The Singer.
She rut* and fting* in tli* room below
A lender balled of lore aud woe.
Wedded to music ; tive and alow.
And who WoaM dream that her heart ia
K*J
While *h* atngelh no *ad a lay—
Beeaiug to ponr her aonl away ?
Why not? She doeth bar heart no wrong;
Life }oy-Udrn the whole day long
Wall can afford to aorrow In eotig !
So keep her Beaveu! nor let her knew
Other *ighing than than* that (low.
Rhythmic, through ballads of IOTW and
woe.
Beautiful Ma;.
Winter'e departing, angry end milieu ;
After hi* footsteps conies a bright band
Flowerets m numbers start from their elum
bera
May is awaking all over the land.
IVep in the hollow* anew drift* are lying,
lake early BOTTOM , melting away ;
Warm ram is falling, wild buds are calling—
Beeuuful *ptlug-time, beautiful May !
Oh. could 1 eee her come o'er the mountain.
Under her eyelid* hanging Ui day !
Uirda would at tig sweeear only to ffreet her.
Oirl of my heart'* love, aty beaunhU May !
Via VsM:
JUDY.
At dawn on a February morning, fifty
yearn since. the lookout oil board the
akiop-of-war Rosebud, engaged ia nv
pnxaaing the alave traffic on the African
coast, reivirksl a susjuoiotw sail about
eight miles to leeward. CUas© U'ing
made, tlie vessel vras quickly identided
by the delighted pursuers as the Arrow,
a noted slawr, whose capture had hitlver
to prvivtxl impoavible ; her eaptaiu and
mate, both Rngiiah, being men dis
tinguished alike for skill and harvlihom.!,
and ixtsst-asing a far more accurate
knowitxlge of the coast than was fur
niahtxl to those newly-arrival by the im
perftxjt charts of that time.
The chase hadixmuuencedaboat w^ven
o'clock in the morning, and by thro©
laud was rt-portevl, something less than
twenty miles distant ; chat* five miles
still to leeward, tmd apparently running
straight for th© n'anet headland.
As they apfxroached, the land roe©
high, and.* shelving towanls th© shore,
dispbyetl small hi am pa, marking itself
as that kind of coast which generally
terminates in rock*.
The sloop-of-srar worked tiwar\ls the
shore as far aa it was safe. The eaptain
of the Arrow erideutiv knew the coast,
and knew the little land-locked cove
for which he was now making.
Th© crew were all on deck. The first
line of breakers was passed, and their
courage rose aa they witnessed the ouol
bearing of the captain. One*- only he
betrayed emotion, turniag de-Uy pale,
but without changing a muscle. It was
when the sea caught the Arrow ou ber
starboard quarter, and she threatauad to
broach-to before the helmsniaa could
stop her. But Jones was a good hand.
He checked her at the critical moment,
and kept her head right well in the cen
ter. It was when this sea, which lifted
the vessel and surged along with her,
subsided, that the vessel, as she fell into
the hollow, just touched th© ground. It
wan but for a moment. The next nea
lifted them clean off the passage, the
helm was clapped hard a-*tarboard, th©
point was rounded, and the anchor let
go in what was, comparatively, a mill
pond. Satis were furled. She was safe
as in DoTer harbor.
" What about the 'ebony!'" asked
Rawley of his chief. "The aloop must
see our mast above the rocks, ami may
try the passage. In that case we're
trapped."
"bhell be lost to-night," replied the
other, coolly. "She could never claw
off iu this sea, and is too close in to es-
cape. If she drifts to leeward only a
mil© an hour, shell he hard and fast and
battered to chips by midnight. Send a
hand aloft, and let me know what the
fellow's doing."
Report was presently made that the
sloop was off the point, some seven or
eight miles, carrying & press of sail, yet
apparently dropping shoreward.
" Hahsaid the captain, rubbing his
hand.*. " She's not to have the picking
of the little Arrow this trip, anyhow !
Well, what about these nigger*. In
these climate* the wind chops round in
a second, and then we should have her
boats in the core before See could land
our ebony ! They will always keep the
passage open—for, if it blows, 'tis their
only chauce."
" Well, air, they'll hav o more lock than
often fails to such sharks, if they get in
here said the mate.
••Well, land the beggars, an.l away
with them to the rear of the hillock,
where the old hut stands. KttaekL. them
well, and laud half the bauds to watch
them. Look after the crew yourself."
"Shall I land them ail?" asked
Rawley.
"No, not aIL Leare Judy to re
plied the other, glancing towards a
corner of the deck where, throughout
the recent perilous maneuver, something
like a hnmau figure ha 1 lain crouched
under a tarpaulin.
The nnfortuuate slaves—a bandits 1
and seventeen in number—were quickly
lauded, and goaded along to their des
tined hiding place.
Jndy, who remained on board the
slaver, was now at the perfection of
negress womanhood—sixteen. She was
cheerful and intelligent; so quick, in
deed, of apprehension, that in the short
time she had been a captive, but dis
tinguished by the captain's favor from
her fellows in misfortune, she bad learned
much English, and begun to read.
Meanwhile, on board the Rosetrad
things looked leas and less satisfactory.
Despite all efibrin, she had neared the
land considerably. The wind rather in
creased than diminished, and Captain
Henderson, though externally calm and
confident as ew, began to feel serious
alarm. *
Again and again bad be strivoe to
make out the narrow entrance and been
compelled to claw off from the perilous
spot. It was in one of these anxious
searcbings that he discovered the Arrow's
masthead—motionless, and evidently in
security. Suddenly, there was elevated
on a small hillock an English union-jack.
WM this a tender of amisUnoe f Was it
intended to direct them to the difficult
entrance ? An anxious consultation fol
lowed.
At length the mainsail split and went
to ribbons, and there being no alterna
tive but to anchor, the necessary order
was given.
On sounding, they found but eighteen
fathoms of water —muddy bottom—
showing how ranch they had drifted in
shore, but also affording some hope, as
the anchors might now hold, thanks to
the mud mingled with the sand.
Allowing her to drift into twelve
fathoms, the Rosebud's captain let go
both bower anchors—one backed by the
stream, the other by the kedge—at the
same moment, and veered away a whole
cable upon that, so that now he had five
anchors down, each bearing a proper
strain.
"Does she drift?" asked Henderson
every moment, in his accustomed steady
voice, though an affirmative would have
been his ship's death-warrant.
" Not an inch, sir," was the invariable
reply.
Thus affairs remained for more than
an hour.
On shore, the captain and mate of the
slaver had been carefully watching their
imperiled pursuer.
The suspicion started on board the
latter had been correct. The flag had
been so placed that, had the sloop used
it as a guide, she must inevitably have
been dashed upon the outer ledge of
rocks.
As the day shut in, the two worthies
resolved to improve the snare. ' They
obtained a oouple of lanterns from the
brig, and hoisted them on the false bluff.
This done, they returned on board, where
the mate made a kind of official report
relati re to the slaves.
Day dawned. The gale had moder
ated. The Rosebud was safe. She had
V I I KIX K I HTZ, I'Mitor utnl 1 Vopriotor.
VOL. V 111.
held ou well, aiul though ah© liad dragged
I a little, Liiil still tan fathom* of water.
About muni, a slight lUv of wind com
ing off Uiit Uiul, IM iiuitautljr weighed,
' and got under canvas.
The slaver's IN-ople eyed this operation
' with intense delight, and the captain
and mate h.-ul a littlo carouse of con
gratulation. At l*t it occurml to the
wary skipper to see what the aloup was
j doiug, and a hand was ariit aloft.
The report was startling.
•• How to, air. Boats just entering
• th© core.
Raw lev looked at hi* chief.
" Condemned, air. Judy " wan all ha
i mid.
i "No tiuio to laud bar I"
" luijNwsible."
' Th© captain's taiuied visage flu-died,
1 and thou grow sheet white.
Ill* mat* pointed significantly in tli©
direction of tlx* coming boats.
•'Here, Rawley," aaid tli© other, pub
ting hut liatul ou his shoulder, and wdiia
isoiag in lu* oar, " Bequick. Yen un
derstand. IXJWU, ever)* mau or jron,
fore and aft," he continued, " aud scrub
out Uw hold a* quickly aa poosildo,"
The hand* disappeared, aud the unite,
who had jumped below also, returned, .
