Indianapolis Sentinel, Volume 34, Number 88, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 March 1885 — Page 11

THE INDIAHAFOLIH i)AILY SENTHfEL, SUNDAY UOSNINvT MARCH 29,1885

tiii: oii man coi:s to school.

I know I'm loo eld to Itarn, wife; my lessons and tasWs are done. Thd-of life eenin g'ntn in the light of life's tettm' snn. To the (rite by the tide of my father they'll carry me oop away; But 1 ranted to tee how the world had grown. o I hobbled to schbol to-day. I couldn't a told 'iai a school-house; it towered up to the skies; I lied on the noble structure till dim grew these old yet. My thoughts went bck to the log house the schocl-house of long ago, Where I studied and romped with the merry boys who sleep where the daisies grow. 1 was startled out of my dreaniin by the tones cf its rncnMrous bell; On theve ears that are growin' deaf the sweet notes rose and teil. I otered the mas&tve door, and sat in the proffered chair, An bid man, wrinkled and gray, in the inidst of the young and fair. Like a garden of bloouin" roses, the school room appeared to we . The children were all sc tidy, their faces so full ol glee; They stared at we when I entered, then broke o'er the whiperin rule. And said with a smile to each other " I he old man's comin' to school." When the country here was new, wife, when I was a scholar-lad. Our readin and writin and spellin' were 'Lout all the studies we had. We cleared up the frni through the summer, then traveled through wood and snow To the leg house in the rpenin', the school-house cf long age. Now boys go to school in a palace, and study hard Latin and liretk; The; are taught to write scholarly essays; they are drilled on the stage to speak ; They go into the district hopper, but come out ol college spout; And this is the way the scliool of our land are grmdin'our great men out. Let 'em grind, let em grind, dear ife! the world needs the good and the true; Let the children out cf the old house and trot 'em into the new. I'll cheerfully pay my tares, and say to this age of minr. All aboard! a!l aboard! go ahead! if you leave the oid man behind! Our system of common schools is the nation's glory and crow n; May the arm be palsied ever, that is lifted to tear it down; If bigots cannot endure the lijht of our glowin' skies. Let them go to Oppression's shore, where Liberty bleeds and dies. I'm glad I've been to-day to the new house, large and grand; With pride I think of my toils in this liberty-lavi' Land; I've seen a palace arise where the old log school house stood. And gardens of beauty Moom where the shadow fell in the wood. To the grave by the side of my fathers they'll carry me soon away. Then go to a higher school than the one I've seen to-day; Where the Master of masters teacheth, where the scholars nevrr grow old, From glory to glory I'll ciunb la the beautiful col itMt of g"td Venting- Their r.iitliuwiasm. The conditions oi college life which formerly gave rise to frequent riot between "town and gown," have long since passed away. The conditions, alo, which once gave rise to numberless minor forms of disorder, exist now to a far lesa extent than ever before in the history of the college. What, then, is it that has produced this change? Surely it is not from any inborn love of culture and order which influence; college men now, but did not then. The Yale man of thirty years ago was as much of a gentleman as the Yale man of to day. No, it is not this. But it is the system of athletics which we have this fine system of sports and games, which has afforded us a legitimate channel of venting our enthusiasm and love of sport, which were once grossly misdirected. And this would seem to le not the least reason why athletics should be encouraged and upheld in Yale college, and in the other colleges of the country, in order that manliness and comparative good order may characterize the college rather than lawlessness and turbulence. FAXXY FERN.' A Brief Sketch of Her Life. Ccr. Detroit Free Pres. it And so you want to know something bout Fanny Fern from her brother' lips," Raid Mrs. Willii speaking in that tone of cultured repone which is now almost a lost art. "I cau tell you this She waa a woman with a great heart. When she wa9 young she went to school , to Catherine Beecher, a sister of Henry Ward Beecher. Many year after when Miss Beecher wa3 quite an old lady my sister met her and recalled her school days. 'Yes, yes,' said Miss Beecher, 4I remember you perfectly. You were the most troublesome scholar I had and I loved you the best.' " Mr. Willis said that Sarah made them all lively at home with her pranks, and alluded feelingly to her happy married life with Mr. Eldridge, his death and her subsequent pecuniary losses whicji made her pen a necessity. "It was in 1847 that she began to write," said Mr. Willis; "her husband had died the preceding year. Libs the rest of her family, Mrs. Eldridge found a ready and good friend in her pen, and as Fanny Fern achieved both reputation and fortune. Bonner treated her in a princely manner, but she also increased the circulation of the Ledger immensely. Once the wrote an article commending the manner in which A. T. Stewart's clerk's waited upon customers without regard to their dres3 or relation. Mr. Stewart was so pleased that he sent a man to the Ledger