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ABBEVILLE PRESS & BY HUGH WILSON AND H. T. WABDLAW. ABBEYILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1880. j||| , NO. 2. VOLUME Old St. David's at Radnor. What an image ol peace and rest Is this little church auiong its graves! All is so quiet; the troubled breast, The wounded spirit, the heart oppressed, ! Here many find the rej ose it craves. See how the iTy climbs and expands Over this humble hermitage, < And soems to caress with its little hands Tho rough, pray stones, as a child that stands Caressing the wrinkled cheeks ot age. Too cross the threshold, and dim and small i la the space that serves for the shepherd's ' fold; ' . ( The narrow aisle, the bare white wall, j The pews, and iho pulpit quaint and tall, , Whisper anl say, " Alas! we are old." j Herbert's chapel at Bemerton J Hardly more spacious is than this, ( But poet and pastor, blent in one, ] Clothed with a splendor, as of the sun, 1 That lowly and holy edifice. T It is not the wall ot stone without S That makes the building small or great, s But the soul's light shining round about, } And the faith that overcometh doubt, And the love that stronger is than hate. Were I a pilgrim in search of peace, 1 Were I a pastor ol holy church, * More than a bishop's diocese, 1 *V?Ia rv1a/>a rftif anH rt?l AflQA ? From iurtber longing and farther search. j Here would I staj and let the world With iis distant thunder roar and roll: ^ Storms do uot rend the sail that ia furled, ] Nor like a dead lt*al tossed aud whirled t In an eddy oi wind, is the anchored soul. ( ?Henrv tV. Longfellow, in Lippincott. t * i The Doctor's Night Watchman. 1 ' Tell you what, doctor, you'll be get- f ting robbed and murdered one of these days, you will, upon my word!" t "Hardly, my boy. You ought to know by this time that it's the province j of U3 doctors to kill other people, not to \ be killed ourselves." And with a thi"k \ chuckle at hi3 own wit, Dr. John Hun- t ter Bistoury settled himself comfortably a in his chair, and began to peel his third q orange as carefully as if he were taking off a limb. e When tbe doctor first came to New d York, thirty years before, he had been e in no way burdened with riches, but r his face had proved his fortune in a dif- t ferent sense from that of the over candid ? milkmaid in the song. The mere sight a of that round, florid, jovial visage, in r every crease of which a joke or a good c story seemed to be lurking, was a cor- ii dial in itself, and appeared capable ol e I. reviving the most hopeless invalid without the aid of medicine at all. Mindful s of the human weakness which makes so many worthy people regard their own f< ailments as a kind of personal distinc- fi tion, the lessening of which in any way a is a direct insult to themselves, Dr. Bis- fi toury skillfully took a middle course be- h tween alarming L is patients by an over- t serious view of their case, and oflend- a ing them to make light of it. In this p way he had acquired an enormous prac- t tice; and his reputation now stood so & hijrh, that the mere eciat of his name b had sufficed to sell an entire edition of w his great work upon the mutual relations of mind ana body, in which he e proved to his own satisfaction, if not to si that of all his readers, that all criminal p impulses whatever, and indeed the verv ii existence of sin itselt are wholly due to o 44 a morbid action cf the physical sys- y tem "?that murder may be prevented 0 by the timely use of Epsom salts, and au p ^ unbeliever converted oy a judicious con 0 fcemplation of the virtues of quinine. 441 can assure you, my dear Harry,'' f resumed the genial doctor, 44that it's fc amazingly flattering to me to find mysell a considered worth robbing at all. No i] thief would have thought me worth a \> center-bit in the days when your poor .fatiier?as nne a iBiiow, riarry, as ever i; breathed?used to come and sup with s me upon biscuits and toasted cheese in h my little snuggery down town. And t to en, as surely as die time came to go, t !he'd turn to me and say: 4Now, Jack, s old boy, won't you think better of it. fl and let me write you a check?just to t give you a fair start, you know?' But } although I knew well enough that he'd a have been "only too jlad to do it, I had 3 to refuse; for my motto is: 'Heaven 9 helps those who help themselves!'" E "A motto which you'll find some u black-masked gentleman exemplifying c in this very house one of these nights,' <3 growled Harry Everett. "Look here, doctor; I'm not joking?I'm not indeed! ? Everybody knows you're a rich man; p and it's eot abroad that there's a room n in your house which ii alwajs shut up; i tba very thing to mike people think ^ there must be somethfag very valuable ^ stowed away there; and yet after all that you go living in this big house t without asoul near you except the cook n - - J ^tthn ttrnnMm'f Kr. All U UJU oaui JVUUW, nnw rr WUIUU V uc I wort h a cent in a real strimmage!" ? Veil, my boy," siid the doctor, ! r with a curious smile, "would it tran- | f quiiize your mind if I wn-e to engage a I c J^ nigh*, watchman?" e ' I should think so. That would be 0 just the thing." # I s * Very good. Considet it done." This room, of whici Harry had a spoken a9 being " always shut up," was t a standing puzzle to the coctor's few in- ^ tima'cs. Not a man of tlem had ever t crossed its threshold; aid its master, when questioned on tie subject, an- j i - swered by some joking ?vasion. Ru- s mor whispered that one adventurous c gentleman, rendered despirate by his r wile's threat to give him n> yeacc until ft he found out 4,what Docor Bistoury i] [ * kept hid in that room }f his," had s actually attempted a bu^krious en- f; k, trance; but the attempt, i, e7er made, i 1 htid been unsuccessful. I is needless s | to say that countless con?ctures, and c 5 not a few heavy bets likevise, were beI ing constaritly made respe-ing the con- fo S t^ents of this Bluebeard chwber. Many \ 1 eclared that the doctor hst tilted it up c r as a private laboratory, inthe hope of 1 * - lio r\hi InQATinr'a J UJ5WVC1 IUg IUV puiiv^v(4(;i a U Others were equally pcsitiv that it con- a * Sained the hoardings of his "-hole life in t xold. A rival practitione. of someJ what cynical turn, suggead that it t \r must contain the remains o the unfor- I tunate patients who had perhed under "that fellow Bistoury's mii^trations;" y \ and one imaginative lady, eepiy read i f in Jane Eyre, stoutly mainlined that c the doctor, in imitation ol le hero of & that famous work, had icnured his wife in this mysterious cbliete, in c L ' order to enjoy unchecked^ tt freedom i' f. of a bachelor life- Agains this in- t genious theory there wasonljone thing j % to be said?the doctor had neer had a t Wile l/U 11JLILUUIC. XUI9 llilgiaj UCU9UU ? against the sex was the ma unpar- c donable, inasmuch as he md had abundant opportur ities ot chiging his ] condition, had he hut chosento avail c himself of them. To mo?tof tose who c | questioned him on the subje., he re- t plied that he was wedded totis profession, and that any other uni?i would t be flat bigamy; but to his frier Harry j Everett, in a moment of aft*-dinner | confidence, he told a verv differe; story: | <gyf "My medical cousin Alice us the ] Utuan who ought to have bd Mrs. 1 toury, and an admirable fellow i ctitioner she would have mde for i . The way in which she on< cut a i inter out of my thumb dit equal 1 ior to her hand and her hea;; and en she was only thirteen she ought keleton with ner uncle's bthaay ;of tive^ollars fa faot] andrticu;d it in a manner that was real- manly. But in an evil hour she jcame atcd with a fancy for homecnthy, I after that of course all was o?r beeen us. Such is life.1' The doctor's agreement to enage a ^vt-watchman quieted Harry'apprelsionsfor the time being; but few weeks later he returned to the attack once more: "I say, doctor, have you got that night-watchman yetP" "Yes; sometime neo." "Well, he don't seem to do his duty then, for I've passed this way at all hours of the night and I never see him." Are you quite sure he is to be trusted?" "Wait and see!" replied the doctor, oracularly. And Everett waited, but did not see. Hie invisible watchman remained as ?ver; and Harry, out of patience with (lis old frie; d's seemine infatuation, had ilmost decided to take some decisive step on his own authority, when a new :omplication introduced itselt into the irama. This was nothing less than the ;emporary retirement of the doctor's reteran man-servant?popularly known is " Old Sam "?whose health had be?un to give way so manifestly that his naster insisted on sending him into the ? ? 