the Russian Nihilists, o
the secret party whose movements are
now threatening the peace of Spain. 1 ho
Chinese sect of tho White Lily is also
deadly in its exactions of its iuomh'jrs
and in its purposes toward tho present
dynasty. The fraternity which has
rlinunn fur its svmbol the white lotus. the
sacred flower of China is of compura-
tively recent date, it is ono oi tuo ninny
sects to which tho invasion cf tho Mu-
nlnw DAvn riap. It took definite hIiudo
during the roign of the Emperor Chien
r i 1 ..i:n
ljUng, BOd lis prnuu uujeut wua uuu nu
continues to bo the ovorthrow of tho Ta
Thing dynasty. In the reign of Una
Cuing it assumed for the first time very
formidable proportions. Tho members
bouud themselves by oaths to secrecy,
obedience, entire self surrender,
and undying hostility to JUan
chus. A man who had onco cast in
his lot with the society had no ch.tncq
fnr hia PKrMllP for till) Dllllisllini'Ut in-
llicted by the chiefi of the confederacy
in nnv i.wa of treachorv was far more
horrible than any that a faithful momber
would have incurred bad ne lanen into
the hands of the government. Tho con
federates were strict vogetarians, having
placod theinsolves under a vow to eat no
moat while the usurpiug Manchu sat on
the throne of the Mings, and they contri
buted largely to the treasury of the head
center, so that in a comparatively short
timo the society found itself iu possess
ion nf nnnvmniiM wnnltli. Tllfl first BO-
rious outbreak of the confederation took
plaoo iu the reign of the tutu emperor of
tda nrtmnt ilvnustv. At that timo the
headquarters wero at Nanking, and the
operations of tbe conspiracy wero mrociou
by a man named Fang Jungsheu, tho
head centre, and hi wife. Tbis was a
woman known as Ma rh, and celebrated
as being the uiOBt physically powerful
female of ber time. The objoct of tho
plot was nothing lota than the blowing
up of tbe imperial paiace iu i nning n
wus the great gunpowder plot of China,
.,,,1 lir upp.na no doubt that it would
have been successful had not all the plans
of tho conspirators been irustraieu at
the last moment by a suddon and most
i.ini.mt Rtnrm of wind and rain a pro
digy which was regarded as a special in
terposition oi boavon on uunau oi iuh
Xothine short of such
'1,t."'"B
an unexpected phenomenon could bave
saved the plaoo, lor tue conspiracy was
planned with a perfection that was ud
n.irii.la Tint nven then the deflDeradoes
did not give way. Although the alarm
was Kiven and soldiery caneu out moy
t like liners, and a crusade was or
ganized all over the empire to put down
the conspiracy, me viceroy oi ausiu
covered himself with glory by capturing
the head centre; and it is a remarkable
fact that this man's life was freely of
fered him on condition that ho would eat
a bowl of meat. Rather than break his
vow, Fang stubbornly refused, and paid
the forfeit with his life; and it was well
for his honor that he did, for there were
others who suoenmbed to the temptation,
and theee, on being liberated, met with
a shocking and cruel death at the hands
of the society. The last occasion on
which the Pai Lien Cbiao rendered itself
conspicuous was shortly after the mur
der of Mr. Margarr in Yunnan. Then
war between England and China was
trembling in tbe balanoe, and excite
ment prevailed everywhere throughout
the eighteen provinces. The brethren
of the lotus flower were not slow to take
advantage of their opportunity, and then
was organized that strange appeal to the
superstitious terrors of their countrymen
which took the form of tail-cntting. The
fact that myriads of Chinese suddenly
found themselves bereft cf their cher
ished queues is undeniable; and amid
the panic to which tbe inexplicable phe
nomenon gave rise there do doubt min
gled in their minds a suspicion of what
was intended bv it that is was meant as
an intimation "that the time was ap
proaching when tbe Chinese would no
longer bo called upon to wear their
badgejof twrvitudo. But war was averted,
trade resumed its won ted tenor, lifo
lloweil Muoullilv on a"aiu, and the on
portuuity passed away. Nothing wan
heard of tho lotus (lower for seven years
At present, when (hero is danger ol hos
tilities between China and Fiance, there
is a roost menacing outbreak of tuo same
society ut Wa chong. On tho evening
of the 2Sth of May a number of tho
white lily sect entered the town, pre
tending to be studiMits who had come to
