The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, February 02, 1887, Image 1
VOL. XLIII, WIXNSBORO, 8. G., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1887. # NO. 27.
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- HOW THE SHAH LIVES.
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PERSONAL AND OFFICIAL DETAILS
L OF Tin: LIFE OF 1'EliSIA'S KL LEK.
y His Journal of Travels. and How It is
Printed?By s. G. W. Kenjamis, Recently
United States .Minister to IVreia.
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? JLH6 voice CI liiu c4
melodious chant, is heard iioatisg over
the still air of morning from the towers
of Teheran. At the same moment the
^ sun bursts over the eastern plains, and
burnishes the Trails of the capitol with a
fe- golden glow. On the lofty turret of the ;
w palace gate a troop of royal trumpeters
hails the coming day, while in the streets j
below rings the plebian horn which an- i
nounces to the people that the public
baths are ready for the daily ablution.
At the same time the camel bells are
r heard of caravans which, after traveling
all night, are now entering the city.
An attendant in stocking feet raises the
Heavy drapery man cxosss iac eciwuts i
to the apartment where Xusr-ed-Deen J
' Shah is sleeping, and with .bowed hui;
in a low tone reminds his Majesty that it
is the hour of prayer. A "moonfaced"
^ maiden approaches, bearing a basin and
K. ewer of gold; she pours scented water
^ over the royal hand?, and another fair
atterdant, scantily clad, like her companion,
dries his hands with a sort towel.
JBoth kneel at this duty, for the king is
yet on his couch, which is a mattress
laid on the costly i ags that cover the
r floor. Having accomplished the ablutions,
which form one of the essential
f rites of Mussulman prayer, the Shah
offers his devotions on a superb prayer
rug of silk pointed toward Mecca. When
a Mohammedan is on a journey he carries
a compass with Yrn, in order to iind
the direction of Mecca. The prayer is
repeated in a low tone with many genuflections,
of which the chief consist of
repeatedly falling flat on the face, rising
to the knees, and then standing and
passing both hands reverentially over
the face.
His morning prayer over, the Shah
pastes to a steam bath partially subterranean
and containing several apartments.
The entire establishment is
misty with steam, and a dim light pervades
a hall paved with marble. The
walls are encrusted with glazed tiles arf
ranged in elegant floral designs. The
light sifts through bulleyes in tiie vaulted
ceiling, which is supported by graceful
pillars. In separate alcoves are deep
tanks tilled resptctively with hot and
cold water. The attendants of the king
are selected from the numerous lovely
women whose charms qualify them al;ke
fc as hand maidens and wives. - It is needV
less to say that under such circumstances J
^ the morning batn of the Shah of Persia !
possesses attractions of a character as |
agreeable as they are unusual.
Th^ daily attention given to these i
baths very likely explains in part the
marvelous physical endurance of Oriental
snver.-isns. who retain their powers for i
domestic duties and affairs of state to old
age in climates which Europeans find
enervating and exhausting.
* , Alter bathing, the Shah partakes of a
r light meal of tea or coffee with bread,
and perhaps fruits. Having thus arranged
his personal wants, Xusr-ed-Deen
Shah passes into one of his numerous
audience chambers and receives the ministers
of the rovai council or cabinet. It
is composed of the Sedr Azem or Prime
Minister; I he Xaib Sultaneh, minister o:
war, the vizier Karadje or minister of
foreign affairs; the Amin e Sultan, minister
of finance; the 3Iohper-ed-Douleh,
minister of mines and telegraphs; the
Emin-ed-Douleh, minister of costs and
J* administrator of the religious funds; the
Sani-ed-Douleh, minister of printing,
> and several other- high dignitaries, including
the minister of arts and sciences,
who is also superintendent of the arsen-\
al, and the head of the medical depart-Jf
ment, called by the singular name of
Hakeam-ui-^Iamoiek, or Physician of
the Empire. This functionary is a Persian
wno m4dnated at the medical college of
Paris. He has for his colleagues several!
other physicians, including* Dr. Thoiozan,
c French practitioner who enjoys
the copiidence of the Shah and reads to
him t.j leading foreign journuls. During
\ a recent severe illness the Shah called to
^ his assistance Dr. Cochrane, a talented
W American missionary physician residing
in Persia.
x" As it is yet early morning it is evident
that these dignitaries are obliged to rise
even earlier tiian the Shah in order to
be present at this morning audience.
One by one they raise the perdeh or
massive embroidered portiere, and enter
the presence of the dread sovereign who
r holds their lives and fortunes in his fist,
and is styled the Asylum of the Universe
L and. tne Jfcang ox iungs. ice xaxier uue
Bk at least is capable of reasonable explanafin.
fion. For in the periods of iier former
greatness a monarch might be well con
sidered king of kings, to whom the kings
of Armenia, of Egypt, of Touran, of
H 9L Lydia, of Georgia, of Afghanistan, ox
India, and at one time of Byzantium
paid tribute.
U ^ The ministers bow low on entering the i
IPI^^^Wb jessed presence" they repeat the eeref
Jfcpny halt way across the apartment and i
on arriving within easy speaking
^sta^ce of the bhah, where they stand
in trap order of precedence with folded
hand^\ the habit of the Shah to go
with 3<we minuteness into the details of
administration. The present Shah does
this, it is i^hd, more than some of his
predecessors? owing probably totne iucii
m of men of ma!s?cd integrity and ability
to take charg^ of dep;irtments. in
former years it wyis also tlie custom to
bring criminals N^ccased of capital
offences before the Sjuah, and the condemned
man was execiVed immediately,
either in his presence oV in an adjoining
cour:. But some years a]t ^usr-ed-Deen
Shah practically abolished the custom oi
adjudicating criminal ca*is, and his
^ morning audiences are roxk rarely the
& _ scene of such painful incidents, altliougu
has not altogether abandoned the exercise
of ordering the execution of a
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CnillillttJL Uii. VCUUCAVUO* k-jLw
journey to Mesciied in li&i, the Siiu.ii
commanded the instant decapitation of
a mrrderer.
Tiiese audiences lust several hyurs.
His majestv from time to time enjoys a
cup of tea and a kalian or waterpipe
' during the session. After tbe ministers
retire, the king devotes the interval U>
private study or a more careful examination
into the ailuirs of his administration,
attended by some head of a department
from whom he desires more precise
information. This would be particularly
the case with the ilohper-ed.
Douleh, who is at once Minister of ComJr
merce and Minister of Alines and Telegraphs,
in whom the Shah reposes some
confidence. The Sani-ed-Douleh, or
Minister of Pablic Printing, is also a
fnr>/?fnnrv xvlm is of ton elosrted with the
Shah, as he is a public censor and hominal
editor of the oilieial journals. It is
said nothing goes into these periodicals
without Urst passing under the eye of
the fehah. But as they appear onlv
?7. jnonthly, and cover "but four pages in
large type, the task oi editing is inure
apparent than real.
