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TRI-WEEK EDITION- WINNSBORO- S. C.. MAY 6, 1883. ESTABLISHED 184
FROM THE SAME UANTEEN.
There are bonds of all sorts in this world c
ours,
Fetters of friendship ad ties of flowers,
And true lovers' knots, I ween;
The girl and the boy are bound by a kiss,
there'a never a bond, old friend, lik
We have r the same teor
It was sometimes water, and someti'me
. ilk , .
And someotillnes appi)jihek, fine as Hilk;
But, whatever the tpplo haH been
We Ared it.together, in bane or blis,
And I warm to you, friend, when I think o
this
We have drunk from the same canteen
The rich and t6e grbat sit down to dine,
And they quaff to each other in sparkilin
wile,
From glasses of crystal and green;
But I guess in their golden potations the
miss
The warmth of regard to be found in this
We have drunk from the saine canteen
We have shared our blankets and tents to
gether, '
We have marched and fought in all kinds o
weather,
And hungry and full we hqve been;
Had days of battle and lays of rest;
But thin,iemory I cling to and love th<
bet
We have drunk from the same canteen
For when wounded I lay on the outer slope
- With iy blood flowing fast and but littl
hope
Upon which faint spirit could lean,
On, then, I remember, you crawled to mn3
O ide, t
And, bleeding so fast it seemed both mus
have didl,
W%e drank from the same canteen I
A SEA OF FIRE.
Hot as ever, and hotter tool
"When shall we have rain again, I
wonder?"
"Hold your tongue, can't you, Diokl
whatever sets you wishing for rain oll
the morning of a pionio?"
"Ther6's no need to wish for it,'
struck in the third member of the party,
with a grin. o
"You've only got to start out on v
pleni-, and the rain's hound to com(
without being called for!"
The speakers were three young Eng
lishmen, on a hunting expedition ovel
the prairies ot the Far West.
Their tour ha< already lasted wevera)
weeks, and their plan for the day wa
to j ide over the prairie to a curiously
shaped hill, or rather bluff which was
one of the sights of the district, lunoL
at its foot, and then, unless some ape
cially 9ttractive game happened to fall
in their way, ride back again, beforc
the heat of the day set in, to their log.
lhut, in front of which they were nov
standing beside their saddled horses.
Just at that moment their guid(
stalked out from behind the hut, lead
ing his horse by the bridle; and a very
striking figure he was.
His sharp vulture-like features, and]
the coppery hue of his scantily-olad
body, showed him to be an Indian.
Iiis name of Mahtochuga (Littlf
Bear) seemed anything but appropriatc
to a man over six feet in height, and so
gaunt and sinewy that he looked mudli
more like a prairie wolf than a bear.
The single look of coarse hair thal
stood out from the old warrior's shaven
crown was now whi.te as snow.
But old as he was, one could see bi
his keen bright eye, and the panther
like nimbleness of all his movements,
that he bade fair to outlive many a
younger man yet.
He spoke not a word, but simply
pointed southward, and springing intc
his saddle, rode off, followed at once
by the three Englishmen, white a sturdy
figure with hair and beard as red as its
tattered shirt, suddenly appeared in
the doorway of the log-hut, shouted
after them a lusty "Good-fortune to
you, boys!"
Away they went merrily enough,
keeping up a constant taik and laugh.
ter which contrasted very markedly
Swith the stern silence of the old Indian,
who went straight onward without evet
opening his lips,
The three horsemen would gladly
have put their horses to speed, and
raced each other all the way; but this
was impossible amonig that endless
jungle of tall prairie-grass, dry as tin
der from the long-continued heat, and
'so high as in many places to brush thein
shoulders,
"No smoking around here, boys,'
said Dick Harrison,
"If one spark falls among this stuff
there would be a fine bonfieri"
"Pooh I" cried Tom Melton, "If there
were any danger, old Soaiptaker, in
front there would have been sure to ic
us know,"
"Seel Isn't that our bluff away to the
right yonder?"
"It looks like it!"
His two comrades followeat his point
Ing finger with their eyes, and behekt
strange and startling spo0tacle.
Right In front of them, springing UI
suddenly from the endless level of th4
1..prairie, was the perfect semblance of I
colossal head-the head of an Indiar
chief,
The chin of the colossus seemed tc
be resting upon the ground, as if the
figure were rising slowly out of the
depths of the earth,
Ita .mIghty faoe was turned watch
fully towArd the'east, as though it W6re
standing on guard against the istru
sion of 'the'"pale.faes.'
