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To an Absent Friend.
BT SOPniA AX DREWS.
I cannot tell jou all I feel.
The Joy your Friendship brings;
Those happy hours I've pass'd with you
Are unforgotten things.
Tho' Fate should strew my path with thorns.
Submissively I'd bend;
When I can call that treasure mine
A true and faithful friend.
For Fortune docs not smile on all,
She favors but a few ;
Yet, whether weal or woe betide,
I've found no change in you.
The bitter lesson we must learn,
That all things bright must fade;
The shadow and the sunbeam
By the same hand were made.
But Friendship burns with steady light,
A boon from Heaven sent.
To help us in Life's darkest hour,
To bear God's chastisement.
Like Mercy's self it is "twice bless'd,"
A fair and holy thing.
To soothe the troubled storms of life,
And hope and comfort bring.
Entering a Panther's Den.
It was while we were in Southern Cal
ifornia, in 1857. My brother Lewis ami
myself hud located a ranche, and ;oue
into sheep-raising, at a place about tifty
three miles cast of what is now Millerton.
Mutton was very dear in Stockton anil
S in Francisco at that time. Lewis and
I determined to use what money wo had
for buying sheep, and then take them to
the high, cool grouuds amongst the Sier
ras. We hoped, by this investment, to
drive out a flock of several thousand at
the end of live years, and thus make our
fortunes.
Even ordinary sheep were then sold for
from twenty to thirty dollars apiece, and
the opportunity for a large per cent,
profit seemed very flattering. It took ail
the money we had to buy a flock of
eighty sheep. But if the prices at which
they sold would only remain tiie same for
the next few years we did not care; Ah,
well! we did not then know California so
well as we do now.
To save time and expense, wo located
on a deserted "greaser" ranche. Por
tions of old cattle corrals were still stand
ing on it, which by a little repairing, we
put in order for sheep.
The pasture was along the base and
sides of a large mountain, that, eight or
ten miles to the east, rose in high, bare
peaks.
In front, towards the north, there was
quite a deep gully, or gulch, as the
miners would call it, leading down from
the mountains. Its edges were fringed
with flowering shrubs, high grass and
bushes, while its bed was strewn and
heaped with ricks of drift-wood, logs,
boughs and huge stumps, brought down
by freshets.
The banks were so abrupt that a per
son carelessly approaching the bush
fringe was in great danger of tumbling
over an almost perpendicular precipice,
fifty or sixty feet deep.
Higher up, the flanks of the mountain
were covered with u heavy growth of piue.
Towards the south, on the rising ground,
there were beautiful groves of madrono.
It was a place where a man would like
to spend his life, aud take his ease with
his family. It was made tieaitny oy
cood air and a lovelv climate. Showers
fell from November to March. Then
followed a season of almost unbroken dry.
bright weather, which lasted during the
rest of the year. No colds, nor coughs,
nor catarths there.
We were quite alone. Our only neigh
bor if neighbor he might be called
was an aged "Digger" (Indian). The
miners had named liim "Old Peelygarlic."
He lived with his two squaws and one
littte mangy pappoosc, in a hut about a
mile from the ranche.
We repaired the corrals, built a log
house and a store-house, ana turned out
our sheep to grow fat and multiply.
Having heard that the grizzlies had
broken up the former "greaser" proprie
' tor, we went prepared for them, with
plenty of powder and ball, and two good
rifles, But not a bear molested us dur
ing the whole time we were there.
For the first year and a half we did not
lose a sheep, either from disease or wild
beasts. During February of the second
year, however, we heard at night, among
the mountains by our pasture grounds,
queer noises the squallings and screech
ing of some kind of pauther cats, and
one morning we found that a corral had
been broken into and four sheep killed.
The body of one of the sheep had been
carried off, while the fleeces aud half
eaten carcasses of the others lay outside
the pai lings.
Shreds of wool, strung along, marked
a trail from the corral fence out to the
gully. The creature had gone down the
steep bank, amongst the heap of drift
wood. It was a dangerous-looking place.
We supposed a den was somewhere down
there; but though we followed along the
bank, looking over into the ravine, for a
mile or more, we could discover nothing.
That night aud the next, Lewis and I
took turns in watching the corrals. Two
days after, however, a lamb was missing
from the pasture, and the next v day an
other a tine large lamb was caught.
We saw the sheep running, and had a
glimpse of a slate -gray creature, as large
as a big mastiff. It dashed out of a thick
et of aialeas that bordered the gully, and
seized the lamb and dragged it off. We
ran out to the spot, but did not get an
other sight of the beast.
We now determined, at all hazard?, to
put a stop to his depredations. Some
Eart of the ravine was evidently the
east's favorite retreat. Taking our rifles
and our dirk-knives, we went to the gully,
and climbing down, followed up its bed,
going past our pasture and towards the
mountains.
