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BY W. ALEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE. S. C., THURSDAY. JULY 13. 1871. * VOLUME ^IX--p. l^7
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A DREAM'S FULFILMENT.
lK>ud ihey sang, those minstn-ls old,
"Eyes of blue and hair of gold
"Shining brow and dainty hand,
Sweetest lady iu the laud."
Slow she folded back her hair,
baying. Men may call it fair,
(And the smile grew round her mouth.)
I am glad, aud yet iu sooth
I am only glad for this,
It is never lair as his.
Cried she, Roses bud and blow!
O my lilies haste to grow!
Give all your sweets to me,
Who soon a bride shall be.
"When roses bloom, he said,
.Sweet lc ve, we shall be wed,
"When lilies with their grace
Can shine about your faee.
O, lagging lady moon
Make huste to call the sun
And bring the day to me,
_ _ t ? .1 I 11
>v no boon a Dnuubiiuii uc.
Eyes of blue and hair of gold,
His to have and his to hold.
Her lips shaped to a prayerFold
all your teuu rest care
Bweet saints, round him to-night
"Whom early moruiug light
Will bring to me, and keep
My face before his- sleep.
*### #'**#
Loud they laughed in stormy glee,
All that mefrie compauie;
Loud they cried, My good Sir Knight,
If to-morrow morning light
Brings your promised wedding-day,
You are slow to na&te away.
Thon a sudden snow of shame
Swift upon Lis red lips came.
Low he answered, She is fair,
"With her shining eyes aud hair; J
But to-morrow I shall ride,
"With a fairer at my aide? i
Higher born and gentler bred, i
Aud her only shall I wed. ,
One said, Alas for her ..
"Whose smile grows tenderer :
At thoughts of him to-night; 1
To-morrow's morning lignt
Will bring the welcome sun i
And find her dream all doue. t
Alas, that she might sleep
And never wake to weep.
****** I
The lark's spng on the lawn
Came rippling up the dawn, <
I
The sunlight with its grace ,
Lay close about her face,
"Whose dream so grew in sleep,
She never waked to weep.
December, 1868.
The Insane Captain. |
[concluded.]
The Mary Burton, detained by the 1
bad weather, bad already been twen- <
ty-one days at t?ea> the passengers <
were beginning to get impatient, and 1
wanted much to know of their where- i
abouts. Hut to inquiries on this point 1
the second mate, a 3*oung experienced j
seaman, could nut give them an an- i
swer, and the captain Apparently ]
would*nof. There wae only ono ex- '
pedient. Cnntain Powell had always i
shown I ira e'f' *o a niablo towards ]
the 3*oung lauy?the only 3*oung lacfj*
on board?that it was thought if she | <
w< re t? n?k him diivctly. ho would!:
cot refuse hisr the information, Miss
Jji.s v\ as s. roi.gly i r ed to make the i
attempt, and consented?she herself
being to know how soon thoy would
reach their destination. When she
came next morning on deOk, and
found the captain as usua' pacing the
starboard side of the quarter-deck, i
she went up to lijm with a pleasant 1
smile.
"How is it, Captain Powell ?" she
asked. ''Shall we soon see land? Or
is there yet no hope of it ?"
"Are you already tired of us?" returned
the captain, a melancholy expression
on his drawn-in-lips. Are
you in need of anything ?"
'Certainly not," replied Kate. "You
have cared for us w-ell, that wo can
scarcely miss our usual land comforts
so much as }*ou do yours. But
yet "
' "But, notwithstanding, you want
to leave the poor ship as soon as possible?"
"You won't blame a passenger for
that," said Kate, smiling. ''Salt water
is uotour element; I am afraid
<jf even those little waves when I
think how soon they may grow into
fearful giants."
B-it the qucstian remained unsatisfied,
for the captain did not answer it.
JJisa Ellis ventured to ask again.
"Whereabouts are we now. captain ?
I hope it is no secret. ' Piease tell us j
for we land-folks understand nothing
ourselves. One <vave looks like an
othor; and to me the stars seem to
Btftpdin just the same places as they
did in Jveur York.''
4,You know I would do all in my
pov^er to please you, but I cannot
alter the wind find it is d^rnl nVmnrl "
eaid the captain then. "You must
resign yourself to put up with our
ship's fare a little longer. I cannot
help it, Miss Kale,"
"But in what direption are wo sailing
now ?"
"Up to thenortV
I
"Then we shall comc in to the Polar
Sea. When 1 was a child I alwaj'S
had a longing to visit these regions
where in summer the son never sots.
It must seem very wonderful. Ilave
you been there, Captain Powell
"Yes," answered J'owell, casting his
eyes dreamily around. "Wonderful
indeed that endless day, where there
are no nights?no dreadf'nl night I
wish I was there?nud you with me,"
he added in a scarcely audible whisper.
Kate Ellis was startled. Tho last
words had not escaped her quick cars.
"Kate," said he, suddenly seizing
the girl's hand,'1 answer me one question.
