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ABBEVILLE PRESS & BANNER.^ BY HUGH WILSON AND W. C. BENET. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1878. NO. 26. VOLUME XXjjyjl The Two Village* be Sll Over the river on'the hill Lieth a village white and still ; wl A'l around it the forest trees i Shiver and whisper in the breeze ; mj Over it sailing shadows go Of soaring hawk and screaming crow: wo And mountain grasses, low and sweet, Grow in the middle of every 6treet. wo Over the river under the hill ?? Another village lieth still; There I see in the cloudy night Twinkling stars of housohold light; reJ Fires that gleam from the smithy's door; ma Mists that curl on the river shore; pjj And in the roads no grasses grow C01 For the wheels that haeten to and fro. ] Tn ffcat villscft on thn hill Never is sound of smithy or mill; ?n The houses are thatched with gras s and ! flowers: ajj Never a clock to toll tho hours : The marble doors are always shut; an< You cannot enter in hall or hut; < All the villagers lie asleep ; bri Never a grain to sow or reap; ? Never in dreams to moan or sigh? tre Silent and idle, and low, they lie. ap] ly I In that village under tho hiJl, W When the night is starry and still, rej Many a weary ?ov.' >:t pra- tr sn( Looks to tho ot^tr village there, 8jg And weeping and sighing, longs to go mo Up to that home from this below ; COT Longs to sleep in tho forest wild, ' Whither have vanished wife and child, th( And heareth, praying, this answer fall: ' Patience! that viilago shall hold ye I ?lc all!" wa mil obi A MIDNIGHT MYSTERY. >"< There was a wild storm on the Baltic. The ragiDg billows lashed the shore, ^?| thunder crashed amid the vivid flashes ' of lightning, and the rain fell at times in torrents; but the quiet villagers of bn Biornborg were securely sleeping in nor! their beds, for it was eleven o'clock at " night, and they were not wont to wander J Pr( from their homes after darkness fell j r^a upon their habitations. i the They were a hardy, simple race of | people, having very little knowledge of J Pri the outside world. The men were most- i 'aw ly fishermen and the women spinners of ' flax. I have said the good villagers were jonl securely sleeping in their heds, but I , W1* must at least except the village priest, * who sat in his solitaiy room reading a ! UP! large bock beside his well-trimmed lamp, ! ?U1 and occasionally pausing and raising his j aro head as a bla3t more fierce than the i ^ rest shook his little house to the very j ^rc foundation. | ajn At the period of which we write, the J c*u village of Biornborg numbered scarcely j / three hundred souls, and the church ; where the priest officiated stood at the ! C"1 extreme end of the settlement, and : j"6 within a hundred feet of the wave-wash- j ed shore. ; As the venerable old man closed the ! 000 book he fell into a deep meditation, j re"( His lamp began to burn dimly and the <*oc solemn silence of his chamber was only j ac^i broken by the noiBe of the rushing sea j * and tho howling of the gain. The hands Prc of the clock that stood in an angle of UP< the room had just met at twelve, and the the priest was in the act of seeking his j an* couch, when there came a loud knocking *ke at the door. '??j " Some of my people are ill, I fear," j murmured the good man as he unbarred fu: the door. I eP When he had done so, two masked men covered by long cloaks, pushed their way hastily into the apartment, i acc one of them abruptly informing him 80 that he must accompany them immedi- ' P01 ately to the church, as he was required nei to celebrate a marriage. t|ie " Here ! " exclaimed the man, fliuging 'he a puree upon the table, "this will com- ' pensate you for the trouble we are about to give you." As quickly as the priest could collect his thoughts he mildly remonstrated, * explaining that he was not permitted to perform 6uch a solemn rite without ^ those preparatory formalities which the ; "e law required. 1 "u: "Cease that nonsense," cried tho man, , ?P< drawing a pistol and putting the muzzle 'he against the old man's head. " Do our bidding without murmur, for nnlesa you 1 obey, I swear that I will shoot you." The poor priest trembled and turned " 0 pale. " I shall be ready in a moment," < ^C? he replied, and caught up his hat and ftB? stick. 1 " Uome along, exclaimed the men as I "Wl they stepped f ?rth, followed by the tin- "r? willing clergyiuan. 1 c0.r The rain bad ceased falling and a big mi< rift in the clouds occasionally showed a 8?* gleam of the moon. "I thought the gale would abate ?jj about midnight," remarked one of the men to his fellow. a?c A simple " humph ! " was the only re- y16 sponse. " c " We must be off before daylight," he continued, "but we shall have a terrible 6ea.for the boats. Hear how .k the surf beats on the shore." j*111 "Humph!" came again from his bai companion's lips, and then they relapsed into silence. " As they emerged from behind one of ?Yai the sand hills which surrounded the j village, the priest started with surprise to behold his church illuminated. He gazed at the men as they strode by his me side, and they appeared Jike specters to Pei his heated imagination. Matters seemed w0 to him like a dream. A few moments re!j more and tliev were at the church por- * tals. * ; "Stand!" commanded one of the t men. The priest obeyed, and quickly j10 found a bandage placed over his eyes. "u ** Take my hand," said the man. : C0T Again the priest obeyed, and was led i "e,! rapidly throngh the door. A number of voicf-s as if disputing met his ear, ' J116 but almost immediately the sounds j J:0 ceased and all became quiet. : Arriviug in front of tho altar, the cov- j jv' ering over his eyes was removed, and he j "en could observe about a dozen persons 1 J masked and keeping close in the shadow 'to of the walls. Tho large candles on the ; ^ altar were burning brightly ; still there j were portions of the church over which ! ^ indistinct shadows flitted. In one of afl these arches the old priest strained his ' , eyes, as he thought he beheld the gar- j ' ments of a woman. Nor was ho mis- } P?1 ? taken. But that which suddenly caused > ?.f his heart to shrink with dread, was to i behold tho slab which covered the vault ]ta^ of Francis Krynszloft cemovod from its j place and standing on its end against j wo one of the pillars that supported the i em roof. ;c0; Krynpzloft, a r' old land owner who { had been dead nearly a century, had ej?' built the church, beiDg careful to stipu- I ?* late that his body should rest in the | P*c tmnVmilf. in tfio mirj/lla nicln 1 of the edifice. b?' As the good priest gazed down the ^ buildiDg, a tall man issued from one of the gloomy shadows, leading a lady ed who was magnificently appareled, and ^ who seemed scarcely able to walk, so , uncertain were her steps. Both figures were masked. The man was as m8 splendidly attired as his companion, and his tall form and military carriage in- 1 duced the belief that he was no common scl personage. Behind him came the per- ale sons who had been grouped by the ph walls. to It was a strange sight at that lonely in! hoar of the night to see an old gray- da ailed priest trembling with fear and rrounded by uuknown men and worn, compelled to celebrate a marriage tb an open tomb in view. Ihe first thought that rushed to the ud of the good man was, that after he d performed the ceremony, they inld mnrder him, cast his body into a vault, replace the slab, and his fate iuId perhaps never be revealed, for ne of the bones of the Krynszloft nily, save old Francis, would ever rese there. But he quickly dismissed s thought, as he could conceive no ison for them to kill an inoffensive in livinc in an obscure cart of the em e and scarcely known beyond the iflnes of Biornborg. Sis reflections, however, were cut art by the man beckoning his attendts to "close about him. and then in an perions tone commanding the priest proceed with his office. Summoning the courage he could command, the iest inquired the name of the bride 1 bridegroom. 