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BY HUGH WILSON AND W. C. BENET. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1879. NO. 40. YOLUME XS1|j||||j
Conflicts. tfc
"Thegreat battles of life are unending?
they go on by night as veil aa by day, at all 01
seasons and in all placeB." h<
Oh! not npon fortified hill or field,
Where foemen meet with saber and shield, gj.
Are mightiest battles fonght 1 ca
Not amid warfare's wild alarm*, aj
In the roar of cannon, the clash of arms, jD
Are grandest Yictoiifs wrought! 01
Look abroad into earth's sad homes m
Where fierce temptation stealthily comes, 01
Followed by wan despair;
Where souls are assailed by some merciless gc
toe- tt
By sin, by hollow-eyed want or woe, gj
And mark the conflicts there! si:
Many a mother Bitting at night
By her starving child, without warmth or ^
"Ku,i w
In the desolate wiuter time,
Faces dread fees with a courage true, fa
And a spirit whose noble straggles outdo ai
A hero's deeds sublime. fe
Many a wife who watches and prays
Through long Hid hours, while her loved j^j
one strays
With thofe who to rniu lure,
Bravely wrestles "with unseen foes?
Bravely smiles while her heart's blood flows ^
From wound? that know no oure.
Behoid yon raaidf-n. strangely fair, l?
With h.r geutlosmilo and her patient air, jy
At her needle toiling still.
Ah 1 she could tell of many a fight j
Bitterly wsgfd by day and by night
With the legions of wrong and ill.
But she's conquered the terrible army at
last? I1'
The struggle is over, the peril is past, 10
And victory crowns her brow. .
No mortal eyo may see it shine,
Yet the ciown is there, and its light divine ^
Illumines her spirit now.
Ah, yes! these wonderful battleB are fought,
These silent viotories hourly wrought w.
In the lowliest ranks of life 1 01
While eome are wioked and many aro weak?
While spirits of evil their victims seek
Rfl
Will be wagod this unequal strife.
Only God and bis angels pure tb
Ever can know what they endrra tc
Who copo with these nussen foe*; fa
Only heaven, with its infinite rest,
Can symbol the peace of the viator's breast SI
When these perilous conflicts close.
?Emrline Sherman Smith c'<
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A "NTAT?"ROW TOP!APE fl!
XJ. i.1 *,"W " ?' m
Bt
A* OFFICERS STOBT OF THE MEXICAN
WAR, kl
"It was during tlio Mexican war, ^
when I was-a sub in a cavalry regiment, E
that I found myself on duty at Vera
Ornz. Tempted by the high mountains ,
in the vicinity, the beautifnl scenery,
and, above all, the superb hunting, I ?*
sallied forth early one morning accompanied
by no one save my Newfoundland ^
dog. " ,
" I was an ardent sportsman, my dou- .
ble-barreled gun worked to a charm,
and not until the deepening shadeB of
eveniDg, accompanied by an unmistakable
growl of thunder, did I give a ,'
thought to the flight of time or the im- ,
portanoe of retracing my steps to the .
oity. flf
"It was about the time that the
blood-thirsty and cowardly Canales had ,
ordered every Mexican to join tne army, , '
and commanded that no quarter should
be granted to the hated Americans.
"I had not anticipated danger from ,
the enemy, unless it might be in the
ohupe of some small band of guerillas .j
lurking amid the mountain gorge, actu- ,
ated more by tho hope of plunder than
by patriotic motives. ,
" I will not attempt to say how many
thousand feet I was above the levol of r'
l ?i. T ? 4U^ a4;A??
1116 8ea, UUt 1 IUUUU tuc oicvanuu oitui- t
oient, even for the tried and practiced *
nerves of a seaman, had he been placed
in my position.
"There is bnt little twilight, you ?
know, in the tropics. The sun had dis- .
appeared in the folds of an immense "1
cloud which was rapidlj- spreading itself
over tho entire heavens, while from .
its sable depths darted lurid sheets of .
lightning, followed by the increasing
roar of thunder, which already found an .
echo through the valleys and gorges of
\ the mountain. j
"Idid not fancy a wet jacket, and
whistling for my dog, an animal to
whioh I was warmly attached, I was ou *
* the point of retracing my steps dowu
the rough mountain roai, when the .
jingling of spurs and acoouterments, the
trampling of horses, and the hoarse
word of command was sufficient for me
to draw back into a tall tuft of grass and
Spanish bayonet growing beBide me. 1
" The dog crouohed at my feet, growl- .
ing ominously, as if conscious of the
danger his master was in; and faith, I .!
did not much like the situation I found
myself oompelled to face. .
" A number of Mexican lancers were
before me, preparing to bivouac for the '
aight, and my retreat down the road ^
was out 01 me question.
"High, precipitous rocks hemmed
me in on three sides, through which tbe 111
road I had traveled hsd been originally 8C
cut That outlet was now in possession ?l
of the lancers, while in front of me the i r
steep side of the mountain, verging al- i1E
most on to a precipice, sloped toward m
the city.
" To remain where I was would be n>
only to court death, a nameless fate, an
unknown grave, for discovery was cor- <*
tain to follow when the sentinels should P1
be posted.
" Cautiously I examined the smooth
rides of the precipioe, covered here and
there by a network of vines dinging to la
the crevices and rifts in the rock for its ni
unoertain life. Further on I beheld a b
dark, irregular line disappearing in tc
the murky depths below. I strained a*
my eyes to the utmost, for the gloom of
night and the mists of the storm, which f*
threatened every moment to burst above w
my head, enveloped all objects in dark. g<
ness and uncertainty.
" But for once, fortune favored me, ti
and I never laid claim to being a favor- w
ite of the fickle jade. The dark line w
proved to be a deep, dry gully, the at
channel of some mountain stream, long
since dried up. a;
-n_t 1 i ?L ii? _ n l
" x>u& uuw iu return LLio irieuuij uuv?x r m
that was the question whioh puzzled si
me. fl:
"A sodden commotion among the b<
gayly-trapped gentry behind me soon fc
decided my course of action. They had b]
kindled a small camp-fire, were about tt
to cook their evening meal, and a dozen cs
men?tall, strapping fellows?were ra- I
diating from the main body in different as
directions to perform the duty of senti- d<
nola.
" One in particular was making for di
the friendly clamp of wide-spreading m
limbs, in hopes, possibly, to partially fl:
escape the fierce gusts of wind and rain tl
whioh had begun to sweep about the
mountain. ft
" Dropping my fowling-piece, and m
bidding my noble dog to shift for him- ?
self, I swung myself over the precipice, ai
clinging to the network of vines, which en
shook and complained beneath my w
weight.
"The darknees had increased with c<
astonishing rapidity, and as I swung no
oyer that rayless veid I found it im- fi
possible to pierae the gloom. I heard w
the short, sharp howl of my dog as he gi
darted off in search of me; then, amid a
^ ' , * -
ie rush of the squall, came the o<
[Bed shouts of men, a straggling si
two mingling with the crash of t
javj artillery rolling in the vast <
ins? above me.
"Depending principally upon t
rength and endurance of my arms
irefully and cautiously felt my w
ong the verge of the precipice, woi
g in the direction of the gully, whic
? ? i x_ _n* j i
ice gamea, promised 10 auuru. me i
eans of escape from the dangers whi
loompassed me.
"Broad sheets of lightning lit
ith dazzling distinctness the feari
ene, bringing out every undulation
ie rockc, every crevice and blade
ass; and once, when I had found
ight support for my feet, and was g
g my aching arms a rest, I glanc
>ove amid the yellow glare of t
?htning and beheld the fierce, dai
tiiskered faoe of a Mexican peeri:
rer the brink, his eyes apparent
stened upon me as I hung suspend
id flattened against the oliff, but a f<
et below him, while the electrici
risted and writhed, like tongues of i
rnal serpents, around the muzzle
s carbine.
