Aiken courier-journal. (Aiken, S.C.) 1877-1880, February 14, 1878, Image 1
AT
nm fiery glow,
5a f er’s iron ringR,
IB’, like smoke, curls upward si
•ds blow cold, and leaves drift stre,
«ocking-wren sings loud and clear.
Sweetheart!
jtlieart—sweet—sweet! O word most dear,
.ost pleasing to a maiden's ear!
—Ilome Journal
STORY OF A BUFFALO BOY.
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perched a,
tne
come out.
WOW THE HIVES OF NINE HUMAN BEINGS
WEKE SAVED.
I.
Oue afternoon during the summer of
1865 the steamer St. John ran up to her
dock at Pier 41. Among her pas
sengers was a regiment of soldiers.
As the boat swung into her place they
were drawn up in line, and the roll was
called. Seven men were missing. The
oolonel, in a voice choked with anger,
ordered a thorough search of the boat.
T u • r ight was overhauled, and a Hn»
s poured into the hold, Put the
>re not found. At last one
earn opened the little door ot
w ^ ef '-house. The runaways were
L aong the beams surrounding
Huge b u t they refused to
-b-o engineer was asked to
tnrn the oaddle , < f u ji speed, as the
oolonel f' icied this might dvown them
out ; b there was no steam, anu Mie
wheel was immovable. As a last resort
a file of men drew up before the little
door, with orders to fire upon the
truants if they did not rejoin their com- j
mand. Thus threatened they left their
perches and were secured by the guard.
The roll was again cr.u^i. but one
man was still missing. He had been in
the wheel-house with those captured,
and standing on the lower paddle of the
wheel had been overlooked by the Irish
sergeant. Had he remained there he
might have been safe ; but he saw a
small raft under the dock, and thought,
if he could only reach it, he would be
more secure. With this object in view
he sprang for a spile, thinking to clasp
it with his arms and legs and pass on to
the raft. He miesed the spile and fell
into the water. The tide carried him
beneath the dock. Unable to swim a
stroke, he set up a wild outcry that was
heara by the whole regiment. He was
fast drifting into another world when
John Clancy, a Buffalo boy, threw him
a rope, and he was drawn upon the dock,
faint and dripping. But he escaped one
misfortune to meet another ; for he was
hardly out of the jaws of death before,
loaded with chains, he was marched off
under guard with his comrades.
IX.
On the last Sunday in August, 1868.
John Clancy was working on the tugboat
E. L. Barrett. About half-past eight in
the evening she lay at Pier 39§ North
River. In the full moonlight young
Clancy saw a well-dressed woman ap
proach the bulkhead. “ I watched her,”
says he, “ because I thought there was
something strange about her.” She
hesitated as she walked, looked to the
right then to the left, and finally stared
behind her for a long time. Suddenly
she made a rush and jumped into the
water. The plunge alone was heard, for
she never opened her head after the
leap. Clancy ran around and got a
heaving line. Laying it it down on the
dock, he plunged into the tide, and
caught the woman, whose clothes had
moyed her up. “I grabbed her,” he
vs, “ and as soon as she saw me she l
fc rabbed me.” He then tried to force ;
her against the dock, but she resisted, j
and made desperate efforts to get away. !
A strong flood tide was drifting them ‘
from the dock.
With a last effort he caught her around
the waist and called for the police. His
hoarse halloo seemed to quiet her, for
she wrapped her arms around his neck
and made ro more resistance. An officer
appeared near a p ie of hay, and Clancy
told him where to find the heaving line.
The rope Mas thrown, he tied it around
her waist, and the officer drew her out.
Clancy says he thinks tiie officer’s name !
was McN'dly. He asked the woman
who ehe was and where she lived, but
she refused to tell him. She was young,
tender, and remarkably pretty. The
officer conducted her to the police stat ion,
and that was the last he heard of her.
HI.
On the 20th of July, 1868, at live
p. M., the steamer Bristol of the Fall
• iver line east loose from Pier 30, North
river. There had been quite a rush of
passengers. The gangplank had been
nulled in, the paddles were churning
the water, and the boat began t'» move,
when an old man ran down the pier witii
a valise in his hand. He was terribly
anxious to get aboard. “Run below,
and jump into the freight gangway,”
shouted two of the passengers, and
away he went like a shot. He made a
jump, evidently intending to laud be
tween the posts, but struck the side of
the gangway and dropped overboard,
valise and all. The boat swept out. into
the stream, her oflicers oblivious to his
cries. “ And how ho hallooed,” says
Clancy. “ You could hear him a block.”
