The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, July 06, 1886, Image 2
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\ A Baptist missionary in China write. I
Ihome that what an American fiunih ;
I throws away in a year would keep t.
dozen Chinese families; and what a Chiinese
family throws away in the same tim?
, would not feed a mouse.
* During the trip of a small steamer up ,
the Fox River, Wisconsin, which oc- j
icurred one night recently, the crew wai ,
startled by hearing a German call out
1 "Vat vou doin?r mifc mv hnefurn?" Tn.
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vestigation developed the fact that th? j j
steamer bad wandered with- tbo flood
over a portion of the German's farm,
V . and the irate Teuton thought they wert J
about to rob him. r
Near Charlottt Harbor, Fla., is a coast *
where one can wade over fifteen hundred (
feet from the shore. In certain seasons
this platfc is alive with men, axes in ^
hand, who await the large fish that seek
the place as means of escaping from their
arch enemy the porpoises. The men *
easily kill the fish with their axes, as tbo ^
water is as transparent as glass, and they
can see how to strike them without any ^
difficulty.
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The Missionary Herald tells how the a
Turkish government extorts taxes from d
its poor subjects. Ono poor woman, it g
8ays,was tied to a tree with a largo bag of ei
stones about her neck, for the purpose of
compelling her to pay taxes. In another ^
place a sick man had his bed taken from .
him and sold; other persons are beaten I J1
and some are sent to prison. It is a sad j j*
crv nf nnvprfv whinh nnur r-nnmo I
f M vv'tt&WO UjJ 11U1U J,
all parts of the Turkish empire. ^
Thirteen boys in the school at Areola, ei
111., struck against further study when li
called in after recess. The toacher, who ai
apparently is a born diplomatist, called p
up the thirteen largest girls in the room, qi
told them of the state of affairs, and tc
ordered them to march out aud each bl
bring in a boy. "Within three minutes pi
and a half a baker's dozen of lads with d
very red faces were trying to study holes li:
in their books, and have beon too busy p
since to talk about the sad affair. se
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A curious flower was recently discover
ed on the isthmus of Tehauntepec, Mexico. ^
It has a faculty of changing its color dur- m
ing the day. It grows on a tree. An- je
other peculiarity of this floral chameleon
is that it only gives out perfume at noon- ^
tame. Une of the strangest things about te
this flower, however, is that it should be fa
found in Mexico, when its colors are those
of the United States flag. In the morning
it white, at noon it changes to red,
and at night it adopts a soft blue
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color.
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Tobacco blindness is becoming a com- tli
mon affliction. At present there are sev- te
eral persons under treatment for it at one er
London hospital. It first takes the form bn
of color blindness, the suHerers who have nc
smoked themselves into this condition hn
being quite unable to distinguish the he
color of a piece of red cloth held up be- a
fore them. Sometimes the victim loses flj
his eyesight altogether. Although srnok it
ing is to a large extent the cause of the
malady, and so gives it its name, heavy sta
* drinking is also partly responsible. lot
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American inquisitiveness and ingenui- by
ty united have produced thread made j A
from the blossoms of the common milk
AJ
weed, which has the consistency and tenacity
of imported flax or linen thread, wt(
and is produced at much less cost. Tho W(
fibre is long, easily carded and may be
readily adapted to spinning upon an or- s^,
dinary flax spinner. It has the smoothness
and lustre of silk, rendering it valuable-for
sewing machine use. The weed. pj(
is common throughout this country, but
grows profusely at the south. The ma- no
terial costs nothing for cultivation, and mu
gathering is as cheaply done as that of cr?
eotton.
\ At the close of 1878 there were only gn
156 firms engaged in the silk manufac- m5
ture, in all its branches, in the country, tec
of which 30 were in New Jersey, G1 in s^g
Maw Vnrl' Ot ^ %-? "?1 - * 1
_.w.. wu xn i (. iiusjivaiiiu, '&'& in
Connecticut, and the others scattering.
