The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, July 27, 1886, Image 7
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Mortal or immortal.
K thou art base and earthly, then despair,
Tnou art but mortal as the brute that falls,
Birds weave thoir nests, the lion finds a lair,
Man builds his halls.
These are bat coverts from earth's war and
') storm,
Homo3 whero our lesser lives take shape
and breath,
.But, if no heavenly man has grown, what
form
Clothe3 thee at death?
And when thy mood of penalty is o'er,
And fire has burned the dross, where gold
is none,
13hall separate life, but wasted heretofore,
Still linger on?
Ck>d fills all space: whatever doth offenl,
From His unbounded presence shall be
spurned,
Or deem'st thou Ho should garner tares, whose
end
Is to be burned I
It thou wouldst soo the Power that round
thee sways,
In whom all motions, thought, and life are
cast,
Know that the puro, who travel heaven-ward
ways,
See God at last.
?Francis Henry Wood.
HOW I PROPOSED.
We were seated in luxurious nrm-chairs
before the cheerful open fire in Jack's
?* :snug smoking-room, enjoying his excellent
Havanas, when my host broke the
silence which had lasted for several min- 1
utes with the surprising question, "Did
I ever tell you where and how I proposed
to my wife?"
I nodded a negative reply, well aware
as I did so that he knew ho had not told
me, but had prefaced his tale with an interrogation
according to his usual custom.
j
"It's quite a long story," said Jack in
a warning tone, remembering my. aversion
to lengthy yarns as told by anyone 1
but myself. '
"Ah! but such a subject," I answered, 1
settling myself more comfortably in my ^
chair, and drawing the box of Havanas
-conveniently near. "I shall bo delighted
to hear about it, but what will Mrs. 1
Taylor say to your tolling me?" 1 added,
knowing how the partner of my lot 1
would feel on the subject. 1
"She has positively forbidden me ever 1
to speak of it," said he, laughing, "and ?
1 have obeyed her until now?with one
or two exceptions?but its too good to *
keep." 1
My curiosity was now fullv aroused (
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4ind as Jack would tell the story, of
course I was obliged to listen; and if you ^
-think that in repeating it I am acting
unfairly, I'll stop at once.
"It was during my second year at Har- 1
vard," began Jack, knocking the ashes c
from his eigar; "how long ago it seems,
tout, let me see, its only eight years. Yes, c
it was during my Sophomore year, that I *
accepted Frank "Wilson's invitation to *
spend the Easter holidaj's with him. He '
was awfully good company, and I kuew
that I would be sure to mif. in n iniw 1
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-week at his place. Besides, there was J
another very strong inducement.
"I was in love at that time with
his cousin, Helen "Wilson, who I had ascertained
would be of the party. I believe
we used to write to each other. I know s
I used to spend the greater part of my
time composing verses about her, many
of which, however, I had not the courr
acre to send.
t
"When I heard that she was to be at ^
.X I was delighted. I determined to
go to New York and see if we could not 0
arrange to travel up together. ^
"When I arrived in that city I went Q
directly to her house; but at the door I ^
learned that she had just left for X f:
^ having decided to go a day sooner than gj
she had expected.
"I inquired how long she had been n
gone, ana the servant said about fifteen ^
minutes. Hoping to overtake her, I y
rushed up to the Grand Central Depot.
There was not an instant to lose. Hasti- jj
ly buying a ticket, tore frantically after
the already slowly moving train, and,
owing to my length of limb, succeeded ^
boarding the last car.
"Panting, pesspiring, but exultant, I ^
' went through each car, in every seat expecting
to find the object of my haste.
"I had gone through all but one when ^
.we entered the tunnel, and I was begin- ^
ning to fear that after all perhaps she
might not have taken this train, when,
as I was standing by the door, the ray
of sunlight which came in through thn ??
occasional openings in the tunnel re- b
vealed her to me seated alone at no great tl
distance ahead of me. tl
"My heart gave a bound, nnd scarcely ct
Tealizing what I was doing, I rushed up tc
"to her, and grasping her hand, said:
" 'Darling I I thought I had missed ic
you.'