'Nicholas and Castalie," replied the degroom sternly. \.t the sound of his voice the poor lads mbled violently, and more than once peared about to fall. She was evidentsuffering great terror. Once or twice i priest was on the point of positively using to conduct a marriage under i :h equivocal circumsta?ices, but t'ie ht of the open tomb shook his imentary resolution, for he was not a irageous person. 'Proceed! proceed!" commanded i man, in an impatient tone. STot daring any longer to delay, the [ priest began the ceremony, but he s so bewildered that he made many stakes, which, however, were not served by those present. Perhaps ;y were ignorant of matters like this, length he came to the question, Vilt thou, Nicholas, acknowledge Btalie, who now kneels beside thee, be thy lawfully wedded wife ? " ' I will!" was the reply, in tones it rang through the arches of the ilding, so sternly were they promeed. fhe reply, for some unknown reason, )duced a marked sensation among the skers, for a low murmur came from >ir midst. 'And thou, Castalie," continued the eat, " wilt thou acknowledge as thy rfully wedded husband, Nicholas, 0 kneels beside thee?" 'I will," came in a voice that was y just audible, and which quivered I h evident fear. 1 moment more and the woman sank Dn the 6tono floor with a cry of anisli. Several of the party gathered inml hpr nnd orm raised her head I iie the bridegroom poured some ?ps from a vial on her lips. It was id this confusion that the priest conded the ceremony. Igain the bandage was placed over eves, and he was led out of the irch. Once without he was given the i of his sight, with the injunction to rry to his home, and, upon the peril of life, never to speak of that night's urrence. Instantly, then, the men sntered the church and closed the >r, and the priest conld hear the bar usted to prevent intruders. Jut the old man did not immediately >ceed on his way. He knelt down Dn the ground and applied his ear to i door-sill. He could hear loud and jry tones from within, and suddenly re came a piercing shriek from a man, lowed by a pistol-shot. Then all was il. Springing from his crouching jition, the old man darted with all the >ed left him, toward the houses of } villagers for the purpose of alarming im, as he felt sure a deed of terror 1 blood had just been enacted. But violeut was his emotion, and so verful had been the strain upon his tous system, that, when he reached i i door of John Ispranitz, he fell to | t earth as ho knocked for admittance. I Jome hours later the whole village 3 startled by the aunouu cement that (ir pastor was lyiug at Ispranitz's tage in a state of unconsciousness, in, women and children flocked to the >t, and all did what they were able in . of the priest's recovery. For days lay delirious, and while the fever was | rning up his frame he raved of the ;n tomb of old Francis Krynszloft, ? midnight marriage and the shot icIi probably Kent some poor creature eternity. ' Alas!" sighed the simple people, air good pastor has lest his reason, iven grant it may be restored to him lin." ;t was nearly a month ere the priest i a able to leave his couch. Among the it things he did when be was able to ) verse, was to tell the story of the inight marriage. But his hearers sed at each other with incredulous iices, believing the old man was bereft lis wits. After awhile, however, he was e to leave John Ispranitz's cottage, l then he assembled the people, and >y proceeded to the church in a body, sareful inspection of the slab of the lit, showed that it had been recently placed. Suddenly a new purpose seized the ads of the villagers. Spades and crow's were at once at hand, and the vault | s quickly uncovered. [?he first object that met their gaze s a richly-mounted coffin reposing by > crumbling remains of that which d the ashes of Krynszloft. To raise i ) lid was only the work of a few mo- j nts, and then tbey beheld, still with | rfect features, the body of a beautiful i man witn u wouuu uirecuy iu ine rion of the heart. JJever had such a cry of terror and jnish echoed within those walls, e clothing on the body was of the est and most expensive description, t it exhibited no mark by which a clue lid be formed to unravel the dreadful ! 3d that had been committed, rhe priest, however, considered it i duty to make the whole affair known his bishop, who resided at Helsing- i s, and ho in turn communicated the \ ested facts to tho government authori- ] s. [n due time came back a message not revive tho matter again, coupled I th a warning that the inhabitants of ornborg would do well to interest j jmselves no further in the strange ; air. * * * * * Some years later, a naval vessel apared off the coast and landed a party j armed men, who proceeded to tho arch, keeping all the people at a disice by placing guards in tho vicinity. When night fell they were heard at rk. and ere morning dawned they had ibarked, carrying with them a burden /ered by a pall Tlio few people who were curious :>ugh to get a glimpse of the departure the party, stated that the persons em)yed showed the most profound reset and reverence to the object they re away to their barge. is Boon as the ship was well in the ing, the excited villagers again openthe tomb, but they only beheld the sustomed remains of old Francis ynszloft. that midnight marriage forever relined a mystery.?Rational Standard. rhere is no prettier sight now than a lool-girl picking her way abstractedly >ng the stx^ets, conning her philoso y lesson, and ever and anon stopping bury her little Grecian nosejleep x> a mammoth pickle she carries unr her apron.? St. Louis Spirit. Curious Companionship. A gentleman in Sussex, EDg., bad a cat which showed the greatest affection for a young blackbird, which was given to her by a stable-boy for food a day or two after she had been deprived of her kittens. She tended it with the greatest care ; they became inseparable companions, and no mother could show a greater fondness for her offspring than she did for the bird. Lemmery shut up a cat and several mice together in a case. The mice in time got to be very friendly, and plucked and nibbled at their feline friend. When any of them grew troublesome, she would gently box their ears. A German magazine tells of a Mr. Hecart who placed a tame sparrow under the protection of a wild-cat. Another cat attacked the sparrow, which was at the most critical moment rescued by its protector. During the sparrow's subsequent illness its natural foe watched over it with great tenderness. The same authority gives an instance of a cat trained like a watch-dog to keep guard over a yard containing a hare and some sparrows, blackbirds and partridges. A pair of carriage horses taken to water at a stone trough, then standing at one end of the Manchester exchange, were followed by a dog who was in the habit of lying in the stall of one of them. As he gamboled on in front the creature was suddenly attacked by a mastiff far too strong for his power of resistance, and it would have gone hard with him but for the unlooked-for intervention of his stable companion, which, breaking loose from the man who was leading it, made for the battling dogs, and with one well-delivered kick sent the mastiff into a cooper's cellar, and then quietly returned