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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-18
ROMANCE AND REALITY AT oRRs ISLAND

Meanwhile tbe Lousehoider with whom Middleton
put up at OrT's Island az n boarder would nave
charged him ~ by the week Tor TINS accOniinoua
ton had he remained so long. That the price might
not seem eXtrayagant, however, 1t was explained
that this would include some rowing ana salilng
In some respects 1t eXtravagant ana he derived
an impression of an unhygenic style OF diet among
the islanders which further experience ala not al
together dissIpate. The landlord went away WIN
hoe one evening, and was seen dark n9ure aidr on
the mud flats of the cove IN which lay me TWO an,
Gent huls. digging what he called " mess
To this standard may be, he returned with what lie
called - only half a mess. Tbs, WIN heavy dough
biscuits, tea without milk three kinds of cake,
stewed peaches and stewed prunes constituted tho
bill OF fare for the next mOiulngs breakfast. .
Middleton, in falling naturally upon the topic OF
Mrs Stoves look. obtained valuable insight into
insular methods OF criticism fer the work OF fctlon
If did not appear that she had paid the population
so acceptable compliment as might be lInaglnei.
They were rather disposed TO resent a wllful mis-
representation Of them. lie gathered that they ne
Iieycd that the novel should conne itself strictly
to line OF event which had actually happened
"Yis." said one mterlocutor, severely, there's
good deal of noyil about that. There never was 20
such folks, and no such talkln felix's. There amt
no caves and no smusSlcrs. Ny bruther-'n-law's
farms been alongside o, Longs Cove for nifty year
and he never sOr 'em. They couldn't get IN. nat :
moie smugglers couldn't; there amt water 30 foat
em. There wa'nt 10 such wreck-aJ least the snip
Hanover was lost some such way over to the mouth
of the Kennebec but sue had to go'n' plaster 1t
onto us and there amt sense i'll II. Tie capnS
wife she didn't die o. fright either, cause seen her
not over year'n' Il half ago"
/ be young lady who made the inspired rag mats
in tIe same way had read the book, because she
lived in the place but she must say Aud al
though she did not say. il was p Qn TO be seen that
If she had said the judgment would not have been
more favorable. bluff old gentleman. on the other
hand really venerable and picturesque figure, who
was SAID BY popular report to be thrCap'n Pennel
of tho narrative, though lamenting that people
Shout come from the West, and even from . Can
edy, >" and give themselves unnecessary trouble III
hunting for caverns that existed, and cut the
l,apl M is .rtIif UpllNelpU
opinion in rebuttaI that had the roundness and
completeness of an apothegm.
g Ou don't want TO inquire TO clost inter Il good
story. tell EN-" he said it's certIn to spile IT,"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-18

family are prepared to become the nnsd and
noble husbands family Calls are eAcna"pcu, ga
noIiteness is shown to the transatlantic peopc-a
nojiteuess that il unexceptonable. Inc hue,io',m'
wait for that expansion which usually prsccucs IL
tImocy and az they wait, discover tnao nv e. ~
made Countess is being gradually wituuraMn aio,
them that she is surrounded. aud that oaI III
be,uo erected between her and them III ~, NJ"
the PARENTS learn that they have server 81 The
TO what they considered higher soc'aI n,ie' "a 20
relatives of the new husband have vrtuaIIV ss ~
him =" Your w,fe is now one of ms. and we recelve
her. but You have not married ner rcia'''e''
draw the line there" 80, -. ,o+,rai
Tho young American woman. with the na.at1 ast
affection which belongs to her sex, may pIo...s'
against this virtual separation from ner va" t rha
bur il trained aud amused in such n way tru' '0
"a n rule gradually becomes accustomed I'd u.
The aspiration does not take place at once puo
tbe visits between mother and daughter become
fewer aud then Mt longer intervals until nnouy
rbe mother ceases to enter into the daily lie OF tue
daughter And yet neither the father nor mo,per
can find an net or word In their brief Inirreoufse
with their daughters new reiativeS whLcn the, can
form nosityely nnfrlendly or impote Everything
in onnearance IL smooth aud conventional, ana an
objection is d flicult to hnd: uu,a
The American father chafes under this. He wouid
rather receiy We some act of prOvocaton, give them
niece of his mind and be done with II Dlt tne pro-
Vacation never comes and at last he mas II neon.
sistent with his dignity to hold any intercourse VIII
people who keep han at such distance nhu nc W III
have nothing moro To do win tbeh ne ipotnc,
may still yearn for her daughter, put toe ar0ussu
father viii permit her to make no further Vsits 10
the dauehters house then, only once IN Iopg
while the Countess comes to than. mas ~ Droueht
about what the husband and his family nave ueS'e'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-18
FITZ.GREENE HALLECK.
rrou GouarPs Renaissance, nor fra published IN
' Ltpptncou. .

