The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, July 05, 1881, Image 1
TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C.. JULY 5, 1881. ESTABLISHED 1865.
A SONG.
o hearts, come go with me a Maying!
Dear hearta, 1 cannot have you staying
Within your prison doors to-day,
'The world,' you say, 'with grief is sobbing
The world,' you say, 'with pain is throbbing,
And we to so6tho the pain must stay."
But listen I Hear the bluebirds saying:
'God wishes hearts to go a Maying,'
Bo can you best bring May, bring? May
To darkened hearts too faint with aorrow,
To know the omfort of the morrow,
Come, sing with all the birds to-lay!
The "Saucy Sally."
The Saucy Sally was to be a bark of
marvellous beauty and swift sailing; a
nimble pair of heels she would show--so
said the young builder, as he toiled over
her, glorying in his own handiwork, as the
young are wont to glory and rejoice over
their first achievements.
My cousin Allan was the son of a captain
of a tight little trading vessel. Ilis dark
face would glow and become tremulous
whenever he told us of the -two or three
voyages lie had taken with his father after
lils mother died, and dwelt loviugly, long
ingly upon all the incidents and adventures
of the happy period.-.
But there came a thne when he returned
home without his brave, fond, indulgent
father, for they left him sleeping his last
sleep on one of the Sbuth Sea Islands, in a
fair, sunny spot, in . a. glamor of light and
sheeny glory. Thus orphaned he was hence
forth to live with us.
We young ones wept as we listened, to
the story, and gathered the small orphan
to our hearts-all save myself, perhaps I
ought to say, for somehow I did not quite
take him to mie as I, especially ought to
have done, seeing he and I were of the
same age-ten years. No great age to
have been a traveler, and to have lost both
parents. He was looked upon with some
sort of awe and respect by all our juvenile
acquaintances, and here, 1 believe, lay the
root. and cause of my holdin: him somewhat
aloof from me.
All through the glowing autumn .and
early winter the building of a small craft,
which was to be named the Saucy Sally,
occupied all the leisure time of Allin, the
once sailor, traveler, or what you will, now
time simple school lad on land. His work
shop was the bow window of his little
chamber; here he toiled and dreamt, his
dark face aglow, all his spare moments, as
I have said, through the autumn and early
winter. 1 think 1 must have been natur
ally of a very jealous disposition ; stili that
was no excuse for what I am about to re
late. Naturally we have a great many
evil promptings to be crushed down and
overcome-my jealousy of Allan and the
notice everybody in our young world was
according him. Even my brother Ben, a
i all lad of sixteen, would stand at his elbow
for hours on holidays, watching him, as lie
wrought, when we other little lads c'uld
not tempt him to become one of us at
cricket or any other game. .
"No thank you; you small fry mustn't
expect to mate with herrings," he would
say, disdainfully, when we tried to coax
him, and walk off sometimes for a ramble
over the hills with Allan the next mo
ment.
I knew that was one of Allan's sailor
.peeches, and hated this httle dark, win
ning boy at such times-aye, children,
hated him, till-till-guess what I resolvea
to do! To spoil his handiwork, to wreck
his ship before she ever left the docks, that
is what I resolved to do I And the inonent
camo when I carried my wicked plan into
operation ; a moment presented itself when
I told myself it would be justifiable-to
.nweep away another's joy, glory, happi
ness, as malice, hatred, and jealousy
prompted.
I was in Allan's room ; there aloud the
Sancy Sally-a few more touches and it
wvouldi be comlpletedi; there was her name
embroidered in yellow floss silk by my
sister Kittie, flying at her miasthiead; she
was indeed so trim and pretty that my
heart half misgave mec. But no, I did it
a i .,, deal of mischief can be acconi
- -phia..d-hr a short timec-a few uold strokes
and she lay a wreck, a poor dlismantled
wreck, before ever skiming over the
water as a thing of life, as her owner in
tended. 1 stole out, and down time stairs,
and scarcely was I below, when up leaped
Allan, to look once more on his beloved
work. Oh I how he fled down again I his
eyes ablaze, his dark cheeks pale, his lips
tremulous.
"Bert, you never have beeni so cruel as to
wreck her, to tear her in pieccs I" lie cried,
seizing me by the arm.
"A wrecked ship isn't any worse than a
tattered kite," 1 asserted coolly, for lie had
brokeni my kite aceildentally, and my bro
ther had laughed at it.
"It is, Bert ; and you did it on purpose,
while I dlidn't try to tear your kite." lie
spoke calmly ; 1 think his great sorrow and
anger held him calm.
"So you ray, but you wouldn't believe
me if I told you what i've done was an
accident," 1 returnedi scorntully.
"It couldn't be," he rejoined, "and you
are cruel, and oughut to be punmshed."
"Go and tell, then, like a good boy, and
get me punished-I don't care," 1 retorted,
dhetermined to brave it out.
"You know I wouldn't tell ; telling
wouldn't do ay good, it wouldn't mend~
my ship," he replied, sadly. Turning on
Shis heel and passig me, lie wvent and stood1
at the front door, looking out oni thme ruddy
glory of the winter's afternoon.'
His taking it so calmly angered me ; I
thought he wou!d have blustered and raved,
but instead of that he was thus (quiet andi
placid. I leant over the balustrade, hum
ining a tune, and trying not to care, and
presently Allan came in, took down hits
skates, which hung near the back door,
and went out at the front, passmig imc on
the way.
