The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, November 17, 1885, Image 3
Transposition.
Tho winter leaves wero bare and sere,
And naked wools woru blank oud <lroiu\
Nor bud, not' flower had thought to start.
;x,i "Oh! beautiful, fau* world" I cred?
And pressed the waun lips of uiy bndo;
Sweet Suuimer-tUno reigned in my heart.
It.
"The wealth|of bloom and song wan lont
To perfect summers blandishment,
And woo man to her with soft art;
"Oh! cold, bleak world," I wept andsighod,
And Kissed lhe|uumi> lips 01 my ur.de,
Deop Wimor lay within iny heart.
Harry Wood, in the Current.
A PROLONGED VISIT.
"Oh, p3liaw!" said Paul Romer.
"But reallyl" pleaded Helen, his
tair-haired young sister, with the Madonna
eyes?"reaHy now, Faul! For
" the meadows never looked so lovely,
and Crystal Falls never rushed over
the rocks Jn such a sheet of foam before,
and Kate Bonney never has been
in the country."
"Let her come!" said grandma,
^beamingly. "Poor creature! I can't
fancv what folks feel like who have
mever been in the country."
"And only think of her being
\ -obliged to spend her vacation in that
torrid, stuffy, onion-and-cabbage
-smelling boarding-house," added Helen.
"Please, Paul, mayn't I write for
!her to come? Mayn't I have old sorTfil
And t.hn Wiirrnn t.r* mpfit. hor nt. t.lm
station ?"
"Of course you may," said the good"humored
young, farmer, putting up
*)oth his hands with a gesture of despair.
"Don't I know that you two
women are bound to have your Own
"way in any event? But mind you?
no city airs and graces for me. If I
find I can't stand your elegant young
'saleslady,' I shall take my rod and
gun, and go up into the mountains
until the coast is clear."
"No one can help liking Kate Bonney/'
said Helen, with decision.
^ - T never saw a girl yet, except you
=ana x'ony, saia i'am rtomer, "that l
didn't consider a first-class bore."
;*-o But Polly sympathized warmly with
the unknown presence; and grandma
herself went up stairs to make sure
"that the west bed-room was well-aired,
and that the linen sheets were clean
and perfumed with dried sweet clover,
while Helen sat down and wrote a
warm and enthusiastic letter to Kate
\ iBonney, who stood at the same counter
with her at Messrs. Sell & Mako-change's
dry-goods store in New York.
Kate Bonney hesitated a little before
she dared to accord herself so
- 1 " ?
gieitv a iiiippmess as iQia. one naa
?lways lived a lonely, life since her paTents
had died on the passage over
from England, and left her a solitary
orphan. What right had she to obtrude
herself into the warm, social
glow, of other people's homes? And
yet?and yet it was such a temptation!
w,,. Such a temptat:on! Kate Bonney
> rcould not resist it. She wrote:
if "I will come!"
It was mid-haying time, and all the
iv, *neadows and hillsides smelt sweet
' when the train stopped at the quiet
& little Connecticut station among the
balsamic woods.
There was Helen, in a cozy little
IV wagon, holding the reins of a sleepy
old sorrel horse; there were wild-roseR
tv all in bloom; there were acres and
' acres of daisies stretching out towards
the sunset.
Involuntarily Kate gave a cry of
delight.
"Oh, Helen," she cried, "how could
| you ever leave this lovely place to
come to the city ?"
Helen gave a grimace.
"All very well for a few weeks in
midsummer," said she, "but it is so
'% dismally, terribly, forlornly dreary all
the year around! But jump In. We're
waiting tea for you at home!"
> ' And such a tea! Raspberries, with
teal cream; crisp, green lettuce-heads,
just out of the garden; trout which
, balf an hour ago were leaping in the
|;-.v. brook; and a broiled .chicken, which
Kate Bonney scarcely dared to eat, so
|V -entirely had she associated it with
high prices in the restaurant bills of
fare, while grandma looked smilingly
on, and a delicious atmosphere of home
Jv seemed to pervade everything.
