The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, October 19, 1880, Image 1
'fRI-WEEKLY EDITION, WINNSBORO11.,16. C., OCTOBER 19, 180tO.I.N.16
MY OLD HO.
The puimp Is broken, the ohain is rusty,
And the water, once pure, Is fetid and musty;
The robin that subg on the nodding spray.
Grow weary of silence and flew away ;
The brambles have covered the Ivy vine,
And in through the shattered window twine.
The stoop is broken and fallen down.
And covered with moss Is the threshold brown;
The storm sweeps wild through the open door.
And the rank weeds spring through the broken
fl. or;
The roof is fallen out and in
The swallows flit in the twilight dim.
The apple Iree stands by the garden wall,
And in its < ead tranches, knotty and tall,
UlauA the aod we throw in ei-ildlh glee,
To knock the apples from the tree;
The tree is dead, and on the hill
Tue restless feet in death are still.
And in the home that once %as mine,
When I was young and in my prime,
There's nothing to me that seems the same
But the babbling brook at the footof the lane,
Which an it murmura, seems to say :
You and your home are old and gray.
0. faoes fair I Oh, hearts so strong I
Ye in the grave have lain so long,
And yet I almost seem to hear
Your met ry voioss ringing clear,
Happy and glad, full of joys
Were the days when we were girls and boys.
Good-bye, old home I in the shadows dim
I'll sadly sing my evening hymn
That we sang together when we were young.
And the path of life had just begun,
The pal Is ended by all save me,
And I with my lost ones soon shall be.
Apple Blossoms.
One Mouday morning In May when Mr.
Castor, of the law firm of Castor & Brush,
entered his office he found on his desk a
bunch of fragrant white flowers with that
delicate flush at the heart that makes apple
blossoms so irresistible.
"Apple blossoms, sir," his clerk explain
ed. "I spent buniday in the country, and
brought them down, thnking you might
like to see some.
Mr. Castor's preoccupied face lighted up
with pleasure. Thank you, Mr. Clark,"
lie said. "Get some water, will you, John?
We must keep them as fresh as we can. I
shall want to take sone home to my wife
to-night. There, that looks quite country
like, doesn't it, ClarkI" Arranging the
blossoms to advantage against the law
books and failing back .a little to look at
the effect.
Clark smiled, and Mr. Castor went to
work at his law cases. But something was
the matter with him His thoughts would
go wondering off to the green meadow by
the side of the river where Clark told him
he had broken the fragrant branch.
"I wonder," he soliloquized, "whether
it is anything like that meadow where
pshaw I what am I thinking of ! In a case
of ejectmen-vonder if I could sing
'Annie .aurie;' used to know that tune."
And he hummed softly to himself :
"Gave me her promise true."
just as the door was thrown violently open
and John Edson, the most quarrelsome man
in New York, as his friends and enemies
both agreed, burst in.
"What's the natter now, Mr. Edson ?"
asked Mr. Castor, rislig to offer his client
a seat.
"Matter? Matter enough, sir!i But if
lie thinks I'm going to submit to the r'ib
bery by his knavery he'll find himself very
miuch mistaken!i My brother, sir, my own
brother-think of that, sir i-is trying to
chent me out of my share of our paternal
property. I want you to take steps immedi
aitely to stop his proceeding. He threatens
to bring in a bill against the estate that will
swallow up every cent-but what's that?
Apple blosa.na I Where did( youi get
thaose?"
"Mr. Clark brought them down this
morning. Sweet, though rathier otit of
place in a lawyer's ofice, don't you
think?"
"I dIon't know,'' said Mr. Edison,
thoughftally, taking tip the tumibler and
smelling the fragrant things. "Where did
those grow?
"Up in a little country village In Con
iiecticut. Clara Is fronm the country, you
know, and I should think from his descrip
ows andl river, you know, and all that sort
of thing. But what do you want me to
Ido?"
"W~ait a minutte, can't you?" sakli -Mr.
Edson, impatiently. Youi lawyers are al
ways in a tearing huirry."
Mr. Caster raisedi his eye-brows, but
miadle no verba answer to his rather incon
sistent remark, while Mr. Edson loaned
back In his chair andl looked at the apple
blossoms. .In a minute ho started up and
brushed his hand across lisa eyes.
"It makes mec think of 01(d times," lie
said. I nearly biroko miy neck once climb.
ing an old apple tree for blossoms like that
to give to Lucy Bali-d, the prettiest girl In
school. I fell fronm the top branich and mny
* brother-I never, had but one, sir-picked
me up anti carried me home. lIe was real
good to mie all the long tame I was sick,
too. I think he'd have died for me then,
and just to think that now we should be
quarreling over a few hundred dollars!t
* ~ Castor, you needna't do anything about this
matter-just yet, at least. I-I guess I'll
go see him. And say"-rather shyly
"you couldn't spare ine a little twig with a
few of those blossoms on at could you?"
-Mr. Castor wdlingty broke off a branch
ad lsandod it to hini, but he watched Mr.
1(dihbi's departure with a comical smile on
his countenance..
