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AT SET OF SUN.
e sit down at sot of sun
count the things that we have done,
I counting find
One se In act, one word,
That eased t e -of him who hearg '
One glance moh * -
That fell Iko sunshine whore woI'
Then we may count that day well spent.
But if through all the life-long day,
We've Ased no heart by yea or nay;
If through it all
We've done no thing that we can trace,
That brought the munshino to a faco;
No not, most small,
That helped some soul, .and nothing cost,
Then count that day as worse than lost.
* HOW IT WAS WOVND UP.
Come, Susie, be a good little girl now,
and tell ine you'll go with me to the pi
nic to-morrow I The wagonette's all
been painted up and I've got the pret
tiest new rug--all bright pink and gray
stripes. Say yes, SusIe, do 1"
Jack Horton looked pleadingly at the
blue-eyed golden-haired, crinson-lipped
little lady leaning against the honeysuc
kle trellis.
"I don't think I care to go, Jack,"
she said reflectively.
"What I you'd rather stay at home?
And all the young folks going?"
"Yes, I would. I'd rather stay at
home and read," she answered briefly.
And then Jack's big brown eyes sud
denly dilated.
" To read ? Oh-li, I see I To suit
Mr. Fairfax Hamilton, Susie ?"
And then Susie flashed a defiant look
from those lovely blue eyes that Jack
Horton thought - and thought truly,
were the loveliest in the worll.
* "Mr. Hamilton is a very educated,
cultivated gentleman," she retorted.
"Whom you have known exactly
three weeks. Is'nt it just about three
weeks, Susie ?
"Yes it is."
And you've known ine seventeen
years-all your life I"
"You are so riiculous, Jack. What
if I have ?" ,
Oh, nothing 11" he answered stifily.
"And I don't doubt that Mr. Fair
fax Hlamilton considers our 'rustic
amusements so much beneath his reflined
taste that he has persuaded
"Jack I'" Susie interrupted, coloring
with vexation. "I did not say so,
She did not finish her indignant pro
test, for at that very blessed minute,
Topsy, the little servant, opened the
sitting-room door, and ushered in the
very identical gentleman under consid
eration.
vel," Jack remarked, after a cold
exchange of hows, "' I'll not detain you
any longer, Miss Lane110. Good night 1"
"(,ood evening I" Susie said de
murely; and never gave honest Jack
Horton another thought during that
delightful evening, wNIhen she and Mr.
Hamilton sat in the fine August inoon
light, on the honeysuckled-trellised
piazza, a cool westerly wind playing
iround themi.
And how enchanting Mr. Hramilton
was, as, swinging hazily in the hammock
-Susie watching him from her rustic
rocking-clhair with fascinated eyes-he
repeated delicious scraps of )oetry, re
lated enteriaining stories, and, best of
all, told her all about the world far be
yond Farmingdale.
" Ilow splendid I how enchanting I
Why, Mr. Hamilton, life must be just
like a fairy tale.''
"Well I don't know about the fairy
tale, Miss -Lanie, but the enchantment
certalinly is to be mijoyemt.
" And you ought to enjoy Iti you have
just the temperament to riot iml all ele
gant luxury and fashionable dissapa
"You are buried alive here-no ap
precimtio~n, 110 congeniality, 1no sympa
thy. I'd rather live amnong the cata
combs than spend1( my life in this dead
and-alive hole( 1 ''
Anid Susie sighed, beginmninmg to be
lieve herself one( of those rare b)lossoms
(destined to "waste all 11cr sweetness on
the dlesert air."
* A vague longing rose up in her girl
Ishi heart-a yearning for something far
and far above her commonplace, every
(lay life.
She regretted that people-everybody
had fallen iinto the habit of believing
her engagedl to ,Jack horton.
There wvas not one word of truth in it,
if Jack had been her familiar all her'
life.
Anld then anid there, sitting in the
moonlight. listening to Mr. Htamiltoni's
p'ersuasive tonies, Susie resolved to put
an end,l at onice and far ever, to all tile
* stupidl nonsense about Jack and1 her.
When Mr. Hamilton took his leave,
at ten o'clock thmat evening, promising
- to call for Susie to take a ride at four
the next afternoon, D)eacon Lane cailled
Susie into the kitchen, where lhe sat
sweeteinig a lhuge bowl of buttermilk
for his sp)ecial delectation.
" So you ain't a goli' to the pliic
with ,Jack, elh? "
" No-no, father, I-I've changed my
And SusIe made unusual haste in
lighting her bedroom caiidlo.
"You nleedn1't be In such a hurry, Su
san. I've got a word to 'say, and I be
a-goin1' to say It,"
Poor Susie win1ced at thle contrast be
tween the rough, honest speech, guilt
less of gramimar, amid time musical ac
cents which she had lately hieardl.
