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VOL XXXVll. ; J 17- 1879 ' NO. 52.
lite Camden Smtntal,
PUBLISHED BTEBT THURSDAY
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CAMDEN, S. C.,
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C. C. ALEXANDER.
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Little by little.
One step and then another, 1
VAnd the longest walk is ended;
One stitch and then another, i
Ami the largest rent is mended;
One brick upon another,
,-^And the highest wall is made;
vOne flake upon another,
And thqtdeepest show is laid.
So the little coral-workers, * 1
. .' Jiy their slow but constant motion,
HaVe built those pretty islands
In the distant dark-blue ocean;
And the noblest undertakings <
Man's wisdom has conceived, !
By oft-repeated efforts -
"Save been patiently achieved.
Then do not look disheartened .A v.
O'e^the work youflij&tb d&, A ^ |
Anlkjajt that such a mighty task '
. .1 .
1 ou never isuyjci uiruugu ; w j
But just endeavor day by day ?
Another poiht to.guin, . - 1
And soon the mountain which you feared
Will prove to be a plain. - - " ' ]
"* iT c
" Rome was not builded day," 1
The ancient proverb teaohea;
Aid nature, by her trees aQ^flowers, J
, The same sweet sfertnon preaches.^*' ' r
Think not of far-off duties, "? ' ^ >
But of duties which are near;
And having once begun to work, r
Resolve to persevere. jj '
' ' THE TIDAL WAS& s
^ Lamtn'iT. Sftid O bad iah^3 tales,pi
l^intx-piptCTus snift\ as he threw
un amiUl OTBITIMIS ,JHIW ~,>v?;rc uu^uwu v
to replenisb^he- noo^too generous -flame (
injbe operr^&replueo^-'4 larnin'! YThat's t
Uj^good of itr Jlioie. ain't no need of .e
*f1C$sTcari sflfe^an' a??for keepin' Hetty t
Jadriah -any longer at that 'ere school, . '
an' pay in* such big bills, I jest ain't a- \
IHah," rationstrated Mrs. J
Beaks, '* you know there ain'tno schools1 <
K hett dt to^en'd otipgal to,.an' we won't, t
.s3}e dbmT ow.dpty by htourflesB we give:
ner a -gn4&j62aijSation. "How proud 1
. we'll-be" shft oomes home i
witlr> di-p|o^P5cF,ij5 able to hold her a
ov;Sqhire King's "3
. darters P* IMg 'v
? *' ^OMr' Mandy^lea'd Obadiah, as he j
8flT.;. se^(titw?i^in. a Jow-rush-bottomed <5
7\> . 'chair, "there am** no^ use oi, our xrvm- r
:* ?*nd(le:;ik> Squinting's ijgtts^ 9
tori*. They oifTff;qui-t]nd, sin' we t
EgSfo. business to ebpy .ffter.r3eni:" / -ji
*aady hjj.t not, because she: ,1
tflSr jWaS convinced of the correctness of her
htt$b$nu> xpinion. She was an ^inbfc j
;iy?s fwoni.wsri.iore ambitious :Jt*r her v
L. ^WL^??% s
OF?uIiaJr,-whom it waa-'impossi- a
ble*nvrtu> v>..traditions. He "*
"wHs,n^iarsim<'mop$ follow. -vto had in-. 3
a-'y..:' :uei itw|i'.u?Jtv. buid washable to 1
'V^''?**?* Upon, and ^%lIoWd in the' ^6
>' footsteps "of his ^redet-essors so literally, y
thatthosf who had cvenrseeu old Am<y $
..-. v Ileal?w, ^>v tly d?*nf jton. wot!.*!
. k... /'.hi ;tt. 1 / the same | v
.stocks (Ini'-es ma,*nc'* be transmitted. r
lmtr-nddities :ire handed down from t
gUtfi^ion t'> generation. I
Miinlly Itailes was accustomed to
tlBjfcfr'mons*rnnees from her husband, c
e^P^B-.Vy aft? r the receipt of the quar- t
teJBf'l for Iletty's tuition; and as she e
diMfgfhc mock orange from the toe of
lie"ock she was darning, slie had time r
to collect her thoughts and make an- n
otlnw^ufri 'al to paternal pride. t
Wove as good a right to do as well
by our own child as Squire King does by I
his'n," said Mrs. Italics, plunging her s
nefdfe into tle? ragged edge of a hole the I
dimensions of which were rather dis- n
cowraging to the (eminine reformer: for 11
it wftked as if, when the wearer of the I:
soek set his foot down, he was likely to I y
keep it there tirmly uidil something a
gatt.w.\v. " Von ain't as proud :is you i r
ouWtV> he of Hetty Moriuh."
"I am, too," said Obadiah, doggedly. j a
"The trouble is, we're too proud ; an1 if I r
we go to settin* Iter up an' puttin' high- 11
fangled notions into her head, she won't I
think we're tit to 'soeiate with, or that i \
anything in (.'rowfield is good enough t
f?.r her. When she was tor home last |
vacation she thought the old house j 1
wasn't tit to live in."
"Well, it ain't," said Mandy, with |4
considerable spirit. " You know i ain't j i
never had a coat of paint on it since we 1 <
lived here, nigh on tor twenty years, an' t
the roof leaks like a riddle, so that them s
upper chambers ain't no use at all, 'crept
in clear weather."
"Well, it costs money to be makiii'
improvements all the time," said Oha- i
diah, to whom Mandy's suggestions and i
hints were like water on a duck's back. 1
"It costs like Jehu; and what's good 1
enough for me is good enough for my . 1
children. Hut that ain't all," he con- j
tinued, the allusion to his own neglect I I
of duty increasing his consciousness ofh
TT " * ' * . 44 tl'O liiet t Imn ! j
HOliy S MIIM"ivoimiig:- , iu<: i.i.-i winv
she was tor home she turhed up her nose i!
moro'n ever at Tom Kennedy; an' a gal i?
don't know which side her bread's but- |
tered on when she snubs such a feller as !
that.''
