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BY DRAYTON & McGRACKEN.
AtKEN, S. C., TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1882.
YOL. I, NO. 40.
Hio T:arlj Uaiu.
Do* 11 O^roayh t'ae minty air,
P'own from the gloom above,
falling, pattering everywhere.
The rain cornea qnick with lore.
Softly the mu»«l thrush
Sings in tne golden storm;
The robin under the laurel bush
Waite for to-morrow morn.
Drip, drip, drip from the oaves,
Pit, pit, pit on the pane,
Swish, ewieb, on the drenched leaves.
List 1 ’tie the song of the rain,
Oraeses are bending low,
Green is the corn and thick;
loo can almost sea the nettles grew,
They grow so strong and thick.
Soft Is the wind from the west.
Softer the rain’s low sigh;
*he spa ro v washes his smoky breast,
And watches the gloomy sky.
Stirred are the boughs by the breeze.
Scarcely a leaf is still.
Something ii moving among the trees
Like a restless spirit of ill.
Standing watching the rain.
Do you not seem to hear
The voice of God outspeaking again
To man’s ungrateful ear ?
Promising plenty of peace,
Garners with treasure heaped.
That seedtime and harvest shall not oeaee
’Till the harvest of earth be reaped.
A Story Successfully Told.
Pretty, plump Mrs. Archibald Steele
Wrote the following paragraph in one
of her letters to her husband the other
day:
“John must come down here at onoe,
whether you can spare him or not. Our
dear Laura is greatly taken with a tall,
thin young man, with a hooked nose
and thin lips, called Stnyvesant. It is
whispered about the hotel that he is a
very good match and has the veritable
bine blood of the old Dutch governor
in his veins. I must say it has a queer
way of showing itself, for the young
man is pale as n specter, and dressed in
D’fct white duck, with bis sunken eyes
and bilious skin, is enough to frighten
any one. I have grown to hate him,
while Laura is growing to do quite the
contrary, I’m afraid. All the evening
he leans against the wall, never opening
his mouth save to give vent to some
hateful sarcastic criticism upon the
scene around him, and yet dear little
Laura’s eyes— as indeed all the other
pretty eyes about—are perpetually be
seeching him for some attention. In the
daytime he is always with a black
horse, that covers more ground with its
legs when it is going than any animal I
ever saw. When Laura goes wttt to
drve behind it, and vanishes out of
sight with the bony creaturewAiMnble
to think how dreadful itj^^HHLpur
_-dear little girl ever
parcel of this wre
Dewfit. So _ _
Offcer come down at oned ; I quite lotarg<
to eee his handsome face and hear his
honest voice, and I think it is about time
John should tell his little story to
Laura, and have the thing settled com
fortably.”
Mr. Archibald Steele smiled as he put
the letter from his wife in his waistcoat
pocket, and picking up the morning
paper scanned the news of the day.
Finding nothing therein to ruffle the
exceedingly satisfactory condition of his
affairs, he put it down and smiled
again, as only a prosperous, contented,
down-town meichant can smile. He
was one of those happy exceptions to
the ordinary rule of mortals, .with whom
everything went well. His whole ap
pearance was an exclamation point to
that effect. If he ventured a little
hazardously in trade, Fortune trimmed
her sails to favor him. If he set his
heart upon anything relating to domes
tic felicity, all the elements of art and
nature conspired to bring it about. So,
when he stepped to the door of the
office and beckoned to a young map
with a strip of commercial paper in his
hand and a pencil behind bis ear, Mj.
Steele smiled the third time, with thie
air of one who was not at all afraid af
any bilious, blue-blooded obstacle thajt
might be thrown in the path of domest-
tio happiness which he firmly believed
Lad been arranged by an omnipotent^
band.
“John,” said Mr. Steele, closing thi
door of his private office, and Icokii
benevolently upon the young cler]
1 I’ve got an order here from Mr
which I wish you would attenj
Steele
to.”
“Certainly, sir,” said Jonn. “Sh
I go out and get the articles myself ?”
“Why, the fact is. John,” said the 1
merchant, enjoying the joke more and
more, “it’s only one article, a rather
bulky one. It wav bargained for long
ago. I think you will have to go with
it, John.”
“ Down to the sea shere?” said John,
getting a little hot and flustered. “ Is
it a very valuable parcel, sir?”
“Well, perhaps jour natural modesty
iray depreciate its worth, John. Mrs.
Steele and I think a great deal of it,
and Laura, too—I'm sure she does. Th'
commodity* is yourself, John. Mrs
Steele wants you to go down and take ^
little holiday there.”
When the name of Laura was men
tioned the young man’s face grew more
flustered and hot than before.
“You are very kind,” said he,” and
Mr*. Steele is always more like an ange^.
than a woman.”
“ Bather solid and plump for ™ a \’”
interposed Mr. Steele; “ but ^ the
phrase, nevertheless.”
“But it is simple m-^dEess, pursued
John, “to dream r* farther happiness
than I now env-Y—your affection and
that of your -* ife > position here-I
don’t dare. I oaa’t hope for anything
mor «.. Kjb, Mr. Steele, I can’t tell my
p^ory. She would shiink from me with
aversion, she is so young and beautiful.
Let me at least enjoy the present.”
“And in the meantime some cadaver
ous, bilious, blue-blooded scoundrel will
carry her off from ns.”
Then John’s face grew pale and stern.
“If there is the slightest feeling upon
her part for any one else, ihen, indeed,
Mr. Steele, is my case hopeless.”
The commercial paper flattered from
his band, the pencil fell from his ear ;
he leaned his head against the desk and
trembled.
“ Why, who would suppose you could
be such a coward?” said Mr. Steele,
impetuously. “ Yon shall go down with
mo this very day.”
