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S tate G azette . A, Jtfj, EbuoTT, Proprietor. V O I - r M E LXXXTT. | r _____________________________ The Gazette^ PubliihMl every SATURDAY MORNING JkfM. (EtLiOTT;. P resriM e r . Official Paper of the ViUaga OTBSbaiM'ION BATBB. One Tear, in advance.. . . . . _____ .|n 60 J O B ± * B ^ T 1 N G IN ALL ITS BB'ANbHIB Exe<|uted with Neatness and Dispatch AT THIS OFFICE. AN INDEPENDENT JOtJENAL DEVFTED TO REPUBLICAN PEIN^OIPLES, LITERATlS^E AND DOMESTIO INTELLIGENCE. B s ® abmi » bto PaxoB *o 1798. L A N S IN G B U R G H , N. Y ., SA T U B D A Y , NO T E M B E B 20, 1880. v»ey puuio ut.. N O . 48 4!iu«!iA;n«i nufeim lu puauiiig columns lU OUtfS j p i ^ ^ f f h aSl'^ A m **°**^* must incawa Wy be G FULLER, VILLAGE SURVEYOR s O f L ans I nobuboh and G bben I sland . Mp L. FANCHER, EIRE, LIEE AND IdABINE m S I T R A N O E A G - I i N T , Oppoaite theNewa Boom, LanBingbnrgh. M rs. HENRIETTA AMES. ' PerMieis, Newspapers, stationery. M a g a z ines, Etc. At the LtuuingbaiKli News Boom. 6H State Streetj Lansingburgh, N. Y. HYATT & C Q M S T O ^ ’ Ittoms & Coullots at Lav, 610 S tate St., Lansingburgh, N J . EUGENE HYATT. A C. COMSrOCK. S. R. NOYES, Wholesale end Betoil Sesler in Lehigh, Lackawanna A CUHBEIR.AND COAL. Offioe,»ad Yard corner of Jay A BWer Sts., • LANSINGBURGH, N. y. gOaj^oeB shipped by Bail or Canal at Lowest R. HARRISON. CHEMIST and DBUOOIST, -Driige and .Chemicals. ______ ,,, Watches and Jeweliy. Iniyes andEorka, At Thom as Goldsmith’s, Troy Houae building, a tow doora belo OanaoB Place i i a m e s H. A d a m s , D R U G G I S T Limf S T A T E S T R E E T , ^ ------------ -------------- Englieh, French and American manntacturera. AH the Fre8orip< Uong Comp'tunded since Dr. Hairisoa eetab- liehed the buaiueBg, thirty years ago, can be diiplioated at any time. WINES AND LIQUORS, Paints, Oils & ail Staple Drugs. 1 ^ Agent for GEYSER SPRING WATER, WHITE GERMAN PERFUME. - B. B. STILES, . iflorner S Connsekir at Lav, Cor. R iolierd e n d 8t«te Sta., I . (NoyssBnilding, up atairs,) E^SHJGBmtQH, ‘ - . 1 d s H l r f f c ^ . R W a ^ ^ Regular E ^rera lesTSst 8A.il. emd 3 r. m . i GEORGE H. LEMPE, 611 $ ta te St., Boots, G a iters Prices to ^uit the Times ! L O W P R I G E S : ; * WH. O’GONNOK, DBAT.n in Aix KbroB ow M M T S , P O i n t T V E Q B T A B L E S Mo. m e Btafce Street. LANStNOSilRON. to.d»y^how i!ete they Bi glory of the forest fled^ llk« Aplenaor from.the.eky. Thatyeetecday,: FUehed hrightnesB on.my n Ttom oounUeas diademC. *^ey answer my. heedlm feet I With o^heaS In their tons ; «T^,lightly for the beau<y’KsAii liiine ^es In us have tabwn.; We wm but ahadowe when we glowed Literlmaon, of thy pride.}, We sitii are BhadbwB of Iti f ^ And just before it gilde I” i would the withered iMTea wen.lUf,. . s s ^ ' s s s a - with which my hopes fail dead; For when, in .otimson^and in gold, PBEBENGE OF M IN E . I have always been celebrated for my presence of mind in emergencies, Grandfather used to say that he never and a girl who was not afraid of a mouse or a spider, and how mother’s daughter ever came to be bo brave he couldn’t ; guess. That was before I mairiedi and, of ooune, I have not become tiixud with advimoing years, I am 1 ^ Jasper Jackman; my has- band\ is,'of course, Mr. Jackman, and Oiir place is known as Jackman’s Nook. Nook, indeed! if there was a comer to world, I should fancy it was put away in that, for it is the most out-of- the-way habitation that ever existed, I t is, indeed. You can’t see it imtil you are within fifty feet of it, for the trees and the nasty rooksi Now, you know I ’m n ot the least bit nervous, but, having lived with father and mother and the rest all my life, I did not enjoy being diut up all alone like a—a a well, a hyena in a menag erie, whfle M i . Jackman attended tobnsi. ness in town ; and t often thought if house-breakers were to make an attack upon &e house, what should 1 do, a poor litUe woman, with no one to call u p n ? For I count Bridget as a great cipher in e teiy