The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, May 31, 1881, Image 1
TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., MAY 31, 1881. ESTABLISHED 1865.
THE LOOM OF LIFE.
All day, all night,' I can hear the jar
Of the loom of life, and near and far
It thrills with its deep and muffled sound,
As tireless the whoole go always round,
Busily, ceaselessly, goes the loom,
In the light of day and the midnight's gloom,
And the wheels are turning early and late,
And the wolf is wound in the warp of fate,
Click, ollokI-there's a thread of love woven
in ;
Click, click I-another of wrong and sin;
What a checkered thing this life will be
When we see it unrolled in eternity I
When shall this wonderful web be done?
In a thousand years, perhaps, or one;
Or to-morrow! Who kuowoth ? Not thou nor
I;
But the wheols turn on and the shuttles fly.
Ah, sad-eyed weavers, the years are slow,
But each one is nearer the end. I know %
And soon the last tread shall be woven in
God grant it be love instead of sin.
Are we spinners of good in this life-wot
say ?
Do we fui nish the w( aver a thread each day ?
It were better, 0 my friends, to sp.n
A beautiful thread than a thread of sin.
Terrence O'Larey's Story.
When I was about ten years of age an
Irish family moved into an old house in our
neighborhood, and their pump being out of
order, they solicited permission to get water
from our cistern. This was readily granted,
as Mrs. O'Larey was a neat and tidy
woman. IHer husband, a red-headed,
noisy little libenian, worked in the Clare
mont carriage factory, at the upper village,
in the building now known as the Monad
noC Mill. He was a good workna%. and
could turn out as many wheels as the best
of them. By no means Ignorant of his
ability and skill, he made hniself odi'>us
to many in the shop by his frequent boasts
and brags, in fact the men, after a while,
christened him, "Braggy," much to his
chagrin and annoyance.
Somebody says "A bad name can be
changed, but a nick-name never," and
truly enough, for he always was called
"Braggy" thereafter. He never outgrew
the name, although lie lived till the factory
changed hands half a dozen tiies, and
was put to other uses. He would have had
"Braggy" put on his tombstone, except
that some old acquaintance remembered
his given and proper name, - Ter
rence. Braggy came morning, noon and
night for water, and as he was full of chat,
always having something to say. it was an
easy matter to get acquainted with him.
Morning and evening Ie had time to spend
when lie came with nis water-pail, and
being naturally polite, civil and respectful
one could hardly h4* talking with hini.
"A foine evening this," he began.
"Yes, a pleasant night," says father.
S yez all-wdi in the house?"
"Quite well, thank you," father replied.
"This noight remineis me ov aii advin
ture that befill me when I was at home in
the ould counthry.
"What was that?" asked fatt or.
"Will it's a lang time since, sir, for it's
nigh fifteen years I've bin in Ameriky,
and that was at laste four or five years
before I lift there. I was suiniat of a
lad, sur, and bi my faith, although I'm
sayin' it-who shouldn't-there wasn't a
boy ov me inches in that country as had
anythin' to do wid me. I was niver quar
relsome 1-arrin' I was put upon, or mal
threated, sur; you may know that bi me
conduct in the shop, for ov it was other..
wise ther'd be some broken heads among
the spalpuns who gave me the name of
Braggy."
"Tien you don't like the name?" re
marked father.
"No, sir, I don't; but I belave it will
follow ine to my grave, for aven my best
friends call me by that; iverybody in fact
-always excptiin' Mrs. O'Larey-Gold
bless the dear woman.
At this point Mrs. O'Larey caine around
the corner of the old yellow store and
says
"Tirrince O'Larey, fot arc yez doing'?
*Ilow lang (do ye sappose I'm goin' to wait
for that wather?"
"Ahi So it's the wather yez wanit?
Will, here it in thin," says lie, handing her
the pail full.
"Now yez can stay as lang as ye like,"
says she; "an I'll wvarran't, ye'll be givin'
thiim an' ear-ache wid that lang tongue ov
you rs."
"You were saying this eyening reimiinde~i
3 ou of an ad~venture," says lather.
"Do tell it," I add~ed.
"That I will wid y our lave."
"Go ahead," says father.
''Will,.then, allow mec to mnfoi i you
that among the first lhmgs a boy larnas in
Ouild Ireland is to put, up his hands."
"Put up his hands?"
"'Yes, sur; I mean by that ames that,
h le larns to box; larns the wake points ov
his adversary; and at the sme time to
rrotiet, his own; harns to lit a mian so that
in case lie Is set upon lie can declir(d him.
self widout. resartin' to knives and fire
arms, as they do here sometimes."
"You dlon't men they practice fight
ing?"
'-Only for the fun ov it, 'sur; there's
niver a bit of harm in it, and yei- should
see the boys goin' home from the fairs or
* -frolics wid their black eves, ani' iattiin
lhoody noses; all rejicin' an' kindly
oike."
-'"Pretty fun I should think," said father.
'Yes, sur; you have no idea in this
* coun' hry of the ilhgant sport we have in
Ireland. Hero, If two boys, or muen, have
a bout at fisticuffs, they make a towni's
talk ov It, and call thimi all -soit of names
-black-guards, roumghs, and the like. At
home, the viry blst ov thimi wvnd consider
a little sparring as the tolnest ieetion in
the worruld,"
"Curious taste," observed father.
