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BY HUGH WILSON AND H. T. WARDLAW. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1880. ^ NO. 10. VOLUME XXVI . -- '0k
Lost and Fonnd.
I lost the brook a9 it wound ita way
Like a thread of silver hue;
Through green w ood and valley, thro' meadows '
Ray
Twas hidden away lrom view; i
But 1 iound it again, a noble river,
Sparkling, and broad and tree,
"Wider and tairtr growing ever,
Till it reaches the boundless sea. ,
1 lost the tiny seed that I sowed
With many a sigh and tear, ^
And vainly waited thro' sunshine and cold ^
For the young green to appear. t
But surely after many long days <
The blossom and iruit will come
And the reapers on high i he sheaves will raine |
For a joylul harvest home.
I lost the lile that grew by my own s
For a short sweet summer day, ?
And then it left me to wander alone
And silently passed awuy; a
^ Bat I know I shall find it farther on, a
Though not as it left me here, t
For the shadows and mists will have passed *
nil rrr\r\ n
I shall see it fair and clear. ^
lost the notes ol the heavenly ohime
That once came floating by,
I have l?stene<l and waited many a time
For tne echo, though distantly; ?
But I know in the halis oi glory it thrills c
Ever liy day and night, r
I shall hear it complete when the harmony ?
Alls *
My soul with great delight. j.
1 lost the love that made my life,
love that vas all lor me; ?
Ob, vainly I sought it amid the strife ,
Oi the stormy, razine sea. ?
Bnt deeper and purer I snow it waits 1]
Beyond my wistiul eyes, t
I (hall find it again within the gates
. 01 the garden of paradise.
I shall lose this lile, it will disappear I;
With ita wonderfcd mystery; V
Some day it will move no longer here ^
Bnt will vanish silently;
Bnt I know I shall find it again once more j(
In a beanty no song hath told; 0
It will meet me at the golden door g
And around me lorever fold. n
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AN ONLY OFFER. ?
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"Aunt Ph cebe, were you ever pretty P"
"When I was sixteen I was oonsid- ^
?red so. I was very like you then, ?
Julia. I am forty-three now, rem em- *
ber." P
4 Did you ever have an offer?an offer !(
of marriage, I mean, auntP" Y
"No. Well, that is not true; I did J1
have one offer."
44And you refused it?" n
41 No.'^
4' Then he died, or went away ?" *
41 No." s<
4' Or deserted you ?" tl
"No." a
"Then you deceived him, I sup- ?
pose?" I1
"I did not." h
"What ever happened, then? Was *
he poor, or crippled, or something ?
dreadful?"
44 He was rich and handsome." 15
*'Suppo3e you tell me about him."
"I never talk about him to any d
one." J
,4l)id it happen at the old place?" 1
"Yes, Julia. I never left Ryelands n
until I was thirty. This happened when a
I was sixteen." j1
" Was he a farmer's s -n in the neigh- h
borhood P" h
" He was a fine city gentleman." n
"Oh, aunt, how interesting! Put n
down vnnr pmhmidprv nnH t.pll mf> V
about it; you cannot see to work ^
longer." g
Perhaps after so many years of silence a
a sudden longing for sympathy and con- P
fidence seized the elder lady, for she let "
her work tall from her hands, and smiling
sadly, said: d
' Twenty-seven years ago I was stand- t<
ing one afternoon by the gate at Rye- ei
lands. Ail the work had been finished A
early, and my mother and two eider si
sisters had gone t j the village to see a li
friend. I had watched them a little w
way down the hillside, and was turning m
? to go into the house when I saw a
stranger on horseback coming up the a
road He stopped and spoke to mother, ti
and this roused my curiosity; so I lin- I
gered at the gate. He stopped when he a
reached it. fa tened his horse, and asked, o
Is ftlr. Wakefield in?' si
"I said 'father was in the barn, and tl
I could Jetchhim,1 which I immediately tl
did. o
"He was a dark, unpleasant-looking r
man. and had a masterful way with
him, even to father, thai. I disliked; but t
ftft.pr ? ahnrt Vmcinoaa.litra onnnr. ft
ently batisfactory to both, he went away
without entering the house. Father a
-put his hands in his pockets and watched t
him out of sight; then, looking at me, g
he said: * Put tl e spare rooms m order, p
Phoebe.'
"'They are in order, father; but is ii
that man to occupy them ?"
"'Yea, he ana bis patient, a young i;
gentleman of fine family, who is in bad ti
health.' t
*"l)o you know the young gentleman, n
iather?'
4,41 know it is young Alfred Comp- s
ton?that is enough forme.' C
"' And the dark man who has just n
left? I don't like his looks, father.' _ k
"'Nobody wants thee to like his
looks. He is Mr. Alfied's physician?a a
Dr. Orman, of Boston. Neither of
; them are any of thy business, so ask no ri
more questions;' and with that he wen* I
back to the barn. a
"Mother was not at all astonished, li
She said there had been letters on the u
subject already, and that she had been ti
rather expecting the company. 'But,'
she added, 'they will pay well, and as
Melissa is u> be married at Christmas, b
ready money will be very ne:dlul.' h
"Aboutdark a carriage arrived. It w
contained two gentlemen and several a
large trunks. I bad been watching for d
it behind the lilac-trees, and I saw that ti
our afternoon visitor was now accom- a
panied by a slight, very fair man, 1<
dressed with extreme care in the very b
highest fashion. I saw also that he was li
handsome, and 1 was quite sure he V
mast be rich, or no doctor wou;d wait h
upon him so subserviently. t
"This doctor 1 had disliked at first t<
r-? - .... sight, and I soon began to imagine h
that I had good cause to hate him.
His conduct to his patient I believed to a
be tyrannical and unkind. Some days t
lie insisted that Mr. Compton was too
ill to go out, though the poor gentle- <]
man begged for a walk; and again,
mother said, he would take irom him a
all his books, though he pleaded urgently
for them. c
" One aiternoon the postman brought j
Dr. Orman a letter, which seemed to be i
important, for he asked father to drive \
him to the next town, and requested
mother to see that Mr. Compton did
not leave the house. I suppose it was
not a right thing to do, but this handsome
sick stranger, so hardly used, and
so surrounded with mystery, had roused
in me a Bincere sympathy for his loneliness
and suffering, and I walked through
that part of the garden into which his
windows looked. We had been politely
requested to avoid it, 'because the
signt of strangers increased Mr. Compton's
nervous condition.' I did not believe
this, and 1 determined to try the
eipiriment.
* He was leaning out of the window,
and a sadder lace 1 never saw. I smileo
and courtesied, and he immediately
the low sill, and came toward
nit-. I stooped and began to tie up
- ' , * ' y
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Borne fallen carnations; be stooped and
helped me, saying all the while I know :
not what, only that it seemed to me the
most beautiful lnngua.ee I ever heard. ;
Then we walked up and down the long !
peach wrlk until I heard the rattle of
father's wagon.
" After this we became quietly, al- i
mo?t secretly as far as Dr. Orman was <
concerned very ^reat friends. Moth' r i
so thoroughly pitied Allred that she not
5nly pretended oblivion of our friend- ]
ship, but even promoted it in many <
ways ; and in the course of time Dr.
3rman began to recognize its value. I i
was requested to walk past Mr. Compon's
windows and say ' Good-morning,' 1
>r offer him a flower or some ripe 1
jeaches, and finally to accompany the t
gentlemen in their short rambles in the j
leighborhood. 1
" I need not tell you how all this re- ]
itricted intercourse ended. We were 1
ioon deeply in love with each other,and 1
ove ever finds out the way to mar.e
limself be understood. We had many *
l five minutes' meeting no one knew of, (
md when this was impossible a rose- c
)ush near his window hid for me the *
enderest little love-letters. In fact, 1
rulia, I found him irresistible; he was I
o handsome and gentle, and though he 1
oust have been thirty-five years old.yet, 1
o my thinking, he looked handsomer *
han any young man could have done. c
- as me weens passed on, tne doctor
eem to have more confidence in us, or
;lse his patient was completely under
ontroi. They had much fewer quarels,
and Alfred and I walked in the
;arden, and even a little way up the
till, without opposition or remark. I
lo not know how I received the idea,
>ut I ceriainly did believe that Dr. Oraan
was keeping Alfred sick for some
mrpose of his own, and I determined
o take the first opportunity of arousing
Ulred's suspicion*. So one evening,
?hen we were walking alone, I asked
lim if he did not wish to see his rela
l
lves.