attend tho examination. They rented a
house at the back of tho prison, aud
wafted a notice to tho effect that it was
tho publie residence of an osHcrohlago of
virtuous persons. Iu the front house a
a oouple named Wang had opened a
bean euro J tiliop. Their son, whoso
name was Shciig, was in tho service of a
ritnall mandarin, and bad for a long time
been a member of tho sect. When the
conspirators came to hide ia tho city he
acted as titer guide and helped them gen
erally. It hud boeii arranged that an
outbreak should take plaoo on tho 28th,
fourth watch of tbo night, when the
prison was to bo set on tiro at u signal
for the operation to commeuco. A mau
namod Chu, who was formerly in a gar
rison, and had recoived" a lieu
tonaut's commission as a reward of
merit, recently opened a small
cotton shop near tho Wafhan
Men, and this man Lad daily dealings
with purchasers of cotton cloth. Among
them was a member of the White Lily
sect, aud he attemptod to inveigle Chu
into entering the confederacy. Chu pro
tended to coinplv, and accordingly ho
was presented with ono of the caps used
bv tho confederacy a head dress rosom
bling those worn by servants aud retain
ers dnring tho Ming dynasty. Besides
this he recoived a written tailsmun of tho
"Imperial Order." Chu. iu possoision
of these crtdcuiials, furtively went out
of his shop ono night ut watch sotting
and laid secret information against the
society before tho commandiint of tho
garrison. The oflicer immediately com
munioated tho affair to tho viceroy, Tu
Tsung-Yiug, who ordered out soldiers to
arrest tho confederates, i'hesu were
pounced upon nuawares, and, having no
time to form plans of resistauco or
escapo, mado for the oity walls in great
disorder. The soldiers succoedod in ar
resting ovr forty of the Che fuisyamon
and subjected to intonse torture, under
tho pressure of which they confessed
that a branch of the society was to be
found concealed in a Buddhist nunnery
at Shuohaung Fair-Four of the mou thus
duscribod were arrested the samo
night. There wore also found in
the convont an enormous quantity of
kcroseue oil and somo ashes of paper
soaked in the samo fluid. The nuns were
arrested at the same time and taken to
the yamon. Early on the ii'Jth nil the
gates of tho city wero closod early and
all persons of suspicious appnarauco
wero taken into custody, over CO being
thus arrested. Some of those confessed
immediately, othors resisted in spite of
tho most rigorous torture, othors ngaiu
deposed that tho son ol nu expoctaut
Tao-t'al namod Ting Chungho, and a cei
tuin cook were members of the confed
eration. Iu accordance with this, sol
diers were sent to surround the yamea
of tho Tao-t'al Ting, and the young mau
and the cook were brought into court
under arrest, Ting accompanying his Hon
iu an official chair. The sitting magis
trates put ont their tongues in embarrass
vnent ut soeiug Ting was there too, nud
hardly knew how to proceed. The youth
was, however.cxanuned and immediately
consigned to prison, but tho confessions
made by tho bulk of the accused wore so
contradictory that the sitting niugistratcs
petitioned the viceroy to momoralizo the
emperor tor instructions before proceed
ing further.
By that tine many executions had
taken pluco. Botwcen noon uud six
o'clock thirty-five porsona had lost their
heads, their corpses beiug lumed to
gether inside the gatea of the Clio fu's
yamon. Tho gushing blood made a
noise that could be lieard. Thon tho
heads wero stuck up over tho oity gates
as a warning to tho people. In the even
ing the carcasses wore rarried out tbe
east gate, Wang Sheng being among tho
porsons executed. Thero were also a
number of unknown prisoners, who were
Bout to tho Cho-hsion's yataen and there
detained for examination. A nun who
was brought up refused in the most ob
stinate tuunner to utter a word, in spite
of the "extreme torture" that was applie J
to her. Sho, too, was sent for further ex
amination to the Cbe-sien. Tbe oonvent
was completely gutted, not a thread of
kair beiug left within tho walls. Toward
dusk on the same day a sergeant oaught
one of the ringleaders and brought him
to the Che-fu's yamen. The fellows
name was Teng. lie was the fifth of his
familv.aud wentbv the nicknaino of Wu
Yen Wang, or the Fifth King of Hull.
Ho was tightly bound and maoaclod and
onnsignod to the dungeous with the rest.
