The Kershaw gazette. (Camden, Kershaw Co., S.C.) 1873-1887, July 30, 1885, Image 1
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VOL. XII.
CAMDEN, S. C., TIIURSlrfl JULY 30, 1885.
NO. 45.
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(After Hood.)
ou gentlo Bprtngt . . ;
ootnlng through thl? floor.)
longs ot jfslwmorlngt
<1 told you onoet? shut that door I)
All nature balls thee with delight,
?oow this tjine ot
.jTtMTSW,
will not remain,
Oo fade awuy;
on tho hillside nigh.
|TMS f*?W? frocn OD rood or knoll
l you'd go down townby-and-by
order a tou of coal.)
. it bird* will oarol a roundelay
usher In the new-born Bp ring.
leasftut to feel spring's bnluiy breath,
"Smany beauties to admire!
want mo to alt here aud freeze to
Wty4oS'tyou go and shake down the flreT)
Koiet, and lllk'??(confound that boy
? Ha* ho not brought that oough-slr
.0 fragranoe of nejr-mown lmy: .
t green leaves we know you'll
4 not brought that oongh-slrup yot?)
1th tho bright and sparkTiug dews,
the sunbeams that make tho violets
i my ulster and overshoes?
r bard, and run
?T a
ify&t
igplng out*)
?ri
uok.
PNPEj^ SPELL.
A bravo, baritone voioo was heard
among the roses, and the toll, hand
Bomu girl, pulling cl us torn of purple
westona froj~ Its vine, oould not but
1U tOr..
WiV'^ut you'd bettor bo off wlth-the bid love
Heroic you aroon with tbs now."
Maud Df-rroll cuflod her red lips with
heightonod color, ttnt did not turn
_ er bountiful head one Inch, although
sho know John Maddern -was raiting
for a glance, vet never onoe turned her
faco towards tho spot whoro tho young
nan leaned and wntchcd her.
Was it mere oapriee? John Maddorn
aow that his sweetheart was a little
tfOQS} but beauties wore always
he argued, \rlth a tendor
boro-.was a.lurking uneosl
heart. Maud's rloti old un
his adopted ion had arrived the
" id haqdsomo Adrian Del
v beautiful Maud wasP
sho called him. Cousin,
.'hat graceful, Span iuh-look
ifcg fellow, 6t seven-and-twonty, WM
no, kin to tho aged, eoccntrlc, mis
shapen dwarf, who, rolling In rlohos,
had takon a whim to adopt htm as his
holr.
One would think thoro would bo a
Maud had always beon considered'Mar*
k tin Dolafleld's liolross, but how' tho In
ruder had disarmed all resontment
rlth his smooth tonguo and oharmlng
? >.. . .. ?
ras tho good-looking follow P"
jad replied, without a tlngo of
' ' r: ?
Is one of our old
siSX? i,v *.53524'
thfrwetf)
v|ho vfclllos.'
1i*
rl
luX}&
the dark, lustrous eyes
to at his leisure,
> Into Martin
?nd Adrian IMMIold wu
slightful of ,oorapanlons,
of ovory ruinod
aud tho lovollost
w ^ enjoyment, such hours I
.surprises, Maud had .never
jown.
constantly offered her; and sinoe the
trip gave Adrian Delafield, in tho acoi
iujats"^""
lorer proseot hid the lover ab
* er View. . And m elghtooi?,
omen are apt to be inoon
'' ?
the man el the world
believod he noeded
to makO: Maud his
one d*y At an old latnfa
#
bdhis adoptod son had
suire that tneif boautifal
would looolvo tho beet
-blown boughs of
-troe parted, and
n thedta
$|nd Maud
6, and rose to read it.
a diamond were the
Airlie" and "Ada l)ar*
i Was
ground, but the tfW
royes. Her host
man?strolled Into
obsorvod her oootiprttloo.
\h6 guefdig* tterr romem
those names, "fwas high
go. I know him again dl
u ire not like ;?m othofl
. Sho was smaller And fairor,
not any better-looking."
ihado'ws bad paused inthedoor
d torned. A s? J
not have known the girl,
Andstorn.
was it Adrian A(l?
?if
tor Ada died of a brokon heart. Long
ago, when my mother was estranged
from iter parents because she tuarrlod
?gainst their will, wo lost father and
mother, aod were loft unprovided for.
"Ada was but sixteon. She wont in
to a rich family as governess, while I
was tossed from pillar to post by indif
ferent friends?a troublesome little imp
they said.
"It wax there that Ada met Adrian
Airllo. Sho was very pretty,thon,when
in hoalth. They wore botrothod.
Poor Ada! So lonoly, so loving!
??Ho was only amusing himself. He
loft hor to break her heart.
??I oan understand how bright he
mado lifo for bor for a little while, and
then.loft hor?nothing. Ada would
have llvfld to bo happy, but for his sol
fishnos'i aud cruelty. - When 1 think
that 1 might have loved him, it seems
as if I should dio of shumo!
??Thank God, 1 found out beforo too
lato! John, If I havo given' you any
pain, will you forgive moH"
Aud John Maddcru knew that tho
girl that ho took into his arms was all
his own.
Monntnfn Air.