The lad threw ofi' his cap and made a
dive foi him. The old fellow could not
t vim, but he held on to his valise, and
that kept him up. The current carried
VI. AND VU.
On the second Sunday in August’
1874, Clancy was standing in the bag
gage room of the Pennsylvania railroad,
at the foot of Desbrosses street, when
Sam Losey, the baggage master, came in
saying: “Johnny, there is somebody
overboard out there, and you’d better
go aud see.” The lad dashed out on
Pier 39J. Two children were drowning
under the dock. A little girl had fallen
through a big bole in the planking, and
a brave little boy went through the same
hole in an effort to rescue her. He had
undertaken more than he could perform,
for the girl caught him around the arms,
and prevented him from swimming. The
tide worked them out toward the string-
piece, and the screams of the girl were
plainly heard. The boy besought her
to let go his arms, but she clung to him
the closer, and, to use Clancy’s words,
“ they were drowning each other.” A
crowd of able-bodied men stood upon
the pier listening to the death struggle
of the little hero aud his charge, but it
was destitute of manhood and made no
intelligent effort to save them.
Clancy plunged beneath the pier, aud
caught them just in time. They were
| clinging to each other as though welded
; together. The Buffalo lad pushed them
: from under the dock, aud a baggageman
dropped him a rope. He tied the little
girl, aud she was drawn up more dead
than alive. Clancy and the little hero
who had gone to her rescue swam over
to a raft at the bulkhead of Pier 40, and
got out without difficulty. The name of
the brave little boy is unknown. He was
about twelve years old, aud was evident
ly of Irish parentage. He disappeared
, as soon as he struck Pier 40. The girl’s
name was Dngan. She lived at No. 14
Desbrosses street. Her father threaten-
ed to sue Van Akeu, the dockbuilder, but
1 Clancy says that, through his influence,
; the matter was settled for $50. “ Van
! Aken,” he adds, promised me $10 for
settling it, but never paid me. I wore
I out a pair of shoes running after him.
He is alive yet and worth plenty ot
| money.”
VIII.
On the night of the 5th of last October
the 7:55 ferry boat from Jersey City was
working into her slip at Desbrosses
street. She was “the train boat.” Her
bow gates were pushed open. A pas
senger, with a box in each hand, strug
gled for a front position, stumbled, aud
pitched overboard, head first, between
the bridge and the boat. One of the
hexes went in with him and the other
was left on the bow. In ten seconds the
boat struck the bridge, and the unfor
tunate man was hidden from sight. Cor
nelius Ryan, a passenger, roared out,
“ There’s a man overboard.” and there
was great commotion.
“Where is he?” asked a medium
sized yonng man, with a well-sprouted
mustache.
“ Un ler the boat,” shouted Ryairr
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LY V ^FEERtTARX 14, 1878.
$2.00 per Annum, in Advance.
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OARDEX ANU HOUSEHOLD.
FARM,
Furm Notes.
■ Manure may ba carted to the orchard
and spread over the whole surface. The
time of manuring is not^f so much im-
porjer oo aa p* any rate. It
is a mistake jhjnEnP little manure close
around the tnfnks of trees.
Calves and yearlings may be made to
increase in size and weight considerably,
and make a large quantity of fine ma
nure, by keeping them in a roomy shed,
bedding them deeply with cut straw or
leaves, and feeding them well. With
plenty of bedding the shed need not be
cleaned out until spring.
No question is more frequently asked
than : “ When shall I prune?” If the
cutting is such as may be done with a , , ., , .
nife, it makes but little difference when > ll ‘ ca * evidently deposited from the
The Great Geyser of Iceland,
eland is an elevated plateau about
ttW*'thousand f*** “ narrow
marginal habitable region sloping gently
to the sea. The elevated plateau is the
seat of every species of volcanic action,
viz., - Java-eruptions,. solfataras, mud-
volcanoes, hot springs, and geysers.
Tbesdlast exist in great numbers ; more
than one hundred are found in a circle
of two miles diameter. Oue of these,
the Great Geyser, has long''attracted at
tention.
The Great Geyser is a basin or pool
>4., blast
PX1CO,
An Eagle’s Wondei
A miner who lei
fttrnace, near
daybreak, one Sunday
scended the mountains
surprised a pair of harpy eagles on4h*ir
eyrio, and, with a common cudgel,
knocked down one of them, whkd», either
to scare the intruder, or because it was
scared out of its own wits, flew directly
at his head. The bird flopped among
the boulders, but before it could take
wing again the miner put an end to its
struggling with a *ew well aimed whacks,
mound thirty feet high. From the bot
tom of the basin descends a funnel-shaped
pipe eighteen feet in diameter at the
top, and seventy-eight feet deep. Both
the basin and the tube are lined with
ton
arm, and said
that way, pap, are you ?” and tne
man drew out an old-fashioned leather
wallet and gave him a dollar. The most
singular part of the story is that the old
man’s name was Smith. John Smith
threw him the rope, and Ed. Smith
drove him to the Boston depot. He did
not change his clothes until inside of a
sleeper.
IT.
On the afternoon of July 27, 1870,
Claucy was in swimming off Pier 39*.
A boy about eleven years old sat upon
a stringpiece watching] the bathers.
