Evening Star Newspaper, May 29, 1880, Page 3

(For Tux Eventne Stan. DECORATION DAY. When Columbia's fame had reached meridian eights And her rich empire spread from sea to sea :— ‘When Nations anchored ‘neath her betcon-lights, And hailed her as the source of Liberty — Forth from her Eagle's nest a Serpent sprang And buried in her breast its poisoned fang. ‘That Serpent's name was Treawn. Satan led Its forces into battle, and the world Looked on in horror at the countless dead In ghastly characters of blood enrolled. - Again the Freeman’s fag victorious waved, Rebellion perished, —axd our land was saved. If ever right was right, and wrong was wrong, ‘Then enrely right and justice conquere 1 here. Embslmed in History, and enwreathed in Song ‘Truth stripped of falsehood must herself appear: And loyal-hearted men «hsll point with pride ‘To Soldiers’ graves who for ‘* The Union" died. Make bricht these honored Patriot graves to-day! Frew the rich largess of a world in bloom & and adorn with wreaths and crowns of bay he tender green that covers every tomb. 2 in vain, since Trath and Right zraves uprisen to loftier height ! May, 1840. Iorz. THE SECRET. I wish [ could tell you—I ao wish I could! I hate to have a secret, it burns, like money tn my pocket. it's.an unnatural thing, anyway. Gue wants sympathy: if it's a gloomy secret, somebody to be gloomy with; and if it’s a giad somebody lo be glad with; somebody to talk it all over with, to make mach or little of it with, to conjecture concerning it, its besin- nitg and its end, to dwell upon it and gloat over it. “How tn the world ts one going to enjoy ny luscious it fs: and I woulda’t give a sixpence fer a coach and four ualess lnére were some- body by to see me riding. $)1say to myseit, What's the use of Knowing it If you're not tO Speak, or look, or wink, ff you're to be no wiser than Other people, and let nobody see that you are? And as for me, I ara aiways blushing, and my tongue ts tripping, and I'm sure to be on the point of betraying the whole thing by some- thing I say, and Clapping my bandon my h hy chi h it’s nervous and anxious work, Icankeep a secret if I try, or else when he—i mean she—at least I méan I shouldn't have been trusted with itif couldn't. Some people are so important, with a secret, and go about as it they khew enough to hang the rest of the world. But I never am; Tt only long to tell tt; and Ido so want to tell you this one. sut there—I promised I wouldnt breathe it, and a promise, you know. T wouldn't care half so much to tell if it were only a commonplace affatr, if there Were no romance about It at all. But'there ts, Seme people are so fond of romance—our Ro- | and I don't believe that anything e pleased her half so much that hap- Our Ro- tli of fancies and ideals, nything romantic going, t Don’t you think si so beautifully ma soit fragrant hal her skin so like a tea- a pened tn the regular, ex ly ten years ago, wh ne home trom school at seveuteea—the very day those dreadful soldiers came, you re- et—as she 1s to-day. She four years—that everything about the place Was just as sweet and § to her as it i were a dom she had just come into; and King at this and ex- al that, caressing the creatures, which knew her, every one of them, Tots—just rejoicing in everythi nd T, a little X-year-oid worshipper, Was following her in hen Joration, with the peacock following me; ali at once the lawn was crowded with soluie d@ the yard was full of forage omaine’s ied away, and ail the > Were squealing, c wl were cackling, as those wretches took sion; and some were building fires L nd the rest Were swarming f ulder rst one and then an 0 had cornered mamma e, lung U n this side and on t and in one moment silet man they sink tumbling down the st the hail by wrought the chang r youag fe le bat the eves e passing out, when and eaugnt bis hand and torrent of thay erve hesitating & ed, and her t Temember- grew dazzling, ane ed it, that ight h: woke and looked upon the w And ke turned he ran down the and prese gover the bili. Dut the yard by b Well, nov zed to a ow whether her hei 3 al here were skirmishes in the nelsi- g a great ba'tle farth: e A ms of leu I think she altve he would, and I think him ag dead, an e “things that ev © yrars Won't un “irs more. But Kom: ut. wen he reached home to the city for our is little villa for the ners, abd sometimes Paul comes to us, and sometimes we goto him. A year ago nearly I came beck from school. Mamma sald I was very pretty, but very unformed, and she won- Gesxed what my teachers bad been about to Jeave all this troubie for her, and she doubted What sort of a maatch I would make. I sald how could I make any. with Romatne Sill hangin en her hands? Whereupon mamma said i maine Was the most preposterous girl allv had just let miliio: ip through her tlug and she didn’t believe the Ar would make aby impression began tb watch Romaine, and 1 found an old brass b v jearned what s n interest; although Gult Fs, and to build t ered, by acid: Ain, put of Mrs. Browning’s hatr nd a Shelley's tomb, that brass butt A 's, and she had when S POD a bayo: he fel to her deliverer, came stralgh a red rose, white rose, was faint, a a. Puiade up my 1 T wes £0) grew whl: toget out d about Ri Y,100; LOT sc powder except When shoo: b bad the littlest foot and hand, and ovine obey, anda drag. And he did send to nat such flowers! and if she bad but thrown he handkerebier, there was have given her—cash: Wis to Walk on. and diamonds bright en: to read by. And there was an English eart’s sou, just baci from buflalo-hunting, Who would have made a cyan, tess of her, ovly him Ume enough; and geoaness Knows uow many more of Paul's enums, and Senator Catchpenny, and the regu- lition swells, and Cousin Nicholas. And Romaine disdained them ail—every