Evening Star Newspaper, July 3, 1880, Page 7

~ For Tax Eventne StaB. Rest. Bent js the dream of dull and indolent minds; ‘Work eagerly, and count the gold, and rest: ‘Then to thegrave for more! Poor fools, possessed Of either fancy! Active Business finds Still esse and country quiet vexing pain, And tortured lonwina for old toil again. And underzround repose is—never there! Nature is eornomical, and leaves Nothing to waste. cach particle receives ‘New form and use, in water, earth and air. ‘Wilt seek for rst in Hesven?—Where none is found! Progress parrues her everiasting round. Since, then, the law below, the law above, is motion—move; and ever move in love! Sraton Donono. THE GOLDEN HAIRPIN. A Modern Romance. BY B. 8. TOMER, L George Adolphus Clarendon was a you: Man of pleasing presence, whose age was noi far from 20 years. Pils father had long and s cessfully conducted a most exempiary meat Market at the corner of Market and St. Clair streets, In the thriving village of Westford, in Central > ork, and had amassed a compe- tence by fair and honorable means. But the £0n held the meat business tp abhorrence and Steadfastiy re d to entertain the thought of following it t tvelthood. He conceived himn- Self to be formed of a quality of ciay quite average, and Was offen heard mut- teling tncolwrentiy in his sleep abo “bigher walks of life.” Old Mr. Clare: @ stern farher. and he determined that If G Acolphus w hot sell meat, he shoud ccmpellkd to engage tn the distribution of heels toward the paternal man. Adolphus accepted the € with cheerful alacrity, and "ss tramp. He said he was of his proper ievel. I I. Maud Mu'er was the only child of a retired b panker | py town of Couponville, an aristocra ih one of the eastern eoun- es of UF charms, both physical and mental, + rarest ever lavished upon » lad been favored with every jucation that money could pur- auty aud accomplishments had idol of a large circle of young of whom had she ever given the ment. They swarmed under on moonlight nights and 'g hours hideous with their cater- vold Muller got tired of it and orner of the house with a gun euny alls and let drive at the t e outright and wounding four { they died on the following morn- < the kind of man Mr. Muller was; exceedingly fond of his daughter i ways been Kind to her. ne eveLir< as Maud was emerging from her Doudoir, where she had been scrutinians a large swing tor the opera, she Was met cr with the information that Mr. aited tn the parlor. Muggleton was an ancient fossil ba great fancy to Maud, and as he Was a tian of high soctal standing and great ‘Wealth, Mr. Muller bad thought best to encour- age him as has possible, hoping that his daughter vould have the good sense to offer no ODjection o7 a count of age. Mane Muggleton is waiting,” repeated Mr. juiler. “Well, give him my compliments and tell him to keep om waiting,” returned Maud with some spirit 1 sou intend to go down? But do; going to be rude? “Oh, yes,” re “Tl go'dow: Are you ed Maud, with an injured air, ad stroke his shiny old bald head and m about his children and his Srandeiitd nd I'll ask him to give me some Pigeenal ree lections of Noah. “And, if you ike, Pl go to ihe opera with him, and’T'll ask him if thers was better talent on the boards when he and 1 -thuselah were young!” “Now, Mars,” sald Mr. Muller, Ing a fool of Sourself. Mr. Muggleton never Saw Noah tn his life. As to grandchildren, you AnOW very well that he ts a bachelor and hasn't & relative Ii the world, so far as he knows. 1 command yeu to present yourself at once, and ifyou donut behave properiy there will be a young lady about your size her bread oa ss te ne she he of it.” {bese words the indignant father turned On his hee! and left Maud to choose which al- ternative she would. Tk. While the events above narrated were trans- , & Young man possessing a dignitied Sear. abd eighty-five cents in money, was Just entering the brilliantly Ughted town of Couponvi'le in search of hislevel. It was a Jarger tows than he had ever before seen, and he was consequently somewhat dazzled and be- Wildered. He began to be doubtful about find- ing his level that night, as the even! was Fapidly wearing away, and another question Was beginning to trouble him, namely: How ‘Was he going to reach the higher walk of life Without more money? How was he to be a high-toned gentleman and live in a loftier aitosphere than that which pervaded the meat shops, with so small a sum as eighty-five cents tm his pockei? as he walked gloomily along the Strabge thoroughfare, busy with these trouble- some reflections, he heard loud tones tssuin, from a mansion which he was just passing. Moment later the front door opened and asiight female figure hurried stlently out tnto the street, and ing by him with a quick, determined ‘tread, was soon out << stant. When Maud recovered trom the shock which herfather’s angry words had given her, she im- Mediately Getermined upon a course of action. She resolved that she would be turned out of doors before she would consent to go to the ‘opera witb av antediluvian relic, who walted for her inthe parlor. She called her father back and told him her determination. The result vroud young beauty was prompt- Jy ejected through the hall door; for she it was Who had passed George Adolphus as he wan- Gered on in search of his level. When Mr. Muggleton had waited for Maud ‘Until he was tired and on the point of leaving, Mr. Muller entered the room, and apologizing for the non-a»pearance of his daughter by say- ‘tng that she had a violent headache, him to Come agiin in a few days, as Maud would =. ed to see him. The truth was had no idea of puntshii his daughter's cisobedience with F ent ban ishment. He reasoned that would surely Fa to some of her friends and retura tn peni- nce in the morning. ¥. George Adolphus followed swiftly on after the young lady. hardly knowing why he did so, but feeling irresistibly drawn by some unac- countable presentiment that all was not well With her. In a few moments he came up with her and followed at a little distance, watchin; her movements with the keenest interest. Bui Maud was so fntent upon some pu which Jay deep hidden in her heart that she did not Hotice him. The street now began to be deserted, Dut still the resolute girl walked Fapidly op. At length a small’ foot-br actoss the canal was reached. ‘The gitt padest Was her purpose a desperate one? George Adolphus asked himself this question and many more beside as he lip: ec pron hi gered in the shadows close Murmuring something to the effect that the heaving, white.crested billows which rolled at her feet would soon embrace her and free her from Wwretchedness, Maud began to take down her batr. “Golpg toswim?” asked @ voice behind her. She turned aud beheld a straoger standing close at hand. At first she could not utter a a@word. Presently, however, she sald, tn tones that betrayed