The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, September 16, 1879, Image 1
RhI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBOIRO, S. C., SEPTEMBER 16 1879' VOL 1.-NO. 98.
'aiIE DAYS OF YORE.
A stone falls in an azuro lake.
And sinking to.its pearly floor,
8end4 swelling rings far out to kiss
The pebbles on the distant shore.
And memory's depths oft idly stirred
By smiles like some we've known before,
lreaks forth in thoughts that wander baok
And linger midst the Days of Yore.
A leaf that on the river's breast
Gots slowly drifting with the tido,
Is borne by whirling eddies back
Within its parent shade to glide.
And many a wearied wanderer
Upon a distant, friendless shore,
leturnson swift dream-loosened wings
To grot the happier Days of Yore.
The cloudlets on a summer sky
Dissolved in teare upon the main,
Neath sunny smiles forget their grief
To float serene in heaven again.
And human hearts unlook their gates
When sorrow's reign is almost oer,
And lot the olden sunshine streain
ltopiendant from the Days of Yoro.
The Bunch of Violets.
Loudly rang the bell at Mrs. Evan's door,
one morning, and Maud E vans, .peeping
out, saw a small boy standing on the steps
whom Rho seemed, to recognize. Not wait
ing for Jane, the only servant in the estab
lishinent, Maud ran gayly down stairs and
opened the door. The boy smiled in re
cognition, and handed her a box.
S"'Please, na'am, I was to give this to
Miss Evans ; you're she, ain't you ?"
"Yes. .Mr. Howard, your employer,
sent you, I suppose y"
"Yes, Miss. Ile said As how there was
n1o answer."
''Very well."
Closing the door and running up to her
room she opened the box, and taking out an
elegant bouquet of flowers, stood and looked
at them with a tender look in the brown
eyes, as if she was thinking more of the
giver than the gift.
"so he halts come back," thought Aland,
"and will be at the party to-night., since he
sent me these ; I wonder if lie will repeat
what he was going to say when we were in
terrupted ?"
Whatever the unfinished sentence was it
must have been something sweet to Maud,
for she stood there turning the flowers
round and round in her hand, with a happy
look in the bright eyes, till she heard her
mother call.
"Maud I Maud I Where are you child ?
I with you would come and help me with
this head-dress ; I want it to wear to.
night."
Mrs. Evans was a widow. Her husband
had died five years before, leaving her with
one child, the Maud of my -story. People
had thought Mr. Evans a wealthy man, but
it was found after his death, when every
thing was settled, that the widow would
have but a very limited lucomne. She knew
it would not go far in trying to keep up ap
pearances and live in the manner in which
they had been accustomed. So being a
sensible woman, she had removed with
Maud to a small cottage that had been left
them out of the wreck, taking with them
what was suitable of their furniture, and
one servant, faithful Jane, who had been
with then many years, amct who declared
she would never leave them.
They had many kind friends who (1id not
leave at their change of fortune. Judge
B3-- and his wife were attached friends,
the judge sending his carriage to take them
to and from places of amusement, when
they chose to attend, and the judge's wife
kindly matronized Maud whenever her
mother was unable to go.
The party of which Maud had spoken
was to be at the judge's house that evening.
They had been very gay that winter, in
M--, parties and balls following in rap)id
succession. Maud had been to several, and
had met Frank Howard, a young lawvyer.
lie had sought her society oni every occa
slin, and was evidenitly in love with the
little beauty.
TUhe week before there had been a bril
liant party at a wealthy banker's. Maud
had met Frank there, andl they had strolled
into the conservatory together. Standing
there beside some tropical planit lhe hind been
telling her of, lie felt such love for her
surging up) In Is heart that lie felt lie must
tell her-must know if lisa love was return.
edl.
"Maud I" said lie. She looked up quick
ly-looked upi to encouniter~ such at look of
patssionaite love that her 03 es sitnk beneath
it. "'Maud, (10 you know-"
Bunt the sentence was destinea never to
be1) finished, for~ into the conservatory
bounced a young fop with tan-coloredi hair
-andi nmustachie. "Amnd lie was so delighted
to find Miss Evans I Did she know the
band was playing the waltz she had p)ro
mised him I"
Young Howard glared a if he would like
to annihilspte him on the spot. Maud, feel
ing in no amiable mood0(, could do nothing
but accept his proffered arm.
After that, there had been no opportunity
for tile pair to speak together alone that
evening ; but as Maud stood with several
others, bidding their hostess good-night.
* Frank had, in answer to some invitation ext
tended him, answyered that lie would be uin
able to attend, as hei should be obliged to
leave the city on business for a week.
When Frank i'eturned:from his business
trip, lie found invitations awaiting himn to
several mecrry-inakings, -and amnong them
one for the party at: Judge B-s that
evening. He kt 0w that Maud would be
there, andl, being Yather an hppatient young
man, thought lie woumld risk .another inter
rtption, but would write and toll her o1 huis
love.
Seating himself at his desk, lie proceeded
to indite the momentous epistle, and, after
using about half a quire of paper, he at
length flnished one. Ho told her how dear.
ly hie loved her ; of how sweet the hop1e
had been to him that lhe might call her
"wife," and asking her, if she could return
bl13 iste, to w,ear the6 buneh of violets hie
sent her'14 hei' hair that oveniuig
"I shialh atoh for these flowers, aind
8911Efff fte frtoni them, If they
ato i yor r shl lnow you return my
hovo ; if 10t--.then1 G051 fore.ver bless andi
iutake you hapf, daring, though I can
never call you mine 14 ..
Taking~ a box frafM hic desk, lie placed
the letter and flowers in it, and, tying ,It
tighity,. called the boy ,h acquaintance
we haye made on% . E 'stps
"I want you to takethis t1Mr. Etvans'
- d iinblire fodfIpMaid;b ;g iure you'
give it to 6 one els V'ou know *here It
I~ctn'tyuP' .
