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BY HUGH WILSON AND H. T. WARDLAW. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1880. NO. 1. VOLUME XXVT.
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Oldeu Days.
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long years have passed, dear brother Joe, ?
since you and I wore young, ?
When in the old barn lott we played the i
soented hay among;
Our hmrts were iull of ohildish glee, with
ncer a thought ot care.
Fond memory loves to wander still to iv^Vis
hours that were.
Then children dressed in plain attire, nor put
on crown-up nirs,
And reverenced the Sabbath day as one ol
love and prayer;
No frizzes heaped npon the head leut boldness j
to the face,
No paniers dwarflng shapely form made
mountebank ot Rrace.
"Our fetheis were nrt governors, nor mothers
the old woman,
To toil and drudge for children fine?torgetlul
they -were human.
rhere's littlo lolt ol olden times, save nature's
modest mien;
Down l>y the brook, -w here ott we played, the
willows look as preen
As when we, l>ar? foot, waded in the shining
sands among, ,
Wbile o'er the waters cool and dark thoir ;
qniveriue shadows hung
Tho locnst blossoms on the air the same
sweet p.rtunnw fling *
And on tho Sabbath morn 1 hear the same j
old church bells ring. '
1 queatiorn-d of the dear old man, to whom j
was wisdom given j
To snide his flock into the fold. They said:
" He re>is in heaven."
Another form now fills his place, ono not un- j
known to fame, (
They tell mo he is learned and wise, but oh!
lie's not tho same. ]
1 went and listened yestermorn his scientific j
teaching, <
And heard the swelling organ tonee at close
ot halt-hour preaching. ,
My glance took in the cushioned pew, the
listless congregation,
And thought sped o'er a lapse of years, when
all eaug Coronation,
When old hnd youn<? in rapture joined to
swell the hymn <>1 praise,
And, all unbidden, dtopped a toar in memory
ol old days!
Oh! well, 'tis e\ er thus; we float adown lile's
rolling river?
The ro:-y muni, tho noontides flush; night
ushers in Jorevtr.
? Detroit Free Press.
BESIEGED BT UTES.
The lone lances of the western sun
just tipped the far away, snowy crowns
of the range, twenty miles to the east,
and the gloomy shadows were beginning
to creep from the canons and
gorges, and empurple the ragged side^
of the great mountains, sweeping about
them as with kingly cloaks.
All day long Tim Houlihan had lain
hidden in the nest?a bit of rock, a hundred
feet above the surrounding timber,
and watohed lest the tierce Utes. who
were driving the miners to the northward,
should come upon us unaware."-,
and slay us at our work.
All day long Jim McCarthy had sat
ct the pit-mouth, rifle in hand, while
Charlie Muraan, Jack Scott and I had
delved beneath with our gang of "chopsticks,1'
urging forward the drifts already
begun, and opening more and
morp of the nrecious ore vein which we
had found. We were working in danger,
but to-morrow that danger would
be past, for already the troops were moving
and swinging in between our camp
and the Indians, ami in one day more
we should be safe. But this one day we
con.'.dn't afford to lose.
The twenty Chinamen had gone aloft,
and only Charlie, Jack and Tremained.
From our position at the foot of the
shaft, where we waited the bucket's last
trip, wo could see the evening stars far
above us, and faintly hear the voices of
our companions.
"Another day's work done," said
Jack, dropping his rifle into the hollow
of his arm, for we all carried weapons
with us in these troublesome times;
"another day gone without an attack oi
the copper-noses. Ef the cusses wili
keep away twenty-four hours more
we'll be?"
He paused suddenly, his bronzed face
blanching with sudden emotion.
From above, a new sound came to
our ears?a wild, blood-curdling yell,
shrill war-whoops, and the sound os
ruehiog feet, mingled with rifle-shots.
And the same instant the rattle of the
bucket-chain above caused us to shrink
atrainst the side of the shaft and gaze
quickly upward. The bucket was
coming for us, but too late. There was
no one above to hold the crank!
With a hoarse rattle, the iron chain
ran humming from the windlass above;
with a heavy, clanging sound the great
metal pail swung from jide to side, as
it shot downward toward us. It was
coming at last, but not to rise aj>ain.
We shuddered, then crowded into the
narrow mouth of the drift lest we
should be crushed, when Charlie suddenly
grasped my arm and pointed upward,
with a cry.
Twenty feet above the bucket and
clinking to the chain, with face white
asja corpse, and eyes almost bursting
from their sockets, there clung a man?
our comrade, Jim, shooting downward
to death!
For one brief instant this horrible
ni?uu uaoueu uciyic uo?ivi a 9iugii v
thought's space our eyes were fixed c
upon his; then came a sudden shock, c
a dull roar, a wild, despairing shriek, I
and the bucket was down!
With tender hands we lifted the ?
broken, bleeding body, in which the s
breath of life still lingered, and laid it t
irently upon the earth within the mouth
of the drift. s
As we did so, poor Jim groaned a lit- e
tie, and the blood trickled in slow,
black drops from his lips as he strove t
to speak. t
We bent to listen. ^
"A pnmnloto enrnrical Tim?nnrl 1"
.nil the Cainamen?murdered! 1 tried P
to?escape?hut?hurled me down! A 9
^ hundred red?" *
{lis voice broke, then came a long, 1
fishing moan, a quiver of the suffering J
frame, the shadow of a great agony,
?ind Jim was at rest. t
We raised our eves, blood-shot with y
horror, and looked each at his mate. i
"A hundred red-skins!" muttered i
Jack, and his iijps grew white beneath I
his bterd, " thirty to one, and we in <
this grave!" 1
"They may not know?"I began, t
when I was interrupted by the roar of
guns and the rattle of ball and arrow
npainst the walls of the shaft, without, !
f?j) lowed by a chorus of fiendish yells. 1
"They do know!'' said Charlie, <
primly; " and tl*y will be down pres- i
ently." i
" And then?" said I.
" Did you ever kill a b'ar in her den ?"
growled old Jack; "an* wasn't it
bloody work? We kin hghtsnug her ?"
And he touched his knife-hilt as he
fooke, a deadly gleam lighting his eye.
I shuddered; then the courage of my
companions swept through my veins,
too, and the experience of years upon
tlif? border brought the color back to my
cheek and the streneth to my arm.
' We three can defy athousand here,"
] said, eyeing the opening before us, " if
our cartridges only hold out, and we
- can?"
The rattle of the bucket-chain in the
sh ilt again interrupted me, and, with
. rifle at $ poise, I crept forward.
It was almost dark, deep in the earth e
where we stood, but the circle of blue 1
iky lit by the rising moon shone pure as i
in emerald lar above, and clearly de- t
ined against this heavenly background i
;he great chain hung like a gigantic 1
spider's thread, while UDon it, and t
slowly working their way aownward, I ?
iiscovered four dark figures. Already
jur enemies were coming.
I.touched my companions, and pointed i
lpward. Even in the gloaming, I could ?
=ee tho savace joy that lit their tea- t
ures; and Charlie's rifle sprang to bis s
shoulder as mine had done, butold Jack e
Iraeged it down, and, as the sliding c
igures drew nearer and nearer, he ^
eaned toward us, and hisssd in our i
?ars. 1
"Save yer balls?ye'llneed 'em. This <
s best." I
And with his Ion? hunting^knife he <
rade a sudder. heavy lunge forward, s
;hen pressed backward against the wall. 1
There came a sobbing groan, a hide- (
his writhing of the lowest head upon <
he pendant chain, agUBh of something ?
warm upon my hands; then a dull thud
:he gurgle of running liquid, and si- j
lence. I
"One!" said old Jack, and lunged ?
igain. j
Aca'n the gasping writhings, the gush ,
)f blood, and the dull, sickening thud |
it our feet.
