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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSI3ORO, S~ C., MAY 10, 1879. YOL. 111.-NO. 43.
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THI' CONDUCT OF LIFT.
De it good that we do, let us do it,
Giving soul and our strength to the deed:
Let us pierce the hard rook and pass thjrougi
it,
And compass the thing that we sood.
Does Fatto, as a dark cloud, hang over,
And cover our heads from the light ?
Does hato mock the heart of the lovor ?
Must Wrong be the victim of Right ?
Yet in Fate there is freedom for each one
To mako or to mar as he will;
And the bolts of ill fortune that reach one,
May maim, but they never shall kill.
Ever onward and upward pursnlug
The aim that is thine for the day;
Adding stiength to thy strength by thy doing,
Thou shalt gain it, nor faint by the way.
And though thou art bruised with small things,
Though menial thy labor may bo,
Do thy utmost in that and in all things,
Thou still shalt be noble and free.
Dost thou love? lot It be with full measure
Nor mingle with coldness or hato
Of others the joy of thy pleasure.
Tho passion that crowns thy estato.
Be to every man just; and to woman
Be gentle, and tender, and true,
For thy own do thy best; but for no man
Do less than a brother shonld do.
So liing thy days full to number,
in peace thou shalt pass to the gravo;
Thou shalt lie down, and rest there and slum
her,
Beloved by the good and the brave.
Beset by Bushrangers.
Surveying and exploring a new district
in Queensland is a matter of some hardship
and peril. In the evenings, after the day's
work is over, when we have finished our
"damper," salt-beef and tea, and are smok
lug our pipes roundi a blazing log-ire, many
a strange story is told. My men tire old
ilushmn, and ill) to a thing or two, espe
cially Aly Chaiinan.
lie is a harun-searum, reckless, hand
some, genuine Irishman of very respectable
family, induced to emigrate many years ago
as a hopeless scapegrace. lie has knocked
about New South Wales and Queensland in
all sorts of capctiities. I fell in with him
by chance. I was fortunate enough to save
his life, engaged him, and believe him to he
as devoted and tltie a fellow as there is in
the world.
A few years ago, My Chainman was
Journeying in the direction of Sydney, frotn
a place in the interior, called, I think, Jim
ballah. hlaving stopped lat several public
houses on the way, lie found himself still
on his journey with a ten-pound note, half
a sov'ereign, and a half-crown, in his pocket.
About a hundred miles from Sydney, he
found. sonic confusion in a public house
which he had entered to obt ain refreshment.
The landlady was crying bitterly, and the
servants were in a great fright.
When he entered, the hostess eagerly ex
claimed:
"You tre not one of thim, are you?"
'What do you mean?"
"'Och, it's the Bushrangers I mn11e. You
aten't onte of thin?"
"No. Have they been here, then ?"
"Yes, half an hour ago, and cleared my
house of all I had. iTe widdy's curse be
uponl thiml I"
"Have they gone .down the road, or
struck right into the bush ?"
"Gone down the road to pick up till they
ineet wid."
"How0'% many V"
"'Three; sorrow less."
Now, My Chaluman must go down to
Sydney. le could not take the bush for It,
as lie did not know the country well enough.
le might evade the Bushrangers by some
lucky chance, either by the aid of night or
* othefr means. lie was dressed, of course,
in the gear of a thorough Bushman, and
they might spare him on tihe old Scotch
p~rinciple, "Hawks pyke not oot hawks'
eeni." Besides, he might conceal lis ten
pounid note, and~ it would not break his
heart to lose his half-sovereign and half
crown. Ont the whole, then, lie saw nothi
ing for it but to resume his journey, lie
chose his short sock as the best place for the
bank-note, and thrust the note into it, with
out folding it un.
Forth lhe went, and rode rapidly on for
about half an hour wvithtout seeing the ran
gers; however, he distinctly sawv the fresh
* tracks of four horses in adivance. At anl
abrupt turnt of the road, lie was coveredl by
* three revolvers and addressed by three
voices:.
"Dismnount I"
No help for It. He got off his horse, andl
took a survey of the "glorious three." One
was a very good-natured looking fellow ;
the other seemed rather backward ; .the third
wvas-an unmlistakable ruffian.
"Where have you been? You're a dig
ger'?"
"I'm just coimig from the Wanooranu
* Diggins."
*These gold fields were noted for their
proverty.
"Howinuch money have you got ?".
"One half-sovereign and( one1 half-crown."
"Is that all ?"
''That's all."
It was tihe good-natured man who spoke
iln this dialogue.
"I thtinkc, Jim, we may hot htim off. The
poor follow must .be hard up, comning from
those-wretchied diggins."
"We'll have something to say to him
first.," replied Number Thlree, whose accent
was Irish; and tis gave My .Chainman
some hope.
"Well, at all events, hie must have a glass
of grog." My Chainmian accordingly drank
a bumper that took his breath away.
"Walk before me into the bush," then
said Number Three.
"Not a bit of it, Jim; let the poor wretch
go. Why, lie's a countryman of your owil.