, leading J udv.
" ihsar a hand, my lad, or we're done
for!"
Those below heard one loud shriek, j
1 sounding above all the uoiaw they made, <
1 and skipped appalled. But tie 1 mate's j
voice was heard, talking cheerfully:
•' I'll give them work enough ! They'
| shan't get the Arrow out without a job !
They si tall weigh every anchor them
selves. And here goes another
; The as was heard to fall on tlie atop
I per. and the larboard anchor dtvpjHxl
I from the bows.
I At this moment the Rosebud's boats
; rounded the point, and dashed along
side.
Mr. Hall had come in person. Too j
i shrewd of olxaervatiou to be easily gulled,
J he had observed, on eutering, that had
they steered for the signal they must
have been lost. This confirmed him in
his opinion of the character of the v.tcwl
pursued, even had die not alrea.lv l** n
pretty well identified as the victorious
Arrow.
As the armed boats dashed np, the
captain and mate were s-en quietly
smoking ou deck, much at their ease.
"What vessel is this t" dumand<-d
Hall, as he jumped on deck.
" The Arrow, of Liverpool."
" Where from last f"
" Sierra Leone."
" Your cargo I"
" Kmptin. ss," was the saucy replT.
"Jump down there, men.'" said Hall,
disdaining farther colloquy, " and ex
amine the vessel thoroughly."
Half a dozen weu obeyed.
" How many men have yon on
board?" asked Hall, now ad-.lreMnng the
mate.
"Six."
" What are you doing here f"
"Getting out of the way of the wind."
"Then whither bound when we first
sighted you I"
" To Loango."
"Working ' Tom Cox's traverse," eh f"
said the other, ironically. "You were
standing to W. N. W. with a fan wind.
Is that the course for Loango ?"
"I was working my own reckoning,"
put in the captain, "and perhaps I
should have found my jmrt just as well
without your assistance."
" Show uie your papers."
"Here."
There was nothing in the papers in
consistent with what had been stab d.
The vessel was bound, apparently, for
gold-dust; and, as far as observation
went, there was nothing to justify her
detention. The midshipmen reported,
indeed, that the vessel, though empty,
was not guiltless of that peculiar aroma
that, to the nose of exjxTienco, denotes
the recent presence of negro-*. And a
shackle or two had been found; but, lx
£oud this, there was nothing on txwrd
> bear ent the suspicion tliat this
notorious craft was still engaged in the
inhuman traffic she had hitherto pursued.
"Stay. How Mime yon to ntiek up
that flag yesterday in th© wrong place ?"
resumed Mr. Hall, sternly.
"There, Mr. Rawley," ejaculated the
slaver's captain, addressing his mate,
with a sanctified look. "See what men
get for doing a good turn. There were
we, up half the night, straining our
blessed eyes out, with ropes aud every
thing ready, to render these people a-i
sistance, and this is the reward—to be
treated as slaves and pirates I"
" That doesn't answer my question,
J sir," said the officer. " Come, you must
see the captain; and, as we can t part
company with such kind and well-in- 1
tentioned folks, jnst weigh at once, and
out with you, alongside the sloop."
" Weigh for yourself," was the sullen
reply, " I shan't go nut of this till bet
ter weatlier. If you start my anchors, I
hold you responsible for auythiug that
may hspjieu to the vessel. Mind now,
sir. I tell you, before you begin, not a
man of mine shall render you the least
assistance. The instant you touch my
anchors I give up charge of the vessel,
and hold you responsible to its owners.
Note that down in the log, Mr. Rawley.
Mark the exact time. And now, sir "
(addressing Mr. Hall;, "begin assoon as
you please."
The officer hesitated—ho knew the
danger of the passage. The wind was
very light, the sea still running heavily
on shore, and it was far from certain he
coaid take the brig out in safety. In
this dilemma, he dispatched one of his
boats to the Rosebud, giving an account
of what he had seen, and requesting
further orders. In the meantime he got
into the other boat, and examined the
soundings of the cove.
On the return of the boot sent to the
sloop, the midshipman handed a card to
Mr. Hall, who at once pulled liack to the
slaver.
"You will get under weigh, sir, and
go out to the sloop. There are your
orders. Aliout it, with no more palaver."
" I shall do nothing of the kind," was
the answer. "I am in n safe hartior, j
and here I stay till my sails are repaired
and my rigging set up. If yon choose
to take charge of her, do so, but you got
no help from me."
" Very well. Then I relieve yon
from ail responsibility. Board her,
men. Some of you "get tlrnt topsail
aloft, just as it is. The rest weigh
anchors. Smartly now. Wind's drop
e mate here interfered.
"Why give yourself and us more
trouble than is necessary ? You know
very well we shall be back here in a
couple of hoars."
"Will you?" said Mr. Hall, doubt
fully.
"At all events, we'll take the chance.
So why not slip the cables and buoy the
ends I There'B nobody here to steal the
wood."
"All right. I'vo no objections to
that. Go slip and bnoy, my lads."
Giving this direction, while walking
forward, Mr. Hall remarked that the
larboard anchor, which lay in only three
fathoms' water, was upside down. He
therefore ordered his people to slip the
starboard cable; and, as he came aft
again, observed to the captain :
"As you've so little cable out on the
larboard anchor, we'll weigh that."
"Why so?" asked the other, un
easily.
" Because, if the wind fails us, as
seems likely, wo may have to anchor
outside. How, bear a hand aloft there." |
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
Meanwhile the mat* had run forward,
and was seen assisting busily to luiKplico
the lower cable.
" Belay that." cried Hall. " l?n
--splioe tlie other, the atarbtiard cable,
men !"
The mate made an attempt to com
plate the work, however, by attempting
to alip the end through the hawse hole.
But he was again frustrated, for some
of the Rosebud* men bad stiffened the
cable la-fore all, and brought to the
messenger.
By this time the Halls were loosed,
and the mu. assembled at the capstan,
began to heave around.
The result must, I think, have been
anticipated. Very few who Lav© ac
quainted themselves witli the but too
autlieiitic narratives of the l<arl>aritiea
practiced by slave captains at this
period, will doubt the truth of thin.
They need uot; for the circumstances,
named excepted, are )>arfscUy accurate.
When the anch<>r reached the bows it
brought up with it, USIKHI to the shank,
and gaggtal to stifle her cries, Uie corjaa
of pt*w Judy !
'rhis condemned the Arrow as a piixe.,
tSiieli, however, was the indignation of
th© Koa>-biid's m.-u that it rejuiri-vl the
energetic interferenee of Mr. Hall to
pruUn-t the captain from oumuiarv
vengeance. Unhappily L Rawk y, the
) ai-tive instrument in the murder, that
I miscreant, hoping to eaoapo ahog- th.-r,
j ltuqasl into the sloop's boat whieh lay
alongside, with only the boat ke©:<*r re
■wnairiiug in it. Striking the latter ou
the bead with some heavy instrument,
and sending him into the water, tlie
mate juuqied overboarxl and uuale for
the shore.
" Come lwek, you murdering acouu
drel." shouted Hall, whose quick eye
had caught the whole proceeding, rapid
as it was. " Back, or we fin-!"
He had seareely uttered the last word,
when a shot frvim tlie bows, fired bv a
sailor who liad mistaken the menace *ioi
an order, atopjied the fugitive. Turn
ing round he nee, OH by some convulsive
movement, half aUivc the surface, tlx-a,
with a wild toes of the arms, went to the
bottom.
i The stunned seaman having been
tiuiekly pickevl UP and pawsxi on Ixxml,
the boat proceeded in search of tlie
mate's body, which, owing to a strong
eddy, liad beeu carried some little dls
Une© from the afxit at which he sank,
it was at length descried tliroiigh the
clear water, and, by ne-an* of the boat's
miehor. with little ceremony hauled on
bo ml, of course lifeleas.
Tlie brig was condemned, and the
valn.i of the prise was much augmented
by the circumstance of her crew Ix-tray
i iug th© hiding place of the alave cargo.
