Evening Star Newspaper, October 15, 1881, Page 3

RELIGIOUS NOTES, —The igo dine pei Immanuel church, of Chicago. which Dr. Lorimer is to be pastor, has already a membership of over 300. ‘ —A marble tablet is to be placed in the P. E. ehureh of St. James, at Elberon, in memory of President Garfield. Hehad attended this chureh on the Sunday previous to his assassination. —It ie reported from Rome that certain saints ‘Will be canonized on December 8, and that the Pope will take advantage of the occasion to give a fall statement of his relation to the ‘various powers of Europe. —Antioch circuit, in middle Tennessee, is ‘what they call s “solid block of Methodism.” Tt occupies about fifteen miles square, and has about 700 members. There is no other religious organization and not more than a dozen mem- bers af other churches. —Of the 116 ministers of the Presbyterian church, north, who died last year. two were over ninety years old, nineteen were between eighty and ninety, thirty-five were between seventy and eighty, aud fifty were under seventy. —Arenovated and reconstructed Presbyte- rian church announces through its friends in a religious journal that, “‘with a new minister and @ new pipe organ, a large attendance is secured, and the solemn truths of revelation are pre—- sented and received with unusual earnestness.” — The holding of special religious services in France has been encompassed with difficulties. A new law declares that meetings shall be here- after free, and may be held without previous authorization, provided they are previously an- nounced in a declaration of the place, day and hour when they are to be held, signed by two persons, one of whom lives jn the commune where the meeting Is to be held. — A gentleman who carefully notes the habits of certain churchgoers, says that one of his fel- Jow-worshippers took out his watch nine times during a short sermon, an: three times to look at a thermometer which hung near his pew. While the minister was pronouncing the bene- diction this uneasy person shot out, and had reached the outer door when the amen was ut- tered. Ministers find it very hard to preach to such creatures. —The Salvation Army is having a rougher campaign in Engiand than it had in this country. Recently in a public street in Walworth, a sab- urb of Lond & woman in the procession, having darted from the ranks to seize a pipe from the lips of a spectator with the exclama- tion, “that’s your devil,” found herself knocked te the ground with what is described as a ter- rific blow in the mouth. Other members of the ‘army who went to her assistance were similarly treated. Such occurrences are not especially adapted to ineuleating the Gospel of Peace. — “But the prayers of these millions have not ‘been answered. The prayer of the righteous an in this case has not availed much, not any- thing.” To this we reply: These ers have been answered so far as they were feiss at all; that is, so far as they were offered in deference to the divine will and in submission to the divine wisdom. Any other view of prayer is irrational and unchristian, and no man ought to believe or defend it. So far as this false and fanatical view is accepted, it must yield to the logic of stubborn facts, and the sooner it is abandoned the better for Christian and intidel.— President Noah Porter. — A “Pan-Baptist” council is spoken of in View of the great success of the Methodist and Presbyterian councils. The project has not as- sumed definite shape as yet, but meets with a grave difficulty at the outset. It is asked who shall be invited. As Baptist churches are all independent of each other, there is no formu- lated standard of accepted theology. There are many diversities of belief and practice among those who believe in baptism by immersion. A Jeading Baptist organ remarks that the Mor- mons immerse, but that they would hardly be welcome in @ general Baptist council. The Dunkers and many other peculiar people also baptize by immersion. Yet they would not be hailed as recular Baptists. Nor would those who insist on what they call “trine immersion,” in which the candidate is three times ph into the water, once for each name of the Trinity. As most of the recular Baptists in this country are “close communion,” while open eommunionism largely prevails in the British eburches, it is n likely that such harmony ould prevail in a “Pan-Baptist” council as that which so conspicuously characterized the great Tove feast of the Methodists. — One of the pointed things said at the Ecu- menical Methodist conference was Dr. George’s ‘iterance on church unity and church competi- thor ‘We ought to keep out of each other’s way and to remember that we are inno case Tival bodies. It isa needless sacrifice of men and mon . and spiritual energy, when two or three Methodist churches or chap- eis are located by diferent Methodist organiza- tions in the same immediate neighborhood, dividing resources which would no more than eupport one minister and church respectabl enenderi vstering divisions for insuffi- ind giving oeca— id Protestantism sion for the enemies of Christ to speak reproacifully.” Again: “I can men- tion acity or village of less than ten thousand inhabitants, im which there are a Methodist Episcopal church, a Methodist Episcopal church South, a United Brethren Church. a Methodist Protestant Church, and an American Wesleyan Church, with the necessary outiit of pastors, Bresiding elders, bishops and conference presi- ts; and recently the Free Methodists have also attempted to secure afocthold. * * * Who will answer in the great and terrible day @f the Lord for this waste and wickedness?” gs ernahaosp-o memeber A Literary Curiosity. From the Evangelical Messenger. Every ‘nt of nouns, pronouns and verbs knows the necessity of transposing language for the Sake of ascertaing its grammatical construction. ‘The foltowins lifferent readings 5 ical Unes, yet the The weary plowman plods his homeward way, ‘The plowman, weary, piods his homeward way, His homeward way the weary plowman plods) His homeward way the plowman, weary, plods, e Weary plowman homeward plods his way; ‘The plowinan, weary, homeward plods his way, His way the weary plowman homeward plods, His Way, the plowinan, weary, homeward plods, The homeward, plots his weary way, 1S way lowinan, homewanl, weary, pious) His homeward, weary way the plowman plods, Weary, the plowman homeward plods his way We he plowman plods his homeward way, y the weary plowman plods, owinan Weary plods, ary way, the plowman plods, ‘The plowman, homeward, weary plods his way, His weary way, the plowinan homeward plods, His weary way, the homeward plowman plods, Homewant the plowman plods his weary way, Homeward the weary plowman plods his way, The plowman, weary, his way homeward plods, The