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I ... . A... .. ? y.;^ p ' , ABBEVILLE PRESS & BANNER. 1 * , 1 / I . ' %. v BY HUGH WILSON AND H. T. WARDLAW. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1880. NO. 40. VOLUME XXV.. Both. She was the l&sieet woman % That ever sot a mortal orary; Twas marvelous how my erring spirit Could bo subdued by one so 1a?y. To monoeyliable* addicted, To nee all else exceeding loath, Asked which ol two things she prelerrec She only murmured, " both !" It is no paradox to aay bo Her every movement was repose; As on a summer day the ocean Slumbers, the while it ebbe and flows. Yet was there latent Are; her nature That of the panther, nofrthe sloth. I asked her once which she reaombled, She onlv murmured. " both !" Her per*oo?well, 'twas simply perfect, Matching the graoes ol her mind; To perfect face and form she added k A '*??n perception, taste refined. Bnt -when I challenged her to tell me, 'ft"hat I knew not myself in troth, Whether her wit or beauty charmed mi She only murmured, " both !" Provoked at last at never hitting This lazy little woman's point, Is canned her armor, and disoovered Haply therein mie open joint. In cerelees tone I asked her, knowing Her word was binding as an oath, "Shall love or lriendship be between us! She smiled, and murmured, " both !" ? William Yming, in .Ippleiort'* Journal. LEARNING ATESSON. CHAPTER I. "Oh, what have I done! What hay I done!" exclaimed Nellie, under he breath, as sad and dismayed she hur ried no the garden path. "He wii never be kind to me any more. Ho* could I have said sucu a thing?" And her hands trembled so that sh< could scarcely lift the latch of the old fashioned door, and she turned away t< quiet herself a little before going in. The garden was lovely and luxuriant and heavy dews, wcigliing down th< beads of all the beautiful blossoms | made it still more lovely in the caln I clear light of the moon which showr so brightly overhead. But with a sigl Nelli? crept out of the glory of silvei light, and paced to and fro beneath t tow ol rugged elms, whose far-spreadinf branches cast a fretwork of shadow ovei the flowery borders and neatly gravel ed paths below. iJellie glanced up at the rambling ol< farmhouse which had been her hom< for so many years. How she loved it Kverv nook and corner that it container was dear to her. "I have it, and all in it, left to me,1 she said, in a soft, sad tone; "and deaj father and mother, too. A happy, happ; home it has always been, and I an thankful for it! But, oh, Edward, ho* could vou be so unkind? Oh! hov ooald you ?" She listened, fancying she could hea his departing footsteps yet. And per hups she might have done so. With lofty looks and disdainful curv< of his rather thin lips, he was on hi way home along the winding lanes. H< was a man of five-and-thirty, while Nel lie was scarcely twenty. She was sim pic and innocent a? a child; but he ha<^ learned many a lesson in the school o life/ere this. Yet another was in stor? for him, and probably another anc another ?for while we live we mus learn; and we will learn?so foolish ar< we?in the most costly and laborious way, for the most part. " Experienc< keeps a dear school," says the proverb - " but fools will go to no other." And are we not all fools until hart m and inexorable experience has knocke< ? i - J-J J O A 3 ana Kneaaea wihuuui ww u?r adu oik Iwson which Edward Melville pride< himself on having learned was the valut of money. He was a bachelor, and ? he made up his mind he would retaair until he could find a woman witi money who would be his wife. Hi himsulf was a country doctor, and, witl n very small and not increasing practice it would never do to marrv and havi nothing but that to depend upon, hi told himself. He had generally escorted Nellie t< her own door, after their evening walks but this evening he had left her just out side the gate. He was her aunt's step son. She had known him aii her younj life, and had always called hin Cousin Edward, all unsuspicious of th feeling which was steadily gatherinj strength within herheart, till this even ing. And EdwardjJor his part, bad al ways treated her as a mere child. " A glorious night!" he murmured, a he leisurely pursued his way; and as h looked round at hamlet and trees, an< wayside brook, and picturesque farm houses dotted here and there, all sleep ing in the moonlight, the disdainfu curve left his lips, and pride and hau teur smoothed themselves away fron !.!> I ins uruw. "Poor little Nellie!" he said again with something like a complacent smile " I suppose, then, that she cares a littl more for me than I deserve. It is (rreat bore, for, of course, it iB out o the question that I should?that ? could-" He paused, and began humming rune, and switching the dew-lade: hedges with his walking*cane. . " No," he presently recommenced " one must have enough to be comforts hie. And NeIHe has got nothing, and have got next to nothing. One ma put up with the want of a little senti ment, I should imagine, if one has a to' rahl* settlement in life. At all event I mean to try it." * 1 CHAPTER XI. " You will go to meet Miss Bassett, suppose, flieiiie?" inquired ner momei " Oh, yes, mother. Edward ws good enough to say !hat he would driv me to the station in his dog-cart; he wi bring u? both home, too. He says tht a rich young lady like Miss Bassett wi not care to walk a mile, even along ou lovely lanes, he is sure." Perhaps there was the slightest unde] tone of sarcasm in Nellie's voice, fc her mother glanced at her as if in sui prise without replying. Edward had given Nellie, bit by bi :ind with a good deal of tact, his idea upon the subject of money, and of th comfort to be derived from a proper ue of it. Outwardly tl:e two were as goc friends as ever. At heart, however, fc was carefully on his guard.whileNelli tender, and gentle-natured though si |k was, could not help slightly despisir him. Miss Bassett was an old school-felly of Nellie's and a great heiress, and st had taken a fancy to spend the remaii der of the summer in the old tumbl down farmhouse which Nellie call* . home. Edward was very attentive, even sp ciallv kind to Nellie, on their way 1 the station, and her heart went out i him again. " If oniy I had not said that to him she thought, as the dog-eart stopp< ?nd be carefully lifted he^ out. " hope?oh, I do hope that he may forg It." The train ran in. There was. prefcl Sracie Bassett's face at a first-class ca riage window, and in a few minutes s] was seated in the dog-cart beside E ward, chatting to and laughing wil bim as if^ she had known him f jeftrs, ana XNeiu?oaa tasen ine seat; o bind. And that was not the only evei inc they spent in chatting and iaughin Nellie and her lather and mother?e three, and many of the neighbors bend soon saw what it would come to. Ai Nellie grew older and grayer day 1 day. But as yet she kept her ov ^ secret, and she hoped more and mo ilmt Edward had forgotten her ioolis thoughtless words on a certain moo light night, now some seven or eift wf?ek? ago. 'i At last the engagement was announcec Grade Bassett uaa no friends to inter fere with her, and flatteied by Edward' attentions, and quite believine that sh leved him "quite enough for happ: ness," she had agreed that the raarnag should take place as soon as all neede< arrangements could be made. I, "You know, Nellie," said she, as th two sat sewing in the garden one ho afternoon, while Edward was out o: h:.s rounds," it really does not do to lov a person too much. You are certain t become a slave to his whims am caprices if you do. I have always mad up my mind that I would marry a ma: who loved me, and that if I had reesonable liking for him in return, h would not expect or even wish any thing more." i Nellie made seme reply, she scarcel knew what, and then she weut o: thinking the matter over. Had she bee: exalting love to an undue value? Wit] her it had stood before everything. 