WEEKLY EDITION WIXNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1882. ESTABLISHED Df 1844. ^ ^
DO ft Kind Act When Yoa Cam
Jffo rata can be quite independent?
Though he be a prince in the land,
~"h* mast lear on his humbie attendant,
Si J And pay for the work of his hand.
^ y <God fixed no grand titles on any,
J Except the proud title of man;
'.Then let your heart favor the many,
Bp And doakind act when yoa can.
"We ?re ch3dren of one common mother;
rntj maaiuu u ui uuo wunmuu u^viu,
!Xh? poor man is as surely your brother
As the man who has millions in gold.
'JThen. treat all alike the deserving?
The Savior himself used this plan?
'.Whether served by your a righbor or serving
Always do a kind act when you can.
' The poor have their trials and troubles,
And even the rich have their cares,
A good deed by either ennobles,
And the product humanity shares.
Th? wcild would be better and purer
If the demon of pride we could ban;
.And brotherhood's bond would be surer?
.8? do*'kind act when you can.
TOM'S EXPERIENCE.
k "One of these affairs, you know,
^ rfcilted over the face just sufficiently to
: throw a most becoming shadow
over the eyes, making them look like
violetj on a shady bank; and golden
brown hair, sir, streaming on the wind;
and such an innocent baby-face, like
k on? of Raphael's cherubs! Jove! a girl
" worth looking after, I assure you!"
The weather was too warm to do more
than stare languidly at Tom's excited
f countenance ; but, fortnnately he was
too much interested in his theme to be
as exigeant as he generally is, so he
juxsepted the stare as sufficient token of
interest on the p&tfc of ins attacked
friend?myself?and straightway pr
*seected:
x ^She's with an old lady in a b /own
Sront and spectacles, and a set o ^ teeth
?false, you know?and no od.q knows
-who they are; and she walJis on t^e
l ; sands every morning quite early, ^thAr
.out the lady with the front, and g^e
y. :as my name's Tom Iiatimer, manag6
an introduction."
Here I found energy sr^fficient to say,
"What about G odine f in a tone replete
with that ele gant sarcasm for which I
am noted, b~jt w^jch, curiously enough,
> Tom never appreciates as it deserves.
& He no*v obliged the company?myself
;/ *nd a lfjm'jn-coicred setter?with one or
two {ctw ;ki?
? - ? UUUU^U J-LICZX^gCfcLLV, CALICOsions,
bearing reference firstly to me,
*nd Tjecondly to Godine. Godine was
%bs 7iast damsel to whom he had whised
vows cf love.
The weather, as I have said, was ex^oessively
warm, and Tom is extremely
tall, with well-developed biceps, so the
: resentment which, under the circumg*
stances, I might have cherished was
wanting; and with the eye of an injured
yet forgiving friend, t watched him as
he stalked to the mirror and commenced
? critical examination of his Grecian
features and elaborate neckties an operftiinn
Tlrt RYi Anf: W'co *an ninnfoo in
- Then, whistling to the lemon-colored
J setter, and arming himself with his cane
} and gloves, and without so much as
* deigsicg a glance toward my loungingirftrsir,
he made his exit from the apartnneKt,
leaving me to the enjoyment of
soay dolce far nienfce, disturbed by no
mrions of violet eyes and golden hair,
?or, in fact, anything but a pleasing
;jet melancholy remembrance of the
- -canvas backed ducks and..chablis I had
re for do- we not feel regret
Hp,!* for the good that is passed ?
I am not of an active habit of body,
bat I am the fortunate possessor of
that j9wel, rare ut my time of life?a
good appetite?"to retain which I court
tKc Vi-^Q^rrao Vwoo.fr fa.o6
jk and it waa during my constitutional the I
a .following day that I next caught sight.
of Toca^ the lemon-colored setter and
L the seek tie, and at the same time of a
flbejjfcerdess hat, a floating cloud of
gaW.en hair, a pair of bine eyes, and the
^wiritest, fattest and wooliest poodle it
fay* ever been my fate to see.
__ The shepherdess hat was leading the
-poodle by a bine ribbon with one hand,
*cSy, while the other held a book, on the
pages of which the bine eyes were downV
cast, of course utterly unconscious of
Tom, who was walking some twenty
r yards behind, diligently sucking the
handle of his cane, and as diligently
staring afe a back view of the shepherdkess
hat?black, trimmed with crimson
loses?the golden hair and the daintiest
little waist, round which a blue moire
Jr belt was ever fastened, and the neatest j
loot ever buttoned up in a kid bottines
With mother-of-pearl buttons.
It is needless to say that, as the hat
"Was absorbed in her book, and Tom in
the contemplation of the fair student,
\ neither of them observed me; and,
knowing from experience how conduW
dye to a hearty appetite a little mild exr
caWment is, I slipped behind a convenieet
rook, in order to watch Tom's proceedings
at my leisure.
They sauntered quietly on for a few
paces further, and this little tale migh
, never lave been indited by my graceful
tvMi 4r\y* rm
colored setter.
This sagacious animal had been for
sometime eyeing the apoplectic poodle
* v waddling on in front with divers signs
^ ?of canine ill-will, unobserved by his
.-spellbound owner, and just as its fair
mistress turned a fresh leaf of her book,
with a bloodthirsty 6narl the setter
<dashed at the unoffending poodle, whose
JF -white curls were soon flying in every
P,v direction, as with yelps of defiance and
angaishy they rolled over and over in
tb? soft sand in deadly combat.
j * The vounsr lady screamed frantically.
Bad endeavored to rescue her favorite
J \ 'from the fangs of the setter by shower|WS
ing blows of her white and gold "Dante"
Wp on his yellow back; and at this crisis
Tom sprang to the rescue with uplifted
cane and excited mien, ahd managed to
cc nvey to the setter, per cane and boottoe,
his desire that hostilities should
L ?ease; and, with fervent apologies for
the unpolished behavior of his canine
L ' follower, he placed the gasping poodle
Bbp* in the little gauntleted hands stretched
eagerly to receive him. And what commiseration
the abominable hypocrite
showered on the brute, and didn't they
ZS. eventually walk off together to her
hotel, he carrying the animal and sbe
- i chatting to him gayly and looking np
into his face with snch pretty gratitnde,
ft* while the lamon-oolored setter, with
1^- drooping ears and tail, followed slowly
K r. ? in the rear.
Well, Tom came home to mock at tlie
idea of breakfast and rave of Bertha
Seldon?for such proved to be the lady's
name?and against the charming Godine
H Haughtan, who sat opposite him at
table, and whose black eyes darted
reproacniui nres ?u mm www? uio
Hr tablecloth; for had he not neglected to
ask her for one dance even on the preEl
vions night ?
Friendship should never blind us to
the failings of our friends, and I set
[ down with melancholy regret that Tom
was a notorious flirt. Really, I fell uneasy
when I saw the way he went on
with that little girl; and if it had not
bf been for a habit he had of resenting
what he was pleased to term "imperti?
} nent intrusion," I'd have given him a
mg piece of my mind.
Brst it was noh loner before he awoke !
to a discovery which astonished himself
jp ? as mnch as it did me?viz., that he had
^--aJisart, and that it was in the possesfv4>
sion of the pretty Bertha?a fact he
determined to let her know as speedily
as possible.
"You see," he said to me, "thcragh
my lather is unwise nnongh to contemplate
soasrying again at his time of life,
I'm quite independent; and, as Fm
tolerably sure she likes me, i?hy, old
boy, yon may expect an invitation to
my wedding before lonst."
And he swaggered off, lookir.g like a
handsome, confident pnppy as he was.
There! the fellow provoked me,
thongh I was glad he really intended
marrying the pretty, bine-eyed child,
and not jilting her, as he had half a
score of others.
The very same day who should arrive
at oar hotel but Latimer pere, a hale,
handsome man of middle age, and an
old acquaintance of mine.
We dined together in private, and we
elders gossiped of the place, the people
and the cooking, though more than once
I fancied that cheerful Mr. Latimer wan
more distrait than usual, and several
times I noticed that he cast anxious
glances at Tom's thoughtful countenance.
