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BY W. A. iMe AND HUGH WILSON. . ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2. 1876. , iihnoK yoLDME XXIV.-NO. 17. ;
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A Day of Summer Beauty.
Oat in the golden summer air,
Amid (be purple heather,
A woman eat with drooping head.
And hands clone knit together;
Never a bitter word she said, . * ^
Though all bar limbs looked oold and deadCold
in the glowiog haze that lay
Over the fair groen earth that day,
That day of ?ummer beauty.
For, far away, where leafy woods
- <. Touched the blue sky, cloud riven, A
thonBand-birds rang out l.fe's bliss
In jubilee to heaven;
How oould the poor, old, withered throat
Carol echoes to each soft note?
Eyery soul must pay life's cost?
?er deepest silence praised God most,
That day of summer beauty.
Too di.iled her soul, too worn, to feel
8ummer delight acutely;
While sa-th was praiaiDg God aloud,
Her pitienoe p'a'sod him mutely.
Her narrow life of tbouarht and care,
Not life to live, but life to bear;
' Coniouted that her eonl was ead,
While all God's uonlloaa things were glad,
That day of Bunmer beauty.
And where ahe etayed, a du*ty speak
In gorao and heather glory,
A weary spirit watcbe4 and road
The pathos of her story:
A spirit, doubt oppressed a-id worn,
J HaJ found another moro forlorn,
^ Tha? (rnetful, stayed, LOr sought to gn?M
Life's rBcaaw'-gi, which are fathomless,
Through all the oummor beauty.
,/A!tr ? /The
General's Address.
A Story of tha Dark-Day* of the
^ Revolutionary War.'? ?' ' y '
The sufferings of the American army '
during the Revolutionary war were severe.
The American Cougress was accused
of not treating the army fairly,
add at one time there was great danger
that the troops would leave the field.
Washington appealed to Congress at
tiiis jnnctnre, but no heed was paid to
his request. In writing to the secretary
oI war on the subject he said: ' Only
conceive the mortification the troops
must suffer (even the general officers),
when they cannot invite a French officer
or traveling acquaintance to a better
duiper khan bad whisky (and not always
that) and a bit of beef without vegetables
* ' will afford them."
Congress, though it professed a desire
that the army shouldreceive justice,
V declared its inability to do anything :
until the separate States were consulted.
A'xjommittee appointed to make
'inowa tbair grievances to Congress re*
rahiM and "reported their ' iu success.
This report fell like fire on the suffering
army, and it was evident that '
some deoisive action would be developed
before long. At length, on the
' if frmlr in on I
VUilVU V/J. ^U.??L \~l~iy AW wva AVtlU MU
anonymous address that was distributed
through the army, calling on the officers
meet next day to decide on the mea8'
~ nres tliat should be adopied to obtain a
redress of their grievances.
. This addfess, it was ascertained years
after, was written by Major Armstrong,
aifl-df-camp t?> General Gates. Its
f Ikngiage was well calculated to set on
flia the army that was already
prepared ...for an explosion. The
- v aidre-s commernsed with the statemenf'
of3 tlie * disappointment felt
at the report of the indifference of
ihe government to theirrights, sayV
that i'aith baa its limits as well
4Mist'' its temper, and there are points beyond
which neither can be stretched
**" without sinking into cowardice or
| ipltfciging into credulity.'S He then
a gtalEbs a sapid 8uri<y? of the pasty recitJ
ing their devotion, their sufferings,
and their wrongs, and in a series o(r'
scornful questions asks them how1
their faith and patience have been re
hjuuuu. ai lei rtiuu^iu^ tucu mui^*
nation by this recital of their wrong*,
.TW? con temptuons treatment with
-which their humble petitions had been
jeceived, he burst forth : "It this,
- v then, be your treatment while the swords
' 'yon wear are necessary for the defense
. ,qf America, what have you to expect
':?;fxom 'peace, when your voice shall
mnk aud your strength dissipate by
division, when those very swords, the
iwitrnments and companions of your
glory, shall be taken from your sides
no mark' of military distinction
'left you but your wauts, infirmities
and sears ? ' Can you then consent to
ll ; t'e the .only suff<. rers by this revolution,
and retiring from the field, grow old in
poverty t wretchedness < and oontempt ?
Can you consent to' wadtT through the
vile mire of despondency, and owe thq
miserable remnant of that life to charity
which has hitherto been spent in
t, honor t If you can, go; and carry ,
with you the jests of Tories aud the i
scorn of Whigs, the ridicule, and what
w worse, the pity of the world; go,
starve, and be forgotten !" But he '
adds: " If you revolt at this, and would |
4 oppose tyranny under whatever garb it
to ay assume, awake, attend to yonrfsituation,
and redeem yourselves. If
the present moment be lost, every
future effort will be in vain, and your
threats then will be empty as are your
entreaties now." Having thus artfully
kindled the passions of the army, he
boldly sketched out the only oourse to
pursue. " Draw up," he says, " a last
remonstrance, and tell Gongress with
them, rests the responsibility of the
n future; lhafc if redress is not giveD,
and peace returns, nothiDg but death
shall separate you from your arms; if
the war continues, you will retire to
some unsettled country to smile in
turn, and ' mock when their fear
cometu.'" , v *
This adurees, so well adapted to stir
up the passion and bring about sudden
and violent action, had been soattered
through the army without the knowledge
of Washington. When at last it
was brought to him and he read it over,
a flnvt an mirlnicrM. goHWI nn hie
countenance?the day of evil, which he
bo long dreaded, nay, had foretold, had
at last come. The labor of sevon long
years was in a moment to be overthrown.
The earthquake bad opened at his very
feet, and he gazed with sinking heart
into the gloomy abyss. The worst of it
- was, there was not an assertion or-statement
in-that fiery address that he could
oomradiot. The appeal alone to red? ess
themselves he could not meet, and this
could be done only by a counter appeal
to their patriotism and their faith in his
promise, that had never been broken.
But the first great object was to gain delay.
The meeting had been called for
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the next day, on purple that no. time
should be given for passion to subside
and cooler counsels prevail. Washington
was too sagacious to attempt to
prevent the meeting, as he hadanthority
to do. Force he knew would only intensify
the feeling that prevailed.
Things had plainly come to a crisis, and
to meet it successfully required great
prudence. Hence he must have time
to mature his plans, and. so. postponed
the meeting til! * Saturday,
four days in advanoe. To this no
one could object, but the leaders
in the movement saw that it- boded
evil for them. In the meantime he sent
for his generals to meet him, to consult
on the proper course of action. It was
a oold, ohilly day on whioh they assembled,
and the old open fireplace was
heaped with biasing logs before which
Washington was slowly pacing when the
generals one after another rode up?
Wayne, and Putnam, and Sullivan entered
one after another ; Steuben from
over the river ; while the veterans
Knox and Green rode up together
from the south. Others arrived from
near the camp ground, until as noble
a group as ever gathered around a
ohieftain stood around Washington.