" It was a trying moment, my frier
situation well calculated to inspin
eling of terror in the heart of t
>ldest. But whether it was the raj
bich was falling in torrents and dr
g furiously before the gale, or t
are of the lightning, which prevent
ie lano?r from discovering me, I ?
lable to Bay. At all events I escap
.s notice, the shot did not come, a:
atohing my chance in the lulls of t
mpest, I continued my perilous coun
"Itseomed as if the flood-gates
;aven had been opened; and the scoux
g wind, sweeping with terrific violen
ound the mountain, disputed eve
eh of the way which I gained with t
tmost difficulty, oftentimes threaten!
) tear me bodily from the osoillati
dder ^hich had served me so well.
"Ihad but little strength to sps
hen I at last found myself crouchi
1 the muddy bottom of the old moc
in gorge.
" nnt ll. ?J.n.J |A|
" xne earm yituueu uouoam my ic<
jid and pebbles swirled by; and risi
)ove the crash of the elements, I hea
ie increasing roar of some unkno1
nent as it swelled and gathered foi
r above me.
" Nerved on by the strength of d
>air I rnshed down the steep deolivit
oklcss as to where my feet might wr
;r. Completely blinded between t
ingled glare of the lightning and t
tense darkness that followed ea
wh, I stumbled on, feeling that eve
oment my steps were becoming r
eadier.
"The water was already up tor
ices, and rushing by with a foroe tl
ade me grip desperately to whate^
,'ojection I could And along the side
ie ravine.
" The inexorable waters rose 3
ster, and the danger of the temp<
ew wilder still. My strength and ev
oulties were failing fast, my feet we
:ted from beneath me, and quiok
an thought I was rushing helpless
ong enveloped amid the spray and foa
that maddening whirl.
111 think I must have lost mvself I
moment, but waked, amid the aarkne
id roaring waters, nearly strangled
taSk. - Another instaint and I w
birled heavily against some yieldi:
>ject. I rallied my strength for a fir
fort Tho next flash revealed t
reok of a tree, with the roots st
inging tenaciously to the side ol' 't
ink.
" I drew myself up out of the rush
e current, and crawled to a firm fo<
>ld on the shelving bank of the torrei
"The cool rain revived me. The i<
Oie Birai" upuu mj uotvuuo ojrott
k1 robbed me to a great extent of t
rengtli and vitality natural to i
rong constitution. But my power
[durance was great. I stumbled f(
ird, feeling my way amid debris
Uen trees, pitholes and huge rocks,
attered promiscuously Jabout on t
eep side of the mountain, until a fai
immer of light streamed tremulouf
iross my path. It was a welcoi
ght, and, prisoner or no prisoner
ade up my mind to risk life and libel
td demand shelter from the terril
orm, which still raged, but gave sig
abating.
"I was unarmed; the only weapon
id sallied forth with had been abi
>ued on the edge of the precipice, i ]
ous to my attempting the perilo
issage. I felt my heart beat faster
neared the door of that tumble-do1
,nche, which loomed up, a huge, shaj;
ss mass, amid the gloom and solitu
that wild spot
"A moment's hesitation, and I knock
solutely at the door.
" Quiero vive f (who comes there
id I heard the click of a weapon.
" 'I am an Amerioan,' I replied, b
rly, in English; 'a United States o:
r.'who has lost his way on the side
lis cursed mountain.'
"With a jerk the door was thro1
ick on its insty hinges, revealing t
jure of a man of brawny proportioi
med to the teeth, and of most villa
is aspect.
" He held a llaring torch on high, t
^certain light of which fell across ]
:arred and scowling visage. Keei
id deliberately he scanned the torn a
ttered remains of my uniform; th<
i a voice harsli and growling, he <
anded:
" 1 What do you want here, and h
any of you are there?'
"I replied, in the best Spanish
mid master, that I was alone, and :
sated my doleful story of being lost
ie storm.
"At that moment, to my surprise a
itonishment, my faithful Newfour
nd, who, by some keen instinct of 1
iture had sucoeeded in scenting n
arst from the surrounding obscuri'
'stifying his joy by leaping upon ]
id baying in his deep, powerful torn
" It was a welcome surprise to me.
It that I had at least one friend up
hom 1 could rely in case of an em<
3ncy.
"The man's appearanoe was indi<
ve of a mixtured ferocity and cunnii
hile his eye, wild and unsettled, lit
ith an expression I could not fatho
i he bade me enter.
" Strange forebodings filled my he:
11 gazed about the reoesaes of t
Dvel. It was almost bare of furnitu
ive a table and two broken chairs,
re blazed cheerily in the fireplai
afore which were stretched three da
rms wrapped in tattered and gret
lankets. The gleam of firearms,
ley lay piled in the oorner, did not i
ipe my attention; and you may depe
aid not feel the easiest in my mi
i I drew up before the fire, with i
og ooiled down at my feet.
" In my exhausted state, despite t
uiger I felt was lurking about mo
mst have dropped off asleep, my he
riding a support against a projection
10 chimney.
" The low, monotonous hum of voi*
>11 upon my ear, and cautiously rec<
oitering from beneath the viflor of J
up, I found that the three sleepers h
reused themselves, and were in de<
umest consultation with the gentlem
hom I had first accosted.
" B training my ears to the utmos
raid manage to oatch occasional fri
lents of sentences as they dropp
>om the lips of the four comrades, w
ere as promising candidates for 1
allows as ever I care to meet again \
or like circumstances.
>n- "The bowl aud rush of the gale had
lot ceased but the occasional patter of rainhe
drops from the leaves and roof of the w
5x- ranche proved that the stolid La 1 but
recently passed away.
he 4,4 Do jou notice the glitter of those
, I buttons ?' remarked one of the four. 0jT
ay "' Curse the buttons 1' broke in an- yc
:k- other fiercely; 'of what value are they ? Bp
sh, It's the glitter of gold I like to see ; and
he we have already wasted too much valu- 0f
ch able time. 1 for one say kill him. If << i
the Yankee dog had a dozen lives they
up should all be forfeited. He has come ar^
ful here unasked; he shall not depart bo ^
of easily.' m
of "'Hush, Juan; you are too hasty.
, a The question is, will it pay to dispose gB
iv- of him ourselves and share the plunder, Bp
ed or take him to Oanales ? He might Vg
he come down handsome. Suppose the B0)
.1. oV./-wnl/1 n-rnrra +/\ Ho an nflfirtAr nf _
n- icu-ivn ouuuiu ? m(
Dg importance ?' .
tly ' Bah ! Ton talk like a fool. Do you BOj
ed not see he is too young to have gained S0J
aw any importance. As for Oanales, car- pr
;ty rajol you will get nothing for your
in- pains from him.' 8U
of " 111 this I heard distinctly, and much
more which it i8 unnecessary to repeat. je,
id; Tbat my life was doomed was beyond pr*
5 a all doubt; but I was not disposed to
he make a vacancy in the corps without a ?r)
in, struggle, and especially after undergo- ^
iv- ing what I had in escaping from the eBj
he lancers. to
ed "I felt the blood coursing through
im my veins with renewed vigor as I looked
ed the situation square in the face. My a{.
ad brain grew clearer as the imminence of no
he the peril I was in grew more apparent. ^
36. " The dying embers of the fire emitof
ted fitful gleams which fell across the
g- arms of the scoundrels piled promiscu- fai
co oasly together in the corner of the m(
ry ranche. gB
he "At that moment, and as I was cast- ^(
ng ing wistful glances at a carbine, the 0f
ng beetle-browed rascal who had lighted
me in to the den glided across the floor, ^
ne slipping a stout bar across the door. m?
ng " ' Now, boys, finish the job, and then an
in- share alike,' were the words I heard. ql
'Every nerve in my body jarred;
st, the blood rushed back to my heart as ^hi
ng | the decisive moment arrived. Up to ws
Jd that time I had not stirrcJ or changed
J-* 4-* . .
