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About The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1871)
"J ' A Journal Tot the People. evBted to the Interests of Humanity. IndetwiMlenl In Politics and Religion. Miw lo atl live Issues, and Thoroughly Jilts. A. J. Dr.MW.IT, Editor ana I'raprlttar. OFFICE Cor. Third nild Washington .St. - " ' - t ' !A3f ) it Q ADVAXCB: radical In Onpolnir. and BxpoMng the Wrongs TEBMS, Ef ..: the Maw i. One year- Six months Fbee Speech, Keek PnEss, Kkee People, Three jnontlis... Correspondents writing over assumed Risna lures mast make known their names to the Kdltor.or ijo ni'entton will be given to tholr YOLTOIE 1. PORTLA3VD, OKEGOX, FRIDAY, A.TJOTJST yi.-J, lferi. ADVERTISEMEXTSlBSSrtedon ltessena'tAfc ' Terms 1 i ' ' J (-)innunleelHHH. 1'orThe New Korthwett Ilnvp Mercy! Ill MINNIE X. MILLEK. Sinwoxr has been unkind to me, Icaim. M bear that others are kind! Hush all the sweet voices of sympathy! Let me walk In my loneliness, groping Wind! Since dxf. ha been untrue to me, I.t ethers oil be false; and then I run hiil J the world a faithless world, And not im darling the worst of men! My spirit is strong In Might and scorn; Help i.t" not down through the Intricate sttve-t ; Since i.nr ham eltoen to sculler the thorns, I-t thi in pres Into my sensitive feel. Men, who are pitiful oaks of the world, I end rut year vigor to weakness of mine ; since on hx bMden lue stand alone, I am r.i, longer a dinging vine. Women, wtlh team and with lender pride lira vuly cheering and counseling wise. Know ye not If ye did but chide That I would Jough with my scornrnI,-eyes? I haatesedaway from the dim, oldea. And I tied from the walling haunts of old. For ihqy ehllled my heart with a mystery That my spirit could never to me unfold. stars that mice I did deem divine, Claiming u sisterhood In your song, Ugh tjnour beams for another shrine My spirit to dtHky silence belongs. I can bear the world with its cold deceit; I can omlle in It dark face covered with sneers; But toueh me not loving or speak to me sweeti Oriny heart will sink with Its weiglitof tears! Pobtuixd, August 1, 1STL ALL ABOUT LOOKING-GLASSES. bv hks. k. f. victob. Why lo people, I wonder, buy such hideous looking-glasses as thoy do. arise sometimes tired enough and hur ried enough, in travelling, to sec things a little crooked at the best The bewil derment and haste arc not lessened on consulting a square of wavy, defective glass witlt a sheeting of quicksilver on the reverse. It is like looking into wa ter in motion; it makes one seasick. Then of how much use isa mirror which reflects one's face of a quarter more than its real breadth or length; or worse still, as if distorted by tho grip of a desperate paralysis. It would be safer to trust to the sense of touch for evidence of effect in dressing, than to so false a reflection. And yet how many house-keepers seem not to know that one mirror is bet ter or worse than another? If they have a looking-glass stuck against a wall somewhere anywhere they think it enough. But that is all a mistake. A mirror, to fulfill its real mission, must bear sonje general proportion to the ob ject to be reflected. The human face, generally, is of greater length than breadth. So should the mirror be in which it is intended the face only should oe seen; oy inat.i mean small ones. . Full length mirrors must be, of neces-1 Miy, in mat proportion. Tlioso intcnuetl , for mantles being long in the other di rection, arc seldom plcasart to look in. But that depends again a great deal on the quality of the glass. To determine the quality, put the edge of your thumb ! nail against the glass and observe the thickness, which will appear between the nail and Its reflection. Try the glass all over in that way. If the glass is an eighth of an Inch thick, and even, it, is all right in that respect. Then place your mirror in a good light, and place some white object before It. If the re flection is the least tinged with green, .U. l .l.OW Ul, Mil JUU Ut - L . T-. . i . . t . r ; 1 1 . . i wisu to iiHJK jauuuiecu every umcjun sec yourself in your mirror. "When your mirror is purchased let it be hung between two good lights not opposite to them, nor to any; for in that case it would reflect the lightidircct, and give you a very poor chance of appear ing well in your own eyes. You will look far better, and far more like yourself, If you give the mirror an opportunity of reflecting only so much of the light as shines upon yonr face. Don't be invei gled, either, Into buying the handsomest dressing-bureau before testing the qual ities of the mirror. It is just as casv to nit1..itini f . t unn,.i.. i It is somewhat curious to note tho nlni ntfnnllfxl in mtpmra tt 11. nnna i?rrTaRvrfB tlm, tn nnrmrntwili" or thoughtless reticence in tho.-c been' asteomed of great importance. 