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- U' 'N 7,4 * . { .''r w., r t y i ) ,. 1 r 14 1 i '' 'r-i'' , ,* ., NINO .4 4 KVOL, XV. S'PICKENS, S.C., THURSDAY, JANUARY)1 86 O Bonnie Stratheyre. There's meadows in Lanark and mountains ir Skye, Al M1 sure in Illoland and1( Lawlands forbyoe But there's nao greator luck that the heart could desiro Than to herd the fine cattle in bonnio Strath oyrc. 0. Jt.'s up in the morn and awa' to the hill, When the lnng simuner days aro sue warm and sao still, Till the peak o' lict Voirlich is girdled wi' Bre. And the ovenin' 'a's gently on bonnie Strath oyre. lfon there's mirth in the shelling and love in iny breast, When th o sun Is gane doun and the kyo are at rest; For there's mony a prince wad be proud to aspire To 1ny winsome wee Maggie, the pride o' AtrathoyroI Her lips are like rowans in ripe simmer seen, And mild as the starlight the glint o' her eon; Far sweeter her breath than the scent o' the briar, And her voice is sweet music in bonnie Strath oyre. Set Flora by Colin and Maggie by me. Anl we'll aI'co to the pipes swellin' loudly an1 free, 'Till the moon Iil hio heavens climbing higher and higher I1ids us sleep on fresh brackens in bonnie Stratheyre. 'J'hough 9omne to gay touns in the Lawlands will ru:m, And sono wIll gang sodgerin' far from their home Yet I'II nye herd miy cattle, and blgg my ain hyre, And love my alii Mginlo in bonnie Stratheyre. -liaroh lioulton in Spectator. "FROM THE HOSPITAL." "Yes," said the Rev. Mr. Dibble, "I kncw I could depend upon the hospital ity of my iloek to enterl"tatin thisexcellent young dlivinie,seeing that Imly ewl 11o11e hlold is in so disorganized a condition, owing to tie exigelncies of cleaning house. It will be only for a night or two, and we all know what is promised to thos,e who receive lie angel uln awares!" And \Ir. Dibble rubbed his hands and looked smlinI 'rly arotund upon the mnem br's of the Young Ladies' Aid Associa tion, while a 1ery preceptible murmur of assent r,se ill) from this aggregate collect ion ci curls, hangs, frizzed hair, and crimnped( hace''. Not a damsel in the number but would gladly have extended her gracious hlos pitality to the Rev. F elix Amory, who was to preach a Se'muon inl aid of "Home Helps and \lissions" at the village i church upon the coling Smnday eve mnin. "1'm sure,'' saidl Miss Lidia Larkspur, promptly anticipating the crisis, -'papa would be most happy to receive the gen tleunan!" While all the other ladies looked in dignantly first at Miss Lidia then at each other, and whispered, "Bold thina-!" "Alost kind of you to promise it, I am Hure," said Mr. I)ibble, and so the matier was settled, not at all to the geii eral satisfaction. And Lidia Larkspur went honic, and issued ordcrr that tile parlor curtains should he washed and ironed, and a pound-eake of the richest nature con ,coted. While Kate 1)uer, the doctor's sister, ,who was as fond of yolnlg clergymen as Lidha helself,and would in no wise have objected to varying the monotony of her home life with a spice of ecclesiastical novelty, returned to her crochet-work I W,,4i a yawn and a general impression that life was a bore. "AWe are to have a young lecturer from the city inl the church 1on Sunday evening,'' she said to her brother when he bustled into dilnlner. ''Elh?" said Dr. Duer, swallowing his sealding soup; "are we? By the way, Kate, there's ai new case of simall-pox r'eportedi among those 1hand(s onu the rail ey'way enbankmnl(lt." "D)ear mle!"' said Kate, who was comn pounin~lig a refreshuing salad in a carved wVoodeni bowl "1I0 i hoeiukepwl ta:ccinaited. I high.''ke)wl 'Oh, th er' na o roble about that!'" said the di'tor: "onl theote pa tiens,i Go iuilihject to suchl at A.I shuouhil t~hk .1 very likelv,"' said Kate11, with a lito th- nwn. * "I must, try to IQe'.to hhn somo) wvhere,"' said Dri tDuer thoughtfully. "none of t hose stone houses by the rivecr, perha ps. Old Mrs. Viggers has hadl the dhisease, I know.' And thlen D)r. D)uer ta.stedl thle salad and1( pronoun1iiced it iirst-rate'. Pitchecrville was all on the qui 'it'c Shat dhay whuen the doub1-lesotted piece0 of tidin~gs ilew, on the tongue of popular rumor, through the towvn. An actual small-pox (ease in thieir' m1idst, and a younig miniiister coming all the way from ~New York to appleal to their symp1athies on behalf of home iss5ions."' "'I wonder if it is contagious!'' saidl old Mr's. McAdaum. looking very rond e'yedI through her spietaicles. ''Conta gious!" saidl Mrs. Emmo)ns; ''it ought to find( its wvay inito everhoei our village.''" ~ 'lou l "'What!'" (erled Mrs. MeAdami; "'the small-pox!"' 