office to get the ad dress of Fanny Fern, but it was denied to him as it was to all others. But A. T. Stewart was not a man to be denied. He discovered the writer and sent her an elegant outfit, which was indignantly returned. One day when he was Mrs. Parton she was in his store buying a navy suit for a child. Mr. Stewart had a habit of walking about the More and watching sale unknown often to hth clerk ana customer; he approached Fanny Fern and asked, 'Have you a child old enough to wear a navy suit? "The bright woman locked at him and responded : 'Go away, Mr. Stewart, and mind your own affairs. "This is my affair," he answered, and had the suit sent to her address, and positively forbade any expense incurred, saying that he was already deeply in her debt. "A characteristic story of my sister Sarah," said Mr. Willis, "was the way she treated a grasping landloid at' Richmond, Va., when she and her husband, ilr. Parton, were staying there for a few data. 'Fanny' had the misfortune to trei- a nick out of a very ordinary toilet ch-nber tzt and the 1 in d lord included

t - pico cf ths nbsla est in the bill. ,-7L:a it capii tl:3 crred Fanny 1 i! V .or: ens ch:.i Tlo )

landlord had not tfken that view of it,

but finally acknowledged that it was. since she had paid for it " "Ihen lean do what I please with my own,' sid the indignant and impul sive woman, and heizing a poker she went into the room and broke every piece of the set to eternal smash. Her keen tense of justice .was outraged by such contemptible conduct." Her marriage to James-Parton, the historian, was a singularly happy one. 31 r. Willi remarked, as suggestive of the family heritage, that a granddaughter of Fanny Fern is one of the leading editorial writers on the New York Ledger at the present time, while the grand daughter of another member of the family is a sparkling and popular writer on the Boston journals. A granddaughter of N. P. Willis, living with her mother at Cambridge, while yet a mere child, wrote a little play which was performed in the presence of Longfellow, Holmes and the Harvard notables, to their great delight, the child herself acting the lead ing part. As this paper is necegsanly a compila tion of biography, conversation and per sonal reminiscence, it will be excusable to refer in broken sequences to any mat ter of interest concerning the three dis tinguished subjects. hile still en rap port with the beloved sketch-writer, who in her day was an educator, it may be of interest to refer briefly to her style of writing. It was a blending of humor and pathos told in piquant sentences. She ridiculed the foibles of fashion and society. Like Dickens she preached a gospel of humanity. Her articles were terse and struck a popular vein at once. A quarter-column newspaper skid was captioned "A model widow." The gist of the whole thing was in the opening sentence of sarcastic brevity: "Would not wear her veil up on any account; thinks her complexion looks fairer than ever in contrast with her sables; sends back her new dress because the folds of crape on the sikrt 'is not deep mourning enough;' steadfastly re fuses to look in the direction of a 'dress coat' for one week!" "Little Allie," a sketch full ot the pa thos of a motherless child's story, ends with this transcript fronrher humanitarian creed: " "Never forget it, Betsey," said he; "harsh words ain't for the motherless. May G'd forget me, if He ever hears one from my lips." iannv fern died at the comparatively eanv age of 51. She lies buried in beau tiful Mount Auburn, the lovely cemet ery which lies adjacent to Boston. Over her grave is a white marble cross erected to her memory by Mr. Bonner as a token of his regard for her. It is wreathed with fern leaves, carved from the solid m.trble. It is said of her that in the fourteen years during which she wrote for the New York Ledger, that she never ouce failed to send in her manuscript "promptly on time. She was paid for one story at the rate of $100 a column. Few can stand by the grave of that bright, loving woman and not recall her own sad, pathetic words: "U, to die and be forgotten: U.nis warm heart cold, these active limbs still, these lips dustl Suns to rise and set, flowers to bloom, the moon to silver leaf and tree around my own dear home the merry laugh, the pleasant circle and 1 not there." But her usual philosophy was of the bright, cheerful, combative order. Difficulties were her best inspirations to success. The Henceforth nesa of the flat seqnently. By a Concord School Philosopher. We all know, or profess to know, and it is even patent to those who are not cognizant of the fact, that in all ages, from the very remotest to the seons in the misty future, man has, or has not. according to his unalienable rights and prerogatives in the premises, through the organism of the mind which connects the understandableness witn tne intelligibility of the dynamic energy of the body au underlying, inherent inclina tion, on mimuarwus tivcasiuus, as is iiir .... t . t .1 pellea by an unseen lorce, to see me mnp-netism and stimulation that is co existent with, and analogous to, a fermentous extraction ol irrom rucx, where there are columns more lice lu The Mystery of Kissing:. Wm. M. Evarts. Why should the meeting of lips cause people more pleasure thau the meeting