Next morning six moro conspirators
were captured od tuken to the Clio
fu's yamon, and the corpse of tho
once "Fifth King of Hell" was carried
out of the city. The authorities uow re
doubled their exortions to catch suspects
and the soldiers in the garrison patrolled
the whole night long without getting a
wink of sleep iu tho hopo of seizing
upou somebody.
Tbe city of Wnohong wears aqniet as
pect st procut, and it is bolioved that
the riot will not assume formidable pro
nortions. And the Ta Tsinir dynasty is
still safe, as far as the sect of the White
Lily is concerned. Hongkong Lorre
spondencs Philadelphia Times.
The Burning of Washlagtou.
John C. Harkness, sn eye-witness, has
written an account of the burning of
nr..l.l..lnn .;.l..lnji..M ann AntTllt
21tb. In it he says : Near the close of
. t .1 . I . sin.
tbis evenuui cay mere kw j yu
1. am nn in itluin aflil-i
mrxieov uuiuc tu "" -,
being under a heavy load. He paused
to rest. Being interviewed lie replied :
"After our men lad all passed on I en-
a 1 .1.- ..;.loni' n.n.iiin n,l frill nil
it deserted, whereupon I helped myself
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ion and apply the torch to it?" Tbe
stranger was auowu
ThU incident tho writer mentions, bo
c.iiHO he has s.'cu it stated that such
valuable property had lieou, previous to
tho entrance of the British, taken to it
place of security. Following hard upou
this incident, tho preseuco of tho enemy
was demonstrated bv tho application of
the torch to the public property with in-
creddilo celerity. Tho navy yard, the
north and south wings of the capitol, tho
center building, except its massive foun
dations, had not at tbo timo beeu built.
Tue statu housu and treasury buUdiii?,
with six two-story brick tenements for
their messengers, fronting ou l'uuusyl
vauia avenue, opposite to tlio Freednrjii's
bank site, the war and navy building,
and the United States nrsenel, wero in
full bla..i The ungry billows of lliuio
illuminated the horizon through tho en
tiro night. Tho few citizens who re
mained, choosing to share tho fortunes of
their devoted city, now imprisoned iu
their nwu homos, watched and waited
with intense solicitude for tho revela
tions of the tardy morn. It at length
dawned serenely upon tho dismantled
walls and charred remains of tho public
buildings. The threo story brick build
ing thou at the comer of E und Eighth
streets, designed for Blodgott's hotel,
at tho time ocenpiod by the genoral
and city postoftices and tho patent
olllce, was, at the solicitations of
);, Xhom, Rev. Drowa of tlio Fiat
Baptist church, Toter Force, nnd a fo
other citizens, spared. Frivate property
had, except for cause, been universally
protected. This further fact was also
mado'known that no violence or blood
shed had been indulged iu, with ouo sol
itary exceptior a drunken dragoou of
Colonel HovuU's regiment returned lato
at night on his steed and dashed within
the picket-linos ut tho war aud navy
building, and fired with murderous iu
tout at the guard. Ai he wheeled to re
tire, the guard, with fatal effuct, re
turned tho tire. Aiso at tho arsenal, by
tho ignorance of the British, a magaziue
was exploded, on which twenty-eight of
thoir own men woro killed. During the
first night a British officer callod at the
littlo frame homo aluve referred to,
where were boing sheltered for tho time
the remnants of four families. On po
litely asking for a drink cf water ho was
kindly served by tho writer's mothor.
Sho inquired of tho officer whothor tho
families were exposed to danger, and ho
repliod: 'Keep your lights burning and
the shutters open, and not a hair of your
head will be tonched," and politely re
turning thanks for the wator, said: "The
flowers of May to you, madam," and
wheeled on his charger aud in a moment
disappeared.
On the third day of the occupancy of
the capital by tho Britisu.botwcon 3 aud
i o'clock in the afternoon there camo a
cyolono of unprecedented violonco for
this locality, which cut roadwoys through
tho forest," dismantled mauy buildings,
etc. With tho retirement of tho storm
it was discovered that the enemy had
rotired also. Bomo weeks lator the scat
tered fragments of the subdivisions of
tho army wero ordored to report and
encamp on "Camp hill," where, for a
number of weeks they hud a good time
gouorully. Iu a short time tho aonthoust
corner house of tho "snven buildings,"
Nineteenth street and Pennsylvania ave
nue, was put in good repair and occu
pied by President Madison and his fam
ily until the executive mansion was re
constructed. Tho Rtuto department
found accommodations iu Gun. Lear's
turgo bouse on tho south side of G
street, northwest. In like mannor pro
vision was mado for the other depart
ments. For tho accommodation of con
gress a number of patriotic citizens by
private enterprise built at the corner of
First aud A stroets, northoast, tho largo
bnilding generally" referred to dur
ing tho late civil war as tho old cap
itul prison. Here congress met.and dur
ing tho HOBsdon mado provision for the
reconstruction of tho public buildings.