to the trough and finished his drink. In very sensible fashion, too, did Mrs. Bland's half-Danish dog, Traveler, show his affection for his mistress' pet pony. The latter had been badly hurt, and when well enough to be turned into a field, was visited there by its fair owner aud regaled with carrots and other delicacies ; Traveler, for his part, never failing to fetch one or two windfall apples from the garden, laying them on the grass before the pony, and hailing its enjoyment of them with the liveliest demonstrations of delight. That such relations should exist between the horse and the dog seems natural enough. But that a horse should be hail-fellow with a hen appears too absurd to be true ; yet we have Gilbert White's word for it that a horse, lacking more suitable companions, struck up a friendship with a hen, and displayed immense gratification when she rubbed ngninet his legs and clucked a greeting, while he moved with the greatest caution lest he might trample on his "little, little friend*?Chamber's. Cure for Dyspepsia. Milk and lime-water are now fre- i quently prescribed by physicians in 1 cases of dyspepsia and weakness of the stomach, and in some cases are said to prove beneficial. Many persons who think good bread and milk a great luxury frequently hesitate to eat it, for the 1 reason that milk will not digest readily ; sourness of the stomach will often follow. But experience proves that lime- 1 water and milk aie not only food and medicine at an early period of life, but also at a later, when, as in the case of infants, the functions of digestion and assimilation have been seriously im- , paired. A stomach taxed by gluttony, i irritated by improper food, inflamed by ' alcohol, enfeebled by disease, or otherwise unfitted for its duties?as is shown \ by the various symptoms attendant upon !; indigestion, dyspepsia, diarrhea, dysen- i i tery, and fever?will resume its work, 11 ? 1 J- I , uuu uu it cuci?oiu;aiijr, uu uu oawuditc diet of bread and milk and limo-water. : A goblet of cow's milk may have four tableBpoonfuls of lime-water added to it with good effect. The way to make lime-water is simply to procure a few lumps of unslaked lime, put the lime in a stone jar, add water until the lime is j slaked and of about the consistency of i thin cream ; the lime settles, leaving the pure and clear lime-water at the top. Great care should be taken not to get the lime-water too strong. Keep to the direction as to the consistency, and when the water rises pour it off without obtaining any of the lime. The limewater is also very good to apply to : burns and scalds. In slaking the lime, ' particular care should be taken that j none of the particles fly into the eyes. ?Auburn News. I'hilosoitliy of Newspaper Advertising. ! " Hermit," the New York correspondent of the Troy Times, in a late letter, philosophically remarks : "Trade is now in full activity, and bnsiness men are exerting every effort to improve the harvest. One method is the handbill system, by which tho hotels are daily inundated. During the business season one boy after another will go the rounds, and in this way an attempt is made to obtain trade. Of these, however, the greater part are wasted, since the waiter generally picks them up and throws them into the street, and the next day a fresh inundation takes place. Experience has clearly demonstrated the most efficient method of advertising is found in the nno ap flia rocin ^.'if nnlnmdfl J (tiuviv/uo iloU U1 IUO JLiVi ncijya|;vi uuiumu^, Tho ground on which newspaper advertising, as a system, is based, is human confidence, since we cannot avoid believing that which we constantly read. The confidence is sometimes abused, but still it is evident that a good advertisement will, if sufficiently repeated, carry popular opinion. Men who advertise with the greatest persistency eventually ren^h success. There is a military princ pal involved iu the method, since the article advertised should be pressed on the public by repeated assaults. The correct view, which experience brings to each man, is that advertising should be iucluded in the general estimate of expense, as regularly as store rent, clerk hire and insurance. Jt is often said a good stand at a high rent is better than a poor one rent free. Well, advertising briDgs a man before the public in a way that makes him ' stand' good. Tho best stand you can have is to be in the newspapers." The Sort of Girl to Get. Tho true girl has to be sought for. ; She does not parade herself as show goods. She is not fashionable. Gen! erally, she is not rich. But, oh ! what a heart she has when you find her! so | large and pure and womanly. When you see it you wonder if those showy j things out&ide were women. If you | gain her love your two thousand are millions, one 11 not asK you lor a car! riage or a first-class house. She'll wear ! simple dresses, and turn them when necessary, with no vulgar magnificat to frown upon her economy. She'll keep everything neat and nice in your sky parlor, and give you such a "welcome when you come home that you'll think your parlor higher than ever. She'll entertain true friends on a dollar, and astonish you with the new thought how little happiness depends on money. She'll make you love home (if you don't you're a brute), and teach you how to pity, while you scorn a poor, fashionable society that thinks itself rich, and vainly tries to think itself happy,?Oliver Wendell Holmes. The preference continues for longwristed untrimmed gloves with selfcolored stitching; for general uso those fastened by three or four buttons are chosen, while for more dressy occasions they are so long as to require six buttons or more. Undressed kid gloves are very stylish, and are worn on all occasions. The dark-colored undressed kid gloves are in better shades than formerly, and the medinm shades are perfect, such as wood browns, chestnut, bronze, slate bine, and gray with blue or with green shades like reseda. The black undresBed kid gloves are preferred by ladies in mourning. White undressed kid gloves are liked for full dress, and there is a fancy for wearing long black kid gloves with street costumes of light and dressy colors, especially those with mastic, old gold and beige shades. In the smooth-finished or dressed kid gloves are shown all the shades described above?guinea gold, drab, fawn, beige, asheB-of-roses, mode, wood and reseda for general wear; there are also very serviceable shades of seal brown with red tinges. For evening gloves are pearl tints with pinkish cast that are quite new, the more delicate the shade, the more stylish the glove.? Bazar. A Girl Teamster in Boot*. For several months, among the many wood-choppers working for the railroad company at and in the vicinity of Poplar Bluff, there has been one, a trim, very smooth-faced fellow, especially noticeable. He was popular with all his asso ciates, owing, perhapB, to nis ooyisn ways and his straightforward bearing. He did not indulge in the use of intoxicating liquors, and night after night, as the men were grouped around the oamp-tlre, his cheery voice, as ho sang the rude ballads of his companions, made the forest ring. About ten days since ho fell a victim to the chills and fever, and while delirious his attendant made the discovery that their favorite was a woman in disguise. At night, on the return of the choppers to the camp, the information was imparted, the the next day the girl wae carried to Poplar Bluff, where, under the care of the physician, Bhe soon recovered. Her occupation gone, she found herself an object of suspicion and curiosity. Unable to obtain work suitable to her sex, a few nights