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IPOIFLT ROYAL
Standard and Commercial.
YOL. IY. NO. 35. BEAUFORT, S. C., THURSDAY,'AUGUST 3, 1876. $2.00 per toll. Side Off 5 Cents. j
Looking Forward,
Why torn, faint spirit, to the vanished past ?
Why grieve that eome vain longing might
have been?
Why brood o'er broken hours no long< r thine,
Or sigh tsr conquests thou m&v'st r ever win ?
Leave the poor faded hope aud trast long dead,
And nurse the heart's unfolding bloom instead!
Fling your misgiviogs to the idle wind!
Fruition is the patient soul's reward?
Thy path through trouble to the good man's
goal
Let not these petty weaknesses retardTread
with unfaltering step the rugged way
That leads this tnal to the perfect day!
Press not thy bosom, like the imprisoned bird,
In sad repinings 'gainst the bars of fate;
What thongh the skies are sometimes hang in
cload,
Deem not, therefore, thy whole life desolate;
Make thy own destiny, though dangers throngFearless
advance, with every step grow strong !
Torn not thy mind's eye inward, where a waste
Spreads 'neath the spirit's sky of donbtfnl
glcom,
Bat look thou rather to the eoenes without,
Where all God's fairest, holiest treasures
bloom;
Forget thySelf?cast each dull clog aside?
And look in trust above, white'er betide!
Fold not thy hands in weary, doll despair,
Whatever shadows thy fair hopee enshroud?
Sleep not thy life away in idle dreams ;
Nerve thee for God's own work?nor heed
tee cioaa
That breaks above thee; toil will briog release,
Care fade away and straggle end in peace!
A FATHER'S REVENGE.
A Duel With the Blind.
Major Buford, called by the way of
eminence, " The Major," was one of the
most noted duelists of the day. A dead
shot, a perfect master of fence, and in
his enmities utterly relentless, his name
had become a terror to all who knew him.
In the midst of a knot of admiring
friends, one day, the major was discussing
his last "affair," and complacently
explaining how it came that he mortally
wounded his adversary, instead of killing
him on the spot, when one of two
, men advanced and struck him in the
face. The spectators stood aghast
What eould have tempted the stranger
to rush thus madly on his fate t He was
an old man. Already, to appearance,
had threescore and ten years passed over
his head. He must, indeed, have been
weary of life, whose brief remnant he
was ready to cast away so recklessly.
The major was astonished. The very
audacity of the act struck him with
amazement.
"Is this provocation sufficient, or must
I repeat it," inquired his assailant.
The major's first impulse was to return
blow for blow. But, fierce and violent
as were his passions, he schooled
V: ? .?1*
xuuiscu 1><J uumpAotc ui2?W3J[jr uyci tucm,
and a moment's reflection told him how
bootless, under the circumstances would
be a public brawl. The indignity he
had received would admit of but one
reparation, and that he determined to
lose no time in seeking.
"Theinsult is sufficient,"he answered,
with a forced calmness. "Oblige me by"
naming a friend."
And the two strangers took their leave
together.
At sunrise on the following morning
_ the principals and their seconds made
their appearance on the ground selected.
No one else was present?not a surgeon.
The major, in his own past experience,
never had needed one, and his
opponeut, it was plain, was careless of
the consequences.
There was no necessity of delay. The
preliminaries had been settled. The
k parties were to fight with pistols at ten
paces, the combat to continue until one
or both had fallen.
Oae condition had been insisted on
by the stranger which called an indig
nant blu^h to the major's cheek, as it
seemed to imply an imputation upon his
honor, though he submitted with the
be-,t grace he could. It was, that before
placing the combatants the bodies of
both should be inspected to see that no
secret protective device was employed
by either.
The ground was measured and the
men placed. There was a marked oon
trast between the two in more respects
than that of years. The old man, erect
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auu urjuouitxro as a suitut?, uis wmwiiou
locks floating in the breeze, never once
looked at bis antagonist, though his
side was turned. His faoe was stern an 1
determined, but nothing malignant in it.
The major, on th9 other hand, glared
fiercely at his foe?seemed even to
grudge him the few moments of life yet
eked out to him.
" Were he my own father I would kill
^ him," he answered audibly to some
whispered expostulation of his second,
who was evidently touched by the old
man's venerable appearance.
The pistols were put into the hands of
the principals and the giving of the word
explained.
"Gentlemen, are you ready?"
"Ready," both answered.
Still the old man moved not, nor did
he dire3t a single glance at his adversary.
His eyes were fixed in front. His
attitude was one of rapt attention. He
seemed like one listening intently.
" Fire 1"
Without changing the direction of his
gaze or other movement than that of his
arm, which arose with the precisijn of a
nicely adjusted machine, the old man
brought his pistol to the level of his
enemy's breast For an instant he held
it there. Still the same appearanoe of
eager listening.
