CI 1 RKENT NOTES.
fn many part* of Genu any the roods
ar<> lined along the entire distance with
rows of poplars, or of apple trees, the
brandies of which latter fiend beneath
tlie weight of fruit. A fine of three
shillings is the penalty for plucking the
fruit, consequently it is permitted to
ripen, and the owners of the community
reap the licncfit of the foresight in plant
ing shade trees at once beautiful and
profitable.
1 torse races were introduced into the
Grecian games fUH years 11. C., and I.VJ
years later, or it. I'.Mt, a race colli si
the " Calpe," for marcs only, was also
introduced into their sports. The date
of the introduction of racing in England
is unknown. In this country the first
• racing is believed to have taken place
almost simultaneously in both Virginia
Mid Maryland, ahout the year 1780; hut
the first race for a public stake was on
Is>ng island, in |H|H. against time, by a
bone called " Boston Blue, for $l,OOO.
A post-mortem examination of Edward
Parr, the Philadelphia murderer of his
daughter, who took his own life in tin*
court-room to save the labor of the
hangman, furnishes confirmation of the
theory that violent crimes may result
from pressure upon the brain, occasioned
by physical defects in the skull. Parr's
craniumjiad been fractured, and, in re
uniting, an abnormal osseus formation
pressed upon tin* brain, and this is
thought to have aggravated the man's
bad passions and induced t lie commission
of murder.
Physicians and dentists who use snuill
mirrors to explore the throat and teeth,
astronomers employing large mirrors
out of doors—all who have occasion to
Use spyglasses in foggy weather, and
■especially those near-sighted persons
who cannot shave themselves without
bringing their noses almost in contact
with the looking-glass, are doubtless
aware that the luster of mirrors soon
becomes dimmed by the breath, by dew
and generally by water in a vaporous
state. Tlie way to prevent this trouble
some fog is simply to wipe the surface of
the mirror before using with a rag
moistened with glycerine. By this sub
stance watery vapor is completely taken
up.
American Minister White was re
ceived by Emperor William, at Berlin,
on the occasion of his golden wedding
festivities, for the first time, and was the
onlv foreign representative to whom
their majesties paid special grace. The
Emperor William, after a cordial greet- 1
ing. asked, " l>o you speak German?' to
which Minister White promptly re
plied, " .ht tnJil M'liisfat' ("Y'-s. your'
Aliyesty"). The Emperor tMA-n. in Ger
man. expressed his gratification and
pleasure at receiving a congratulatory
message from the President of tlie I "nit- d
Stat. -. He prolonged the conversation
for several minutes in the presence ot
the brilliant surroundings, tlie court and
the guests.
A tragedy was ret* ntly enacted in the
onion fields of tin* Sio'tenhury farm. -i\
miles north of l>av> npt>rt, lowa. Joa
chim Brocknianu. who labored in those
fields, fell in love with the farmer's
■daughter and she would not encourage
him. One afternoon he approached Icr
in the garden and .-iskul her to give him
a flower. She said she would do no
sueli tiling. After slii had gone into the •
house her father went out and asked him
what lie wanted Joachim said lie
wantd to rest a while. The farmer ad
vised him him to go and rest sotnewht re
else. Joachim glanced uneasily at the
■onion fields and then shot himself wijh
a revolver. Within ten miMttM he had
gone to rest —somewhere else.
Tlie value of California's products is
given in these figures from the San
Francisco Jottnvil f'amtntrrt:: "We
have a wheat crop whit h will reach at
least twenty millions of centals. We
will have a wool crop of forty-five to
fifty million pounds. < hir vintage will
yield not less than eight million
gallons of wine and brandy. Ten mil
lion centals of barley will be raised, nnd
two million centals of com. Tlie south
will yield four million j>und of honey.
Our gold and silver yield will not fall
short of twenty million dollars. Our
fruit and raisin crop will sell for at least
three millions of dollars. Quicksilver,
coal and copper will yield moderately,
if not in their wonted abundance."
Peculiar and infrequent crimes are
brought to light occasionally in the New
York police courts. A woman was re
cently sentenced to twenty days' im
prisonment for unmercifully flogging her
twelve-year-old niece, and the child was
given over to the Society for the Preven
tion of Cruelty to Children. On the
same day. In another court, a woman
received four months in the penitentiary
for throwing kerosene over her husbands
body, lighting a match and then trying
to set tire to the oil. Husband and wife
bad not lived happily together for years.
One evening he came home, found her
slightly intoxicated and tlie two had
some words. Just as tlie man was retiring
his wife threw the oil over him, but was
frustrated in her diabolical attempt and
arrested.
The reported exploits ol Mile. Sophie
von Hersfeld and several other ladies
during the recent Nihilist emeule at
Kiefl, add one more instance to the long
list of female revolutionists in Russia,
During the tumult which dethroned
Peter 111.. In 1783, in favor of Catharine
11., Countess Pnshkoff rode at tlie head
of the Preolmycnski regiment in male
attire, with pistols at Igr saddle-how.
Several ladies of rank took part in the
con-piracy formed against Alexander I,
in 185J4~5. Among the political prisoners
banished to Siberia by Nicholas in IH3I,
was the celebrated Princess Trubctskoi.
