Evening Star Newspaper, December 14, 1878, Page 6

ROKE THE PARSON 1TH HOW THE SAB grave of TS erase js Drow It is more thay Smee be by mnie the skies as his Deacon at wih aDaions eyes. And it thundered And dark grew in in pew IF placed took € ach This sermon i = <- = TWO ROBERTS. Aud One Gathered the Other's Roses. Singin: mself, Robart “over dia ess Of the int Hardly a breath sof the as the qu ard: tenth bine dost fabled pa like th: eX With Ue iued the tast waterin o be lis di tele 1 ASM Way doa't you s “Itis you, Kol spake. thi = How do you kino “Of course T kite 2 WAS a now. gins ~ riding and st id Wa 1is hour of the nigar, befor house? Have you & . Your votee sounds different fro: tit nsually does.” Perhaps itis t ed Rob- + wie together. I may hi Bat still he spok nes. “+E did not expect the p ¢ with you.” ~The very idea of your cor ed, his wits partially tesco It with sing- a€ this nicht hoar! You not to be out. “Why did you do you go Spatiesi 7 «To be sure. + Who fs it? not Nelly ©; ousy in the tor ceiving this evening? “ Not that I know of,” returned Robert “TE swear to you I y Cameron. Thay lick response ha shade of j the Camerons re- set. “Poor Robert: ‘tle lauzh rippi Ughtly on tae alr. You k what Your health is. you have no business to be riding of night. You ought to take better ¢ f You will be laid up to-m your voice already so nds Strange and altered, Good-night. “One moment,” cried Robert Edbury, eara- estly, as he leaped from his horse, fastened the bridle to the gate and stepped inside beneath the window, where ed that mysterlons, achanting face you give me a flower—you can eas h that clustering vine by your Perhaps—perhaps 1 shall wish to some great of lower for a tok « How strang yon talk. ive you a tower; but these are only hone les, and you know we promised to bother nothing but roses, But stay""— nt. york some time to forgive me a se. Won't you give me Of course Two! 5 that com + lore Sine the window an gleamed in the moor “ There, take them, Quick! Thear some should be mamma: ¢ ‘The window w stant-after Kobert was the wet He fell. But of Robert bright asa st s where . hides tut tree the tering thin: revealed it 10 be vi bracelet. I) was a ded with erystat. unclasped it from suutle, put it side b of Violets in ntre and er. had w 2 the withered 5 as he rode away. nz them dows,” voles Ouse S noone to see him: Out of his pocket he We. WY was most al . bas who of us dve3 not do silly things in U ing? Silly tht perhaps nO further than that; it die? mm do the crowded dane- ing-room of the friend Norton, 1 caught by at tention. “He that divine vol whenev A certain Say misbeltet. “But wio could it Lave been, Was not y Tt frightens ine to It—tt was somebody of your hight It must have veen y * But I tell vou lt was nt, Jessi like to know wie it was, ~ He was < . | am sure* stress upon the You need not be put out, Robert.” a Robert Edbury turned and saw him, leaning on that other Koi young girl surpassingly beautiful. Roses intngled with the bright guld of her hatr, Sone in the bosom of her dress. and a bunch of the n Was somehow interwined with tue sieader gold wrist-chain attached to her fan. Mr. Edbmry caught his breath, as, turaing her face. the girl's sofi violet-blue eyes rested fur a moment unrecognizingly on his. “ Who is she?" he whispered eagerly to his friend. “How lovely she is! What is her ame? By heaven! I never belteved in divine joveltmess before; but here ft is, pure and uade- filed. What ts her name?” It ts Miss Chassdane,” was the answer. ‘he and her mother live at the Grove, half a et ee one ar it wherever or and he was not mistaken. elay ta its tone; not to se Wy>side ' crowd. | She rose iapulsively. tc hey wer n s posible f one te be in the heart of a basy, uaheed 7 Mss walt aud gay couples weat id He bad beea confined to his chamber: bit a= he had eseot oa of iptaat eveaiag, aad ec uplo the house to see Ji Wita tie fond hope of surpri ing room. he had gone round tie intending to enter by the Wiad beard ai. i by waged for this vatse eu. bered exdeace of his voles strv loor, there a3 he 1a) { P young girl's v. and, forgetting t2 | ona 1 ; 3 wer him, si him doubt die ert any e2 Ml half did not but that the agitation had kil . * Will you let m+ loos at your eid. } It was many long days afier that. whea . with perfeet en in his v had risea fvorn the Sick bed to waiea Ca! he took the bit of glit and ea r ard whieh sue had tacked away the reses at her wrist. “j-T half promised this dance to Robe: stammered, filnging a quick giane y shoulder into the swaying crowd. ofsuddea death had brousat hee. that R Eabury came to say farewell w Miss ¢ dana. The Interview was brief, Hedly brief, for, with the shadow of that dead min lying b Uween them, speech was dittisalt to both. Then I shall ciatm it,” answered the other « Good-by,” she cried, reaching out to him an bert with an audacious smile, He stooped | attenuated hand. “1 hope youmny tind hip- and picked up a rosebud that had fallen and | piness and p H then held it triumphantly before the flushed But we s eried Robert, aud startled face by hits side. eagerly. * time ta the | he: "he said, gi I saved it from being | future I ad under foot. Will you not give it to “ Husht” s " down her ci that. Robs all’ meet again urely—surely—s y come to you. he tears rolling ptteousty . “You must not speak of vS shadow would alwayscome bo- But she reached out her never give roses to stranvers, tween us as he fell there on the tle We killed with 2 cold. frightened, angry alr. “They are | him! We killed him!” and she wrang her pate ‘bert Stonors roses. Give it biek to m>. | hands together in strong excit it if you please.” quite sternly. | “My name is Robert, too,” he said, in the | « ogevier mistaken view ly tende e. though his darx fic of the truth. ASk your mother; ask any one. little at Ler frank eonfesstoa, “Mv | But you are weak and ill yet, Jesse, and the | name ts Robert, too, Miss Chassdiue. Taore | time has not come for me to insist on this. Laz | fore, may I not claim the ros The soft blneeyes