anaheim-gazette 1875-02-06

Mother's Way. BY NANNIE A. HERWORT Oft within our little cottage, As the shadows gently fall, While the sunlight touches softly One sweet face upon the wall, Do we gather close together, And in hushed and tender tone Ask each other's full forgiveness For the wrong that each has done. Should you wonder why this custom At the ending of the day, Eye and voice would quickly answer, "It was once our mother's way" If our home be bright and cheerful, If it hold a welcome true; Opening wide its door of greeting To the many, not the few; If we share our father's bounty With the needy, day by day; Tis because our hearts remember This was ever mother's way Sometimes, when our hands grow weary, Or our tasks seem very long; When our burdens look too heavy, And we deem the right all wrong; Then we gain a new, fresh courage, As we rise to proudly say: "Let us do our duty bravely, This was our dear mother's way." Thus we keep her memory precious, While we never cease to pray That, at last, when lengthening shadows Mark the evening of life's day, They may find us waiting calmly, To go home our mother's way! Hearth and Home. "Yes," said I, "look at my hands and clothes." "And you have been whitewashed, too, by the looks of that cost of yours." "Just before you came up I met a great thing about six feet high, and white. As it flew over me I felt something strike my shoulder." "Ha! ha! that was a sand-hill crane. They are noted for that." "And previous to that some one called out, 'Who, who are you?' and I'm beginning to think now who am I, in this decorable looking condition." "Why, my good friend, that was an owl." "So you have talking owls around this country?" I got no sympathy whatever from them, and the next thing we were started out to hunt again. "Here," said I, "I've got enough of this. I want to go home." "What," said Farmer S. "Why, the fun has just commenced. We've three coons safe up in as many trees, and I'm going to double that amount before we go home." They walked slow after that so I could keep up with them. "There!" and I expected to see some ferocious animal, "hear Major! He has got one treed." We approached the tree under which the dog was barking, and at the same time the old man pulled a piece of rope out of his pocket. "Here, Fido," and up came a small dog (called the Flee, better known here as the "sooner dog"), and the next thing we knew the little dog was tied to the tree. "Why, do you mean to leave the poor little dog out here all night? If you had Mr. Bergh here he would have you up for cruelty to ani- every mark of sincerity teem. They seemed their guest, and counted various topics. At lastates suddenly exclaimed gomaster, you must see the noble present rived for our master Africa. Come; this We should never have failed in obey strict orders to afford Is is within yonder please to enter first, The burgomaster advanced of his host leading to the room quest put to him seethe therefore, and he used the latch, but on open violently thrust with prelates, who then with a bang, a loud action. For a second that a joke had been but he was quickly stout heart quailed on its haunches in the apartment, and gave his yellow bloodshot an awake inspiring sign enormous beast as it garding the unfortunate, licking with a great red tongue itsicipating the rich reproof, and which wo-after a three days' fare bishop's command it in order to render it present occasion. Poison contented itself fixed on Gryn. It w Raccoon Hunt in East Tennessee. "Well, John, where are the hounds? Go out and call them up," said old Farmer S.—as we were sitting around a large log fire, after having got away with a splendid country supper, and at the same time he was passing around the "corn juice" in an old-fashioned decanter with a corn cob stopper, and we'll have a 'coon hunt to-night. Would you like to join us, Mr. K——!" "Certainly," said I, "I would be most delighted to participate in the sport." "Were you ever on a 'coon hunt!" "No sir; but I've seen an illustration of one, and judging from it, it must be quite interesting." "Ah!" said he, "here they are. Here, Major, you see that dog! He's the best hound in the country. In the daytime we can hunt squirrels and rabbits, and in the night time 'coons and 'possums with him. He never lies, for when you hear him barking under a tree you can bet your bottom dollar that there is something in it. Most dogs bark at their own shadow, just to hear themselves bark. Are you all ready?" then putting a bottle of the so-called "corn juice" in his side-pocket. "And where are the axes," said I, "to cut down the trees with, and what are you going to do with those old rags—pieces of old carpets, bed sheets, quilts, etc., that the negroes are packing away on their shoulders! Are we going to sleep out in the woods?" "No," said he, "we have dispensed with using the axe. I've an invention of my own for getting them down without going to the trouble of cutting the tree; and as for the rags, you will find out their use soon enough—not for us to sleep on, but for making the 'coon stay on the tree until morning, when we'll get up Just at daybreak and shoot them out." Here we are at the outskirts of the woods. "Here, Jim," said the old man to one of the negro servants in attendance, "bring us that bundle of pine knots and light up. Here, Mr. K.," passing over me one of the lighted torches, "this is yours; be careful not to hold it over your head, as the rosin will drip off and stain your hat and clothes." After stumbling over logs, scratching my face and hands on blackberry bushes, the branches of some fallen tree catching my coat-lining and pant legs, all of which were soon nearly torn into rags, and turning around to pick up my hat about a dozen times which projecting limbs would persist in pulling off. I found myself alone, with the party out of sight and hearing. There I was, an all night in the woods sure, I thought to myself, Pickling my way alone in the darkness. They walked slow after that so I could keep up with them. "There!" and I expected to see some ferocious animal, "hear Major! He has got one treed." We approached the tree under which the dog was barking, and at the same time the old man pulled a piece of rope out of his pocket. "Here, Fido," and up came a small dog (called the Fice, better known here as the "sooner dog,") and the next thing we knew little dog was tied to the tree. "Why, do you mean to leave the poor little dog out here all night? If you had Mr. Bergh here he would have you up for cruelty to animals." After having treed three more we returned home, and at five in the morning he had us out again. "What's to be done now!" "We'll go in the woods to shoot the 'coons out of the trees." So I shouldered my double barreled shot-gun, and he his long rifle. The first halt was made under the tree to which the dog was tied, and sure enough, perched on a projecting limb, was a large coon. I fired the first shot at him with my gun, but the shot being too small it took no effect, and the old man brought him down with his rifle. We picked up our game and marched off, and soon spied a tree with a piece of carpet tied around its trunk, and there we got another fine fellow. So we made our rounds until we got all the poor things that had been treed the previous night, in all amounting to seven. The next two days we spent at the house in healing up the wounds of our mutilated face and bruised hands, before returning to the city. Now, Mr. Editor, if you or any of your city readers think it is fine sport to go 'coon hunting at night, you can go, and please count me out, for that night's experience has satisfied me.