since she donned her " old clothes," and came to Judsonia, where she is again at her old occupation?driving a team. The girl, when questioned as to her reasons for leading I he life she does, answered frankly that she cannot obtain employment suitable for a woman, and that as a man she receives much larger pay than Bhe would as a common domestic.?Little Rock (Ark.) Democrat. A Strange Presentiment. A late nnmber of the Louisiana Journal says: Ernest, a bright boy of 3even years, oldest son of Mr. Samuel rempleton, gatekeeper on the Prairiedlle gravel road, just below this city, met with an accident on Thursday of last week which resulted in his death won afterward. About noon on that ilay ho mounted a wagon loaded with wood, with tho intention of unloading it. The lad seized a stick and was in the act of throwing it to the ground, when he lost his equilibrium and fell, bead foremost, to the earth. His cries brought his father to his assistance, who I" 1 Vimicsn Tim Knxr ICU 1ULU 1UIV UUO nuuou, a- uv v*#v* act seem to be much iujured. He was conscious, explained to his father how he fell, pointed out his bruises, and conversed rationally for an hour, when he suddenly lost consciousness and remained in that condition until his death, which occurred about six hours after the accident. The night preceding the above sad accident Mrs. Templeton, the mother of the child, had a strange presentiment of his death. Early in the evening, while the child was asleep, she approached his little bed, and looking earnestly into his face, burst into tears. The grief with which she was overcome was intense and uncontrollable. It attracted her husband's attention, who inquired into its cause. " Samuel," the weeping mother answered, " I don't think we will ever raise this child," " I can see no cause for your fears," replied the father, "the child is as healthy as can be." But this answer did not satisfy the mother, for a dark cloud hung over her. I tt ? i 1. i l : l i Her ueurii uuut xupiuij ?uu uca>nji. Strange shadows crossed her vision; an unseen grief oppressed her; the presage of some horrible coming event cast a burden on her sonl she scarce could bear. At the usual hour the sobbing mother retired, but her rest was uneasy. Toward midnight she arose from her bed and again sought the couch of her boy, who slept the deep, sweet sleep of innocent childhood, all unconscious of the grief-stricken mother who bent over him, bathing his face with tears and kisses. Mr. Templeton expostulated with his wife, and assured her th.1. her fears were a mere whim, and begg.; 1 her to calm her grief and go to sleep. But no sleep came to that mother's relief that night, and day broke to bring her no respite from the sad burden her bleeding heart bore. The slightest unusual noise about the house thrilled her with evil forebodings, and thus the weary j hours dragged on until the foreshadowed I end came in the accident as abovo re- ! luted. The Diary of a Thipr. The body of an unkuown man was found about two miles west of Neosho, Mo., recently. It was thought he had been dead about three days, as his body was in a very decomposed state. The verdict of the coroner's jury was " that the deceased came to his death by starv ation." JNotning was louna upon tiis body that would lead to his identity. The only articles found were an old memorandum book and a pocket-knife, j The following are a few extracts from tho former : In Peoria, 111., June 24.?Robbed an old man, whose name was Johnson, of 813.85. June 29, Keokuk, Iowa?Knocked a man down and attempted to rob him, but he called tho police and 1 had to rnu. June 30, Warsaw, 111. ?Broke into a house in Warsaw and stele 83. July 1, Urea, 111.?Entered a house in Ursa while the folks were in the garden and stole 810 out of a pooket-book. July 4, Qaincy, 111.?Stole a pair of pants out of a dry goods store. July 25, St. Louis, Mo.?Met Jim Martin and helped him to " shove the aueer," as he called it, and he divided leuroflta. This was the last entry of anv note. The remains were buried near the spot where they were found. FOR THE FAIR SEX. Pnahlona in Gloifii. Matching gloves 'with the dress is 110 longer in fashion: contrasts are resorted to now that dresses are worn in colors that would not look well in gloves. For instance, maroon and garnet dresses are popular, but reddish gloves would not be in good taste, hence to wear with redtinted dresses are gloves of pale buff or ? a!/1 fvfiDDAD r\t breast blue are lavender gray gloves, | and for myrtle green and moss-colored | dresaeH are beice shades. A Pnzzlinp Cipher, In the matter of ciphers, here is one which we find in the columns of the Boston Transcript. To decipher it would certainly puzzle the most adroit, as it depends entirely on the use of the key-word, which can be changed as often as may be desired. It is only necessary for the person writing to have a table like the following and a key-word previously agreed upon. abc defghljklmuopqrfltuvwxyz bcdefghljklmnopqrfltuvwxyza cdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzab defghljklmnopqrstuvwxyzabc efRblJklranopqrstuvwxyzabcd fghijklmuopqrstuvwxyzabcde ghijklmnopqrutuvwxyzabcdef hijklmnopqrfltuvwxyzabcdefg ljklmiiopqrBtuvwxyzabcdefgb jklmuopqrstuvwxyzabcdefglii klmnopqrstUTWxyzabcdefgnlj Imnopqrstuvwxyzabcriefgbijk lanopqrstnvwxyzabcdofghijkl nopqmtuvwxyzabcdpfghijklm opqretuvwxyzabcdpfBhijklmu pqrstuvwxyzahcdefghijklmno qrstuvwxyzabcdcfgbljklmnop rBtqvwxyzabcdefgbijklmnopq stuvwxyzabcdofghljklmuopqr tuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopjjrB uvvrxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrst vwxyzabcdefgbijklmuopqratu wxyzabcdefghljklmnopqrBtuv xyzabcdefghijklmnopqrftnvw yzabcdefghljklmnopqr?tuvwx zabcdefghiJklmnopqrBtuvwxy Let us suppose that A in Boston wants to send B in Chicago the message, "send me five hundred," and that "love"is the key-word agreed upon. He writes his message, and under it, letter for letter, the key-word, repeating the latter as often as may bo necessary, thus : scndmeflve hundred love lovel o v e love I He now refers to this table, finds the first letter " s " in the first horizontal line and runs down vertically until he comes to the letter which stands opposite "1" in the first vertical line; it proves to be " d." This is the first letter of his cipher message, and he writes it under the "1." Next finding "e" the second letter in his message, he runs down vertically until he comes to the lflf.fpr nrmnsite ,,o."the second letter in the key; it proves to be "s." This be writes as tbe second letter of bis cipher, under the "o," Continuing in this way his three lines stand thus : Houdmefive hundred love lovolovelovel dsih is amgscyyrmio And the cipher message to be eent to Chicago would be "dsih xs amgs cyyrmio." When B in Chicago received this he would write it out, and over it, letter for letter, the key agreed upon, thus: dRlhXHamgBcyyrmio love love love love 1 Finding the first letter "1" of the key in the first vertical line he follows horizontally until ho comes to "d," the first letter of the cipher message ; then going up vertically to the top he finds "s" the first letter of his translation. Next he finds "o," the second letter to his key in the vertical column till he comes to "b," the second letter in the cipher, and thence going up vertically he comes at the top to "e." Continuing in this way ho deciphers the whole and gets " Send me five hundred." It is evident that by changing the key, which may be iiuy word agreed npou, the whole would be changed. A Floatlug College. President Wr.'S. Clark, of the Agricultural college, is to leave Amherst again for a, while