"By the way," he said, after the
waiter had placed the dessert aiid finally
withdrawn, "neither of you has inquired
my business here."
He looked at Tom, and Tom, rousing
himself, looked at himtlTV^TI
ooi/3 +.Viaf*. WTIT1C cenfcla- I
Dii, ?u-. j ?
man, "people don't come to Newport
on business?at least, not generally?so
it didn't strike me to inquire."
"Well, my boy," said the elder gentleman,
laughing, "I'll give you the
information gratuitously. I have com'
down here for a day to see the ladam
about to marry?Miss Seldom 1
have probably met her." ** ~cm
Tom and I stared at hr ' ,, .
j??*a [sarprise, ^
you too k"^70^110' " earaest'
i yi oourse I am," replied Mr.
I -loatlmar, rising and laughing; "and I'm
off now to pay my respects. Come
! ov<ir in the course of the evening, both
of you."
% AJid while Tom stared blankly after
Mm, he went away.
Tom looked at me and I looked at
him. Tom thrust his hands through
his yellow curls and then into his
trousers-pockets. He then whistled?I
whistled.
"Such a man as that to marry a
brown front find a set of false teeth 1"
ejaculated Tom. "Jove ! sir, I'm struck
dumb I"
In proof of which he became slightly
i orofane.
I do not approve of strong language
?I do of hcck ; so to immolate two
birds with the same stone, I cr'ed:
"In any case let ns drink her health."
After which cheerful resignation came
to Tom, and he was good enough to
say:
"Well, after all, it will be pleasanter
for Bertha and myself than if the
governor had had better taste. I
wonder what enchantments the old
Circe threw around him ?'
******
"I'll tell you what," said Tom, as,
later in the evening, we ascended to
the drawing-room of the bride elect
and her lovely niece, "I'll get Bertha
out for a stroll this lovely moonlight
night, and as sure as fate I'll propose.
It is just the evening for that kind of
thing, especially with those tender,
blue-eyed things. I say, hadn't we
better knock, lest we might interrupt
the love-making."
But I had opened the door, and there
was nothing for it bnt to advance.
Th) room was bnt dimly lighted, yet
sufficiently so to show Miss Seldon, the
aunt, _ s?&t*'l in a distant armchair,
spectacles on nose, the paper, she had
been perusing fallen on her lap, while
a gentle sound, like the snore of a fay,
proclaimed that she was wrapped in
slumber, as was also the poodle lying
at her feet.
Close to the piano stood Mr. Latimer,
bending tenderly ever a little sylph in
white tnllfl: whose briflrht hair floated
over his black coatsieeve, and whose
white fingers were shyly twisting one
of the buttons of said coat?Bertha, in
fact.
They started as the door opened, and !
Bertha would have sprung away, but
his encircling arm detained her.
"Here, Tom!" he called out, "come
and pay your respects to your future
stepmother. She is but a little body, |
but no doubt she'll make yon. a good
one."
"Good evening, Tom," said. Bertha, ,
smiling half-shyly. "Why didn't you ,
tell me before that you were going to i
i n TT _ _ J ,
De my stepson r ion are bo :aice auu
kind, I love yon already, and I'm snre
we'll get on so well together !'"
Nice and kind I Oh, Tom, my poor
friend!
******
The last time I heard of Tom he was
safely landed by the skillftil and indefatigable
Godine, and they were spending
the honeymoon in Paris.
Mrs. Lstimer, his stepm ott er, is a
most charming little person, and th?y
certainly do give the most lechercne
dinners in town. (
A Troublesome Facad ?.
Visitors to the Paris exhibition of
1878 will remember the magnificent .
facade which represented Belgium i
among the row of pavilions entitled 1
"L'Allee des Nations." The various i
facades were nearly all remarkable or '
picturesque, but decidedly the most (
majestic was that of Bdigiim, con- (
atrncted entirely with stone beloncrincr ,
to tlie country. At the end of the ex- !
hibition the Belgian government court- j
eously made a present of this monu- 1
mentto the French government; but
the French government, like the individual
who won a white elephant in
a lottery, though highly gratified with
its acquisition, soon became rather '
embarrassed to know what to do with ^
it. To leave it standing on the Champ J
de Mars, where the other buildings '
were being removed, was evidently *
impossible, and, on the other *
hand, to what new use could 1
it be put? Finally the ^
state determined to dispose of the ma- '
terials composing the Belgian facade by '
public sale; but the Beleian govern- 1
mAn* natnraHv takinc offense at this 1
somewhat indelicate use of its rich gift,
protested, and an exchange of diplo- '
matic documents took place. Conse- *
quently a delay of neariy two years oc- 1
carred before the final destiny of the 1
troublesome facade could be determined '
upon. Not more than a month since it s
was still standing on the now barren [
Champ de Mars; but at present it has '
almost entirely disappeared, and it will *
be re-erected to serve as part of the \
facade of a hotel, which is to be con- j
strncted as the residence of the general 1
commanding the Ecole Militaire. The ]
Belgian government has willingly ac- 3
quies^ed in this project; indeed, its *
only desire was that the materials of its 5
facade should be preserved, and not *
hrrth-ATi rm or otherwise mntilated: and
thus the incident of the Belgian facade
which might have led to some ill-feeling
between the two nations, has come to a !
satisfactory issne. ?Paris American Reg
ister. ]
While plowing in a field in Faulkner j
county, Ark., George Smith saw a j
ravine which had been washed by a i
recent overflow of the Black Fork, and I
in which reposed a large number of j
human skeletons, lying in natural posi- :
A-*? n* oar'avol
LlUild) uu^cuuci. TTiuu uu * ?i, cai IUCU I
bowls, arrows, shells, leaden bullets, :
etc. The skulls were all encased in i
vessels made of clay, while one, with (
| handsomely-engraved ornaments, der
| noted that the skull belonged to an
j unusually important personage. The
| f?rm has been under cultivation over
i forty years, and relics denoting the
i existence there at one time of a prehisi
historic rao? have been frequently
I found.
AX EGYPTIAN QUEERS CANOPY.
The Pall Found Stretched Over the Cofflu
of Solomon'* Contemporary.
The ancient pall, fonnd in the recent
discovery of royal mummies in Egypt,
was composed of numerous pieces of
leather tanned by the bark of the sont
01: acacia, and sewn together by red !
? i i ? i i i
cora, ana is supposed to nave covered
the mortnary cabin of the sacred boat
or horse, to which it formed a kind oi
bald-acchino. It is exceedingly brittle,
and the colors are still well preserved,
the centre nine feet long by six feet
wide, and divided into two eqnal sections,
one of which is covered by pink
and yellow rosettes on a bine gronnd,
the other displaying six flying vnltnres
flying with extended wings and holding
feather sceptres in their claws; they are
separated from one another by horizontal
lines of hieroglyphics, the name an<*
titles of Masahurnta, high priest 1
Amen Ka, the deity of Thebes,
row of pink rosettes on a yellc ,9
On either side is a flap divi" *^gruuiiu.
central section by four v from the
?blue, red, yellow ^pds of colors
further divided b^ *** , green?and
head pattern. / 6 border of spearof
panels c Below this comes a row
tical d ^staining a row of emblemawjufr'
..mees, predominant amongst
t- ->a is the bCarabseas, flying with exxjtided^
wings thrusting forward the
solar disk?emblems of the sun-god?
but having with this emblem the representation
of a gazelle, supposed to be
the favorite of the Qaeen, twice repeated,
a singular representation of two
united ducks and ornaments like the
Greek antefixal and the cartouche or
royal name of Pinotem II. seven times
repeated. Below this is a border of I
pink and blue chequers at the bottom,
with a broad kilt of pink or perhaps
originally scarlet. This magnificent
work of leather measures 22 feet 5 inches
in length and 19 feet 6 inches wide,
containing a space of 201 square feet of
j leather. It is the most remarkable object
next to the historical mummies of
the whole collection, and exhibits the
greatest technical skill in the preparation
and artistic excellence' in execution
and design. Its age is somewhere about
the time of Solomon. Specimens of this
leather canopy, which have been brought
to England, show that the colors with
which it was painted or dyed still retain
ea tneir original lustre. r ror some
unknown circumstances they have, like
the flowers, never paled by the effects
of time.