These were spet-ilily reahip|x-d in the
very vessel iu which they had been so
roughly stowed, and in "due course re
gained their home.
An incident of the War.
I Gen. Sk-rman, in his (icrsonal narra
tive, refers to tlie fact that immediately
after the first battle of Bull Run in
subordination crept out among tlie
troops of his command to ouch an ex
tent that he ordered Ayer's l<atU rr to
: a-.kliinb'W, reiulj for a- tnm again-1 tfn>m.
During this " insubordinatiou," an
amusing incident occurred. The trooiM
esjieinaliy referred to were OoL M--
q'iud"Si ltth New York infantry, lm
preascd with the idea that their term
of service was *ut, tliey expreased a de
termination to go home. Fearful of
difficultv, Sheruian ordered a section
of Aran battery to Uke position at the
right of Fort Coroonui, on an elevated
sjiot, the 1-tth Iwing enctuiqied on a
-unall plain below. Tlie guns of the
lwttery l>w dim-tly njxm the camp, aud
a few shell* exploded in the Fourteenth
would have blown the regiment to pieces.
The IKON of the 14th took tlie matter
iu good liumor, and seeing the smoke
*tack of a mill torn down near at liand,
they mounted it on a pair of wagon
wheals and organn-xl a battery of their
owp.
Running tti© improrisoil gnu to the
very limit of tin- camp ground to which
• the men were ronfineil, thev would halt,
go through tlie manual of loading by
detail, mid, at tlie command " fire,
every man in the regiment would give
rout go a prolonged " bxvo-m."
This maneuver waa kj>t up, a new
gun squad relieving an old one when
tired, until the thing became such a
farce that Sliermau, very much annoy
ed, ordered the lieutenant and his sec
tion back to }>ark.
The lieutenant in charge of the guns,
afterwards a distinguished general, was
so annoyeil by tin- ltth lioys that it
i was with difficulty he could ooutrol his
temper. Some officer suggesteil that he
fire a blank cartridge over the corps.
"No." lie thundered, "if I iq>en fire
on the fellows it will lie with shell, nnd
I'll fir© low, too." There was no occa
sion for firing, as tlie insubordination
was soon settled.
Who'll Cover That ?
In one of the colored churches of
Charleston the preacher adopted a novel
way of raising the funeral exjienaes of n
criminal sentenced to lie hanged. Htand
ing amid his books aud pnlpit drapi-ry,
with a hvmn-book in one hand uml • I
five-dollar bill in the other, he invikxl
contributors to the fund. Laying down
his five-dollar bill oil the pulpit, he said: ;
"Who'll oove.r tliatr'' ill© amount was
soon revered by one of tlie CrawaaoH of
the flock. Down went a two-dollar bill
followed by the exclamation: "Who'll
cover that?" The amount was covered,
and so on he went until ho reached fifty
cents. On laying down this piece of
fractional currency, he said: I now
come to the old ladies; surely one of
them will cover that amount.' One of
the elder sisters tottered up to the pal- j
pit, and with an evident air of satisfac
tion covered tlie fifty oenta with cur
rency of the name denomination. " Now
for the Sunday-school children." said
the preacher, as he laid down a ten-cent
bill. " How many of the lam lis will
cover that i" and tlie original ten-cent
bill was buried in a heap of similar bits
of the nation's promises to pay. Ry
this novel method a goodly amonnt was
realized.
Changed His Mind.
The late Professor D. was, prior to his
appointment to his chair, rector of an
academy in Forfarshire. He was particu
larly reserved in his intercourse with the
fair sex, but in prospect of obtaining a
professorship, lie ventured to make pro
jKisals to a lady. They were walking to
gether, and the important question was
put without preliminary sentiments or
notes of warning. Of course the lady
replied a gentlo " No." The subject
was immediately dropped, but the par
ties soon met again.
"Do you remember," at length said
the lady, " a question yon pnt to me
when we last met ?"
The professor said be did remember.
" And do you remember my answer,
Mr. D ?"
" Oh yes," said the professor.
"Well, Mr. D.," proceeded the lady,
" I have been led, on consideration, to
change my rjiind."
" And so have I," dryly responded the
professor. He maintained his bachelor
hood to the close.
Beet root sugar can lie made in Cali
fornia at seven cents a pound, including ,
every expense.
CENTRE 11ALL, CENTRE CO., I'A., THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1875.
Tin* Influence of School Life on Uie Vr
tout
lirlom the American Hin'iid Science
Convention, Dr. luucola, of Boston,
stated that the entire uatiou was lw
liovxl to IK- suffering from certain * ide
spread sources of uervuua degon<**cy.
If a chtlil uiheritcd a susceptible const!-
tutiuu from excitable parents ; if from
its food ui infancy iron, lime, and the
phosphates were mainly excluded ; if its
diet ui maturer years WM very rich ami
very unwholesome ; if it lived iu a cli
mate exceedingly trying -at its beat kill
ing the aged by executive oohl, ami tho
young by excessive boat—if to these
surrounding* were added an atuiusphere
of constant emulation, impelling every
imui, woman ami chihl to jier*oujd ambi
' tiun to get on in life ami Is-at the others,
then the result of theme oouditioua would
be to make it deviate from the at only
AugloHai.m type of the pioneers aho
founded tlua country. It was the Iwlief
of the writer that beanie* the facts noted
there was an appreciable ami increasing
amount of nervous damage doue to clul
dreu by their school life, though he
ixiuld not pretend to give tlie statistics.
That wan being done tit New York, I'hil
adelplua and St. Lout*, but he aimed
■amply at allowing the phyaiolognvd
lawn which governed the subject. He
desired to QMOMintl that at present
nervous harm (vaulted from school life,
whereas it was possible to derive nervous
banelU from the same t htnga. llere the
doctor, iu illustration of theae principles,
cited the principles and observations of
some seventy physicians. Afterward he
developed tlie thx>ry of nervous action,
ami then cited tlie diseases which have
liven grouped tinder the term " ueui
a-thms" —debility, depression, dy*|-)t
sia, sleeplessness, irritabilitv, hnalaehe,
mom bleed, chorea or SI. Vitus' dance,
neuralgia, hysteria, irritable spine, or
spinal anamiia, ami menstrual anomalies.
'1 he question before them, then, was to
divert children fruiu those evils, and by
a sounder system benefit tlieir nerves.
This, lie thought, would be hcl{Hxl ui
the first place by making every school
provide for a reasonable amount of
physical exercise. He tlien went to Uie
oouaideraLiou of tlie question whether
brain-work was unhealthy, which he an
swered 1U tho negative, oil the ground
that just as uinxcular lal>r iiirr<wwl the
power and volume of the muscles, so
brain labor iucrcMatxl not only tlie brain
power, but the ticrrutn forc-s on which
muscular motion was absolutely de|■end
apt. If the mental machine was Dot
overdriven, nature would develop the
muscles at the same time ; thai by teach
ing tlie brum was developed to a certain
extent, but nut altogether, for a strong
brain needed a strung pulse, and to liave
that the m art must la* streligthiuied.
This could only be done bv muscular ex
i rtxou, which drove blood in upon the
heart, expanding, dilating and distend
ing it. While, however, a small amount
of phraioal exertion would l* sufficient
fur this, it aas certain the ideas general
ly entertained as to that amount was er
roneous. The profws>r went on to My
that lia|>pim-M was tin* I test materia
tnrdira, and considered the causes of
nnhappiness in children, laying down as
a law that the true secret of liappines*
was in alternate lalxir and rest. Consid
eration of the Iml effects of tea ami
■ coffee, and at overheating school rooms,
closed the diacourxe, which was heard
with great at be. lion.
I toiled tireen Corn.
An amusing story is told of tlie late
George IVabodr, the oelebrmUxi Aim ri
iwii Imuker. It spj■ears that Mr. l'-
liody had invited Utrtx> English gentle
men to meet two American gentlemen at
dinner, at his house iu Loudon, and
hariug received as a gift U-u ears of
freeu corn, determined to astouudi Ins
Ingliah ami please his American guests,
by having it served up in the well-known
American at vie.