It was a dismal hole. The overhang
ing bushes of the edges shutout the light;
and we were expecting every moment to
come upon the creature, croucmng oe
neath a pile of drift-logs, or in some hole
under the bank.
But we were disappointed. The brute's
den was not near. We found, at the bot
tom of the ravine, a well-trodden path,
winding among and under the stumps
and logs, and leading up the gully.
We followed this trail at least four or
five miles, up among the mountains, to
where the gully narrowed into a mere
rocky chasm that separated crags seventy
five or a hundred feet high, down which
had toppled the dead trunks of great
pines. ,
It was as wild-looking a place as ever
I was in. Directly in front of us, a rock,
larger than an ordinary house, which
had fallen from the cliff above, blocked
up the chasm. Beneath the rock there
was a low cranny, scarcely a yard in
breadth, through which the brook found
its way. The trail led under this rock.
In mud and water we crawled on our
hand and knees through this cranny.
Clambering over and under huge Imul
ders and damp logs, we suddenly found
ourselves in front of a hole in the left
side of the crag, seemingly the mouth of
a den. A second glance made us sure of
it, for chewed-up wad of wool and bones
lay scattered all around.
Here the beast had dined and supped on
our lambs, and on other animals, also;
for there were bushels of bones lying
around, some quite fresh-looking, other
old and dry. The mouth of the den was
an oblique cleft in the rock.
We examined our guns. Here was the
very lair of the marauder. What if he
should rush upon us!
Lewisflung a stone into the cleft. There
was no response. The animal might be
away from home. Going up close to the
mouth we looked in. Far back we could
see light, a if it came through a fissure
from above. My brother Lew, though
only a boy of nineteen, was very brave
and determined.
"I'm going in here," he said, and in
he crept.
I waited a moment or so, and then fol
lowed, holding my rifle ready to shoot.
After crawling under rocks for ten or
a dozen yards, we came to a large hole,
into which the light shone from a great
crevice above. We at first thought we
had reached the end of the cave, bet look
ing about, we discovered in the rocks
another dark hole, which turned short to
the right. It was dark as pitch, and
dripping with water. We listened, but
could hear nothing except the dripping
of water.
"I'd go in there if I had a torch,"
Lew said.
I had matches with me, in a little bot
tle that I always carried. Going out of
t' ttve, each of u gathered an armful
of sliver and dry boughs, with which
we kindled a hre near the moutli ot the
dark hole. When it was blazing. Lew-
took a brand in his left hand, and hold
ing an open dirk-knife in his right, crept
in. I closely followed, with my gun
ready.
Crawling twenty or thirty feet through
the wet, we came into a larger opening,
ami rose up on our feet. By this time
Lew's brand had become a mere smoking
coal. We were poking about, trying to
make out how large the place was, when
we heard a rumble, and then an ear
splitting squall.
We were so startled that we scrambled
out very lively. Being in the cavern, the
dark hole through which we had crept
seemed quite light. I assure you we
went out through that hole in a hurry.
Once outside, in the lighted part, we
stopped.
"We've got him now, penned in !" ex
claimed Lew, throwing brands in the hole,
to keep the animal from coming out.
We prepared better splints for torches.
Lighting one of these, aud holding others
ready to light, we again crawled in.
The bright blaze showed that we were
in a long, narrow, ragged fissure, some
twenty-five feet high and ten or twelve
feet wide. How far back it extended we
could not tell. The rocks were black
and damp. Water dripped from above.
The light did not shine tar ahead, as it
does in caverns where the rocks ure white
and glistening.
We knew the beast wa somewhere
ahead of us, and advanced slowly, stop
ping at every step to listen.
Lewis then went back after more spl in
ters and hi ritle. We each lighted a
splint, and started forward. We had not
taken many step before we heard a
scratching noise, as of nails on the rocks,
and then a fearful squalling and growl
ing. The noise sounded as if the ani
mal were near, for there was evidently
more than one. In that dark, narrow-
cavern the sound were frightful.
This time we stood our ground, and
strained our eye to get a glimpse of
what was before us. Lew threw forward
one of his splints. By the light of its
blaze we saw a great heap ot rocK. I ny
or fifty feet farther on, which seemed to
block up the passage. v
"I see one of 'em," Lew muttered.
Laving down hi splint and dropping
on one knee, he fired. The report nearly
deafened us, while the concussion whiifed
out the splints. e were in pitch dark
ness, and a frightful growling going on
close at hand. To say the least, I felt
queerly.
Striking a match, we lighted two of
the pine slivers. Our courage rose again.
Laying the splint together, we built a
little fire, which gave a much better
light, and Lew went back and brought
in a fresh armful of splints.