Ono of {ho best qualities of mountain
Air, that which maWs it so delightful
to tho woary denizens of the plains, Is
its freshness, and the higher they go
tho fresher they find it. Swiss savants
havo ascertained, by many observations
made at sundry Alpine stations, that
for every ono hundrod and forty-throe
motrosof altitudo tho summer tempera
ture of their mountains diminishes ono
dogreo coutigrado. Tho two great ad
vantages of a mountain olimate are tho
freshness of the air and the in tensity of
the sun's notion. 'J he seoond of these
influences as touohing tho human or
8anIsm is no loss important than the
rst, for the solar radiation ponotrates
our olothlug, comes in contact with tho
skin, and aots on tho blood. A few
weeks' stuy at a height of throo thous
and or four thou^.. d foot abovo tho
sea-lovel brings bac-K color to tho pal
lid face and dyes the ohooktt a healthy
brown. But young womeu, sometimes
oven young men, instead of oxposing
their oonntonancos to tho healthful ac
tion of .tho light, sliado their iu cos with
hats and cover thonl;- with veils, as if
tho complexion most to be desired is of
that deiloato and' unwholosomo tint
which eomos of late hours and indoor
life. Whero oan you ilnd 1 handsomor
men than tho. ruddy-facod, dark-oyod
Urncr Strass jimann, who, in tho days
boforo tho big tunnol, used to keep tuo
?St. Gdthard road froo from suow, and
spout thoir lives at an elevation of from
tfvo thousand to sevon thousand feet
abovo the sea. Their complexions
were fitver than that of any fashionable
boauty who ovor rolgnod in a ballroom
or shone at a court. Another peculiar
ity of mountain air Is tho relatively lit
tle moisture whtah It contains. As we
go higher the humidity diminishes in a
ratio moro rapid than tho prossuro of
. the atmosphore. When wo reach an
a1tltttdi? of six thousand fivo hundred
foot wo havo below us one-half of the
stotal amount of vapor. ,ottr atmoaphero
is estimated to contain. The hygro
metric condition . of tho air at thoso
height# is subject iq rapid changos. A
fog, with its cold and damp, Wfll oftei
^ 3d lttJaHM^inutos r
ML
. Jxe great St. Bernard do not com
[>lain ol the.oold-Mhat thoy oan&eop
iray?yet; thoy anffer so much from
umatlsm oauscd b^ytho olomis that
I almost constantly round the Hos
pice, that after a few yeartf* sorvloe
they are oompollod to go down to Mar
tlgny to roorult their hoalth. But
Mont Jou, from its position, is much
exposed to the notion of the south
Wfnd, which comes charged with ihoi?*
thro from the north Italian plains.
How Ijomr We Should Sleep.
? *
. Tho lfttoMt authority oa this vexed
question?Dr. Mallns?says that the
propor amount of sleep to bo taken by
a than Is oiglit hours. So far as regards
city life, tho estimate Is probably cor
root. Proverbial wisdom does not ap
ply tC/ modoirn conditions of sooial exlst
enoo. " Fivo (hours) for a man, seven
for a woman, and nino for a pig," says
Jne proverb; and n second, quoted by
(r.. Hazlitt in his English Provorbs,
doolares that nature requires fivo; cus
tom allows sovon: laziness takes nlno,
and wlokednoss eloven. Theso conclu
sions wore, howdver, drawn from ob
servation of country lffo. Physloal
fatigue is moro enslly ovoroomo than
intoilootual. Which of us whon travel
ing over tho country or abroad, or iu
any vfay soparated from tho ordinary
proooss of thought and anxioty, lias
not fouud that ho oould, without diffl
culty, do with a couplo of hours' less
time than ho was in the habit of taxing?
Men, however, who follow tm Intclloot
ual pursuit aro exceptionally fortunato
if tho proooss of restoration occupy less
than sovon hours. Moro frequently
they oxtend to oight or nine hours,
Kant, I soo It stated, took nover less
than sovon hours. Goetho owned to
requiring nlno. Soldlors and sailors,
on tho . other hand, like laborors, do
with muoh less quantity, I am afraid
to say how much tho duke of Welling
ton regarded ah* essential. A sohool
muster undor whom at ono, time I
studied, a hard-working man at tho
acquisition 6t languages, proolalmod
loudly thfit ho hover took more than
five hours' sloop. Tho hour at tofcioh
ho rose In tho morning gavo somocolor
to his assertion. Only In after life did
1 dlsoover that a two hours' postprnn
dlal siosta was not Inoluded In tliat al
lowance.? Ntw York Mail and Express.
. T ; . i t,,i i f\ - ? aMi.1 nT:n ' i y ? ??
The Eramp*s Outlook. c'a
Soon shall I Ho upon tho ploasank
swurd, and fool tho applo blossoms
blow down on it??vln sprays of pink and
white. 1 shall hoar tho birds making
love on tho budding limbs and Carry
ing the straws from yonder moadow to
make tholr cosy nests. And at night I
shall crawl under the hayatnok nnd fall
aftleejp, looking at tho twinkling stars
and hearing brooaoa rustle among tho
vinos and oattalls.
A draught of nature In tho host
draught out whon you oan't got auy
other. How swoot, on a frosh, bracing
raornlrtg whon Phcobus la jotting In her
blggost lloki, to steal do'tho uovfum
od moadow and purloin tho milk from
tho utmuttpootltiK cowl '
Thoroforo I shall hang my boots up
on Hay staff, and start for tho oountry
just as soon as the winter passes and
thojpoftt begins to take hoAdors down
thoAdltorlal stairway, How my hoftrt
gociHjut to nature in all Its vhrylng
forms and conditions! I love an au
tumn landscape, with cows in the
brook, and a hunter In the background
looking down tho barrel to soo If it 1s
lood?<f? h4ok f>"
"u '1
X Nsw York man advertise* troches
for dogs, Which Afreguariuitnodto mukn
the breath; of poodle*- and jjug? as
?west as
EbUOATlONAL.
Tha Quettlou "How to Study"?The Con.
dltloua and Method* Al>ljr Sot forth
bj Prof, llarpcr.
New School Bulea In Ban KrancWoo.?Con.
trolllnf Children without the Kxerolae
of Pbytlcal Ko rc e.
- HG?W TO 3TUDT.
The following points were prepared
by tlio writer for tne uso of bis school.
Mauy of them may bo profitably en
larged upon by tho toaoher.
Thousands fail in all departnSonts of
labor and ontorpriso for want of sufil
contly understanding the principles
whion underlie succoss. Many fail, or
partly fail. In study for tho same rea
sou. But uowhero elso is success tuoro
important than iiore.
CONDITIONS.
1. Tho first rcquislto is good health.
Mental ntbor taxes tho onergies even
moro than physical. A reasonable
amount of oxoroisc, plenty of nourish
ing food, puro air. and an abuiidunco
of sloop are iudisponsablo. At the same
time mental, like physical labor, is in
itself healthful; and oven thoso whoso |
health is not vigorous will nof/only bo
iujilred, but many even bo benefited,
by a moderate amount of it.
2. Success comes to no ono without
earnest, diligent, nud nationt effort.
??Thero is no royal roaa to loaruing."
Do not oxpcct it.
8. Cultivate a lovo for study. Tho
groat truths of scienoo and tho treas
ures of literature liro worth all the
labor it oan cost to possoss them. To
evon half appreciate them will give
study a oonstnnt attraction.