4- V. ft TT AJUI1 Liy JLU1 a bill CC uiuutiio uvuunj, AW- c :> lacing him wi th another man, who had ] rolunteered as promptly as if he had i >een keeping his eye on the place for a 1 rearrest. The new-comer was a grave, I imooth-faced, taciturn man, who moved j is noiselessly as a shadow, and seemed a l iving combination of the two proverb- t al requisites of a good servant?silence ] ind obedience. 3 But although the doctor and his friends s lighly approved of this model domestic, [ here was one man wtio did not. That me was Harry Everett, who lost no i ime in announcing his opinion. " Look lere, doctor. I don't want to be always i wthering yi>u about this robbery idea; 3Ut it's a fact that that new fellow of rours is up to some mischief. I was t :oming home pretty late last nipht, when , ! caught sight of him standing at the 1 carden gate, talking to a couple of men. ? )ne of them happened to turn his face j ? lomnliffhf QQ T nfl8?0^ fitlH T tllPW ? V inuiyiigub MM * J/WVUVMJ ??? ? ?- .. c lim at once for a noted thief, who goes r >y the name of4 Badger Bill.' " ] "Indeed? Are you sure of thatP" { " Quite sure. You know I never for- s cet a face I've once seen." t "Ah! In that case, it's time forme r o act." c The last word was so curiously em- j )hasized, that Harry, who was not j vanting in shrewdness, began to sus- ^ >ect that his persistent warnings to ] lie doctor had been superfluous after ^ ill, and that the old gentleman was x [uite equal to the emergency. e This suspicion was confirmed one 0 veninsj about a week later, when the ^ loetor dropped in upon himunexpect- f dly, saying: "Give me some dinner, t y boy. Ycu've no eneagement for r his evening, I know; so I'm going to e ?e very benevolent, and find you some n .musement myself. Have you ever a ead 'TheCount of Monte-Cnsto?' be- r ause you're going to see a chapter of p t dramatized to-night, and pretty n ffectively too, I flatter myself." " What do you mean P" asked Everett, a tarine. f " Why, you see, I told my servants a 0 jw days ago that I should be away \ rom home to-night, and my cook naturlly seized the chance of getting leave ?< 3r an'evening out; consequently, the louse will be under the sole charge of g, hat worthy man-servant of mine, j, gainst whom you're so unaccountably rejudiecd. It's quite possible that the , wo honest gentlemen with whom you aw him talking the other night, may ^ e kind enough to enliven his solitude S] rith a visit; and so?" u Harry sprang to his feet, and cut a aper worthy of a duncine dervish, r, napping his fineers by way ot accomanimcnt. "Capital! first-rate! I see : all now! But come now, doctor; why j, n earth couldn't you tell me before that jy qu were up to the whole game, instead c f letting me make a fool of myself by t) reaching to a man as smart as any six v, f me?" {] "Never mind, my boy," said the doc- ^ ar, laughing, "iour warning was e indly meant, all the same. Eat your p inner?you'll want it before the even- tj tig's over, I can promise you?and then ^ re'll have our talk." a Dinner over, the doctor lit one of the a ocomparable cigars which were his ^ ole luxury, and proceeded to expound c lis plan of action. "I've locked up a he outer room that opens into my mys- ^ erious chamber, which puts two r( trone doors between it and therobbers. ly estimable servant will warn them of t( his?they will try the window instead. _ Ie'll let them in by the garden-door, nd give them the ladder that lies be- {, ide it to mount by. We'll hide in the g table, which?thanks to my keeping a. ay brougham elsewhere?has been un- a ised so long that no one would dream ? if suspecting it; but I can open the g ;oor easily enough. And then?" g " And then," broke in Harry eagerly, n ' we'll go for them the minute they ap- p icar. It'll be a fine chance to try my ? tew revolver." < " Better leave it at home," said the w loctor quietly; "we shall want no j? feapoDS for this job." ^ "Why,are you going to mesmerise tj he fellows ?" asked Everett, completely t( ystitied. S( " Wait and see," chuckled the doctor. t, 'We needn't be theie till eleven, for j? ntt krtwoof ooilr* ttti 11 molrn onro Kfl_ ?. U J UUUtOU UVUlVOblV "Hi 1UUAV JU1V| l/V- |J ore giving the signal, that I'm not oming back; and besides, an experi- p need burglar seldom begins work till ifter midnight. The only thing to be ?? ure of is that nobody see us getting in." But in this fortune favored them; and y is the doctor had foretold the lock of ^ he stable door, rusty as it looked, moved e ritLout difficulty, and the two conspiraors glided in, unseen and unheard. e Weary, weary work, crouching there g n the darkness,, with ear and eye f( trained to the utmost lor the first sign <j if the coming dantrer. Dr. Bistoury's 1; iracticed nerves bore even this pro- s, onged trial easily enough; but to the & mpulsive, excitable Everett it was abolute torture. Like all young soldiers, j ie found the suspense before the action a nfinitely more trying than the fray it- j elf. The stable opened on the street 1/vnA 4 a t Via noprlnw {fa furf Vinr 1U3C IAJ liUC ^aiMCU UVA/1) ?IIU 1LO XU1 UUC1 srindow, at which the two watchers lad posted themselves, commanded the t rhole side of the house, the blackness J if which was relieved only by a solitary e ight in one of the upper windows. Sucf[enly the liuhtvanished, ard reappeared j . moment later?a performance repeated hree times in quick succession. ? " That must be the signal." whispered i he doctor. "Keep your ears open, a larry" c Courageous as Everett was, he felt n lis pulse quicken, and his hand went c nstinctively to the revolver which, j lespite the doctor's verdict, he had per- f isted in bringing with him. s " Hark! W as that a stealthy footstep r mtsideP" a The next moment came a low whis- t, ;le. instantly answered from the house; ^ ind 'hen a shadowy figure, issuing from he building, glided noiselessly to the f 'arden-donr. and nnpnpd it tn admihtwn . >thers. , " They've got the ladder," whispered f Dr. Bistoury, as the three phantoms f srossed the garden. " Be on the look- c >ut. my boy; you're going to see some- t ihing worth seeing." I The ladder was soon planted against 1 ;he mysterious window; and Badger j Bill, after whispering to his comrade i jO "keep an eye" on their worthy con- l federate, ascended, and cutting out a j sane so dexterously that the sound was j barely audible, put his hand through and shot back the hasp. His two as- I sistants mounted after him; and Bill, stepping cautiously into the room, f burned the " bu.lVeye" of his* lantern 1 upon its interior. i Instantly the treacherous servant re- i coiled with a stifled crv; " Ain't that a I ?a coffin over yonderP" whispered he 1 tremulously. " Good gracious! suppose : there should be a dead man in it, and?" "S'pose you should be a thunderin' fool!" growled Bill savagely. "Shut your mouth, will yer, or tharll be another dead man somewhar round soon. I'm a-goin' in?I am 1" And he stepped resolutely forward. Crash! the coffin-lid burst oppn, and a skeleton, thrown out in ghastly relief by ihe red light that flamed in its eyeless sockets, started up with a hideous rattle, ihrusting forward its bony arms and p-inning jaws as if about to spring upon them. The honest servant gave one yell sufficient to wake the whole neighborhood, and rolled on the floor in convulsions. The second burglar, leaping backward, dashed his head with such force against the corner of a bureau, that ae dropped as if felled with an axe; while Badger Bill, making a frantic rush for the window, overturned the ladder, and fell crashing along with it, breaking his leg in the lall. "You see now, Harry," said the docx>r, as they went upstairs after seeing iheir unbidden guests marched off" by ;he police, "that my night watchman lid know his duty, although there's lothing more unearthly about him than ifew concealed springs, which are re.eased upon the approach >f any one, ind a little phosphorus. As for this h onderful room, you see its only a laboratory after all. But the stories peoale told about it amused me so much. ;hat I must plead guilty to having given ;hem a good deal of encouragement. How, let us be off to bed; and J think 1 - - Ca.. iL!