THE  RUBAL  fJE-W-YOBK^'B. 
MY  SHIP  COMES  IN. 
My  ship  comes  BuilitiK-  in  from  sea. 
And  I  »m  j^lnd  as  tdad  can  be. 
Oh !  I  have  kisaed  luy  love  to-nig-hf , 
And  all  life  seems  one  ciOui  delight. 
My  ship  cornea  iu,  my  ship  comes  in, 
My  ship  comes  Kiilling  ui>  the  sea. 
And  life  la  like  a  drcttni  to  mo. 
'I'he  Btara  look  larger  than  l-iefore. 
The  moon  is  silver  now.  The  door 
Of  Parailiae  acems  tipeued  wide 
Aa  yon  chnroh  door  for  my  fair  bride. 
My  ship  eoinea  in,  my  ship  comes  in, 
My  ship  comes  (dimbimr  up  the  sea, 
And  land  and  sea  are  fair  to  n^. 
1  kmiw  full  well  In  my  sJiipV  hold 
I.le  neither  gorgenns  silha  nor  gold ; 
Hut  oh  !  I  know  my'  love  loves  me. 
And  ask  no  more  of  land  or  aea. 
My  ship  comes  in,  my  ship  cornea  in, 
My  ship  has  crossed  tlie  lonesome  sea, 
And  I  am  glad  as  glad  can  be. 
[Joaquin  MiUer. 
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HAED  TIMES. 
This  Is  the  complctlnt  we  liear  from  ttmi  rly  every 
one,  and  a  great,  timoy  arc  trying  to  oconomlzc. 
But  how  many  men  will  t.hluk  of  giving  up  ilioir 
cigars,  tholr  uccuatomed  dally  drliikss,  Lliclr  din- 
nersat  clubs,  and  Irealliig  of  friends  and  other 
uaele.s8  and  expensive  luiblls?  And  how  nmny 
women  will  dispense  with  dresses,  so  loivdod  wltli 
trimmings  that  the  rouiidatlon  of  the  dross  Is 
scarcely  visible,  and  wear  something  plainer,  more 
senslblo  and  becoming 7 
Much  sooner  wUl  many  think  of  dlscoutlnulng 
the  weekly  papers,  not  buying  tno  maga/lne  they 
usually  have,  neglocllng  to  bring  home  a  now 
book  to  the  family,  and  occasionally  taking  the 
hoys  from  school.  Just  .as  they  aro  beginning  the 
lilghcr  branches,  to  have  them  work  for  a  jilt- 
taucc,  perhaps,  at  this  day  too  when  education 
Is  thought  so  necessary,  and  skillful  wor^cors 
are  wanted  In  every  Held  of  labor.  The  girls,  too, 
must  do  without  their  music  lessons.  All  these 
things  roust  bo  glveu  uji,  that  arc  so  re.ally  needed, 
Instead  of  those  that  wo  would  he  better  olT  with¬ 
out. 
Economy  might  also  bo  practiced  la  regaid  to 
our  food,  with  groat  bcnetlt  lo  ourselves.  Soup  is 
as  cheap,  healthy,  and  uourlslilug  im  anything; 
oatmeal,  tirah.am  flour,  rice,  and  aU  coarse  .gralrm, 
are  some  of  the  best  muterlal.s  for  bone  iind  mus¬ 
cle;  and  with  plenty  of  good,  light  bread,  rolls 
and  miiltlns,  vegetables  In  abundance,  eggs,  beef, 
fowls  .and  fish,  what  more  can  auy  one  ask,  e.x- 
cept  tliat  wiilch  Is  so  bountirnlly  provided— fresh, 
ripe  fruit.  And  If  you  have  more  than  .vou  can 
cat  or  [irescrvo  for  winter's  use  or  thiise  crdls  of 
honli.'d  sweetness— grapes— or  those  garden  ru¬ 
bles— called  cuiTanrs— or  any  Irult  used  roj-  niak- 
Ing  wine— give  them  aw.ay  -ttirow  tliem  away, 
do  ans’thing  rather  than  make  wine  of  them, 
thinking,  because  It  Is  home-made,  It  can  do.uo 
liarm. 
