TIMELY TOPICS.
The Prussian government appears de
termined to make sure tlmt tho army
shall not, like the French soldiery. We
permeated by the leaven of democratic
ideas. The troops stationed in Berlin
have boon forbidden to rend tho Liberal
newspapers, and their quarters are to be
searched at regular times for the prohib
ited journals and for other objectionable
publications. Severe punishment is
promised those with whom such articles
are found.
According to late estimates. Great
Britain is not the wealthiest country on
the earth, as has been believed. France
values her private property, real and per
sonal, at $(3,1 in,OOO,(NX>, and her navy,
palaces, public buildings and other pub
lie property, excepting highways, at
f 1,C5,000,000, making $ 11,585,000,000.
The aggregate estimate for F.nglatid,
Scotland and Ireland, without reckoning
public highways, is $18,500,000,000. Real
estate in France 'greatly exceeds in area
that of England, while in the latter
there is a great excess of personal prop
erty over the former.
There are more than a million Welsh
speaking people in Great Britain. In
the Isle of Man twenty-live per cent, of
the population in 1871 understood
Manx. In the same year it was com
puted that not more than live thousand
persons could read Irish, and no news
paper was published in that language,
whereas, in 1851 there was scarcely a
■county in which Irish was not more or
less spoken. Now it is scarcely heard
except in the extreme west. Clare. Gal
way, Donegal, Kerry, Mayo ajpl the
western islands are the strongholds of
the ancient language.
Memphis seems to have learned the
great lesson which a yellow fever epi
demic should teach, and reports that the
city—or " taxinjt'distriet," as they call it
since the municipal charter was re
pealed—is in a better sanitary condition
than at any previous time for twenty
years. The good results of this thorough
cleaning up are already apparent; the
death rate thus far this season has been
3uite small, and there was not a single
oath from fever of any sort during the
first fortnight of Juno—a record that has
not been paralleled for years. There is
growing hope that Memphis is going to
get through the summer without a re
currence of last year's plague.
Mrs. Scliuler, wife of a German fanner
in South Australia, is six feet four inches
high, weighs 815 pounds, and recently
astonished her husband and the commu
nity by pn-senting the former with live i
children—time boys and two girls- at
one birth! The neighbors of theSehu
lers donated various small articles and
money to assist Mr- Schuler's family,
and a sixpenny subscription was started
in the colony for their benefit. A full
account of the ease has !>een transmitted
to tin- secretary for the colonies at I-on
don in order that it may he laid before
the queen, and Victoria, herself the
mother ot a large family, will no doubt
suitably reward tlu> phenomenal
mother.
" Wind with rage " meant something
in a Paris workshop one afternoon some
weeks ago. An overwor of the works,
finding that one of the men had not
tinisiied a piece of work which was
urgently required, fell into sueli a state
of fury as to strike him in the face.
Almost in the very wt of striking, how
ever, he stagger* d hack, shouting for
aid and complaining thr.t lie could not
see. The workmen came round him
witii offers of assistance, but nothing
could Im* done. It was obtain that lie
had suddenly lost the use of Isith his
eyes. Medical evidence showed that
iiomc of the blood vessels behind the eye
had hurst, and that the blood had flooded
the interior cavities of the eyeballs.
A letter from the staff correspondent
of a New York paper at Is-adville is de
signed to correct the grossly erroneous
notions which have h* en current respect
ing the probable yield of the carbonate
belt of< olorado during the present year.
A very careful and yet liberal estimate
of the output for the Is'advillc camp
places it at (10.000,000 or $11,000,000,
Instead of $.10,000,000 or $40,000,000, as
rutnor has had it; and the output for
tie* whole State is placed at probably
$25,000,000, instead of tlie wild figures
which have hewn in circulation. While
tin* development of other silver fields,
whose existence is already known, will
no doubt much increase the Colorado
yield, there is every reason to believe
that these figures will cover the product
of IK71).
