THE BEAUFORT TRIBUNE
AND PORT ROYAL COMMERCIAL.
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' VOL. V. NO. 47. BEAUFORT, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1877. $2.00 per Annul Single Copy 5 Cents.
A Sudden Cure.
A melancholy woman lay
In sickness on her bed,
And in a faint and broken voice
To her sad husband said :
44 Dear David, when my earthly form
Has turned to lifeless clay,
Oh ! wait and weep a little while.
Nor throw yourself away.
" I know a woman kind and true,
On whom you may depend,
Oh ! marry Aramilla JonesShe
is my dearest friend."
" Yes, Hannah, I have wanted long
To speak of this before ;
For Aramilla Jones an' I
Have talked the matter o'er."
"Then yon an' Aramilla Jones
Have been too smart and sly;
I tell yon, David Wilkinson,
I'm not a-goin' to die!"
Her dark eyes flashed; her strength returned;
She left her bed of pain;
A week had scarcely passed away
When she was well again.
.
"UBERALL DU." I
The girl was as gay as a lark ; the
ball had been a delightful one; the
music atill pulsed in her ear, until her
very heart kept the beat. Young, beautiful,
beloved and wealthy, this little
Jennie of ours had the cream of this
world at her feet, and as she took off
her jewelry and flowers, and prepared
herself for sleep, it was with a smile on
her lips and a happy light in her dreamy
eyes.
V/Ut3 piCUt? UI junuuj duv uviu au uva j
qlasped hands lingeringly, as if it were
too dear to lay aside. It was a pretty
.trinket, a gold clasp or bar, and swinging
from it by two tiny golden chains a
polished Florida sea bean, dark as ebony,
mounted like a locket. A legend wa6
engraved on the bar in a foreign tongue :
"UberallDu."
Jennie's eyes scanned the words in- j
tently. "How stupid I am not to be
able to translate this German," thought
she. " It is something dear, I know, and
just the thing, or Boyall would not have
had it. I wish I could sacrifice my pride
enough to ask him the meaning of it;
but he thinks I can read it, and I am
ashamed to let him know I'm such a
dunce, after four years at boardingschool.
Never mind, I shall discover
the meaning sometime," and, with a
blu>h and a smile she kissed the trinket
and put it tenderly away in her casket
It was a trifling thing, but even that is
precious from the man you love. Boyall
Hamlin had been at her feet all winter.
People said they were engaged, and
considered the match certain, as people
will when the principals in the game are
not at all sure. It was not so in this
case. He had not proposed to Jennie,
though he was all devotion, and, to tell
the truth, Jennie felt a growing uneasiness
lest she was beooming fond of him
too soon ; but she could not bear to dis
tress herself with the thought bo,
when this eve at the ball he had pinned
heir clasp upon her shoulder amid her
snowy laces, and murmured in her ear
in their quiet nook in the window that
he would have something to say to her
when he returned to town next week,
Jennie's heart had given quite a leap
that had dyed her sweet little face, scarlet
; and he, noting it, had gone off with
eyes full of triumph. No wonder her
locket seemed precious to her.
The next afternoon after the ball, as
Jennie was walking with Ella Stuart, on
the avenue, she asked her, as if it were
a sudden thought, if "she remembered
her German ?"
"Not well, Jennie?pretty rusty!
What did you ask lor ?"
" Because I have forgotten mine, and
I saw a few German words in a love?
love story?" stammered Jennie, "and
I could not make out the sense of them,
and you know how aggravating that is!"
" What were the words ?"
" As near as I can remember the
words," smoothly said onr dimple-faced
deceiver "they were 'Uberall Du'"?
" Uberall?Dq?m?m?m," murmured
Ella "Why ! I remember, it is a
line out of German poetry! and means
All is over with thee.'"
She looked round at Jennie, triumphantly,
just in time to catch a perfect expression
of dismay on a poor blanched
face, enough to make your heart ache.
" Why, Jennie! what is the matter !"
she exclaimed, catching her by the arm,
Jennie just had strength left to totter
into a shop near by, and sink into a seat,
whispering she "was faint," did not
feel well all day, etc., making at the
seme time a sign for her companion not
to attract attention, which one Ella was
quick to take, and carried out by an
energetic chattering with madame with
the friz, as to the quality of pink crush
roses, which madame insisted were
" French," as also her " whole stock of
ribbons," etc.
Jennie grew better as suddenly as she
had fallen ill, and Ella thought it only
over-fatigue after the all. What would
she have thought had he seen our poor
Jennie an hour later, t bbing, face down
on her dainty bed, s? e locked in the
sacred retreat of her c imber.
Poor child! she had her battle to
fight, and well she fought it.
"So it is all over with me, is it?"
thought she ; " and I imagined lie loved
me as well as I did him ! How ashamed
I feel, that I did not hide my feelings
better. Now I know he was just trifling.
