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VOLUME XII.
EBENSBUItG, PA., FRIDAY, JUNE 2S, 187S.
NUMDEK 23.
If we would but check the speaker
When he spoils his neiuhbor's fame.
If we would but help the errinsr
Ere we utter words of blame:
If we would, bow many miirht we
Turn from paths of sin and shame.
Ah the wronir that miirht be righted
If we would but see the way I
All tbe pains that mlifht be lightened
Every hour and every day.
If we would but hear the pleadings
Of the hearts that go astray.
Let us step outside the stronghold
Of our wlilstiness and pride ;
Let us lift our faintinjr brothers.
Let us strengthen ere we chide ;
Let u. ere we Name the fallen,
Hol'i a light to cheer and guide.
Ah how blessed ah. how blessed
Faith would be if we'd but try
Thin to aid and riirht the weaker.
Thus to check each brother's sign.
Thus to talk of duty's pathway.
To our better life on high.
In each life, however lowly,
There are geel9 of mlfrhty (rood;
gtiil we shrink from souls appalling
With a timid "if we could ;"
But a God, who judzes all thing.
Knows the t.-uth is. "If we would."
iS10Iir FOR YOUXG JIEX.
I shall not soon forget tbe family of Israel
Jhy, who lived neighbor to my father when
I was a boy. Mr. Day was working as a
Sorer, and as he had a large family de
iod2nt upon bis earnings for support, and
i metimes in our neighborhood it was poor,
j e strictest economy Lad to be practiced
t famish the necessaries of life.
I often wondered how it happened that
ich a man as Mr. Day should be so poor,
e bad no intemperate or extravagant bab
g and was a man of more than common
jiucatioti, and there was an air of intelli
t'uee and refinement about tbo entire fam
t tbat commanded the respect of their
t-igbbors. Mr. Day was industrious, but
tays 6eemed to be a man who had no
iTibition in life, and who expected aud de
li ed no more than a mere subsistence for
s family. 2o one in the neighborhood
inew anything of his history. The family
Ld come from another State a few years
irevious, and while polite and friendly they
frere very uncommunicative as to their for
mer life, aud there was something about
Lem tbat forbade inrjuisitiveness.
I was at this time sixteen years old and
a very intimate terms with Mr. Day's
Jimi'v. At the time of my story be was
elping my father on the fai m for a few
iJays and was boarding with us. One day
3 hen we came in from our afternoon work
Vefouud.'Squire Black was to take dinner
vitb us, and as he was reputed to be the
Vealtbiest man in the township, we felt
Ivjite honored. He was very genial man
find an excellent talker, and had an adroit
way of flatter! and making one feel easy
Ju bis corn j fii:y.
On tb's occasion he made himself very
agreeable ; he praised the neat appearance
"pi the farm and buildings ; complimented
'Toother on ber good cooking ; called me a
jf.ne, manly fellow ; gave some small change
to tbe children, and by the tim dinner was
ver bad gamed the good will of the entire
'Jruiily.
j After dinner Mr. Black asked to see tbe
frock and examine tbe arrangement of the
Sara and outbuildings, and as father took
pride iu having good, well fed stock and
jfne of the most conveniently arranged
Jams in the country, he was glad to show
3 .in around and was much pleased with the
ji.eaity commendation which Mr. Black be
stowed upon them.
)He finally made known tbe object of his
.M.iit; be had found a piece of very desira
.j Me property for sale low, so that there was
t.o question that within less than a year be
j'-ould clear several thousand dollars on it,
Uit he must pay all cash down, and he lack
ed two thousand dollars of having enough
tmoney to pay for it. He wished father to
xcome security for him for one year, as he
i'ld f. und a party who was willing to lend
i' ' k RiotK-y if his signature could be had
j :. e note.
l.e did not give father time to think or
scarcely to answer his qiestions, but took
oat bis pocket book and handed him a paper
opposing it to be the note which he had
drawn up, and signed by himself, all ready
f 'tfatber's signature. I verily believe that
if the paper had been what 'Squire Black
bought it to be, father could not have re
fused to sign it ; but it so happened that
Le bad made a mistake and left the note
"t borne and had substituted for it another
per.
, A shade of vexation passed over the
Quire's face when he discovered the niis
but he at once recovered his good
tartior and said, "Never mind ; I will call
iijn thi evening."
father looked troubled, and turning to
esaid, "I do uot like to indorse for any
f e. but 'Squire Black will be insulted if I
-uould refuse, and as he is so rich I suppose
'ii'ie can be no risk about it. It is ouly
J 'plying i'.h a legal form and I suppose
Mull be obliged to do ic ; but I wish he
not asked me to do so."