Accordingly, at a projior time, plates
of butter ami salt wore placed before
each guest, and tho banker, with some
think of tui air of mystery, announced
that he Mas now about to treat his
guests to a well-known and delicious
American dish of food, cooked iu the
American manner. It would be no nov
elty to his American guests, but the
F.uglisluu.au must watch how it was clis
|sated of by them, and follow their ex
ample and mauner of disponing of it.
Then, at a signal, enters a stately butler
Itearing a large covered dish which he
deposited solemnly before Mr. Peslxxly;
in a moment morn, in obedience to tlio
banker's nod, he whisked off tlie cover,
and there before Uie astonisluxl guests
was displajed a pile of ten lioiled corn
oolis !
• The banker gnxed for an instant in
mul horror and dismay, and then found
voice to demand an explanation, which
was tlnnlly reached when the cook was
summoned—■* fellow who had never lie
fore seen an ear of Indian com iu his
life—who replied that he had followed
his master's directions to " strip off all
the ontside before lioiling," which he
liad done most faithfully, not only the
tmsks, as was intended, but kernels also,
no that the banker had only what is in
America the mute evidence of the feast
to indicate what were his good iu tent ions
to liU guests.
Shocking .Mode of Burial.
A correnpondent wrib-s from Naples:
Tlie Oempo Hanto Honchio, the grvit
cliarnel house of Naples, contains three
hundred and sixty-five pits under a wide
paved square. Every evening the stone
which covers one of those pits is re
moval and the common (load of the
city for the day are thrown iubi it, with
out even a winding sheet to cover them.
The old man, the young child, the rough
lazzaroni and the tender maiden are
I dropped together in one indiscriminate
' moss, quick lime in thrown in to con
sume the liodies ami tho pit is scaled for
another year, to lie opened at its cloae.
We waited not to see the revolting
scene, although the city carta were ar
riving with the dead; but drove to the
Gampo Santo Nnove, the cemetery for
tlie aristocratic dead, and here f was
surprised to find a burial ground laid
out with such refined tuete, shaded with
the cypress and other trees and adorned
with tombs of the most e<>sUy descrip
tion; many of them were in tlie form of
cha|M>ls, Imilt of fine Italian marble
elaborately finished. After what I hoard
of the burial of the dead at Naples and
after what I had seen at the Camjio
Beechio, it was a relief to enter one
that indicated so much refinement of
feeling.
Having the Hay.
A Boston jrnper tells a story of Mr.
Williiuns, the ancient pastor of Dudley,
Mans., who was a practical Oliristian.
One sultry aumiucr Sunday, says tho
legend, the sound of distant thuuder
heralded the approach of a shower.
.Suddenly the preacher stopped, and
{icering from sine hi Hide through the
church windows, as if observing the
tokens of a change in tho weather, he
quietly said: '' Brethren, I observe that
our Brother Crosby ia not prepared for
the rain. I think it onr duty to help our
Brother Crosby to get in his hay before
the shower." With that ho descended
from the pulpit, and with several of his
hearers, proceeded to Mr. Crosby's lrny
field, where they worked for half aii
hour, or until the hay was housed. The
staunch old clergyman then returned to
the church and resumed his discourse.
THE BLACK HORSE ( AVAI.ItV.
ll.n •• Mirlklus " I, ( arrlrd en Is ■ Ultsls.
I urr.•!*■> Ins llrat Hills.
11l all State Ix-gltlnt urea there ia a ring
of members known OH the " black horae
cavalry," or '• Btrikent," wlioae buaiueee
it is to make legislation pay them per
aotially. A cxrre|xjndeut of the New
York It'oWt? has been inter ro wing cue
of 111 eee ctriktrs, and frotu the cxiliveraa
tiou th.it followed eoiue \cry inu Jt-Nting
notes were takeu. The reporter aay:
Tlii* man showed in© a full list of the
block home twvalrv. To prove hia pre
science be tuarkxf down on a yea and
nay list of the two houses the probable
Yoiea on two billa, "with money in
thriu," which were to let considered
next I lay. Th© accuracy of tiioa© lists
proved amaaiug.
Tlie striker went on to aay: " This is
the wont vear tliat hanlxiru ever known.
1 don't I*Aleve any on© of 'em has made
SSOR. And it's a disgraceful busuinaa,
and it's a shame they can't get no mure
money. Things are dryer than a desert
—except the regular jaymeut*."
" What do you uieau by the 'regular
paymenta 'I"
" Well (if you want to know all alxmt
lobby iug) here's th© way it's dune: in
tli© first place sum© of tli© big corpora
tions know they're going to IN- struck.
They make up their minds to that, just
aa they do to any other thing. Ho they
tlx the boy* in this way: they make a
regular promise to ]*ay for the session
giilO, fdOO and |6OO to uach rider in tlie
cavalry, provided h© *upjorts all the
bills iu their interest and 'goes for' all
the bills against 'em. Tlie only trouble
is, some of the coontrynien are uull. You
rnav spend hour after boar with 'ecu, and
drill 'em over night, and some of 'em am
sure to go w rung next day. Thoy get so
outifused you can't reckon ou 'em at aIL
If eomelxidy get© up and makes a motion
they're all at sea, and away goea their
I file. It's enough to make a mau swear
terribly sometimes to hear thea© fouls
vote awnv tiicir Ixiard bills.
" The minute the LpgialaUire aaaem
blf-a tit© lubbvmoti gather. What do
they ,1© l Weil, first they watch. They
iuqum- about every niau ©lectad- who
h© is, a hen he cornea front, hi* habit*,
hia cliaracti-r, who h© runs with; in fact,
they get him down to a fin© point. Then
when the oimmitteca are mad© np they
lock at them. There's their citancc.
They fiud out whether they know any
ou© ou a commit to*. If titey do they
manage to know the r*wt of tit© corn
untie© soon, or perhaps thry arrange it
so a* to ' ©o© ' only that one man."
" You aay the big oMrjx-ratiuu appoint
their own ag<-nU to control th© Lr-gmia
ture ?**
" Aiwa vs."
" Do tiie*© agent* attend to other out
aid© job* I"
" Very seldom. They m*y on©*- in a
while go out of their way to help a friend
iu the Ix-gudaltirc who lias duuc litem a
good turn."
" Then th© indepcndflnl lobbyriata
' hare to depeml montly on their wit* f"
" Y*. Some of them who hat© the
.Nmflilence of tnemlx-ra manage to get in
with street railroad and inanranc© cmu-
I pauio* and other ©jqxmtiuDi likelv to
J It© -htruck.' or if tliev don't BIUXMNXI in
, tiiia they devise billa ilirectlv against the
; intenwt* of tiirec wualtity coqiorationa
and iutrxxluce th- ui through on© of th©
' lrs, and threaten tiiese coqxiratiou*
with these bill* until tit© onqtoration*
' come down. Of course they don't
i actually say to 'em: 'Gome down !' But
i after tin- bill i* introduced and tit© cor
i [innbi-u aeuda som© one to pretext
ngai i*t it, they contrive iu variou* wars
to 1 t tit© agcut aud the company under
stand tliat for a pnci they can *<|ueleh
this or that bill. Th© agent flud* out
! pretty soon that tie can't get the bill
squelched in any other way; o in- ouu
! -nilts with hia employers and paya over
I the ca*h."
"To the lobbyiat?"
" Ye*."
"And what dtxw the lobby iat do witli
it?"
" Well, IN- puts oonniderablo of it in
| hi* wallet and divide* the rest of it
j among the boys."
A TVmperance la-cturr.
Judge Wtwtitrook, in aentenciiig Bat
ting, at KiiigsUni, N'W York, t<> Sing
Hing prison for life, for the murder of
a man while intoxicntel, embraraxl the
occaaion to deliver a very forcible lec
ture njxm temperance. Judge W-*t
brex>k naid :
We know tiiatyon wen- not in aphysi
cal or mental stut© to comprehend the
crime. You were flnxl by tliat which
I lu fired many a man before; your
: brain wn* erased by that wliieh ha*
) crazed many a brain before; but can
court*, in the prevention of crime, listen
to an argument and n plna like that t If
they diil or could, whoa© life would be
safe or who*© property aecure ? We
know the *afety i>f human society and
human life require* tlmt you should IN
punished, Ix-catise you voluntarily put
yourself in that condition. You lx
canie voluntarily drunk, and mimt take
the cnnsi-quence* of tin- act which you
did while U1 such a state.
