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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLucknow Sentinel, 1887-08-19, Page 3• . • Keep Out of the Pait• Keep, out etthe Ita.Pt rtir its bighway6 Are damp With, malarial glom. • .• Its gardens are sere, and its forests are drear; And everywhere moulders a tomb. • Wile seeks to regain its lost pleasures Finds only a rose turned to dust, .A.nd its'storehouse of:wonderful treasures • • ,Is -covered and coated with dust. ,t-,m7f.”1"-llertihrdr"),•1t hallat.00, • Ile who in its avenues gropes Shall rind tepro the ghost of a joy.. prizedthe most, And. a -skeleton throng of ;dead hopes. In place,of its beautiful rivors Lie, peels that arestagnant with'slirne„ , • And those graves, gleaming, light M the: phos;•• • phorous light- f: dream f}7; that wertr-slairrin thoir prime. glop out of the past ! It is lonely • And barren and bleakle.the View. '* Its. tires have grown, cojd and; its stories ere old. I Turn, turuto the,prOlterit. the now.f • . To-diivleada yi4ii7up to' t„lie 11114'0p% That are trisiedt.y the radiant sun,. , To -day shows no tenib-all life's, hopes in •• " , ,And to -day holds- a prize to. be Won. - • • „ in the Left. Out in the barathe Chiliren hie, When the run is hot in the sunnier sky!. •Out in the, barn where tlialivelong day • -The breezes rep* the fragrant hay. , • Oh, the balm of the.P.oxfunied " hiveiith'of the.nowers fair' to- • • ' • SIThIMEE IIICVERA.GISS. A Kew Simple Beeiper for WholeSOme.aad . Thi1,10•12,110a04133g PAD**. The feVertSh thirst' of leummer daye ts almoSt unquenchable when the liquid wo take to relieve it is Unaccompanied, by • ourishmentr•far,examplearourottettatitt very little bread and butter or cracker will do more to allay thirst than three or dour cups Without, '. • For this reason the egg lemonade that has been such an attraction at She falnItt‘inthis. summer is one of the, •-heY13,ragea ever introduced,. aswellas moat delicious. Many declare that it is not so good wIn3n, home -Made, and they are generally right. This is the reason: The powerful brought bear .0.41. theleniim while in the squeezing machine forces out the,oil from the peel as well as She juice, ritod this is not done with the ordinary hand squeezer; The `juice of lemon has little fragrarnee; itis the oil that ieeparts: the delicious flavor, to it. Make the drink in tile following wiiir mid it will. be qinter equal to that made • by pro-. fessimials : • Eint • Break an egg into a tunthler., rob, two umps of sugar eii the rind of a fine lemon, t thesugar into the tumbler, squeeze the lemon into *with a squeezer_and_half-1111- the tunibler with ice broken .small op with water and with a shaker shake the whole vigotoMaYit fewseconds; then grate a little nutmeg over the top. If you have no shaker beat the egg With a fork. , • .Simple lemonade is greatly, imPoroveil by rubbing thp peel with sugar. When made Lir patients recovering from fever a far more grateful drink than strong lemonade is made by using one lemon to a quart' of water, with one lump of sager rubbed on the,peel ; sweeten very little. This, given. in teaspoonfuls when the mouth and tongue are parched; is inexpressibly refreshing, a, • cam wArin TDA. sussiL3N TEA.. • .Russian summer tea is •ustlallY Made Seeping tea, in boiling water .'the us ay and setting it in ice. ..This gives , stringency that is pleasant when hot ream, but to ,inany, tastes ,Yery mits hen cold. The better -way to makel n hot -Weather, and so i ea is positive luxury. • Fourhours bet require the tea'for.1113e(or Oyer nigh au choose) .put four typesets's, tf45,F,fttiitszaf,ditiagidWa,gpertfft'ag‘a thiEter;*dvalittid legritcsiirthe ieel3ox. oes' not sottnd aci if goodies dould be in . . t:. PRAPTICA.I. joHES. • r.1••••••• Row 01.11 Taught a Lesson Not to be gotten. The oenVereetion 130 Surtled. upon pernipiougnee's Of