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A YEAR AGO TO-DAY.
A yrar ajro to-day, my love.
My heart uu lull ot care:
Tho gathered jrrn't cf Ions, long years
bctmwl ruore tiian I could bear.
The past was ail no fraught with pain,
Tbe present Uira with woe.
The futuru bxkcd so dark to me
One little year ago.
I thoupht to tread my lonely path
In silence all alonu;
No friend to ch-.-er with kindly word
No hand to clasp my own ;
No dream or hope of light or lenre
To bloaa my shadowed way.
Ah, well!. 'TIs said: "The darkest hour
li just before the day."
So, when my deepest bight had come.
And life was well-nigh pone. i
Heaven's own kind care vent you, my dear.
To herald In the dawn.
The tender touch of love's own hand
Kent every cloud away.
And ileavon swung dazzling down to me
A year a-o to-day.
And now those gentle eyes of blue
Look lovlni.-ly in mine;
Andfttrnug, bravo hand-, with kindly class
My trembling ones entwine;
And onward, now, with happy boart,
I walk lifo's joyous way.
And bloas the boon which come to me
A year ago to-day.
Manic D. llritts. In N. Y. Ledger.
BY A SINGLE CAST.
How a California Millionaire Be
came a Pauper.
lie Staked All on a single Throw of the
Dice ami Lost A Fortune Faally Made
and Kcckleaaly Sqnandoreil A
JIarinlCM), Worthless I)t-a;gar.
Shambling about the streets of San
Francisco may bo seen, daily, the
warrxMl and twisted figure of a man
with a singular history. His clothes
arc tattered and greasy, his face) la
wrinkled and distorted, and about his
shoulders his prea-sy, dirty, unkempt
hair falls in a &ha;jfy mass. His feet
are always encased in frajjments of
shoes and ho invariably carries in each
hand a piece of bread and cheese, at
which he nibbles as he shifts from one
saloon to another.
Mathew il ills is tho name of this
strange creature, and, though now f eed
inf from the meayer hand of charity, ho
was at one time, when California was
in the heig-ht of her prosperity, a man
who reckoned his weulth to run into a
million of dollars, with a splendid pros
pect of a yearly increase in his income.
Then Mathew Mills rodj about the
streets of San Francisco in a turnout
that cont thousands of dollars, and he
lived in a style that dazzled the juart
of a hundred other millionaires contem
poraneous with him. Sow travels 1
fromnaloon to saloon and from free lunch
to free lunch, asking alms of w hoever
comes in his way when he feels thirsty"
anl never ordering a drink without first
asking for the diiv-Tiox. that he may see
whether he is obliged to pay for it or
not, and when he is in a restful mood
he may always be found in the car.1
room of some chep.p saloon, throwing
the dice alone and niutterirg lr himself
excitedly as the S.ts turn up. He has
a mania for dice-throwinpr. anrl this pe
culiar craze has won for him the tith-of
llieo-box Mills.
Millshas noc)niolnnts n'-iv:..ln.r r.nd
it is only when his thin 1 loxl is warmed
by a few libations of clsir.the th .t he
will conrerso beyond the limit of a Jew
words with his companions, and thn
he has but one topic, and that is his
early days in California, and the midden
manner in which he lost his wealth
and came down to the exceedingly low
plane upon which he has ever since
traveled.
Mills was born in New Bedford.
Mass., in lZ-'iO. lie was a sailir in early
days, rind at the age of eighteen years
had made two trips around the world
with his father, Joshua Mills, who was
the captain of a merchantman sailing
from New Bedford. In 1S49 Mills
caught the gold craze, and came around
the Horn, working his passage, and
landvd in San Francisco with less than
twenty dollars in his pocket, and twenty
dollars in those days in San Francisco
went but a very short way toward lin
ing the stomach of a healthy man or
covering his'back. I5tit Mills was of a
speculative turn of mind, and ho went
to a hardware dealer who hc-d leen an
acquaintance of his father in New Bed
ford, and proposed that he let hitn take
a cargo of hob-nails, shovels, pick-axes,
washing-pans, etc.. Into tho mining
districts aad sell them on commission.
The hardware merchant fell in with tho
idea, and a few days later Mills started
out for the mines with a half dozen
pack mules loaded with articles that
would be of use to miners. The vent
ure was a success. The articles sold
rendily and the margin on them was
wide. In a few months Mills had
cleared enough money to enable him to
buy an interest in the establishment of
the man who had given him the start,
and they did business together for two
years, when Mills became restless, and,
selling out his interest to his partner,
he started for the mines with frt.OOO in
his pocket. Ho stopped at . Frazer's
camp, then one of the most prosperous
mining camps, and being of a convivial
nature, he lived a happy, careless exist
ence until his money was exhausted.
