Evening Star Newspaper, February 7, 1880, Page 2

_ a {For rae Evextxe Stan. THE MAUNTED CHAMBER. (In this dismal chamber Fawr was wou.” See Henry James’. Hawthorne.—Harper's ed.,p.52.) Long years alone he lived and wrought, And here the wizard sat; Still in a brown and twilight thought, And seeing like a cat. A cobwebbed world of airy dreams, ‘Thi, unsubstantial stufT; Yet catching pure ideal gleams, Love, poesy—enough. ‘The painful shyness of the man Wore out, with his known worth; Fame’s chariot came, andin the van He rides through all the earth. But nevermore that chamber-door Shall listen to his tread; Familiar spirits fled before— Now he himself has fled Leaving his books, his mantle here; But oh, the visions rare ‘His maxic art made once appear— Are melted in thin air! JOHN Savany. The Transportation Question. Editor Star:—The unstable, and much of the time exorbitant charges for transporting freight, principally by railroads, but by water transpor- tation companies also, have been, to my recol- lection, a conscious and sore agrievance to stock- raisers and grain-growers, since 1 ‘Phat year and the three succeeding ‘ones, for most of the time each year, J was in Iilnots and Tow. business. The freight rates then on stock and transportable farm products were so unbeira- bly excessive that the farmers’ complainis of them were outspoken, threatening, and intense- Jy Ditter. Complaints were made all over th: country of the recreancy of le them were elected to protect by legisia people from railroad freight extortlons, Sold out to the ratiroad companies, | ng the Ee without relief. Whilst the demned he treachery of their representatives they only thought of punishing the raliroads. They threatened openly to rip up the ralis. A few ears before, when the settlement of the coun- was in {ts beginning, they were a law of pro- tection unto themselves. if,—when a settler after having struggled for years inst priva- tion and hard necessity, had gat ‘d about him some of the comforts and conveniences of homes, and had saved money enough barely to bid off his land at $125 per acre—a money shark at the public land sales, undertook to out-bid the poor settler. the people wrapped him over and took him to the river tora bath. When a treacherous representative returned home a few cold dips would have had a very wholesome effect. I am, however, in favor of the enforce- ment of just laws. At the time I have been speaking of the freight Tates were arranged upon a readily adjustable principle—arranged upon a facilely rising and falling scale. And so sensitive were these rates that they went up and down with the rising and ig of the market for stock and farm pro- ducts, as quickly as the mercury in the thermo- metrical tube with the rise and fall of the tem- perature; with this exception the falling freight Tate was not always so sudden as the rising, and it is strange, too, (?) with the law of gravity aiding. The rising ‘treight rates seldomly per- mitted a rising stock and farm produce market to benefit the producers, but they frequently Suffered severely froin the dilatorily descending freight rates, with a depressing market. This was, every disinterested observer must confes tingly Wrongful intolerable coi dition of these rates. This condition of things has continued from the date named, down to and including the present, excepting ‘the ocea- gional instances when the railroad managers of the competing limes fell out. “When rogues fall out honest men get their due.” But while the producing classes forthese many years have been egregious sufferers, and have been crying out for Teliet, what have their Rep- Fesentatives, (2) state and national, done to pro- vide it? Not one thing. What loyalty to the People who clothed them with authority and power? Really, does it not seem that these place- aeons many times used this power against ple? In 186+ the constitution of the Patrons of Hus- bandry was adopted by the originators of the order, The primal idea of these men was to secure to man, as a tiller of the ground, an op- percunity for the exercise and development of innate social principle, and to surely render available the happy effects of such opportunity and activity. Almost immediately it was found necessary to re greater interest ia the order, to enlarge its alths and to widen Its operations. To buy necessary goods. groceries and farm im- — ae by buying largely, at once ie an added purpose of the order. Clos2 on to this, if not simultaneously with it, cama the project to exert the accumulated force of the order to obtain rellef from long time exor- Ditant freight rates. This aggregated force numbered, early, eonaing to estimate, 1,500,000 ‘persons. rhe order accomplished nothing, for, I know. the common as Membership ‘assert that the high ofilciais sold out to the raflroad compant With this movement of the Patrons of Husband- Ty or closely following it, Congress waked up and the House—I am not quite sure but that th> House and Senate appolnted a joint commitice — appointed a committee to investigate the trans portation question. as if there was a qu of che justhess and feasibility of What was askeil by the people. What that committee did I know not. I know what they did not @o: Didn't at- ford relief in relation to transportation. ‘Tie! action—the action of Congress—seeins to hav ‘been a mere matter of simulation. For several Fans Uwas instrumental 1a getting up clubs is 1 departnents for potatoes, apples, butter and flour, to be ordered 1 rom the west and north, With the view to cheapening the cost of living: but the freicht rates were so excessive and s9 ently, that the produce cost as much as It could be bought for in the Washington mars ‘This was the case when I had received rat ee Se ees ag i Poms ey. 801 ron paper. The undertaking had tO Deabandoned. ortag t ii me _year ago last sprin; aid $28 for a car from Washineton to this p! ace neay 13 miles. I ever had paid before but $12. If I had been in your city to contract for a car, I could have got it for $12. I could get no rebate. Railroads, tn my experience, never have been known to dis- gorge overcha last fall I pafd on a box containing a few Plants,weigting 15 Ibs., from a town on a rall- Toad in New Jersey to this place, $1.63. The Plants were not worth the cost of transporta- tion. Express charges would have been much Jess. Con: of late, seems to have been stirring up this question again. What is to be done? Anything? When? For answer to the last question one instinctively turns to another source, adopting the language of fervent impor- tunity of one of old: * How long, oh Lord! how GRANGER. Tong?” Fats Cuvrcn, Va. How _ the Dog Brought Mr. i iders Hat. i Mr. Ramschueider and his friend August Fite- Macher were out walking, and Mr. Ramschnet- der was boasting of tue intelligence of his dog. lace My hat here, in 1 it under the brush 1 no gewalk on. We urnen this coraer, we Pass down the lane, we stroll by the woods. [send Bismarek for my hat. See. my triend, he comprehends me; he files through the woods, he speeds down the LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. Taxation and Representation. Editor Star:—By this time it must appear to the sober and reflecting ple of this District that the parties now moving here for the resto- ration of suffrage are relying upon past uncon- stitutional precedents and upon propositions that have never had more than a partial rea- lization among the people of this country from the beginning. 