And  do  anything  under  the  sun  but  make 
“brandy  pe.achi‘.s,"  If  you  possess  nn.y  of  that  de¬ 
licious,  velvety  fruit.  Tlti'u,  if  your  sons  learn  to 
like  ardent  spirits,  when  they  go  out  into  the 
world— as  they  surely  must  one  day,  If  they  live— 
you  can  reel  that  you  have  been  wholly  blumeless. 
Oh  1  mothers  In  tlilsnatlon  I  you  cannot  keep  your 
darling  boys  with  you  always,  but  now,  while 
they  are  young,  you  can  do  almost  everything  In 
teaching  them  to  liatc  «vll  and  love  the  right. 
You  can  do  It  If  .you  nv7/ you  can  careiully  edu¬ 
cate  them  to  a  high  moral  standard,  and  then.  If 
In  after  years  they  do  learn  ro  drink— although  It 
will  he  dreadful— you  will  not  have  i.lie  fearful 
tUought/occccr  liauntiii/j  you,  thatlt  was  at  home 
that  they  first  learned  to  like  the  taste  of  intoxi¬ 
cating  di'lnk,  and  that  It  was  a  mother’s  hand 
that  gave  It  to  them. 
'i’lie  more  plainly  and  sensibly  wo  drees,  Ote bel¬ 
ter  It  will  be  for  us, both  in  mind  andbody.  The  les-s 
time  we  sjjend  uiKin  It,  the  more  we  shall  have  tor 
somethiug  better;  the  less  we  think  about  It,  the 
more  our  minds  can  be  occupied  with  belter 
thoughts,  nobler  feelings,  and  higher  asplratlcui.s. 
The  books  we  read,  the  le.s.son3  we  learn,  the 
education  we  receive,  all  these  we  make  our  own. 
But  the  Uixui-le.s  we  have,  the  lino  furniture,  the 
e.xpenslve  clothing,  tlicse  last  ouly  for  a  time,  are 
the  least  satisfying  of  all  earthly  bleiislngs.  But 
the  self-sacjince  we  make,  the  ediK-atlon  we  ob¬ 
tain  /icre,  make  us  better  and  happier  In  the  life 
which  now  is  and  in  that  which  Is  to  come. 
.So  do  not  lot  u.s  give  up  our  reading,  music, 
pictures  aud  lectures,  our  schools,  and  all  the  ele¬ 
vating  influences  of  lUe.  Tliese  are  worth  far 
more  than  mere  outside  show ;  the  tlungs  that 
perish  with  the  using. 
Books  aud  papers  we  cannot  do  without ;  nfusic 
Is  oue  Of  our  greatest  blcaslngs.  fncturcs  of  the 
right  kind  are  ruhtUng  and  ennobdug.  It  la  not 
the  promiscuous  giving  lo  tuv,  i-beg.gars  and 
tramps,  bin  the  ime  chanty  wl.icii  uclps  the 
needy,  worthy  ones  who  try  to  help  themselves, 
lliat  Is  ■tdntlrjlde. 
tVliat  we  waul  and  actimlly  need  to-day  is 
to  educate  the  “  coming  anny  of  voters ’’ to  cm 
temperance  PKiNciri.ES.  It  Is  not  enough  (o  sa.v  : 
“  I  am  in  favor  of  temperance— I  don't  believe  In 
men  gcltiog  drunk;  but  suili  geJillemon  as  u'c 
are,  certainly  know  when  we  Jiave  enough,  wo  cun 
be  ‘  modei'atc  drln'mrs.' "  Ah  1  you uoa't  know  the 
Intluenoe  you  may  possejjs  over  Um  .voungor  boys 
of  your  cymmuiilty.  Nearly  every  boy  has  some 
friend  whom  he  thinks  about  right.  1 1  lie  Bees 
his  friend  .smoking,  the  llrst  chaiu  e  Im  gets  he 
will  try  to  learn  to  smoke,  to  ho  maiilv,  ,\  llttlo 
boy  Joins  a  temperaneo  soi-lcty,  signs  the  pledge, 
or  becomes  a  member  of  a  Cold  Water  Temple,  and 
some  young  man— who  may  be  a  hero  In  Ids  e.vcs 
—meets  him  and  siiys :  “  l  hoar  you've  joined  a 
Cotd  Wator  Tomplo.  What  kind  of  a  concern  Is  It? 