" 'What do you mean!' she exclaimed, ai
in a tone of mingled indignation and ci
fright. 'Let go my hand; you have
made a mistnke!' m
4 'I obeyed her, thinking that she was ai
angry at my mode of address.
" 4I beg your pardon,' I said. 4I
should not have spoken to you as I did, ri
but I was so rejoiced to find you that I
did not remember where wc are. But as
I have begun, I may as well finish. Dar- d
ling,' moving a little nearer, 'will you
marry me? You must know that I love h
you; I have so for ages, ev-ever since my ai
Freshman year."
"But the mention of that astonishing k
piece ot constancy produced no result ic
my favor. She turned her back upoc
me, if possible more completely than sh<
had done before. But I would not giv<
up.
" 'Can't you love me a little?' I in
quired, tenderly, trying to take her baud
But she snatched it away, and declined
either to turn her head in my direction
or to answer my question.
"As the train was making a tremendAlia
MA1CA T At A 1 1
..vwc, jl uiuugui, niut peruaps sue
couldn't understand mo, so I repeated
my words at tho top of my lungs. Sh<
made somo reply, but I didn't catch it.
" 'What do you say, dear?' I bawled.
" 'I don't even know you,' she answered,
in what sounded like a shrill
whisper, but tho tone was in reality a
shriek.
"I thought I could not have heard
aright, aud to convince mysolf that it
was my hearing which was at fault, 1
planted my glasses more firmly on my
nose, and took a closer inspection of her.
" 'I tell you I don't know you,'she
repeated, bringing her foot down on
mine with much energy; 'leave me this
moment, or I'll '
"Here the train emerged from the tunnel,
and you can picture my amazement,
horror, and mortification, when I tell
you that I found that the girl to whom I i
had been screaming out my love was an
utter stranger to me.
"Dazed nnd Rfnrlnf T ?rnon ftv-irv. mrt
scat.
" 'I beg your pardon,' I said, removing
my hat, 'I have taken you for someone
else.'
"Not observing how my apology was
received, I retreated to the smoking-car,
where I remained until wo reached X ,
too stunned even to think.
"When I left the train, in looking
about for some sort of conveyance to
take me to the "Wilsons' place, I found,
to my increased cmbarrissment, that the
^irl to whom I had so recently offered
myself was standing on the platform, apparently
waiting for someone.
"That she saw me I could tell from
ihe expression of not seeing me which
jhe immediately assumed. As she would
lot Iook at me, I had plenty ot opportulity
to observe her, and saw that she
really did resemble Helen in many ways,
aotwithstanding she was both fairer and
imaller.
''But my object was not to admire
ler, although I assure you my inclination
:vas; so, finding that there was no hope
>f obtaining a vehicle, I started on foot,
fortunately getting a lift over the greatei
part of the way.
"Arrived at the house, I was wel;omed
with much cordiality by my host
ind his family, and introduced to the
>thcr guests.
"I imagine my feelings when, ia the
:ourse of the conversation, I loarned
hat Frank'3 sister was expected home
rom boarding-school that afternoon by
he very train on which I had come.
"It was then, to her I had been makng
love, instead of her cousin. My disjosition
was to turn and run, but I
Lnew I should havo to stay and make
he best of it, so I smothered my motiication,
and when a few minutes later
he carriage arrived bringing Miss "Wil011,
and I was presented to her, I tliiuk
hat of the two she found the situation
he more awkward.
"The next day the tardy Helen arived,
and explained how, returning to
he house for something she had forgoto
o
en, she had missed her train and her esort.
"During the entire week I wis impaiently
waiting for an opportunity to
ffer myself to her, but before I could
0 so I learned that a large diamond
ing which she had been wearing for
everal months was the pledge of enagement
to some other fellow; and, to
ly surprise, discovered at the same time
tiat the knowledge did not trouble mo
cry much.