44 J a man would give all the substances c his house for love, it would utterly b condemned." She had entirely indorsei u the sentiment. But now was it possibl that she had made a mistake? Graci Bassett was a year or twa older thai herself, and probably knew better thai she did. Nevertheless, at the conclusioi of her cogitations Nellie shook he bend, and naif smiled and half sighed a she answered: 44 Well, you have of course a right fc ? your own opinion, Gracie, but I mus say I don't agree with you. I thin] that I would rather die than marry ; man whom I did not love with all m; heart." And Nellie gathered up her sewini and went into the house, singing as sh went: " Love shall still be lord ot all." e r CHAPTER III. 1 The wedding was over. The honey 1 moon was over also, and Mrs. Melviile richly dressed and looking very lovely p with Edward as an attentive and do * voted husband beside her, was receiving ) her guests. Nellie was among them. She wa: rinlor than nonnl Rnrt hpr frpe. hannv B girlish Jaugh was gone forever. fe she, teo, looked lovely this afternoon 1 in her pretty blue silk dress and cottag* 1 bonnet, and thece was a sweetness anc 1 beauty in the expression of her gentli r young face that went far beyond an} 1 mere beauty of feature. ? The house was handsome and wel r appointed, the servants were models o " attentive respect. All seemed as i . should be. Nellie stayed the remaindei 1 of the day, and saw nothing that shi ? did not like. Edward was forever or the watch to please Grace, and she, fo: 1 her part, took it all as her due, and s< ,, far gave him her sweetest smiles in re turn. What more could Wte wanted? r Only a few weeks Dassed. Nellie wai f invited to dine with them. After din 1 ner they were moving about the draw r ing-room, and Grace was exhibiting U ' NV?llie anmp choice bonouets of flower: which had been sent her that morning r They had all been arranged on one table " in accordance with a whim of the younj wife, who declared that the effect o 3 their richness and color was lost whei ' they were scattered. But Edward hud not heard her say this "Let me put this blue vase here * Grade," he unwittingly began, remov ' ing it, as he spoke, to another table ' "There, it sh?ws to advantage now!1 ' Grace, with heightened color, deliber 1 ately walked to the table, and takin; L up the vase, restored it to its forme: position. " It is quite out) of the way there,1 ? she said, stiffly, " this is where I wisl * it to be, Edward." , " How great a matter a little fire kin dleth!" 1 Edward's color also rose, yet he die j not look angry. "And i wish that it should stanc j here," he returned, once more takinj l up the vase; and then he added, hal , reproachfully, half playfully, "Yoi ? probised to obey me, Gracie, did yoi \ not?" "Don't be so ridiculous. Edward!' ' And her eyes flashed, and" she looked a; s if she would have dashed the flower from his hand, and befoie he could set , them down sho had taken them fron him, and finally placed them in the par * onAf oKo Wo/1 nhnaan bivuiai apvv DUV ut*u VIIVJVU* Edward looked pained, and Nel!i< I mused wonderfully over it all, as he ir A moody silence escorted her home. Coulc ? all thjs have happened in a house wher< .. love was lord? No, indeed. . "A woman," thought Nellie, " wh( . loves, loves also to ooey." But this proved to be only the begin , ning of small discomforts and disagree e ments. Many months passed. Grftc j grew more imperious than ever, and Ed . ward's face lost all the brightness*an< ? he seemed day by day to grow old anc [j silent and sad. And when Nellie wen ' to see them now she found that unles: Q Grace expected visitors she took bu small pains with herself, remarking sometimes to Nellie as they went dowi stairs for the evening: e "I have not dressed, Nellie- 0 a course, you don't mind, and there's no ,f oody else but Edward." j Nobody but Edward. Love woul< have made him all the world to Nellie B "I would wear my prettiest dresse q for my husband, Gracie," Bhe said " As for other people, they might go i What should I care for them?" k. out lirace only irownea lor reply, j Nellie had not been to see tnem fo v sometime, and various small circum J" stances caused her to suspect that the; |. had had a serious quarrel. Grace hai 6 gone out for a fortnight?all alone am Nellie's father, taking pity upon soli tary, sorrowful-looking Edward, had in . vited him to spend an evening wit! I them. r After tea he sauntered into the gar ^ den, and he was gone so long that Nelli .e went to look for him. She glanced uu ][ der the shady trees?it waB sue me a*ain now?but he was not to be seen II Thea she came to the eummer-hoast lr Ah, there he was, leaning forward o the little green-painted table, his hea r. in his hands, and Nellie heard him mur ir mur in a low, moaning tone: " I wish, oh! I wish?" The rest was indistinct, and his lonp t ing, whatever it might be, was still hi ^ own secret. And Nellie passed softl ie on out and in-doors. I(l Grace hatl a little daughter, but ir ,e atead of rejoicing in Edward's housi there was bitter sorrow.and as the youn husband knelt by the bedside of his ui g conscious wife, he felt all the old lo\ for her filling his heart once more. w But what will even the tendercst lo^ ie avail in hours like these? Grace's la; 3. moments were numbered, and she passe p. away, leaving her little one to Nellie. l(\ Atd Edward, when the first benum! ing influence of his grief was over, so' his practice?he had no need of it nowto and went abroad. to Eighteen months passed away. man bronzed and bearded, stood at tl ? gate of the old farm house. A litt 'd toddling creature ran down the pat y her fair curls flying in the wind. Tl et stranger caught her up. " What'? your name, little one?" ty And in a baby-voice she told hie r. " Gracie Melville," and he covered h vg little lace with kisses. But who w: If. this ooming out to look for her P ^ "Auntie Nellie!" she said, in pret or piping^reble, and slid down from h e. lathers arms. n. " Cousin Edward!" exclaimed Nelli z gladly, the ooloi; rising rapidly to hi fli usually quiet pale face. And he shook hands with her; the id keeping the hand he had taken, he 1 )y her in-aoors. rn * * * * re "And will you tell me now, on h, more, Nellie dearest, that you will lo n- me better than any one else in t ht world?" Nellie swiftly oorered his mouth wi I. her hand, while burning blushes dyed v her cheeks. s "Oh, cousin Edward, do please forget e that I ever said so!" i- "Not likely," he said, smilingly. "Ah, e Nellie," and he was serious now, "I d have learned my lesson since that e7ening. I have learned to value love, not e as it deserves, but at least to set it above >t everything earthly. My Nellie, do not n tell me that your love for me is dead!" e Never mind Nellie's reply. Two 0 months from that day she became Edd ward's wife, and he never had the least e need to remind her that she had promn ised to obey him, simply because she a loved him, and to do as he wished was e a pleasure. And having at great risk ard cost learned his lesson, Edward strove to v teach it to others, and to more than one q young man he gave in confidence the a advice: "If you wish to be happy (i ma?ry only a woman who loves you. f Neither money nor position, nor anyf thing else, can bear the least comparie son with love, which will outlive them 1 ali-" _____ * The* Hog's Weight. The following incident was certified 11 to by a conductor of the C. P. Rv R. r to have happened on that road the 8 other night, and we print it for nothing else than to show how these railroad ? men impose on guileless journalists: t We were passing Reno about mid11 night, said the official referred to, and a the passengers were all trying to get a y sitting-up nap?there were no sleepers on that train?when the door opened % with a loud crash, and a new passenger fc hustled on board. He was a big, noisy sort of a man, and after half freezing everybody by keeping the door open while he roared good-bye to some people at the station, he came pumping down the aisle and crowded himself into a vacant half seat. After that, he jumped * up and began sticking a lot of parcels ' and traps into the racks, in doing which I he managed to lean over and crowd - against everybody for six seats around. Then he took off his hat, coughed loudly, rubbed his hands cheerfully, ; and then, turning to the much-disgusted passenger next tne wmaow, ue ex claimed, in a breezy voice: r "Good evening, stranger?howd'y? [ Taking a few winks, eh P" ; The man addressed scowled beneath ' his turn-down