"Thiose apple blossoms are'doing sad
work ia this oilice," he said l.aughingly to
Clark. "I've lost one Monismg case
through them already, and as for keepir
my own mitad on anything legal it's an att
impossibility. It's evident to my mu
that law and flowers were never meant
go together."
Mr. Edson, for his part, went down
his brother's office and entered with a litt
hesitation. The brother, a man older th:
Edson, with one of those stern, self-r
pressed faces which says as plainly as wor
could, "I've had a hard life and I doi
care a cent about you. I'll have what
can get whether you suffer or not," starti
as Edson came in. H is eyes rested an I
stant longingly on the apple blossoms; b
the next moment he drew back, askii
coldly, "Did you wish to see me?"
"Yes, George," answered Edsoii, finge
hig the flowers awkwardly, "I came to o
about that matter-that-that proport
you know. It's a pity we should quar
about It and-and-well, I don't car
You're the oldest and had the hardest rc
to hoe always, and I guess'hkely there w
fully my share spent on me when I was
college; and see here, old fellow I'll <
whatever you say if you'll speak to yo
lawyer and send him up to my ofilce."
There was a moment's silence, and ti
young Edson, looking down, saw b
brother put his hand to his throat as if I
were choking. The next moment the old
spoke almost as awkwardly as his broth
had done.
"It wasn't the money I'eared for, but
but I wanted the old place. 1-well, I hi
some associations with it."
The young brother started. Associationi
What associations of pleasure could Geori
have with the pla-el There was non
could be none except those -with Luc
Baird, who had been for one short year li
own wife, now laid away in Greonwoo
le sprang forward, "George, did you ca
for her? You could have won her if y<
had tried, and you know it. She cared f
me first because I was your brother. D
-do you mean. to say you have gave i
the chance of winning her for me?"
For a minute or two the Edsons migi
as well have been a couple of Frenchmt
meeting after a long separation. The old
was the first to recover himself.
"There, there, John," he said, in exact
tho same way he used tq speak when the
were boys together, "I've been hard, b'
you see I 'never' had a wife to seften mi
and I intended to pay you for your share (
the property at first but-well, 'it's no u
talking it over. Of course you didn't knoi
but I kept thinking you might have know
if you wanted to. But there, never min
that now. Did you know that Midlan
bonds are going up? I'll make a goo
thing out of them yet."
"I can't stay," answered Edeon, openi
the door, "but I'll see you again. Con
up to dinner with me, won't you?"
"I will," answered the brother, hearti;
and with a cordial hand-shake they par
od.
The younger brother went straight hon
and put the precious branch of apple blo
soms, which had been a divining-rod
him showing where the richest treasure (
a brother's love lay hidden, into a glass ai
set It where he could see It often. TI
older as ie turned to his desk again sa
three petals lying on the floor. He hesit
ted a moment, and then stooped and qic:
ly gathered them up, laying them reveren
ly in his pocket-book.
Praying on a Race Tiack.
In the~ late hurdle race at Bright<
Bench, (loney Island, one of the horsi
named L. L. was mounted b~y a lad name
[Kearns, who had worked around the stabli
for a few weeks. He had never ridden
but one hurdle race previous to yesterda3
When he reached the backstretch L. I
was thirta in the race. Leaping a hurd
his feet caught in the top and he went ov(
in a somersault, Kearns striking his lhes
first on the track and the horse falling <
him. Trho horses following dashed ov,
the hurdle, while a chorus of ''Ohisi" aro
from the crowd on the other side of ti
track The horse soon rose and walke
away, but his rider lay motionless in tI
dirt. Mlany thought lie was (lead, and
string of jockeys, stable boys and idle
starts~d across the field towards this boy.
the line towered the tall form of you1
Father Dougherty. With the natural 1o1
of his countrymen for Ijorse-racing he he
been watching the equihe contests. Wh<
the Father camne 'to where the boy Ia;
with his bloody face turned to the sky ai
his lilac and red colors covered with dim
lie saw.thathe boy was inseansible and a)
p~arently dyig. -Requesting the jockey
stable boys and others to. kneel down ti
reverend father offered up a prayer for tI
boy, annointing him and performing oth
services of his Church for thme dtying. TI
scene was strikingly knpressive. .Hors
men and riders who had never knelt
praye before obeyed the request of U1
Father, their bronzed, earnest and ha
faes softening in sympat hy for the crush4
jockey. All this was unknown to t:
crowd on the quarter-stretch and grar
stand. Bhortiy afterward a jockey r
turned to the crow ded stretch and remarki
to a companion: "I guess Keairns will dl
for they all kneek d on thme track am
prayedi for him over there.''
Novel Use. of the Telephone.