to become president of a floating'colicge which is to make a voyage around the world. A flue iron steamship has been bought abroad, which will have every convenience necessary for the comfort of two hundred and fifty students, who are to pay ?2,500 each for the trip. The vessel, The General Werner, is now in New York harbor, where she will receive her outfit, and be in readiness to sail on the first of next May. Tho firbt point touched will be the Azores, thence to Ireland, England, Scotland,Sweden and Norway, Antwerp, Hamburg and St. Petersburg, and thence to Havre and other French ports, also Spain and Portugal; then up the Mediterranean to Constantinople and Smyrna. Egypt an^the Nile will also be taken in, and the party will pass through tho Suez canal into the Red sea and on to Ceylon, India and Calcutta. The route will include tiie principal ports and cities of China and Japan, and the way home is by the Sandwich islands to San Francisco. The expedition will leave the ship at San Franckco, and make the remaining distance overland, stopping off occasionally to visit the various points of interest both north and Bouth of the line of the railroad, and the party expect to reach New York at the end of a year and a half. The General Werner will sail under the American flag, though a foreign-built vessel, a bill having been put through Congress allowing her to come in free of duty, in consideration of the purpose for which she is chartered. The The projector of this enterprise is a young man of means from Auburn, N. Y., who,after correspondence with President Clark on the subject, came to Amherst and secured him to become the president of this floating college, and arranged the minor details of compensation, which are liberal and satisfactory. ?Boston Journal. A Few Typographic Errors. " Greeley's ire being raised," says the Rochester Express, " at the refusal of the Japanese to enlarge their commercial relations, he editorially declared that' the only effective arguments with barbarians are those uttered by the mouths of forty-pound Paixhans.' He tore around the noxt morning when he read in tho Tribune that the only arguments 4 are those uttered by the mouths of forty proud Parisians.' The London News undertook to cull Mr. Bright the ' Gamaliel of Birmingham,' but between the compositor-and proof-reader it was printed 4 the gamebird of Birmingham.' A night editor headed a cable dispatch, 'The British lion shaking his mane. He lost five pounds in weight when tho black letters proclaimed. "The British lion skating in Maine." A night editor had an important cablegram about the San Stefano treaty, on which he put a flaming head : 4 Ultimatum of the czar,' and found it translated into 4 Ultimatum of J. Crosar !' Somo years ago the English reading public were profoundedly impressed by an essay by Carlyle on tho 4 Liturgy of tho Dead sea apes.' All nowspapers had something to say about the novel title ; but wero rather taken back rchou it was made known that the great writer intended to say 4 apples' instead of 4 apes.' "Charged to the account of typographical errors are many that come from the deliberate indulgence of the compositors'love of fun?pure cussedness, the irate author calls it. For instance, the New York Leader republished a poem from the Atlantic. In the former these r.wo nneB? " Well, well, I think not on thoeo two, But the old wonld breaka out anew, appeared thus wonderfully changed : " Well, woll, I think not on thoae two, But the old woman breaks out anew." A Western editor has discovered that two acres of sunflowers wiil supply a family with fuel through a long winter, the wood of the stalk and the oil of the seed making roaring and cheerful fires. But it is going to puzzle a man who only has a yard 20x30 feet to raise two acres of sunflowers on it in one season, unless he can suspend it in the air and plant on all four side* Pioneer Days. Ad ancient dame who settled in IndiP ana sixty years ago?she is now ninetyfour years old?recently gave a correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer a * few reminiscences of early life on the ? frontier. She said: "We had no win'* dow to our house, and the door was 0 made of a blanket which was hung over 6 thedcorway. We had a large fireplace 1 made of sticks, in which a fire was always kept burning. My babe was then ' three months old. "All we had to keep house with was 0 a small provision-chest, a bell-metal 0 tea-kettle, a sugar-bowl, pewter plates, ' and some cups and saucers. 1 4* U/hnn wo mnr\rraA infn HTir Pdhl'n XCft COLORADO'S SILVER CLIFF. The Marvelous Discovery of Two "Poo IHInlm Proipector*. On Saturday, June 20, Edwards an< Powell, two miners, were travelini through the Wet Mountain valley, Cub ter county, Colorado, on their way t< Rosita. They were about twenty-fiv miles southwest of Pueblo. At certaii elevations the Spanish Peaks were ii sigh*. Their road ran along the foot o a low spur of precipitous rocks separ ated by a narrow gulch from a con called Round mountain. The rock were black with the stains of manganese Hundreds of teamsters had passed then without dreaming that they containe< untold wealth. They were black an< volcanic, and there was nothing that in dicated the presence of precious metals The afternoon was very hot, and the tw< men rested in the shade of the cliffs, Edwards casually remarked that the las time he passed them he had broken of a piece of the overhanging rock, and ha< observed that it had a green tinge Powell became interested, and propose* that they should go and look at th< rock before resuming their journey. After a short search Edwards founc the spot where he had found the greei rock. Powell broke off some pieces ai high as he could reach. The graii seemed mossy and of a vegetable growth Powell pulled out his jack-knife, anc began to scrape it. A gray metallu gleam appeared. It was hom silver, sc called because when rubbed~3<Twn anc compressed it cuts like horn. Noi knowing what it was, but thinking ii might prove valuable, the two mer made a careful examination of the cliffs and staked out five mining claims, post ing the requisite notice, and giving the name and date of the discovery. Eacl claim entitled them to 300 feet acrosf the lode by 1,500 feet longitudinally They filled a bag with specimens frott these claims, and had them assayed ir Rosita, six miles away. The silver but tons found in the bone crucibles gave ? value of 1,000 ounces to the ton. The report spread like wildfire. The inhabitants of Rosita identified the blach manganilic iock, and knew where it wat alone to be found. When Powell and Edwards returned to their claims or Monday half the residents of Rosita were on the ground. But the black, rotten-looking rock was so unlike the usual ore dsposits that they staked nc claims and laughed at the discoverers. They predicted that if the two men worked that rock, they would be barefooted within three weeks. Powell and Edwards, however, were not discouraged. They took in one Hafford as a partner, and resolutely went to work with 1' * * ? a i.1 l tneir piCKS. in iour nays mtjy uroiit out six tons of rock. They spent nearly all their ready money in hiring teams to draw the mineral to the reduction works. The returns are said to have been ?5,400. There was no more laughter. The excitement was unparalleled. In twentyfour hours the hillside, the adjoining plain, and Round mountain were covered with claims. Several other extremely valuable deposits were discovered. There was a rush from every mining district in the State. Denver and othei cities poured out their hundreds ol eager seekers after wealth. Tents and shanties sprang