The Sani-e<l-Douleh also assists the
Shall in editing his journals of travels,
and preparing them for the press. The
most recent work of this description is
the account of tbe Shah's excursion to
I Mesched in 1882, in which the loyal
author gives some of his own conclusions
concerning the antiquities aiong the
route he followed. The work is illustrated
with lithographic illustrations
made from photographs. These works,
as well as the official gazettes, are printed
by lithography. This may seem a
somewhat laborious and unnecessary
process y.t tiie pi.- sent a\,e; lor the cast
ing of Arabic cluoicters, which tiie
Persians ust>, has been often done, and
i several volumes have been printed in
India in the Persian language frora
metal types. Put the Persians, with
their exquisite {esthetic feeling, cannot
become habituated to type printing, as
it is less soft, flowing and flexible than
the written character. Hence the preference
for lithography, which approximately
gives them the delicate touches
o.' the calligraphic art. A skillful scribe
writes out each page as it is to appear in
the printed copy. This is photographed
on a stone with a prepared surface.
As one may readily suppose, the facts
in these oilicial periodicals are often in
inverse ratio to the florid language and
superfluity of high sounding titles and
phrases, very like Falstaff's pennyworth
of bread to an intolerable deal of sack.
The correspondence from the provinces
is annually summed up in some such
phrase as this, for example: "The good
people of Tabreez are in usual health,
praise be to God, and are saving their
prayers with pious regularity."
But the Shah's government also employs
the.columns of the ollicial journals
to suggest its relations with the powers,
and test the quality of their influence at
the court of Persia. Sometimes it has
had occasion to regret its termerity. An
article once appeared which, alluding to
the position of one of the rival European
powers in Asia, spoke slightingly of that
power, and especially of the decay of its
influence in the East. The ignorance of
Orientals regarding foreigners would
cause such a paper, emanating from
official sources, to produce a most injurious
eiiect in that quarter, .and the
editor of the official journal was therefore
constrained to publish a retraction
in the subsequent issue of the Gazette,
which ludicrously contradicted the statements
previously made.
During my last winter in Persia an
article appeared in the same periodical
giving a biographical account c f the then
President-elect Cleveland, with his por
trait. This article was inspired by an
European paper, and consequently contained
several items which were either
false or so expressed as to convey an
impression qualified to iniuriouslv affect
oar prestige among such, a people as the
I'ersians, and I was soon informed that
such was indeed the result..
it has always been my opinion that a
United States representative abroad
should uphold the honor and credit or
his country and countrymen no less than '
their commercial interests, which are
thereby assisted. Therefore, although
fully aware that probably one cf the first
official act.- of the new administration
would be to call on me to give up the
legation I had just established in that
hir-away country, I did not allow this
fact to affect my conduct in what I considered
to be my duty in this case. I
immediately and respectfully represent?:!
the faots to the Minister of xore?'^.
Affairs, who promised full satisfaction, j
The delay which followed caused me to |
urge the matter again, feeling that possi
bly there was some concealed intention
iu the publication of the off ?nsire article,
suggested perhaps by one of the legations
opposed to American influence in
Persia, but without any intention on his
jlajesty's part to prejudice our interests
iu ihat country.
After waiting a reasonable time without
receiving any communications on
the subject either from the foreign office
or the editor of the official gazette, and
dispatch being essential in suet, a case, I
requested an audience of his majesty
hkaseif, and seized that occasion to
allude among other matters to rhe character
of the official article on. the President-elect
of the United States. The
Shah was pleased to express veiy friendly
feeling, and commanded the JMinisk-i
of Foreign Affairs, vho was present, to
carry out ray wishes regarding the matter.
" I did not rest satisfied -with this,
but very shortly called again on the
Minister of Foreign Affairs and urged an
immediate retraction of the offensive
article. The result of my persistence
was finally made evident by a request of
the Minister of Printing for me to prepare
a paper for the next issue of his
journal. The proof of this was sent as
evidence of good faith, and the results
on our infiuence, it Heed hardly be said,
were obvious and beneficial.
Agricultural Experimental Stations.
Tuc Agricultural Experimental Station
bill passed by the Senate directs the establishment,
in connection with the agricultural
colleges of the department, a
department to be known and designated
as an Agricultural Experimental Station.
Where there are two such colleges in
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one ouu-e tnc aiiiuuiiL appiupna Leu lu
each State and Territory for this purpose
(.$1-3,000 a year; is to be equally
divided between them unless the State
Legislature shall otherwise direct. The
object and duty of such experiment station
is to conduct original researches or
to verify experiments 011 physiology of
plants and animals, the diseases to which
they a;e severally subject and clie remedies
therefor, chemical composition of
useful plants, comparative advantages of
rotative cropping, capacity of new plants
or trees for acclimation, analysis of soils
and water, chemical composition of
manures, adaptation and value of grasses
and forage plants, composition and
digestibility of different kinds of food
for domestic animals, scientific and
economic questions involved in the production
of butter and cheese, and such
other researches or experiments bearing
directly on the agricultural industry of
the United States as may be deemed ad
YiJ&ttJJlC.
Execution by Proxy in ChinaThere
is one almost incredible thing
which wiii give a fair idea o? how the
Chinese regard the death penalty. It
is an actual fact that in some cases substitution
can be instituted, and a substi-*w*?-e?ra:T>e
readily found. Money li"rc
will make men risk almost certain death,
but it is to doubted whether Yanderbilt
had millions enough to secure a man for
hanging in cold blood. Anyone acquainted
with the ways and customs of
China will, however, testify that ?50 will
at any time and in any numbers, secure
men to step up beneath the executioner's
sword and die.?San Francisco Call.
A young writor wishes us to publish his
; contributions to "t-ncouragc" him. "VYe
:in::ot afford to encourage one writer at
' the expense of discouraging many thousand
. readers.
AN EXi'KN'SiVJ: SI"IT OF CLOTHKS. j
lielics of the Confederacy IVesewteu to the
National Museum.
(From tho Washington Star.)
"That- suit of clothes cost rae eight
thousand and two hundred dollars!" said
a tall, stout, tine appearing gentleman
*.nth an intelligent face half hidden by a
luxuriant iron-gray beard. The gentleman
was Dr. J. E. Xagle, of St. Augustine,
Florida, and his listener a Star reporter.