" I don't like this here way you've
beenm doin' lately, Susan-a-play In' fast
fund loose wilth Jack Hlortoni, the likeli
est fellow to be foundl In these parts.
"You hadn't ort to fool with him
he's wvuth a dlozen 0' them city chaps,
11nd( you'll find It out some1 daiy.
"Don't you keryy it too fair, Susani,
And -Susan, wIth scarlet cheeks, on
which her genltle little mother ha~d sym..
.pathetic comipassion, had to stamd and(
-lIsten to it all.
- "Susan'lh come out all light, father'
so don't be afeard," Mrs. Lane1 said
cheerily1 as she mixed 11cr dough for the
Gals must be gals, you knowv, and I
y let 'em fight their ownl battles. Su
inu'1 come out all righ,t. Good night,
0; run up to your bed now-It's nigh
to half-after ten."
And in consejuence of 'wichl lateiness
pretty eyes-Susie was not down to
breakfast nutil nearly seven o'clock,
and the lrtt sound she heard was the
'wailing Uf Topsy, sittin' on the kitchen
chamber stairs her aprbil Ahrown over,
her .tM; tw-er iir'roakfig -back and
"I didn't took it, Miss. Sus'n-'deed
and 'deed, and double 'deed I neber seed
it nor know'd nothin' 'bout it! And
irs. Lane don't b'leeve me, and I jest
wish I'd git drowned or somethin'l"
By degreem Susan lea'ned the story
that Mrs. Lane's two articles of person
al adornment a heavy, old-fashioned,
solid gold watch chain and the equally
fine massive brooch, had disappeared
from the box. in the bureau drawer,
where they had lain in their nesk of cot
ton-except when worn on grand occas
ions-ever since Susie could remember.
"I hate like p'isin to charge her with
t but there ain't nobody else knowed
where mother's julery was 'cept her,"
Deacon Lane said regretlully.
"You'd better tell the hull truth,
child, and if you'r sorry, and won't do
anything so wicked again, why--we'll
say no more about It.
But Topsy was firm as adamant in her
vehement protestations.
"I don't believe she did take them,
mother," Susan said.
" Because there is a burglar in the
village-don't you remember, the night
of Mary Morris's birthday party, how
the silver spoons and some money were
stolen? "
"I hate to believe Topsy took. 'em-I
ain't agoin' to mistrust her no more I
" Father shall put some extry bolts on
the doors, and 1'l have Savage to sleep
in the front hall o'nights.
" Deary me! to think such plain folks
as us siould be burglared! "
And when the picnic rode by two hours
later, Susie, watching them from the
front rooi wiidows, nade the discovery
that Jack iIorton and his rig were not
of the Iarty.
For, disappointed and-well, yes, too
jealous to be capable of enjoying the out
ing, Jack had concluded to run to town
on a little matter of business that need
ed attending to, never imagining his
presiding destiny ruled and ever ruled
his going.
But the very first person lie saw, as lie
got off the train-car in the shabby up
town street, was Mr. Fairfax Hamilton.
And, strange to relate, that elegant
gentleman went straight into a pawn
broker's shop.
"Upon my word!
"Wihat business should such a fine
gentleman have in such a, place?
"l By Jupiter, if Susie knew it ! And
I'll fiid out and enlighten her-yes, I
will? ''
So he quietly entered the shop, and,
with a friendly venetian screen com
pletely concealing, him, lie deliberately
and with malice aforethought, listened.
" Only a fiver! '' lie heard Mr. Ilam
ilton exclaim.
"Why; man, they are worth twenty,
See for yourself-they're such gold as you
don't come across nowa(lays.
"Ya-as, good-)ooty good.
"I gif you thirty shillings.
Where you git'em, hey?"
"From imiy mother's family-as if the
old things possessed any sentimental
value to me.
"Come now-ho generous, be just.
Make it two sovereigils."
".Oh, MoseslI you vould sphoil my
pisiiess in 110 time.
" You let me see dem sphoons-maybe
I gif you more.
" Ah-h I Dot letter on 'em Ish Wj
a-i-nt it?
" Yes M-my own initial. What'll
you do, old skinflint? There's the chain
and th1e pin, solid and the silver-come,
what's your best'i"
" Fifty shillings, and it will be de
ruin of my p)isiness. Oh, Moses, wh.o is
dish I "
It was no wonder the pawn~broker's
voice sudd(eniy chianged to intense alarm
anid anmaemnent, for two strong relent
less hands fell heavily on Mr. Fairfax
IIamiltoni's shoulder, *and a savage voice
LIhund(eredi in his ear
" So it was you, wvas it, who stole Mrs,
Lane's jewelry, and Mrs. Morris' silver
spoons1? Thief, villain, impostor! You're
caught in your own trap at last, though.