Nature's Treasures.
There is a wealth of hidden and visible
treasure all along the line of the
Alabama and Great Southern railroad
from Chattanooga to Birmingham, a
distance of 142 miles. On the Lookout
mountain side of the narrow valley
through which the road runs is coal,
and on the light or Sand Hill side is
iron. Eich indications of this wealth
may often be seen from the car window.
The coal is in seam3 or strata from one
to twelve feet in thickness, and extends
back into and apparently through the
mountain. On the other side, the range
ol/vna
OOCillO W WO VVIUyVOCTU VI AXVU \JJL \J (UVUV)
the hill being as bare as though there
was not even soil enough to snpport
shrubbery sufficient, to hide its bleak
and naked sides. All along the very
road bed ore rich enough to yield
seventy-five pounds of pig metal to the
hundred pounds of ore is so plentiful as
to be gathered up by the wagon load,
and ton, the car ioad, or even the ship
load, from the very surface, almost
without the use of the pick. Large
amounts are so gathered and stacked
along the track, according io the convenience
of farmers, miners and others
living along the line. In places many
car loads thus collected are gathered by
trains sent from Chattanooga for the
T? .i. i.l_ "L ~ i.
purpose. x>etwecju wiw buucuuio wuno
of other trains these cars are filled,
banled and delivered at the blast furnaces,
thus making a profitable pursuit
for hundreds of people, and leaving
ample room for the employment of
thousands more.
Garibaldi's Ciiarm.
His charm lay in the two words "un- j
selfishness" and "heroism," which, when '
found together under circumstances in j
which both can be fully perceived, exert j
over the masses of mankind a sort of j
supernatural charm, till they are-'con- !
bent to believe, without either seeing or j
knowing;. To the multitude, in all
European countries, Garibaldi was a
figure nearly resembling that which
Joan of Ajc must have presented to the
peasantry of northern France?a being
30 heroic as to be almost mora than j
mortal, incapable ol fear, incapable of j
mistake, incapable of final defeat, yet i
seeking nothing, asking nothing, de- j
firing notning, ntieriy seu-aevoiea to j
them. They knew, or believed, that |
Graribaldi cared only for them, and j
what he thought their wrongs; and that !
3nce in motion he would go forward
steadily, moved, ai3 Joan of Arc was
moved when she obeyed her "voices,"
by some internal impulse, apart from a
reasoning process, antil he was victorions
or slain. Nobody felt distrust of
aim, or rivalry toward him, or suspicion
about him. Friend or enemy,
detractor or worshiper, no Earopean
ioubted that Garibaldi desired the good
Df mankind, to the utter forgetfulness
jf self, and would, if once in motion,
50 forwsurd to secure it, uninfluenced by
my bribe, undeterred by any danger
mfettered by any fear .--{"The Spectator.
?
Wfigner's Operatic Theories.
His first rule is that as the poem and
;he melody ought to express the same
feeling and proceed together from a
jommon oreative impulse,neither should
oe asked to give w ay to the other. A
;nne whioh is independent of the text is
is mnch ont of place in his music-drama
is declamation which is not musical.
Sow, of course, it is often a matter of
>pinion whether a given musical phrase
Its a given verse or not, but there are
iiany pj-actices of the Italian composers
tfhich ?je hardly open to discussion.
We tolerate them Because we are used
:o them, but nobody denies that they
ire flagrant offenses against dramatic
propriety and destructive of poetical
sentiment. Convention established for
;fce old composers a set pattern of airs
md ensemble pieces, and prescribed a
certain distribution of these pieces at
Intervals which had no connection with
;he progress of the drama; and convenion
also decreed that the formal tunes
n an opera should be separated and
lept in shape by the interposition of
Intervals of rabbish or musical noise,
usfc as eggs are kept from knocking j
igainst one an other by a packing of j
straw.?[John B. G. Hassard, in the j
Century.
Gained Forty Pounds in Ten Days? :
A well-authenticated case was re- j
ported at the Academy of Medicine in j
Richmond, of a man in good health j
ffho visited one of our summer resorts j
lately and fattened four pounds a dav |
for ten days. His weight, in round I
numbers, on leaving Richmond was 160,
and rin rAtnrrnnc tAn davs weighed (in !
the scales) 200 pounds. This was re- |
garded by the doctors present as a most |
remarkable result. In cases of conval- !
ascence from protracted diseasa patients |
fatten very rapidly, bnt one ponnd a day i
onder these circumstances is regarded \
as most gratifying. . It is thought, and j
was stated on the occasion referred to, j
that to fatten four ponnds daily a man j
wonld have to make six or eight pints j
of blood daily. This wonld be "heavy j
feeding," and from information got from :
the snbject of this notice the amount
Co^nmed was enormous. He took a
ba h qjorning and nisbt,
THE TEMPLE OF THE MOON. j
Sights and Sarrnnndlnes ?f a Great Japa*
nose Town.
A correspondent writing from Hiogc,
Japan, to the Detroit Free Press, says:
Kobe ranks next to Yokohama among
the treaty ports as regards bnsiness and
foreign population, but as a place of
residence it has many advantages orer
the latter place. The principal Cosiness
is the preparing of tea, and the large
houses are all near the "^and," as the
water front is csilled. ^ front of the
EnrrvnpftT) oaftUmn. .
, - , " ^ or concession a
IrJ<fra^ P^irlfl8 along the seawall,
J' ?ncm this plat, their upper
a .ording a fine view of the sea,
n ? ^nsnla-es and hotels as well as
a . -oils private residences. Connects
*ifeh Kobe isi the Japanese City HiorfO,
one of the iao9t important place3 in
Japan, and on a with many temples.
Kobe is noted throughout Japan for the
fine carving and engraving that are
done here in ivory, wood and tortoiseshell.
One of the places of most interest
to foreigners is the Kobe Club. The
clnb-hoxise is large and situated in the
outer edge of the town, close to the sea.
The grounds are beautifully decorated
witJi evergreens and flowers, and the
house itself, consisting of reading room,
billiard rooms, bowling alley, whist
room and librarv. is cool ana roomv.
The library consists of about 500 wellassorted
books, and in the reading room
all the prominent magazines of Europe
and America are to be Lund. Opposite
the club-house is Recreation Park, ,
placed at the disposal of tht foreigners
by the government as a cricket ground, j
Fronting on the park is the gymnasinm,
also iitted as a bal'room and '
theatre. There is not much in Kobe
itself to interest a stranger, outside the ,
' 'curio" stores where one may price
$2,500 Satsuma vases, rare tea sets, old .
anrtnr. Imt; t.ViA hills urn-rind t;liA
town contain many spots of interest.
On one of the higher hills, some '
4, GOO or 5,000 feet above the sea level, j
is the Temple of the Moon, one of the ^
many Buddhist temples to be fonnd in
Japan. Having a great desire to see ]
this temple I started early on a Sunday (
morning. Calling a "jiri-rikisha," I
told the man where to go, and left the
direction to his knowledge of the town.
After a ride of about five minutes the ;
rikisha man suddenly stopped in front |
of a "tea house," as the taverns in Japan
are oalled, and said that he could take 4
me no farther. At the very start I had
my choice of two roads. Trusting
blindly in the guide's judgment, I followed
the road pointed out by him,
which passed up the valley between two
hills. The path was broad and fair for
a long distance, when it Decame very
rocky and narrowed down in one place
to a width of twenty feet between the
Bides of the hills, while the branches of
the trees met and interlaced overhead,
forming a natural tunnel, damp from
the moisture on the moss-covered rocks,
but cool and reire&ning to the weary
walker. From this point the path became
very rough, and it was soon evi
dent that it did not lead to the temple. *
Setracing my steps, I soon had the ^
satisfaction of seeing people passing
back and forth on the brow of one of
the hills. As a short cut, I determined ]
to climb the hill, a resolution I regretted
very shortly. The first part of the as- I
cent was easy, out the last two hundred ,
feet was quite perpendicular, dangerous ,
end WMMonma in tVia tfyfroma Arrived
at the top, I saw the longed-for road a "
few feet below me. Having rested, I s
started joyfully out on a good broad
path which wound and twisted around ?
the hill, ever ascending. But my joy
soon gave way to weaiiness when on ,
reaching the top of the hill the temple ,
appeared on the brow of the next one.
