The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, September 22, 1886, Image 6
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AN AUTUMN SYMPHONY.
A white-stoled spirit speedeth
Through the haunted halls of night,
And tho wakened woodland heedeth
The course of her hoary flight.
The aureate morning sees
A change in the trembling trees,
And feels in the air that stirs
The tapering tips of the firs
A hint of the frosty breath
Of the drear November days,
*V.? mmaoo in flia manrirvnr trora
?? UCU liUO iU WUO ?UWU?VT? " 1*J M
Grows wan with the touch of death.
The eddying swallow leaves
Tho gabled granary's eaves
For the southland's softer skies;
And the wren that chirped at the do<
Now sounds her plaintive cries
On the marshy Georgian shore.
In hollow, on hazy hillside,
The torch of the sumach burnsj
In copse, by the reedy rillside,
Droops fronds of yellowing ferns,
The lindens upon tho lawn
Are garbed in the go d of dawn;
The elms are in dappled gowns;
The beeches have amber crowns;
A new rose flames on the brier,
And the vales where the hanging mis
Has the hue of amethyst
Show the maple's crimson fire.
With a ruby glow like wine
Theclimbering woodbines shine,
The pod of the milkweed op^s.
And the feathery flakes of down
Flutter above the orchard slopes
And the corn-fields, russet-down.
In the spicy glooms of pineland
The partridge sounds his drum;
There are notes of song from vineland
Where harvesters go and come.
The ripened pippins flush
In the sweet autumnal hush
Like the fruit that bends the tree3
Of the calm Hesperides.
Fair Plenty smiles on the land
From the caverned coasts of Maine
And the billowy Western plain
To the far Floridian atrand.
And peace of the lilied brow,
Of the dove and the olive bough,
Is queen of the broad demesne.
In the past's dim corridor
jliuw icbio, IU truiui
The wraith of the days of war.
'-Clinton Scollard, in Youth's Compandor
[ THE GARDEN PARTY.
The Liddoix girls were poor. As
natural consequence they were proud
and perhaps it only complicated matter
that they were so pretty.
And when Mrs. Stuart Seymour seu
them an iuvilation to her garden party
they looked at one another in silent long
ing, mixed with dismay.
''Wouldn't it be nice:" said Lilias
with a little gasp.
"We should meet everybody!" sai<
Louise, thinking only of one particula
Sjrson, a handsome young major of ar
llery, who was visiting at the Seymou
mansion just at that time.
"And we never get a chanco to g<
anywhere!" sighed Lilia*.
'\but it's no use! ' declared Louise
"We haven't a thing to wear!"
"But, Louise, think!" urged Lilian
"There are our two white organdii
dresses."
"Horrid, scant, old-fashioned things!'
laid Louise. "Besides, the last time ii
was done up, there was a hole ironec
through the bottom flounce of mine."
"Yes, I know,"said Lilian "Neithei
of ihcin in itself is fit to wear; but I wa:
flunking that we could take the besi
part of each and contrive quite a respect
able gown out of both."
"Oh, you darling!" cried Louise,
ecstatically. "But," with a sudden catch
ing of her breath, "only one dres3? Ther
only one of U3 could go. It must b<
you, Lily!"
".Xo, not me," said Lilias; "you an
the younger."
"But you are a thousand times th<
prettier:" cnea encnusiastic i^ouise.
"And it was my fault that Aunt Par
kyns s box of cast-off dresses was n?ile<
up and sent back," said Li lias; "an<
that she was offended by my writim
that dreadful note about not wantin;
anything that was onlv tit for the rag
bag."
"It was true!'' flashed out Louise
" She would have been ashamed to offei
the wretched 9craps to her maid. If sh
really wanted to help us, why didn't sh
$end a gift of money, or of something
that we could use?"
"It was all my pride and haughtiness!'
lighed Lilias. "And now I deserve t
^ . do penance for it. We'll fix the wh\t(
organdie dress over, dear, ar.d you shal
wear it. I saw a beauti ul pattern in th
old leaf of a fashion-book that wa
wrapped around the roses that Mrs. Sej
mour sent mamma, and I almost knoi
how I can arrange it to look nice."
"But," sighed Louise, "the bonnet?
"Must you have a bonnet?"
"For a garden party? Of course," dt
T n lico ''I'.vprvhnrl v w<>arc f hoin '
"Can't we trim the old one? "
"With what.'" said despairing Louise
"Oh, Lily, we must give it up, alter all!
"No we won't!" said Lilias. "W
can do some thing, I am quite sure c
that Only give me time to think; am
in the meanwhile, get your scissors?w
must rip up the old organdie at once
and while we are wo-king, we'll spur u
our inventive powers."
But no ingenuity on earth can raak
something out of nothing; andthemor
Lilias and Louise pondered, the les3 sal
isfactory becarr.o the prospec: of a bor
net fit to wear to Mrs. Stuart Seymour
garden-party.
"If I can't go like a lady I won't go f
all," said poor Louise, with tears in ht
eyes. "I hate being shabby-genteel."
But when I ouise was down in tl:
kitchen, washing and ironing sundry bi!
of la e which hud been ripped o.f th
two dresses, which were now being < 01
densed into one, a sudden, bright idc
blaze.1 into f ilias's brain.
"I almost knew I could do it,"' si
aid, speaking out aloud in her carnes
ness. "The very coarsest rye-straw, wit
blac k lace st ings, made out of mamma
oid thread-barbe, and a cluster of pin
everlasting (lowers pinned on the sid<
and I saw them < arting a load of sulovely
rye straw into Mr. Darling's bai
yesterday. I don't th'nk it would be
sin forme to takj just a few. At a
events I shall run the r'sk: and I won
tell Louise until I know whether it wi
- be a failure or not. I'll braid it in tl
fan y pattern I learned at Mrs. Follctt
when I was at boarding shool, andlu
shape it over the little earthen\varc-< rot
that we cook oatmeal in."
Very early the next morning, whi
the September sky was yet glowing wi
the golclen tints of dawn, Lil'a3 Lidd<
arose and hurriedly dressed herself, r;
o/*rA:e rtn rJmv.ofppnnrl meadows ar
woods, and climbcd audaciously into t]
windows of Iiufus Darling's great r<
bam.
