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BY HUGH WILSON.
ABBEVILLE. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 13. 1884.
NO. 7. VOLUME XXIX.
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PERSEVERE.
As insect toil at last the island rears,
Or mushroom pillars lift the wayside stone,
Bo he succeeds who truly jierseveres,
With powers converged to noblo ends alone.
With constancy through fair and foul the
same,
In growing strength our recompense we
find ;
But hesitation, want of earnest aim,
Far more than labor wearies heart and
mind.
?George H. Coomer.
A NIHILIST'S STORY.
At midnight on February 11, 1879, in
the city of Kiel!, Mrs. Kossarovsky's
house, then occupied by the nihilist
brothers Ivichevitch, was regularly be
sieged and captured bv the gendarmes at
the point of bayonets. They fought des
perately on both sides. The gendarmes
were ordered to take tlio administrators'
headquarters at any cost, and the nihi
lists were determined to defend them
selves to the last shot. One door after
another was broken in, but not before
each was turned into a sieve oy the shots
fired from both sides. Captain Sudeikin
and his men wore suits of chain mail, yet
a gendarme was killed 011 the spot. Both
' brothers Ivichcvitch were mortally
^ wounded. >*. Bran titer and auotlier
friend were hv'oksIv wounded. The
W conspirators v c;e overpowered, arrested,
and brought to the police headquarters.
. On the san;" night in another house I
was arrested : nd brought to the same
police building. In what a plight I be
held my comrades there! >\ Posen and
B. Steblin-Kaineusky were standing with
their arms tightly bound behind their
backs and held by gendarmes. In a cor
ner of the same room were sitting .Miss
Armfeld, 3Iiss Putnlit/.in. and P. Saran
dovitch. ali bound and helpless. The
room was filled with policemen and
armed gendarmes. Amid a roar of voices
there suddenly appeared the gigantic fig
ure of our brave comrade, known under
the assumed name of AntonolT. He was
dragging behind him two policemen who
tried to hold him by his arms. Never
can I forget his appearance. Pale whs
his face, sparkling his eyes, disordered
his black, curly hair, and trembling his
frame from head to foot.
' "What is that?" he thundered, point
ing at Posen and Kamcnsky. "Anns
tied? Away with the ropes!"
"Please calm yourself," said the police
captain. "Wc will untie them."
Instantly the ropes were taken away.
' "Water! I want a driuk!" roared
Antonoll. "Bring water at once,"
commanded the captain. Presently a
colonel of gendarmes appeared, and or
dered that each of us should be taken to
a separate cell.
"Use your swords and bayonets in
case of need," said the colonel to the
gendarmes.
On the next day we were transferred
to the fortress where scores of our friends
had been pining for years, waiting for
the "quick and just trial!" which has
been solemnly promised by the Czar
Alexander. Of course we were subjected
to solitary confinement. However, we
kept up a lively correspondence. We
telegraphed to one another by rapping
on the wall. Occasionally we shouted
to each other in our ciphcr. The fort
ress authorities tried in vain to hinder us
from talking in one way or another. In
April we were tried by the military
court. As we were not allowed, though
we had the right by law. to choose our
own counsel, wc decided not to take any
part whatsoever in the sham trial.
Three of our party of fifteen?AntonofT,
Brantner, and Ossiusky?were condemned
to death, and the rest to hard labor in
the Siberian mines for fourteen years and
ten months. When the sentence of
death was announced a lady prisoner
swooned. The spectators who packed
the hall were greatly excited; curiosity
prompted some to stand up on the
benches.
"What do you stare at V thundered
Antonoll' with his eyes llaming. "For
shame, to make a spectacle of this
thing!" The people fell back and turned
to the exit.
After the trial we condemned prison
ers?those who were to die and those
destined for Siberia?were allowed to
pass a part of every day together. It is
lmnossihlfi to de-tribe our feeliners. On
the eve of the execution of our throe
friends we bade [hem the last good-by.
I must say that <yi ihat momentous even
ing the three who were about to die
tried their best to cheer the rest of us.
AntonoiT was anxious about only one
thin^?that his proper name would not
ujscovered. lie loved his mother
dearly^lrad wished that she might re
main ignorant of his fate. It is hardly
necessary to say that the three died
bravely.
Soon after that we were sent to Eastern
Siberia. The two of us vho did not be
long to the jiobilitv were .-'-nt on loot,
lilce the rest of the unp .iiieged crimi
n?b. Their heads were half shaved, and
heavy chains were put on thf<r feet
According to the law. the nobiemeu do
not lose their privileges until thevrea'h
their destination in Liberia, and s> some
of us drove in rude wagons. Our heads
neri> not shaded, and w.- were free from
chains. A!!. however, were dressed alike.
V* e hau caftans of a course gray cloth,
with two d nmond shap<<: yellow patches
on our backs to signify that. we were
sentenced to haul .aior. The Siberian
exiles proper wore only an ace of dia
monds. 1 roiii Ivicil we went by railroad
in a special prison car, accompanied by
gendarmes. Thus we passed Orel, Mos
cow, and reached Nijini-Novgorod.
Then we were placed in a barge, which
was towed by a steamer to Perm. Then
again we went by railway up to Eeater
inburg. After that there was before us
the famous Siberian road. It is a com
mon post route, with three telegraph
wires stretched on one H'le. These wires
leul to the very shore of the Pacific.
Ef:ch of us noblemen had a troika and
each was accompanied by two armed
gendarmes. From KiefT to Kcntcrin
burg we had no chance to look upon the
world except through iron hars and nets,
but now we could enjoy the view with
110 obstacle before our eyes. What a joy
it was for me! I felt as if freedom was
returning to inc. True, since the first
day of my ariest the idea of attempting
to escape never left my mind. But now
that I looked upon the free wide world
the thought turned into a burning de
sire which controlled all my actions.
Once in the night, while the gendarmes
were asleep at my side, 1 took the cap
from one of them, and tried to pull out
his pistol. If 1 had succeeded in getting
that pistol I would have tried my legs,
but the gendai me awoke, and I parted
for the time with mv happy dream.
We made two hundred miles and
reached Teumen. From that town up
to Tomsk we were taken along with hun
dreds of common criminals in a barge.
We ran up the Ob. The prisoners called
our barge a poultry house, because it whs
covered with a solid iron net. The pris
oners were packed in 4he barge like her
rings in a box. We, the political pris
oners, were allowed to walk occasionally
on the deck. In this manner we jour
neyed 2,700 versts. From Tomsk to
Krasnoiarsk we traveled 500 versts on
the triokas, and from there to Irkutsk
we had to go by the etape system. One
thousand versts were thus journeyed in
two months. In our party there were
178 | ersons. There were robust men,
hearty women, babies and the aged. The
etape system is arranged in this way: All
thfi prisoners were nut into two lines.
Then followed wagons, with the women
and children and the prisoners' baggage.
Then followed two troikas of the noble
exiles, and three troikas of the political
criminals closed the procession. An
officer and thirty soldiers formed a kind
of chain around our party. Fiftcentniles
was u regular day's tramp. Then all
stopped in the prison for the night. After
two days of walking a day was allowed
for rest. The houses are divided into
four unequal parts, to wit, a large hall
for male prisoners, a family room,a room
for noblemen, and the guards' room. Of
cleanliness and comfort in any of the
rooms there was absolutely none.
Beside the officer and the soldiers two
men play an important role in the pris
oner's life. Each group of prisoners
elects from among themselves the eider,
who serves in the common interest, rep
resenting the others before the authori
ties, and keeping the prisoners' funds.
That elder is a kind of a guardian angc
to the prisoners. But then there is ai
angel of quite a different character
This is the tradesman who keepsastor
and a club for the prisoners. He is i
prisoner who outbid3 his competitors fo
his privilege. He keeps for sale tea
sugar, tobacco, cauales, cards, etc
Each prisoner receives ten copecks, o
five cents, each day. The officer turn
the money over to the older, who dis
tributes it among the prisoners. Oi
entering the etap house and boin<
counted over the prisoners are set free
Whereupon they make a lively rush
each one scrambling for :t good sleeping
place. He who gets a bed of plain board
is deemed lucky, and whoever secures i
place under such a bed is also contented
The remainder sleep on the tloor.
Before bedtime the prisoners make fire
in the yard and prepare their porridgi
and tea. This forms a unique scene
I Scores of woodpiles burn brightly in tin
j yard, and around each the prisoner
swarm, adjusting their iron tea kettle
and stirring porridge. Here and then
' men are taking off their worn-out boots
' fVinir font nnrl f?x:iminin?
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their chains, which often causi
bad sores. Some of the pris
oners deftly remove their irons alto
get her, and others, assisted by special
ists, try to smoothe the leij riugs o
even to stretch them so much that th<
foot will easily pass through. Here ar<
j two men ready to light, and there is i
, group cautiously whispering, discussing
j some conspiracy. Presently a song
I "Down the mother Volga," is heard
A young prisoner possessing a mclodioui
and strong voice pours his very soul intc
that famous Russian ballad. The pris
oners' camp is hushed at once. Every
body drinks in that melody, and happj
( reiniuiscences of the past, of wives, sis
tcrs. sweethearts, mothers, companion;
and children, chase one another through
! these saddening minds. Some of th<
men, though rough looking, show tear
dampened eyes. It is a sacred moment.
Even the cruard, sent to order the pris
oners to bed, stops as if petrified, his
j heart melted by the familiar air.
Many of them do not care to sleep.