The total capital invested in the industry
was only $15,988,877; the total products
were valued at $19,894,874, and the operatives
numbered only 10, G51. By 1879
the figures given for the whole country. ^
six years before little more than covered ^
the silk interests of Paterson alone,
which then had 102 firms and corporaBin
tions engaged in it, employing 12,599
hands, with $9,955,500 invested, and ma
cor
produced $12,172,995 worth of goods ^
that year. Since then the industry has .
made still further progress. 1S'^
A mad donkey at Mentone, France, fiv<
has just provided M. Pasteur with two J
ucn jmuuiius. xue animni, which bod cer
itself been bitten by a mud dog, attacked 1
its owner and a veterinary surgeon who an<
came to treat it, inflicting severe bites on fiv
thorn both; and they both started im- ]
mediately for Paris, bringing with them wL
the brains of the ass which had done the fiv<
mischief. They are not the only sufferers ]
by the accident, which lias cast a slur, in dei
local estimation jit least, on the whole cei
family of quadrupeds to which the
offending animal belongs. The moun- . ^
tain excursions on donkey-back, in ln?
which visitors to those parts were in the
habit of indulging, have fallen into tem- cx<
^ porary disfavor; and the donkey-boys. i
have been heavy losers by the lull iu ^u:
t their industry. eyi
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The general public is not aware of th?
existence of a medal of honor which i;
conferred by vote of congress on officers
m'l enlisted men in the naval and military
service of the Unit-id State?. The
iiitiiuui iu wuicu mis uecorauon is conferred
is not calculated to render il
svidely known, as it is always voted on
in a hurry, along with a lot of othci
outine military business, and sent to its
ivinn-r by mail without the least cereuony.
The medal was created during
he civil war and has many wearers.
A Centralia, (Kan.) p-iper bursts into a
)a?an of joy over the arrival of a family
is follows: "The glorious State of Kanms
received an addition of thirteen vobe?-?
in one family the other day by the
(migration to Sonaca of Lora Grendalil
md family from LaCrosse, Wis. Mr.
Jrendahl is the happy father of twelve
ons. Two years ago he had but six. A
>air of twins were then born, and two
lontlis ago, he received a further remarkable
addition of four sons at one
iresentation. The four together weighed
wenty pounds, and although they are
ow j months old, there arc as lively
s young cnckcts, and growing as though
etcrminod to prove an exception to the
eneral fate of quadruplets of dying
arly."
In Auckland, New Zealand, according
3 an American visitor, an American is
nmediataly struck by the dissimilarity
lanifestod, both in requirements and in
leas, to his own home. Butchering estabshments,with
huge open fronts, aresituted
besides music warehouses. Station-y
shops, their walls covered with books,
kc the interior of a library, and saddle
id harness-makers, with windows dislaying
bridles, bits and spurs, arc fre
iient features. Dry goods stores abound
> at least the number of three in each
lock. Their windows filled with fjay
rints and colicoes, the light summer
resscs of the ladies and the numerous
sjht coats and straw hats of passing
edestrians bear ample evidence to the
imi-tropical nature of the climate,
here are no saloons in Auckland, as a
rictly enforced licensing law compels
ic owners of hotels to provide accomodations
for a certain number of travclrs.
Each hotel, however, has a drinkig
bar in connection with it, from bend
which typical British barmaids atnd
to the requirements of thirsty wayrers.
A Wonderful Shot.
In his book, "The Witchery of Archy,"
Maurice Thompson relates his ad
:ntures with ''Tommy," an Indian uh)
as n skilful archer. lie says: From
ie first I recognized Tommy as my masr
in th6 noble science and art of archil-,
and I labored hard to win his approttion
by some achievement worthy his
>tice. At last I accomplished this. He
id a very broad-feathered arrow which
1 had named "floo-lioo," on account of
peculiar roaring sound it made while
ing through the air. You could hear j
200 yards. I
One day he shot this arrow at a plover I
inding on a point of sand. It went
idly whizzing just over the bird's back,
iking it settle low down as if struck at
a hawk and frightened out of its wits,
vas at Tommy's side when he shot,
be bird was a good hundred yard
ny. lie did not miss it a foot. Now
is my time and I settled myself to my
>rk.
Selecting a light, nfirrow-feathcrcd
lift, I planted my feet firmly, measured
2 distance carefully with my eye, drew
my ear and let go. It was a glorious
ice of luck and good shooting comled.