1 Probably Eve tried on her fig-leaves by the side of some quiet pool, the manu-, factures not having advanced much at that date. But we hear that in a few generations there were "artificers in brass and iron," and have reason to con clude that the uses of polished surfaces liad been some time discovered. Tlie belles of ancient Egypt were not with out these important accessories of tlie toilet; and from Egypt came the first knowledge of luxury to the inhabitants of Europe. JJut it was in Venice, the city of the sea, that the art of making glass mirrors was discovered. So precious were they in that age, that great fortunes were made by their manufacture ; and roy alty spared no expense in embellishing the glass in which it beheld Itself re flected, loading the frames of the royal mirrors with the costliest jewels. Later France borrowed tlie art, and continues now to manufacture very superior plate glass mirrors. Some firms in the United tatates. produce a Sooa article of the! same; but the French have the highest reputation. 'Whoever It is, is guilty of palming, off upon the people these wrelched, distorting, dizzying things, in cheap mahogany frames, ought to be dlscountcnanced by every intelligent house-keeper in the country. Talking about mirrors, and their value to all classes, reminds me of some amus ing scenes I once witnessed in an Indian country, where a new town had sprung up like a mushroom in a night Almost daily my merriment was excited by see ing one or two young "braves" strutting about the streets, their lordly brows crowned with wreaths of artificial flow ers, a lady's parasol in one hand, and a small hand-mirror in tho other! "When a buffalo robe composed the toga of these noble chiefs, the effect w.ts irre sistably comic Uul their admiration of thcmsolves was supreme, as one could toll by the frequent references to tho hand glasses. Ono day I was sitting with open door, leading in silent absorption some inter esting book, when I was startled out of my composure by bearing a very slight stir just behind inc. Glancing around in alarm, for I had believed myself to be alone, I beheld a tall Omaha "war rior" posturing before the parlormirror, and evidently delighted with tho effect of a wreath of pink roses around his head. Amusing as the spectacle was, I had been so shocked by the discovery t that I cried out pock-a-clicc, with much sternness; and saw my light-footed vis itor depart, carrying upon his bronzed features the lnostaflectcd smirk conceiv able. So fond of finery were those dig nified "lords of creation" that it was their practice to place the principal itrt of the money paid them by the L. S. Agent in the hands of their squaws for safe-keeping, lest they should havenoth ing left for the purchase of more neces sary articles. Looking-glasses arc supposed to imply personal vanity; and that man or wom an who most often consults one is sure to be stigmatized as "vain." This view of the subject Is no doubt a.prejudiced one. It is quite as often the timid and doubtful person who refers to his or her mirror for an opinion, as the fop or the coquette. The mirror comes nearer than anything else, perhaps, to furnishing that "giftio" which RobertBurns prayed for, "to see oursels as itliers see us ;" and no doubt does from "many a blunder free us, an' foolish notion." If we have been particular to select a true one for our private chamber, we need not go into society ignorant of our defects, or unconscious of our excellencies of ap pearance. And this brings us to the moral side of our subject. How are we to be sup plied with moral and intellectual looking-glasses? If we seek for them in the opinions of our associates wc shall find our images most often distorted occa- t.tii,. trrwii r snnudimoa iv a i00king-glass flatters our faces. When choosimr a mirror for our toilet we take one that neither makes us long, nor broad, nor green-visnged, nor crooked, but ono that simply shows us up with clearness, altering nothing that we liavc reason to know of our appear ance, wc judge wc have selected the best; so when among our friends we find one who neither depreciates nor flatters, but accepts us for what we aro conscious of being, making no effort to deceive or disparago us, we feel that we have dls- , covered a safe moral mirror. i It is not the province of a mirror to improve anybody. Its whole duty is to ."i shoW us wJierc we niuy imim)VC our. , COIlsult the opinions of our true friends wc have this opporttini ty of finding out where wo need improv ing, and what our excellencies are. And it is quite as needful to know the latter as the former. I, for one, novcr had any patience with that class of moralists who think it necessary to hide from peo ple the fact that they possess charming or excellent qualities. They are the crooked mirrors, and the sight of one makes me sick. Just as tho bashful person would be teototally discouraged by the sight of his image In a distorting mirror, so the man or woman lacking in , self-esteem, and never being tdld of any meritorious qualities, would be certain 10 fancy the opposite. These convictions , , ., ,. , nuuau