I'll never love a man again as long as I
live ! Never, never ! and he shall never
speak to me again?shall never see iu
my face how badly I feci!"
Poor Jennie. The day arrived upon
which he had promised to be in town,
and also to take her to drive. Jennie
w 6 in a fearful state of excitement al]
a .
iat afternoon, late, a well-knowr
ring was heard at the door. Jeunie't
heart gave a perfect surge ; but wher
the servant looked at her inquiringly,
she answered his glance with a coo'
" Engaged John," and hurried to hei
room, to cry over her mortification.
Next day c^rae a note in Mr. Haraliu'i
well-known hand, but she declined ti
read it, and sealing it in another enve
lope, she returned it, and with it tin
pocket, " Thanking Mr. Hamliu for liii
kindness in permitting her to inspect it
and pronounced it very pretty, and her
; self his respectfully," etc.?very " high
j and mighty."
She was horribly wretched the next
i few weeks, and did not go in society.
She had a morbid idea her story might
be out, and, as it was, Lent came just
in time to give her an excuse for being
so quiet.
She pined so visibly that her friends
thought her health flagging, and sent
her to visit some relations in another
State, She tried to be happy, but was
not particularly successful, in fact, her
i efforts were a miserable failure ; it was
i hard to see which was preying upon her
A. 1- i-i-J 1 f |
I mosi, uisappomwu love or u poncvt
| agony of mortification, at tlio thought
how transparent her heart had been to
him, and how he had treated it like a
toy. She was always seeking a solution
of his apparently gratuitous insult, and
she could not find it! Had somebody
been laughing about her patent devotion
to him ? Did he mean to taunt her with
the utter hopelessness of her love?
She ground these bitter questions over
in a hundred ways, and was like to break
her heart.
Spring came and Jennie gradually regained
a degree of her old serenity, but
she did not wish to go home.
In the family of her friends was a
charming girl of her own age, and they
were fast friends, but Jennie never spoke
of her mortification to her.
One day they were talking over the"
approaching marriage of Aunt Norah.
" Jennie," she said, "I never showed
you the dear little ring Leonard gave
me last fall, did I ?"
"No; let me see it."
Norah brought it, it was a beautiful
turquoise in a heavy gold hoop, and
something was engraved inside the
hoop. Jennie tried to read it; Norah
caught the glance. "Uberall Du,
Jennie, isn't that sweet in Len to tell me
so in such a darling way."
"What is it ?" asked Jennie in a quaking,
uncertain voice, feeling somehow
as if her life hung on a thread, that
thread the significance of the words,
" Uberall Du," words which had proved
so fatal to her happiness.
"Why, 'Thee, over all.' Jennie,
where have your eyes gone to ? You
studied German at Madam Armand's
with me ; forgot so soon ?"
" So that was it, ' Thee over all,' and
what a fool she had been, eh?" were
Jennie's last cheerful thoughts as she
slipped quietly down by Norah's side in
tt UCiKl iaum
Miss Norah was horrified by Jennie's
sadden attack, but when Jennie revived
6he assured her cousin 6he was in
the habit of fainting at actually nothing,
and the parlor must have been too warm.
She deceived Norah thoroughly, but not
her own poor heart.
Then she went up stairs and pondered
upon " tbe situation."
The more she pondered the worse it
seemed. She was too proud to own her
mistake, and take back her hateful words
and manner, and 6eek him in any way,
and pride " carried the day."
Her father sent her into the mountains
that summer, and, with a few friends,
wandered about; but ?the grace and
charm of God's country, of rocky ledge,
and balmy whispering pine, and trickling
mountain brook, cold and clear, had no
charm for her. One day they planned a
fishing excursion to a large forest stream
which crossed the stage road a mile or
two beyond the hotel.
Jennie crept away from the others with
a rod and line, and strayed along the
brookside, through quivering lights and
shades, among green leaves and shadowy
places, she went so far she was lost with
out perceiving it.
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watching a floating leaf, a voice behind
her made her start with astonishment;
so well known was it?so dear.
44 Can you tell me, miss, how far I am
i from the 6tage road V"
Jennie turned deliberately and looked
! into the face of Royall Hamlin. She ac-1
; tually relished his look of utter dismay i
and disconcertment.
441?beg your pardon, Miss Dane,"
said the amateur sportsman, stiffly ; 441
did not recognize you, or I would not
have intruded upon you."
*4 You did not disturb me in the
; least, Royall," said Jennie, quietly,
I with scarlet face ; 44 but I am sorry I
| cannot tell you which way the road, lies.
| I think I have come so far I must be lost
| myself."
He stood gazing at her, speechless.
; At last he stammered : 44 Miss Dane?
i Jennie?you called me 4 Royallyou do
not seem angry now. Tell me, in the
name of God, what got you so furious at
me last winter," aud he pressed closer to
her side by the brook bank.
