The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, January 25, 1887, Image 2
Shine nnd Shade.
Borao walk Jn tho sunshine over,
Somo walk in tlio shade al way,
Somo aro witty, bright and clever,
801110 aro sober, sad aud gray.
Somo cbaao aftor smiles and laughter,
Somo seok only mournful tear.s,
Somo aro young, their primo long aftor.
Some got early "into years."
Some got all tho sweets and treasure,
Somo gob only caro and grief.
Some receive life's fullest measure,
Some?a short, half-ripened sheaf.
Thus it is in life's endeavor,
0 Thus forevor ami for aye,
Somo live in tho sunshlno over,
Some livo in tho shade alway.
?Robert O. Fowler, in Detroit Free Press.
THE OLD SLEIGH.
" 'Li/.abeth!"
"Coming."
"There, mother, old Speckle has returned
thanks at last," holding up a
plump, white egg that would do credit
to any queen of the poultry yard.
"Well, I rllcrs said that hen was
thankful for past mercies, though your
father would laugh every time I said so.
Liddy Stephens has jest been here. She
wanted to see you, but you was gone so
long, I thought you must be down to
Miss Penncll's."
"Yes, I met her as she came through
the yard."
"She didn't tell you the news, did
Bhc?"
"She told inc Will Marston had returned
from California."
"It does beat all 'bout that boy ! Seems
jest like the piece o' poctrv you read
sometimes about the fuller that went oil
and stayed so ninny years,and then come
back and took his mother out o' the
poor-house?only it's the father this
Lime. 'The very worst of the deacon's
?ix,' it called him, and that's just what
Will was then. I never believed ho had
anything to do with that scrape down to
the village. Liddy says lie is terribly
rich, and is going to take care of his
father. The deacon must be glad, for I
guess lie stayed with Caleb most as long
is lie can comfortably. They say he's
going to marry Sain .Miller's daughter
lluth. You see, when Bob Miller vent
aut there for his health, Will found him
out and done little kindnesses for him, and
when he was too sick to write home,
Will wrote for him. Part o' the time
Sam was sick hisself, so Ruth answered
the letters, and lie fell in love with her
in that way. There didn't anybody but
the dcacon and the Millers know he was
Doming. Sam drove down to the
Hcpot and carried liim up to Caleb's. 1
Guess they was some surprised to sec
him."
There is no knowing how long Mrs.
Allen would have gone on, her tongue
keeping time to the busy elic!c clack of
her kneedles, had not 3Ir. Allen's step
tounded on the walk.
'L zabcth never talked much, and the
mother did not mind her silence tonight.
A slight quiver about the sensitive
mouth alone told how keenly the
words were felt, and the si Mi ?f r/.Hr.f
which cscaped nt flic wclcome .sound of
her father's voicc was lost in the noise
made as he entered stamping the snow
from his boots.
"Why, father, does it snow? I been
so busy talking I hain't thought to look
out of the window for some time."
"Ye?, it's begun to come down right
imart; shouldn't wonder if it was good
sleighing by to-morrow."
"You don't think it's going to bo a
long storm?"
Mrs. Allen's face had an anxious expression
as she asked the question, for
a. long storm meant days of exile for
her.
v "No, I sh'll be surprised if it don't
clear up by to-morrow noon?so's 'Lizabeth
and I can take a ridt; to tlw? vil! >???
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that'll be a treat, won't it, darter?" and
the smile that lighted up his daughter's
(ace pleased him better than any answer
could have done.
"Guess I'll get the old sleigh out. Ben
Smart's been down to the city and he
says he saw lots jest like it; it's live
years since I sent Jim down to the village
for the new one, aud it's never been
out since. I'm glad it's come into
fashion again, for I never enjoyed myself
complete in the new one?always
felt a little above mv station." nml Vtir.
mcr Allen's laugh rang through tho old
litting room at the fitness of his remark.
"Well, 'Lizabeth, you get supper on
the table, and I'll tell father the new.i
while he warms his feet. He's ben down
to the wood lot all the afternoon, and
hain't heard nothing of the strange
things that has ben happening up
here."