From oouares Renaissance, no9 fr" published in
,.. ,ossinr q Roman Catholic Church in New
yort seeing the doors open and throngs OF people
nressnQ ill., | stepped inside TO see wat coul1 see.
I had not well got inside when Deneld fltz<'
Greene Haleck standing uncovered WIN re'eren-
t;aI att,tude among the crowd OF unsDOrn and un-
washed worshippers. j remained till saw NM
laaye In doinp so he made courteous DOW. as Is
the polite custom of the humpies' Vi '"e'e peopi"
on taking their departure. :. .,..
On the the subject of compliments PAID nm Tor
noeticaI talents, Mr.. Halleck once SAID 10 me-
On a warm day IN summer young u na, o s',e
info the Office with a cOuntenance gioWhV WIN
ordor innocence and honesty, ana MS eyes Dsaul-
ing with enthusiasm. said he is VT: nailecS
TO be found here | answered III the amtmauve
Cont,nued he with evidently increased emotion:
.Coud see him p You see him now, replied.
He grasped me by the hand with hearty vigorous
ness that added To my conviction Oh MS sincerity;
Said he: am happy most happy. III having had
the pleasure at last of seeing one whose poems
have afforded me no ordinary Qratiicaton ana de-
light | have longed to see you, ana ! raye
dreamt that have seen you Dut now OenUar sD va
evcri have come eleven hundred miles, iIom inc
banks of the Miami in Ono mainly iof tnat punr, ,
pose and have been compensated iot NV P pans;
Mr. HalecK told me that he had Deeh soiiclte9
to write a life of his early and beloved friend
Drake But" said he, " did not W ell see now
could grant such request; had no lever Tor my
fucrun. What could l say ao4us o''f f wi noons
studied pharmacy, dissection written rev poems,
and then left the scene OF action had no mater
ial aud o mere meaningless euloey "ouiu na'e
been ont of the question" . , 49, 4,
low the m.diun height and well bullt III waking
he had a rather slow and shutlilng gam, us IL some
thing afflicted his feet noriu. piahu uu pIhIg III
countenance; 4 bright gray eye; was remai AaDy
pIeasant and courteous IN conversation, ana, az =
natural consequence much beloved Nv On VINO nau
the pleasure of his acquaintance. Due 70 'iaS
hullfancy In conversation which some OF MS al
nirers have been pleased to attribute 10 him III my
oplulon, he could lay no claim.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-18
MIR. G. j. HOLYOAKE ON AMERICAN INTER
VIEWING.
From The Nineteenth century.