fMlled with tears. flew up and met his. ie knew him then. Frightened and ashamed and trembling from head to foot her feet. He took a ws think of hin, poor feilow a3 one who mast, had he lived, have suffered much, and who has mercifully found peace in the rest of death.” He stood fora moment looking with a fond longing into the small, sweet face from which step backwardand they stoxtso, fac'ng each | the summer roses had fled with grudging haste. oth moment in the gay, uaheeling crowd | Then taking from his pocket a fragile gold and “Tknow you now gasped Jessie. “iow irelet, he held itoutto her, twas the dare yousprak to m: in—you are very pre T she lost that first nigat of their meet. | ing. “T found it under your wind: that night | i from your | with the violets,” he said. “Tt arm. Will you take it back no: faint lovely tinge of red fl mee more. s there cause for 7” Andin low, reasoning. persuasive voice he spoke to her for some moments, and the rising spiri ered Int) her wascalmed. In spite of he: nd N she answered, looking into his will she was becoming irre j face with tender, gentle wistrullness—¢l—1 this man. dont want to recall that night, “Give me this one waltz, Miss Chassdine, with it, You may | and then} willgtve you back your rose. It | od W Ttetl | So he kissed her hand and said farewell. But mabove us the left a whisper behind him. When tly me.” Tose3 mi again, remember | 1 flush drifted over the young year went by. : m2. Th more than all, his : to himseli, “Surely sh as he meant t But May and June crept sho by, and July came; bat not one word eae from @ »her and, though protesting | Jessie Chassdane,’ He was rowing siex with a iy with all her might that she would | Wild and helpless despair, tor he felt how wo-s? | hot dance, she gave him hee hand ant, in | than useless it would b> t go, uncatlel wie | another moment, they were floating deticioasly | one day a letter came duttering like @ white her to ins of the seductive maste | bird to his heart: “The roses are in bloom ant | er. Robert led her to her seat | there isone for you!"—[Loudon Aro ye | near some frtends: her m ther had not gone 19 SS | the rooms that night. She looxed very pale a Tie prety ros had all died out ot the | Make-Up. . | count : ONE OF THE ARTS OF THE STAGE THAT 18 GET- | mi fainie” hea anxiously, bending TING TO BE LOST. “Are you tired? Shall {get you lost arts of the stage—tost b> some water?” unk in the whielming overtlow of stuptl “No, no! she eried: shrink! alstie” notions—is the art of # make-up.” him. “fam not faint—bat too zentleman” of the mimic scene knvws of or, Thave offended him. He is ang ake-up art -but that which makes hi hyou. Oh, what shall beautiful. ‘The whole process consists men | You know, ess house, before rdiy |b | hot for Mr swith at ert’s arm, a | is tay cousin and has ill-health, and he mist | in the gumming of a mustache, a greasing and | 2 1 not be powdering of face and hands, % black bert E ed and saw standing near | eyebrows and eyelaslies anda’ painting of te bit that other Roberi, who threatened to be— | ears. ‘The vanilles of this stace gentleman lose enough to the sta see a red ot on th n nade UD to be a pretty “per oF periaps Was—no mean rival. u ident. Stil Se Tils it-health | ridiculous. If you get One hand was pressed to hisside | any night, y andon his hand- | of the acior wito 1s some biont - Which was marked by unmis- | fect gentleman.” The rei spot represents a takable traces of contirmed sie | dimple. AU lis make-up powers a nate, | jealous anver rested heavily. » | and point merely to the be of his | ymen met and cach Knew the oth vain Self. Booth's make. is Re. i of scorn, as 1 was Wine work of art, however pury's lips. us In a eas niin has no pit f pointed beard and th for the ailment ted eyebrows, with a With a ¢ face, he took from his } careful use of white, red and black in i} the rosebud and laid it in Miss Clas3- | out te lining of the features and setting H e's lap. tragic phases, was quite as admirable in itsway | Is your rose,” he said, quietly. “Ire- | as was the acting of the tragedian, No actor | It to you at your wish. But_rei ber | can be said to siness Until he has | what lt ; and be me, tine will prove m+ | acquired this art of “mak wiieh seems | to be no false prophe likely to prove another of tue lost arts of tie | Without waiting for ananswer, he bowed disappeared amid the throng of dancers ing her no more that night, “Ts Miss Chassdane enga he qu stioned of his friend “ot belle stage. $ for the ladies—the the art of artistic make-up aitozethy ad some {deas on the subject bef: opera boutfe people and the Freach ¢ came over here, and before Clara Mor to Paris to see ‘a Be} ved to that man?” orton, there is no positive engaz py. “Mrs, Chassd une, itis said, score does she obj wonor has a sinall, compact estate and is well off. score of his h. Also, they are cousins.” atter with him?” “Some complication. connected with both the lungs and the heart, which I conclude, rend: treatment dificult. e-up. They put the cosmetic on their eyelids very thickly from a heated hairpin, plaster Weir faces wit! a y paste, paint their lips with rouge, thas roying all expression; redden their chee’ high up on the side of the face, and pain’ the eyelids all around with shaded vermillion, A black spot around the nostrils, pink dabs on the ears, and a pleutifulness of “wiltewash” for the arms and neck constitute all the art. “Po yon think Miss Chassdane cares for hime" Idont think she loves him, Edbary—t | The make-up is the same for an old woman as Us what you niean, It seems to me that r nd the result is that our actresses Ukes him more as a beot When e ch ballerinas in long clothes, and re their features, plastered over with pigments in- artistically laid on, are capable of no expressto! r, at most, of only the ballerin’s grin. — attention are paid to girls, the: respond of ten of them underst feelings, and mistake triendship for love. Rob- | eri Stonor and Miss Chassiiane have growa wu } together—have been like brother and