For a long time the authorities
of the National Museum have endeavored
to obtain a uniform worn by a Confederate
officer during the late struggle. At
that time Dr. Xagle was a surgeon bv
commission in the Confederate service
and actively employed in the field,
chiefly in General W. J. Hardee's corps,
known as the 3rd army corps. He lias
also obtained some prominence by a
gift to the National Museum of a valuable
collection of United States one cent
pieces. A short while after this he presented
the same museum with the
uniform mentioned, and also seme additional
relies of the Confederacy. They
have been placed by the museum authorities
in a glass case?the lirst to the
right on the center aisle as you enter by
the north door?in which also are exhibited
the clothes worn by Genera:
Santa Anna, of Mexican fame.
A REGCTiATIOX COX FED MUTE COAT.
Pictures accompanying Dr. Xagle's
coat show the pattern which was required
to be worn. The collar was
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covered wiua oiacK veivet, aim uie msignum
of rank was a large gold or embroidered
star placed near tbe front and
point on a line with Tie row of buttons
on each side. The sleeves were covered
with chevrons of gold lace, and as per
pattern represented in the picture. The
cuffs were of black cloth or velvet, cut
with point up the outside seam of the
s'eeve. Tbe vests represent full dress in
blue clotb, and fatigue dress in gray
cioth. The rants, of a regulation pattern,
were oi dark blue cloth, having an
inch stripe of black velvet the whole
length oi' the outer seam and edged with
narrow gold lace. Tbe buttons in
cost one hundred dollars each. The gold
lace one hundred dollars per yard. The
gray cloth of the uniform, trimmings
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dollars in Confederate currency, and
what is left was worn in active service
from the first day that it was put on
until a month or two after the explosion
of the Confederacy occurred at Greensboro,
X. C. The belt has the State arms
of Arkansas on the buckle. It was re- ;
eeived by General Hardee and presented ;
by him to Surgeon Xagle when the
troops and accoutrements of the Arkan- ,
sas contingent were transferred to the
Confederacy, the pro forma ceremonies ;
of which occurrcd at Pocahontas, -irk., (
in June, 1801. .
A SUBSTITUTE TOK A SASH.
The green cord, originally a curtain ,
cord, was used during the last two years
of the war as a substitute for the green
silk sash, which the regulations required ,
for a surgeon's equipments. The first
one used by Surgeon Xagle was a magnificent
woven silk sash, with lovely
tassels and bullion ornameits. As the <
tnreaus were broken ana Decame un
ravelled, the pieces were plaited into <
wliip crackers, and also used by the <
bushelers to patch rents and broken ]
places in clothes, etc. A remnant of a
shirt is a specimen of what Surgeon
Nagle had to wear for many months of
the latter period of the war. As he
started from Memphis in 1S(>1 with linen
shirts, which cost six gold dollars a
piece, the contrast of then and now is rather
a sad commentary on the results i
of war, and especially of defeat and its
attendant inconveniences. A tin "kitchen,"
with its various appurtenances, also
presented to the museum by Dr. Nagle, '
was an invaluable friend to a soldier who j
could either buy, beg or steal eggs to
cook, coffee to boil or rations to carry. It
was a mighty useful "trick" for gen- j
eral service and soldiers' purposes. '{
haf.dee's battle flag. i
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JX UULUC 11 ci^ lit tut' WllWUUil Wild L1IC
field standard of Hardee's third corps, ;
and served as a guide in many battler. ,
from Shiloh to Missionary ilidge and (
Atlanta. One of Colonel Sam Smiths
soldiers, of the Arkansas volunteers, under
General Pat Cleburn, cut from his
shirt-tail the cloth which was sewed int:>
and forms the white portion of the flag, i
The patched and repaired blue cloth |
was also sadly rent by shot and shell in j
the engagements, which were partici- ;
pated in by the Western army. ;
The battle flag of Hardee's famous old ;
third army corps consisted of a white '
moon in the centre of a blue Held. A ;
bayonet, also included among Dr. Is agle's ;
gifts, did more and better service in
sticking pigs and as a candlestick than
as as implement of legalized murder in
the way of warfare. The two pieces of
a venomous and villainous explosive
bullet were found on the field of Shiloh.
A tampod screw and brush are all that
were left of an Enfield rifle which was
SUiiCUSJLeU. ILL JU UUiLipttilJ' Willi
a Confederate soldier at Shiloh.
She Knew Her liusiness.
He was naturally bashful, and in lier
company was as dumb as an oyster. She
understood liim, and one evening asked
plainly what made him so silent whenever
he called on her.
"I?er?I don't know," he stammered;
"I always ah?have something to say
before you come in, but I can't get it
out."
"Indeed?" she said, encouragingly.
"Yes, I aru like a bottle that is corked
up tight."
"Very tight, Mr. Smith?"
"Yes, indeed, very."
"Well, that isn't so bad as yon think.
There is one good thing ubout it."
vv Uiii is ac, pray:
"Why, you know, tlie tighter a bottle
is corked the more forcibly it pops."
He grasped the situation at once, and
now she doesn't care whether he talks or
not. She is content to do it all herself.?Merchant
Traveler.
The Social Fine Art.
Xot the least of the graces of socail
life is the swift conversational touch and
so unconsciously acquired in changing
social currents. The art of expressing
a thought in a sentence, of stating a fact
in a word is a social ai t of the highest
value. It may be set d r vn as an axiom
that nobody cares for letails; no one
wants precise and faithful biographical
accounts sprung upon their defenseless
heads; no one cares a straw for minute
experiences. For one person in a group
I'O iiiOlol <JI1 UCULLIUI^ bULLLC 1UHI? XZ>
to be a bore of the first magnitude.?
Boston Traveler.
The many silly question that are asked at
railroad ticket-ollices would try the patience
of a saint. The other day a man stepped
up to the window at the Union Depot and
asked: "Will this train coining now leave
before the one going next':'' The agent
said he would have to give it up.
wxuie man, sixty years ui a^c, u:ts
just been sentenced to be hung for murder
by the Orangeburg court.
A BIG CLUB OF RICH MEN.
ONLY KI.KVKN OF TIlK SKNATOliS AKK
Kstimates <?r the \Walth of the Mem he"<
of that Much A:?us<_*<! Uody?Honey liags
Well rilled.
Washington, January 20.?Whenever
I hear anybody talking about the United
States Senate as a "club of millionaires"
I feel like saying, as Senator .Toe Brown
said to the newspaper man who asked
him if he were worth $10,000,000!?