The arrow went like a thought,
iselessly, unwaveringly straight to the
iriv, uutiing tne game through the
lw, killing it on the spot. I leaned on
r bow with as much nonchalance and
ice as I could command, while Tomr
gave me my meed of praise. He patl
me on the back and wagged his head
nificantly; he grunted in various keys,
3 finally wound up with:
"Beat! ugh! nice! good!"
Quick Sales and Small Profits.
A. mm afflicted with deafness took a
;scription to a Topcka druggists, who
ed it with care and the latest style.
ie deaf man asked the price,
icn' the following talk occurred:
Druggist (leaning on the counter and
iling in a won't-you-pay-up
nner) ? The price is seventy-five
its.
Deaf Customer?Five cents. Here it
Druggist (in a louder voice)?Sevcntye
cents, please.
Deaf Customer?Well, there's your five
its.
rv_..?:.a - -
urmygiai. v.m a very loud voico
1 very firm manner)?I said seventye
cents.
Deaf Customer (getting angry)?-Well,
iat more do you want? I just gave you
b cents.
Druggist (sotto voce)?"Well, go to the
nee with your mcdicine, I made three
its, any way.?Drug Record.
Rcccnt investigation shows the existj
navy of Great Britain cost $210,000,),
and that its present value does not
;eed $00,000,000.
h. factory in Madison, Miss.,
ns out 110 barrel* of cotton seed oil
jry week.
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, ] Tlio Pioneers.
I I Rouso! brothers, rouse! we've fur to travel,
Freoos the winds we lovo to roam,
Far through the prairio, far through the
forest,
Over tho mountains we'll And a homo.
Wo cannot breathe in crowded cities,
i We're strangore to tho ways of trade;
| We long to foel tho grass beneath us,
And ply tho hatclict and the spade.
Meadows and hills and ancient woodlands
Olfer us |*usturo, fruit, and corn;
Needing our presence, co#rtiue: our labor:?
j Why should wo linger liko men forlorn?
We lovo to hear the ringing rifle,
Tho smiting axe, tho falling tree;?
And though our life bo rough ami lonely,
If it be honest, what caro we?
?Mackay.
The Way to a FortuneAll
the world is interested in the story
of the way in which millionaires have
become rich, and no reccipc could be so
universally popular as one which should
give directions for tho acquirement of
wealth.
"Why, sir, I knew him when he hadn't
J a cent to his name I" At a remark liko
that I always prick up my cars; and I
think the story which is invariably behind
a remark like that must be interesting
to everyone. This, at least, is what
j I said to my millionaire friend when he
I told me that the history of his lirst start
on fortune's road was not worth telling.
"At all events." he said, "you would
not be willing to make such a start as I
did f"
I am the reverse of rich myself, and I
told him any start would do if the result
were as desirable as in his case.
"Well," he whispered, "J began with
a killing!"
j "Murder!" I cried in horror, stepping
I back from him with a feeling of intense
I repugnance, as there flashed rapidly
I through mv min/1 ! ?? -- T 1?3
.... ... ....V, uiuuil Y lilies X I1JIU
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| heard of tlie lawless times in the early
days of 'Frisco, when knives and pistols
were in moro use than table forks.
"I will tell you how it happened," said
my friend.
"It was during the gold fever that I
sailed from New York for San Francisco,
and I left with just money enough for
the trip, thinking, if I could only reach
California, I might soon make a fortune.
We had a fair voyage on the Atlantic;
but from Panama the vessels were a mere
tub and much overcrowded. There
were many women and children. 1 had
a berth in the ladies' cabin, and sold it
for a hundred dollars, and slept on the
j upper deck.
"Well, I had not been in San Francisco
a month when I found myself without
a cent, nnd was in a pretty bad fix.
i Food was dear in those days. It cost
something to live. Flour was selling at
thirty dollars a barrel, and I have deen
apples bring a dollar each. It was a
poor time to be short of money.