'Yes, sir ; any answer ?"
"No," said Frank, absently thinking of
the answer that Maud would perhaps- give
him that evening.
IIe knew she had always seemed pleased
and happ when with him, and though not a
conceited or vain man, he hardly thought.
her answer would be no.
But their love seemed destined not to run
smoothly, for the note that would have
made Maud so happy never reached her,
and this is how it happened : The aforesaid
small boy, having received the box, pro
ceeded to carry it in the way boys invaria
bly do, swinging it from side to side, wrong
side up or any other way, it inade no dif
ferenc Of course this one came to grief
accor< in'. y. Having one finger in the
string t:.. around the box, he was swing
ing it t the best of his ability, at the same
tilne gazing in open-mouthed admiration at
a boy about his size who was pommeling
one several degrees smaller on the opposite
side of the street. Being occupied in look
ing at them, he did not see the ice on the
walk, and consequently cale down with i
force that brought tears to his eyes.
Having sat there it moment rubbing his
head with an -injured expiession of coun
tenance, le gathered himself up and limped
along t.o pick up the box. Now the string
hadl slip)ped off the b)ox, wh'leni Johannie sat
down with such force, and the poor little
violets slid off the walk into the gutter,
while the note, lying against the snow did
not attract his attentionl. Taking up the
bouquet of flowers, lie deposited themi inl
them in the box, and tying the string se
curely round it, started off at a good round
pace, arrivimg at Mrs. Evans' (toor without
any further calamity befalling him.
A young man who was talking with some
one had Reen Johlllliie's fall, and esled the
note. Picking it up, he called to Johnnie;
but as that youth's heels were just disap
p)earing around the corner, he did not hear.
The young man, thrusting the note in his
pocket, forgot all about it, being in a great
hurry to catch the traiu, with only flive min
ntes left in which to reach the depot.
Ten o'clock saw Frank making his way
through Judge B -'s lighted parlors.
Looking eagerly, lie espied Maud surround- I
ed as usual by a crowd, for she had many
admirers beside the young lawyer. lie
could catch a glimpse of her now and then,
so, standing quietly, he waited till the crowd
parted and he was able to see her plainly.
Looking, he coulil see no violets; he rubbed
his eyes anid looked again ; but it (idi not
Improve his vision ; there were certainly no
violets in the bonny brown hair.
lie stood there, feeling hiself grow
white and cold, till he was conscious that.
lils face would tell strange tales if anyone
accosted him. Turning, lie left the room,
toing out on the veranda, and there sat and
fought the bitter fight out. A less manly
man would have blamed Maud, would have
!ccused her of leading him on for her own
Imtusement ; but he loved her too well.
Hle alone was to blame ; lie had thought it
wvas love he read in the brown eyes raised
to slyly to his ; if she did not love him, that
was enough ; lie would never make her uin
hiappy by alluding to it, but would try and
be unselfish enough to be happy when lie
mw her so in some other man's love.
After a time lie went hack to the parlors,
inowing he should be questioned as to his
loni-appearance if he did not.
Now Maud had seen Frank when he en
tered the rooms first, and missed him when
lie disappeared, wondering what had be
"onme of him. When he entered the par
lors again, she stood talking with some one.
Looking at her as tie passed, he said,
"Good-evening,'' and quietly passed on to
whore Miss Fenton atou, and Maud heard
liini ask her to dance.
Annie Fenton was a sunny little blimde,
id Frank had paid her more attention
than anyone else except Maud. And now,
when she she saw themi together, she thought,
"What if, after all, lie does not love me ?
Ie Ias a.cted strangely ths evening. 7os
libly tie is In love with Annie lFenton, it
wouild be nothing strange If tie were. Men
wre over fickle anid changeable," with a bit
le- smite, anid the wvisdomi of her eighteen
years. "Not cven to give me an oppior
unity to thank him for his flowers I But
lie seems conipletely infatuated with Aniiie
tFenton," looking at Frank, whto w~as benid
ing ini seeming devotion over . the little
blonde's chair. "'But. I wilt show hIm 1
cani be as gay as lie; he shall never know I
love him."
So imdi( dlaned andt llrted, till you
wvouldi have thought she wvas the haiehst
af the happy ; hb.it pridle will (10 mutch, and
pride upheld Maud till the weary pamrty waIs
After that, Frank avoided every place
wvhere lie wvas likely to mecet Alaud, and( be
canie morOSe iandt mielanicholy. As for
Maud, sihe went out as usual, but wvent in a
listless fashuioni that hiad becomie hiabhitual t.o
lier now, causing her miother much axiety.
Blut If MNaiud was mIiserable, Frank was
no less so, though tie, havinig more to occu
py tie attention, did lnt feel it as keenly as
shue. Still, lie was not feelinug in a very
hicerful muood, one morning, as lie sat in
hs oflico, hooking intenutly at the lirc, anid
pufling at his cigar like a whole volcano,
wvhien euddeinly the door was thirowna open,
md in rushed the stranger who hadl picked
LIP thn lost note.
"And how arec you ?" lie inquhired, seizing
Prank's hand andl slinking It heartily.
"First rate," replied Frank. '"When did(
you get back."
"Ohi, this morning ; thought I wvould
Eirop in and see how you were. Seems to
mue you are not lookIng remarkably jolly ;
whiat's the trouble I Lost your money, . or
lies some one left you out of hIs wilhl, or-"
with a lauigh, looking at tis friend's gloomy
face-"hass some one refused you ? Come,
Iguess I've tilt It thIs time," ho said, as tie
friend's face slightly flushed. "You were
rathier sweet 'on Miss Evanus wvhen I left.
