The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, July 29, 1880, Image 1
'TRl-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., JULY 29, 1880. VOL. IV.-NO. 91.
A FAHEWELL.
Thou goest, and I abide. Like some gray
tower
Crumbling to ruin on desolate mountain
height,
Death-saient, save for soreaming eaglo's
night,
My patent day waits Time's corroding pow.r.
While thou, with win,s of flame through
Love's vast space,
Like some great planet. trAvorsest all
spheres,
I, all in vain, at lonely fount of tears.
Must strive to quench my soul's thirst for thy
face.
Out, 'mid thy #aried splendors sometlines
pause,
And stay sometimes thy sweep of radiant
wing,
And bid thy voloo old songs to mem,ry
slug,
For dirges on my broken life's lo.t causo.
Which thou hast sung, while I stood by thy
. side,
in thoso long buried hours before Love
died.
The Way to LoLe Him.
Philip Vane's love story was very brief
lie was one of those men who are not easily
captivated, and so he had remained heart
whole until the preceding spring. About
the first of May. he attended an agricultu.
ral show in an adjoining county, and it
closed up with athletic sports. h'liero wore
hundreds of daring youug fellows ready to
compete for the honor of crowning the
queen of love and beauty; but Philip Vane
outstripped them all, and won the prize.
This prize was an evqusaitu tiarsa of pearls,
and Miss Rose Denham, the prettiest girl in
Talbot, was the queen. Philip went
through the interesting ceremony of cro wn
hig her with the starry chaplet he had
won-and in doing so he had lost his
heart.
'The red fires of sinset had faded, and
the stars were out in thousands in the mis
ty autumn skies, when Philip reached the
little country house in which the Denhais
lived. - e stole round to the drawin.- roomI
window. It was open, for the atutumn
nlight was balmy, and lie had a full view of
the apartment. Rose was at the piano, in
her becoming evening dress of sky-blue,
with her hair - falling in golden showers
over ier white shoilders. But she was
not alone. langing over her, and tov'iig
with her ringlets, as he turned the masic,
was a young man of an exceedingly fop
pish appearance; and Rose did nnt seem in
the least anioyed by his excessive familiar
ity, for while she sting, she would toss her
beautiful head, and glance uip into his ad.
miring face With an air of witching co
quetry.
Philip Vane, with this picture before
lils eyes, st ood for a moment like one be
wildered, then suddenly recollecting hin
self, lie retraced his steps, and rang the lell
at the front entrance, in a very grave and
formal manner.
Rose received hiin with a shy, sweet
surprise that was irresistible; and Ihe charm
of her rare beatity, and her girlish vi vacity,
soon banished his jealous dauhts--aud lie
was as much enthralled and enrapi tired as
ever. The foppish individual having van
ished, Philip had his charmer ill to him
self, and they wandered out into the an
tumn moonlight, and under the shadow of
the elm trees. And Philip took a pearl
and amethyst engagement ring fromi a little
casket, and put it upon her finger, entreat
ing, as lie did so, that the engagement
should be very brief. Beautiftti Rose lis
toned, and examined the sparkling circlet
with a cri.ical eye.
"Very well," she replied, after a mo-I
nent, her voice cool and silvery; "I have
nio objection to make. It will not require a
great while to complete my arrangenifnts,
and mamma disapproves of long engage
mlents."
"So do I," exclaimed Philip, heartily.
'"You will make It a month, darlling---no
longer, I want you at home before the
Christmas holidays."
Rose shrugged her whlite shlonl(ders, and
-gave a little shivering sigth.
''How 1 (10 wishi, she said, "'that
you would live in town, Piip, for- thme4
winter at least.. It inuttt be dreadful Stuid(
at Bech.lwood; and time girls amre coming to
see my engaigement ring," shte comiinuedi,1
after a nmomentary p)ause, twirling the
little circlet over in the moonlight. ''I
toldh them It would be something mnagnifi
cent-and it is ; but 1 do wish you' lad1
chosen a diamond solitaire, it would have
been so nuch more elegant andl s.yhlih."
Her lover's brow eloied.
"'I am sorry, dear, "lie said, gravely. '"[
fancied this one would please you; but you
shall have the solitaire."
"Oh, you are so kind I and I am naughty
to trouble you so."
She held up1 her rIpe 1lips, and he kihssed
her in silence, and they retuirned to tIe
cottage, and a litt,le later ho was in his sad
dIe again and on hise way back to B3eech-.
wood. But sn indefinatble something
weighed down his spirits-a kipd of a-eat
less dissatisfaction thamt lie could niehher
4banish or comprehend.
The nmoment his mother met, him on the
following mornIng, she knew how mat ters
stood. She could read her son's heart like
an open book.
-"'Tie just as I feared," she sighmed.- "'Mya
poor boy will be disappointed."
Blut, she ut,tered not a word.
A week later, PhilIp Vane was called to
town on business, and lie emibraceed that
opportunity to purchase a diamond ring.
Heu selected a very umagaificnt, one, at, an
extravagant cost. Then Instead of return-4
ing to B3elchiwoodl, lie tooki the traiti to
Tialbot, and walked across to the Denham
residence. It was just abtt noon when
lie reached there; andt the autumn daiy wvas
very lovely, with imellowv sunlight, and a
hazy splendor on the circling lills. He
would have a long walk wvith Rose, lhe
thought, his heart-sweing with delight as
hie neared the house. Dear little Ruse, he
loved her more and more every miomient lie
lived, no matter if she was rather vatt and
ohildish.,
He found the front door openi, and a lit
t,he housemaid serubmbing tihe steps. She
ushered him in, and lie eniteredl thea small
dhrawing room, and sat dlown., As he did(
so, the sound of voies, in loud and angry
-discussion, reached his cats. Jus~t behind
th8 ding-room was a little parlor wvhichm
Mars. Denham and Rose were mi the habit
of miaking their sitting room, and it, was
frqnm this the~ soundls proceeded.