What do you say, Jack ?'
"Never mind what Jack says I" replied
Number Three. "Don't you make an ass
of yourself, Dick!i I'll have my own way
in ti."
-Ie motioned to My Chainman to go on ;
and on he went until he. reached a belt of
scrub.- -
"Halt! Now, listen to me. It's my
opinion that you are a schepr If I find
one shIlling on you more thd you have ac
knmowledged to (he swore a terrib. ati)
I'll blow your brains out on the ' spot,
ytr I' anm owned tonme thtfor a
mo ent. e fmortal terror,'but hosheok
6,o anded to undroess.
*"Teke of ypur jumper first-not nyour
boots. -N~w -your flane shirt. Throw
- tet oerto me"
Ile exambied them thoroughly.
"Take off your boots. Throw theim
here. Now your trowsers."
lie found in the pockets the two coins.
And. My Chainman hoped that the searcli
was over. Not yet.
"Take off your socks!"
To hesitate was instant death. The ruf
Ilan shook both the socks. Let the reader
fancy the beating of My Chainman's heart,
meanwhile! As he had thrust the note in
to the sock without folding it up, and as
the robber had caught the note with the
thick sock between his finger and thumb,
It was thus prevented from dropping out.
To such small things a man may owe dear
life itself.
"Now be off."
"What !' said My Chainman. "Wonld
you send a man away stark naked, and in
this weather, too "
"You ought to be thankful for your life."
Just then, up came Dick.
"Haven't you searchedl him yet V What's
the use of keeping him in the cold ?"
"You mind your own business, Dick."
"Jim," retorted Dick, "you know I can
stand a great deal, but you're not the man
to bido a quarrel with me when I'm roused.
I won't allow you to (1o as you did last
thme. Give this man his boots and trow
surs; keep his jiunper if you want it."
Thus thoy split the difference, and My
Chainman was left on a bush-road without
a horse, and only half clad. lie had his
ten-pound noto, however.
After walking briskly for about twelve
miles lie came to a sly grog shop, where lie
found two men conversing ; one, evidently
the host ; the other (he knew as well - as if
it had been revealed to him) was the fourth
Bushranger.
In the endless wilds of Australia there is
not a Bushman whose life (toes not often
depend on ''tracking;" and 'so wonderful
do Bushmen become in this respect, that
they can tell the date of every mark upon
the ground. I have heard them debate as
to whether a black's track was an hour old,
or two hours. Now, My Qhainman had
seen the'tracks of four horses in company,
and lie had carefully tracked the fourth ip
to this "humpy," close to which it was
standing quietly tied by the bridle.
"If I don't ride that horse away from
this to-day," said My Chainan to himself,
"may I never have the blessing of St. Pat
rick I"
The host was a little man ; the Bushran
ger was a tall and muscular villain, with
long black hair falling (own his shoulders
a bad sign, as it showed he had been long
"'out."
They had been talking on a subject that
had excited the Bushranger; and that sub
ject., as far as My Cliainman could gather
from the muttered words he overheard at
his entrance, was that the police were on
their way up, fInd not very far off.
My Chainman gave the Masonic sign ; It
was anmsivered by the host.
10"allo," said the Bashranger, "where
do you hail from?"
"I have come down tihe road."
"Haven't you got a horse ?"
There was no use shamming here, so My
Chainnian at once replied
"I was stuck up and robbed twelve miles
from this by the Bushrangers."
"The deuce I Are they so near? Isn't
it fortunate, Casey, that I knew this in
time V"
"Why ?" said Casey. "You're not going
that way ; you caie from that direction
yourself a while ago."
The Bushranger at that moment was
lighting his pipe with a burning coal, and
his back was ttirned. My Chainmn gavea
a look and made a gesture which were per
fectly understood by the shrewd little host.
"I must be going, old man," said the
Bushranger, after his pipe had been succeas
fully lighted. "Let's have a glass of grog
all round first."
"All right I" said the little man. Three
glasses of rum soon sto6d before the party.
My Chainman p~ut his hand forward to take
up one of the glasses, but Casey, with ain
awkward apology about helping the gent
first, handed the robber that very' glass,
gave another to My Chainman, andi drank
off the third himself.
My Chainnman undlerstood all this, and
hoped that the stupefying potion would soon
take effect. But no. The ruflian's consti
tution was as sound ais the foumidations of
St. Paul's, and the draught- only increased
his sharpness aind penetration.
"Do you think I dlon't see through you?"
said he with a diabolical glance at Casey.
"I'm not so sure of you (this was to My
Chainman) ; if I was, I know what I should
(do."
"WVhat have I done, sir ?" said Cas'y.
"What have you done, you villain ?
Everything. I'll have your life I"
Now, although My Chiaanan did not
think that the rutilan meant the threat liter
ally, yet lie made his little preparations.
T1heo fellow was armed to the teeth. lie
had two revolvers in his belt, and a double
barreled gun stood close to him. *A large
sheath-knife hung on his hip. Every see
end increased the ruihan's fury.' His curses
and threats were, appalling. .Casey, tihe
other side of the fire, sat the picture of dis
may.