please  t.en  me.  And  can't,  you  drink  anything  but 
water  this  cold  weather?  ReaU.v,  1  thought  bet¬ 
ter  of  you  th.<ui  that ;  1  <lld  not  think  a  smart  chap 
like  yon  w'outd  sign  away  your  liberty.  Such  sim¬ 
ple  societies  are  well  enough  for  pfrf.v,  but '  Young 
America’  wants  and  must  have  •  tndoimiiuwe.”' 
You  vv  lit  have  a  remarkable  kind  of  Indepenclenco, 
one  of  these  days,  If  you  keep  on  at  this  rate, 
when  your  appetite  controls  you,  Instead  of  you 
controlling  lu  as  you  once  boasted  ,vou  could. 
But  I’m  not  writing  a  t.omperani'0  article,  and 
yeti  am  writing  jimt  that  very  thing,  after  all- 
tcraperancc  In  all  things  jiroduclng  a  wise  econo¬ 
my  in  those  tlilngv  we  ran  best,  do  without. 
There’s  one  thing  when  you  aro  trying  to  reduce 
expenses— to  meet  your  Income- that  I  beg  .vou 
not  to  forget.  While  you  are  thlulcHig  of  provid¬ 
ing  les.3  reading  mjitter  for  youi'seir  and  famll.v, 
there’s  one  class  of  papers,  tlmt,  If  you’ve  heen  in 
the  habit  of  taking,  you  had  belter  have  stopped 
at  once,  and  m-ror  again  send  your  subscription. 
It  is  those  sensailoiiul,  trashy  Ledgers  and  Week¬ 
lies  that  ai'e  so  largely  (!lrculaied  la  the  land  to¬ 
day.  They  do  more  harm  than  good— m  fact  they 
do  no  one  any  good  whatever.  All  the  Inlluonce 
they  do  possess— and  I  hope  It  Is  not  much,  but 
fear  It  Is— Is  for  evil.  I  itsed  to  read  them  when  I 
did  not  know  any  better,  but  soon  became  (lls- 
gusb-d  with  them,  and  before  flulslilng  a  thrilling 
(7)  Ktxiry  1  had  commenced,  carried  them  back  to 
the  neighbor  that  had  orfered  them  to  me.  I  re¬ 
solved  I  never  would  read  that  class  of  paper 
again,  and  I  never  Imve.  If  I  could,  at  this  mo¬ 
ment,  will!  one  clash  of  my  pen,  blot  them  entirely 
at  once  and  forever  from  our  country,  It  should  be 
done  InstanLaneouslv. 
Let  u-s  bo  economical  in  every  right  and  proper 
wa.v— slopping  lo  think  of  the  cnnseciuenccs, 
Insivead  of  practicing  the  glittering  display  that 
Is  worth  so  little,  and  will  never  beiicllt  us  In  any 
respect.  This  Is  truo economy,  and  the  best  euro 
for  these  “  Hard  Tlmc.s."  ICtmoM. 
Koyalion,  Niagara  Co.,  N.  Y. 
FOR  AND  ABOUT  WOMEN. 
“How  dairy!’  exclaimed  tho  milkmaid  when 
the  hired  man  kissed  her. 
(^,1'KKN  Vu.TOKiA  luis  recclvcd  from  the  Kmpress 
of  Brazil  that  dress  woven  from  the  webs  of  spi¬ 
ders. 
Youno  ladles,  the  new  shade  Is  “  antique  pur¬ 
ple."  It  Is  about  tho  Uni  of  an  election  eye  two 
days  old. 