An aeronaut named L'Kstrange re
cently met with an extraordinary escape
from death in Australia. In thepresenee
of thousands of spectators lie made an
ascent from the agricultural grounds on
the St. Kilda-road, in the lialloon
Aurora —the same, it is said, which was
used to convey dispatches during the
Franco-Prussian war. When the balloon
hail attained tlie great altitude of a
mile and three-quarters it suddenly col
lapsed, the gas bursting through its side;
but the parachute came into play, and,
instead of the wreck falling like a stone,
it jvent dowr ! n a zigzag course, and
finally struck .rcc. Women screamed
and fainted, some fell on their knees
wit h their hands clasped in prayer, while
hundreds of men rushed into the govern
ment domain expecting to find a
mangled body, hut to their astonishment
they discovered L'Katrange alive and
almost unhurt.
According to the Dfuladv Allatmrttu
Xciluno, a (ierman, named Karl Stein
bach, has made an important discovery
in photography. After years of study
ami experiment he has stirreded in ol>-
taining a chemical composition, by
tnenns of which a mirror image may ls>
fixed and sold as a photograph. With
tliis composition tlie mirror surface is
painted, and the hark part of the mirror
receives also a coating of oil. The mir
ror thus prepare/! is held before tlie |mt
son who Is to be photographed. The oil
coating evaporates, and the likeness of
the person remains in natural colors on
the light surface. The image, so fixed,
is brought in to a hath, and is Omm
half an hour to sunlight, liefore deliv
ery. A rich capitalist In Peru, it is said,
has acquired this invention for $400,-
000. and large establishments are to he
formed in North and .South America for
carrying it out.
New York city in to be heated by steam,
permission baring ban granted to a
company to lay pipe* in the streeta of
the city south of Canal street, for the pur
pose of supplying steam under the Ilolly
Combination system for beating and
cooking." This permission was granted
under certain conditions. The company
will hare to give a hood for fao.ooo to
restore the streets to the condition in
__w hioh it may find them; tosupply steam
to the city at twenty-five per cent, less
than the rates granted individuals; to
give $150,000 to the city for the privilege
when 150,000 lineal feet of mains have
bueit laid; and to paV the city three per
cent on the amount invested when the
income on that investment shall exceed
ten per cent. After laying mains below
<'anal street to the satisfaction of the
Commissioner of Public Works, the cor
poration is to be allowed to lay pipes
! through the remainder of the streets.
Mr. Collier, oft 'alio way county, lowa,
was candidate, last autumn, for the ofllee
of Probate Judge. At a meeting at
tended by a large number of citizens of
the county, Mr. ("oilier offered to dis
charge the duties of the ofllee for half (lie
fees allowed by law, the full amount of
the legal foes being about $B,OOO a year,
lie likewise asserted on various occa
sions, both publicly and prlvatelv, that
he would serve for about half the regu
lar fiS'S. Collier was elected. The At
torney-General of the State thcreu|sm
took proceedings in the Supreme Court
to have Collier ejected from his ofllee,
on the ground that lie had induced the
people to vote lor him by improper and
unlawful means. The Supreme Court
decided that the proposition to serve for
less than tho lawful compensation, in
other words, to return to persons who
should become indebted for fees one-hall
of t he amount so due by them, was a vio
lation of law. and contrary to public
policy, and that the ofllee of Probate
Judge of Calloway county was vacant,
and that a new election must !• held.
Splitting Paper.
It is on' 1 of the most remarkable prop
cities of that wonderful product, paper,
that it ran Ix'split into twonrrvro three
parts, however thin the sheet. We have
seen a leaf of the lUnstrntnl ,W tvt thus
divided into three parts, or three thin
leaves. One consisted of the surface on
which the engravings are printed ; an
other was the side containing tin* letter
press, and a perfectly blank piece on
each side was the paper that lay lictwrcn.
Many people who have not seen this
done might think it impossible; yet it is
not onlv possible, hut extremely easy,
as we shall show.
fiet a piece of plate glass and place on
it a slieet of paper; then let tlie latter !*•
tliorouglily soaked. With > are and a
little dexterity the sheet ran be split by
the ton surface being removed Hut the
liest plan is to paste a piece of cloth or
strong paper to each side of the slieet to
be split. When dry. violently and with
out hesitation pull the two pieces asun
der, when part of the sheet will lie found
to have adhered to one and part to the
other. Soften the paste in water and the
pieces ran !>e easily removed from tlie
cloth.