As was to bo expected, Hioho representa
tives and othors who had through the
years past nursed hostility to the loca
tion adopted by congress Jfor the seat of
govornmeut renewed their efforts to that
end. Johnny Ray, as he was familiarly
oalled, a representative of the state of
Tsnnessoe, will be rocalled by a few of
the old residents of Washington, who
will remember him as nevor boing with
out his cloak and umbrella, though the
session of congress was prolonged to
midsummor; nor had ho ever made a
speech in the house save to vote yea or
nsy, but when the old irritating ques-,
tion was renewed and tho publio build
ings wore in ashes, giving the opi03ition
a decided advantage in the controversy,
his ridbtoous soul becamo stirred to a
depth ho had never before realizod.
Sieiing a propitious moment he sprang
to his foet and startled the house by ory
ingout: "Mr. Speaker! Mr. Speaker!
Before I'd lot the enemies of the repub
lic Bay that Great Britain hud, with a
corporal's guard, driven us from the
capital and from our grand representa
tive hall, I would vote to meet under a
ootton tent pitched over tho hnllowod
site, though in ruins." Mr. Kay took
his soat amiinproarons applause. Chi
cago Times.
Humnilii? I meets.
An array of mailed forms, including
fie "hard borno beotle, with his drowsy
hum," demands attention. In no beetle,
and, indeed, in no other inseot, do wo
meet the perfection of vooalizution seen
in the grasshoppers aud thoir relations.
And with the beetle we approach more
clearly to the region of "hums" and
droning, and leave that of specialized
sounds, snob as we have been metaphor
ically hearing in the cicadas. To pass
from the latter insects to the beetles,
bees, flies and their neighbots, appears
to be a transition almost as wide as that
between the articulato language or
arithmetio of culture aud the scsnty
vocabulary of tho savage or the primi
tive -atbematics of the tribe who can
count ten as represented on thoir fingers
and toes, but ask in amazement wby
there should be more things in the
world. In the beetles the sound
producing organ is comparable to a kind
of "rasp which moves upon an adjoin
ing surface. The site of the organ in
Question taries in different beetles,
n fome tbe rasps are situated
on the upper surface of ono or
two of the tail segments, and
are rubbed against the hinder edges of
the wing covers. Sometimes the rasp is
r.lana.1 nnjta at ill till of lllS Uil 1 hd
in some well known beetles (such as the
weevils) the rasps may te oorn oa tue
wing covers und may produce the atridu
luting soiiuds by rubbing against tho
edge of tho joints of the tail. -Among
tho sounds produced by beetles, tho
wicrd noise of tho dcuth-watob (Ano
bium) stands pre eminent. The souud
produced by theso bettles resembles tho
the ticking of a watch, and they may ba
niailu to respond by placing a watch nose
by thoir habitats. Tho fonmlo death
watches are known to tick in response to
tho sounds of the mule insects. Tho
noiso is produced apparently by the in
sect raising itself ou its legs and striking
its chest against the ndjoining wood.
Thus tho simple explanation of an insect
explains away the superstition expressed
iu Gay's line : "Tho solemn doath-watch
cliek'd tho hour sho died." Butterflies
and moths are known occasionally to
produeo sounds, which proccod, in ono
or two cases at least, from a tlrum-liko
membrane anulagous to that seen in ci
ciila. Mr. Darwin, indued, mentions
that one species (Aeronia feronia)
"makes a noise liko Unit produced by a
spring catch, which can ho heard at the
distance of several yards." Bulgravia.
The "(.Irl" (nestlon.
Ouo of the most vexed, perplexod, but
yet important questions of the day is tho
girl quostion; tho problem of bow the
work of tbe household is to bo done, and
how moro oftioiobt help is to bo procurod
and kept. Tho decay of tho homo spirit
is a decay that is to bo greatly deplored.
