The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, March 16, 1880, Image 1
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Til-EEKLY VDTIO{ WINNSBORtO, S. C., MAIRCIH 16, 1880.
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THERE 18 NO DEATH.
There Is no deathl The stars go down
To rise upon some fairy shore.
And bright in ffeaven's jewelod crown
They shine forevormore.
Thero is no deatlhi The duot we treat
Shall ohango bepeath the suiumor eshowei
The golden grain, or inellow fruit.
Or rainbow tin.ted -flower. ,
The granito rooki$ disorganize
To food the hanging rAdvs they boat'; f
The forest tr6os drink dail.*'life
From out the viewless air.
There is no death! The -avesmayallv-o;t*-,
The flowers may fado and pass away
They only wait through wintry hours
For coming"bf t h: U
There 's no death! An angol form
Walks o'er the earih with silent tread;
Ho bears our best loved things away,
And then-wo call thoi dead.
H leaves our henrta all desolate,
lie plucks our fairest sw,eet 1)6%jers;
Transplanted into blisy, they w
Adorn immortal bo, ers. I
The b'rd-liko voice whose joyous notes
Mado glad those sconos of sin and strife,
Sings now an overlasting song
Amidst the trees of life.
And when ho finds a smile too bright. 4
Or heart too pure for taint or vice,;,!
He bears it to that world of light
To dwell in Parad:so.
Born into that undying life,
They leave us but to come again:.
With joy we welcolpo them the saio,
Except in sin a
And over near ud3th u seel.
The dear immni ts re
For all the bound
I lifo-there a
My Wife's New Shawl.
"But why did you. pay %so n,iuch for a
shlawl? It was sheer nonsense," sald my
old friend, Captain Morton,- as he mixed his
third glass of grog, and stirred in a multi
plicity of spic4ebefoi' drinking it-aftcr
the manner of sailors when they can get it
"Why on earth did you pay somuucli money
for a sh4wl, when you could buy one so
much cheaper I Nine hired doliarii-by
the blood of a shark it-wouldi biya hotise."
That was his oath-"By the blood of a
shark;" he never swore any,other; and the
most abusive epithet lie could apply to a
man-one that to him embodied the quin
tessence of mcanuess-was to call him "a
shark. ", 1i. . I$
-I'll tell you, cApt sadl I; "buetho
you must acknowledge that the shawl Is a
beauty-if it did cost a small fortune to a
poor man. Last year, when i came home
with a cargo of tea froi China, I left-;my
boat in good hands and hurried to myll fio.e
in. the little village of Twiceaweek (we
called it that because our m#i- IV q
a week), wher all me hop
were investett ih a wiA n: t' ISld I
I was In joyous spirits, and as happy a
man as ever stepped on terra firma. M
handsome wife was well and young as ever,
my boy as much like me as when I left him
many months bd6fbre, .i'il imy geitl6i Aix
year old Nellie lovelier than I liaddreamed
she could be. My welcome was all I could
have wifhed; and oh! what bright (lays
those were that followed my innedliate ar
rivall
'"The thlrd'dy muy boxes weli'rbrohght
out. Nlow the openinf of a'sailor's boe
is always a*neiitois'affaift' his- inmilf~,
and I had brought mine all the presents I
could porsibly procure for them. T iwo
p)ieces of rich silk for dresses fo'r nmyife'.
beautiful Chinese table linen, carved chess
man, asfd so on. 'I -saw a -. look, of ,disap
p)oinitmfent ott mywalfe's face, but.-I said
nothing, and the matter passed off.
"My 01(1; friends came to see me-my
wvife gave me^mg fat/oito dishiesiand the
wiekkso haplpily spent was gene before I
knew it. Sunday morning ca;indi brliht
and beautifnl. .To my surp)rise, my wvife
caime to breakfast with rumpled hair, and
ougi sli asad 1
for she had nothing fit to wear. I thought
it very odd, but said ,nothing, h ing lotg
sInce found oi4t that atgu1n~ with *a woman
a about as ifftSal af dlyipfileica
dry wvith a tpaspood.
"N'wien' Nellie tnil I got back thet'e stood
my wife, her fiahdhtIit ponmbed and leady
to scold the chilki fo1ruddying he'r.shiaes;
her blue Cinese b>uots wit the little brqnze
bird on the side of thein. , linterfcred.wit1i
a good deal of..lhlymnces, and weo went ie
dinner. NotJilag on the table was gookddl
decently. And so it was all the next wvel,
my coffed. Wvas,tttek ;Land-muddyj in .ipaj
(done to a crust, andl I well knew the demon
of mischief was about to be let -loosIh, but
why I could not guess. i- 4.
"In thoeMibdnlille,imiyt wife's:' sigtet,
~who had been -a kind' rdhip' dottshi, quais
tored upon me ever sluice .'n\f mna-tf~ge.
looked,as d6mure as a Connecticut dti&b-,
.aDdlde i*& no?htneng ]t'idgAI allbt,
Od he666146' A996M I' *is%*ttiig
the spl r of a no ri . d,utQ
and our wivJrp n4bo 1h~ d
tho s xcee
u,l~ c
evening, for when tea was ready she sent
dowA word she had a headache, and
wanted none. The next day thigs were
,no brighter than before, and when the first
church bell rang, my wife burst Into a flood
of tears and Oet 0ffo her chamber. I fol
lowed her, and there she lay on the bed in
rdgular hytdrics. When she came to her
self a little, I asked:
"Why, what on earth is the inatter?"