"Quoit right, sir. As I was sayn', Ihe
art om self-defince, or bitter known as pu
ilism, Is airly taught, ari' learnedl in my
0ould home, an ov course .they can't all
ex il, any more than they can in miakin'
wheehes, as I do0; but from .tin years of
age I was that.. sliimart s'vwid astonmish
yez. Many a time I have flogged Ivory
boy in the school I attended. '
"How many boys?" I inqiredI,"
"Two besides maself,-Shiamus Ixrady
and Billy O'Brien, an' mioighty folnc boys
they wor' too; but as I wor sayin', they
were no match for me. it soon began to
be noIse(1 about that Tirrenco O'Larey
was quolt the boy wid his flsts in that paut
me. My nimble pifis, lang nack, good
eye, an Illigant taste.for a fight, were too
much for the boys, an' they wint home
with the consate taken intoirly out ov
thun. Will, sur. at wan time there wor
two fairs in the adjinin' town, 4u' I wint
to thim both; aht the fui I. had was be
yant tillin'. It appeared that Shamus
.Grady had carried the Intelligence before
me, that Tirrauce O'Larey intended comin'
to the fairs, an' he towld thlin that I was
a broth of a boy, an' could alsily bate the
bisr. of thim at a bout, or boxin' thrial.
Wil), sur, yez will always find that whin a
felly wants to put up his hands le will
find somebody to accommodate hi? or in
other words, if a man or boy is pea able,
he flr.ds paccable people,-if he.is qiarrel
some lie discovers plenty ov that kind ov
folks, an' so it was wid me. - I was quoite
elated from the fact; that I hadn't met my
equal at that time. All day long 1 was at
it, first wid Wiln and then wid another,
until I was entire'y tired out. At home a
good night's rest restored me, and after
breakfast I started for~ the fair in the town
beyond. The news of my conquests the
bay before had gone before me, and my
arrival was eagerly waited by the boys, all
eager to try titles wid ine. Billy O'Brien
went wid me that (lay, and it's a niercy
that he did. 1 don't belave I wud be here
this evenin' but for Billy's goin'. Will,
sur, to iiy surprise entoirely, the very first
boy that came forninst ic was too much
for me. Ie beat down ily guard, puUched
me in my nose, blacked (he two eyes ov
me, loosened one ov my front teeth, and
made it anythin' but agreeable for me. I
was obliged to give it up. You must know
that there was great rejoicin' among the
boys, and especially wid those I had beaten
the day before. Each ov thini was anxious
to have another trial wid me, and do you
belave it, stir, it was wid the utmost difli
culty that I whipped ten or fifteen ov thim
before time to start for home. Billy
O'Brien says, as we came out ov the town:
"Wouldn't we save a mile or so by going
crosfelds?"
"I replied that 'I had no objecticis,' an'
we clambered over the style and were
travelin' along toward home by the light
of the full moon which came up airly that
evenin,' when Billy says,
" 'Fot is that I see beyout?" at the saime
time lpointin' to somethin' beside the
hedge not far away.
"I turned my eyes in that direction, an'
heaven help me, what d'ye think I saw?
A wraith, or ghost as yez call thii in this
counthry I It had lang white hair, big
black eyes, and a full beard of white cov
ered his breast, and when it started toward
us the beard parted in the middle and
flowed back over each shoulder. It was
barelicaded and had almost a skeleton face.
It was long ov limb and ligs. uich ligsl
murtherl but they seemed like beau-Ioles.
You can aisily see that it was a frightful
affair for two poor boys in the noight time,
away from the roads, and a moile perhaps
frumn any human bein'. To make matters
worse, a big cloud caie at that minit over
the moon and darkness added to our tirror.
Down we wint on our knees, fot we were
well brought up boys, d'ye mind, and
prayed to the holy mother to save us from
the harm approachin'. It came near us
until It saw us kneelin,' and thenit van
ished into the shadow of the adjoinin'
hedge. The moon caime out andi made
light the dusty places, and we strained our
eyes to the utmost, but no wraith was to
be seen. Trembling we arose, and Billy
say$,
" 'Bad luck to us that we didn't kape in
the highway; I'd give the tin shillings I
have lift it we were there anyway.'
"'Oh! nonsense,' says 1, 'I'm not
afeared of him any more, now I've found
the way to dispill him.'
"'Oal murthieri" says Billy, 'fot do you
'spose ails that ould crathur to be lavin' his
grave that way?"
" 'I'm sure I don't know,' says I.
'"The words hlad hardly lift my mouth
beforc I felt somiethin' cold on the back uv
my neck, an' turnm' my head I saw those
awful eyes widm' a fut cv my facel 1
gave one scream, an' that was the last, I
remember till I heard my old mother tell
*n' the chiler' to kape quiet, anid be sure
ulpt waken. me as I was havini' the first
gdqdl shipo~ I had had for many a dlay. You
sed what widi .he excitenjent of the two
days, boxing, and the bating I received, I
hiadi gone out ov my head, and Bitly
O'Brien was the ladI that stuck to me till I
reachedI home wildler than a March'hiare.
A brain fever sat in, an' for a long time, I
was p~rostraitc, anl' iiighi unito (lenth, an'
Billy lie aften tokl.inm atther, that he had
the biggest jobi gettin' mec homie thtt iver
lie had. You may well laive it, for to take
a crazy feily hoime for miles iacross fldhs,
an' ho seein' ghosts all the way, an' ight
in' ye, wuad be no ausy task.'
''how did it hapjpeni that O'Briin saw
the wraith?"