- r rou may sieep in peace aiter 1111s, iur it itrikes me it'll be some time before anyjody robs my house again." And indeed, no one has ever attempted t since. Lnecdotes of a United States Supreme Court Judge. During Mr. Field's legislative days in he California legislature the members vere little else than walking arsenals. Two-thirds of them carried either >owie-knives or pistols. Some flourshed both weapons. When a member ntered the house he unstrapped his evolvers and laid them on Irs desk, t was done with as little concern as langing ud a hat, and it excited neither urprise nor comment. There was a lot debate over the proposed impeachaent of Judge Turner. At the contusion of Mr. Field's argument, B. F. tfoore, of Tuolumne, arose to reply, ie opened his drawer, cocked his revivers, and laid them on his desk, rhen he launched himself on a sea of ritupera ion. Mr- Field was handled without gloves. The most offensive pithets were used, and the speaker penly declared himself responsible for lis language at any time or place. Mr. i'ield answered Mr. Moore's arguments, rut made no allusion to his personal emarks. After the adjournment, howver, he asked S. A. Merritt to bear a ote to Mr. Moore, demanding an pology or satisfaction. Mr. Merritt efused, through fear of being disqualied for office. Mr. Richardson, another lember, also declined. Happening ato the senate-chamber, the jurist saw stonecutter seated at a desk, writing, i le was David C. Broderick, president f the State senate. They were bow ng acquaintances. "wny, juage, you on't look well," said Broderick. What's the matter?" "Well, I don't feel well," Field reponded. "I don't seem to have a friend 1 the world." 'What worries you?" inquired the Lonecutter. The jurist gave the particulars of , loore's assault upon his character, and aid that, at all hazards, he was deterlined to call him to account. " Well. I'll be your friend,"Broderick L'plied. "Write your note; I will dever it."' The jurist wrote the note at an adjoinlg desk, and Broderick placed it in loore's hands. The latter gentleman rawfished. lie said that he expected 3 be a candidate for Congress, and that e could not accept a challenge, because hat act would disqualify him. "I ave no objection toastreet fight, how ver," lie added. Tiie stonecutter re- ; lied that a street fight was not exactly tie thing among gentiemen, but if loore would do no better he should be , ccommodated. He then named time nd place, and Moore promised to be on ana. Within an hour, however, he banged his mind. He informed Broerick that the Hon. Drury Baldwin rould act as his friend, and deliver a sply to the note of Mr. Field. On the next morning the stonecutter ;sted the jurist's skill in the use of a istol. With a navy revolver Field lumped a knot on a tree at a distance f thirty yards three times out of five, roderick expressed his satisfaction, nd urged the necessity of bringing the latter to a speedy issue. " Bring it to n issue at once," Mr. Field responded, roderick quickly called upon Drury aldwin. and asked for a reply to the ote. Baldwin replied that his nrincial had made up his mind to drop the latter. "Then," said the stonecutter, as soon as the house meets, Mr. Field rill rise in his seat and repeat Moore's inguage as to his responsibility. He rill state that respect for the dignity of le house prevented him from replying ) the attack in the terms that it de- , jrved when it was made, and, after dealing Moore's refusal to give him 6at- ] ifaction, he will denounce him as a ' ar and a coward." "Thon " oniH Dpnru RulHtinn ".Tlldan { 'ield will be shot in his seat." " In that case," rejoined Broderick, others will be shot in their Heats." At the opening ol the house, Mr. 'ield took his seat at his desk as usual, iroderick was seated near him, with ightor nine personal friends, all armed 5 the teeth and ready for any emereney. When the journal was read oth Field and Moore sprang to their jet, and shouted, " Air. Speaker!" 'hat officer recognized " the gentleman rom Tuolumne," and Mr. Field reamed his seat. Moore read a written poloey, lull, ample and satisfactory. Broderick afterward befriended Mr. 'ield on many occasions. They were tanding at the bar of a hotel in San 'rancisco in 1352, whvn Broderick saw man throw back his Spanish cloak nd level a revolver at his friend. In twinkling he flung himself between l-- *- 1 * a lit; IWU Ult'U, HUU pusiictl X' IVIU UUI u> lie room. The prompt action undoubtdly saved his life.?Boston Herald. l Rat Pat to Flight by Sparrows, In the frieze and cornices of the Joody house innumerable sparrows lave made their abodes. They have ,11 the appearance of enjoying a sense if exclusive proprietorship, such as the ncient crows and daws seem to assert iver the ancestral trees in which they lave their century-old habitations. A ew mornings ago a larg'J rat was oberved perched on the coping which uns along the front of the house just ibove the first story. Presently he atracted the notice of a few sparrows, vho set up a most vivacious twittering, is if in excited consultation. Some lew away, soon returning with others, intil quite a force was marshaled, vhen they pounced upon the rat with jreat vigor, pursued him along the ront of the house, and drove him out of "nnnioa on(i wllpre lit! CrOUChed or refuge, until the rcdent, solely aeset, succeeded in making his escape ly a partly-opened window into the louse. Being satisfied, apparently, with the expulsion of the intruder, the birds exchanged a lew congratulatory twitters and resumed their usual vocations.?Tofedo (Ohio) Blade. Intermarriage Inducing Stammering. The frequency of stammering in the South of France is found, on investigation, to equal twelve or thirteen cases. in every 1,000 ot tne population, wnue in the Eastern departments the proportion is only one to that number. It has been assumed that the defect was in many instances stimulated to avoid military conscription, but according to the Abbe Petitot, there are two districts in the Bouches du Rhoue where all the inhabitants?some 15,000?stammer. He ascribes this to long continued inter Drowned. George Patrick, ten years old, of Irving Station, Pa., while playing in a swollen stream, was drowned. & Some fifteen or twenty fishermen were m drowned off Cape Disappointment, Ore- js gon, by the capsizing of their boats in a 27 gale. in While playing on a log in the river at th Mansfield, Pa., Philip riper, ten years n< of age, roiled off into the water and was m drowned. h( Jesse Robinson, sixteen years of age, N of Waynesville, Ohio, dived in the st water at Wright's flood gates the other 01 day and was arowned. te The little daughter of Michael Murray, of Maiden, Ma<ss., was nearly drowned by falling in a pool of water about which she was playing. Dennis Kelly, of Chillicothe, Ohio, te thirteen years of age, went fishing, al- ra though subject to fits. He followed his line into the canal and was drowned. The eight-year-old son of Henry Helner, of Flint, Mich., and the two-year- VI old child oi Patrick McGillis were eE njno/1 ronontlr hu fftlUnfl' intrt fl cisterj. ~ vj Will C. Zimmerman had just reached ea his mjyority, and wes practicing rowing v( for pleasure on the river near i&urling- tu ton, Iowa, and was drowned. cl Willie Stevens, the twelve-year-old is sion of John Stevens, of Elkhardt, Ind., w while fishing in the St. Jo river rolled cc off the bank into the water and was di drowned. b( Marie Lafrael and her son were drowned in Lake Jombasin, on the Up- J* per Gatineau, Ontario, by the capsizing hi of their boat as they were returning st from a funeral. th An old lady of Kalamazoo went on w the flats to gather cowslips and fell in a bole up to her neck. She remained in that position all night, and the next n? morning some men saw her head and n! rescued her. an The boom of the boat in which Albert ^ Oldfield was sailing struck him on the hea'i, knocking him into the water. He r was drowned. He was eighteen years old, and lived in Philadelphia. The parents of Jacob Ward, of West di Dublin, were compelled to witness his ha drowning within a few rods of his home, an while they were unable to render any a? assistance* He was twenty-three years Co of ape, nnd swamped his boat by over- en loading it with seaweed. an While enjoying a sail at a picnic of fu Good Templars at Raleigh, N. C., two co young men named Crocker and McMil- ini lan were drowned by the capsizing of a St boat. They lost their lives in their cit efforts to save Miss Annie Mitchell, in in whose company they were. of Dan Flyun, of Port Huron, Mich., saw the four-year-old son of Mr. H. White fall in the river. Young Flynn, though but thirteen years old, jumped J"1 to the rescue. Mr. White was on the J bank of the river and assisted the two boys out. The father gave Dan Flynn *ei ten dollars. p" ' to* While rowing on the river in a four- m( oared iron shell Henry M. Mclntire, of th Easton, Pa., lost his life. He was a col- Ur leee graduate, and at one time chemist De to Professor Edison, but lately employed ati by the Vulcan Iron company of St. be Louis. He was drowned at Caron- g0 delet, Mo. co ?