"See how old Ooppekhidle yonder ii
br%ghtening up at. the sight of it!
qronder if he expeets it to get up and
Javo ght thim!"
# #t#brtoohuga's gloomy fao
had lightened up strangely at the firsl
glimpse of the mighty figure, which
doubtless. recalled to him many a stir
ring memgry ot his past ' th
But the inoWei!rrgle
B tionjaWied"just as suddenly.
f --y the time they reached the foot
of the bluff, the three. young sportsmen
were as hungry as hawks; and they did
full justice to the good things which
they had brought with them,
f Many jokes' were made upon the
"big chief" in whose shadow they were
feasting, and into whose open mouth
Dick Harrison, the w%g of the party,
proposed to empty what was left of
their food.
The n was at its height, when their
mirth received a sudden and terrible
I interruption,
. - All the time of their meal Mahto.
r chuga had seemed straigelT startled,
sniffling the air like a startled deer, and
turning his head uneasily from side to
side.
Suddenly -he sprung up as at the
War-whoop of a hostile tribe, and
shouted
"He comes, he comes our tread has
aroused him, and his face is set this
way."
"To horse! pale faces! and ride for
your lives!"
Overawed by the terrible emphasis
of the old man's tone and manner, the
three Englishmen mounted at once,
though without the l3ast idea what was
the matter.
But their horses evidently knew, even
if they did not.
Hardly were they in the saddle when
their frightened horses darted off across
the prairie as if chased by wolves.
What could it all mean?
Look back as they might, they could
see nothing particular-except, indeed,
a tiny curl of smoke far in the distance,
as if some giant were lighting his pipe.
Tom Melton was the first of them to
guess the hideous truth.
"You were right, Frank." he gasped
hoarsely, "it's lie or death with us
now. The prairie's on firel"
All that followed was like an ugly
dream.
They were dimly conscious of scurry
ing frantically through a forest of tall
grass with the hot breath of the de
stroyer coming closer and closer upon
their trail, and a glare overhead as if
the whole sky was on fire, while past
them flew a terriied crowd of wolves,
prairie-dogs, deer, ravens, vultures and
ever and anon a herd of huge black
buffaloes, filling the air with hoarse
bellowings of terror.
But swift as their pace was, the fire
was swifter, and the roar and crackle
of the flames came nearer and nearer,
till it seemed as if :the conflagration
were at their very heels.
Frank Sedgwick's horse . began to
show signs of failing; and the doomed
men clenched their teeth in desperation.
But just as all hope seemed gone,
there yawned in front of them one of
those vast deep chasms so common on
the western prairies, beyond which lay
a bare tract that would give no hold to
the fire, even should it be carried across
the gulf by~flying sparks,
It was a fearful leap, but with certain
death close behind them, there was no
time to hesitate.
One by one they cleared the gap, the
Indian foremost; but Bedgwlck's tired
horse slipped as it alighted on the other
side, and Frank Melton had barely
time to seize Frank in his strong hands
and literally tear him from the saddle,
when the poor horse fell helplessly
down the precipice with a shrill 'cry.
"A close shave, boys," said Dick
Harrison, drawing a long breath.
"You don't catch me out on the prai
rie again in the dry season, I can tell
you!''
"Nor me either," cried Tom Melton,
turning away his scorched face as the
flames, surging up along the edge of
the chasm, shot long tongues of fire
at them across the gulf writh a savage
roar.
- "Nor me either," echoed Bedgwick;
and all three kept their word.
An Optical Experument.
Many readers may know the experi
mont in which a lighted match or can
die being moved about near the side of
one of the eyes in a dark room, reveals
the net-work 'of blood-vessels in the
retina. A cur ious phenomenon of the
same order has been lately observed by
M. Oharpentier, Looking at a sky
Suniformly illuminated with diffuse white
light, he made the two lingers of his
right hand (separate about 0.1 to 0.2m.),
to pass rapidly to and fro before his
eyes, and in about half a minute the
uniform aspect of the sky was greatly
changed. On 'a white background ap
peared a mosaic coniposed of hexagons
of violet purple col,or, separated by
Swhite lines. Other persons, he says,
hlave repeated the experiment with
success. He gives reason for thinking
that t)be hexagonal imiages oo1frebpond
to the cones in the fovea and yellAv
spot, which cones, pressed together,
form a sortsof hexagonal mosaic. The
white lines probably correspond to
tflaments oharged with orystals of pig
)tt *iOe Op ndg4 Jom t. ci,
rodian colsk
Walking Under Water.