of their noses, or their foreheads,or their backs, or their little toes? I don't know that anybody has ever tried these experiments and instituted comparisons, but u migm De wortn a iriai. What is a kiss, anyhow? Two pairs of lips meet, and separate with a noise as if a mule was being rescued by electricity out of a swampy hole about two blocks farther down the alley. This is actually all I And still everybody does it, and raves about it, and gets yanked to the station house for it. How Mnrh Paper We Use. There are 2,985 paper mills in the .vorld, in which 1,004,000,000 pounds of paper are annually manufactured. Half f this psper is used for printing; C00,XX),000 pounds only for newspapers, the nnumption of which h88 risen bv 200,XK),000 pounds during the laut ten rears. As to the use of paper by individuals, in average of 11$ pounds is used by an Englishman, 10J pounds by an American, 8 pounds by a German, 7$ pounds v a Frenchman, ö rounds dv an ftalian or Austrian, 1J pounds by a Spaniard, 1 pound by a Kussian, and 2 rounds by a Mexican. Sport for the Eyes It would be well if we had some form of sport which would encourage the im provement of eyesight. We might have eye matches, for example, with prizes for those who could see furtherest and clearest. There could be winking matches, open to persons of bih pxea. for the purpose of strengthcninir tri muscles of the evelid. and the government might offer premiums to . " i . I iL... lk Dlue-eyeu Daoies, anu iuu entourage sue style of eve which, according to oculists, iibest adapted for ordinary wear and tear. The Diplomatic Lnnirnsff. The English language is not studied in France, on the assumption that the French vernecular is destined to become the universal tongue. Recently published figures, however, prove that the number of J? rench-speaking people is declining, and that French is not now spoken bv more than tbout 50 000,000, whrreas English is very rapidly rprradin and is alrc-dy hzom to t:trij cl lOjCCO,-'

PICKING II CHIPS.

Now. Suan at the ood-ril. With rosy cheek an.l lips; And with b-r pretty apron on, Wm picking up on chip. Jake cm along, and halting, And lifting up hi hat. And growing quit" familiar. They both hf-fran to chat. As Su4n t!re waa standing with Her ajron full of chips. nJMMid the happy moment. And kissed her rosy lips. She threw her hands up to her face. Repelling the a.."ult; And spilled her chips, tut only sai l: 'Now, Jalte, that was your fault." Jak threw hi handa ahore his head. Took to hl heels to run. And looked for dr, or tquirrel ahot Fired from her dddy's "nun. But Suao turned and softly paid, (The best of thing to make.) "I'm picking up the chips riht here, Most every morning, Jake." rr The Baltimorean. A Touching Incident. Exchange The following touching incident is recorded of Madame Marie Roze, during hr sojourn in this country, and while on a visit to Auburn prison, New York, where she sang in the presence of Leflrly all of its inmate, includiog upwards of twelve hundred convicts. On her arrival she defired to know if all the prisoners were present, and being answered in the negative, she requested that even those iu solitary confinement should, as a special privilege, be perm ited to come into the chapel and join the other convicts in listening to the music w hich she proposed to sing. The request was accorded, and the poor fellows, fome of them for the fir? time in many yearn, were permitted not only to look once more on the face of a beautiful woman, but to hear again from an accomplished artiste the sweet notes that reminded them of the innocent daye of youth. The chief selections of Madame Roze were "Sweet Spirit, Hear my Prayer," and "The Sweet By and Uy," and even the most hardened criminals were stirred to tears. After thia the fair cantatrice made a tour of the institution the prisoners meanwhile being retained in the chapel, and on her return she fang the old familiar air, "Comin' Thro' the Rye." The most intelligent of the convicts prepared n testimonial of thanks, which was duly signed and presented to the lady It closed with the following quotation: (Jod aent Iii singers upon earth ' With tongs of adnt-as and oT mirth TltHt thev might touch the hrart.s of mr-n And hrtug them bck to heaven again." Ways to Itecoine Attractive. Pall Uall Gazette.) A Parisian newspaper has been teach ing its lady readers "how to be attracta a r- . ive. öureiy tne reaaers oi tne vie Parisienne ought to be in no need of ad vice such as the following: "Look confident and indifferent; ex press yourself simply and with a voice as sweet as possible. Be keenly alive to everything that passes, yet appear absent minded; know as much as possible, yet please by asking questions. Having read everything, appear ignorant; heard all, always express surprise; desiring everything, ask for nothing. Be lighthearted to preserve your beauty; be indulgent to attract smypathy" and so on. These laws some evidently anti-blue stocking laws are laid down as absolute, with one exception. "Blush neither for shame nor for pleasure," to which is added: "If you can help it." Verily, the good old saying holds good still: "111 faut souffrir pour etre belle." There are, however, some clauses which might with equal advantage be applied to both sexes. For instance: "Do not force wit; always