It is well known that if a long dry tu
open at both ends be held over a jet
burning hydrogen a musical soutui is pm
duced, the pitch and quality of which Va
with the length, thickness and diameter
the tube. It has been p reposed, to ads
such a tube to a safety lamp undergroui
in the mines and to place it near a t
phone In comtnuiceation with aitother
the manager'hoflee on thie surface. T
alteration of the sound due to a greater
hess adpniitufe of gases with .th9 sIr of t
mine would warn tlhe papagm of the sti
of the atmosphere In th'n 1enkinda.
g Tile el.
e The eel, like the catfish, lives in th
id mud on the river bottoms, and man
to methods are adopted to capture the slipper
wriggling follow. The bob is inerely
to bunch of common ground-worms, ku
le upon a string with a needle. Eel-spearhi
is also a favorite pastime with many, hi
in as it requires wading in mud and water I
e- hunt out his habitation, it is withal dih
d agreeable and dirty. The eel Is very toni
clous of life. and can be kept for man
days after being caught. Ills home
under the stumps, in the tollows, in mu
d banks, around the bridge and whar
n- pilings, and under bunches of long rivex
ut grass. The usual method employed I
take the eel is with the iloat, or "cork
line. The line-of hemp-is from eIgi
to twelve feet long, with small hook an
r- sinker of lead. The float may be either <
e wood, cork or quill. The hook should I
three inches above the sinker, the latte
'1 lying on the bottom. The float shoul
be adjusted in such a manner, after tli
e* depth of water has been ascertained, a
w that It will swim in a perpendicular pos
se tion on the surface. Worms are acknow
i ledged to be the best bait bor float-linci
and it should be firmly fastened on tl
hook, as the peculiar shape of the mout
ir of the eel enables it to strip the worm froi
the hook by sacking. The bite of the e
te is a succession of gentle nibbles, and it i
difficult to tell at times that you hav
hooked one.
ie Fine wire may le substituted for th
or hemp line, and It is peculiarly adapted t
3r eel fishing. Every boy knows from experi
once, the difliculties and troubles Ie he
encountered by having the line slimed an
twisted and tied into countless ami intr
d cate knots by the contortions of his ca:
tive. It requires care to keep the wir
from kinking by repeated winding and un
winding, but t, helps to release the hool
,e from the month and obviates the annoyanc
Dr of having to stop fishing to wasi the line c
y unravel knots. The cork may be held in po3i
is tion on the wire by inserting a small piece o
stick between the hole In the cork an
wire, or the cork may be entirely dispense
re with, at the option of the angler. Anothe
u method, and one frequently practiced i:
>r our local waters, is the "eel-pot,' althoug
d it affords no real amusement beyond th
P setting and taking up. An old demijohn
after having the particles of glass remove
from the willow casing, is tied in somi
it convenient spot over night. A string, wit)
n a few worms or a piece of meat tied to it
3Is inserted in the mouth. The eel passe
into the mouth and once in lie becomes
prisoner. Wlen it is taken ip in thi
y morning, you are frequently rewarded fe
y your pains by securing six or eight ecla
t 'rho most effective method of skinning a
eel is to roll it violently ia the sand. Thi
loosens the skin; then, with a knife, mak
an incision near the head, grasping thi
1e head in the left hand, seize the skin wit
F, the right one, and pull hard but regularly
n and it will come off without difficulty.
d
d uinappropriate HymnS.
d Hymn singing is not always appropriat
to occasions, and leaders often mako"singu
lar selections. A minister preached
g soleinn sermon on the judgment, and gav
ie out at the close
That awful day will surely come
which the choir sang to the livtly ai
" Coronation," "Brother,' said the preache
to the chorister in the vestibule, "'wh
didn't you sing Yankee Doodle?'''
ke 'At an immersion baptism on the bank e
- a river, as bach candidate, male or female
o emerged dripping from the water, th
people interjected the favorite revivalis
chorus;
They look like men In uniform,
Le They iooa like men of war.
w At a protracted meeting one of th
y hardest families n the neighborhod-b
name Ransom-were persuaded to go t
Cthe front as subjects for prayer. The rt
1.joicing people shouted lustly mn prospec
of half a dozen much needed converaions
The year of jublite is one;
iteturn ye ransomed sinner.,, home."
This made old R'ansom mad, lie too
it as a personal insult, got uip from hi
knees and took lis bedraggled better hal
n by the arm, saying aloud:-" Comne on, 014
woman, they dent want the like of us here
conic on, boys andgals," and led the who!
stribe out of church in iammng dudgeoni A
,n English leaders set the ad vent hymn, "Clhi I
*the Lordl is Rtisen To-day-Hlallelujah!" t<
' the TIyrolese waltz, andl a Southern camn
Smeeting Christian stung, "When 1 Cal
*r lRead My Title Clear," to the inistr<
dmelody "Wait for the Wagon and We')
n All take a Rtide!"
e Deep In the Earth.