One of the principal leaders of the Po
lish insurrection of |H3 was MXMBpaafod
■everywhere by his young wife, who
made herself conspicuous in every skir
mish by her reckless bravery. Tlie at
tempt made by Vcm Snssulitch upon the
life of the ex-Minister of Police, Gen.
Trcpoir. is still fresh in every one's mem
ory, and two young Indies of good family
we re found among tlie workers of the
Nihilist printing press recently seized in
Bt. Petersburg.
In the New York postofflce a force of
six men is employed solely in correcting
blunders of the people who write letters,
and the skill which these men'clisnlay in
deciphering " blind " addresses is sur
firising. The postmaster gives the follow
ng list of a few of the many ;>ostnfllee*
in the United States bearing tlie same
nane: There are eighteen Brooklyn*,
twenty Williamshurgs, five Baltimore*,
ten Bangor*. twelve Hostonn, sixteen
Buffalo*, seventeen Burlington*, seven
teen Charlestons, four Chicago*, eight
Cineinnatis, ten Clevelands, twenty-five
Dayton*, fifteen Ixmisvillcs, fifteen
Lowells, three Milwaukee*, fourteen
Nashvillcs, seven Philadelphia*, fifteen
Quinecys. twenty-two Richmond*,
twelve St. Pauls, seven Toledo*, thirty
Washington*, twenty-five Springfield*,
thirteen Wilmington*, five Omaha*.
This list inijjlit be extended to more
than 'JMt dlflerent and familiar name*.
One Saturday afternoon recently after
the heavy mails had been dispatched, no
less tban 1.000 misdirected letter* were
found in the office in the scattering and
supplementary mail matter.
California has a persistent foe in the
squirrel (often called a gopher out
there), which, when the pioneer* to that
region first settled on tlie rich farming
land* along the rivers, creek* and
sloughs, was not at all mischievous.
But the little animal discovered, as cul
tivation spread, the advantage in living
on grain, vegetables* and Iruits, rather
than on grass-seeds, acorns and nuts,
and gave those a most liberal preference.
The ('alifoi nia ground-squirrel is a most
industrious and audacious forager, and,
though lie seems Very innocent, is a ver
itable pest. Ile consume- an inordinate
quant ity of grain and docs a vast amount
of mischief to gardens and orchards,
lie and high farming arc declared to he
absolutely incompatible, and the (iolden
State i* greatly concerned a* to the ls-st
nianiiet of exterminating him. Poison
has been tried and has proved effective .
upon many squirrels; nut they are so
cunning that they refuse to swallow it
after one season utiles* it !><■ offered in a
new form. Strychnine, arsenic ami
phosphorus have been tried, and now
otln r mortal agents must he adopted to
get rid of tlie aggressive rodent*. It is
estimated that tlpir damage to the wheat
crop alone was last s< asnnnearly sl.ot*t,-
000. and to gardens and orchard* fully
$500,000 more.
A New Advertising Wrinkle.
The recent attempted assassination ot
Edwin Booth recalls an incident that
occurred while that tragedian was play
ing his last engagement in this city, and
which is the real origin of the rumor
that he intends never to vi-it the Pacific
coast again.
It seems that oio morning while Mr.
Booth was making liis toilet in his room
at the Palace, the door quietly opened,
and a vvidc-awnke-lonking individual
slid i i and cheerfully hid the astonished
actor good morning.
"How's •Hamlet' to-day?" said the
stranger, blandly. "'Fraid vou wouldn't
sec nic if I sent my card up, so just
dropped in informally, as it were."
"So I sec," said the only ' lago.'
" What call 1 do for you?"
"The fact i-. Mr. Booth," said tin*
visitor, hurriedly. " I ain the advertis
ing agent for the Biizetnbccs' Am tion
lioli-. on Market street. ('heap' -I
clothing-hou-e in the civilized world
ll\ • r 80,000 ill-!* ra at—"
"Don't want any ulsters. Can't lim>W
tragic in a coat with fifteen ridiculous
pocket s. A vaunt! thou —"
" But I don't want to sell you any. my
<l> ar sir." put in the agt nt: "I just < tunc
to make you a regular bu.-inc** proposi
tion. Coin in it. my dear ir; coin in
it."
" But. zounds, sirrah. 1 am an ai tor—
not an auctioneer!"
"That's exactly it. You know we
agents are always up to some new adver
tising dodge or other. I attended your
performance la-t nielit. Mr. Booth. and
it o i unetl to me if you would only in
troduce some mention of our establish
ment into voui lines, we could afford to
pay v. rv liberally for it."
"t'oulil, eh?' saitl the hop* tif the
American -tage.
"Yes. fon see you might gracefully
wetlgc in an allusion to us here and there,
wliere it wotilii s.-.-m kind* r natural ami
appropriate like For Instants*, there's
' I tamlet." Instead of giving simply the
line- ' eii-toinaty suits of solemn nfack,'
vou might add, ' tin* kin*) they sell at
Bnz*nil* •*' for S2C That would <>rt of
nail th* attention of the audicm c. seem*
to me."
" I should think so," saitl the star,
stealthily edging over toward a Itoman
swttrtl in the comer.