The  Italian  nnlversitlc.s  liave  never  excluded 
women.  Centuilcs  ago  they  cv'cn  elected  them 
jirofe.ssors. 
Two  negro  women  met  In  Louisville  by  appoint¬ 
ment,  and  fought  with  knives  until  both  were 
painfully  wounded. 
Tiikbh  lives  near  Oakland,  Cal.,  a  real  old-fa.sh- 
loncd  wlkdi,  who  lives  In  a  little  hut,  cooks  and 
eats  her  meals  In  the  public  hlgliway,  and  has 
three  do^js  for  her  only  couipaiilon.s. 
Tmk  womivn-women  claim  that  at  i.he  recent 
election  In  Massaclmseifs  l.'s,(i(i(>  votes  were  re¬ 
corded  foi’  woman  sulfrage  and  prohibition— an 
Increase  of  50  per  cent,  over  last  your. 
The  local  editor  of  the  Burlington  Uawkeyc  rc- 
porLs  that  “  the  IiU.se  alann  of  liro  on  Columbia 
street  yesterday  afternoon  was  cau.sed  by  a  young 
lady  with  cardinal-red  Siocklng.s  falling  out  of 
the  back  seat  of  an  open  wagon.” 
A  London  woman  gave  her  child  a  bottle  of  car- 
tadlc  acid  to  play  with  so  its  to  pacify  it.  The 
child  g<it  the  cork  out  of  the  bottle,  and  as  tho 
little  angels  In  heaven  are  supposed  to  eujoy  the 
highest  state  of  pacllicatlon,  that  mfjther’s  exper¬ 
iment  was  eirilneiiUy  successful. 
'i’uK  cbaractertsUc  of  a  cofiuetTO  Is  affectation 
governed  by  whim;  for  as  beauty,  wit,  good 
nature.  poUtencss  and  health  aro  sometimes  af¬ 
fected  by  this  creature,  so  .are  ugliness,  folly,  non¬ 
sense,  111  nature.  111  breeding  and  sickness  pul  on 
by  It  in  their  turu.  Its  life  H  one  constant  He, 
and  the  only  rule  by  whlcli  you  can  form  any 
judgment  of  them  Is  that  they  are  never  what 
they  seem  to  Xya.—b'ieWliKj. 
COBKiispoNUHN’m  are  loud  la  praise  of  the  Ital¬ 
ian  women  Just  now.  They  have  been  promlmmt 
111  the  agitauou  ihroughwit  tlie  country  with  ref¬ 
erence  to  the  Bulgarian  outrages.  The  Countess 
Chloccl  presented  au  addras-s  at  a  public  meeting 
In  Uomo,  on  tho  Dd  Inst.,  and  AHhk  .Matilda  Caselll 
addi  es-sed  au  ejjoi  uions  meeting  at  Naples  a  week 
afterward.  The  spirit  and  elixpicncc  of  the  latter 
moved  the  vant  audluncc  to  uncontrolhiblc  enthu¬ 
siasm. 
Tiik  N'ew  York  correspondent  of  the  St.  Louis 
Hepubllcan  writes:  “A  pretty,  isealthy girl,  of 
good  family,  of  this  city,  while  recently  In  Phila- 
delphl  I,  struck  the  fancy  of  a  Chinese  merchant 
wbowu.sinchargeofttieC.hlne.se  exhibit  at  the 
Centennial.  He  openly  exprc-ssed  liLs  admiration, 
said,  *1  like  you  inuchec.  comesoo  mo  muchee,' 
A'c.,  and  presented  her  with  many  novelties  of 
Chinese  manufacture,  among  them  somo  beauti¬ 
ful  scarfs  of  canton  crape.  One  of  them  is  of 
dark  crimson,  peculiarly  becoming  to  this  pretty 
brunette.  So  she  wears  It  In  coquettish  fashion 
about  her  throat,  and  tied  In  a  long  loop,  which 
reaciie.s  below  her  waist.  Suddeuly  all  her  female 
friends  are  lu  quest  of  these  Tong  Canton  crape 
•scans  of  cilraFon  hue,”  I 
^cabinci  for  flic  |,oun(i. 