Here and there they light candles and
play cards. But the tradesman's cornei
is the liveliest spot. There piles of cop
pers constantly appear on the table and
as rapidly disappear. The prisoner;
play for cash, and occasionally the
tradesman advances a few copecks,
under the guarantee that he will gel
j the prisoner's share next day. Some
times the play is for the "government
| things," that is to sav, the prison
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ciotnes are juiwuuu, <iuu >uc
man sacrifices his necessities to his pas
; sion. The further wc went into Siberi:
the hariler it was to move on. The met
grew tired, ami many fell sick. Bread
was dear, and the "hunger typhus" wa:
spreading in our party. As th etiip hos
| ]>itals were far apart, we were compelled
! to carry o;ir sick aud dying patients,
j Now there were stranger scenes in tin.
I resting places. In one corner men gam
: bled, in another a story teller provoked
: paroxysms of laughter; here was heard :
j merry song, and there came forth the las)
groans of a dying man. But it was onlj
the world on a miniature scale.
On the route wc often met with runa
ways. The guards did not bother witl
them Sometimes conversations wen
heid between the runaways and th<
prisoners.
"Hullo, Ivan, you are again in the reg
I ulars!" a runaway would remark,
i "Halloo. Semen! are you not satisfied
, with free board?" a prisoner retorts.
"I say, Semen, you arc a gond running
horse," puts in a jester, "yet you will noi
escape his majesty's s ables."
The condition of the political prisoner!
was far better than that of the c. pital
criminals. The political prisoners gol
fifteen copecks per day, rode in wagons,
i and had a separate room for themselves,
j It was the government order that the po
i litical prisoners should be kept quit<
apart from the others. But on the jour
j uey that order could not always be exe
! cuted. Every evening in the houses tht
prisoners of all grades came together. Ii
is a common practice for 5 lie prisoners t(
exchange sentences. A man condemned
| to settlement, assumes for some paymeni
j the name and fate of his fellow sentenced
I to hard labor for a long period. I en
gaged an exile, a robber, to assume mj
role for a pair of hunter's boots, a llanne
shirt, and eight roubles (,?4). I am tolc
that in our party twenty exchangestool<
j)lace. Yet the guards and the uuthori
ties knew nothing about it. As a rule,
I the prisoners do not betray one another,
| My new role and that of my substitut*
were bothersome. I was a medical stu
i dent, a political criminal, and a noble
man; and he was a peasant, hardly abl<
to sign his name. But if I could drai
his irons, he, too, could support my rep
utation. Once our officer was taken ill
and as ho knew that one of the prisoner;
! of his command had studied medi< inc.
: he called upon me, that is. upon my -sub
! stitute, to tieat hint. My substitute die
it wed.
Toward the end of October we rea .diet
the city of Irkutsk, where the prisoner;
ar?> usually classified. Those conu>* line*,
i to settlement a' e sent to their new 1 omc
i and those condemned to .hard labor an
distributed among various mines. M;
substitute and I passed ih?- final evami
! nation, and ea< h welit his own way neve
i to meet again.
On the second day we cxil"?, t-r set
| tiers, vere turned pier to thr .
i ihoritifs. AVe were'Va< frC(:- v
companions wont to ?. liqrn.r sti re t'> !c
brute the happy event ! re>oIved U
make the best possib.e u-e of my free
riom by rummisj nwa- >iivria
li nl sold some of my *. "ul;.- ;:nd realize.
; about scvetity-rivp v. i.i -ii money J
lieiermined lutiat support m durinif ;
week. I hail to travel 110 miles t< n.-aci
the residence of a trusted friend. J'r >iil
i??y l?y the kssms of old nnaw s, J
made mv way sun wfully.*though th<
i gendarmes were alter mu. li wua i:i N
vember. Snow cohered the ground
. Whenever 1 h'd mysei* in any bnshes j
reached them by walking back>va.-.l in'c
them, t.rid thus, peril:*! s. I 'nt.iied m\
persecutor. -My Iriend .-ciO'i'ti un: x,
his country place for two months.
On the etape road I made the acquain
tance of many old runaways, who gav<
me the knowledge needed for becoming
a successful tramp In Siberia there art
about thirty thousand runaways tramp
ing, as the sun does, westward to Rus
sia. The villagers treat them well a:
: long as they do not injure property 01
otherwise misbchi. .e. Otherwise the}
hunt them like wild beasts. Yet, if ;i
runaway is badly handled by villager;
without just cause, the runaways pledge
themselves to have revenue. Incendi
arism is meted out for the whole village
: and death for the individuals. I air
told that in the Irkutsk province then
j was a native who made it his business tc
; hunt fugitives. " If you kill a squirrel,'
he used to say, " you earn only fifteen
copecks, but kill a runaway and you an
sure of earning fifty copecks at least, foi
his dress costs that sum." That brut(
1 was in turn killed by runaways.
A professional runaway, liclofl, whe
j for twenty-live years has tramped Siberu
eastward and westward from the Ura
| mountains to the island of Sairhalien,
| told nie that for many years it was iin
possible to escape from Saghalien, l>ecaus<
the Guilaks. the natives, used to kil
every fugitive they saw. At last a party
of runaways, thirty strong and well
armed, banded together for their freedom
| and revenge. They ransacked severa
j Guilak settlements and killed everybody
| in them. After that the Guilaks ceased
I to hunt runaways.
When my health was restored I startec
j back to Itussia in the most dignilicci
| manner. I went by the official posl
road, changing one troika after another,
j My pass was all right, except that it be
longed to a retired officer recently dead
In .May, 1881, I reached Geneva.?Areu
York Sun.
i Wlmt lie Could Make.
' Well. I can't make anything here, it
seems,1' said a peddler, who had dropped
into Crimsonbeak's office the other dav
to demc.istrate to him the importance oi
buying some of his goods.
"Yes, you can," replied Crimsonbeak,
glancing in the direction of the door.
'What?"
"You can make your exit."?States
man.
The school-teachers of Vermont an
prohibited by law from using tobacco ii
uny form.
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I FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD,
i
Have Clean Stables*
e There is possibly no more repulsive
II sight than a dirty cow stable, and one
r , in which dairy cattle are housed is es
' peciallv offensive. It has been denion
strated that cows neglected in this re
r spect fail to yield a perfect flow of
3 milk, and it is reasonable to suppose
that such is the case. The richest of
1 food may be given them,but if their cou
' dition in the stall be neglected thev will
' not thrive. The foul odor of a filthy
' stable must necessarily permeate not only
' the animal's hide, but it has been proven
s that the meat of stall fed steers fattened
under these circumstances is unwhole
some; moreover, the milk, even during
i the period of milking, is liable to ab
? sorb the filthy emanations from such
L" stables and to become absolutely poison
ous. It would seem, therefore, reason
3 able that owners and dealers in cattle
s and milk should appreciate the import
anec of cleanliness ana its relation to |
health, even as a source of profit.?The
' Sanitarian.
2 ' _ We '(In.
The Country Gentleman publishes some j
good suggestions on this subject. Pro- j
r fessor Beal is first quoted in some experi- j
, mmts made in killing weeds, "beginning I
j in a garden and carefully removing all '
I the weeds, not allowing them to go to
r seed, hoeing and cultivating, and, if a j
' weed escapes, digging it up and carrying i
' , it oil. The resuit was the weeds de-1
j! creased in two or three years so that in i
) passing over a small tract he could pick !
up all the weeds and carry them off with j
. one hand."
. I It is urged that the work of extermi- j
[ 1 nating weeds is not thoroughly done; a i
5 summer fallow is allowed to become I
t , weedy before it is plowed again. It is
, held "that the removal of one weed this I
year that will produce a thousand ger- |
| manating seeds is easier than to remove a I
| thousand weeds next year. The late !
, William Rcid,of New Jersey,had a thirty
five acre nursery of surpassing neatness, 1
; with not a weed to be seen. In reply to '
[ i the question how he destroyed them he '
. answered: "I do not have to destroy!
i thcra; I do not allow them to enter."
[ Regarding the matter of thorough
5 ness in the removal of weeds, we can cite
ji the following bit of experience: The
weeds between three or four long rows of
[ sweet com hud been "killed" with the
hoe; but before removal a rain storm c;ime
5; on and two days passed before the work
! i was resumed. Then it was found that a
t large per centngc of the weeds had taken
. root again, and were as fresh and green
i as those in other rows that hud not been
t touched.
A Sure, Safe mid ('lt?:ip Insecticide.
I The experiments with kerosene of
I scientists and others have at length re
sulted in a sure, safe and cheap insecti
: : cide in form of the kerosene emulsion.
This emulsion is made by mixing kero
[ scne oil with milk, sweet or sour, and
t churning or stirring violently until an
t i emulsion is formed. This resembles
' milk ia appearance, and is applied witu
a force-pump or syringe.
j Professor A. J. Cook, in his experi
i raents used one part of kerosene oil to
3 five parts of milk without injury to the
3 j plants, but destruction to all plant lice,
cabbage larva;, squash bugs. etc. H. S.
.j Hubbard, of the department of agricul
I ture, who has employed the kerosene
[ emulsion successfully for the destruction
of scale insects and their eirgs, mixes the
r oil and milk in the proportion of two i
> parts oil and one of hot milk churned un
til an emulsion is formed, which must be
j diluted with water when used. One pint
I of the emulsion is diluted in two gallons
I j of water.
This kerosene emulsion will in future
| largely take the place ef the whale-oil- j
. soap applications, being equally eflica
?| cious and much cheaper. Headers who
. try the emulsion for the first time ought
. to be careful when applying it to tender
> foliage not to have it too strong. The
t proportions given by the authorities men
> i tioncd will lie found safe in all ordinary
I cases.?New York W'orH.
[ Weill!nig IMgs.
I The litter that has been brought up
rj to weaning time on the generous diet
I before recommended will be in con
1 dition to assimilate enough food, with- ;
( out the mother's milk, to prevent the .