Oficer, arrest him!
And the owner of the other cruelly
heavy hand, thme police ofilcor whom Jack
had silently signalledl as lie passed thle
shop1, theme fCminute Jack had caught
a glimpse of thme chain aind pin lie 1had(
known all is life, snapped t! b)racelets
on the elegant MJr. H1am% t's wrists,
and ledl himi away to the dice station.
WShmile, his p)ersonal bu-,nessq to the city
whlolly and entirely forgotten, Jack made
a bee-line back to Farmingdiale, armed
wvithi the missing valuables.
" You must not cry and grieve so,
Suitae1" Jack coaxed tenderly.
"'Ihie rascal isn't worth one of those
tears fr'om your dear blue eyes. Don't
.waste 'emn on hlim, Susie, don't!
"lit Isn't for him," Susie sobbed p)it
cously. "lie may go to prison for all I
care for him, but--but, I have been aw
fully cross anld cruel to you, Jack, and I
don't dlare say I will be engaged to y>ulI
I am not half good--good-e-e-nought I"
And her sobs weore so pitiful and hnum
ble and rep)entant, that somnehow just
the very thing to do seemed for Jiick to
gatllnr her up in his strong loving arms.
"i'm the best judge of that, girlie!
You will mnake me thme proudest happiest
imn a the world If you wvill only say
yes, darling. Say it, won't you, Susie?"
H'e lifted the sweet, thushed, tear-stain
ed1 face to his, andl waited--just a little
second; and then a faint sound( camne to
his ears that thrilled him from head to
foot.
And then lhe kissed her until she laugh
ed anid begged for mercy.
At ten o'clock It all hlappened, and at
three, Jack's wagonette stood( at-'thie
farm-house door, waiting for Susie, In
her p)retty white suit, to coine do.wn1 and
go to thme picn1ic.
Anid at five o'clock, there wasn't a
daintier, happier guI at Fawnm Woods
than she, nor a prouder, hapier fellow
than handsome Jack H oi'ton.
While. Mr. Fairfax Hamilton, enjoy3
ing the stifling temper'ature of his celli in
the station-house, cursed hmiiself and
everybody else.
And that is the way it yas wounft:mp
Watare ts the amste of talent genin~
iste ~mst of nature,
A TombstonJuste.
"When I was uractleig down at
Tombstone," said 0he lawyer, "a friend
ofminehad'is ochewedoffoneevoning
h~iif put#"wth a prominent citizen
who dealt faro. After seeing the doctor
he came to me, and under my advice he
had the prominent citizen arrested on a
ohargeof mayhem. Next day we had
the mn up for hi4 preliminary exami
nation; My friend was there with his
head bandaged, and so were the promi
nent citizen and his counsel, and the
friends of both parties. The general
publio-and it's a pretty tough general
public in Tombstone-rowded the
court-room. The hour went by,'but
the Justice didn-t turn up. The con
stable went out to look for him, but
couldn't find him at any saloons. We
wouted round for have half an hour,
but nary a sign of the Court turned up.
Finally, General O'Brien, the leader of
the Tombstone bar, stuck his head up
through a trapdoor in the floor and said
m a solemn way*
''Gentlemen, remove your hate. His
Honor is here." And he dragged the
Dourt up by the collar. He was limber
drunk and bad been sleeping it off in
the cellar. You never saw such a long
adjournment from decency as that or
nament of the bench was. He was
Dovered with dirt, and even his hair
and beard were hchock full of saw
dust. There was, I remember, a flat
tened quid of tobacco on his cheekbone.
We had to hold His Honor under. each
mrm as we led him to the nearest
barber-shop. A bath and a shampoo
brought back some life to him. and he
was able to walk without help to the
oourt-room. Once in the chair behind
his high desk he looked all right and
we went on with the case. We had
taken the testimony of three witnesses
to the row and subsoquent chewing of
my friend's ear in the Excelsior faro
L)arlors, when General O'Brien and
Dolonel Stephens, both on the other
side, jumped up and objected to one of
my -questions. It was a law point and
we argued and quoted authorities for
about half an hour. It was a pretty hot
iet-to and we were all on our feet when
anished and turned round to the Court
for a ruling. He was looking straight
before him up above us as if he was
aleeping with his eyes open.
"Your Honor, said the general, after
1 long pause 'we are waiting for your
ruling.
"There was no answer. Then I
3hipped in with:
"Your Honor, will yon be good en
)ugh to give us your rulingT" -
"Wash that?" he said, trying to bring
uAs eyes to bear upon me.
."We want your ruling."
'Court's adjourned," he said, tVing
to rise.
"We all protested, but his only an
swer was to strike his desk with his fist
And cry out again that the court was
Adjourned.
"Won't you fix the bail of this
lefendant?" demanded the general.