her intense excitement: “Oh, sir, do not thwart my purpose. I desire to put an end to my trouble—I Wish to sleep beneath the wave.” “There ish’t any wave there,” said George You'll break bers Adolphus. “The canal’s dry. Your neck if you jump off this bridg. “But I want to tnd a grave in the restless deep. I want the diue billows to foid me in ‘everlasting slumber, Where the sea-weeds grow im sunless gloom.” “ But I tell you, my dear lady, there tsn’t any restless deep anywhere around here. You'd better put it off tll the canal opens. Here you are talking about sleeping beneath the billows, When the water won't be let on in a month yet. And besides. if you want to be folded In ever- lasting slumber, {t would be wise for you to a @ well. You'd have a sure thing DB. “That would be horrible!” exclaimed with ashudaer. ™ — “Yes,” replie Adolph “it would spoil the well.” _ = felt that’George Aaolphus was , he did not be rod to enter very much into the tragic spirit of the situation. Hi have bea upon his knees to forget her trouble and sij wanton Bond nt to a Pictu ie | ion a fair. with palli face and marble form in the silent bosoms it mya Sng ie matter over fora moment = into wr u ont eto sla ory NOD. Oe ac aeorge 3 1US StOOd U] bor Maud ull she was out of sight. As he there, wondering w! \t was that weighed so heavily upon the mind of this fair oung girh be something 3 Teck saw glittering at his feet. “Hi tcked te up. Ic was & eagerly a hair pin of pecu! tern. It occurred fim at ‘ohoe that it must barn turned into a more retired street and: to search Resear ‘place, Old Mr. Muggleton, whom we left at the resi- dence of Maud's father, wended his way home- ward, filled with bitter disappointment. He had jong regarded Maud with tenderness, and had desired to offer her Bis hand and fortune, ana now he felt that he was rejected. He had seen hearly four-score years of bachelorhood, and {t Was getting monotonous. He ged himself wearily and sadly home, and retired to his couch in wretchedness. is The clock had just struck 11, and the town was as silent as the grave, when two villainous looking men, with mufied faces, broke open the street door of large mansion Where an ancient bachelor lay di: ing of a supercilious maiden who had declined to meet him in her parlor & few hours before. The men passed safely into the house, and were soon standing by the bed- side of the dreamer. A moment ‘later a swift biow fell upon the unconslous millionaire, but before it could be repeated the assassin was stricken to the floor. His companion escaped. ‘The police were summoned by the servants, by this time been aroused by the noise, and the captured man was led away tn trons. “Who fg this young man that has followed these villains, and risked bis own life to save :ne?” asked the wounded man. “My name ts — Adolphus Clarendon,” s the prompt reply. Henn re aaiphus.” sald the millionatre, “jou have done a brave and noble deed. I am m)r- tally wounded, and must die in a few hours, but you shall be rewarded. You shall be my heir.” The next morning there was crape on the door ot the Muggleton mansion, and George Adolphus Clarendon was a millionaire. He had suddenly landed in the lap of luxury. Hecould not have been more completely taken by sur- rise if he had suddenly succeeded to the Eag- ish crown. And yet his magical elevation to Wealth and position did not so engage his mind as to dispel certain memories that were linger. ing there—memories that carried him back tothe foot-bridge across the canal. Who was the beau- {ful stranger that had almost made the canal bridge a “bridge of sighs?” Why had she sougat a watery grave? And if she wanted to rid her- self of sorrow, why didn’t she jump off a house instead of hunting upa dry canal, fullof bro ken glass, iron and old boots? These questions were too much for George Adolphus. In less than a week he found himself in a perfect fever of mental excitement. He felt that he was growing rapidly worse. It did seem as if hp could not get that hairpin near enough to his heart. He thought of swallowing It, but changed his mind and had it made into a bosom-pin. In another week the malady had obtained so complete a mastery over him that he began to write poetry. He could not even think tn prose, and when he read a newspaper the lines all seemed to commence with capital letters and end with a jingle. Thus the weeks pas wearlly by without bringing the slightest intelligence of the owner of the golden ae In a brilliantly-lghted ball-room in Coupon- ville, gayest of the gay, and admired of all ad- tmlrers, Maud Muller promenaded to and fro like a fairy queen. Her wretchedness had de- parted with old Mr. Muggleton, but she had not forgotten the night when a’stranger had rescued her from self-destruction, and she secretly longed to know who it was that had ed her from herself. She closely scanned every genuleman that entered the room, as if in hall frightened expectancy. She had heard of Mr. Clarendon, the young tmilltonatre, but as he had not appeared much in society, she had not met him. Of course she was’ not curious, for She Wasa woman, and women are not curious; yet she could uot feel easy after learning that Mr. Muggleton’s heir was present, tll she had stgnitied her willingness to have him presented. As George Adolphus advanced, arm tn arm with an acquaintance, a perceptible pallor over- Spread Maud’s countenance. Was it caused by the peculiar pin that ornamented is shirt bosom? She tried to convince herself that the pin signified nothing. Perhaps he had picked up the hairpin tn the street on that eventful even- ing she so well remembered. But when she heard his voice she withered like a stricken flower. George Adolphus was puzzled. So were all the bystanders. It was a very singular case indeed, they all said. Presently, however, Maud frees asshe and George Adolphus were left “Do you remember me?” she asked, faltering- ly. Do you remember having seen me before?” Suddenly the truth flashed upon George Adol- phus like a national convention bulletin. * Yes,” he replied. making an effort to control himself, “I remember a former meeting with you very well.” “I think papa would give his consent,” said west yon jot going to try tt ut you are not going It again?” said orl Soe in po eee pee a “Oh, dear, no!” exclaimed Maud, “I don’t mean that. Ithink papa would give his con- Sept to—that is—I don’t think he’d object.” iz oes to what?” asked George Adolphus “Oh, dear!” exclaimed Maud. “Do you mean to say,” continued George Adolphus, “that you don’t think the old man Would object to your trying it again after the water fs let out?” “No,” said Maud. “I don’t mean that, for he is very fond of me, and 1am sure he would be glad to encourage so worthy a—that 1s—On, What am I saying?” Then George Adolphus began to see how the land lay; Dut as’a ball-room 1s nota favorable place for a tableau he mustered his tmpuise to catch Maud in his arms and merely observed in & whisper that she was agem of the first water, and that he would give his congent, too. ‘Old Muller sat in his Mbrary that night when Maud and Adolphus entered the house, and the young man was scoa Prostrate at his feet. clas; ing him tightly about the legs and tmploring permission to marry his daughter. “Ahem” remarked Muller. George Adolphus thought this rather mean- ingless remark was a favorable indication, and pry the old man’s legs harder than be- lore. “Come, young man, said Mr. Muller, *‘you are Milling my slippers with tears. Rise up and let lo you give your consent?” sobbed George Adolphus. ” roared the old banker, ‘heavens Mf course I do. Here, Maud take this lunatic away and get me a dry pair Of socks.” And they were happy ever afterwards.