- universal check in growth that comes to 1
i the caif and colt and average pig after ;
. weaning.
} If the sow is to raise two litters a year. :
- the litter may profitably suck eight
weeks; but if she is to have but one lit-:
3 ter a year, then she can be at 110 better !
; business than furnishing milk and com- ;
fort to her young a month longer. She1
, should be generously fed, that her |
i strength and milk supply be kept up as
. fui as possible. gnnrl stickler0 be-1
- come thin and weak ;tl?er a strong litter
I has drained ihetp forTwo jjiontlr*. "We
have often found thai it a t
i be added to the stop of ih? brood sow
i she .vould cat wit-Ii greater relish; and
I the adddiou of the milk not only inak>'S
, a more pulalabie i.itiou, but a mote di
gestiblc: diet. Jf?-re is one of 11n* secrets
ii! ecou^aiical use of milk. It .-o com
pletes h ration of corn, outs aud mil I
" feed as 10 in.ike a Isrger per <rnt. of the
J'e-.ti digest. Hence tin* feeding value of
- milk greater than its analysis would
indicate. As a yen'-ral rule it pay? hot
ter to feed TIn- milk to the pig- than to '
tli<; sow, yui in the; case ?>i' tinging >tp
> iv-tite or strength of t!ie sow a share cf
it, e:di be out to no better use than 10
> keep her up in digestion and appetite
I At such tiin< s condiineiu> arid tonics ami
I eondiMi'U |- ?wdeis :u<- 'is'iuily rcimu
1 mended, but They are of uouliifnl valiu'.
i *;u0 ure casilv used t<> il?> in jury of i!ir
stomach. The watchful feder notices
I the condition of his stuck. and gauges
- the amount, and variety of ford to si it
their conditions.
When we are feeding young pigs to
secuiethe ureatcst growth by t<-*!i or
' twelve months, or the calf and stct-r ><
' be a ripe beef b* two years, far n.";-<! iti
I telligcnt e as.J i!-' vil! b? needed than
in the old style ol stow gio.vlh.
The j>igs that are to be weaned at eight
i weeks or twelve weeks must have been
C fed so as to have strength of stomach to
! , enable themtofceep growing without the
i stimulus of the mother's milk. For her
j safety she should be put on dry feed a
> week before separation from the litter, ,
and gradually dried oil as to her milk.
' The pigs are thus gradually brought to
II the new diet, and the sow dried oil', so
i she and they are prepared for the change.
' She should be put out of sight and hear
ing of her nigs, and led grain long
- enough to start her thriving, and then
i ! go to grass or clover for the season, and
' do without any grain until November,
i when she should be fed lightly with
' rrrnin firrflin tn rmfc hnr ill stl'ftnirlls for
11 breeding.
! i The pigs are prepared for soaked corn j
f! and slop made of mill-feed and oil-cake j
', meal in slop made of mill-feed and oil
| cake meal in such quantity as they will '
'. eat up clean within fifteen minutes, and
' i take it three times a day. They should
I have a grass lot or clover lield to run in.
i | So important is grass as a part of a pig's
I diet, that if one cannot have grass lots
or clover fields, by all means sow clover
I ! near the pig house, that it may be cut.
' j and thrown to the pigs twice a day. Wr
I cannot afford to raise pigs on corn and ;
i meal alone; first, because we cannot i
I keep them in as robust health without j
the grass; second, because with the grass
or.clover added to the ration, a larger
i per cent, of the grain is digested, and ;
I! more pounds of pork can be made from j
I each bushel 01 grain fed. ?L. jV. B., in !
- Farm and Fireside.
Effow to Kiitac Calvea.
j It either pays to raise calves, says the !
i Western Rural, or else our live stock
i business is not as productive of the ag- 1
gregate profits as wcare wjnt to claim, i
; If a calf cannot be raised at a profit?
[ i which some claim?tncn somebody is
losing, for somebody must raise the
calves. That it is profitable is well
enough attested by those who practice
it. Men who are close ligurers in their j
business find the raising of calves sulli-1
ciently profitable to make it satisfactory.
Where an opposite opinion prevails there
are two reasons for it; either the milk is
| esteemed so valuable?a part of the too
3 j common short-sighted policy which looks
i wholly to immediate gains?that the
I owner of the cow can not even as much
as permit the few days during -whichit is 1 ]
absolutely unfit for human food to pass ,
without using it, or else there is an utter ;
m-glect to consider the value of the calf &
at all. The young animal in either case 1
is considered rather a burden than other- '
wise, and one tint is to be got rid ol 1
just as soon as the butcher will buy it.
It may be well questioned if it
is an established fact that the practice of
taking the calf from the cow, even for 1 t
the purpose of making butter and chnese, 1
is profitable at all. It is certain that
there is a steady and remunerative de- '
mand for milch cows. Nothing sells more n
readily than a good milch cow. It would j "
seem to be policy, therefore, toraisetliem, n
and the safest way to do so is upon the 6
mother's milk. They may be raised by s
hand and come 011! all right, but there j d
are defined dangers to threaten success.
N'ow, one good cow will suckle two calves | g
if she has good pasture, and weaning the
calves at three or four months old she 1 f
will not only likely make the raising of t
the two calves perfectly successful, but 8
she will then have a long lime before her ;
during which her milk can be used for j
of her purposes. There is no other food !*
that can perfectly take the place of milk j y
..o fV??rl fr>r tin. cnlf Tf fOnt-lillS lllSt i C
what the system needs. Still wc do not ! F
suppose that anything we might say J c
would induce those who are in the habit ! v
of substituting other foods for the milk , I
to change their practice, and we do not ; t
\. sh to say anything to produce such re- ; ^
suit. We have only called attention to i o
the doubt tlint may reasonably exist as to I s
the protit of taking I lie calf away from I f
the cow. Of course, we recognize P
the fact that milk is the most cxpen- j v
sive food, and Ave arc free to j
admit that our opinion is that it I
is more profitable to raise the calf on ; c
artificial food. Our practice is to let the j o
calf run with the cow for about ten days o
and then put it upon skimmed milk, j r<
which in a short time may be fed alter- | h
nately with other suitable food. Crushed I p
or ?round oats are the best food next to j ft
miik, and if, when feeding the skimmed i h
miik, it be scalded, and some oatmeal, | a
added, it will be excellent. And if the w
calT is taken from the cow at once give j
it a handful of salt?which acts as a : n
purgative to cleanse the stomach, an j
office which the lirst milk of the cow j f'
lierforms?rcncalimr the administration ; E
of salt for several days, and prepare its , r;
food by boiling a pint of flaxseed in five fi
quarts of water, weakening it with hay I 1
tea uutil it is nearly as thin as milk. ; h
Feed at the temperature of milk when b
drawn from the udder. Indian meal, : tl
barley, rye and oatmeal can be added ^
as the calves become older. In all arti- i c
licial feedin't: the effect upon the bowels t<
must be carefully watched and any bad | c
clTects immediately counteracted. It j
should be allowed access to good, sweet, o
short pasture as soon as it will eat it. ! tl
It is important that in hand feeding it a
should have something beside skim i 1
milk. Such milk is not perfect, and ! a
consequently it is not a complete food; j o
and the calf should not be fed exclusive- | tl
ly upon milk even directly from the cow, p
for milk alone does not properly distend j si
the stomach.
v
Household I(ori[)(!N mul Hints.
A very nice way to cook veal cutlets is i
to dip them in o a well-beaten egg, then o
cover them with tine cracker crumbs;, ti
melt some butter and lard in the frying ' k
pan, and cook the cutlets slowly in it; j ii
season with pepper and salt, and serve i tl
with currant, catsup, or jelly. J c
To make grape catsup take five pounds A
of grapes, boil and press through colan- '
der; two and a half pounds of sugar, a
one pint of vinegar, one tablespoonful P
each of cinnamon, cloves, allspice and d
cayenne pepper, and half a tablespoonful C
of salt. Boil until the catsup is rather P
thick. 0
An authority on selecting meats says:
When selecting a tongue, choose one that ^
is hard and firm, and Tias fat on the under s
side; and that the best hams are tho c
medium-sized ones, with thin skin and j"1
solid fat. Mood bacon has a thin rind, .
with linn fat and tender lean. If lamb
is not fresh, the large vein in the neck r
will have a greenish tinge.
One of the necessities and luxuries t]
alio of the toilet table is a bottle of t]
water in which you put as much pow- | ?(
dercd borax as will dissolve; keep put- i j
ting it in until it begius to lau to tne ?
bottom and remains there. "When you, ^
take your bath, or simply wash your face
and hands, pour a little of this into the ^
washbowl; it softens the water and re- a
moves soil without making the skin v
rough. It is good to use also when you j
wash the children's hair, as much soap ,,
is universally condemned for that pur
pose. When you feel that cleanliness
demands soap a Jittlc pure Castile soap .
is recommended.
Batter pudding is made of four eggs, *'
the whites and yolks beaten separately, o
a quarter of a teaspoon ft d of sail. >i v or ^
eight, ounofiot" Hour, and a iitt;<- more u
than ? pi:it of sweet mi!k. 1 ut up r,
buttcrttl j.i.d- c
ding di<!i. Si I've u :sr sii ~~wTi il .?ril70&>
This may '? made as dire? ted ^
above, or >i. will r. ?. a- an excellent
foundation for .tli kind- of fruit pud tl
dings. If fruit iliat is fresh e.nd juicy is r
used, tlie bitter will not r?.*?jttire any C;
tliiuning. but m iy be made exactly like o
t'i<- -ibovu receipt; if otherwise add a o
little more tnilk. n
j d
I'oets and Horses. u
here have we to seek the model o' "
rhythm and lueasun: in music ?'' was the ^
Millinery for Horses.