You wished just now to know
where we are; let me first hear from
you where I am, and whether there
is the smallest hope left lor me that a
fair breeze will again fill my sails and
blow me into port ?"
"I do not understand you, Captain
Powell," said Kate, trying to take her
hand away Hut he would not let
her; he continued to hold it whilo he
spoke, his voice hoarse with agitation
I)o not evade me longer?not now,
at least?and be assured ironi this
moment I will not disturb you with a
single word. Tell mo only this one
thing?is it really true that you are
m w hastening to tho armsof a bridegroom?
Your ino'her says it is. Is
it true that he is waiting impatiently
<1 v vim iri TCi.tslriiwl ??tli'it. 1 hi?a Kliin
*v* j ' ?ft - ?r
is bearing you to him?"
For a moment Kato Ellis's face was
T!<* white as his. And then she ralii
d hjr courage to avow the simple
truth, ducmi g that it might put an
end to tlie troublo for once and all.
* It is quite true, Captain Powell
I ain soon to bo married to Mr. Otterson
; I think you know him. You
were told this in New York."
"But I could not believe it," ho answered
with strange emotion. "I?I
could not think that I stood at the
gates of Ifeaven only to see them
closed against mo "
"Captain Powell."
lie flung away ner hand, and looked
at her. She looked back at. him.
Trembling though she was with dismay,
she did not shrink from what
she had said.
"It is well, Miss Ellis," said he,
riulmlir /!? ?? irtri hp Mo hnn f / ?r\anr?
laniii^ ui tut in^ itiq i'vw-waw vivoci
about him, as though he felt cold. I
thank you you, at least, 'that vou
have been straightforward with me.
[ shall keep my pjomise. I will not
trouble you witJi any further questions."
"And will 3'ou now" answer hi'*?"
jhe yet gained courage to say. When
ihall we reach our destination?"
"Soon, Miss Ellis?boon. You will
see I shaH not delay. I can't control
the winds you know ; but?I am in a
hurry myself?leave it to me."
With his i>yes fixed on her, he raised
h?s oilskin hut and went below.
There was something very strange
ubout him; Kate could but see it. In
half an hour, during which time he
brooded over his chart, he was on
deck again and gave orders to set the
top gallant sails.
This was soon done. But the
Mary Burton could not keep the
a.ima riAiiwo umI K nnnn?* ?2*ii1a c<>t
nuiliv V/V/Ul ov ? ?HI UVI u ?.'M iw b-vi*
She now stood exactiy north-northeast.
*9
Some of the passengers noticcd the
change, and supposed that it indicated
that the captain, having been driven
too much to the south, was about
to take the channel round the north
instead of the channel souili of Ireland.
This hypothesis caused great
joy among the passengers, and several
bottles of wine were brought from
private stores to celebrate the occasion.
But the commander was gloomier
than before, and would take no
part in the conviviality.
The second mate shook his head
nver this new course; U was not at
nil clear to him. But he was an ignorant
fellow, as was already said,
and careless as well. The chief mate
remained very ill.
As the days went on, the wind
became more and mure favorable.
They now have sailed duo east, but
the yards were squared, and the bark
still held her northerly course. One
of the passengers, an American land
agent, had some experience in navigation,
having once taken charge of a
coasting schooner from Boston t?> New
Orleans. After a while he became !
exceedingly dissatisfied with this con- J
tinred progress towards the north,
which biouirht them no nearer to I
their destination. One night ho noticed
tno polar star higher in the
heavens than he bad ever seen it be- j
f'oro. The nights also began to be j
extremely cold. They must have j
already gone far north". Tho matter1
began to look suspicious. He did not i
understand the captain; but it was1
time that something should be done.
The next day when it was tho captain's
watch on deck, lie went stealthily
to tho mate's berth. The chief
officer had now recovered consciousness,and
the fever was gone ; but he
was very weak.
"A word in confidence, Mr. Mate,"'
began tho American. "Do you know
in what latitude wo are?"
"No; I've lost my reckoning," was
the feoblo answer. "Ilow's her
head?"
"Nor'h-north-eaet, yards almost
squared, and studding sails to leeward."
"Then we must be sailing along
the Irish coast, aud through theNgrth
/ "* 1 I M
V11UIIUU1.
"But this is the eleventh day wc
huve kept this course."
"The eleventh day 1" cricd the astonished
sailor, excitement enabling
him to leap out of his berth.
"There is something, wrong with
the captain ; I'm sure of it," whispered
the passonger, anxiously. "Take
no notico. Bo en dcck at noon, and
sec that you get an observation,
j The mate.was very weak, but he
' crept out to the second mute to fret
his If ? book; and learned that the
| captafti-bad kept it since the illnes&of.
i the tirSt officer. This was not quite {
j regular;* Ho went to the captain's j
room, but the door was locked and
| the key gone.