"I suppose you think that I was half
1 love with the sister, but assure you 1
ras not. I considered her too youug for
le, although now I think her just right
)r me in every particular, and it was
ot until several years later, when I met
cr firmin n? n rlinrmin ~ ~ 1~J
? -o? ? lat
I realized that I had accidentally
roposed to the woman whom of all otlirs
I would choose for my wife."?Anna
erega in Tid-Bits.
A Dnrk Cloud on Love's Horizon*
"Now, my darling," said he, "Iwould
}k you to have somo oysters to-night,
at since the Rs have disappeared from
lc months oysters are no good; in fact,
le scientists say they are hurtful. 0{
>urso you would not aak mo to treat you
> anything hurtful."
"Certainly not. dear John, but them ia
e cream, you know."
"I'm aware of it, but, they say that
seuic goes into the manufucturo of ice
earn."
"All the better, dear John. There is
uthing better for the complexion than
senic."
"But, my love "
"Never mind, John, I'm willing to
sk it."
"But if you should die, darling?"
"You will take a plate also and wo will
ie together."
Then John was forced to confess that
a had only fifteen cents in his pocket
id the engagement was at an ond.
Thus do dark clouds loom up on young
ve'8 horizon.?Boston Courier.
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! THE PERSIANS.
i
! Some Characteristics of An
Oriental People.
j A Country of Natural Liars and Altogether
Hopeless Procrastinators.
The modern Farsee is a natural liar,
says a Teheran letter to the San Francisco
Chronicle. It goes against his grain,
, against all he holds most sacred in this
j queer world, to speak the truth. It is
I born with him, this inveterate love of
I prevarication, and it is bred in the bone
J for generations and generations. I have
j noticed with the interest tho student of
human nature is liable to feel iu such
cases how astonished the Farseo is when
ho has caught himself unaware telling
the truth. lie then is out of his role,
and feels so abashed and ashamed of himself
that he looks sheepish and guilty;
much as an American might after getting
off an awful fib. Even with such a
people, however, where the noble art of
romancing is carried to such perfection,
moments will arise when it is desirable
to know and hear the truth. And for
such occasions the stock of Persian adjuration,
oaths, curses and appeals seems
i almost inexhaustible. One of the funI
niest is illii$he mera A'aJJau lierdi!"
(Literally, May you put my beard in the
' winding sheet).
Procrastination is another besetting
sin of theirs. "Foran inilconam*' is their
reply when you want a thing done at
once, and another great phrase of theirs
is C/tason (meaning "By my eyes Til do
it"). But that means an hour, next day,
next month, or next year, according to
circumstances?never at once. To despatch
a thing and be done with it, to
' hurry up," seems to be utterly impossible
to the Persian, who is lavish of nothing
so much as of time. You give your
servant, for instance, a tchibouk to be
mended, and tell him you must have it
back repaired next morning. Your servant
knows ho will "get fits" if he docs
not attend to it at once, and that he will
probably get a little money if he does.
The pipemaker across the street keeps a
little shop, and has a large and hungry
family at homo to keep out of the very
slender profit of his trade. He knows,
too, lie will be paid thrice the ordinary
price if he does the job at once?enough
to keep the pot boiling for his entire
family for one day at least. Still, so ingrained
is the policy of tardiness with
both these gentlemen that you are mighty
lucky if you get your tchibouk back in a
week.
The other day I had business at the
central post office here. I wanted to
register five letters aud buy postage
stamps for eight, other ones. I entered
the little office?eight feet by ten?in
which the registration of letters is performed.
Four native gentlemen, seated
around a huge table, on which stood a
clumsy scale, where extremely busy doing
nothing; or, rather, they chatted and
took pulls by rotation from a common
gliatyan. The chief came in at this
juncture?a very handsome but foppishlooking
man?to whom I was introduced.