sister. Frequently they met after that. It was an unusually gay season at Spafield, and ent tainments abounded accordiny) ing drinking th r making believe He was naturally cruel, and he told an as- quaintance one day that he had a new trick to OF fe. mething entirely ne vy. We had a long string and a brass key tied to the end of {t, which he said was the instrument o torture. Over the tront sidewalk a maple tre sent some pretty strong branches, mikinz Seat hidden by leaves.” Into this, after d: the boys climbed. “New wail,” says the pr. cipal, “till the first victim comes, and dy @ a noise.” Pretty soon an’ ordinarily dressed woman came along, and just as she had passed he let drop the key on the hard stde- io (drink It; inthe afternoon sauntering in the gardens, oron the parade; in the evenin the rooms, or at private parties; two or Uh limes did Mr. Edbary and Miss Chassd@ane me and linger together, and converse with ea other. “Robert Edbury’s time was his own, he id on. Tle could have staid forever. two or three weeks’ sojoura he had intead had inore than doubled ttself. For he had learned to love her asstonately; and all tie | walk, immediately pulling it up azain. Hoth world night see 1 for Ought he cared. She. | now watched developments. The woman ex: too, might see It ff she chose; but_ whether | toasudden stop, began fumbling in her pocket, Gid or not, he could not tell, judging from ti> | ang wondered what it was ane oud ee grave and sweet dignity with which she me ped. She started on, but had not gone far be- and bore back Ils eager attentions, | fore she came back impelled by ciriosity, and Atlength there came an evening when he a w bee ne pean onthe be i Meanwhtie | go 5 certs y We vors ; the boys in the tree had stuffed their fists fn Robert Stonor; a paroxysm of his complaint | fae Ga ea Ee Tere or nual had confined that gentleman to his own hom. | tobeente thes mpathetle st ature oe Audso Robert Edbury went up to the old | Aerie oe te neue Stones and turned ove hich ts horse had | Rocha did they Hed am see oney ho key, 9 halted that tirst night, and sought an interview | homes perhaps te ware aly Meee cot With Miss Chassdane, Was quite alone. | ftepld in tie tree tasned ae cea pert: The long French window by which she sat was | Déintnent to a vere cecal no at Hung wide open, and the low red sunlight. | from the same place made them have aw! streaming {t over her, lighted up her falr, gold : 4 hair and the roses in her dress. = B)m | Wieked thoughts about boy Was determined to put his fate to the test; 10 How beantifai she "he thought, as he One victim founda piece of tin, and laying the | Kher hand in his. “What if I should noi | Cause Of the noise to that, was a ral! But [willimake a hard figat | great dealof worry. But when she picked ft uo and threw it down several times to test tie | sound, the boys nearly fell out of the tree. | Man, when caught, would slap all of his pov } ets, glance around a little, but It was sela | Unat he was brought to a hard pan sear | When any one saw the trick after searching hi't ; an hour and saying all kinds of little things fo. ; the amusement of the boys, he simply v | away hurriedly. There was no remark to m | honameto call. ‘To get out of sight as soon as | ¥ into hi face. up inquiring silent.” she 1 10% and drey she tely broke forth, in fat You mtist KLOW hy I love y have foved you all al possible seemed to be most desirabie. The tri is harmless: no one break: in tts proce ght be recommendet to | constitutionally Ured boys as a good way t+ Sweep the walk. The vfetims will throw all chips and stones into the street by curiosity power, as it were.—[ Rochester Express. Br Ot aS oe a leg or losesanese | give ine som? hoge aLsead me from you in ouraged man!” ou, ni a WoL With you inreturn? Do broken and aisec dJessie Was silent for ain ruel Tnoment to Robert E face was turned ords . You must know how usel to me of this,” she said. “You kne you must have Known, that Twas eagaged i) my cousin, Robert Stonor. ngaged to him? Yes. We are eng: ther spoke for a tlme. flowers, side of 1 incoIn As A Matchmaker. about ayear before the fallof Riea- | mond, when both north and south seemed to:- | tering to ruin, that a young lady who had known Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln for years, vised | Washington, She was an_ exceptionally sensi- ble, warm-hearted, refined woman, gifted with | @ marvellous voice and a graceful figure. bat | she was very homely. She Called at the White House, and wien she had gone with his wite into a private room, Mr. Lincoln expressed his surprise toa friend that “some good man had not been lucky enough to marry her,” adding: “L— herself would be much happler if sac Were a wife and mother.” A few moments later Major C—,, a voluntesr officer, thoroughly respected by the Preside it, and a bachelor, came into the study. Mr. Lin: coln looked at him thoughtfully. “ What are you going to do when the war is ‘The scent of the wning in the lonely grounds on this h away from the dusty and ay, seemed to Mock them with its ss; the clustering shrubs and trees waved yently in the summer eveaing breeze He could not speak at on the sense of his bitter loss was too great. ‘The setting sun streamed tn upon him, lightning up his dis- tressed face. It see to him that the great old-fashioned clock tn the hall ticked out’ the quged:” he sald. at length, with a long- | Ver; C— 2” he asked Suddenly. drawn breath, "I did hot know te. But es: eek my fortune, Isuppose,” wasthestartied | gagements, where no lo reply is, have been bi “There it ts in that room.” A frank, girlish | now what ou are Sayiag.” wihat rening there was a reception at the | If he heard it, meant. We says he trusts | Najor Go @ Presideat beckoned to | And you are sacrificing yourself for him'— eet ks for a fancy! Hear the truth, Jessie, A lady, whom they could not see because of You ¢ Gra | the crowd, was singing in a voice of great Stonor, except as ‘a Cousin or a brother. Examine your own heart, and it will | beauty and sweetness