listen attentively; be charitable for your own satisfaction; be frank and you need never be afraid of the truth; see things at a glance: tudge quickly and think more quickly still in order to keer a cool head." But wise as these laws are, and how ever much the world might be benefited by a more general application of them, they belong decidedly to the category of precepts more easily preached than practiced. TUE SMARTYOTNG MA IT, How a Tender, bat Self-important, Merchant Wa Taken In and Done for. Young business men are apt to think that they .know everything, says the Philadelphia correspondent of the Pittsbure Dispatch. There are any number of young fellows starting out in business now at the beemning of the yenr, and the combined wisdom which is stored in their not very capacious braiiA is something wonderful to contemplate. Two 3r three years ago they were boys, last year they were clerks and now they are partners or sole proprietors. I was talk ing to one such ony yesterday, "ion see," he said, "my uncle died and left me some money. I had a friend who was a clerk in a produce commission house. He had a little cash and wanted to cut loose from the bosses, so we started to gether and he brought a good deal of trade with him. I knew nothing about the produce commission business then, but there's very little anyone can teach me now," and he strutted about his office, sent volumes of tobacco smoke curling about his head, and every now and then called out to the men who were moving i r t 1 T - . .1 - in a ioaa oi iresu epsrs: ioos out tuere how vou handle those! Do you think you have stones in those baskets?" "Eggs, my dear sir, are 25 cents a dozen. We can't afford to have you break a gros?!" I have a young friend iu the wholepale dry goods business. He has been in a couple of years, but he is still very fresh. We will call the firm Brand, New& Co., and my friend we will denominate as Mr. New. I was in the store this morning,, chatting with him about the opera, when a poorly dressed, elderly man came in. The man looked like a tramp who had been sprucing up, aud I could see immediately that the young merchant wished to show his authority. The man wanted to see some sort of worsteds, and Mr. New showed tbem to him. "How much are they?" he asked. "Forty-six and a half cents a yard," was the . reply. The scene which followed was somewhat amusing. The old, tramp like visitor leaned on a packing box, pencil in band, and commenced to scribble on a piece of waste paper. "Let es see, he said, stopping suddenly, "whit did you tij ycur n 2.123 vzj Cr? ' r-vntz:-:-

l never told you," interrupted my friend. "Oh, neither you did (smiling), but do you know I could have sworn you said your name was either Jones or Smith." My friend was beginning to grow angry at the man's coolness and impudence, but when the fellow asked him point blank what his name was he replied: "New!" "New, ehf ' said the visitor, as he wrote it down and drew stars before it and after it on the paper. "Mr. New, how is your father?" This further riled the young merchant, but be did not allow his temper to get the better of him, and he told the Fellow politely that his father waa a physician and not connected with the firm, aud as far as he knew, not acquainted with the inquirer. Therefore he could not see the pertinence of the question. "Then you are the only New in the firm?" was the next question. "Yes, sir." "Mr. New, what did you tell me was the lowest price for those worsteds?" "Forty-six and a half cents, sir." "By Jove, you've a good memory, you said that before." "Of course I did," fumed New; "don't you think I know my own business?" "You ought to," was the response; "and you may be able to tell me how many cases of those goods you have in the store." "Look here, sir," said the young man, exasperated at his visitor's manner, "I've a sight more than you are able to bu v." The shabby looking fellow smiled grim-If-"Put down the number," he said. New eeized the pencil aud chalked down in rapid succession: "Two hundred cases of red, 600 cases of blue, 1,000 cases black, 1,400 cases brown, 500 cases green, 500 cases purple." The old man added it up. "Four thousand cases," he said; "is that all?" New stared at him aghast. "That's all," he said. "I'll take them. Ship to Cleveland, ßhelly & Co., Chicago, Star line, fast freight. You are a member of the firm, and the bargain is made." With that the fellow left the store, and my young friend, with weak voicn and shaking knees, told me that he had not one-third of the goods in the place; that he would have to buy them at a much higher price, and that the firm would loose something like $13,000 by the operation. This is a fact; and the whole thing occurred just as I have related it. See what it is to have a great buyer, and see what it is to have a your. g, inexperienced and irritable man in tha firm: Cheerfulneft and Hope. Philadelphia Saturday Po?t.J Pleasant, cheerful people make a dull day cheerful; they have somewhat of the same effect in a room as an open fire or a bouquet of flowers; they make us feel for the nonce as if everybody was pleasant because they are. We cannot always explain exactly why they are so pleasant. They may not be beautiful they are often plain; they are not always robust people they are sometimes