—De- troit Free Press. ee The Great Bronze God. ‘The tree-bordered, brings you to Dalbutz was skillfully contrived, 80 that, without any ae glimpses, a sud- den step brought us full into the presence of his bronze majesty, in the very spot where he ‘has rested iminobile for over six hundred years, He loomed up right before us, a colossal of Buddha, represented sitting, oriental fashion, on atremendous granite platform. His great hands were lying palm up on his enormous and the sitting lo ure and the inadequately we le the figure 100k 80 dis; Li Honately broad that it was at first difficult to realize its height. But a glance at the sur- rounding trees and buildings over which {t towers, and the feeling of being microscopically minute which crept over us, soon brought us to the sense of itssize. It bears astrong family like- hess to all other images of Buddha, but its pro- portions render it unusually impressive, for while the non-superstitious American mind can rise superior to the toy idols of the mantie- plece, a god forty-four feet high and eight; seven in circumference, with an eight-and-a- balf-foot face. a thirty-four foot knee, and a thumb three and a half feet in circumference, Rot to be sneezed at. Huge earrings and a close- fitting, bead-like head-dress Ee it rather an ‘ptlan air. There 1s a legend that the god was ordered by a pious empress of Japan, who commanded contributions of copper coin from all the faithful, and received enough to melt over into this immense We were struck at once by the discolored appearance of ‘the bronze, which ts gray, mottied, and weather- Deaten from the suns and storms of six centu- ries, and then by the wonderful expression of the figure, whica is the embodiment of majestic re- pose. 1tis somehow more natural to look to the texture than to the meaning of any oriental work of art, and thelr intelligent expression of an idea was always a In our lordly wey. we expected ‘skill racher than ideas from Coen but acquaintance with them very soon tok ad you. imp! Gerke deropnere seam elopment a iJ faculties; the conse. study and love it fancy that the spell of tte Quiet serenity descends upon and 1 em, like hasheesh or the lotus, with a sense of Our os Ted were each a a prego prcarr eae Rene EDUCATIONAL NOTES. ‘The Indiana State University has had 349 | Students in attendance this year. — Drawing is to be allowed as an eptional Study tn the last two years of both courses of Study in the Boston high school-. —North Carolina during the last fiscal year bu }26,040.55 for the public schools, and er ureetance on hand of $145,170.94. = — The study of bookkeeping has been made compulsory for two hours and a half each week inthe fret grade of the San Francisco gram- mar schools. — The Ohio Teachers’ Association will hold its annual meeting at Chautauqua Lake next week, ning on Wednesday. During the week after, ining with the i3th. the meet- fag of ns National Teachers’ Association will € — After much discussion, the school authori- ties of Hudson, N. ¥., have determined to in- troduce coeducation in the schools of that city. ‘The sexes have heretofore been taught in se} rate buildings. Coeducation has just been for- bidden by the school board of Louisville, Ky. — At Amsterdam there fs an excellent tech- nical school in which six trades are taught to young women, and at Rotterdam there Is another. So America may také a lesson from Hioliand. Spécial schools for technical tnstruc- tion are what in this country of ill-trained workingwomen are greatly needed. — Lora Norton, of the British house of lords, 4s not the only intelligent man who believes that in the pubitc schools too much ts attempted in the way of instruction, He thinks it unwise that common-school children should be taught English literature, mathematics, Latin, French. German, mechanics, animal phystoiogy, physical geography, botany aud domestic economy, at the expense of the state, as is now done in England. — A proof of the diminished hold of the dead languages upon modern educational tostitu- Uons is found in the fact that at the recent commencement of Eton school, England, only one Greek passage, and not a single Latin one, occurred on the program of the speeches made by the boys. “1 am old enough,” adds an Eng- lishman, *to remember when the rule went the other way, and even an English passage was almost an exception.” — The Quincy system 1s to be introduced in the schools of Sacramento under the gutdance of a teacher trainedin Quincy. The Sacramento Record says that the school children know nothing of English literature, that they are ignorant of any history besides a sketchy ac- quaintance with that of the United States; that tbey have had their brains nearly dazed’ with lessons {n grammar and word analysis, and they can parse a sentence with machine-ltke preci- sion, though probably they could not compose one grammatically, or write five lines without some gross blunder In orthography. — President Hayes safd with much force at the commencement of Kenyon College last week: “The student of the small college who has diligently and thoroughly mastered the Studies of his course will surely find that he is at no disaavantage as compared with the great- est of what are Known as the great colleges tn training, elementary knowledge and habits of thought and study which are requisite for suc- cess In the professions or in any field of learning or service which he may chance to enter.” In other words, the President might have said the character and thoroughness of the education, not less than the manner in it is applted tn atter life, depends much more upon the student him- self than upon the college which happens to graduate him. Or, still briefer: It isn’t always the biggest colleges that send out the biggest men. — An excellent instance of the way in which the children In the average public school learn without learning is related by the Burnes’ Educational Monthly, A teacher in one of our pe schools has been accustomed to require eF pupils to say: “The equatoris an imaginary line passing around the earth,” etc. It never occurted to her that the boys and girls of her e THE SUNFLOWER. 