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BY HUGH WILSON AND W. C. BENET. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1879. NO. 23. VOLUME XXV.
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The W&termill.
Listen to the watermill through the livelong
day?
I ow the clinking of ita wheel wears the hours
away.
Languidly the autumn wind stirs tne greenwood
leaves,
From the fields the reapers sing, binding up
the sbeav?s;
And a proverb haunts my mind, as a spoil is
cast,
The mill will never grind with the water that
is past.
Autumn winds revive no more leaves that
once are shed,
And the sickle cannot reap corn once gathered;
And the rippling stream flows tranquil, deop
and still,
Never gliding back again to the watermill.
^ f. 1_ 1,? o mAaninir
X 0.1U1}' B]>C2Uk.1 Uigpviviuuiu, n>w ? iuvauu.A
^ vast,
The mill will never grind with the water that
is past.
Take the lesson to thyself, loving heart and
. true,
Golden years are fleeting by, youth is passing
too;
Learn to make the moat of life; lose no happy
day,
Time will never bring thee back chances
wept away.
Leave no tender word unsaid, love while love
\ \ shall last;
The mill will never grind with the water that
is past.
Work while yet tue daylight shines, man ol
strength ana will,
Never does the streamlet glide useless by the
mill;
Wait not 'till to-morrow's sun shines upon thy
way,
All that thou canst call thine own lies in thy
iO'iay.
Power, intellect and health may not always
last;
The mill cannot grind with the water that is
past.
Oh, the wasted hours of lile that have drifted
by!
0\ the good we might have done, gone without
u sigh!
Love, that we might once have savod by a
single word,
Thought* conceived, but never penned, perishing
unheard.
Take this lesson to thine heart, take ?nd bold
it last?
The mill will nevei grind with the water that
is past.
? Gen. D.' C. .McCallum.
JOE'SWIFE.
I write, my dear old chum, for the purpose
of inviting you to visit us. Don't
refasp. My wife heartily seconds the
invitation. Ah, Tom, she's a jewel?my
^rife. I know if you could meet such a
one you would succumb bachelorhood.
She is the dearest, sweetest, best tempered,
.'oveliest?the English language
fails me here, but, as you were always
better than I at the " Unabridged," I bescech
you to look therein for some en- j
dearing adjectives and complete the sen- I
tence. You, who sing about the felicity :
cf a "Bachelor Hall," when you have I
seen my hapfy home, will change your i
tune. You must come, Tom. I won't j
take a refusal. Yours, ctc.
Joe Hall. .
I answered his letter thus:
My Dear Joe?I thought when I hist
sriw you 1 never could be tempted to
jeopardize my peace of mind or my bones
by Hfiuin placing mysen at tne mcrcy 01
your practical jokes. But I have no
other recourse now than, to accept your
invitation. You must promise me, my
dear fellow, you will not play any of
your jokes. A married man ought to be
more dignified, and if you do play any of j
your tricks on me I warn you I shall
board the first train for home. Yours,
etc. Tom Tiiukstok.
I went. I was met at the train by
Joe's servant, a man who had a long
body, dressed in a long coat, a long
waistcoat, a long necktie, a long hat,
long hoots and whose name was Long. ;
I instinctively hated this man. He |
scrutinized me closely; I returned the i
scrutiny. He watched my every move- i
ment like a detective would a supposed |
criminal's. I watched his movement as I
a timid man would a vicious canine's, i
We at lenrth reached Joe's house. I j
anticipated Joe's welcome, but in his j
place came the loveliest woman I ever j
saw. It is true, as joe saiu, i was ;
always fluent in language, but to this I
day I cannot find words to satisfy me in 1
degcribinc her surpassing beauty.
"Joe, Joe," thought I, "it is well for
you that you met her first."
" You are Mr. Thurston," she asked,
timidly approaching me, and shyly
glancing at me from under her drooping
eyelids. I informed her that I was the j
personage, and inquired for Joe.
.For answer that gentleman himself, !
who was on horseback, sprang from the j
saddle, grasped my hand, ana, like the j
irrepressible Joe ot old, cricd >
"Glad to see you, old boy! "We'll
i have glorious old times, as of old.
We'll bunt, fish, smoke, etc., till you ;
grow so fat, hale and hearty that your
most intimate city friends won't know,
you. Come, let's go in, tea is waiting.
Pardon me for not introducing you, but
I suppose you introduced yourself in my
absence. Apropos, it was hospitable in
me to absent myself on your arrival, but
business called me away."
So rattling on Joe ushered us into the
coziest little parlor that ever a poor
bachelor was called upon lo envy. But
the cozy little wife? What was the
envv of the room, with its adornments,
to the envy of such a wife? Must I
admit it??I might as well own right
here as at any further period of my recital?I
felt a thrill at my heart. It was
a thrill of exquisite pain?a thrill of
jealousy of Joe's happiness.
"Joe," I mentally cried, "better, iar
better for me it I had declined your invitation."
Presently we had a most refreshing
supper, after which Joe and I strolled
out for a walk and a smoke.
"Joe," I exclaimed, enthusiastically,
"your encomiums of your wife were
merited. She is indeed a treasure. By
Jove if I could find such a jewel I would
never rest till I won and married her."
Joe was on the point of lighting a ci*
gar when I begun, but paused with upraised
match till I had finished?and
the match burned his fingers. I thought
for a time he was angry at my impetuosity,
but his face cleared away, and tho
old wicked twinkle that I feared so much
came to his eyes. He grasped my hand,
saying:
"You're right, my boy; she's the
little wife in the universe. I'm
glad you like her."
After we had finished our cigars and
talked for some time of our ola college
days, we re-entered the house.
"Nellie," cried Joe, opening the
Siano, "favor Tom and me with a tune,
[e has a passion for music."
" Perhaps, Mr. Thurston?" began
she. but was interrupted by Joe.
" No, Nellie, I protest! No mistering
around here! It s plain Tom. Do you
hear, Tom? She'3 to call you Tom and
you're to call |her Nellie. Violation of
tills rUie will incur my internal uispleasure.
Govern yourselves accordingly."
"Perhaps-he will object," pleaded
Nellie.
" No, no," I exclaimed, "it will please
me very much?and?I will feel highly
honored to be allowed to address you by
your Christian name."
"Pshaw, Tom! It'll please her.
Won't it, Nell?"
She laughed, and gave me a bewitchngilpojj
accompanied by a nod.
Mtfi i
" I was going to say," said Nellie,
"that perhaps you could sing with
me."
I " No. no; excuse me, I can't sing?
! Nellie."
The word was uttered with a gasp,
! and I certainly turned violently red in
! the face. Joe was looking at me, and
II saw he had a desperate struggle to
; control the muscles of his mouth.
I was indetd fond of music, but I was
entranced with hr-r magnificent voice.
The evening passed on golden wingrs.
Joe ran on in his wild old ways; told
' his jokes and laughed just as boisterously
as he did when we roomed together
at college. He did not give us
much chance to join in the conversation;
for one comic anecdote reminded him
of another which he must tell. We both
laughed heartily at his stories, and
talked volumes to each other with our
eyes.
i That night I dreamed I loved Nellie.
] (Oh, truthful dream!) I dreamed she
J reciprocated that love. (Oh, vain
; dream!) Then I dreamed intrigue bei
crory Wo tn olnno. TVfV
fieart bled for poor Joe, but I felt it was
death to live without her. Now she
has met me uiider the old elm south of
i Joe's house. I see her pale, excited face!
IJ feel her nervous hand clasping mine!
j Now we are fleeing! On, on, and now
i we are pursued! Joe is on our track!
j The scene changes, and we are on the
j river. We glide along smoothly in a
j light boat. Now we are safe, and she
is mine?mine forever! But no, Joe still
j pursues us. Now he is close to us. Why
j cannot we glide faster? Joe approaches
swiftly. Now he closes in onus! He
I has caught her in his cruel grasp ! ller
i beautiful pleading eyes are raised to ,
mine! He raises a knife aloft! Then I
catch his arm, we struegle silently together.