"Oht lie (ldin't see anythin' of thme kind,
but saw that I wasm out (iv my head amil
pulrtiud~ed so to pacify mec."
"'Tiirince? 'Tirrincel" screiamed Mrs i.
O'L~arey: "your suppiler's all coldi now.
why dlon't you come home?"
"I'im coimin'. Glood-nighit, to yez."
"Good-niighmt,' we said, and wvent to bed
to dIreami of boxing, fairs, ghosts and crazy
folks.
.A Nackel.
In Galveston, there is no coini of a lower
denomination thani a nickel ini circuilation.
this is of course1, a great inconvenience,
lVor instance, yesterdaiy two men quartieledi
oni the aveniue. The bigger man of the two
saidt to the smaller man:
"Fo(r three cents I'll give you the coni
foundest licking you evec go,, in your lie.
T1he tttle nman looked wicked. Ie had
his coat, off in less than a mimute. Then lie
took out a nickel and tendered it to the
otbei party, who sauid
"'I said I'd lick you for three cents, and
i'll (do it. That's five cents. Oiimmie thlree
cents, aiid i'll fIx you so the Coroner will
have to hire a hack to get enough of you
together to hold an Inquest."
."You can keel) the change," sai time
little fe how, edgiig uip.
"I'm like thme country. I doni't wvant any
.change. I stick to my propiosition. (limme
three cents and I will destroy you."
"Hecre Is flfteen cents. Suippose you
lick me five tunmes, and then It will conme
out even."
"After i've licked you on1ce there wont
be enough left for a (log to lick. I'm not
golig to rob your widlow and~ orphans of
twelve cents. Gimmiie three cents and the
trouble can begin right now. It's not my
fault -that there ore no copper cents its cir
* nuatinn
llioop light Along I
A prominent Detroiter was toiling- ul:
Wood ward avenue with his hat on the bach
of his head and his handkerchief In lilt
hind, when he was halted by a strangei
who seemed to have shared the quarterk
of the ground-hog for the last mnth o
winter.
"You live in the city, I take it ?" que
ried the stranger.
"Yes, sir.'
"Are you posted on the weather ?"
"1 presume so."
"Do you think we'll have any n:ore
sleighing this spring ?"
"No, of course not."
"Any show for any more blizzards ?"
"I don't think so."
"Is it your candid opinion that spring is
here ?"
"Why, yes."
"May have one more snow storm, el I'
"I don't think so. Everything indicates
that spring is at hand. But why are you
so interested in the weather ?"
"Well, the case with Inc is just this. My
partner and I travel through the country
and meond timware and sell peppermint
essence (luring the summer. lie's been
down in the poor-house for the last month,
and I've been scraping along on an income
ol twenty-seven cents per day. If you ate
a citizen of standing, and you seeni to be,
and i( you know anything about the wea.
ther, and you appear to, I'll drop a postal
to my pard to com up and join me and
we'll head for the country. Do you guar
antee that it will snow like blazes in less
than twenty-four hours ?"
"No, sir I No, sir I No, sir I" shouted
the indignant citizen as he started on.
"You won't, eh ?"
"No, sir I No, sir i"
"Then, sir, it is plain that you meant to
deceive me I But you can't do it-no, sir.
I'll at once invest in two more snow
shovels and another pair of nittens, and
before night I'll have contracts to take
care of O6O feet of the next blizzard I Let
'er come, sir-let 'or whoop right along I"
A waeaternI Eartquake.
The territory around Twin Lakes, Color
ado, was recently traversed by a fearful
vibration, and the people in that vicinity
were thrown into the greatest consternation
forea few hours. For weeks past the pros
pectors and residents in that vicinity were
much stirred up over the strange noises
and evident concussions of some action be
neath the earth's surface. Thunder seltom
visits this latitude and the conclusion was
settled upon that there was some strange
subterranean action going on. Innumerable
meetings were held among the miners, and
not a few were frightened into leaving the
place altogether. The culnination not by
any means unexpected, and its results in
one locality were most horrible. A geotle.
man by the name of Phillip Uunn, canie
fron Twin Lakes, where the earthquake
was the absorbing topic of conversation.
The disturbance occurred some eight or
ten miles from the lake, and the tremor of
tho Parth waseven felt there. Mr. (mm anys
that the miners thronged into Twin Lakes
on Sunday morning and swore that they
would not live in the country where. they
were to be visited with such confusion.
In one place cspecially, where the mi.
ners were wdrking the Steadfast lode, and
were driving a tunnel in at the base of the
mountain, so as to strike the main vein,
500 feet from the summit, the men were
engaged in blasting, when suddenly th<
rumbling and roaring c 1e, attended by .
fearful shock that dislo ged the ore and
sent at least a ton of it down upon twC
workmen. For several seconds the vibra
tions lasted, and when the mounl ains wer<
once more composed, the frightened mer
went to the rescue of the mncii, whom they
thought dead. The ore had nearly close(
up the tunnel, and the men went to worl
vigorously to openi it up and look for thu
dead TIhey worked wvithi unrelenting ef
fort for half an hour, when the obstruction
was removed, and going in, they fouiu
the two inca beriously if not fatally
injured. Une of them, whoe nam<
Is Bob Adams, was unconscious wheia
foundl, and he has no doubt a fracture o1
the skull. Three ribs were broken, ant(
he also suffered internal injuries. His coim
panion, a man by the name of 8edgwick,
was badly bruised, and had his right leg
broken above the knee. Both men wer<
taken out aiid placed In the cabin, when
p~hysiciain was sent for at once. Adanu
will very likely die from his interna
wounds, while Sedgwick will be criplied
for life. The meni said that at the time of
the shock the two injured men wvere furthei
in the tunnel thtan the remnaindter of' them
anid thiat they thought the mine was closinj
ii' upon them. and rushed out alnost deal.
cet by the tremendous report that fol
lowed.