—The Spirit of the Times. The Bishop's Treachery Foiled. In the latter half of the thirteenth century, when German (not to mention any other country) bishops managed to the satisfaction of their not-over-sensitive consciences, to combine in their own persons the rather discordant dignities of spiritual and military rulers over their flocks, and were more familiar with the sword and other deadly weapons than with the crozer; Cologne was besieged by its bishop Englebert, a worthy type of these fighting bishops, and under whose rule and that of his predecessors the citizens of Cologne long groaned through the dire oppression they were forced to endure. How the siege would have ended had the issue been decided by force of arms, cannot be said; for peace was concluded between the burghers and their bishop through the intervention of the Bishop of Liege. The terms of the peace were that Englebert should retire from the siege on receiving the sum of six thousand marks, equivalent to ten thousand pounds sterlinga respectable amount. It may be inferred that Englebert bore towards his flock but little of that "fruit of the Spirit" which is enjoined by the New Commandment; but there was one of that flock, a black, a particularly black sheep in the bishop's eyes, whom he hated with all the blitterness of which his nature was capable. Cheerfully would he have handed back to the citizens the on its haunches in this apartment, and given his yellow bloodshot den, licking with a great red tongue its tickling the rich repose, and which would after a three days' fare bishop's command it in order to render it present occasion. Feion contented itself fixed on Gryn. It was that he had this rest upon him rally all his emergency. He would leather gloves and a velvet; this he hast wound round his left which done he drew his scarce thus put himself in the attack of his foe at a light bound cleared between it and would have seized in the brave man with tude and coolness, gripe, intended for him well-protected arm; an immediately made sionl's chest that she w almost to the hit indirect blow must be mal's heart, for wit scarcely a struggle it floor dead. Gryn gazed in wonder upon the brute ad its noble enormous prince then he went to this mentent and throwing his erful effort against it rushed from the house make an effort to stay. It was truly a daisy hanged,and so they gates,before the har clock had marked th hour from the time of escape. Some Curious Afternoon There are other crows on people besides houses have walls on sharp-pointed roofs niture consists mainly and stools which are long burial in the lights is a burning pin house is usually a pose trophies of the hun antelopes, skulls of it and horrible to say,d These proclaim to th warrior is the owner,the purposes that fin do with us. When a visit to his neighbor stool to sit on;and mouning for a friend and scatters his paws and puffs,tothe win shows sincere grief o two friends meek t hands,bbut they join t in such a way that th hog nod at each other gust—as it looks to After stumbling over logs, scratching my face and hands on blackberry bushes, the branches of some fallen tree catching my coat-lining and pant legs, all of which were soon nearly torn into rags, and turning around to pick up my hat about a dozen times which projecting limbs would persist in pulling off. I found myself alone, with the party out of sight and hearing. There I was, an all night in the woods sure, I thought to myself. Picking my way alone in the darkness was almost utterly impossible, and my torch had burned down so low that the heat, together with the hot rosin running down from the pine knot on my scratched and bleeding hands, became very painful indeed. If I had been a church going man, and knew my prayers, I would have thought that that was the time for doing so. There! My torch has gone out, and now everything is in total darkness, and not a match in my pocket to build a fire with. Finally, in serrambling around in the darkness, I found a fallen tree, upon which I seated myself, to await the approach of morn. After having been seated about half an hour, meditating over my night's adventure, and wishing myself where I was four hours previous, I heard some one behind me call out, "Who? who are you!" and in a second I was on my feet and felt for my revolver, and upon putting my hand in the back pocket, I found it was gone. Now, what should I do if some beast (wild cats and catamounts) being very plentiful around the neighborhood) should attack me? I made my way from that spot as soon as I could, and after going a short distance I had another fright. This time I thought my heart surely would fly out of my mouth. About five steps before me up rose something, with a frightful screech, of my own height, and white as a ghost, and as it flew over me I felt something strike my shoulder. I was commencing to think that my time had come, when suddenly I heard the toot of a horn, and I knew that my rescue was close at hand. I mustered up courage enough to call out, and I was heard. "Well," said I to Farmer S., as they came up, "you are a nice fellow to leave one in this desolate and god-forsaken dianal woods to scratch his eyes out, and be frightened to death." "Why, you look as if you had been fighting with a wild cat. Look at your face, all scratched and bloody." At the appointed hour he repaired to the house of his entertainers that were to be, and he was received by them with the burghers and their bishop through the intervention of the Bishop of Llege. The terms of the peace were that Englebert should retire from the siege on receiving the sum of six thousand marks, equivalent to ten thousand pounds sterlinga respectable amount. It may be inferred that Englebert bore towards his flock but little of that "fruit of the Spirit" which is enjoined by the New Commandment; but there was one of that flock, a black, a particularly black sheep in the bishop's eyes, whom he hated with all the bitterness of which his nature was capable. Cheerfully would he have handed back to the citizens the six thousand marks they punctually paid him, could he in lieu of the money have received the head of Herman Gryn, burgomaster of Cologne. But the burghers would as soon have parted with their liberty as have allowed the least harm to befall Gryn, who was the beloved champion