You may a well own up ; she hiss refused
you I"
F~rank was naturally of a reticent nature,
bilt he never could withstand Tom L,orimer.
Why, he and Toni haed known cacti ether
since the time they were roundabout jack
its-iad helped each other out of Innumei
mble boy scrapes-had been roomn-mates at
Dollego, and after graduaeting, hiad settled in
lthe same place. What I not confide in
l'em? It would be treason to the cause of
pirendship,
So, in answer to Tonm's question If Maud
bad refused him, lie answered that she liad,
relating the manner in which the proposal
had been made.
"Welt, I'm sorry fou' fou," daid Tom,
when hue had finished the story. "I( have
been doing a little in that line myself since
I have been away,. and ean Imagne hew .I
should feel If.her aniswer had ben tie in
stead of yes.
He,thionproceeded to relate toraml how
he had met his divinity, made tierce love ft
her and had been accepted ; going intt
lover's raptures over her ; to all of whici
Frank listened patiently.
"But I've her photograph here," takinf
it from her pocket, and handing it to Frank,
and at the same time pulling out the losl
note. "Ilullo 1 I'd forgotten about this.'
Turning it over several tines, but nol
gaining much information from the blanlt
envelope, he proceeded toopen it. Iavini
perused a ifew hues he broke out with,
"I say, Frank, here's a go ! Some om
has been writing at declaration of love amd
lost it I Want to hear it,?"
lie then related how it catne into his pos.
session.
"Let me~see it," said Frank, excitedly, a1
gleam of hope crsssing his inind that it wm
his note to Maud.
Wlleu assured that this was reraly th<
Case, he astonished his friend by jinpinp.
up, over-turning his chair in his excitenitt,
and demanding his coat and hat fortlwith.
Johnnie, entering about this time, c"ausel
a pleasant little diversion. Frank poulne"ed
upon him, asking what lie meant by doinp
errands in such a manner ? Vliite Ton
tried to impress upon the mind of the be
wildered youth the awful retribution that
would surely overtake him if he did not. owi
up and tell the truth.
But Johnnie protested he had carried the
box all right ; lie owned he had fallen and
the flowers rolled out.
"'But 1 picked 'el up," sniveled .Johlnie,
'and gave 'em to the young lady all right."
Frank was too happy to be very unfor
giving toward the delinquent, so, after de
livering a short lecture on carelessnless, hu
told him le would overlook it this time, if
lie would be more careful in the future.
That evening found Frank ringing the
bell at Mrs. Evans' door. Jane ushered
him into the parlor, where Maud sat. She
lid not heard the dror open, and was quite
tartled when a manly voice at her side
said
"Mlaud !"
She started up with i glad cry as she
saw Frank, and lie needed no other assur
mtilee than the happy, hMushing face that his
love was returned. Stretching out. his
arms to her she went straight into 'them,
m1d as he folded them round her he knew
that for him the winter of his discontent
had ended at last in a glorious suuner.
1ar-rett, the 'iper.
Barrett, the Piper, you see, lost his skill,
2(d was advised to go to the Black iNorth
to recover it. (Barrett was a Munster 1man).
Well, he took his little boy with him, and
they walked till the dark came, and then
went into a cabin by the roadside to look
for lodging.
"GCod save all here !" says tley.
"Save you kindly I" says the man of the
house, but lie left out the 11oly Name.
'llow are you, Jack B3arrett. ''
''Musha, pure and hearty, sir ; many
thanks for the axing, but how do you know
me?"
"Och, I knew you before you were
weaned. Sit down and make yourself at
1ome ; here you stay till morning.''
Well, faith, they got a good supper of
pratees and milk, and a1 good bed of straw
was made for them by the wall up near the
'ire, aid they lay down quite comfortable
to a good sleep. But some bad thoughts
Came over Jack Barrett in the dead of the
night, and he got up and went out of the
bed, and into the fields by himself, and ia
couple of mad dogs running after him.
There was a big tree near him with ever so
many crows' nests in the top, and lie run
and climbed up into it from the dogs, and
if he missed the (logs lie found the crows,
and didn't they fall on him to tear his eyes
out I Ile bawled, and lie roared, and the
ma1n of the house came into the kitchen
ad stirred the fire, and there was Jack
Barrett 0n the lhen-roost, and, the cocks and(1
helns cackling about him.
"'Mulshia, the s2rra 's 021 you for a .Jack
iBarrett Ii low (did you1 get upl thIere~amonlg
the fowlIs ?"
"'The goodness knows ; it's lnot their
:ompan211y I wiant. Will you hell) mue dlowni
honest 21an121
WVell, lie got into bed aigain. and1( if he
did lhe was1 not long there when 2a had
thought, came into his hiead, and1( up lie got.
He wvas going lnto the next roomi, wvhen
where did lhe fInd himself but by t,he ban12k
of a big river, and1( the same two (dogs tear
ing along like venigeamnce to make gibblets
of him. There was a trce there, and1( its
boughs were out over the river. Up climbs
,Jack, 1and( up after 1212m the (dogs ; and to
get out of their clutches lie scrambled out
m2 21 long bough. The (logs were soon feel
big aifter 1hhn2, and1( lie goIng out farther and(
farther, till lhe was afraid It would breaik.
At last he felt it cracking, and( lhe gave 2a
'-oar out, of 1h11m that youi'd hear a mile ofi,
and the man of the house' camile Into the
kitchen and1( stirred the lire, and there was
-Jdck, sthraddle-legs on the pot-rack.
"Mumsha, Jack, but you're tho divel's
quare youth at your time o' life to be niak
ni' a horse of miy pot-rack. Conmo dlown,
you onshch, and2( go to bed."