plowman’ pixis his homeward weary way, ‘The plowman plods his weary homeward way, Weary the piowman his way homeward piods, Weary his homeward way the plowman plodst gee The Repugnance to Overwork in England and Scotland, ‘From a late letter. However it maybe on the continent, the British people certainly do not overwork them- welves. Walking through Giasgow, for instance, at half-past nine In the forenoon, we see scarcely half the stores open, and when I was there most ‘of them contained notices in the windows that they would be closed altogether on the follow- Thursday, because, forsooth, the Queen was to visit Edinburgh on that day. I went a barber shop at Edinburgh after 4 o'clock one Saturday afternoon, and was cooly told I would have to come on Monday, as they did Bo work after four. At Bristol acase came to my notice where a dressmaker was summoned to appear before a magistrate and fined for sim- Eppomittine one of her assistants, who did it her own free will, to work after 4 p.m. on Sat- urday, the law being peremptory that work must not be kept later than that hour. I verily believe that, despite the low wages of the British workmen, they are fully as well paid in proportion to the work they accomplish as our own, though, irrespec- tive of the amount of work accomplished, our wages sound fabulously high to them. Scorr, THickery axp Dickens.—I heard Thackeray thank Heaven for the purity of Dickens. I thanked Heaven for the purity of a greater than Dickens—Thack- eray if. We may all thank Heaven for A eagd of one still greater than either—Sir We Scott. I say still greater morally, as well as in power as an artist, because in Thack- there is cynicism, though the more genial foe f healthy element predominates; and c: which is not good in the great writer, omnes very bad in the little reader.—{Goldein Smith. ee days after the funeral she floods a ht struck her “I she sald; “I will it is unhealthy to sleep in feath- ars? Look at the spring chicken and see how ARTHUR ON FAMILY NAMES, The Given Them by the Father of saa by A WORK IN WHICH THE PRESIDENT ASRISTED— THE PROPHETIC NAME OF GARFIRLD—MEAN- ING OF CONKLING, GRANT, BLAINE, LOGAN AND CAMERON—SURKAMES OF THE SENATORS, &e. From the New York Sun. The derivation and importance of family Rames was a favorite study with the late Rev. ‘Wm. arthur, the father of the President. For some years he was engaged in the compilation of a list of names and their significance, which he completed in 1856, while living at Newton- ville, Albany county, in this state. His work Was published in this city in 1857. The title is: | “An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names, with an Essay on their Deri- yation and Import, by William Arthur, A. M.” The book was published by Sheldon, Blakeman & € of New It is scarce now, rely to be found on the book stands. It contains from 2,500 to 2.800 surnames, with their meaning, and about 500 * or baptismal james. In the introduction the author treats of the cus- toms that prevailed among various races and nations in naming their young. He says that the ancient Hebrews retained the greatest sim- plicity in the use of names, and that generally single name distinguished the individual. The Jews named their children the eighth day after the nativity; the Greeks on the tenth day, when an entertainment was given by the parents to their friends and sacrifices were offered to the gods. The Romans gave names to their female children on the eighth day, and to their males | on the ninth, which they called the day of puri- fication, when they solemnized a@ feast called Nominalia. A majority of the names in the book appear to be of Gaelic or Celtic and Saxon origin. The Normans prefixed Fitz, the Welsh Ap, and the ancient Irish Mac to surnames to | denote son. as MacHugh, the son of Hugh. “All | names,” says the author in conclusion, ‘ must haye been originally significant.” President Arthur says that he assisted his father in the compilation of the names. One of the names is that of Garfield. The meaning attached to it becomes unusually sig- nificant from what has recently happen It is as follows: icld—Local. Saxon, Garwisn, man_and Dutch gar, dressed, dop a nd field, a place whi is finis to rhere everything is finished for an ariny. Many names that are now prominent before the country appear in the book. The patro- nymic Grant is treated thus: Grant_Ot that it be aetna othe Bane WSR SR ae te Grant signifies crooked or bowed. Thus Cambridge, the town and unive in 80 i es & ¢rooked bridge, or rather a bridge upon Cam River, oF the crooked an ing river. ‘The Saxons ‘this town Grant Bridge, Cam in the British and Grant in the ‘on being of the same ; Ger- Prepared; necessary ‘Hill, was called ind or the crooked’ hill, but we ‘this Saxon word the surname Irish, grandha signifies ugly, ill-favored. nify much the & ony ras, mu same thing. or are’ synonymous wo and there being a tribe of the Grants_cailed Clan Chia ran, itis the same as Grant. Thus the surname iht have been taken from a progenitor that was Chiar or Grant— that is to say, a swarthy or gray- man =and, though in time Grant ‘common and prevailing surname, yet some always retained the other and are called Clan Chi aren. In French, Grand signifit ‘bi ralorou! and from thenes many are inclined fo tavek that toe pu about Bishop of Canterbury im the resale Grant. rat, Kiros of that time, writing im Latin call Bee Reka Magnus, which plainly shows that they took Grant to be the same wit French Grand ana the Latin Magnus: $o which, let us add tuatin the old ‘writs the article the surname Grant. sbout 500 y% a is put before the The name Conkling1s said to be derived from “Con, bold, wise, knowing, and klein, little, or son, 7.¢., the son of Con. “Konkelen, in Dutch, signifiies to plot, intrigue, conspire. Cleang” lean, Gaelic, the head of the valley.” James G. Blaine will no doubt be pleased to know that his surname comes from the town of Blain, in » France. Mr. Arthur says: ies. the 5 se cong ents fhe moat cp Wms Be ig, and ‘end or top of an object; the inland extremity of agieu; aleader or chief. =~ Senator Don Cameron will probably dispute the meaning of his name—“crooked. or crooked nose”—from the Gaelic: ‘Cam, crooked, and eron, nose.” Senator John Sherman’s name comes from “a shearman, one who d to shear cloth. Villain, thy father was a plasterer, and thyself a shearman.” Jones is said to be from the Hebrew and to signify gracious. The name of the chairman of the national re- publican committee who conducted the Garfield and Arthur campaign has this meaning: Jewell i sewel, a preci stone; ananie cepvecaive cr fonineas "> Precious Mahone in Celtic or Gaelic is a bear. Logan (Gaelic) is “an enclosed plain or low lying place. If the residence of a Britain was ou a plain it was called Laun, from Lagen or Logen; ifon an eminence it was termed dun.” Lincoln is “from Lincoln in England. The name is derived from Lin in the Gaelic, Welsh, a Cornish British, which signifies a pool, pond, or lake, and coln, the ridge or neck of a hill, so called from its situation, as it occupies the top and side of a steep hill on the river Witham, which here divides into three streams.” ‘French—Originally coming from or belong- ing to France.” Acton is from the Saxon. “The oak town or oak hil—the name of a town in Middlesex, England, whence the name is derived.” Stoughton.