> And Paul, too?how handsome he
3 was, with that broad, sunbrowned
brow, and the roguish sparkle in the
V* clear blue eyes, that were so much like
Helen's.
/v And at night the air was so cool and
^ refreshing, a id they all sat out upon
- < the porch, and a night-bird came and
sang to them from the big oak-tree on
'ey the edge of the woods; and when Kate
< ^onney went to bed, she dreamed the {
?weetest, brightest dreams that ever
ha an ted a maiden's pillow.
' Row quickly those two w6eks fled
?away! To Kate it was as if the hours
Ki -were actually winged. Woodland receases,
impromptu picnics, walks be^^#lde
singing rivulets, and on tb
&> {wlemn edge of mountain cliffs; learning
to milk cows, to feed chickens; to
put togethor the puzzling blocks
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grandma's "Irish chain" bed-quilt; t(
make corn Johnny-cakes, and gathei
the great, juicy berries, which were
beginning to ripen alon<? the blackberry
vines; to dress her hat with pop
pies and ferns, to distinguish th(
whistle of the cat-bird from tho "chirrup,
chirrup, chee-ee" of the robin
It was as if some new page of the
volume of existence were opened tc
the New York shop-girL
While Helen and Polly were over
joyed to see how much interest Paul
took in promoting all these useful
studies?Paul, the ostentatiously-professed
old bachelor?Paul, the scornei
of city damsels.
And grandma was so innocently
pleased at seeing "the children happy"
that it did one good even to look at
her.
"Only three more days," said Kate
Bonnev. "Oh. Hfilon. wr muat. hp
very happy indeed for ther.e three last
days!"
"Oh, of course," said Helen. "But
I'm not sure. Kate, that I shall not be
glad to be back within the sound of
the elevated roads again."
"How can you talk so?" said Kate,
eagerly. "How can you compare this
free, wild, satisfying life with that
stuffy little store in the city, with the
brick walls all around it?"
And glancing up, Helen intercepted
the sudden light of Paul's eyes, as he
looked across at the enthusiastic young
speaker.
"How interested Paul is!" she said
to herself. "I wonder? But of
course he would never dream of such
a thing as thatl"
The next morning, when the girla
came down to breakfast, there was a
troubled look on grandma's kind face;
Polly was decidedly out of humor, and
Paul Romer's seat was vacant.
Kate looked surprised; Helen cried
out at once:
""^There is Paul?"
"He's took hi3 rod and gun, and
gone up to Mount Casco," said grandma.
"He said he wanted to see how
the trout was in Clear Lake; and he
said, tell you he wouldn't most likely
be back till sunset."
Kate looked disappointed, but she
Baid nothing; Polly bit her lip, and
helped them all to toast.
"A pretty cavalier!" cried Helen
"When he knew perfectly well that
we depended upon him to show us the
way to View Peak!"
But there was an uneasy expression
on her brow, and once or twice she
lost herself in thought.
"Was Paul really tiring of their visitor?
Had she encouraged Kate to
prolong her visit to too extended a
period? Should she never dare to invite
her there again?
The two girls went to View Peak
alone, but they did not enjoy the walk
nearly ao much as they had expected,
and both were a little inclined to be
silent and depressed, as they returned
to the farm-house again.
Kate Bonney sat down in the porch,
taking oif her hat to let the cool
breezes blow through her lovely masses
of dark hair.
Helen went into the house to put
ner ierns ana wna Harebells in water.
"Oh, Paul I" Kate could hear her
voice exclaim, from the little room
beyond the kitchen, "you are here?
What a lot of splendid fish! But what
made you play us such a trick this
morning? You are not tired of Kate
Bonney already?"
"Tired of her?" repeated Paul Homer's
deep, sweet voice. "No, Helenl
It is because I have allowed myself to
become too deeply interested in her
already that I dared to risk no more.
I am a plain farmer, and can never
hope to become anything more ambitious.