During Mills' stay in California he had
become possessed with a passion for
gambling, and whether with cards or
dice, the reckloeis manner in which he
played made him a conspicuous figure in
the wild communities that sprang up
among the Sierra Xevadas in those early
days. As a consequence of his reck
lessness he gambled with varying fort
une, until at last the game got the
best of him, and he found himself pen
niless. But he possessed a lively spirit, and
with pick and pun he set out for the
diggin's" on a prospecting tour. Good
fortune attended him, and one day,
while bending over a spring of water
in a remote canyon, he noticed some
glittering particles at the bottom. lie
scooped up some of the sand, washed it
out, and found that he had tumbled
.upon a rich placer deposit. lie staked
out Ids claim, worked a wek and went
back to the camp with & pouch filled
with gold dost. - ... . - ..,
Once more the cards and dice went
against luxn. : lie found himself money
less and he returned to his diggings in
the canyon to replenish his purse. The
astonishing amount of dust that Mills
ha.l brought back to the camp with hira
after an absence of but one week ex
cited considerable comment among his
nsMwiates, and when hw returned to his
claim he was followed by a couple of
men. hired spies of a mart who, repre
sented a syndicate of t English capi-"
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talists. and as a result he was of-Vred
for a three-quarter interest in
the claim. Mills immediately accepted
the offer, and the mine became known
as the Glittering Placer, at one time
the richest placer mine in the California
diggings.
With SO 00,000 to his credit, life in a
raining camp did not suit Mills, and h
returned to San Francisco and Titer .1
upon a career that had never boforo uud
never has since been equaled for ex
travagance. He indulged his passion for
gambling to its wildest extremes, and
his losses during the two years that he
was enjoying an incomo from the mine
are estimated at between $000,000,000
and 400.000,000.
Ono night, after a week of dissipa
tion. Mills was in Charles Maunce's sa
loon, on Market street, at the bar th ink
ing. About midnight the party, consist
ing of half a dozen wealthy mine own
ers, got to shaking dice for small stakes.
As they drank the stakes began to in
crease, until finally they were throwing
out the cubes against corners of 810,000.
Mills' luck was remarkably good, and
there was not a turn of the lici that he
didn't win.
In the party was a member of the
Glittering Placer Mining 'Company by
the name of Glaister, who had lost
heavily during the night. At last, as
the dice turned against him and Mills
ruked in ?-JO,000 of his money, he be
came desperate and said:
'Mills, let's play for a stake that's
worth something. You're in luck to
night and will probably win, but I'm
going to ferce a grin out of tho devil if
I can. You own a quarter interest in
the Glittering Tlacer mine. I own a
quarter interest in the same mine. I'll
stake my Interest against yours on two
throws of the dice. I'll either go out of
this place a richer man or a mighty
sight poorer one.
Mills was in a mood to le favorably
impressed by the proposition, and as
his luck was good h was confident of
doubling his interest in the mine. "It'9
a go," said he, "and we'll draw cuts to
see who has the first throw. The
throw fell to Mills, who caught up the
box and recklessly tirew tho five cubes
out on tho bar. They turned up four
sees and a tray. Mills smile!, and his
friends patted him on the shoulder.
As white as a sheet. Glaister picked
up the box and with a nervous jirk
turned the dice on the bar. An instant
they spun about, and Glaister hung over
the whirling cules breathlessly. At
last they settled down, and to the aston
ishment of the spe tators five aces were
up. Glaister fell to the floor like a
dead man when he saw the result,
while Mills wandered into a corner and
sat down in a daze.
A few days later the transfer of stock
was made and Mills entered upon a de
bauch that only ended when his money
was exhnistL"tt. All efforts of his friends
to put him on his fevt again failed; his
brain was touched, and for years ho has
been a harmless ami worthless beggar,
with a mania for throwing dice. St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
WALKING FISHES
Ueniient of the Ixep Who Imitate Man's
Maveneau.
('It may sewn absurd to speak of fishes
as walking. The flying-fish is well
known, but it Uight looks much like
swimming i.t the air. We naturally
think of fishes as living all the time in
water, as being incapable, in fact, of
living anywhere els. Bnt nature main
tains no hard and fast lines of distinc
tion between animal life which belongs
on the land and that which belongs to
the water. If we can believe the ac
counts of naturalists and there are
no grounds for doubting them thero
are fishes that traverse dry land and
others that walk on tho bottuin of the
sea.