As these blazed up I saw a big gray
brute far back in the darkness, crouch
ing among the rocks. Taking a good
aim, I shot it through the head. It rolled
down, and after a few kicks, was dead.
We could still hear growling.
Lew threw brand ahead, which, fall
ing among the rocks, started in sight an
other gray-coat. We both fired, but lost
sight of it at the same moment. The
growling, however, stopped.
After poking about, we mounted the
rocks and saw the beast lying in a heap
behind them. Another shot finished it.
As we stood looking at the dead beasts
we heard a rustling noise, and peering
alout saw three cub, or kittens, lying
under a rock. We poked at them with
our rifles, and they spit and yawled,
though they were not a quarter grown,
and scarcely seemed to have their eyes
open.
Not wishing to leave any of this sheep
eating breed alive, we killed them. Fear
ing that others might be lurking about,
we blocked up the entrance of the hole
with big stone. We meant to extermi
nate the whole family, and I think we did,
for we were never troubled again.
No wonder we had lost sheep, with
such a nest of panther cat for neighlors.
I say panther cats, for I suppose they
mut have been a kind of panther. They
were of apurplish or slaty gray color,
and had big cat head, with long feline
teeth, and slurp, formidable looking
claws. Yvuth Companion.
The Orange Free State.
The correspondent of the New York
Tribune, writing from Philadelphia with
reference to the Centennial, give the
following exceedingly interesting infor
mation :
At the corner of the Main Building
nearest to the principal entrance to the
grounds, visitor come upou a small en
closure draped with yellow and orange,
mingled with tin; familiar red, white and
blue. The name iucrilad alove the por
tal put everybody's knowledge of geog
raphy to the test. "Orange Free State."
it read. "Whore is it?" ask the puzzled
visitor of each other. Not one in ten
appears to know. The general opinion
is that it i situated some where in Ger
many, but some say Central America,
and many frankly acknowledge utter
ignorance on the question. The trophic
of ostrich feathers that first strike the eye
furnish some clew to the problem, and
the courte u attendant within dip se
of it at once by replying to the fire of
questions somewhat in thi wise: "The
Orange Free State is in South Africa,
north of the British colony of the Cajte of
G od Hoje. It i inhabited by Dutch
emigrant and their descendants, who
are called boers (farmer or peasants),
and native Katlirs alxmt 73,000 of the
former and 2o,000 of the latter. The
Government i republican, and i admin
istered by a President and a legislative
body called the Volksraad (People's
Council). The country ha an area of
about 70,000 square miles, and the pro
duction are wool, cattle, wheat, corn,
diamonds, and most of the fruit of the
temperate zone."
When you have heard this you will say
to yourself or to the friend at your elbow :
"Wonderful! Here is a country of which
we knew nothing, or next to nothing,
that ha sent its products from the other
side of the earth to do honor to our Cen
tennial; it 73, 000 KiopIe, lost from the
sight and knowledge of the civilized
world iu that terra incognita, Africa;
without a seaport or a railroad, without
a town as large as an average New York
village, have actually done more for our
Exhibition than have several of our own
States more than Georgia, lor example,
w ith her million of inhabitants, or Texas."
When yon thh.de of thi 3 011 w ill feel like
taking otf your hat to the little Dutch
African Republic and giving a cheer for
its yellow and white flag; and when you
get home you will, no doubt, get out
your cyclopedia ami read the romantic
history of tho country. It will tell of the
great trecken or emigration of thousands
of Dutch colonist from the Cape of Good
Hope, who, in lS.i'J, to escape from Hrit
ish rule, sought a new home in the wild
country upon the Orang-j Iiiver; of their
struggles with the warlike blacks, who
harrassed their settlements just as the In
dian did those of our forefathers; of the
renewed oppressions of the British, and
of the final grant of independence in 1834,
growing out of the desire of the English
Government to have the aid of the Boers
in a threatened Kaffir war.
What do they show, these enterprising
Dutchmen, who are thus civilizing a bar
barous land? Not many things, but the
few they send are interesting and good
in their way. There is white wheat with
remarkably large berries; excellent corn;
a singular grain called Katlir corn; wool
in huge glass-topped boxes; the hide of
the springbok, jackals' skins, dried fruits
and bituminous coal. Then, in the way
of manufactured articles, there are rhinoceros-hide
whips, harness of first-rate
workmanship, ami a model !" a wagon
f.r wool transport. Among the natural
curiosities is the fruit of the cream of
tartar plant a small gourd containing a
handful of brown seed about a large as
Lima bcuis, each covered with a white
powder, which it is said possesses all the
properties of cream of tartar. The cases
of stuffed bird of brilliant plumage give
an idea of the ornithological richness of
the country, and a diamond in the rough,
worth a I sour. $7,00 ), stand for the re
cently discovered wealth of the diamond
fields. A p air of elephant tusks are the
ingest in the Exhibition except those of
the Egyptian seciio.i.