d The Crystal 11111 cave, Pa., is situate
a on ne iestone ridge which separates th
m valley (if the Pocono from Cherry valle3
n in lru's township, on the south side c
the ridge, three miles west of that p~lac
an rdgfle ml from the Water Gap. Thi
drdeon which it is located begins on thi
Delaware river, and runs west for twenty
rfive miles, emibracing such eminences s
"Shawnee H1ill," "Fox Hill," "(Orysta
Hill,", end others. The cave is elevate
about eight hundred feet above W y iv
Slevel, at what is known as Mosler's knot
and from it a most picturesque view can bi
obtained, Lately Mr. TI. Duncan Panel
r president of the T'annlte company has bt
come interestedl in the cave, and lia ha
several mcen pilo3ed for some time in ci
Scavating It, and some very interesting dp
coveries ieve been made. Rtecently, Di
rd Leidy, of the Acadeniy of Natural 8cienece
dof Philadelphia, and Dr. TI. C. Porter, t
m Lafayette college, Easton, arrlvedi an
made researches in the cave, so far as
.has been explored. The entrance was ai
d first almost completely hiden by deposil
of clay and aninial and vegetablo maattei
jbut now it has been opened so that tl1
mouth is about sixteen feet square. Tri
bottom of the cavern was found to be co1
"'ed with a thick deposit of clay, eon ti
top of which was a deposit, varying I
depth, of a dark substance, and on this
be an incrustation of limo which has falle
of from the roof of the cave. It is the depos
o- of rich, dark material that pa.rticularly ii
ry terests the scientists, and to this D~r. Louil
of and Dr. Porter gave their attention. The
pt found many indications of the presence I
1(1 the cave at one time or another of mat;
0- animals, some of which wore doubtle
In brought there by a nimals of prey, ats
dae others used it for their dens. Among Ii
or bones of animals found were the jaw-boni
ao of theo raccoon, skunk, weasel, beave
,to equirrel, p'rcupino, woodchuck, for, wilh
cat elk, (leer, and bisn;n the shells of tu
or more turtles, the bones of wild turkey,
and the vetebrw of snakes In large quanti
0 ties. Other bones will doubtless reveal the
Y presence -of other animals. The mot in
Steresting specimen found, however, were
a the head and teeth of a gigantic beaver
t ((ustoroides Ohioensla) and a large pec.
g cary (Dicotylic compressus), neither of
It which has ever been found before In Penn
0 sylvania. Besides these were found bones
I- which had been burned and split-evident.
I- ly the work of the aborigines, who sought
V the marrow in the bones. Indian relies
is were also found, among theim being polished
d bone necedls and bodkins, sea-shells, -and
fragments of quartz, which had been used
- as ornaments. A flint spear-head was
0 picked up far back In the cave, imbedded
in the clay. How it came there Is a mys
t tery, unless some Indian, entering the cave
i and finding a wild beast there, attacked it,
f and this spear, hurled at the animal, miss
C ing its aim, sped far back Into the recesses
r and there renoined until found by the
scientists. No other traces of any kind
e which would indicate that the portion of
D the cave in which the spear-head was found
- had been visited by man or beast were dis
covered, and hence the theory as to how it
came in the lonely spot. Dr. Leidy has
0 taken his specimens along with him, and
11 will make a report of his discovery to the
scientific world in duo time. As yet the
lower deposit has not been removed, and
5 it is thought it will reveal more interesting
( facts for the scientists than the middle
layer. The cave has been explored to a
1 depth of one hundred and fifty feet, and
D one can with ease walk the first one hund
red feet. After that stooping is required
at times. The indications are that the part
thus explored is only a hallway, from
which entrances can be made, after the
- earth and deposits have been removed, to
a larger and more remote chambers, which
- already appeared at different points. The
top of the cave is a limestone arch, which
3 reuiects many brilliant colors when the
r light of the torches flash upon it.
Exeumted on His wedding Day.
r On the 22d of August a melancholy nar
I riage ceremny was celebrattd in the prin
I cipal jail of Madrid. Some uays previous
3 ly a young man named Alvarez Oliva and
, his mistress, with whom lie had lived for
j several years, were tried for murder by the
3 criminal tribunals in the Palacio de Justiz,
and having been proved guilty, were sen
tenced, the former to death by the garote,
i the latter to ten years' imprisonment with
hard labor. Shortly after the condemna
a tion they craved permission of the authori
r ties to be united in matrimony ere the dread
sentence of the law should be carried into
1 effect, in order that their only child, a little
a girl five years old, should be legithnized.
T Their petition was granted, and the jail
3 chaplain pronounced the blessing of the
i church upon their union on the morning of
the day appointed for Alvarez's execution.
Having duly exchanged rings and pro
nounced vows of mutual fidelity "till death
should part them," they took an eternal
and affectionate leave of one another, after
3 which the bride was removed to the scene
- of her future punishment, and the bride
a groom was conducted to the condemned
) cell, where, having confessed his sins and
received absolution, lie was pinioned and
conveyed to the scaffold. A few minutes
r later lie had ceased to live. Surely no
r gzimuer expiation of a capital offense
has ever been suffered by the most atrocious
of criminals than to be inexorably strangled
f on his wedding morning by the public exe
cutioner.
t That 81pan New Unhreita
If all the flustered grandpas and grand
mas knew how much they contribute to the
humor of common life and the keen enjoy.
ment of children lby the fun they innocnt
Sly miake while hunting for their epectacles
while they are all the time perched on their
heads, they would often be quIte reconciled
to such mistakes. A victim of the same
dhescrip~tionI was a good old lady who had
just, finished her shopping in one of the
C~ Boston dry goods stores.
"There!'' she cried, In an excltedl voice,
S"I should like to know what's becomie of
that ambrill 1 sot it uip agin the counter
when f conie in, and afore I couldl turn
Sround it's gone-and it was only on a Mon
day that, I gin four and six for't."