Philip listened in alarm at first, thinking
soet one was ill, or that something had
happened,
"Nw, Rose, my dear, do be reasona
ble," entreated the tremulous voice of Mrs
Denham. "We are willing to do all w
oan for you; but you know how you
rather stands. The very roof over on
eads is mot gaged already, and pray hov
an we raise money to buy such extrava
jant things?,,
"I don't know' nor I don't care," crle<
Rose, with angry vehemence. "Let papi
Iorrow It. I tell you I will have a splen
Ild outf11t."1
"My dear, you will have three nice silks
md a good many other dresses; and yo.
won't need so many changes at Beech
vood," interposed the mother.
"What's the reason I won't ?" almos
jcreamed Rose. "Do you think I'm going t:
Le shut up at Beechwood all this winter 1
I'll show you, and 1'il show Philip Vane
,oo, i'm going to have a gay season, if
ive; and 1 want the right kind of an outfi
-and I mean to have it. Ho there's n:
ise talking; you know I always have mt'
way."
Then there came the sound of grieved aob
hag and a child's voice, the voice of liose'
ite sister, Alice, cried out, "See, Rosie
Vou have made poor mamma cry. Hov
,an you be so naughty ?"
"Hush, this minute, you meddlesome lit
le thing I Who asked you to put in you
ay ? I don't see what you're here for
3ther, gaping at every word that'ssaid an
[)ulllng what few things I've got to pieces
:omlle, take yourself off to the nursery i
)nce 1"
Philip Vane heard the sound of a shari
-low, and the next moment little Alice rai
ut, crying reudy to break her heart. H
and risen to Is feet in utter amazement
ind. passing the dining-room door, thi
bhild saw him. She stared a moment, am
lien cried out, In wicked delight
"Aha, Miss Hose! here's Mr. Vane i
he dining-room, and lie's heard bom
mughty you've been--haven't you, Mr,
Vanle?''
Not believing fihe child, Rose hurried ti
lie dMing-room door, and there she atoo(
ransfixel. 11er beautiful, golden hair wa
ill in a tangle, and she wore an untidy, ok
vrapper, both Podled ana torn, and her fact
vas thushed and distorted with passion,
?hilip Vane, standing grave and stern li
le middle of the dining-room, regardec
ier for several moments in silence, anM
vilth an agony at tils heart that seemed lik:
enth itself. Then lie advanced, and ex
ended his hiand.
"Good bye, Rosel" he said, Radly. "N(
vords that, I can speak can express what I
eel. I loved you as ny own life; but I an
lisenchainted. I an glad this has happen
:d now; It is better than hereafter. Yct 1
lon't think I can ever forgive you."
And before the terror stricken girl could
tter a single word, lie was gone.
Oh, me , Oh we!" the wailed, wring
ng her han Is. ",t is all over I I have lo
u I I have lost him !"
-And no wonder,'" replied her mother
teruly. -God wouldn't suffer it; le's t.o
list.' ..
Over the crisp meadows, and tunder to
idow of the purple hills, Philip Van
valked back to Hechwood, shaken like
,cry reed, strong man that lie wis, witl
Ie bitterness of hIs disappointment.
IMother," lie said, when she met him a
lie doorway, "it is all over I You wer
ight I''
,Aid all for the best, my son," she re.
lied, as she kissed him, "though you can.
iot think so now.''
And years after, when Philip Vane sal
ipou the lawn, with the trte and tendei
voman who had become his wife, and th(
roman who had become the motner of ti
-hildren that played beneath the rusthnf
)ak boughs, looking back at those earl.
iays, he was forced to acknowledge thal
is mother's wisdom was far superior to hb
wn.
Rose Denham Is still unmarried, and hai
ost ill her beauty. She is soured and dis
~ontentedl, and will always be so, Bu
'hom has she to blame bitt herself ?
A Terribae Expertience.
Adolph Hinttzky wenit, out on the moun
nine of .Iastern Pennsylvania alone t
11op wood for the chaarcoal-burners, an:
iot,iung was seen of him for three days. f.
unter by3 the name of ines, panssinl
aver the tmountain, tracked a rabbit undet
large, heavy tree. T1o his great surprla(
uc found a man lyintg uinder the limtbs of
he tree in the snow. Theli man still lived=
lines dtropped lis gun and gatme and rac
1ll to the nearest cabin for assistance.
lines anld anothe.:r man wvent back antc
ound the man to be intzky, a prisone
ander the tree, half buried In the snow,
-y the light of their lanterns lie wvas cui
tut and i:reed. lie could not stand at first,
ndi was nearly dead. Is ears werc
rozen and his teet wvere terribly frozen.
Vith great difficulty lie was taken t.o
touse. is story was that he was cuttinti
town a t,ree, boeo it fell lie sat on a stont
*o eat his duanner, sudideinly a violent guts
f wind blew through the gorge and th<
-ee fell with a crash, crushing the uinfor.
mnate wvoodiman uinder its heavy branches,
le wvas rendlered senseless by the blow;
uit the stonte upon whichi he sat saved hit
fe. Tlhie force of tihe blowv was averted.
L'ho tman had raised htimself up, and whoi
le tree fell it pinioned him. One of lit
bras lie could not move at all; his bod
'a hlcd to the earth and he was a prisoner.
)n t he evening of his first clay's uniprison.
nent snow fell All that night, the niexi
ay and next, night the w'as fastened In ti
'now, and his life wvas slowlyoebbing away.