practical joking', serf 4rhangaiv Trgvelleri when a well kn hiiiilliWirTii4r-iiinli-lt`toon't speak practical joking --don't make, the ,nie reference to . anything of the hind-'-fo makes me shudder. You all know Bees the commercial* traVeller. He is an exce soda ingly good-natured and •prankish fell h:telleet 7:8Q -much occasion, givenonl..at empi .weekstoang80, that apta party 'us decided to play a .jolithoa him that would not be likely to forget. We did know exactly how ,to proceed; and. w tangled up in those • perplexing-intricac which come of numerous suggestioes,w a plan stiddenly suggested itself. 'lleas1 having remained in Chicago several da decided to go St. Louis, wherehis w and little boy lived, stopping for 4 clay 131001ningtOn to attend to several mist= whom he had- at that place. My •pl were, laid as soon as he made. known intentions, but I pretended that I did wanthim.logor several days ago, telling her to address; at Bloomington, and, besides, I have bh mestithere that.hasto-be' attended to once.' . • • , "That night we Went to the rally, statiOn, with hirer and when the train h gone we harried up town and set our phi in working order, which Were diabolical admit-te have Bear3leyarrested in Bloo ington and brought batik on the morni train. HoW we chuckled when the 6 cer assured Os that the arrest should made, and hew. we gloated over the fa that We would at last get even with o friend:. • "..4.11e won't know what -in the windd' think of it,! Said Barn -Mayfield. I'd li to see his expression of cOuntenance• whe the offteers nab him, and hear his,indignii, by protests.' aul• ' - • fi He'll 'howl like. a wounded-Rini:ail the reinatkOd-Joe ith "'And do considera)31e squealing, toe tani: I r4plilierdiy.-..fir ;:text Inorning he ried t oed the station. Shortly after the train rushe ore in ,Mayfibld exclaimed: .‘ They've got him t se,13, rand* oey 464,0.1 • • ; py{ 0 • ,wiffivemezet(1615113•Ievjairztetwrizt,'11:4611zereirci4ii laughter, explaining that it Wis. an a• jok mod' ade I should have' mentioned before that we ha brought along a man authorized to relea Beasley: per friend, even after finding ott that•it, was all joke, did not sniile or i •the least seem: to be relieved.. indeed, hi 'face was deadly pale, 'Oa bore such trace of intense suffering that. was deepl stricken. with remorse. He sat down wit a despairing drop and covered his face wit his • • ' ' "'Beasley,'; said ' approieliing hint you' must. forgive up, old fellow.' Reinem iber that you have played many a. joke o t Not such an awful joke as this,' • h Ism ,' • • • . .h.reapn.ldieedd. ,as officers arrated...m the following telegram from 0:ly Wife was . "He gave ine the telegram, and, With a 'feeling of horror Creeping over me, Iturned to the boys ;read 'f011ovVi : ' "Our little boy is dead. Hurry home. "No," Continued the • narrator, "you randt• never ask tile to ge, into 'Osaka joke.", ',44.• • • • ror- the the own of rest r it ley, ed.; ow, one 91' lie n't ere ies- hen ey, ife at era Etna his not ie - 1110 si. itt ay ad - ns , .1 ng ffi- be at tir to ke nt. a , 4 tIi e. a' se 11 n, Jncn.bud-and bloom-irrthe-meadowr wide; 1 With daieiee and buttercups side by side 1 • • " 'Op to the loft." Cries Jack, " . Ver-the-hreeze-ris corder up there, yotfloinw:" '. And Oldon-hair Elsie follows hint fast. .; 'Till the top of the ladder is reached atlast, •And over their. heads, in the raters strong, •• The doves are cooing their siveot love song, 7iVhile in and out at the Wide -barn door . The swallows are teaching their young to sOar. Oh, dear old barn on.grabdpa's farni,f May winds nor storms ever do you harm ; .