"Young man 51,000,000 is a great deal
of money." The truth is there are very
few millionaires in the Senate. I have
just gone carefully over the list, anu out
of the seventy-six I can only find eleven
millionaires, and I do not feel very certain
about all of them. Of course one
can never feel sure about the wealth of
any man in America?except that it is
exaggerated by popular report. But
here is my li.st: Brown, of Georgia;
Camden, of West Virginia; Cameron, of
Pennsylvania; Fair, of Nevada; Hale, of
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"Michigan; Payne, of Ohio: Sawyer, of
Wisconsin; Sherman, of Ohio, and
Stanford, of California.
STANFORD AT THE TOP OF THE HEAP.
Of these Stanford is by far the richest.
His wealth is largely "in sight" and may
be safely put, I suppose, at $20,000,000,
chiefly made and chiefly kept in railroads
and real estate. But Stanford can
well be reckoned in the "dangerous
classes." Next, I should say, stands
Fair, and Fair, Flood, Mackey and
O'Brien whose wealth was and largely is
speculative, but who is rated at about
$10,000,000 by well informed nivn. Then
comes old Joe Brown, of Georgia, with
his railroads and real estate and his coal
mines, valued by experts at ?5,000,000.
Payne, of Ohio, with his real estate and
oil; Cameron, of Pennsylvania, and
Camden, of West Virginia, with their
railroads and real estate, are millionaires.
TOWAKD THE END OF THE LIST.
Palmer, of Michigan, and Sawyer, of
Wisconsin, with their lumber and their
real estate, come next, anil then as the
(iie closers I would rank Sherman, with
liis real estate, Mahone, with his speculative
railway stocks, and Hale, with his
wife's fortune in the rear. I do not feel
sure that Mahone is entitled to a place
in the list; of millionaires, although he
Lives like one; but I feel sure that Jones,
of Nevada, cannot read his title clear to
a, corner in this club, in spite of the
uewspaper stories about' his success in
liio recent speculations in tnc oomstocii
stocks. But grunt for the time that lie
is a millionaire, that will give us just a
round dozen m the Senate. Surely we
2an stand that.
kicii, urr sor millioxaikes.
But I shall be told that many of the
other sixty-four are rich men, if not
actually millionaires, and that they
aught to be reckoned in, in a trial of the
juo warranto- which lias been served
;ipon "the money bags of the Senate."
Very well. Let us run through the list.
Aidrich, of Rhode Island, is a successful
wholesale grocer, but not a millionaire.
No, not even a half millionaire. He is
>aid to be worth a quarter of a million.
Perhaps so, perhaps not. Allison, of
towa, is charged with a quarter of a
million. I hope he has it,
among the b's.
Beck has had to face the same charge.
He is generally regarded as having disproved
it. Beck would like to have
?lO0,U00 that he could close his tin gel's
on. Berry, of Arkansas, Blackburn, of
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haven't together ?50,000?no, nor 8--V
J00. And if they had tliey should spend
it before the year was out. Bowen, of
Colorado, has one of those mythical
fortunes which are credited one day to a
Lucky hit in mining and the next to a
lucky game of poker. Butler, of South
Carolina, has the family plantation, or
what is left of it.
c's, d's and e's.
Call has an orange grove or two;
Chase, of lihode Island, has a factory.
Sometimes he is rich and sometimes he
isn't, like all manufacturers. Chaney, of
New Hampshire, is thrifty and saving,
and is "worth some property," but not
much. C'ockrell, of Missouri; Coke, of
Texas; Colquitt, of Georgia; Conger, of
Michigan; Cullom, of Illinois, and
Dawes, of Massachusetts, have little else
besides their salaries. Doipli, of Oregon,
was rich until Villard failed, but since
then he has been floating on the planks
of his fortune. Edmunds has a good
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perhaps $11)0,000 saved uj). He lives
much more generously than people generally
suppose. And his professional income
is not' so large as is constantly
claimed, and cannot be for the simple
reason that he gives two-thirds of his
time to his public duties. Eustis, o:
Louisiana, has the remains of a great
fortune; Evarts has the elements of a
great fortune, but as both live expensively
neither is likely to build an estate.
A FURTHER ROLL CALL.
Frye has a small property in real estate
and factory; George, of ^Mississippi, has
his salary, which he stives, by the way,
with a view, I suppose, to that great
wealth which some Senators have "saved
out of their salaries;" (iibsou, of Louisiana,
has a small fortune; Gorman, of
Maryland, has the nucleus of one; Gray,
of Delaware, is not a "suspect;" Hampton,
of South Carolina, has his homestead
plantation; Hams, of Tennessee,
and Harrison, of Indiana, have their
salaries and their law practices, Harri
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Hawley has a two-thirds interest in the |
Hartford Courant; Hoar has a market
house in Worcester; Ingalls Luis his
salary; Jones, of Arkansaw, has "oniy
this and nothing xaore;" Jones, of <
Florida, will soon not have even that ;
Pienna, of West Virginia, has a small law
practice, but has neglected -wealth for
honor.
THE SENATORIAL >l's.
McMillan is poor. McPherson is only
just recovering from his linanciul embarrassments.
Manderson is building an
unpretentious house in Omaha, where
he is a director in a national bank, but
is not regarded as rich. Maxey is poor.
Warner Miller lias been poor and rich
and rich and poor ! y turns, as wood
pulp lulled or succeeded?gust now lxa is
supposed to well off. Mitchell, of
Oregon: and Mitchell, of Pennsylvania,
liave what they have made or can make
out of tlie law. Morgan has his salary.
Morris has the $200,000 or $300,000 he
saved from his '-general store" business
up in Vermont before the war.
rLATT, PLU3IB .VXD OTHERS.
Piatt, of Connecticut, has a small law
practice; Plumb his various speculative
interests, and if they all turn out well he
will be rich?so far his successes and
failures seem to have balanced: Pugh
j Las a small law practice; Hansom lias his
i salary; Riddleberger does not even have
tliat?the day after he gets it; Sabin is
just struggling out of his failure; Salisbury
has the "savings of a lifetime:"
Sewell is supposed to have a small fortune;
Spencer has a fine law practice,
but spends bis income liberally; Teller
is in a lot of schemes, which may make
him a millionaire or may make him a
pauper?just now he is at the golden
mean of competence.
VANCE, VAN WYCK, VEST.
^ance carries a small fortune; Tan
Vt'yck has a little property; Vest is trying
to pay for a small residence here out
I . .,5.', K.va.-, + K
wx jllxo saiaij , > uuiJJi to uuto uui abv^ui|/if
even so sjight a financial flight as this;
Walthall has saved some of his professional
income; Witthorne has nothing
bat his salary; Williams, of California,
has ?100,000 or so in trade; Wilson, of
Iowa, and Wilson, of Maryland, have
paying law practices, especially Wilson,
of Iowa, who has saved some monev.
Do I hear the Clover Ciub responding
out of the depth of its recent recollections,
"Whv, it's all right?''