of their rights and privileges, which he defended against the treachery of an aspiring, grasping priesthood with an energy that never relaxed and a valor that never quailed before superiority in power or in rank. Over and over again this dauntless man frustrated the designs that Englebert had cunningly laid to cheat the poor burghers of their just dues; and hence the hatred which the bishop felt towards him. Nor was Gryn in ill-favor only with the bishop; the myrmidons of the latter shared the amiable feelings of their superior. These men, the prelates of the cathedral, had often been prevented by the bold burgomaster from executing unjust orders of the bishop. It seemed at last, as if the prelates had awakened to a sense of the unseemly nature of the feelings they entertained towards Gryn, and were eager to seize the opportunity which the conclusion of peace offered for the healing of existing differences between him and them; at least this was the charitable influence that good-hearted Gryn drew from the fact of his receiving one day a pressing invitation to a banquet. "And Heaven forbid," said the worthy man to those who attempted to dissuade him from accepting the invitation, "that by refusing to accept of their proffered courtesy I should be the means of keeping open the breach that has so long existed between us burghers and our spiritual rulers, to the extreme detriment of our poor country's welfare. I shall go to this banquet, for 'tis clearly my duty so to do." At the appointed hour he repaired to the house of his entertainers that were to be, and he was received by them with horrible to say, these proclaim to them warrior is the owner, and the purposes that fine do with us. When a visit to his neighbour stool to sit on; and mourning for a friend and feathers his prairie and puffs, to the win shows sincere grief of two friends meek; hands, but they join them in such a way that they nod at each other gust—as it looks to be in friendly greeting; low tree in which will honey, they at once sap; and eat honey; Indeed they eat severe would not like. The parts of Africa, eat meat which they catch between its form of are laid flat on the mouse-holes; and they begin a great noise owing and slapping off little animals are frighten the traps for safety; and They are then tied by of a dozen or so, as if dren tte cherries; and other as choice morsel use them as baits to cat being a favorite small huts of twisted in; and cats are attract course.—St. Nicholas. A Mother's Love this illustration:—"In a river widely washed away a bough on which a cottage for a summer white and whirling green branch, with its fledged song, and fluttering mother bird. Unriver on she went; her fear piercing the path How like the love of mother who had felt had plucked from her world. Swept away bearing away with him the shattered roof-tree was with him, a Ru life and a Rachel at h" Blondin is going to the top of the pyramid of Kepron. LIM GA SUPPLEMENT. ANAHEIM, CAL., FEBRUARY 6, 1875. every mark of sincere cordiality and esteem. They seemed anxious to please their guest, and conversed with them on various topics. At length one of the prelates suddenly exclaimed: "Worthy burgomaster, you must, now I think of it. See the noble present that has just arrived for our master the bishop from Africa. Come; this way, if you please. We should never have forgiven ourselves had we failed in obedience to the bishop's strict orders to afford you this rare treat. Is it within yonder room; would you please to enter first, most worthy herr." The burgomaster had somehow got in advance of his host in the narrow passage leading to the room indicated. The request put to him seemed natural enough therefore, and he unhesitatingly raised the latch, but on opening the door he was violently thrust within the room by the prelates, who then closed it upon him with a bang, a loud laugh accompanying the action. For a second Herman fancied that a joke had been played off upon him, but he was quickly undeceived, and his stout heart quailed as he beheld, sitting on its haunches in the farther corner of the apartment, and glaring at him with his yellow bloodshot eyes, a lion! It was an awake inspiring sight to see the savage, enormous beast as it sat there intently regarding the unfortunate intruder into his den, licking with a quick motion of the great red tongue its lips, as though anticipating the rich repast its victim would prove, and which would be the first meal after a three days' fast to which, by the bishop's command it had been subjected in order to render it more fierce for the present occasion. For a few seconds the lion contented itself by keeping its eyes fixed on Gryn. It was woll for the latter THE FIRESIDE. Painting Floors. Having had some experience with both oiled and painted floors, I unhesitatingly recommend the former. If some uniform dark tint is wanted, like black walnut, mix burnt umber with boiled linseed oil, and rub it in thoroughly with a woolen cloth. The umber can be bought in boxes containing a pound and upwards, already ground in oil, which is most convenient, as that sold in a dry state is apt to be course and rough. The depth of tint is varied by using more or less of the color, while the tone may be warmed, if desired, by adding burnt sienna. If an imitation of the handsome ash and walnut floors is preferred, rub every alternate board with pure boiled oil, and use a paint brush to apply the dark staining, taking care not to have enough in the brush to spread on the part intended to be light. Leave the floor for a day or two to dry, though the only harm done by using it immediately is that the oil is liable to be tracked over the other parts of the house. The great advantage an oiled floor has over a painted one is that when marked or scratched some oil rubbed over the spots removes them, and it is never necessary to repeat the whole process over again. All that is needed to keep the floor bright and fresh is to occasionally rub it over with a rag wet with a little oil or kerosene, as you would treat oiled furniture. A piece of old carpet or a newspaper may be spread before entrances to other rooms for a few hours, to prevent the possibility of carrying away foot-prints, or the extra oil may be rubbed Reason in the Horse. General Sir Hope Grant, in his diary of the Incidents in the Sepoy War, narrates a most remarkable instance of reason on the part of a horse. During the war, after the Secundra Bagh had been taken by our troops, the Europeans were aroused by musketry from some unseen quarter. Sir Hope's nephew then went to the place, gave his horse to a Sikh soldier to hold, and went inside, when he found that some of the rebel sepoys were on the top of the wall. Finding themselves discovered, the men, with the curious indifference to life that characterizes their race, came down and were shot. Suddenly, a loud explosion was heard. An awkward soldier had fired into a barrel of powder, which together with a quantity of