"I wouldn't do such a thing exce
for Louise's sake,'' she said to hersel
with burning cheeks and eyes glitterii
with mischief. "But no one will ev
know. If it had been a y ear ago
would not hare stolen my poor little ry
Ik
3tr3wa by stealth. Rufus Darling woul
have given mc anything on his farm fo
the sake of Louise's bright eyes. If onl
the meddling neighbors would have le
them nlone!"
And seating herself in the midst o
the pile of burnished, yellow straw, ->h
began to select the smoothest and mos
pcrfectof the >traws, clipping them wit!
her pockct-scissors and depositing them
one by one, in a little basket at her side
When she had made a beginning, s-h
could not resist the temptation to ru
down to the old well under thu apple
trees and draw a tin-cup of water, ir.ois
tening the straws, and beginning th
pretty lace-edge braid with eager fingers
)r "It will t ike more straw than I ha<
any idea of," said she. "I must rui
back and get a few more/'
Once more she perched herself on he
little throne amid the sweet-scented rye
straw, the brown curls escaping over he
fr?!-r.Vin irl fVio oarrnr primsnn rlvpinf* lie
cheek."*' "
And at that very moment the bij
double doors were thrown open, admit
ting a flood of morning sunshine, agains
which stood liufus Darling himself, lean
ing picturesquely against hi3 horse"
fc shoulder.
Lilias jumped to her feet, blushing fc
the very roots of her hair.
Mr. Darling dofled his hat.
"So you arc the burglarf" said he
''Martin Dyer told me that the barn win
dow was open, so I came down here t
see what it meant.''
"It?it isn't for myself," said Lilias
looking guiltily at her crisp, yellow
grain-stalks; "it is for Louise, and I wil
pay you for them, Mr. Darling."
'Those rye straws?" said Mr. Darling
"Why, I suppose a whole bale of then
would be worth about three cents. I
Louise wants a whole barn-full, they ar
at her service But I wonder what yo
are going to do with them? Would i
be treason to ask?"
Lilias looked timidly at him. She ha<
fancicd he would be angry, but he wa
not.
He spoke with a certain amused ten
dern.ss in his tone; his dark eyes shon
under their long lashes," that curvei
slightly upward at the ends.
All the old times of neighborly friend
ship seemed to come back again theri
under the fragrant shadow of the ban
k roof. Perhaps?perhaps if he and Lou
ise were to meet again, all might go 01
as before; for surely I.ouise could neve
resist the pleadings of those soft, mag
nctic eyes.
And Lilias unfolded all her plans, un
a dcr promise of the strictest secrecy, an<
, Rufus Darling listened with deep inter
s est.
"You are going to the garden-party?'
t she asked.
, "I have been invited.''
"You will see her there," said Lilias
"Whoever may be there, I am quite,
, quite sure that no one will be lovelie:
than our Louise! Hut I musn't stay an^
1 longer?it must be nearly seven o'clock
r and I oui;-e will wonder where I am gone
- And I have got to hide away the straws
r so that she sh ill know nothing about th:
bonnet until it is all finished auc
> trimmed."
So Lilias ran away through the wood.1
. with her apron full of rye-straws, leaving
Kufus Darling standing on the bare
. threshold, witn one nana snaumg an
5 eyes, while Max, the horse, munehe I the
sweet, white clover that grew almost tc
' the door.
t The little bonnet proved an undeniI
able success. It was like :i glistening
golden sea-shell, with the cluster of pini
r everlastings drooping over its brim, and
i the shadowy knots ^of soft, black lacc
t beneath. And the white organdie dre^s
was almost as beautiful as new, and the
tears of^ratiliad pride came into Lilias's
, eyes as she saw how pretty Louise looked
in her impromptu outfit.
1 ! "Dearest J.ily, I wish you were going,
j j tool" said Louise, tenderly kissing th(
sweet, self-saj rifi ing genius who had
c wrought all tins transformation. '*1!
seems so wrong for mc to take all th<
2 pleasure.''
"I shall be just a3 happy at home,'
- said Lllias, bravely.
11 She did not know how true her word:
1' were de?tined to come.
j I It was nearly 9 o, clock when Louis<
y | came home in Mrs. i-tuart Seymour's car
! "age.
k,Oh, we have had such a deliglitfu
!. time!" <ried the girl, radiantly. u]
i never, never was so happy in allmv life
e ! And oh, I.ilias, I don't know how I shall
' ? * r 1.. t:i 5
e tell you: I always iaucieu ue asm uit
j a little, but I didn't know?"
"Stop, stop!" said Lilias, smoothing
' the fair hair that lay over her shoulder
o '"this is getting confuscd. "Who is he?'
3 "-Va]or Arden," explained Louise
[1 "He?h:-says he loves me. And we an
c engaged. And he is coming to see raammi
s 1 to-morrow."
- j "Then it was foreordained from th<
y | very beginning that you should go t<
| Mrs. Seymour's instead of me," sau
" | Lilias. ''Because--! am engaged, too.1
"You?" cried Loui>e, her blue eyes a
! widely openrd as two morning-glories o
" . a June aunrisc?"you Lily?"
"Yes," confessed Lilias. "Rufus Dar
5. ! ling has been here. We have had a lon<
" 1 explanation. He says it was me that h
e ! loved all the time."
?f i "Why, who ever thought otherwise?
d ! said f oui^e.
e "I did," owned the blushing Lilias.
i; "1 h'.n you were the only one," sai<
p Louise. "Vou dear little modest viole
j of a Lilian, ho.v could any one care fo
e ' me when you were by? Of course h
e never thought twice of me. And I ar
so glad?for Rufm is such a splend:<
i- felow! And to think that my littl
's g rden-party bonnet brought about th
reconciliation. For it was that, wasn'
it it??that morning in the barn ?"
:r "Ye-, it was tliat," admitted Lilias.