Macfaei^nt,.
A IIOTSPl K TO DEATH.
iloiv, Stun? !>y a. Taunt. Famsvrorth Went
in. Never to Come Out.
(Gea rfcl 'v. M. Law in the* Century.}}
Farusworth and his cavalry, (on the .
extreme Union left, afternoon of Lhe
second day, Gettysburg,) were riding in
gallant style, with drawn sabres and uu- '
opposed, up the vailev. -is they approached
SJyder's house, and as I stood :
intently watching them, I saw a ragged ;
Confederate battle Hag iluttering among
the trees at the foot of the opposite .
ridge, and the men with it soon after ap- ,
peared, running out into the open
ground on the further side of the valley. 3
It was the Fourth Alabair a Regiment,
Law's Brigade, which had bee^ taken !
from the main line and sent down by *
Lieutenant Wade. The men opened lire :
as they ran. The course of the cavalry 1
was abruptly checked and saddles were
rapidly emptied. Recoiling from this
tire, they turned to their lei't and rear, j
and directed their course up the hill toward
the position occupied by our bat- :
ti.vioc Vnit.tfvrv r?rr?TT? nf v *
changed front to its left, so as to face the *
approaching cavalry, and, together with !
its infantry supports, opened a withering
lire at short range. Turning again to
their left, Fa rnsworth and the few of his ,
men who remained in their saddles di- '
rected their course toward the point (
where they hud originally broken in, 1
having described by this tune almost a ;
complete circle. But the gap where '!
they had entered was now closed, and,
receiving another lire from that point, *!
they again turned to the ielt and took A
refuge in the woods near the base of ]
Bound Top. When the last turn to the '
left was made about half a dozen of their 1
number separated from the main body }
and escaped by "running the gauntlet" 1
to the right of the First Texas Kegiment. c
While these movements were m pro- \
gress I couid plainly distinguish General *
Faraswortb, who led the charge, and ?
whom I then supposed to be Kilpafcrick. '*
He wore a linen havelock over his mili- s
tar cap, and was evidently wounded at [
the time he entered the woods. Here, 1
with his little handful of gallant follow- :i
crs, he rode upon the skirmish lino of v
ike Fifteenth (Alabama) Regiment, and, r
pistol in hand, called upon Lieutenant
Adrian, who commanded the line, to
surrender. The skirmishers in return
tired upr,n him, killing his horse and *
wounding General Farnsworth in many o
places. As he fell to the ground Adrian "
approached him and demanded his surrender.
He curtly refused to surrender, v
ai the same time killing himself with the u
pistol which he still held in his hand.
During the afternoon the pickets of *
the First Texas Kegiment had been so
near the point where the Federal cavalry .
were preparing for the attack as to hear
their voices distinctly when raised at all y
above the ordinary tone. Just before v
the charge was made they heard some
one say, in an excited, ang.iy tone: a
1 :e ?:.7 .1- 1,,. .
"UUiUJUClj il J UU iilV tiJri.cixU. tkj UILUCA. K/J I j
, I will lead the charge myself." j i
I afterward learned that tho speaker was j t
General Kilpatrick, and that the words I s
were addressed to General Farns worth, f
who was aware of the difficulties of the ]
movement and would not have made it r
if the matter had been left to his own ^
judgment. However this may have been '
he certainly bore himself with the most j *
conspicuous gallantry throughout that \ ;
fatal charge.
COST OF BKKAKINO A IIKAKT. .,
A Discarded Lover's Unique l>ilI for Court- ^
ship Expenses.
Wilice.sbap.ke, January 28.?A pretty t
Polish maiden named Maria Luchminski (
has been playing sad liavoc with the
hearts of several young Polish gentlemen
residing at ZSanticoke. Maria has
been in this country about six months,
but during that short time she managed
to win the affections of no less than a i
half dozen suitors. Among the latter | j
were a young drug clerk and a miner. !,
These two had a lively race as to who ,
should win the prize. Each tried to out [
do the other in buying presents for their .
idol. In the course of time the tickle ,
maiden became tired of both, and gave t
them the mitten. John Maekinwinski, t
Av.svtlioi. i-rinnrr Pnir> tlicn bftftime hf'st *,
L-XJ V^JL V/ . VJ
man. He proposed marriage and was '.
accepted. i
Vv'iien Michael Anton, one of the old '
lovers, heard of the engagement he al- 1
most went wild. He quit work in the (
mines and, coming to this city, brought :
suit before Alderman Donohue for the [
recovery of presents, or their equivalent, !
presented to his false sweetheart from ;
time to time. He tiled the following bill
of'particulars:
Dress goods for wedding dress.. ..$ G 00
Wrap to get married in 11 00
To clergyman. 5 00
Three tickets to "Wilkosbarre 1 U0 <
Marriage license 50 3
llufreshmeHts while in town 1 00 ;
Fiddler 1 f>0 J
Making dress 50 <
Tor bustle, corsets, necktie, etc... 10 U0 ,
After footing up the figures the 'Squire ]
found th:it 87.20 had been charged for ]
iniurv to heart affections, time lost iu |
moving, looking up fiddler, etc., and as .
the other side objected to the item it .
was struck from the bill. The Alderman
proposed that a compromise be afi'eeted :
by Atackiuwindd paying over the amount
claimed to the discarded lover. At first
he refused. Maria said: "All right; I
won't have anything to do with a man
who refuses ic pay ?12 to keep inc out :
of jail. I will marry Aziion, my old
lover." The latter went into epstaoy j
over this, but his joy v,M? siiorfc lived.
^ -1-- i .. it _ xv I
.uu.ufa.iiiwiu.-,sulci nu wouiu pay iuc
bill if 3Iaria would be his wife. The girl
contented and tlie money was paid over.
Never bring a human being. however
silly, ignoraut and weak, above all, any
liitle child, to shame and confusion of face.
Never, by petulance, by suspicion, in ridicule,
even by selJish and si'-ly never,
above all, by indulging in the devilish
pleasure of a sneer, crush wh-it is finest and
rouse up what is coarsest in the heart o:
any fellow-creature.
X
V.'i.WT TEiK CO?T*.
The .S;ii::r:cs <>!"Olii'/hils ;:ml the Conlisigajst
Expenses.
'Fro:n :ha \V.~u-h:r._':oaStar.)
Tlxe report of the clerk of the House
of Repres?:ntives of Iris expenditures for
the fiscal year ending on the 30th of last
June shows that the salaries of officers
amounted to 8*341,449.40; salaries of
Capitol police to $iS,297.i>3; materials
for folding. >*13,728.34: fuel and oil for
heating aparatus, S'',yl9.G2; furniture
and repaid. $5,.j8-I.33 : packiDg boxes,
6*2,987; cartage, 6*000; postage, 8-00;
miscellaneous, ?27,2*5. *i; stationery aod
newspapers, ??U.(>32.05. Luring the
year-the sum of S7S2.50 was paid to oue
party for paste for the folding room.