invalids; they are not always the wittiest; but they possess a magic superior to all these which dwarfs the wit and cleverness o. others, aud makes these of small vulue beside their own attractiveness. As a general thing, it will be found that those who have the largest faculty for enjoyment have the largest development of hope or cheerfulness, and vice versa. We project our present feelings into the future, and make them its interpreter. The constitutionally happy man may have many griefs, and suffer under them acutely, but he is elastic, and his spirits at length rebound to their natural condition. Thus he habitually dresses the future in bright colors. He hopes for the fulfillment of his desires, whatever they may be, with a hope. If he is enterprising, he hopes for 8US cess; if ambitious, for honor; if affectionate, for love; if benevolent, for the good of the community. These hopes are so strong that they come to be expectations, if not convictious; and, as he looks forward, he sees the continued image of his own happy thoughts as we see our countenance in a succession of reflections from opposite mirrors. It is largely because he enjoys that he hopes, and his hopes in their turn afford him new enjoyment. People who are fond of complaining of the injustice of circumstances declaring that the good are often unsuccessful and the evil are often prosperous, would do well to analyze carefully their estimate of success and prosperity. If they include in it liches, fame and position, and exclude from it cheerfulness, hope, peace of mind, a contented spirit, a good conscience, a noble character, and the luxury of doing good, they are right, according to their standard. But, if these latter possessions are preferable, then are the good prosperous, iudeed, with a prosperity that no misfortune can touch, and no loss can remove, and the evil are truly unsuccessful, though they may have wealth, station, power and ease. There is a certain feeling of calm power that always attends the fact of possession. When we are struggling aud hoping cheerfully for what we desire, we are eager, excited, and in a measure unstrung; but, when we finally obtain it, we become, so far as that one thing goes, restful and assured. Of all possessions that can possibly be secured, there is none which gives thisquiet and dignified sense of power so thoroughly as a proper sense of hope and justice. To feel sure that we possess any single power or faculty, that we have it under our control, and can use it at our pleasure, is a source of great happiness and peace of mind; and those who are fortunate enough to have this sense extended over many of their faculties, are to be warmly congratulated. The Oreg-onlan Editor 1im Ills Views. Some folka can't find enough in this world to do and bother their brains about without neglecting business here, to conjure up, defend and quarrel about what is going to happen hereafter. Some of these wearisome, worrisome fellows go up and down in the earth continually preaching the speedy end of all mundane things, as if that, if true, ought to make any difference in the conduct of meu. Another class of troublesome creatures have seen a little juggling some time or other, and can't let anybody rest until they are convinced that'spiri'ts from the other shore come eavesdropping around, and talking more nonsense and worts grammar thin can fca lc-rccd la a "Ncr-c-1 Icztit-.tr"

A Defective Fine. Boston ConruerciAl Bullet:!.,' "The cause of the fire was a defective flue," This line so frequently appears in the reports of conflagrations, that we think that some prompt remedy should be taken toward having "flues" thoroughly made and not "defective." We do not intend to suggest an "in specter of flues," but that in every case where a fire really occurs ' from this cause, the builder of the aforesaid flue be mentioned by name and the "defect" pointed out. Doubtless injustice is frequently done in ascribing fires which really originate from the carelessness of those who have charge of the heating apparatus of stoves and houses, to "defective flues." It is a very easy phrase with which to cover up the gross neglect of those who go off and leave their furnaces with the full draught on, or neglect in other ways to prevent extraordinary concentration of heat. Let the insurance companies, for instance, spare no effort not only to ascertain the cause of the fire, but to have it published; and in most cases such publicity might teüd to limit carelessness. Thus the stating that the "tire occurred owing to the imperfect manner in which the flue was built by Slur & Veneer, nnder the superintendence of I. Rushemoff, architect, there being no protection against the furnace smoke-pipe," etc. Let us also have the names of thoe who put in pillars into theatres with no supports beneath them, or who construct elevators that arc unafe. A few suitt of law against such individuals and the publicity of the matter would tend to render those who perform similar work to be more cautious of the manner in which it is done. A. Oog Who Didn't Jlclicve in Spirit. nr.INui. (Burlington Hawkey e ) Several years ago there were quite a uumber of spiritualists in the city of Ripon, and they used to have ".seances" almost every night, listening to communications from friends in the spirit