Having arranged things to her satisfaction,
the stockings, Mrs. Allen had
dropped on the entrance of her husband,
continued to grow under her deft lingers,
while the news lost none of its interest
with ronrtitinn.
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That night, after 'Lizabcth had taken
her candle and said good night, Mr.
A-llcn sat for some timo looking at tho
fire, then suddenly broke out:
"Mother, don't you think 'Lizabcth
looks kind o' peaked lately? Then
she don't seem to eat as much as
usual."
"There, father, you're always fretting
'bout that girl. I don't know what
you'd a dono if you'd had six, liko your
brother Jonathan."
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"I didn't knorr but tho news about
"Will might affect her 80015. You
know they used to think so much of each
other."
' Maasy, father! That was years and
years ago, when they werj children.
'Li/.abeth'.s too sensible a girl to let a
felier like Will Marston to disturb her.
When he stopped writing to her she gave
him up. She's worked hard to-day,
and a good night's rest will bring her
round."
There seemed nothing more to be said,
so he took a licrht and proceeded to make
everything safe for tho night, but long
after his good wife was asleep he lay
!nv:lki> tliinlfinnr nf (lin nnl<> fnpn Ills
daughter had lifted for the good night
kiss.
'Lizabcth was not likely to get the
strength her mother thought from a
night's rest. Until the first rays of
morning lighted up the cast, she lay
thinking of the old days and living them
over again. She could not remember
the time when she and Will had not
seemed to belong to each other.
When they were children lie had
drawn her to and from school on his
sled, saved her the largest half of his
apple or orange, and fought all her battles
with a vigor worthy of an olden
knight. When the years in their flight
made them no longer children, it was
always Will who, at the close of meeting
or singing school, drew her arm through
his with an air of proprietorship and
started for the Allen farm. After his
mother's death he had not chosen his
associates wisely, but in spite of scorn
and opposition, without diso
bectieuce, she had clung to him and
trusted.
Then camc the affair at the village.
One dark night a party of roughs had
broken into Squire Peasley's burn, tied
together the logs of all his hens, nailed J
iip "NYhitcfoot's stall, and then climbing
the roof of tho ell had placed :i boari
soaked in salt water over tho chimney.
The old gentleman, who lived alone, was
obliged to travel on a slippery ground
to the nearest neighbor for help. The
villagers were justly indignant, and for
punishing the miscreants, but, no clew to
them could be found.
Will was away trom home that night,
and suspicion rested on him as one of the
party until ho could boar it no longer and
decided to go away.
It seemed but yesterday?their parting
in the old trysting place.
Will had slipped the tiny gold band
lie wore upon her linger?it seemed but
a thread of gold now?asking her to
wear it until he came back.
"For," said he, "I'll never conic lr.ck
till I can offer you a name and a home.
Somehow the devil lias had possession
of me lately, but bad as I am, I would
scorn to do what they accure me of?
torture a feeble old man. While you
believe and trust me, there ara plenty
who do not." And with a last "Goodbye,
my Both," he was gone.
When the lirst letter c uno addressed
to Miss Beth Allen, in Will's round, boyish
hand, Mr. Allen frowned and his
wife scolded hut wlion slio wna f?~.r
stopping the correspondence ut once, he
said:
"There, there, mother, let the girl
write to him if she wants to; she won't
do him any harm, and 1 can trust her
for a true Allen not to go far out of
the way."
So the matter had dropped, and for
live years'Lizabetli's letters were received
without comment; then they ceased suddenly
and unexpectedly. For months
'Lizabcth watched the mails with anxious
face. Mrs. Allen shook her head with
an "I told you lie didn't amount to anything,"
whenever there was no one but
her husband to hear,and Mr. Allen waited
in silence.
Time docs murli toward healing such
wounds, and live years had made it
seem more like an unpleasant dream than
a reality, when the news of Will's return
v-MiiiiT, uiitiivciiiii^ iiiuiiiuriuH 01 omcr
days.'
For oncc Mr. All on was weather wise.
