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VOL. I, . CAMDEN, S. C., WEDNESDAY} JUNE 3, 1874. NO. 3o.
The Consdeotiooj} Hen.
"Dear! dear! who b*oke my farorite egg ?"
Cried Biddy Bantam to her daughter ,
" Some laay car, too proud to beg,
Hit mashed it?and he hadn't ought ter.
The child gaye one pathetic craw,
Her rarful teara began to thicken ;
Bhe sobbed aloud, " I broke it, ma?
This little person is my chicken.
8ome albumen and lime I'll bay,
And make another one to match it ;
Oh, ma ! I cannot tell a lie ?
I did it with my little hatch it."
THE NEW NEIGHBOR.
There was a fine property in the vil-1
lago of B , that, for some unac
countable reason, remained untenanted
for several years. No one seemed de
sirous to purchase it; though it was by
far the best house in the place, in good
repair, and had a oouple of acres of
fertile land surrounding it. The former
occupant, having got tired of B ,
moved away to the citj, and placed his
deserted mansion in the hands of his
agent for sale.
At length, one day the whole village
was thrown into a ferment by the re
port that the residence had actually
been purchased by a gentleman who
was a stranger to everybody in the
neighborhood. The painters, carpen
ters, upholsterers and gardeners were
directed to meet the gentleman, on a
oertaiu day, and receive instructions to
oommence operations forthwith. Happy
enough were the mechanics of B to
hear this news, for the plaoe was never
overburdened with business, and every
man would have proceeded without
hesitation to execute the orders given,
had not old Daniel Stout, the gardener,
raised suspioions among them, by hint
ing that they ought to know the gentle
man's name before they gave away the
labor of their hands. <
Now, Daniel Stout had been following
the stranger all over the grounds, re
ceiving his directions, and assenting to
all his orders, and had not been able to
find out his name. Josh Turner, the
o&rpenter, declared that he would not
drive a single nail until he knew who
he was working for. All the rest de
termined to follow the example of Jotk{.
^ " IfUT, without some misgivings
own minds that they might
iy *- shoot beyond the mark."
er, the gentleman having finished
arrangements at B left, with an
( intimation that he would return again
in a oouple of weeks, and hoped to get
< into the house soon afterwards.
Day after day^&ssed, and everything
remained in tlatu quo, and as the gen
tleman brought no servants to leave be
hind him for the inquisitive to pump,
Daniel Stout was no nearer the object
he had at heart, than when he first be
held the stranger. The two weeks
flnallv expired, and trfle to his promise,
the stranger returned to B , and was
surprised to find that nothing he had
ordered had received attention.
M Why, whet does this mean, my
man ?" said the owner, -..Addressing
Daniel Htotit*
??? ?? Well, you see, sir," replied D?iel,
who was never at a loss for ajlie, ? yon
J?ee, air, we have had bad time* here
abouts sinoe your last visit. Josh Tur
"nat; thtf earpenter. has been v?jy ill,
and the wife of Mr. Flash, the uphol
sterer, ran away with the village school
master, and he has been hunting, her
r . f*?1" sinoe, but has never once heard of
"?A Prime, the painter, has had
* ortf of his ohiidren down with the
leasles, his wife having the rheumatis
i ft the same toon? "
" Stop 1" said the stranger, holding
: v his h nd, and showing evident re
lation in his ocft&enenoe. " A pretty
1 laoe I've oome to settle In, truly," he
i lid, a(ter a few momentr silence. "I
< on'|4uink I shall liks It." Then, as
i " a sudden thought oocurred to him,
1 ? aaid quiokly, "but you?why have
>n not planted the trees and bushes I
reeled ?"
"To tell yon the honest |mth, sir,"
>lied Daniel Stout, " I did not know
to to oharge the things te. and so I
"iught I'd wait until I saw you. Any
the spring is a little backward,
it won't make any diffofenee, sir ;
far, at least, as the shrubs are oon
1."
j oluud that had been gathering on
[stranger's brow psssed away, when
Mel Stout had oonoluded his lie. and
a to laugh.