Sitting down to rest on the brow of the
hill, the cool sea breeze sweeping up ?
tiia 'hillfiidfi and the lovelv view soon ?
restored my strength and good-nature, t
Looking down the valley one could see ?
the level country studded with villages,
green rice fields and small porffls for r
irrigating purposes lying calm and
beauteous in the noonday sun, while
the shores of the "Inland Sea" curved *
far away in the distance. Sails dotted ?
the sea everywhere, and the ships at 1
anchor looked no larger than rowboats.
The white line of dust marking the ?
route of the Kioto railway wound serpont-like
among the green fields, while
the smoke from the numerous paper I
mills in Eiogo ascended lazily. Japanese.
clad in crala dress, were passing y
back and forth, and silence, broken *
only by the voice of a man at occasional 0
intervals, rested on the whole scene. ,
Resuming my way, I passed down the
hill into the valley, and commenced the 0
ascent of the next hill. The path was L
well shaded with cedars, and at every c
turn one came across beggars sitting 13
smoking by the bide of a small fire of a
turgs. The ascent was steep, indeed, 5
and nothing save the merry laughter of
a Jap. family whom I had joined, and a
strong determination not to allow a girl
do more than I conld, kept me a-going.
After climbing for some time the patb
ended at a series of flights of stone steps, fc
some forty odd steps in each flight. At e
the head of each one were tea houses, E
and at the head of the whole series was ?
the temple. ^
In the temple were numerous idols, *
and in front of aeh offerings for the t
departed. In the main temple was a ^
large box, in front of which hung cords q
to a large bell overhead. The worship- ^
per drops a piece of money in the box, t
rings the bell to call Buddha's atten- j.
finn anr? f.ViATl rpr>Aftt,U hi 8 Wavers. HaV- J.'
ing finished he advances to the old j
priest at the entrance to the inner temple E
and hands him another piece of money. s
The priest then lights a "Josh candle,"
beats a big gong and repeats more c
prayers. t
On the invitation of the priest I re- r
moved my shoes and advanced into the I
inner temple. The floor was covered t
with heavy matting. In the center of t
the room was a large cabinet heavily a
lacquered in gold and bronze. Inside c
this cabinet was a largo statne of End- ,
dha, carved from some dark wood and v
wearing a golden crown. In front of v
the cabinet Lung a heavily lacquered <3
chandelier, and on each pide were p
smaller gods with their offerings of ?
rice, candy, otc., in front of them. On c
presenting the priest with some money I
he opened the doors of the cabinet and r
left me to worship in peace, which I t
did by closely examining everything I p
could see. On cach side of the icaia c
temple were smaller ones with other a
gods and their offerings. Taken alto- ?
gether the trip was worth the walk. t
The dav after visiting the Temple of c
the Moon, while at a smaller temple in. r
Hiogo I was unfortunate enough to wit- a
ness a Japanese cremation, and for some r
days thereatter my areams were any- r
thing but pleasant. The place of ere- t
mation was in an old hut directly in a
rt-ar of the temple. The body, which t
??.d been forced into a tab which re-!
eembled nothing more than a "Sake
tnb," was brought in, laid on a framework
and then covered with straw and 1
fagots. The executioner, for so we had r
earned him, then lit the straw, and sit- *
ting down commenced smoking his c
pipe. As the body became heated it I
'? ? A ~ on/3 flnolW fho t-nV\ fl
U eg Oil tu CApoau, W4V uuu
burst. A horrible sight was the result. 2
The corpse?it was that ol an adult 1
male?had been forced into such a smi.ll ]
space that it was doubled up in a knot, r;
beean to straighten out. First an aim *
raised itself, then both legs, then the c
other arm until, as though still endowed
wi*h life, the whole body turned
completely over on th^ frame, while the ?
ilesh burned and ? borrib'e stench filled i
I he whole place. S ck; disgusted an^ o
ret fascinated ve gazec*. on the scene c
Bhile the operator, leaving his pipe, g
took a long stick and rolled the body
back and forth bo that it might burn
moj-e evenly. 'Che firing was kept up
till the body (fas entirely consumed.
As the lafrt barte dropped in the ashes
now?the lact 61 which yon speak?and
we drew a Ions breath of relief and
turned to go. 'Che man seeing that I
held in my hafl-d a cigar which I had
beea smoking kindly offered me a burning
stick from the fire to light it with.
Giving him one look of disgust I turned
and fled. It was a horrible ceremony,
but a successful one, for the ground is
inc imbered no^ with the many graves,
and some means; must be taken to get
rid of the dead.
That Neryous Headachc.
T There does it come from, friend, that !
nervous headache, whose sharp twinges 1
of pain are weamg out your strength 1
and sapping your energy? You have
tried tonics and cordials and pills for :
it, but it refus<?&. to be exoroised. It 1
cLLd gs to you until you are almost in de- ;
spair. It driven-you to-frantic eiclama- :
tioris of trouble and it will not 1
let you sleep - 1
To find out precisely whence it came, :
we might have to go a long way back 1
into the past. If- is very possible that ]
your daughter, psfc set free from school ]
by the summer commencement is re- i
peating in her persor the follies which
in yours ?,re responsible for the aching 1
1 - 1 a i J cit 1
Dram ana romirea nerves, one nas
been studying incessantly, resting her- ]
Belf from books of rhetoric and mathe- s
maties by an exciting novel, going now i
and then bo a party, and eating too lit- 1
tie solid food a ad too many dainties s
Your doing and not doing the right ]
things twenty years ago are among the s
causes for your,suffering now.
To 1st the past alone, however, you 1
eed not look further than your workbasket
for some of your distress. The (
eedle is a potent cause of a great many ^
people's neuralgia. The beautiful, elab- {
orate and stylish clothing, which you J
think you must make?economy forbid ]
ling you to employ much help, in the :
making?this is wearing out your *
strength. Fewer dresses for yourself 1
jnd children, and plainer attire, would 4
iflord yon breathing space and time im- ?
rvrnifcivfil's napdftd for sittinc sometimes "
with folded hands. Less worry about *
;he house and. the household, less
mxiety about the way things are going
;o turn ou t, less careful thought of the
norrow (which you have God's word
;hat He will care for) and that headache
might ceaf>e to be an attendant
ipantom.
Very pcssibly, however, it is neither
vorry, nor the needle, which is at the
jottom oi your particular trouble. You
vere brought up to regard an abundant
able and a great variety of dainty eatibles
as a sine qua non in housekeeping,
four grandmother and your mother
were famous for their cakes and confec;ions,
their pastry and preserves, and 1
.he family reputation has net suffered 8
n your hands. It is not that you perlonally
eat so much of the delicate 1
riands which prove your culinary skill. 3
2very good cook has known the feeling I
)f triumph in her own productions, s
singled with an entire lack of appetite. J
Hither way, if you are in the habit of 4
pending your physical resources on T
he preparation of rich super-elegant ^
ood, or in the other habit of living on *
ood which it taxes the digestive powers c
o properly assimilate, you may thus T
iccount for your headache.