(?n my position, jeuuiug me tmuuiiuicm ^ ^
ce count apon an easy victory, no doubt. aD
The odds were fearfully against me, wj
[e- and aB the four turned their wolfish po
y, eyes in my direction, the clear, ringing
in- notes of a bugle came rising and falling, jftj
he filling the air with its melody. ^
he " A wild cry of joy burst involuntarily
ch from my lips, a thrill of hope pervaded
sry my whole being, as I listened. It came ex'
in- from my own gallant lads?a detach- un
ment Bent out, in all probability, in
ny searoh for their missing officer. ^
int "My four friends had paused, their as
er hands on their murderous knives, un jij
of certain and undecided how to act. They
turned for an instant toward the door, j.n
ret leaving me to take advantage of their otj
3St Btupidity. B0
en " When they again confronted me, I W?
ire was in possession of the coveted corner,
er with a rifle to my shoulder, looking yo
ly them grimly in the face, while my dog, j!^
im his hair bristling with rage, stood Bei
bravely beside me, displaying his white ^
'or fangs to the enraged gaze of the greasy e
>88 four. po
to Knife him, lads, before they are ^
as atop of us. Put him out of sight, or jia
g we'll all swing,' but not one of them ^
lal stirred. ^
he "Thatdark, death-dealing rifle-bar- pr
ill rel had a wonderful tranquilizing effect.
he " ' Curses on ye!' Bhouted the leader, 8n
foaming with rage, as he dashed forward, ^
of knife in hand. 1 Are you all afraid of tw
)t- the Yankee? I let him in here, and 8j
it. this knife shall give him permission to _
?r- leave.' x stl
;m "Perhaps the villain expected to ^
ho shake my nerves, and cause me to wj.
oy j throw away my shot, but I never felt rj^
of firmer, more determined in my life.
>r- "On he came, brandishing his knife,
of closelv followed bv his adherents. |
all " I covered liis left breast with the
he eight of the weapon, and with there- j '
int port the scoundrel fell headlong to the
ily floor.
no "Charging through the smoke the
, I remaining three rushed upon me, but j
ty were met by the dog, who buried his ?
)le teeth in the flesh of one of them,
us "I remember striking out with my j
clubbed rifle, of parring rapid thrusts - ,
i I and cheering on the dog, when, by
in- some means, in the melee, a horn or
re- canister of powder must have fallen j '
us amid the red-hot embers of the fire,
as "It exploded with tremendous vio- j
svn lence, blowing off the roof of the house, .
)e- rending the walls asunder, and hurling ;
de me to one side half suffocated and nearly
insensible. *
ed "When I fully realized what waa
passing about me, my own troops were
) ?) removing the debris of the ranche from ?
my limbs, and the Newfoundland was , '
it- licking my face.
ffi- "It was, as I supposed, a party sent {
of out in search of my unfortunate self; .
and they were returning from a boot
(ra less search, when the report of a rifle
he followed by an explosion and the glare
is, of flames attracted their attention. ,
in- "Of course, my friend, we made J
short work of the three miscreants who
-- - Till
,he j were dragged forth from the burning
txis j wreck. They howled vigorously for
ily I mercy, bnt that was not to be thought
ud ! of in their case. A swing from the
nearest bough terminated their career,
Je^ and I rode back to Vera Cruz, with my
mind firmly made up that, during the
ow remainder of the campaign, nothing
should ever tempt me to wander alone J'
j among the hills of Mexico in quest of j~*
re- 8ame'" dv
in st(
n(1 More About the Caffres. br
UU pf
id- The Caffres, who have given so much dc
-lis trouble to the British, with whom they fir
ie, have had any nnmber of wars, are a pe- in
ty? culiar and, ethnically considered, a very wi
me interesting people. They inhabit the flf
wD> nortnern puri ui tuu uuuuucut ui a.uxoa, a
I and are tall, well-proportioned and gen- ot
on erally good-looking, of dark-brown or M
01- bronze color, their hair growing in short ov
woolly tufts. They are brave ; in times ag
3a- of peace, kind and hospitable to stran-_ tn
ig, gers, and are noted for affectionateness br
up in the family relation. Having minds of ao
m, a very acute, even logical, kind, they th
have often gained the advantage over an
art opponents in pacific arguments. Ex,he
cepting their well-nigh irresistible pasre,
sion for appropriating cattle, they may
A be sai? to be tolerably honest. Their
3e, theological notions are indistinct and
irk confused; but they are very supersti- el(
isy tious, standing in perpetual apprehen- th
as sion of wizards and sorcerers. Their tu
es- huts, built by women, are of beehive th
nd shape, made of wattles stretched with es
nd grass, and a collection of them is called B<
ny a kraal, a Portuguese word meaning in- hi
closure. The rule of the ohiefs is patri- th
he archal; but thoy are aided by a number wf
, I of councilors (pakati), whose advice is ca
iad usually followed oy tne cnier. .roiyg- u[
of amy prevails, and wives are commonly mi
bought for cattle, the natural currency br
sea of the people. Albeit the chief has ab- si)
)n- solnte power over property, he rarelj sn
ny exercises it. Almost any crime may be er
ad atoned for by payment of cattle, ana re- bj
}p, taliation is strictly forbidden, even in si<
^n case of murder. The Oaffres are strictly so
pastoral. The men tend the herds ex- at
11 clusively, even milking them, while the fa
ig- women "cultivate the soil and look after re
ted the duties of the household. Their lan- bv
ho guage is sonorous and expressive. In wi
;he war they discard the customary blanket, hi
m- and fight nude, painted from head to M
foot with fire-red day. m
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WATER FARMING.
hut a New York Ktate Fl?h Comn
Says about ntoekln* Suburba
anil Htreama with Fltb-Peter C<
At a recent meeting of tbo I
lb, held in the Cooper Unii
irk city, the members listen
eech from the venerable Peter
d a paper by Robt. B. Rooset
the State fish commissior
Land farming and water fa
r. Roosevelt, who believes th
9 given to men to Bhoot and
fcch, provided both can be tn
30tint as human food, and thr
no more harm in carrying a
hing-rod than in wielding an i
ade, encouraged the idea of wi
[oping the sporting privileges
as convenient to our cities,
)ring the idea that any reven'
is degrading. " Trout,"he sa:
[d in New York market durii
ison as high as one dollar a p
ice which is brought by ecarc
ler kind of animal food, and
pply can be increased a beni
conferred upon the communit
ptimate profit returned to tin
oduce them, while in many p]
id and not accessible to the s
eat storehouse of fish food, 1
Boulty in obtaining even the c
; Borts of fish. If the farmer
his usual crops a crop of fiBh,
benefiting .his neighbors an
mself. To do so may eeem t
first glanoe a difficult operat
t half as much so as making tl
res ' laugh with a harvest' t
a inexperienced. Fish-farn
rules and limits, precisely i
ming has, but is simpler
>re productive. From a single
h millions of young may be pi
sturgeon contains nearly ten i
eggs, cod and nerring miiiioi
ndreds of thousands, and ev
d bass several thousands. Wi
inagement these can all be 1:
d in some cases in very i&
tee hatohed, and fish pro\
smselves; they need no food
jy convert worthless insects <
.tergrasses into human food
rat or bass from a farmer's poi
n nothing but the trouble of a
d compares in excellence on h
th his best poultry, to say no'
rk that has been fed twice a
ratlis, The only loss of ti
ior is in the catching, and to
it it is only necessary to make
undant."