- cei The Fi?nd and His Lawn Mower. ^ " Whirr-r-r-r-r!" wi Blast him ! or "R-z-z-z-z!" cit Blast him again! an " Rr-rr-rr-rr-rr!" Turn over in bed and vow that you i will shoot his hens, poison his dog, and gt;8 leave fishbones where his cat will find pa them and choke to death. ?pr Who? ou Why, the triple-plated, bomb-proof, iron-coated, hard-hearted next-door mc man, who went to bed at sundown for jor no other purpose than to get up at 5 o'clock A. M. and gallop his old lawn ^ mower around. " Rattle! Whirr! Bane! R-r-r-r!" or Oh! he's there! He 9imply stopped onif rtn hia hnriHs and jet ready for anew twist. Just five by the bells, and some fool of a doctor has ^ told him that the morning air is good for him! He knows that he is distnrb- _a] ing every man, woman and child within t ( i block of him, but what does he careP no* " Clickety-te-ciickety-click-click!" er_ There he goes! He's got his coat off, .lis pants in his boot-legs, and he's cat thinking how nice it must be to live in to :he country and canter around over the j iew-wetsward. Country be hanged! Lawn mowers and next-door neighbors t ' 3C hanged! The man who sola him tu, ,hat lawn mower warranted it to be t>_; _ r.-.i. 1 ? ori lojseiesu. iJusl rciiiciuuei Liiat <yiicii juu .. ?et to shooting! Noiseless, oh, yes! ?? "M-m-m-m! Bur-r-r-r-r! Z-z-ze!" The baby wakes up with a howl. Why shouldn't he? Can a baby stand j nore than a horse? Everybody wakes s" ip. If you think people can sletp on ? ind dream of the gates of heaven while g i man is pounding sheet-iron with a lammer you have lived in vain. "G-u-r-r !" Good. His old machine has struck a stone. Hope the contact has wrenched I )ff every wheei, twisted every spring am 3ut of place, and flung the villian head ser Dver heels against the fence! Nobody pai but a villian would have a lawn to mow ? v in the first p.ace, and nobody but a muttonhead would eo sloshing around An an an empty siomacli in this malarious 2limate. His hea.th! What is his ] liealth compared to the peace of his W? neighbors? W ho cares whether he gets dei fat and lives on, or grows lean and (lies. He ought?*1' wi " Clickety-te-click-click-c lick-click! pei There he goes, the old machine mak aQ( ing more noise 4Lan ever! Hit him ftei with a brick. No, don't do it. Such a bei man as that couldn't appreciate a decent j clip on the ear with a missile made by p0 human hands. Draw a bead on him [n with a shotgun? Never! Keep your ir( ammunition for owls. Owls have sense pa enough to stick by the roost until seven sjc o'clock. Argue with him? Not much! jn You couldn't convince such a man that pr he ought to be run over by a drove 0fl of Texas steers any more than you could aC( make a Turk believe that he ought to nU pay one hundred cents on the dollar. ' yo "Gur-g-g-g! z-z-z-z! Bang! Rattle- j r-r-r-rip." Ui Let him alone! Thnre is a Providence, ^e and-that Providence sometimes gives a pa viliian rope to play with, just to see Tl him squirm when he is brought up with ^ a sharp turn. That mower may explode. m( If not, the morning air will bring on sore throat, toothache, neuralgia and j01 chills. May he have them all jumn in jej on him at once, and stand by him like f0, an Indian's memory, and may every neighbor whom he has disturbed by his vilhanous noise grow fat and sleek and nc rich, and live to "beat him for the only Qf oflice he ever cared for.?Detroit Free a.] Press. rj, ai A Carious Number. Here is something to scratch your Ir head over. A very curious number is a 142.867. which, multiplied by 1, 2, 3, 4 W 5 or 6 gives the same figures in the same co order, beginning at a different point, se: but if multiplied by 7 gives all nines: Fi 142,857x1=142,857 be 142,857x2=285,714 pe 142,857x3=428,571 142,857x4=571,428 142,857x5=714,285 142,857x6=857,142 w 142,857x7=?99,999 J7f Multiply 142,857 by 8 and you have fn 1,142,854. Then add the first figure to aj the last, and you hive 148,857, the original number, with figures exactly the same as at the start. is Twelve men were drowned and F S boats capsized of a fishing party y< vat Point Adams,. Oregon fa TIMELY TOPICS. India is coming forward as a tea- , owing country, and in 1879 furnished < reat Britain nearly one-fifth of its an- i lal supply. The tea product of India steadily increasing, having risen from ( ,814,000 pounds in 1876 to 35,420,000 | 1878. The tea is stronger and cheaper an the Chinese teas, but is said to be )t so mildly flavored. Small consignents which have reached this country, >wever, have been highly praised by ew York tea-tasters. As tue English atutes against adulteration are vu?orisly enforced in India, 7,000 chests of a adulterated by " dust" were burned cently. Indian teas are not " faced " colored as Chinese teas are, and the af presents a more irregular appearice. The new teas as they come into le are likely to displace the Chinese as of the lower grade, a result genelly desirable. State street, lined on either side by irrooms, dance halls, gambling dens, < iriety shows, and frequented by hard- ' led sinners from every country, is the J ost prominent thoroughfare in Lead- J lie, Col. In the gambling dens, on J .ch side of the room, stand tables de )ted principally to faro, and at every 1 irn of the cards are heard boisterous ' irses and the vilest blasphemies. It ' not an uncommon sight to see men 1 ho have staked ana lost tneir last cent < mmit suicide by poison or pistol, and ' op in their seats or tracks around Lb j ' >ards. In such cases the games con- ] nue with their usual clockwork re^urity, the dead bodies being summarily ' istled off the scenes by the well-armed I aff of the establishment. Gambling is 1 e leading amusement of the town, ] hich is increasing 150 settlers per day. ! Peter Grub sold his share in an iron ^ ii>e at Cornwall, Pa., reserving the i ;ht to enter upon the premises forever id take therefrom sufficient ore for the pply of one furnace. That was alost "a hundred years ago, when iron e was smelted in a somewhat crude 3hion, and the average yield of a furce was 1,500 tons a year. That was out the amount taken by Mr. Grub iring his lifetime. But the process s been vastly improved since then, d now a furnace turns out as much in ; jingle month. The question arose, of ; urse, whether the heirs of Grub were J titled to as much ore as would supply eighteenth or a nineteenth century rnace A law suit has been in the { urts for twenty-four years, employ- J ? oVfcloaf lowTjaro in flin ^ SL'LLi C \Ji bliv> ttuivdv iun jviu iu vuu ate. The supreme court has just < c- ] led, on appeal, that ore can be taken J sufficient quantity to supply a furnace j the present time. Dr. Guillasse, of the French navy, in a ' ;ent paper on typhoid fever speaks of e great benefit which has been derived : im the use of coffee. He has found [ at no sooner 1. ave the patients taken a n tablespoonfuls of it than their fea res become relaxed, and they come to eir senses; the next day the improve;nt is such as to leave no doubt that e article is just the specific needed, ider its influence the stupor is dis- i lied and the patient rouses from the f ite of somnolency in which he has t en since the invasion of the disease: { on all the functions take their natural \ urse, and he enters upon convaloe- i nee. JDr. liuiuasse gives to an aauic ? 