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BY HUGH WILSON AND H. T.WARDLAW. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1880. *f?\ NO. 14. VOLUME XXVI.
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5 ? ? 1 /-.. nnn? ?*m nnnaunnTn I At the Gloaming.
In the Dark. ?
Midnight brooded weird and lone;
Nothing broke the wintry gloom '
Save the drowsy monotone j*
Ot the clock, as, one by one,
From its steady hands the minutes loll into c
my silent room.
Close toside the larger bed ^
Stood the cradle in its place;
'Mid its blankets, soltly spread, p
Lay the baby's golden head, c
And his light breat'j, coming, going, gently ?
lanned against my lace. [
Something in the darkness stirred, E
Warmly nestling at my side ?
Like a little sleepy bird,
"Mamma?" very low the word; g
Hash and darkness made the narrow space ^
between us seem so wide. t
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Then I murmured, as he lay, v
" Mamma's close beside you, dear; t
Soon the night will go away, S
JBy-and-bye it will be day; P
In the morning when my baby wakons, mam- I
ma will be here." ?
Wandering Angers toward me crept; ?
" Mamma, let me hold your hand;" ?
Clasping it he hushed and slept; ^
Clasping his I could have wept,
Humbled by that perfect trust which needed a
not to understand. t
Years have passed mo by since then; jj
LoDg the little bed has stood t
Empty, silent; yet, again,
Thrilling doeper than my pain, 1'
Comes the tender voice to banish every bitter, J
doubting mood. jj
Through the voiceless hush of death, F
Through life's midnight dark and dim,
Turning onto Christ, who saith f
To each asking soul, " Have faith," f
Heavenward I reach my lon<ring, human f
hands to Him. C
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Does no take them T Ay, he does! s
All the chasm deep and wido s
Spanning by his love that flows t
Freely fof all human woes, ^
: 1 shall wake in heaven's bright morning with
^ my baby by my side. 8
?Caroline Leslie, in the Christian Union. ?
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THE EEACB PATROLMAS'3 STORY. {
The thundering surf at Atlantic City ^
was swarming with bathers?old and '
m-oro ond nov mpn nnH wnmpti If
J VMiiftl ^4 M ? V WiiU 6?,; , M f
and little children?romping in among e
the joyous headers, for the sunlight was
reflected from the sands in a steady c
blaze, and the day won Id have been *
blistering hot but for the rushing of the c
glad sea wind. ?
I had had my bath, and was strolling b
idly along the beach, enjoying the v
pleasant scene, when I suddenly espied
an old acquaintance.
It was Jasper, chief of the beach v
patrolmen, who had told many an in- h
teresting story of his life-saving adven- d
i ures on the preceding summer. a
He waR now standing at the edge of p
the waves, half-naked, broad-hatled, p
and with his immense canvas-covered h
lift-preserver hanging over his shoulder
ready at an instant's warning to answer ti
the first cr> for help by dashing to the tl
reseue. He greeted me pleasantly at my a
approach. si
"Any more romantic stories of h
r rescue from drowning, Jasper?" I in- ii
quired. v
" It's more than a year since I saw
you," he replied, "and of course I've tl
plucked many a half-drowned bather
from the waves during that time. Here,
7,5r t Tfn mnrp r\f that I vnn'll hp priori
for nothing in case of business." tl
The las; remark was addreased to the ei
chief and most trusted partner of Lis
perilous pursuit, a great Newfoundland ai
dog, which at that moment, in answer h
to nis call, came bounding out of the g!
. eea, whither some urchins had dis- h
patched him in pursuit of a chip, and tl
after shaking the drops from his glossy ci
{black coat, crouched submissively at his I
master's feet. vi
" But haven't you had any particular g
adventure that I could make a story of ?" g
!I continued. " Something embodying h
excitement and romance, you know ?" ci
"Yes; and it happened only a fort- 2<
night ago, right out there on that very c<
rope near which we are standing, and
which you now see so thronged with shouting
men and laughing women," he v
replied, after a little reflection. "The s
incident itself was a terrible 01 e- the o
most exciting in all my experience?and n
it had an interesting sequel, which only o
came to my knowledge a day or two
' a?o." e
" I at once pressed him for the story. 1
Inasmuch as the crowd of bathers he tl
was watchinff did not seem to be com
posed of any over-adventurous individ- V
uals, he seated himself on a fragment of
shipwreck near at hand, motioned me n
to a seat at his side, and took up his ^
narrative very much as follows: p
" It was just after I had taken up my tl
, u station on the beach here, about a fort- 1<
night ago. that I noticed a lady and gen- b
tleman. accompanied by a pretty little c
girl of four or five, proceeding from d
yonder pavil'on to that long line of
fashionable bathing-houses to the left. E
"They passed quite near to me, and I c
noticed them more particularly than I a
would otherwise have done, for the day
was cloudy, though warm, and there o
were comparatively few persons to be n
seen.
"The extreme beauty of the lady, o
however, coupled with the scowling, b
sinister face of the man esw-orting her, c
would have more or less engaged my d
attention and curiosity under any cir- tl
cumstances. She was, morever, anxious
and careworn, as though in fear of him, w
while he seemed to fee half bullying, si
half entreating her to go into the water h
in his company. This 3he by no means s<
* v seemed inclined to do, drawing back
every moment or so, with the little girl's c
hand in hers, and then proceeding re- b
luctantly forward again. 1<
" I could distinguish the sound, but v
not the purport of their words, the
wiua being a little off shore. But they a
were richly dressed, and this fact, com- p
bined with the strangeness of their man- h
ners. set me to puzzling over what h
might be the relations existing between s
them. t
' However, as the lady seemed to h
give over her hesitation upon reaching s
the ticket-office, and a moment later
disappeared with her companton in a
among the sheds, leaving the little gir. a
outjon the sands, witn a toy bucket and b
spade /or her amusement,! only laughed, a
saying to himyself: 'Pshaw! it's only a
ease of a timid, pretty woman being c
tied for life to a tyrannical brute of a a
husband. who has insisted upon her tak- e
ing a ducking against her will.' And ^
then I thought little more of them. c
"Visitors began to throng along the c
beach a little more livelyjust about that t
time. I did not again see the couple re- c
/erred to till they were about to enter r
the water, at this very rope here, which
w.'.s th< n occupied by no. other bathers, f
"Toe man wa3 in one of the high- i
priced, striped suits, made out of one s
L r iece, v. hich set off his burly, muscular i
figure well, but did not improve the ex- 1
jiression of his frowning, black-mus- t
tachtd face. The lady was modestly i
attired in a dark blue, trimmed with i
reil, wiuhjone ol the great bonnet-lik j
hats tied over her ears, so as to almo3t c
3k concc-al her handsome face, and her a
prttly liiile white feet fairiy glistened
against the dark-brown of the drenched t
sand?. ' i
, " Even then she drew back from his
touch. Mid seemed inclined to run away. <
But l?e : uddenly seized her in his arms, s
i? n in v-.iist-deep with her benind a re- j
?< -T--1 iuv. wave, in spite of her little I
leauripg protests, and the next instant I
. great header came combing and topdine
in, burying them out of sight just
lats they managed to seize a rope, and
when ttiey reappeared he was laughing
toistorously, while she resignedly kept
ler place, though still shrinking from
ontact with him.
" ' So,' says I to myself, ' it wasn't the
vater she was afraid of so much as of
he man.'
"Just then the little girl came skipting
down to the water's edge, crying
>ut in high glee at recognizing her
uother in the surf, and tossing her
>ucket and spade about as she retreated
rom some creaming ripple3, which,
levertheless, overtopped her tiny
:aiters before she could get beyond their
each.