Mr. Roosevelt did not advise f
eept in rare cases where the
usual facilities, to undertakf
icial hatching of fish, but h
urn to utilize such ponds and
they can without labor and e
lis might not yield the great
)lo profit, but it would bring
rns, and in no wise interf<
tier occupations, "It would
me," he said, "for the fa
itch over the incubation of tro
lich require months to proc
ung, nor is it necessary, so
0 States take this labor upo
Ives and furnish, to all wh
pm, trout fry already hatel
ntlemen owning suitable str
nds desire to stock them wit
ey have only to apply at tl
tching-house and, where a
mbine, the expense to each is
ter the trout fry are placed
oper element?and it must no
tten that only cold spring-'
ited to them?they will take
smselves. In the course of a
o they will have attained ai
;e, and can then be caught. ]
simpler than this, and yet ho
earns and fine fresh brooks tl
at perhaps once abounded wi
lich are now wholly depoj
lere is, however, another kind
own as the fresh-water bass, i
ssibly even more valuable i
>ut for the farmer's use. It it
acting in the character of tb
which it will live, and wi
>re rapidly; more important
eds no culture or care what
y time. The parents, which ?
prolifio, lay their eggs in a
st and watoh over them unl
3 hatched. Bass have never 1
;reaRe rapidly where they ha
Jroduced, and they are suite
)st any pond. These are es
o fish to be used whero water i
to be combined with land far
e simplest and easiest way. ]
required but to place a few pai
re fish, which can be easily tri
, in any water they are exp<
pulate, and they will attend
at themselves. They can he
'n with any other speciei
ainst the dreaded pickerel; 1
?ase rapidly and grow quickly
iman food they ere excellent."
MV Unnaowolf. <vrr>1niriad in on
iny questions, that there are tv
basB Baited to different waters
ke in appearance as freqnentl
afounded. What is commonl;
" big-mouthed " bass thrives'
or stagnant water, while th
juthed fish require clean wai
g over pebbly bottoms. Th
0 numbered among the sporti
are the trout, which until I
ree years were not protected
iw York State commission.
Mr. Cooper followed with an i
Ik, in which was briefly revie
aroh of progress during his ow
ghty-nine yeara Beginning wl
)rk city numbered 27,000 inh?
> reoounted incident after i
Felling upon Fulton's applic
sam and his own invention
ought into use water as a
>wer, and the sending of ore i
>wn descents by a chain. Oe
st of his inventions, finally
to practical use under other
is found to have been patentee
ty-three years previous. In
oulogistic speech by Mr. I
her demonstrations of respect
r. Oooper gave a little sketc:
ra life, in which he stated tha
:e of twenty-one he had learm
ides. When the war with !
oke out, having gained a ps
me machinery, he began accur
e fortune whioh has been s
d judiciously expended.
Logan at Fort Donelson
General John. A Logan, v
jcted to the United States Si
a Por^nKli/iona Af tllfl TlliTinifi
re, was found severely won
e battle-field of Fort Donelsoi
teemed circuit clerk, Captai
ill, who, thinking him dead,
b splendid sword and bolt i
em to his family. Captain B
is then a gallant Confederate
me upon General Logan strefc
)on the ground, dressed in f
ontals, his arms folded aci
east, his eyes olosed and g
jn of life. While standing ov
ipposed, the dead body of t!
al general, Captain Bell wai
7 Captain Maderia, of the Con
3e, who recognized in Logan
hoolmate. Maderia was deepl;
what he thought to be the i
te of his youthful companion,
oted Captain Bell where to I
rord of the fallen chieftain.
shot through the lungs, anc
xng on a thread for a Ion
aderia was afterward killed at
&vLg&.?Anderson {By.) Newi
jn
FOK THE FAIR SEX.
nlaaloner A Rn",nn Weddln*.
n Ponds The recent marriage of the Gr
ioper. Duchess Anustasia?the daughter of
'armers' emperor of Rnssia's brother, the Gr
DD New Duke Michael Nicholaievitch, goven
ed' to a general of the CauoaauB?to Prinoe ]
Cooper deric ?' Meotlenburg-Schwerin, ia
relt one scribed as follows :
iers'. on A distinguished company assemt
rming." the winter palace at 12.30 o'olt
at birds am?ng those present being the meml
1 fish to ?' the ecclesiastical synod, the supe
rned to ?lerf?y? the connoil of the empire, se
it there tors, the diplomatic body, the d
grjjn or officers of the army and navy, and
ixe or a presentatives of the mercantile olas
isely de- The ladies appeared in the Russian
tional costume, and the gentlemei
and re- dress or uniform.
ae from The bride and bridegroom were
id, "are ceived in the magnificent apartn:
ig their known as St. George's hall, and c
lound a ducted to the chapel within the pali
sely any w^ere they were met by the emp<
if their aQd empress, whose appearance
;flfc will 8a^ted by 101 guns from the forti
ty and a opposite the imperial residenoe,
Me who Th0 Grand Duchess Anastasia ^
laces in- over ^er wedding costume a sup
ea, that crimson velvet mantle lined with erm:
there is the train being supported by four oh
ommon- berlains and the master of the cere:
can add n*ea attached to the household of
he will Grand Duke Michael.
well as the chapel Prince Frederio and
0 many fQtnre consort were received by
ion, but metropolitan of Novgorod and
le broad Petersburg and the members of
ieems to 8yn?d, and the inferior clergy cariy
ling has the crcsB and the holy water.
is land- The emperor led the bride and bri
and far Sroom to their respective positic
1 mature and t^16 rin8s having been brough
nrino.pd. the altar beforehand, on gold plates,
mill [one ma8ters of tbe ceremonies, were pia
as, shad 011 the fiug?rs of the exalted conple
in' trout the imperial confessor, while the cro'
ith good were over their heads by high <
latched, notaries of state.
w days. Upon the conclusion of the Qr
ride 'for celebration, the grand duchess j
or care Prince Frederic returned thanks to
Dr waste emPeror and empress and their parei
I. The ftn^ after a Te Deum had been sung :
ad costs a Ba^ute of 101 guns had been fired,
itching ceived the congratulations of the
is table eembled guests.
thing of Next came the marriage cerem
day for according to the Lutheran rite, wh
me and was performed in the Alexander h
reduce a^er ^hich the bride and bridegrc
the fish were conducted back to the impe:
apartments of the palace.
armers At 5 o'clook a grand banquet 1
jy jmve 8*ven the Nicholas hall, at wi
j the ar* the following toasts were proposed, e
e urged accompanied by salvos of artille
streams "The Emperor and Empress,"":
ixpense. Newly-married Couple," "ThePare
est pos- of the Bridegroom," "The Parent!
fair re- tho Bride," "The Imperial Famil
jre with " Tiie Clergy," and " All the Emper
bo irk- Ffithful Subjects."
rmer to At 8.30 o'clock a grand ball took pi
tit eggs, *n ?t. George's hall,
luce the ? ?~? _
long as Cotton Dreaa Goods.
n them- A quaint novelty among ootton go
o need f?r spring and Bur.mer dresses is ca
led. If mummy cloth, and resembles in
earns or rough printed surface the mummy cl
h trout uP?n which tidies and covers are i
ie State broidered. The choice designs come
nu -ber 8?'t faded colors, suclTas pale blue v
trifling. olive stripes, one of which has spi
in their ?f flowers upon it. Some. have two
t be for- three shades of olive foliage form
ivater is stripes; others have ivory and n
care of stripes, or else blue and pink spr?
year or The merchants test these colors by 1
a edible *nS them washed?not with great a
Nothing but, as they say, " washed to fade
w many aQd these washed samples are showi
aere are purchasers to prove that the sty
th trout colors are as faded as they e
mlated. will be. This mummy cloth is a y
of fish,' wide; fcyirteen yards are sold for a sh*
vhich is simple dress.
han the Coteline is a stiff, half-transpai
i not so cotton fabrio woven in lengthwise r
ie water or cords that make it very durable.
11 grow comes in cool, clean patterns of bl
still, it greon or a green-blue spray on white
ever or chintz colors on cream grounds, o:
ire fair- stripes of the favorite SevreB blue v
sort of olive green.
iil they Printed armures are also new cot
'ailed to goods. The white ground has rai
,ve been threads like the brilliantines form<
d to al- worn, and is strown with pale-tin
peciallv small flowers and foliage. The zeph
r?? are Scotch cringhams made by Ulasj
itUUllUg - ? - # w ~
ming in "Ouees in contrasting colors for pic
Nothing ftn<3 stfipes, such as pink barred \
irofma- blue, or bine with green, or red \
insport- white and black. The Scotch tart
scted to are also shown in these goods. A gi
1 to the deal ?f Rassian braid lace is b?