one of Paul’s chums of coutse, and cousin Nicholas en account of the old family feud that bad al- r nothing he wouldn't nad been gone so | | indentation the | Shall ltell her a ball made this dim | what, if you don’t turn a short Americans; apd bat the dread of a scene with mamma ¢ her behind Colonel Rice’s horses, although I have been glad ot chance; and that 1s the way it had been ure. “T don’t know about your hav! ht to hola yourself so inaccesaibles” said munca (2 her one day, ne ee of a talking-to that sent ‘Romaine out Ye room ing. “What is there about you, that not a man In American, or ther, that I can see, is Dato marry zou.ts ld like to know?” And came here I was pegging away at TET wise I was & Cathoiic,” she cried, “I wi she ci “and hrs go into a convent, and be rid of it “Well, you're not, you know,” I sald, “You're a beauty, and because -you’re a beauty you're expected to marry: and mamma’ll never give you aby peace, aud you'd better do it. What is tke reason, Romaine?” I added, directly. “Why don't you like any of them? There's a halt- dozen of them I could learn to like if they'd only propose to me.” And then Romaine laughed and looked—ob, so lovely!—in all her ‘littering tears and rosy color. You'd never ream Romaine was twenty-seven—she’s just, too sweet for anything! “What's the matter with them, now—with Colonel Rice, for in- stance?” I asked. * Colonel Rice, with his lady-like manners !” “Well, the earl’s son, then 2” “ And be looked down on by his family for- ever!” “ Cousin Nicholas 7” “ A great broad-shouldered carry world, and who spent — driving an imitation matl-coach—oc She blow the horn? J don’t want any of them. Idon’t intend to marry at all. I—I—” and then there came another burst of tears, and she went away to her ewn room She was dancing that night with Cousin Nich- Olas at Mrs. Glance’s bail. The delicious waltz thusic made my feet just tingle. Mamma let me go to a ball now and then, to show people what she had in reserve, Romaine said. But there was Romaine, so listless, so lovely, so in- different, and Nicnolas looking down at ‘her so eager, so Intent, and then leading her out into the moonlight, as if he would take her away from all these people, and into another world. “I's no use, Cousin Nicholas,” I said, when he happened to think of me, half an hour after- waid, and brought me an ‘she thinks you are one Of /es yors Juineants, and she woulda’t marry you if you were made of gold. She wouldn't marry anybody but a soldier anyway” (ali at once Nicholas’ face lighted up), “and iim omly if he had nearly been shot to pleces; and only one soldier out of all of them, Ido be- ve,” J made haste to add, for I didn’t want to ‘age him. “ How much must a man doto earn his ease?” said Nicholas, in his siow, languid way, which ways did seem to make him taller and more Oad-shouldered than ever. He was a hand- some fellow, with his fresh color, his white fore- bead, his grizzled hair curling in tight rings Nk: that of an old Greek head, his teeth gi eared ‘d fa who might his life playing om under his dark mustache when he smiled i didn’t see how she couid help being attracte: to him, being—being fn love with him, you know. “low many scars must he show?” he drawled, “Dees she Want you to w bandages all the time?” And then his ilashed, he thrust his tingers through the gray Mugs, and I saw where a bullet had ploughed its Way among them. ‘That was my ticket to four months oF unconsciousness In a hospital.” | he cried. And then he pulled up the cuff trom his white wrist, and drew his flugers across au “That lost me my sword- What more does she want? m.” he said. that I earry the Five Wounds ul se it | took off both arms and both legs every bight, she would have me out of hand.” “No, she wouldn't,” I sald. “She wouldn't have you unless you were a tall slender fellow whose elashes were burned off, whose face Was covered to the eyes by a torn visor abo: ard by a brown beard below, who kissed her hand, and wore an odd Silver-set diamond crest on bis—I saw {t—and whom she has set up in her shrine for ever and ever. Why, Cousin Nicholas, What is the matter with you?” For he had suddenly burst into the gayest and most uproarious laugh. “You had better tell me, so that I can laugn too,” I said, feeling as though I ought to be angry, but deciding that I could not be vexed with Cousin Nicholas. “I’ve no doubt she'll think better of you when I tell her about your scars,” I said. “When you tell her about my scars!” he ex- claimed, s0 that I started and trembled. “Open Jour lips to her about them, you biessed Hitie chatter-box, and I'l kill you! If she wou’t care re Mme without scars, she sha‘n’t care for me at all” Well, I declare, I never—" I began. “Just take me to mamma, if you please. If Paul heard you speaking so to his— “Hang Paul! Hush! hush!” he sald, drawiag my hand through his arm and holding it. “You have made ine happier to-nigit unan you ever can again.” * [think everybody has gone crazy !” I cried. And then, instead of his laking me to mamtn: ovsin Nickolas’s arm slid round my waist le Was whirling me round the room to the ening Waltz music in a Way that mamma a ‘d alterward was utterly indecent, and that Romaine declared took her breath y. “I should never have thought it of you, va sh: Dear me!" I answered; “you don’t suppose he’s going togo sighing like a furnace for you forever, When you- “ When I what?” “Have refused him twenty times.” “Tve never had the chance to refuse sim once. 1 don’t want to have it—” “ You're atraid you'd accept him, miss,” I ex claimed. “1 don’t want to accept him.” “You'd accept him quickly enough if he wa & slender young officer with his face hidden by a bright brown beard and smooche3 and smirches of powder, driving his soldiers out of the house —the first man that ever kissed your hand, Miss Romaine, with an oldsilver-set diamond ring on his. You needn’t think Ihadn’t any eyes, it I wWasu’t but six years old, or auy me: faculty of putting two and two tog: : “Ob, how can you be so cruel?” she cried, hiding her face in her hands. “Pm Got cruel,” I said. cruel, and silly, too. & Cozen of that fellow that you set up for your- Self to bow down to. Don’t you suppose Cousia icholas would have driven the soldiers out, aud have kissed your hand, tuo?” * Nicholas, where bullets were tying!” “Yes, where builets tying, and riddled el And you don’t deserve 2 » if you are beautiful Bur, ob! 1 do declare, Romaine, when you are so perfectly lovely, and he does love you so, for you to- “iow do you know he loves me so? He never said it.” As if there were no other speech than just so many werds! I can’t see Low you can be so. “Its you that are said I was unfeeling. Keully, Romaine? Are you tn Do you really care for him, just a { mean I could—maybe. But—but then, you know, dear, I—I cant tulk abour it. I feel us if 1 were pledged—as if I were breaking a bond——” “To that other fellow? Fiddlesticks’ ends! You, twenty-seven years old, almost an old tmald, and as silly as that! Ww, PH tell you corner, I'll see and When it’s too late for you, you'll be eat your heart out with envy and rage. There he comes now, and 'm going out to see him and begin;” and so I ran down the lawn to meet him as he gave his horse to the groom—it was only the next day after Mrs. Glauce’s ball. “ve something to tell you,” I sald, taking his arm, and holding it, in a way to drive vexa- tion to Komaine’s heart, for I knew she was looking at us behind a curtain somewhere. “And Ive something to show you, my dear child,” he answered, and he fumbled tn a pocket a moment, and then, opening bis hand just a Itttle way, let_me see a gleam of something Jng—dtamonds—silver-set. icholas!” T erted. And I stood open-mouth- ed, looking Lim over from head to foot. “Ten years mnake great alterations,’ ” what I can do m: ush:” he sald. ‘Do you believe she has suspected?” “Ob, never! Oh, make haste! Oh, do go in! She's tn the music room, looking out behind the curtatn.” Aud T never was so impatient with »ybody In my life as with the slow, careless at which Le went up the lawn and fato the Be. 1 ran tn, half an hour afterward, to get my dapanese work. They had gone out on the bal- cony. and were leantig over the ral together, locking at the sea; and as I just glanced at them there was @ color in Komaine’s cheek anda glory in ber eye that almost made my heart stop beating. “And suddenly I made a dart at her, and caught her hand and held it up. And they both seized me with one accord that mo- ment and swore me to secrecy. And 1 prom- ised: and a promise is a promise, you know, and although I'm dying to tell you, wild horses won't get it away from me, and I’ never, never sball tell you what It was I sawon Romaine’, Dnger. OvR GREAT WanT in social life is a deep and wide sympathy. This it is which enables us to see with another's vision and to appreciate another's instincts. Without merging a par- Ucle of our own individuality, we may 80 fairly ut ourselves in the Pepi of our friend as to feel how natural it is for him to speak or to act as he Sym) like this 13 the only true preventive of those clashes and discords which mar the happiness and sully the purity of friendship. loTHER’s Love is &@ true and absorbii THE M og delight, blunting all other sensibilities; it ts an expanslon of exiavences it the Tange for self to move in. But in after-years it SS ache nue 40 be Joy only on the same terms 8S ther long-lived lov it is, by much sup- ex- pression Of self and ta ot Power of Uving in the HOUSE AND GROUNDS. A Horse will not bite a crib made of hemlock lumber, nor will rats, mice, or other vermin gnaw through it. A Farmer in Iowa estimates that the profit of raising one two-year old short-horn steer for Tarket equal to that on 18 scrub steers which have to be kept three years or more be- fore they are saleab! Pork should never be eaten except in the fall and winter. Veal should be avoided in summer. Beef and mutton are the staple meats. When meat comes into the house it should be at once hung up in a cool, dry place until wanted. ‘THE ADVANTAGES of mulching are not so well understood as they should be. The mulch, if applied after the ground 1s worked, while it {3 yet Moist, will be a erend help’ in time of drought by retaining whatever moisture there may Few realize the necessity of manuring or- chards, When once planted, the trees are to remain on the same soil thirty or forty years, at least. They in a few years exhaust the food in the soll that they are most fond of, and then they wili cease to be productive and thrifty un- less properly fed. No CHINESE farmer ever sows a seed of any kind of grain before it has been soaked in liquid mavure diluted with water, and las begun to germinate; and experience has taught him that this operation not only tends to promoyte the growth and development of the fens bitals> Cousin Nichoias is worth } protect the seed from the insects in the ground. PorasH dissolved in water, or lye from wool ashes, 1s the best wash for the trunks and large limbs of fruit trees. Whitewash should not b: used, as it closes the pores of the bark, which should be kept pep in order to insure a healthy tree, Potash or lye answers every purpose which whitewash would, with none of its objec- tions, SARDINE OMELET.—Take a half-dozen good sardines—must be whole; drain them thor oughly; remove carefully the scales and get, them ary; make an omelet as usual, but thé tainute It begins to cook on the sides place the fish lengthways on the omelet and turn the edges over them. Sometimes a very little chopped anchovy is placed inside of each fish; Must not be cooked too much. PAINT FOR OUTBUILDINGS.