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BY HUGH WILSON /and \y. C. BENET. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1879. NO. 22. VOLUME XXV. . |
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Ups and Dow ns. ,
One day, as I have heard it said,
It chanced a nig and bit ot lead
Lay in the kennel snug tog? ther
In very wet and muddy wea ther.
The rag?was spoiled, and old , and to ,pnj
Tho bit of lead was bruised a nd wc ,rn;
Two wail?, whose worth, at full p .ocount,
Was of such very small am oitnt
They well together might r emoin,
To bide tne pelting ol the n tin.
Yet, low as was their preset s'atc,
They both had known a 1 ,ottev fate.
.1 AHAA lvonn 1 3 LJ*
1 ne ru? umi v?wo joviu uiiu wimt\
In every way had plea the sight;
And, in its time, harl aliped adorn
A bride, upon her he r -wedding morn;
Lent to her figure n n(i her face
An nddod, though anneeded, grace,
Nor thought sucV 4 parting and distress
Could e'er belal'^ a wedding dress!
The picce of l'^ad could not forget
Its fortu acs tmd been nobler yet;
For, uk jlJed well, for use of one
Who v /aa tig country's taithful son.
It hn d?though that was long ago?
Bee ji sped against that country's foe,
A jid, guided by unerring hand,
ila<l stretched him lileless on the sand.
There came a man, with hook and bag,
Who bore away the lead and rag,
And both *ere to a shop consigned,
With many others of their kind.
When winter passed, and summer came,
The former rag had changed its name
To paper, and it might avow
It ne'er had been so white as now.
? Meanwhile, the lead, so long despised,
"Wno an tr??rhlv nrizfid:
For, meltec, purified and cast,
It -was a printer's type at last.
They now, in this, their new condition,
Were put into their old position;
Drawn closer than belore, to kiss,
And find their apothesis.
What greater immorality
Than helping genius not to die ?
?Scridncr.
IN THE ORGAN-LOFT.
The liajht of a September suuset lay
full on the elm-tree boughs, and checkered
the pavement below with soft rosy
glooms, when a cab from the station
stopped in front of the quaint brick
building which did duty as " seminary "
to the Bracey theological students, and
a young girl got out of it. Even-song
was in progress. From the ornate little
Gothic chapel which stood at right an*
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gies W1U1 me JUUg H1US nuwc UK, o>uuents
housed, sounded a Grecian
chant, rendered by a chorus 0/ fresh
manly voices. A little strip of closelyshaven
lawn divided the chapel from the
street. Its smooth green was broken
now by long bars of pink light, and here
and there a reddened leaf'on the ivy
above glowed like a carbuncle in the
sunset nre. It was a pretty and peaceful
scene, not at all resembling her preconceived
ideas of what America was
going to be, thought Aimee Trenchard,
as, after dismissing her cabman, she
caused a moment on the door-step before
ringing the bell. A bird'i shadow
flitted across the illuminated grass; the
chant softened and died; a sleepy twitter
was audible in the tree-tops. From
the far distance came the soft chiming of
a bell. The sweet bell note and the
dewy silence won her attention so long
that black-gowned figures began to pour
out of the chapel before 6he remembered
? what she had to do. Then she rang, and
entered, but not so soon as to be unobserved,
and young Chasuble poked his
chum in the ribs and whispered, " Hey!
What's that? A visitor to the doctor!
It must be that girl from Xova Scotia.
!,o .Ir.on'o rlnmrlit-pr \'rm know. I'll tell
you what, she's pretty."
Faith rather than vision prompted this
statement, but Frank Chasuble was justified
in making it. nevertheless. Aimee
was pretty, very pretty. With the slender
swaying figure which, with her
rarae, she had inherited from her Canadian
mother, she combined that beauty
so especially the dower of English girls,
a compelexion of unequaled fairnesstrue
roses and cream?and lips as fresh
and red as' a dewy clove-pink. Her hair
had golden glints in it, and waved naturally
back from a white forehead,
beneath whose pencilled brows looked
out a pair of clear eyes, as blue and fearless
as a child's, in whose regard innoocnce
and ignorance were charmingly
combined. For Amiee had been "brought
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father, and a gentle rectangular old aunt,
and this was absolutely her first peep
into th6 wider world which lav beyond
her guarded school-room bound. Dr.
Bracey, an old college friend of Canon
Trenebard's, had taken Nova Scotia, the
year before, as the objective point of his
summer vacation, and had then and
there fallen in love in a fatherly way
with his friend's daughter. " Poor dear
little thing,"he called her in his thoughts,
for she seemed to him cooped up and
lonely, quite unlike the girls he was in
the habit of seeing at home, and he plied
her father with entreaties and arguments,
till at length he won reluctant consent
for a visit to " the States" during the en
Sillily yt'Hr. JLillS V151l? lUi Ulic lcaouu
and another, had been postponed till
now, 60. here was Aimesjust arrived,
with three months of delightful novelty
and adventure before herj and bringing
a heart as unhackneyed as a baby's to
meet them, whatever they might prove
to hold.
As may well be imagined, her advent
v created a tumult among the "Bracey
Boys." Absorbed as these young gentlemen
were supposed to be in devotional
observance and theological lore, intei>
vuls more or less existed during which it
was both possible and natural to notice
the propinquity of a pretty girl, and
when both prettiness and propinquity
were so unusual, these intervale; became
more rather than less. Aimee had
hardly been there a week, had attended
matins and even-song not more than a
dozen times under the wing of demure
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Mrs. Kracey, Deiure nan mu actum.UJ
were her svowked slaves, and the other
half showed symptoms of yielding. One
and all, in greater or less degree, wen
charmed with the fresh beauty of th<
young English girl and expressed it ir
their different ways, by fiction, or bj
silence, which is sometimes as eloqueni
a thing as action.
<*** Aimee enjoyed her honors modestly
and meekly. A little eonsciousnes.'
crept gradually into the frank eyes, i
shadc'of innocent coquetry, perhaps, int<
the manner?that was all: and no harn
either, pronounced Dr. Bracey,, as h
watchea this gradual unfolding of th
womanly instinct. He loved tne girl
and it pleased him to see her havinj
"a good time," after the fashion of he
age and sex. "It will do her all sorts o
good," meditated this worldly-wise ol<
theologue, with a chuckle, and h
ruhben his hands approvingly.
Simple Dr. Bracey! Themomentar
?xtroa nil hp hfl.
amusement ui nu .. ? ?
in his mind. It aid not occur to hir
that happiness, most happiness, has t
be paid for in one shape or another, an
that the settling day, when it comes, i
rarely a pleasant one. Among the crow
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of admirers is aiways oue nuu swuv
pre-eminent in a girl's fitney. In Aimee
this one was Frank Chasuble. He wj
the handsomest young fellow in the sen
inary, for ono thing. His views we
"high," but throtwas no objection to t)
church-loving girl; and as the only so
of a rich man. ne had it in his power t
express and adorn these views with a
the ornamental touches with whic
modern arts essays to decorate an au
tew faith. Nobody wore such wais
coats as he; his bands were miracles i
fineness; the little cross at his buttoi
hole was an antique gem. The sec
-crief of his life was the wearing of the
inevitable student's black gown; its consolation,
the contemplation of a drawer
full of advanced garments, embroidered
stoles and the like, with which he purposed
to bedeck himself the moment
that ordination should set him free to
do as he liked. He was altogether a
fascinating combination?enough to
kindle the fancy of anv girl; and Aimee
was in the fair road for a heartache
when ."something happened, of which I
shall now proceed to tell you.
Among the little maid s accomplishments
was a fair skill in water-color
drawing, and it occurred to her some
weeks after her arrival to turn this to
account for the benefit of Dr. Bracey,
"the dear old doctor, who had been so
very, very kind to her." She had once
heard him express a wish for a view of
the interior of his beloved little chapel,
and with some shyness she offered to
make one. The doctor was charmed
with the Idea, and carried Aimee off at
once to decide on the point of view.