Ifore t could reply the barn door open
M and Mr. Day came out ; he was nale and
deeply agitated, and when he spoke'l should
'' t bave recognized his voice. Calling my
'V.ner by name he said : ' I believe that you
in danger, and if you will listen to me
" Ogive yon a chap er !iom my own his
,"'7 that I had never intended should be
; to any iu this neighborhood."
.father motioned for me to leave, think
3 tbat Mr. Day wished to speak to bim
"n 'Ie- notlced !t however, and said :
- ; let him slay, for one cannot learn too
Q bat my expei ience teaches. 1 would
m -tS tUat il SU0Uid be published to the
ona .f thereby gome could be saved from
er expe,jeuee j overheard, as you
"ow, what 'Squire Black eaid to you
'-''ten to my story and then decide as to
I wf 6n years as wnen I wa8 tarried,
r , ''Jt I1'" poor man that you now kuow
l. be' ?'y father gave as my share of
l'h Prpl' i ' two thousand dollar, which
oaa inclosed to three, and my wife re
..l1" her wedding portion one thous
! collars. We were both strong and wil
the i T?1' aDQ" ambitious to succeed in
in.n- ' and we bought a good farm,
j, nS in debt a few hundred dollars
( I ,,',!e,''ll years we were greatly prosper--,f
liad B001 beallb, and the seasons
d hV ' . lnat we Krt w heavy crops
a obtamed fair prices for them.
oarlV?""'1 year, we
had paid off
w foi. i " ""OIIJ l,VAAJ 1U UlUK, auu
fcouse if U W0U,d 1)9 Bafe ,0 build DeW
WuriM hou8b we expected to put more
"In t an,oant of money on band into it.
tha n. .,l!8. meantime there bad come into
"'KQborhood, on of the moat com pan -
cui ann i i rvrut : i
jonable men I ever met. He was familiar
ly known as Captain Cole. He had been a
lawyer, but bad been appointed by the Gen
eral Government to a lucrative office, which
he held for some years, rnd bad tbe tepu
tatiori of beiue very wealthy. He lived in
good style, and was a general favorite in
the community.
"When my house was finished I found
mysel in debt about $700. and as I had
given the coutract to a carpenter, he to fur
nish everything, he needed all bis money.
I went to the bank to borrow the amount
until I could find some one who would let
me have it for one or two years, and, not
being accustomed to borrow money it did
not occur to me that an indorser would
be necessary until the cashier of tbe bank
informed me that it was their invariable
custom to require security. Captain Cole,
who happened to be in at the time, over
heard the conversation and came forward,
with a pleasant 'Good morning,' saying :
-I shall be only too glad to indose for my
friend Day.' I felt both grateful and flat
tered, and, when, a few months later, I
happened to be in the bank, when he want
ed an indorser, I was too glad to return the
favor.
Vj Ve two years of prosperity and I
paid the debt on my bouse. I now deter
mined to build a rine barn, and as I had
always paid my debts easily and could not
well get along with my old barn until I had
saved the money to build one, 1 determined
to borrow one thousand dollars, and hap
pening to meet Captain Cole I asked him
if he knew where I could get that amount
for three years. He told me he did, and
offered to become my security. The money
was borrowed and my barn begnn.
"A few weeks later Captain Cole called
to see me. Like 'Squire Black to-day, he
seemed delighted with everything he saw.
His flattery put me in the best possible hu
mor, and when he asked me to indorse a
note of $3,000 for sixty days, and assured
me that be could meet it (or even twice as
much) promptly to the day, I consented
against my better judgment, and affixed my
signature to the note. That act ruined me.
Before the sixty days had expired I learn
ed that he was a bankrupt. My farm was
sold at a sacrifice, under the hammer, and
when I had paid the thonsand dollars which
I had borrowed to build tbe barn with, I
was left penuiless.