The chief sat down and made the fifth in
this happy gathering. I told them I was
in a hurry and wished to have my letters
registered and to buy fourteen kerauns'
worth of stamps. Thcjr could not understand
how I could be in a hurry. They
were very polite and amiable and talked
pleasantly, but it took ten minutes of my
nlnniicnri' tn itu1iir>i? nnn /-?f tlm
1 IU
let up on his glmtyan and tend to business,
and it took me just forty minutes
to have my letters registered and to buy
those stamps. The latter he counted j
over at least a score of times, very slowly
and deliberately, before he consented to
release his hold on them. It was not i
cussedness on his pnrt?it was just his i
natural love of doing things slowly. His
chief sat. t.hr*rn nnrl PffiHnnHw tViAn<.Kt
..v. j ?Uvr..?..v
his clerk a very rash and suspiciously
active young man. And for a Persian
the young fellow had really been quick
about it.
It is one of the great trials which every
foreigner has to go through with after his ^
arrival here?the promiscuous lying go- (
ing on all around him, and the exusperating
slowness of people. To see a Per- ^
sian write a letter or sii?n a document is
. <
a treat. He seizes his reed pen with an 1
awful deal of circumspection, and dips it
slowly, hesitatingly, into the ink, then
as slowly brings it on a straight line with .
his optics and examines it carefully, j
if the ink hasn't since disappeared?van- (
ished into thin air, as it were. Having
convinced himself that no such piece of ,
magic has been performed by an unseen
power, he gets himself into shape to pen ^
Ilia -firof Inftoi" Tliio
mim u?mv iwwt A<tto ivi|uuc9 vauuua ^
painful and violent contortions of the ,
body, similar to those Sammy Weller, of
Pickwickian fame, used to undergo (
when indicting his valentine, and then
the paper is seized, again very slowly ^
and unwillingly, and brought to within ~j
six inches of his nose. Then a dab is (
made. Tho first letter is done. It i? ,
taken up and duly admired, whereupon
a rest of five minutes is taken, whon the
same series of ovolutions and manoeuvres
is repeated to give birth to another letter, j
and so on. I matched a professional
mirza (scribe.) the other day. Ho was a
man noted for his quick work. It took
him eighteen minutes by the watch to <
write his first line.
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?Sjjfft^? ';|f j *'iffw -A*:^
Moravian Customs.
The Moravians liavo settlements not
only in Germany, but also in England,
Switzerland and America. They hold
nearly all the doctrincs of L*ther. Their
largest settlement, called Herrnhut is in
Saxony, and the Moravians in many
parts of Germany bear the namo of
Ilerrnliutcr. In each community there
are two houses set apart?one for the unmarried
men, called the "Brother's
house," and the other for all unmarried
sisters or widows who wish to enter them.
The Moravians cannot marry without
tlic consent of the elders of their church,'
und in some cases the bridegroom has
been chosen for the bride. They seldom
marry outside the community, and their
engagements are nearly as solemn as the
marriage. The weddings arc very simple,
the sister wearing but a black dress
with a white lace handkerchief, and her
pretty cap with its pale pink ribbon,
which is changed afterwards for a pale
blue ribbon when the ceremony is finished.
There are always two rings at a
wed,ling in Germany, as there a married
man always wears one, which he receives
from his bride in exchange for his.
The Moravians wear no crape nor
mourning for their dead, and they speak
of them us blessed, and of dead as "going
home." They call the graveyard
"God's acre," and they take the greatest
care of their graves. But there also is
the division, as in the Church, for the
men are buried on one side of the cemetery
and the women on the other.
The Moravians arc all well educated,
and the poorer brethren amongst them enjoy
the same privileges in their excellent
schools as do the richer brethren. Life
amongst t' e "United Brethren" is simple
and unartiticial love to God and man being
their first principle; and many who
have lived amongst them bear in their
hearts a loving memory of their goodness,
and of the pretty little village of Nueditendorf.
? Quiver.
The Farms of America.