—“This family derives its name from Stoche or Stoke, a place in Surre: , Eng- land, and tun a word signifyingan enclosure. Alvord. From Alford, a town in Lincol: shire, England, signifying the old ford or way, from ald, old and ford, a ford, way or pass.” Bliss.—‘In English avery happy name, imposed by others on the individual. Blys, in the Welsh, signifies deriving, longing. “Butler.—This family derive their origin from the old Counts of Briony, or Biony, in Norman- dy, a descendant of whom, Hervius Fitz Walter, accompanied the Conqueror into England. His son, Theobold,went with Henry II. into Ireland, where, having assisted in the reduction of the kingdom, he was rewarded with large sions there, and made it the place of his res.- dence: The King afterward conferred on him the office of Chief Butler of Ireland, whence his descendants, the Earls of Ormond and others, took the surname of De Boteler, or Butler.” Chandler.—‘A name of trade; a maker and seller of various wares, originally of candles.” The Christian and surnames of the President are thus spoken of: “arthur (British).—A strong man; from Ar | (Lat. vir), © man, and thor, strong. In the Gaelic, Air is the same as Fear, a man, and the Ancient Scythians called a man Aior. Thor was the Jupiter of the Teutonic races, their god of thunder. In Welsh, Arth is a bear, an emblem of strength and courage, and ur a noun termi- nation,a man, Arthur, a bear-man, a hero, a man of strength, the name of a British Prince.” “Chester.—Local—From the city of Chester, the capital of Cheshire, England, founded by the Romans. The name is derived from the Latin Castrum; Saxon, ceaster, a fortified place, a city, acastle, or camp, it a Roman sta- tion where the Twentieth Legion was quartered. The Roman stations in England were generally so called, being sometimes varied in dialect to Chester, Chaster, or Caster, the termination of reap aa towns, as Colchester, the camp on the River Coln; Doncaster, on the Don; Lancas- ter, on the Lon or Lune,” &c. ed, according to Julius “ Alan, or Allan—deriv. Scaliger, from the Sclavonic Aland, a wolfdog, the same a hound, and Chaucer uses Aland sense. Bailey derives it as the same from the British. Camden thinks it a corruption of Zli- anus, which signifies sun-bright. From the same we have Allen, Allin, Alley Gaelic, Aluinn signifies exceedingly rs elegant, lovely. Irish, Alun, fair, Of the members of the present United States Senate whose family names appear in the com- pilation of the Rev. Mr. Arthur and his son, President Arthur, with the derivations of the names, the list is as followa: Senator Anthony's is from the Greek word signifying flower; “flourishing, beautiful, grace- ful” ‘Enat of Senator Morgan. of A\ That of Senator Pugh, of Alal traction of Ap Hugh, the son of Sereereeer T of Senator er, of Ari described: “In the north of tle DESIRE TO INCUBATE. ‘Bill Nye, Laramie Boomerang. Dear reader, did you ever wrestle with a hen that hada wild, uncontrollable desire to inca- bate? Did you ever struggle on, day after day, trying to convince her that her miasion was to furnish eggs for your table, instead of hovering all day on adoor-knob, trying to hatch out a litter of tront doors? ‘Wm. H. Root, of this place, who has made the hen a study, both in her home life and while lying in the embrace of death, has struck upon an argument which the average hen will bay more attention to than any other he has dis- covered in his He says the modern hen ignores almost every thing when she once gets a notion that she has received a call to incubate. You can deluge her with the garden-hose, or throw umbrellas at her, or change her nest, but that don’t count with the firm and stubborn hen. You can take the eggs out of the nest and put a blooded bulldog or a nest of new-laid bumble-bees in place of them, and she will hover over them as assiduously as she did before. William H. Root’s hen had shown some signs of this mania, so he took out the eggs and let her try her incubator on a horse- Take awhile, just so she conld taper off gradw- nd not have her mind shattered. Then he her at hatching out four-tined forks, and at last her taste got so vitiated that she took the contract to furnish tht country with bustles by hatching out an old hoopskirt that had gone to seed. Mr. Root then made an experiment. We were one of a board of scientists who assisted in the consultation. The owner of the hen got a strip of red flannel and tied it around her tail. The hen seemed annoyed as soon as she discovered it. No hen cares to have @ sash nung on her systein that doesn’t match her complexion. A seal-brown hen with a red flannel polonaise doesn’t seem to harmonize and she is aware of it just as much as any body is. That hen seemed to have thought of something all at once that had escapea her mind before, and so she went away. She stepped about nine feet ata lick onthe start, and gained time as she proceeded. When she bumped her nose against the corner of the stable she changed her mind about her direction. She altered her course a little, but continued her rapid style of movement. Her eye began to look wild. She seemed to be losing her reason. She [ede pretty soon that she didn’t recognize the faces of friends. She passed Mr. Root without being able to distinguish him from a total stranger. These peculiar movements were kept up during the entire afternoon, till the hen got 80 fatigued that she crawled into a length of old stovepipe, and the committee retired to prepare areport. It is the opinion of the press that this is a triumph of genius in the line of hen culture. It is not severe, though firm, in its treatment, and while it, of course, annoys and unmans the hen temporarily, it is salutary in its results, and at the same time it furnishes a pleasant little matinee for the spectators. We say to those upon whose hands time hangs heavily theselong days that there is nothing that soothes the ruffled mind and filis the soul with a glad thrill of pleasure like the erratic movements of a decorated hen. It may not be a high order of nt, but it affords a great deal of laugh- ose who aré not very accomplished, and hose who laugh at things and then consider its propriety aiterward. well.’ That of Senator Brown, of coorats is derived from fect pepo color of or gar- sic consequently a very common name.” That of Senator Dawes, of Massachusetts, is from \D'awes, from the river, fountain, or That of Senator Harrison, of Indiana, ts ‘the son of Henry,” ‘which Verstegan derives from Einrick, ever rich; others from Herrick, rich lord or master; Camden from the Latin, Honoricus, honorable. Kilian writes it Heynrick, Heym- Tick, i. e., rich at home.” That of Senator Beck, of Kentucky, is Anglo- Saxon, “from becc, a brook.” That of Senator Kellogg, of Louisiana, ts “from Chelioe or Kulliag (Cornish British), a cock, coil each in Gaelic, and celiog in Welsh, the c having the sound of k.” That of Senator Williams, of Kentucky is “from the Belgiac guild-helm, harnessed with a gilded helmet, or, as others say, from Wilhelm, the shield, or defence of many.” That of Senator Frye, of Maine, is from the Cornish British, ‘‘a hill, a town, or house on the most prominent part of a hill or eminence. German, Frei, free; Dutch, yry, or Fry, free.” That of Senator Hale, of Maine, is from the Welsh, “‘a moor; also, Hayle, a salt water Tiver. That of Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, is “white hoar gray.” That of Senator George, of Mississippi, is from the Greek, ‘‘a husbandman, a farmer. That of Senator McMillin, of Minnesota, is “the son of the miller.” That of Senator McPherson, of New Jersey, is “the son of Pherson. Pherson is the son of Pfarer, German, a pareon, and that from Pfarre, a parish, a benefit, or living. Pfarre is derived from the Gaelic Falre, a watcher, to watch, an overseer, Episcopus.” ‘That of Senator Saulsbury,ofDelaware,is “the town of health; ee dry comme The alt 7 ot Salisbury ancien’ ood upon a where there was no waler: but it is now situated in a valley anda little brook runs through the streets. The name was sometimes written Sal- usbury, that is, the ea, town or hill.” That’ of Senator Van Wyck, of Nebraska, is “from Wyck, a town on the river Lech in Hol- land.” That of Senator Rollins, of New Hampshire,is from the Saxon, and means “counsel for the land.” That of Senator Edmunds,of Vermont,is from the Saxon, “hap} peace.” That of Senator Ransom,of North Carolina,is “the price paid for redemption from captivity or punishment.” That of Senator Pendleton, of Ohio, is “the summit of the hill, Gaelic, from pendle, the summit, and dun, a hill. Pen-dal-ton, the town at the head of the yalley.” That of Senator Mitchell, of Pennsylvania, is “a corruption of Michael, or from the Saxon Muchel. big.” gledelchadt ‘That of Senator Johnston, of Virginia, is the ; : son of John, which in Hebrew signifies “gra- ___ Love in Chicago cious, God’s grace.” From the Chicago Tribune. That of Senator Morrill, of Vermont, means having yellow hair. That of Senator Blair, of New Hampshire, is from the Celtic. The Rev. Mr. Arthur speaks of the name thus:—“From Blair, or Blar, which originally elgnified a ‘cleared plain,’but fromthe Celts generally choosing such plains for their fields of battle blair came to signify a battle. There isa small village called the Blair near oenaed; oe Ge poles from Hochlevel, in ‘ifeshire, Scotian it signifies a spot where a battle was fought, locus pugne. Here, it issup- sed, an engagement took place between the Eomane and the Caledonians A.D. 83. The name of Senators Davis, of Illinois, and of Davis of West Virginia is a corruption of Davids (Hebrew), the son of David, ‘beloved dear. That of Senator Gorman, of Maryland, is‘‘a na- tive of Germany.” Among the names borne by Presidents of the United States that appear in Mr. Arthur's book are those of Adams, which in Hebrew is “man, earthly red;’* Buchanan, which is said to be derived from the Gaelic, boc, bocan, meaning “deer or a place abounding in deer.” Madison, the son of Matthew or Matilda. Van Buren is from the town of Buren, in Holland. Of Fill- more, it is sai “This name, in all probability, arose from a residence, near_a lake or a fertile piece of ground. Fille, Saxon, denoting fuliness or plenteousness, and mere, a bene or moist piece of proaua: ae name has | gir) n spelled at different times Fylmore. a ‘ane Pee mour, and Filmore.’ Several other derivations | 4) 0°" Miriam was started she could go quitea may be found for the etymology of this name. From Filea, Celtic and Gaelic, abard, a historian, and mor, great, that is, the famous bard. The Fileas, among the Gauls or Celts, were held in great esteem, and their office was honorable. They turned the tenents of religion into verse, and animated the troops, before and during an engagement, with martial odes, and celebrated | the valorous deeds of the chieftains and princes who entertained them.” Washington is originally from Wessyneton or De Wessyngton. “The name was taken from the place in England where the family origi- nated; from weis or wash, acreek setting in Irom the sea, the shallow part of a river; ing, a meadow or low ground, and ton, for dun, a hill or town—the town gn the wash or salt creek.” Polk is an abbreviation of Pollock, which is derived from the parish of Pollock, in Renfrew- shire, Scotland. ‘The name,” says Mr. Arthur, “4s from the Gaelic Poliag, a little pool, pit, or pond; a diminutive of pol, a pool. It isvulgarly ronounced Pock or Polk.” “Mr. Polk, the late ethatty is third in descent from a Mr. Pol- lock. Monroe comes from Monadh Roe or Mont Roe, from the mount on the River Koe, in Ireland, whence the family came. ‘Pierce is of the same origin as Percy.” Therenowned family of Percy of Northumberland, England, derived their name from Percy Forest, in the province of Maen, Normandy, whence they came, which sig— nifies a stony place, from pierre. It may signify a hunting piace, from pirsen, Teutonic, to hunt; percer, French, to penetrate, to force one’s way. Taylor—A name of trade, Mr. Arthur tells this story of the name: “A Mr. Taylor who,from false pride, had changed his name to Tayleure, once hautily demanding of a farmer the name of his dog, the man replied, ‘Why, sir, his proper name is Jowler; bat since he’s a consequential kind of puppy, we call him Jouleure.’” Jefferson is probably from Jeffers, which is “corrupted from Geoffrey, or Godfi erman, “T should blush to twitter.” These words were uttered in a half-laughing, half-serious tone by a beautiful girl of 19, who stood on the veranda of a turreted villa and looked with eager, wistful gaze toward the west where the setting sun was gilding with its ex- piring rays the green-topped hills and heather- hedged vales which lay between Jackson Halland the great lake, on whose blue bosom idly floated a fine fleet of lumber hookers. Turning quickly from her contemplation of the golden halo which the setting sun cast over the earth, Miriam