"WeV ll, the tird1 time, where did the
(lvel guide him but to a b)cd in the next
r3om, and when he flopped Into It lie let
such a hiowvl out of 1hhn1 tha2t youi'd thlink It
was heaven and1( earth comIng together.
"What's in the win' now, ,Jack ?" says
the man of the house.
"Oh, It's the pain1) of labor I am21 !" says
the unfortunate piper.
"Will we send after the miidlwlfe for
you I" says the other.
"Oh, the culrse of Cromw~ell on yourself
an' the midwife I" says th( poor man ; "It
wasni't God1 had 21 hiand in us the hour we
:darkened your door. Oh, tattherathon to
you, you ould thief I won't you give us
some alseo?"
"Fathier, honey," says the boy, "it'
plshrogtues Is on you. A drop of hl1y
water will do you more good nor the mia
ter o' the house, God bless him 1"
"I'll tear you limb from liptb "says the
ould villaIn, wihen) le heard the LIoly .Name,
"if you say that again."
"Well, anyhow,1' says the boy, "make
the aign of the cross on yourself, father, and
say the Lord's Pra or."
The poor ould pier did so, and1( at the
bles-sed wortls and the sign his pains left
11121. There wfis no sIght of the man of the
house on the spot theni; maybe lhe was irn
the lower rooii.
When the piper and his son woke the
next morning, they were lyiung irr the diry
moat of an old rath that lay b)y the higli
road. --.
The conqueror le regarded with awe:
--he Wise inan Oommndsoutr'0steegt, but
4le the beneiolent man wh6 ins .our
s'foogon.
SThe (ianu,t.t tint. ".1eas " I'tayct.
There was an awful time in a farm-housc
near oltline. We haven't received any
particulars, but solemnly believe th:U at a cer
tain IhsI1aldt whose fron t nate is ".leeuins
wa(s Inalde 14o wish he'd never beenl born intu
this deceit ful world.
ThI'e're arrived oil the Western expt-ess a
nervous, wiry, blIack-c'ed womll of forly,
who kept closing ande' pening her-l lingers
all the limne, as if she was clawing noses or
pulling hair. She h1ad a straight busciness
look ill her eyes ts she got oil the trainl,
and one of the hacllk(In at the depot door
ventured the opinion thatl1 she hadt( olme in
to tll' ciy to forelot- at n ortga;ge or ttke
up at "shortage " on wheat.
"Sir!" lieainl tile womiu as shw walked
upl to tIhe depot. policenuml, "I walnt answers
to at few (fuestioins."
Yes, Iruintu-julst sn," wis th' hutilie
reply ats he followed hi'r into the waliling.
roolt.
"Now, I h(ei," she c" >trl inuted as she(' took
at Sentt, " I live nlear P'elntine. 3ly J(:(is
was in here the I''ourth of .11uly, andI didnl't
" get. home till Inidnight. I h c"amue mll here
on mly monley, and I wvant to know hew he(
spent it. I [ere is his bill of expenses ats he
made it out. He hats pult down for rid
ing tip towin iln 21 hack."
'"'Tiat's t 'elve shilliigs too inuch," re
plied the officer.
"1J1ust as 1 ttouigit -just ('xtely !'" she
wllispwred as she pa! down the figures.
I liere he has got (owvn one dollar for see
Ing the balloon go upI."
" aNot balloon e"nt up that day,
inadaml.",
" .J ust as I t bought -just exatl ly ! Ie
looked as innocent as lanh when he wrote
tha1. down, but Ie didh'I know n e ltre
is ('ighty ents for ridirlr across to Canada
and haelk."
", That should be ten'
".ust exactly whati! I I tought lst night
when he ki.sed me, and said it Wes an aw
ful pric(e, but. lots of coniort," she olbserved
ais s'te pit down ''70 " opposite his figures.
lie lts it down here tlint his s11pp'r andt([
dinner cost him $1.1150 per meal at the Cenl
Iral Jlarket. It strikes mle Ihalt. three (0l
lars would buy Iwo pret) y festive lieals."
"You Can knock oil 2cbtoul. two dollars
and at half from that,'' said the oflicer after
he ht( figured i bit.
''Just exactly as I thought. I1e smiled
as softly as an angel when he wrote that
(lown, btl he was sm iling at the wrong
womnl. 'hlile I was hoitte lilking the
cows and having an awful headache he was
eating his high-toned iials like a second
.loln Jaeol Astor I AI1(d now he has Jt
down llfty cents for s(t'ei t lie heiars,"
"'l'The what ?"
.'lie says it cost him ifly cenlts to go
mito i menlgerie aid see Inle hitars," she
exphiined.
" If there wis a menaigerie in leowi ()In
that. (lly, then 1 didn't heatr of it.," solemn
ly remrarkedl thie oieer.
" .ust as I thought-just as Ihou ht.!
Wvent in to see the bs'eiu, lid le ? W1ell,
he'll see srveral mhenageries when I reacll
home I I lere Is 0110 more itemi. I 1 says
ie plit ) 2 to see the rope-walk."
"It wis free," replied the oflicer.
"Yes, I thought so-thought so when he
sat, there and looked so loving and fatherly
and sald it made his hair stand lip. There
will he a ' walk ' when I get, back home,
111(1 somebod'y's hair Will 8111111 si raight up!
TIhat.'s all, and I'mnl uch obliged.''
''You won't kill hii at once, will you' ?
pleaded t he oflice'r.
She looked over his head It the wall,
breathed 14ar.d, ele"nched her hatnds, and aul
swered :
" I've 'speeled it. at long time, andl now
I'll Claw him if I (lie for It !"