0 or three tablespoonfuis of strong r ick coffee every two hours, alternated j th one or two teaspoonfuls of claret f Burgundy wine?a little lemonade or t rate of magnesia to be taken daily, r d, after a while, quinine. e t \. singular and interesting table o p itistics has just been published in a ris. The budget of French crime, ex- n iding over five years, has been brought s t, and the political economy of pun- r iment supplied with a fresh install- S mt of facts and figures. The chancel- fi of this criminal exchequer points to b 1 budget with pride, and, like other s ilers in figures and tables, is anxious s show that there is no cause for alarm t despondency. The population of a mce may be roughly stated at about a 000.000, and the annual crop ot mur- v :s is about 200, of infanticides about o >, and of unjustifiable homicides about o 1. It is curious to and how very little t! nation there is in the annual harvest t! 3rime. Thus, in tue gravest charge, S i was the greatest return of murder- ti , and 195 the least, and there is tha J ne equality of proportion in the other n egories. The return gives emphasis n this fnct as explaining the singular G cumstance that in the course of five c irs there were almcst the same num- ti r of capital sentences carried out. At d i last census the population of Great a itain amounted to 23,300,000, but the p mber of murders was by no means so r iform. It would be a consolation for li 'renchman to know that only one in d nillion of his fellow-countrymen is ? iLJotined, were it nDtthat "extenua- a g circumstances " ^eave a wide mar- I l of doubc. fc a b d Lafayette's Generosity. f< Jnfortunatelv, too many great men. ^ iong those classed as statesmen, de- 7 ve the censure which Goldsmith ^ ssed on Burke: < Vho born tor the universe, narrowed his Sl mind, ^ d to party gave up what was meant lor n mankind." a Lafayette was not of this kind. Nor c is he guilty of the other ethical blun- 0 r, which not a few good and great in commit, of being so engrossed th principles as to be indifferent to rsoA8. He wa3 not only a patriot t d a lover of free institutions, but a , lerous friend and a sympathizing nef actor. ' Matthew Carey, the father of the y litical economist, who recently died * Philadelphia, was obliged to leave ' iland on account of a political mphlet whose sentiments were con- y lered treasonable. He took refuge e France, where he set up type for Dr. J anklin, who had a small printing ? ice near Paris. There he made the h quaintance of Lafayette. The mar- a is became much interested in the ' ung Irish patriot. P Some years after Carey came to the a lited States. He was living in Phila- s Iphia, struggling to establish a news- a oer, when Lafayette visited that city, a l'e marquis sent for him, inquired into ? s prospects and promised to recom- t end him to his friends. c The next morning the struggling t urnalist whs surprised to receive a J -ter from the marquis containing a ur one hundred dollar notes, but not c word in reference to the inclosure. g It was a nob'e act, worthy of the s ible man who had spent a large part j a princely fortune in the cause of s merican liberty. He could not only ( jk his life for a nation, but he could i d a poor young man to make a living. 1 Several years after, when the young i i8hman had become well off, he sent 1 valuable present to tiie marquis, j ben in 1824 he again visited this ' untry, broken in fortune, Mr. Carey i nt him four hundred dollars. The i ench gentleman, who did not like to I i repaid a gift, was with difficulty 1 irsuaded to accept the money. [ i * v.. ni imlH coin worth 85 000 ( eighs twenty pounds. When you tell ' iur wife that Bhe is worth her weight sold you value hnr, therefore, at from 15,000 to 550,000. | - j A terrible incident from Nihilist life < reported from the Russian district of i Forma of Salutation. Of tbe many forms of salutation, th custom of shaking hands is the mos common among civilized nations. 1 undoubtedly comes from remote bar bariem, when two men meeting gavi each other their weapon hands, as i security against treachery or suddei attack. On the European continent i is usual for men who are intimate to kis; 3ne another, but this custom prevaili unly among ladies in this country ant Great Britain. In the greater portioi Df Germany it is an act of politeness t< kiss the hand of a lady: but this privi lege is allowed in Italy only to neai relatives, while in Russia it is extende< to kissing the forehead. In the Eas ind among the Sclavic nations th< character of salutations is quite differ ant. The custom of throwing one'; self upon the ground and kissing thi feet of the monarch prevails among th< Persians. In China an inferior upoi horseback meeting a superior dismount ind waits till the latter has passed. Ii Japan the inferior removes his sandal when meeting his superiors, crosses hi bands by placing the right hand in th left sleeve, and with a slow rockini motion of his body, cries out: " Augh A.ugni' (Donot nurt mei. in sian the inferior throws himself npon th ground before his superior, the latte jends forward one of his slaves to se whether the former has been eatini roy thing, or carries with him any smel it all offensive. If he does, he is im mediately kicked out without ceremony but if not the attendant raises him up [n Ceylon the inferior on meeting i superior throws himself upon th ground, repeating the name and dignit; of the latter, who appears to take iittl notice of the prostrate form as he passe it. Among some tribes of the America! [ndian the custom is to salute by rub bing noises together. This custom i ilso common in the Friendly am Society islands, where it is re turned by each taking the hand of th sther and rubbing it upon his own nos rod mouth. The Moors of Moroca ride at full speed toward a stfanger, a If fKAtrininnrloH tA rnri him Hnwn anH 5n arriving near, suddeniy stop and fir i pistol over his head. In the Pele? islands the inhabitants grasp either th land or foot of the one they wish t salute, and rub their face against it l he Arabians shake hands six or eigh ,imes, but, if persons of distinction ;hey embrace and kiss several times iiso kissing their own hand. Ycmej >ersons of rank permit their fingers t< )e kissed, after a long refusal. In Tur cey it is the custom to place the hand ipon the breast, and bow to the persoi laluted. They are perhaps the most al 'ectionate in Burmah; fancy the follow ng: A gentleman meets a lady o mother gentleman and applies hi, nouth anu nose closely to their cheel ind draws in the bitath strongly, as i imelling a delightful perfume with botl nquth and nose. Hence, instead of say ng "Give me a kiss," a Burmahaj voulil say " Give me a smell."?Chicag Inter-Ocean. Pugilism. Prize-fights, says a New York paper lave been steadily losing countenanci or years, even with the ruffianly clasi hot has hitherto supported them, anc be end of them in this country seem: rery near. They a:e essentially un American, and have never met witt iny degree of encouragement irom thi lative population, unless of direct Brit sh or Irish descent. Professional pu tflism is of English origin, and has beer derated, even advocated, in Britain bj nen of position and title. The e.irliesi iccount on record of systematic Britist )oxing was in 1740, when public ais ?lavs of the manly art attracted genera attention. Uptothattime self-aefens* vith fists had mnde but little progress trength and endurance being the onlj ecommendations of the bruisers al Imithfield, Moorfield, and Southward fiirs, where boxing booths and rinn lad long been seen. *" In the year afore aid, broughton, who pronounced him elf champion of England, built a theaer for exhibitions, and they were wel! ttended and stubbornly fought. He lsn introduced cloves for SDarrine.with arious rules mitigating the savagenest f the practice. Jackson. the champion f 1795, made the business so populai hat half the men of rank and fashion oi he day were proud to be his pupiis. haw, the life guardsman, who so dis< inguished himself at Waterloo, was ackson's disciple, and his achievelentson the battlefield were owing as lucli to training as to strength. Belcher, tulley and Gribb were also famous hampions of the period. From the ime ot George IV. pugilism hassteadilj eclined, on account of the dishonesty nd meati.iess of its principal particiants, who