Jack- son spoke to her father, saying: “Are you going to Kenosha this evening, pay ‘0, darling,” was the reply, the voice of the pork packer instinctively assuming a more ten- der tone as he addressed his only daughter. “Not Kenosha—some other station on the North- western road;” and springing lightly into a coupé, which ‘drove up to the door, he kissed his hand to Miriam and was gone. “At last,” she said softly to herself, “at last he has gone and left me alone—alone with my thoughts. And what are those thoughts? What can they be, except of George, and my love for him—that love which has gilded my heart with its bright, beautiful rays of hope, as_ the morn- ing sun gilds the Alhambra Pala Oh. George, without your love I shouid indeed be a desolate + «© «© «© «© «© Over the closely trimmed lawn, whose yely: surface gaye forth no sound as his feet p ly upon it, came a youne man, a str handsow fellow in the full flush or straight manhood. jam did not see him, but the faithful wat h dog did, came bounding forth from his kennel, grabbing the young man blithely by the seat of the trousers, and gallop— ing away in merry glee tothe back yard with his mouth full of gents’ furnishing goods. Fortu- or George W. Simpson, thejocund day was waning, and gray-hooded night was if her sable mantle o’er all, including his trousers. Stepping still more softty overthe lawn, he was onthe porch and seated in a chair before Miriam was aware of his presence, and it was only when he spoke her name in the low dulcet tones that one only acquires by living in Chicago and trying to talk while a tug is taking some vessels through the river that she knew of his presence. Running quickly to him, she knelt by his side, and, placing her fair young face close to his, said: “Is it you, darling?” George never deceived a trusting heart. “It is me,” he said, admitting his identity and lack of familiarity with Lindley Murray at the same ime. “I was so srry, afraid you wouldn’t come,” continued the girl,” and papa acted as if he never would go, and really and truly I began to think that perhaps you had missed tie train, and then again that maybe you didn’t love me at all, and ever and ever so many dreadfully horrid things, that I was almost ready to cry. But you are here now, aren’t you, darling?” Looking tenderly intothe blue eyes, and kiss- ing fondly the red lips, he said: “Are you sure you love me, little one?” “Sure!” exclaimed the girl, starting to her feet. ‘Are you sure that you exist? Are you sure that the snn will rise to-morrow?” George Simpson did not reply. He had lived in Chicago many years, and had long since quit betting on sure things. “So sure,” said Miriam, “as yon planet that shines so brightly in the eastern’ horizon will be there when another day shall have run itscourse, 80 sure is it that my love for you will never, can never, fade or falter.” George liked this. He didn't know what hori- zon meant, and was a trifle hazy about planet; but when Miriam talked about the day running its course he was at home. He visited arun- ring course every summer, and generally got his money on the wrong horse. “I must test her love, he said softly to himself, and turning to the girl, he said: “And wou'd you prove your love, my own?” Avoey 1, my darling! Try me; that is all I ask.” Bending low over the tiny pink ear, George Simpson masuaren into it afew earnest Words, ever rosy blush suffused Miriam’s cheek as she writers,” says Mr. Arthur, “are of opinion that | rose, and, without » word, led George to her we have Everard, Everet, from Eber, a father's oom. “in there,” she said, “are pants : on can’t $ O’Conor and Conor, or Connor, Celtic or The door closed! sha heavy clang: Gaelic, “from Conchobar, the chief of men, | reg Tmlnutes fer heey aod cea in "epalr of powerful among men, a leader. O'Donovan de- | teonsers belonging to the haughty pork packer. ives the name from Conn, , and Cob- | “"Wiriam had roved her love. hair, aid, Con-na-fir, the head of Li sg bul : men.” The name is also derived from Conor or | a Ooo an [rish in the who One Stew. year 971. From the Retailer, “ Beecher is French, from “beau chére,afine| A finicky, fussy, round little man stepped up entertainment, or from the beech wood.” to the first waiterin a new oyster saloon in Sixth “ee avenue, and sald: i “Have wepeaye.vou got any really nice, fresh, good “Yes, sir.” “Not too fat, you know, but just exactly right, rey, G from God and fried, God’s peace, or from Gan, and fried, joyful peace.” Other names are as follows: “Cornell—In the British signifies a corner, a a placeshaped likea horn (from the Latin corun). Corneille, in the French, ‘Sguites a crow.” “Husted—Local. Hus, Saxon, a house, and sted, a fixed place.” Hoskins, the name of the lieutenant governor of New York, is ‘from Heschen or Hoskyn (Cornish British), the place of rushes, the seedy lace.” e Randall, the name of the Speaker of the last House of Representatives, is Saxon, and signi- fies “fair help, from Ran, fair, and ulph, help.” Parnell, the name of the Iriah leader, is “from Petronilla, Italian, pretty stone.” Evarts is a corruption of Everard, which is Saxon, and hasthe same oe in vee “that {s, were ever honored,” or “from Eberhardt, slay or enduring.” “Some not thin, either. and I want them “How will you have thoni-—halt shell?” 4 Pao s moment sald the little mi ‘an condition, please I want them ‘Margret, my pearl, has deep blue eyes, Bat Saloni none T For her sweet d| Tibbitts tr flush—which eyer suits the reader best—of early | “Hast thou given the horee strength? Hast HOW THE BARN-YARD BIRD MAY BE CURED OF THE | thou clothed his neck with thunder?” Who can | * FASHION STARTED Ix OLDEX TIMES BY A TOPER’: be insensible to the magnificent utterances which, even ina incapable of render- ing the full iseunty of tnecintont tongue, throw our modern poetry into the shade. Yet man hore's neck was avery imperfect one and ust jorse’s neck was a im) one, an as he neutralizes by irom stoes the nskaral das. ticity of the hoof, he by means of various con- trivances renders nugatory the exquisite mechanism of the bones, muscles, snd 1 liga- ments from the neck to the shoulder. 