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BY HUGH WILSON AND W. C. BENET. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1879. NO. 21. VOLUME XXV. J
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Comfort. gol
II there should come a time, as well there sai<
it
may,
wp(
When euddon tribulation sinjtes thine
. 8W(
heart, the
And thou dost come to me tor help, and stay, Tb(
And comiort?how shall I perform my ne\
part? yeJ
How shall I make my heart a resting place, j
A shelter sale lor thee when terrors smite?
How shall I bring the sunshine to thy lace, "
And dry thy tears in bitter woe's despite ? "
How shall I win the strength to keep my "
voice
Steady and firm, although I hear thy sobs ?
How shall I bid thy laintiDg soul rejoice, ^hil
Nor mar the counsel of mine own heart- ha\
throbs? you
Love, ray love teaches me a certain way,
So, if thy dark hour come, I am thy Btay. ? au
con
I must live higher, nearer to the reach mit
Oi angels in their blessed trustfulness,
Learn their unselfishness, ere I can teach
Content to thee, whom I -would greatly
bless. slig
Ah! -what woe were mine if thou shouldst "
(4
come,
. 44
Troubled, but trusting, unto me for aid, a ^
And I should meet thee powerless and dumb, it
Willing to help thee, but confused, afraid! J <Jj
It shall not happen thus, lor I will rise, of f
C^od helping mo, to higher life, and gain I si:
Courage and strength to givo thee counsel P0.?;
Wlf
wise, it
And deeper love to bless thee in thy pain. ?ar
Fear not, dear love, thy trial hour shall be "
'1'Uft <]AnMAn? Vi^vnrl luifwaan tv*tt V?Adrf on/1 tVlAA t/LC
JLIIV UCUlCOb lA/uu mknoou IUJ uuuiw uuu vuw? v
?All the Year Round. SP?!
ria<2
A LITTLE FOOL.
con,
ll?lV
"I am astonished, Eloise! after all
my instructions as to what society and ficjj
respectability demand of you. If you jjttj
must marry and make a fool of yourself, maj
why not marry Colonel Powell?" ?
" Because I do not like Colonel jjar
Powell, and because I?like some one orn
else. Aunt Ethel."
" I never heard of such a thing. Do ??
you know what you are saying, miss? ?
Such talk, I can tell you, is highly im- ei0j
?roper; and as for not liking Colonel ^a(j
owell, that is nonsense. Colonel Pow- ]eas
ell has everything necessary to win any does
woman's approbation?very old family, (
very fine manners, elegant residence, pja(
servants, carriage, money, and a mem- ??
ber of Congress besides. Don't you wjK
know that you would spend the winters a ;
in Washington?'* Yoi
441 declare it does not tempt me a n;,ri
bit." 5,
" And I don't believe that he is a day j;;
move than fifty."
" He is seventy-five if be is an hour, Y~
and he hobbles and coughs, and is altogether
dreadful. I nevei\ never, never , J
will marry him." *
" Slay I ask who, then, is to have the ous
honor of becoming my nephew?" and
Miss Ethel sat stiffly down, and began ? ^
to carefully re-arrange the pink satin
bows on her white morning dress. RT?1
Kloise sat down opposite her, and 1 .
fingered nervously the rose-buda and 5|n<
ivy leaves that trimmed her garden hat. naf
The two women were strangely alike, se|!]
on! v ono face was forty years old, white, , K(
and proud; and the other was only naa,
twenty, flushine and paling,and answer- Pr0
in*.'every feeling of the hecrt. . !?e '
For some moments Eloise did not lorn
speak, and Miss Ethel Bruce did not urge
her. She sat patiently looking in her
y niece's face, until that young lady, find- ?ne
, inir courage in her desperation, said. nun
with a bland defiance, "The gentleman w?5
who is to have that honor, dear aunt, is , ,
Mr. Henry Torrens."
"Impossible! You would not do such ,13r
a foolish thing?" var
"Oh yes, I would." . *or '
" Do you know who he is?" mar
-*t w mor
ne is? Jnairj.
"Ridiculous! Do you know who his ^
father is?'T i,
% " Nor I don't wan't to know him particularly.
Do you know him, Aunt Fr]
Ethel?"
" No. I dare say it would be very improper
for me to know such- a person.
When we first met him last summer in v
the North, I don't remember that he ~:P
ever named his family."
" Nor I." v
"That looks very bad Eloise. If a
man has respectable relations, of course A
he talks about them." '.J'
"I don't see that it makes any great vT"
difference to me. I do not intend to
marry Harry's relations. I do not care ?r,?r
much about them, anyway. Once he
told me that his mother was dead, and I
said mine was too; and of course we felt
sorry for each other, and all that. But I ol"
am afraid I am a little jealous about Tl
Harry; I would just as lief be the only ?pe
person in the world who had any right Tor
to love him as not. imP
"You make me feel hopeless about mor
you. Pray what do you intend to live 1
upon?" . Hnr
'* Harry has two thousand dollars a '
year." Q6CG
" Two thousand dollars a year! What "^nc
a magnificent Income!"
" Don't make fun of us. aunt. I can- hfiv
not allow that; indeed I cannot. We dm
love each other, and shall be very ?ilei
happy." ful
"Doubtless. May I ask where Mr. ^eri
Torrens is employed?" ' deal
" In West & Green's law office." ploj
"I thought he lived in New York. ?ree
What brought him here?" frfq
"How should I know?" saidEloise, win,
blushing, and involuntarily dropping T.
her voice. oth<
Iler aunt watched her curiously, and mo*
i shook her head for answer. " where m.a^
f have you seen him?for I hope you have ?iec
L not dared to bring him within the pre- But
I cincts of Bruce Place." > l]la1
f " He has never touched a paling of it. she
f I met |him at Aunt KeziaV, ana I &m ?e.r?
sure she would have 'let Cousin Lizzie "lfc
marry him very willingly. She thinks O
a great deal of Harry.'" war
"Lizzie Bruce is different. She has had
five Jittle sisters, and my brother Jake letfc
always spends twenty out of an income the
nf ninnf/ioti Ynn Viqtto OvnOPtatiAnc?nr inor.
at least had. I always intended, if you libr
remained unmarried, to leave you the The
Bruce Place." and
"Dear aunt, thank you for the inten- rem
tion; but I would rather have Harry, casi
I have a little bit of money of my own, ere:
have I not?" wh:
"About four thousand dollars; just yea
^ enough to buy your wedding things, and A
marry you decently. For though you thr
are going to make such a fool of your- spr
self, I shall not show the white feather Bes
about it. I must pretend to be happy orn
when I am wretched, and receive con- boo
gratulations that will nearly choke me; ant
but such trials are part and parcel of a reai
woman's lot; I dare say I shall get nie<
creditably through them." cou
Miss Ethel rose with a proud air, but mo
a pitifully sad face, and attempted to 1
leave the room, but Eloise, with gentle He:
force and many tender kisses, made her tinj
sit down again. wil
" Auntie," she said, coaxingly, " you tar
have asked me a good many Questions, up
and I have answered them truly; new I ly i
am coiner to ask vou some, and I know
vouwilfbe lair with me about them, yoi
First, were you ever in love P" cal
Half smiling and half siehing, Miss am
Ethel sat thinking over the bold ques- the
tion. At length she answered, slowly, Th
" Yes.'Eloise; I once loved as I do not the
thins you have the power to love. It ]
is twenty-two years a?o." He
'Will you tell me about it?" we
" I cannot. Yes?I will try; perhaps ha
it may show you what a waste of life is. sh<
m Wait here a few moments." ag<
She then left the room, but soon re- ha
turned with a little tortoise-shell box in po
her hand. It opened with a spring, and ne'
showed a few yellow letters, a bunch of ha
withered violets and the half of a plain ha
f .
d ring. She lilted the latter and
This in part of his dead mother's
idingring; we broke it in two and
>re solemnly over it to be faithful to
promises we had made to each other,
m he sailed away from me and I
er heard from him again. For two
rs I suffered all the agonies of hope
3rred and slighted love, and at length
ad a fever that left me the colorless
le ghost I have been ever since."
Perhaps he was dead."
No."
