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BY HUGH WILSON AND W. C. BENET. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1878. * NO. 13. VOLUME XXVI.
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mm??????h i iinninr "* 1 .,_ ? ?
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m. grand old man,
g^fenilt after the olden plan;
muscular body, a massive head,
gHl mau to value the longer he lives,
jgM. man to remember when dead.
wish you might see him
S^Bit back at his ease
^VAwake or asleep, a.s you please),
(g^WThile he whiffs and ho whewg
IH&nd I read him the news.
^B"Who'H killed to-day ?"
^Be asks in his ancient way;
^B'And what have they stolen tbis time, my lad ?
gHrhe rascals they thrive like 'pusley' in peas?
SMpad works, boy, bad?very bad !"
?HKThen for that ludicons perch of the eye
^ While the pipe gets a slide i
^Bro the other r id \
SHWhere he puffs and poohs,
^ Keeping up with the news.
lb character!
flMwhen he begins, ' 'I tell ye sir,
SMris woith a whole book of yocr modern talk;
^KThen the silence after his ' 'say"?
JflBlhe solemn shuffle of his walk
^ And tamping of his cano.
sBYou may put down I
uHwhen you see that fiown,
^ And the dim gray lights unusually clever,
gHHe's about to settle some subject forever.
IJ-LU B nu L'UiU^iCkD I
From bis head to hid feet,
Inside and oat bo made to keep!
There's no one feature before the rest;
He makes you langh and he makes you weep, '
Ho stops the hole in your soul;
I He softens the tongh
And levels the rongh,
As be snoozes and smokes
And preaches and jokes.
Hid children and wife
Have gone to the better life,
And not a companion is left;
But he says: "They've only the start?that's i
And you never would think him bereft.
He wears the calmest face on the farm,
And with a genuine stamp of Joy
Often declares he's "young aB a boy!"
Still he Bmiles and he Bmokes
Between Rfirmons and iokes.
I A grand old man,
Built after the olden plan;
A muscular body, a massive head,
A man to value the longer he lives,
A man to remember when dead.
Years yet may he limber his cricks.
This peerlesH old son of the past!
And may I be the last
While he whiffs and whews,
To listen or read him the news!
?Sunday Afltrnoon. j
A LITTLE BROWN DOG,j
He was a poor little fellow, errand boy j
in the large grocery of Rice, Cloves &
Co. (I don't mean the brown dog, but i
Harry Jacklow), and be earned just two
dollars a week. !
Sixty cents of, this -went for car fare? i
lie lived so far from the store that he !
was obliged to ride to and from it?and j
the rest to his mother, who, with that !
and the eight dollars a week she received j
from the cloak factory where she worked,
supported herself, her children?Harry, j
twelve years of age, Eddie, seven, and j
JeD'uie, twu?and Mr. Jacklow.
Mr. Jacklow was her husband, and |
Ihe less said about him the better. I'll i
|9 merely state that he could sit in a rocking-chair
and smoke and think longer
than any man I ever knew.
But besides this two dollars a week,
Harry, who was a bright-eyed, willing, j
whistling young chap, sometimes got a
two or Ave cent piece, or, more rarely, j
a dime, fr^m his employers' customers j
when, the grocers' wagons being over- j
loaded or the customers in a great hurry, i
he carried home their purchases for
them. And it was this money he had
been saving ever since the 1st of January,
for the purpose of having a good
time on the next holiday.
On Christmas day they had a real nice j
time at his house. His " boss" had |
given him?two dollars, and the superintendent
of the place where his mother
worked had given her one, and some- j
body (they had never found out who) i
had sent them a large turkey, and the j
dressmaker down stairs had put a box of)
tools in Eddie's stocking?dear me! |
what am I saying? she couldn't have
done that; I meant to say she had given
Ned a box of tools, and Jennie a doll, in
the name of Santa Claus?and Harry
had presented his mamma with a new
coffee-pot, and his mamma presented
him with a woolen comforter and a pair
of woolen gloves, and Mr. Jacklow had
bought himself a new pipe; and when
Harry saw how happy they all were, he ,
quickly made up his mind to give thema
party on the very next holiday, which j
would be the Fourth of July.
It was the 3d of July when my story !
commences, and Harry had kept his res- j
olution of saving every penny outside of j
his wages. He had had to pass many a
heap of rosy apples without glancing at i
them, run away from many peanut i
sianas, torce mmsen not to iook into i
the tempting windows of the candy i
Btores, aud gojbfron the other side -when
he knew irfraself near a -well-known
bakery^to do so; but he had done so,
andjrow his reward was near.
house in which he lived was an
old-faehioned one in an up-town street. :
A quarter of a century ago it had been a
small farm-honse surrounded by mead- :
ows, bat now it had a large tenement J
bouse on each side, and a whole row of !
brick buildings in front of it. But one
Bplendid old oak tree still stood before ,
the door?" Bully to tack pin-wheels 1
on," said Harry to himself, and there ;
was any number of children around to j
cry " Oh !" and " Ah 1" as the fire-works 1
went off. I have ai ways noticed that ;
when a boy is setting off fire-works, the
more ah-ing and oh-ing there is, the
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oriKUier uie iire-wutts iwa \aj wion uuj. ,
Well, Harry had laid out the supper in !
his mind as follows: ice cream, a whole j
quart, twelve cent sponge cake, five ,
sticks of molasses candy, pitcher of lein- j
onade, apple pie, half a pound of cheese i
and some baked potatoes?Mr. Jacklow |
liked baked potatoes. And he meant to j
get his mother and the rest of them j
out of the room (send them down to j
visit the dress-maker, who at the last j
moment, was to be let into the secret), ,
set the table himself, and then, when
all was ready, call them up again, j
Wouldn't it be fun to look at their faces
when they saw the ice cream, and the
sponge cake, and the molasses candy, 1
on/1 ffin onnlo m'ft onil
UUU VUC icmvuauv I*uv? wuv M('trAV F*w> Miav4
the cheese, and the baked potatoes ! It
would be almost as good as the circus.
Harry had been there once, and had
never forgotten how delightful it was.
And then after the supper was over, and
they thonght the entertainment at an
end, wouldn't it be fun again to see
their faces when he invited them down
on the front stoop to see the pyrotechnic
(look in your dictionaries) display !
So H'Ury had been saving, and saviug,
and saving, nntil be found himself
on the evening of the 3rd of July with
one dollar and eighty-two cents in his
right-hand trousers pocket. Times had
been hard, very hard, since the new
year began, aud people had looked very
sharply after tneir Bmaii cnange, or it is
likely he would have had double that
amount. "But," he said to himself,
" a dollar will get the feast, and the rest
will buy at least a dozen nie* flre
He got home from the store that eve- T
' ning too late and too tired to go out for g<
'the things he wanted, but the next!
morning he was up before the sun rone ] ta
i ?and the sun rises pretty early during J hi
j the summer months-?and dressed and j
I out in the street as the first sunbeams lo
! told Jhe eastern sky morning had come. j w
The streets were almost deserted, and no '>
fire-crackers or pistol-shots yet broke the I ag
| silence. But before he had walked ft j dc
block some cannons boomed in the dis- j
tance, and a peal of bells nearer by be- i ta
gan ringing " Yankee Doodle " very j
merruj. w mailing, ana jmgiing tne
coins in bis pockets in tune and time
with the music of the bellB, And wishing
the stores where he meant to buy the m
materials for his party would open, ho th
sauntered slowly along until he reached to
the dog pound?a place where all strdy sb
dogs are taken in hot weather and kept a tii
day or two, so that their owners may, if si
they choose, seek and reclaim them. If
found to be friendless at the end of that jn
time, the poor things are put in a large th
tank prepared for that purpose, and i
drowned. j H
Harry heard the imprisoned dogs ! ^
barking and yelping; and stopping a ^
moment to listen to them with a pitying [ b<
look on his face-?for, like all kind- ' ?