up like mushrooms, and the Silver cliffs were crowned with a busy mining camp. Men, tattered and tired, roamed the country with eager eyes, and speculation ran rampant. An eye-witness says that " they would stick up a stake in a prairie dog-hole and ask 810,000 for it." The first house was built on September 8. Now there are over a hundred. Sixteen portable saw mills are buzzing night and day on the hills and in the ! gulches, and every town within fifty j miles has been depleted of lumber. The plain below the cliffs is white with the ! tents of eager prospectors. The roads I are worn and dusty with the constant grinding of wheels; and the tramp, tramp, tramp of the army of occupation is heard in all directions. The mines are located in what is known as the Hardscrabble district. Six years ago Rofiita was the center of a mining district of wonderful promise, but it juickly petered out. The great "Maine" mine, which made a very poor man a millionaire in one year, is four miles southeast of the Silver cliffs. The region is volcanic, and it is said that there are several distinct craters near Rosita. Volcanic upheavals seem to have burst the primary granite, and to have forced through chimneyed passages masses of eruption bearing molten precious metals. The silver has been cooled amid a mixture of porphyry, manganite, feldspar, gypsum and other mineral substances more or less decomposed and entirely unstratified. The mine first wurked by Powell, Edwards and Hafford is known as the "Racine Boy." So far it has turned out nothing but horn silver, a chloride carried in decomposed porphyry full of seams. In its surroundings it resembles the mineral taken from the Comstock lode. Thus far it is the only mine in Colorado that does bear this resemblance. The ore is found in deposits, without any crevice veins or distinct walls. The mine is full ot naru quartz boulders, which are coated with scales of chloride of silver. These scales contain the bulk of the silver, but the precious metal permeates the whole of ! the mineral. The chloride is broken from the boulders like egg shells, and the finest ore is sorted and put in sacks. It returns about 875 ounces to the ton. The low grade pans out from 100 ounces upward. Like the metal of the Comstock lode, it is a free milling ore, very easily reduced, and contains no base metals. Tho mine has been bonded to a California company, who are working it in Harmony with the owners, only a slight wall of rock separating them. It is asserted that, with a very small force of men, they are taking out between $2,000 and 83,000 a day. The mine is not over ten feet deep, and scarcely twenty-five feet wide. On September 3, William Robinson was prospecting in the gulch on Round mountain. About half a mile up the gulch he discovered a mine of marvelous richness. The ore is of the same character, but a much higher grade than ! the ono of tho Racine Boy. It seems ! almost inexhaustible. It is said that \ much of it runs as high as 3,000 ouncee : to the ton. Robinson says he has re' fused ?250,000 for it. A well-known ! mining expert says it is worth a million, j And six months ago Robinson had no! I money enough to buy a pair of boots. . __ i A Lard Lignt. Alphcus has been having a long spell of fever, and it was necessary to have a light burning all night in his room. We live out in the country, so no gas wa? accessible. Candles flickered disagreeably and a kerosene lamp when turned low always had an annoying smell for an invalid, so I bethought of a light my mother used to improvise when I was a child, before kerosene, with its attending dangers, was known. It was made by taking a saucer of lard, and outting a piece of newspaper in a circle about three inches in diameter, then twisting the center of this up to a point, and burying all but the tip in the lard. It will burn all night?a shady dim light? and in our case proved a real comfort. Some of these homely facts are well worth remembering,?Prairie Farmer. had no beds, and as my son, then four years old, had the whooping-cough, I felt that it would be dangerous to place him on the puncheon floor, so I had my husband make a hammock by suspending a quilt from the rafters by a bedcord. "We made a table out of a walnut slab, and then three stools, and our housekeeping outfit was completed. " Well, as I told you, my husband started to mill and expected to be absent a week. I had a brother living at Vincennes who had sent us word that he would pay us a visit, and I was expecting him. "The second night after my husband left I heard some hallooing down in the bottoms, and I felt certain that it was my brother who had lost hia way in the darkness. I immediately answered the ' cry, and it was promptly responded to, 'Jan^scontinued to approach. I set a c candl&~on a stump in the yard, and ieav1 ing my little boy bitting in the door, ? advancing toward the wood, calling to " the approaching person to come to the 3 light. 1 "You cannot imagine my fright at I 5 hearing the yell between me and the house, and on looking around discovered 1 a large panther pass between the light 1 and my boy. I gave a scream and picked " up the candle, and dashed into the house 1 and lowered the quilt. I can't toll you how long that night was, or the nights \ which followed until the return of my : husband. ' "I had to bake my bread at a neigh' bor's, and usually went over at night, 1 but never dared to go unless I carried a L firebrand in my hand. Many a time I've seen the flashing eyes of a panther, but ' they never dared attack mo on account ' of the fire. " When the neighbors went visiting in 1 those days, they took their teams and ' guns and stayed a week, the men hant 1 ing, and the women quilting and helping ' each other at their domestic duties. "How did I make butter? Oh, easy 1 enough I I put the milk in a gallon ' jug and shook it until it was churned. ' The trouble sometimes was in getting 1 the butter out of the jug. 1 "I have frequently gone to mill alone 1 when I had to swim the horses across the river, the boat not being large enough to carry them. I have often ; seen the women walk five miles on a visit ' and carry a babe. They would set the ' child straddle of one of their hips, and ' putting the arm around it, could carry a large child with ease. The men in | those days wore buckskin trousers and went barefooted in summer, while the children seldom had shoes at all." A Very Exact Denial. The nephew was the typical nephew , of the comedies and novels; the uncle, the typical uncle. The former got him. self into debt; the latter had to help ' him out of debt. But the most long-suffering of men , must at last lose patience, and one fine day the uncle writes to his dear nephew , that all is over between them. Not , another penny. The nephew flies down to his uncle's , country seat and falls at his venerable relative's gouty feet. "Uncle Peter, dear Uncle Peter, just this once. Aid me to straighten out this snarl in my finances and I will never, never come to you again." " Oh, RolaDd, I know yon too well. Mysistei's son?my only sister's son," sayd the old man, wiping away a furtive i tear. "All, your heart is touched ; you will assist me once more ?" says the young man. i "Listen," said his aged relative " have you a rule ?" "A which?" " A rule?a foot-rule ?" " Why should I have one ? I ain't a carpenter." , " Go and find one immediately." The young man, puzzled but hopeful, goes, and at the end of half an hour returns and says ; " Uncle, dear, here is the foot-rule." " Very well; measure this room, length, breadth and height, so as to ascertain ite dimensions." The young man, more puzzled than