"This is what I promised to show you
diving apparatus t
ightly. It looked like
o breast-plate that in the days of i
chivalry took the place of overcoat,
except there was a helmet attachment. S
It was made of copper, about as long I
and as wide, but larger, as the trunk of I
an ordinary man. Made to be put en
over the head, the bottom and arm open- i
ings were fitted with a thick rubber. <
The helmet differed only slightly, and (
that in shaps, from the ordinary diver's <
helmet. There was a small valve at the c
top, evidently to allow air to escape.
To the back of the apparatus was fas- t
tened an attachment like a soldier's i
knapsack. From either end of this a t
wire piotruded. t
"This," explained the host, handlng I
it proudly and' turning it about with r
ease that indicated Its small weight, c
"this is my diving apparatus. With it v
I can walk in the deepest water as long t
as I can walk on land."
The visitor suggested the need of r
abundant oxygen to successful walking c
in any element. t
"This supplies the air I need and the N
light also,' quietly responded the cap- r
tain, touching the knapsack at the back a
of the armor. t
The knapsack covered a light piece f,
of mechanism which rattled slightly at i
the touch. There were two minute L
valves in its outer surface, or at the top, Y
and one below, a wire protruding, and 0
a few small holes were pounohed in it v
inside the armor jacket. 1
"This supplies me with air and with t]
light. A drop of water is admitted e
through this valve. The air within it is I
separated from the other elements and 0
I breathe it. What remains serves to 1
keep alive my electrio lamp, and the B
small residue is disohargea through this 0
valve."
From a large box near at hand he P
produced another helmet and jacket, l
the exact duplicate of the first. Then
two suits of clothing made of a thick a
rubber like material, two pair of diver's a
shoes with leaden soles, and two small, 1
ordinary looking lanterns were brought d
forth.
While the captain was rapidly cloth- n
ing himself in his rubber-like suit, the
visitor examined the lantern. Its globe I
was secured by brass mountings, and
was evidently hermetically sealed. In l
the place of a wick were two wires, the
ends nearly touching. His host attached 1
to it the wire protruding from the knap- r
sack, remarking as he did so that it was
a cable with two strands. 13
"Now," he said, "before you get into a
your armor I'll test mine before you and
show you its safety."
He lifted a trap-door in one cornaP of
the room. A flight of steps led down
into a cistern of evidently considerable
oxtent.
"I'll go down there," continued the
host, "and remain long enough to re
move your doubts. You shall see the t
operation of this little unapsack.'" a
He lifted the jacket over his head, and d1
drew it down over his body. Tighten
ing the screws that gathered the rubber h
band, which closed it about his waiRt,
he picked up the lantern, and walked a
down the steps into the cistern. r.ie e
instant his shoulders were immersed the
lantern blazed out, illuminating ever.*
part of the cistern, It was about eight
feet deep. Capt. Ebbitt moved about
in it with no apparent discomfort for
fifteen minutes. Then he came up the
steps, his lantern being extinguished as
his shoulders rose above the water.
Removing the glass front from his c
helmet, he inquired if his guest was
I
satisfied.f
With th'e captain's assistance he was
in a few momenita clothed for his watery
adventure, and stood, lantern in hand, a k
taller and rather slimmer in the legs ~
counterfeit presentment of that indi-a
vidual. About midnight the two gro
tesque-looking figures emerged from
the house and headed for the lake. It
was scarcely a hundred feet distant.
The leaden soles of their shoes maded
standing upright difficult, and walking
more so. Steadying each other they
slowly approached the water's edge.e
Nearly every trace of the tempest had
disappeared. The waves, which taree
days before howled and raged like hun-c
gry tigers, were now klasing the sandsc
and softl yripphng in among the rocksc
with a musical gurgle, and a lamb like
innocence. The moon floated in an
undimned heaven and shed its effhlgencer
over the sheet of water, stretehing far
into the distance till it met and mingleda
with the horison.
Capt. Ebbitt screwed on the glassi
front of his own and companion's hel- 1
met and beckoned him on. They waued r
in slowly till the water was upto the
breasts, to the necks, till their heads o
were under, in eight feet of water. e
The instant the knapsack of the novice a
Was imiliersed, he heard a faint click, a d
soft, continuous burr, as 91 some deli-- ti
cate machinery in operation, and was tl
sensible of a renewal of the air within c
his armor. At the same time, the lamp g
he was carrying blazed forth in a small d
but moat brilliant light. Ho felt no tl
discomfort-the contrary, in fact. ia
Nothing of dampness or eminl permeated d
his heavy clothing, and his feet felt as t
light as they usually did while on land. t
lie pausedipoveral minutes, heard the b
burring of hidden wheels mn the knap- I
sack, felt the fresh air circulating about c
his head. The captain had kept his I
word, and shown hi a great invention, a
Ho felt confident, and ready to follow c:
his guide. That personage lot ked r<
enormous, such was the .magnifying 'i
power of'the water. I(e seemed to fairly
tower into the gigantuo. e
"How d you et1" the visitor heard ni
a voilue, apparently inside his helmet,
say.
