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'vV-|| .limiMiM llirnn flllil in II II I , I II ?l MIIB.J1IW1 1MB??? ???H v|9 BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1886. VOLUME XXX. NO. mil ii inn n PMrancMHB?napcaagggrat I ? ! OREGON riOXEEiiS. jc T PRIVATIONS WHICH ACCOMPANIED ! THE TRIP ACROSS THE PLAINS. ! I " >V] How .Turtle Tolman ami "Wife Took a v. Bridal Tour of 2,000 Miles? L'.vin- with i f? i tho Cholera?Borrowing a Spau oi Mules?Meeting the Motlocs. sc 11] While seated before a cheerful firo, in the homo of Judge Tolinan, the other evening, I ' iaid to Airs. Tolnian who was seated near cj with some light work in her hand: i "in what year did yoti come to Oregon?" j C( Wo had b^on talking about the early days, i w and the Indiana' getting ready for the ceie- ; jj, brated Rogue lliver war. I jt "We came here in the summer of " j p ''You have several times m.'ntionod inci? ^ dents connected with your journey across a the country, and 1 should tn^oy hearing you jc ?-il ctnrv ? Sn t.ho llMlVO WOlllUn lOil tuv UUVlVOWViji _ ^ . "told it to me, and tiiis is alout what s.'io I said: ! p, "Our company. numbering sixty-five persons and sixt.-en wagons, Jeft Us^aloosa, y Iowa, on the -Jth of ApriJ, Mr. Tolmun and Qj I having been married but two days previ- j ^ oudy. So the journey was my wedding trip. The company was mainly organised ' at Ottumwa, liiteeu miles distant, where ?( Mr. Tolman had resided. By common con- 0] sent he was chosen to act- as its leader or \ captain. 1 a, \>?o sooner were our backs tur;:cd to the j, Missouri than begau the usual annoying at- > ?, r-ntions from thu .fawn e and Omaha In ciians, though they showed us uo hostility. j " The Pawnees wore a nation of incorrigible | p beggars, and at night they swarmed about 0J our tent as thick as mus.juitues in the hope v of obtaining the thing-, they so fervently | st coveted. After considerable such liiuueu- j v. vering on their part, ^lr. Tolnian saga- j n ciousiy hired their chiei to escort us boyond ; e, the bounds of the tribe. J "We wero now in a region where water to j., quench our thirst could sddo-.n bj procured jr except from the turbid 1'iat.e, and v.-h?re | 0] dry weeds, grass and buffalo chips were tho w Oiiiy fueL a he beat was intense. There | gi was no such thing as shade. | n( LUl'i'LE OK CUAiiAt TKKI.STrC IXCIDEXTS. | ' ( )ne day wo came upon a wagon drawn ! ^ out upon the roadsiue. From it a man's : a< voice iu .uired ii there were a physician in ! rr our company. I p, " 'Yes,* was the answer. j u u '"Will he not stop and see a woman who 0. is ill:' ho asked. r( "The doctor alighted and found a patient I ai in the last stages of cholera, the company to I Q! which the parlies bejonged had passed on j g, and left til m to fare as best they could, i Sj Further on wo observed a freshly-made ] V) grave which the rapacious coyotes had in- j vadt cL A number of human boues were i u scattered about, and 011 a narrow bit of 0 board near I ivad the name or' an iutimata lxiend of mine, who had precede1 us but a (i( lew days. jr "Jur train was well out from Fort Lara- n mie when there da.-hed up beside our car- a( riage a tall, well-Luat, broa '.-shouldered in a. a with jet-black eyes, a bpauish com- ^ plexion, and the air derperauo. lie was j. niounte.1 U] on a sm;:il iie .ijan burro, out 0j U1 ail pruiJUt'ClUU iu 1113 uuu Ciiuu- IY gether cue a most ludicrous ngure. Ad- | g, uro>sing my husband abruptly, ho said: ^ " "Looi: here, stranger, 1 sue you have two j p. mules following this train which you are . tl liot using. Is'o'.v, 1 want you to help me a take them to draw my wagon, which you ti saw bac;c hero by the roadside, to Yreka, (j C'aL, where 1 understand you are going, j An i m^re than that, 1 want to travel w.th f yoar train. And whoa wo get through, j my woman and i wiil just vacate tue< wagon, \ nand you wid be welcome to it, muies and j b all.' i m " 'Well, that sounds well., in a man I j tl never saw Lefore,' replied Jir. Toimun, | is looking ud muc h amused. 'I doubt if tnesa ! u mules will prove a very good purpose. | a They have never been broken. But i si Low do you happen to lind yourself in | is fiuc.i a ilx:-' I fi " "Well, you sco,'said tho fellow, 'I had j d two good mules when I left Texas. Ur, ! u rather, another man and I started with two ! t; teams and the one heavy wagon, but one j iiigbt he took the best team and lit out in p, the darkness, leaving me two little speei- 1 e; mens like this, and they are not strong I p enough to pull us through. But I can j w LtreaK your muies u you n just let me j sj have them. I haven't any money and can't ! u pay you for them, but you shall have my ! r? wagon.' J h 'Take them,' said ilr. To!man. Tho fel- ir low did, and upon our arrival in Yreka ' t! celivere I up bis wagon, saying he had no i ti further use for it. If AN ESCAPE FROM TOE MODOCS. ^ "Toward tne Jast of June ive entered the ^ -famous valley of the Sweetwater river and were greeted with a tine view of that his4/MM'M nliiu/if Tnilanandiin / a I?A/?L* ( 'HI* iv/i iw vwjvvvj i v\. a, v Ui |u i . ? press up the stream was between two lofty mountain ranges with majestic scenery all I ei around, "l-ro-ii that time on nothing exciti:ig lappen.-d unt:l we invaded the realms ; * of the Modoc Indians, who were now in a i particularly hostile frame ot' mind. A ; train prece iiug us having been attacked ^ and >omo of tho party murdered by the sav- i 11 ages, the people of fchasta county Califor- i ilia, quickly raised and sent out to meet us ^ n, comp any of mounted volunteers, who * formed our escort lor two days before ." reaching the Modoc territory. At the iui- j11 mediate entrance to Modoc lake the usual roads winds past a locality called Bloody j11 Point. Here tha band lay in wait lor us, ; v" concealed among tho tules, and watching , our descent of a rocky Hull", but a littlo dis- l< tant "Fortunately for us, however, our guides having discovered a short ''cut oil"' leading ' around tho lake opposite their lurking place, I conducted our train through that, and Sl brou ht u? out into a sweet vall -y, j ^ stretching away from tho lake, ere the In- \ C{ dians discovered that they were outwitted. ; 0 But now they started in pursuit, bo wo P Lalte 1, drew our wagons up in compact u order, and awaited a call from the warriors. C! They were much chagrined at our good gen- P eraiship, but protested to tue soldiers that u they simply wanted to learn where we were going. it( "IVe entered Yreka August 21, without ? the loss of a single animal on the way, h'av mg laiu over a wnuie uay at roib ijaraime, y and having made the quickest trip oil record )' up to that dat.'