You are guilty of an awful crime, And
yon are to-day receiving tiie judgment
of tliia earthly tribunal; but rememlx-r
you must answer to another which will
judge with entire knowledge and in the
sentence of which I there can lx> no pos
sible mistake. You have time and *|iaet-
I for reix-ntimo© ami to make your peatx
aud obtain forgiven©©* before you stand
in the presence of the august Judge who
shall there- preside. Perliapa in saving
what we have, our whole duty i* done,
yet it aeeni* to n it i* a proper time
ami prn|xir occasion to utter one word
more.
In there not a most eloquent appeal
from tliat bleeding body of your un
happy victim, and m hi* gaping wounds,
in your unfortunate condition, and the
condition of your family, against that
traffic whieh haa brought yon to this
Imr, separated you from your wife and
> family, ami sent Tompkina into the
. presence of hi* < lod ? 1 trust that this
sin ami thin lemon will IN' remembered
and, never forgotten. If any other ar
gument ia needed against the use of
' intoxicating drink ami the traffic there
in, you on thi* occasion furnish Hint ar
gument, and it is written to-day, a* it
ha* oft times been tx-fore, in tears, and
in blood._
Still Insane.
The Boston Traveller j* ay* : It may
IN- authoriUdively stated tliat Mia* Kate
•Sb whlord, supjK>ssl to be the murdertm
of Gixxlricli, is iu an insane asylum, and
that letti ra of receut date auuouuoe that
th<-re is little prospect of her recovery.
She has relatives ui Maftsnchum-tt* who
are in communication with her keeper,
and who liave given no hope that she
may recover a healthy condition of
mind. Tlie statement in the New Y'ork
papers that alio ia mnixpienuliiig abont
Brooklyn ia, therefore, erroneous.
A Peat.
At Eufatiln. Alabama, aa a prevention
againat the bite of the buffalo gnat, the
farmers are compelled to coat the eara,
flanks aud other parts of their live stock
with tur and grease, and also to keep
fires burning in their stock lot* at night.
The Mississippi buffalo gnat ia de
scribed aa alxnit half tlie aize of a com
mon house fly, nnd jet black. It haa a
hump hook, or shoulder, Uko the buffalo,
and hence its name.
ALCOHOL'S REGAL ItIVAL.
Menu's Mraeeal t kelra fer Iks Hlllls* *•
MeekleS—Meatr Misrlllee feels.
Another suicide ! In Ulia case, as in
unui v of which no account ia taken by
the uaily uews|*|>er, says til© New York
Akn, the ]xiia<Jii employed was morj'hiu©
or laudanum. " lie<t after an over-lose
of landaiium" is the verdict. That
ovcrduae, however, was only the ouhui
uatiou of a long indulgent*-, extending
probalily over v©an- Tit© usual quantity
falling to protllltxi til© deairtxl effect, It
wo© largely iucreasod, and tit© end was
death. Frqterly speaking, this was uot
a ease of suicide; it was tuc result id in
dulgence In a life destroying vice tliat
was certain to terminate in death.
Hardly a week |taoses in whirh a case of
T'uiu puiaoa is nut treated in sunt© on©
our hospitals, A our© ia occasionally
effected, but it is <>u]j temporary, and
tiie wretched victim almost invariably
falls back into the old wars, and th© end
is at last reached by either suicide or a
total prostration of mind and body.
" I am a strong mau,' said a physi
ctan, "and have rej<eUxi oii|MirtuuiU©s
to teat my resolution under the most try
iug circumstance*, yet so insidious aud
treacherous is this vice, once contracted,
so demoralizing is its iufiaenc© un tit©
power of tit© will, that I would uot dar©
to trust myself to a continued uac of the
drug even for a limited time. The
crwMiig it creates directly affects th©
mental organization, and eventually
destroys ail power of rwaisUuoo. I ftsve
kuowu ladies who in their advanced age
had contracted tit© hnbit, and who car
ru-d tit© jxtiaou alxmt their jN-rson* in
th© form of salts of opium, using it al
most hourly. Indeed, the vie© is more
prevalent among women titan among
ineo."
With regard to the superinducing
causes of tit© evil a distioguu-ht-J physi
cian nays: They may IM divided into
two ciaitaca, th© phyiuml and the moral.
U nd©r the firat head si XJ aid be placed all
persons suffering from neuralgia, rheu
matiani, dyainteric affections, Uo-Jolou
reanx, o-iutumpU-Mi, hyaturix, uterine
affection*, etc. in such cases opium in
some form is usually first preambed by
phyxteiana, and con tinned by tit© patient
after the habit has been acquired. The
moral cam** are often )>eruniary ©lubar
nutxtneitbi, ilixagn-eminita, jtadousiea.
Kcasuulisra, etc. Iu thea© case.- the drug
ia resorted to to drown thought or pro
mot*- excitement.
Titer© ia no doubt tlinl opium ia too
inuxvllaneoitaly proncrilxxl, perlia]>© to
th© ©stent that if it did not exist th©
human race would b© Ix-tter off. It ia a
most useful titerapeutic agent, but of all
the article* of tit© mafrria, mrtfira it re
quire* th© mo*t intelligence and oar© in
its uac. i'stieuta sttffmng with delirium
tremens have been killed by it, and yet
in tit© *arne diacaar, with pngx-r caution,
it ia a moat beneficial remedial agent,
lu gunshot wounds, in railroad aoci
deuti, and in ©xooaaiv© hemorrhages,
opium, if properly administered, ia a
bixm to maiikiud; but if thrown into th©
syatem injudiciously it ia most disaatroua
ti> human life.
Then the fibriaoal pruatration produced
by tin UN© of opium render* its victim*
liable tocuatagiou, unlre* titey are rem
tuiually under the influence of the drug.
The sudden diaoontimianre- of the tut©
of the drug ha* a aomcwliat similar effect
to that prexluced by a discontinuance of
the exoewuv© use of alcoholic stimulant*
in th© can© of confirmed drunkard*. It
ia followed by a sort of mental collapse
or great prostration of th© mental ©tier
govt. Opium give* and takes sway. It
defeat* the steady halut of ©xertioo, and
©real©* *|NMUU* of irregular exertion. It
rums the natural power of life; it de
velops preternatural jwroxysut* of iuter
mitting power; it bring* on hypertrophy
or eiihtrgement of the liver, habitual
©on*tipatiou, bronzed complexion, rigidi
ty of *kiti, vacancy of expruN*ton, g-n
--©ral hypertextlHNU*. and innomnia, or
ulcrpk-Hussi; a morbid coudition of the
stomach, rejecting many kiuihi of f<xl
that nr-' rgar>lrelly mreiioalman a* sim
ple and easy of digestion; acute, shoot
ing pains tliat are confined to no one
part of tiie laxly; and unnatural seuxi
livenosa to cold, frequent IN-rapirations
in part* of th© body, and a chronic ten
dency to impatience and irritability of
temper, with paroxysm* of excitement
wholly foreign to the natural dinjKtsition.
Iu the long run it saps the vitality. It
>ngend©T* sterility. Tlie offsj-nug, if
there l>e any, is generally markrel by or
ganic cerebral defects—imjaunsi intel
lect and unoonxtit utioiud cachexia, or d©
tenoratod vitality.
The amount of opium imported into
tiie United States in 1874 was alxiut two
hundred tons, and it is estimated that
twenty-one hundredth* of tli© opium sold
by retailers would cover all the prescrip
tion* of phyaiciau* proper, and five per
cent, excepted from tli© entire a* an extra
allowance for the .various nostrum* afloat
would be liberal and abundant. This is
from a eompariaou of opinions enter
tained by many aixitlusoarie* of New
York city, and to these estimates the
experienced l)r. Carnooluui alla the
opinion that while th© therapeutic value
of opium has suffered no abatement in
the (wtimation of the profession, the
total of prescription* is proportionately
lea* tliau it wan twenty years ago.
A ('*.*© of Premature Interment.