S "What kind of an umb~relia was it,
mna'am?" asked the polite clerk in his
blandest tones.
"A spick and span niow gingham, young
mn" wsthe response, "with an iv'ry
Ihandle on't and a--"
"Like the one in your hand, ma'am, for
"Sakes alive?"' she exclaimed. And one
might have thought she saw a serpent
Irather than her own "'spiek and span
D ginghiami," with "av'ry handle" clutched
,fast, in her hand. S~he colored up like a
f druggnst's wvindow, and went off amidst
s uiniLtelligible excuses. She never felt so
13 flustered ha all her (lays, as she told Jemnima
& Ann when she got home.
Wetittng tue Rtupes.
j
r When the iniunense obelisk, which
stands in the Square of St. Peters at Rome,
a was to be erected, it was found that its
,elevation required the most powerful mach
-inery and the highest skill in engineering.
'lThiousands assemibled to witness the achiev
- mient, and ha order to prevent any in erfer
.sance with the work, tihe Pope issued a
,special bull, inflicting a heavy penalt~y
,, upon any one who should speck before to
.f engineer anniounced the great work wvas
I accomplished andI all danger was over.
t Slowly the massive colunn rose, as round
t and round the windlasses were whirled.
s The cr.,wd p~ressedi in, gazing with silent
, admiration. It is near to its place-a few
e feet more-now a few incheos only, and It,
e will stand~ for ages. hBnt suddenly it stops.
-'The strain uipom the ropes has been greater
c than the enghieer expected-they relax.
n They refutso to carry the mass anyfarher
la nay even to told it where it is. It sways
n with threatening motion. The crowd ha
,t paralyzed with awe-the engineer is be.
i- audd himself. It is a fearful moment. Bunt
y ,hark I a. cry. An English sailor, watchimg
y .the scene, and ini hi excitement,forgetting
n the dreadful bull, shou's aloud. "Wet
y the ropes.""That lawvlees order was Instant.
us ly obeyed. Water was dashed upon the
d cables. At once they became strong andl
e taut again, and soon the column, which
us threatened to crush the crowd below, ws
e, firmly fastened In its place. It Is needless
I- to add that the sailor was pardoned and re
o warded lnscead of being ptunished.
A Castlilan Romance.
San Francisco society Is just now honored
by the presence of a lady whose history is
of more than ordinary interest. She Is no
table, not only on account of being the wife
of the celebrated American artist, I.
Humphry Moore; but for her beauty, Intel
ligence and high family connections. A
brief sketch of her life cannot but prove
interesting: Isabella do Cistue was born in
Saragossa some twenty years ago, of purely
Castilian parents. 11er father was Col.
Cistue, one of the sons of Baron de lia
Menglelia, who belonged to one of the most
aristocratic families of Spain, and hergrand
mother held the high position of a lady of
honor to the beautiful and powerful Queen
Maria Louisa, so fondly remembered by
the Spaniards. She is also a cousin by
marriage to the ex-Queen Isabella, two of
her cousiis having married the two brothers
of the royal personage. Senorita de Cistne
was sent*at an early age to the College of
Loretto, in Madrid, where she received a
finished and brilliut education, graduating
before she was sixteen years of age, becon.
ing proficient in three languages and a tho
rough insatressof the piano, harp and guitar.
When Isabella was but a girl five years old
she met a girl of her own age who was deaf
and dumb, bftt who was well learned in the
mute language. The two children formed
a strong attachment for each other, and Isa
bella begged that she might be taught to
converse with her little friend. About this
time her eldest brother came home from
college on a long vacation, bringing with
him a friend of his, a handsoa'ie young
Spaniard of about seventeen years of age,
with the title of narqnls. This young
nobleman was also (leaf and dumb, and
from him the young Isabella learned to
converse with her fingers and subsequently
became the constant friend and protactor,
in her childish way, of her dumb little
playmate. Time passed on; the herobie
grew to be a lovely young lady of the true
Moorish type of beauty. Her coal black
hair, beautiful flashing black eyes, and
clear, rich olive complexion became a thene
for the poet and the painter in Grenada,
where she resided after having left school
in Madrid. A favorite walk of hers was
thruogh the Garden of the Alhiambra, where
many an hour was passed, chaperoned by
sonic of her family, but, generally by hei
grandmother, then no longer the handsome
maid of honor.
One day, as the two ladies were walkIng
in a secluded but most beautifully romantic
spot of the garden, they suddenly caine
upon a gentleman of about twenty-four
years of age, of medium height, rather florld
complexion, large, soft and si'eaking blue
eyes, light auburn hair and delicately shaped
mustache. Ile was sketching what aftes
wards became a fine work of art, known as
"View of Grenada." Upon the approach of
the ladies the artist arose and handed to the
dazzling young Spanish beauty her handker
chief, which had fallen from her hand.