-n the third day he was in terrible agony,
to fed himiself with snow, and thus pit.i.
1Ily quenched his thirist His boots had td
ac cut from his swollen feet, lia rebusi
otntatitlion prevented death, Heo war
bout 85 years of age, and lie wore a coal
ned ithl hair.
- kire y rctionm.
A comipainy of boutt Afilan sakvagt
uhis are no0w amusiting the p)eople of 1L01,
lon, and aamong their perforances the)
how how tihe)y get at light without matches,
~ome straw being laid on the ground as
ed, two etIcks were placed oni it a fey
iuches apar't to formt a support for a thuirc
tick, wichl, was laid across them, havinj
deep nuotcht cut in it to receive the blun
)Oint of the drilling-stick. This was
wirled like a chocolate-mnuller between th
)ams of the hands, and when the twirler'
ads reachedi the bottomi they were cithe
erxuerouasly sifted to the tcp agaIn, o:
nother of the Africans squatting rount
ook and relieved the first. A spark wa
btained in the chart ed dust In about fily
iinutes, and was received wvith shouts o
Jshliht by the fireamakers, one of whoa
arefully shielded it in a handful of th
traw, soon fanned It into a flame.
Chinese Time.
Before the Introduction of clocks an(
r watches in China native instrumenuts em
r ployed tor recording the flight of the houri
may practically be said to be confined t<
two in number, the sun-dial and the water
clock, though other devices have appeare<
at various times. They both have clalmi
to great antiquity. The water-clock is sak
to have been invented in the days of tl
Yellow Emperor, if not by his Majestj
himself, some twenty-six centuries befort
the birth of Christ, and the sun-dial i
attributed to Chow Kung (B. 0. 1100),
but such accounts may safely be relegate
to the category of the legendary. Botl
these instruments have been so often do.
scribed, that other and more interestinp
details may be found. In the reign, foi
instance, of Kublai Xhan, we hear of i
"Jamp water-clock" being offered as a gifi
to the emperor, which contained a drun:
and a bell, and itruck the hours regularly,
It would be diflicult to say just what thu
clock was, but the word lamp reminds ont
that candles were used to measure time 1)
the Chinese long before theirreputed inven.
tion by England's monarch student a thou
sand years ago. The Emperor 1suar
Toung, of the T'ang dynasty (817-860 A.
D.) is said to have had. In his possessio
twelve marveleus jade counters, each witil
one of lie twelvb horary periods inarked
upon Its face, and these, if thrown intc
water, would rise to the surface, each at
the occurrence of the period which it was
specially intended to represent,. In the
Y history of the last-mentioned dynasty w
are also informed that, " in a tower in tiu
Fuh-ln country (variously Identified witi
Constantinople, Palestine, etc.) there hangs
up a large golden weighing machine, wvitlh
twelve golden balls attached to thQ end of
(le yard, representing the twelve divisions
of the day. Alongside stands the figure
of a man, also madeof gold, and, whenever
one of the above periods is reached, a
golden ball drops with a clang to announce
the Paie." But the most brilliant plieceof
workmanship of all was a splendid "Ilanip
i water-clock" belonging to the above-men
tioned Kublal Khan. It was seventeen
feet in height ; it rested upon a frame
richly ornamented with gold and pearls.
On the left was a representiation(.f thesun;
i on te right, of the moon , while at each
I end of the beam wasa dragon's head, open
mouthled, and with its glaring eyes fixed
upon the stream of water, as if, we are
told, jealously watching the rcgularity of
its perpel.tual drip. On the central beam
were depicted two full-length dragons,
t playing with a pearl, and also'engaged in
supervising the proper flow of water from
the clepsydra. The lamp globe, or eage in
which the light was placed, was divided
into four ltitudiunal sections, on the ipper
one of which were four deities, represent
ing tle suiu, moon and certain of the stars.
This section turned round once in every
day. On (te second were a dragon, a
tiger, a phcnix and a tortoise, each in its
o proper place, and at fixed periods these
jiuimped about to Lte mound of cyihals from
witlin. The third section was marked out
into one hundred parts or divisions of the
day, corresponding to outm quarter hours,
ant above these divisions were twelve del
ties, each holding a tablet indicating one of
the twelve horary periods of the Chinese
day. There was also the figure of a man,
drawing attention with its outstretched
finger to lite hours as they passed In regu
lar procession along. On the lower section
were i bell, a drum, a gong, and cymbals,
each with an attendant in charge, who
struck the instruments at the first, second,
third, and fourth quarters respectively.
The whole of the above effects were pro
duced, we were informed, 6y water-power
acting on machinery concealed in a large
case near the clepsydra. The method of
striking the five night watches in Chinese
yamens at tle present time is as follows:
i One blow on the drum and one on ch'ing
(not "gong") for setting the watch; one on
the drunm and two on the ch'ing for the b)e.
ginining of the second of the five parts into
whiich each watch is divided ; one Onl thie
dr'um, and three, four and five onl t.ke ch'ing
for the periods up to the beginning of (lhe
second watch, which is announced by awe
blows On the drum and one on the cN'ing,
the blows on the latter inecasmng up to five
as in the previous watch. Thus four blows
on the (lrumn and three on the c1Linly would
tell the public that three-fifths of thie fourilh
watch had elapsed and that tbe fourth di
vision was iabout to begin. We may add
that, the ch'ing iiay be described as a broad
da~t p)iece of moetal bent to an obtuse angle
of about One hutndired and twenty degrees.
The Feoarful Cost or WVar.
Oficeial ret.urns give the RussIan losses in
killed andi wvounded as about 90,000 othecers
aunt mcen, but as we shiowedi lately by a
letter of the Lonidon imes cB orresplonidenit,
these figures (d0 not nearly tell the awvful
Story. Over 117,000 liussian soldliers have
diend in battle or ini the hospitals andI 98,.