The major was in no hurry. He could
afford to take his time with a man who
held his pistol at random, without looking
wither ward. He was determined to
make snre work. If his ball missed his
adversary's heart, even a fraction of an
inch, he would never make any pretentions
to kill again.
The sharp report of the stranger's
pistol was followed by a convulsive jerk
of the major's arm, causing the discharge
of his weapon far wide of his
f mark, while he, staggering a few paces
backward, fell heavily to the ground.
" Conduct me to him," said the man
to bis friend.
*
' The latter took his principal's arrc
and led him to the prostrate form of th
of the major, whose second, kneelin
by his side, had torn open his garment?
exposing to view the fatal wonnd in hi
breast, made by the stranger's bnllet.
" Is your friend seriously hurt ?" ii
quired the latter, coollj.
"Toucan see for yourself, sir," th
second answered.
" There you're in error," replied th
other. " I am totally blind I"
The wounded man, who by this tim
revived a little, and his second looke
at the stranger in astonishment. Ther
was no visible defect in his o gans c
vision, but there was a fixity of lookthat
" blending of eyes on vacancy
which so unmistakably evinces the ah
sence of sight.
" Who are yon, and what is your mc
tive in seeking this encounter?" th
major faintly murmured.
" First, are you in a condition to re
new it ?" inquired the stranger.
" There is no need. I am dying."
" When I have told you who I am,'
the stranger resumed, " you will scare
require my motive for what I have done
No wonder you have forgotten Jame
Merton," he*continued, "for he is great
ly changed, no doubt."
The dying man started and groane<
bitterly.
"But I have not forgotton you
Richard Baford, nor the injuries yoi
have done me. A cherished daughter
the pride of my eyes and the joy of he
mother's heart, you entioed from he
home, deceived by a sham marriage, an<
then abandoned her to die of a broke]
heart. My son and only remaininf
child, ill a rasn attempt to revenge im
sister s wrongs, fell a victim to your ac
carsed skilL You even robbed him o
the ordinary chanoesof combat, unequa
as they would have been, by incasing
your cowardly body in conoealed armor
The loss of both our children unsettlec
my wife's reason, and she died in a mad
house. Could I have found you then
I would have given you no chance foi
your life, bat, valliant as you alwayi
professed to be, but coward as you are
you evaded me. Yet I knew we shoulc
some day meit, and I registered a vov
when we did I would offer you a sacri
doe to your infernal art.
" To this end I studied to become ai
adept at it, and succeeded. And whei
at length blindness cast its shadow ovei
rae and seemed to render hopeless tin
fulfillment of my vow, instead o;
abandoning it I betook myself to a nev
species of practice. I sought to mak<
hearing take the place of sight. Agaii
I succeeded. I learned to take aim witt
ear instead of eye. When I heard yoi
answer ' Ready ' to-day, I knew the ex
act direction in which to point ray pis
tol as well as if I had seen you. Be
sides, I could hear you breathing when
you stood. You lost your chance in de
laying your fire. You wished to mak<
sure work and overreached yourself."
More than once the major looked ap
pealingly at the speaker's face, but ii
those remorseless, sightless eyes then
was no sympathy. And as the laborec
breathing grew fainter the old man re
snmed his listening attitude. At last al
whs still.
"He is dead !" he said; and it*
wonted expression of sober melancholj
settled on the old man's face, as, taking
his companion's arm, he turned anc
walked leisurely away.
Advice to Young Men.
P eeident Porter, in his sermon be
fore the senior class of Yale College,
gave theyoung men the folio wing advice
1 The last ship must soon be taken, and
you will find yourself each fighting hit
battle, no longer a mimic, but a sterr
struggle for what are called the prizes oJ
life. You will stand upon the threshold
and wistfully inquire whither will lift
take me and what will life give me ? ]
hear a voice replying in the distance tc
each of you, gentle but clear, tender bul
firm, loving in its accents yet capable ol
sternest command, and its answer is
Life will bring back to you what yor
bring to life in purpose and resolve,
only with ampler returns. It is a good
time for an honest and earnest man tc
beg n life. It would seem that there
has never been a time, for a generation,
which is so full of hope to a yonng mar
w ho is willing to make full proof of ar
earnest, intelligent, courageous and lov
ing Christian life. The oountry ha?
bxjn chastened. If it brings wealth and
power and culture and freedom as the
fruits of the first century, of its inde
pendent life, it begins the second with
some just convictions that the manhood
of the people and their rulers aie itf
only security; that truth and honor are
the only reliance of a free commonwealth
which hopes to remain. Gc
forth, then, in this time of fear and oi
hope, of thankfulness and of chastening,
go forth in the name of the Master, tc
labor in His service and to live for Hif
kingdom. Yield to no fear. Remem
ber that you are not brought to this oper
doer by your own hand. No man if
self commissioned except he cuts himself
off from God. He who has broughi
yon to this place will guide you to the
end. May we now and then hear oi
each one of you that he is a high-toned
and intelligent servant of his countrj
and his time, and that the world is dailj
the better for his living in it, that bis
life is guided and blest by the living
God. With these wishes and this prayej
I bid you an affectionate farewell."