'No; certiin11ly unot,'' said Mr.s. Em 1mons1; "themo sym1pathetie mlovemlent in favor of 110111 missions." And thlen ('veryonle liaughued. Mrs. McAdlaam looked pul~ed, and Mrs. Em mlonls dtrew huers'elf til and3 remuarked that, ''it was very irreverent to lauigh at kacred tings." But, Miss Lidia Larksapur,whose father did not believe in1 vacciniation, and who had a mortal horror of the disease against which the famlous Jenner waged s0 suIccessful a warfare, was much troui bled in her mlindI. "I've always had a sort of premoni tion that I sholuld fall a victim to the small-pox." sighed sh10. "I only wish pa wVouldl let me he vaccinated!" It was oni a.sultry August evening, the sky full (of luid clouds, the air charged with glit 'rin1g arrows of lectrielty, and thec big dIrops bleginning to knock at Miss Liodia's dloor--a most m'ysterious tap, as she atfte'rwards deOclared. "Who's there?'' said Miss Lidia, open ,'9ug it sulleient ly to obtain a glihnpse of .a tall palo man11 with p)ocket-hatndker chief foldeod tur1banlwise atrouInd his head. * ''Excuse melt,'' said this apparition, "hut 1 believe I havo lost my way. Might I ask shelter from the shower? I amu the~ young mani from the hosp>ital." "Certainly riot," said M iss Lidia, clos ing the door abruptly in his faice, with a little shriek. "Gocod gracious! have I stoodl face to face with the--small-pox And then she ran for the servalit and the camphor-bottle, and went into hysterics. Mrs. Printemps lived in the next house-a picturesque cottage, overhung with Virginia-creepers, with a little plaster east of Cupid in the garden, and a great many bluebells and carnations -a young widow who read all the new est books and sometimes wrote gusiing poems for the second-rate monthlies. Mrs. Printemps imagined herself like the gifted and unfortunate Mary Queen of Scots, and dressed up to the part, as far as nineteenth-century prejudices would allow her-and she was seated by the casement, trying to find a rhyme to suit at most unaccommodating line of poetry, when the tall pale stranger ap peared under her window, "for all the world," as Mrs. Printemps subsequently expressed it, "like a troubador, or David Rizzio himself." "Excuse me, madame," he began, "but I am from the hospit.al,and " ''My goodness me!" ejaculated Mrs. Printemps, jumping to her feet; "how dare you come here and tell me that to my face? Why don't they isolate you?" "Madame-" said the surprised stranger. "Go away!" said Mrs. 1'rintemps, banging down her window and bolting it nolsily. "letsy"--to her girl---"run across the meadow to Mrs. Ulnderlay's and tell her that the small-pox case is rampaging all over the country, trying to get people to let him in, and she isn't to open the door on any account. And stop at Dr. Duer's and ask himl what sort of sanitary regulation he calls this kind of thing?" "I'm afraid I'll meet him, mel!" said Betsy. gZetting belhind the side board; "anti 1 ain'i been vaciom.ted f<.r seven years, and "Nonsens!'' said Mrs. 1'r.mt' "If you go) acro.ss the paston-ai I . et there full five minutes before he does. lake haste now." Kate I)uer was standing in her door way watching the storm roll grandly over the mountain-tops. when the weary and bewildered traveller opened thme gate and came hesitatingly in. "I beg your pardon, " said he meek y, "but I think there must be some thling singular in ily >p1ptarance. Peo ple seem to shut their d oor,' against me, and shun me as if I had the pesilence. And I cannot find the residene of Mr. Dibble, the clergyman. Would it be asking too much if I were to request permission to rest in your porch until the storm is over? I came from the hos pital, and---" "Oh, I understand," said Kate quick ly. "You are the small-pox patient. But I have been vaccinated, and am not afraid of the disease. There is a very comfortable chamber in the second sto ry of the barn, and you shall be care fully nursed and taken care of there, of " "But you are mistaken," cried the young t(an: "I am not---" "Hush!" said Kate gently. "1)o not be afraid to confide i inc. I am )r. Duer's sister, and know the whole story. Sit hero and rest a little, and I will bring you some bread and milk until my brother comes." "I am a thousand times obliged to you," said the stranger, "and the bread and milk will taste delicious after my long walk. But I do not know what leads you to think that I am a victim to varioloid. I have lost my hat in the wind, to be sure, and am con)polled to wear this Syrian-looking drapery on my head, but 1 never had snall-pox, and hope never to encounter its horrors." Kate I)uer turned red first, then pale. "Then," said she, "if you are not the small-pox ease, who are you?" "I am Felix Amory," said the young stranger, "the chaplain of St. Lucettau's Hosital ini New York, J inn to preabi in aid of the home mission oi hiunday next." Kate Duer burst out laughing. "Antd everyone has been mistaking you for the small-pox ease!" said she "Oh, Mr. Amory, tdo conie ini. Howv could weo all have been so stupid? Blut you see, the miinute you btegain to speak of the hospital-'' "I dare say it was very awkwartd of me," said M'r. Amory. "But it's thme way I have always mentioned myself to strangers. St. Lucetta's, youi know-" "Yes, I know," saiti jrate, ''hut to the good folks here, there is onily one0 hospital in the world, anti that is thme Pitchervillo Institute." Mr. Amory enjoyed his tea, slieed peaches, and dlelicate "angel cake'' very much, as lie sat tete-a-tete. with Kate Duer, by the soft light