"She looked at me full in the face and
said:
" 'If you don't. know, ThonisWlIbox,,
you ought to!'
ger her looks like a boy
caught stealing marbles. The truth - is, I
thought sonie villamn had been telling tales
4ut lof c gol'ut fol' )he life of me, I
con(ldn'l doncicev who If could be.
"By this tim1e m.y wife was in apother
fit, worse than the first. I conjur'ed up all
the rccollections of my voyage-and they
were not hal f so pleasant as I co'uld have
wished thei-but lliding I could not
restoro'lee I aRdof ,n stairs to make some
1mnlld wi o. *heb I reached the kitehen
there was my wife's sister, with her demure
face, which helped to Irritate me still iore "
I called r wine and spices, and, while I
was heQ t4lt, she hegan. She wished to
grapjtus $er sist''r knew how to treat a hus
..a0 . ,1ddesi& to be treated; that if
h'twhil a Wife, she would know how to
'priz diid evelything lie could
"I was, II inor to hear my wife
.busew cod- _ ce that time making a
kitidqf:coWard oA" f ic-so.I burst ouf
tibhert ~old her she was a snakd
hitogro, dtik ould rather have her
itj$0at d such as shte was; if
th6 q!_Y_4,a r e between Mollie and
&Q ~ INto to thank for it.
"She lifted up her eyes and hands aldve
her head. and said that all men were fools,
but I was the greatest of them all.
"Thus brought' on'a-spirited lalterbatioi,
in which I spoke my mind pretty freel .
Ashooi as the wihie wA he'Mb;d, 1-decanted
it into a tumbler. My sister-in-law reconq.
mended hot vinegar; but I told her 1 would
leavo. that,for lor .
"Oni my way up stairs I thought I heard
mny WIW foot4tsln' her chamib'er, but
when I entered she was lying on the bed,
cfing In' - voky'senAlble 4manier. I ha
no dificulty In perauading her to drink th
Vide. icaught h6ld 6f imy hand aid keIp
sobbing. She (lid not deserve such, a hus
band,. sho ild. .yekA..to-_ gOd ior her,
4 . tvora a t4 kindnesp I
"I felt encouraged, and kissing her a+ain
begged her to tell me what was the matter.
At this she began crying and sobbing agln,
and said she could not tell me as I would
hatelier 'and she deserved to be ha ed,
etc. - ?
The more she decried herself, the iore
enite , and In c the
poit I 6g clean b t and
asking ri fIrgiv ness; ly did
not, for in a little while she told mei the
terrible bugbear. First mate Bendoin had
brought home to his wife a Cashmere shawl,
w1. b L haderl bo ,h slk
"'Is that all?' I cried, clasping her in
my arms and feeling intense relief; and then
told her how unidnd it was to keep m in
geh,pusgen gnsfig ald gier bro,wn head
on my l*gt nbegd to b4 fo'ryyen,
~.'."oiy 9vyry vomiai) 1as her poleon
o ~parg,fed y lfe's was ~s. . n
Bendoin, and Lh e agoniziing thio it of be.
lng outdone by that lady at church had
caused all this commotion, an<d perhaubs
given me dy'spepsia through eating tough
bregd.. I cxplained tQ niy ( inest,le- angel
4ha't'Oashmenre'shigyls Ciim dniW - 'one part
thCle eonitry'a'id fik fiom' another--but
as soon as I could her wish would be grati
fled. ,By #),nner tityp 1ie.pe,tty fq9e Vas"
as smniling as ever, azid to my; astOnsliment
she.spo)(e sharplyt, her sis,ter-Tthe first
time I ever heari he9r ib s.
-'"I had reason to beljeve afterward that
m if, hearin our voices, had come to
of t s istned; for once
h orl rd good of- her
self, anid it resutedii my sister-in-law's
m,~arrying herself to a saddler and leaviug
my house.
"Tho. nexs week I h&(d t4 gQ'tQ to city
on business, andtIMook a.n,yalfe a nig ' to
have-her;Ohlna silks-ina,de up;JI se'retly
resolved t'd buy a shiawl that would out
shIne 'Mis! Beondoin's, and'the dat. after my
arriVal 'IsVas luegk/ estoItl tilnd a Olaret
nofored 'atin boiniot, the Gra'cetshade' of.
htet hianidso,iet drha,t wtliW long, drdoping
pludae thiNt perfectly 'en'ptured lier. We
t'emlhibl toia'-flye oit Ixixiys; hier
,dresses,ca) iggi, lyeautifully made, ue
'silhd, and jist shited. -I bought her all the
e truapej. el, n sheWa
rd fTWo Iays,kfor, itAtsi;t% oun I met
1my old.friend Legget,djuqtd rn Calcutta,
ev,er saw; I lie Roni4 t4itakeny c oce'
ateCOstrf'&e,hioteimas *oir.ghtbidredand.
tfftyM oflhl$ thoirmodeflgtmade o.us
tboe teesip'a:nItid ihiidredu4Tis I pt,t
Bdel %#A*&hit,h.thbWhien 'y wif e wah'
"W ~ached home the lagt Ofthe week,
Mkondfd6 "Dfiewould
ou tS~ of 'd'
my Molle chporikas
down stairs red or church io cam
noew bonnet.- She had on a light
c4iA
4 1.y dear,' said I, "don't you need
ilTehing heavier dround you?'