1 wonder whether any of our readers have ever thought about the structures which enable the horse toe hold its head up without fatigue. We could not do it, and if we were placed on all fours we should soon find our heads drooping from sheer fatigue. In order to see how this is accomplished, we must make a dissection of the norse’s neck. If we place a hand on the back of our neck and bend the head forward, we shall feel a strong ligament. Ifthe skin be removed from the neck of a human being, this ligament is seen to be chord-like, and not to present any very remarkable peculiarity of structure. In the horse, however, it is de- veloped into a most wonderful elastic mechan- ism. Lapping over the back of the neck, it throws out a set of projections, each of which fastened to one of the vertebra of the neck such a manner that, while it gives suppo: to that particular vertebra, it works simu! taneously with the others. Thus, the ani- mal can toss or shake its head, tui it round to its flanks, or depre: it to its knees, the powerful and highly elastic ligaments permitting all these movements, and by their own resilience restoring the head and neck to their normal position when the muscles are relaxed. The weight of the head and neck is very considerable, and by their movements the balance of the body is materially aided.e. g., in walking up a very steep hill the horse, when at liberty, throws his head and neck well for- ward, 80 as to keep the weight as much as pos- sible in front of the fore feet. In descending the same hill the horse holds his head and neck as far back as he can, so as to throw the weight behind the fore feet. Man, however, is pleased to fancy that this freedom of ac- tion looks mean and tl and that a horse ought to old =his =~ head up, no matter whether he is ascending or de- acending a hill, standing still, walking, trotting or galloping. His model seems to bethe wooden horse of the toy-shops, and the nearer approach that he can make to the stiff rigi of the toy- horse the better is he pleased. As if to increase the resemblance, he even cuts the mane short, “hogs” it, as the expression is, so as to make it look like the strip of fur gined on the neck of the wooden horse. So, besides the reins, he al taches to the bit a leathern strip called a ‘‘bear- ing-rein”—I suppose because it is hard for the horse to bear—and fastens it to the saddle,so as to render the animal incapable of lowering its head beyond a certain point, according to the length of the rein. Not content with this, a still more severe instrument was invented, and is known by the name of the “gag,” or Bedouin Pe Re Rev. J. G. Wood, in Good ‘ords. Snipe on Toast. From the Burlington Hawkeye. Thad some snipe on toast in Harrisburg. I Saw on a bill-of-fare: “Snipe on toast, sixty cents.” Snipe on toast would be almost too healthy tood to feed people who had been floating on a raft three weeks, feeding on boot-legs. Says I to the waiter: “Give me some snipe on toast.” By and by he came in and put down some toast, and I kepton reading. I sat there an hour. Then Trang the gong. The waiter en— tered, and says “Where the deuce is my meat Say: “They've been on the table an “T didn’t order plain toast; I want a Says he: “There is a snipe on it.” Then I drew close up to the table and I saw a Diack speck on the toast, and I says: “You'll swear that’s a snipe?” he: “Yes.™ es. “You would make a good linen buyer, you would.” ‘It’s a snipe on toast, anyhow.” v did it get on it?” ay hat snipe’s all right; it’s a full- sized one, too.” Says I: am glad that you told me that’s a full-sized snipe; for, do you know, young mai when I sat out there reading I saw a Dla speck on that toast, but I took it for a fly, and n glad to be informed it’s a snij Now you n take that snipe away and bring me atur- yon toast; and Iwant a full-sized turkey, [ain't hankering after snipe since that epi- sode. I coud hi biown that snipe through a putty hout hurting the snipe. or putty-blower either. Snipe on toast may be game, but it’s a mean gam | From a Paris Letter by jasby” in Toledo Blade. dd to worry one of these Parisian Jesmen, and for once succeeded. He stopped | the party ding with him on the Boute- ns at a jewelers, displayed window the lezend, “English spoken.” ish spoken” inthe shops Is good as a rule, to explain the nature and of the goods, and that is all, Fi peaking salesman has no mor sh than he has of Ashan marehed in boldly, and the Engli | vard ds in hi The ing to meet one in a strang k one’s own language.” “Yees, monsieur.” “Weil, what I want to know is, fs the Chicago and Northwestern railroad cutting rates the same as the other roads, and do they cut for western-bound passengers the same as for east- ern, and do you have the remotest idea that the 1g will be kept up till September when I , and does the Pullman sleeping-car com- pany cut the same as the railroad com) ies.” “Eh, monsieur? Zeese watches—” “You don’t quite understand me. You see the Pullman sleeping-car company is quite dis- tinct from the railroad companies, and one may cut rates without the other. See? Now, what I want to know is——” The bewildered Frenchman, who spoke En- glish, stared in a wild sort of a way, but his po- liteness did not desert him:— s eet ze watch, ze diamond, ze—" Not yet. What I want to know is, who is this Lapham and Miller who have been elected to fill the vacancies occasioned by the resigna- tion of Platt and Conkling, and is Miller going to bea ae to Lapham’s Kite, or are they both square, bang-up men, and—' “Will monsien ir look at ze said ‘No, no. Is the Chicago and Northwestern in this row?” By this time the Frenchman was out of pa- tience. “Monsieur talks—wat you call ‘im—gibber- ish. = ‘ave not ze time to waste. Eef it ees ze replies Tibbits severely, “when you inglish spoken’ you should speak teat cn'as Sta eee mae the piainest or, a3 you don’ ie Engllah, boug-awolr.” menced the same thing. “What I want to know ts, is the Northwestern in the suppose the September, when I “Indeed, I cannot tell you, sir. thing I do not keep the run of. apply at the American office.” ice. This in the best and clearest American Eng- lish. Poor Tibbitts had fallen upon a bright French togood aovount by serving as e selena Frenct as a salesman Pe or Tibbitts smiled a who by chance hit a bull’s-eye, should be very modest and refuse to shoot Even Napolean, great as he was, too many. Bacon. axp HOPrEeFuLNess.