?t next, old man?" he
you are a queer set of
Jo, I was wrong. I
?e, it will give me gi~.
! to etudy your characters.
could not evt out my h
without knowing my
i laughed heartily at he I
listen, good Daniel: Tell the
my name is John Mi^ii
? are fond of titl^andl sup
florist is not an exception to
le, Ull him I am called b
ow me, and hare fought
nel Mitchell."
Stout opened L_
aft the same time,
|1 Mitchell in mute i
.wse to harve not oaly a
Rt a hero?a real uve L?
i really smelt powder, and
n of hostile cannon.
Jyeo were truly in the Bebel
i?2KJdIih^oi3Srfy
I oiterva toe inquiry.
\ truly as your name la Daniel
tfJisdlhe other with a laugh.
~ bared hit arm, end showed
Daniel en ugly red
the saatire ff th
??And who did that?" asked the still
won daring Daniel Stent.
" Well/' Answered the Colonel, ^that
is the way the troopers of a oertain Mr.
Ash by used to make their mark."
" I'm glad I wasn't there/* said
Daniel.
?? Now, Daniel Stout," said the Col
onel, " yon have enough of my history
to satisfy your curiosity, and the rest
of the neighborhood. I shall be baok
again in a week, wjien I hope to observe
some activity about this plaoe," and
Colonel Mitchell left the village that
same honr.
Forth went Daniel Stont, and before
the 8un set that evening, lie had spread
the name of Celonel Mitchell to the
farthest bounds of B . The follow
ing day, there was great activity in the
honse and about the grounds of the
Colonel's property.
There was a certain set of inquisitors
in B , who sat in judgment on the
characters of " all the inhabitants, onoe
a week, over sundry cups of strong tea.
The corterie oonsisted of a number of
ladies of uncertain age, usually denom- j
inated " old maids. Of oourse, Col- j
onel Mitchell came directly before
their meeting, and they sifted his out
goings and hia ^inoomings very thor
oughly.
" It is strange," remarked Miss Bet
sey, Pringle, 41 that he oomes unattend
? ed. Strange that no friends accom
panies him to look at the house. It is
very mysterious."
" Something is behind all this, I am
sure," chimed in Miss Jannette Sharp :
"there must be something wrong. 1
I am afraid he will not be much of an ac
quisition to the neighborhood."
" For my part," said Miss Quick, " I
consider that visiting him would be out
of the question, unless something more
! satisfactory can be heard about him. It
j is oertainly remarkable that no ladv has
1 oome to give any directions, ana the
hint that we have heard about his being
married, is, to my mind, a little doub
fnl."
These and many more such remarks
must have made the Colonel's ears tin
gle oould he have heard this amiable
group discussing his name and fame.
At length the house was ready for
Colonel Mitchell, a^upon the after
noon of hia arrivaEpfcvery window in
waa thronged' to' tee the entree.
e old maids in their hearts devoutly
hoped that the Colonel might prove a
bachelor, while the married ladies
trusted he might bring a wife and fam
ily in his train. .
" Who is in the carriage ? asked a
soore of lips.
"lathe gentleman alone?" gasped
the old mnidg.
"I observe an immense quantity of
something," replied a wag, " in a oor
ner of the ooaoh, but it is such a shape
less mass that I oanhat determine
whether it is a lady or a pile of bag
'Tdeed, some days elapsed before
anything official was known as to the
existence of a real living Woman at
Colonel Mitchell's house. Bnt at last
Mrs. Smart, in a fit of desperation,
drove in her carriage to Colonel Mit
chell's, to make a oeremonious oall, and
offer the new oomers anything her honse
afforded. This was a rtfsc tne Colonel
little expected. He begged her to
alight, and apologised for the oonfasion
she found matters in. The keen gray
eyes of Mrs. Smart glittered when ths
Colonel brought forward his wife and
presented her to their guest. Poor Mrs.
Smart gave a gasp as she beheld the
lady. She waa exceaaively fat and-very
short in stature, and decidedly plain in
her looks. In an instant, dress, per
son and manners were all taken in the
hurried glanoe Mrs. Smart bestowed on
Mrs. Mitchell. The latter was not very
talkative, and sat with rosy cheeks and
a pair of eyes almost stupidly soft,
quietly wondering at her visitor s easy
impndenoe, but feeling too indolent to
show any resentment.