Jennie hung her head.
| Unresistingly, she permitted him to
gather the little hand up in his strong
fingers, and take a seat by her side on
the moss, and draw her down beside him
; on the turf.v bank ; there they sat like a
, couple of idiots, for very gladness ; Jen!
nie's fishing tackle, fly, line and rod
went sailing leisurely off down stream ;
Jennie struggled with herself, and finally
managed to answer :
I misunderstood ? something ? I ?
couldn't read?that stuff on the locket,
' and?Ella said it implied it was 4 all over
! with me'?and?that would have been
i abominably impertinent of you, Royall!
you know it would," she flashed through
her tears at him,smiling in the most dazzling
manner the next minute.
44Good heavens!" he exclaimed exi
cltedly, as a light dawned in upon him,
44 yon don't mean to say my little German
motto on that clasp was misrepre
i sented and the cause of all this misun
standing ! Why Jennie !" and his tone
was full of chagrin, "why I thought it
i was so neat!"
So Jennie told him all about it as they
! nestled among the leaves, the hush, and
^ i dreaminess of the forest. The light and
air that surrounded them, that bathed
11 them in its waves, was net of heaven or
j earth, it was rose-colored ! Jennie could
i complain no more of Royall's uncertain,
i ty, because he was very explicit in his
I remarks, and later, when they went
: hunting for the road, and found the rest
i of the fishers, Jennie's health was visibly
* improved, judging by her beautiful
? color and happy eyes.
- I It turned out Royall was due at her
? hotel, his baggage had already goue on,
h I and he had left the stage for a ramble,
, . intending to cross the road in time foi
- j the evening stage. As it was, he rode
home with the party. What need to tell
any more ?
Royall had " Uberall Du," engraved
on Jennie'6 wedding ring, with the laudable
intention of teaching her German
more effectively than it is taught in
boarding schools generally.
Fashion Notes.
The stylish costumes of dark blue or
green, trimmed with wide white braid,
occasionally intermingled with a thread
of gold, are very effective ; and the close
cut of the long polonaise, the princess
aTiraark r\f amfl.ll train adds crace and
beauty to the figure.
Dark green costumes will be fashionably
worn, including dark green petticoats,
hosiery, felt hats and trimming.
The petticoats are enlivened with figures
of embroidery, in which all the bright
colors are introduced, and the hats have
pretty bright feather and gilt ornaments.
Quite new in style and well adapted, to
two materials is the " Camile." It simulates
a vest, has a quaint and very
dressy show, and may be used to advantage
in making over an old handsome
dress in combination with new materials.
But it is also most strikingly suited to a
stylish contrast of shades in new rich
fabrics.
Among the new basques suitable to be
worn, either for home or street, is the
" Delphine," which is long and tight
fitting, double breasted, having the
fronts lapped from right to left and worn
with a belt attached at the side seams
and fastened in front. This design is
most effective when used in combination
of different materials or colors and i^
appropriate for a great variety of goods;
it may, however, if desired, be made of
one material alone and the trimmings
varied to correspond with the goods selected.
A very handsome shawl of American
manufacture, is named " the Premiere."
It is of very fine texture, the same on
both sides, and is introduced in plaids
and checks, also in all shades of grey
and brown, with or without borders.
The material of these are of so fine a texture
that when the wearer becomes tired
of them they can be*made into a polonaise
or into children's dresses.
Gloves are things that not only perish
with the using, but, as every woman
says, " they are gone before one knows
it." For evening wear pale colors are
relied upon to bring out the effect of the
brighter portions of a toilet and for the
street dark shades are advised. They
also reduce the size of the hand they
cover. Handsome gloves are brought
out in dark shades, similar to those
which prevail in filks and dress goods,
but at the same time it is more elegant
to wear a glove brighter in tone than the
costume. For general wear, less than
three buttons are not considered stylish.
Sleeve buttons of all kinds are quite
large, the linked styles remaining the
most fashionable. For gentlemen's collar
and sleeve buttons link buttons of
two flat disks of plain gold, About the
size of a dime, and with square edges,
are extremely stylish. Studs to match
are about the size of a half dime.
Flowers are not used on round hats
for city streets; they are confined to
shade hats for the country.
A novel idea for round hats is that of
covering the wing or one or two long
slender feathers with gilt or with silver.
All black hats are still shown, and are
always stylish. The most dressy materials
for these will be black plush trimmed
with black satin.
Helmet-shaped hats, like those worn
by gentlemen during the summer, are
offered for young ladies. Their only
trimming is a wide galloon band and- a
slender wing.
The frame of the bonnet is plainly
covered with any of the fabrics with long
pile; the plush cannot look too heavy
or too much like fur, and the velvets are
? A1 S-T X
01 me nuueei 4unuv;,
Words of Wisdom.
Upright walking is sure walking.
Virtue and happiness are near kin.
Small faults indulged are little
thieves.
You never lose by doing a good turn.
The boughs that bears most hang
I lowest.