. Here we tarried tea days e' and then made the transit of the Siskiyou mountains, whk h in that day was no trilling expioit. The mon and women crossed on loot, while the wagons were let down the . precipitous .-ides of the bold ran^o by means *: of strong ropes wound around great trees, , and allowed to uncoil slowly as the wagons ^ descended. In that style wo entered south- ^ era Oregon, thirty-iour years ago."?Oregon 1 Cor. Cleveland Leader. ^ Origin of Our Word ''Sir." Our'"sir," a3 well as si^nor, n:onsieur, [j siro and senor have been traced to the Latin senior, an' an older one''?an elder. ;-ire, voiei, means, therot'oro, simply: "Look here, old man."?Cincinnati ?u t< quirer. Tho drum has been reintroduced iiifo ?:b u Eeiginu army, j ? I HARACTERS OF EAST TENNESSEE. | t . ho "Hull Tribe" 22 n Route for tho i West?Moonshine Whisky?Dart; Ways. | I v.*ent in the smoking car after boarding je train and saw the "Lull tribe." It comrisod men, women and children. They ere taking advantage oC the low passenger j ites to go west and lo- ate. Tiiey were the t.-MA nf n.q<t, 'i'imnoss^o humanity. 2d 1 wondered 1 y what means they had ! imped together ;ind saved enough to enoie them to go on so long a journey. -Most ' thorn were young men, and the tender ortion consisted of two women and tour aiidreu. T.ie womou ha I on strip.-d calieo Dunets, dresses o: the same material and j >lor and were chowing tue cuds ot' sticks, hich at intervals they dined in small tin ! axes lilied v.:th snuit*. Some of tin men ' loked too mucn lost to sit down; others had {covered their equilibrium and were eating age slices ol pork curved from whole hams ud pieces of corn dodger broken lrom the aves with which their soiled muslin "pokes" i ere Cited. At th.: little villages most of the male j Dnulat.o.i wore congregated a boat tho do-I ;>t and on the porches < ? the stores facing j io tracx. An atmosphere of general lack J incentive ani aim to accompiisu anything j jrvaded all thes > groups, thac is, if ttio ap?arauce of o ;ch individual ln.-mber was tho artrait of the inner man. I do noi, exagjratc, but speak from actual count, that j a an average four out of every live men at lese stations had his lianls iu his pockets, J ad from which, evidently, they wero soi- j 4- Tr it r*f\ !j 1 <1oV I JIH Ui iiv? 11, iC >? lis XiV/U U VVIU ViMJ I vuw j it, red-cheeki-d, good-natureil man, who ; Lid Lis hands otherwise occupied, and his ; cx-kets, to >, was a character worthy of ! orte Crayon's pencil. 1 hail never seen i :ie like him outside of Teun.'sseeor western orth Carolina. IIo had. on blue overalls ! u:led ia low boots; a slouch hat sot on the ' ack of his head, revealing tuliy his round, j ;d face; a blue and white checkered shirt j (posed by his uuluttoaed sack coat, out of ; io outsido pockets of which latter pro-j udjd the long necks of two suspicious-look- I ig bottles, lie ha 1 enough of the product. j f tin 'ilinnf, him rn lnifco on:1 think he as in "cahoots" with s iuj of tho mconiint.-i-s ol the fc'mokies, but ho liims.-lf couii I ot have I veil tak.-n lor one of that class. A great deal of this pure product tinds s way into tho villages on this side and | .toss tho mount tins, but so secretly is its I lanufacture carrie i oil that tiiero aro few j jr.soas outside t!ie Brotherhood of iiiock- I iers '.vho over saw the smoke of a stiil lire, j r much less tho Lark-covered, shelving ; ;of, the mul-plastered furnaco, tho bariv-1 j ad its worm, thj array of ,;u^s of ail sizes ! tid descriptions, tho dippers mudo of 1 oui'ds. and the coutle>s, lmg-hairjd, homs- j >un-ciad and lean-visuged mountaineers, j ho work by the light of tho moon. I might i >11 you how empty ^ugs, with silver corns j ndc-r their corn-cob stoppers, are by tneir | tvners set at night in d.-sigmite i plaC33 be- j. inr! vail fen.w ?: mi ifr fnrtnhoiKO win- ! 3\vs, to bo taken charge of again by tlura ; i the worniug well lilted, Lut nanus the j lonoy; of hew horses grazing in pastures ljo.niug dwellings are at night bridlo 1 by j ie -go between," and us.d by him to carry j iai and his two jugs in a bag to the still j i the laurel labyrinth a few miles distant; f how even at the still the "go botwecn's'' i icney is dropped on the ground at the .sugestion that "chestnuts fad lo the ground," > tiaat no 0113 knjwelh who picked up tlie I aymeut for the "moonshine''?and ail this 1 lat there bo no witnesses in court to swear way the liberty cf hint who mai.es or sells ie unlawful article.?Cor. fcjun Francisco hronicle. Solution of the Great Sccret. I have just received i'ae first news of th'j iost startling discovery yec made in this ranch of chemistry, which brings us ^arer to t!io sulution of the great secret iun almost all etae that Las preceded it. it i simply this, that thj ultimate cells of hich ail organic matter, vegetable and uiiual, is bui t up, i onUiins an alkaloidal lbslance caile.i adenine, wnich is tue eiiact umer of hyd:o:-yanic or prussic acid; and urther, that this sal stance is being prouced I y the normal deco.nposition of tlu uclei of these colas?a process which is coniiuous us long us life exists. 'ihis discovery show* that the ultimate articles or cells of the healthy body aro imaged in the ceaseless production of a ois><n of the mcsc tremendous energy, Lut hich, so long a< tno machinery of the ,-btL')'i is in perfect working order, is renered inert as fa^t as it is uroiuce t by ti.e taction of other chemical products of tiie calthy cellular system. There is nothing tore natural or rational than the deduction lat any derangement of this evenly counsrbalunced action and reaction should relit in the intoxication of the grand celluir a^ivgatu?tLi_> physi al body.?Dr. F. u James in Glo ^e-DcmocruU Chinese Junks on tJio Pacific Coast. There are a number of Chinese junks on | 13 Paciiic coast, and it will astonish east- j *n people to learn thac the freight carried 1 these Louts amounts in value to about ! ;,(.00,100 a year. They are engaged in tue | sbing trade on tho lagoons or tidal creeks ' hich run up into tho low, marshy lands ' 'i:ig along the shores. They make U9 ' iueh money in as s-hort a time as possible, j 11 I lui'll UivCti lu vumu. i luiii > uiiu^u ) tlvj extreme sou ill they aro busy all tho j ear rouixmagging tho waters oi tho bays j ith nets having meshes so small that 110th- j ig that swims can escape them; salmon fry, j linnows, young herring, shrimpy ami large : sh are all scooped in. Ibo larger lish aro i >ld at JO to 1-i cents per pouni in China>wn, San Krancis.o, while tho smaller ono.