Could this old room speak and tell what
passed at that sad and solemn council,
it would tell of noble devotion and patriotism
such as the world has seldom
witnessed. It was finally resolved that
Washington should attend the meeting
and open it in person. It was arranged
that immediately after his address "Old
Put" should move that, a committee be
appointed to draft resolutions expressing
the feehngs of the meetiDg.
The fifteenth of Maroh was a cold,
bleak day, and the leaden clouds gave a
somber hue to the wintry landscape.
Snow was still on the mountain tops,
and here and there lay in drifts in the
hollows, as Washington and his staff began
to climb the hills back of Newburgh
toward the temple neur the camp ground.
Washington dismounted at the
door, and giving his horse to
the orderly, entered the building. It
*-vo fllVATIflrVlAnf iftt ATlflTA
woo ^jaivauu VUAVU^uvuv ?vy VM?MW
length with an anxious audience.
Every eye was turned as that tall and
stately form moved calmly toward the
raised platform at the further end.
Not a sound but his heavy footfall on
the uncarpeted floor broke the profound,
impressive silenoe of the room. Ashe
reached the platform, and stood ^r a
moment and g?~ed on the assembly, his
noble heart was stirred to its profound"est
depths. He knew every face, and,
as his eye passed from one to another,
what a tide of feeling mnst have swept
over his hetfU They were his comrades
ip battle. How often had they closed
round him in the deadly encounter* and
shoulder to shoulder carried him triumphantly
over the fields of his Tame.
Noble men were they all* on whom he
had relied, and not in vain, in the hour
of deadly peril. A thousand proofs of
their devotion-came rushing back on his
memory ;t lie it toils and suffering rose
before him, and the whole history of the
past swept by like a moving panorama
till his heart swelled over them with
parental fondness. He had no word of
rebuke for them?only words of affection
and sympathy. ; ]*<_ A
Unrolling his manuscript, he took
out his spectacles, and said, in a yoioe
choked with emotion : " You see, gentlemen,
I have grown blind as well as gray
in yonr service." One could have heard
a pin fall, so breathless was the audience;
while many an eye, that had never
blenched in the wildest storm of battle,
grew dim with tears. Every line
of this immortal address reveals the
stern patriot and the devote I chieftain.
After referring to the anopymous address,
and denouncing the'author and
his dark designs in unsparing language,
and the meeting called in this unprecedented
way, he witn changed voice and
manner spoke of the army, its awfferingn
and devotion, and. then pasted on
to his own conduct, saying: 44 If nif
oonduot heretofore has no6 evinoed to
you that I have been a frritbful friend '
to the army, my declaration to you at ,
thi* time would be equally unavailing
and improper " ; * * * * thai he had
uever left fhe side of the army except J
when called away by duty, but had ever
been their companion in distress and '
danger, awd adds: "As I hare considered
my own military reputation as inseparably
connected with that of the 1
army, as my heart has ever expanded 1
with joy when I have heard it praised,
and my indignation has arisen when the
mouth of detraction has been opened
agninst it, it oan hardly be supposed at I
thin laxt.wtage of the war t'<ut I am indifferent
to its interests." Lut he asks:
How are these interest* tobe preserved ?
Not, he plainly shows, by following the
treasonable advice contained in the ad- '
dress. He then pledges most solemnly 1
his at most ability to see all their wrongs
redressed, alflheir rights established.
He conjures them to rely on the j
plighted faith of their country, and tak- '
in# fire as be prooeeds, he exclaims: '
" Let me conjure you in the name of
our common country, as you value your 1
own sacred honor, *8 you respect the <
rights of humanity, as you regard the I
military or national character of Ameri- I
sa, to express your utmost horror and
detestation of the man who wishes, under
any specious pretenses, to overturn 1
the liberties of our country, and who <
wickedly attempts to open the flood- i
gates of civil discord and deluge our I
rising empire in blood." He closes up i
his stirring appeal by saying: " Jf you ]
will do this, yon will by ttie dignity of 1
jour conduct afford posterity occasion t
to say, when speaking of the glorious i
example von have exhibited to man- i
kind: ' Had tliia day been wanting, the ]
world would never have seen the last i
stage of perfection to which human na- <
ture is capaple of attaining."'. j
It war enongh. Tnc conspiracy was I
dead, and a deep murmur of delight ran i
through the audience. Removing his
spectacles, he descen ed the platform \
and* moved ont through the assembly, i
each eye following the stately form as it
disappeared throngh the doorway.
Knox immediately arose, and moved
that the thanks of the officers be tendered
to the commander-in-chief for his address,
and " to assure him that the officers
reciprocated his affectionate expres
sions with the greatest sinoerity of ;
which the human heart is capable. It
was carried with a unanimous and loud
cheer. "Old Put," as he was called, j
then moved that a committee of three
b6 appointed to draft resolutions and
report in haSf an hour. In half an hour
the report was ready. The resolutions
were short and spicy and to^he point. .
They were carried by acclamation, and
that was the last ever heard of the anonymous
address.
Beware.?Let ladies beware of " lacing
back," "strapping up," or whatever
the correct term is, their dresses
too tightly; at least when they go to
oourt At one of the last drawingroom*
a lady, after executing a most low
and loyal courtesy to Queen .Victoria,
found herself quite unable to " get
straight" again and actually had to be
helped into an. upright position.
A HUNTERS* CAMP.
A Novelty en the Centennial Gronnd*?
Western Life an It la In Civilization.
The " Hunters' Camp " on the Centennial
grounds is visited by hundreds
dailj^. It iain a ravine and.joa a^creek
that runs through1 HiV^aft. -a long,
piece of oak bark, pegged with its outer
side against a tree, with an inscription
carved on its inner side with a jackknife,
tells the visitor that the curious structure
which he sees is " The Hunters'
Cabin." It is reaohed bj crossing a
bridge of two logs, and if the visitor
has a cane he will probably tap on the
baok with it to satisfy himself that
they are not flesh and blood the tin
ducks and drakes 3oating at anohor in
the stream. Safe over, he is confronted
eiiades the -kitchen and 'dming-balf?a
little oiroalar wall of sooty stores, with?,
a black iron pot hanging above it, and
sharp pointed roasting or toasting sticks
leaning over its Bides, and a table
made of a huge strip of bark supported
on fonr stoat twigs stack into the
ground. A camp fire of logs is constantly
burning, near by, and at night
it oasts such a light through the wooded
vale that the bloodthirsty redskins dread
to approach the cabin. It suoceeds,
also, in keeping the hunters warm these
frigid July days, and proyea ttia moital
foe of Centennial mosquitoes. The two
chaps sitting at the table must be in-,
spected before a look is taken at thfe
cabin. Th^y&^a itfcifl&d in full Western
hunter's costume, which is quite as outlandish
as Robinson Crusoe's?ooonskin
cap, buokskin tunic, with fringe like a
leathern flynet for a horse, breeches of
the same stuff and similarly fringed, and
moccasins.- With sharp sticks for forks,
and with Arkansas toothpicks (foorteeninoh
butcher knives), they are helping
themselves from wooden platters to
Rockv mountain venison obtained from
West Philadelphia steers, and to cracked
Ajrapahoe maize produced by Bucks
county savages. Three times a week
they have hash, and on Sundays they
add the luxury of bread made of maize
meal, which they grind between flat
stones. Their Bpeech does not lack the
peculiar charm of Western classics, t
While one 41 '11 be teetotally chawed uji
for a sucked "egg " if he ain't near a
" gone coon " for a " chawt-a-backer,"
the other hopes he " may be toasted on
forked lightning if he bin't spun out
cleaner'n a bar's tongue of everything
'oept crumbs "and. " these " he wants
for "empkin'."