When Mrs. Smart had made a satis
factory examination of the Colonel's
family and home, she arose to depart,
giving the Oolonel and his wife a press
ing invitation to oall and see her. The
news of Mrs. Smart's visit soon got
abroad, accordingly the following morn
ing she had a numerous levee of all the
visitable people in B??. They went
on pretenses totally foreign to the real
object of their calL Among the rest
oame Mrs. MerrywelL with her two
dashing daughters, really pretty girls.
The Mitchell family were oanvaased
most completely.
"They are nice people, then?" in
quired Miss Quiok.
" Perfectly so," responded Mrs.
Smart.
" And ah? is really his wife ? said
Miss Pringle, rolling np the whites 6f
??JO. AO doubt of it," answered
Mm Smart, tartly.
" Did yon learn," anked Mr. Merry
welL Who always had an eye to busi
ness, " Whether they had any chil
dren r
Oh I bless yon, yes, thev hsve fonr
U unmarried. One is an offleer
army, one is a proment lawyer,
one of the most
?iiji 9 ?'*?* eonntry,
the hurt te a young physician just
^ *0. MHMMt his practice.
Che Oolonel is immensely
hill sons are said to be
i They will soon be
him a visit," aad Mrs.
jpr artM and iA retard
to nolo the sffoo* of her
to oursoei
What an atosi^Slon f* sfetwused
shot revengeful glances at the Merry
well girls.
?* My dears," said Mrs. Merrywell,
addressing her daughters, ?? civility
costs nothing ; we must call on the
Mitchells."
" Yes, we all must call," cried the
old maids, ready to tear the hair from
the heads of tne laughing Merrywell
girls.
Mrs. Smart loved a joke. The hus
band of Mrs. Merrywell was the village
physician.
|. " You must take your papa with you,
my dears," said Mrs. Smart, " for jou
see, both the Colonel and his wife are
gouty, and they will make better pa
tients than most of us who are in
health."
! The following Sunday the Colonel
sjxd his wife aiid the military son ap
peared in church, and set the whole
congregation agog. The preacher's
text, I venture to say, was not remem
bered by half a dozen of his hearers, so
much were they occupied with the
Mitchells.
But everything finds its level. After
awhile the excitement subsided, and as
the ^lonel and his family became bet
ter known, their popularity had soarcely
a parallel in the village. The Colonel
loved good dinners, and he gave them
liberally to his friends. All B were
free to his board, and never before was
there so great a flow of geod wine.
The village of B contained about
four hnndred souls, and was situated
upon a broad, rushing creek thst was
able to supply motive power to a dozen
very large mills. The mills were built
about a half mile to the eaet of the vil
lage, and gave employment to nearly a
thousand hands. The owners of these
establishments resided in the village
during the summer and in the city dur
ing the winter months. They were
opulent men, the war having enriched
them to a very large extent. These
persons were soon guests at the oolonel's
table, and it was not long before he
was on the olosest terms of intimacy
with them. They carried him over
their establishments, and gave hiir> a
pretty clear insight into their business,
and ended upon a oonvivial occasion,
when the flow of good wine was unlimi
ted, by explaining the earning* *htir
mills had netted daring the years when
he was battling that they might resp
gold.
Very few men at the present day
would like to acknowledge that they
systematically withheld the just dues
of the country, and never onoe rendered
oorrect returns of their incomes. B?
was not the only place whose citisens
thought it not wrong to rob the Gov
ernment, bat the men of B stood
fortji pre-eminent in this glaring dis
honesty.
It was after an almost regal banquet
at Colonel Mitchell's, when the guests
were discussing politics over their se
gars and wine, that some of the party,
more inquisitive than the rest, ven
tured to ask the Colonel if he were en
gaged in any business, and the nature
of the same.
With a bright twinkle in his eyes and
a smile on his Uns, he informed them
that he was the United States Assessor
of Interns! Be venue, in and for the dis
trict where they resided.