. 4. Let your school work havo tho
first placo in your interest. "Yo can
not serve two masters." Your even
ings should never bo spent in suoh a
way as to make it difficult to do good
work next day.
6. Never yield to disoouragomont.
To suooeod any whore requires oourago
and porpovorance, and all havo their
timos whon things do not look bright.
If it is bard tu'atiuin oxcellonco in ono
study, in others it will not be. Labor
ovinia ^Incit,? the ithr:?so, too, dates
back to tho tlino of tho anclouts, and
lms boon found truo ever sinco.
?. 0. Do not worry about results.
Those who aro really diligent and per
severing will always "pass," and with
creditable rank; *thoy. will also con
stantly galu power to do hotter.
j . ? METHODS.
' ? 1'.* Do all work thoroughly. Without
tho spirit of thoroughness it is only a
an cation of time.when you will fail and
rop Out of school with more or less
aversion to study,?a poor preparation
for suooess Afterward.
2. Proparo every lesson thoroughly.
In no othor way is thoroughness possi
ble.
; 8. Lot your object be to mastor tho
subjoot, rather than tho text-book.
?1. Beware of imagining that you can
maks up deficiencies "any time." You
cannot. To plan In that way Is to ar
rango for failure, livery futuro timo is
Ukoly to bring ovodwnoro, und proba
ble more imporativo, olaims pn your
timo than tho present.
6. Make your time oount. Do not
spond an hourfos it }s vofy oasy to do,
on work-that iplj^t ^ as well or bettor
f und main*
0. Wtioi v.
"Itorid not to bollove -and tako for
granted, but to weigh ami consider.'*:
"To road passively to learn is, in roall
ty, not to learn at all." Not what you
cranio but what you assimilate, is tho
measure of success.
7. Subjoct* it' which you havo most
Interest may proporly rocoivo moro at
tention than others. Yo.it* success in
life rnav dopond onwlmtyon can do In
thoso linos. But good work should be
dono in all.
8. Llboral and oonstant use should
bo mado of all books of reforence with
in roach. Without this, a high grado
of scholarship Id hardly possible. Oo
nationally moro extended loading than
tho roforenco In hand requires will also
be .useful.
0. Be alert to acquire genoral knowl
edge. by reading, conversation, inquiry,
or observation, as you havo opportuni
ty. Muoh of the most valuable knowl
edge is found outsldo of toxt-books. It
is ad excellent plan to have a library,
howover small, and ono or more
porimycals of your own. . The supple*
nwtffary knowlodgo thus gained will
also raako that aoquired In your sohool
work more praotloal and valuable.
10. Your motto will natually bo
either "as faittoh as possible" or "as
little as posslblo." JM it bo the right
ono.-~Jbunial of Education,
rUBLIO OPINION.
Ought not primary solence to have a
plaoo In the course of study of our pri
mary schooUP What safer method of
toaonlng tho oyon to soo and oars to
hoar; and w hat more Important powor
has man than soolng and hoarlngP? 8.
W. Journal of Kd.
How many of tho publio sohool
mohers mako any uso of tho nowspa*
pors in tho sohOol-roomP Its educa
tional valuo to tho reading public ii
universal admitted, bat it Is not al
ways poroolvod that, judlolously used,
It might bo tuado equally valuable In
tho publio school. (JaiHuta Bchbol
Journal
. Ono of tho greatest drawbaoks to
progress In tho workings of the sohool
system is the too froqttotit ohango of
teachers. Our teaohers are perpetually
changing. State SupV Hlgooo wns m
oontly quotod assaying: "Year by year
thoy oomo and go,'and gain only a
transient aocqualntanoe as they hhrry
by. Thoy seem almost as pedagogfo
tramps, not toaohers." Tho law rooent
ly proposed maktng it obligator/ upon
school boards to oinploy all oompotont
teacher* for a term of three years,
would In a measure oorroct this evll.-^
Teacher and Vupfl.Mcdia, JPa.
tf tho advooatos of the so-called, and
falsely so-callcd, "Now Kduoatlon" aro
takon to task protty sharply, they have
no lifto to blame hut themfcolvee. For
some tlmo they havo had pretty muoh
jthoir own way In conventions and Jour
nals, for: those who woro,*ot carried
away by tho novelty of the thing wero
obl)Ko<r to wait until thoy oould learn
wnat ins now abetnne is. An lot It I#
not new, ?It Is very old. But the oool
est thing about it fs tho bold assump
tion that everything good Is a part of
tho now, and everything bad belong*
to the old. '?iSdtitoLiontu Oourant.
The little one* Will bo specially de
lighted with the knowledge that a
principal may gfsnt a half-holiday on
Friday, onoe a month, to the ten In
each class ranking highest' in ftoholati
ship and doporimont during tho pre
ceding month. The new rule* ?ay that
^principal* shall have tho power to sus
pehd pupils for a porlod not exceeding
one week; and whore tho case, In their
Judgment, merits a greater penalty,
they shall report the fact to the Com
mittee on Kules and Kogulationi.
Heretofore tho pupil might bo sus
pended, and bo pretty rare that he
oould bo reinstated on the application
of his parents to tho Superintendent of
Schools, who has the power to annul
the order of tho toaoher, bnt Who has.
uow been doprivod of that privilege.'
Tho rules and regulations of the pros
ont are regarded oy parents and think
ing teachors as very thorough and ox
ccuent?San Francisco Pott. ?
A largo proportion of tho pupils in
tho grammar schools ond their sohoOl*'
lifo boforo reaching or without entei^
iug tho high sohool. Honoe the gram*
uiur schools aro not, and ought not t&
be, perverted into merely exclusive fit
liiig-instltution.s for a speculative
standard for tho high sohool.?Sunt.
II'. ir. WaterhUui, Taunton, Mats.
Chillirou cun now bo controlled with*
out tho' oxorciBe of physioal force, be
ei.uso thoy iind groater pio'asnro In
Kiudy than in disorder and raisphiof
Tito culture of tho touchors is so muoh
creator, ami llie tastes of tho oh^ldren'
id uo innoii reliucd, that Utat WffluP
?:\ve inexpressible onjoyment to {hti
children of twonty yoars ag'o, is now
looked upon with disgust; ^orood
study and forcod ordor will still further
diaapper as our methods ofieaohlng
bocomo more porfoct In the now edu
cation moro tlmo is given to tho study
of tho English language and literature.
