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Cin.O.Nov. 16,1881.(fdiU:—The foolish wust-
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Extract from % Fourth of July Burle*que.
Km th« cold chill oe*«efl to tingle througli ut,Another m^ne of tfrp»tor woe eomew to vm.O wondrous pyrotechnic with the powrrOf doing an it wlnhe« with ourHot imaginations take* the standBeneath a hempen rope-r a narrw utrand,Junt thick enonjeh to amputate a De*dWith orth(Mlox preclnion: goon the redHpark glimmer* and begin* to burn;larger ii grown and tremble* with each turn;An arm, a leg, the eyra and then the feet,Till, in a trice, ft human form'* complete.The noow U flxwl, the c«p pulled o'er bin vlmgeThe \m*t prftyet4 «ald, the parting farewell men
•Age.One Recond more, and with itfckentng thudHe fallM to earUt and walloWH In his blood:Tho man was large, the rope watt until! and
brokeAIAH, kind Heaven ! will this Judicial jokeNever be changed for lemidlagtuting slaughter •It'it now as common on debts, or ilunn, or waterThey piok him up and tie the rope together—A rope, M tflwiaj, that couldn't hang a feather,And try aa»in; again It breaks asminderAnd mttOM hbn choking, gasping, dying, underl*atlent to l>ear all manner of obHtruction,The hangman hopeit for ultimate destruction,And pouncing on the quivering maw of goreMakeH a new snot ami pulls his neck onco moreDeatii'd horror* ! Will this carnage never ceaselie fftlln again this time, thank Ood, to pea<*e;For though Nomeneckn are every whit OK xtrongAH thread like ro|M*n they would not hold out UH
longAnd rnn, in time, it matter* not how tough,He Htraugled into pulp, If worried long enoughThl* bl«Hxly Kcene i* no exaggeration,Ami hat* lieoome quite (winmun in the nation.And tlii* In but a reproduction of the wayThey I ting a man in Dakota t'other day.ilt> wag a bloody vIIIIan that'** all trn»<Hut thowe who hung him wen* just OH bl*<Mly, too«*r worHe, for he, perhaiiN. had Home reasonI'dr ku«H*klng off ni» wife M head out of wnson.Hut they hud none, the lazy, brainleiw donkeys,For wrenching nt hit* neck like Harnnm's JIKUI
keyiiWntnchlng their tails nud hack* and heads for
rtHow long will people nlamlHUch scenes AH these!1
Arn county fundnHo low, dilapidatptl,Ttutt culprits must be choked, decapitated,HtrHiigletl, jerked, and worried into deathAnd all the world grow sick, and holds Its breathHtH-aiifw tin- rope was half an Inch too thin ?This Is the refinement of cruelty and sin.< >r if by chance the rope don't cut his throat.Or fallK.to strangle like the old glrotte.(>r hrvak like private Banks or twine.It's mighty certain never to break theHpine,No judicial murder within a yearHAM l>e«n performed artistically, I fear.They have a man in Ijondon, now, can workA man Into eternity without a Jerk.He IIIIM Iteen bred a master of the artAnd never chokett or CIUH a man aftart.Why not let an appropriation be madeFor teaching men of natural girt the trade fAppropriations are made for everything on earthHut thl OK* like thin that have Intrinsic worth,The National Ki-hool of Hanging now would
soundAt once progressive, philanthropic, profound.Thin Idea of prActiHlng on the livingIH barharoiiM, when by a little generous givingMy the nation, and some private contributionOf corpses, there would be a quick solutionTo thiM ntomeiitoiiH qiieHtion, And the scienceHe.|earned, us dttctors learn the appliance< *( iMiiiilages, an<l pills, and plasters.And. by the way. between the two dlsaHters,IHiyMicIng and hanging, there'ti a greatAdd Htrlking Himllarity, the weight(>f preference, if there lie aught, going toThe latter: for though hopes may break and do,Ami though Htritiigulatlon'ssomethlng of a roughHigh road to death, It's acceptable enough;And though no more certain a road to work your
wayI'o deutb. It's Hhorter and cheaper than pills and
mercury.
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Tho 11.4.111 wtiHtipproncliiug Rhinobcck.Burrow ruined her eyi'fl from tho
uovrl iK'lwcm which ntul tho river, thot»ky ami tho green lmnk« oppo-
fre h in till tho frcAhncRfl of curlyJuno, H|IC litui been doKtiltorily dividingher uttontion, nnd her mnid began
up her wrap*. Ooo or to piw-in the Hume car did the tamo for
theirs, nnd nmong thorn a young nian oftwotity-cight or HO, with a fair mustachewho Imd trnvclt'd opposite Miss Barrowfront New York, absorbed in a scientific
Ho was a handsome fellow,hut more <ll*tingui»hcd looking than
and t1rcH«c<l with quiet unlm-correctnwH. Tliese two qual-
ities Mii>K Harrow had noticed in a casualwny when her vye liap|>6ned once ortwice to full on her fellow traveler, for*lu' thought u gruat denlof both of themPhi' latter, indeed, in a subject to whichwomen pay more attention than men art*ware.