The Orange exhibit is a Government
uffiir, made through the agency of Mr.
Charles W. Riley, the Consul-General of
the republic in the United States. A
handsomely printed pamphlet give a
good resume of the history and statistics
of the country. A photograph of Presi
dent Brand, taken in Biociiifoutcin, the
capital, represents a man of about fifty,
of the square-built Holland type, with an
intelligent and remarkably resolute ex.
pressiou of countenance.
George Ticknor thus describes the
way in which the news of Washington's
death was received:
"There never was a more striking or
spontaneous tribute paid to a man than
here in Boston when the new came of
Washington's death (17UD). It wa- a lit
tle before noon; and I often heard per
sons say at the time that one could know
how- far the new had spread by the clos
ing of the shop. Eich man, when he
heard that Washington wa dead, shut
his store, as a matter of course, without
consultation, and in two hour all busi
ness was stopped. My father came home
and could not speak, he was so overcome;
my mother was alarmed to see him in such
a state, till he recovered enough to tell her
the sad new. For some time every one,
even the children, wore craje on the arm;
no boy could go on the street without it;
I wore it, though only eight years old."
Bringing Them Up.
A good old lady, whose grandchrild
ren play alout her knee, remarks re
lative to the training of children :
Bad temper is ofteuer the result of un
happy circumstances than of unhappy
organization. It frequently, however,
ha a physical cause, and a peevish child
often need dieting more than correcting.
Some children are more prone to show
temper than others, and sometimes on ac
count of qualities which are valuable iu
themselves. For instance, a child of ac
tive temperament, sensitive feeling and
eagar pur'tose, is more likely to meet
w ith constant jars and rub than a dull,
passive child; and if he is of an open na
ture, hi inward irritation is immediately
shown in bursts of passion.
If you repress these ebullition by
scolding and punishment, you only in
crease the evil by changing passion into
sulkiness.
A cheerful, good-tempered tone of your
own, a sympathy with Id trouble when
ever the trouble has arisen from 110 ill
conduct on hi part, are the best antidotes;
but it would le better still to prevent
lcforehand all source of annoyance.
Never fear spoiling children by mak
ing them too happy. Happiness i the
atmosphere in which all good affections
grow the wholesome warmth necessary
to make the heart-blood circulate
healthy and freely; uuhappiuess, the
chilling pressure which produce here
an inflammation, there an excrescence
and worst of all, "the mind' green aud
vellow sickness" III temper.
CriiKixr Jki.i.y. If the fruit i gath
ered Ixdore lead ripe, it will make
firmer j -11 y. and it i not necessary to
pick it from the stems, only remove all
leave- or sticks. Put the fruit in a pail,
or pan, over a kettle of bailing water,
and heat enough for the skin to break
easily, then dip into a bag made of flan
nel, and squeeze till dry. Measure the
juice, allowing for every pint, one pound
ot w hite sugar, but do not add the sugar
to the liquor till it has been allowed to
gently boil over the fire for twenty min
ute or more, removing any scum that
may arise. The sugar is now added in
the proportions mentioned, when the pro
cess of coagulation i so rapid that lump
of jelly are often formed before it i dis
solved, while iu color it grows with all
the richness and transparency of the gar
net. The secret of making all fruit jel
lies is to boil the juice lefore, and but
little after adding the sugar; if lxilcd
together, the product i apt to be soft.
dark and gummy, if it ever become jelly
at all. I se a ound of sugar tor a pound
of fruit in preserving currants, and if all
the necessary boiling h i taken place be
fore the sugar i added, the juice will be
come a tender beautiful jelly.
Goon fruit can be canned withoutsug.tr.
If the fruit i sweet, ripe, ami good,
sugar i neither desirable nor necessary.
It is good enough without. Fruit prop
erly c.okcd and put up hot, and the cans
sealed, will keep, if need be, ages with
out sugar. Sug ir, i. e., crystallized sac
charine, is a modern invention. Sugar
was unknown in Europe till about the
middle of the fifteenth century; and when
used too freely, and it generally i, i a
source of much disease, and especially
among children. Many of the little in
nocent are hurried into eternity by the
misguided love of fond mothers, in stuff
ing them with candies, cake, pies, and
sweet-meats, aud sweetened milk. The
poor stomach, unable to cope with such
saccharine conglomerations, is thrown
into a ferment, and the result is bowel
complaints, worms, and fevers, and the
grave prematurely open its mouth to
receive the victim of folly and ignorance.