Then he was a miserable creature,
[ I should have put him out of my
rt and memory."
Yes, I think you would, Eloise. I
lk. too, that it is likely you would
e let some other man make a fool of
. a second time. I have a different
ore. I did not cease to suffer for
aes Early for five years, but having
quered that weakness I never perted
myself o care for any other
i.".
But you were rich and handsome,
no one else care for you?"
Ciss Ethel smiled queerly, and after a
ht hesitation said "Yes."
Who was it, Auntie?"
Colonel Powell."
Oh, aunt! So you wanted me to do i
ling you would not do yourself."
Yes, dear. You wanted to marry; i
d not. When I was twenty years i
tge, if I had wanted to marry at all,
lould have married for wealth and ,
ition. Colonel Powell can give his
e these advantages." # ]
Are you still in love with this Mr.
I Y O lU^XliVX J .
No, I am not. If I should meet him
lay, I do not think I should care to
ik to him."
Is he alive?"
I suppose so. I heard of his mar- i
;e ten years ago." <
Poor auntie!" \
Don't pity me, child. I am to be
gratulated. If it had not been for i
dear father's opposition, I should j
e married for love, given my fortune :
my life into the keeping of a selfish, 1
le man?ip fact, made just such a ;
e fool of myself as you are about to
;e." j
Aunt, do you really think that '
Ty would forget me in a few weeks j
months?" ]
Of course he would." I
I will try him." 1
You will act very wisely to do so. 1
ise, I am glad I have told you my <
little story; it may make you at /
t 'look before you leap.' Where
s Harry generally leave you?" t
Um!rmr\ nilfl)A \
<Jll LUC 11LL1C uiiu^c uutoiuv/ tuv i
;e." 1
Do not say4 farewell' tliore. Lovers j
? part over running water never meet s
in. Give htm every lawful chance, j
i may bring him into the park to- I
it."
) a few hours afterward there was a (
f bitter parting under the oaks in 1
ce Park. Elose was almost shocked ?
in it was over. In her heart she had *
r intended to frighten Harry, but her
it bad taken the proposal too seri- ?
y. and things had been said that she
Id not unsav. At first, indeed, '
ry had laughed at Miss Ethel's* c
bts of him, and his laughter had
raked Eloise. She did not like the *
g treated as a joke. " It was a very !
)us matter, and she did not see how ?:
ry could laugh at the idea ot not f
ng her for eleven months." J
jr eleven months was the time she '
fixed upon as the limit of her lover's J
>ation. In eleven months she would '
sf age, and could claim her small *
one. If Hairy was true to her, she *
lid then be willing to begin life with J
on four thousand dollars. Besides, J
had a shrewd idea that if she *
lored her aunt thus far, Miss Ethei
tld not withdraw her favor. i
arry was indignant at all such pru- I
tial considerations. He spoke very 1
espectiully of Bruce I'ark, and do- 1
ed he would not say ' Thank you'
;very acre of it, and the old wooden 1
ision thrown in, and that eleven 1
iths was an eternity; they might just 1
re 11 any guuu-uj iuicvui.
lien Eloise argued that" it was very |
1 for him to talk of living on two *
isand dollars a year and each other's <
i. Men could get society, and have '
pie speak decently to them, even if '
t could only afford one new suit in J
lve months; but a woman's friends 1
snded on the condition of her ward- 4
and she wondered if even Harry's
: could stand a shabby old-fashioned 1
ss and one-button kid gloves." 1
arry " was sure she would make anv
is look elegant;" and Eloise said, l
rily, " He was very absurd," and 1
jght so too. So the efld of all Harry (
e ner " farewell" till the 5th of the 1
>wing June, and that with many 1
s ana protestations they finally bo- (
their self-imposed trial of each
ar's fidelity. j
tie next morning's paper announced \
sudden "departure of Mr. Henry i
rens for New York on business of (
ortance likely to detain him some
iths." and Eloise was angry enough i
the information. She had hoped ,
ry would try again to convince lier *
'the folly of parting," and she was nnined
at this interview to be con
led. J
>r some weeks Miss Ethel did not
e a very happy time. Elois wanid
in the park, or about the big
it house, and was not at all cheercompany.
At first Harry's letters i
e so long and frequent that a great 1
oi iier time was sausiactoniy era. >
red in answering them. But by de- i
s they grew both shorter and less <
uent, and toward the beginning of i
ter they stopped altogether. 1
he two women looked sadly in each 1
jr's face at the empty post-box every 1
ning, and Miss Ethel had her will i
le during these days, and left her f
:e all she liad, as some compensation. <
yet often when she saw the sad face <
; had once been so bright and pretty, <
half reproached herself, and won- <
;d whether, where ignorance is bliss, i
be not folly to be wise.
ne day toward spring?a bright,
in day for the season?Elois, who
now long ceased even hoping for a J
er. was walking slowly up and down
great ball dividing the large draw- ;
room and the late Mr. Brace's
ary from the rest of the house. '
ise rooms were very seldom opened,
. still more seldom used. Eloise only
lembered two or three grand ocions
on which they had been used for
at entertainments, tne last Deing mat
ich introduced her into society two
rs previously.
? sudden fancy seized her; she would
ow back the closed blinds, and let the
inz sunshine into the dark rooms,
ides, there were all kinds of curious
aments there, and a great many
>ks; to examine them would pleasly
pass a few hoilrs. Miss Ethel
dily agreed. She was glad to see her
ce interest lier?elf in anything that
ild beguile thought from the one sad,
rtifying subject of her desertion,
toward noon she went to seek Eloise.
r first glance showed her the girl siti
thoughtfully upon the hearth-rug
Sh her lap full ot letters, and queer
nished Hindoo jewelry. She sprang
to meet her aunt, and with astrangejolenin
excitement, cried out:
Oh, auntie, thejr are all yours, all
irs! I was looking at that queer
)inet, and my di;ess turned it over,
I a piece fell out of the bottom, and
(se things were scattered about."
en she ran out of the room, shutting
; door carefully behind her.
?oor Miss Ethel needed her privacy,
re was her lover's vindication; here
re all the sweet words for which she
d nearly died. He had suffered all
2 had suffered; he had poured out his
my and Mb despair in letters which
d never until now readied her. The
or lady took them to her room, and
eer appeared again that day. But she
d no nard words for the hands that
d wronged her. "Dear father; he
meant it for a kindness," was all that
she said.
Still she grew very restless, and continually
declared that she was sure
something was going to happen. But
coming events often cast long shadows
before, and it was full two months afterward
ere Miss Ethel's presentiment
came true. Then she got a letter one
day which threw her into a wild, feverish
excitement. "Eloise," she cried,
almost sobbing with ioy, "he is come;
he is at th* village; he will be here in
an hour. How am I to bear it?"
Women seek each other's sympathy
in hours like this, and Eloise?perhaps
with just a little pang for her own sorrow?gladly
gave it. But when she
joined the long-parted lovers at dusk,
and saw her aunt lingering with tender
r.irasihv t.lie handsome dark Ktranew at
the fireside, she knew that never again
would Aunt Ethel want sympathy: it
was easy to see her lover was still her
lover, and that they thoroughly understood
the past.
Perhaps the sight of their happiness
was a little irritating sometimes to
Eloise. She could not help blaming her
aunt in some measure for the loss of
Harry, and she wondered if she ever remembered
now any of her old opinions
about the folly ot marrying for love.
Many women would have reminded her
of them, but Eloise was not ill-natured;
und when she saw the old lovers wandering
about the gardens so happily together,
she only hoped that her own
blighted youth might have some such
recompense given it; for such a joy it
would be almost worth waiting, a little
while, but not twenty-two years; that
was too strong a test of fidelity.
It was not asked of her. On the morning
of the fifth of June, -when the dew
was yet on the grass, there was a messenger
to see her. He had with him an
jxquisite basket of white roses, and in
their midst was a letter which made
Eloise Bruce the happiest girl in America.
And Aunt Ethel was just as delighted.
" lie must come here at once,"
she said; "they would wait breakfast
for him?and he must never go away
igain."