gradually became oommor ough8, blacklegs and thieves. Tht ist fight that drew any notice from anj ecent people was between Sayers and leenan, and that because it has assumed n international character. In the Inited States pugilism has nevei ouched the outermost circle of respectbility. Tho main argument in its bealf. that it discouraged the use ol eadly weapons, has long been refuted: 3r pugilisla of a professional sort an /-in fin no il r nmnlnvinc knives and re olvers without the slightest justificaion. The one thing which they mighl e expected to have is physical courage, tut most of them have proved themelves, whenever opportunity offered, ;holly devoid of it. The sincerest, lost active supporters of prize-fighting re not only low scoundrels, but arrant owards, equally ready to pick a pockel r stab an enemy in the dark. A Bnsy Scene In Jiew York. The place to see all the world, writet he New York correspondent of the Alta California is the corner of Fifth avenue nd Fourteenth street and Union Square, rest side. Here the tflrong is so dense hat it is almost like coming out of a heater, and the lobby would represent he street, or the street the lobby, whichever you like?pay your money, tc. It is a perfect panorama f-nd ariety fair?people, all well dressed, or no other sort venture in this neighiorhood. The stores like the streets, ,re crowded from morning till night srith eager women, all intent on sliopiing, buying, until one wondprs where ,11 the money comes from that they pend apparently so recklessly. It is Imost impossible to get up to a counter ,nd get waited upon. Every window s blocked up by the people looking at he display ot hats, silks, dresses, works ?f art and bric-a-brac. The rage for he latter is growing more intens'. Svery dry goods store js a magazine 01 irt.and speaking of that, those that were mce confined to the specialties, all dry ;oods for instance, now include in their tock every known variety of small obects of art and perfumery, soaps, toilet Lrticles, stationery, fancy boxes and Chinese goods. The rage for the latlei s srmethine wonderful. All along fourteenth street are little street-shops ind stands, venders of Chinese bric-a. )rac. Daily auctions are held of ma olica ware, decorated china vases, etc. 14 objects of art,''as they areadvertisedin artful dodge. These auction storei ire handsomely flttf d up. The article "or sale are shut off from the audienci !>y a fence across a raised platform, 01 which the auctioneer sits, and the good ire held up by a nice young man, t< whom they are handed by a stylish col ared man in white kids. The bidder jit in chairs and are mostly ladies. Iowa walnut logB are now bein; shipped to England. The timber i bought in the tree by a Liverpool agent &nd is cut down and hewn square. Th er da are then painted to prevent crack ing from exposure to the weather rtie logs.are shipped to Liverpool b apply the cabinetmakers of Grea FARM, 6ARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD e t To Remove Boat. jj ' By carelessness in exposure to rains, is the bright or polished iron or steel parts si e of plows, caltivators and other farm im- u 1 plements become partly or entirely cov- u ? ered with rust, which not only eats away tl 6 the metal but renders it more difficult 8 to use?that is, more power is required w ? to move it through the soil when rust? ? 1 than when in a bright condition. Be- ^ 1 sides the work performed with a rusty 3 instrument is not as clean, smooth and n " satisfactory as when in its best condi- J J tion. Rust is easily removed by a mix- d ; ture of sulphuric acid and water, but h t the acid is a dangerous chemical and P " neeastne utmost caution innanaiing; w ' hence in its stead use kerosene oil, which h 9 is found in every home, and is cheap and P e comparatively safe. Pour half a jnnt in l? 8 a basin, or any other dish, then with an * 1 old paint brush, swab or rag smear the ri 8 parts affected by rust. In an hour or V a two wipe off the oil and loose rust and b 8 apply another coat oi oil, and after the 1< 8 usual time proceed as before, repeating o e three times. If badly rusted, after ap- a ^ plying the oil several times rub with tl nne sandpaper, or even with a piece of c I broken brick. It is always best to make e: e a rusty plow or other implement as * r bright, smooth and clean as possible be8 fore taking to the field and there bother- t ? ing with them, to say nothing of the Door 1< J work accomplished and patience tried s during the polishing process. s '? t Packing Apples with galley He Aeld. j a There are few greater treats .during t e the winter and early spring seasons, t ? says the London Magazine, of Pharmacy, F e than the magnificent apples which are e 8 imported from America to find their c II places on the dessert table in England. * Considerable numbers, however, arrive s f here in a bruised condition from the t 3 effects of careless packing; a certain t amountxof fermentation is set up, and e ? unless they are consumed without delay, s e they are lost to the dessert table. This I 0 is more frequently the case when barrels s 3 full of so-cailed "Newtown pippins," g ? and others, have been exported by c 6 niMTrafo In their friends in t 7 England, than when they are packed by fl ? the regular tradesmen. There is no a 0 reason why this splendid fruit should a '* not be imported here almost as fresh t 1 and blooming as when it is gathered k '? from the tree. A common but soft kind t ' of tissue paper should envelop each ii apple before it is placed in the cask, and b 0 this tissue paper should have been t * soaked in a solution ot salicylic acid b 3 and dried before it is used. The best d ;a preparation of salicylic acid for this e purpose is the alcoholic solution, made li ' with the strongest spirit, and then p * diluted with as much water as it will e ? bear without precipitating the acid, so n r as to make the solution go as far as pos- a sible. Each apple should be enveloped o in at least four folds of the salicylated d " paper, and every po8sible precaution r, * should be taken to prevent bruising a 0 when loading into the casks or cases, tl Well packed applies should not move at n all during the voyage, and the shaking of d a railway train should have little effect tl upon tnem. iNevertneiess, a ceriam u g amount of confusion is inevitable, and b 3 to avoid the ulterior results of this, the tl 1 salicylated paper is indispensable. As c g to the cost it would be a mere trifle t< . when we consider the result gained, p j and the splendid condition of the fruit e when it enters the London market. . Besides, it is very probable that the 1< . salicylic acid paper used for packing the a , apples in America, might be used over h j again, or applied here in England to a I similar antiseptic purpose,and an allow- t< j ance made for it accordingly. 1( Notice the Sheep Dally, r( , One reason we are so taken aback once fi in a while by our sheep suddenly dying tl | and doing badly is that we have not d t carefully noticed them every day, and y . they have gotten badly out of whack J before wc saw anything was amiss. u They need to be watched every day to cj . see how each one eats, drinks and gets fc . up and goes off in the morning. I think b I more time and sheep can be saved by a tl , few minutes' notice early in the morn- al [ ing than any other time in the day. o I Uicen HOeep Will tumo 1U bug grwiug Hi L full to bursting and seem to be all right, d . but in the morning there is a changed si f appearance altogether. The cars hang 01 down, the eyes are watery and the gen- ai | eral appearance is languid and drooping, vi , It is a sure indication of going amis3. V . Their health demands attention at al , once. Lambs are sure to show by a pi cough and grating of their teetb, and a tc \ sick appearance, the appearance of st , which we call worms and that is so ir , much to be dreaded in the fall after a le r wet season. w Notice the sheep every chance you get. fl L Learn the individual habits of each , sheep. Some of them have individur ality strongly marked in them, and I some of them are like other folks, no[ bodies in the flock. Notice the dainty . , eaters, and if they have a poor chance 81 i at the grain and nay, put them off from ; the strong ones so they can go slow if y< , they want to. Notice