occasion of life thatdoes not involve eoapninds. X h d d jasper tImMMo knotoi w hataplace jackman’s Nook was, Iw a s nOt snre but that I shotild have thought twice before refusing old Dr. Muligitawny, whose palatial residence is a Fifth avrane. New York city, as, of course, everybody knows. However, after you have onoo said yes” to the gentleman who “ pops” the question to you, you may say “ no” ever after to all other questions, for all he cores, for he’ll have his own way al- lys. Mother-inrlaw Jackman having made Jasper promise that I must live always at the Nook was considered unanswera b le; and, after all, what could wo do ? Np one would hire or buy the place, and had it on our hands. Of course we lived there. I always knew that doing 80 womd be the cause of my showing the presence of mind for which 1 am cels brated in my own family—if nowhere else, And so it came to pass. One stormy nigM in November, in the year 1803—it was the 4th, I think, for bahy was just 1 year old on the 1st, and there was some of the cake I had made for his “ bressed itlle birfity birfday ” still left in the pantry, and a cake of that size certainly never would last longer than that in onx house. I t was ho most unpleasant day I ever remem. her to have lived through. The ground was soaked. The bare branches looked like so many skeletons, and the sky was the color Bridget’s tin pans were w henl first g o t down stairs this time last year. ~ LTthenpi^it” wpulS'have been' some fun to sit in the window and watch the folks go past, looking like so many drowned rats, hut at tiie Nook (I shotdd think it was a nook) t h ^ was notiiing to he seen—ahsolntriy nothing. I had not a book whioh 1 had not read, and the noto.paper was ontj for Jasper hed'forgotten to btihg me some &om the oiiy, uid I had finished all my spent my time as best I oonld; but bow I did wish that the regiment which was enoamped about half a mile away near enough for me to watch them dtill-rrif they do drill m such weather. F d thoTight them too near before on ao- oonnt of Bridget, whom I have oanght a score of times taking to men in blue Bkets a t the gate, and wished them ofi the seat of war, or anywhere else, over and over a g ain; b u t that afternoon what a relief they would have b e e n ! ~ was the more lonely that Jasper had I that morning, “ My dear, if it rains ass itt doeses noww to^nij-night, a i do no to I sha’n’t come home, b u t will stop at your father’s.’’ And how ootdd I blame him in such weather ? Yet it was dreadfully Icne- soine. If yon are sociable with your servante they always presume upon it, and I do sc love to talk. Of course I watched the olonds with interest. If it should prove fair a t last, Jasper would come home, and if it! rained he wouldn’t. Every now imd then th e n vronld be a ireteiw of clearing off, and I began to tope for a pleasant sunset,; bnt it vras always a false pretense, and at tea-titee it poured as though there second flbod. .MW—»' as itt wass Hiidson, whether it WasU^t likely to be a-risin’, and whether in that ease “ we n’t be drowned?’' And I said be a Biddy asked me, as i wa so near the dson, whether it Was sin’, and whether in wotadn’t be drowned?’' And “ Yes.” I t was too bad, j know, hut it was really some mtnsement on such a day to frighten the stupid girh I—and I do hate to any Woman in the World hates it-^and then I put bahy tp.sleep in her ofadle in the sitting-room, and took my knitting, and was as eomforto- ble as I coiild he under the edroum- Stanoes, When I , bethought me of the inoniing’s paper* I called Biddy to bring it to me, and she came to me at “ I t ’s Well thought of, missus,” she sola, as she laid it in my lap. “ Itis yeraelf will be intherested wid the raid, in’. There's accounts of the house- breakin’ in it.” “ Of what ?” I ejaculated; and; though I assure yon I ’m not the least nervous, my heart was in my mouth for a mo ment. “ Uf the honse-breakin’, mum, and hdW the thaves in the wurrel MiSther Dinsmore’s house, that’s sitiatod' the same as this, neighboring