"Are you going skatmns;t" I asked snap
pishly.
"Yes," he replied ; bitt he never lookced
up. There was no anger In his tone; I was
glad afterwards that there was no anger in
that one word lie uttered.
When lie wais outside thiq (leer lhe
glanceed back, the radlince gone from his
face, but it was with no unkindly look, and
asked :
"Are you comning ?"
-"No," I replied ; "and you had better
not go." Hie did not seem to hear me, but
walked on.
Down to the gate, through the open door
-the amber lighut upon him--1 watched
him. and then he was gone. I stood lean
lig over the balustrade, a cold, clainn
dow gathering on my forehead. The Ici
on the pond where we usually skated wa
not safe ; a laborer had told me so as
came through the village before dinner.
had warned him; ought I to -have of.14
more ? Pooh I somebody would tell hin
the ice would not bear; he would be al
right, of course he would, abd then I won
out and wandered over the garden an<
grounds, humming as I had hummed oi
the stairs. But the thought of Allan goinj
out solitary and alone to skate on that dan
gerous sheet of ice, unwarned by me, wh<
know how dangerous it was, by me, whi
had done him a cruel wrong, haunted n(
like a nightmare. I knew what conscienet
was whispering might be happening ; thal
perchance he was -falling a prey to th<
treacherous ice ; and I shuddered, and re
solved to go and find hun if not too late.
The sun was sinking fast in the west a
I set out, and by the time I had reached
the meadow and the pond twilight was
stealing on. The wide swieping mcadow
was very silent as I crossed it; a fear, t
dread, a something horrible yet undefinee
clutching at my heart. Oh I that I night
see one solitary figure gliding ither an]
thither on the frozen pond I But no ; ther
it lay, a thin nist circling and crawling
over it, bleak, cold, desolate--oh, so deso.
late I as I ncared it.
"Allan I" I cried, "Allan I" I felt I
must breathe his name, or I should shriek
in my conscience-stricken terror ; but only
a mocking echo came back to me--"Allani
Allan I" -low and weird and piteous.
I went to the edge of the pond and
glanced over it. Oh, horror I In the gather
ing gloom I could see a long crack in the
ice; ay, a dark yawning chasm, like a
greedy devouring mouth.
"Oh, Allan! Allan i" I phrieked in my
terror, but nothing save that mocking echo
voice answered me, no other sound broke
on my car; no tongne gave word or utter
auce. I was alone, for aught I know
and my heart was telling me it. was the
truth-with poor Allan in his icy grave.
Never shall I forget the agony of the
moment'ss the conviction came to inc. I
clasped my hands, my -head reeled, I felt
like Cain my punishmtnt was greater than
I could bear. He had come all unconscious
of danger, had darted out bold and free,
and sunk to his death as in a moment. And
I had watched him go, and never really
warned him.
Had lie struggled ? had he cried out for
Ben ; Ben who had been so good to him ?
Ah I had the thought of my cruel wrong
flashed over him, or had his young soul
yearned and panted for him who lay in his
sunny far-off grave I Thoughts something
like this thrilled me through with anguish;
and then I left the meadow and started
homeward: I would tell them all-my pa
rents, my brother Ben-of my cowardio,
my hatred. Poor, pow Allan I And then I
thought or insas o x homo wharp nmow ho
was sheltered from malice, hatred, united
to his fond, protecting father for ever and
ever. I was glad thatt he spoke so mnaibly
a9 lie went out-out to his death. 1 wept
a flood of tears as I wont along a by-way
home. I stole up to the back door, I dared
not enter at the front; and there-there
stood Allan alive and in the body, the ris
ing moon shining -peacefully down on his
dear dark face.
"Allan I" I cried, "Allan I" clutching at
his hand; and then, strong boy as I was, 1
fainted, and fell at his feet. When I re
covered consciousness I was lying on a sofa
in the parlor, my iothei and Allan bend
ing over me.
"Oh, Align I didn't you go to skate and
fall through the ice ?" I asked, my breath
coming so feebly that I feared I was going
to faint again.
"Yes, 1 Went to skate; but some one had
ripped up Ie ice as a warning, I suppose,
and so 1 wNt on a long walk instead."
"And I Y11ought 1 was your murderer," I
whiisperedh,sa flood of happy tears relieving
mie
"Not so bad as that, Bert," said the
genrous, boy, kissing me like some gentle
girl.
"But I wrecked the Baucy Bally," I
mnoanedl.
"Yes," said Allan, sadly, "'you~ did
that."
"And I aii so sorry, so miserably sorry,"
I replied.
"Well, let the wrongs rest for to-night,
my dlears, eonly be friends, and hay- aside
your anger," suggested my miother.
"It, is iaidi aside-at least, mine is," con
fessed Allan generously ; "I put that to
rights this evening whlen tile sun wvent
down."
From that time I laid aside my joalousy
of Allan, and took to him Wondleifully-ini
fact, we becamie fast chus, andl I felt, a
pridhe equal to his in tihe spring, wheni we
launched another little bark-not, another
Baucy Bally, but, the Saucy Kate-~which
showved as nimble ". pair- of heels ams her
predecessor could have shown, and skiimed
the water as dlaintihy as a sea-bird.