"Why don't you answer me?" the rob
ber at last shouted.
."Because," gasp~ed Casey, "I have noth
lng to say."
"Nothing to say?" roared thme Bushran
ger. "Take that I"
lie drew a revolver, half i-ose from his
seat, and( with wonderful quickness, leveled
the weapon at Casey. But My Chainman
was quicker than he. . IIe had quietly piick
ed uip an Americain tomahawk which lay on
a block5 beside him, and, just as ~..o Bush
ranger had given the half turn to fire, down
came the tomahawk on the back of the
nmeck. TIhe pistol exploded at the same
ingment. The wvretched man gave hardly
a q~Idver. l He was dead In a second. The
two survilvors looked Into each other's faces.
"Of courfie he was a Bushranger.?" in
quired Casey, after a long pause.
"Of co'urse lhe was," said My 'balnman;
and lhe then told hiam the Whlole story. "But
oven If he were not, I did'it In self defense,
forhle wotild have shot meothe next minute."
"Yon saved uihy life,- however," said
Casey1 ,"and that Is everything to thme pur
pose.
"I thought at first," said My Chainman,
that you were in league with the robbers."
"Probably I, might have been forced to
be so In'timne,"' was the reply ; "but I have
not been here long and, rely upon It, I
::haa't be here lo m."
"Whaut is bdE be donot!' said My
Chalninan. "Shall I ride on and meet thme
police, if they are on the way ?9
"For the Lord's sake, don't I" ezelal'med
the other. -"is mates are sure to be here
in no ime, and they'll tortura ma If thay
0ff:t1up. be(hi man wu'll both ridu
off," maid My Chaiminian.
"Then I leave everything bdlonging to
ile to be plundered."
"Well, theni, aini, what is it you wait ?
What's your advice ?"
'Let us throw the body downi that rock
into the scrub there, and then clean up.
You ride off. I'll pretend their mate was
after you. If you meet the police, don't
say a word about it."
"Biut the horse and saddle may be stolen
property ? "
"You must Chance that. It's the only
plan.
My Chainman adopted the only plan,
rode down to Sydney, and sold the horse.
"lut iow, tir," said he "comes the
strangest part of the story, and, if I didn't
feel sure that you would believe me, I
would nover tell it. Years passed,. and I
happened to be traveling through a town
where the assizes were going on. I heard
that a great murderer was to be tried, so I
went to hear the trial. AA I live and must
die, one of the oflcials of that court, and
not the lowest either, was Jiin, the liush
ranger who stripped me !"
"Of course you communicated youir dim
Covery to the police ?"
My Chainman gave a dry cough, and, I
rather think, got red in the face.
"I never muhell cottoled to the police, sir,
at any timemleast of all then. Not so much
for my own sake as for others."
"I see, I see," said I ; "but I hope that
was the only human blood you ever shed?"
"The-only drop," said My C(hainman, in
some confusion, "saving and excepting one
other case. That's a longer yarn than this."
Madamo Bonaparte's Jewels.
The most valuable article among the
collection is a necklace of (ianonds,
emeralds, rib'et and pearls, of hand
Somic design and workmaishlip. The
pendant Is a large solitaire diamiond,
and the setting Of aill thle SWIMe is 1 x
tremely quaint. The iiecklac witas the
gift of a noblenatn.' Its preselnt value
is $3,000 or thereabouts. A crown of
amethysts and pearls, fully three Inches
wide, ii valuted at about $5'i0. Tiiere
are several ant~que pearl necklaces
worth from $51 to $3t0 each. Two
haidsoei stones, known as antique,
are set for peidants. .One is transparent
and tile other is similar to a earnelian.
A black enamneled braclet made in Paris
and set with American $2 5) golI pieces
Is quite a nov Ity. It is worth $100.
Another bracelet Is made of six $5 gold
pieces and a French coin linked together
with gold. A third third bracelet Is
most curious and antique. It is made
of gold wire taken from the-wrist of a
skeleton in Pompell. The three watches
are very old, and their intrinoic value
Is not over $20 eaih. Two are open
faced watches, vbile the third is a
small hunting case, set with pearls
around the edges of tile outer cases.
One of the open-faced watched is blue
enameled, and was given to Aladan e
Bonaparte by her grandfather. It it
supposed to be nearly 300 years old.
In addition to numerous vinalgreties,
two memorial iings and one antIquo
.eameo ring, there are 5( ven rich and
valuable head ornaments of pearls and
garnets.
Tunneiong the Alps.
h'lie second tunnel beneath the Alps
-the great St. Gothard-after passing
through many vicissitudes, will be
ready for traflle some tIme next Sear.
It has already been bored for a dis
tance of a little more than seven and a
half miles, whIch Is seventy feet more
than' the length of tihe Mlount Cenis.