The Power of Politeness.
A young lady abruptly turned th<
corner of a street, and very rudely rai
against a small boy,hat!ess and shoeless
Stopping as soon as she could, sh<
turned to hitn and said : "I beg you;
pardon ; indeed I am very sorry."
'!rhe small, ragged boy looked up ii
bLmk astonishment for an instant, then
taking off about three-fourths of a hat
he bowed very low, smiled until hi
face became lost in the smile, and an
swered: 44 Yer can hev my parding
an' welcome, miss; an' yer may rui
agin me an' knock me clean down, an'!
won't say a word."
After the young lady passed on h
turned to a comrade and said, hal
aj>ologetically: 441 never had any on
a*.k my parding, an' it kind o* took m
off my feet."
Cholera infantum is killing babies i:
Baltimore at an unprecedented rate.
THE MISSISSIPPI JETTIES.
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g The Difficulties and Triumph* of the Work
as Performed by Captain Eads.
is The greatest difficulty that had to be
solved in building the channel at the
i- i month of the Mississippi river was how
! to control the waters of the great river,
e and so compel them to cut out the
much needed channel. A hundred
e cubic yards of flowing water, spread
over a wateroourse of one hundred
e j ards wide, would give only a yard of
d depth. The problem was, speaking
? relatively, to confine that one hundred
I cubio yards into a channel which should
- compel it to scoop out a deep channel.
Masonry had been used at the month of
the Dauube, but masonry for such gigantic
work would far exceed in expense any
?- possibility that was within the powers
o of the engineer of the Mississippi. At
this juncture some one suggested that
>- willows had been used to direct the
course of streams and to confine their
| channels. (Japtain mads and uoionei
Andrews consulted, and the result was
e that they hit upon a plan for utilizing
? the willows which grow in great thickets
8 on the alluvial soil of the Delta to help
i- them in their work. On a bar, or rather
island, which came into existenoe in the
1 river forty years ago in front of a
crevasse known as the "Jump," there
? is a willow thicket covering some thirty
i square miles of land. Here was the ma,
terial if it could only be utilized. After
r long and anxious discussion, a plan was
r agreed upon and patented in the names
1 of the inventors bv which willow mata
tresses were brought into use.
I The mode of construction and subses
quent handling of these mattresses is
- particularly ingenious. On the bank of
f the pass there is, first of all, constructed
1 a "launch way," consisting of a lumber
I built inclined platform, six feet above
. the level to the landward and gradually
1 sliding down to the water's edge. On
- the platform are two ribbands of well
, greased pine which serve as the "ways,"
r to use shipwrights' parlance. On these
5 ways are laid, first of all, strips of pine,
three by six inches in dimensions and
1 five feet apart, till the total width ref
quired is reached. These strips are
- pieced on end till a total length of about
one hundred feet is achieved. The numi
ber of strips is determined by the rei
quired width of the mattresses, which
r vary, according to circumstances, from
i fifteen to fifty feet. The strips being
f placed in position, a number of holes
r are bored in each, into which are insert>
ed hickory pegs at6hort intervals,which,
i when bolted in with 03k wedges, stand j
i out thirty inches from the platform. On
t the foundation thns made are laid the
- willows; the first layer is laid crosswise
- of the strips for about six inches, and
- then lengthwise, and so on the layers
i keep alternating till the top3 of the pegs
- are covered. When this point is reached
i other strips are laid crosswise on the
whole mass, in which holes correspond
ing to the hickory pegs have been
t bored.
) Then, each peg having Deen nttea to
I the superincumbent hole, powerful lev
orage is brought to bear and the bindl
ing cross strips are forced do^n on to
the pegs and securely bolted with oak
} wedges. This completes the manufact
tore of the mattress, which is then slid
\ down from the " ways" and floated on
I to the water. A steam tug then takes
the floating mass in tow, and tugs it to
the position where it is to be sunk. The
mattresses vary in width from fifty to
fifteen feet, and supposing a depth of
twenty feet has to be filled up, ten of
, the mattresses are sunk in the spot, the
: lower one being of full width and the
I upper ones graduating down to the
minor dimensions, each of them being
about two feet in thickness and a hundred
feet long. In placing them in position
they are first floated on the spot
and attached to guide posts, when a
stone barge is towed alongside and rocks
thrown on the mattress till it sinks. In
this manner the jetty is made. An alternate
layer of willow mattress and
rock, broad at the base and gradually
narrowing toward the top, makes a wall
which is impregnable to the assaults of
the water, and so, as the jetties stretch
out, the current becomes confined and
its force concentrated. Not only is the
stream thus deepened, but by a curious
reflex action the jetty walls are strengthened.