This is a distinguishing featuro be
twoou tho old and tho now. Not that
less attention is given to tho ancient
and foreign languages, but the English;
rocoives quite as muoh attention aftd Is
awarded a place o! at least equal- im
portance with thon).?Supt. It. W
\ Sieve noon, Columbus, O.
The CIiIcmro IVmrd of Trade Olook.
' "'i&flHBhB
Tho olook is mado of iron, bronse,
and stool, and weighs tou tons wltbo
tho boll, which woighs 4,600 poun .
nioro. Tho pendulum alone woighs'
760 pounds. Tho works, wldoh follow
the plan of tho groat Westminster
olook of London, aro divided into a
tlmo-train, a hand-train, and a striking
train. Those trains aro soparato ma
chinos, rosting, sldo by pido, on sop?'
ato frames. The tirao-traiqL slmt
keeps time, 'i he hand-train general
iliu foroo that moves tho hands on th
dials in tho tower and in tho main hall
ami is sot off at the proper time by tho
time-train. Tho striking-train gener
ates the force that strikos the boll, and,
like tho hnnd-train, is set off at tho
>or time by the time-train. Each
?eso trains is operated by a soparato
wolght, and tho threo woights together
weigh 8,600. The hammer that strikes
tho bell was . to havo wolghod 120
pounds, but a patent hammer welf1
ing only eighty pounds has: been p
fevrod. The olockwork is below \
dials, which aro ton \?ot \ JHL,,.Jil
diamotor, and the boll is abovo thorn,
imH 9AA tnnt.tr/Tin inn irmiinH. *?" ? . .'x
and 260 foot frOm. tho ground
- The noto whloh theioolj s
and an octavo lower t
oloso togothor >to''<
the boll to bo hoai
that thoy will have to bo alt
Tho manufacturers of thl
that the ponduldta of the olo
Tyng'B onuroh in New Yoi
thoy made, has not itopj
was started, twonty-iivo y<
thoy see no roas.on why the Chicago
pendulum should nob vibrato OS long or
f.wicrt IU Inner w if.1i niih IntnrrimtThKl
The Chioago pendulum swings ono way
in two Seoouds. The manufacturers
say also that a somowhat smaller olook
whioh they have on exhibition in Now.
Orloans has not varied a second sinco
last Septorabor, and that they will bp
disappointed if the Chicago olook rat
ios more than a seoond in a yoar. The
Chioago olock is oalled, as to ftixe, a
movement No. 20, and Is the ?amo In
sixo as the olook, mado by *ho same
house, in Indepondonoe Hall, Phlladol
phla, and that cost $10,000, though t' <
iiPF * ^
loago olock oontains some tmpfO/Jk
monts over tho Philadelphia
Miulo Hir Pile,
An old woman whoso face had b<
familiar lor yours about tho streets
a beggar bad boon missing for sot
time, and the kind-lumrtod young fel
lows of the Oil Hoard, who had known
her well, marked hor ftbscnco. After a
whllo she ronppuftiod, looking much
younger and fiou from any cro<"
her baok. Her ruga had given
to a tidy droM of noat black *
and she nodded pleasantly
friends, who hardlv darod to
they saw ''O.d Slug" buforo i
ilnj
com
8he ox plained, however,*
bogged for twenty years an<
?avedi?or?iHtontly. while golnj
ofllno to OfKoo alio loarabdtlio coi
of tho market, aud alio had profl
taking turns on her own account. '?
Mag, you can't have onough to live
always* bavo you*" asked ? btt
whoso mortsjwas opon with t
ment. Mag laughed quietly,
not, my'friend PM she said. "I
for Kuropo Saturday, and %t:
spend 919,000 during tho
that Is not ono-thlrd of my
"How old aro yotif You looi
years younger.7$ "I was 80 last
day. When I was 181 comment
mako my way down herd, And tl
twenty y??r ago.'1 "With
knowledge of tho street, why
you stay hore and spoeulatef" ,.m
my son,'1 she said, with it rftallo.
am not a fool. V-1 have my p)l
out 1 go. . I have seen the 1'
eoor. 1 have gonocold and
oeomo rich, and now 1 shall
And, If 1 stay here, why, all
will want to marry me to pi J
suppose. Good-by, This
day In Wall street"-?New
own. 7--w ? KwEzffl*
_tJ.
At West Ansonla, Conn., resides
lad of ton who Was afflicted with a se<
wart on the top of his foot. It w 1
voi v troublosomO at times, and ho ofj& E
en loosened his ahoe to prevent the
rltatlon. On two occasions tho
lmd boon out to thi surface of the
bnt would soon grow again, oac
to larger proportions. "A few
since as the boy was sitting fct
ble eating his dinner, his
usual, a large pet rooster
tho crumbs, and in his
away with as many as
ffhort time selaed the wt
lad could shake htm <>
foroep-shapod beak pulled
by the root*. Th$ wound
law davs and thore Is no
of further growth.
iton Baokbone*
compliments another
a good doal ot "back
i very noar stating a
? without knowing it,
uiistso remarked a naval
to a rcnortor of the
%y, as thu latter stoppod
om of the naval oxam
"Step up here a rao
hJtluubd tho ottleer, couduot
e porter to a measuring rod
^In on?? corucr of tho room.
:r( "bcsldo having tho movable
i h.? which a man's holght 1j
'n ? ud anothor intermediate arm
,1 Awldoh tho length of his lugs
s *?|ed. Tho 'difference bo t ween
oaauriueuta, of course, shows
of his body and head, or
of hi.i spinal column, In
Jiead. .'??There," said tho
sr tho reporter had subjected
?th&i moaauring procoas, "you
tohos -ta|l; your legs aro 33|
pg?^pretty godd . "Jogs?and
Oa at- length ?. of body tif 86
That's vory. gdod; abpve the
?j n
< i wnni uuun it iui uiuuur
?$,. reporter.
;powor," romarkod nn of
. was standing near.
idioal ofilcer, enlarging on tho
.ius suggested, procoodod:
!?. You suo (putting his hand
"Lead), horoV tho governor.