?ld their imported to trim these pretty zap
s, even ginghams.?Harper's Bazar.
;hey in
and as Hints on "Every-Dar Cookery."
Miss Juliet Corson delivered an
swer to teresling lecture on " Every-day Oc
70 kinds ery " at the Cooper institute, in I
j, but so York. The great hall was filled, an
y to bo number of ladies and gentlemen o<
j known P'ed seats on the platform, among tt
in mud- bein^; Mr. Peter Cooper. Prof. I
e little- mona provided the apparatus t
ter rnn- which a number of eioellent views v
ie latter thrown upon the large canvaB at
ng fish, hack of the stage. Miss Corson saic
;he past WQ8 her intention to give some insi
by the iQto the charms of French cook<
which, she claimed, was by no mean
informal expensive as was generally suppoi
wed the In fact, economy in household mat
n life of j (s. Miss Corson said, the pride of
v * Kan rr?or
20D New -Tenon noutjeiiCD^cj.. X' VI UOl UiUi
tbitants, ing she will purchase a few fresh v?
ncident, "tables, a crisp salad, a little meat
ation of fish, or a portion of a ohicken?,
s which enough of each to make the desi
motive meal?and as every particle must
n mines utilized, there is no margin for wa
ie of the The chief reasons for the excellency
brought French cookery, Miss Corson said,
' hands, the charcoal lire, the earthen pip]
3 by him an(J the comparative scaroity of mat
reply to ft^s? which, in consequence, necessito
Jly, and tbe most economical treatment,
offered, cooking food, the first consideratioi
h of his to rednce it to a semi-fluid Btate with
t at the losing any of its nutritive proper!
ed three Food thus softened is prepared for
England easy action of the digestive orgi
itent for Broiling and stewing are the most
nulating travagant ways of cooking meats. I
0 freely iQg has a decided superiority over
in the matter of economy. After ha^
shown her audience how to cook f<
she proceeded to describe the pre
way in which it should be served on
table. In this connection, views i
rho was model set breakfast, dinner and suj;
Bnate by table were presented on the canvas,
1 legisia- a number of hints were given of
tided on simplest and most inexpensive metl
i hv nnr of beautifvine a table. Miss Ooi
a W. E. cloeed by "impressing upon her yo
took off lady hearers especially the necessity
and sent politeness and good manners at the ta
ell, who 1
soldier, How Lazj Chinese Students arePnnle
ohed out A yonng John Chinaman at Phil
nil regi academy, in Andover, finds his hea
:oss liia danger. John had been rather bacfcv
iving no in his studies, so that the faculty con
er, as he ered it their duty to make the s
he Fed- known to the Chinese goveramen'
a joined whose expense the young man is <
federate cated. This they did; and one may
his old agine the disguBt that was manife
y moved upon reading the reply, which wa
mtimely follows: "Send him home, and we
, and di- behead bim." John will stay with
send the Melioan man and keep his head. ?Bo
Logan Globe.
1 his life . ?
g time. Somebody has ooTinted the n<
Chioka- papers of America,' daily find wee
>. and they number 11,000 and odcL
-?r' .
TIMELY TOPICS.
Some Iowa farmers have decided tha
nud flax was the most profitable crop raise<
the in that State.
and -
ior- Captain Orapo and his wife, the Nex
?je- Englanders who sailed aoross the Atlan
de- tic last summer in a little boat, ezpec
to journey up the Mediterranean am
>led through the Suez canal this summer.
)ck. __ 7
jera Farming on a grand scale, even wiu
rior the assistance of improved maohiner
ina- and implements, is a dangerous expen
hief ment, and in the West has terminatei
re- disastrously. It is estimated that th
Bes. money sunk during the past ten year
na- in such undertakings amounts to ove
i in 8100,000,000.
re- Several vessels laden with exhibits fo:
tent the international exhibition to be helt
son- at Melbourne, Australia, in 1880, hav<
ace, already sailed from the United StateB
>ror The exhibition will open October 1
was 1880, and all applications for spaci
ress should be made not later than June 30
1879. Buildings will be specially erect
ore ed for the exhibition.
erb
ine, Trance has its experiment in commoi
am- with other countries in the matter of em
mo- bezzlement. At Bordeaux, M. Del
the becque, director of the mint, was sen
tenced to six years' imprisonment am
his 825,000 fine for embezzling 8280,000 i:
the bullion, which had been lodged in th
St. mint by the Rothschilds. M. Delbecqu
the substituted galvanized copper bars fo
ing the bullion which he embezzled.
iae- a new sect oi mormons naa sprung uj
>ns, in Southern Indiana, and two Latte
t to Day Saints are preaching there success
by fully. The peculiar tenets of this winj
ced of Mormonism are anti-polygamy, heal
1 by ing by the laying on of hands, immei
sion, the second coming of Christ in th<
lig- near future, intervention of God in tern
poral and spiritual affairs, miracles o
special providences in the interests o
an<J the saints. The seot number about sizt;
the members in Floyd, Washington an<
^ Clark oounties, made up of respeotabl
Qnd farmers.
re
as* It is estimated that when the nationa
census is taken in 1880, the returns wil
ich 8now a population of over 47,000,000 ii
aj. the United States. If the basis o
' ' representation remains tbe same as a
rial Presen^> n0 new States are admitted
the increase in members of Congresi
will be sixty-six. The representatioi
rich remain the same in the States o
k Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Flori
. da, Louisiana, Maine, Nevada, Nev
pu" Hampshire. Rhode Island and Soutl
i Carolina. After the next apportionmen
. the national House of Representative
,, will consist of 359 members and th
?eleotoral college of 436. The New Eng
land States will gain one member, th<
Middle States ten, the Western thirty
two, the Southern nineteen, and th<
Paoific States four.
- A New York paper throws ont thii
I? f earions suggestion in regard to the ele
vated railroads: If an ivy or some run
vf ning vine were planted at the base o
each iron pillar on the elevated roads
r" we might in a few years convert a long
nnsightlv skeleton of iron into a fee
, tooned bower, giving coolness, shade
pleasing the eye and even beautifyini
. the city. In France the general hard
JD? ness, grimness and angularity of th
1088 railroad tracks in the immediate vicinit;
iy8, of cities and towns are quite concealei
by masses of foliage. Paris, in th<
shading of so many streets and boulo
, vards with two, four and sometimes si:
. . I* rows of trees, has a motive, and that mo
tive is the rendering of the city mor<
lver and more attractive to strangers, there
arr by tempting within her walls travel
? trade and money. When this is full;
. comprehended here then more attentioi
; may be paid to the ornamentation of i
oity with the noblest site cn this conti
.a!'
J -J Fifteen Follies.
rith 1st. To think that the more a mai
eats the fatter and stronger he will be
;ton come.
[Bed 2d. To beliove that the moro hour
3rly ohildron study at school the faster the;
ted learn.
iyrs 3d. To conclude that, if exercise ii
j0W healthful, the .^ore violent or exhaust
lids 18 cue more guuu 10 uuuc.
rith 4th. To imagine that every hour takei
rith from sleep is an hour gained,
ans 5th. To act on the presumption tha
reat the smallest room in the house is larg<
ling enongh to sleep in.
hyr 6th. To argue that whatever remod]
causes one to feel immediately better ii
"good for" the system without regarc
to more ulterior effects.
jn_ 7th. To commit an act which is felt ii
jot. itself to be prejudicial, hoping tha
jew somehow or other it may be done in yon:
<j a case with impunity.
xjq. 8th. To adviso another to take i
iem remedy which you have tried on your
lay. self, without making special inquir
pith whether the conditions are alike.
rere 9th. To eat without an appetite, or t<
the continue to eat after it has been satisfied
1 ^ merely to gratify the taste.
jgbt 10th. To eat a hearty supper for th<
3ryj pleasure experienced during the brie
8 8o time it is passing down the throat, a
36(3, the expense of a whole night of dis
ters tabbed sleep, and a weary waking in th>
the morning.
ket- Hth. To remove a portion of the cov
ftrinff immfldiatelv after exercise, whei
O - ?