"Or, in other words," said Louise, "1
le ; was your sweet unselfishness and self sac
ts | rficc that has made us both happy to
ie , gether.
i-j The next <lav. when he came, Rufu
;a Darling laughingly showed Lilias thre
j or four yellow rye-straws.
ie | "You dropped them out of your apro
t- J that morning when you started to ru
h ! across the fields,'' said he. "And
*s ' picked them up, be ause they had bee
k ' in your hands."
j; "Only rye straws !" said Lilias, smiliu
li and coloring.
n "Not rye-straws to m V said Rufu
a Darling. "In my eyes they had becom
ill] love's golden links."
1't | Surely there must have been alchcm
ill i som-where at work; for all the worl
ie j was changed to Lilias and Louise, thr
s ; radiant September morning.?Helen Foi
in j rat Gr>tres.
How Cloth is Tinned.
le I A mixture of finely pulverized metal
th lie zinc and albumen, of about the coi
)n sistency of a thin paste, is spread with
in brush upon iinen or cotton doth, and L
id means of hot steam coagulated. T1
lie cloth is now immersed in a bath of star
;d nic chloride, well washed, and driec
Running the cloth through a roller pres:
Dt the tin film is said to take metallic luste
!f, Designs cut in stout paper, letters, nun
jor bers, etc., when laid between cloth an
e? roller, are impressed upon it. It ca
I also be cut in strips, corners, etc.? Sc
e- (7xtijio American.
f TIIE HUMAN HA]
y
"t AN EXPLANATION OF THE
IN WHICH IT GROWS
e
t Essential Parts of the Hairh
and Shape?Overgrowth ol*
Hair ? Misplaced Hair;
and Their Removal.
e
At birth, almost the entire sur
the body is covered with fine, sof
These fall oil, and are replaced by
smaller and weaker than the firs
^ except over the scalp, the eyebrov
the eyelashes. Later on in life i
3 situations the hairs become grea
veloped, especially those of tnc b
man, and about the entrances of t
" and ears in advanced life. Th<
like the nails, are simply special
r cations of the skin?made up
n same materials and, like it,
= to many diseases. The si
7 made up of cells which
first deeply situated, soft and
in structure, but as they are pus
toward the surface by the coi
formation of new ones, become h?
T > o!f 11 n f !/\ri a fKn t
Jiuiujr. xn uiwdb onuubiuiio tuu v
skin proper become loosened, an
they have served a proper time a<
' tectivc to the uuderlying parts tl
" oir and are lost. Those which c<
the hair, on the contrary, become
attached to the next ones abov<
' and push the old ones before then
, shape of a continuous, fibrous c
Tne lower cclls overlap live or
those in advance, and as they h:ir<
^ come practically fused with them
^ The essential parts of a hair
root and shaft. The root is iml
u dieply below the general surface
^ skin in a little sack or pocket, int<
opens a small gland that furnishes
j a natural "hair oil," that keeps i
g becoming brittle. At the bottom
sack (follicle) is a collection of
cells, freely supplied with blood
g and nerve--. The outer of these c
j pushed up by the growth of nev
i:nil thus the hair is started on
towa d the surface. The layer <
'a in which the root is bedded is that
contains the coloring matter tha
the tint to the complexion of the
j ent ra-es of men and to individi
each race. Hence the means of c<
the hair are supplied with the m;
which make up its primary stri
The shaft of each hair is hard and
i externally, but contains within a
J softer, more spongy material, t.
which nutritive fluids from the r
, able to find their way, at least
youth and the younger periods ol
life.
The color of the hair depends
proper color of the hair-cells, th
[ pigment (which is the same colorii
j terial as tints the complexion) a
amount of air contained in the
' Tho proper color of the hair-ce!
cording to its intensity, produces
; blonde, or deep-red color. The 1
I ish black coloring matter gives all
of brunette coloration, from pale
a to ebony black. Combinat'ons ol
t two give all shades between th
J hibited by the fairest Faxon a
i blackest lithopian. Want of iht
. oring materials makes the hair gr
, transparent, and if there be mi
contained in the outer part of the
combined with deficiency in cc
r matters, then the opa ,ue whitei
old age is produced. Black is
[ most universal color, blondes
. found only among the Germans,
i Slavs, and Finns, and occas
> anong the Armenians and Si
5 Red hair is found in individuals
[ ' races.
The shape of the hair varies; i
J it is round?in these it remains st
\ I Those which are oval or fiat curl ii
[ J directions and degrees. The nat
t \mer'ca, the Polynesians, and
? J have the straightest, while the <
is found among the bushmen snd i
' I of Africa. The Indo-Kuropcan i
| Aryans, have hair taking a nuuuic,
i | between thrse extremes. The <li
j of the hair depends upon that of i
; When it is permitted to grow lo
. direction may, of course, be chau
some extent.
1 Overgrowth of hair, or its appt
[ upon parts of the body from whi<
> usually absent, or present only in
[ mentary form, is not so very unco
; The so-called ''hairy men"' and b
women are examples of this deft
t The Russian "dog-man" and his
well-known specimens; and ai
' Indian family, in which the peci
appeared through three gencratioi
; some of these curious monstros:t
! teeth were partly absent. Not o
leeth, but the processes of bone ir
s they should have developed wer
) ing. It has been concluded on t
1 j lome other grounds, that such ab
" i overgrowth of hair in reality rep
3 j \ defect in development like 1
f and cleft-palate.
But the unnatural appearance i
- may r.ot be spread over the entiri
j | but be confined to certain locali
e in tne co:orea moies upon me s*
' beards'' of elderly ladies, and th?
" what stronger growth of the rudin
hairs upon the upper lip, chii
cheeks of dark-skinned females
3 race. This unusual development
t occurs only in advanced life.but tt
r well-authenticated instances of fi
e vo'oped beards in young women
n case, a Swiss woman, aged twenl
i rented a mustache and goatee foui
e 11 len?th, with preservation of al
e feminine characteristics.
t' The removal of such misplaced
not accomplished by the use of ai
pilatory. The only sure and ef
t *vay is to destroy the sack or
j- from which ea h hair grows, eit
i- el?:<tiiiity, as fir-t directed I
Michcl, of this city, or by ext
s each individual hair and cauterizi
e fo!l:cle with some irritating cli
The former mothod is by far thi
n it requires a large stock of patien
n perseverance on the part of both
] ind operator. "A sure cure" 1
ii secured in almost every case of mi:
hairs if modciate skill be conjoint
g the e prcie ]UTsitcs. The same i
Jurelv removes hairs upon the
is whiih persi.st in -'growing in-'
e the globe of the eye. If not r<
these "wild hairs" cause continua
y lion and eventual loss of .sight.