All the way to the sea-shore John’s
face wore the look of one who had re
solved to storm a deadly breach, but
who did not hope to survive the attempt.
Even the ocean, when it confronted
background wan and gloomy, a great
bLck mist lay in the ftanitb, a dense red
vaper almost touched the water.
“A very nasty fee,” said Mr. Steele.
John sniffed it in, his eyes dilating,
his broad shoulders expanding, his head
high in thj sea scented air.
A tramp on the hard Wet sand, and
like a meteor a black horse shot by,
disappearing ;n the mist, leaving for
John the memory of a charming head,
crowned with blonde curling hair, two
kind eyes *oent upon bii-own, a white,
waving hand extended in salutation.
“John,” said Mr. Steele, “did you
see tl^face of that man ? I count upon
yowling Laura. Did you see his
cruel lips, his treacherous eyes ?”
“Ionly saw Laura, sir,” said John,
imply.
Later on, Mr Archib. d Steele and
his plump, pretty wife were alone in
theij private parlor. Her dimpled hand
lay lovingly in his, her shapely head,
fresh from the hands cf the hair^dresser,
rested on his shonlder. Suddenly the
door opened, and there was heard the
rustle of silken drapery. A still shape
lier head, and fresh from the bauds of
the hair dresser, peeped in at the door.
Laura was pale, her little white bauds
were clasped together, her voice trem
bled.
“Oh, papa, mamma, come directly I
Mr. Stuyvesant ventured out too far,
and— and—”
“Was drowned?” said Mr. Steele,
with a peculiar combination of pity and
relief.
“No, no; how can yon suppose so
dreadful a thing ? He was rescued, but
is very weak and ill. Ho has asked for
me; and may I go ? Will you come
with me, mamma ? Oh, I beg of you I
Can’t she, papa ?”
Her blue eyes filled with tears, and
her little feet seemed panting to fly
through the corridor.
“ Certainly not,” said Mr. Steele.
“ Let him wait until he is able to come
to you. Either a man is drowned or he
isn’t. Because a man is imbecile enough
to risk his life, that is no reason for
your being the talk of the hotel.”
Laura raised her head proudly.
“ No danger of that, papa ; and be
side, every one is occupied now with
the one that rescued him.”
“ And what madman was that ?” said
poor Mr. Steele, who could not recon
cile himself to the present condition of
affairs.
“ I don’t know ; a stranger, I believe.
I was so interested in Mr. Stuyvesant I
forgot to ask.”
“ Pah I” said Mr. Steele, getting upon
his feet and walking to the door. “I’ll
go and find out all about it. Do you
stay here until I return.”
Before he had gone far, Mr. Steele
heard from the excited guests several
difierent versions of the affair; but one
and all agreed that the rescuer could be
nothing less than a champion swimmer.
“ A regular water dog I” said one
gentleman to Mr. Steele; and as the
had bend-the •piluet ui
ore in his life, and that on
^ to of vital interest to himself,
kft-iut out the hero of the hour and
fo.-.u, to his astonishment, that it was
John Waters himself. He was quite
enveloped in the flounces and furbelows
of pretty and sympathetic women, who
insisted upon knowing every half
second if he was sure he felt strong and
well; and how in the world could he
buffet those dreadful waves in that
he
them, wore a threatening look. Upon 1* water-Jog, that ,
the horizon a pile of olonds formed a | Ad these were the v<
grand, heroic way, and how
manage to drag poor, dear Mr. Stuyve
sant to the shore ?
John, like any other hero of the hour,
eRjoyed this womanly adulation, but
looked anxiously at Mr. Steele when he
approached.
“ Hum!” growled that worthy mer
chant ; “ a pretty fellow you, to inter
fere with other people’s planet How
do you know he wanted to be rescued ?”
“ He appeared anxious that way, sir,”
said John. “ He wrapped himself about
me like a devil fish. I thought one
time that we’d both go down together.
There ought to be a echool for teaching
people how to let themselves be saved.
It’s the easiest thing in the world; the
water itself is an accessory if you man
age it right.”
“Oh, do tell us how, Mr. Waters —
please 1” chorused tl e pretty and sym
pathetic women; and as John began his
lesson Mr. Steele slipped away.
“Oh, papa,” began Laura, “how is
Mr. Stuyvesant?”
“ I don’t know—I didn’t ask,” he re
plied. “ I was so interested in the fel
low tkat dragged him ashore. He’s an
old friend of ours. The way wo made
his acquaintance was on just such an
occasion; he saved a lady from drown
ing.”
“ Why, papa, he must be a splendid
fellow I” said Laura.
“ Magnificent I” said Mr. Steele.
“You see we had traveled over consid
erable of the world together, your
mother and I, while you were yet a
baby, and we found it rather odd, one
morninsr, to discover that, having
crossed the ocean and the Alps, loitered
in the Hudson Highlands, traveled
thence down the Mississippi valley,
across the American desert to Califor
nia, and back again by another ronte,
your mother had never been up the
East river as far as Morrisania. It
seemed so hard to have neglected this
Jiome excursion that we determined
pon it at o(nce. The morning was wet,
but th?s didn’t matter. Your mother
looked prettier in a waterproof andrufc-
' ers, with a shovel hat tied under her
bin, than most women would in a ball
She wasn’t a bit afraid of rain
|mdmud. She was a little too reckless,
for, getting ashore to see one of the in-
titntions for vagabond boys, her foot
lipped off the plank and she disap-
>ared.”
Mr. Steele stopped a minute; his
oice faltered; the plump little hand of
is wife slipped into his own; he
Clutched it, and went on again:
“One minute I eaw her, as neat and
t rim a figure as ever graced a water
proof and shovel hat, the next she was
done.”
“ Gone !” cried Laur#t.