4 BATTLE PICTU: Piancts = Jul i = ~—— Providence Journal. > - ‘The Old-Fashioned Flower Again ia | Bringing a Field Battery into Ac- | junitoris ranned onthe astronomical calen- LUMBER! LUMBER! j Favor. OU. dar as morning star, ‘will soon be A writer in the Newark Datly <Advertiser Did you ever see a battery take position? visible inthe evening. He still remains the Says: The revival of the antique ine art seems It hasn’t the thrill of a cavalry charge, nor | most interesting member of the shining LUMBE to have influenced cl im every depart- | the ae of a line of bayonets moving | brotherhood. and the kind of see-saw-play =e ER? Ment, nature not being say exception. The | slowly and determinedly on, but there {3 a pe- | going on between the sun aud the Most famous old-fashioned flowers, which in former times | cullar excitement about it that makes old vet- Of lis sons continues to be an object of latense Were favorite garden garniture, are today erans rise in their safidies and cheer. Interest to Uerrestrial observers. If Jupiter ts | again grown in the lawns and hot-ho.ses of We have been fighting atthe edge of the | pullin mm the sun with his mighty strength e wealth and aristocracy, as wellas about the | wocds. «Every cartridge box has been emptied | and stirring up black spots on his photosphere, doors of those in humble circumstances. | ouce and More, and a fourth of the brigade bas | the sunis pulling upon Jupiter with vastly $1.50 81.50 sise Melted away in dead and wounded and missing. Among these plants, perhaps the most con- spicuous, and that which has gained the est modern favor isthe sunflower, which has been for noinconsiderable period excluded from the parterre. To-day itis a chosen garniture for costly toflets; it is a favorite im decorative art and the market value for its artificial blos- Som, is absurd. For utility, no plant that blooms yicids so rich reward ‘for culture; and yet it Is content to grow far distant from everything that is plearing to the sight. Self- sowing, it spontaneously thrives in the corner Ol a court-yard, or springs (rom beneath the chinks of the paving-stones. Rich soil yields the larger sort, while less fertile earth will give the delicate and small va- Tieties. The envViable characteristics of hu- mility and contentment, to which we may add a'gnity of [eee and lo:tiness of endeavor, Ale noticeably combined in the sun-flower and Americans may well be proud that such aplant ; 8 indigenous to their soll. There are forty | different speciec,scatto1ed from ocean to ocean, and from Maine to the Guilt of Mexico, and we are told that in ajl paris of the world may be found Ubeir thick and rough stem, nodding Its solitary tlower to the sun; that “in the south- erm part cf Europe it 1s grown a field crop, the seecs belng used as food for cattle and poultry. ‘The oll extracted, which 1s little interior to olive ofl, Is largely used for tuminating and in the manufacture of soap. The seeds contain medical qualities, and among our native abor- iginais we find them used for making bread. Bees are attracted by the honey in the flower, and the leaves serve for food for cattle and the stem for fuel.” Ncne will deny that other flowers, inferior in dignity and splendor, have been admitted to choice tlower-beds; and surely {t 1s not because the sunflower Is lacking in fragrance, for other non-odorous blooming plants have Jong con- tinued in favor. A few brief thoughts, in ad- dition to the above mentioned facts, may serve todo away with many of the false prejudices that surround this should-be honored tower which worships the sun. The naming of the sunflower had been supposed by maby persons to be due to the fact that the blossom turas to the king of day; this, however, is erroneous; the name was given from its close resemblance to the sun. We know of three seeds which early in the spring of last year were planted in a large and elegant lawn in a New England town. Upon et Into light and life they were individualized by receiving names, each of which correspond with the names of three mutual friends, those persons having adopted the sunflower as their sew wamitir. Each stock bore but a solitary flower; one of these turned its yellow face from the other two. who with apparent warmth of affection gazed unchangingly upon each other, until the frosts and chills of autumn faded the color, and the sceds dropped to mother earth. Nor have the poets failed to immortalize this plant they having culled from its earth rays bright ideas and touching sentiments, with which to adorn their rhyme. Perhaps the best and most poetic descréption of the pecullar similarity that this flower has to the sun, from which it has been named, is given by James Montgomery in the following: “Eagle of flowers! Isee thee stand, nd on the sun's noon-glory zaze; With eye like his, thy lids expand, And fringe their disk with golden rays; Though fix'd on earth, in darkoeas rooted there, Light is thy element, thy dwelling air, Thy prospect heaven.” sat- Learn to Swim. The disasters that have already taken place this season through collisions and other acci- school had no idea what an imaginary line meant, until one day a visitor asked them how wide they thought the equator is, Some thought gray stone walk which | it was 5,000 miles wide, others 2,000, and others Sald they could jump over tt. The visitor then asked how they thought ships got over it. One pupil said he thovght they got out and drew them over, and another said that he had read that a Canal had been aug. through it! “What is the name of this canal?” was asked. “The Suez canal?” was the answer. At a teachers’ institute held in Gold Httl, Ney., the other day, one speaker gave volce to some strong opinions on the modern fashion of teaching geography. He declared that the making of detailed maps 1s a waste of labor, and that (aes a pupil to bound every state In the Union is a piece of barbarism for which a teacher should be indicted. He added that the mere memorizing of facts and figures without the association of ideas, is of no benefit to any one; and that he thought it better to have a general knowledge ot Reographical outlines and an understanding of the topo- graphy of the country than to pay so much at- tention to worthless details which load the mind without improv! it. Particular atten- ton, he thought, shot be given to local geo: graphy—that of the state and county in which the pupil lives. He illustrated the unintelligent fashion in which advanced geograpny 13 ae by this litte story: A young woman in the Cal- {fornia normal schoo}, whose betrothed is a | fireman on the rail , Was asked: “What is a f water shed?” She answered: “A place where ! the engine stops to take in water.” — The London Spectator says that the it pene of the teachers in the primary