"Tom Kennedy!" said Mandy, with i
much the same emphasis and more than <
the amount of seornObadiah had thrown <
into the " larnin* " with whieh lie began j:
the discussion. "Tom Kennedy, in-1
deed! I hope Hetty won't take up with
any of that trash. Not but what he's i
good enough as far as disposition goes. !
an'clever enough, maybe; but he ain't I
ncver'goin" to.set the river on tire."
* * t TT..14... 1
" Well, who wants nun tor neiiy ;
Moriah may ilo worse thau to raarrv
Tom Kennedy, who ain't nobody's fool.^' j
The discussions in the Beales family
generally began with Iletty Moriah, and
ended with Tom, who had long served !
:is a bone of contention. lie had been I
in tin* habit of dropping in evenings j
ever since Hetty Beales had been old j
enough to go out in company, and kept
it up, notwithstanding the daughter's '
absence, (juite oblivious of the fact that !
Mrs. Beales, who welcomed him as a j
guest, was opposed to him as a son-in- ]
' law. lie had known Hetty ever since
she was a little girl?had grown up with
her. in fact?and always acted the part
of an elder brother, and it was quite j
natural that he should want to hear of |
her progress :ir scnoni and Uic mw.-ifsiin?
with which she filled the
letters Mrs. IJeales very kindly made a ;
noint ot muling to him.
Tom himself was not what you might I
call a cultivated gentleman, but he had ;
seen a great deal of the world, was '
shrewd and observing, and had his '
miiid stored with a fund of general information.
that made him excellent
company for those who seldom took the '
trouolc to read even a newspaper. To
this class belonged Dial) Beales, who I
wouldn't subscribe to anything if he 1
could help it, but would
willingly to any one who woWgiWj
gratuitous information, and lookeu Upon1
Tom Kennedy as an encyclop^Jia pari*
pared lorliis especial benefit. '* ?
Tom happened in one evening withliis
mind full of a topic in whidh he knew
Obadiah would-be interested, and which
furnished him >vith an excuse fbr hearing
Hetty^ weekly fette^rXvhich lie took '
out of {life boxjo^- hiayway- -to Gtt? wfield.
"It's su& to corned said TonS?; te'fer-'
ring to the tidal wave. "The signal
service department has announced the
Fact, and will be able to give tne precise-}
tiay and hour when it will reach om&
shores." ^ <
."Du tellP exclaimed Obadiah, lifei
under jaw drooping lower and lower ajg
.lis interest and amazemo^Bfc^ed. tl
' V Yes,v replied Tom, ^HIMVs as
my story-teller tojmke itdeep impress I
lion On his audience. "There wilr
probably be a great convulsion of naxg'&jind
it is anticipated that ma?
l&fctMs that were once under wateiujggf
id again ^bhmerged." * JWBM
" You diib'i say soi" said ObjiMjjH^
,vho admired Tom's way oftellinga^flw
ihough lie couldn't understand hftjrtlie.
vorfts he used. ; -_.
<sJVhich way is it i-oo^tting?^Sg^nmiroi.
"'Tain'tjaghit not to^aru
Item that live on island t-ogfct their
^oods and chattWytogether, an' give
em' a cliance to gWWEfwith a dry skin."
"That's so,"ji|fif:,|lom. "Is there a.
nap handy?" re ' ; , " *.r
"Shoiridn't wonder. ifandVvhaUdt >
v A._i
ve gumuiyr jv iiung'Hi iou iiuusc*
"Aswhat?" : ./. *
"A map. Wc used trrji-l; v- one, I?mi
avtmsuj^.5' ': '5*^,
."tt fwrit no gflbd,-" sald~Mandy, notrilling'that
Tom should know that the-' I
fun had^jvashed it so thorough]y it
WVyMJte^mpossible to toll where the
whether-the Mississippi rivdf fiad- not
hamred places within'* AtlantitfObeah.
" ill/run over and get one,"" said.Tom.
1 Itwiau'ti take "me alhlhute:'and be
ras off Jlash nnd back again *be- ;
ore hewaa^iought to have aceora- r
disheti m^dthan half the distance. He "
deefully^flfcjtodished an old ara wellhunibed
cwy of a school jtila^JR *
" Tlidre f* he began, before I.cV^ half ^
cHoveredhis breatl|?i^pu see its caning
due west, and strike full tilt
ittifist that end ~o' 4Mng Island,, and (
i t ii*^mft heir- Vs."
4 ' (Iwl^Py "'^M^nimcd Aland v.
us?t wPHk tmHVze, t)i? pVohable J
itnarib'n iortRiir?, aiid "the insecurity of
fttt*estiiie.r :** Ain't.there-nothing' to
top it? Wt$ -don't the folks go i
o work 'and huild a; breakwater, so^s to '
i^j'P the'wat^rdrotii crowding where it's ,
. ,''j* ''V'' '
^ kfe^refingcr pfesaetf ti gift-" !
.,o TP'!
"^imioy s:iy,' answered Tom, pleased
rith the interest taken in his hit of
icws. " Of course there isn't any ccr- (
ainty about it, but it's .just as well to
ic prepared for the worst." 1
" Well, but s'posin' it sweeps right,
iver this island?" said Manny, :ts Tom
pok up his hat to go. " What'll be- '
pine of us?"
" We'll have to take to boats, T
eekon," was the laughing reply, which
net. with 110 response from the friends ,
o whom he bade "good-night."