1. Take question of “taxation and repre- sentation,” which is now so loudly declaimed, and wat are the fats? Lord Chatham. in bis speech in Parliament on this subject, laid down the doctrine that England had no right to tax the colonies, because they were “the commons of America” and this right was in the colonial assemblies, and in reply to Grenville, who hat said ny are taxed who were not repre- sented,” such as “the India company, mer- chants and manufacturers,” he said. “but they are all inhabitants and as such are they not vir- tually represented? Many have it in their option to be actually represented. They have connections with those that elect and they have influence over them.” Here was an attempt to sustain the connection of taxation with representation as the rule, but a rule to which there were quasi exceptions. 1n October, the colonies to tax themselves. This was the American doctrine. Proots of it are manifold. It was embodied In the constitution, one clause of which gives Congress the power “to levy and collect taxe: ‘The reason of this power {s that Congress ts the representative yof tue na- tion, and taxation by it 1s with popular con- sent. But as to representation in this District, this fs one of the exceptions to the rule, just as in England the cases mentioned by Grenville and admitted by Chatham, were exceptions, and upon similar grounds. The people of this Dis- trict being “inhabitants” are “virtually repre- sented.” “And with far more reason. since Con- gress is directly in their midst, has provided standing committees on the affairs of the Dis- trict, and is thus at all times accessible to the people, who have the right of petition in every case. This is the only view consistent with the constitutional provision giving Congress the right “of exclusive legislation” here. Other- wise, if he insisted that there shall be a dele- gated local government and actual representa- Uon in Congress, carrying with it the full right of suffrage on all questions—(and if there be suffrage at all, there is no point of limitation)— this would be tantamount to setting up a new State here, which would defeat the express ori- ginal design of the selection of this place for the seat of government. 2. But following this fallacy of the proposition. in its application to the people of the District, it is not true in any state of the Union that tax- ation and representation go together in respect to all the citizens of the land. In the opinion of the Supreme Court, delivered by Mr. Justice Miller in the slaughter-house cases, 16 Wallace, rendered since the adoption of the 14th and 15th amendments, the court held the following lan- guage: “Nor is the amendment confined in its application to laboring men. The mandate Is universal in its ebplea don to persons of every class and conditioh. There are forty millions of population who may refer to itto determine their r in the United St Ucular state.” * * “Every person born in any portion of the United Stat a citizen. ‘The naturalized person acquires citizenship of the same kind without any action of the state at all. So either may by this title of citizenship make his residence at any place in the United States, and unaer whatever form of state ad- ministration he must be. treated as a cltizen of that state. His privileges and immunities must not be impaired.” If this opinion be correct, then it appears that we have in this country two classes of citizens, those who are allowed to vote and those who are not, and since suffrage Is necessary to actual representation, those citizens who are not al- lowed to vote are only “virtually represented,” (to use the phraseot Lord Chatham) and yet they are equally taxed with the other class of citizens who have the suffrage. Tails is the con- diuon of things in every state of the Unton. ‘The conclusion from these facts 1s that the principle of taxation and representation going together (if by the latter term he meant actuat representation) is only partially carried out in every one of the states. With what face then can it be pretenc« 1 that it should be carried out in this District, witch is expressly excluded by a constitutional provision? For in the premtses we can find no other result than that sujiage, and consequently actual representation, 1s not among the “privileges and immunities” of American citizenship, as defined by the Supreme Court. Since, by this decision, a person be- comes a citizen “without any’ action of the state at all,” and yet he cannot vote but by the lays of the state! 3. Another point. It{ssaid that the constl. tutional provision has never been held to inval- idate the charters for local government which have heretofore existed in this District. This may be so, because no case has ever been made, to our knowledge, before the Supreme Court on that point. But ‘there are those who have al- Ways regarded such charters unconstitutional, and so obvious at length has this truth become that if Congress, ylelding to the present clamor, shall again unwisely make the experiment measures should be taken at once to make upan issue in some form to carry the case before the Supreme Court and_have the issue determined once for all. SUFFRAGE-OVER-THE LEFT. The Suffrage Controversy. Editor Siar: 1 potice that J. P. Kungie reite- rates, in his article in Tue STAR of January 30, what appears to be a ch: against the Commi Celumbia; and asks, with an alr of triumph. “ How ts any citizen of this District to compel the Commissioners to do anything whatever 2” Ireply, by appealing to the grand jury ‘vi the District, But I still doubt the sincerity of Mr. Klingle’s belief that the Commissioners have embezzled ten millions of dollars of the public money, for if it was so, and he had full proof of the circumstance, bis well-known patriotism and love tor strict justice would have prompted him to have had them indicted, tried, convicted, and punished long ago, Again, Mr. Klingk dwells largely upon the fact that’ Geergetown, Alexandria, and Washington, held charter elec- tons from 1751, 1774, 1803, down to 1871. I do not suppose any one here xo would object to elections conducted on the principles that those elections were—provided there was any neces sity or use for any election—then only thos? qualified as property-owners, free-holders, and tax-payers voted. If Mr. Klingle would like to consult able authority on the subject of universal suffrage, I leave to refer him to the debates in the convention at Albany, N. ¥.. in i821, when and where such learned legal lights as Kent, Spencer, Van Veeten, Wil- llams, Van Buren, Root. Cramer, and others participated. Mr.’ Klingle says that “thirty years ago the negroes of the District were Slaves!” A few of them were, but many were not. There are now many more and worse slaves in the District than (hen; that is slaves to bad passtons “fighting whisky,” to the use of kotve pistols—and, in fact, to all the crimes forbidden in the decalogue! Estabtish universal suffrage in this District and the num- ber of that kind of sl will be greatly in- creased by the intlux or exodus here from Mary- land, Virginia, and other States, in search of “bad whis nominating conventions, and exciting elections, to the dismay of all civilization and good order; and the result would be a necessity forsix hundred policemen. Thea the Police and Criminal Courts wouid be re- quired to be fn continual sessions, and the jatl accommodations correspondingly increased. Mr. Kilngle concludes his article by rather tauntingly saying, ‘ Does Mr. Hunt desire to re- establish slavery in the District?” To this interrogatory, I most emphatically answer No; and, further, that I never was and never expect to be in favor of slavery of mind or body, but for certain classes of erimes I agree with a per- Unent remark recently made by Judze Snell ‘The colonial congress which met at New York | 5, asserted the exclusive right tn | RELIGIOUS NOTES. — An Antl-profanity Society has been started in Savannah, Ga., the members of which wear a white ribbon as a badge. * — The recent attitude of Germany shows that not all ignorant men believe in the Bible, aud not all scientific men reject it. — The anti-Ritualists of New York city have established a new Protestant Episcopal paper, called the Guardian. Tt 1s intel to wage war aj some of the innovations tn Episco- pal practice and worship which are becoming So popular. — The Russian church authorities have sent a | Inissionary to San Francisco, who will goon to | Alaska in the spring to labor there. | —In Texas there is a church which has forty- | five members and holds three prayer meetings a week, Only one of its members pays anything for the support of the minister. | _—The Chicago Avenue church, at Chicago, has introduced the feature of pictorial illustra- | ons of the sermon, to give the discourse act- uality and intensity. —The Baptist Weekly thinks that a church paper is carrying the “personal” business too tar when it announces the presentation by one iunister to another of 9 set of false teeth. — The Evangelist says that as 40,000 of our 292,000 Indians can write, and 30,000 are mem- bers of churches, the fact is proved beyond a doubt that the Indian is capable of being civ- | ilzed. —A Chicago Presbyterian clergyman has been preaching upon the wickedness of enter ehuich late and disturbing the congrega- , and his sermon has had the effect of de- asing the number of tardy worshippers in lis church, —The Preshiterian says that the Indepen- dent 1s dissatisfied with the account of the Creaticn tn Genesis, and that it ts getting quite | s much dis-atistied with the New Testament. | —The new Roman paper, The Aurora, which is understood to be in many respects an expo- | nent of the policy and wishes of the Vatican, is described as being thus far in poiat of typogra- | phy the best journal published in the city. Its lone has been moderate, and mention ts mate that it departed recently from the custom which has long prevailed with the Itaifan clerical press, and gave to King Humbert his title by calling him “ the King of Italy.” —The statement that the Anglican Church costs England $53,090,000 a year has been taken up by the Bishop of Ohio, who implies that the Chureh of England entirely supports itself from the income of its own property. So far Is itfrom costing England $58,000,000 that it supplies re- ligious privil and pastoral care free at_an actual cost of that same sum to itself. Tke bishop compares the case with that of ‘Trinity Church and that of the Collegiate Reform Church, in New York. — A minister near Boston, who was called on to marry two strangers lately. and f2x2, them $45 as change for a fitty-dollar bill, was dis- couraged to find the latter a counterfelt. when he came to spend it. — A little boy in Troy, N. Y., who was sick with scarlet fever, when told that he could not recover, calmly said: “ Well, this world does not amount to much, anyway. I am going up, and up where I am going I can look down and see this world not bigger than a pin’s head.” — The son of the late Rev. Dr. Forbes Winslow is vicar at St. Leonard’s, England. He is angry with persons who go to his church well dressed, but do not contribute money. ‘ When the alm3 bag Is passed to you,” he said in a late sermon, “you look at {tas an unwelcome and imperil: nent intrusion upon your devotions, as an object rather of speculative curiosity than of practical import, and you pass {t with an air of langula, supercilious indifference, down a row of equally well di and equally languid fellow-wor- snipers who do not so much as contribute one farthing apiece to the service of Almighty God. Shame upon you! Would to God that I could raise the blush of humiliation to your cheeks, that I could goad you out of your indifference, that I could sting You to a proper sense of your indescribable and contemptible meanness!” — Theological students all have a weakness for getting married. The young lawyer, physi- clan, merchant, mechanic knows better—know the beefsteak and potatoes must be provided for those “pearly teeth,” and dry goods for that sylphide form, and house rent, and frewood. And so he Is content to labor, and she ts willing to walt forthe golden future, for the cottage and allits pleasant furniture. And itis good for both of them. He hasa stimulus for his energies which {s found nowhere else In nature— and battles upward, not for himself, but his heart’s idol. And she learns to make the most of the products of his toil. The theological stu- dent is too rone to ‘Qepend upon congregational coddle for all these. Young man, show yourself a man among men, and then you will have something to lay at the feet of beauty which would stir the admiration and homage orf a queen.—Chicago Interior. —The following, trom the Catholic Review, 1s astatement of the position of the Church of Rome regarding the public schools: “We will tell him (a correspondent) what 1s the precise position of the church toward the common schools. For Protestants, for Jews, for infidels, in fact, for all who choose to patronize then, they answer fairly well. It is none of our busi- ness to what schools our non-Catholic nelgabors send their children. But for Catholics they will not answer. We are bound in conscience so to train our young that they shall know their faith and practice it. ‘They not only cannot leara their faith in schools where Protestantism or sectarianism pervades the mental atmosphere, but they cannot avoid learning much th absolutely false with regard toif. Tothe ex ent, then, of withdrawing Catholic children these schools, and of persistently bringing fore the public the injustice of taxing a larze minority—which includes most of the only class for whose education the state has nelther right or duty to provide for a system of education which they cannot and will not use—we oppose une public schools.” — The strenuous efforts made by ecclesiasti- cal authorities in Russia, to counteract the spread of nihilism have brought about a bold uttack on a priest in St. Petersburg. The priest a day or two after he had condemned in a ser- mon the methods of the revolutionists, was called upon at his own house by three young men, who said they desired to make his ac- quaintance. When they were announced, the priest suspected their intentions were other than good, and on entering the reception room he took with him an attendant, who was directed to remain while the interview lasted. The young men informed the priest that in his sermon he had insulted “the better representatives of the young generation.” and demanded that he Should never preach anything of the kind again. fie replied that his sermons would always con- In Whatever his duty and his conscience dic- tated that he ought to preach, whereupon one of the young men leveled a revolver at his head. The attendant at once sejved the assailant and wrenched the weapon frdfn his hand. A rescue was attempted by the two companions, but all the servants In the house rushed into the room, and the three men were firmly secured. They eventually found their way into a police station. — Dr. Rolleston’s statement in the London Ties about the temperate habits of the Amerl- can bishops is answered by another corres9ond- ent In a later issue of the same paper. “it has been my good fortune,” says the latter, “to b2 acquainted with several of the American bish- ops and to have partaken of their hospitality on more than one occasion during a three years’ residence In the states, and also to have been privileged to make some small return of hospl- tbat the *whipping-post would be the most ap- propriate