schools is that they may become mere drilling ma- chines, machines capable of mechanically 1m- | parting to children the proper articulation and Spelling of words, the proper manipulation of the ‘n, abd the knack of counting and “cipher- ing,” without imparting to them any of the desires which these arts were chiefly aiscovered to gratify. For there is no routine of Physical labor half so deadening as rou- Une labor of the rudimentary mental Kind. A man who works in & saw-pit has his mind fresh when his work {s over; a man who works at teaching dull children to articulate and use their pens, has his mind terly fatigued when the work 1s over, unless he can refresh it by a total change of occupation. The first of all requisites 1s to get teachers in the primary schools who are quickened by fresh intellectual Interests themselves, and who have the talent of awakening these in others. You can hardly do this better than by fostering the | taste for studies outside the routine course, and | inviting teachers when they do their routine Work well to share those studies with their brightest pupils. SUMMER TRAVA&L, Hints for Passengers. Amazing toflets have made the travelling cos- tumes worn thts soason on train and steam- Doat remarkable. Even raglans, faced with crimson satin, old gold bonnets, and finery sultable for full walking dress have set ablaze the saloon of the palace car and the cabin. Possibly the prevalence of this unseemly attire has been owing to the 4 amount of travel- itng, which is the result of reduced fares at the times of the conventions, when those using lumited tickets were obliged also to limit bag- ge, and put on their best toggery or leave it heme. Nothing can be in worse taste than dressy or gaudy garments worn while journey- ing. Conspicuousness in dress is never so vul- gar as where persons are expected to look and comment upon theircompanions. [tis simply ation to nice Wear them on the cars, as dust, cinders, and wrinkles will make shabby the costume best adapted to travelling. itis entertaining to note the occupants of the cars as they start these warm morniags. Everyone is fresh and ni the Collar standing Stiff,and linen dusters looking smooth as satin. by afternoon how this gathering! Gritty with cinders, smirched by soot, and Seamy with dust, they sit with eyes bleared from watching in the glare the ae pano- rama. The pongee raglan is marred with dit and everybody appears to sigh for a bath ant clean linen. The most sultable and comfortable costume for the journey is a black taffeta silk skirt, with a white or figured linen shirt watst. Over Jog rd be worn the long duster. Kid gloves ee ispensable on the train, otherwise the han scraped acqu ee. Those who enjoy travel [eg ott 8 like to eat much and often, oo thse the luncheon aus Greats too preat thirst, vo be eaten by the bam dents to water craft and the list of drownings, which is always a swollen one in the mont when bathing is popular, emphasize the gen- erally conceded wisdom of learning to swim. ‘The swimmer is doubly equipped. He possesses ap undoubted accomplishment. He is at home & new element. He can partake of the evident advantage which the am- phibians have over other animals in their re- Sources of enjoyment. His evolutions in the water, if he is master of his art, not only ‘win the admiration of others but are the means of the liveliest gratification to himself. To con- quer the mastery of an element that has before either filled us with fear or rendered us power- less to help ourselves, .1s no small triumph. Were it possible to fy through the air likea bird, few would fail to acquire the art, andeven now men have lived and died in the vain endeav- or to realize such an Mration. But it is no less delightful to be able to dash through the water like a fish, and to feel that when we put ourselves in co-operation with the forces of na- ture, even those apparently the most formidab e are kind and hospitable. Therefore, as an ac- complishment, swimming heads the list for sum- ner Mes ie he invigorating, healthful, exciting and graceful But, as we have already intimated, it ts in the new power that swimming gives to man, that its benefits are most marked. It gives him command over himself; 1t prepares him for un- usual emergencies and it guards him against surprises. “Swimmers sometimes drown, It 18 true, but the chances are at least twenty to one in their favor. A business man in this city, in & communication to one of the datly papers, mnakes the offer to the school board, to devote an hour or so every day for a time to instruct the boys in the public schools in swimming. He offers hig services free and proposes when the feature 1s established as a part of our educational system, to pass It over toother hands, We suppose the offer 1s made in good falth, and tt so, we regard It as a very peecical proposition, which the school ard can with the eeoee propriety seriously and favorably consider. The object of education 1s to enable boys and ge to help themselves. We have sewing schools and coo! ‘Schools, 80 why not swimming schools, which fn the sum- mer time would be worth a8 much for the pres- ervation of health as whole blocks of gymna- slums. The life insurance companies ought to favor such a movement. Were the accompltsh- ment of swimming systematically taught thelr risks would be many thousand dol! less every year. But parents ought to think enough of their children to insure them to that extent, for they are doing that if they have them taught to sWiin.—Boston Post. Mone’s Dead Sea. (San Francisco Chronicle.} The people Rocket, which will soon be placed on Mono lake, will have no trouble about, floating, as the density of the water is remarka- ble, being just the reverse of that of Lake Tahoe, in which the body of a drowned person never returns to the surface. An exchange says that for bitterness and promiscuous meanness the Waters of Mono lake surpass those of the Dead £ea. They contain so much alkall that on a windy day the lake fs a regular tub of soapsuds. The writer has seen a wall of lather five feet high along the whole of that shore against Which the waves were beating. Occastonally the wind would take up a bunch of this lather as big as @ bushel basket and carry it several hundred teet inland. So buoyant are the wa- ters of the lake that quite a party of men may bavigate them on a raft made of fouror flve dry cottonwood poles. Out in e are islands of rock (lava-like. concretions) through which streams of water boil up. The water of these springs is like that of the lake, but in one place is a Spring of fresh water. This is near the northwest corner of the lake, and at a {Sealy where there is a depth of eight or ten eet Of water. It is asortof fountain. A col- umn of fresh water, some three feet in diame- ter, 1s projected upward with such force that it rises to a height of at. least two feet above ‘the general level of the lake in the form of 2 or ten feet of water to contend against, it would rise to @ considerable height in the SSS The English Franking Privilege. As to the question of the privileges of mem- bers, it may be ol ed that one of them, now extinct, that of franking, dated from the com- mencement of the reign of Charles II. House conferred the ‘revenue of the post office on the Duke of York, or to put It more exactly, Tae his Royal Highness & monopoly of the letter-carrying trade, At the same sent by mem- in tray soft < ane ee ‘the 4 is particularly Sraveliog to fortify themselves with what will be re- quisite to their comfor cannot get_on and off the cars when they stop at way sta- tions, two und of foe e and in these and Ciere. are few persons but. ate materially benefited by travel and an occasional change of ‘scene. Hf is parcicularly destrable that women who are to morbid should now and then faunt and have an opportu- Se oret foam away 1rOmn tt The dis re- and’ ideas are enlarged moving A i "ee Not a cheer is heard tn the whole brigade. We know that we are being driven foot by foo", and that when we break back once more the line will go to pieces and the enemy will pour through the zap. me Here comes help! Down the crowded highway gallops a batter withdrawn from some other position to save ours. The fleld fence 1s scattered while you cculd count thirty, and the guas rush for the hill behind us. Six horses to a piece—three riders to each gun. Over dry ditches where a farmer would not drive a wagon, through clumps of bushes, over logs a foot unick, every horse on the gallop, every rider lashing his veam and Yelling—the sight behind us makes us forget the foe in tront. The guns jump two fect high as the heavy wheels strike rock or log, but not @ horse Slackens his pace, not a -catnoncer loses nis seat. SIx guns, six cals- sons, sixty horses, eighty men race for the brow of the hill as if he who reached it first would be knighted. A moment ago the battery was a confused mob. We look again, and the six guas are in Position, the detached horses hurrying away, the ammunition chests open, and along our line runs the command, “Give them one more volley and fall back to Support the guns!” We have scarcely obeyed when boom! boom! boom! opens the battery, and jets of fire jump down aid scorch the green trees under which we fcught and despaired. ‘The shattered old brigade has a chance to breathe for the first time in three hours as we form a line of battle behind the guns and lie down. What grim, cool fellows those cannon. gers are! Every man 1s a perfect machine. Builets plash dust into their faces, but they do not wince. Bullets sing over and around them, but they do not dodge. There goes one to the earth, shot through the head as he sponged his gun. The machinery loses just one beat—misses just one in the wheel— and then works away agaln as before. Every gun is using short fuse shell. The ground shakes and trembles—the roar shuis out all sounds from a battle line three miles long, and the shell go shrieking into the Swamp to cut trees short off—to mow great gaps in the bushes—to hunt out and mangle men until their corpses cannot be recognized as human. You would think a tornado was howiing through the forest. followed by billows of fire, and yet men live through 1t—aye! press forward to capture the battery! Wecan hear their shouts as they form for a rush. Now the shells are changed for grape and canister, and the guns are served so fast that allreports blend into one mighty roar. The shriek of a shell 1s the wickedest sound in war, but nothing makes the flesh crawl like the de- montac singing, purring, whistling grapeshot and the serpent-like hiss of canister. “Men’s legs and arms are not shot through, but torn off. Heads are torn from bodies, and bodies cutin two. A round shot or shell takes two men out of the ranks as it crashes through. Grape and canister mow a swath and pile the dead on top each other. Through the smoke we see a swarm of men. itis not a battle line, but a mob of men desper- ate enough to bathe their bayonets In the flame of the guns. The guns leap from the ground almost as they are depressed on the foe, and shrieks and screams and shouts blend into one awtul and steady cry. Twenty men out on the battery ae down, and the firing is inter- rupted. ‘The foe accepts it as a sign of waver- ing and come rushing on. They are not ten feet away when the guns give them a last shot. That disckarge picks living men off their feet and throws them into the swamp, a black- ened, bloody mass. S Up now, as the enemy are among the guns! There js a silence of ten seconds, and then the fash and roar of more than three thousand muskets, and a rush forward with bayonets. For what? Neither on the right nor left nor in front of us is a livingfoe! There are Co! around us which have been struck by three, four and even six bullets, and no- where on this acre of ground 1s a wounded man! The wheels of the guns cannot move until the blockade of dead is removed. Men cannot pass from caisson to gun without climb- ing over winrows of dead. Every gun and Wheel is smeared with biood—every foot of grass has its horrible stain. Historians write of the glory of war. Burial parties saw murder where histo: saw glory.—Detroit Free Press. Scandinavian Drinking Bouts, Learned commentators on the Northern an- tiquities help us to conjure up the scene of one of those drinking bouts. It is a bitter evening in winter; the war galleys have been laid up in ordinary for the season, and the time hangs heavy on the hands of the vikings. ‘The better part of the morning passed in sleep- ing off the effects of the previous debauch; and after breaking their fast with unimpaired ap- petites, the listless warriors have roused themselves for exercise, and have been stretch- Ing their muscles over manly sports. All the same, the short day has dragged, and they have welcomed the heavy fall of Uie shadows. The feast has been spread in rude profusion: the huge salted joints have been picked to the bone and tossed to the hounds; the bare tables on the trestles have been cleared away, and the boisterous company, breathing hard ‘after the meal, has settled itselt down for an earn- est carouse. Though the hall is lighted with numerous torches, ‘it 1s no easy matter to dis- Ungulsh objects, for the smoke from the fire blazing in the middle is curling up to the rafters of the lofty roof, in vain attempts to escape by the smoke holes. But all around, the revellers are grouped on the rough benches; while at the end, on adais above their follow- ers, sit the chiefs in the places of honor. Tables may be dispensed “sentiments,” and long-winded speeches as weil On solemn occasions of ceremony. The Scalds sitting apart, thelr eyes ‘in a fine frenzy rolling,” chant the memorable deeds of ae and heroes, and es] the feats of e present