laud, through raps and things One day it was announced that a noted medium from the East would visit the town, and the spiritualists arranged for a seance at the stone house owned by a nurseryman, which was large enough to fill the bill. Quite a crowd of believers, with a few uubelievers, gathered at the house, and after some preliminaries thr noted medium turned down the light aud all was still. He went into a trance and was taken possession of by the spirit of an Indian chief who had recently died. First he began to murmur words in the Indian tongue, then sing, and finally he got up and began to dance a war dance, kicking the floor with his heels, yelling, "Hi, ah, yah, yah," and whooping it up. The country dogs in that section always hated Indians "worse than pbon," ana they would bark at them when they came to town. The nurseryman had a big brindle dog that was asleep in the kitchen adjoining the rom where the seance was taking place, and the door to the kitchen had been left open. Towser woke up and listened, and then got up. He' evidently thought the house had been attacked by a hostile tribe, and feeling that they would all be scalped, he thought he owed it to himself to save the womeu and children, at least. Towser looked in the door and could see, by the dim light from the fireplace, the spiritual chief just howling and dancing around, while the audience sitting around seemed paralyzed with fear. That was enough for Towser, aud with a howl that fairly raised the roof he jumped into the center of the circle and took a large mouthful of medium, including considerable pautaloons. He took hold where a dog almost does take hold of a man, and he shook that medium until all the Indian in him returned to the spirit land, and he was a demoralized citizen. The medium yelled murder, and the women fainted, and theu the owr?r of the dog called him off, and Towser went back into the kitchen with pants cloth in his teeth, looking over his shoulder as much as to say, "If there is any more trouble with Indians in there you will find me under the kitchen table." Judged by the Eyes. Philadelphia Pot. When the eyebrows are far from each other at their starting-point between the eyes, they denote warmth, frankness,and impulse a generous and unsuspicious nature. A woman or man having such eyebrows would never be causelessly jealous. Eyebrows, on the contrary, which meet between the eyes in the manner so much admired by the Persians denote a temperament ardent in love,but jealous and suspicious. Eyebrows somewhat higher at their starting point, and which pass in a long sweeping line over the eyes, drooping slightly downward at their termination, show artistic feeling and great sense of beauty in form. The Empress Eugenie's eyebrows are of this form, which gives a sweet and wistful expression to the face, and which some old writers have asserted to be the sign of a violent death. Eyebrows lying very close to the eyes, forming one direct clear line on strongly defined eyebones having the same form, show strength xf will and extreme determination of character. This sort of eyebrow appears on the bust of Nero; but then its indications of determination are deepened with cruelty by the massive jaw and the developement of the cheekbone by the ear. 11m form of eyebrow in conjunction with other good indications would mean only constancy in affection and power of carrying out a project despite all difficulties Eyebrows that are strongly marked at the commencement, and that termiuate abruptly without sweeping past the eyes, show an irascible and impatient nature. Eyebrows slightly arched show ensitivene&s and tenderness of nature; but evebrows that are so much arched as to give the appearance of being raised in astonishment give an indication of a weak and silly nature completely without originality or will power.' Eyebrows that are straight at their commencement and are gently arched as they reach the temples show a pleasant combination of firmness of purpose and tenderness of heart. .Eyebrows that are very much raised ti their termination, so as to leave much tC3 titwtsa tbea and the corners of

the eyes, denote a person who is totally deficient in the science of figures, whilst eyebrows that lie close to the eye at their termination show mathematical talents. When the hair of the eyebrows is ruffled "and growing iu contrary directions, it denutes an energetic, easily irritated nature, utiles the hair of such eyebrows is fine and soft (a combination sometimes, but not often, seen,) in which case this ruffled growth would only indicate an ardent but tender disposition. When the eyebrows are formed of short hairs, all lying closely together and leaning one way, it is a very decisive sign of a firm mind, and good, unerring