remedy.” AMos Hust. A California Gold Story. {Sonora (Cal.) Inderendent, Jan. 10.] e, he d ars around the corner, presently he will back vexommen before Ihave time to catch cold in my head.” But he did not get tt all the same. For just as he flew around the corner a wary though not afiuent tramp. ho kad watehed the circus from afar, was in the act of appropriating Mr. S."uschneider's new hat unto himselr, and Wh. n the dog got up in short range hé flred @ ch.,/-Cold clod, as hard ag a door knob, at that faithi.! animal, with a force that knocked a howlo © of him’ as long asa clothes line, and sent bis ailing and weeping back to his astonishc ‘master. And when Mr. Ramschnet- der and h) friend hastened to investigate they found und: © the brush an old hat, that had lived in more ash heaps than you could count ina week, and so sreasy and forbidding in its gen- R: eral "appea: that Mr. Ramscnuelder Wouldn't touels it with his cane. Far away. be- yond the distant flelds, they saw the sunlight shining on Mr. Ramschnelder’s $5 hat, and the tramp of the dusty highway was jogging along under ft. But Mr. Kacoschneider walked home bare as to his head. which s of the bald, baldy, and he kasn’t got out of bed yet with the cold he caught.—Burling'on Hawkeye, - An Expensive Heusehold. {London Telegraph, Jan. 21.] His Majesty the Emperor of China is just now In a serious difficulty. Young though he ts, he has already to maintain some 70 women on his establishmept in various capacities, and, like every other gentieman who has ladies under his rotection, the duty devolves upon him of cloth- them. This would be a comparatively easy were the 70 fair ones of a re:sonable turn ofmind. But, unhappily for the peace of the brother of the Sun and Moon, their extrava- [=a is pronounced to be beyond all bounds. o hundred and fifty thousand taels, which 1s More than one-half of the land tax of the em- pire, were expended last year in silk, satin. Bauza) Helvet. red and gt paper, and pearls. It Said that one dress which ts in possession of an Empress was covered last year with seed e is sum. Wi hee respect to this \g Tobe there are great searchings of heart. she ‘The most singular manner of being struck with a fortune in prospecting, that we ever heard of, occurred above Spring Guleh, on S#n- day last. Mr. Snow, late of San Francisco, now prospecting in this ‘viclnity for other part! out ona quartz, hunt with Dr. Drake, San Francisco. ‘They were returning home, it being stormy, when Snow (who was riding a horse belonging to John Neale, of the Spring Gulch Mire), along the Wi nly missed by his companion. Snow’s horse had slipped off the bluff and down he went at an angle of 45 degrees, horse. rider, and rifle, (which he gripped firmly in his hand). rolling over and over in tae snow, until he brought up against a mass of stone standing up out of the show. {ts top covered with moss, He was not hurt, as the cold. soft cushton had saved his bones from the hard ground beneath. Scramb- ling up against the rock.he noticed that it was a quartz lode.and that where the horse had acci- dentally kicked off the moss something glittered. His eyes “bugged” out, but he did not ‘stop to brush them off, his hands were too busy claw- ing off the moss. Darkness coming on, he hai only time to break off a few specimens, whica re filled with pure ore. One small (oar AX. three- oa 4 a hibited in town, was estimated to quarters gold. Tons of it are, apparently, st awaiting its owner. Snow says the veto ts about 30 feet thick, and in his impulsive gener- osity he gave away several shares of his vein soon after. He told us that he “would not Jook at $25,000 for his interest.” It is, without, doubt, the richest mass of s0v- tality to them when they visited this country forthe late Pan-Anglican congress, and I do not remember to have met at the dinner table a single total abstainer among them. I especi- ally call to mind a most pleasant dinner party given some years ago by a bishop in the south- ern states, and at which three other bishops and elght clerzy were present, when ‘cocktalle were han‘ed rownd before dinner and the cigar- box atterward, and two or three different wines were on the table.” The Pull Mall Gazette makes ‘Unis comment ‘Sydney Smith could not imag- inea bishop flirting. But a party of bishops fortyfying themselves with ‘cocktails’ must be asight for curates, and a thing not readily con- velved of by any one who is not a divine.” — The Sunday schools of our country are suf- fering from a new deluge of hymnological and musical swash, the effects of which are seriously felt in the banishment of really hymnsand tousic and the introduction of jingling stuff, which is so unsatisfying that after a few weeks of practice it is thrown aside. A few years ago the Sunday: school children were made to sing compositions whose leading feature was their g inappropriateness to all occasions of religious service. The severe criticisms which were made in regard to this class of rubbish in- duced the Writers to switch off to anu entirely different caurse. They meandered into the weakly sensational and the mildly common- place, Fortunes have been made from the sale Sunday school music and hymn books, and in sufficiently enterprising hands a popular pubil- cation ts a mine of wealth. It 3 not to be denied that in some of the new books there are gems of sacred song and music which will compare well with any ever furnished for religious purposes. There is no wisdom in decrying all modern | Panton study. THE HOUSEHOLD. Movory CLora, much improved, will be among the fashionable spring goods. PARIBIAN Pian ScmEea are made of frosted gies, engra’ monograms, butterflies and “ether Oddities, and mounted in gilt bamboo frames. PLANTS IN HANGING BASKETS are with difi- culty kept moist enough when watered in the ordinary way. It has been recommended to immerse the basket in a tub of water for a few minutes, then take it out and allow it to drip before returning to its usual place, THE LaTEsT PARISIAN COIFFURE for young aes ‘under fifteen 1s to crimp the whole of tne air, brush it out smoothly, and then braid it in one long plait or braid fastened at®he nape of the neck with a soft ribbon bow. Another | bow is placed some distance below around the braid, and the hair below the final bow is ar- rangéd in light curls. = To CURL PLUMES, put some coals of fire on a shovel, sprinkle brown sugar on the coals and hold the plumes in the smoke. One application will be sufficient to make them as nice as new, Another way; Take a little salt and sprinkle it upon the hot stove and hold the plume over the smoke a few minutes. A TABLESPOONFUL OF BLACK PEPPER will pre- vent gray or buff lipens from spotting if stirred into the first water in which they are washed. It will also prevent the colors running in wash- ing black or colored cambrics or muslins, and the water is not injured by it, but 1s Just as soft as before the pepper was put in. MAKING IMPERIAL MACRAME Lace, which is composed of flax threads, is a pleasant and use- | ful occupation. When’ coarse material and lasge patterns are employed it furnishes tractive mantel lambrequin or fringe for po lieres, curtains and furniture. while if m ude with fine thread and small design it ts sultible for more dainty purposes.—¥. ¥. Post. RENOVATING LEATHER BINDINGS.—We have a Bible dictionary which I thought a pretiy re- spectadle looking volume, until sometime since Charlie presented me with a history asa com- Beside this new purchase, the dictionary loo! very dull. I presently thousi.t of my shoe dressing, and gave the bindinz a thorough application of the same; it really looked nicely.—Country Gentleman, CURE FOR HOARSENESS.