"I was standing ou the street one day
feeling pretty well down in the mouth,
when an old Italian organ-grinder came
along, and, propping his instrument on a
6tick, began to grind out a tune. It was
not the miserable business in those days
that it is now. The organ-grinders made
money in California at that time, hand
over fist. They used to go up to the
mines and bring back a fortune.
"As soon as this fellow commenced to ,
play, I perceived that something was
wrong with his organ. The old Italian
would turn the handle, and for a short .
time the air would sound all right. Then
of a sudden the most frightful discords
would be heard. 3
"The old man's face was coimcal to
i
see. He would stop, examine the instru- ,
ment, turn it around, shake it, then with ]
a scared expression on his face as if he ,
thought it was haunted, begin again with
the same frightful discords. I
"I stepped up to him, prompted by ,
curiositv.
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" 'What's the matter?' I asked, 'music ,
very bad?'
" 'No buano,' said the old man, with
a look of great distress.
" 'No buano,' I repeated, examining it.
The thought flashed across me that here
might be a chance to make some money.
" 'I lix organs,' I said. 'You know I
make lots of organs.' I pointed from the
instrument to myself. Though his English
was very poor, lie seemed to understand
nearly all I said."
"Were you not afraid to undertake
the job?" I asked.
"Well, no. I am pretty handy, and I
thought if I could have time I should be
able to figure it out. Of course it was
a reckless undertaking, but a hungry
man is apt to be reckless.
"I explained that it would cost much r
money, but he said enough for me to *
make out that he wished to go Jafhe
mines directly, and would pay whatever
I asked. The old man was quite a character
in his way. He told me that he fc
often made from twenty to fifty dollars a ii
day, and that if his instrument could not p
be repaired, it would bo a great loss, as b
it could not possibly be replaced. c
"He appeared to have a real love for tl
the organ which ho had brought from ti
the old country, and waa very much as- ii
tonished and distressed at the behavior g
of his favorite, which he said had always
made gopd music until two days past. I n
told him to bring tho instrument along ij
after me tp the room where I was staying, ci
and that aa it would take at least three
days to repair, it must be left with me vi
lor that length of time. n
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"Ho covered it cnrefully with a green
cloth and seemed,-loath to leave. I suppose
it was tho first time he had lost
sight of it sincc its purchase.
"As soon as his back was turned I began
an examination. I had not the
slightest idea what to do, but my great
need of money urged me to make the attempt.
It had a glass case in front with
a number of little figures that hopped
and jumped iu a very still and jerky
manner.
4,I slowly turned the handle and
wound out the air of 'Jeanettc and
aTpnnnf ' Tf nil ??--I-^ T A?' ? -i
VVMU.W* U.V OVUMU^U illl IJ^IIL-. J? triCU
tlio 'Last Rose of Summer.' It played
part wny through. Then there was a
terrible clashing of wires.
" 'A string must be loose,' I thought,
'and has fallen across the others. 1 can
fix that.'
"In the middle of that night I was
roused suddenly by hearing a clashing
of strings. I jumped up thinking someone
was stealing the hand-organ. But
no. There it was.
" 'Strange!' I said to myself. 'Could
anyone have entered?' I came to tlio
conclusion that my mind was so worked
up on the subject that I lmd been dreaming.
Still I lay awake for some time,
waiting and listening. But all remained
O O
quiet. The next morning I started at
my work."
"Were you not afraid if you took it to
pieces, you could not put it back," I
asked.
"I decided I would go with great care,
and number each piece as I took it out.
I carefully lifted nit the case of figures,
and as I was about to set them down, I
heard the same strange sounds without
human hand near. I gently lifted oil
the top, so as not to disturb the ghost or
spirit; and what do you think happened?"
"What!" I domanded, excitedly.
"A mouse jumped out and I killed it."
"You fraud!" I ericd.
"Yes," he went on, "that was the
cause of all the trouble. When the hanfl
10 wno fnmn/1 *? 1 *? *
? ...... xmubu inu inuursL', uuing in extremely
narrow quarters, was disturbed
and crawled about on the strings. I replaced
the top and case and left it till
called for. When the old man came I told
him it was as good as new.
"He tried it and found all went
smoothly. I enlarged greatly on the care
and trouble I had taken! and when I
asked the sum of fifty dollars for killing
a mouse, lie paid it without a murmer,
and gave me ten more to boot."