The process is generally demonstrated
as a matter of curiosity, yet it can lie
utilizisl in various ways. If we want
to paste in a serap-lsnik a newspaper
article printed on both side* of the pajs r,
and possess only one copy, it is very
convenient to know how to di'taeh the
one sidi' from the other. The pn|w*r.
when split, as may lie imagined, is more
transparent than it was before being -tib
ei'tial to the operation, anil the printing
ink i somewhat duller; otherwise the
two pieces present the appearance of tlie
original if again brought together.
Some time ago the information of how
to do this splitting was advertised to lie
sold for a considerable sum. We now
impart it to ail our renders gratuitously.
—lYinUrnnd ShUioner.
A Mnrdrrer's Itrmcilii.
" That i it very large frog," -aid < lei
tine ('ox. tin- murderer of Mr- Hull, as
he stood in tin- Tombs courtyard,
watching tli* movements of a frog as it
hopped from tin- rover of tie- gra* ami
plant* to the -unlight ami moisture of
tin' dripping fountain Cov had lni
brought from hi* (■••II by a keeper. and
was waiting until hi* counsel, Mr. \V.
I. Howe, hail completed an interview
with nnother prisoner. The interval
was utilized hy a reporter of the Hrnild,
who remarked to Cox that in this
weather he must find hi* cell oppn -
i vely close.
" Not so mueli jt* you might think."
he replied. " I manage to keep myi if
cool by an old remedy of mine."
"The (toiling water. I pri*uiiie," sug
gested the reporter.
"Vis: I take a quart of boiling water,
let it cool a little, sweeten it and drink
it gradually. Yon di< n!d *<chow the
perspiration colli*! oil me this morning
nfl" r taking ii I hav . ,er
sinee. | used that remedy for v< ir*
down South. !r eleniyo* out the |„.dy
also. I've another rennsiy for curing a
cold, which I never knew to fail when
taken in time. I etired a gentleman in
Twenty-third stmt i wa* living with
not verj ioiig ago. I pui hi* lid iii
strong mu-tnnl and hot water, covered
him up well, gave liini a hot lemonade,
and thendet him snuff up at intervals
the steam from boiled hops. He staved
in the I muse all next day, had a few hot
brandy*- and-water, and I tell you lie
had no more cold. He went down town
to his business all right, he did.- .Viae
York Ifrrttltl.
The Theory of Advertising.
Some advertiser* think that I treatise an
advertisement which appears to-day i*
not followed to-morrow hy an appreej.
able increase of sales the advertisement
has done no good and the theory of
advertising i* false. Tliough it is per
haps impossible to insert a notice tliat
shall not he read (let any Didymus put a
three-line card, " Wanted—A l>og." in
the obscurest corner, and Is- convinced
of tliis) it is not to lie expected that the
moment a per*on easts |ii eye upon an
advertiser's announeement lie sets out
for the advertiser's store. He may not
at the time need any article in the uier
ehant's line, or lie may deal with another
house. Hut if the representation Is at
tractive lie will almost inevitably,when
ever lie needs anything of the kind nn
nouneed, turn to the paper wherein saw
the eard anil give the advertiser a trial.
The merchant should regard his outlay
for advertising as he would that for
pninting Ills building or putting Up his
sigw- board—as a neci-saary charge upon
the whole year's business, tlw effect of
which Is not to lie perceived immediate
ly. Men do not sow wheat one day and
harvest it the next.
Th man who has begun to advertise
must keep on advertiaing If he desires a
continual increase in the volume of Ida
business. He may keep a steady dienUU
of satisfied customers, hut the chances
are that some of these will lie detached
by seeing the advantMes of other dealers
persistently advocated. Hewlllcertainly
not attract new patrons. They will go
elsewhere, just as they woulo seek an
other store than his if, on coming to his
door, they found It locked and toe shut
ters up.— Modem Argo.
Anecdotes of the Late Frenrli I'rlnee.
The latee Prince I,oui* Napoleon, killest
by the Zulu* in South Africa, cclehrate-el
lua twenty-third hirtlulay in March.