Obadiab Heales went about his work, '
>ut was oven more taciturn than usual, 1
o that his wife was heartily glad when
letty Moriah came home for the sum- ,
? *1 WKufmr/.n lionnnnoil
IHT Yillill 1UII. n lltViVTVi imm;viitu,
hey would be together, and it did 1
irighten up the old house to have a
oung girl in it who wore white dresses 1
md blue ribbons, and hud a world of
omance in her heart.
" Father, what in the world are you
;oing to do now?" asked Iletty, one
norn iug_ in July, when Obadiah and
lis hired man were seen removing a
;ood-sized row-boat from the farm
vagon and working it slowly toward
lie bouse.
" Never you mind," said Obadiah. " I
vnow what I'm about."
"Hut, dear me!" continued Iletty,
'the house looks disreputable enough
low; and with that boat in the forecround
the neighbors will certainly I
hink we have taken leave of our
icnses."
" Well, let 'em," said # her father.
' What do I care for the neighbors?"
Iletty wished that he cared a little |
uoiv for the Iooksot tilings, isut as remonstrances
were useless, she went into
lie house to complain to her mother
iliat " father was doing his best to make
die old house look just like a junk-shop,
ind she was sorry enough she'd invited
May Carrol and her brother Sidney to
spend a week with her during the vaca- i
lion." May was her room-mate, and I
Sidney was making a collection of In- J
dian curiosities, and she knew Tom
would show him where to find arrowheads
and other relics, and do his* best
to make their brief stay agreeable. But
if father was going to be queerer than |
ever, and would persist in putting an i
old cellar door on the croquet ground j
iind cluttering up the door-yard with I
what belonged at the back of the house, j
why, she would feel more like running j
away from than receiving her expected
visitors.
But the eye soon accustoms itself to j
oddities, and after a few days the old
boat ceiised to be an unsightly object to
Hetty Moriah, who found it necessary
to have frequent talks with Tom Kennedy
in regard to the proper entertainment
of May and Sidney, whom she took
pains to extol very highly, that Tom
might have a realizing sense of their
superiority.
Tom happened in at the Beales' one
evening in July, ostensibly to exhibit
some abclona shells which a friend had
just brought him from California, but in
vivilitv- tr> ho near ITot.tv. wlioni he
couldn't help admiring, because she was \
so unlike the other girls in Crowfield. t
Tom lound the family assembled in
the sitting room?Mrs. lieales asleep in
the rocking chair, Hetty crocheting or
pretending to, and her father studying
over the map which Tom had left in his
possession.
? ? i
"I'm niazin giau iu ?><-?, nuu
Obadiah. "Take a cheer. Seems to
me it's about time for that 'eretid'l wave
to come along, ain't it?''
"Shouldn't wonder," said Tom, as he
laid the shells on the table where the
light of the lamp would shine down upon
them and reveal their prismatic beauty.
" It '11 rack things," said Obadiah.
" Yes, it will," said Tom, busy in
listening to Hetty's description oi some
op, ^ ^
qn^overeame hisfcetifee- of the hdiattlofeff.
-It was, indeed, a rain of terroifr? ?
from which an ascent to tb^ upp&r3
regions afforded no mease stable sen3rxrf
re'ief. The roof leatts&itomflR^y- 'the
vfmd tore, off the shingles, ?ne?cmrJhht- I
th&^tou^htfuf Mandy^ Lad piw^dei^a- i
beon no starch left in ai^ ,of iiB.'par^fing
fpr the waters .
boat on a level with histoid* when, in
less Mm'' than iS took NojiQ tdetabark,lie would
?. himself and family on "bpritsj/ j
including Ton^tepd locate ^omewlrere.
s' wVj Ingh-wawrln'afk. ..
Vpq^'htsped'Biif^^his arms much
closer 'than- was necessary ptttrt aj^egpinde r,
no objection,Tind the umbrella was not
a vory-hurge ona??K
Hetty ;"? & Torn,.in a. whisper^.-" jf; Mkjgp
tl?e end of the world, whhf
dMffVofrsav to me?" -'dM*
?R^mi't^khi?r,,,Sg.id -Hetty, tuck*
iag her lnwy^re closely to liis breast.' .
0 bad iah v.al^R^to'/fnd that individual' ;
felt obliged to, relax his ho Id of thh, ?
terrified nwderil^vM^ ,ft* ' 4: '
. " DonH go! chm't^learV.aiw^ said-; ]
Hetty ..feeling asif without Tbriije'sUR-*
port she should s/Jk t'6'thfi '.floor, dndg ,
become a pirey to'the.^igr*' ;ekiB'erits. r?i t"
Pn sbmd by you- foreyer^^sald Tonj3
sprnkingi'apidlyiif^f ygu1UonjjRay?yoi^ j
\ l^e.nJw^yB Wed ybij," snhl 'HekvP:I
tho4^?j?s and danger favor ing so. bold" u
' V Why didjdTyoti-tBll me so befor?iP,r '
saidUhm, 'dropping the dihbrelta'pi if o
were no .furthef nfed of any .90 A
pr .taction,' and finding his way to Il#i !
.yP.I'ps by a .sorb of .circuitau^mWKI,
Fh'.^ tA/\l- u. 1?nr fArotinod nvPe**1
yr* Xiirg&T, of Course. at ;
the final resting place. "Why .didn't ,
you tell me before?" Tom again repeat- '
i'd, with masculine pertinacity.
" Because," said Hetty. with a funny
little laugh, " I didn't lind it out until a
little while ago!" and tlieanswerseemed
ijuitesatisfactory to Ton:, who gave an
idliplical acknowledgment, and moved 1
toward his prospective father-in-law.