The snow had fallen through the night,
covering the earth as with a mantle, the
feathery flukes continued to coma lazily
down until just beforo 12 o'clock, then
there was a rift in the western sky, and
when the old yellow sleigh stooil at
the door the sun shone as bright as
ever. |
"Be careful, father, and don't let
'Lizabeth get cold waiting for you,"
was Mrs. Allen's parting injunction
as she came to the door to sec them
off.
There was just wind enough to lift the
newly fallen snow and send it in little
whirls to lie sparkling and glistening a
few yarils from where it had fallen.
Robin was in excellent spirits, and Mr.
Allen declared, as ho drew up in front of
the village postotlice, that the distanca
never seemed so short.
HT"? -1- 1-- -? "?
- j-Miiw tuo iuuu cioiu nrounu you, darter,
and don't get tired waiting. I've
got to bargain with Sam Chaso about
that stove, but I'll be quick as I can;
then we'll drive down to Btirnhain'j and
get the book you mentioned." With this
and an extra pull t#? Robin's blanket, Mr.
Allen was gono.
"Father was right, tlio old sleigh is
moro comfortablo than the new onq,*
'Lizabeth thought as she nestled down in
one corncr, drawing tho robe moro close
ly to keop out tlio puffs of -wind that
tried to find entrance at all corners.
While tucking the robe between the
cushion and the side of the sleigh, her
lingers touched something smooth like
paper.
"One of father's old receipts; lie's so
careless," she thought, with a fond smile,
as she drew it forth for inspection. But
a glance was needed to show her mis-;
take.
It was a letter yellow with age, unopened
and addressed to herself in the
handwriting she knew so well. She j
could scarcely trust her eyes, but there j
was the fumilinr postmark?San Fran- j
cisco?and she was just leaning forward j
to read the date when a gust of wind j
taking it from her hands deposited
it ait the feet of a gentleman who was'
passing.
She dared not look up, but in a moment
he was handing it toward her, saying:
"Is this your property, Miss Allen?"
At the sound of the voice, so little
changed that she would know it anywhere,
the hot blood rushed to her
face, and she had scarcely courage lo
reply:
"I think so. I never saw it before."
She felt the keen eyes search her face, j
and there was a touch of scorn in the
question that followed.
"It is an old letter addressed to you,
and you never saw it befcre?"
She felt that she must vindicate
herself, and her answer came full and I
clour:
"I just found it in thj old slei^li.
I do not know now long it lias lain j
there."
llo glanecd again at the letter; it j
must be the same one; he knew the date
so well. The tone was almost eager j
now.
"You never saw it before, Beth? You
did not receive it, my last letter, anil
leave it unanswered?"
"Could you doubt me, Will?'' She
was looking him in the face now.
"I might have known better, but you
wore always so punctual, and when 1 |
received no answer to my last letter, 1
was too proud lo write and ask you tlu j
reason, i uiougnt you ti:i<i given me up .
for someone elte in li . Can
you forgive me for niv want of con 11*
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dence?''
Hut lie needed not words for answer.
When Mr. Allen came hurrying back
the sleigh ha 1 two occupants. It was
some time before they could explain
affairs to his bewildered inind,but when
light began to dawn he exclaimed :
"It was that Jim; he's so e.ircl.'ss!i
Lost a letter for me once."
Will was persuaded to accompany j
thvin home, an I it was a very mrrry
party that surprised Mr*. Allen by their
early appearance.
As soon as possible Mr. Allen hurried
his wife off to the kitchen to unravel
the mystery, while Will and Eli/ibeth
read and re-read the old letter by the
light of the hickory lire.
What Hath Miller would say wan a
source of much anxiety to Mrs. Allen,
until one day Will remarked, much to
her peace of mind, that lluth had been
engaged for some time to a friend of his
in the West?a gentleman she met
some years before while visiting in the
city.
The home upon the hill Will and
Liza both call home, and the old yellow '
sleigh?well, us Mr. Allen says, it's not |
every sleigh that can boast of a romance
like that.?Portland Tmnncript.
Mexican Police.
The Mexican police, writes Fannie B.