"He trembled violently, and seemed *
a the greatest distress, and only by the
enderest. words could I soothe him, as
lalf sobbing, he declared that they v
Fere his bitterest enemies, and that Dr. e
)rman was the only friend he had in ^
he world. Any further efforts I made j.
o get at the secret of his life were fruit- a
?ss, and only threw him into pai oxosms a
if distress. During the month ol Au- _
;ust he was very ill, or at least Dr. Or- t
nan said so. I scareiy saw him, there a
Fere no letters in the rose-bush, and
requently the dispute between the two
aen rose to a pitch which father serious- c
p disliked. t
" One hot day in September every one D
?as in the fields or orehard; only the t
octor and Alfred and I were in the a
aikp F.nrli7 in the nffprnnnn a hrw v,
ame from the village with a letter to d
)r. Orman, and he seemed very much d
erplexed and at a loss how to act. At
;ngth he said: 4 Miss Phoebe, I must go f
5 the village for a couple of hours ;al ii
trink Mr. Alfred will sleep until my re- urn,
but if not, will you try and amuse \
imP t
"I promised gladly, and Dr. Orman v
rent back to the village with the mes- t
mger. No sooner was he out of sight b
jan Alfred appeared, and we rambled s
bout the garden as happy as two lovers a
suld be. But the day was extremely ot,
and as the afternoon advanced the
eat increased. I proposed then that
re should walk up the hill, where there
'as generally a breeze, and Alfred was
elighted at the larger freedom it promled
us. ?
" But in another hour the sky grew jark
and lurid, and I noticed that Al- |!
:ed grew strangely restless. His cheeks j
lished, his eyes had a wild look of ter- f
5r in them, be trembled and started, \
nd in spite of all my efforts to soothe 9
im grew irritable and gloom v. Yet he ''
ad just asked me to marry him, and 1 j"
ad promised I would. He had called j*
le ' his wife,' and 1 had told him again ?
ly suspicions about Dr. Orman, and ,
owed to nurse him myself back to per- ^
>ct health. We had talked, too, of ^
oine to Europe, and in ihe eagerness ?
nd delight of our new plans, had wan- .
ered quite up to the little pine forest at J
le top of the hill. j
"Then I noticed Alfred's exsited con- t
ition, and saw also that we were going f,
) have a thunder-storm. There was au j;
mpty log-hut not far away, and I urged f
ilired to try and reach it before the j
torm broke. But he became suddenly t
ke a child in his terror, and it was only s
rith the greatest difficulty I got him r
rithin its shelter. \
" As peal alter peal of thunder crashed r
bove us, Alfred seemed to lose all con- s
rol of himself, and, seriously offended, t
left him, nearly sobbing, in a corner, f
nd went and stood by myself in the d
pen door. In the very height of the t
havm T com tyitt fnthor Hi* ( irm in unH t
LU11U JL BiMYf J-UJ s t * *1 MUvt L
liree of our workmen coming through v
he wood. They evidently suspected i
ur sheltering place, ior they came di- s
ectly toward it. s
"' Altred!' shouted Dr. Orman, in the t
oneoi an angry master,' where are you c
ix? Come here instantly.' p
" My pettedness instsmtly vanished, r
nd I said: ' Doctor, you have no right c
o speak to Alfred in that way. He is i
oing to be my husband, and i shall not i
ermit it any more.' f
" 'Miss Wakeaeld,'ho answered, 'this 1
3 sheer folly. Look there!' s
"I turned and saw Alired crouching a
n a corner, completely paralyzed with s
error; and yet, when Dr. Orman spoke ?
o him, ne rose mechanically, as a dog a
light follow his master's call. t
"4I am sorry, Miss Wakefield, to de- e
troy your hne romance. Mr. Alfred r
!ompton is, as you perceive, not tit to i;
larry any lady. In fact, I am his? n
eeper-' p
"Oh, Aunt Phoebe! Surely he was not r
lunatic!" d
" So they said, Julia. His frantic terorwas
tbe only sign I saw of it; but
W? / \ f.. t li no i h K n \ n
'I. l/iwau luxu my iiiuici lu?l uc nns
t all limes really dangerous, and that
e was annually paid a large sum to r
ike charge of him, as he became uncon- *
roliable in an asylum."
"Did you see him again?" ?
"No. i found a little note in the rose- _
ush, saying that he was not mad; that j
e remembered my promise to be his
rife, and would surely come some day
nd claim me. rfut they left in three ?
ays, and Melissa, whose wedding outt
was curtailed in consequence, twitted [
le very unkindly about my tine crazy ^
jver. it was a little hard on me, for
,e was the only lover I ever had. Meissaand
Jane both married, and went t
Vest with their husbands; I lived on t
t Ryelands, a faded little old maid, un- j
il my Uncle Joshua etnt for me to come e
0 New York and keep his fine house for ^
iim. You know that he left me all he
lad when he died, nearly two years
,go. Then I sent for you. I remem- (
>ered my own lonely youth, and thought j
1 would give you a fairer chance <
lear." j
"Did you ever hear of him again, <
iunt?" I
" Of him. never. His eldest brother <
Hod more than a vear ago. I suppose r
Vlfred died ruany years since; be was
?ery frail and delicate. 1 thought it
was refinement and beauty then; I
know now it was ill health."
"Poor aunt!"
" Nay, child," I was very happy while
my dreamed lasted; and I never will
oelieve but that Alfred in his love lor
me was quite sar.e, and perhaps more
sincere than many wiser men."
Alter tms commence Miss rooeoe |
seemed to take a great pleasure in speak- j
ing of the little romance oi her youth. ]
Dlten the old and the young maidens
jat in the twilight discussing the proba- j
bilities of poor Alfrpd Compton's life :
ind death, and every discussion bft
ihem more and more positive that he
had been ti e victim of some cruel plot. ,
rhe subject never tired Miss Phoebe, .
^nd Julia, in the absence of a lover of
tier own. found in it a charm quite in
keeping with her own youthful dreams.
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One cold night in the middle of J >nuary
they had talked over the old sub'
jeet until both felt it to be exhausted?
;it least for that night. Julia drew
aside the heavv satin curtains, and
looking out said: "It is snowing
heavily, aunt; to-morrow we can have
% sleigh ride. Why, there is a sleigh at
our door! Who can it bep A gentleman,
aunt, and he is coming here."
"Close the curtains, child. It is my
lawyer, Mr. Howard. He promised to
call to-night."
"Oh, dear! I was hoping it was
some nice strange person. '
Miss Phcebe did not answer; her
thoughts were far away. In fact, she
tzad talked about her old lover until
;liere had sprung up anew in her heart
1 very strong sentimental affection for
iis memory; and when the servant announced
a visitor on business, she rose
with a sigh trom her reflections, and
went into the reception-room.
In a few minutes Julia heard her voice
n rapid, excited tones, and ere sne could
leciae to go to her or not, Aunt Phoebe
;ntered the room, holding by the hand
i gentleman whom she announced as
Mr. Alfred Compton. Julia was disappointed,
to say the least, but she met
)im with enthusiasm. Perhaps Aunt
Phoebe had quite unconsciously magniled
the beauty of the youthful Alfred;
:ertainly this one was not handsome,
ie was sixty at least, his fair, curling
ocks had vanished, and his fine fieure
vas slightly bent. But the clear, sensiive
face remained, and he was dressed
vith scrupulous care.