"With my history in your possession, do
you wonder tbat I was alarmed to day
when I saw you about to fall into the same
trap? 1 tell you I have a right to feel
deeply on this subject Would that I could
makejmy voice beard by every young man
iu the laud. I would say to him, shun as
you would a serpent this evil which has
brought ruin to so mauy families. I realize
fully what it means to put my name ou
another man's paper, and it is just this
that I assume all tbe risks of his business
without any voice in its management or
any possible chance of profit if he is suc
cessful ; but with a fearful certainty that
if from any cause he makes a failure, my
earnings must make it good, even though
f .
it reuuecs my iamiiy to peggary. runce
my own misfortune I have made this a
matter of study, and I find that a very
large per cent, of the business failures of
the country (and nearly all among farmers)
are due to this practice." The remainder
of my story is soon told. My father was
deeply impressed by Mr. Day's story, and
before night I was dispatched to 'Squire
Black's with a note from father stating
that after carefully considering the matter
he had decided not to sign the note. Iu
less than a year after this 'Squire Black
was declared a bankrupt, and in the final
settlement of his business it did not pay
ten cents on the dollar.
Father felt that he owed a debt of grati
tude to Mr. Day and he presented him wth
a good team and helped him to rent a farm.
This encouraged him and he woiked so
industriously and managed so prudently
that in a few years he was able to buy a
small farm and has since been able to sup
port his family comfortably.
Many years have passed since these events
transpiied and I am now past middle life,
but I have never ceased to be thankful for
the lesson taught me by Mr. Day, and in
fulfilling his wish I would repeat t be lesson
which the story teaches Never Indorse.
Neveu Marry a Man Who Drinks.
The writer who said that, said all in a few
words. It is a motto every gill might have
written upon the wall of the peaceful little
chamber where she dreams and often
makes up her mind to marry the '-dear,
good fellow," whose only fault is taking a
glass too much now and then, aud reform
bim after marriage.
It is all the more necessary that it should
be written there, because the men who
"drink" are by no means the worst men in
the world. We know that generous, warm
hearted men, men of intellect and men of
power, have found the temptation too hard
to withstand, and that many a man, other
wise contemptible and wicked, lias never
bad "a glass too much" in his life ; altho
it is also true tbat, under the influence of
liquor, men have done deeds, the very
thought of which would sickeu their
souls.
If only all men who dring were despica
ble in all other respects, there would be
little need of the warning ; but as it is let
every girl remember it, let every mother
whisper it. Whatever his charms or his
natural virtues may be, no woman can be
happy with a drunkard. Aud be who
would not give up drink for his sweet
heart's sake will never give it up to please
bis wife. .
If anything can cbeck a man " bl8.ca;
reer of dissipation, it will be the dread of
losing the girl be loves. Say, "ou shall
never have me unless you forsake the bot
tle," and you may conquer him. Failing
in that all your wifely tears would fail al
so. Don't marry bim. Better weep over
your dead hopes, and go single to your
grave, than suffer what a drunkard makes
bis wife Buffer. Never marry a man who
drinks.
A gentleman friend of ours suggests
we make a roentian of tbe fact that a wo
man will sit fourteen hours in a millinery
shop waiting for ber new Sunday bat, and
theu scold ail the way to church because
she has to wait fourteen minutes for her
old man to black his own boots, in order to
economize for her personal extravagance.
Now, we wouldn't mention that thing for
the world. It wouldn't be safe for ns to
give publicity to secrets known only to
married men, and which wonld probably
produce a serious corner ia the matrimo
nial market If the marriageable young
meu should ever fjnd it out.
Hird's-eye Yieiv,
Silks
Dress Goods
Mourning Goods
Cloahings
Flannels
Linens
Muslins
White Goods
Laces
Ribbons
Trimmings
Em b ro i de ries
rringes
Zephyrs and Worsteds
Xeckwcar
Gloves
Toilet Articles
Stationery
Flowers Feathers
a. Mississirn story.
A MAN FROZEN TO DEATH" WITH TFIE THER
MOMETER AT NINETY DEGREES.
The Meridan (Miss.) Me.-cury is respon
sible for the following :
Mr. James Knox, a young man of the
eas ern part of this country, has been
strangely affected for about a year. Hot
or cold, he was always affected as freezing
to death. His case has been examined by
several skilled physicians, and, we under
stand, has puzzled them all. lie was con
tinually using all the devices lo warm him
self that a man might who had been chill
ed by exposure to extreme cold, sitting
near rousing fires enveloped in blankets,
and the house closely shut up, and this
though the weather was at summer heat.