A cm> of protmbhr premature inter
ment is thus recorded in the London
Jrwieh W'orlii. It occurred at Wilna:
A Jew nth young woman, agrel twenty
five, was pronounced by two Jewish doc
tors to lie dead. The friends of tlie
woman desired, for some reason bent
known to themselves, the funeral to
take place on the same day, and, having
obtained the necessary certificate from
the medical attendant* allowing tliat the
Serson hail died, *lie wna removed to the
ewisli mortuary. While washing the
IxNly the women engaged in the opera
tiuii discovered to their terror that it liad
gradually assumed a life like apjx*nuiee,
and their dismay rose to its height when
it raised itself to a sitting mixture. The
resuscitated woman lieggod those around
not to bnry her alive. The doctors were
called in, and at their aolicitettou she
drank some medicine whieh tiiey offered
to her. Ten minutes after she w*
ngoin pronounced to bo dead, and pres
ently sh© was buried. We do not know
whether th© Jewish authorities at Wilna
sanctioned this premature iuturmcnt. If
they did tbev are deserving of severe
censure. What aggravate* the natnre
of the case is the fact that the hunltuid
of the pixir creature wa* absent from
home at tiio time of her alleged decease.
A Fire.
The St. Louis Globe man who writes
nlKint fire* thus discourses of a coufla
gration iu u millin u'.i u.q-: Tlie flames
crowded through the door luul sturti-d in
for fun. They trie<l on spring lints and
jumped upon the chairs and tables to ad
mire themselves in the mirrors. Then
they dashed hither aud thither among
the laces ami embroideries, feeding on
ostrich feathers till they became bloated,
and then trumpled the ruches under foot
and stamped the la-anties from out the
flowers, until in all the wreck of mat
ter they were left the billy bright
things.
A nice place to live in must Knighta
town, Inil., be, wliieh the local uewa
laper declares to be "a seething, boil
ing, warring cauldron of sickening, of
fensive, obnoxious scandal."
Tnrirui: J&'Jj.OO a ITear, in Advance.
A TRUE HERO.
A Trrrtfclr Tata mt lb* Sra A NWg, ('re*
llawa Kill ike r*tw.
Any on© who umicrtook to writ© tit©
history of the auffenugx of MSIUUI dttr
iug the winter of 1874-75, aay* tit© N©w
York IHtm*, would find ready to hi*
, hand a very large amount of uiaAarial
Jteginuiug witii tit© crews of tha Gape
God fishtug craft, who for weeks had to
en.lure tit© tortures of an lew prison
without furl, and with food
©uough to keep l.*ly ami acml together.
It© would ha called upon to deacrib© the
Newfouit Hand wrackera' terrihlt atrng
glea for life ->u an ice-do©, and to a.hi a
chapter on the foreign veaael* Uad were
driven out to MM by inhospitable winds,
I just a* they had almost sighted th© port*
to which limy wore bound. It would, it
is true, be very difficult to do jaetipe Jp,
the mibjcct unices lite writiw happMca
to liav© witnessed th© agony <if a crew
| lik© that of tit© Kebecrii ftixldard.
After having made land, as our readers
will remember, this vuarel waa driven
out to oa under a crushing weight of
ioa. Having cum© front a warm eliuuUe,
the aailore wer© but thinly clad, (hu
man was frozen to death at th© wheel.
Twenty days of torture were endured
before the Goddaid flam© within hail of a
friendly tug and was brought into port
Then titer© were KIMMUI oaaca of suffer
. ing in which the heroism .lisplgy©l was
of such a character that it would take
many chapters to do fit honor to it.
The vary latest aaa© of this kind
should have a chapter to ilartf. And
even that would nut be a sufficient ac
kuowhxlgment of what humanity owns
to tin hero. On the 23d of 1 h-camber
hutt, tli© l*rk Men.lota left th© Island of
Java with a full cargo for Hew York.
i7t captain and on© woman were down
with Java fever when th© veaael got un
der Hail. There were two mates on
Ixsird. but only on©, th© first, under
stood navigation. On him devolved
the oontinaud. Before many days had
paused, the second mate and the cook
aud ati-ward were seized with the die
©aae, which had already eaten away
every moraej of flwb from th© caqitimi S
honea. Boon, ooly five of the crew wwr©
well enough to work the shin. The sec
ond mate wasted away and died, but the
captain xtill lingered between life and '
death. So lung aa I be mat©, Frederick
Adams, waa able to keep at hia post, hi*
companions worked cheerily, twlieving
tliat lm, at least, was fever-proof. They
well-nigh gave up in despair when he,
too, succumbed. I'ortuuatilr for them
eelvce, they did not fully understand the
nature of the mau on whom their lives
were tlepending. l'eriwps titey thought
that be would be rendered as powerless
aa the captain, and that titey would, be
compelled to get to butd as ttost they
could. Mr. Adams latppeoed to have in
him tit© matariai of which heroes are
made. Tlie feeling of responsibility was j
ao strong thai it, to some extent, ba&ed
i the fever. Instead of falling prostrate
under it, aa tiiouaauds of men in similar
i-irrumstanoas would have done, this
lion hearted man used to crawl out of
the cabin on hia hand© and kneoa to
" get the sun," crawl to the chronometer
to get the time, and then work out the
ahip'a position. While he proceeded on
hi* daily rounds be says "you could
smell the fever in any part of th© chip."
Mr. Adams continued for several days
to navigate the veanel in this manner, ,
without oiio© thinking of turning ber
head from th© direct course in order to
seek medical assistanre at some of the
jwut© within a few days' sail. It was not
until the body of the scoonti aisle had
lxx-n buried iu the ocean that he de
cided to alti-r his course, and steer di
rect for St. Helena. It took six days ti>
reach there; but he never once faltered
in his duty until the Mendota was safsly
anchored.' An hospital surgeon, well
skilled in the treatment of Java fever,
*w a.x>u on txwrd, and gave speedy re
lief to tit© sufferer*. Mr. Adam*, like
all true heroes, is very modest in de- '
scribing the }>art he took in bringing
th© Mendota safefv to port, merely con
cluding his narrative by characterizing
th© voyage a* the "toughest" b© haa
ever rustle. To add to its ac verity, it
should be atated that during sixteen
dsys tiie veas©l was within five hundred
miles of N©w York, battiiug with west
erly winds and seas that constantly
threatened to make an end of her. Now,
a* we have already aaid, the case of
Mr. Adam* ia on© that commends itnelf
very atronly to the notice of humane *o
oietiea. But for his heroic conduct the
Mendota might lisve lxxn lost, with
©very soul on Ixwrd. This fact should
be spcedilv taken into conKiderntion, ao
that when Mr. Adams, who, it is to be
hoped, may soon have the cliief com
mand of a ship, leave* on his ne.xt voy
age be may carry with him a mark of
public appreciation more substantial
than newspaper article*.
The Iron Kindness.
The first half century of the United
States, says a writer on iron, n* bat
little progress in the manufacture
iron, ami tlie total amouut produced in*
1810 in estimated at only M,OOO tone,
which i* not eqnal to the present animal
yield of four or fire of our modern blast
furnace*. Doling thia period charcoal
waa the only fuel employed, and the first
great step in our iron manufacture was
the u*e of anthracite. Attempts were I
made to employ a mixture of thia fnel |
with charcoal at Manch Chunk, I'enn
svlvnnia, in 1820, and at Kingston, Mas
sachuactts, with tlie anthracite of Rhode
Inland, in 1827, lmt the way to the solu
tion of the problem was finally prepared
by the introduction of tlie hot blast in
1&31, and in 18S8 a patent was granted
in the United Btat* for the mudting of
iron with anthracite by the aid of a blast
of heated air. The first successful at
tempt to use anthracite alone in thi*
country see mi to lure been in IRW, near i
Manch Chunk, with a furnace twenty -
one and a half feet high, producing two
tons of iron daily, i rom thia the in
dustry spread, and in there were
six furnaoae employing this fuel, and
making each from thirty to fifty tons
weekly of pig inm. To-day our anthra
cite furnaces are many of them sixty and
even eighty feet in height, producing
from 250 to 300 tons of iron in a week.