“Into the water,
hungry, greedy waves t
take her away from the
the universe; and if ha.
of those very vagabond
been lurking there for
cape from the island, y
both, my dear, for I m
p nnge after her, thou
tc say I couldn’t swi_
stauld only have gonej
lire a plummet of lea<
standing by caught a:
cred out that Johnny
a? safe as a trivit; a
vagabond boy came u
lother on the other s:
azi the official cried o
J,
“Gone where ?”
ild; into the
aat surged up to
fondest heart in
fn't been for one
boys who had
chance to es-
iu’d have lost us
le an agonized
I’m ashamed
a stroke, and
to the bottom
ft, but an official
id held me, and
[Waters had her,
Id presently that
with your sweet
Ide of the boat,
]t, ‘He’saregu-
>hnny Waters!’
words • guest
here used iu relation !• John ft minute
or so ago.”
“John P cried poor bewildered Laura,
“our John? Mamma was the lady?
Was John the boy? And is it John,
our John, that saved poor Mr. Stuy-
vesant ?”
“Thevery same, darling—John, oui
John ; he’s always on hand when there’s
trouble or danger.”
“Oh,mamma! mammal”cried Laura,
forgetting all the years that had passed
since the accident, and crumpling both
the coiffured heads in a most reckless
manner.
“Papa,” she said, after a pause, “wt
must go and find John. I want to tell
him how I—I—”
“Yes, dear,’’said Mr. Archibald Steele,
and all the way through the corridor and
into the parlors of the hotel, with his
plump and pretty wife on one arm, his
lovely daughter on the other, he strode.
But John was still surrounded by the
pretty and sympathetic women, who had
cruelly deserted the blue-blooded de
scendant of the old Dutch governor, lying
in his moet graceful and languid of atti
tudes on a neighboring lounge—the de
scendant, not the governor—and had
flosked one and all to the handsome and
heroic founder of the new school for
teaching people the way to be rescued
from drowning.
These charming creatures spent so
much of their time at the seashore, and
it was so necessary and so nice to be
u ise I • *
John was almost hidden in flounces
and laces; but when his eyes met Lau
ra’s he plunged out of these costly bil
lows with his usual ease an,d intrepidity.
There was something in Laura’s eyes
that had been there before ; a tempting
languor, a bewitching shyness, a bewil
dering splendor, that steeped his soul
in a mad, sweet hope.
Laura stopped one moment to whis
per to her mamma, and John gasped
out to Mr. Steele :
“If I dared—if I only dared tell
her—”
“ I’ve told her myself!” said the mer
chant.
“ That I was a pauper without home
and friends?”
“ I told the story in my own way,
John,” continued Mr. Steele, “and I
flatter myself I told it successfully;
don’t spoil it, if you please. I have
managed the past and present, do you
look out for the future, John.”
And John did. Laura walked through
the parlors that night, the envied of all
the pretty and sympathetic women and
brave and appreciative men that congre
gated there.
Summer Perils.
Among the young particularly much
mischief arises from the use of unripe
fruit. The crude acids of undeveloped
fruit are liable to irritate the alimen
tary canal, and the hardness and
toughness of the unripe fruit
Jtlv tax the dieftutim
Then again, fruit which is over ripe—
when fermenting processes are going
on—is equally unsuited to the stomach
and alimentary caual. This, too, pos
sesses irritating properties. If par
tially decayed fruit is to be eaten at all
thej decayed portion should be care
fully removed, and that which is to be
used thoroughly cooked. Decay in one
place affects in a measure every part oi
the whole.
Sunshine is a good medicine in mod
erate doses, but a very dangerous one
in overdoses ; hence the frequency of
sunstroke. To avoid sunstroke it is
well for those who are not in perfect
health to wear head coverings of light
color; dark colors attract the heat.
A wet cloth or a large leaf like that of
a plaintain may be advantageously
woru on the top of the head when
going out. A sun umbrella adds
greatly to the comfort as well as to
safety of oije who is at all feeble.
Those suffering much from nervous
and physical prostration should, so
far as possible, avoid going out in the
middle of the day.
Then again, danger lurks in the
shade. The inviting lawn beneath the
cooling shadows of some grand old
tree lures one overcome with heat and
fatigue to stretch himself out on na
ture’s cool green carpet. Colds are
thus contracted from the dampness of
the grass or the chill of the ground.
Whether in sitting or lying on the lawn,
it is always well to take the precaution
to first lay down two or three thicknesses
of an afghan or rug or carpet.
The removal of the hat and coat, and
perhaps other articles of clothing,
after exercise, and then taking a com
fortable seat where there is a cooling and
agreeable draught of air has produced
many a cold. The impatience which
leads to such au act of indiscretion
should be curbed. Clothing should be
added rather than removed at such a mo
ment.
We have often spoken of the injurious
effects of the excessive or untimely use
of iced foods and drinks. The moderate
use of ice cream and of ice water will sel
dom do much, if any, injury. But,
pouring down ice water, or filling one’s
self with ice cream for the purpose of
keeping eool on an oppressive summer’s
day is anything but philosophical. Warm
drinks will often better effect the same
result. These will assist in bathing the
skin with perspiration and the evapora
tion of tins perspiration produces an
agreeable coolness. Drinking ice water
with meals, or taking ice cream as a
dessert so greatly lowers the tempera
ture of the stomach as to retard diges
tion. Dyspepsia may be easily culti
vated in this way.
A Case of Luck.
“ There goes a lucky man,” said Dr.
Buss to me the other day, as a finely-
dressed and rather fine-looking gen
tleman passed us on the street.
“ Who is he ?” I asked.
“ His name is Hill, his home is in
the neighboring town of W—,” re
plied the doctor. “ Several years ago
Hill’s father died, leaving to him and
two elder brothers considerable prop
erty. This son was the prodigal and
soon wasted his share by dissipation.