An O1d inito,
He was a tall, slim man, with a hooke<
nose and little twinklIng eyes. The 0(10
of rum was very per'ceptillO in the atmes
p~here atround~ him, andl could lhe realize ot
tihe eapital invested in tnat blossom on hih
niose lhe might purchase a corner' lot or
MichIgan avenue, D~etroit. The ear was
full when lie got in at the Madison slicel
bridge, and several ladies were standing,
although some of the seats were occupici
by men, Hie crowded through the aisle,
begging everybody's patrdoin, antl bracc<
himself with his back against the froni
do'.r. There was a good-natured look 01
his face, when lie would occa~ionally forge
himself, but lhe seemed to realize lisa con
(dition, and asumed~ an air of determirte
seriousnosse when lhe caught any one look
lag at him. H~e first musisted1 thmat a wvel
dressed, mlodlest looking lady should chang
places with himi, and rest herself by heani
Ing against the dloor. But she decline<
with blushes.
-"If I wvere occupying a seat, ma'am,
lie satid, in a loud( tone, "'I wouki offer I
to you echeerfully ; yes, ma'am, cheer
fully."
''You are very kind," she replied softly
and tuirned her head away, for it was laui
that the fumns of liqluor almost mnade lie;
gag. Some of the min who were assistlnj
In hotling the seats dIown, all at once bc.
gatn to lhe very much occupiedh in gazing
out of the wimndows, and two young fellows
in the corner engaged ia an iabsrbing con
ve'rsation.
"It seems to meo," conitmutcd the oh
pickle, speaking as if to himself, "It seem;
to nme that young men are not so polite a
they used( to be."
A tImId-looking young man in the corne
here arose andh offereLd hIs seat to a lady
blushing as If lie hatt been detected In
heinous crime.
"1 am giad., sir," continued the spnknci
"to see that you are an exception, an honor
able exception, Sir."
The young man began to look very fool.
ish, and went out upon the rear platform, a
stumbling over the gouty feet of an old 8
gentleman who had sat opposite, and S
whose eyes ghired with homicidal fury. 1"
"Most men, nowadays-1 beg your par- P!
don, ma'am-(to a lady whose bonnet he t
crushed when staggering under a lurch of T
the car). "Most men, nowadays, hang to
a sent as if they were clamped on to it,
and poor tired ladles staiii helplessly in a
the aisles, excent when a good-looking one II
gets into a car, and then somebody always a
gives her a seat. Its the homely women d
who always have to stand." CIE
"No gentleman will keep his seat i a
car while ladies are standing. It is always q
safe-" b
The old gentleman with the gouty feet 91
here looked up and & d savagely : n
"It is always safe to mind your own 0
business I"
At this the two young men who had a
been engaged in the absorbing conversa
tion left their seats and pulled the bell- si
strap. b
"Was I addrossin' my remarks to you,
sir ?" asited the old pickle. 9l
"I don't know, and I don't care a -. _ 0
You inund your business, and I'll mind V
mine."
"I intended no offense, sir ; particularly
not to you, sir. When a man gets to be as b
old at fat as you are, sir, he is not ex
pected to be as gallant as when lie \vas r
young and active."
"I told you to miind your business, and 0
1'd mindui mino. I don't want no words ti
with you. You're drunk and don't know a
what you're talking about." ti
"I'm drunk, a-n I " and he gave a leer b
that was intended to express irony. "I am b
sober enough to know an old hog when I
see one."
At this the young girl with the bangs
giggled outright, and the infuriated ol(
goUtlemian with the gouty legs yelled :
"Conductor ! conductor ! t'his man here I
is drunk and insulting."
The conductor entered the evir and led Y
the old pickle out to the platform, where .
the soliloquy ws finished, to the infinite i
amusement, of a number of passengers. R
A Savory Meat.
Squatting in the centre of various piles i
of delicacies sits the vendor, in India. And
curious are these sweets. Ailky creaniand
coarse brown sugar are their chief ingre- b
(ients. No attempt is imade at decorationis.
In fact the natives would not appreciate S
anything which savored of dellcacy. His
cookery is always strong. Ilorid garlic, r
greasy ,gni, or clarified butter - condi- u
ments at which the European would sick
en-are the choicest of their culinary efforts. L
The quantity of sweets a strong man con- i
sumes borders on the marvelous. The c'
reason is of easy account. A liindoo, by c
his religion, is fVrbidden to eat meat, and b
the most nourishing food they can obtain is
saccharine matter. A sweetmeat called
''jwiabi" !a in high oatuWn. ThilA ik ilade
in imitation of a hollow coil of rope and
filled with treacle. A mouthful to a tender
stomach is provocative of cholera or bilious
ness for at least a month. But the English
schoolboy has been known to compete W
with the Ilindoo in such gastronomic feats; t
for one boy has been known at, a ,a-ting to
eat twelve solid pounds. The doctors c
prophesied of hui imnediate death, but
lie smiled sickly and thought. a glass of
milk would set him all right. in all great
native feasts confectionery takes an im
portant place. First, as the guests arrange
themselves, is handed round in a silver
tray the attar, a scent procured from the W
rose. This is rubbed into the clothes of
the gtsts. Then follow time pan and betel.