" I sec you catch tin* idea," continued
the agent. Now, there's ' Roiicst and
Juliet. There's dent! loads of good
chance* m that. In the balcony scene
vou might iv, ' I would I wore one of
Bazembec*' "t'.pp dog-skin glove- upon
tbat lian*l til it 1 might totteh that
cheek.
" YouM iihe that, xrould you ?" grimly
inquired Mr. Booth,slowly unsheathing
the swortl hi hind his hark, and getting
in front of tlie door.
"Yes, sir: we shouldn't mind $lOO a
night to have that done in first-class
style. Just think how it would make
trade (smith down at our place to have
yon thunder as ' Othello — ' Dmiom,
where is tip* elegant kerchief I Isiiight for
tins* at flnzcnihcc*', at six hit* a dozen?'
Why, -ir, it wottld fairly —"
There was a funeral from tlie agent's
house tin* next day. anil in deference to
tlie Last wishes of the martyr to adver
tising, his hearse bore on each side a
splerdyl canvas inscription:
" Just arrived—s4),ooo mnrcboys* suit*
at Bazemlice*'! Call early!"— Snn Fran
cisco Srtrx IsUrr.
A Peiilnenl Inquiry.
Professor Huxley says that one of th*
most curious peculiarities of the dog
mind is it* inherent snobbishness, shown
by tlie regard paid to external respecta
bility. "The dog," add* the professor.
" who harks furiously at a beggar will
let a well-dressed man pass him without
opposition." Will Mr. Huxley explain
in tlit.-* connection why n half-starved
cur belonging to a poor man whose
clothing is a tattered as a professional'
beggar s cannot le coaxed to leave his
master's hovel and scanty fare, and fol
low a gentleman who dresses in broad
cloth, has a five-hundred dollar diamond
pin in Ids shirt front, two thousand dol
lars in his pocket, anil is a member of
church in gotni standing.— NorrUtUnvn
Herald.
A Diamond Eye.
A story comes to us from Brussels by
way of Australia anil the Melbourne
■drf/nt, apropos of a lady with a dia
mond eye, which, having lost her nat
ural eye, she wore instead of a glass one.
The truly brilliant orb spnrkled so
brightly ami was so suggestive of riches
that a Parisian adventurer married the
lady on sight, took Iter to the gay city
with him, and there, having squandered
all her property, he one night necamptxi,
t arrying off Ikt diamond eye, which she
Used to keep in a glass of tvater by the
bedside. The deserted wife is now
suing the pawnbroker who advanced
money on it to her husband for the re
covery of tin* jewel.
Liekskillet. Mudsock ami Dogtewn
ore three choice nam*** >f localities in
Indiana.
KL'RItOI'NDKI) HY /,I'LVN.
A Hide for Down a Hot It > l*na
Mwarmliiai Wlltt 111* Mrrrllraa Mntnura
- in Kiikllhli Victory•
A letter to the Edinburgh BcoOmuin
says: 1 have obtained from u trust
worthy source the following graphic
description of the terrible encounter on
the Ziobimn mountain. South Africa, hy
one who participated in it:
On March 87 we started from our
'•amp at Kambula Hill, in Zululand, to
ittack a Zulu stronghold sonic twenty
I miles away culled IhoZiolmii.-i mountain.
We numbered uliout eight hundred
mounted men, anil were nearly all of us
volunteers, under Colonel Wood nomi
nally, hut the real command was exer
cised hy Colonel HuHer. We started
aliout eight o'clock in the morning, and
very cheerful and lively we all were.
About live o'clock ill the evening We
reached the slope of the mountain. We
were here tired at, hut took no notice, as
we wanted to get along unpcrccivcd.
When darkness set in we bivouacked,
each man holding his horse in hand
while he lay down to rest —not to sleep.
During the night there was a terrible
thunderstorm and we got thoroughly
drenched. At four a. m. we were all
astir, feeling miserable enough; our sad
dles were nearly as soft and wet as our
clothes. We ascended the hill pretty
easily, but nearly at the top the Zulus
began to make us aware of their presence.
Hy six o'clock we were at the top of the
plateau and our native allies were setting
lire to some Zulu huts ami collecting the
cattle, aliout 8,000 in number. Alter a
time we collected at the opposite end of
the plateau, ami here found tie Zulus
in stronger toree than we had estimated.
They commenced a hea\ v lire upon us
and we were i ngnged fully half an'leuir
with them before we succeeded in silenc
ing tliein. Atsc.lt eleven we became
aware of the serious fact that while we
had Item engaging a few Zulus at one
side a very large number of them had
come the way we ascended, and others to
our right and left, and that we were lx--
ing surrounded. A very few minuh-*'
observation was sufficient to convey the
terrible impression to our minds that
once more the Zulus bad got usi nto a
trail and that we were going to have to
light for our lives to get out of it as bent
we could or die. The wily savages be
gan to appear on every *iib—not in twos
or threes, but in hundp ds ami thou-amls.
Some of them bad evidently climbed
what to us seemed a positively |<erjw*n
dicular buttress on our left. Our retreat
was cut otT. and there was nothing to be
done but > itlcr " tight it out to the end "
or endeavor to < cape down an almost
jierjM mlieular pa- - a few hundred yards
in Iron* of us. There had liccti too much
" lighting it out to the end " in the two
month* immediately pro- #.ling I-.tndulo.