Their eyes met, she passed on and the artist
restimed his work. Upon several subsequent
days they accidently iuct. The artist was
less attentive to his work, and a Spanish no
bleman who had been a sultnr for the hand
of the young Senorita, received less encour
agement. About a month after the first
meeting in the garden, while the artist was
pacing up and down in his studio, a genth -
man friend named Do Costillo called upon
him. To him the artist unbosomied himself.
le declared lie could do no more work until
lie had painted a picture of the young lady
whose appearance had so strangely affected
him. Then taking Do Costello's arm they
went out and waii(lered to the Alhambra
gardens. There he again saw the object of
his infatuation. She was conversing in th
(leaf and dumb laiguago with the Spanish
marquis who had taught her the hand
manual years back when she was a child.
Do Costello, knowing the marquis, intro
duced him to the artist, and the marquis
then presentedi his companione, who were
Isabella and her grandmother. Much to
Isabella&'s surprise, she diiscovered that the
handsomie young artist was deaf and~ duamb.
And then she found greater happiness m the
use of the duimb language thain she had ever
before experienced. At his earniest solieita
tion she sat for a portrait, which she now
has in her possession, and though titled
suitors sought her hand, and she was eveni
invitedi to become miaidi of honor to the
then reigning Queen Isabella, she cheerfully
renounced all this poump and brilliancy and~
bestowed her heart and hand on the (leaf
andi dumb Amierican artist. HI. Hlumphry
Moore is well knownm in San Francisco,
where lie livedi fronm early cildhood up to
1865t, at which time lis father,.*who will be
renmemnberedi in the firm of M~oore & Folg~er,
died. lHe was twenity-onie years of age
wheni lis mother, who is now living ini this
city, accompamiedi hini to Europe, where
for three years lhe labored hard at his pro
fession, in the studio of time greatest figure
painiter in France-Geromne. It was while
in Grenada that lie met with Fortuny,
whose style of work is followed by him.
Mr. Moore's name was forcibly brought to
the minds of lis California friends some
two years since when lie sent to this coast
on exhibition lisa celebrated work, "Ainiah,
the Eastern Dancing Girl." Mrs. Moore is
devoted to her husband and proud of his
talents. She is his constant companion in
his studio, and day after (lay, in witer and
summer, whatever else mnty clalim her at.
tention, from 4 until 61 o'clock she devotes
to a study of his canvass and the work of
her husband's brush (luring the day. In San
Francisco, as well as all over the world
where they have traveled, the iateresting
and happy couple have been received in the
very best andi most brilliant society, and~
they will long be remembered after they
have 1)1( Cahfornia adieu.
8Sciencoe at, Dinnerm.
Nratur: (describes and lillustrates asIm
pie experimient involving the elementary
principie of the centre of gravity which us
capalhe of evoking roars of laughter at a
dinner talble If a dish of snipe has been
served up, the head with its long beak may
be fixed lai a cork ; and thon two forks
becing thrust into the sides of the cork and a
needie having been fixed into the lower
end of It, the cork can be balanced upon a
coin laid on the top of a wine bottle, and
can be spun slowly around while the
snipe's head nods at the various members
of the company In turn, and finally stops
opposite one of them. By makiug a slit
at the bottom of this cork, putting in a
silver Quiarter, and bahancoing this upon
the point of a needle which ' rises out of
another cork in the neck of the bottle the
appsrently imiposelb B feat of spinning a
a t wenty-five cent piece on the point of a
needle can be performed with thme greatest
A Tiger'. Playthamg.
"Well, my boy, if you want a tiger
you've come to the right place, for th1I8
and the bit round Fort Perovski are alnost,
the only spots on the whole river where
there are any left; indeed, I might say the
only spots In all Central Asia, except the
great jungle of the ll. two days' Journey
north of this."
So spoke Col. Pet roff (the Russian con.
mandant of the little outpost of Tchinaz,ou
the Upper Syr-Daria), to his excited junior
officer, Lieut. Galkin, who had made up
his mind that the first duty of every right
minded officer was to shoot a tiger single
handed, and that life would be a blank to
him till lie had done so.
"And what's the beat way to get at
them?" asked the young man, with a flash
o0 excitement on his handsome face.
"Well, if you're so anxious to make
their acquaintance."said the veteran, eind
Ing at the lad's eagerness, "there are sev
eral ways of doing it. First and foremost,
you can just follow the beast's trail till you
come upon him, and then shoot him down;
but that's rather dangerous, and not very
certain either, for the trail's apt to get
blurred In among those big reeds."
"Well?"
"Well, secondly, you can drift along the
bank in a,bnat, and fire at 'ei as they
come down to drink: but that's not always
certain, because, If there's a moon, they
see you and run away, and if there's not,
you can't see thern at all. Thirdly, there's
the cage."
"The cage ?"
"Yes; you shut yourself up in ai iron
cage among the reeds, with a big bit of
horse-nfeshi beside it by way of balt, and
when the tiger scents the meat, and comes
after tit, you fire at him."
"Capital 1" shouted (alkin, with a loud
laugh; "that's quite a new idea. The cage
be it by all means."
"Well, I wouldn't begin with that, if I
were you, my boy," said the Colonel,
gravely, "for it's a risky business at best.
A tiger-hunt's very good fun so long as it's
you who are hunting the tiger: but when
the tiger takes to hunting you, it alters the
case a good deal."