He was leaning his weight upon his
hand, when the hand slipped and he shot
overboard. He had no sooner struck
the water than fie began to paddle like
a a^g, and screeched like a parrot.
Clancy swam to him, caught him by the
arm, aud steered him to the raft near
the opposite dock. The boy climbed
out, and ran home as though Satan was
after him. His name was unknown,
but ho lived somewhere iu Desbrosses
street.
v.
In the month of December, 1872,
Clancy was employed on the steamboat
Rattler. One day she M as lying in dock
at the foot of Franklin street, Pier 35.
Some men were getting coal out of a
canal beat near by. A little girl with
an old pail sat upon the boat picking up
the coals that dropped from the hoist
ing bucket. One of the m< n in a harsh
voice told her to clear out, but she paid
no attention, n-n.l KOAtued determined to
fill her pail. With an oath the mnn
started for her. The frightened little
thing ran toward the bow, but stubbed
her toe against a cleet, and pitched over
board. It was about dinner time The
water was so cold she could not scream.
Clancy seized a boat hook, and ran
down the dock. As she drilled within
reach he held it out. She clenched it
with both bands, aud he drew her on
the dock. He says she went home very
much like the boy who fell from the
stringpiece. Her name M’as Dillon, ami
she was about thirteen years old, but
he does not remember where she lived.
until I could hardly
him by the shoulders and tried to push
him away, but couldn’t. All this time
I was treading water to keep him afloat.
Then I stopped treading, and let my
self down into the water, and slid his
arms over my head. As I came up I
caught him by the coat collar aud shoved
him up to the bridge, where he got hold
of the life-rope. The bridgeman low
ered a ladder, he caught the next to the
lower round with one hand, and they
dragged him out on the ladder like a
drowned rat. When he got out his first
cry was, ‘Where’s my hat ?’ I swam
around and found his hat, and they
pulled me up on one of the chain ropes.
I gave him his hat, and a policeman took
him to 274 West street and put him to
bed. He went off without thanking me,
but afterward I received this gold badge,
with his compliments.”
Mr. Clancy took the badge from the
lappel of his waistcoat and exhibited it.
It was of line gold, worth about $18, and
bore the following inscription : “ J.
Clancy, for saving the life of Louis
Stem, Oct. 5th, 1877.” Mr. Stern lives
at 275 East Seventy-fifth street,
rx.
On Sunday, Oot. 14th, Clancy was
again employed in Tom Scott’s baggage
room, when a small boy ran in out of
breath, aud said: “Johnny, there’s
somebody overboard. Go quick !”
Again was there a crowd of big, able-
Iwxlied men on the dock at the foot of
Watts street. Another boy had tumbled
in from a string-piece. He was scream
ing, kicking, and paddling for dear life,
while men were reaching for him with
old hoops, and poking sticks in his face.
Clancy was overboard in a flash. He
held the boy in his arms until a rope
M-as found, when he bound him, and the
adventurous shaver was drawn ashore.
His name was Ryan,
thirteen years old, aud
Washington street.
FINAXLY.
•A morning neM’spaper not long ago
gave the name of a police officer, one of
the steamboat squad, who had saved
many lives, and justly awarded him
great praise.
tv
and eve!
teen pockei!
every pocket
never had any use for, T^^^weighed
down and doubled over like an old man.
As the things wore out or were lost
(there wusn’t a unit iu the entire mass
that anybody would steal), I replacec'
them with new things, generally heavier,
bulkier and more utterly worthless. By
and by the pockets, not being made for
eternity, began to wear out. When
some of the pockets gave way, their
precious cargoes fell to the ground,and I
saM’ them again not none no more for
ever. When others of the pockets wore
out, the things went down into my
boots, and I went limping and clanking
around like a manacled felon all day.
Then I reformed. I had a suit made
that contained absolutely no pockets.
And that was worse than the other. I
still accumulated the same amount of
manly trash, aud had not wherein to
M’arehouse the same. I carried letters
iu my hat like an old man. I was com
pelled to lay borrowed pocket-knives out
on the desk in plain view, and their
long-forgotten owners would come iu,
recognize the whittling things, aud re
claim them. I laid my creditors’ letters
down for other people to pick up and
read and chuckle over. I had to carry’
all my money in my bauds, and how
does a mau look, I’d like to know, going
about the streets with a nickel in each
hand? It isn’t dignified, and it isn’t
safe. To be sure, thic happened on pay
day, but even once a nvith is too often
or such a reckloi' display. So what
are we to do ?—The Hawkeyc Man.
He was about
lived at 448
Carnival Fun in Sonth America.
A Buenos Ayres correspondent gives
ins experience during a carnival there as
follows: One house in particularnttract-
ed my attention, and while gazing at the
richly furnished room through the wide
open window I suddenly received a
shower of eau do cologne iu my face, !
But he" simply did his | completely blinding me for the instant. 1
duty iu return for a salary of so much I discomfiture was intensified by the
per year, payed him by the taxpayers of j meri 7 laughter of a beautiful young .