There reinainied on1 January 5th 0on1y
2 922 yards to be cleared, aind If the
wvork progresses as rapidly as last. year,
when 2 772 yards were bored1, time two
companies of workmen who started
from the Italian and Swviss ends would
meet. In January, 188t0. GeologIsts have
calctlated that thlere a hard stratum of
sepentine and schilst yet to pass, andt If
this pr~oves true tihe work cannot pro,
ceed so rapidly. But In any event the
workmen are likely to ieet before the
year progresses many muonths beyond
January. Thell tunnefll's length wIll be
more than a'mile andi a hair greater
than that of time Mont Cenls, and the
total cost several mIllIon pounds ster)
lng more. Thn Gernian, Italian andl
Swiss Government have granted In
subsies ?4 fitO 000
A Rare hsard.
A magnificent trumpteer swan was shot
at thle outlet of Buck Pond near Rochester,
New York, recently, tihe first specimen of
the kind, It Is believed, ever shot in this
part of the country. Thei hunlters first saw
the bird sailing over their decoy. Five'
charges from their guns brought him down,
and then they discovered that they had in
deed capturedi a prIze. The body was per
fectly white, and the wvings meastured six
feet from tip to tip. From the tip of the
bill to the extremity of the tail It mealsured
.four feet and three inchtes. It is thle ina
tent ion to have thle bird prepared by a tax
idiermist.
Gliven Up 1iy D)octor.
"Is it possIble that Mr. Godurey is up
and at work, niid curedl by bo simple ti
remedy ?"
"I ftssure-you that it is true that ho Is
etitrely' cured, and with nothIng but
114p Bitters; and only tenl days ago his
doctors gave hlim up) anid said he must
die I"
"Well at dayl That Is remarkable I
I will go this (lay andl get seine for .my
poor George. I know hops are good.".
The only part of the conduct of any
one, ini whIch he is amenable to society,
is that which .concerns othars. In the
pah't which merel cone ns himself,
111s1 ndependene' i of right Absoltitp.
Over himself over his own body Snd
mind, the indlvidtua is ifovereign.
IN MAK ING puiff ms~te batter sh,o l
be free from milk and ,~tt . 8 quees
Ing tt in a clean towvel wil t.ke out alf
snnarfinnns Juie.
4terurtted.
Young Mr. doldsmitt who is a clerk
in oue of our ry good stores upon a
fair salary, an who has for some time
been paying m ntion to a young lady
of the south t , whose father is worth
forty thousand 4ollars,made up ile mind
last week thathhe would finally settle
the question of her regard for him.
Thuraday even~pg he arrayed himself in
his most prepdgsesing garments, -and
omitting his supper fromn reason of sud
den and total lo s of appetite, he repair
ed to the bar.ber shop, for the purpose of
acquirlIg that, smoothness of face, so
much admired ,.y his young lady.
"Now," said young Mr. Goldsmith to
himself, "it will be an excellent oppor
tunity to think up sonethiin to say,
while I'm beln shaved,"' and Ie took
his seat in the 0 sair, W t, %ted his boots,
closed his eyes, and put hist.houghts
into reflective ol'der. ie said to him
self:
"I want to begin wth- "
"S'ave?" enquired the knight of the
razor.
"Of course,"'Vaid young Mr. Gold
smith, somnewhot tartly, opening his
eyes, "you don't suppose I camne in to
get a tooth pulilh, do you?"
The barber snled In a soft tone, and
proceeded with his work, while young
lr. Goldsmith closed his eyes again,
and resumed his nuising:
"I'll begin by saylng that she can
not be insensib. to the fact, that
her--"
"Razor pull?''xake in the artist, as
lie gave an upwxad stroke under the
chin. "No I" replied young Mr. Gold
smith, crossly. "'-Thmat her (tharms
have won for her a place in my affec
tions that no amount of-"
"Pimples?" inqired the barber, as
young Mr. Goldsmith winced under the
razor; "did I nip a pimple?"
"Go ahead I" said the young man,
shortly, and relapsed into: "-That no
amount of adversity can ever eradi
cate. I have longed to sit and drink-"
"Bay rum?"
Young Mr. Goldsmith shook his head
with a wrathful feeling in his breast
that boded the barber no good, and con
tinued. "And drink In the love that I
am certain she bears me. Then I will
kind of lead on until I have my- "
"Illair cut?,' interrupted the barber,
unconscious of the mischief lie was do
ing. A malevolent glare from lia cus
tomer answered his question in the
negative. 3
"-Until I have my points well stat
ed," continued young Mr. Goldsmith:
to himself, "and then I will conclude
by saying-'and now, dearest Miry,
will you have'- "
"Any oil?" said the barber, pausing
with the bottle in his hand.
And then the other customers were
horrified at seeing a young man shoot
out of the chair, clutch the barber. by
the neck,, break the oil bottle over
his head, and then, as lie backed the
territled razor-manipulator against the
wall, they heard him scream, in a pas
sion-tori'voice.
"You miserable apology for a phono
graph, I don't want any oil, any sham
poo, any pomatum, any cosmetic, any
cigars-any-any-any a aw V"
And young M r. Goldsmith, grabbing
his coat and hat tore oat of the door
andl up the street, gritting his teeth so
hard that he started two gold fillings
and entirely ruined the nerves of an
elderly woman on the opposite side of
t~he street. H~e didn't propose that
evening.
