Evening Star Newspaper, April 16, 1881, Page 6

HOME MATTERS. To CLRANSE BLANKRTS.—Put two large ta- Diespoonsful of borax and a pint Dow! of soft- soap Into a tub of cold water. When dissolved, put ina pair of Diankets and let them remain over night, Next day rab them out, od rinse {thoroughly in two waters and hang them up todry. Do not wring them. TINNED Scientific, American warna the pub tinned ware, the tin used in Its manut 7s beihg largely while the Jead iurks those who use it, Rirvons whic madée clean ant ¥ ik almost 1 if washed in ammonia and w. pot need to t by it. The i long Irontng-beard, smooth, let them aione unt! they are at ail wrinkled when dry which ts sik 3 a ~ F lay a cloth d press freshen hb to rem3v from siik.— Frvg Comes Bap § fine comb 1s used, the useit. Ihave had a iter, abd spe Bome have more dandruit gather 1a tele heads than others, but you find that th make gre: ¢ of the fine comb have the mos: 7 had a dear litte baby once who had a terribly sore head from the nurse using the fine comb, and it was weeks before it heaied. All dandratt ean be cleaned of by washing In casilie soap guds with a little ammonia in it aud then brushed dry. If there isan eruption on the scalp, take a teacupfal of wheat bran, and pour a pint of boiling soft water on it, stir weli, and let it settle; wash the hea‘l well frequentiy in It, and the smarting and burning sud side. Never break tne skin of the scalp by digging for canar: unry Gentleman. Tose TREES that bave split the forks should have the branches sprung together ant tied, then bore a hole directly through both branches above the fork two or threa inches, Targe enough to take a three-elghihs bol Berew it up Soild, then remove the branches, and the wound heal over. Young appie or other trees With acute forks, liable to spitt apart, can be made permanently by brit ‘@ branch from each fork, and giving then) One turn around each otuer aad allow- ing them to grow In that shape VoutH KNowING.—Taat bollins water Will remove tea stains and many fruit statas: pour the water through the stain, and thus prevent It from spreading over the fabrie. That ripe tomatoes will remove ink and Other stains from white cloth; also from wie b ta teaspoonfu! of turpentine, Dolled with white clothes, will ald the whitening process. Taat bolied starch ach tmaproved by the addition of a little spermaceti or a title salt, or both, or —The more the > you will want to pal Of experience ot what I know. B @ little gum arabic dissolved. That beeswax and sali wiil make fat as clean and emocth a8 ¢ 3 wax tn arag, and keep It & are hot, rub them wit z rag pi ofien boots or shoes which hav a3 Mew; saturat it; it will also rem< d faraitare, they are desired to remala permauantiy. snail tree aud not a bush t ed, all the eyes entering ti let the eyes remain. We prefer the bush for two reasons, the first 13 more frutt 1s obtained; onger lived. In fact the e century, only requiring thinning out of the wood once ina while. As to the variety of currants, we prefer decidedly the old Dutch Red. It is not quite so large as fome others, but it bears as abundantly and 13 Jess acid and of better quality. Of gooseber- Ties. we prefer the Downing. It is of good quality, an excellent bearer, and has never mildewed upon cur premises.—German!oin Telegravh. PAINTING ON VELVET.—The colors employed &re the ordinary dry pigments that can bz purchased for afew cents at any paint shop, They must be cround v: fine and mixed with a sufficient quantity of hongy or sugar and water to give them the coffsistency ot creain. When the elements of the decorative design have been selected, the outlines of the pitucipat mnasses ae cut out in pieces of card- ard, which are used As stenctl-plates. To apply the color on the itspread, it shou rection. When which the fintsht: D paint them, and then lay them o Wace round the edges carefully with a fue Pencil, and cut through the pencil line witha shsrp penknife, removing the card faside the Mine traced. It the card 13 to be used often, 2 Coat of varnish on each side will preserve It for a long Ume. t anateur. PROTECTING LaRG® FLo’ Pots —To know how to protect our large flower pots against early breakage, to which they are singularly Mable, as ail gardeners must know, isa matter Of some importance when their cost is reckoned. We use the ordinary 3, and they seem to last forever unless they get an unexpected crack; Dut in some unaccountable way the Jarger ones are sure to get broken very s90n after they are placed ta use. ‘These large pots especially when over @ foot in 8 are fot risked as often a3 but wooden tubs are used in soon Tot away and often are for some plan ow, the reason why easly is from the ele. The mass of 13 alded by perhaps plant soon makes a Part not long after, 3 Where the mere is has caused these To avoid all this, O fir a tight piece of 1s soon done, and they would be, thelr stead, anc nas good order for less than a cent a hal Lar pot that orherwise would b3 | broken in How sim b No doubt “anybody could t PS 80; but we ouly kuow one good gi who takes the trouble to do It, and we know finds it to his great profit to atten as to Know it can be t and see if this littie ited to, in saving you many a dollan—Gerinintows Tiegraph. Tus Eye Do year, They sv comfortable now that the great fact 1s con- ceded that many eyes uo noc confe in pro, at all, but that frequentiy one 3 decided: jarther or shorter sighted. This ts correcte by means of different g!asses for the t or 4 perfectly p! & Dear oF far-s: The eye, a5 an optical instrument, 1s not as perfect ‘With civilized men a3 with savages, and all tn Gevelopment since seems to the wron. mS are busier with every eo, With d glass ere Way. Since more attention than, formeriy 13 given to ch ‘Ss eyes, tue ubfortunate 11! 