.ie mutely looked.at the glass front
of Capt. E~bbitt's helmet for an explana. J
tion. That wizard touched a small wire o
thabt bonhieoted the two armors froin the t;
captain's right to his own left shoulder. e
It looked like a telegraph or telephone
wire, but where the 'phone was located
was a mystery, It was certainly'nut im a
the helmet or jacket.
* tLoco ypa feel?" repeated the e
voic. -
"First rate; but where's the tele
hone?"
"The helmet is the diaphragm. It's
elephone of my own. Now thenv keel
,our !7es ahead, and let's get into deel
rater.
The captain leAding they walked on
distance of probably Seventy-five fee!
rom shore and turned their facei
iorthward. The water was slghtli
lisoolored with the sand stirred up b
ihe recent storm. -. The bottom wai
Lulte frce of rooks and stones, affordinj
ix6ellent locomotion. They marche<
on in silence, passing three or four darl
bjocts built out fron;,the shore.
Proceeding it was soon discovere4
hat locomotion had #u4 onky growi
liffloult, The Arm sawn gae
o a sticky mud-like It seemei
o be made of vile rfuse -some of i
ighter than the rest doatinjlike th<
esiduum of filthy ierse ponds, l
urtain-like forms. As Wleir feet stirre(
LP the mass, particles of it floated up ti
he surface.
They neared the dlgore. Soon th(
ow of piles that guard xt from the wave
ame in view. The eplorers markei
he green slime that-adhered to thi
rooden wall, and the' embankment o
md formed against jit. With slov
teps, for caution was, necessary here
hey walked northa The captain'i
Alower felt a soft substance yiela be
eath his foot, Lowering the light, iti
eams fell on the f ?.of a corpse. I
ras that of a womaft:young and wel
lad. Evidently it had not been n th(
rater long, for the comely features were
ot swollen. She lay half sunken it
ie muddy bottom, her arms restinE
asily by her sides. Asleep, she seemed,
'he quiet end of a -life crushed by
hame and remorse. This was th(
lace where the dark deeds of the city'k
Bamy side were done. Perhaps th
ight told of one of those unpublished
iysteries, one of. those strange disap
earances that newspapers note in twc
ne.
The captain bent. over the dead girl
ad looked at her intently. "Leave hei
lone," he said kindly. "We can dc
othiug. I'll tell the police where toc
rag."
He gently lifted the corpse from the
kud. and carried it a little distance
,here the bottom was cleaner, Com.
osing its limbs the divers gave a fare
,ell glance sat the dead and resumed
ieir march.
Feeling their way along the greal
ter they soon found an iron laddei
achmg almost to the bottom.
"Mount," commanded the captain tc
is companion. He quickly obeyed,
nd stood upon the pier with his guide,
aterally, they were . h out of water,
!hat element whi6h si plied them witi
ir and kept. 001US alive nootiomi
ito tne Knapsadg reservoi, hey gaspec
)r breath, and their liguit expired,
Vith rapid fingers Capt. Ebbitt thei
x)sened the screws, took off his com
anion's armor and as rapidly remove6
is own, and the two men oat down or
ie pier inhaling the cold night al
gain after three hours' immersion ii
a opposite.
The captain turned his face toward
is comp anion with a smile of triumph.
"Well," he said, "have I kept ml
ord? Have I given you a new experi
ace?"
Thieves on iRailway Trainl.
One day a commercial traveler visit
ig Albany in the interest of one of th<
irge jewelry jobbing houses of Ne
ork detected' a thief in the act o:
hanging the check attached to hli
-unk near the baggage-room of th<
rnton depot. He took to his heels be
re he could be captured. The ofilciali
aving charge of the checking are eon
antly on the alert for escapades of ti
cin. The depots, they say, are haunto
y these vultures. The plan is to spo
trunk the contents of which are knowy
be of value, and following the ownL.
com place to place, wait for the golder
pportunity for substituting for th<
heck attached another to a differen1
estination. It is reported that seve3ra
aluable pieces of baggage have beer
tolen in this way. The traveler, whose
Kperience in the depot in this cit3
early cost him the loss of a trunk worti
10,000, had been pursued for the pro.