Mr. Andrew Carnegie, the iron manufacturer,
of Pittsburg, Pa., in his book
entitled "Triumphant Democracy," says
of the farms of America: "The farms of
America comprise 837,023 square miles,
an area nearly equal to one-fourth of
Europe, and larger than the four greatest
European countries put together (Russia
excepted), namely France, Germany,
Austria and Hungary and Spain. The
capital invested in agriculture would
suffice to buy up the whole of Italy,
with its rich olive groves and vineyards,
its old historical cities, cathedrals and
palaces, its Kings and aristocracy, its
Pops and Cardinals, and every other
feudal appurtenance. Or, if the American
farmers were to sell out, they could
buy the entire Peninsula of Spain; with
all its traditions of mediroval grandeur,
and the flat lands which the Hollanders
at vast cost have wrested from the sea
and the qu-iint old towns they have built
there. If he chose to put by his savings
for three years, the Yankee farmer could
purchase the fee simple of pretty Switzerland
as a summer resort, and not touch
his capital at all, for each year's earnings
exceed $550,000,000. The cereal crop
for 1880 was m^re than 2,500,000,000
bushels. If placed in one mass this
would make a j>ile of 3,500,000,000 cubic
feet, or a pyramid three times n great as
that of Cheops. If loaded on enrt* it
would require all the horses in Europe
and 1,000,000 more (33,000,000) to remove
it, though each horse drew a load
of 4wo tons. "Were the entire crop ol
cereals loaded on a continuous train of cars,
the train would reach one and a half times
around the globe. Its value is half as
great as all the gold mined in California
in the thirty-five years since gold was
found there. The corn and cotton fields
of America form kingdoms in themselves
surpassing in size some of those in Europe."
Unleavened Bread of the Passover.
The "Pesach" festival or Jewish Passover
IS t.hfi nnlv fosfivnl in mliioli
zos" is the one bread allowed. The
bread is unleavened, and there are now
four cities in America with unleavened
bread bakeries?New York, New Orleans,
Chicago and Cincinnati. In order to
supply the demand these bakeries begin
baking two months before the beginning
i>f the Passover. The matzos look like
the ordinary hard-tack, except that they
are a foot square. They are made of
[lour and water, and contain no other
ingredients. After the flour has been
kneaded into a stiff dou^h, a lump of it
containing about fifty pounds is placed
jn a great block of wood and pressed
into a thick fheet with a great beam
which is fastened to the block at one end
t>y an iron link and staple. The sheet is
a! ? ? ? ? - ? " - '
ivav jjuibcu uuuit uii iron roiier, irom
which it emerges into a long ribbon. It
passes through several rollers until it is
thin enough for baking. It is then
stamped and cut into unbaked matzos,
which are placed upon a wooden tray
laving a long handle and deposited in
in oven. In three minutes thoy are done,
white and crisp.?Milling World.
It Wa* a Match.
Ho was practical and had been making
love on that basis.
Sho was a little that way herself.
"Can you cook?" ho inquired.
"Can you supply every thing to bo
sooked?" she replied.
It was a match. ? Washington Critic.
i'KAULS OF TUOLUHT. f
Tench thy tongue to say "I do not
know."
A proverb is the wit of one and the
wisdom of many.
Say no evil of any one but yourself,
and do not listen to any.
Dcceit is tho oleomargarine that is
mixed with the butter of truth.
To have what we want is riches, but
to be able to do without is power,
j If you cannot speak well of youi i
neighbors do not speak of them at all.
In every ago the vilest specimens of
human nature are to bo found among
demagogies,
Prudence is one of the virtues which
were called cardinal by the ancient
ethical writers.
All nations that grew great out of little
or nothing did so by the public-mindedness
of particular persons.
Poetry is the blossom and the fragrance
of all human knowledge, human
thoughts, human passions, emotion, language.
Adulteration of Candy.
The adulteration of candy is chiefly
by the uso of terra alba, or white clay.
This harmful stuil can be detected by dissolving
the suspected candy in water,
when the clay falls to the bottom undissolved.
An ounce roll of cheap lozengG3
will sometimes contain three-quarters of
an ounce of this injurious stuff. The
coloring of candies is, for the most part,
not dangerous, since a picce of red coloring
matter the size of a gum drop will
color 5000 pounds of candy. Unscrupulous
manufacturers, however, sometimes
use mineral instead of vegetable colors,
and cartloads of such candy have been
seized and destroyed by the health officers
in New York.