-., >gether with tho shrimp s, aro sent abroad. -Chicago Herald. Pe culiarities of a "a>L*n>eiit Man." I Jr. Hans Yirchow, of Berlin, recently lrpriscd his c.ass by introducing a hiaugou Mensc'u?a "Serp.nt .lian''?who in twist his anatoui}* in a thus far unheard f fashion, 'ihe leilow can turn the u; p-T art oi' his body completely around, whilo | is lower halt remains seated unmoved. Ho .... i i _ i in turn m-i neeK n;;o a crane, ana cas a eculiar knack of inverting his elbow-joint y lending hid arm sideways, and even ackward. All those phenomena tiio due- ; >r explained us a peculiar Iocsj jointedno-.s j f tho Louy i'ramo, end <;Uoti-d a passage cm "liarunnn's Anti jui'.ius" to tho e.ieet u:it in th j time of t.io La-sars a family of | uglcrs surprised the lloman public by von more surpriiing ieats.?L>r. relix L. swaliL Laws of Jliti Amour <?oM UliiKs. In tae new gold mines in tho Arnoor val 'vni'v but severe. J I 1_1V_/ Jll.ro J ~ A 7 ju penally of death being inili t '(1 for heating ac piny, lor adulterating tiio gold u-t, or for th-jft; v.hilo hogging is in.'dcied jr drunkenness during tlu 'hours of labor r for bringing females into tini colony, ince tho foundation of tho colony tlie.o ave l-Cv n oniy liiivo murdor.i and two inic&ions of tho death penalty.?Chicago ; lerald. Ile^in ni mi; wUli t'.u? Weakest. Un'-ler tho (ionnan code after tho si>:- j ,'enth century tho rulo of tho 1 Ionian law as followed of beginning with th-> wonl-.cvst ^ torture. If husband and wifo wora to bi iriurt-d they bvgua Willi the v.ifo.? iloato.i lU'Jget j I A TRIP THROUGH CHINA. A P/4RTY LOOKING OUT FOR A GREAT RAILROAD ROUTE. Traveling: Along tho Grand Can ill ant Yellow Iliver ? Condition of Chinese Kuads?Various Grades of Inns and tin Comioi'tS Tliry A it'ord. Our party consisted cf Lieut F. W, Xichois of tho I niiod States navy, v/bo was ki:i <ly permitted by Capt. iiigginsou of ttu gunboat .Moneacy to accompany us; Wan; Kuyeli, a mandarin of tbo sixth rank; L: Chung-iing, Chinosj interpreter; lisieh S/ an jiueliig-jiiS mochuuio from the 'J ieutsir r. n 1 . o , Iml'C ?? fctVf "ina;oos," or horse l;oys, au 1 sit carters, making, with the writer, six tee i persons ir nil In addition wj bad six Ciiiaesj carls two males to eacn, and six saddle ponies together with tho no essary supplies of i.our biscuits, sugar, tinned, soups, lisli, meats and vegetables lor a si.vty days' abseiiCC, ii being understood that the Chinese members of ti.e party wouid get their uaily nuais a' tho iuns by tho waysido. Cur route lay along tho general course ol tho canal and i'ebow river to Kaifung loo the capital of the providence of llouan thence eastward lo Lung muu Kou, tht l>oint at which the river ieifc its old be I ii 1 vo >-4, and thence to Tung Ming, where c disastrous breach occurred in its southerx embankment last year. Fro.n this point there being no inns near tha rivor, v.\ struck across tbe country to Chi-ning Choi o.i the canal, and from there made a a isi' to Chu foo, tuo home and burial place ol Confucius, and also to CaiShan, tlidsacrei mountain of China. Ketracing our path, we returned to the canal Mail Shan, and turning north foi.owod it to tho Yollov river as Shih-li pu. From this point wc skilled the river as closely as possioie, goinc northeastward through i'mg-yin and Chang thing to Chilian too, tee capital of Shaiv tung. After exauiing tho embankment near tho city wo recrosie I tho river ui Chi-ho'and returned through Tor Chou (al which place wo intersected our route to thi southward) to Tientsin, having bojii com forty-live days and traveled souiotair,' over 1,4'JO miles. THK CONDITION OF CHIXE.jE ItOADS. The roads were found to i;o in an o~cel lent condition for Chinese roads, dry, nurd and dusty, but very crooked, as is gem-rail} tho case throughout; tue country. There be ing no leuces, 110 hedgerows, or ditcluus ti mark tho boundaries of farms or gaixlens ..11,1 ?n.i.ipnni.!ir t'i\ ilrmn mift i toiif roads tituer in th^r original eonslruc-ion 01 for their maintenance, e.ery one I.<els a liberty to mark out a ro.id fur himssl*, aiii this is a liberty or whicn evo.y oiu is com pull (1 to avail hi:n.-elf in the rainy season when the alluviai soil of ihe plains rjecome: a s^a oi. mud. 'i'he cousa.jueiiee is that i is no infrequent occuri o.ico to see a road p around three sides oil a Lieid instead ofalon; the fourth si ie, or run zi ';zag li!:o a shij ta king again-t a h avy wiml Uven tin roads laid down.ou tne maps as imporia highways ace unneocessarily crvoiced Tli*y are noitinr pave.i nor grave', leu, evei where tLie materials can ue had, an macadamising skeins to bo entirely un known, indeed, it is not too much to saj th.it roads in China are never worked. Luring our cntiie . ounioy we saw onl] one stret h of ro id about ten miles ]ong which snowed that it had been L-id out heaped up ia thj middle and ditch jd, am ihat was liirough at unusuuliy jow ant :lcsu!ate portion or tue plains, which wouk have been impassable otherwise dur ing th( rainy season. Judging from tho crooked ness o!;' the canal einuan.ctneuts, as weli a: af the roads, it iscli.iicult to believe tuatfchv Chinese who laid tnomevvr had tho Si ightes conception or' tho lact t!iat a right; laic i tho shortest distance between tw< points. There are i'mv running slreaais anc no mud, and as the plains are every when as Hat and Mnoot.i as any iloor, wjeele? vchiclcs can drive indetiuituiy in any dire;' tion. It is curious that the Chinese neve usa springs in their cans, and, in l'aci, seen to be ignorant of their existence or of tin us9 wuich is made of them iu utlia. countries. COMFORTS AFFORDED RV T:iK ISXS. Tlio inns are generally found at the Ja-goi towns, and are of various grades, bc.t al constructed on tlio same piau. They con sit>t of a compound wall oJ t.u:i-burned brici ?rarely of lire-burned brick?