" The lady waved her hand, a little
adly, I thought, toward the child, and
pas then dragged out considerably furher
along the rope by her companion,
"he latter being a capital swimmer then
eft her in peace, and began to swim
iretty far out. Indeed, he was making
uch hold wide circuits beyond the outrmost
cork attachment to the rope, that
.laying my hand on Zip's collar, was
bout to shout out a warning to him
onceming the dangerous undertow,
ehen I saw him beginning to swim
wiftly in shore again, as though he had
ust recognized some one on the sands.
"Just at this momenta gentleman
iassed me on his way into the water,
nd I felt instinctively that it was he,
be recognition or appearance of whom
lad caused the bold swimmer to so sud
[rnly change his mind and take the back
rack for the shore.
"He was a tall, handsome, abstractedookingman,
of middle age.and agentleaan
every inch of him, by his walk and
tearing, in spite of the miserable, illitting
old bathing costume they had
(aimed off on him.
" He seemed to be unaware of the
iresence of any other bather on this
articular rope, for the lady was pretty
aroat, with her back turned toward
tim, and it was a question whether he
ouid have made out her features in any
vont, ust then, they were so overliadowcd
by the overhanging coaicuttle
bat, which every now and then
he white-caps toppled over, making
ler look like a mermaid ic the waves.
lifflo r?5i?l fli aiinrli whn ttroa
AiiO llbUils bU V/u^ ""V nwu
till playing near at hand, attracted his
aomentary attention as he was abont
ntering the water, and I thought I saw
lira give a painful start and mutter
omething to himself upon observing her,
,s though she might have suegested
ome troubled recollection or resemilance
of the past.
"That was all, though. Then he
<rent into the sea, making his way
teadily out along the rope toward the
idy, with that firm-footed ease of an
xperienced bather.
"A vague anticipation?something I
annot exactly define?caused me to
;eep my eyes riveted upon the group
omposed of the two on the rope and
he swimmer beyond, who was slowly
ut surely making liis way to within
rading distance of the beach.
" I hardly think that the last comer
-the absent-minded gentleman ?was
rell aware of the lady's proximity until
e was within a few feet of her. Sudenly,
however, he made the discovery,
nd I saw him start back, as though to
lace a greater distance between tuem,
erhaps out of a gentlemanly regard for
er fense of modesty.
" He must have uttered an exclamaion
as he did so, for simultaneously
lie lady turned toward him, her head
nd bosom rising gracefully over a
mooth incoming swell, while just then
er hat blew oft, leaving her handsome
ice and pretty blonde head exposed to
lew.
" A wild cry of recognition burst from
tie lips of both at one breath.
"4 Henry!' she screamed.
" ' Louisa!' he cried.
"And then the rolling water bore
lem together, and they were locked in
ich other's arms.
" At thisinstint another cry, hoarse
ad terrible?that of the swimmer, who
ad regained the rope, and was strugling
toward the pair, with fury and
atred in his dark face?rang out above
le tumult of the waters. Oaths and
urses were mingled with his shouts
Iri r?nrr?o cunnrrin cr ?Inn or n nnn a full
rave's crest, and as the three came toether
with a sort of shock, I saw him
rasp the woman's shoulder with one
and, and with the other strike her new
ampanion a blow that sent him stagering
back, thoueh he managed to reover
the rope in time to keep his feet.
" 'Oh, let me go. He is my husband
-my dear husband!' screamed the
roman, struggling vainly with the
wimmer, who was dragging her furiusly
out into the deep water, while the
lan vho had been struck was courageusly
endeavoring to reach her again.
'"Never! curse you!' roared out her
aptor. * You shall be mine, or death's!
'11 drown you before his cy?s, sooner
tian let you return to him.'
" ' Help! help!' screamed the woman;
he will drown me!'
"And then they all came together
gain by tbe action of the waters, the
roman shrieking, the men striking deserately
= t each other over her head and
urough the spray, and, as they had all
)st hold of the rope, 1 knew that it was
ut a question ot tim6 for them to be
aught in the influence of the latal unertow.
" ' Follow me with the catamaran,
Inoch!' I shouted to my assistant,who
banced, most fortunately, to be near
t hand. %
Anatuen, wiin my Dig j ue-prescrvcr
ver my shoulder, and old Zip here at
ly heels, I dashed into the sea
' In spite of my experience in running
ut. watching for chances with the
ack tow, and the like, the three strug
lers were considerably beyond their
eptli, and the woman almost gone, by
:ie time I reached them.
"'Let go of the woman!11 shouted,
rith an oath, to the swimmer, who was
till endeavoring desperately to drag
er from the othei's grasp and out to
2a.
"His only r>'ply being a torrent of
urses, 1 struck him with all my force
etween the eyes, which caused him to
>se his grasp and drift a little to windrard.
" Then, seem? the other man was unble
to swim, I tossed him the lifereserver,
with a few words as to the
est method of using it, and then took
old of the lady, whom, with Zip's asistance,
I easily managed to keep afloat,
be intelligent do? seizing her short
iathing skirt upon one side, while I
upported her elbow on tbe other.
"The skeleton life-raft, or catamaran,
3 we sometimes call it, came up soon
ifterward, and I presently had them
>otb on board, with Enoch at the oars
md headed in shore.
" I have never known whether the
itherman drowned himself intentionilly,
or, exhausted by the previous
ifforts, he found himself unable to cope
vith the undertow that must have
:aught him in its embrace soon after I
:ompel)ed him to loosen his hold upon
he lady's arm. At any rate, he was
:ertainly drowned, and his body was
lever recovered.
"The last I saw of his ugly head was
ar to windward, when his dark face
vas turned glaringly toward us for a
tingle instant, only to sink into a deep
vater-trough, and to be seen ao more.
Weil, that is pretty much the end of my
idventure, sir. The lady and gentlenan
reached the shore, but little the
ivorse for their ducking, and shortly
ifterward left the hotel together, acjompanied
by the little girl. Hello!
vasn't that some one crying outP"
" But stop! What about the sequel
;he explanation?" I cried, as he was
Boving away.
Just then, however, an unmistakable
;ry of fright came from somewhere
imong the bathers in the surf, and mj
larrator, the beach patrolman, with his
faithful dog at his heels,'sprang awaj
jo the rescue.
It proved to be a false alarm, however,
from some over-timorous lady, and
he was presently once more at my side,
dripping and smiling.
"Oh, I forgot about the sequel," Paid
he, shaking himself in imitation of Zip,
who was, moreover, enjoying a roll upon
the dry sand. "And that, as it has since
become known to certain inquiring folk3
about the hotel here, though not to you
newspaper people, constituted about all
the romance there was in the adventure,
after all.
" The reunited couple were from some
Connecticut city, where, after a married
life of three years, they had been divorced
two summers before, by reason
of incompatability of temper,which constitutes
sufficient grounds for severance
of the marriage tie in that State, I understand.
It seems, however, that they
had all along truiy ioved each other,
J Kniwl l\o nni 1 rr frrnt linr
ZU1U iuiliuu Jiavu iJVCU nappiij ivfavv ivi,
but for their temperamental differences
having been secretly and constantly
fanned into flames of bitterness by a
false friend ol the husband. This man
?the same as was drowned, as you will
readily conceivc?was also enamored of
the wire, whom he hoped to marry after
the divorce, which was ultimately secirc-d
through his villainous machinations.
" In tlii?, though, he was destined to
deserved disappointment. She went
with her little girl to a wealthy relative's
house in Philadelphia, where she
steadfastly refused to listen to hi3 suit.
But, not possessing a great deal of force
of character, she feared him quite as
much as she loathed him; and, unfortunately,
the fellow received the countenance
and urgent support of the relatives
with whom her necessities compelled
her to make a home.
"She was goaded and almost forced
to accompany him everywhere, and,
though openly expressing her dislike,
to listen to his persistent advances, and
his alternate threats and appeals. Such
was the state of affairs upon ttie day
that witnessed the episode of the surf I
have narrated.
" Her encounter with her divorced
husband in the breakers was purely accidental
on both sides?a happy chance.