I At noon the sun' was perfectly
j clear; and the mate, taking his sex
taut, got on-deck, and posted himself
in the forecastle. The captain did
not notice liim but took his own ob'
servations from the quarter-deck, and
j then, giving the order to strike eight
j bells, went below. The mate went
i below also; and while he was making
j out his reckonings the cook came to
him,
' I am glad to see }*ou on your logs
again, sir," he said in a low tone. "I
don't know where we are going; but
this is certain?we shall soon see
soino grizzly bears. And we shall
need them for provisions, for ours are
nearly gone "
'What are the crew paying, about
it?" questioned the officer.
' They say I must mak-o tight the
old bread casks; they will be wanted
for blubber, since Captain Powell is
certainly going a whaling," was the
cook's answer; and ho quietly stole
away again. The mate finished his
reckoning, and then consulted his
chart.
A short while, and the captain
was pacing the deck again. The
mate came oh. lie looked at the
compass, at the studding-sails, and
then approuched the captain, speak
ing in a whisper.
"For heaven's sake, Captain Powell,
where are we sailing to
"Don't give yourself any trouble."
was the cool rep'y; "the bark is in ,
good hands. We went too far to the (
son til."
"But to-day at noon we were in
sixty-four degrees north latitude, and
this evening we must pass the line of '
the North Cape in Iceland, Where
is it you are going sir ?" 1
"Mr. Metsam," said the captain '
coldly, "I have the management of <
this vessel. I beg you will not trou- 1
bio yourself with things that do not j
concern you." \
"But Captain Powell. I must tron- j
hie myself; our supplies are running (
short. Remember, we carry passengers,
sir, and must keep our time in
Liverpool."
"Let me advise you to go back to (
your berth," was the command "I I }
lake responsibility of the navigation. \ *
Do'you understand." t
nir i . _ a. : _ i - -...j. /-? i -n 1
* ?* nut is our louguuuc, ^apt. row- t
eli?" 1
"Lcauc the reckoning to me, till
'you are perfectly well, said Mr. Mctsam.
You arc not yourself yet."
The mate noticed the altered appearance
of his superior, and saw that
be was not himself. What to do he
did not know; l.e was bitterly perplexed.
Too much prostrated by
sickness to act energetically?perhaps
to think ro, ho lets things be,
believing there was no immediate
eause for action. It is a serious thing
to interfere with tho commander of a
vessel.
The wind went round more to the .
south, but the bark held the samci
course, now with studding-sails on I
both sides. Tho crew were getting)
dissatisfied. They had no objections |
to a long voyage; it increased their j
pay; but they had no desire for aj
trip to tho Arctic regions without!
suitable clothing, or apparatus for taking
:-eals. Once more the mate entreated
the captain to put tho ship
about; but the latter threatened to I
orncr nim into irons.
The passengers became seriously
alarmed. A suspicion came upon
them for the first time, that Captain j
Powell was insane A deputation !
went to the first officer, and delivered '
over to him the charge oi the ves-j
sjI. j
Mr. Metsam went on deck, and fts-;
pured himself that the time for action
had come. He ordered the crew aft, !
and inquired if they were willing to
obey him j
"Sir," said tho carpenter, speaking ;
for tho rest, "it is high time you took !
iho command. There are icebergs
ahead." |
"Well, then, my men, in with the
studding-sails."
The crew went to work with a will;
very rapidly the ship was put about:
so that she headed S. S. E. by east, j
But the tacking caused loud stir and ;
noise, and Captain Powell rushed on !
I deck. T
itWTl** J it. . * _ I x O 1 - '
- ?? uu uruereu me binp auuuw lie >
J asked in a hoarso voice,
I Mr. Metsarn answered at once, in a
calm tone, hoping to soothe hi in. He
felt convinced of his madness.
"I did sir?without troubling you.
There were icebergs ahead and we j
have nothing to do in ^sixty-nine dc- j
grees north lctlitude."
This brought the climax. ""Rebel-j
lion!" hissed tho poor madman; and :
drawing a pis'ol from his pockct, fired
it off. The mate felt a sharp pain in
his side, and Captain Powell was j
overpowored.
Fortunately tho wound was not a
serious one, and Mr. Metsam waft ablo
fn f n N A A,11 A ?-? !.? TP I. ?
i?i' iuav iuh vuni^v wn AlltJlT K
position was near the coast of Greenland.
Captain Powell had steered
: direct for the Polar Seas. t
j The next day a strong northwest (
: wind set in, which drove the icebergs 1
to the south. But the ?o:u1 ship ran !,
I before the wind ; and nine days later ,
Ithey sighted the Faroe Islands. From
I this point tlioy had a long voyage, i
I und were detained by a violent fatorra !
on the Scotch coast, 1
J Finall}', Rafter a run of sixty-two <
days in all, provisions and water all 1
gone, they reached LiAerpool in safety,
where, tho ship had been given up
lor lost. Miss Eljis found her lover,
shortly to to her husband, waiting
for her; aud all on board were thank
ful to conie off no worse
Captain Powell never recovered his
sanity. His passionate love for the
young lady,- combined with the rejection,
acting on a. well-balanced mind,
had indeed driven him mad. Lie died
in an ns^-lum not long afterwards.
And when the good shipTsailed out of
port again, Mr. Metsam was in command.
*???