The two women made much of him.
'n half an hour Delmonioo had furrished
a delicious little banquet, and
Ufred drank "to his promised wife
iliss'Phcebe Wakefield, beBt and loveiest
of women."
Miss Phoebe laughed, but she dearly
iked it; and hand in hand the two old
overs 6at, while Alfred told his sad
ittle story of life-long wrong and sufferng;
of an intensely nervous, self-conciou9
nature diiven to extremity by
xuel usage and many wrong3. At the
nention of Dr. Orman Miss Phoebe exiressed
herself a little bitterly.
" Nay, Phoebe," said Allred; " whatever
he was when my brother put me in
lis care, he became my true friend. To
iio ob-511 nottonno T nvra TY1T7 rDafnrt
uo uam (uiu puiivuvu ? vnv *vww*
ition to perfect health; and to his firm
idvocacy of my right and ability to
nonage my own estate I owe the posiion
I now hold, and my ability to come
md ask Phoebe to redeem her never-forrotten
promise."
Perhaps Julia got a little tired of these
>ld-la3hioned lovers, but they never
ired of each other. Miss Phoebe was
lot the least abashed by any contrast
letween her ideal and her real Alfied,
,nd Alfred was never weary of assuring
ler that he found her infinitely more
lelightful and wou anly than in the
lays of their first courtship.
She cannot even call them a silly or
oolisb couple, or use any otner reiievog
phrase ol that order, for Miss Phoebe
-or rather Mrs. Compton -resents any
pnrH nn unnliprt tn Mr. AlfrpH i~Vimntr>n
bat would imply less than supernatural
nsdom and intelligence. " iNo one but
bose wbo bave known bim as long as I
ave," sbe continually avers, "can posibly
estim .te ibe superior infoimation
nd infallible judgment of my husband."
-Harper's Weekly.
A Battle With Buffaloes.
An army officer tells this story of an
xcitine onslaught made by a tribe of
Jrow Indians upon a large herd of bufiloes:
After riding over mountains for
wo days the Crows came upon a fine
ierd of buffaloes in a narow valley near
he Yellowstone. There were four hunred
Indians and four thousand buffaoob.
The Crows had been forced by
ear of starvation to take to the chase,
,nd the seen hunger they were suffering
inly sharpened their eagernesB for a tilt
vitn their old fellow-nomads, the noble
tison. The game stampeded down the
alley in the direction of the Yellowtone.
The chase was hotly followed,
lalf a hundred buffaloes biting the dust
efore the river was reached. One of
he most vehement of the pursuers, who
lad distinguished himself for bravery in
wo or three lights with the Sioux, fell
rom bis pony in the midst of the flying
ierd and was trampled to death by the
rantic beasts. The Yellowstone, a roarng,
rushing river even at the lowest
ide, was Dooming with the regular
ummer freshet, the outpour of the
aelting snows in the high mountains.
When the river was reached the game
ade a bold stand, and for a time it
eemed doubtful which held the maa
ery, but the incessant fusilade from
our hundred rifles, together with the
lesperate proximity of the formidable
>atialiou, drove the herd in dismay into
he roaring torrent. Beside themselves
vith the excitement of the moment, the
ndians urged their ponies into the
tream, unwilling that even a flood
hould spoil their frenzied sport or cut
hem off from their game. The terrific
urrent, made tumultuous from the high
tiles of rock here and tnere in the chantel,
whirled buffaloes, ponies and Inlians
along at a bewildering velocity
tntil the thousands of beasts were rollng
and writhiDg in inextricable conusion.
In the dizzy evolutions of
torses and riders the latter were left to
truccrle for themselves in the water.
md to be jammed to death between the
urging masses of drowning beasts
iome who foresaw the danger in time,
ina turned shoreward, found safety on
erra tirma, but those who ventured far
nough to be embraced by the sweeping,
esistless tide, and to become involved
n the tangle of struggling animals, w>re
.11 drowned. The story brought to the
iost was that thirty Indians and filty
?onies were drowned, beside live hunIrcd
to a thousand buffaloes.
Story of a Mermaid.
The merm-iid which served to help
iarnum on to fame and fortune as a
bowman, about forty years ago, caused
, great deal of talk at the time. Barnum
10w tells the storv. according to the corespondent
of the Indianapolis Journal:
tfoses Kimball came from Boston with
phat he declared was a genuine mernniri.
TIip lower cart was the tail of a
bark or some larte fish, but the upper
>art was not of woman's form by any
aanner of means. It was a hideous
lead and shoulders?apparently of some
ort of ape. Pretty soon a letter was
vritten from Mobile to the Herald with
he announcement that a man had landed
here from the Sandwich islands, brintrng
a genuine mermaid. It had not been
>een and would not i e exhibited, for it
vas on its way to the London zoological
jardens. This was copied all over" the
ountry. In another week a letter from
Charleston announced that the wonder
lad arrived there on its way to New
fork, whence it would sail to London.
\ more detailed account of the wonderul
creature was given. This served to
iweir the curiosity. From Baltimore
:ame still other letters; and then I sent
ny man to jrmiaueipma, uurryiug me
nermaid in a close box. He put up at
he best hotel, and cultivated the l'indord.
To him, just as he was paying his
Dill and leaving, he confided the secret
hat he was the Englishman who had
jaught the mermaid. "Now, see here,"
.aid the landlord, "you must let me see
it.' After much persuasion the mermaid
biunter yielded. Then he said: "See
tiere, you must let me show it to one or
;wo reporti rs." Alter much -importunity
the weak Britisher yielded, and a
limited exhibition was permitted. The
Philadelphia papers blazed with it
next moraine- The next day it was
brought to New York, and the same
performance was gone through with at
the Astor house. The papers weie lull
of it and the city was all agog. Thousands
flocked to see ii, but no exhibition
was allowed, except to reporters. I was
not known in connection with it until
the proper time.
Hints for Hot Weather.
The following directions have been issued
by the New York board of health,
but may prove useful in any locality:
NURSING OF INFANTS.
Over-feeding does more harm than
anything else; nurse an infant a month
or two old every two or three hours.
Nurse an infant of six months and ovei
five times in twenty-four hours, and
no more.
If an infant is thirsty give it pure
water, or barley water; no sugar.
On the hottest days a few drops oi
whisky may be added to either water or
food; the whisky not to exceed a teaspoonful
in twenty-four hours.
FEEDING OF INFANTS.
Boil a teaspoonful of powdered barley
(ground in a coffee grinder) and a gill of
water, with a little salt, for fifteen minutes:
strain. Then mix it with half as
much boiled milk; add a lump of white
sugar the size of a walnut, and give it
lukewarm from a nursing bottle. Keep
the bottle and mouthpiece in a bowl of
water when not in use. A little soda
may be added.
For infants five or six months old give
half barley water and half boiled milk,
wJth salt, and a lump of sugar.
For olvder infants give more milk than
barley water.
For infants very costive give oatmeal
instead of barley. Cook and strain as
before.
When your breast milk is only half
enough change off between breast milk
and this prepared food.
In hot weather, if blue litmus paper
applied to the food turns red thefooa is
too acid, and you must make a fresh
mess or add a small pinch of baking
soda.
Infants of six months may have beef
tea or beef soup once a day, by itself or
mixed with other food; and, when ten
or twelve months old, a crust of bread
or a piece of rare beef to puck.
No child under two years ought to eat
at your table.
Give no candies; in fact, give nothing
that is not contained in these rules
without a doctor's orders.
SUMMER COMPLAINT.
It cornea from over feeding and hot and
foul air. Keep doors and windows
open.
Wash your well children with cold
water twice a dav. and oftener in the
hot season.