Tomato Paste. Scald and peel as
many tomatoes as will fill a large stone
jar. Set them in a warm oven for an
hour, then skim off the watery liquor,
press and squeeze them in a sieve; add
salt, cayenne pepper, pounded mace and
cloves to your taste; to every quart ot
tomatoes allow half a pint 01 la-sl vinegar;
stew all slowly for three hours, stirring
well until it become a smooth, thick
paste. Then put it into sin ill jar and
cover with egged papers. It is excellent
when fresh tomatoes are not to le had,
and is a nice addition to soup.
Tomato Honey. To each pound of
tomatoes allow the grated peel f a lemon
and six fresh peach leaves. B il them
slowly till they are all to pieces, then
squeeze them through a bag. To each
pound of liquid allow a p Mind of u?gar
and juice of one lemon. Boil them to
get her lialfau hour, or until they became
a thick j ;lly. Then put them into glasses
and I ly double tissue piper over the top.
It will scarcely be distinguished from
real honey.
To Make Pic.vi.tlm. To half a bushel
nicely chopped tomatoes, which must be
squeezed dry, add two dozen onions
chopped tine, one dozen green pepMr
chopped, one box of ground mustard,
one large root of grated horseradish,
nearly a pint of salt, four tablespoon
ful ground cloves, four of allspice.
Mix thoroughly iu a stone jar aud cover
with vinegar, in iking a hole in the cen
ter to let the vinegar to the bottom.
Wild Fowl Pie. The fowl should be
trussed like a duck for a pie, larded with
anchovies and seasoucd with pepper, salt
and sweet herbs; put a good quantity of
butter into the pie, and flush like all
other.
Rolled Jelly Cake. One cup of
sugar, one cup flour, three eggs, one ta
blespoonful sweet milk, half teaspoonful
soda, essence, etc. Beat sugar and egg
slightly, then put all together and beat
thoroughly.
Rice Custard. Into a quart of boil
ing water stir in two tablespoonfuls of
rue flour, dissolved in a little cold milk;
add two well beaten egg to boiling mix
ture; sweeten aud flavor to taste.
Corx Cake. One quart of sour milk.
three eggs, one teacuptul ot flour, yellow
corn meal enough to make a batter as
thick as for pancakes. Bake quickly in
pans well buttered.'
Cham, the French Caricaturist.
The greatest caricaturist in France is
the Comte Amandeo de Noe, better known
as "Cham." He wa born in 1819, and
of most aristocratic lineage, for his father,
the Comte de Noe, was a peer of France.
His mother was, however, English, and
young Amandcc, having been brought up
entirely by In r, acquired a British ac
cent, w hich he retains to this day. Very
tall, thin, and upright, scrupulously cor
rect and English in hi attire, of manners
externally cold and polished, he thor
oughly realize tho Parisian idea of the
Londoner; the more so as, like the sailor
in Gilbert's ballad, he never laugh and
he never smiles, though he is one of the
most practical jokers in existence.
On an occasion, going into a res
taurant, where he wa unknown, he set
tled into a corner seat which luppened
to be generally reserved fjr a stock
broker who dined iu the house every
evening. The waiter said nothing; but
the stock-broker coming in, felt wroth at
the usurpation, and wa about to com
plain of it, when he recognized the fa
miliar feature of the caricaturist. He
thought he wouhl have a joke at the ex
pense of Chun, Miid calling the landlord
aside, asked him if he knew who was that
tall, thin, most solemn stranger? No;
the landlord had never seen hint before.
"Ah, well, then, I advise you to order
him out a quickly a osib!e, else he
will scare away all your other customers,"
whispered the stock-broker. "It i Hei
deniich, the executioner." The landlord
gave a jump; but, without an instant's
loss k" time, walked up to Chain and
begged him to depart, adding that he
would not ask him to pay for wh it he had
eaten, and wouhl, indeed, not consent to
touch hi money at any price. Ciiam'
feature betrayed not the slightest wtir
prise at thiscommunication. ".May I nk
who revealed to you that I am the head
man?" he said in hi gravest tones. "It
i that gentleman yonder." "Ah, quite
so," answered Cham, imperturbably ; "lie
ought to know me, for I flogged and
branded him at Toulon not two years
ago." It i alleged that the stock-broker
recorded a vow never to play tricks on
Cham again, aud similar resolution are
generally made by those who measure
wit with the nimble caricaturist.
A Frog Barometer.
Out at the Lafayette Park police sta
tion they li ive a weather prophet w hich
eclipse Tice and all the Oaromcter in
the neighborhood. It i a frog of the
genus Hyla, more familiar to the general
reader as the free-toad. Hunt, the Super
intendent of the Park, wa mildly abus
ing hi barometer one day for inis-lead-ing
him, when the ollier on the beat, an
old frontiersman, said he would show him
a tiick. He took a gla j ir and threw
into it some stone and a couple inches
of water. Then he whittled out a little
wooden ladder and put it in the j ir.
