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The Newtown bee., 1881-01-05
Attaching a Water.Xhael.

A correspondent of the New York Euent7lq Post met General B. F. Butler on steamboat on Long Island Sound. The
 correspondent says:
 Who has not heard of General Buffers attaching the water wheels of Lowell mill to briug the millowners to immediate term in his suit to re- cover the wages of an operatiye? It was a good opportunity to ask him if the story was true. Mot bit of it." be replied; but yet it had 8 founda- ton In fact. which is more than the stories told about me generally have. If you will look at it there is an absurdity at the start, for you can't attach real estate-and the water wheel is real es- tate without further process of law. But this is the way it was:
 The mills for convenience pay their operatives quarterly. Now, poor Irish girl rushed into my office one morning in state of great excitement telling me that she was obliged to leave on account of the illness of her mother, and that she could not get her wages. She in- sisted with feminine vehemence on my prosecuting them at once. I told her by the time the suit could be decided the quarter would expire and she could then get her money. But this did not satisfy her. She wanted imme. diate justice. s'Mr. Bntler," she exclaimed, "why don't ye attatch the watther wheelP" Well, well,p re- piled. "you come in at two o'clock and will see iD the meantime what can be done" On her departure I went over to the mill and found out the amount of wages that was due to her. When she returned handed her the money, which took pleasure in advancing, and told her to sign receipt, which she did.
 She gathered it up with alacrity and was so profuse in her exclamations of gratitude that could not get in a word of explanation, and she skipped out of the office with, .'Good for ye Misther Butler; l knew ye'd get it by stopping the watther wheel, didn't I tel! ye so!n
 That is where the water wheel story came from.
The Newtown bee., 1881-01-05
The Winter snow.

Snow to the grasses, snow to the trees, Snow like star showers thrown on the breeze. Snow like white blossoms flung from the skies, Now upward borne on the wild tempests wing, Now melting in the air like foam ou a river, Now swelling the tide of some crystal spring, That flows to the ocean that fioweth forever, Now wreathing its white and beautiful locks Around the bare brows of the surge-beaten
 rocks.
 Now resting awhile on mountainous crest, Now dissolving in dew on the oceans calm
 breast,
 Now sailing aIoft on wild eagles back, Now blinding the course of the mariners track, Now cleaving the skirts of a vaporous cloud Now yelling the earth in a beautiful shroud; Now melting in dew on fair lady's lip, Now slipping where lover might tremble to
 sip,
 Now clasping its hands around her bright hair, Oh, snow, snow, sparkling snow, Herald of misery, hunger and woe, Full many a wretch, mantled in rags, May pillow his head on the pillowless flags; And the shivering beggar may halt in the street And make thy mantle his cold winding sheet; Have mercy, oh, bright and sparkling snow, Havemercy on those who have nowhere to go Oh, fly, fly away on thy white silver wing, And die on the bosom of beautiful spring.
 -John Scott
The Newtown bee., 1881-01-05
The RagpicBers of Paris.

There are in Paris, says an English writer, upward of thirty thousand rag pickers, who form a Community apart, congregating together in "cites," that are hidden away in remote suburbs, rarely explored either by the dwellers in, or visitors to, the capital of pleasure. Through these cites, which are un- pose conducting my readers; but before doing so it will be well perhaps to con- mence with few statistics.
 Thirty thousand men and women trudge tightly through the city streets, seeking in the rubbish and refuse, in the sweepings of the boudoir and the kitchen, the saloon and the scullery, the hospital and the restaurant, daily bread for themselves and their families. This heterogeneous mass, which the fraternity nf ihe hod and crook collect, finds its way eventually to the sorting rooms (of which there are two hundred in Paris) where the street sweepings are sifted ana sorted previous to reapDearing in the world under new forms.
 About 1,G00 men and l0,00O women earn their living in these ateliers, so we have q total of over 60 900 persons employed one way or another in the chiffonier trade. The ragpi ekers are divided into three categories; there are sohS-ihe DourgeolSie, so to say-Who work on their own account. get the highest market price for their wares, and contrive, one day with another, to earn from forty to fifty sous per diem.
 These are looked up to by their col leagues a indepen ent gentlemen and ladies, at the mercy of no hard task master. A second class, lower down on the social ladder, are those who dispose Of their findings at so much ger pound, the good with the bad these find it hard matter to make the proverbial ends meet. And there is yet ano her category of chiffoniers, such as are paid q franc or less per day by the wholesale chiffon merchant, who is generally a thriving person, while his employees are the barefooted outcasts of society.
The Newtown bee., 1881-01-05
A Tale of Love and Sacrifice.
{" But papa"