It may be of intcres: to the ultra
fashionable whose languid eyes happen
to full upon these lines, says a sarcastic
exchange, to learn of the latest in milli
nery for horses. During a recent visit
to Portsmouth the Baroness Burdett
Coutts was much distressed at the ap
pearance of the cab horses 011 a stand in
front of her hotel windows, which were
seen during the wet and windy weather
for some inexplicable reason without
their bonnets and ulsters, and consequent
ly exposed to all the agonies of neuralgia
and bronohites. This state of affairs was
entirely too much for the sympathetic
heart of the tender baroness to endure.
Accordingly, after consulting (presum
ably with Mr. Baroness Coutts, although
the paper does not give the name) her
ladyship sent down a pared of nice,
warm hoods, appropriately trimmed, to
the Prince and Princess of Sa.xe Weimar,
who presented them to the greatly pleased
recipients. In fact, the princess went
so far as to personally tie on a dozen or
more ot the gracetiu hena-nrcsses, whicn
condescension was received with marked
approval by an juliiiirinic street crowd. I
The little half naked and scantily clad |
children of the people quite envied the
good' fortune of the quadrupeds, and
dreamed of a happy day when bare
headed and barefooted little girls and
bovs as well as horses shall receive such
grateful consideration (j-om kind-hearted
and benevolent ladies.?I'Jx.
It was Tennyson who invented the
head lino " Sweet Girl Graduates."
CHE ART OF TATTOOIXt
LZT EXPERT GIVES MUCH CTJBIOl
nrroRMAT oh-.
rhcllcn "Who Prarliee TtiMooins? in
Those Who I'ulronlze it?TJiv A
of ' Scrimpsclion."
11 You are an expert in the art of t;i
ooing?" asked a reporter of William .
?cvis at his studio in Philadelphia.
"I am so regarded," replied thenrtu
'The popularity of tattooing as i
dornment of the body is on the iwrt-a
'he time is not far distant ay hen eve
aan will have his name on his persi
nnwiwlim Tr is invnlniiiili' don't, \i
ee, in case of accidcnt, or for deaf ai
[urab people."
" The art will need many artists," su
jested the reporter.
"True; but where are they to con
rom? It is something that can't I
earned. It is a gift of nature. It can
o to me."
" Why can't it be learned?"
"That's more than I am able tn sa
attempted to teach several ambitio
oung fellows how to put the ink in.
;ave them a great deal of time ar
>atience, but it was tis-less. Tin
ouldn't learn. One of these studen
cas an excellent man with the penc
le drew well enough, but when he beg;
o work the sketch in he failed utterl
Lll large and complicated pictures a
outlined in pencil first, and on a larg
calc than they arc expected to appca
or the cuticle is stretched to the higlie
ossible tension during the enti
ork.1'
"Is it a painful operation?"'
"Quite so at first. Hut the flesh b
omes benumbed at the end of a <|uarti
f an hour. I have sixteen picccs of woi
n various parts of my body. The on
cally intcrestingamateur that I haveev
ad work at me was the young lady wl
ut her name on the fleshy part of 11
rm," saying which Mr. Tevis rolled i
is sleeve and exhibited, in dainty clia
ntnvo nf rtlrl V.nrrliuli vermilinn nnloiY
rith blue shading, the word ''Mamie.5
' In what country are the best worl
icn found?"
"Here in America; no other counti
urnishes such experts with the bod kit
Inglishmcn do not belong to an artist
ice. They only tattoo flags, leaves <
owers; they can't 'do' a good tigur
"he French don't do much. A flaj
lid on Hat, or a liberty cap is about the
est. It is in the Sandwich Islands tin
lie best artists are found outside <
.merica. The Kanakas use indigo an
iunabar, all vegetable matter. A shark
10th or a lish bone is used. They u
omplish wonderful results. The bone
jt in a stick, and then the tension is pi
n the flesh with their feet, as they be:
lie picture in, bit by bit. Snakes, fit
nd alligators are their strong point
'lie Japanese and Chinese are expert
ftcr a fashion. They draw only C'liines
r Japanese pictures, and generally pi
be name of the object under what the
ortray. Turks and Russians know al
olutely nothing about it, though l'i
sen sailors of both nationalities wl:
ere tattooed. It is an unknown prai
ice in Africa."
"How does the art migrate ?"
"The American sailors arc the nomac
f the profession. They go from po
3 port, and some of them are so we
nown that they have customers awai
lg their arrival in nearly every harbi
hey enter. Take the Spanish or It a m
ities for instance. There is always
oating population in those seaports, an
Jack' gathers m a good many pescti
nd silver sctidi. Jn the East Jnd
orts, especially JJoinbay, he is in trie:
emand among the Lascars and ligh
olorcd Hindoos. The latter arc vei
artial to vermilion?which is red o.\i<
f mercury, and therefore makes tl
esh very sore. Often the ' subject
ets quite ill from the effects on tl
ystem. There are only two colors th:
an be worked into the flesh?black an
2d. You don't know, perhaps, th:
lack India ink turns blue ? There is i:
.b i ( ! ot aii lntt'P'.irinjf paper reau at
ilie French academy of moral ami politi
cal ?! i> nee. Tlic different measures. ac
n Mil in if to an en ikm;i French ph)*iolo
iri.,!., may be :iscc taincd ftom the ambie,
trot. and gallon . ' .4 horse. and fioiu tho
liinuan pulse 'ii a norm, i condision.
From larusiira 'o hyLhm :are is but; a
s;cj. -iti Iict, it ? i iiI u stop that thev
are often confounded. Al. Lcveque's
rule for distinguishing the t\\oi3, tiio
more soul is put into miHc t!.e richer,
more impressive is the rhythm. The
more regularity is put into music, the
iiK.it; i? approaches tlie normal stale of
th'_- puis : i! ii?scs rhx'tiim ami gains
measure. And this one way ol'becoming
acquainted with rhythmicul mus c. Put
a naughty child to bed, it begins to cry.
Listen attentively to its respiration. Be
tween each third or fourth breath it will
sob out; even when it has fallen asleep
the sobs will continue for a while. The
regular breathing is interrupted, "grief
mingles a psychological element" with
the measure, and the measure becomes :
rhythm. The rule for gaining an exact
knowledge of measure is: .Mount ahorse, , ^
make it amble, trot, or gallop, and mark s<
the time. If M. Levetpu: be correct, the ' ^
best gift a poet can desire is a good
horse. Judging from some of our verse
their steeds?if steeds they have?are
limping, stumbling jades at best.?Pall
Mall (Jazdtc.
lue ink. it is a mvste/y which scicin
as never solved. The change in eol<
; due to some action of the l>loo<
oubtlcss. Another interesting fact
iat no two sticks of India ink produt
ae same color in the same flesh. It
qually true that one stick of ink pri
uce9 different shades of blue indifferei
ersons. If we take lampblack, or soo
r charcoal, or black lead from the pew
ou write with, and work it into tl
uman body, it reappears a dark bin
ot a black. Isn't it curious ? If (1:
ermilion is worked in heavily it leavi
raised welt on the tle>h. I use grei
lution about that, because it is an ev
ence of bad workmanship."
"Did you ever put a man's coat <
rms on his body ?"
"Yes, indeed. There is a young mn
bout here who has the seal of Virgin
n his breast. It covers his entire ches
nd required t.vo and a half hours 1
ork it under the skin. It is my maste
icce. There is nothing like it in th
ountry.
"There are other branches of the ar
re there nofT' ?
"Yes, I tattoo eggs fur Easier. I coli
tie ecfirs, and then carve away part of fl
olor on the shell, producing work Id
ameos. I have a great many reguli
rders for this kind of work. Onefaini!
n West Walnut street <;ives me a con
lission regularly every year for thri
o.:en egj-s to be delivered on Knst
joining. i boil the eggs very hard, col<
lem, engrave them and then heat the:
ith dry steam just before delivery.
? {. one dollar each for the eggs, an
nuid sell several hundred. L'iii I a
u only person 1 know who ha a han
;e:tdy enough tft c?rv<j an egg she!
Iven 1 break one out o! every (hrei
everai hours are required for each eg!
ud the price is quite low enough win:
ou remember the iu 'dents, for I he;
ere rally occur when tii work is; near]
nisiicd. An egy is something that c.n
r.i hn I.nt turretlii'f < fliCf; snoiied IjV
; ? I - ; ?
nife-thrust, it becomes the pcnpa.-i!c <
iv oflice hoj" or ln.v assistant."
' AV iiat isscrimpsrhon?"
''1 was about to speak of that," in
worcd Mr. Tevis. " 'Scriinp>choii'
ti nit itself innre refined, more a
uisite than tattooing the bud\. ft
le art of engraving on ivory or shark
jeth. Pictures are traced with a vci
harp-pointed instrument aud the lin<
re colored. I have engraved severs
its of billiard balls in that way. Can
lg knife handles are also embellished i
ic same manner."
"What are the uses of tattooing?"'
"Many and various. Every man wli
as his name on him feels a new san.se (
jcurity from the morgue and the di;
acting-table. You have no idea, voun
jllow, the risks you run, wanderin
bout town alone as you do. Suppo
ou are sun-struck. "What is there abot
ou to identify you? Xothing. Vet
roll. Look at the Charley Ross case ?
"Did you ever receive an offer to ta
30 a child?"
"Yes, indeed. But the last one I d<
lined peremptorily. A man nnd \vif<
oth tattooed, wanted me lo put a 1<
f pictures on their brand new baby. ]
as only two weeks old, I believe. Hi
was unwilling to take the risk,
as not willing to lend myself to a
nposition on the public either, for
sarned that they wanted to exhib
lcmselves an.l the infant at a museun
he allegation was to lie boldly mad
lat the child had been born with tli
icttires on it. You see how no gentle
tan could be a party to the schenu
hat's a second reason why I declined.