Their loDg-hidden but unsmothered
iovc burst out afresh at the first sight of
each other, and, naturally enough, they
rustled into each other's arms.
" No sympathy has been expressed for
the drowned villain, and it is said that
the divorced couplc, so romantically
thrown together by fate, have lost no
time in marrying over again, in another
State."
The Tcabody or Washington.
A New York paper says of William
W. Corcoran, the Washington banker
and philanthropist:
The name of William Wilson Corcoran,
like that of Geowe Pcabody, whose
inumate personal lrieuu nc wtia, wm w
down to posterity as that of one of tne
greatest benefactors to his race to which
the American republic has given birth.
His father, Thomas Corcoran, emigrated
from Ireland, and came to this country
in 1783. He settled at Georgetown
while Washington was a couuti'y gentleman
at Mount Vernon, before he was
called to the presidency. ITis son William
was born at Georgetown, December
27, 1798, and, after receiving the
meager education which was available
in those early times, was placed in a
humble position in a dry goods store.
He soon attracted the attention of General
John Mason, the president of the
Georgetown bank, who gave him a position
as clerk in the bank. He proved
an apt student in the science of finance,
and, after serving three years in Mason's
bank, was translerred to the branch
bank of the United States, which was
opposite the Treasury building. Here
he gained the con Science of the president
so thoroughly, that, upon the suspension
of the Georgetown bank, he was
delegated to dispose of the real estate
which the United States bank, as a
creditor, was obliged to take. He served
with great efficiency in the United States
bank until the final dissolution of that
institution.
Simultaneously with the endowment
of the Art Gallery at Washington Mr.
Corcoran erected and endowed the
"Louise Home," by an expenditure of
$400,000. The home is named after his
deceased wife and daughter, and is for
tlie use oi " laaies wno nave sewi oetie
days." In this beautiful retreat from
the storms of ill-fortune forty ladies find
a delig'ttful home. Among them are
widows of naval officer?, of eminent
clergymen, and of lawyers, with daughters
of prominent merchants of a former
generation, and of planter?, orphaned
and made homeless by the late civil
war. The home is in Massachusetts
avenue, between Fifteenth and Sixteenth
streets.
Since 1865, when lie returned from
Europe, Mr. Corcoran^ life lias been devoted
to giving of his wealth to the
needy, llis donations to the University
of Virginia amount to 880,000, and he
has also given largely to the College of
William and Mary, the Virginia military
institute, Washington and Lee university,
and the Virginia theological I
seminary of the Episcopal church. It
is estimated that in the last te n vears he |
has given at least ?3,000,000 for the
benefit of his f ,'llow-men.
Mr. Corcoran has no> been actively
engaged in any business since his retirementfrom
the banking house of Corcoran
& Riggs, in 1854. "He has lived
to acquired fortune, enjoy it, distribute
it, and make his peace with all
ranks and parties of men. lie is a
man of gt-nial disposition, and has always
been a welcome addition to any
society. At his hospitable table in
Washington presiaems ana men: camnets
have been entertained, and visitors
to the city have evinced quite as much
eagerness to penetrate to his house as to
enjoy the hospitality of the executive
mansion. In appearance he is large and
straight, corpulent, but not grossly so.
He has a beautifully clear skin, fine
liquid eyes, and luxuriant whits hair,
which covers every part of his head.
He dresses like a gentleman in polite
life, carries a gold-headed cane, and always
wears gloves in the street. lie
has the reputation of being the neatpst
old man in Washington.
A Watermelon Joke.
Mr. Thomas Bray, manager ot the
Crescent Tube works, at Pittsburg, Pa.,
left the factory at the usual hour one
night recently, but in passing the office
was halted by the treasurer, who
handed him a watermelon. Mr. Bray
at first demurred, on account of the distance
home, but at length took the
fruit, and placed it before the children
immediately on reaching home. It was
decided to cut the mekuTand Mrs. Bray
handled the knife. The blade suddenly
struck a box. which was taken from the
center of the melon, and on being
opened was found to contain a gold
| watch ana chain. The watch was in,
I anrihnH nu fnlinw-?: "ToThoman Bray
manager, from the employees of the
Crescent Tube wrrks, as a testimonial
of respect." Mr Bray, astonished and
surprised, was conducted to the parlor,
where Mrs. B. exhibited a handsome,
silver waterset, presented to her by the
same parties. '
The French elections which have just
taken place show a steady aud rapid
gain In popularity for the republic, and
' the weakening of the numerous monarchical
and other factions which go to
make up tlie opposition party or con1
servatives. The elections were for the
officers of the many departments or dis
Iricts into which France is divided,
i The departmental councils participate
with the municipal delegates in the elec>
tions of senators.
r The ancient refined Greeks gave much
i attention to improving the breeds of
r horses, sheep, swine and poultry. The
Romans took great pride in agriculture.
THE OFICM HABIT. an
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A Possible Antidote?P?per by a Profes- Cla
or or Physiology of the University of
Isoulsvllle. PI
The paper of Professor Palmer, on a ar
a possible antidote to th? opium habit, *'{
which is published herewith from the 5n
Mcdical News, is interesting, and the
discovery therein contained, if it proves
to be a discovery, is all important. lei
It is not my purpose to enter into a
lengthy dissertation upon this " social wi
evil;'1 yet such a dissertation would be
by no means inappropriate, seeing how fr*1
great is the evil of the opium-habit, and to
how poor and insufficient the literature Pr
bearing on its treatment and cure. No 8fcc
people so well know the uniform evil tei
effects of opium-eating as the medical fr
fraternity. DeQuincy and others have
founded the pernicious notion among do
the laity that there is a something far *01
more exhilarating, far more divine in SP
flio ir>t/>Yir?5ilinn nrnduced bv ooium.
than in the commoner intoxication of
alcohol. i
Few people, comparatively speaking,
need look beyond personal experience -
to knew that the poet has not been niggard
of his coloring when singing the 0
pr.;ises of the rosy juice. The majority 30
of mankind has too vividly imprinte.t J01
in memory the clouded intellect, hpad- .
ache and nausea following bibulation, C1,(
to bow unqualified assent to the poet's P1'
ecstatic verses recounting the virtues !te
of the " generous wine." On the contrary,
happily, so far as we Americans j,e
are concerned, wtiat the vast majority i ?:
of us know of the opium habit is gained WJ
from hearsay, and is, as is well known P?
by the doctor, unreal in the extreme. It ou
has been my lot, like that of most prac- 8U
titioners.to come in contact with opium- se!
eaters, and I will positively affirm that 8CI
I have j;et to see one who even approx- ?a
imated in his nature the "happy-go 'J11
lucky" character of the drunkard.
Opium-eating is a curse without any
qualifying dispensation ? a black
cloud in asunles3 life. It cannot be said
that its constant use improves the vital ta
powers of the enfeebled. No debates as S1!
to its food properties have ever been
held. It is simply a powerful drug, thi
useful in time of great physical distress, stf
and pernicious beyond the power of pen ac:
to portray when once it fastens itself th
upon the mortal frame as a daily neces- th
sity. , in*
To be able to cure the opium habit at|
has been the laudable ambition of many of
a worthy doctor and the vaunted clnim ca
of man v a blatant quack. I believe that sk
so far as the literature of medicine goes sti
to-day we Lave no remedy with any ab
claims whatsoever as a curative of this ed,
habit. Those doctors who have sue- th<
ceeded in reforming any of its victims do
have, I believe I am safe in saying, done th<
so by aiding the weak resolves of their a
patients with their own strong will and bo
influence. If any medical man has yet bu
discovered a cure lor opium-eating, I am set
sure the medical world is not aware of he:
it. inj
I Recent experience has led me, in view P?
of the facts just stated, to hope that I cai
have di3covereSfc*a cure. What it is,
and how I came to use it, may be d?
briefly told as follows: In looking over
the different remedies which various
drug-houses have kindly donated to the be
University dispensary, I read upon the
back of a bottle of fluid est. of coca, j1!6
that this drug -"produces a gently- jus
excitent effect; is asserted to support
the stfength for a considerable time be
without food; in large doses, produces a on.