• Fergrandpa in the, " lonango " , ; • Over your rafters climbed', we knOw • • And grenade, quaint little maiden ,she, His chosen playfellow used to be, '; • • And With book and dolly 'midst the hap, I.Jp in the hayloft WOO to play, Fate's Cruelty. • I see OriS behind her lashes' haze That hold an amber light within their eloom. curl -shadowed brow‘..red lips, whose Is like Some tropic floweer Crirnden blaie; And underneath, the sweetest little, chin ' That ever dimple found arcing° • - • Withinteresekeen i mark her every grace, Bee'ause ray husband loved herleng ago, • Beforel•came, and Saw' (fate willed so), . ; And mon what might havo. been her honored .. • .. ii,-„,rWikAkelAtienQuirtfAt 'eaitisinsfpower'io TOIL' ' • -• . . . . MIUTA.5i2L614311":1MitalgVdOlit1113404,1•724 or envy her that beauty past compare -• . . le , Whose pain but women's 'hearth have ,know, feboottuse harsh fate did not defer Our meeting until he had Married her t • . , . • ,-.Nva Wilde! MeGlassen in • :w vt• a es is tinting sting of,sharp• despair; with cold Water, but:this is , the perfection FOUND IiNDIren THE SOFA; 'NfrileNarneY Wal rut There by a Burglar Atter Being Chloroformed. , When little Mollie Carney returned ,t9 her home in White Plains -on higntlaY aftetneon she-fourtil theiheayytofirrin-the Parlor overturned, and saw it foot pro- truding front heneath it.. With the aid of the neighbors, 'vvhocartie at Mollie's 'clef, the,eofa wae removed, arid there lay 'Mrs. Carney, half conscious. When she had completely .regained her senses Mrs: Carney explainedthe situation. Between 12 and I o'clock, as she was lying on the sofa, a strange man entered, awl' asked for moneyto pay his fare to Mount Verndii. HP Was told that he could )1,4 have.cholee et-pedreiliOnieinWhich to ask for money. Thereupon the stranger • " ga,Ve a. great , oath," as Mrs. Carney expresses it, and declared that if the money was. in the hoose he would have it. She turned to the windCW-to'eall for. help, when he pressed his hand against her mouth, and she fell back uncOnseious on the. lounge. His hand was. Wet, presumably with chloroform. Xlfe -robber then drew the lotto& over her, a. way as to -keep her imprisoned withoutdoingher injury. -Apparently he NOTE --R4181$0. XXTR•419/"IhT•ART, , Teul Dollar !rotor ,Ancreased to 8400 ,hY a.. . raw wolnan,:who claiMea to be Mrs. MatZ, -••;• living_near Leban_q_n:Pa.t bought. 1)10 worth and tendered a $100 silver note in °payment. Mr. liteelman• secured, change, froin George W. imbeden, of the, Central House. The latter has now discovered that the note :a really a 410 bill raised to 6100.. Over the 'large Niro.," 10 " slip/with -0 100; " ilas been pasted, while in the centre Mid* four cor- ners the word ff ten 1' has been erased. , The work is cleverly done, but easily 'detected. Mrs. Matz, who ce.ixallY, mated- that she had9tnit-mheritcid1M509,,' has disappeared. She is about 45+years age. .The woteari, was 'traced to Pine Grove, Where it was found her •namii.was Zinsnierreaia.' She had pa4sed. similar bill there, aod•tt:foun'd its way iptcy.the ; hands of Agent Felty, of the Reading rail- road: ,IEle deposited it in the Pine Growl bank; and upon the diseevery that it was. a dectored bill, he Made good the amount • with .4100 in gold: Mrs, ' Zimmerman, eardthe_offieers-were-after=hercurrd'fiett-,.. CIticago Tinto. • was 'afraid of the effects of the chloroform,' ler a dipper was found by Mrs. • Carney's. saw- iti—iheltd was drenched with water: This happened an hour and a half before the woman was found. The man used hie:time in ransacking every corner of the cottage, opening all the trunks sitd drawers, but nothing was taken away. The only description of the robber that Mrs. Carney can give is that he 14941 short, thick' set, with smoothly shaven face and dressed fairly_well. Her cottage and the adjoining houses are owned by an old lady who lives in one of them sad is reputed to be Wealthy.. The man May have intended to enter this lady's house. -New York Sun. . , • . • Why.They...Don't Fropose. „ • • The popular refrain. just now "'Why • don't 'the 'Men propose ? ' It is