This is the nut.of the areca pounded, and
with lmnie enclosed in large, green, suc- C
lent leaves. It. is an app~etizer, aind eaten
just ini the same mnnuer as a Euiropeani
would drink, just before dinner, sherry and
bittrs. he asteis cW, utvithal pleas
ant, andl thme lime brightly reddens the lipw.
Thmis is greatly admired by the native. Th'ien
follow rice, sugar iand milk, aind p~oundi
upomi pound1( of the coars s lollyp;ops. N t
a word is spok(en duinig the feast,. Eacti
man is bent upon his imeal, and those who
wish to highly honor their guest tie airoundl
their stonmachi, before sittimir dowvn, a ten
decr thnread. When tis breaks the gentle-I
man thinks lie has satisfied his aippetite.a
As when in oIlen timnes in Europe a lady
thaught she pid~ a compilimlent to her hos't,
when she said she had been so (drunk as to
forget how she reached homne, so a native
of a certain caste thin ks he is courtecous when
he sa-ys the repast was so goodl as to cause
severe indigestion. 1i. is not, an uncommon
thmn; atter a grand least, for at least two
or three people to dtie of over-gorging ; and
then another feast, has to be given,at which,
probably, some mocre die. Thus de.ith's
sickle is not, p~ermfitted to rust. A sweet
meat 5shop is a freqluented place, not only s
by the young mnembhers of the conununity, a
. ut by the sage and~ hoary. . But, nothing
ean be bought, without wraingling. Though t.
a man may buy a pound~ of the self-same v
article for ten years running, lie would a
each time try to redutce the price "d the I
seller, kniowing t.uis pecuilarity,
iaks double the real price. l
Shatte Troee ini Pastuires.
Whateverdifference of opilnion there s
may be aminag farimiers as to the propriety f
of having trees in pastuire fie1(ds as8 a resort c
for cattle In very warm werther, no one
cain (Iciy that the advantage they are to t.
. animals in the midst of tire heated ternm, I
beyond the dtamage the trees miay do the t
land, is very considecrable. But it must be
uinderstoodI that sonme trees (dO miore dam- ,
Iage to the ground than others, aiid these
are wvell known to miost farm'ers, who will
exercise their own judgement wh~enx select
.ing them. The cherry Is confessedly one a
of these, which, while iLt hurts the land I
scarcely appreciably, is as fIne a tree for e
shade as aiiy in the catalogue, and1( besides t
affords a profit in fruit. Whlere will be c
found a umore beautifuil shade-tree than the r
Black-Eagle, E0lton, or D~owner's Late I
cherry? They are hardy and1( goodl bear..
era, Then agaim hiere is the yellowv locust, '
a which is one of our most beautiful trees, I
.though not generally so (dense in Its folage t
as the cherry, which does iio perceptible r
I injury fo the land, and the wood 01 which i
a is valuable, hike the cherry, when there c
a may ba occasion to remove them. These 1
facts show that there Is iio good reasom: I
r why the cattle shoul5l he degprived of tis [
,great, projection against, suinier heat on the t
SI ground of damage to the land, whIch is
I seriously done by the oak, the walnut, the
ha .eb. and snmn othri
The Tekkes as Soldiers.
The Tekko is a man of war. lie is, as
rule, a tall, well-built fellow. with a
varthy face, beard as black as coal, dark,
iaggy eyebrows, sinall, glistening black
(cs, with i a sword held in his teeth and
istols in either hand. It is counted a sin
> leave his dead comrades behind him.
he more he carries from the battle-fleld
to more houris lie receives in paradise.
ten lie (lashes himself upon the enemy
id uses his sword till he is killed. Often
a conceals lihuself in straw upon the field
id deals deadly bullets all around. When
iscovered and dragged out, though already
>vered with wounds, lie starts up and
Ohts till he is cut to earth. Ills martial
ulitices were never so thoroughly tested
r the Russians as on this very battle
.ound of (look Tepe. Rarely were soldiers
iore certain of success than those whom
omakin had led to is walls in the autumn
' 1879. They had held a church parade
id performed a mass in honor of General
aizareff. They were full of spiirit and
n, limpromptu. Russian airs, one of them
:ing about tihe Tekkes and beginning
Ai, you rascals; the Turks we have
reshed, anm1d now we come to pay you
it also. " The oflicers discussed their
ans and saw themselves already in Mery.
t the word of coimind they marched it
ill fighting order, when a disp.itch wits
ought from the stai that the Tekkes
ere showing themselves. Shouts were
ised, rifles were examined and revolvers
aded. A troo1p of liorsemen bore down
i then. Masses of Tekkes, many in white
irbans or huge black busbies, and having
Curved sword or double barrelled gun in
eir hands, dashed wildly upon t lie iqtuare,
it gave wsy before the artillery and flea
ick to the desert. The Ruasians advanced
the high walls before which they are
,hting to-day. In front of them was a
iep fosse, defended by hosts of Tekkes.
eyond were riflemen, aiming asivauily and
ell. To the left were Cosmicks, the
Le mountain battery being behind and
ring at a distance of less than six hundred
irds into the encampmient. The native
omen eind children, oil camels, were try
ig by two roads to get away iron the
)il. Mein ran behind with children around
ieir necks. The mothers threw them
Iyes at the feet of fusiian horsemen and
king the babies from their breasts begged
teously that they might be spared. Their
reams nande an awful medley with the
ar of the canntont and crack of rifles.