TiparfrJvl hovn Via rlparlv 1r?vp/J amYnal? !
bo saw, sitting upon the door-step, a | di
very pretty little girl. She wore a faded ; ki
calico dress and a nine checked ginp.ham ! co
apron; the apron she held gathered tip bf
in her hand, as though it held something
of value, and her head and feet were eh
bare. Her large eyes were of a soft sh
brown, and he* hair, of the same color, so
hung in straggling curls about her face, bi
There wasn't another creature, man, ^
women or child, with the exception of a
milk man on the next block,*in sight, j to
and Harry looked at her with surprise, i bi
At last ho said, with a smile, " I thought ;
I got up early, but you must havo got up j cli
muoh earlier than I did," , n<
y I've been here all night," said the j cc
child, in a sweet, patient voice.
" Hero all nierht I" reneated Harrv. : m
with a long -whistle. " Good gracious I I E4
what'd you do that for ?" j an
"'Cause I Want to go in the very miir- I th
uto the door opens. My Frince "?with ; Pf
a Bob?" is in there." I tn
'' Your dog ?" asked Harry. !
"Yes. He's the de&test little brown ' hi
dog in all the world, and I love him best! 1?
of every thing 'cept granny, and I love
him just the same as her when Bhe
scolds, and my mamma brought him th
home one day just before she went to ga
heaven, and I've had him ever since, and 8h
he's the best dog that ever lived, and P1
never did anything wrong in his life
'cept once, when he stole a piece of
boiled corned beef somebody'd set out I J*
in the back arey to cool, and he wouldn't af
have done that 'cept he knew how hungry is]
granny and me was;" and the tears roll- 8a
ed down her cheeks.
"Oh! I'm so sorry! Don't cry," said "I
Harry. "Here, take my handkerchief th
and wipe your eyes." ; mj
"They'll kill him," commenced the "i
a^il/1 nr?r?iv? * 'if T non'f oaot fVwim fn lftf. ' ID
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him out. and I don't want him to go to j
heaven that way. I'd rather we'd both ' hi
go together; and he could run on in j w
front, and then mamma 'd say, 'Why, | sb
here's Prince?Nellie must be coming.'" bt
"Are you snre he's in there?" asked av
Harrv. io
-T* IllVtl ..
yesterday afternoon, 'most night,"Lf " j t,!^ <
was poking chips in the stove to make | ?
the kettle boil, and I beard him calling i
like he was in some trouble, and I run ,v
Out, and two awful men had him in a
cart, and Jimmy O'Neil said they was j
going to take him to the pound. So I
run after the cart without putting my j,
hat on, and soon it went so fast I couldn't j (
see it, and then I asked every body j
where the pound was. I 'membered the ;
name by thinking of a pound of brown ,
sugar; and at last I got here, and it was ,,
shut up, and so I staid here all night;! .
and do you think they'll open it soon ?" '
"What are you going to do when they I
do open it?" asked Harry.
"Go in and beg the dog man to give 1
Prince back. He's such a little dog ! '
they won't miss him." j pe
"But he won't give Prince back unless : po
you pay two dollars," said Harry. ! pr
"I haven't any money?not a cent," J thi
said the child; "bat I've'brought these," ; of
rising and holding out her apron, which | coi
held a tiny china doll, a headless cat of of
the same material, a string of glass j mi
beads, two pink motto papers, and a i so
round white shell. "TheBO were all give eit
to me Christmas," she said; "and I've j ch
kept them good, all 'cept the cat, and ' cit
her head's in my pocket, and he can j an
stick it on somehow, and the candies out I be
of the mottoes?I ate one and gave the i ms
other to granny?and the man may have pri
them every one if he will let poor Princey j thi
go." " | ob
1 "I'm afraid he won't take them," said j so
Harry, shaking his head. SC1
"He won't ? Oh, dear I what shall I uli
do?" cried the child. "Mv dear little pe<
1 i .1 J ,1?'_ I>> I
uug : rnv ucur, ueur iiuic uug :
"Don't! don't!" begged Harry, the wi
tears starting in his own eyes. "You Ti
phall have Prince. I have a* dollar and j Rtc
eighty-two ceDts, and I'll borrow the | ed
other eighteen cents from my mother." 20i
The liltle girl's face lit iy> with joy; cei
she thrust the toys into his hauds. iuj
"Take them, you good, good boy I" she cit
said, "and I'll tell my mamma about you ett
when I say my prayers to-night." ed
Harry put them back in her apron. he
"You keep them till I come back," he (inj
said: "I won't be gone but a little ^
while;" and away he ran to his home. by
There he fonnd his mother making the j
fire, and his father . smelling the coflee J of
she had measured out ready lor boning, i
"Mother," said he, "will you lend me thi
eighteen cents?" ca]
"I intendelto give you ten," 8he said, of
"for your Fourth of July. But why do trc
you want it so early in the morning ?" I th<
"Please, mammy," coaxed Harry, j thi
"make it eighteen, and I'll pay it back . caj
to you soon; and may I have a slice of mi
bread and butter for a poor little girl ? ' tiv
I'll tell you all about it by-and-by ?" j
"I can't make it eighteen," said his \
mother; "I haven't another cent. Take :
1 he ten if you want it. It's in my pock- j i
et-book in the top bureau drawer, and j ^
the bread's on the table. Don't bother i
me any more?I'm in a hurry." j
Harry helped himself, and then he
ran away to where Nellie patiently !
awaited him, a smile of perfect trust j
upon her lips. sti
"It's all right," said Harry, putting ^
the bread in her hand (an uncommon
thick slice it was, too, with plenty of : w(
butter); "eat that." fo:
By this time there was a number of '
people in the street, and pistols were Sc
being fired and torpedoes and fire-crack- th
ers set off, and all the bells began ring- j
ing. And Harry'looked at the ice-cream i 0f
stand, -which the owner?a joiiy-iacea U?
old woman, who had just arrived with a
bag and a basket of fruit, cakes and can- i
dy?was preparing for the day, and at an | r
early rocket that was going np in the |
sky; and he thought of the long time he
had been saving the money, and of the :
intended supper, and the fire-works and i
the tenement-house children oh-ing and i Pc
ah-ing; and then, the door of the pound i1D
being opened, he took Nellie by the '
hand and marched in. ar
" Is there a littlo brown dog hero?" j gi
Via ; jfc
"Named Prince?" said Nellie, her j ne
lova making hor bold?" a dear little I
dog?" |ar
" Ha! ha!" laughed the man; " that's j tu
good. Why, thero'B fifty brown dogs ' In
iwre, and all of 'em 'dear,' I think. I sfe
wo dollars apiece, J)y yott want to
?t one out?"
" Yes, sir," said Herry " if you'll j
ke a dollar and ninety-two cents?all I j
ive."
At tins moment, a tall, dark, odd- !
oking gentleman came into the door- j
ay and stood just behind the children. ,
" Can't, do it/' said the man, " it's !
faitast the law to take less than two I
)llars."
Nellie began to sob again, and the j
11 gentleman came forward.
" Your dog?*' he asked Harry.
" No, Sir; hers," replied the boy.
"Your sister?" was the next question.
"No, Sir. I never saw her ftill this
orning. I came ont to buy eome
lings for a Fourth-of-July party, and I
ok a walk down this way 'cause the
iops wasn't open, and I found her sitae
on the door 'step, and she'd been
tting there ail night."
cc 411 ~
nui uigiiw rtjpeiti^u ii
st as Harry had done, only Without
ie whistle. " Tell me all about it."
And he looked so kind and good that
arry did tell him all about it. And
hen the story was finished, the gentlean
said to th?? man at the door, "You'd
itfcer take the money Lewis. But wait
we'll s6e if Prince is really here.'"
And led by their new frien<3> the ehil <m
wont in 'Thoffl rlnnra nf oil
nds there, all shapes, all sizes, ail j
>lote that dogs coald be?yelping,
irking, growling, and moaning,
Nellie looked eagerly around, and
touted " Princel" as loud as she conld
lout, but could scarcely hsar herself,
i great was the noise. But a little
owh dog, whose ears must have been
uch sharper than hers, sprang forird
with a cry of delight that seemed
come out of the very top of his little 1
own head.