England's Handsomest Man.
Mr. Edgar Vincent, the brother c
foward Vincent, the recently retire
tiief of the London detective depart
lent, is regarded as the handsome;
lan in England, lie is six feet thre
iches in height and of splendid prr
ortions. lie is also of remarkabl
!)ility,having carried everything befot
im in his university career, and bee
snt when only twenty-four, to fill tli
itHcult post of director of financc i
gypt. Gladys, Lady Lonsdale, th
jlebratcd beauty, to whom he is to b
edded, is equally tall as a womar
easuring six feet. The father of th
incents, Sir Frederick, is a clcrgynia
- * t e M- .1 - l /?i ?/.. .7 .1. I.
t tne cnurcn 01 angiiinu.?/ nu<iu,e<j>ni
retcs.
The grasshopper is becoming a bui
sn to certain parts of California,
r. NEWS SUMMARY, j
j-g Enwtcrn and Miilillc Slatem.
Ex-Govkknor John r. St. John* sent a <,
telegram l'rom Rochester, N. Y., near which K"
he had been addressing a camp-meeting, to tho
*'1 committee at Pittsburg, accepting the nomi-J
rt nation of the National Prohibition convention
for President. q
Ex-Govkrxor Walter Harriman, o' j L
\ New Hamnsliire, died n few days since a^ j
' " Warner, N. H., aged sixty-seven vears. He j
came out of the civil war a general, and was |
!t. elected governor in IN 17 and 1SB8.
ui Miss Mary C. Ai*ltkrs, the betrothed of j -j
C. Dr. Ossian Terbnrgh, who committed snicido !
rv at Pittsburg, Penn., a few weeks ago by : "
j taking pnissic acid, shot herself in Leechburg, I Sl
1 Penn., inflicting a fatal wound. 1
"j Tiik Iwiiler of a locomotive on tho Lehigh
Valley railroad near AVIiite Haven, Penn., ex- j,
ploded with terriffie elFevt. Jacob Hasscll,
ir. j engineer; John Armbruster, fireman; John "
3 ! Hassell, brakeman, son of the engineer, and e
It. S. Smith, a telegraph operator, were in- 0
' ( stantly killed. A freight train ran into tho j,
we ' wrecked locomotive, and thirty cars were do- v
ne troyed.
Fifty-one men of all nationalities, white t
i and black, were arrested near Pittsburg, a
,, Penn., and lodged in jail, charged with an b
outrageous assault on Lizzio Bradley, a young
woman of unsound mind, who had been en
ticed from her homo and was wandering
about the country when discovered by her as
sailant*.
The committee of notification appointed
by the national Democratic committee to
| inform Governor Cleveland of his nomination
iU i for President, waited u|Kin him in tho ex
y. ecutive mansion at Albany and discharged
re i its duty. Governor Cleveland in u speech
pj. ' accepted the nomination.
ir PeWoi.k & Swan, New York stock brokers,
! have failed through the thievish operations of
> one of their customers?IV. E. Scovil, a sten
rc ographer employed by Lord, Day & Lord,
lawyers. Scovif stole about $209,0s;0 worth of
Mr. Day's securities, substituted counterfeits
for the genuine ones, u>.d forged Mr. Day's
signat ure on the genuine sticks.
The committee of forty seven who had in*
formed Governor Cleveland of his nomination
j for President by tho national Democratic
convention performed a like duty toward
Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks, Democratic nom
inee for Vice-President, at the Grand
Union hotel," Saratoga, N. Y. The
ceremony was almost a repetition
! of that on the previous day in Albany. Col
onel Vilas made the address informing Mr.
j Hendricks of his nomination; Secretary Bell
read the official letter of notification, and Mr.
Hendricks responded in a short address ac
1 cepting the nomination.
South and Went.
| Victoh Er.oi (white), for the murder of
his wife, and Kerdrick Holland (colored), for
the murder of Hannah Glover, his reputed
wife, were banged from tho same gallows
simultaneously at New Orleans.
After 108 ballots ex-United States Senator
Thomas M. Norwood was nominated for Con
gress in the First Georgia district.
j Iowa's corn crop is estimated at300,000,000
! flia Kiinruch uuor 1/nnwn in that
c. j State.
| The toniadoos which wrought such havoc
! in various jiortions of Wisconsin, Dakota and
I Minnesota have been followed by hailstorms
lit I equally ns destructive to crops. Many
ill ; sheep, hogs and calves were killed, while
? j horses and cattle suffered severely. Many
' ! bridges were swept away, and flocks of sheep
s? killed. Hailstones as big as hen's eggs fell.
3G ; Near Tower City, Dakota, the damage was
if estimated at $100,000.
,y i Chop reports from Ohio, Indiana and Ken
jr tucky are to the effect that wheat is the best
' in quantity and quality that has been gathered
'c , in years. Corn has suffered from drought,
10 j but recent rains liave rescued it, and the
c. ' yield will be an average one.
i During a wrestling match between two
negroes at Plaquemine, La., ono threw the
, | other with such forco as to break his neck,
J9 killing him instantly.
1 j The Ohio Greenbackers, at their State con"
*' vention in Dayton, nominated a full ticket,
t- J headed by Peter Harrod for secretary of
ji state.
in Colonel J. S. Murphy, president of the
., j Mobile Life Insurance company, was shot and
'i ' killed at his residence near Mobile, by Iieuben
i Tripp. The shooting grew out of a dispute I
over land trespassing,anil Tripp was arrested, j
in i A steamship collide 1 with and sank the j
it _ propeller J. M. Oslwrnon Lake Superior. The
? J propeller's mate, a fireman,cook and Ave deck
bands were drowned.
r Seven horse thieves were found hanging to
le j trees at the mouth of the Musselshell river in
'< j Montana. Cowboys bad done the hanging.
: j A flood in the valley of Oeorgo's creek in
le the eastern part of West Virginia, swept
it away from twenty to tliirty houses at Bar
.i ton.a small mining town, and caused a loss of
. from tight to fifteen lives. !
! A fusion ticket of Republicans anil Green- | 1M
backers has been nominated in West Virginia (H
headed by Edwin Maxwell (Republican) for I
)i governor. Tin- remainder of the State ticket !
| , is made up of tl r?ie Republicans and three *1
, Greenbackers. j O,
,c During a severe thunder-storm lightning i tii
1 struck the farmhouse of Nathan Miller, near [?
1S Maryville, Kan., killing his four sleeping ' t,
> j daughters, aged seventeen, thirteen, nine and
)l seven respectively.
r | ni
j Washington. > vv
The President left Washington on the i
United States ship Dispatch for New York, j
He was accompanied by Mr. John Davis, f
'C assistant secretary of state; Miss Nellie j in
?'S Arthur, and Private Secretary Phillips. j u
it Prksident Arthur has apjiointed John ! si
j. ' G. Brady, of Alaska; George P. Ihrie, of , (
Pennsylvania, and Chester Seeber. of Cali.
, fornia, to be commissioners for the District of j
Alaska, to reside respectively at Sitka, Wran
gel and Ounalaska. 1/
;n . Internal revenue receipts during the pas* j ^
i;i fiscal year were $1-1,;V.I(),0 >!), a net decrease,
t, as compared with the preceding year, of
;o These sums are made up as fol
V.vs: Receipts from spirts (fruit and grain
f and other materials), including also
s s|x*<'ia! ta.T'f, $ri?,WI5,.'W5 an increase
; of $2,581},'110; tobacco tin all forms), j ?P
t { $:J0.0C-,3!fll, a decrease of $10,041,849; fer
' i mented liquors. an increase of
"" I orr ! taxes under laws now rcj>ealed, Ci
-)! I $243*15<;, and P?1*1' fo
j ties, $'iSy,l4-l, a derrease
!- ?. , * I 1(1
: JVysTAL receipts have decreased onlyawuf -
*2.0.10.000 flurintr the ixist fiscal year ill con- ot
|v sequence ot' the change of letter rates from
^ three cents to two cents. St
' j John E. Bryant has been appointed United th
States marshal for the district of Georgia, ia
;1 | placo of General Long.stivet. jjg
)! ; Judge Advocatk Gknku \i, Swain has th
in ' been suspended from duty pending his trial eo
] ' bv court martial, the charges against him
,1 Ixjiii^cbased on his transactions with a bank- q],
, ing firm and his connection with the duplica- Da
J tion of Colonel Morrow's pay at counts. J,,.
1 The total expense of th:; Groel.y relief ex- M
'* pedition is estimated at ab-nit *700,0 k). The
e. original estimate was ?500,001). Of the j.(,
r> mnouut expended, ?137,55:1 was for the pur- _j,
'n chase and repair of the steamer Hear, $'71,- Ji"
i'la for the purchase and repair of the ((?
Thetis. $350.0 "> for supplies. $35,OJ0 .i.,
i.V for bringing tlie ves.-*ds to New York, <XHJ
i- for instruments to be used in making observa
? tions, $l5,Hi5 for the repairsmade to the Alert,
( $*J 1,000 for the transport Loeh Garry. and dn
* jl.V'OO for coal. It is believed that in dispos- wj
ing of the ves?*ls the g"V?rmuent will secure "
an amount about equal to the sum paid for c?