LITTLE  MAYSIE, 
BY  ANNIE  n.  JACK. 
.She  is  waiting— Httln  .Mavste; 
I  can  see  each  shluiUK  curl. 
And  with  Joy  linr  eyon  are  boniniiiK— 
Mothcr’B  sweet,  old  fashioned  girl. 
Eor  she  kissed  me  when  wo  parted. 
With  a  tremor  at  her  throat ; 
But  her  words  wen;  bright  and  happy— 
••  I  will  meet  you  at  the.  boat.” 
l.iUlo  Maysie.  busy  Maysik. 
She  has  met  mo  at  the  boat. 
I  Lave  heen  in  halls  of  learning 
Aud  tho  niatisloiiB  rif  tho  proud. 
But  I  wearied  of  tlieir  wisdom 
And  wae  lonelj'  In  a  ci-cwd. 
HUH  in  fancy  I  have  lislcned 
To  our  Wildwood  roblti's  note, 
And  to  MAA'efU'H  hopeful  promise— 
I  will  meet  you  at  tho  boat. 
J.ltth)  Maysik,  busy  May.sie, 
She  has  mot  mo  at  tho  boat. 
Now  I  BOO  Uie  low  browod  cottage 
Nestling  ’iiiong  the  maple  trees, 
And  the  iiorfumo  of  the  roses 
Mingles  with  th'>  ovenlug  breeze. 
Ne’er  again  my  feel  shall  wander 
To  those  stranger  lauds  remote, 
Nor  will  Maysie  nood  to  proiulso, 
“  1  will  meet  you  at  llin  boat.” 
Little  Maysje,  busy  ^Baysie, 
HLo  huH  met  mo  at  tho  boat. 
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A  TEUE  STOEY; 
Or,  A  BRAVE  YOUNG  LAD. 
BY  “  OKRTCTIKN.” 
M  y  grandfather  was  born  among  the  hills  of 
New  Hampshire,  where  he  spent  the  llr.st  eight¬ 
een  yours  of  his  life.  And  many  Interesting  and 
amusing  Ineldcnts  were  e.rowded  Into  these  years, 
one  of  which,  my  dear  young  readers,  I  shall  re¬ 
late  for  your  dlverslou. 
Kroui  his  craillo  ho  had  learned  to  bellevo  that 
prowling  wolves  aud  prowUng  bears  lived  some- 
whore  among  those  hills,  and  yet  up  to  the  age  of 
fourteen  he  had  seen  nothing  but  the  picture  of  a 
wild  aiilmaL  Ho  lived  In  hopes,  however,  of  some 
day  exercising  that  boldness  and  bravery  which 
were  among  his  cliurHclerlstlcs.  icor  with  Mils 
shadow  ever  hanging  over  him,  he  had  educated 
hlm.self  to  the  highest  standard  or  cuurtigo  aud 
Intrepidity,  also  studying  the  habits  and  miluros 
of  various  animals. 
There  was  none  he  dreaded  so  much  a.s  the 
ciitainounl.  VV  hen  1  say  dreaded,  1  do  ijot  wish  It 
to  be  Inferred  that  ho  would  try  to  avoid  them ;  on 
the  contrary,  he  was  over  on  the  alert  to  llnd  them, 
it  was  Hiclr  cat-llkc,  stealthy,  ti’eaclu>roM.s  nature 
that  ho  despised.  He  w  ould  much  rather  have  a 
paw-to-paw  tussle  (a.s  he  loriuod  It)  with  a  bear, 
“  But  beggars  must  not  bo  choosers.”  AllhougU 
giving  little  crodeneo  to  the  exaggerated  storU’s 
of  the  nelghbOTliood,  there  was  a  sh.mlow  of  .a  rea¬ 
son  for  believing  t  hat  catomonnts  nr  ponthei’s  In¬ 
habited  those  regi/ma.  Once  or  twice,  while  en¬ 
gaged  In  doing  Ids  eviming  chores  at  the  barn,  he 
liad  heard  a  yell  nr  squall  in  the  distance,  which 
he  well  knew  was  foreign  to  the  barn-yards  of 
that  locality,  and  which  at  once  suggested  these 
animals.  ’The  nfiiUi’est  se.M,Iemeiil  lo  his  father’s 
homo  was  some  al.\'  miles  UlstanU  reached  ouly  by 
two  roads, —the  jmduroad  winding  along  tho  base 
of  the  mouuuilu ;  the  other  a  narrow  one  which 
cut  tluxmgh  It,  making  the  dlsUincc  shorter.  It 
was  seldom  patronlz.od,  however,  on  account  of 
ILs  wildness,  the  steep  ascents  on  either  side  look¬ 
ing  very  suspicious  and  forbidding. 