Reader, did yon ever hear a clari^f
thunder in a bright sky ? Did you ever
hear the announcement of a terrible
woe to those who were at the moment
in fancied security and pfcaoe ? Well,
this would scarcely have oonveved to
yon the consternation depicted is the
faoes st Colonel Mitchell's board. The
following day there was a footing up of
old books, and a hurrying up of state
ments that should have been rendered
long ago.
Before a month had elapsed the
Treasury of the United States was many
thousands of dollars better off thsn it
was before Colonel Mitchell oame to
settle in B Even Miss Pringle and
Miss Sharp were sufferers by the Colo
nel's advent. Both were rich, and both
were penurious.
** Just as I expected," snapped Miss
Pringle, when she met the ooterie at
the tea-drinking, ??just as I expected.
An acquisition, yes, truly a rsre ono ;
but of Ruch good Lord deliver m*.M
" And to think," sighed Miss Quiok,
"I had to pay back taxes amounting to
nearly sevon hundred dollars. It almost
kJIlod me. Oh, that infamous man I
But you all know I was suspioious of
him from the flrst,''
Colonel Mitchell still resides.in B ,
but he does not give as many dinner
parties as formerly.
DUMMi milk.
A French investigator, M. ChftTeau.
has reoentlr made several observations
of the action upon healthy calves of
milk from oows suffering from tuber
enlonin or phthiaia. The oalrea wen
perfectly healthj, and, after sixty dafrs'
feeding, were slaughtered. Thej were
then found seriously diseased; numsr*
ons tubercles were found thronghont
the lymphatio sy*t*m, and the lungs
were full of oaseous deposits. Bimilar
investigations by I>r. Kl*b?. a Oerman
physician, resulted similarly, and he
oonoludes that the infeotion first attacks
the intestines, then the liver and the
spleen, and finally the lungs. Vigorous
organisms may resist the infection or
overoome its effect, but the virus is
contained in the milk of diseased cows
in proportion to their condition.
Berofula is thus oommuQioated to a
healthy animal by a diseased nurse.
The virus is contained in the serum of
the milk, and it is not destroyed by
boiling. AH of which is important ana
interseting in % high degfM on many
aocoants.
Half the Brata Equal to the Whole.
There ia one point about which I
should like to deliver a whole leoture,
says Dr. Brow*8equard. A atudy of
the facta relating to the brain has led
me to oonelude that each half of the
brain?paradoxical aa it may seem?ia
a whole brain. That is, that one-half
of the brain ia sufficient for all the func
tions of the two halves of the brain. If
that is the caea, ^jnust mention a con
clusion, although it may seem outside
of my subject, tt is that we are ex
tremely neglectful in educating ODly
one part of the body. We educate our
right arm and make use of the right
side of the body aa much as possible,
and. leave the other side inactive, ex
cept in walking. We do not perform
what is really needed if we have two
brains. There ia no question that it is
our habit of making use of only one
side of the bodi r that consigns to one
half of the brain?the right side ?the
faculty of expreeaiag ideas by speech.
If we developed botih aides of our body
equally, not only mould there be the
benefit that we ootid write or work
with the left hand ia well as with the
right, but we should have two brains
instead of one, an&7would not be de
prived of the power of speech through
disease of one side o| the brain.
1 pass now to quit* another subject.
You know that I said that I would ex
amine two series of -Atcts, one showing
the power or arre?t~ of activity that
nerve force posseaita, and the other
having just the oppa^te object, that is,
to produoe an activity instead of an ar
rest. I now oomajf therefore, to the
Btudy of the prodae^n of the various
kinds of activity thai the nerve foroe
possesses. The flnK question I have
to examine is that wlritph relates to the
influenoe of nerve Jotoe in producing
muscular contraction. It is essential
first to say a few worts on the power of
muscular oontractkm tnd to see if that
power is distinct and,independent of
nerve force. There .ifrTO been a good
many different view*about this; bat as
I have little time I ehep only say that
the view ia almost uftumsal now that
the nervous system jlW' ettential to
the exiatenoe of muactfla* contraction
take place wit&out anfer interference of
the nervoua system. My friend, Prof.