The Newv York Pross.
A wrIter in the Tfroy h.'smca says it is ai
frequent subject of comment, but the
wealth of the press,aswell as its circulation
affords figures of a startling amount. In
1845 the senior Bennett, for tihe puirpose of'
creating a sensation, advertised the J1er
aid f or sale. In order to display the um
imenso value of his establIshment lie placed
the terms at what thon appeared an ex
travagant rate, time price named being
$1 25,000. Trhis 6ffer 1 readc in the Jfcrald4
of that, dlay, but at piesent the same es
tablishmnent wouild bfe cheap at $2,000,-.
000. The TPimcs, which *Was started
on $100,000, is nowr worth $1,250,000;
the Tribune and( the World are now each
worth $500,000, while the Journal of
C'ommer-ce is valued at double that sum.
Hugh Ihastings, whien . approaiched with a
proposai for the sale of the Commnercial
Advertiser, meontionued $500,000, but as
the termas were not acceptedl, lie felt re
lensed from the dlelay and withdrew from
the proposed transaction, The amiount of
capital invested in the dlaily papers of this
city ,ls probably net less than $8,000,
000. In Bennett's early' days, however,
they could all have been bought for onc~
sixteenth that sum. Th'le real value was
probably as fellows: H~erald $25, 000,
Trilbune, $10,000, ,Journal of Commnercs
$25,000, Courler and .Jn querer, $20,
000, ,S'u, $25,000, .A'vening P'dst ami
C'ommercial Advertiser each $1,000.
The Cdourier was discontinued by its pro
prietor (Janies Watson Webb) at the be
ginning of~thie rebellion, when journalisir
became unprofitable, and he had a fim
diplomatlo appointment. I believe, how
ever. that'hno always rerneted tis stop,
Mental Disease.
It is'essential to skill that the muscles of
1he body should work unconsciously, but
the moment they assert, as it were, their
independence of self consciousness, and
prompt to the initiation of efforts outside of
what they have been taught, a diseased
condition is begun which we call "absence
of mind." Such a habit begins on little
things, more generally by an omission than
a commission. Thinking of something else
while dressing, a part of the toilet is over
looked, the necktie is forgotten, the wrong
coat is put on and the hair is unkenipt:
Soon, as the habit increases, absurd and
even harmless acts aro committed. 'The
collection of anecdotes are full of stories of
such follies. We know of an able young
lawyer, who, instead cf pouring a tonic
from a bottle on his desk,carefully emptied
the ink from his Inkstand into a spoon and
swallowed it. Another, an ex-attorney
general of the United States, went on a
fortnight trip to attend to an absorbing
legal case. His wife packed a half dozen
.shirts in his portianteau. On his return
there was no shirt visible. Pushing her
inquiries, she found that- h r husband had
regularly a clean sllt every other day, but
had forgotten to take off the soiled one,and
now returned wearing the whole half
dozeni An authentic anecdote of the ureat
political economist, Adam Smith, tells us
that when called upon to sign a contract,
instead of writing his owyn name, he made
an elaborate imitation of the signature of
the other party, which had already been
aflixed.
Such Incidents tend to depreciate a man,
though perhaps unjustly, in the opinion of a
hose with whom he does business. They 1
become also a grate annoyance to the indi- 8
vidual himself. In a sense they are men- Y
tal weaknesses, which, pushed to a certain
degree, pass into mental diseases. Senility
and Insanity are not Infrequently marked
by automatic actions, carried out without a
the will or consciousness of the doer. The P
absent-minded one, like the sleep-walker, l
performs actions without the knowledge
of them, and neglects duties which are r
pressing. Justlj, therefore, it is a source
of anxiety with every thoughtful. person c
when he linds himself falling into this bad 8
mental habit. It is usually gradual in its d
onset, stealing over one in moments of in
tensest occupation. Unlike other mind
weaknesses it is not the foe of the idle man
so much as the busy one. Yet habits of
revery and day-dreaming may also bring
it about. Those who feel this habit creep- 0
ing over them will do well to make all b
early and special effort to resist it. It can
be conquered by a habit of attention, and
by severe self-ciding when the mind yields V
to it.
Tm (&rowu of thle un. p
0
Hunting for game was practised with r
bow and arrow only, until in the sixteenth
century the Spaniards contrived the arque
buss or matchlock. Here the match was b
fitted to a "serpentin" or cock, hung upon
a pivot and brgouht into contact with the
pi mnk uy a workng suumanuaiay I'm y
same as that of the modern hammer and 1
trigger. This was further improved by the y
German invention of. a steel whoel with e
serrated edge, fitted to a spring, and made d
to revolve rapidly, the edge coming in con- j
tact with a piece of pyrites, and by this t(
friction producing the sparks, to ignite tile r
priming. The use of the wheel-lock for c
sporting purposes was very general in a
the middle of the sixteenth century, and v,
for a long time was not improved upon. al
But necessity is the mother of invention. b
A band of Dutch chicken stealers or of oi
Spanish marauders-it is disputed which- c,
being too poor to provide themselves with p
the high priced wheel-lock, and afraid to
use the matchlock because its light revealed 1
their whereabouts to the minimons of the law ;
abstained from their evil practices long
enough to devise a weapon better adapted a
to the needs of roost robbers. The result c
was thme flint lock; and the pot-hunting fra- r
ternity scored a long credit nmark. The E
sportsmen of our grandfathiers' generation e
owed the mechanism of their guns .to a i
band of poultry thieves; there is yet hope -j
for tihe eclored brother.