The students were absent for the brief
Thanksgiving vacation, so there was no
one to disturb the pair in their examinaation
and discussion of the building. A
view of the east end, with the apse and
the tnli lancet windows over the altar,
including a glimpse of the carved stalls
on the right, was finally chosen; and as
the best place for the artist proved to
be the organ-loft, a small square space,
raised about five feet above the aisle, Dr.
Bracey installed Aiiree th ere, showing
her how conveniently she <;ould set herself,
and how she could regulate the
light at will by closing or opening the
curtains with which the loft was inclosed.
" And here is a shelf for your things,"
he added, exhibiting a led ge at the back
of the organ. " You mig'at leave them
there, if you like, and save the trouble
of {carrying |them to and fro. Nobody
will meddle with them. The organist
site round here, you see, and the bellows
boy is blind, poor fellow." With this
he'departed, leaving Aimee to her task.
She worked on through that quiet
afternoon and the next, and so successfully
that her work became absorbing
and full of interest. On Monday the
students returned. Frank Chasuble
walked home with them after evensong,
was asked to tea by Mrs. Bracey,
and spent a long evening with Aimee
over the piano. Never had he been so
charming, so devoted. Her thoughts
were fuller of him than of her drawing
as, early on Tuesday afternoon, she betook
herself to her perch in the organloft,
secure, as she supposed, of three
hours1 solitude before the tinkle of the
service bell at six should warn her to
flee.
She had just got well to work when
the opening door and the sourd of footsteps
and voices startled hftr attention.
Peeping from between the closely drawn
curtains, she beheld, to her surprise, the
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greater part mc acmw tuus onuiu^
the chapel. There were Arthur Burns,
Vedderbake, Bensen, Frank, of course,
that quiet Mr. Challoner, who always
looked at her so much and said so little,
Gregory, Tom Esher and a dozen others,
all of whom she knew by name at least,
and most of them personally. What
could they be doing here at this hour?
She had never happened to hear of what
the students called "practicing Tuesday,"
on which monthly occasion the
senior class met to rehearse and criticize
each others' sermons. But the mystery
soon explained itself, for. presently
Arthur Burns mounted into the pulpit
and began to read from a manuscript,
while Ins classmates, grouped in various
unconventional attitudes, listened attentively.
The discourse lasted about
fifteen minutes. When he finished, the
others proceeded to comment.
"The ending was decidedly poor,"
nut in Frank Chasuble. "You just
stopped, that was all. There was no
finisn."
" Well, what better can a fellow no
than stop when he's through?" asked
the speaker.
44 He can perorate. He can round and
embellish." retorted Frank. "Anyone
can stop. It takes a cultivated man to
stop eloquently.11
44 "We'll have your kind of stop now."
said his friend. "Forward, march,
Chasuble; it's your turn."
So Frank swept up the aisle and assumed
the desk. His sermon was very
fine, thought Aimee?very fine indeed.
She peeped from between the curtains,
her eyes shining with amusement at the
thought of howlittlethey suspecte<J who
was listening. Then a naughty thought
popped into her head, ana she began
penciling sentences down on her drawing-paper.
She would learn a few by
heart, she decided, and quote them as if
accidentally in the course of conversation
TTnw Am?7.prJ thpv wnnlrl InnV
and what fun it would be!
"Well, how was it?" asked Frank,
rather vaingloriously, as he returned.
"Very well written," said that quiet
young Challoner, "but nothing to it,
Frank. Words, just words." That desirable
quality, frankness, was certainly
prevalent at the Bracey.
"What do you mean?" demanded
Frank, flushing angrily. "How is a
discourse to be expressed except in
words I should like to know?"
" It is well to have something behind
them?" began Challoner, but his voice
was drowned in acclamations from a
chorus of Frank's special cronies.
" It was first-rate. It was capital.
No one could take exception to a syllable
in it "?and Aimee, unseen in her
gallery, clinched a a mall fist and shook
it vindictively at Challoner. It was outrageous
that her hero should be thus attacked.
How did he dare?"
The two hours sped by. the last ser
mon was preached, and the class dis
persed. A few lingered on their way
out to discuss the events of the vacation.
Aimee, who had been glad to see the
move, shrank back into her shelter
again. She lelt more than ever how
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| awAnaiu uvt, ^vaivivu nuuiu uc wcic xo
| discovered tlmt she had been there all
, the time.
"We had a most gorgeous service on
Sunday at St. AllenV' said frank Chasuble,
who had perched himself on the
back of a bench directly below the organ-loft.
"I went with the Dixons.
Miss Dixon is a raving beauty, I can
tell you."
"Was that the reason you didn't come
back Saturday, eh? I lizard you tell
MissTrenchard you would."
" 1 dare say 1 may have said so in a
weak moment; but there was metal
i more attractive where I w:is, my boy."
r " All I can say is that Miss Dixon, or
t Miss Anybody else, has got to get up
early in the morning if she wants to beat
? Miss Trenchard," declared Tom Esher.
5 44 She's the prettiest girl I ever saw in
i my life. I declare, in that blue dress
> she wore to matins to-day, she's stun1
nine."
e 44 That's just all you know about it,'
e responded Frank, indolently, "She's
I, well enough as country girls go? has goi
g pretty hair and eyes, and all that; bu
r shscanno moiehold a candle to Xetti<
if Dixon than she can tiiy. No Englisl
A girl ever born ever did compare, or eve:
e will, with a tip-top New Yorker
There's a total lack of style, you see
y They don't know how to put on ther
d clothes, or to show'em off after they go
n 'em on. That blue thingumy Aime
o wears on her head wonld bo laughed a
d on Fifth avenue; I assure you i
is would." (N. B.?Frank liarl no mnv
d than once praised said "tliingumy."
[s "She's a nice, soft little girl enough
's Aimee Trcncbard is, but she doesn1
is stand anywhere beside a dozen girls
i- could name. A.s for Netty Dixon, she1
r a real upper."
i Poor Aimee! The blood tingled i:
in her cheeks as if she had received a sharp
,o sudden blow, as these words fell upo:
1. her ears. She was too stunned to mov<
b and sat perfectly motionless in her sea
s- as the conversation went on.
t- "Well, if that's you opinion of Mil
of Trenchard, I think yoi'd better leave o:
i- hanging about her at you do. Yo
et might give another felbw the ohanoo^i
you don't want it," remarked Tom
Esher.
"My dear fellow," responded Frank
Chasuble, in an indolent tone, "you're
quite welcome. I can't help it if a
pretty girl?the only pretty girl who
happens to be on hand, too?likes me
better than she does thel rest of you
It shows good taste on her part, but
really Jt's not my fault. I don't give
myself any particular trouble to please
the little thing, and I don't see that
you are called on to take up anus in
her behalf."
"And I think." put in a quiet voice,
"that you are speaking in a very improper
tone about a lady. Miss Trenchard
is the loveliest girl I ever saw,
and the sweetest. She is a thorough
lady too, and as gentlemen we are
bound to respect her name as much as
we should herself were she present."
It was Ralph Challoner who spoke.
He looked straicht into Frank Chas
uble's eyes, and that worthy quailed
under the glance.
"I'm sure I meant nothing," he
muttered, uncomfortably. "No one
admires Miss Trenchard more than I
do. 1 don't know what you mean,
Challoner."
"Yes, you do," retorted Ralph, with
the same quiet decision; "you know
perfectly well what I mean."
But Frank did not seem inclined to
take up the gauntlet. There was a
moment of silence; then the young men
moved away. If Ralph Challoner could
have seen the look in Aimee's eyes as
she peeped out at his retreating back, he
would have been a very happy man, I
think.
Rut with all the glow of gratitude, the
soothing which had come to her mortified
spirits with his chivalrous words,
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cairaness was impossible uuw tun^ tuc
moment of reaction was come, and for
half an hour Aimec wept as bitterly aa
a girl can weep. It was for the snipwreck
of shallow ideal that she wept, as
well as from wounded pride. Had she
learned to lore Frank Chasuble, the pain
would have gone deeper; but, as a recent
writer, has told us, there is such a
thing as "imagination-ache," and the
suffering it causes, though not vital, is
hard to bear. So Aimee wept on and
only succeeded in drying her tears in
time to appear at tea, when that useful
plea of " a head-acheaccounted for her
pallor and dejection.