Then the ladies discovered that Harry
md James Early were already friends,
they had met at a hotel in New York,
irifl hnt.h bavin ir t.liwr hearts in thfl samp
ittle Southern town, they had speedily
secorae confidential. And Harry was
lot long in getting his pardon, though
lis excuse might well have been consid?red
by a less loving mistress as an aggravation
of his offence.
"You see, darling," he explained be,ween
his kisses, "you wanted to test
ny heart, and so I thought it only fair to
et you test your own also. Do you think
,-oii wouid remember me, if you never
;aw or heard from me for twenty-two
rears, as Aunt Ethel did that lover of
lers ?''
" Harry! I should remember you for*ver.
I never, never would have marked
any one else, if you had staid away
iltogether. But indeed it was cruel to
ry me so bitterly."
"And how about you sending me
IWilV ?"
"1 won't ever do it again, Harry; and
[ never really wanted you to go. You
>ught to have known that."
A few nights afterward, as they all sat
ogether on the moonlit veranda. Aunt
Sthel said, very tenderly, "Children,
rames and I will be married next Thurslay,
and we shallsail for Calcutta immeliately.
Could not the two marriages
>e made at onceP Then. Harry, Eloise
ould live on at the oid place, and keep
t from goin? to destruction. It is
^lniso's now: I made it over to her to
lay, and Mr. Green says you are going
nto partnership with their firm, so I
iope you will have enough to keep love
'roin llying out of your windows."
Little more was said at the time, for
Vunt Ethel persistently turned the subect,
but when she came into Eloise's
oom to bid the new bride elect "goodlight,"
the happy girl whispered: "Oh,
lunt, how generous you have been to
is! Surely Mr. Early must be very
ich, to let you give us such a ma/.'nifi:cnt
wedding present."
"No, dear, he is not. In fact, be is
,*et what he calls a struggling man. He
las great ventures on hand; ne may be:omc
rich, or he may lose nearly all he
las made. It is something about indigo,
lear, I know not what, and I don't care.
[ am going now wherever he goes, and I
im a very, very happy woman."
Then Eloise whispered, slyly,
' Auntie, do you remember saying a year
igo that a girl was a little fool who marked
for love?"
" I remember, dear. I am wiser now,
ind I say if the girl is a little fool who
narries for love, she who marries with>ut
it is the most foolish and wretched of
ivomen. On the whole, Eloise, I am
rather proud of our cood sense?eh, my
larling?"
Others, however, seemed to think
lifl'erently; for Lizzie Bruce, meeting
ler friend Selina James one morning,
<a1d: "Selina, what do you think?
! I airy Torrens has come "back, and
Jousin Eloise has actually forgiven him
'verything and is going to marry him!
[ never would have done it. Would
;rou?"
"Certainly I would not; but then
Eloise Bruce was always ?on that sub
ect?a little fool."?Harper*$ Weekly.
The Boy.
In some families, where the daughter
is attended with every care and solici:udc,
the boy is often turned olf to see"k
lis own companions and His own amusenpntq
in run all manner of hiiir-breadth
escapes, moral no less than physical; to
ride on wild engines, to clamber among
;he shipping at the wharves, to dodge
loose horses and mad dogs. To be sure,
iic loarns reliance upon himself and his
resources by this means, while his sister
sits tamely and securely at home, afraid
3f her own shadow. While he is diving
3ff the end of the wharf, struggling with
.Tamp in the surf, paddling his own
anoe amidst rocks or rapids, breaking
through air-holes in the skating-pond,
running witli the tire-engines, accumulating
Strength and knowledge of the
world's ways, she, perhaps, is learning
crochet or lace stitch, or to daub with
water-colors. Left to his ow i devices
thus, his judgment is cultivated daily in
his came of stick-knife, in liis trade ot
aid nails for new coppers with the junkman,
in his wrestling match with unexpected
dangers and his intercourse with
the bully ot the neighborhood. In short,
the boy is only half appreciated, notwithstanding
tne lack of masculine element
in the community. A hungry boy
does not awaken the sympathies as readily
as a hungry girl. One leels that an
orphan boy can shift for himself, but a
girl must be provided with proper guidance.
We have small concern for the
blisters on his hands, for his bare bruised
feet, the shabbincss of his clothe?. It it
v matter ot course that he should rough
if - it. ia t.hfi nrn(!pR8 that fits him for the
rub and tumble in the great world, and
no one wastes a sigh over the affair.
But if there is an errand to run, a kitten
to dispose of, a caterpillar's nest in the
fruit tree to destroy, a horse to catch, or
any disagreeable thing to do, the boy is
called into requisition. In the meantime,
while his discomforts are considered
of no consequence, or at least such as
every boy must expect to go through on
the way to bccomintr a man, as passport
to that dignity, he grows to disreg:ird
them himself "and to reckon it of little
account whether his clothes are wet or
his ears tingle with frost, as that rude
Knniiimen of his kind bore witness who,
being asked if his feet were cold, answered:
"I dunno; feel of 'em." No
doubt this lack of cosseting and consideration
hardens him, so that he may
endure the shocks of misfortune witn
greater equanimity on reaching manhood
and think of other tilings than of
his own sensations.?Harper's Baz(ir.
The experimental cotton factory at
Atlanta, Ga., is getting alontr, with
orders ahead for 600,000 yards oT cloth.
The Cabbage.
Just speak to a fine lady about ca
bases and she will think you have me
tioned one of the lowest things on eart
Madame, you are wrong; it is one of t
most useiul articles of food. Those n
eient nations did not know food scien<
but they knew the value of good a:
nourishing things and they gave the
the place of honor which they deserve
Cabbages were thought of highly
ancient nations, and the Egyptians ga
the cabbage the honor of letting it pi
cede all other dishes; they called it
divine dish. The Greeks and Roma
had a great affection for cabbage a:
conceived the idea, which I have m
self, that the use of cabbage keeps pe
pie from drunkenness. I am persuad
the constant eating of certain vegetab]
kills the desire for alcoholic beverag*
The Greek doctors ascribed all kinds
virtues to the cabbage. It was thoug
to cure even paralysis. The Roma
thought even more of the cabbage thi
did the Greeks. They ascribed to it t
fact that they could for 600 years i
without doctors, and Cato actual
maintained that cabbage cured all d
eases. The ancients knew several kin
of cabbage?the long-leafed green ca
bage, the hard wliite, so much used
Germany ior " sauer kraut," or fermer
ed cabbage, the curly and the red. Tl;
last seems to have held the place
honor, and was at first introduced 1
fkn Pnmiinc infrt ftn.il! nr France ai
then brought to Great Britain. Lat
the green-leafed cabbage was introduce
The Greeks were fond of aromatic se
sonings?of oil, raisin wine and almonc
They coiled or stewed the cabbage ai
seasoned it with cummin, coriand
seeds, with oil, wine or gravy, makii
rich dishes of a vegetable which we no
boil in water and reckon among t
plainest food. Something like aremei
trance of cooking cabbage among t
old Greeks has come down to the mo
ern Greeks, for they stuff cabbage leav
with dainty mince-meats and then stc
them with gravy.?Food and Heai
Leaves.
New York's Nickname of "Gotham,
The term Gotham, often applied
mild derision to this city, says a Ne
York paper, was first employed, we b
lieve, {is a nickname to New York 1
Washington Irving. The name is n
an invention, as is oflen thought; itisi
actual parish of Nottinghamshire, En
land, whose inhabitants were tormer
so proverbially rustic and stupid th
they gained the ironical title ot the Wi
Men of Gotham. Many stories of the
doltishness have been put upon tl
Gothamites one of which is that th<
joined hands on a certain occasion roui
a thorn-bush to prevent the escape of
cuckoo. In order to confirm the tal
the bush?of course, the identical bu?