Never neglect looseness of the bowels
in an infant; consult the family or dispensary
physician at once; ana he will
give vou rules about what it should take
and how it should be nursed. Keep
your rooms as cool as possible, bave
them well ventilated, ana do not allow
any bad smell to come from sinks,
privies, garbage boxes or gutters about
the house where you live. See that
your own apartments are right, and
complain to the board ot health if the
neighborhood is offensive. When an
infant is cross and irritable in the hot
weather a trip on the water will do it a
great deal of good (ferryboat or steamKno<-\
otiH mot? nrptronf nhnlftra Infnn
turn/' J r
Panama Hats.
TheJipijapa, or Panama hats, say
the Journal of Botany, are principally
manufactured in Veraquasand Western
Panama. Not all, however, known in
commerce by that name are plaited in
the Isthmus; by far a greater proportion
being made in Manta, Monte
Christi, and other parts of Ecuador. The
hats are worn almost in the whole
American continent and the West Indies,
and would probably be equally
used in Europe did not their high price
(varying from $2 to $150) prevent their
importation. They are distinguished
frnm oil nthora hu pnnqistirnr nnlvnfn.
single piece, and by their liglitness and
flexibility. They may be rolied up and
put into the pocket without injury. In
the rainy season they are apt to get
black; but by washing with soap and
water, besmearing them with lime juice,
or any other acid, and exposing them to
the sun, their whiteness is eaBily restored.
So little is known about these
hats, that it may not be out of place to
give an account of their manufacture.
The "straw" (paja), previous to
plaiting, has to undergo several processes.
The leaves are gathered before
they unfold; all tlie ribs and coarser
veins removed, and the rest, without
being separated from the base of the
leaf is reduced to shreds. After having
been exposed to the sun for a day, and
tied into a snot, uie straw IB immeraeu
into boiling water until it becomes
white. It is then hung up in a shady
place, and subsequently bleached for
two or three days. The straw is now
ready for U9e, and in this state, sent to
different places, especially to Peru,
where the Indians manufacture from it
those beautiful cigar cases, wDich sometimes
bring as higti as $30 each. The
plaiting oi the hats is very troublesome.
It commences at the crown ard finishes
at the brim. The hats are made on a
block, which is placed upon the knees,
and requires to be constantly pressed
with the breast. According to their
quality, more or less time is occupied in
their completion ? the coarser ones
may be finished in two or three
days, while the finest may take
as many months. The best times
for plaiting are the morning hours and
the rainy season, when the air is moist.
In the middle of the day and in dry
clear weather, the straw is apt to break,
and this, when the h it is finished, is betrayed
by knots, and much diminishes
the value.
" CleoDatra's Needle."
The Alexandrian obelisk, presented by
the Khedive of Egypt to New York, is
about 3,500 years old, having been set
up in Heliopolis by Thothmes III., at
least 1,600 years before Christ. It is an
entire shaft of granite, covered with
hieroglyphics descriptive of the power
of Thothmes. The inscriptions on the
side which has for nineteen centuries
faced the Mediterranean sea have been
partly destroyed, but the other sides are
considered to be perfect, and have been
deciphered by many scholars, including
Champollion and Kircher. The pyramid
ion on the first side contains a carving
of Thothmes represented as a sphinx
seated on a pilon or pedestal. In both
hands he hoids a jar of wine, and the
inscription on the pedestal calls him
" the powerful bull, crowned on tbe city
of Western Thebes, the Son of the Sun,
Tahutim's" (Thotmesh). The monarch
is represented as making a gift of wine.
Before him is the god Ra Helios, or the
Sun, hawk-headed, wearing a disk,
seated on his throne, and holding a dogheaded
scepter in his right hand and an
emblem of life in his left. Above their
heads are the words: "Haremakhu
[Harmachis, a form of Horus. or the sub
on the horizon], the great God. Lord
of the heaven." whicli is followed by
the words "the Harmachis gives all
life to the good cod, the Lord of the
two centuries, Menkhepera [Thothmes
III.] Each side of the obelisk is
also decumted w th three perpendicular
lines of hieroglyphs, the central one on
each side being that of Thothmes III.,
who first set up the obelisk. The side
lines to the right and left were added bj
Ramases II., of the nineteenth dynasty.
(Thothmes was of the eighteenth.]
nunoinmi, linoa onrl t.lip ltnpq (in
the other side9, are full of lofty references
to the "powerful bull," the "golden
hawk," "Ra," "Remessu," and
Thothmes III., which may be very interesting
and important to the student,
but are very monotonous to the general
readers. On the metal crabs found or
the base of the obelisk when excavating
in June, 1877, are inscriptions in Greet
and Latin, setting forth that the monument
was erected in the reign of Augustus
Cwsar by the architect Pontius
Thii is taken as proof that the obelisl
was set up in the time of Augustus, anc
not of Tiberius.
FOB THE FAIR SEX.
A Wedding In Snmon..
A correspondent of the San Francisco
Chronicle, writing from the island of
Samoa, says: We have had asocial sensation
in the way of a great Samoan
weddiner. For months past a leading
. chief of Falefa, in the Atua district, has
been courting the village maid of Apia,
Moe, daughter cf Seumanutafa, high
, chief of Apia, and the new governor of
the Tuamasaga district. As the chief
: is an old man and Moe is abont nineteen,
' it has required the most strenuous
pffnrhs nf bnfcb families to brine fthout
the match. The Falefa family have
brought to Apia more than three hundred
pigs, killed and cooked, and distributed
them among the young lady's
relations. In return for these, the
family of the expected bride must give
fine mats, eiapas, etc., and they have
been busily engaged collecting them
from all over the islands till the governor's
house is half full. These mats are
the most valuable property of the
Samoans, and are given at weddings as
more substantial presents are at home.
They are the heirlooms of families for
generations, and are justly prized, as it
requires years to make one of them.
Some of them are valued as high as
$1,000 apiece. Many of them are
fringed with red feathers, and are almost
as soft as silk.
A vast deal of ceremony is connected
with these weddings. Yesterday all the
maidens from Faleth went in a procession
to the governor's house, each one
carrying a stick with a bunch of red
feathers suspended from the end. These
feathers are very rare nowadays, and are
much prized ior mat trimmings,etc. All
the town fales (native houses) are filled
with visitors. At the wedding some
member of the government read a chapter
from the Bible and then reads a ceremony.
The happy couple are seated all
the time and join hands toward the close
of the ceremony, as in more civilized
countries.
In this instance the young lady is well
and widely known, and is a favorite
with the officers of the war ships of all
nations. She is amiable and fnteresting.
But as a rule, Samoan girls have very
lit.t-.lp tr> fin wit.h the p.hnir>flnf a hna_
band. That is generally arranged by
the heads of the families, and from interested
motives. When the governoi
was asked why he did not marry Moe to
a young chief, he replied that if cha did
not like her old husband she could run
away from him, and it would be no disgrace,
while a young husband might
take a fancy for another wife, ana it
would be a shame to the family to have
him leave her. A young chief generally
has wives all over the islands. Through
them he becomes allied to numerous
leading families, und acquires extended
influence, and when he falls out with
one family he goes to another and finds
a wife awaiting him. Native dances
are tailing place nigntiy ana are a part
of the wedding festivities. All the
young dandies appear on the stage at
such a time, and display their fine,
manly figures. Also, the leading
maidens of different villages assemble on
the scene. Their costume is the primitive
garb of Eve, and their figures such
as might have been seen in Sparta.
Fajlilon Ifotea.
Gathered flounces gain favor.
Short skirts are worn for dancing.
Handkerchief dresses of silk are the
catest.
Red parasols have already lost favor
in Paris.
Hoods are worn abroad on dresses as
well as wraps.
Open-worked white embroidery is to
be used on silks next winter.
For ball and festival dresses the rule
is decoration to profusion with artificial
a
uowerB.
Bodices are pointed 111 front, rounded
on the hips, and have postilion basques
in the back.