iding two months by the thief whose
Leverness was only by chance dis.
ivered. The latter was a member of
ie notorious 'Houston street gang,'
hich has, graduated some of the boldesi
>bbors' and desperadoes of the country,
[e was a fellow of the most gentee
:Idress and pleasantest manner. On ai
revious trip west of Albany the strangoa
iraped an acquaintance with thel trave.
r for the New York houhe, claiming tc
spresent a firm in .Boston whose nama
rasn perfectly well known. Suspicioni
f all strangers, no matt6r what theiu
iternal display might be, the jewelra
gent was happily chary of his conf
once. He, however, accepted an invi
ition to smoke in the car provided fo
mat purpose several cars ahead. Having
hatted quietly for some time, the stran
or stood up and crossing the aisle en
eavored to turn over or double one o
ic seats, in order to provide a place or
'hich to stretch out his legs The usua
ifficuity with the lock prevailed. Aftei
signing to be quite put out about It
e casually asked the jewelry agent a
e would loan him his check a momeunt
[e wanted to blip it down upon thn
itch In order to throw it out of place,
[e had seen the seats unlooked,in tha
sy. The agent declined to allow lii
boek to go out of his possession, a
afusal which angered the stranger
'he agent, getting up, said:
"You have get the wrong pig by thd
ir. It will be a cold day, when you go
y cheek."
Hie then quit _the car. The tie
'ould have excha.nged checks under the
retense of using It to unlock the seat
hi ruse is a clever one. It has beer
p.erated sucessfully in severai easee i
me West. Not (ne personm in a hmundres
vor notices the numb~er of his cheek.
HamJ f,leaspooniul of oarl lie acid ii
gill of milk is recommend4 by Mr.J
.Dodge, In the .Journal qif 4gd'out
ire,.as an' *xdoll6nl roeme& for haoj
holena,
The Poison League.
The trial of the men charged with con
> spiring to poison and with robbing a shoe
o manufacturer named Merstallinger, having
previously rendered him insensible by
means ot chloroform, has been concluded
at Vienna. The accused had the right tc
speak in their own defonse; but only Pen.
kert, a self-iducated man, who has been
working in almost every country in
Europe, availed himself of the permission.
What he said in his defense (tbe corres
pondent of the London Times says) seemed
[to make more Impression than anything
jaid during the two day's pleading. He
said: "1 have been for the last ten years
in the workmen's movement and have
some education, which the prosecutioE
makes a reproach of. When I joined the
t movement the watchword of the latter
was, "Workmen, get educated; endeavor
to rise to the rest of soolety.' 1 have
imbibed those principles; I have zealously
studied, and when I did not understand
the dead letter I said to myself, 10o out
into the world.' I did so and educated
myself, and that is to be a charge against
me. The French government have sent
m away without ever assigning any
reason In spite of my demand. Lif the
Swiss workmen nave honored me with
their confidence and sent me to the Con
gross in London they have no doubt done
so in the hope that I would not misuse
th#ir confidence. In the whole of that
Congress there was not so much said about
revolution, assassination and arson as
there has been during this trial. The
resolutions were not binding. I am noth
but a victim of the Vienna. police. Scar
cely had I arrived in Vienna when I was
arrested. As there was nothing against
me they had to release me; but I was nut
allowed to go free, like the commonest
i criminal. Although I had the means of
subsistence and my papers were all in or
der I was sent by force out of Vienna. I
returned to show that I had been unjustly
treated, and now I am said again to be
playing a part." 'eukert then endeavored
to disprove the several charges brought
against him and denied the connection of
the workmen's party with the burglary.
The jury, after deliberating for four hours,
acquitted all the prisoners except three.
who had pleaded guilty to chloroforining
and robbing the shoe manufacturer. Two
of them were sentenced to fiftee years'
hard labor, and the other to two years.
The other men, when released, were
loudly cheered by the crowd outside the
court. It is stated that within the last
few days threatening letters have been
sent to the authorities.
What may bo had in Venloo.
The days, it is true, are past when a
majolica plate or reliquary of Vene
tian glaqs could be bought for two or
do turn up now they fetch hundreds of
pounds, and as for old Venetian glass,
it has literally disappeared. Yet the
shops, numerous as they are, contrive
to make a fair show. Tie Italian loves
color and instinatively understands its
harmonies. A poor display of worthlesa
things is tastefully and attractively
arranged. The latest craze is for rich
brocades, small pieces of which, quite
useless for any purpose except to make
a banner-screen, sometimes sell for
several English pounds. These things
are very effective in the decoration of
the shops, as are also imitation majolica,
and forged bronzes, to say nothing of
the mock jewelry of the last century,
much of which now comes into the
market and attracts the ordinary tourist.