"It's Prince! it's Prince!" cried Nellie,
apping her hands in delight; and the
>xt moment he was in her arms, 1
>reving Iter face with dog kisses.
Harry marched out, handing the dooran
the money as he passed. The tall
sntleman followed with the little girl 1
id her dog; aDd when they were all in
e street once more, he stooped and '
itfced Prince on the head, at the same
ne tucking Harry's handkerchief,
trich was hanging half way out, into 1
8 jacket pocket, and saying, " You'll 1
se that if yon're not careful my boy." 1
Then he kissed both children and 1
-i i- ii J ? t_j 1
Slit into uie puunu aguiu. .nam j.iciiio
rew her arms around Hurry's neck and
ive him a good ling, and told him she :
ould love him forever, and made him 1
omise to come and see her and Prince; :
id they parted." " 1
"And that's the end of our Fourth-of- '
lly party," Baid Harry, a short time 1
ter, to the Jacklow family, as he finbied
his breakfast and his story at the
me time. 1
"You're a good boy, and did just
?ht," said all the Jacklow family, with
e exception of Mr. Jacklow, who re- 1
arked mildly that "that dollar and ]
nety-two cents would have kept him 1
tobacco a long while." 1
And baby Jennie came and gave her (
g brother a sweet kiss?in fact, a very ^
reet kiss, for some of the sirup which j'
e had been eating on her bread and j '
ltter went with it; and as she toddled j <
ray, Harry pulled out his handkerchief ;1
wine his mouth. It came out with a ;]
rk, and four bright new silver half i
y Jts came with it, and falling on the j
with a pleasant sound, rolled away '
ward the corners as fast as they could, j
at they were pounced ^pon before '
ey had rolled a foot.
" The tall gentleman !" said Harry.
" God ble3s him!" said his mother.
" Three cheers for our side 1" shouted
Idie, and proceeded to give them.
"J wish I had the morning paper,"
id Mr. Jacklow,
And there was a party, after all, and
sides the family thart- were three
iaer guesls?an old woman, a small
rl, and a little brown dog.?Harper's
reckly.
Heating Cities by Steam.
rhe American Architect says: Theexriments
that have been made at Lockrt,
and, wo believe, at Buffalo, have
oved, seemingly beyond peradventure,
a fonaiUiliftr nf Vipafinrr iv Inrjrft nnmhfil' I
>/ .VMSIWA/AVJ W* ~ O J
building by steam supplied from a ,
mmon source; though the possibility ,
supplying in the same way steam for ]
mufacturing purposes seemB not to be j
clearly established. A number of f
izens of New York havo lately pur- (
ased the right to introduce into that ,
y the Holly system of town heatiDg, j
d already more than $1,000,000 have
en subscribed for the purpose of ,
Lking preliminary experiments; these j
Dving satisfactory, it is supposed ,
it there will be small difficulty in ,
taining money to extend the system j
as to embrace the whole city. The <
leme so far as at present developed is ,
;<mately to divide the city into five ,
;tion3, in each of which is to be a bat- <
y of fifty boilers, which, it is thought, (
11 be able to meet all probable demands, j
iese batteries are to be placed in four- ]
>ry brick buildings, presumably isolat- ]
, having an aera at the ground of some \
[) square feet. Starting from these ,
iters a system of mains and connectj
pipes will be laid throughout tbo ]
y, and each consumer will be furnish- (
with a meter, so that he may be call- f
on to pay for only as much steam as ,
uses. Means are provided for heat- i
j the condensed water by live steam, \
d causing it to circulate over the house j
a separate system of pipes. No state- j
mt is at Dresent made of the first cost i
the plan. But some idea of the runig
expenses may be conceived from
3 statement tlmt the five batteries are
iculated to consume about 2,500 ton 5
coal each day. In the economical induction
of the system the shape of
a island may be of use, as it is stated
at a battery of the size mentioned is
pable of sending steam to points two
les distant without much loss of effec-?
e power.
Fashion Notes.
The Bmall round turban is again worn
young ladies.
Lace bonnets for young ladies are
ide of silk covered with lace, almost
;e babies' caps.
New bonnets are seen in likc-colored 1
raw, and are trimmed with bunches of' 1
lite and purple lilacs.
jjarge DUCKies 01 peari, line tnose (
)rn generations ago, are fashionable'
r the wide belts so popular.
Pins for the hair are ornamental balls.
>me are of red gold and others are of
e palest yellow Roman gold.
New silver ear-rings are in the shape
a sailor's hat. with a pair of oars conicted
by a slender silver cable.
Collars and ouffa on thin dresses are
ade of shirring, and yokes and vests
e sometimes similarly composed.
Small white handkerchiefs, with the
Iges scolloped and wrought with a
lor, are formed into prettv pleated
>ws for the throat, to wear with ruorng
dresseB.
The Breton dress was so becoming
id pretty that the ladies are loth to
ye it up, and since fashion has decreed
may no longer be worn, the style is
led in underwear.
New linen-lawn and muslin dresses
e made with yoke waist, the yoke enrely
covered with rows of narrow lace
id on flat. The ruffles that trim the
;irt are edged with the same lac*.
A BURKING MINfe.
Aci-ca of Anthracite Coal in Flame*?A
Kplendld Piece of Engineer Ink.
Passengers on the Lehigh and Susquehanha
Road, a little to the southeast
of Pittston, Pa., are frequently puzzled
to see issuing from the earth through a
number'of cracks and cave holfcs numerous
wreaths, of smoke. These are accompanied
by oppressive clouds of sulphur
that impress the visitor who tarries
in their vicinity moat forcibly with
an idea of the ferocity of the fire which
is raging in the mine beneatb. This
crater-like and costly curiosity has lodged
itself in tho foufteen-feet vein of the
Butler coal works, where it has been
burning for more thr.n a year,and where,
dfespite the tfforts of the most experienced
engineers, it threatens to continue
for some time to come. Its headway
has been obtained from the workings
of the Bulter coal mine, and the fire
is fed by the pillarB, wooden props, and
the work tfsed in supporting the l'oof.
A a la Ttr/ill Irnafrt AtTAVtr nnA
AO io ncu auvtru IU CTOIJ uuo TOIDUU
in coal mining, nearly one-third of the
solid anthracite is left standing to keep
up the roof and protect the workmen,
This it is which, fanned by the Currents
that rush through the old chambers,
makes it impossible to extinguish the
flames by the steam principle so successfully
employed in the case of the Empire
shaft at Wilkcsbarre, while the elevated
location of the workings, which aro situated
in a hillside several feet higher than
the town, renders the work of introduc- .
ing water with any degree of success an
impossibility.
The only* practical way, therefore, in
which this great danger can be successfully
combated is to surround the fire by
an immense cut, sufficiently deep and
wide to isolate it from other and more
valuable workings. With this object in
view Mr. C. F. Conrad, whose plans the
company accepted in preference to many
others submitted to them, commenced
to make a survey of the locality on the
26th of December last, with a view of
comprehending the limits of the burning
spot at that time, and also allow for
the additional area likely to be comprehended
in the scope of the fire before
the work of surrounding it could be
completed. His report, with the map
accompanying, was filed in the comnftnv'n
nffip.ft nn Mio 1 KMi nf luRt. .Tannarv.
r ?j ~ w?vw ? " ? j i
and showed at that time that the fire
from three acres in the May preceding,
when it was discovered, had extended to
fifteen acres. He discovered that in all
other directions the flames were confronted
by natural barriers which would
Bventually check their progress, excepting
on the southwest and south, where
they were sweeping forward rapidly,
with nothing to hinder their final contact
with the coal works of the Pennsylvania
Goal Company and those of the Delaware
and Hudson Oanal Company, as
well as several lesser works. The parties
who own the threatened property
notified the Butler Coal Company that
in case of the fire reaching their mines
they would look to the Butler Coal
Company for indemnification for any
loss that might be sustained, and this
fact made it doubly important that
the destructive element should be
ihecked as early and effectively as possiblo.