of thie shadedl lamp, while the rain pattered without. Antd when thle doctor came inj it wats cosier yet. "The small-pox ease?" said lhe. "Ohi, that is safely isolatedl at IIope's Quarry since this morning. A nd (doing very well, too, I am hpyto say. Upon my word, Mr. Anmory,'I m sorry thamt you have had such a disastrous exp)e rience." "All's well that end's wvell," saidl the young clergyman, leaning back in his snug corner with an exp)ressioni of inief fable contont on his face. Miss Litdia Larkspur was qjuite indig nant when she heard that Mr. Amiory was staying at, lr. l)uer's residence. "Just like Kate D)uer,'' said she,. "To manovre to get that poor young~ man into her hands, after all. But if a mau rushes around thme country, telling every body that lie conmes from a hiospital,whmat can lie expect?" "T'hec most awkwartd thing I ever heard of in my life,'' saitd hrs. Prin teimps vindictively. But this was not Mr. Felix Amory's last visit to P'itchmerville. IIe came in autumn wheii thme lteaves werec retd--- anti then in the frozen beauty of wvinter. And the last time, he asked Kate Duer "'If she was willing to tfeouniter~ the trials of a ministersa wife?" Andi Kate, after a little hesitation, said that she was willing to try. And Miss Lid Ia Larkspur dleclaretd that "anyone could get marriedi if they we're as boldl about it as Kato D)uer." Mr, Thomas A. Ball, the sculptor, who has recently finishetd a large statue of Daniel Webster for Coincord, N. II., is now at work on a portrait of P. T1. Bar~ lnm. The figure is In a sitting~ position. It will not bs put up duing hisi lifetime, but his fantmIly prefer to have the por trait from life hiatead of walti to have it done from photographs. Both these statues are to be cast in brozae in Afuninh. Naturo's aii i o tin(:lt,,t hi; th0lln or a tirm. The wind rises, forAelling a .t< It cries and moans at the w"indow it lamented the evil it Was powerkey prevent. It is a sounl which tries stinulus is withdrat n fr(m 0he :01r. low spirits we are unale to wetmi are often caused by the suispensiol o bracing, positive electric current du ai change of weather, too slgiht, hatps, for us to notice. This sinkin; S1irits uncoI-ciously leads selsitivr plo to regard the cry of the wind sort of banshee warning of disaster wreck. This is one of the oldest sti stitions in the world, for before the of Virgil am1it heoeritus, wien to G and Etruriant an eelip:,e was the fr of an offended deity a!1 d a co(met w. fiery messenger of wrath, the sigh oi wind was full of unutterah-.e port< In o1(1en <ty', when window fri were not as close as our's andi (hin1' crannies offeredil lipe for ay tune wind chose to play upon it. ina.rin: cotters wove many a le.nd of den of the air and witches shrioking dis and horror, as if The clou(ly atr wa"c fid rot unr abott with howling cries 1;nd( wol't!, wniin!or ll Old-country tralition is full of ; taler:, and we are all primtitivo en< to feel i touch of (-ping dread at eldrich voiees of the wind, foiget ftl the clatmor and wailing, is only the 1 forcing itself through at crevice too v for it. The world is full of sIperst it ion.; w have arisen as naltu::lly as the ehill dread of the wa;lint- of the wind. you must be sure that these well-v ideas have ieitlher lileam ni' Ioe w b(ifore you throw thie- avay. A sit StitioII i' 1not alhvys a thing t< laughed at, a t uth whiclh the latesi search of sc"eiern-e strikiugh ilhtotrate In places oil tit west (o;ast of I land, on the calnest, <u'letcst of da\ strange, hollow mloatt is heard fro distance at sea, alt hough tie wave; sleeping at one's feet. Fifty years the coast folk beli cdv it the voict sp irit, by the old heathen Saxon n. of Bueen, whicht foretold tentpest woe. You hear the voice now, omii as Of yore, but you know that it ih lwiso of a stoni so far oil on the Atlh that itr, swell lums not even ren shore. Sound travels s;, t,uch f; than currents of air that tho tent reaches the ear lon;; beforo the ripple of wind touches Ilie cheek. S< in air travels about thirteen lil minute; in water four times as fast, strip)ing the speed of any tort known. The slore at these pl gathers the sound as in the drum of ear, and currents striking casty carry the roar of storms which sweepin g midoeaml hundreds of lea away, not a blast of which 1ma1y Vex the shore. It is wonderful carriers of sound and motion Ili clmpty spaces of the ocean are. H1 P gale is felt in the British isles a Ih swoll sets the 1ihtship swi!ngfing at station of the IKish and ('cel While at Valentia the surf rises tw< four hours before the storml reaches projectin point. In the hay of 1 terey, ('aifornia, the billows coie ing in front the Pacific while the d, perfectly calm. A cyclone off day sea has sent these surges to tell f;hore of i( work. Wh1pen distant hills look tClet, sa forbode stormn. W'hen instoad of usual haze, Blue li)), as seen frot ham, invites the eve to pierce its < 11nd1 woody paths in singular clearr we know it is the last of our < weather for awhile. Ilow is thtis! great Germn: ob Iserver sa vs 11he mois in) thle air wa1lim its duist':at imp1jur 4uway, leatving this beaut ifiul cleairt Bt this1 reaon511 fil to14 be isat isf:mit Why isn't it as clear lifter a raint as as before it. whin wve know the w< fold t heir l1,lst mlist abouiit themu, to1 keep their recess5 es reh?" I ptI the theory ti:at thie air. teote a si has a refraeting <iuality whlieh br dlistanctes aear, like the gl:ts:wis of a scophe. 