5 od to grow up Dil 4 the eyea, and to wait for ma- fitted with spectacles. These jefects, and ae Dr. Spaulding, of ty, Calls attentiog to p vision seems to be on the incréase. reatisin” 13 certainly Very fashionable, and tt seem3 to be a satis- faction to those who have strained or irritated eyes, without Knowing why, to get them Jab- eed and rectified. School houses ars now Dulit with proper consideration of the eyes of the children, but there ts a potnt to be looked after at home. Dr. Spaulding says: “A fey ev ago I had cecasion’to call at the house of a friend, an exceedingly well read and thoughtful man. To my amazement I saw his two children over very Closely ited while only light In the room Was a flickering flame, at least ten feet away from the books, most of the light being iy equally poor —_ A bright lignt is more hurtful at a distance, either for reading or Sewing, than a lees brilliant lamp at the eloow OF very hear. ee Archibald Forbes writes home te England Statee, and wilfstky soe nere, aaae Late a st uo! , When sail for Australis, "He will revara here in Octo- career of a ct ee Ti Seyiernemmanint ue Seat Pe Re ls “Ruzling out,” z bn = « 18 that on the table? ‘That is cake. What are 2 ae Goss things: look! 1tt ‘Those ‘Do ehlidfen like 2 have the one? The children have stairs. cake Wve cake has gone with the anata ae The First Piano in a Mining Camp BY SAM DAVIS, In 1858, it might have been five years eariler or later, this fs not a history for the pubiic schools—there was a little camp about ten miles from Ploche, occupied by upward of 339 | miners, every one Cf whom might have packed bis prospecting implements and left for more inviting felds any time before sunset. When the day was over the men did not rest from their labors, like the honest New England acri- culturist, but sang, danced, gambled and sot each otper, as the mood setzrd them. venlng the report spread along the matn hich was the only street) that three een killed at Silver Reet, and that re coming in. Presently a lumbering old conveyance la- vored up the bill, drawn by a couple of horses well worn out with their pull. The cert con- tained @ good sized Dox, and no sooner did Its outlines become visible through the glimmer of asiray ight here and there, than it began to affect the idlers. Death always enforces re- spect, and even though noone had caught sight of the remains, the crowd gradually became subdued, and when the horses came to a stand- stil, the cart was surrounded. ‘The driver, er, Was DOt in Lue least impressed with solemnity of bis commission. Sli there?” asked one. “ Haven't examined. Guess 40.” the driver filled his pipe and lit it, as ne con- tinued: mak ish the bones and load had gone over the oY 5 nad been looking on stepped up once: “don't Know who you've got In that box, butif they happen to be any friends of mine Til lay you alongside.” “We can mighty soon se ald the team- ster coolly. “Just burst the lid off, and if they happen to be the men you want, ('m here.” The two looked at each ot. for a moment, and the crowd gather a littie Closer, anticipa~ Ung trouble. “1 b:leve that dead men are extitled to good treatment, and when you talk abont wishing to see @ corpse go Over a bank. all I have to say is, that tt will be better for you if the late lamented atn’t any of my friends.” “We'll open the box. 1 don’t take back what Ive said, and it my language don’t suit your Wass Oi itnking, } guess 1 can stand it.” With these words the teamster began to pry uptbe lid. He got the board off, and thea pulled out some old rags, A strip of something dark, like rosewood, pre-ented liself. “Eastern cofflus by thunder!” sald several, and the crowd looked uite astounded. Some more boards flew up, and the man who Was ready to defend his friend’s m3mory, shifted bis weapon a lUttie, The cool mauner of the teamster had co tritated Lim that he made up his miad to pull his weapon at the Urst sign of the dead, even if the deceased was Lis Worst and oldest enemy. Presently the whole of the box cover was off, and the team- ster, Clearing away the packipg, revealgd to the astonished group the top of somdthing Which puzzied all alike. “Boys,” said ho, ‘this ts 4 planner.” A general shout of laughter went up, and the man who had been seanxious to enforce respect for the dead, muttered something about feeiing ary, and the Feeper of the nearest bar was seve- Tal ounces better off by the time the boys had given the joke all the aitention eailed for, Had a dozen dead men been tn the box, their presence in the camp could not nave occasioned Dalf the excitement that the arrival of that lonely piauo caused. By the next mornlog {1 Was known Uhat the instrument was to gra 6 4 pl this wonder on its legs, uudess man in tue'state, It mbent to ab upricut a, amid @ confusion of tongues afier tae own of Babel body knew just how such an Ot course ever instrument should be put ug. One kiew waere the “off hind leg” should go, and another was posted on the “front pi Scores of men came to the place every day to assist. “Pj put the bones in good order. You want the wire tuned, “i'm the poy.” “I've got music to feed tt for a month.” Another bought a pate of blankets fur 4 cover, and all took the liveliest iaterest init. It was at last in @ condition for business. “Its been showing its teeth all the week. We'd like to have it spit out something.” Alas! there wasy’t 4 man to be found who could play upon tHe instrument. Goskin bezan to reailze that he hada losing speculation on bis hands. He had a fiddler and a Mexican who thrummed the guitat. A planist would Lave made bis orchestra complete, One day athree-card monte player told a friend coniidentlally that he could ‘:knock any amount of Yousic out of a plano if he only had it alone a few hours to get his handin.” The report spread about the camp, buton being questioned he vowed that he didn’t kuow a Lote of music. It was noted, however, as a Suspicious circumstance, that he often huag about the instrument, and looked upon tt loag- ingly, like a hungry man gloatlog over a be Steak at a restaurant window. ‘There was no doubt that uiis Man had music tn his soul, per- haps tm his fingers’ ends, but did not dare to hake @ trial or his strength after the rules of harmony had suffvred so many years of neglect. So the fiddler kept on with his jigs, and the greasy Mexican pawed bis discordant guitar, but no man had the nerve to touch that piano. ‘There were doubtless scores of m2n in tn camp Who would have given ten ounces of goid Gust Lo hi en halfan hour alone witn but every man’s nerve shrank from the j Which the crowd would shower up on nit ehomld bis first attempt prove a tallure. It gi «nerally understood that the hand w! Eve, and Guskin, according? te his custom, had decorated his gambling house with a sprig of mountain cedar and a shrud whose Crimuson berries did not scema bad imitation of English holly. The plano Was covered with evergreens, and all that was Wanted to completely fill the cup of Goskia’s bappiness was a man to play that piano, “Christinas bight and no plano pounder,” he said. “This is a nice country for 8 Christian to live in. Getting a plece of paper he scrawled the words: It was Christmas £20 