The Darlington herald. (Darlington, S.C.) 1890-1895, May 04, 1894, Image 4
A Verj Bare Whale.
Some days ago there wtu fonnd
stranded on the beaeh near Corson’s
Inlet, N. J., a largo 1 mammal, which
was at Urst supposed to be a porpoise,
but has since been found to be some
thing more rare. Dr. Greenman, of
the University of Pennsylvania, wont
down to look at the luckless monster,
and after examination pronounced it a
pygmy, or Japanese whale. He was
very much surprised tp see this ttieci-
men in the Atlantic, as these whales
are rare sven in their nata.'al habitat,
the sea of Japan. The whale was
nine feet long and weighed about 60U
pounds. This is the second specimen
found on the Jersey coast, the other
having been found at Spring Lake in
1875, and secured by the Smithsonian
Institution. —Picayune.
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THE WATER Lll-Y,
]n the slimy bed of sluggish mere
Its root bad bumble birth,
And the slender stum Hurt upward grew
Was coarse ol flbef, dull ot hue,
* With nought o( grace of wo.thi
The goldfish that floated near
Saw alone the vulgar stem.
The clumsy turtle paddled by,
The water snake with lidless eye—
U was only a weed to them.
But the butterfly and the honey beo,
The sun and eky and air,
They market Its heart ol virgin gold
lu the s-ttln leaves of spotless fold,
- And its odor rich and ran*.
So the fragrant soul in Us purity,
To sordid life tied down,
May bloom to heaven nnl no man know,
Seeing the coarse, vile stem below,
How Qol hath soon the crown,
—James Jeffrey Roche.
THE WINDMILL,
OWARD summer
one day, in the
years when Burke
swayed admiring
senates by hi* elo
quence and pas
sion, and Wilkes
thundered against
civic abuses, and
ret all London
aflame; in abort,
when George III. was King, ona Ed
ward Gray, scrivener, came down to
his native village to spend n fortnight
with his sweetheart, Lucy Deal
There were many pretty girls in the
country around, bat she was the
beauty of them all, and as gentle as
she was Rood. Her father had died
when she was r. mere child, and his
wife faded away some four years later,
leaving to little Lncy only the mem
ory of that tender love which had
cherishe l her earliest years. Ho it
happened that when Edward Gray, her
schoolfellow an 1 playmate, was turned
eighteen, and prepared to. seek his
fortune in the great city by the river,
ho and L'tiy plighted their troth
under the windmill on the hill, and it
was settled they should be married as
soon ns Edward was rich enough to
set up a home of his owu. He had
worked hard nu l prospered since then,
and had made the long journey to Pen-
rave this summer to press her to re
deem her word and marry him forth
with.
But Lucy hesitated. Tho times
were sir.tngely ont of joint; rumors of
war were heard on every side; there
were riots at Bristol-breadriots, what
not; the pru lent warned Iter to be
careful.
“Better wait a little, dear,” she
said, as they started for a walk tho
morning after his arrival.
“Wait? Why should we wait? Are
you not satisfied with me?’’
‘ O course I am. Still another year
will s j m pass if you are only patient.”
The lover could not see it in this
light.
“It is needless to delay any longer,”
said he, decisively. “Heaven favors
tho bold, and I miss you sorely when
far away.”
Lucy smiled, but undo no answer.
They had come to a rising ground,
and high above them rose the old mill
The great sails were motionless, and
the whole building—gaunt and grim —
looked like pome relic of the past set
iu a background of blue sky. Ho old
it was as to be almost decrepit; the
very beauts which supported it were
worm-eaten and crumbling, and the
wonder was that it had not tumbled
iTowu long ago. The girl’s eyes rested
on it with a wistful interest.
“Yo t remember the place?” sbe
raid. “We used to plsy here as chil
dren, and later—” She paused, with
a becoming blush, and her eyelashes
drooped under his gaze. *'I cannot
help fancying one f*te is somehow
concerned with that of the mill; in
deed, I thought so from tho b< -in
ning.”
E Iwaid laughed outright.