sung in. • .every city in the Union with most pathetic intonation: •It is a fact, howaer, that the dearth' of marriages can berechinted against :women, as well, att man. A love of hide • Pocience has done more to injure the mar- riagemarket than lack of gold on either • side. What man wants to tie himself to a • girrwho frankly says she will take care of herself, and hesitates not to do so, whether it be agreeable or Otherwiee to him? ' And what girl hangers to mate witha Mao Who . gorges himself on cigarettesand runs with .. the boys night after night ? Such unions• ' increase responsibilities, and persons fitted to euro for only themselves are not egos,' to the burden. Is. is, <perhaps, • as we that comparatively few venture into the nuptial net while the Oda for happinese•. and con: treatment ere 86 Much- 'against them. -San :Francisco *port. • • ' • Fooling the Toads. , Some sharp Observer has diecelyered that the electric lights on • the More. retired `,..streets are detnoraliling to the toads: -2 It is asserted that these Useful batraehiens, attracted by the 'brilliant light When the streete are quiet, gather by .dozens tinder : it „and hold high revels. The greatly, onlarged • shadows - of :-eountless .insects .fitittering areUnd, tbe light fall upon the • ground; and the innocent toads, thinking them to -bo real, hop about in all directions . catch them, making it seem as though they, were going through ai merry cotillion. of •Pohl. tea, fragrant without the least bitterness, and of a, beautiful amber c ear - nese.' Sweeten as any otherWith tea. Wth a . little lemon juice and a slice of lemonlloat-' :ing in each glass this inakestliefitshionable "Russian tea." . Ersrittinscriir sont-wal'au AT HOME. . . _ One may long forn'glaiiii o,f soda or be delighted': to -offer it to .our 'heated and Weary friends, but it 18 tinite too :mobh to •go to the druggist for it with the -son high, and thethermotoeterin-The nineties; more impossible yet to regale our visitors.' And yet nothing is more possible or 'eta 'ek- pensiVe than to have the thing always .at hand. In Paris, where siphoine .first introduced, iced Siphon water" was the• thing to have in the house. I often wonder that so little Use is made of them in this soda -water -toying country, except under a, doctor's direction. Half a dozen ;siphons of plain soda cost 90 cents, perhaps leas in large cities, and if you are known to your druggist you will not be charged for the loan of the Siphons. • Keep them on ice and you have your soda -water ready. Make and keep,bottled a fewsimple syrups. Vanilla 4.3YkuP,, coffee syrup, ginger syrup -and you can have flavored soda, at a Moment's notice..,' In fruit season. half 'fill the glass with fresh fruit syrup and auger', fill tik from the siphon; and you have a drink for the' gads. • • . This is an excellent and nourishing drink in hot weather, and Will remain on the Most delicate' stomach when anythiog. but kOutniss would' be rejected, and ' is. simply • , Soda front the sip on and milk., • cnkaux cur 'turn SODA Wake. This is excellently made from California Wine. Polir•a bottle of claretinto it pitcher add . . •• • and His Dive Broke His Neck.. .• as I add .rtira drin siph a sliced orange, leaving .out the,fire last slice, and it strip of cucumber pec ong as your,finger; sweeten With syrup , if liked, a Wineglass Of Santa , Cruz ; set, this in crutthedicea.nd just befpr king strain and add ,the 'contents' of on of soda water 'rear and servo a e.