How to See Down a WelL
It is not generally known, says
the Lancaster (Peun.) Intelligence,
how easy a matter it is to explore
the bottom of a well, cistern, or
pond of water by the use of a common
mirror. When the sun is
shining brightly, hold a mirror so
that the reflected rays of light will
fall into the water. A bright spot
will be seen at the bottom, so light
as to show the smallest object plainly,
By this means we have examined
the bottoms of wells fifty feet
deep, when half-full or more of water.
The smallest 6traw or other
objects can be perfectly seen from
the surface. In the same way one
can examine the bottom of the
pond* and rivers, if the waters be
somewhat agitated .by winds or
rapid motion. If a well or cistern
be under cover, or shaded by a
building so that the sunlight will
not fall near the opening, it i8 onlj*
necessary to employ two mirrors,
sing one to reflect the light to the
opening, and a. other to reflect it
down to reflect it down into the
water. Light may be thrown fifty
i>r a hundred yards to the precise
apot desirable, and then downward.
We have used the mirror with success,
to reflect the light around.the
house, to a shaded well, and also'to
sarry it from a south window
lb rough two rooms and then into
i cistern under the north side of
the house. Half a dozen reflections
of light may be made, though
3ach mirror diminishes the biillian- 1
iy of the light. Let any one not
jimiliar with the method, try the (
experiment. It will perhaps re- (
real a mass of sediment at the botom
of the well that has been little j
bought of, but which may have j
jeen a frightful source of disease <
)y its decay in the water. i
The Great Man-Milliner.
i
Of "Worth," the Parisian "man- j
nilliner," a corYespondunt writes:
Ambassadors' wives and court la- j
lies used to go and take tea with the
l'IIow. and disnute the honor of filling 1
' 1 . VI
us enp or putting sugar into it. I)ncc
went into his shop?a sort of 1
Jrawing room hting round with (
Iresaes: I found him lolling on. a ,
hair, his legs crossed before the fire, j
Ground him wero a bevy of women, .
ionic pretty, some ugly, listening to
lis observations with the rapt atten- .
ion of the disciples of a sage. Ho
allod them up before him like school j
;irls, and, after inspecting thorn,
^raised or blamed their dresses. One.
i pretty young girl, found favor in I
lis C3-C9, and he told her '-o must
Iream and meditate severa' da sover (
ler, in order to find the ii.cpirhtoin 1
vorthy of h r. "Why do you wear (
heee ugly gloves ?" he said to anothsr
; "never let me see you in gloves 1
)f that color again " Slie was a vorj' 1
(rand lady, but she slipped off her [
;loves and put them in her pocket
vith a uuilly look. When there was .
'Oing to be a ball at court, ladies used 1
o down on their knees to him to *
mike them beautiful. For some time. c
le declined to dress any longer tlio [
vifo of a great impenal dignitary 1
vho had not beun sufficiently ftumb.e ^
owards him; she camo to liiin in *;
.cars, but ho was obdurate, and lie
>nly consented at last to make a
;own for her on the the condition 1
hat sho would put it on for the first
imo in his shop. The Empress, who
lealL with him, sent to tell him that
f ho did not abato his prices sho (
vould leave him. "You cannot," he c
eplied, anil, in fact, she could not, for r
?he stood by him to the last. A morn- i
ng dress by this artist, worth in real- j
ty about four pounds, cost thirty ]
IUUIJUCj (Ml UIV/PP, Ml J
ivilli flounccs. ribbons and bad luce,
;<>uld iiot be had under seventy pounds.
Fherc are about thirt}' shwps in Paris
ivImm'C, as at this man-milliner's, the
roods arc not better than elsewhere,
jut where they coat about ten times
heir value. They are | atronized by
ools with more money than wits, and
. hiefly b}' foreign fools. The propriitor
of one of these establishments
>vas complaining to mo th.e other day
)f what he was losing by the siege; I
.old him that I sympathized with him
ibout as much as 1 should with a
jJreek brigand bewailing a falling off
>f wealthy strangers in th* district
tvbere ho was in the habit of carrying
jn his commercial operation.
A farmer named Watt Parr, re- i
aiding near Hamilton, Ohio, while
conversing with some friends on
the stoop of his house concerning
the manner in which Mr. Vallun- !
jighum shot himself, it ia stated,
attempted to illustrate it with h i
loaded pistol, and succeeded in the 1
illustration precisely as Mr. Vallan[ligham
dip. He fell instantly and
died in a few hours, 1
4 '
[From the Augusta Chronicle and Sen- T
tinel ]
White Immigrants for Hie South.
Tho attention of the readers of the p
Chronicle and-Sentinel is directed to .
tho advertisement of Messrs. Butler, !e
Chadwiek Gary & Co., which appears
in another column of this paper. It
will be seen that they have formed a ^
Land and Immigration Association
for the purpose of bringing to South e
Carolina immigrants from Europe and P
the Northern States, and settling them .
upon l?nds selected by the Assoeiation.