"'Qh, no, not to-day, I think.'
"I tepped out of the room a moment,
rougiit"out my splendid present and threw
It around her shoulders. She looked at it
in a dazed way for a moment, then threw
herstif into my arnis and burst Into tears. I
soon kissed then away, and we sf P.rted to
church.
"We walked il) to the head of the broad
aisle, and it would have done your heart
good to hear her sweet, clear voice as she
sang thit day. When service was over, she
had a kind word for everybedy, especially
was she anxious to hear from Mrs. Ben
doin's children; she lingered on the church
steps for a good while to see that lady:
"I put the bill where I knew Mollie
would find 'it, and while the men all voted
me a fool, the women all said I wis' the
best husband in Twiceaweek, that I liked
to see my wife look like somebody, etc.
N Iv r Ukd'bur pltce been as dressy as it
iwadhit, giuter, and I had the.atisfaction
-of kjoivig..Wiat I \ya tho qause of theother
married men having to spend sme imone)
for dry goods, espqcially those whose wives .
and daughters attended the same church
with 'my %wife.
"'But none of them had a nine-hun
,dred-dollar shawl-ch, Tom?' said the cap
tain slyly, as lie drummed on the table with
hls glass.
''Not a bit of it did theyl And remem
ber, captain, mum's the word, about the
pried 6f my wife's new shawl."
A Rajah's Vanity.
The following description, by Mr. Val
Prinsep, of the dressing up the Maharajah
for 'h)is portrait, is amusiug:-Tukaji Iao
Holkar has been ill since' Delhi; lie has
even now fever, the result of cold, and re
quested mo-to pqint him as fat as lie was I
at the Assemblage, rather than as lie is now.
fdpTfded himself fh his :fJleh, . ahd can
they dayf eat a ivlible wild,boar unassitd '6
at-one'meall--I must say 1 saw but little I
cplange in bis vagt bulk; he looks a little
graje but that may be that lie' has forgot
tel the dye this morning. However, lie is
certainly seedy, and that does not render N
hIs sodiety or conversation any more fasci
nating. Holkar is the beau ideal of a rajah. I
ats lolling about in his big,chiir while K
i are brq6ed awayby attendait slaves, c
Wl'ff his ll jhhsip leans back ta cushion N
is put under his head or elbow; in fact, a P
a raiah for the Surrey Theatre-"theGreat I
Mogul called Bello"-the dream of one's t
youth;-yet as sharp as a needle, and as I
cheeky and proud as the King of the Can- 8
nil3al Isles with nothing on but a club and I
a few hIads. The second day I went there t
the Rajah had to put on his jewels, and
wit a sijihtl It takep at least six men to
dress hn. There is the Hereditary Mas. I
ter of the Jowels, an old man with spectac- 1
les, who Puts-then on with the care of a C
real artist, while four men stand round N
vith trays, on which are displayed jewels t
worth I do not know how many lacs. (
"What shall I wear?" says the Rajali. "I C
think' this handsome." And lie holds up a t
kinil of a peacock made of diamonds and r
pearls. "Yes, that will do." And the pea
copk is "offered up" to his head while he r
lazily turns from side to side, gazing with I
self satisfied look into a glass, which orgin- I
aly cost eight annas (one shilling), and I
which, held by a sixth man, contrasts I
strangely with the jewels it is called on to i
reilect. Squalor and manlificence are a
found side by side in all these rajahs' I
abodes. None of thenm have any sense of a
fitness-in fact, no native has. We won't
lit on these pearls," cries the Maharajahi, t
"for withlout.them this looks more like a 1
crown. "' And this in India, the hand of c
caste, changeless through succeeding ages? I'
Why, this man's ancestor was a goathierd,
and lie himself, for all -his airs; would
cheerfully pay any sunm of money to he C
c0nsidered a Rajah; and while many '
B3rahmuins stand around wvith clasped hands, 5
and.probably hils cook is of Brahmainical f
caste, not one of them would eat with
hini, Rajah though lhe be.
WTay Glold VIhangen Color.