—The best cheap paint for out-houses, &¢., 1s frequently asked tor: Muriate of ammonia, 1 pound; concentrated lye, 1 pound; water, 6 gallons. Mix thoroughly, and add lnseed oil, 2 gallons. This will mix with most of the mineral and earth paints. It makes & very cheap and durable paint. I paint- €d a house seven years ago, and it ts standing allright at this Ume. It would be good for shingle roofs. RaDISHES may be grown in a very few days by the following methods: Soak the seed ‘fo water for twenty-four hours, then put in a bag and expose it to the sun, and they will com- mence to germinate the same aay. Then sow In a well-manured hot bed, and water from time to Ume with lukewarm water. In a very short Ume the radishes acquire a sufficient bulk to be good enough to eat. SLEEPLESSNESS.—The following {s sald to be a | cure for sleeplessness: Get out of bed and tal a linen bandage, although a handkerchief, neat- ly folde@ lengthwise, will do as well, perhaps better; dip one-half of the handkerchtet tato water, pass the wet portion around the wrist, ) Over this lay the dry half and tuck in the ends, | so as to make all secure. Lie down again. The wet bandage will be found to exercise a most soothing iufiuenc? on the pulse. This will soon extend all over the nervous system, and calin, refreshing sleep will be the result. THROW OPEN your bed-room windows top and bottom every morning before you leave y room; order your sitting-room windows to similarly opened before breakfast. The tres alr comes In at the bottom and drives out the bad air at the top. When a carpet fs being swept, have the window open top and bottom. for the fresh air coming tn at the bottom dri out the Gust anddirt at the top. Every cle ing day for a room have the window sills out- siae well scrubbed with oan and water and | Sand, also the sockets of the window frames. | Aspar. —Poirrade Sauce,—Scrape each | head with the back of a knife, and tle the paragus In stall bundies of a dozen heads each; Cut off the ends evenly. Put them into a pantul cf fast boiling water, with plenty of sat and in about ten minutes they will be don». Drain at once, untie the bundles, and serve on a bapkin With the following sauce in a boat: three arts of olive oll, one of tarragon vinegar, a ttle mustard, plenty of pepper and salt ‘to taste, beaten ‘up with a fork until perfectly amalgamated. Instead of the oll “drawn but- ter” can be used. A FEW Yass SINCE I had an old pasture that had almost run out, covered with weeds and patched With moss. I mixed a few barrels of salt_ and wood ashes, and applied about two barrels of the mixture per acre, covering about half the lot. The result surprised me, “Before tall the moss had nearly all disappeared, an the weeds were rapidly following suit, while the grass came in thick, assuming a dark green color, and made fine pasturage. Tae val- ance of the lot rematned unproductive as be- fore, but the following year was salted with like results.—Cor, Country Goutleinan, CEMENT FOR GENERAL Us. — For joining paper, card-board, ocr model work, or simiiar articles, a good glue can be made of glue, vi ie ar and alcohol. Dissolve tsvo ounces of te ‘st transparent glue in a quarter of a pint of strong cider vinegar. Let 1 simmer slowly vy lacing the dish Containing it in a dish o1 Ing Water, When it has become liquid, add 01° ounce of highest proof alcoliol, and’ keep tt Ughtly corked. If soltditied by cold, heat in hot water when needed foruse. Diiute acetic acid may be substituted for the cider vinegar.— Chemist and Drug. STRAWBERRY CUSTARD.—Make a nice boile custard of a quart of milk and the yolks of five €ggs properly sweetened. Boll ull it thickens to the right consistency, take it off the fire and put in the flavoring. Take a gill of sugarand a pint of ripe strawberries; crush them together and pass through a fine strainer. Take the whites of four of the eggs, and while beating them to a stiff froth add a gill of sugar, a little atatime. Then to the sugar and cees add the sweetened strawberry juice, beating all the while to keep {t stiff. This makes a beautiful pink float, which is to be placed on top of the custard. SOwING FLOWER SREDS.—In sowing flower Seed a mistake is frequently made in sowing them too deep; Indeed, it is a very common error, and accounts tor many failures in the germination of flower seeds, whereia the florist or seedsman is unjustly blamed. ‘The rule re- commended of covering seed only thetr thick- ness 1S a safe one to follow. Some do not re- quire to be covered, but when sown all tnat is required 1s to press the earth down with a board. This buries the seed into the ground sufficiently to ensure their germination if they are sound. The soit requires to be finely pulver- ized, for if it be lumpy the seeds fall between them, and may dry up before sprouting. Balsams and zinnias, and other mediurn sized seeds, may be covered from a quarter to half aninch. We are referring how lo the hardier annuals, the seeds Of Which may be sown where they are to grow. As we have said heretofore, it 13 better {o sow the seed in boxes and transplant tato the open ground, for in that way stronger plants are generally Obtained that stand drouth better and give flowers easter. But the great m3} of people do Lot take the trouble to d: Where it is done, when the plants out they should be wa weather. ‘The ground that the plants may ri the rain and dews.—Pr Farner, Raise CELERY.