Frank Chasuble found MissTrenchard
" changed somehow" from that time
forward. She was less accessible, less
easily interested; he even detected a
gleam of mockery at times in the smile
which met some of his impassioned sallies.
She was far more attractive to him
in this phase. He became piaued, interested
; eventually he fell in love, as he
would have termed it. Aimee had her
revenge, if she wished it, in the mortification
with which he received the gentle
but decided "No" which ended his suit.
But he never heard from her or from any
one else the tale of the organ-loft adventure.
That she kept for the husbandno
other than Ralph Challoner?who
three years later visited remote Nova
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Scotia ana bore away a brine. 10 mm
she confessed that the dear love which,
to his surprise and rapture, met his so
fully and completely, was born in the
little curtained space, the reward of his
| manly interposition on her behalf; and
knowing this, the chapel-is still the
Mecca of his imagination, tho place to
which his memory goes back to pluck
that fairest flower of romance which is
the recompense of all time and happy
manhood and womanhood, whether
clerical or lay,in England,or in America, I
or elsewhere.?Harper's Bazar.
Dead Letters.
It is stated that the daily average of
money found in dead letters in the
Washington office, amounts to about
two hundred dollars. Last year more
than eighty thousand dollars was returned
to the owners though this office.
Sometimes money is enclosed in an'envelope
without any letter accompanying
it, or, what is just as bad, without
any proper signature. In such cases,
jinnt,h?r effort is made to reach the per
son to whom it was addressed, and, Tailing
in this, the money is deposited at
the department, to be delivered to the
rightful owner, whenever lie shall come
forward to establish his claim. Another
class of valuable letters contain notes of
of hand, draft, checks, bills of exchange,
deeds, mortgages, insurance policies,
and other papers that are or may become
representatives of money value;
and beside these, a great many articles
of more or less value, including jewelry,
pictures, etc. All letters of this class
are re-enveloped and endorsed bv the
clerks who open them, and after being
carefully registered are sent to another
office to be returned to the owners.
Many letters are received at the department
making anxious inquiries for
money or valuables sent through the
mail and known to have failed in reaching
the perso.ns addressed. These letters
cannot expedite their return. The
lost letter must remain two months advertised
at the local office before it is
sent to Washington, and then it must be
found before it can be returned to the
owner. Formerly there was quite a colection
of curiosities at the department,
composed of articles found in dead letters
without any one to claim them.
This has been dispensed with, and every
..nrtfhiviTroino IQ
il'LUTl (,'UUUllUilJ^ iiujr imug ui iuiuv iu
returned to the owner if it is at all practicable.
The third class of letters consists
of such as contain stamps, coin in
less suras than one dollar, receipts for
money er property, legal documents,
etc. These being of less value, are not
formally registered, with a description
of th^ir contents, but special clerks devote
their time in returning them to
their owners. Last, but not least in
number of the preserved letters, are
those which contain no valuable inciosure,
but are so dated and signed that
it is possible to return them to their
owners. These constitute about onehalf
of all the dead letters returned to
i the general postoffice. The other half
of this great multitude of stray epistles is
composed of such as are not dated at an v
post town or office (the postmark itself
being frequently illegible) and have no
proper signature. These and some others
of an utterly worthless class, are first
torn to shrerls by a machine, to render
them illegible, and then sold to the
paper makers. There is a great number
of clerks engaged in opening and re,
turning dead letters. They dispose of
over fifteen thousand a day, amounting
to several millions in ths course ofn
year.
How a Dog Fooled his Master.
| A newspaper that is printed in the
i town of Palmyra, Wisconsin, the Entcr.
prise, tills a story about a dog which it
says is true, every word of it. The dog,
> whose name is Tiger, belongs to a sur5
vejrdr, now at work in the service of the
I United States government in that part
t of the country. One day not long ago
3 the surveyor saw that Tiger was asleep
i near the edge of a thicket, and he thovght
r he might have some fun with him. So
the surveyor shouted out: " Catch him,
| Tiger; at him, old dog." and jumped
r into the thicket, as if a deer, or at least
t a rabbit, had been seen. Tiger, of course,
e went bounding and barking in, but very
t soon returned with his tail between his
t legs, seeing t):at a trick had been played
e upon him. Now comes the good part of
) tue story. Tiger made believe that he
lt was going to sleep again. In aoout three
t hours he all at once sprang up, set his
X ears and eyes in the direction of the
8 thicket, gave a loud bark and leaped
forward. The surveyor followed, thinkn
ing that Tiger had found some game.
(). When Tiger saw his master parting the
n' bushes curiously, he gave a peculiar
?t "Ah wooh," and went back to liiE
it sleeping place wagging his tail, and
satisfied that he haa paid the surveyor
is back for fooling him.
ff ?
u Old settlers?The egg shells throws
Lt out of thejooffee pot.?Syncutt Tfmu,
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
Catues of Failure with Poultry.
The successful and profitable keeping
and rearing of poultry, either for home
use or for market, and especially where
they cannot have their liberty, depends
wholly upon good management and upon
strict compliance with numerous essential
though simple requisites, any of
which being omitted only partial success
at most can bo obtained.
Some give due attention to many of
these requisites, and, for the want of
necessary facilities, thought or information,
omit others. For instance, one
complies with all essentials except a
warm, dry house, yet -wonders why his
fowls do not lay in winter; while another
builds a good house, but with a northern
aspect, or omits ventilation or cleanliness,
or perhaps has the ventilation so
arranged that the fowls are compelled to
roost in a constant draft; and he cannot
imagine why they have colds, croup, etc.
The home of another has no windows,
and the owner, ignorant of the great benefit
of the sun's rays, wonders why his
fowls seem to prefer being almost frozen
to death out of doors rather than resort
to a warm (but dark) house in daytime.
Another overcrowds, which, with want
of cleanliness, is a most frequent cause
of disease and failure.
Another so overfeeds his fowls that
they get too fat, cease laying and become
diseased; while another fails to provide
the natural requirements which they
obtain for themselves while at liberty. '
Another neglects the supply of clean,
fresh water, and complains that his
chickens are afflicted with the gapes.
Another is unable to hatch more tnan
three chickens out of a dozen eges, simply
because the nests are not made on
tha ground. Another hatches chickens
,so late in the season that they produce
nothing until a whole summer, autumn
and winter's expense has been incurred
in feeding them.
Each one of the above either fails en
tirely or only obtains to a limited degree
of Buccess, and fach in his turn comes to
the erroneous conclusion that fowls do
not pay. But we confidently assert that
a few simplp rules will, if properly observed,
not only insure unfailing success,
but that fowls, even when confined,
can thus be made to pay better in proportion
to their cost than any other class
of domestic animals, and that the socalled
" bad luck" we so frequently hear
of is simply bad management.?Bacon's
Guide to Success in Poultry Keeping.
Patting Away Potatoes.
Every method has been tried by farmers
to store and preserve their potatoes (
through the winter, and we may say
until potatoes come again. It is the ;
mo3t valuable of all vegetables, though (
here and there we find a person ana a
writer who undertakes to tell us of its ,
unwholesomeness. It is universally
consumed in all civilized countries, as ,
where it cannot be grown it is imported,
which can be done long distances with- '
out injury when ventilation is attended .
to. In storing potatoes several methods
are adopted, yet they are all practically
the same, the object being to protect ,
them against freezing, whether buried
in pits or stored in cellars. The first
consideration is to keep them iij perfect
darkness; the next is the bins should
not be too deep?not over three feet?to
produce warmth and cause them to ,
sprout. When stored in the field,
straight trenches are dug, say twenty
feet in length and four or five wide, ,
which arc filled to the depth of three '
feet with potatoes, then well covered ;
with straw, on top of which put eighteeu
or twenty inches of earth. In a pit ,
twenty feet lone there should be about !
threej gas escapes or ventilating openings,
which should be plugged witli
straw ana covered with a board set at
an angle to turn the rain. If in cellars,
barn or otherwise, the bins should be
covered with nigs, old carpetings or
straw. Those intended to be kept for
ihc spring sales should be frequently
examined and all sprouts removed, for
as soon as a potato begins to sprout it :
loses its solidity, dryness and quality.?