Warde, are striking figures, c'.ad in
'brief authority" and briefer linen, with
rusty, old-fashioned cavalry sabres
dangling about their heels and equally
antique-looking pistols pendent Jrom
their belts. The City of Mexico has an
excellent police system peculiarly it?
own. At night there is a guard at every
corner. He never patrols the streets,
however, but with a lantern that he puu ;
in the centre of the intersecting avenues,
and then retires in to a convenient doorway
and silently tits there until relieved.
As a consequence, a row of lanterns may
always lie seen down the middle of every
street. Besides the usual sword and revolver,
each night policeman at the Capital
carries a club and wears a blanket.
I The roundsman who patrol the streets
look like cavalrymen, each well mounted
and carrying a carbine and sabre.
On the principle that "it takes a rogue
to caicu a rogue," mcso -Mexican guardians
of the peace sliouid he the best in
the world; but it is not always conducive
of feelings of personal security (c
know that an ex-murderer or robber
stands guard outside your window, whc
is thus serving out the sentence for his
crime.
TookftWr.>ns Idea of 11.
"I don't see," observed liaggs, as he
leaned back in his chair, 4,how any man
of sense can be led to embezzle $50,030
or $100,000 and skip the country, lie is
disgraced, his future ruined, and whal
good can the money do him?"
"You don't take the right view of it,*
replied Stcbbins.
"Why?"
"The idea, my dear sir, is to sottlt
for half the sum stolen and return homt
to be looked upon as a smart man and l<
elcctcd prudent of a rival institution.'
MEXICAN INDIANS.
Statesmen, Soldiers, Jurists
and Poets in the I_'st.
Jjifo Arn ng' tho Peon? Who Work iu the
Etaciandas and Bail elm.
A City of Mexico letter to the Chicago
Ilcrahl mentions sotne of Mexico's civil
izeu iiuiians who nave achieved uistinclion.
Among tliem arc the late patriot,
President Juarez; the present President,
General Diaz; the Indian judge, Altimirano,
who is also a poet and historian;
K-unorez, mi Indian scientist, and others.
Continuing, tho correspondent
says:
I might mention a score of "learned"
Indians who would he an honor to any
country. For the present I desire only
to refer to "the short and simple annals
of the poor;" to the obscure mountaineers
and peons, because the characters of
these lowly people are rarely known or
studied by tourists, or else when not described
ns "stupid brutes," are depleted
as "savages."
I admit that great numbers of the
"Populacho" or lower class of Indians in
the largo cities are idle, lazy, dissipated
and worthless, but the wonder is that
centuries of Spanish oppression did not
brutalize them still more. These people,
however, are very different from the peons,
who perform all the lab>r of the haciendas
and ranches and work on the railroads.
Throughout therural districts the
Indians are sober, industrious and extremely
honest. In the "pueblos" or
tribal settlements there are soma communities
which are models of virtue and
industry. Only twelve leagues from
this capital there is a large Pueblo up in
Ihe mountains which is governed by a
"Council of Twelve," formed by six aged
"wise-men" and six "venerable matrons."
No cure or priest is allowed there, although
about two centuries ago Jesuit
missionaries did manage to i ll ;et and entrance
and iinally taught the Indians to
believe in the existence ot an omnipotent
God, a self-sacriticing Redeemer and
a "(ircat Mother." This belief they still
retain; nevertheless their relish).? is partly
that practiced by their (Minnie ancestors
and is also imbued with some of the I
milder Aztec superstitions.
In fraternal love and Christian charity
these mountaineers surpass us?for example,
every Saturday each able-bodied I
man. woman, ltowii bov anil <rirl leaves
Wis or her grounds or umiuI avocations i
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ami all, under the directum of "the j
venerable fathers and mothers," devote !
that entire day to the cu'turo of the j
lands belonging to the widows and j
young orphans, or else to laboring for j
the benefit of the old, sick, blind and
helpless member.* of the community. In
order to attain the dignity of "patriarch"
a man must submit to "a judgment," or
a review of all his past life, and will I
oniy be clected if, upon strict Invcstiga- |
lion, it is proved that during youth, and !
eurlv manhood he has been honest, j
laborious, and truthful.