). tllffll. A l/irj;o quantity Oi [111- piuvL-Muun la
suitable for navy uso, a?id will be turned over
to the service. to
CONtJRESSM W WlLMAM W. Cl'I.PKRTSO.V, fiP
representing the Ninth Kentrkuy district, w'
s while at his room in tho .National hotel at
y 1 "Washington, where ho had been stopping a r1'
j"s few days, attempted to commit suicide m
'i by shooting himself in tho heal with ,
a revolver. Tho weapon was fired lij
r~ five times,, hut only two of the shots took effect, tit
n the balls furrowing along tho skull without dii
1 breaking it, hut inflicting serious wounds, of
Excessive drinking is given as the cause of Mr. or
! Culbertson's attack upon himself. C'ulbertson N(
1 is a native of Pennsylvania, had lieen in the th
! Union army, and in the Kentucky legislature: ]
s- was once mayor of Ashland, Ivy., and had ge(
g been a delegate to tho last three Republican
n i national conventions. 'j;,.
.y The surgeon-general of the marine hospital , thi
. ' service, having received information that tlie Bi
11 yellow fever is spreading in Sonora, Mexico, qu
V j has instructed the inspector at Nogales, Ari- tn<
" i zona, to use extra vigilance to prevent its in- wi
troduction into the United States. ye
Treasury figures show a shrinkage of the
currency in circulation during the seven
i months prior to July 1, amounting to about
*' 132,000,000.
[t Foreign. 1
it Vi'
T ! A LARGE number of persons have left Paris (
1 ' on account of the cholera scare. American
n and British tourists give the city a wide berth. i^r
I At Aries, France, tho panic is stated to be ;
jt "simply indescribable.' Tile numerous fun
erals there haTo Ih'ou conducted by drunken n.?.
men; carpenters refused to make coflins, and ,ia
0 nearly nil the butchers and bakers have fled arj
if j from the place.
- . Vri ?T v nil Mm houses in Massowah on the , ^
Red sua have been destroyed by nil tarth-1
quuke. The panic-stricken jteople fled to tho I j .
j interior. ; jj *
China is to pay France 000 asindem- |
uity for the recent attack of Chinese forces ,
upon u body of French troops in Tonquin.
>f Twenty persons were drowned by the cap- r}1(
(1 i sizing of a passenger steamer on tho Volga an
I river in Russia. ag<
.? | England's hop crop this year is pronounced cot
' a failure. I rai
0 1 | 1"
: A meeting of the emperors of Germany 1 K'J
i and Austria and the czar of Russia is about
0 ; to take plaeo at Alexandrof, Russia. |
e : Henry M. Stanley, the African explorer, J
n i has returned to England from Africa. Pa
e I A disastrous fire has occurreil at Marash,
n a town of Asia Minor. One thousand shops, .,
e j two hundred houses, four hotels, three ?
mosques and tho municipal palace were do
stroyud. j gj
' | Up to the lstinst. about 2,300 deaths from thi
" cholera had occurred in France. t,w
11 j A MOli in Rome, Italy, pursued a burglar j sei
" j in woman's clothes, caught him and hanged j y?
j liiiu. t tit:
i In view of the threatened Asiatic cholera an
invasion tho national board of health has
directed its executive committee to fully in
vestigatoal! matters bearing on that subject, i m.'
on
STRICKEN BY CHOLERA.
Ipread of the Dreaded Pestilence
in France.
Symptom-; of the Disease and the
Number of Viotims,
A special correspondent of the New York
"hues who has been investigating the ravages
f the cholera in Franco cables from Mar
I'iljcs that it has spread from that city and
'onion to the smaller towns. lie says:
Nearly twenty-five places in the south of
"ranee?chiefly in the department of
lie Bouches du Rhone?are now afflict*
d with the pestilence and report from
lie to three deaths each day. In these vil
i^e.i, crowded as somo of them have been
i-itli niFiunuw an thnt. strnni'MS would find
t (lilllcult to got l<xlgings there for a night,
lie germs of disease brought from Toulon
.ml Jlar. eilles 1110 beginning to develop, and,
>y means of the water, to spread themselves
niong the natives.
Many of the isolated cases reported in this
c'gion as cholera are proved on more careful
summation and better knowledge to be only
ggravated cases of diarrhea. In both dis
uses the initial symptoms are the same,
lost cholera cases can bo cured
iy a largo dose of opium or laudanum, pro
ided they aro taken in hand early enough,
'lie trouble always is that, owing to th<
wiftness of the disease, when it is once
rell started there is little hope of re
overy, and it gets well started in a fear
ully short simce of time. Delays are,
herefore, fatally dangerous. It is diflicult
o establish a rule of treatment; as (lif
erent patients are handled differently, and
he variations of cases aro at times very
ride. Sometimes the second stage of the
isease, otherwise known as the cold stage,
otnes with great rapidity, and, even
f arrested, it comes again and again, until
ho patient is burned out in the alterna
ions. But in this stage much depend*
pon the temperament of the )<atient
,'ourage and hope are of great importance
--- i ?
mm. II lie CtUl uu ivcjib liurn Jiciuuiji W
espair the chances in his favor are trebled,
list as he may contract the disease the
lore easily from fear of it, sj ho may dio of
6 the more easily from fear. A fearful hearf
mkes a faint stomach. Consequently any
hing that tends to interfere with assimilation
i the worst thing possible for a patient suf
. ring from cholera
Of the total number of deaths in France
roni cholera this year probably the great
lajority died inside of nine hours aftei
liey were seized with their illness. Some
ave not died until after being sick a week
r more, but the majority of cases were set
led one way or the other within eight 01
jn hours. At the start there is diarrhea
nd vomiting; this usually lasts but a short
me; then follow the cramps and the icy
hills; and this stage has commonly been
eached by the time the patient has arrived
t the hospital. If the circulation can
len be restored and kept up by
10 uso of from ten to fifteen
rammes of acetate of ammonia, the same
uantity of alcohol, and by violent rub
ing, there is some chance of recovery,
uniffh the chauce is slight. But if the
rculation cannot bo kept up death is cer
tin to ensue. In the last stages some
atients are delirious while others enter
ifco a comatose condition; but the whole lat
>r part of the disease is generally a frightful
ling to behold. It is simply hellish torture.
Up to the present time there have been
1 Franco abjat 2,.'{00 deaths from the chol
ra. From this readers will probably see
lat the totals published from day to day
l ihe papers?at any rate, it is true of news
apers o>i this side of the ocean?have been |
nclerstatements. Cases which occur in the
irruunding villages and at points further
way are liable to be reported late, and thui
scape being included in the daily bulletins.
1,ATE It NEWS.
Governor Cleveland and ex-Governoi
endricks saw each other for the first time
lc other day at the executive mansion in Al
my.
Thomas Dickson, president of the Dele
are and Hudson Canal company, largely in
rested in railroad, coal and iron property,
id considered the largest owner of coal minei
the country, died a few days since at Mor
stown, N. J., aged sixty years. He left u
irtune of several millions.
John Caswell & Co., New York im
jrters of tens, have failed for about ?1, -
10,000.
An immense assemblage witnessed the un
iling of the soldiers' monument at Dayton,
liio. Senator Hawley, of Connecticut, was
le orator of the day, and Governor Hon dly
. B. Hayes, and Generals Sherman ami
osccrnns made addresses.
A secret conclave of socialists at Chom.
tz, Saxony, consisting of over 100 delegates,
as dispersed by the police.
Captain Newton, a passenger of the steam- i
Laxliam, which recently sunk after being
collision with the steamer Gijon, escaped
ith fifteen Spaniards and landed at Sluros,
lain. He reports that immediately after the
llision the captain of the Gijon shot himself.
[USICAL AND DRAMATIC.
Lofrx appears in New York September 15. .
Boucicault will play six months in Lon- (
n during 18K5-6.
Henrv Ahbey has signed an agreement to
iiduct Miss Mary Anderson's business for i
o next three years.
It is reported that C. D. Hess and W. T. |
irleton will" amalgamate their operatic
rcesfor the -oming season.
Emma Abbott has secured Delibes' opera,
[jikme," and will probably make it th? i
ening artfad>!on ?' ^t>r ftenS()n
Ok the four Par^3^h'atrf which roceive J
ate aid,two only?tho TlttVkrc >\a i
e Opera Comique?are really proo?^,ls' |
Seven companies will bo under the
;cment of Gustavo and Charles Fromaii, oip
e New York Madison Square theatre, the !
miner season.
Lawrence Barrett's representative de
es the story published in a Philadelphia
.per that he intends devoting himself to the
ganization of a theatre in this country after
r. living's plan.
V New York theatrical manager say? that !
receives on an average thirty or f>>rty j
xys a week throughout the en tiro your, j
iring t.hr?v? ytmrs ho has accepted hut rhive i
these,and neither of them luu, yet been pro- j
iced.
Handel, the great composer, was also a j
wit glutton. Hi would often order i
nn.-r for three. Ho would then ring for the I
liter and ask him, "Is de dinner rittyP j
.sir, it will Iw as soon as the company :
sues." Den bring it to me,"he would say, )
am de company."
A tha v'ELIN'G theatrical tronno played in a j
ivn in Texas the other day. Among the
i>c tutors were tweuty-two Mexicans, armed
t.h knivos and pistols, nine Chinann-fi.
euty-seven Americans,an 1 one fnI bloodu.
adoc Indian. There was a bigger "show''
the house than on the stage.
John C. Fbeund, editor of FrcuncVs Week
is at work on a new play in four acts, en
,led "The Race for Wealth." It will be pro
ved about September 15, under the auspices
a distinguished member of the dramatic 1
ofession. The scene of the play is laid in ,
iw York, and the action deals with events
at havo lately transpired. '
Mary Anderson will open her London
is on in the Lyceum theatre in Septamber,
lying in W. ?S. Gilbert's "Comedy and t
agedy," and "Pygmalion and Galatea." In |
s fall she will play in Edinburgh, Glasgow, (
rmingham, Liverpool anil Dublin. Subse- |
ently she will return to this country under
i management of Mr. Heury E. Abbey,ami
11 open in iS'ew York in October of next
' 1
I
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
viN(? John, of Abyssinia, has sent Queen '
L-toria an elephaut as a token of amity. 1
Commander AV. S. Scht.ey, the rescuer !