These articles help to keep the curiosity
shops open; but the finer works that
Istill remain in the country are seldom
seen among them, except perhaps with
a few large dealers, who, possessing
IsulUeient capital, can aflord to wait for
the wealthy collector. The good things
come chiefly from remote places in
I mbria, and are the private property of
old families, who are forced to sell them
by reason of the comirulsory division of
p roperty on the deaths of the heads of
housos, or are temp)ted by hearing oX
tihe great increase of prices. Among
such things was lately to be seen, for
instance, a plaque or tile of Gubbio
ware, the indubitable work of Maestro
Giorgio, painted with a Madonna en
thronied, and saints on either side, deli
cately drawn, gorgeous in color, full of
gold lustre and the precious and inimi
table ruby red. It was certainly a
beautiful objoct, and a few years ago
iniighit have been valued at as much as
thirty or forty Napoleons. The modern
price is .?800. This is not to be seen in
a shop, nor is a plate by the same
master for which 1.000 francs is asked.
5.omo Strango Bleres.
Tlhe Chinese lull tribes believe that man
h,as only three souls, aim( these are satis
factorily disposed of. One appropriately
and con'vemewntly remains in the 'grave,
another takes tip his .position at the an
cestral board, and the third roams about
unrestrained in the spjrit world, and not
necessarily upon earth. Many ot the hill
-women are fond, as in India, of giving
their dead child a (log, or (by dint of
prayers and stipplications) the deported
spirit ot an old and experienced person as
a guide, that the wanderer may not miss
its way on the path to the spirit world.
ii'or this reason it was that the Mongolians
sent slaves to accompany their dead prin
ce. TIhe Chmiese, however, have a more
phitmane idea. They believe that siuce it
is likely that the dIead man wi'l be unable
to find his way safely to the world of
spirits, and may as probably as not stray
Irom the right path, the kings of the under
world would furnish him with a little
devil to act the part of guIde and servaiit
to the ne*iy-disembodied spirit on hts
- journey. The Poles used to have a notion
of a similar kind, though they, like the
Chinese, did not display it in such an un.
pleasant wity far survavdrs. It was their
custom to lay bears' claws in the graye to
servo the14daad' 16ia11 hooks, with the
help of which he might ohignb thes great
glass imoustain, According to thie com
tuon notion among .the .Karens the dead
renew as "plu pho" in the world of Plu,
under the sovereignty of the- great- King
Qootay or Thzedo, the oocupations winch
they had followed while as yet mortals
upo earth-a curious hint at the caste
gygn of the Blindoos, hich has sio place
ith the K~atens while they arc ahvo,
Central Park Curiosities.
There has been an interesting in
crease in the happy family of birds and
beasts which is assembled around the
old arsenal in Central Park, New York.
The latest coner is a young camel,
which began its career of earthly trou
bles on Saturday night. Its first ex
perience o life was a rare one for a
camel, for it found itself reposing in a
heap of snow. Nevertheless, it did not
pine for the hot sands of .t'o Great
Sahara, which ought to have been its
native heath, but proceeded to make
itself as oomtable as it could until
day dawned and a keeper removed the
youthful quadruped to more comforta
ble quarters. nr six hours the little
infant was not permitted to draw nour
ishment from the natural source. The
old Mrs. Camel was inclined to be
zomewhat ungracious towards her little
one, and had to be tied up with strong
ropes before she would permit the
caresses of heko. Said babe is
about the size of a olI*,an. o ugly
that if it ever catches sight of iw 4
will go off in a dark oorner and dl1k
It consists principally of legs. These
are long. lumbersome, and apparently
vezy much in their own way. The
infant camel has a back just like any
other person's. There is no hump
visible yet. The keeper says that the
young beast will sprout a hump in the
course of time, and be as proud of it
as a boarding-school boy of the first
down on his lip. The infant's neck,
moreover, is so short that it could not
eat grass, it there were any to eat,
without lying down. This slight in.
convenience will also disappear in time,
and the babe's neck will stretch out
and double back on itself in the manner
most approved by camels which have
reached the years of discretion. This
little camel, while it bears no resem
baneo to ArLemus Ward's kangaroo and
fails to jump or s ual to any pernicious
extent, is nevertheless an "amusing
little cuss." He will make his bow to
the publi3 to-day, and be on exhibition
in the inolosure. Ho has been kept
housed since his birth on account of
the snow on the ground. This young
animal is the third camel born in the
Park. His mother was born there
before him, and he is therefore a true
American. William A. Conklin, Super
intendent of the menagerie, says that
none of the animals suffer from the cold
weather.