?is shown <o tourists in that neighbo
hood. It is said that King .John, <
Magna Charta memory, intended on
upon a time to jzo through the parish fi
the purpose of buying a castle ar
grounds. The Gothamites, knowii
that the royal visit would entail co;
siderable expense on them, pretende
when the monarch's messengers a
peared, to be occupied with some sill
ridiculous pursuit, much to the disgu
of tne regal emissaries. These report*
to John what they had seen, and ne d
clared that he would not have a cast
in the neighborhood where such simpl
tons lived. Thereupon the parishone
shrewdly remarked. "More fools, v
wot, pass through Gotham than rema:
in it." Andrew Boyde, a native Gotl
amite, wrote the "Merrie Tales of tl
Wise Men ol Gotham," founded on
commission, signed by Henry VIII., i
the magistrates of the parish to prevei
poaching. All nations are apt to sele
some region or spot as a limbo of fool
Phrygia was the dunce's home in ancie:
days, in Asia Minor, as Abdera was
Thrace, Boeotia in Greece, as Swabia
in modern Germany, Calabria in Ital
Ort'lKroo Qnoir? A Ioqpp f HpfflTY> t.l
Franco-German war) in France, etc.
Words of Wisdom.
The world is governed by thr
things?wisdom, authority and appea
ances. Wisdom is lor thoughtful pe
pie, authority for rough people, ai
appearances for the great mass of supe
fioial people who can look only at t]
outside.
' Seek not to please the world, but yo
own conscience. The man who has
feeling within him that he has done L
duty upon every occasion irf liappi
than he who hangs upon the smiles
the great or the still more fickle favo
of the multitude.
Flatterers are the worst kind of tra
ors, for they will strengthen your ii
perfections, encourage you in all evi
correct you in nothing, but so shade
and paint your follies and vices as y<
shall never, by their will, discover go<
from evil, or vice from virtue.
Imaginary evils soon become rc
ones by indulging our reflections <
them; as he, who in a melancholy fan
sees something like a face on the wall
wainscot, can, by two or three touch
with a laed pencil, make it look visi
and agreeing with what he fancied.
Bread Superstitions.
Among the many superstitions
which a loaf of bread has been t
basis, one of the strangest is that whic
in more than one European country, j
taches special jll-liwk to the turning
the loaf upside down. In Scotland tl
is accounted for by a legend that J
Walter Menteith, the betrayer of Wi
lace to the English, made tuis 'action
signal of attack, whence the reversing
a loaf in presence of a Menteith was co
sidered so deadly an insult as to eau
more than one fatal duel in the old fig!
ing days. The same belief in Germai
is explained by the story of a Bohemi
king," who, happening to reverse his lo:
was warned by a soothsayer that it pi
6aged the overthrow of his kingdoi
which speedily came to i>ass. TheRi
sians hold this superstition so firm
that you have only to turn a loaf upsi
down in any native village to see t
whole company dash at it and revei
it, explaining that when the flat side
exposed the devil comes and seats hii
self upon it, and is not to be dislodg
without a victim ot some kind.
Why Some Birds Never Forage
Flocks.
Mr. Wilson Flaps explains in the .
lantic Monthly why certnin birds, li
chickadees and robins, never forage
compact flocks, as do the sparrows a
other grain-eatine birds. Their fo
consists of insects, and hence they i
compelled to scatter. Tbeir natu
gregariousness, however, causes them
sound a note every now and then,
order to keep within hearing. Wor
peckers do not call to each other wh
feeding, because their hammering
sufficient. Mr. Flagg notices a singu
fact in the association together, yet 1
in the same troop, of the downy wo<
peckers and the chickadee. Th
I 4-- 1-- 4. ?< v,? on
SCUIUS IU l)U 11 DUtl ux iviniiif.y, IIo Oil,
between the small woodpeckers, I
creepers and the chickadee. They
not join company, but keep within lie
ing of one another from a sociable fe
ing. When birds are grain-eaters, tl
*?? lnrrro olr.so flnCKS. lllcQ the Tl
4*4. ~ - winged
blackbirds, becauso thei-i fooc
abundant.
There lias been a great deal of adv
running through the press lately as
the best and most comfortable way
peel onions. One says, " put a lump
bread on the end of a knileanoth
" do it under water." The first woi
seem a little risky and the second r^itl
inconvenient. A good way to peel
onion is to "use a knife about a re
long; but the very best way is to stn
off ten or fifteen miles with a good te
scope and see somebody else ao it.?J
Id Gazelle.
THE BATTLE OF FATAL.
h
The Moit Wonderful I* a vol Battle <
Record.
^ A writer in the Cincinnati Enquir,
ne gives a vivid account of the battle
Fayal, "the most desperate, heroic at
romantic naval action that ever toe
na place on the ocean." It was toward tl
close of the last war with England,
j?" 1814, that the reverses which had a
Dy tended our arms on land, the bankru
condition of the government, and tl
e" capture and burning of th e city of Was
' * ington, on the twenty-fourth of Augus
1814, had thrown a general gloom ai
na despondency over the country. It w
unaer these circumstances that the nc\
fr of the battle of the United States privat
armed brig General Armstrong (nami
^ after the then secretary of war) and h
'8; extraordinary victory, sent a thrill
P: joy and enthusiasm through the hear
of the American people.
n? On the ninth of September, 1814, tl
j~ General Armstrong, of only 246 ton
carrying but seven guns and nine
men, including officers, sailed fro
Sandy Hook, New lork, on a cruis
She was commanded by the late Cor
j? modore Sam C. Reid, then only thin
." years of age, who had been a midshi
? man under Commodore Truxton. C
" the twenty-sixth of September the Arr
strong put into Fayal, one of the Azo
5" islands, for water. About suadown
large British squadron, consisting of tl
ship of the line Plantagenet, of sevent,
j ftrtir guns; the frigate Rota, of fort;
four guns; and the brig Carnation,
rT eighteen guns, commanded by Comm
J?.' dore Lloyd, were discovered entering tl
harbor. The total force of the squadrc
^ was 136 guns and about two thousar
men.
jjp This squadron was a part of the exp
dition then assembling at the island
Jamaica for the capture of New Orlean
j under, the command of Sir Admir
zT Cochrane, who had already succeeded
burning Washington, and was awaitii
the arrival of Lloyd, both expedition
having been planned at the same tin
by the British Cabinet. Lloyd, consi
ering that the Armstrong would mal
a useful auxiliary to the expedition, r
?nnn nanfurp Thp hnV fjfl
JJJ DUIVUi upuu AJLXsA. VI#J/WV4?W. -J ~ ?
w nation came to anchor, and fpm the e:
l6. change of signals and the throwing o'
jy of four large boats or launches, ini
which men and arms were being passe
m it became evident that an attack w;
- contemplated. It being about full moo
fy and the night perfectly calm and clea
a*t every movement could be distinctly see;
3e Although Captain lteid had been assun
,jr of the satety of his vessel by the author
(je ties, he being in a neutral port bclongir
,y to the dominions of Portugal, he neve
jJj theless prepared for action.
a About 8 r. M, the boats, containir
e about forty men each, were seen rapid!
,jJ approaching the Armstrong.
r. As they neared his vessel, Captai
0f Reid hailed them repeatedly, and warm
ee them to keep off, to which they paid r
3r attention, but pulled alongside, wh?
1(1 the British officers cried out, " Fire ar
j? board my lads!" and as the men rose fro:
a theirseats, Captain Reid ordered his mi
(j rinesalso to fire, which was'almost sin
J ultaneous on tlie part of both. One ma
y on board the Armstrong was instant]
killed, and the First Lieutenant, Fre<
>(j A. Worth, a brother of the late Gener
g. Worth, of the United States Army, wi
]e wounded. The men in the boats mi
e. with great slaughter, a large numbi
rg being killed ana wounded, when th<
7e hastily retreated, The Armstrong no
[n slipped her cables and pulled in und<
j. the jaws of the bastile for protection, tl
ie Portuguese Governor having sent a r
a monstrance to Lloyd protesting again
^ any further attack. Lloyd answerc
Qt that he wns determined to capture tl
American vessel at all hazards, ar
- wnnld destroy the town il anv Droteetic
was offered.
jn Consternation spread through tl
ja town; the windows of the houses nea
v est the scene were filled with wome:
jq while the walls and shores were line
with the inhabitants anticipating a r
newal of the attack. At midnight fou
teen large launches, containing fro
forty to fifty men each, commanded t
ee the "best officers of the squadron, we
seen approaching in rotation. Wh<
lQ_ they got within gunshot, a tremendoi
)t[ and effectual fire was opened by tl
T_ Armstrong, which threw the boats in
kg confusion. They now returned
spirited fire, but the Americans kept i
so continual a discharge it was almo
ur impossible for the boats to make ai
'.a progress. They finally succeeded, aft
119 immense loss, to get alongside, and a
er tempted to board at every quart*
01 cheered by the officers with a shout
'rs "No quarter," which could be distinct
tinord An qhnrn n.q well OS fchfiir flliriel
it- and cries. The termination was ne
n-> about a total massacre. Three of t)
Is, boats were sunk, and but one poor bo
iw lary officer escaped death in a boat th
ou contained fifty souls, and he w
od wounded. The Americans fought wi
a desperation and firmness neverequale
al The number of British killed ai
on wounded was nearly three hundra
cy while, to the surpx-ise of mankind, o
or loss was but two killed and sevi
ies wounded. The enemy were employ
le, for three days in burying their dead.