ujiiuiuiia uiu iitusb uiufu us. The harm thoy do cannot be estimated by the amount of suffering to tho indi vidual; it is bast estimated by the con sideration of tlie powor it has to suppress hopeful effort. Tlie fear of encouraging vanity In oth ers is a mean fear. Vanity docs far less real injury in the world than silent de traction. Vanity is above-board, and so patent as to be easily avoided ; while doubt and humility often wear the garb of pride and defiance which are the wrinkles on the face of the mirror. There is no better polishing powder for our moral mirrors than sweet charity. Its price is above gold dust I need not say that even the best of moral looking-glasses need adventi tious aids like having itself placed in a favorable light A little tact is a very good tiling in every relation of life. Overpraise, like too powerful a light on tlie mirror, brings Into derisive notice whatever defect there may be. A true mirror in the house, and one in the , heart, are, beyond cavil, very good things to have. Put out tlie crooked ones, by all means. Germany has at present nineteen zoological gardens, the aggregate value of which Is near 0,000 thalers. COBEESPOKDENOE. j Tills department of the New Nokth west is to be a general vehicle for ex change of ideas concerning any and all matters that may be legitimately dis cussed in our columns. Finding itpracti- j cally impossible to answer each corres pondent by private letter, we adopt this mode of communication to save our friends the disappointment that would oth erwisc accrue from ou ri liability lo an swer their queries. We cordially Invite cvoryliody that lias a question to ask, a suggestion to make, or a scolding to give to contribute to the Correspondents' Column. Clara, from Sheridan, writes: "I like the Nkw Nokthwest; I approve of Its object and wish It success ; but now for the scolding : I should be better pleased if you would pay less attention to the barking of fistcs; they were never known to hurt anyone. Let us have right on our sido and all will bo well." If we never get a scolding that is harder to en dure than tho alwvc, wo guess we'll be able to stand all the criticisms that come to this column. AVe don't exactly know what our friend means by the "barking of fistcs," but presume she alludes to the sparring of the editorial fraternity. Now, we beg in all kindness to assure our sis ter that we arc glad to get the opinions of the man's rights press. AVe are pleased to note that our cause is assum ing such importance that the fraternity no longer ignore it; and ourself and the public equally enjoy good-natured edi torial sparring, which the people will read and thereby gain many progressive ideas which would not be awakened oth' erwise. Mary A.: If you are patient, persever ing and studious you may succeed as u writer, but it is not everyone who makes literature a success, by any means. La dies who have succeeded are generally near or past the middle age; and their literary toil has been unremunerative for many years previous to their appar ently sudden luecess. If your book is worthy of tht attention of the public, and is well brought out, you winy make expenses, but we can offer you no flat tering inducements to print and publish. M. M. M. : Sorry we did not sec you, Did not get your letter till afteryou had left the city. Your idea of the book Is capital, fciiau tio everything in our power to aid you. The subscription was received. A illwritoyouprivatelysoon, Rejoiced at your prospects. Mrs. Caroline II. : Mrs. Cooke's vol ume of poems is not for sale in the book stores. She canvassed for it in person in this city, and was very successful. AVe learn that she will get an extra edition out soon. AVe are preiaring a critique, which wc will publish as soon as we have time, to do her efforts justice. Dress-maker: Kilt plcatings nil run one way. It is fashionable now to make two ovcrskirle, one somewhat shorter than the other. Mollie: A hasquiuc waist is very styl ish. AVe can send you the pattern. Hnttic II. : The new American silks are of a dead-black color of a reps-like texture, and very durable. There is no cotton in the fabric, but the wnrp is mostly wool. This silk never fades nor turns brown, and can be had for S3 00 per yard. Inquirer: Mrs. Young is a Methodist Mrs. Gordon is a Spiritualist Both arc excellent women of irreproachable char acter, and wc see no reason why thelri religion should be a matter of public jh- vestigatiou. AVho asks what a man'sfl particular religious ucuci is wueu nc js prominent before the country as a repre sentative of some fundamental principle of national government? AVe arc nei ther Methodist nor Spiritualist, yet we honor tho conscientious faith of each of our suffrage co-workers enough to treat their religion with courtesy. "Indignant:" The editor of the Ore- gonian was not at his post or that dis graceful article against Mrs. Stanton would not have appeared. AVhen "subs" around an editorial room get a