Re' ‘iaye This he stuck up onthe musie rack, and though the inscription glared at the frequent- ers Of the room until midnight,it falied to draw any musician from his shell So the merry-making went on; the hilarity grew apace. Men danced and sang to the music Of the squeaky fiddle and wornout guitar, ag the jolly crowd within tried to drown tne howi- ing Of the storm without. Suddenly they b2- came aware of the presence of a whitehatred Man crouching bear the fireplace. Hits gay- Thents, Such as were lett, were wet with meitiag snow, acd he hada half-starved, half-crazed expression. He held his thin, trembling hands towerd the fire, and the Nght of the blazing wood made them almost transparent. : He looked about him once in a while asit In Sea”eh of something, and his presence cast such & chill over the place that gradually the sound of revelry was hushed, and It seemed that this Walt of the storm had brought tn with him all gloom ard cold of the warring elements. ckin, Mixing up acupof hot egy-nogg, ad- vanced and remarsed cheerfully : ae Strabger, brace up! Tals is the real stuil.” ‘The man drained the cup, smacked his Ups and seemed more at home. ~ Been prospecting, eh? Out fn the moun- tatns-caught im the storm? Lively night, “Pretty bad,” sald the man. “ Must fee? pictty dry 2” The man looked at his streaming-clothes and laughed, as If Goskin’s remark was @ sarcasm. “How long out?” « Four days.” « Hupgry?” The tah rose up, and walking over to the lunch counter, fell to work upon roast baar, de- Youringy it like any wild anlinai would have Gone. “As meat acd drink and warmth began to penetrate the stranger he seemed to expand and straighten up. His features lost their pallor, aud he grew more and more content With the idea that he was not tn the grave. A3 he underwent these changes the people about bim got merry and fappter, and threw off the temporary feeling of depression which he had Jald upon them, Presently his éye fell upon the plano, {pWinere’s the pis Lee ee “ Never aD Goskin, blushing at ‘the confession. « “T used to play when I was young.” Goskin almost fainted at the admission. “ Stranger, do tackle {t, and give ws a tunc! ary map in this camp ever the nerve to wrestle with that music box.” His pulse beat faster, for-he feared that the man would re- u use. “ [il do the best I can,” hesaid. ‘There was no stool, but selzing a candle box, he threw it up and seated himself before the instrument. It only required a few seconds for @ hush to come over the room. rartebat old coon is going to give the thing a 0.” The eight of a man at the plano was some- thing 80 unusual that even th? faro-deaier, who was about to take in @ fitty-dollar bet on the tray, Pg and did master. Phe it was not in exact tune, but the ears of his audience, through long disuse, did not detect anything wrorg. They heard a succession of grand chords, a suggestion of Paradise, here and there, and It was enough. “See him counter with his left!” said an old bitty 2 enraptured, calle the tr every time on the upper end of the board,” responded a man wits a stack of chips in his hang ‘The player wandered off invo the old_ ballads be bad heard at home. li the sad and melan~ | choly and touching songs, that came up like dreams cf childhood. this unknown player drew from the keys. His hand kneaded their hearts like dough, and squeezed out the tears as from & wet sponge. As the strains flowed one upon the other, they saw their homesof the jong ago reared again; they were piaying once more where the apple blossoms sank turough the soft air to join the violets on the green turt ef the old New England. states; they saw the glories cf the Wisconsin maples and the haze of the Indian summer blending their hues to- gether; they saw keather of the Scottish Luls, the white cliffs ot the Briton, and heard the sullen roar of the sea a5 it beat upon their memortes vaguely. Then came all the c!d Christmas carols, such &8 they had sung fn church thirty years before; subtile music that brings up the glimmer of Wax tapers, the solemn shrines, the evergreen, holly, mistletoe and surpliced ehotrs. Then the remorseless performer planted his final stab im every heart with “Home, Sweet Home,” When the player ceased the crowd sluuk sway from him. There was no more revelry down on the piano, fell asleep. . “Tsay, pard,” said Goskin, “don’t you want @ little rest?” “T feel ured,” the old man satd. “Perhaps you'll let me rest hese for the matter of a day or so?” Tie walked bebind the b: where_some old blatkets were lylog, atd stretched bimseit upen them. “1 feel presty sick, TI guess I won't last long. I've got @ brother down !n the ravine—bis neme’s Driscoll. He don’t know Um here. Can't you get bim before morni Td lixe to see his Tace Once raore before I die, Goskin started up at the mention of the name. He kvew Driscoll weil. ne your brother? I'l) have him here in halt an hour.” As he dashed out Into the storm, the musi- clan pressed his hand to his cide and groaned. Goskin heard tne word “Hurry!” and sped down the ravine to Driscoll’s cabin. It was quite light in the room when the two men returned. Driscoll was pale as death. “My God! Thope he’s alive! 1 wronged when we lived in England, twenty years ag They saw the ol@ man had drain the blan- kets over his faca, The two stopd a moment, awed by the thought that he might be dead. Gozkin lifted the blanket and pulled it down astonished. There was no one there! T ing out his cash in the sack, ows how muci loose change in The next day the boys got out, followed a horse’s tracks through the snow, and lost them ib the tratl leading toward Pioche. ‘There was a man missing from the camp. was the tnree-card monte deny polut-blank that he could not play the Scale. One day they found a wig of white halr, and cajled to mind when the “stranger” had pushed those locks back when he looked to- for !uspiration, on the atgat of Argonai, and the Lord kni the drawer!” It n, Who used to April Jesti (Gu ton News.