" Tom." said Obadiah, with a sigh of
relief. " 1 believe the storm's 'most over." :
"Looks like it," said-Tom,'peering
.1 i ?i- ? i-.i? *i.~ o..: 1
llU'OUgU llll' H IIIUIMV, UJC ll> llljt 1'IUUIO
mil the distant thunder confirming his
opinion. All along the western horizon
was a line of silver light that shbne
hriirhtly ineontrast with the dark cloudsmoving
like retreating armies from the
scene of conflict.
"I'd a sight ruther hoc turnips all day!"
exclaimed Obadiah, in a :one of disgust,
:is he turned away from tlie window and
prepared to descend the stairs. "An' I
never want to come so near hein' seairt
to death. Mandy, how this roof leaks?"
he added, as if lie had just made the discovery.
" 1 should think it did," said Mandy;
" an' it Ml leak worse than ever now, for
the way them shingles ra'tied oil' was a
caution. I declare ior't I wa'n't half as
much afraid of the tidal wave as I was
that the house would tumble down and
bury us all under the ruins,"
" There is a blessing in every calamity,"
said Tom, giving Hetty's hand an
eloquent squeeze, and the storm being
........ (Imwi r>n nvnlleo fnr liia
in*: :iny longer; so, having said goodnight.
he went oft'with a liapny swing
and a lighter heart than he hau carried
in his breast for many a day.
Obadiah was right in one conjecture.
That storm was the prelude to the
tidal wave which dashed with such fury
against the sandy shore on the eastern
end of Long Island that great damage
was done and several lives were lost.
Hut there were its proud waves stayed,
ami Long Island still retains its position
and its reputation for scrub oaks and
sand.
Hut an event took place in Crowlield
that astonished sill the inhabitants, and
was of sufficient c onsequence to excite
the wonder of Squire King's family, who
represented the aristocracy of the place.
This was nothing less than the demolishing
of the old house where Obadiah
Beales' father, grandfather and greatgrandfather
had lived and died, and
under whose roof he had expected to
end his days-if the roof had or.ly held
out.
May Carrol sent word that she and
Sidney wouldn't be able to make the
promised visit that summer, and Ilctty
and Tom bore the disappointment with
a wonderful serenity.
Mainly superintended the erection of
the new house, and Hetty insisted on
having a piazza, which Obadiah objected
to as an additional and unnecessary expense.
But Hetty coaxed'and cried, and
by dint of tears and entreaties managed
to secure a sort of compromise. It
wasn't in Obadiah's nature to be very J
liberal, so the piazza was not planned on |
that scale; but if it was dreadfully narrow,
it was a good sight better than
none at all, and with 'lorn as a lover it
j didn't really matter very much,
Mrs. Beales was reconciled to the
match, since it seemed to meet the desire
of Hetty's heart, who had never appeared
so lovable and charming?far
superior, the doting mother thought, to
any of Squire King's daughters; while
Obadiah was in a state of unspeakable
i happiness, for he knew Tom's ways, and
, wasjwilling to give his daughter and his
dollars into such safe keeping.
Tom and Hetty blessed the tidal wave
that brought them together, and the old
i umbrella under wliirli they told their
j love i< preserved as a precious souvenir
I of tle.it memorable occasion, when it
\
reaWy|!fe6j^!ss IfXong Island would ho
arctfeptij^to thiiAtlnntie Ocean.?Harper's
\ >Tho bridaerriowui proc ess of eonstrao^oartonne^pgcities
of New York
nLn^flJrbofayfe^liJjL nave the longest siniljle^^^jQrappiI^odge
in the world.
Thenwiiil^tbSifc3fc?41 be 1,595 feet six
spans 930 feet each.
/-l%^bri4^H?w7rv.?ignod in 1SG7 by
snKn-X- Roebiing.^ut In lied in 1809,
before orpt had begun, and it
has been builifntn^ly under the guidnnco'of
Roebling, the
^The.b^'dg^^^Wsfvom the junction
Sa^^- J^tlFn^Jsli-eetJn Brooklyn,
^^ftgtlr o176,9^ toR the Brooklyn apiiVoad&eteing^f^et,
the suspended
f&^^Jthe New York apexes
.of brick and ^nite arc'lies, which,
irben finished, )e ornaments to the
|ya(3ties. It .hfS-'akcn nine years to
complete thfi toWcrs and anchorages,
tfi'^^bfcs, and get everything
pffiffijara thfl; suspension of the floor.
,>rreD!jn;ig uKJ'.w.uuumiuns ior uieiow^W?ti?gicie'ofthe
n'lost difficult parts of
fi 1,600,000
oftheriver rested on rock or
on lap On the
Brooklyn siail th? icas reached at a
depth of fC'rty-^yeJE'J-belo-w high water;
but It was neeissf^pbo go seventy-eight
||pt*below higfi wnt^r on the New York
si de. The pnetyaiatii; method of sinking
caissons is adujfiew, but the operations
here. suq?fis?aL% bj their immensity
eyerythinjjpti^^i.- -kind that had ever
been'ddrie beforo. , fTlie towers are 278
:!^e' anoliorages are 129leet
by J19^^at|the. blise. 117 feet by 104
feefc at-the eighty-nine feet high.
5&e.tqtaw|Snntity of granite and limeston'erin^.tini^mwjn^nd
anchorages is
145'00p clrtillryitrdoT^id it required the
cofctinuloun work fa four years of over
twlfttyduard; iitk Moine, Massachusetts,
i&^&'Islkaik&jW'^w York to furnish
EHe ^BdesasKy^upjH^* In the summer of
1876 iJiemiiioftryj^nU! completed.