{ One hour to-day is worth two to-mor;
row.
Not to hear conscience is a way to
silence it.
i Zeal without knowledge is fire without
| light.
Proud looks make foul words in fair
I faces.
Learning makes a man fit company for
. himself.
i
From the lowest depth there is a path
to the loftiest height.
We often hate for one little reason, j
when there are a thousand*why we
should love.
As indiscreet person is like an unsealed
letter, which every one may read,
but which is seldom worth reading.
Gold is but a poor legacy in comparison
with immortal thought. The one is
i human, worthless ; the other divine, invaluable.
Lost, Yesterday, somewhere between
sunrise and sunset, two golden hours,
each set with sixty diamond minutes. JNo
reward is offered, for they are gone for!
ever ! A
Tarantula's Nest.
The nest of a tarantula (spider) lias
been found in California of the most
singular construction. It is about three
inches in length by two in diameter,
i built in adobes, the wall being nearly
half an inch thick. Inside of this is a
projection, which nearly divides it into
i two apartments, about an inch in diameter.
The inside is lined with a white
downy substance, not unlike velvet, and
presents one of the cleanest and most
tidy little households imaginable. But
the most curious part of it is a door,
which fits into an aperture, and closes it
I hermetically. The door is secured by a
1 hinge, formed of a like fibrous substance
as the iining of the house, and upon
i which it swings with freedom. The nest
is occupied by a dozen little tarantulas,
which seem to subsist on a yellow secret
ed substance, that appears upon the
walls of the front apartment. The arrangement
of the door for the protection
j of the little inmates indicates great ini
I stinctive architectural knowledge.
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Some Common Ailment* of Horse*.
Ringbone is of two kinds?true and
false. The false ringbone is an enlargement
situated above the middle of the
bone. When very large, it may cause
lameness. As a rule, however, it never
gives inconvenience to the animal.
The true ringbone is quite another
matter. There are two kinds?the high
and the low. . It is called high when it
involves the bone immediately above the
joint.
Ringbone, whether high or low, varies
in size ; but the degree of lameness does
- - At- - M I
not depend upon me size 01 me iurmution.
An animal may be very lame with
but little deposit, and another may show
but little lameness with a very large
ringbone. Very often the circle of the
ring is defective, and the deposit appears
only on one side of the limb, or on both
sides, and none in front. When at the
sides they do not cause the same degree
of lameness as when in front
Ringbones are not the cause, but the
result of disease, being the result of an
inflammation originating in the bone.
Shoulder Slip.?This is a sprain or
laceration of the fibres of the spinatus
muscles, together with, probably, the
abductor magnus and teres exturnus.
The humorus, lacking the tension of
these muscles, rotates outward at every
step with unusual freedom. Pain is
expressed in recent cases, and wasting of
the muscles just named. In the majority
of cases actual lameness does not occur.
There will be a hollow space upon
either side of the scapular spine, extend ?
-i?i??n.
lUg lit* WiJUlC IGUgbU.
Shoulder Lameness. ?. The gait of
shoulder lameness is indicative of the
seat of disease. The patient does not
carry his limb straight forward, but with
a rotary motion, the limb being thrown
outwards, and the toe made to form the
segment of a circle ; in other words, he
brings the leg forward, with a sort of
sweep, and the toe is dragged or trailed
on the ground.
In shoulder or knee lameness, the
signs of pain are more discernible during
the elevation of ilie foot from the ground;
whereas, in foot and other diseases below
the knee, the converse is the rule.
Stringhall.?An involuntary, convulsive
motion of the muscles of one or both
hind legs.
Speedy cut?Is the name of an injury
to the knee. It is inflicted by the horse
striking his knee with the opposite foot.
The symptoms are inflammation and
swelling of the skin, collection of fluid
in the sub-cutaneous areoler tissue, constituting
a serious abscess.
Seedy Toe.?This term is applied to a
perverted secretion of horn at the lower
margin of the ospedis (lower bone of the
foot), by which tho crust becomes detached
from the horny laminar.
Thorough Pin.?Thorough pia is a
bursal enlargement situated on tho lower
part of the thigh and upper and back
part of the hock.
Thrush.?A discharge of foetid material
from the frog.
Spavin.?A violent twisting or straining
of the soft parts around the joints.
According to the degree of the sprain,
the fibrous parts of the joint may be simply
stretched, or they may be ruptured.
The symptoms are swelling around the I
sprained part, attended by lameness.
Sprain of the Metacarpi Internus.?
This is visible over the trapexinn on the
inner and lower part of the knee.
Sprain of the Metacarpi Extensor Magnus.?Indicated
by a swelling in front of
the knee and above it.
Sprain of the Metacarpi Externus.?
This is made visible by an enlargement
on the outside of the knee, over the
small metacarpal condyle.
Sprain of the radical Ligaments?Is
manifested by lameness, a difficulty in
flexing the knee, with swelling, heat and 1
I tenderness immediately above the knee.