$ he wood mil i day rt wi derstoaa all the busy ¢ a Maytin 2 hour was F° ly’s play- ‘Iwas April day. And I, to keepin tune the merry birds ‘That April day, Sang with them, thouyiltlessly, some foolish words Twas April day. “My love ie fuir, I could nic My loveis good, Leould not My love is wise, ob, what could ‘This April day: ip but choose him ; to loss him; refuse “Yet should he hear ee) let him beware— Gr pril day. ‘The token that he sends—oh, yes, T kisgit; rs nd if he sends it not, I sorely miss it; ” | But promire, sony or kiss, now pray what is it This April day?” Singing and langhing thronh the woods I came That April day, - irony Voica sang b&ck again: “4 ‘Ob, April da; This cirl of swiles and tears, this little rover, With pleasant jesting doos her heart di: Thy mirth ig Wiedom, L her happy lov ‘Thou, April-May.” He class ea my hand, and through the woods we wen Until a clear, mp ial ing daylight Of the Same Opinion Stil, (Richmond Dispaten. The renowned ‘‘sun” orator, i preached froi the Book of Exodus: Lord is a man of war; the Lord ts His name. & very graphic manner the preacher cari jarge and very attentive xuaience over limes when Israe! was in Egypt, and across the Red Sea, the Wilderness, the Jordan, passed Jericbo and down to the wars of Joshua; and at this point proved to the satisfaction or a large ass of his hearers that Joshua did command the “sun to stand sul.” The preacher@eterrea to many passages referring io the rising and going down of the sun. ils logic about the distance of the sum from the earth was very fine, when with contempt he sald some wise men, so called, stated the distance to be 40,000,000, Others 60,000,000, and one ag Much as W4,006,000 miles. “Whar could you get tape line long enough to measure stich a distance? And how coulda man get up close enough to the sun to hitch 1t on 80.28 to measure? ‘The railroads can’t get thar, ‘Phe balloons come nearer than anything else, but Who can go up? Now, in August itis so hot here that folks want an umbrella, a fan, and plenty of ice water, and yet these wise men Say We are 104,000,000 of miles from the sun, It 1s teo foollsh to believe such stuff.” And, turning around, he looked nto the faces of one of the ‘most accomplished divines in Mirginia and one ot the best civil engineers in muptry. Mr. Jasper treated all such fig- as the work of a wicked, foolish mind, wiio Was not satisfied with the plain word of God, but must go outside to teach such things that no man can learn. ‘To his mind the idea of the earth belng round $s so foolish that he would hot insult bis hearers with any argument on this subject. The Scriptures say the earth has four corners—aud Unat was proof to him that itis not round. “How could en be under his feet? How could they stick to the earth? Dey must be like Mites, that can walk on the walls I don’t belleve any such stuff,” Mr. Jasper 1s 2 most earmest man, fully be- iteves all he says, wields a powerful sway over his people, who regard him as the most power- Tul preacher of their color. Street Car Righis. ‘The driver came into the car and sat down to mend hiswhip. He bad ten minutes’ time. Gilhooly was in thecar with both legs on the Seat waiting for the train to mofe out, so they conversed: “Do you own this Galveston road?” asked Gilhooly. “No, 1Us not mine,”” “I thought you didn’t. You don’t look much as if you had ever been that kindof a philan- thropist.” “No, Lain’tthat kind of a billy goat,” ob- Served the driver, stl] busy witn his wh!p, “Lut, then, there fs no Lyon | What misfortune bay happen to me yet. Garlleld used to. warm ne Tear elevation of a mule on a canal, and sy Gould used to be so hungry he didn’t Know where he was going toslep, Two years from Low I may have street railroads to sell.” “Weil,” said Gilhooly, ‘tas there is great. dan- ger of your suddenly beipg a street railroad magnate, I] hurry up aud give you a few nts.” v “Ot beer?” 0.7 *“O, pshaw!” “Th the first place, let_me tell you that you ave no right to make a man put his nickel, or anybody else’s nickel, in the box. Itis con~ trary to the constitution of the city of Galvez. ton. A sure enough railroad that extends across the continent does not make a passen- ger put his fare in the box, but here a little Fallroad, a mile or so long, whose motive power igonly @ mule, makes the passenger put his fare in the box. When the er has taken his seat in the car the company has the rignt to demand the fare of him, and if he refases to respond then the company has the right to call on the United States for troops and artillery to put him out, but if the com- y Wants the to col it should him a and put it in the Of course, there 15 Rothing inthe civil 2 ‘hts bill to prevent you from putting up boxes tS receive contributions, You can have them all over the car, and you cap hang one around the mule’s and hay iz colored voters if you eject them from. the car. That’s what the a coat hie tended for at eS King John—but you don’t “Didn't he drive a street car in Houston along in the fall of last year?” asked the driver. Galvesion News. = THE HORSE. {Boston Transcript.) It ts said that the horse inhabited America during the post-pliocene period, contempora- neously with the mastodon and maegalonia, ‘The truth of this statement can be easily ascertained by consulting any well-tnformed mastodon or veracious megalonia you may chance to meet. The horse, however, is believed to be a native of Asia. Therefore, gentie reader, you can alse your mind on thet inatter, It ig said that there are no real wild horses; but con't you put too much dependence oa this assertion, or saddle be the consequences, ‘The Loree belongs to the equine race, and eke wine can always be found upon him. He never Travels Without his hock. He rears up his young in the way they should ; he rears up himself in a way that his rider joes n’t Want to go. ~ It has been sala that y« the water, but you can’t make him arink. The Jatter clause of this proposition 1s erroneous. You can make him drink, when he 1s a pouy, abd a very common drink it is, Horses are subject to colds, and the pony is always a litie horse. Ponies are quite prevaient at Harvard. The University 1s therefore frequently called a Stable itation. King Richard exclaimed, ‘A_horse, a horse: my Kingdom for a horse!” At that time his crown Was indanger. Hud le found a horse, ‘bis crown might bave been broken. A young horse 1s called acott. Colts are re- volvers, They discharge tueir load with a snap. Horses are sometimes ridden bareback; but do not bear back too far. You may find tt hard to keep your seat on, The seton 1s frequeatiy used on the horse. When a driver wants a herse to get down to 13 work, be tells him to get up. The horse 1s not afraid of bad weather. He 18 guided by the rela. He Is a great eaier, and generally has a bit in bis mouth. His bridal trip usuaily lasts through lf He ts always to be depended oa, com: or whoa. ‘The horse is covered with hbatr, but tt 1s on ae es in the mane. This is bis mane eck. The tatlis the horse’s after