'No, shir," said the court, who had
got on his feet by this time, and was
rownigg heavily. "Turn 'im looie. He'd
)ughtor chawed the head of that tender
'out, that's what he'd oughter done."
"Well, gentlemen, what do you think
he Court did next? He just deliber
tely staggered over to the trap-door,
ifted it, stepped down the staire until
nly his head and shoulders were above
he.floor, and then passing to glare at
he paralyzed crowd of us, growled
mt:
'-You can all go-'
"With that he ducked and let the
loor fall, and I suppose had his sleep
aut on the dirty floor of the cellar."
The Shah of Persia at Home.
Not many years ago the Shah never
allowed his wives to show even the tips
f their lingers to any of the male sex
ver the age of twelve. Formerly when
bhe members of the harem (the prom
sesses and the female attendants of the
Shah's household), enveloped in a black
sheet with a veil on their face and sit
bing in a covered carriage,~made their
passage through the streets of Teheran,
she eunuchs and the feraches who ac
3ompanied them used their long sticks
to driae people away. The Europeans
were allo'wed to stay where they hap
pened to be at .iheo time, but were com
pelled to turn their faces to the wvall,
L)uding the last few years, however, and
ispecially since his raturn from the see
und jouoney to Elurope, Nasser-ed-Din
Shah has become more obliging. Since
that time the Persians are ordered only
to keep out of the harem's path, and the
Europeans are allowed to continue their
way on the tacIt condition that they
shall not gaze too avidiously at the
passing carriage. On the eve preceding
the late anniversary of the .&rophet's
birtisday there were as usual fireworks
and illuminations in the alley called
Klaban Dowich. -Over the palace door
''Dari Allmassieb",(door of diamonds,
so-called because its facade is ornaminu
ted with pieces of looking-glass) open
lug in o the Khlaban there is a bala
khaneh in wich on such occasions the
Bhah site to euijoy the sight. At other
bumes he and the haram used to peep
out through the openings of a curtain
drawn bei ore the windows, but on this
occasion the curtain was done away
with, and the ling with some of the
Princesses looked freelyat, thmeliroworks,.
As far as can be judged from a ditane
of ten or twelve yards, these ladies have
in gene&al round faces, very large and
flue eyes, and thick and archted eye
brows, which are made to appear still
thicker by the application o1 a certain
dye of very dark blue color, called in
P'ersiah "rang," and more arch-like by
plncking the hair which may stand out
of thie archy line, and cheeks of vermil.
lion. Their skin, however, as that of
all Pesans, with few erceptions, lacka
the delicacy anid whIteness .so of ten
oo)nmohl met with in English wonmen.
Their ftes o,atr not geerally
uzrcsve. di tjecertaoly does
not .ha0now in tIcprejuidioe of his
oouuttnien regardin~ the $reat,tseat 9f
the ,air sex, nid he had 'always bjn
far aboyo them as regads religious
toleration.
A Wind so Strong IVteals a Team.
"Do it blow hard here?" answered
"Bowie BiL." "Well, stranger, I
should say it did. - was a skinnin'
mules for Uncle Sam 4t Camp Bowie in
'78, and havin' an ,easy time. One 1
evenin' the wagon bot4 come 'round and I
Bays, "Bill, you hook Up in the mornin'
an' go over to Bayard.,
"I went right off- and doped my
waggin and got evetvthing ready to
move soon la the Xornin'. I had I
twenty miles to make she first day, and 4
I came to the spring Obout an hour by 1
aun. 1 turned in ekiy that evenin'
so's to git a good res and be a rollin'
before sun up next urnin'. I'd been
grindin' through th6 sand 'bout two
hours the second dat, Venh n'
to look to the south: 1t,1) ww4ijad
a comin' bigfein'ani fore, ahi
makin' a noise like A hunre buzz
saws. I see it were ' comin' my way,
so I put the buokoin Oto the mules an'
nearly set 'em afire. " 'Twaut no use. 4
I couldn't git away fr0in the thiniz, so
I stopped the mules ad looked at it a
comin'. -
"Goodnessi stranger, it makes me
have rattle Pnakes and centipedes every t
time I think of thatMight. There a
floatin' round in the whirlin' sand was I
horses an' cattle an' doby bucks, not to t
speak of jack rabbits, kiotes, an' small
trash. It were git!in' tolerable close
by this time, and I says to myself,
"William, are you prepared to ascend?" i
"No," says I: 'I ain't, an''jumped off'or E
my mule, grabbed a big soap wAed and 6
fastened on with a death grip.'