The littoral current of the gulf runs
from we3t to east, and the debris thrust
out into the gulf by the concentrated
stream, being caught by the littoral current,
becomes filled up on the outside of
the westward jetty, making a firm wall
against all the inroads of the sea. So
marked is this effect that in the bay to
the west of the south pass, where a year
ago a steamer drawing nine leet ot water
) would move with ease, now a skiff would
f be grounded at high tide. The present
, indications are that the commerce be
) tween the Mississippi valley and Europe
j will pass through the mouth of the Miss
issippi inside the next twelve months,
l and if the same mattress system can be
) adopted for the river generally, a depth
of water sufficient to carry heavy toni
nage can be made permanent between
> St. Louis and the gulf.
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' Fortune's Freaks.
r
j Postmaster-General Jewell recently
\ spoke most feelingly to a lady who apr
plied to him for a clerkship. She is the
daughter of a member of the cabinet under
a former administration, a gentleman
of large means who lived in great
3 state in Washington, and subsequently
i was minister to one of the most important
courts of Europe, where also he
3 maintained an expensive establishment,
r as his great wealth justified him in
doing. That was a score of years ago.
3 The war so greatly reduced his fortune
that his childran are now compelled to
labor for their own support. When
g Postmaster-General Jewell had respect.
fully listened to the lady's application
he said, in tones of deep sympathy: "It
Q makes me sad for you to ask this of me.
I Twenty years ago, when I was a mechanic,
I was in , and your father
a was minister there. I desired to call on
f him, but doubted the propriety of my
e doing so under the circumstances. Now
e you, his daughter, come to me to ask a
$900 appointment. How do I know
but what in twenty years my daughter
n may be compelled to ask a similar favor
of OA* of my suaeessors.
An Indian Dwelling.
There has been erected on the Centennial
grounds at Philadelphia, on the
east side of the Government bailing, a
front elevation of one of the peculiar
dwellings used by tho Hardee Indians
of the northwest coast of the American
continent.
A large and most valuable collection
of models of these structures has for
several weeks been exhibited in the
buildinsr, but the facade now in position
on the outside was taken bodily from a
Hardee house and sent to the Exposition
by Dr. J. W. Swan, a well known
collector of Indian curiosities in Alaska
and British Columbia. The facade is of
cedar, eighteen feet high by forty feet
in width, the distance from the base to
the eaves being about fourteen feet. Its
peculiar interest arises from the fact that
it is completely covered with grotesque
paintings, representing the mythological
characters of Indian religion. The
tribes inhabiting the islands of the north
Pacific coast have an endless number of
traditions or superstitions, which are
:-li_ i
iiivurmuijr Hjriuuuiiitiou ujr ptuuuugo ui
engravings on everything they make,
whether it be a house or a button. The
figures are sometimes very faithfully
drawn, but usually they are conventional
representations of some strange idea.
On each side of the door are two rudely
painted whales, but these are made up
of at least a dozen other animals. The
body of the one on the right is filled
with pictures of salmon heads, eels,
human faces with glaring eyeballs; hideous
figures, which may be either human
or mythological. The blow-hole
contains the distorted figure of a man,
and on the back is a large salmon. The
other whale much resembles this, except
the human faces are even more hideous.
Partly abov6 and partly on each side of
the door is painted a grotesque picture
somewhat resembling the human form,
but the feet are represented as claws and
the hands have each a large eye in the
palm. Whenever the natives paint or
carve a hand this eye always appears in
the same spot and with the same number
of lines, though the significance of the
combination still remains a mystery.
The elevation is bordered with green,
dumpy pictures, supposed to be intended
for human heads and bodies,
with fearfully distorted limbs. The
most curious part of this exhibit is the
totem post standing directly in front of
the door. It is about twenty-two feet in
height, with a large hole in the base,
which serves as a vestibule to the door,
and the post is carved from top to bottom
with the most tedious forms imaginable.
The first represents a monster
bear; above this is a grotesque
carving of Itl-tads-dale, the mother of
the Haidalis, and on the top of this are
two separated dumpy reliefs, supposed
to be imitations of the faces and forms
on the border. To every house erected
by the Haidaii, or Sitkatrites, the
" totem " posts are regarded as indispensable,
and it is believed that every
ornament and every line had at one time
a significance, which may, however, have
been lost in the lapse of time or only
t i i J
vaguely unaersioou.
| Fish for Dinner.