perceptions. Eyebrows that bend downward close to the eyes, so n almost to meet the eyelashes when they are raided, denote tenderness and melancholy. This beautiful statue of Antinous has this form of eyebrow. A nculsr, strong, and sharply interrupted eyebrow close to the eyes alwava show fire and productive activity. I have never seen h profound thinker with weakly marked eyebrows, or eyebrows placed very high on the forehead. Want of eyebrow hltuo?t always indicates a want of mental and bodily force. The nearer the eyebrows are to the eye, the more earnest, deep, and firm the character; the more remote from the ryes, the more volatile and less resolute the nature. Eyebrows lighter than the hair show a weakness and indecision. Eyebrows much darker than the hak deuote an ardent and passionate but somewhat iuconttaut temperament. Eyebrows the e:ime color as the hair show firmness, resolution, aud constancy; but in judging of the eyebrows it must be remembered that if form and color give different indications, the form (as this also means that of the brow) gives the most imjrtanl indication, the color and texture of the eyebrow being t-ccond-ary to its position as regards the eyes and forehead. A nr.roT mt.se. now Virginia itj 1'eople Did Their Friend tJood-Bye. The following is taken from the Virginia City Chronicle: It is worth four dollars of any man's money to be on the Virginia City evening train just before it leaves the depot. Yoa are always certain to see three or four families leaving the city for a day or so, and all their friends and relatives are on hand to say good-bye. In the first place the family just on the eve of leaving is surrounded on the platform by forty or fifty people who want to shake hands and help get the baggage on the cars. Then there is a great scramble and jostle and kissing as the engine blows off steam, and when the crowd find it is a false alarm they talk a few minutes, and theu another kissing carnival begins. Occasionally an outsider, perhaps a Corastock reporter or a San Francisco drummer, seeing how promiscuous things are getting to be, rings in and kisses a pretty girl, and she, thinking that it must be some old friend whose face has grown out of her memory temporarily, takes it in good part and wants some more. After four or five false alarms the family gets on board the rear car, and then for ten minutes there is a crowd jammed in the aisle like a pack of terriers in a rat pit, and the ceremony of saying "Goodbye," again begins. First they all kiss the old lady and then they shake hands with the old man and kiss him a few times, but don't over-do it. Then they all stand round and begin to cry as they wait for the train to move. When a brake slips they fall to work to kiss . for the Inst time, but the train don't start and they begin to talk. "Now, Flora, don't forget to write." "Say, Johnny, what did you say your address was?" "Oh, my, I forgot to bring down that little hood for the baby. Ul send it by express" Lord sakes,bnt you forgot those ginger soaps for ma." "Oh, gracious, where in the world are those keys?" "Have you got that lunch basket all right?" "With the pickled peachea?" "And the preserves;" "And the bottle of milk?" "And the hard boiled eggs?" "And the grape jelly?" etc Then the engine bumps the smokingcar up against the passenger and the real fun begins. "Oh, Auntie, must you go?" and they fall upon Auntie with a shower of smacks. "Now, be sure and write, (smack). Give my love to Jenny and cousin Sarah (smack)." "Just let me have one more for luck (smack). "Oh, 1 forgot to kiss the ba"by; here, quick " (tmn jolts and she misses the smack). Then the women folks make a rush for the door, and half a dozen young men rush in, like birds swoopiug to their prey, and grab the pretty girl of the family. They catch her and iciss her and drop her one by one, and drop off the rear of the train, all except the last, who makes a sudden rush for the platform, decides that it is not safe to jump, and saunters back to ride as far as Gold Hill, while the others climb slowly up Union street, and say: "Well, we've rid of that crowd at last," and the old dame in the lead says, Thank God!" with considerable fervo La die In Telephone Exchange. "Why is it that the attendants in telephone offices are all women f Mrs. Brown made this inquiry of her husband. "Well," answered Mr. Brown, "the managers of the telephone offices are well aware that no class of attendant? work so faithfully as those who are in love with their labor; and they know that women are fond of the work in telephone offices," "What is the work in a telephone officer' Mrs. Brown further inquired. "Talking." answered Mr. Brown. And the conversation came to an end. Income From Condensed Milk. Gen. Borden pattented the process for condensed milk. The royalty on this patent has produced an immense fortune, and now yields an income of about $40,000 a year. The Bordens, nephews perhaps of the dead inventor, are large cattle owners in Texas. The Book Agent Etiquette, A book agent came into our office on Saturday last, and tried to sell us a work on" "etiquette." As he went out he left the door standing wide open. The intelligent rezder will at cc3 tea the corsl, v '"-'-