loose powder that was scattered about, exploded, and did much damage. The non-comissioned officer in charge of the Sikh party was so severely burned that he died a few days afterward; and several were killed among whom was the man holding the horse. The animal was so scorched that he had to be shot. It so happened that the man to whom this task was entrusted aimed badly, and instead of killing the poor creature, only inflicted a severe wound in the head. The horse broke way, galloped directly toward a picket of the enemy, dashed through them in spite of their fire, and was soon out of sight. Next morning it was discovered that the horse had made his way five miles in a straight line, and had got direct to the sick-horse stables of the 9th Lancers. In fact, he had acted exactly as a wounded souldier. B At tha.of.the.had.excitedwhichhadaccordingpreachedwerepardthejugsidemadeforceptthemedingeredItwilydisplookpnaturgnerleftacross'tiltonit,saluthand.supionwithindidnotmusthustettered."If.laughingoftwoFltbelwhatI."YoutoMr.mamongmouths.MrShearmMr.Evform,"mals." on its haunches in the farther corner of the apartment, and glaring at him with his yellow bloodshot eyes, a lion! It was an awful inspiring sight to see the savage, enormous beast as it sat there intently regarding the unfortunate intruder into his den, licking with a quick motion of the great red tongue its lips, as though anticipating the rich repeat its victim would prove, and which would be the first meal after a three days' fast to which, by the bishop's command it had been subjected in order to render it more fierce for the present occasion. For a few seconds the lion contented itself by keeping its eyes fixed on Gryn. It was well for the latter that he had this respite, for it enabled him to rally all his energies to meet the emergency. He wore a pair of thick leather gloves and a long cloak of purple velvet; this he hastily unclasped and wound round his left arm in thick folds; which done he drew his sword and had scurred thus put himself in readiness for the attack of his foe than the latter with a light bound cleared the space intervening between it and Herman, whom it would have seized in a deadly gripe, but the brave man with wonderful promptitude and coolness, caught the beast's grip, intended for his throat, upon his well-protected arm, and with his sword immediately made such a lunge at the lion's chest that the weapon was sheathed almost to the hilt in its flesh. The well-directed blow must have pierced the animal's heart, for without a groan and scarcely a struggle it rolled over on the floor dead. Gryn gazed in wonderment and admiration upon the brute as it lay extended in its noble enormous proportions at his feet, then he went to the door of the apartment and throwing himself with one powerful effort against it, burst it open and rushed from the house ere any one could make an effort to stay him. It was truly a dauntly trick of the villains. They richly deserved to be hanged, and so they were, at their own gates, before the hand of the cathedral clock had marked the lapse of half an hour from the time of the burgomaster's escape. Some Curious African Customs. There are other curious things about the people, besides their dress. Their houses have walls of clay or reeds, and sharp-pointed roofs of straw. The furniture consists mainly of wooden platters and stools, which are colored black by long burial in the mud, and their only light is a burning pine-knot. Before the house is usually a post, on which is hung the trophies of the hunt, such as horns of antelope, skulls of animals and men, and horrible to say, dried hands and feet. These proclaim to the world how great a warrior is the owner, and; in part, answer the purposes that fine hours and clothes do with us. When a Niam-Niam pays a visit to his neighbor, he carries his own stool to sit on; and when he goes into mourning for a friend, he shaves his head, and scatters his previous breeds, twists and puffs, to the wind—which certainly shows sincere grief on his part. When two friends meet, they do not shake hands, but they join their middle fingers in such a way that the joints crack, while they nod at each other, more as if in disgust—as it looks to a white man—than liable to be tracked over the other parts of the house. The great advantage an oiled floor has over a painted one is that when marked or scratched some oil rubbed over the spots removes them, and it is never necessary to repeat the whole process over again. All that is needed to keep the floor bright and fresh is to occasionally rub it over with a rag wet with a little oil or kerosene, as you would treat oiled furniture. A piece of old carpet or a newspaper may be spread before entrances to other rooms for a few hours, to prevent the possibility of carrying away foot-prints, or the extra oil may be rubbed off with dry woolen cloths. No doubt, after awhile, our sensible American housewives will, like their trans-Atlantic sisters, discard the dusty carpets from all but a few rooms, and fashion will replace the elegant Axminster by the no less expensive inlaid floors of various woods and patterns now winning their way into popular favor. Doubtful Compliment. Walter Scott had a favorite servant, Tom Purdy, who thought his master the brightest and best man in the two kingdoms. When he learned that his master was "the great Unkown," the author of the famous novels that everybody was talking about, Tom, with true family pride, felt it his duty to read them. In due time he thought it also a duty to compliment his master. As they were walking together, he said, "Sir Walter, one of your books has been a great comfort to me this winter." "I am happy to know it, Tom," was the reply. "Yes, Sir Walter," continued the honest soul, "I don't know how I should have got through the winter without it." "You don't mean so, Tom?" said the pleased author. "Yes," said Tom. "I'll tell you all about it. You see I come in from my day's work tired out pretty weil. I sits down in my chair with your book in my hand, and a mug of beer on the table. Then I cocks up my feet, all comfortable, and begins to read. In five minutes I am fast asleep." Sir Walter laughed heartily, but turned the conversation to other topics. Many a volume has been written about the love of parents, the love of mothers, its enthusiasm of hope and fancy, its adorations of the unworthy, its agony for the lost; but I do not remember that any one has ventured to touch upon a still more terrible view of the subject, the disappointment, for example, with which such a woman as I have attempted to set before the reader—a woman full of high aspirations, noble generosity, and perhaps an unwarrantable personal pride, all intensified by the homely circumstances around her—sometimes looks upon the absolutely commonplace people whom she has brought into the world. She too has had her dreams about them while they were children, and all things seemed possible—while they were youth, with