Oh thp20tii otljte', 1877$ tfta first wire
fon;tlJ^'abl&^n^^tretctied across the
fiver. Therfciftj^.ibub'oables; each conjjSfeingoOt
nntfcfeef If'jamjs, each strand,
feo?!fcuning2cOg:^aniia3l east steeljwires,
No. 18 ?uago^4tyes^pibles are fifteen
,'ia. diameter.
ForMwSp^ing thi ea'Jj^galvanized an.w'irei
wKTused. March
four j MVwere completed,
on ;;<k after they were
jj?'P dgo. which is
awe feet/BdMjBV / ' - lway, is bustafned'by^lie.T^^bhi
. ? reams, and stifV?npijk'oy-"'8p
?\faJVl,'?6l 'trusses. It is
l\.'; me*. t- divisions
Mr.- '-.-ipill transit
ravel' o7fuic*mnm
lloor, and intended for-pedest rians. The
Aliening trusses will be iron, six in
number, the two outer ones nine and a
iialf loot high, lite other four sixteen leet
in height. The total weight of the
bridge will he 13,300 tons. It is proposed
to uiove the ears on this bridge by means
r>r wire ropes and stationary engines.
This method is considered as preferable
L - 1^w.s-v?**s-v? ?*?r>c nn n/i/iAimt. lif t.llP
IU I Hit I t#I iUl UIIIUll wo Uli Ikvvvuuv wsteep
grade of l lie bridge.
It is estimated tlint the bridge, when
completed, will "have. cost ! '13.500,000,
of which $0,500,000. to jl bo spent on the
bridge itself, and $4,000,000 in acquiring
the necessary real estate. It is hoped
that in 1H81 the bridge will be opened
to the public.??S?*iaitrfic Amc."ican.
A Trick of the Clairvoyants.
In drawing out the facts of personal
or family history, clairvoyants do not
always ask direct questions, but rather
make statements with an implied interrogation,
to which the vicdm, oftentimes
entirely unconsciously, responds
by word or look or gesture, or perhaps
by all three: and, at a later stage of the
interview, these secret facts :.rc artfully
given hack to the victim, who luis no
recollection of having previously imparted
them, and will not bel eve lie has
done so, but prefers to believe that he is
in the presence of divinity.
It is not only possible but easy for a
practical adept to draw out in tins way
minute and elaborate details ot secret
family history. A few years ago, while
connected with one of the public institutions
of this city, 1 made a number of
experiments in this line. [ told the
patients alllieted with various forms of
nervous and allied disorders not to tell
mc about their symptoms, nor give me
any facts in their cases, but to let me
tell them; and then I would proceed to
indicate, after the manner of a clairvoyant,
the locality of their maladies and
the history of their trouble.?. In the
majority of cases I was successful, and
made out the diagnosis to the satisfaction
of those who sought riy advice,
and with good reason, for nothing that
T could do prevented them from telling
me, although 1 asked,them no questions;
unintentionally and tfoeonsciously, they
would guide me at every st:ig? of the interview.
Ry a littie ijractiee any one
could easily acquire this art; and long
study, such as professional elairvoyantf
bestow upon this subject, develops great
skill in thus managing and deluding the
unwary and non-expert.?Scritmcr.
A Pet Turtle.
Mrs. Z. Taylor Lacy, of Reading, Pa.,
lias a number of pets, among wluch ar<
ringdoves, canary birds, white rabbits
fancy stock of fowl^ a dog and a I in<
tortoise. She said to p, reporter that sh<
"hardly knew which she thought tin
most of, excepting it might be the lane
tortoise, which she would not sell foi
any money." She was stroking tin
head of the tortoise with her finger,and
as she spoke to it, calling it "my pet,'
I the shelled animal looked up into hoi
face and turned its head to one side am
then t.o the other, as if listening to ant
understanding what sly said. Wher
| the reporter came close it quickly drey
hack out of sight into its shell, and sin
remarked, "The little pet is afraid o
strangers." ?
" What do you feed to the little pet?'
" Bread and milk in a bucket."
44 How long have you had it?"
44 About two years. I received it fron
a friend in Philadelphia. A cousin o
mine residing in that city has one tha
makes a peculiar noise when it want
something to eat, and it follows mem
,.r tlin fnmilv nil niviimd flip vard
! They keep it in the yard in summer, am
I at the approach of winter it goes to th
I cellar door, when some one opens it am
| it goes down and creeps into the ground
where it stayu until spring.
Anecdotes of the Late French fr'nce.
The late Prince Louis Napoleon, killed
hy the Zulus in South Africa, celebrated
his twenty-third birthday in March.
Born three years after Napoleon's marriage
to Eugenie de Montijo, he was confided
to an English nurse, about twentyfive
years old, strong, handsome, of very
jovial disposition and pleasing manners.
People who have seen Zamaeois' beautiful
painting, " The Education of a
Prince," have seen a good likeness of her;
so far as regards the costume it is a perfect
portrait. The prince was slender
and had a mild, pleasing countenance;
his ears were rather too large, and on this
account the Parisians, for whom nothing
is sacred, and who always find a nickname
for everybody, called him " Prince
Oreillard." Ilis christening by Cardinal
Patrizi, a? representing Pope Pius IX.,
was a gonreous court display. The
empress showed herself a real mother to
the boy, often spending her entire days
and nights beside his cradle in spite of
court etiquette and the emperor's remonstrances.
She had her reward in
the boundless affection that the child
learned to feel for her?a love which has
known no diminution.
His father, though lie loved the boy
very dearly. rarely petted him save in
public. One day the boy, then perhaps
five years old. was crying with toothache.
The emperor scolded him, saying
that the future emperor of France should
be above all such weakness. "But it
hurts me awfully, papa, replied the boy.
" No matter," sternly rejoined the hero
of Sedan; "stop up your ears with your
fingers, and you will not feel the pain."