, or the most stupid drayman in New Yorl
jnst knows that if he does not pnt a cover oi
re(i his horse the moment he ceases to worl
| be in winter, he will lose him in a few day
ate. by pneumonia.
. 0f 12th. To contend that because tin
flre dirtiest children in the street or high
kin wa7 flre hearty or healthy, therefore i
:erjl is healthy to be dirty ; forgetting tha<
ite(j continuous daily exposure to the pun
jn out-door air in joyous, unrestrained ac
t jfl tivities, is such a powerful agency fo
tout health that those who live thus are wel
;jeB in spite of rags and filth.
the 13th. To presume to repeat, later ii
ins, ^e> without injury, the indiscretions
6I* exposures and intemperance which ii
jafc. the flush of youth were practiced witl
iach impunity.
ring 14th. To believo that warm air ii
joj necessarily impure, or that pure cold ai
jpei is necessarily more healthy than th<
the confined air of a crowded vehicle. Th<
0f a latter at most can only cause nausea
>per while entering a conveyance after walk
and *a8 briskly and lowering a window will
the by exposing to a draft, give a cold in
-J- fdllihlv. or an attack of pleurisy o
luuts
rgou pneumonia, which will cause weeks anc
UDg months of suffering, if not actual deatl
r 0f within four days.
ble. 15th. To "remember the Sabbatl
day " by working harder and later oi
ihed Saturday than any other day in th
lips vee^? a yiew ?* sleeping late nex
<j jn morning and staying at home all day trard
reat? con86ieDce being quieted by th
isid- ?* no' very well.?Hall,
ame
t, at The average attendance in the Masss
jdu- ciiusetts public sohools last "year wa
im- 228,447. The number of male teacher
sted was 1,115; of female teachers, 7,890. Th
9 aa average monthly wages of male teacher
will was $75.64, and of female teacherc
the $33.04. The entire amount paid t
ston maintain the eohools was 85,301,853.6(
There is one mayor in Chicago, HI.
}W8- but hasn't Memphis, Tenn. 1?Norrii
kiy. town Htrald. They ought to call i
the services of a Baltimore, Md.
EXPOSING THEIR TRICKS.
t How the Most Wonderful Foals of Eastern N(
) JacKlers are Performed. ,
A celebrated prestidigitateor, named
Kellar, gave a Philadelphia reporter an
i aoconnt of his travels all over the world.
Concerning East Indian jugglers bo
t much has been said that the estimate of ^
i one who has been among them is worth
having. Celebrated travelers have pronounced
their tricks as being marvel
a ons. Says Kellar, speaking of them: Hi
y " The East Indian jugglers, except in
i- their snake tricks, are very poor. I was
i anxious to test them, and so I got a 8P
e number of the most expert together by nc
s paying them ten rupees (five dollars) 00
r each, which was more money than they ra
would see in six months. They wore nc
nothing but breecliolouta. Their dex- at
r ferity in snake tricks was really marvelj
ous. From their naked arms they ap- ^
3 parently drew large cobras and made
them dance over the stage, and even J?:
' with my practiced eyes I could scarce |n
9 detect the trick. Once, however, I saw v
the snake's tail whisk from a bag that a8
I was lying on the stage. With a movement
actually bo rapid that the human av
eye could not follow it they drew the
a serpents from that bag. Then came the
. famous trick of the growth of the mango ^
. tree. Of this army officers of high 'a
. standing in India have written long ao- 6(3
j counts, pronouncing it beyond human
a comprehension. I have seen these ac- ?*
e counts copied in Philadelphia papers. Pc
e Well, it was the poorest trick that I ever *n
r saw attempted. The jugglers now no aD
longer appeared in the nakedness that Wl
made their snake trick so marvelous,
- hnt thev donned loner, flowing gowns. P*
L| %/ v. ?
r Over a flower-pot filled with earth in aD
. which the seed had beea planted an ^
, empty basket was placed. ThiB remov.
ed, there was seen the budding stem of ur
a mango tree. The basket was again nc
e placed over the flower-pot, and when
again removed the tree had grown conj
siderably. ThiB was oontinned nntil be
I there had been produced quite a high
plant. This was nothing more than y
j bungling sleight-of-hand. The long "e
B gowns concealed branches of th#mango. ?r
These were placed, not very dexterously an
neither, beneath the baskejj and stuck in
the earth, and, in one instance that I 1"
J witnessed, the juggler performed his 06
1 work so poorly that the stem actually wf
J fell over and out of the pot." n*(
[ Kellar was asked if he had seen a feat do
fc of East Indian jugglery which the late 7?
? Rev. Dr. P. E. Morfarity, 0. S. A., de- dii
3 lighted to narrate, and concerning wlioh be
J Father Moriarity frequently said: "If ca
1 there is such a thing as demonology that of
" alone will explain that performance." no
? Tim f.rirtV Vinn hflfin ffifiblv imitated
1 in this country in the Indian basket pi
' mystery, in which, however, a trap8
door always plays an important part.
B As narrated by Dr. Moriarity, who at hi
* the time he witnessed it was conneoted
3 with a British regiment on duty in ZV
" India, the juggler's performance was as dii
0 follows: Having previously told the offi- f?'
cera of the garrison what he proposed
doing, the juggler permitted them to dii
3 select a spot on the green sward in the ^h
" open air. Here he stationed himself, g*
' with a basket with a hinged lid at his O*
* fe t, a little boy his side and a sword in w
? one hand. He wore nothing but a ca
? breechclout. The officers, with looked dii
k arms, knee to knee and watchful eyes, tii
'? formed a semi-circle in front of him. Ti
? The juggler placed the child in the oi
' basket, closed.the lid, muttered a seem- he
e ing incantation, and suddenly plunged TI
P the sword through the basket, and as aB
3 the child's agonizing cry was heard the an
0 man drew back the sword all dripping 80
with blood. The officers were horrified, de
1 but they still kept their semi-circle un
" broken, and the Indian again plunged W?
e his sword into the basket, and again and ha
again. Still the child's heart-rending ?
? screams were heard, until finally they 811
7 grew fainter and then ceased entirely, ho
1 The juggler asked that the basket be
a examined. The officers opened it. It ha
was empty. There was no trace of the CIi
child. A gleeful shout was heard in the bj
rear. The soldiers turned about, and hu
there, astride the lower limb of a small Bt
l tree, was the Indian juggler's child, m'
- waving his arms in the air and looking an
as happy aa you please. There was no er<
s apparent solution of such a mystery, 'hi
f Kellar was asked if he had ever seen tai
anything like it. a.g
3 "Yes," he replied, with a quaint tic
smile. "I saw one Indian juggler who Pe
could perform the trick, and a mighty an
l good triok it is, too. I paid him two do
rupees (one dollar) and he showed me ou
t how it was done. I marveled first that ?'