It is reported th3t Dr. Francis Day,
of India, has collected several instances
of the migration of fishes by land from
one piece of water to another. Layard
oece met some perch-like fishes travel
ing along a hot and dusty gravel road
at midday. Humboldt saw a species of
dorus leaping over the dry ground, sup
ported by its ptvctoral fins; and he was
told of another specimen that had
climbed a hilhx-k twenty feet in height
A French naturalist published in tho
'Transactions of tho Linna?an Society
of Normandy," 1343, an account of his
observations on the ambulatory move
ments of the gurnard at the bottom of
the sea. lie observed these movements
in one of the artificial sea-ponds or fishing-traps,
surrounded by nets, on the
shore of Normandy.
lie saw a score of gurnards close their
fins against 'their sides like the wings
of a fly in repose, and, without any
movement of their tails, walk along
the bottom by means of six free rays,
three on each pectoral fin, which they
placed successively on the ground.
They moved rapidly forward and
backward, to tho right and left, grop
ing in all directions with these rays, as
if in search of small crabs. Their great
heads and bodies seemed to throw hard
ly any weight on the slender rays, or
feet, being suspended in water, and
having their weight further diminished
by their swimming bladders.
When the naturalist moved in the
water the fish swam away rapidly to
the extremity of the pond; ' when ho
stood still they resumed their walking
and came between his legs.
On dissection tho three anterior rays
on ouch pectoral fin are found to be
supported each with a strong muscular
apparatus to direct 1 its ' movements,
apart - from the muscles that are con
nected with the smaller rays of tho
pectoral fin. Youth's Companion. -
Moral Keform la Chins
The moral reformer of China Is tho
"Provincial Treasuror of Soochow." He
has issued a proclamation commanding
managers of theaters in Shanghai to de
silt from'the representation of immoral
lays. Restaurants and other places of
rut lie interest must discontinue . em
ploying female performers, "Initnoral
plays." the Provincial Treasurer says,
''excite the female mind, and sometimes
lead women to imitate tho wicked ac
tiens portrayed on tbe stage. Because
theaters "bavo been established so long
that it would be impossible to wean the
public mind from them so far as to per
mit of abclishlng tbem," all that can bo"
dene, is to purge them frcm their "sen
sational, degrading and licentious"
dramas.' .
Justice to a F-ecrleae Wouian.
Of all Thackeray's people, good and
' Ttad, there was not one who conld be
more surely trusted to make a half hour
Mem like fifteen ruinutt & than Kebecca
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MAEES. FKEK AND ALL ABE PLATES BESIDE."
PARi.NG APPLES.
An autnmn scnllct tjllds her sort wblte hair. J
And lightens o'er her vwn;e niild and sweet; I
Through Coaling vine-loaves falUr; onbjr there
And upreadir.; al the floor an. una her feet
Red early BTrls beup nn ancient bowl
Leaned deeply In bcr lap. ISright parings
glide
Between her frail i;ft fingers r. they roll
The fruit with durk Made at it-, pearly side.
Sweet, s-itt, its fre-h rare smell
Front orchard ihailo and ban.
And gTa-ses shore it feil
Whan its growth was dune!
Now her drooped face Ls aU a quiet dream.
Drinking the fraranca of h.r pleasant toil;
L'ropptug from other boughs these ai pies seem
f c'.Jon orchsr 1 in anotlier solL
Each quaint and homely name. Is In her heart,
JTaeir aavor, hu. and bow tb'y n-nxl t o grow
Ajid wliun they ripene.1, in whutorsiLard part,
Vbc sweet old apples cf tfio Long Ago.
Sweet ! weet ! IK-pcndea
No fairer fruit could show.
Ah, none so dear as these
Apploa of Long Ago!
Irene Putnam. In tiv.l ilocekeeping
FLOGGING IX KUSSIA.
Some of tho Joya of Life in That
Country.
How a Fesuant In Search of Wrk Was
stent Home A Mockery of Justice
A Few ttamplas of the
Whipping Manla.
Tho advisers of tho present Emperor,
says a lutf number cf the London Tel
egraph, have long idnee como to tho
conclusion that the emancipation of the
serfs was an unpardonaVlei blunder, and
some of the niost enterprising among
them have presented ingenious projects
of laws t j nullify its most radical
clauses. The late Count Tolstoi's plan
was at last accepted, creating peasant
tutors called Zcinsky Natnhulniks,
whoso duty it is to watch over the
peasants, control their acts, judge
them or whip them without any trial
or judgment, and generally to play the
part of policeman, judge, jury, disinter
ested friend and powerful protector. At
first it was hoped that the ranks of the
Zemsky Natshalniks might Ikj 4cru!tJi
exclusively from the nobility, but this
hope was doomed U disappointment
owing to tho circumstance that all the
nobles who were qualified for lucrative
posts already occupied them, and those
who were not did not as a rule possess
even the slight qualifications demanded
by the new law. viz., had not passed
through an establishment of intermedi
ate education. Tho choice, therefore,
fell upon retired army and navy ofic-r-,
and "shelved' tsch'movniks. the lirvt
batch of whom was let loose upon this
country in January. the second on
June 13. The will of thesa men his
thenceforth become the sole substitute
for the electoral rights of the peasants,
who formerly elected their own judgos
of the peace, and also, in many ca.srs.