| put papa-
 "Not another word. I'm wild cat
 when my backs up, and don't you forget it."
 dressed with an elegance that ill., accorded with his evident want of cul- ture. She who had addressed him as ''papa" was fair-haired girl of eighteen summers. Reared on the knee of luxury, l she had never known what it was to have her slightest wish thwarted. Her | father, plumber, was from the nature | of his business, a man of iron will, but he was not devoid of pity or generosity, i as many a debtor whose house and lot he had taken in part payment for fixing the water pipes, letting the balance of the account run along for two months. could testify.
 He had surrounded Cecil. his only child, with all that wealth could pur- chase, looking forward to the time when she would marry the eldest son of Niagara Falls hack man, or some person of fortune commensurate with her own. But she had allowed her heart to be en- snared by the wiles of Cupid, and that morning had asked her sire's consent to her marriage with poor but not proud young man whose agricultural opera tions on the board of trade had not been attended with success. Itwas this request that produced the answer given above.
 Again Cecil pleaded with her parent not to crush the love that blossomed in her heart. The old mans mind went back to the happy days when he had told her mother of his love, and how they commenced life with nothing but strong arms and willing hearts. Placing his tan-like hand on Cecil's shoulder, the old man locked at her tenderly and said: Hook ye, my lass. Yousay you love this man and cannot live without him. Mebbe not. 1 have promised you 8 sealskin sack this winter. Let us test your love. If you become this mans bride shall not buy the sack. In my hand is a check for $500. Tn the wheat pit over on the board of trade is your lover. Which do you chooseP"
 Without raising her head she reached out convulsively for the check.-C Chicago Tribune.
The Newtown bee., 1881-01-05
What My Lover Said.

By the merest chance, in the twilight gloom, In the orchard path he met mo- In the tall wet grass, with it's faint perfume, { And tried to pass, but he made no room. l Oh! tried, but he would not let me. So stood and blusked till the grass grew red, | With my face bent down above it, While he took my hand, as he whispering
 said
 l How the clover lifted each pink, sweet head To listen to all that my lover said!
 Oh! the clover in bloom-I love it! high wet grass went the path to hide, And the low, wet leaves hung over, ] But could not pass on either side, 1 For found myself, when vainly tried, In the arms of my steadfast lover. And he held me there and he raised my head. While he closed the path before me- And he looked down into my ey es and said How the leaves bent down from the bows
 o'erhead,
 To listen to all that my lover said.
 Oh! the leaves hanging lowly OCT me. Had he moved aside but little way could surely then have passed him,
 
 And would not have heard what he had to say, Could only aside have cast him. It was almost dark and the moments sped, And the searching night wind found us; But he drew me nearer and softly said How the pure, sweet wind grew still instead To listen to all that my lover said.
 Oh! the whispering wind around us. [ boI 1. I1aII That l must be all unwilling; For l tried to go, and I would have passed, As the night was come with it's dews at last, And the sky with it's stars was filling; But he clasped me close, when would have
 fled,
 And he made me hear his story, And his soul came out from his lips and said How the stars crept out when the white moon
 led, To listen to all that my lover had said,
 Oh, the moon and stars in glory. know that the grass and the leaves will not And Pm sure that the wind, precious rover, Will carry his secret so safely and we'll qaat no being shall ever discover One word of the many that rapidly fell From the eager lips of my lover. And the moon and thestars that looked over Shall never reveal what iairy-like spell They wove round about us that night in the
 dell, In the path through the dew-laden clover; Nor echo the whispers that made my heart
 swell As they fell from the lips of my lover
The Newtown bee., 1881-01-05
Albanian EOspitaiify.