Commodoie Lloyd then made a d
mand on the Portugese governor to d
liver up the crew of the Armstrong
his prisoners, and threatened in case
O' refusal to send 500 men ashore to tal
he them. The Americans immediately r
;1*? tired with their arms to an old goth
^ convent, which they fortified, knock
of nwav t,hi? odioinincr draw-bridse, ai
}}s determined to defend themselves to tl
,ir last. The British commodore, howey<
"* felt his loss already too great to execu
0 his threat.
?* The squadron was delayed ten days
n* Fayal repairing, which delay prov
se fatal to Sir Admiral Cochrane's expet
lt;- tion to New Orleans, as it did not a
ny rive until four days after General Jac
an son and his troops. New Orleans, pi
vious to that time, was totally defent
:e* less, and had Corcbrane ai*rived even
week sooner, it would have fallen i
8- easy prey to the enemy.
ily
de '
"All Mine!"
it An Oregon correspondent, writingt
m- the Country Gentleman, tells this sto
ed of the civilizing influence of hortici
ture. Uncle Buly Rector went to Oi
gon in 1846, bringing seeds, grafts a:
in tools, and took up a square mile of fi
land in the Willamette valley. In t
. scrub-growth, along the edge of t
, prairie, were some crab-apple tre
*e which he grafted.
'j? The Indians were jealous of his inti
ttu C!A? tliAiifrh r\<ifinnnhlo Rv-nnH-hv#
?d chief and fiis band of brav.es and squav
ir9 with hiB ponies and pappooses, camp
L'n* near at. hand on a fishing expedition.
h? The red man, he sain, claimed all t
*n valley?and in proot of this claim sr
>?- they came every year to gather the n
Me pies. Then sweeping his arm in a circ
,13 he exclaimed, "All mine!"
lar The savage thought his argument cc
1"t vincing, una demanded beads and fis
)d* hooks as a tribute.
erc Rectos got rid of him by yielding, a;
?8> for two or three years saw no more
L'ie the noble red man. Then the chief a
"? his string of horses, squaws and dc
again sought the spot, now vas
el" changed by Rector's improvements. 1
pretended to be very angry, perhaps
?(l- on.?.a tfio man nilf nf npftHs fi'
I . OUUl/ tuv ?I?*W v-v 1
118 water and fish-hooks. Standing ere
and sweeping the circle of the horiz
with outstretched arm, he exclaimi
ice "Allmine!"
: io Then Rector said, "All mine, toe
to and beckoned the Indian with him
i of the apple tree, where his grafts wf
er, bearing large red apples.
aid He looked and wondered. The poy
:ier of the white man's medicine to char
an the fruit of the tree was too much for ]
tile philosophy, and when Uncle Billy or
nd more asserted, "It is all mine!"hega
ile- a grunt of assent. The next raorni
ETo- the cavalcade disappeared and never
turned.
THF WARLIKE UTES.'
>n The Struggle of a Fierce Mountain Tribe
Against Advancing Civilization.
er As matters stand, and have stood for
of' over five years, the presence of the Utea ^
id in Western Colorado has been a great ?
>k obstacle to the development of the State. 12
ie In the past Ihey occupied among the a
in mountain Indians much tlie position of
it- the Sioux among* the Indians of the
pt plains. Bold and warlike, they spread ij
tie over a great stretch of territory in West- P'
h- ern Colorado fighting the Cheyennes and "
it, Sioux on the north and the Apaches and 01
id Navajoes on the south. Tneir tribal m
as wanderings extended in all directions
va beyond what is now Colorado, but not
e- many years 'before the admission of the t)<
3d State a great reservation was given ?r
er them, covering a large fraction of the t!1
of State, and the wandering Utes were n
ts gathered at three agencies. The work *r
of bringing the tribe together has only
ie just been completed, one band of Utes
is, having been brought from northern
l-TT XTnm Aftnft aAllfKrtwn TT + rt nrtilnnrt
iij iU'W iTJLCAXtu tu uicsuuuuciu u ia;
m a little over a year ago. 8n
e. Thi government confidently expected, ?
a- as it always does when the boundaries
ty of a new tudian reservation are defined ^
p- by treaty, that the Ute territory would
>n not be wanled for mines or settlement. J"
Q- This seems not unlikely. The currents bl
re of emigration had* flowed for a genera- P
a tion north and south of the Ute reserva- m
ie tion. The mountains were practically
y- inaccessible, and the best maps of trails
y- and rivers in the southern part ol the w
of reservation were made by the Jesuits qi
o- three centuries ago. Te-day the entire w
ie region is one of the best mapped dis- cc
m tncts in the country, thanks to the Hay- a
id den survey, and the most prominent 01
mining region in the West. A Ute war 1I
e- became certain when the San Juan in
of mining region was discovered six years ta
is, ago, and miners swarmed into the In- pi
al dian country. A " treaty" was made er
in and the Utes surrendered a big slice out cl
lg of the southern end of their reservation, si
as leaving a square of white territory with bi
ie Ule land on three sides of it. Unfortu- pi
d- nately mining claims and indications do c<
ke not follow the smooth, straight lines m
e- the commission drew on the map in ec
r- 1873. Miners crossed the reservation
k- line, were attacked by the Indians, dent
fended themselves, and kept up that M
to state of uneasy hostility sure to break ^
d, out into war. A year ago another fc
as commission took the matter in hand, q
n, negotiated another 44 treaty,1' carved m
r, another slice of the Ute land, confirmed
n. their title a third time, and drew more a
;d straight fine lines, to which the miners ^
i- paid 'small attention. ^
ig The Uces still had a magnificent terri- ...
r- tory of 12,000,000 acres; the whole State hi
of Colorado has but 66,800,000, stretch- w
ig ingfrom the northern boundary to its ai
ly southern, with a break where the San gl
Juan mining region lies. Over this terin
ritory, containing a third of the arable
:d land of the State and as large as New ft
io Hampshire and Vermont put together, ec
in but 3,734 Utes wandered. They were ^
id divided into three bands, the southern
m numbering 634 Indians, the middle at pi
v the Uncomphagre acency 2,000 and 800
i- at the northern or White river agency, je
in the scene of the present outbreak. The ??
ly irruptions of settlers have raised dis- ^
I. turbances all over the reservation, but y
ftl the troubles have been worse at the ^
is north. The head chief of the Indians at tr
et the Uncomphagre agency, Ouray, is a
3r man of some civilization, who drives his ai
y wagon, plows his land and wears 44 store
w clothes." By the experience of rough
justice and * occasionally shooting a
ie backslider into barbarism, Ouray has
e- kept very tolerable order.?Springfield
st Republican. tl
;d . aj
le B
td A Philosopher of Suicide. a,
in Russia has not been of late a very de- gi
lightful country to live in, but the m
ip mnrtiAd nf niiitf-inir if. dpanrihfvl in n. ln.t.e si
r- number of the St. Petersburg ZeUung Si
a, must provoke nearly as much astonish- di
id mcntas horror. oj
e- The story told is that of a suicide, vi
r- He resolved to kill himself, and to do it p<
m in a manner absolutely unique; and, in rr
>y fairness it must be owned that he wns p<
re successful. Some years ago a man in pi
m one of our Wcstern States had a some- rc
us what similar idea. He made for himself y<
le a kind of amateur guillotine. An axe, c(
to heavily loaded, was fixed In a groove '?