for the statute and crm:ii''ii l.v.v of the
land. They were t- drill and teach the.
peasants according t. the method fal
lowed y Cp.r'yle's Fr. Francia v. 'th his
lH-loved Ouaohos. Knowing that i-duea-tion
and instruction as imparted in th?
schools is an abomination to the author
ities, they naturally acted oa tho salu
tary principle that what smarts teaches.
Their procwdure was simplicity itself.
"You stole KalolT hen'. You didn't'.'
I don't believe you. Anyhow, a sound
hilling can do you no harm. V.'e have to
chn.stis? a good child that it may not lv
come had as well as a bad one thr.t it
may not grow wors-. Give him thirty
five, hot!" Last spring it was stated in
the district of a very zealous Zcmskv
! Natshalnik, M. Mordvinofr, that there
j was scarcely a family that had not one
I or laore members flogged.
Thi f.illowino fn-t thn trntS r.t
which is acknowledged by the entire
Russian prvM may help to shot to
what lengths the whipping mania has
been carried: One day a peasant, who
had left his native village some weeks
previously in search of work, was sent
home by etape that is to say, he was
arr "ste4l uud put in prison till a band of
couicts, felons and murderers were got
together who were going the same way,
v. heu he was compelled to join them,
and ty march for two or three days till
they arrived ut the next cf ape prison, a
filthy, locthesome shed. Here a halt of
a week or ten days would bo made, and
the march resumed: and so on, until he
at last reached his native place. This
is the most economical mode of travel
ing in Bussia; technically, it is not a pun
ishment. As a matter of simple fact
it is a horrible ordoal to go through
always worse than imprisonment, and
occasionally more terrible than death
but like the bullet-wounds made out
side the chalk circle which a diminu
tive duelist once proposed to draw on
the ungainly body of his giant adver
sary, it docsnot count Any respectable
man, woman or child in Bussia is liable
to be sent home by etape. If you lose
your money on the road, and have not
the wherewithal to patronize a more
expeditious mode of locomotion, you are
sent home by etape. If the yearly pass
port of a man who is not residing in his
native place is not renewed by the
authorities in time, even though the
fault be none of his, he is arrested and
sent home by etape. If you are a
soldier in the army, and, - hav
ing served at a distance, - have
received your discharge and a good
character, you are frequently sent
home by etape. It was thus, therefore,
that the ill-starred rustic was restored
to his lares and penates as poor as a
church mouse, having been robbed of
the little ready money he possessed by
the scoundrels who were his companions
on the road. The Zemsky Natshalnik,
hearing of his arrival, ordered him what
Russians facetiously term a meal of
"birch grueL" There was alsolntcly
no motive, real or alleged, for thus add
ing to the hardship! endured by the
poor wretch during his marching and
imprisonment, unless, indeed, the
Scriptural saying were appealed to that
whosoever hath to him. shall be given.
He was advised by some sympathetic
soul to appeal to a higher court, which
is composed of .a number of Zemsky
Natshalniks under the presidency of the
Marshal of Nobility. The sentence,
however, was confirmed on the ground
that it seemed desirable to the court to
allow Zemsky Natshalniks the right of
pnrri siting peasant for acts that are not '
forbidden by the law, if the punishment
is calculated to do the porxuu some good.
"And thus," exclaims the Me ssenger of
"Fnrope, 'a miserable laborer tempora
rily out of work, can be arrested, sent
buck to his Tillage, where there is noth
' lag for him to do, and after having been
'subjected to all the hardsldps and pri. '
-rations inseparable from a journey by
etape, condemned o an additional pun
ishment And what a, punishment! '
Tmlj this can not' be termed a
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IS91.
safeguarding of the law, but rather a
palpable mockery of justice."