11ow does it gain this qutalit (1n1 time antd not at another? PerI by thle dIiff rent atrran!!imet o (f its a optles lby the alteration (of the ele( purrlent so that1:1 v ariou1s havr o('~f thei aict.I lke lenses in a degr. One i~ thle same lense-like gniality ini tIle al Aizonau1): lis whlen am irage is visi an 11 n (th le northIiwest praL1 ie, who titmes it is like looiking thtroughl a g priismi, and the slopes ate ou1 tied purple and laid with roseate tinge; ench iiant ing harmtltony, Youi have hieard of te old signls sayintgs abtout the right time (If 1 lie i for sowing seeds andii exec hin g ta ii such a <ptrier, andi you1 have laug. at the idea Ithat the moon01 had aniytl to (1( with theu:tFairso(f the earth bey giving light like a1 big lanttent. tact,"' writes onle Englishl scienit ist, influence of the moon otn the weathi as5 mVtlicalh as its intluenice o,ver hmn life.'" PresetlyI the smlne writer spt oIf "' te powerfl agency oIf the mnoo cautsi ng tides (If oceant anitd (If air, ject ti th le s:ntte t idlal inftluene F'arthetr lhe d(lies that "cha:itnge' thte wiatheri ate associated with var asp)ects of lithe mon."' Mr. Ptark 1I: son1, (onlt of tie closest obsertver: mUodlern tmes, a fter' st udyintg a mma obs)ervat ions, conles th 51 at there teindeney int thle tmioon to watrm eathI at'hter first <purahter an cool 0(1) the third, slightly hut pierceptibly. Gl aishier, thle i'elebratd mi neteorlolo; finds1 that Itiers are*i moreW nth i in oine-half of the moon'si1 period4 mfore siouthi wuindis ini the othier- -en quite sitlicient toIl at'tet such'l suiscepJt things as t he germsit of seed1. But leaving tihe slight additional I given biy th moon1011 out of tie quet(S research bintgs a n1ew, and 111sermust p1 of th Itoon's1i1 inftiluence be0fom~ us. mnIri is a taiiat or aindil ellector oIf sun's heatt, whliich pourst upon0 tier f< period fourteen timeis theii letigth of day, p)art of whiicti Ilows intto spaice part cc tos to carthI. ltIn tis perio< tsolationi t he 111iiio r'eceiives nbot< heat, bit a polrton (If t hat itntenise 'a atni eleetlri foiree of whtich~ thei su <pmtrter the moon1 lll has bin exposei the utin tterrupt<il loat.(If the sunt for hiouris, absorb'hingt quanltities of vital) and elect rici ty as5 well. Why may it be0 also reftlector and radiator of electric energy, which we linid dIitI1 throughout tnttre, quikening thei in the ground, the leaf in it; sheaf, the blood within our veins. thw t issues which tng overlay 0111 fr-:ine. Sviliee detects I tide of nervous electric force at. its fullest 'm. about 1) o'clock in the forenoon, and i from 3 to 4 in the afternoon, when s to hunlan stteigtil and life are at their the best, in the hours )o0poit. which they tric aro at their lowest, when1i the "Ick feel The feeblest, andl when the dying find Ie for lease. 'he hours of its ebhb at ihow tlo are as well known as the tide of oce:an, im, and beyond i doubt such a currut per. exists in lower forms of organie life. of All things point to the sun1 as the royal >co- sonree, the 1 n0011 as the dispelis: r aml i a rerulator, of this miagnetic life. All and milral Fitzroy, founder of the weather per- service of Great Itrita in, faire.:t and most ime exact of observers, writes in his wel ather .ee book that all the phenomena agree with . the idea of such an electrie infit lene ont is a the part of the m1o11, mil fh lalh' ui at the it explains al a w il recnelnwledl f:.ts in ni. lCteorolo)gv. This heiir; trel', it. re mes deems from ab5urityli tie d(ltenb.ele' of mey mankmnd for centuri(es on thle 1 "1 of the the tmoo)tn for signs of w':ath(r, fr, I(leS ti\O of sowing and(1 rea1pimill, for weaingitr (of ons children and1(1 'ou1g ni11111mals, 1 short, ord1 the most delicate ope;tratio(n:s t' natuir(, sensitive to inillenct.e; we dlth 111 :tmi distantly perceive. \hei all -entitie tt1 men!i algree. thlat, wh'lalteverI tit- r'tnt"on, ,uel certain elmnge.s of the we.Ithter ;:n(i ce' ugt tain chimnges of the mnO h:); en(1 to the gether, we have not far to hu),k for a that code of weal h-r sigl als :lva1:ilable by 'indl land or "(ea. Thel. old super:-itlionll' lnall that, the 11011 auisd the ('4h:mge (: weathcer, ill which lic, the ni.:ike, just lieh Is if we believed that It' cauntioniat'y lish signals of tlb w':lshethr 1b)ram causel But storms. That t he 1mOn'n h:mges n agree -orn with the chan;,('~s of wea!tr as withl the )Irtli tides is a1 bc'licf onl IVcIil we want the per- experience of twenty thou:mli strict h(' observers.-1i. 1. Ma(il and 1.-press. re- - -.