I wrest the "knife from liis ,
gtusp and plunge it into his breast, and
he drops from the misty boat and sinks
I iirnTroo I TTattt rlOrl' 1 lin
1 UUIlL'iUH tlic uauv uarcj. j.x\j*j uuta
' river has grown by the pale light of the :
j moon! The gaunt and ghastly figure of :
' Mr. Long suddenly emerges from the
; waved! I saw him catch my darling in
j his long arms, and, before I could inter- i
I fere, they had both disappeared beneath
! the turbid waves of the river! This
j awoke me! I arose and resumed my
! wearing apparel, bathed my feverish face
1 and went forth into the air to try and
exercise the evil spirits with a cigar,
j By the ensuing morning my dream
had ceased to trouble me, but the reality
of things did not cease. There was
J Jsellie before me in all her beauty, all :
I her sweetness, to tempt me on to love
! her. There was Joe, with all his exui
berance of spirit, and as unsuspicious as
! a child. He seemed to do all in his ,
i power to bring us together. He otten :
j lured us into interesting conversation,
' or managed to get us engaged in singing |
and playing, and then leave us alone for
hours. Days passed away and lapsed
into weeks; in these weeks I was almost
the constant companion of Nellie Hall.
We were out riding, boating, and to in- !
numerable concerts and entertainments,
allthrougii the suggestion and planning '
of Joe. I felt and knew well the danger
; I was fascinated at first?now I was
irretrievably in love. The thought of 1
| breaking away from this charming creature
caused me pain like unto death. I '
resolved to leave. No matter what it cost
me. the only honorable course for me to
pursue was to return to the city and forget?no,
not forget, for never could I
forget the only woman I ever loved or |
could love. I
Joe was absent on the day I arrived
at this determination. All the better I I
thought it; it would be easier to get <
away. I proceeded to pack up and get i
ready to go on the evening train. I no
ticca during the progress of packing,
that the long body of Long was over- <
shadotvingme He seemed determined ;
not to let anything escape his observa- i
tion. At length, when I had finished
my work, he approached me. His lon>' i
ann was raised to his breast pocket, ana i
from thence he extracted a letter winch <
he handed me. I tore it open; it was ?
from Joe, and read:
" Thomas Thurston, you are a traitor!
I no longer doubt your perfidity. Long ?
has watched you and Nellie closely. It j
is useless to deny intention of eloping with
her. I demand satisfaction, and it i
can only be had from your heart's blood. <
Meet, me on the river bank, and by the I
light of the moon, and in the presence '
of Long, we will settle our differences." |
I looked up. Lon<j had disappeared, <
and in his place stood Nellie. s
"Why, Tom, you're not going to t
leave us, are you?" she asked. I
I thought she addressed me in a tone i
of regret. I looked in her bricht eyes? i
such beautiful loving eyes! How could <
I pain her? How could I drive the i
blood from her cheeks and the light i
from her eyes by showing her Joe's i
letter and telling her all? She came j
very near to me and said coaxinglv: i
"Don't go, Tom; I will be so lonely j
here now." (
" I cannot stay, Nell, I reirret having |
to leave you My words came fast and i
almost inarticulate. "I thought to be 1
r\-r\ mtf wotr nort nnlu ctov lnnrr .
k?XJ V***7 *
enough to bid you adieu." i
4But, Tom, what will Joe say? s
Surely you will stay till he comes!" sbe 1
cried.
"No, no. I cannot, Nellie; indeed I I
can not. I can never forget the happiness
I have had here this summer; but j
I must leave you now, and fear- -it?is? j
forever!" i
My voice was unsteady, and I clasped j
both her hands very tightly in mine. (
"Forever!" she repeated. " Oh, Tom, j
Forever!" j
What a world of tenderness, of regret, t
in her intonations, It died away as a .
wail of woe. ]
"No, Nellie; never shall I see you j
again; never shall I clasp these little ,
hands in mine, never hear the music of ,
your sweet voice. I shall never see you ]
again?never!" j
"Never!" the moan died away and .
the beautiful eyes were raised to mine in j
speechless agony that wrung my heart ,
with pain. .
"Oh, Nellie, do not break my heart! ,
My grief, my wretchedness is "beyond \
bearing now. Your beloved eyes look- ^
into mine will haunt me in coming j
years. You know my secret. Reerimi- (
nate me if you will, Nellie, my darling." j
A light sprung into her eyes?strange, ,
dazzling light that spread over her beau- '
! I.a. . f l 4
inui iace?;uc ngnt 01 a measureless
love, of a transport of joy. "Fare- j
well, I cried, in a husky voice, not dar- ,
ing to stay longer; "farewell," and I !
turned to go. when her fingers closed
over mine. I turned to her again and
she threw her arras about my neck.
"You must not go! You shall not go,
for I love you!" and the beaming face
was hidden on my breast.
A chuckling noise from behind stiulled
us. It broke into a laugh, then into
loud shouts and frightful roars, intermingled
with hideous guffaws and a
woman's musical laugh, till the hills
echoed and re-echoed the sound. Nellie's
face was suffused with blushes and
she drew away from me: but I clasped
her more closely, a light breaking in on
my bewildered brain.
"Ha! ha! ha!" roared .Toe, while
Long emitted a series of strange sounds
very like a laugh. " Ho! ho! ho! Long
?ha! ha! ha! wife?Tom thought sister
Nell was?ha! ha! ha!?was my wife!"
A terror remembered is sometimes
more dangerous than the same terror
actually experienced. * One Sunday, not
long ago. as a young woman was crossing
the Rue St. Honore, Paris, she was
siif^denlv knocked down hv a Inch
wheeled cart, known as a spider. Her
peril was imminent, but she retained her
self-possession and relieved the anxiety
of the spectators by regaining Iter feet
and reacning the sidewalk very little the
worse lor her mishap. As soon as she
reached home she began to relate the incident
to her friends, and while doing so
was seized with a violent attack of nervous
agitation, and sank iainting-on the
floor. She never spoke again.
FOR THE FAIR SEX.
Fubion IYotea.
Chenille is very fashionable.
Waistcoats are not exploded.
Scotch plaids never go entirely out
fashion.
Fleece-lined pique is a novelty for v
derwear.
The new mauve shades arc tinged wi
gray.
Birds or parts of birds are favorite be
net ornaments.
The larger the neck bow the mc
fashionable the wearer.
The new silks have very heavy re
and are very lustrous.
Link buttons are more fashionable 1
cuffs than old-style stem buttons.
Striped goods or striped ribbons a
pear on almost all fancy street costumi
French htels to slippers and boots f
full dress wear are as fashionable as ev<
Breton lace fraises are worn by fas
L1? ?? ?- I v? n I /I n nniWAm
lonauiu WUIlieil moiuc iuc u>uiun owui
ing iinen collar.
The sleeves of many imported dress
have vandyked caps inserted in the t
of the sleeve.
Shirred waists with old-fashioned si
plice fullness from the shoulders to t
waist are revived.
Sailor colJiirs, either of plain linen
lace or ODen cut work, are worn by f:is
ionable women in Paris.
Large hats, high frills in the neck ai
long gloves or mittens are de riautur
the moment in Paris.
White felt bonnets, lined with bla
or colored velvet or satin, continue to
favorite evening chapeaux.
Solitaire earrings continue to be t
most fashionable; "but the solitaires ne
not always be diamonds.
There id a revival of mauve and lil
shades in millinery goods, kid gloves&i
3ilks for evening wear.
Shoulder capes of silk twist, strui
with cut jet brads and fringed in ti
same way, are much worn.
Large flat coarse straw baskets carri
in the hand while shopping is the fas
ion of the passing moment in New Yor
Patterns for bonnet crowns wroug
in cut jet, or cashmere and amber vari
gated beads, appear among milline:
ovelties.
Sashes are worn around the wai:
fastening low in a point, either in t
back or front, according to the fancy
the wearer.
One of the caprices of the season is
cover the crown of the bonnet with
material and a color in strong contra
with that which covers the brim.
The prettiest shoulder cape wherewi
to brighten up a passe black silk d^c
is of chenille net, with loops of cut j
beads in every mesh, and fringed wi
alternate strands of jet beads and cli
nille.