"And that sixty dollars is what j'ou
consider the beginning of your fortune?"
"Yes; it gave mc a great lift. The
next day I strolled into an auction-room,
where a sale of lots was going on; I
bought three lots at two hundred each,
giving a small payment. Next day I
sold two of them at three hundred each.
The third I sold later at a large advance,
and kept on in that way, dealing in real
estate with large profits."
"Did you ever hear from your Italian
organ-grinder again?"
"Yes; ho sent several others to me.
But I told them I was out of that line of
business now."?Olice Storm.
Tim Numerals.
TTT1 it- 1->- "?? '
?t nun tuv liuuiu xvuiuau 01 remote antiquity
wanted to mark the number one
lie drew a single straight line or digit to
represent the uplifted fore-finger. In
our modern type we print it I. For two ,
lie drew two digits, or II; for three he
wrote III., and four he represented, not ]
by IV., which is a comparatively late
innovation, but by the good old clock- ,
dial symbol, IIII. These, in fact, are
nothing more than just tho fingers of one
tiand. But bow about five? Why \
should it be represented by the ap- 1
parently meaningless symbol V? Simply j
because Y is not V, but a rude liiero- ,
jlypliic of one hand, the broad stroke
standing for the four fingers united, ,
while the narrow one stands for the ex- \
tended thumb. V. in fact, is nothing ,
nore than a very degenerate pictorial \
lymbol, lik the still used by print
jrs in certain circumstances to call special ]
ittcntion to a particular paragraph. As j
or X, that is usually represented as ,
inuivftlent to two linnrla nr>t. V?v oidn
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nit this interpretation I believe to be ?
irroneous. I think it much more likely \
on the Indian analogy) to stand for "one
nan made up"?that is to say, ten, with
i people who counted by fingers alone,
ir, in other words, employed a decimal (
lotation. If this hypothesis be true, X J
epresents a double of the Indian man 4
igure, with outstretched arms and legs i
ike a colossus, the hand having disap- 1
icarcd entirely by disuse, as often hap- J
tens in the evolution of what arc called *
ursive hieroglyphics.?Cornhill. 1
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They Were Firemen. t
Ellsworth's New York Zouaves camo
o Washington among the first regiments 1
a 1861. The Zouaves placed great im- I
ortance on the fact that they all had e
elonged to tho Fire Department of the i
ity of New York. One day two of e
ticm strolled into the office of the Secre- x
try of War find accosted the clerk, say- t
lg: "Wo want to know when we are i
oing to have a battle." I
'Really, sir," replied the clerk, "I could r
ot inform you, even if I knew; you sec, t
we should tell the people who ask, the n
nemy would soon find out our plans." t
"Well," said the Zouaves, "nobody y
'ants you to tell the people, my little ?
tan; we ain't people, we are firemen." *
[WARRIORS OF ASSAM.
A Missionary's Life in aCornc:*
of Hindostan.
A People Who Ornament Their Houses
I with Human Skulls.
j "I was sent to Assam," said Dr. E. W.
Clark, a missionary, to a reporter of
the Washington .Republican, under the
auspices of the American Baptist Missionary
union, of Boston, Mass. Myself and
wife were the first white people to set
( foot in Assam, which is a small valley sixty-five
miles in width and 500 miles in
length, and has about 3,000,000 of population.
"It IS sitlUltffl in ~ ?
? ?* ju i/nv^ uuiiunvsiem
t part of Ilindoostan and is an English
I possession. The inhabitants of the Naga
Hills arc wild mountaineers, living
around the summits of the mountains.
Up to five years ago these people were independent;
the great wars of India never
I succeeded in subjecting them. They dc:
light in war and are barbarous as are
j American Indians. In the same manner
j as our Indians take the scalp the Naga
warriors take the head."
"They're not liead-eaters?" murmured
the scribe, with a shudder, wondering if
the doctor's long life in that country had
not led him to partake of the Assam customs.
"No," continued the doctor. "They
are called head cutters, and they ornament
their houses with long strings of
skulls of captives as tokens of their prowess.