"Two!" whispered the old man. I
mv n^art grew lumi?lum n? mui
3 erf ,
'For God's sake," I muttered, my ,
!ian<I upon mv companion's arm, "stop! ]
riiis is horrible!"
Jack glanced at the figure above, as if
to measure his distance, shook his arm ,
Free, and answered me in a whisper: ,
" We must kill or be killed. Three!" ,
Another lunge, silent and deadly as |
:hose before it?another leaden plunge
)f the black and quivering mass to the ,
jarth?another gurgling sound. \
Charlie stepped to my side, his own f
blade glimmering cold in the starlight, j
41 It is better than our rifles," he muttered:
"and they must die! It is our j
mly hope." " I
And he crouched at the side of old <
Jack, awaiting the coming of the fourth ]
*nd last Indian. I
My humanity shuddered, but I knew ]
;ha.t"they were right. i
Nearer and nearer the last victim <
irew. Link by link he dropped into t
;he silent grave that yawned to receive <
liim?link by link until his feet were ^
level with our faces?when, for an m- 1
stant, he paused, and bent to peer into }
the blackness beneath him, with a i
;runt of curiosity. i
As he did so a sudden gleam lit the
lighVsky above?a lurid glare; wild, i
tioarse shouts were wafted to our ears, i
ind the crackling of hungry flames told <
:hat our camp had been tired by the ]
ivretches. i
The same red light fell, too, into the ]
iilent shaft as the night breeze swept j
;he flames across its mouth, disclosing <
:o the motionless Utc hanging upon the ]
ihain in a single elance the horrible .
iit into which he had fallen! i
A*- tlinrn vonct nflA tAMY\r. 1
At bUC Dl^UU UIV?v itxig VMV w?*v.
stricken whoop?one only?then three
sairs of iron hands dragged the -wretch
lown, three knives gleamed as they I
;love the air. and darkness and death i
eturned together! y
For the mompnt we were safe; but i
lot for long, Even as we dragged the c
>odies of our slain enemies aside the )
rrcat chain overhead wis tightened, c
he bucket was shaken free from the t
)looily floor upon which it rested, and, r
i moment later, began slowly to asccnd s
?ie shaft. r
The Indians above had heard the cry c
>f their comrade, and were alarmed.
To raise the bucket would occupy
learly fifteen minutes. From the initant
that the great iron cylinder,
mptv, but dripping with the warm
ife-blood of their brothers, shouid j
neet the gaze of the Utes above, we J
;hould be hunted with a vengeance and '
i ferocity only to be quelled by externination.
We could not hide now. The storm y
vould not pass. We must defend our- *
selves against the entire horde, or die
ike rats in a hole.
Tlies-e thoughts needed no words. '
Each man's heart heid them; and as ?
;he bucket rose higher and higher above j
as, we paused no longer, but turne 1
luickly uown the narrow drift and dis
ippeared. The earth swallowed us. ;
The drift we had entered? the upper *
)ne?ran some thirty yards to a large {
chamber, then turned abruptly down 1
ward for fifty yards more. From this
joint a short shaft led to the second t
evel, which retraced the course of the '
me above, continuing for nearly 100 J
fards further, in a crooked line, to the
3oint where we had been working dur- ?
Dg the day. j
This drift was eventually to open upon '
;he hillside, far below the main shaft. J
aut some fifty feet of earth yet renamed.
The only exit from the mine 6
was by the main suaft. 2
We reached this chamber, and ]
caused. 1
" Now. boys," said Jack, "my plan is
;his: That we barricade the drift right
lere, and fight the cusses at this p'int. *
tVe kin retreat to the lower level, ii
leedful: but this air is better than tha1 i
>elow, an' ef I've got to pass in my '
:heeks, I want a mouthful o' good air
ind not choke-damp to die on. What
I've say?" j
We both agreed, and then, with hurrying
hands, oe^an to throw up such a .
jarricade as could be made of loose tim- :
.L 1 it.. l_ ?
>er, ore ana earm; dul ere uie worn
vas completed, a distant clangor told ,
is that the bucket was down and our *
memies approaching. Then we paused,
md each man watching, we waited by .
>ur barrier. |
For a little time ali was silence, and
ven the sharpest ear. trained lo note
ne breathing of the creeping wolf, or j
lie stir of the hidden snake, could d is- ]
:ern no sound; but at length I became
:onscious of a distant noise?a dull rubring,
as it wero?the dragging of a f
teavy body along the floor, which grew r
oore and more distinct, until at last it
eemed to be just before us. Then I 6
ouched the arms of my companions. r
The sound was clear now; it was the
low shuffling of our moccasined entries
approaching. J
Our hastily-built wall rose to within
hree feet of the roof of the level. At the c
rmnh nf mv hand we all leveled our .
veapons across its top. Then, as though
>y a single impulse, three triggers were r
>ressed, three rifles cracked, their *
harp reverberations mingling wi th 1
he wild and detiant yell which burst
rom our throats. The battle had benin'
An instant of livid flame?a gleam
hat lit the cavern about us, and re- <
sealed the narrow passage filled with i
laked demons, half a dozen of whom 5
writhed in agony at the foot oi our I
jarricade?a shout that drowned the I
?cho of curs, in its wilder and more 1
torrid volume, ant* then blackness and I
rilence again. <
For an instant, only! '1
mi ,1.. c ,
L JJCII 111U ^LUaUB UI 11IC wyuuucu icu | i
jkins filled the nir. the fierce cries of i
their companions answered them, the I
( rack of their Runs shook the walls, I
and the pat of thnr balls knocked the i
earth i n showers about us. I
And we replied. i
W ith revolvers pushed through the
interstices of our defense, we poured
deadly volleys into the dense, living
mass bofcre us, each ball finding its i
man, until, maddened beyond endurance,
wild as beasts, and forgetful of
danger in the brightful glare of the
powder-light, the whole number that
remained precipitated themselves upon
our barricade, to carry it by assault.
Fierce as the Bhe-bear in her den, desperate
as the murderer at bay, brave
beyond all thought of life or death, we
three opposed half a hundred.
The light was out. It was too cloBe
work for rifle or pistol, and only the
doll thud of blows, the blood-curdling
iwish of knife-blades, the heavy fall of
eaden bodies, and the tread of liurryng
feet upon the sodden floor, be- ,
okened the deadly work that was done,
while even the yells of the savages (
lad sunk to long-drawn breaths, gut,ural
curses ana growln, as of infuriited
dogs.
It was horrible!
How long it lasted, I know not; but,
vounded again and again, struggling
igainst a score, plying my heavy Knife
is a reaper h!s scythe, I felt myself
ilowly being borne to the earth by the
limple weight of numbers, when sudlenly
a hand of steel grasped me. I
was torn from the clutches of the fiends
who swarmed upon me, dragged rapidly
backward a dozen paces around a curve
)f the level, and then?then a | single ;
jistol-shot sounded and, in a great puff
)f sulphurous smoke, in a dull roar that
thook the earth, and bowed the very
walls of the drift together, in a second
>f intense light the end came?the world
iissolved!
ft ? ? 9 ? *
W nen i openea my eyes, il wjvs upuu
he hillside at the mouth of our shaft,
jeneath the tall, whispering pines, and
surrounded by a dozen of Uncle Sam's
jlue-coats. Near me, a litter held
something covered with a blanket, and
it my side knelt old Jack.
"Ah, my boy," cried the old man, in
jlad tones, as my eyes fell upon him,
4 back again, God be thanked! But it
was a close rub for ye! Charlie there,
soor fellow, panned out! Only you and
[ remain."
" Is Charlie dead?" I whispered.
"Very!" said Jack, solemnly. "He
was tilled with balls and Ute knife-holes
?nough to kill a dozen men. And you'd
i-been in as bad a fix ef I hadn't a-grabaed
you.