deck. Horses can still be sold at whole-ale after that ap- penoaeS 1g gone, but it is impossibie to re-tail them. ‘Te horse bas no toes. You will no toes tt tt he steps on your foot. Horses come trom the steppes. Horses are always kind and sound, ‘That is, the kind that are advertised for sale. There 13 @ pleasant sound about the expression. A horse won't go right uniess you pull him from the straight course. ‘They are a very horseptiable animal, You seldom see a horse still. They will eat corn, They leave the cob, but @ cob will not leave the corn. Their tlesh 1s sometimes eaten, The filly of beet 1s reckoned a dainty. S ‘Tne female 1s called a mere, A sea horse is a chevai de mer, A horse is sometimes calledacharger, Stable keepers are chargers also. The horse is not very strong. He has to lay iitts his heels, down his ears when Nis heels look out for horse an lead _a horse to And when he lift Scars, Horse cars are quite common in our crowded strects. When & horse feels his oats, you would pest make an oat of It. A Wiinbying horse ts a bad neigh bore, The horse bas tour legs and ts wellarmed. He Carrles@ cannon and bullets. His rauzzie 1s far from his cannon, A horse bas four feet, and we often hear of Ohe of fifteen hands. You can’t stttle hi t, and always We nething for the thrown. You Can tell a borse’s age by his teeth—that ts, if you know what his age 1s before you look at Lis teeth. bition. He 13a kingly a coronet, He cares it Is not considered polite to look a gift horse in the ee He might give toss to you if you dia, There are many races of horzes, including the race horse. ‘fhe chestnut horse and the reddish horse Must not be confounded with the horse chest- nut and horse radish, These latter are horses of anotier color. A horse laugh fs not plessant. Job speaks of this When he says that the horse “saith among the trumpets Ha! hal” But horses in the jap business seldom laugh, The centaurs were all horsemen. They have ali been centaur way loug ago. Horces are caught by Uke lasso. Alas! so It 8. Notwithstanding all that is sald of the health- fulness of equestrianism, you will seldom get a dealer to take a horse back. A horse marine 1s not a hawser. Nelther are the horses of the yards lixe the horses in the corrals, Horses are fond of the ladies, and are always ready to take a gallop, ‘This ls an old pun, and you may think it trot; but go your own pace, and let us amble aloug with our history, A good bag should not be naglected. A well-rounded dorse is always appreciated, but he 1s better known by his points. ° There are severai kinds et i inclading the saw horse, the cioties horse, the horse slce and the horse fly; bat sbould We go 1ato oes cescription of these 1t would be ex-horse- Dg. We always loved a bay. We shali probably never get over it. But perhaps we had best end this sorrel iot ofpuns, Wedon't wish to curry It too far. Our readers might show a trace of Mi-humor, and be a little sulky. Shall we go on? Neigh. The Manners of ussian Police. iBt Petersburg Letter tothe London Telegraph.) These wild cavaliers of the Don and the Ukraine are doing excellent good service tn pre- serving the peace of the city, the streets of Which, In couples, they continually patrol. Mounted on his littie weedy screw of a pony, with the oddest military seat In the saddle It is pessible to conceive, with his ollskin-covered Shako like a saucepan without a handie, swathed in his gray gaberdine, with his bash. Uk, or kerchiefed hooa, and his jong lance with a red staff, the Cossack, all booted, bearded, spurred and armed to the teeth as he ts, I can: not help fancying to be inthe main far less ferocious than he looks. As a soldier he fs he- roteally brave; but as a milltary policeman he {is not so very illnatured, His terrible whip With the short stock makes a feartyl noise when it {3 clacked; but I imagine that it frightens peeple more than it hurts them. For example, on the day of the funeral pro- cession the people were strictly forbidden to erces the ice-bound river, or even to venture On the bosom of the Neva at all, anda large detachment cf Cossacks was told off to enforce the order, Of course, the people did try to cross the river hundreds of times, and it was a Tare sight to see them chased over the ice and snow by the Cossacks, uttering wild hurrahs of menace; but When thé delinquents, after much dodging aud doubling, were finally run down by the Cossacks, they were usually dismissed with a little harmless bullying, anda fitek of the whip, to all appearance more ceremontous than alliictive, “La Russie,” said the Marquls do Custine, ‘est Un pays ou tout le monde donne des coups; ” and although corporal punishment of &ll kirds has long since been abolished by law throughout the empire, itis certain that vast numbers of the people were smitten by tbe hands of authority on the day of translation of the ImpetJal remains, But these acts of phys- ical coercion did not, as arule, extend beyond a harmless punching of heads. One pasty- faced young gentleman, in a sheep-skin, with a muffin cap, who, in the midst of a dense struggling mob beneath the window whence I viewed the cortege, had been dragged from off one of the cannon which formed & solid barrier of bronze between the mob and the roadway of the Nicholas Bridge, Was incautious enough to strike full in the breast the gendarme who had collared him. It. Was all over, I thought, with that pasty-faced young genueman. ‘The mines of Siberia, or exchatnment to a wheel-barrow in the Cau- cusug, must be the most lenfent doom that he could expect; he got off, however, with having iis head thoroughly well punched by at least fifteen successive gendarimes, and at last an agentoft authority leant dowan‘from his saddie &8 the culprit was borne past him, and admin- istered to the pasty-faced young man, with his large buckekiu-covered hand, several stinging boxes on the ear, which, fora moment at least, Must have stimulated the circulation in the pe cheek of the wearer of the muflin cap. ‘ut chastisement went no further. I thought at least that they would have: “run him in;” but no, the fifteen gendarmes dismissed him with a fearful shower of clouts and cuffs, and Sent him flying into the midst of a mass of moujiks. I caught sight of him, about half an hour afterward, carefully climbing up one of the street telegraph posts, from which exalted altitude, at the risk of disturbing the insule- Uon of the wires, he watched the passage of the Pageant with a countenance bearing more a Cheerful than a chastened expression. PHyei0LoGy Or RECREATION.