still some grace and freshness of the morning voiling their unheroic outlines. But a woman of seventy can cherish no fond delusions about her middle aged sons and daughters, who are, to all intents and purposes, as old as she is. What a dis-tained surface around their island home was dotted with fertile gardens, self irrigating and independent of rains, easily moved from place to place according to the fancy of the proprietor. They usually took the form of parallelograms and were often over a hundred feet long. All the agricultural products of the country, particularly maize, chile, and beans were soon produced in abundance on the chinampas, while the larger ones even bore fruit and shade trees of considerable size,and whom was the man holding the horse. The animal was so scorched that he had to be shot. It so happened that the man to whom this task was entrusted aimed badly, and instead of killing the poor creature, only inflicted a severe wound in the head. The horse broke way, galloped directly toward a picket of the enemy, dashed through them in spite of their fire,and was soon out of sight. Next morning it was discovered that the horse-had made his way five miles in a straight line,and had got direct to the sick-horse stables of the 9th Lancers. In fact,the he acted exactly as a wounded souldler would have done—gone to the hospital and reported himself sick. I wish I could give a more pleasing end to the story,但the poor horse was found to be so fearfully injured that the most human course was to destroy him at once. A very similar exercise of reason was displayed by a little Welsh pony. At Rhyl there are many of these animals let for temporary hire,and among them was one that was ridden by a young lady in delicate health,hwas obliged to keep a very slow pace. One day last year the pony was seen dashing along at full gallop,t until it reached a blacksmith's forge;into which it went without a pause,carrying its unwilling rider with it. The astonished blacksmith tried to lead the animal out of the forge,but it resisted this strongly,and he found that it had cast a shoe which it wished to be replaced.Now,在this instance as in many others reason conquered instinct.The instinctive feelings of a horse are strongly opposed to the operation of shooting,and some horses can scarcely ever be made to stand still under the process.It is very natural that they should not like their feet to be hammered,and filed,and scraped,and scorched,and it therefore requires a very determined exercise of reason to induce an animal voluntarily to counteract its own instincts.-Harper's Weekly. Ancient Floating Gardens. The chinampas or floating gardens,cultivated by the Aztecs on the surface of the lakes in Anahuac ,were a most extraordinary source of food.Driven in the days of their national weakness to the lake islands,too small for the tillage which on the main had supported them,these ingenious people devised the chinampa.They observed small portions of the shore,detached by the high water and held together by fibrous roots floating about on the surface of the water.Acting on the suggestion,the constructed rats of light wood,covered with smaller sticks,rushes and reeds,bound together with fibrous aquatic plants,and on this foundation they heaped two or three feet of black mud from the bottom of the lake.Thus the broad surface around their island home was dotted with fertile gardens,self irrigating and independent of rains,easily moved from placeto place according to the fancy ofthe proprietor.They usually tookthe formofparallelogramsandwereoftenoverahundfeetlong.Alltheagriculturalproductsofthecountry,particularlymaize.chile,andbeansweresoonproducedinabundanceonthechinampas,而thelargeronesevenborefruitandshadetreesofconsiderablesize,and and, horrible to say, dried hands and feet. These proclaim to the world how great a warrior is the owner, and, in part, answer the purposes that fine houses and clothes do with us. When a Niam-Niam pays a visit to his neighbor, he carries his own stool to sit on; and when he goes into mourning for a friend, he shaves his head, and scatters his precious braids, twists and puffs, to the wind—which certainly shows sincere grief on his part. When two friends meet, they do not shake hands, but they join their middle fingers in such a way that the joints crack, while they nod at each other, more as if in disgust—as it looks to a white man—than in friendly greeting. If they find a hollow tree in which wild bees have laid up honey, they at once smoke the bees stupid, and eat honey, wax, bees and all. Indeed they eat several things that we would not like. The children, in some parts of Africa, eat rats and field mice, which they catch by means of baskets woven in the form of long tubes. They are laid flat on the ground, near the mouse-holes, and then the little savages begin a great noise of stamping, shouting, and slapping of hands. The poor little animals are frightened, and run into the traps for safety, and are easily taken. They are then tied by the tails in bunches of a dozen or so, as you have seen children cheerries, and bartered with each other as choice morsels. Sometimes they use them as baits to catch cats,—roast cat being a favorite dish. They build small huts of twisted reed, put the mice in, and cats are attracted to the trap, of course.—St. Nicholas. A Mother's Love.—Lamartine gives this illustration: "In some spring freshet a river widely washed its shores and rent away a bough on which a bird had built a cottage for a summer hope. Down the white and whirling stream drifted the green branch, with its wicker cup of unleaved song, and fluttering buds it went the mother bird. Unheeding the roaring river, on she went, her cries of agony and fear piercing the pauses in the storm. How like the love of an old-fashioned mother, who had followed the child she had plucked from her heart all over the world. Swept away by passion he was bearing away with him the fragrance of the shattered roof-tree, yet that mother was with him, a Ruth through all his life and a Rachel at his death." Blondin is going to walk on a rope from the top of the pyramid of Cheops to that of Keppon. INFANTILE CRITICISM.—In one of our Walnut street houses is employed a young man of diminutive stature and somewhat feminine appearance, although a tip-top salesman and clerk. One day, not long since, a little girl was sent to the store to make some purchases, and it fell to the lot of this young man to attend to her. She was a mere bunch of femininity, not able to talk plain. She asked if he had any "totten flannel." He replied that he had, and asked how much she wanted. "I don't know," was the reply, "Well, what do you want it for?" said the clerk. "Want to make papa a shirt." "Well, how big is your papa! he as big as me!" "Big as you!" said the little maiden, "I dess be is; he wouldn't be much of a papa if he wasn't."