How to have a fish dinner when you
| please, is provided by Seth Green as follows?always
provided you know something
of management and are in the
I right locality: Never take any more
than you want for present use, and stop
fishing when you have got enough. If
you catch a small one, take him carefully
off from your hook and put him back
, in the water ; don't throw him down in
the boat and take him ashore for the
purpose of counting him, and then
throwing him away. That little fish, if
put back, would grow to be a large one
in time, and the man, woman or child
that does not put the little fish back is
worse than a brute ; for the brute, with
few exceptions, will not kill anything for
fun. If parties living near the lakes that
were stocked with salmon trout in the
years 1872 and 1873, will anchor a buoy
in the deep water and bait it with small
pieces of small fish twice a week, they
can go to that buoy and drop a hook
baited with a piece of the same kind of
fish that you have been in the habit of
scattering around it, and take a mess of
fish whenever they please. This fishing
will last the season through, provided
you manage taking the fish with the
same judgment that you do your stock
of chickens, and stop killing when you
have got a mess. Fish are local, and
there is a certain number of fish that
ilYU 1U Hit) uol^uuuiuvan^ ui iuui uuuj,
and tliey do not go ranch further from it
than your chickens do from your barn;
and there is a rule among fishermen that
is generally observed?if a man sets up
a buoy, and keeps it baited, it belongs
to him, and no well meaning man will
fish hear his neighbor's buoy.
Bright but Naughty Boys.
Mr. John Ormsby, in his "Stray
Papers," tells the following story of the
London street Arabs: We once saw the
Strand thrown into terror, confusion,
and distress by the unaided wit of t\ro
boys. It was one of those foggy, damp
December evenings, when the lamps
looked like blurred moons, and objects
twenty feet oft are all but indistinguishable.
These playful youths had got a
suit of old clothes and some straw, out
of which they made an image sufficiently
like a man to pass muster in that unoertain
.light. With this, counterfeiting
the action of affectionate sons leading
home a beloved but intoxicated father,
they would suddenly appear in front
of some passing omnibus, and then,
affecting to lose all presence of mind,
allow their helpless parent to fall almost
under the feet of the horses. The
soene may be imagined. Terror ol the
passengers, horror of the driver, horses
down through having been sharply
turned aside or pulled up on the greasy J
pavement, general agitation, which culminated
at length when an omnibus
with more way on than usual, actually
passed over the body, the wretched
driver, of course, suffering the mental
agonies of a homicide, until relieved by
seeing the straw intestines of his victim.
O'Donovan Rossa has collected $10,139
for that " skirmishing fund."
An Irish barkeeper always looks a little
crestfallen when he has to draw lager
beer.
The Pennsylvania Mennonites.
The Mennonites of Pennsylvania, says
a correspondent, do not intermarry with
people outside of their society. Parents
pick husbands for their daughters,
and wives for their sons. Courtship is
very limited, and then only in the early
hours of the evening when parents are
present. The marriage is agreed upon
by the parents first, and the young folks i
make the arrangement and set the time.
This privilege alone is extended to them,
and their conclusions are respected if <
the date suits all the parents interested. <
The marriage ceremony is very simple, <
and i 1 devoid of all display. The min- i
ister, a very plain, practical person of :
not less than fifty years, rides to the
residence of the bride's parents on horseback.
He finds his way into the house i
and to tlie people as best be can. There i
may be a dozen people present, com- ]
posed of the nearest of kin of both <
parties.. The Bible is read, prayer de- i
livered; the couple, arraved in the '
plainest attire, walk across the uncarpet- 1
ed floor to the center of the room ; they \
are baptized with water, they join hands, i
and in the name of their God and their i
families they are pronounced husband i
and wife. There is less display or re- f
joioing at a Mennonite wedding than is 1
to be seen at the most straight laced of i
Quaker weddings. t
Prior to the marriage, the fathers f
agree upon a settlement of money on the t
young folks. With this money, a house, i
barn, outbuildings, and a farm of about i
fifty acres are purchased, which enables <
tho couple to go to housekeeping at t
onoe. Thus the Mennonitea maintain 1
their distinct society. t
They are kind and generous to a c
fault, helping each other in distress and ?
alleviating each other's wants. If a e
man's horse dies, the society will buy ?
him another. If his barn burns down, y
they will contribute and rebuild it for 1
him. If thieves enter his premises they 1
will replace that which has been stolen. 1
If a crop fails on one farm, a portion of c
each of his neighbors will be hauled to y
him at the proper time. They all be- t
long to one family; never marry out- i
side, and thus they flourish, and beoome 1
enormously wealthy; not by specula- x
tion, bnt by farming and stock raising. 1
They have their own flocks, fields, mills, t
looms, gardens, and cattle, and pur- 1
ohase very little at the village stores, s
They do their own shoemaking, hair cutting,
shaving, and weaving, and they
plait their own big straw hats for summer.