She walked up and down the depot. willi
her teeth hard shut ad her eyes growing
'brighter all the I im, and when she finally
took the Irain for home, the hill of expenses
Iitihly clutched int her htandl, the (tilicer
looked after the0 recedling train and1( mused:(
'"Now why did ihe give hImself away in
that,1 manneriOI? Whyli3 didnl't he tell her light
out1 thatt some1 on1e p)icked his pocket ?"
hi first artesian well bor'ed at Antois
France, over'I a01 entry atgo, Jils sinceIt thei
ilowedh stealdily, Ithe water raisiing elevent
feet ablove the suriface at the rate of 25011gal
bits aill minte . Thell famouts GArenelle well
itt the Paris basint was comn)ltcedl in I13,
with the expectati1ion of oh.ainling water at
1,200 or I ,t500 feet, in the secontdary3 greent
8sand( formtat ion which undi(eriies thte chalk,
the ulppermnost of Ithis series. At 1,5300 feet
the governmttent weouIld have abanldoned t he
enter11pr'ise but1' fl the rgent appeals of .M.
Arago. It was'~i contitited till onl Febt'uary
26) 1841,1 at the dteptht of 1,797 feet, the
hin8'lg rod( such(litnly peCnetrated thte atrch of
Irock over' thte sbnterralneant waters antd fell
f'iurteent feet. In a few htours the water
roseu to thte surface itt an liuentse voltmne,
aind has8 continued since. It. is well kniowii
that at te depth.1 of 4 few foet below Ithe
suIrface of the earth11 the templer'at.tI'e nevetr
changes. At S1t. Loutis, Missqouri, the temn
p)eralture of water at .1,500) below thes nu'fae
is eighteent delgrees higher thant the meian
tempel)ratulre at. the suirface, malhking the in
crease one0 degree' for elighty-Itree and( 0one
third'( , feet dI'eent ; and(, strange to
say, theo Increase of temperature Is 0One In
every lifty4two aIl 0)10-half feet, ait Charles
tOln, South Caro'llinaI. The hot springs that81
flow out to te sulrface bii mlany paIrts of the
wvorld tare nat ural artesian wollIs rising
fromi great depths. In Virginia thtes,
spritngs are foutnd along the lIes of great
fautlts or' breaks intt hle strti'tfleaitiona of the
r'ocks, by which formations usutally sep)ar
ated0( by thioutsands( of feet arc brought into
contract welith each other1 T1here is a cilas
of 1h(1t spinIgs called1 gegser's whlose force
woluldc be 88 ser'vlceable as that of thte hy
dIrost-atic pr'esses if it, weere pr'acticeable to
use It. Geysers, or eruuptive fotuttaints of
b)oiin)g weater, are found In different plarts
of the world. Trhere are seome very large
geysers In Ithe southor n part of Iceland. In
a circuIt of 81)0out tweo tmiles are mnore than
100 sprIngs which send1 forthI htot water.
These springs ate of diferent degrees of ac
tivity. Geysers arc to be fotund In Call
forn ia and In Newe Zealand. The two prln
elpal geysers In leeiland are called thte Great
Geyser iand the Strokr or Churn. Trhe
Great Geyser, whten quiet, presents the ap
pearance of a circular mound of slleceous
tncruIstatio*::a, InclosIng a pool witht sides
slopIng inward and ouitward. Theo hteghIt
of the miound Is ab)out twenty feet. TIhe
dIameter or thte basIn varIes from fifty to
sIxty feet, and Its averuge - depth Is four
feet. In its centre Is the rnoeuth of the ver
tical tube whIch connects It with' tihe sub
terraneous piassages. The tube Is .about
nitne feet In dlamleter at its nouith, and sev
onty feet In depth: When tdu geyser: Is.I
active the basin is filled to the edge with
elear waler, which has ai mean temperatuire
of I85 degrees Fahrenlieit, and runs gently
down t he mnound, emit ting clouds of steam;
but. for several hours after an eruption, the
tuibe is empty to it deth of four or live feet.
At intervals of about an hour and a half a
rumllling noise is heard, and the water
hl(aves ip iii the celtre, throwing an in.
creased quantity over the margin. TIhe
great eruptions take place at irregular in
tervals sonetimes exceeding thirty hours.
At lhese times lourl explosiolns are heard
beneaih the surface, the water is thrown
into violent agitation, it boils furiotsly, anid
at last is stu(liely Helt. forth in asuccession
of jets, which increase in force till they be
come ani imnuense fountain, that is lost to
view in the clouds of stean in which it is
nvellope(I. 'ThIe heights reached by those
jels are almost in(redile. V'I Troil,
traveling in Iceland in 1772, saw an erup
tion of boiling water from the (,reat. (ieyser
which ascende(d ninety-t wo feet. Sir John1
Stanley, in 1789, saw one ninety-six feet.
ieut. Olshen, aI Danish ollicer, in 180.1,
saw an eruption or jet. which rose to the
height of 212 feet. This interinittent ae
tionl of (lie (reat Iieyser is supposed to be
owing to t he sudden production of steatn in
sublterainan chambers connectedi with (lie
ebannels through which the waters flow.
The water from the geyser has its origin in
mlountainl land, anud in issuing forth is only
seeking its level. It is hot. and in some in
statnces boiling, because it comes ulp from
an imlllense ( dept.h--from a depth where
tihe earth is of a high and uniform temper
atture. The water of (lhe geysers is always
boiling at the time of an eruption. Tie
temperature of cold springs is alsou 2niform,
because they take their origin at some dep1h
from the surface and below the influence of
the external atmosphere. The samne sprilig
watter whiek is deeled warmnh in winter is
deemiled cold i- sumuer. But it is really
of the same eciperature at all seasons, the
difference being that inl SInunler it is str
rotinded by a warmer atmosphere and ob
jects than in winter.
Six Feet Aroul( the Walist.