"Was it you?" I asked. "Did you
pull me out? I remember now. But
what followed?what followed?" and I
sought to rise in my eagerness, butsank
frnm lrvan nf hlnnd.
"Lie still, an' I'll tell ye," said my
"riend. "The game war up?I felt that;
-hough I had cut free, I knew that you
rouldn't hold out much longer. But I
lad an idea. I ran away. Yes, ran to
;he lower level, got a keg of the blastine
sowder we were using yesterday and
returned. I crept up, an' sot the keg
;lose to our barricnde. The Injins war
;hick. but they didn't tech me, for they
wouldn't see, and the sound o' the fight
war all about you. Then I kinder cut
aiy way in, grabbed you, an' dragged
/ou around the corner, and then I fired
iny last ball into that powder keg! The
result war tremenjous!"
"It took me about an hour to figure
it out myself, for I war sort o' shocked,
same as the rest; but when I begun to
examine the hole, thar warn't a live
iiyunleft! Efanyo''em escaped, they
31 ust o' tuk the back track mightly
lively after the powder spoke. So I
ust dragged you to the shaft here, and
waited, and about sun-up these fellers
looked in, and hoisted us both out.
Axd I war glad to see the top o' the
world, now I tell ye, my boy! It did
ru-ilr iwnH fr> ma ttft.pr lnnt. niirhf'.!"
01(f Jack censed.
The sun light glittered through the
;all pines just as it did twenty-four
aours before, and the faraway peeks
vere as bright as when my comrades
vere at my sid?, but a purple haze
covered everything now, and my eyes
vere still shadowed with the horrors
>f what had passed; and though I live
o be an old man, one memory I can
lever efface, and one night will ever be
L sad anniversary in each year?the
light of our terrible fight in the level
>f the "Good Luck" mine.
Leap*Iear Hints.
Girls know only one-quartar as much
ibout courting as boys, because they
lave only one year in I'^rr in which
hey are allowed to practice.
As a matter of oourse. leap-year finds
hem poorly prepared to " step in and
vin," and we will give a few hints as
o how it should be done.
First, fix up in style, black your
>oots carefully, heels and all, and if
;be "shine"doesn't come in a hurry,
ilap the brush across the floor into the ;
:orner, quoting what scripture you
lappen to know. ?
' Twill be a big job to put on your col- i
ar and necktie, and the chances are i
,hat there will be more looking in the
tlass than in the case of a fellow comng
to see you. i
Stroll down to the barber shop and
?et ihaved, and have the barber "oil i
lp" freely, otherwise all efforts to
jrease the wall paper will be futile. ;
On the way to " his " house speak to (
lil the fellows you know; this is a
?ood point and the only way to pay
lim back for flirting with the girls foi l
;hree years.
A a vnn near t.he house, cross the
itreet and pass by it. This will give
foil a chance to see if the parlor is
ighted :md to surmise if any other girl
s calling. 1
If, when you step up and pull the
Joor-bell, your heart is in your mouth, i
rou've struck the wrong house. i
Inquire if the young gentlemen are ]
n, and?don't forget and wear your ]
lat, hang it up on the piano or floor, or
iome other place.
< >hew cloves assiduously during the
:all; otherwise "he" may think you
lave been drinkigg. i
If he is a little timid, blushing thing, |
alk about the weather, his ma, his pa j
md other distant subjects.
If he plays and sings stand up like a
ittle man and turn the music?we don't
efer to an orguinette.
He'll probably yawn and cover up an i
mmense ?ape with his jeweled hand; i
>ut don't take the hint. i
Playfully turn the gas down; he'll (
>robnbly say " Oh, you shouldn't!" but
ecollect how he "doused the glim"
ast year.
You don't need to say much at this
>oint. Conversation is apt to be a
luisance at critica.1 junctures.
Previous experience will doubtless
uggest the course of events for the
est of the evening.
When the old lady calls out, "It's
en o'clock," don't mind it, wait till she
sails eleven and twelve, in fact, titay
ill you hear the milkman rattling his
:ans.
Ask for a match to light your cigar,
inger at the door a half hour longer,
nake him ttiink ttiat ne is your own
ind only?and eoand see another fellow
he next evening.?New Haven Register
To Cure Fits of Sneezing.
A correspondent of the British Medi?Z
Journal says: " During the recent
ftpid changes of temperature I caught a
icvere cola in my head, accompanied
ly almost incessant sneezing. My unfortunate
nose gave me no rest. The
slightest impact of cold air, or passing
rrom the outside air into a warm room,
equally brought on a fit of sneezing. In
irain I snuffed camphor and Pulsatilla;
:he light catarrh still triumphed over
me. At length I resolved to see what
,he maintenance of a uniform temperature
would do toward diminishing the
irritability of my Schneiderian membrane,
and accordingly I plugged my
nostrils with cotton wool. The effect
was instantaneous; I sneezed no more.
A train and apjiin f tested the efficacy of
this simple remedy, always with "the
3ame result. However uear I waa to a
sneeze, the introduction of the pledgets
stopped it at once. Nor was there anv inconvenience
from their presence, making
them sufficiently firm not to tickle, ana
yet leaving them sufficiently loose to
easily breathe through." This is really
worth knowing, for incessant sneeeing
is among the greatest of smaller ills, and
it seems only a rational conclusion to
hope that thin simple plan may furnish
the most efficient remedy against one of
thS most distressing symptoms of hay
ever. ?
Love in Fa's flat.
Mr. M. was a retired manufacturer
and possessed of considerable fortune.
He also had a daughter, nineteen years
of age, of great personal attractions.
What wonder, then, that she stiouici
have made many a young fellow's heart
beat quicker w-ho tried to gain her
virgin affections? But " papa" M. took
care of his treasure as if she were the
pupil of his eye, and many were the unhappy
mortals who left his hospitable
table never to return. "Plenty of
time," said he, "when the right one
comes, and I approve," etc.
But the right one had come long ago,
only papa didn't know it, and he had
come in the person of a young engineer,
who had formerly had business transactions
with papa M. The young peo-'
pie had seen each other, spoken to each
other, looked at each other, and a kind
of understanding had been come to.
Yes, and the affection was deep enough
to last, even when Mr. M. retired from
trade and the young gallant had no
further excuse for coming on business.
Then there was a succession of dark days.
But love is inventive, and in this instance
also proved to be so.
Mr. M. was in the habit of visiting
twice a week at his hairdresser's to
have his beard and wig looked after;
and on this fact love built his structure.
One of the younger assistants was taken
into confidence, and, consequently, con-*
-1 \rrna noi/1 ht? t } 1 P
Mueruilic; uttcunuu nao K,J K..w
young man to Mr. M.'s hat, receiving
it on his entering, giving it a careful
brush, and handing it back on departure
; and in this wise poor, dear " papa"
became, unconsciously, of course, the
postilion d'amour between his daughter
and her swain.
Thus things continued for four long
months; but the best siik hat?let it be
ever so carefully brushed, wants an iron
now and again. Mr. M.'s hat was several
years old, and just about Christmas
it wanted ironing badly. So Mr. M.,
instead of proceeding to the hairdresser's
as usual, went to the hatter's
and presented his hat for renovation.
Mr. Hatter says, after inspecting it:
" Is this hat too large for you ?"
"No; why do you ask?"
"Because vou put paper inside."
"Pr.per! taper! Not I; how does
it get there, I wonder?"
Not long did he wonder, for on carefully
unfolding the paper he read:
kn rlofii* T<Vlw?irH ,
JL/UU I' UC uvnu-iivut vvuiMvt.% ?.. .? ? ,
my father is good and generous at heart;
let us speak openly to him ot our love;
he will not say no, if we promise to
make his old age happy. On my knees
I will confess my love to him. Besides,
our correspondence cannot last much
longer; the continued brushin? has so
worn papa's hat that I fear from day to
day that he will have to have it done
up," etc.