U The opposite condition, non-;
it mec of the hair, or loss of it witl
r. growth, is far more common, esj
he la-t named condition, callcd b:i
Children are frequently born bfi
;h?y usually develop a hairy cove
the end of the second year.
i-1 cases are recorded of persons wlic
a h::d either hair or teeth, altlioug
y lived to the average age of men.
te of them were always bald, but del
l- teeth in usual number. Somctim
I. original baldness appears only on
9, tea portion of the skin. Then t
r. no chance of the hair "coming
t- future years; in fact, somctimi
d spots of the same sort appear, or I
n one enlarges to some extent. Bi
/- cases are extremely rare compare
those in which the hair falls off
I) sequence of some local or general d
I# ease. In all of those in which the sk
is so injured that s ars result there is i
W\Y ^?Pe a ncw f?rm:'tion of the hair.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
W
-Color ^at ^eoPle an<* Fluids.
the The question whether water is fatte
9 ing or otherwise has been much di
cussed. Formerly it was generally .1
sorted that the victims of obesity shou
. mortify the flesh and reduce the fat I
luce of abstaining as much as possible fro
t hairs. liquids and remaining in a continu
others, state of thirst. Latterly the opposi
t ones, has been affirmed, and 1 am told that
irs, and reduction of weight is one of the resul
n some claimed by "the hot-water cure," pr
itly de- vided always that tl>e water is taken
card in hot as possible, painfully hot, and
he nose great quantities.
; hairs, Experiments have been made in Pai
moditi- by I)r. Debove which controvert bo
of the these doctrines. These experiments i:
subject dicatc that, provided the same amou
kin is of solid food is taken, large quantiti
are at 0f water maice a man neither thinner n
spongy iatt( r. They were carcfully made on
bed up friend who took weighed quantities
itinued food daily, and while the3C remainc
ird and j equal doubling the quantity of wati
:ells of | had nomeasurableefiect on the weig
d after I 0f the body. Still, it is quite possib
) a pro- that the old theory of thirt cure and tl
ley fall new theory of hot-water cure may boi
ompose be correct. Both violate the natur
closely conditions oMiealth. Scalding-hot wate
: them, like tea or co!rce or grog of similar ter
i in the perature, unquestionably injuries tl
olumn. teeth, the stomach and other organs co
six of cemcd in the early stages of digestio
ien be- and it is very probable that deficiency
liquid impedes the latter stages.wherel
are the the chyme, by the aid of digestir
bedded fuids, becomes converted into chyle ai
of the blood.
) which a fat man may easily become thinn
it with by injuring his health. ''Banting'^
it from dange:ous, as many who have fairly tri<
of the can prove. The difficult problem is
living reduce the fat without reducing tl
vessels strength at the same time. A skillf
ells are trainer will undertake to bring any mi
v ones, down to his "fighting weight, '' i. e.
its way j the best condition for violent exertio
>f skin . but as soon as the discipline of the train
; which j is relaxed the obesity, when constit
it gives j tional, returns; and a long continual
aiuer- of nign training is murucrous. rerna
jals in I the old prescription, "Keep your mou
oloring shut and your eyes open," when followi
aterials with judicious limita'ions, is the bes
ucture. JTat lc3s, sleep less and walk more a
1 horny safe injunctions, provided they arc obey*
core of in moderation.
hrough ])r. Detove's conclusions apply
cot are ] water only, not to other beverages. T1
during j fat man who uso malt liquor as a dai
[ adult j beverage deserves to be buried und
cross roads at midn:ght, according
on the ! the ancient modes of degrading the w
e hair ful perpetrators of fcLo de se. ? Genii
rig ma- man's Magazine.
n'd the
shaft. Shaving.
lis, ac- j earjje3t reference to shr.ving
? l;a e? | fouad in Genesis xii., 14, where we ref
| that Joseph, on being summoned befo
so es ! the king, shaved himself. There a
D.OA\n | gevera[ directions as to shaving in Levil
. ?se ' cus, and the practice is alluded to
d the ' many ot^er parts of .-cripture. Egypt
" , I the only country mentioned in the Bib
sse co - ( wjj0re shaving was practiced. In i
an. ! other countries such an act would ha
tcli nir !. . . . .
sh'ift I 1)000 Emm ons, nerociotus mcntio:
1 that the Egyptians allowed their bean
>!orin<j . t 1 o
less of Krow wt.en m mourning. So parti
the al-' u^ar wcre they as to 9^?ving at oth
bein?* ' ^l,,es? ^at t0 ^ave neglected it wa*
Celts' i su^-cc' ?* reproach and ridicule, ai
ionallv ' w^cncver they intended to convey tl
emitcs ' *c^ea a man ^ow oondition and slo
of all ' en,y habifs, the artists represented hi
: with a beard. Unlike the Romans of
n some ! ^ater a^e' Egyptians did not fonfii
,.?;?ht I prfrf'e*? having to free citi/.ec
' 9 ' ! but obl'ged their slaves to shave bo
j of' ')Car^ aiic* head. The priests also shav*
y I , the head. Shaving the beard beean
' customary among the Pomans abiut 31
ie"Toes ' ^ccot"ding to Pliny, Scipio Afi
ace or ' canus was the 'irst ^omJin who t.hav<
' - i daily. In France the custom of shavii
rection'arose w^cn I-oiiia MIL came to t'
ts root ' throne y?UQg nn(l beardless. The Angl
the ' ?axons wore their beards until, at tl
tr d to ' con lucs^' th?y wcre compelled to folic
?L : the example of the Norman0, who shave
' * rom the time of Edward IIL to that
ch it is k'harlc; ^ Beards wcre universally wor
j In Charles II.'s reign the mustache ai
minon* ' w'"s^ers 0ll'y wcrti worn, and soon aft
q ? ! this the practice of shaving became ge
>rmitv eru* throughout Europe.