general excitation of the circulatory
and nervous system, imparting in- *
creased vigor to the muscles as well as fljr
the intellect, witli an indescribable P,ll(
feeling of satisfaction amounting altoaether
sometimes to a species ef de- s.ld
liriuiu, not followed by feelings of lan- tl0]
guor or depression," etc. At this time
- mi
I was treating in private practice an ?
obstinate case of cardiac irregularity j13
due to a somewhat dissolute life, and
not amenable io either belladonna,
digitalis or tonics. I started the pa- 88,15
tient on coca. From dropping one beat
in every four, his heart went with increased
doses of the drug, to one in
seven, ore in twenty-one, one in thirty- t ?
eight, and finally a cure. The titl
absolute relief and cheer that a a (
good, big dose . of.cgca imparted Wi
to this patient we're" wonderful T
to observe. I had hardly begun with Vii
the case before a similar but worse Bu
case of cardiac exhaustion, with irregu- tio
lar action, was offered at the University cer
chest clinic for treatment. To be brief, to
he got coca, and got well. In both his
cases hypochondriasis was a marked the
symptom, and was speedily cured. gai
In March last I was sent lor in great the
haste by the proprietor of a neighbor- sib
ing saloon, and on my arrival was told req
that a " chap " had jnst gone to his room int
in a fearful fix. " He looks," said the be
publican, " as il he had been on a terri- th(
ble spree, and needs a doctor mighty an<
bad." I was shown to the gentleman's sev
room, and was struck at once by his to
peculiar appearance. He told me tio
frankly that he was an opium-eater; mc
that he had not taken a drink for foi'
months; but that this morning, feeling in$
an hnHlv from mnrnliirifl. he lind erono il)S
to the saloon and taken a brandy cock- be
tail, which, however, did not stick. He of
protested that he was dying, and alto- (
gether was in a sorry plight. I subse- tin
quently learned his dose was three On
grains of morphine several times a day. Im
I tried various remedies for a day or to
liwo, and by moral suasion got him to No
reduce the dose very materially, but all
much to his discomfort. About the "b
third day of my attention I bethought be
myselt of the coca and ordered it tor inj
him. Imagine my surprise upon meet- qu
ing him the next day with tine spirits die
and a record of only one-fourth oi.'a ha
grain of morphine taken since my last br<
call. This was the end of the case. He M:
took the coca lor some days and cn- qu
tirely broke off from opium. Hi3 state- ha
ment was that whenever he felt de- ha
pressed or bad he took a good, big dose me
of the medicine, and in a few moments to(
was all right. qu
My second case was so striking in its
results, and 1*3 'so recent that I hardly
feel justified in reporting it. It is as
follows: Upon the 18th of the present
month a gentleman sent for me. I "v
found him in bed, lookinsr like a con- m!
sumptlve. He at once told me that he Pei
was an opium-eater, and that he had
reached a point where thirty grains of
morphine daily were necessary to sup* ,
ply the cravings of his perverted nature. , _
He said that he was now trying to
break off, and wanted me to help him.
I told him of what the coca had done,
and with a few cheerful words prescribed
it for him. The next day I
found him still faking morphine, al- rr,
though in small doses, as he had not ^
been able to find tue coca, upon me
following day he had but one dose of vr'
morphine in eighteen hours (one-fourth
grain) and plenty of coca. He was hope- zLJ
ful and cheerful. The next day I failed Ji,
to see him, and on calling the day fol- T*
lowing the servant met me at the door ?'
with ihe statement that he was well, 5.,
and had gone down-street. This much Jz
1 can say for the last case, that when I
last saw him he looked like another P/*
man, so light and cheerful was his f*ice,
and so free from the evidences of opium.
These are very brief and slender claims
upon which to base a claim of discovery; {e
and, while I might supplement them by J.
several cases of ordinary hypochondriasis
relieved by the agent in question, H
I do not deem it worth while, as my I ,1
only desire is to direct professional at- 9J
tention to the administration of coca in ?
the treatment of the opium habit.
Erythroxyion coca is a native of the
eastern elope of the Andes. It is cultivated
in tropical valleys of Bolivia and
Peru. The greatest care is given to its d(
culture by the natives. An idea of its fe
importance as an agricultural product fe
may be gained from the fact that the ci
duties upon coca in Peru amount yearly fe
to $100,000. The Peruvians are pre? o]
eminently a despondent and unhappy oi
race, and coca is their balm. To them sq
it is a relic of departed days of glory, it
d under its benign influence they en7
in dream and delirium the halcyon
ys of Monco Capac.
Professor Steele, of the American
larmaceutical association, from whose
tides on coca I glean these facts, says:
Coca is both salutary and nutritious,
fact, the best gift the Creator could
ve bestowed upon the unfortunate
dians. They always carry a bag of
ives suspended from their necks, upon
rich they draw three times a day
>th as much pleasure and delight as a
nnoisseur in tobacco smoke from a
tgrant Havana. It imparts brilliancy
the eye and a more animated exession
of the features, agility to the
ip and a general appearance of conit."
Indeed one can. scarcely read
ofessor Steele's article without wish;
to test the virtues of this great antite
for the blues. The ordinary dose
: adults of the fluid extract is a tableoonful.
1 Remarkable Surgical Operation.
for about a year a little girl, ten yearj
age, has been a patient in the county
spital, Chicago, suffering'from a burn
extensive that the orainary treatmt
by skin grafting hopelessly failed
effect a cure. It was therefore deled
to Lrv the experiment of trans
anting a large section of skin partially
taclied from a healthy object, the girl's
'elve-year-old brother consenting to
flayed for his sister's sake. firs,
eand Fcuger conducted the operation,
aich is described as follows by a rerter
of the Chicago Tributie: A curis
box had been constructed unde the
pervision of Dr. Murphy. It rembled
nothing more than a pair of
issors opened out, except that one
rt was about four inches higher than
e other. On one face of the cross the
tie girl was laid face downward. On
e other the boy laj on his side so that
3 leg crossed his sister, the part of the
igh from which the skin was to be
ken being just over the burn on the
1. The children were kept unconious
during the entire operation by
e use of ether, and two assistants conmtly
directed the vapor of carbolic
id on the wounds of both the boy and
e girl. The surgeons then cut from
e boy's thigh a leaf pf skin four
jhes wide, five inches long, leaving it
ached by the under side. The wound
the girl was then cleared of its deying
matter. The flap of the boy's
in was then laid on the wound and
tched to the outer edge of tho skin
out ihe wound, without cutting the
ge, which rendered it still _a part as
e boy's fleshy covering. This was
ne to secure the vitality of the boy for
3 skin which is expected to grow to be
part of his exhausted sister. The
y's wound was ugly in appearance,
t the skin had been separated, or disced,
so neatly that it will be easy to
al over by the usual process of grafts'.
The children, as they lay m this
sition, were so bandaged that the
inot possibly tear the nap of skin or
>ve from their position. Thus their
al existence was begun, which will
t for about three weeks. By that
ic the success of the operation may
known. During that length of time
s boy's vital forces will be in a
asure transferred to the assistance of
sister, and, at the end of that time
is hoped that the transplanting will
complete and the skin nrmly grown
the burned portion. The ilap is not
te large enough, and, before the skin
inally severed from the boy, a still
ther portion will be dissected and ap2d
to the remainder of the wound,
e little girl's pulse dropped conerabiy
toward the close of the operaa,
but sho was revived by the appliion
to the nostrils of a cloth dipped
brandy. The operation was a success
far as it went, and, if nature takes
!d in the manner cxpected, the brave
i can congratulate himself on having
'ed his sister's life.