There was but one outlet for us, and
toward it we had order* to gallop. I was
in the r ar, and when T reached tin
place the sight was sickening. Tie re
was an almost p rp> mlieular pas# about
ten feet wiib and aisiut .Too or 100 yards
down. It a .is tilled willi rough, ragg.sl
boulders, in t wis n wliieh wrir m-vi" *
wtn ri onei the |*>or hor*<- and rider fell
Is 1 win mn no nior . It n tied full of
horse* and nun floundering om upon
the otln r in dire and dreadful eonfusion
whiie the Zulus wen pooring a rourtWr,
ou* tire among tie in. How I got down
I do not know: I have not nut with a
*ingli comrade yet who doc*. The chief
sensation I expcricncd as that lichind
inc. at ahottt *OO yard* di*tanee, wa- a
very strong font of Zulus yelling in a
tnanm r theniot bloodthirsty nml liend
i-h. in one ortwo|iiaii* progress w:v*
nltogetlur iinpisled hy < lei-in* six or
eight feet wide, and it was only hy jump
ing them, or rather by risking tlie at
tempt (for many a poor fellow lo*t hi*
footing and hi# life In r ). that further
descent wl* possible. Nearly all tin
horses were kith dor had to he f'ft before
we ri-a< led the bottom. All litis time
the Zulu vt re Bring on , and
amid the most nitrnu* shrieks for mercy
rushing from tle side* of tin* pas* and
iwxsrguieing our poor fellows. How any
of us escaped it i to me, and almost
every one else, a ntipicle. At last, some
how or oilier. I got to the neck of th<
pass, escaping injury fmrn the henry (ire
of the enemy, but only to find that on the
plain in front was a big Zulu army • n
gnged wiUt our men. who were divided
into parties and lighting for dear life.
Colonel Weatlierly and his corps wore
almost rut up to a man. They were
separated front the main Isxiy, and the
last that was seen of the gallant colonel
was id# commanding figure, sword in
hand, killing the enemy right and left
and selling Ids life a* dearly a* possible.
The retreat home was a fight. We
reached the camp in the evening hy twos
and tur"* •*. some with arm* and clothing,
others almost devoid of either. Some
horses wen* carrying two men, other*
three; every one was humiliated and
dispirited. This is one picture of the
disaster in "The Devil's Pa#s" on the
Ziohana mountain on March J8". I*7o.
It was getting considerably into the
forenoon of the B*th before I bad suffi
ciently recovered myself to feel exactly
how and where i wa* The ordinary
morning duties of camp life had In-en
going on, and now and then I bad come
across a companion of the previoh* day
whose haggard face still betokened how
he had lM'en fnee to face with death."
Our camp was to all-intents and nur
jtoses impregnable. It wa* proof
against an ordinary European army
without artillery. Alw>ut It a. m. we
learned that a Zulu spv had been caught
and informed Cokmcl Wood tliat the
Zulu* were to attack us during our din
tuT hour. Shortly afterward it was
shown plainly enough that this was so.
The Zulus could be *een in a huge black
mass alMitit live miles away coming on
very slowly and leisurely. Everything
went on in eauip jiist the same; even
the dinner was prepared and entri..
There were 8,000 of us, and we were con
fident and eager to be avenged. When
they got within about three miles the
alarm was sounded, tents struck, the
forts manned and every one stood to
arms. The Zulu* appeared to form
themselves into Imttle array about three
miles off, the main body advancing
direct to the camp and the " liorna," a*
they are United, stretching to the right
and left. When they got within alxiut
three thousand yards the cavalry were
sent out and did g'Mid service hy'drnw
ing them on (firing and retreating)
within range of the artillery. The cav
alry. being a very small force, retired
within the ramp. and nt nlviut a mile
range the artilferv opened ifpon the
enemy. The rapidity and precision with
which litis branch volleyed dentil and
destruction into the dense masse* of
Zulus was admirable. T"tt or fifteen of
them w"rc sent to glory every shot:
| next day they lay in rows." Hut still on
they came with the frrtM-ity of tigers,
never halting, never wavering, never
flinching or hesitating for a moment
I Say what people may about it# being
| animal ferocity rather than manly
j bravery, no soldiers in the world could
I have been more daring than were the
j Zuills that day. When the main tody
got within aliout f*)o yards lite men of
the Ninetieth regiment, who were oppos
ing them, opened one of Hie most deadly
fusillade* it is possible to Imagine.
Numerous as they were, this galling fire
. stopped the progress of the enemy, and
they began to break up and shelter be
hind stones and trees, In the meantime
the forces that had attacked our right
and left flanks had been equally warmly
received. And the enemy apparently
saw that they must change their tactics.