0 continued.<? loworing his
its olioflt, "is the boiler. Tho
tho heart are hero, and he
lp abdominal organs or vis
.jur mouth and nostrils aro
You shovel in coal?tako
jour mouth. It is turned
\m--blood and goes out iu
lotion, vou aoo, toward?tho
Now tho man with a long
a great deed of boilor sur
?
*ho man with considerable
? is strongor than tho man
*?tP"
that is ono cireumstanco to
/.With others of ? course.
.v .?jih backbone is apt to
W& powor of , resistance. He
more toil and i^osiat dlsoase
' there wore no men in
"for a long mar oh as
;ed fellows with long
?ng-logged mon ?oulu
i ft caso hero uot long
Vie officer, *'wbioh
?ato that a man's backbono
- deal to do with his general
||Xn offlcor wht> was ex
>r promotion was found to be
y; mootally.and professionally
?mi morally unlit. Ho was
the sorvice. When wo
i his. measurement wo
tio^oiiortosl .badkbono of
he navy who had evor
1 Ho did not have
I power of .rosistanoo,
?^?-?yjkVol acadomy
M ho had "
bis stron
Ipioljp
caosonowg we*appearan
alto\m^T4toWc6uft^
int trail, says:
lio has ne|t- Mcondot1~tH>s trail
Kaglo peak,while in Yosemito,
.*?b Won of the Riant gjirgo,
no onu point'in thu Valley, to
^u*hoyfrlddge, whore a person
a vivid idea of tho torriiio
?Jl has produced this wonder
jre as from the final glimpspof
oil down to the gorgo below. You
!ti a narrofy, Y-shaped basin, a
it wall of tWo thousand foot at your
it hand, and oh your left tho round
granite slopo, just over whoso crest
inges and toars tho famoiH crook
It a fow rods frirlhor on mnkestho
lost, nin-it torrilie, and at. ? ii>> samo
o most-beautiful bound out into tho
And down, down a nevcr^onding
tanco. Koemi njvly blown into smoke,
-1 into lnee, rent into rilihrins, thrust
lushed intoervslal point* of snow/
.vonos^aud ielefehko sharpness. full
rainbows, slaving its own anthem,
l is tho Yoaemitb Tall, while far bolow
)arklos a' jbeuduloiiH inid ? winding
ead-*-tho Xosiunite creek nb tho foot
;he lower fall* lindtug its way to the
feed. The valley H..or from here is
lero spot, and the g a I wuiU rising
h either haju} ni'ur.y u ?riteudioulurly
ake the gorge seem 10.900 t'uet 'deep,
horo is no Spot whyro tho grandeur of
"osomite Is so fully ro<i)i*od as
tOia. :> StrippOd of its beautiful
soft hazy coloring; Its ovei-ohang
and mafvelous stone muting* lost
- view; its groen v?.ioy. gone; Its
i>&UtlfUl ^xpflPVoi. ?\v*i;Otyvd, tttt -.iff'
ranito w*ik i. elands out front here
truth, whutlt roally Ik, a terriflo
boumgby jagged gi unite t>inna
The rido tip to tho summit of the
1 is toilsome to the la*t degree. T It
i distance four miles, atf.f the *)tl$
above thd talloy is abmijl 8,000
from*!* 1
Kvory nidw arid thou tlto Zoological
*on baa a pair of young blrda sont
without any ot)>or. InfwmaUon re
Jng thorn than tho whoroabouts of
eir oapturo. Tho persons who sond
do not know ol what apeotoa
are, and think, of course, that iho
nlthologists of tho garden will have
tto>dlfflo;auy in giving thota thoir propor
name. It I# not generally known tHat
aomoblrda have fovir distinct pot
plumago, and that tho hist, suit la thtf
ono that t? described In the text-books
end by which tho spooloa la detor
*'Wo have lot* of trouble about this
thing," said Supt llrown as ho sat In
hla comfortable oftloo, surrounded with
aoologtea, ornithologies, Muffod monk
eys, cabinet pictures of baboons, end
?crocodiles' skulls* "Kow, thoro ere
tho American soa gulls. No one ean
tell what specie# e young pair will do
velop Into. Thoy havo To bo moasured
for their final snit of olothos and put
them on befoto wo oan nemo them.
"8omo time ago four reoooons were
tt-adod oft for Iwo strango young birda.
j We know thoy oamo from Houth Amer
ica end that was all wo did know
Those birds havo latoly put on their
spring suits and havo turned out to bo
* rare and valuable, but they
t havo turned out quite common
oo for all anybody oould toll."?
rtndetphici Timet.
The tower of tho new olty building
et Philadelphia w?l bo higher than th%
Washington monnmont^but the ttfc
f settlement of the walla has crack
d shattered tho finely oarved atone
on the interior walls.
OUK CItAZY QUILT.
An Authority uu Urau OiMrlbM the Oit>
took Ibr N?xt 8*moq'i Stjrloc.
ky?tlieri and Bird* UIt? 1'iuce to Klowrr*
for Trimming.
TUK St'MMKlt OUTLOOK.
Lot us look beyoud Lout Into tho
fashions of tho coming noason, writes
Clara Belle in u rocont letter. Nearly
all evoning dresses will bo tuado with
trains of moi'o or lesB length, and waists
that aro out round and sleoveloss, or
with a square nookand oibow sleovos.
Brides and their bridesmaids for aftor
Easter wedding*. havo a variotv of ma
torials to soleot from. Stilus in ivory
tints, trimmed with a profusion of
pearls and lace, will, however, be
most popularly worn by brides, v and
1>alo colored tulles over satins by their
)ridosmaids. Veils of tulle fastoned
by a bunch of wild violets, daflbdils,
or sqiuo.spring flowor will bo worn by
bridespiaids at several fashionable wed
dingH.'- The volts.'-'will bo short au
worn thrown from tho face. Velvet
will bo largely used for spring and
summer?early for ontlro costumos,
and lator iu combinatloj|. with all de
scriptions ol goods. Ih 'colors, greens
aro especially popular; browns, Idues,
and tho now crimsons aro also in de
mand. Volvot figures on wool, in Ori
ental or floral dosigDs. and in stripos,
and in contrasting shados, aro among
t)to most striking novelties. Surahs,
both silk and satin, aro shown fop com
bination with brocade matching hi col
or, and showing dotaohod' tiguros ofton
contrasting in color. Black, shell
pink, and light bluo on almond, fawn,
and golden brown shades, are among
the favorito dosigns. Plain and plaid
surahs form another combination, and
whero tho ground of the plaid'matohes
the plain material thoy are particular^
ly attractive. Plain surahs and block
doslgus come next, the blooka being
alternately of tho ground color, and of
a deeper or brighter tint. White will
be the favorite color for wear at the
fashionable resorts in the summer.