• • f all cups except champagne perhap is the best: Pour a quart Of aide a pitcher, sliPe an Orange • into it 0 e slices of lernoo ; syrup or not accord as the eider issweet or sour, add a glass herry and ooe of brandy with, a pint, of had F3trawbeirries if in season;,. other - a -cup of chopped pineapple and,: a few s of atmciod, flayoring: If champagne r,is.nsed let it be iced before used. • Let tend tilrchilled. Then strain and ada • *hen His Wife is Away. , . ' A Married Man may feel a 'oertain degree of loneliness at this season while' his wife and fetidly are away front Mine at the sett shore or mountain resort, but with it dOrcies 4 feeling a freecioni. and independ- ence that compensate for the. absence of loved ones. :These are the days vvhiCh the married man enjoys, notwithstanding the oppressive heat; and, when he 'informs his wife in his daily letter that he is " dining very well '.,' he means all he says. Yea,',he is doing Very well. He can now spend'his, evenings in the haunts of his bachelor days; he can, 'come in. at the most un- seasonable hours and retire ' .withotit an animated diedussion as to the accuracy of the clock or a Caudle lecture. ,10 can leave t' his Place of business and..staotPon the cor, 1 '•ner talking politics an lotig as he feels dis- posed; be can run up to the qCasino and e, wait at the (Icor until the last auditor has e passed out without fear of after coose- a 'quences ; he can smoke in every roomin t the house, should he so desire, and he dons his Sunday clothes every morning without a exciting the slightest suspicion of being. ✓ called Upon, to •answer pertinent questions. ✓ He ,may tell'the neighbors .how •much , he, . • feels theabsenee of the family, but he does it forthe Purpose of having his regrets re- peated to madam on -her return. It is this that accounts for the. 'great number of MOD fares in the evening. ' • • • '' to be Seen walking the Principal thorough- , , ' •••• • • I . : A NeW.Gerinan Figure. . • Poor men were drowned whilithathing in this city yesterday:: The racist remarkable case was that Of..george • Gubins, a young :than living at One Hundred sod Ninety-. pixth, street and Kingibridgerold. „Late in the forenoon he went With some friends .-••t0he.,a dip in the Harlem near the long, loWioOtbridge at Two Hundred and Eighth street. The .ide was well out.. Gubins • dived frail the bridge and struck 'his head SO,:violgntly.that his beak was broken. He died instantly. In the still, shallow water the body was recovered, without ,difficulty. It Was. 3arried to the •Kingsbridge Police ,Staillith-kr. Y. World: • • Mile ,Latest dottraire. . Mrs: Young Wife -There, Oharlie, how . ddes, my, hair look? , • • Well, 1 must confess; 'my deer; that it doesn't look as if You had touched it with a brush fiir a week, ' • , ' . Isn't that lovely puma I'm all ready for church then, Charlie! lifeteorological Investigation,. his is about.' the size 91 Humility theta? daya.t ' • • " A &this is about the size of Hurnanity , . • Wooften read that a man his left it for- • tine id his wife "'during life or WidOW.., • ,' hood," This, ho•Wever, is it ganieat hioli the other sex dati new play, arld'a•wealthy • lady who recently died at NO York Iraq set an example to °there Who are similarly eirchinstanced by bequeathingher poised"- • afoot; to trulitees for tho uie of her. husband " so long as he shall toniain unmarried,"• . • Young folks tell What they, do, old, ones ' whatiheyhavo,d'Ohei-and fools' What ' they • will ' ao. It may be a retleetion, On the , A 11 Civilization of the last quarteeilf the nine. Presi tee nth con fury:. but those ivlio • fell what ,, Sods •' they ". ;yill do' are itt n large. majority.' ()toe A. leading tailor 'Inalte3 all hi: irOttaers, '111!1.(•' ; Wirlfortfc'pOtlit,th. eustomors liavd no ,1,111 two for them.attor paying for the elothea, • Ilimt one 0 oide into thre ing Of s .01118 WiS0 drop Gide alls siphon of soda., ' ,The'Soda water must always be.wie,d the last thing,' and when there is time to have the ", cup" cold enough without do not add ice to it; as if it stands it gets peer., Sweeten all cups with syrup Made thus': , ' Pour boiling water, it pint, on a pound of white auger. When dissolved bottle for USO. The use of syrup prevents the last of the cup being top sweet.