New York ‘ j lady, who happened to lie my assailant, ma .Y be placed across the pail, aud the
John Claucy is but twenty-three years j and m-Iio courtonsly invited me within—
old. He is no city official, "and is not in i for, bo it remembered, no etiquette is
is done, but if on old and neglected
trees, where large Mounds are to be
-uade, it I; better to do it when the sc
ore cold weather is over, but before
vegetation starts. In the climate of
New York, late in February and early
in March.
J. J. Mechi, of Tiptree Hall, England,
the renowned experimenter in practical
farming, says: “From long observa
tions I am more and more convinced
tnat a loose, friable bed for wheat is a
mistake and that compression or solidity
in the soil is a necessity to prevent the
failure of the root in taking hold of the
ground after sowing. ”
Cows in milk may be made greatly
more profitable by feeding wheat mid
dlings freely ; it will pay to feed as
high as four quarts of corn meal, and
three of M'heat middlings, to some cows
producing butter ; the butter is increas
ed in quantity and improved iu quality
and color. The kind of cow, hoMever,
is important, as some will fatten upon
this feed, while others will only increase
in milk and cream.
JVIedlcal Uinta.
Chapped oh Rough Hands.—When
making fires or sifting ashes have gloves
on. Keep an old pair expressly for this
purpose. When washing the bauds use
very little soap, and rinse it off well; dry
thoroughly.
Foit Chilbeains.—Procure a chamois
skiu (wash leather), and make two pair of
socks, or legless stockings. The leather
must be free from holes. Have these
socks to tit snugly to the feet aud come
up to the ankle. Wear next to the feet,
night and day, inside the stocking.
Having two pairs will admit of their
being changed and washed. Immediate
relief will be experienced.
To Cure Corns.—Bathe the corn with
strong borax-water, then shave it closely,
but be careful not to make it bleed.
Place over the com a white felt corn-
plaster ana WPfti
corn has disappeared. Every n ight and
morning Met the small cavity over the
corn (and in the plaster) Mith a little
borax-water, or if preferable the pulp of
a lemon. The corn-plasters can be pro
cured at any druggists.
A Vapor Bath at Home.—A vapor
bath may be easily prepared by taking a
pail about half full of hot, but not quite
boiling water, which may be placed
under a cane-bottomed chair, if one is at
hand, or if not, a narrow piece of wood
fifty-six feet in diameter, on the top of a j and, shouldering his game, resumed his
road toward the valley reftlement. Half
way down hill he reached a steep cliff,
and shifted his burden to his left
shoulder to use his right arm to better
advantage, but at the most critical mo
ment of the dangerous descent he sud
denly felt the claws of the eagle at his
neck, aud in order to save hftaself hi^l
to drop his stick, which fell down tfie
cliffs and into the bed of a mountain tor
rent. Holding on to the bird with oue
hand, he managed to reach the foot of
the precipice, where he seized the strug
gling captive by the legs, and swinging
it up, dashed its head against a rock
till its convulsions had ceased entirely.
His arrival in the village, with the tale
of his adventure, created quite a sensa
tion, but when the bird was deposited
on the ground to be examined at leisure,
it revived for the third time, struck its
claws through the hand of its captor,
and struggled to its feet, and would have
escaped after all, if the enraged miner
had not flung himself upon it, seized a
rock and hammered its head to a jelly.
water. The natural inference is, that
the mound is built up by deposit from
the water, in somewhat the same manner
as a volcanic cone is built up by its own
ejections. In the intervals between the
eruptions the basin is filled to the brim
with perfectly transparent water, hav
ing a temperature of about 170 to 180
degrees.
First. Immediately preceding the erup
tion sounds like cannonading are heard
beneath, and bubbles rise and break on
the surface of the water. Second. A
bulging of the surface is then seen, aud
the water overflows the basin. Third.
Immediately thereafter the whole of the
water in the tube and basin is shot up
ward one hundred feet high, forming a
fountain of dazzling splendor. Fourth.
The eruption of water is immediately fol
io wed jby the escape of steam with a roar
ing noise. These last two phenomena are
repeated several times, so that the foun
tain continues to play for several minutes,
until the water is sufficiently cooled, and
then all is again quiet until another erupr
tiou. The eruptions occur tolerably regu
larly every ninety minutes, and last six or
seven minutes. Throwing large stones
into the tube has the effect of bringing
on the eruption more quickly.—Papula
Science Monthly.
duty bound to risk his life for the pre
servation of others. Yet he has saved
nine lives within ten years, six of them
before the law made him a voter and his
own master. For these ten ^ives ho has
received a dollar from a Bostonian and
a small gold badge from a New Yorker
—not enough to pay for the clothes he
lias ruined. The police officer received
a heavy gold medal as a testimonial from
the Humane Society. What testimonial
ought the Buffalo boy to get ? Ho is
sober and industrious, bright eyed aud
energetic, and is now an employee of
the Pennsylvania railroad at the foot of
Desbrosses street.—New York Sun.
patient should sit on it for about half an ;
hour witii a blanket over his shoulders, |
reaching the floor to keep in the steam.