Ketnrnlng  from  mill  late  One  aftornoon,  with  his 
two  bags  of  grlHt  In  front  of  him  on  his  horse,  he 
ventured  to  tui-n  into  this  short  cut,  cherishing 
the  hope  at  the  same  time  tlnat  ids  suspicions 
might  be  vci'llled,  and  that  he  might  go  home 
with  a  true  sloiy.  11c  had  gone  about  a  mile 
when  suddenly  Holly’s  ears  flew  back,  aud  then 
as  quickly  straightened  themselves  out  like  Hags 
or  distress.  He  remembered  hearing  his  rather 
say  that  the  pricking  of  Holly’s  ears  was  enough 
warning  Avlicn  danger  was  at  hand.  He  had 
watched  and  v)  {Uted  sjo  long  for  Unit  shsn,  and 
now  that  It  had  come  it  sent  a  tUrlll  of  tcrriblo 
joy  through  hbn :  and  then  for  the  first  Ihim  ho 
bethought  himself  oi  Ills  reckiessness,  for  ho  had 
not  a  thing  with  which  to  rtetend  hlmaelf.  fitill 
he  did  not,  coward  liKe,  put  heels  to  Ills  Horse ;  ne 
Just  straightened  hlmsolf  In  his  aaddJe,  leaing 
Holly  lake  her  own  gall,  while  he  scanned  ellher 
side  of  him.  At  tlmt  his  oar  caught  sound  of  a 
cautious  rusUlng;  his  eyes  InatauUy  turned  In 
tho  oirectlou  from  whUih  It  i:ame,  .Vs  J  have  said 
before,  he  was  acquainiea  with  the  hablt-s  of  wud 
animals  only  theorellcully.  Tho  quietness  and 
silence  AViilch  prevailed  convinced  him  at  once 
that  a  catainount  or  panther  (I  believe  they  are 
one  and  tlie  saino— grandfather  always  called 
them  cataioouuts)  was  near,  and  ndght  at  any 
moment  pounce  upon  blm.  Keeping  hu  eyes 
upon  the  spot  whence  the  rustling  issued, 
he  saw  a  Sleek  gray  creature  steal  slyly  from  a 
thick  flump  01  wood  and  underbrush.  It  turned 
as  U  to  spring. 
(iulck  as  thought  ho  off  with  his  cap,  whirled 
It,  Mmn  Uuised  It  high  Id  the  air,  feoltng.surc  that 
the  motfcmont  would  dlstra,i;V  h*  plans.  You  will 
say  that  you  see  no  bravery  in  this.  Yes,  but  wtis  ^ 
there  uot  cuiinlng  and  foretliotighi  ?  Hoes  It  not  j 
show  that  in  any  ernejgouey  he  would  he  cool, 
and  hot  cowardly  ?  He  admitted,  however,  that  ; 
In  this  Instance  he  was  foolhardy,  for  ho  had 
rushed  right  Into  danger  unguarded,  and  had  It 
not  been  for  his  cap,  he  would  have  had  nothing 
to  aid  him  in  hla  strategy.  Aftor  riding  a  safe 
distance,  he  vetiltired  to  look  back,  and  sum 
enough,  there  in  the  dim  light  and  distance,  be 
saw  somotlilug  in  the  middle  of  tho  road,  being 
pretty  rouglily  liandleil  (by  a  lively-looking  boast), 
which  he  had  no  reason  to  doubt  Wiis  hlH  cap. 