hey were turned back to the encampment.
r order of the commander. Then the
ourtli Battery signaled, tho trttiil)ts
inmided the attack and the troops with
leers in front, rushed on with cheers.
he troops hurried pell mell to the batteries,
ie enemy swarmed on the wall, the ima
the minaret of the mosiue sutmmnoned
ic faithful and the artillery poured volleys
tO the aoul. 'I'ie liussiais siniging songs,
osed the six-foot fosse, and clambered
I one another's backs to get into the
ittery. At that moment there started
oin the earth, as though by magic, thouis
ids of desperate Tekkes. Time Russians
ooking to the rear, they saw not a sigle
serve behind them. Giving way to the
ass of Tekkes, they fell back.. Fromt the
alls the women threw s'ones and boiling
iter upon them. The nomads, led by
it soit of Nur Berdi K han lmwho leads them
i-day, encountered the pick of the Can.
vsian army. A hand-to-laid fight ensued.
ot a soldier or ollicer remained unengaged.
lie Russians fought desperately, using
ie sabre and ievolver. A Sapper disarmted
y two Tekkes, threw himself upon one,
as dragged to the carth, and then only
as killed t y the other. An ensign formed
ring about, him of the noinads who tell
nider his revolver, le 'was then nearly
it to pieces. To the right of' him the
mmtlander, bearing the flag of the Shervam
giimeint,, was killed by a bullet, in the
test. The Russian bamyoniets kept, the
'ekkes oil. Seinig this Lwo of the latter
irew themselves agaiinst, the line and direw
me bayonets towards their own bodies aind
tue adlowed their comrades to slip)lin
irough the brokcen formtation anid sabre the
uiemny. Many flung themiselves uplont thme
iountain battery. Eleven were killed it
'ont, f onte of the guns. llow the battle
Iidedi nloody exactly kniows. The attack
mg party was about I14,'A00 men ; thme
ekkes 15,00)0. in, thbe evening all the
ussnmns were gathered iinside the~ laage~r
uid it, was found Ithat tltey had lost l161
ten kied aiid 272 wounded. Aimong the
ekke slaina was a younger' brother of' Nur
ordi K hait, andi the renowned warrior
ar-iHairi. Tlhey hmad not given their
yes in vaini. Before the cnd of the month
me liuss:ians weie retracing thmer step)s
iward the Gaspmn, im thme mood of' Napo
:on's troops retaaitig front Moscowi.
A NewV Wooui Indusittry.
Thme manutfaelutre of thbread for crochet
nd( sowing purpose~5s-hlia recenttly been
tarted at the Any Cottoni Mill, neatr the
wn of Norkoping, bii Lhe centre of Swe
eni. 'The imanufacture hias arrivedf at such
state of petrfectioni that it can produce at
miuch lower price, thread of as finte qfual
,y as ''Clark's," and has from this circumi
Lance b~een called thread ''a la~ Clarke."'
tIs wounid in balls b~y mitchlincty either
y hand or steama, which with thme labeliing,
kes one minute twelve. secoiida, utad the
's are packed up in eairtib~oard boxes,
:inerally ten in a box- Pleitly of omders
rom all parts of Sweden have already
omne In, but as thte works are not yet, in
roper ordler there has hardly been time to
fleet thtemt all. Time producitin gives fair
romise of success, andi~ It is exfpectedl to
e very important for home consumption.
secoieraution or Nervotas Velochiy b~y (lho
A translatitnm the ./ournl gf the
~'ranklin Insltiu/ says fliat Chauimveau
ias lately und~ertaikein two dlistinict sets of
xperiments. in the first, lie comnparedl
mc velocity of transmission it thme nerves
I thme laryngeal muscles (red volumntary
muscles), and In those of time cervical posi
On of time oesophlagis (red voinnulary),
macles. In time second, the comnparisoni
a extendled to the nerves of t he terinal
ortioni of time oesophgus (pale involtun
cry muscles), lie finds that in the nmotor
erves of t me red iinvolunitary mutsiches, theO
clocity o transinission of centailugal ex
Itenment ms about, eight times less tihan in
lie nerves o muscles whicht have ant Iden
cal structu -, bitt which belong to the
ortion of the 'isceular system that Is con
rolled by the w I.
Fortune is to e to. tered it tlie
haina of nraat 'n
Israelites in China.
Dr. Martin gives an interesting account
of his visit to the famnlies of descendants
of Abraham and Jacob, who have for two
thousand years lived in the city of K'ai
fung-fu in.China. This colony of the old
race was made known to the western world
in the seventeenth century by the Jesuit
missionaries, who contributed so largely to
historic and geographical knowledge lin
those days. They were heard from several
times after that, but for more than a hin
dred years no one from the western world
had visited them, when Dr. Martin went
there in 1806. Their present condition is
such as to excite profound interest and
Ponmiseration. 'The remurkable fact ap.
pears that after preserving for twenty
centuries the laws and rites of the liebrew
religion, they are now presenting an
instance unparalleled in the history of the
Jews, of a people falling away fromthe
faith, and rapidly becoming pagans and
Moliamedans. 'I bree or four hundred of
then remain. Their synagogue, however,
falling into decay, they themselves tore it
down and made no effort to rebuild it.