Amusing Old Wills.
i foreign reviewer of a new book ened
" Curiosities of the Search-Room:
Collection of Serious and Whimsical
ills," writes a3 follows:
Che chapters on Eccentric Wills, on
adictive Wills and on Directions for
rial contain some carious illustrans
of human frailty and folly. A
tain Dr. Elierby bequeathed his heart
one friend, his lungs to another and
brains to a third, declaring that if
:y do not execute his wishes'with re"d
to them he will come and torment
sm "if it should be by any means posle."
Another testator, an American,
luires that his skin may be converted
0 two drum-heads, upon which are to
inscribed Pope's Universal Prayer and
1 Declaration of Independence;
jther Americ in, a New Yorker, leaves
renty-one pairs of trousers, to be sold
the highest bidder without examinan,
no purchaser being allowed to buy
ire than one pair. In each pair was
ind a bundle of bank-notes represent
5 a thousand dollars. A Frenchman
ititutes an annual race with pigs, to
ridden by boys or men, with a prize
$400 to the winner.
'imfpsmip instructions with regard to
2 testator's body are frequent in wills.
ie man bequeathed bis body to the
iperiai gas company to be consumed
ashes in one of their retorts; and a
iw York spinistcr desired to employ
her money in building a church,
ut stipulated that her remains should
mixed up in the mortar used lor fix?
the first stone." Some of the boosts
in what the compiler calls "Vin:tivc
Wills" have in them a touch of
mor. Thus the Fifth Kurl ot Pemike
writes: "J bequeath to Thomas
ly, whose nose I did break at a maserade,
five shillings. My intention
d been to give him more, but all who
ve seen his 'History of the Parlia!nt'
will consider that even this sum
) large;" and a certain Dr. Dunlop beeaths
to his brother-in-law, Clirispher,
his best pipe, out of gratitude
it he married "my sister Mageie,
10m no man of taste would have
sen," and to his eldest sister, Joan, his
e-acre field, "to console her for being
irried to a man she is obliged to henck."
Two Yery Tall Skeletons.
rhe following was copied verbatim
>m a note made in his pocket almanac
the late Judge Atlee: On the 24th ot
ly, 17(J8, being at Hanover (York
unty, PennJ in company witn umei
istice McKean, Judge Bryan, Mr. Bird
d others, on our way to Franklin, and
king a view of the town, in company
th Mr. McAlister and several other i
jpectable inhabitants, we went to Mr.
;ese's tan-yard, where we were shown
jlace near the currying house from
lience (in digging to sink a tan vat)
me years ago were taken two skeletons
human bodies. They lay cl >se beside I
ch other, and measured eleven feet
ree inches in length; the bones were
tire, but on being taken up and ex'
-1.1 ...i.v.Ul/vrl
isea tome air uiey pieociiuijr tiumun-u
id fell to pieces. Mr. McAlister and
irae others mentioned that they and
any others had seen them, and Mr.
cAlister, who is a tall man, about six
2t four inches high, mentioned that
e principal bone of the leg of one of
em, being placed by the side of his
K, reached from his ankle a considerae
way up his tll.'gh, pointing a small
stance below the hip bone.?Harris:rg
(Pcnn.) Telegraph.
Meager county, Montana has a won>rful
cave. An arched passage thirty
et wide, many feet high, and seventy
et long conducts the visitor to a spaous
apartment six feet in width and ICO
et in length. From this room passages
Dgnonall sides into other chambers,
ig of which is estimated to be ICO feet
luare, with r dome-shaped ceiling risLg
to a height of eighty feet.
TIMELY TOPICS.
Nnpoleon the First said that agricul
ture was the body and soul of the em
pire, and in the height of his glory he
gave the subject attention and en
couragement, and established in Franci
a department of agriculture. From thi
start given to this great art, the nursin;
mother of all the arts, France has be
come the richest and one of the mos
powerful and prosperous among thepeo
pie of the earth; thirty-nine out of ever;
forty of her population, according U
statisticians, do not spend their income
but lay something by.
The Marquis Tseng, the Chines
plenipotentiary, when he arrived a
Berlin the other day, went through som<
odd courtesies with Li-Fong-Pao, th
Chinese ambassador to Germany. Oi
arriving at the hotel the two gentlemei
began their formal Asiatic salutions
They folded their hands,' fell on thei
knees, and threw themselves on th<
ground with outstretched arms. Thi
members of the two embassies salutei
each other in the same manner, an<
then they all exchanged their visitini
cards, which are strips of red paper i
foot long and half a foot broad.
While tunneling under rivers is goinj
on apace in various parts of the world
a greater enterprise is contemplated
beneath the English channel. On botl
the English and Frpnch shores shafU
have been sunk for the purpose of testing
the character of the soil and rock
The French shaft has temporarily suspended
operations, from some difficulties
not insurmountable; the English
shaft, sunk ninety feet between Folke,
stone and Dover, has been inspected and
found satisfactory thus far by M. Leor
Say and the French engineers; and no^
some very deep headings will be driven,
These experiments will be watched
with interest by timorous and seasicfe
travelers, whose desire to cross the
channel is thwarted by fear of shipwreck
or qualms. The cost of the sub'
marine tunnel will be prodigious, particularly
if the drilling should prove
difficult, but the railway travel through
it will perhaps pay the interest thereon,
The English ana French railways which
would profit by the enterprise furnish
the funds for the experiments.
One of the extraordinary and unac
countable panics whicn every now and
then break out in different parts of India
appears to be now prevailing in Madras
city. A rumor has got abroad, and is
firmly believed in by the lower classes
of the natives, that the government is
about to sacrifice a number of human
beings in order to insure the safety of
the new harbor works, and has ordered
the police to seize victims in the streets.
So thoroughly is the idea implanted that
people are afraid to venture out after
nightfall. There was a similar scare in
Calcutta some seven or eight years ago,
whan the Hooehly bridge was beme
constructed. The natives then got hold
of the idea that Mother Ganges, indignant
at being bridged, had at lait consented
to suDmit to the insult on the
condition that each pier of the structure
was founded on a layer of children's
heads.
Substitutes for Sea-Bathing.
People who have no opportunity tc
enjoy sea-bathing will be glad to know
that a substitute nearly if not quite as
strengthening is found in an ammonia
batb. A gill of liquid ammonia in a paii
of water makes an invigorating solution,
whose delightful effects can only he
compared to a plunge in the surf. Tc
weak persons this is recommended as an
incomparable luxury and tonic. It
cleanses the skin and stimulates it wonderfully,
and leaves the flesh as firm and
wiofkln Mnri> Minn thin, the
UUUi 00 UiiM W1V? W ,
ammonia purifies the body from all odor
of perspiration. Those in whom the
secretion is unpleasant wil find relief by
using a spoonful of tho mixture in a
basin ol water and washing the armpits
with it every morning.
Many people find great comfort and
benefit from salt-water baths arranged
in this way: A coffee-cup of line distilled
salt is mixed with a gallon ol
water, and with a hair glove or Russian
bath-cloth the body is thoroughly
bathed with the mixture, rubbing until
the body is aglow. Then follows an
exhilaration akin to surf-bathing. The
druggists sell boxes of salt specially
prepared, and weighing three pounds,
for fifty-five cents. For a delicate child
such a bath is recommended as speciall j
beneficial.
Many people find an occasional bran
bath greatly improves the condition o]
ihe skin. The French women find it
leaves their dark, clear skin as soft as a
baby's. A peck of common bran, to be
had at any of the fjed-storc3, is stirred
into a tub of warm water. The rubbing
of the scaly particles of the bran cleanses
the skin, while the gluten in it soften?
and strengthens the tissues. The friction
ol the loose bran call3 the blood to
tlie surmce, anu ni'i vuua auu m wuiv
people find special benefit from it foi
their minds as well as their bodies.
Physicians say the habitual use of soa;
upon the /ace leaves t .c skin brown
and recommpnd a little oatmeal in th(
water or the ammonia suggested above
Ladies who have moist or oily skins
should use quite hot water lor then
baths, and a little fine bay rum rubbec
over the face, or a little of auy of th<
fino toilet waters. A tablespoonful ir
the washbowl of water prevents tha
shiny appearance of the skin which i;
so annoying.