Accordingly the cut was commenced
under the supervision of Engineer
Conrad on February 4 with a
iorce of 150 men, who worked in relays
nirrVif. a n rl /lor
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Some idea of the magnitude of the
ivork may be obtained from tbo fact that
this immense cut, which strikes from
the surface down through the rock overhanging
the coal vein itself to the clay
beneath, is lined on each side with a
solid wall of stone six feet in thickness,
ft is constructed in the Bhape of a horseshoe,
and owing to the yielding nature
of the earth in some portions of the surface
the task has been a herculean one
from the beginning. It is now approaching
its completion, and is a splendid feat
jf engineering, having set up a formidable
barrier against the progress of a fire
that could not fail to carry its underground
destruction throughout an important
portion of the Wyoming coalfield.
As it is, no less tnan 150 acres
iiave succumbed to the seething element,
ind it is estimated that nearly half a
nil!ion tons of coal have been consumed,
nuch of which, were it not for the fire,
iould have been recovered by the system
known in mininr* rmrlanca as " robbincr
pillars," or taking out the coal left to I
support the roof during the first process !
}f mining. This is but a mere bagatelle
is compared with the total loss involved |
in the work of solatiug the flames.
This destructive fire owes its origin to j
m outcast named Maggie Toole, who in j
:,he spring of 1877, having no other
place of shelter, made her home in an
ibandoned tunnel or "drift" leading to
the mine. Here she was visited during
the evenings by a number of fellows,
who made the place a sort of rendezvous,
md eventually became known as the
"tunnel gang." At last she suddenly
itsappeored, nnd it waB found that the
ire which she had to keep'warm and do
tier cooking had extended to what is
known as the "gob" or refuse, and from
there to the woodwork and coal pillars
ased in keeping up the roof.
The appearance of the surface of the
burning mine presents a weird picture
)f desolation. Vegetation has'Withered,
ind Dumeious "cave holes" dot the hillside,
marking out the path of the fire.
From these the smoke and sulphur issued
in stifling volumes, giving some
:aint idea of a Vesuvian scene, and shownsr
how flercelv the fire must be raeine
n the mine beneath at a depth of fifty
:eet. Mine Inspector Jones, one of the
most experienced men in this section,
?ave it as his opinion that one of the
results which was likely to attend the
Ire, had it not been combated by some
such plan as that of Mr. Conrad, was
:hat of penetrating through the works
if the Pennsylvania Coal Company, "and
lonseqnently tinder the town of Pitts:on,"
so that it will be seen we have
virtually been standing on the verge of
i volcano, and a greater calamity than
;he burning of the Butler mine has been
iverted.?Correspondence New York
Herald.
One of the Seven Wonders.
Pharos is the ancient name of a small
island off the coast of Egypt, less than
i mile from the ancient Alexandria, connected
with the mainland by a mole,
and famous for its light-house which
was numbered among the seven wonders
ot the world, and gave the name of
Pharos to all structures of a similar
kind. This building was the frustum
of a square pyramid, surrounded by a
large base, the precise diminsions of
which are not known. It was commenced
by the first Ptolemy, and was
finished about 280 B. C. The style and
workmanship are represented to have
been superb, and the material was a
white stone. The height was about 400
feet, and it is stated by Josephus that
the light, which was always kept burning
on its top at night, was visible
about forty-one miles. It was probably
destroyed by an earthquake, but the
date of its destruction is not known.
Enough is known, however, to make it
certain that this tower existed for 1,600
years. To this day the .French word
for light-house is phare, and the Italian
and Spanish faro. The island became
at length a suburb of Alexandria by
means of a street running along the
mole, and retained some importance
even till the time of Julius C?sar, but
subsequently sank into its original condition
of a fishing station.
Grave-Digging Beetles.
One of the wonderful provisions of
nature is the existence of certain beetles
with the function of digging graves to*
dead rats, moles, birds, and other small
creatures left upcn the surface of the
earth, and the effluvia from which
might be offensive and baleful, beetles
of this kind are known as the Necrophorun
germanicus. About these remarkable
animals, Mr? Gleditch, an entomologist,
has given us several interesting
and curious particulars. Being desirous
to test the strength of the grave-diggers,
he provided a glass vessel half filled with
moiBt earth, into which he put four
beetles with a dead linnet. No alarm
was shown by the captives. Apparently
intent on the one sole object of their
existence, they began to inspect the
bird, and then commenced the digging
of a hollow underneath it, removing the
earth and shovelling it away on each
aide. This was accomplished by leaning
strongly Upon their collars, bending
down their heads, and working with singleness
of purpose. After laboring for
nearly two hours, one of the beetles was
anrair ?ni1 Tint. ftllnwAfl tn TTftrlc
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again. This, Mr. Gleditch conoluded,
was a female, as it was smaller than the
others, -which continued their labor,
until one by one they ceased, leaving
only one beetle at his work. Five hours'
more hard work were given by the remaining
beetle, which at last sank
exhausted on the earth and rested from
his task, and finally, suddenly rousing
himself, stiffened his collar, and by an
extraordinary effort of strength, lifted
up the bird and arranged it within the
spacious grave. In three days the grave
was finished, and the bird safely deposited
within its narrow limits.
During a space of fifty days these busy 1
workers interred the bodies of four frogs, 1
three small birds, two grasshoppers, and [
one mole. This singular occupation,
which continues from the middle of
April until the end of October, proceeds !
from an indtinctive desire for the pres- ,
ervation of their offspring. Eggs deposited
by the parent in the substances which J
t.Viov infflr TpVmn hafcnhfld. nrodnce larvm. I
which, feeding on the carrion which
surrounds them, grow to an inch in \
length. These in their turn ohange into
yellow chrysalids, and lastly into beetles; '
and the latter, when emerged from the
earth, begin to dig graves and inter
dead animals for the benefit of another ,
generation. *
In September, 1877, the writer had J
unexpectedly an opportunity of making *
the acquaintance of these curiouB insects.
Two of the grave-digging beetles 1
made their appearance in one of two un- 1
der-ground kitchens, in the window of j
which stood a very large pot filled with
mould prepared for the reception of
plant-onttings. To this pot the insects \
made their way, and at once began cast
ing up the earth. On being observed,
they were provided with a dead mouse, ,
and set to work exactly in the manner ,
described by Mr. Gleditch; but as soon ,
as they became tired and rested from
their labor, they were carried into the '
adjoining kitchen and placed close to the- \
fire-place. The following morning dis- j
covered them again at work, having
traveled to their former quarters during
the night; and again they labored per- ,
severingly till the body of the mouse
gradually disappeared. At the end of ,
the second day it was neatly covered in,
and the insects were again turned out of
their home and again placed in the back
kitchen. Meanwhile the body of the '
mouse was removed; but on the follow- 1
mg morning the beetles had returned to '
their flowcr-pot, and were again burrow- ,
ing in search of the dead mouse, throwing
out nearly the whole of the mfoild in
their untiring efforts. Finally, as a reward
for their industry and perseverance,
they were transferred to the gar- i
den and placed close to the dead mouse,
which they at once began to bury afresh. :
Origin of Some Familiar Names. <
It is not often that we know, or re- 1
member, if we do know, the origin of 1
names with which we are most familiar.
Their significance is frequently lost by
altered circumstances or by want of information
on our part. It is not generally
known that the Hudson was called 1
North River in contradiction to the South
River, as tho Delaware was formerly
styled. Massachusetts was so dubbed !
because in the aboriginal tongue it meant
"about tlie great 12111a," t. e., tneume
Hills. Boston, named after the English
city, was originally St. Bardolph's Town,
of which Boston is an abbreviated corruption.