The cabm w salt-fox shaped, entire#*
open in front, built of logs, and thatched
with bark as hostile to water as a duck's
back. Underneath the bark is a coating
of palih and cedar branches to increasj
the warmth. This it has littledifficulty
in effecting, assisted by the
crackling camp fire just in front of the
cabin. Within are two camp lounges?
the only beds..1 Those' are exaotfy
nospirai Btrercnore, dug uaviij# cwu
at oue end so aa to elevate the head o{
the sleeper. Among the other articles
displayed inside are the skin of a white
polecat (declared to.be the only white
polecat known to have been ever seen
in the United States), the stuffed head
of a leopard,' skins of black and grizzly
bears, elk antlqrs, horns of Rocky mountain
rams, bows, arrows, moccasins,
wampum, strings of grizzly bears' claws
and other curioHities captured from the
Indians; rifles of auld lahg syne, .fish
spears and fishing and trapping implements
Of every description, a table made
of nicer bark than that in the table outside,
and two objects of the shape and ,
size of an enormous codfish, and made
of plaited willow/ These axe ancwslioes.
The feet are slipped under straps in
the center, and the wearer jogs along
fearless otAinkingin the snowaud hopelessof
'making a~hop, step and jump.,
over a fence. "An' do the redskins
have feet rejbig as. them?" .was the innocent
inquiry of a spectator. Below
f.hft r?ahin n flam ht?a hpAn rvmsfcrnnfcefl.
'be stream being therebymade tooad
lud deep enough for the Hunters to
*muse themselves rowing abont in the ,
two Indian canoes which they have
there. To cnt the story short, this
hunters' cabin, with its contents and
surroundings, afford a complete illustration
of the life of a Western hnnter. It j
is improbable though that many dr.
those daring *nd enduring pioneers are
fortunate enough to fine} for their headquarters
such a lovely/spot as Landowne
ravine, !U-'>.\1 in
Carrier Pigeons and Shipwrecks. ,
An interesting lecture on the utiliza-; .
tion of the homing or carrier pigeon
was given at the zoological gardens, Regent's
park,. Loudon, recently, by Mr.
Tegetmeier. After describing the origin
of the pigeon voyageurs, .'the methods
of training lor tne long coneours, or
races, the powers of flight, extending to
upward of five hundred miles a day, the
lecturer described the details of the
pigeon post U6ed daring the siege of
Paris, and stated that at the present
time every foi tress and fortified town in
dermany was provided with flights of
trained pigeons by which communications
could be sent into the town, if invested
by a hostile force.
He then proceeded to describe the
latest application of the homing faonlty
if these birds'?namely, the establishment
of communications from lightships
sothe shore, so that by the use of the ,
maritime code of signals, two or three
letterH stamped on the wing would conrey
the intelligence that assistance of
tnv kind was desired, and would proride
a means of communication when
10 other meihod was available. The ex
periment is being tried, in the first instance,
at Harwich, and as soon as a
sufficient stock of birds has been reared,
it is proposed to keep relays on board
the adjacent lightships, so that in case
>( a second wreck like that of the
Deutsohland, requests for assistance
jould be immediately conveyed to the
authorities a* Harwicn.
London Beauties.
It is no slight work which the beau
lies 01 juonaon nave to perioral, a correspondent
writes. As I heard one say
to another the .other night, on a crowded
staircase, where people had been
waiting for half au hoar unable to get
either up or down: " We have to go to
a reception and a ball yet. and this is our
third party to-night." 'To drag around
from house to house like this, night after
night, requires a ^institution of oast
iron; and most of these ..fair damsels
seem to have it. The first rose of the
year is not a more beautiful object than
some of these girls, with tjjieir perfect
forms ,;.>?rd/ complexionft as fresh and
clear a* the c&ylight. They are beginning
life without^ an twtriety or a care,
and imagine that they will meet with
nothing much worse on the road than a
dull party or stupid partner; but we old
ttagem, who have trudged on a good
vay ahead, know very well the kind of
entertainment which will presently be
spread out before them. It seems to me
that the crop of these beauties is more
abundant than ever this year.
THE MENNONITES.
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A Description of a Peculiar Sect In Pennsylvania?How
they Live and Dreie.
A correspondent writing from Lancaster,
Pa., draws this picture of the
Mennonites, a noted sect there: A representative
Mennonite is an object of
curiosity. Travelers going through this
valley are puzzled to know what to make
of them. Mennonite men are nearly always
above the medium height They
are tall, straight, and angukr. They
wear their straight, black hair rather
long, until it nearly reaches then shoulders.
Their coats are cut straight up
and down. The material is of gray
wool, and is home-made. There are no
buttons on their olothing, hooks and
eyes being used instead. The vest is
cut high; so is the shirt; and around
their necks they wear black scarfs or
stock?. Vests, and wide, lone, straight
' pft^iql/Mraar lnnlring more like ft pair of
bags than like pantaloons,, are of brown
jeans, ooarsely and rudely pade np.
Therfc *ft no stylo abouk-'them. The
Mennonite costume consists of a black
SloutjfThft fc|th i^vfry wide hrim, which
is worn a part or Summer and aB winter,
The men wear heavy oowhide boots
'MU This style o?drisi fas worn
by their fathers in this valley over two
hmidred-jearsfttio, and has been wcrn
ever since. Tlie women wear black
sun bonne^s^ ^ed; with pasteboard
slips, browri calico gowns, and blaok
woolen capes or ahawli. Their feet are
oovrted with blnej gtookings knit at
home' from wool raised On the farm, and
rough kip shoes., , ,
. The women are, as a general thing,
small as oompared with the stature of
their husbands. Young and old dress
alike, so that unless a close inspection
is made a man twenty years of age can
hardly be told'from one fifty years old.
They stand quite erect, and, like the
Chinamen, resemble eacU other very
much. The married women become
plump and sluggish, and the young
ladies may be ever bo handsome, yet
'? 1 _ 1-1 ? IL-!-. J A*
tney always looapuun m mair uumeauc
garb, and their black eyes and rosy
cheeks are hid away under the flaps of
their uncommonly large sun bonnets.
They are quiet, and rprely smile. The
old folks are more loquacious than the
young. A fair daughter will go to
church wit hher .father aad mother. She
"wiD"6it between* them, and look neither
to the right nor to the left. At the close
of the services all of them may stop in
leaving "the builJing to recognize and
speak to friends for a short time, but
the conversation is very limited.