a above and a block was nicely adjusted vi
id below. The axe was held in place by a gi
st cord, and the cord was passed through ai
ly a pulley and conducted downward. A vi
er candl? was then so arranged that when m
.t- its flame had burned down to a certain tt
ir, point it would,consume, and so release,' er
ol the cord. The inventor of this ingen- w
ly ious machine having seen it in thorough d<
<s working order, bolted his door, swal- ai
ar lo\. 3d a large tumbler of whiskey, fas- w
ne tened himself down in the precise spot rc
li- required for the purpose and was decap- hi
at itated with great neatness at the ap- tl
as pointed time. tc
th We have no intent to make a pleas- gi
d. antry of so ghastly a theme, but it must st
id be owned that there was a certain gro- ce
d; testjueness about this proceeding at pi
ur which it is hard not to smile. The it
en same is true of the Russian case. This cl
ed imhaDDV man determined not to cut his R
hc#l off, but to roast himself to death, af
le- Nothing would content him but to do m
e- this in a way that would insure the most di
as excruciating tortures. But be also de- 01
of sired that the world should be thor- st
ke oughly made aware of the fact. If he It
e- were simply found roasted or boiled the gs
lie presumption might be that it was acci- tl
ed dental or that he was insane, or that lie m
id had taken narcotics or anaesthetics by ei
lie way of dulling the pain or becoming in- v<
;r, sensible to it. He had perhaps heard ft
ite of the Western man whose case we have tl
described and he had certainly made a c*
at profound study of suicide. Now, there b
ed was good reason to believe that the fc
li- Western man, before tying himself t!
ir- under the axe, had got extremely ai
k- drunk; and the Russian was resolved tl
.'e- that no odium of this kind should attach cj
ie- to his memory. Hence, after arranging o:
a and subjecting himself to his apparatus ir
in he wrote memoranda in four different II
languages, explaining his purpose and tl
the circumstances of its consummation, n
He first fixed a line of candles to a ft
board, set the board at a suitable dis- vi
, tance under his couch, and then lay on ci
,}e his back on the frame or skeleton of his U
*2 bedstead in such a way that the candlcs ti
I1' roasted his back, or, according to the ti
e7 Zeilung, "carbonized his backbone." si
He was found naked and dead, and his b
, ? manuscripts in the four tongues were a
lie close by him. These were in German, v
Russian, Polish and Czschish. He was d
!es anxious to show in dying that he was v
not a coward. Hence his selection of a ti
31" mode of death that, in his own words, n
3 :l should assure " the most atrocious suf^
ferings." A woman, as urfual, was at
ea the bottom of his troubles, and he liter,
ally died cursing her. "Bcshe accursed ,
.? with my last breath "are the concluding
n- wor^s message tlie poor wretch 5
left behind for the pity ana wonder of *
ie* his fellow beings, and doubtless for the f
grief and remorse of one of them.?New
^ York Evening Post. *
" s
ajj. How a Horse Killed ft Dog.
n(j One evening not long ago there was a n
curious fight between a dog and a horse j
tfy on North C street, in Virginia City, c
fle Nev. The horse was running loose in c
t0 the street, when a bulldog, belonging to
re. Henry Matthews, rushed out and began j,
* ~ nn/tAiit?a<yA^ I
IU YVUllJ It. lUiitmcwo cucuuingvu vhm
orJ dog, -winch made several attempts to jj
fasten itself on the horse, hut at the c
same time fought shy of th? spirited ?
)!? animal's heels. Finally the doc came r
t0 in front of the horse and sprang straight c
?re for its throat. The horse struck the ^
dog on the shoulder with its right fore- j.
ror foot, and the dog, howling with pain, r,
11~ J fho rrrnlln/1 i.
IQPQ 1UI1CU UUHVUIOIV'IV upun lav aivuuvu ||jj8
The liorsp then trampled savagely upon" t
ice it and killed it. t
ve s
nc One family of four persons paid a bill b
re- of $280 per week at a Saratoga hotel for s
the past season. 1]
TIMELY TOPICS. '
An important movement, looking to
le placing of American horses before
le public, was inaugurated in New
ork recently. The object is to organic
a company for the establishment of
grand central and international horse
?ency and repository for the sale of
arses and carriages in that city,
eonard Jerome, J. R. Keene and others
opose taking part in the enterprise. Of
le proposed capital stock of $100,000,
rer $35,000 was subscribed at the first
eeting.
Of the war waged between man and
;ast m India the yearly statistics are
ice more published, and it would seem
lat during 1877 the slaughter was terble.
Nineteen thousand six hundred
id ninetv-five people were killed?
rty-six by elephants, 819 by tigers,
0 by leopards, eighty-five by bears, 564
r wolves, twentv-four by hvenas. 1.180
j other , wild animals, ana 16,777 by
lakes. Fifty-three thousand cattle,
oreov.er, succumbed in the fight. On
ie other side, under slimulus of a reai*d
amounting to more than ?10,000,
!,85l wild beasts and 127,285 snakes
ive been killed; a large total in itself,
it small when the losses man and doestic
animals have sustained are taken
to consideration.
A correspondent in Mexico, who took
ith him from the United States a large
lantitv of agricultural implements,
rites Lome that he is more tnan ever
mvinced of the grand opening that
>untry offers for American trade; and
ie of the most enterprising natives of
ie country writes that he is introducig
the late inventions on his own esites.
Reapers and threshing machines
rove highly successful; also corn plant's
and cultivators. Many other marines,
such as portable mills, corn
lellers, straw cutters, etc., have lately
sen put to use, and from the short exsrience
had of them, the writer feels
jnfident that farmers in Mexico will
nve to adopt them, and will economize
luch time, labor and expense.
The "Indian troubles" in Colorado
id elsewhere represent pretty fairly
icnormai state of things in Algeria
irty years ago, and .in some parts ol
entral Asia at the present day; but it
lust be owned that in point of humanity
le record of both France and Kussia is
very dark one, even as compared with
meriac. One of Marshal Pelissier's
frican exploits, to take only one inance
out of many, was to maintain a
age fire at the entrance of a cavern filled
itn Arab fugitives, including women
id children, till every soul within was
iffocated?a tale which one may still
sar told with muttered curses by some
:ay-haired Kabyle on the border ol
ie Sahara. St. Arnaud destroyed an
[ual number even more barbarously,
ccidentally discovering that a crowd
' natives had fled into a subterranean
issage, he ordered his unsuspecting
ildiers to block up the only aperture
ading to the outer air, and thus to
make the lair of the brigands their
>mb," as he theatrically phrased it.
ears later, when telling the story to an
nglish traveler, he added, with exeme
complacency, " I am naturally the
indest-hearted man living, but there
e times when a little severity is Useil."
_____
Hon Mushrooms Grow.
Mr. Julius A. Palmer, Jr., writes to
ie Boston Transcript: A few years
;o the banks of the lot opposite the
runswick Hotel, this city, were sodded
id the land leveled to its present
ade. As the pick of the worklan
broke up the soil, a white
lbstanco ran through every piece,
tarting with large branches, -it
ivided and subdivided like the veins
i the back of the haDd. The smell was
" awSaIvIvv nn a r\vv_
UIJ SllUlig) UUIUMJ UUUV/CU VIA UliW upjsite
side of Uie way. This subterinean
white vein?for it had that apjarance?wa3
nothing but the hidden
irt of tlfe Corprinus comcUus, a mush>om
freely eaten now, although tw&nty
;ars ago thought to be poisonous. The
immon name of this substance is
ipawn." Just as a cutting of the grapeine
placed in conditions favorable to
:owth will shoot up, put forth branches
id bear fruit, so a part of this Corprinus
ine transplanted will continue to
unify and in time show the result in
le form of mushrooms. The whole
irth beneath your feet, on a country
alk, is alive with vegetation to a great
jpth. This vegetation is juatas real,
id the various vines?or, in other
ords, th&thousand varieties of mush>om
spawn?are just aa distinct as the
apvine and the woodvine, tbe ivy and
le virgins' bower that twine 'their
ndrils above your head. Just where
ew this year a peculiar kind of toadool,
there, next year and so on for suc ssive
harvests, will you find the same
lant. There is no more mystery about
s appearance than in the growth of the
lestnut on the tree that shades it.
apidity of growth is not near as general
i it is thought to be. .The common
lushroom and many others lorm for
lys just below the soil. A heavy <lew
r an evening shower straightens the
em of the fungaa and expands its top.