Cottage bonnets of black satin pr
fusely ornamented with jet beaded lacc
[nii?es UI1U ItJitl/IlCi?5 uioi/Ciiuu uuna r? i
cut jet ornaments take precedence wi
many fastidious women who declare thi
cannot wear any but black bonnets.
X Noted Krltlah Beauty?The Jersey Iil|
When the town came to look at her
found she was indeed beautiful. SI
possessed wonderful eyes of a limpi
transparent blue, which always wore
winning expression. She was observi
to be extremely modest in her dress, vei
:[uiet and unassuming in hermanne
ind discreet in all heractions. Jealoui
was disarmed, admiration increased ar
Mrs. Langtry became one of those sigh
of the town which the " Spring Captain
yearns to see, and for which counti
cousins make long pilgrimages by rai
way. " It seems but yesterday," says
recent number of Vanity Fair, "wh<
us n bride she appeared in the park ar
set 10,000 tongues a-wagging. Since tli<
she has played a foremost part in tl
battle of life, and this bravely and wel
You are spellbound by her ineffab
sweetness before vou have exchang(
liardly a dozen words with her. Eve]
well-bred woman is of course free fro
jene, but this one is gifted with a del
?ious manner, simple and sympathetic!
;hat wherewith mentally we endo
> M^ah 1 alio foll'a of- nrrno an r\vp
lUlgUUli, auu Oliu uuno (?V vnvv uv y*. iily
and so musically that you are insei
jibly impressed with the idea of hi
ibsolute sincerity. The bright, ringir
xeble; the litrht. springy step; the na;
iy halcyon view or life characteristic <
girlhood, are still hers. Above all, si
s kindness itself incarnate. At-Gla
;ow, where?that goes without the sa;
ng?she was the cynosure, she astonisln
;lie cannv Scotch by her generous in
>artiality. The plain and unattracth
mrtncr claimed her hand in thebal
oom and he was not refused, thoujj
\donis stood at lier elbow awaiting li
ihance. Lily like in every fiber, she hi
^reserved an exalted reputation f<
womanly virtue, and this although si
las been {Littered and followed, caresse
inu made much of, more than any livir
voman. She has remained, however, tl
same, true to the geritle emblem forev<
iers, the Jersey Lily."
A Modern Kuth.
A pretty story was told some time at
?ri *
n an. exuuuu^c; tuuuc j??i
;he South was wooed ana won by
?oung Californian physician. Abot
;he time the wedding was to come oi
.he young man lost his entire fortun
tie wrote the lady a letter releasing hi
'rom her engagement. And what do
;hat dear, good girl do ? Why, she tak<
i lump of gold which her lover had sei
ner in his prosperity as a keepsake, an*
laving it manufactured into a ring, fo
ivaidsitto him with the following ii
jcription: " Entreat me not to leave the
>r to return from following after the*
for whither thou goest,.I will go; an
where thou lodgest, I will lodge; tl:
people shall be my people, and thy Gc
my God; where thou diest, will I di
ind there will I be buried; the Lord c
?o to me, and more also, if aught bi
rleath part thee and me." We may a(
that fortune again smiled on the your
physician, and that he subsequently r
turned to the South to wed the swe
uirl he loved, and who loved him wil
such undying affection. Readers, this
nil true. Young ladies who read tl
Bible as closely as the heroine of tli
incident seems to have done are pret
sure to make good sweethearts, and be
ter wives.
Typhoid Ferer from Diseased Men
An epidemic cf typhoid fever, intt
esting in its etiology ' Uowed a mu.1
cal festival at Zurich, in May, 18"
Out of some seven hundred assistani
rive hundred were attacked by the d;
ease, of whom one-hundred died. T
symptoms could not be mistaken, ai
the autopsies confirmed the dingnos
A minute inquiry into the circumsta
ces left but little doubt that the ej
demic was due to the use of bad vc
furnished bj un innkeeper of the plac
Tt may be claimed by those who att
hnf-o tn /rpnpral omiges the DOWer
originating specific diseases that t
tyhoid fever was due to septic poisi
present in the veal, depending possil.
on a beginning fermentation which w
not destroyed by the cooking to whi
it had been submitted. On the otL1
hand, as the animal from which t
meat taken was sick, it may be ask'
whether it might not have been sufft
ing from tpyhoid fever, although tl
disease has never yet been recogniz
among animals. It is a remarkable ft
that in 1839 a similar but much less J
tal epidemic occured in a neighborii
locality. After a reunion that took pla
under similar circumstances four-hu
dred and forty persons were taken si
with all the symptoms of typhoid fev
It is probable that in thi-? case also t
meat of a siqk calf cave rise to the d
eaee,?Journal dc Mcdccinc.
\
TIMELY TOI'ICS. th
? pa
Berlin is to have, next April, the first de
international fishery exhibition that ar;
there has ever been of any real conse- tli
f quence or value. Europe will be well op
01 represented, only Spain and of course, cei
France,- having thus far failed to signify in
in- their intention to participate. From in
the Western hemisphere, the United vo
th States, Canada, Costa Rica, San Salva- pl<
dor and Brazil will early send exhibits, po
,n. China, Japan, India and the Malayan an
Archipelago are expected to make curi- th:
ous and rare displays. Egypt will send pu
>re fish and fishing implements of the Nile, str
The Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, be
p3 Sweden, Italy and Portugal show much As
interest in the enterprise, and so do in- pu
ror dividual cities elsewhere, as Odessa mc
in Russia, Marseilles in France, and ol<
p. Trieste in Austria. of
do fro
The "Colored Refugees Relief Board,' ex<
?r organized in St. Louis about six months cia
, afi? aid destitute colored emigrants ar?
h- from the South, has made a report of its pr<
d- transactions. The treasurer's report dej
i chnws that flip rpnmnfcfl have been S8.581. rrm
les and the disbursements ?9.239, leaving jifi
op the board $658 in debt. Besides this, sat
the commissary committee has issued
!r_ over 70,000 rations, and distributed over
jie 20,000 p'ec'es of clothing among the emifjrants,
which* goods are estimated to
lave been worth about $12 000. The
?r report says that about twenty per cent. J;
of the refugees are still destitute, in '"
some cases sick and superannuated, and j
*d even blind, and requiring constant help. F
at The committee on transportation report f "
liaving sent6.311 men, women and chil- '
ck dren to Kansas and other States. ? .
be p
We get a great deal of wind about
he compressed air street car motors every
ecj now and then. These aerial propellers J* 1
are in use on one street car line in the
United States and seem to give good sat?
isfaction. It costs six and one-fourth
10 cents a mile to draw a car by horse
power. The compressed air system is '
^g said to cost but one and one-fourth cents i?
Iifi n miln The cnppH nnn hfi regulated un
to twenty miles an hour. Tfie car can "
ed be stopped at its highest rate of speed
h- within its own iength; at least so it is o"
k. reported, although this would be rather
ht rough on the passencers if the car was r;
e- going at ^ * wenty-mile rate. The ad- "jr
ry vantage of this over any other motor is J;."
that all the heavy machinery is left be,
hind at the depot, where the compress- 5"
I ing is done, and the cars start out with 2?,
concealed cylinders containing the air '
01 compressed to twenty-five atmospheres, qv
Thus we may have windmills to drive
to the street cars. fv
i a '
f gn
uSt Dr. Spaulding, after examining the tj1(
eyes of employees on the Maine Centnl fi]]
th railroad, recommends that in future i^
S3 every man applying for the position of j10
et fireman or engineer be rejected unless 0f
th his vision in both eyes, as well as his th<
l?- perception of color, is perfect. In this cje
recommendation, he says, lie is borne th<
o- out by the recognized authorities s]1(
;s, of Europe. In his recent examination dei
th he founa eight men defective. The cir- tin
th cumstance that no- accident has as yet ed
ey been actually proved to proceed from wo
color-blindness proves, he says, nothing the
against the theoretical posibilities of its coi
occurrence, but only that color-blind tog
it employees are shrewd enough to judge an*
ie by the brightness of a light whether it Hn
(j indicates danger or safety, hut there un
a may come a time when a dense and sud- ne1
den fog will rcduce the intensity, and ?n<
rv mislead an engineer whose vision is de- isf
fective. wl
3y do
id The commonness of inebriety among Iea
ts French children is asserted by a writer
i" in the London Gentleman's Magazine. s r
ry " Again and. again at hotel tables," he al?