company, in interminable stanzas more or less melodious: and the fierce revellers chime in with the chorus till roof and rafters ue again. Nat the fun grows fast and furious. Thanks to the form of the drinking vessels, there is no setting them down between. puils. It was the anticipation of the fashion of the hard drinkers of a later age, who guarded against heel-taps on the sly by knocking the bottoms Of their glasses. It was the pride of those “‘jolly good fellows” of the North to take off the Contents of the horn at a breath. The muddy ale and the headier mead must have muddled weaker or more delicate brains. AS it was, their was little intelligence to be con- fused, ‘and not much wit to be expelled, though, if the Sagas are to be trusted, those case-hard- ened topers are to be credited occasionally with some bitof dry humor. But the warm blood grew hotter still as the Uquor went coursing through the fevered veins, and quar- rels began that led on to bloody wards, if comrades prevented their being set- tied on the spot. More than once in such a banqueting hall some epic in action had its sanguinary denourment—as when the Burgun- dians, prompted by the vengeance of Kriem- hild beset the heroes of the Niebelungenlied on the banks of the Danube; and after Rudiger, in the sublimity of his chivalry, had handed his shield to Hagen, ‘there began “the slaughter grim and great.”—Rackwood’s Magazine. How to Get Rid of Rats. Rats are a great pest in every city and town, and, indeed, everywhere in this country. It impossible to get rid of them, and romises to secure this ‘mc destrable end 1s worth trying. re Somebody commends covering stones, rafters part of & cellar With ordinary waltewash, made yellow with copperas, putting copperas in every crevice or cranny where a rat get, and scattering it in corners on the floor. He bas tried it repeatedly, and the result has been a general retreat of both mice and rats, not one ef which had at last accounts returned. It is sald that a coat of this yellow wash, given each those 3] toa cellar, will not only or typhold. Eva thing weatdble should or ee erything eatal shot fully secured against the ravages of rat which are 80 intelligent that they wih abandon premises where they can get_ next. to noemtet eat. The rat we are most troubled with the brown rat, much . Stronger, flercer, and more ravenous than thé Black: rat, which ¥ ne were believe that came in with the House of Hanover. more effectual power, and the huge rift in his cioud-atmosphere may be due to the solar at- traction increased by proximity. The sun 1s throng@d with spots, and the great red spot on Jupiter still affords material for wondering ob servation. Those who have observed the times and the seasons during the last month wilt not fail to perceive evidences of solar disturbance retlected in the elemental warfare recorded on its anvals, The forces of electricity and mag- hetism have escaped from confinement like tie Winds of old -Holus, and?the earth gives sins of the disturbed equipose as surely as the mer- cury rises in the thermometer when the Dog star rages. A second wave of heat, more in- tense than the first, though not so marked, be. cause more seasonable, has rolled over this portion of the earth’s territory. A long-con- Unued drouth has thrown its pitiless grasp over vegetation, and desolation far and wide marks its track. The aurora has hung out tt banners in the northern sky, and fatnt di plays of auroral light ontwo'or three nigh are the advance-guard of the coming arm: Keous with banners and glittering arms. “ nacoes, whirlwinds, thunder-storms and floods arters, and, though not equalling the devasta previous month, have swelled beyond the aver- age the destruction of life and property. Even The cold as well as the heat has been intense. and a frost ts recorded that made the £1 white in the southeastern part of New ¥ and snow fell in the billy regions om the Dank of the Hudson. | But bature has her light as well as her Stade, and there is a bright side to the pictur: even when thesun shows his angry face at the maximum ofa spot-cycle. Nothing can be im. agined more serenely beautiful than many of the June days, with their comfortable tempera- ture, exhilarating breezes and sunny Skies. We have had heat and drought, but storm and tempest have thus far passed us by. It is un wise pullosophy co borrow trouble, though we are tar from being out ofthe woods. Jupiter is still Tolling on towards his perihelion at the rate ofeight miles second, for the planets move slower the farther they are trom the sun. It will sl be nearly three months before he reaches the dreaded goal on the 25th of Sep- tember. It will then be time to study the tn- Nuence of the other giant planets In combina- ton with thelr chief. and_as the pecultar con- ditions do not end til 1855, there 1s no need of | hurry in thecalculations. “Observers must. re- memiber that never tn their lives will such an epoch as the present recur, and that between eleven and twelve years must pass before ano. ther perlhelion of Jupiter and a new sun-spot cycle will afforda renewed study of the inter- sung problem. Meantime this apparently serene and golden-tinted star fly named for the father of the gods and men, is coming to- | Wards us, and at the end of the month, wii be | the brightest of the starry host in the late | evening hours. He now rises about midalgnt; | at the end of the month, soon after 10. | Saturn 1s morning star, follows closely tn the track of Jupiter, and must be looked for a short distance to thé northwest. The two planets Will be in flne .position for observation during August and September, though Saturn is not an interesting object,’ to the naked-eye ob- | server, Every one who can should see this superb planet with a telescope, for he 1s com- ing toward us and his rings ‘are opening to thelr Widest extent. Saturn rises now at_half- past 12; at the end of the month about half-past 10, Venus will be evening star after the 13th. She is then in superior conjunction with the sun; the planet, the sun and the earth belng in a straight line, with the sun in the center. She passes then to the eastern side of the sun and ee eee on evening star for the succeed! wo hundred ai y- two days. She will not be visible during the month on account of her nearness to the sun, but some time in At the Queen of the stars will emerge from her temporary eclipse and be found shining with peerless luster amid the glowing gold of early twilight. Noone of her phases is more fascinating when, after her long absence in tulflilment of her role as Lucifer, the Lightbearer, she shines again as Hesperus, the most radiant gem in the ‘starry crown of night. On the first of the month Ve- us rises a few minutes before the sun; on the 13th she rises and sets with the sun; on the last of the month she sets about a quarter of an hour after the sun. Mercury