; break3 the earth in the night, and the
itherer is able to find in the mording
le white buttons wherft he could see
r?thinsr the nixrlit before. So, popular
Tor has made mushroom growth prosrbial
for a superficiality which by the
ingi at least is undeserved. Further,
le various varieties of toadstools suc;ed
each other in rotation just as the
loodroot and anemones of spring are
dlowed by the roses of summer and
le cardinal or gentian of fall. These
re not theories that are here advanced;
ley are the results of several years'
ireful watching of the growth of this
rder of plants. On the very spot where.
1 1874,1 gathered mushrooms, there, in
379,1 find the identical variety, bo that
le lover ol fungus may have his regular
arvest with all the certainty of the
irmer who looks for the return of his
'heat crop or tlie results or nis cranoerry
ulture. With just that degree of cerlinty,
no more and no less", for, as cerlin
years are favorable for the producon
of certain fruits, as the potato crop
3metimes fails and the apple orchard is
arren, the mushroom sp:iwn, usully
producing abundantly its expected
ariety, mav pass a year, or even undei
ifliculties oecome extinct. The blight
rhich may visit all life, animal or vege<
ible, does not fail to fall at times upor
ly humble friends.
An Indian's Fight With Bears.
An Indian known as " Peavinc Tom 1
OH liorl )ionrl_<n-li!iri<1 ('Tlfniintpr wit.l
ome bears on the mountain a'oov*
tuck's ranche which must have been s
srriblc battle. lie was hunting in tin
reality spoken of and found a " beai
callow" in a little valley and suddenly
ame upon five bears, ilo says 1 hat h<
hot one, 'killing it, wla-n another at
iicki'd him. His only dependence was
n his butcher's knife, and with this h<
nmaged to kill the second one. About
his time another attacked him, and tin
onflict must have been fearful. Pari
if the Indian's scalp was torn from his
icad, his face was badly lacerated anr
lis arm, side and one thigh were fairlj
'eaten up." No bones were broken
mwni'ir iml til'mnn;i rrcil l/i stjixwr finf*
rawlto.the road, where he was found
nd taken to Buck's ranche. Mr. Wagtor
dressed his wounds and at last accounts
ne w;is improving and in a fait
ray to recover, lie says that he would
lave been killed but that he kept his
aee down most of the time and let the
tears hite his buck, went out
o the scene of the lijnit and found the
hree bears dead and two Indian's knife
ticking in one of them. He must nave
ieen " game to the backbone," and deerves
the title of the '* boss beat
iunter."?Pulma* ( Cal) National.
THE SNAKE DANCE.
A Wonderfnl Snake Story Told tor an
Agent of the Jloquii Indiana?A Pit
Filled with Battler* and Serpents of
all' Kind* and Taken ont by the
Month.
Mr. W. R. Mateer, Indian agent of
the Moquis Pueblos, of Arizona, gave a
St. Louis reporter a thrilling account of
a strange ceremony practiced by tliat
tribe, called the " Snake Dance." The
Moquis regard the serpent as a sacred
reptile, possessed of the power of controlling
the elements, and disposed to be
friendly to man. They never kill a
snake, and frequently handle the most
poisonous serpent with impunity. The
rattlesnake is regarded with special
TTtmoroli/Mi and fhoir htfo is nn mftrP
dreaded than the scratch of a mesauit
thorn or the pricking of a cactus. They
have an antidote for the bite of a rattlesnake
which is infallible, and never fails
to effect a cure in a few minutes when
administered immediately. An Indian
of this tribe, when bitten by a rattler,
swallows the antidote at once, and, after
being stupefied for a moment, becomes
entirely restored and never feels any pain
or inconvenience afterward. All attempts
of white men to learn the ingredients
of this antidote have proved futile,
as this secret is guarded with religious
fidelity, and an Indian would lay down
his life rather than communicate the recipe
for snake bites to a pale face. If a
white man is bitten by a rattlesnake the
Indians will not hesitate to jgive him the
antidote, but he must not inquire what
t is composed of.
The snake dance is performed by the
Moquis every two years, and is resorted
to as a means of propitiating the Spirit
of the Summer Bain to sena abundant
showers to fructify the earth and make
the crops grow. The corn is planted in
the moist sand of the mesa, without
previous preparation of the ground, for
the plow is unknown to the tribe, and
after it has grown to a certain height,
and needs moistening from the clouds,
preparations are made for the grand
snake dance. A deep and wide excavation
is made in the diit floor of one of
the largest houses in the village, and tlie
whole tribe go out to hunt ?nakes. These
they catch with their hands and bring
them in twined around their necks.
, coiled in their bosoms, or wrapped
1 around their legs and arms. All kinds
i of snakes are captured?the rattler, the
viper, the moccnsin, the blue liicer, the
black, the carter, the ereen, spoked?in
fact, every variety existing in the country.
These to the number 9i several
Hundred are placed in the pit in the floor,
, and the mouth is covered'over with a
buffalo robe, the hairy side down to prevent
the reptiles from crawling out and
escaping. Then la certain number of the
old men dance around the pit, chanting
I monotonous songs and calling upon the
imprisoned seroents to intercede with
the Spirit of the Clouds to send vain
upon the thirsting cornfields. A body of
younger men next form a circle around
the pit, and go through a similar ceremony.
Then come the old women, who
, have a different chant, then tho young
married women, *hen the boys, ana
finally the virgins with their hair done
up in loops, and then for a few moments
a solemn silence prevails, during which
the hissing of the serpents and the shrill
sound of their rattles are heard under
the buffalo robe. These sounds are taken
as favorable tokens that the incantations
have been successful, and that a copious
fall of rain will follow. Then the buffalo
robe is removed, and then the men
and boys leap into the pit, and each one
brings forth a snake, which he holds in
his mouth. Sometimes a man will
emerge with two or three small snakes
in his mouth. As each man emerges
from the pit with his mouth full of
snakes he runs at full speed down the
almost .perpendicular side of the mesa
until he comes to the plain, and there
gently releases his captives, who at once
take to the grass and quickly disappear.
After the.pit has been emptied the men
examine the wounds on their arms,
breast and faces, ?*nd if blood has been
drawn they know that the fangs of a
rattler have entered their flesh, and they
lose no time in applying the antidote.
The wounds inflicted by the rattlesnakes
are very painful, ^he rattler,
when provoked, is the most savage of all
serpents, and will continue to strike and
lacerate an enemy as long as lie is
within reach. Sometimes an old snake
with full-grown fangs will fasten upon
the cheek or arm of an Indian and hold
on until the fangs are torn from his jaws.
Mr. Mateer witnessed one of these snake
dances of the Moquis recently, and was
horrified at the sight. He saw the blood
streaming from the arms and breasts of
the Indians, who bore the pain with
stoic indifference, and seemed to take
pleasure in the infliction. They believed
that Che more savage the snakes became
and the deeper the wounds inflicted, the
more copious would be the 3hower. On
the occasion of the last snake dance the
Indians of one of the villages refused to
participate. For some reason they believed
that the rain would come without
the dance, and while the other villages
were engaged in the ceremony they sat
idlv in their houses listening to the noise
an^. smiling at the unnecessary trouble
their neighbors were taking. Subsequently
they had good cause to repent,
for when tlie rain came sweeping aown
from the mountains it poured a copious
flood upon the snake-worshiping villages
and their fields and passed around the
heretic village and their parched cornfields,
leaving them as dry as a powderhorn.
The result was that six of the
Beven villages raised abundant crops,
and the other had to call on the agent
for government,rations.
Haj Fever.
A new view of this disease has come
to be entertained, the result of a more
careful study of it. It is found to be
nervous in its origin; to come not from
without, but from within, though it
may have numerous exciting causes.
Dr. Beard, of New York, who uas led in
! the more recent investigations, says
' ILK lb LL1U3U VViJU liUVlVUgllij uuvviwvmum
the nerve-theory of hay fever are prepared
for the discovery of almost any
conceivable manifestation of this won1
derful malady.