After this was gone they dropped all pine
(ice of lebrew rites and ceremonies, began
to imtermarry with pagans, lost all knowl
edge of iebrew, retitinled, indeed, and still
posse-s, a ei t r >ls of the law in a strange
lorm of alphabet, which neither-they nor
ordin ary liebrew scholars canl read, but
have no knowledge of the contents of the
maiuscripts, and have alost lost the tra
ditions of their religion.
Dr. Martin prophesies their total dis
apperiace as a separate race unless western
Hebrews shail send missionaries to them
and unable them to rebuild their syna.
gogues, of which now only remains a stone
inscribed with the record of its erection
about A. D. 1183, and a subsequent re
erection. The last rabbi who coulk read
the Icok of the Law died some sixty years
ago. Up 1.0 that time this remiarkable
colony which had come into China 2(0 o
300 years before the Christian era had,
withi all the characteristics of their rave,
preserved) their pure blood and the faith
and ritual of their fathers.
I h iomalnce or 3)f a 'wai'mp.
During the Centennial year, amiong the
hlinisinds who went through lie Centennial
buildings oiie day in July was a tramp
named George . As lie was passing
down the steps4, alter an inqpection of lie
building, he stumbled and fell, breaking
his arm. A Cipitol ioliceiniii Picked hiin
up, and after preparing a cot selnt for a
surgeon, who set I lie m . This over, the
tramp asked the privilege of setting around
in the Capitol 'ark until he got strong
enough to go about, again, saying he had
110 ilioney, land ( knew I hat labituld loungers
were liable to fairest on charge f vagrancy.
T'he desired privilege was granted ; and, it
aldition, aiin arrangement was made by
which lie was given a comfortable sleeping
place in the building. The oflicer also
Inanaged to bring ellough food froi his
boarding-holise to supply hi1ii. In about
two weeks the lringu gnVU jiouit:u omti tie
would start. West. lie was exceedingly
thankful for the kindiness sbown hiui by
the oflicer, and said if lie ever got half a
chance lie would endeavor to repay it. The
trnip met a Ceintennmal touirant fraii 11lt,
Lake City who happened to kiow his
father. After talkinig, the tourist offered
to take him West if lie wanted to Lro. 'I'le
ofrer was accepted, and thle Cipjitol police
nan, Authur Thomis, went to the depot
with them ad bade them good-bye. Now
let four years paws and the rest of the story
comies in. Arthur Thomas, %1 ho was a
Capitol pohiceiman in 1876, is now, aund haiis
been for moie than a year, Secretary of
Uta.I Territory, havimg been appointed by
President Hayes on the reconuemlattion
of a nuina er of leading men, Republicains
andl Denmocrats. Sonie weekts simce a iman
namiiedl George -, eteredl Mr. TIhomnas'
olice in Salt Lake to ascertaim sonmething
about the boundaries and survey of certain
sections of in tneral lands. Th'ley recougni zedl
each other andI had a long talk. Thew tramp
had prFosperedl. Besidec having a wife, lie
can dIraw and have hoiioredl lis check for
$l00,000. Eveiylhing lie haus touichedu
siice lie lhas been in the TPerrit )iry has
turnedts into mioney one( waty or ianotherci.
Thle e2x-policemanuu and1( the ex-tramip can be
seen st rolingi or 'Irivm g about.~ ait Lake
any afterioonm, and thie wives of each are
equally ins parable.
Opiumn SimokulIng in Uinass.
Tlhe habit, of opium amok ing is c'ommnon
all over China, biut it is in the West, in the
comparatively unkn wa half of China west
of the 10th mecridlian, t.hat It Is most pre
valent. In soineC parts aft Weste'rn Hut Pei
andt Easterni Szechiuen'it, is all but unriversal;
there arie few aults in anmy station of lifte
who (10 not, take an oceaiional whiff, and
the very streets of the towns and1( villages
reek with opium umnes. The practice is
there indulged mn the iiost open mannecr,
and no more stigmia or di'grace attaches
to it tihan to smoking tobacco. Mr. Waters,
11cr Majesty's Consul at, Ichiang, made
careful ingmiries last year into the origin of
this priiclice, andi lie found that It had been
lindulgedl in for several hundred years, long
biefore either I he( presenit reigning dlynasty
or foreigilnmerechants and their opium were
ever direanmt of. 'The (2ustom,11 generations
ago, passedi io the family Macru, and at
fumneralst ini the West of China, among othrr
gifts which are transnutltedl into the next
world, b~y burning p~aper fac-similies of
themn in this, for the solace of thme dep31artedI
Is a complllte set of opmmiif smoking re
qimites-- pIpe, lamp, nieedle, etc. Ily til *
p~eople themselves the habit, so far froinu
being regarded as a curse, is looked on as
a sine qua inon for a Chinamant whlo wishes
to make the best of bothi worlds. Tihe
wi ole of the ophitmi consminied in the West
is locally produced, antI Indian opium (1oes
nt come higher up the Yangtsze than the
dhistricts contiguous to the port of Ilankoiv,
nor is It imported by any channoel Into
West-rn Hui Pci Szechiienm, or the other
p~rovinces of thme West. A bove and beyond
the tnormious quantity thiere grown for
local use, there Is a large tradle In thme drug,
mostly contraband, fromi West to East.