some gay song. ~The tell You that you do not. You care for me. You | Major would have moved forward, bat Sir. Lia- | loveme. Many a half word, a halt look has b2- | Colm detained him, his eyes twinkling “wits Irayed ft tome, Yes, my darling, it ts Robert | Shrewd fun, ‘ Edbury you have learned to love, not Rober “Walt a bit,” he said. ‘Don't look at lh Stonor. Your blushes, my love, are betraying | face yet. itnow. You “ What was that?” shrieked Jessie. A low, smothered sound, half groan, half cry, had come in from the open window. | It was 59 full of pain that a man would not care to heir it twice tu a life-time. Before elther could rash | out Robert Stonor stood in the opening. It was a tigure never to be forgotten. Presently she sang a ballad wi that the Major's eyes grew dim. “ Now go. She's a3 and true as her sonr.” The good words of Mr. Lincoln probabty f- fluenc botlt pariles, In a few moaths ti were married, and (he wilon has proved a m3t happy one. 5 “f did one wise thing in 64,” Mr. Line ola sai ith such pathos His handsome fair v or ) Tubbing his chin, as was his wont whea pleased pal or anger, Weal ips trembcke bis et | “1made that mateh."—! Youth's Companion, nd was pressed, with the familiar > Sr 2 ture, uj its heart, Ca ae “ ARE You the sateswoman of whom I boar Ubts handkerchief yesterday?” asked a pare ia ‘ser at one of our dry goods s‘ores. “I am the saleslady who served you, madam,” respon431 “ False, false that you are!” broke at length from bis bloodless ips as he selzed Jeasle with | = mu _ Higher Eat me you did not care ‘You told me—” the reduced Empress in bange.t hatr, long wateh A pause, 7 and with a frightful chain and ringed fagers, Wao presided at tie shiver, he fell ‘on the ‘carpet. Robert ry counter. “Weil, sald the customer, “1 will but was not quick take a dozen more, and as 1 wis’ toget then to enough to quite save him from it. Jessie few washiady at oue, I will get you to send the n from the room for assistance. = ton aroid the corner. My ¢a12'- “Robert Stonor here!” cried the bewildered gentleman cannot zet to the door just now for Mrs. Chassdane. “I thought he was contined | the cart of the ash-gentlemun.”—{Bor. Cun. 0 is chamber at home.” Bulletin, | Denezits, in stabte cc | hairpins ent and her | how ft looks In print, and this. ; thee all night! and murmuring” sometiin¢ | reads placidly on, his feet acrc | he sits down to warm his fe | hinaself. and ab: | locusts, pounding na | even bravery of a certain sort. ‘Thus, they wil | yards of him, w ; cover of ascreen made of th | nothin; | Possible to civilize these st ages and the Cost of Livin Comparing the present inarket prices of atl the arcicies of necessity and iuxary that cow make up the cost of living, with the prices that cbiained when wages were hizaer, it will be Seen that wages have fully held their owa. Aad if men will me comparison with re- gard to men 2 fifty, a hundred years thanks to cheaper and 1 duction and carriage throug tion—in every ¢€ nt of livin elothing. food, las ingman of to-day has Lis father, grandfather or ¢ And he enjoys a mult nd purchases, tweaty, , Chey will see that we rap.d ie nal - ou ‘at-granc ude of privilezes ment. mal tid: utd protection, gratuitous ed: children, free medical atten: lighted streets, and other unt pure water, xed advantazes neestors hever dreamed of oF hoped Hit was are higher and his money Ww iy more, ar for dollar, than his father’s would. We do not say that. the real as wellas the lative cost of living is not advanced bd; step forward in civilization. For ten @ an KE India Islander, according to W. t him a year: and less lal supplied with the limited clothing he needs. man needs more clothing here, and a great variety of food; yet when It comes to the a mall pi hin it hima shanty in Watdea woods and lived a year in it at a total cost of tent seven dollat and never proached either qualor or starvation. The experinent iue only in that it proves it possible f0i man to get as much bare living here for ag amount of labor as a Polyneslan can. If one man wants more—and very properly most m: do want more—one must work for it; and our elvilization happily offers at once more oppor | tunity for labor, and infinitely more to be hit for the proceeds of such labor, than have bean attainable in any other land, under any ot ier social or Industrial conditions. And we doubi whether there was ever a time when industry and economy—using the term in {ts true seas: Of jud.clous management—would or could ha met With a surer or more venerous reward than in our own land to-day. ientific America, How a Man Goes to Bed. Speaking of how a man goes to bed, an ex- change says:—*-There’s where a man has the advantage. He can undress in a cold roon have his bed warm before a woman ha hoes untied. ‘Im going to bed, my dear. 1's half-pa No reply. ‘Now, John, you. know. you always late in the morning. Do go to bed” -Yes, ina minute, he replies, as he turns tae paper inside out and begins a length article headed the ‘Louisiana Muddle.” Fifteen min- utes later she calls t) ecme to bed and don't keep the gas burni about “the bill being big enough now,” she cie ps between the cold sheets, while Joha S the piano- stool and a cigar in his mouth. By-and-by etches himself, throws the paper on the floor, and, seizing the shaker, proceeds ty tat vigorous exe ‘oal Stove, Just at this stage a plea voice inquires: * For for bed y don't you Then he d pining. alone} mal needed, SCOVETS 1 n manufacture or earn sago cakes eaourh to | r Will keep him | { IMAGINATION, AN EXTRACT YSOM TSF NFW “MIDSUMMER SIGE I's purim ‘The lunatic. the lover, the politician Aud the poet are ot imaciaation all compact. One cees more devils tau cold stand On a ten acre lot: that’s the madman. » All as frantic, and in every way bie for a pare ta Lunatic aaylum, sees Phun)’ beanty i f Exyyt. iesrs hem voice that! om the + yellow fever, nk h's champazne And swears hi From ber shoe. ‘The politician 3 the horoseay Oyer the field, sad eos whore hie party Lave enormous gains, but does not ‘The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Dotu glance from heaven te earth, from earth ‘To heaven, Thence to the rhym ng dictionary ; Ana a8 imagination bodies forth .