After some lively scrambling a tree-toad
was caught, chucked in and a tin top
screwed on. The weather indicator was
complete. When it i going to be fair
weather that toad roots on the toptonud
id' the ladder solemnly blinking the hours
away. From twelve to fifteen hours be
fore a change to bail weather, ''the gen
eral," a they call him, begin to climb
down, ami hour Ik fore a storm he squat
himself on a stone, and with hi head
just above the surface of the water, peer
aloft at the coming storm. Let the weather
be changeable and "shifting," "a old
Prob" says, and the toad goes up ami
down that ladder like a scared middy.
When it is fair and the toad roost aloft
his skin i of a light greyish green. When
the change come the skin turn black as
the toad goe down the ladder, becoming
a jet, shining black by the time he reaches
the bottom. The fame of the toad ha
spread through the Lafayette Park neigh
borhood. St. Louit limes.
Our Exports.
With the exception of a single year,
1874, says the Boston Pot, the gold value
of our export i estimated to be greater
for the current fiscal year than for any
previous one in our history. Right here
in Massachusetts, where Fall River
shipped to England 17,000 pieces of cot
ton cloth weekly six weeks ago, she now
ships 21,000 pieces. And our exports ol
manufactured leather are showing a simi
lar encouraging outlook. Only cotton,
bacon and che-se, for a very recent
week's cxpoits from New Yoik to Liver
p ol, run ted higher iu the -c. lie than cot
l mis aud leather. It is Iccko led that the
export of cottons thi year will be twice
what it wa iu 1S7.J, and leather i in
creasing almost at a similar rate. Thi:
proii ability of any occasion ari-iiig for
large cxjMdt of speci., iu view of the
condition of the great bank of Europe,
i very small. A they are more than
supplied at present w ith gold, aud the
rates of interest rule at three per cent,
and below, the preference abroad is, of
course, that we should pay our debts in
product and interest-bearing bond rath
er than in that of which they always h ive
a glut. These facts, takeu together, go
to establish the conclusion that we shall
not soon be favored with a better opjtor
tuuity to bring about resumption, whether
it Ikj approached by the sale of bond for
the slow but steady accumulation of gold,
or by the sale of bonds for the purchase
and retirement of greenback, or both.
Another KExrircKT Woxder. The
Louisville Courier-Journal says: Lucy
Kennon is her name. She is black; live
at Milford, Bracken county, and wa
formerly a slave of Mr. K bert Kennon.
According to a correspondent of the
Bracken Chronicle she is within a few
days of being 123 years old. She ha
been married seven time and is the
mother of twenty-three children. Her
teeth are sound, eyesight good, hearing
perfect and memory astonishing. What
i pel hap equally remarkable, she h is
always been an invalid, and never within
the recollection of the living did a day's
work. Keutucky may challenge the
world on the centenari 01 question.
The door-sill of home is the threshold
of heaven.
A Barbarian Monarch's Funeral.
The Journal de Paris contains a letter
from an eye w itness, giving the following
particulars of the atrocities committed
on the occasion of the funeral of Kain
rasi, King of Ounyoro, iu Central Africa.
Ati immense grave or pit, capable of hold
ing several hundred people, hat! been dug,
at the bottom of which the wives of the
defunct King had been placed in the form
of a ring, to be In readiness to receive
upon their knees the corpse of their
late tyrannical and barbarou. master
Several regiment of the K yal Guard had
beeu scut on the preceding night to silent
ly surround some of the neighboring vil
lages. The first human being -bo it
man, woman or child that made its exit
from the surrounded hut, was forcibly
seized and carried off, aud the captives
entrapH'd in thi manner conducted to.
ward the pit prepared for the funeral.
Here, there commenced the most horrible
scene. The limb of these poor creature-,
arm and legs, were broken by the
soldiers. The lamentation ami eric,
of despair of the victim intermingled
with the shouting of the fanatical crowd,
and one by one tliey were tin own into the
gaping gulf below. Then commenced
the beating of drum, the flourish of
trumpets, me piercing sound of the whis
tle and pipe, whicli, together with the
violent vociferation of the crowd,
drowned tho crie of tho victim. The
soil dug out of the pit toe pieviou day
was then thrown b.icli into the monster
grave. Tho fanatical spectators of the
dismal drama, a soon a it was filled up,
commenced to dance on the summit o
the grave, stamping the soil down vsith
all their might, so a to form a hard, com
pact layer aoovc those buried alive. All
the lamentation having ccacd, nothing
was left to indicate the Ceremony of the
aboniinahlo cpultut e ; the iioUo of the
instrument had ceased ulo, and the as
sembled crowd retired, satisfied with
theineives, and admiring the gruatne
of the King w hose inane demanded such
sacrifices.
Mme.MacMahoii and the Green Grocers.