She has the prospect of infinite
possibilities before her, and?"
"Stop?oh, please stop!" uttered a
soft, pleading voice; and then they
both saw Kate Bonney in their midst.
"I?I couldn't help hearing what you
said. Please?please don't say any
morel"
-x>ui? j? inuho any morei" aociared
Paul Romer. "1 have already said so
much that it only rests with me to
confess the whole truth, and let you,
Miss Bonney, judge for me as well ae
yourself. As I said before, I am a
plain farmer. You are a city young
lady. Do you think you could be contented
here, in this dull corner of the
globe, all your life long?"
"I think it is the sweetest place the
world can give," confessed Kate, hanging
down her head.
"Would you think it bold and un?
called for if I were to ask you to staj
here with me, my wife, my guardian
angel?" vehemently went on Paul.
"Yes, I know it is audacious, but I am
driven by an inexorable fate. I love
you, Kate. Tell me, will yon b<
mine?"
Byway of answer, she put her han<3
into his extended palm.
"And I, too, have learned to lov?
you, Paul," she said. "Oh, X nerw
dared hope for such happiness as this!*
v,;vv. .
> They were quietly married, the m
: week, and Kate entered raptlou
? Into the congenial occupation of
farmer's wife, while Helen went bj
to New York, well satisfied with i
) turn that things had taken.
"Kate is the dearest little sister
. all the world!" said Helen. "AndP
) is so happy that the thing is absolu
> ly contagiousl And as for grandmi
one can't tell whether she loves Iv
. best or Kate loves her! Ilelgh-ho!
I wonder if I shall ever find my idea
[ Which, considering that Miss lion
was only nineteen, was a strange s
of thing to wonder about For, so
er or later, do not all girls find t,h
- "ideals?"?Ruth Hansonu
A Plucky Minister.
Day before yesterday, while rid
( along a mountain road, a cert
( preacher, who occupies a pulpit no
thousand miles from Chico, was "li
up" by a road agent. Tlio highw
man had disguised himself by thrc
lag a grain bag over his head, and
i his hands he carried a rifle. It \
evident the outlaw knew who his \
tim was, for he remarked in a vi
sharp, loud tone of voice; "Here, 3
old Gospel sharp, don't move a finj
: or I'll let daylight through that pi(
head of yours. Step out of that bug
mighty quick and produce vour w
likewise your watch and chain."
No matter how much courage
man usually has, his bravery ji
oozes right out of him when he lot
into the muzzle of a gun, behind wh
stands a desperado. But our niir
terial friend was made of "gamestu
and did not show the least sign
alarm. He politely told the man
lower his gun, else it might accide
ally go off and hurt somebody. I
seeming courage somewhat nonplus
the highwayman, and he compl
with the parsons request. The mit
ter then argued the point about givi
up his money, lectured the man
<4 being an outlaw, and finally told h
he would not, even under the circu
stances, separate with a cent of mor
or his time-piece.
"Now, look here, my dear frien
said the highwayman, "your talk
pretty smart and your advice is kii
but this is my regular business, a
I'll be eternally sfhashed if I'm goi
to let a pulpit-pounder like you inji
a fellDw's trade. Proceed to shell o
and be quick 1"
The minister said nothing in rep
but quickly snatched a shotgun (w
which he had been hunting) from i
der his buggy robe, leveled it at 1
road agent and told him to drop
gun. This was done without aseco
bidding. The minister then compel
the man to climb down an embai
ment, after which he dismounted fr
the buggy and took possession of 1
rifle. A note from the reverend gi
tleman requests that his name be 1
from any newspaper comment, hei
it does not appear in this articl(
Chiao (Cal.) Chronicle.
Arctic Explorations.