"Sny, goodness forbid 1” he cried,
gaily- “What can we possibly have
to do with such a wretched owl-roost?
Forty year a hence may bo— Why.
dearest, what is the matter?”
Bhe turned pale with fear, and he
felt her fingers tremble as they rested
on his arm. His eyes followed herr,
and there, confronting them, was an
elderly man, in a dark blue uniform,
with a sword at his side.
The stranger bent his brow sternly
on Edward.
“Who are yon, fellow, Mid wkat are
you doing here?” he said.
“Fellow yourself!” replied Edward,
his dark face flushing with anger.
“What insolent boor presumes to ad
dress me in such terms?”
The other drew back and clapped
hia baud on his sword. There was a
wild scream Irom Lucy, for Edward
rushed at him savagely, and struok at
him with all his nervous forou of youth
and strength and rage. The blow
caught the man on the chin, and
felled him senseless to the ground.
“O, Edward! Edward!”
“I have only dealt with him a* ha
deserved,” said Edward, somewhat
ruefully, and repenting of his ire;
-‘but 1 meant not to strike so herd,
either. ”
“It is not that, dear. Let ue awav
and hide.'”
“Why?”
“The press gang. ’
At those two ominons words Edward
shivered, and grew cold in the noon
day bent. For in a moment he saw
the imminence of his peri), and all it
foreboded—seizure, separation from
Lucy, exile, perhaps death.
His first consciousness, when ral
lied from the momentary stupor that
hail fallen upon him, was of her voice,
breathing encouragement and hope.
“Come,” she said, “we will make
for tho glade yonder, and consider
what is to be done next. There is no
coach to London till the end of the
week, and you must hide somewhere
iu the meantime. See I he begins to
revive; he moves; there is not a mo
ment to lose. Come!”
He caught at the words instantly,
though only murmured, and it was as
if a new spirit possessed him. He
took her by the hand, and, half-run
ning, they glided along till they
reached a group of trees abont a mile
away. There they stopped.
For a long while neither spoko. The
diowsy hush of the perfect summer
day brooded in this secluded spot, un
disturbed by movement of sound of
any kina. On the trees the sunlight
flickered, fled and returned again,
playing fantastic tricks among tT
leaves. Above stretched the seren
and cldtidlesa ftky.
'‘If I had only that one man te
reckon with,” said Edward, at last, “I
akould not care. But there mar ha
others as well, and if the worst befall
me, he has the law at his baok to ex
cuse and condone him. ”
“You’sro not in his power yet, nor
need you be it yon are prudent. I
heard that strange men were seen iu
th* neighborhood, but understood
they were some distance away. Let
me go baok to the village alone, dear,
and ascertain the truth."
Her face was Composed | he? expres
sion had recovered its natural charm
while she spoke to hint; All at. bnce
she wheeled found with a stifled cry,
jiantiag like a hunted hare. Thre men
were hurrying across tho open space
behind to cut off their retreat, and in
the foremost of these Edward recog
nized his enemy.
His eyes flashed. “We must run
for it, sweet I” he muttered between
his clenched teeth, and he clasped her
round the Waist.
They were out of the glade and into
the open without drawing breath. The
sun was level overhead, and its bright
ness almost blinded them as they
emerged in its full radiance. Never
pausing an instant to glance baok, they
sped away. The ground was rough
and Uneven i hard task, in sooth, were
it to run fast in such a place. And it
seemed to them as if they were fleeing
for their lives.
Fortunately, they had gained a few
yards in starting, for Lucy’s cry o(
alarm the men paused in donbt, and
before they oonld the two were well
ahead of them; Edward drawing her
along and encouraging her t j do her
best,
But the sailors’ hesitation did not
Isst long; they were used to such
work, and in a minnte more were in
hot pursuit Had Edward been alone,
hs would soon have distanced them,
there being but one of toe number
whose swiftness need havo caused him
any uneasiness as to the result This
man quickly shot out iu advance of
the other two—a loan, lithu figure—
and the thud of his footsteps sounded
perilously near.