The flint-lock reached its perfection in
the hands cf ''that king of gun makers."
Joseph Man ton, ini the early part of the
p~recont cer.tuiry, and it gave way only to a
worthy su p~erior in the modern gun explo- c
d1ed by iprcuission,
The discovery of fulminating powders y
and1( their application to gunnery mark a s
most inilportant, epoch in the manufacture r
and employment of ldre-arms. .The chairge j,
in thme gun was at first placed above thme d
fulminating powder which was ignited by 'j
tihe concussion of an iron plunger struck a
by a cock. TIhenm this plunger was dlisp~ensed :
wvithi, andi the fulninate was simply placedl e
in time flash p~an. The successive steps are c
familiar to almost, all gunners: the p~riming
was placedl between two bits of paper andI
called( pec ussion pellets; the fulnminate was
nliixedi to the breech of the newly inventedl
cartridge and fired by a penetrating needle;
then caine the copper cap; andl then the
culminating improvement of the cartridge
containing both t~me charge and~ the piming,
andi ignitedl at first by tihe pin and after.
wardl rim fire and( central fire principle.
Theiu Sidmaor Ohop.
Wiile the proprietor of the Maison D)ore
was standing behind his counter the other I
dhay, catchming tlies from currant cake, and1( 1
wishinmg that a little of the business -wave
tihe Eastern papers say so i'melch about
would siop over into his restaurant, as it
were, a young man with a beCamling smile
oni his lace and a big box uinder his armn
enteredl.
"Don't, want, any sleeve-buttons, nor
nothin'," growled the dlyspepsi a distributor,
glancing at the box.
"No, nor I," said( thme st~ranger affably,
diepositing the box on thme counter, and ire.
moving the lid. "But, what you (10 want
is tihe greatest invention of recordled time
the Restaurant Keeper's Friend-the Board
lng House Proprietor's Salvation."
"Roach Poison?" saidl the stecak stretcher
contenmptuiously.
"INo, sir," retorted thme young man, tak
lng a handful of singularly-shiapedl objects,
out of the box. "Something that beats
the phonograph arnd the telephone all hol
low. I refer to the '8kidmore Chop.' "'
"What's that?" 1
"Why, it's the most economical device
of modern times. and~ I'll prove it right;
here. 8uppose you are serving a dinner:
to, say half-a-dozen persons? Now, how1
many chops do you generally put en the
table?".
"Well about two apicce, say twelve."
"Amid how manmy are eaten?
"Ilum! about four."
"Exactly,-that's about the average, as
our restaurant statistics show. As a matter
of course, however, you are obliged to
cook three timcs as much as you need to
make a show. Now, If you could save six
Dhops every dinner for a year it would
smount to-"
"'A fortune," said the man of cutlets,
tagerly. "All we can do with 'em now is
Lo work 'cm over into hashes."
"Peace to your hashes," said the agent;
"Iall this ruinous waste is r.ow prevented
)y the introduction to the same dish of the
p)atent Skidmore Indestructi'j!e India-Rtub
Jer Chop, put up in packages of one dozen,
mid warranted for five years," and the food,
.conoinizer exhibitcd some life like umta
,ions of cook ed imitton-chops.
'"Looks like a good scheme," said the
,oncoctor of stows, thoughtfully; but don't
he customer ever-"
"Ever tumble? Not in the least. Ile
only notices that one chop Is a little tough
r than the others, and finally gets his fork
nto a real chop and chews phead. These
maller ones come higher, a.4iey are niado
if a little more limber articit of rubber, f')r
anb chops. Uan't be toll from genuine
>y the naked eye. All youlbave to do is to
;reuse 'eiii on both sides, warmi 'em up a
ittle, and serve them up mixed in with the
thers same as usual."
"Seems like they are about as tendar as
lie regulation kind," said the restaurateur,
abbing one with a fork. "Don't they
ver &yet caten by mistake?"
"No-no-that is, not now. We did
)SC a few that way when first introdunced,
ut now that we make the material tougher,
don't happen any more, unless they
wallow 'ei whole. Why, here's a spect
ien that's been in use in a Chicago eating
Edoon for .three years, night and day, and
ou can't see the first tooth print in it yet."
"That settles it," said the proprietor.
TIl take a gross."
"I thought you would," replied the chop
genit, as lie trok down the order and em
hatically declined an invitation for sonie
inch. "I will drop around in a few (lays
nd show you samples.of some soft, white
ibber lobsters we are getting up especially
>r the country trade-make the best arti
.e of indestructible salad known-and lie
iouldered his box and walked oil in the
irection of Baldwin's Hotel.
[ow Tikey Antqe Thonsolves in the
Nortri--sumner Excursions up
the fludfota.