I visited one, of their farmhouses?a
small,; two-story, stone house, with four
ihl^ll'iooma fcud; * Jritcken* ..There was
no carpet on the floors, and the furniture
was neat and plain. The boards
were sorubbed fresh and clean; the windows
up stairs' were open; the beds,
pufP5d up with" bounciug feather bolsters,
looked sweet and clean; extra apparel
hung on pegs in a corner, and a
chest servod for a wardrobe for the
other clothing. The walls were white
as the driven snow, and the pleasant air
of the shady grovo without bulged in
the common paper curtains. Their diet
is principally eggs and vegetables. They
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cat VOIJ llbUO rn^au.
Abont theii*dwelling6
are their immense barns, large enough
to hold ?t dozen of the houses they live
in. These barns contain the remains of
the crop of last year. The stables are
filled with horses and cows, and in the
outbmjkty&gs *?"0* tt^~plain family carriage,
wagons, plow8,~~and other implement?.
These men are hard working
farmers, sun-browned and honest, caring
nothing at all about politics, and
living only Xti.till the soil, deaLhoneetiy
with their neighbors^nd save money.
The husband is sole manager of his
household, the wife and children doing
his bidding in the most minute particular.
They are people of remarkably few
words, speaking only when it is absolutely
necessary. They would not knowingly
wrong anybody. Their religion
embraces the doctrine of the golden
rule. One of their leading men, who
has ac^eiredj ft. large fortune, will not
take more'than- four p6r cent, for the
use of his money, because, as he says,' it
is not fair, right, just, nor honest to receive
any more. It is certain, also, that
a?a nlnnfrr r\f +Viom wlin Inon
lUUiO U1U v* VUVM u
money to their friends-and neighbors
Who Otegooi Jp& erjen M bond, note, or
collateral, nor do they ask for or receive
any interest. They sell nothing on
credit. They keep no accounts. .Their
verbal promise to pay is as good as a
first mortgage or a government bond.
They never go to law, and crime is unWW
ill ATI
Cnrlons Facts About Blind Tom.
Blind- Tom's birthpboe ifl Qeorgia,
and he begnn to excite attention as a
musician at the age of four years. All
sounds afford him delight; even the crying
of a child causes him to danoe about
in a state of ecstasy. When at home he
often bit and pinched his brothers and
sisters to make them emit cries of pain.
If kept away from a piano, he will beat
against the wall, drag chairs about the
room, and make all sorts of noises.
When in Ldndon a flate was procured
for him of a very complicated pattern,
and having twentyrtwo keys. He fro
quently rises up at night and plays this
instrument* imitating upon it all sorts of
sound?}, whioh he may hear at the time.
Onoe When the agent attempted co make
him stop playing a piano in a high-toned
hotel at three o'clock in the morning,
Tom seized him and threw him through
the door. > In Washington he threw a
man down stairs who came into his
room. , When at, home in Georgia he
liveB in a building about two hundred
yards irom the house, aud there remains
alone with his piano, playing all
day and night, like one possessed with
madness. Bad weather has an fiffeot
upon his music. In cloudy, rainj^leasons,
he. plays somber music in minor
chords; and when the sun shines and the
birds sing, he indulges in waltzes and
light music. Sometimes he will hammer
away for hours, producing the most horrible
discords imaginable. Suddenly a
change comes over nim, and he indulges
in magnificent bursts of harmony taken
from the best productions of the masA??
^VIA VtOQ VlAOVl
Tiers. QUITO mo umiuuvA/u xx%j amm
an idiot, aqd he played nearly as well at
the ageofsoven as he does now ; bnt
now his repertoire is much larger, as he
can play anything he has ever heard.
Ho now playn about 7,000 pieces, and
picks up new ones everywhere. It is a
onrious fact that he will not play any
Sunday-school musio if ho can help it,
having a great dxslike for it.
asl Tftwi^SeTmri'
A subscriber, says the Hartford Post,
who signs his letter *"0haries," writes
us: "Something within me tolls me I
have genius. At dawn, at midday and
eventide, I break forth in poetic song;
my waking hours tpe musical with the
lute tones of an unseen Orpheus, and
in my sleep the muses bend lovingly
o'er my oot. How shall I develop and
perfect this inspiration?this divine afflatus?this
gift of the gods V Gome
down to Hartford, Charles, and peddle
olame.
A Boring Life.
Young Jessup, of Philadelphia, who
was killed in a duel in Colorado, pos
sessed a roving disposition. He served !
in the army when fourteen years of age, '
and in 1866, then only twenty, he, with i
a single companion, Btarted on an over- 1
land trip around the world. The journey ]
across the plains at that time was par- 1
tioularly dangerous. The Indians were
suspicious and resentful of theencroaoh- i
ment of the whites. The frontier posts <
were insufficiently guarded, and, as a
consequence, the savages had grown ]
bolder in their raids. The two young ]
men left Leavenworth, Kan., with a can- j
vas covered wagon and four light mules. <
For about a month they traveled entirely i
alone, but on the borders of Nebraska (
they found the Indians so bad that they J
found it neoessary to join a train for the i
purpose cf mutual protection. Their ]
party numbered thirty-four in all, and i
for nearly three weeks the party was be- 1
set by bands of hostile Sioux, who fol-. ]
lowed them until they came to a mili <
tary post. Arriving at Denver, then ]
just rising into prominenoe, the- two
young men visited the different mining
camps and towns of Colorado, skirting
the mountains to Bishop's pass, and
prooeeded thenoe to Salt lake City.
Proceeding westward toward Sacramento
they made frequent detours, visiting
whatever was of inter eft by the way,
now journeying alone and again joining
the wagon trains they overtook. In
California they explored the wonders of
the Tosemite, then a comparatively unknown
region, and after remaining here
some time they sailed for the Sandwich
islands and thence to China, Cochin
China, Malacca, Ceylon and India to the
Himalayas, returning half way back to
Allahabad. Upon making the great
journey across oentral India by "coolie
dak "?a two-wheeled cart drawn by six
teen natives?they arrived in Bombay.
Proceeding thence by steamer to Aden,
and up the Bed sea to Suez and through
lower Egypt to Alexandria, their fnrther
journey was interrupted by a cable telegram
to young Jessup announcing his
mother's dangerous sickness an<l summoning
him home by the quiokestroute.
In all his dangerous and adventurous
journey, in the hardship and exposure
to which they were exposed, his companion
bears witness to his chivalric disposition,
his desire to protect the weak
from imposition and his disposition voluntarily
to assume more than his share
of the bard work.
And now comes the oontrast. After
having been at home but a little while,
Jessup went to Europe and made the
grand tour. He visited all the great ?
capitals from Paris to Vienna, from St. *
Petersburg to Rome. Supplied with J
abundant means ho lived a most luxurj- *
ous life and became Bated with all the '
pleasures of continental life. His sense a
of manliness and his keen enjoyment of T
innate refinement of character that was c
occasionally strongly marked kept him y
from many of those excesses into which '
other young men have fallen. While n
living in this way he insisted on having r
all the appointments of his daily life as f
nearly perfect as might be. For him f
there was no middle course. Unless he ^
oould dine en regie in the oity he preferred
a bit of bacon and the freedom of ?
the backwoods. J3
Some six years ago he went into busi- *
ness in Philadelphia, but the roaming
babit had grown too strong for him to ?
| be long contented with the daily routine ?
| of office work. In 1873 he gave up his J3
position and bought a stock farm in ^
New Mexico, which he afterward trans- a
ferred to Colorado. This aort of life *
nppmpr? fcn unit him exactlv. and on s '
visit to his home last winter he express- *
ed himself well satisfied with his new r
occupation and his desire to make his D
homo permanently in the West. M
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How to Treat Sunstroke.