.A Shoop Ranch.
The ranch I had traveled more then four
thousand miles to see lay on the westerri
slope of a valley through which runs for
four winter muonthis the Salinas River, emp)
tying into Monterey Bay after a northwest
course of about one hundred and~ thirt~y
-niles. The eight thiousandic sheep on the
lproperty were in six bands, each undier the
care of a shiepheird and dogs. The shep.
herd has his cabin aiongsidle of a corral that
enclosed the flock at night. These camps
-a corral andl a. cabin--were sixteen in
number. As a.flock exhausted the p~asture
in one locality it was moved to another.
The stock drank from the little river stream
if grazing near that, or from sp~rings or
wells at the different corrals, where were
pumps and troughs. An inportant line of
ranch work was to supply the shepherds
with fresh provisions, carrying them to this
and that canip, four or five miles apart.
Besides that weekly duty were the special
calls for all hands during lambing, shear
ing, wvashing, packing fleeces and hauling
wool. There were necar the dwelling ample
barns, tool and store hmouses, blacksmith's
shop anid mn's qluarters. In fact, a ranch
of such size, distant from any town, must
coimmandh within itself muany resources. He
sidle the sheep stocis, there were a few cat
tle for beef and milk, four draught horses
and half a dozen saddle mustangd. The
vegetable gardern was situated eight miles
from the hohse I It was on the only spot of
the whole property wnerc a natural supply
of water from a spring and pond-hole could
be depended .on throughout tihe year. liut
as 'u man could not be spared for continuous
gardening, one of tile hands rode over twice
a wveok.to. do the work. As may be ima
gined, tile fertile little garden was sadly.
neglected. Tihe exact details and patient
care of small farming seem incompatible
withu the nomadic administration of graz
ing. The dwelling house, of but one story,
was pretty and comfortalie. Its main
room was parlor, hall and oficee. From it
opened the bed-chamberg and the long,
broaid 'plaza, which, trollised with vines
and as much a living place as indoors, exa
pressed the character of, existence where1
only fonii- months reqibed a roof. Tihe,
dining-room, opening on anotheor piazza,|
-das in A twing, where also were the quart-,
ers of the house servant-two, a Clhiia-i
man at $50 a month and ati Irish wetnan ati
$403 -The latter was uiot extravhgaitlyI
paid in A dialtiet' where iMere forty m~1 t6
one woman, and matrimotiy i bon~eVe
neach mor desirabl tham homuseL
There are three things at great premium in
the pastoral region of Southern California
-a woman, a saddle and revolver. Alan
and horse are safe thus, but one must care
Ally guard handmaid and saddle. A res
pectable ranch family will send twenty
miles to steal the female servant whom you
have just brought from Sani Francisco at a
cost of twenty dollars. The faumily consist
ed of three brothers, the wife of the eldest
and two children. It was an agreeable and
a reflned household, preserving in its isola
tion and liberty the social graces and re
straints that, often laeking ingenuousness in
formal colnttnnities, are yet oftener want
ing allogether whIere nature is independent
of art. The head of the family was a man
of literary taste and habit so far as his pre
sent activity permitt( them. 'I'he broth
ers were energetic, gentlemanly young fel
fows, escaped from all city pettfiness and
growing to the perfection of manliness. On
Eastern education and refinements were
now grafted tihe good masculine accomp
lishment of horse breeding, throwing tihe
lasso, stock tending and dealing with varie
ties of human nature as strong and
rougher than their owt. The inen of the
family were gelting an experience most
valuable, and full of wholesome enjoyment.
But. the lot of tle wife and mother, the on
ly lady within a radius of ten mitiles, was
one of loneliness and depetdence. Let us
who would take wives and children into
"the bush " consider unseltishly the situa
tion--at least as we have the distance of it.
This lady, delicate, cultivated and aceus
tomed to the adornments as well as the
comforts of life, was absolttely without
one female associate. The nien of the fa
mily were occupied out-of-doors for two
thirds of tu time. All administration of
the household, with perfectly independent
and but half-trained servants, fell to the
mistress, who had to care for and distribute
the stores of the home and of the ranch,
too, whose laborers were fed in an adjoin
ing house. Mechanical conveniences were
rude, and the luxuries of housekeeping en
tirely wanting. Fancy the housewife's toil
and responsibility.. Fancy the mot her's
anxieties for lier children, with no physi
cian within t.welve miles. Thus tried, the
lady without female spmpathy, away from
all religious forms, performed her duties
gcntly, cheerfully and bravely. This lite
ral picture of domestic life is the truth of
what I saw on a Southern California ranch,
and, as such, should not he omitted from a
study of pastoral projects. The country is
beautiful with a el-tain solemnity that,
even in that. perfectly bright atmosphere,
inspires melancholy, or at. least pensiveness.