From 1496 to 1857 there were 1
voyages and lund journeys undertak
by governments and explorers of I
rope and America to investigate i
unknow region around the north pc
Of these sixty-three went to the norl
west, twenty-nine via Behring Strt
and the rest to the northeast or d
north. Since 1857 there have been 1
notable expeditions of Dr. Hayes,
Captain Hall, those of Nordeoskjc
sent by the Swedish Government, a
others sent b/ Germany, Russia, a
' Denmark; three voyages made
James Lamont, of the Royal Geograj
ical Society, England, at his own
pense; the expeditions of Sir Geo]
Nares, of Leigh Smith, and that of i
ill-fated' Jeanette; the search expe
tions of the Tigress, the Juniata, a
' those sent to rescue Lieutens
G-reely; further, all the expenditic
fittted out under the auspices of 1
Polar expedition?in which the Gre
expedition was included?and a nu
ber of minor voyages, making a to
1 of some sixty exploring journeys
' these twenty-seven years. ?Ini
' Ocean.
i Singular Hindoo Superstition.
, The police at Hyderabad have s
; ceeded in arresting four parh
. charged with desecrating graves 01
> large scale for a singular superstitic
purpose. The graves of childi
i freshly buried were the special objg
of their operations. The head of 1
band, a Poojaree named Appaw
- used to cut out the larire blood veaa
r connected with the head and neck
l the disinterred children, and sub
quently employ them in the conc
l tion of an ointment whicb, he told
s dupes, when applied to the eyel
> conferred the powez of seeing hide
treasures. The detection of the r
I flans was caused by the visit one nf.j
f a mother to the grave of her chi
) buried only that day. She surpri
r them at their work, and at oi
' brought the police.?St. Jam* Gas*
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TOPICS OP THE DAY. L
sly ai
; H In commeading the proposition to
ick change the date of the national 81
the thanksgiving to October 12, the day tl
on which Columbus first sighted the e:
1_ Allllnlno lolnfa n# "XT tu- _
IU vuujiuj^ <0101/0 UJ. I/UC 11DYY )T U11U, IUD Ql
aul Toronto Globe asks why Canada should it
,te- not join with the people of the United pi
%?. States, aJ
ato
1 The great cathedral of St. Peter at
1?" Moscow, built to commemorate the re- S<
uer lease of that city from the French in- tc
ort vasion, is now almost completed, and 6,
on- it is said that its vast cupolas rival in 2;
eir coloring with the gold and scarlet of 3<
the sun. They are five in number, O
aud no less than nine hundred pounds di
of gold were used in overlaying them. -A
'n6 The doors of the temple cost $310,000, ni
a*a and upon the marble floors were ex- It
^a pended $1,500,000. Ten thousand lr
eld worshipers can be comfortable, if their G
?y- souls will let them, within this $12,- H
,w" 500,000 temple. ei
in n
va9 Cocoanut cellulose is a new sub- ic
ic" stance, and if it possesses the quality w
ery claimed for it, England may go back T
ou to her wooden walls with safety and P1
?er beat up her self-destructive rams for 4'
>us old iron. The patentees claim that a C
'^y ship cannot be sunk by shot or shell ai
ad' if only she had taken the precaution
of coming into the fight with this pe- ^
a culiar tissue as a great coat. "When a T
U9t shot, no matter what its dimensions, in
strikes the side of a frigate the carpen- ei
ich ter and his mates need not jump to G
cram in the old-time plugs, for the
^ cellulose immediately closes, and a
of drop of water will not enter. ,
to 81
nf tt
The science of criminal man will .
receive especial attention at the An- ,
ipd .. . - . - - - -
| tnropological Congress which is short- tI
ly to be held at Home, and a curious j
'*s" j feature of the meeting will be an ex- ^
n3 hibition illustrating this subject.
^olf Here the student will find a collection
of 700 classified skulls of criminals, 0
m" with the photographs of 3000 convicts ^
ie^ and the brains of more than 150. Wax ^
masks of a large number of criminal
celebrities will also be shown. To
ia these will be added many specimens of
the literary and mechanical work of ?