Sunstroke is caused by excessive heat,
and especially if the weather ia " mug- a
gy." It is raore apt to oocur on the sec- ^
ond, third, or fourth day of a heated
term than on the first. Loss of sleep,. j(
worry, excitement, close'sleepingrooms, j
debility, and abuse of stimulants pre- ^
dispose. It is muoh more apt to at- e
tack those working in the sun, and espeoially
between the hours of eleven 0
o'clock in the morning and four o'clock j(
in the afternoon. On hot days wear ^
thin olothing. Have as cool sleeping v
rooms as possible. Avoid loss of Bleep ^
and all unnecessary fatigue. If working g
in doors and where there is artificial a
heat, see that the room is well ventilated. v
If working in the sun wear a light hat n
(not black, as it absorbs heat) and put a
inside of it on the head a wet cloth or a ^
large green leaf; frequently lift the hat Q
from the head and see that the cloth is n
wet. Do not cheok perspiration, but Q
drink what water you need to keep it
up, as perspiration prevents the body j
from being overheated. Have wherever s
possible an additional shade, as a thin q
umbrella, when walking, a canvas or Q
broad oover when working in the sun. ft
When much fatigued do not go to work, ^
or be exoused from work, especially ^
after eleven o'clock in the morning on (l
very hot days, especially if the work is
in the sun. If a feeling of fatigue, diz- ^
ziness, headache or exhaustion ocours
cease work immediately, lie down in a j
shady and cool place, apply cold cloths n
to and pour cold water over head and 0
neck. If any one is overcome by the p
heat give the person cool drinks of ^
water or cold black tea or cold ooffee, if ^
able to swallow. If the skin is hot and ^
dry, sponge with or pour cold water over _
* * * _ .1 15? 1 J 1? 01
tne Doay ana umun, uuu appijr uu wd
head pounded ioe wrapped in a towel 01 ?
other oloth. If there is no ioe at hand e
keep a oloth on the head, and pour cold
water on it as well as on the body. ?
If the person is pale, very faint, and ^
pulse feeble, let him inhale ammonia for ^
a few seconds, or give him a teaspoonfill
of aromatio spirits of ammonia ^
(hartshorn) in two tablespoonfuls of
water with a little sugar. ij
h
He Can Tote. j3
1<
A gentleman in New Orleans writes to a
the New York Sun to inquire whether a
man born in the United States, the son
of foreign parents not naturalized, is or ^
is not a citizen of the United States; A
whether naturalization papers are in any
way necessary for such a man; and M
TrVioffior ho iH filiffible to the office of
President. We answer that, by the very
faot of birth on American soil, he is a D
oitizen, needing no other naturalization. .
Whether his parents are naturalized or ?
not makes no difference. Every man n
born in the United States is a citizen of o
the United States, unless he expatriates b
himself and becomes a citizen or subject a
of another nation. As a citizen, he hes b
all the rights that belong to a citizen, v
including the right to vote under the n
ilmitations of law as to age and residence;
and he is eligible to the office of President,
although his father may be a d
foreigner, and remain such to the end of a
his days. Z
Mr. Posonbj's Adventure.
Mr. Posonby, while busy in hia office,
was surprised by the entrance of Mrs.
Posonby, who came in to say that she
was going to take tea with Mrs. Bilderback
and would not be home until
nine o'clock, but she would leave the
key under the mat at the front door so
that he could let himself in when he
vent home, and he had better get his
rapper down town. Their son, Herbert,
would accompany her.
Now, it so chanced that while Mrs.
Posonby was thus explaining matters to
tier husband her hopeful son was making
desperate efforts, assisted by all the
logs he could whistle np from the entire
neighborhood, to get at a rat he had
jeen run under the front porch. Master
Pnpnnhv nrmnhprl with a Innc cole and
scraped and dug with a hoe, and the
line dogs deployed at irregnlar internals
around the poroh and along the verbena
bed, scratched with might and
nain, yelping hysterically as they
scratched, and pausing from their laDors
now and then to fight over the
question which had dug the deepest
aole, to the immeasnrable delight of
Master Posonby. But as the sun went
lown and the soft light of sunlight fadid
into the misty gloaming, he remembered
that ho had been told to lock up
ind join his ma at her friends'. He put
;he key under the door mat, and then
vith his head still set on capturing that
-at, he brought around an old steel trap,
Ticked as dynamite, and having baited
t liberally, set it on the porch for the
>enefit of the rat when it should come
mt. Then he carefully dismissed his
illies, and stoned them in different diections
lest they should go back to reiume
the siege and fall into his torpedo
>it.
Mr. Posonby did not come home unil
quite late, not until his wife and son
lad returned and retired, tired of waitng
for him. As the house was quite
lark and quiet when he approached it,
le naturally supposed his spouse had
>een detained later than she expected,
le felt under the door mat for the key,
>ut as that useful little "open sesame "
ras in the lock on the inside of the door,
le couldn't find it He felt fuither un
ler cne mac, ana men coin King ne mignc
iave puslied it away, began to feel
.round the poroh for it, sweeping his
land out in circling swoops, accompanyng
these erratio movements with stinIry
exclamations and mutterings. In
ne of these vigorous sweeps be thrust
lis hand into something that lifted him
o his feet. A terrible, cold, vicious
omething that shut down on his hand
ike a wild beast and just raised him up
tntil only his tip toes touched the^porch
loor. The wail that broke from Ins palid
lips silenced all the dogs in the ward,
ii a woKe up a private nigni watcnman
?ho wan pacing bis vigilant beat on top
if a salt barrel j net around the corner
nth his eyes shut. It wakened bis 6on,
rho thrust bis bead out of the window
ud shouted "fire I" in the most stentoian
toneS tbat a youth of eleven years
an command. It roused his wife from
ler peaceful slumbers, who thrust her
lead outof another window and screamed
4 thieves I" with nil the full piercingvigir
of her womanly voice. It wa-tened
lis neighbors in both directions, who
eaned out of their windows and shot at
dr. Posonby, who stood on the porch,
lancing about in an ecstasy of agony,
lowling at every jump. In a moment
>e became calm enough to investigate ;
.e removed the trap, explained and was
dmitted to the house. He explained
o Mrs. Posenby, as she bandaged his
rounded hand, that he thought sure it
ms " snakes," and when that good lady
idiculed the idea, and said thero were
o snakes about here, he shook his head
roarily, and looked at her out of the corer
of his eyes with a sweet, sad smile.
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Disbanding the Army.