It is said that he would si; by the fire
and hold iiis head to it and almost roast ii
in the effort to get waim. It is a fact that
he put cloths on bis head to protect the
scalp fi om actual burning n bile doing thus,
and the clothes have been set ou fire by
the heat he subjected them to in endeavor
ing to warm his head. Some time ago he
made a visit to Livingston in the hope of
being benefited by the artes;aa water,
when Dr, Webb, of that town, saw bis
case. Lately he had determined to return
te Livingston aud try again the waters,
and again consult Dr. Webb, going to his
office for thai purpose. He seemed as one
stifferng from extreme cold, and asked Dr.
Webb if he had any fire in his office. He
told him he had not, and that it was too
hot to have fiie and be comfortable.
lie 6aid he could not stand it. and ran
out of the office into (he street for the ben
efit of the sunshine to warm himself. The
next day Dr. Webb had him in his office
again to make a more critical examination
of hij case, and had a rousing the. He
carefully tested with a thermometer the
degree of animal beat that he carried, and
found it near normal. With a'.l of this
trouble he lost little Mesh and kept a good
appetite for food, and preserved rather a
healthfui look. On Friday he started
home again in a wgon with Mr. Maadows
driving it. He had not gone far out of Liv
ingston before he wanted to reinin com
plaining tbat he was freezing to deafch, and
wanied to getsomewheie to warm. Mea
dows insisted on continuing the journey on
borne, and drove forward. Knox jumped
out of i he wagon and ran off into the woods.
Meadows pursued him, and compelled
liim to return and get into the wagon
again, and drove ou. He got as far ns
Mrs. Teteet's Green Giant's old place
with him. Mis. Peieet had observed Mea
dows drive slowly along the road, and
knowing that he had gone to fetch the
sick man home, went out to the gale to
make inquiry. When Meadows d'ive up
and stopped, to her inquiry he said he be
lieved Jim Knox was dying. He lay
stretched helpless on the bottom of the
wagon, and after it had stopped only gasp
ed a few times and died, apparently freez
ing to death, last Friday, with the ther
mometer at nearly ninety degrees.
Oce upon an evening dismal, I gave
her a paroxysmal kiss, and called her name
baptismal ; precious name I loved of yore.
Ah, she was a darling creature, pert of
speech and fair ia feature ; but egad, you
couldn't teach ber, for she had been there
before, and only murmured, "Bus me
more." Hew York Newt.
John We no maker's Gratul Depot,
5PRINCrr 1878.
THE second yesr of the General Dry Goods Business
at the Grand Depot is just opening. It is proper to
nay that what -was deemed an experiment, the first
year, experience proves to be a success, nd we now
propose to greatly improve on the first plans.
The principles of
X A uniform low price for everything throughout
the House.
2 One Price and no partiality.
3 Politeness and Patience to rich and poor.
4 Cash Returned if Tmyers return gf ods (even
though Dress Patterns) in reasonable time
and uninjured.
A very large stock of all kinds of newest Dry Goods
always on hand, arranged on one floor with plenty of
light to see them. A thousand people can easily be waited
on at one time. Whtre foo many goods n re selling every
day the people are sure of getting only fresh goods.
Earnestly desiring to serve the people well, and inviting
them to visit the Grand Depot whether they wish to buy.
or "only to see the fashions."
fIf not coming to the city to see the magnificent
new s'oc-k for Spring, send for samples, describ
ing class of goods wanted. We do a large business through
the mail.
Very respectfully,
JOHN WANAMAKER,
Grand Depot. Thirteenth end Market Sts.
PHILADELPHIA.
Remarkable Swimming.
One of the most remarkable escapades of
modem times is that of Ileuiy Johuston,of
Clay county, who made a swim over the
Missouii river from Kansas City to llailem.
It was t he reckless and daring event of the
age. The Missoui i river opposite that ciiy
is about half a mile in width and is quite
rapid, inasmuch as it whirls rapidly against
the rocky bluil's at this point after having
rolled resistlessly on from ti e mountains
t wo thousand miles above. It is one of the
worst curves iu the river and one of the
last places which could be selected to ferry
the river ou horseback.
It was about midnight when the stranger
rode down to the river bank near tbe
bridge, lie was full of whisky and qui'e
loud in his exclamations of disappointment
when he was informed that the ferry boat
was not running.
lie rode from the biidg to a point on
the river just above tbe first pier, and
plunged into the current of the Missouii
liver opposite Broadway. It was not dark,
for the moon was visible, aud tbe sIi.mus
of the reckless horseman as he urged on
bis horse, attracted tbe police and toe
night watchman. The current was so ra
pid that the horse and rider made lit lie
progress across the river until after the
crib of the swinging pan had been passed.