° forme of things unknown, the poet's pen ‘Turns them to shapes. and gives to airy nocing local habitation and a name ‘Then he takes it around to the editor, Says he scratched it off ina hurry, But that it wiil do to fill uy, And gets kicked down stairs for his pains. (0d City Derrick. ee Rules and Heasons. then to the pre 1, Write upon one side of ue leat only. f2 Because itis often neces Ty to eut the | paces inte “takes” for tie ¢ positors, and this cannot be done whea bot des are writ- ten upon. 2, Write clearly and distin, belag par- ticularly careful inthe matter proper and words from foreizn langua s. Why? cause you have no right to ask — ither editor or compositor to waste ‘his time puzzling out the alts of your seltish carelessm 1 Because the compositor has to read it his case ata distance of near two feet ecause the editor often and other . Don't begin at the very top of the firs: Why? Because if you have written your article the editor will prot nt to change It, and it you have not— is the better Way—he mast write one. Best he wants room in which to weite his instru: “twrite in a microseopic hand, Why? | crass ants to mal | tions to the printer as to to the type to be used } rom the bedroom: “Joun, When that tssupplied and rattled intothe stove’ | «Next he slowly and as he stands se ntly gazing on the ing over the back of the chatr, that the clock is not wound is attended to he wants a drin ‘ay he prome when he returns his skin resembles picked chicken, and once more he S himself before the Tire for a last ‘wari As the clock strikes twelve he turns out and with a flop of the bedclothes and smodic shivers he subsides, No, no! be: ns to undre meni dan: remembel When tbis water, and yet; he forgets to see if the front door locked, flop of the bedclothes brings forth the remark: ‘Good gracious! if Wat man aint enon: h to try the patience of Joby setting her teeth hard, she awaits the final flop, with the accompanying blast of cold alr, and then quietly inquire: ‘Are for the night ‘o which he replied by mutter- ing: “If you ain’t the provokingest woman Poisoned Waters of the Gulf. FROM WHICH COLERIDGE'S ANCIENT MARINE? MIGHT HAVE DRAWN A PICTURE. Our smack fishermen are nearly disconraz with their fll luck. For over two months tli have been unabie to get live tish to Havan: they all die on ching the putrid waters of t bay, which has now extended over one hundred and fifty mfles Into the Gulf of Mexieo. The smack George Storrs, Captain Reb Allen, at- tempted to rin to the westward in hopes of ¢s- caplng the deadly waters, and when fifty mule west of Tortugas, in twenty-five fathoms wat lost his whole fare of tish in a very short ttm He describes the poisoned water to the soui!i nd west of himas far as he couldsee. The rgest fish, Suc 3 Shark, jew-lish, and turtle, were floating around his vessel. He poinied lis vessel eastward and entered our port o1i a3 | Tuesday last, alinost disgusted. On Saturd iy last the water had appeared near the northwest ght-house, with its thousands of dead fis floating like tufts of cotton over the sea. Gn Monday and Tuesday the water was dott With dead Portuguese men-of-war, but ui Wednesday did the dead fish appear in sig ii The stratas of dark reddish water pass-i through our island channels, carrying cn 1s | surface fish of all kinds—many of them of tiv largest spectmens of sharks, jew-tish, bar couta, grouger, grunts, interspersed with a few kinds of the fresh-water varieties, such as tii: mud-eels, bull-head cat-fish, breem, perch, e° The fresh-water fish, eels, etc., are found ii Lake Okeechobee, Kissimme river, and Fish- Eating creek. As these dead fish approached our w! able, and many plans were attempted and suz- gested to keep them In tide water. Had this oceurred in the heat of summer a plague must have followed. It is even yet feared. ‘The fish are dying in our harbor, and no one knows where this great evil will stop. Our Fp are large fish eaters, and, if deprived of this cheap class of food, there must necessarily be much suffering. —[Key West (Fla.) Key. Bushmen. Their specch is a series of clicks, intersperse 1 here and there by a harsh-sounding and utterly unintelligible guttural. In default of better food, the Bushmen will eat snakes and other reptiles, and they make a kind of bread of di them between stones, ani kneading into cakes the mealy substance ts produced. Although these diminutive savazes present qne of the lowest forms of humanity, the South American Botocudo being, perha yeta degree nearer to the animal ty are possessed of a good deal of cunnl not only stalk game of the smaller kinds, b’ even the lion itself, keeping carefully to! ir ward, So that their scent shall be unpercetyve4, and, creeping upon their bellies to within a en they will let fly one of Uny poisoned arrows, and the doom of the kin of beasts 1s sealed. In hunting the ostricii, they contrive to get sufliciently near it unde: in and feathe. of the same bird, which they advance by a grees, moving the head or neck cleverly in fm tation of one of them feeding. The Bushm: are a very revengeful litde people, and thin of ham-stringing a whole herd of catt in retaliation for a real or fmaginary grievan and on account of their deadly, although inst hifieant-looking weapons, the Boers are much afraid of them, and shoot them down like dass when they get the opportunity. And yet it Seems as if it ought not to be so absolutely im- e creatures, WhO are clearly not devoid of intelligence, their cave dwellings being constantly found adorned with spirited dra of the animals of the Veli‘, traced with some kinds of colored clays and piz ments that seem to defy the effects of time.— [The Spectator. RosEwoon.