They did so, and scattered tliem*elves
and began to creep up through the long
grass, while one portion made a desper
ate rush and succeeded in getting posses
sion ot a small hill Commanding the
Cllttlfl laager. It was noccai&ry to dis
lodge the 'in my from the hill, and
Major Hacked and two companies of
the Ninetieth wrc sent out, and al
-11 "tigli they suffered severely they sue
ceded iii doing so, tiring volley after
volley and at last charging the po-itlon
at tie point of tie bayonet. In bringing
back hi* men Major Hackett was fatally
wounded and Lieutenant Hriglit w.i
killed. During all this time lighting
bad bee n going on all round, and u party
<>f Zulus made a desperate rush and got
into tin- attic laager, driving a company
of the I! 11 ••••nt li out of it. They, how
ever, :• .antly reformed and gallantly
drove hack the enemy at the point of
the bayonet. The artillery all the while
had l>< en pouring grape and canister
into tit" Zulus with murderous pre
cision. Hv aliout . r o'clock the enemy
evidently began to SIS' we were not to
be taken, ami began to slacken their lire,
ultimately r tiling altogether. At .Villi
P. xt. tlu-y had final tie ir lit shot* and
began to retreat, and the cavalry and
horse artillery were si-nt after tlem.
Terrible execution was tie result, and
no quarter was shown. Exeter Hall
may say what it may, but it was death
to every Zulu who came within range
of the carbine of a trooper or the stroke
of his saber. The cavalry pursued them
for about ten miles, returning to camp
at dti-k. The ffw native alii)* wi had
left did terrible work in this pursuit,
and it was difficult for our officer* to re
call tin in to return. As tliev cut off and
i)i-|i.iti lo d the n treating Zulu# the cry
of •• Isnndhlwana" rr-outtded iti tli'e
evening air.
About Sitffoeation.
The following fa't* in relation to the
ease with wlm li tin- suffocation of a
I" i-on i an t>e efl'eeteil tinih r certain < on
dition*. wliii li wi re related t . a rvportT
of til'" /.'•'< nitty I'ort hy otic of the lilo*t
eminent surgeon* in New York it x .r
county, will tie read with interest. This
gent!' man said, in speaking of tie mur
dt rof Mm. Hull A* aeon a* yon I# sin
to 1 any of the vital element* "I life.
you t* gin to lose strength, and oxygen
(the life-giving element in lite air) i
wliat purili'* the blood, and giv'- it
power of sustaining our life; tin mo
ment that hy any means ymi are de
prive.! of a fre-li supply of air you Is gin
to lose strength. 'I hu* the moment that
cotton or clothing or anything similar i*
pla. ' d over tin- mouth tie p' r
••■n imnpsliat' ly I* gin* to 10-. *tr< ng'le
l ie i|ti' *tion how long will ■ | rson !• -
tain eon*, iotisii'w* after tb nj.j yof air
i • tit off depend# entirely upon lie ho ts;
whether tin upjily of air i* entip'vor
part y< ut off. |f a lit! !' air i* ndlliitted
iliat will create some vitality and wi..
promote the possibility of the person's
struggling
If ti\ stniggling tlie pef-sot Site, .ed*
in getting more air tie strength is cor
respondingly iteria-'d. Thus tie i.< r
*on may g. t the 1m 11< r of the would-lx
murderi r. Hut win n thfsxt '.us ion of tie
air i* p' rfeet tie n tie titie- of on*, iott—
IP *# last* only while the t.. ating of tlie
heart i ir ttiat' * what good blood tie r<
i* already in tlie Immlv alMiitt the body.
The le rrt brat* -■ v.iitpiwo tine* a
minute, and it w ill take hut aJ. ' sec
onds to !!*'■ Up the good blood. When
we inhale, tin air colic * in < ontaet with
the blue (had) blood, oxygi ni/.- * it—tliat
i*. put* oxygen into it, make* it red and
good and capable of sustaining our life.
This rial blood the heart forces through
the v insand over the lexly Wlc nwr
i xlialc we bri athe out. the carbon unit'"*
with the oxygen to form carbonic w id,
wliieli has been eliminated front the
blood. Hy each respiration we take in
life, and send out tlie destroyer of life
which i* all the time forming inside of
tt*. As tlie hlrxxl circulates through
tie txwly it htvomtn carbonized, and
when it meets fresh oxygen it gives off
it* earixin orjxdson. \\ lien tlie supply
of air is ellt off all the hlixxj tx-eomes
eorlxiniz-cd. earlMinie acid i formed, the
heart k<s'ps on pumping the blood and
• art ionic acid front the Icart into the J
liead and alxitit the brain. t'ar!w>nie
acid is the best kind of a sedative and
act* as a narcotic. Stupefaction similar
to dnmkenness is produced. It isiust
as if the person Wen' put to sleep. rite ;
arteries btvotiM l overloadeti and congest
ed, congestion of tlie brain is creati d and
tranquil death results.
Once I wa* called to the home of one
of tlie most reputable laities in the coun
try. I found her de,-wi. ly ing on a sofa.
Tfie servant girl had come into iter Px>tn
early in tlie morning to make the fire.
When the girl went out the hwly,just
dressed, threw herself down on tlie
sofa and nicked up tlie morning news
eaper. The lady did not appear at the
liri-akfast table, and at atMiiit ten o'clock
they went un stairs to le-r room to
what was tlie matter. She lay on tlie
sofa apparently asleen. The newspaper
was in Iter lap, ami one hand lav upon j
It. the other ann rested gracefully over
the back of the sofa. Tliem was no ex- i
pression of pain on iter face. Her p<*i
tlon on tlie sofa was perfectly natural.
There were no signs of a struggle, hut
she was dead. Upon examination i ;
diseoverisl that her false teetli had
dropped hack and closed up the larynx I
so a* to rut off the supply of nir. She
hail fallen asleen, the t'-utlt had dropped
hack and site hail died without a struggle.