—Bake a lemon or sour orange for twenty minutes in a moderate oven, thenopen it atone end and dig out tue Inside, which sweeten with sugar or molasses, and eat. This will cure hoarseness and remove ressure from the lungs.—Front Miss M. Pav toa’s Recipes. A FINE PASTE FOR SCRAPBOOKS can be made from alum water and flour—a teaspoonful and a half of powdered alum dissolved in enough cold water to make a pint of paste. Pour the water, when the alum {s all dissolved, on to flour enough to thicken it as stiff as com- mon paste, bring it to a boil, stirring all the ume, and when It is done add a few drops of oil of cloves. The alum prevents fermentation. and the oil of cloves will prevent or destroy ali vegetable mould. ONE CAN HAVE THE ITANDS IN Soap Sups with soft soap without injury to the skin if the hands are dipj in vinegar or lemon juice imme- diately after. The acid destroys the corrostve effects of the alkali, and makes the hands soft and white. Indian’ meal and vinegar or lemap juice used on the hands when roughened by cold or labor will heal and soften them. Rub the hands in this, then wash off thoroughly and rub in glycerine. Those who sniffer from chapped ands in winter will find thiscomfort- ing. - “Tr THE AQUARIUM needs Cleaning,” says Seth Green, “make a net of musguito netting and take the fish out of it. There are many gold fish killed by handing. Keep your aquarium ‘lean so that the water looks as Clear as crystaL. Feed the fish ail they will eat and anything they willeat—worms, meat, {lsh wafer, or fish-spawa. Take care that you remove all they do not eat out of the aquarium, any decayed meat or vegetable in water has the same smell to fish that it has to you in air. Ifyour gold fish die, it 1s attributable, as a ‘rule, toone of three causes—handling, starvation, or bad water.” Gass INSULATORS With which most lightning rods are provided are useless. If there is a path of least resistance from the lightning rod to the ground through the house the discharge will take this path without regard to the glass insu- lators. The ordinary lightning arrester in tele- graph offices is an illustration of this. The dis- ae leaps across the short air interval pro- vided between the telegraph wire and an earth connection, this air interval could be replaced lass and the spark would still by a plate of All lightning rods should be leap through it. connected with the system of gas pipes and steam heating apparatus, furnaces, or large masses of metal about a house, and then care fully grounded tn moist earth. The best ground can be obtained by connecting the lightning rod with the water pipes if there are such about the house.—Scientitic American, SEWER GAS IN THE Hovsg.—A New Y¢ physician relates that one of his patients, a child, had the typhoid fever, and, wanting a drink of milk, he, with an invalld’s petulance, insisted that his mother should bring it to him herself. The latter complied, and on openiig the refrigerator was astonished at the noizo.né odor which caine from that receptacle. On in- quiry of the servants she found that such sm-°l's were common. Examination showed that the refrigerator drained into the soil pipe. and thit sewer gas found its way freely into the part where the food and milk were Kept. ‘this 13 a comin arrangement in many city ho should never be allowed.—sanitary Eagine: ANGEL CAKE.—Maria D. asks for a revolt this famous cake. The following has beea well tested and always proves deliclous:. one jarge coffeecupful of the best flour, and add toit a teaspoonful of cream tartar; sift ‘it through a Tine sieve four times. Beat toa stiff froth the whites of eleven egys. Add to them slowly, as ifyou were making frosting, one and a-halt cor- teecupfuls of powdered sugar, and 2 Tea spoonful of extract of vanilla. ‘Then stir in the Hour, sifting it in through the tingers slowly. Bake in a deep, unbuttered tin, and do not re- move from it until quite cool, and frost it. Halt- moon scolloped tins, four or five inches 1n depth, are used by the fancy bakers for this kind of cake.—Country Gentleman, | plants and hurtful to the most hardy. AN EXCELLENT RECIPE FOR PLUM-PUDDING.— One pound of beef suet shredded fine, three- uarters of a pound of grated stale loaf bread, three-quarters of a pound of ratsins stoned, and the same quantity of dried currants washed and picked, two ounces of grated blanched almonds, ten beaten as for cake, three-quarters of a pound of white sugar, a Bees Loe of brandy and a glass of wine, half a nutmeg and a quar- ter of a pound of silced citron. Boll four hours. In boiling, the f pect should be packed weil into the mould (which should be scalded and floured), or tied tight in a cloth, not leaving room to swell, as in case of a pudding made with flour.—Harper’s Bazar. Bonsp TURKEY.—This noble bird, the pride of American tables, cannot be easily recognized after undergoing the culinary process termed “boning,” but for a cold relish nothing more acceptable need to be sought. It may be thus prepared: Boil a turkey in as Mttle water as may be, until the bones can be easily sepa- rated from the meat. Remove all the skin; cut the meat into thin slices, mixing together the light and dark aa Season with salt and pepper, Take the liquid in which the turkey was boiled, having kept 1t warm, and pour it on the meat, and mix it well. Shapeit like a loaf of bread, wrap it in cloth and press it with a heavy weight for a few hours. When served Bp itis eut in thin slices. Some of our profes- sional cooks can shape {t somewhat like the original bird, so that one cannot tell at once when it is seen that it is boned turkey; but this requires skill and labor.—Germantdin Tele. graph. RAT EXTERMINATOR.—To the thousand-and- one exterminators of rats we add the following, which has appeared in a scientific journal, in or- der that those who choose to do so may try it, especially as it costs little in either time or money. Nodoubt it will purify the premises and act as a preventive of disease: “In every crevice where a rat might tread we put crytals of copperas and scatter the same in the corner of the floor. The result was a per- fect stampede of rats and mice. Since that time not a footfall of either rat; or mice has been heard about the house. Every spring a coat of yellow wash is given tothe cellar. asa urifier as well aS anexterminator, and no _yphoid, dysentary or fever attacks the family.— Germantown Telegraph. RpinG Hasits.—It ts remarked very often by the wise observers of this age that evel Americans grow more in their habits an like their English cousins, {san indispu- table fact, and in no way do we manifest it more than in our sports. Equestrianship has in- creased astonishingly of late, and the art of rid- ing stands now among the most desirable and elegant accomplishments. The rosy ee fons and vigorous health of the are ly attributable to their exercise in the open air.- There is nothi will give such ragged health and exhilaration to the spirits asa brisk ride on horseback. This exercise has a power- ul influence in mol the character, and is vherefore cne of the best for the young. It teaches self-reliance, banishes timidity, and develops those traits whitch fe integrity and Strength of purpose. The man who can ride the spirited horse, and at ease on his back dash over the country at full spee, has the fearless characteristics that are compositions because there is much common- lace rubbish among them. The lg is that rubbishy compositions are in the ascend- ancy “by a large majority.”