From the sime party was purchased
3,000 trunk boards 32x^0 for ?731.25.
The carpet which now covers the floor
of the House cost ?1.25 per yard, and it
required l,370i yards, amounting to
sl.i37fi.07. For the lobby Milton carpet
at ?1.95 per yard was bought. For the
Speaker's room the border and lining
cost 8138.
FUNERAL EXPENSES.
The funeral expenses of the late Representative
Rankin amounted to $1,481. IS
The undertaker's bill was $110. Bailroad
fare, sleeping berths, etc.. amounted to
??Kv}.25. Luncheon for the committee,
>)-i.25; labor and material for decorating
the grave, etc., $11. One bill of ?132.23
Logins with the item of "iruit bought in
Washington." Another bill of ?130.75
L-ontains the item of "digging giound
with team and four men," ?20.75. The
it tendance of the House committee at the
funeral of Vice-President Hendricks cost
?1,3S0.08. The funeral expenses of the
.ate Representative Halan footed up
j9.3S.10. Among the items was a funeral
wreath, and a lunch for the committee,
$37.25.
The funeral expenses show that the
.isual price charged ior caskets for deceased
members was $330 each, while the
iverage price for caskets for deceased
;mplojes was only ?130 each.
unde;: ~ue head of statioxeky.
The following are some of the articles
purchased for the festive members:
'One progressive each re." That is a
requent en:rv, showing that the game
s a favorite with Congressmen. "Pobin;on
Crusoe's Money." "One Pili and
iill reader, 1 inchcs," whatever that may
)Q. "One dozen cork screws" is a i'repient
entry among the purchases.
'Three Yassar Girls" is another item.
['ranks, alligator bags, driving gloves,
rlieck bits, traveling cases for robes,
:te., figure among the things bought
vith the stationery fund. The stationery
iccouni of the members shows that very
sw oi them use more than half the
dlowanec i'ur stationery and newspapers
or its legitimate purpose. As a rule
aembers draw as lightly as possible on
his fund and put the cash in their
lockets. Many of them get their staionery
in committee rooms. Tor the
ust year, of the ?j2."> allowed for station'ry,
the following amounts were drawn
n cash: Kepresentative Holman, $50.81;
dcKinley, ?32. o7; Long, ?13.4-3; Hisock,
?02.17; Willis, ?82.12; Ketcham,
:*l?7.57; Y<\ 1). Kelley, ?110.02; Morrion,
?111.7G; Mr. Pulitzer, of New York,
Irew .-5118.7!) in cash and ?0.21 in staionery.
The figures would imply 'that
n allowance of haif that now authorized
rould cover the stationery demands of
nomliorc
The ?aivi:<;i>ii Arasy IJpcns Fir*'.
The Salvation Army did no! present a
cry formidable army when ii opened rirc
if! the hosts of sin in front of the AVmw
llici: on Sunday afternoon. It consisted
>f Adjutant Newton who is ;i heavily built
veil dressed young ilngiiibman, wearing a
tiedium length blonde beard over his lace,
ud his wife. Mr. Newton wore a retf
hilt under his drejs coat and a red bind
round his artillery cap. bearing the word??
"Salvation Army:" 3Its. Newton wore only
he band about her bonnet. The only
urnal weapon visible was a concertina on
rJiich Mr. New-.on played hymn tunes
vhile lie i'ud Mrs. Newton sang.
After a lew remarks from Mr. Newton
nd some singing before the number of
>eop!e who assembled the army went to
he hall, which u ::s well filled. Singing,
he concertina, prayer and speaking con
tituted the sei vices. Mr. and Mrs. New[.'ii
both spoke, Mr. Newton's remarks be
IIui a dciui?ii& wuu a uuij autouneed
text. The congrega'ion was
irderly, but did not seem to i>e much impressed.
Adjutant Newton stated that the
erviccs now beinx held are for white peo>le
and that special services for colored
icople will be held soon. There was nothng
especially noticeable in the sermons.
The service last night was well attended
ud their conduct was as usual, including
he collection, which "seemed to yield but a
canty sum. The chief impression made
sy Adjutant Xewtou is that he is much in
arnest both in singing and preaching.?
ireenciUe Xer--.
* ? ?r~
'i'ne Klrctoral Count Hill.
Both houses of Congress have passed the
sectoral comu lull, and it only need?, the
President's signature to bwo.nis a law. Il.-tp>iiy
thyre is tLoi;~hi to ou no doubt of the
.'reydent-s approval. The bill passed so
luieiiy at last through both nouses that it
' * ' ' * 1- . ._1 .1 4. 1
s uuucuh w r?:u:/.e way u iuouii; i;oi ui'.ve
iconic a iu?v years ago. It nrv.ovcs all
lie doubt and ( ?>::fu-i. *n about tile counting
>i the i'rCviileiUi:;! vote in Congress, and
IiTjs eliminates from our quadrennial cone.-ts
one of the most disturbing elements i
viiich have ever Keen connected v,;itii them,
fids and the Preside:'.'.::;! succession l:r.v of
lie last session are most important aehievencuts.
If they could he supplemented
low with a constitutional amendment in*
reusing the Presidential term to six years
md forbidding thq re el..o:ion oi an ineum
icnt. we chould advance still further f>n
he wr,y to stability and freedom, for :it
east purt of the tunc, from political exciteneut
and partisan plotting.?Xeic York
Keen in'j I
u?<> Acts I!tc So!:o!:ir.
One of the bears in the collection in
:he cage at the Central Park v?.:ii carefully
and gravely :;nvoii ? paper made
jito a b::;i, rater having ascertained by
;'ue scent that it is not edible, and then
spreading it before him he will regard it
with the care of perusal. Iviore than
likely the oih?r Lears will gather about
iiim us if prepared to hear him. but the
inherent mischief loving spit It soon
isscrts 5t'?clf, and they engage' in a rough
xnd tumble for the' possession of the
printed sheet, which is, o? course, torn
to pieces.?Mevr York Times.
?eri?..^ j'yjjjyg ,\iVray.
Oil Aioudvy afternoon i .uko Armstrong.