hat-brim, but pretended , not to bear. i " I say, stranger," continued the : chfe2rful man, with another nudge, " I killed a hog to-day, and what ao you [ think he weighed?" The sieepv man grunted his disap' probation of the interruption, but snored on. " I say," repeated the other, shouting in his ear. " Come, just give a guess. . What d'ye s'pose he weighed?" ' " Why the deuce can't you let a fellow alone?" snapped the victim, turning " over in the seat. " Blame your hog!" : 4'Oh, come; don't get crusty. Just give one guess?only one!" pleaded the persistent new-comer. ' " How should I know what your hog y weighed?" said the other, impatiently. "Three hundred pounds, likely." "Oh, no! Guess again," said the man, earnestly, raising his voice and '' nudging his neighbor more vigorously '* than ever. "Come, now?guess again." " Well, 400 then?and now dry upJ" ?? I J n? Aomhh 17 BUlll tllt'OUUCin, uu^inj. 44 Oh, dear, no. Guess again." * " Five hundred pounds!" roared the * exasperated passenger, gradually sitting up and glaring at his disturber with , .much bitterness. "Oh. no! Guess again," replied the 1 hog man, or man hog, who had now rested his head on the back of the seat, pulled down his hat, and began to , yawn. J 44 Six hundred!" shouted the awakened man, with sarcastic emphasis. 1 44 No? o?o Guess a?g?a?i?n," > said the other, who was evidently going ' to sleep. 1 '4 Seven hundred, then," put in a man 1 on the next seat in front, for by this , time the whole car-full was awake, and all nervously incapable of going to * sleep again until this conundrum was 5 answered. ; "N-o-o. G-u-e-s-s-a-g-a-i-n," came 1 etill more dreamily from the proprietor " of the rebus. 44Eight hundred!" yelled a man from ? the other end of the car. 1 But the hog-killer was asleep, and ' did not respond. a I T 11 ~J ikA u "i say, lunreu tuc mot shaking the disturber of the public > peace savagely by the arm, "wake up, here!" " W?h?a?tP" murmured the new" comer, drowsily; " w?h?a?t sayP" s " Wake up here, you incendiary old - fraud!" shouted several, " and tell us J what, your blame hog weighed!" ' "Eh? What? Where am IP" said 1 the slumberer, waking up slowly in re9 sponse to the combined shaking oi half 1 a dozen determined men. "What on J earth's the matter? What do you want, 1 gentlemen ?" "WhatP Why, we want to know f what that blame hog you have been disturbing the whole car about weighed , any liow ?" I "Hog? Hog? What! Oh, yes! I remember now. Well, I really don't 3 know, gentlemen; I didn't weigh him." And if ne hadn't ridden the rest of the way in a baggage-car they'd have assassinated him in cold blooa.?San Fran cisco Post. r ^ An Ingenious Danger Signal. ^ The House committee on commerce " has reported a bill ordering the con" struction. of one of Mann's danger sigII maI.i nf a n<\af r\f nrvf mAY?n fV?on QO VU1 LlLXLOy ai> A tuoi \Jk UVU UiV/iV v?,vvv, in order that it may be tested by the " lighthouse board. Fog bells run by e machinery on land are available only at certain stations. Steam sirens are exr pensive, requiring a steam engine and l* the services of two men. Fog bells so arranged that the movement of the " wavie rings the bell are so liable to get d out of order that they become useless just when they are most needed. Another invention, now in use on the Massachusetts coast, near Boston har>' bor, is serviceable in deep water. It is 18 a bell-shaped vessel with a whistle aty tached, which is blown by the rising , and falling of the waves. But it is necessary that a pipe attached to this l" should extend down into the water to a great depth, and-Hherefore this signal K cannot be used in shoal water. The 1- _? A.Z 1 _ J ,'t\, pipe sometimes uwumw witu 'e weeds, and the device fails to be of service. rc Mann's device is a floating vessel, shaped like a pear, with its base in the water. When anchored by a strong cable upon a shoal where the motion of ? the sea is always considerable, constant d rocking causes the air to be drawn into ~~ the vessel throhgh one set of tubes and to be forced out through another set of A tubes and through an opening at the top 'e of the vessel, where is placed a contrij* vance like the reed of a clarionet. The h? sound produced is loud and shrill, even ie when there is but little motion of the waves, and when they are turbulent it becomes a shriek of great power and n? volume. It is said that the vessel is not Pr easily put out of order, and will work 58 until its parts are worn out. . The reed u~ J * c*n oc tsuaujiubeu as iu (jruuuui: uiucicui W sounds, and may be assigned to a certain er shoal. The mariner can thus, in the dark, discover by the signal the name ie? and location of the sho^U which he is 2r approaching. It is said that such a signal will be of great value on the Frvingn? pan shoals and other extensive snoais on the Southern coast, and that one ot these signals would have saved the * Huron and her passengers if it had been ce at work on the shoals where this vessel ve struck. Mr. Mann is a poor man and a lie mechanic, and will be content with what Congress may give him for his inth vention.?New Hav\n Union. ADAMS, JACKSON, CLAY. The Secretary of the ITtrr'i Interesting Reminiscences of theae Eminent, v inerlcans. Secretary of the Navy Thompson has given a Brooklyn audience an exceedingly interesting narration of his personal recollections of John Q. Adams, Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay, with brief refeieniJes to Chief Justice Marshall, the Hon. Henry A. Wise, John C. Calhoun, Daniel Webster and others. He regarded Mr. Adams as one of the greatest men, if not the ablest statesman, the United States has ever produced. He said that while Adams appeared to be cold and unsympathetic in lliB nature. and exhibited no warmth of feeling in his intercourse with others, his padsionB were really violent, and, at times, seemingly beyond his control. They slept within him like the smoldering lava within the deoths of a volcano, and when they burst forth they were terrific in their effect. Jackson and Clay had the same kind of courage, they were formed in the same mold. Each felt that he was born to command, as in fact they were. Neither of them, when aroused, calculated the consequences or took any heed of danger. Mr. Thompson stated that he served with Mr. Adams in the House of Reoresentatives during the Twenty-seventh and Twentyninth Congi^sses, and until Mr. Adams' death. He was looking at him when he fell at his desk. He died like a mediaval knight with all his armor on, and at his post bf duty. He was ready at the last moment to break a lance with any adversary, come from whatever quarter he might. The speaker said he witnessed one of the most remarkable events of Mr. Adams's life, and that was his trial in the Houie of Representatives for introducing a petition from some of the citizens of Massachusetts to dissolve the Union. Very few events had impressed him as did that. Congress sought to censure him by resolution for wliat Mr. Adams conceived to be, and the speaker said, what in point of fact was the plain performance of his duty. This petition was introduced by him January 4,1842, a*d it was accomEanied by a motion that the committee e instructed to report against the prayer of the petitioners. He determined to maintain inviolate the constitutional right of petition. He had but a few days before exhibited his earnestness and his honesty by presenting a petition from Georgia asking for his own removal from the chairmanship of the committee on foreign relations, because, as the petition recited, he was a monomaniac on the subject of Blavery. Henry A Wise, Tom Mavshall and Gilmer, of Virginia, were selected to lead an attack upon Mr. Adams. This remarkable contest lasted for eleven days, and though Adams' adversaries were in the full vigor and flush of manhood, and Adams was trembling witn aae ana weak with the labors of an industrious life, the result was the triumphant victory of Adams and the overwhelming defeat of his assailants. The speaker happened to know, he said, before this memorable contest occurred, that Marshall considered himself more than a match for Adams, for the brilliant Kentuckian was not without egotism. To knowingly invoke a controversy