It is wvell known that the the humanI
body contmiins humors mind aclis, siilar in
action to, and having a like tendency to-1
wvards, baser metals; as nitric and sulIphiic
ailds have, n.amely, to tarnish or dissolve
them, varyipg ini quanity in different per- *
soils, Of this theory we have abundant e
proof in the effects which the wearing of ,
Sewelry pr oduces on different persons. g
rhouseands wear continually, without ,anly s
ill effect, the cheaper class of jewerly with
brass ear .wires, while if others wore the '
samne article for a few. days they woni abf'
troubled ii sore ears or, ja other ;
the~ apids contained ini the system woudj
act on the b>rass ais to produce ill 'restlt ,
(pstances have occured in which article~ Of 'j
jevgelry of any gr-ade below'eighteen
have been tarnished in a few days, n
{gslnghq gb9yegamed,.catige. True,'~
iiitances'are notvery frequent; neveri tJs~
it is as well to know them; every ec ii~
not tlIe feilt. oI the : goods not w4rnn~
.Well-as it is genpraliy called-but t
milt of .the part(Aglar coustitution fy
they are worn.
-A' few days. befoA-e the- ichools ore'
closed 'by. oi'der' of- the School -Bo a d.
anLug, Michigan, one of' the toacRe
sntlete spied'a siall boy witha re
nel scarf around his neck.'ViaioneA ofW h.A
tfty3fiktpf%1 khld retrn no
more "until you.r throat is peirfectly well,''"
IIAied m.suto ~apd, on his way
n, rbf hi cogmpanions, who
nol e~ i b el' nd sluted him with-:
"Whsat's up ?4 John Henry piroceedIed to
expliuh thatthe~piece of red flannel had
gained him a furlough. The three youths 1
held a short couci of war, e ppe:d in
Ydiallitlesbae 4dng thy'd umister,
~y a&Jit ry od store hoiijhaif'a,
ud i4dt
un rouee more
4ao~.rsih1reon
Light in the House.
In a dark and gloomy house you never
uan see the dirt that pollutes it. Dirt ac
uumulates upon dirt, and the mind soon
learns to apologise for this condition be
cause the gloom conceals it. Accordingly,
when a house is (lark and dingy, the air be
comes impure, not only on account of the
absence of light, but from the impurities
which are accumulated. We place flowers
in our windows that they may have the
light. If this be the case why should we
leprive ourselves of the sunshine and ex
I)ect to gain health and vigor? Light, and
p)leity of it, is not only a purifier of things
Inanimate, but it absolutely stimulates our
brains. It Is in regard to sick-rooms
'hat this excellent authority is particularly
impressive. It used to be the habit of phy
dlcians in old times to seditiously darken
the rooms, and this practice continues to
3omne extent even to-day. In certain very
icute eases of nervous diseases where light,
Ihe very least ray of it disturbs in over-ex
3iting the visual organs, this darkening of
Ie room may be permitted, but ordinarily
o keep lighb out of the room Is to deprive
he patient of one of the vital forces.
'hildren or old people condemned to live
nii darkness are pale and wan, exactly like
hose plants which, deprived of light, grow
vhite. Darkness in the daytime undoubt
dly makes the blood flow less strongly, and
iecks the beating of the heart, and these
.onditions are precisely such as bring con
ititutional suffering and disease. The sup
ression of the light of day actually in
ress those contagious maladies which
eed on . uncleanliness. - Dr. Richardson
itates: "I onco found by experiment that.
:ertain organic poisons, analogous to the
)o1sons which propagate these diseases, are
endered innocuous by exposure to light."
)nce in England there was a tax placed
in windows. but this was driven out of
[english legislation after a while never to
)> brought up again, because it was a tax
m human health. This ler ding authority on
iygiene has a great deal of fault to find
viti the architectural dementia of to-day.
%. fashion Introduced in Enaland, and
vhich has some feeble liatations in this
!ountry, is to reproduce the styles of the
jueen Anne houses. This peculiar method
ndulges in small panes of glas; overhang
ng windows, sharp, long roofs, with tiny
ipenings. ItWs a relic af ancient perver
ity, picturesque, if you please, but porfeet
y at variance with the dictates of conunon
ense. If you have big %Ondows, which
ay, admit too much light, the glare of
vhuch is uncomfortable, a sbad, or curtain
vill keep out the sun; but have small win
lows. barely admitting the invigorating
,ir and light, do what you please, you cai,
tot increase either air or light. Such
rampe windows interf9re wilh the great
vork God gave the sun. Architectural ele
ance ought always to be subsidiary~to the
tecessaries of health. In the United States,
bough with a climate differing materially
rom that of England, tli6 laws of health
re the same. Our August glare heats our
louses, but still it ^shou6t be admitted at
imes. A house darkepe 4And Ilept dark.
ned from the mddle -t.f lune to the
at of 8eptember is an unwholesome house.
ts coolness may apparently be refreshing,
ut tile air of the rooms, which stagnates,
ontailks undoubtedly -ermas' of disease,
Viich are not the less dangerous beqause
hey are unappreciable. As it is, then,
nlly the windows of the ouse, with panes
f glass which admit the light, the precau
ions to keep them clean and bright are not
o much measutes of tidiness, absolutely
ygienic uccessities. As regards windows
ud their construction, American invention
as in this respect not advanced anything
ke in proportion to other "ings. The
sual window with Its counterpoise weight
resents unusual difliculties as to cleansing
. You can get inside of it, but the out
ido presents great difliculties. Save in the
>wer stories, it may be pretty generally as
Grtedi that of the upper windows of a house,
tie most important of all which give light
3 the sleeping rooms, the glass is rarely
right and clean. There seems to be a de
ided reluctance on the part of builders to
ut in houses either the Freoph window,
thich simply wvorks like a door1 or those
rindbws which, hung in the middle revolve
a the contre. For ventilation alone, such
nndows have great advantages over thme old
tyles, and they can be cleanied with per
set ease.