-* s, Natural (as in IhwrcmJn ;s. ^ g- The iice-Srv (ln r attending the S e115 of naturial g 1. \ m ly not h 'r"at1r lie than that encountr(red ini )1 whe'rt the manufatured article is conulno;nly" cflalmloye for purt'lo'-s Of lig_ht and fu11i. but it is cert:in that sinc . it w;as litilizel A11101141 ad Inl western Pennu.yhl-aninaond s luthw\t' 1011s ern New York! 111o'e acidentl1." have '. tile suilted than ('ll he chargedti up) to arl1tili ntic cial gas the w\"orl over. Two of i i hed most serious of tihese cnul!ities have ,r taken place in I'ittsbur., whr e not long stu ago It:ain expiloded, wret"ckinguvea fi'st bihlding r., and killit folur (ii- 1i1 ele( , and 311al wvhcre, within a3 week, the exllo,iun e5 a of another" p)ipe loas resulted inl the de. out- struction of a stemluicat a1n tIk) lo s of on1( e (1l life. If natural gas may be uti"3d in the the homes and the btlusintes of the 1eo1)le .al"(l with safety at vely imo1)rta11t 1robllm1 11-"e \'ill have been l ved. \1hc're S( 411 [rues p1loyed for dlOm)wstic lu ilhl" Iheocc.(ln \er o.n".of the hou-hol ha; '..'1n n.\ilu.. \"hat tiotized. The pipe'; ar:e run int., ord"i rr'ent nlary\ cooking and he:(alin~ slt)\(s, :as fOre( well ais grail'. :uItt , bt ides' !1"vit' tilw labor of carigin ('(Ial andP 1' :l)1 ln tlit l, eS, a1 S w ll 1: ( t :l ::: '(' 1n :: + (lat, intg t!":le hutl)urte n rth-l nty- tell), the new tl icet Obt'ia!), th-" -' 3 - thut -Iity of kdinllin+ fr e on(1 :r wa;t--hlinl J l_ thlem, aod at tlw. .unw tim. r ils t imt rl expense on aeeunt <f I:; l ' 110by mOr(: th an ont-h1111 1f. \I '!ht :: ., tire is a at wanllted ill l'v'l'y r'oomli in t131 birotts; a) the Iatcl for ealh room l w. ill suplyl thi,. d( mand. If the Iir,! h1romes It)(o strng it i:,may be cheked by turnin; lever, and on 0111e1 otltetr hand4 by .t :.iullalk ley )ed- mllov'ellelt ev"er' slove in1 1th1' b(ost ml1a' iells be made red hot at at mmnlitnl'S notic e. The onid' (lrala1 k 1 tO all this is th1)e '001 relleetion that one's house is (onln:.cte(d A by direct pipels withi thle inlferlll ri<ms~(31, 11.1 withi the( dlevil knows whlo in1 ('ar3) of31 lO esth <reeraingpro l. Ii 3111 goes wellI blelow thei litt Ilel hun-s so3 succe'(ss.fIll Vin, (lsdisturba3n('es inl the) dep'ithl, (or ofI smne14 s fslighIt de1fe'ct inl th33 m11e:I13 eloye10d 1) -fer contro1'l the( supply., t here is no3 te llg ((mt what Ilmightl hee<'oIle of1 t11h313d weling.' m31 thleir' mmalutes. If Ithe natur1 ;-:33 33.wi 1l. S can 1)1 con)1trolled' and14 regulated13'( 4s sur' y at cessfully as5 the4 r'eserIvoir- (If till' aritifi'ial article ar1e, tlwr app43()lears3 to1 be rO, exN 11ps eusc for' thle drIe:141ful e'xplos33Ins whIi'h 01(e- have1' taken.31 plac4e fromu1 ti 1W t3 ;ime. (in tr'ic the otIher hanad, if t hese explosions1 are to' ( air1 be( set down11 34s una3voida1bl, lin-' natull' nds1 gais en1terpr)1i$l' her'om)es3' a111d:1 erous3 on11(, r of not1 oly toI the people' who1 a1vaiI themI ble, slves'0 (of its seem3linlg ('onven'Iiences''', 1but a' a3t blowvn to kinIgdom11 come11 at any1 tim114 o (f . ~.--. I lid V;te'lington" (I e(p''pon1(111(14 41. It 31 n(Ils d1ic3tt the-ir dispatches11' toi short I n1 for th pressl''5. Stenl)ographers'l' me') v411 'the r'ewri'te a (coh1nnu1 letter'i for' 34 43llar. '' 1s Th''is is much(1 ('heaper'4 11h:m1 do3inge the 1 InI puishing (If the3 llen1. Som111 corrl'~epon3 31h1 en(Ils dictate14 their lettr to1' the 133I (pewr'Iit ''" ('r and1( s'eeral I Iknow1' 13 hve3 wivs who V!) o (f (''1n run11 the3 type'wr'iter a1s well as5 the rr1'1 ill correspondenj14431'1t of a1 New~ York' paper31 (If ha:s a1 wife3 who ennI 13ake3 down(U 3a cohuonl 4 (If of( Iorrespondl'ee fr'oml 1hi: dli'tation44 inl Mr i vr faist, typewrIiterl wVork, and31 its 5st, speed will be apprec3'(ia1tedl wh'en' it is r'e 11nd wr'iter' whol( compose3)5s doe(s remar141kabI41 I54' well31 if he( wr'Iile's liftben words3 a1 minu1lt4'. ibhle A few newaer(5)11l- k.eep 334 331 1113 th Cpi.. l(o1, 'These (3re'4 few, however1''3 :(113 1th33r le'tt,'' :3nse asre de4vo1ted4 t44 edior1ials, descr'1ip)tive' l'he3 matter(31, am111 go'nip 341u m3en 111 :313 (11u1 ing every1' year11. Ther ar' 3ie 141411ty of 11nd bright men31 ill the3 businesl'5', and14 (If'111' m11'ly trined'4 men'l. The14 dissippated 'men ital amongIe. them ('enl be3 coun11ted uponI1 :yourl1 lent A trav1(eler inl M~exico wr'iteIs tha 3t 1h not1 was re4.cently la a1 city (If 12,000 l)popubi thils tionl whero) not a single coply of a daily sdnewspaper was tauken. ('trunat I ("I' ttk.. We are incliied to look upon tho state of t1w first, inan a'; one p)eeuliarly pleas ait anl devoid (:1 car', ra\s the Pitts. hurg Dispatch. I i iv':\"e w\as miade, :d the cmnSc<l'< t l;",ulIe came upon1 Adam, I n;einiil;:iy had very little to dlo beyondl eat, slueep, and( enjoy the eec1'rV. llt, a little inlvestigationl shows that he hatd I job taid out for him which tist have taxed his ingenuity to its utmost. (enesis ii.. 19-20. says that the auinals wen- all 1:1ssedI inl review hefore hin to s+ee what he would call them11. Ive w : t this tilt' Vet attached to his spinal coht:unn :ni cotlt not as sk! at. tite WOr::. She woul(i have li;;-hlten('(I his lahbor very mtch. as wo nnl ate v\ry rV el'w't