The new cashmere in shados of white,
that are shown for morning wear, are
heavy of toxturo and very durable.
Thoy can be washed like piauo or other
whlto material. They will generally
be m&de up with a long pointed drap
ery in front, edgod with Ave or six
row* of silver braid.. The xouave bod
ices and round waists of all kinds will
bo worn in them, the ordinarv basnuea
in theao gowns being entirely dispensed
with. White goods, however, are in
many omoi no longor white, but oream,
or even In pearl or ooru shades. Em
broidered batistes are quite, generally
of theso tints, and embroidered in white
or colors. Etaminos in oream or light
buff, with self-colored embroidery, are
among the novelties, and look as if
they would outwear the wearer.
it is feurtaus how much trade In wo
men's apparel depends on their freaks*
of fashion. I hate no means of know
ing the extent of the manufacture of
.??improvers,'1 as the pads for bodioes
are called, bat, Judging by the dUplay
of the stooks in the stores, it must at
one time have been a flourishing indus
try. Probably hundreds and hundreds of
?: those folka i^ >iay? be
by a dUwardlng of
o **
ThusnSSe girls of is/yr, YotIl ha*J?bcen?
transformed, as far as the# can accom
plish it, into seemiug dyspeptics, con
sumptives, and crnshlings?as though
oruel fate had flung them down and
sat Upon them verynard.
A general tondenoy in all wash goods
to oream, buff, and almond tints give
a sunshiny look to the counters given
to th*m? Laces are more popular lhan
over, and are found ott all articles of
dress from hats to shoos, adorning all
fabrios, silk, wool,? or cotton, and are
themselves made of all materials and
combinations of materials; Jersoy
jaokets for spring wear are embroider^
ed fa soutache or silver braid, and are
lined with satin. Pongeos are likely
to be popular?the deep-colored for
street Aha home toilets and for Mother
Hubbards. Light oolorod Jerseys have
gone out of frUniop. White and oream
colored ones that aro elaborately braid
ed are, and will be,' much worn with
eklrts of cashmere or. sni^ah. lllumln-,
ated oloths oomo with both rough and
smooth surfaces, and are used for en
tire oostumes. A deolded tendency to
use brighter colors is observable In this
olass, but the dots of color are so small
and so ounningly mingled, the bright
ness so bidden, that tno oritlo oannot
dosoribo the effeot as gay, or even
bright, though it -li certainly the re
verse of dull or grave.
Feather* are no longer seen, nor
' .with the exoeption of the smallest
that nostle in soft, mossy
restlngupon small bough*
or *tems, and other stems on whloh aro
congregated humming-birds and other*
of tho smallest, known Knd unknown.
Flowors surpass alt provlovm ofTorts of
artist* in rivaling natnre. Yollow
llllee swing golden cups from long,
plastlo stems; great Gqold or roses, Just
tinted with palest pink; seeded meadow
grasses and purple olover; white and
purple lilacs; bunChos of silky, fluffy
sthllUes and swamp meadow grasses
sparkling with dewdrops: dark, doable
Farma violets contrasting with the
pale slnglo vlolotsi pale, plnk-shadod
primroses and white violets; fttrange.
wlord t>rohld*; all manner of field
flowers, suoh as the bine oorn (lower,
daisies, butteroups, wild roses, and
striped ribbon grasses, are tied togeth
er! every variety of roso*?velvety
pink, white, creamy, red, with dew
glistening In tholr hearts; branohe* of
honeysuokle blowing fairy horn* of
vivid scarlet or pale gold dashed with
rfed, and otbor old-fashioned garden
flowers, and the simple flowers and the
Sraooful weeds of the Hold, even those
ayllght start, dandelions, glinting
gold, take tho plaoe of the rare etotloa
thin season.
The small gilt squaro and triangular
headed plot roappoar, and are *et
about the brim of tuu bonnet similar to
those used last season. Lorffr plnrf with
heads of square blocks or flllfgrso aro
thrust throngh the trimming; an
eaglets olaw hold* k let of Rhine peb
bles, amber, acat'*~cye In appearanoe,
but really a species of chrysolite with
play of light similar to the costly stone,
oxooptlng In colors, whloh are dark
greet* and blue, with a transludttnt
gold light
Among other delloate and novel bon
net trimmings aims Imitations of birds'
wings and (alia made of crepe llsse em
broidered in white silk applique en
vand also In delicate gilt thread
on black lace. Gilt lace orowns are
open worked And also tinsel embroider*
ed oh White canvifc Tinsels come
straw apd gold, in dltyftgt shade*
S
citron, bom cream, and ulive.
Ribbons partake of the excessively
gay Oriental stylos described. Thoso
are from seren to eight inohos wide
when used for sashes, of dollcato gauze
striped with velvot made fluffy with
chenille dots in bright Roman colors
and Scotch plaids. Others como in
etamino glittering with gold thread and
silk.?New York Tribune.
Ostium Dlgma a Frenchman.
It may not bo gonorally known that
Oilman Digma is a Frenchman by
birth, and was born in 1832, in a small
hotel in Rouen. His father dying a
year or two after, his mother married
an Aloxandrian merchant in 1887, half
Frenoh and half Egyptian, of the name
of Osman Digma, who, (taking a great
fanoy to young Osman, at that timo
named Alphonso Vinot), insisted on
having his namo changed to his own,
and, aylng in 1842, left him about 600,
000 francs. After tho death of his step
father ho was loft to tho guardianship
w Ali Khana, a kind of half partner of
tho elder Osman, a Mussulman, who,
at tho death of Mme. Digma, in 1844,
took young Osman into his house. His
roligion at that timo, being vefry much
of tno Christian unattaolied tyoo, was
Boon converted into Mohammedanism.