However, Galkin was not to be moved,
and daybreak next morning found him in
his cage among the huge reeds (tall
enough to overtop a six-foot grenadier with
his cap on), through which, as they sway
ed in the morning breeze, lie caught a pass
ing glimpse, every now and then, of the
broad, shining river, and the little tumble
down mud hovels and .clustering trees on
the opposite shore.
The most trying part of an exciting ad
venture is the waiting for it to begin, and
so our hero found it; but, luckily, lie had
not long to wait. The Central Asian tiger
hats a keen scent for prey of any kind, and
the warning crackle of the reeds was
speedily fohowed by the gliding out of
a huge gaunt yellow body, straight toward
Galkin's ambush.
D spite his perilous poi ition(for the ca, e
wasaprettyoldone, and its rusty bars seeietu
hardly to he trusted against the rush of a
full-gr')wn tiger), Galkin could scarcely
help laughing at this curlous reversal of
menagerie rules-the man in the cage, and
the wild beast walking round it to look at
hini. But he was not the man to let either
the joke or the danger unsteady his hand.
He aimed carefully at the vital spot behind
the fore-shoulder, and let fly.
j The huge beast leaped high Into the air,
rolled over oii its back, and, after a few
convulsive kicks, lay (lead before himi.
Hurrah! Up sprung Galkin, quite forget
ting the cage in his exeitement, and lilt
his head such a bump against the bare that
for a moment hardly knew where lie was.
The shout was answerea by a long snarl
ing cry, and out from the reeds broke a
second tiger, evidently a young one, al
though quite big enough to have finished
our iruend wvith one bite. (Galkin felt for
his cartridge-pouch, to reload for a second
shot, wheu), 1ol no pouch was to be founzd.
And now, to his (disniay, lie perceived that
it hind been off when lie jumped up, and~
was lyingc outside the cage, where it had
rolled over a slight descent of the land
qjidte out of his reach.
Here was a pretty piece of business.
But, if the hunter was iat a nonplis, the
tiger himself seemed to be iio less so. This
cross-barred miachine, with a motionuless
humnan flgure inside of it. (for Glalkin,
fiading himiself dlefenseless, refmalned ats
still as a statue), was a compllete puzzle to
him, lie had never seen anything of the
kind before. It might be a trap. Who
could tell ?" On the whole, lie ap~peaired
to thinuk that his wisest way was to begin
with the horse-flesh, which lie soon dis
p~osed of-a somuewhat disagreeale hint to
Gaikin of what might shortly befali imb.
Breakfast over, thu tiger-kitten seemed
to wax frohucksome. lie heapwd up against
the cage, and put lis fore-paws on the top)
of it, bringing his face so near Glalkin's that
the poor iLieutenant alnost felt the hot,
rank breath. Suppose the bar.-4 were to
give way I"
But what, d d iiappen was almost as bad.
Overbalanced by the beast's weight, the
cage rolled over, andi the unlucky oflcer
along with it; while the tiger, delighted
with the sport, and evidently thinking the
whole affair a toy meant for his own
special amusement, patted it about with
his hunge paws li a cat playing with a
mouse, tumbling it over once or twice, and
bumuphing poor (Jalkin ulgalnst the bars till
he was pretty weil bruised. All at once
there camie a tremendous crash, as a thick
clumpl of reeds gave way, and splash down
into the river went, cage, Gaikin and alnl I
Fortunately for our hero, there was a
miud-bank close to the shore, so that the
water only came up to his bolt; bub even
so, to sit waist~deep in a cold river for nt
indefinite time, wIth a tiger mounting
guard over him, was anything but a ilea
sant prospect. Morever, the tiger, which
was sitandmug 0on the bank above, with a
face of groat aisgust at the loss of its toy,
seemct(d strongly inclined to leap dlownt after
It; in whichl case the sportsman would be
roiled over in deep water, and~ dIrowned at
once.
,Just, at, that moment came the sharp
crack of a rile. Trhe tiger fell "headlong
into 1.0 ,ive,r while (Gahkin,kooking up,saw
a boat coiming toward lham, pulied by two
Trartars, behind whom appeared the grin
ning face of his friend, the Colonel.
"I hope you like your day's sport, my
boy,'' chuckled the old goldier,as lie opened
the cage and pulled out lis half-drowned
comradie. "I was up stream, looking to
see if 1 could find any game worth firing
at,, when I heard the crack of your pIece,
and I came along to see what had happen
Cd; and, on the whole, I think it's jnst as
well ( did."
Flah Manures.
As With other manures, so with fesh
manure, there is a choice of soils to which
it may be best applied. The soils from
which higbet results might be expected
from applying t,,h guano, are those defl.
clent In nitrogen and phosphoric acid, autt
in which the stimulating effect of the de
composition of fish may render other ma
terials available for plant food. Boils that
have been treated repeatedly with fish
guano, phosphates and the various forms
of bone manure, are often overstocked with
these elements, and are deficient in potash;
while it is also true that many soils are
naturally poor in pbtash. Of coutse it will
at once be seen that to apply fish manure"t
to such lands and neglect to apply the
other necessary elements wanting in the
fish, would be to lose not only both money
and time but very likely the crop. But
here the rule that would obtain in the use
of fish manures, is that which would alo
obtain with any other klud of fertilizer in
the hands of a careful farmer, and that ia
that the deficlences of a given soil are best
ascertained by actual trial, not only with
different manures, but with various crops.