AH the young liuly alighted on theplatform at Hhinelx'ck. an urbane servantnet her and announced that Miss Ham-•ruley regretted not feeling strong enoughto drive down herself. Tho man rcmain-d behind to see to the luggage and thenrringo drove off. In rounding to thollici nide of the platform Miss Barrow
HHW again her fellow traveler with themustache; ).e wns speaking to MinnHiimcrHlcy'H man, the latter having JK»H-
'HKcd himself of his portmanteau, andin they pawed she heard him say: "Neverniml I will take another vehicle."
Apparently then tho gentleman was aucKt of MIHH Hamersley. Two or three
yearn before tho knowledge would pro-wbly have afforded Miss Harrow some
gratification, very natural under tho cir-•uinHtancvH. The proFjHict suggestedM».sil»iliticH which would certainly havedded an unexpected 7.est to her solitary
vl*it to an elderly maiden lady in deliato health at nn isolated country house.
But a disappointment which Miss Barow had experienced not long since,hrough a man to whom KIIO had been eu-
, had changed all such feelings,she had mU\ to her old friend, MIHS
lluincrslcy; 'I not only fuel an if [ neverwould cute for any man, but tho
whole, sex ban grown indifferent to me.'1
Thodrivo was tjuito a long one, andhe sun was shooting rays of slant-«tf ''Kht between tho troea and acrosshe lawns of tho well kept grounds of
the old HamerHley mansion camo in sight.On the vine-clad porch stood Miss Ham-
hersulf, looking like a picture ofRevolutionary limes with her fmrmll defl-ate face, her gray silk dress and wealthf puffed white hair.
"Well my young friend," she said,"HO I have you at last. Let me look atyou in your room—why what's this, JackTravcrs, I declare I"
It was Miss Barrow's follow traveler,whose vehicle had followed hers at aittle distance, and who uow drove upind sprang to tho ground.
Ml expoctcd you to morrow," said MissHamersley,' laying her hand affectionate-y on tho young man's shoulder.
"I should have telegraphed—"•'Never mind, you are always welcome.
Maud, let mo introduco my nephow, Mr.Travers, Miss Burrow."
A few minutes later, when Miss Ham-ersley had joined Maud Barrow in herroom, sho said: "I hope you will likeJack Travers. But I know you will.
1! a splendid fellow.""I dnro aay I shall like him," fopliod
the young lady,"I know, of bourse, that you will ex-
cept in a friendly wrty, and that's justwhy I asked him up while you werehere. The fact ii you aro very similarlysituated. Jack has not gotten over anunlucky love affair, and if I had himmeet some girl, who would have fullenin lovo with him it would havo been a
bad thing for the girl, as it would bebad thing for any man whom I shouldinvite and who would fall in love withyou. As it is, you and Jack aro both invulnerable to the tender passion, and canbo the best of friends accordingly. Youwill got on nicely, End your visit will beless of a bore than it would be in thesociety of an old woman like me."
A little latter Jack Trovers came uponhis aunt and asked: "Who is this youngUdy you have with vou, dear aunt?"
"Some one," was tho reply "whoseheart is full of a memory—though, really, why she should still think of thatbrute of a man who treated her BO out-rageously is a mystery to mo—and whonot only expects you to fall a victim toher charms, and bogin a flirtation in-stnntcr, but would think anything ofthe sort a great l»ore. Ho you need notexert yourself."
"Indeed? That's a comfort. Butwhat a singular girl," and if he !iadspoken his mind he would havo added,"and what a beautiful girl, too," forjust then Maud entered, having laidaside her traveling dress and thick veilfor a long dinner dress of pale blue,which showed to remarkable advantagethe brilliancy and the piquant charm ofher face; tho warm fairness of her skin,and the light glossy brown of her softhair.
Miss Humcrslcy's explanations to bothher guests had the effect of putting themthoroughly at ease with each other, andthe dinner was a gay one. By tho timeit was over they discovered that they hadmany ideas in common, and many pointsof sympathy. The long June twilighthad not yet faded, and Miss Hamersleysuggested that her nephow should takeMiss Barrow to the parapet to seo thoview. "For^* she said, "I can't go aboutmuch and you must entertain eachother."
Tho view was extended, for the Ham-Hley place stood high. Jack Travcrs
leaned against the parapet, while MissBarrow looked around her. Huddenljshe glanced up and caught his eyes fixedon her.
"I often think what H delightful exist-ence your aunt's is in this place," shesaid. "There is such a harmony in.it.She fits tho place and the place fits her.
"My nunt is a charming woman. It IHa pity she never married."
"A pity? I don't see that her conditionas it is could bo bettered. If MIIO hadmarried she would have run the chanceof got ting some obstinate man with nota thought in sympathy with hers, whowould have boon putting down his foottornally and making her life a bore."
"You.don't take a sentimental viewof marriage," remarked Travers.