Soon that one runner was scarce a
dozen strides off', and slowly, but
surely, gaining ou them still Ed
ward groaned.
Though almost breathless by this
time, Lucy heard him. “Have your
self and leave me, ” she said.
Edward laughed aloud at the sug
gestion —a laugh so fiyroo and despair
ing that, as the swift pursuer beard it
ringing in the air, he had a misgiving,
and slackened his p to let his com
rades overtake him. Crafty as well
as bold, ho saw the folly of leaving
them too far behind in au emergency.
But even this assisted Edward noth
ing, for Lucy suddenly succumbed.
He still held her rouud the waist, and
bore her ou some distance, but tho
strain was too groat; no man so laden
could rnu far.
She looked np pityingly into his
face. Elward stopped, and, careless
of all risks, spoke words of comfort to
her, but Lucy only sobbed and held
him tight.
The other man stopped also, and
was signalling to the laggers to make
haste. Seeing the quarry at bay, ho
could afford to take his time, and was
disinclined to incur any unnecessary
danger.
Edward raged inwardly to think
that he was powerless; and the precious
minutes were flying fast, never to be
recalled!
“If I could only see a way out of
this,” he said.
“Ah, if!” eehood Lucy.
A change came over his face.
“Listen, dear,” ho said. "I doubt
the power of those men to capture mo
if I were aloue ami uninjured; but I
havo you to protect, for they might
iusult you ou my account. We are
ueariug the hill agaiu; let ns try to
ascend it, ami take refuge iu the
windmill. Who knows what may
happen after?”
Meanwhile the other Wo had come
up with the comrade who had heade d
them, when, just as the trio were in
peep consultation, the fugitives
started the race anew. It was their
last effort.
A tierce shout escaped tho astonished
watchers as they dashed headlong
after the prey. The shout ceased
abruptly, for Lucy and her lover had
suddenly vanished.
“Down the valet” called the leader,
in explanation.
The words were hardly ont of his
lips when they reach the edge of a
hollow which none had noticed unil
now. There, right before them stood
Edward, poising in his hand a great
lump of dried earth. Rage and de
spair tore at the young man’s heart,
md gave strength to his arm and
steadiness to his aim as he hurled the
huge missile at his nearest foe. Down
went the varlet backwards, his com
rade’s head falling cracked under his
falling weight; and in a twinkling the
two strong men were rolling helpless
on the ground.
So sodden was it all, that the third
man stood like one benumbed. Then,
with a bitter langb, Edward disap
peared. With one impulse they ran
to the other side of the hollow, which
commanded a view of the hill, snd saw
the faithful lovers already half-way up
the side, at a distance which showed
the folly of continuing the pursuit.
They looked at one another.
“Best give it np, skipper,” said one
of them addressing the man in nni-
form. "Tisa smart youngster, and
has benten us cleverly. What then?
One can easily find stout hearts for
King George elsewhere, and I bear no
malice."
“Nor I,” said the second.
The skipper eyed each in turn with
a contempt which ho made no effort
to conceal. No creature is so touchy
abont his dignity s.s a petty officer.
“Mighty flue,” ho sneered, “but
you msy as well keep your sentiments
to yourself; they won’t suit his
majesty’s navy. Besides, the scamp
struck me iu the execution of my
duty.”
“Oh, as to that, if you’re going to
drag private quarrels into our busi
ness, why, ’tis neither hero nor there',
and if yon ask my opinion, skipper, I
say, after the bother we’ve had al
ready, it’s sheer waste of patience to
go on. Evidently the lad and tho lass
know the country well, and will lead
us a rare fool’s danoe before we have a
chance of parting them. Small blame
td either of them 1—iu their place I
would dd the lintel ’
And the speaker folded his arms,
and glared defiance.
The skipper felt like a captain whose
crew revolts, and hia aatonishment
quickly turned to anger, but he
bridled his wrath.
“How do you know what my design
is?” said he. “Do you take me for a
clown, bent on wasting my own valu
able time and yours into the bargain?