000 have perishied by sickness and famine,
while the toumnanlans addn 2-2,000 men to
the roster. On the Turkishi sido it is es
timated that 90,000 have died in biattle and
50,000 in the hospitals. To make the
f-ightful list complete it would be neces.
sar-y to add ths unconi. thousandse of
miassacredt womlen and children. We have
seen no estimate of the waste of treasure
in this war. Russia would no I dare to
show howv much her credit wouldi be im
p)alred by contributing her share of it. We
have before us, hiowvever, the figures show
ing the cost of some of the moder-n war-s in
which England has been engaged, wvhichu
may give some idea en the subject. 11er
:)ld French wars costlier abot. $5,000,000.
000 ; tier share of the Seven Years' wati,
$415,000,000; the revolt of the American
colonies, $490,(mO,000 ; (lie two opium
waris with China, $44,000,000; thie Kuifir
war, $10,000,000, and the Abyssinian ex
pedition, $40,000,000. RuifSi' Crimean
war cost tier $800,000,000. and (lie same
war cost, Eingland $1,000,000, 000 ; JFrance,
$400,000,000 ; Trurkey, $80,000,000, and
Bardimia, $85,000,000. These figures enor1
mous~ as they arc, only represent fractlonu
of the material losses entailed by thiese
various conflicts. To form an adequate idea
of their i-uinous results we should consider
also (lhe stoppjage of commerce andi produc
tion, the destructin of' factories andi ship
plug, and (lie mortality among thie ab)le.
bodied, useful and( productive miemnbers ci
Ssociety. Hlow muchel Rur,sia has suffered
in t1 e late wvar by (lie latter of these causei
shle will probably only appreciate should
she be culled upon at the priesenlt timeo tc
maintain the expenses of a war with Oreat
B ritamn.
MOEsare p -utysatislod Wt
the appesrance of the open horse cart
o.n our streets.
The Care of 431othing.
Concerning the fashion of clothing and
the various fabrics of which It it made in
formation i. full and frequent. Very little,
however, is skid about the care of cloth.
ing, and the ways in which it may ble pre
served for the longest tume and in the best
possible condition. To those who chan:mo
I their garments with every change of style
this is a matter of slight importance, but
to those who purchase a silk dresa or a
broadcloth suit only once in a series of
years it is a matter of Interest and value.
Silks, cashimeres, cloths of standard style
and quality, are very little affected by the
various currents of fashion. They hold
their own through all the years and are
always good, always "stylish,'' always suit
able. While new fabrics are for the hour
of their. popularity high-priced, these stan
dard goods sell at. the standard price and
know little of rise or fall l standard value.
Neglect and carclessness deteriorate cloth
ing a great deal faster than steady wear.
does. The housekeeper who instead of
changing her nice dress when she passes
from the street or the church to her kitchen,
keeps it on and takes it with her through
the various )rocemes o dishwashing,
sweeping and cooking will soon rob It of
all Its nicety while she who wears her fine
clothes only in places 'where fine clothes
are suitable may keep them in good condi
lion for an indefinite time. To dress tic
cording to one's work is good taste, go d
sense an(1 economy. The careful person
will take pains to preserve a new calico no
less than a new silk. We knew a young
lady once who put on a nice new calico
which she had taken great pains to make,
and wore it through the morning dew to
milk the cows. To keep her arms from
being soiled or tanned by the sun11, she (e
clined to turn up the sleeves, of the dress.
In two days the niee new calico looked
like all the rest of her dresses, dowdy,
slatternly, unclean. We knew another
young lady who had six silk dresses, and
not one of thei was ft. to wear, though
none of them had been made above a year.
They were spotted, draggli-d, tunbled,
mussed, abus-d. We knew anothiryoung
lady who was the fortunate possessor of
one nice black alpaca dress which she wore
on all Oceasions the season ,1hro ;gh, and
always appeared faul tlessly dressed. She
had no work to do that would specially
soil her clot lies. If a stray drop of any
thing that could make a spot fell upou her
dre.s it was at on"e removed. All dust
was brushed off, a spong dipped In am
monia water brightelled fadea places, and
snowy collars and cuffs suggested dainty
habits cf cleanliness. Thie care of cloth
ing ta be easy must be habitual. The
hardest part is in forming the habit, and
this cannot too early in life be formed.
Most children love to make nmd pies and
play in the dirt generally and give little
heed to keeping themselves clean. This
is ill well enough at times, and they
should be indulgeI in their mud pes pro
vided they ire dressed for the work. liut
it is "poor-folksy" in .the last degree to
allow a child to play in the dirt with nice
clothes on, or to permit a young person to
(ress inappropriately while at, work. It Is
vastly easier to change a good coat for a
poor one than it is to restore it to its
pristine condition a soiled coat. It is
vastly easier to put on a pair of overalls
than it is to sponge thoroughly a pair of
pantaloons. But the worst of it is that
those who neglect to change the coat and
to put on the overalls neglect also the
sponging and cleansing processes, andi let
dust. gather and spots remain. A clothes
brush, a wisp broom, a bottle of ammonia,
a sporge, a hand brush, a cake of erasive
soap, a vial of alcohol, should form a part
of the furnishings of every toilet. After
ail dust has been removed from clothing
spots may be taken out of black cloth with
tue hand brusa dipped in a mixture of
equal parts of annonia, alcohol and water.