Sprain of the Psoa Muscles.?Inability
to rise when down ; a knucking over at
the fetlock joints when standing ; when
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| made to walk He drags ms legs or iraun <
[ them. There is scarcely any elevation
of the foot or flexion of the joints, and a
great tendency is shown to knuckle over
at every step.
Sprain of the Fetlock Joint.?In inflammation
of the fetlock joint, from
whatever cause, the lameness is characterized
by inability to flex the joint, by
heat, swelling, pain or pressure.
Wounds.?A wound made with a cleancutting
instrument is an incised wound.
A wound inflicted by some blunt object,
without perforating the skin, is a contused
wouud. When the skin is divided
and torn, with ragged, uneven edges, it
is called a lacerated wound.?Chicago '
Field.
Kerlpe*.
[From Miss Corson's " Fifteen Cent Dinners for
Workinfftnen's Families."]
Homemade Bread.?Put seven pounds j
of flour into a deep pan, and make a 1
hollow in the center ; into this put one
quart of luke-warm water, one tablespoonful
of salt, one .teaspoonful of j
sugar, and half a gill of yeast; have :
ready three pints of warm water, and
use as much of it as is necessary to make
a rather soft dough, mixing and knead- !
ing it well with both hands. When it is |
smooth and shining strew a little flour |
upon it, lay a large towel over it folded, !
i and set it in a warm place by the fire for !
I four or five hours to rise ; then knead it
i again for fifteen minutes, cover it with !
! the towel, and set it to rise once more ; I
| then divide it into tw? or four loaves, j
! and bake it in a quick oven. This:
! quantity of flour will make eight pounds
j of bread, and will require one hour's
j baking to two pounds of dough. It will
I cost about thirty cents, and will last '
! about two days and a half for a family of
j six. In cold weather, the dough should
i be mixed in a warm room, and not ali
lowed to cool while rising ; if it does not
rise well, set the pan containing it over
a large vessel of boiling water; it is !
best to mix the bread at night, and let it |
rise till morning, in a warm and even
temperature.
Pea Sorp.?Use half a pint, or seven
ounces of dried peas, for every two
quarts of soup you want. Put them in 1
three quarts of cold water, after washing
them well; bring them slowly to a boil ; '
add a bone, or bit of ham, if you have it
to spare, one turnip, and "one carrot
peeled, one onion stuck with three
cloves, and simmer three hours, stirring
occasionally to prevent burning; then
pass the son}) through the sieve with the |
aid of a potato masher and if it shows
any sign of settling stir into it one
tablespoonful each of butter and flour
mixed together dry, this will prevent
settling; meantime fry some dice of
stale bread, about two slices, cut half an
inch square, in hot fat, drain them on a
sieve, and put them in the bottom of the
soup tureen in which the pea soup is
served ; or cut some bits of very hard
stale bread, or dry toast, to use instead
of the fried bread. By the time the
soup is done it will have boiled down to
two quarts, and will be very thick and
good.
Stewed Lentils.?Put a pint of plain
boiled lentils into a sauce-pan, cover
thera with any kind of pot-liquor, add
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A very amusing incident occurred one
night recently at the residence of H. A.
Bennett in New Preston. Mr. C. C.
Kenney and wife, of New York, were
staying there for a short time, and on
the night in question they retired to their
room at an early hour. Mr. Kenney took
the precaution to place a large roll of
bills in the heel of his boot. The outside
bill happened to be a ten-dollar note.
Accordingly, after arranging his money
carefully in the boot, and thinking no
burglar could find it, he retired for the
night What was his astonishment in
the morning to find the ten-dollar bill
was gone ? Search was made throughout?
the apartment, but no trace of the missing
money could be found. It was certainly
very mysterious. Only one of the
roll of bills was gone. After spending
many hours in the search, Mrs. Kenney
removed a stand and noticed one corner
of the lost bill protruding from a small
mouse hole. The little burglar had entered
the apartment and succeeded in
dragging the bill the whole length of the
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room tO lis lioie, w 11 trie it men 11J u.uRn. :
011 a nail. Tlie hole wns ho small that
the hill eonld only be extracted in small
pieces. The burglar is still at large, although
the owner of the house offers a
large reward for his apprehension.?
TAtchfield (Conn.) Enquirer.
People of Weight.
The champion fat man of North Carolina
is Captaiu James F. Jones. He is
six feet one inch and kicks the beam at
(J47 ponmls. Barnnra has been after
him.
A pair of boot lasts have been made
for Leonard Wilcox, of Rome, N. Y.,
who is seven feet in height and weighs
fiOO pounds. The lasts are twenty-two
inches in length, seven in height and
eighteen around the instep.
Near Avon, Mo., is a MissEvais, who
is a curiosity. She is only ten years old,
but is, probably, the largest girl of her
age in the world. Her height is about
five feet, and she weighs 148 pounds.