A Very Old Joke.
Stopping for some time at an inn, and
asting on the fat of the land, Tyll was at
mgth importuned by the landlord for pay
ient, and being driven to his wits' end,
e concocted a p)leasant scheme for (dis
hiarging his score. Far and wide lie caus
d it to be announced that a foreigner had
rrived at such a hostelry with an extra
rdlinary animal, Whose head was to he
een where his tail should be. The sight
eore flocked to the tavern, and when the
ardl was quite full, and every one had
aid lis admission fee, the door of the
t.gle wa8hrowp pp99j, aund Eulenspiegel's
brn. was seen Wllthis tell4% e'mnanger
11 idnd - h:.e asr t' ' m ngoodl
a iY~ v oomil ghbor to
,4U tUlne in visiiing' wo erful ani
alPyll was thus onal4ed n only to
pviAlost, but to 1111 15 ow p)Ocket,
emvoque, however elongs all nat
times. - The~ w ter wvel - rehtem
5'jying a penn hi father's
~chm n who had prom c - ow him
~ri o horse with his"' 0 here his
ai(plje kd be. He was al t ss, some
eo to a somewhat si 1 rIck bemng
i 'fi at thep expense e worthy
own k of Blruges.' A am was, in
11 s ,, ant at the d of a avail, 'as
odly ioclieratin in,d t - the&
g a drun, inI, -'me icies je
alk in nd beh d .whmtt
n en a wbtuld
gO 'WAs
ddatter
peddo ~cple
ii their frien ' sous for a sight
hat was Well wort e money. The lipee
aole was alitphy t)mis: As soon as thie ear
van was filled, the shQlm an predlhtted
rem his pocket amnt, whii he cafe!ally
racked with his teeth. '!'Jt;, Ioldd tup
he kernel,3 he gravely inquifetit any lddy'
r'gentlemeu present had oer qn lit be'
ore, and, of cottrso, was ai4ord ith a
olley of "No, n', neverY'"Z that case,"
6* '
Hharks Jumping at Food.
When cruising in the fore-and-aft-schoon
er "Sunny South," on the Mosquito Coast,
a few years since, the steward hung a roast
of beef from one of the stern windows; and
to hils annoyance it was non-est in the
morning. The weather at the time was
very calm, and it was consequently suppos
ed that some forecastle hands had got down
in the rudder chains and appropriated it,
although how it was to be cooked without
discovery was dillicult to know. However,
a second piece was about being hung out,
which doubtless was to be well watched,
when, as the piece of line was about to be
made fast, a violent pull was felt, and on
the steward running out his head to ind
the thief, it was found to be' a shark in
stead of a man; the Ilsh had sprung at least
three feet from the water to secure his prize.
A friend of mine, while Ilshing'with a deep
sea-line, was nearly losing his hand through
one of these blood-thirsty prowlers of the
deep. The fish had not been biting rapidly
and careless from want of success, the hand
in which lie held the line was outside the
gunwale of the boat and close to the
surface; fortunately, he happened to east
his eye at the moment overboard, and just
in time, for a shark, seven or eight feet long,
was close to the surface, coming straight for
it. On examining the head of a shark, it
will be seen that from the position of the
eyes, they can WclI see what is taking place
above them, and in all instances where I
hate observed them take a bait, they always
go, underneath Ie'o:'e weizing, it turning
on their side at the nionent of laying hold.
I never previously, till reading Mr. Buck
land'a'remarks, saw it stated that a shark
scented his prey; tie or.ht leis, I have long
thought so, anti that t heir olfactory nervs
are of the greatest acuteness and use in
directing them to where it is found. On
two occasions, once in the Southern Indian
Ocean, on another, off the north coast of
South America, near Los Rocas, although
no sharks had been sceu previously, they
appeared about the sh1p soon after the most
venturous had bathed. Again I was on
board avessel becalned, within sight of the
volcanic rocks, St. Paul's and New Amster
dam. The captain kidly lent hils gig to
procure some spechnes of Cape pigons,
Cape liens, and albstross. A great number
of birds were killed. and whether it was
the scent of blood or not, I can not say,
but a white shark about ten feet long join
ed us, and iecn ained by us till our return to
the.ship. le was afterward caught by
using a Cape lien for bait. On examining
the head of a shark, the snout.,,, ill be
found to project a long way over the tipper
jaw, and although there are no regular nos
trils defined, such as will be found in the
salmon or trout, there are a -great number
of minute orifices, doubtless Intended for
smelling, and which duty I am iclined to
believe they most ably perform.