Horn tlire'e l ye-ara afte-r Nupohaui'* mar
riage te> Kuge'llic elc Montjjo, lie waa e-on
j lielcel tei an Knglish nurse, alxiut tweuity
tivee ye-ara old, atrong, handsome, of very
jovial eiiaoeiaitiem and ph-asing milliner*.
I I'cople who liave aecn Zamae-oia' Ix-auti-
I ful painting, " The Kdui-ution e>f a
I'rlnee," have aeon a gexxl likeics* of her;
, ao far aa regard* tin- i-oslunu- it ia a per
; feet portrait. The prince waa alciuliT
fund hael a mild, ph-aaing countenance;
hia e-ars were rather too large, and on ihi*
account tic I'nriaiana, for whom nothing
ia ane-rcd, anei wlio always tlml a nick
naiiio for everybody. called him " Prince 1
Ore'illard." Hlae-liriate-iiing hy Cardinal
Patrizi, aa representing I'eipe Piua IX.,
i waa a gorgeous court display.. The
e-mpre'ss showed lie-rse-lf a real mother to
the Ixiy, often spe-neling her entire elaya
anei nights beside- liis cradle l in spite l of
court etiquette ami the 1 emperor's re
monstrance*. Sin 1 hiul Icr row are 1 in
the Iwiuiulle-as affection that the child
leame'd tei fu l for her—a love wliicli has
known no eliininution.
His fatln r, though lie loved the hoy
very eharly. rare-ly pettid him save in
public. One eluy the lleiy, then pe-nhnps
live l years eilel. Was crying with texit||.
ache. The- emperor aeolihsl liini, saying
that till l future eunpe reereef France--hotlM
Ix- above all such we-akm *. '• Hut it
hurts lie awfully, papa, reuilie el tic iie.y.
" No matter," ste-nily rejoiicd tin- hero
eifSe-elan; "steep Up Veuir e-ars with your
lingers, anei you will met feed the pain."
I lie beey glance-el at liini in amaze-iicnt,
lellt foliowe-ei iiis father's advice-, mill ten
minute's late r announeed that tin pain
Was over.
Mild and amiable- aa he waa, lie <x e-a
sionallv yieldi-el to temper wlu-n lii
playmate-*, tin- sons of Dr. ('unm an ami
• ii-ns. Heury ami Kapinasai l , we-re- not
re-iuiy to obey Jiis whims. "lam a Na
poleon," he said one elay tee voung K--
pinasse, wlio liael refused to ran l with
liini; " WIN* to liim who will not obey."
Hi- father overheard him, and the boy
waa I'onelemncel to bread and wate-r for
twenty-four hours. The young princ>,
when a little hoy, e-oulil Hot be* inelue e-ei
to mount a jxuiy until lie liaei he-en
threate ned with tic ae-vegest punish-j
nu nta. so mui li die! lu fear a tunilele-. |
Afterwarel In- became a line horae-nian.
His favorite* p:istimi- was to ii-t'-n to tin
music that the haml of the Impe-rial '
(iuarel playtsl daily in tlu 1 court of tic
Tuileriea. lie-lexik sue ha strong lixing
for tlie oirnet player of the hanel, Du
foitr, that he woulefnot enn*ent to tic lat
ter's retiring with tic others. Often,
wlu-li all the letlu-rs hail gone-, the colos
sal M Dufe-ur was xen citlcr standing
lieforc the diminutive prince hi play tin
corne t, or carrying him arouinl in hi
arms for liours anil hour* in auive-saion.
One 11 a v tin- empress waa talking witli
aeelite 1 of her ladieet of honor nixeut a e-e r
tain marriage whie h li.nl ru'entlv take n
place-. "|, texe, will get liiarrie-il." sniii
the Ixiy; "I will marry M Dufour."
Voung Ixellis was fn-qllelltly n que-tea'
hy hi- tutor, lien. Fmia-ard. to he- pm- '
dent; "a prince-. "he waa told, "slculil
ICVIT commit hinisi'if one l way or tic
oilier." A .-hurt wliih after he hail
been re minele-el of this duty, tin' son ol
to n. Fli-ury asked liim wlctlcr In was
hungry. " I would not like- to • xj.re-ss
any opinion on tlcsuhjes t,"young !>iuia
gravely replied.