—Love Register. Pope Leo XII. once, when hard pressed for money, induced several rich Roman families to make him advances, and by way of compensation freed them and their estates from liability to taxation during the present century. The tax gatherers of the new Italian Kingdom, however, refuse to acknowledge the validity of this dispensation, and have demanded payment of four years' taxes from the representatives of the families in question. The latter have therefore determined to test the liability before the Courts. with fibrous aquatic plants, and on this foundation they heaped two or three feet of black mud from the bottom of the lake. Thus the broad surface around their island home was dotted with fertile gardens, self irrigating and independent of rains, easily moved from place according to the fancy of the proprietor. They usually took the form of parallelograms and were often over a hundred feet long. All the agricultural products of the country, particularly maize, chile, and beans were soon produced in abundance on the chinampas, while the larger ones even bore fruit and shade trees of considerable size, and a hut for the convenience of the owner or gardener. The floating gardens have remained in use down to modern times, but since the waters of the lakes receded so much from their former limits, they have generally attached to the shore, being separated by narrow canals navigated by the canoes, which bear their produce to the markets. In later times, however, only flowers and garden vegetables have been raised in this manner. From advance sheets of col. 2 of H. H. Baneroff's Native Race. INFANTILE CRITICISM.—In one of our Walnut street houses is employed a young man of diminutive stature and somewhat feminine appearance, although a tip-top salesman and clerk. One day, not long since, a little girl was sent to the store to make some purchases, and it fell to the lot of this young man to attend to her. She was a mere bunch of femininity, not able to talk plain. She asked if he had any "totten flannel." He replied that he had, and asked how much she wanted. "I don't know," was the reply, "Well, what do you want it for?" said the clerk. "Want to make papa a shirt." "Well, how big is your papa! he as big as me!" "Big as you!" said the little maiden, "I dess be is; he wouldn't be much of a papa if he wasn't."—Love Register. Pope Leo XII. once, when hard pressed for money, induced several rich Roman families to make him advances, and by way of compensation freed them and their estates from liability to taxation during the present century. The tax gatherers of the new Italian Kingdom, however, refuse to acknowledge the validity of this dispensation, and have demanded payment of four years' taxes from the representatives of the families in question. The latter have therefore determined to test the liability before the Courts. A Criticism Day but ube in tising for semilab his nisqi their preid did not foul house parl l frankly once a but dome ther burgel doors an GAZETTE. NO. 16 By-play in the Beecher Trial. At the close of one of the early days of the Beecher trial, after Judge Morris had exhausted his opening argument, in which he foreshadowed the evidence that, according to his construction, pointed irresistibly to the guilt of the great preacher, neither counsel nor audience were permitted to leave the court until the jury had retired. The jury once outside the court room, there was a rush made for the doors by all the crowd except those who occupied seats in the immediate vicinity of Mr. Beecher, who lingered. It was while the crowd was thus hastily dispersing that a remarkable incident took place. Mr. Beecher, with a good-natured smile and his usual genial manner, left his own counsel and stepped across the room to the table at which Mr. Tilton's counsel sat, and reaching across it, saluted Mr. Beach and then shook his hand. Mr. Tilton, with a stern expression upon his face, stood at this moment within a few feet of the clergyman, but did not look in his direction, although he must have heard every word that was uttered. "If," said Mr. Beecher to Judge Beech, laughingly, "if I get out from the paws of two such tions as you and Fullerton, I'll believe I am innocent, and that is what I came here to find out." "You forget," said Mr. Beach, pointing to Mr. Evarts, "the Daniel standing among the lions and closing their mouths." Mr. Beecher placed one hand on Mr. Shearman's shoulder and the other on Mr. Evarts', and remarked in a jocular form, "My lions are very harmless animals." Then turning to Mr. Morris, he A Few Jests. "A man accused a foolish physician with a statement of his case: 'Doctor, when I wake up out of my sleep, I'm half an hour in darkness before I recover my sight as I have it now.' 'Av, indeed,' said the physician; 'then don't wake up till the half hour's over!'" "An Abderite wanted to hang himself. The rope broke and he bruised his head. Without delay he ran to the apothecary's for a plaster, applied it carefully to the bruised place, and then proceeded to carry on his suicidal project." The joke recalls one of the anecdotes told in the pleasant Memorial of Archibald Constable, by his son, recently published: An old deaf aunt of the publisher was on her death-bed, and her mind, always eccentric, had begun to waver and fall. "Ann," she said to her attendant, "if I should be spared to be taken away, I hope my nephew will get the doctor to open my head, and see whether anything can be done for my hearing." "Scholasticus was writing to his father from Athens, and pluming himself on his progress in rhetoric and elocation, to acquire which he had been sent thither. He added this paragraph: 'And I pray, Sir, that on returning home I may find you defendant on a capital charge, that I may air my oratory in your defense.'" This is worthy of an Irish horse-stealer, who, when O'Connell had obtained his acquittal, exclaimed in the exhuberance of his gratitude, "Och, counselor, I've no way here to thank yer honor; but I wish I saw you knocked down in me own parish—wouldn't I bring a faction to the rescue!" more pleasing end for horse was found that the most destroy him at once. Reason of reason was Welsh pony. Many of these animals hire, and among them who was obliged to ride. One day last dashing along at the blacksmith's shop without a pause, bridger with it. Blacksmith tried to the forge, but it and he found that it wished to be this instance as in conquered instinct. Kings of a horse are operation of shoe-man scarcely ever beater the process. It may should not like hired, and filed, and it therefore required exercise of animal voluntarily to distincts.