'[his w.ll brighten as uell a clean e. Benzime
is usel ul in removing gicase spots. bpots of
grease may be remioved tromi colorct silks
by puttting on them raw starcir made into
ai paste with water. Dust is becst remloved
fronm silk by a soft lianuel, fronm velvet
wvith a brush made specially for tihe pm:
pose1. if hats anzd bonnets wvhen tal.en
tromi the head atre brushed and piut away
in boxes and coveredi up, instead of being
laid down anywhere, they will last fre.thi a
long time. Shawls and all articles that
nmy be folded, should be foided when
taken from tihe person in their original
creases andh laidl awaty. Cloiaks should be
hung tip mn pltace, gloves pulled out length.
wise, wrappiedl in tissue papl:r and1 bud(
away, laces smoothed out nicely andt
folded, if requisite, so that they will c<one
out of the box newv and fresh when needed
again. A strip) of ok(i black broadeloth
four or five inches wide, rolled 'up tightly
and1( sewed to keel) the roll in p)lace, is bet
ter itan a spionge or it cloth for cleansing
black and dark-colored c'ot lies. What~ ever
lint comies from it in rubibing is black tad
does not show. Whesn black clothes are
wvashed, as they may). often be p)revious to
imaking over, tresh clean water should be
used, anti they shlouldt bo pressedl on the
wrong side betore hbeing quite dry.. 1I
wvashed in wvater previously used for white
clothing they widl >e coveted with lint. In
securing clotLhing ngainst, mloths, if linen is
used for wrapp)~ings no mo1th will molest.
Paper bags ate equally goodl if they arc
per fectly tight, and so are trunks and
boxes closed so tightlhy t.hat no crevice is
left open for the entrance of the moth fly.
As the mothi loves darkness, It will not
molest, oven furs hung up in light rooms
open to air and sunlshIine.
"Corduroy Jim."
Sonme time in the yetr 1855 a number of
adventurous spirits from California, con
ceived the 1(dea of going litO thle heart oh
Mexico to seek.t heir fortunes. TIhey form
ed a co)lony compihosed partially of inters,
butt pricipalhly of reckless, careless men,
re0a11y to retrieve their nhat.teredh fortutnesin
any w~ay'. Th'le colony, known to history
as the La Paz, was litted out and started
fronm San Francisco the same year'. Upon
artrlying there they were not received by
the Alexican governmlient with that hearti
ness anid cordiality iiow extended to im
migrants seeking that promtining lnd.
They were looked upon as filibuisters, ar-.
reste(I, implrisonedJ, somietimes decorateri
with balls anid chainis and genierally treated
as prisoners of wvar. Falling to find on
Mexicani soil the El D)orado of their hiopes
they planned an escape and returnedc( onl the
John L. Stephens, on July secondt or thIrd,
in time to celebrate the niational holiday.
They told theIr story of their woes to their
friends as only forty-niineis could. Much
interest was excited and an effort madie to
secutre the national intervention in theIr be
half. 8o rionflan were thai r an*ucca
that most of them executed powers of at
torney to certaiu parties who gathered the
clanns together for the purpose of making C
a united effort to secure relief, the agree.
ment being that the attorneys should divide
the receipts equally with the claimialts. e
Nothing was practically accomplished tin
til about the year 1870, when a mixed -
Connission of the United States was ap- I
pointed to adjudicate, amiong other inter
national niatteis, upon the differences ex.
Wbting between the United States and im- c
can Governments, both feeling themselves q
aggrieved and entitled to redress. The re
stilt of their deliberations was that an award
of $23,000,000 was made to the United
States and $19,000,000 to Mexic>. After a
this there was considerable difference of d
opinion as to how the award was to be (
paid, but it was tinally settled by the Mex- (
Ican Government paying the difference be- sI
tween the two uwards in instalments,
which it has been doing for some years. O
During all th thnie while the representa- O
dives of the national powers of the earth 'j
were gravely discussing international law, tj
0110 of the enterprising colonists, James
Ballintime, then familiarly known as "Cor
duroy Jim," was keeping toil gate at Colfax
Springs, on the 1osemite road. He went
into Tuolumne County, in 1858, and, tired
of his adventurous life, married and settled .
down into a that-class fauily inan. There, it
,,,peace and quiet, far from his old haunts r
and associ'tes, he devoted hiuself to tile
constant pursuit of honest toll. But lie ,
had kept up with the tiies, had read the It
papers, and also interviewed Sunset Cox, it
Seymour of New York, and other Con- l
gressional lights, who informed him lie had f,
a good claim, but that no one could collect D
it without his signature. lie had executed ei
his power of attorney, but receiving no re- to
turns, persuaded a legal friend to wrile to k,
Washington on the subject. In due time i
lie recived the startling anuouncenent ti
that he was lead, positively and legally tI
dead in the eyes of the Government ; that tl
oni( Col. Jonathan D. Stevenson, of San
Fraicsco had been appointed his execulor,
that $5,008 had beonawarded hin as his
share, but its he was not living and there
fore h!ad no use for it, $1,005 had been al- t(
ready paid oil account of the estate. ai
N% hat bothered the honest toll man was ei
that lie was so much dead that it was im- tv
possible for him to resuscitate himself. bj
Ttaking a general ir ventory of himself, lie C1
remembered lie had been a square striker pn
in his youth, and "up to (late the old man gt
was a pretty lively corpse;" and, with fire au
in his eyes Ad determiinat,ion in him heart,
lie camte to the city for the purpose of in
terviewing the anin for whon he died, and
who was now living for hin t0 the extent,
of the coin value of lila claim. l1e soon a
fornd a number of well-preserved '49ers,
who recognized hint and coul'I swear to his
identily. Arned wit proofFs of his exist
ence and accompanl-,d by his lawycis, he
sought. the presence of his executor only to
find that lie was dead again; dead up in
the Probate Court, when a process o resur
rection was necessary to make anything
living to hui. Thi Record of this Court
inforined him under date of Oct. 22, 1876,
that lie had "'uied in lie winter of I812. or
inl the spring of 1803, to the best of the
petitioner's kinow!edge and belief, on tihe el
North Pacific coant on a trading voyage." hu
At this view of things his spirit took umb
rage. lie failed to see how a life man
could be so mucita dead, and lie said to his
xeceutor through li lawyer that lie was
"the true lost injunI."