—Men who despair of mankind and of the future are happily, sel- successful in others to "| not long, however, after tracing one lead after THE FILLET. HEADACHE. “It is .” said a dealer in new articles of fashion, “that vice of drunkenness should contribute anything to the adornment ef wenen. | C®*ily Into the largest. Skin and lay in a bake= but the origin of the fillet was among old topers The fillet came back into use with the fashion that superseded the heavy plaits of hair, the innumerable curls and the finger puffs, with the style of arranging the hair so that it would show the general contour of the head. Although the new fashion was said to be an imitation of the Grecians, yet it is that women cannot do better than imitate the most beautiful nation of the world. The fillet came back with the low classic coil, for bound around the head it defined more plainly its shape and brought out in good effect all the slumbering warmth that might exist in dark or licht hair.” “But what is a fillet?” “Don't you remember Pope's line, ‘A belt her waist, a fillet binds her hair? inal diadem worn by kings, and was woven of silk thr sometimes embroidered gold precious stanes. As luxury inc larger until it became the golden fashionable fillet of to-day is not neces gold or precious stones, but a of our millionaires will probably appear at balls this winter with a fortune in a fillet. the For Masses, however, there are offered pretty nds of pd steel and brilliant 8 varying in width from a fourth to three-fourths of an inch. The steel fillets, or bands, are usually worn singly; that is, a single band is considered sufficient ornament for the hair; but in jets, the fillets are made in double and triple as weil as single bands, piece being The pieces con- verge where they are concealed by the hair and diverge at the crown. The ornaments are almost universally becoming. The interesting reped about them is that Bacchus invented them fur wear the morning after his revels. His fol- lowers complained so much of their heads, after a bout with him, that he devised the fillet to relieve the after effects of the wine, and taught the old 1 ge to bind it tightly about their heads so as to cause intense compression. This isthe origin of the most becoming headdress ever known, and women with low, broad brows, oval faces, clean cut features, and’ general Gre- cian outlines must sing the praise of ‘Bacelus, ever fair and you " In the gossamer of "At the dawn of cvery day, Foul water sprites are seen ‘To rise from the spume unclean Of the Erie, above the locks And below; and they fly a: ‘AS foul birds fly, in floc To the east and west they fly, To the north and to the south; And the litele babes that lie In their cradles gasp and die Because they have breathed the breath Of a kies from the poisoned mouth Of one of these nymphs of death! And the bravest of our braves, Our maidens, the pure and fair, Slip into their hurried graves om the slime of the putrid waves Where the glucose demons make For themselvesa loathsome lair. While their victims burn, or shake, Whence came, and where do ye go, O mimes of the baleful preath? “We are natives of Buflalo, Where the Hamburg breezes blow: And we go to the weary and sad At the word of our captain, Death, ‘And they never more are glad, “ We kindle a flame in men’s vei We dance on the valves of their hearts; Til in quivering, shiverins paises Oo" quivering, al ‘They yield to malarious arts" And the tottering reason wanes, And the life that wassweet departs!” SIMEON CLARK, —___.. mm A Visit to Wrangel Land. Mr. John Muin, the California geologist. who is with the exploring steamer, communicates the following account of a visit to Wrangel Land to the San Franciseo Bulletin: “‘ after cruising along the Siberian coast for a few days, and calling at the Cape Wankern vil- lage to procure as many as possible of the arti- cles taken by the natives from the wreck of one of the lost whalers, we found ourselves once more on the edge of Wrangel ice, and once more indense fog on the morning of August 9. A huge white bear came swimming through the drizzle and gloom and black heaving waves to- ward the ship as we lay at anchor, guided. doubtless, scent. He was greeted by a volley of rifle balls, no one of which injured him, how- ever, and fortunately he could not be pursued. The fog lasted in dismal thickness until 1 o'clock ing of the 11th, when we once more hills and dai £ Wrangel Land hope- x scovered alead that enabled us to approach within perhaps fifteen miles o! the nearest portion of the coast. At times we thought ourselves much nearer, when the light bly would bring out many of the smaller features, such as the subordinate ridges on the faces of the mountai nd hills, and the small dimpling hollows with their different | nels of small streams, and the peculiar rounded ontlines due to glacial action. Then pushing through the huge drifting masses to- rd the nearest cape, judy a ness of its feature Wy seem retreat again into the blue distance, and some other point catching the sunt rising grand¥y across the jagzed hummocky ice . Felieved azainst the blue shadowy por- tions to right and left as a background. Tt was ct another, and coming always to a standstill with the ship’s prow against ice of enormous thick- ness, before we were forced to the conclusion that ail efforts made hereabouts would now be yain. The ice did not seem to have been broken or moved in any way for yéars. ‘We turned, therefore, and made our way back to open water with difficulty, and steamed | along the edge of the pack to the northeast- ward. Aiter a few hours’ run we found the ice more promising, showing of having been well crushed and pounded, enabling us to bear gradually in toward the land through a wedge- shape lead about twenty miles in length. At 5:30 p.m. we were again brought to a standstill against heavy ice, but this time within about five miles of the shore. We now felt pretty sure that we would be able to make a landing here, and the questions that we wanted ta put to this land of mystery came thronging to mind. This is perhaps the most likely place to find feannette expedition in case any portion of this country was reached. Would we find such traces? Had the country any human inhabitants? Would we find reindeer or musk oxen? What birds shall we find, plants, rocks, streams, etc.? We intended to walk the five miles of ice, dragging a light, skin-covered boat with us to cross any open spot that we might come to, but ere we could set off the fog began to settle gloomily down over the land, and we determined to wait until the next morning, and in the mean time steam back out of the narrow, ice-jammed throat of the lead a few miles to a safer position, in case the ice should close upon us. Just as we turned from our nearest point of approach we fired a cannon to stir the echoes among the hills, and give notice of our presence in case anybody was near to listen. “Next morning steaming ahead once more to the end of our water-line, we were rejoiced to find that though there was now about eight orten miles of ice iting us from the shore,it was Jess firmly ed, and our little vessel made a way through it without difficulty, until we were | shades of color. furrows that seemed the chan- | HOME MATTERS. SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS, USEFUL RECKICTA, ere. Sweet PotaTors.—Boll until @ fork will go pan in the oven a few minutes te dry. Theyare also very good to place in the meat-pan with the roast and brown lightly. Powon In Fart Jars.—Good Health directs attention to the danger of using fruit cans with zine tops, which are liable to poison the eon- Tents, from the formation of poisonous salte by the action of acids from the fruits on the zine. Jars with glass or porcelain tops are safer to use. Sort Soar.