"No. I am not sentimental. Per-iaps I am hard." •
Truver« glanced at her, with tho blackace sho had thrown around her as a pro-
tection from the dampness clinging abouticr soft, piquant face and white throat,
and thought sho did not look so.
But Miss Burrow did not soom inclinedto pursue tho subject further. She turn-ed to go back to the house. In doing soshe brushed her fan from the parapet.Travcrs stopped to pick it up, and no-ticod that it had a large metal ring at-achod. Instead of laying It in Maud's
outstretched hand he slipped the ringver tho wrist. Tho wrist was very pret-y and so was tho hand, and Travers ox-wrieneod a subtile pleasure in perform-ng this familiar little act. Ho glancedp quickly; but the young lady's eyes
were averted.
Tho next morning Travers proposed totike advantage of the cool, fine day for alorseback ride. Miss Barrow was wll-iug, and a couple of hours after they
were under way. The roads were ingood condition, the air was exhlloratingand Miss Hamorsloy's horses wore capi-
il. Tho color camo into Maud's cheek'sand her eyes shone bright. As for Traverst did not scorn to him that ho had ever•njoyed such a ride before, By-and-byc,lowovor, he, said:
"Don't you think wo hod better turnlack, Ml** Burrow! It mny be too muchor you."
"Oh, I am not tired. I am thirsty,hough."
Travers looked around him. "I thinkcould get you a glass of wator at that
ittlo house on tho top of that slope, butdon't like the Idea of leaving you
done.""Oh, I shalt go, too. It will be a
change from riding," said Maud, "Youan tie the horses here."The climb proved to bo a rougher path
han she imagined, but sho would not he>crsuaded to take Travers' arm.
"No, no," she laughed, and steppedjuietly to ono side. In doiug so shetumbled over her habit and uttered
a littlo cry of pain."Miss Barrow 1 what U tho matter?"
xclnimed Travcrs."I—I'm afraid I (iavc sprained my an-
kle. Let us turn back," sho murmureduintly. Sho took a stop or two, andhen stopped again, flushing and palingtcmately.Travcrs looked into her face."You meant," ho said, "thatyon can't
walk a step. You must lot me carryyou."
"Oh, no, no,""Miss Barrow, this is really unreason-
able. I must insist." And withoutmore words ho raised her in his armsand began descending the slope again.Maud crimwnod and a faint flush rosen Travors' cheeks also. The wind blew
a stray wisp of her hair against his face,and with it the faint perfume of violetsshe had on her handkerchiof. When bereached the foot of the slope and liftedher on her horse his heart was beatingrathor tost, and Maud was trembling alittle.
"Does your ankle still pain so much?"he said, softly. She shook her head.
They rode slowly homo through thegreen fields, almost in sllenoo. Trarem,while constantly watchful of his compan-ion, seemed to be distrait. "I supposehe Is thinking of that girl he was in lovewith," sold Maud to herwlf, and for a
young lady to whom jtfte masculine so:had grown indifferent she certainly allowed the supposition to give her a con-siderable pang.
Miss Burrow, for tht next wet-k, Inj oa couch which was wheeled from thehouse to the grounds to she felt Inclinedto sit indoors or out. Miss Hamersley•lid Travers took turns in reading to herbut the Uttor's office ia this respect wasrather a sinecure. Ho always found af-ter a few moments that it WAS muchmore pleasure to have Jlaud to talk tohim, and be able to look at her. Thistendency, indeed, in a few days grow inouch a distracting wish to be alwaysnear tier that Travcrs might have beenalarmed had he ehoseivto question him-self and his feeling*. But he did notchoose to.
One warm afternoontitt}. ptunc. into thelibrary, where she lay on a lounge nearthe open window, with a cluster ofroses in his hand.
"They aru the flrst of the season," hesaid. Maud raised her hand for them,and he stood looking down at her. Shewore a thin white dress, and lookedprettier than he Imd evor seen her. Herchecks wero a littlo flushed, and her hairtossed about n trifle as if she had justtteen asleep. She seemed too listlessand comfortable to move, but thankedhim with a bright glance, and pressedthe roses to her face. Presently his p*;r-sistcut guze apj ea *d to em bar: ass her,for she said not a little uneasily:
"How warm it in! Why don't you sitdown?"
Travers sat down mechanically, stillwithout speaking. Miss Barrow glancedat him, and her eycH l>cgan to sparklemischievously.
"Perhaps I should not have asked youto sit down, though, she said demurely."You might have Iwen contemplating aspeedy exit for the purpose of smokinga cigar."
"I assure you I was thinking of no h-of the sort, Miss Barrow."
"Not thinking of smoking? I fanciedthere was no hour of the day when mandid not think of that."
"He may make an exception when heis in the society of ladies."
"Indeed ho does not. or I have yet tolearn it. Oh, women tird n >t of a-t muchimportance as that to men!" Her tir.ehad changed, nnd she spoke the lustwords bitterly.