This  wa.s  enough.  Ho  put  hocLs  to  Hotly,  who 
seemed  to  take  In  her  young  musIWs  feelings,  for 
there  was  no  lot  up  to  her,  mil  II  she  brought  him 
safelj'  arouud  to  tho  back  door. 
“Take  the  bag.s quick !”  said  ho  to  his  father, 
who  came  out  to  assist  him.  “  I’ve  a  story  nom 
to  tell,  that  you’ll  all  bellevo,  I  guess.” 
“  But  whcrfCs  your  cap?"  iiuerled  his  father. 
“  Ah,  ‘  thereby  hangs  a  talc.’  Come  In,  while  I 
call  mother  .and  the  boys,  and  we  wlH  have  It 
out.”  And  so  he  recounted  hla  adventure  In  a 
very  few  words,  and  the  abseuce  of  Ids  cup  proved 
that  something  had  happened. 
This  llLllc  Incident  stimulated  him  to  action. 
Tlie  next  looming,  as  soou  ns  possible,  ho,  to¬ 
gether  with  his  father  and  nelglibor.s,  went  to 
the  scene  of  action.  iVnd  Uiere  was  found  proof 
enough,  in  the  shape  of  shreds  of  a  once  very 
nice  cap,  to  convince  the  most  InerfiUdous.  Hav¬ 
ing  provided  Lhem.selvos  with  morn  forinidablo 
weapons  this  time,  they  nil  took  a  holiday,  saw 
signs  aud  many  tracks  of  wild  beasts ;  and  from 
that  day  grandfather  says  Ids  fame  began. 
Being  “doubly  sure”  now,  Uiui  there  must  bn 
lively  times  up  in  those  mountains,  off  and  on,  ho 
did  not  rt*.st  until  he  had  hail  an  cncouiil.cr,  not 
with  a  catamount,  hut  a  gii'iU.  she  bear,  of  wldch 
I  should  like  to  tell  you  another  time. 
We  always  liked  this  story,  though,  because  wo 
thought  it  so  cute  In  grandpa  lo  think  of  throw¬ 
ing  his  cap  up, 
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DISCOVERIES  MADE  BY  ACCIDENT. 
Not  a  few  dlseoverles  In  the  arts  and  selcneoa 
have  been  made  or  suggested  by  aoeldont.  'I’lie 
use  of  the  peuduluin,  suggested  by  the  vibrating 
of  a  chandelier  In  a  cathedral ;  the  power  of 
steam,  UitJmated  by  (he  oselllallng  of  the  lid  of  a 
lOa-kolLlc;  tho  utility  of  noal-ga.s  for  light,  ex¬ 
perimented  upon  by  an  ordinary  tobanco-iiljic  of 
white  clay ;  the  magnifying  property  of  t  he  lens, 
stumbled  upon  by  anopUclan’s  apprenilee  while 
holding  Hjieetaele-glassi's  between  his  Muiinb  and 
nqger— are  well-known  ln.st.ane.es  hiproof  of  tUo 
fact. 
Galvanism  was  discovered  by  aoeldont.  Prof. 
(Jalviud  of  Bologna,  In  Italy,  gave  ids  name  to  the 
operation,  but  Ids  wife  is  considered  as  actually 
euUHod  lo  tho  credit  of  the  discovery.  She  belpg 
In  h;id  Ucalth,  some  frogs  were  ordi  red  tOr  her. 
.Vs  they  lay  upon  the  table,  skinned,  she  hollced 
that  their  limbs  became  Strongly  convulsed  when 
near  an  elcelrleal  conductor.  She  called  her  hu»- 
hand’.sattontion  to  the  fact;  ho  In.slltuted  a  series 
Of  cxpcrlmenlK,  and  In  iTwl  the  galvanic  baltory 
was  invented. 
Kleven  years  later,  with  that  dLseovery  for  Ids 
basis,  Prof.  Alessandro  Volta,  also  an  Italian,  an- 
iiounecd  his  dLscovery  of  the  “  voltaic  ))llo.” 