Her features are even and pretty, and
her manner is lively. One would take
her to be about eighteen. She can do
more work, notwithstanding her superj
abundance of flesh, than most girls at
| twice her age.
one ounce 01 cnoppeu omou, iwu uuuucb
of drippings, quarter of an ounce of
chopped parsley, and stew gently for
twenty minutes ; serve hot. This dish
costs about ten cents.
Stewed Tripe,?Cut in small pieces
one pound of tripe, half a quart each of
potatoes and onions, and put them in
layers in a pot, seasoning them with one
tablespoonful of salt, and one level teaspoonful
of pepper; mix quarter of a
pound of flour with water, gradually
using three pints of water, and pour it
over the stew ; put the pot over the fire
and boil it gently for an hour and a
half.
Rick Pudding.?Put in an earthen
pudding dish quarter of a pound of well
washed rice, (cost three cents,) three
pints of milk, (cost twelve cents,) four
ounces of sugar, (cost three cents,) and
a little spice, or flavoring ; bake it in a
moderate oven about an hour and a
half. It costs about eighteen cents.
"The Champion Idiot."
Most of these incurable idiots are
unable to speak?says a writer in the
New York Herald, speaking of a recent
visit paid by him to the asylum for idiot
children on Randall's Island, New York
?incapable even of learning more than
a few words or, at most, sentences. The
' champion" among these is unquestionably
Johnny Rouse. He is now
thirty-eight years old, and has been in
the Idiot asylum fifteen or twenty years,
johnny was born in the Sixth ward in
this city, and it> may be said that he
never had an idea in his life. His only
sense seems to be that of sensation. He
has been blind for some years, but his
hearing is not impaired,and he possesses
a faculty which is something like memory.
"What time is it, Johnny?" asked
Mr. Osborne. He reached out for the
steward's watch chain, and, not finding
it, he seemed puzzled. When the watch
was put in his hand he placed it to his
car and, after listening to it awhile, he
exclaimed: "Two." With Johnny
Rouse it is always two o'clock, and
" two " is perhaps the only word he can
utter, except "boom," with which he
accompanies a rifle practice in which he
is constantly indulging. "His mother
was here to see him last week," said the
nurse, " and she said she wished he was
dead. But it's the way with all of them.
It's seldom they come to see their children
here, and when they do come they
say 11 wish the poor thing was dead.'
A more remarkable curiosity than
Johnny Reuse cannot be found the
world over. He is diminutive in size,
being scarcely four feet nine inches in
height, with a face of corresponding
meagreness. His head and face are of
the true idiotic type, and both together
are not much larger than an ordinary
baseball. There is no brow and only an
excuse for a forehead. 1 he top of the
head measures less than two inches in
any direction, and tfie coal black hair,
which seems stuck on like a wig on the
back part of the cranium, only adds to
the absurdity of this pitiful freak of
nature. When the Herald reporter saw
Johnny Rouse he was in high spirits and
seemed intent upon going somewhere on
a picnic. He frisked and capered like a
child, and " boomed " away the happy
moments which to him make up the
span of an aimless existence. An eminent
New York physician, the reporter
was told, has made Johnny's organization
and history the subject of a learned
paper and has. made a plaster cast of that
wonderfnl head.
A Strange Theft By a Mouse.
TAKING A SWORDFISH.
Terrible Stranle with an Air.tlaht Barrel
Attached te a Harpoon.
It was some time before we could distinguish
the speck, rising and failing
with the sea, which had attracted the old
whaleman's attention. Soon he pronounced
it a " fish," and after putting
us on the other tack to run down portly
to leeward of it, went below to bring up
the irons. When we had worked perhaps
a mile before it, we lay to for our final instructions,
the skipper took the wheel
to " keep her -heaa on if yer can," and
the one who held the air-tight barrel
was told "When y're sure I've struck
him, over with it."
He was as cool as a cucumber, as he
took the harooon and cutting spade for
siiuauer axou# xub wuuuj uvuj, uu> ***??
work convulsively a moment, and then
he lies motionless and dead. We rig a
tackle to our mainmast, and After considerable
labor get him aboard, where
we can examine at our leisure his peculiar
shape, and admire his graceful
11 clipper build." Our Nantucketer estimates
his weight at between 500 and 600 J
pounds. His sword is over three feet I
in length, its broken point and nicked
edges proving that its owner was an old
as well as a fighting fish.
Our fish is on board, and after reserring
a few choice cuts, turned over to our
pilot, who asks that we run into Martha's
Vineyard that he may dispose of him before
he spoils. And so we set gaff and
iib topsails, haul off before the wind,
and lay our course northward.?Forest
and Stream.
Chariots
of Ancient Britons.
When Caesar first landed in Britain, ;
the most flourishing branch of the manu
Strikes.