A Cat's no
The Cat's Home, is a refuge maintained
by the women's branch of the Pennsylva
nia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals in Philadelphia. Here an of
ficer of the society receives all Atray cats,
lost cats and diseased or aged cats, both
Thomases and Tabithas, whether Tibbles
or Grimalkins, whose friends desire their
ailments cured or ended. Not only cats
aire Included in its 'beneficent provisions
but dogs and other "simall duer,' like par
rots, canaries, rabbits-li fact, pets of any
kind can irtake of Its hospitality. If lie
aniial Is sound and healthy It Is not killed,
but kept until a good home can bv obtained
for it. If it be of many years or incurably
diseased its life is mercifully ended. Ten
thousand six hundred and thirty dogs and
3ats received, and either provided with
good hiomes.or kindly killed, in a period of
live years, is certainly a record of which
the officers of tlus auxilary of ts.twomen's
branch of the P. 8. P. C. A. may be proud.
This shows the necessity of such an insti
tution in a large city, and as the wvorkings
of the refuge become wider known, doubt
less In the future the above figures will be
greatly increased. Philadelphia stands
ahoge izt this work of mercy. There B ito
other institution of this kind in the United
States, The house and lot at.plresen)t occu..
pied by the refuge was purchased by the
women's branch in-1i875, $7,000 being the
price of the lot and house. The society hats
raised, by subscriptions and donations since
thiat time, the sun; of $1400, leaving a debt
of $7, 000, which.is secured by mortgages
on the building, to pay which the society
will be glad to receive any contributions
however small. Any person can become
an annual subscriber b)y paying $1 per
year. Recently a kind hearted young lady
who us consnected with a well known family
of Bioston, gave the sumt of $610 for the pur
poseC of buildiig a small house for cats in
the yard of the refuge, which has sincee been
arectedl and la now in use.
The Celenthal Knatgdomn.
in an interesting article, W. F. D)enninig,
an English member of the Rloyal Astro -
nonuical Soelety,,with an eyesight ahlnost
as keen' as that of Professor Purnhiam, of
Chicago, ptoits out severn. celestial obj1ects
as a test. of' unaided vision. One of thtese
is, of course, the Plelades, or seven asaers
which crosses theu mueridan nowabr
U P. M. To ordinary vision only six stars
are visible it this grqup. Moesthin, the
preen~ptor of Kepler, saw fourteen. A very
good eye- now cani d.ete elevqn. Mr.
Denning can-seq thtirteens, and on one clear
night eounted fourteen, while a, 'leecope'
reveals f romn fifty tq a hundred, aiccordinig
to its powqy. Anothpr object of sdme in
terest to imaked eye observers is. ihe niiddle
star In the tail of the Great hear, wibh has
a small companion name~d A leer, elese td
lte *It was called MSaistak" by the Arpdis,.
slggiifyingt 'hLhp,Tester,'' ,for it was ens.
tornarye amonigs, them~ to:f,est a mafil's
power.of. sighb~by it. *lumlok4, i'n this
"Kossios,"'. says .AIat, he has seen the
smaller star with great. ,4istincoposs every
eVenbig on .the rei)nles ;e :at of Cumahna,
but has recognizcd.It ,onl rarely and una
certainly, in Europe. "Observers,"' saa
Mr. Dennuingyh lowever4 '4will find no diff
culty in seeing thle stair, for it Is. a reinark
ably easy,object, and a4, the, present tinme,
certainly mno test' of visionu. 4I$ may possi.,
bly have AcojeorIghter tpsT1 it, formerly
wae,i'for3tis now,xtreogqly .p sin,.eved in
unfatr~4pAsltIons;ot jem a.tm"iphero,.
There' Is &third and fahs4r Qtpr: iear it
which really fornis a 'very didfloult object
to reachth tltM.ood e. The au%eons
fu to p o they, 1ho~
an)dbeinlgmm@ 44~ the - * y r
tre ahnost wholly overpowered, except at
tire time of tihe greatest elongation, when
two of then (the third and fourth) being
occasionally in conjunction, afford a capi
tal opportunity for testing tihe vision.
These little moons are generally in a line
with each other, thrugh not invariably
all visible. for they suffer numerous
ecli pses and allied pienomelia. As to Jup
iter hinirulf. h is often perceptible in day..
light. .;oad 1i.s often seen him with the
naked eye in high and clear suishine, and
Mr. Denning has observed the planet sev
eral times half an hour after sunrise. Venus
is always a conspicuous object in tire day
tine, when her position is sufliciently (Is
tant from the sun. . Mr. Denning has fre
quently seen this planet at noon, shining
very strongly, and she has been similarly
noticed by many peopht. In fact, there is
no difilculty whatever in seeing this beau
tiful pilnet in the daytime, if the position
is pretty well known and care is taken to
make the observation from a place where
the stn's direct rays are intercepted and
cannot dazzle the eye.
IWorss for Lcoohe%.