ever, sets about his task, and at last molroa tiia Vfinnrt.. *wrw"" '1 Uncle, the room contains 3,040 cubic feet." '' You are sure of that ?" "Absolutely." " Very well," says the old gentleman, rising to his feet and speaking in a tone of thunder; "and now, sir, if this room, which contains 3,040 cubic feet, were filled with double eagles packed so tightly that you couldn't ram, jam or cram a three-cent piece into it I wouldn't give you a penny. Git 1" Beauties of Nature in Arizona. Notwithstanding the entire absence of i timber or verdure of any kind upon tho < mountains along the Colorado river, they are ever-changing objects of beauty and interest, and the longer and mor? studiously you gaze upon them, the more completely are you lost in admira- ! tion of them. In the evening, in the i interval just before and immediately af- ' ter the decline of the great orb of day, these earth-giants point up their ragged ' edges and grotesque columns against a canopy that is a marvel of celestial coloring. At this time of the year no clouds sail majestically over the mountain tops. From sunrise until within an hour of sunset the imperial dome 1 seems like a great sapphire suspended over the world. Then the eastern mountains and the horizon above assume a most exquisite tint of something be1 tweeu purple and maroon, while the 1 elevations on tho west and the horizon 1 above color up in lilac and gold. A few moments after sunset the wholo heavens. . and mountains upon either side assume a lavender hue. So perfect and so deli' cato are tho tracings of these mountain outlines against the sky at this period of tho evening, that the entranced vision follows them as readily as if they were just so ruany artistic pencuings upou [ map or parchment. Yet all this pales , in comparison -with the mirage on a clear j morning, which cute up these same i mountains into castles, cathedrals, . fortresses, esplanades, gardens, for[ ests, and every other imaginable thing, , or topples them over, or suspends them in the air at will. One can watch the i beautiful effeotB of mirage in this conn, try with more delightful avidity than ! any other one thing that can be pre, sented. ; "Are fat people healthy? " is a headi line that stares us in the face in every ; other exchange we pick up. Who cares whether they are healthy or not ? As long as we are not cannibals, it would be wiser to investigate whether beans are healthy. . 1 ?Mil TIMELY TOPICS. Bees swarmed into Shelbyville, IncL, one day recently, in suoh countless numbers that the merchants had to close their stores. Dr. Carver, the celebrated marksmao, shot himself into a fortune of $60,000 last year. It is said that after a visit abroad he will give up professional shooting. The emperor of Brazil has invited eminent doctors from Europe to Eio Janeiro to study on the spot the true character of yellow fever, and discover a remedy for it. Several have accepted the call. Capt. Bundy, a Chicago Methodist, has fitted up a boat to travel as an evangelist, He makes landings at places along the shores of the lakes, holds revival meetings, and is said to be highly successful. In the repnblio of Colombia there dwells a man by the name of Mignel Sol is. He is said to be the oldest man in the world. Mignel declares that he is only 180, but his neighbors say he is past 200 and lies about his age as persistently as on old maid. While on his way home from Tallahassee, Fla., a colored man named Andrew Wilson was run over at Bel Air bill and killed. Four years ago his father was killed on the same spot in precisely the same manner; one of his brothers broke his neck last year while playing Hall, and in 1873 another was killed by a fall. To rapidly extinguish a Are in a chimney: Put about three ounces of! the sulphuret of carbon on the hearth, the sulphur being first turned into one or two broad hollow plates, so that the combustion may be produced on a relatively large surface. In one quarter of Paris firemen have thus extinguished 251 of 819 fires, the extinctions in many coses being instantaneous, without the necessity of mounting the roof or in any disarranging the apartments. Russia, during th? war of 1769-1774, bad nearly 200,000 men in the field, and the medical staff, including apothecaries and dressers, consisted o! 156 men. "The loss from fever and plague," reported the director, "was greater than from foes wearing turbans. During the recent war Russia was able for the first time to do without the aid of foreign surgeons. During the Crimean war the military authorities had been imposed upon sadly by scores of quacks with bogus diplomas from Germany and America, some of whom would not touch the sick or wounded with anything but a walking-stick as they strolled through the hospitals. Big Apples and Pears. The Courant has had occasion to notice, from time to time, the many specimens of monstrous apples that have been raised by our farmers this season. These specimens have brought down eighteen, twenty,twenty-one and twentythree ounces avoirdupois each, and were at the time monstrosities in their way. But Mr. Eli Olcott, of South Windsor, steps " to the front," having left at this office an apple which measures fifteen by sixteen inches in circumference, top and side respectively, and weighs twenty-seven ounces, or within one ounce of a pound and three-quarters! This is the largest, as well as the handsomest, ; apple ever grown in Connecticut. It is | of the ' Gloria Mundi" variety, and in color and forms bears a striking resemblance to the fall pippin. It ought to be preserved as a great curiosity.?Hartr ford (Conn.) Courant. Eli Conaro, of Grigg's Corners, has presented as with the largest apple we ever saw. It grew on his farm in Denmark. It weighs one pound and five ounces, circumference fourteen inches, each tv ay. The name is not given. We cut it in slices like a melon, and found it to be a sweet apple, brittle, juicy and exceedingly palatable. Since writing the above we have received some samples of " Cuyahoga Red Streaks "?an excellent eating and cooking apple, from B. M. Hayford, of Lenox. They measure about fourteen inches in circumference. Also some " Duchess " pears. These are not so large as the apples, but weigh more. Mr. H. says he had several which weighed twenty and twenty-one ounces.?Ashtabula (Ohio) Sentinel. Cincinnati Breakfast Table Diet. j Suitable dower for a widow?A wid ower. A pitcher with a small hole in the side will worry a woman more than will a sick relative. In about three weeks all the amateur sopranos in the country will be afflicted with sore throats. What is more ridiculous than to see a man carry an umbrella on a fine day or a cane on a rainy day ? A man may boast that he can put up with anything, but the chances are he will find fault, and kick considerably when a plate of rare poultry is put before him. Tho fimfl nf the vear has come when our future presidents, whose innocent parents don't know that they are out at night, wrench gates off the hinges and throw stewed pumpkin against front doors. An asben sky o'erhangs the world, Tho flowers lie in state ; And now it's getting rather cold To linger at the gate; So the sofa is once more called into requisition. 