3 he should expose the triok for so small a ne
sum, but I soon discovered that he was
j safe in telling me all about it, for none th
s but those who wore the East Indian jug- tin
- ... i -_a 1 j Jta
i gler's costume?trie Dreecncioui?uuum
perform it. Dr. Moriarity, in narrat1
ing the particulars of the performance,
t omitted mention of one very trifling
r little article?a white cloth?and this Sa
seemingly insignificant appliance was th(
i the most important feature of the affair, U]
- In legerdemain trifles weigh the heavi- Tc
f est. The trick is done in this way. The go
child is well trained. After he has been bi:
3 placed in the basket the juggler, while H<
, praying aloud, weaves a large white coi
cloth about his arms, as though it were m?
e part of the incantation. He suddenly or
f throws it over the basket, binding one in
t end. Then he draws the cloth toward da
him, brings it up around his waist and elc
0 tucks the ends in his clout, leaving a inf
?^nron in frnnf in ffrace- hii
pui lliuu UMJ^IUQ MVIIM ~? 0
- ful folds. Then he draws his sword and po
q performs the rest of the trick just as it a
l has been described. The explanation is co:
a simple. As he draws the cloth over the he
i basket the agile youngster tumbles out, ba
a and while still concealed by the cloth he dn
gets under the juggler, grasps a strap pr
e around the man's waist and actually an
- draws himself up between the juggler's fai
t legs. by
b ''The cloth, when brought about the cei
9 man's waist, hides the little fellow, who sic
- from his queer retreat utters the pierc- be
r ing shrieks of the dying child. With a go
1 sponge saturated with a red liquid and go
aptly applied, the juggler produces the Tc
i blood stains. When the spectators rush br
, forward to open the basket, expecting be
i to witness the child's mangled body, the en
l little fellow slips from his hiding-place a
and sneaks away to wherever he is to he
8 make his appearance. That is how it is M
r done, and I say again, poor performers wl
a as Indian jugglers are, it is a mighty th
a good trick." ba
, _ ku
of
? gr
" Answers to Correspondents." 8h
J Desperate Wife.?(1) My husband is M
1 not only false to me, but treats me very dt
1 unkindly. He knocks me down with a
chair, or something, every few hours, a?
3 and last week locked me up in the eel- ^ai
1 lar while he went shooting. When he
? returned, after five days' absence, he re- T?
6 leased me with tba remark: "Great p1'
0 Scott, ain't you de \ yet?" Yesterday ba
6 I detected him putting arsenio in my afc
tea. What shall I do about it? (2) y*
Are underskirts cut gored with raffles j?:
i- this winter or not??(1) You must win
s your husband by kindness. Hiding
b behind the door or under the bed will ^
e only make him worse. Plait your hair ar
s like a trunk handle so that he oan drag
i, you aroond the floor more easily; and
o work him a satin-quilted olub-holder to
>. hang on the bedpost. The great thing ce
is the proud oonBoiousness of having bi
, performed your duty. Do this and all w]
i- will be well in ten or fifteen years. (2) ar
n We'll find out this evening.?San Fran to
oiaoo Post. oi
-rv .
AN APPALLING PESTILENCE.
irlhern Brazil Devastated?Horrible
Mcenes of Disease find Death?Fire
Hundred Thousand Persons Succumb.
The 2ju1u war, the yellow fever visitajn,
the Indian famine, the distress
aong English workingmcn, arc inflaiBimal
compared with the horrible
enes of disease and death in Northern
razil. They are as trivial skin ernp)ns
to the gangrene which has eaten
) Sertao, a region as large as Franco,
ae long account given to the New
>rk Herald, by a Eio Janeiro correiondent,
tells an awful tale. Sertao is
it a matted forest flat, but a rolling
untry, sprinkled with woods. The
iny season is from January to July,
it a drop of water being attainable
other times except by digging;
id when the whole year is dry
e most terrible suffering ensues,
le people are agricultural and pasral.
Not 100,000 out of the 2,500,000
fiHim-nnofl than starvinc
UaUllMUlW uiu WMW* TT?/w D
poor, and the majority are described
a degraded mass of mixed white,
aok and Indian blood. The Sertao
erages 500 miles in width along tho
ast from the Parabypa river to the
in Francisco, and turns southward to
inas Geraes. Iho black spot of the
mine of 1877-8 was Oeara, an area
[ual to the Middle States. Three wet
inters were succeeded by the drought
1878, The unthrifty and starving
>pulation began to eat disease-breed*
g roots. Crushing penances, pillage
id crime were inaugurated. Children
are left to die, and filthy carcasses of
limaiS were greedily devoured. Peoe
orowded into the towns, dying right
id left by tho way?and this was only
e beginning.
A cruel feature of tbi* time was the
irelenting exaction by creditors, and
ide girls begged on the pavements for
od, their bones straining tneir ssin to
irfiting. Lists of the dead could not
i made fast enough to keep pace with
e hccatombs of famished bodies,
omen sold themselves for a meal. The
faulting cabinet of the Brazilian govument
had left a debt of $50,000,000,
d private charity was soon exhanst.
In the most favorable time a man's
dug in Northern Brazil costs twenty
nts a day, and now, when provisions
>re exorbitantly dear, the utmost
?ney subscriptions did not average one
liar per year for each man. Smallpox,
llow fever, beri-beri (a local paralytic
3ease), and new sorts of wasting fevers
came epidemic. Cries, groans, shrieks,
rses, mingled with tbe sickening odor
decaying bodies, for tho living could
t bury the dead fast enough.
One hundred and fifty thousand peoe
fell deaa in Maroh, in Ceara, as they
trried over the stones with bleeding
3t. A Tather killed, cooked and ate
3 own ohild, and cannibalism became
mmon. Grain was looked in magaaes
by the authorities, until a sudden
stribution of money and plenteous
od bred new diseases. The wretcheo
ire shipped to other places like cattle,
ad like vermin and were thrown into
e sea. The government neglected its
and opportunity to put the people of
jara under military surveillance and to
rilize them. A second dry season
me, and although food was now plenty;
sease was unchecked, and deaths con*
med to increase in number per diem,
venty thousand corpse, filthy masses
sores, lay emitting a horrible stenoh
neath a few feet of gravelly soil
1086 who dug the trenches were oiten
phyxiated. Whole families lay dying
d dead together, and the terrible
sue was like one whioh George Eliot
scribes in ' Ro'molu." At Pacatuba,
th 1,500 population, the deatbrate
is 120 a day. The lo s in population
s been over 500,000?sixty per cent,
and a new plague, called the " black
lallpox," threatens to renew these
rrors.
It seems that the devastation might
ve been stayed by vaccination, by disaet
feeding under military direction,
' cleaning and burning contaminated
its and bedding, and by decent burial,
it the government was criminally reas
in its duty. All the good done emated
from a few courageous and gen3us
men. We have no reason to think
at the narrative of these facts, the dels
of which are sickening, is at all exgerated.
A more horrible combina>n
of all the miseries of famine and
fltilence is not reoorded in history,
d the plagues of Athens and of Lonn
scarcely deserve mention beside this
e. And yet the wo-ltt was ignorant
nil this, and the ignorant and willful
gligence of the government of Brazil
ams to have afforded every means for
b spread and fatality of the pestilen,1
famine, uhile opening no way for
correction.
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A rnilUKSS CllUJ/C3 TT ILIA u uubu,
A. princess has eloped with a duke in
moa. His excellency, tlio governor of
a Tan Masaga district in the island of
jola, had a charming sister named
?e, with the complexion of a baked
oro, a coooannt apron, a necklace of
rds' claws, and a fanoy that was free.
3 was ardently attached to her, and
aid not be indaoed to consent to her
urriftge under any considerations, social
political. When Dake Malietoa fell
love with her the conrtship was concted
clandestinely, and eventually an
jpement was agreed upon and carried
:o exeoation. The governor bethonght
mself of a bit of strategy to- recover
ssession of his truant shter. He sent
message to Toe pretending to be reQciled
to her choice, and requesting
r to return and be married nnder cue
ronial thitch in proper style. Tne
sky Lothario fell into this trap. Great
eparations were made for the occasion,
d Lord Malietoa, accompaniel by the
x Toe, set out on his return, followed
all his relatives in an imposing pro3sion,
bearing baked pigs in profutn,
and timing their march to the
ating of tom-tomp. On Sunday the
vernor feigned a violent attack of
ut, and sent a message for the lovely J
>e to hasten to the bedside of her poor
other. The unsuspecting one obeyed,
it no sooner was she inside the govaor's
lines than she was bundled into
canoe and conveyed to Sola Sola, n
r brother's domain. The distracted
alietoa and his retainers remained
lere they were bivouacked, assuaging
eir grief by gorging themselves with
,ked pig and other delicacies, not
towing what disposition had been made
the missing bride. Toe had professed
eat regret for her folly, declared that
e had entirely overcome her love for
alietoa, and would henceforth be a
itiful sister. But she had not proved
Ise to her lover. She sent him a letter,
d within a few hours a war canoe conining
seventy warriors, armed to the
3th, put in to Sola Sola. The faithful
>e had so arranged that the guard of
1 women under whose surveillance she
d been placed should be out of reaoh
the appointed time. When the war
noe came inside the reef she rushed
rth, and without tarrying to casi off
r simple apparel, boldly plunged into
* ?a-- LamI
e water, swam uui iu mo uuat ?uu wm
ken on board. Then she sank into the
ms of her lover.