"I went none too soon, stranger, fcr
in a minutg up went my whole body, I
my arms an' legs twisting round like
rope. I heer'd the soap weed crackin' 1
an' a tearin,' but it didn't let go, an' I
didn't. Purty soon the whirligig let go,
and down I come. The very first thing I
[ looked for the team, and I see it. t
Ther' they were swingin' round an' t
round an' goin' up, and they kept t
swingin' round and goin' up till they,
didn't look biggern' a log, an' they
went out o' sight. I gethered myself
up an' footed it back to Bowie. The
very first man I met were the waggin' I
boss. Says he, 'Hello. Bill, what's the I
matter? I set right down an' told him <
how I come so near gom' to .teaven j
alive, and after I was done he says,
GBill, what kind of. a Rinecaboo play
are you tryin' to run on me; you've
sold that team.' I told 'em the thing
was a dead open an' shuie fact, but
they talked so strong about riendin' me 4
to Lawrence that I hulLed out and
come down here."
Amusements In Persia.
On the first day of the year the gov
ernors of the provinces make their
presents to the king of Persia, at Tehe
ran, wbich are accompanied by various i
sorta of games and pastimes. M. Tan
coign, who was at Teheran in 1880,
thus doncrtbcs them: First cane men
running on stilts of more than twenty
feet high; others performing feats of
strength and balancing, turning on the 1
black rope, or carryiug on their heads
a pile of earthen po e, surmouited with
a vase of floners; then dancing at
combats of rams, which were excited
against each other.
These exerciqs were followed by i
rope dancing, performed by two young I
children. The rope was of hair and
consequently less flexible than a hem
pen one; being strained on two trestles
oi more than forty feet In height, it as
cended almost imperceptibly as high
as the top of the king's kiosk. Alter
having made several gambols with the
assistance of poles, on the part of the
rope which was norizontal, one of the
two dancers, ton years old at most,
mounted as high as the terrace which
crowns the pavilion and then descended 1
b)ack ward Irom a height of more than
eighty feet. We remarked with pleas
uire that several meni placed beneath
the cord, followed all the movements of
the child, ready to receive him mn a
large blanket, if his foot had happened I
to have slipped. We did not suppose
the Peraians were capable of such an
attention, especially i the king's pres
ence. These dancers are called in Per- I
sian _djanbaz, meaning one who plays
or risks his soul. This expression,]
contemptuous In itself, intimates that
gamea of this kind are discouraged by
religion; and is nearly synonymous
with that of excommunication, with
which our actors were oneo, comphi
m,ented.
Naked men, armed with maces, and
wrbstlers appeared aiterward before
the king. 'The first reebe savages;
they struck their club$s together with
out injuring each etiher. It was not
so with the second, their combats hay
ing something hideous and revolting.
The conqueror, that ns to say, lie who
succeeded In throwing his adversary
on i back, went to the foot of the
kiosk to receive a p ieee of money which
the king threw down to him. Fire.
works of a splendid description sue
ceeded; and the next day was appro
priated to horse-racimg.1
Easter Card.
An enterprising and beautiful use of
Easter cards was made in Boston, when
a "card" mission went the rounds of all
the hospitals, homes and shelters and
distributed pretty Easter' cards In an
envelope addressed "This is for you,"
to all the inmates, young and old. Such
a thoughtful custom might well be made
?'hoto of in this city for another year.
These oardsi, too outen go to people
who have more than enough-oi cards
adevey_hing slee. By contrast, the
Bso astor-givers found sunshine'
and jokes ist unexpected placees on their
kounds.' In one ho*gital: "This is
Miss W.'s anniversary,' said Miss B.
4'A .'ear ago to day shie broke hier last
hip.' "'Ad the unfortunate victim
laugheds'merrily as If Mh whole thing
whr h etjo e paible.
All 'trough life thee are wayside
inns, whee mani blay tefresh .hi soul
witb lnvej euan thle ltwoay aquench I
his tires At rivulets 'f4 by springs
from aI$v*.
Water Snakes.
In the Indian Ocean reside the curi
mv sea-snakes which are highly venom
ms, and which' possess flattened tails,
ierving as a propelling apparatus. But
nany land-snakes swim with ease and
grace. Adders are not unfrequently
een swimming from one island to an
>ther on our Scottish lakes. We have
een the common British ringed snaki
'Tropidonotue natrix) swim with rapidi
y after an unfortunate frog which had
ontrived to -obtain a brief start, but
which was oise and devoured tu a very
hort space of time..' Even the big py
'hons and anaoondas, which crurh their
prey in their great coils, swim with ap
Parent ease. Very curious must havo
een. the experience of a Captain Pitfield
)f the steamship Mexico, who, as quot
rd by Miss Hopley from an American
iewspaper, stated that he had passed
hrough "a tangled mass of snakes" off
he Tortuga Islands, at the entrance to
he Gulf of Mexico. These snakes are
lescribed as having been "of all sizes,
rom the ordinaty green water-snake of
wo feet long to monsters, genuine 'sea
erpents' of fourteen to fifteen feet in
ength." We are certainly inclined to
gree with Miss Hoploy that such a
hoal of shakes must have consisted
imply of a mass of those reptiles which
Lad been drifted out to sea on brush
rood by some river-flood or "spate."