5Vhen morn its golden sunboams on the dewy flower throws, A.nd bolted boos serenoly fly about from rose to rose, ind all the sky is draped with clonds, with bosoms pale as cords, Ah then we hear the symphonies of happy little birds, Intermingled with the wild, unearthly screech of the milk fiend. Reminded him of Houie. An effecting illustration of the natural longing for what ie dearest to us that comes to the heart in the hour of death, is thus related : Some years ago a native Greenlander came to the United States. It waa too hot for him Jiere, so he made up'his mind to return home, and took passage on a ship that was going that way. He was taken sick, and as he was dying, he turned to those who were standing around him, and said : "Go on deck, and see if jou can see ice." When that man was a baby the first thing he saw, after his mother, waa ice. TTin linncn teas made of ice ; he was cradled in ico ; the water that he drank was melted ice. If he ever sat at a table, it was a table of ice. The mountains were of ice ; the fields, were of ice ; and when ho became a man, he had a sledge and twelve dogs than ran fifty miles a day over ico. And many a day he stooped over a hole in the ice twentyfour hours, and put his spear in the head of any seal that might come there. He had always been accustomed to see ice, and he knew that if his companions on the ship could see ice, it would be confidence that he was near home. The thought of iocTjgfl the very last thought The maple strews the embers of its leaves . -Jjjj O'er the laggard swallowd nestled 'nefcth UmBW 6&V68 ? '1%, And the noisy cricket falters in hi* 017, f\ For the lid of night is falling o'er the sky, : ^ > The lid of night is falling o'er the sky, Thejrose is lying pallid, and the cup - $g fl Of the frosted calla-lily folded np j .J J And the breezes tnro tne garaen bod isa O'er the Bleeping blooms of summer when the^SM O'er the sleeping blooms of rammer where th jjS| Yet, baby?oh, my baby, for your sake This heart of mine is ever wide awake? 'm And my lore may never droop a drowsy eye^ rp flj Till your own are wet above me when I die, Till your own are wet above me when I die. v?J|B Items or Interest >jj Qrate results?Cinders. i^SBI There are 5,000,000 plows used inthkJS 'Tis the man who is hard o' hearings* t- - V__ il.? It XT II "1 WUU XlttO mo JJLX3J iDTVli When Jack Frost oomes and alftMS your face you can slap-jacks. fl English sparrows make a good p0@|H pie. So does an American housewife ";;M Bronze-green gloves are wont stiits of that oolor, bat are said to be Brntns was an honorable man, bat in ? the end he contrived to stick poor^fl Counsel to witness?"You're a Ttfny^B sort of fellow, yon are! " Witnee*->-?? " I'd say the same of yon, sir, only Jost at present there is nothing exd?||I ing in Mexico, and a couplo o? Mexican. J women have taken to fighting duels wwreM pitchforks to relieve the monotony. Oolnmbus was a cabin boy at the mbH of fourteen, but his birth is hiddfl^^^H obscurity. The real name is Ohxastat&HH nnirm. Tjatinized into the familiar ooiM of Columbus. yl Don't be old-fashioned enough to.;j| speak of a verbose man ae "a house." Refer to him aa an "eleomc^fl light generator." It is an actual fact, demonstrated fof&jjS yond a doubt, that the sound ol aflddle^M in a house will drive rats away. YoaT^B see, the rats don't own any property, and I can. get away as well as not. Jones, through the lathtay /'StattMSBfl I never can grow a good beard, and"yel"'^| my grandfather had one three feet long." >9 Hair dresser: "Can't account for Hk'yM sir?unless you take after your grand* fM mnfliov Julia, who is very economical ot gur^Jfl when Charles Augustus calls, soya thjagS idea of lighting houses with electricity ?>M is " perfectly shocking." We have quently heard that electricity is "phock- ? ing."?Norristovm Herald. W A little Chicago.girl, while sitting afcvjR the table, a. short time ago, held a pieoe - of cake in one hand and a cup of milk in the other. Holding the cup a ohort ^lH distance from her month, she looked'''Mk down at the cake and remarked, "Totr Mr. John Kiger has unearthed a fine AH npecimen of the seal family sixteen feet fl long, on hisfarm in Fulton township/ 9 Fountain county,, Ind., near the north "B line of Parke county. Mr. Kiger thinks ' there is a school of petrified seals mat viuiuitjf. To prevent an attack of the croup Dr. JH E. B. Foote's Health Monthly advisee ye mothers to clothe their children warttt-^H Iv, but not to put fur or woolen about the throat; have the extremities &e ' B warmly clad as tho trunk of the body; fl keep the feet warm and dry, and do not ' oover the child too warmly in bed, as jrjjH cold is liable to (ollow from polling off -J the covering while in a perspiration. & vB William H. Seward was once, it is r?3^H luted, saved from drowning in tfoe'YjM Owasoo river by Mrs. Salmon Gcov?r, a?-H sturdy Auburn woman. 8he was waah- ^ J ing at the riverside, and saw Mr. SewardlW drive his horse into the water to drink^fcM The horse went too far, the swift currant H upset the carriage and Mr. Seward wafc 3H helplessly floating away, when Mts. r-fl Grover sprang to an old board fe&#i H wrenched off a plank, and with it resdttd' M the young man. He thanked her, and. tB gave her a set of silver spoons. >'. Felling Trees by Electrfeltj^^^H The electric fluid in the form oflight^jflj ning oftentimes proves itself a very cient wood-cutter, and it has occurred". JH to some ingenious gentlemen in that artificial electricity may be so plied and controlled as to cut do}pa>^H trees a good deal faster than the elumsjfrfM axe or that American notion the chai$*S saw. The two ends of the copper wfflNgfl of a galvanic battery are connected. with platinum wire, which of cours? ui<rS stantly becomes red hot, and while aaf H that state, it is gently seesawed acrtSi the trunk of the tree to be felled. When / arrangements were made for the erperi- flj ment, it turned out that the thickness bf !B the platinum wire that could be got was only that of crochet cotton. It was at fl once seen that such a wire would -bq^S consumed before the tree was halfsev-^jffl ered from its trunk. However, the tempt was made. The burning * wrae. performed its task very well so longer flj it lasted, but, as anticipate^ the wufe . H continually broke, and at length there H was no wire left. There can be littfe^H doubt that with a stronger battery andfl a thicker wire, the experiment wcald^^S have been entirely successful. As-iA^BH was, the tree was sawn one-fifth through. ' B It is calculated that under proper con-: H ditions a tree, which at present takes two hours to fell, will come to the. ground by this process in fifteen inlnr- BH utes. It is almost needless to add that S there is no waste of wood, no sawdust M ?English Journal. ^~JsH How Money Stopped a Royal Weddftfg. It is asserted (says a letter from <H abroad) that the failure of the matrioHKJH nial negotiations between theroumZaa^B Prince Napoleon and the tall Princess fl Thyra, of Denmark, was caused primarii fl| ly by money difficulties. Ail sorts. stories have been told about the wealth'JflH of the ex-Empress Engenio, and her fl fortune has been alternately exaggerate H ed or underestimated, as friends or foes have been discussing it. Ami now comes B La Figaro with all sorts of stalls ties on. M the subject, which it declares are trupt-. H worthy. According to it the young fl prince is by no means rich, possessing . H only a revenue of 40,000 francs ($8i000), *flj which comes from a little property sitta- B ated at Vicentini, near Goritz, in Illjri*,. H which was left him by Princess Bncoioc- [ chi. Of conrse, this is not nearly enough? flj for a prince to marry on, and the obnct-;^! of Copenhagen, when the qnestion^ri^H settlements was broached, turned up its v H nose at suoh a penniless youth. Bp. the^H ex-empress, like a good mother, has come to her son's aid. Her inoome, Bays La Figaro, is in the neighborhood of H 450,000 francs a year, and two-thirds of I this she is going to turn over to him. It H is not a very great deal?$60,000 a year.