For the most part carmine and cochineal
are used for red, saffron for yellow,
caramcl or burnt sugar for brown, and
this with carmine for orange. Green and
blue candies are to be avoided. These
colorings are used sometimes, however,
in "decorating?a surface treatment of
fine caudies by hand, in which a watercolor
artist is employed to do art work at
wholesale according to the model set him.
As for this purpose the proportion of
coloring matter to sugar is about onemiiliontli,
the result of swallowing paint
is not so disastrous as might be expected.
In flavoring, essential oils are used, about
a pound to a thousand pounds of sugar,
and this is worked in during the boiling
or kneading. Liquorice colors and flavors
both at once.?Warper's.
Metropolitan Monkeys.
The endeavor to make the champanzee
at the Central Park Zoological Gardens,
New York, tho so much sought for
"missing link" is successful to the point
of causing the interesting creature to sit
at the table and take his meals, cat
sweetmeats from a teaspoon, use a knife
and fork, and wipe his mouth when
necessary with a napkin. At the latter
test of civilization, however, he seems
to be especially recalcitrant, discarding
the napkin with scorn as soon as the enforced
ceremony is accomplished. The
daily consumption of cod liver oil is
another approach to popular custom
which marks the champanzce's kinship
to the human race.
A pet monkey, which taktc its daily
airing in the carriages with its mistress
within the city suburbs, has created es
jieciai remarK irom its becoming toilet,
which consists of a scarlet cloak trimmed
with dark fur and a little peaked hood,
from which peeps his aged but astute
face. The passers-by who are regarded
with disfavor receive scowls, grimaces 1
and chattering from the monkey, other- I
wise they create no comment on his part. 1
The drive at an end, however, he evinces 1
his dissatisfaction in long cries.?JVeio
York lie raid.
TIta \nrlh Sfnr SM11 Tl>o??
-- .. m^mmrnrn K/i?a? *7*
Governor David S. Crandall, formerly 1
editor of the Lock port, (X. Y.) Cour ier, 1
uscil to tell a story of the great meteoric *
shower which fell in Novcmbey, 1833. (
lie was at that time living upon his farm, J
a few miles distant from Lockport. <
Among the men he employed was a <
cliore-boy l'> or 14 years old. On the 1
night referred to Mr. Crandall was engaged
in writing after the rest of his f
family had gone to bed. Seeing through i
the window the shower of mereors, he ]
aroused his wife, and then the boy, re- {
questing them to come to the door. The 1
boy wns at first absolutely struck dumb c
with astonishment, thinking that all the ?
stars in the heavens were falling through t
space. After a little he turned to c
the North Star and his courage came c
back. "Gosh?" he exclaimed, "the old j
dipper hangs on yet, don't she?" f
How to Detect Counterfeits.
Mr. Tanda of the Coin Department of
the Sub-Treasury, New York, says: b
"Many good coins lack ring, and many d
bad ones have it?especially gold coins t
filled with platinum. If a silver coin is t
of lead its color will betray it; if it is t
filled a sharp eye can always detect the tl
joint between the two halves. The o
absence of ring is easily explained. \
Silver dollars are stamped from long e'
strips, the ends of which strips are apt
to get curled in such a manner as to break h
the laminm of the metal, so that the c<
coins cut from it hare flaws which des- p
troy the ring." si
Morning.
Oh fair, sweet mother of the Southern breeze.
Celestial Morning, lo, thou doet awake!
And garments of oternal light doth take,
And swift thy scented breath comes o'er the
trees.
Tho pink roso garlands fall down to thy
knees,
And there, nil glittering with dew they shako
Like wavelets on somo molton silvor lake,
'Neath thy bluo eye that smiles across the
seas.
And from thy purple chnlico pouring flowers
Upon the level streams and rolling lands,
Across the rich horizon thou dost fly,
Arousing all the laughing little Hours,
That softly slip away in brokon bands
Beneath the moonless and tho starless sky.
?J. Henderson.