The boy glanced at him in amazement,
but followed his father's advice, and ten
"minutes later announced that the pain
was over.
Mild and amiable as he was, he ocea^?t
nl^lo/1 trt fomrvftK strlinn liif
OUJilihllJ JL^UIUU IV IV I " UVIi 1IIJ
playmates, the sons of Dr. Connoau and
Gens. Fleiry and Espinasse, were- not
ready to obey his whims. " I am a Napoleon,"
he said one day to young EsEinasse,
who had refused to race with
im; " woe to him who will not obey."
His father overheard him, and the boy
was condemned to bread and water for
twenty-four hours. The young prince,
when a little boy, could not be induced
to mount a pony until he had been
threatened with the seveiest punishments,
so much did lie fear a tumble.
Afterward lie became a fine horseman.
Ilis favorite pastime was toijsten to the
music that the band of the Imperial
Guard played daily in the court of the
Tuileries. He took such a stroug liKingfor
the cornet'plaver of the band, I)ufour,
that he woulanot consent to the hitter's
retiring with tire others. Often,
when all the others had gone, the colos
sal M. I)ufour Was seen either standing
before the diminutive prince to play the
cornet, or carrying him around in his
anils for hours ana'.hours-in succession.
One day tlie epi press whs talking witji
some of her laxlifs of honor abQut ax;er-.:
tain marriage jyhieir had Tecenjly taken
place. " I,.-too, .will get hjarfied," said
the boy; "I wilt firarry M. Dufour."
lYoung LouIS w.-tg,, jfj'ittjiientTy requested
* wj in: ? iv?-'---< a ?n x?mdentv
"aprince/.*"Jie was told, "shoold
never commit himself one way or the
other.'1 A short while after he had'
been reminded of this duty, the son of
Gen. Floury asked him whether he was
hungry. " I would not like to express
any oninion on tlie subject," young Louis
gravely replied.
Some two or three years ago l'rince
Louis accompanied his mot her on a journey
through Austria and Italy. They
traveled its the Countess and C Hint of
i>;,iv,...fr,T>,U hut their identify was 110
where a secret, and tliev were rceeived
wiih' the highest consideration everywhere,
except at Vienna, where, it is
said; ,tl>e ox-empreSs was refused an
audience at court. Perhaps the memory
nf the campaigns of 1859 and I860, which
deprived the Austrian crown of Lomhardy
and Venice, was still too fresh in
the mind of the Austrian sovereign. On
their way to England the empress and
her son had asked permission to cross
France, but they were politely advised to
take another route. On the Belgian frontier
a young gentleman was arrested because
of his resemblance to the prince
imperial, especially in his thorough English
style of dressing. It was said that
this journey of the prince abroad had as
:??. i nvimnrnt- nnnflinr rnmnr
was that it was undertaken for the purpose
of forming an alliance between the
rope, Austria and the Bonapartes at the
expense of Italy. Though with little
profit, a propaganda has been constantly
carried on in Trance for the destruction
of the republic. Prince Louis lent him.
self to no intrigues, but he certainly intended
to recover the throne that his
. father had lost. For the peace of Europe
and the triumph of the republic, his death
is providential.?Nevi York >un.
Falling Thirteen Hundred Feet.
Three miners in the Savage mine at
Virginia City, Nevada, started up the
shaft just as the six o'clock morning
whistle blew. They were Nicholas
Pickmon, John Champion and T. Iv.
Johnson. They had worked all night.
; When fifty feet from the surface and
>' 1,300 from the bottom of the shaft they
j rang for the cage to stop so that several
articles might Tie thrown into a com"
partmcnt. ~ Pickmon and Champion
were leaning with their backs against
> the wall plates and their feet on the
1 cage. Suddenly without warning the
' cage began to go up. The feet of the
two men were thrown upward in an
instant, and both slipped backward between
the cage and the timbers. Champion
caught one of the braces of the
* cage and saved himself,, but Pickmon
; fell the 1,300 feet to the bottom of the
I shaft. Johnson says that when Dick'
mon was falling he uttered not a word,
- but gave him a look that he will never
j forget till- his dying day. When his
? body w:is recovered by the men working
r below it w;is mangled beyond the possi
bility of recognition. The left arm and
; right leg were severed from the trunk,
the abdomen was shockingly lacerated
r and the head was utterly annihilated.
} The body was gathered up piece by
1 piece and placed in a sack, in which it
1 was carried to the surface. The accir
dent was brought about by a blundei
\ on the part of the engineer at the mouth
1 of the shaft
A man who attends strictly to his
own business, says the Quincy Morten,
Arrjo, is always busy, but the man whe
j. wants to attend strictly to your business
' can go to a lire or circus just as well ai
1 one time as at another. We arc always
s ready to give him a vacation.
Observe the man who advertises. II(
.1 ........... ].iu>iniica .ir.#l (in ilnlvfr r?ir(>
J knows it. The man who dnn"t a<lvertis<
[ may mean business, but lie is aA'aid t<
? say anything about it.?Modern Myo.
TIMELY TOPICS.
A thorough test of the power, cost and
comparative advantages of the electric
light is to be made in the Capitol building
at Washington, and three machines
for the purpose have already been purchased.
It is also proposed to place a
light at the summit of tlie dome of such
power as to illuminate a large portion of
the city.
It is stated that at Christiana and at
Stockholm, Sweden, the police arrest
men who, in the streets and places of
??1 vapavIo in^iilero in ltaKif nf
' UlUilOUlC ICOU1W, lliUVilgU 111 bllV Iltbi/Ib v/l
pursuing, addressing and annoying women
who freely circulate there. Such
offenders are made to pay a fine of twenty-five
kroner (equal to about six dollars)
and their name, residence and profession
are published in all the journals
under the head of " Disturbers of the
! Peace of Women." It is needless to say
that the public shame thus incurred is
now very much shunned by men, and
many would willingly pay, if they were
allowed, a large sum of money to he permitted
to escape.