A matriarch must be a n spectab'.e
woman who has brought up a large faini ly j
properly and has never been known to I
steal, or to have been addicted to lying
or gossiping.
Through the Jesuits these Oltonic !
Indians long ago learned the existence
of a great city, which replaced Tenochtitlan,
the far-famed capital of the
Montczumns, and at times Home ambitious
youth yearns to seek fortune
there; or, perchance, some father of a
large family, fearing that his allotment
of land will not support all, is willing
to allow his eldest or sccond son to go
out into the world. "When the hour of i
departure has come the young wouid-bc
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wlili^iiiuv ia ai.v,i;iij|jiiutuu iu iiic ui U? U1 j
ii certain lull and there tho entire com- '
munity take an affection.ite leave of him.
When his own parents have blessed him
the patriarchs and matriarchs bestow
their benedictions upon him, and then
admonish him "to he sober, honest, industrious
and truthful," and never to
commit any act which would be a disgrace
to his native Pneblo.
The poor, Ottomie emigrants, being
utterly ignorant of the Spanish language,
usually feel very unhappy here for
awhile, but th:.'y are intelligent, and in
the course of time gain a foothold which
they studiously maintain, for they are
honest ana soon 1 ispire commence.
Whenever these exiles from home have |
an opportunity to send back a message |
to their Pueblo their greetings to the j
venerable fathers and mothers are al- !
ways as warm as those to their own j
blood kindred.
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Self-Posse* si on.
"Miss l)eJaulis is a very self-pos- |
scssed young huly,isn't she?" remarked !
Jackson.
iiv.. .. im ? n:?i.
uw^ll ! WW UU| ICjlliUU lJiSJll
SOU.
"Why so?"
'Because I have asked her to be :
mine three times and she said 'no' each
time."?Merchant 1'ra< elfer.
Not a Roamer.
Young man to elderly lady.?You
have been abroad,madam, I understand.
Elderly lady.?Yes, for two months. '
Young man.?Did you go to Home?
Klderly lady.?Oh, no; I wasn't feeling
at all strong, and I went ju*t to stay
ii? one plr.cj an<l get rested. ? Tid-Bits. ;
A v ' <v"- ' V v . j. , V '^ V \
. .. .if'3* . " W.\ . aV ,J TV "
Grant's Reticoncc.
For year-, says General Badeau, writ
in<X about General Grant, his unwilling
ness to make a speech was curious. Whei
lie was nominated for the Presidency h
declared that he had neither the powc
of publ c speaking nor the disposition t<
ac(|uire it. In the lon?j series of recep
tions that followed him everywhere afte
the close of this war, not more than tw
or three words were ever extorted froL
him in reply to encomiums and even a lu
lation such as few men have heard ad
dressed to themselves. I was once traveling
with him by railroa 1 during the lieigh
of his early populari.y. Wherever tin
train stopped it was surrontideil by ar
dent and patriotic throng*. Ilis silcnc
had now become celebrated, and
woman in the crowd cried out: i(
want to see the man that lets the womc:
do all the talking."
At another time his youngest son
Jesse, then a boy of only 7 years, cam
out 011 the platform when the cries for
"speech" were loudest, and his futhe
was as silent as the Sphinx. The la<
looked first at the mass of enthusiast!
people before him and then at the trrea
soldier by his side, and inquired: "l'.ipii
why don't you speak to them?" Bu
Grant remained mute, and Jesse at las
cried out: "I can make a speech, i
papa can't." The shouts instantly wen
up: "A speech from Jesse! A speec
from Jesse!" Then there was a husl
and the child began in his treble voic<
but without a shade of the embarrass
ment his father would have felt:
Tlio boy stood on the Impiiing deck.
Jesse made another speech durin
the same summer that wus even moi
felicitous. Grant and liis family wei
at the farm near St. Louis, where Air?
Grant's father resided, and one hot da
after the 2 o'clock dinner, when evcrj
bod}' went out on the lawn, Jess
mounted a haystack and exclaimed, "1'
show you how papa makes :i speech.