Some two or thru- ye ars ago Prim e
laeui* ae eoiupanie d Ills motile r on a iour
my through \u-tria ami Italy. Tiny
traveh'il a tic t'otint l -- ami mnt • e'f
I'ie-rre foneU. but tleir leh ntlty was no
wln re- a secret, ami tin s wi-re n-eivisl
with tie highe t consideration e-vi ry
whe re-. e-\eept at Vienna, VVIHT) . it i
saiel, the ex-cmpr'*- w;i- rrfuse-d an
aUilie-m i- at • enirt. Pe rhapstlit neinorv
of tie ■ atnpaigris of I -VI anil wbie li
ilepiivial tic Austrian erovrn of Lnm
hanly and Ve-nie e. was -till texi fre-li in
tic mind of tl e- Aiwtrian "ivetvign. On
tlcir way to Knglnml tic empress ami
her ex eft luiil aakeel fatrini*si<in to i ro-s
Frame. i.ut tliey wi-r< ;siliti !y .iilyi.-e <1 to
take anotlier route. On tie It* Igi.-in fron
tier a young gentleman waa arreste d 1* .
cause of his resemblance- te the- prim e
imtwrial, especially in lei- thorough F-ng
li-h style of elre -*ing. It was said tliat
tlii* journey of tie prince abroael I ad a
it* object a marriage-; another rumor
waa that it waa undertaken for the pur
pose of forming an a'liam i Ixtyv e'ii tlie l
I'ope, Austria and tie- Hon a; ,it. - at tlie
e-xpen-e of Italy. Though yvith little
profit, a pmpagnndn has lieen constantly
e-aiTicel on in Frame for the deatruetion
of the republic. Prima Iseuis lent him
self to no intrigue*, hut hoi e-rtainly in
te-nihil to recover tic tkrom- tliat his
fatlc r liad lost. For the ; tx eof Kurope
ami tin triumph of tie re-public hisel. afh
i* providential.—,NV w York fun.
\o Hiding In Pari*.
The population, floating or p> rin.no ut,
of every nrmndi*cmcnt or ward in
Pari*, say* a correspondent, I* counted
officially every month. II" your abode
at hotel, Ixiarding limtse or private ri*i
donee, within forty-eight hours you arc
required to sign a register, giving your
name, ntje. occupation and former resi
lience. This, within the |>criod men
tioned. i* copied hy an official ever
traveling front lioti to house with the
big blue txtok under hi* arm. Tic reg
ister gives, also, the l<-a<ling character! a- j
ties of your personal appearance. Pen
alty attache- itself to host or landlord
who fails to get and give to the official
such regi*tmtinii of hi- giu-sts. There
arc noumnnrked skulking holes in Paris. '
Every house, every room is known, and
ainder police -urveil lance. Every
stranger i- known and (IfMrihcd at
police headquarters within a few days
of lii* arrival. Once within the walls
of Pari*, and historically, so to speak,
your identity is always (here. In case
of injury to any person the sufferer is
not dependent on the nearest drugstore
for a temporary hospital, a* with u.
In every armndissement may lie seen
the prominent sign. " Assistance for
the Wounded or the Asphyxiated or
Poisoned." Almv* always hang- the
official trl-eolor. I say "official." be
cause a certain slender prolongation o
the flagstaff denotes that the establish
ment is under government supervision,
nnd no private party may adopt this
fashion. The Preneli flag is not hung
higglcty-pigglety to the breeze like the
stars and •tripes, so that none can de
termine whether It indicates a United
States government station or a beer i
saloon.
Come* now the fragrant hmnth of
field* new mown, and aephvr* fre*h
frura amour* with the rone; i vrltrt
mantle o'er the* earth in thrown, nnd
ferny banner* ware where brooklet
flow*. The woodland nentinel*. with
new-wrought plume*, lift nearer heaven
eaeh em'rald-tlnted aplre; the lark yet
further attain o'er meadow bloom*, and
•'en the mereuiy keep* getting higher.—
Wodt Wk*ppU
Tortured by the Zulu*.