The gold thread seen in fine white embroideries
and in lace does not tarnish
when washed.
Dancing dresses are made of thin
goods, and for young ladies white ones
are the most popular.
2lBridal dresses are made of white satin
with round dots, and trimmed with
tulle and orange blossoms.
Black silk gauze, trimmed with black
lace and jet, the bodice lined with old
f;old satin and a balayeuse to match the
ining, is a favorite artistic dress. All
these light costumes require foulard petticoats,
muslin ones being too bulky for
the scanty skirts now affected.
Sheer linen is being made into large
collarettes, almost as broad as a fichu,
and edged with lace or embroidery.
They are round at the back and are
pointed low in front, being quite open
at the throat. Square linen cuffs, or
else those made ot two folds of the
linen, are trimmed to match with the
embroidery, and are then worn outside
the sleeves.
Fashionabie toilets for outdoor fetes
in England are of white India muslin
dresses made short and trimmed lavishly
with lace; the bodices are lined
with ponceau silk, and there is a ponceau
Kilting round the edge of t le skirt.
The quality of the muslin is exceedingly
fine. The tablier is gather'd or drawn,
and thequilles at the side are alternate
bands ot muslin and lace.
Fans intended for day use, and differing
widely from evening tans.are quite a
show. They are this season neither too
large nor tuo smail, bat that desirable
size, the happy medium. Oriental taste
is conspicuous in ttie feather fans?peacocks'
feathers, ostrich feathers, cocks'
leathers are till pressed into the service,
and the mounts are more or less elegant
according as they are of ivory, pearl or
shell.
At an American wedding which recently
took place in Paris, the rich dress
of the bride was modeled after that
worn by the Queen of Spain, with an
elaborate double train, and a high wired
Medicis collar, of historic shape,madeo
pearls. The material was creamy white
satin?plain, not brocaded?and instead
of lace the trimming was made of eegshaped
pearls that covered the Iront of
the dress as though it was incrusted
with them. The train was rounded at
the end, lined throughout with satin
striped gauze, and edged with three
plaited frills of silk tulle, on each ot
which was a band of satin. Orange
blossoms and white lilacs were the flowers
used. The sleeves were of lace and
pearls.
After Fifty Years.
The Erie (Pa.) Dispatch tells this very
large story: In the year 1820, when the
great Napoleon was languishing in St.
Helena and George IV. mounted the
British throne, little Jennie Miller,
aged four, poked a kernel of cofl'ee into
? i ? ml. - 1_: J
lier rigm ear. JUie :iuu ciupeiui
have passed away, but that little kernel,
preserved in the clear head of Miss
Miller for over a half century, is as
lresh, fragrant and useful to-day as it
moo whpn slip first shoved it into her
auricular appendage.
, It was brought to light yesterday
morning as Misa Miller w;is sitting at
breakfast with the family of her brother
i in-law, Mr. John Ralph, of West Eighth
street. The lady complained of an un!
easy sensation in her ear and requested
her niece, Mr. Ralph's daughter, to see
[ if any foreign substance had got in. A
. brown speck was observed and picked
at with a needle. It came away and
[ the kernel fell into the old lady's lap.
! Then Miss Miller's memory carried her
r back half a hundred years and she reI
membered the morning when she
! alarmed her mother and father by
. thrusting it into her ear.
c A y aoht, two miles at sea, was thrown
I out of the water and capsized by the explosion
of a mine near Ancona, Italy.
"A GENTLEMAN OF LA PORTE/'
The Flr?t Appearance of One Who Became
a Juaiice of the Peace?A Good
Story by Bret llarte.
He was also a pioneer. A par y who
broke through the snows of the wintfr
of *51 and came upon tne triangular little
valley afterward known as La Porte
fuund him the sole inhabitant. He had
subsisted for three ruonth9 on two biscuits
a day and a few inches of bacon, in
a hut made of bark and brushwood.
Yet when the explorers iound him he
was quite alert, hopeful and gentlemanly.
But I cheerfully make way
here for the terser narrative of Captain
Henry Symes, commanding the prospecting
party: "We ^em upon nim,
gentlemen, sndden-like, jest abreast of a
rock like this "?demonstrating the distance?"
ez near ez you be. He sees us
and he dives into his cabin and comes
out aqin with a tall hat?a stovepipe,
gentlemen?and, blank me, gloves! He
? 4-11 *-ur?n u-.ii? i-'ii..
WM n UVU L Li 1X1 JCilUYV| UU11CI 1U IUC
cheek?ez might be?and off color in his
face, ez was nat'ral takin' in account his
starvation grub. But he lifts his hat to
"s so, and sez he: 'Happy to make
your acquaintance, gentlemen! I'm
afraid you ex-per-ienced some difficulty
in getting here. Take a cigyar.' And
he pulls out a fancy cigar case with two
real Havanas in it. 'I wish there was
more,'sez he.
"4 Ye don't smoke yourself P' sez I.
" ' Seldom,' sez he, which war a lie,
for that very artenoon I seed him
hangin' ontu a short pipe like a auckin'
baby ontu a bottle. ' I kept these cigyars
for any gentlemen that might drop
in.'
" 4 I reckon ye see a great deal o' the
best society yer,' sez Bill Barker, starin'
at the hat and gloves and winkin' at the
boys.
"4 A few Ind-i-ans occasionally,' sez
he.
" 'Injins !' sez we.
"'Yes. Very quiet good fellows in
their way. They have once or twice
brought me game, which I refused, as
the poor fellows have had a pretty hard
time of it themselves.'
"Now, gentlemen, we was, ez you
know, rather quiet men?rather peaceable
men; but?hevin' been shot at three
times by these yar' good' iDjins, and
Parker hisself havin' a matter o1 three
inches of his own skelp lying loose in
their hands and he walkin round wearin1
ereen leaves on his head like a
Roman statoo?it did kinder seem ez if
this yer stranger was playin' it rather^
low down on the boys. Bill Parker gets'
up and takes a survey o' him and sez he,
peaceful-like:
" ' Ye say these yer Injins?these yer
niiiof. Inimo tror rroma P'
^UIVV AMJftAAtJ UUV.1 LU gUUiU ?
" ' They did !' sez he.
" ' And you refoosed ?'
"' I did,' sez he
"' Must hev made 'em feel kinder bad
?sorter tortered their sensitiv1 natersP'
sez Bill.
"They really seemed quite disappointed.'
'"In course,' sez Bill. 'And now
mout I ask who you be?'
"' Excuse me,'says the stranger; and
blame my skin! if he doesn't hist out a
keerd-oase, and handin' it over to Bill,
sez: ' Here's my kyard.'
"Bill took it and read aloud, 'J.
Trott, Kentucky.'
"' It's a pooty keerd,' sez Bill.
'"I'm glad you like it,' Bays the
stranger.
"' I reckon the other fifty-one of
the deck ez as pooty?all ot 'em jacks
3 ii 11 D:II
aim IUIL uuwerH, DIU.
"The stranger sez nothin', but kinder
draws back from Bill, but Bill ups and
sez:
" ' Wot is your little game, Mister J.
Trott. of Kentucky P'
" ' I don't think I quite understand
you,1 sez tlie stranger, a holler fire comin'
intu his checks like e? if they was tue
bowl of a pipe.
Wot'sthisyer kid glove husinessP
? this yer tall hat parading?this ver
circus roolin'? Wot's it all aboutP Who
are ye, any wav P'
"The stianger stands up, and sez he:
Ez I don't quarrel with guests on my
own land,'sez he, ' I think you'li ailo?v
I'm?a gentleman,' sez he.
"With that he takes off his tall hat
and makes a low bow?so?and turns
away?like this; but Bill lites out ol a
suddent with his right foot and drives
his number ten boot clean through the
crown of that tall hat like one o' them
circus hoops.
"That's about ez fur ez I remember.