The Zemsky Natshalnik of Uloma
(Govemnment of Nijni-Novgorod) le
gan his ailtninistrative activity by for
bidding all peasants, irrespective of age
or sex. to apear in the streets or roads,
or to dance or Ring, after eight o'clock
p. m.; he likewbj strictly prohibited
them from visiting each other's dwell
ings for the purpose of carrying on con
versations an 1 discussions, under pain
of imprisonment and the lash. The
Liberal organs are now asking, in as
tonishment, whether it caa be true that
peasants are to be punished with im
prisonment and the lash merely for
calling upon each other and having a
quiet chat But even when a crime has
undoubtedly tieen committed and the
community is interested in the discov
ery of the. criminal, the Zemskv Nat
shalniks use the lash as inili-vruniuate-ly
as when all are notoriously innoeent
in a district of the Government of
Tsborn'.goff, for instance, a peasant
complained that his turkey cocks had a
disagreeable way of disappearing from
his farmyard and from tbe village gen
erally. He did not know exactly who
was committing these depredations on
his property, but he suspected a little
boy of eleven, who might possibly
be aided and abetted by rela
tior.s who were of an age
to know letter. The Zemsky Natshal
nik at once declared that it would sav
much time nrsd trouble if the child were
flogged till he made a clean breast of
it: so he told the peasants to assemble
and do their duty. These rude, half
civilized creatures, however, had more
scruples about carrying out the sen
tence than their betters felt in pro
nouncing it Hesitating to flog a mere
child and afraid to disoley the "Tsar's
ambassador," as the Zemsky Nathhal
niks liked to be called, they compro
mised the matter by flogging an elder
brother of the child. In comparison
with this sort of thing, flogging peas
ants in order to compel them to pay
taxes seems a natural, legal and wiso
procedure. As an instance of hov it is
done I may quote the following order
sent round to the peasants of the.
Ephreraovsky district of the Govern
ment of Toola, and published by the
"Pcterlnrrgskia Vedomosti" a few days
ago: "1 hereby order the starosts fpeas-ant-eldersi
to call the peasants together
to-morrow, and make known to them
that they have got to pay all taxes by
Satur.lay next. ami. when I verify the
list, all who bare not paid will be
flogged in presence of the assembly."
Here and there, no doubt traces of
the old spirit are still extant, as was
shown a few days ago in the Govern
ment of Smolensk, where the peasants
havinz refused to appear at some meet
ing, were summoned in a body to the
Volost Board, without leing enlight
ened as to the object f r which they
were wanted. Reluctantly they obeyed,
and when the whole seventeen of them
were safe in the room of the hut tho
watchman eloped the door, turned the
key and put it in his pocket "Now,
what might that mean?" asked
one of the mystified rustics. ' It means
a hot p-ju'i'c." for ev. Mother's sm of
ve tiiat's wliat it ':.. is." vrnsthe can
d'd r t'v: "fifteen piping hot for each
of ye, brothers." "It's not lawful to
lock the door." protested one. "Tho
sentf-ne.; should have lwen read over to
uv," ttrged another. "It's dea.l against
the law, brothers, nitl we won't lie
down." crid a third; and so they
argued, protested and stormed until
they were lireL "Better have it over,
brothers," shouted out a stout,
burly fellow with a thick skin and no
nerves to p;-ak of. The others list
ened in eilcnee, and at length agreed
that h? was right Then tr.se the im
portant qnestion of precedence. Who
was to handle the lash? No one was
desirous of the equivocal honor. At
la t the same wise man solved the ques
tion satisfaetrrily. "It's all one. boys;
tho first will get no more than the last,
so I -don't mind if I lie down" and,
suiting the action to the words ho
mado the necessary alterations in his
toilet lay down like a lamb, and
the dolorous operation was begun.
Mcanwhile a storm-cloud burst over
their heads and the rain poured down
in torrents. "The scene," wo are tohL
"was highly impressive. In the hut it
was pitch dark, and nothing could be
heard save the dull thud of the lash, the
subdued moan, the wincing and wrig
gling on the floor, and the vague, inar
ticulate murmurs of the peasant
around. Suddenly a brilliant flash of
lightning turns the night into day,
revealing the bare back with the red
marks made by the rods the brick
colored, wedge-shaped, shaggy beard of
the heaving mass on the ground, the
anxious crowd standing closely up
against the wall of the room, the
vigorous sweep of the lash, the gloomy
figure of the elder, and the ironical
glance of the secretary. I won't lie
down, exclaimed one of the peasants,
'for I am not the owner of a house, and
wasn't 6ent for. My father asked me
to come and see what's up." 'It's all
one, said the practical elder; 'down on
your marrow bones and take your
father's share. We've no time to wait
for him to turn up. And, seeing that
there was no help for it, he lay down
and received his father's portion. The
operation was sot over till daybreak,
when they adjourned to the nearest
tavern, drowned their sorrows in
vodka, and returned home drunk and
disorderly, threatening to wreak venge
ance on their persecutors.
WOES OF THE BRIDE.
First Made Jealons and Then Crashed by
an Kxplanatiosw
"Maria," said tho young an J hand
some Leiber to bis pretty bride, "how is
Millie Bluebas coming on?"