The Strings of sound.
Violin, guitar and banjo strings and
in fact all sorts that come under the
general head of "0ut" aie made from
entr i&ai a cattle. frox
racket ball covers to the half iob
thick round belts. After a lamb is 7
months old its entrails are no longer fit
for making strings for violins; conse
quently this branch of the manufac
ture can only be carried on a few
months in each year. Few people have
any idea of the many uses to which
gut strings are now put. They are
used to hold up clock weighta, for
belting, for the lacing of lawn tennis
and rackec bats, for laorosse scoops,
for weaving fine white covers, for sew
ing covers on balls, for jewelers' drills
and for a thousand things, I suppI.Se,
that even I do not know of,
All the work of making gut atriags
is about the same, but greater OArO Ila
to be exercised in prop.tring those in
tended for musical inastrumonts than
others. The proess of manufacturing
those is comparatively simple, but far
from easy. When the entrails, for
which a good pric has to be paid, are
thoroughly cleaned, they are split with
a razor. Only one-half is fit for use in
violin strings. T1hat is the upper or
smooth half. The lower half is fatt,y,
rough, and of unequal ticknemi. TLIo
strips are put through rollers turne.d
by hand for eight or nine days, to take
all the stretch out of the3m. Thelin they
are spun or twisted, Five or siz strands
go to make an E~ string, eight or nine
an A string, and twelve arc put Into a
D) string. Thea they go through a
bleachmng bath of sulphur fumes.
U.teir that they are twisted again.
Then they are softenedl in peairlash
,water, again subjected to the action of
the sulphur fumes, twisted again,
dried, and finally rubbed down smooth
with pumice stone, Altogether it takes
ten or eleven days to make a string.
When done, they are each seventy4two
inches long-four lengths for a violin
and thirty of them coiled separately
and tied together make up the "bundle"
of the trade. There is one maker in
Italy who, by some secret process of
his own, secures and guarantees perfect
accuracy throughout for every string he
makes. He does not make more than
sixty or one hundred bundles a year,
but his strings command $10 per bun
die here-cost that to the importer -
whi.le other Italhan strings are worth
only E8 or $4, and others only $2,50,,
Giuardan an&d WVard.
In deciding a petitlon for leave to ex
paxnd inoney for the i'hule minors of
Phuiladelphia, Judge Hlanna gave some
important advice respecting the duties
of guardians in the mianagement of
theit wards'-estates. A guardian, the
Judlge said was entitled to the custody
of his. ward, and was bouind to maintain
him In a style suitable to the wvard's
means uiid conidition in life. If either
'or both pat'ents were living they were
enitl,ed to:the custody of the child( for
inur ure andI education. It wias also to
*bd tmemnbered that :as the father wvas
Jbouhd to support his ownt chkdren, not
witlistAidlng they possessed a seperate
e4atei, he could no,t tthougl guardlain,
a))propiatethd aofufrom heir prop1
Sfor'that iul 'mnubhi 'Ibs dist,urb
the prnnlpale iini his private means
and income were small, lie would be
allowed assistance from their fortuneS
to enable him to bring thenm up in he
coining style; and where a mother-was
4thablWik fly sulport her children
she would, tipon suffieient reasons behig
shoign, not only be relibureed the cost
of their mis h1alintelanlco but also ran-'
t94 #Ra owince for fature suppott,
iresentiments.
"It may not have been fifty years ago,"
said a gentleman whose years did not
seem to warrant the belief that he was in
active life much longer than fifty years
ago, "and it may have been longer, whea
Dr. Linn was the colleague of Colonel
Benton In the United States Senate. I
was reminded by a chance pircumstance
only a few days ago of au incident la
which he and Mrs. Linn played a part.
She, like her husband, was a great fa
vorite in Washington society, and do.
servedly so-not more on account of her
personal attractions than her intellectual
qualities. On the occasion whea the in.
cident to which I have referred occurred
Senator and Mrs. lann were to be the
guests at'a formal dinner by the Presi
dent at the White House. Early In the
evening Dr. Linn, feeling somewhat ill,
concluded to remain in his lodgings. Mr.
Webster calling at the moment, he was re
quested to escort Mrs. Linn and convey to
the President his regrets at not being able
to lie one of his guests. At the proper.
hour Mrs. Linn, escorted by Mr. Wet)ste
was conveyed in her carriage to
e. The company hawnot
been reare L6M e table wh 0mrs.