We have only to wait a little, and the
mad| or most likely the girl, will be
forced to go back to the village for
food j they can’t sit and starve on the
hill. Than£ your stars that you have
to dd *ith i mail whd understands his
business, for your worthless ttiis Urddid
never keep your skins whole for a sin
gle hour.” He looked round with a
sudden start as he ended. “Lie down,
both of you,” he laid peremptorily.
The geeture and command was so
significant that tha men dropped on
the green in mute obedience | then the
skipper advanced a little way, and, at
the risk bf being observed, scanned
the road closely. No, his eyes had
not deceived him.
At a bend in the path, he saw Lucy
mining quickly along towards the
tlaoe where he stood. He waited to
aake sure, and then turned round with
riumph written oa every line of his
’ace.
It was as he had guessed, Deaf for
ittee to the prayers of her lover, Lncy
tad insisted on ventnring back alone,
itrong in her love she feared nothing.
“They dare not harm me,” she said
troudly, and so broke away from him
rith a last embrace and a promise to
■eturn after sunset.
The skipper made a sign to his men,
tnd went forward to meet her. Tha
itbers reluctantly followed hint. To
lo them justice, they wets ashamed
if their work.
Absorbed in thought, Lncy took no
lotico of them till they actually mot,
md even then her look was quiet and
tomposed; no changing color betok-
tned fear. But when she saw tho
ierce eyes of the skipper fixed steadily
ipon her, then, indeed her courage
ilmost failed.
She looked at each of them in turn
snd then waited.
“Yon are the girl that was with that
nan a while ago?” the skipper began.
"Where is he now?”
JLmcy made no answer.
“Arc you his sister, or his sweet
heart—which? Best speak the truth,
tr it will bo worse for yon in the end.”
“Bravely said,” retorted Lucy scorn
fully. Then sbe paused. The thought
jrossed her mind that it would be
visor to conciliate than defy him, .."I
nve done no more than I have a right
;o do," she went ou. “After all that
las passed, you surely cannot expect
no to stoop to betrayal.”
This time no one answered; she
dipped quickly past the skipper, and
luickened her pace. But he soon
overtook her. “Come, my lass; it is
idle to jest with us; be not so foolish
is that.” Ho reflected a moment.
"Matos,” said he, “my life on it, but
our bird’s not far off. I have taken
* thought, and I mind me of that
windmill we passed yesterday. Let’s
have a look at it; the chance is worth
trying for”
Hho turned pale directly. This
change of countenance did not escape
him, “You must accompany us,
lass.”
He caught Lor by the arm. As she
felt the touoh of his hand aho drew
back. “Release me, and I will go
with you, ” she said quietly.
The party walked on in silence till
they reached tho clearing in front of
the mill door. Here tho skipper bade
them stop, and warned them to keep
near him. Ho then lifted tho latch
and went iu.
They looked eenrehingly round, bnt
discovered nothing. The place was
dim and close. Now the sunlight
reached the floor at intervals. Now
again it was veiled in gloom.
“Stay you there while I take a peep
at the floor above,” the skipper scid,
stepping toward the winding staircase
in the opposite earner. Hoeing, this,
Luoy lost all nerve, and, careless of
consequences, tried te prevent him
from going further.
“Away I” cried the skipper, and
pushed her roughly aside. At that
moment an active figure sprang on
him swiftly as a oat; a heavy blow sent
j him staggering hack, and there,. con
fronting them all, was the man they
sought.
The shook of surprise smote them
dumb; but before they could speak or
move, a low, rumbling sound swept
through the building, the walls bent
inward, swayed, tottered and sank.
With one simultaneous convulsion the
old mill fell crashing down in a clond of
dust that hid the daylight, and threw
a sudden darkness over the scene.
Then, in the darkness and stillness,
and the horror of it all, a woman’s
voice was softly audible:
“Dear Edward, only you and I are
left now 1”
Bhe nestled dose to him—closer
still, and burst ont crying.
• • * • * •
From tsx Parish RxaisrxT.
Marriage. The year 1795.
No. 41, page 12.