chance to show a little brief authority they arc apt to make fools of themselves. Other letters will be answered next week. A lady who saw much of the Dickens family twenty-nine years ago, when Dickens was thirty years old, has been writing about them in the EnglUlnvom- air Jiagazinc. ur llie wile sue says : "A great deal of amusement was excited by Mrs. Charles Dickens perpetrating tlie most absunl puns, which she did with a charming expression of inno cence and depreciation of her husband's wrath, while lie tore his hair and writhed as If convulsed with agony. He used to pretend to be utterly disgusted, although he could neither resist Iauchter at llie puns nor at the pretty comic mour she made (with eyes turned up till little but the whites was visible) after launching forth one of these absurdities. Lift is a vovaire. in the progress of which we are perpetually changing our scenes. AVe first leave cnutinooii ocuinu us, then youth, then the years of ripened nmiihnod. then the better and more pleasing part of old age. JKvn had some advautaircs that no other married woman ever enjoyed, cdilpf ntnonir which was that her hus band could never lacerate her heart by telling "how his mother used to cook." Because a man who attends'a flock of sheep is a rshepard, it doe3 not follow that a man who keeps cows should be a cow-am. In School DnjJi. nv John o. wnrrriEP. Still BlU the school-house by the road, A ragged beggar sunning;' Around It still tho sumachs grow, And blackberry vines aro running. Within, the master's desk Is seen, Deep scarred by raps official; The warping floor, the battered seats, The Jack-knife's carved Initial ; The charcoal frescoes on lis wall; IW door-worn sill, betraying The reel that, creeping slow to school, Went storming out to rlnylng I Long years ago a winter sun Shown over It at setting, Ut up Its wcslcni window panes, And low cuvos Icy fruttlng. It touched the tangled, golden curls And brown eyes full or grieving. Of one who still her step-.' delayed When all the school were leaving. 1'or near her stood the liltlo boy Herchildlsh favor singled; Ills cap pulled low uin u face Where pride and shame were mingled. Pushing with restless reel tho snow rro right and left ho lingered; As restlessly her tiny hands The blue checked apron fingered. He saw her Iin her eyes; he felt Tho sort hand'J light carer sing And heard the trcmblug of her voice, As If a fault confessing. "I'm sorry that I spelt the word; f hate lo go above you, necaue" the brown oyes lower fell "Ilecause, you sec, I love you!" Still memory to a gray-haired man That sweet child-face Is showing. penrglrl! tho grasses on her grave Have forty years been growing! He lives to learn, In lire's hard school, ' How few who pass above him, Lament their triumph and his loss Like her because they love him. A Troe Story. Lucy lived in the countrj'i l little brown house, nearlv half a mile from any neighbor. She used to play out of doors by herseiragreatiieai or tne time, making mud pies, buildingstone houses, watching the birds and feeding the hens, picking flowers, and enjoying her self in a thousand simple ways which a happv child can invent who is thrown upon its own resources. In this yfe, which might seem very' lonely to our young readers, she escaped the danger of bad companions in a crowded city street; but you will see how little faults and vices may find their way into a child's heart, even though she has had no one to imitate but herself. One day Lucy spied a large umbrella standing in a closet, and asked her mother to let her play with it; mother ravins "Yes," Lucy seized it with great I delight, and opening it with some trou- uie, siuggcrcu anjuiui unwui ic u,i proudly. She felt so sure she must aj pcar just like a grown-up person that the desire to show off and be admired took strong hold of her. This is noth ing very wrong in old or young, but It is a weakness of character which some times leads people to make themselves appear very foolish. AVithout saying any tiling to lior mother, our little friend, who was very short tiuil fat, undertook tho dillicult journey over to Farmer Brown's. She tried to take long, dig nified slciis like the minuter, but had to give It up, tlie umbrella "wobbled" so. Tlie Ulgpiayiuinggrew very neavy and unmanageable, but she toiled on, feeling that the exclamations of praise at Fanner Brown's would repay her for all her pains. But when she reached the open floor oi me mrae kuciiuu num Knrtuer Brown and all his men had just seated themselves at their twelve o'elocK tllliuer, sue was nwum, w "ti great surprise ami iiioriincniion, wuu roar of laughter. The jolly farmer said something about a "live toad-stool" that made the little would-be woman's cheeks flush indignantly. Lucy's pleas ure was spoiled in a moment, and all her tiresome walk seemed iu vain ! Children sometimes grow older in thought and feeling in a single mo ment; and into tins little girl's heart came, like a Hash, the resolution mat no