Should any faintness be felt it is a sign j
that the water is too hot, and the blauk-
! et mny be laid open for a short time to
tie, the weapons to be used being the ! allow the steam to escape. These sim-
“pomito,” an instrument charged with
scented waters. Procuring one I ac
cepted her challenge, and while defend- ! on the first appearance of a cold, would
observed during the carnival festivities.
Accepting her invitation, I was ushered
into a richly furnished apartment and
invited by her to engage in a mock bat-
How He Protected the Rabbit.
The Davenport (Iowa) Gazette s..ys :
The boa-constrictor sent to this city
from the Isthmus of Panama by consul
Thorington, last August, and presented
to the Academy of Sciences, knows hoM’
to live without food. He has eaten
nothing since it was brought here. Rats
and rabbits have been put into its cage,
but it has taken no notice of them. Tts
eyes are always closed. When it was
being taken to the new building, a
German picked it up by the head,
stretched it its full length of eight feet,
pried its mouth open, picked its teeth
with a p’n, and opened one «f its eyes,
It cc: 181 unity m-Arrrtel ^ W.* oat its tou K ne 1,8 in S mle -
lul Turr-g^ition of his services. The
man sa'l this snake’s bite was not
poisonous. A rabbit was put into the
box, and it mounted the snake, scraped
scales from its epidermis, and had a e
time with his snakeship. Other l *,. j
when put iu the pox, have cowerei j>n a
corner, trembling with fear so pi'-, 1 '’
that they have been removed very
And here lies a joke—a serious one for
the rabbit concerned. The little ani
mal Mas put in the box, end was so
l adly frightened that «i gentleman
present was moved to denounce the aet
as cruelty. So ho took possession of
the rabbit, carried it to Ids place of busi-
| ness, and gave it the liberty of his
1 shop. He M-ent out for a few minutes ;
I when he returned all that was left of the
rabbit Mas a little fur and some blood—
! rats had devoured the innocent thing !
The big rodents had little regard for
i his aversion to cruelty to animals.
,480,976,
ion gallons of Croton water
are consumed 'aily in New York.
The birthplace of the grasshopper is
in the SmUts. riger valley,
Ben CSRnese cigAr merchau (
in dan lj>&noweo, recently returned
$100,000.
The*«tati»tical bureau of Berlin esti
mates that £he total team motive power
_id equals the force of 26,000,-
000 hoists. \
Russia ^ 12,000 miles of railways iu
operation, until the late war she did
not think tby telegraph worth going to
much expense
The gas works ^p ortiand M are
crowded daily with chu- , n nu< , babj
taken ♦here to inhale the gas e _
dy tor whoring cough.
Said a lady to th^ famous actor, Gar
rick, “ I wish you were taller. “ Mad
am,” replied the wit, “ how happy H
should be to stand higher in your esfl-
matiou.”
There are 939 journals of a political
character published'An France, and the
adRunt of “caution” which they
have to deposit with the government
represents a total of 5,593,311 francs,
very nearly $1,098,889.
It occurred to a small boy of Fond-
du-Lac, Wis., that a good way to get rid
of his dog M-as to give the animal a ker
osene bath, and touch a match to
him^grThe^siilPprodiiced was bmiiaui
fh tjje extreme, the entire neighborhood
being lighted up by the flames of the
baru under which the dog, took shelter..
“ If you would Huocjed in this life, my
son,” said Tom Corwin, “ be solemn,
solemn as au ass. All the monuments of
this world are built to solemn asses.”
Artemus Ward’s father was more prac
tical. His creed was summed up in a
few words: “ My son, go forth and
‘hog’ the public.” It is a popular
creed.
CARRIED bv “a large majoritt."
He presned her to his manly breast.
She seconded the motion :
His lips on hers he fondly pressed.
There was a slight commotion.
escape.
1 pie remedies are w’ithin the reach of
every one, and if promptly resorted to,
Escaped in a Hogshead.
A few days ago, says the St. Lou's
Times, arrived iu this city a mau who
left Cuba on the 24th of December last,
and who served four years in the patriot
army. He was captain in the second
regiment second brigade of cavalry,
under the command of Maximo Gomez,
the present commauder-in-chief of the
patriot forces, who now number 28,400
men, of whom 3,000 are Americans,
principally ex-confederate soldiers. This
captain M as oue of the Stonewall Jackson
men during the period of our oi’.il war
and shortly after its termination he en
listed in the ranks of the Cuban patriots.