There was nothing to be seen except the
head of the horse and the head and shoul
ders of the reckless rider these could be
seen on the surface of the current as it
iloated by. The horse and rider disup
peared from this side long before any no
tice was received that either bud reached
the Cl.iy coun.y slioie. But "blood will
tell," and the mettle of Johnston's horse
saved itsdinnken master's life.
About 1 o'clock Hailem was aroused by
ciies foi help ou the river batik nearly op
posite the school house. A man and horse
were mired in the mad on the river .i!ik,
and help was wanted. The river bank at
that poiut is a slough of mud just now,
and the tired horse and its sobered rider
were helpless ami waiting for assistance.
Horses and ropes were brought, and, wMi
a united cfTit of the citizens of Harlem,
the reckless horseman aud his brave ani
mal were taken from the river. It is the
worst case of mental abberration on record.
Johnston is at home, under care of his
friends, but he will live in history as the
man who swam the Missouri river in mid
win ier on horseback.
The Largest Rock in tfie World.
Probably the largest and highest rock in
the known world is the South Dome of
Yosemite. Standing at the fork of the
upper valley, it real's itself, a solid rocky
loaf, 6,000 feet above the ground. A more
powerful hand than that of Titan has cut
away the Eastern half, leaving a sheer
precipice over a mile in height. No man
ever trod the top of this dome nntil last
year. Foimer visitors .gazed in wonder at
the spikes driven into the rocks by hardy
spiiitswho bad repeatedly endeavored to
scale it. The shreds of rope dangling iu
the wind told the story of their failure.
Last year, however, after thousands or
I dollars had been spent, several persons
' found their way to the top of the dome, and
last summer two sheep were discovered
1 browsing on the hitherto inaccessible peak.
Grub boe Call for dinner.
Thirteenth Street,
Ladies C Misses Suits
Sa cq if es Cloaks
Underwear
DTosiery
Upholstery Goods
Blankets and Quilts
Trunks and Valises
Rubber Goods
Horse Covers
Mens C Boy Clothing
Hats
Slioes
Jatanese Idea of Hell. One of the
curious articles exhibited at Tiffany's is a
scarf of gray Canton crane, which portrays
the infernal regions, according to the Ja
panese idea, the scarf is nine yards long
and half a yard wide. The first scene rep
resents Satan on earth seeking new victims.
The arch fiend appears as a sulphuric, yellowish-green
demon, with protruding bonis,
cloven feet, and a demoniacal expression,
luring kis victims into his net and plung
ing them into fiery depths. They appear
to fall into a nest of burning scorpions,
where they aie tantalized by a glimpse of
their friends enjoying themselves in a lake
of cool water. In the next scene, Satan
takes the form of an immense dragon, with
his humau victims crouching in terror at
his feet. They are mercilessly dragged
into court, and the Judge is represented as
condemning them to be tied to tacks and
to have red-hot lead poure.i down their
throats. They are then chased by hyenas
through a field of ojen knives aud other
s;iarp instruments, The victims are next
portrayed as being tortured by having their
limbs sawn off and by being thrown into a
revolving wheel of fire. Satan next ap
pears to be looking out for new victims on
a field of battle. Some of these victims are
made to hug red hot stove pipes, while Sa
tan himself, with a smile, is fanning them.
Others are swimming in seas of blcnid sur
rounded by laughing demons, t nhers st ill
aie seated in a caldron of red-hot sulphur,
having their tongues pulled out. Some are
represented as carrying heavy burdens of
conl and throwing it. into the fiie to burn
new victims. His Satanic Majesty is next
re prefer ted as feeding bis subjects with
rice, presumably to give them k length
with which to endure greater tortures.
.A. Y. Tribune.
Went to Sea in a Ti:b The following
story of a Pennsylvania boy has a moral to
i , and the tale whi h hangs thereby is,
indeed, calculated to raise the price of
wash-tubs. Isaac Johnson lives iu the vil
lage of Port Penn, and his career, accord
ing to the local gossips, has been full of
startling and wonderful events. When a
boy of ten be stolo a washtub, launched it
upon the Dt laware, got in it, floated down
the liver into the bay, and was picked up
by a barque which carried him to Vera
Criiz. Thence he made his way tolhe ci'y
of Mexico, where he was adopted by a rich
merchant, Dou Hidalgo Hermandez, given
a liberal education and finally a partner
ship. Having become a partizan of Maxi
milian, lie grew so odious to the people
that he was obliged to fly to Texas. At
the outset of our civil war he entered the
Confederate army, serving as aid to Albert
Sydney Johnson. After its cessation he
returned north, went into the manufacture
ofcboes in Philadelphia and flouiished for
a while, but was eventually ruined by the
dishonesty of his partners. Broken in
spirit and esrate. be went back to his v;l
lage home to dio a pauper. Recently he
received notice that property to the value
of $200,000, mostly government bonds, had
been left by Don Hidalgo, aud he is natu
rally rejoiced thereat.