The lte ex-President Thomas A. Scott,
r the Pennsylvania R-ilroad, did much to
uild up this great thoroughfare, aid by
tat means to extend, foster and encourage
t0 trade of the whole country. To this
rork was added that of catering for the
nusenent and entertainment of the peo
ic-travelers and tourists-and lines are
pened in all directions by which they can
tach prominent and romantic places of
miner resort. The plans hitherto pur
ied will be again carried out this summer
y the oilcers and managers of the Pon
rlvania Railroad, with such additions and
lo to sill gre t git. ndiniig fii
tany lines of summer travel projected by
ie Pennsylvania Railroad this summer,
ccursions up the romantic Hudson stand
3servedly preeminent. About the 25th of
Lne, the superb steamer "Richard Stock -
in" will be restored to the Neoburgh
>ute. She is now being fitted np in a
)mplete manner for the suinmer service,
id will be as popular this summer as she
as in 1879. Captain Bloomsburg will be
the post of command; there will
3 a full and excellent band of music
1 board. The restaurant will be
ynducted on the basis of popular
rices, and no intoxicating drinks will be
>ld on board. These features of the cx
irsions cannot fail to commond them to.
ic confidence and approval of tourists
rho wish safety, pleasure and profit com
ined in one trip. The Stockton will run
very day, including Sundays, at the low
nid popular rates of 1879. She will leave
ie Pennsylvania docks at Jersey City at
A. M., excepting Thursdays, when her
maing time-will be thirty minutes later.
'ho Brockton wvill stop at Cozzeii's Dock,
Vest Point, in both dlirectioins, and passen.
oer will have an hour and a half, at that
oit, to view the place and Its ohjccts of
iterest. She will also remain half an
our at Newburgh,- which is full of histori
al memorials. Jerseyv City will be reached
t 6.30 P. M. At tise point conmiectiomns
rill be made wvith Brooklyn Aninex boats,
ndl the trainis of the Pennsylvaia RaIl
)mad. From Jersey Cit-y and Brooklyn,
ic price for the round trip will be half a
ollar, amid chilhdreni half that amount.
'his will be a delightful summer jaunt,
ndl the price is p~ut on such a popular
apis ams to enable all classes to visit and
njoy the picturesquie and varied senery
f the Iludomi river.
The Magie of Nu,,mbers
Numbers arc .sup~posed to be of magic
nport, and haive beeni used from tie im..
iemiorabic for purposes of dlivination.
)iltercnt, nations set dhilferent store oni
uimibers. The Bedui of Java regardh the
umber one of the superations. One daiy,
or inslamnce, Is appropriated for carrying
omie the grain, and what cannot he car
led hiome that day is left to waste in the
ield.
Several nations regardl three as imhe mfloat
mportant number. According to thme
3rahnimis thicro are three supreme powers,
creating, a presrving and a destroying.
tmnong the ancient Greeks there was a
agic imnber; Jupiter had lis trifornm
ymbol, or three-forked lightning. Nep
une the trident, andl Pluto, the dog Cerbo
us with thur<.eheads. Thme R->sicrians hldd
hat there were three ordlers of angels, the
'erephiml, the Beraph im, and thle Chiern
sim. Th'le Magi presenited three gifts, gold
inyrrh and frankincense, which Chrysostomb
ays signmfied that Christ was man, Kmig
11(1 O~xl.
The P'ythagoreans held four to be sacered
Lfnd swore by that number. TIhe rabubinical
vrlters thought that six was the iimportan~t
muiber. Th'ley say that the worki wvas
reatedt in six (lays, a servant, hlad to serve
ix years, the soil wa's tled six years, and~
lob) had six tribulations. la~ Itonmo six
vas ominous of evil.
Seven is regarded as a number of stro'ng
mport. Naaman was told to wash in Jor
Ian seveni times. Elijah sent his ser Jant
oven times to look for rain. Jeri'lio v.'as
-ncompassed seven times, and Jacob serv')d
even years for each of his wives.-It- is
clieved that the constitution changes evetky
even years and that trouble end~s after
even years. The sevenith son of the scey
ath son is borm a physician, anid caii same
lines heal by the power of touch; and~ the
meventh daughter of the seventh daughter
Iietslip her clims na a nenss
Comedy of Errors,
A most ridiculous scene occurred at a
church in Newcastle. A policeman was
passing tih church,as agentlenan caine out.
The man jokingly accosted the policomfan,
ani said lie was wanted inside, meaning
that the minister would be glad to have him
turn from the error of his ways, and scek
the truth and enjoy a peace that passeth
all understanding. The stupid policenian
thought there was some trouble in the
church, so he went in. The sexton, seeing
the policeman, was anxious to give hinm a
favorable seat, so he said, "Conic right in
here," and took him to a pew and waved
his hand as much as to say, "llcip your
self." There was another man in the pow,
a deacon with a sinister expression, as the
policemen thought, and he supposed that
was the man they wanted arrested, so lie
tapped the deacon on the arm and told him
to come along. The deacon turied pale
and edged along as though to get away,
when tie policeman took him by the col
lar and jerked him out into the aisle.
The deacon struggled, thinking the police
man was crazy, add tried to get away, but
he was draiuged along. Many of the con
gregation thought the deacon had been do
ing something wrong, and some of them
got behind the deacon and helped the oill
cer fire hiu out. Arriving at tWe lock up
the policeman saw the man who told hil
he was wanted in the church and asked
him what the charge was aganst the dea
con, and he did' know, so tie sexton
was appealed to, and lie didn't know, and
finally the prisoner was asked what it was
all about, and he didn't know. The po
licenian was asked what he arrested the
man for, and he didn't know, and after
awhile the matter was explained, and the
poliecian, who had to arrest, somebody,
took the man into custody who told him
he was wanted in the church, and he was
lned live dollars and costs. le says lie will
never try to convert a policeman again,and
the policeian says he will never go into a
church again if they are knocking each
other down with hymn books.