A negro cobbler, nalmed Charles Joln
son, weighing nearly four hiindred poidils,
died in WVashingt(n1. He was born a1 slave
on the estate of Charles Carroll, of Carroll
County. Md., in 1809, but wats liberated
just before the waril on account of his phe
nomenal size-he then weighing nearly llve
himdred pounds. In family history there
was nothiig remarkable about. Johnson, ex
cept. that he had two sisters and one
daughter who nearly approached his own
bulk. One of the former still lives in Car.
roll County, and is the mother of a large
family of children, all of average size.
The fat daughter lives, but. is unmarried at.
forty-six. "Aunt Eliza," the helpmate of
Uncle Charley, is but i little woman,
weighing about seventy-five po1ds, and
appeared to feel deep grief at the death1 of
her decidedly better half. 'l'he church
people have been in the habit. of presenting
their bulky brother with a new stilt of
clothes at. each ('hristmas, mlade of such
substantial material that. they suficed for
the whole year. The cloth used in these
clothes was sulllcient for three ordhiaiy
men. The tailor had to repeat the stale
joke of asking his customer to hold the
tapel while he went round, for the gi:th of
Uncle Charley wats at serious matter for one
mall to attempt to encircle, he being over 11
feet arotuld the waiat. His shoulders men
sured ;1 feet 2 inches across, and his hips
the samne. When at young man he wits said
to have stood over 1 feet, but, at death was
hut 5 feet 11 inches. I [is weight at. (leath was
slightly under 400 pounds, and therefore
the arrangements for the funeral, which
are in the hands of Nelson & Dabney, are
matlers of considerable dilliculty. Nc or
(iary casket will contain the huge bulk,
111 1 colli is now binmig biilt of such pro
plortionls andt5 streiigthi as5 wilI insiure ai safe
inltermteint. 1t wvill be oiver three feet, across
andi two feet six inches inl height. TIhe
cy'linder had1( to he 1taken out of an ordliinary3
large ice enlsket, and2( (velln iben there Is m t
suifllcienit momn for ice enioughi to serve
without conist ant reniewal. It is probable
that11 the side0 of the flrae house ini which
the body lies will halve to lie torn out to ial
low o)f its remilovaul. J1ohinsoni was very
fonid of gin, of which lie would drinik all ho
counld obtain ; but clalimied to2 be) a tempe)
ranice man22 and1 dlesp)ised been or whiskey.
Futraining 1t t4, theo Endt.
One miorin g recently a1 st.raniger plr
chaIsedi some fishinug tackle it, the ('erry
doek, iand took hiis seat, unider a shned to
fish . People whlo were watchIng 1him1
sa1w tha, he pah11 l uly ats muchie atteni
tIon to a 11insk of whIsky as to hIs fish
line. and2( it, wais remaritked1 that every
L,Ime aifter lie took a drin1k he app)leared
to have several btes atL the book. A f
ter he had been fishinag for an haouar, he
was2l seen hauling tup lihe hook abouit
once every tenl seconds, and ant idler
satered1 ovei anid observed:
"Begianing to bite, chi?"'
"Yes, IL sheems~ zhatt way," relied
(lie maii, ats lhe hauled tup again.
"Are you halving imoie bites than
when you irst, b)egun ?"
"Weoll ," aniswered the Ihhierman, as
ho valinly t.riedl to look thae other in thne
face. -'I enn't zhaethy shany. I'm~
either having tmoire whIsky or more niah,
ain' ['mi going to keep right at IL, tIll one
or the ozzer1 am all gone ?"
Chasngtng the Names of Streeta in Paris.
The Municipal Cotuneil of ParIs ha or
dere-d the following changes ini the names of
streets: From Ave. do ha Reine-Hlortense
to Ave. Hlochte, fronm Ave. Josephine to
Ave. Marceau, from Ave. du Roi-do-Rome
to Ave. Kleber, from Rue dun Dauphin to
Rule do ha Convention, from Rute Saint Ar
naud to Rue Lincoln, from Qui Napoleon
to Qual aux Fieturs, from Rue Fontano to.
Riue Valette, from Rue dui Frere-Phlippe
to JRto Paul Louis-Coutrier, front Riue 131..
latilt to Rue Charron, frotn Rue Bonaparte
to Rtie Gutenberg, from flue Abbatitcci to
Rue do ia Bootle, from Rue Cambaceres to
Rlue do Coulmiers, from Rue d'Albe to Rute
Rouget do l'Isle, from Bloulevard H1aussa
mann to B3oulevard Ettenne-Ma'rcel, from
Rlue Magau to Rue Beauropaire, from Rue
do Rovigo to Rua do la Blenfasanuce, from
flue de Bloulie to Rue de Difban, from Rlue
Mario Antoinette to flue Antoinette; from
Rlue Marcesu to Rue doet aialee, fron1 Rue
HJoche to RIue:de Presteapfrom flue Kleber
to Rue do Ia PadatAn,c
A Poetn1ylvaila (ieyeor.
The Kane Geyser Well is located in Me
ICean county, Pa., four miles southeast of
the "Sumnut Sunmter Resort."' This well
was drilled for petroleum in the spring of o
1878 to a total depth of 2,000 feet. No oil 81
was found in paying quantities and the well
was abandoned, since which time it has been s
throwing periodically-ten to fifteen min- t
utes-a column of water and gas to i height
varying from 100 to 150 feet. Mr. Charles
A. Ashburner, assistant in charge of the o
survey of McKean county for thegeological
survey, has made a study of the "Geyser
Well" and furnished the following facts :
During the operation of drilling a number
of fresh "waer veins" were encountered a
down to a depth of :314 feet. All of this
water was shut off by a cast-iron casing 51
inches im dianeter, which was inserted tn b
the six-inch hole to the requisite depth. ti
'l'hus the hole was kept free from water
during the after-drilling. At a depth of
1,415 feet a very heavy "gas vein" was tr
struck. After the well was deserted from
failure to find oil the iron casing was with
drawn from the hole and the fresh water
permitted to flow in on the top of the gas. o
1 lere the conflict between nature's elements i
commenced, which has made this well one w
of the most interesting natural phenomena
in Pennsylvunia. ''he water flows into the t
well on top of the gas until the pressure of o
the confined gas becomes greater than the
weight of t he superineunmbont water, when
an expulsion takes place and a column of (y
water and gas is thrown out. of the well. ;
This occurs at present every thirteen min- r
utes, and t he spouting continues for one and
a half minutes. On the evening of July 1 v
Mr. A. W. Sheafer, of the McKean Survey,
measured two columns which went to a ki
height respectively of 120 and 128 feet.