Those famous beauties on whos<
charms the world's eye rested and neve:
grew weary, Diana, of Poitiers, anc
Ninon dc l'Enclos, attributed the pres
ervation ol their charms and health t<
the continued use of the rainwate
bath?a recipe for loveliness within th
reach of the ugliest and poorest o
womankind.
American Olive Oil.
Wf notice in the Mining and Sci.nlifi
Press a lormula for making olive oil 01
a small scale, as produced in California
comparing this with a description in th
Pharmu-tutiKtic lianaasoLcui 01 iu
manufacture of olive oil in Southeri
France. In California they grind thi
olives before pressure. This appears t<
be an error; tliey should be crushed be
tween two stones turning against eacl
other vertically. We can quite under
stand that cushing leads to quite differ
ent results from grinding. In cider
producing counties in England apple
are prepared for cider in the same man
ner as the French prepare their olives
by grinding them ut.der favolvin
stones. Cider thus prepared will kee
for years, and improves with ag ', som
say, on account of an essential oi
pressed from the apple pips. In Amei
ica cider is made from crushed o
chopped apples, and possesses neither th
flavor or the keeping properties of the
produced in Devonshire or Hereford
shire, England. TVre is another poir
which may be important on th
"Rhone." The oil, when filtered, i
stored in stone vessels. On the Pacifi
they use tin cases.
A young man ot Woodford count?
111., has died of the effects of taking to"
aorprnji shock of electricity while; a
tending ft circus. He was strong an
wanted to show the other boys preser
how much he could stand; therefore tl;
fall force of the battery was turned o
and in a few days the quiet village cen
ctery received an occupant.
A man recently from Leadville, Col
says there are not less than 600 v, ell edi
catedmnd refined young men in tin
city who are literally begging bread froi
door to door. The country is begiDnir
to understand the condition of thinj
there.
THE CENSUS 0V THJS llll?S. t
- The Census of Nearly all the Chief Cities
of ithc United States?Companion*
, with 18TO. - t
The following returns, except those (b
marked with an asterisk, are the re- P
e ported official figures of the census in 11
Z most of the chief cities of the countr y: 1
MAINE.
1 1880 1870 t
' Portland ' 33,835 31,413 '
f Lewiston 19,076 13,600 r
5 Bangor 16,856 18,829 I1
, Biddelord 11,165 10,284 1
Auburn - 9,571 6,189 ?
Augusta 8,682 7,808 ?
Rockland - 7,473 7,074 ?
X Saco... 6,377 5,755 a
c Bellaat 5,303 5,278 t
e Gardiner - 4,485 4,497 a
6 Hdllowell - 3,160 3,007 i
1 NEW HAMPSHIRE. 1
I Manchester - 32,473 23,536 ^
' Concord 13,841 12,241 *
' Nashua 13,453 10,495 1
I Dover 11,693 9,294 C
\ Portsmouth 9,732 9,211 S
j Keene 6,786 5,971 t
T VERMONT. 1
7 Ck
I Rutland 12,223 9,834 JJ
MASSACHUSETTS.
Boaton* 363,938 278,849 j
r Lowell 69,340 40,928 n
Worcester 58,040 41,105 R
I Cambridge 52,860 39,634
J Fall River 48,626 26,766 ?
Lawrence 39,068 28,921 j
J Lynn 38,376 28,233 ?
' Springfield 33,536 26,703 d
Salem 27,327 24,117 P
Now Bedford 27,268 21,329 g
SomerviUe 24,964 13,635 C
t Holyoke 21,961 10,733 s
, Chelaea 21,780 18,647 p
[ Taunton 21,145 18,629
, Gloucester 19,288 15,389 ?
r Haverhill. ? 18,478 13,092 ?
Newton 16,994 12.825 ?
| Newbnryport 13,470 12,595
| Fitchburg 12,279 11,270 8
J "RHODE ISIJLXD. ?
. Providenoe.... 104,768 68,94 o
. Pawtncket - 19,538 6,619 fc
, Woonsocket.... 16,010 11,527 11
, Newport - 15,405 12,521 fl
[ Warwick - 12,135 10,453 ?
CONNECTICUT. y
i New Haven........... 62,861 60,810 t:
I Hartford 42.569 37,180 t
Bridgeport ............ 29,153 18,969 ^
Waterbury 23,019 13,106 ji
Norwioh - 21,145 16,653
' Meriden 18,130 10 495 ^
1 New Britain...... ?... 13,978 9,480 v,
, Norwalk 13,960 12,119 u
l Middletown 11,704 11,126 e
I Derby 11,655 8,020 0
l Danbnry 11,619 8,753
I Stamford 11,418 9,710 8
New London ?... 11,136 9,170 I
Windham 8,265 5,410 p
Stoninghnm 7,353 , 6,310 u
Greenwich ?. 7,956 7,640 n
NEW YORK. V"
New York - 1,209,561 912,292 c
Brooklym 554,465 396,099 t]
1 Buffalo 154,766 117,714 D
Albany 90,713 69,422 ?
[' Rochester 87,057 62,386 t
I Troy 56,594 46,465 "
' Syracuse -52,210 43,051 ~
Utica 38,923 23,800 8
! Elmira 21,498 15,865
! Oswego 21,102 20,910
I Cohoea 20,122 15,357 f<
Pougbkeepqje 20,089 20,080 s
Newburg 18,076 17,014 a
NEW JETgSEY. g
Newark 136,983 105,059 a
Jersey City. 116,673 82,540 C
Paterson.... ... 50,950 33,579 j
Camden...' 41,717 26,015 f,
1 Hoboken 30,507 24,766 ?
; Trenton 29,938 22 874 a
I Klizabeth 28,243 20,832 t
, New Brunswick 19,186 15,058
! PENNSYLVANIA.
> Philadelphia 847,542 674,022 r
Pitlsburg 153 883 86,076 0
: Allegheny 78,472 53,180 "
I n 7Afi a.s n?w>
OdlAUIASU . J, q,
Heading 43,230 33,930 ?.
I Harrisburg 30,412 33,104
Erie 28,565 19,646 v
, Allen town 18,162 13,884 n
! Norristown* 13,200 10,753 *
DELAWARE. f<
I WUtnington* 43,000 30,841 ?
MARYLAND r!
Baltimore* 340,000 267,354 ?
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. S)
. Washington* 160,000 109,199 p
VIRGINIA. k
Richmond 63,243 51,038 b
Petersburg* 21,600 .... si
Lynchburg* 16,000 ....
WEST VIRGINIA. C!
Whooling 31,671 19,008 a
SOUTH CAROLINA. f<
Charleston 49,027 48,956 tl
; Columbia 9,772 9,298 8i
GEORGIA. 1
Atlauta 37,825 21,780 n
l Savnnnah 30,747 28,235 f<
c Macon 12,695 10.810 g
Columbus 10,132 7,401 ]j
' ALABAMA.
Mobile 29,166 32,034 b
| Selma 7,595 6,494 j]
LOUISIANA. h
? XT 91K 9*0 IQIilftlo
. n?W ?4V/,V^V ^
' SLroveport 8,038 4,607 f,
TEXAS# r<
! Galveston* ' 22,350 13,818
; San Antonio 20,594 12,256 s!