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Money cannot supply a young man! wants if he happen to want good sense. New Orleans Picayune. There is computed to be over 150,000 girls not yet 14 years of age, already wage workers in the United States. When whisky gets the better of a maa he may bo sure the devil is forcloaing his mortgage. South Bend Herald. We like to see a man who can take a joke. But we respect him more when he gives credit for it.- Yonkere Statesman. They tell us matches are made in heav en; but somehow they never smell that way when you strike 'em. Lowell Citizen. A writer in Lippincott's Magazine says that of the 15,000 words em ploved by Shakespeare, about 6,000 appear but once. How wisely Nature, ordered ti below. Forbade a beard on woman' chin to grow. For bow could she be thav'd hat'er the kHi) Whose tongue would never let her chin be still. Glass eves for horses are now made with such perfection that the anim&ij themselves cannot see through the deception. If you can approve of yourself, it makes but little difference whether the world approves of you or not. Detroit Free Press. Miss Mary D. Brine has written some verses for a St. Paul paper. It is xery gratifying to run across one poet who is not fresh. Ex. An Italian writer says that 40,000 operas have been written since 1C00, ol which 10,000 have been produced by the sons of Italy. Experience is not so much a school where man learns wisdom, as he learns what a confounded fool he has been. South Bend Tribune. The names of towns and settlement i Arizona possess the air of originality. Here are some of them: Good Enough, Tough Nut, Contention, Family Fuss, and Discipline. It costs $32 apiece per annum to educate the forty thousand pupils of New York at the public grammar schools and the seventy thousand primary school pupils cost $15 apiece. "Where there's a will there's a way," murmured the profligate youth, as he went around paying up his bills after the receipt of a legacy from a rich and dotine uncle. ("Lowell Citizen. In making "pure ground coffee," the rule in Boston is to mix one bushel of beans and one of roasted peanuts with, one bushel of cheap coffee. The package is then labeled : "None purer beware of imitations." The Galveston boy is progressive. Ha was standing in a crowd of boys on the sidewalk, when his mother called him to go down town and bring her a demijohn of whisky. "Send the old man. I've got considerable confidence in him." Galveston News. "Tim, I want to borrow your black Sunday pants to attind a funeral," said one Galveston Irishman to another. "And whose funeral is it ye are 0 anxious to attind in me black Sunday Sants?" "Your own, be dad, ef you on't lind 'em to me." In the world's broad field of battle. Where so many dangers lurk. Always try to shun hard labor. Pass it by with pleasing smirk; For the money always goes to Those who all exertion shirk. While the men get next to nothing Who do all the hardest work. One of the earliest cannons was merely a cylindrical hole dug in the ground, the earth-barrel being strengthened by roda or sheets of metal. The charge was fired by means of a touch-hole at the lower end. As may easily be imagined, such a weapon was more formidable to ita Owners than to the enemy. Early Railroading. From the Railway Age. J I will contribute to your collection ol railway history some recollections of the old New Castle and Frenchtown Railroad. Its location was as follows: Extend ing from Frenchtown, Md., a point on the Elk Kiver, to N ew Castle, Del., on the Delaware River, the road was sixteen miles long more or less. The track waa of flat bar iron laio! on wood stringers. It commenced operations in the year 1831 or 1832. The first locomotive, the "John Bull," came from England in pieces. A man came over with it who waa six months in getting it together and in getting it into working order. It had only two driving wheels and had no cab. The engineer, old John Point, drove it standing out in the weather, and ha ued to be covered with enow and elcet sometimes in the winter. About 1838 the track was relaid 'with the U iron rail, fastened with long barbed spikes, about 10 inches in leneth. The, cars were upon the plan of a stage coach, the pasngers sitting face to face, the doors being in the sides. They ran on enoke wheels without nnv brakes. Th cars were hooked or coupled together by links and hooks. The buffers were formed of the side tills extending past the end of the car, the ends being cushioned witn nair covered witn sole leather. J be breaking up of the train when near the tation Frenchtown or New Castle was done at sipnal of the engineer by raising his safety-valve. Then the old darky servants (slaves) would rush to the tram, seize hold and pull back, while the tgent would stick a piece of wood through the wheel -rokcs. As to the organization, the list of offi cers were those of theCheapeake andDeltware Canal Company. Capt. R. H. Ban was the General Agent at New Castle, ind be used to sell the tickets to iwiasengers, have them seated and collect the tickets just before shirting the train. Capt. Barr died at the advance age of 85 fears. lhe trains had way stors (now way sta tions) and were about one hour and a half making the run. The connections were with tsteara-boats running between Baltimore and Frenchtown and New Castle and Philadelphia. Thoe between Baltimore and Frenchtown were to my recollection the George Washington and Martha Washington punipkin-Wiw craft, fhose running between New Castle and Philadelphia were, I believe, Bolivar, Sew Cattle, Ohio and Robert Morris. rhis road was kept up and run until 1852, when it was abandoned as a through line, tnd the rails were takeu up to within ven miles of New Castle, these seven wiles forming a portion of the present Delaware Railroad, now part of the pro u, i-ßi'.aaeipnia, liiam103 ana iiii ;

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