Tho manner in which they S1
propose to raise funds to carr}* out w
tliis inost. winitni'iwlnhlrt ilnuii?i ^
brieby as follows: One hundred and lj
titty thousand ticknts are to bo sold [
at five dollars per ticket, which will "
entitle the holders to admission to ^
a series of concerts to bo given in
Charleston during the month of next u
October,. Each purchaser of a ticket w
will also bo entitled to-a chance at 81
two thousand four hundred and Jour
gifts, which will be distributed during 81
lb# progross of the concerts. The P
prizes amount to five hundred thous- a
and dollars, and all of them are in ?
cash save one. The first prize is the !'
Academy of Music?a magnificent 11
building recently erected in Charles v
ton. It is one of the finest buildings
in the South, is situated in the centre J*'
of the city, brings iu an annual rental
of $20 0W0, and cost 8230,000. TJie c
second"prize is one hundred thousand j3
dollars; the third, twenty-five thous- ,
unci dollars; ihefourth, ten thonsand. 0
und so on. Tho scheme is recommeri- ?
ded, and its managers endorsed by r
the best and most prominent citizens v
of South Carolina and Kew York eitv. s:
Some of these managers certainly 11
need no endorsement. Generals M C. ,
Kutler and M. W. Gary, for instance,
a)e too well known among ns to need
backing, and their names alone show n
that there is nothing bogus in the s
Association: The puichaser of a five
dollar ticket may becomo one of the *
wealthiest men. in tho South, and c
whoever draws a prize is sure of get- *
ting it?no matter where ho comes !
from or whom he may be.
But, laying aside a pecuniary view "
of the matter, the objects of the Association
aro such as will receive the 0
support and approval of every man
in the South who desires the material 2,
prosperity of his country. South .
Carolina is overrun with a native J(
colored population idle and thriftless. (!
It is with the greatest difficulty that I \
laborers for tin} plantations can be 11
procured ; vast tracts of fand arc not
cultivated at all, and every species of 1
peal estate lias greatly depreciated in *
sralue. In order to remedy this diniressing
condition of affairs, in order
that educated and reliable laborers
for the plantation may be secured,
that the vast resources of the State
may bo developed, and the price of
land may appreciate to. something di
near their value, the aid of immigra- gi
Lion must be invoked. Intelligent oj
ind industrious laborers must be pro- ai
;ured from England, Ireland, France, w
Germany, Sweden, the Northern sj
States and the Eastern. To get this oj
abor requires capital at first. It is ui
ol.'y to talk of bringing immigrants to
.0 the South jmless inducements are oi
licld out to them. Immigration Soci- dt
jties have hitherto attempted to-do tv
? il . O ^ * 1. P..
JU3IIIC'?H 111 IHO OUUII1 WllllUlIt ijiuiiuj iu
? anil hence their failure. The pass- er
igo money of the immigrants must pj
je advanced to them, and lands sold tli
;heaply and on long time, or .good w
a* ages must he paid. The managers fe
if the Association above mentioned w
enow and appreciate these facts, and
iro working in accordance with their cr
cachings. While this Association is gi
i Carolina institution, it is not that at
State alone which will he benefitted. St
IVe, of tli is State, are fully as much ot
nterestcd in its success. Jf the W
itrcam of immigration can be divert- ,fu
sd fr?m the West, though South Cur- tli
jlina may be the first State to feel ar
ts effects, Georgia will soon after- pi
vards bo reached, and every other
Southern State will-be a gainer also.
We trust that the scheme will receive
he liberal encouragement of our eili- th
:ens. v
nc
nc
IIow to Banish Fleas.? The a
)il of pennyroyal will certainly st;
lrive those pests off; but a cheaper (A
net hod, where the herb flourishes,
s to throw your dogs and cats into 11
i decoction of it once a week.
Vlow the herb and scatter it in the ?
icds-of the pigs once a month,
l.V here the herb cannot be got, the ru
>il may be procured. In this case, k,
saturate strings with it and tie I dc
hem around the necks of dogs ami te
;at8, pour a little on the back and
ibout the ears of hogs, which you
?an do while they are feeding without
touching them. By repeating j lii
hese application every twelve or j C<
tho fl/.na Tvill fr/im ' In
J11CCI1 Vi?J Oj tu V UVU4 ? 111 Abw II Vt? I
your quadruped to their relief and tl
improvement, and your relief and j b<
comfort in the house. ti
Strings saturate 1 with the oil of | tl
penny royal and tied around the | sr
neck and tail of horses will drive j ti
iff lice; the strings should be sat- \ tl
lira ed once a day. j?
ti
ai
Dr. Coman, recently arreted in \v
New York, charged by lleuryial
Ijergb. president of the anti-cruel-, h
society of that city with killing v
cats, has been discharged from ar-, ti
i-PKt.. tliH iustice believing hi in fully 1 g
justified and guilty of uo mmeces-1 In
sary cruelty. . - ir
he Little Rock upon which Englf
and Germany Threaten to "Split'
A correspondent of tho Pall M
razctte gives to that journal the 1
>wing into, eating account of the lit
iland which Germany is now tryi
5 recover from England :
' I see the Heligoland question 1
iirned up again, and a tew words
ascription may not be without int
s?t to your renders, for there is
lace like it on the faco of tho car
t lit ti reu dim, rising siraigni uul
lie waters, will* a sand bank on c
ido. On the sand, and part of t
ay up tho bill, is a town, or rati
illuge. It was inhabited in fprn
inies by sailors and wreckers. I
liey have degenerated into lodgi
ouse-kecpers, Heligoland is the G
ate of Hamburg. Thither strei
tie citizens of that rich city to gam!
t rouge-et-noi?\ (at least, they t
hen I was there J and to enjoy t
t?a bathing.