Bernard of Paris, made some ingenious
experiments on this subject. He found
that the poison woorari affects the mo
tor nerves in maaolee, so that the con
ductors which unite the wain with the
muaolea become paralysed, while the
muaolea remain active. He drew thfl
conclusion that muaolea remain 001P
nected with the brain as regards their
aotivitv. But, there is an objection to
this which I put forward long ago. It
ia not dear at all that in that oaae the
muaoular power in the fibre ia lost.
There is a state of things, anatomically
and phyaiologioally, inside of the
aheath of the muscular fibers which
renders it very doubtful that the woo
rari acts upon thoee parte, and it may
be that the nerve power remains inside
of the sheath of the muaoular fibres.
The aame objection can be made to the
facts relating to the section of nerves.
An Exciting $cene? ?
A new break has been tried at the
Oonoours Hippique, in the Champs
Elysees, with a result that might hare
had tragio oonsequenges. Fortunately,
the experiment was not attempted until
five o dock in the afternoon, when a
oonaiderable number of the audience
had already left the building. Then
came the order, " Bring in the fiery,
untamed steed when forthwith ap
peared a furious animal with a number
of men hanging on to his head, and
exerting all their strength to hold him
in. He was harnessed to one of those
convenient but undis
vehicles whioh
of Paris. On
man holding the reins with
hand, and whose eye was intent!
on the apparatus whioh he wh a
test. The men had no sooner let go
than the%orse started off at a furious
galop, and the animal had scarcely be
gun to feel his strength when the break
was applied, witn the result of bringing
'IM
MM
him to the ground. And here began
i part of the business. For
s number of individuals, in their a^lorta
to raise the ptoptrate animal, seised him
by the bridle, and gave him a chaaoe of
getting his head quite free, whereupon,
bounding to his feet, uncontrolled by
oonnaing to nis iem, uncontrolled by
bridle or bit, he started off at a head
long pace, dragging vehicle and driver
after him in his mad eateer. At one1
mgh he would
or of the Palais
everything on
by |the shriek*
seemed as thoue;!, he would
bolt tVfcicb the gltsadoor of the Palais
<le
his
the frightened spectators, ^ddenly
at the eritioal moment he turned sharp
round. The drivfcr jumped the ve
Fnnfl
pints of |
set il on a
water with a
around}
into ft
the yolk
tor: continue to
0OHMd {
skimmer e?d pel i?
water; boil one at a
enougk Theee will
long time. Or. put
a frying-pan ; break fa
Driving and Killing Seal,
In Interfiling Sketch of the F*nr Seal .
Trade ?How the Seal are Controlled
and Killed.
A. walk of half a mile down from the
village to the reef on St. Panl Island
any time during September, pays a cor
respondent writing from Behring's
Straits, will carry you to the parade
grounds of over two hundred thousand
Beal, among which vou can slowly make
your way, whila they clear out from
you path ahead, and close again in your
rear, you only interrupting thom in
their sleep or at play for a few moments.
This reef ground ?n September and
early October is a strange spectacle, as
you walk through legions of semi-in
dififerent seals, some timid, others bold-4
ly defiant, though all giro you room
enough to move safely over the length
and breadth of the mighty breeding
ground, the summer haunt of a million
of animals universally deemed wild,
yet breeding here undisturbed by the
close proximity and daily visitation of
man ; creatures which will fight with
one another to the death rathei than
forsake their stands on the rookeries,
yet will permit you to approach them
to within almost reaching distance with
out injury ; old bulls which will die be
fore they will leave their posts, yet lie
down and sleep while you stand by to
sketch or observe them scaroely ten
feet distant. No other wild animal in
the bruto world will permit this im
mediate attention from man. The
great oowardly sea-lions, the big lum
bering walruses, leave their offspring
at slight alarm, and retreat precipitate
ly to the water ; the presence of human
beings is the signal for speedy depar
ture from their breeding haunts ; but
the fhr seal breeds within a pistol-shot
of the villages on St. Paul and St.