Gentlemen! thar warn't but one man o'
that hull crowd ez could actooally swear
what happened next, and that man
never told. For a kind o' whirlwind
jest then took place in that valley. T
disremember anythin' but duBt and
bustlin'. Thar wasn't no yelling, thar
wasn't no shootin1. It was one o' them
suddent things that lelt even a sixshooter
out in the cold. "When I kept
to in the cbapparel?being oncomfortable
like from lievin' only half a shirt only
I found nigh on three pounds o' gravel
and stones in my pockets and a stiffness
in my ha'r. I looks up and sees Bill
jangin' in the forks of a hickory saplin'
twenty feet above me.
"'Cap,' sez he, in an enquirin' way,
4hez the tornado passsedP'
"' WhichP' rez I.
" ' This yer elemental disturbance?is
it overP'
"' I reckon,' sez I.
" ' Because,' sez he, 'afore this yer
electrical phenomenon took place I hed
a slight misunderstanding with a
stranger, and I'd like to apologize!'
"And with that he climbs down,
peaceful like, and goes into the shanty,
and comes out hatid-in-hand with that
stranger, smilin' like nn infant. And
that's the lirsttime, I reckon, we know'd
anythin' about the gentleman of La
Porte."?Bret Harle. in Bclqravia.
Smothered In Tiielr Beds.
A Geneva correspondent of the London
Times writes as follows: A strange
occurrence happened a few days ago at
St. Cierge, a village in the Jura. The
principal room of an auberge, there
imown ns the Cerf, was lighted by a
hanging petroieum lamp, above which
had been placed, for the protection of
the ceiling, a metal plate. In course of
time the woodwork above the plate became
deasicated, and one evening recently
it took fire, and wtien the innkeeper
and his family retired to rest,
was all aglow?a fact, however, which
they do not seem to have noticed. From
the ceiling the tire was communicated to
the room above, and was first discovered
by a neighbor, who, early next
morning, observing smoke issuing from
the auberge door, gave an a arm, when,
as none of the inmates could be roused,
the door was broken open. The fire,
having gone on smoldering without
bursting into flames, had done little
material damage, and was easily extinguished;
but all the people in the
house?the aubergiste, his wife and
sister?were dead. After the manner of
peoplo who have often a honor of fresh
air, they had firmly closed their windows
before going to bed, and the smoke
having no exit, had asphyxiated every
ne of them.
A sea-captain, who was asked by his
wife to look at some pianos while lie
was in the city, with a view of buying
her one, wrote home to her: I saw
one that I thought would suit you, black
walnut hull, strong bulkheads,
strengthened fore and aft with iron
frame, sealed with white wood and
maple Rigging, steel wire?double on
the ratlines, and whipped wires on the
lower, and heavier cordage. Belaying
pins of stccj and won driven home
Length of taffrail, over all, six feet,
one inch. Breadth of beam, thirtyeight
inches; depth of hold fourteen
inches. Hatches can be battered down
proof against ten-year-old boys and
commercial drummers, or can be clewed
up, on occasion, and sheeted home for
a first-class instrumental oyclone.
-'".''viiflr?
TIMELY TOPICS.
The highest peicentage of municipal
growth shown by the census is that of
Denver, Col., which has increased duriug
the la9t ten years, at the rate of 650
per cent, Minneapolis ranks sfcond
with a rete of 400 per cent., and Oakland,
C.-tl. third with a rate of i.33 per
cent. St. Paul and Camden, N. J . share
the fourth place with a rate of 107 per
cent. Grand Rapids, Mich., is credited
with 93 per cent.; St. Joseph, Mo., with
87 per cent.; Fall River, Mass., with 80
per cent.; Omaha, Neb., with 79 per
cent., and Atlanta, Ga., with 78 per
cent.
An inspection lias been made or all
the factories in Chicago where men,
women and girls are employed, to report
their condition, and bring suit in
case they were found unhealthy. The
work is now about completed. The
inspectors found over 55,000 persons,
eighty per cent, of them men employed
in the Chicago factories; most of these
were found to he badly lighted, filled
with vitiated air through defective or
non-ventiiation, and sadly lacking in
sewerage and closets. By pointing out
the fault in some cases, and threatening
suits in some others, a reform, radical
in extent, has been effected.
The correspondent 01 the London
Guardian, referring to the enjoyment of
summer life in Paris among the working
classes, says: The best and most distinctive
characteristic of all the popular
assemblages in France is still, one is
glad to sav. the absence of coarseness,
and, above all, oi drunkenness. Thousands
and tens of thousands of people
poured out of Paris yesterday to Versailles,
whither Grandes Eaux by day
and illuminations of the fountains by
night attracted them. But rudeness and
not are unKuuwjj, auu niaiiiij ucv;auoc
sobriety is still the rule. Aere, on the
other hand, scarcely a week passes without
the record of some brutal row on an
excursion boat.
At the last sitting of the international,
congress of the societies for the protection
of animals the following resolutions
with regard to vivisection were adopted:
That it is desirable to have the employment
of vivisection regulated bylaw;
that the rights of science should be respected,
while abuses should be prevented;
that vivisection be allowed
only ior purposes for which dead animals
cannot be used; that ansesthesis be
obligatory in all cases where it is possible;
that the animal, alter having
served for the experiments, be killed
immediately; and that it be forbidden
to repeat experiments, of which the result
is definitely acquired, for the purposes
of science.
A letter from Shanghai narrates an
incident of Chinese fatalism. A man
fell overboard from a boat and was carried
away by the current and drowned,
but neither his three companions nor
the occupants of numerous other boats
n the vicinity made the least effort to
save him. His comrades screamed and
tViaii* Vioir oq if in rrraof /fiafrooa
i/v/x 1/ uutii uuu) uo 11 iu givcuu uiobivao)
and when asked why they made no exertions
to rescue their companion replied
that a man who saved another
from drowning was responsible for his
debts! Also that the drowned man
could not have been saved by any possibility,
as he must have offended
Typhoon Joss (the god of water), and,
as a natural consequence, when Joss
says a man must drown that is tne end
ot it.
The Electrician says that the life of a
submarine telegraph cable is from ten
to twelve years. If a cable breaks in
deep water after it is ten years old, it
cannot be lifted for repairs, as it will
break of its own weight, and cable companies
are compelled to put aside a large
reserve fund in order that they may be
prepared to replace their cables every
ten years. The action of the sea eats
thp iron awav c/imnlfftfllv. and it. cnim
bles to dust, while the core of the cable
may be perlect. The breakages of cables
are very costly, and it is a very difficult
matter to repair them in comparison
with aland line. A ship has to be chartered
at $500 a day for two or three
weeks in fixing the locality and in avoiding
rough weather, as cables can only be
repaired in calm weather. One break in
the direct cable cost $100,000.
A Chicago man, who claims to be a
diamond expert, gives to the Tribune
of that city the following information,
which owners of gems may be interested
in: There are a great many socalled
solitaires sold as single stones
which, when put under the blow-pipe,
will come apart in single pieces, put together
for the American market. There
is not one diamond in ten sold in our
market but is the refuse of the London
market. They are sold at a fictitious
value, so that not half the selling price
can be got when put on the market.
Nearly all are off-color, speckled or
feathered. Very few "old mine diamonds
"are on the market. Those are
the real valuable stones that are marketable
all over the world. People that
are investing in these jewels will be surprised,
I expect, at these statements
and yet they are true.
The Hannibal (Mo.) Herald has an
elaborate article on the losses by the
break in the levee on the Illinois
tide of the Mississippi river. After
stating that the levee is fifty-two miles
song, extending from a point nine miles
south of Quincy to Hamburg bay, nine
miles south of Charlesville. and that it
redeems 101,289 acres of land, it makes
an estimate of losses by multiplying the
number of acres in wheat and corn,
which were overflowed, by the average
yield per acre, which, at present prices,
woula show a loss of wheat of ?200,000,
and about the same amount on corn.