with Adams was almost as unwise as for one to enter a cage with wild animals. Besides himsalf there was but one other member of Congress, Mr. Thompson said, who witnessed that memorable debate who now survived The first time the speaker ever saw Andrew Jackson was at Nashville, Tenn., on January 8,1827. He had been defeated for the presidency three years before, in the contest with Adams, Clay and Crawford, and at that time was again a candidate. The occasion was | the celebration of his memorable victory at New Orleans by which he had fairly earned the title of the hero of the age. His appearance on horseback, as he rode from the. Hermitage into the town, impressed the beholder as a man on whom the Almighty had fixed the stamp of greatness. The next time the speaker had seen him waa on the occasion of his inauguration at Washington, March i, 1829, in w hich city the speaker and his father had arrived from their Western homes on horseback. Mr. Thompson had been introduced to the President on that occasion by his father, who remarked to Jackson that the young man was even at that time falling away from the principles of Democracy which he (the elder Thompson) had always maintained. Instead of receiving a lecture from Jack9on, as he greatly feared, the President placed his hand upon the speaker's head, and said: "My son, think always for yourself, and let your conscience be your invariable guide." It had been claimed that Jackson did not write bis inaugural address. Mr. Thompson stated that he was in the possession of letters which were of a private and personal character, and could not, therefore, be published with propriety, which proved beyond a doubt that Jackson wrote this state paper at the Hermitage before he left home without the assistance of any one and without consultation with any one. Clay's oratory Mr. Thompson thought unequaled. He was not classically educated, having in his eariy years, unlike Adams, been compelled to devote his energies to the obtaining of a livelihood. He never studied oratory. His eloquence consisted in tin utterance of such thoughts and sentiments as it was necessary to utter without striving for effect. His eloquence was like the blaze of internal fires breaking forth. Mr. Thompson witnessed Clay's larewell to his colleagues of the Senate in 1842,after a continuous public service of forty years. The scene was dramatic and effective, and it rearhed its climax when Calhoun, between whom and Mr. Clay no private intercourse had existed for some Sears?walked across the Senate chamer and grasped Mr. Clay by the hand, and without words bade his ancient adversary a mute adieu. Now, "when the silver cord is loosened and the 1 J ?- 1 1 *11 goinen norm is uruxeii, wiieu uc naa alike insensible to either praise or censure, those who saw and realired the power of this great man should not be denied the privilege of expressing their admiration lor him in life, and their veneration for his memory now when he was dead. How Big is Man I How biz is a man, anyway? Well, he1 is smaller than an elephant, and an elephant is smaller than j a mountain ana a mountain is smaller than the world, and the world is a mustard seed oompared with the sun, and thefeun itself is a mere mote in the dust cloud of spheres that stretches out through the universe beyond the reach of thought. Suppose we could make an exact model of the earth eighty feet in diameter. Eighty feet in diameter would be a pretty large ball aB balls go on the face of this planet. Assume, for the sake of easy calculation, the* diameter of the earth to be exactly 8,000 miles, and let us proceed to build our model to scale. A mountain five miles high should represent on our model 5-80.000th of eighty feet or 6-10 of an inch. An elep'iant built in proportion should be 1-4,400th of an inch in neight, and an average man 7-52.800th of an inch tall. An army of 26,400 such men standing shoulder to shoulder in single straight rank would require their general to gallop over a space of one incn to pass them all under review. With a smart horse of proportionate size, ridden at a brisk gallop, he could accomplish this distance in about an hour. Viewed in this way a man is a more mite cr.iwling over the face of the globe, yet he has had the arrogance to think the universe was formed for him more than for other insects, and that the Ruling Intelligence bud him pre-eminently in view in bringing order out of chao?.?Scientific News. MELT TOPICS. It is said that diamonds have lately declined in market value. The decline is attributed to the large numbers recently found in Brazil and in the South African diamond fields. A Paris jeweler says that the trade in diamonds after all is very limited, owing to the very few who wear them; and they keep passing in rotation from hand to hand. Of nfty persons who buy diamonds, forty purchase to sell again, six buy to give" away, and four only actually keep and wear the gems. Since the agitation of the subject oi lighting by cl?etricity and the partial success of some of the schemes, unprincipled paten t-rfyjhta men are infeatin# the large towns in the United States ana inducing prominent men to invest in plausible inventions under pretence ol forming stock companies. They collect money to carry on experiments until their victims are tired, and then depart to carry on the same game under other names in other places. A man who has a possibly practical plan for electric lights does not need to go either to Dan or Beersheba for money to Btart it. The portion of Asia Minor, comprising Batoum, Kara, Olti and Artwin, which has been acquired by Russia under the treaty of Berlin, is a district very rich in natural productions and capable of great development under an efficient administration. There is not much agricultural produce, but there is an abundance or wood and metals, and the climate and soil are well' suited for the cultivation of silk and tobacoo. The natives appear reconciled to the new state of things. They have ceased to emigrate into Turkish territory, and hoards of money which had hitherto been concealed have made their appearance in the towns. Batoum, thanks to its great advantages as a harbor, is increasing in size, while Poti, notwith standing its dockyard and railway, declines. The New York correspondents of outof-town papers are reporting what enormous fortunes have been made in that city daring the last few months in the stock market- One of them has heard of one gentleman who has oleared $700,000 by his speculations, oT another who pooketed a cool $150,000. of a judge who has made $60,000. Extravagance in living is said to be one of the conseSuences, and we are told that " new ouses and apartments are being expensively furnished. Fashionable tailors, dressmakers, and milTTners never were so busy. One Fifth avenue tailor boasts of having made one hundred and nineteen dress suits for his reeular clientele since the opening of the fall season. It is a notable fact that in all matters pertaining to dress, both men and women, among the well-to-do classes, now choose the most expensive articles. Economy is no longer the order of the dav." The return of the number of wolves and other wild animals killed last winter in France has just been published, and showB the following result: Wolves, 402; young wolves, 153; foxes. 