Indlin opiuni as consumedl In the provlinces
adljacent to the treaty ports, andl, being ain
expeiave article as comparedt withl native
opiuim, is miostly smoked l.)y the well to-do
classes. T[he coinmon peole m theso pro..
vincea smoke the natIve dIrug, whIch Is
either grown on the borders of 1{lang Sut
ana Ho N4an or Is smuggled overland from
the West. All Western China, therefore,
andl the lower classes in Eastern China
smoke natIve-goirwn opium.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
The sweetest prospect Is that below,
Into the errors of others.
The builder of his fortune must pro
per7y use and apply his rule.
A n obstinate adherence to customs
Is as turbulent a thing as Innovation.
Conscience is the voice of the soul;
the passions are the voice of the body.
A mian may learn Infidelity from
books and from men, but never froln
natiro.
Without content, we shall find it al
most as difficult to please others as
ourselves.
They who err out of zeal, though
they are not to. be approved, should
yet be pitied,
What the moral army needs just now
Is more rank and Ille and fewer briga
dier generals.
. It is not wise to lose a friend to whom
you can do a kindness, or from whom
you cain take one.
Very amiable and good natured are
those people who can have their own
way In everything,
lie that does a base thliig in zeal for
a Irlend, burns the gold thread that
Lies their hearts together.
The man Is voted a bore who persists
in talking about himself when you
wslh to talk about yourself.
They are not the . greatest but only
the ilttest instruments whlch perform
business best and qutickest.
To he wise by precept and wise by
experience are contrary habits; the
one sorts not with the other.
u1ani Ind in the gross is a gpaping
monster. that loves to be deceived, a ad
has seldom been disappuiatel.
Genuine modesty is the sense of im
perCection common to the wise and
good,Iuipossible to the foul atn I villain.
The everlasting longing for some
thing we have not, ought to satisfy us
that there are great things In store for
US.
The world would be more happy,
tiea mass of people in it just as wise, if
they would whistle more and argue
lesn.
Low vIrtues gain the praise of the
vulgar, ordinary ones astonish then,
but of the highest they have no feel
lie who Is wise will purstte some one
desire; for he that affects not one thing
above another, linds all flat and dis
tasteful.
It Is as important that we should
have good books as that we should keep
good company, as the one will make
the other.
Musie Is the only sensual gratific -
ion whieh ten inay indulge in to ex
cess without injury to their more or
religious fuelinigs,
Money and fame are the two things
that men work hardest for, and after
death, one is worth to them Jnist about
as mu1ch10 -as tho ot~her.
1he (munrechee netweon neing per
feet and .constantly trying to be so, Is
the difelrenee between an angel in liea
ven and a good man ou earth.
There is nothing that strengthens a
man's h ontosty so mtch as trusting
him ; suspect litni, and you weaken
his faith in himself and in everybody
else.
There Is nothing that has so much
authority, and .is enttaled to so little,
as custom. It rules all the fools with
a rod of iron. and threatens even the
wviso.
Apparent evil so often turns out to
)3 positive good, that we should be
very slow to condemn an occurrence
evenI though it seem) to have no cheer
itul sitde.
Learning without knowle ]go is but
a bundio of prejudlice4; a number of
inert miatter sot before the threshold
of the understanding, to the exclusion
of comnmon sense.
Winter, whieh strips tihe leaves fromu
around us, mnakesm its see the distanit re
glens they formerly concealed ; so doe i
o1ld age rob us of ourn enjoyments only
to enlarge the prosp~ect of the eternity
before u.
It Is the temp~er of a blade that mst
the the proof of a good sword, and not
the gilding of the hilt or tihe richness
of the scabbard ; so it Ia not his granl
dour and~ possessions that make a main
conaltderable, bait Intrinsic merIt,
We should always (10 the best we can
in the circumstances in which we are
placedi, not idlly dreaming of' the great
things we would~ (do If thev were difY'
erent. Those who wouldt do muich
elsewvhero acconmphli little anywhere.
No one can safely say, "I will be oni
miy guard for the critical moment of
life, buit a will not slavo myself to
death before it comes." Such men
never detect the decisive periodi, anmd
they would not be worthy of it If they
Thle human heart is like a millstone
in a miil; whein you put the wheat un
der it, it, tiarils and( grinds and bruises
tihe wheat 11nto flour. It you putt no0
wheat in, it still grinds on, but then it
is itself It, grliuds, amnd slowly wvears
a way.
When erirme weighs heavily we
threw k', at himzard, upon other heads;
and when the truth gives it back again
and we are comapelled to keep It, we
thien reclaim it and1( try to tiike. ft a
fit subject ior pride. This is the hust
subtenauge of conscience-.ho last ovo
tutioni of erlime.
Who ever he may be, commend uq to
the rmanm who has taken a delight iii
eonveredng with antiquity; i'or,whuetu
or Fortune has throwvn him iuto the
luxurious pattlhs of the. great, or lae has
te dignity of worth, beneath the low
g:. etuage thatch, self comunioin hias
ailled hhni to poetry..
Gentility i, neither in birth, man.
nor fashion, but in tihe rindt. A high
sense of honor, a determifiatk.s never
to take a mean advantage of another',
anl adherenuce to truthl, delicacy .andI
pol~titenss towaris those wish whomn
you have dealings, are the essential
eharaoteristics of a gentleman.
If a life be a battle, howv -madi must
be he -who fails to armi himself for the
contest I If life be a storm, how inia
tuated Is ho who Bleepse while hils bar.
quo is drlyoen amd~g uiiknoirn w4terg!
if life is a pilgigtageO, how unwise is
he who strays from the rignt. road,nor
socks to returin till the twilight shia-.
dows gather arOund iuis pathway -