—Paia. Times. —A Kentucky preacher rose to speak, and Beported for the Germantown (Pa,)Lelezraph.] Windew Piants—How te Grow ‘Them. A read before the Germantown Horticul- ! tural Society, oy David Glife, of Mount Airy Nurseries } I bave chosen the above subject in the hope that Tl hee some measure give encourage- ment to t of my hearers who desire to cul- tivate a taste for piant-culture in their homes. To grow plants to perfection in our homes 13 not one of the easiest things, yet is possible. I have seen certain varieties of piants culti. vated in dwellings that would do credit to any practical gardener. rool of this, I would refer to the town of Lewisburg, Pa. I may safely assert that this inland town fs a model of perfection in window- | gardenti Pleasant homes and an intelligent community, in the winter season its windows, from the most unpretentious to the most ele- gant, are pote carcens of floral and orna- mental plants. Chief among these are the everblooming Chinese primroses in all their shades, color and variety; geraniams, tuchsias, verbenas, roses, oxalis, alyssum, crocus, &c. In the ornamental are good speci- mens of tricolor, Happy Thought, MacMahon, | and Mountain-of-Snew geramiums; also rieties of bogonia, farfugium, ivies. &c. yun farther enumerate, put would con- tinue by saying that success can only be in- sured by constant attention; there is nothing will sooner show evidences of neglect than window-plants; and by such treatment will yery soon present a diseased, unhealthy ap- ‘arance. Ofcourse there aré circumstances in our homes which are favorable and untfa- vorable to the Wt! plants; so also there are plants which are better adapted for growth in some rooms than others, These are lessons to become acquainted with by the peculiarities of its; for, like people, they have their pe- cullarities, and also, like’ people, they require gocd nursing fn sickness. ‘This atteniton con- eanliness, light and air, va- Sists of, Soa moder- ate supply of food.” Tinight, say farther, with- out care and prompt attention you canhot e pect si ful results. ‘This observanee ts Ln- perative if you would have healthy plants. We will now proceed in detafl with brevity: first, lccation, or situation, sunlight and air are three necessities for flowering plants. Make choice of your window that gets the raorniag sun, in which you may grow geraniums, helio- trope, verbenas and varieties of ‘tea roses. If pee choose a room for plant-culture that as no direct fire-heat, or in other words a room without fire, having access to one that has, so as to keep the plants as far as possible from the direct influence of a dry temperature. A room in which the temperature never falls below forty-five degrees by night, nor higher than sixty-five or seventy by day, will grow ants of robust habit, other essentials being at and, such as moisture, air and sun. If you only have dry stove or furnace heat, provide if possible for sufficient moisture by constant evaporation from a pan of water. When there is an open grate in the room this is not so im- portant, but syringing and sponging are ne- cessary in this case. Gas also is objection- able; avoid its use, as it is fatal to delicate it you would have healthy plants avold high temper- ature and over-crowding. Ventilation also must not be neglected, and if .Possible from the top, as foul alr always as. cends and escapes, and by so dotag you avold a direct stream of cold air on your plants, which is injurious. Always also bear in mind that a forced hardy plant will sooner suffer from the effects of cold‘after being forced than an exo- tic; of course some varieties of greenhouse plants will bear very cool treatment, such as rimulas, cyclamens, calceolarias, cinerarias, kc.; also, some of the choice varieties of our half-hardy evergreen shrubs will bear rough treatment with impunity, and on this account, are desirable for hallways and rooms wheré light and other essentials are necessary for plants of more delicate growth, and on this a count are desirable for such places, so that there are plants to meet all the demands re- quisite for the lovers of the beautiful, of which are the following variegated enonymus, acubla, peri-winkle, ivies, &c; the beautiful red ber- ried ardista, draceena, draco and terminalls, also beaucarnia, auricaria nibar, &c. Tats lst may be increased as necessity requires. 1 will now refer to plants more specially grown for the beauty of their flowers, which add so much to the beauty and attractiveness of home, and in so doing I will say a few words on potting; Ist, my sdvice 1s to use glazed pots, for two reasons, 1, as a preventive of dry- ness'from evaporation; 2, for appearance, not forgetting, however, to use broken potsherds to secure good drainage. In filling the soil around the plants press it firmly, as there is no advantage in loose potting. ‘Never re-pot plants until the roots touch the pot or begin to curl around the inside of the pot. The con- dition of the roots is easily ascertained by turning the pot upside down, striking the rim gently and hoiding the ball of earth in the other hand. The roots of a plant by this means may be occasionally examined and re- turned to the pot without injury to the plant. Soil is the next essential for consideration. Let this be good, strong loam from old pastures, with the turf, made in a heap from six to ‘uvelv months before using. Clean river satifi, de- composed cow-manure and leaf mold are’ ne- cessary. In the absence of some of these I would add small pieces of broken charcoal. Liquid from cow-manure or aqua ammonia, the latter being the most desirable for pot-culture, and a teaspoonful to a gallon of water suili! cient for watering purposes, to be used once or twice a-week. ‘This van also be safely u: for syringing or sponging the plants; for tl urpose {WO teaspoons Lo & gallon of water. itis also an excellent fertilizé for plants that are pot-bound and wanted to continue in health and bloom without re-potting. For mixture of soil for potting for g>neral use I would say two parts loam, one part de- composed cow-manure, one part. -mold and one part sand. For the destruction of insects I would suggest for n fly, tobacco-smoke, to be enclosed with plants under box or barrel, being careful not to scorch the plants by heat, two light smokings in succession being prefer: able to one very strong. Cotton-bug, mealy- bug and scale to be destroyed by washing in warm soapsuds, with a very weak solution of coal-oll; red spidercan be destroyed by fre- quent syringings, water being certain death. Having spoken of genoral treatment, I wiil proceed to enumerate some varleties of flower- ing-plants most suitable for window-garden- ing, in addition to those already mentioned for pot-culture:—Geraniums for free flowering, single varieties—General Grant, Lucius, Master Christine and Madame Nilsson; of the doubie verleties few will bloom in winter, Asa Gray being oneof the best. For fuchslas grow Carl Halt, the best winter bloomer; Daphne odorata 1s a greenhouse evergreen, delightfully fra- grant, and ought to be in every collection; the calla lily, an aquatic pene of great beauty in foliage and flower; culture easy. To bloom the plants well they must have a complete rest a portion of the summer; when growing, an abundance of water. ‘The calceolaria, shrubby and herbaceous, are both very showy plants: the latter most so, but will not flourish in a dry atmoshere; plenty of water, frequent syringings and a cool room with little sun in- sures success, They are very liable to the at- tacks of green fly, which, if neglected, very soon saps the life-blood from the plants. We Toust not omit the mention of the pretty little cuphea platy centra, or better known as cigar plant, from the pecullarity of its flowers; It 1s of easy culture and blooms profusely. Maher- nia or harebeli is desirable for its lovely