A Frenchman ix-longing to the Hritial
army in South Africa wan captured by
the Zulus, liut afterward made hia rarapt!,
The story of Ida ad vent urea, na told in 11
l/ondon letter, ia aa follow*: After ali
our mounted men had l>ocn put to roul
on the aaid day. Col. W< atherley' men
w> re completely hemmed in, and fought
with undaunted bravery to the laut man.
Only one man escaped death- a French
man named fJraridler. The /ulna, who
were concert in cr nn attack the next day
ion Kaiiihuia. would not kill <>randier.
hut made him a priaoner, to la brought
I before Cetywayo to lie dealt with lev
him. He was kept a priaoner on this
mountain until the j m pi returned tiaek
to il apiin after attacking Kainhula Mill.
W hen he waa brought before Cety wayo
| the latter questioned him aerioualy enn
! earning tlna column He waa naked by
the king if lie hwl had enough of it.
< etywayo thinking at this tine that tin
impi lie aerit to attack this column had
completely annihilated ua; I.nt never
waa he more chagrined than when,
while in tlie net of <juc*tioiiing the
Frenchman, the tilling* of the grand de
feat of hi* heat warrior* were related to
him. The Frenchman any* that <'ety
wayo nearly cried on hearing such un
expected news, and lie got greatly
enraged on hearing that Umlxdmi was
killed. The king further <|Uciitioncd
him a to the lu'tu il atrength of our eol
titiiti, to which the Frenchman replied
that we were near 3,000 atrong, ami
could defy tilt whole Zulu armv. City
wayo gave liim to understand that he
knew all about the reinforcements eom
ng out. by showing him a lot of papers.
The king also t<>ld him that the Dutch
and Zulus were going to combine, ami,
after killing ali the F.tigiish, he would
turn round and kill all the Dutch ami
have all the country to himself. This
h r< iii'hiiian say* that a good many Zulus
at the kings kraal can read am! apeak
better Knglish than he < an. ao that ac
counts for their information with regard
to the reinforcements coming lu re. Hut
it is a very strange thing how ('etywayo
i in nt poiMHton of these papers. I
think some underhand work must In
going on somewhere. It Would be a
good job if the party were found out and
made an example of.
• 'etvwayo kept his prisoner for eight or
tn days, and every night h was
*trip|M-d naked and both his hand* and
feet were Ixiund together. In the morn
ing all the woucnami a few men would
conic and give hitn some severe- blows
to make him rise up, after Is ing out in
the cold all night and quite numbed
from its • ft'-cts. The women used to
pull small portion.* of hair at a time out
of his head and whisker*, causing him
great pain, the men pointing tlu-ir as
segais ami geiing through the fe.rtn e.f
how they should kill 1 ni
At length the tiin<- arrived for (Vty
wayo te> eh-I idc what lu- *hou!ei.do with
him. and. iorming a ring, with tic
prisoner in tin- e-e-nt. r. they tolel him
that lie should IM se-nt uneh r an *■ ort <f
wnini-n tei Cmlx-lini's party with full
instruction* how they should kill him
and avenge- th< eh-nt)i of I'nitx-lini. at
the ame time showing him how tlu-v
weiulei coninuu e killing him by ■ lilting
small pieces ei(T lii* leg* and arms, and
thence contlnm till tic whole body w as
sae ril'u-e-ei in tic -aim licitue r. Tie e-s
-e-ort from tier. pr> ex-id with tin ir
prisom r (or I*in 1•• ini'- pan v. mil w hen
tiu-y got a go,s| many iniei on tin Ir
journey the Frenchman feigned being
tire-el ane| wanting to sli. ami tli<- *-
isirt ea.mp! e-ei with his wi-lc- On* of
the-eort having fallen asleep by his
-iele anel tile-eetlee-r having walke el a short
distance away, I lie- prisoner availed
tiimwdf eef an a--' gal be kawjaa tee the
Zulu -ies ping mloaglide eef him. aid
driving it through him stake-el him t<>
tic gre-une' 'l ie eeltur Zu'u. p |,e ix .
ing his evimpanion laiel hew. sueiele nly
teaek lei hi* lee-l* ami ran for his ijfe- for
fear lie same- f itc -bottlel lu fall him.
ft randier did not know what film a* lie
was in e>r w lcit elirestion P follow, ex
cept by the rising of tie nusin ami sun.