son are i . ~ ?
i East1 A Horse Killed by Bees.
uliarity | Mr. Friedcmann Grenier, of Whi
tis. In | Post, Va., writes to the Bee Journal:
ies the i "In my experience with bees the ki
nly the ing of any animal by sting* had not cor
i which ' under my observation. But recently
d lack-1 witreosi-a a cases wmcn dispensed wi
bis and all my doubt about the possibility
normal j the thing. J. V. Weir, Esq., left I
resents j riding hor^c by the gate of his door yar
nair-lip as usual, while he went to dinner. 1
| apiary of forty-five colonics was with
of hair i three rods' of the spot where the hor
2 body, j wus tied, and the bees in great numbe
ties, as attacked it in our absence of not ov
:in, the twelve minutes. When we discover
2 some- the atate ol affairs the horse's head w
lentary almost covered with mad bees ai
a, and swarms of them around it, which wou
of our ' sting everything and everybody an
usually whece near. I could not induce the ar
lere are mal to move at first, and to protect il
llly-de- covered it with blankets; and aft
. One awhile, and after procuring more help,
ty, pre- succecdcd in getting it out of the reach
inches bees and we then applied remedies.
11 other washing with old wxter and soda, th
besmearing with linseed oil; internal
hairs is we gave whisky with laudanum, Lut J
tiy dc- i efforts were in vain, and the poor ar
fe. tive mal, after a struggle ol' three hours, died
follicle ...
her by Wonderful Skill in Juggling.
ractiiur ^?^ert Houdin, in his delightf
j ? autobiography, tells us that when he hi
emical ' determined to become a conjurer he t
best "an lvnTninS '? iis a Pre^'n
ce and nar^ tra'mn.? ^or hh eye and his han
ati 'i t ' %vas ins^riic^ed in the art by a "pec
nav b> i cure" uamed Maous, who taught him
"nhced a month to keep four balls in the airat t
'd with ' *:ime *'me- Then the future master
i ?r??rr?r? /locirinnr tn thn fiii'Milfv
method ~\yr? v~.? "ir-"*.
evelids "0,.t3 tAVO thing at once?a faculty of 1
toward es,uuable value to the modern rongici
jinoved ?improve;! on his teacher's instructio
[ jrrjta.! by training himself to read while ju
| gling. '*1 ])laced a book before me,''!
ani'car-' rccori'3' -while ir.y .four balls wc
lout re- dancing in the air I accustomed mysi
^eciaiiy i to read it without hesitation." Tliir
iklncss ' ypar9 later, when he >at down to wri
Id but ll's mcmo'rs> found that, although
rin"1 bv ucvcr performed this feat in publ;
Several anc* vcr-v rarc*y ^ad repeated it in prival
never *1C was st^' a to rca^ w^''c Juoo^n
h thev kllt t'int could then only keep thr
Some ^a^3 *n i"r> an(* not ^our' as *ie
j o uone.lormcny. mis is auuiuunai e
09 this den:e, wcre iiny needed, that although
a lim- dcxterity ft(,(lu>rcd early in life may <
here is m'n's'1 the advancing yeara and
in" in abandonment of constant practice, it
23 new rarc"y *03t ^together.?Saturday Itevie
the lirst
jt such There is a pear tree in Windsor, N. f
d with which produces annually two crops
in con- pears.
WILL LORE.
ao
A CHAPTER OP INTEREST
MEN'S LAST TESTAMENTS,
Curious and Eccentric Beques
n- Wills of Some Prominent Peris
sonages?Wills by Word of
l3- Mouth and in Rhyme.
Id
t>y
^ The subject of wills, said a lawye
al the Herald, representative, has a peci
interest for us, particularly where a i
a siderable estate is devised. We are
[t3 only curiouB to know how a man wi
0_ his property to go after he is thro
a3 with it, but it seems like a voice f
in the dead declari'.g how it shall go.
is usually written in the most soli
.j3 moment of a man's life. At that
th ment one realizes to the full that
n_ brought nothing into this world and
nt take nothing out, and that, after
e3 toagu( is hushed and the heart stil
or his commands will be spoken and his
n sire? obeyed. Associated as it is a
0f such thoughts as these, it is not strs
!(j that we arc eager to know how Mr. }
derbilt, or Mr. Astor, or Mr. Tildcn
ht Mr. Storey disposes of his fortunes.
!0 a matter of fact, being strangers totb
he we do not care whether they endo
tij college or a cat, but if their wills haj
aj to be published in the papers, we i
r them first, as the most toothsome it
of news.
There are many very curious and
n" centiic wills described in the books,
n some strange phases of human nature
0f illustrated in them. Some men, whi
jy life would not give a cup of water 1
jct beggar, by their wills leave enorn
sums to chirity. Those ore the v
tbat usually take a course through
er (curts, with handsome pickings for
J, lawyers on the way. All charitable
quests are construed with the utt
t0 strictness. About ten years ago H
hg Taylor, of this city, died, leaving a
u\ drawn by himself. After providing
in his wife and son, as he thought q
t0 libera ly, he devised the residue of
n. estate, about $300,000. to seven trus
to found a charitable institution sue
u_ tbey should deem best. In case 1
ce elected not to do so, the trustees wer
ng turn over the estate to the Home of
1'? " !-JI? A -
th r :*lcauiU53. xva u mauci ui tvuioc
J(j will was contested, and, after thoro
jt legal inquiry, it was found that the c
,.g ifcible clause would not hold wi
;(j A fter considerable litigation the case
compromised, and the Home of
t0 Friendless got $200,000 and the 1
ae the remainder.