The vast spread of faded herbage, the
Druidic groves, the absence of water-no
pond nor brook, to passing shower nor gen
lie dew to freshen; the cloudless unchang
ing skies without even the illusions of suni
act for months and motilha-clene, lcc) am1d
full of' color, :mt so far away. There is a
primeval, solitary, immutable character in
its hidcape that saddens.
Animaul lagnseltusm.
Professor Chaurcot has unexpectedly
brought us back to the days of animal mug
netisml. ie-has effected sonC curious Cx
periments on hystero-epileptic patients in
the Saltjpetriere Hospital, Paris, producing
catalepsy an( somnambulism at will. The
object, placed for a few seconds or minutes
before the full blaze of a Drummond or an
electric light, becomes fasciinted. The
anasthetic state is complete, for lie can be
pincled, &c., without exhibiting pain. The
members display 1no rigidity, and preserve
whatever attitude is given them. The pat
tient has become cataleptic. In vain you
speak aud question him; but the features
reflect the gesture. Place him in a tragic
posture, the physiognomy becomes severe
and the eyebrows contract. Bring the
hands together as in prayer, the visage sof
tens and the features become supplicating.
But out the light, the patient drops Into a
sominambulistiec of lethargic state. lie falls
bsackward the eyelids close, antd if the skin
be now rubbed the parts will contract as If
unader she influenice of electricity; touching
thus certain nerves thle muscles of tihe face
contort, and the head itself can be mtadle to
turn. llere is the somnamulism. Call
the patient; lhe will rise and wvalk to you.
Tell him to kneel and lhe willl kneel ; to
write and lie will wvrite; to sew, and lie
will, mechanically, like a slave, the eyes
being closed. Somietimes thte answers are
mtore intelligible thasn when the patient Is
wide awake, so much is the intelligence cx
citedl. Blowv your breath strongly In Is
face, and the subject instantly awakens,
after a slight throat spaam and some froth
on his lips5, but utterly ignioranit of what has
occuiredl. The experimient can be repeated
at will. Bunt the miagniet, a D~r. Burg has
showvn in the ease of metallic applications,
p~lays an imp~ortant part, (during the stage of
insensibility ; the patient loses all sense of
color, or the colors of all objects becoame
gray; violet first dlisappears, then green,
next blue anid last red. D~ouble up the
right arm; It will rest so. Bring the mang
net, to act, on the left arm ; in a short time
the right one will regain its supplleness and
the left arm take the same contraacted1 form.
Music-strong bell ringing--can produce
this anasthetic conition as wvell as the
lights referred too; henice, the action of
sound1( Is idecntical with thlat of light. Stea
dily looking into the eyes will also prtodluce
the lethtaigic state. But this is treadintg
after Mesmer'.
A DIsmtnctin Wi'th a D iTerenace.
A lady who rdcently alrrived ft m Japan,
where lier husbatnd is a flourilshing phlysi
clan, has had a muost amusing experience.
Before leaving Tiokio she puirchiased material
for a traveling dress, for which she paid
$1 .50 per yard. She had it fashioned into
a garm~ent, andl proceeded blissfuilly on hter
journey. Arriving in Sant Francisco, shle
found the fabrIc of which lier dross was
composed was sclling.for $1 per yard' Her
appreciation of it thtereforo. dleCreased one
third. At Salt Lake City the same article
was selling for 60 cents, and she began to
think'that shte did not look at all stylish.
When she reached Chicago she found it dis
played in the shop windlows with the an
nouncement: "Only 80 cents." She begftn
then to consider it common, but when front
lier carrhtge window, as she proceeded up
Third avdnue, New Votk, she beheld it
flaunting in the breeze in front of a third
rate shop, with a soiled card- pinned to it,
on which, was inscribed the legend, "15
cents," she coholided that it 'was vulgar.
She coujld endure it n( lohger., She gavp it
to the ehhnbet'rtaId at the liptel, and tli
proceeded at once t4 Stewart's an'd bought
a n'oest raVeling hujt to go to otorn.
SThe faith di the6 chIld he always shd
worrk at it. mother
Gentle Spring.
As the last pie-womanii at the market was
clO!4ilg her sall for the ntight and woder
ing if Washington pie would ever regain its
lost grip on public esteemn, Charles McAn
drews txned ll) through the darkness and
solemnly said :
'"Come, gentle spriig-come and see us!
Now let the branch put forth its bud, the
grass take on its green, 1111d the son1g of the
robin rejoice our hearts. ('oie, gentle
breeze.,, iixahing raindrops anid glad sunl
shine-come over to our house mitd make
yourself at lioei."
The pie-woman said he wis a great, big
drunkard, and Cinrles miled sadly and went
up the street. Entering a bakery lie found
an old man in cbarge, and when this old
man asked him if lie would have fried cakes
or cookies, he replied :
"Come, balmy lireezes, antd thaw out the
old frozen lins in the back-yard. Patter
down,. warm raindrops, and make the tulip
blossom and the suntlower get up and howl!
Welcome, t humder and light ning--come and1(
shake !