—It has puzzled many to decide why the dark wood, so highly valued for pianos, and in these times so cleverly imitated, shold be called rosewood, Its color, certainly, de: hot look like that of rose. but when the tree first cut, the fresh wood possesses strong, rose- like fragrance; hence the name. There are a half dozen or more Kinds of rosewood trees found in South America and in the East Indies and neighboring islands. Sometimes the tree: grow so large that planks four feet broad an ten feet in length can be cut from them. Tne broad planks are peinepally used to make tos for piano-fortes. When growing, the rosewood tree is remarkable for its uty; but such fs its Yalue in manufactures as an ornamental wood that some of the forests where it once ge abundantly, now have scarcely a single s: men. In Madras the government has prudé:!ly had great plantations of this tree set out in or- Ger to keep up the supply. A STATEMENT Made On the authority of M: Neal Dow has been published, charginz M Spurgeon, of London, with drinking be brandy and wine. The Rev. Mr. Farrar, of ‘Troy, writes to the Times of that cliy conve ing the statement, saying: “While in London. f attended Mr, Spurgeon’s church, Sabbath, 10, and heard preach a most excels mon. After sermon, together with s2vecai | American preachers, we sought and readily ob tained an introduction to him in his private Study. He gave us a hearty greeting and tatced most familiarly of our peopie aud country. We oes of the ple temperance work goin on at home. he was very much interes el aid among other things he said, ‘I thank Gd Tam a total abstainer.’ Now, I deem this due to ou Of the greatest living preaciers of the g)3 el.” Delaware and Virginia are the only ty. States that have oficially ad pted tae wat! Post. s@-The average insane of [risa soa. t ers is $536.but 96 Of the Wtal number have €6s0; 362, $160; 3, $355; and the re $15. These are mea. Female tezchers h: Trom $525 down 10 $225, settled | les to the kitchen | | Well qualified to rves the stench became almost intoler- | ! i } i | eause ft madden: | shouid not have been able where and when the proof fs to be sent, ete { 5. Never roll your matiuseript. Why? Be- and asperates every one who touches It—editor, compositor and proot- reader. 6. Be_ brief. Because people ae long sto The miumber of reade ny tivo articles have is inversely pro- portioned to the square of their respective lengths. ‘That {s, a half column article 1s read asmany people as one of double Why? by four time that length, Have the fear of the waste basket eon- ntly and steadily before your eye E i save you a vast an of paper and posta S$ write your fall name and address aiinly at the end of your Why? use it willoften happen that the editor wi ant to communicate wit you, and because he Ss Lo know the writer's ham guarantee of good faith. Ifyounse a psendonyin or ini tials, write your own name and address below | it. It will never be divulged. hese precepts in thy memory keep,” and, ar you might forget them, cht them oui put them where ran readily ran n tempted to spill Innocent tw A Massacre Apprehended. In view of the threatening aspect of affairs ix Natal itmay be as well t population in (iat colony does not me nl 20,000 OF 3H who live in the mid: mumber of Kaftirs, ; 2r plantations up country have been abandoned, and the danger ts felt to. be imminent even within a few miles of Dar- ban. An attempt is bemg made to drill and , utilize the Kaflirs in the colony, but this ts. rr garded asa dangerous poliey by some who. » judge; and there are, be e, no Fingoes at present in Natal. ‘The eol- onists are, Of course, preparing to fight to the last fer their ves and property; but there seems a general opinion that if Céetew: takes, the tleld the outlying part of the country will to be abandoned and all the effective s be concentrated within a narow area. The question of cost necessarily enters into thi matter, and the colonists urge that ft will b: out of the question for them to pay the ex- pense of the war. Ithas been brought on (so they contend) by imperial mismanagement, and ruin stares them in the face if they ar Hed upon to pay, whether thegwin or lose. What niakes the Worse for them is that the country ha suffered from a_ terrible drought. In short, the position is a bad one. m the other hand, it may reasonabiy be hel that, as the colonists do own the count European inhabitants of South Afric make common cause 2 and not try to saddie the mother country this time of depression with the expense, ta mon is well as in blood, of keeping their ter- ritory free from savage’ inroads.” Hoy there fs no time f sument just no} first thing to be done is to subdue the and this the Government must see to. In thy meantime the Portuguese seem to be faring Ue better than ourselves; for although their pay tribute to the tribes there ems A fair | probability that in spite of the regiment sent thither they may be driven from De ay. Alany rate, it is safe to say that the Whole South African question haS taken an | and that the experiment of dealing | on the principles of the most en- lightened philanthropy bids fair to prove a taullure.—[Pall Mall Gazett or Ale ‘EN advocates a union of all of under one government. He Is sure that ee is ready for sucha change, and as to M he says, in the Jadepenlent: “Why not? Her treasures are even more at- tractive and necessary than those of the Do- minion, She has wealth unsurpassed in her many mountains. Our railroads are pressing into it on the north, west, and east. Three or four lines are moving upon it. Its lands adja- cent to ours are fertile and empty, Three hun- dared miles from Monterey to Miatamoros 1s one | belt of magnitied emptiness, richest of pamp: and practically without inhabitants. So is Chi- | huahua and so is Durango. That superb land awaits our honorable asking.” The enthu j Ue bishop finally settles the question of the re- ligion of his proposed country as follows: “The whole world will look with admiration and with awe on the sublime spectacle, and the earth and man be far advanced by that consummation to the fulfilment not only of pagan and political prophee but of those further seeing men of | old who 5] as they were borne along and borne aloft of the Hoiy Ghost, when they de- clared that all nations and ali tongues should accept one gospel. j A Wivowep Bripg.