"How many fet long was the sn-.ke ?''
asked a person of a traveler, who had just
related a story of his encounter wih a lxa
killed by him. "One hundred and ninety
two inches," was the reply ; "suakes have
oo feet.
Death by Hanging rainless.
All the evidence goes to show that death
by hanging is painless and there is posi
tively no fact or well-founded opinion to
the contrary. If this is the ens?, theu,
what is the explanation of it ? Simply this :
That in eveiy form of stiangulation the
blood-vessels of the neck are compressed,
as well as the air-passages. A large part
of the blood is returned from the head
by the external jugular veins, which are
very near the surface, and in which the
c ir.eiif.cnn be checked by slight pressure.
Most of the blood from the brain itself
comes bick thiongh the internal jugulars,
which lie neai, but a IU lie outside of, tbe
carotid arteries. The walls of veins are
lax and yielding, so as to ba easily com
piessed, while those of the arteries are firm
and ela-tic, and it requires considerable
force to approximate them. Pressure,
then, which is sufficient to close the jugu
lar veins only crowds the carotids a liltle
farther iuwaid, and the blood is still pour
ed through them into the brain, whence it
cannot escape. When this pumping pro
cess is going on at the rate of seventy
strokes a minute, it is easy to understand
how the engorgemeni of the vessels of the
brain, in a very brief time, reaches a de
gree which causes iuscifeibihty. To ex
plain why this couges ion causes uncon
sciousness would involve a technical dis
cussion, which would here be out of place.
Ii must, suffice to say that it does ; so that,
as the cerebral congestion iu a hanged per
son biings on insensibility within a min
ute, while tbe physical agony of sufibca
i ion does not bey in until later, it follows
thai the victim does not feel any of the
pangs of asphyxia. He first becomes iu
sensible, wiih accompanying pleasurable
feelings, from cerebal conges) ion, and
then is choked to death while unconscious.
HANGING FOR AMUSEMENT.
Two remarkable examples are on record
of persons who allowed themselves to be
hung for the entertainment of an audience.
An account of one of them is given iu tbo
Lanrtt of April IT, 1847. The man s real
name was John llarnshaw. but he pei form
ed throughout England under the high
sounding professional title of Monsienr
Goufie. He was an athlete, and among
other feats it was customary with him to ex
hibit the process of hanging. In this perfor
mance be relied for security ou Ihestrength
of the muscles of the neck and throat.
He had a rope with a fixed knot which
could uot slip, and passed both ends of the
loop up behind one ear. The whole act
was so adioiily managed that he pre vented
any piessure of the rope on the indp;pe
or ihe jugular veins and could even sus
tain a weight of one bundled and fifiy
pounds in addition to that of his own body.
On three separaie occasions llarnshaw
mismanaged the rope, ami became uncon
scious, being luckily rescued each time.
Dr. Cbowne, who writes the account, says
very truly: "It cannot be doubted that, as
far as sensation and consciousness are con
cerned, llarnshaw passed through the
whole ordeal of dying ; and, had he been
permitted to remain hanging until actually
dead, he would have passed out of exis;
ence without further consciousness."
Now, this man staled, not with particu
lar refeieuces to either accident, but as
common to all, that "lie could hardly recol
lect anything ibat happened to him in the
rope ;"' that "he lost his senses all at once ;
the instatii the rope got in the wrong place
he felt as if he could not get his bieaib
as if some great weight were at his feet ;
could not move only to draw himself up ;
felt as if he wan ed to loosen himself, but
never thought of his hands." And he ad
ded: "Vou cannot move your arms or
legs to save yourself; you cannot raise
your arms; you cannot think." Ho did
uot see sparks or light, but had iu his ears
a rattling sound.
unintentional suicide.