The position of the American army
t the close of the Revolutionary war
ras by no means an agreeable one for
lie officers and men who had been so
>ng engaged in military duty. Major
forth says : "The inmates of the same
ant or hut for seven long years grasped
ach other's hand in silent agony?to go
hey knew not whither, all recolleotion
# *Ka rtitril rtiinfinofinrt
i liUQ OIU W IllUilV ?u'J WITH vvvu^/uvtvu
Dst, or to the youthful never known,
tieir hard earned military knowledge
rorse than useless?to be cast on a
rorld long since by them forgotten,
levered from friends, uid all the joys
nd griefs whioh soldiers feel; griefs
rhile hope remained?when shared by
umbers, almost joys. To go in silenoe
nd alone, and poor and helpless--it was
do hard! Oh, on that sad day how
iany hearts were wrung. I saw it all,
or will the scene be ever blurred from
ly view."
The brave, generous hearted old
5aron Steuben looked on the pitiful j
cenes with swimming eyes. Seeing
Jolonel Cochrane, a brave and meritorius
officer, standing apart with a sad
nd disconsolate look, he approached
im, and tried to cheer him up by sayjg
that better times would come soon.
'For myself," replied the offioer, "I
an stand it; but," pointing to a mere
ovel, "my wife and daughters are in
tie garret of that wretched tavern, and
have nowhere to carry them, nor even
loney to remove them." "Come,
ome," said the baron, "I will pay my
Bapects to Mrs. Cochrane and your
aughters, if you pleaseand leaving
im standing alone, he strode away to
tie tavern, where he found the ladies
auk in despondency at the dismal prosect
before them. The sight was too
inch for his benevolent heart, and
mptying the entire oontents-of his
UT86 on the table, he hastened away to
scape their tears and blessings. As he '
rent down to the wharf xfherethe troops ,
rere embarking, he came upon a poor .
aldier, whose wounds were yet un- ;
ealed, bitterly lamenting that he had j
ot the means to get to New York. .
touched with his sufferings, the baron's J
and instinctively sought his pocktt, ,
ut, alas I the last cent had just been .
>ft in the miserable garret. Turning to
q officer, he borrowed a dollar and gave
; to the poor fellow, and hurried him
? ? ? 1..'--. XL. J3 _1_ I
Doara a sioop. j\eacmng m? u?uk, |
16 latter turned, and with tears streamig
down his cheeks, eiclaimed : " God
Imighty bles? von, baron." Soon the
Lst tent was struck and the last gun
-heeled away.
Children.
Children muet be taught proper maners
at table, of course, but to prohibit
liem from laughing or talking at their
leals, is wholly unphysiological. Joynsnesa
promotes the circulation of the
lood and helps digestion. All disagreeble
and uncomforteble topios should be
anished from the table, and the conersation
encouraged should be of the
ioat oheerful kind.
A gentleman from Lyons, France,
isplays thirty-seven varieties of roses,
nd a new and beautiful geranium, the
[onal?Riokes Nakashima.
FUNERALS COST TOO MUCH.
We Spend jffore Money than we can Afford
to that we May Stake an Ostentation*
Dleplay.
It is very strange, the material importance
we now attaoh to a funeral.
We insist that it shall be conducted with
a certain show, at.a certain oost; we refuse
to be oontenfc with an observation
of the mere proprieties. Expensive superfluities
are demanded; we do not believe
we have discharged our duty to
the dead, unless we have honored him or
her with at least an approaoh to pageantry.
We fancy that kinship or friendship
should be expressed in a prodigal
outlay; that bereavement must be reckoned
by disregard of dollars and oents.
Except on the score of taste, there may
be no objection to this. When any
member of a rioh or well-to-do family
dies, it is a question for relatives to dehow
emensive a funeral the de
ceased shall have. If they wish to make
a great display; if they like to reuder
his death more conspicuous than anything
in his life has been; if they want
to advertise their income npon his ooffln
and its accompaniments, surely nobody
should gainsay them. Bat when the
dead was poor;* when he leaves a family
with little or no means, it is more than
foolish to use the little they possess, or
to inour indebtedness, in order to trick
out his corpse, and to send it to the
cemetery in a manner they cannot afford,
and which certainiy can oe of no possible
benefit to him. By such worse than
useless extravagance they wrong his
memory and themselves, and encourage
a custom extremely unwise in itself and
decidedly mischievous in its results.
Persons who can best afford to bury
their kinsfolks or friends sumptuously,
are less apt to do so than persons who
cannot afford it. It is one of our national
weaknesses?and a miserable
weakness it is?to struggle against any
and every appearance of poverty just in
proportion to the degree of our poverty.
We seem to be unoonscious that
this constitutes the real meanness which
nnMfllroo fhaf. va ara avoid.
ing. We are wont to speak of it as oar
pride, when any true pride would blush
at it, knowing it to be nothing but the
most vulgar vanity wearing a worthy
name. ;
It would be surprising to learn how
oommon it is for familie3.in this and
other large oities to overtax themselves
to provide paraphernalia for the tomb.
Not infrequently they spend every dollar
that has been left, even exceeding
the amount sometimes, and in many instances
anticipating a large share of, if
not all, the insurance upOn the life of
the deceased. Not a few instances
might be cited in which money, has
been borrowed to defray funeral expenses,
when, if the funeral hod been
modestly and properly managed, there
would have been no need of borrowing
at all. W*at an unworthy return is this
to the mail who has probably worked
hard for years, and given himself endless
anxiety to save something for his
family in the event of his sudden death I
Of what advantage is it to him, in his
sheeted sleep, that there should be a
few more flowers or carriages, that the
coffin should be real rosewood, or the
handles genuine silver? All has ended;
all is well with him. To him money is
no longer essential; whatever he has
gained beyond necessary expenditure
should be .devoted to the service of the
living.
Undoubtedly, they who so exceed
their means in such post-mortem parade
are generally influenced by good though
mistaken motives. They do not know?
at least, they do not think?how far
suoh ostentation is removed from honest
reverence, from veracious grief, for the
loved and lost. If they oould see how
hollow, how pitiable, is this saoriflce of
sensibility to mere display, this profanation
of affection for theatric effeot, they
would never be guilty of it. Influenced
by the spirit of imitation?by an ignoble
desire to do what others do, irrespective
of ability or fitness?they torn
occasions which are distressing, and
which should be sacred, to tawdry
spectacles for idle oomment and vulgar
gossip.
They who lead the best, the purest,
the noblest lives, care not for, indeed,
they are opposed to?gaudy obsequies.
They prefer, when they have acted their
part and the dark curtain has descended
between them and the world, that they
shall be borne quietly to the grave,
without pomp or circumstance. It is
only the vain, the shallow, the undeserving?secretly
conscious how totally
unimportant tneir a earn muse do, even
to their own cirole?who want to em?hasize
it with display and expenditure.
t is well to shear death of the unnatural
terrors with which superstition and
monasticism have invested it; it is well
to make it as little solemn as it may be ;
to view the inevitable with calmness and
philosophy; but it is not well to deprive
the tragedy which we must all undergo
of its pathetic simpleness and awful
dignity.?New York Times.
Brazilian Silkworms.
In the Brazilian department of th<>
Centennial there is a very interesting
display made by Senor Luis de Rezende,
Upon wooden tablets arranged in a
rack, Senor Rezende exhibits silkworm
eggs, then silkworms, one, two, three,
and so on, up to twenty-five days old?
those of each day being upon a separate
tablet, and cared for by an attendant.