Germanlown Telegraph.
Household Hint*.
Cement for Gi.ass and China.?Lime
pulverized, sifted through coarse muslin,
and stirred up tolerably thick in the
white of eggs, makes a strong cement for
tfass and china. Plaster of paris is still
better, particularly ior mending broken
images of the same material. It should
be stirred up by the spoonful, as it is
wanted.
A Cheap and True Barometer.? i
Put a small quantity of finely pulverized 1
alum in a long, half-ounce vial, and fill j
if mitli cnirilq nf witlp. Whpn tllfi lit
mosphere is dry and clear, the spirts i
will be as clear as crystal; but on the
approach of rain or bad weather, the
alum will rise in the center in the form j
ot a spiral cloud, which is an infallible
indication of rain or bad weather.
Duhable Whitewash.?Take a barrel
and slake a bushel of fresh lime with
boiling water. After it is slaked add
cold water enough to bring it to the <
consistency of good whitewash; then
dissolve in water and add one pound of
white vitrol (sulphate of zinc) and one
quart of fine salt. This will make a
whitewash that will stick as well as
paint. Ttowes its durability chiefly to
the white vitrol, which hardens and
fixes the wash.
Halt on Wheat.
The Montreal Gazelle says: "In an
interesting series of experiments recently
made on tlv farm of the Royal
Agricultural Society, of England, the
manure value of salt was unmistakably
indicated. An acre of wheat dressed
with 300 pounds of common salt, yielded
thirty-nine bushels of grain, with its
proportionate amount of straw, while
an adjoining acre left unmanured, produced
only twenty-nine bushels per acre,
with the straw imperfectly developed.
The entire cost of the crop is not stated,
but this experiment shows that the additional
ten bushels resulting from the
salt were produced at a cost of thirty
cents each. In another case a piece of
ground intended for wheat was plowed
the nrecedinc fall, and again in May,
when it was Hewed with salt and afterward
plowed before seeding. On the
1st ana 2d of September wheat wns sown
at the rate of two bushels to the jicre.
The crop, when harvested, yielded, according
to the estimate of the owner
not less than forty bushels to the acre,
with a luxurious growth ol straw. From
these and many similar cases, the inference
seems to bo that salt is a specific for
the wheat crop, imparting solidity to
the grain and firmness to the straw.
Hut it must not be concluded that equally
good results will always follow the application
of salt.1'
Life In Sweden.
A correspondent of the London Times,
traveling in Sweden, speaks of the general,
well-to-do condition of the country.
Each of a dozen small towns which ho
visited had its school house, its church,
its newspaper and most of tlient had its
public garden; the streets were paved
and lighted with oil lamps swung across
as they were in old Paris; the houses
were trim and neat. The people were as
neat as their houses. lie did not meet
half a dozen begirars since he had been
in the country Even in Stockholm ho
sww no signs of poverty, while a crowded
opera house, overflowing cafes and
U-Jllmni eV*/%r\a nV\ />? 14V Anil
MlllliaUU OMV/prj ? v.?v ~ r ?
lencc. There is a general level of comfort
in SSveden without any violent contrasts.
Thn army and navy of Sweden
cost only a trifle. The national debt is
only $50,000,000, and has been solely
emnloved in the constructiou of railways.
Alfthe children go to school and over |
ninety per cent, of the people can read
and write. The subdivision of property
1 is such that in the country the greater
part of the population own their own
farms. Near Gothenburg a friend pointed
out from a hill near nis house forty
properties, thirty-six of which belonged
i to preaent owners, themselves the culti*
vatoraofthsioil.
Buffaloes that Execute Military Tactics.
'
"Yes, sir, caught these buffaloes when
they were calves: got the prairie dogs
when they were puppies; the antelope
when it wasn't as. Dig as a kitten, and
the prairie wolf when the eyes were
scarcely open. They are all over four
years old now, and I trained them myself."
The speaker was John Richardson,
who for ten years has been serving Uncle
Sam as a private soldier at Forts D. A.
Russell, Harker, Wallace and other outposts
cn the Indian frontier. He varied
the idleness of garrison life by studying
the habits of the prairie animals, 'and aa
a result he has been able not only to
make pets of three buffaloes?a cow with
two calves, a bull and a heifer?an antelope,
a prairie wolf and a prairie dog,
but also to bring them into a tolerable
condition of training. Yesterday morning
he landed them in this city and proceeded
with them to the farm of James
Archer, near Fordham, where they will
be kept until he can give an exhibition.
"What can the buffaloes do?" asked
the Herald reporter.
" Well, I would hate to tell you without
provingit; because you'll think I'm
boasting'. We'll have a little exhibition
9oon as I feed 'em. You see they've been
on the cars since Thursday, when I
started from I/eavenworth. I had the
buffaloes out at Rochester, and like
enough they're scared and won't obey
orders first-rate."
The prairie doer nestled on his master's
9houlder. the wolf sneaked at his heels
and the antelope walked alongside the
buffaloes, all of them responding to their
master's voice by following him through
the stock yard of the New York Central
rai roaa.
Then they were fed?tbp buffalo with
hay, the antelope with twigs of spruce
and grass, the prairie wolf with a great
bone and the dog with an apple.
When they were through with their
meal Mr. Richardson called out "Fall
in!" At once the buffaloes stood facing
him and formed in line according to size.
The antelope took position as'liie closer,
while the wolf, refusing to take part in
the drill, got a beating, and slunk off
into a corner, where he whined piteously.
"He is very disobedient, and will parade
only occasionally. I control him
by fear. The rest, except the antelope,
are very docile, and he isn't wild. I
taught him to stand always behind the
line. Now you see I got these things, j
and I made pets of them. I didn't intend
to train them for anthing but fun. |
"Being myself a soldier I, naturally
enough, taught them Upton's tactics, so
far as they can be adopted for tnree big
shouldered brutes like Topsey, General
Custer and Meadow Grass. The heifer
is Meadow Grass. Fours right?I say
fours, but its really threes?march!"
Immediately the unwieldy Meadow
firoco hof?in tr? wlippl. the nt liprs Veen
ing the allignment by moving more
slowly until the front had been changed.
" Halt! right dress!" and the great shaggy
beasts turned their heads and eyes to
the right, and waited for the order
"Front!" Then came "Fours left!"
"Fours right about!" "Twos left and
right!" "Three step to the rear!" and a
score of orders intelligible only to a
military man. All obeyed with promptitude
and intelligence. Finally, tkeorder
was given, " Forward, double turn,
march!" and at once the trio, followed
3lo<?ely by the antelope, started off at a
sharp run, and halted at the word.
"Perquita," said Richardson, speaking
of the prairie dog, " is sick. He has i
been sick ever since lie got out of Kansas.
But he shall turn a somersault for
you. Here, Perouita; over! march!"
At the word the quaint little animal
threw a half handspring that would have
done honor to a trained athlete.
It is Richardson's intention to give exhibitions
of the chase of the butt'alo, as
the Indians do it with bow and arrows.
and to that ond lie has brought with
liim a mustang and a bow, with blunt
arrows. " I use blunt arrows because I
wouldn't hurt my Meadow Grass, would
I?" and the master put his arm caressingly
over the shaggy neck of the heifer,
while she responded by affectionately
rubbing his hand with her nose.?New
York Herald.
Five Thousand Idols.
Some years ago the province ot Yunan,
almost exclusively populated by
Mohammedans, rose in open revolt
against its sovereign, cast off the Celestial
yoke, and declared its independence.