—We want to make our annual appeal to our readers who have gardens to pro- vide themselves with a crop of celery. It is 50 delicious, so healthful, and under proper coa- Se ered frequently ta dry 5 10 be kept 10 se, 0 the proper plece of ground need be without it. We mnade the mistake last year of settlag our pens rather too early, viz: on the 10th of July. twould have been better to leave them until about the 20th. The plants grew very rank, and rotted some. They were also caught in the early freeze and snow stcrm without protection. Sull we had some as handsome celery as we ever saw, though, for the reasons named, there Was considerable waste to it. Celery grows best on a rich dark soil, and is a rank feeder. There 1s no need to set the ants In trenches as some do. The rows should. five feet apart, and the plants about elnht inches apart from each other in the rows. ‘The ground should be well stirred and in d con- dition, and the plants set in a shallow furrow so that the crown shall be slightly below the gen- eral surface of the ground. ‘This ts all the trench Uhat is needed. The ground between the rows Should be kept clear of weeds, and the plaats Should be hoed oncein a while, but not hilied up until about the 10th of September. After that the eurth should be drawn around the plants, holding the stocks together with one hand so that the dirt could not get between them. This should be repeated as often as the top makes a gro sth of two or three inches above the hill or Tidse. These directions we do not take from Soks, but from our owa experience.—Luwel! Courier. CULTIVATING WATER LILIEs.—We have sev eral times suggested that those who are fond 0° the most beautiful water lily, or pond lily eis adoraia)—as “wif is not”—can cul- vate It with very little trouble, Those who ‘uckman, 8t. Joseph county, Ind. ve ha a ¢ In the bottom is some of the soll of the a he th water, and have fees = He ae attempt es be en- cours; e follow: account of its suc- Scent treatnant, by Miss Miss It, writes: * We have a halt our yard, which ts sunk even with the ground. taken al de ne lake wae the water a in several It: SS al Ete then awaited results. The next July we noticed en small on thesurface an “ epee ‘ears AZO; each year than in the pre- vious summer. In the fall we throw a little ma- nure into the tank, place some boards over the top, and with this little bit of trouble increase the beauty of our experiment, wi the full benefit of | ditions ts so easily raised, that nobody who his | Of the water; by 4 BIED STORY. Ys strange how lit'le boys’ on ‘fine alrout Se ney do, ty, fellow does nai ‘Or saya ‘enpibing that's not trust ar Jook at you just a moment and then they Know sil boat ie For a little bird tell! Now where the little bird comes from, Or where the little bird Orie If he's covered with beantiful pinmage, Or black as the kiug of the crows, If hie voice is as hoarse as a ra’en 1ieeeeniteees Ow is I at of— A little bird tells! . ‘The moment you think a thing wicked, fe moment you do a thing bad, Are abgry or sullen or hateful, Get wely cr stupid or mad, Or teare a dear brother er ‘\ bat iustant your sent-nee he kuelle Ana the whole to mamma in a wiuate = ‘That little bird tells. You may be in the depths of a closet Where nobody ces but a mouse, You may be all alone in the ce'lar, Zou may be on the top of the houre, You may be in the dark and the Filence, nor oo Soe woods aude dells— jo matter! Wherever it happens The little bird tells! And the gulyicon vance to step him, Ie jnst to be sure what you say— Sure of your facts and our fancies, Sure of your work and your play ; eY Be gentle and loving a3 well And then--you can laugh at the stories little bird tev! =M. E. By in June Wide Aware. Our Goodly Heritage. Within baif a century ten million emtgrants have landed on our shores. They have come from the British Isles, from the continent ot Europe, and from distant China,—ractng to got first to the Land of Plenty. Huddled togetaer and half starved in the steer: of leaky ves- sels, epcountering the perils of the ocean, peas- trating a region inhabited only by red men. struggling over the forest-capped mountains ot the middie states, spreading over the prairie< of the west, confronting the malaria of the south, and crossing the poorening: sands of the pas, the bold army of the world’s adventurers as kept ap @ ceaseless westward march. Instead ot destroying this army, ten Million strong, has changed the whole face ofacontinent. At the outset of its march a water-way was built which formed a connecting link in the highway of commerce between the Atlantic seaboard and the vast territories bor- dering on the great lakes; and with this advant- age the northern coast cities began a wonderful career of prosperity, and New York became the met Topolts of the western world. Spreading to- ward the interior of the country, the population has pushed on to the agricultural regions, and the center of population has moved west- ward four hundred miles. The centers of Production have closely followed, until now the eastern, north-middle, and southern groups of states do not supply their home demand for wheat. The south middle states | have asmall surplus, The Ohio valley has a surpius of nearly half its oF and the more Western groups produce nearly fourfold more than their home demand. Tue wheat crop of thirty years ago was about 100,000,000 bushels, divided into equal volume by’ the sist degrec West from Greenwich; in 1859 the center of pro- duction had advanced to the s5th degree; in 1860 to the ssth degree, and last year, it is safe to Say, the enormous crop Of 450,000,000 bushels of wheat was divided equally by the 99th degree oi longitude. ‘The thirteen original states have | extended into an empire so vast that a territory only 6,000 square miles less than the entire area of those states has been given away to aid in bufiding a railroad system which has united the Atlantic with the Pacific, the north- ern lakes with the guif, ‘and proved a bond of union between the eastern and the Western states, Clinging affectionately to tne coast, and awatting the advent of that vast army of friendly invaders. ‘The population oi halt a century ago knew little of Une exteat or | the goodly herttaye to which they were born,and | had not explored the fertile lands of the great northwest, which are fast making America to the world what Africa was to ancient Rome,— Be eens and Its storeho' eae Having ascertained the distribution and gene- Tal movement Of our crops, iL may next be well to take a glance at their growth ahd present ex- lent. To this end tbe following table, which I have carefully prepared from official’ sources, may prove of interest: Preduct. 