"There is a regular season in t
iimmer months, and sometimes ma
asseogera that are brought in i
learner are obliged to sleep on boa
nd to go back again? th island I
ig full. Every house probaby tal
i lodgers, but then there are i
ery many houses. Th; bathers
r?rt to a neighboring sand hank,
is island, which the Governor, it v
o remembered, sotue time ago stoi
d with rabbits, which began eati
p the grass that held the sand ba
:>gether, so that the 1L ligoLp.J
ecame fuvious, and talked ot'shaki
?? * i- . w l; .i. i. . ii
u lilo xjirgiiMii yvKv. iiuwuver, i
abbits were all shut and the islandi
rere pacified, and nothing more v
aid about their old Frisian consti
ion.
"Their language is German, I
hey detest that nation more ev
hati they do ourselves. They i
<?t English, though they are Engl
ubjects; they are not Gennj
hough they speak German*. Th
re Heligolanders, the nobicxt of.
reated beings; all foreigners i
kit,' which, in their homely dialc
leans dirt. The top of the islu
ill is flat, and, as well as 1 ct<n
member, about tbe size of the (?rt
'ark. Therft is a well known stc
f a man from the far West?a
bercforo accustomed to see land 01
n a large scale?who paid a visit
ingland. When asked how he
?yed himself, he replied, 'very mu
nly he nevei went out at night,
ur of falling off.' In Ileligolai
lere is reall) a danger of such
i-eident happening to any one w
om the force of habit, shauld eont
0 to wa.k too long in any ouo uir
!on."
i
Advantages of Crying.
A Frcnch physician is out in a lo
ssertalion on the advantages
roaning and crying tire two gra
>erations by which nature alia
iguish ; Uat those patient*, whogi
uy to their natural feelings mc
>eedllj' recover from accidents a
jerations than those who suppose
lworthy a man to betray such syiii
ims of cowardice its either to #roi
cry. Ho tells of a man who ]
jced his pulse from one hundred ?
vtniy-six to sixty, in the course oi
w hours, by giving lull vent to J
notions. IT people are at all unlui
? ubont nnj'thini;. let them ?0 in
leir piomH and comfurl themsely
itil a loud boo-boo, and they w
el u hundred per cent, better aft<
a rd.
In accordance with the above, t
ying of children should not be t
eatly discouraged If it is systei
ieally repressed the result may
;. Vitus' dance, epileptic fits, or sor
her disease of the nervous svste
rhat is natural is nearly always u:
I; and nothing can be more natui
an lhe crying, of children wh
i}'thing occurs to give them eith
lysieul or mental pain.?(Jood JIcul
+ ^
Housekeepers should never allc
ie plate of mirrow or even tlx
indow panes, to bo cleaned wi
swspnper. Almost nil newspape
>w use paper containing straw
component, and as the substance
ra.v is largely composed of nil
int,) which cannot be entirely elii
ated in the progress of manufactu
e result is the congeries of mi
o scratches on the face
ass, not always visible to t
tkecJ eye singly, but in a mass pi
icing a cloudy and dull appearan
linou# to t'hil glass Chamois-sk
jpt in a drawer free from dust, ai
ilir ate tisHiie-papcr are tbo beat ra
rials for glass-cleaning.
A French paper publishes a sta
ng report that although the Mo
unis tunnel has been pierced ai
camotives have passed through
iere is still some bouht as to
sing opened to travel for sor
cue to cntue. The trouble is
ie ventilation of the tunnel. T
noke evolved from tho locom
ves is not driven out. Out of t
inae -engine-drivers who were e
loved on 'ihe trial trip throu
ie tunnel, two died of stiff*.cati
nd the third was restored to 1
ith great difficulty. The tempi
ture of the interior is also ve
:~u i.~ ?