The Chinese government having subjugated
the Yunanites, set to work to convert
them from Islam to the state worship
of the 'flowery realm. The Yunanites
have hitherto withstood persuasion,
theological argument anil torture with
stolid resolution; so the astute mandarins
entrusted with the ta3k of weaning
them from their dogmatic errors
have adopted the cunning expedient of
making it worth their while to becomte
idolators. A recent imperial decree
ordain" that every Mohammedan publitrlv
r. ununcinff his faith shall be en
franchised from taxation, and that this
privilege shall be extended to his descendants
for the peiiod of 100 yearsThe
actual convert, raorcovei*, shall b
distinguished by a mark of iraperia
favor?a peacock's feather or cap but
ton, according to his condition in life
Meanwhile the Chinese government has
caused 5.000 idols, of every orthodox
variety, to be manufactured for the
especial benefit of the Yunan metropolis
alone. These deities have been set up
by the police in the porches and courtyards
of every house in the town, and
the heads of families are compelled to
burn incense once a day before their unwelcome
Lares, as well as to provide
them with new clothes from head to foot
at certain stated periods. The Chinese
police is instructed to "lock up" any
householder proving a defaulter in the
performance of any of these obligatory
rites, and to stimulate him to the fulfilment
of his duties 'by every convenient
inducement. Thus caught in a cleft
stick, one section of which represents
the certain advancement of his personal
interests and the other all the mechanical
ingenuities of the Celestial torture
chamber, it is considered highly prolm
ble that, ere long, tne lunanue mosiem
will enthusiastically recognizo the intrinsic;
merits of tne Chinese form of
Buddhism as the best of all possible
roligious creeds.
A Revengeful Son-in-Law.
The German criminal code contains
some laws that have no counterpart in
American statute books. Such is that
which prohibits, under heavy penalties,
the use of insultinir language about the
emperor, a law under which there have
been very innny prosecutions in the past
year. Another is the curious statute
prescribing punishment Jbr behavior in
violation of the respect due the dead.
This law is faid to have been rarely
made the occasion for prosecution, but a
case has just been before the circuit court
at Berlin in which it has been applied.
Several months iico tlie widow ijangenheira
wits interred in the churchyard at
Wcissensee. She had been possessed of
ample wealth, but her numerous children,
with one exception, were greatly
disappointed in their expectations, the
bulk of her property having been bequeathed
to one daughter. Unable to
restrain me rage ana uisgusi arousuu uy
this discovery, one of the sons-in-law of
the widow, a provision dealer named
Hackmeister, presented himself at the
interment, and as the grave was about
to be closed stepped up to it, and, in the
presence of the priest and the assembled
mourners, with loud expressions of contempt,
spat upon the coffin. He was arrested
and prosecuted, the attorney for
the eovernment demanding that he
should be sentenced to six months' imEriaonment.
The court was merciful,
owever, in consideration of the rarity
of suoh an oftence, and imposed fourteen
day#1 confinement.
AN OPIUM DEN.
1 AI
Visit to One in San Francisco?Fire WhlCts .
from an Oplnm Pipe?Sensations of the "on
Opium Smoker. can
A San Francisco Chronicle reporter
visited an old rookery on Pacific street, e t
The froat of the building bears the ap- '
pearance of having withstood storm rjir
and weather for many a year. Here V_fl^
and there are patches of paint, but more "atioften
the boards are plain. There is "rr1?,
also a narrow show-window bearing the .
legend that beer can be obtained at five '
cents per glass. The doorway is nur- jr?
row. and the interior is hidden from riVr"
'passers-by by an old blind-screen. Hav- rac_
ing once gained admittance, the visitor nen1
found himself in front of a bar with jj
nothing remarkable about it save that
the bottles and glasses had a dingier and _
dirtier look about them than usual, even ?
for so low a place. Behind the bar was
the proprietor, an old, wicked-looking :
fellow, Dlear-eyed and unclean. The L-j,
bar and saloon are but blinds for the maj5
unwary. Near the back of the saloon ears
was a narrow door leading to apart- natj.
ments above. These are used as opium q
dens, and in them squalor, dirt and
filth reign supreme. One room jj
was square, ten by twelve feet in ern
size. Ranged on one side were bunk? {1 t
witK -rrr moffrflOOfiD fltlH
WltU Obianr uinii/bfctoovgt ktiuiva mmm wnq
shiny with filth. Benches were ranged
along the other side of the room, and in cuje
about the center stood a small rickety ^ee(j
table with the opium pipes upon it. This 8tTe)
room was presided over by an old crone mj.fitly
placed among the surroundings, gan
her dull eyes, languid movements and '
hard breathing indicating that she was .:on
the victim of the deadly drug. Every cjjje
thing about her pointed to the fact that ot^e
nothing in this world can ever be any
thing but a dreary blank to her; her con?
wants and ambitions are satiated with r0
a pipe of opium. The reporter entered
the room and was met by a sickening Ja ?
odor, as if the very air and walls were i.?:r
impregnated with death in its vilest va?
form. The room at the time was unoc- ' j
rimlprt Viv anv nno hnfc thp attendant.
wfio listlessly asked if the visitor de- 0# tj.
sired to smoke, to which an affirmative at
answer was given. " Then give me your
money and I'll fill your pipe." The ^g]
money wps handed her; she took up
several pipes, put the stems one after an- race
other into' her mouth and began blowing u ?
into them. When she finally found the '
one she wanted she quickly rubbed the Qr e
moisture off the mouth-piece with the g
dirty sleeve ol her dress and handed it J _
to the visitor, saying: "There, fix it i.iipt.
for yourself?herexs the stuff." On being g: ?
tola that the reporter did not understand at tj
manipulating it, she deftly put her long jet<
bony forefinger into the jar containing ^en
the opium, and rolled a small quantity geal
of it between her thumb and finger;
she then placed it into a small hole in gom
the pipe, paying: "Is that enough or i
or dy'e want more?" On being [Lj-.
told that it was sufficient, she w
pointed to one of the bunks to ^
which the reporter, with a shudder, re[
tired. At a small lamp on the table the
pipe is lighted and a few puffs taken.
Tne sensation is indescribable; a sleepy
| languor pervades the whole body, a T1
pleasant tingling from head to foot en- seng
sues, and with the fifth and last puff dep<
dreamy unconsciousness overtakes the trav
victim. De Ouincey's confessions of an Mrs
opium-eater do not describe those of an nent
opium-smoker, although the feeling the <
must he somewhatsimilar. The Strang- the
est dreams overtake the unconscious vali;
sleeper, the pipe lalls from his hands, a gr
his face becomes livid, and the visions "
that pass before his drugged fancy are you
simply delicious. No dream of pleasure, "
no fancied benutv. can eaual the scenes mad
and forms called up in the visions of the but
opium-smoker. After half an hour of "
perfect content and rest the victim wakes is i
to find that with the dawn of reason thoi
comes the waking, racking brain. The Bi
head feels about ten times its usual size ladj
and the feeling about the heart is most qua:
painful. On the reporter's awakening seng
he found the room occupied by others omi
who had arrived in the meantime. One "
man was already asleep in the bunk _ "
above. On the bench, awaiting their isju
turn, were two females, one of them "
closely veiled but decently dressed. " h?
The other was of the lowest class; yet the
in spite of her squalid appearance, her can'
bloated looks, the crime depicted in out
every feature, she looked as if at some day
time in her life she must have been very woi
attractive. Her hair, tumbled and un- pro]
kompt, was fine and of beautiful color, sayi
The eyes -were large and well set. al- opei
tl ough it became painful to look into stra
them, their expression being so wild, so mea
wretchedly unhappy; her nands were leng
small and well-formed in spite of their the
redness and dirt, they showing in strange curi
contrast to the closely-veiled woman O
sitting next to her, who wore big
kid gloves. "Here's your pipe," said the ofes
old crone, handing it toward the two bod!
women. Both made a jump for it. and T)
the closely-veiled female being the one his s
npnrpst. cnmirprl it. without anv cere
mony, showing that she was well ac- The
quainted with the place. She lighted sane
her pipe, took her hunk and was soon Bi
'lost to every thing save that which the trav
opium fumes created in her brain. smil
The other woman growled out: pain
" Hurry up there with a pipe; I've been femi
waiting long enough. Here's your the]
money?give me a pipe." The reporter valii
embraced the opportunity to enter into a long
conversation with her. "Take my
place," said he. "All right; wait till
that old fool there gets me my pipe.