"That is what that brute of a man sheWA* engaged to has taught her," thoughtrhivers. "I should like to—." HoParted up, and completed his pious wishwith regard to the said man ut thewindow.
But Maud was in a strange into I thisifternoon. When sho spoke her t< nowas quite different again.
"Are jou angry?" she asked softly."Angry—no," ke replied, coming back
and standing Iwforc her. "How tantn-izing you are to dtiy," he broke out af-
ter a pause.She shook her head."To show you I did not intend to be
rude, I will give you a rose," xbe H«id —"shall I?"
' Yes," he whispered."Stoop down," she murmured. Her
ittle white fingers went very nonr hi*face, and he saw thtit they began totremble. Suddenly ho caught them>oth in one of his, and before HIIC could
stir, without knowing himself what hewan doing, he threw his arms aroundtor and kissed her.
The next instant he was on I>M foot,Maud, crimson and palpitating, stood bo*fore him, xiip|K)iling herself against thoounge.
"You have insulted me—""Miss Barrow—Maud! Forgive me!
Pardon me! I did not know what I wasloing, I love you so!"
"It is an insult," she cried again.'Leave me—-leave me!" And throw-tig herself buck on the lounge sho burstnto a possslon of tears. Travers, cursingus folly, loft tho room.
That evening he told his aunt heshould have to go to Now York for r.ew days. Maud heard the announce-ment calmly and took leave of him verycoolly. During the days that followedhe never spoke of him to Miss Humor-ley, except once when, in an elaborutc-y careless way, she inquired whetherhe girl to whom Mr. Travcrs had beenngaged was very pretty. On the. otheriand who did not seem nt all averse totoaring hor old fnend's eulogies of heravorite nephew. This Miss Hamersleytoiiccd, us well us that, as the week.vore on, her young niece grew very rest-ess and nervous. But, whatever hernoughts were, she kept her own coun-cl.
After TraverH had been gone a fort-night Maud carni! out of the house oneveiling toward sundown. Sho was slow-y crossing tho lawn, with hor long dressrailing over the gntRs, when she raisedicroyesnnd saw him standing not sixeet from her. Sho stood quite still nottartled: she was too overwhelmingly
glnd for that. She had just been thlnk-ng of him—indeed when for days hadho not?—and saying to herself that of•ourso he would not comeback, that shehad dismissed him so summarily; andno* there he was before her. Still shospoke lightly as ho came forward andook her hand.
"You reappear like a ghost, "she Mtiu*.'Did you spring frrnn tho ground orlrop from the skies?"
Travel* laid the hand she had givenhim on his arm and led her toward theparapet whoro they had stood togetheron the flrst evening of hor arrival. Whenthey reached il he said: "You know whyI have come back, Maud. I love youwith my whole heart and soul andstrength, and I have come back to tellyou so; to tell yon that I cannot live with-out you—Stop," he continued, as shewas about to speak, "I know what youwill say, that it is too sudd on, that I hnvonot known you long enough. Well, Idon't ask you to accept me now. I willwait—only let mo thluk that you willcare a littlo for mo by-und-by. Will youMaud?"
He leu tied over her nnd looked into heeyes. ~* "
Alas! Maihl couM hftVft im^t tiiflt sheeared mnchmore tlpin Ititle for him thenBut she was wise and knew that a mnushould never be given more than he asksfor but rather less. S > sho only murmur-ed, "perhaps I may," and Travers, withhis oyes fixed on her sweet face androguish dimples at the corners .of hermouth, was content. Presently he s.rtd:
"Am I pardoned my misdemeanor ofthe other day? Yen? Then you should letmo repeat it to show that I am forgiv-en."
But this tiaio Miss Barrow drew her-self away with muph dignity.
"Not At all. For shame, Jack. Clivt*me your arm and we will go back to thehouse. Am1, mind you, let me explainto vmir aunt first."
And she did. But, to herMiss Hamersley was not surprised at all.Indeed, some months hitcr, when theywere both talking about Mi*s Bar-row's approaching marriage such a gleamof mischief came all at onco over theolder lady't* faco that the younger onesuddenly said she Ixlieved Miss Hamer-sley had invited Jack and herself to herplace in July with an ulterior motive."Well, frankly, I did," owned Jack'saunt. "You were the two nicest youngpeople I knew, and it was my opinionyou should make a match of it. As totl.c fact of your lioth having l>ecn in lovebefore being a barrier, that was absurd,of course. All you needed was a chanceto unfold a charming little idyl, nnd Iknew no better place than this for suchan idyl.
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Devouring Historical Documents.