fra- grance and yellow bell-shaped flowers; blooms profusely, its Straggling growth making extra training for pot-culture. Chinese primrose in its varieties is one of te gems for window-cul- ture, its dwarf habit and profuse blooming making it the most desirable plant grown for this purpose. . For success do not use large pots or too much water or sun. Flowering b3- gonias are stove plants, consequently a warmer temperature is hecessary; the three best va- rieties for winter are multiflora, fushuoides and incarnata; not to be over-potted or kept too wet. For window baskets, brackets and shells, I would recommend first, othonna crassifolla, with its mass of fleshy leaves and yellow flowers. This is suitable for shell-culture, not requiring much room to grow small plants. So also is the pretty sedum slebaldi, with its thick, leathery-looking leaves and pink or car- mine flowers, which last a long time: when in bloom. For this pt se and suitable for a dry temperature are the echeveria glauca and rosea sempervivums Cailforniaca, We must not omit the varieties of oxalis, the yellow being the most showy and profuse bloomer for winter. fortuneil is very desirable, producing runners and young plants Uke the strawberry vine, which has a very de- sirable effect and will form a complete mass of follage over the sides of the basket- Several of the variegated ivies are also desirable—Duchess ot Fainburg and le elegante Delng two of the In conclusion, I would say, do not forget the plants named as suitable for hallways and rooms where plants of @ more delicate nature would perish, viz: The dwart vari green, euopymus, the scarlet! ied arlisia, aloes. yuccas, ficus, acubias, carnias, anicanas, hardy ivies, &. These will bear rough treatment with impunity, and well- repay the raiser for the little care required to grow them. 7 Sleeping-Car Companies and Slee eee ing marcuwera: a wi Is , than in the daytime. ie fact ‘articles OF eo lost or stolen from the Sr A young woman went into an Iowa news- one advertise for kitchen Were I to be asked for | hyacinths, | MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. — Still something else by W. S. Gilbert. This time a three-act comedy, called “The Wedding March,” done at the Park Theater, New York, this week. The cast embraced James Lewis (his first appearance this season) and Miss Ra- chel Sanger, of London. —Carlotta Patti, having badly damaged her reputation as an artist and as a lady, has satled | for australia with her precious husband, De Munck, and Signor Ciampi-Cellaj alone of their company. Chizzola, her manager, is. sadly out pe eee and in fact no one made anything out ofher =e through the country except Pattt herself, who had 35 per cent. of the receipts. — For Gilbert and Sullivan's “Pirates” there has been a sharp struggle among Boston man- agers, The Boston Theater people offered not only $5,000 for the right to play in New England as has been stated, Dut three times that and more; but the shrewd Englishmen are for sharper ins, and the probability is that the right will go to Major Pond, of the Redpath bureau, and that Manager StetSon will get the | chance to bring out the operetta there at his jobe Theater. — Every playgoer is interested in the an- nouncement that the doub!e stage in Mr. Mai | aye’s beautiful new Madison Square Theater, Y has proved, upon ¢ periment, to faitil ali expectations formed concerning tt Half tie pleasure of a good theatrical performance ts too requently destroyed by the tedious watts be tween the acts. At the Madisoa Square ‘The- ater, it is sald, and there ts no reason to doubt the assertion. that the intervals between the acts Will never be longer than a minute or two. A striking Ulustration of the a tage of this double stage will be afforded on the’ op. night. ‘The first scene of “Hazel Kirke” ts exterior, showing a landscape with an old ini at Work; the second Is an interior, which require 'a long time for p transformation will be started minutes. — Wilhelmj, the violinist, and Maximilien Vogrich, the Composer and /plauist, are giving concerts in California. —The receipts from “Josh Whiteomb”—Den- inan Thompson's play—in Boston week before last, were Upwards of $11,000. Special trains » run for out of town people. — Jerome Hopkins is on another mission to pay the debt of his “Orpheon free choir sch ‘in les opening at. Philadelphia last w uls Lure concerts” have for subjects “Histot ft the Pinaforte,” “Generic Pinaforte Effects” and musical Banshees, or an Apology for New Com- —Mr. Boucicault is playing his “Shaughraun” with extraordinary success at Wallack’s, N. —McKee Rankin says Joaquin Miller didn steal that schoolma’am scene in “The Dantte trom Habberton,—he, Rankin, stole tt himself; the fact is about al! he got from Miller was his name, and some raw iaterlal which he and others worked up, —dohn T. Ford's Opera Company, including Miss Belle Mackenzie and Miss Marie Bockel, have been playing “ The Black Crook ” in Balti- more and “Enchantment” in the interior of Pennsylvania with considerable success. —The duke of Edinburg played first violin In the orchestra at a recent charity concert in Al- bert hall, London. —Mr. Daly has achieved another success in “The Royal Midd: ctacuiar, comical adaptation of Genee’s ecadet,” brought out at his elegant theater in New York on Wednesday evening. The music 1s of that bright and sparkling kind which lingers tn the popular ear with pleasing effect. The ¢ tumes and accessories were of the most gor- geous character, the whole effect being another triumph of Mr. Daly’s peculiarly good taste. —John McCullough is playing in New Or- leans; Janauschek 1s starring in Kansas and Missouri; John T. Raymond ts rushing through Ohio; Lawrence Barrett is In Boston, and Mag- gle Mitchell ts disporting herself in Missouri. — Edwin Booth ts engaged for eight wee! under Abbey. He will appear for three wee! at Booth’s after the close of the “Humpty Dumpty;” thence to the Park, Boston, three weeks; thence one week on the New England circuit, and closing with one week in Brooklyn. — Good bills have drawn crowded houses to all the Boston theaters this season. On a stormy eventng last week every theater in the clty was crowded. The attractions were Boucicault’s “Shaughraun,” Barrett's “Yorick’s' Love,” Thompson's “Joshua Whitcomb,” “Widow Be- dott” and Haverly’s Minstrels. — In San Francisco Clara Morris enters in her third week at Baldwin'sin Allze. The Emilie Mejville English ope Company is at the Bush Street Theater. ermann, the Magician, has closed _a five-weel ard. Wilhelmj farewells at the German Thea- ter. Ketten gave two plano recitals at Dasha- way Hall during tbe week. Comle opera 13 being given at the Tivoii Garden. — Anna Louise Cary,the only operasiager who never says a spiteful word about her friends, declares of Alwina Valleria that “such a jolly good-hearted soul never lived; she is the life of the troupe.” ‘The grammar is bad, but the sen- timent Is pieasing. — Campanini has a celebrated Itallan cook to travel with him, and prepare national dishes when he wants ’em. He and Del Puente are both married, and their wives accompany ihe:n and read all their letters. —Capital “Blue Fishing” may be had with “The Pirates of Sandy Hook” every evening in the hall of the San Francisco Minstrel York, a burlesque on the Pirates of Penzance. —The New York correspondent of the cago Tritune finds “a new Mary Ander looming up” from Pittsburg. Her nan Lilian Spencer, ‘ta pretty, quiet. little lady with big blue eyes, and dark hair, who struck me as being about the size and make up ofa capital soubrette,” —In Chicago, Maurice Grau's French Opera company took possession of Haverley’s this week. The “Galley