The lady in question was suspected
by his better half to be an old flame of
her husband's, says tho Philadelphia
Times. She had dined with them tho
evening before.
"I haven't seen her, Alfred, so I can't
say," with a touch of pique iu her tone.
The nert evening ami tho next MK
Lcibcr repeated his inquiry. This per
sistence finally roused his wife's jeal
ousy. , . 1
"'Alfred Leiber," she retorted, "I wish
to know why you are so anxious to hear
about Millie Bluebas. Here, we'ro only
1 a month married, and yet you Fur
ther uttoranco was stepped by a burst of
tears. ''
. "Why, my darling," said Alfred, hon
estly surprised, "I was only anxious for
-your dear sake. T noticed that she ato
twq pieces of yonr cake at our little din
ner, and,-' knowing the faat, I naturally
wanifrJTilinow tbe con seiuV nets."
postage per year In advance.
NUMRER S.
LOVE'S COMING.
Love came to me in life so lata
That Time bad closed the outer gate
So late It seemed the door was barred
llolts shot, aiid ail the bou-e rouijh scarrou
That owned my habitation gave no ihn
Of welcome to the go l lieoisn,
For Love with all bis iower dlvln
Had come so late.
It "ccmed that cone would ever come
In anwer to bis knock, though eome
Sweet thought stirred r.-sUens in my breast
Uneay waked from its long rest.
So strange were such fair vlsitirs that when
Love came and called, and called again,
II was at first in vain, for then
It seemed so laie.
No chamber bed my soul prepared
Againft his coming, nose, had darod
Foretoll liis ad cut, it did seem
More of a wcot, unstable dream
lief ore bis summons, clear and sweet, rang out
Waking the drowsy-lidded rout
Of fancies, patskm swut, his shout
Bcciucd all too late.
No rich foast had b cn gpr4ja3 for Mm:
AU the guost chamber lights burned dim.
For few had c mo tha. way to claim
A restinc; ; lsco e'en tic kit) Fame
Had fled Ion;', long tefore jovt enrae
And yet '.ho close gates opened w Ida
At ki-t approach; bolt shut usidc;
All the brigl.t kcv.il liprhts flamed, and loud
Ki'.ig out the welcome of the crowd.
My Hours best minstrolsy did we'.omo him
ItrigLt grew my dimmest, darkest dream.
For after all it did not K"ni
Love came too late,
-It K. Lyon, ia Indianapolis Journal.
USING A THERMOMETER.
Things Not Generally Known of
Tornperaturo-Testing Devices.
There are some peculiarities about
the ordinary thermometer that are not,
I think, as well understood as they
should be. Every one knows, of course,
that a thermometer is an instrument
designed to measure t4-mperuture by
the expansion of a quantity of mercury
contained in a bulb with a fine stem.
So, we bang up our thermometer in. a
convenient placn, look at the line thread
of mercury when the humorseiZcs us,
and say that the temperature at that
place is CO degrees. 70 degrees or SO do
grees, as the case may le.
The temperature of what?
All that the thermometer really re
cords is its own temperature: that is to
say, the temperature of the nn.-rcury in
its bulb. Now this mercury is inclosed
in glass, w hich is a very poor c4iiduetor
of heat.
If a cold thermometer is put in a pail
of hot water, although the mercury v, ill
begin to rise quite rapidly, its motion
will gradually become slower until at
last the column seems to I at rest at
(say) 05 degrees. -
But the Dn-n-iirj' is still rising imper
ceptibly, an l Liter will 1k seen to stand
at 9"i degrees, or, perhaps Oo decrees.
All this time the mercury is being
warmed by the heat flowing from the
hot water outside through theporly
conducting glass.
This flow of heat Ttocomes very slow,
indeed, as the mercury approaches the
temperature of the water, so that sev
eral minutes may elapse ief.re tho
column of mercury boeom.-s quite sta
tionary. When it does so. and not 1
fore. tlio "reading" of the thermometer
gives the true temperature of the water.
If the thermometer is surrounded by
air, the heating pr-cess is very much
slower, and the mercury does not come
to rest for a long time. An ordinary
house thermometer, when taken from a
cold to a warm place, or rV- frta, will
not attain the temperature of the air
surrounding it in its new position for
many Liintits. i
It will not do so at all except under
favoruble circumstances.
Suppose, for example, thitt the air is
quiet and the sun is shining brightly on
the thermometer. Of coursv. the in
strument will be heated above the tem
perature of the air, just as a stone or a
piece of iron would be. Most thermom
eters are provided with a shield which
shades the bulb from the sun's rays;
but the tuK, the case of the instrument
and the wall or poat against which it
hangs "r5 heated by tbe sun, and some
of their heat is conducted to the mer
cury through the glass.