The old man drove himin out withi a barrel
stave, and Charles fell down in a door-way
anid slept till midnight. Then he arose and
wandered on until he founid a handy ftn-1t
door, and lie pulled the hell. Soine one
J unpedi out of ied in the second story,
a win4dow weit uip, and a female voice call
ed out :
"Now, .1ohii l'lnry, I told voui that if
you were out after I0 o'Clock yotiul would
hiave 14) slay out, andl I'll keep my word if
it kills me !"
"(Yne, gent, spriig-come anid woo t he
hungry world !" replied ('harles from below.
"Oh ! you needn't try to disguise yokir
voice, for I know you, and you enn go right
hack to your lodge !" shouted the wife.
' ('Olie, gent le thunder-come, eardinil
red lighttning--come an11d agilite ol nion
bels! solemnly conlinued the man uiniher
a tree.
"'My soul ! if my .lohn lIlenry hasn't
come home drunk !" exclaimned tie woman.
and she hurried down sitairs to help him in
to the house. When she diseoveredl her
mistake she set ill such a screaming tliat
folks turned out to lynch the "gentle sprigi"
m1an, but lie was takem in charge by an of
ficer and brought down.
"D1)o you want spring to come as miuch as
you did ?" inquired his I4l)nor, nasI hth pi
oner stood before him.
''My miot to is: '( 'loe, (entle Spring,' "
replied the man11.'
"Bit it, isn'I right to go around forcinig
your spring weather on other folks, and I
Shall scnd you up for thirty day"."
"'I'll cull the daisy and gather the t1ulip
from the door of my prison cell," was the
mild response, but then, lie won't. do It.
le'll gather a paint-brush or a s'oe-hammer,
and thty'll make hiia use it for all lie's
worth.
Ault Lang Siiyn.
A poor man rapped onl Mrs. Carruthers'
loor one (lay, and whon she opened it and
asked himl what be wanted, lie said:
"Your name is Mrs. John Carruthers,
nee Blackwell, I believe,. ch ?"
"Yes, sir."
"You formerly resided at Brighton,
Statenl Island ?"
" Yes, si r."
"Ah, yes, lie went o), "well do I re
member you In your days of youth, beauty
and angelic innocence. You used to live in
the little white cottage just back from the
road, eh?"
"I did, sir.."
"Yes, I thought so. I was well off thon,
myself. I reveled in all sorts of delicacies,
tempora mutamitur." lie drew a long sigh
and conitinued: "I just thought I'd drop in
and see if I coild ask you for some cold
buckwheat cakes on the score of old
friendship."
"I haven't a buckwheat cake -in the
house."
"Ihave you aniy cold meat? I'll accept
any kinid except veal cutlets."
"['im sorry to say I can't accommod)(ate
yol."
''Can you give me an old palir of hoots?"
lie asked in such ai pitiful tone that she
was touichied, and got him a pair of her hus
band's. lie tooks thiem, examilned thenm
carefully, and said:
"T'Ihank you, mai'amii; thank you. This
is a pretty good p~alr, but, on the strengh of
old1 tImes, can't I implore you to let ime
have a dllar~l to have them half soled anid
heeled."
She slaamme~d the (door in hIs face.
Qh uOen Victoril's Dairy.
Th'le Queen of England has a very nice
damiry farm. It Is a mille fronrWlndsor Cas
tIe. Th'le dairy Is a beautiful cottage, with
a marble-paved and 'frescoed vestibule.
T1hie InterIor is a room about thirty feet
sqluare, the roof supportedl by six octagonal
colunns of white marle, wvith richly
carvedi capiltals. T[he floors are of white
p)orcelin tilces, the windlows staini ed glass,
bordered with hawthorn blossoms, daisies,
buttercups anid prihnroses. Tlhme floors arc
lined with tiles of porcelain of a delicate
blue tint, with rich medallions inlsertedi of
the Queen, Prince Consort and each of the
children. Shields, monograms of the royal
family and bas-relhefs of agricultural die
signs, representing the seasons, comiplete
the ornamentation of this exquisite modleh
dairy. All around the walls run a marble
table and through the center twvo long ones,
sulpportedi by mahtrle pos5ts, resting on bas
ins, through which run a perpetual streamn
of spriing water. By this means [he slabs
or tables are alwvays cold, and the tempera
ture of the (hairy Is chill, while the white
and-gIlt china milk and butter dishes, rest
nig on the tables, are never placed in water,
The dlelieloiqa milk is brought Into theo room
in brIght metal buckets, lined with piorce
lain, [lie Queen's monogram andt erest glit
tering on the brass plates on thie covera. In
the room where the buittor is mnadd, .milk
skimmed and straIned, the eyes may ,he
feasted on the rows of metalie, porceiln
lined cans o! every size, made to hock, and
sent to the royal family, e'en as far as
Scotlanti, or wheurever they may chance to
be, so they always have good milk uand but
ter.. Theochurn is of metal salso, lined with
porcelain, and made into -two compart
menter . T'he outsIde chamber surrounding
the cylinder can have warm or jold Wa r
poutrid In to regulate the temperatur. , o~i
lid Ie screwed on/ adu the stattquary sa 4
ohnM1h the wilol is turned muea $es
,Work edisy and ray14 fut vthil over'
ty* oowb are. daily mliked~
more arp out grazi~g the r~~ aIy*'
mo thian satlanpd and ~e~q~r
#Wl#1 O) the overphu Is o4
n t~ pketed b' their mhe4
FOOl) FOR THOUGIIT.