if- says, " I have seen children scarcely oul
a more than babies suffering distinctly Th
?n from alcohol. It is, as travelers in boi
id France know, the custom in all districts
m south of the Loire to supply wine gratis
le at two meals, breakfast and dinner, at los
11. which the residents in a hotel eat in $P<
le company. Repeatedly, then, in the dai
;d hotels in French watering places, I have six
ry watched children of five years old and
tn upward supplied by their mothers with sel
i- wine enough visibly tc flush and excite of'
as them. At Sables d'Olonne one little ?<5
w fellow, whose age could not be more than
t- six, drank at each of two consecutive
a- meals three tumblers of wine slightly
er diluted with water. The result was on *
ig each occasion that he sprawled over the '
p- table, and ended by putting his head in ||rc
of his mother's lap and falling asleep." by
le 7 . v.1.
s- It appears from the official reports
f- that the experience of what are called va!
model lodging houses, such as the Pea- ani
3- body buildings in London and other ^
re large towns, combined with that of bar- ?Pr
1- racks, workhouses and schools, furnish- tra
;1: ed abundant evidence that what is P?c
is termed density of population is not so "ie
is detrimental physically as has usually are
)r been assumed; because in such buildings
ie as are referred to the rate of mortality is
.'d much less, with a density of one thou- stl1
ig sand five hundred persons to the acre, act
le than it is in ordinary houses, with a jC3i
sr density of only two hundred and tiflty to '101
the acre. Again, the health of a com- ya?
munity is found to be much more de- "J1
pendent upon food, clothing and personal Jp
r0 habits, than upon the arrangement and tlie
?n construction of dwellings or workshops m!J
a ?for, however perfect the arrangement *
it and construction, these may be entirely a(l1
f, neutralized if the food is bad, the cloth- P0f
e. ins deficient and the personal habits tro
?r filthy. Btr
?
es An Enerlisli giant has got even with a
it pairoftailorswhomndefunofhim.lt
3, j was at Brighton that he requested a u?_
-- I 1 J ctll'to P?11
i Urill W ilU UU V UI tiocu uuutoiiuirwuuouiu
a- at two guineas" to send some one to _ _
e, measure him. When the messenger ar- '
3; rived at his house the giant jocularly j.
id remarked that it would be a.losing bar- en.
iy gain. Responding in the same vein, wjj
>d the assistant said it would.be a splen- tjK
e, did advertisement for them, and that tal|
lo they made the little oues pay for the big wj
ut ones. The clothes were then measured ,.re
Id for, and the giant went, as arranged, to ? (
ig try them on, but was met by the head
e- of the firm, who considerably less fc
et pleased than his assistant, said they
th were not accustomed to work for giants,
is and refused to make the suit. He there- j
lie upon left tha shop, obtained a suit else- ^
is where, and sued to obtain the difference Mr
ty in the price?namely, thirteen shillings. wa
'f- rn'? ? JrtrAWArt 1?flO tliof *1A 4-1.y
,w_ 1J1C UC1CUIU HiM liticw ?v wuwi?v? ...... tllt
been made; but the court expressed tai
a different opinion, and cave a jn
verdict for the amount claimed, with ya
it, costs. a i
wc
'T.~ Persons presenting claims to the ch;
United States Ireasury on account of tht
H* bonds which have been destroyed wholly tri
[s? or in part, or on account 01 registered en<
!?" bonds which have been lost, will he re- ani
quired to present evidence showing-? ho
?" First, the number, denomination, date em
I8, of authorizing act and series of each mi
*!" bond, whether counon or registered, and th<
)! If +)m rynmn nf flip TlflVOfi. In Kill
;al the case of registered bonds, it should cla
also be stated whether they had beenwi
riT, assigned or not, and if so, the name of far
.of the assignee should be given. Second? at
tie The time and place of purchase, of whom at
purchased, and the consideration paid., ne;
uy Third?The material facts and circum- un
a.s stances connected with the loss. The tin
c" evidence should be as full and clear as me
l?r possible. Proofs may be made by afli- fat
"e davit, and by such other competent evi- ari
e<* dence as may be in the possession of the w:i
5T" claimant. Duplicates will not be issued sti
n? within six months from the loss. The qu
e(* interest on uncalled registered bonds an
iet wj]i be pajfl notwithstanding the loss, wi
These regulations do not apply in any a <
nS way to coupons lost or destroyed which su]
lCe have been detached from the bonds, as an
n* no relief in such cases can be granted. co'
ck 6(H
The agitation against vivisection has soi
.lie taken a deep hold in both Germany w<
1S" and Switzerland. Numerous rmti-vivi- mi
section leagues have been formed, and no
e countries have been flooded wit
mphlets on the subject. So intense
gree of feeling has been arouse
gainst the leading vivisectionists an
eir names have been so covered wit
probrium that they have found it ne
jsary to defend themselves earnestl
public addresses. One of the leader
the movement against them is Ernfi
n Weber, the South American ex
jrer, who wrote a book in which h
rtrayed experimentation upon livin
imala in such forcible colors that
rill of horror ran through the readin
blic of Germany, and thousands wer
aightwav ready to take up arms ii
half of the tormented brute creation
i Ernst von Weber is one of the mos
ominent figures in the anti-vivisectioi
jvement, so the distinguished physi
)gist, Prof. Ludwig of the Universitr
Leipsic, is the head and front of th
.ternity against whom the popula
ecration is directed. He and his asso
,tes disclaim unnecessary cruelty
Hie that vivisection is necessary t
jgress in medical scicnce, and en
Ivor to show that the discoverie
ide by it have saved enough of humai
3 and suffering to more than compen
? for the pain inflicted upon brutes
Paget Sound's Wild Beauty.
Puget sound, so justly famous th
>rla over ior its excellent timber, isai
n and many fingered band of the sea
icliinp straight down southward fron
ittle above the head of the Straits o
ca about a hundred miles into tin
art of one of the finest forest region
the face of the globe. The scenery i
rfectly enchanting, smooth lake-lik
iter reaches, wooded shores sweepinj
ward in beautiful curves around bay
d capes, and jotting promontories in
merable. Islands, too, with soft, wav;
tlines, passing and overlapping on'
Oilier, III! nuuiy icubiicicu nnu wi
:ry evergreens, and doubling thei
auty in reflections on the bright mir
r waters. A more charming composi
n of sky, land and water I hav
ver yet beheld. Sailing from Victorii
! had the Olympian range before us U
r right, rising in bold reliet against i
rk blue sky, a jagged zigzag of blacl
>sts and black peaks along the top
?m 6,000 to 8,000 feet hign, glacier:
d ragged edged fields of snow beneatl
2m, the former inclosed in wide am
itheaters'at the head which open
wn through deep, spacious, forest
ed valley to the Straits of Fuca.
Those valleys mark the courses of tlx
ymplan glaciers at the period of thei:
;atest extension, when they pourec
sir tribute into that portion of thi
3at Northern ice sheet that over-swep
3 south end of Vancouver island an<
ed the strait between it and the mail
id. All the way up to Olympia, t
peful little town situated at the em
one of the longest waters of the sound
3 scenery is so perfectly life-like in th<
arness and stillness of the water anr
3 leafy, flowery luxuriance of thi
sltered shores, that it is very hard in
?d to realize that we are on an arm o
; salt sea. One is constantly remind
of Lake Tahoe?the same brigh
ter, the snme picturesque winding o
i shore lines arith their dark greei
lifers; only here the trees stand close]
;ether, and tne bacKgrounnsare lowe;
3 far more extensive, while on doub
g cape after cape and rounding th<
counted islands'that stud the shores
tv combinations break on the view ii
Jless variety, sufficient to fill and sat
j the lover of wild beauty through i
iole life. Sometimes the clouds cami
wrn, shutting out all the land, am
ving us with only a level water view
if at sea; then, lifting a little way
ne islet would be given usstandinj
ne, with the tops of its trees dippinj
!; of .sight in gray trailing mist fringes
e long ranks of spruce and ceda
anding the waters edge would appear
i when at length the breaking cloud
,ntle cleared away altogether, the co
sal cone of Tacoma would be seen ii
>tlcss white looking down over th
rk wood from a distance of filty o:
:ty miles, but sr> lofty and so massiv
i so clearly outlined as to impress it
I upon us as being just back of a stri]
woods only a mile or two in breadth
kin Francisco Bulletin.