Linn remarked to y whose
side she was seated, that a feared
she had not done right in I vIng the
Doctor, and that she felt an i lination,
if she could do so without arring the
occasion, to return to her tel. Mr.
Webster made some observatie designed (
to dissuade her from departing hen, say
ing that if she felt so disposed he could
leave at an earlier hour than t e rest of
the company. So strongly di the 'm
pulse to go grow on her that n atter
she made it known to Mr. Webs , and
so urgent was she that he (lid as e
quested, and made known to the
dent her wishes. rir. Webster accom
panied her to the carriage, and at her
request returned to the table. lIor In
struction to the driver was to proceed
rapidly to her home, and twice on the
way she enjoined him to drive faster.
Arriving at the spot. without waitimg
for the groom to open the carriage door,
she in the quickest manner opened it
herself and hurried to the room where
she had left 1ier husband. As she en
tered she behold her husband on the bed
and the clothing in flames. A moment
more would have been too late. Dr. Lin
was in a stupor, and In some manner
which was never perfectly explained, the
bed clothes had taken fire. lie was ill
for a number of days. His life was saved
apparently through his wife's presenti
ment, which 1 think was as remarkable
as any on record. Mrs. Linn related the
facts to Mr. Webster in my presence, on
his calling the next morning."
"I am renunded by this," said another
of the company, "ot what the Hon. N. P.
Talmadge, many years a Senator from
several years after he had retired from
public life. He had moved to Pond du
Lac, Wis., where lie became a Spiritualist,
of the school of Robert Dale Owen. 'One
morning,' said the ex-Senator, 'my daugh
ter, with much agitation, informed me
that she had, during the night, seen In her
aleep a steamer on Lake bichigan go to
pieces in a gale; when a large number of
persons were drowned, and among then
her siter, whose return home froi New
York was expected about that time. All
the particulars were vividly impressed on
her inind, and were narrated with the
greatest minuteness. It was the season
of gaies, late in the fall. I was and am,
now a believer in presentiments. Taking
a hasty breakfast, my daughther and
myself started in a carriage for Sheboy
gan, the port near which the vision lo
cated the disaster. It was a drive of
several hours. On reaching the place we
found the entire community out on the'
lake shore, drawn thither by a wreck.
lThe propeller Pioneer had been wrecked
the night before in a fearful gale. lie
-tween 50 and 100 lives were lest. Among
the lost was my daughter. The partiou
lars were in nearly every respect as they
had been previously related. The facts
were substantially in agreement with the
vision or presentiment.' Mr. Taimadge
was ali the more firm in his belief in
supernaturalism after that, and with Mr
Owen pursued his Investigations into its
mysteries, which the latter related subse
quently in his book entitled 'FioLfalls on
the Bloundary of Another World.'"
Tixo Pig anda the Dog.
On account of his unsocial disposition,
the greyhound is so troublesome as to be
excluded from many kennels. A game
keeper in the North having one of these
animals givenm Into his charge, was for a
while tormented by its noise and miscon
duct, and at last became obliged to turn
him out to wander wherever he pleased.
blow, there happened to be a pig on the
same premises which also enjoyed free
dom, Tro the astonishment of everybody.
these two formed a fast friendship, so
close that they fed together, slept together,
and kept constantly in company, without
the one ever showing the slightest hostility
toward the other. The dog, that had
formerly kept up a perpetual quarrel
among his own race, now seemed anxious
to accommodate himself to the ways of
his new triend; while the pig in his tuirn
seemed equally willing to stand high in
the favor of the hound. After this state
of things had gone on for some time,
they came to uinderstandi something of the
natural gifts of one another. Living on
the condnes of a moor where hares and
rabbits -abounded, they soon began to do
a little quiet hunting on their own account.
The hound being guided by sight more
than by scent, found most difficulty in
starting his prey; andl here the pig,'which
appears to be endowed with an excellent
scent, came to his assistance. Kirowinig
what was required of, hin, piggy .would
trace the hare or rabbit to its lair, andi
tuen want for hi's comnpanion to do thu rest.
Thus guided, the hound wold sotmietimes
take the prey with one bound,, or if he
tailed in that, he gave -pursuitt and
*heh the hare or rabbItt was ca'ptufed, re
tiurned With' 'it to'the pig whibii iline4i
ately tore it' to pieceh, to be anticablyl do
voured betweein tIemi, ~ CeDr,-*
obliged to put a,sp t th afuhig,
condined the -pg it~ebd~~~f
his const,andybyolol 4It#d j.
the hou14 90~4Jet, vttY
wih the ~~;'p