the ewes at lambf ing time. Some always have milk for v , their lambs to begin with, and some > /iM.lf finma o Imnvfl hare viffOrOUS to ? UUU V. - -c ^ lambs and some don't. Some never raise lambs that amount to anything, ir rtieae you want to find out sure, and sell to the butcher. Notice the sheep | that are a success in raising lambs and w shearing heavy fleeces, and being vigor n< ' ous and healthy, imparting the same to f their progeny, and the sheep that make a I you a success. And notice the feeble, sc ! imbecile sheep in your flock that raise ol few or no Jambs, and sheer light, dry fleece that cost you each year a little w more than they bring in to you, and ot actually make you poorer. It don't pay 1 to raise a feeble or deformed lamb. It e(; 1 don't pay to keep old sheep. It don't w Fay to sell the tops off of your flocks, t don't pay to buy the tail end of some- . ! body's flock. It don't pay to iioej) a i scalawag end to yourown flock. Notice cc ; what pays and what don't.? Rural World. w Household Hint*. w To prevent flies from iryuring picture frames, glasses, etc., boil o three or four onions in a pint of sf water; then with a gliding brush go over your glasses and frames, and the bi flies wili not alight on the article so se washed. This may be used without ap- til prehension, as it will not do the least nj ury to the frames. cc All sorts of vessels and utensils may nc be purified from long retained smells oi e3 ' every kind in the easiest and most perfect manner by rinsing them out well with charcoal powder after the grosser ?, . impurities have been scoured off with , sand and water. " A lump of bread about the size of a . billiard ball, tied up in a linen bag and 8* piacea in me poi in wiuuu giccno w boiling will absorb the gases which w [ oftentimes send such an unpleasant odor . to the regions above. fr ; a< I A Wonderful Lake. Tulare lake is probably the most mysterious spot on the continent. It is > located on a great plain three hundred * miles south of San Francisco. Atadis- ? 3 tance the water appears to be higher P. 3 than the land. A mile or more before " 5 reaching the water the dry land of the 2 i plain gives place to damp soil, and when {? s at last the margin of the lake is found :j ) one may wade into it for more than a j: - mile before finding it knee-deep. The ?, 8 lake is about forty miles long The L bottom is formed of. olam ahells, and there are hundreds of email islands and " 5 bunehes of tules. The islands are ten- r. s anted by millions of white birds of ths , gull kind, and upon one of them fouro teen human skulls ranged in a circle - were lately found, no other bones lying d ' near. MoundB have been discovered d Q along the shore, nnd it is expected that h t the whole bottom of the lake will reveal s< traces of a submerged city. a Caught in * Wolf Trap. The favorite trap employed for wol7es ' 1 Burgundy ifl tne tranquerard. This i most dangerous even to man, the wrongest that is made, requiring two len to set it. It has springs of forlidable power and delicacy, and when < laese are touched the jaws of the trap, rmed with rows of teeth, shut one Ithin other. In spite of every preration, however, very sad occurrences rill often happen in these forests. < Some years ago a trap was placed ear a deserted iootway, and the usual arning precautions taken. The same ay a young man, anxious to present to is finance some turtle doves and igeons with rosy beaks, with whose J 'hereabouts he was acquainted, left is home a little before sunset to sur- I rise the birds on their nest. lie was ite. The night closed in rapidly, and ith the intention of shortening the sad he took his way across the forest. Plthoux in the least heeding the ramb&ls and bushes which caught his kflr<n nV.-tihfl riifohpfl ?nH ah*Mma np w*tfl bliged to cross, he pressed on, and fter a continued battle with the thorns, le stumps and roots, and the long linging tendrils of the wild roses, came xactly on the track where "he trap ras set. The night was now nearly dark, and (linking only of his doves and the sved one, he failed to observe that everal little pieces of string were , winging to ana fro in the breeze from be branches of. the thicket near him. )readful, indeed, was it for him that ie did not, for suddenly he felt a terri?le shock, accompanied by most intense tain, the bones of his leg being apparntly crushed to splinters. He was aught in the wolf trap. The first few moments of pain ana offering over he must have comprelended the danger of his position, and iad, it is presumed, wiiu great presnee of mind endeavored to open the errated iron jaws which held him fast, tat though danger is said to double the , trength of a man, the trap refused to ive up its prey, and as at each moveaent of the body the iron teeth buried bemselves deeper and deeper in his J iesh his agony must have been ol the aost exquisite description. He probbly shouted, and would have continued i o shout, however hopelessly, for help, | ad i t not been for the fear of attracting I he wolves that might be lurking a the neighborhood. He had under , is coat a small hatchet5 and with ; his, in the event of his being attacked j y the dreaded animals, he trusted to efend himself. As the night lengthned the moon rose and shea her pale J ight over the forest. He may now be ictured immovable, with eyes and 1 ars on the qui vive, his body in the lost excruciating torment, listening | nd waiting. All at once, far, very far i ff, he hears a confused murmur of in- < istinct sounds. Approaching with apidity, these murmurs become cries ] nd yefls. They are those of wolves on , tie track?demons, which ere a few 1 . u 1 -1. Jinuies wouia LW bet upuu uiui, uuncu irect to the spot by the trails set lor tie destruction of his destroyers. Fear ' ot being part of his hardy nature, he ' y almostj^superhuman efforts, and in tie awful moment forgetting all pain, ontrived to.drag himself and the trap 3 ward an oak "tree, against which he 1 laced his back. 1 Here, with his hatchet ready to strike, lie young fellow, full of courage, doubt- . ?ss offered up a short prayer to his God, ad embracing, ns it were, in his mind I is poor old mother and his bride, I waited the horrible result, determined < ) show himself a true child of the I )rest, and meet his fate like a man. A 3 ?w minutes more and he was surDunded by a cordon of yellow flames , x>m the eyes of the brutes; the animals , lemselves, which he could scarcely j istinguish, sending foith their horrible ] elis full in his face. j On the following morning, when the nfortunace forester who set the trap . ame to examine it he found it at the 1 >ot of the oak, deluged with blood, the ! one of a human leg upright between ( le iron teeth, and all around, scattered ! oout tne tan ana ine pam a quantity t human remains. Shreds of a coat ad other articles of clothing were also ' iscovered near the spot. With the as- f stance of some dogs which were put i a the scent, three wolves, their heads < ad bodies oat open with a hatchet, ere found dying in an adjacent thicket, fhen the venerable cure of the village, fter previously endeavoring in every ossible' way by Christian exhortation ) prepare his aged mother to hear the 1 id tale, informed her that these re- c tains of .humanity were all that were c lit of her boy, she laughed. Alas! it c as the laugh of madness; reison had 1 ed?All the Yenr Bound. 