nobody, and tuck all they could lay their hands on, to say notiiin’ of half murderin’ the ould gentleman. The sainto be above ns this night— There it was, sure enough, headed, “ A bold and outrageous a t t ^ k upon the residence of Mr. Dinsmorel” I read it through, and then I said to my- “ Jerusha Jackman, remember your presence of miud. Don’t l e t it foil yon In cases of emergency, tiliotdd a nouse- hreaker take advanti^e of your solitude, let him find you prepared. ” I t was as though some invisible what’s-his-name had addressed me from the chimney. I answered, “ I will! ’’ and you can’t im agine how bold I grew at once. 1 re hearsed ril that L should d lB h case Biddy came to me in the nign^saying, “ Missus, there’s some one in the cellar!” all I should do if I found anybody in the wardrobe when I retired, and 1 had satisfaction of feeling that I was prepared. I might wake up to find the spoons goner^I might be murdered in my b edJ'btttB wotfld'be nnaWBrBs,-| they would inscribe upon my tombstone the words, “ She showed h n pnisimoe of mind to the last,” I felt quite srif- possessed and happy, though I was Cer tain—yes, morally certain-that some thing remarkable would happen before morning; that I should be, as it were, weighed in the balance and not found iting before the Sun arose. I did not feel like retiring early, and sat by the fire till the clock struck l l . Then, just as the last stroke died away, Biddy came down from her bedroom like a red-fian- nel ghost, with eyes and mouth wide open, and somethhig of importance evi dently on her iniud, I put baby down in her cradle and arose, drawing myself up to my full height, and feeling that 1 was the only one to he depended upon in this awful emergency. “ Bridget,” said I, “ how many are they? Is it one or more?” “ Mum?'’ said Bridget. “ H ie thieves. I mean,” said L “ Oh, it isn’t thaves, mum,” said Biddy. “ I t ’s only that thafe of a vrind that's took the roof clane off the ohiok- en-house, and there’s the wee bite iv chicks a-stharvin to death wid cowld.” “ And in this dreadfd rain, too,” “ It’s dared off fine,” said Biddy, and the moon’s up.” ‘Wo must go Out andind putut them in p the wood-house,” said I. And so say ing, I tucked baby up in h er blankets, and, wrapping a shawl over my head, went put into -the night air. It had grown very cold, but it was clear, as Biddy had siud, 'and we paddled round in the mud catching the poor little chickens. We had them all at last ex cept one, and we heard its little voiee—- swee, awee, suiec-T-^soinewhere, and, of tohtee, could not be so heartless as to forsake it. And at last there it was, tangled up in some dead vines, and as lother, to see it, the clock stniok 12. Baby gave it to its mother, who was Very glad Idle. that had been alone three'rquarters of an “ Muzzer’s darling! sound asleepy yet ?” I said, as I went to the Cradle Merciful powers I shall I ff moment ? Baby was n o t tl ____ in a moment the truth flashed on my mind. House^breidcers had entered the dwelling in our absence, and stolen my teeasnre. Frahaps they were in the house yet, o r some of them, I felt the: strength of a tigress, and, leaving Biddy howling in. the dining-room, riished up staLre. Sure enough, there was a light in my bedroom, and I ptoped in. The mo- paent I did so I felt 1 was powerless. The robber who had stolen my baby Was there, and the terribV muddy boots of another were sticking from under the bed; and, oh, horrors ! another had got into it, and had hidden, as he imagined, under the quilts. o n my presence pf mind depended : the recovery of mY ahild and my own life, m a moment the plan ftesbed upon me. There Was b n t one door the room, and tiie windows were high! and barred, for I had contemplated the ; time when baby should: be large enough: to oUmb u p and leto Out. Noiselessly and suddenly I drew that dpOr to and looked it on the O u tridethen, with the key in my htod, tod teembling like an aspen leaf, I stole down stiurs and oried to Bridget. ‘‘I've lOcikPd tiiem in ; they shall give my baby bapk ; come with m o !” tod away I went a cr^s the garden: tod dpwn the road tp.