—In a lecture by Rr ane oF cee ge bone fe Society, y of recreation Wes briefly described as consisting merely in a- rebuilding up, reforming or n of organs and tissues that have become partly disinte grated by the exhausting effects of work. It thus appears that the one essential principie of ali recreation must be variety—that is, the sub- stitution or ora Bet, of activities: sor aor, e@ successive affording oi become suc- 10} @ to. recover its exhausted é1 historian and the man of sctence fi mutual relief to their respective fac each other's labors. asaaire ‘* WOULD You Say,” asked Prot. SI ee would rather walk: bor wate 3 ‘The Last Stand at Spitzkop, {The London Standard.) ‘To chronicle faithfully, accurately and with- LIST OF SENATORS AND RESIDENCES C. A. Arthur, Vice President, ¥4 14th st, n.w. tson, W. B., lowa, 1124 Vermont ave. n.w. HOUSEF OR REF cEnarous, out exaggeration the events of a battle while | Al the narrator still labors under the excitement poe, KL. i807 H st. TOE OBESTS, which tnevitably attends a defeat, requires | p/ ck, J. 193 14th Bt Dw. J. B. . Blair, G. W.. N. H., 205 East Capitol st. Brown, J. E, Ga, Metropolitan Hotel. Burnside, A. K., R. L, 1523 H st. nw. Butler, M. C., S. C., 723 1sth st. n.w. i National Hotel. Arlington Hotel N st. nw. @ mind more than ordinarily well balanced. Accordingly, although I trast that the telo- grams sent to the Standard described falthtaily the dis: ous fight on Majuba Hill, I pave deemed it necessary to allow a day of two to elapse before wuting. I have thus deen enabled to supplement my own experience by that af Others who were tn various parts of the Daitle, and bave thus. 1 hope rendered my narrative 48 complete and ag accurate as possible. Y en exposed to five hours of un- ceasing fire, and hed become accustomed to the constant humming of bullets, w hoon almost ceased, when the General, wearie | With the exertions of the previous night, lay mication by hellogra cap, and con- ur Own bad in- ted. Lieut. Hamiitoi however, who, with his few men, had been opposing the enemy alone throughout the morning, without even receiving a visit fro: | eneral of his staff, did not share in t general assurance. A iittie after 1z he came | WATER COOLERS, be) 2 E i i ICE OREAM FREEZERS, And a full stock of EFURNISHING GOODS, Ar J. W. SCHAEFER’s, Davis, D., Tilinois, Davis, H. G., West Virginia, Dawes, H. 1, 1020 Serenth "crest, apll Apoyr New \oax Avenue. a = —_9 } Fr"* REPRIGERASTONS. araich all eizes of thie now prepared t i Relrwverat They are strong!y bu Jeomely finished Packed with a perfect acter, have SLATE STONE SHELVES; a) tonal Hotel, = 14th St. n.W. sas, 5 1 i RFECT REFRIGERATOR. back from his posttion for a fow rainates to tell FERF oe, ae cata us that, having seeu large numbers of the | ma ” Late Wann & Bevewocm, enemy pass to the hollow anderseath him, he e ate Wenn & Devkmtod feared they were up to some devitment tan Hotel. No 1009 Penns. o forcements were promised him and he re airs, 1.’G., Tennessee, 515 11th St nw. as Se to his posi, but these, as I now kn | Harrison, Bén., Indiana, Ries T = Gini Brake Ul 1h was almost too lat Hawley, J. R, Counectieut JES. aan Nay, of the G24, C Hill, B.'H., Gé., 21 Grant Place. W Hin, N. P-. Col., Wormiey’s Hotel. 9 Ist. bew supply of WATER FILTERS net received: phi SOCkuAY AND HUUSE E£UBNIoi- JOSEPH RODGERS & SON'S TABLE ovr. LABY, SILVER-PLATED WAKE of the bes} 7, the To! d ahat y make thetr final g, a3 they di gogo, When we were ustained rattle of musketr: Which shiicked over our head: es 3 BLE. Ia donee, C. W., Fiork Tones! 5. P. Nev, cor, Kelicgg, W. P., ALL AT LOWEST PRICES. eut, Wright, of the 9: a LQG. % WILMARTH & EDMONSTON, ing ons tor ee oe oe ee . 2 TOO Market Space. re J, startled up from his. sleep, assisted ov z fis statf, eet avout geting these forward, and QTUDENTS Lams Eh eae hi hae the: eoities “move ‘S400 WILL BUY A GENTIS ANGE SIZB ard but sik Bs tagly. too evident that they did not itke t ‘ork before them. By dint of some hard shout- ing and even pushing they were most of tem got over the ridge, where they lay down, som= distance bebind Hamilton and bis thin tine of Highlanders, who, although opposed to aboat 500 men at 12@ yards, had never budged an toch. It seems that the advance of the euemy had NICKEL. PLATED, GERMAN STUDENT LAMP, WITH ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS, axp a = GALLON or BYNFAU'S ROYAL SEOURITY OIL, BEST AND SAFEST OIL IN USE. All other eoods in his line at the lowest possible Prices. Call and examine. J. T. Morgan, been thorougtly cl hea one of our peo- | Puga J. L., Ala. 2 minr2s EYNEAL'S, 40S Teh wt. le—an officer, I beleve—noticing the 3 | Ransom, M. W. — for the first tme, ejaculated, “On, there they 5. = are, quite close;” and the words were hardly out of his lips ere every nan of the newly-ar- nforcements bolted back pante-sirieken. ‘This was more than flesh and blood could stand, and the skirmishing line under Ham- ilten gave way also, the retreating troops being exposed, of course, to the Boer fire With disastrous effect. I was on th leit of the ridge when the men cams bac on us, and was @ witness of the Wild con- fusion which thep prevalied. I saw McDon- ald of the 92d, revolver in nand, Ubreaten to shoot any man who passed im; ard, Indeed, everybody was hard at work lying the broken troops. Many, of c got away and disappeared over the side of the hil next the camp, but some hundred and {ifty good men, mostiy Highlanders, diue jackeis ry, tard’ ., Nebraska, Ricgs House. wer, P., Wiscousta, 1525 L street n.w. le New Jersey, Willard’S Hotel. ‘Ohio, 1319 K st. n.w. Oregon, 910 F st. nw. Colorado, 1011 M st. n.w. B., N.C., Metropolitan Hotel. H., Nebraska, Riggs House. ave. and C st. ne. 501 Penn. ave. DW. 20 13th st. n.w. Kentucky, 1405 F st. now, BOOTS AND SHOES. 