Hou9ton* 16,750 9,382
' TENNESSEE. e
Nashville 43,337 25 865 il
J Memirhh? 36,000 40,226 f(
' Knoxville 13,928 8,682 ^
' Chattanooga 13,580 6,093 g
[ KENTUCKY.
j Louisville 126,566 100,756 g
. OHIO. e
l Cincinnati 255,804 216,230 ?
t Cleveland..- 155,946 92,820 l<
3 Toledo 53,635 31,584 a
Columbus... 51,644 31,274
a Dayton 38,751 30,743
^ Sandusky 15,821 13,000
1 MICHIGAN. a
- Detroit 116,027 79,577
j Giand K-ipids 32,037 16,507 {
Bay City* 17,500 7,064 r
q Jackson 16,121 11,447
? INDIANA. t
r St. Paul 41,619 20,030 1
e Winona 10,136 7.182 \
^ Stillwater 9,061 4,507 '
I- NEBRASKA.
it Omaha 30,605 16,0S3 \
KANSAS, i
c Leavenworth 16,651 17.873 t
Topeka 15,528 5 790 ]
Alchison 15,381 7,054 '
j. MISSOURI. 1
0 St. Louis.. '... 333.577 310,864 '
Kansas City 56,964 32,260 (
d St. Joseph* 35,600 19,565 1
It COLORADO.
LG Donvor 35,719 4,759 J
? UTAH. f
Salt Lake City* 21,000 12 864 l
CALIFORNIA. J
San Francisco *233,066 149,473 ,
,? Oakland 35,010 10,500
Sacramento 23,000 16,233 1
11 San Jose 12,635 9,089
31 Los Angeles 11,050 5,728
Stockton 10,066 10,000
JS " <
'Unofficial, ealimatod. i
'AKJS) QAIU/An Oiiv uvvwiwvuvi
Experiment* In JUqnld M?nnHng>
Mr. T. Baines, a well-known horticulami
writer of England, favors the
lardener'a Chroniclc with a valuable reort
of experiments in the use of liquid
aanure, of which we make room for
he most noteworthy paragraphs:
Some years ago I tried the effect of
aanure water made from the urine of
he various domestio animals?horses
attle and ijigs?each kept separate and
ree of soaking from solid foecal matter.
applied it to plants varied in their
haracter and ranging over most of the
liferent subjects usually cultivated on
arms and in gardens, out doors as well
s under glass. As a matter of coursc
he extent of the dilution was varied,
ccording to the natural ability of each
:ind of plant to take strong food.
?hings like rhubarb, celery, raspberries,
lack currants, chrysanthemums, mange
nirzeland cabbage, as will be easily
inderstoor. grew vigorously with doses
>f a strength that would have destroyed
lower-growing things. I continued
he experiment for several years
o see what would be the
ffects on the plants, particularly such
ubjects as the black currants and raspterries,
and in no cases did I find any
11 effects where the liquid was given in
aoderation and never in a stronger
fate than the plants could bear. In all
ases the urine was considerably
tronger.and consequently required more
ilution when the animals were fed on
ry food than when they had aocess to
lenty of green stuff, as when out at
rass, or with as many roots as they
on Id consume. The relative strength
tood thus?that from the horse first,
ies second and .'cows third.
But the strength alqne was far from
iving the true Tineas to their comparaive
manurial value, either for things o;
n annual nature, euch as ordinary
arden vegetables, or fruits, or pot
lants, whether the latter are soft-wood,
r quick growing, or hard-wooded and
f slow growth. With all, especially
hose of an enduring character, the cow
rino told an unmistakable tale, not
lone in the production of wood and
oliage unequaled in vigor, but plants to
rhica it was given exhibited a disposiion
to produce flowers in quantities
hat I have never seen result from the
ise of any other liquid fertilizer. Another
mportant matter in connection with
he use of this urine is, that plants to
rhich it is applied regularly for a numerof
years continue to make growth
xcentionallv strong, without any indl
ation of exhaustion such as invariably
allows the use of manures that weonly
timulative in their effects..Thii verdict
find is confirmed by several extensive
lant-growcrs whom I have advised to
seitjbut like everything of a similar
ature, being strong it must be used
nth caution?even for such sulyectsas
hrysanthemums it should be diluted to
be extent of something like six or seven
arts of water to one of urine, lor weaker
rowing plants still further reduced,
nd, as with all liquid manures, only
iven when the plants are making
rowth.
In the Poultry Tt d.
Dr. ?. S. Heath, in a paper read beDre
the Farmers' club, New York city,
aid: The reason why eight or ten fowls
bout the hou'e of the mechanic, the
nrdener or the laborer are more profitable
is because of better feeding and less
rowding, better sanitary conditions of
ard and roost. Extent of grassy range
or fowls is more important than"proided
food, for here they obtain not only
ir food but also insect food, which is
he essential nitrogenous element neeesary
/or ege production.
Equally important to extensive grass
ange are clean and airy roosting-houses
relieds. The houses should have doors
n the ground, to be left open in the
ummer, and at least two siae-slat venilators
should be provided. Ranting
rater is a most desirable_and easy
Indianapolis 75,077 43,244 g
Fort Wayne 26,048 17,/18 c
ILLINOIS.
Chicago 502,298 296,977 S
C I'eoriu 31,780 22,849 9
l Qtiincy 27,428 24.052 t
,, Springfield 19,638 17.364
e liloomington 17,625 14,590 r
e llockford 13,088 11,049 1j
j Aurora 12,059 11,162 1
p Rock Is'aiid 11,614 7,800 q
3 Galesburg 11,451 10,158
IOWA. s
[j Dubuque* 22,500 18,434 c
>. Davenport 21 671 20,038 c
.. BurlinKton* 19 000 14,930 ?
Kookuk 12 176 12 776
g Cedar linpids 10,176 5,010
WISCONSIN.
I, Milwaukeo: 115,702 71,410 ,
(r Kacine 16,035 9,880
p Oabkosh 15.753 12,666
e Janesville... 9,035 8,789 r
il MINNESOTA. c
Minnennoli9 48,323 13,036 | J
leans of water supply, witn mis
rater supply, without care or labor the
3od supply may be equally convenient
nd labor-saving. Drive four stnkes
lto the ground so as to leave them two
iot above the surface and six inches
part, and upon these nail two boards
3 as to make a table large enough to
ermit the fowls a footing around a nail
eg in the center, covered by a wide
oard and weighted by a large flat
tone.
This beg a ay be filled with corn or
racked corn, and having three or four
uger hole3 near the bottom it is self;eding.
What runs out is lodged upon
tie table; it is kept clean and dry and
ecure from rate and other vermin
his is a cheap, simple and labor-saving
lanner of keeping fowls, and it will be
)und a most profitable plan. This
rass range may be a small pa ture or a
irge ccw-yard.
Fowls should never be allowed in
arns, stables or carriage-houses. Their
ouses should be fumigated by burning
alf a pound of sulphur every spring
nd fall, while the fo^ls are shutout
:r the day, and be well aired before
oosting time.
Not more than twenty or thirty fowls
liould be allowed to roost in one house;
ut, two or more of these houses may be
rected in the pasture or range, provided
t is large enough. In this case the
eeaiag place may be the same, only a
arrei may be used instead of a keg to
ave trouble.
The largest liberty and the most
enerous feeding, with an observance of
leanliness, willsecure the best yield of
ggs and the laigest number of Healthy
awls. This is the way to secure the
rgest profits of the poultry yard.
Iloniehold Hint*.
A spoonful of stewed tomatoes in the
ravy of either roasted or fried meats ii
n advantage.
To keep lemons fresh place
hem in a jar filled with water, to be
enewed every day or two.
Housekeepers may be glad to know
hat a tablespoonful of ammonia in one
allon of warm water will restore the
olor of carpets.
To remove grease from wall paper, lay
everal folds of blotting paper on the
pot and hold a hot iron near it until
lie grease is absorbed.
Put one or two red peppers, or a few
nieces of charcoal, into a pot where
lam, cabbage, etc., are boiling, and the
louse will not be filled with the offenive
odcr.
Those who object to tea-leaves for
weeping the carpets can use freshlyut
grass instead. It answers the same
impose for preventing dust, and gives
he carpet a lresh, bright look.
The Mother Bales the World.