His brothers, respectable men, were so
ashamed by this man’s conduct that they
offered him 81,000 if he would leave
and promise to never return. Hill took
the money and gave the promise, and
Went to Leadville, Col. After looking
around for a few days he fell in with an
old miner, who proposed tlyrt the twain
go prospecting. They went, and soon
•^struck it rich.’ Hill sold his share
for $50,000, came back to W—, paid
his brothers the 81,000, declaring that
thereby he was absolved from his prom
ise to not retnrn, abandoned his bad
habits, invested his money in good se
curities, and is now enjoying life as
only the truly Ineky o*a.”—Pcn/lcl<i
(Pa.) JjiUer.
A FREAK OF FORTUNE.
How a New York Millionaire Became
RarpicUer—A Marriage tkat YVreagkt
Only Rein.
One of the noted characters of St
Louis, according to the Post-Dispatoh
of that city, is Joseph W. Bathbone, a
former New York millionaire, who now,
earns a livelihood by gathering rags.'
He appears to be abont sixty years of
age and is very reticent as to his past
life. Becently he was recognized by
friend, who imparted the story of h
career to a reporter.
“Something like twenty-five or thirty
years ago,” said the friend, “Joseph Wrf^
Bathbone was one of the most promi
nent young men in New York. He was
the eldest of two sons, his brother being
about three years younger. His father
was at one time a sea captain and
made several voyages to China, on
one of which the youngest son ac
companied him, but never returned.
Daring a storm he was swept over--.
board and lost, thns leaving Joseph
the sole heir to the old man’s
money, his mother having died while he
was quite young. At this time Joseph,
I think, was eighteen years old and was
at Yale college. On his retnrn from
his last voyage his father decided to-
give np his seafaring life and settle
down in New York. He purchased a
dwelling on Twenty-third street near
Sixth avenue, which was then a fashion
able residence portion of the city, and
probably feeling lonely in his old age,
took his eon out of college and pur
chased for him an interest in ? large
wholesale dry*good* house. The young
man showed remarkable tact, and for twt
three years worked faithfully and ener-
real life his is
saddest”
undoubtedly one of the
FOR THE FAIR SEX.
Dogs After a Jack-Rabbit.
You will be riding along with your
dogs trotting at your heels, when sud
denly to your right on a little knoll
yon will see, sitting on its haunches
kangaroo-like, a large rabbit with its
ears straight np in the air, as if bidding
defiance. Yonr dogs have as quick as
yourself discovered the same thing; but
being obedient their recognition of its
presence is made known only by a few
whines and half suppressed or spas
modic barks. Being ready to see the
fun, a “sick’em,” “go for’em” from
yon and away goes the pack np that
knoll as if to exterminate his
Jackship as dignified and de
fiant he sits “ monarch of all
he surveys,” when the yelling dogs get
to within ten feet of him he springs, as
if shot from a cannon, at least fifteen
feet and “commences business,” as
Mark Twain aptly puts it; in fact the
dogs are so much surprised at this sud
den manner of jumping to a conclusion
that they actually pause and sniff around
the place where they expected what was,
wasn’t; then with disappointed rage
they dash up tfie knoll after this elec
trical phenomenon; but it is like chas
ing a large ball down hill, the faster
they go, so gains the ball; but when
the crest of the hill is reacted,
matters take a turn, and then the
dogs commence to gain, as his
Jackship cannot accomplish the same
distance each spring, down hill, as he
could np, for his own momentum com
ing down upsets him, and it is not un-
frequent to see him roll over and over.
Of course if the hill proved of any great
getically, much to his father’s pride and J th ^ descent oar friend wbald be
satisfaction. Then he began to^minglr] |lt: w He doM
in society, and as he always had plenty
of money, he was welcomed everywhere
by the young bloods of the town and by
the fortune-hunting belles and their
mammas. Although he did not actually
neglect his business, he did not seem as
deeply engrossed in it as formerly, and
much of his income was spent in wine
suppers and other kinds of dissipation
followed by the rapid young men of the
metropolis.
“Finally he made the acquaintance
of a young lady who moved in the up
per circles of society, the daughter of a
widow who was reported to be very
wealthy. How she obtained her money,
if she had any, was never known, and
there was an air of mystery about her
history which caused considerable talk
in society; but as she and her daughter
appeared to be refined, eduoated
people, they were recognized by the
better classes. The daughter was an
exceedingly handsome girl, very vi
vacious and coquettish in her man
ner, and always had at least a
dozen ardent admirers at her heels.
She affected the strongest attach-;
ment for young Bathbong, who,
er. It was finally reported that they'
were engaged to be married, and the
gossiping spinsters whispered that if
there was any love in the match it was
ail on his side—that she was simply
after his money, or the money that
would be his when his father died. It
was known that the latter was strongly
opposed to the match and that he did
everything in his power to break it np.
He might have succeeded, perhaps, bat
one day a stroke of apoplexy laid him
out on the sidewalk in front of his own
residence, and the young man became
the owner of something like half a
million.
'All opposition now being removed,
the wedding, as a natural result, fol
lowed, and it was one of the sweetest
affairs New York had ever known. It
took place at the residence of the
bride’s mother, on Twentieth street,
near Fifth avenne, and was attended by
some of the most prominent people of
the city. The supper, which was gotten
np by Delmonioo, was perfection. Wine
flowed Sts freely as water, and at mid
night it was said that the festivities be
gan to assume the appearance of a Jar-
din Mabile ball rather than the moder
ate pleasure of a well conducted wed
ding in upper tendom. Before 2 o’clock
the quieter portion of the gnests had
become disgusted, and left for their
homes, and 4 o’clock there was
hardly any one present. About this
time the groom succumbed to the influ
ence of the wine, and was carried help
lessly drunk to one of the upper rooms,
where he was left to sleep off the efiects
of his overdose.