The-Jaome ia^le may be spread with ^
k variecT'an3"Ztn?ritIoTLB bill of fare, 8
without great labor to the housewife, B,
.nd with common sense as regards ?
lealih. Cereals may be prepared for
he daily breakfast, and whether rice,
atmeal, wheaten grits, crashed corn
>r farina are pre/erred none of them are 1:
inwholesome and all are easily cooked, t
Che mistake made by most cooks is in c
turrying over their making of porridges, c
'orriages require slow coaxing, sim- p
aering, steaming and brooding over d
;entle fires to bring out their best qnali- t
ies. One may read, sew or dream, a
iractice her scales or write her letter, p
?hile her oatmeal, in its leisurely swell- I
npr, is yielded up its inner sweetness. I
Fruits uncooked or stewed, soups r
nd broths, which are not the trouble t
he uninitiated imagine, and juicy c
ae&ts, boiled, broiled or baked, furnish d
orth the family table well and sensi- p
>ly. And no lurking headache hide3 s
q such diet as they supply, unless peo- 1
?le over-eat, or eat at irregular times, c
ir eat when overwearied or exhausted, a
The truth of the matter is that many e
iodi]y ailments are very much withiu t
mr own power of control or banish- h
nent, and that the last thing in most f
asfcs to be don? is to fly to stimulants, v
larcotics or otter drags for a tempor- t:
ry relief which leaves the main trouble s
inhelped and unchecked.? [Christian t
ntelligercer. t
i v
Researches on Lnng Disease,
Fresh proof has lately been obtained e
>y M. Giboui of the danger in air s
xpired by consumptives. He experi- c
aented with four yeun? rabbits of the f
ame litter and born of healthy parents, g
?wo of them were kept one hundred s
- - * i L
nd live days in a large wooaen case; jj
rith sid gratings, into which was in- o
rodnced daily a quantity of air expired F
iy animjils in a consumptive state, v
?his operation was performed at mid- ^
lay and in the evening, and each time p
he gratings were kept closed for two h
tours. In another quite similar case h
he two other rabbits were similarly h
reated, except that the impure air was v
aade to traverse, in its way to the case, o
ome wadding impregnated with car- fi
olic acii. The rabbits in the first I
aso before long showed loss of appe- v
ite, intense thirst, listlessness, diar- a
hea and loss of flesh. On being killed g
?oth wero found to have tubercles in n
he lungs, the liver and the kidneys? c
LLUStJ ILL tilC XUH50 VCUUg uuo muov r
dvanced, and the upper lobes being *
biefly affected. The other couple of fc
abbits presented nothing abnormal p
7hile alive, and no organic alteration h
raa observed in their organs after a
teath. They were eaten without remgnance
by the author and his family,
igain, observations have been recently
2ade by MM. Grenant and Quinquand, I
ioth on man and the lower animals, t.
egarding the influence of injuries of v
he lungs (or of the bronchise or the ^
ileural envelope) on the exhalation of li
arbonio acid. They prove that the b
mount of this gas exhaled is less ^
rhere such disorders exist, even where d
here is fever. Two explanations are a
onceivable?the pulmonary change ji
Qight bar the elimination of carbonic S'
cid, which, in that case, would accu- o
an late in the blood, or the injury s
oight have the effect of diminishing s
he production of carbonic acid by t<
iffecting the general nutrition. Experi- t:
nant f-Vio 1 ntfor Vnmnt.Tioais. ! a
s
d
"Within the last twelve years the pop- j
ilation of Russia has increased very t
apidly. The total amonnt is said to E
>e 14,500,000. For the various divisions f
if the empire the following are the j:
>resent returns : Russia in Europe, 75,- a
167,788; Poland, 7,219,077; Finland, p
1,028,021 ; Siberia and Central Asia, t
5,186,456, or a total of 100,038,348. t
[Velve years ago the total was 85,570,- ^
>46 Poland during the last sixty- r
ive years has increased from 1,717,287 (
* "? i. V OKI ATT
O ner preueut buuui I,AU,UH. t
An agricultural report from Russi*
ays that stimmer grain promises a sat j
sfactory yield, and that the winter >
irop will be equally gocd except in tb- 1
antral Black t ea district, and in scm* t
;overnments in Central Buasia. s
A Human Beautifler.
A lady at one of the principal hotels
in New York advertises to make persons
beautiful. She savs the treatment is
"delightful, balmy and pleasant" A
reporter called upon her, and while
waiting to be shown into the august
presence of the beautifier, looked over
her patrons. The callers were all beyond
the budding period. One of them
was old enough to be studying decorative
art for the next world. She was an
- * i.1 - _ 1 ? 11 A
luusirauoa ox me cynical remara mat
"the last sigh of the dying woman is
not so much for the loss of life as the
loss of her beauty." Another woman
who seemed over-jubilant at the promise
of futare youthful appearance and
beauty, went out of the room saying:
"I'll return to-morrow?rain or shine.
If I am a .living woman to-morrow I'll
come back." The human decorator
said to the reporter:
"I have a great many callers?the
uuajXJJLAUJ aio lauiuo UTQI ULLLXVJ J??WW w*
age, but a great many old bachelors and
voimg gentleman also oome. The yonng
men generally give a fictitious name;
the old bachelors do not seem, to be
afraid of anything, give their right
names, pay liberally and recommend
their acquaintances to come. A bachelor
in Boston gave me $50 to take the
wrinkles out of his faoe, when my charge
is only $3 a treatment"
"How is this effected and does your
treatment conceal age ?'
"Yes; I can take a bachelor of fifty
fears, with 'crow's feet' under his eyes,
jn<-J in IViroo nr f/inr1 mrmfVio fcVlft Arno'n
ieet will be gone, and he will not look
fco be over thirty. I treat the face once
i week; thia fine white powder is
rubbed into the wrinkles, and the agreeiblo
change is effected."
"Of course the same treatment is applied
to ladies?"
"Oh, yes; the majority of the ladies
jome here to have 'those horrid crow's
ieet" removed. Nothing worries a lady
so much as increasing signs of aging.
But a great many, who are really pretty,
ifish to be made even more so, The
improvement of beauty is a laudable deiridf
fVi/a aotna a a firtA A vnaain rr on/^
j now uuu oauxg c*o u>ig vxAvwuJUigjj ouu
adies should not be censured for
>ndeavoring to make themselves more
ittractive. One lady came in yesterday
?she was as pretty as she could be. I
rankly told her that she was pretty
mough, and that I could not improve
ler. She went away smiling, and
ieemed just as delighted as if I had improved
her complexion."
"Do the ladies express any fear when
jeing treated?"
"Some wish to know whether the <
mprovement will be lasting, and ask a .
housand and one questions as to the
lltimate effects of the treatment. I
isfure them that I use no cosmetics ;
lothing that will injure the skin or the
lealth; and so eager are they to have
heir complexions improved that they
yould run the risk of losing what beauty
hey possessed had my preparations j
inch effect. But snch is not the case."
''Do I use my own treatment? Yes; i
; once had freckles on my forehead. Do i
rou see any there now? I put on a
reparation that took the outer skin off, i
uid when it grew over the freckles were i
jone. I had to remain in the house i
hree or four days, and did nothing but
ealk, wringing my hands in agony. ]
iVhat will a woman not suffer for her :
jeauty ?" There being no answer, she j
i- -J . umi _ .it.:-_ ?t
Uiibiiiueu . "xuere ID uumiug ui auj
'alue gained in this world without i
aboring and suffering, and as beauty is
woman's chief distinction she values it
.bove other gifts of natu^and will use ,
JJ possible arts to enhance or make it
lurable."
Assassination by Silence.
" Assassination by silence " is the
atest Gallicism. It was the verdict of
he medical men and of society in the 1
ase of a Frenchwoman recently deeased,
and a coroner's jury would ! 1
irobably have rendered the same ver- 1
lict if the case had not been kept from
he coroner. Noble by birth she was,
nd very rich ; but she was hopelessly
? C ah/5 V* w *N_V?o
'lam, \JL icauuxc auu u M ?ny uava^/Ui
Ier hnsband, a dnke, married her for
ier money, and hated her for her ngliiess.