Mine. doMacMauou is much more pop
ular with the green grocers of I'ui is than
wa Mine, 'inicis, who, though very
wealthy her sister and herself being Co
heiress of several I urge fortunes is said
to be adverse to spending money for any
thing that can be procured otherwise.
During M. Tliiei's teuure of power his
wile purchased neither vegetables, fruits
nor flowers, ull of which she procured
gratis from the gardens and hot beds ol
tne Grand aud IVtil tri llion. A coaii
dential maid wa scut, regularly, every
morning, to the lovely little supplemen
tary palaces so dear to Malie Auliouette;
and under her direction everything eata
ble in the garden, wilh a grand provision
of flow ers, was sent oil' in light carls to
the Presidential residence. In three
in nil h the head gardener at the Trianon
sent in i'lt worth of green peas, whicli
ought to have beeu paid tor, Out were not,
besides other things iu the same propor
tion, to tlie great vexation of the shop,
keepers, who complained that ' tne Stats
gave tiie President a civil list, vvhicn hu
kept Hi his pocket uodc-ad of spending,
and Was made not only togivchliu a huge
salary, but also to I'urniih liim tvo-thiid
of hi dinner." Tho people of Versailles
accused the ladies who were then at the
head of the Presidential housekeeping of
wanting to get their butter aud eggs iu
the same way from the Trianon; b it as
the cows and ioultry of It former days
have long since disappeared, thi part ol
their programme could not bo carried
out. Mine. le MacMuhon, on the contra
ry, purchases freely, and is geuerou iu
various ways. Iu honor of her Excel
lency's forty-fourth birthday recently,
the green grocers decorated their shops
aud otherwise celebrated the day.
Official Corkci'Tiox. The following
story conies from Egypt: A woman was
mortally wounded oy the falling of m
wall. A neighbor took her iu, tended
her, and brought a female doctor t see if
anything could be done. The paiie.it
died iu the neighU.r's house. The doctor
in attend nice must sign a certificate that
death is from natural cause before the
hody t:an be buried. She icl'u.cd to do
so without backsheesh. Too mail in
whose house tiie person died would be
held responsible without s ich cerliticale.
lie therefore gave the backsheesh. The
certificate had to be countersigned by the
government doctor. He also refused, ami
tne man, again afraid of the nltci'iialhc,
again paid Oackshei-sh. Foially, tiie Zi
iir, or he til of p ;ice, lefasj l hi per
mission, wh.c!i i also nece-saiy in such
case. Hi backsheesh was tiie biggest,
and the man could tand the lax 11
longer. lie went to tho Zihit and
said, "Now, look heic, this b..dy
has been out of tho ground four days.
You are bound to bury it 111 twcnty-foiii
hour. You are tho cause of the delay.
Unless you sign at once, 1 shall goto the
.Moudir and report tho non-burial of 11
body for four days, and you will lose
your place." Tne Zibit wa defeated,
aud signed at once.
At last New York i to have a fresh
water and marine aquarium. Tne pro
ject, though begun a a private enter
prise, promise to be worthy and success
ful. The building is now iu course of
erection on tho plot of ground at the
corner of Thirty-fifth street aud Broad
way. The inclosed area will be about
twenty thousand square feet, and the
tanks will vary in length front one to one
hundred feet. Iu referring to thi enter
prise, it is with a pardonable degree of
pride, since in the coming quai iuui we
ce the partial result of long-continued
efforts. A special feature of thi work
will be the scientific library and leading
room, and tho naturalists' laboratory aud
workshop. Tnese will be free to stu
dents and teachers, aud every facility
will be afforded to those who desire to
pursue special lines of research. At an
early day we hope to present a full and
adequate description of this Hquaiium,
and it will then be seen that the estab
lishment is one worthy of It aim as au
instructive audi cutertaiuing resort for
the people.
The Sultan of Turkey.
Col. Thomas W. Knox gives us, through
hi publishers, a very entertaining vol
umo of "Life and Adventures In tho Ori
ent," that land which echoes and re
echoes with the cry of "Bacluhcenh, O
Howadjl!"
"Turkey has been borrowing money
in Europe, and some of her loans have
been guaranteed by France and England,
Nearly all the money has been wasted;
a very little has gone for the construc
tion of railways, but most of it has been
put Into ptlaccs, diamonds for tho women
seraglio, ships of war, mosques snd tlio
like, and every day there are thousands
of pounds wasted on senseless displays.
"Here is a specimen case: They built
an Imperial palace, known as the Palace
Tshlragjn, where they had already pal
ace enough for a dozen Sultans, fhd
Sultan moved Into the building when it
wa Mulshed it cost to million pound
sterling, or dout ten million dollars In
g ild and he lived there Just two days!