at calling lialies Ieiil in n iniech attaintel with the hait(s of his :11inil ('Ollpatl'iots, he must have hatd dillit'ult\" inl giving them t;uitable t:aunes: halv(ed, ini vi n thenllrlll'l tuly n:unec' what "er. 1the difficulty lay lie apipr<'e;:ttd hv aly one---evel w ith Ort' IIt'-it n'\"lctlre of te alli 1inal kingdtOmn v:ht> will endeavor to r reit tie well-kn\w'n m:tnes of our most conllliuo :nim:tlS. If one will try to re pt'at the nlainlts of forty aniinal; he w\"ill lindl it takc": him four or live miuttes. Think what a task it was to not only re pt'at iltl invent namittes for all the aniinals, the birds, lishes, llndt reptiles. Whatt he called thcuein will never he known, Iecaulse we do not, know what langtiag lit. ,pokt'. We have our Enl glsh nalnes foi'r all :iitnals --that is, Ill of the inore (tinitilttt (,ln5. Seile of the'l have no intill w;"ithl its except the L:itin .-cient.ilit oIn htt which thaY iare ut1 o1' nobjt ('ts rt n:a's is anl il . It('ir(-in thin:I to ti awe. Atlvtn'iong ani lints :1lf pin1!!. the scientiie n1:ar is 1a1. e'no1;'h t:-nt1 fr, he'aume men wht) i il i'. t :1h ti 'itation andi il71''l ll ', I' ll t~.t: ' r. l t' ; t, spt't l es (tt' :t -i r:u i en ',t intoI Vtwa : 'iali peii s, d't ..t i-':li l" i t I . li:( ' 1 1;), t: I l' it'ew i}). lt t t ,.11 (.ttin-- I litt. I but t h t if it -;t l1 h;:1,i,iai tha:t - w e ntinlv nw. a1inial tilt::ue 'dI:, who woul go' al'>ut givt' it a 'L:'n by ti tiheint r-~ th \i\t,'I1 ii t l 'l l :' itIll~ ii f'amili:ar ih :twienc(' iih,ht call it? Wh> wa-:s it w.\hO fir c:1lled miur be ast of burdntitat h(,ort, and wh'yt\ w\as it tnlled hotrse?' \ hy Init just a; ell jyt sai pi r owt Nit' rb;' l. .'ry w dt'c lits :o hi,tt.' 1 wieb i xplain.; ih recaslons of 'l:(-r' ar, nt' 1in' itt nain'S whhl:i ihe their re'cs tl',n their taf-.ts, as blaek b,ird,1 . \" odp - r y-ate e , Oysl1 ('a1('hl'r, 1i t {h-hu;lr, .Inim:o-w\Orm11, :11id al host Of oths t. Titso thiet are a large 111mh w' \hO i :wnt 're i-s at' il mlier shucl. Ilu''tl h(' e t wors dlit i in descrih in t! w in are c n : tit(l, that is, te \odt i It; nI 1I)n a mea. au rrpn How (ull of,i the uihn!. Ex ( ' 1 Suc h ::ri-t' a ilg lid hunl.. bl,'-he(, a ninue corrut)edl frl)inhmlc h(w., p)robly ro ("illb.i fr(,1' it., 'hbit of t>r i n;r i s b I'ney'; lla tlh;, ;;r4,nld. h oot { ,1n i, N au.th'-r. :tut sere"t(lh-owl. A grt: 71n:aliy anim)1:is have'4 1-:11glish n:un1:, w\ieh :re-e:llaptured from somle oth(r I:1Ian;uag. TIhc' word hear is Duntt'h. The car!\ I-:n)_lish took thli4 w(,ni, but i)r.nun1ei<l it h1cra, and :as it c:un)( clt)wn it h('"1l:a wea:tll-r-he:ttenl un(Iii:hung by h\n- inhth;ar. AllIigartocr i : nmtilcr w\ n wrI \hi,-b e,ab(1 toO ,(alin thel Ivtws of the 'lI'm"ing.'. W\hcn the~111 ci:-. h!idl.n:ul,l :aw this greaee o Hz:-ds herit (on(', recor nix,"cl it:, ,!n,e ill ui ilre and( calle | it <! !(((tt l"O, or tIhe \ii::nl. It ;ln hll c;as ily t 1n how\\ E:ngli'h saih>rs. hearinll this 0"1rni1con1stantly\, bn( rougt the wonS11 KeN lusinless," or "don't monkey" with t his oi: that. A vision of tho very tricky, 1mreliable, and amusing little beast is at o1C called up. Vhiat+ can excito the C ire of a man, especially one of the species dude, more quickly than to spe:1d of him as a puppy? It is full of Contempt. h While there is nothing more beautiful and more pleasant to the cultivated car g than good, pure language, yet there is r1 certainly a strong temptation to use slang phrases. They express so much in i such a strong manner. Slang is the C language of the common people who are only accustomed to words full of y meaning, and thero are comparatively d few who do not fall into the way of using some words not fouind in the tlic, d tionaries, and more of such exp ressions ( are drawn from the animal kingdom than is generally supposed. The dietionarv is said to be dry read- h ing, changes the subject too often, but C in reality there are very few books in which more information and diversion (ani be drawn. -We can- there find, 1 wrapped in the body of word, whole poemls, bits of Iiistory, the love of the ancients, the depravity of some nations, tie elevation of others, how new worlds arise and old onies the, tild, best. of all, we are stiiiiulated to a study of other lan(rna;;es and other people b y the thous aitnffragmlents of their languages foundi there, as the geologist, rises through the pieces of mineral in his enbinet. to the 7 evelainsting works which compose the ti universe ttad t h rough this to the maker a: of all things. -* - - ".-- r< An Ido'n IF'FarmCtS' 1oys andi Gi-i e" -- ti Mentionl 1has b cen mle of the young n people of thw farm. The'e :ie. t score of wt"ays inl which eolnlry hoNs :1il girl-; ma1y bec"om11 inter"(st'd inl ou(-dIoor rer(ation, ;nd thirouglh which they will Ii 1e: ,:;' continted lives. 'I'he lon"- 1 F lngs f(,r the pleasu1res ai en ei1jovimils of th! great eity worid, of wh'ich they know so little amd desire to know so f iullhti, iav be satis.