You're new,.you are?ain't you? I ve T1
been at it, I guess, lor four years. The clip]
old woman over there knows me long pap<
enough?don't you, Mollie? Well, you effoi
pee, I couldn't do without it now. I ploy
know it's killing, but who cares for that? . s
You bet, it's just the best thing ever invented,
and John Chinaman ought to moni
fet a medal for that, if nothing else. 0fflc<
[e's the one brought it to this country.
I used to go to a Chinese place on Bart- \ i
lett alley, but the cops spotted me and
pulled the whole shebang. I don't caie will
for nothing as long as I can raise my to'1"
two to buy my pipe with-'-that's all I
care." These sentences were liberally in- \\
tcrlarded with curses and blasphemy. . "
?"? A,?:ik ?u mo1
ncrn? yuui piyc; nuu, nimuuu ,
only shade of expression that had
flashed over her face during the whole
conversation, she grasped the pipe, HRJ
lighted it and went to ner couch. Leavthis
den, the reporter, with tottering inRt<
step, reached the street once more and OMJ
again breathed the pure air of heaven.
P,
in
Advertising Deaths. labo
In Munich there is a curious custom, yw
obedience To which tills a liu-ge portion X t<
of the newspapers. It is the advertising raih
of deaths after the following style: by tl
It has pleased God the Almighty, in dresi
Ilis inscrutable providence, to take away
our innermost loved, best husband, "p?
father, grandfather, uncle, brother-inlaw
and cousin, Herr , dyer of inK 1
cloth and silk, yesterday night at eleven
o'clock, after three weeks of severe v'
suffering, having partaken of the holy
sacrament in his sixty-sixth year, out
of. this earthly abode of calamity into a In
better beyond. Mor
Those who knew his good heart, his serv
great honesty, as well as his patience in proc
suffering, will know how justly to esti- acoi
mate our grief. will
This is signed by the " deep-grieving', gpt i
survivors?widow, son, daughter, ana Whi
/lot, w in t.llR TIRJTIP. of tllfl
absent relations. After the name of the com
son is written, " dyer in cloth and silk." cent
The notice closes with an announcement that
of the funeral at the cemetery, and a ness
service at the church the day alter. It forn
is common to engrave upon the monu- part
ment the business ns well as the title o ihej
the departed. slee;
noti
" top:
A sportsman wm boasting yesterday
of having shot a rabbit. "But it was
not in seaaon," said a friend. "Oh. Lt
ye#," was the reply, " 'twai seasoned Tit]
after I peppered it, ''"Oil Uty Ltrrick,
An Extraordinary People.
fc the meeting of the British associa
at Sheffield, the well known Afri
explorer, Commander Cameron
' was received with applause, apolo
d for not having his paper prepared
lie did not believe, in detailing th<
ner and customs of the people o
a, in Central Africa, this would be i
vback. Urua was one of the larges
re states in Africa. Itwasboundet
tie east by Tanganyika, on the nortl
ndependent tribes in Manguema, 01
tvest by Ulunda, and on the south bj
ntains south of the lake Bangueola
great chief was Kasongo, and th(
was perhaps the most civilized ir
iral Africa. The chief claimec
ne honors. On his death all hit
;s save one were slaughtered at th<
e, and the one whose life was no
n was handed over to the chiefi
essor. The spirit of the deceaset
ce was supposed to pass into th<
j of the successor. Authority waj
itained by mutilation. Hands, feet
and noses were mutilated, and thi
ves did not seem to mind it much
woman had cut off her own ears
i woman was one of Kasongo's wives
ohnnf. l.OfW) nf them. She askec
aission to mutilate herself, and di<
once. Tho body-guard of the chie
composed to a great extent of muti
i people, whose affection for th
f seemed in no way decreased; in
I, it would appear that mutilatioi
lgthened their regard for their chief
name of the idol was Kungwe i
za, and profound reverence wa
vn to it. Fire was obtained by fric
from a fire block, and in one case i
fused the shin-bone of one of th
x chiefs who had been conquered
dress of the people was very simple
listing of an apron. Members of th
,1 family wore three large skins, am
or members of the Family wor
ins of green monkey skins. Th
-dressing of this people was curiom
ring more with districts than wit
In some cases it was worked u
four ring plaits, crossing at the to
le head like a crown, and surrounde
le bottom by a band of cowries o
r shells. Skewers were in serted i
tiair, one end of which could, be use
mi
CCOOing. 1 lie puupie wcie uir?. a uou
, but they managed to grow thei
ds, and plaited them like a China
,'s pigtail, usually putting at the en
acn a lump of mud to weigh il
e of the beards reached to the waist
women, not having beards toamus
aselves with, were tattooed, exten
ly. Tattooing generally commence
ie age of seven, and might be com
2d about the age of twelve or foui
, which was the age for marriag*
atiful patterns were used, and th
wing was done in raised cut?
etimes a husband, when he was die
jed with his wife, cut off all thes
id pieces, and the woman could no
jar in public again; she was not re
ed into rociety until she was retat
d .?London Times.
Mistaken Identity.
ie other day an omnibus full of paf
;ers drove up town from the Unio:
)t. Side by side sat a commercia
eler named William McCaby an
. Winnie C. Dumbleton, the emi
; lady temperance lecturer. Whe
omnibus reached the Barret Houa
InniAnnVlf 00170/^ 111
CUUlliiClUlOii j Ml
se and started out. The lady mad
ab after him and he halted.
I beg your pardon," she said, "be
have my valise."
You are certainly mistake!
lam," the traveler said, courteousl
finnly, " this is mine."
No, sir," the lady replied firmly: u
nine. I would know it among
is and. You must not take it."
at the traveler persisted and tt
r insisted, and they came very net
neling. Presently one of the paj
;ers pointed to a twin valise in tt
libus and asked:
Whose is that?"
It isn't mine," said the traveler; "
st like it, but this is mine."
And it isn't mine," said the ladj
! has mine, and I want it or I'll ha^
law on him. It's a pity if a lad
t travel alone in this country witl
beingrobbed of her property in broa
light." Finally, the traveler said 1
ila open the valise to prove h
perty. The lady objected at firs
hg she did not want her valii
ied in the presence of a crowd <
ngers. But as there was no oih?
.ns of settling the dispute she a
;th consented. The traveler sprur
lock, opened the valise, and tl
ous crowd bent forward to see.
n the very top of everything lay
flat flask, halt full of whisky, a dec
irds and one or two things that n<
v knows the name of.
he traveler was the first to recov*
lelf-possession and speech.
Madam," he said, "you are rigli
valise is yours. I owe you a thoi
i apolo?"
it the lady had fainted, and th
-1 1?1 .nA i.:? ..
UlUr l'ClU^&UU 1110 vahsu niva
e. Early in the afternoon a sig
ter down town received a not>; in
nine hand, asking him to c< me 1
Barret House to mark a red 1 sith<
se in black letters a foot and a ha
.?Btirlinylon Hair key e.
Government Situations.
le following advertisements were a
ped from an issue of a Washingto
>r. and tell an interesting story ottli
ts made to get into government en
iJTUATION 119 n watchman or messei
fcer in any of the departments, S15 pe
Lh will be ^iven as long as retained i
3 Address J. J. 15., 906 Fourth street, n.\
SITUATION as watchman or messeng(
in one of the departments; ?10 per mont
bo paid as long as the plncc may bo n
>d. Direct to B. WILLIAMS, City P. (
flLL pay 2 per cent of my salary to any
one getting me a situation of any kin
le of the departments. Address W., Ale:
ia, Va.