There Is no appointment on the press TO be more
coveted than that of being interviewer Il great
journal. the art OF Intervening Is not yet devel-
opnd and systcInatized us IT might be- Were | asked
hat is the beginning OF wkdomT should an
swer-" Ii is the art OF asking questions" The
world has had but one master Of the arr. and So
crates has had successor. VITA foolish queS-
tionng most persons are famllar-wlSe questioning
is ncg ected study. The first interviewer who did
the honor to call upon me ar the holman House
in New-York, represented a Democratic paper of
acknowledged position; being IA stranger TO the
operation of interviewing. / first interviewed the
Interviewer and put to HIM more questions than he
nut TO me. When came TO read his report all my
part in the proceedings recOunted was left out. He
10 doubt knew best what would interest the readers
of the Journal he represented. Itold HIM that an
English gentleman OF political fepute was inter-
eSted IN an American enterprise. and had asked me
TO 70 to North Alabama with a view to Judge OF Its
fitness for certain emigrants / put the question to
hun whether IN the South generally 1t mattered
what an emigIants political views were. II he was
personally an addition 10 the industrial force
and property of the place. observing incidentally
that saw somebody had jusC shot a doctor through
the back who had decided views about something.
His answer has never passed from my memory. IT
was this "Well. If a man will make his Opinions
promi Dent, what can he eApectT answered, that
might he rather hard on me, since though might
not make my opinlors prominent" they might be-
thought noticeable, aud censor with n Deirnger
might not discriminate IN my favor.
NO doubt the rapidlty OF my chatter upon strange
topics did confuse some lntervlewers. Now and
then read a report OF an interview, and did not
know that II related to me until | read the title OF
II. one day met II wandering English gentleman,
who had just read an Interview with me, when he
excIai med. My dear HoIyoakc how could you say
that = when | answered, my dear Nerdantson
how could YOU suppose | ever did say 1t r When
in remote cities fell IN with iutervewers who
were quite unfamiliar with my ways of thought
and speech, tried the experiment of saying ex-
actIy the opposite of what meant. To MY doigAt
next day found 1t had got turned upside down III
the writer's mind, aud came out exactly right. But
| had to be careful with whom | did this Tor most
iutervie wers were very shrcwd and skiitul, and
put me uuder great obligations Tor their rendering
of what said. If English press writer's in
terviewed visitors from "A country unfamiliar to
them they would make as many misconceptions as
are ever met with In America. have never known
but two men. not EnglIsumen--Mazzin and Mr. G..
w. Smaley, the London correspondent OF THE
NEw-YoRK IRIBUSs-who understood public affairs
in England as we understand them ourselves Even
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-18
Lonis Blanc is hardly their eqna. though rival
IN that rare art
THE WESTERN MAN.

Charies DUdieD Warner IL scrtbner .
To the Western man life Is evidently worth living
for itsef. Never before did man have 50 many so
liciations to develop himself IN 1t freely. But I'M
less human nature is changed, no material success
can long satisfy him. am not saving mat western
civiizatr has been irreligous Par from IT, We
are making an observation Of the future under the
new conditions we have named. we are speeulat-
ing upon the prodieIous development close az hand'
which already has III ii SO much hunger Tor the ma
teral. much sceptcism OF the SUPERNATURAL. SO
much tendency to abate the Importance OF hstori-
cal Christianity. is the Western man going TO
make the experiment Of q new sort of culture, say
Of art which shall take the place OF religion worn
outf Has he notion that c0nservatorles OF music,
academies of painting. decorating aud wood-cary-
iuR habits Of refinement and polite livIng. Inlti-
gated by systematlzed charities IN place OF faith IN
the unseen. will keep his society sweet aud strongf
There are indications. here and there ~ more than
one great city, Of an attempt 10 build society upon
a gospel of culture shored up by a philosophy OF
negstons 10 ssni 90 ART using ~
Ouesfior-Who made your
Answer-I don't know.
And ending with:
O-What IL your destinyf
Al don't know
,,:,,. saii no,h;no If manners. or the contrasts
of the manners of Europe aud America winch are the
theme of 40 much of our recent literature, not pc
cause under-valuo the interest OF the matter, bnt
il fails TO assume comparative Importance IN inc
nresence of things more vital We know that self
Insertion and certain "bumptlousness OF position
90 along with circumstances ana newness OF
nosition Good manners are called the maj hover
of civilization some say they are the Sign Of Its de-
cav. Much depends upon race, no doup'' Inc pol
isI;no of q nation is a slow process and mystery.
After a thousand years of civilization the typical
Englshman is a chestnut bur the meat Is apt 70 Do
sweet when Won get II, but you are pretty certain TO
prick YOUR fingers in getting it, Perhaps not IN two
thousand years will the Western Man have tue nigh
breeding of the desert Arab. the social pYish OF tina
Turk Perhaps never For the conditions mere arc
new under which manners are to be formed. new
moi only in the absence of the traditions Of caste,
chvaIries ceremonias, but new III tile ADDITION os
the dogma of equality.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-18
MARRYING A TITLE.