one should know how dillereut a -reception she had expected. She now felt that alio was a ridiculed object, though just before her heart had swelled with pride; and she thought she would tio anything to deceive the Browns Into thinking she had been sent on an important errand. So she labor iously furled her mainsail, and entering the kitchen, walked up to kind Mrs. Brown who with a significant look had Mopped tho unkind laugh), and said, a little too nnildlv for perfect case, "Mother wants to know if you will be so kind as to let her have some pump kin seed V" It was Snrine-tinie: and Lucy liad heard a great deal said about seeds, and the best places to get the new kinds of this and that vegetable; so this message seemed a likelv one. Mrs. Brown rose nuietlv from the table and opening a little closet door over the high mantle piece, handed Lucy a few seeds in a paper. She then invited the child to sit down nnd take some dinner, but T.iipv -was too much hurried oy tlie pressing nature of her errand; and pick ing up the hated umbrella, which seemed biugcr and heavier than before, slic trotted oil. Jut tne wcigiit "i me whalebone monster was nothing to tlie heaviness of her poor little heart; for she knew sho had told a lie 1 AVhen she was out of sight of the house sho sat down by the Side of a great rock to rest and cry. She tried to quiet her tender conscience with the thought that her untruth could do no harm, and there was no need of saying anything about it. But there were the seeds ! What should she do with them? Tnkluir them home toiler mother would bring on an explanation. She thought it all over, and then decided to hide them away where no one could ever see them; so site pushed tiiem rar.undcr the rock, first taking the paper olf, it showed so white ou the grass. Then she walked slowly home, trailing the umbrella behind her, feeling somehow that it wa to blame for all this per plexity. She told her mother where she had been, and how they asked her to stay to dinner, but said nothing more of her short visit. AVhen Lucy lay down iu her little bed that night, she knew that God had seen her, and could not havo approved of her conduct. In vain she said to horself, "I don't card they needn't to have laughed so! I had to say wnnetlilng!" This reasoning did not satisfy her, and a more unhappy little girl never tossed uuder a patch-work bed quilt The next day and for many days, Lucy thought of her falsehood witliniuch uneasiness, but a time went on and nothing was said about tlie affair, even though Mrs. Brown talked with her mother after "mcetim:" several Sun days, Lucy grew to feel that her wicked ness was as well liliiden as tne sectis that were buried out of sight. And so it came about that after three or four weeks, when her mother sent her on a real errand to Mrs, Brown's, Lucy started off, without any very trouhloome thoughts of her last visit to the farm-houo. But when she came to the brow of the hill where she could see the old gray rock in the distance, tlie remeniberauce of her shame finite stopped her as she was preparing to run down the long hill. A'ory slowly and unwillingly she approached the boulder, and when she had come quite near, her little heart gave ti throb of fright; for there was a long green vine nourishing on tho ground with what looked to her guilty eyes like the greenest leaves and the yellowest blossoms that ever grew on a pumpkin vine ! She stood aghast, and with trembling knees gazcil upon the flowers, everyone of which, exposed to the blazing sunlight, looked more golden, and showed more plainly, than any she had ever seen. Her sin luul in deed found her out! But when the first moments of amazement hail passed away she took a solemn resolution: "I'll never tell another lie as long as I live; never, not even u little bit of a one; and I'll tell mother all about this one." She gave her message to Mrs. Brown as quickly as possible; and then turning homeward ran over tlie stony fields, and up the high hills iu the hot sunshine, feeling neither fatigue nor heat, nor did she rest till the whole story was sobbed out, her face hidden ou her mother's shoulder. AVhen I knew Lucy a grown-up woman her word could never be doubted, and one could not imagine her telling anything but tlie strictest truth; so I think tlio-e pumpkin-seeds were s-own on good ground, and bore the best kind offrult, after all! Public Lands. Martin "Walker, member of Congress from Ohio, iu a late speech intheliouse or Uepresentatlves, sani, "In tho early part of the Republic, our public lands were reKtinletl as a source of revenue. It was expected from their sale to pay alarge proportion of tlie expenses of the (lovcrnment; but In latter days it was found that, with the expense or survey ami sale, tnese expectations were not realized, and a new policy was adopted, and large miantities'of the public domain have been used in constructing riiroads, en dowing colleges, rewarding military services, and stimulating immigration