Under orders from Ids superior officer
bis company, numbering eighty men,
was detailed to destroy a plantation be
longing to a Spaniard, near the city of
Cardenas; but, being betrayed, the en
tire command was surrounded by a force
of 600 Spanish cavalry and all of them,
with the exception of Captain W. and
another, were killed. After a series of
thrilling adventures and narrow escapes,
Captain W. made his way in disguise
into Cardenas, and through the assist
ance of an American at that place, was
brought to the office of the American
consul, who md him placed in an empty
hogshead, rolled along the wharf and
put on board of an Italian ship bound
for Antwerp. The captain of the ship j
hove to, and put him ashore at K<?y West,
and from that point he made his way to
-this city, where he is uom’ awaiting the
receipt of letters and funds from rela
tives iu Wisconsin aud Baltimore.
riff
ing myself against her attacks Mas seized save many a dollar iu doctor’s bills.
Ballooning at the Pole.
Captain Howgate has received a letter
from M. de Fouvielle, editor of Lc
Temps, Paris, announcing that the
central section of the Geographical
Society, iu session at the French
capital, has adopted resolutions of en
couragement and approval of the Polar
expedition of which Captain Howgate is
the promoter. M. de Fouvielle is the
author of a French work entitled the
“ Drift of the Polaris,” and is also an
expert at ballooning, having made sever
nl voyages out of Paris and back during
the siege. He believes with Captain
Howgate that this means of traveling
can be made of great service in Polar
explorations. M. de Fouvielle expects
during the summer to participate in ex
periments in steering balloons by the
Gifford system. He writes relative to
this matter : “If the result equals our
expectations, the summer of 1879 M ill
doubtless M’itness some aerial expedi
tiou starting toward your Polar colony
The course you have pursued in recom
mending the use of small balloons in
the programme of the meteorologist of
the Florence (the vessel in which the
American expedition is to be made) is
already fruitful. The chief of the
meteorological service of the Imperial
Observatory, lias already recommended
their use on the strength of experi
ments.”
from behind, aud before I could offer
ary resistance M’as suddenly precipitated
into a huge t*ab of water, from which I
emerged in a sorry plight, much to the
amusement of the young lady and her
two brothers, the latter being the cause
of my misfortune. Laughing with them
at the joke they had played up^u me I
hurriedly returned to my hotel to pro
cure a change of raiment, determined to
be a little more careful iu accepting
further invitations to enter strange domi
ciles, no matter Iiom- bendtehiug or en
chanting the fair goddess might be who
reigned therein. As I hurried dowu the
street iu the direction of my hotel nay
M’et garments attracted attention, and I
became the target for showers of eggs,
the odors of which were not those from
Araby the Blest. I was indeed a sorry-
looking spectacle when I reached my
rooms.
From u Bank to a Prison.
Jacob Huntzinger of Pottsvilie, Pa.,
began life as a poor but energetic and
penurious boy. He made money, mar
ried a thrifty wife, went into timber,
land, and colliery speculations, grew
rich, and was mean to miserliness. At
length he determined to go into bank
ing. He changed the Life and Health
Insurance Company into the Miners’
Life Insurance and Trust Company, was
elected president, and bought up the
most of the stock. Deposits poured in,
and the profits were enormous, the
dividends ranging from fifteen to forty
per cent. These dividends were not,
however, earned. Th' 1 reputed million
aire made unhid
saved himself from
HoiiKi'holtl Hints.
To Wash Red Table Linen.—Use
tepid water, with a little powdered
borax, which serves to set the color ;
wash the linen separately and quickly,
using very little soap ; rinse iu tepid
Mater, containing a little boiled starch,
hang up to dry in the shade and iron
M’hen almost dry.
Lamp Wicks.—Lamp wick soaked for
a quarter of an hour iu vinegar, then
American Women.
American women take vastly better
care of themselves than formerly. They
have more acquaintance with hygienic
laws, and hold them in far higher esteem.
The days when they exposed themselves
to dampness and wintry cold, in thin
slippers and silk stockings; when they
abstained from flannels next to the skin;
uheu they pinched their waists to semi-
suffocation; when they sacrificed com
fort and health to what they conceived
dried before being put into a lamp, will | their appearance—these foolish
not smoke. Try so simple a cure.
The Ink-»Stani>.—A feM- cloves added
to ink will prevent it becoming mouldy
aud imparts a pleasant perfume. Be
sure to cover up the ink-stand when not
in use.
To Brighten a Copper Kettle.—Use
a coarse cloth, have a pad of very hot
water, soap the cloth a little, sprinkle
on plenty of pulverized borax, and rub
the boiler well; rinse off with hot water,
aud dry Mith a soft cloth. This is
much better and safer than using acid.