-71'hiladeiplifa :Prete. , • 'Send to the Bitker'S ' • . " MY dear," said a fond father to his fashionable daughter, who is soon to be Married, " if„Oeorgeshould ,at Some filture time Meet With reverses; and his fortune sheuld he dwept away, which Oeertsiorially occurs to Silver mine speculators, could. you meet the emergency Could'Yoti, for in- stance, go hitt) the kitchen ' and matte a, loaf of bread ?" What a foolish papa I" re- plied the dear girl, brightly, " Why; I Would send!tb thebaker's for it 1",, , , " • ' : ' Mr; Alexander Moody ,Stuart,. adVocato, „has been', appointed Professor of Scots Law in the Uoiversity of .,.Glasgow, 111 room of Mr, 1tobert,' Berry; recently appointed sheriff of Latiarkdhire. „ . riternar correspondent states that tho dent of the Royal Ittitemar Highland ty has .reeeived intimation that tho n desires the annual' gathering 0(1 S of the society to he held this yea.r at oral. 1 lits will bq ingsebeitrillY 0011:1- With% .• .• „.. A popular figure in the '" German "1n , at summer retiorte is known as the " rail - read." This requires SIX railroad tickets .for the ladies; six placards' for the gentle- men and a whistle for 'the leader.. ' The gentlemen fasten the placards , around , their necks, whilethe tickeisiire distributed milting the ladies.,_ • Upon the signal from the leader the orchestra plays .a railroad • &lop and the •gentlemen march' into 'the robin, imitating s train. %At tho' sound of . a whistlethe train stolid, and 'the leader • Calls the name of one of the stations , upon the placards, when a ladY. with Vie Oar- . reeponding .ticket takes -her partner, the treastti3Oti,fdll/owing, accordinto their detti" • • A Practic Summ r I broken boat.. The silvered path Of glory . They sit on the .nioenlight„ That glorious moonlightwink94sith ,s0.1 m Jainism: ithenteit alis• upturned bttointhat aat0 ,, ,:;,... to be brought out at a New - York theatre: - - One of the topics travestied in the piece . neerly ,to their feet. They had fallen into and in the course of the experiinents the , stretched arose the- restless Waters up mestiftsm nfifirnew ferni of hypnotienit, : : silence. ' No. moment ; was it then to speak full, luminous M0011 becomes abnormal to . .. of baseball .or of scandal. HetwaScrirercome with that tender passion:' which : thrives in S dile 1 it id hop eye which • the eyee of the characters .and the audi. ' ,w . . once. n n y a ,. , levels , an : 4famPlerdOP8r ."'1114 'Allcat'eli Vie „.2jamael ' ".111/,217 r a vtwaAroilesintey.aesesothnamagsasient:7u-ni:tglruallcmidrspi t.80_• 1:.ht. „ he past t in the The comuiJeniiy Lind' is said by a London correspondent to be Mlle.. Sigrid Arnoldsop, of Sweden. Her soprano voice is said to be perfect, and she is as handsome ap was Nilsson twenty years ago. . It -is stated authoritatively that all credi- tors of the National Opera Company will be paid dollar for dollar, and that the-com,--,---- pany will take the, road again next year. Several contracts have been crosed with singers ofnote. ' • ' • .• is being 1.3ontrived for e farcical melange peon e ,4311r e nioa e a orate union ever constipated • . 44extiadtenelealsegmt±ty Igtairjrd "at whose Mystic miluente lovers take bliss in by the pores. He :grew' fervent, He clasped her hands.. She gave him back a gent1Spreisate. • ' • . ..• : "Tell me," •he whispered, with . the 'hoarsenees of emotion, whispered aSif he faired the Murmuring surf might catch the question. and •, bear it to sinne • other oars: "'Tell Me, have yen:fever loved?" c' ' ;She trembled, She „hesitated for a. moment, and he 'thought he 'felt her:blushes glow into his eyes. She trenibled, and in a Still, soft, whisper, gentle as the summer breeze, answered: , : . • • "Not this summer." 