A resident of Glarinda, Iowa, has reived
a rebuke from his pet caunry
rd. He kept the bird in the room in
tiioh he does a great deal of smoking,
id it finally quit singing, and refused
i even chirp, until it was removed to
lother room where it got better air.
ITEMS OF laruitEsr,
All ships are for saiL I
Grasshoppers sing in the hop era. 1
News of the weak?Hospital reports /||1
A bill-head?The bnst of Shakspeare. fl
Bred on the waters?The ancient mar- ' -Jj
Scarkt fever?Madly in lore with the : 3jjg I
girl with tinted hair. ifl
One herder near Carson, Nevada, has ~ 4
nearly 8,000 Cashmere goata. 1
Steamships for Europe usually aaacj'M I
1. an nru\ frtn fl
flDOQIi OU JW lOCWXD VOVU WM^ri yr, _
None bnt the brave deserve the ltfiirtv^H|
is the way Sitting Boll quotes it. Vr-s
"Scrambled eggs" said the erocer's "I
boy when he dropped his basket t
four dozen hen-fruit. 1
What is the right kind of timber for f%: 9
castles in the air? Sun-beams; moon* ^ 1
beams and star-beams. ; "
Tom: "My father's so tall he can.
look over the garden wall." Jaokr V Sou>^ 1
can my father, with his hat an.-'-Fup^ -j : I
"Everybody," says an exohanga> /-Wm
"likes radishes in Japan." ItX*-.mis- -V1
take. We don't, for one. We liketrara ' ,jfl
The grand secret of Bussian Valor? ;J 1
There's so much "itch" to their names y* I
it's no wonder they "come up to the H
The foundation for the meanest man
laid wnen a hqiuu w; iuiu i
hole in an apple for his companion to
"To get the sack" ia from the i
French?but a young man does not . I
care where it is from as long as it is 9
A writer in the Oinoinhati Gazette. - ' 1
says that 17,000,000 gallons of alcohol ia . ';1
annually drnnk in the United States in M
the shape of malt liquor. '
The man who wrote that."nothing. - 'Ji
was impossible " never tried to find the, : M
pocket in his wife's dress when it waSv Jj
hanging up in clothes-press. M
. canine bepuddm?. -m
There wm once % big yellow dog, * 1
Who furiously ran after a hog. >. 1
He was lost in a tog, > - - -*rrffTW
Which vu thick u & bog,..
And h&8 stood ttill since, all agog. .. m
Geologists have reported thai there iff |
in Japan enongh workable coal to pro- . ' '' , I
dnce a yearly yield equal to that in 1
Great Britain, for one thousand years. I
To be in advance of our oontempojrs- -.'3 1
riee, we feel justified in saying that bath-, S
ing will be fashionable at the various 1
watering-places next summer. ?. 2
A number of enterprising peooaaa I
have been engaged in collecting the a
bonea of the horses that fell in the late 0 aJ
battles between Russia and Turkey;:
and have sold them to Austrian sugar* | ; J
At Santa Cruz, OaL, there Is a womaa' Vi 9
of Spanish extraction, who was married
at the age of fifteen years, and is not yet a
twenty-seven years of age, but dona^^ajfiB
the eleven years of her wedded life has 1
borne fourteen children, all of whom afe-^jB 8
dead, except one. 9
There was an old woman of Bine Bell I
Who, when told some bad news, cried " Do A
But I always said so,
And at onoel sunt go ,.->fW
And tell all the neighborB^B^Be^"^
A .annuiiuii anil tt TIAWflTlflnAI* fiditOF -
a uo tt ojlrnjk/va hmv* ?
hat people don't talk ?bont and some- /. >$ I
imes abuse are rather poor concerns. ---?1
The men and business that an editor :; |j I
sometimes feels it a duty to defend, atin^^H
risk of making enemies of another class,
are often the very first to show their in- " 1
gratitude. The editor -who expects to |
receive much charity or gratitude
soon find out his mistake; but he should 1
go on and say and do what he con- I
scientiously thinks right without regard '''
to frowns and smiles.?Waterloo Ot^ 1
Mary had a little chili I
Which gave her heaps of pain, I
And when she tried to shake that chill I
It shook her back again. ' E
It followed her to school on a day, \ 'j|
Which was aaainat the rale; " ,
It made the children laogh to see '; 5j 8
Poor Mary shake in schooL fl
And so the teacher sent her home,
And bade her take sjme ile fl
To reoonstraot her system and 9
To liquidate the bile. a
Words or Wisdom. fl
Hnrne hearts are seen only at dead"**
tide. "
Most people's compassion is worse > ^
than tbeir indifference.
To be dumb for the remainder of life
is better than to speak falsely.
Ho is the only"1 rioh man in the world &
who has learned to be content with what <**
he has. ? >
No man knows the highest happiness ?v
of life nntil he knows the happinecs of giving
Fire and sword are bnt slow engines
of destruction in comparison with the >;
babbler.
Life would be insupportable if pain / * .*over
a great loss preserved its bitterness * -i
for a long time. If
you sweep your own doorsteps /'Itclean
you will have little time to crifi*
cise those of your neighbor.
Many a man who feels himself great
among little people would find himself f -w\
little if he were among great people. ^
Live within your means and nobody v<
will know how much you have ahead;
but; tjie moment yon borrow a cent peo*
pie know how poor yon are.
Women and men of retiring timidity R
nre oowardly only in dangers which - %
affect themselvee, but the first to rescuo _
when others are endangered. .. *
No man will excel in his profession if ' *
he thinks himself above it; and commerce
will not flourish in any conntry * v
where commerce is not respected.
Mere immensity of size always as " V'
tonuds ; but our wonder at the vast re[
suits accomplished by comparatively '
alight means remains the longest with
as.
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1 he Antiqaity of Weaving. : y
The oarliest records of the art of ^
weaving are to be found in the Old Tea- .
tament. Pharaoh arrayed Joseph in -/*
the "vestures of flue linen," and Job
lamented that his days were swifter than ' ?
the weaver's shuttle, the use of t#6 .
! simile proving that the shuttle was a
common and well-known object at the
time. Portions of woven cloth and* /;
weaver's shuttle have been found among ;
the remains of the lake dwellings, and... :
as the latter are believed to belong to ~7
the stone age, the origin of the art may
possibly have been nearly coincident ,
with tho existence of man. Few, if . *
any savage races have been discovered
altogether ignorant of the art, and mojjy .
of them have brought it to a consideif
able degree of perfection; while the * '"1
relics of the ancient Peruvians and * i
p.nnrrktifina flhnw that thev were skilled .a
*-eji ?.
weavers. Some fragments of Egyptian , q
oloth were found on examination to be
woven with threads of about 100 hanka
to the pound, with 140 threads to tho *
inch in the warp, and sixty-four in the
woof. Although the art was practiced. *
extensively, and with no mean skill, in
very ancient times, it progressed slowly . ?
and gradually?by small steps, at lcng
intervals. The great advances in the
art of weaving have been made during
the past 800 years, mainly during the
past century.?Scientific American. I