OFFERED?I will give to ar
party proouring me a position i
of the Government departments in Waal
jn, the snm ol ?150 cash. Addros
SGA, City Postofllce.
'ILL let any ono draw my first month
my could they secure me an appointn.ei
ny ol the departments aa a comrac
rer.
'ILL willingly give my first month's pn
> any one securing my appointment in th
:l A nnli'notlnn nnrlniMn
[tiy llllUX DUlMVOt <?|ip?W*UV? VUUV4UV
tic> President and officially relerrcd. Ac
9 MONROE WILSON, City Postofflce.
iPLOYMENT in any ol tlio department
or Gorernmont Printing oftloe, or ei>;>j
:o do, by n lady. Will pay 40 per cent n
as employed. Please address MISS 1
IARRISON, P. O.
Sleep.
i a recent work on 44 Sleep," l)i
timer Granville objects, without rc
e, to the use of narcotics in order t
luce it. They produce not sleep, hii
unterpart of it. When a man says
take a sleeping draught in order t
i quiet night, lie speaks in narables
at ne really says is, I will poison mj
a little, just enough to make meoun
icious, or slightly "paralyze my n rv
era, not enough to kill. lie declare
if people troubled with sleopless
would resolutely set themselves t
ling the habit of going to sleep at ;
;icular time, in a particular waj
r will do more to procure regula
p than by any other artifice. It i
so much matter what a person doe
rod uce sleep, but he should do pre
ly the same thing, in the same^way
ae same time, and undei yearly n
lible, the same conditions, night afte
it, for a considerable period, rr;
? or four weeki at 1?m*.
A Mangled Hoc tor's Fortitude
r The New York Herald has the follow
ing account of the shocking death of Dr.
, Eugene Peugnet, one of the ablest phy
sicians in the United States:
, Dr. Peugnet was .vun over and had
e both his feet cut c.ff by a train of the
f Harlem railroad, n ear the West Mount
i Yernon station, and died about six
t o'clock the next mr >rning. On being jrei
moved from under the train it was found
1 that he was perfef ;tly conscious, and he
i remained so until, within fifteen minutes
j before his death. Immediately after the
. accident he gav e orders to be taken to
? the residence o.f Dr. A. M. Campbell, in
i Sixth avenue, Mount Vernon, but the
I jolting of the carriage proved too severe,
j and by his 'ilrections he was taken to
? Smith's hot el, near by. Here he directt
ed a telegrr im to be sent to Dr. H. B.
j Sands, of N.cw York, to come and ampu[
tate his lirabs. He also sent for other
? medical friends, and by about nine
j o'clock fo arteen of them were at his side
, tendering their professional services,
a While waiting for their arrival he
. took his lance and made incisions in his
. arms and injected with his own hands
brandy and morphine into them with a
1 view of counteracting the effect of the
\ shock to his nervons svstem. He also
f gave di rections in regard to the manner
_ in which the bandages should be adjuste
ed, and regulated with his own hands e
- the doses of brandy and ether necessary
1 under the circumstances to allay his ex- 0]
cru dating pains. He recognized the host fj
a of friends who called to see him, and
s conversed freely with them, especially
h with some of whom he had performed j
a oy>erations, remarking that he himself
0 was past saving. He likewise gave directionsjto
Rev. Father Coles, pastor of v
t,he Catholic church in the village, Jin ~
e respect to the obsequies he wished to be
1 ohserved after his death. When his son, C
e a youth of about seventeen years old, ar- n
e rived and knelt down beside him and
, placed his hand in that of his father's, the n
h latter expressed his dying request to his c
p son in regard to the future of the youth in
p words tliat moved all present to tears, t
4 After remarking to him that he had ?
r thus far lived without a blemish upon
a his character he urged him to maintain
a that spotless character to the end of his *
y life; and upon him rested a greatrespon- fa
r sibility, that the care of the young memk
hers of the family would devolve upon tl
d him. that they would naturally emulate ti
u his example, that his mother would
liave to depend wholly upon him, that \
e he would not be only her son, but also ^
- her adviser; that one of the highest
d characteristics of manliness that could
L_ be displayed by him waa a devotion to
.. his mother. . a
Shortly after this touching scene was
e enacted more suitable accommodations u
for Dr. Peugnet were offered on the op- o
(1 posite side of the avenue and accepted.
e Here the ampul Ation of the two limbs tl
t waa concluded shortly after midnight, n
the patient Mmself giving directions at
' r whit, points he desired the amputations
to be made. He bore the ordeal with g
heroic fortitude. q
i_ ! II atp ft TAVAM /^nnr*kf A Ponr fl
r uvi\ a xci?u vuu?iii/ a kcui ?
j H. P. Fancher was trying to catch a a
^ horse, and was rapidly riding after him
[. through ai thickee of mesquite when he
n suddf jaly came upon a huge bear. A
e chasM at once commenced, air. Fanclier
attacking with hia pistol, and bruin,
e probably nearly overcome by heat, trying
to make a successfu1 retreat. Mr. f
F . fired five shots without bringing down ?
his game, and having only one charge "
, left concluded to change his tactics.
1 Uncoiling the rope as a lariat, which y
was tied to his saddle, he made a laeso
jt and attempted to rope the bear. The first E
a attempt was unsuccessful, the rope get- P
ting into the animal's mouth. The next $
ie proved a successful throw, the rope get- b
y. ting on the bear's neck. A quick move3_
ment on the part of the bear ierked the e
rope out of Mr. F's hand, and the bear tl
resumed his retreat, closely followed by is
his pursuer on horseback. Finding it S
if difficult to approach the bear.sufficiently
near to eaten hold of the rope Mr. F. ^
.. dismounted and commenced the chase on a
rg foot. Seeing this thobear slackened his a
? speed, evidently not caring it his pursuer 8j
did come up with him. He occasion- j
j ally stopped and looked bacic as if ex- .
peeling company. Declining a hand-to- ?
hand encounter with a large bear, Mr. *
t F.returned;toliis_horse, and calling to his ?
jg cousin, Mr. T. jj'ancner, resumeu me
chase. With the aid of a stick he pos- ?
,r sessed himself of the end of the rope, K
lt which was about thirty feet in length, ,
and fastened it to the saddle. Now J*
? commenced the frantic actions ?f the s.
b?ir in his savaee efforts to release him- o
a self. He plunged in every direction, tl
nearly throwing the horse and showing c
' evident intentions to free himself at all
hazard. But his captor managed to re- &
;r tain his prisoner and at the same time
keep his horse out of the way of the sav- v
t age brute until a shot from the six- f
' shooter of bis cousin put the bear hors p
de combat. The fore-paw exhibited by
Mr. Fancher and left with us is the v
largest ever seen in this section and in- *
' dicates, so old hunters tell us, that the ^
owner, in eood condition, would have q
* weighed GOO pounds.?Bayler (Tex.) h
? Cresset. ' "
if
The Horse Pleads His Oira Cause. 5
My dear ladies and gentlemen, rememer
that we, like yourselves, have moods,
and cannot always be frisk? and cheer- K
n iui, iou ao noi siriiic juui
n mother in the face, because this morale
ing she does not feel as ifcual; why,
i- then, do you strike us? Before you I
pound us, ask whether we have been up d
j. lale the night before, or had our meals at o
ir irregular hours, or whether our spints r
n have been depressed by being kicked by t!
ir. a drunken hostler. We have only about t:
ten or twelve years in which to einoy
jr ourselves, and then we go out to be snot r
h into nothingness. Take care of us while n
s- you may. Job's horse was" clothed a
with thunder," but all we ask is a plain t
blanket. When we are sick, put us in g
. a horsepital. Do not strike us when we a
' stumble or scare. Suppose you were in ^
the harness, and I were in the wagon, I
had the whip and you the traces.~what .
iy an ardent advocate you would be for 1
n kindness to the irrational creation! Do ?
nnfc lot tliA hlftflrsmitli drive the nail ;
is into the quick when he shoes me, or F
burn my fetlocks with a hot file. Do c
not mistake the "deadeye " that nature r
'a put on my foreleg for a wart to be ex- .