The best form of fish manures is the dry
giound fish guano, free from oil. The
water and oil left in the "scrap" as the fish
comes from the press, add weight and bulk
without In any degree improving its value.
But experience has proved that the coarse
fish-scrap, as it comes from the oil facto
ries, cannot be uniformly spread; is not
easily diffused by the molture of the soil;
Is acted upon by a few roots of growing
plants, and becomes slowly available to the
roots that do find it. The divided dry fish
is, however, easily spread, is diffused by
rains, and is thus made accessible to a
large number of roots, and can be ab
sorbed by them when they reach it. Per
haps one of the best methods of using the
fish-ecrap oy farmers, is to use it in a com
post with muck, good manure, ashes, lime
and vegetable refuse, fermenting the whole
mass by tie use of urine. There is a higher
and more practical conslderation connec
Led with this subject to which we havenot
alluded, but which is of vast Importance
to the agriculture of New England, and it
is one which it is the main object of this
article to enforce; and that is the greater
use of fish manures by our own farmers.
At present its principal use is by tihe nianu
facturers of phosphates and other forms of
commercial fertilizers, by whom it is used
for supplying the nitrogen and phosphoric
acid to their manures. It is also sent in
bulk by the cargo to enrich the lands of
France andi Holland. Is it too much to
expect that at no distant day, some effort
may be made successful for furnishing
their fish-scraps in same portable, concen.
trated form to ot own farmers? To this
end we hope to see some earnest concerted
action put in operation at once.
Torpedo Balloonst.
A scIentific gentleman warns the country
and the Government, of a new and terrible
engine of war that may possibly come into
use and against which Now Yorx would lil
utterly defenceless. It is the torpedo bal
loon. A vessel lying out of reach --. f any
of tihe forts, could take advantage of favor
ing breezes to set adrift, without acronauts,
small balloons, each carrying fifty pounds
of nitro-glycerine, the explosive to be
dropped by a well known and cheap me.
ch.mical contrivance at such time as may
be determined upon after the distance and
the velocity of the wind have been esti
mated. It will readily be seen that a ves
sel barely in sight of land, and after only
the rudest calculations could not send out
any such fiendish missiles without doing
great dmiage to life and property some
where within the great area covered by.
New York, Brooklyn and Jersey, lty. It
is poor comfort to think that other large
cities of 'the world sae equ-ily exposed to
muchi terrors, and even London and Pan.,
are not far enough from the seaboard to es..
cape harm. A general agreement between
civilized Powers, such as was made re
garding explosive bullets, should promptly
nlip this danger in the bud, but until this is
done the safety of Now York, Boston,
savannah, Oharloston and othmer seaboard
cities should be secured against suich dan
gers by the strengthening of our navy to ain
extent that would allow a strong force to
p~atrol tihe waters outsidle our important
seap~orts, keeping dhangerous vi'sitors at a
distance or dIsposing of them at sight. At,
present, our naval force Is so smill and
scattered that the most, insignllcant Power
that owns agsingle war ship amid chose t,,
be ugly, could, in a few hotirs, destroy
prop~erty costing as muehi as fifty newv
naval vessels would.
Btmni,aonmburn', 0onuatruun.
Simpsonsburg Is not noted for his activ
ity; quite time contrary. At the etub time
other evening lie got up energy sufficient.
to propoundi a conumdrum. Said lie:
"Boys, why anm I like a torpedo?" After
havIng recovered from the sheck produced
by tsimpsonsburg's uinwonted activity the
guesses flowed in quick succession. Jones
thought it was because a torpedo is fuill of~
empty noise; but that was not right, Simp
sonburg said. Neither was Robinson's
guess, that it was because a torpedo doesn't
say anything when it speaks. mitlh' tripd
to work out a pun on torpedo, torpi oh,
but failed miserably. Everybody- began
to look sick. Then Brown tried. He said
it was because a torpedo wias not. godfor
anything till its neck wa4stod.Simp.
sonburg shook his hea4 m$~tunething
like anmmatlan. One t i$b y said it
was because it was a iN fe " 'hen either
went off, and aaothmer ventured the as
in an undertone, that It was a blaq~I
ance. Finally Simpsonburg bh4~I
vulge; lie could containhme
ger. lie said it was because he I4ti
of snap. The boys yewned lari6idy
every one of them acknowledged to Siuip
sonburg that he should never have guesset
it, which pleased Silmpsonburg mightily I
winking a-hotogr-aphs.
Winking photographs ate said to 1be pro
duced in the following manner : One nega '
tive is taken with the sitter's eyes open,
another without change of position wit
the eyes shut. The two negatives- are
printed on opposite sides of the paper,
registered very exactly. .lohd before a
flickering lamp or other variable soultce of
light, the comined ,photographs show
rapid alterattons of closed and open eyes
the effect being that of rapid winking.4
-~Horse raeiu on Joston~ Common
was comnplineid of in 1769.
-Bears were very numerous witii i
two miles otflBoston in 17J15,