The woman folks spin, sew and t
attend to the household duties. Calico ^
is their principal article of dress. They {
never wear either hoops or crinoline. ji
Few strangers would imagine a young fc
woman in plain calico and gray woolen t
jacket, riding to the village on a spring- ?
less wagon, to be the only daughter of a 8
man worth several hundred thousand r
dollars; yet such a thing can be seen a
every day. A man is seen riding along $
the road horseback on a big, uncouth f
looking horse. He is dressed in brown 0
overalls, and is barefooted. His black 0
hair streams out from under an old a
slouched hat; on one arm dangles a c
tin kettle filled with molasses, his lower 0
limbs stick out at an angle of forty-five D
degrees from the horse's sides, and the y
stranger is astonished upon learning y
that that singular looking horseman is T
| worth at least $350,000 in clean cash,
I and has but one son in the world. If he y
were worth a million dollars he would D
go to the village store in the same manner,
and would not change his style of ^
living in the least. ?
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To Restore Drowning Persons. >]
1. Lose no time. Carry out these di- ?
rections m the spot. o
2. Remove the froth and mucus from t.
the mouth and nostrils. v
3. Hold the body, for a few seconds y
only, with the head hanging down, so ^
that the water may run out of the longs t!
and windpipe. r t
4. Loosen all tight articles of clothing o
about the neck and chest. 1<
5. See that the tongue is pulled for- I
ward if it falls back into the throat. By *
taking hold of it with a handkerchief it A
will not slip. *
6. If the breathing has ceased, or h
nearly so, it must be stimulated by pres- a
sure of the chest with the hands, in imi- h
tation of the natural breathing; forcibly b
expelling the air from the lungs, and al- t]
lowing it to re-enter and expand them by
the elasticity of the ribs. Remember
that this is the most important step of
all. ii
To do it readily, lay the person on his
back, with a cushion, pillow, or some J1
firm substance under the shoulders; j'
then press with the flat of the hands a
over the lower part of the breast bone 9
and the upper part of the abdomen, i<
keeping up a regular repetition and re- o
laxation of pressure twenty or "thirty ^
times a minute. A pressure of thirty *
pounds may be applied with safety to a *
grown person. 8
7. Rub the limbs with the hands, or tl
with dry cloths, constantly, to aid the b
circulation and keep the body warm. n
8. As soon as the person can swallow, b
?- ? - ? i?Ul/?or.Ann#n1 rtf anin'fil in hot 0
give a utujcopjuiuiu v> u^u<?u ?
water, or some warm tea or coffee. J
9. Work deliberately. Do not give np b
too quickly. Success has rewarded the t<
efforts of hours. b
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An Army of Them. p
There are 168 employees at the Cen- J1
tennial gates, divided into six money J
groups, four groups for complimentary 81
and exhibitors' gates, three return pass 8
check groups and the wagon gate keep- b
ers. The chief inspector is assisted by
thirteen general inspectors. The money
groups are so divided that they are relieved
twice a day, and are consequently p
changed from one post to another. The o
return pass check men are placed near v
all the exit gates, and are under one in- b
spector. Nos. 55 and 56 are kept open tl
all day and night, except between the ti
hours of twelve midnight and four a. m., ti
for the accommodation of guards, mem- p
bers of the fire department and persons e
residing in the grounds. Gates Nos. 63 c
and 64 are for the admission of work- t
men from four to eight a. m. After a
that hour no teams are permitted to en- a
ter the grounds except on special t
passes, which are only issued in cases of t
absolute necessity. c
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One of the earliest printers on record c
is said to have been the Emperor Tra-- ?
jan, who set up a column in Borne. ii
A Strange Suicide.
The Overland China Mail gives ai
account of a strange suicide that wai
lately committed at Fuh Chow Foo. A
young lady, who had the misfortune t<
be left a widow while yet in her teens
was urged by some injudicious relative!
to enter again into the bonds of wed
lock. The thought thus suggested o:
supplying the place of her late husbanc
was so repugnant to ber feelings that
in order to escape from the persecutioz
of her advisers, she determined to " as
cend to heaven on the back of a stork,'
or, in other words, publicly to commii
suicide. Having arrived at this deter
mination a day was fixed for the cere
mony. Early on the fatal morning tb<
lady, dressed as the "queen of heaven,'
and surrounded by a large following o:
admiring relatives and fiiends, startec
from her late husband's house in ai
open sedan chair for the scene of hei
self-inflicted death. By the way, sh<
visited her parents, to bid them fare
well, and stopped occasionally en rouU
bo taste the viands which were placec
at intervals by the side of the road, as ai
i funeral. On arriving at an open spac<
it the back of the Hai-ehaou temple,
aha mrvnnf Arl nn a. araffnlriinfr whinh nftd
been erected for the purpose, and, hav
Ing bowed to the vast crowd whioh had
issembled to witness the proceedings,
)he cried with a lond voioe: t( Heaver
aid eartu 2 and my friends I I am quite
latiafled to die in this manner." Hay
ng said this, she stepped on to a chaii
>n the platform, ana thrust her head
hrough a noose of a red cord, whioh
lung suspended from a cross-beam
ibove her. At the same moment a red
doth was placed over her head and face,
rnd then, without the least hesitation,
the jumped off the chair. Death was
ilmoet instantaneous, and she expired
rithout the least apparent struggle.