"I think," said the executor, "'that the
Mr. J. Balliitine, who ownsthe claii was
taller than you are."
"Wel,"' replied Jim, "I may have sot
tied ait inch or two. Growed down like a
cow's tail some, but I'm your injun all the
same."
"W*hiat State are you front " ceantinued
Col. Stevenson.
"New York."
"6T'lis man was fron Pennsylvaunhi,
believe.''"
"As to that,'' answered Mir. D3allitine,t
one of us two is mistaken. C.otonol." F
'Then," added the executor, "you dion't
dpell your names alike."
"'Now, look here, Colonel," conchudrd er
Mtr. Ballintiuie,. ''when you co:nme to thait "'t
i've got ye. I spell uminme with two i's, just g
like I write It, nowv (suiting the~ action to r
thme w.rd), and if I dlon't disremnember, 1 se
dotted 'emu bot h, just like I did, Colonel, t
wh'len I witnessed t hent power 'o at,torneys sti
whom I. was 'uendliu.' bar dlown to Guees
andl Bill' Gardene.r's at the corner of Jaci<
son andi 1)avis streets, where you made of
most of 'emi out."
The executor asked for further tIme and
Mr. Ballintine retired, expressingly indig
nant and wIshing to take the matter into- fr
his owvn hands anid convince the Governm
ment anmd is executor that there was a lit- 1I
tie of the vital spark left in his muscle at s
lea'tt. Th'ie counsels of peace, however, n
prevailed, and( several interviews hmaveu been a
hadi. The umatter wvas left ton adistingliuhied 'a,
ex-Judge. "We want this thing set fled,' "
saId he to the executor ; "you people can w
have no0 doubt as to) my ch!ent's idoiiity.'' i
Judge. What, do y'ou wvantI at,
Mr. IBallint.ine. I want my equal half, ,s
according to the papers. I di
Judge. But you are not anywhero on lii
the l:' ners. You're not alive oni the pia- w
pers- bc
ir. Bareutme. Now, that's pretty-.p
rough on a corp~se. It dlon't tinake anydif- w
ference what 1 am en paper. i'm here ft
alive, and 1 want, to be a.ive on paper and1( a
every where, and then get my half, and it
that's all there is about it. I want to get a
thrtough with tils and get baick home, ir
where I have somec deaid business to do. fi:
hlere the interview closed., Subsequently at
the Judge made an oifer to effect a conm- 11
piromiise, which, being below the fIgures r
demiand(ed, was not accepted. And so the Ii
miatter remaine at present. . tU
- ~ . b
lie who loses hope may then part i
with anythiig.
Sini Is sturdy, anid ili rebel, wherea
,t euninot reIgn.
God's words, however sligh ted, are t
not wind, but, lire,.
Th'le Christiani lile is not knowing nor t<
hearimg, hut, (1oinrg, i
Benefit, your friends, that the~y may v
hiecomne your friend(l. i
Thle error of a moment becomes the r<
sorrow of a whole lif'e,
'Thilr tongues and their tears are c
woionji's bes30t weapons,
Love, faith, patience-the three es- a
sen,tials to a hapipy le.
Love is lowliness; on the wedding I
ring sparh(ies ito Jewel,
God's anger is holy. ils fire is fl
ptlre anid with.ou~t amak*. r
Greek Fire.
"GreeK firo''-or, as it is sometimes
!alled "Saracen flre"-was the most imn
ortant war Inaterial men had before tle
livultiou of gunpowde.'. Twice the city
f Constantinople was saved by the use of
L. It is said to have been invented by a
yrIan, who, deserting from the service of
he Caliph, revealed his secret to the em
eror. The ingredients, if not also the
Mode of darting the tie, were kept a su
ret for upwards of 400 yeas, and it is
Wite uncertain now what wore actually the
ulponleut parts of thit which, Joinville
,Ivs, "Caie flying through the air like a
Anged, long-tailed dragon, abut the i hick
ess of a hogsiead, wth the report of thuo.
er and the velocity of lightninlg; and the
arkiess of the angit was dispelled by this
eadly illumination. " It Is generally con
dered, however, that "the fire" was com
osed of iptla, iningled in cortain pro
orlions, now unknown, with Sulphur, aid
ith pitch oblitilled from evergreen fir.
his iixture, ignited and blown or pumped
rough long tibes of copper, which were
tounted in the prows of galleys, and fanci.
1lly sliaped into the form of monsters,
roduced a thick stnoke with a loud ex
losion, and a lilie, fierce and obstinate,
hich no aioutit of water coUld extin
tisli. WNhen used for the defense of walls,
wts poured in large boilers from the
ilparts, or wits hurled on javelins by
ivalis of tow which had previoaqly been
euped in inflanuniablo matet ial. Against
the bravest soldiers went in vain: their
nagnation recoiled fromi a thing so muitlte
id terrible. llorses lied from it in dire
ight; ships weri burnt by it; there was
j way of standing ugaiust it. The Greek
nperors. sensible of' the enormous advan
ige which anl offensive weapon of such a
nd gave them, invested it with a myster
us histery, and appealed to the supersti
an of their subjects for the preservation of
le Secret o the mai1nuflcture. They said
at an angel had revealed tihe compositdou
Greek lire to the first U:anautino for
10 expres purpose of mitilaninling the su
riority of 1lie etmllpiro over the lhal-I.
mis; uno that whoever betrayed the secret
foreigners wolid incur not only the pen
ty of' treason ant1d HacriHge, but the spe.
al venge mee of the Aln4.ihtv. In the
Velfth century, however we lind it tised
ie kMaholetans in their wiars with the
rist inns; and from that tit1 it caime into
elty general use, unitil the ilivention Of
m11powder p-it It out of dalte, an caused
i entire rcvo.utioni i:n the art of war.