Albany was so christened in
honor of the Duke of York and Albany,
(afterward James II.) at the time it came
into possession of the English, (1661).
Oatskill is Dutch for panttier or lynx,
which once infested those mountains.
Cattaraugus was so designated by the
Indians because they had, for some mysterious
reason, associated it with unpleasant
odors. It means ill-smelling shore. '
This is not quite so bad as Chicago, an
Indian word, signifying a foumart, which,
judging from the complaints in Chicago
papers of the city's peculiar fragrance,
would seem to have been properly named.
Chemung means big horn, from a fossil 1
tusk found in the river. Crown Point
is said to have been so-called because
scalping parties were sent thence by the
French and Indians. Erie signified wild- 1
cat, and was borne by a fierce tribe of
savages exterminated by the Iroquois. :
Manhattan is eminently fitted for the
Metropolis, its import being town on the '
island. Mohawk was applied by the 1
New England tribee. to the Iroquois, !
from their habit of eating live food.
Niagara means neck of water; Oneida,
people ol ttie Deacon stone; unonaaga,
place of the hills; Saratoga, place of the '
miraculous waters in a rock; Ontario, a
village on a mountain?the chief seat of
the Onondagas; Schenectady, river val- !
ley beyond the pine trees; Seneca (not
classic, as many have supposed), is a '
corrupt Indian pronunciation of the
Dutch word cinnabar?vermillion. Jersey
is a corrnption of Caesarea, the old J
Latin name of the largest of the Channel 1
islands. Passaio signifies valley, and
Atlantic come from the Greek, Atlantikoa
pelagos, the sea beyond Mount
Atlas. ,
A Mule's Performance. i
At one of the theaters in a town of
Nevada, the play of the " Forty Thieves" '
was lately presented, but in rather a j
meager manner, as may be inferred from
ionL- r\t nVinn/Jinf. unonorw iinrl nrnn. I '
ulicj xc*ux&. ijm. r#vr
erties in the far West. When Ali Balm
had seen the thieves enter and quit the
cave, he went to the wings and brought '
in a mule, which, having taken grave \
offense at something, awaited his opportunity
for revenge. No sooner had Ali '
come out of the cave with his bags of 5
wealth, and attempted to put tbem on 1
the back of the beast than he began his !
part of the performance. He let fly with :
his heels; kicked the shavings (the sup- 1
posed riches) out of the baps; kickcd (
down the cavern; kicked down a whole '
forest; kicked down the wings; kicked ]
the end of the base viol, leaning against ;
the stage, to pieces; smashed the foot- ]
lights; and finally doubled up Ali by
planting both feet in the pit of his '
stomach. The mule fairly cleared tne ;
stage and set the audience into a great J
roar, the miners laying wagers that ho '
could out-kick any mule in the State.
The quadruped continued kicking as if
he were hung on a pivot, until a rope <
was fastened around him and. he was <
dragged off by the united strength of i
the company. The Nevadans wank to
give the mule % benefit.
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WONDERS OF MODEM StJRtfiiRt.
H6tir a Lady Who Lost Her Mcalp wis ^
Treated. ^
A correspondent of the tjtica Obeervet edescribes
very intelligently a remarkable ^
case in snrgery, as follows: " Abont the
1st of August, 1877, Mrs. Hays, wife ^
and daughter of the proprietors of the fl.
Alpaca Mill at Jamestown, Chantauqna j,
county, N. Y., while passing under ^
& rapiidy revolting shaft connected with jr
the mill, was caught by her long hair,
and instantly her entire scalp was torn ^
from her head?so completely was she jscalped
that the baok of her ears were a]
partly laid bare, as was also the back of
her neck below the hair, and on one ^
side the skin was torn off nearly to the -n
eyelid. Dr. George W. Whitney, of
Jamestown, the family physician, was ?
if>ofotitlT7 /tallow TJo hi* rmfcifini a
bad object, iying in an unconscious state.
The writer is responsible for the assertion
that he believes the doctor at first ^
was undecided what to do, but to do ^
something, he inquired for the scalp. ^
An employee had unwound it from the m
ehaft, and finding it torn to pieces, had g{
thrown it upon a wood pile. The doctor
sheared off the hair, and deliberately ?
with koeedle and thread sewed the
pieces together, and then replaced the
scalp in its original position. I suggested
to him that probably he could
think of nothing else to do. He had g
very little faith that any real good could |
be accomplished, but her appearance
would be improved for an event in the ^
near future. After four days, little be- v
ing done but to make the unconscious ^
woman as comfortable as possible, with
the fact that the doctor did very little,
as was very natural, the anxious family
Bucrerested a council of physicians. Slight
suppuration had commenced under the V
scalp, and as the only possible thing gj
which conld be done to change Dr. ^
Whitney's modus operandi, the majority a
of the council decided that the scalp
must be removed. Unwilling to assume -
the responsibility of overruling the de- ..
cision of the council, yet contrary to his p
better judgment, he removed the scalp. . (
Upon top of the head the Scalp slightly
adheared and some healthy granulations
were observed. In about eleven days
a thick scalp came off the skull on top of ^
the head, and in a short time Mrs. q
Hays became conscious and began to re-1:?
i? a:i:? cju? qk bz
ttijze tier uuiiUAtiuu. uuc 10 awuu w
years of age, of medinm size, and had j.Q
previously enjoyed good health. It now
occurred to Dr. Whitney that he could ^
3upply a substitute for the lost scalp by ^
an grafting. Two of three medical ^
students, and then others, young men Qj
and young women, volunteered to lend
small pieces of skin from their arms, Qj
aud these were successfully placed upon *
different parts of her head. "When I
risited the lady professionally with Dr.
W. about thirty-five pieces of skiu of
the size of a silver five cent piece
were firmly growing upon her head. Si
9he was a sorry-looking sight?her head et
being in color and appearance like a piece D
af fresh beef. The poor woman had a
any amount of fortitude and courage, tl
3he asked Dr. W. if he would advise w
her to take a ride of a mile or two. H tr
replied that he should not take the re- G
sponsibility just then. She asked him w
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tier position. He replied that if he felt ol
like taking a ride in an easy carriage for w
i conple of miles, he should do so. The ai
result was that in a day or two Mrs. C
Bays commenced taking early morning se
rides, without any bad results. The 01
last I heard from her, a few weeks since, w
she had had 1,380 pieces engrafted upon b:
her bead, and she was doing well. te
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Variations In Birds' Neats.
1c
This year we have noticed three curi- ^
dus instances of n departure from the
asual habits of birds in building their
aests, wb;ch seems worth recording.
The song-tlirush lines her nest with
clay, and it is usually considered by ^
ornithologists that, as she builds very
early in the spring and frequently in exposed
situations, the mud lining pro- fl]
tects the eprgs and the young brood from ^
the fierce March winds. Early in March aj
we found a thrush's nest in our garden, ^
containing four eggs; but tho nest had y.
Af ndtio 1 mn/1 lininor
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Unfortunately, we found the nest de- ^
Btroyed one morning before the bird
had time to hatch, so it was impossible ^
to note whether the inclement weather
had any effect on the eggs. We have at g?
this moment a blackbird sitting upon g
six eggs, four of which are her own and Cl
the other two those of the song thrush.
When first the nest was found it con- J
tained two of each kind, a thrush hav- jj
ing laid in the blackbird^ nest. Al- ^
though sparrows will sometimes appro- ^
priate swallows' nests to build in, and ^
though several birds will build a new '
1. -i -3 ? j-!-'? :i T au:?i
UtJHb UU UU U1U lUUHUHblUU, lb la, X buiua,
very unusual for one species?the
cuckoo, of course, excepted?to make w
use of a nest built by another species. ^
The third curiosity of nest building is |
the nest of a chaffinch, placed in the
fork of an elder bush near our honse.