;i young man frojy. W{>|irr Laurens. who had
been i:: ii.i" city <>:i business, >lulled for his
home, driving ]r\s buggy. About dn.sk
he passed the house of lit:fi\- Uabb, near
Babbtown post office, jusl over the Laurens
line. There was <-M qwairel between
J he two, and Armstrong called ou! to Babb,
who was ia front of his house, making
some taunting remark. Babb dared Arm- j
strong to get oat of his biiirg^, which he
and the two nghtiuu;. Babb was I
.letting ;U worst o? it, when lie drew :i
k:ii!c and cut Armstrong several times in
ho back, neck ::ud the leftside, from which
it is expected hev. il! die.?Ortcndllc JVc"*.
The wood-chopper is the chap who can
always "make his pile.''
WOMAN' AND TEMTKKANCE.
Tiie Appeal of the "World's Christian Temperance
U11 ion?The Aims of the Orjjanizuiiou.
Hannah TYhitall Smith, American SecreUiry
of the Wcrld'y W. C. T. U.
The following statement of the aims
and objects of the World's W. C. T. U.
is made in reply to numerous questions:
The World's W. C. T. U. is proposed
to be a federation of all the women's
societies engaged in temperance and
social purity work throughout the world,
f<>r the purpose of mutual enlightenment
and help;and with the object of creating
a moral power that shall be felt in the
governments of world.
yl' /i rp tt t" v.
j -Lli'J > f . Kj. JL. U . UA LJJLC V>XliCC^4. RJVMI.VO
hss proved beyond tlie possibility of
I question that the exigence of a common
or unization binding together a largo
extent of country is of great advantage
in transmitting from one place to au<3tiler
suggestions for work, and help ?n carrying
these suggestions out.
It is obvious that a "World's W. C. T.
U. must necessarily multiply this effectiveness
in proportion to the extent of
its organisation. It will provide a worldwide
network by which temperance and
social purity workers of every* nation
may communicate with one another, and
may be enabled to help each other in
their great reforms.
The especial advantages resulting will
be as follows: The workers in each
country will have an opportunity to become
informed, first, of the methods of
work successfully carried on in all other
countries; and secondly, of the most
useful provisions of the already existing
laws on tomneranee and social nuritv in
all civilized States, and the methods in
which these laws can be applied with the
advantage and the least risk; and also of
all proposed and newly executed iaws as
they are brought forward in any nation.
.Besides these advantages of a network ;
of communication and a general intelli- 1
g'.'uce department, it is intended that
the whole force of the "World's Union
shall be turn d upon the international ;
questions affecting social and temper- ;
ance reform. There is a work to be ,
done in this direction in improving the ;
Extradition Treaties as occasion arises, j
a.'d in bringing pressure to bear against
the forcing of alcohol and other stimu- :
luuts and narcotics upon savage and semi-civilized
communities. There are ;
immense and hitherco neglected scandals :
in relation to the forcing of the worst <
forms of drink upon the natives through- ,
out the continent of Africa and in other {
phccs, by th 3 so-called civilized merchants
o'i all nationalities. As the uncivilized
portion uf the world is at present
in the course of bi-ing rapidly divi
led under the nominal sovereignty of
the various great powers, this is exactly
the time when prompt and uniform J
action ought to be taken to force every
government to protect these hopeless *
people iroui me artiiucuiscwi tuc jjujuui
tru'iic, as the Dominion of Canada pro- ]
tects the Indians of their Nortnwest 1
Territory, not only by a strictly en- <
forced penal lav,- against furnishing them '
with intoxicating drink, but jiiso by J
aboptiDg and maintaining, primarily for
the benefit of the Indians, a rigid ex- i
elusion of all alcoholic liquors from "the <
whole territory. ]
mere is at tins very inomeut a crying j
need for international remonstrance and
interference in regard to the administra- 1
ti.-n of the great Free State of Congo, <
which was placed under international >
control by the recent Congress at Ber- ]
iiii. The liquor traffic is steadiiy a.-;sum- '
iug an appalling magnitude in tbis State *
under the sanction and protection of the ?
Powers, and is likely, if not arrested, to <
utterly ruin the native population, who <
are as helpless as children before its inroads.
(
The World's Union will further he a ,
great protective agency encii cling the '
world lor the saving of the boys and .
g)ris who Me annually scattering them- *
stives ovev every quarter of the globe,
search of \Vork or of education. Snares
inuumeiable surround the unwary feet .
of these wanderers, and the organized
mother and sister love of the World's '
TV'. C. T. U. may be, and we believe will i
be, the salvation of thousands.
It would also be an invaluable, help to '
nnr work if the literature of temw^rance .
and social purity in every country, transluted
at need, could be the common
property of women all over the world;
and'it is intended that there shall be in
each country a central depot under the
control of the World's secretary for that t
country, where specimens and hies oi j
the litera cure can be i'ound. and where
price lis?s of the larger works in all languages
shall be, as far as possible, kept
up to date.
In order to carry out these projects the <
following plan is proposed: j
.1. Prayer by all the members at twelve t
o'clock daily. _
II. The circulation d . > petition for ]
signatures aro,osg the women of all na- <
tiqns. tc. be presented tin.illy to every j
government in turn, praying for protec
tion for our homes aud on.v children .
from the curse of the liquor trailic and
its attendant evils. i
III. The appointment in each affiliated
oouutiy of a treasurer and secretary, |
whose duties shall be as follows: The ,
treasurer shall receive and disburse aU i
moneys subscribed or donated for the :
work ci the World's Union in thatcoun- 2
try, and shall keep a strict account of ,
the same. The secretin* shall conduct <
i XJLvJ tlWliCijpUUUCUUC KJl LJ-UIL UUUHULV 1 <JI (
tlie World's Union, and shall be a means ;
of inier-eommunicetion witli other j
countries in the interests of the work. ]
She shall look after the temperance and
social interests in the International
Treaties, and partieuj&rly the treatment
of unchiHsed 'nations in these respects.
Slid shall establish, a central bureau of
information as to all the wo;kattempted 1
or carried through, in ev^ry country,
;:long the fuuc.vving lines:
1. Organization.
2. Preventive work.
o. Elocutional woik.
4. Evangelistic wcri.
Social work,
G. Legal work.
She shall, as far as possible, keep fo
file a supply of all leaflets, etz., issued
by the workers in the temperance and
social purity reiorms all ov -r the world,
with price lists of the larger works published
iu every language up to date. Sh-j
sha.ll be aiithovizcil to issue from time
to iimc Sv.cli leaflets, etc., a.s may be
deemed necessary to iriiuer tnc work of
the World's Union in her ov,a ospcejl
uountiy. under the contro' of lliC I
World's executive committee for that
country.
'Other plans may be develop 1 later
on, and suggestions and information are
cordially juviied.
I would also beg that the superintendents
of departments will send as e.^rly as
convenient, samples of all their leaflets
i tu me, and to the British secretary, Mrs.