Edward dray, of this parish ol Penravs,
*nd Luoy Deal ot the same parish, were
married m this ohurch by ban as. this 2d day
ot August, In the year one thousand seven
hundred and ninety-five, by me,
Alfred Mavkrs Vicar
This marriage was sol-mnleed between us:
Edward Drat,
Loct Deal,
tn the presence of:
Grobuz Edwards,
Eliza Joses,
Yell County His Monument.
Yell County, Arkansas, bears the
name of a hero. It was named after
ArohiLald Yell, who was once a Fed
eral Judge in the Territory of Arkan
sas, says the Arkansas C ’.ette, and
was electen to Congress the year the
Territory wos admitted into the Union
ns a State. The year James H. Berry
was born Yeh was inaugurated Gover
nor ef Arkanixu. When Berry was
learning iu Alabama how to speak that
sweet Southern accented languv^e,
Yell was again elected to Cor,'.•ess.
After serving one year of this Urm in
Congress he resigned to tight lor his
country in its war with Mexico. He
led the First Arkansas Cavalry at the
battle of Buena Vista, and while en
gaged in a charge at the head of bis
column he was killed.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
The circulation of the blood is af
fected by music.
An ordinary ioddmotiva is said to
consist of 5416 pieces.
A new metal named powellite has
been discovered in Idaho.
The only quadruped that lays eggs
is the ornithorhyehns of Australia.
It would take abont 1200 globes as
-large as onr earth to make one equal
in size to Jupiter.
Pasteur’s patients for treatment
against hydrophobia sometimes num
ber os many as 129 a mouth.
Dr. T. C. Duncan, of Chicago, says
that smallpox epidemics are coincident
with great atir ospherio changes due to
sun spots.
It is estimated that by improper
methods in the Pennsylvania mines,
thirty to forty per cent, of the an
thracite coal was formerly lost.
Professor E. E. Barnard has pub
lished two striking photographs which
indicate that Brooke’s comet collided
with some other body on October 1st,
1893. '
Tho fastest time recorded was hy
the Empire State express on the New
York Central and Hudson River Rail
road, May 11th, 1893, one mile being
made in thirty-two seconds, equal to
112 miles an hour.
The phosphate marls of New Jersey
have been worked for fertilisers since
1768. In surveying marl beds a bor
ing apparatus made of half-inch gas
piping is used. It gives good results
to a depth of thirty feet.
It is said that a red parasol destroys
in a great measure the actinic power
of the snu and must therefore keep
the skin from freckles. Photogra
phers long ago availed themselves of
this peculiarity of light transmitted
through a red medium, and it seems
reasonable to suppose that a red shade
might protect the complexion.
Mr. Chandler, the astronomer, in
recent investigations into the period
of the star Algol, which is subject to
remarkable diminutions and eclipses,
says that there is no doubt that the
eclipses are produced by afar distant
and larger body than Algol. It is pos
sible that this is a now world so far
distant that light Irom it has not yet
reached this earth.
On Wednesday, January 17tb, at
Brocknell, England, the Rev. C. W.
Laugmore observed a beautiful lunar
rainbow. It appeared in the shape of
a circle of brilliant white surrounded
by a broad baud of brown, next came
another band of violet, followed by a
bright baud of green and a narrow one
of yellow. The whole series was en
circled hy a band of brown-orange.
If there was no dust haze mbove us
the sky would be black. That is, ws
would be looking into the blackness of
a limitless space. When in fine, clear
weather we have a deep, rich blue
above us it is caused by a haze. Tho
particles iu the haze of the heavens
correspond with those of the tube in
tho kouiscopc, and tho blue color is
caused by the light shining through a
depth of the haze.
Kansas Welt Bounties.
Owing to the losses every year of so
many sheep, pigs, calves and fowls
from depredations by wolves, coyotes,
wildcats and foxes, the Kansas Im
proved Stock Breeders at their annual
meeting in January, appointed a com
mittee to work for such legislation as
would authorize a higher bounty, at
least for wolf scalps—the amended law
of 1889 authorizing county commis
sioners to pay not to exceed $3 for
each scalp. To aid the committee, at
least to the extent of knowing definite
ly what has been done under the new
law, Secretary Coburn, of tho State
Board of Agriculture, has interviewed
each one of the county clerks in tbe
State os to the amount expended by
his county in each of the four years
mentioned toward the extermination
of the predatory prowlers.