_ j ^
criminals; a record of physical and
in8 moral observations on 500 criminals ^
lra and on 300 ordinary men; graphic
ut maps of crime in Europe with reference
to climate, food, institutions, suicide,
etc,; and tables of the stature of
fth cc
criminals in relation to the length of aJ
ln" the arms, and of crime in towns comLhfl
pared with that in the country. ,
his a<
nd
The investigation of thunder storms T
to 1 !? . ? -> * *
I ta ucvuiuiuu luuio ttiiu iuuru a specialty Ql
1 ~ I with scientific men. France has made
om I an important study of them for a j
| number of years. Bavaria and Bel- ?
an. . a
gium have more recently taken them u,
e ; up, and in our own country, as well as
100 BlsewLr:*}, considerable has been un- ^
* flertaken in this direction. In a re- aj
cent report by Lancaster, on the
famous storm of 1879 in Belgium, the pj
^ conclusions previously announced w
!ea there are confirmed, namely, that ^
|,u thunder storms occur only iu the
tl southeast quadrant of the barometric m
>l0 depressions, or great cyclonic storms j0
that frequently sweep across temper- w
ate latitudes. But there still remains rj
u0 j to be found the actual meclfanism of tr
| thunder storms, concerning which so
of ' mrtny ?pini?ns have been put forth.
| Lt is thought that the matter will gl
J ; probably remain in doubt until settled
ind : ^ the same kind of investigation that
. i demonstrated the inward spiral path D
. I if cyclonic winds?synoptic charts for n<
ex * stormy afternoon, with hourly or n<
&ven half-hourly intervals, and stations .?
LgU ' tl
the 3n^ a ra*le or two aPart? prob- ^
|(jj_ ably settle the question "beyond dis- n<
md Pute- . be
int m
>n3 The ^English cooperative societies
the ! 'mve transacted a business during the ac
el | past twenty years amounting to al
m i $1,400,-000,000. The profits were w
taj $106,0 jP,000. There are 1264 societies*, fe
in with about 700,000 members, repre- VJ
er_ renting heads of families, making in a.
all 2,750,000 people. The sales for the at
year 1882 were $130,000,000; profits, ^
$10,000,000; capital, $43,000,000. The E
uc- | increase of capital in ten years was
ihs 160 per cent The cooperative manual
a a which famishes these figures goes into
tus ? vast amount of detail to show the tc
ren operations of these societies. The hi
cts movement took its present shape in pi
:he 1864, when the membership was 17, of
oo. 500. In four years the membership at
tels was 75,000; in seven years, 115,000. cc
of The movement took wholesale propor- I
...1- T_ 1000 iL. .1
ae- Muus verjr wany. an 1000 me uryoc
goods branch of tho business involved w
his a capital of $1,000,000. Furniture gi
ids was dealt in, butter agencies were w
len opened in Ireland and houses were cat
uf- opened in Hanburg and Copenhagen in
?ht for the transaction of business. The m
[Id. societies hare now their own fleet, di
se'J They have agencies in New York, tt
qci where in one year over $100,000,000 di
rtti was handled. They have depots at w
J-.
&&''>' ' * / * ' <. I * :". *,' <' <?' '
?^
Iverpool, Manchester and elsewhere,
ad they Insure their own property.
They make crackers, boots and
loes, and soaps. They do much oj 31
lelr own milling, and are every year R
cpanding their operations in a man- ?
Br which shows that there is ability ?
l the working classes when it ig p
roperly selected to manage their own I
flairs. si
a
The Bulletin of the Geographica] ^
ociety of Marseilles estimates thq ti
>tal number of Jews in the world at j
377,602; that is 5,407,002 in Europe
15,000 in Asia, 413,000 in Africa,
30,000 in America, and 12,000 in ^
ceanica. The European Jews arq ^
istributed as follows: 1,643,708 iij
.ustria-Hungary, 561,612 in Gerlany,
60,000 in Great Britain, 3.00C *
i Belgium, 3,946 in Denmark, 1,90C
k Spain, 70,000 in France, 2,652 in
reece, 7,373 in Switzerland, 8,693 iq
[olland, 36,289 in Italy, 600 in Lux* ?