Educating Horses.
lorses can be educated to the exten
Lheir understanding, as well as chil
;n can be easily damaged or ruine<
bay management. It is believed tha
! great liability comes more from th<
ferent management of men than fron
iance of natural disposition in th<
mals. Horses with mettle are mor<
ily educated than those of less or dul
rite, and are more susceptible of ill
inlCig, and consequently may be a
>d or bad, according to the educatioi
y receive. Horses with dull spirit
not by any means proof against bat
nagement, for in any of tnem ma;
m be found the most provoking ob
lacy, vicious habits of different char
ers that render them almost worth
}. Could the coming generation o
-ses in this country be kept from the
?8 of colthood to the a go. of five yean
the hands of good, careful managers
re would be seen a vast difference ir
general character of the noble ani
Is.
f a colt is never allowed to get ar
mntnge it will never know that il
isesses a power that man cannot con
1, and ii it be made familiar wit!
ange objects it will not be skittisl
I nervous, ii a norse is maue auuua
oed from his early days to have ob
t9 hit on his heels, back and hips, hi
II pay no attention to the giving out o
mess or of a wagon running agains
a at an unexpected moment. A gui
i be fired from the back of a horse, ar
ibrella held over his head, a bufifaU
>e thrown over his neck, a railroac
;ine pass close by, his heels bumpec
th sticks, and the animal take it all a:
i natural condition of things, if onlj
iglit by careful management that h<
II not be injured thereby. There is t
iat need ot improvement in the man
;ment of this noble animal, less beat
; and more educating. <
Live Toads in Trees and Stones.
IJarge toad was found a few yean
) "in an old apple tree at Wonhan
mor; it came to light when the tre<
5 blown down. The Memoires o
i French Acadtmie des Sciences con
n a description of a living toad fount
the heart of an old elm tree. Neai
.ntes, when an old oak was cleft open
toad wjis found in the very heart
iod, although no crevice or othei
unnei of entrance could be detected
;re were about ninety rings in tin
ink of this oak, leading to the infer
:g (according to one theory) that tin
imal must have been in "his prison
use ninety years. Mr. Jesse, in refer
ce to a frog found in the trunk of i
llberry tree, expressed a belief tha
? annual rings had been gradually bu
rely inclosing the reptile. Toads ir
,y have been more frequently me
th than in trees; sometimes a wholi
nily have been thus ferreted ou
once. In 1856 a toad was fount
a considerable depth at Benthall
nr Broslcy, Shropshire. Mr. Bath
st, earthenware manufacturer at Ben
ill, ascertained that the creature wai
it with about sixjfeet beneath the sur
:e, in a la>er of tough clay custom
ily used lor making coarse brown
ire. Above this layer, in successivi
ata, were ferruginous coal of poo
ality, clay, a loam of clay and gravel
d meadow-turl at the top. The toa<
is found filling a cavity as wax doei
A minnffl nvominqtinn nf thi
perincumbent strata failed to detec
y fissure through which the anima
uld have entered. The light of daj
;med at first to distress it, out this i
on became accustomed to; the eye
?re brilliant, the skin moist, th
Duth quite closed.?Cfwmbefs Jour
h A MAEVELOUS STORY.
a
d Enormoui Mineral Wealth In the Sierra
j Mojtdu, Mexico? nilli of Gold and a
l Mountain of Sliver In Sight.
Following is an extract from a letter
~ written from Matamoras, Mexico, by
* Charles S. Williams, formerly of Peoria,
: 111., to William T. Hubbard, of Quincy,
!c in.
You have doubtless heard accounts
p of the discoveries of gold in fabulous
| quantities in the Sierra Mojadas. The
accounts cannot be exaggerated, since
the imagination cannot conceive of
such a vast quantity of gold and silver
hoarded by nature in one ragged mount- '
; ain-range. The tallest stories would
* not be fabulous in this case. I have
been there, and I know whereof I affirm.
' You know I have been something ot a
" traveler: that I have seen the mines of
? California, Australia and am one: the
Ural Mountains?for, during my wanderings,
I corresponded witn you; but
' now here on this planet have I ever seen
the same richness in mines?the same i
" uncounted tons of gold. The very
? mountains, lofty and rugged as they are,
'seem to be built of gold. Untold millions
of the yellow ores and dust are in sight; ,
how much there may be hidden in the
heart ot mountains only He who created
all wealth can tell. <
If I had not been there, and one had i
e attempted to tell only one-halt of the
1 tj uth in regard to those golden moun- .1
, tains, though he had been my nearest
1 kinsman, or most trusted friend, I :
f would not have accepted his story as 1
e truth. I shall not ask you to believe i
s me when I say that there are, in those ]
s wild, almost inaccessible' mountains, 1
e great hills of gold, miles in length, hun- 1
I areds of feet in height, and hundreds of <
s yards in width. And yet it is the lit- 1
- eral truth. And not far away from the <
y golden hills there is a mountain of sil- 1
e ver ore, richer than any ores of Lead- 1
1 ville, VirginiaJCity, or any other bor
nanza mines yet discovered. This silver I
- mountain throws in the shade the far- 1
- famed hill of Santa Eulalia, in Chihua- <
e hua, from which $200,000,000 in silver ]
a has been taken. I know yoif will think 1
3 T tell incredible stories. I have not 11
i told half the truth. ]
c But why are not these mines worked i
, ?developed at once? The answer is <
9 not difficult. They are in Mexico? '
1 and nothing is done in a hurry, except i
- changing the government. In the next ]
s place, territorialjurisdiction is claimed <
- by the three States of Coahuila, San i
Luis Potosi, and Chihuahua. The mines 1
b are undoubtedly clearly in the State ]
r of Ban Luis Potosi; but the conflicting i
1 claims must be settled, as each has a i
2 military force in the neighborhood, and i
t suppresses all attempts to carry on min- <
1 ing operations. Then the title is in doubt, j
i Up till within a week before my depart- i
i ure from San Felipe, the nearest pueblo
i to thf mining region, it was supposed 1
, that the Mojadas were a part of the '
J public domain. But interested parties 1
1 made the discovery that the identical 1
2 tract upon which the richest discoveries <
- have been made was long ago granted
f away, in the usual Mexican style of lib*
erality, to the extent of six Spanish 1
t leagues square.
f There was much excitement in San
i Luis Potosi and Saltillo over the an- i
r nouncement that the great mines were i
r private property, and, the strangest pert
- of all, the property of an American by
J birth, if living, ana his heirs if dead. i
[ *
Don't Be Editors.
i
nvfnonf ia frnm PnlAnfll
a JL lie iUllUVYIil^ UAU1UVU 10 iiuut Wivuvt
1 P. Donan's address before1 the Arkansas
, Press Association: "Boys ot my audi,
ence, bright-faced, aspiring youths, longl
ing for the shortest and quickest road to
5 fame and fortune, hear a solemn adjura.
tion, and be warned in time. Never be
r editors?everybody's pecking blocks,
, creation's scapegoats and sway-backed i
- packed mules. Deadhead tickets to cir,
- cuses, dog-shows and festivals?(paid
i for at the rate of a twenty-five dollar
e notice for a twenty-five cent ticket)?all
r very well in their way; and daily boue
quets from the girls who want to get
- tneir names in the papers, with tne
p "beautiful and accomplished" formula
. swung to them, are "just too charming
for anything/' But do not let them lead
you into that dingy den of inky horror,
treadmill labor and squandered oppor- ;
tunities, burlesquingly known as the
t editorial sanctum. Stand back. Keep
out. Be boot-blacks, chimney-sweeps,
1 penitentiary birds, or members of the
t maniac menagerie that meets in the gor- :
e geous white sepulcher of a Capitol at i
1 Washington. Bemud clerks on a coal ]
b barge, deck-hands in a tripe factory i
2 brakemen on canal boats, engineers of a j
1 one-donk. y-power canal boat, dairyman
- with r.n aged ox and two he-goats as
3 your stock in trade, servant girl in a
i pcor-house or orphan asylum. Be
3 stock gamblers, railroad directors, presi1
dents of a sausage stuffing machine, rag- i
f venders, charcoal brawlers, chamber"
maids in a livery stable, or policy spout- ;
- ing Senators?but never, no never, be
- editors. Never be even one editor, for ;
f half a one is three-quarters too much for
> any well-regulated family to have about
J the house."
i ? j
Nihilist Vengeance.