Mr. M.'s hat having been refreshed,
he went aa usual to nis hairdresser's,
having previously carefully replaced the
letter.
In the saloon he kept a steady, though
covered lookout on the officious young
assistant, and found his surmise correct.
The operation finished, he gravely
received his hat, handed the assistant as
usual hi9 pour boirc, ana aepartea.
Before returning home, however, he
!ook occasion to inspect his hat, and
extract and read a missive from no
othpr than the engineer. Among other
things the young man swore that not a
penny did he want of his love's father?
his position, than* goodness, bringing
him more than sufficient to live happy
and comfortable.
"Well,"said papa, "he seems to be
an honestly-disposed young man, and
if," etc.
For Bome time he allowed the correspondence
to go on, reading regularly
and watchfully the letters from both
sides, unknown to them, of course, un
til one day, wnen tne letters naa oeen
particularly desponding and good, he
put an end to it, and made them happy,
as may be seen by the cards sent to p.li
whom it might concern.?Hairdressers
Chronicle.
Some Big Words;
Some years since a citizen of Baltimore
undertook to "hunt up some big
words for the benefit of the getters-uB
of spelling-matches and he was happily
successful. The first word offerea is
said to be the longest word in the
English languane. used often in old
plays and placed in the mouth of Costard,
the clown in "Love's Labor Lost.'
Act 5. Scene 1?1" Honorificabilitudinitatibus."
innftior in in "Pi1orrim?l of tllP
Rhine," by Bulwer?" Amorontliologosphorus."
Here Is one from Rabelais?"Antipericatametaunaparbongidamphic?Ri
brationctoord ecantium."
Another is a name of an officer in
Marid. Don Juan Nepomuceno de
Burionajjonatorecagagzoecha.
Here is the name of a town in the
Isle of Mull?"Drimtaidhvrichillichattan."
Three very pleasant words to tackle
are these: " Jungfrauenziramerdurchachwindsuchteoedtungsgege
n v e r e i n.
Sankashtachathurtivratodvapana and
3 wapanchaksharimanamantra s t o r a,"
the names of productions of Sanscrit
literature.
"Lepadotemachoselacnogaloekranieleidhanodrimupotrimmatokichlepikos
3uphophattoperiserrtlsktruonop t e g k epelokipkloqeleiolagoossiraiobaphetr
a g
anopterugon."
This last word is the longest in any
language. It may be found in the
Ekkle?iazonsai" of Aristophanes, a
very excellent comedy, and placed in
the mouth of one of the actors. It
consists of 149 letters, and makes
seventy-seven syllables, and must have
created some laughter when spoken.
Actors of the present day would hardly
risk it.
Corsets in Conrt,
A correspondent of the Louisville
Courier-Journal tells a story of a case
in regard to a patent on a corset, which
recently came up in the United States
supreme court. The judges of this august
court are all very grave and dignified
gentlemen, and the blacs silk gowns
which they wear add to the solemnity
of their bearing. The corset patent was
a delicate subject to bring into this auimst
court, but the contending parties
had gone to law on the question as to
whether "coutil" was cut on the
straight or bias, and in- regard to the
whalebone casings. One patentee
ciaimed that he Lad improved upon tlie
original design; that the tirst patentee.'s
corset placed the whalebone inside th'e
casing, and that it had to be fastened
witli a needle ana tnreaa; mat 111s patent
bad the advantage of an invention
which closed up the top and bottom of
the opening. The lawyer who was arguing
the case brought, a lot of the corsets
into court and distributed them to
each of the judges that they might examine
the invention as he explained it.
The novel spectacle was presented of
each one ot these gentlemen timidly
scrutinizing the mysteries of the bias
and straight, and pushing whalebones
in and out of the casing.*. The shrink
ing moaesty or .juage strong whs eviuceu
by the blush which mantled his cheek.
All tried to look knowing and capable
of giving an astute opinion; they whispered
to one another, of course exchanging
only legal knowledge, but the ludicrous
situation was appreciated by the
lawyers aod spectators.
A WeBtern contemporary tells ol a
Soliceman finding "an Earl in rags."
tow the Earl ever got lost in rags is,
not stated. We sometimes read of giils,
while sorting rags in paper mills, finding
money and other valuables, but up
to the present time not one of them has
found an earl in rags. And they needn't
worry about it. Such a find wouldn't
be worth a cent, anyhow.?Norristown
Pcruld
An Elephant in a fiage.
The Ceylon elephant enjoys a good
name, not only in Ceylon, but on th<
coast, for docility and intelligence
However, they are not always to be
trusted, and at certain seasons thej
lose all command over themselves, and
are extremely dangerous. I remembei
an incident which took place at a kraal
at Kornegal, between Colombo and
Kandy. Among the decoy elephantf
was a splendid fellow, belonging to th<
temple of Buddha $t Kandy. He waf
one of the finest I have ever seen, measuring
upward of , eleven feet in height,
with a pair of tu|ljs that would have
made Gordon CUmjning go crazy about,
He was always rather queer tempered,
perhaps from being.tnade so much of as
a temple elephant;, and fears were enKia
-miffhf. hf
ICl baiUeU IrllCfcU Uiw i WVUMV?V?
bad, and the sight oi so many old companions
in a Wild state might injuriously
aftect him. The result may be
anticipated. In the middle of the day
and in the height of the excitement
when many elephants had been seoured,
a wild trumpeting was heard, and presently
all eyes were turned downward
from the crow's nest to witness the
spectacle of the temple elephant in
full chase of his driver, who
had given him some cause foi
provocation. The man held hiB own
gallantly for a time only, just out ol
reach of the elephant's trunk; still
there appeared hopes that he would
gain the jungle and set his pursuer at
defiance. All of a sudden he waa seen
to fall, having stumbled over the proipfttin
cr rnnfc nf a tree. In an instant.
the elephant, mad with rage, had gone
on his knees, and to all appearance
had impaled the unfortunate man. A
shriek burst forth from all present,
who were sickened at a sight which so
miserably marred the otherwise successful
issue of the day. But what was
our joy when the man was seen to
wriggle himself out from between the
tusks of the beast, regain his feet, and
before his adversary could extricate
his tusks from the ground, again continue
his flight! He was, liowever,
pressed closely, but managed to reach
a deep, narrow, and dry water course,
covered with thorns and briers, into
which he immediately threw himself.
The elephant kept hunting him by
scent from above in a most clever manner
; but ultimately we had the pleasure
of seeing the poor fellow emerge a
hundred yards below his pursuer and
gain a place of safety. The elephant
eventually had to be destroyed, as the
day's proceedings had made him irreclaimably
savage and dangerous.?
Chamber*' Journal.
What He Took for Lunch.
A young gentleman who is very well
known socially in the two cities is ac
iTiTToherotp nrnp>.if?a1 inVf>r. A few daVf
ago, during a rain storm, he went into a
certain restaurant in the afternoon and
took a seat at a table. The waiter ir
charge of the table was a keen-witted,
experienced fellow, and was thoroughlj
up to his business. Presenting the customer
with a bill of fare, the waitei
stood respectfully behind his chair tc
take the expected order. The young
gentleman leisurely looked over the list
of edibles and drinkables, and then hall
turning around, he said, dmwlingly:
" Give mo an umbrella and a dollai
and a half!"
The waiter stared at the customer and
then exclaimed: "Beg pardon, sir
What did you say you wanted P"
" Bring me an umbrella and a dollai
and a half," was the nonchalant reply
A twinkle appeared in the waiter'i
eyes, but he merely bowed and said
"Yes, sir. All right, sir!"