lv A man in New Jersey, not long sii
e"r left his estate to pay off the Nati<
t0 debt. The will was contested, of cou
ij_ but the courts have recently hel
re, vtilid. In the last century Sir Jcj
Jcskyll did the same thing in Englam
Simple a matter as it really is, law
have not always been successful in di
iog their own will*. I ord St. Lton
is High Chancelor of England, who,
id Edward Sugden, was the most emii
ro chancery lawyer in England, and
re with a number of law books, one pa;
ti- ularly wuh a very elaborate chaptei
in drawing wills, drew his own will, ar
i ? .*? i
i!i required an expensive nn^uu nuu
<le d.cision of a court of chanccry to |
ill it proper effect. The will of Lord "W
ye bury, another Lord High Chanc<
ns drawn by himself, met with the s
Is fate. I could give you many similar
c- stances.
er There have been devises to animal
a for their benefit which have been ]
id valid to cats, dogs, horses, and <
tie parrots. Not infrequently people 1
v- undertaken to show their spite
m hatred, and sometimes their humoi
a wills.
a>3 . The will of Lord Pembroke in
is, seventeenth century has several item:
th that kind?for instance: "Item?I |
?d nothing to mj Lord Saye, and I do ix
ao him this legacy willingly, because I k
liO that he will faithfully distribute it i
ri- the poor. Item?I give up the ghos
id Lord Bacon had no property to le
ig but he left a regularly executed will
ho which he bequeathed his name and m
o- ory ' to men's charitable speeches,
L_ f nnflnna on/1 fVl A TlPltfc 00
lie lUIU^U UUbtVUJj uuvi bMW ?W..W
iw Shakespeare left an elaborate will,w]
d. contains a clause that has puzzled
of Shakespearcans not a little: ''I j
n. unto my wife my second best bed, i
id the furniture." Why did he only ;
cr Ann Hathaway his second best, and
n- his best bed? Nothing else did she
and the would ha3 sought in vain to k
the reason why.
Napoleon in his will left a hands
jje legacy to a wr.tch named Chasillon,
had attempted to assassinate Well
U. ton.
Qe The will of Rabelais has this cla
,j "I have no available property; I 01
groat deal; the rest I give to the pc
of His last words when dying were: "
to see the great Perhaps." Afar
j French abbs had this pithy clau e in
^ will: "Tomy stoward I leave nott
jn because he has been in my service
se eighteen years."
It is not unusual for a man to leav
gp his propeity to his wife, with the pre
C(j that if she marries again she is to
ft3 only what the law allows her. I
1(j drawn a number of such wi'ls. Go
nor Morris, the celebrnted Amer
statesman, did not treat his wife so.
?" had married very lato in life Ann ]
t j dolph, a cousin of John, of Roanok
er woman much younger than himself,
j with whom he lived very happily,
bequeathed a very handsome iucort
a3 her, and then provided that in ease
?? married again the income shoulc
e? doubled. ?
A soldier or a sailor is allowed to r
a nuncuj ative will?that is, a wil
word of mouth, by which personal e
may be dispoaed of, but you, being
vilian, must make yours in writing,
don't matter much what the writir
ill on? it may be on a slate, or a table
fid or even a wall, though it is advisable
?e- it should be on paper or parchment.
ii- may write it and sign your name in pi
d. if you likcr bnt it is better to do i
li- ink.
in You may make your will in Choc
he if you happen to understand that
of guagc, or it may, as Hamlet says:
of writ in the'choicest Italian;'" you
n- write it in shorthand, or in auurcrian
an or in cipher, so long as you leave th<
ns behind you. Courts are not martine
g- to the spelling, and if your orthogr
he is not perfectly ultra, they will not r
ire it if they can make it out. If you
;lf j to drop into poetry, even that is
ty mittcd, as th? following case of a i
ite I will sho :vs:
he I give and benueatli,"
ic, When I'm laiil underneath,
iq To my two loving sisters most dear,
' The whole of my store,
o? Were it twice as much more.
ce Which God's goodness has granted to
ad And that none may prevent
pi- This my will and intent,
t a Or occasion the least of law racket,
With a solemn appeal,
I confirm, sign ana seal,
an This, the true act and deed of Will Ja
13 You may sign your will by your
lc' tials, and if your hand is unsteady
may get some one to guide it.
3., must have at least two witnesses,
of though you may not actually see
witnesses sign their names you mtL
^'-7 /. ~V<:* y ," ; * ' - > ;-v;
in such a position that you could do so i
you "felt so disposed," as Mrs. Gam
might remark. That was Judge Roge i
rulmcr in the Storev will case, and it i
goodlaw.
If you are going to leive anything t
me don't ask me to be a witness, for al
its? though I could be a good witness, m
legacy would be void. John Bouvie
was an eminent lawyer in Philadelphi
some years ngo,and the author of seven
standard law books. A lady left him
, very handsome bequest in her will, whic
lliar himself drew and witnessed. Ther
was-no doubt about the intention of th
no~ lady, but Bouvier failed to get his leg
shes acy.
, Having signed and sealed your wi
? you can revoke it by destroying it, bu
r j. not by simply running the pen throug
your name or through the lines, but jo
can revoke it by a subsequent will prop
" erlv executed. Marriage also revokes
can Chicago Herald.
the 1 *
led, A (Juaint Oriental City.
Writing about Canton, China, W. 1
Vlt" Hornaday say3 in the Cosmopolitan
inge w"bat a wonderful dd city it is 1 Hoi
'an" bewildering, and how interesting at ever
> ?T step I The city is all on the ground, c
As at the very most it will not average moi
iera> than a story and a half in height. Wher
vv a the shops are thickest, each square is a
unbroken succession of wide doorways
reau ?or every g^op the whole end next t
ems the street takes out bodily. From on
street corner to the next, there is only
e(^ succession of open ended rooms and pai
and tition walls, with dark, narrow passage
' a.re thrown in here and there. There is n
5 ln architecture visible, for the houses are s
a jammed together that is is impossible t
single out any one in particular withoi
"i climbing on the roof to see how mucli i
:f*e covers.
r~e If this is not a street in Wonderland i
" might as well be. It is only about eigb
a<^ feet wide, and many are less. The eavc
" of the houses on each side project a quai
( j ter or a third of the way across the stree
' ."r and the remaining third in the middle i
u3. very often loosely covered over wit
boards placed crosswise. When the su
?ees is shining the streets are light enougl
tjss but in rainy or cloudy weather they ar
very dark and gloomy, and the peculis
twilight effect only adds another elemer
of strangeness to the scene, rnanicgooc
. nes*, the streets arc well paved wit
, " __ smooth, granite flagstones, one foot b
t " three, and being kept very clean, there i
* no mud to plow through, e-.ea when i
* rains. Pedestrianism is the order of th
day. There are no carriages, carts, drayi
big freight wagons, omniDuses, or stre<
cars to run over you, if you fail to g<
out of the way; for all the freight is cai
ried by coolies.