Doing ley tfie--c two gtiieh-s, he maeh for
the direction of tic Zlolmno mountain
to tlu 1 In-I of hi* idea*, with the- intern
tiien of, JUT leaps, ge-tting any sort ol
covering tor hi- Iwxly wluch might have
I* e-n le ft the re-afte-r thi! fight, and tlie-nce
make the lu-at e>f hi* way to bunelx-rg.
Rut tlie jxwir f--lhivv ]oi lii* way after
leaving tie Zlobani mountain until
pie keel up in a mise rahlncondition by eiur
mounted men.
A Coachman'* Conque-t.
Murray 11ii 1 society hit* lat ly Ixi'n
agitated over a scandal in which the in
evitable . cntv'hinan again figure- and
which hv thrown a shadow over one of
the most prominent and highly rnpo t
ablc families of that fashionable locality. '
In Itiia instance th young ladv i- both
Iwnntiful and highly accomplished. and
her lover, the coachman. i- young and
good looking, hut very illiterate. It i
-aid to he a i use of invent lirt sight.
He that :i it tnay, the couple < arrii-f on
their courtship so ardently attd boldly
that eventually one of the gentleman
neighbor* dropped liitn a note through
the mail, asking him if he knew of the
conduct of hi* daughter. The father
was at<>ttndia! upon learning of the
affair and at once ealhal Id* daughter to
.an account. She acknowledged that die
knew theeoa<hman and had inoltfla to
him on several occasions, hut this wa
all. Mer explanation dei-el ved him so
thoroughly that he ceased to watch her
movement* f.ira time. Suh*e<|ucntly.
however, lie found among hi* daughter'*
effect* during her temporary absence
fmm her home, several letters from the
love-smitten Jehu, which still further
opened hi* eye* and confirmed all that
ha<l been written concerning the couple
by hi* friend. The result wa* a stormy
interview, during which the young
lady's mother Was so affected that
she said to have fainted. Soon after
litis, and despite the vigilanee of the
parents of the young lady, die clandes
tinely met her lover, and arrangements
were perfected for their marriage. which
were frustrated hy tlie nppe.,ranee on the
scene of tiie father when the couple were
on their way to the residence of a min
ister whom they hail engaged to perform
lIIP ceremony. The coachman was dis
charged hy hi* mistress and the young
lady was taken to her father's country ,
residence, where she is now reported to ,
he closely watched to prevent her firom
Mning her lover.
Prior to this unfortunate affair the
young lady had been reciving the com- 1
pany of a young, wealthy and talented
physician, who had asked her hand in
marriage and had met with a favorable
response. The shock produced by this
affair has nearly erased lilm, and he has
since, hy the advice of his friend*
started on a voyage around the world.
—New York (irapkie.
Three Nevada rahting town* that had
81.080 people now maatar, all told, about
AAy.
Making Shingle* In a c ypre** Swamp.
The following extract, showing how
shingle* are mu in n Delaware cypri-**
KWIUIIO, IN from mi nrliele by Howard
I'vle in I/iir/ur'* Mn<j<uinr: A* we
plunged deeper Into the ■wnmp the tree*
Increased in size, Here and there a
hlaek pool of water lay gleaming Ml lien
ly, hiding, a* it were, among a thick
growth of rank fern* and venornoua
looking flower*. Vine-eovered eypreane*
: row high aloft, the inevitable at reamer*
of gray mom hanging motionlecsly pen
dent. The noiae ill the shinglc-cuttcrM
sounded ever inore clearly, like the rap
pill/ of a gigantic woodpecker—" tap
tap, l-tp; lap, lap, tap"- a* they < hop.
|M*U (flit tlic li 111 i< K # |}| #• -1(1111(1 of t||C
void* of the lnvieil.lt workmen and an
occasional burnt of laughter echoing
mvstei iotisly in the gloomy anil other
wine unbroken solitude; ami *o we tame
Upon the shingle center.