George Islands, and in full sight, and
is in no way whatever concerned if not
purposely harassed or driven from its
position. From the windows of the
Government House of St. Paul Island
one can view the movements and listen
to the cries of fifty thousand breeding
seals and pups at any time during J?ly,
Aagust, and September, as they lie on
?W?goon spit, leas than a quarter of
* mile away, and in the same field of
vision see the killing gang at work
slaughtering and skinning, not muoh
more than fifty yards away from the in
different animals on this lagoon rookery
which are only separated from these
men busy in their bloody labor by a
small stream of tide-water.
The capturing, driving, killing, and
skinning of the for seals is done entire
ly by the people of the islands, 4h6
carry on this business rapidly and skil
fully, and who are alone, by the terms
of the lease, permitted to particij&te in
this labo?and share it# reward, so long
A they shall of their own free-will be
equal to its proper execution.
The Old Charger's Well-kept .Trust,
The following story is strange enough
not to be true, but as we are oonstantly
reminded that truth is stranger than
fiction possibly we fead better swallow
it, as the horse did the silver box, aud
say nothing about it. The story first
appeared in 1850, and now it is taken
from the " scrapbook " of Dr. Robert
Chambers: "The contractor for
slaughtering horses at Montfanooa pur
chased, a short time ago, a lot of old
worn-out animals, including several
whioh had belonged to the army. In
cutting up one of the af-sd military
horses, a man named Matelot was aston
ished to find a small silver box, in
which were a cross of the Legion of
Honor and a paper, in a perfect state of
?Meervation, containing the following
?Bes: "?A.s I cannot survive the defeat
of my .Emperor, and, as I have neither
Wife nor child nor oousins, I am about
to get myself killed in a last charge
against the English, and as I will not
let them have my cross, I will make my
faithful horse. Chateau Mar got, swal
low it. He will give it up when he can.
Pttve Dardenne, Sergeant in the Seo
ond squadron of Red Lancers.' Mate
lot took tin thin gn to the commissary
of police of the district, and that func
tionary allowed him to keep the silver
box. it for the cross, it was sent to
the Grande Ohanoellerie of the Legion
of Honor. ? From documents published
by the professors of the Eoole d'Alfort,
it appears that certain horses have lived
to the ago, of forty-five; that whioh
Oh arise Xu. rode at the battle of Pul
toaa attained that' age. The white
dMfcger of Napoleon lived twenty-nine
Mars. Chateau Margot is supposed to
nave been abont forty. He had been
made to swallow the box at the battle
of Waterloo, in whioh his master wil
fully perished. The box had aooord
ingly been in his stomaah thirty-five
yean."
Moles.
M. Flonrens and other Frenoh natn
falists kftte experimented with moles to
aaoertain their true habtte. It hae been
fonnd that they will utarre to death in
pceeenee of abnndaat yftgfltable food,
refusing to tonoh it, but that they will
greedily devour entworme, earthworm*,
and eren nmall birds, when near
_ in an ineloeed jar. Of the
they only devoured the inMde,
they devoured im1inrtrimi?at?1y
own weight each day of snails, in
Wets, lame, orysalidee, oaterpillars,
fedders, slow-worms and lissrds. Mr.
Oarl Vogt relates an instsnoe of a land
proprietor in Fraaoe Who dsqfcsjsd
sewy mole upon hie property.''The
next season his fields wexe ravaged with
ratwotms and hie erops totally de
itroyed. He then ywhseed moles of
iii neighbors and stocked !><? fields,
ind afterward pi?siisd them as his
jest friends.
3
Items of Interest.
Why is a chicken like a farmer ? Be
cause both delight in a fall crop.
Death is the veil which those who
live call life; they sleep, and it iB
lifted.
A Nashville man advertised for "a
Christian man who understands how to
run a boiler."
A legal friend says that the deri
tion of the word '' Mormon " is from
the wail of the women for more men.
A kind word spoken to <\ husband
will go farther than a broomstick or a
flirtation, says a woman of experience.
The entire population of Australia
is estimated at 2,000,000. The island
oontinent has an area almost as large as
the whole of Europe.