11Otl(1 1ol't.60,14 V4. L't,vo.
"What are you readmng, Mary?" inquilred
practiculi man living on East Long, Do
)11, of his wife one day1.
"Just 1he sweetest love story you ever
11rd of," replied his wile, ent1hu-iasti
Ily.
A love slory ?'
'1e,. and you just ought to lead it
"'Ain't you got over that yet '" inter
pied her husband.
"1Got over wint ?"
IN"Why, that love busilness. 'lhat--that
olasses contract between young idiots."
",Do yott mlealn-"
"Yes, I meanmhMe milk and mu4h stuff
ildren indu!ge in. I thought that would
ve beenl taken out of you by this tIme.
,w what's that story about. ?"
"I am right here where lie-"
"''ho ?"
"Why, the lover, of course, hias just res
ed lier-"
" Who in thunder is her ?"
"'Oh I why don't you keep quiet. l IsI
ft rescued the girl ie's ill love with from
ng of robl)ers and-"
'low many wasit in that gang ''
"Let mile see," said the wifu thoughtfully,
1'h4e were forty-t wo, and lie-'
''Now, do you mean lo say that young
Ier took a g*rI Irom forty-two robbuts all
' himself ?"
"Ye.e, andi theC story says ho killed thir
L'nl in the at tlthyt, atl-''
'.Giiry, hand that ipaper rIght to me.
>rk it over.''
'-Why?"
''Now,'' continued the husband, as lie
ushied it upi and putt In the tail of las coat,
hat's tihe biggest lie I ever heard. I'im
'inig to take this paper otside the coipo
tion andl bury it two feet, deep, lin-l then
Lu1 iltii't t.et an act p)assedl by C'tngiess
sutppressl its puIblicaltioni. I'll be back Ihy
ppler timei(, and I w1anit you to humutp your
II arond andt have somte b oi led po ltatoes
I cornt-brenad. Thaiit will help take sonie
tis5 niosense otit of votii."
r Wsilhein II3hEli's1 Flrut, Teltescopo.
Sir William Ilerschel arri vedi in England
oilmi tlover, his~ birt hi-philice, about, the
ad of lie y(tar '.50I, wheun he~ wals In his
renityf-fint yevar. lie was l.redc a pirofes.
r ol mu-sic, and1( weit t-> live at Ilhalifax,
here lie acq-(uired-0 by his own app)lication,
conlsiderable k nowledge of tnat hemautics;
d, having stutdied ast ronomyv and opt ics
the( popular will ing~' of iFurgusoni, he
as anxiuts to wvitntess withI his own eyes
e wvondelrs or t he phmetiairy sysStemf. lie
cotrdingly horrowed fiom a friendl a tele
nyle, two feect inl foe.I lenigthI, aind ha:iving
rected it to the heavens lie was so de
ghted with theaIetual night of phleno:neOna,
iuich lie lad previonealy known only fronm
>Oks, thai. he commtuissiotn'd a friend to
irchiase for im in London, a telescope
ith a.high miagnify intg power. F"ortu nately
ar setetace, the price of such an itnstru
hent greautly exceo2(ded is meaSt, antd lie
itmiediately resolved to construct a tele
:ope withI his own hiads. Ato Ctecounfter
ig the diillcultis wvhich every amateur at
rat experiences. ini the casting, grmnding
id polishilag of the imetalic specula for te
eclinag telescopes, he completedl in 177t3, a
nfetting inst rmnent, live feet, in local
ngthI, with which he wvas able to obiserve
eo ring of S3atur andi11( the sateellhtes anid
elts of Jupiter. Tis telescope wvas COml
Ote'd wh-len he reside-d at, Bath, whlere ho
q adred by degrees and in his leisure
ours that practical knowledge of opties
aid mathematics which was necessary for
ucht a task. HIs experience in this rcien
lie art wvere of the most remarkable kind,
ad by 1781 he had constructed so many
loiecopes as to be0 bette-r furnished with
10 means of surveying the heavens thian
!ere possessed by atny other astronomer-,
any of the fixed observatories of Eu.
--IL is said( that, Job . At(Ireiv, of
ontictl, has appointed a stato de
wetlve to mtake a furtither a ffimrt to
ailve the myster-y o1 the murdiaer of
Iuary Stantunard, ior whicli the Rev. 11.
[. lfavdlen v'as tried.
CuidaGo has a lady teacher of' the
tato. tShe pr-obably dooM ail the fluLlng
sr kier own dresSo4.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
Alwaym speak the truth.
The man who passes on his honesty
wants little of the villain.
Tle finest fruit earth holds tsp to Its
Maker is the fitaished man.
There Is nothing tei rible in death
without life hath-anade it so.
A luliious silence is better than
truth Lpoken without charity.
Ile who can pay homage to the truly
despeable is truly voitenptible.
Luxury increases thie lugmage of life,
alld thereby impedes the taren.
lie who stops to pick a tlaw in o:her's
knitlhg work, drops aaty stitches in
lls ow1.
Let hlin who regrets the loss of time
imiko proper uso of that n hioh Is to
collie ill the futturn.
Rich attire is the vest of pride. Tho
wulst appar at is natro's garluet ; the
best but folly's garnish.