1 Though he has seen or studied, over
1 eight hundred cases, every season brines
to his attention novel, unexpected, and
1 unimaginable caprices in its history and
" symptoms. He adds: "In the family
t of neuroses" (nerve diseases), "to
which hay fever belongs, nothing can
* surprise, nothing is anomalous, nothing
is inconsistent With the evolution ol
the modern constitution, new shapes
and type of symptoms are every year
> coming under observation."
t While eminent physicians have looked
^ upon running of the nose, sneezing,
^ cough, asthma, ana inversion to iigui :w
, essential to the disease, I)r. Beard has
" known a case in which the only symp.
torn was intlammation of one eye, com,
ing on suddenly every summer. Another
' was characterized only byaneczematous
eruption of the face, coming on yeai
; after year, between the twentieth and
? twenty-fifth of August. If theeruptior
, was suppressed by treatment, an attack
' of asthma followed.
j In another c ise the only symptom wa<
I spasm of the oesophagus; ia anotlior.
r loss of voice; ir. another, the attack w;i>
preceded for two or three days by proj
found mental depression, during which
I immense quantities of alcohol could be
taken without any apparent effect.
" Like all the "nerve-maladies of the
. family to which it belongs, hay fever is
I by far the most common in the North,
; and it TCgwIarly decreases in frequency
, as we go South."? Youth's Companion.
; The world is a looking-glass, nnd
? gives back to every man the reflection of
his own face. Frown at it, and it will
. turn and look surly upon you: laugh
at it and with it, and it is> a pleasant,
kind companion.
The Fail of the Year.
Oh! the elms are yellow,
The apples are mellow,
The corn is ripe in the ear;
Tho birds leave off nesting,
The oarth begins resting,
Because 'tis the lall o' the ye&r
' ' ypi
The crickets are calling,
Tho red leaves are tailing, *
In the field the stubble is sera;
Tho day of the clover
And wild bee if over,
Because 'tis the Ml o' tho year.
Since summer is flitting,
Dent iriend, it is fitting
The heart should make double cheer
So lot us go smiling
TV ith love life beguiling,
Because 'tis the lall o' the year.
?Mrt. M. F. Butti, in Boston Traiucripe.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The board of education?The school'
master's shingle. . r .
Man is often driven to desperation
with his own hobby horses.
Can an editor's hat bo called the newB
tile??Syracuse Sunday Time9.
" You don't seem to like me when I
rhold," the ink replied to the angry
scribe.
Always in " order." The five letters
which compose that word.?New Fork
News.
A gauge that no man should measure
his property by is the mortgage:?-.Some
Sentinel.
" This is a late fall," said Heffelspin,
as he sustained a midnight tumble.?
Some Sentinel.
When a corner loafer dies in Tennessee,
the newspaper says: " Anether old
land-mark gone."
It is estimated that American travelers
expended last summer, in foreign
travel, $17,000,000.
A man?so to speak?who is not able
to bow to his 6wn conscience every
morning, is hardly in a condition to respectfully
salute the world at any other
time of the day.
The St. Petersburg Globe says tha.11,854
persons were incarcerated in the
Central prison at Moscow during the
summer, 10,477 of whom were condemned
to exile in Siberia.
A London clergyman has described
the orchestra and coffee palace in Regent's
park as ""twin roads to hell,
along which the rising generation are
invited to walk on Sunday."
You may put a mean soul, like a poor
9 ?? *? ? AMi) ho in mada
picture, in a uuawjr uiuuc, uuu u? u> uvuv
the better for it; and I yon may pat a
great soul, like a good picture, into-a
common frame, and he is none the worse
for it.
Four years ago there were only 157
Chinese"io the city of New York. There
are now more than 3,000 of them. Of
thes.*, 500 have laundries, forty run groceries,
twenty tobacco shops, ten drug
stores and six manage restaurants.
Great Britain's standing army of 133,000
men costs $85,000,000 per annum; <
France has an army of 470,000 men at an
annual cost of $100,( 00,000; Russia,
787,000 men at $144,000,000; Austria,
296,000 men at $51,000,000; Germany
420,000 at $92,500,000.
An eye to the future: Mother to her
daughter just seven years old?" What
makes you look so sad, Carrie P" Carrie,
looking at her baby-brother three
weeks old?"X was just tlnn&ng. that
in about ten years from now, when I
shall be. entering company, and having
be<ux, that brother of mine will be
just old enough to bother the. lile out of
me."-Puck.
A hungry printer is not apt to criticise
the typographical appearance of a bill of
fare. ?New York News. Especially if he
is satisfied with the quality of the inside
matter.?Stamford Advocate. But hejfrequently
forms an' opinion of the pi; an
assertion which neeasno proof.?Oennert.
And lie gobbles all the fat he can get.?
N. Y. Monthly Union. And sticks to
it regardless of the rule to take as you
ticd.?Nauyatuck (Conn.) Enterprise.
Tim new iiouor law in Michigan is
(juite stringent in its provisions, and
imposes severe penalties for its violation.
Under this law no intoxicating
drinks are to be sold on Sunday, nor on
week days between the hours of nine
o'clock at night and six in the morning,
excepting in certain cities where the
night hour is extended to ten o'clock.
It also prohibits its sale in any billiard-room
or other place where games
of chance are played.
Now knock the nuts from off the tree
And store them in the barn,
And sheer the chickens and the geese,
And spin your winter's yarn.
Dig up your ontside windows soon,
And train them to the wall;
Put on the rubber moldings, too, 4
And the storm door withal.
Your cellar floor with coal now dress,
And sharpen up your ax;
Your name set on the voting list.
And promptly pay your tax.
And when the winter's storm shall rage,
And snow and hail shall come,
. Just spend your evenings with your wife
And family at home.
?Boston Transcript.
A novel invention recently exhibited
in St. Lous consists of a fire-prool shutter
that is opened by a stream of water.
The shutters are constructed of iron
with holes about a foot square near the
center, which are protected by iron
slats. On the back part or inside of the
shutters beneath the slats there are
small water tanks, so that when a
stream of water strikes the slats a portion
of it runs through and fills the
+.,nL-c on/1 n<> snnn as thev are full the
weight, together with the force of the
stream, trips the shutter fastenings and/
the shutters fly open. The shutter
hinges are fastened on an inclined plane,
so that it may be said the shutters open
by their own gravity- Simply filling
the tanks with water will not cause the
shutters to open, as force or a shock are
also requisite.
The Tunnel Under the Hudson*
Work on the proposed tunnel under
the North river between Jersey City *
and New York is now in progress.
About forty men are at work building
; the perpendicular shaft, which descends
: by gravitation a* fast as the toil h<*neath
is removed. When this turiss of brick
| masonry has been sunk about H.vtv
feet, the archway ouiit into one side and
temporily bricked u|> will be opened, so
1 that the horizontal shaft, or tunnel
I proper, can be pushed forward beneath
II the river's bed. Ori this latter part ol
' the work an "air jock" win u?? muu
duced, consisting of an iron cylindei
KixG feet, [so arranged by means of a
hinged door that laborers can pass
[ through it into tho compressed airchamber
and go on with the excavation.
1 The outward "pressure of tho air is cx1
pectod to assist in excluding water and
* upholding the roof of earth. Colonel
? - -? l.J.iic/.f ditr re
I il:l5KlM I'.xpjvnacw iuiuovk ?... -1
oorter with enthusiasm. confident that *
' In the end he will succecd in one of the
1 most remarkable engineering lcnts of
' modern times. The expectation is tli.it.
1 the Erie and Pennsylvania railroads,
' the New Jersey Central, Delaware.
Lackawanna ami Western, and other
' iinportiint lines which are now depen1
donee on river transportation, will send
their trains through the tunnel, which
wiii have a capacity for 400 trains every
twenty-four hours.
The tunnel will be about one miie
under the river, with approaches
at either end?12,000 feet aiunrethcr.
It will he circular in form.-0x21 In t.
liitted with a double tra<;< railway
Total estimated cost, $!0,n:i0.000 ?
American Sfiip. i