1865, Wheat, bushels, 14s, Corn, bushels. .704,. Oats, bushels. ire,’ bushels. Barley, bush. Cotton, bale: ‘Tobacco, Ibs,. Hay, tons.....- 23,5 Potatoes, bush,101,¢: 131,369,000 7 A careful study of this exhibit will give some idea of the United States of to-day compared with the United States at the close of the war: the cold leaden figures tell a story of prozress and development which may astonisu those who have not wateh< e subject closely. In filteen years the production of whea! aud bar- in the United States trebled; corn, ton and tobacco more than 4 9. 2 é 140,040,000 bashels; ' potatoes. doubled, and hay tucreased more than trd.—Rolert P. Porter in Internationa’ Review Jor June, Catching Cold. Some people are always catching cold, even by taking the greatest precautions. Perhaps, ho.- ever, the very means adopted are in a measure productive of disorder, as ta some unguarded moment the bodily frame may be exposed to un- wonted temperature. Of the absurdt'y of belag insufiiclently Clad in retiring from a heated rocm, enough and to spare has been satd, but the Insane practice still continues. Ignorance can Lot be accepted as a plea in that matter, but the London Lanc lis attention to a cause of cold doubtless quite new to a host ot people. Dilating upon the subject, the writer observes that lt is questionable whether atten- Vion has been sulliciently directed to the part the wind plays in producing altera. Uons of blood pressure in localities of the sur- face. In rude health this may be an unimpor- tant consideration, but in the case of persons of low vitality this clng” may not occur, or almost instantly subside, and congestion of deep organs may then be mechanically produced bs long exposure to the force of strong wind. In the old coaching days facial paraiysis was a well-recognized result of sittlag with the face to the wind at an open window. In the more rap- idly moving rallway tage of to-day the ang! ot incidence and retiection He the current of air on the passenger sitting one sea’ removed from the window, or the curren of alr strikes the back of the carriage, and is passed round behind the necks of a y demonstrate Tn all these instances it is the force 4s much as the temperature of t of air which produces the results sometim experlenced from “sitting 1n a draught.” Tae question arises whether Unis little fact, taken in connection with others, may not hereatter be found to throw some new light on the nature of “cold” and its morbid phenomena. Peri ips, after all, “cold catching” 13, fn part at least a process in which the blood ts forcibly driven out of @ particular area of the surface, while the vitality of its nerves is diminished by mech ini- cal depression. A very sniall jet of air playing continually on a limited space will give some hypersensitive individuals a pre cold. The Origin of 2 Well-known Phrase Many persons have heard the question, ‘Who struck Billy Patterson?” without knowing the origin of 1. 1 propose to enlighten them a llt- Ue on the subject. William Patterson was a | very wealthy tradesman or merchant of Bal- Umore, inthe state of Maryland. Inthe early days of Franklincounty he bought up a great many tracts of land in the county, and spent a Pee of his time ia looking after his teresis there. He was sald to be as strong asa bear, and as brave as a lion, but, like | all brave men, he was a lover of ACL, and, indeed, a goon, plous man. Nevertheless, his wrath could be excited to a fighting pitch. On one occasion he attended a pubile gathering in the lower part of Franklin county, at some District Court ground. During the day the two opposing bullies and their friends raised a row, anda several Aeneas ie conesisenbe. ight the beginning of the affray, and before the fighting Tally Patterson ran into the crowd to persuade them notto fight, but to make peace oT Increase in 1sv9, “NS year. 756,000 300,202,171 190 $40,561,237 2000 829 445.7 S53 1,544,599, 5 3 and be friends. But hls efforts tor were unavailing, and while making them some of the crowd the general melee struck Billy Patterson a severe blow from behind. Billy at once became fighting mad, and cried out at the top of his voice, “Who struck Billy Patterson?” “No one could or would tell him who was the guilty party. He then proposed to give any man $i00 who would tell him “who struck Billy Patterson.” Frorn $100 he rose to $1,000; but not $1,000 would Induce aby man to tell him “who struck Billy Patterson.” And years afterward, in nis will he related the above facts, and’ bequeath $1,000 to be paid by his executors ta the man Who Would tell “who struck Billy Patterson.” His will ts recorded at the Ordinary’s office at Carnesvilie, Frauklin county, Ga., and any one cusfous about the matter Gan there find it and verlly the - preceding statements.—Curnesville (Ga.) Regi WASHINGTON IN May.—To Alay is to See Ube City in its greatest beauty and attractiveness. I(s parks and lawns, orna- mented with @ wonderfal variety of ‘flowers and shrubs, give it an appearauce of home-life comfort, such as I have seen tn no other place. Savanah rsembles it in this respect, but Sa- / Vaunah lacks in the extent of tree-planted [ae that 1s seen in Washington. Cleve- land has large avenues with arboreal Hoings, and there are other cities with more acres of Gaiaaa anette ean tot eos of 8 untaios an as ts seen here.