Site was a large, strong, vigorous wo
man in good heal t IT. I believe t lion High
ly that she passed away without any
consciousness ol tlie fact tliat she was
dying. A person who is asleep enn be
smothered by means of very little force.
A large strong woman can be smothered
by a weak girl if all tlie air is promptly
excluded, hy covering tlie mouth anil
nostrils. If the woman is asleep quite
possibly there would Ik- no struggle at
all and no consciousness.
A father said loan old acquaintance
who came to condole with him op the
unmanagcaideness of hi# two sons, who
hod committed a burglary in tlie next
town and had tieen sentenced to prison :
I " It is ppptty rough on me to have liem
i loth go to once, hut there is one tiling
I to it—wlien it comes night now, you
I know where them hoys be,
The I'ork Tree.
The cork tree is a species of tins oak,
found a* a natural growth in the south
. ern part# of Europe and the northern
portions of Africa, where it is also ex
tensively cultivated. Its product forms
one of the most important articles of ex
port from these regions. The tree is an
evergreen, not large, growing onlv from
■ twenty to forty feet high, and having
many slender and wide-spreading
branches. It produces an acorn whiiJi
is much like the acorn in taste, and is
gathered to some extent for Use, though,
as i* well known, tlie tree i* chiefly valu
able tor its cork.
When the tree j* only from three to
live years old, its bark Jia* already at
tained tl at p" Hilar ei ■ tMllte or Spongy
appearance which i- so familiar as tie
siM'i'hilcharacteristic qin cork. From
tie tir-t, the growth <>f the inner por
tion* <>t tie; hark i* iiiu<li more rapid
than the outer; and, a* a coiiscqucnec,
the outer eoveriiig soon liegins to rrael
from tie- pres*ure, slid ultimately to peel
off, it, phe ein preserving tlie vi'tadly of
I lie ir- ■• bring tut en by tie- newer growth
ie xt tie wi shl . The cork hark intend"!
for tie market i* cut off a year or two
le fore it would tlius naturally fall ;i way
by it*elf. 'J he process is simply to cut
it to the proper denth around tlie tmc,
and then make incision* up and down
the trunk, when, with a sort of curved
drawing-knife, it is not difficult to cut
away t le-Jong layers whi'-h we sec coin
ing afterward in bales to our markets.
Ol course, layers of bark when taken
from the tree are round, like tie* trunk,
lull tle y are easily flattened hy soaking
ill Wat-r and pressing, after which they
are usually charred before being packed
in hah *.
The tree* are generally sHowd to
stand till they ;iretw"lveor flft" n var#
old b. tore stripping tlie first tini". 'i'bi*
fir-1 product is Usually of a jsHtrer qual
ity. hav ing more of tin- woody fiber, it
i* u-e,l eliiefly for float* and buoys, met
sueli coarser piinKtM-*, or else burnt for
lamp-black. After the first linrvust a
new aver, an in |i or more in thickness,
i* formed eyry six or eight years; and
tlie ir" - will live, affording a vicld alxiut
at this rate, for one hundred and fifty
y ar-. 'I be bark taken awav lia* ' 'huuil
to have vitality; therefore it* removal,
if en" fully Acomplishcd, is never a
detriment to the tree. It rather jiro
tnot' it* health and growth, Iwingmere
ly the removal of an Incumbrance.
M"*t nt tlie u< * of cork have tx*n
long familiar, many of tle in being men
tion"! by our older liistorinns. Of our-e
its chief u*e. that for stoppers, has gr, at I y
iin r. a*' d sin"' the manufacture of gins*
and ■ irtli' tiware ha* l- n *o ''oininon.
For thi* purpose it i- of unrivaled eon-,
V' ni' ie-t . and w 11-nigh indispensable
But (• -iile this, i ork i* put to a gnat
v i' of u*. -. among wbieli are -one
fot wb • b it* Ix-ing imp' notmbleto water
and • l. ul oondti -tor of lewt *|x-, ially fit
it. '1 le- cork wih' to our xlo*** r*adily
i" ur- to every "Tie: but it i* n't *<• well
k ■ w a that Itu*sia is one of tie tx*t u*.
tone r-for < ork. and in tliat old climate
ir." 'ii-ctsof thi* material are slit into
t it' - md Uss-d to line tlie walls of their
lioUs* -.
lu "me part* of Southern Frame and
Sp.ui, 'oork f<.re.'.* ar d" tie d among
tie ir tuoct profitable lands. The aanu
J '• ' . ' i* at the rat< of alx.ut two ItUti
<!roil vnd fifty pound* to the acre. In
\f - larg" tra ts of oork wixxls are
"W!,. < tiy tie g .\. nine lit, whi It
tie m to individuals. ri " iving from this
our - a revenue of a!*<ut two million
do i y per annum.
< ork trees have lxs-n plant's! in Eng
land. liltt without mtl'il sutxs *. Tlie
"'Utie a part of our own country, how
'v' r. < fit to b- adapted, lxitfi in < li
niate ar.d -oil. to tie- production of this
wood ,\V v i'orl Mrmittfilf Jnurnai
A Kemarkable Man.