A number of persons iat Bordeaux,
France, recently attempted to make their
fortunes out. of that very disgusting object
of natural history, tie leech. To this end
tbey have made artificial swailps on tihe
banks of the Garonne and filled tire swamps
with leeches. To be profitable these leech s
nunst multiply themselves by millions;* to
do this they must be liberally supplied with
food; to thus sipply them the Bordelalis
speculators buy up the old and worn-out
horses of the province, and drag or drive
the horses into ihe swamps, which are sub
divided by wooden compartments, so plac
ed that when these un11appy animals have
been forced into the mud there Is no hope
for them. The leeches fasten on them In
stantly by thousands: the horse is in a few
moments black with crawling creatures;
the blood suckers fix themselves most, of
all 'on the open wounds and galls tiat these
poor horses have -Incured in their many
years of -service. 'An eye-witness descri
bes in terms of horrible vividness the vain
struggles of the animals drawn downward
into the mud, bleeding at every pore, striv
ing In frantic terror to shake oY the leeches
which hang on their eyes, their lips, their
nostrils, all their most sensitive parts, and
atilast, exhausted by loss of bloodi, are sucked
down into the noxious slime and seen no
Inore. lie adds that all these poor nimtayrs
tire bought when they are aged, infirm,
weak with overwork, with hunger and
with fatigue, and in this piteous. state are
devoured alive by the annelides. From
18,000 to 20,000 horses are annually sac
rifleed in this manner at Bordeiaux.
topresentative Joys.
le occupied one-half of the car seat and
filled the other w%itlh a double-covered mar
ket basket. Ilie was an original.specimen.
is plog hat sat on his ears like -a smoked
chimney on the prongs of a lamp top; his
legs were braided together and his sinus
were sharp ciough for can-openers.
"You can't guess what I've got inl tie
basket, 'Squire," ie 9bserved to a passenger
in tihe seat behind him.
"No, was the reply.
"Twins, by thunder!" ie exclaimed.
''and I'm going to give thei an airing."
So saying ie drew forth a black and whito
(loll of unisual proportions and dandled
them on lils knees.
"I'll tell ye how it Is, Captain," ie con
tiied. "Me and tire old woman has been
hitched up in the holy bonds of lemilock
going on these forty years, and there haln't
a chick or a child to be seen or lieerd about
the house. So I've brought home these ar
twins. She can take her choice-a black
'un or a white 'un Bet ye lie will take
bothr. Whry, If I took home a black snake,
sihe would wantt It to set iup aird have
some supper, anid put a hot brick In the
bed where the snake was going to sleep.
Gosh! tire old girl has got a hreart in her
like a red cedar. Great prize pumpllkinal
how shre will shout whein sire sees th~m ar
twinsi"
'And then he put threm carefully back in
tire basket, closed tire cover and( beanied
beamgnantly upon tIre winttry world with -
out.
Carsts fromn Living For'nas.
I was taken by a friend, says a corresp)ondl
ent,to see tire wvonderfutl plaster casts of liv..
ing hruman beings whirchr are among tire cuir
lLiies of tIhe Russian dlepartnment. How
tire thring Is done is Impossible to imtagine,i
but there thme twvo statues arc, recumbent
teemale fIgures, undoubtedly taken from Ilv
ing women, Oneo lies slightly turned uiponi
her side, hter lips patrt'ed in a smile, as
thoutgh she wss trying to supplress a laugh.
Tire other; who was much tire finer formn of1
tire Ltwo, lies farcec downwatrd, her feet cross-I
ed aind hrer head pillowecd on her folded
arma, as though she hand thrown herself
downi to sheep. TIhec ninrutest details of
the texture of tire skin, tnails, etc., are very .
perfectly rep)roducedl, tire "gooseflesh"
wvherewithr the skmn Is coverecd being amiuis
ingly noticeable, andI showing that tire pro
paratlon uised for these casts, the comiposl
tion whereof is a secret, must, be applied
cold. 'iiThe all thme little lndenrtations in
tire soles of thre feet and tire palms of the
hands, anid tire crtrve of tire nails and their
rimmings.of skir arid fleshr are p)rodluced
*vith startling accuracy. T1he proceiss' by'
whlch threso figures are produced Is still a'
secret, but It'Iis certainly a wondeOrful *and
cm i mes discovery.
Itonan Fh Uirtrer.
The lux~urIous Romanrs achieV'ed great
wonders in tire art of flihr breeding, and.
were able to perform curious ckperinuents
with the piscine in habitants of .. thirl ;q
uariumne; they were also well.versed is tihe',
arts of acclimation. A classic frie4d who 1
IS well versed In aneient fish! lore, t9l me
thrat tire great Roman, opleutes::oou~. UI
their fish from ice-cold waterv into bpng
ctuldrons withourt handling thiei.. Io
spared neither labok nor money in of
gratify their pelateb. Tine talians sen4to
the shore of Britain for thnir, oystep, :anq j
then flavored them In: large: quaniti$les .9inI
artificial-beds.- The value of a Roin~ 1~
tienam's fish in, the pahplpy o71
banquQgileya e,nQf I
,sgm of mosle7.')Q~% ip phy oj
,Leap Year.
Any girl who has sat up every night until
12 o'clock since the last Leap Year with
the same young man, eating 55-cent candy,
has an Inalienable right to pop the question.