Carlos, an Italian gymnast,well-known
from his feats with a charged wooden
cannon, was lifting it from its stand,
during a recent exhibition in Cervia,
when it fell, mouth downward. The
gymnast, with the rapidity of lightning,
pnrlpfLvovpd to hreak the shock so as to
prevent, the weapon's exploding, but he I
was unsuccessful; the concussion fired
the piece, and as the charge cotild not
emerge, the cannon burst. Carlos died
almost immediately. The consternation
and horror among the spectators at this
frightful scene were intense; only one of
them was wounded, however, although
the splinters of the cannon were driven
about in every direction. ^
A recent review of Burmese troops is
thus described by an eye-witness: "The
number of men drawn up on the parade
ground was five thousand, including infantry
and cavalry,' in addition to which
there were eighty-five elephants. The
infantry looked like so many monkeys;
for size and soldierly bearing they are
utterly contemptible. The cavalry were
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IUWUIIlt.'U ULJllll tlilll illiU puilj jmilllO.
The guns or the elephant battery were of
no greater bore than the common English
duck gun. The Burmese were ini- j
mensely excited over their warlike display;
but it svould be difficult to imagine
anything more ridiculous than such a
sight to any one with the slightest acquaintance"
with the armies of Europe-."
The dead body of an old man named
Gettings, lying in the lilthy yard of a
rear hovel in West Fortieth street,
where he had fallen in a lit of beastly in
toxication the night before and died with
no one near him: a mother, seventyeight
years of age, dying of starvation,
and a son and daughter insensible with '
liquor,- huddled together like beasts
within the shanty?these were the sights
that met the eyes of a New York policeman
who. bad been summoned to the
spot by tlie neighbors at an early liour.
d Itfis soblpxn that, a more terrible revels 4
tfon is made of
and crime that hide in this Ireajrt. pt a^
great city than that obtained in the reh:
volting story of the (jottings family. J
it?:.i ? * I?!:..f ,.r ti.>
1 HMUlia UllUlf v/i win-tjv
at the dinner of the Massachusetts Medical
Society of Boston, called the attention
of the members of the society to certain
peculiar diseases prevalent among
the students of Harvard College. He
had found that.in the senior class of two
hundred young men. forty-two suffer so
severely from diseases of the nose, throat
and lungs that it is impossible, in the
opinion of members of the Massachusetts
Medical Society, for them to go to prayers:
and a peculiar feature of the disease
is I hat the same members of the society
certify that it would be dangerous for
them to go to prayers for six months to
come. Another peculiarity is that the
disease apparently increases the longer
the student attends college, for while
only ten per centum ot the freshmen arc
alllieted, twenty-one per centum of the
seniors are. Stili another peculiarity of
the disease is that it exists only a few
moments in the day, and always about
the same time; it docs not prevent the
patients from going fo their meals, cvCn
though the prayer bell is ringing at the
same time; it does not prevent their attending
recitations: they can even go to
the theater and ride out home in the
horse-car late at night in mm-winier;
they can row in the boats, play baseball,
and even sing in the glee club. It
is known that the disease exists, however.
for it is certified to by members of
the Massachusetts Medical Society.
A Spendthrift's Luck.
The gambling hell at Monaco returns
within a tritle of ?2,500,000 to its proprietor.
The princely revenue will be
short this year to the'income of a grand
duke of Pumpernickel. One of the most
remarkable instances of lucky gambling
j ever recorded litis just set the crowd tit
the little free city afire with envy. Early
in the spring there was rumor of disI
imni>n<lin<r over an ancient British
baronetcy, which lias given heroes, poets
and lawyers to the country. The heir
! had inherited 81,000,000 debts, added to
a round sum he hid raised at Accommodation
Bank interest. When the
; usurers found their security a shadow,
I and the mortgagees discovered that the
successor to the title and estates had beI
gun by dipping the property further, it
j was resolved to force payment. A noble
: duke, whose name was much mentioned
in connection with the Glasgow Bank,
generously lent as much as deferred the
evil day. But the smash would have
come all the same, but for the wonderful
| stroke of luck which befel the spendthrift
patrician at Monaco. lie broke
the bank three nights running. Ilis last
i coup made a round 8300,000, in addition
; to the 8100.000 captured by him the two
! nights previous.
A Morphine Eater's Pet.
I A larly offered 8100 reward for the recovery
of a pet white rat in a Syracuse,
(X. Y.) paper. The reporters learned
: that she was a morphine eater, and on a
visit to her father, a respectable gentle
man of Syracuse. The drug was taken
i to allay pain. After her arrival, when
under the influence of opium, the pet rat
fell out of the bosom of her dress, where
; she was in the habit of carrying it, and
t was killed by market men. The lady
> said she could not sleep till she had an>
other pet rat, and started for Xew York
L to obtain one. Her father says the rat
; was perfectly inme and devoted to its
mistress, who is rational upon all other
i ? . . nnt ..rwl mnrnhine or
I SUI'JITW l'.\lT)IU LIIIJ j?-i. ......
? opium. She said she was robbed of
) valuable rings whiie under the inlluenee
? of the drug, hut added: " I can buy more
i rings but will give S500 to regain my
daning rat."
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The Passing: Pay.
Stay, sweet day, lor thou art taiiy
Fair, and lull, and calm; "t
Crowned through all thy golden hours,
With love's freshest, purest flowers, ' .
Strong in faith's unshaken powers,.