1 Words ol Wisdom. r To live long it is necessary to live * owly. v : [ Give neither counsel nor salt until ju are asked for it. There are calumnies against which ( en innocence loses courage. c Poffor. Wo nnrinlit wank, than I s w * 1 icked ana have superabundance. _ 1 Industry need not wish, and he who ves upon hope will die fasting. A weak mind is like a microscope, hich magnifies trifling things, but can3t receive great ones. The source of a craving vanity is often restless modesty, that longs to hear tmelhing better of itself than it thinks 'itself, v Zeal is very blind or badly regulated hen it cncroaches upon the rights of Iters. Nothing so rare as that of acknowlIging ninoerely that we deserve what e suffer. Those who give not till they die, iow that they would not then if they >uld keep it longer. As the firefly only shines when on the ing, so it is with t:ie human mindhen at rest it darkens. It is not merely the individual, but -] ciety that suffers by every idle, every f ilfisn. everv mean, every unjust man. ? He who is false to the present duty ? eaks a thread in the loom, and will ^ e the effect when the weaving of a liie- f me is unraveled. j Real merit of any kind cannot long be 1 >ncealed; it will be discovered, and t >tliing can depreciate it but a man's t :hibiting it himself. o Be then like the bird perched upon 1 ime frail thing, who. although he feels 0 e branch bending be ..eath him, shows tat he has wings. A fretful disposition takes the lra ance out of one's life and leaves only i eeds where a cheerful disposition 1 ould cause flowers to bloom. i Great men should retire occasionally 1 om the stage of life to avoid wearying J Imiration; for, however brilliant the m be, ij would be wrong or it never { > set. m 1 " Well I declare," said a stranger the ' ther day, as he looked at a Roman's , oots, " wt ?n they were dealing out ' let they re pretty liberal with you, ; aren't theyP" "Yes," replied the oman, "they seem to have been more beral with me in that particular than ley were with you when dealing out rains." The stranger turned red in ie face and walked off. He has not een seen since, and it is presumed ho as hidden himself away to meditate rivately on physiological extremities ad the anatomy of cute remarks. A London physician cured a lady of 1 eafness by taking her into the cathe- 1 ral tower near one oi the bells as tho 1 aramer fell upon it. The force of the i jund fractured the obstruction in 'he 1 w. 1 The Living. When night her atari y eyes hath closed As morn, with b'ght, breaks in the out, 4B ?'>*3*9^0 rhese who have through her hoars repoeswJ^&feflH Awake to lile, with toil increased. ^are is bat toil, and toil bat care. We toiling go iiom yonth to age,' ^ .g%3j 1 laugh, a smile?jast to prepare " , The heart lor tears at lile'a last staffs. y ^ ; " Such?such is life. All drear! all wfl<M..^ Its Joys bat by remembrance last, fljjgHJ Who?who'd not be again a child, . For faith, for hope, tor joys forecast? P'orcaat in vain! Where are life's Joys T... , M Its pleasures, fantasiesT Oh, where! ' z* .. '^a Its brightest hoars, like childhoods toys,. ' \ .' * Break all too soon?hurt, snoil'd by tsar* M?rwnmy A mn 4 ,?^n? IT?MS OF WTEBESrf. A smoke stack?A pile of cigar . ", - * High time?That kept by town The man who hesitates ia often lo6fe~ ; Half a cranberry bound on a eon rm will soon Mil it. Everything good in man leans dn. something higher. ' When the slow eator calls for ketch'*? he means business.?Picayune. Boatbuilding continues brisk'at tht various shipyards along ihe Hudson. A Keokuk (Towa) lady died of grief at ' the hopeless insanity of her husband1. * f The Sultan of Turkey has 300 eooks.> It m?.kes one sick to think of hi* Bancroft, the historian, has one of the finest collection of roses in thij^ "I die content," said the fly in th<$ baker's dough; "somebody will take me . Square collars, made of the Fame ma- ? ? V terial as tbe dre^s and bordered wit&^^^HHl lace, are worn wi'h summer costumes. ?. ; a There are only three men in thiscomL-^-^^BH Lry who can tell the age of a sword-fish by looking at its teeth. The rest ol us > have to guess at it. " What do you most like next yourself?" :.sks an exchauge. A gauze':'. >$B jilk umiei^hirt, if tno weather is Yery/i^gll In ancient Mexico it vras the custom. -yfc to sacrifice human beings to the god?r rhis was a case where several wrong^,"?^j made a rite.?Bo:Ion tost. The ocean steamer Arizona made tt&* > ' passage from Quecnstown to New York: ." intbe remarkably quick time of seven jays ten and a half hours. , The soft Derby hat fa very popular,P ','^Si [t is made of cioth or of the wooley^xjfi^H iress material, and is cut in gores vn4 ' inished with a flat button on too. . ' When lunch was called at the Sunday^ \ school picnic at McKinney, fexas, Johnny Short, aged nine yeara, wrf "clgeffiBj inissing. lie had,been drowned Americans are the most inventive 'aflj race on tlie irlobo, mid it seems .singular " shut no plan for making flies stay bed^until the enUre household is up hmt \ : Ti'?? liao hivm qn^h Heatrnction. of thfl . forests about LoadvilJe, Coi., that th# :ature supply of mining timber h?s be-* *~ -$fe?SSk 3ome a serious matter, and a good tfm- .JnnS ranch w 11 soon be as valuable as a >2f| The placing of stamps upside down m letters is prohibited. Severnl post11 asters h-ive recently been seriously i njured while trying to stand on theit^ , . leads to cancel stamps placed in thic ,r I nanner. A car loaded with giant powder took I ire at Sioux City, Iowa, but a valiant switch engineer ran alongside and put >ut the dames in time to prevent an-* jxplosion which might have destroyed ; lalf of the town. The Americans are pre-eminently an nventive race, yet no man has yet com? orward with a better device for catchng flies tlian nature provides in the '* >pen mouth of the sleeping schoolboy, f -Waterloo Observer. A Frightful Condition of Affairs, For several years Sonthern Russia las been in a frightful sanitary oon- " lition. Diphtheria broke oat as an ipidemic in Bessarabia in 1871 and IS,- *5j| 100 children died under the sconrge. Thence the disease spread through ?oltava where as many lives were faoificed^and its ravages were not stopped *-*-i intil" '-1 had overrun fifteen govern- ^ nents. The mortality from diphtheria ilone since it broke out has been forty >ercent. Among the young thenum* >erof deaths have from the nature of he disease been especially high. Of y" hose who caught the infection eighty* >ne per cent, were under twenty years >f age, and the percentage of deaths imong these were no less thin ninety Dhe children of whole villages have >een sweptnw?y, anijUthough it has aged for such a length dT tim? com?~^ _ larati vely little has been done to stay he plague. The supply of medical re- Vief is quite insufficient to cope with Ani^amiV onH U/horo HA/>tnra hflVA indeavered to apply proper remedies hey found their efforts obstructed by lie ignorance of the people. When ;hey cauterized the children they were iharged with murder, and at one time he proposal was coolly made to " hang ' ill the doctors." Even now that the nedicalmen have obtained a footing, hey alone can do but little. The cause >f the disease is the squalid condition n which the peasantry of the country ive, and even such an epidemic as th? >resent hardly suffices to rouse them o cleanliness. Superstition supplies , 3 >ther causes for the origin of the disiase> and insanitary habit3 of life are o0 'inherent to be easily rooted oat. fhe devo^ people are now suffering <t.., rom fwnine as well as contagion. The ? reps have not succeeded for some time, . * . md cattle and horses have died from * - . rant while the people without them ire hslplew. Right south iato Asia ilinorthe distress extends, and with ethargic governments, whose last i i- i- A rtP Iwi n.tnnlo : ' _ nougut 13 AVJI t?c j^uua wi kii? ; here seems only one end to the troubles . . ftho9e people living in the tra:k of lie pestilence?the depopulation ol the utire provinces. Breaking Bai News, Whether is it preferable, to break bad : j lews suddenly or gradually P A case in iVhite Mills, Pa, shows how a dreadful esult may be brought about by the rery means taken to avoid it. It appears that a younz man in one of the southern States for the past two years las been paying his attentions to Misa Schenck, a beautiful, wealthy and accomplished young lady of fnat place, md was eucaized to be married at an sarly day. About three months ago fie * 3tarted from his Southern home for the # North with the intention of fulfilling . 1 the engagement, when an aocident occurred which resulted in his deatlr. The news of his death reached the young lady's mother, who, knowing the strong attachment her daughter entertained ' U!? I? A t-Vi hnlil fhfr sad lor UIU1, tcouivcu VI/ r, m. news from her daughter, if possible. To this end the mother intercepted ttie letter which conveyed the news of bts death, and the daughter was left in total ignorance of the truth. Time pawed by. and the girl received no tidings from her absent lover. Her only solution to the mysterious silence was that she bad b?en deserted. It so worked upon her mind that soon her reason wns rie- ? ihroned, tnd she is; now a raviug * naniac.