-the entranci to which is through a pair of large ilojrs which may bo closed and barred. JSome times there is an fnneryard or court. Thi principal guest rooms are iu a low, singio storiea house opposite the entrance. We sav ozi and oii.v oae two-storied iiU"SG bouse o! the trip. The Louse is divi led in tho botce: inns into two and somatimes three rooms tho nnddlo 0110 containing v. s ;uaro uublt and two chairs or benches, and the end one containing a kanj; or two nestles, cavern with coarse nials, upon winch the quests own bod-iing is sprea I by his own servants The smaller houses have only a s.ngle room in one end of which is the kang or tix'-stio and in the other tho tauln and chairs. Th( rooms are lighted from tiie front by squan windows, w ith papor panes, and heated if heat is re juired, by a pan of cliurcoa burning in tho mi Idlo of the i'oor, which h sometimes of brick, but generally of clay. The hang is a raised piatform across the end of the room, of the same kind of brici the hou/j itsolf is built or, and that is gen eraily of sun-driod brick. In theory it i supposed to bj provided with a furnace ant a ilue coano- ting with tbo open air, lor iu< purpcsj of burning miliet stalks or grass and thus heating the body of the hang; liu in practice the furnace is raivly ever louiul and when found it is generally impossible t< use. Daring all our travel< south of th. Yellow river wo saw only one kaug, trestle, b-inj; used instead. ? ni ei.hcr bide of tin compound aio tho rooms for servants and carriers, and also for guests who do not ab solutdy care for tho be -t. The carts ari placed in front of tho rooms, and the mule: and horses are fed in movable trough: which stand in the open court, or under thi sheds winch are sometimes found. Tne ini keeper furnishes hot water, charcoal, anu Chinese meals lor such guests as want them and provides for thj animals, an I all a reasonable rates. During the night a watchman goes arount the premises ire juentiy, beating a piece o hollow \\oi?d v.-ith a ouiall stici: in a peculiai rhythmical manner, which is every when the same, and is sometimes quite aunoying 'ihe s.-ene presented by an inn yard full oJ carts, hor.-os, and mules is quite animated but by no means suggjs.ivo of extraordinary comfort or cleanliness. The inns then selves i:i the winter are gen -rally dirty ant cheerless, an i always cold and damp, so ilia the traveler's only refuge ii io go u> Led a: soon as he gets his Mipp?*r. The liestam ncate.t inns are every whore kept by Mo hannnedan.', Lut, as tuey do not S3rvo nor, in any lorm, tho CbiiU'Si} carters and man foos v.ili not p.itroni/.o thuai if tliev ca: Had ;.ny other inns open.?Cor. l\o\v Vori .Sun. Tho soil of northern Virginia, upon whic] occurred s ? many liattk-a. is now poo: liut it does not furnish pj-.t'-irago, and cat ll'i n sin.; liuro has been aLttudu:ioti--'.'h: i (*50 Times. iN THE DAYS Or THE CONFEDERACY. IIx)w linsiness "IVsis Transacted Darin;; , tl?? Will?An lira ??1' Speculation. In tho^o days it was out of tho question to have any silling mark a Mixed to goods, i'ri es rosj too rapidly lor that. Clerks "wvre instructed to raise their figures a'oout I onc9 a week, somodmes jumping up 10 per ,.! cent, and sometimes as high as ;"() per cent. Customers iiving in cities and towns too.-: : all this as a matter of course, They found Confederate money easy to get and spent ii liberally. Country people, however, wero ' emphatic in their protests. Money was 5; scarce with tho.n, and as many of their ! breadwinners were in tlio army, they had a ; I Lad time. 1 j In tn j cities active young men who had > been cierkiug on or t-iU dullard a 1 month set up in business for themselves an ' j soon as they saw thj dawit ot' i:U.-;h times. ' i Tney made money. It was not necessary 1 ; to bay with jud^mont All they h.ul to do r ; was to buy something, in laet anything, ' i and it soon turned to gold?that is, to Con' federata inoaey. 'ihis sudden ju'oj'jo.'ity > ruined many a good lei low. I recoilaet oao * i clerk, a mod 1 young man, a straight-faced > ! Jim, i h,.tf.v tn> liia i?i tiin Kiimmpp L | V-ilU-y, " ^ ' ""J J? " j of 'tjt and plunged into spatula! t;on. Ill two yours ho was a ? ; bloated bondholder. iiii carriage and > jcoa.liman fairy glifc'.erud. Uno of his ' i speculative investments was a wife and slid i j exhibited his diamonds to spLndid advan1 : tage. IIo was too sharp to be caught nap1 ! ping, and when tiio war ended lio had money 1' enough to satisfy any reasonable man. ' : Thon camo bad luck. His wife diod. His * j diamonds and e.juippaga disappeared. He [ I lot at every turn, and a few years ago " wht*n I saw bim for tho last tiino ho was a ! sloveniy barkeeper in a third-rato saloon. More than o:u man in Atlanta made inill[ ! ions out of government contracts. Spocu, lators, tradesmcjn and manufacturers struck [ | it rich. What did tuoy do with their 3 | money* Some spent it in extravagant Uv' I ing. ISonu purchased slaves, and others ' I bought Confederate bond-! Others, still, * j looked ahead and prop:;rod for thj linal ^ j crasii. Theso turned their monoy into _ ! greenbacks, gold, town property, tobacco, J j cotton, diamonds, etc. One mau owned K.'O ' \ dwelling houses in Atlanta. After fcjhcrman's visit be iiad about twenty left. An? other succossful business man purchased | thirty plantations, b.sides nil of the Atlanta | property ho could get. -! Of the men who a-cumulaiod wealth so , ! rapidly an I invested it so wisely, how many r j held their grip on their fortunes." Not one! -1 It is a startling thing to put in cold type, > but as 1 loo.i nacic over a long list of men , j who rose from comparative poverty to af* 1 iiuenee during the w.ir, I can noc think of a i* j sinjr.'o one who is in com:ci table circunik j stances to-day.?Atlanta Constitution. lSriini!iu<; CsitMu on the Frontier. , Tli3 subject of branding ca:t!o at the > trc-st can but interest vour eastern readers, b Ic is a matter of importance, for it is the j only method of cstah.ishiug titlo to four; looted property, hvory stock owner has > his brand, whica ii regularly recorded and 3 ! is well known, it is an immense all'air, aa 1 1 largo as a frying-pan, and is burned in . j the shoulder of the animal, When the lati t r oh.-in 'i-M owners, tiie seller's brand is I i rented, i. e. turne 1 up-sido-down and burned - ; on th.3 hip, r.iul the pur baser puts liis own f ' brand on th:? other shoulder. Consequently, ; if an animal is so unlucky as to pass turou^rh T ; many ha.ids, bo begins to look like a wari ; map. , ! Every frontiersman ahvays not33 the I ; brands upon all the stock that ho nieat.