, The Moscow Gazette publishes the folt
lowing: A young man, nineteen
. years old, named Nicholas Gorinevich,
! a student at the Gymnasium of Kieff,
j was induce^ to join the Nihilist circles. 1
. But what he saw and heard created such 1
. horror and repugnance in his breast '
e that he withdrew from them. His
j former associates became alanned lest he ;
t should betray them, and the case hav- j
j ing been referred to the executive com- ,
t mittee he was sentenced to death. Sus- j
j pecting that his life was in danger he
I fled to Odessa but he could not so easily (
I escape. He was induced one evening to
3 go to a rendezvous in a retired nlace,
j and was there set upon by several per,
sons, who lelt him for dead. To pre- J
I vent his recognition one of the assailants j
: poured a quantity of vitriol over his
. face. In this condition he was found ,
by the police next morning; but as he j
seemed t? be still alive they conveyed
him to a hospital, where he was.so well :
cared for that after some time he was j
3 able to be removed to St. Petersburg,
j where an inquiry into the Nihilistic
TTS? I
? propagan da was going un. mo u*m,
f hand and leg were paralyzed and his
- face pcosented an awful appearance.
I The acid had quite consumed the greater
r part of tne flesh; nose, ears, hair were
, quite gone, and he had lost his sigl:t
- utterly. He tried to put an end tolas
r lot but was prevented. At last a phi;
lanthropic person obtained permission
3 to remove him to his estate in the
. country, where, it is said, he now geems
) more reconciled with his lot.
t Pimples and Sores.
t The condition of the skin is nnindit
cator of the functional states of the
1 stomach, liver, kidneys, etc. .When
t any of these organs are impaired, 6ick3
ness is the result, and the kind of sickt
nees is dependent upon the organ which
1 is deranged. Dyspep'sia, so common
, in society, is indicative of irregularity ,
- or disease in the stomach. Sores and
- pimples show that the skin does not J
*' 1 ??* nff thn I
3 aot 118 normal p.uo in V..W
- effete matter or waste of the system;
- its pores having become clogged, dif- :
- ferent forms of illness result; fevers, J
e colds, rheumatism, etc. Sores and pirn- .
r pled show congestion in the part where
, they arc situated, and the breaking out
J which constitutes a sore, is an effort on <
j the part of nature to relieve the syse
tem of corrupt material. One who is
t troubled with these disagreeable things
1 should not apply medicated washes or I
f swallow drugs for their eradication, 1
t but seek to improve the general health, (
s eating good food, particularly fresh I
b vegetables and fruits, articles which 1
- serve to cool the blood and so*the the i
nervous system. i
THE CAPTIYE ZULU KING.
Hour Cetywayo Acted m a Prisoner?Fh<
tographlnc Him unci Hi* Wivci-H
Enormous Size.
A reporter of the Cape Times, a Sout
African paper, accompanied Cetywaj
on his voyage to Simon's bay, and i
says: In the surf-boat Cetywayo ha
his first experience of sea-sickness, an
if he wanted to be shot when caught h
Mjy'or Marter,' it is certain that 1
wished he were dead ten minutes aft<
embarking. All the dignity with whic
Cetywayo had borne his captivity gax
way as ne saw the sea and realized b;
fate, while the antics of the whole part
in the surf-boat are said to have bee
ludicrous. Nothing could persuad
them to sit down quietly, and whe
they moved they did so crawling on a
fours.
Cetywayo was placed on deck, inat
much as tne builders of the Natal neve
contemplated carrying a passenger wh
would require that lour wives shoul
aleep in his cabin with him. In th
kraal his majesty occupied a centn
mattress, and nis four wives and an ir
tombi (young girl) had mattressc
around him. Everything in the way t
personal comfort that he asked for ha
hppn irivpn to bim. T)nr5nff tha vovac
of the Natal there was one rough nigh I
and the king had a very bad time of il
but he generally kept up his spirits an
conveyed in his cheerful moods his im
pression of new sights. The first morr
ing when there was no land in view, h<
after looking around, held up his hand
in intense astonishment; but, lika al
natives, he does not permit himself t
appear to be much surprised at anj
thing. At home he was rather a consid
arable beer-drinker, but he thinks ou
beer very inferior stuff, and palms tha
jff on his wives, while he is quite read;
to do his share of the " firewater" in th
shape of gin.
He has rather a wild way of takin,
X) European food, and as a preliminar
bo a substantial feed of beef the othe
Jay he devoured a pot and a half of jam
He was good enough to come out of hi
shell during the time his photograp]
was being taken, and the smiling fac
tie put on, as his photograph will show
proves that he is not altogether unac
luainted with the ways ot the world
when his wires were being photo
graphed nothing eould induce them b
leave off giggling or to sit still unti
Cetywayo sternly commanded them t
Jo so, and then at once they were mo
tionless as statues. It was evident the;
had not forcotten the temper of the kin
\nd tho way he once reigned in Zulu
land. When he was afterward asked t
rit tor another photograph he declinei
Joing so, on the ground that he was no
5oing to make a fool of himself twice ii
one day. He would not sit with hi
svives, because, he said, having his p'ho
tograph they could easily cut the grou
of women in two to put him in the cen
tre, and he suggested that if other phc
tographers wanted his likeness the;
could photo his followers as often as the
liked, and the pictures would sell just
well for the white man would buy any
thing.
The photo will show Cetywavo t
be an enormous man, of a little unde
9ix feet high; a handsome, overfe
specimen of humanity with nothing it
pulsive about him. A tape measur
round the chest would probably shoi
sixty inches, and each thign half tha
number of inches; and this should cor
vey what an immense fellow the king is
Yet he is not ungainly in figure, an
there is an unmistakable diemty abon
him, which, together with fits of socis
bility, have drawn toward him the goo
feeling of his escort. He is not unaj:
preciative, either, of the duties ,of hi
rank, and I mention these incidents t
indicate in some degree what the ZuJ
court was like, and that, barbaric as j
was, it must have had a dignity of it
own.
He has latelvj developed a wonderfi
taste for scribbling, and in a few month:
under the careful tuition of Major Pool<
would probably become a polite lette
writer. Indeed, M^jor Poole has tb
king, excepting the sulks, which ar
exceedingly inconvenient, perfectly ur
der control, and the attempts at lettc
writing are an infinite source, of amuse
mcnt. The wives of the king, who at
his fellow captives, are four in numbej
and are tall, lithe, shapely women c
about twenty years of age. Like thei
lord and master, they are anxious abou
their dress.
Cetywayo was taken on a tour c
inspection of her majesty's ship Boadi
cea, which visit seems to li^ve give;
bim a terrible shock; such a visit a yea
ago might have saved England som
millions of money."
How Much Can a Man Eat?