It is said that the farmers in the east
of England, where a general lock-out of
the laborers has taken place, propose to
import farm hands from Belgium.
Peru thinks she will be able te pay off
all her debts and have a handsome sur
plus out of the rich guano deposits
which she is now known to possess.
Icelanders are beginning to emigrate
to this country, ana are described as a
bright, cleanly, healthy-looking class of
people, closely resembling the Scotch.
Nothing so much disturbs the devel
opment of vital piety in a sensitive
congregation, as the efforts of a ven
erable deacon, with a oold in his head,
to sing.
A Pennsylvania wife has been cutting
off her husband's ears because he was
insolent. But, as one of on* exchanges
remarked a few days sinoe, " Man wants
but little ear below."
A Los Angeles paper says : The last
report about Yasquez is that he notified
the publishers of La Oronica to dis
continue his paper, stating that if ke
oould not get it regulaiHy he did not
I'want it at aih
There isn't any bootblack ii> Detroit
who baa a bank aooount of $700 like
that Troy boy, but there are several
who know wnere they can lay their
hands on a stove-boiler when .the next
circus 'lfeadvertised.
A prospective mother-in-law up in
Maine, joined issue with a young man
who declined to fulfill his marriage en
gagement with her daughter. When
she got through with him, there was no
longer any breeohes of promise.
Mfalfa must be the pasture grass of
the*great half barren plains of the
Northwest. Experiments in Utah have
ahovn that it can be sown on the most
barren soil, and will be productive with
oat muoh attention, yielding two orops
a year of rich, nutritious aliment for
cattle. ,
The publio debt of Gre^t Britain
stands at less than ?780,000,000 ; and
more than ?51,000,000 of.this sum rep
resents thq value of a series of tempor
ary annuities, whioh wiy expire ohiefly
in *1885. The permanent debt of the
oountry, then, amounts to about ?728,
ooojooo.
A singular accident occurred at
Whitehall durftfg the prevalence of a
high wind. A little boy was blown
from the front steps of his father's resi
dence, on to the pioket fenoe of the
front yard, and hung there suspended
by the ohin on a sharp pioket until his
cries brought aasistanoe.
John Green is strictly a self-made
man. He went to Omaha without a
oent. By industry and enterprise he
won $10,000 in a three days' game of
poker. Having got his hand in he emi
grated to Ohioago, invested in faro, and
was worth $80,000 at last aooounts.
But that was two or three days ago.
The Chicago polioe have found a den
where forty boys are kept in charge of
an old scoundrel who is training them
to beggary. He aends them out in the
morning.with the understanding that
each boy returns at night with fifty
cents, or partakes of a flogging in de
fault. The ages of the boys range
from seven to teu years, and most of
them are hired out by their parents for
one dollar a week to their intellectual
employer.
Dead, Bat Not Rurled.
When a friend dies and in bnried,
there's an end of him. We miss him
for a space out of our daily existence ;
we mourn for him by degrees that be
come mercifully less ; we cling to the
blessed hope that we shall bo nnited in
some more perfect sphere : bnt, so far
as this earth is oonoerned, there'* an
end of him. However near and dear
he was, the time arrives when he does
not form a part of our daily thought;
he oases ever to he an attraction. Wo
go no more with flowers and tears into
theqniet cemetery; only the rain and
the mow flakes fall there ; we leave it
foftjthe finger* of spriiw to dock the
neglected mound. Bnt wl) en our friend
vanishes nnaooountably in the midst of
a crowded city, or goes oft on a sea
Toyage and ia never heard of again, his
memory nfce a singular tenacity. He
JM7 be to all intents and purposes
dead, brut we have not lost him. The
ring of the door bell at midnight may
be his ring ; the approaching footstep
may be his footstep ; the unexpected
letter with foreign postmarks may be
fitom hie hand. He haunts us as the
dead never oan. The won^an whose
husband died last ^ night may marry
AgAin within a lustre of montns. Do
you feuppoee a week passes by when th?
woman whose husband disappeared
mysteriously tea year* ago dees not
tfcdak of hutlt There are moments
whoa the dfrwrfng Of a door mnst
no tedI absence