6,771; badgers, 5,036; wild boars, 5.328. It is supposed that the returns for the present winter will show a vost increase in the number of slaughtered wolves, in consequence of the exceptional severity of the weather. Most of the wolves which perish in France are slain by the louveterie, a spccial body charged with that duty. Under the ancient regime the grand louvetier of Frauce was an officer of the king's household, and the office, after having been abolished during the revolution.was re-established by Napoleon I. There are now in France 462 lieutenants of louveterie, who seep up at their own expense a considerable staff of beaters ana 7,305 hounds. The office of lieutenant is honorary, and merely carries with it a few privileges, such as that of hunting the wild boar twice a month, during tiie season, in the state forests. Paris always has a watchful enemy en camped within its walls?its poor. They are estimated as amounting to nearly 350,000|people. This ar ay is not like those which underlie the* ciety and politics of American cities, its components are vivacious and a vei, little pleases them. Hunger and cold are their intimate friends. Yet a little wine and 'a little sunshine warmB heart and body. But the fires of their passions are only banked, and when the Paris pauper has gone unfed and unwarmed a little too long he becomes worse than a wild beast. Stf the city watches this army of the ferocious and ieels its pulse and muffles its claws, and is wary of its unrest. There is always a fever in the faubourgs? the fever of starvation. The authorities treat it with oharity?not the loose, unwise obaritv that is lavished upon the poverty-stricken in Amerioa, but with conservatism and wisdom. The ordinary annual'appropriation of the city for such purposes is between $3,000,000 ahd $4,000,000, increasing according to the severity of the winter. Much of this appropration is from the gifts from charitable sources, and from uncertain taxes. But even this amount is insufficient to meet the wants of the pauper element; and the ways ana means for increasing the amount are already the subject o* anxious discussions. How to Treat Diphtheria. A person sick with yellow fever, it is supposed, does not directly give the disease to another. The contagious poison?whatever its source?is absorbed by woolen or cotton or other porous material, which thus becomes a source of contagion.. ; Diphtheria, however, like smallpox, may be communicated directly from one person to another. Besides this, the poison may 1 isten on any porous article within the sick-room?the bed-clothing, window-curtains, writing-paper, bookB, and clothing hanging in the closets. Or it may be absorbed by water, milk, or other fluids that are exposed in the room, and sometimes even in distant parts of the house. Of course, every thine about the house should be disinfected as thoroughly as if the disease had been smallpox, and no person should be admitted into the house until after the disinfection. As to articles of clothing, ttiey should be r?nrpfti1iv disinfected bv themselves. The hair of the patient, alsc, ought to be subjected to repeated disinfections? or, in severe cases, closely shaved and then burned. Last summer a family of three children in St. Albans, Vt., had diphtheria and recovered from it. After their recovery they playpd about the streets for a fortnicht. Then they were sent on a visit to friends in Fairfield, in which town there was no cape of the disease. After their visit the diphtheria broke (iut in all the four families that the children had visited. Of course, the supposition is fully warranted that they carried it with them in their hair or in their clothing. In Russia there are districts where it is said half the infant population have ately been swept away by diphtheria; and in Odessa, since last spring;, more than three-fourths of all the children have died of it. Tn parts of New England whole families of children tiave been attacked by the disease, and n large portion of them have *not recovered. And this will oontinue until families and town authorities deal with it as they do with smallpox?by fullest isolation and the most thorough disinfection.?Youth's Companion. Eminent German statisticians calculate that the amount of money spent in railroads since the invention of the lo eomotive reaches the vast sum of $15,000,000,000. ? A Thousand-Year-Old Bible. It wm in 1850, writes a correspondent of the Rochester Ezprm, that I met, in 1 Mobile, Ala., the owner of this bocfe? Dr. J. R. Witherspoon, grandson of President Witherspoon, one of the sign1 ers of the Declaration of Independence. ' The doctor was an educated gentleman, [ and urged me, if I ever came in tha region of Greensboro, Ala., to be sure and ' call on him and he wiMiid show me his wonderful Bible. I wis not slow to ac* cept his invitation, and rode on horseback some dozen miles out of my way to see the greatest wonder of the age, of thib kind of book. I found the venerable doctor living L elegantly on broad acres, and with his slaves about him. The book was soon ; brought out from a careful keeping, and sure enough, though I had seen foryears the ereat Van-Ess library, with Bibles having s chain attached that once held ' th?n to a pulpit, and the Bibl#bf Philip Melancthon with his autograph, I had never seen any such Bible as this I took it in my hand with awe, for it was written in the days of King Alfred, and by a monk of Cornwall, England, ' who worked at it forty years?almost a i lifetime?and was evidently on the very finest of parchment, little inferior to satin. How such a finish could be put upon the skin of any beast in the days so long ago, when the binding of the book was in oak boards, tied with buckskin thongs, was a mystery and almost a contradiction. But more wonderful yet was the writing within. The pages were all ruled with accuracy and written as uniformly in the lijjes as print, which was not then invented; for some five hundred years lay between that old monk and Faust ana Guttenberg. The style was German - text hand, and was an abbreviation from the Latin Vulgate of Jerome, made in the fourth century. The first chapter of every book was written with a large capital of inimita %ble beauty, and splendidly illuminated with red, blue and black ink, still in vivid letters, with no two of the capital etters precisely alike. Here was indeed a Dore before him of our age. Each chapter is divided into verses Dy a dot of red ink, though I do not remember when "the venerable Bede" made his division of the Scriptures into chapters and verses. This dot of the Bible I speak of may have been the wo/k of a subsequent age. This manuscript Bible of Witherspoon's contained all the books of the Ok! Testament except the Psalms and the Apocrypha. Two chapters, the last of Leviticus and the first of Numbers, containing the most splendid capital letters in the book, had been recently wantonly abstracted or cut out, in the house of Dr. Witherspoon, by some biblio, maniac, who did not dare steal the whole book. It contains also the whole nf fhp Wuw Testament. e*ceDt the chaD ter, where the disputed text occurs, about "the three who bear record in heaven." In regard to the history of this Bible, the doctor told me that it was found by a friend of his father among a lot of old books bought at auction Tor a song? somfl twenty shillings?and taken to a clergyman, Rev. Dr. McCalla, of South Carolina, as a book that the purchaser could not make heod or tail of, and which might be of value to some booklearned man. The clergyman readily gave him some half a dozen books for it from his library, sudh as could be easily "unclerstanded by the people," and the man was happy in the exchange. Dr. McCalla certainly was, for he had driven a sharp bargain and had a book that was worth, when first written, $2,500, and wbuld be worth that now to any old book-worm. The Mammoth Care. A writer in the Cincinnati Enquirer says of Kentucky's great natural wonder: Mammoth cave cannot be described, even by the aid of illustrations, much less by words alone. Its magnitude and grandeur, its absolute darkness and oppressive stillness must be seen and felt; its long, solitary and tortuous passages must be traversed and seen by the dim light of the lard oil lamp and by the clare of the Beneal light: one's utter loneliness and helplessness with lights extinguished, must be experienced or at least itaagined there to be appreciated. The cave consists of miles upon miles of intricate passages, winding about in every direction, 370 in number, of all possible sizes, from the grand avenues and chambers, through which trains of cars could pass with ease, to those so small that a man can only crawl through them for long and wearisome distances lying flat on his face, and others still lo small. that even a child could not get through them. And these passages twist and wind about in many places totally unsuspected by the traveler in the cave, along by his side, over his head, and under his feet, forming a maze of branching passages?a real labyrinth?that the visitor along the ordinary routes knows nothing about. Not much wonder that the man