by giving homesteads to all persons who will live on and improve them. In this way this heritage of thejieople has largely contributed to the material deveiopeinent of our coutry. These grants have not always been wisely made, ami in many respects have no doubt been great outrages himhi the rights of the people. The future policy of the (ioverninent should lie to so pn- vuie ny legisiiuion max our puunc laims, form. The lvif prescribes as a sure should be preserved for actual settlers, 1 (.urt. teaspoonfulofcoinmon salt placed and thereby furnish free homes to the I in each Mocking of the patient, next to landless. Concentration of large ipian- J the foot, as the chill comes on. titios in tho hands of monopolists audi . , , ,. simulators is the great curse of most of I A brave San 1-ranciseo lady, who dis the Wi-tern Stat, and has and does tt'vered a ( hinese burglar 111 her house iniiMHle airricultum improvement and development Of our public lauds, about seventy eight million of acres havcbceiigmntcd for schools and colleges, over ten mil lions of which have been given to agri cultural colleges. Two hundred mil lions of acres have been appropriated and given to build railroads and other improvements. About seventy-three millions of acres have been given to our soldiers, their widows and children. The Government still owns about one billion acres. This vast domain, as fast asitissurveved, is open to settlement un der our homestead laws, which give even man or unmarried woman one hundred and sixty acres for the eost of survey and entry "pen living upon and improving tho same for the time lim ited, which is live years, except a sol dier, who, under the bill passed by the House, is allowed to count three years of his term of service in the Army, or whatever term under that period he has served, as part of the five years' resi dence. In the year 1S69, about two and a half million acres wens given to Homestead and preemption settlers. Tn the same year about eight millions of acres were converted from wild lands into farms, making some sixty thousand farms. AVe now have over six million real es tate owners, being one in every six of our population, and nearly one-half 6f our whole population are engaged 111 tlie pursuit ot agriculture. The whole landed property of England is now owned nv tliirtv thousand per sons, making one iu every six hundred and fifty of its population. One-half of its soil is now owned by about one hun dred and fifty persons. Nineteen and a half million acres iu Scotland are owned by twelve proprietors. In this country this extensive ownership of tlie soil, tlie sense of proprietorship resulting therefrom, encouraging inde pendence of action and thought, consti tute tlie cornerstone of our Republic. The multiplication of these free homes for the people, instilling into their minds tlie spirit of agriculture and me chanical progress, and education, and moral development, and improvement, will secure freedom, equality, and per petuity to our Government." A specimen of tlie wonderful plant, "rue i lower or the IToU- fJhnst " ima been successfully raised In Norwich, Connecticut The flower is a creamy white cup, nearly as large as half an egg, and extremely beautiful, and its wonder as a natural floral growth is the fact that in this flower is a little pure white dove, with pink bill and eves, and 1 , . T us head turned as If looking over Its back. Its wines, feet bill. etc.. are as absolutely perfect as tlioso of the living dove, whose counterpart this wonderful mimic bird is. ' Kossuth is reported to have despaired of tho cause of human freedom In Eu rope, and to talk of returning to tills country to die here, because it is the only country where liberty has been from first to'last preserved iu its perfection. Gleanings. Two Maine girls rowed four miles ina boat alone one day lately. Tea is now successfully cultivated in North Carolina and Tennessee. The consumption of paper collars in . . . vrt rr tlie United States m isiuwasi),uw,tw. Beautv is worse than wine; it intoxi cates both tho holder and the beholder. It is useless to roast a pis of lead. It win never be cooked so as to make a diet. If vou would lay in a slock of old wineT be sure and make it out of elder berries. Fortune smiles on those who roll up their sleeves and put their shoulders to the wheel. There arc nineteen zoological gardens iu Geruianv, but there is not one in tho United States. Forty-seven ships of the French navy have been disarmed, and 12,000 bailors dismissed from tlie service. Since August, 1S6S, Governor Bullock, of Georgia, lias pardoned 340 criminals, including 4S murderers. Geo. Francis Train has on foot a plan for bringing 120,000 French Communists to Nebraska, as colonists. Tlie reason why editors have their manners spoiled is" because they receive so many evil communications. Toronto offers a reward of $100 for the conviction of shade-tree destroyers. London oilers $20, Kingston $100. Tlie city of Jerusalem