On the 9thI of August Mr. Ashburner icas- al
ured four columns in succession and the ti
water was thrown to thu following heights: P
108, 132, 120 and 138 feet. )uring the ut
tine that the columns are thrown out of the
well the gas 2s thoroughly mixed up with of
the water and is readily ignited. '1'he sight bt
after night fall is grand beyond descripltio. br
The antagonistic elements of water and fire da
are so promiscuously blended that each
sens to be fighting for the mastery. At ru
one moment the flanie is entirely extin- i
guished, only to burst forth at the next in- ti
stant with increased energy and greater to
brilliancy. In winter the columns become
encased in ice and form a huge translucent. of
chtimney.it
The Art of Keeping CooL b
It is not. by fretting or worrying or ply- s
ing the fan that we can keep cool, but by tit
taking up our work, doing it bravely an1 th
cheerfully, with as little fuss as possible. eli
'Take time by the forelock' and rise early,
getting as nmch done as possible before the
heat. of the (lay. Never do any work lie
directly after dinner, if it cannot be done sta
in the forenoon let it go umtil the next. day; i
you will live just as long and the family be
as comfortable. It is a mistake to keep tit
the house close as a cell all day, lest the i
811(1 rays should enter if. Pure air mtust
be allowed to circulate through the house, wa
and this is of Importance in keeping the
Jody cool. Throw open the windoivs and
blin'ds very eaIrly in ti,, morning and keep (
them so until the dew has dried off t tilen
elose them tighltly aiid tile roloms will re- 21
main ite comtfortable'until evening, when
the blinds can once again be thrown open wl
to almit the cool evening breeze. Drnk- Lit
ing large draughts of ice water when the
body is heated or partaking too freely of tit
food or ices, should be carefully avoided.
Bathing when heated or in excessive per-0(
spiration is a good cause for illness; but an
anunonia or 2al. water bath once a (lly, bi
but not directly after a meal, is not only a bit
luxury but at positive necessity. Also we
should he careful in the food we eat ; very
little ment is desirable, bu fish, lam~, an
chlickenIs and( a(1ll'white fiIlehe fowvls are In2(
seaso5n ; al1so, al11 kInds of vegetables amil
fruit.. ierries as5 well as5 stonedl fruits canri
be eaten ini mo1deration2. Mulch Is Sai
algainist, the unhilealthIfulness of cucumnbers
and1( wat.ermelons; the fIrst (can be eaten~v
wlithIout, discomifort If allowVed to remini a(2
fewv inultes In salt anld walter, t hen ploured 2u(
off and vinegar pult In its phi8cc. Water- V
melIons (can1 be eattenl If fresh anid thoroughly
ripe. Iced tea and( coffee areO very deosir
aible; as they aet a1s toniics upon01 thle system,.o
On113 enou0gh should lie cooked to hoebe
ea2ten1i I he saine (1ay3, for even. if puIt in an1bu
ice box it will taste stale. All aininmal foodl lo'
shou11(ld e ('atenl of spairingly, buit milk and ,
fruit, blread and1( vegetables, Ice cream, In
(wvhich Cani bie biought at, 2a 821181 cost), ieed ho
fruit, oat, meal, haird boiled4( eggs, served ibi ki
vimegar an2d salt-they have lately been WI
p)roniouncedl by meldicaIl authority more dII- thl
gestilie thanli soft boiled eggs-hanm sandh
wichles, drIed anud cannedco meats, jellies,
fresh crackers, dried fish ; all of thieso are
very goodl for suunnerlO meaClls, or for picnice
Te Mlake Flowers llooma.
No lan1lt canlf conitline in 1)100om If niature wI
Is not peCrmitted to do work completely, for Lih
the goIng to seedl exhansts the energies of 8s
any13 subject, and stop everythling else. By vt
constantly removing decaying flowers lbe- as5
fore a seedl 1)0( can2 swell, the growvth of thle JIl
plant and( thle continued( deovelopmIent of
newv buds 82nd flowers upon the new growthl ha*
are matters of course. Try the experiment At
upon the roso. Two cottages, having fine li
plants covering their fronts, being in the sp
hainds of two dififerent persons, frequently fo
exhiblits the most stricking contrast-one a liC
mass of flowers, while the other is bare;
and these who pay no0 attenltion. to thle the
cause5 are, noverthlecss, often surprIsed at mi
the fact. If they look a little further into t h
the matter they wouid observe thlat on)e is tiI
loalded withI hIps or seed vessels, which are i
swelling in great numbers, whIle in the si
other not a solitar;y berry could be seen.
It is only necessary to cut away the dead of
flowers and the season of bloom will be of
prolonged, oh
oml
A Oure for the Vrow* w.