5 itrAtitmeliodurnemut4cfaxeMnialani too -sj. Tatelgofig °Twit° rantpitrethiU ARglir""itiair • Salting:Hay Salt ought never, to be sprinkled on hay, but, instead of that, airslaked lime.;' Salt attracts moisture, yellows hay and ,makes it intrinsically poorer. „If cattle are Made to go Short on Salt , in *inter they will eat exeerablestuff siniplyior the 'Salt that is in ,it, and the farmer 'argues that he has "saved his hay." But hay ought tostand on its Own merits. • If hay is pew from some ether cans, weather-beaten, for in- stance, or if one has a lot Of oat leavings, geed, but coarse,itis Well enough to treat it with brine to tempt ;stock ; but to treat good hayWhen it is being mewed away i with Salt s a great Mistake. On the other hand, air -slaked lime -will -absorb moisture and thereby preserve hay without any in- jury to its quality:- A writer has often pet on lime so thick that . it covered his boots with a heavy coating in the winter when it was pitched but ; 'yet the stock setter re- fused or seemed to dislike it on that 'account. • flow She, Explained It. ;. . - An American mother travellingin France offered a half -fare ticket • for her son; who lacked several months of the full -fare age. The collector .1behed suspiciously at the child and•at her. ' " our son, is he 'under 7; readanie ?!'' "Ile is, monsieur.'• "Your On is verylarge for• his age, madame." "He is, monsieur." " Your: ado is alto- gether too large for :his ege,., madame," snapped' the, man,' exasperated . by the American's .cool,ness. Oui,• 'monsieur, that may he,"•retortedtbS mother, calmly, " heis"not French; you ysee."-The Argo- naut. • .. • • Went Napollloa-011e: Better.., . , While the monarch..was _retired froni .business on the Island of St. Helena he was attended by Pr. Warden, Of the English natry.. This representatiyi.of the : healing art on that distant coast was not Reid of the Eintieror, and it issaid that the anti-. PathY was mutual. ' , ' •• • • • "IIow many sick people 1**,3 you killed in your time, elector V! .s,sksd Napoleon One day in his blunt fatthicai. " • , "Not near as Many as you have sent well ends to, heayen,l' Was the pat reply. - From (6'1k/till:Letter. • " sonages of. theplay, mid after .he has • - stepped out to sing a ,song, ,tfte typical witchisseen tit emerge_ astride ' a' broom, and she, too, is it woman Of the faree., Late despatches from London leave little ildnbt as to the -very • strong likelihood; Of Mme. Christine Nilsson .undertaking an American tour next fall. The Swedish prima amine has long been desirous of re- visiting the United States,: and her r, , has for yearsonly been a,questien of terms. When, Mme.'Nilsson firat came hither the .31efisrs' Strakosch paid her $1,000 a night., When she•sang in opera at thellletropoli- tao tinder Mr. Abbey's manageinent she received $2,000, and 'previous to leaving New York she prociainied that she Would not, appear again exeept at an advance Ot 1)500 per night. If ,she comes in the fall to , sing in operatic. ' concerts" Jander Mr.. : Abbey's guidance she will certainly :nob - get less than 025130 per concert., . • Old Country Odds and Ends. Pouglae;- tailor, Anohniblap:(aged 86 years), recently • walked to Inclunarlo the one day and :paire back the ne...cta dis- tance of forty imules-and felt none ,the Lieut. Reginald Warren; the champietr'• : a,t,Winibleilonthis year, is a little over 80' years of age and is a solicitor in London. He •visited Wimbledon Common tb shod : • for the first time in 18/1. ' • ' • . • R. Hutton,'who. Played the batmen in the band of the Seaforth Highlanders, died . suddenly on the 15th ult.,Trem an affection of the throat, said to have arisen from playing that instrument. • " • Alexander.Adains, who is performing the ,novel fiat of walking from Dfindee to Lon- don on stilts, arrived in York On July 16th. • He left Dundee on June 25th; and expected to reach London on the gOth ult. He met with a poor receptitinduring his