Igll* I lit? UUIU'IS IU 111I[?1*?VU I
eutilation of tlio tunnel ?re c<
nuing, and smoko-emistimins: t
in<'d have heen ordered from En
Ltid to remove the difficult/ ar
ig from that cause.
ind Thirst Quenched Without Drinking.
t
It may not be generally known to
all our rea !ers that water?even salt
r0|_ water?imbibed through the skin aptlo
peaces thirat aim out as well as from
ng .water taken inwardly. In illustration
o?,.this subject, a correspondent
m8 has sent us the. following abridged
of quotations fronMt '"Narrative of Caper.
tain Kennedy Iroping bis Vessel, and
no j his Distresses Afterward/' which was
tli.; notiGvci 10 uouieys Annaui ltegisier
of j for 1869:
me | '*1 cannot conclude without making
he I mention of the gnat advantage -I
ler j received from soaking my clothes
)er twice a day in salt water, and putting
,ut I them on without wring It was con- i
tlg siderablo time before I could makfc
ur. the people comply with this measure,
,m although from seeing the good effects
Mo produced thev afterward practiced it
]i(j twice a day of their own accord. To
,lie thi discovery I may with, jtintico at
tribute.the preservation of my own
he life and six other persons, who must
Mj have perished if it had not been put
|,u in use. ,.jt
The hint was first communicated
be- to mo from the perusal of a treatise
tea written by Dr. Lind, the water absorbed
through the pores of the skin
re- producing in every respect the same
a effect as would have resulted from the
;j|j moderate drinking of any liquid. The
l|{. saline particles, however, which renjr
muiricd in our clothes, became incrustnk
ed by the heat of the sun.and that of
era our bodies, lacerating our skins and
n<r being otherwise inconvenient; but
wo found that by washing out these
urs particles, and frequently wetting our
.as clothes, without wringing twice in
tu. the course of a day, the skin became
well in a short time. After those op)Ut
erations we uniformly found that the
ct, violent drought went off, and the
i,.e thirst was cured in a few minutes
. . _i>? U.iL! l: ,.l~. l
lull Jlllf l ujimniii iniu nudiiiiiguur viuuic.i,
and ut t he same time we found our-*
ey selves as much refreshed as if we had
all received some actual nourishment.
ire Four persoes in tho boat who drank
set, *alt water went delirious and died;
ntl but those who avoided this End folre.
lowed the above practice experienced
en no such symptoms."
>ry :?,m>
nd CaiBBiNO.?Cribbing or crib-biting
i'y in horses is really a vice or bad habit,
to allhou/rh many have called it a dieen
ease. The courts have docided its
ch, unsoundness. Jt is caused by idlenes,
f'?r indigestion, and is readily acquired
IK') lroni other animals addicted to it
uii and standing in the same stable. - In
ho, your case, keep.the horse in the stain.
hie as little as possible; feed, regular*
cc- ]j-t and give bim regular work or exercise
of some kind. Do not confine
l.im in stalls in which are mangers
or feed racks Keep him in a box
stall and feed hay from the floor.
Give grain in a loose box as soon as
ng he is done eating. Keep him at pas0f
tu re this season, as much as possible.
-.1 In this wav ho mav be coniDletelv
IJU " * * # * - A V
yS cured of tlio habit.
ve
A farmer in Southampton. Mass.,
' who has a place for everything, and
everything in its place, sold a few
P'jdays ago a horse for $240, and on
, ! going homo put the money in its
ei place, a dilapidated drawer in an old
? duivuu. His place for matches'was
.a in, the drawer. A few days after,
lld using the whetstone" he threw it into
t !)
' its. place, in the aforesaid drawer. A
few minute- Iat?r he saw Smoke come,.
ing from the drawer. On a hasty
1 ' examination ho found that the whetir~
stone, as he threw it down, had igni,
ted the matches, and the matches set
1 fire to the greenbacks, and the green00
backs had burned to ashes. Moral:
have a separate--place for matches,
whetstones and greenbacks,
m. ~w?
Core for IJeat.?At this season
: many persons suffer terribly from
i the erjptiou culled prickly lieat.
^ So familiar is it that, all persons
' know it. It is caused by the solid
perspirable matter not passing off
in a dissolved state, as should ke
;ir the case. It is easily cured in one
th day by using the warm bath for
srs | ten minutes, then rubbing the afsi*
fected part with lemon juice. The
warm water dissolves the salts that
ex are lodged uuder the *kin; so does
v' the lemon juice. When theerup10
j tion sting^and burns, lemon juice
0~f rubbed on tlie part affected will
bo ! ?'ve rL-l'ef' i" a *ew moments. PosT
,0_ | sibly, strong apple vinegar might
co j act in the8ame way. Persons ?vho
in | cannot get lemon juice might use
id j nitric acid dissolved, twenty grains
ia- j to an ounce of water.
^ ^
Queen Victoria has urgently enpt_
treated the Emperor William to"
appoint to all vacancies in the Ger|J(j
man public libraries the widows of
the soldiers killed in the late war,
and the Kaiser has determined to
its \
ne d0 8?in
lie The New York papers anuounce
10- that nineteen wholesale boot and
he j shoe stores several large dry goods
m- houses in that city closed on iSatnrirh
day until Wednesday. The gold
<?n anil stock exchange will also be
it'e closed till Wednesday.
er-1
'r^ j Cure for Snake-bite.?A poultice
of Ni^ht Shade bound to the bitten
Ul' j art will neutralize tho poison and
:J)* n8sua.;e the swelling, It is said by a
i-T* vt'bi?l, lit of a snaky eountry, who has
is-. beon twice bitten by poisonous rep'
tilefl, to be a sure antidote.
scraps.