Among the great men of modern timesupon whom the pleasures of the tablehave notoriously exercised powerful at-tractions wns the lato Adolphe Theirs.He was, however, a gorinand rather thana gourmet, and his favorite dish waspickled cod, an edible which he held insuch surpassing esteem that ho wus wantto describe it as "the masterpiece of hu-man invention." For nea'ly fifty yearsho enjoyed it daily— that is to say when-ever ho dined at homo—until his medi-cal advisers discovered, a] r.ipos of slightindisposition from which ho was suffer-ing one duy, that pickled cod was tin-suited to the digestive capacities of a4eptuagcuarian, and laid their strict in-junction u|>on him to give it up. Theirswould fain have have disregarded thisprohibition; but his wifo and Mile.Donne Insisted upon its observance, andruthlessly banished pickled cod from histable. Deprived of tho comestible heoved best, ho became so dismally low-pirited that his friend, Mignet, likelimself, a Murscilluisand HUtoriun, tookpity on him. Twice a week, on the thepretext of consulting His Excellency re-specting the details of a great historicalwork, ho called upon Theirs, invariablyarrying a parcel under his arm. Upon
these occasions Mile. Dosne would, say,"More historical documents! Mignetwill really exhaust our national archivesut this rite. He luw again shut himselfup with Theirs. How hard those twomen work!" Sho little suspects thatMignet'H parrel contained u tin case ofickled cod, purchnicd ut the "Trois
Frews Provcncaiix," or that, as soon anhe floors of the President'* study were
sot'iirely locked upon the two friends,Theirs and Mignet fell to upon the "his-torical document*" with a deep andholy joy. When an hour or so later iheyoincd tho ladies, Theirs never failed to
remark in n complicent tono, "Dearfriend that was indeed a masterpiece ofhuman invention;" upon which his sis-er-inlaw would rejoin, *'I know well
that Mignet had brought you some niun-mentof *|x*rhil interest,"
How the Railroad Bell-Rop« oam« tobe Adopted.
In tho early days of the lwil-ropi? inhis country the locomotive engineer was;he master of the train. He ran, accord-ng to his judgment, and the conductor
had very little voice in the matter. Col-ecting fares, superintending the loadingmd unloading of freight, and shoutingAll aboard !" were all that the conduc-
tor was oxpected to do. The Erio rail-way was then tho New York and ErU»ailroad. There was no rail connection
with Jersey City in 1842. Boats carriedpassengers from New York to Pternvmt-n-the-Hudson, which wan then the east-
ern terminus of the road. Turner's. 47miles from New York was as far west ashe railroad was in operation. One ofhe conductors of this line wns Captain
Ay res. He ran tho only train then calledor between the two t( rminal points. It
was made up of freight and passengerars. The idea of the engineer, without
any knowledge of what was going onback of tho locomotive, l iving his way
to how the train was to be run, didnot strike tho Captain as being accordingo tho propriety of things. He frequent-
ly encountered a fractious passenger whonsisted upon riding without paying hisare. AH there was no way of signalinghe engineer, and tho passenger could
not ba thrown from the train while itwas in motion, the conductor in suchcases had no choice but to lot him rideuntil a regular stoppage was made. Cap-ain Ayrcs finally determined fco institute
a new system in tho ruuning of traius.He procured a stout twine, sufficientlyon or to reach from the locomotive to the
rear car. To the end of this string nextthe engineer he fastened a stick of wood.He ran this cord back 4>vw the CATS tohe last ono. Ho informed the engineer,
who was a German, namod Abo Uammil,hat if ho desired to have the train stop-
ped he would pull the string and raisethe stick, and ho would expoet the, sig*nal to be obeyed. Hani mi I looked uponthis innovation m » direct blow at hisauthority, and whent the train left Plor-mont lmxjut the stick loose. At Turner>he told Captain Ayres that he proposedto run the train himself, without inter-ference from any conductor. Tho nextday the C*ptaln rigged up his string andstick of wood again.
"Abe," said he, "this thing's got tobe settled one way or the other to-dayIf that stick of wood is not on tho e id othin qord when we get to Turner's, you'vegot t-o lick me or I'll lick you.
The First Wapoleon's 8ieepuis; Oar
Mr. W. Barnet Le Van, M. E., 0Philadelphia, says that from all accountsno doubt Napoleon I. used, in 1815, thefirst "sleeping, dining room and parlourcur" that was ever built This car orchariot, was taken at Waterloo, and waspresented to the Prince Regent of Eng-land, by whom it was afterward sold toBullock, for f 15,500. It eventually foundits way to Madame Tussaud's wax workexhibition, London, where it may stillbe seen. This very curious and conven-ient chariot of the First Napoleon wasbgilt by Symons, of Brussells, for theItalian campaign," fiod is adapted forthe various purposes of a pantry anda kitchen, fur it has places for holdingand preparing refreshments, which, byaid of a lamp could be heated in the car-riage. It served also for a dressing room,a bed room, nn office, etc. The seat isdivided into two by a partition aboutsix inches high. The exterior of this ingonious vehicle is in the form and di-mensions of our large coaches, exceptthat it has a projection in front of abouttwo feet, the right hand half of which isopen to the inside to receive the feet,thus forming a bed, while the left handside contained a-store of various useful
intr . Beyond the projection in frontami .;« urer to the horses, was the seat ofthe Mchman, ingeniously contrived soas to prevent the driver from viewing theinterior of the carriage, and yet so plac-ed as to afford those wirtiin a clear sightof the horses, and of the surroundingcountry. Beneath this seat is a recepta-cle for a box, about two und & half feetin length and four inches deep, contain-ing a bedstead of polished Htccl, whichcould lie fitted up in a couple of minutes.Over the front window is a roller blindof strong, painted canvas, which, whenpuller) out, excluded ruin while it ad-mitted air. (This might l>e an advanta-geous appendage to our present car win-dows as well a* carriages.) On the coiling of tho carriage is a network for carry-ing small traveling requisites.