Other losses, as to fences,Ibarns, dwellings,
farming utensils, etc., will reach
fully $100,000, making the total loss half
a million dollars. Not more than onethird
of either the wheat or corn crop
is lost. The overflow from the break
was nearly seventy hours traveling
twenty-four miles, which gave many
farmers time to save much of their
property outside the growing crops.
Several correspondents have asked
the New York Graphic to slate what is
the law governing promotions in the
United States army, and whether, in
case of General Hancock resigning, the
vacancy would be filled by seniority or
selection. The Graphic replies that
44 there is no law nor custom governing
promotions to the higher grades of the
army. It is a matter of selection on the
part of the President or through a
special act of Congress. General Crook,
for instance, was made a brigadier-general
by Executive selection from the
rank of lieutenant-colonel, being promoted
over ail the colonels in the army.
General Sheridan was promoted so
rapidly over senior officers that in a few
months from a captain to a major-gen eral.
Officers, especially in times of
peace, are inclined to look for promotion
as a rule according to seniority, but
they have no assurance that they will
get it, and in fact usually do not, it appears,
among the two or three highest
grades. If General Hancock should resign,
President Hayes might appoint
any one he chose to the position, taking
perhaps none of the brigadiers."
Great consternation was manifested
through Teesdale, England, 011 tbe fact
becoming generally known that a tourist
had been swept over High Force.the
well known waterfall at the head of the
dale. It appears that the two gentlemen,
who had ascended the summit of
the Force on a recent occasion, were
seated on the rocks in the center, which,
when the river is low, are usually dry.
A roll of water, consequent on the
rerant heavy rains suddenly and without
warning made its appearance, and wi
a deafening roar the now swollen wate
of the Tees rushed over the fall, a dep
of seventy-two feet. The tourists, b
coming awafe of their dangerous poi
tion, made frantic signals for assistant
and at length they were observed by
man who was staying near the falls. I
speedily procured assistance, and
party of men proceeded with ropes
the top of tne Force. A rope w
thrown to one of the tourists, who w
dragged through the seething wate
for a distance of about ten yards wi
great difficulty, and landed in a gaspii
condition. Afterward the rope w
flung to the remaining man, bat unfo
tunately it was broke as he Wats beii
dragged through the water, and t
companion who Had been already save
together with those who had been i
strnmental in the rescue, saw the bot
carried oyer the rapids by the stroi
current of water which was at tl
lime rushing over the rocks. ,
A German physician has started
pleasing theory with regard to insanit
It is, he thinks, a mistake to look npc
it as an unmitigated evil. It is in mai
cases a boon rather than the reverse
the person immediately affected. Tl
loss of reason lands the sufferer from
sea of trouble into one of comparati1
calm?often into one of decided happ
ness; and attempts to restore such
person to sanity would be cruel rath
than kind. Moreover, he insists th
without a certain amount of insani
success in life, in the ordinary accept
tion of the term, is quite imposslbJ
All eminent men, he contends, are d
cidedly more or less mad. Many
of them are dangerous monomania
whom it would be desirable on pub!
grounds to shut up, but who neverth
less achieve grand careers and are ere
ited with doing a vast amount of goo
This false notion he attributes toil
fact that the greater mass of mankii
are also insane, and quite unable to di
tinguish between good and evil. Whc
nations are, he says, occasionally seize
like-individual persons, with attacks
madness, and led by eminent fciadmc
either destroy themselves or their neig
bors. These paroxysms are, he admit
undoubtedly dangerous, but when ma
nets is blended with just sufficient -ei
control to keep it within bounds, at
prevent it from betraying itself, It di
plays itself in nervous energy and en
bles the lunatic to exercise immen
influence over his fellow creatures.
The Lightning Flash.
The same stroke of lightning th
?? - -v m r* TTTfl??" ,Zrf*T?
Klijea JJirs. weorge w niiama, 01 wj
liam3town, Va., burned up two bar
with a large flock oi turkeys and alot i
swine.
In King George county, Va., Willia
Scott, aged twenty-one years, and Dani
Scott, aged fifteen years, both colore
were recently instantly killed by ligb
ning.
Just after leaving the harvest fie
near Daytou, Ohio, two boys nami
Hovey and Smith were struck by ligh
ning and killed. They had t?ken shelt
under a tree.
While tying his horse to a telegraj
Kle, in Carpe, Ontario, to seek stielt
>m the nun, a boy named Sproul
fourteen years of age, was struck 1
lightning and instantly killed.
? ? 1 - ? - 1U *11
Aioerc KODiey, 01 uarrouton, j.11., w
almost borne, but concluded to st<
under a tree near by until tbe show
was over. A flash of lightning end
his career a moment afterward.
When lightning visited Independent
Iowa, it struck a cow belonging
Charles Leslie,which was standing nea]
wire fence, killed her, then straddledt
wire, and followed it for half a mi
splintering every post.
After a storm at Louisville, Ky., t
bodies of William Prinz, Alfred Jon
and John Ball, all colored farmhan
of E. G. Miners, were found in a fie
near a tree under which tbey had song
shelter, killed by lightning.
In Hartford county, Md., lightni:
struck a large tree on tne farm of M:
McUormicK ana spue ic into Kincm.
wood. It knocked the child of Peter i
Hermann, a near neighbor, out ot
chair, and gave the mother a shock
if from a giant galvanic battery, bat
one was killed.
Hold in Newspapers,
A correspondent of the San Francis
Call writes of the discovery of am
flakes of gold on the surface of the pap
upon which it is printed. He sayB: '
had observed, previous to last Februai
that the Call often contained gold
nuggets, but from the sixth of tb
month to the end it was rare to have
number without its golden show. Frc
the paper of the sixth I took fifty-s
pieces of gold, the thickness of the Ca
and varying in size from that of a smi
pin-head to nearly the size of a thr<
cent piece. I think I have more thar
hundred pieces of gold taken from t
paper that month. All left a hole wh
removed, as the thin film of paper <
the inside was rendered brittle by t
hard pressure when the calender ro
gave as they flattened out the gold
deposits. In addition to the gold I g
platinum, silver, iron, tin and sor
lead." The explanation of the disco
ery is, says the Call, that in the man
facture oi the paper pulp water is us
that has been passed through a flut
in which miners have washed dirt co
taining all kinds of precious meta
The gold is what is known as " flc
gold," and escapes the miners who st
follow the primitive methods of wat
ing. Some of the water used is tak
c Tlmmoniifo/tfiiM
irouu 2U IC91UU WCilOi xuu uiauuiatvun
say that they have often noticed a sr
stance thai glistened in the water, b
thai they supposed it to be mica, as t
wells were bored through mica c
posits.
The Sultan of Turkey.
A friend of mine who has} just
, turned from Turkey, and who had <
casion to be brought in contact with t
sultan and manv of his ministers, tc
me, says the editor of London Tru
that the commander of the faithful
without exception, the most uttei
faithless scamp in his (iominions. Wh<
ever he appoints a minister he says
him :I'4 You must find means to resist
demands for reform, and your tenure
office will depend upon the length
1 time that you can do this without co
promising me. Eventually the amb
sadors will complain of you, whei
shall pretend to be most indignant
your not having carried out my poli
' and shall sacrihce you for having <
ceived me." The sultan is the son of
Armenian mother, and it is genera
supposed that his real father was
Armenian. He is neither a drunkt
nor a voluptuary, and although by
means an able man he has a consid
able amount of low cunning He is
lie ved to be accumulating a considers
fund, for although the finances of i
country are in a desperate condi ti
taxe3 do come in. and yet neither i
army nor the civil employees are pai<
Cooking by the Sun's Kays.
t Un f o llrml At l
Ill LU Lliv; UIUV/U I.uia\.u V* %
of solar heat for industrial purposi
Mouchot gives an account of his ad<
tional experiments in this direction,
which he asserts that his smaller pie<
of cooking apparatus have never fail
to work during sunny weather. Soi
mirrors of less than half a square met
constructed with all desirable perf
tion have sufficed to roust half a ki]
gram?or about one pound?of bpof
twenty-two minutes, and to cook, in
hnnr n.nd a half, stews which rt'auii
four hours of fin ordinary lire of woe
and in half an hour to bring thn
fourths of a liter of cold water to t
boiline poin\ which latter correspon
to the utilization of 9.5 colories i
minute per square meter, which in
be considered a remarkable result in t
latitude of Paris.
th 4s One Whom His Mother Comforteths
ira
tb - ,
ie- BT THE LATE E. N02MA1T GCKNISOH.