A fortnight after her wedding
ier martyrdom began, bnt not as other I
onjugal martyrdoms have done. The
iuke lavished attentions on her?in I
mblic; he was affectionate?before the ]
ervants; it was "darling" and "be- <
oved" and "my little cat"?when any ]
me was present; bnt in private changed, i
nd only one old nmse was in the | i
ecret. He pretended to be jealons of i ]
ier, and so played the Othello. He j<
iad the hinges of all the doors so care- j 1
ally oiled that they conld be opened ' 1
nrf a nroafr t.fio dnrnfistlCi! WPTA : ]
raiued to move about noiselessly, j
nares were set in the vast gardens of ' J
heir hotel so that never the chirp of ]
he sparrow was heard. The poor i i
poman was forced to live in the midst j '
i silence, and when they went together j '
uto society he scowled so fearfully at ,
very one who approached his wife to j 3
peak to her that, little by little, people i '
eased to make the effort. And then, j 1
ftsr they had returned and she had j 1
;oae to bed, he would enter with list ! <
uoes on his feet, so as not to announce j !
lis coming, and would simulate a scene j j
f jealousy?that is to say, he would i '
iace up and down like one in a fury j 1
rho is about to burst into reproaches, i !
Vords of anger would seem on the :
oint of issuing from his mouth; then i
e would atop by the bedside and raise <
is hand in threat, but he never struck, 1
e never spoke, and, resuming his 1
ralk, would go through the same scene 1
ver and over again until, overcome by ]
itigue and horror, the duchess swooned. '
Ivery night for ten years his victim !
matched for menaces which he seemed '
bout to proffer, but to which he never ]
ave vent. The doctors were sum- 1
loned at last; but the utmost they 1
ould say was that they were in the I
re^ence of some horrible mystery J
rhich could not be fathomed without i
iliing the hnsband. And when the '
oor woman died and the old nnrse told j 1
er story, they rendered the verdict | 1
bov3 recorded. j ]
j <
About Smelling. I j
In a lectnre on "Smell," Professor W j
Umsaysays that there is a probability i 1
bat onr sense of smell is excited by ]
ibrations of a lower order than tin* 3 j '
- ' - A- it. -t 1 J. J3 1
mien give rise to me tseiiHe 01 ut?ii auu. >
ight. Tnese vibrations are conveyed
y gaseous molecules to the surface net- i
rork, of nerves in the nasal cavity. The i
inference of smell is caused by the rate '
nd by the nature of such vibrations, I
ist as the difference in tone of musical
ounds depends on the rate and nature
x the vibration*. Among the lightest
ubstances which have a smell are
ulphuretted hydrogen and phosphoreted
oxygen, both of which are seventeen
imes as heavy as hydrogen. Prussic
cid is fifteen times as heavy and has a
mell. bat all persons are not able to 1
if o-n^ wa Vicca horo fl-io IrtWAst. (
ICbCUU xwy (*uu nv uuiv mwav -MV,
imit of molecular weight. To produce j
he sensation of smell then a substance 1
aust have a molecular weight at least :
ifteen times that of hydrogen, ftcd the t
atensity of the pmell increases as the ! 1
ubstance rises in weight. The intense 1
lerfume of flowers is to be ascribed to i
h? terpenes, of which common turpeu 1 i
ine is one, or to their products cf ori- I i
lation, and these bodies all possess a i
aolecular weight of 136, which appears
o excite the olfactory nerve most power- i 1
ally. ! :
? _ ; i
Wooden shoes are worn in many
>laces, and enough of them are sold to
;eep a large factory going at Gre&n <
?&/, Wis. They are cut out of green <
>ass wood, smoked and dried like hams,
trd sold at thirty-five cents a pair.
A DUEL WITH BKOADSTFOEDS. '
Story of a Sanznlnary Meciinj in New
OrleansIn
the course of an interesting article
on duels in New Orleans a writer from
that oity to the Philadelphia Times
says:
If politics were not tne cause or a
New Orleans duel, it could safely be
counted that it owed its origin to woman.
Such a duel was that in which Captain
Emmerlin was one of the principals, an
affair remarkable for several reasons?
the small pretext for the meeting, the
unusual weapon chosen and the extraordinary
result. Captain Francis
Emmerlin was an officer of the Prussian
Dragoons, who prided himself on bis
skill as a swordsman and whose manner
and bearing were those of an abrupt,
stern and rather overbearing soldier. A
man of imposing qualities, he could not
fail to be an attractive object at those
grand balls for which New Orleans
was once so famous, where the
beautry, gallantry and fashion of the
city were wont to assemble. A majoricy
of our duels originated at these
balls, growing out of. little controversies
provoked generallyby aiivalry for
the smiles and favor of some fair damsel;
I have known not a few ladies
who could not disguise their satisfae'
* -* - A-1 3 1
tion at oeingtne cause ox a lauu. uum,
the heroine of some fearful exhibition
of mascnline ferocity: Ax a splendid ball
given at the old St. L juis hotel, afterward
the State capitol, C iptain Emmerlin
appeared one night in all the
glory of his dragoon uniform and huge
mustaches?then seldom worn in New
Orleans?viewing with infinite disgust
and self-elevation the crowd of frivolous
wom<jn and spindle-shanked youth
who streamed around him. Contempt
for the obvious degeneracy of the
human race, as exhibited in these pale
and puny examples of masculinity who
R-nrronti^ed him. acrflrravated the usual |
scornful expression of his martial conn-1
tenance as he twirled his military mustaches.
From tills elevated state of
mind there was a sndden diversion and
interruption?an expression of mingled '
pain and wrath on the countenance of I
the bold dragoon, accompanied by fierce <
imprecations and menaces. The cause <
was soon explained by the retirement <
of the captain from his position with a
limping gait toward the dressing room,
followed by a delicate and insignificantlooking
young man of half his size,who
was trying to apologize to the
irate captain for something. When the
two reaohed the corridor the fierce
U-erman, boiling over wicn wrain, exclaimed
to his companion:
" Sir ; are yon the man who trod npon
my boot 7"
"I am the unfortunate individual
who did so," responded the quiet
civilian ; " bnt allow?"
"Then take that," answered the
haughty Teuton, throwing his gauntlet
into the face of the audacious offender.
A fearful pallor overspread the countenance
of the insulted man, his gray
eye kindled with a vindictive and
savage glare, but suddenly the bystanders
were agreeably surprised by a quick
transition from inexpressible rage to the
extreme of civility and coolness. i
" Tour card, sir," were the only words
he uttered; and receiving it, he retired,
rflimmwl hiR nlace in the auadrille. and
ao one who could have observed his '
gay and happy air during the remainder 1
of the evening would ever have suspected
that so vivacious and jolly a fellow
had become involved in a mortal
controversy with so terrible a representative
of the martial prowess of the renowned
warriors who had resisted
Julius Csesar and conquered Napoleon.
The next morning in room No. 76 of
the St. Charles hotel there met three
gentlemen, whose dress, expression and
surroundings betrayed their nationality
and previous history. They were evidently
of that heroio race that had recently
wrested Texas from Mexico and
who had passed years amid the perils i
and trials of frontier life. One of them
was the small gentleman who had so
unfortunately outraged Captain Emmerlin
by treading on his favorite corn.
His name was Scarritt, and he bore the
rather modest title .for a frontier war- 1
rior of "Captain." His companions
were his friends called into consultation
upon the affair of the
previous evening. It was early in the
day, and yet the "affair" in question had
proceeded in a rapid and regular man- 1
aer. A c&alJenge naa Deen sent ana
accepted by Captain Emmerlin, who
had, however, somewhat embarrassed
Oaptain Scarritt's friends by selecting
the unusual weapons, cavalry swords,
the dnel to oome off within twenty-four
hours.
" The man is denced emphatic about
his cavalry swords," remarked Scarritt
to hia friends, " and very unreasonable
in not allowing me time to learn how to '
wield the instrument; but I reckon we
will have to accommodate him."
"Of course,'' joined in one of his
friends, "a Texan can't refuse to fcgnt
with any weapon, from a twelve-pounder
bo a toothpick. Expecting some such
terms I have consulted a gentleman?a
3reole of this city?who served in the
French cavalry at one time, and he has
given me a wrinkle by which I think 1
we can land your opponent. He says |
that the long, straight sword of the
French cuirassiers is much more effective
than the broad sword of the Prussian
dragoous, and, as it is worked like 1
our bowie-knives, I think it is the very
thing for this occasion. You have oniy
to let him chop a*ay at you, receive :
the blow on your head or shoulder and
punch right away at his pauach, and I'll
wager anything you fetch him."