Strikes are quite proper, only strike right;
Strike to some purpose, but not for a fight;
Strike for your manhood, for honor and fame;
6trike right and left, till you win a good name;
Strike for your freedom, from all that is rile ;
Strike off companions who often beguile;
Strike with the hammer, the sledge and the ax
Strike off bad habits with burdensome tax ;
Strike out unaided, depend on no other ;
Strike without gloves, and your foolishness
smother;
Strike off the letters of fashion and pride;
QA?:u- ?Ltint 1A4 WiaHnm decide :
OlTiAC wuno MO Wavj wuw *v? ww n . ~ f
Strike a good blow while the iron is hot;
Strike, keep striking, till yon hit the right spot.
Items of Interest.
Japan has 33,000,000 inhabitants.
A single county in Michigan has standing
pine equal to 2,311,120,000 feet of
lumber.
The new Gatling gun shoots 1,000
rounds a minute?faster tlian a professional
gossip can talk.
If our country should become as
densely populated as Holland, it would
contain 1,000,000,000 inhabitants.
Three are a mob according to law.
This is what a young fellow thinks when
he and another chap are courting the
same girl
Many men regard a newspaper as they
do a brick-bat; they like to hare one
handy when they are mad, but pay no
attention to it at any other time.
A Prohibitionist estimates that about
$100,000,000 more is expended yearly in
this oopntry for rum than the total gross
earnings of all our railroads amount to.
4 v 1 - ?Ai'? San US>ftn/MS*W
A Dil^UWU 1CBMUP ui ubu ? IU1V.MW,
65 years old, has brought a suit forbreach
of promise of marriage against a *
gay deceiver of 70, the damages being
laid at $15,000.
Baron Rothschild, of Paris, and his
German cousin, Adele, who were recently
married, 44 begin housekeeping " with
the snug little sum of twenty million
dollars.
Archibald Forbes, war correspondent
of the London Newt, receives a salary
of $5,000 a year, war or no war. Therefore
we should infer that the voice of the
Newt is much louder for war than that
of Mr. Forbes, says the Norristown
Herald.
GLOBY.
What is glory ? What is fame ?
The echo of a long-lost name ;
A breath, an idle hour's brief talk ;
The shadow of an arrant naught;
A flower that blossoms for a day,
Dying next morrow;
A stream that hurries on its way,
Singing of sorrow. a
Martha's Vineyard, Mass., has an eccentricity
in Nancv Luce. Born, nobody
knows wMfere or when, she fifes entirely
alone with her hens, and when
they finally depart she has them decently
interred in a graveyard at the baok of
her house, and erects marble stones over
their graves. Her support is gained
fromine sale of her44book," which, in a
mixture of prose and verse, is about herself
and hens.
The corn husks are thin, indicating a
mild winter ; the woods are full of masts;
there are myriads of spiders, mild winter
; acres of caterpillars, hard winter ;
the .squirrels are idle and listless, nyld
winter; the squarrels are noisy and busy,
hard winter; the goose bone is white r ?and
gray, mild and hard winter; the
woodclinck has gone in, mild winter;
tbewoodchuck stays out, hard winter.
It is indeed, only a question of tame
when the system of weather prognostication
will become one of the exact
sciences.
"Cross and Crescent" In a Back yard*
Few persons suspect the interest which
the younger portion of our population
feel in the progress of the European
struggle, and the familiarity with its details
which they evince in their daily
conversation and intercourse. An uptown
gentleman on reaching home the
other afternoon found bis wife out and
the house all upside down. The beds
had been stripped of blankets and counterpanes,
the tables denuded of their
oovers, table cutlery, broomsticks, and
various kinds of household hardware
were strewn over the stairs and floors;
in short, it looked as if burglars bad been
through the establishment and left in a
hurry.
Just as he contemplated the devastation,
Bridget, the cook, came rashing up
stairs with despair depicted on every
lineament of her face. 44 Och, Misther
B??" she gasped out, 44 I'm so glad
yiz have come home. Share tbim boys .
is a murtherin' each other in the back
yarrud."