—Cut two-thirds of a four-pound barcommon soap in small pieces, put on in large kettle with half wood pail cold water and one pound washing soda: let stand and simmer several hours unt!i dissolved, stirring occa- sionally; pour into lange stone pot and add half ba cold water, stirring thoroughly —W. ¥. ‘en 5 ReMOvAL OP STRONG Opors Prom THE HANDA. Ground mustard mixed with a little water is an excellent agent for cleansing the hands after handling odorous substances, such as codgiver oil, musk, vaierianic acid and its salts. The au- | thor mentions that the smeli of carbolic acid may be removed by rubbing the hands with | damp flaxseed meal.—Jiruggiss’ Circular. Earacue.—In the American Medical Associa- tion, Dr. Jacoby remarked that closing the months of infants and children, and simply blowing into the nose, is often a very valu- | able method of relieving severe earache; and that, in a number of cases, he had obtained most excellent results from this procedare, the | cause of the trouble probably being @ catarrhal affection of the eustachian tube. How To Make Meat Texper.—Cut the steaka, the day before, into slices about two inches thick; rab them over with a small quantity of soda: wash off next morning; cut into suitable thickness, and cook as you choose. The same groones Will answer for fowls, legs of mutton, c. Try, all who love delicious, tender dishes of meat. Lewonette.—Pare and core some apples, and boil till nearly tender.and of these take one pound; to this add the juice of rather more than half @ Jemon and the grated peel of a whole one, sweeten: to taste with powdered loaf sugar, about one pound is usually sufficient: to this add the yolk of eight eggs, and the whites of six well three ounces of butter liquid sufficiently to mix them with, and beat up all together; put into a pie dish, and bake tor nearly an hour. Svcootase.—Succotash is an Indian word, and the dish originated in early days with the Indians. It is prepared by cooking — green corn and green beans. Take cars of sweet green corn, then with a sharp knife slice off the ends of the kernels and scrape out the im- side; do this until a sufficient quantity is ob tained. Then add fresh green shelled in the same quantity, aud boil together slowly un- til sufficiently cooked. Add salt, and Just a lit- tle pepper, with a little butter and milk, half a teacup or more according to the quantity of corn. Roast Meat.—“ An Old Housekeeper” writes: “I would like to tell * Young Housekeeper” my way of cooking a rib roast, which is a very good piece to bake. Have your butcher take out the ribs and roll up the meat nicely and keep it to- gether by tying a piece of clean cord around it; skewers are in the way and prevent carving nicely. Haye your oven about as hot as to bake weg nd keep the same heat until the meat is done. e-pound roast requires thi tere of an hour in the oven if you like it ~ rare. Pepper and ealt your meat and put it im the dripping pan without any water or dri to be perfect it must be basted with the from the meat. When done remove the meat, set the pan on top of the stove, and stir in as much flour as you need to thicken the gravy. When brown thin with boiling water.—wN. ¥, Tribune. CLeantva Brass.—The government recipe for cleaning brass, used in the arsenals, is said to beas follows: Make a mixture of one part common nitric acid, and one-half part suiphurie acid in a stone j: hen place ready a pail of fresh water and a box of sawdust. Dip the articles to be cleaned in the acid, then remove them into the water, after which rub them with sawdust. This immediately changes them toe brilliant color. Ifthe brass is greasy, it must be first dipped in a strong solution ‘of potash and soda in warm water; this cuts the grease so that the acid hasthe power to act. Fhe Manu- facturer says that rusted steel can be cleaned y Washing with a solution of half an ounce of | cyanide of potassium in two ounces of water, and then brushing with a paste composed of | half an ounce of cyanide of potassium, half am ounce of castile soap, an ounce of whiting and | suflicient water to make the paste. Dearu In Tae Waste Pires.—When visiting | houses to inspect their condition, the sanitary expert generally finds that the women-folks are best informed about the details of the plumb ing, and also farmore alive to the need of im provement than their masculine _ ret: Women have a keener sense of smell than meny | they are also more observing and more appre- | hensive of anything which seems to threatem the bh bh of their loved ones, It is surprising | how callous aud indifferent men will become, ‘en despite the warning voice of women. Yet, at the saine time, there are many women wi | though having a decided sense of neatness, wil | be content to live amid surroundings which are | far from sanitary. Pumbers daily experience tue difficulty of convincing such persons that | their homes are not immaculate, or that it is possible that their servants or children can be careless or uncleanly. Domestics will slops into bath-tubs, or throw scrubbing- brushes, broken china or towels inte waste- pipes, and yet solemnly deny the fact wi taxed with it, and their mistresses will noi os convinced of their untrutifulness except by ocular demonstration. A Cueap Bixpixe.—A correspondent of The Scientific American says: “I heave ,bound about twenty volumes in this |way:— Pack the papers smoothly; hold firmly, and drive a thin chisel through ‘the pile about half an inch from the back. Push strong tape through and leave out about two inches put three or four tapes through at even inter- vais. Cutcommon thick paper boards large enough to project a little everywhere © that one must come front of the tapes. Draw the tapes tightly and glue down to the or two, and long enough to project a cor inches at the end. Paste the leather w it on the back; fold the ends in so as to come over the a er yes ay . fancy or plain er over the sides; and, \y. the funk tent own to the cover Meade, 6 pom have @ presentable book and very durable. Trimming the edges can be done by clamping between is, and cutting the edges with a thin sharp knife by a straight edge. Of course this is done before the boards are pat on after the tapes are in. This makes a fiat edge bvok, but for a thin book answers very well.’ Paper BLaNxets.—Everybody knows that a layer of newspapers over a bed affords as much warmth at night asthe ordinary counterpane. Various attempts have been made of late years to turn to account, but owing to the crack- eres ake ee pee paper ings the has ed again again. A Manchester (England) frm are, how. jections and ave invested s paper’ blanket ven! which furnishes a perfect vent as bake beneath woolen E 38 ui Pees sae : i i tf Ei t ia E ete