This wise suggestion was acted on.
nt i.. -11 J3 J j
l'ne arrangements were an xxiao.? auu
promptly at the hour named the combatants
reached " the Oaks," which had 1
been selected as the scene of the combat.
Each was accompanied by several
Eriends. CaptainScarritt was "assisted,"
is the French phrase has it, by his two 1
rezas friends and the creole gentleman 1
yho had voiuntered the nseful hint as
;o how to use his weapon. Captain
Emmerlin was backed by several valorous
Germans. He bore himself with
ill the dignity of his race and profes- '
iion. Seldom had two such men, so 1
* i - - _ 3 . _ x- "L 1
synouy anupoaes to eacn uuim m appearance,
met upon the field of honor. 1
the German was tall, muscular and <
large, weighing at least 220 pounds;
bis antagonist was a wiry little fellow,
certainly not over 125 pounds in weight.
All the arrangements having been 1
perfected and the principals stationed 1
ihree feet apart, the word was given "to
jharge." The German advanced on his
intagonist, who did not move from his
position, and giving his huge broadsword
a wave over his head brought it
iown with all his force as he imagined
" ' *? *
upon trie neaa OI uis adversary. x>ai i
ihe quick eye of Captain Scarritfc de- ;
sected and anticipated his design, and,
without changing the position of his i
awn 8word, which he heJd at right
ingles with his body, he received the I
terrible blow obliquely on his head. Simultaneously,
however, throwing himself
forward and nearly under the huge
body of the German, he plunged
his long cuirassier's sword deep <
into his capacious atdomen. With 1
3uch force was this done that
had Captain Emmerlin been a man of
rvrrJinarv nronortions the sword must '
ha^p passed completely through his :
body. As it was, a fearful wound was
inflicted, bringing the combat to a sud- <
den close. The wounded German was :
removed from the field on a stretcher. :
while his adversary quietly walked off,
came to the city, had his wounded head :
dressed, and the next day was engaged ,
in his usual duties and pleasures. It <
was sot go, however, with the unfortu- 1
nate German. He had been nearly-disemboweled
and for months lingered on
the verge cf the grave, from which only
an extraordinarily strong and vigorous
constitution saved him. When he re.covered
ho resumed his civil and commercial
pursuits a greafy altered man.
SOMETHING ABOUT BE EI'
The Supply Waning- Before an Increasing
Demand.
James S. Brisbin writes an interesting
letter from Fort Keogh, Montana
Territory, to the New York Herald,
from which we take the following:
"The beef famine prevailng in some
parts of the East has excited great interest
in the West. Beef cattle of all
kinds have gone up $5 to $6 per head,
although the stock raisers say they see
no good reason for such a rise. "The
beef famine is merely a panic, and will
soon be over, but it is a warning of
what really may occur if we do not take
pains to raise more beef. Three years
ago the writer tried by a series of articles
in Wilke's Spirit, to awaken some
interest in the beef production, and
later wrote and published a book by the
Lippincott's on the subject. Thepanic
of 1882 was predicted and also a
beef famine in 1885, unless more cattle
were raised. It is now too late to
avoid the panic,- for it is upon us, but
we may still save ourselves from a real
famine by active measures in the production
of beef. It is my opinion that
we have been in a beef famine for the
last ffin vears. thoucrh we did not know
it A four-year old steer can be raised
on the plains for $7, and the meat of
the animal onght not to command in
any part of the United States over ten
cents per ponnd dressed. That a cattle
raiser shonld make twenty, thirty,
forty, and even fifty per cent, per annnm
profit on the money he has invested
in cattle is outrageous, but he
will yet make still more than that if
more people do not go into stock raising
as a business.
STATISTICS OF CATTLE.
"A careful examination of the statistics
of cattle production in the United
States will show that the increase of
cattle has not kept apace with the increase
of pjpnlation, and the only wonder
is that beef is as cheap as it is. In
1840 the average number of cattle in
America to every 100 persons was less
than 100 head, and in 1850 only about
75 head to 100 persons. In 1860 the
States and Territories had the following
ratio: Alabama, 81 head; Arkansas,
126; California, 387; Connecticut 48;
L>ela^are, 51; Florida, 274; Georgia,
95; Illinois, 87; Indiana, 87; Iowa, 79;
Maine, 59; Maryland, 37; Massachusetts,
rt.-fc "?r -.L* rr*? . -mrr i. z?o.
ZZ; JJLlCIilgaU, i i j mniiiHmn.^ uos iiusoJssippi,
91; Missouri, 98; New Hampsnire,
81; New Jersey, 34; New York,
50; North Carolina, 69; Ohio. 70; Oregon,
292; Pennsylvania, 48: Rhode
Island, 22; Sonth Carolina, 72; Tennessee,
68; Texas, 579; Vermont, 115;
Vimnia, 65; Wisconsin, 66; District of
Columbia, 1; Dakota, 30; Nebraska,
100; New Mexico, 108; Utah, 100;
Washington Territory, 259. Since 1860
four States and Territories have increased
their stock, and five have stood
still, and thirty have decreased, while
the population has steadily increased.
"A good many cattle companies have
been formed of late years, and, so far
as I know, all are doing welL We have
several here in Montana, and they are
able to declare an annual dividend of
*? -c i i
capital in large numbers. It costs no
more to take care of three thousand
steers than it does one thousand, and
profits are more than three times as
large. In starting it is simply a question
of money to buy cowa and bulls for
stock purposes. In 1840 there were
4 837,000 milch cows in the United
States; in 1850 there were 6,385,093;
in 1860 7,727,763; in 1870 11,000,000.
and in 1870 15,000,000 and in 1880
15,000,000. There cannot now be less
than 15,000,000 cows in America, and
these, if properly handled, will soon
stock the country with sufficient beef
to bring the price within the reach of
the poorest man and his family. The
first step is to stop killing female
calves. Every female calf should be
Tha tPootorn cfw>V men hftVA
begun this, and already it is almost impossible
for butchers to purchase
calves for veal. In the West it is not
so difficult to raise cattle for beef aj in
the East. The cattle run out all the
winter Jong, and no shelter or food is
required for them except that which
nature provides. Every year the stock
men start the story East for the benefit
of the "tenderfeet" tiiat the stock business
is overdone, and the good ranges
all taken. This is done to prevent new,
men from going into the business. The
stock men fcnow they have a good
thing, and wish to keep it as long as
possible. They would like to see beef
31 per pound, and would ask $100 for a
steer worth $10, without the slightest
compunctions of conscience, if they
nrflf if. Tf T
UUVU^liU UUVJ VVVUXA QVH A*
bad two or three thousand head of cactle
I doubt if I would write this letter,
but, unfortunately, not having any herd
of my own, I am only interested in getting
beef as cheaply as possible from
those who have herds. I hope soon to
see more people and more capital engaged
in cattle raising, and beef brouhgt
to some reasonable price by reason of
its abundance, and I have no hesitation
in saying that associated capital engaged
in beef raising out "West will pay
an annual dividend of 24 per cent., if it i
is at all properly managed.
Egyptian Plagues.
" Psmf ia no rloo/llv in Anonst as i
India in June," say old travelers; and
this sinister reputation is only too well
deserved. The same distempers which
almost destroyed the army of Louis IX.
of France at Damietta in the thirteenth
century decimated the troops of Bonaparte
and those of his successor, Klebt-r
and Menou, at Alexandria in the end of
the eighteenth. Indeed those who have
been in Lower Egypt during the unhealthy
season may well wonder, not
that so many should succumb to the
climate, but that any one should escape.
The dreadful "khamsin," or hot wind]
which the strongest; man cannot face
without instantly feeling his muscles
unstrung, his skin parched and feverish,
and his whole body limp and nerveless
nn a *?o rr i a f\ f ? S c a! f r% on /'C />? t I
AO WC7U 1{JO Ui A'-.ooii. a nunu-.iriii. j
of evil. The fevers ingendered by the I
malaria of the Nile delta are as virulent I
as even those of European Turkey, whi'e I
the devastating visits of the plague I
itself are neither few ror far between. j
A. less fatal bnt equally formidable !
enemy to an invadincr army is the terri- I
ble "Egyptian ophthalmia."