Grant himself laughed and we all wet
up to the haystack. Then Jesse mad
a bow (which his father would not hav
done) and began : "Ladies and genth
men, I am very glad to see you.
thank you very much. Good night.
Everyone laughed, but Grant blushed u
to hi*? eyes. 1 don't think he relishe
the imitation at all; *it. was too c'osi
But .less:: was the baby and we talkc
a'jout something else.
('o!d Wontlier Laws.
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.xi ut icmi wan iu<; uacu upon nnj
thing that is cold. Never bdgin :i join
liny until tlm 1 real;fast has been eaten.
Never take warm drinks and then iir
mediately go out in the cold.
Keep the hack, especially between th
shouider-blades, well covered; also, th
chest well protected. In sleeping in
cold room establish the habit of breall
ing through the nose, and never with tli
mouth open.
Never go to bed with cold or dam
feet.
Never omit regular bathing, for utiles
liiu sKin is in active condition the co!
will close tlu: pores ami favor congestio
or other diseases.
After exercise of any kind never ml
in an open carriage or near the windo
ot a car for a moment; it is dangerot
to health and even to life.
Merely win in the back by a lire an
never continue keeping the back e:
posed to heat after it has become con
fortably warm. To do otherwise is d(
bilitating. ? Farm and Fireside.
Weather Predictions.
Wiggins and other false weatli;
projihets should read the story of Pa
t ridge, the celebrated almanac maker *
old England. Travelling in the com
try, he stopped at an inn for dinner, an
afterwarJs prepared to resume his jou
ney. The hostler advised him to st?
where lie was, :is it would certainly r..ir
"Nonsense," said Partridge, and j>r<
ceeded on his way. lie had not gon
far, however, when, sure enough, aheuv
shower of rain descended. Btrnck L
the man's prediction, Partridge roc
back, and was received by the hostl<
with a grin. Tl.'e almanac maker oflere
him half a crown on condition that 1
told how he knew it was going to rait
"Well, the truth is, sir, that we have u
almanac here* called Partridge's almuna<
and the fellow is such a notorious lit
that whenever he promises a fine dn
we always know it will be the opposit<
Now, to-day. yer honor, is set down ?
line day in the almanac."
Angling In tilh Air.
Notable among the denizens of th
Balkan mountains is a bird called by tli
native the wasp-cater. As its name ir
dicates, it is the enemy of the hive an
the scourge of honey-bee?), but it has
IIUUIUL'U jiiciuiuiii'u mr wimps. 11 pui
sues its prey with remarkable agilitj
catching nn innnenso number of insect
in its flight through the air in an ir
credibly short space of time. Strange t
say this bird is caught by means of
line, like a gudgeon. The chiklrc
stick a crooked pin tnrough the bod
of a live wasp (youth knows no pity!
fastening it to <i long stout piecc c
thread. The insect soars aloft and i
presently gobbled up by the bird c
prey. It- .8 a humiliating t-pcctaclc t
seethe miserable wasp-yater .strugglin
at tluj end of the line like a young enrj
while it is being drawn down to curtii
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SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.
I5y the aid of electricity ustmospliere
i hravily eharg?*d with dint and Binoko
(t ran In; instantly cleared.
i- Tin: north roast < f Lake Superior has
i) never l?ren Mirveyed. There arc no
charts nor buoys to indicate dangerous
r places, and l?ut four lighthouses on u
o coast, line of 50') mi!? ?.
n A ii(!w Knglish paint n ordinarily of a
brilliant red color, but darkens u.s it is
- healed, becoming ?piite l>r?>\vi? lit :i teni^
|>eruture of 18') degrees. A; it cools it
t regains its original redness. it is reconie
mended as an indicator of hot bearings
- in high-speed machinery.
0 A genius with a taste for statistics
,l has figured out that the average news*
paper writer mattes 4,000,00') strokes
11 with his pen each year, or a line 1500
miles long. A rapid penman draws hi?
