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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.
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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.