A hurried conference took place be
tween the waiter and the proprietor
_ *.i ?
during 7VI11UU ineie was wuaiucmuu
snickering and grinning. The customei
sat perfectly quiet, with a grave, impas
sive look upon his face, which was nol
disturbed by the return of .the waitej
with three silver half-dollars on a platter,
and a diney, tattered old gingham
umbrella, which he placed beside tn<
guest's chair.
"Anything else, sir?" said the waitei
coolly.
" Yes, bring me a cup of coffee."
The coffee arrived, waB soon finished
and then the waiter laid a check besid<
the empty cup. On the checkwas writ
ten simply "2.55."
The young gentleman looked at th<
umbrella, tried to count the number o:
holes in it, but failed, glanced at theim
movable countenance of the waiter, pul
on his hat, scratched his chin medita
tively, paid his bill and went out.Pillsburg
Telegraph.
One Who Won't Ho?
There are some men in Detroit who
a i u. c .?
uu nub iuse Liieii piearuueui ULIIUU nuou
confronted with startling political news.
One of this class, an even-going, honestminded
elector, was mysteriously approached
the other day by an " unknown,"
who carefully locked the officc
door and whispered:
"I have been deputizod to wait or
ycu and say that the boys are talking
you upas a Congressional candidate." ~
"Yes."
" You are known to be honest and reliable,'and
if you are nominated you
will carry the masses."
" Perhaps."
"Ail you've gut to doifl to keep still,"
cautioncd the unknown. " Just let us
wok this boom for you. You are our
man. You have our respect and confidence.
Mum's the word?we'll fix
thines. You'll accept?"
" Well. I puess so."
"Good! You are in the hands oi
your friends. Don't say a word !"^
Tim unknown lpf>. fhfl nffinf? nn tintoe.
but in ten minutes he returned, fend thee
carelessly observed:
"Oh! by the way, I'm five dollars
short on a little bill to-day. If you
could spare it, I'd be ever so much
obliged, and I'd return it on Saturday.
'
"Say!" replied the citizen in a whisper,
as he beckoned the other to the
door?"all you've got to do is to keep
still! You are in the hands of youi
friend-! Don't say a word! Let mt
fix this boom for you!"
He shoved the unknown gently out
locked the door and went back to h
desk with the firm conviction that some
one else would be tendered the nomina
tion.?Ddroii Free Press.
Some Interesting Facts.
The island of Ireland is in shape t
rhomboid, the greater diagonal o
which is 300 miles and the smaller 314
across; greatest meridianal length 23!
miles; greatest and smallest breadtl
180 and 110 miles; area, 32,531 squari
miles.
Up to the year 1857 the husband o
Queen Victoria possessed no distinctivi
Euglish title and no place in court cere
mony except such as were conceded t<
him by ourtesy. In that year the titl<
of Prince Consort was conferred upor
hira by letters-patent.
Fooiscap paper derives its name fron
the fact tiiat paper of that size once bor<
the mark of a fool's head with cap ant
bells, just as " post"-size paper once hat
tlip mark of a post-boy's Horn, in tin
middle of the seventeenth century, how
ever, the English makers substituted t
figure of Britannia for the fool's heed.
The Monroe doctrine, as promulgate
in President Monroe's message o
December 2, 1823, was that it was th<
policy of the UDited States neither t(
entangle ourselves in the broils of Eu
rope nor suffer the old world to inter
fere with the affairs of tho new. Ir
other words, that Americans shoulc
govern America. On the same occa
sion he declared that any attempt or
the part of European powers to " ex
tend their system to any portion of thii
hemisphere" would be regarded by. th<
United States as " dangerous to ouj
peace and safety," and would be op
posed
TIMELf TOriCS.
I
} No less than six nations are now en.
Raged in Arctic exploration, chiefly by
i means of advanced stations. Denmark,
r Russia, Austria, the United States,
1 Germany and Holland all propose to
establish stations in th*fc Arctic regions
; as a basis for future research.
[ There is a railway boys' mission in
! London. One thousand seven hundred
1 boys between the ages of thirteen and
' eighteen years are employed on three o1
J the large railways in England. Ad'
miral Fisnbourne says that the object
' of the mission is to keep the boys safe,
1 by finding them honest employment ic
1 their leisure hours, from the vast
' amount of bad literature now afloat and
! from the disguised and undisguised in'
fidelity prevalent in the country.
(
The care of clothing is a very import
: ant matter. It makes a great difference
> in the looks and wear of a hat or coat
whether it is thrown on the lounge oi
1 chair when taken off, or carefully hung
! I iirv Tn t.lifi eirnenseof clothine between
i the two there is often one-half in differ>
ence?mainly, as we tbink, because one
' of them -will always hang uu his clothes
i carefully, while the other's may be
I found anywhere, when they can be
1 found at all. Properly brushing and
i cleaning clothes, and mending them as
; soon as required, rather than waiting
i until the thread ravels out, or the tear
has grown too large to be neatly repaired,
add greatly to their durability.
As an illustration of the meteorological
effect of ocean currents, Mr. J. K.
' Laughton lately called attention in a
. lecture to some estimates made by Mr.
, Croll of the heating influen ce of t he G u If
, stream. He calculated that the surface
, water of the north Atlantic, if deprived
of the Gulf stream, would be reduced to
. a temperature very far below the freez
hoof mh5oK f In'o
lDg pUliiUt UUU bliai uuc ucag nmvu vuib
great current disperses into the air
above it, if converted into power, would
be equal to the horse-power of four hun|
dred million ot the largest iron-clad
men-of-war. It is this heat which,
, carried over the northwest of Europe,
makes the green fields and the open
, harbors during the winter, while in
Labrador and Newfoundland the earth
is covered with snow and the harbors
| blocked with icc.
A Berlin inventor has patented a new
kind ot cloth, which consists principally
or entirely of sponge. The sponges are
first thoroughly beaten with a heavy
hammer, in order to crush all the
mineral and vegetable impurities so
I that they can be easily washed out.
i They are then dried and pared, like a
i potato, with a sharp knife, tne parings
[ Dein<* sewed together. The fabric thus
i obtained is lree from all the danger
, whicli sometimes arises from the abr
sorption of poisonous dyes into the sys.
tem; it absorbs without checking the
*! ** ? ? *"? *^ /Jiwiwioli fho Hnn
* peropjrauoa, UU M uu uiiumiou vuo uum)
ger of taking cold; it is a bad con
ductor, and. therefore, helps to main[
tain a uniform surface temperature; it
[ can be more readily cleansed than the
ordinary woolen garments, and itstiexir
bility diminishes the liability of chafing.
I
Speaking of the reasons which induce
emigrants to come to America, the
London Times says: Many of the
* poorer emigrants are conveyed from thfc
| country to the United States for no more
: than $30 per head, which amount*
to less than a halfpenny a mile for the
whole distance traversed; and though
! much personal comfort cannot be had
: for such a sum, yet the travelers, tc
whom comfort in the homes they have
left is not very familiar, are at least
substantially and plentifully fed
throughout the voyage. Thus to manj
a poor man and struggling family in
> Europe the assemblage of motives foi
' trying their luck in America is irresist.
ible. Poverty, depression, and hopeless
prospects at home are set in forcible
contrast with the teeming soil and
limitless range of enterprise to be found
[ in America, while the cheapness and
* facility of transit seem of themselves tc
offer an invitation to the promised land
; in the West.
f ?
The Deep Sea.
1 Some interesting results of recent deep
" sea explorations were concisely statec
in a late lecture at the Royal institution,
London. Four-elevenths, oi
nearly three-fourths, of the surface ol
the earth is covered by sea. The aver1
age depth of the ocean is, according tc
' the latest calculations, about 1,87"
fathoms, or somewhat over two miles.