Then he moved out because he had an
unpleasant dream, and the palace will
never again be occupied. It stands idle,
empty and beautiful, on the banks of tho
llosphotu, and will thus stand till de
stroyed. "A couple of year ago the Saltan com
manded that a conservatory should be
erected in his girden. Glas and other
material were ordered from Europe, and
hundred of men were set to work. It .
wa finished at a cost f over a million
dollar-, and hi majesty went to see it.
The old idiot I widi to be respectful, us
he I a Sultan was not in good temper,
for soui'j reason, mid determined not to
bo pleased. Ho raised hi languid eye
to the roof of the building, aud then
turned away.
"'I don't like if,' he said; destroy It I
"Ami before night every piece of glass
was broken, and the beautiful conserva
tory wa leveled.
"This I the way the Sultan and hi
government have been ulng tho money
borrowed at a high rate of Interest; and
they are now borrowing money at high
Interest, to pay that interest. This thing
will go on until Turksy can borrow no
more money, and then the whole concern
will collapse."
In Amieiit Times.
In the wardrobe of a Hebrew lady tho
most splendid article of clothing w as tho
turban, for those who could afford if,
The poor people had to be satisfied with
winding a piece of cloth round their head
and fixing it a well us they could. The
turbiu wt-ie of dill'crcnt colors, aud
wound in different ways; some of them
were like a high tower, Shoes and stock
ing were unknown, but soles of leather
were fastened with two lachct. Tho
ladies, who carried luxury into every de
partment, and who are supposed, even in
the present day, to be far from imlilferent
to a nice, neat hoof, or to elegant slip
pers, had their shoes, or rather sandal',
and their lachct, made of colored leather;
lark bliu, violet ami purplu Were favor
ite colors. The ankle were decorated
with bracelet of gold or dainty silver
chain and rings, w ilh tiny silver bells.
11 air net and head-bands went iu great
request. The latter wero made of gold
or silver, and worn under the net, extend
ing from one ear to the other. Ear-ring
were much thought of; wo are told of
some that weighed a thousand and seven
hundred shekels of gold, and were so
largo that a man could easily put Ids
hand through them. Some of the wom
en wore several ring with little bell
attached to them. They were generally
made of horn or silver. But the moat
popular l ing was tho nose l ing. The left
nostril wa pierced lor the purpose, and
a ring made of ivory or metal was put
through it. Bracelets were favorite orna
ment, and were generally worn on the
right arm. Some of them wero exceed
iugly lare, so that they reached up to
the c-lhotv. Ring on tho fingers were
worn; ch iinsof tine gold, or string of
pearl with little silver balls or small
tinkling bell, worn round the neck.
A Fnoa Sioiiv. O io i ceii hilf In
dined to accept a ludubitalrTo whit
Elian tell u of thu wafer sn ikes a id
the frogs of Eypl. The former h ive, ho
informs us, a pa-sion ite liking f n- frogs
that Is, for dcvouii'.g and digesting
them. No one knows this better 1 1 1 six
the frog, and, accordingly, when they
lucct ill the p uid, woudeilul is the dia
lling that ensue. The water snake glides
up a if iuteiitioules of evil, but our
other slimy trie id i quite awaro of the
p ii tnlc-ookiiig so ike. Ho in ikes
for the nearest twig, seiz.'s It, and carries
it ncro.s his mouth, and then Icarlosly
approaches I he hydra, The latter now
makes at the l'i'i with opj.i Jaws, but
the twig hcios the frog's mouth is much
w ider tn 111 the jisvs ol tlu snake, ami he
cm by no pos.ioiiity swallow the much
desired frog. Ti.o bit or looks down his
enemy's throat front the outside, holds
fast to tho projecting twig, and laughs.
The water snake tiies again and again;
he glides around his anticipated victim,
but the frog always contrive to keep
him iu view, mii I tho end of every at
tempt I that the foiled snake finds the
bar carried by his anticipatory victim
lying across his open Jaws, aud the frog
once more laughs d iwn hi throat. Tho
hydra at length gives up in despair, and
froggy, plumping Into a safe spot, where
he knows kindred to be assembled, lolls
his exciting tale and raises very uolsy
croaking congratulations,
The tire which des ite I p irt of Q to
bee 011 May 30 was singularly destructive.
Beginning at 3 r. M. in a stable owing,
it is said, to tho incautious use of matches
by children it soread rapidly, and be
fore midnight had destroyed nearly 700
houses, rendering about 7,000 persons
homeless. The houses wero chiefly of
wood, and were occupied prlncipilly by
people of small mesu. The tire brigade
was ineffective Iu staying the general
progress of tho fl ime. The supply of
water was scanty, and utterly Inadequate
to the emergency. The lire had in fact
unchecked control In the burned district,
an I subsided only wheu there were no
more bouses on Its eastward track,
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