‘ ‘ About 9 o’clock he awoke and gath
ering bis scattered senses, he started
for the room which had been set apart
for the use of himself and bride, deep
ly humiliated and prepared to make a
most abject apology to her for his con
duct. He found the door unlocked, and
entering discovered that a rival suitor
was in her company. For a moment he
stood pb though suddenly transformed
iuto stone, and then he quietly closed
the door, walked slowly down the stairs,
donned his hat and overcoat and left
the house,
“About a week afterward, having con
verted all his property into cash, he
disappeared from New York, and was
absent for nearly two years.' In the
meantime his wife had entered a suit
for divorce on the ground of desertion,
had obtained a decree and was married
to the man who bad taken her hus
band’s place. When Bathbone returned
he was a complete wreck. He was
found one day in Union square suffer
ing from delirium tremens, and was
sent by several of his friends to Bellevue
hospital, where he remained for
more than a month. He had
spent every dollar of his fortune, and
one of his friends, after clothing him re
spectably, secured for him a position in
a retail dry goods store ; but he remained
there less than six months. He gave
himself up entirely to drink, and for
several years frequented the lowest
drinking houses of the city, one of the
most disgusting specimens of fallen
humanity imaginable. He was sent to
Blackwell’s Island twice on the charge
of vagrancy, and upon his release the
last time he disappeared from New York.
“ How or why Bathbone came to St,
Louis is not known, as he refuses flatly
to talk about himself, and sometimes
flies into an uncontrollable fi* of rage
when the subject is forced upon him.
He lives in a little shanty in the vicini
ty of Broadway and Noith Maiketstreet,
and has no companions bat his wretched-
looking horse and a maney dog, who
hak an irrepressible inclination to lunch
off the bodies of trespassers on his mas
ter’s premises. The old man has evi
dently forsworn drink, and hoards like
a miser every dollar he makes as a rag
man. His mind has undoubtedly become
weakened through brooding over the
deception practiced upon him, and some
day he will probably end his troubles
by suicide. Qf all the sad romances of
girls
land.
News and Notes lor Women.
One hundred thousand women and
Is are employed as barmaids in Eng-
caught ; but see hfo cunning. He does
not continue &own the knoll in a
straight line, but comma* tea a gradual
spiral descent around the knoll, thns
equalizing the hill, and “getting in his
work ” again on long jumps. The dogs,
as you might say, not having “ got on
to this new racket,” of course follow
after, and lose more than they made on
the first descent. Finally our friend
gets down on the level prairie, and then
the chase becomes a “ nip and tuck ”
affair ; but the dogs conclude to “put
up a job” on “rabby*' and try to trian
gulate him, that is, go for him in three
or four different directions. But just
as you ihiuk one or two of the hounds
have got him, he suddenly turns at an
actual light angle, and away go the
dogs head over heels trying to do the
same thing, or else “circus ring it,”
that is, run with their sides almost flat
on the ground, trying to take a short
carve, after the animal, but he entangles
and ontwits them all. The dogs try all
sorts of dodges, some wait for tbe
others to chase the rabbit to them, and
they make a dash, bat only to go head
over heels on the prairie.
jj^i^your horse nearly
nToised with laughter at the peculiar
gymnastics of your pups.and wonder
whether they will jump out of their skins
or not. Hnrrah I they surely have got
him this time, as they commence to
circle around him^ Indian fashion,
gradually drawing in toward the rab
bit, which is in the center. Yes, they
will close on him this time, sure. The
dogs have got him inside of a circle
scarcely fifteen feet in diameter, which
seems to move all over the prairie, dogs
and rabbit combined; but the dogs seem
snre of their prey. Gat him! A loud
barb, a dash by all the dogs jointly,
and yon see four cr five heads meet
over a spot on the prairie. It must cer
tainly be our unfortunate friend. No.
Only a hole in the ground. Mr. Babbit
has disappeared, and a madder, more
surprised lot of dogs you never saw,
tearing at the hole, barking as if mad,
and even rolling over the ground in
their frenzy. Yes, bark away, scratch,
growl, gnash yonr teeth—angled, out
generaled and out of breath. The whole
tactics of the animal were to draw the
dogs near to this hole, the whereabouts
of wbioh he was perfectly familiar, and
all of these turns, angles and circles
were a part of a defined plan to give
them the slip when victory was in their
grasp. Yet to the dogs belong the hole
victory.
The sport is excellent, as it is ever
changing, the chase is all over the
prairie and knolls, and never more than
half a mile in a straight line, so you
must have a good horse and manage
him lively, or else you cannot keep up
and enjoy the discomfiture of the dogs.
I have never heard of a jack rabbit being
fairly run down. Perhaps it has been
done, but I am convinced the cases are
rare.
If yon wish to have fun, exercise and
pleasure, but certain disappointment as
to results, let me cordially invite you to
indulge in a good square chase after a
regular jack rabbit of our Dakota
plains.
Cotton Seed Oil.
The gourmand who carefully makes
up his own dish of cool-looking salad,
says an exchange, is very apt to be de
ceived into believing that the rich gold
colored oil he ponrs upon it is from the
land of olives. It is an almost even
chance that it is from the land of cotton,
for the sale of cotton seed oil for olive oil
has become so extensive that the Ital
ian government has begun to take
strong measures toward keeping the
former product out of Italy, where it is
taken in Italian vessels from New Or
gans, to be bottled and labeled, and
i—urned to this country, so that mer
chants can say it is imported. But, to
those who dread the substitution
of cotton seed oil tor olive oil,
there is comfort in the fact that the
supply of the native product is limited,
for planters whose lands are thin prefer
to retnrn the seed to them, and the cot
ton lands of the lower Mississippi, which
do not need careful fertilizing, fur
nish the seed for the seventy cotton
seed oil mills in the South.