%e first house. That was ‘‘ MtOligto^^ Y^Yern,’’ a very low place, indeed, shhhnod by ril re- _ igreatestohrutes wonlc refuse aid to a womah-tt suoh a time. ar lCiS^a light in o Asweetoaene _ ^ of the wmdows, andi heard voices and loud laughter. It w i| h o time for cere mony, so I burat thhdpor open and ran in. There were foiu men playing cards, dlig4hehind the bar. Many a lad toiling on the laito, oi at the mechanic’s bench, Or perobtoce at the foreoastle, has di-etos of what h e ; might be tod do if he were Only edu-! cated. T^e most part only dream, be-: eatise they do not make an effort to advance themselves. I t is n ot because the ma- , jority have not talent enOngh to acquire an educatipn, b u t because they have n o t; stiffloient energy tp develop their re- •ourcesi Now every hoy and girl has more ohtoceB to Obtain an education ;: than children formerly had,; and there is not a boy or girl in our enlightened oounby who cannot detote one fiouirour of the twenty-four to reading useful, in structive books. Many of our famous authors, statesmen, and cultured men of science labored under untold disadvan- ind old Mrs. Mulligan behii “ Olpleaseexonseme,” ! , I cried ; “ but do tome right away, .-‘:;'ihere are house breakers in my hpqto; tod toey’ve sto len my baby.\ “ Sthole the b a l ^ r cried old Mrs. Mulligan. “ O, do tome I” I Implored. “ Go, Fat,” sam Old woman; “ never mind th q ^ g ^ e . It’s Mssus Jackman; more bcite]lteil She’s the next neighbor to us. Tike yer pistols, an’ away wid ye, boys. , An’, missus, just take a drop oi screPcl^* hot Whiskv to k a p e th e lifein je.” . Of to tu n teX r e f ^ H h e latter offer, but in a moment the men were on their feet, t o d I felt like blessing them—those half-savage o reatuf^ who had become my protectors; I don’! orup^stairs. Irejnember j n e m i - ------ - ------ mult, a Kpaell of igttn^wder. oaths and andleft behind “ footprint of time” worthy to be followed after by every succeeding generation. Eobert Bloomfield, the honored British poet, whom great men revere and honor, was only a poor shoemaker's apprentice; and it did not Seem very probable le h( learned and great, every spare moment fields of knowledge he rose to cultured eminence. Elihu Burritt, familiarly ^ oaUed the leariledblacksmii^ was a man t o d worked nnceasingly at trade to obtain a living, and to ’t know hpte WC got to the house, itairs. Ire to awful tu- money tohny his beloved books. Yet while working from dawn till dark ha found time to master fifty langiiages and to perfect himself in the sciences. There are many other ihstances to show what perseverance and energy will do. So b y ; shouts. Then tbriraf was silence--then alondlaugh. ! ■ “ I t ’s thrue, bojS!’'said old MuUi- gan’s voice. “I k n tk Mlather Jackman, an’ it’s himself. It's a great misthaki;— that’s all.” ■ A singnlar mistake to enter a man’s house, tod endeavor to shoot him in his own bed I’' said;i voice I knew to bo iuy hnsband’B; u d ,at that I rushed into fbsrhe- held her in Iris lUtos ; and there, also, was Mulligan and his friends and their pistols, and haff .the furniture was broken and the stove upset But as for the houserbreakers, ffiey-^I bogto to see the truth. Mr; MtiUigan Was hack ing out, “ I ’lHaveAfo). Jackman to explain,’' he said. “ An’ I ’m proud I didn’t kill ye, though it's onto’ friendship I ’d have done i t ; for if your own wife took ye for a house-breaker how would I know better ? l i e top 6’ the night till ye, an’ I’ll lave the lady to explain. ” . A h ! I did really wish that the ground would open and swallow me. You see, my husband had come home while we were hunting up the chickens, tod, find ing baby wide awake, had taken her up to bed, and gone to deep. And the robber rmder the bed was his muddy boots, with, of course, no feet in them ; tod well there were none, for they were riddled With bnUet holes. Mr. MulH- gan had &ed at them, fortunately. When