Jnfortunately, the effects of this young
ady's self-devotion did not end with her
ife, for so deep an impression did hex
>onduct make on some boys who had
ritnessed the spectacle that they amused
hemselves on the following day by
nahing believe to follow her example.
By a misadventure, while one of them
ras adjusting the rope round his neck,
lis playmates ran off, and on their rerun
they found that he likewise had
' ascended to heaven on the baok of a
tork."
They Waited,
Beside what was once a church in Detroit,
the Free Press tells us, a vine one
[ay took root in the dry clay soil. Men
ramped past it, and around it and over
b, but somehow it clung to life, and
iy-and bye it reached up and caught the
>rown clapboards and pulled itself along.
Ls years fed away and the vine was
unrounded by great buildings, and burying
feet were ever bepide it, it covered
lattioed window and the birds built
heir nests in its shade aid chirped joyally
at the roar of traffic. Thousands
f men have halted during the last deade
to wonder how the vine could live
nd flourish among the dust, smoke and
obbleetones, but it lived on. Hundreds
i workmen have eaten their noonday
leal in its grateful shade, and more
.uiututwa men tutu uuvd luvc uicpt ktoiind
it to sleep. Wreaths from the
ine have been laid upon more than one
ittle coffin, and thesongsof the nestling
>irds have more than onoe reached and
iade glad some heavy heart.
Progress digs open the graves of the
lead and sacrifices the tender est
houghts which men can hold in their
earts. Progress has removed the vine.
?he little ground it covered had a cash
alue, and sentiment cannot hold its
wn with cash. Still, there was one
hing to console those who will miss the
ine. The birds had nested in it everv
ear for this long time past, and "cash
7&s not heartless enough to disturb
hem. When strong hands took hold
0 pull down the vine a mother bird flew
ut in wild alarm, and five little birds
x>ked over the nest into men's faces,
t was a great, strong, sunburned laborer
rho said : " Let us wait until they can
y," and they all went away. They did
rait, and onlv after the five young birds
ad winged their way to the shade trees
nd the clover fields was the vine pulled
3 earth and rooted out Can the world
e very wicked when men will do
his?
The Healthfulness of Lemons.
When people feel the need of an add,
f they would let vinegar alone, and use
smons or sour apples, they would feel
ist as well satisfied, and receive no iniry.
And a suggestion may not come
miss as a good plan when lemons are
1 *1>a a naminn fih/lllu.
Litaip 1U ?UC UUUAOVf A ^vauvm
i those times, purchase several dozen at
nee and prepare them for use in the
rarm days of spring and snmmer, when
cids, especially citric and malic, or the
cids of lemons and ripe fruits, are so
rateful and useful. Press your hand on
ie lemon and roll it back and forth
riskly on the table to make it squeeze
lore readily; then press the juioe into a
owl or tumbler?never into tin; strain
it all the seeds, as they give a bad taste,
temove all the pulp from the peels and
oil in water?a pint to a dozen pulps?
3 extract the acids. A few minutes'
o ling is enough, theD strain the water
rith the juice of the lemons; put a
ound of white sugar to a pint of the
nice; boil ten minutes; bottle it, and
our lemonade is ready. Put a tablepoonful
or two of this lemon syrup in a
lass of water, and you have a cooling,
ealthful drink
Wife Whipping.
The last Legislature of California
assed a law authorizing the infliction
f corporal jpnishment upon men for
dripping their wives. There have
een several cases of wife beating since
lie enactment of the statute, but magisrates
have heitated in ordering
he use of the lash. A justice of the
eace in Colusa, however, resolved to
nforoe the law, and sentenoed a man
onvicted of beating his wife to reoeive
wenty-one lashes on his bare back. The
ttorney for the defendant has appealed
gainst, the conviction and sentence, and
his will probably raise the question as
o the constitutionality of the act. The
onstitution of California says : " Exessive
bail shall not be required, nor
ruel and unusual punishments be inlicted."
It was claimed that whipping
a both a cruel and unusual punishment
Fashion Notes.