It is snid in TTall 8tiiet k5Kat
Dani"el Drew cleared three htin/Jred
thousand dollars from-the wreck
on Hock Island. :' _ Aji
individual in New York who
bear* a striking resemblance to
President Grant, is satd to enjoy
hugely the many* mistakes to winch
ttiis resemoiance give rise.
. In view of the early retirement
from the service of Field Marshall
von Moit?e, General Blumfentlial,
comparatively unknown to fame,
will succeed him' as t"h? Emperor's
chief of stafE ? <;>
The Marqais of Bate, whom DIsTcali
is suppoaeid'to have persotii- ^
tied in 4'Lothair," is shortly to J
marry Miss Fox, a Catholic lady of
rare beauty and oceornplishmeiitfr*a
niece of Lady Hollan<Jr-rJvho,..he- . fc' sides,
possesses wealth.that is 4e- \
scribed as princely. . r. J~j
George Lockhart Bjves, a jtMngf
American, has been awarded th?
first prize at Trinity College, Uni* v
versity of Cambridge, tprEnglifL'
declamation and composition. T&
secoud and third prizes were awara.
...1 n?_' r% TT .11- I?r?
cu iu nun. v* jll. "3nuii> aau ifln
Montea'gle. ; /
The dren'm of an ocean pipSWfc"
Long Branch is^.about to he. r<2p
ized. Engineers are. now upon tie
ground selecting a location. Tfkrv
pier will be of iron, 1200 feet
atid throughout the first oneftfijajwand
feet it will be ' SO feet '-wklfi.
The last two hundred feet wtffcterve
a width of 100 feet, and- on i
be a pavi 1 :on and parlqrs tavjng^accomodatious
for ^OOOrpereon^ /i+'A
The Prince Im^erhtU 6( t&tb&te
H i n Pi I rAf?0iitlv wifh PrlhrH*
at the royal brigade mes<j_at-. &??.
wieh. It is, evideot thafrrthe
Queen's mot d'ordre to the meijujerii
of her family is to treat the exilod
Imperial family with respeotand
consideration. In view of Loois
Napoleon's possible retarp^to
France, and the threatening "Battle
of Dorking," it is just as wetfto.
maintain a friendly. footing with
the Bonaparte.
The African Repository, tll*cfcs
gan ot the American :C^0ni2satioa
Society, says .that "two thousand
people of color, jp i 'cnts of the
States .of .Vermont* Ne^r- T9A,
ifuw Jersey,'Ndrtli Garoliha, Scftfax
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, ' Tennessee
and Keritucky,o?thBir<Jwrk
| accord are asking help to get tttiEfiI
beria to attain citizenship at otoce
in a republic controlled; who}Jyf^
their own brethren. jWrith .no bang
of custom and no burs ofprejudkje
to struggle against in thelr^n*
deavora for the highest .p*ositi6bi.^
The London correspondents credit
the plot to assassinate the. Pdpe,
on the 19th ultttaio,and say it ma
concocted by men?cc^nnected" wftli
the International in^ondon, Pjorl
ence and Paris. Queen, Victoria
and all the European savereighni,
! it is stated, have sent letters!^ itg
Pope, congratulating him npoilgfif ^
having reached the twentyfifth-aiK
niversary of his reign. In reply1 to
Queen Victoria, the Pope sent We
? f.i . . i - % . %
oie9smg Dotu to ner, and to ner
family?not knowing at the time " p
that members of the Commune had
a purpose to take his life.
A new inextinguishable lrght,
Eossessing some singular features,
as been brought cot in England,
When placed in water, or t&rown
on the sen, it will ignite immediately
and burn tor the space ..of forty
minutes, with so vivid a flame, and
c/V intnna/> ? ht*?llio??ov tlm'f
V-V liivvuvv Ml IIIIUIIVJI il!4?w |./14UIV
graphs may be tykei* by if, an<l
small, print maybe read at a dis- '
tance of several hundred feet. The
chemical preparations contained in
the lamp is a solid, hard substancfc
free from danger, and its applications
for marine signals are numet*
ous.
The agitation in England, caused
by the Purchas (anti-Kitulist) judgment
is as great as ever. The
Bishop of London intimated to liis v
clersv that the responsibility of
carrying out the ruling ot that decision
is upon him as one of the in*
herent burdens of hia office, and
that the clergy if they accepted his
ruling are freetrom all responsibility.
Beresford Hope points out
that this is no more uor less than
the doctrine of "passive ^ obedience"
? abdication of personal
duty. The Bishop says the dispute
is on matters "relatively small,"
Governor Claflin having asked
the opinion of the Supreme Court
of Massachusetts as to the eligibility
of women to the office ot Jusa
! _? C f rkAii/ia Yf no Tn 1 i? J
iicb ui i"c UUIW.ITaru
Howe and Miss Stevens beingjproviously
appointed, the court aecided
if a wouian; whether married or
unmarried, should be formally appointed
and commissioned, she
would have no constitutional o
legal authority to exercise ?
tions of that ollice.