Whatever sups that foundation is work
ing ruin iu tho moral, social, political,
educational and religions foundations of
tho world. Thero ought to bo hands and
heads and hearts enough ou our groat
continent to save us from this ruin and
to secure for our people the privileges
of home life,
But tho trouble is, most of us wish to
be freed from all cares and responsibili
ties and porplexities on tho subjoct. We
do not wish to "fight und run uway," in
order thuk. wo may livj to renow the
"fight another day," but to run away and
abandon the fight altogether. The plan
of having co-operative kitchens seems to
bo quite seriously mooted, so that we
may have our oooking "done ont;" thon
with the laundr.ying "dono out," tho ed
ucating of tho childron "dono out," the
sewing "dono out," etc., thoro really will
not seem to be very much loft to be
"dono in," nor, iudcod, much individu
ality left in the homo.
Womon are not convinced, ofton and
eloqnontly ai they aro told it, that thoir
true mission, "their right divino aud un
questionable," is to croato good, true,
pure, boautif ul homes. Yot the woman
who can oreato a home that hor husband
will curry in his hoart all day and return
to gladly at night; a homo in which her
children grow up into all beautiful right
living and right thinking to which a
friend can come and feel rtstod aud
strengthened, und the wayfarer call as a
blessed oasis, is a woman who has per
formed tho highest mission on earth.
Her mission is not crmrlned and circum
scribed. '
It is essential that eaoh home shonl 1
havo iti own distinct individuality; and
that it should be well and comfortably
"kept." Tho art of "keeping honse" is
only a part of tho necessary means to au
end, but it is an important, evon though
a subordinate part. The cooking of
food the wasliing ol disues, ana tue soi
ling of tables, tho sweeping, dusting,
bad-tusking, etc., must be done, and
there appears to be great doarth of
means to have them comfortably and
wt'll douo,
A rovolution in a certain household
after an uneasy roign of sorvonta, seoms
to suggest a nossuuo so union ui mo
problem. A tall and slen leryonng girl,
with quiet, ludy-liko ways, entered tho
fainilvtodo "unuoral housework," and
sho does it quietly and faithfully. Sho
always speaks promptly and pleasantly
whou it is necessary or when she is ad
dressed, but she never intrudes horsolf
or hor romarks. Slio is solf-respecting
and dignified; and she is respected, and
ah tho heartily approved and appre
ciated. Sho has her faults, but who of
us have not?
That this happy adjustment of house
hold labor is not oftoner soon, is due to
two evils. The most evident ouo is that
otu Amorican girls lose sight of what is
due to othors in their determination to
assert thoir own position and dignity;
that they soom rude and forward when
they attempt any such occupation. They
fail to realizo that thoir self assertion is
thoir own humiliation, and that the po
sition, whatever it may be, does not
honor or dignify the person, but that it
.1 ! i:Ti...i 11..1 .i:,.r:ii.,j il.A mul.
lOO In lDUIVlUUUI U1V Uluiuun ,iw jnim-
tion.
If it wore not considered, a disgraoe to
perform tho essential labor in a home, to
dohousowork; if it were, instead, thought
to bo not ouly a respectable txit a com
mendable occupation, ono of tho great
est objections to sccupting snob positions
would be removed. Then, undoubtedly,
our own American girls than whom
nono aro capablo of being moro apt and
adaptive would help us in the solution
of one of our greatest national diffi
culties. Our homes unst be saved to us;
thoir domesticity, their individuality,
their sanctity, must bo resonod from the
evils that threaten them; aud our girls,
too, must be saved from the exposure
and the temptation, from the want,
dorpair, and sin which now are appalling
evils.
But tho second tronble is to find mis
tresses capable ot taking charge and
oversight of their own household ar
rangements, and are willing to do it.
They must be prepared to take young
girls and givo them necessary instruo
tions. They must remembor that tbey
bave human touls to deal with, not
merely machines, and must deal with
them with the faithfulness and justice
they desire to receive in return.
There is a deep social problem under
neath tbis difficulty. It cannot be solved
by a tirsde sgainst poor servants or poor
mistresses. Cooking sohooU for ladies
or cooks will not relieve us. Editorials
directed to woman's incapacity and ex
travagance will scarcely touch the mat
ter. Men must le desirous to have
homes; they must leave competition
wheu tbey leave their stores, and be con
tent to breakfast and dine and sup ia a
"homely" way. High seasoning must
be taken from our tables, and tbe spies
of variety must be, like other spices,
moie sparingly used. Christian Union.
Western Kentuoky oomplains that
Eaatern Kentucky has got all the desira
ble offices and ia getting all the circuses.