> Ii i i you sboiiid ask one of them if bo had seen a I ; red steer with a tvhite patch 011 h:s right a eye, bran.led with a dot in a circle ana twe * notches in bis left ear, b) would t ;11 you he 3 saw him yesterday forenoon v. ith three > other cattle of so-and-to's herd, near such II and such a place, and you w.ll probably s lind him there. a We discovered, however. thn.t there aro 1 I w.>y : that are dark on the prairie, as well i 1 as in cities. It seems t.? be generally un11 stood that a promising steer or horse that - j might find its way into tho hord of a ranchr | man, other than the owner, would bo apt to i i Le lound to have acquired a new brand in > | some mysterious manner. It was asserted p j that a hot frying-pan, place lover an old brand, would obliterato it bo as to render identification impossible. Crotou oil, we [ wero told, was also sometimes used for tlv* I same purpose by some cattlemen who did . not shrink from stealing another's property, j ?Cor. American Agriculturist. The I^ost City of Normnltega. ' I recently visited the EDot which P.rof. } j IiorsL'ord, ot Cambridge, has recently dis _ | covered to have been the lost French city of f ; Noivmbega. This lost city has always been j I suppose;! to havo situated on tae I'onobsuot, .' in Alain', until thesj recen;; discoveries. 'l'rof. ilor.-i'oi d declares it to havo been in ' | the town of Weston, in this state. It is just s over the W'altham line, is a peninsula, j j bounded on one side by IStony brooic, a i i stream about fifteen foet wido, and Charles j river. All that remains to mark too site J of ->o"oml?eg;i are tho tronjhes, which ' | pro'; ably wore just o itsi. o of ;-bo stockade. ' j Tho;j trendies, however, nro clearly doi lined, an I cons.srs oi one which follows the | bouuds ot t^e peninsula nnd a shorter one j ; winch e\t :n is about tao )it:io hill o;i which 5 tiio e'.iclosiuo was probably situated. The tranches are thn.0 or lour leet; deep and live j or six feet wide. The outer one is walled ? :*t. \ ,, ...fj/l.m/ii ill." ! -fili.ca tfonnlioa . ; Willi blU.lU. - \ .1 KiiiAV iMVMW VtVMVMVM ' | arc o. a wry ol.l construction is seen in tlio 3 I trees which have grownup in t.Moui, uisplacj ; ing thj stones. Tl:e;o trees ar1 oak, which , you know are of very slow growih, and are " i sonu of th?:n over two foet in diameter.? ^ j Uoston Travel.u\ > J The l'ojui's Keen Sense of Humor, 1 \ The present pope is an old gentleman with > j a keen s;-n.-o of humor. Accredited to tho * ; papal court is a functionary who represents J i thj political interests c? four Central I American republics, and who is already " ! bedizened with tho stars or' almost every ori I der created l>y tho pontiticasu. Isot long > ago a lrosh negotiation was conc luded satis3 i factori.'y to the jj other church, and the 3! custom o'.' giving another distinction re1 | quired to bj kept up, but how to do it perplexed the papal chamberlain. On applica ' ticm in tlu emergency to i.eo nnnseii me L i latter sai i: "This time give him a snu.i'j box with my portrait/' 'ihe diplomatist , accopt.'d the golden gill, deta iiod. t!:o porL . trail ilierelrom, ami appeared at the next l' audience with it hanging from his nook. 3 ' Another scats negotiation unexpectedly ' arcso, and wiicu it w;is solved again there came up the question of an honorarium. ' | -This time," s.ihl Leo, <-^ive ljim a marble statue and see if hn will wear that around l. his neck."?Chicago Tribune. I ... ? t | IJrijoyin?; S.nmic!' :ir Idttle flxpiMisc. s | How to spend t; 13 summer cn loyaitly and 1 yet at a minimum expcuso, ia ;i problem ' agitating in my tamiiio-; ,;ust at present. c , (Jiio St. t'aul gentleman a:;d his wit'o liavo ' ma-Jo j>:vparations for a t: in .'.own tliu J\Iis1 si-siojii to St. Louis via row l.oat. !Sho ia young ami adventurous, ami lw manly and strong, and they propose to keep health and 1 happiness well preserved on this novel trip, j Tiib total expense of their outing tiicy osti1 m:.to a': about -v: !?. an i two moiuhs they 1 junk ?uii satiate tli-'iii wiiii tli?j ivautiw of ' | tho vtiiley.?riojjeor i'ress "S'cicjs." I SHOEING THE KICKERS. | A BLACKSMITH EXPLAINS THE INTRICACIES OF THE WORK. , Dlngim) TCfl'ecfc of tlie "Twitch"?Blood "Will ?<Iako Horses Kick?^lules That | Feel the Kafturs With Their Heels?lixciting Experiences. | "How do you mnnago a horso when ho roi fuses to ba shod.'-' asked a reporter oi: a burly ' blacksmith in fcJo.ith- iialtimoro ono morn: i?sI Ti:e blacksmith drew the hofT of a largo ! hft'sa bet.ve-n his legs bafore answering the j question, and, Leading the too till it nearly j touchcd tlie forelock, replied: "This is the | llrst tbing wo try as being the handiest i remedy we havo in tho shop. Wo just ! tw.st tho Ioj up in this manner and ii i thightens the muscles of the leg until the j horse can't move, it is the pain that makes him dooilo. iio stands there patiently after that and ta:ces tho nai.s liko an old piue board. "If tlii3 don't work though?as it often does not with horses from the country?we , havo another remedy. Lio you seo that : 'twitch' yonder.'"' Tho blacksmith nodded his head toward a | carriage-spoke dangling from the wall with : a piece of clothes-line tied to tho end of it. | "That 13 tho most magical tmng in norse; shooing you over saw. Wo wrap that ropa aroun.l tho Least's upper lip an.l a man stands continual y at his head homing the spouc. Tho latier is used as a ,,aek-scro\v. Every tirao tho brute kicks a new turn is taken in the < loihes-lino until tho beast gots as much as ha can stand. Tho light, as a rulo, novel* lasts long. Alter a few turns tho most obstreperous kicker is knocked out. j Tho pain at his nose draws his attention ! away from his feet so completely that I ; think you couidcut hi* leg o.i and he would not know it. Yes, sir; if it were not for the | twitcn?simple as it is?there would bo lots ! of horses unshod or blacksmiths walking j around with broken heads. You may talk | about twisting n. pig's tail or getting tLo j bulgo cn an olephaat, but for bringing a | beast to hi: senses this littlu device beats anything that ever was made. HOUSES WITH ilLOOD IN TIIEJf. ' The worst horses to shoo oatirely arc thoso that have what is known as 'ulood' in thorn, (.iood stock will show itself in a black j smith shop every time. I