contains 1S.000 inhabitants, of whom 9000 are Jews, 3000 Mohammedans, and 4000 Christians. If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeans the more they arc condensed the deeper they burn. Tlie projected Texas Pacific Railway will be 1515 miles in length. In one place the lino runs iu a straight line for ijO miles. There is a certain softness of manner which in cither man or woman adds a charm that almost entirely compensates ror a lacK oi ocauty. Thomas Huxley, according to a Loiv don journal, will positively visit this country next autumn to deliver a course of scientific lectures. Belter be right than conquer in an ar gument Better bear the assumption of ignorant men than waste your dearly bought experience on fools. North Carolina only sends 2000 baps? of pea-nuts this season, against 20.000 last year, and fears of a famine in this deli cious esculent are sorely felt The Paris Artists' Union' has received from an Englishman $2S13 in gold as a prize for tlie best picture to represent Kngland sending provisions to Paris after the siege. Pince ISOo more than 19,000 miles of: railroad have been built in the United States, at a eost of some $030,000,000, and the construction is stili going on at filt rate of .")000 miles a year. Hartford lias the "shakes" in a mild h"' '"uIh and held him, screaming meanwhile until her husband came and captured him. Seceipts. To Curl Hair. Take two ounces of bo rax, one drachm of powdered gum Sene gal, one quart of hot water (not boiling); mix, and, as soon as the ingredients are dissolved, add two ounces of spirits of wine strongly impregnated with cam phor; on retiring to rest wet tlie hair with the above mixture, mid roll it in pajiers as usual ; leave them till morn ing, when untwist and form into ring lets. Tn Clear Jluddu II alcr. A little dis solved alum is very ellective in clearinir muddy water. 11 thrown into a tub or soa-suds the soap, curdled and accom panied by the muddy particles, sinks to tlie bottom, leaving the water above clear and pure. In times of scarcity of water 1111s may he used again for wash ing clothes. 7b Clean Jllack Cloth. Dissolve one ounce of bicarbonate of ammonia in one quart of warm water. AVith this liouid rub the cloth, using a piece of flannel or uiacK cioiii lor tne purpose. After the application of this solution, clean tlie cloth well with clear water, dry and iron 11, unisning tne ciotn rrom time 111 the direction of the liber. Jhislc thai will Keep a 1 "car. Dissolve a tea-spoonful of alum In a nuart of warm water. AVhen cold, stir in flour to give it the consistency of thick cream, beine- particular to beat up all the lumps. Stir iu as iiiucu powuereti resin as will lay on a silver dime, and throw in half a dozen cloves. Have on the fire a tea-cup of boiling water; pour the flour mixture into it stirrinir well all the tlmo. In n few minutes it will bo the consistency of uiusii. i'our it into an earthen or china vessel : let it cool : lav a. envr on nnil put it in a cool place. AVhen needed for use taito out a portion and soften it with warm water. Safety from Moths. A lady of large experience writes as follows : There is no absolute safety from moths except ing in the absolute exclusion of the mil ler. If put away early In the season, before the millers make their appear- iiifin Til will Irnit. in f hoirown boxes without danger of any kind, by simply pasting thin paper closely around them. No aperture must bo left for the entrance of the miller, though the paste need not touch tho boxes. Articles of any kind can be tied up very tightly in pillow cases, or sewed up in sheets. To keep .1 nttnl-j ix n without, prpnsiiic lirVSSVS, Liuaiv:) 1 ni I susl)Cnd them near the upper edge of n,.. ait then lav another sheet over. kow tlie two sheets together at the edaes. then sow loops at the upper edge of fliis lmir. and lianff itupwherevervou nlease. Be careful that there be no hole for the miller to enter. In order to secure fur ther safety it is well to beat and brush tlie furs and garments well before nut ting them away, and, if it is anything iuul euu uu neaieu, ir, may not nc amiss to ucai 11 enougn to destroy the eggs iiuvt juuy airvauy ue laid, f From the Atlantic Monthly.) ' ' Before the Gate. They Rare the whole lonj day to Idle fciughterjv . To ntful sons and Jest, . To moods or soberness, as Idle, after, ! And silences, as Idle too as the rest. But when at last upon their way rctumlnir, 1 Taciturn, late, and loath, : Through the broad meadow In the sunset burn- ' I"?, They reached the gate, one sweet spell tild cred them both, 1 .it Iter heart was troubled with a sabttcangnhlni . Such ns but women know . 