nburg, 200 in Portugal, 260,000 in
oumania, 2,552,145 in Russia, 3,492
t Servia, 3,000 in Sweden and Nor? 8
ay, and 116,000 in European Turkey. ?
hero are about 150,000 in the Asiatic 1
rovinces of Turkey, 15,000 in Persia,
7,000 in Asiatic Russia, in India and
hina 19,000, and 14,000 in Turkestan b
id Afghanistan. In Africa there are n
jout 35,000 in Algeria, 100,000 in n
.oroceo, 55,000 in Tunis, 6,000 in S
ripoli, 200,000 in Abyssinia, 8,000 *
i Egypt, 8,000 scattered over the des- o
t, and about 1,000 at the Cape of &
ood Hope. *
The Dubious Man.
My son, if you can be positive I am
ad of it. I like to see a man positive j'
iat he knows what he knows. I am
ad to hear you talk as though you ^
lew all about. It. T rin aHmtm a
ve character. Alas, therein do 3 n
ck. I am not skeptical, but I am
ot a positive man. 1 am not really ?
)sitive about scarcely anything. 1 ^
ive been taught from childhood that
and 2 make four, and I believe it,
at if you rush at me and cross ques- *
on me and coiner me about K, I will
we to own up that all I know about k
is what the teacher told me. 1 u
>n't think my teacher would lie about e
little thing like that. If it were f 11
lestion of millions now, there might c
3 some temptation to slip a thousand *
two on a poor ignorant fellow wh< 1
dn't know anything about it. I am 1
ot positive when America was dis- ^
>vered aor who discovered it. Then
e claimants all the way from the *
st tribes of Israel and Eric the Rad 1
)wn to Oscar Wilde. How am 1 tc c
aow? 1 am not even positive when I*1
will pay my debts. And thi3 griev- *
is lack of positiveness (is there such
word?) makes me dread controversy,
had rather give in to a positive man
week than dispute with him ten mintes,
because he is positive about everyling
and I am positive in nothing
rhy, even after he has silenced me 1
n not positive that he is right. I am
at even positive that he is positive,
e says he is, but I don't know. So I
ait?I am very patient, and often it
tppens, I may say it always happens,
tat a few days, a few weeks, a few
lonths, or a year, even?a year is not
ng, shows that he was altogether
rong and that I was unquestionably
ght on every point. And then how
iumphantly I hunt him up, and call
p the whole question again, and glory
/er him, and ride over him rough
lod, and say to him, "There; what
id I tell you? Didn't 1 say so?
Wasn't I right? Didn't I warn you}
ian i, jl Know/ Are you convinced '
>w, you pig headed old colossus of igjrance
and presumption ? The next
me I tell you a thing is so you'll
now that it is so, whether it is or
>t." That's triumph for you, my
>y. But ah, me, I so often grieve over
iy lack of positive conviction. Do
mi cultivate a positive character, my
>n. And when you know it about
lcome down and stay a few .days
ith me. I'll try to lead you Into a
iw ambiguous pits which I have
iguely dug here and there about my
jocryphal grounds in an indetermin
e sort of way for my absolute friends *
? fall into.?BuriUtte in Brooklyn c
agle, c
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A Falr-Hlnded Cat. c
"I once had a cat who always sat up {
?the dinner table with me, and had
s napkin round his neck, and his '
ate and some fish. He used his paw,
1 course, but he was very particular, j
id behaved with extraordinary de- t
irum. When he had Qnished his fish i
sometimes gave him a piece of mine, g
'One day he was not to be found j
hen the dinner bell rang, so we be- r
in without him. Just as the plates j
ere put round for the entree, puss
ime rushing up stairs and sprang a
to his chair, with two mice in his c
outh. Before he conld be stopped h^ ?
ropped a mouse on hie own plate, and \
ten one on mine. He divided his i
nner with me, as I had divided mine p
ith him."?New Moon. g
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SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.