Athol Mayhew has an interesting
 article in Scrs6ner called .'In Albani a With the Ghegs," from which we make this extract:
 The hospitality of the house that gave
 us shelter was uEbounded. Small
 trees were heaped upon the fire in the
 center of the floor, and scarcely were
 we seated by the ruddy glow which
 centered around 8 circle of smiling
 faces, than there was a sound without as
 of the strangulatiOn of hen. Presently
 some men entered bearing a newly
 slaughtered sheep, still warm and
 dressed entire, with huge wooden spit
 running throus the steaming carcass
 from head to tail. We smiled approv-
 ingly, and, for lack of language, bowed
 our acknowledgements and calculated
 ss Mir nair :" (good good ) with great
 heartiness; for in Albania the nsssh
 apibataasaa, or sheep roasted whole, is the
 greatest mark of consideration and
 friendship mountaineer can offer his
 guests. Who could describe the orgies
 which followed upon the dismember-
 ment of the naSSh ? We took our food
 alter the primitive custom of the country,
 sitting on the floor and using one hand
 for plate and our fingers for knives and
 forks. We swallowed Jumps of tepid mutton-fat, and washed them down
 with draughts Of a peculiar home-brew which tasted like rancid mead. Then we had course of hot lard and honey cakes, followed by an entree of sheep's kidneys Next 8 big gourd full of raki was put into circulation. and once again we returned to our mutton. But it was fearfully trying work, and after an hour or so of persistent muttonizing I tried to felgn sleep as the only possible es- hod r closed my eyes, however, when our host pressed 8 warm Sheep's-trotter into my reluctant hand, with a reproachful ges- ture which said too plainly, reyenosas 'aos motions! During all this feasting the women-folk sat apart in corner of the cabin. twirling yarn from their dis tails, and ever and anon casting anxious gIances at the rapidly disappearing meat. Late in the night, when the '3sssh tpsl5stGf1rs was almost exhausted, and we had coiled ourselves up like | satiated boa constrictors under our blan- 1 kets. they were permitted to sup upon our broken victuals; for not even in the 1 in Albania are the women | permitted to join their lords in the l pleasures of the table. For want of any | other accommodation we slept that night | where we had supped--upon the hocf, | with our toes toasting at the embers of | the fire, and our heads pillowed on our | saddle bags. But before I was waited | into the land of Nod l saw one of the still picking at 8 blade bone of mutton, and when it was per- Eectly clean he held it up to the light of | .he fire. and, according to the invariable I custom of the country, began to explain aloud to group of eager listeners the | prophetic pictures which every moun- ,aineer believes are to be traced in the | portions of the bone.
The Newtown bee., 1881-01-05
EaShinn ESnciea.

The Bolero is the name ot new hat of the Spanish shape.
 Dress caps of spangled illusion are worn by young married ladies.
 Combs, if worn at all, are now placed low on the left side of the head.
 Butterfly bows Of ribbon are scattered all over the new lace muffs.
 The Japanese fashion. of arranging the hair IS to come next, 1t IS said.
 Silk dresses are not very dear since Lyons satin became fashionable.
 A little circle of fringe is sometimes placed around ornamental buttons.
 Six plaitines of different colors are used to trim some black velvet skirts.
 Englishwomen think that serge makes ----7G ---z-- -4,1,,a,s 61s sslI VI csttnerS.
 Gold bracelets are worn outside the sleeve above the elbow--by some women.
 White plush is the newest trimming for bridal robes. It is becoming and stately in effect.
 House dresses are made to ft rather tighter than last winter, and no longer suggest dressing gowns.
 Sicilienne and brocade, in pale colors. are the taYorite materials for young ladies evening uresses. Shell jewelry is fast going out of fash- ion, and the imitation of it is bought by the very few persons who wish to wear it. ,-
 Red plush bonnets, Mother Hubbard cloaks and lace-trimmed muffs make up the uniform of the London ladies nowa- days.
 Chatelaine bagssare worn far back on the left side now. Those which accom- pany street costumes have stiff lining. Those meant for house wear are limp.
 Fringes, having each strand finished with a jet ball, are used to trim satin dresses.
 Tight sleeves are sometimes left open at the wrist and finished by bead fringe.
The Newtown bee., 1881-01-05

A greatNwag The dog's caudal ap- pendage Wdterlo3 O6scyScr, ns''
The Newtown bee., 1881-01-05

The average life of unimpregnated railway ties on the German and Austrian roao.s has been found to be as follows: For oak ties, l3.6 years; fir, 7.2; pine, 5.l; beech, 5, The average life of ties impregnated in judicious manner with creosote or chloride of zinc, under a powerful pressure, reaches: For oak ties. l9 years; iir, IA to Is; pine, 8 to 10; beech. Is to l6- The average life of 63l, 34l pine ties, on thirteen German railroads, impregnated according to various systems, is calculated at some fourteen years, which may be consid- cred very fair showing.
The Newtown bee., 1881-01-05

If a person of fair complexion exposes himself to the electric light for some time in examining the action of lamps, symptoms of. sun burn even in mid- winter, and he will develop freckles O. his countenance as quickly as when he goes about unprotected by 5 sun- umbrella in midsummer.
The Newtown bee., 1881-01-05
The Health of Cities.