Drowning and hanging, then, are pain
less modes of dying, because the asphyxia
which causes death is complicated ly oth
er ciicunistances which render the dying
man so soon unconscious that the pangs of
sulrocalion are unfelt. And the insensi
bility which results from hanging is so in
sidious and painless in its approach, tbat
exjeriments on the subject are very dan
gerous for any one to make alone. Ii is
probable that, many jntrsons, who are pup
posed lo have committed suicide iu tuis
way, had really no intention of bringing
about iht-ir own death. Some have beeu
led, like the two gentlemen mentioned by
Morgagni, to tiy the experiment out cf
curiosity. Otheis may have done it out of
pique. It is not impossible, nor eil'aps
improbable, that high spirited boys or fti ls,
afiera degrading punish men t, should rush
off, as we read of their do ng, a-id hang
themselves. The child puts a cord around
his neck, and steps off from a chair, ex
pecting to be followed, found choking, and
released, by the anxious parents. If he is
not followed and h:s absence not noticed,
nothing can be easier for him than tos'ep
up on the chair again, loosen the rope, and
no one will ever know of hi folly. In the
first case he would obtain his childish re
venge for the wrong he hat received, and
in the second case he would lose nothing,
for he is his only accomplice. But the law
of nature are too stern. Ignorant oi his
danger, and intending only a prank of
childish folly, he steps from his chair into
eternity, Such a possibility should make
us charitable, and in cases of suicide by
hanging lead us to remember that, although
the case may be evidently one of suicide,
and the hanging plainly intentional, never
theless the death may have been undesiied
and unlooked for. Dr. II. S. Trary, in
Popular Science Monthly for July.
The Strangest Kind ok a Watch.
The Reading (Pa.) Eiyte says that V. Do
riot, a Frenchman fiom liii.-tol, Tenn
now in Reading, has a great curiosity in
the shape of a wooden watch made by
himself. It is of the ordinary size, but
oulv weiehs half an ounce. It i.open-fac 0
i.uj:..i..i.. . i ..r . i. i ..r -
" I , . ,l '""V V'"UD ",'",
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side is of mot l led nrown olive wood irom
Jerusalem, and all tbe works, except a few
of the moie important wheels, are of box
wool. The watch keeps excellent time.
It was made last, year by Ml l):i t, 'io
is ajewt'W, a:id who came it s a time
keeper. Kven the stem and the Jkw are
of w.mhL It is iir.Ud kX 1 " ii. A
Sjls!t-ohier. jv- el. Pi tm street, t.x.k the
w atch apait ituu luuod its Const i ncttoo
xrfect.
SvMMtK complaint: "Uow Lot it i
A Comjtanion for the Hatchet.
In bis youth our hero, Jorintbau Niles,
was a musician iu tbe revolutionaiy Bi-my.
In 177S, while tbe treason of Arnold was
beii'g consummated, and the Ameiiran
armv was encamped at Tappon, oo the
Hud Svn, Genet a! Lafayette had command
of the advance, consisting of six battalions
of picked infantiy, bis particular duty be
ing to guard tbe water front ; aud iu order
that any attempt on tbe jait of be enemy
at surprise might be guarded against La
fayette issued positive oiders that there
should be no noise of any kind by tbe troops
between the hours of tatoo aud ;eveiiie.
, Our Jonathan was one of Lafayette's
musicians, .and bis instrument, the fife.
He was a son of Connecticut, aud be bad a
maimed and disabled brother who was a
cunning artificer, and who, among other
quaint things, had made the fife on Tthich
Jonathan played. It was so constiucted
that it could be blown to the shrill and ear
piercing note that belong with the drum,
or it could be so softly and sweetly bi eat ti
ed iijon as to give forth notes like tbe gen
tle dulcimer.
One evening Jonathan wandered down
by the water's edge. and. seated upon a
rock, gazed off uioii the darkly flowing,
star-gemmed Hood. His thoughts were of
his home, and of the loved ones ; and anou
came memories of the old songs that bad
been wont to gladden the fires-ides. Un
consciously he drew his flute from bis bo
som, and placed it to his lips. In bis mind
at the motntmt, was a sweet song, adapted
from Mozait, which bad been bis mothei's
favorite. He knew not what he did. To
bim all things of the present were shutout
and he as again at borne, si'ting at his
mother's feet and the charm was not bro
ken until a rough blow upon tbe back re
called him to his senses.
"Man ! what aie you doing? The gen
eral may be awake. If he should bear
you ah !"'
It was a sentinel ; and even this guardian
of the night af ei wards conlessed that he
had 1 stened, entraiiced, to the lavishing
music for a long tin e before he bad thought
of bis duty to stop it.