Usually the chaffinch assimilates the ^
color of her nest to the situation m
which she places it; if she builds in a ^
hedge she generally covers it with green ??
moss; but if she builds, as she often ej
does, on the bare branch of an old apple ^
tree, she uses the gray lichens, which
are usually near at hand, and covers her
nest with them so skilfully that though
quite open and exposed it becomes hidrlnn
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cresence of the tree itself. In thifl case, m
however, though the bird has recognized ci
the necessity of covering her nest with a]
something, she has rendered it most hi
conspicuous by sticking little bits of ^
white decayed wood all over it. The li
wood is so white that the nest looks A1
almost like a snowball in the branches. fa
Possibly this bird may be color blind, D|
or she may be just a little bit "wanting" ai
in her instinctive faculties, as human fa
heincH are occasionallv in their reason- H
ingpowers. Why not??Science Ooa- P(
sip. ai
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Rnsslan Cheese.
An article of diet of almost universal ^
oonsumption among the poorer classes in
Russia is the variety of home-made cheese fl.
known as " Tworog," of which more ^
than 7,000,000 pounds are sold annually m
in St. Petersburg alone. Its mode of at
preparation is very simple. Sour skim 0f
milk is placed over night in a warm oven, se
and poured the next day over a sieve, ca
where it is allowed to remain till all the ^
tvhev has run off. Tha. curd is then m.
packed tightly in a wooden vessel, and
30vered with a lid made to fit exactly 0j
within it. On this heavy weights are w
placed, so as to keep up a constant pres- m
mre on the mass of curd; and the space
between the lid and the top of the ve&- 8j.
?el is filled with cold water, which is to
frequently renewed. Tworog cheese is,
n fact, nothing more than hard pressed ^
jurd. In the northwestern and southern re
governments of the empire it is often rj
made from sheep's milk, and in Bessara- w
aia a superior quality made from the jj(
whole milk is prepared which possesses n
far better keeping properties than the w
ordinary sort, and -which is exported in n(
jonsiderable quaatitie? to Walloohia,
Moldavia, and even to Austria.?Anyzri;an
Dairyman. ^
It is believed by several eminent cl
engineers that the midnight howl of a yi
dog can be utilized to drive corn-shellers oi
and other light machinery. Scienoe e<
wields a terrible power.? Detroit Free w
Pre**. 01
Orizzljr Bears In Colorado,
A letter id the Chicago Tribune dejribing
a mining camp on Needle Moan- 1
iin,inthe San Juan county of Colorado,
leven thousand two hundred feet above
le sea, sayfl J # <
This canon, which tfe How inhabit, )
as at present five other camps, and thefd
re tidings of a multitude on the way
nre. The C&nan next to ua is known c
i Bear Boost, and has Sfl fflany grizzlies 1
i it as probably any spot on earth, i
he noise of the blasting has driven
iese kings of the forest out of our own
ttle valley ; but a mile'u walk can at '
ay time procure an interview. None of f
violent nature has yet taken place, as 1
oth aides preeerve an armed neutrality, i
7e never can encounter bruin among
le trees, where there is a chance for reection
among the boughs after firing ; ^
i? _i __j. u; r
2d W6 aare nut tunc uuu uu vuo w?tv j
iountain-8ide, which he affects for both f
en and promenade. We have seen a 4
Dzen or so of the members of this in- 1
iresting family, in appearance about ^
le size of an ox, walking along the bare t
lonntain-sides of this valley. They fi
;em at this season, on acoount of their 8
jnng, to be vary irritable ; and as a I
rizzly can lijElong enough, with a
azen balls nncm his huge ribs, to kill a
tan, each interview has so far been ter- t
linated as quickly as the nature of the 1
round would permit. i
On two occasions, when we were t
jove the bears on the mountain-side, a
e tried by long range shots and rolling *
jwn stones to intimidate them ; but on I a
3th occasions, they commenced moving . c
ward us the instant we were perceived, t
; was only yesterday that Phin crawled t
p the side-wall of our valley to have
shot from the summit at Old Terrible
-a she gizzly with three cubs, whose c
5n is half a mile down the opposite t
ope. Any sunny afternoon the mother i
in be seen playing with her cubs, on i
le rock where she was first discovered s
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J I/lit? piUlCODUX liiU UL.VUUU w MJ v? M* val,
and whose time on the occasion was 1:
le best on record here until yesterday, c
hin gained the summit and saw his f
jar, and from our tent we witnessed r
is fire delivered. We also witnessed his# t
nominious flight, and his descent over s
le surface of a hundred yard snow-bank 4
i preference to the usual slow method, c
Id Terrible appeared soon after on the
immit, but did not follow down into
le valley, which tney nave aoanaoueu
? US. J,
" This being the rainy season, we j,
ive on average of three heavy thunder- fl
towers a day ; and a peculiar feature of ^
is metal mountain is the eccentricity
electricity. Immediately upon the ^
jprooch of the storms the miners are
iliged to drop their picks, as the blades
lm and sting like electrical batteries c
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Fool Dog's Rccord, r
A correspondent viBiting the Sioux at t
kanding Rock, Dakota, says: "I visit- p
I, in his tepee, Shunkawi-tko, or Fool t
og, a Yanktonnais whose credentials as i'
fast friend of the whites date back to
to Sully expeditions, on the first of
bich he was a most useful scout and a ^
usty adviser of the commanding officer. r
en. Sully, under date of July 27, 1863, |
rites of him that he was one of the two r
ieudly Indians who went to the camp a
! the Minnesota Sioux, ransomed a .
hito woman and her children, captives, *
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Ill UlUU^UU IUU1U OHiVlT wvr A v*v * |
ol. Stanley, commanding the twenty- r
icond infantry, in April, 1869, wrote
it Fool Dog's record, in which it is
ritten that he saved the life of 9. halfreed
captive; that he went to the San-,
e camp, ransomed a little girl captured
p them and brought her safely to "ia
ilitary post; that when acting as guide
>r Gen. Sully on the first expedition he
illed several hostiles and captured
;hers; that he was in several skirmishes
1 the second expedition and on one
jcasion killed two Indians, one of whom
roved to bo his own brother, whom he
ad killed, unknowing at whom his gun
as aimed; that on another occasion he s
ent into a tepee where three hostile 1
nissaries were endeavoring to incite t
ie friendly Sioux against the whites, i
? it- 41?c
!T08l U tWU Ui IliO till C0j iiovi vuciu j ~
?ok tliem to Fort Ripe and there killed t
lem; that when Fort Rice was attacked ^
0 rendered good service in its defense; 1
lat he guided to Devil's Lake the ex- c
edition which established a post there I
ad that finally he became a faithful c
rail carrier. Among liis testimonials I a
iw one to which the names of Generals i
anbora and Terry were attached. To c
ill an Indian of this country dog is to f
jply to him the most insulting term of c
)n tempt. To call him a fool is only a a
ttle less than an enormity. How this a
idian came to be known as Fool Dog I *
mid not learn, but I was informed that t
9 was unpopular among his own people
id could muster only a small following,
itbongh lie was long ago recogmzea as e
chief. But he enjoys the favor of all t
hires who learn his story, and, besides j
is annuity and other agency allowances, c
nder an order issued by Gen. Sully in c
J63, he receives double soldier's rations 1
or himself and squaw) from the army i
artermaster department, and has the a
rivilego of residing at or near a military t
ost. But when I visited him his ]
itions for the month were about y
cpended, and the family were enting a
oiled corn for their only dinner dish.'' s
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A Horrible Tragedy.
A horrible tragedy, by which six per- ?