Statistics compiled by the national board of health show that for the year ending October 31, 1880. tho more i'm poIIanI cIties of the world rank as fol- lows in comparative healthfulness. The death rate shows the number of deaths 10 eacn l,0OO persons during the year:
The Newtown bee., 1881-01-05
FOR THE FAIR SEX.
Gladstone's Daughter.

Miss Helena Gladstone, a young daughter of the prime minister of Eng land, is causing quite a sensation in Eng land and on the continent by the Ill oral courage developed in her recent deter imitation to enter an active and useful career, and give to the young women of gland 8 very, noble example. A London correspondent of the lead ing political journal of the con tinent, the Belgian Iaadependsnt, announces that this young lady has passed her examination, and now re- turns to Newham college to study for the position of preceptress in that insti- tuition. The idea of the daughter of the prime minister becoming teacher, or, as some other authorities state, secretary and active agent, is something so new to the aristocratic feminine word of Eu- rope that it is making an "epoch," as they say.
The Newtown bee., 1881-01-05
Prices or Fua's,

A New York paper says: Sealskin sacks come from S75 to $300. Dol mans made of this fur are very expen- sive. The prices run from $500 to $575.
 A huff, with collar or boa to match, will cost from $2O to $75. Caps of seal are from S6 to S25 and hats are from SIP to S25. Fur-lined garments come at various prices, all depending on the quality of silks used. Circulars cost from SEQ to Sl0O. A Princess" fur lined sack will come to S60 and all the way up to Sl30. A handsome s1ck made of Sicillienne silk and lined with the "entire fur" of the squirrel are valued from $50 to S100. A chin chilia set can be had for S25 up to $50. A muff and boa of Hudson Bay sable is prized at S75 up to $l25. A set of silver fox fur ranges in price from S75 to SI30. A set of sea- otter can be bought for S75 up to SlO0; set of tiger cat for $50. Fur trimmings come in widths from hree-quarters of an inch to one and half inches on the pelt. The chinchilla bands are from S2 to $5 per yard. The genuine silver fox is from $6 to SIS per yard. The Nor was silver fox fur comes much cheaper; it is from 75 cents to S2 per yard. Blue fox costs from $l.25 to S2.50 per yard. Sealskin bands are $3 and upward per yard.
The daily gazette., 1881-10-04
GENERAL NEWS.

Labor appears to be very scarce In
portions OF Canada. On Sunday agent
of phosphate mining company stood
at the doors of the Catholic churches in
Hull, Ontaria, and offered "advanced
rates" for two hundred men 10 work In
their mines.
1t is reported in Lawrence, Massschu-
setts, that large deficit has been dis
covered in the funds of the Pawtucket
Navigation Company of that city, of
which General b. F. Butler aud K. NJ.
Boynton are The principal controllers.
The Ottawa Free Press claims that
Wrangel Land, in the Arctic Ocean, re-
Gently taken poss 'sios OF by Lieutenant
Hooper, for the United States, is really
part of the Canadian Dominion, ait
having been formally transferred by the
British Government during Mr.. Mac
kenzie's regime"
A violent storm OF wind and rain did
great damage III Knox county, Ohio, on
Sunday. Fences and shocks Of corn
were blown away, and number vi
dwellings were damaged and destroyed
Three women OF party returning from
chuEch near Danviile. were drowned
while crossing stream which was
swollen by the storm.
Henry J. Rawley, "polltlcal cr-nk, ;
OF Utica, acknowledges that he wrote
letter TO man named Johnson, in New
York, which gave rise to rumor of
plot 10 assassiuate ex-senator Conkling
Rawley denies that he threatened I,
shoot Conkling, "but thinks that the
world would be better off withou
GonkIing." The Uticans consider Raw
ley harmless crank.
The disease called "piDk.eyen prevail
among The horses in tue Ottawa Valley
Ontario.
Captain Meyer, OF the German
schooner Plenix, at Callao, reports the
discovery OF an island, in latitude 7.4e
south, longitude As west, about lOl
miles west of Punta Agujs, the nearest
aud. II is mlle long By mile wide
about 30 leet in elevatio at the highest
part, and Of volcanic origin. The b ltisl
war ship Kinetisher, U. 5. ste anne
Alaska, anu Chilian transport Gail
have gone TO verify the discovery.
The daily gazette., 1881-10-04
BAYARD FOR PRESIDENT PRO
---. TEN.
Democratic Senatorial Caucus 20
be III cid ehi% Week.