8 entire stock of Oail early, be- -$a0 ee Fo THE LATEST STXLE IN LADIES’ FINE SLIPPERS, Call et TE? Market Space. Williams, J. To mzke room for BPRING GOODS, which are being received dsily, we are offering brolen lots of Anccdotes of the Late Johns Hop- arn WINTER GOODS AT OOST. [Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle | He left $9,000,000, a molety of waich was dl- ne soldiers Of tke 5sth, remained to man | Yided between cighteen relatives, and the Fe NOSE aE To EE eee cane | Dui wetuined fon onlvereae BUR cove fenoe appeared and the fire that e} | Bospit: ‘The nephew who was often at va- | —-—-—— = thing awinl 1 icy | Tshoe with im recelved altnoat twice as | NSW NOI AIOE STONE. showed themselves and three times they as 28 his brothers who er contradicted e an much } ut Mr. Hopkins ickly withdrew, our ren, when that o: ne married. r ‘The hters of E:paminondas were that he TO BUY Sonics eopnine ay : peer | famous victories. ‘The children of Johns Hop- VERY 14 W give them’ the bayonet if they coms | Klus are the splendid Lastituttous he has lett to andsoop, butail the time dropping | learning, to mercy and to science. There Z e fast, for the Boer marksmen had appare: | Bever Was a stronger man, He started I! Fine Entton Boo ly ery shot | With $100, and built up, by his own exer:tons, Iombstiy totonghebe | a colossal fortune. From the begiuning nS aeclared that he had a mission from God to increase bis store, and that the golden {100d | that poured into his coffers did not belong to | the eros ee sey = borrow or beg it known tn Afghanistan, met a similar fate, yust | (fom bim. He deciared that, a supernatural 4: es “ | power vented him from taking money from Bonorable lose. ne Were drawing to an | Pi vocket to bestow foolish alts, Aad Chee Altogether if was a hot five minutes, but | S0™me day the world would know that he was nevertheless I personaily thought at’ the | Dt the crasping avaricious and narrow-minded got fo work In secure pi told,the men falling back hit,mostly through the head. Color Sergeant Fraser, of the 924, 0: of the fin soldiers tu tha corps, dropped clo: to me with both legs shattered to pieces, a maby cthers of bis regiment, whom 1 had cs Ladies’ Laud-sewed Button Hoow Ladies’ Fine Slippers Me's Osif Oonsross Gaiters. Men's Cait Congress Gajtere. Meu'e Gsif Bution Boots. Bien’s Calf Hand-sewd Bo Biscen aad ren'e Bhooe Boys end Yonths* Bhoos at _ We sell n0ue but solid shoes. Wo hsve but one price. fevl2 Ume we should hold our own. I expected every | ™2n le was accounted. He nevertheless minute to hear the order given for a bayonet a many worthy persons, and, WINTER GOODS. charge. That order, unfortunately, nevercame, | afler his death, it was discoveréd that not a —— Now is THB Time To Bscvam Youu Dancamnem BOOTS AND SHOES, jew merchants had been saved by from fivancial embarrassment and sorrow, at ta the commen acceptation of the term he was not liberal. His “mission” prevented that. Toward the Close of a very long life he be- came stingy and suspiclous, but the end he had proposed never suffered change, and that ‘Was the mistress of his soul toward whom he maintained an inflexible fidelity. “Ciifton” was his pride, and upon it he spared no ex- pense. Here the great university was to be Tounded; but in this bis design will be baffled. The city authorities have taken some seventy acres just in front of the imperial mansion, and tke noble chestnut grove he had nur- tured, not ove tree of which would be cut down even when withered, has fallen before the re- mMoreele=s axe of progress. The foundations of ake for tue water supply of Baltimore already in course of excavation, and ti engiucers and their rude implements occ several of the beautifal chambers of “Clifton.” ny Old tramp used to station him- although Iam sure*the men would have re- spondedio it. But our flanks were exposed, aud the enemy, checked in front, were stealing around them; across the hollow on the side of the hill factag camp We had no one, and as the mien were evidently anxious about that point, irequenUy looking over their shoulders, Col. onei Stewart sent ime over to sce how matters were going. on, There} reported all clear, and, indeed, if the enemy had attempted to storm the iti on tia’ face whe would have been deci- mated by the fire of fis own people atmed from the cther side, We were niost anxtous about our right flanic [It was evident that the enemy were stealing round io men were taken to rolong the position th ‘They were chietly Blue jackets, led by a brave young officer, and, a3 1 watched them {follow him up, | for the third time- that day, t con- yiction flashed = across me = that we should lose the bill. There was a knoll on the threatened point, up which the reinforcements the next ten I will sell ali eta reduction ef 90 PEE CENT, Fr our Romense SPRING BTOOK. DONT F. ALL—FIRSE | FIRST ¥ double the money eise- Teeueeones ast es advertise: BI wi we GEEAT BOSTON SHOR AUCTION HOUSE: 491 Penna, avenno, BRANCH STORE, 211 and 211 1-3 Penna, avenue 8,E.; hesitated toclimb. Some of them went back | _ 4 = 2 - ot Janz CAPITOL HILL. over the top of the plateau to the further ridge, | fell Ue mat Oak cnet ston Sentry by tae others went round. -and-bye there was | 10 ais taade Mr. Hopktas z coniusion on the knoll itself. Some of the men cn it stood up, and were at once shot dow: and at last the whole of those who were hol ing itgave way. Helter skelter they were at once followed by the Boers, who were able to | & pour @ volley into our flank on the maia line, | Trom which instant the Litt of Majuba w: It was sauve qut peul, Major Hay, Captain Singleton of the 92d, and some other officers, were the last to leave, aud these were immediately shot down and taken prisoners. ‘The General had turned round the last of all to walk after his retreating troops, when he also | Rervous and became a mortal offence, He tad one of bis nephews of it and satd he did not kbow how to abate the nuisance, “Why not pay him, uxele, and serd him away? ung man. “Pay hin mt ns shricked, while his long like wind-mills. “Pay him moucy? God forbid! When 1 do that there will bea hundred vagabonds here ins ot one!” “Well, then.” added the nephew, “if I were you, Uncle Johns, I would kick Aim out.” “I Cannot do that,” the old man pleaded, “I am afraid!” “What!” the nephew retorted, “are __ PIANOS AND ORGANS. i =a8F PIANOS, THE ONLY TRULY FIRsr. cass IsBTRUMENT ‘Thai ls sold at ressonsbie fares in the alty. SHONINGER ORGANS, Cut-reliing all other makes and teking the lead everywhere for richness of Qulsh and quality of tove. sl and examine the Was shot dead, through the head. A minute or | YU afrald of such @ cur as that!” “No, no!” ° ously Lieut. Ham! the x. Hopkins whispered hoarsely. “I am not Gendral to excuse his prostate ee ees | atraia or him, but atrald of God. Did you SEW OYMBELLA ORGAN, for a charge, as the men would not stand the fire | Hever read in the Bible how Dives treated attfal 4 containing s beantifal set cf exquisitely toned much longer. Colley replied: “Walt uatil they Lazarus? Would you have me repeat that | Obime cf — which give to these