To Feed Youno Birds.—When canary
birds are first hatched, and until they
are able to leave the nest, they should
have every day hard-boiled egg, chopped
fine and mixed with a little craeker
crumbs; about twice a M eek a piece of
baker’s bread dipped in sweet milk, and
twice u week a little stale sponge cake.
funds of the bank,
the truth by keep
dends, but when
B
Louis Hall, a noted gambler, shot and
killed Dave Hall, a cousin, on Beaver , i OU g er possilde the
creek, in Floyd county, Ky., recently, developments she
They had been drinking and gambling
all day, and Louis had lost all his ready
cash, and while he had gone home for
more, Dave pretended to get so drunk
he couldn’t play. Louis drew his pistol
and shot Dave dead, and then cooly
turned him over, closed his eyes, and
struck for the State line. Sevt«tr
zens started in pursuit, and, ~n5Thii
him dead.
to arrest the fugitive, shot
on the part of
dent, and his so
were indicted, e<
two years in jail,
Bcoro-nnd-ten Ja(
prison cell, and In
Ma:
she geo- n< f
ing witii him.
A Big Family of Brothers.
The Sacramento (Cal.) I ’nion says
that a lady teacher iu one of the school*
of that city makes a practice of testing
the ability of her scholars by giving
them original examples iu arithmetic,
in addition to those found iu the text
book. The other day she submitted, 011
the spur of the moment, the proposi
tion : “Charles has $150 ; he purchases
various articles at such and such prices
(naming them), and then divides the re
mainder of the money among his broth
ers, giving each of them $2—how many
brothers did he have? The class
ciphered energetically for a moment, and
then first one and another commenced
to smile, and finally there was a general
'•t’ceau do 1 outburst of merriment, which was ex-
• 1 | plained when the answer to the problem
j was given : “ He bad forty-five brothers
1 and two-ninths of a brother.”
investments, and
1 y misusing the
‘ ’ icd to conceal
the big divi-
iment was no
ispended. The
-itematic fraud
,'er, the presi-
jashier. They
, sentenced to
ic age of three-
tzinger is in a
s in another.
ind unhappy days have gone forever,
have barely been known to the rising
generation. Our women now have no “
mawkish and morbid notions as to them
selves; they no longer think that to be i
unhealthy is to be attractive; that in
validism and iuterestinguess are synony
mous; that pale faces aud compressed
lungs are tokens of beauty. They dress
seasonably; they M’ear thick boots and !
warm clothes in bad and cold weather; i
they alloM’ themselves to breathe freely,
and they find their looks improved, not
injured by the M'holesome change. There
are exceptions—many of them doubtless
—but tlie rule is ns we have described,
aud the exceptions are constantly dim- i
inishiug. It may be safely said that all
sensible women are becoming, if they
have not yet become, converts to nature,
and that they heed her behests, recog
nizing the great principle that M’luit is
not natural cannot be beautiful.— Ifar-
prr’s Jiatar.
Antiquity of Nursery Rhymes.
•‘ Siug a Song of Sixpence ” is as old
as the
Blind Mice ’
dated 1690.
Living in Spile of Hygiene.
It is certainly a mystery that the in
habitants of the Ottoman empire did
not all perish years ago from pulmonary
diseases. Their feet are first swathed
in a coarse rag, which is then wound
round the lower part of the leg, and
bound tightly with twine; on the rag is |
tied a piece of sole leather hammered
into a rudely shaped sandal, with sides
rising one inch up the sides of the foot;
holes are cut in the upper edges of the
saudal and strings tied in them, aud
then fastened over the top of the foot.
It is evident that their feet are wet the
moment that they step into mud or
water over an inch iu depth. This they
are doing constantly in bad weather;
consequently, their feet are soaking wet fhe
for a week at a stretch, and yet they live
aud multiply. They violate every kuoM’ii
law of hygiene in the ventilation and
often the cleanliness of their dwelling,
; and yet their children are generally
I sturdy looking, and the adults show fair
! average physique. They sleep in rows
i on a mat laid upon the floor of their un-
l derground huts. Sometimes the floor is
covered with them, and yet they do not
j appear to suffer for want of oxygen.—
i London Times.
I’ll pat the question now, said he.
That you and I be married ;
He voted “ aye,” and “aye ” said *he •
— Decided—vote was carried.
—Lackport Union.
M. Dugue, a Parisian dramatist, liadf
nearly $20,000 itr'gold in his desk, aud
beside the gold was a sack of bright new
sous that his w’ife had long been saving
up in accordance witn the superstition
that their presence brings luck. It did,
for au enterprising burglar, taking the
sous for, 40-franc pieces, carried them
off with the next bag and left $17,600
untouched.
In Compton, Canada, a person about
to visit a friend several miles distant,
prepared a family gift in the shape of a.
turkey and plum pudding. Knowing
that ho M’onld arrive rather too Me to
have them cooked for dinner, he put u
stove on his double team, started a rous;
ing fire, and when he reached the house
of his friend both turkey and pudding
were ready for the table.
Everyday absurdities—To make your
self generally disagreeable and then won
der that nobody will visit* you. To sit
shivering in the cold because you won’t
have a fire till November. Not to go to
bed when you are tired and sleepy be
cause it is not bedtime. To make your
servants tell lies for you and afterward
be angry because they tell lies for them
selves. To tell your own secrets, and
believe other people will keep them.
“ LITTLE.”
A pompous attorney while trying a cause,
Was quizzing a witness and “ picking for Haws.'