The women members of the household are i'll such
n state of beatiiic hope, usually. that they would
az soon think of haggng with 1t. Peter about the
price af admission within the Celestial gates as to
challenge that demanded Oy the noble groom for
opening unto them the portals of the new world to
which il Is his privilege To belong.
After the marriage contamination. the American
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-18
Nor Hrs FAulr.-Old Uncle Nose can be tn,

most solemn Oil darkey on Galveston Island when
there il occasion for IT. Yesterday he caught little
fn,.k-au uiOasses co0red inp toddling out Of his
gurdeu with his biggest watermelon. Grayey relieving
the lighi-cOm pie cild OF his burden. the Old
man. win longer than his arm, said to The weep
Ing boy: &" Tliut your fault, sonny " Your muddor
don't know muffin bout Ons OF dc ten Commandment,
sue amt much liable teach de rest OF en-
IGalyostOn News
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-18
IPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINE
FOR AUGUST.
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Morning journal and courier., 1880-04-23
That Same Old Rooster.

Our readers will remember the story we told few weeks ago of 8 savage old rooster bent upon killing the once favorite hen Of his flock. Since that time the hen has been closely confined, and the rooster, a dozen her by endeaVoring to peck her through the bars of the coop. The experiment was tried of piastering the hens head and neck with q mixture of lard and pepper, with the hope that mouthful of the stuff might persuade the rooster to give up his murderous idea. The instant the handsome white Leghorn was set at liberty the old rooster, who had been watching things, flew at her savageIy and this time the hen ran for dear life; but the rooster caught her, and at the first peck got his mouth well filed with lard and pepper. This dsconcerted him little, and the hen broke from him and flew upon shed. The rooster eyed her for moment, as she stood on her elevated perch, when the big, clumsy old fellow spread his wings, and after quite struggle gained the point, and the hen flew to the ground followed by her persecutor In few moments the hen was cornered and re- gerdless of the pepper plaster the revenge full masculine commenced to tear open the scalp with his sharp pointed bill. By Lis weight he crushed her down and stood upon one of her wings and there he held her in spite of her attempts to break away. The owner of the hen, seeing that the old rooster was still determined to kill her, took her away from the flock and gave her to friend, where sine Is treated by the monarch of the barn-yard with all the courtesy due to her age and sex. Her persecu.or treats all other hens with due respect,
Morning journal and courier., 1880-04-23

De Lesseps' motto, according to Puck: ] came, I saw, went. A Dark Enigma-Why Is a door like col ored woman? Because it's an egress.
 The mathsmatician who wished to borrow some cash wrote: 1T will ] 2 ask for 4.''- Steubenvills Herald.
 Cincinnati man calls his visiting mother in-law Resumption, because she has come to stay.-Cincinnafi Gazette.
 Windsor, Conn.,, claims to be 25O years old, and she can prove it by most of her Sunday plug hats.-Detroit Free Press.
 Mistress Bridget, did you hear me call p Bridget-"Yis, mum, but you tould me the other day never to answer you back, and I didn't"
 Atmospherical knowledge is not thoroughly distributed to our schools. A boy being asked ''What is mist?' vaguely responded, ''An umbrella"
 It is probably some satisfaction to mule to know that while he cannot soar as high as the lark, he can sing just as loud, and kick very much sorer.
 He was inclined to be facetious. "What quantities of dried grasses you keep here, Miss Stebbins Nice room for donkey to get into" 'tMake yourself at home" she re- sponded with much gravity.
 young woman recently answered an ad- vertisement for dining-room girl, and the lady of the house seemed pleased with her. But before engaging her there were some questions to ask. Suppose" said the lady ''now, only suppose, understand, that you were carrying 8 piece of steak from the kitchen, and by accident should let it slip from the plate to the floor, what should you do in such caseP" The girl looked the lady square In the eyes for moment before ask
Morning journal and courier., 1880-04-23
To Keep the Hands white.