I thought of the awful danger Jasper and the baby had been in, Iwent into strong hystericB a t once, and fright ened Jasper so that he was glad to ft give me when I came to inysrif. It w a terrible nristake, aUd might have ed seriotisly} of course; but I wiU ■ ■ lat i! lat if he had been a house breaker we Bright all have been thank- now to d always, that it was Jasper’s faiiit, and th at if he had been a house ful for my great presence of mind. Conldn’t I gave viv.acity to the conversalion in the home circle. Thus, w^en a mayor and aldermen Were admitted to the honor of presentation to the queeni at layor advancedto kiss herhand. hand. iiist kneel, sir,’’ said Col. G^ len Were admitted to the presentation to th e queen, and the ■ issher “You must kneel, sir,” said Col. GWyhtie. “I can’t, sir,” said the mayor. “You muss bend the knee; you must kneel,” insisted the coWel. But, instead of complying with the colonel’s directions, the mayor seized the. queen’s hand and carried it to bis lips with much mo loyal h ^ rtiness ment. The worst of i aldermen followed suit, supposing tlu chief had done the right thing. As t! irihg, the colonel that here was a French republican on English soil. “YeS, sir,” returned the mayor ; “but I have a Wooden leg !” M abib M asoaii took a Walk in New Orleans with a rival of the mto whom she was soon to marry, m order to tell him that he must cease his attentions.' Her afiianced husband saw them to gether, arid, refusing to hear her expla nation, peremptorily, broke his engage ment. She tiierefore desired to die, tod ! tried to throw herself before a locomo-: tive, but she slipped on some wet grass, and only lost a leg. Her lover is now ' convinced of her loyalty, and wiU many Porcelain HannlhCtn^ let, under the pro liberal Intendtot It is the decomtion of the por- it gives it its value as Well as; its charm. Its manufacture is comparative ly easy and siniplo. The kaolin, a dry, whitish-yellow clay, is first taken in lumps from the quarry tod carried to one or the other of the numerous mills lining the Vienne, Where it is ground fine and reduced to a liquid pasteclosely resembling bread-dougli. In this shape, it is carried in sacks to the factory. In 1773 the first porcelain fa established at Limoges by Me sier; Eourneyra & Grellet, t teetion of the wito and Turgot. It is the decor.ation of the celain th a t gives it its value as Well as Its manufacture is comparative- toges in their y o u lh, b u t they persevered And'loft behind “ footnrmts in th e Stods his trade that ho would ever be the honored associate of the perseverance t o d energy wi improving the talent that G DU die, but 1: tod on a inonoment to your unceasing you may make for yourself a name will not die when you die, but live on mdustry. I t is far better to read one page a t teutively tod understandingly than to skim a whole volnme, and only hali grasp its meaning. It is the saying of a scholar of human nature, “ Beware of the man of one book.” He who reads a little, thoroughly, would be so skilled that i t would be difficult to contradict him. Have a system about your reading. If posrible, lay aride an hour, two hours, iWvwmach tim* as yon osni, for readuli:. MaVe the hours a t a certain time,, toe allow nothing to interfere with teem Gtive your undivided attention to tin' subject before yon, and in the course oi one year you will be surprised at ilis amount of information you will have gained, tod the higher thoughts and feelings which fill your mind. And do not read everything. Lord Bacon says ■ “ Some books are to be tasted; others ore to be swallowed; and some few to be chewed: tod digested.” That is, some are to be skiinmed; some toe to he read, but not curiously; while others should be so read that if the book were lost tiie best ptots, if n ot all, could be reproduced by tlie reader. But whatever else yon neglect, do not forget the little book ol white paper, a note-book in which yon can jot down each happy thought and passing fancy. Many of our best authors took notes, that is, wrote their thonghts in disjointed sentences as they occurreo tp them, from which they afterward formed most elaborate and beautiful productions. Now, who will form tiie resolution of reading an hour every day tod carry it out faithfully to the end ol Be assured you will find Bemember that the more Slowly and thoughtfully yon read, the more you will retain of it.