,s.' Now and then, however, your wot
h gathering is disturbed by a stir and lou
^ P shouting a little way down the stree
vers an(* y?" 906 orow(* Parting to rigl
aw- anc* Then }?u know there is
ard" se<^an c^air coming and you take sheltt
' behind a sign board, or in a friendl
aent ^00rway' or flatten yourself against
who wa^ until the peripatetic nuisance he
rtic- ?onc ?ut the streets are so narrow
^ that chairs are not very often used. The
id it move too sl?wly; ^ takes too muc
the 3^ou^ng to clear the way, aod when tw
meet in a narrow thoroughfare one hf
? t_ to be side tracked before the other ca
jlor" ?fct ^7- The use ?' the chair, therefori
ame confine(* to lazy merchants and officer
, jn_ weak women and swell Europeans. Fc
my part, I would not do Canton in
[ or sedan chair if I could have a whole s<
l.u for nothing.
'ven ^ere *3 011 e drawback *? pedci
lave ^r'an'sm- y?u P433 along you ai
an(j obliged to be on the alert to keep froi
. -Q coming into collision with half nake
' coolies, carrying all sorts of loads. A
^ loads are rarried in the same way; ever
3 schoolboy knows it, so I will not stop t
Tjve describe it. No mitter where you gc
lake y?u caQ certa^a ^at evcry few mir
Q0W utes one of these coolies will come pu:
lnto fing and shuffling along at a dog-tro
^ shouting every few steps to those i
a've front of him to "clear the track," h
jJ load springing up and down, and h
em- bamlJO? lathee creaking rhythmicaHy j
to every step.
es." ' 1
tiich Consolation for the Red Headed.
the Ex-President Hayes once told me thi
J|ve he noticed that "the men who had san
vith jQ (heir hair and beard" were the mo:
Slve energetic and pushing in life. I was tol
not by an experienced detective the oth<
get, day that bunco steerers and that kind <
now | nramb'ers known as "sure thing men
o ^
never attempt to play any of their tricl
ome on red-headed men. I asked why, an
he said: "As a rule red-headed peop
ino" are very quick and choleric by natur
Their tempers are so peppery that the
use: fly up like a flash of powder the instai
Ke a thuy feel aggrieved or wronged. Th(
,or-" are so quick to act that the moment the
Ig? feel that they have been swindled th<
nous cithor fight those who have duped the:
bis or cnll in the police on them. To be su
cessful, bunco men and the others I hai
f?r mentioned must avoid publicity and n
toriety as much as possible. They c
e a^ not want attention called either to the
>viso or their methods. Knowing from e:
have perieace the dangerous temper of tl
have 'boys with auburn hair,' they avoid a
v?r- unfair dealings with them as far as po
ican sihle. Whenever you hear of a rei
He headed man being approached by ai
Raa* fellow with a swindling scheme, you ms
:ej a depend on the trickster being new at b
aQd business." There is some compensate
He iQ carrotty hair and beard after all.le
to Philadelphia Xews.
j she
I be """"
The Aspinwall Cemetery.
aake An Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panam
1 by letter to the Pittsburg Diyatch say
state Monkey Hill is the only burying grour
a ci- about Aspinwall, and it is certainly
It wonderful place. At this time of t]
ig is year people, and especially foreigner
top, | die by the do7.en of Chagres fever.
that is a terrible disease and it snutnes a ic
You low of! quicker, if anything, than yello
cncil fever does. Death is such a very cor
it in mon thing there that very little attcntic
is paid to the manner of burying,
taw, body is thrown into a hired coffin ar
Ian- carted off t> Monkey Hill and put inl
"be the ground,often without even ancxcu
may for religious service.". Then the coffin
ons, brought back to bo used for auother u:
'key foituuate. I saw one rough-lookir
ts as casket while I was in Aspinwall that hi
iphy done duty on 633 different occasions ac
nind had brought $3 to its owr.cr every tim
wish
K A TP"r,fcsu?.
j ??v\n hoi* li?rhfc.
.- 11= ie<. .... ,
Tossed back her tangled tresses bright.
And cried: "I'm truly tired of play;
I'll havo a tea-party to-dav!"
She set the table 'neath a tree,
With tempting tarts, and toast, and tea.
Teu tiuy cups upon the tray,
' Ten plates and spoons in trim array,
Ten twinkling tapers thin and tall,
And then the feast was ready all.
The thrushes trilied and twittered sweet,
The turf was tender 'neath her feet,
cket **or t ap witil lac0 was rimme(1?
Her tasteful gown was tucked and trimmei
' ini- "Now, here am I, and here's tho treat!"
you She cried: "but who is there to eat?
(V. I'm very thirsty for my tea?
* I think I'll be the company,"
and And sipping now and tasting then,
the She ate and drank for all the ten I
jt ke ?Marjaret Johnson, in St. Nichola
\
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if FACTS FOR THE CUBIOCS.
P
j' Jj??
js A New York professor annually tattoos
8,000 persons.
o A mathematician estimates that a
[. machine of one horse puwer would keep
y 27,000,000 watches running.
ir A notion once prevailed in England
a with some people that the seventh conil
secutive son born had power to cure cera
tain diseases. . ' ?<
b Most of the "Washinsrtons now living
e in this country are defended from
0 George Washington's brother Samuel,
>* who was married tive times.