HUMOItOUS.
A wise cow knoweth licr own fodder.
Home rule?"Wipe your feet before you
come in.
Smith?"If you were stung by hornets,
Jones, what would you do first?" Jones
?"nowll"
"When a miner has been eaten by a
grizzly the Western people speak of him
as being admitted to the b'ar.
A bachelor editor, who had a pretty
unmarried sister, lately wrote to one similar
circumstanced, "Please exchange."
Tradesmen in Madagascar who give
short weight are sent to prison for a year.
In this country they go to a watering place
every summer.
Coming home at two A. M., he found
his wife dressed in deep black, and inquired
the reason. "Mourning for my
late husband," she replied.
A land speculator, in describing a lake
on an estate, says: "It is so clear and so
deep that, by looking into it, you can
see them gold digging in Australia."
An insane tramp invaded a Tennessee
farm-liouse the other day and informed
the mistress of tho place that he had a
divine commission to clean house for
her. He dusted.
All the world has heard of Bill Travers,
the wit of "Wall street. He stutters
terribly, but the stammer embellishes,
rather than detracts, from his stories. It
was Travers who silently surveyed the
Siamese Twins for a quarter of an hour,
and then said: "B-b-b-brothers, I p-p-ppresume
?"
Common Sense and Common Sleep.
Excitement, worry and anxiety, which
have their scat in the brain, interfere
with the functions of the stomach, and
in like manner anything that unduly
taxes the power of or irritates the stomach
disorders the circulation and nutrition
of the brain. The sleeplessness
often complained of by gouty persons ia
due to the poisonous effect of the morbid
material upon the nervous system. Excessive
smoking, too much alcohol, tea
and coffee, often resorted to by overworked
persons, are frequent causes of
sleeplessness. In all these cases the
cause is removable, while the effect may
be counteracted by appropriate treatment.
Nothing is more mischievous,
however, than to continue the habits and
to have recourse to drugs to combat the
effects. A due amount of exercise tends
to induce normal sleep, and such exercise
need not be of a violent character.
A walk of two or three miles daily ia
sufficient and is, perhaps, as much as a
busy man can find time for. A ride on
horseback, the Palmerston cure for gout,
is probably the best form of exercise for
those whose minds are constantly at
ivorK. it lias been well said that a man
must come out of himst-lf wheu in tho
saddle; he is forced to attend to liia
horse and to notice tho objects he meets.
Walking may be a merely automatic process,
and afford little, if any, relief to the
mind, and carriage excrcise may be practically
valueless if the mind is not diverted
from what had previously occupiedjit.
?Fortnightly Review.
Giving the Countersign.
In the fall of 1862 tho One Hundred
\nd Fifth Illinois Infantry, of which I
was a member, lay encamped at Chicago.
3ne day, having occasion to go into tho
nty on a pass, and being detained bc>rond
the time of guard mounting, I was
juite uneasy about getting back into
lamp again without having all tho boy9
enow that I had ovcrstaid my "leavo."
Along in the evening I approached tho
juard, expecting, as I deserved, to bo
narched before the Major; but luckily a
roung German who knew me was on
juard, and when I presented myself ho
laltcdmeall right, with "Who comes
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juard." "Come on de front and prings
he countersign mit you. Say Lincoln,
>r you don't get in here to-night." Of
:ourse, I said "Lincoln," very gravely,
mssed in, and my troubles were ended
or that time.? Chicago Ledger.
A Slight Misconception.
"That must have been a terrible cxhilition
of brutality at Union Park yesterlay,"
said Mrs. Sniggs to her husband
his morning. "Why, the paper saya
hat onft man dlsd flret T
KV M?OV? A 0U|J|/U30
lint's before the game commenced. And
ben some other brute hit a fly, with one
f those terrible big clubs, I suppose.
Vhy, I should think the Humane Soci- . \
ty would interfere." ftij
"That's it," answered Sniggs, ''you
are a long head. All you seed is ft
Duple of new bats to be appointed in
lace of the umpire."?Pittiburp Ohroni