Rich in hope's bright balm.
Star, what chance and change may wait,
As you glide away;
Now ia all so glad and bright,
Now we breathe in sure delight!
Now we smile in fate's despite.
Stay with us, sweet day.
Ah! she cannot, may not stop;
All things must decay;
So with head, and heart, and will,
Take the joy that lingers still,
Take the pause in strife and ill,
Prize the passing day.
?All the Year Round.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Bosom friends?Studs.
Iowa has ten counties named after ten
ex-Presidents of the United States.
A little advertising now and then wil
do no harm to business men.
An Indiana farmer shot into his smokehouse
at a supposed thief, and killed
Iris linele.
"You follow the local profession, I
believe, sir?" Lawyer Pompous; "No,
sir; I lead it."
Vice-President Wheeler has now, since
the death of his sister, no relative nearer
than his cousin.
Senator Bruce estimates that between
6,000 and 10,000 colored people left
Mississippi for Kansas tiuring the
" exodus " fever.
The recent cyclone in Kansas was
riuite popular?many persons were really
carried away with it.
The Detroit Free Press is sure that the
"ability of a statesman docs not depend
upon the size of his jaw."
The Missouri farmers are reported to
be driving posts in the ground to hang
to when the cyclones come.
In reducing its postage rate from five
to three cents, a year ago, the Trench
government has suffered a decrease in
revenue of ?5,500.000.
Oh, 'tis the saddest season
of the year;
For the terrible mosquito
doth appear.
Oil, dear!
?Eric Hcral'l.
The following includes the names of
all the American horses that have ever
trotted in less than 2.18: llarus, 2.134;
Goldsmith IMaid, 2.14; Ilopeful, 2.14}; v
Lulu, 2.15; Smuggler, 2.15: j,uci.le Gold- ,
dust, 2.164; American Girl,2.16i; Glos- . i
ter, 2.17; Dexter,2.174. " '0 ~ .
tOVF.'S MELO-DIMUA.
Art one, they meet, as in a pleasing dream; - . *
id i w ?, *>e'll tieat U> soda and ice-cream; "
A>m :lu^e, bi.-, cash, n'as! i.? nearly plaved ; ^
k^ifli^reddr was undeitroing the
agreeable operation 06 Juufiiig. hi&Jfiiur
combed by his mother, ma he grumbled '
at the maneuver. ' Why, Freddie,* 'V .*"
said mamma, "vou ought jiot to make
such a fuss. I don't fuss and cry whpn
my hair is combed." "yes," replied '?j|
the vouthful party. " but your hair ain't ?1
hitched to your head."
The Philadelphia Ledger believes that
if there were more gymnastic exercises
in our public schools there would he
fewer [hall-alive people in the world. Iga
Don't know about that. We once saw
a schoolmaster cliasc a boy six times -'.jB
around tlio school-room, over desks and ?g
benches, and out of a window, and when
he caught him that boy, for the space ' "a
oJ an hour, felt only about half alive, -.ia
despite the exercise he had just indulged
TT l-.J jl- "<
in.?JSorrisioiun jicrwu. ^
A (Jncer Chicken.
Mr. David Fisliel, of this city, is tJie '
proud and happy possessoi of a queer ^
Fowl that settles for all time the question a
of hens' teeth. There is probably hardly
a reader of the Herald that has not at v -J
some time during his or her life stopped v Jfl
to think whether a hen had teeth or not,
and then have laughed for entertaining . JH
the question. It may be safely said now
that the laugh is on the other side. .jw
There is a hen that has teeth, and Mr. .JS
Fisliel has the hen. The teeth are not
very large ones, it is true, hut can be >
plainly seen when the chicken's mouth
is open, and look very much like a
baby's first two or three incisors. There \
arc none on the lower jaw (for the animal
seems to have jaws), but its affectionate
owner, who, by the way, seems
to regard it very much as most men
would regard a baby, says that he hopes
it will in time develop more masticators. .
The hen is somewhat giddy, as yet not y ^
being quite a year old* and was born y
and raised in Uino, arriving m una u.j, ^
witli a large invoice of her sisters.
cousins and aunts and an occasional . j
unclp. about a week acq. She fell into
Mr. Fishel's hands in the regular way of }l._
business, and h:is for the past three flays * . *-; ,
occupied with pride and becoming self- >
possession a large show window in his
shop. She has no bill, and her head is jgJ
something like a monkey's, with a forehead.
The nose and nostrils are very . v
like;a human's, and the cartilage of the
nose is soft, responding freely to the
finger touch.?New York Herald.
How Gen. Shields was Cured.
The late Gen. Shields, at the battle of
Cerro (iordo. in Mexico, was severely *\
wounded while leading his men, but he ?'
refused to quit the field. lie advanced
to the charge, when he was struck In
the chest by a copper grapeshot that
passed through his lungs. lie tell into
the arms of Oglesby, at present United
States Senator from Illinois, anu was
carried from the battlefield to all ap- - .
pearanees lifeless. Obituary notices appeared
afterward in nearly all the papers
of the country, so convinced were the.
brother officers of the impossibility of
his surviving such a terrible wound.
For weeks he lay at the brink of death
in the neighborhood of the battlefield,
and his cure seems little short of a miracle.
The army surgeons had given him
over for death when a Mexican doctor
said lie would live if he would let him
remove the coagulated blood from the
wound. Shields, as a kill or cure rente- \
dy, told him to try, and a line silk handkerchief
was worked in and finally
drawn through the wound, removing
the extravasant blood, when daylight
1-' I.?l? TIn
could be seen IIIIUUUII me mm. ....
lived to he :i hale and hearty man. free
from disease or any inconvenience from
the wound, which was considered at thai
time mortal.
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