In order, then, to ascertain the tem
perature of the air (out of doors), It is
firt of all. necessary to place the ther
mometer in the shade.
But this is not enough. Even in the
shade the instrument may be sur
rounded by substances warmer than
the air.
In one direction is a patch of ground
or a wall, on which the sun is shining
brightly, in other directions are the
bodies of men and animals. All these
heated objects radiate heat to the ther
mometer, and raise its temperature
al)ove that of the air.
Even the shaded ground may be hot
ter or eolder than tbe air, and in either
case it will exert a disturbing influence.
How can all these eauses of error be
avoided, aud the true temperature of
the air obtained?
They can not be entirely avoided, but
it is quite easy to diminish their effects
so greatly that they are of no practical
importance. It will be readily seen,
that if the nir were a very good con
ductor of heat, the eflVct of the sun or
other hot lnxly upon the thermometer
would be very slight, liecause the air
which Burrounds the thermometer
would carry off the heat so rapidly,
that the temperature of tho mercury
could nver rise far above that of the
air.
But air is a very poor conductor in
deed it can scarcely be called a con
ductor at all. Air cools hot bodits by
the process called convection. The air
in contact with the hot lody bocoines
heated, expands and, Wing lighter than
the surrounding air, rises and is re
placed by the latter. This is heated in
turn, and rises in the same way, and so
a current of air is formed, which con
tinually can-res heat from the hot body.
But this process is a very slow one,
and .the convection current is a very
gentle breeze indeed.
Hence a heated body cools very slow
ly in still air. If the air is not still,
however, but a brisk breeze is blowing,
the cooling is much more rapid, as the
wind changes the air about tho hot body
far more rapidly than a mere convec
tion current can do. Hence a thermom
eter exposed to a gale of w ind will sm
attain the temperature of the air very
nearly and will remain practically at
the air temperature, no matter what hot
lodies in the vicinity are striving to
make it blunder.
The heat radiated by these bodies to
the thermometer will Ikj carried off by
the wind as fast as it arrives. In the
ultsenceof a natural gale, it is only noces
ary to create au artificial one with a
hollows or a fan.
.AclvoitiiriLr IttitCH.
The larre aed re! aide Irco'atW o ef tl ct.
bbia linm cnntas It to the lavoranle
re b Ida ratl u f c(Tir Loe Iihii ta
inserted at tt k He wing lew rates:
1 liii b. S "of $ m
1 Inch, I month f to
I lcrh, D OT.Xhr ho
1 lcrh 1 J'l' ft oo
3 lnrr.es, Bionihs. ......... eo
tlnchee.1 year 'eo
S loohee e months a oo
I Inches. I year - 12 00
eoloma 6 months.... ........ 10.60
column. 6 taunts .... to oo
Weo'omn 1 year MOO
:0'umu, 6 months 40 OO
1 column, I year T O0
Huslneet Mens, Bret Insertion. lOi. par line;
subsequent Insertions, be. per I'D
Administrator'. .b1 fcjrrcutor Notlrea. tl
Auditor'. Not ire. X Ou
Sira and aiinllar Nolloee I aO
a-Kelution or rocellnca of any vrr'r-
tlun fr -r 'y atrt ctarn om-atlena 3ei(tDfl to-
rail kt'er.tiun tu ary ikatter (it limited ut ludl
Tidaal lntrreet tnun l ald 1 ir ai drrt lnjnt
hw k and Job t-rtntln of all klndi u-.tly and
eir.-t outir ezrraied at the luwttt t:ce. Aad
duo 1 J on lorrct it.
But it evidently does not uiattor
whether the air moves rapidly across
the thrrmometi r or the latter moves
rapidly through the air. and hence it
sufli'-esf attach the instrument to a
short cord and swing it rapidly around
in a circle.
This arrangement is called a "sling
therr.io'u; tor." some form of which is
generally rsisd for measuring air-temperatures
accurately.
A few simple experiments with a
cheap house-thermometer I say a
"cheap" one, bc4-ause it is just possible
that it may Ik; smashed at the beginning
of the experiments will show the sur
prising eflVct of rapid motion through
the air.
On a hot summer day tho thermom
eter, hanging on a sunny porch, may
stand at I'-dO degrees. Of course the air
has no such high temperature as this,
and if you take down the thermometer
nnd hang it up in the shade it will grad
ually eome to nearly the true temiera
ture of the air perhaps fcO degrees or
00 degrees. This descent of the mercury
will take a long time, but if in
stead of simply hanging the ther
mometer up you tie a string to it
and whirl it violently around your
bead it will reach its final temperature
in a very few minutes. Even if the
whirling is done in sunshine and with
great rapidity the direct effect of the
sun's rays will le very small and the
instrument will soon record (very near
ly) the temperature of the air ut that
j'fart, which may on a calm day be a lit
tle lighter than that of the air in the
shade.