All Khana was a vory wealthy man,
and livod in groat Oriontal pomp and
splendor. Though intonding to bo
vory kind to young Osman, nis kind
ness was of a very Spartan order, in
dood. He had' numerous professors
for various branches of learning, nnd
would often bo oxamined by All him
solf, who, if bo did not consider that ho
had mado progross, would havo him
sevoroly bastinadoed.
At tne ago ol 10 110 was sent to Cairo
to an cx-Frenoh ofllcor to bo taught tbo
various mothods of Europoan warfare.
Capt Morale had gome fifty boys rosid
ing ia his houso studying war in all its
branches, two or three of whom have
since become famous, not loast among
them being Arabi Pasha. It is strango,
as illustrating the old saying that
"the boy is lathor to the man, that
both Osman and Arabi distinguished
themselves as leaders in tho mimic
battles fought In tho grounds of Capt
Morale, tho former In a dashing Bwoop
tag kind of way, carrying everything
before him, and tho latter as a tacti
olan. The conscquonce was that a
rivalry existed botwoon tho two, both
having about an oqual number of their
sohooMellowa siding with them. Os
man remained hero until his 19th yoar,
when he was sont by his guardian to
Franoo on mattors relating to All's
business.
In 1866 ho obtained the ooramand of
his regiment, but shortly aftorward,
offonditfg tho lchodivo, he had to loavo
Egypt,and his property was conflsoatod.
Ho tnen wont to Suakim and entcrod
business as a ship-chandler and coal
agent under an assumed name; but,
while on a hunting oxpodltlon, ho was
oaptured by a roving band of Arabs,
and was sold as a slave to tho man who
at present calls hirusolf tho mohdi.
Tho mehdi was charmed with his now
slave, as a man of unboundod learning,
and who would bo ablo to train his
numerous supporters in tho art of war.
Ho gave Osman hi* daughtor in mar
riage, and has ovor since treated him
.????? ,
was in Washington this wook ft
oj; two In company with John . W.
Maokoy.
As ho got aboard a wost-bound train
last night to bogin a journey to Cali
fornia, Uol. Oohiltroo said: "The po
litical nronn will know me no moro
forovor. You seo mo anil Maokoy lmvo
somo now railroads to look aftor that
will ooeupy my tlmo for the noxt ten
yoars and 1 will havo no lolsuro for
polltlos. When a man has 400,000 to
600,000 milos of railroads to build ho
has no tnsto for ward mootlugs and
party oonvolitions."
??Why, colonol," askod a bystander,
"Isn't that figure a iittlo stoop?"
"Stoop, tho devil!" oxclalmod tho
rubicund Toxan. "Why, that isn't a
patching to what wo aro really going
to do. I put tho ilguros low booauso 1
didn't want you to think I was over
drawing the tiling. Instead of four or
five hundrod thousand milos, our now
road will aggregate into millions. Why,
air, when we got our system in Moxico
completed, tnat oayoto ropubllo
will look like an old-fashionod gridiron,
and the whistle of our lobomotivo will
make a eontlnuous roar nlong tho con
fines of that God-forsaken country
from Bagdad to Guaymas, and from
Cape Isabel to the Klo dol Norte: and,
sir?" But just thon tho colonol's
train began to movo westward, and the
graphic ploturo of what ho and Maokoy
propose to do in railroad construction
remains Inoomplote.
. |B|| l<P + j?l ???
What Some llloli ^1 '-?< II .v<>
Here aro figures showing what sonio
rich mon have dono. John* Hopkins
^gave $3,148,000 to tho university which
lio foundod. Ills gifts for Iniuovolont
i purposes amounted to $Hf000,000.
Jiulgo Paokor gave $8. 00, 00 to Lo
hlgh Unlvorsity. Corn'-lin* V.mdorbllt
gavo $1,000,000 to tiio Va ilorbilt Uni
versity. Stephen Glrnnl gnvo $8,000,
000 to Glrard Collogo. John C. Greon
and his residuary logatoo* gnvi* #l,fi00,
000 to Princeton College. Kara Cor
nell gave $1,COO,000 to Cornell Unlver
slty. Isaac Itioh boquo..tho>l tho groat
or part of his estnto, wl.K-h was np
praised at $1,700,000, to iio.<tou Uni
versity; on account of ill- great flro
andenrinkago in vnl .p, and oilior un
fortunate olrcnmstiiiuMf. ttn* u tivorslty
will realize loss tiian $70 ?.00) iroin this
magnlfioeht bo(|uo?t. Htono
Save $600,000 to Ad?'lh??n College by
ireot gift and bv ln ?;iif t. W. W.
Corooran gavo $170.00<) to Columbian
University In money ami laud. lion
iamlrt Buss; gavo mil ?'?tato worth
1600,000 to Harvard Unlvrr-ity. Snm
uol Wllllston, William J. Waikor, and
Samuel A. Hitchcock gmo botwoon
$100,000 and $200,000 .? ? h to Ainhorst
Collego. Whltmer l'hm.iix gavo the
bulk of hit jproportv, an.ouutlng to
about $640,000, to Columbia Colfoge.
3. B. Trevor gavo $17V,0 O to Kochos
ter Theological Seminary. Matthow
Vassar gavo $800,000 to V:iss?r Col
lege. Gardner,Colby gave rti/o.o o in
Colby University and *100,000 to New
ton Thoologioal Seminary. J. B. Col
gate gave $800,000 to Madison Unlvor
?Ity. George I. Seney gav?? $4/>0,000 to
Wesleyan University. Tho Crozer fam
liy gave $900,000 to Croaor Theologloal
8emlnai7>
Thl proleoted bridge aoross the
Straits of MeAslna will span a channel
thirty-six feet deep and two and a hall
miles wide. The vladUot will be tup
ported by two land towers and three
piers, each 8,280 foot apart. The height
of the bridge above tho wator will.be
898 feet. This enterprise will tax the
?kill of (he Italian engineer*.
A Mother'* D.'KhIom.
This oily, writes a Springfield (Mm)
correspondent to the New York Tribune,
has not lacked a sharu in tho sad ro
m.anco of tho lute Arctic explorations.
Several years niro a proniiidnir young
man here, tho only son <?t * widowed
mother, and a general l:.\i>iito in soolal
circles, caught tho "Arctic f? \er," and
ngainst tho protests of hi* family and
friends joined one of (lie iciiof expedi
tious. For a time all went well, but as
has so often happened, tho ships wore
frozen in and tho men wore foreod to
take to the ieo to make their way out.