Slave” having closed a very successful week at this house. The Boston ‘Yheater company wound up a week of “Drink” at McVicker’s, last week, and Gus Williams fol- lows in “Our German Senator.” Frank Alken and Genevieve Rodgers were at Hamlin’s last week; “Chanfrau” is the succeeding attraction. Geo. Learock is at the Olympie. Dickie Lingard follows the Weathersby-Goodwin Froliques at Hooley’s. Prof. Proctor gives two extra lec ae on astronomy at Hershey Music Hall this week. At Pope’s theater, St. Louis, Mr. and Mrs, W. J. Florence begin a week’s engagement, opening in their new play, “Prof. Opsteia; or. 3 Million.” This work is by the author of “The Mighty Dollar,” which Mr. Florence has made a success. —In Cincinnati Sothern closed at the Grand Opera House last week; Her Majesty's company will give bigh-priced Italian muste this week at this theater. Collins’ Unioa Square Company Was at Pike’s until this week. Aldrich and Parsloe will be there this week with “My Part- ner.” — Mr. Ole Bull has appeared in a new charac- ter at a reception in Boston—as a lecturer on philology. The Spanish language, he said, is | beautiful; the English is stiff, like the English- man himself. An Impromptu Speech. “Ladies and gentlemen,” said Colonel Solon, pulling a rollof paper from his jacket, “this call was entirely unexpected. 1am not pre- ared to speak, and didn’t Know five minutes fore I was called on that I was expected to say anything here, so I merely jotted down a few remarks yesterday which I intended to make. You must excuse all blunders, as my speech is entirely impromptu and the 'manu- script so poorly written I can hardly read it. Drunkenness Is a terrible virtue. I have known men, after a short career of dissipation, fill a drunkard’s grave before they were three years old. Ihave seen rich men pass the wine-cup around their well-filled tables and their poor children crying for acrust of bread. You see men on every corner who have filled drunkards’ graves. You see men reeling about the streets who, if they had died of cholera infantum, would have starved the saloon keepers to death. As Shakspeare says: ‘Oh, that a man should ut anenemy inhis mouth to commit petty Tnreeny on his brains.’ My hearers. eplury bus— eplury bus—my hearers, the ‘squire has rung tn some Greek On me, and asI don’t understand Latin I am obliged to quit.” Anent Silver Weddings. A lady favors the Chi Inter-Ocean with the following piece of advice: ‘ Never do you We give this advice ling would hope even to gain even a crust in pay- ment for the search of the entire ises from. pee caer MO neresne garrey it tobe. But now how changed! I have com! cl : iH t : : ii engagement at the Stand- | Artificial Diamonds, NOT THE CHEMISTS, BUT THE MAKERS OF PASTE, GEMS TO BR GUARDED AGAINST. Teac {London Daily News.] Rot of the experiments of scienttftc chem- ists that the public need beware In the matter or aruificial gems, but of the cuaning workmen Of varis, Brussels and the purlieus of Soho, Lon- don. It fs not pretended that any sertous frauds are Perpetrated by the aid of the well-known _strass”’ or “paste” diamonds, a recognized artl- cle of commerce in this as th the iast century, and worn, even by day, by many vain persons in apparent unconsciousness that their harmless deception ts easily detected in sunlight by the naked eye. Sham rubies and emeralds made of “strass,” colored with purple of casstus or oxide of copper, and sapphires owing thelr hue to oxide of cobalt, are also not apt to deceive any but the most unpracticed eye; so the lapidary who works “with intent to de- ceive” makes him a “doublet” or “triplet,” the latter belng considered the highest fori dt his peculiar art. ‘The “triplet” is in fsa asanae wich stone, of which the outer slices are made of rock crystal and the middle piece of colored glass or composition. The emerald or sappiiir thus consuucted is of fine eolor, and, w mounted. likely to Impose upon all but experts. Jn mounting his ‘sham sapphire. which may bo worth from thirty to fifty shillings, the workinaa, Is the double joi cious stones among those least acquainted 9 them. When the sapphire ts se a ring the too cunning operator sets a real ond Worth four or five pounds on cit of it. Having now laid out £ 1 bis Venture. he betakes 11 t Se st mmer time, or toa countr. uter, and. tinding himself suddenly i sd fiw aWasgtven hii t grief at bein; Precious relle, but has no and therefore confides It to a newly- KS It a bangatn to get a r 40—or else tries his hand on ‘the more t personage, the country jawnbroker, who, seeing the diamond to be Teal and having’ tested’ the sapphire, is now and then taken In by the reduced foreign gen- tleman, the exile in temporary straits, or by his more flashy English contederate. Tricks of this kind have made timorous people shy of all precious stones but diamonds, which not many years ago were frequently bought as a safe and portable investment. But since the influx of African @amonds, some of which are of such tine size and quality as to sell for £3,900 or £4.000 aplece, the confidence of tnvestors has received a rude shock, ard purchasers are not likely to be accelerated until the fear of the last chemical discovery has passed away. Yet, should even the particles made by Mr. Mac: ‘fear prove as good as he thinks them, the value of fine gems 1s not likely to be affected, unless Indeed he should succeed in excelling the experiments of Wohler and Deville, not only as to quality but as to s £30. fe The Miner’s Lung. What is called “miner's wang? is caused primarily by lodging of the al dust in the | celiular portion “of the lung-tissue. It acts | there as a foreign body, and sooner or later feIS UP softening and disiacegration of the lung substance. Masses of dust can be seen on cutting Into the lungs of per 80 affected. yn: ‘These masses cut ee aga the knife, or sometimes like India-rubber, and are found to of dust and lung-tiss sometimes they are founc bronchial glands whieh exist in the roots of the lings. Wherever they are they set up inflammation of the surrounding lung-tissue, and by and by softening and breaking down of the tissue. In the last c: AVE A CF m of con- | sumptic y s found a | deposit of what, doctor's call tubercle along with the deposition of the coal dust, and then the disease runs a more speedily fatal course | than when tt is due tocoal dust alone.—Great if | Industries of Great Britain. A Romantic 1s told by the Bangor (Maine) Commercial: One day last week a ship anchored in Booth Bay harbor, near Lincoln, on the coast of that state, and one of the crew, a young man named Burnell, whose sweetheart. happened to live near Lincoln, obtained the captain’s permission to go ashore. Burnell prolonged his visit, as lovers will, and set out alone after midnight to row back’ to the ship. But the ship had welghed anchor and sailed away. ‘The poor sailor rowed here and there in his efforts to find the vessel, until finally his boat was capsized and he was drowned. JAMUBL WHITEMAN said “Amen” at the close the family prayers, at Wayland, N. Y., rose from his knees and saw that John Selbeg, a hired boy, was sitting on a bag of choice appies. This was contrary to orders, and Whitemaa pounded the lad on the head with a stick, de- stroyin his hearing. A suit, of damages ‘las resulte 5 in a verdict of $1 ST OF LETTERS REMANIING IN THE WASHINGTON CITY POST OFFICE, Satarday, February 7th, 1880. §2-To obtain any of these Letters the applicant quust call for “ADVERTISED LEITERS,” aud give the date of this & h they will be list. 2 If not called for within one mo: sent to the Dead Letter Office. LADIES LIST. Alchtman OM Mra. 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