Even a thermometer which hangs
constantly in a shaded place, far from
any very hot or very cold Ixnlies, does
not as a rule correctly indicate the tem
perature of the air at the time of obser
vation. For the temperature, of the air
is almost continually changing at
times very rnpidiy and the thermome
ter, as is evident from what has been
said, will not follow these changes at
all closely unless the wind is blowing
hard.
Within doors, too. nnd especially in
winter, the temperature of the air may
change rapidly, and the heat radiated
from human bodies, lamps and stoves
affects the thermometer.
In all cases, therefore, the "sling"
method must be used, if we wish to
know the true temperature of the nir.
But. it tj-.iiv 1h: asked, why confine our
attention to the temperature of the airf
The sun's rays, the radiation from
stoves, etc., affect a as well as the
thermometer.
If the thcrmonvter feels warm in the
sunshine, why not let it say so. us we
do ourselves?
Simply lM-au-e the e ffect of radiated
heat on the thermometer gives no reli
able indication of its effect on our
selves, nor are all tin rniouictTs, even,
affected alike.
Two perfectly correct thermometers
whi. h agree when "slung" together in
the shade, or when immersed in a pail
of water, may differ greatly when hung
up in the sunshine. For th" amount of
solar heat absorbed by the instruments
varies with their size and shape, the
quality and thickness of the glass and
the character of the case. To say that
the thermometer stands at 100 degrees
in the sun gives no valuable informa
tion to anybody who does riot know h11
about your thermometer and the place
where it hangs. The temperature of
the air is oil that the house thermom
eter c;.n be cxiM-cted t.) indicate, and it
will r.' t indicate this truly nnlese the
cliove-ir.'-r.tioned precautions are taken.
Laurence U. Fletcher, M. 1)., in N. Y.
Ledger.
RIDING A GIRAFFE.
The Strange Sight Witnraaed by ftporta
uiru In Africa.
On one tiecasion two sportsmen in
Africa witnessed a strange sight. They
were on horseback and had riddcu a
few miles up a small stream In search
cf game, and they had arrived at a
thick belt of forest, when they were
starthxl by the sound of breaking
branches and the unmistakable ru-Ling
of some heavy animal through the
thicket
Both men looked to their rifles, and
then drew rein to watch the issue. A
few seconds only had elapsed when two
full-gr.iwn giraffes were seen to break
from the thicket and strike out at full
gallop for the plain bcyomL
But the two hunters were quite un
prt'X'ared for the extraordinary sight
that met their gaxe as the wild creat
ures flew past them. A large leopard
had Wjunded on the back of one of
them, while still in the iorest, nnd was
now seated firmly on its shoulders,
tearing at tbe pxr animal's neck with
the savage ferocity of its kind.
The other giraffe, mad with terror.
soon left its companion far In-hiniL The
sportsman's dog now joined iu tho
chase, following close upon the heels of
the enfeelded anir ial, already tottering
to its fall. Ktjon they overtook it and
liegan barking nt his heels but the gi
raffe did not give in without one strug
gle. Lifting one of its hoofs, it dashed it
backward with unerring uim. striking
down the foremost dog and throwing it
several yards to the n-ar. But this ef
fort was the last Jerking its long neck
violently outward, the giraffe rolled
over on one side, and fell heavily to the
earth, severely crushing the leopard in
its falL Both animals were killed by
the two sportsmen. '
The leopard, though fierce, is rather
a cowardly animal, and it is not usual
for it to attack game so large as the gi
raffe, especially where antelopes
abound. Golden Dny6.
A Lawyer's Juc-er Not f ona.
A Chattanooga lawyer has peculiar
views of the duties of policemen. Ho
wrote to Cincinnati for information
aliout his missing son. Ho wants tho
policeman that finds hiia to obtain for
him a situation in some lawyer's ofllce,
the boy being a good stenographer. Tho
salary must not bo less than 10 a week.
Mow than that, the officer is u seo that
the boy pays his board and Whavr s him
self, and is then to report tho lai's pro
gress to his father.
Tarring mod Feathering.
The custom of tarring and feathering
did not. as is generally supposed. havo
its origin in America, but in one of "tho
tatt-ly homes of England." A gentle
man. TAfco had drunk not wisely but too
well, wasattirej ly bis friends in that
manner, when in an Insensible condi
tion: on waking in tbe morning and
surveying himself in tbe pier glass, be
imagined himself to Lave undergone a
t:irtaim.rpL..eii. "As I lite," he a rl
"a hiri."'