In a series of glass bottles, and preserved
in spirits, are.specimens of silkworms,
showing each stage of silkworm
existence, "from the cradle to the
grave "?that is, commencing with one
day old, advancing to twenty-five days
old, then from beginning to spin to the
formation of the chrysalis, and, finally,
the emerging of the butterfly?the
whole having been produoed at Rio de
Janeiro. Another case contains a collection
of Brazilian butterflies, one of
rrrVlirtll f>10 A IITftftl B/lhlmift. IS ft fiilk
producer. It measures about seven
inches across the wings from tip to tip,
and is about five inches long. Its coooon
is much larger than that of the ordinary
silkworm, and produces about five times
as much silk, the latter being of a somewhat
brownish cast of color.
Burning Coal Dost
Burning coal dust as fuel is a com- j
plete success. Instead of being molded '
into blocks, as by the Loiseau process, \
the dust, in its loose condition, is
shoveled into furnaces of stationary
engines or locomotives. The heat obtained
is equal to that from an equal
weight of lump coal. The burning is
effected by foroing a current of air and i
steam through the du?t in the furnaoo, I
which prevents it from caking, increases !
the supply of oxygen and adds some :
hydrogen, all of which tends to make
tho combustion more vigorous. The j
Pottsville Miners' Journal estimates,
that one-third of all the coal which is |
mined is crumbled to dust and made
unsaleable. Forty million tons are
thought to be available for market, and
much of it is close by railroad tracks,
rhe new invention is supposed to be applicable
to the use of steamships and
smelting furnaces.
Brained bj a Lunatic.
Mr. John Shank, a wealthy farmer,
seventy-six years of age, living on Salt
Fork creek, about sue roil:s north from
'Lawrenoebnrg, Indiana, was discovered
by his daughter, Eliza Shank, lying up
against an old smokehouse, gasping in
the agonies of death, with the blood
oozing from his month and nose, and
with the entire back of his skull mashed
and crushed in a horrible manner. Miss
Shank at first was petrified with horror,
and then, with a piercing scream, alarmed
the inmates of her home, all of whom
came r ashing out just in time to see the
old man fall back a corpse. At first it
was thought that Mr. Slifcnk had been
plundered and then murdered, but the
discovery of the bloody ax with which
the murder had been committed lying
near the victim, and the sight immediately
thereafter of Ezra Shank sauntering
leisurely up from the bam, which is
located not more than a dozen yards
from the scene Of the tragedy, together
with the knowledge that he had been
chopping wood not ten minutes before
the crime was conimittdd, convinced
the friends of the deceased that the
crime was a patricide, and that Ezra was
l1< A ?1 L MM MMkl f 1 lU <1 MAM ?rt MMM !
uuv giui&jr sun. jluis auu la uuw luirujr
eight years of age, and for nearly a
quarter of a century has been hopelessly
insane. Until very recently, how-,
ever, he had never been suspected of
being vicious; indeed, he had been considered
perfectly harmless, and the
most of the time was kept about the
old homestead rather than in an asylum
because of his harmlessness. He is of
a powerful frame, being over six feet
high and weighing upward of 250
pounds, constituting, therefore, anything
but a frail antagonist in a desperate
fight. His father was a man equally
tall, but by no means so heavy, besides
being enfeebled by his weight of nearly
fourscore years.
Ezra had been of late ver* obstinate
and lazy, and once or twice had indulged
in some savage threats whenever
any of the children, of whom there are
ten, all grown and nearly all living at
home, insisted on his doing any work. ,
No attention, however,'was paid to \
these threats, and Ezra was requested to ,
take the ax and break up some wood, i
in compliance he took the ax, but in
going to work was very sulky and would j
answer no questions. It is supposed ,
that his father happened along when he (
felt most vicious and begun a con versa- j
tion,.when, with the horrible despera- ,
tion of a: madman, the,son raised the j
cruel :ax and dashed- out his father's
brains. The sight presented was sicken- .
ing in the extreme, and the aged* wife J
and mother, on beholding it, fainted,
and has ever since been utterly prostrated,
only hovering between We and
death. The sons at first were frenzied
and sought to question their brother,
but they could get noth ng out of him.
He would answer no questions, and
when shown the lifeless body of his
father evinced ni more concern than
had he been discnssiug the weather.
. tr"s?
The Keafocky Shower of Fle-li. ''
At last we have a proper explanation
of this muoh talked, of phenomenon.
Mr. L. -Brandeis writes to the: Sanitarian'/'"In
1537, while1 Paracelsus was
engaged in the production of Jiis "elixir
of life, " he came across a very strange
looking vegetable mass, to which he
gave the name of " nostoak.'" The
want, of rapid transportation, combined
with the perishable nature of the substances
fallen, havo hitherto prevented
a complete and exhaustive examination.
The specimens of the " Kentucky
shower," however, reached this city well
preserved in glycerine, and it has been
comparatively easy to identify the substance
and to fix its status. The "Kentucky
wonder " is nothing more or less
than the " nostoo " of the old alchemist.
Tho nostoo belongs to the conferva; it
consists of translucent, gelatinous
bodies, joined together by threadlike
tubes or seed bearers. Tiiere are about
a# iU.n mnMnln* ?%lon# Alflflfll.
Ullljr opccioo Ul iiiuo OUi^miu ywui I.UU4U
fled; two or three binds have even been }
found in a fossil state. Like other confer??,
the nostoc propagates by selfdivision
as well as by seeds or spores.
When these spores work their way out
of the gelatinous envelope they may be
wafted by the winds here and there, and
they may bo carried great distances.
Wherever they may fall, and find oongenial
soil, namely, dampness or recent
rain, they will thrive and spread
very rapidly, and many cases are re-:
corded where they have covered miles
of ground, in a very few hours, with,
long strings of-nostoc. t
On account of this rapidity of growth,
people almost everywhere faithfully believe
the nostoc to fall from the clouds,
and ascribe to it many mysterious virtues.
The plant is not confined to any
special locality or to any climate; sown
by the whirlwind, carried by a current
of air, in need of moisture only for existence
and support, it thrives everywhere.
Icebergs afloat in mid-ocean
have been found covered with it. In
New Zealand it is found in large masses
of quaking jelly, several feet in circumference,
and covering miles of damp
soil; and in our own country it may be
found in damp woods, on meadows, and *
on marshy or even gravolly bottoms. 1
Ail me uoatocs are cumpuaeu ui a semi-liquid
cellulose and vegetable profceine.