M A curious specimen in the shape of adnnhln
nnnlft i?? rxliihifced at Huntinfrton.
jj Ind. It has two distinct stems an<f two
u blossoai ends, though it is grown firmly
N together as one apple.
g In the time of Charlemagne whoever
injured the widow was thought to have
violated the "peace of the Bang." A
special jurisdiction was constituted in
her behalf; justice wa? made easy for
\ her, and her complaints were alwaya
; listened to. ' ' M
p A Georgia farmer has got a goat that
_ joins gleefully with a hound in hunting
rabbits. When on the tra:l he imitates
,e the dogs and tuds with his nose to the
e ground, but when the quarry is in view
n up go hejd and tail, and he dashes after
(. the unfortunate bunny rega:dless of h"?
J companions.
,e The art of Egypt attained its greatest
a elaboration, not indc-d without some
> loss of national character, in the time of
>s Alexander and the Ptolemies (352 to 30
o B. C.), when Helhnic influence broke
o through the sombre massiveness of the
o unmembered wal s and applied the brilit
liant decoration of colored columns to
it the exterior.
According to an old belief, it was sup?
it posed that devils could at any moment
it assume whatever form they pleased that
59 would most conduce to the success of
r- any contemplated onterprise they might
t, have in hand; and hence the charge of
is being a devil, so commonly brought
h onrainaf innn^pnf nn.l harmless re SOnS in
"b**4*"'* " "vw?- ?? i? ? n
former years can easily b? understood.
)? Visitors to the yarkisches ma earn, in
0 Berlin, are always attracted by a curious
.collection of cxecntioners' swords. In
1 old time j it was customary for these instruments
of punishment to bear inscriptions,
and most of the swords in the
J museum are inscribed. The oldest is
i? ninety four centimetres (thirty-seven
inches) long and six centimetres (twe
e and two-fifths inches) wide, and it bears
'? the inscription: "If thou act in the service
of virtue this sword shall not strike
Jt thee." The date is 1324.
p. *
John Law, of Edinburgh, Scotland,
^ established a bank ia France in 1716,
? which by royal authority in 1719 became
t the receiver of tae revenues of the kingL{.
d jra. To it wai attached a "Mississippi
a Company," which had grants of land in
,r Louisiana, from the proceeds of the
' planting and commerce of which immense
* profits were expected. The shares oi
lg the bank soon rose to twenty times their
n par value, but fell suddenly in 1720.
_ There was no bottom to the matter, and
u widespread financial distress and ruin
^ ^ A* a t flia onliomo
Q lUUUWCU bUC LHIISllllg VI tuji MUUU1V)
a -which was called "law's Bubble."
'c~
a ?
5, A Minister Safe.
'' There is about to ba erected in the
premises of the National Bank of Scot;t
land, St. Andrew Square, Edinburgh,
the largest steel strong-room or safe erei
manufactured. Its external dimensions
" are fifty feet long by twelve feet broad
and ten feet high, and a careful compu-'
^ tation shows that within it might b?
.. stored about 1,250 tons weight of gold
bullion, equal in valie to $530,000,000.
q It is heavy in j ro, ortion to its size,
' weighing 100 tons. Its. walls are be[
lieved to be th'okcr than those of any
? other steel room of similar proportion in
t" use in "the United Kingdom. With the ,
^ view of insuring gr. ater security than
l3 has hitherto been obtained, its walls are
composed of a triple series of plates,
. similar to these which the firm have for
many yesrs used in the manufacture of
bankers' safes. These plates are so toughened
and hardened as to be practically
impervious alike to tnc force of blows,
it leverage and cutt'ng by drills. Thia
d "compounding of the plates," as it is
at termed, involved an enormous amount of
d drilling, no fewer than 1,000 holes being
>r pierced in each e tion. Admission to
jf the interior of this strong room is obl"
taincd by mean* of three massive doors,
cs each seven inches thick and weighing a
"* * ? ~ ^ Km* nn flu* Kor/lonoHl steal
d tuu uuuauaii, 1/uw VII wuv
le pins on which they a e hung they swing
e. with the greatest of ease. Apart from the
;y great thickness of compounded hard and
it mild steel plates in these doors, the prin:y
cipal feature they present is the patent
jy diagonal bolt. Tlnse bolts, of which
jy there ore twenty in each door, shoot cut
cq from the edge of the door at opposing
c- angles of forty-five degrees, and thus
re powerfully dovetail the door into the
0- frame at either side. Thus any attempted
lo wedging between the floor and its frame
m simply tends to bind these bolts tighter
[- into their holes.
ie
Jests Bv the Juveniles.
S1
Little Boy (at table)?"Pa, give me
iy some bread."
ij Father?"3!v son, you rau3t remember
.is mato.uei lulu.. u??
)u Little Boy?"I don't want any prefer?
ence; I want a biscuit."?Detroit Free
Press,
The Major (rocking Nelly on his knee
for Aunt Mary's sake;?"I suppose this
a) is what you like, Nelly?"
sr "Yes, it's very nice. But I rode on a
id real donkey yesterday?I mean one with
a four legs, you know."
ae
s, Harry, nged five. had never happened
It ro see the moon in the daytime. He came
il- down to breakfast the other morning
w shrieking with laughter.
n- "Why, Harry, what's the matter!" ia>n
quired the mother.
A "Oh, mamma,''said he, as soon as he
id could speak, "I've got such a joke on the
to Lord; He's forgot to take His moon in."
se
is Boy?"Mister, what time is it?"
a- Man?"You littic rascal, you asked
ifl me that same question only two minutes
'3 ago and I told you. What do you ask
again for?" /
e. Hoy?"I ain't a-kin for myself. I'm
askin' for this other little felbw; he
don't know."
A jar of preserves hail efected a very
mysterious disappearance during the
night, and the fact was mentioned at the
breakfast table next morning. Denials
~C :u noma frrttn OTrniTr QlVlft bllt it W&3
Ul J^Uilb LUiilb UV/IU wt-w.j ,
noticed that one particular youngster was
silent.
"And what have you to say, Georgie?"
said his aunt, turning toward him. And
then very houestly and solemnly camo
i the lesponae: "My pa don't allow me to
talk at the table."?Pittsburg Dispatch.
There is a veteran Georgian in Americus
who has fifteen children, fifty-ono
grandchildren and twenty-four greatgrandchildren.
,