The "groat sea-serpent," whose an
Lual appearances are chronicled with
>unotuality, receives full and complete
ustice from Miss Hopley, We are glad
o find our authoress is' on the side of
hose - naturalists who -maintain that
here is no a priori impossibility in the
ieclaration that giant marine snakes
nay and d6 exist. In giant species
>f marine snakes we may find the ex
)lanation of many of the marine ap
earances which have been authenticat
id by hosts of credible witnesses. Miss
lopley asks, after supposing this theory
o be correct, "How long wonld the
)oison-fang of such a reptile be l" But
here seems no need to make the exist
moe or absence of poisonous powers a
juestion. What we desire to know in,
,What is the sea-serpent?" With the
lain rule before us of endeavoring to
nd a natural solution of this query, be
ore rushing Into the clouds, It would
eem that those zoologists who bellve
n the huge development of marino
nakes possess a distinct advantage over
kll other theorists. Giant cuttlefish,
tome of which measure- thirty or forty
cat in length, inclusive of their "arms,"
tre now known in plenty. A few years
Lgo, such animals were believed to have
een evolved from the fertile brain of
Victor Hugo, who makes a giant ' octo
us the means of vengeance in his novel,
he 'Toilers of the Sea.' It is not too
nuch to say that, with the evidence of
iew and recent discoveries in cuttlesh
ife before us, we should at least be
rery cautious in denying the possibility
6ud probabihty of giant sea-snakes be
ng also numbered ammg the fauna of
he ocean.
Making an Aurora.
The London papers bring us news -of
Sremarkable elecotric experiment. At a
>oint in North Finland. just within the
tretic circle, Professor Lemistroem con
truoted a network of wire on two conical
nountains, which wore respectively
1,600 and 8,600 feet high. Hills of
his shape were chosen because, as is
veli known, electricity egathmers most
'eadily about sharp eminences. The
>rofessor knew that to and from these
mill-tops electricity was darting; by ox
>eriment he deteromined to hasten the
>rocess and ronder it visible, in other
vords, make artificial northern lights.
Jopper wire being an admiirableo con
Luotor, lhe connected the summits of the
tills with the earth at their base by a
ietwork of this material, aia the result
vas that instantly an arch of .the aurora
vas formed overhead, rising, it was es-.
Imated, to some 4300 feet above the
nountamn top. Two characteristics
yore n'ote-worthy in this result. In the
irst place, the currents detected in the
vires were what Is known as positive.
Kd. Plante some years ago showed me
1ow to produce something like -the au
rora In the laboratory without using an
ixhaiffted vessel, but by merely causing
~he positive and negative wires of his
.)attery to approach gradually a vessel
harged with salt water-the sides of
~he jar being also moistened with the
Iquid. It was found that he could in
his way produce ares and wreaths, and
inuous, lines of light strikingly like
he Aurora Polaris; but, curiously
mnnugh, only at the positive end. It
a signmficant that it was positive cur
ents which rewarded the Helsilagtors
>rofessor for his ingenious labors. A
econd feature was that the spectroscope
howed the peculiar lines of the aurora.
'he spectrum of the aurora is a greenish
rollow line, and if this was recognized
is stated there oould .be little doubt as
o the genuinesess of the phenomenon.
L'ho display lasted puly a short time,
mecause doubtless the electrie pressuire
>r tenision was soon equalized, and,
esides, the ice gathered so rapidly on
he wires as to render th6ik uddlems, and
hYon to break thornf b? 14 wighzt So
atr as it went, ho*eyer, the expetbu1ent
ppears emniently #W*ol&fti
The Yelverton Scandal.