Great hearts, like oceans iever con
geal..
4Judge no 1an till you have stood in
his place.
Never make yourself the hero of your
own story.
Never read letters which you may
ind addressed to others,
I have found it hard to persuade men
ihat death i8 stitrrie.
Never present a gift saying that It is
no Use to yottrself.
Never call attention to the features
or form of itty one present.
Never fil, if a gentlemen, of being
elvii and polite to ladles.
A straight line - is the shortest in
m1orais as weiL as in mnathenaties.
Never appear to notice a scar, defor
mity. or defect of any one present.
Never arrest the attention of an ae
quitaintauice by a touch. Speak to him.
Nevir answer questions In general
com-imiy that have been put to others.
Retturn cquity and justice for evil
done to you, and pay goodness by good
1 i temperate. Liquor has made
inore paupers thia all other vices coin
bi I ed.
Actions, looks, words, steps, fort
lt letters by w hielh. we iay spell char
icters.
We can make our experience into
bridges to bear us safely over what li
b01ore us if we will.
The i way for a man to secure himself
from wickedness is to withdraw himself
Troi the exampIlC8 of it.
Malny a mnan bears his own faults pa
Stint ly, and those of' his neighbors lii
pat lent ly.
Never .enli a new acquaintance by,
I 1e Cliristlin nanic unless requested to
do so. f
The senses are the gates of our oti,
it id, therefore, they need to be strong
ly gtarded.
It is easy to pick flaws in other peo -
ple's work, but more protitable to do
twl1er work yourself.
Good rI'so'utioMns are like horses.
The first cost Is an item of less Itmpor
1i:lce than the keeping.
Keep the horrors at arm's length.
Neve-r turn a blessing around to see
w iether it hIts a dark side.
Conclit is generally proportionate
with high station, and the greatestgen
liuses have not been entirely free front
it. What, indeed, Is amibition, but an
linmedliate love of praise V
Soeiety iW generally supposed to give
tie last polish to education ; but, per
haps there is nothling like a little adver
sity to bring about that healthiness of
'eeling whieh alone fits a inan for
soototy.
Kind words are the bright flowers of
earthly existence; use them; and espec
tally around the tireside elrcle. They
are Jewels beyond price. and powerful
to heal the wounded heart and make
the welgled down spirit glad.
Many a true heart that would have
com back like the dove of the ark,
after the first transgression, has been
frightened beyond recall by the angry
look and menacing taut-the savage
chat ity of an unforgiving soul.
Duty is a power which rises with us
In the morning and goes to rest with
us at iight. It is co-extensive with the
action of our intelligence. It is the
shadow which Cleaves to us, go Wh e
we will, and only leaves us when we
leave the light Of life.
Men feel but dontempt for a wonian
who may chance to love them if they
love not in return ; but the woman to
the day of her death feels a tender pity
amounting almost to love, for the mnant
wvho once honored her by desiring to
make her his wife.
Woman should all understand that
no beauty has any charms but the in
wardi one of the mindl,.and thata grace
fuilness it manner is imuch more engag
ing than that of their persons-, and
meekness and modesty are the trute andl
lasting ornaments. Tihese are the only
charms that render wvives amiable, and
give them the best title to our respect.
Always remember no oneo can debase
you biut yourself. Slander, satire,
falsehood, injustice- these cani never
rob you of your manhood. Men may
lie about you, they may cherish sutsp I
cionis manifold, they may make your
failings the target of their wit or cruel
ty ; never be alarmed; never swerve an
inch from the line you~r conseleaee
has marked out for you.
'I'hcy greatly nmistake who suppose
that the measure of success Is the posi
tion whidh-one seouros.. The fir'st anid
greatest victory which a man should
win is in himself. The greatest attaini
mient is to be nloble and good. This s
ithin the reach of" -very one. Tihe
servant umay be as true as his mastefr
tho peasant 'n his hut may be as upr ghti
in character and life as the king i n hs
palace. A rose may be as beautiful in
somne seeluded spot Whet'e It is rdrely
seent, as In the garden of a- rich mant
where It is adml~ed by all -visitors.,.
TIhe fundamental relations Qft pecial
sciences as yet reuse to be resev y
tne atomtb me hableb, a" d 4m ity
and physiology. But oeei do'utd theSe
difliculties be overcdmog tio Wbuldrie
main whicei haye nov~er. been igesolVd
and in the writer's o pio ilo ~ vra .Wii
be. TIhose re mah'g neap ud
derstand 'the natt ie 6? afa
force, and lisa ingsacaity td aresol~e
priu processepin odaaia pro
limits Science rmayox nal ever g,
boyand theo6 librIita a %(eft ie it
to saAe :o knoW nothithga andhelu1
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