is evening star, reaching his greatest eastern elongation or most distant point from the sun on the 6th. This is the second of three most favorable times during the year for a view of Mercury. He 1s visible now and will continue to be so until the middie of the month. He sets about nine, nearly an hour and a half after the sup, and must be looked for a few degrees south of the point of sunset. It will take close observation to pick him up, and it is use- Jess to try unless the sky is cloudless and the atmosphere serene and clear. But asight of our Bd opel brother is worth a great deal of trouble and 1s a memorable experience in astronomical observation. On the 3ist, at mid- night, Mercury and Venus are in conjunction, when it is safe to say there will be no terres- Uilal witnesses of the celestial interview. Mars Is evening star, peg iy el wo- wards Conjunction with the sun. He is now in the constellation Leo, and about the middie of the month very near the it star Regulus. Ae sets now a little later than halt- past 9; at the end of the month at half-past 8, Uranus 13 evening star, too far away to be visible, and only of im} ce to those who wish to follow the track of the planets from month to month. He ts still moving slowly among the Stars of Leo, setting now about 10; at the close of the month about half &. Perhe July moon fulls on the 2ist. On the ist the old moon the second day after her last quar- ter is near Saturp just after midnight. On the 7th, a few hours before her change, the mooa isses very near Venus. On the 9th the moon Enear M . Op the 10th the moon near Mars, andon the 11th near Uranus. On the 27th the waning moon will be near Jupiter, and on the 2sth near Saturn. ‘The, influence of sun spots, as manifested In elemental disturbances of the earth’s at- mosphere; the influence of Jupiter's approach- ing perihelion on these manifestations, and the disturbances in Jupiter's cloud atmosphere by the famous inna og = roblems to carefully observ ur. fe the coming month. The most charm- ing picture on the celestial canvas will be on exhibition on the evening of the 9th, when the slender crescent of the two-days-old moon and the sby planet Mercury will makeup a scene challenging every beholder, If the eve- ning is clear, any careful observer can enjoy the view, Mercury being a few degrees south of the sunset point and the moon nearly three degrees south of Mercury, and serving as a guide to point to his position. ‘The Summer Holiday Humbug. Rebecca Harding Davis, in Harper's Maga- zine for July, exposes the delusion that hangs. about the leaving of a comfortable home fora time in the hot summer months to suffer in a so-called summer resort. One goes because it 1s the fashion, without knowing how to enjoy the idleness. His French or an cousin over the sea bas 100 holidays in the year. He knows how to bring the flavor out of every in the orange. He drifts into-idleness easily, without thought. When his fete comes he gocs, for a few francs, with his Sweetheart or wife, a mile or two out of town. They *joke itis all’ good. it rains, itis dusty; Dut. they it 3 1s an aoe Sites. They criticise 4 i $s a The other day one Of those our boasted civitization OF served a fat Dut Cg aS back to the curbstone, and The sorbed in. the me, Ot ehdina tow feet sprinkling Send enMioim’s, feck. ‘The _ driver almost talnted antics “apprised bim that Se"had simply washed the dust from 8 clgar- eat t ' FOR VIRGINIA PINE FLOORING. $1.60 $1.50 s FOR VIRGINIA PINE FLOORING. WILLET & LIBBEY, Corner 6th street aad N.Y. avenue. s1.25 FOR No. 1 VA. BOARDS, ALL 16 FEET. WILLET & LIBBEY, CORNER 6TH STREET AND N, Y. AVENUE. 2e28 D* F.A. VON MOSCHZISKER, 619 19th street northwest. Special Attention Given to the Treatment of DEAFNESS, NOISES IN THF HEAD, IM- PAIRED SIGHT, CATARRA, ASTH) DISEASES OF THE Tioa’ oe LUNGS, OHESI, Etv. DE. VON MOSCAZISKER hss now been long enongh in Washington and ac- complished sufficient in hia profession to feel that further commendation of his «kill or muccess 18 une necessary. Hundreds of the most distineuishod citizens ‘of Washington and vicinity have boom treated by him for the above maiadies with wrest success. bers 0 Amons them are numbered several mem- ress, both Sei Fi A wit tals kindly tendered him, can be examined at his offices, 619 19th street northwest, by those interested. They will also willinely testify to those desiring to personal: juire of them. Oflice hours from $30 a.m. to p.m, from 8 to 4, and from 7 to 8 p.m. Jolé —22p— Porviar Mostuix DRawixe or tum Commonwealth Distribution Co., AT MACAULEY'S THEATER, In the City of Louisville, on SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1880. LEGISLATURE AND RU STAINED OF ALE, TH RTS OF RENTU ‘according to a contract le with the owners of the Fre rant fort. wot, will oecu ly the LAST ol v1 Sree anyon te TARE Dax “OF evehy nod of VI rida ted, f¢ be FIVE teruilusting on JUNE Sus ‘The United States Cireutt Court on March $1 ren- dered the following decisions: -_ Ast—That the Commonwealth Distri- bution Company is legal. dra ‘The management call attention to the libers scheme which has met with such popular favor heretofore, and which will again be presented for the baba F perth 100688 10,000 2d, $0 exch. 10,000 000) each .14,000 10 do. Oeach 10,000 ‘9 prizes, $800 each proximation prizes. .@2, 700 9 prizes, ‘200 each; “PRS ‘do... Shine 9 prizes, ao. o. by Letter, ‘Bak Draftor Express. To insure mistakes an writ . MM. Lou! York, or Penn. ave. T= GOLDEN OPP@BTUNITY. SPECIAL BARGAINS. ANNUAL CLEARING SALE or Children’s Examination SHOES. Ladies’ SANDALS and TIES. Gent's Low Quarter SHOES. L. HEILBBUN, No. 403 7th st. m.w. Sian or: THE OLD Woman mm Winpow. ral Building, oe 7 rosa N i? EAR, hs ee ‘and 1433 ROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVE! for a short time for the LEASE OF THE INING COURT snd STORE at Washington: p Ground for this season. The es Anycust Je28-2W EP. 12and holds two ere mee H. WILLET, Corner 6th st and New York ave. OF STATS. Wasttxorox, D.C., June 28, 1880. Bealed will be received st the et ment of State until 12 o'cLoox u., on THURS- DAY, the 297TH Day or J: 1880, to farnich said partment with Fuel ‘f year ending June Guth, 1881, to be delivered in such quantities as may Information as to kinds and quantities of Goal and Wood can be obtained y ‘lication thereto. ‘The ht to reject any and all or to. any po quired to furni the A rag for Ce Swurtied to hime 3680-W.f,,3t er «=7e aabent with woloniaoar ORI! Up etoniad for taking & Keen and BAZOR ts extra thin, HINGING DAMASOUS STEEL 1! Will split a hair or shaves face with the slightest touch.” Ouly 81-00 and warranted for 10 or refunded. TION 4 BELT. x COMBINATION Y BONES and BELT—combining MEAMA'S ee ee CHERY, GU! ‘OLVERS, &c., free to all. Ban KE ‘strest, Opp. U.8. Bost omEANGH BIORE, S21 7th opp. 0-8. Bo Waar. call on coud evtace