< tie of the tnot remarkable men aliv. .
say - the l>,ni!<>n Siiinlay Tinu*, ha* ix en
:ul'l"l to tlie roll of nemhers of I'arlin
iiu nt hy the election of Golone) ()'t;<>r
man Mason for tlie county Clare. It is
doubtful wheth'T, outside tlie record of
Munchausen or liis many rival*, there i*
to Is traced a more extraordinary career
than that ol the gallant jiatriareit who
ha* resumed his s<-at in tlie Imperial
I/gi*iatun' after a twenty vears' inter
val of abaenre front it. Htit it is a longer
time than that since tlie colonel entered
I'li d inent. He waa elected la HMby
tlie 'xmstitueney which adopted him
again aft'r pearly fifty year#. In tlie
interim the colonel ha# amused himself
with other than political pur-nit*, lie
has fought eighPen duels, in six of
wlii'-h he was wounded by the enemv's
fire, in seven of which he nink'-d fiis
ntan. and in five of which honor was
satisfied without hurt to either principal.
Hi* affairs of honor were hut trivial epi
. *4xle in the strangely variisi and adven
turous career of the memlwr for Clare.
He began public lifein IH3H—over half
a century ago—a* one ot that " Fighting
Hrigndowhose duty and delight it
wa* to support at fift<*n paces or so
• wliatcTcr Mr. Daniel O'Conncll said of a
txditie.xl or personal antagonist. Tlien
lie went into Parliament. Tlie turn of
time found hint a journalist in Paris,
where, had lie been contemporary with
tlie lire-eating Paul do Cassngnac, Creek
would assunsily have met Creek. Then
lie plunged into ftnam-e and polities, j
and disported in tlie troubled waters of
Imtli.
Having skimmeti tlie cream of Old
World excitements, lie set out like n
I knight errant in quest of fresh exploit*.
HisMftrch BMt with more success than
falls to t' e lot of the crowd. Joining
the Peruvian army, lie rose to the rank ■
of commander-in-chief. There was a
i question of appointing Itim I'resident of
the Republic, hut he evaded the perilous
eminence hy throwing up his exalted '
post in a fit of r/t, and passing into
the naval service of Chili, the neighbor
j ing State. Tlie ex-Cencr)i#simo of tlie
Peruvian land forces actually became
Inl lli|th Admiral of the Chilian fleet
such a* it wa*.
A Trustworthy Clerk.
A certain riuTeliant in a Minnesota j
village was indisposed ns-ently, and
hi# clerk wo* left to take eareof the day's
accumulation of rash, which amounted
to about eighty dollars. Failing to
manage the combination lock on the
safe, he was unable to get the money in
and wa* obliged to put it in ill# pocket.
He had tecn in the habit of sleeping on
.the ground floor, hut that evening when
lie went homo lie insisted upon sleeping
up stairs. The Ismily thought it strange
that lie should so suddenly show such an
aversion to sleeping in his accustomed
place, but acceded to his request and
arranged a bed for him on a lounge up
tnim. Tlie next morning he was found
lying on his hark with his hands crossed
over his breast, sound asleep, with a
murderous hatchet tightly grasped in
one hand and a huge bar of iroa in the
other. The money wa* safe.
HIM HKAKT OS HIM KlfjHT HIOE.
Til* Nlnirular HUplortnrnl In • Mart's
Body.
Tlx- physician* of New York ARE VTT
DEEPLY interested In the treatnx-nt of A
man whose tx-art HIM In some WAY been
j shifted from it* natural place to hi* right
WIDE, AND ha* Ixren doing duty in AN in
adequate fashion in tin* novel location
for two YEAR* pant. 'J'IIE patient in LA
thropfL Warford, N native of WENT Troy,
who waa forced to give up hi* place A*
eanliicr in French'* (Intel two year* ago
on account of hi* malady. His fii,i
•Hatrr, and tbafirst serious F HIM -- of hi*
life, Ix-gan early in the winter of 1877.
ll' '-ontniclcd a very severe cold, which
! hafih-d iiicdical skill, and must have heen
pleuritic. The cold ran il* course with
arcat violence, the physicians agrc<-d
that the patient waa well advanced in
th tn-i stage of rapid consumption.
Uit' in the spring of 1H77 Warford had
lc oiiii- cm:u luted to a skeleton, and so
w< ik that In* was writ home to die.
In Wet Troy he put blnxelf und'-r
tin '-are of a physician, who waa at a loss
to a'-eount for tlx* ale"*nce of Home of the
mont characteristic symptoms of con
-uiuption, and made a thorough -ound
ing "t the cln -t of his patient, lie noon
I mud that the i' ft lung wa -o witlx-nxl
that it |n rforni' il no function whatever,
liut. singular to nay, he could tind no
di*' i-i therein to account for its wasted
or atrophi' d ntatc. Il< a :l> dumbfound
ed when, extending I.in a tin ultation to
tin right nidc. lie found th< heart of lijn
patient Iwuting there quite regularly,
and with all the strength that waa to Is-
MJH i"l In :• person weak an be was.
Warford himself was ignorant of tlic
location of his life-pump, if'- was of
nu h rohust conntitution that iiis atten
tion had not Ins-n called to it by any
morbid symptom, hut when he had last
felt f"r it lie found it in it- right place.