-ilI, in a leasura, u at hcom1e. A great deal ann be aeccm- n pli.l,hc( by a1isociation: to them more i thi:ui to their parents the isolation of ci t liti"v ife is a soimice of dissatisfto'- 0 ti:oni. Why not find a partial remedy in 0 the elu/I 'l'here is Lt'.!t' a rural neighbor- 11 ho.!d m1-1 ithe eastern port ions of the Uint- a< ,.d States where a chili of lifteen or tiventy youlrg peo >le, with a detinite ob- w niet mi vic \w, couiihi Inot he formlled in a w very :hort timuc. It niiglt he a lavin- ti t'uis cl ub or a driving club; a shoot- d: oer, tiing, or athletic cl1b---for the wV Is -or, perhaps, better than these, n1 an ar/inT/ club, that. would include walhking, tdriving, tennis, boating, < :hooting, in(, a11(1 the m1anyV out-of- t door pastiics tiat yotlmg lople of both se\es ihiulge in. 1hi the winter months there voinh!, lie skating-meets , and sleighin1g- tourw, to extend over sev eral dtys, and ice yachtinlg, which w\olld git-o anuscment to both sexes, al be iilulged iii whcrever there are streams or in and1 lakes. Even the bicycle and Irieycle sioubil have a plaeo in the barn with the family carryall, c both for the relaxation of lmscles strained and sore from long hours of bending over Inlcongenial toil, and as a saving of horse-tlesh on ill:iuy ani even irg errand to town. Let there be asso Ciatti.is ad clubs, and perhaps cliib a ehampionships with inexp ensive prizes s for excellence in1 special iells of sport, h and the most benefical kindI of mental K and physical relaxation atd reilpelra- e tion will result. And perhaps if the - hI g1 folks were very, very good they might to beeome tassoeite meul".rs of tIm clib, iii Mnd -1now their youth.-Outing. c! A fewv week ago the Journu/ piulishio<l tI a sket ch oif a cert ain "Unclee Joe," whli Once lived ini the vicinity (of Lake Au burn. Sam Jnuk inis, thle inote<d i liht.. t nling-roil agent, who wvam raisl(d in' YJn ele .Joe'.s nieighblorhiood, cointribuites two ~ good stoieis aboiit this (1(bi old fellow. n Uncle ,Joe neiver was stuink biy a lonr wvordl. I he wasi an uineduicatetd main, but not mlatter how t hiekly aniybody liried ab- <h struise loic or( tech'iial 'ternlis at him i lhe al ways piretteied to compriehieind 'cc everythini g th~at was said. S:un di 1enkzins -o: says thi:it one day, wvhile lie wvas sling--i ling a barn with~ a mian named Fitene Ii Uncle Joe was seen cominig t hat way. . T ,'.Jenkins,"' said French, "i'll lit you~i a can't give Uiicle Jhoe a wordl tha t lie tI thought he'd try it. Unicl' Joe litked a up anu old shingle too(k out his ja k- tI kinift, aiii btgani to wvhiittle. "leiys said hut, "'if I were in, youri ph iu I wouldln't piut so iiany l nills in tos shmiigles. One nail to ai shiingle is eniouighi. It's the wayv I ail wayse shinilI my barn."' liir was Ji.en kins' chiwie. "'t, Um-tli Jo'," said1 hue, " shuoul i thinik the shingles i oitl cluidoht where you onily use' ont naiil to i shiing'le." "'Iless you, they~ doi t'lue ite: vs, in-.. that doiit, hiuii 'e anyui they comei right imekl into pl ace, ireliell Uncle SJte, whit tlInmg thle s hgl composed5t.lIy all thei timet. Unclte lime wtas planting corn ini his field ont' t<by, whti tone of his hiiis fid. lowved him mal( aiti iup thie 'mrii as fast as lhe wvent along. Uiicl' .Joe wtnt tip 9. one "'v and1( dow'~n ano(t her, thle lien tak ig 'up thle cornu from each hillI as fast as. he droedlt it. IIe tid not, notice the bien tillihe reachthe laIzst lill in the t last row wvhen lie saw thme sly (ob11hirdl ini the lill just back of him. "H uillo!"' sa id hue. "Yoiu camne blanikedh near com-- ) in' out a heatd of me, diidna'tI you?" liewisto n (Mle.) Jo urnal1 Some little time sinuce there was a cr tainiuz man uponli th lar lltivartd faculty of , schol arl y att ai nmenits andt lonig conunee tion1 withI t hei tollige, but wvho, in Eliot's (iniiion, hluuil tiutl ived his useful ness. So ~ the p)rtsidhent taled aroiumi ou horse- ~ b ack tune morning as lie was tiut for h is enustomiiary ride. Tlhie professor was inii his yardI. ThIei r greetings wetre cordhial, and they ehiattedl pileasanitl.- on one Subl- / jitt anmd a not her uintilI Ebiot tuirnetd to ii gt. J1ust, as lie ttook up hiis reins he at saidI: "ly the way, pirofessor, I should <m be g ld to have youi send in voor restig- -fi nat ion somne the before kIng. Good ai morning. Andlhe canitred5 off. T1he wv ldgent lemiain was thiunderstrumck, a-s s1 may be imaogined, bt how coul bet re- cC sist such a coutrtcotus app)?iOh So he dhid se what hit hatd to bo-resgne.