who, a lew years ago, (jot lost from his party, became a maniac as he wandered about in the dark long before he was found twenty-six hours afterward, hiding and trying in terror to escape from the anxious mends and guides who found him. These ordinary routes are known as the "Long Route" and the "Short Route," the former about eighteen miles in its total length, the latter about seven or eight miles. Both ol these along tneir entire length, with the insignificant exception of the " Fat Man's Misery " and "The Corkscrew," are through large avenues and magnificant chambers, trom whose floors the loose rock that has fallen from the roof has been removed or piled up along the sides in such a way as to make a good, smooth footpath. The journey through there is easy, pleasant and invigorating, requires no change of costume, and brings to view the finest parts of the cave In taking the long route, it is necessary to cross in a boat the river in the cave, which rises and falls with Green river outside, some miles away; and as the roof over this river is low, when the water rises it soon reaches this roof, making the passage of this river impossible, and of course shutting off tljat part of the cave beyond it. Odd Ways of Patting Things. When Naples was ruled by King Bomba, his majesty one day paid a visit to the ship of an English commodore, lying in tne bay. While the commodore was receiving his royal visitor on the quarter-deck, a member of the Neapolitan suite, cruising about midships, mistook a wind-sail for a pillar, and leaning against it, suddenly went below head foremost. The only witness of the accident, an old tar, thereupon made for the quarter-deck, and having saluted, said: " I brg pardon, commodore, but one of them ere kings has fell down the hatchway!" Sheridan once declined to take a walk with a troublesome feminine admirer, on the plea that the weather would not fiermit; and being caught by the lady as le was sneaking out for a stroll, encountered her remark that the weather seemed now to have cleared ud, 'with the bold asseveration: "Yes, madam, enough for one, but not enough for two. Enough for one would, however, have been held enough for two, | had the lady been as attractive as the fair one to whom a youthful admirer wrote: " I want you to come around to our house. II you cannot get anybody to come around to your house, and fetch : you around to our house, I will come ' around to your house and fetch you around to our house." He evidently meant business, although his method of putting things was as odd as that of the gentleman wlio wculd not hear of shari ine his fortunes with a partner because: "If you make anything you don't gft it; and if you lose you have to lose"it : all.^?Ckambtr'la Journal. TWAIN AND DAN DE QU1LLE. Their Great Indian Flcht In Blendoelno County?They Fire a Whole Printing Office From a Howitzer?A Typosrapblcal Sedan. It was nearly twenty years ago when Dan De Quille and Mark,Twain attempted to start a papar in Mendocino county. They tcok the type and material of their recently defunct newspaper establishment in San Francisco, and loading the stuff on a big wagon, struck outintd the country to retrieve their fortunes. They packed their type just as it stood in the foAs, tied up the article* with stout cords by a process well known to printers, ana packing them closely in boxes, vowed to establish a newspaper somewhere which would be the leading exponent, of politics and history for the Pacific coast. Had not an unfortunate circumstance taken place it is quite evident theft the same newspaper which they contemplated founding would have been alive to.day. Their journey over the mountains was utterly uneventful until they reached Simpson's station, a spot well known to old travelers on that route. Here they m?t a party of emigrants j making for Lower California, and the ! latter Ead with them a small mountain , howitzer which they had brought with j them across the plains. Twain took a great fancy to this gun, 1 and offered $50 for it with two kegs of 1 powder thrown in. The emigrants 1 were glad enough to part with it, as 1 they concluded the time for its use had passed. Dan thought the purchase of 1 the artillery and millitary supplies was a reckless piece of extravagance and said as much, but Twain replied: " When we start our paper we must fire ? salute. A newspaper office with artillery has a big bulge on the business No well-reflated office in California 1 should be without a howitzer. If a man aomes in for a- retraction we can blow him into the next county. The how- 1 itzer goes." This Bilenoed the argument, and the next day the two journalists toofc the load with their printing outfit and ar- 1 tillery. " , : On the next night they camped in a mountain ravine fifteen miles from Simpson's, and after building the usual ' camp fire fell asleep. About eleven o'clock the horses awakened them by prancing about, and the two journalists were lea to the conclusion that nothing J less than a party of Indians were mak- 1 ing arrangements for a night attack. In ! the clear mdbnlight they could be dis inguished about half a mile away at the ' foot of the ravine. The idea of encoun- ' tering Indians had never entered the | heads of the two fortune-seekers, and they had no arms. Suddenly Twain hriorhtened nn. remarking: l "The howitzer." 1 "We've got nothing bat powder," ' said Dae. < " Well, powder'll scare 'em, and we'll I load her np." J The piece was immediately loaded < with a good big charge and the two men f felt quite certain that the Indians, hear- 1 ing th*; roar of the gun, would beat an 1 unconditional retreat. The piece was < hardly loaded and placed in position when about fifty of the redskins came charging up the ravine. Twain seized a brand from the camp 1 fire and wfts about to lay it on the touch- < hole, when Dan yelled " hold on," as he 1 rammed something into the mouth of 1 the piece, and remarked: 1 '"Turn 'er loose." The roar of the howitzer echoed ( through the lonely forests and the sav- 1 ages, with frantic cries of pain, reeled { down the ravine in wild conftnion. 1 "What in the deuce did you put in?" 1 asked Mark. i "A column of solid nonpareil and a ! 1 couole of sticks of your spring poetry." j1 " The poetry did the business, Dan. Get one of your geological articles ready ' for the next charge and I guess it'll let < the red fiends out lor the present cam paiOT." . 1 The savages again advanced. Mark I attended to the powder and Dan sorted the shot, so to speak. j ".Teems Pipes song, 'My Mountain 1 Home.'" " Good for three Indians; sock 'er in." 1 " An acrostic by John R. Ride in long 1 primer." . " It'll paralyze 'em." "Frank Pixley on the constitution, ! hall a column of leaded brevier." 1 " If it hits 'em the day is won." "Your leader on 4 Law and Order.'" 1 " Save it as a lapt resort." 1 Dan pulled the type out of the boxes 1 and stuffed column after column in the howitzer's mouth as the savages came < charging on. Another round from the 1 gun ana the redskins rolled over and over each other like boulders swept away by a mountain cloud-burst. Mark, ' in an ecstacy of delight, pulled an ( American flag out of his effects, nailed it to the tailboard of the wagon and was 1 about to make a speech, when the dusky 1 figures of the foe were once more seen moving to the attack. The piece was again loaded, and this 1 time with a double charge. Mark's leader on "Law and Order, the puff of an! auction house by Fred McCrelish ("as. a sickener," Dan said), Frank 1 Gross' verses, an agricultural article by 1 Sam Sebaugh, a maiden poetical effort 1 of Olive Harper, and some verses by < Colonel Cremeny and Frank Soule com- 1 pleted the load. "That poetry, reaching 'em first, will 1 throw 'em into confusion, and my editorial, coming upon the heels of thereat, ' will result in a lasting demoralization. 