was shoeing ireukness several years ago and was uu aware of the fact uutii I had wrestled with ! him several minutes. lie had ca-ot a shoo ! wuile traiuin; at Pimli o and was brought to a shop in northwest .Baltimore whero I i was employed. Tuo beast laid back his ears and stood po.l'ectl/ still until I had got hold ! of him and was in the act of leveling his I hoof, 'ihen ho came down on me like a j sIj igehanmur with both his thighs. His j eyes (lashed and ha stripped his teeth clear back to his jaw-joints. Vv'iien he lelt me weaken, uj drew back his leg like a bowstring, and, before I could recover, sent me sprawling into tho dirr. Luckily, there ! was no shoe on his loot at the time, or I might have i ejeived an imprint that would have followed me to my grave. I havetevi oral marks now from horse-kicks all over my b:>dy. A man is never a horseshoer until he has the trade mur?c stamped upon his i countenance, they s.iy. "In tuis part ot tho city we shoe more j mu.'cs thau any oti.er kind of stork, fcjome' times we have as high as six in the stiop together. They do..e anl do-e here before the fire until a re.l-liot cinder strikes one of them, or perhaps goes tumbling clown bis ear. Tiun there is fun. it ! woukl have been just as sar'o to have dropped a spark into a keg of dynamite, ior a mule never stops kicking until : there is nothing left iu bis vicinity for twenty-five feet all around. I have seen a i muio gluo bis Iront feet uown there to that little hole in the pavement and feel all . round these rafters with bis binl legs. A mu.o will kick you when you aro looking at . him or Uicic you when yoa are turning . away. It has always been the policy oi blacksmiths novel* to trust the animal, even ; when he is dead. i "Young horsjs are also very fiery, but thoy generally come to terms after rocoiv| ing t:io second set of shoes. A horse's su~ I prenie intelligence soon teaches him that ' the operation is performed for his own good, ana he sujmits to it. At first they | ha voofcen to be Jed into a distant part of the j shop and a handkerchief {u. over their eyes to shut out the sparks. After a few lessons ! they become accustomed to the sound of the I linvil, and it is bard to drive them past a chop without letting them come in. SOME TROUBLE Willi A 11AD Ml'LF. ' The most diilicult case to shoe I ever encouiitoxe.l was in Chester county, iJennsylj vania, several years ago. A man named Pugh had two mu oi that be wanted shod. I was 1 not working at the business then,and theanii mals was taken over to the shop at tiio J cro.-s-roads. The first black -mith who came i out was kicked throe times before his body I struck tae ground, and bad both legs broken. | The two muies were driven home an i bad to go all winter without shoes, for there | was 110 blacksmith in the county who ha I ' courugo enougn to shoo them, in the fol' lowing spring the owner built a crib around the bad mule ami hired a man from a neighboring county to como down and shoe 1dm. 1 Tho mule was tightly wedge i in between ' ' "?:i. Tifl.ni. tlm lilncL-iniiMi I I UU Ulirs Ui i:;u tl iw uuwa Hiu ! canio up. At sight of tho tool-box and tho I blacksmith's apron tho muio gave an uu? ! earthly yell and proceeilo.l ro kick the roar end of the crib away, (inoof liis fo;'t got through tho i ars, and bol'oro ha could exj ti icato him.-seli throj i'arni hands hart seized :t, I and in a few minutes tho blacksmi tii was busy I hammering on tho shoe. To put 011 tho ro| maining threo was fouud to bj compara1 tivcly easy. "Sometimes wo hnvo to string a horso up if ho is unusually stubborn. Three weeks ' ' 1 1 4.^ ago we Had a case h to m v.'men wu uuu iu use that pulley, up yon lor. "Wo tio the ropo | around tbd leg below t.io knee-joint, pass it over the puliey and draw it tight, 'i'ho Least is tin-own forward on his front feet and rendered helpless. His remaining hind { leg is used to keep his body from falling. In this predicament ho boeom.-s an easy I victim of lLo blacksmith. ; "Wi, sir; it is not at all uncommon to i see a horse standing on two legs and two blacksmiths pegging away at his remaining ! hoofs with ail iheir might. This saves I time, you see. If wo had a hammock to ; swing under his belly we could sticlc all four | of I.is shoes on at I ho same time. "Hois'shoeing bus its redeeming side, although it is pretty dangerous. i?ur pay is I good; it is a heultiiy business, and after ono | has worked at it a year or two he comes to I like it. fc-onu men ha.e a kna.-k of getting I n.i o-.,Lld terms with a horso at lirst sight. I I knew a man who could ovorcomu :i horsu jiufc iy locking into his eyes an I speaking J tu him. Othars fiin iu*ver go near the hindi]uartt rs of a boast that has no blind on."? ! Laltimoie American. lie lA-il tin* Kival Caiiii.date* J A Dakota nmn w!io was running for tho : uingi.,try anuounevd that if elected h?j would i charge only "l for marrying any couple, r.iid would wait until there was *\ cliriston: ig'! for bis j>nynu:ut. )Je le.t V.vj rivui ;.u tho shade. - L'ck-ago Herald. - AND YET. The morning broke and spring was there, 1 And lusty summer near her birth; I Tho birds awoke and waked the air, And iiowurs awoke and waked the earth, "Up!'' ouoth 'no. "what joy for mo On dewy plain, in budding brake! A sweet bird sings oil every tiree, And Cowers arj sweeter for my sako." Lightly o'er the plain he stept, Lightly brusiie I he through th3 wood, And snared a little bird that slept And had not wakened when she would. Lightly through the wood he brushed, j Lightly stepped ho o'er the pialn. ! And yet-a little ilower was crushed That njvor raised its head again. ?Sir Henry Taylor. A BLACK "DOLLY VARDEN." A Rrlef Tale of Cliewinj; Gum?How an Kx-Slavo jJconuie l amous. A prominent insuranco man, a friend of the reporter, is an inveterate spruce gum ! chower as is also his wire, a prominent soI ciety lady. He said ho ha I iirst contracted I the habit while visiting iu Canada, near the j beautiful lake or Loch Lomond. Tho black [ sprueo tree grows in largo numbers through j that section and tho gum is highly prized by | tho natives. Una of the chief gathered of j tho gum is Li/o Taylor, a lithe, agile, old | negro woman who was formerly a slave in tho south but escaped through the ;'undorI ground railroad'' into Cana la. Lizo is a groat character and was made famous some i years ago, when the Lolly Varden fashion . was the rage, in