WASHINGTON, October g. 1t is
the intention of the Democratic
senators to hold a conference some
time in the latter par of this week
preliminary to the caucus which is
to be held. The De,noccatic sena-
tors will all be here, unless accident
prevents, with the exception of Fair
and possibly Slater. The general
impres, ION te>day is that they will
nominated Senator Eayard for presi
dent of this Senate, and probably
renominateSerteant,at- -ArmsBright.
There are several candidates for the
vacant cleIkship of the Serate, but none
OF them have had as yet any opportunity
TO mako such canvass as to warrent
any estimate being made as TO their
chances. Some OF the BE nators in the
city are OF The opinion, which Senator
Johnston, vi Virginia. is willing TO be
quoted as holding, that the Democrats
are not only entitled to the presidency
O.. the Senate, but also TO all of the Sen,
ate Offices. They are willing to come TO
some understanding with the Republic
cans about the committees, but are will
Ing to yield no more than this. Senator
Hill, of Georgia, who has been under
medical treatment at the jefferson Hos
pital in Philadelphia, will arrive here
TO morrow to take part in the organiza-
tion of the Senate. His health Is fully
restored.
The daily gazette., 1881-10-04
summary.

The Rhode Island Legislature will
to-day ballot for United States Sena-
tor to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of General Burnside.
The Grand Jury in the District OF
Columbia had the case of Guiteau un"
der consideration yesterday and q
number of witnesses examined.
At Bellefontaine, Ohio, the exami-
nation in the Whitmore alleged wife
poisoning case resulted in almost posi-
tivs proof of the prisoners guilt.
Soldiers sent out from Wilcox, Ari-
zona, to repair the telegraph line be-
tween Forts Grant and Thomas were
attacked by Indians, who killed two
of their number. Reports state that
our troops are now fighting the hos
tiles. $780,.
AT Frewsburg, n. Y, Sunday night,
burglars were entering the store of
Edward Young, when one of them
was accidentally fatally shot by one of
his associates. He refused 10 disc clos Sc
his name or those of his companions,
who escaped.
The daily gazette., 1881-10-04
Linseed OIL works Des, royed

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 1.-Early this
morning flames suddenly burst from tue
north end OF the liDseed oil works OF
Grove x Brother, two story brick
building situated at Greenwich Point ,on
the Delaware river, and In ten minutes
the entire structure W IS mass of fire.
Three railroads cars standing on a sid.
Ing loaded with oil In barrels were
quickly consumed. The butni lg oil then
reached an enormous tank with capa-
city OF %, 600 bushels liuseed, and this
was soon ablaz I, lighting up the sky for
miles around. The l)ss is ertimated at
from $4,000 to $50, 90 }, though the pro-
prietors refuse to give any information
with regard to their l,ss or insurance.
The storehouse was "a gad.
The daily gazette., 1881-10-04
The Michigan Sufferers

The following subscriptions have been
made at the First NatioGsl Bank, for the
benefit OF the Michigan sufferers:
Mary Belts, $50; Edward Belts, 500:
Lydia Seal, $40, Diamond State Iron
Company, 500, Allen Gawthrop, SIS,
william Lawton, S., ID. James $40,
Annie III. Cooch s., Robert. M. CauJley
$l0 Cash, 30 cents Mrs. Gulielma How
land $l9 Charles w, Gouert So George
w. Bush $40, Cost Sc WM Candy, sic
William Boster IS w M Parkin $iO w
Jones $50 Girls High School No. / $780,
30, Il Greeley Knowles from citizens OF
Newa.k $50 90, N Gookin So, Mrs r a
$40 Thomas W NJ Cleary $40 Margaret
II Hilles &2b L G Kent $5 L l. Rice SIC
from lady S5,from lady S5, Crosby &
Hili, x25; Daniel Goskin, 81; Total,
The daily gazette., 1881-10-04
LORILLARD,s DAY.


HIS Horses Win the Four rsr.,
Races ~ Jerome Park ON N.s.r.
day.
New YORK, Oct. 2.--Of all tbe br,,
liant triumphs that MIR. Pierre Loril-
lard's horses have won this year none
will afford him aud those connected
with his stable more pleasure than the
success the stable had at Jerome Park
yesterday first regular day of the
autumn meeting. For the stable 10
win two and sometimes three races in
one day was not uncommon some
years ago, before the pick OF the lot
was sent to England, bat 1t yesterday
won the first four races ou the cards
beginning with purse race for which
Sly Dance beat Thera aud Monitor. The
next two were stakes--one the Nurs sry.
for 2year-olds, which Wyoming won:
the other the Jerome, which Barrett
won, while the fourth was the famous
Manhattan handicap, IN which Parole
made the days honors complete BY
winning handsomely.