This enterprise is bound to remain
confined to the South, for the seed is
so bulky that transportation would not
be profitable. That the manufacture of
cotton seed oil, however, will increase
is beyond doubt, as the raw seed goes
through processes that nearly triple its
value, and its oil is being used lor paint
and also for lubricating machinery.
Florida’s Orange Crop.
A Florida paper says that within a
radios of eight miles of Sanford, that
State, there are 2 992 orange groves,
containing 165,235 trees, and althongh
only five per cent, of the trees are now
bearing, they produce 2,500,000 oranges
annually. The entire State is said to
produce 50,000,000 oranges.
There are now 1,090 charitable Insti
tntionsin London, with an aggregate in*
oome of no lees than £4,121,546,
* One of South Georgia’s most popular
society ladies, a resident of Lowndes
county, has cleared this season on an
acre and a half truck farm over 8250.
She superintended its cultivation in
person.
Miss Leona Call, M. A., professor of
Greek in the University of Des Moines,
has been elected to the same position in
tbe Gentral University of Iowa, at Pella.
She is a graduate of the Iowa State
university and a ripe Greek scholar
Natalie, the young queen of Servia,
is a’beantiful brunette, of stately figure
above middle height, graceful in bear
ing and winning in manner. She is ex
tremely fond of croquet, and was the
introducer of that game into Servia.
Kate Shelley, the Iowa girl who saved
a railroad train from wrecking, contra
dicts the newspaper rumors that she
was engaged to be married. She says
’ she desires a good education. Tlie
Chicago & Northwestern Bailroad Com
pany should see that her desire be grati
fied.
For the first time iu the history of the
Unitarian denomination a sermon was
preached by a woman. At the We stern
Unitarian conference, successfully held
at Cleveland, O., in May, Miss Mary F.
Eastman delivered the Sunday after
noon discourse on “Immortality,” to a
crowded house.
At a recent examination by the Cal
cutta University eight women passed
successfully, of whom six are natives of
India, and at Bombay seven were suc
cessful, including four natives. At the
First Arts examination at Calcutta a
female candidate obtained a scholarship
of the first grade.
A society of women has lately been
formed at Germantown, Pa., called
“ The Political Education Society.” Its
object is “ the education of its members
with a view to increasing their useful
ness as citizens of the United States,
and the extending of the means of such
education as much as possible toothers.”
They meet once in two weeks, “read
alond some work upon government or
politics, and discuss what they read.”
The one hundred and first anniver
sary meeting of the Massachusetts
Medical society, held recently in Bos
ton, was of special interest because of
the action taken in regard to the ad
mission of women. A motion that it
Was the opinion of the members that
women be admitted, and this opinion
bo communicated to tho council, was
adopted by a vote of 104 to 60. The
announcement was received with loud
aoplause. But tbe council negatived
this action by a vote sixty-five to thirty-
«ix.
Fasnlon Notes.
Black velvet is much used for trim
ming dresses of shepherd’s plaid.
White muslin dresses are embroid
ered all over both bodice and skirt.
Loops and ends of satin ribbon are
added to skirt and corsage bouquets.
Laces, dyed in all the fashionable
shades of color, are seen upon costly
imported bonnets and round hats.
For evening, feather lips arranged in
the hair and upon the corsage, fastened
in place by diamond pins or brooches,
are worn with full dress toilets.
Monastic costumes, really beautiful
in style, are still worn by many ladies
of elegant tastes. These dresses a f e
just at present made of black or gray
nun’s-oloth or vigogne.
The turban-shaped toque is essen
tially the traveling hat of the season.
It is very often made of the material
matching the dress, or of fine straw,
trimmed simply with a twisted scarf of
figured surah, or bright' colored phea
sant’s feathers laid smoothly over the
crown.
For tall and slender young ladies is
the new French mantelet cut in exceed,
ingly graceful curves, and trimmed
around with a feathery ruche bordering
of fringed silk. These wraps are made
of black brocaded gauze, the figures
being of raised flowers of velvet or
chenille.
For dinner parties pink and black
dresses in true Spanish style are in
high vogue. Tbe black material form
ing the foundation of the dress is of
faille, and the ruche lining around the
bottom of tho skirt, the Louis XIY.
vest, panel facings and sleeve and neck
rimmings are of eglantihe pink moire.
Pink is a color that promises to rage
this season in every grade of dress
goods. There are so many shades of
this popular hue that every taste can be
suited, although there are many tints,
cool and exquisite, that are far more to
be desired by any one making a se
lection than the very deep colors that
are becoming to neither pale blonde
nor rosy brunette. A stylish laurel-
pink toilet made simply of fine French
organdie has tho short skirt covered
with ruffles, the lower edges of each
being cut in scallops and bound, and
underneath these scallops is set a tiny
frill of Yalenciennes lace about au inch
and a half deep A long-pointed bodice
of the shirred muslin terminates in
front in a bow and ends of pink ribbon,
and from each side of this point falls a
panier-like drapery, edged with Yalen
ciennes, and drawn away in loose up
right folds, ending in puffs beneath the
point in the back.—iYeic Fori Post.
The Noise of tlie Fingers.
Dr. Hammond says that when you
poke the end of your finger in your ear,
the roaring noise you hear is the sound
of the circulation in your finger, which
is the fact, as any one can demonstrate
for himself by first putting his fingers
in his ears and then stopping them up
with other substance. Try it, and think
what a wonder of a machine your body
is, that even the points of your fingers
are such busy workshops that they roar
like a small Niagara. The roaring is
probably more than the noise of the cir-
eolation of the blood. It is tbe voice
of all the vital processes together—the
tearing down and building np processes
that are always going forward in evejfj
living body from conoeption down to
death.