this way. Li/.o is always to be found noar a tourist party with a basi ketof spruce gum which sin stills for 50 or 75 cents a pound, and rarely fails to sell to any one sho accosts, owing : to her originality, which is striking. . | When th ; rage of the Doliy Varden was at i j its hoi^lit, a largo j arty of New Yorkers 11 and Brooklynites visited the vicinity of Loch Lomond and of course met witn Lizo, f who drove a thriving trade in gum. i Tho gentleman referred to was one of the , party end was and is as full of fun as an egg is of moat. Ho detested tho Dolly Vardi'n style o:' dress which his wife alfected and ho determined to play a joke by dressi ing Lize up in Dolly Varden style, and quietly securing one of tho loudest Dolly Varden dresses belonging to his wife he succeeded in prevailing upon Lizo to array her. | self i:i tho garments, and the next day his i wife was surprised by being accosted by a i black Dolly Varden who requested her to buy some gum. It was Lizo Taylor. A traveling photographer happened to be in tho neighborhood and tool; Lize's picture in tho Doily Varden dress and sent the proof i to New York, where a cut was made from , it, and in less than a month Lize Taylor was famous as tho "iJlack Dolly Varden." Tliniijoiiclo nf nnnlq lif>r fi mra on them i wore us-jd for advertising throughout the . country and in ber humole cottage on the r Jit, Lawrence river Lizo proudly displays i tho original picture to her numerous visitors. .She boasts that she sold gum to all I the prominent people who have ever visited . Loch Lomond.? Brooklyn Eaglj. Discover}- of tho Comstock I-odc. I know it will astonish many, but Gomstock was not real.y tue oue who discovered tho world-famous lode that bears his . nam as Americus does who gave his name , to the New World. Comstock was toiling ,! over in American Flat liavine when lJeter , O'iiiley and Pat iicLaughlin discovered the [ Comstock lo.ie. Uid \'irginney (James Finney) told McLaughlin and U'Kiley in a , casual conversation about some indications he had seen over at Gold Hill while hunting deer, but hi attacliad no importance to tiiUUL The two men went over and decided to loj cate. In sinking a hola for water, when fourf feet down, they struck decompose i ore at tho point where Ophir mine now is. Tho I odd-looking black dirt did not at first attract tijeii- attention, but as it is tho custom with miners to try everything, .-Laughlin put tomj of tho dirt in his rocker and washed it out. The result was astonishing. Tho Lotto.n of the rocker was litei ally covered with fine gold, in a few minutes the two men wore taking out gold at tho rate ; of >'oUU a day. Comstoc.: came u;ion mo scene about this time and claimed the ground as bis property. There was some foundation for his claim and the otiier two hal such a good thing of it themselves that they let bim iuto iho.-yndicate, and so Comstock became an equal shareholder witb the rest '1 ho old fellow claimed an extra allowance for the water rigbc, and as they hal already acknowledged his right to the land, they could not question his titt.e to the water flowing over it. For the water ho got an oxtra 100 l eet, and the 100 feet thus segregated was the iSj.aiiish mine, which j afterwards so.d for cI,0J0,0J0.?Cor. Cloou uemoerau. Jto.stiiuraut rsittofrs About AH A'i!;o. ' It is very seldom/' said the waitress, "lliat you meet ouj man di.i'eront from the rest. They arc ail tuned to tho same key, and tliat key is conceit, 'i hero isn't a m n that comes i;i lure regularly but believes that all us girls uro Mead gone' on him. L'oosn't matter how ol-I, how poor, or how ho.nely the man is, ho still t.links tint wherever ho goes ho leaves behind him | broken-hearted woman, i 's;>oso you think [ nion just come hero to eat. Well, they do, i but any body to looii at thom would think 1 r-liio!-' nnrnoso was to whisiKT I chitchat io t;;o w.utivsi tin.I look killiajjly J every tin.; siio passes. Au.l ti.ey arj all j j alike, ni:triie.l or isingle. It tiwy o.:ly j know h;nv tiro*.! it makes us, j crhai s ih.y i wouM (jiat. 1 tfil yo.i it ivfivshing when oncj ia a Ion* time, u man eouu'S in who I really appears to h ivu conio in for tb? pur-1 ( po.?o of having a m !al--wlio jii.es into thai | grub an-i sro:n.* not to ruin I its any more I than if wo v/er-j u:en. When that s.ort of a i | m:'.n slriiivs tlio plnco ua;l leaves with- j I out any o?* the htl!o llirty tricks of i j tbo general run wo girls ,|u.->t do :.<liiuro i i biin, and wouldn't mind i:' ho was a i.ttlo j j j a 0:0 sociable."?Toronto M.iiL A Letter froni l?'o Jatndro, Minister Jarvis has written a letter homo | from Ura/.il, in which ho says: "in refji-j enco to my.->011', i am giad 10 say I am in j lino health and 3irs. Jarvi.s is much 1.otter. We have found i!io climate. country and people ail wo could desire. The emperor, '< empress, and, in fact, all the royal lamily j j'nd government ollicers, v/o have found to j he plain, sensible, five from any I'ooush ostentation, earnest in thoir e. Torts i'or tno ad! -/ancenu'iit and pro-pe-.ity of inoir country, ' a ml a.ways extending a hearty welcome to those entitled to it.?-New Orleans TimesDemocrat. Cocaine In Troatiir* Wlioopin:; Coajjli. Tr. .. nnnmlfll; rftffilitlv nnblished. Dr. Moil corvo lias a Ivoeaiod t: o employment of co? | caino as an adjunct to the treatment of the ; malady ' y re-.on.-in, i'or which J Jr. Mon? ! eurvo stands tiio sponsor, 'i'lio upper par.s of the larynx are lirsfc to l?a mopped with the 1 per cent, solution of rosorcin, and then a !l> per cent, solution of t.^e liydrojhlorattf coco3;!v.? is : p; ?rr*.'. T'r'.r? wo'iine should no used fro ;u.-ut!y.?Ilaii'a iourn.il ci j Health. * A PLUCKY BRAHMIN LADY. J WHAT HAS BEEN DONE FOR WOMAN'S EDUCATION IN INDIA. Account of an Unpnrnlleld Occurrence'Among tlio Brahmin Women?Pundita' liamnh'jl .Snn^rrifw'a Ar1i1rpu?i ? A TVIn ' ' J to England and to America. Fun-Iita Bamalai, the distinguished Bralitnin lady who, with her little daughter, 5 years of, ago, arrived here in the British Princess to witness the graduation in inedicine (at t'.ie Woman's Medical collage, ' -fil Phiia'te phiaj oic h.*r relative, Mrs. Anan- , dobai Jo-hte, i> a remarkable character.' bhi is the daughter of Ihj famous pandit' os! Poont, Bombay prcsideucy, India. ;.Jgg who sacrificed his worldly prospects and eventually his life to the cause of ' emancipating the women dt India. ^?83 Jrle gave tu;s daughter thi same education . sg I that he gave his only son, ani loth ,the &??