—A fortnight ago the Re Dr. Gottheil married Louls Rossin and Rachel } Rosenfeld tn the presence of a large gathering ot their friends; this morning he will read the burial service over the groom, Mr, Rossin was | a Canadian by birth and a member of the tobacco-house of Rossin « Co. His engagement to Miss Rosenfeld, who is a daughter of Mr Isaac Rosenfeld, a prominent merchant, was 1 event in Jewish society last summer. The wed- ding was one of the most brilliant of the season On Thanksgiving Day Mr. Rossin and his bride | started on their wedding trip to eee The next Monday Mr. Rossin was taken fil at | the Continental Hotel in Philadelphia. For uhree days his wife nursed him without alarm- ing his relatives in New York, but ashe grew rapidly worse word was sent to Mr. Rossin’s | family, who hastened to see him. He rallied fora short time, but on Monday hada relapse and died on the evening of thatday. On Tues- day, just_two weeks from the time of his mar- riage, Mr. Rossin’s body was brought home, reaching lis house at the hour at which his | wedding had taken placé. To-day, at 9.30, | the friends who two weeks ago congratulated him and wished him joy will follow his remains to the grave.—[N.¥. World, 12th, AT THE RECENT ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION of | the King of Italy by Passavanti, Signor Carroll, the Prime Minister, who was ridi riage with thelr majesties, was chiefly instra- mental in preventing the from receiving at least a serious wound. Describing the at- tack to his colleagues, the other fers, Car- roli gave a detail which has not been generally known. “It was very fortunate,” said he, “that in getting into the carriage I made a mistake. Instead of placing myself opposite the og as I should have done, I sat opposite the king. After the car: had started 1 pointed out to his majesty mistake I had made, and wished to cl my seat, but the king me not to do it, but to stay where Iwas. I had not been —- the king I trom the blows of the assassin Wi ciously from the blows of a who would probably have also attacked the younz Prince of Naples.” The Prince of Napies is tie rince-royal of Italy. Carrolt, it will be remem- ered, Was severely Wounded by the assassin. Socta.isM IN BEBLIN.—IIitherto the Prussian Sociali8ts have rarely shown any collective in- terests in the municipal elections. Now mat- ters appear very different, and the socialist dep- uty Hasseiman announces a new paper und2r ms tile of reo he Aad t Ces = ieichshauptetedt. During 2 3 the number ot votes givea in Beriin for soctal do. ocrats have steadily tacreased, as follows: 153i, 69; 1871, 1.961; Sid, T1Y7 8; 177, 31,522; 1N78, 54,335, According to the suspended Berliner Freie Presse $4,000 pamphlets of a soclalisilc teadency have been sold inGermany during the [oot year. Ove central committee in Berlin had transactions to the arnout of £10,000, and had paid £2,709 for printing paper alone.—{ Laadou Tomes, in the car- §*"Now for many years has snow faliea so popiously as dating the close of last moat on he hizbest Alps. passes across Mant S*. Gothard, Bernasd and Simplon were closed w travel, and the malls had to be seat by che aiount Cents tunnel, ‘ Collins, F. 1 Conger, O. D.. | Cravens, J. | Forney, W OFFICIAL Dit OF Sem tors, Represents their w. A. Whee! Ail x eTOR,, Cockrell, Conkiiny Conoy 's. Davis, David. HL avis H. G., Daw R., Md., Baltt wuunds, G Eustis, J. B. L. Hanlin, # Harris, FE. G. Hereford, ; 110, Benjamin 1. | Hoar, G. F., Mass.. Lio) MeDonaid, Merrimon. Mitchell, Morgan. Ransom, Randolph. Roilins, Waliace, \ White, W Atki J.D. Bacon, Wd. Bagley, G fey, J. M Raker W. 1 Ballou, L. W Bayne, T. M. Beebe, George M. y Georgia, National Bell, H. P. Benedict, Bicknell, ¢ Bisbee, Hor: Blackburn, plount, J. 1 Boone, A-R. Boue Boyd, T. Bragg, E. Brentano, Lorenzo, M., $28 7th st. nw. Brewer, M Buckner, Bundy surehard, H Burdic Butler, Cabell, ¢ Cain, R. camp, Chalmers, J Chittenden, Claflin, William, M: Clark, A Clark, J. B., Clarke, J. B., Clark, Rush, Io Clymer, Heister, Pa., Cobb, T. R., LL CoSiG, eron, Angus, W! free, J. B. ‘oke, Richard, Te: dannival, Me ery, T.C, Browne, T. M., Ind., 150 A st. ne. M TORY i &e., with Kesiaences in Weshing on. SENATORS, ter, President, Ki 2 Ve TOOL St. may 1sth St. now. st. nw, LIst. nw, ton Hotel. D., Pa, 1 B., Fla. Arlington Hotel . 4 Lafayette square. W F., Vt La., Wi Ries House, . Witlard’s Ho! hs F St. naw d's Hotel. St. nw, Va_, National Hotel, ington Hotel, ‘Ten nk, ropolitan Hote’ 409 K st. nw. End Hotel, 610 i4th st. naw ational Hotel. Arlington Hotel. S, 413 4th st. nw, Metropolitan Hotel. 607 Pst. naw, SL. Rw. tW...N.C., Metropolitan Hote! FN SSAC] SALTS ast Capitol st, De Sales st. 4th st. mw, mal Hotel. ave. 1M st. naw, Ohio, 1017 14th st. now, Ind., 1525 Ist. naw n., pltol st, ssistant doorkeeper, 15 hief cler 61200 st. xecutive » 1112 1th st. naw. ont-avenue, St. lw. 326 F st. Cc. hgton Hotel. iirston Hotel. Dy a» Bay Hotel. Rigys Hous A., Ind., 211 North Capitol Y fo, jr., Florida, 1326 F's y's. -, Georgia, National Hotel. 2 Ky st. nw. , Gabriel, Wis., Arlington Hotel, Til, 1412 G st. now, Wis., Arlington Hotel. Wetropolitan Hotel. Y., Washington House, . Cay TUL, 182 St. yal Towa, 705 11th st. n.w, .. Ky., 29 Grant Place, Tenn.. 902 H st. naw. Ind. 601 13th st. no |. H., Arlington Hotel. Camp dell, J. 1321.cor, 14th st. & Candler, M. A.. Georgia, 340 C st. ny , Cannon, J. G., TIL, National Hotel, Carlisle, J.G., Ky., Riggs House. Caswell, L. B., Wis., 1407 F st. now, M . B., Ebbitt_ House. » Vert ave. & I si N.Y aw 2 La Fayette Place. . J., Sherman House, Jr., MO., 1303 F st. now, » Ky., 1322 G st. . 