>ns lost their lives and suffered the 1
tost excruciating torture, recently oc- *
irred at Scharbeck, near Brussels. It ?
jpears that suon after midnight the in- 1
abitants at the top of Josephat street ^
ere awakened by a tremendous noise *
ke the firing of cannon. Immediately a
ames were seen issuing from a house c
ihabited by a druggist and his wife
imed Molke-Penis. While the police
id the excited populace were endeavorig
to put out the flames and to remove
le inflammable materials, another re- t
Drt, louder than the first, was heard,
id six persons who lived in the interior g
: the house rushed into the street utter- r
.g fearful cries. They were enveloped u
i flames, and resembled living torches j
ore than human beings. They were 4
lmediately attended to by those on the
>ot, who rolled them in blankets and
anaged at last to put out the fire. One ?
an, named Moreau, of herculean 1 c:
renffth. who like the rest rushed out! c
the bouse one mass of Are, suddenly 1
lized hold of bis left band, which was f
.using him intense agony, and pulled i
right off". This man was a stoneitter,
aud previous to losing his hand
3 bad thrown himself against the front c
the house with such violence that he f
as thrown backward and his head al- j
ost smashed. The wife of Molke was r
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21Dg H8B1HW3U. out U1 LIIU W1JJUUW vrmrn ; II
ie lost her presence of mind, and fell j c
' the ground, breaking her leg in the j e
11. That catastrophe was made still i 8
ore serious by the efforts of a party of j k
dief, who rnshed into the house at the ; 1<
sk of their own lives to save an old j
oman who was nttering the most fran- I \
o cries. They unlnckily happened to j ;
pset on enormous jar of petroleum, ana I t
ere instautly enveloped in flames. The j
imes of those who succumbed are Emil | 6
[olke, soventy-five years of age, drug- I
ist, and master of the house; Govaats, r
?ed thirty-Ave years, father of four n
lildren; Moreau, forty, father of two t
lildren; Auguste Verhoeven, seventeen 1
Bars old, druggist's apprentice. Two r
thera were fatally burned. All suffer- (
3 the most excruciating tortures, as ]
hen the flames were put out they were r
aly one living tore. j
TIMELY TOPICS.
Seventy thoasand iroraen live in cana
ioats in England and Wales.
Laura Hartley of St. Lonis died in
sonvulsionfl on learning that her lover
ivas a coonterfeitei1. '
Mrs. Maggie Fitzgerald, a young bride t
)f three days, foil five stories from the
oof of a New Tork tenement house and ?
fas dashed to pieces.
Inew York city has a clnb called the !
Full-bearded Company," consisting of
orty members with beards ranging in 1
ength from two feet to four feet six
nobes. i
Daring a hailstorm at Pakraez, Sla- ,
ronia, whioh lasted four hours, one
>erson was killed, twenty-three were
atally and 150 slightly injured. Above J
LOO head of cattle were killed. The i
larvest was destroyed, the fruit trees
?ere broken, and even large oak and fir
rees were uprooted. Among the hail- *
itones weighed by the authorities were
iome of six kilogrammes apiece, say 13$ .
)ounds. ]
i
California has a Portuguese populaion
of 12,000, industrious, peaceable, '
iardly ever in the courts, civil or crimi- 1
lal, and tiie most temperate class in the
State. They earn their livelihood by i
.gncrurare, stock raising, ntuxjriug, got- j
lening, mining, and whaling. There
ire Dine whaling companies on the coast ^
if California, composed entirely of Por- 7
uguese. The average annual yield of
heir labor is 128,000 gallons of oil. j
A great invasion of kangaroos recently *
occurred in various settled parts of Ausralia,
especially Queensland, the ani- j
nals being, no doubt, driven from the *
nterior by the drought and its effect in I
earch of food. They came in thousands,
levouring everything in the shape of I
terbs or grain, so that the sheep and i
attle were often reduced to dry leaves a
or fodder. The colonists promptly
net the attack, in some cases driving
be kangaroos into an enclosure and c
hooting them. In the battle more than ]
h000 kangaroos were killed in four t
lays.
a
The Pungolo of Milan, July 12, rj- .fc
torts hat at the town of Monzambano a !
letaohment of carbineers entered a 1
touse owned by wealthy people and
rdered a certain door to be opened. . A a
torrible spectacle presented itself. In ^
, joom with windows secured by iron c
>ars they beheld, amid uncleauliness'of r
very sort, a living woman deprived of
? a liutnan being. This unfortunate \
poman had been impri&oned in that c
oomfor forty-two jears. This mons- a
rous cruelty was inflicted in order to c
irevent a marriage whioh would haVe
aken from the family a largo shaft of E
ts patrimony. ?,
J
Recent eccentricities of lightning: A D
Vheeling, W. Va., it killed a young D
an, breaking every large bone in his
>ody into small particles, but leaving d
10 external mark of injury further than t
, slight scorch on his hair. At Wap- s
>ing, Conn., it struck the Methodist t
ihurch, snatched off a won&n's back i
inir. ran down her back, which it
narked slightly, and went out through I
ler shoes, which was reduced to ashes. ^
Lt Wellsburg, W. Va., in stru k Thomas
iriggs and left the perfect imprint of a
ree on his breast. In Woodford county, &
ij., two persons owned a peach tree m
>artnership, but they couldn't agree
,bout the division of the fruit, and fell fc
o disputiug over it. Shortly after the 1
ree was struck by lightning and split p
rom top to bottom, one half falling one h
v&y and the other the opposite. t]
s
The laundry arrangements of India r
leem to be very peculiar. A small vil^
nKAmkaf/tva vofl ftf. fl
UWU tax HUiU VUVIUUWWAW timw
acked by cholera. The number of the t
nhabitants of the village was only 100, a
md such was the viralence of the attack c
hat more than fifty of them were seized t
vith the illness, and within the two fc
nonths of February and March a third t
lied. A supply of medicine was dis- o
jatcbed to the sufferers under the charge r
>f a hospital assistant, who on his t
irrival at the .place found several vil- j
agers employed in washing the clothes
if the cholera patients in a large well c
rom which they derived their supply t
if drinking water. This proceeding was t
,t once stopped, the well was closed, t
,nd a supply of water obtained from an 1
mcontaminated source, the result being d
he speedy abatement of the epidemic. g
g
A. Chicago correspondent says: Mr. I
Jmith, the photographer of Chicago, o
las an immense frame filled with photo- a
;raphs of children in the American I
[epartment, which always lias a throng I
?f visitors around it. In the centre is a I
arge fifteen-inch card of laughing
>abies, frowning babies, crying babies c
>nd serious babies, in all manner of atti- t
udes, having inscribed under it, in <3
French and English, " We come all the a
ray from Chicago." Around this are 0
irranged about 100 cards, each with a E
miling cherub on it, mak ag a combi- 1,
istion such as is seldom seen from one p
istablishmeut. They are undoubted'y c
i fine specimen of Chicago's productio 1 ;i
n this line. Everybody has heard resi
Chicago in Europe, on account of the ~y
jreat fire and its rapid rebuilding, and f,
Qothers and daughters scan the faces of c
hoso little ones with peculiar interest, j]
t is regarded as a regular baby show, t
,nd a much prettier collection than can t
isually be found at those humbugs.
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Changes Made by the Berlin Treaty. .
The territorial changes effected by the a
reaty of Berlin are of a most compre- {
tensive nature. By the treaty of San i
Itefano Turkey was called upon to sur- g
ender 78,550 square miles, with 4,539,- g
00 inhabitants. The treaty of Berlin 6
eals with 83,300 square miles and j
,882,000 inhabitants, as follows: s
Square Moham- 8
Sliles. Inhabitants, medans. c
eded to Roumania 6 ?? SUd.OOO 142,000 _
eded to Serria 4,326 161.000 75,000 r
eded to Montenegro.... 1,649 40,(100 9,000 a,
eded to Austria 15 3,000
eded to Greece( ) 6,300 750,000 40,000 O
o bo occupied and ad- . ... n
ministered by Austria..2?,135 1,001,000 613.000 O
'ormed into the Princi- , tl
palitjrof Bulgaria 34,404 1,773,00? 981,500
aeluded in Kastern Rou- O
mania 13,64ff 7?,wv *uw,vw ^
The island fortress of Ada Kaleh, reently
occupied by Austria, is not reerred
to in the treaty at all, and will
irobably remain in the hands of the
lower which now holds it. Roumania, b
a exchange for the territory ceded, is *
ailed upon to snrrender 3270 square 8
ailes, with 140,000 inhabitants, to Rus- s
ia. The political divisions of the Ral- t
an peninsula will henceforth be as fol- I
awe: I
Square Inhabitants. Moham* l
Mi lei. raedans.