Unlike our Indians, they cultivate
the soil and entertain the highest respect
toward the women. Any obscene talk
in the presence of a woman is severely
punished. They work hard for their living,
knowing if they do not they must
perish. Their homes consist of rude
bamboo houses with leaf roof.
"3Ie(licine is not known, and they
fancy all sickness or evil that happen to
them is because some deity has b' -n displeased.
Hence the blood of a^.mals is
shed as a sacrifice to appease the indig- !
nnnt god. This sacrifice first commences '
with a fowl, then a pig, and lastly cattle;
if lonsr P.OntillllOfl if enmn?!m/io ?
0 ?.w wvujwiMica < Ui"
islies a whole family. The general name 1
for deity is 'soonngram.' There are no
special names for their deities, as tliey
worship a house, site of a house, etc. 1
All debts must be paid; they have not
learned how to repudiate.
"Of sin they have a strong impression. ,
Frequently untenanted houses are seen, j
all possessions in the house having been ,
abandoned. The idea is that it is sinful x
to steal goods thus left. "When some (
member of a family is killed by a tiger, j
by drowning or by the falling of a tree,
these are considered sinful persons, too
polluted to be even touched. Y
"Among the hill people there is no ^
caste. The Assamese are betrothed at j
from three to five and marry at ten years ?
of age^ being then fully developed. In ^
appearance they are much like the Chin- j
esc, but are much more muscular and ^
hardy. There is a fine field for gospel ^
teaching among them. "When I first a
went among the Assamese the English ^
were scared, but afterwerd rendered eve- ^
ry assistance, becausc they found we u
were establishing peace on their border.
"Up to the present time there have gl
been four villages largely Christianized jj
and many converts made. There is no ^
written language. After many years of ^
labor I succeeded in reducing to writing ^
in their language a collection of hymns
and school books." j
The doctor exhibted the first book
printed in Assamese. It is a translation gj
of a chapter of the Bible, translated by ^
the doctor, and printed on a little American
press sent from Boston to the town
3f Molung.
"And all the letters have but one
30und apiece, continued Dr. Clark, "and
the language is in some respects, easier to
icquire on that account. The chief 0
towns in Assam are Gohaty, Nowyong, i(
Tezpor, Sibsagor and Dibroogur, which t
s the head of steam navigation of the tl
Brahamanootra river, which wna < *??
^ si
learest government station, though forty 0
nilea away, -and only reached by paths.
rhero are no roads, and all travel is on aj
.he back of elephants." a
A Persian Game. S(;
There seems to be as great a dearth of fVI
james among the youth as among the ^
jrrown people in Persia, still they may be n!
jeen winning walnuts from each other by
james very similar to the marble-playng
of the American and English youth. lt;
S. favorite game appears to be placing 01
;ach a certain number of walnuts alon<? 1(
'I
1 marked line at a sufficient distance
ipart to allow of another one to pass be- ^
,w#>pn wifhnnt ^
Tho line is formed near the base of n
ow wall. They then take turns in cc
cnocking the bonse walnut off the wall w
o that it rolls through tho line, and any *
mts dislodged from the scratch are con- '*(
idered won and transferred to the wiu- ?
ler's pocket. Hobble-de-hoys of tweny
are often seen playing this gamo of
valnuts, as also pitch-and-toss for cop>ers.
Squabbles are of frequent occurence,
but fighting seldom results, for
he meek-eyed youth of the Shah's donations
are more pacifically constituted
han we were when you and I were r?'
oung and were wont to peel off our 1
oats on the smallest provocation.?Out- au
ng? so
A Thousand Dollar Moth. ^
It is by no means the most beautiful orv
striking in color, for it is painted, as you
may say, in a single color of grayish,
brown, though in many, many tints of
that color. Its form is the more wonderful,
for its secondary or hinder wings
reach back into long tails an eighth of
an inch wide and over four inches long,
so tlvat tlie insect measures about seven
inches from heart to tip of tails, and between
four and five inches across. It is
ol the general shape of what is known as
our luna moth, the large greenish whitetailed
moth; but in the luna the tails aro
only two inches long. I do not think
any other moth or butterfly has so great
eccentricity of form. But the most wonderful
thing of all is that it is the only
insect of the kind ever found.