The witness, who owed him a personal grudge.
Provoking him until he appealed to the judge.
“ I demand, rir,” he cried, with a fiery red face,
“ A little attention while trying this case.”
•• Your Honor," responded the meek little mau.
•• I'm paying as little as any one can.”
The judge, with a frown,
Looked solemnly dowu
On the “ squabble,” aud said, from the bench
where he sat - -
“ We want nothing but silence, and little ot
that."
Among the mourners at the funeral of
Engineer Hatch, of West iusted; '
Conn., M-as his mother, whose life has
been oue long story of woes. Two of
her brothers were murdered, a third was
drowned, her sister’s husband was killed
iu the war, her own husband fell dead in
Ids chair, and, finally, her only wm was
a victim of a railroad disaster. A
thanksgiving service was held on the
same afternoon in Norfolk, Conn., for
safe deliverance of over seventy
members of the congregation who were
on the train that was wrecked at Tariff-
ville.
With
sixteenth century. “Three
is found in a music-book
“ The Frog ami the Mouse ”
was licensed iu 1580. “ Three Children
Sliding on the Ice” dates from 1633.
“ Loudon Bridge is Broken n
unfathomed antiquity
Boys come out to Play
old as the reign of Charles 11.; as is also
“ Lucy Locket lost her Pocket,” to the
tune of which the American song of
“Yankee Doodle ” was written. “ Pussy
Cat, Pussy Cat, where have you been ?”
is of the age of Queen Bess. “Little
Jack Homer ” is older than the seven
teenth century. “The Old Woman
Tossed in a Blanket ” is of the reign of
Jam< s II, to which monarch it is sup-
posea to allude,— JVorld of Wonders,
Career of an Adventuress,
In an article on adventuresses, pub
lished in the Boston Bulletin, we find
the following: One of these, who wielded
a wonderfully facile pen, was au orphan,
the last of her race. She Mas graceful,
beautiful, aud a genius. At fifteen she
plunged into literature, began Miitiug
serials for the Ledyrr before she was
eighteen, and a year later was earning a
salary of $5,000 a year. But she was
cursed m ith a spirit of unrest aud un-
stability—constantly changing her local- 1 She is
itv, constantly falling iu love aud out, 1
and constantly doing things that made
people hold up their hands aud exclaim.
She wandered or rather whirled all over
the United States and Canadas; spent
six years in various parts of Europe-
went up the Nile; to the Holy Land, L
Constantinople; took up her resideEc.-
for a time in the Tn.lios fin. •*
coming back to tin 1 i 0,1 .Sta
After a year of railroad ,nd d -t
the length and breadth f tin
;e suddenly pnrehas i little
i fan.viaa distant >’•>* England
oried herself t ’ ' :t. Here
she has lived for fom years, having
hardly in that time su pped over her
property, or communicated with those
who were OKce her fi .ends—a case of a
thorough surfeit of 1’fe aud weariness
with the world at forty.
Hood used to tell a story of a hypo-
hondrioc who was in the habit, two or
three times a week, of believing himself
dying. On a certain cccasiou he had one
of his terrors while riding out in his gig,
and happening to see his family physi
cian lie applied the whip to the ho -o to
overtake the old doctor. The • " tor
pplied the whip to his om’u lor <•, and
they had a close time of it for ab< >ut thru
miles. The hypochondria'-tinu': v caiyn^
alongside the doctor and cxelp*.
“Hang it, doctor, puli uj Jioll up in
staidly ! I am dying !”
are,” cried the doctor;
any one going so fast.”
1 tl
1 n<
/
•r s.;> ’
THE IMN’INO-KOO'
lit
Oh, Bweetly-baHhful nun
girl-
With her gold-br" " n In,
curl :
•etei tlnu
> an Vela.a,
:.ti ' t oef-stcak—fpork-BteRk—mutton —
li:i>h ham— !"
- the dining-room
diat aggravating
i-’ronch meringue, and
If
An
-a > it word to her. alio bludies like a
f.-t-h.
■t-t ■ ao dreadful uervoua when she paHHCa
< ju your haah :
.rowH a aide glace at you. aaif the darling
meant
y, “ IMeaao "don’t talk tome. air. I'm
such au innocent !’*
over
\< w.
• VA
Young man, before setting out to 1
“court a girl,” supply yourself plenti-
: fully with court-plaster. This will make '
I her stick to you.
when her work is ended for the day, she
1 goes to aee
i Her deareat friend and intimate. Mis.-t Bridget
Ann Machreo ;
j And to the nightly ball they go, where mirth
and pleasure wait,
i And meet the “ byes,” who only leave them at
the garden-gate.
i Whose eyes so bright at six o'clock— whose
step so light and free—
i As this awefL modest little girl who went to
bed- at three ?
Who sajiS she isn’t all she aeema? “Another
cuijtof tea”—
And findinf^Cault is not th^tbinr tor either
you or.*©. „
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