— Olla B ied McChristiBi J ohn T. B avuoikp , the actor, says oi lis experienceexperience inn Londonondon: : “ Thehe peo-eo the actor, i L “ T p ple I met were most delightful. They received us cordially, tod treated us splendidly—as individuals—but they conldn’t stand our play, ‘ The Gilded Age,’ Tliefactis, they conldn’t under stand it. Of course the character of Gol. Sellers was pM n enough, and they laughed a t it. The Cblonel’s spec ulations took enoimously, but all the localisms of the play fell flat. Wlion the Stove fell down in the third act, it nil went for nothing. The audience didn’t see anything funny in that. On toe other hand toe trial scene, which we consider rather ordinary, was one of toe few redeeming features of the play in the eyes of the Londoners. They were ahnpst willing to regard that much nf if OS a sncccRfl.” Gnii. G bant ’ s first and last and only Presidential vote was for James Bu chanan, and, according' to a WaShing- was living in St. Lotus, and hM been Out of the city during the day. Ho reached the subturbs about sundown, tod stopped near a Voting precinct on business. He was asked if he had voted, and replied that he h ad not, tod neither cotild he, owing to toe distance that be was from his home and the lateness of the day. The judges at the polling place, being sure that he had n ot voted tod could ot reach the place where he was entitled to vote in time, permitted would cast a Demooratio ticket, Tlu oersonal steteinept of him to vote there, knowing that he; ratio ticket, That: is Gen. Ofant's per hisfllStfresidential rliere, having been again worked over > secure fineness and pliability, it is s or the turner’s Nothing can exceed 1 and skill with which, deftness under the magic touch of the experienced work man, shapeless lumps of this prepared clay are fashioned into cups, dishes, vases and every conceivable form of the most delicate pottery. It is so quickly done, too! One handy operative can make two hundred cups a day. Once molded into shape, the piece of pottery is dipped into liquid enamel which pves it hardness and brilliancy. It receives too toe stamp of the manufacturer. It is then placed in what is called a gazette to be put into an oven to bake. The gaZette is composed of a pair of deep earthen ng tightly together and form- ilar box, varying in dimen ding to the sizes of the objects to be baked. The greater part of those *n use are little larger than an ordinary soup-plate. In this gazette the piece oi porcelain is hermetically sealed up, and then it goes'into the oven with thou sands of other gazettes, until the gi-eat circular furnace, twenty feet in diameter and two stories high, is packed full from side to side tod from bottom to toP- saucers ing a circular box, sions according to to Then the doors are closed, the fires are lit, tod for a period varying from thirty- four to fifty hours the baking process goes on a t a temperature of 3300°. Even after the fires are extinguished the heat in the furnace remains intense, and twelve hours more must elapse before it subsides sufficiently to permit the work men to enter, remove and open toe gazettes, take out the porcelains, which ai'e now hard and brilliant, and send them to the artisto for decoration. There ty of these ovens in kept going night tod day, thS reader can arft in all sojne sevtoty of these ovens in Linioges, vrito anaYeragS c a p ^ ty o f six tooustod pieces. As most ‘ form some idea of the amount daily man ufactured. But thus far we have only followed the process through its homlier stages. The decorative work, yet to come, is the most delicate as it is the most interesting. But