Thirteen years ago a son of Prof. Meyer
caught it in a barber shop in liio Janeiro,
into which it had flown during the
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had been a collector for many years.
When the box containing it was opened,
and the great entomologist dropped his
eyes upon it, he almost fainted with delight,
and at once was oflered a hundred
dollars for it.
The news of the discovery of it spread
rapid 1 j' everywhere among collectors, and ,
diligent search has been made ever since
to lind another of its kind, but in vain.
It stands nlone, perhaps the last of au almost
extinct species, but surely the only
one that rests in air on entomologist's
pin. This fact that it defies duplication,
together with its kingly form, will help
you to remove the shudder that passes
over you as you hear its name, Jehovah,
for by this name the princely insect is
known among scientists?Etulamonia Jehovah.
It should be stated, however,
that its happy owner did not intend giving
it this name, but somehow the real
name, Jupiter, was changed into Jehovah
when it was being catalogued, and so it
has remained.
It is hard to place a value upon this
precious insect, for Dr. Meyer values italmost
as his own life; but I have been
told a thousand dollars would not induce
him to part with it. We can believe this
when we are told tliut a kind of beetle
found in the West was sold, for several j
years, at one hundred dollars a specimen.
Prof. Meyer's entire collection is valued
it $40,000. ? Cungregationaliat.
lie Looked Pierce.
"Within the circle of the author's dog
icquaintance was a dog named Kanuck.
He was a bull-dog, and though of a very
lavage nature, yet he was faithful to his
naster and he appeared to have a keen idea
)f the ridiculous, for he seemed to know
iow horridly ugly he was, and to take
lupreme delight in terrorizing not only
ill the dogs and children in the neighjorhood,
but even the grown people as
veil. It was this dog's great pleasure to
eap from the ground to the top of the
ence, and thence to the cap of the gate>ost,
where he would sit for hours watchng
up and down for some victim to
>ractice his bugaboo business upon.
Vhen a timid or nervous person appeared,
nd the dog seemed to know all such,
hen he appeared not to notice their apiroach,
gazing in every other direction f
ntil the intended victim arrived nearly
pposite the post. Then he dropped
uddenly down in front and crlared at \
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ira with bloodshot eyes and projecting- ^ .
eeth and such an appearance of ferocity
bat the passer-by generally stepped out
ato the gutter. Few people had the
ourage to brush past him on the narrow
idewalk, and when the passer-by had
lustered spunk enough to regain the
idewalk again, then Kanuck would,
amp down from his post, and, rushing
) his master, wag his tail and hideously
rin, as much as to say "Didn't I scare
lem, though?"?Cincinnati EnquireA
The Price of a Blank Shot,
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nbuuu, suiu unc ui iiuo crowu, "one
f the funniest duels I ever saw at col;ge.
It was a put-up job, of course,
lie pistols were not loaded with ball, but
le duelists did not know that. They
;ood up like men, apparently, but one
f them got so nervous he fired before
le word was given. That placed him
t the mercy of his opponent, who was
poor chap and rather shrewd. Aa
>on as the pistol went off the indiidual
who fired it got utterly scared,
he other stood calm and determined,
id proceeded to take leisurely aim.
'Don't shoot I' yelled the victim; 'don't
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?' he asked, and turned to the secids.
'Of course it is; go ahead.' And
; again leisurely covered his man.
Iold onl Hold on! I'll give you $500
you won't .shoot!' "Tain't enough I*
i'or heaven's sake! I'll givo you $7501*
he man with the pistol sneered and
vered him once more. 'How much
ill you take?'- 'A thousand dollars.'
'11 give it. Put tliat cursed thing
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San Francisco Chronicle.
Something to Jog His Memory.
Angelina?Oh, ma, do let us havo
mo of that nico glacier stained glass
:coration.
Mother?Why, darling. ^
Angelina?Well, you see, mother, it
minds one so much of church, and
lurch suggests tho marriage-service;
d it seems to me as if Harry wantff
mothing to jog his memory.?Pttclc.
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