Five firms are engaged in Pittsburg
Penn., in the eatid and cobble stone
business, with / an invested capital of
over $100,000, employing Upward of 100
men. From the beds of the rivers be
tween 800,000 and 9Qj,000 bushels of
•and angravel are y*riy taken.
The* a are some -^ho fail to get rich,
and so die poo» ; there are othfera who
Pail Id order U>get rich, *nd suooeed.
SC^TIFIC NOTES.
Late experiSk ts on Lake Zaricb
show that light w|L penetrate water tu
the depth of at leXL ^inety meters.
Acorns a ill keep fflKjptnries packed
in the hard ground, many seeds
may be safely kept ora^sported iu
honey.
One of the most importan!\p recent
chemical discoveries is that of^J-urc-
tical process for the artificial prooV' ion
of indigo.
It is said that owing to the high 1
electric properties of amber those wbd
work it are subject to violent diseases
of the nerves.
Assertions are made that the intro
duction of the mnngoosc into the island
of Jamaica has, by the destraction of a
certain species of rat, increased the
yield of sugar on certain plantations by
twenty-five tons, besides dispensing
wiih the annual cost of many dollars
for the services of a rat-catcher.
Some sanguine individuals believe
that flying-machines are destined to
play an important part in war before
long. How easy it would be if vague
suggestions oould be at once realizid?
Notwithstanding all that it is not out
side of the line cf probability that some
time or other tne front door of a hojpt
and the most attractive portion of a
habitation will be on the roof.
The recent eclipse of the snn was ob
served in Egypt by men of exceptional
ability, provided with the be'ft known
apparatus, and aided in every possible
way by the local authorities. All frag
mentary accounts of the resnlt-i point
to very important oonolnsions. As yo:
it is too soon to deal with what had ap
parently been disclosed in a paragraph,
it will bo time enough to summarize
when all of the facts oome to hand.
M. Grehaut has made a series of ex
periments which convince him that
death is caused by alcohol when the
proportion of absolute alcohol in the
blood is equal to the hundredth part (ft
the latter; that tho condition known as
“dead drunk” exists when tho alcohol
imbibed ceases to be absorbed and the
blood presents the proportion of one
part of alcohol to 195 of blood—more
than one-half the fatal quantity. Tbe
observer thinks that if fewer deaths
occnr from drunkenness than might be
expected it is because drunkards stop
drinking before the fatal proportion of
alcohol in the blood has been reached.
A curious collection of books is con
tained in the library of Warstenstein,
nearCaisel, in Germany. These books
appear at first sight to be logs of wood,
but each volnme is really a complete
history of the tree it represents. The
back shows the bark, in which a small
place is cat to write the scientific and
the common name us a title. One side
shows the tree trunk in its natural state,
and the other is polished and varnished.
Inside are shown the leaves, fruit, fiber
afidAi
insect parasites, to whicir
a full description of the
products.
is added
tree and its
WISE WORDS.
Curiosities of Ocean Cables.
Of the total 97,200 miles of cable in
the world, some 36,420 are owned and
worked by the Eastern Telegraph com
pany and its affiliated companies, the
Eastern Extension Telegraph company
and the South African Telegraph com
pany. The Eastern Telegraph com
pany is perhaps the most enterprising
of cable corporations, and makes a very
fine display at the Crystal Palace, Lon
don. Gable operations have been, say *
Nature, of great assistance to tne
t geographer, and the sound in gs taken in
' irder to ascertain the nature of the sea
Atom where a cable route is projected,
a enriched onr charts quite as much
asVecial voyages. There is, how-
eveiy^pther way in which these ope-
ration^^pld be made tubservioot to
the causSSf natural science ; but it is a
way whiclNfs not been sufficiently ta
ken advanUgVrff. Besides the speci-
n^us of stonos^nd and sand, which
the sonnding lea^ring* np frim tho
deep, the cable itst* when haoled up
for repairs, after a pyriod of snbmer-
gence, is frequently aauming with the
live inhabitants of tu^ sea floor—
crabs, corals, snakes, nrqiusks and
fifty other specimens, as wek as over
grown with the weeds and ibises of
the bottom.
Many an unknown species has pi
over the drams unnoted to rot and
ter in the general mess within the <
tanks. We venture to predict a rare
harvest to the first naturalist who will
accompany a repairing ship, and pro
vide himself with means to bottle np
the specimeus wh : ch cling to the cable
as it is pulled np from the sea.
Some idea of there trophies may be
gathered from the stall of the Eastern
Telegraph company, where a few of them
are preserved. Two of these are very
fino gray sea snake, oanvht on the Sai
gon cable in a depth of th rty fathoms,
and a black and white brindled snake,
taken from the Batavian cable in twen
ty-five fathoms. Twisting round ropes
seems to be a habit of this creature, for
tbe writer remembersaeeing one scale
np a ship’s side out { n the River Ama
zon, by the “ painter” hanging in tho
water.
A good example of a feither star is
also shown; these animals being fre
quently found grasping the cable by
their tentacles. A handsome specimen
of the blanket sponge, picked np in the
Bay of Biscay, is also exhibited. But
the most interesting object of all is a
short piece of cable so beautifully in-
ernste t with thells, rcrpaJa) and ootalr,
as to be quite invisible. It was picked
np and cat oat in this condition from
one of the Singapore cables The rapid
growth of these corals is surprising, and
head some valuable information.on this
might be gained if the electricians of re
pairing ships in these leas tern waters
would make some simple observations.
Curiously enough, so long as tbe ot
l.tjnr nt n-Thn™ t * r
tire, very few shells collect upon the
cable, but when the iron wires are laid
bare, tho incrustation speedily bt gins,
perhaps becaqse a better foothold is
Ohildren have more need of models
than of critics.
The wise man never makes the same
blunder twice.
Grief counts the seconds; happiness
forgets the hours.
Keep clear of a man who does not
value his own character.