The death of William Charles Ielvei
tou, Viscount Avonmore, is announced
As Major Yelverton he became notoriou
In proceedings brought in Dublin by Mi
Teresa Longworth, who claimed to be hl
wife The case was decided in favor c
Lord Avonmore after a scandalous trial
It has been about fifteen years since th
cause celebre which so agitated the fash
lonable world of Europe was decided Ii
the Common Picas of Dublin. blajo
William Charles Yelverton, afterwardi
Viscount Avonmore, of the Royal Artil
lery, was a distinguished Crimean soldier
a wearer of the Victoria Cross, "an office
and gentleman," and defendant in the cas
of "Thelwall vs. Yelverton." On the re
cord the plaintiff was a Yorkshire trader
and the lant that Major -Yetyerton rf
fused to pay for neccessaries isq lied t
his wife to the extent of ?187, TMe ani
wer was a simple denial of the allege
relationship between himself and 111
Longworth. They had met in the Crimea
where Miss Longworth had acted as a vo
lunteer nurse. The personal charms an
accomphshments of the lady conquerei
the Crimean hero. As he confessed he
)n two occasions, went. through a form o
marriage--once in Scotland, per verba di
presenti and once in the village of Rosatre
wor, in Ireland. By a subterfuge he sa
tisfied the clergyman, for it Isstill a felon,
In Ireland for a Catholic priest to bless tl
marriage of a *Protestant and a Papist
They travelled together as ,man and wife
but after a time events took the old course
1he Major deserted Miss Longworth au
married Mrs. Forbes, the widow of th
listinguished Professoro Edward Forbes
fholwall vs. Yelveiton was triedl to decid
whether in fact Teresa Longworth wai
wife or mistress. The jury found for th
plaintiff that there was a Scotch marriage
ind that there was an Irish nirriage
1ajor Yelverton escaped through a sid,
loor, and his wife was drawn in her car
rinage by relays of Irishmen, after the man
ner in which Dublin does honor to its fa
vorites. That was the hour ot triumph o
reresa Yelverton, nee Longw< rth
'henceforward her life was a' series o
lawsuits. In Scotland and in the Hous
Dt Lords her title to the name of wife wa
Dontested stop by step, and fought a
bravely by her. But though her touchinj
letters brought tears of admiration to thi
eyes of Chancellors and ex-Chaucellors
her motion as "pursuer" was domed. -: T<
commence the fight over again was indce
pssible, but pecuniarily and physically i
was wiser for her to yield, for a legal tri
amph wouid have added nothing to thi
sympathy extended to her, no more that
the victory of Major Yolverton's lawye
relieved him from the universal odiun
which his course brought down on him
Mrs. Yelverton gained some position as i
public reader and elocutionist, and mad(
a living in that way at home and abroad
Bhe also publisbed a novel, of which Rhi
was her own heroine. 1ui Litlu was Aiar
tyr to Otrcumstancee, but its sucees
was only temporary. Of late years Mrs
Yelverton lived entirely in South Africa
where her fortunes were of a somewha
unerWain character. When the ex-E,,n
press Eugenme visited Zululand, after th
dlath of the Prince Imperial, she followe<
her steps and appeared to have in thi
yoing man's fate a deep and sincere in
torest. She died at Pietermaritzburg i
Jctober, 1881. Major Yelverton, whos,
leath is now reported, was the tourth Via
Iount Avonmore and Baron Yelverton 1i
he Peerage of Ireland, and was born ii
1824. He succeeded his'father the thtr
Viscount, in November, 1870, and is i
;urn succeeded by Hon, B. N. Yolvorton
ivho was born in 1859.
The Truly lonmnt Jiurr.
Some difficulty was experienced in o1
tamning a jury, and time court was gettin
ired of the tedlons proceedings.
"Call the next juror, Mir. Clerk, " sal<
~he solicitor, for the hundredth time.
The Clerk eailed out the man, and i
)id man with an honest face aind a snilt, o
ilue jean clothien rose up in his p)lace, andi
he solicitor asked the following cuslo .nkrj
lufestions.
"Have you, from having seen thme crime
sommitted1, or having beard any of -thi
ividence delivered under oath, formed oi
:xpresed( an op)inioni as to time guiit or in
ocence of the prisoner at- the bar I''
' No, sir"
"Is there any bias or prejudIce resting
m, your mind for or against tihe prisonei
it the bar ?"
"None, sir.''
"1a your mmdi perfectly impartial be.
Gween the State and the accused ?''
"It is."
"Are you opposedl to capital punish
ment?"
"I'm not."
All the queslions had been answered
and the court was congratulating itself os
having another juror, and the solicitor ii
solemn tones sa id:
"Juror, look upon tihe prisoner-priso
oer look upon the juror."
The old man adjusted hisi spectacles
and peerimgly gazed at the prisoper fo
full half a minute, when he turned hi
eyes toward the cosirt and earnestly said
"Judge, I'll be condemned if I don
believe hie's guilty I"
It is useless to add that the court wa
considerably exasperated at having lost
nuror, but the most humorous inclined ha<
good laugh out of the old man's proma
~uro candor.
WVinter andu Huiimer.
One difference between Enghish anm
&ineriean hmalts is .that the Ensgllshmia
~akes mutch and hearty exercise in winter
a season whcn Americans ride Q'iickly in
iorse-cars irom place to place aind seld.m
axercise at all, in summer our countrymnei
ake their pleasure, cricket, rowing, tennl
iae-ball and the athletio games, whici
are over even for school-boys, by Noveim
icr, whereas all the actIve field sports, anc
aunting, are continued, by Englihelio
rrom the autumn. throughout the winter,
At the season of the year when meals ar
lieaviest and more rich food, at enttertain
nente especially, more meat is eateni, thn
American is hiost sluggish; and this lI
recisely the ime when all Jinglishmeri
wrho -can aftord. it, are taking' more fredl
tir. antgre~arlig .out their ,'tisstes" te
at any other, , The siunber .of;. businda
non who wrallt in wintUr, to and frost theil
ilaces of business, .grows less ovory. you
with the hoNocar oonyeniolces.