— Wash. Letier. see Washington in ——— t2~ The plump, nice-looking spriaz_chickens that are allowed to roam about the lawas io the vincinity of seaside hotels are merely walk- PE Be acinancns ‘They aro not intended for FASHION’S LATEST FREAK. The Lum Tum Dance for the Season ef LS80-S1. [Clara “Belles N. Y- Letter in Cincinr a‘i Enquirer.) A new style of round dancing 18 introduced for every summer, ani being taught by the masters. of an ex wi avenue. It is a waltz, with the femillar waltz time and step fora Dat with certsin characteristics that make {t re- markable. Last year the Innovation was a sliding see that was a sore trial to short legs, and very dificult to do gracefully. It was a modification of the much-abused + dip,” which in turn was a departure from the stCady-circling waltz previously in vogue. Thus dancers have been steadily al the Quit ways of former years, and now we have what inust in reason be accepted as the culmt- nativn, Propriety can no further go in the dl- rection of @ Dalle. It has no distinctive name that I bave heard, but might appro- priately be called the Philadelphia Fitog, De- cause, as J am told, it orlyiaated in Philadel- phia, and ithas the Highland _— Space. Render 4 quality. It is danced by main strength, allied to agility. and grace ts a sec- ondary consideration. Many do dance it grace- fuby, but that 1s Owing to thelr own natural ease of movement. I have broken three cor- Set Steels ip two evenlags’ practice, but am getting on. In its perfection the Philadelphia Fling may be described as follows: ‘The man ts tall, muscular and agile The Woman is slencer, willowy and whoily sub- jective tothe movements of her partaer. He “encircles her finally with his ae arin, not Around her waist, but Just below her snoulders. With his left band he clasps her right, and holds it on his left hip. This brings ner ex- ceedingly Close to him; and she is kept snuzly in that position, not only because he likes Li, but because If he does not havea strong hvid of her he can not take her safely throuza th: dance. She iterally sticks her nose into bis breast or shoulder, and some day « weak girl 1s going to be smothered to death in the mids" oF her delight. At the least, pug noses will b- common if the dance remains fashtoaable many seasons. It is not the correct thing to stani stil in this hugging artitude. Tne dancing Must begin instantly on the couple coming to- gether, and a false step at the start is a heinous lerpsichorean offence. The steps are those of an ordinary waltz, elongated to a surprising extent, and accompanied by a swaying move- ment from side to side and frequently rever- sals, all to rapid music. This carries the couple here and there, now this way and now that, with surprising swiftness. Their course about the room 1s erratic, and their bodies sway in perfect accord, giving them, in connection with the long, quick steps, an appearance of reckless abandon never before seen in social dancing. A | dozen pairs thus engaged are a remarkable ex- hibit, and itis no wonder that cautious mamas divide their forebodings between the breakage ee the improper exposure of their daughters’ es A few years ago. when hoops were worn, such adance would not have been modestly possible, Now, the prevailing style of dress prevents more than # merely bewitching dis- play of the wondrously beautiful silk stockings which are jfashionabie. The clinging scanti- ness of the current skirt, though plainly show. ing every movement of the dancer’s legs, does Lot reveal a great amount of their immediate coverings. \telding her person implicitly to the guidance of her stalwart partner, she is flurg round and round, her feet barely touch- ing the floor. The violence of the exercise is excessive, and for a summer dance this one will prove decidediy unsuitable. Poetically, the woman will come out of it tna rosy glow, with her eyes Hashing, her bosom rising and falling tremulousty, and her breath making sighs. Practically, her dress waist will be spoiled by perspiration, the powder on her face will be melted, and she will gasp for breath like a horse with the heaves. [lowever, she will enjoy the wild sport, whatever may bo thought by the tired fellow who has practi- ally carted her through it. If lithe, undula- girls dance this waltz in Jersey: hepimi- in-tight costumes that are coming in— ht will be rather startlingly like the fa- mous dance of the naked Nautch-girls. The Philadelphia Fling” ts the p ssn h of mo- tion in reckless meter, as I have described and expertenced it; but it must not be supposed that it will be always or even generally danced in that way. All men are not muscular and agile, All women are not light of foot and slight of figure. Consequently there will be a great dea] of grotesqueness. Obesity and awk- wardness are unfortunately common, and are rendered comical when their possessors try to skip nimbly. If efuher of a pair is a bad dancer, both might as well be. A woman who humps up her back, or tries to keep her part- ner at a distance, or is heavy and slow, or at- tempts to decide for herselt when to reverse, 1s a horror to the man who tries to dance with lier. That I take on the word of my teacher. ‘The man who steps on his partuer’s corns, or bangs her against other dancers, or lets’ her fall. Geserves burning at the stake. That I say \ from personal experience. WALK SLOWLY, eat moderately, abstain from ice er and ail alcoholic drinks, shed worrl- ments and ayold strong language—and you will get through the heated term without un- eudurable discomiort, A Smaut Boy has been struck by Mghtning in Mechanics Falls, Me. He was sittiag under a Balm of Gilead tree, ‘The tree was splintered and the boy Was seized wiin nausea. When the urchin’s Clothes were taken off there was found on his body an imprint resembling the trunk of the Balm of Gilead tree, with” buds and branches. THE DEMANDS OF SCIENCE ON Fatra.