TEE HOME DOCTOR
A Hint.?Do not let children be trgf ?
or oat of nights. They expend plenty
ifallr of nervous and muscular energy
,daring the day, and to let them sit up
i nto the nights is to do them #reat ia;
j nstice. Send them to bed early. ^
' Btres a2<d Stutos.?Apply instantly; :l|
with a toft rag, most freely, spirits of
hartshorn. The venom of stings being
an acjd, the alkali nullifies it. Fresh
wood ashes, moistened with water and M
made into a poultioe, frequently jrenewed,
is an excellent substitute, ct
soda or salarafas, ail being alkalies. To
be on the safe side in the ease of saaka a
or mad dog bites, drink brandy, whisky,
rum or other spirits as free as water; - Nil
a teacupful or a pint or more, according
to the aggravation of the circumstances*
?[Journal of Health.
Fob Poisoning.?A correspondent of <. . r-^
the Cultivator and Country Gentleman - .
writes concerning poisoning by ivy: "I
have foilnd a free use of cold water to
hef the best remedy for poison iron
poison vine. Formerly I suffered long v?
and severely. Now on the first appear
ance 01 tne poison. on ue wm, w
' matter en v?cst part of the body, I pour '}^?
cold water onit tmtil thoroughly chilled.
On reappearance of the fever, or redness
with itching, I again douche as
fully as at first, and repeat, if necessary
several times. If the face is poisoned,
lie down and shut the eyes, letting
another do the pouring. Where the |
hands have touched the poisoned ?kfn:
be sure to wash them at once. Ho one dfS
need suffer more than twenty-four hours
who uses cold water as above."
Sand Bag fob the Sick Boom.?They
can be made at home at no expense save
that of the necessary amount of flannel |
and linen cloth. The sand should be
fine and dry. Bags may be made of
several sizes. They can be put in the oven '
to be heated before using, ana hold the
heat a long time. In readily conforming
to the surface of the body, they must '?rja
necessarily be more comfortable than
hot bottles or bricks. Their cost is
"lot!a fViort whW hftffg fnr
TOIJ UUVU AWIJ _
water.?jDr. Foote's Health Monthly.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Most persons know what they hate
few what they love. . . -'< '%v||
Soeak well of your friends?of your* ' 3
enemies say nothing. - ;|g
Hold on your hand when yon are
about to do an improper act
When a man has not a good reason
for doing a thing, he has one good reason
for letting it alone.
iiwemv-iivtJ pcx ucuu, ucsiuco icooirutg
a, handsome surplus for increasing the
herds. It is a remarkable fact that
there is more English capital at present
invested in cattle growing in the United
States than American money. This
year the Englishmen are reaping a rich
reward for their enterprise, and are
Belling American beef at six cents per
pound, live weight, which cost them
leas than two cents to raise. There is
really no immediate occasion for alarm
about a cattle famine, as cattle are not
yet so scarce as to create any great
stress in the meat market. But the
speculators have got held of the fact that
there are too few cattle in America for
the population, and they are using it to
fill theft pockets. We must have more
cattle, more cattle raisers and more capital
with which to raise cattle.
a lucbauve business.
"For the next ten years I believe cat
tie rawing will oe one 01 tne most lucrative
callings in tlie United States,
and those who have the good fortune to
be able to engage in it will rapidly
oTnm rinlK Th? heat wav is to associate
In misfortune one may know a friend;
in battle a hero, in debt an honest per- ^
son, in decaying fortunes a wife, and
kinsmen in affliction.
That man lives twice who lives the;
.first life well. Poetry comes nearer the' " :|||
vital truth than history. 'Wisdom is to
the soul what health is to the body.
Good manners is an art of making
those people easy with whom we converse;
whoever makes the fewest persons
weary is the best-bred man is'
company.
Beware what yon say of others, because
yon only reveal yourself thereby.' ^
A man does not think to look behind
the door unless he has some time stood
there himself.
Itjis the hatitual thought that frames vS
itself into our life. Our confidential : M
friends have not as much to do in shap-j /;ing
our lives as the thoughts which w? harbor.
? .. Strict
Silence, V-j1
My dear young wife, make so one
your confidant in the inevitable troubles p
of your married life. Above all, if you
live with your husband's people, do not
confide in them. Be your mother-inlaw
never so good, never so wise (and
the more virtuous she is the more
danger to you in the course,) it will '
only endanger your future peaoe to give
her this confidence. Not even your own
mother should have it now; the time
has come for you to have a new confidant
and adviser, that one your husband. If " V
you have a secret for some one to keep,
he is the one; do you need advice?who
so likely to give you the right? If you
have differences?and you will have,
however much you may doubt it now,
the-e will come a time when the sun will
seem to be blotted out from the heavens;
when all the earth will be upside down;
when Dick and you have the first "spat"
?bury them deeply in your breast; you
can preserve your self-respect in no
other way. Your private life must be
truly private; on this depends the happiness
of your wedded life. If you liva,
alone you may easily preserve this
sacred silence; if not ic will be harder,
bat the need will also be greater I If
kept secret, trials soon pass avay; to
talk of them only increases their magni-' ~
trade. Ton may say, "My mother-inlaw
is different from most; she loves me
as well as my own mother." That cannot
be. In nothing are yon like her
own children. Do yon yield her the
homage and unquestioning obedience
she claims and receives from her
daughters ? I trow not. Very likely
you are a little self-important, in the
first flash of your new dignity as a wife, 1
and, all nnconscionsly, give offense to
that excellent woman by your very manner.
And she must be a wonder indeed
if in her heart she does not resent yonr
complete monopoly of her "boy"?
always that to her, remember. In the
- - - 1
natural coarse of things, men, ner iove
for yon cannot be of an intense character
at first; but even if it be sc, yon certainly
should refrain from wringing her
heart anew with stories of your domestic
grievances, which she feels must necessarily
involve the unhappiness of her
son, from whom, before your advent,
she kept even the shadow of trouble.
A Wonderful New Cotton Plant. " |
Attention is now attracted, says an
Atlanta, Ga-, dispatch, to a new sort of
cotton plant which bids fair to prove
immensely valuable. For many years
A. A. Snbers, of Macon, has been carefully
experimenting to hybridize the
cotton plant that grows wild in Florida
with the common okra. The cotton
1 J "" owaAi'flo WIIIAK Ifl
pi&Ul l^S Ui tuau ttuavm
found on the lowlands of the Caloosahatchie
river. The new plant retains
the okra stalk and the foliage of the*
cotton. Its flower and frait, however,!
is strikingly unlike either cotton or
okra. The plant has an average height'
of two feet, and each plant has only one
bloom. This is a magnificent flower
very much like the great magnolia in
fragrance and equally as large. Like
the cotton bloom, the flower is white
for several days after it opens, after
which it is first pale pink, and gradually
assumes darker shades of this color
: until it becomes red, when it drops,
disclosing a wonderful bolL For aboat -~i?
ten days this boll resembles the cotton
boll, and then its growth suddenly increases
as if by magic until it reaches
the size of a big cocoanut. Not until
it. ro?p.ViAs this si*A dries the lint. aDDe&T.
Then its snowy threads begin to burst
from the boll, but are held securely in
place by the okra-Iike thorns or points
that line the boll. One inexperienced
picker can easily gather 800 pounds a
day, and fast hands much more. Were
the only saving that of labor in gather:
ing the lint, the result of Mr. Suber\*
experiment would entitle him to th j
everlasting gratitude of the Southern
farmer. But this is not all?there ar>
no seeds in the lint Each boll produces
abont two pounds of very lon$
o+o-nia Ant*/** anrvmor to the Sea & -^11
land, and at the bottom of the boll thei
are from four to six seeds, resertblin.
persimmon* eee4: -