The Mystery of Glami* Castle.
Many have hoard of the mystery ofGlumU Castle. The story goes that thereis a secret chamber there, nnd that inHome way the chainlxjr is associated withthe mystery. It is known only to theowni'r, to the factor, and to the heir ap-parent Guests at the castle have vainlytried to solve it. One duy when the own-er was out shooting, they all agreed tohang towels out of the windows of everyroom in order to arrive at the where-abouts of the mysterious room, throughno towel appearing at its window. Thexporiment, however, was that the cham-
ber had no window and that it was ap-proached by a trap door opening intothe room beneath, which itself wasreached by a secret staircase. It is nowbelieved that the mystery has been inpart solved, and that the room containedsome person who died a week or two be-fore at a very advanced ago. Hut, if thisbe so, who was the prisoner ? Why washe incarcerated ? If ho wax really shutip for long years, surely tho familymight now reveal the caus* ; and if not,the authorities might insis^ipon know-ng. It may l>e that this modern "man
with the mask" preferred to remain iso-uted, but on the face of it some explan-
ation is requisite, for, when an individu-al is hidden away in thin mysterious fash-ion until ho is taken out. a corpse, to bejuried, the presumption is that he wusiot a free agent.
Stuff Cigarette* are Made ofc
WHAT BECOMES OK CIHAR BUTTH OATH-
KURD IN THE PTKKETA.
"NW-a lota grass hopp,*' wild GniseppaRo< < <> in a half tone of inquiry, whilem ''. Italian eyes took in the cart loadif i igar stumps that were toasting inthe tun in the rear of No. 81 rt, Car (tenterstreet, on Saturday afternoon. In thatgreat pile of filthy, nicotine-soakedstumps were the remnant of Henry Clay'sand Wheeling stogies, reduced to a com-mon level, as the "grasshopper" huntersreceive, no more for a bushel gatheredfrom the sweepings of a fashionable ho-wl than he docs for the same quantityif ted from the gulter-onzo of the slums.
"Where did you get them ?" askedh« reporter.
Every bod flndu do stump; every bodsello de stump; everybod getta dc mon."Exhausted by this dialectic explanation,Mr. Rocco showed his teeth in a smileand lazily scratched his back against thejamb of the door. There were about tenl)iishel» of tho atuuipa laid put to dry andnd twice that quantity of cured bits were
seen in a third story room.Rocco is one of half a dozen Italians
on Carpeuter and Christian streets, whomake a biumieas of buyiqg cigar *tumpsFrom the youthful scavengers who liven the Italian quarter of the city. An ac-ivo boy or girl will collect half a bush
el of the stumps iu an hour or so, thework being done between daylight andsight o'clock, and between these hours
all the principal ntreqts in the heart ofhe city ate gleaned. fcThc children re-
ceive no fixed price for the stumps, but10 or 15 cents * pailful arc usually paid.The buyers, roon litye Rocco, wash thefilthiest stumps and aprcad them out todry. A day or so later they arc crumb-led into shreds and allowod 1o dry twen-ty-four hours longer before being packed*in fldur barrels and shipped to New York,A barrel of this stump tobacco is worthwo dollars and a half, but a few years
ago when there was a strong demand forIt In Philadelphia, the Italian dryers re-ceived a trifle more for it. The stumpswere mode into stuff in Philadelphia butwhon Johnson & Carlin's factory onThird street, above Arch, was destroyedby fire in 1878 the local demand ceased.This filthy grade of tobacco is nowbought by manufacturers of cigarettes
and fine cut chewing tobacco. A whole-sale tobacconist of many years experiencedeclares that when stump tobacco isground, bleached, flavored and mode upin cigarette paper no one but an expertcan detect the difference between it andtho new leaf.—[Philadelphia Time*.