—It is Somewhat remarkable that a man so keen and clear headed as Professor Huxley can Untok to setle the origin of all things by merely push- ing the difficulty of transformation from non-living elements to living organism: few miliion of years. A miracle dij ordinary phenomena, not in degree, but in kind. Granted a force able to trausfurm one atom of {norgapic matter into a living germ, and we have a God capable of creating a universe. With all his brilliancy’ of intellect and power of logical thought, Professor Huxley can be- lleve that somehow, in some infinite distance of me, by a fortuitous combination of force and matter, some fragment of faorgante mat- ter became endued with life, which was, by the action of blind force, developed into the weli- ordered system of the organic world, and yet he Seofis at the absurdity of the belief that will, the one uncorrelated force of which we know, should have anything to do with that or other transformation. Truly, the faith tl sclence demands puts to shame the faith of re ligion.—Seridmer’s Monthly, Founp DgaD SIX WEEKS AFTER His MARRIAGE. The body of a drowned man was yesterday found in Gravesend bay with a brick in hts coat pocket. In one pocket was the business card of Geo. L, Carlisle, attorney and counsellor at 59 Liberty street, this city. On the reverse side of Ubis card was the following, written in pencil: “One of the thieves who rodbed me.” This was sighed with the name of Powers. The body was removed to A. E, Stillwell’s undertaker shop at Gravesend, and a messenger was sent to this elty to see Mr. Carlisle. From other papers Tourd in the dead man’s pocket Mr. Carlisle concluded that the body musi be that of Wm. W. Purdy, who lived at Court and President streets, brooklyn. He formerly kept a Dillard saloon at 10 Broadway, but met with some busi- ness reverses, which rendered him despondent. He was married about six weeks ago. Mr. Purdy had been missing from»~his home for about a week, but his wife, although actively searching for him, did not make his disappearance known until a few days ago. In addition to the brick which was found in his ‘ket a rope was tied to his wrist. It fs believed that he had a weight attached to this rope, which was lost in the water.—N, Y. Sun, 271%, DEATH OF A VETERAN PUBLISHER.—Mr. John Murphy, the well-known Baltimore book pub- Usher, dled yesterday afternoon at Carrollton hotel. About two weeks since he was attacked with ee of the heart, which soon caused his death. Mr. Murphy was vor TS County Tyrone, Ireland, March 12, !3:2 is ne came to America when he was buta lad 10 years of age and settled in Delaware. At the age of 16 he went to Philadelphia to learn the printing business, and as soon as he reached his majority he came to Baltimore, and after working at the case for a few years became the superintendent of a job printing establishment. In 1837 Mr. Murphy entered into partnershij: with Mr. Wm. Spalding in the printing bust ness, under tae firm name of Murphy & Spald- ing. The partnership was dissolved before t. firm had existed two years, and Mr. Murphy then started out for himself, continuing tue printing business with the book and stationery unde, and sul juentiy adding the publishi:s business, in which he continued to the time or his death, a period of over 40 years. Asa pub- lisher of stabdavd Cathole works Mr. Murphy attained a high reputation. not only in tue United States bat also in Europe.—Butim yr Gazette, 21h. A Wowan’s TERRIBLE DEaTH.—A coal oll ac cident occurred a short distance from Texas, ou the Northern Central railroad, yesterday, which resulted in the death of Mrs. Mary Ann Carling, wife of Thomas Carling, an employé of the Ash- land Iron Works. Mrs. Carling came down stairs about 6 o'clock a m., aud in order to quicken the flames tn the fire poured some coal oll upon the blazing wood fromacan. An ex- plosion followed, and in a moment Mrs. Cariloz was enveloped in flames. She ran into the road, shrieking loudly for help. Mr. Richard Nichols, who lives hear by. heard her cries and seizing a bed quilt wrapped the covering tightiy around her blazing form. The fire all fel but in a short time CR oe about y' two y — But, Gazelie, S27" “Goodness!” said a Pi the ‘Dill for expel of his wife's funeral— i ([ 3E MILD rowER cURES. HUMPHREY? HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFICS. experience an entire success. the PRINCIPAL NOR. race. .. 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The fact that BENSON'S CAPCINE POROUS PLASTERS are being largely imitated is the best wuarantee of their genuine merits and the high opinion imitators have of their value. ITIS AN DAUSUAL THING TO IMITATE A WORTHLESS ARTICLE. SEABURY & JOHNSON, PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTS, 22 Platt st., New York. my22 DR. F. A. VON. MOSCHZISEER, Orrice 619 Nineteenth st. n.w. Special attention given to the treatment of OEAFNESS, NOISES IN THE HEAD, IM PAIRED SIGHT, CATAHEH, ASTHMA, DISEASES OF THE THROAT, LUNGS, CHEST, &o. Dr. von MOSCHZISKEBR semen eee = Taran sary. ft this country. . von Moschzisker’s treatment in my case—ca- larrh and desfness—proved a perfect success. i think it but a just tribute to him to make ft known ah iccel ae ae arc kee profeast > THOMAS SOMERVILLE National Brass Works, Washington. gitced mypail unier Sgur entwent for 6 case gf t disease and nasal catarrh. 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