A generous man will place the bene
itS ne confters beneath his feet; 1hose
he receives, nearest his heart.
To pardon of sin God will add power
againasit sin ; Lojastilloatin by Cairlt's
uerit, saUctillUALUai oy 1111 Sji rt.
We may do a very good action anld
not be a good man, but we oamot do a
very ill one and nUt b) anl il tuan.
For suh as sin of lallemity and re
urn to God by repentaice, they shall
hot fiud imia lurlous, but graelous.
When God comes agalist a people,
Lie usually tukes tLhu wHlnam they are
itt the strongest and most coni lent.
It' you wish to appear agreeab:e In
society, you mailt UU11selt to 0 t:tught;
inmay thiigs whit-h you know aireay.
Ile who truly wishes the happiness
ut auy one, eaianot be lung WithEut is
Covering some mode of contributing to
It.
It Is better to wear out than to rust
:)ui.. We must not only striko the iron
while It is hot, but strike LiIt IL is made
lout.
We sacridiee to dress till houshold
jym and comforts cease. Dress draltis
s.ur cellar dry, and keeps our lardur
1. ~a I I.
Whoever is honest, generoui, courte
)Us aid Caldid, is a getitleman, wihe,h
ir it be luarned or unloarned, rich or
loor.
Ii a cause be good, the mos% violent
t tacks of its eanietnes will not mijurt it
io Ulch as ai l1judicious suppur o0 its
m'riends.
The beat way to silence a talkative
per.wu is never to interrupt lini. Da
tot Miiff (ho candle and iG will go ouc
al itseli..
Life is a casket not preolous in itself,
jut valuable in, iroportion Lo what for
tume, or inidustry, or virtue hus placed
wVatlbln it,.
Tell the boys on the street, tell tihe
voung uin oil the road to ruin, that
Llot loves tem, and show them thar;
rou believe it.
Fire, flood, mist-ke or accident may
rob us of our tmaterial posseesions, but
ney camnot get at the treasure of the
11nm1ortal lulind.
-Thle greatest joys and hopes are
tnon turned into tale greatest griefs
and fears with them that live by sense
aid not by faith.
-Proud men never have friends;
Iefther in prosperity because they know
mobody, nur in adversity becausi no
Jody klows ti01n.
If you would be pungent, be brief;
or it is wlLh words as it is with uii
Ma1is, thu aiore they are coadunsed
,li deeper they burn.
To feel much for others and little for
)IIIselves, to rostrali Our seldlsh amad to
idulge our t,einevoIentafetiUAs, toa
atituate the perleellon of hiutnan nature.
Thae utniot, excellence at wvhleh la..
namau,y cana arrive, is a consetant undl(
iteraluud pureumt of virtue without
regard to present damngers and advaua
~ates.
To' do ein vil action Is base ; to do a
good action wvithouat inc urrbmg dmanmger
5 commu.anan enumghi ; but, iit is Lime patte
mod iai to i10 gieat amid taobla deeda4,
liuign lie risa~ evemythlaig.
Pax;omi lood tell of a an a who ex
,ar-:aed mami c'i Vmotta spairat towamtta
.mast leravi cur min tii tm possessionm of a
Joui tam rtecl.mcr, iad was rcb1m Led byg
sin- tart reply, ''Vinou slt not covet
lay aitig hibo 'aur's ass.
It is not the saulle thilig to be wise
hiat t .. as,a understaid. ;icr ama tay, ini
Jeatd are wi se ama the thin gs om' eternity,
wholi cmi aoL in anay sort, unidLrtandii
im,bmin. Knowleitdge 1s ioumght If it lathb
Isot 11s u.se f or piety.
Good words (do more than hiarid
-p,sccbes ; as thae sumnbeams, wvit,iaut,
m.y ms1)me, will iake theo traveler cast,
IY lais eloatk, wichv all the bittasterl ag
n ad oulda ota doa, but only make hinm
batnd I it lser'to bluiai.
Th'le riulber one ilam nmor el excellecie
lime maobier shiould hae appear ini kindm
:omsderation bOr aill amounmd himii.
l'mm rmousness auid seillshness woul d
liedaii ala lis virt,ues, as rust wilt de
luetal.
It is mnot the bee's touching on the
llowers thmat gialers thae hontey, bitt lier
ttaidig lvor a t,iine Uuo m lcam, anmd
1mrawing oaut t,me sweet. It Is aaot lie
that,t reads hiost, baat lie thamt mieditates
uaost. oaa diavine truth, t hat wvill provo
the cho(iceat, stronagest .Chrlstiaan,
If yout iom.g to bring forth alhl the
fruits of lie Spirit, strike your roots
Jee.p and1( wide in private prayer. That
anitua andit suapport, that strength and(
grace,.whicha you seek of God inm sect
mlhat thmey lmy be exercised in time houar
ul aneed, (God will in that hour give you
before meon.
D)o not wait for the assistance of
others ini youmr course m harougha lite; you
will grow laungry, depenid upun it, if
you look. to the caaria.y and kaminnes of
.tbers .or yoaur daIly broad. I t is more
noble amid praaise-worthay to give tip
yuar livea anid meeOt thae troucles andl
'jilliculties of humnaan life with a daunt
less couriago.
A door sianding open, Which vwouldi
reaadily yild on its hinages to a gematle
pushm, is not. moved by a cannmmon bal
piassimg througha it. The ball in pass
minug tharoughm, overcomes time whole
lorce or' coheosion ameoug tile atoms of
wood, but its force acts Ior sQ short a
time, owinag to its rapid passage, that
It ia not sullieient to affecot the Weirtia
ol thme door to an extent to pro
mot lon