JRonraania 49.463 5,149,000 143,300 I
Serris.., 18,818 l.?42,068 76,600 T
'Montenegro J,898 310,000 9,000 *
nrker 140,965 8,358,000 3,081 000 t
But if we exclude the Provinces " in- \
lefinitely " to be occupied by Austria, a
Julgaria and Eastern Roumelia, there c
emain to Tnrkey only 74,790 square c
ailes, with 4,779,000 inhabitants, of t
photai 2,521,500 are Mohammedans. In c
Lrmenia Russia takes 10,000 square i
nilea, with about 350,000 inhabitants, i
Cyprus, intrusted to the keeping of 5
England, has an area of 2,288 square *
ailes, and about 150,000 inhabitants.? c
fymJM Aihr.nmim. 1
iieuro ui iiikivsi,
Elephants aie fond of music.
An odd affair.?A dull paper.
A strapping fellow: The barber.
A bat that flies without wing??A
arick-bai.
Cats are known to reach the age of
nrsnty-one years.
Slave of the still?Servant in a deaf
ind dumb asylum.
Among the latest curiosities is a whetitone
to sharpen the water's edge.
The wool clip of 1878 is about three
per cent, greater than that of 1877.
The annual potato crop of the United
States is about 200,000,000 bushels.
.If a good face is a letter of recommendation,
a good heart is a letter of credit. ^
Spiders seem gifted with a nearer approach
to reason than any other insects.
Sarly to bed and early to rise
tVill save jou some trouble from hungry Ale*Twenty-four
million dollars will be
joined at the Philadelphia mint this
pear.' .
Boggf says the* times are so dull that
fc is difficult lor him to collect even ms
deas.
A cistern ten feet in diameter and ten
'eet deep will hold 5868 wine gallons, or
i little over 186 barrels.
A railroad train moving twenty mile*
in hour daj and night would reach the
planet Neptune in 16,000 years.
Palm leaves, straw, yucca fibres,
whalebone shavings, and feathers, are
ised in making artificial flowers.
a //.oUi'nn ifjam DATfi " mariffold" is
A ?iaOUXVU ^ ? w
low a popular shade of yellow. The
adies always were partial to many*gold.
The Princess of Wales, the Grown
Prince of Denmark, her brother, and
he heir to the Belgian throne, are all
>artially deaf.
A eonrt on the Frenoh side oithe Ex-.
Kwition has jast been opened, which
llastrates the perfection to whifth Paris
irtistes in hair have arrived. .
Turkeys are natives of AmefTca, and
veto consequently unknown to the anients.
They were first brought to
England about 4523, and to France
ibont 1570.
An American merchant in Japan says
n evening stroll through some of the'
owns in that country re< eals a petroeum
lamp in nearly every store, boning
American oiL
A doctor went out for a day's hunting
,nd on coming home complained that he
ladn't killed -anything. ." That'* be
ause you didn't attend to your legiti
aate business," said his wife.
The same backache which makes a boy
towl when he's digging potatoes
rreathes his face in smiles when he slips
iff the back way to the pionio. Boys
re curious insects .?Bridgeport Stand
ira.
The worst slave in the world is the
aan who is ever and anon controlled by
i hot temper. He con undo the work of
ears in a minute when under his cruel
aaster, or do what years of regret cantot
erase.
If you take one of the new silver half
lollars, pour a little mnriatio acid on
he flgnre of the eagle and set it in the
un for twenty minutes, when yon come
o look at it will be gone. And .the
aan who took it wQl be gone also.
Beside the grand old ocean
She stood in rapt devotion, . *.
Vith a look that seemed to grasp some visionary
land;
Then turned about her paces, *
One of the bare-foot graces,
L.nd her fairy feet retreating made post-hole*
in the sand. ?Boston Pott
So disgusted was fe farmer who had
aken a two-horse load of corn to Dallus,
?ex., on learning that the buyers woma
tay no more than thirty-five cents, that
ie paid forty-cents to drive his wagon to
be middle of the toll-bridge, and there .
olemnly emptied the grain into the
iver.
Charles Reade is mistaken. There
re men who could never leain to use
>oth hands with equal facility. We
aw one last evening grinding a hand*
irgan in market, and to save himself
ie couldn't budge the crank with
tis left hand. He had neglected to '
ring it home with him when he came
ut of the army. And now let tne oia
audslinger call us a bald-headed horsebief,
if ne dares.?Cincinnati Breakfast
Vdble. *
The records of the ancient borough
if Wallingford, Berks, England, oonain
the following ineuphonions snrtames,
which have been brought to light
ty the Historical MSS. Commission:
?hree-halfpence, Brokenfoot, Timeoflay,
Harlbat, Waps, Kykaw, Henteeake,
icaldwater, Patti, Pelekoc?probably '
lhakspeare's (King Lear) Piliicook?
'essewips, Peekepeni, Skikerit, Some f
the femenine Christian' names found .
re on the other hand very euphonious:
istrilda, Claria, Marcilla, Olaricia,
Jasille?relics of the Boman days in
Britain.
a.-_ rr?l. "Ci?4.|. ?<+V.of Sir TiVftn.
Dl^ iJ u^u X' iavu iciai^o vuw w
is Carew once making a splendid enterainment
for Queen Elizabeth at Bedtington,
led her majesty after dinner to
, cherry-tree in his garden, which had
m it fruit in their prime, then above a
aonth after all cherries had taken their
eave of England. This retardation h???^
terformed by straining a net or canvajpgggE^
over over the whole tree, and wettin?sj?sg&?
fc as the weather required with a scoopraftHM
by obstructing the sunbeana:
d ai^eth'great, and were very
u .a -d7. gained their perfect
olc? A *>d"when he was assured
ier /eaty would come, be rdHHt,'
he tent, and a few sunny days blWiB
hem to their full maturity."
The ex-deadhead of the Bur AjHBH'"
Uawdeye sounds this note of
Last week the proprietor of thgj^^L. ' *'
ng soda water fountain on
treet took up and canceled our
>ass. We do not regret tnis act
>art. On the contrary, we are jggHflg^^ngB
flad of it, because a conscientiqBffl^g^
fard for the public safety agd
en.se of onr duty in such matteBw-ws "r
ust impelling us to say that
oda is composed of sawdust, gravflHHl0^^S
;lue, aqua fortis, leather chipflHMj^H
iark, iron filings, marble dust, BHHB. (
iver water, red ink, orange peel, jea^nBK^P
oap, syrup of rhubarb, ammonia, fuse K?
il, hoof parings, scrap iron, soot, lard^^g*;;'
il, lampblack, boiled tallow and India
arnip. Thousands of people have
rank fountain soda. We are no alarm
it, but?where are those people now?
* V ?
Making a Coat in a Day.
Some years ago a gentleman made a
et of one thousand guineas, that he
rould have a coat made in the course of
single day, from the first process of
hearing the sheep, to its completion by
he tailer. The wager was decided at
fewbury, on the 25th of June, 1811. by
- - ^ ' t f*:1 !*
Jr. John Coxeter, or weenuam mum,
tear that town. At five o'clock . that
doming, Sir John Throckmorton, Barf,
(resented two Southdown welher sheep
o Mr. Coxeter. Accordingly the sheep
pere shorn, the wool spun, the yarn
pooled, warped, loomed, and wove; the
iloth barred, milled, rowed, dyed, *
Iried, sheared, and pressed, and put ino
the hands of the tailors by four
('clock that afternoon; and at twenty
? ?i-?1_
ninutea past six trie coai, eaumj uu
shed, was presented by Sir. Ooxeter to
Jir John Throckmorton, who appeared
rith it before an assemblage of upward
?f 5,000 spectators, who rent the wr
pith their acclamations.
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