not every piece of porcelain that conics out of the oven reaches toe deco rator’s hands. Of every hundred baked, an average of twenty-! thrown out as inferior, and the remain ing seventy-five are divided or sorted out into four grades, known as second choice, choice, elite and special, in the average proportion of thirty, twenty-five, fifteen tod five to each class respectively. The special is employed only for very rich decorations; elite is recommended fot best selection; the choice is for ordinary usage; and toe second choice is of such fair quality as to be pronounced less im perfect than the best porcelain sent from China and Japan, and sptoially recom mended as the most economical pottery, The price of decoration varies according o the selection of porcelain to which it is applied. Thus, for instance, the low er grades of artists are employed the second-choice porcelain, while tha best painte the elite; artists of the most exceptional The variousarious artisirtists, jrk Upon given to ts of toe most exceptional iner: v a p.aiiiters, and decor are paid salaries which, accordii onsideri ind small tch of the though they to American cais. MucI ting, such as flowers, birds, vines, done by laying the paper d( r laying the pape: celain and pain! designf tors, are paid salaries which, according to the French sttodard, ai'e considered munificent, th enough 1 decoratii etc., is d upon the porcelain and painting them. The gilding is more laborious, and chormous quantities of pure gold- leaf are used- The gold, once laid on, become permamcntly part .and Icmpcr.ature o f 800° Roauinur only become penui parcel of toe porcelain by being subjected ntly part lehigsubjc tiravestones at Auction. The proprietor of a marble yard oppo site lYoodlawn cemetery, Brooklyn, business being slack, made up hi by auction his stock of head- tones, monuments etc., and retos from active business. “It is a Bomewhat uiiusual thing,” said the naan, mind to sell Btohes, footstones “as folks don’t throw on their things thpustod and drop around would a dishpan or potato inasher. f six thpustod dPl-- Still, ns there are iars’ worth of i thing may go at ■ing ling in the- buy a monument as lotnto inasl lere are over moiiuments, why, after all.” But, after vertis ptisly canvassi thei^c was no 01 tiotteer. the owner and a report “ Well, gentlemen,” the auctioneer be gan, ‘'what am I offered for this fine— -suppose we wait a while?” otlu 5ut, after ad- •city paper-sand industri- assing the adjoining towns, o one at the sale b u t the auc- le owner and a reporter. So they ■waited, and about two hours later a country caivyall drove up, and a lady alighted, and began to examine monuments. Soon after' a promir citv nublisher arrived, and the group v. five persons stood around for a few mo- The owner sadly remarked: “ The thhi; won’t go.” EDUGATIUNAL HUllOR. O no B, a teacher was explaining tp « little ^ 1 the meaning, of toe word cuti- cie. ‘‘ What is that all over my face tod hands ?” ‘ ‘ Freokles;” toswered toe littie cherub. A suAim child, being asked b y a Sun day-school teacher, “ What did toa Israelites do after they crossed the Efed sea?” answered, ‘‘I don’t know, ma'am, hut I guess they dried themselves.” A itiNisTBB, iu one of h is visits, met, a boy, tod asked him what o'clock it was. “ About 12, Sir,” was toe reply. “ Well, ’’ remtoked tiie minister, “ 1 thought it was more.” “ It’s never any more here,” said the b o y ; “ it just begins at 1 again,” TmiEB little boys, on a Sabbath day, were stopped on the street by t o elderly gentiemen who, perceiving that they had bats and balls with them, asked one of -toe number this question: ‘ ‘ Boy, cto I question : ‘ ‘ Boy, cto all naughty boys go ■n Sunday?’