Of 680 furnaces in tlie Uuited States in
1873, 226 consumed anthracite, and pro
dnoed nearly one-half of all the pig iron
made.
The history of the growth of the iron
manufacture in the United States within
the last flftv years exhibits a remarkable
progress. From a production of 54,000 ,
tons in 1810, it had l>eoome 105,000 tons
iu 1830, 347,000 to us in 1840, and 500,-:
UOO tons iu 1850, as near as can be esti
mated. In 1860, it had reached 919,870;
in 1870, 1,856,000; and in 1872, 2,880,- j
070 tons; while the diminished produo- j
tion of 1873, 2,695,434 tons, shows al
ready the effect of the depression under
which the iron interest of the country
still suffers. Of the production of 1873,
very nearly one-half was made in Penn
sylvania, and not loss than 1,249,678 tons
with anthracite, while the total amount
of oliarcoal-made pig-iron was only 524,-
127 tons, to which is to be added 50,000 ,
tons of malleable iron made by the direct
process in bloomaries. The importation j
of foreign iron and steel for 1872 was,
795,655 tons; for 1873, 871,164 tons; and
for 1874, less than 200,000 tons. From
the figures for 1872 and 1873 we may
conclude that the consumption in the
United States was then equal to about
3,500,000 tons of iron yearly.
NO. 2,3.
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The llopefalam* of Ike ( oaauaiptJr* •
In diaoMMi of the lung* the condition
of depreariun is rarely present, ad wh#*n
so prowut i possibly due to some sb
domiualoomplnation; though, of ominw,
| some of the existing depression msy be
fsiriv attributed to Uw anxiety Uatundiy
i arista* from an intelligent CDtapreben
aicst of the danger impending. In tuber
I j euluais of the long there is Mommily
I j suoh an emotional attitude in lbs patient
j as has mnmd for itself the ibwigmttton of
■tKMfpbthisica. Here the hnfiuMU is
as mattoual as is the depression of nome
other sffecrioua The oonsumptivr pa
triut, just dropping into the grave, will
, indulge in plana -4retching fax into the
future, ignoring his real coudifcuo and
the inqMisKibiiity of any nch sarrivsl as
i' be is eaieulsling upon. It to a curious
i yri a familiar rile. Hope seems to rise
above ik mtsUigeim, just as ip aerteui
;#hA)mUl diseases tln-re ia a iWvr,*wron
which defies its correction*. The fa
tHllect to not equal to finding Urn true
bearing or omvwctiiig the exaltod emo
tional center*. In curious relation to
these ounditione stand well knows differ
micas of the pulse. I n chret diereeeH the
pulse to usually full, sometime* bound
tag; in abdominal diaeasM II ia small
and often thready. The pulse of MM
mouis and the pulse of pentesnUe are
distinctly drisimilar aiid n<tla*l with
each other. It ia well known that there
to much more tendency to collapse in ab
dominal than in tbtwarie disease; taking
the conditions of the pulse together
with Mnuttoual attitudaa of thme af
fections, rvuthmos ia unavuidabls
that wtrne to produced by the
tubercular dtoeaae of the lungs m-.0. the
emotional center* as opporita to the
effect at abdominal rltoess* are the varied
• fleets upon the pulse; and farther, that
the result is probably produced through
the circulation. The explanation whtah
is shadowed out, for it really floes not
amount to more, to that abdominal dis
ease muses a depletion of tie- emotional
adders-—of which depression is the out
ward indication while phtliiri* leads to
a plethoric state aseodated with exalted
emotional conditions. In either cere the
intolleotnal and volitional con tore iyp*M*r
nureioal to the task of ruauiiaimug ik
matter of fact, there are certain mental
attitudes found In some di*ea-<e which
are so regularly present, so well marked
and pronounced, that they may fairly be
included as a part of lbs taUoual symp
tom*. Ho oommotdy is mental kye* ■
■ion found along with bilisrv dutur
banore that the name melancholia wm
given to these conditions at BMufial
gloom; sod modern obeerrritee is but
establishing the propriety of the term.
The Yellow lever.
Dr. H'-rrue, in an artada on the yellow
fever, makes this important statement :
After an experience of three epidemics,
vi*.. those of IW7, 1873, and 1874, I am
of the opinion that the mortality of yel
low fever need not mwreaariiy, vrlicn the
patient i* asm within the find thirty-six
hour*, exceed too per cent for hospital
and five per cent, for rivfl bractu* .
Sjwwking generally of the eptoetnic ai
Pensncola last year, he say*: fellow
fever was introduced here try vow-Is
from Cuba, and was propagated and di*
aeminatcd by a worthleaN quarantine and
the aailore' "boarding-bouw*. At the
latter men were kept without medical
attendance until it waa of little avail, and
were then sent to hospital, at the very
rime when they should not have been
moved.
It can be no matter of muprise that
under such circumstance* the mortality
should hare rairhed Hie high percentage
shown by the report. Dr. Hereon gives
a hriei account of the peculiarities of
thi* last epidemic, among which mar be i
mentioned a strong tondencv to typhoid
symptom*, and the inability to bear
medicine of any kind. The method of
treatment ia also briefly dtoroeeed. No
medicine vw aduunisSerud. except in a
few instance*. In the beginning a hot i
mustard foot-bath was given. By each |
lied a pan of broken ice or a pitcher of
ice water was kept, so that the patient, it
neglected by his attendant, could reach
thi-m bight and day. On the fourth or
fifth day, according to ciroanwSasioes,
nourishment waa first given, very cau
tiously, in tewipoonfnl doses, every two
hour*' for the first half day, and' then
everv hour for the remainder of the day.
Dr. Hereon preferred benf tee made from
Liobig s extract. He did not in tb epi
demic, aa a rule, sweat the patient ao
profueelT a* ordinarily, on account of !
the ttepreesmg effect and strong typhoid
tendency. There was slao a tendency
far the fevor to run on to the fifth day, j
tnstond of terminating on the thinl, as it
ought Quinine was given in cmly one
case, and in that had no effect upon the
continuance of the fever. This patient
waa supposed to be ill with the Chagre*
fever.
The Scllly Island*.
There i* a romantic story connected
with the Sdlly islands. It seems that a
Mr. Augustus Smith, who was well
known to William IV., obtained a lease
of the inlands, and weut there to seek
solace from a disappointment in love.
Be thi* a* it may, lie never married.
He entered Parliament, passed about
fire month* of the vear in London, and
the remainder at kto home in Scilly,
where lie erected, at Treeoo Abbey, one
of the most unique, romantic and luxu
rious retrod* which the world can abow. ,
But selfish enjoyment was by no mean*
hi* aim. He desired to reform the i
rugged and eccentric population which
had drifted to the shores of hia little
kingdom. The task proved aluwat a*
luud a* the similar work which Lard 1
George Hill, with untiring patience, un
dertook at (breeders, in the wild* of
Donegal It waa only by dint of a most
judicious admixture of firmness and
coaxing that Mr. Augustus Hmith gradu
ally maile progress, and at length com- j
1 fleto lv succeeded. He lived to enjoy
or many years the result of hi* work
to see ou industrious, energetic and
tliriving (Mipulatton around him, whose
children weut out to the maiiiupfl and
to the colonies to make their way—for I
he fought against over-population. At
hi* death, aliout three years ago, Treeoo
passed to hia relative, Mr. Hmith Dor
rien. Under Mr. Smith'* maaagement
the Scillys have probably quintupled in
value, anil will form a sifiendid addition
to the revenues of toe Prince of Wales,
when they onoe more return to the,
Duchy on the expiration at the lease.
Mr. Smith first taught the people to ap
preciate their neighbor—^the Gulf
Stream, which brings them balmy,
breezes long before they reach
Northern and Eastern England, and
thus Scilly gradually became an impor
tant purveyor of aawy vegetables for the '
London market, and Covent Garden
put* thousands into the pockets of the t
people. Good oomee ont of evil, and
Mr. Smith's nnluoky love affair has been
the making at Sdlly.
A BOILLNG LAX*.—The discovery of a
boiliilg lake in the island of Dominic* is
announced. It is stated to be situated
in tlie foreet-oovered mountain behind
the town of Roseau, 2,500 feet above the
sea, and to be two miles in circumfer
ence. The margin of the lake consists
of beds of sulphur, and ite overflow i
finds exit by a waterfall of great height, i
A cross-eyed girl advertises for a hus
band affected in the same way. What a
cross-eyedear!