journey. • • • No Elmo ecessary. Young wife -70h, 111 jots" I rn so Sorry • 'Tom brought you h e ' to dinner to -day: If he hadtold Me you were coming I'd have, had something nice, . Mid,' haven't it thing in the house.fit to eat's', . • . ' • , Mr. Jones -Now please don't say•a Word about it, my dear iniadana. You iieoan% . Worry yourself'a particle.. I take most of ' my meels at home Myself. • , The Latest in Equestrianism. •• The Ditcheaa of Cleveland has set' the fashion of riding in the Row With a parasol': : Of course this required a perfectly -trained• horse. The :Emptess of Austria never: wentout hunting , without her, fin, the only thing that seethed strange to English, eyes. init very -Perfect costume and " get= .up.":--Lon"don World., , ". • , iilioio Vaud. . •Flies wereVery troubleborne in the dining- . . looni.of a seaside cottage, and a trap was: set for them. It did itework ;well, and the , rooinseemed clear of „them. But when. " 0210 MOD'S Nitta, :Me.". ' . dinner was served, they were KS muneronsi ' ,so" aea grocer's ahcp uli Easter aitever. The, 3 -Year-old ehild explained ' I, their appearance by Saying : • , Ross • enter, SIDEdlurokin holding a bottle ; 'Salad Iirchin--"A' say.. miiter gie'e tun- "Papa, I t'14'd° was in dere Jong tip Epoch. . . , • ; I • • • . • - Not a rittkrOt! • " ExMise Me, stringer," he said,, see you are unfortunate in laving a crippled: leg." " Yee, sir; X got that during the viat of the rebellion," " Ah,.• indePd ! Won you under McClellan ?" • " NO, idr ; I Was underit beer, waggori in Hoboken, "1--Pitek. ' • , • As Smart as:the Father. , • • •., " Yes,". said Bobby's father, as he_ stroked -his little hey's head fondly, "."Bob • Claret wine is said to be geed if 'poured into a witterraelorl." -It ,assinitlates vvith the, • juice of the fruit : Very nicely„ A. connoie4 • ettir says that one bottle is, perhaps,..a. "etiftleleecy, and you gait' the two flavors-,-, :that of the grape 6.1-0 t!„itit.. of tilo mOon. It is done on the Pritimple of makiega salad ; yob, Must Use . jest enough of the condithents the dreading: so Abet' yen linty get smack of etich without any ono predeofinatitig. Therefore, ono bottle of claret • is enough, it thought,. Many pee le refeetl 't 1 • ' any addition to its taste; Others favor What they Pall modern iroproYeritenta; 'rho roil qoisites for tlic3 full Oiloyntent, ef this, grand that is 'thirst and a h0 1,et the melon -not s he ?taken frhin. its bed of ice and eitt6. It ".soffie.: thing 'Otter the'goag, ' pence !orth o',: whusky." hi.hciptnan " Teppence worth o'• whiskey,' my ? Surely you're not going to drink it your- are,,you:,?" Sniall Urchin (disdain- fully)-' No -so vera likely; I'M ga'sn tae pushonjitandy•lienry Wait/WOOL ; ' , , : e The eldest general of the 'United States army is:William Selby Harney. He Was born near, Nashville, Tenn., in 1800; and mitered the' artny in 1818, He Was breveted Major.General on March'13th, 18P5. • '. is keeping elhank ferhis :odd P01111443 and The, Earl Of Mar and Kebli� is diseatia- //Melded., :And, how nitich have .yoi saved '4Oa with the several decisions in his faVcir), up, Bobby ' • . . and has preanntecl. another petitinn to the. • " Twelve cents,' • he rOplied, 4.‘13;•iitclo tho Hotito a .Lords for an investigation into three dollars Alia it quarter yen ewe:- end the ancient Mar dignity, with the view , - ' • .1 ,i • „ to " obtain • an 'imprejtuticed rietNI:ettarriti(7dgii)oottitvli () ei,crook; A 7;00. eoUrt of law of his tights;to the eatateS , ,rather Pair One... --We close here at • Illar," Ile hid. already heeil • after-ilnd that it. 'would have 'been bettor rt itt,(114 mit whodon't I ild 1 • . connection between the Mar estates-ilostes Pudget., • • the estates. and; thetitle,..ana. he may hero, llrass,headed Ilertn,2-Tlint'a a , • to let Well alone " • ug i• • : ; to get inside earlier, 71,7t,r, • ..