" The greatest depth known to exist vrm
' discovered by the United States ship
' Tuscarora, near the Kurile islands, ir
1 the Northeast Pacific. It is 4,655
fathoms, or about five miles and s
J quarter. The highest mountain existing
is of about the same height as the deepest
sea is deep. Mount Everett is 4,833
fathoms in height. So insignificant,
' however, is the total volume of the land
1 raised above sea level in proportion tc
the vast cavity occupied by the sea,
that were this cavity emptied of its
water, the whole of the land now above
1 sea level could be shoveled into it
twenty-two and a half times over be"
fore it would be filled up to the present
sea level.
Nevertheless, the depth of the ocean,
. great as it is, is as nothing in comparison
with the vastness of their extent of
surface. As Mr. Croll has said, the
' ocJeans, in relation to their superficial
1 area, are as shallow as a sheet of water
100 yard& in diameter and only an inch
1 in depth. The sides of the ocean basins
1 are not at all steep. They are mostly so
i iwtio inrOinod that, an ordinarv locomo
tive engine could run up them in a
straight line with ease. Their inclina
tion Is usually not more than three or
5 four degrees, or less. Around some
> oceanic islands the slope is greater. The
: steepest slope known is at Bermuda,
; where there is an inclination of nearly
twenty degrees from the edge of the
? reef to 2,000 fathoms. There are no
1 such things as mountains and valleys
1 on the deep sea bottom. Animals can*
not slip down against their will into the
depths, but must move deliberately into
them, and travel a long journey tc
reach them. The pressure exerted bj
i the superincumbent water at great
f depths is so great as to be almost beyond
) conception. It amounts roughly to n
) ton on the square inch for every 1,0(X
l fathoms of aepth, about 166 times :i?
b much as the pressure to whulj
people are subjected on land. A1
f the greatest depths the pressure is
s about four tons ana a nan. vaai
though this pressure is, it is, how)
ever, only about one-eighth of thai
5 which Professor Abel and Captair
1 Noble have measured, as produced in
their experiments on gunpowder. Th(
i deep sea animals, being complete^
8 permeated by fluids, are probably nc
1 more conscious of pressure acting upot
1 them than we, and, so long as thej
? move slowly from one depth to another
are most likely unaffected by the coni
sequent changes of pressure.
With regard to the temperature o.
I the deep sea water, the condition!
1 which would affect animals are com3
parntively simple. Nearly all over the
) ocean the temperature at i>uu lauiuius is
- as low as forty degrees Fahrenheit, anc
. this is the case even under the equai
tor in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
I Below 2,000 fathoms the temperatur*
. is never more than a few degrees abov<
i freezing point, excepting in the peculiai
- cases of land-locked seas, such as th<
3 Sulu sea.
c The v/hole mtei tor of a church ir
Nor way. inHudinu its bad-reliels, if
made ol paper.
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD,
The Borer.
The American AgriciiUurisl says:
The perfect insect of the apple-tree
borer is one of the long-horned beetles;
it is about three-quarters of an inch
long, and has a pair of feelers more than
hali as long as itself; its body is brown,
with two broad, nearly white stripes,
hence it i9 called the two-stripea
supcrda (Superda bivittafa). The beetle
is seldom seen, as it is dormant by day,
L but flies and works at night. Tne;
' insects begin to appear this month, and|
next month the female lays her eggs on
1 the bark near the ground. The young1
grubs soon bore through the bark, ana
J enter the tree, where they live upon the;
I sap wood, just beneath tne bark, form<
ing a cell or excavation the size of half
' a dollar. It lives, eats and grows here
lor about a year; then, having stronger
jaws, it, in the second summer, bores
, upward tow&rd the center of the tree,
, making a hole three or iourincnes long,
. which it then curves outward until its
. upper end reacnes tne bark again ana,
, at the beginning of the third winter, it
[ makes a bed and rests, in the next
spring becoming a pupa, and soon after
i changing to a beetle, which bores an
| exactly round hole through the bark at
i the upper end of its gallery, and comes
, out into the world to lay eggs to produce
more borers. This is the life history
of the insect. Any "remedy"
must be of a kind to keep the young
. borer out, or to kill it alter it is in. Soap
is found to keep off the parent insect.
The base ot the tree is kept clear oi
weeds and the lower part of the trunk
is ruhhed with soaD: the amplication is
repeated during June if washed off by
rains. Young orchards are to be examined
late in July or early in August.
Weeds, trash, and about an inch of soil
are removed from around the base of
the tree. The bark is carefully examined;
if chips are found, or the bark
looks dead and d*rk,?cut into it with a
sharp knife and cut the borer out. If
the insect has bored upward, it is to
be followed by a wire, a piece of whalebone,
or a twig, and killed.
The Hural New Yorker says: The
peach irrub works in the inner bark
mostly, just at or a little above or
below" the surface of the ground. Its
presence is indicated by gummy exudations
and it may easily be traced and
kmed with the point of a knife. An
orchard examined in this way in the
spring ana summer will not suffer
seriously from tuis cause.
Hcclpci.
French Ego Cakb.?Beat up thoroughly
six eggs, a teaspoonful of sweet
cream or milk and a little salt. Fry in
a pan in which there is one-half ouncc
of melted butter, over a quick fire. In
order that the omelet may remain soft
' and juicy it is necessary "that the pan
1 should be hot before the eggs are poured
[ in. During the ffying move the pan
continually to and fro; continue this
until a cake is formed, then let it remain
still a moment to brown. Turn
f out and serve immediately.
Beans Without Pork.?Soak the
bean* over night. In the morning put
them on to boil in cold water, having
first strained them. When boiled tender,
skim them out into your baking
diEh; stir in butter the size of an egg,
a little salt and a tablespoonful of
molasses. Then turn a capful of rich
milk over them, or enough to cover
) them. Cooked in this way the top
i beans will be nicely browned, and at
s the same time be soft. This is a good
i recipe, and beans cooked in this way
s are excellent.
1 English Tea Cake.?Take a light
1 bread dough, enoueli for a small loaf;
| mix with it one tablespoonful of lard,
' one of sugar, one large spoonful of car|
rauts; let it rise again until very light;
; then bake. Cut into rouud slices and
| toast them; butter while hot.
r Irish Stew.?Take mutton chops;
cover well with water; take the scum
. off as it rises; add a layer of potatoes, a
; layer of turnips and one onion, sliced;
, season with pepper and salt; add more
potatoes, as before; then add more
water. Dumplines are good with this.
The Flower Garden.
To have beautiful flowers and a profu1
sion of them, plant your plants ana seeds
' in rich soil, as a rule. There are only
a few plants that do better in a poor
soil than in one that is well enriched,
prominent among which are the different
varieties. of Amaranthus. The soil
I should be frequently stirred during the
growing season, and especially soon
! after every shower. Finely breaking
f the surface with a hoe or small rake,
after it has been beaten down by the
! :ain, will enable it to retain moisture
r much longer than if left to become hard,
as it will do if thus worked. Without
j proper culture and attention weeds will
be certain to put in an appearance in
flower beds, vases, hangiDg baskets,
grass plats, etc. Their presence will
never be tolerated by any cultivator
, who has regard for neat and tasteful
; appearances. Provide strings, stakes or
| trellises to climbers and top-heavy
plants, and to guide the young tendrils
of climbers that are stretching out for
| support, which they perhaps cannot
reach. Dahlias should be provided
! with strong stakes early in the season,
if their breaking down would he
avoided. The season of outdoor flowers
can be extended almost every yeav,
by protecting the plants during the first
frosty nights. Usually after first frosts
the weather conies warm and ple;is:int.
?American Cultivator.
Will Potatoes Mix.