The export season for the dried fruitsof the Levant is now in full activity. Inone fortnight lately, uo fewer than 195,-000 barrels, cases, bags, boxes, drumsand baskets of figs and raisins were ship-ped at Smyrna. The fruit of the fig treemay be reckoned*among the staple foodsof man for ages before cereals were culti-vated by any settled agricultural popula-tion. In the temperate regions, whereit thrives best, it fills the place of thebanana of tropical climes, and yields itsfruit during several months of tbe year.In Asia Minor, where the tree is foundwild and where the best figs of commerceare chiefly grown, the fruit begins to ri-pen at the end of June; and tbe summeryield which gives employment to a largepopulation, comes to market in immensequantities in September and October.The trees often give even a third crop,which ripens after the leaves have fallen.The best figs for drying come from thevalleys of tbe Meander and the Kaistros,to the south of Smyrna, where the treesare planted regularly, with care, and theground is dug and hoed from four to sixtimes during the summer. The Smyrnaand Aidin Railway now affords great fa-cilities for the transport of the fruit,which formerly had to be brought longdistances on camels, carrying alxnit 500pounds each. When the figa reach Smyr-na they are sorted by women ftnd packedin boxes by men. They are best whennewly packed, and as the months go byget dryer and harder in the warehousesor the grocers* shops. ' No one who liasnot eaten them in the Levant at the com-mencement of the season, packed in theornamental pasteboard drums with glow-ing pictures on the top, in which theyarc sold for local consumption, knowswhat the best figs arc like. The card-board for these boxes is supplied chieflyby Belgium and Austria; 54,000 camelloads of four kintals each, or nearly 12,-000 tons, hod reached Smyrna on the22d of October last year; and the produc-tion increases annually. Fifteen yearsago not more than half that amount wasrecorded for the whole season. Englandand America take by far the larger pro-portion of the exports; France, wherethe smaller and much inferior figs of theMediterranean ore chiefly consumed, taking little or none of the fine fruit ofSmyrna. The facility of transport whichhas so much increased the stocks broughtto market, has also brought down prices,which, taking averages, ranged ten yearsago from 17s. the kintal of 124 poundsfor Aidin figs to 80s. for elmes; while thevery best (ekims) sometimes brought 70s.or nearly 8d. a pound. Now the aver-age prices arc as low as 12s.; and thesmall parcels of excellent quality bringonly 27s. the kintal, or 2£d. a pound.The total value of the crop w now, per-haps, not fir from £140,000. It h notamong "things generally known" that uconsiderable quantity of the inferiorkinds find their way to the Austrian chi-cory makers and the French brandy dis-tillers.—\8( Jamei Qaxettt.
Sparrows vs. Locusts.
We are glad to be able to score a cred-t mark to the ever busy and much de-ipised sparrows. They arc curious aswell as presumptive little things, andmany singular stories arc told about them.Here is the latest ono : A well knowncivil engineer, Colonel Griffin, of Syra-
U80, who spends nearly all his time inbeautifying cemeteries and laying outandscapes, says that one day, recently,
a flight of sparrows visited Oak woodcemetery and mode an attack on the lo-usts which have been so plentiful there.
They went about their work as if theyhad organized for a raid, flying here andhere, as busy as birds could be. Thepnrrows would attack the locusts with
all the bravery of English goncrals andspeedily cause them to yield up theirmost juicy parts to the palates of theirdestroyers, and so the fight went on fora day or more and until a large part ofhe cemetery was made quiet once more,he sec-sawing of tbe insects only being
heard in the distance. Another gentle-man says that it was just about at thetime indicated by Colonel Griffin that hetaw an unusual number of birds flying
between Syracuse and Oak wood andwondered what the cause could be.
How Boys May Learn the Trade.
The New York Herald's recent edito-rial article on "The Scarcity of GoodWorkmen," under the Above head, con-imieg to elicit comments, several of
which we publish to-day. One writerattributes the lack of opportunities forapprentices to the subdivision of laborwhich has been brought about by thentroduction of machinery and the ten-
dency to do almost all kinds of manu-facturing on a large scale. Another in-ists that the trades unions protect the
apprentices, although they limit thenumber; he also makes the excellentsuggestion that the unions should in-sist, that every apprentice shall be pro-perly instructed instead of being kept atthe simpler kinds of work, in whichboys can be the most profitable to theiremployers. Two others complain thatas soon as boys learn enough to makehem of any value they desert their em-
ployers in search of higher wages. Inanswer to these last we need only say{hat apprentices are never taken haphaz-ard from among boys, and tliat an ap-prenticeship oofeiract, made between anemployer and a boy's parent* or guardian,can to enforced by law.
The'change of means and methods insome trades is undoubtedly disadvan-tageous to boys who wish to learn thosetrades, particularly in large citios; butthere still remains a wide range foryoung men with a taste for mechanics.For instance, a boy who would be a cab-
inetmaker might work seven yean in alarge factory without learning much. Ifon the other hand, he were to spend onlythree or four years with a repairer whohas only a little shop, he would learn somuch about construction, materials,styles and finish that, if he had anytaste, he could in a small shop of hisown sell at a handsome profit whateverhe might design and make, for the re-volt against machine-made furniture in-creases as time goes on. Thousands ofboys want to learn tbe printing business,believing it a stepping stone to the man-agement of a newspaper, but in NewYork they cannot do it, even by payingfor the privilege, for no single establish-ment, however large, covers the businessin all particulars. The boy's only meth-od Is to become a good typesetter andthen go to a country odoe, where, bysacrificing a portion of his time, 4ie mayslowly acquire the other details of theprofession. No large machine shop isthe proper place fora bright boy; hecan learn more in a village blacksmithshop where many kinds of machineryare brought for repairs. Tbe Heraldhas already suggested the only way inwhich boys can become competent build-ers, and the method outlined, like thoseradicated above, hints at the proper wayto study any comprehensive mechanicalbusiness at the present day. Successdepends more upon the spirit of the boythan that of the employer. The boywho cares only to earn large pay and doit quickly cannot succeed io learning atrade, but he who wants to learn aud iswilling to waive immediate Urge returnsfor the sake of good chances to learnwill io the end become a competent jour-neyman, and what is more, an expert ofthe class from which come all the fore-men, "bosses,'1 designers and inventors.—JVttc York Herald.