'? pen through 10 1-2 feet every minute.
c In forty minutes his pen travels a fur11
long.
r The GOO tornadoes recorded slinw
^ | that their whirl is utmost invariably in
(' ' the same direction?opposite tin; hands
of a watch?and their onward movel'
mcnt with u< i-? nearly always n?rth'
ward. Their favorite time of day is
^ known, and a tabulated list of 10'2 show.-?
nearly two-thirds between 2 and 0 p. in.
, A misunderstanding led to the erroneh
?
ous statement that experiments arc
' about to be made in Dresden with cast
'* jjlass for rails. The attention of Mr.
Siemens has been ?riven to the produe
tion of railway sleepers of hardened
jjlass, which have proven very satisfac?
tory in recent tost?.
e
At a recent meeting of the Hoval Micro Q
scropical Soeiely, London, Professor
iseli, at tliu request or the president,
gave an account of what lie regarded as
the most extraordinary biological fact
brought-to light during the lust twenty(|
live yeais?the existence of a third
eye at the top of the head of certain
I lizards.
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The "Tonqusnesc Academy" has been
established at Hanoi, i:i Tonquin, by
" Mons. Paul Jlert, tin; French resident?
general. An important function of the
society is the initiation of the people of
'j j Tonquin into a knowledge of modern
j sciences and civilization. The meinber'*
| sliip is limited to forty, with an uuj
limited number of correspondents.
1 Further experiments in the direction
{ of lighting tiains by electricity are re._
j ported from Glasgow, wis::re an experi..
! mental train is fitted with electric light
has been run 011 the underground raili_
way. The cost is about one-third us
compared with gas. K\ch oompart,
mcnt of a carriage is provided with
e 1 two incandescent lamps, each of sixteen
;l candle power. The contact is so ar~
ranged that oidjr one lamp is lighted at
lC a time, and in the event of a breakage ol
the lamp in use the other one is inline
p d"lately lit up.
Monkey Affection.
The gorilla of Western Africa iiws in
^ patriarchal and polygamous families, in
n which many females and their young
sunnm to me aumority ol a single
' adult, aiul the habits of the chimpanzee
w are similar; but the cynocephalic, most
3 of the smaller species of the African
continent, anil American monkeys, live
in considerable troops, in a kind ofgeneral
sexual promiscuity,in which the love ol
1 the mothers for their young, very strong
while they need it in their weakness,
does not outlive their growth out ol
helpless infancy. Similar habits have
)r been noticed among .some savage races:
r_ and traditions arc preserved among
many people of a time when family
, bonds did not exir.:. But truces of
more durable family bonds between
r_ monkeys of the same blood seem to exist
among the chimj>an/.ees and gorillas,
j where the appearance of particular and
j exclusive alfjetion is combined with
rivalry with the members of other famiv
lies. Savage, in the Boston Journcu
' j of Natural Jllstory, tells of a female
lf. chimpanzee which was observed in a
,r j tree with the male and a pair of y; mig
of dilFerent sexes. She lirst started to
ie hurry down and run into the thicket
with the malo and the* vnnnu fntmilo*
lt D " ?
n but, seeing the young mule loft behind,
she went buck for him and had t.ikcn
ir him in her arms when she was shot,
y llouzeau, in his ' Etudes," compares
^ this trait with the indifference with
ia which the New Z-aland mother saw
Cook take away her son, probably forever,
as she wa* expressly informed.
Ilou/.eau also finds traces of paternal
e affection in the protection that old
ie anthropoid apes accord to the members
i- of the polygamous tribe of which they
d are chiefs. This kind of affection can,
a however, hardly be said to exist among
- un men. aiiuiu ?n: iiumcroilS triUCS in
which the fathers do not know their
s own childrcn, in which the names pass
' in the female line, anil where a man's
? heirs are the children of his sisters.
ft Striking examples of conjugal love are
n sometimes shown among monoganiou?
y monkeys. An incident in point is that
I) of a female of an American species
which, tired af holding her young one,
ls called up the male to relieve her.
^ Another stoiv if. that of the main in tho
0 Janlin des Plantos which heeaina incon8
so'nh'e and starved itself to death, after
}< if? companion dic.(\.--P<>f,vLtr Siclvice
. Morit'ly.
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