^ Aa one bis mother comiortcth f,
> a In vadnea* ana unrest,
Ie As one who lays bis weary head
a Upon his mother's breast,
to And flndeth there a tenderness, .
The truest and the best, * / "jS
^ So God, our God! we look to ThM,
th When earthly cark and care,
ag And all the petty ills of life
as Seem more than we can bear, Y
r Laying our hand upon Thy breast ^
a,5 We And oar comfort there. - v
liS * ? .
d, As one his mother oomlorteth * W
j1* When darkness Alls the skies,
^ And shadows overbrood the way
[je Beiore bis doubting eyes,
Looks forth, and sees a better land
In whioh his future lief;
a So God, our God! we look to The# .
When storms of life assail,
jy And mercy hides her heavenly face
to Behind a shrouding veil,
ie Through all the storms and darkness* .... '/
a We see Thy love prevail. i
Ai one his mother comiorteth, " -.9
a Oh, tender words of grace! .
CT in whioh a hidden soul of love
T" The weary Heart may trace,
a. And And a sweetness in the word* *
e. For all onr fallen race. - 1
e- 80 Qod, oar God! we turn to Thee
of In darkness and unrest,
9^ And find the One who oomforteth - - ^
e_ Upon Hla loving breast
(j. Above our earthly oomfoxters,
d. The truest and the best. 1
tie ?ChrUiianai Wtnk.
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d! ODDS AND ENDS. g
? Nothing is more easy than irreproaeb*
a> able conduct.
d- Despairing old maids look languish
[f- ing even on rain-bows. yds
id A reccnt discovery is a telephone talk- v?JJ
s- ed to death by a barber.
n- ' "i-- -t A. ? v' Si.
XQ6 Dill CI KB OI liliO uuiuu? ?.' iguuv^
se between husband and wife.
Durine the last half year Italy imported
260,000 tons of cereala. ? i
, In Philadelphia a boy who ties a tin
? pail to a dog s tail is fined $10.
Dg Olive oil is adulterated with the oil
of cotton seed in Sonthern Europe. > A
A tramp called his shoes "corpora^
m tions," because they had no soles. ,?
lei The way to make a large hole in your ' ? ?8
d, pocket is to incur a large rent.
t- Ducks are fond of flies. There is just f
where they differ from bald-headed old !9
id men. 9 ' M
3d There Is a great deal of luck in a A - /;
it- horseshoe when thrown, if it doean^fr la
er hit you. 1
An English scientist attributes our V;
>h cold waves to Venus and our hot waves ?9| "
er to Jupiter. 'M
e? George Morris, of Old Freedom, Mo. I
was killed bv lightning while at work in .
a wheat field. v
48 In Florence the royal lottery and
)p the supreme court occupy rooms , < >&
O* .1 a - ,
^ on cue same noor.
That there should be one man AM
ignorant, who had a capacity for knowlPj
edge; this I call tragedy.
r? Authors are spoken of as dwelling in
be attics, because so lew of them are able
le to live on their first story. ?' .5
The man who fell out of his bunk on ' . . ^
j^g the steamboat explained that his blaok- *.
ieg ened eye was a berth mark.
ds A boy will dig over a square rod of
ild garden ground for fish bait, and yet he .H
ht could not be hired to work on a six-foot
onion bed.
Dg Fire, flood, mistake or accident may
rs. rob us of our material possessions, but
ng they cannot cret at the treasure of the
G. immortal mind.
a A little girl in church, alter the con- as
tribution plate had been passed, comno
placently and audibly said: " I paid
lor lour, ma?was mai rigubr
A bad little Philadelphia boy made
co his mother's hair rise the other day.
all He stole her switch for kite bobs.?
,er Philadelphia Chronicle-Heraltl.
41 The annual potatoe crop of the United \ r
y, States is estimated at nearly 200,000,000
en bushels, of which New York State alone
at furnishes 25,000,000 bushels. + i .
a Raphael is to have a splendid monument
erected to his memory by the peo- * 2
Dlerf Urbino, his native place, on the * '
fourth centenary of hia birth, April 6, '
1883. t
:e" The reason more umbrellas than " k"
watermelons are stolen is thought to be ' " .
"r because the thief doesn't have to plug "* . 'i
the umbrella. It is always ripe for the
S? hanrest. Us
The man who grasped an opportunity
en tried the same scheme with a bumble
ot bee. He abandoned his last enterprise > ne
quicker'n he did the first one.?Keokuk t
v- Qeat City. .
u- "If I have ever used any unkind ? -W
ed words, Hannah," said Mr. Smiley, rene
flectively, " I will take them all back."
n- " Yes, I suppose you want to use tbem
Is. ovpt aaraiu," was the not very soothing
>at reply."
:ihJI It is estimated that there are 500
,n" florists establishments within a radios
fn of ten miles of the New York city hall, .
and that the capital invested in land,
lD; structures and stock is not less than
0,000,000.
je_ The manufacture of sporting implements
has assumed large proportions in, . .
this country. It is estimated that from
CO,000 to 00,000 sets of croquet, 200,000
re. baseball bats, and 250,000 baseballs
0C- wil. be made for this season's trade by
,be a single firm in Chicago.
ills A short time ago two boys in San
h, Diego, Cal., built for themselves a small
is, boat, and after, taking on board
fly three months' provisions, sailed down
;n- the coast to Todos Santos Islands,where
to they have established a camp and are
all now actively engaged in seal hunting,
of shell gathering, etc., with a profitable
of return for their hardy undertaking. .
The Sioux held their annual sun dance
as" in Dakota recently and tno usuai eceuco
1 J of cruelty were enacted. One young'
warrior held out for tit'ty-six hours ana
then tainted. He was hanging all that
ae" time by a stick run through the flesh of
,1n the back. He fainted before the flesh ~????
gave way. He was so grieved over his- .
^ failure that'he tried to kill himself.
no A remarkable resonance has been ober_
served in connection with the great
he_ staircase of stone in the Walhalla at
^]e Regensburg, Germany. From one of the
bis landings, where two other staircases rise
jon in opposite dinctions, a metallic ringing
ing is produced by oviry footstep,
j while a stamp of the foot is answered by ' *
a tone so clear, resounding and musical,
that the visitor can hardly believe that
is, the stairs are r.ot made wholly of bell- _
ese metal. As the visitor passes up the
li. stairs the ringing gradually becomes
in weaker, and soon ceases.
.eS TO THE FLT
ed Oh thou insinuous tiling, whom I have seen
3ie Disporting in the butter-dish and soup-turee?
er, Or gaily gamboling on the bald head
?C- From wheuco the once thick hair isgathlo
ereil,
in To thee I sing a song?yet not in pra'ae,
an Thou bin! that lengthenest my days.
3
j . For oil would I in morning take repose
' * But lor thy peregrinations on my nose;
M niyhi, when you should be hushed and
ll.e still,
('8 Thy wing-wrought buzaiug ray repose doth
>cr kill.
ay Thus At both ond? my dayi are longer ipan,
lie While yon, you 'tarnal varmint, think it's fon
?Marathon li'lep'.nd en