|| I sister an I the brother be ame famel lor j their learning, and trave'el togdtjoti1 | throughout India. flh) brother dying sui: denly, tho sister married (as few Hiniu laaids are pjrmittjd to marry) the man of . her choice, a graduate of tho Cahutti, university, a Sanscrit sd o'.ar nni pleader. at law. About a year ani a half aftar this marriage, which was a happy onj, th3 husband Si.d Ol As.atic cholera. ' t NATIVE SCHOOLS FOR GIRLS. Stricken to the earth by this bereave- gfl men-t, parents and brother a'jo dead, dirknass for a timp encompassed the widow. jjKs Tnen she rabiei, to dovota her life to im-. prove the degraded condition of her coun-' try women. For this purpose she returned VraS to her nativo city I'oona, and formed a so- ^i? ciety of ladie; kiiown as the Arya Mehila ' '? fabbi, who^e object was Ilia establishment :"'M of ni tivj s hools tor gir.S. the then went from city to city throughout Bombay presid-.-ncy, osta lulling branca so.ieiies' ftnd arousing tho p.op e by her e o ^ent Sue is chiefly known in the United States j|$w| through a remarkable scene in which she was . a prominent actor, in 1'oona, in S ptember, lftb-'. At that time the English education commission visited this conserv itive aud wealthy city to inspect the educational in-! ' stitntions, whereupon the leading Brahmin ladies, msmbjrs of the newly fo:-mei soc.ety and others, to tlu number of about SOO, not-', withstanding a heavy rainstorm, assembler! ( with their chi dren in the town hall to wel-. come the educational commission ani to show them that although tho municipality hud not encouraged gil ls' schools, a real ( * movement was being maJe by thj best fami- ( lies of the Maharattx country. This was quite an unparaLel d occasion among Brahmin. ./:&& women, who are kept in such strict seclu- * m siou- \ Pundita Ramabai Sanscriti was the orator of the occasion. Sh i read an addrest. in English to tho commission, r.nd made an eloquent speech in Meratiii. she dwelt upon th; diiiicu t.ts which, as worn n o! good f anilv, th:-y had to <neoant:r from the ab- ( s need of traino I femata t ajLei-s and tho "1% abscnco of school Looks fit to be placed in the giris'hands. WHAT HAS BEEX DONE. "We want," she said, "education for our. girls as well as for our boys, but the English government has supp.ied trustworthy. teachers and suitable books for boys ami ;v * uoue for tho girls." * The president of the commit ion, Dr. W. W. Hunt?r, in reply- ' ing to tho address, expressed his pleasure at ' -0 meeting sucli an assemblage, wuicn was tuto^jei her a new experience to him In Indii* ' 'ij *'If tha wom.'n of India," he said, have re-ally made lip their minds that their girls-' ' ' } ou;ht to be educated all minor difficulties will quickly disappear." . ; 'i.-lp As an immediate consequence the members of tha Poona municipaiity intonate I to the commission the next day their willingness to take up the causa of gir.s1 schools and to provide the nece-sary fun Is. Now, four years luter, not only are thtse elemeut-' ary 'chools, but a native high school is in succas-ful operation in Poona. In Pun- ' dita Ramabia went to England to acquaint hers3!f more fully with the methods of teaching, and with educational work in general Her scholarship was tasted by Professor Max iluller and others, both in Cambridge and Oxford, and pronounced sound, . and on the recommendation of these distini guished friends, she was appointed professor . ' ~ -1 L<" ? "> ft ii'A Mnn's niilliiiyn in PJlfllfflTl.. ' JL oauacilb Hi t* ?? W.UUU o wiiv^jw *4_?. ham. This position she has held for two' years, in the meautime improving the rich opportunities oa every hand lor special courses of study. " *Her purpose in England accomplished, . she is now about to return to India to re- ' sume her educational work. But the great event so fraught with significance to India, about to occ ur in Philadelphia, led her to decide to visit the United States, "that holy land called Anv. rica," r.s she stylos i; in a i'tJL'L'Ilb It LL*-M J tu tribllCSd IJUV7 uuuuuiwu U~J %jm doctor of medicine of Mrs. Joshee, a Hindu Brahmin Lady.? Philadelphia Ledger. Superstition of a Sporting Man. "You want to know what I call a lucky omen, ehi That's just as the idea strikes me. When I was in New York last sum! mer I used to count white horses. Say I j would bo standing at the corner of Fulton ! street and Broadway, I'd take out my watch " j ?\vb3n I bad one?and time myself, and ' count tho number of white horses that . j turned from Broadway into Fulton street ' , during live minutes' time. I sometimes would go on tho odd numbers, and sometimes on the even. Lf:;e this: If I mado up my mind on oven liorsos, and au even number went by during tho live minutes, then I would be lucky, and vice ve sa." I "Did it always turn out lucky for you in case these holies passed as you desired*" "Minetimos out of ten it did. Heroin 'Fri.s. o during tno o'ooueu norso meeting x came out o:ie day. While I was eating my dinusr i made up my miud to count the number of passengers on the cars, and if they came out o.M I would be lucky. It cuius out oven. I made up my miud not to b.t, but a friend canio to mo with a sure thing, and I plunged 0:1 it. Coming" und<fr the wire, another horse stuck out his tongue and won tho race. I loss $1,400. So you see I would have been right in heeding what you cail superstition. Tho next day I did < the same thing over again. Called it odd and odd it was. Tlion I was sure of Iuck and I liatl luc!;. That day I won { 2,500."? San Francisco Alta. They Shouted in One Ilrcnth. Bishop Selwyn, who interested himsdf greatly in "tho poor, one dav coming on a company oi' miners, heard th?m talking in a very animated way so loudly that he said to them: ''My frie.ids, something .-eems to interest you all very much; I heard your voices quite in the distance; may I inquire what it is.'" To which they replied: "You see that copper tea-kettle there- We found it and wo were just saying that the one -who could tell the biggest lio should have it"' "Uh:" said the bishop, ''I am so.ry for that: I hope you will never again tell lies. 'Tis a fearful bad habit, and so unmanly. Why, I never told a lio in my life.'* \Vheivupon the four miners shouted'* in one breath; "Give the governor the . fclo."? Exchange. * MB