A correspondent of the Vermont
Farmer says: In reply to a question
whether potatoes will mix, I will say
that they will not. New varieties are
produced in two ways?through the
seed-halls and by sprouts. In fifteen
years' experience in growing seedlings,
I have found that most of the seedlings,
to a great degree, partake of the nature
of the parent stock, with a tendency to
degenerate, so that hardly one out of a
hundred is superior to the parent. In
experimenting with the peachblow
seedling, I have found both red and
white potatoes on th 3 same stalk, which,
when planted, in some instances produces
both'red and white in the same hill
and separately. I have often found the
Peerless was produced. I have planted
them, and a new variety of color, with
all the characteristics of the Peerless,
was produced. A potato of that kind
was produced at our county fair last
fall. I have one in my cellar now
which is white, with a purple cheek.
[ account for this sniy as taking back
to some ancestral stock, for no potatoes
of that color were planted in the
field.
Ilouaeholcl Illiiia.
To brown sugar for sauces or pud;
dings, put the .sugar in ji perfectly dry
saucepan. If the pan is the least bit wet
'-he sugar will burn ami you will spoil
the saucepan.
Chloride of lime scattered about whore
rata and mice frequent will cause them
,o desert the spot.
To make macaroni tender, put it in
Jold water and hring it to a boil. It
ui]] tlion lii> mimli nirwp Ipndpr than if1
f jut in hot water or stewed in milk,
t
" Don't get out of anybody's way,"
! advised Henry Waid Beeeher. But,
[ Mr. Beecher, continues the Burlington
1 Hawkeye, when you recognize your
landlord only half a block away, and it
i3 three day 9 past rent day, ami there
? el i'oo( u ??r? ?ni<l thv<*P
ill U irvu L woo on vi;wo, an ?u.vv
5 four-story stairways witli rear exits
r winking at you from the near side of
3 the street?are we?is a man, that is, to
go straight ahead and follide with the
iandlordP Oh, nr.Wn-o; what kind of
l tal}ci3tint to eivebt-laden people,
3 with money ;it rif'ilt oeni. and youj
summer clouts not p.^Lfor?
STORY OF A MASSACRK.
flow Sixteen miners out of * Party of
Seventeen were Murdered by Indian
In Colorado.
A recent letter Irom Leadville, C!ol.,
to the Chicago Times says: John Allendorf
has returned to this city and tells
the following story of the massacre of
the prospectors in the Ute reservation:
Seven weeks ago while at my home in
. Linr. county, Kan., I conceived the idea
of organizing an expedition for the Ute
["Steservation. I waa not long in getting
together seventeen good, trusty men.
We determined to arm and equip ourselves
in the best manner, say nothing
to anybody either in Kansas or Colot>,
slip into the country as quietly as
ible and make a thorough search lor
mineral. Three weeks ago we
ped on the headwaters of the Gnn!
nison river and found a rich placer. We
! at once began washing gravel, our earnings
being over one hundred dollars per
day to a man. Alter three or four days
we get out wmpsawa iuiu uul iuuiuu iui.
sluice-boxes. We had bjen in the gulch
ten days when our boxes were finished,
and we Degan sluicine. The first day's
clean up was nearly $2,000. From this
time we cleared lrom $3,000 to 14,000
per day, and our good luck so encouraged
us that we kept putting in
sluices. Having seen no signs of Indians
we naturally grew careless, and on the
atal Monday, which I believe was May
3, our party was widely scattered. Six
had gone aciross the low divide, which
separated us from another stream nearly
a mile, for gold. The rest were at work
sluicing, and I was out hunting deer.
About three o'clock in the afternoon I
killed a fine buck, when I heard a volley
lrom the direction which the prospecting
party had taken. I rushed up
the mountain, where a terrible sight
met my gaze. Fully 500 mounted Indians
were galloping upon my companions,
and there was no possible show
to warn or aid them as they were over
half a mile distant. I was compelled to
witness the massacre, and was so horrorstricken
by the sight that had the Indians
come upon me they would have
found me paralyzed with terror and an
easy victim. For two hours or more
the red demons lingered at our camp
and amused themselves by cutting to
pieces the bodies of my friends and destroying
our outfit. As night drew on,
the Indians departed in groups. When
they had passed out of sight I crept
down to the ravaged camp and looked
over the bodies. Every scrap of cloth
lng ilttu uccu uiuucu, nuu * wuiu u^v.
no mementos to carry Lome to their
relatives and friends.
A lew biscuits, and some bacon which
had been cast aside by the Indians, I
placed in my bag, witli the intention of
stxiking out lor home at once. I
chanced to pass the spot where we used
to bury our gold every night, and saw
that it had been dug up and carried
away. Not daring to remain longer, or
make any effort to bury the dead, I
started, and have since walked almost
constantly; occasionally resting a few
hours in the night. The first white
man I met was on Eagle river, some
thirtv miles below Red cliff. He gave
me food, and I told my story; but he
said I was crazy from exposure and
hardship, and would not believe me.
For this roason I have not told my story
to any one since then. I wi.l start
Ea3t, and as soon as I have conveyed
the sad intelligence to the relatives of
my comrades, 1 propose to organize a
band of avengers and return to help
wipe out the Utes. The names of the
murdered men are Chnrles and .John
Andrews, Ellis Alorlan, James Henderson,
John and Isaac Ditmore, Martin
Fleming, Pnilip Amberg, Fred and
Louis Snell, Edward Martin, Jesse
Leary, Adam Homer and Julius Terry.
The New Tork Chnrohes.
From a book recently prepared in N e w
York, it appears that there are 489
churches, chapels and missions of nil
kinds in that city. Of these 396 are
classed as Protestant, and have accommodations
for about 275,000 persons.
The Protestant Episcopal churcfc leads
the Protestant list in churches and in the
number of sittings. It has eighty-five
churches, chapels and missions, with
51,645 sittings; the Presbyterian has
sixty-five, with 41,888 sittings; the
Methodist Episcopal church filty-eight,
with 29,9*25 sittings; the Baptist fortysix,
with 25,830 sittings; of Union
churches there are thirty-Jive; Reformed
' I. \ aUmmaK l.no furonttf.OHrhf wifh
14,035 sittinjrs, and the Lutherans
twenty-three, with 8,870 sitting.?. The
Roman Catholic church, with lifty-five
churches and chapels, is credited with
70.680 sittings, the largest number for
any one denomination in the city
Protestant Episcopal church property
(church edifices with lots) is valued at
5512,447,500; the Roman Catholic at
.$8,737,000; the Presbyterian at $6,054,000;
the Jewish at $3,355,000; the Reformed
(Dutch) at $2,531,200; the
Methodist Episcopal at $2,211,000, and
the Baptist at $1,774,000. The total
value of this kind of church property
(church edifices and lota) is $40,172,850,
and there is other real estate held by the
trurimio /Ipnnminfttions valued at $6,
226,150, making in ail ?46,390,000 of
property held bv churches in that city.
The amount paid annually for salaries
of ministers is $904,106, of which the
Episcopalians pay $249,700; the Presbyterians,
$185,200; the Methodist, $87,630,
and the Roman Catholics, $90,800.
An Opening lor Inventor*.
An enterprising restaurant keeper in
his city announces that chops and
steaks were cooked at his establisbmen
during the past year as follows:
Mutton chops 31,876
Doubie porter house steals 2,781
Single porter houue steaks ^2,330
Sirloin steaks 5,349
Tenderloin steaks 3,942
Mutton kidneys 5,638
On perusing the above the enormous
amount ot time and labor spent by the
patrons of this single establishment, in
getting rid of so large a quantity of
/-v-Kklno aiinrrroafa t.llO wlpil nf ft
U';ailij uun/iva9 ?v.v?
machine to do the same work?an idea
which should meet with favor in these
days of labor-saving devices. It is often
said of new devices intended to do
certain work, that the old way is the
best. Evidently, in view of the above
statistic, eating is one of the things
about which Aaam knew as much as
we do. Now that attention has been
specifically called to this field, are our
inventors ready to admit that invention
is played out P It is to be hoped that
the opening her' indicated will J,l.e
promptly tilled.?American Machinist,
Sew 1'ork.