The  discover}’  of  glass-making  was  erfected  by 
seeing  the  sand  vlirltled  upon  which  a  lire  had 
becu  Idnclled, 
Blaneourt  says  that  the  unking  of  platc-glas.s 
w.as  suggested  by  tlie  fact  of  a  workin:i.n  happen¬ 
ing  to  break  a  criiclblo  Hlled  with  meltod  glass. 
Tlielluld  ran  under  one  of  the  large  lUg-stones 
with  which  tho  door  was  paved,  tin  i-ulslrig  tho 
stone  to  recover  the  glass,  It  was  found  In  the 
lorm  of  a  plaie,  such  as  could  not  be  produced  by 
the  ordinary  process  or  blowing. 
Glass  pearls,  though  auioug  tho  most  beautiful, 
Inoxpeuslvo  and  common  ornaments  worn  by  the 
ladles,  are  producod  by  a  very  singular  jiiocess. 
In  lusr,  a  Veiietliiii  named  .f.-iquin  discovered  that 
tho  scales  of  a  fish  called  bleak-fish  possessed  the 
property  of  communicating  a  peni  l}  )mo  to  the 
wator.  Hu  found  by  experimenting  that  heads 
(lipped  inui  IhlK  water  iutsumed,  when  dried,  tho 
aijpeacatico  of  peurLs.  It  proved,  however,  Uiat 
the  p(2arly  coat,  when  placed  ouihlde,  was  easily 
rubbed  off;  and  the  ne,xt  Improvemniit  wa.s  to 
make  tho  beads  lioUow.  Tho  making  of  these 
beads  Is  carried  on  to  Mils  day  in  \ Cnlce.  The 
beails  art}  all  blown  sepai’ateiy.  Byraoan.soia 
small  tube,  the  lusldos  are  delloat.oly  coared  with 
tho  pearly  llqiihl,  and  a  wa.xcd  coating  Is  placed 
over  that.  It  requires  tho  stales  of  tour  thousand 
tl.sh  to  produce  half  a  pint  of  the  Ihpild,  to  which 
a  small  quantity  of  sal-ammoniac  and  LslughiSB  arc 
afterward  adtU^d. 
Lundy  Kriot,  tho  oidcbratod  snutV  manufaclurcr, 
originally  kept  a  small  tobacconist  shop  ut  Lime¬ 
rick.  tJiie  night  Ills  house,  wldoJi  was  unlusurocL 
was  burned  to  the  ground.  As  ho  contemplatod 
the  smoking  ruins  on  the  following  morning  in  a 
state  bijrdorlog  on  desiiair,  sunu}  of  Mio  p(K)ror 
neighbors,  groping  among  tlie  eiuber.s  for  what 
they  could  ilmi,  at  imibled  uprju  :serveral  canisters 
of  unconsumed  hut  lialf-lmked  snuff,  which  they 
Irn.'d,  anil  found  so  jileasani,  w  their  noses  that 
they  soon  loaded  ihcir  waistcoat  jioe.kets  with  It. 
Lundy  Foot,,  aroused  from  Ids  stupor,  Imitated 
Lholr  examplo  aud  took  a  pinch  of  his  own  proii- 
erty,  wliou  h(}  was  struck  by  Mie  sup(}rlor  pun¬ 
gency  and  iLavor  ti  h<id  aoiiuircd  from  the  great, 
heat  to  which  It  h.ad  boon  ft.xposed.  AeUng  upon 
Mic  hlut,  he  Wok  another  house  in  a  place  called 
Black  Yard,  erected  ovens  und  set  about  the 
manufacturo  of  that  high-dried  eoiiuuodlly  which 
soon  becamo  widely  known  as  Islaek-Yard  Bnuff. 
Eventually  he  took  a  larger  Imuso  In  Dublin,  and 
making  JiLs  customers  pay  litoraliy  Uirougli  the 
no-se,  amassed  a  great  fortune  by  having  heen 
ruined.— OH  re/'  Oidic, 