1 his vva proof < nough that the displaee
nc lit had Ini-n forcible, and not congeni
tal. -ii the doctor set ahout finding the
cause.
Drop-y of the thorax sonictinx'k pro
dui< 1i sp JIM • -no tit of that organ, lut no
recorded case told of any such radical
change of location. Many of the most
charic t< ristjc nvinptoins of dropsv were
wanting, hut physician* in consultation
finally agreed that Warlord's disease was
dropsv, and i<*at<d the spot where the
drop-ical efTusion was pound into tlie
thorai ic cavitv. Hut Warford was no
far gone tliat tlicvdid not think lie could
benr the knife. 1 ncxpcepslly It- rallied,
and oik iiav # th'v fortified him with
brand v and began to operate. The pri
niary incision, aland < ight incites from
the spine, hctwc<-n ili'- fifth and -ixth
rihs of tic- left sjde. fortunately stry k
tie very cenh r of the diseased portion.
Through a ruble r tu)'. in five minutes,
nearly a gallon of puruh nt serous matter
■ i drawn off. For a month after this
W irford improv.sl.hut th n le l ganto
sink again. Six w<s-k after tin* tir-t
tapping th' opera! ! on wa* repeated, and
-' v' ii pints of matter wre removed.
Then hi- improvement w so rapid that
f >r the hi -t time his phj i< ian- Is gan to
think of permanently curing him. He
has now Is" n tapped six tintea, and
thirty nin< Pint* of tlx dropsies I matter
have I* 1 n drawn off. The last tapping
was done ilir" months ago. and his
phy si. ians h"t <■ that anotlx r w ill not Is
ii'ssl'sl for thr"c months to come. Tlie
patient i s" mil' h letter that lx- ha* re
timed to N< w York, and is about to en
gage in :< ti\ businessagain. Wh< never
it sltiiii la come necessary to pump him
out again, his physl' ian* Intend to try
to introduce active inflammation in the
dis, . . ,| pari, hoping tlx*ivby t-> cure it
radically. T) • r* i- no active disease in
tlx- airnphi<-d lung, which • xhibit* acme
signs of returning activity. Should it
lx-i-onic inflated again and go to work,
t hey hope that tlx* lieart may le* induced
to return to it* norma] pla< <*.
The only recorded ease at all imiiar
was d< scribed in the Knglish medical
journals a -lui-t time ago. The patient
in that case was a contortionist who
maiHgi'il to displace the organ once too
often. His natural constitution wn in
ferior to Warford'*, and lie died.
( atari* in Ariroaa.
Rome two years since a herti of camel*
was driven to Yuma county. Arißona,
with tlx* intent to render tfietn sorvi cable
in the Territory as IS-ast* of burden. As
tlie expectation formed of them was not
realiwsi, tix*y were turned loose by their
owner* to roam eastward along the (ila
river at their own ruminating will. They
appear to have enjoyed TLE ir liberty, and
to have profited by it. Not only have
they thriven as though they had been in
their native Africa, but tliev have bred
liberally, and SEEM to have LXX-OME do
ne -11. 11. .1 TO TIC region. It I* LLUIMJLL
tliat the new generation of camels will L>e
thoroughly a<S liniat'-<l, ami umsl
alkaline waPT* peculiar to tliat section.
The waterless dissert of Sonora. to tlie
south and southeast of Yuma county,
contain* vast deposit* of salt, sulphur,
lorax and sodn, witli immense mineral
ores in the mountains. These caraebf
may yet be employed to advantage IN
transporting those products, for they can
go without water as neither horses nor
mules can. As is well known, the inside
of their second stomach and of a portion
of th"ir first stomach is lined with cells
in which water is stored Up and retained,
enabling them to endure long drought.
It would lx-singular if tlx- REJECTED and
wandering camels should vet lx? found to
be the lx*st means of developing the re
sources of Sonora and much of tlie coun
try roundabout. Nevertheless, it would
lx* only one of many instances in which
apparent pccident lias SUO-EEDED wher*
design has failed.
Fan with the Hears,
Nobody who visits the &xlogioal
Harden goes away without seeing the
bears, and from LOOKING at them tlx?
desire to see ihrm eat IS as natural as
second thought. There are three txsar
pits containing altogether eight bears.
In the first pit an* two cinnamon Iwarn,
noted for Uxtir laxiness and their dis
position for climbing tlie artificial tree*
placed tlxw IWr their benefit, and falling
asleep on the loftiest pen h in the sun.
The next pit contains two huge grir.r iies,
and the third four black hears. This
last pit is the chief center of interest.
Tlie mack lxvm> stand on their hind leg*
as erect as the stump of a tree, ibid their
fore paw* across their breast*, and open
ing their mouths a* wide as poMthlc,
hxik up at the spectators, mutely appeal
ing to them to dmp something g<xxi in
them. Thi* Is the critical moment.
There is a rush of men, women and
children for apple*, ixanuts. gingrr
' akes. sugar-cakes and banana*, and the
lx-ars' throat* lxaxme a target for the
skill of old and young. It is like an ex
citing game of hae-lall. When a pew
nut or ginger-cake Is dropped into a
hoar's mouth, the font i*hailed with uni
versal applause. The hears are partial
glnger-vakta. Phihultipkin ftwfi.