?t termined. Do not cut off my tail short *
a in fly-time. Keep the north wind oui of
j our stables. Care for us at some other
time than during the epizootic, so that
7 we may see your kindness is not selfish. !
^ My dear friends, our interests are inutual.
I ara a silent partner in your 0
business. Under my sound hoof is the jj
diamond of national prosperity. Bea
yond my no*tril the world's progress
. may not go. With thrift and wealth |
is and comfort, I daily race neck and i
/. neck. Be kind to me if you want me to .
be useful to you. And near be the day ! J1
when the red horse of war shall be 1!
hocked and impotent, and the pale horse
1 ~ "? ? l 11 1-- l K/. L > ,.1. 1,!^ ^
ol neatn snail nu inui?.-u uu.uk uu m? u
" haunches, bu^ the white liorse of peace c
' and joy and triumph shall pass on, its
? rider with face like the sun, all nations e
j following.?Home Magazine. h
Four young ladies wore sitting on the ?
porch of William II. Speakman's resi- "
" dence, in Wallace township, Chester !j
county. Pa., when there assailed theii J:
_ ears a deafening explosion, as of a heav'
ily charged gun. Then, instantaneously
a small ball of fire passed through one of 0
r the panes of class in a window, making S(
' a rouud, well-shaped hole. Through an sc
8 opposite open door it took its way into w
an adjoining room, and therp, appar- "
u ently, in the shape of a large, fiery ball,
; stood still for several seconds at a distance le
' of about two feet from the floor and ac
r then disappeared. What became of jit w
I all tho laaies were too much frightened at
1 to see, and one of their number wm ac
badly etunn?l by th? itraBf ?visitor. w
An #Bumn vuj.
Like a jewel golden-rimmed}
Like ft chalice nectar brimmed;
Like a strain of music low
Lost in some aweet long ago;
Like a fALy story old
By the Hps of children told;
Likearnneof anoien bard;
Like a missal glory-star red?
Comes npon her winsome way
This enchanting antomn day.
O'er the hills the sunlight sleeps;
Through the vales the shadow creeps; . ,
On the river's stately tides g '
Rich the silent splendor glides;
Where the flowery orchards be,
Perfumed breezes wander tree;
Where the purple clusters shine
Through tho net-work ot the vine,
Fragrant odors All the air;
Beauty shineth everywhere, ^
While upon her joyous way
Via IAVAIV ?ntMTWTl /kv.
ITEMS OF OTERE8T.
Tlie paragrapher's favorite nut is the
etnut.
Japan has fine macadamized roads
a which the bicycle is coming into high
ivor.
" I acknowledge the corn," as the man
lid when he palled on a tight boot. ligys.
The pain of a boil can be endured
rhen some other man gets it in the neck.
-Picayune.
In eight Tyean the manufactories of
Ihicago have more than doubled their
umber.
No matter how much a candidate
Sches for offioe, he never likes to be
ratched.
The royal family ot the Sandwich
nlfmda ha* adonted nennermint tes the
oyal perfume.
There is an establishment in New
raven which manufactured 33,484,773
sh-hooks last year.
Silk embroidered by hand and worth
lirtv-five dollars a yard ia on exhibiion
in a Boston shop.
Over 1,000 persons |in Clark and
Payne counties, Miss., earn their living
y the turpentine industry.
Statistics show that of the 968,000,000
eople inhabiting the globe, .3,000,000
ie each year of consumption.
"I go in for tfieearly closing'move*
lent," said the prizefighter as lie struck
at for his opponent's eyefBeth Bpicer.
The ordinal life of a locomotive is
iiirty years. No doubt it would live
men longer if it didn't smoke so much.
The latest estimate of "practical sta
sticans is that there are in the United
tates 35,000,000 cattle valued at $1,800,D0,000.
A jury in New York city lias rendered
verdict of $2,500 against a policeman
Fho was sued by a citizen for unlaw*
illy arresting liim. t
" Darling, I am grown# old,
Silver threads among the gold "?
S.tng the wife, bat Jack replied:
" Turn your switch the other side."
- Houston fiivt.
In Massachusetts recently, a trog was
>und on the top of a church steeple 180
set from the ground. It was the most
3piring croaker ever" heard of.?Pica- #
une.
St. Louis has jnst found out that Mary
luffy, an insane pauper supported at the
U?.? tli. >.aof ?Mn hut
UUl'-IJUiUC iUl VUC |inn luw J ~
1,300 on deposit in one of the city
anks. . t
ln'an article on the Kussian advance
astward, the Cologne Oazettt estimates
iat 17,000 Russians are every year banshed
or sentenced to penal servitude in
Iberia. . *
A Canadian girl carried a twenty-foot
idder one hundred yards, placed it
gain-.t a burning house, climbed np
nd?well she did not pnt out that fire.
be fell back on a man and nearly killed
iim.
"A new temperance movement in Great
Iritain takes the form of a joint stock
ompany, with a capital of $5,000,000,
a shares of $1 each. It proposes to
pen temperance houses all over the
ingdom.
A Milwaukee girl suffering from lock*
iw was left alone with a mouse by the
hrewd physician, and she contrived to
pen hcT mouth enough to give a veil
nat made the crockery in tne chinaloset
rattle.?Boston Post.
The import of wine into Great, Britain
was only seven-eighths as large the
ist year as reported for two years ago,
rhile the import into tlie United State?
3r the year ending last June was ten
>er cent, larger than the year before.
London, with all its suburbs, covcrs.
rithin the fifteen-mile radius of Charing
Jross, nearly 700 square miles. It numbers
within these boundaries over 4,000,00
inhabitants. Every four minutes a
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lrcil ISK68 pJftCC in uic uicuv^v?i?| hum
very six minutes a death.
FAUIKO AWAT.
low fades the glimmering landscape on the
lea,
Now tades the fly, the.gnat and all the rest;
i'ow walks the street, oh painlni sight to see,
The man whose winter nlster shrouds his
summer vest.
Much interest has been felt in Florence,
taly, at the discovery of over six hunred
paintings belonging to the masters
f the sixteenth century, laid away to
ot and perish in government buildings;
tie authorities intend placing them in
he royal gallery of the Uffizi.
A party recently visiting the Daly
iver, North Australia, appear to havo
let with, an alligator far larger than
nything hitherto seen. Nothing but
he head was visible, but this is dccribed
as being aboutfour feet in length
nd two feet six inches in width. On
leing fired at the monster disappeared.
The total amount of anthracite mi ed
n Ppnnsvlvania daring the coal year.
nding September rtth, was 17,123,5*73
ons, an increase of 6,601,043 tons over
he product of the previous year. The
lituminous coal rained was 2,372,568
ons, an increase of 156,073 tons. The'
otail coal product for thfl year was 19,95,843
tons, against 12,738,727 tons for
he coal year 1878.
Words of Wisdom.
It is always safe to learn, even from
ur enemies; seldom safe to venture to ?
astruct even our friends.
A quarrel, miie times out of ten. is
lerely the fermentation of a misunder- ,:.
landing. -'V
Every man throws ou to his surroundags
the sunshine or the shadow that exits
in his own soul. .
It is extraordinary how long a man
aay look among the crowd without dis
(?a./ r..
overing uie i;u;c ui i? u itn...
Then; is a groat deal of unmapped
ountry within us which would have to
e taken into account in explanation of
ur gusts and storms.
Honorable age is not that which
tandeth in length of time, nor that is
leasured by number of years. But wisomis
the array hair unto men, and an
nspotted life is old :irre.
Good intentions are at least the seed
f good actions; and every man oucht. to
>w them, and leave it to the eoil and
>asons whether they come up or no. or
hether he or any other gathers the
uit.
Nature seems to exist for the excelnt.
The world is upheld by the verity
ofgsod men; they make the earth
holesome. Life Is sweet and toler>le
in our belief in such society; and
itually or ld?*lly/ *o >i<-n8$o to Hv? ,
ithout J