Watcenoi wich Gain or Loo.
A watch which gains in a regular manner
is superior to any whose variation is un.
certain, and where its variation comes to
be familiar, the little companion may vie
with the most delicately adjusted ship's
chrononicter.
A skillful watchmaker one day thus
reasoned with a customer who complained
of his watch. "You complained," said he,
"that your watchi gains a minute a month.
Well, then, y->u will congratulate yourself
when you have heard me. You are awaro
that in your watch, the balance, which is
Lhe regulator, makes five oscillations every
second, which is 432,000 a day ; so that
your watch, exposed to all the vicissitudes
which heat and cold occasion it, the vary
ing weight of the air, and the shaking to
which it is subjected, has not varied
iore than a nunute a nionth, or two
with each vihbration of the bahace a vari
ation of the two hundred and sixteenth
thousandth part of a second. Judge, then
what must be the extreme perfection of the
mechanism of this watch I A watch can
not go for an indefinite period without be
ing repaired or cleaned. At the expiration
of a certain time, the oil dries up, dust ac
oumulates, and wear and tear are the
inevitable redults to the whole machinery,
the functions becoming irregular, and fre
quently ceasing to act altogether. A per
son. possessing a watch of good quality,
and desirous of preserving it as such,
should have it cleaned every two years at,
least. But care should be taken to confide
lhis cleaning and repairing to careful hands;
an incapable workman may do great in
jury to a watch even of the simplest conl
struction.
A Mexicai U~otei.
Th le Mexican hotel furnishes you hodg
ng, thaL Is all. You eiigaige your room
by the (lay or iioiith, and yo~u get, your bea
and toilet,. Of course we ring for the ice
water, more Americano, and thme waiter
brmngs us water without ice; we ask if we
can't get ice, andiu are toldl thamt we can if
we seind out, anid buy it,. Before going to
bed my chmum thinks of his phlysic, and
asks for warm water; the wvaiter caii't get,
us any warmi water, because the only place
to get, it is at the hainig establishment,
mand that is closedl at 'J:30J. We need a
spoon, and sent, the boy for one; lie returnis
and reports that the restauraiit is closed,
andl the cafe, won't, trust ham in the room.
I go down ho the cafc when tihe proprietor, a
polite Frecnchimiani, says; "'I am very sorry
to give you the trouble to comae downi
stairs; I am very glad to lenid you aniy
tiing in my establhishnimnt, but, I have
livedi too long in this country to take the
wYordl of one of thbese fellows for a spoon1."
TVhe force of the hotel consists of a sad
looking clerk, who writes the inmes of
the guests-in chalk oii a blackboard, a mil
anchmoly custodiani of the keys, two bare
footed Comanche boys for iceneral utility,
and two wvaiters on each floor. 1t is owned
by the lturbes, who are the richest, family
in Mexico. They paid $130,000 fur the
property, aiininmke $40,000 or 250,000 a
year from it. They own tihe whole block,
the Hlotel Bazar, the Hlotel San Carlos, and~
whole blocks of the best p~rop~erty in- the
city. Thiere are two of thmem, aiid their
fortunes arcesctimated at $20,000,000
Too Costly,
A Western heiress a year or two ago
bought a husband bearing omie of the m et
ancient titles in the italian aristocracy.
'rhe usual marriage settlement gave the
I >rd conmmand of a large income in his own
right, besides which the Italian law makes
the husband master of the wife's property.
The hardheaded lather objected to the
cold- blooded bargain-and-saie-stylo, but
the (laughter Insisted. The terms were
finally dirawna up. Tio tihe husband, $100i,
000 (downl to p~ut his estates in order; $20,
000 per annum as an allowance; $20,000
for each child born, the father to be solo
truistee of t~he money. Ini lessq than a year
the pair were embroiled. Ti.o wife was
beaten by her lord and finally put In con
vent under plea that she was mad. For a
thne the fathmer was In ignorance of the
real state af affairs, as no letters could pass
from thme incarcerrated woman that were
not first submitted to the hiusbaiid. TIhe
case was brought before the American
Consul, and the father has begun proceed
ings to rescue his daughter.
It Is botter not, to dispute where there
isd no nossihilIty of onninntnie
Alu atiplieat lon by MValuiu-ery.
Mr. taion Verca, a Spanish realdent c
New York, has been devoting his leisur
hours for several years in developing
machine that will multiply and divide, an
has finally succeeded. It will prodnce
product having fifteen figures, and the fac
tors may be of nine or less than six figures
A turn of a small crank once for eacl
figure. in the multiplier displays the produc
on a disk. The work is almost instantane
ous and the accuracy of it unimpeachable
The machine consists of ten circular plate
placed vertically, and on.tho edge of caco
are figures from 1 to 9 inclusive and zero
On the sides of these plates aire pointa
which form in substanco a multiplicatiot
table. Suppose 9 is to be multiplied by. ,
The first plate is turned so thiat 9 slowi
on top ; the other factor is then shown ot
a wheel belonging to a similar set as thos<
on which nine is shown. When the crank
Is turned the multiplication pliato turni
six ninths of a revolution and a point or
the fourth concentric circle of points oti
the side of the plate is presented on onc
side and a point oil the fifth concentric cir.
e on the other. These two points niee
each a small tongue which operates upo i
the product box, where the result is direct
ly shown. The inechanism by which the
product is recorded is too complicated to
admit of a description except at great
length. There are a serLes of wheels
worked upon each of them, graduated as
to size and shape with thlm concentric cir
clts on the plates. It might be said that
in the multipication tho additions neces.
eary are matte simultaneously with the
multiplication. For example, multiplying
6 by 7 the process Is 7 times 0 are 42, 7
times b are 35 and 4 are 39-product 392.