1 It will be like the last cavalry charge of 1 the French at the battle of Austerlitz." j I For the third and last time the faith- i; ful howitzer belched its typographical, compliments to the advancing foe. The 1 havoc was terrible. There was a wild j yell from a score of savage throats and ' then the low groans of the dying floated ' up the ravine on the gentle wind. The 1 two men walked over the field of slaugh- 1 ter and counted fifty-six aboriginals 1 lying in heaps. The bodies were hor- ( nbly mutilated with nonpareil, long 1 primer, two-line pica,bourgeoise,"caps,' 1 misery dashes, and unassorted pi. " My leader cooked that man's goose," ' said Mark, pointing to a savage with < his bowels hanging over the limb of a i c^dar ^ " My geological article did the busi- ' r~- n vnij-tirtnrl T>n.n nnrtdinc < ne?a iul mm, njwu^u .. , carelessly to an Indian whose head was < lying twenty yards away. < 'The pen is mightier than the sword." ' "You bet. Hurrah for Faust and J Guttenberg." " Is there any type leltP" ( "Not a pound.' Ten days later the two journalistic tramps reached Virginia City, w?ary, discouraged and footsore, and secured a place on the Enterprise.?Carson (Nev.) 1 Appeal. 1 " ? William Franklin, of Salem, Oregon, | astounded his bride by telling her that , he did not believe a husbana ought to , have any secrets from his wife, there-1 fore he would confess to her that he hao j murderpd several men. He assurpd her ;: that he would kill her and himself if she i, revealed the matter. The love that she I, had borne for him thereupon changed to I loathing, and she soon told lhe story, j Next morning the couple were found | dead. Franklin having carried out his j. threat. ' j In the early settlement of Illinois and i Missouri two trappers were going down !1 the Mississippi river to New Orleans i i on a flatboat. Every well regulated , i boat in those days carried plenty of j1 whisky aboard. The trappers topped a i barrel with a gimlet ana sucked the 1 whisky through a straw. The Missourian " puked," but the Illinois man, like his successors, being proof against so weak a beverage, kept his down. From that day Illinois men were called "Suckers," and Missonrians " Pukes." An Interesting Decision. The supreme court of tbo United State has settled an important question of lai relating to the liability of employers fo injuries sustained by employees. Th luthorities and discussions on this poin bave left; the law in a condition whic! is neither wholly clear nor satisfactory Die general rule has been recognizor that an employer is not liable for in iuries received by one of his employee through the negligence of another. Bu such a rule without exceptions woul lie as illogical as it is unjust. Excep tions have been recognized, but tn principle governing them has not beei 'atisfactorily settled' or clearly defined rhe supreme conrt not only lays dowi in important rule which will govern ii inalogous cases, but it bases that rul on grounds of justice, which hav hitherto been too little recognized. Th bearing of the decision may be best un ierstood by a brief statement of the con trolling facts. W. C. Hough was ai ?ngineer on a Texas railroad. Hi locomotive ran against an animal o: the track, and was thrown down an em bankment. The whistle was blown o knocked from its fastening, tlioreb making an opening in the boiler. Ho water and steam poured through thi Serture and ecalded the engineei >ugh, to death. An action for aam iges was brought against the compan by his widow and child, who allege that the engine had been thrown firoi the track by reason of a defective cow catcher, and that the whistle had be come loose because it was insecurel fastened. These things were attribute to the negligence of the company's mat ter mechanic or foreman, whose duty i was to sec that every locomotiv was in good order and condition. ] was proved that Hough had rt neatedly told the master xnechani that the cow-catcher on' his engine wa defective, and that a new One wa needed. The hitter promi-ed fatten to the matter, but neglected to do sc One defense set up bv the company wa that the plantiff could not maintain a action lor injuries resulting irom m negligence of a fellow-servant. An other was that Hough had been guilt of contributory negligence in runnin an engine which he knew to have a de fective cow-catcher. The circuit corn of the United States so laid down th law governingthe case that no cours was open to the jury but to return verdict for the company. The jude meet of this tribunal is now reversed and a new trial ordered by the suprem court of the United States. The opinio] lays down the rule that an employei whether an individual or a corporation will not be allowed to expose an em ployee to risks and daggers which ma; be guarded against by due diligence rhe master is bound to exercise reason iblecare and prudence with referenc co selecting and keeping in order ma ihinery, implements, etc., used by th jervants, and when he or his agents ar iuilty of negligence in this respect he i liable for the damages which may b caused by such negligence. As to tb ion tributary negligence of the plaintii n the oase, it was for the jury to sa; whether under all the circumstances hi jonduct amounted t6 negligence. The Tolce. Socrates divined the quantity of i tiRTi's vnififl. mind or soul, bv the ton )f his voice, and all students remembe lis expression: 44 Speak, that I ma; see you." Dr. Durant explains ciiarac ;er by voice, and tells us these facts: We perceivc in a stutterer one that i asily enraged, and as easily pacified rain, officious, inconstant and ordin irily quick. A person whose utteranc s thick and coarse is malicious, cunninj ind disdainful. A coarse voice indicates a robus Dhysiauo.a great talker.quick-tempered ;hough conspicuously discreet. A piercing, fine or weak voice is in iicative of timidity, cunning, and gen jrally of quick wit. \ An attractive and clear voice expresse i man who is prudent, sincere and in jenious, but proud and incredulous whereas, a firm voice, without harsh ness, denotes a person wno is robust intelligent, circumspect and benevolent A man possessing a trembling am hesitating voice is timid, weak, vail md sometimes jealous. A Minn nAmhinino <rrtnit. nrmnri fini firmness indicates a mail who is strong ludacious, rash, obstinate and selt-im aortant. A sharp and rude voice, in singing a (veil as in conversation, denotes a coars mind, inferior judgment ami strong ap setites. A hoarse voice, seemingly the effec sf a cold, signifies a person more sin: pie than wise, credulous and truthfu vain and inconstant. A full and sweet voice denotes a ma <rho is peaceful, inclined to timidit3 discreet and self-willed. A voice at first grave and then shar md piercing denotes the quick temp? of an imprudent man. A soft, sweet voice is found in a pei son of a peaceable and suitable char acter. Compressed Food for Armies. The horse-biscuit which continent! armies have used with success is a por: able invention which enables the troop< to carry in his haversack a week's n Kinn ?for the chareer. and thus on sudden emergency makes himself ir dependent of all other forage. In lik case, Kopfs consolidated preparation! which were used with signal service i South Africa, supply a long-felt an much-needed want. Kopfs prepara tions are inexpensive, they are nutritiou and are extremely portable. In Zulu land the British soldiers spoke mos highly of them, and even in Englan they are not despised in the barrack room. A small tin cylinder weighin, but one and one half ounces contain imple for a meal; three of these amon; two men are all the soldier requires ii the day. Soups of various kinds, con taining compressed vegetables in greate >r less quantities are the preparation most appreciated, but compressed ten milk and suear are luxuries which cam paigners will not pass by. Three min utes' boiling in a soldier's canteen is al ;he cooking necessary for a meal. On nule can carry 2,800 tins of fKopf soups, or rations for a whole battalioi ror a day; a camel can in like manne >arry over rough ground more than tw lays' rations. Each man without muc! iifliculty could slip a supply for two o ;hree days into his haversack. Hen ;hen we have the whole secret of was ng war wit'a minimized transport an xmsequently at a reduced expenditure ?London Times. The Ash Tree. In the Highlands of Scotland, at th Dirth of a child, the nurse takes aranch of the ash tree, one end of whic! ihe puts into the fire; and, while it i surning,.receives into a spoon the sai which oozes from the other end; thi ihe gives to the child, to be mingle with its first food. It is supposed to ixn part wonderful virtue. In Kine jounty, Ireland, near Kenetry churcr is a famous ash. the trunk of which i twenty-one feet ten inches in circun ference. When a funeral of one of th peasantry passes by this tree the prr session pauses and the body is lai iown for a few minutes, while all offe i few words of prayer. Then each pei son casts a stone to increase the hea which has been accumulated over il roots. This is imagined to benefit bot the dead and the living. There is a indent sayin? that "aserpent woul rather creep into the fire than over tb twig of an ash tree." Cowley, enumei ating various prodigies,says: "On the wild ash's tops, with bats and owl With, all night, ominous and balelul fowls, Sat* brooding, while the screeching of tb doves Prolaued aud violated all the gnmw." It is surprising how many of such fo! lice will crcepinto men's minds. r Planting and Gathering. 