310 India na avenue, 1 St. Rw, Ind., Cutler House, Cole, Nathan, Mo., Riggs House. Pa., Metropolitan Hotel. jichigan, National Hotel, Cook, Philip, Georgia, Kiggs louse. Covert, J. V Crittenden, T. Culberson, J Cutler, A. W. Danford, Lorenzo, Ohio, Y., Ebbitt House, |. D., Ohio, Hamilton House, N Congressional Hotel. Mass., Wormley’s Hotei. Ark., 221 3d st. n.W. Mo., 13 Grant Place nw. ‘Texas, Imperial Hotel. B., Towa, Ebbitt_ Hous J.. Washington House, 209 F st. now. D. Davidson, R. 1. M., Florida, National Hotel. Day Dean, Ben: | Deering, N. Denison, D. Dibrell, G. G: Dickey, H. 1 ‘KON, Ellsworth, ¢ wans, I vins, J.B HL, Cal,, 1516 I st. nv | Davis, J Errett, Russell, Pa., 222 ans, J.L., . 8S. C., National Hotel. wing, Thomas, Ohio, 419 6th st, n.w. ro C 3 Indiana avenue. Dougias, B. B., Va., New York Avenue Iiotel, Dunnell, M. H., Miun., Sr. James Hotel, Durham, Jey, 9th st. new, Dwight, J. W., , Arlington Hotel, | Eames, B. 'T. I., Wormiley’s Hotel. Eden, J.R. imperial Hotel. y Es Meyer's House, C St. nw. John, Ua., Riggs House. Michigan, 44 II st. now, st St. S.e. Pa., 509 12th st. nw. Ind., 910 F st. nw. Felton, W. H., Georgia, National Hotel. Finley, E. B. Fort, G. L., Ohio, 614 13th st. now, .. Ala., Ebbitt House, NIL, Riggs House. Foster, Charles, Ohio, 1407 F st. now, Franklin, B. J., MO., 411 4th st. nw. Freeman, Chapman, Pa., 920 Frye, W. P., st. n.w. aine, 1235 New York avenue n.w. Fuller, B.S., Ind., 509 E st. now. Gardner, Mills, Ohio, 215 Indiana avenue, Garfield, J. A., Ohio, 1227 I st. n.w. Garth, Vi Git D. W., Ala., 505 13th st. n. Gibson, R.T., rk., 929 K st. nw. Ta., 1325 K st. nw. C., Texas, 453 C st. nw. Glover, J. M., Mo., 332 C st. now. Goode, Jol Gunter, T. ‘Virginia, 209 East Capitol st. oy, AB 24 3d st Le Hale, Eugene, Maine, 1408 H st. n.w. on, Hamilt Harmer, A. Harris, B. W., Mass., 18 Grant Harris, H. R., Harris, J. T.. Harrison, C,H. Hart, E. K., N Harvele winlarn A. H., Ind., 334 C st. nw, Hanna, John, Ind., Hardenbergh, A. A., 18 12th st. now. shan at nw. Place. WV M . ¥., Riggs Georgia, 718 11th st. now. TIL, 1403 'P st, n.w. Haskell, D, C., Kansas, 1311 H st. D.w, Hatcher, R. Hayer, P.C., Havelton, Hendee, G, Henderson, T. J. Henkle, E. J., Mt A., MO., 285 3d St. nw. Tit., 868 12th st. nw. » Wis., 812 18th St. Dow. N, aw. Baltimore. Henry, D. M. Md., National Hotel. Herbert, H. A., A! Hewitt, Hewitt, + 337 C St. DLW. 's., N. ¥., 1500 I st. nw. W., Ala’, 513 13th st. now. Hiseock, Frank, N.Y. Ariti Hotel, Hooker, C. E., Miss.,525 13th st. now. House, J. F., Tel i. Humphrey, Huntsr M. © tnd Pato. Hubbell, J. Hunton, fehigan, 1235 New York a ja Se Arlington Hotel |. N.. N. BEng oy Virginia, 1103 G st. now. Maryland ave ne New Vors ave nw hk 3, Rewlan . Metropolit =F st. now. . Riggs Hoa 40; Bast 7 Fst. nw, ~ Im Miss. Nat Mato, Eubitt House, K St. nw 0 12th st Wiitiam, ir. A.. Ohio, haw, @. Tex: Mirehel. J7 1. Pal. | Money. 1D, Miss, ws, Cato. .. Mo., » Wiltard’s ational Hotel Totel, 1G st. now, House: nw, uw, WS TUN St. nw Ss New York avenue. ith st. now, res House. am, Towa, st. nw. ALL... Ving St. Mares, aN. J. sth St. naw, Rainey, 3.11, 8.0. L st. n.w Rand w) 4th st. se. ph. 3. ston I Est. naw. i, ¥.. Tenn. MSPY AVE. S.0, Robbins, W,M. N.C, Metropoitiin Hotel, Roberts. ©. BL. Md, National Hoiel. | Robert-on. FE W., Robinson, GD. | Robinson) MLS. | Ross. Mile . Thow t aw. nw, pron. Es. lowa. N, fowa, S12. C st. naw on. Willard SHotel N.C, Metropolitan Hotel, ‘Texas, 549 4th st Smith, A = Sinith, We. Southard. M. Sparks, W. 8 E st. nw. Fst. naw . National Hotel. National Hotel. Gast. nw. 5 Maryiand avenue ue, Strait. 1. WW. | Swann, T Sth Sl. naw. } The pitt House, Fst. now, Th hst. now , Amos, ObIo, nw. nd. M. 1.. N,V. 8 st. maw, nd, BR. W.. TM, 213 4% St. nw, 1%. Vingin Gstnw, +, Thoma’ 4S House, politan Hor ~ Onto, N. ¥., 1822 G st. now. . M.. N.C. Metropolitan Hotel. » COUR., GIS 13th st. nw, Virgiula, Metropolitan Hotel. . Md. 15th st. now, rard, William, Pa., 120 F st. nw, | Warner, L 1213 F st. naw, Watson, L ings lionse. White, i 214th st. now, White, X (., 612 14th St. now. Whitthoi . Fenn., 915 New York are. Wigcinton, P.., Cal, 914 F Willits, Edwin. Michigan, Williams, Andrew, N.Y 1406, ongressional H Zon, Ge) Williams, Willis. ALS. Ky., Riggs Hous Willis, B.A. N. Y.. Arlington Forel. Wilson. jamin jonal Hotel, W. Va. wy 835 15th St. nw, House. ! Hotel. 1403 New ¥ ave.n.w st. nw, VE) AT? .- Utah, b13th st. now, Wyoming, 939 K St. .w. 2014 1th st se, Washington, 226 2d st. '- lakota, National Hotel, uuis, Martin, Montana, Arlington Motel, New Mexico, 1216 G street. ‘Stevens. H. S., Arizona, 909 i St. nw, OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE. George M. Adams, Clerk, 113 Est. aw, John &. hompson, Serg’t-at-Arms, Willard’s. Charles W. Field, Doorkeepe n. James M. Steuart, Postmaster, Alexandria, OFFICIAL REPORTERS OF DEBATES. | pF wm Le. Theo. Murphy, 21 , Henry J. Gensler, 427 1 st. now, HOUSE. John J. McEthone, isis Vermont ave. William Hincks, St. James Hotel, | Wiliam Biatr Lord, Riggs House. » David Wolfe Browne, Cabell House. J. K. Edwards, Anacostia, D. MEDICAL, &e._ JE. BROWN cures Spenmatorrhea, Premature | DD) Decay, Seminal ‘Emissions, Lost Visor and all | Diseases Gf a private or vensreal nature, “Ofiee, 1605 Let. near 1 st. new. _declOTia* 80 REWARD IF DR, PROTHERS FAILS TO cure auale Weakness, In Sud Obstructions: 90 yearsexjrioucs. Ofer 900 opposite Smithsonian. — S020" MAN sussion ON Earth. 434 ough medical treatise, his firmed disabilities may be’ remove ence of 20 years’ study, observatio: al practice: showin i stored tuanhood, etre conditions of health, by overtaxed powers. A statement of obstacles to mar- riage and of the means by which they can be re- Raurecs Sey Masounh Antony aunt salgeens tas cam yan t Broadway, Soyo AMaOy alt theatin M45u00p RESTORED. — ‘A victim of youthful imprudence, prema. Sain every’ Iowa retandy: Thee found calories own hia To a ‘jue ho wil bend a to hin fellow auberere umatisin, Nevralvia, Hestachesnd all sores, pains, iigurien, fo. Tt never faile, t ‘ i } { } i | ____ PROPOSALS. _ PPAsTaesr OF THE INTERIOR, oe My, HUESDAY, December 2th. 18:8, for the Wisti, PAPEL of this Deparaucat, for the “Hee Gee rr oma. to PEAS AND PROPOSE oe Across Pees ont ge be received by’ one andria county, until ‘ulsr, 1878. o'clock year