With the machine the work is instantane
ous. When the wheel is turned the record
is first made of 42 and then ot 35 The
figure in the last of 35, that is the 5, is at
once addenI to the figure in the place of
the tens of the other niunber, aidI the en
tire prodict "bobs up serenely" its the
crank coipletes the revolution. If the
imiltiplier were a double number, say 56
by 27, another tnrn of the crank would
make the multiplication and addition coni
plete. To prove the opetation pressing a
button throws into gear a *new set of
wheels, andi a turn of the craik reduces all
the numiibers in the product box t) zero).
should not the zero at once appear it
would prove the original operation was
wo-n1mg.
Mr. Verca expiniis that. lie did not make
the machine either to sel its patent or to
put it Into use, but simply to show that it
wap poshible that a 113paniard could invent
as well as anl American. A number of tests
that were maiao in the presence of a reporter
and other visitors were condueled with
facihity anud accuiracy. The operation of
multiplying 900, 000 by 9,OO was correct
ly performed by the imaehiine while the
reporter anm an accountant were trying to
write out the product which they had al
ready arrived at by a mental process.
In tile neighborhood of Mlarseliles, not
long ago, was discovored an auient loman
burying-ground, containing, among other
interesting graves, that of Consul Caus
Septimus, wherein a quantity of antique
weapons and coms were found, and, more
over, an aniphora-the inscription upon
which was all but illegible-containing a
small quantity of a thick, reddish liquor.
The amplhicra, emptied of its contents, WaS
submitted to the inspecttion of an eminent
archailiogist, who, after bestowling extra
ordinary pains oil the deciphering of the
mutilated characters engraven upon its
si-face, declared it to be his opinion that
they indicated the presence of genuine FN
lernian within the vessel, added that Caius
beptimuis, a J.vial consil of considerable
repuite as a judge of good wine, had obvi
ously ordered that a flask of the best vintage
in his cellar should lbe iburid with himn.
The scientilic gentleman who hiad (liscov
ered the consul's gr-ave and taken possession
of its conitenits, upioin learnmng the true
character of the liqnid r-ehg in questioln, at
onice started for l'aris with his Falernian
in a glass dlecanter, atid, there arrived, in
Vitedl a dozen of I-Is friends,nmh~iers ot thme
Academy of Inip~ijtions5, to ai dinne1r at
one of the leading restaurants. AL desert
lie proiduced the '"consul's wine," carefully
l oured it into four tiny liqueur glasses,and~(
handed it airoundi to is guests, exhorting
thiemi to di-ink it, reverently andm~ uplstand
ing, to the luinmortial memiory of Cains.fcp
tiimus. Tme glasses had scarcely beeii
emlptlced when a telegram was brought ini
by the head-walter on a salver, and( laid
before the founider of the feast, lie opened
and( glanced at it, and then, lettimr it fall
to thec floor, [led from the room~ with a cry
of terrible agony. One of the startled
Academnicans icked uip the milesage and
read it, aloud, It ran as follows: " Mar
seilles, 7 P'. M. D~on't, drink contents of
amphiora. Not Falernian at all. Hmave
dteciphered iniscripltion on foot, which pre
viouisly escaped imy notice. Jted lhquid ii
hodly of Consul Camus, liquefied iby specia
emnbaininig process." iUut the frienaly
waring camne too late. The archmzcalagis
and lis Academiical colleagues had( draii
upj the consul to is last drop).
Railroad *,urowth.
The vast railroad system of this country
and, indleed, all the railroad systems of th
worhld are the growth of half a century
In 1830 the whole number of miles of roa
In operation in the United States was oni,
twenty-thiree. For ni netein years endin
in 1849) the progress of railway construc
tioii was very slow, and there was co'mpai
atively little system about It. The1 averag
annual rate of conistruction was oinly 81
miles. During thme next twelve years thi
average aininual rate was 2,056 midles. Thel
came the war perlodl, when time energies e
the people were diverted from peacefri
pursuts, and1( tuhe average annual rate a
construction for the four years enided I1
1865 was ouily 812 mIles. But the Wat
period was not lost, *for It brought to thi
knowledge of men ccrtaiin possibliltics Il
rallroadiing not before realized. The con
sequecelC was that, when pec was restore
railway consitruittion wvas 'rcsulined witl
great energy, and the inumiber of miles c
track 1laid Increased year by year fromi 751
In 18611 to 7,670 in 1871. DurIng tli
years of dep~rcssion following the .pan1
there was a decrease to a nmnimm ol 1,91
miules in 1875. Then came another revival
andh the constructioni last year was abou
7,600 miles. We had twenty-three ile
of road In 1880; we have ntow more thn
94,000 mIles, and( by the end of the presoe1
calendar year we will have more thal
enough to gIrdle the globe four t imes eve
at the equator
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
f
0 There 18 always a number of men
I who will support any governnaent.