—Harper's Gardens. rating gardens, culled on the surface of severe a most extinct. Driven in the weakness to the till for the tillage supported them, devised the chin-small portions of the high water androus roots floating in the water. Actually, they constructed covered with smaller bows, bound together plants, and on this two or three feet the bottom of the soil surface around slotted with fertile and independent soil from place to fancey of the protocook took the form of there often over all the agricultural country, particularly were soon proclaimed the chinampas, even bore fruit and tolerable size, and galloped directly upon enemy, dashed off their fire, and Next morning it is horse-had made straight line, and sick-horse stables In fact, he had wounded souldier toe to the hospitalick. More pleasing end for horse was found that the most destroy him at once. Reason of reason was Welsh pony. Many of these animals hire, and among them who was obliged to ride. One day last dashing along at the blacksmith's shop without a pause, bridger with it. Blacksmith tried to the forge, but it and he found that it wished to be this instance as in conquered instinct. Kings of a horse are operation of shoe-man scarcely ever beater the process. It may should not like hired, and filed, and it therefore required exercise of animal voluntarily to distincts.—Harper's Gardens. rating gardens, culled on the surface of severe a most extinct. Driven in the weakness to the till for the tillage supported them, devised the chin-small portions of the high water androus roots floating in the water. Actually, they constructed covered with smaller bows, bound together plants, and on this two or three feet the bottom of the soil surface around slotted with fertile and independent soil from place to fencey of the protocook took the form of there often over a full the agricultural country, particularly were soon proclaimed the chinampas, even bore fruit and tolerable size, and galloped directly upon enemy, dashed off their fire, and Next morning it is horse-had made straight line, and sick-horse stables In fact, he had wounded souldier toe to the hospitalick. More pleasing end for horse was found that the most destroy him at once. Reason of reason was Welsh pony. Many of these animals hire, and among them who was obliged to ride. One day last dashing along at the blacksmith's shop without a pause, bridger with it. Blacksmith tried to the forge, but it and he found that it wished to be this instance as in conquered instinct. Kings of a horse are operation of shoe-man scarcely ever beater the process. It may should not like hired, and filed, and it therefore required exercise of animal voluntarily to distincts.—Harper's Gardens. rating gardens, culled on the surface of severe a most extinct. Driven in the weakness to the till for the tillage supported them, devised the chin-small portions of the high water androus roots floating in the water. Actually, they constructed covered with smaller bows, bound together plants, and on this two or three feet the bottom of the soil surface around slotted with fertile and independent soil from place to fencey of the protocook took the form of there often over a full the agricultural country, particularly were soon proclaimed the chinampas, even bore fruit and tolerable size, and galloped directly upon enemy, dashed off their fire, and Next morning it is horse-had made straight line, and sick-horse stables In fact, he had wounded souldier toe to the hospitalick. More pleasing end for horse was found that the most destroy him at once. Reason of reason was Welsh pony. Many of these animals hire, and among them who was obliged to ride. One day last dashing along at the blacksmith's shop without a pause, bridger with it. Blacksmith tried to the forge, but it and he found that it wished to be this instance as in conquered instinct. Kings of a horse are operation of shoe-man scarcely ever beater the process. It may should not like hired, and filed, and it therefore required exercise of animal voluntarily to distincts.—Harper's Gardens. rating gardens, culled on the surface of severe a most extinct. Driven in the weakness to the till for the tillage supported them, devised the chin-small portions of the high water androus roots floating in the water. Actually, they constructed covered with smaller bows, bound together plants, and on this two or three feet the bottom of the soil surface around slotted with fertile and independent soil from place to fencey of the protocook took the form of there often over a full the agricultural country, particularly were soon proclaimed the chinampas, even bore fruit and tolerable size, and galloped directly upon enemy, dashed off their fire, and Next morning it is horse-had made straight line, and sick-horse stables In fact, he had wounded souldier toe to the hospitalick. More pleasing end for horse was found that the most destroy him at once. Reason of reason was Welsh pony. Many of these animals hire, and among them who was obliged to ride. One day last dashing along at the blacksmith's shop without a pause, bridger with it. Blacksmith tried to the forge, but it and he found that it wished to be this instance as in conquered instinct. Kings of a horse are operation of shoe-man scarcely ever beater the process. It may should not like hired, and filed, and it therefore required exercise of animal voluntarily to distincts.—Harper's Gardens. rating gardens, culled on the surface of severe a most extinct. Driven in the weakness to the till for the tillage supported them, devised the chin-small portions of the high water androus roots floating in the water. Actually, they constructed covered with smaller bows, bound together plants, and on this two or three feet the bottom of the soil surface around slotted with fertile and independent soil from place to fencey of the protocook took the form of there often over a full the agricultural country, particularly were soon proclaimed the chinampas, even bore fruit and tolerable size, and galloped directly upon enemy, dashed off their fire, and Next morning it is horse-had made straight line, and sick-horse stables In fact, he had wounded souldier toe to the hospitalick. More pleasing end for horse was found that the most destroy him at once. Reason of reason was Welsh pony. Many of these animals hire, and among them who was obliged to ride. One day last dashing along at the blacksmith's shop without a pause, bridger with it. Blacksmith tried to the forge, but it and he found that it wished to be this instance as in conquered instinct. Kings of a horse are operation of shoe-man scarcely ever beater the process. It may should not like hired, and filed, and it therefore required exercise of animal voluntarily to distincts.