On their dreary march to tho no&reBt
station a cake of ieo on which tho
Springfield boy happened to be was do
tachod from tho main Uoo and ho was
carried out to sea. His comrades woro
unable to rescue him, and ho drifted
off into tho darknoss, as they woro only
too suro, to certain death. Tho re
mainder of tho party arrived safoly at
thoir destination. As soon as possiblo
tho nows of tho young man's loss was
sont to his mothor, but sho obstinately
rofused to boliovo that ho was doad.
Her faith was strongthonod by tho ar
rival, somo mouths later, of a lottor
her sou had writtou hor on tho Christ
mas day preceding tho abandonmont
of tho shins, in which ho spoko confi
dently of boiug with hor almost as soon
as tho lotter roachod hor. As it uad
boon sent by a roundabout way across
Siberia and"Russia, tho delay was only
natural, but tho mothor saw in it a
fresh confirmation of hor hopos.
Tho boliof had by this timo grown in
to a monomania, and she determined
to loavo no moans untried of ascertain
ing if hor son really livod. Without
tho knowlodero of hor family, she wont
to a "medium" who happened to bo in
Springiiold at tho timo and conBultod
hor as to tho whoroabouts of an absont
friend. Ilor oxcitemont was increased
by being told that tho person of whom
sho aslcod had boon cast away in a far
country among savago tribos, who had
nursed him tenderly through a long ill
ness; that ho was still weak, but was
on the road to health. Almost besido
hersolf, tho poor mothor tried in vain
to convert hor family to hor belief.
Finding it impossible to shako hor
faith m hor son's oxistenco by argu
ment, thoy linally tried ohaneo of soone
and travol. fcut whilo in Boston sho
onco moro visited a clairvoyant, who,
strangoly onough, coniirmod tho state
ments of tho fotmor medium. This
ono described in dramatic terms?first,
a young man pickod up in mid-oceaa
by a passiug vessel; thon a port in a
distant land, ships iu a harbor, flguros
in strange costumes moving about tho
stroots, spoaking in a foreign language,
a small house near tho water, in it tho
same youth, onco moro recovering from
a sovoro illness and longing for nomo,
but unablo to And tho moans to return
to his own oountry.
Of course, after this second experi
ence, it was usoloss to try further di*
vorsion, even had tho broken-hoarted
woman'not insisted on returning home
to be ready in.caso any news should
como of hor boy. Tho delusion was So ,
strong that as a last resort her friends
wroto bogging tho commander of tto
expedition to como to Springfield and
let tho mothor hear from hia own.
lips tho story of her son's disappear*
anee. honintr that in 'tnls
An illustrated artlclo on AuxjiiguiT
artists in tbo Now York Sunday World ,
contains tho following concerning well
known Boston artists: "Ono of tho
most remarkable women who labor at
tho oasol in the United States is Miss
Hortha von Hlllern. Miss Ton Hillera
has lived a life of romance suoh as
would bo hotter inplaco in a novel than
a biographical sketch. Ten years ago
when tho podostrian mania had reaohed
Huoh a height in this oity that women
had bogun to contest for tho prlzo of
endurance as well as men, a sturdy llt
tlo Austrian woman appeared in tho
arona and won tho championship sov
on-days* record for herself. Her ap
pu.iranco on tho traok occasioned a
porfect furor, and whon sho took her
training in Contral park she was al
ways guardod by a strong squad of
fepiIn>no supnortors. From tnls oity
sho wont to Boston, whore sho made
an oqual hit. Sho had repoafadly an
nounced that as soon as Bho had saved
suilioient m^noy sho proposed to retiro
and study painting. Sho carrlod out
hor purpose in Boston by entering tho
studio of William Hunt, ono of whoso
favorito pupils sho became. Mis* von
Ilillorn is a landsoapo painter of muoh
ability, and has boon omlnontly huoooss
ful in dopicting tho grandor phases of
Amorioan forost sconory, of whloh sho
is ospeolally fond. Inseparably asso
ciated with tho name of Bortha von
Hllrorn is that of her sister artist and
companion, Maria J. C. Beokot. Miss
Bookol is an Amorioan, of an old Cath
olio family, with a long rooord of uso
fulnoss and ominouoo lnsooloty and tho
churoh. She is a woman of oxtfaordl
nary qolcknoss of poroeption and koen
noss of intelloct, and counts among her
frlonds tho most ominent Fronoh and
Amorioan artists of tho generation. Sho
had traveled, livod In Vrancoand Italy,
and studiod art thoro before she enter
ed the famous studio of William Hunt,
in Boston. Thoro sho mot Miss von
Hlllern, and discovered in hor a con
{rental soul. Sinoo thon tho ladies havo
lvod and worked together, ^bonding
thoir winter* in Now York and Boston,
in which latter oity thoy hold a sort of
aristocratlo salon wookly, and their
suramors in a studio among tho forosts
of Virginia. Their stndio at Strasbarg
1b ono of tho wonders of tho Old Do
minion. Miss Beokot, like Miss von
Hlllern, is n landscape painter, with a
lino fooling for tho poetry of natui'o,
and a loaning toward the grave and
quiet color common to all pupils of tho
groat Boston ma?tor. Tho sobrioty of
her art Is by no means rofloctod in hor
?ooial qualities, for sho Is ono of the
most brilliant and widoly-instruotod
Conversationally in tho wostorn con
tinent."
Troon hftvo boon found in Africa
which wore computod to bo 5,160 your*
old, and a cypres* in Mexloo In aald to
havo reached n still groator ngo. Tho
oldest individual Hpeoimon of any
apeoiou?in faot tho oldoAt living thing
upon tho globe?Is probably tho
cypres of Hunta Maria dol Tule<
in tbo Moxlonn stato of Oax- t
now. If ontiiYmto* of troo agea*'
nro to )>o rolled upon tho life of
thin vonorablo forwt mon&roh may
bavo spanned tho wbolo porlod of writ"
ton history. At Inat account* It wa?
still growing and In 1861, when Hum
bold waw It, it n>oa?urod forty-two foot
In diameter, 146 In olronmforonco and
2H'i foot between tho oxtromitioc of two
oppo?ito branohe*.