Continental liberalism means the
I abolition of property and religion.
'There are some silent people who are
more interesting than the best talkers.
Stay not till you are told of oppor.
t tunities to do good-inquire after them.
Advice Is seldom welcome; and those
who need it the most like It the least,
One should never think of death.
One should think of life. That is real
piety.
The happiness or unhappiness of old
age is often nothing but the extracts of
a iast life.
I would rather cherish affection than
indulge grief, but every one must fol
low their mood.
Many preserve themselves by hum
bling themselves; the bullet fites over
him that stoops.
He that cannot forgive others breaks
the bridge over which lie must event
ually pass himself.
When we are out of sympathy with
the young then our work in this world
is practically oyer.
An ounce of keel) your mouth shut
Is better than a pound of explanation
after you have said it.
If all hearts were frank, just and
honest, the major part ol thu virtues
would be useless to us.
You may gather a rich harvest of
knowledge by reading, but thought is
the winnowing machilac.
Without the virtue of h'aillity one
can neither be honest in poverty nor
contented In abundance.
There Is a piradox In pride-it makes
sonic men ridiculous, but prevenits
others from becoming so.
it is al ways safe to learn, eVen from
our elolmies; seldom safe to venture
to Instruct veen our friends.
lie who spends all his life in Sport Is
like one who wears nothing but friages
ai cats nothing but sauces.
The galn of lying is nothing else but
not to be trusted (of any, nor to be
believed when we speak the truth.
Knowledge may give weight, bat
aCcoIpIlishm1ents only give lustre; and
many more people see than welkh.
As land Is improved by sowing it
vith various seeds, so Is the mind by
exorcising It with different studies.
Amongst such as, out of cunning,
hear all and talk little, be sure to talk
less; or If you must talk, say little.
A Man of sense finds less difliculty
in submitting to a hot headed fellow
than in attemptinig to set him right.,
The testimony of those who doubt the
least Is not, unusually, that very testi
neoy that ought most to be doubted.
What are the alms Whieh are at tie
same tie duties? The perfecting of
i.Jthe 4a)P19A
ness Is a wearlome companion. But
beware of him who Jests at everything.
The seat of knowledge IS In the head;
of wisdom In the heart. We are sure
to j udge wrong if we do not feel right.
The mian who will live above his
present circumstances Is In great dan
ger of living in a little time beneath
them.
Most arts require long study and
appilcation; but the most useful art of
a1l -thatof pleasing-requires only the
(1esire.
The chi lef properties of wisdom are to
be mindful of things past, careful of
thmg1 present, and provident of things
to come.
There Is hardly a year in any man's
lifei In which a small sun of ready
money niay not be employed to great
advantage.
The scholar wIthout good-breedig
is a peCdent, the phlilosophier a cynic,
tihe soldiler a brute, and eymnds
agreeable. ieeyiinds
lie Is ntot indIfferent or altogether
Iucredulous, but lhe is so essentially
p~ractical that lie can only deal wIth
what lie sees.
Great wealth Is a great blessIng to a
muan who knows what to dto with It;
and~ as for honors, they are Inestliable
to the honorable.
Would you p~unilsh the spiteful-show
him that you are above his malIce.
lh'ie dart he throws wvill rebound and
pierce him to the heart.
Spare the feelings of your frIends.
D~on't flatter yourself that friendship
auithioriz/es you to say disagreeable
things to your Intimates.
. ossip) Is the peculIarity of a'sm~ii
mind. Some 1)eop)le don't know en 'ugh
to talk about the greatness of tha ngs,
and so they talk about the littiena~os of
persons. Theexp~ressions of their OWnl
shallowvness is what we call gos ip.
So far from persistence being n1 asso
ciate of weakness andi inf'erlori ty, It Is
itself a power whIch underlies and up..
holds 'all others, and without whIch
they could never develop into value or
efficiency. The feeble, ineflihnt, in-.
ferior man is he who, whatever may be
his latent abilitIes, lacks the force
requisIte to make the mnost of them.
T1he wear and tear of lire come chiefly
from straining after the imposslie.
Nervous excitenment, alternate hopes
and disappointments, unavailing strug
gles, feverIsh anxieties, bitter failures
-these are the worst cneml-s of health
-and happIness, the most fatal destroyers
of pace nd rosperity. Theoy come
fo h ost part from taking up need
lehss burdens.
When a man asks a question I look
himn in the face-. If I see no inquiry
there, I cannot answer him. A man
Sasked me about the coldnes's of thIs
winter as compared with others
r scently. I looked at hIm; his face
3 expressed no more curIosity or relatIon
to me than a custard pudding. I made
-linm a random answer. I put him off'
I until lie was i'n earnest, Hie wanted to
imake conversation.
r Tlhiere is a persistency In the life of
right--doing which Is more Influential
3 as a moral agent than the highest con
coptlons of abstract goodness or the
most eloquent appeals to noble senti
,mont. No power equals that 6f a life
t well spent; no force Is so great as that
S of character. For to be wisely and
nobly persistent In anything th6 whole
t nature must be in love wiuih it and
2 loyal to It, and must, ini seote degree,
r* lie assimIlated with it and permeate4
by It,