B. I". C. Costelloe, 40 Grosvenor Itoad,
Westminster, London, S. W. England,
as the nucleus of the proposed central
bureau of literature.
4C-33 3Iain Street. Germaufccwn, Pa.
Education is something like love. 3Iost
oien think they've got it till they come to
i>e about 40 years old.
CURES BY HYPNOTISM.
THE 3IARVELOCS WORK OF DOCTOR
CHARCOT, OF PARIS.
Nervous Diseases Controlled by Transmis
New Yoke, J:-' ny29.?Tlie Herald's
Paris correspoi V<u s ,nds the following
interview special:
Dr. Charcot said: "All sorts of exaggerated
accounts have appeared about
tlie experiments in transmission of
hypnotism. In fact, unless the public
are provided -with precise information in
matters of scientific discovery, they
naturally mistake the Xorth Pole for the
South Pole, and error and confusion be
come -widely disseminated.
"Will you give the Herald," I asked,
"a statement making clear to the public
mind the exact state of medical science
concerning hypnotic discoveries?"
"Certainly," replied Br. Charcot
"These experiments are conducted under
my general direction by Dr. Babinski. '
This is how Dr. Babinski carries them
on: The subjects are seated back to back
and a magnet is held to the side of one
of them. It is not necessary that "there
should be actual contact between the
subjects, but if there is the transmission
is more rapid than when they are at a
distance from one another.
TBIAL OF GIRL P.' TENTS,
"Tlie experiments of a.-. Babinski
must be divided into several categories.
To the first category belong experiments
made on two young girls who suffered
from hysterical epilepsy and exhibited
all the phenomena of extreme hypnotism
as they have been described my me.
The patients were first hypnotized. Then
Dr. Babinski produced, first in one and
then in the other, different apparent
hysterical symptoms of paralysis of the
irm and of the leg, coxalgia, dumbness,
2. The patient thus attacked by an
ir' lfieial hysterical affection is brought
into rapport with hL companion, near
'.viiom the magnet has been placed. In
x few moments a transfer takes place,
~'xe symptoms disappear in 2\o. 1 patient
xnd reappear at the same instant in No.
2. They pass thus from one to the
jther. .Moreover, it is easy, by suggestion,
to rid No. 2 patient of the affecion.
HOW 1LVLADIES HAY BE CUBED.
"In a second category of experiments
M. Bakinski took male or female patients
rpQpr.f/-liiTiovATif nonCPC Trcs+ivrio
:>.ot artificially induced in tliis case, but
manifested spontaneously?that is to
;y, independently of all suggestion.
sucii, in fact, as to lead to the admission
if the patients in question into the hoso.'.taL
JHe then placed them in rapport
one or the other of the subjects of
.-".periment referred to above. These he
hypnotized preliminarily, and at their
side put the magnet. The hypnotized
.abject thereupon at once displayed the
.. me manifestations of hysteria as those
>f the patient at whose side he had been
;>laced. But the latter retained hia
iialady at the end of the experiment.
"M. Bakinski then, by suggestion, reieves
the hypnotized subject of the
?'lection that has been transmitted to . lim,
and resumes the experiment. By
repeating the maneuvre a number of
:imes more or less considerable he has
succeeded in several cases in bringing
ibout an attenuation and even a complete
5ore of the malady."
DTHEIi CASES* or SUCCESSFUL TBEATMECT,
"Here, for instance, are a few of the
observations made by AL Bakinski: In
tt'a /*ocnc 1>a o /inva
J ??yj vtvc^o ug v^ium^u o* vuic
>f hysteric dumbness; ore of them was
jf eight days' and tlie other of two
nonths' standing. He succeeded in
jaubiag the disappearance in a few days
)i hysteric paralysis in the right side of
:he body of a year's standing. In a
piarter of an hour and after four successive
experiments he cured a case of
lemiplugy that had arisen ten hours
previously. The attempt must be the
) ,'tener repeated the older the affection
lappens to be.
"in a third category of experiments
\I. iiakinski obtained the transmission
:o a hypnotized, subject of certain phenomena.
associated, with organic alfecions
of the nervous system, such as
softening of the brain and cerebral
lemtanthropia in children. These last
jxperiiaents yet needed completing.
31. CHAECOX'S COXCuCSIOXS.
'The different experimenfs here dismissed
wiU be seen to have interest for
psychology on the one hand and for
;!ierapcutics . on the oilier. But 3kL
Bak-nski thinks that they are not yet
auinerous enough to make possible the
construction of any theory on the subject,
and it is his intention to continue
iiis researches. In the present state of
science it is impossible to explain in any
ivay the mechiuism of the transmission
in question from one subject to another.
But what of that? Facts must always
be accepted when they are rigorously
observed, even if their inner meaning be
mivl--'''Ymv ns ttic far.ts
ibove have been ascertained with all the
method and vigor that ought to be employed
in scientific researches; as every
. ause of error?notably, the possibility
A pretense?lias been'cu-efully avoided,
M. Bab'nski has deemed it his duty
from tois moment to msie such rcicts
known to the medical put-lie."
V tetorm thai bounded Like an Earthquake,
The severest wind .storm known here in
many years swept over our town last SunJay
night about 11 o'clock, blowing down
fences and rattling window shutters and
loose niauk alarmingly. I; seemed at one
lime as if we were in iLe midst of a gigantic
hurricane, and there was considerable excitement
among the inhabitants. It roared
like an earthquake and some nervous people
were afraid it would blow one up. The
only injury dene in town was the blowing
out. of the gable end of the wooden buildin?r
Jw i (}w&vtc oc o *
store.?li'Ck Hill Herald.
On Punishing Children.
Spencer says a great deal about making a
child learn to do right by bung made to
ti c! the consequences of doing wrong; but
lie dees not, perhaps, give due weight t>
makin r sure that the child connects cause
and c-ll'cct. If my own children are not
mi -! : s::.pid than other people's, there is
frcorvntly no real understanding, and consf.M.vn-iy
no value in rational punishment
of ibis type, although there may be an apparent
understanding. For instance, my
>:x year-old boy, with perhaps an inherited
passion for .v.-ribViiu^. is fond of getting at
:ny blotter and pulling the cap oil my
stylographic pen. 1 punished him one day
by giving his sister some pensils to write
\vith. \vh:le he had nothing. He .wmwl
to understand, and I asked him why Ms
.sister- h:Ri pencils and lie had none. "Bec;su>c:*
siid be, -pencils have no caps to
e?inc oil."?Vhiliy G. Hubert, Jr., in Babyhood.
That only can with, propriety be styled
refinement which, by strengthening the iiy*
iellcct, purifies the manners.