There'll b* no All of high whine*
<mw the whisky mhmm.
The Kansas grasshopper* apeak iwj
highly of liiw apring** urljr flibbagea.
"Oh, my (lw wife," iirui John
Henry. mho paid the milliner> bill,
t A Philadelphiaraw fadtag* to fifty
three sseret ao-icta*. and is conmx]n*jit
lj in prtjooaakia roost, of bin time.
Th* Turner's Fall* Rrtmrlrr has fallen
in with a tramp whoaoid bin Rothes were
like Niobe—H teen,
r 'J the shadow* found ia cmr
| paUJr of life ia* made by "tending in
•stir own light.
In some of the French eMm the pwr
maa wham house gets afire ha* to nay
- the exp©ua of the wgti>'. coming
t. < . .- ,
Tlie Han Francisco directory inat is
.ned estimate* th<- ropnla'ion at 390,000.
„ , The JiuUelin is willing to Wlieve it 80,-
000 lea*.
• Artificial butter making has never
D proved a soooaaa. liea in
„ f putting in the hairs ao they look
natural
The Roeiwate* (H. ¥.) Democrat pro
e poena to dale the origin of the Geoaaaa
y Fails mm hundred jean fwck, and have
i a ornteiitiial.
Good flaanctern**: Santo Domingo
y government rod x< d $250,000 out at
t gi,700,000 obligation* negotiated in the
i English market. .
c lamdkßda, m a rale, have no objeotkm
'* to I mm honaea to military men. but
i thay do oluact to a " !e£| tenant" who
jj baa not paid his rent.
*, A confectioner who twelve mouths
# ago taught bis parrot to ay " Prtfity
„ . creature "* to WT lady who entered baa
I afaup ia now a million SM*. . .
a The Toledo JSfcft say*: T. T. stands
a on the figged edge of tn enormona
K * afcyaa. Terrapin Toeer, we mean.whicfi
a | has been rei.mli at Niagara Fail*.
I Ia noma parks of Louisiana whan n
: gul nets tile marriage day, aha oounta
"■ up her ague day* so as to have the
a ' marriage oom<- on the off day.
[| Nowadays whenever any one tells a
ram which baa the appearance at
l * ' " stveteh " about it, tba listener aimply
* inquires : " Where's yonr hatchet!"
Gcmlorttaf; isn't it, to ba told now,
h that if Uaasa had only beau telegraphic
nrmmnninarion with the mainland, all
* ,on board the Hotel Ur might have been
[. saved t
a The Milwaukee Smtmet aays it ia all
a right lor Lotto to giv* a fountain to Han
a Fraoctaeo, but it woold ba more aatwtoc
e ton to the world if abe gave her agent
1 a clean shirt,
•j "Why do you nae paint!" aafcod •
violinist of his daughter. "For the
* same reaada that you nae main, papa."
•t ** How ia that f " Why, to Lop me
vIJ m y brum."
1 |.. Said tba German acholar Niebubr.
' A bad handwriting ought never to be
■ | forgiven; indeed, sending a badly-written
letter to a fellow creature ia as impudent
r an act as I know of.
s A ebeeae fiartory at Maaomanie, Wis.,
I WM opened with a dance the other eve
; rang Thi*, doubtlcm, waa to give no
, ties that the dripper business was to be
|) outride at the cheese.
J; "Every lave ia subject toe disease,"
- j said e apealu* in a fruit-growers' eonvea
• I torn. "What ailment can yon find on
- ao oak f" asked the chairman. "J-oor*,"
i WM the triumphant reply.
' It baa been diaoovered that the Hew
k England tady who spelled KX hundred
and fifty vwh out of the word " oon
j gregattouattat." has never learned to
make a loaf of bread oat of flour, yeast,
r j and water.
: s A gun factory in Upper Austria iu
360,000 rifles fe* Germany. It
t, has delivered 180,000, and baa rtxmved a
farther order for 75,000. A Vienna firm
i' ia reported to be executing a German or
:j der Uit 30,000,000 cartridges.
' The Duke at Argyle'a new deer forest
is about afar miles round, baa just been
finished, and acme two hundred deer
' s were driven into it lately. The fearing
'! ia compoeed of twelve wires, and is
eight feet high, and ia quite deer-proof.
One of the Hchiller crew waa arrested in
' Hoboken for being drunk a few days be
, ' fore the vessel aaued. Recorder Bohn
atodt sent him to jaii for five days His
time expired the dav after *"hf Schiller
sailed and he eaoaped the fate of hia com
piuiioujfr.
It is aaid that daring the thirieeu yearu
that Oliver Chaiiick waa pxerident of the
, * Long Island railroad he never drew any
part of his salary, although it had been
, i fined by the board at directors at SIO,OOO
a year. This makes tllO.fiOß which hia
estate will, of soune, call upon the oom
txuiT to nav UP.
The recent fire in Oahkoah, Wis.,
burned four hundred bouses, seventy
stores, fifty manufacturing establish
ment* tour hotels, four churches.
About a,OOO people were burned out of
bouse and home, and three hundred
families are destitute. Over 2,000 are
out of employment.
Inspector {who notices a backward
ness ia history)—Wbe signed Magna
Chart*! <Ko anauwr.) Iniqwctor (more
urgently)— Who signed Magna Charts I
(Tni *m*M 3 lnapitor(aiigrily)_Who
Hurn.vt Magna Chartaf Barspegraco
(thinking matters are beginning to look
serious)—lVnae, air. it wns not me, air!
Two friends medbag after an absence
of Mime yea**, during which rime the
one had increaaad eonriilerahle in bulk,
and the other still resembled only the
" efilgy of a man," said the stout gentle
man: "Why, Dick, yon look as if yon
you had not had a dinner since I saw you
last." " And you," replied the other,
" look as if you had been at dinner ever
aince."
Lust winter s young chap wan arrested
in Ohio for placing olistraetkms on a
railroad I nek. He was tried at the last
term of oourt. The jury returned the
following very singular vardiot: We,
the jury in tbi* case, give our verdict of
"not guilty." but would advise the
parents of the culprit to keep him at
Lome henwfter. in order that he may
not be guilty of the same offense again.
A stern father got wind of an intended
elopement of hia daughter on * certain
night, and when that sweet thing was on
the point of stealing down stairs, she
beheld a ferocious looking bulldog
ftand'ug at the bottom; aoahs concluded
! to go back to bar room and postpone
her elopement. Her father never told
her it waa a stuffed dog, which he had
borrowed from the man Hvhig next
door.
A woman in Wilkes county, North
Carolina, has given birth to triph t- five
times in succession. The children of
each birth have been raised, 'and the
whole number are now alive. Ho two of
the children reeemWe cadi other in any
marked degree, except the color of the
hair. In the sex the female predomi
nates largely. The children are all well
developed, and without the least mal
formation.
At a school examination a abrgymaii
| made a brief address to tba pupua on
the necessity of obeying their teachers
and growiug up loyal and useful citizens.
To emphasize his remarks he pointed to
a large national flag spread on one aide
of the room,, and inquired: "Boya,
what is that flag for!" little urchin,
who understood the condition of the
house better than the speaker, promptly
answered : "To hide the dirt, sir."
• A disease, resembling the murrain
spoken of in the Bible, is causing great
havoc among the flocks W'i herds of
j Turkey. On the plains of Troy the
' skeletons of thousands and thousands
of sheep cover the ground. Shepherds,
stripped of their entire herds lu many
oasea, have gone insane over the ca
lamity. In the country about Adriano
ple fully thirty per cent of the horned
cattle and horses have already died of
dispone.
A little Chineee girl about eight years
old, and born in California, has been
admitted to one of the primary schools
of the city of Hacnmento. Application
for her admission was made in. Urn usual
way to the superiqtedent public
1 schools; but he referred the, mktter to
the board of education. ''This is the first
time that a Chinese parent has made
application fee the adotiMkm of • child
to the public schools; but the example
will doubtless be followed.