 ''fhe hand is essentially the instrument of touch, wrote Balzac in his 'PhysioIogie du Marriage" ''Ihe hand having alone executed all man has conceived until now is, in cer- tain way, action itself. The entire amount of our capacity passes through it; the hand transmits life and leaves traces of magnetic power. Nothing, not one of our features can be compared to 1t for the richness of its ex- pression. In word, it presents an inexplic- able phenomenon, which might be termed the incarnation of thought" These lines should suffice to make the marvellous power of a beautiful hand well understood, as also the fact of the necessity of neglecting nothing that might preserve increase this power which nothing can replace. The whiteness and fineness of the skin forms the principal beauty of the hand. Put fifty grammes of bitter almonds into boiling water, so as to be able to take of their skins easily; let them dry, and then pound them in mortar. Pound separately thirty grammes of cherry buds, ,au equal amount of orris root and starch. Mix these powders with the blanched almonds; add the yolks of four eggs to this and mix it again, wetting this paste with two hundred grammes of alcohol and twenty drops of es- sence. Warm this mixture over slow fire, stirring it in dry place, in order that it may become sufficiently dry to be reduced to powder You can use this powder to wash your hands, but it is better 10 employ it dry and to rub the hands with it night and morn ing which will give the skin all the whiteness and softness that it is possible for it to ac- quire. I can also be used to make wrinkles disappear.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-04-23
"Success With Small Frufts.p


 | Formerly the blackberry was regarded as merely bramble in this country. It is still | quite generally so regarded. When a man l gets to thinking it is not bramble, all he has | to do is go waltz around in healthy patch, with nothing on him but cotton shirt and 8 pair of tow trousers, and he will come out re- stored to the faith of his fathers. The great | est enemy the blackberry has, is boys. Five boys, from town, can eat more green black | berries in day than would ripen in week. For many years the great desideratum has been a hardy berry that could resist the pre- | mature onslaught of boys from town. It is great desideratum still. The Schneider, 0 variety that was invented by an Iowa horti- culturist, is the nearest approach to it. It is bred from a perfectly green persimmon cross ed with dogwood tree, and still further propagated with 8 hybrid of wormwood bush and wild crabappIe. It is not lperfect de- l fense, but there are very few boys who care to eat more than @ quart of them. Nobody else, however, can go past the field where the Schneider is growing, without being attacked by Asiatic cholera, and this tends to weaken the partial success this hardy berry has achieved. Then there is a buzz do not know the name of it-that crawls over the berries now and then. When you eat ber- ry that has been glorifed by visit from this bug, you lie down in the briars and pray heav- en to take you home in just about three sec- onds. And if you live, you can wake up in the night, along in the middle of next win ter, and shudder as you taste of that berry.
 When your blackkerries grow too thickly you will want to thin them out. To this end you must kill some of them. This can be done by digging well where the plant standsi then turn the farm upside down and let it dry out thoroughly for couple of years, then turn it over, upside down, and start & brickyard on the back of it. This will kill off some of the plants. There may be some shorter and cheaper method of killing blackberry vines than this, but have never heard of it and it isn't likely that there is any.
 If you want to devote about forty acres of ground to the cultivation of blackberries, plant about three healthy vines in some corner of the field, about the middle of April. Then about the first of May, the man who owns the farm on the other side of the road will bring civil action against you, and try to col lect damages for destruction of his two fields of wheat by raid of blackberry vines.
 It is not known just at what season of the year blackberries ripen. The blackberry has and never been known to ripen. If the hucksters and boys should all die in June, it is probable that the berries would ripen sometime In July or August. But they have never had chance to sec what they could do at ripening.
 The blackberry is so named, because it is blue, in order to distinguish it from the blue berry, whichis black.