1 Byzantine is considered the handsom9
est thin f&brio for mourning dresses, and
L is also the most expensive. It is all silk,
> thin and wiry like ganze, and with cloee?
ly woven smooth surface. It is made np
9 oyer silk, and is trimmed with plaitings
' and with crimped taped fringes that
| modistes call mourning fringes. Next
' this comes the iron grenadines of mixed
> > ilk and wool.
| In making grenadine suits no one now
\ uses a lower skirt of grenadine. The
l dress must he worn over silk, so that
the grenadine flounces are at once put
[ on the silk of the foundation. Taffeta
" silks, or else the gros grain that cost
, from SI.50 to $2 a yard, are used when
. new silk must be bought, but it is more
, usual to utilize some partly worn skirt of
black silk by turning it, and cleaning
r with diluted ammonia,
j Henrietta cloth is a favorite material
. for the woolen dresses that are worn in
? this climate all the year ronnd. Mer{
chants say their customers demand it in
[ finer qualities every year, and that it is
) now preferred to the English bombazines,
as it is not so hard to the touch,
[ and is entirely without gloss. Very fair
. qualities, heavy enough for summer and
[ the demi-season, are sold for $1.50 a
yard, but finer clothn are $3 50 or $8.
i Wraps to be worn with mourning are
> r\1 tfiA mftfpn'ftl of thfl
? dress. To wear with various
* dresses are saeks of thin silk oov1
ered entirely with English crape.
l When greater warmth is required there
i are graceful muitlee in scarf, mantilla,
1 or Dolman shape, made of the soft and
, lusterlees camel's hair, trimmed with
crimped fringe and folds of repped silk,
i or else with wool brtid in many parallel
! rows.
Bough finished but soft camel's hair is
also used for handsome polonaise suite.
' Nice qualities cost from $2.50 to $3.50 a
yard, and are a yard and three-eighths
1 wide. Some are made up entirely plain,
1 with onlystitched horns; even the sleeves
have no cuffs, but arc piped around the
wrist and left open two inches up the
outer seam. Othei \ are trimmed with
crimped fringe, and with many rows of
narrow wool braid, or with one or two
rows of very wide braid. Those who
* are tired of twilled surfaces select tho
basket woven cloths that cost from $1.25
to $1.75 a yard; these are especially
liked for young ladies who begin to
' lighten their mourning /with folds and
i pipings of silk.
A Picture of Marie Antoinette.
! Once upon a time there was a young
princess, beautiful its day, according to
1 her flatterers, red headed as the March
moon, so said the envious, who, at the
age of fifteen, was married to the heir of
the throne of a friendly state. The prince
was but one year older than she, but of
a very different disposition. He was
as dull and heavy as she was gay. No
one had ever heard him utter a word in
public, and his only taste was for hunting
and masonry. After his marriage
he continued to hunt the stag, to help
the masons whon they came to work off
the palace and to sit at the table without
opening his mouth, except to greedily
devour his food. As to the pnnoess,
she cared for no other society than that
of a number of dirty, noisy little dogs,
that tore and spoiled her dresses. Her
1?1 nC.snM Trraa frt nn a don.
f?Z~e?*bC&b picaouiQ naa vu >H>v v_ ? ?
key at the risk of being thrown, and she
liked to have some one point out to her
all the old visages of the court?a proceeding
that amused her so much that
she often burst out laughing in people's
faces. Her only intimate friends were
ladies who were as fond of talking scandal
as herself, which is saying not a little.
Called by the decrees of Providence
to govern a great country, one
day, side by side with her stupid husband,
she despised her future subjects
so much that she ceased to respect herself;
she neglected to put on corsets
when about to appear in pubHo, and she
never brushed her teeth, although, as
we have stated, she was very fond of
laughing.
Knowing well that the slightest of her
caprioes were to be obeyed, she refused
to learn anything. Her ignorance was
ezoessive. She could scarcely form her
letters, and although she had a reader
she could not endure to listen to him
for more than half an hour a day, and
then only by dint of playing with her
dogs or with little children who were
brought to her expressly. Neither
music nor even singing had any charms
for her, because to study them would
require some application.
Choctaw Courtship.
The Cheyenne (Wyoming) Leader
has this bit of description : The Indians
talk little under any circumstances.
Thus it is naturally to be supposed that
when a young fellow dons his best
(which is generally set off with a calico
blouse, having large flaming sleeves and
his hat stuck full of feathers, with two or
throA varda of scarlet ribbon hanging
down his back), he would be about
speechless by the time he arrives at the
old man's mansion. After dismounting
from his pony be takes his position on
the fence and sits there till he sees his
fair one at the door, when he grins audibly,
and if she does likewise he takes it
for granted that he is welcome and goes
into the house, which generally consists
of one room and oontcuns ail the family,
and therein he has to make his speech,
which, at the furthest, amounts to three
grunts. His success depends very much
upon an invitation to smoke by the
father of the courted lass. If the old
man has any respect for him he lights
his pipe and, after taking a whiff, nands
it to the young man, who in turn takes a
whiff, and so proceed, whiff about The
length of time they smoke depends altogether
on the esteem the hither has for
the beau. After a certain number of
such visits he finally masters op oourage ?
enough to say: " Che-te-ha-li-dela-liurn-mi
?" which means, in English : 1
"Will yon have'mef" If she says:
"Ky-yo," which means " No," he takes
himself off. If she gives a grunt the
preparations are made.
There are men so constructed and
constituted that the easiest thing they
can do is to make fools of themselves,
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