It is hard lor a young mother, who
ins not yet overcome the wayward tenlencicsofher
own youthful nature, to
ealize the influence she ex< rta over hoi
iwn little ones. She is constantly eurounded
by critical imitators, who copy
ler morals and manners. As the
Bother is, so are her sons and daughters,
f a family of children is blesse1 with
>v? wrtfKur tit fin iip] j?
?U ill tClll^Clil. llllllll^ l | If UV AhS %?w
md refined in her manners, and des
lot consider it necessary to be or(
poman in a drawing-room and an onircly
different person in ev.ry-daj
ife, but who is a true mother and always
a tender, charming woman, you
will invariably see her habits of speech
md perfect manners repealed in hei
. hildren. Great, rough men and noisj
joys will always tone down their voice:
md step lightly, and try to be mon
uannerly when she stops to give then
i kind word or a pleasant smile; for s
:rue mother will never fail to say or e.c
ill the pleasant things that she can thai
will in any way help or lift up and cheei
.hose whose lives are shaded with can
md toil. The mother;ol to-day rulehe
world of to-morrow.
The city of New York's consumption
>f postage stamps amounts to aboul
5100.000 a week.
V
Soft fleecy clouds athwart the evening sky,
Seem like a veil across a loved one's lace,
Hiding its beanty I rom the paosor by,
Yet loading to the oovering sweeter grace.
The shadows deepen, and tho night comee
down, .
Folding in its embrace the weary earth.
Across the river in the distant town, ?'
The lights flash np, like stars ot later birth;
While alowly in the West thejcreacent sinlu
To rise in glory on another scentf ? "
01 more transcendent loveliness, methink s,
Than aught that earth can offer?more
serene;
And dreaming of a world than this more lair,
My spirit longs to cleave the ambrient aljj - .is
?Lilla JV. Cuthman.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.
_ _ * >
Dip a new broom in hot water to make
it durable. "
The Marathon Independent calls tent#
lighthouses.
Mr. William H. Vanderbilt is fifty * - .
nine years of age. * *
A case oi suspended animation- * +
Swinging in a hammock.
" Blind Tom"^now wears the name of, -
" Professor W. F. Raymond." u
Strange to say when the mo3quito i3
on the wing he is always at hum.?Ssih '
8piccr.
Over 33,000 buffalo hides have been
shipped from Custer City, Montana, this
season.
A Texas dog wa3 born without a
tail, and he will sit right down beside
an eld kettle.
Africa has 70,000 Protestant converts, : * . '.* %
the result of the efforts of thirty-three *
missionary societies.
The soft blue-stone rock which underlies
a wide part of the prairie region of
Texas is 600 feet thick in many places.
Will Wade went to Des Moines, Ia.?
to purchase a wedding suit, was tak&
with diphtheria, and was taken home a'
corpse.
A young man of society out making
a call may wenr two watches ana .
yet not know when it is time to go
home.
A summons in a breach of promise
suit against the bridegroom was sent in
amonethe bridal presents at an Iowa **
wedding.
Property-owners in Bfook avenue
have the privilege of grading arid regu-j
lating said avenue between '141st ana
146th streets at their own expense. t
The census of Utah reveals the fact
that the Gentilo popuhtion has in.*
creased 220 percent., while the Mormon %
increase has only been forty-five pejf
cent.
1; Go out, young man, she's not here!' _*' ''.. \
said a preacher in the midst of his sav
mon, to a youth whom he saw standing
hesitatingly at the portaL?Rochester
Express.
A cattle-herder named King, living
near the Cheyenne river, Dakota, recently
lassoed a four-year-old buffalo,
and is now endeavoring to domesticate
the animal. . j* . s
There are many unpleasant thing* in
|L!- ? 4knf a aaIIoi* ?nH ? ntiL
LUIS vmc VI tcaio, uui a VUUU4 ~ _
tonbole large enough to stick soarhead
through will cause you aCotrc jSTGtrtarv - - - **
trouble as the rest of them.. t
More lighthouses can be seen from
Black Point, Conn., than from any other
summer resort on the New England
coast. On a clear evening you can count
fifteen lights.
In former years Austria used to instf ? *
port a considerate quantity of sugar ,
and export little. Bounties having
stimulated home production, there are V .3
now no imports of sugar but large ex- - ' *
ports. * IN
THE RESTAURANT.
" Two moro dishes ol crcam," 'J ' , .
To the waiter he cried, ; . . ; . ;
His eyes staring wildly, '** .. ^ .
His m'nth open wide;
" I love her most madly, . r' .* '
To marriage I'm bent, T
And I'll satisfy her ap p< t ite . ' '. If
it takes my last ceLt." ' '
______ =
Japanese and Chinese. ' '*
Comparing the Japanese and Chinese
students now enrolled in American .
schools and colleges, several marked
contiasts and likenesses are made evi*
dent. The most prominent- difference
i? flwlomol nhorflofflriaHpfl ia
Ill IC3JJCUU IV VAUlUUi M?
the greater readiness with which the *
former adopt the dress and manners of the
TTc3tem world. The Japanese dmses
a la European, and in excellent- *
taste; the Chinaman still braids mi'.
queue, and weare his loose trousers aod jRSfc
blouse. The "{Japanese is more easiiy
denationalized; the Chinaman is con- a. SS9
stantly impressed with the duty of loving
and serving the land that gave him
birth, and is giving him education. The .
latter leanrs the English language with rafl
greater ease, and uses it with greater
facility; the former, after a residence
of even five or six years, experiences, fu
the case of not a few individuals, difficulty
in conducting an ordinary conversation.
Both manifest much deference
to authority, and are models of decorum
and politeness. The Japanese belongs
relatively to a higher caste; the major- . ''{x
ity of the Chinese students are from t --i'&j
the middle class of the empire. In ,
mental characteristics the contrasts are
less marked than iuphy3:cal. The ex- l Via
cellencies and tue defects of the two
types of mind are similar. In each the.
memorv is develoned to a degree not'
commonly attained by an American*schoolboy;
and the Chinrsc draw * forms
and Ggures which they have once
seen with marvelous accuracy. The ?
superior development of the memory
seems to weaken the growth of the
logical faculties; and a difficulty in conducting-'processes
of thought, of ordinary
intricacy, is one of the first defects
which# teache* notices in their mental
constitution. Intellectually, both arc
clear-sighted rather than far-sighted;
and are distinguished for exactness in
thought and statement. Considered as ^
a whole, the Chinese make more rapid
progress in linguistic, and the Japanese
in mathematical studies. The former
are by temperament the more passive,
the latter the more impulsive. Both
are bard students, and, though seldom
ranking first, maintain a creditable
stand in their classes. In respect to
moral character, also, as well as intelAarrrna
nf similaritV i3
icviuai) u ui^u uwgiw v* ? _ ^
obvious. Neither, as a body, is addicted
to the use of liquors ?r tobacco, and
both are free from tha vices to which
American college youth are somewhat
subject.?Scrti/ner.
Blowing Hot nnd Cold.
At a meeting of the Rjjal Society of
Edinburg the ottc-r day, a letter was
ie id from Professor Pihzzi Smyth, who
says that the observations made at the
Clinton Hill observatory t>rkr to 187?>
established three laws of occurrence:
First, that every eleven years a great
i hoot airiifk this earth., this
k *TftTt VI uvi?b
having occurred three tira^s in su?ce*'
sion, namely, in 18-16, 1857 and 1868;
' secondly, that each of these dates was
i the mark of the beginning of a period of
i remarkable solar nctiv.ty; and thirdly,
' that close to tbe heat wave came two
' cold whvcs. Speaking in 1872, he had.
> he said, in accordance with these laws,
t predicted that the next cold wa e would
* be experienced about the end of 1878,
and that the year lb80 would be warm,
i So remarkable was this prediction that
he wished he had then died, for then
the stattment would have been remembered,
and abler men than himself
i would have rushed into the fiejd. and a
; r.cw science would have been bom in a
day.
K*r' V 'J* ' A