—Harper's Gardens. rating gardens, culled on the surface of severe a most extinct. Driven in the weakness to the till for the tillage supported them, devised the chin-small portions of the high water androus roots floating in the water. Actually, they constructed covered with smaller bows, bound together plants, and on this two or three feet the bottom of the soil surface around slotted with fertile and independent soil from place to fencey of the protocook took the form of there often over a full the agricultural country, particularly were soon proclaimed the chinampas, even bore fruit and tolerable size, and galloped directly upon enemy, dashed off their fire, and Next morning it is horse-had made straight line, and sick-horse stables In fact, he had wounded souldier toe to the hospitalick. More pleasing end for horse was found that the most destroy him at once. Reason of reason was Welsh pony. Many of these animals hire, and among them who was obliged to ride. One day last dashing along at the blacksmith's shop without a pause, bridger with it. Blacksmith tried to the forge, but it and he found that it wished to be this instance as in conquered instinct. Kings of a horse are operation of shoe-man scarcely ever beater the process. It may should not like hired, and filed, and it therefore required exercise of animal voluntarily to distincts.—Harper's Gardens. rating gardens, culled on the surface of severe a most extinct. Driven in the weakness to the till for the tillage supported them, devised the chin-small portions of the high water和rous roots floating in the water. Actually, they constructed covered with smaller bows，bound together plants，and on this two or three feet的bottom ofthe soil surface around slotted with fertile和 independent soil from place to fencey ofthe protocook tookthe formofthere oftenoverafulltheagriculturalcountry,particularlywere soonproclaimedthechinampas，enborefruitandolerablesize,andgallopeddirectlyupontheamforthehospitalick. St. Valentine's Day. In Englandthe day was once observedwith much interestand fervor;butof latethe celebration there，asinthiscountry,hasswindledtothemereanonymous sendingof epistolarypleasantntsinproverse.Valentinepartieshave recentlycome intovoguehere,andwhentheguestenterintothespiritofthem,thearereallyvery entertaining.Thetheyconductedintwoways.Thehostessinvitesherfriendsexpectingeachtosendatleastonevalentineoriginalversesofahumorousorbanteringsortbeingmostdesirable.Thewriterwhoneednotrevellhisorhernamebeforehand,eventothehostessmustindicatewhetherthemissivesareintendedforgentlemenorladies,thehostessaddressingthemsashiechoiceswithoutknowingthecontents.Theotherwayisforthehostesstorunishtoachofcherestslistofthose Coughing can be stopped by pressingonthenervesofthelipinthenighborhoodofthenose.Apressuretheremaypreventacoughwhenitisbeginning.Sneezingmaybestoppedbythemechanism.Pressingalso,theinhighborhoodofthecarlightrightfrontoftheearmaystopcoughingItissoalso.ofbiceoughbutmuchlessthanfor sneezingorcoughing.Presseryhardonthetopofthemouthinsideisalsoa meansofstoppingcoughing.AndImay saythatthewillhasimmensepowerthereTherewasA French soldierwhowedthewardsofhishospital.'Thefirstpatientwho coughsherewillbedeprivedoffoodto-day.'Itwasexceedinglyrarsthata patientcouchedthen."Moore'sRural When hard pressed for general rich Roman advances, and by freed them and ability to taxation century. The tax Italian Kingdom, knowledge the vation, and have deour years' taxes of the families we have therefore be liability before sending of epistolary pleasantries in prose verse. Valentine parties have recently come into vogue here, and when the guests enter into the spirit of them, these are really very entertaining. They are conducted in two ways. The hostess invites her friends, expecting each to send at least one valentine, original verses of a humorous or bantering sort being most desirable. The writer, who need not reveal his or her name before hand, even to the hostess, must indicate whether the missives are intended for gentlemen or ladies, the hostess addressing them as she chooses, without knowing their contents. The other way is for the hostess to furnish to each of her guests a list of those expected, thereby giving them an opportunity to write their valentines to particular persons. The valentines should be sent to her before the party, and she should be careful to provide herself with a few extra ones for such of her guests as may have been overlooked. When the guests have assembled, the lady of the house produces the valentines, and delivers them, one at a time, the recipients being compelled to read them aloud, for the benefit of the company. Some of the missives will be so pertinent, and others so inapt, that they cannot fail to be amusing. If one guest finds himself good-humoredly laughed at, he has the satisfaction of laughing at others in turn, so that any petty feeling of annoyance that may be experienced may be dispelled and forgotten in the general merriment. Persons sometimes, in sending valentines, make the innovation of inclosing gifts of small value, coupled with such graceful phrases as will insure the acceptance of the gift. Others take advantage and give presents of considerable worth to people in humble circumstances, to whom charity could not be offered. Thus the memory of the genial St. Valentine may be perpetuated, not only by social pleasures, but by positive practical good—Scribner for Feb. A Chicago gentleman, occupied all day, but having some "honors of leisure in the evening," instead of advertising for books to write up, has set up a semi-suburban private patrol, charging his neighbors $4 a month for watching their premises. When asked whether he did not find it exhausting to work all day and walk around all night, he admitted frankly that he only visited his customers once a month and, that was to collect. "But don't they find you out!" said the querist. "O, no," he replied, "they hear the burglars going round and trying the doors, and they think it's me." TRUE HOSPITALITY. I pray you, oh excellent wife, cumber not yourself and me to get a curiously rich dinner for this man and woman that have alighted at our gate; or bed-chamber made ready at too great a cost; these things, if they are curious in them, they can get for a few shillings in any village; but rather let this stranger see, if he will, in your looks, accents, and behavior, your heart and earnestness, your thought and will, what he cannot buy at any price in any city, what he may well travel twenty miles, and dine sparely, and sleep hardly to behold. Let not the emphasis of hospitality be in bed and board; but let truth, and love, and honor, and courtesy flow in all thy deeds.—Emerson. In the city of Cincinnati is an elderly life-insurance agent, who is very persistent when approaching anyone on the subject of life-insurance. After pestering a certain merchant who did not wish to be insured, he made a second call and again broached the subject, which roused the merchant's ire, and he angrily hade the bore to leave the store and never show his face there again; if he did, he would be booted out. The agent turned to go, and had almost reached the door, when he turned back, and going up to the angry man, put his hand on his shoulder and said, "Had you not better take out an accident policy before you attempt to kick me out?" The soft and winning manner in which the suggestion was made smollified the tradesman and he took the life policy. UNTIL very recently the Mexican navy has consisted of a few fishing schooners. Now they have added a side wheel ferry boat, with a cannon on the end of it, and feel safe.—Milwaukee News.