The question asked by a correspond
ant as to the' quantity of food necessar;
Ir. annnrvr+. liffi i<J. we SUDDOae. SaVS :
New ?ork paper, rather intended as ai
inquiry as to the quantity needed b;
an adult person in the ordinary voca
tionsoflife. In a recent phb'icaiion"
Hygiene and Public Health th
fullest answer may be found. Fron
this work and other sources can b
gathered the exact quantity of food nec
essary for a soldier or 'sailor, whicl
may be taken as typical of the wants o
the individual. An American goldie
has daily given him 22 ounces o
bread, 12 ounces of pork or bacon, or 2i
ounces of fresh or salt beef, 16 ounce
of potatoes three times a week, 1.6ounce:
of rice, with 1.6 ounces of coffee, 2.0'
ounces of sugar, .64 of a gill of beans
.32 of a gill of vinegar, 0.16 of a qill o
salt. As to the quantity of this food, i
is larger and more abundant than woul(
jeem at first signt to oe necessary, i>u
;he liberality in food haa this grea
idvantge, that in time of hard work tin
Fatigue of the individual is diminishec
ind the power of recuperation scnsibl]
ncreaseu. The total quantity tliei
provided for a soldier of the Unitet
States army is larger than is consumec
jy the general working man. Of course
rarious conditions, of life, climate anc
ocality have to do with the quantity o
ood. Thus, an idle person can gel
ilong very well with 2.75 ounces of nixogenous
food, and 20 ounces of carxmaceous
food (flesh and cereal or vegeable
food), when if the same individua
vere walking or in active outdoor life
louble this quantity might be used
Perhaps the Esquimaux represent tin
jeaviest feeders in the world, for Parrj
sells of a young native who devoured ir
;hc twenty-four hours 9J pounds of sea
lorse, half raw, half cooked; 13 pound:
)f bread, 1$ pints of good strong soup
13 pounds ot ship bread, and 9 pints o
tvater, not counting grog and spirits
Both Sir John Ross and Dr. Hayes
Tom personal observation, declare tha
the daily ration of an Esquimaux ma]
ranee from twelve to twenty pounds o
3esh food. On the other hand it is quit
remarkable how small a quantity of foo<
i man may eat and still retain hi
tiealth, though as to the point of menta
yigor endangered by scanty fare that i
mother question. Cornaro. who wrot
i treatise on long life, subsisted fo
tifty-eight years on twelve ounces o
vegetable matter and fourteen ounces o
wine per diem, while another case is citei
sf a man existing for not quite twent;
years on sixteen ounces of flour pe
iiem, made into some kind of a pudding
All such stories of people who hav
lived on a minimum of food when thei
means or circumstances allowed ther
to procure more, should be taken wit
i certain amount of doubt. There i
nothing in wh#?h deception is mor
likely.
Edward Burnham, of Portland, has
table that was brought from a Britis
frigate during the Revolution to Generi
Glover's house at Boston. On the r<
taking of the city by the continental
Four British officers were playing card
it the table, when a cannon ball passe
under it, scaring them away.
9
The Government Library.
Readers who are eager for statistics
j" may seek to know something of the pecuniary
value of the collection of books
1 which the people own at Washington.
" The expenditures upon the library of
" the government, ii compared with its
? extent and value, has not been great,
j The sum total of the appropriations of
? Congress for books from 1800 to 1878 has
f not exceeded $640,000, and this is inelusive
of the cost of two conflagrations.
u The British Museum Library, which
" numbers 1,100,000 volumes, is supposed
to have cost about $3,000,000 (?600,000);
but as not not only this collection, but
? all the great government libraries of
" Europe, are rich in rare and early'
printed books, as well as in Hamuli
scripts, and manv of them in costly engravings,
there can be no just basis for
n enmnnrionn between them and a col
J" lection so modern in its origin, a* well
* as its principal contents, as our own.
? The library of the British museum,
? moreover, has enjoyed for more than
[? a century the benefit of the copyright,
bringing in free of cost all the publica?
tions of the British and colonial press,
f. The library at Washington, though
' founded in the beginning of the century,
*J really dates from 1852, when only 20,-,,
e 000 volumes were saved from the flames.
It would be unreasonable to expect that
h an American national library should
rival those of the old world in those colL~
lections of incunabula and nreciousmanuL"
scripts which centuries of opportunity
* have enabled them to assemble. There
are now twelve libraries in Europe out^
numbering (he library of Congress in
r? the books upon their shelves; yet the ;
" growth of our national library has been
so rapid as to have twice doubled the ,
? numeral extent of the collection in fif?
teen years. In 1863 the library of Wash*
ington contained 72,000 volumes; in ,
e 1867, 165,000; and ih 1878 the collection i
had risen to 340.000 volumes, besides
| pamphlet. The Boston public library
' alone among American collections, an- '
r proximate it in size, and even a little
* exceeds it if we count the books con?
tained in its seven branches in the 1
1 suburbs of Boston, which, however, are
e duplicates of the parent collection. But
? the numerical standard is far from lur- <
" mailing an adequate test or me true j
* value of any collection of books, save
~ in the presumptive it furnishes that the .
? largest collections will contain the best
1 works printed in every field. It may be
5 said for the library of Congress that, in
" the main, its stores have Been selected 1
y with a view to the highest utility, and <
S with some general plan of unity: it has i
" not, like the British museum library,
? the Boston public library, and some <
* other large institutions, been the recip- <
1 ient of extensive donations or bequests, i
a which, while greatly enriclung the col8
lections, tends also to the multiplica- j
* tion of duplicates. It were to be wished ,
P that all authors of books, and especially j
" of pamphlets, should bear in mind that
this great collection at Washington is
y the representative library of the coun- ]
y try, and by placing in it copies of their
8 productions, whether protected by copy"
right or not, secure to their thought a
place where it will be sure ot transmis- ;
0 sion to that posterity which may care i
? to examine it. All pamphlets coming 1
j1 to this library are treated with the same
honor as books, acknowledged, sepa- j
e ratoly bound (instead of having their
* identity merged with others in incon^t
iminno vnlnmpaV nnd olnaaifipd in their
l" proper relation upon the shelves.
d
it.
[ The New Instrument for the Deaf.
>- For an indefinite number of ages, says i
s a New York paper, deaf people have
o gone on putting their ear-trumpets in
Q their ears, and have never thought to i
it put them in their mouths, as it now aps
pears they should. Every aurist has j
always known that the external ear is j
ll not the onlj avenue of approach to the ]
?, auditory nerve, and any unprofessional j
person who thinks that it is can never \
ir have tried thesimple experiment ot put- ]
e ting a watch between his teeth and stop- j
e ping his ears. Mr. Richard S. Rhodes, <
i- of Chicago, did this one day about a year <
sr aeo, as not less than 1,000,000 people i
!- had done before him, but he is the first
e one to whom the sounds heard under }
such circumstances suggested the idea j
>f that a fan-like instrument held between ,
r the teeth woujd greatly help deaf people j
tt to hear. Ever since that time ne has ?
been developing his " audiphone," as he j
|f calls it, and within a few days it had its j
i- first public trial in an Indianapolis in- ,
n f/M* fhfl inah>nAf.!An nf I
14 SLlbUUUU iui wiv iuom ww?4VM v* ?.VM. . |
>* mutes! The reported results are aston- ?
c ishing. A bright little girl about ten <
years old was tne first to "whom the test
was applied. For a number of years ,
she had been totally deaf and speechless, j
but "she had not listened a minute be- ?
fore her features lighted up with a smile 1
- that told the wnole story." Several ]
7 other children confirmed the happy re- '
a suit, and it was regarded as established 1
a that persons in whom the auditory 1
y nerve exists at all can be made to hear, 1
- even though the ordinary ear-trumpet J
- is of no help to them. And as dumb
e ness is only a result of deafness, it fol- ?
3 lows that the dumb can be taught to s
e speak, as, indeed, they have been for ?
several years in an instiution in this f
i city, but only by the most laborious J
f methods, and not with entire success. J
r Mr. Rhodes cites one case in which two 1
f sisters, who had not heard each other's I
D voice for a number of years, resumed
s conversation within the first hour of
s using the audiphone. It still remains.
1 however, to invent a help to hearing
which will he inconspicuous. There
f would seem to be no rational reason whv
t people should shrink from using an ear1
trumpet any more than an eye-glass, unt
less, perhaps, that deafness is more unt
usual than imperfect sight, and, there3
fore, attracts more attention. But the
1 fact remains that deaf people are very
f averse to using artificial aids to hearing,
i and multitudes will prefer to hear par1
tially and compel their friends to snout
1 rather than to use anything which con.
fesses their deafness.
\ ?
The Terrible Strain of the /nln War.
A friend writing to me from Zululand,
i who has had great experience in con- c
| valescent camps, says that he has never I
' met with so many soldiers prostrated 1
; with extreme nervous debility as he *
; finds at Martizburg, and that their agi- 1
' tation and unrest bailies the ordinary s
modes of treatment. I can account for *
" this. The Zulu war has been a war in i
' wLich an extraordinary mental strain i
i has been superadded to no ordinary f
amount of hardship. /To say that the f
' battle of Isandlana established a "scare" 1
? would not be going too far. Hero was !