Chinese Delicacies.
In a street in Canton rats are bung up
for sale with poultry. They are dried
and salted, and are very much liked by
ladies whose hair is tailing otf, as the
fle-*h of rats is known to he an excellent
preventive of baldness.
Pork is one of tlie staples of Chinese
cookery, the best haeon and hams coming
from the provinces of Fokitn and
Quang Tung, the flavor of the hams
being much improved by keeping them
.. imny nv I 117/"> in S?ltV/h?Sfc fiftlT tllPV
?ui t* jcai vi km v <u > -?
have been cured. As in Europe and
here, certain places in Cbi.?a arc renowned
for their products, such as
Pekin for its sweet ducks; Tou lion. a
small village near that city, lor its vinegar
(tsou); Tohin-Kiang, in the
Klangsu, tor a sauce made with fermented
beans and salt, which the Chinese
use as we use Worcestershire
sauce.
| Tastes differ. Some men would J
like nothing better than to go to wnr,
become heroes ;>ml return home n
major, while Mi" ambition of others is
to sit on h rlrv box ofrcus diiv.
chewio2 eincr l*i? d. whih* the p.irad"
passoss.? Rrca* fad Tabic.
me uowi ttv ? j
Wo all might do good I
When we often do III; I
There is always tbo war, |
11 we have bat the will; j
Thongh it bo but a word j
Kindly breathed or so] |*cw?l, j
It may gu&ad off aome peio, 1
Or give peacv U> tome brcaM. |
Wo all mi^'ht ilo good 1
In a thousand email way* - I
In forbearing to flatter, I
Yet yielding duo praise; I
In spurning ill humor, "y j
Reproving wrong done, in
And treating bat kindly ?aJl
Each heart we hare won. jr j
We all might do good, , "
Whether lowly or great;
For the deed is not ganged
By the parse or estate; ;
It it be bnt a cap
01 cold water that's given,
Like " the widow's " two mfam, j
It la something tor heaven. >-3
ITEMS OF L1TERK8T.
Toronto Grip says reporters are men !
of note. ' ' |
They have a very singular magnetic 1
well at Fond da Lac, Wis. j
A Philadelphia car-horse iraveis w,
800 milea a year in his regular trips.
There arc 6.000 miles ofrtelegrapb and
telephone wires in Now York city.
Hawks can fly at the rate of 150 miles
an hour, ducks ninety miles and the
crow twenty-tive miles.
Governor General Lome's ink bottle
was made from the hoof of the charger
that carried Lord Clive through the
Crimean war.
A West street lady tried to pat a lire
bee on the head last Tuesday. "tVe trill
not tell how she ran when the whole
hive got after her, because everybody
knows how a woman itung runs.?
Middlelown lranscrtpi.
The surah silk, now so popular, is a
soft twilled silk, heavier than foulaid
yet so pliable that it iiJiy be crushed
wiHu.nt M-PAflinfl". It comes in solid
colors of stylisf dark shades for day
dresses, and in light tints for evening.* :
A report to the annual conference of
the Mormons says that the-Mormon .
population of Utah is 111,830, that the
church in that Territory has IcQt *600
members and gained 1,500 in a year,
and that the church receipts in that
period were over 91,000,000.
As a lazy tramp came down the street .p:
With tree nod easy gait,
This welcome sign his eyes did greet:
" Freeohops to those who wait."
" Now here," he laid, "I'll get some food
Without the slightest tax;"
Bat they led him a pile ol wood, J
And handed him an axe.
A school teacher, who had inrt been
tellina; the story of David, ended with
"And all this happened over three
thousand years ago. A little cherub,
nruinitiff nrido with wonrfwr.
IU9 U1UQ VJV9 v^/vuiug ? ?? ? ..
said, after a moment's thought: "Ohe
dear, marm, what a memory you hav: .
got!"
Only one-tenthof the haman bodv is
solid matter. A dead body weighing
120 pounds was dried in an oven until
all moisture was expelled, and its
weight was reduccd to Iwelve pounds.
Egyptian mummies' bodies are j
thoroughly dried. They usually weigh.
about seven pounds.
Paris has 365 miles of paved streets. "
Stone blocks are used on 264 miles: ;
Macadam on eighty-two miles, and
asphalt on nineteen miles. The Mao.
adam hns been abandoned on account of
the expense of maintaining it in good
order and the impossibility of keeping
l it free from mud or dust.
There are several flourishing schools
in China conducted by Am?rican teachers,
and through the translation department
of the empire more than 80,000
volumes of translated works in science,
art, etc., have been sold, In the
schools of this country 120 Chine*'
youths are receiving instruction.
Arizona sends a wailing cry to the
East for 15,000 women, but we cant
spare them. If all our women are to be
dragged West, we'd like to know what
provision is going to be made for the
support of the men who sit on the
grocery counters and tell what tremendous
men their grandfathers were.
According to Mr. Potter, United States
consul at Stuttgart, Germany, the number
of beet sugar mills in Germany is
329; in 1850, 181. Pounds of sugar made
in 1878, 850,000,000; in 1850,118,000,000.
About twelve pounds of beets make one
pound ol sugar. The total product of
beet sugar in all Europe, is 3,000 000,000
pounds.
There is a law firm in Boston composed
of two members, eminent in their
profession, and respected by the community.
Thev were born in the same
county in Maine on the same day, were
1 t *? an/4 1M f hfl |?W
Classmates m uuucgu auu m ?uv M..
scliool, became partners and will soon
each complete their sixtieth year. They
have each eons who are studying law in
their office.
The Open Sky.
It is a strange thing how little, in gen
eral. people know about the sky. II is
the part of creation in which nature has
done more for the sake of pleasing man
?more for the sole and evident purpose
of talking to him. and teaching him,than
in any other of her works; and it is
just the part in which we least attend
to her. Thera are not many of her
other works in which some more material
or essentia purpose than the mere
pleasing of men is not answered by
every pait of their organization: but
every essential purpose of the sky might,
so far as we know, be answered, if, once
in three days or thereabouts a great
ugly black rain cloud were brought up
over the blue, and everything wellwatered.
and so all left blue again till
next time, wirh perhaps a film ol
morning and evening miat for dev.
And, instead of tbis, there is not'a moment
of any day of our lives when nature
is not producing scene after scene,
picture after picture, glory alter glory,
and working still up^n such exquisite
and constant principles of the mcst perfect
beauty, that it i- quite certain that
it is all done for us, and intended for
our perpetual pleasure. And every
man, wherever placed, however far
from other sources of interest or ol
heauty has this doine for him constantly.
The noblest scene of the earth can be
seen nnd known but by few; it is not intended
that man should live always in
the midtt of them; he injures them 1y
his presence; he ceases to feel them, n
he be always with them; bu'. the sky is
for all; bright as it is, it is not " U>o
bright nor good for human nature's daily
food." Sometimes gentle, sometimes
capricious, sometimes awful; never the
t? a.?~ trtirpi hnr: almost
8HIDC iur tWU iuuuicuvo ,
human in its passions? spiritual in its
tenderness?almost divine in its infinity,
its appeal to what is immo. tal in us ns
distinct as its ministry of chastisement
or of blessing to what is essential. And
< n if. xao r\PVPY
yei we nevt;r aii^cuu ? ... - ?
mak it a subject of thought, but as it
has to do with our animal sonsations;
we looti upon all by which ii speaks to
us more clearly than to bru 's, upon all
which bears witness to the in .ention of
the Supreme, tliat we an <o receive
more from the covering vau t ilj.in the
lij.'ht Mid the dew which we share with
the weed and the worm, only as n suc!ces?ion
of meaningless and monotonous
accidents, too common and loo
painful to be worthy of a raom-. i! of
wa!ch(uluees,oraglanceof aJnriiiiion.