instrumento Come on, Wwe will give them a volley and then | St0ry ad burn In hell forever?” Tuat ended 1t | au orchestral effect unequaled by any other ona charge;” but before that moment arrived tt was | ,,O2 Ove Of the last days of his earthly ex too late, To move over avout one hundred | istekce Mr. Hopkins called his devoted gar- ee ee yards of ground under the fire of some five hun- | genes {0 Nimand sald: “I-am beginning to | paag 433 7th street norihwest, Gres xifies at close range i not a pleasantexpe- | htey Pnatgevecscian Gs dae mee bring ALLET DAVIS & 00'S the Mat ay had apg roast ry | Mme: a gu ere oot howe ave od | HLS SbepAGH Gea rane: not observed that the strong animals bear moment L expected would be my last. On every Wont Rzxowxen axp UNEQUALLED. the Celeb aa we away the ears of cord and that the weaker Hlth charp orice Gf ApoE rere Pech arms, 04 | Cnes pursue them equeslingiy, In hopes. that toe onay HARDMAN Couche diane! Upright oui the ground. A DUltey Struck the ecard | all oF some of the treasure will. be lost or | Sea Hi. 1, MUM aliens, Coie Anco heel, the splinters hitting my leather leg: | dropped?” The gardener replied that the eepit-0o SLL Oth st. northwest. sketch was a truecne, ‘Well, then,” said Mr. Hopkins, *1 am that strong hog. Ihave that big ear Of corn, and every piggish rascal in Baitimore is intent upon stealing it or wrest- ing it from me!” “sir,” he said, turning brusquely to the gardener, “do you think a very rich man Js happy?” The gardener an- swered: “The extreme of poverty 1s a sad thing. The extreme of wealth. no doubt, beara with It many tribulations.” Mr. Hop- klus rejolned: “You are right, my friend; next to the hell of being utterly bereft of money Is the purgatory of possessing a vast amount of it, Ibavea mission, and under its shadow 1 “have accumulated wealth. but not happiness.” | _febis The Delaware Shad Fishery. teers Ledger April, 7.) Shad fishing at the shore fsherfes In the vi- cinity of Philadelphia would probably have commenced this week, but the unseasonable cold and high winds have thrown them back at least ten days, or longer if the cold weather continues. Shac are betng caught by the gill- net fishermen down the river from Billingsport to the bay, and Monday last the first market bout of the season arrived at Dock-street Wharf with 2,000 shad. The fish sold gings, Whilst overhead and on elther side the missiles shrieked past with the noise of a thousand lo- comotives. At last I reached the shelter of the further iidge. Colonel Stewart and Liextenant Hill, of the 58th, being close to me. The latter— had behaved splendidty during the action—was shot through the arm, and [ gava him my hanakerchier to bind his wound. The officers were calling out to the men to raily, when a so! gier cannoned against me and knocked me into the bushes on the precipice underneath. The Boers were Instantly on te ridge above, and for about ten minutes kept up thelr terri- ble fire on our soldier3, who plunged dowa every peut Many, exhausted with the night's march! ng and the day's fighting, unable to go further, lay down behind rocks and bushes and were atterward taken eee but of iiiose who rematned on the hill to the very last prob- ably hot one in six got Clear away. The period during which I was suspended ia the bush at the mercy of the Boers firing, only some three or four yards above my head, was, 1 think, tue Most unpleasant of the whole day. 1 ald not expect that men, inthe heat of action, would spare me; but they did, and helped me at last out of my awkward position on to the ridge WE STILE AND THE ERANICH & BACH At loweet prices and most sccomm( terms. G. L. WILD & BO., Sore Acrxrs, marl? 723 7th street northwest. Pp Lanos MEDICAL, &c. LEON, the oldest establishod and most reil- able LADIES’ PHYSIOIAN tn the city, oan be consuited daily at 455 Massachusetts avenue from 2to4and Btos. All Female Qompisinte and Ir- Fegular:ties quickly cured. rt treatment.) Separate rooms for ladies. NS CURS NO Paw!—To sii Private Cisesses come at affiicted a ENOINERS, S08 Sol woutiwest. Suseas-1— agi There, alter being divested by my cap- | for $40 ana $50 per hundred. Tae second ar- vors of spurs, belt and some money, I demanded | rival is looked for this morning. The market to be taken before the General. I ‘was let go, and tcid to find him myself, and made my way to the hollow where he had passed the day. 1 there found myself amongst a crowd’ot Boers, prisoners and wounded, and dying men, There was &@ group round one body, and I was at once pounced enon to gay who it was. Ire- sponded, “Genel Colley,” but they would hardly believe me. The Boers were every- where assisting our disabled mez. Dr. Lan- don, who, when the hill was abandoned by our panic-stricken troops, had steadily re- mained by his wounded, was lying on the (aS with ashot through his chest. Tne oerg, as they rushed on the plateau, not see- ing or not Caring for the Geneva Cross, haa fired into and knocked over both him and his —— assistant, 80 there was only one (Dr. Mahon) left to look eed number of yery bad cases. After some difficulty I found 8 , and ex; to him: my business, = permission to proceed to the Are Some “4 was: Lega he wou) W ihe (0 RO, a8 he that Gent Joubert would probably like te see me; Dut at have Di ught abo Biliuesport this “or ve been cai above sea- s0D, At the large Gloucester fishery the prep- — for Mshing have not yet been com- pleted, the high winds, which have unconfined Sway in that ity, preventing the overhaul- Fp lees the Lets and cleaning the shore, The fshery wiil be fated this year by Messrs. Hurt and Howell, under the superintendency ot°William Stewart. Last year operations ‘Were not commenced until the 14th of April, te early or spring, ier moderate, fishing will com- iith inst. The giil-net fsher- men in the vicinity will drop their nets as soon the wind abates. The net used at the Houcester fishery is 480 fathoms long, and the to it 500 fathoms in entire net and lines 154 yards over a generally, The i-net fishermen a ant an excellent bongo: although they can give no reason for ; it such expectations, last I obtained a pass, on conditio: turned next day. ED English Infantry. The Crasad iene fect e Crusade Against Property. f it ie 34 fi = CH. ¥. Cor. Detroit News]. who does not fulfill. these ‘The death of the Czar seems to have Infused | are in excess of those fresh life and energy into the communistic | higher than those in 4 i Eee ii BR. g i 4 g i H A] a5 fe @ ii itl Aa PAU al !