From tho 105 counties ninety-six
reports were received; nine counties
failed or declined to report. Seventy-
three paid and twenty-three did not
pay bounties. In 1890 fifty-two coun
ties paid $11,910; in 1891 fifty-eight
counties paid $15,233 ; in 1892, fifty-
seven counties paid $14,931, and in
1893, sixty-five counties paid $17,591.
The total amount paid in the four
years by seventy-three counties is
$59,668.
Tho foregoing figures include the
bounties paid on • a few fox, wildcat
and rabbit scalps, but in the main rep
resent wolves or coyotes. In the vari
ous counties tho amounts por scalp
have been fifty cents for cubs and from
one to three dollars for grown wolves.
Secretary Coburn says that tho asses
sors last year reported 157,0P0 dogs
in the State, and he thinks if these
were what they ought to bo and used
to the best advantage there would be
less need to pay bounties and fewer
varmints on which to pay them.—
Farm, Field and Fireside.
Blowing Wells ol South Carolina.
South Carolina has a large number
of “cold'’ or “blowing” wells. They
are situated in the celebrated “Sand
Hills region,” and the majority of
them are of enormous depth. The
force of the current of air which con
tinually comes from them varies in in
tensity according to atmospheric con
ditions, being particularly strong for
several hours before and after heavy
thuuder-stornis.—St. Louis Republic.
Why not, indeed?
When the Royal Baking Powder makes
finer and more wholesome food at a less
cost, which every housekeeper familiar with
it will affirm, why not discard altogether the
old-fashioned methods of soda and sour
milk, or home-made mixture of cream of
tartar and soda, or the cheaper and inferior
baking powders, and use it exclusively?
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Hew Chinese Do Things.
The men wear skirts and tho women
trousers.
The men wear their hair long and
the women wear it short.
The men carry on dressmaking and
the women .carry burdens.
The Chinese begin dinner with des
sert and end with soup and fish.
The Chinese compass points to the
south instead of the north.
The Chinese launch their vessels
sideways and mount their horses from
the off side.
Books arc read backward, and what
we call footnotes nro inserted at tho
top of the page.
Tbe Chinoso surname comes first
instead of last.
The Chinese shake their own hnnds
instead of tho hands of those they
would greet,
Tho written language of China is
not written and the written language
is not spoken.
The Chinese dress in white at funer
als and in mourning at weddings, while
old women always serve as bndemaids.
—New York Advertiser.
The Paris Academy of Medicine has
decided that milk and cheese are
great brain restorers. .Pure casein
contains 753 parts iu a thousand of
organic phosphorus.
How He Spelled His Name.
The late Ottiwell Wood, one of the
leading characters of New England,
was ouce summoned as a witness in
court. When he was called and sworn,
the Judge, not catching his name,
asked him to spell it, whereupon Mr.
Wood began: %
“O, double t, i, double u, e, doable
1, double n, double o, d.”
The Judge was too thick-witted to
grasp the meaning of this string of
words and letters, and, throwing down
his pen iu despair, exclaimed: "Most
extraordinary name I ever heard; will
you write it for- me, Mr.—Mr.—Mr.
Witness."—St. Louis Republic.
Curious OM Law ii Maryland.
Maryland has a peculiar statute (»
relic of the ancient days when tha
planters ruled the State) providing
that in' tho choice of United States
Senators, one must ho selected Irom
the eastern shore of Chesapeake Bay
and tho other from tho counties west
of tho bay. In tho old days there wai
something of an equality of the popu
lation, but at present the eastern shore
counties havo only 186,099 people,
against 995,000 in tho western coun
ties, and the inequality is so glaring
that there is a movement to have tho
law repealed,—Hartford Times.
If the foUc wlng letters had been written
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