FOOD FOR THOUGH'.
The first and greatest of all faults is.
to defraud ourselves.
Desperation is.sometimes as powerful
an iuspirer as gekus,
Every man dedres to live long, but
no man would be old.
D Moral courage is the rarest of quali
- ties and often maligned.
What appear to be calamities are
r often the souroos of fortune.
The energy that wins success begins
to develop very early in life.
He who sees the end from the begin
ning will do only what is right.
Do not suffer life to stagnate; it will
grow muddy for want of motion.
To the blessed eteuity itself there-ia,
no other handle than this instant.
The sympathy of sorrow is stronger
than the sympathy of prosperity.
It is not life to live for one's self
alone, Let us help one another.
Conscience is the voice of the soul;
passions are the voice of the body,
It requires less merit to discover th,
faults oz others than to boar' them.
- Admiration is a short-lived p ion,
- unless it be fed by new discover' .
r Feebleness of means is, in 'ot, the
3 feebleness of him that employ hem.
There are some silent peopl ho are
more intiresting than the be talkers.
Unkind language, on the p Iciple oi
like begets like, brings the sa return.
An apt quotation is like a I which
3 flings Its light over the whol atenco.
There is one art of which man
3 should be master-the art of otion.
When there iq nieli pretent uch
has boon borrowed; nature no
. tends.
0 :o single act of indiscretion in
mar the enjoyment of a whole exist
f once,
All mon are liberal; some to those
who are in need, and others to them.
solves.
Perform present dnties, that time
may be apportioned for succeeding
labors.
No metaphysician ever felt the del.
ciency of language so much as the
I grateful.
Something may be gained from every
one we moot, no mitter how ignorant
the person may be.
Fortune is like a market, where very
many times if you wait a little prioes
aro ibet fal
It is not what you see that makes
you popular among your friends; it is
what you don't tell,
Never despise humblb serviecs; when
- large ships run aground, little boats
a may pull them off.
The mai. who Is always boasting of
speaking his mind usually has the least
mind to speak of.
An ounce of prevention is worth a
pound of cure. Take measures against
committing a rash act.
True humility, the basis of the Chris
tian system, is the deep and firm
3 foundation of all real virtue.
Modesty and humility are the sobriely
of the mind; temperance and chastity
, are t.he sobriety of the body.
Don't strain your eyes by reading or
working with insuffietent or flickering
light. It is very damaging.
If we really live under the hope of
future happiness, we shall taste it by
.way of anticipation and forethought.
s What is really momentous and all
important witn us is the present, by
Iwhich the future Is shaped and colored.
Money and -time have both their
value. He who makes a bad use of the
one will never make a good use of the
other.
Great wealth is a great blessing to a
man who knows what to do with it; and
as for honors, they are inestimiible to
the honorable.
There is anguish in the recollection
hat we have not adequately appreeia
ed the affection of those whom we have
lav'ed and lost.
The art of conversation :-To be
prompt without being stubborn, to re
fute without argument, aunti to clothe
matters in a motley garb.
To tell a lie and then defend it with
other lies, is like digging a cellar and
making it large enough to hold all iho
<iirt that Is displaced.
The beauty of our fair ones gives
point to our spears, and edge to our
swords; their words are our laWi; au(las~
soon will have a lamp shed lustre wheni
unkindled, as a knight distinguishes
himself b~y teats of arm, having no mis
tress of his affections.
As the Divine Being is a Being of
Sinexhaustible glory, Is it likely that He
wvould keep it to Himself, or Indeed
could He? For love wishes to comn
Smunioate its ownl to another -to give,
m ideed, as much of its own as It can,
.and what then must the Divine Love
do, which Is Infinite.
The soul of- man In accord with or I,u
spite of his philosophy "cries oat for
I God, ror the living God." It will not
rest short of this, essentially, In some
form whatever it professes to believe or
disbelieve, it has something still to take
the place of what it calls the great
unknown and unknowable..
Peace is better than joy. Joy Is a
very uneasy guest and Is always on tip-.
toe to depart.. It tirea and wear's us
out, and.yet keeps Us:ever fearing that
the next momem6' it will eb gnone.
Peace is not so. Iticom2es mo?e quietLy,
it stays more cointentedly,and it never
exas our aitrength, nor ,ives us
~onuxous, fQoieatingto
Q hris.~truth or ti e idg
auth; b~Q ~ 7r M