5 . That wait, and lest love speak orspeaknot.Ua- . RUlsh, 1 , And that thoy would, would rather they would not so; ' Till he snhl manlike nothing enmprehendrtc Of nil tho wondrous pullo ; , ,, That womoii won win themselves rltli;ja(iii bendin:; Eyes ofrestle'ss asking on hr tlie while j 't -it "Ah, If beyond this irats the path united Our steps us fur as death. ' And I mlzht open HI" his voice, affrfehtPd At its own darln?, faltered under his,, breath. Then she whom both his faith antf fear en- ! chanted Far beyond words to tell, Feeling her woman's finest wits had wanted ' The art he had that knewto blunllerso w- Shyly drew near, a little step, and moeklUKf""'' "Shall we not bo too late ' 1 For tea?" she said, 'im quite worn outtwttli walking Yes, thanks, your arm. the gate ?" And will you etfi Blockade Bunting. I saw in tlie Times, of some time ago, a prettily written sketch of "running the blockade," and it recalled to me an experience of my own. AVhen Butler mado his attack on Fort Fisher, I was at anchor about one mile from the fort. My steamer belonged to the Confederate States Government and was then under orders to go out at all risks and to get back as soon as possible with ammuni tion and army supplies. Tlie bombardment had been vigorously kept up all day, and I noticed-that the gunboats which liad been left to guard the Western channel offFort Caswell had gradually edged away to the east ward, until, toward sundown, they had disappeared round tlie point of Frying pan shoals, whence thev had a view of the fight I was delighted with tlie prosjeets of a clear run past this unguarded point, and about nine o'clock the night being' dark and the tide serving I started over tlie bar. Every light was doused, savo the one in tlie binnacle, and that -was covered by a canvass hood through which a hole about the size of a dollar (silver, and not greenback; was cut, so that the man at the wheel could see the compass. Look outs were stationed at convenient points, ami every precaution taken to avoid discovery. AVe. hail run about five miles from tln- bar when the glimmer of a light was seen ngnt ahead, it disappeared In stantly, but we knew there was no land in that direction, and that consequent lv the light must have come from some vessel. Our course was rapidly changed, and iu a few minutes we went booming past vessel at not more tnan nity yards distance. AVe were seen, of course, but the mirht was so black and our speed was so great that before a gun could be brought to bear, we were lost in the darkness, and the shell fired at us burst liarmlessly far iistern. The sound of that gun, like tlio renort of a vacancy in a public ollice, called up numours oeiore unseen, aim oarK masses loomed tip iu every direction. Not Knowing which way to steer, we stopped our engines. Tlie gunboats, fearing to expose their positions, did not venture to signal one another, and as we were all together in the dark, they could not tell the block ade runner from ono of their own fleet. Our iwsitiou was critical. AVe knew tlie gunboats were fully aware of lElie fact that there was no war ship in AVil lningtou of which they need havo any apprehension, and wo knew thoy would soon huddle together and leave us a fair marK. nicy could not mistake, us for a Confederate man-o'-war. for thev were cognizant of tlie fact that the two pow erful "iron-clads" built in AVilmington were useless. They knew that the ma chinery of one of them had been taken but of an old sawmill, and was too fee ble to drive the vessel more than one or two miles an hour ; and they also knew that the othor, and more formidable one, had been built without any refer- 4 l... ...... -1! - . 1 . 1 ww "ti iierisniueement,ann nan been safely launched into twelve feet of mud, and was at that moment lirmly rooted to the bottom of the Cape Fear river. Nothing but a stratagem-could savo us, and this is what we did. A boat was quietly lowered into' the water. A pole about live feot long was secured to a "thwart," and on the top of the pole was a lantern holding the one-eighth of an inch of candle. All being ready, the candle was lit, tlie boat cast adrift, nnd tho steamer moved ahead. As was expected, several of the blockaders dashed for the lignt, leaving an opening In tho cordon through which wc went asif the devil had kicked us. The candle In the boat went out al most Immediately, aud, doubtless, was thought to bo an accidental exposure of light on the blockade runner How ever, the boat was soon picked up and the trick discovered. Lord! what a signaling then took place! Questions and answers were rapidly exchanged, while in tlie mean time our steamer, with Iter nose noihted straight out to sea, was going thirteen KIIOIS. At daylicllt We founVl nnrsoU-na nn the ocean with nothing iii sight, and a few days afterward were safely at an chor ina foreign port JV. O. Titnex. A hat and robe dealer of Dntrolt ad vertises some handsome buggy lap-dus- ien tor saic; out whether lie sells tnem any cheaper for being buggy is not set forth in tlie advertisement. A foreign, gentleman declares that he cau toll whenever he crosses tho border of Massachusetts, because all the women begin to have "views." 1 The AVcsIeyan Methodists of England have dedicated a chapel iir Rome, standing within a few rods df the Pantheon. t