Should the same girl devote all Sunday af
ternoon to the same young man, and feed
hin liberally and frequentIf during this
period, his refusal to take her makes him
liable to be fined and incarcerated in the
deepest dungeon-beyond the moat. It it
can be shown that any "maydn" between
the ages of thirty-six and so on hns for the
sid period of time (viz, since the last Leap
Year) focused her affections on any certain
part icular young man,,that she has diligently
sought to keep and hold him by. divers
means known to the sex, and striven to
kindle the nrdent flames in his bosom canl,
under the provisions of this act, drag the
said hardened young man to the nearest
imagistrate, and give him the choice of
supporting her for life as her lawful hus
band, or enlisting in tile service of his Gra
cious Country. Doing service for the
Country is sheer nonsense. The way
to do it now is to snatch tile young man by
the lappel of his ulster and give him the
choice of taking you or parting with his
garment. in nine cases out of ten lie will
save his ulater and take you. As the (Ii
voreo lawyers put it, this will prevent the
publicity of going before a magistrate.
if the young lady cannot muster courage,
this antique law clothes the parent with
certnin powers. Any tinie during Leap
Year she is privileged to drop In on the
young mnan at any hour (it makes no dif
ference whether the young main is weighing
the old man's darling on 'his knee or glued
to her side by a crimp in the arm) and say
to him:
"Young fellow, biz, Is biz. There is my
lovely daughter. Here is a lovely bill for
"Sixteen gross of candies;
"IEight cords of wood ;
"11our .dozen gate hinges;
"Two hundred and twenty meals;
"T,hree carpets;
"Six chairs;
"Seventeen dresses;
"Fourteen doctor bills;
"Loss of sleep;
"Raids on the kitchen;
"llair oil;
"Perfumery;
"Powder
'P*aint
"Patience
used and consumed by you and that girl,
during the courting spell. Which will you
thke1"
The modern degenerate young man would
no douit close solemnly his off-dye at the
parent and remark
"hz Is biz, old.man--but knock off the
candle charge, no light, you know, for three
years. Cut down that fire bill ou-third;
we have been too snug to use much heat.
Substitute sliding down balusters for gate
hinges. And, as for chairs, that's sheer
extortion; one chair for two has been the
rule. But, give a follow six or eight months
to think it over and I'll let you know."
Indulgent parent. beware I
Tender-hearted fenale, nail him I
Do not falter.
Pop'the question at once.
If lie declines, fire hin out.
A Desperate Alaniao.
A man named David Hughes, who was
niployed as a laborer in Youngstown, Pa.,
;ot on a spree recently and drank so heavily
is to unsettle his reasn. On Sunday,
%bout dark, he went to Struther's foundry,
Alimbed up to the top'lof the furnace, where
lie began to make a wild speech. le said
.hat some of the men had killed his brother,
ind he wanted revenge. The men were
inxious to go to work, but lie, at the top
f tile furnace, bade them desist. There
were around him cinder and ore and crow
oars, plenty of anununition, and from his
vantage point he found it easy to carry his
md. Every one who attempted to ascend
marrowly escaped death, as sotne mIssiles
were hurled down wIth violent and vindle
JIve force. Time went on. The furnace
seeded attention, the fuel was burning out,
and yet the maniac held( his position. About
uildnight Marshal Fvans was sent for, but
tiesitatedl to go out of his bailiwick, but, on.
bemng urged, consented. Toward I o'clock
the next morning, ho arrived upon the
icene, atid was at lis wit's end to know
what to do. Thue fires of tile furnace were .
East dying out, but in the darkness the ma
Lilac yelled andio threatened, compllete master
f the sItuation. From the side of the fur
ince upon01 which the ascent must be made
ho Marshal took everybody away withI
heir lights, leaving it, dark below, seniding
di to the othler side to attract the at,tenitioni
)f the muan ot 1t1). At tihe Ratme time lie
'Ired a coull of shots from tihe side of tIme
useent to f righiten tihe man1t frotma:guardng
lie stairway. Th'le st,rategy Was Atccessfuh,
imd liuighes was soon on- tile other side of
lie laltformn, talking to the mn below.
[Bt wvho would make the perilous ascent.
i'hie Marshal was willing, to lead! the way,
)L did nlot, care to go alone to encouniter~
lie nmaniac at that, dizzy h.eight where a
slipI was easy. and a slip was death. At
engtn James Kennedy, who was ,Ahco wi. h
uls father, agreed to accompany the Ma'
tkal hi tie perilOuis updoertaging, anid td
tether through the dartkness theay statrted~
ip the stairway. When,i nearly m1t the top)
he man heard them, t,yrmid,s and mseized ~a
a1rge boarsi, - At that, moment, and not u
nlomnt tog soon~, the 3j arsh4 sprang up
he Interveni.ng, stairs, ajoiud. the blow
mtd gralppled with the mapimW~ The t,wo
vent down on she. platf6rqu.t.ogether, o,n
he .very ,qdge, bust afeww, rpha between
hOrm amnd certain death. :Kering y was in
mn instamit to the assistance of the Marshal,
tad thef were able td hold theIr man until
h1d meon below,.could reaeh the top. The
muid,br9iughfe him1to X0ungskowp, lodging
mn in.theo lockup... a
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