: an enemy who might attack at any time s
\ in overwhelming numhers, who would i
march straight up to the mouths of a i
> batttery of Held pieces,who knew no fear :
and would show no mercy. To conduct i
j a campaign successfully against such an <
_ enemy as this necessitated a vigilance of i
the most incessant kind. A few mo- i
men s' delay, if an attack should be i
t made, would be fatal ?fatal not i
'c only to the force in a military sense i
j but also to the lives of the greater
nnmhpr nf t.hnsft ftomnosin!? it. To sleeD I
J in your boots; to have your arnmuni,
tion at hand, so that it is imposible lor
'* it to be mislaid; to have your rifle so
? placed that it is the iirst thing your
* hand touches as you spring from the
. ground; to sleep underneath a wagon
uoon eartli sodden with rain or under
neath a frosty starlight?all this is try- :
ing, even to the hardiest. The men get <
used to it, but still it tells upon them, i
Heads which went into Zululund with a ;
a mere sprinkling of gray hair came back :
h with a goodly growth. "How gray he
il hits grown!" is :i remark heard every i
>- day with reyard to men who have been
Is ill. This is the result of tiie mental <
,s strain, coming as it does upon the top of '
d severe physical oxertion.??crac?o? Let- j
ler. i
Autumn Leaves.
Autumn leaves are falling, (ailing, tailing
Slowly to tb? ground;
Angela sad are calling, calling, calling
To the weary hearts with mournful tound;
Solemn sound.
Autumn leaves are sailing, sailing, sailing
Softly thrpugh the air;
Loving hearts are lailing, tailing, tailing;.
Azraol hovers, beck'ning everywhereEverywhere.
Autumn leaves are dying, dying, dyin
Sadly, one by one; "
Broken hearts are lying, lying, lying
In their rest where dark dmpair is don*,
Grief is done. .u .
A .tnmn Imvm ?m mMVmff. nxaMn*. otm'/.
auvurni' '<? ? ? ~l i n* -r 1 ; ? -r
in#
To the thoughtless soals
Who, bat pleasure seeking; seeking, leofcfng,
Heed not as life erer onward -rolls;
Swiltly roll?. f
Autumn leaves are pleading, pleading pleaa
ing ?
In prophetic tone,
With the thonsfuxds speeding, speeding
speeding
To appear before their Maker's throne;
Awiulthrtme!
_ -EyOfiPickhsrdt
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
A handsome thing in drau goods: A
pretty girl.?Ottawa Republican*'.
Scotland has produced another pea???
Ka?d nnmoH indonion. ft. rw.ilroad
9AUU WO?,U rw.
laborer.
French, Normandy and Breton cap
crowns appear on many of the imported
bonnets.
The man who goes away for his health
brings it back with him if successful.?
Picayune.
When the night is pitch dark, it do*
by no means foliow that it's s-tarry.?
Whim Wharm.
A Russian editor has been sent to
Siberia for criticising a sermon **n the
infallibility of the Czar.
Some one who believeo that " brevity
is the soul of wit" writes, "Don't eat
itale Q cumbers. - They'll W up."
No matter how a young lady's hat Is
lost it is almost certain to turn np?
;ither behind or at the side.?Bandy
3tone. .
We presume the axletrees of railroad
;ar wheels are called journals because ,
jf their rapid circulation -Boston Trantcript.
There are thirty thousand d6af mutes
in the United States, and fifty places of
worship where services aroconaucted in
She sign language.
" If there is bo moonlight, will you
meet me by gaslight, dearest Juliana?"
"No. Augustus, I won't," she replied;
'I'm no pis meter."
The most novel joint stock company *
yet formed is at Chester,Pa.,where fifteen
stockholders own an animal said to be
the best coon dog in the country.
The Prince of Wales1 sons receive as
naval cadets twenty-five cents a day,
which will be raised to forty-five cents
when they become midsliipmen.
When a pedestrian has to walk up and ,
down the room all night with a squalling
baby, hegenerally makes more laps
than he does smiles.?Tonub) Graphic.
The total production of the world of gold
and silver for the three hundred
and seventy-three years from 1483 to
1875 is estimated by an eminent German
authority at $7,476,185,510.50 of silver
EUld $5,644,151,241.43 of gold.
An editor started a paper in a town a
few weeks ago, and he says the next day
* - * xt? , ...n
after tlie appearance 01 uiu urn* issue
fifty persons called at the office to tell
trim how to run it. Only fifty? A boat
Ibree hundred and .thirty citizens who
know better how to conddct a newsga36r
than an editor who has ten years'
;xperience must have been out of town,
?r sick, and couldn't get around.?Nor*
H'stoum Herald.
" It is more disgraceful, my son," said
i fond parent, " to wear a black eye than
t is to wear shabby clothes. " x a^as,"
eplied the boy, "but the clothes are
lardest to get rid of." And the old may
sat silent for a long time, thinking what
0 say, and by the time he thought of it
lis boy had been over in the neighbor's
?ard fifteen minutes, and had " licked n
he neighbor's son mid won a white
illey, two crystals and a boly.?hawkye.
Sir Henry Bulwer, uncle of Lord
vytton, for months fancied himself
iffected with paralysis of the legs, and
'efused to put a foot to the ground, bat
vos wheeled in a chair by a servant.
3ne day the Rhone steamer on which he
vas traveling caught fire, and the capain
having run the boat ashore, a plank
vas thrown out. by which the passengers
might land. The first person on
his new bridge, and stepping nimbly
iown. was Sir Henry, when safe on
1 1 ~on^ AO 11 oH
more n? rauciuucicu umuvu .~.v? v?..?
iut to his servant," Carry me, Forster."
Jut it was too late. Forster refused to
iear more of his master's folly, and Sir
lenry walked very well to the day of
lis death.
A LIT.
Ob, those memories all flow in Ward,
On my tired heart to-day,
And I almost amell the clovor,
While T list, the robins lay.
?Lilla JV. CuihmmtL
f.ATEK. #
Sweet the summer breezes gently
Sweep along the cottage thatch,
And I almost smell the clover,
While I list, the robins hatch.
?SteuienvilU HtraU.
LATEST
And while aatumn winds are sighing,
Echoing my heart's sad throb bin's,
Yesterday we shot and made a
Bully pot-pio of the robins.
?Burlington Hawk eye.
A Wild Ball on a Steamer.
One day, not long since, an extraorlinary
scene was caused, as a Scotch
>aper puts it, by the "caprice" of a
>ull on board the steamer Sheila, run?ing
between Brodick and Largs, on the
j'irth of Clyde. The day was very
tormy. and it appears that the heaving
ind rolling of the boat rxcited the aninal
to such an extent that it broke
oose from the cords with which it was
astened and dashed hither and thither
imong the passengers, causing them to
ly in "all directions. Finding its way
il't, it cleared the cabin end of the
itearaer very speedily, passengers fleeing
it its approach, and leaving their effects V
n the shape of umbrellas, wraps, bags
ind portmanteaus to take care ol themselves.
When it had quite cleared the
;abin it began to break ud all the fittings
it hand in the shape of forms, gratings
!ind glass. Then. i? dashed up stairs,
cleared the hurricane deck, and rushed
ilown the steerage steps. The state of
absolute terror on board may be more
easily imagined than described?a heavy
sea rolling, women and children shrieking
and lushing in al! directions from
tlie enraged animal, without any place
of absolute safety to which they could
fly. Several persons were Jiurt. one
lady in particular being severely wjurcu.
When the boat arrived at Lares the
bull was goton shore, and nfter playing
some pranks about the qu.ay?knocking
over a boat lying close to the shore, and
spilling its two occupants into the water,
and so fonh?it rushed pp Main street
itnu Gas Close, got into :i wnodyard, - J
where, after doing sonic <i.*mi:ige, it waa M
shot to prevent timber mischief. This / M
playful little episode i?iU*t have been
extremely pleasant for yil concerned. /
The only wonder is tlmt UM'ie was noi ,
^reatloss of life instead of oiie "severe/
injury." /