18 The sower scattereth o'er the wold it / In the winter harsh and cold; e But ere summer days are old t He shall gather sheaves oi gold. k | The gardener in the garden fair j Bnlbs and cuttings here'acd there Planteth, and the summer glare i Shall marvel at the flowera rare. t (j And we?what is that we sow 7 i- Or do w? plant at all or uo 7 e Shall one golden wheat eer grow 7 1 Shall one little blossom blow ? ?Henry Lowndes. . . . n e ITEMS OF INTEREST. e Five counties in California contain " quicksilver mines. Mummy cloth, much improved, will g be among the fashionable spring goods. n j Last year twenty minor planets wet? . discovered, and their umber is now *1211. ' y There Las been no issne of silver fivct cent and copper two-cent pieces since s 1872. ' An Ohio newspaper speaks of a man l" boirg bruised by " emphatic gestures of 1 y a mule." The first gold mine known in the r_! United States was discovered in South ~ Carolina in 1790. v An exchange softly says of a defaulter: d. "He admits a gap of $2,000 between ]. himself and creditors." it A firm advertises "raw silk stocke i ings." Good gracious, who wants them t cooked!?Rockland' Courier. The clip of wool for 1879 is the la-gest c ever shown in the United States, 3 amounting to 233,560,000 pounds. j During 1879 more railroad accidents occurred in the transportation of coal ^ than of any other kind of freight. A in -Tnrunn on Tpplnnrlif'. vnnf h llaq e Written a five-act tragedy with the'sim pla title of "Sigfidur Eyyjafjordarsol." y Yes, pie is the great destroyer, g Whenever we are confronted by it we at once |cry for quarter.?Boston Tran> t j script. e Eighteen express trains are run from e New York to Philadelphia daily on tLo a Pennsylvania railroad, Sundays exj" j cepted. g We have known some young ladies a | to take five or six years to get over he. J ing sixteen years old.?Waterloo Ob[ server. - A young man at Canton. Ohio, sued y ; his own mother for $10,000 for slander. i. | She circulated a report that he was -; drunken and thievish e j A French chemist asserts that if tea he 1 ground like coffee immediacy before e not water is poured upon it. itsexhila- ' e ; ratingqualities will hd doubled. " ' " " ? - n t . ? 1. ?_i; 1 " | xaiK aooui nooinson \jru?ou? iHinnu being uninhabited! Didn't he find a i, - ' great swell on shore and a little cove * I running inland? Avast there.?Bostoi ? ; Transcript. j " Who will write the music of the j future?" asks a New York, paper. |44 What troubles us." replies the' Detroit 4 a 1 Free Press,44 is to know who w ill have e patience to listen to it." r : Both peaches and apricots arc natives y , of Persia; they were brought into Europe - j by the Romans. They were first intro; duced into England for cultivation in s the year 1524, by Henry the Eighth's ; gardener. * j The Ponca Indian, Woodworker, says e ; he has never seen a gray-haired India* ? : in his iife. There aro men in bis tribe over ninety years old and their hair is t jet black, and bald heads are nt ver Mvn ? among the red men. When a man reflects that 'oy going " ' back a few generations he ean claim " ! several hundred ancestors. :uul roll ecu s 1 how little they have left liim fur an in-. _ i heritance, it makes him feel abused " Stillwater Lumberman. Yrm nan train the eve to see all M.fl ;t 'bright places in your and m> vi?p . ; over the hard ones with surprising \ j ease. You can also train the eye lo r^t * ii on the gloomy spots, in utter forgetful* } , ness pf all that is bright and beautiful. 1 I The only time in life when a woman seems to be happy is whr-n she calmly - : sits down and attempts to trim a new bonnet with old trimmings. Site seems s ! to be truly happy; but what a Vesuvius e is at work within her!?Quiity Modern / i- i Argo j I see him in the starlight's glen in, * j His soil jinnee answer* mi no; I- | With melting look aud tender beam I, I I see his bniB eyea shine. My garden wall I see him scab*? n Still, heart' He will not lull; ft j I hear his voice?his tuneful wail; The cut upon the wall. p j Statistics show that there is one cow it; to every four persons in this country. i One cow, if it has just been bereaved of > ! its offspring, or is determined to go the i wrong way, is enough for any four i ordinary persons. Indeed, under cir, cumitancesof great excitement, one cow to about fifteen persons is generally conil sidered sufficient.?Tlatpkcye. t- . The reason why the moon appeara'ns >r large as the sun is because of its noart ness, its distance being only 240.0(10 a 1 miles, while the sun is about 92,(DO,(too i- ' miles. The moon then is by far too fl i nearest of all the heavenly bodies. Her * '? distance, however, is uot always the n , same,|but changes, so that at tiuies it is i 30,000 miles less distant thun ?t others. A bin six-footer was yesterday lifting 3 for all he was worth on a wagon-wheel l*! which was stuck, when a little two-foot * f ! mite of humanity, nearly ::s brood as hi: ? } was long, and just out of bag dresses *! and into pants* with his hands in his s ] pockets and a swaggering air, sang out: 3 ; M Mister, do you want me to help you? ? 11 can grunt while you lift.''? CU'City ? ! Derrick. r ! Fnmlne In Turkey, 81 A Constantinople correspondent I wTites: Vvhile the sultan shuts himself . ' up in the Yildiz Kiosk, surrounded by :i ; place hunting pashas, wlio take care * ' that nothing unpleasant shall reach the ? ' royal ears, the country is progressing ? i from bad to worse. Misery, destitution " ! mA fomino ham if oil thpiv n urn Ur!lV in ^ 1 the provinces. From Europe and Asia ? 1 comes the cry of distress; letters from 1 Erzeroum give a fearful picture of the , condition of several surrounding disH tricfs. At Bayazid reople have ?o'ie T mad from hunter, and many have been , poisoned by eating roots and mosses; " grain is forbidden to cross the border from Persia and Russia, and tin* local governor is grinding three ye:ir$' taxes I from the starving peasantry, his excuse e i being that the money is required for a Constantinople. The vali. or ynvernorh | general, jooks on with folded ham Is. and s i estimates that there is enough grain in P | the province to feed all the inhabitants; s | possibly the quantity exists but it is d locked up in the granaries of the tithe i-; collectors or speculators, and might as s ; well be in the heart of Africa as far .v. i. ! the people are concerned. But the govis ! ernor lias ordered a list to be made on; i-1 of the poorest; judging from experience e in such matters, the ollicers employe I will tafceamWtith to draw up this li.-l. d land hy that time the destitute will lv T | dead, and the 'comn.issionerF?for the i Turks can do nothing without a eoin P ' mission?sent to verify Llie list win iv a I port that they have not been able to rind h j tiif people said to be in distress. The ? i Turks give arms freely to professional d beggars, to sturdy cripples and stout in?& posters; but to organize systematic re, lief they are incapable. A famine is I kisniil. and it is wronir 1 o fly in tin* f:ic:r s, (of Providence. The doctrine is < onso -iI tory for tho<e who can believe in it. J-'it i* j it smacks a little of selfishness 0;t ! foreign aid alone must the \vr< tvh'd reiy, an.i turn their implorint: ?y<s i-i I- ' the alleviators of their oistrc^s <f lb?5 the British and Americans.