Lieutenant Greely and his party, was for
ee years lighthouse insjiector at Boston.
jE.vkral Robert Toombs, of Georgia, is
iv seventy-four yeai-s of age, stoojts con
erably, and has an infirm walk and a cat
ict growing in one eye.
?x-Governor St. John, of Kansas, is de'
ilied as having the appearance of a well-to
business man. Ho has sharp eyes, sur
innted by heavy brows, and his broad,
;h forehead is partly covered by clustering
ht brown h:iir. He is of medium size, and
firm-set mouth betokens eiurgy and de
ion.
Dr. Robert Koch, the discoverer of tho
)lera bacillus, is now forty-one years old,
11 took his degree of M. l). eighteen years
3. Ho is a native of tho Hart/. Mountain
mtry, and has reached his present high
IK filler in:iu> yvam ui i?>? ui ij um? an u^,
ng for bare existence. lit? is henceforth 10
the position of professor of hygiene at
rlin.
k table showing the length of servico in
rliament of the most eminent English stutcs
;n now living contains the following figures:
\ Gladstone, fifty-one years; Lord Gran
le, forty-seven years; Lord Johu Manners,
ty years; the Duko of Argyll and Lord
mberloy, each thirty-seven years; Lord
irby, thirty-six years; Lord Salisbury,
rty-0110 years; Sir Stafford NorthcoU*,
enty-eight years; Lord Hartington, twenty
fen years, and Mr. Childers, twenty-four
iuu Lord Granville has served tlu> longest
ne in ofllce, twenty-eight years one month,
d tho longest in the Cabinet, twenty-one
ars and two months. Mr. Gladstone has
en in ofllce twentv-two years and ten
jnths and in tho caSinet twenty years and
ae months.
CLEVELAND NOTIFIED,
Receiving Formal Notice of IIIi
!\ominalion from a Committee.
The notification committee appointed at th?
nationnl Democratic convention to inform
Governor Cleveland of his nomination foi
President discharged its duties in th?
crowded drawing room of the executive
mansion at Albany. The national Democrat
ic committee was also present, together with
numerous well-known Democrats. At eacl
side of the fireplace were the ladies of the
household, Mrs. Hoyt and Miss Cleveland,
tho Governor's sisters, the Misses Ha a
tings, his neices, Mrs. I'olsom (wife ol
his former law partner) and daughter,
UI.U WIS. JylllUOUt, \VilU Ul LUC gov
ernor's secretary. All were hand
somely attired. Among the throng wen
Samuel J. Randall, Governor Waller, of Con
necticut; Senator Ransom, of North Caro
lina: Hon. Perry Belmont, Senator Jonas, oi
Louisiana; B. B. Smalley, of Vermont; Sen
ator Murphy, of New York: S. Corning Judd,
of Illinois; "Senator Gorman, of Maryland,
Hon. Ernst us Corning, Judge Amasa Parker.
Hon. William F. Vilas, oi Wisconsin, and
others. While the committeo awaited the
governor's appearance the band outside played
patriotic airs.
Governor Cleveland came into the room al
4 o'clock. He was dressed as usual in a blacfc
frock coat, with high standing white collai
and broad, black necktie. He stood with hii
back to the mantelpiece, facing his visitors,
Mr. William Vilas, permanent chairman ol
the Democratic convention at once stepped
a pace or two in advance of his fellows
anil read an address to the gov
ernor, after which the committee's
address, formally tendering him tho Demo
cratic nomination for President, was read bj
Colonel Bell, of Missouri, secretary of th?
committee. Tho address, which was hand
somely engrossed in a book, bound in Russiai
leather, was then presented to Governoi
Cleveland, whosaid to tho committee: "Youi
formal announcement does not, of course,
convey to me the first information of the re
suit of the convention lately held by the De
mocracy of the nation,and yetwhen, as Ilistei
to your message, I see about me representa
tives from all parts of the land of the greal
ijarl v which, claiming to be the party of th?
people, asks them to intrust to it the admin
istration of their government, and when J
consider under the influence of the sterr
reiiity, which the present surroundings
create, that I have been chosen to represent
the plans, purposes, and the policy of the
Democratic party,I am profoundly impressed
by the solemnity of the occasion and by the
responsibility of my position. Though 1
gratefully appreciate it, I do not at this mo
ment congratulate myself upon the distin
guished honor which has been conferred upon
me, because my mind is full of an anxioos de
sire to perform well the part which has been
assigned to me.
"Nor do I at this moment forget that the
rights and interests of more than fifty millions
ol ray fellow-citizens are involved in oui
efforts to gain Democratic supremacy. This
reflection presents to my mind the considera
tion which more than all others gives to the
action of my party in convention assembled
its most sober and serious aspect. The party
and its representatives which ask to be
intrusted at the hands of the people with
the keeping of all that concerns their wel
fare and their safety should only ask it
with thi full appreciation of the sacrednessof
the trust and with a firm resolve to adminis
ter it faithfully and well. I am a Democrat
because I believe that this truth lies at the
foundation of true Democracy. I have kept
the faith because I believe if rightly and
fairly administered and applied, Democratic
doctrines and measures will insure the hap
piness, contentment and prosperity of the peo
ple. If in the contest upon which we now
enter wo steadfastly hold to the under
lying principles of our party creed, and at
all times keep in view the people's
good, we shall be strong because we
are true to ourselves, and because the plain
and independent voters of the land will seek
by their suffrages to compass their release
from party tyranny where there should be
submission to the popular will, and their pro
tection from party corruption where there
should be devotion to thj people's interests.
These thoughts lend a consecration to our
cause, and we go forth not merely to gain a
partisan advantage, but pledged to give to
those who trust us the utmost
benefits of a pure and honest ad
ministration of national affairs. No
higher purpose or motive can stimulate us to
supreme eflort or urge us to continuous and
earnest labor and effective party organiza
tion. Let us not fail in this, and we may con
fidently hope to reap the full reward of patri
otic services well performed. I have thus
called to mind some simple truths, and trito
though they are, it seems to mo we do well to
dwell upon them at this time. I shall soon, I
hope, signify in the usual formal manner my
acceptance of the nomination which has beer
tendered to me. In the meantime I gladly
greet you all as co-workers in a noble cause."
There was a season of handshaking at the
close of the governor's sjieech. 'Ihen the
Klifliner doors were thrown ooen. revealing a
well-spread table in the tack parlor. A
welcome was given to all to refresh them
selves, an invitation which was generally
accepted. By 5:30 farewells were said and the
governor was left alone with his household.
The notification committee were subsequently
entertained by the Fort Orange club. In the
eveniug two ratification meetings wore held in
Albany, at which speeches were delivered by
Messrs. Kandali, Vllns, Waller and others, and
a telegram was read from Samuel J. Tilden
saying he cordially co-operated in the support
of the ticket.
INTERNAL REVENUE,
Receipts by State* l)nrinj the Last
Fiscal Year.
The United States commissioner of interna
revenue furnishes statements relating to tt.>
transactions of his bureau for the fiscal year
ended Juno 30, 18S4, and comparisons with
those of the preceding fiscal year. From these
it appears that the aggregate receipts for the
fiscal year was $121,590,039, a net increase, as
compared with the preceding year, of ?22,
903,305. These sums are made up as follows:
Receipts from spirits, (fruit and grain and
other materials) including also special taxes,
$70,905,iW>?an increase ot $2,536,b 10; tobacco,
(in all forms) $2o,0o2,399?a decrease of $16,
041,8-19; fermented liquors, $Is,054,951?an
increase of $1,1S4,33S; taxes under laws now
repealed, $248,150?a decrease of $10.1525,744;
{/trinities, $289,144?a dccrcrse of $16,G >9.
The following statement shows the aggre
eut<: receipts lrom internal revenue by States
^^Jciritorie^ daring the fiscal year ending
June oIh,
auk - V * 86,398 Missouri $ 3,473.808
Alabama * ^Jll Montana 126,263
""" fi? Nebru-ku
?ida
pshire.
Arizona.
Ar!v:lllr;t8
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Hnk?u
J'l-lsn.trc
Id J
;,i
91.
195,1)33, N. ilaT .
4'jf>,370 New Jcwe?
9,C-:i Srw Mexico...
New York.. ..
Nvrtl. u^illsa
3T9,71' i >|iio
Ilii.i- is ?3,S-.*o.4*i Pennsylvania..
Il.dl.ili8 R.'I.a,512 Iti'Oflf l.'!::Iid..
hum J.:r?.,4ir? 5=outh Carolina
K attoao . (jT,o5 ;, Tennessee
kenti.cky lS,r.:>3.17.' Tcsns
I.ou ."iaiu 5''0,!sf IH'ih
Maine 6<5..v.)9 Vermont
Maryland . \"tr?itiln
MnbRictHHt tifl . 2,i>9<;,M0 Washington...
Mlcni.'an l.-l'Ji.KSO'VV'cat Virginia.
Minnesota 4S3,??2 Wisconsin
Ml?gis?i|<pl 60,449, Wyoming
AN OCEAN CALAMITY.
flic Collision off t!)o Si>ani?(li Coast?
t:{0 I,ive* l.o?i.
The survivors of the British steamship Lax
nun, which collided with the Spanish steamey
jijon, near Corunna, Spain, report that on
.he evening of the collision there was
r? ti..? t orliom wns coint?