A number of granite rocks have
sen found by Indians on the Snake
iver, Oregon, which contain impresons
of deer and bear feet, and one of
'hich has a very distinct human footprint.
People living in pine forests are
aid to have immunity from climate
nd contagious diseases, and singers
ave found their influence beneGcial
o the voice. So says the Medical
Vovld.
A Japanese has discovered u process
f making paper from seaweeds. *It is
tiick in texture, .and owing to its
riinsparency can be substituted for
;lass in windows, and when colored
lakes an excellent imitation of stained'
iass.
The recent experiments on the
British coast to test the relative merits
f oil, gas and electricity for lightouses,
have resulted in the decision of
he committee that oil is the most
uitable and economical illuminant for
rdinary necessities, and that elecricity
offers the greatest advantages
,'hen very powerful light is needed
In countries having marked winter
easons earthquakes are found to be
lore frequent in winter than in sumner.
Dr. Knott, of the Seismological
ociety of Japan, finds only two posiblo
meteorological reasons for this?
ne being the stress of accumulated
now and the other that of high baometiic
pressure during the cold seaon.
The expression of the eyes of perons
killed by violence is considered an
mportant matter in criminal jurispruence,
but its value has been greatly
esseued by reason of its evanescent
iature. A French scientist has found
, means of restoring the life-like ex
ireasion. It consists in applying a
ew drop3 of glycerine and water to
he cornea.
Henry Dalton, the late eminent
English inicroscopist, used to make on
[lass from the scales and hair of Brailian
butterflies the representation of
, bouquet, which, seen through a powrful
instrument, showed eighty-two
iistinct flowers of various shades and
olors. To the naked eye the bouquet
ooked like a small shot. There are
tot more than fifty Dalton slides in
his country, and they can scarcely be
>urchased for love or money. Gray's
Slegy, containing thirty-two verses,
ins been photographed by the aid of a
nicroscopp on a slide within a space
>f one-tenth of an inch square, and is
perfectly legible when read through a
jowerful instrument.
The First Inventor of Printing.
Mr. Ireland, in his "Picturesque
Pour through Holland, Brabant and
larts of France in 1879," gives the folowing
account of the inventor ot
irinting when describing the city of
[Iarlem:
"Ilarlem claims the invention of the
irt of printing. It is attributed to
Lawrence Koster, an aldermau of this
:ity, in 1440, whose house is yet standng
in the marketplace opposite the
rhurch. Amusing himself one day in
he neighboring wood with cutting the
>;irk of trees into letters that formfed
he initials of his name, he is said to ,
lave laid them on paper, and, falling
isleep, when he awoke observed that
rom the due their form was impressd
on the paper. This accident inluced
him to make further experinents.
He next cut his letters in
vuod and, dipping them in a glutin>us
liquid, impressed them on paper,
vhicli he found an improvement, and
oon after, substituting leaden anc
jewter letters, erected a press in his
touse, thus laying the foundation of
he noble art which has thence graduilly
risen to its present excellence,
rhe art, it is said, was stolen from
tim by his servant, John Fnustus,
vho conveyed it to Mentz, and from
he novelty of the discovery, soon acluired
the title of doctor and conjuror.
The original specimens are at the
ibrary in the Town Hall. The first
s on a leaf of parchment, and the seo>nd
and third on paper, printed only
m one side, and the corners left blank '
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iuts representing the Creation and, ar
t is called, Lucifer's FalL
A New Core for Obesity.
Dr. Germain See read a paper at the
French Academy of Medicine a day 01
wo ago on the treatment of obesity.
Che method which he recommends for
retting rid of superfluous flesh is simile.
and does not involve ma mmm ?
egimen as that prescribed by the lake
!r. Banting. Azotited food is, the
loctor holds, the great cause of fat;
ind accordingly he insists on a sparing
onsumption of meat. Alcoholic bevrnges
he proscribes, but he allows the
ictlnis of corpulency as much tea m
hey can drink. This is the entire
programme, and Professor Germain
lee is confident that it suffices.
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