The edible nostoo is highly valued 1
in China, where it forms an essential in' *
gredient "oi the edible birdnest soup. 1
Hie flesh that was supposed to have T
fallen from the clouds iu Kentucky is
the flesh colored nostoc. The flavor of y
it approaches frog or spring chicken *
legs, and it is gTeedily devoured by al- 1
most all domesticated animals. c
Such supposed " showers " are not 1
rare, and are entirely in harmony with <
natural laws. In the East Indies the t
same nostoc is used as an application in 1
ulcers and scrofulous disease, while 1
ev-ry nation in the East considers it i
nourishing and palatable, and uses it i
even for food when dried by sun heat. 1
She Threw It. j
A fortnight ago a lady, with true ,
feminine recklessness in times of ex citement,
threw a stone at a cow which 1
had invaded her flower garden. The '
stone happened to be a choice specimen j
of gold quartz which by some accident ,
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lady did not hit the cow, and the missile \
went off at right angles, and landed in a '
neighbor's yard. A few days afterward |
lie pioked it up, and wan astonished at I
the show of gold which ho saw on all
aides. Taking it down to a jeweler, it
was tested, and the gold pronounced to j
he of the best quality.
The lucky fin dor was wonderfully:
elated for a few days, and would not I
have taken #100 a square foot for his
laud, but the lady who threw the stone
having heard of his good fortune, mistrusted
the truth, and having asked to
see the specimen, at onoe identified it as
a portion of her cabinet, and carried it
off in triumph.
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The speeches that have not been made
are the best.
The desert of Sahara covers 2,000,'000
square miles.
We take great liberties with those from
whom we expect nothing.
There is no use disputing with a man
who will not be convinced.
A man should be doing a good business,
if it is not so profitable.
The wholesale prices for cattle have
reached the lowest price since 1862,
What species of love is that which is
never reciprocated ? A neuralgic affection.
Some people cannot drive to liappiwith
four , horses, and others can reach
the goal on foot. .>
Never look a' gift horse in the
mouth, nor examine the date of en oxchange
begged from an editor.
In Kern county, California, a few
dayB ago, sixteen hnndred sheep were
sold to a butcher for fifty cents a head.
When the voun? ladies hand you a
card nowadays with the cabalistic letter?
Y. M. O. A, it means "yoti may
call again." i ; -? ,
Doing business without advertising,
says the Danbury Newt, is a good deal
like trying to borrow a flag on the *
fonrth of July.; a o ;
Laughing may make a man grow fat,
but you've got to mix it nightly with
bread and meat and a quiet conscience
if you get it to stick. *?1
It is proposed to amend the cotastitn- tion
of Connecticut by adding a section
making nine members'jury competent
to render S verdict, *
A Yankee, describing an opponent
whose person was extremely thin, says :
"I will tell yen what, 'sir-Ttfcat man
don't amount to a sum in arithmetic;
cast him up, and there's nothing to
carry." '
A new trouble threatens the country*
The scarcity of help if already being
felt, especially in tne West. Nearly
everybody is being withdrawn from the
field and shop to fill vacancies in the
family of the late A. T. Stewart.
Accustom yourself to overcome and
master things of difficulty; for, if you
observe, the left hand for want of practice
is insignificant, and not adapted to general
business, yet it holds the bridle bet>
ter than tl^o right, from constant use.
" Ii Eastern lands," when the government
wants to get rid of a troublesome
subject, he is invited to dine with the
chief local official, and word is sent to
bis family that "his dinner did not agree
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history.
"Oh, my dear sir I" said a poor sufferer
to a dentist, "this is the second
fvrong tooth you've pulled out 1" " Very
sorry, my dear sir/' said the blundering
operator; " but as there, were only three
il together when I begun, I'm sure to be
right next time."
A Chicago paper says that a clergyman
)f that city thinks it looks decidedly
mspioiouB for a member cf his congregation
to send him a mesa of firli on
tfonday morning, especially when he
recollects that that membepwaa not at
ihiirck the day before, - <
i An old fellow was paid his week's
vages in New York, recently, receiving
die most part of it: in silve? half dollars,
Se looked benignly at them as thev lay
a his palm, chuckled as though in
xiumph, and exclaimed : " That s the
ituff the rats can't chew."
The first.lord of the admiralty on his
drof dnnm +,h? Thamaa in rather
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leaky vessel, observed the men working
the pumps. " Dear me!" he said,
"I did not. Jipow you had a well on .
board, s<?aptain, -but I am- really very
jlad, as I do detest river water."
" Oan you change this William for
ne ?" said a young man who presented a
$60 bill at the counter of a bank recently.
"Yes," said the cashier; "but why
fo you call it a William?" " Ob, I'm
not familiar enough with this kind of a
thing to call it Bill," was the ready
reply.
The six men hanged at Salonica for
apmplicity in the murder of the consuls
svere all notorious assassins. When led
out to execution each refused assistance,
?d justed the rope round his own neck
tiimself, and kicked the stool from under
lis feet. The inquiry madaby the Turkish
government previous to'their execu;ion
was carried on in secret.
The idea of a South Carolina judge is
a allow any one to sell liquor freely, but
'equire every one who wishes it to take
rat a regular license, which should be
granted only jjpon.a reasonable proof
hat he may be trusted to keep tolerably
lober, and to be revoked if he gets up.
oalliriflr nr on vine
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iqnor to any person not showing such
icense to be a misdemeanor.
A gentleman afflicted with an impedinent
in his speech took dinner at -a
avern, and calling to a waiter addressed
lim thus : " We-w-waiter, gi-give mae
s-s-some r-r-roast b-b-beef." The
raiter stammered oat in reply:" W-w-we i-a-ain't
g-g-got any." At which the
gentleman, highly enraged, supposing
he servant was mocking him, sprang
rom his seat and was proceeding to
cnock him down, when a third person
nested his an& and cried to him not to
trike, saying: "He st-at-stutters
-s-same as w-w-we d-d-do."
What Washington Did.
Washington, who understood Indian
rarfare the best of any man of his time,
teld that surprise is tho one thing to be
guarded against, and that a commander
rho suffers a surprise is inexcusable.
)ne of the few oocasions on which he
ost his self-control and gave way to an
moontrollable outburst of anger was
vhen the news came to him that General
3t. Clair had fallen into an ambuscade in
lis expedition against the Miama InThe
news was brought to him
3y a special messenger while he was at
llnner with company. He went oat to
speak with the messenger, returned to
lis seat and went through the dinner
with perfect composure and immediately
Attended Mrs. "Washington's drawing
room, speaking courteously to every
lady. When the company had gone and
Mrs. Washington had retired, leaving
the President and his secretary, Mr.
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3ear, alone, Washington Drun.o uu?
igain and again in terrible expressions of
wrath. ??Tee," he exclaimed, "here on
this very spot I took leave of him; I
wished him success and honor. 1 Yon
have your instructions from the secretary
of war,' said I. ' I had a strict eye
to them and will add but one word?Beware
of a surprise !' You know how
the Indians fight ns. I repeat it, * Beware
of a surprise.' He went off with
that, my last warning, thrown into his
--ars. And yet, to suffer that army to be
iJUt to pieces, hacked, butchered, tomahawked
by a surprise?the very thing T
bad guarded him against?Ob, God
Oh, God !" (throwing up his bandsaud
shaking with emotion) '' ho's worsr
han a murderer. How can ho answi.-r it
.'o his country ? The blood of the slain
s upon him, the curse of widows an-1
orphans?tlio curse of Heaven I" .It is
jlear from this passionate outburst that
Washington thought a commauder who
hermits himself to be surprised by laHan
a is without excuse.
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