I Illicit lug. iUC 0 ?
ilow and both steamers were sounding
heir whistles. The Gijon struck the Lax
lam amidships and the latter was nearly cut
isunder. The funnel fell and the steam pipe
jurst. The chief engineer in reversing trie
>ngino was horribly s*aldod. Most ot the
L'\xInm's crew boarded the Gijon.
Captain Lothian tie.l his wife and child to
limsclf and all three were thus liaule I aboard
:he Gijon by a roj?e. The Lapham sank
wenty minutes after the collision. It was
lot long before the Gijon began to settle,
terrible confusion prevailed oh board. The
aptain stood with a revolver in his hand,
nit he was unable to keep order. Tho
Kissengers and crew wore fighting for
heir lives. The boats were loweredand filled
:o the gunwales,but they could not accommo
late half the people. '1 hose who were so for
unate as to secure places in them were
>bliged to keep oil: others with knives. The
Jijon sank bow first. The quarter-deck waa
rowded with men and women, the captain
ind ollicers standing on the bridge. It ises
imated that ono hundred and thirty persona
perished.
THE NATIONAL GAME.
Evkry lea;ue club has played at least om
'rrorless game this season.
Each club in the league has now defeated
ha ehanmions at least once this season.
Governor Cleveland, Dernocratic-nomi
ico fur President, was onco third baseman of
m amateur nine.
The American Association rule giving the
mtsman a base when hit by the pitcher is
vorking splendidly.
The fielding averages to date show that the
Providence club, as a whole, is the finest field
ng team in the national leagi^, and of courso
n the ontiro country.
The Bostons have succeeded in accomplish
ng a feat achieved by no other league club
;1iib season?playing two full games away
Tom home without an error of any kind,
J.tsas on balls, passed* balls and wild pitches.
An* enthusiastic druggist, who is also a pa
'1*011 of t.ho game, has made a very sensible
pn sent to the I-ouisvillo club. He has given
it a medicine chest containing lint, bandage3
md medicine. Now all they want is astretch
ir, a few pail's of crutches and a hospital of
iheir own.
The thirteenth week of the League champion
ship contest closed with the Boston niue still
in the \ an, the record of the different clubs
being as follows:
Clubs. Won. Lost. \ Clubs. Won. Lost.
lioston.. 4(1 20 I Chicago .31 32
I'rovidence 46 19 Cleveland 23 41
New York 39 20 | Philadelphia 20 46
Buffalo 36 211 Detroit 17 4T
The twelve clubs of the American associa
tion stood as follows at the end of the thir-?
Icenth week's play.
Clubs. (Ton. Lost. | Clubs. Won.
Metropolitan.41 IS | Baltimore....93
Louisville 40
Columbus ? 40
"inclnnati....39
St Louis 38
Athletic 34
19 | Biooklyn 24
IP Toledo 21
'/1 Al.e2lieny....80
2D I Indianapolis.. 16
28 I Washington..11
Lost,
tt
86
39
48
41
?T
The record of the Eastern league was as
follows:
Clubs. Won. Lost. | Clubs. Won. Lo<~
Active 24 20 | Monumental... 8 10
AJlentown 21 30 | Trenton 30 28
A
M
i
I
Atlantic o l \ Virginia -at iv
Domestic 2i 29 | Wilmington....43 15
llnrrisbnrj* 15 34 I York 1 5
Ironsides 19 20 |
The above table shows all the games played
by tho Association, including tliono of the
pfnbK disbanded.
STORIES OF "VAMPIRES."
AW OLD SUFESSTIIIOHr THAT IS MOT
YET SEAS.
The Literature ol Vampirlsui audits
Influence on European People?
Altered Doing* of Vampires.
The Chicago Inter-Ocean says: A phy
sician of local fame in an Eastern city
said to the writer, recently: "This is an
age of queer mental and bodily delusions,
despite its enlightenment. One of the odd
est cases that I ever saw I was called on
to treat the other day. A man came in to
complain that his ankles were wounded.
I found that the wounds were scratches,
and expressed my surprise taat he should
nave consuuea a pnysician "oout a mne.
Ho said he often found the skin of his
ankles broken in the same way on rising
from bed. I suggested that he smooth
the footboard, and not kick it so much
Then the real object of his visit came
out. What do you think it was? With
bated breath he whispered that he was
the victim of a vampire?not a vampire
bat. but a human vampire. Actually,
here was a sound, healthy, intelligent
man cowering from the effects of that
old superstition. He hinted to me that
he knew who the vampire was?a former
enemy now deceased. He had come to
me for a charm, or something else, to
exercise his terrible visitor. I tried to
laugh and chaff him out of the idea.
Whether I succeded I don't know. The
man went away much depressed, and
hasn't returned since. I ought to have
mentioned that he was a native of Hun
gary, and had imbibed vampirism in his
childhood's home."
This is one of the several instances
that have come under the writer's notice
to prove that the ancient and horrible
vampire belief is yet lingering upon
earth. Certainly no more extraordinary
or appal ing belief ever troubled men's
wits. * The very idea is startling. That
the dead returned from their graves to
prey on the fesh and blood of the, living
should have ever been believed by thou
sands of people sounds idcredible. But
it is a fact nevertheless.
The history of the vampire supersti
tion ranges over 2,000 years. It begins
>j$gt
with the Lamia or the tireeks, a Beauti
ful woman who enticed youths to her in
order to drink their blood. And it may
be said to end with the dawu of general
education about Beventy-five years ago.
At certain periods its believers have
numbered hundreds of thousands, per
haps millions of people, not of the un
lettered entirely, but included educated
and scientific men of France, Germany
and Italy. Fifty years ago the vampire
was a well-known figure in literature and
in the drama. The foremost poet in
England was credited with the author
ship of a popular play called the"Vam
Eire," and did not wholly deny it. A
undred years before this time vampires
and ghouls were the topic of interest in
the saions of Paris, that ranked with
Law and his schemes. At this period,
indeed, the superstition obtained the
greatest currency among educated people,
aud its literature is the richest. We.
learn from the memoirs of a court lady
at the time that vampirism was talked
at every soiree, and that its ardent
believers were nearly as many as those
who scoffed it. Among the former were
members of the army, the law, several
members of the academy, and numerous
scientific men. Physicians were divided.
They agreed there must be some found
ation for the vampire belief, and for the
wcre-wolf belief, which was closely al
' ied to it. Finally they gave the mono
mania which lay at the bottom of
all the vampire belief the name of
lycanthropy. Elaborate treatises wera
written for and against, and a host of
minor writers flung out books on the sub
ject. The principal of these were Raufffc
and Calmet. The latter's work is es
pecially rich in cases of vampires, many
of which are described by actual wit
nesses.
One of the best attested vampire stories
in (Jalrnet's work is that of 3Iarshal da
Retz. This was a noble, brave and
worthy man who lived in France in the
rei^n of Charles VII. lie was a soldier,
and after distinguishing himself in tha
wars retired to his country seat. Shortly
after be took up his residence the neigh
borhood became alarmed at the disap
pearance of many young children. Only
children under the age of seven disap
peared, and soon the number of dis
traded parents mourning their lost ones
was verv -rreat. No amount of vigila.^
could discover the
PwhTeh lis if were wallowed the children
up. Accident, however, directed sus
picion to tho noble de Retz. His castla
was wutclied bv desperate parents wha
lnd lost their little ono.s, and circum
stances multiplied to give the people
courage to accuse him of being at tha
bottom of the mystery. He was arrested
and placed on trial, charged with having
kidnappped over 100 children. He was
convicted and executed. Before he was
lea to the block, the inonsrer confessed that
i in three years he had killed 800 children,
' !lc was led to do it, he said, by an insa.
i tiab]r> desire to taste theii bloj'h Cahnel
| relates this story circum^ajtial!y;>>^?JiEg
though it is largely ej:agg'ir?ted l&Sftha
ueticves it is not a myth. Ho crtes da
Ketz's confession that he was led to com#
mit the horrible atrocities by an irresisti*
ble impulse as an evidence that there
must be a trait in humanity which leads
to vampirism, and which awakens from
its dormant state in individuals from
time to time. A case rather different from
the above was that of Jean Grenier, a
herdboy. In 1003 he was placed on trial
for attacking girls in the form of a wolf.
The girls themselves and their fathers
gravely and positively identified him,
and what was more singular, Grenief
himself admitted that their charge was
true. He declared that he had eaten
several of them. He produced what his
judges accepted as good evidence of his
assertions. It is presumed that he suf?
fered the penalty of being a vampire,
though Calmet omits to state what his
punishment was.
The most celebrated vampire case,
perhaps, and the latest, happened in
184!). In that year the cemeteries
of Paris were entered, graves
broken open, and corpses rudely tossed
upon the ground. The greatest alarm ?
was felt as the horrible depredations
continued. The strictest watch failed
to detect their author. .Physicians who
were called to examine the wounds and
mutilations inflicted on the corpses, de
clared the depredators could not be, as
was flrst supposed, resurrectionists. A
man-trap was set in Perc la Chaise, and a
heavy bomb concealcd beneath it. One
night the sentinels posted about the
cemetery heard the bomb explode. They
entered, but beyond a few drops of blood
and some fragments of military clothing
found no trace of the vampire.
Next day it became known that Ser
geant Herirand, a soldier, was danger
ously wounded. He was arrested. On
his court-martial, of which Colonel Man
sjIou was president, Bert rand confessed
I to having committed all the horrible vio
| latious of graves, but could not explain
why he did it. He was oonirouca uy a
great power, hi* said. Like de Rcttf,
tiiis man was frank, gay and gentle. lie
was sentenced to three months' imprison
ment, and a counsel of physicians dp
pointed to examine his mind.
St. Louis belles have organized a box
ing club.
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