A very successful plan has been tried by P
placing in Mr. Crow's way a nunuber of v
granswit ahorse hliir run through thoem, cc
He s otndto swallow one, Aind hsnote ,i
of alarm is soon sounded. -It Is Impossible hi
for him to dislodge the grain, and if he WI
can be watched a sufficiont length of time, ea
lie will be seen to cut his owin thr9at ini, lhig
seratching at it. His usual note is changed, bi
and I. caf. assiure you'that life to him ie dIe
such a rmisery he would "oven wish that tir
he wete dead. It h.as boon rloticed tit * i
after' the hote bf. alArn had . 'n soutid~l
all the orow~s in to vicinft wN ~ oa tha
fld and ap ial h6 " seMt 4
Ilqt isu m e. , -
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
To work outt our own contentment,
e should labor not so much to Increase
tr substance, as to mode{pte our die
Those who can thetselvies do good
rvice are but as one to a thousand
>mnpared with those who can see 'ault.
the labors of others.
It I8 better to wear out than to rust
it. We must not only strike the iron
hlle it is hot, but strike until it is
ale hot.
Hlappy is he.who has learned to (1o
c plain duty of the mnomltent (uickly
ad cheerfully, wherever and wlattever
may be.
The poorest of the poor have been as
ave as the wealthy ; the learned have
ed gloriously, but the unicarned have
most stulen t,he palm.
A tintl ,trained to self-denial meeta
ails with an amount of reserved moral
re quito inexplicable to those less
tbituated to self-control.
A mtan should never be ashamed to
v"n he has been in the wrong; whloh
but saying, in other words, that he is
iser to-day than. he was yesterday.
Good books clected In- Loyola what
e lear of approaching death, a heav
ly apiarition, a miraculous restora
)l to italth had failed to do.
Error is blind, but reason Is argus
ed ; but the naass of mankind will
ek ti,e first for counsel and wisdom
titer than the latter.
Flattery Is a safe colin which our own
aity has made current, atid vill never
ott of credit as long as there are
inves to offer it and fools to receive It.
[low strange that the stratas of love
d hate lie so close together that it
kes but littl to bring time latter up
rmost, when under the pressure of
kidness or injustlco.
!'cars do not dwell long on the cheeks
youth. Rain drops easily fromi the
d, rests on the maturer flower, and
oaks down that which has lived ita
y.
Juar customs an1d habits are like the
ts lin roads. The wheels of life settle
Lo them, and we jog along through
L. mire, because It is too much trouble
get out of them.
I'hore are no hands upon the clock
eternity ; there Is i:o shadow upon
dial. The very hours of hIeaven
iI be measured by the sunshine-tiot
the shadow.
Beauty, like the flowering blossoms
an fades; but, the divine excellence of
D mnind, like the medical virtues of
3 plant remains in It wheui all those
arms are withered.
If we would have powerful minds we
stt think; if we would have faithful
arts, we must love; if we would have
-ong tnuscules, we itust labor. These
Lltie all that is: valiat ble :in :life.
When you doult between words, use
: plalntest, tia comnttlbst,, the most
omatic. Eschew line wdrds as you
>id rouge, love simple .ones as you
mid native roseS on your ,h@ek.
A sour godliuesa} chills and'represses
ary bud of hope about us; a sunny
il kindles into it glow o' life and
siiets the w:'.ole oIrcle in whilh it
)ves.
Sa mnt's c'taraeter Is like hls'shadow
tich somnetim's follows, and some
Ins precedes him, and which is ocea
Inally longer and occasioatully shorter
iul lie is.
Knowledge will not be geqaired with
t pais and application. It Is troub
ontc and deep atigging for pure water;
t when once you come0 to the springs
3y rise up and meet you.
Lie not diverted from your duty by
y idle reflectlons the silly worl t may
Lkc upotn you, for thteir censures are
c in your p)ower, and they conse
ently shloukt not be any part of your
A good d1eedla Iniever lost; he wvho
vs court,esy mteets friendship; and he
io plaitts klidness gath eA love ; plea
Li besiowed up~on a gratieful mind was
ve.r sterlie bitt generalIly begets re-.
rtd.
But little do mneti perceive what soli
ie Is, and how far it extetnds. For a
)wd(l nio comlpany ; tuen1's faceSs are
t, like p)ictures in a gallery, antd talk
t ta tinkling cymbal whiete there Is no
re.
I'ruly haus it been said, emphatically
these dlays ought to be repeated; a
ring heart is the beginning of tall
owledge. This it Is thtat opetns the
tole mntd, quicros every ftaculty of'
a in teliect to (10 its fit work.
A~vert your gaze from the crosses of
a future, you see thoem without the
rtenintg. sustaining grace which ac
Inpaities thm when thtey reacht you.
.t all your efforts tend to bearing the
)ss of the presenit inoment.
D)on't you wvish sometimes thtat thte
irld would stop talking and let you
ttk ? Atnd have you never been exa.
Lerated to hear somne one utter tihe
,y thought which you had cherished
all youtr own, and which you we
it gointg to utter ?
Adtmonish a friend ; it niay be that hte
tlt not done it, that lhe do it no more.
imontish thty friendi ; it may be he hath
t said It, but If he have, thtat he
Ink it no more. Admonish a friend ;
'ttany times It is a slander, and be
ye not eyery tatle.
il'e art of conversation consists ini
exercise of two fine qualitis. You
ist originate and you must sympa..
ze, You must possess, at the same
te, the habihs of communicating and
tenting. The union Is rare, but irre
tibIe.
ntrive to gain new Ideas not thought
by others, for thtey are the mothers
progress. If we always retain our
I thoughts and ch'erish athomias the
ly truths, we stop In the dark Aagt
ii soon rapidly dIgress I wisQqm and
wer.
As well might fog, and 0)6td, and
por hope to cling to the sit -ilumIn
landscape as lh ~ ues a ose
as to comba j ovIal she
laratin~ laugter. qc~?Ia
ys. 'Ihto iS 3do be~I'II ilh
hter, no shadown: . h~~ rau r
t wil lilt sei00 IV~
rue. scoe diIUul,tf'
hpr,gtfcftOl