On the following morning an order'y
came to the spot w hei e Joiiki hau had been
eating bis breakfast, and in formed him tbat
the peneial wanted to tee him at bead
quarters. Poor Jonathan turned pale and trembled,
ne knew that Lafayette was veiy stiict,
and that in those eril -us times even slight
infractions were punished severely. As be
arose to bis feet the seutiuel of the pievious
evening came rp and whiseied into bis
ear :
"If it should be about the music, Jona
than, don't you be alainxd. Not a poul,
sae yon and me, knows anything about it.
I cm swear to that I So do you just say
it wasn't you. Stick to it, and you'll come
out all right."
Jonathan looked at the man pityingly.
What! my mother's son tell a lie like
that ? It would be the heaviest l ad I evr
carried heavier than I ever mean to cany
il I have my senses !"'
He then went to the general's quarters
a tent pitched ou a couiin inding site ov
eihuking the whole line he bad to guard.
Lafayctt was pacing to and fro, sad aud
moody, as though his thoughts were un
happy. "Comrade, who are yon ? '
'Jonathan Niles, general."
'Last evening I heard music down by
the river's bank. Wereyou the musician?'
"It was I, general ! but I knew not what
T did. I mean not to disobey your otder.
1 sat and thought of borne, and of ray
mother, and "
Tbe general started at the sound of tbat
word and ihe shadow on bis face grew soft
ana etDeieal.
"Ofyonr Mother! And I thought of
mine. It was a theme of Moiart's, and
was my mother's favorite. If you will be
so kind, gobiing your instrument, and play
for me that stiaiu here, in my tent ; it will
do me gotid."
In tbe after years even to his dying
hour the man loved to tell that story.
Though he would never urge the truth
upon any man in consideration of so mean
a t It it g as the benefit that might result,
yet he could not put away t he thought tbat
the sweetest and most blessed memory of
all his solJier rxerience might have been
lost to him had he grasjed at the opportu
nity to tell a lie on tbe one occasion of all
bis life when a lie might, to Nome, have
seemed most 'oppoi tune aud profitable 1
A R ;m a i: k isle C'ki m E. The secretof a
rcmai kable minder was rerfnl y disclosed
in a medical lecture delivi rpd in London by
the em lient Dr. Bucknill. In discussiug
the legul relations of insaiii'y he remarked
that the most singular case in which be had
ever been concerned was that of Constance
Kent, who murdered her young brother
ai d escaped detection. After an interval
of several years a tiuly coneientions motive
led her lo confess, and Dr. Buckhiil ex
amined her for the purpose of ascertaining
whether it would be right to enter the
plea of "not guilty n the ground of in
sanity." He was compiled to advise
against it, and her counsel admitted that
'he experts could not do otherwise. Bj
her own wish h published a letter ia
woic'i the mateiial facts of the crime were
dcsciibc d, but as ihe mot ire was not dis
closed the case was still enveloped in
myMety ; for how could a ymnj giil. wbr
was not insane, have moiriried her Iwauti
ful boy brother in cold blood ? Dr. Buck
ni'.l, after keeping the secret for tiiany
years, now explains that a real and dread
ful motive dul exist. Tbe girl's tnotlrr
having !'Come partially demented, waa
left bv her husband to I've in the seclu
sion of ber own room, while the manage
nicnt of the household was taken over the
heads of gtown up daughtrrs by a bih
Bpitited governess, who, after tin- deevr.se
oflhefiist Ms. Kent, and a decent io'.-r-v
.1, became Constance Kei t' Rten-tnotbor.
In this po t on he was unwise enough u
. .- i
I make c.tsp.ingeii.g if nub about her pie-
Accessor, utile drcHiiiiiig, mr Udv. the
f ratjeaitd revengeful feeling she waa
stir. :ng up in tbo 1 mrt of ber young step-dauglite-
. 1. escape fiuno her bated pres
ence. Constance oi,pf imd awav front home,
but w as hi .. tin la back ; -and after thi sbe
o-i!v tli .i.ji,i .fthem.t efficient mannor
of wretkiog ber venktenee. She thought
of poisoniiiif hfr iep mother, but that on
iv hV ct io.. she felt wooKl le nott-al punish
tnM. ti,,i iJien it was that she deit. mi'; i
to nuttier th- j n udy'ii boy, ber only
ei 'M. A d-. -- . tfu! Ury this; "but who can
11 - pity the rteptiiB of Qoueboid
misery
whCh It UentCvk t
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