In an instant he threw open the back
window, and the sight that met his eyes
showed the situation at a glance. All
the boys in the neighborhood, from six
teeD down, were there engaged in settling
the Eastern question m a style that
would have made Yon Moltke bowl
? ? m 1
with envy. For a moment w mu,
led on by one boy in baggy trowsers
(which proved to be his father's 'red
flannel drawers) and armed with a cheese
knife in one hand and a dirty white
towel on a stick (representing the banner
of the Prophet) in the other, appeared
to have the advantage, and had cornered
the Buseian army, composed of six boys
with rakes and pitchforks, between the
hen honse and the back fence. Several
other boys with bloody noses and black
eyes sat on the grass-plot, personating
the Christian victims of the atrocities in
Bulgaria. The czar had already lost one
of his front teeth, and the Khedive of
Egypt was to be seen seeking safety by
inglorious flight through a back lot, carrying
off the parlor table cloth, rollol
np on his head as a turban. Just at
? ' ' - ? 1
this moment England mienereu m me
shape of ten boys, who liaxl been concealed
in the back area, but who now
charged forth with rolling sticks, flat
irons and pokers, simultaneously with a
grand onset of Cossacks and Mamelukes
who had lain in reserve behind the fence,
the maneuvering was superb, the contending
hosts described flank movements
around the clothes posts which would
have outwitted Sherman himself, and
there is no telling bnt that the Crescent
would have wave victorious over all Europe
had not Mr. B suddenly appeared
on the scene, scattered the armies
like chaff, and ended the contest by
sending the Sultan off to bed, and interviewing
the Duke oi Cambridge with
ward, coiling the line (one end of which
was fast to the harpoon, the other to the
barrel) carefully on deck, with the caution
: "Ware when it flakes out,"and
taking only enough with him to his roost
on the bowsprit end to give him ample
elbow room. His station reached, he
fixed the shade in the support ready to
receive it, laid the iron in front of him
across the cage, waved his hand, and we
filled away, close hauled. Never was a
mile more slowly sailed by the little
group in the pit of the White Cloud.
Never had our hearts beaten faster
than as we neared the fifteen feet fish,
rolling, asleep, in the trough of the sea.
Now the pilot is almost over him; slowly
he raises the iron, braces himself,
and hurles it with all the strength of
sinewy arms. The iron sinks deeply
into the sleeping fish ; there is a mighty
surge, the line flakes overboard as quickly
as thought, the float splashes as it
disappears beneath the water, then all
is still We luff and wait Presently
nn bobs the float. The fish finding the
strain of the air-tight barrel too severe
is coining to the surface. Now the water
bubbles and boils just under our lee,
and the swordfish breaches himself
savagely, and swims at lightning speed
for the barrel. He strikes it again and
again with his sword, but it rests so
lightly on top of the water that he cannot
injure it Then he stops, looks at
us an instant, and darts toward the boat.
We have not time to bring her head
around, and if he strikes it will be amidships.
The pilot comes quickly aft,
bringing his long-handled, threecornered
spade, and, as the fish comes
within striking distance, aims one swift,
unerring blow full at his forehead. The
terrible sword drops harmless, the upper
muscles at its base are severed, and
he passes under us, jarring the boat
and splashing us with water as he
sounds.
Again the float goes under and is out
of sight a longer time than before.
Again the fish throws himself out of
water, showing his sword down at an
aDgle of forty-five degrees. He swims
once or twice around the barrel, then
starts to windward at too furious a speed
'to last with the float ploughing behind
him. When we beat up he is feebly
fighting it. He sounds for a short time,
but comes up exhausted. Once or twice
he rolls over on his side, but recovers
himself and swims on in short tacks.
We press him too closely, and he charges
us again, but we make ho effort to avoid
him, knowing that now he is powerless
to injure us, nor does he try to strike,
apparently realizing that his weapon is
useless, but goes undei, coming up the
other side.
And so he sounds and swims, fights
and runs, until at last he succumbs to
exhaustion and lies still. We work up
alongside, and as we luff the pilot puts a
lance into his very life. There is a !
i t-.??Una!
factoring industry was the coacn, 01-;
rather the chariot, boilding business, i
The Bomans had seen pretty samples ,
1 of chariot work in Gaul ana Belgium, j
but the British car, or chariot, was a j
Mg improvement on the continental arti- j
'me. It was to the foreign car as the j
cnriicle is to the gig. When the Bo-1
mans captured Cassibelaunus, they took I
with them no less than six hundred cars, j
and the British car, soon after it was j
known, became the fashion for people 1
who could afford to keep one.
Cicero thought there was little in the
island worth transporting to Borne, ex- \
cept those masterpieces of workmanship !
and painting, the British war chariot, j
' May I trouble you," he writes to a
friend in Britain, " to bring me over one ,
as a pattern !" There can l>e no question
that when a dozen or so dis'tin- J
guished gentlemen in Borne first ap-!
peared on the highway in the novelty of I
! novelties, a British chariot, with its.
i coachman on the pole, and half a dozen i
| grooms running by its side, there was a j
I sensation in polite circles only to be j
I paralleled by a meet of the four-in-hand j
| at Central Park, New York.
What He Sighed For.
A young gentleman hearing a young
lady sigh, asked her : "What do yon
sigh forr" She replied: "NotbiDg,"
upon which he wrote and handed her the
following:
i Coio, but Io thee ;
, 0 o no of but 0 o me;
I O let not my o a o go,
But give ooloUio.
#
And here is the solution :
You algh for a cipher, but I aigh for thee;
0 algh for no cipher, but 0 algh for me;
O let not my aigh for a cipher go.
But give a'gh for aigh, for I sigh for you so.
Turkish general to Turkish colonel :
"Colonel, the day after to-morr?w is
pay-day. Yon will take care that toI
Liorrow we have a warm engagement,"