Aocient and Modern Alexandria,
The fallen city of Alexandria moreconspicuous to-day than any other muni-cipality of the old world, was foundedby Alexander the Great after tae destruc-tion of Tyre, 332 B. C. The architectwas Dinocrates, or Dinochares, and thecity was laid out in the shape of a Mace-donian mantle, four miles long and onemile wide. Immediately beyond its wallson the south lay lake Mareotis, on the .north was the Mediterranean eea. TheHippodrome arose on the east, and onthe went the Necropolis. Tbe city con-tained two thoroughfares 200 feet inwidth, one running from north to southand the other from cast to west, theother streets being laid out parallel tothese. Along these streets were manymagnificent structures, private resi- *den cos, and public buildings, temples,etc. Connected with the city by on arti-ficial mole nearly a mile in length calledthe heptastadium, was the island ofPharos, containing a famous lighthouse400 feet high, which was begun byPtolemy Soter and finished by Philadel-phus, at a cost of what would representin our monet 11,200,000. On this islandis situated the royal palace of the Ptole-mies, at the east end of the town, whichwas called Bruchium. Under the reignof the Ptolemies Alexandria became thegreat trade center of Europe, unitingthat of Persia, the Mediterranean andthe far east. Its population 50 years be-fore the Christian Era was estimated at000,000 souls, equally divided betweenfree mon and slaves. It was renownedas the renter of learning, and fosteredwithin its walls the schools of Grecianphilosophy.
Among its famous institutions was theAlexandria library, the large?t collectionof literature prior to the invention ofprinting, first founded by Ptolemy I.and Ptolemy II. to Egypt, at the sugges-tion of Demetrius Phalereus. At thedeath of Philadelphia the library con-tained 100,000 volumes, and the numberwas afterward increased to 700,000 volumina or rolls. It was nearly destroyedin the time of Cassar when Alexandriawas besieged, and a collecti • from Per-gamus, presented by Marc Antony toCleopatra, formed the nucleus of a newone, which received numerous additions,increasing 250 years more, having con-nected with it a valuable museum. ThisWIIH destroyed by a decree of the CaliphOmar. Alexandria lias been the sceneof many religious conflicts, and therethe heathen were first taught the Scrip-tures through the Septuagint version. In80 B. C. it was conquered by the Romans,and many of its most precious works ofart were removed to Rome; but its great-ness was not materially impaired untilthe seat of empire was established atConstantinople. Then Alexandria de-clined as her rival rose into commercialsignificance, and in 060, the founding ofCairo by the Fatimitc dynasty, whichwas made the capital of Egypt, dealther another blow, which, added to thediscovery of the route to the East Indiesby the Cnpe of Good Hope, completedher decline. At the beginning of thepresent century the population number-ed only 6000.
Previous to the bombardment thepopulation of Alexandria numbered 280,000 people of nearly every nationalityunder the sun, The Turkish quarterwas mean and unsightly, but the Frenchquarters was much like an Italian townwith handsome streets regularly laid out.The great square is surrounded by shops,offices and hotels, and contains two mag-nil!cent fountains if they are not destroy-ed. In the suburbs are beautiful villasand pleasant gardens, Among the manyfine buildings were the palace of Pasha,the naval arsenal, the naval scbool, thenaval and military hospitals, customhouse, bourse, theatres, mosques, church-es, convents, etc. It had numerous ed-ucational institutions, and a system ofwater works by which fresh water wasbrought several miles from the canal tothe city. It was lighted by gas. Theharbor has recently been improved byEnglish contractors, costing the Egyp-tian government nearly £2,000,000. In •,addition to the light-house on the Islandof Pharos, which has been preserved, anow one was built in 1842 on Ros-el-Tin,with a one-minute revolving light visi-ble 20 miles. The distance by rail toCairo is 112 miles, and to Port Said, sit-uated at the northern extremity of theSuez canal, by rail 150 miles. It is al-so connected by rail with Romleh, and isa landing place for steamers from India,the Mediterranean, and the Levant.
—Mrs. Lydia E. PinkhanVs VegetableCompound is a most valuable medicinefor ladies of. all ages who may be afflict-ed with any form of disease peculiar tothe sex. Her remedies nre not only putup in liquid forms but in Pills and Lox-enges in which forms they are securelysent through the mails.
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