* “ Over you toll me where aJ to who play ball on { back of Johnson's dam,” the youngster replied. “ S am ,” said a young mother, “ do you know what the difference is between the body tod the soul? The soul, my child, is what you Ipve with; the body carries you about. This is your body (touching the boy’s shoulders and arms), but there is something deeper in. Yon can feel it now. What is it?” “ Oh, yes, I know,” said he, with a flash of in* telligence in his eye, “ that is my flan nel shirt.” — Barnet Educationai MotOhly. _______ . in provutmg lor tne orom- •uses,uses, adopted item.tem. Thehe sewerswers arere notot moreore ess inn diameameter, 1 such adh drainage they are likely tp receive will 1 fill one-half the ] BMPHIS. 1 - r - -------- o ------------ : ------ of its ho a an entirely new sys T se a n m than six inche i di until they have extended such a distance that the drainage they are likely tp receive will more than fill one-half th e pipe. They then increased in size slpwly, but rays with the view of keeping them smallmall ass ppssible,ssible, whilehile largearge enonghongh as s a pp w l en to do their work. They are used only for house drainage. Storm v/atoi and coil drainage ore otherwise dispos^ of. The house drains are uniformly four inches in diameter, not trapped, and; . starting clear above toe ropfo of the honses, are carried down to the cffivetoii, Feesh-air inlets are proyiaed--h!P-^tll»~ streets, so that the house drains and sewers have a constant current of air passing through thera. B bcbntii Y complaints have been naade to the Frenoh authorities that oleomar garine butter has been substituted for the genuine article in toe- osylumS of Paris. The Paris Academy of Medicine tins made a ■vigorous investigation, un der to order from the Government. The report of tiie committee is against the use of margarine in the asylums, oiul is also adverse to its general use as a substitute for butter. The rnwgarine ns originally prepared is no longer an object of commerce, being too dear. Tliat which is actually in use is on in dustrial product open to various frauds. Vegetable oils ore especially introduced, tod if it is easy to decide by chemical analysis whether a given product con sists of butter or margarine, it is very difficult to affirm whether this margarine is pure or mixed with oils, tod -vegetable oils are knoTO to be more difficult of di gestion than animal fats. It was found to be a miserable cpnglomerato of pea nut oil, diluted milk, tod beef. ’ J at G otod has no eyebrows, and a correspondent of the St. Lpnis Itepub- lim n professes to tell why. He had his all staked on Union Pacific, and the stock had been worked up from 9 to about 66. The lower court ha& decided in his favor in a vital lawsuit, and it was with feverish anxiety that the restilt of toe appeal was awaited, The rumor got about in Wall street that the decision of the court above would be adverse to Gould; and, in spite ^pf the private as surances that it would be agaicst toe Government, the adverse rumors so un strung Qotild that it was hard for him to keep on his feet. A private telegraph wire was hired, with one tenhinns in Mr. Qpnld's office and the other in the ■adjoining the Supreme Obnrt Great nervousness wss caused by the long, tedious opinions telegraphed in which Gould had no interest. This was kept up for hours. Gould was ahnost prostrated. At length toe operator an nounced that toe reading of the opinion in the Union Pacific railway case had been commenced. The first of the opinion began to come over the svire, and it was a mere history of the case. ‘‘Oh, shut him off,” cried Mri Gould; and ask him whether the decision of the lower court is aflinned.” The an swer ■was awaited •with breathless -aifx- iety, Gould sank in his chair, as pale 08 a dead mto. and those ahpu't lum were niuch concerned for fear that if the decision was adverse he would he killed by it. The operator at length gave too news that the decision of the lower court had been affirmed. Mr. Gould was itrated, though the deoisiph gave tne. an - , , . ness followed. All his hah eftme oht, chamber in Washington. The operators sent all the depisiona M they were read. him millions. Ha was carried to' liis home in Fifth avenue, and a long Siefc* ig including his eyebrows, and those nsr tore neYer restored. '■ a