---Bosor& hi Cor. Lcwiston (Me.) ,Journa/. ft( be MISSING LINKS. There is a clock in MIddlew it, onn., that has kept time-for 2 years., There is a monstrosity in Shenandiah -,4 ounty, Va., which is half monkey; un alf calf. There are 452 womert editors in En land-more than in all the rest of lih pe combined. A place where old Roman oins re ianufactured has been diseoverbd," i onnecticut. The full name of Los Angeles, cal.; Ia a Puebla do Nuestra Senora La Biaa e Los Angeles. A Wisconsin man has been sued .fto amages because his bees trespassed oan neighbor's sheep pasture. A man in Crowley, Tex., claims to ave the biggest hog ever raised In this ountry. It weighs 900 pounds. A valuable fragment of Homer' Odyssey" has been found at Vienna. dates from the second century, Pearlie Gleason, a little girl only nine ears old, took the first prise for oil ainting at the Los Angeles fair. Nothing but a part of the foundatioa. ow remains of the house in which hakspeare spent the latter portiorq of is life. Cassius M. Clay. though not far from 5, is managing a large farm in Ken icky, and nearly as vigorous in mind nd body as he was in his prime. Congressman John B. Storm, of Mon. )> county, Pennsylvania, occasionalh chorts from the Methodist pulpits in ie absence of the regularly ordained inisters. A new sect has sprung up in Canada hose doctrine is that women have no auls, because the Bible nowhere men- ' rms women angels. The leader is a rencliman. A Masonic trowel made of solid silver r General Lafayette, ard which he ed at the laying of the Do Kalb monu ent in 1825, is in the possession of a mily living near Camden, S.' C. Mme. Modjeska has sent to the New calens exposition a doll dressed by her vn hands as the Scottish Queen Ma, id the costume is an exact copy In iniature of her own dress in the last 1, of "Aiary Stuert." The Princess of Wales, who is still onderfully pretty (says Edward King, riting from Paris), has been several mes In the Bois with her prettier aughters, and the young Princesses ander about town in the mornings Ow o Parisian girl would dare to do. Miss Cleveland's conversation is said have oracular quality of her writing. 'o one lady she said: "I wish I could bserve Washington life in its political hase, but I suppose I am too near the entre to get an accurate prospective of hat. 'Those who live on Mount Athos o not see Mount Athos.' " Aiisi Maud Powell, who has recently let. witlh some favor as a solo violinist t Theodore Thomas' Philharmonic con. erts, is a daughter of the superinten. ent of publie schools of Washingtob. [rs. Annie Lo, ise Powell, who has sung >r Mr. T.homas, is also a Washingtn rliy, though not related to the former The improved kind of explosive known cocoa powder is said to possess such iperior value for many purposes that it is been nitroduced into the farn e' rupp factory. It is asserted that, wtl i:al pressure, this substance gi -."ater velocity to a ball than can be a ined with ordinary powder, while at, ioke is found to be less dense and to ear off more qu ickly. Thle Smithsonian Institution contaias e siialh nugget of gold, a little larger an a pen, that first met the eyes of imes Marshall in the saw-mill wall at Leramen('ito, and1 wias tho beginning of ose d iscoveries in California that hiave NIe td nearly $1,500,000,000 to the orkt's stoek (of pri*~ous nmetals. The igget is kept in a glass case, and is an >jcOt of curiosity to all visitors. T.iherec are two well-known honse. weorators ini New York City who are *othiers, of the se hih,weight, >miplexionm, uand hbuild, wearing clote the 5:iine( color andi( style, and linolh. ig together, without speakhig a word each ofther, every (lay at Del monico's. lie ordinarny mortal cannot tell them paIrt, andmi one never knows which of im t wt lie is talking to. A brewer in T'oledlo, 0., said to car a tim, largest business of the kind in mc State, has had inicorporated a brow icom(lipanly with a capital of $800,000, udl Ims distributed one-hanlf of thes Qhares tutliaong his eimployes. It is plamedr that the owner, fearing that would not long live to en joy his calf h, hias taken this method of (divid git among those who helped him ao, iunulate it. Thie Euphrates River, once a mnighty ream, seems likely to disappear a.lto et her. F"or sonie years the river barik elow Baby,lon have been giving way > liar. thle streamfl spread out into a marsh, imt ii steaimers could not pess. mi (oily a niarrowv channel remained >r tihe native boats. NOW the passage beiing filled up, aiid the prospect let mat the towiis on thme banks will b mined and the faiious river itself will e swallowed up by the desert. Thie Duake oif Abercorn, says the Lon-l oin TJruthn, was a peer andi a landowner the heist type. lHe hiad been a promI mint figure in society for more than fifty ears, andi lie *was certainly one of the mOst p)opular' men of his time. Pince lbeirt was p)articularly fond of him aisd fteni consulted him with advantage bout both puiblic and private L'attW. 'lie D)uke aiid D)uocss of Abercorn i,oth gure p)roinently in~ "Lothair,"' and bey were great favorites of L:4rd Bea. mansield, who regarded them as ldeal peeimens of the "high nobility."4 A writer in the New York 7W~burg fa dd that Robert JBonner ia mai a nrious provision for continuing th e'dger' after his (heath in the sa39 a which he has beeni conducting~ it' ~ ouit t hu y years. lie holds/Wt i~< 'rstod, that it will take his ar liy three years to learn his met4idde to select the class of literdry.. cichi has givein the Ledger its 1* ecess. I Ie has, therefore. be -r het extra material with the d curing enough to last threesy S dleath. Already about ~ m' one year, or fifty-two 3tun . .' en necnmulated.