He who can plant courage in a human
sonl is the best physician.
We prize books, and they prize them
most who are themselves wise.
It often seems more difficult to pre
serve a blessing than to obtain it.
He who can suppress a moment’s
anger may prevent a day of soirow.
Do but half of what you cau and yon
will be surprised at yonr diligence.
Conversation enriches the understand
ing, but solitude is the school of ge
nius.
There is no tyrant like custom, and
no freedom where its edicts are not re
sisted.
Gratitude is a fruit of great cultiva
tion and not to be found among gross
'people.
Anger ventilated often harries toward
forgiveness; anger concealed often
hardens into revenge.
The power of a man’s virtue should
not be measured by his special effort,
but by his ordinary doing.
Justice exists independent of the law,
and no statue can modify its principles,
although it may effect its attainment.
Is there ever a hard question in
morals that children do not drive
straight at in their wide-eyed question
ing?
Oar good deeds rarely cause much
gossip among our fellow-citizens, but
our evil ones leap immediately into
notoriety.
Use and Abuse of the Hair.
Every organ of the human body is
given to do somo special service to that
body. To prevent that service, to thwart
any organ from its legitimate business
is to injure the body more or less. Thy] f
hair of the head has a special and ij^.
port ant business to do which it ivfoo
often prevented from doing, mij^ to
the injury of tho possessor. f)fst, itis
intended as a protection aEtpcoyering
for the head. The old adag^ ; «« Keep
the head cool and th^/feet warm,”
has led many persons into
the mistake of thjj^jng that the
head can be safely e^poeed to tho cold.
“Keep the head cg^’* j 8 a safe maxim
if applied to th^j nE j 0 f the head,
that is, it mey£ to deter from brain-
heating drin^g; it/is very nnwise if
meant tha^b e heai should not be well
protected^ rom severe cold, from cut
ting amjlr^vere winds. When the fash
ion of^gpmTirg every strand of hair
from thjP^aT and temples,* and turn
ing it up\~gm the nape of the neck,
was first iffopted by women, tho Lon
don Lqticet commented on the styls
and BQid it would induce a plentiful
crop of neuralgia. The I^mcet's proph
ecy’ has proved to be true. Facial
tfcins are quite common with young
girls; neither the present style of hats
nor of wearing the hair affords their
heads any protection from the biting
blast. The grand important business
for the hair is to serve as an electrical
conductor, to catch from tbe air elec
tricity and convey it to the brain, and
through the brain to the nerves of the
body. This function is thwarted by
fashion. Men cat their hair too short;
women-tvrist and torture, and tie up the
ends of the hair and confine them
Rightly to the head. B>*h sexes
would be more vigorous and elastic,
mentally and bodily, if t><* hair wa*
permitted to do its part in fbe human
economy.
afforded.
A deadly enemy to the cable, in the
shape of a large boring worm, exists in
these Indian seas ; and several of them
are shown by the company. The worm
is flesh colored and slender, of a length
from 14 inches to 24 inches. The head
is provided with two catting tools of »
carving shape, and it speedily eats its
way through the hemp of the sheath
ing to the gutta percha of the core,
into which it bores an oblong hole.
the blov
apt to
are
Grasses for Decoration.
Fine grasses a-e seldom found upon
dry soil, but in meadows and nuwooded
swales the seeker will find them in in
finite variety.
Other desirable water-loving plants,
much prettier for drying than the fash
ionablo cat-tail, also abound in Such
localities. Some of the daintiest orna
ments of ladies’ bonnets are culled
from these neglected wastes. As taste
will be the guide in selection, it is not
necessary to particularize varieties.
For the time of gathering it is im-
posiible to give dates, but grasses and
tbeir kindred should be cut while in
the bud, a short time before
som opens—if )a f er, they
“ fuz ” or rattle off.
For treatment, cut tho stalks of tlj
desired length and clean off blade? ,r
leaves. Place the heads togethej/Hnd
tie in bunches that will dry reiidily.
Hang iuthe shade till dry.
Whea', oats, barley and ryfc aro also
beautiful. I believe they^hsuld be cut
while in the white stage off cevelopraeat,
which comes between/fiq green and
yellow. Experiment has shown me
that they work this age at least.
Treatment the as for grasses.
The one de&ggj of all dried grasses is
their loss of 6olov. In a measure grains
also have tais fault. Some water plants,
like cat-tail, dry toariob golden brown,
but dri^d grasses have a dingy, washed-
out Appearance, which can only be rem-
J^dj^d by dyeing or bleach’ng. They are
dyed by florists in all brilliant colors,
mt refined taste seems to dictate that
the original bronze, gold or green be
restored. The process is simple and
performed with saline dyes, which are
for sale in various forms. For those who
do not possess the skill of florists in
shaping by steaming and manipulation,
it is well to place the grasses or oats in
an upright or leaning position while
drying after dyeing to avoid the stiff
look of a perfectly erect stalk- Indeed,
if the grasses are not to be dyed, it is
well to dry them in some such position
at first.
For arrangement there are few pret
tier things than the little gra^s or grain
trimmed baskets ; called basket^
though they are in the form of anything
else as well. Designs for everything of
thiskind.^ioth trimmed and untrimmed,
may be readily found. If the baskets
cannot ba obtained, delicate willow
baskets, willow ware, toys, such as
chairs, cradles, etc., may be utilized for
the purpose.— Outings.
HEALTH HINTS.
Nothing foknishes less brain food than
beef. v
No two persons should habitually
sleep together, i
A delicate stomach should not take
fruit and vegetables at the same meal.
No man or
spirit is control
tites.
There is no ph;
can come to moi ‘
health.
To remove warts
washing soda and
wiping; do this t
day.
i lives rightly whose
bodily appe-
sical happiness which
like that of perfect
i them with moist
them dry without
or three times a