The workmen had just exeavatetl a
jog, the liutt or root part within a few
inches of the surface of the grountl, the
*tf m at the farther end some two or three
feet below. At nliout twenty feet ilis
tanci from tiie butt a young man wax
bu*y -awing tlirough the log. IM* check*
were hollow, lii* feature* angular, a gen
eral endue eroti* look betokening t hill*
ami fever. Flic saw Inn! a haiidleonly at
one end, like the instrument lined for
cutting |ee. The *harpcnd "truck deep
ly into the giound at every movement,
but wan not dulled, f<eeau*e of the entire
freedom from grit of the noil, composed
:i ■ it i" of decay-id bark and vegetation.
We watebed with interest, taking a
"ketch in the mi-niilime, until the log
was Kit wed through. It now made a
section about twenty feet long,ami com
paratively easy to handle. The gang,
t nitipoM if of half a ilo/t'ii hand*, now*et
to work to nii*ejt from it* renting-place,
with mug lever* of stout sapling*, tin.
process accompanied with many grunt*
ami oath" Ii was a picturesque sight—
the int n in their red anil blue shirt*
-training ami tugging at the giant log
that lay in it* long, grave-like cavity.
At length it start* at one end with a
Mi. king noi*e as it leave* it* oozy lied, i*
gradually raised to the surface, anil is
finally rolled Ixdily out of it* excava
tion to the fre*h air, where it lie* like
some newly disinterred antediluvian
monster, huge, hlaek and slimy.
• A purty grxd log," say* one of the ;
men. a* he draw* the sleeve of hi* red
shirt :UTOM hi* swi-at-beaded brow.
When the log i* thus Anally raised it i*
-awed into section* each about two feet
in length; these are then split down to ;
the n qui-itc tldi-knim for shingle*. The
log are lirst discovered hv mean* of a
sharp .n.n stake, which is thru*t into i
the ground wherever a might mound
like elevation betoken* the probable
presence of a log or log* beneath, if the
point of the *t. lte strike* the hard sur
face ~f wood instead ot sinking easily
into the moras-, the soil is cjuarcd away,
and a square foot of the stump exposed.
The practii-ed eye of the shingle man
i-nn b ii at once whether tin' log i u-eful,
the i '.juisitc* for use bi ing straight
grain throughout, with no knots, sound
ness and no decay, it a sound, good
log. it i* then unoovi nl. sawed through
and riv.su!.
\\ le n tl • log was completely raised. 1
our gu i.-Mimed his work, splitting }
tie saw-'l -. 'lion* into shingle- Ink- '
itlg • I, • ncofthedrycst of the fallen
i".'-. * i ■ ' a large •' chunk " Upright
b. |n u i,i, kn-es He used a broad j
knif 1 ■ '* " itli a long w<*M|en handle,
which •,■ iced on the log. driving It ]
ill'" ■ wv it with a lieavv hard -word {
nit n a i used In - ulptors and i
is., -. At a I'll • distance fr"tn
liij. *h i-.y looking fellow with arid ;
alii ! ■ il p it' leal lliiwsi r* was sitting
at a ing," horse, -having the split
,!, , t iv<. *| smooth and tapering lb--
sidi biin lay a pile of clean, crisp-look
in;. bis ings. i milling liint odor peculiar
toss, • ""lined is press. Tie horae Used
i" tin ordinary cooper'• liorae. and md
no special description. From this point
the -liingii - are carried to the roadside, j
to t handy for transportation.
\ hsllant Sea-light. •
!'. appears that the di>(rncf of the
Chilian corvette Kmcralda, off Iquiqu- ,
I'eru. ww .m rut of heroism dwtinj a
oonsph-umis plorc in the annal* of na\ il
warfare. The Chilian vessel, an o.d
wooden trrdV of 1,000 tons burden,
tolerably well armed, was caught in a
lit 11 Say, where escape was imi>osii]e,
by the (Kiwerful Peruvian rant liuascnr.
Il< re was a situation where a prud< i '
commander would have specdi'v pulled
down his flag: hut most heroic deeds are
p r form id in defiance of that discretion
which is said to la* the Ircttcr part of
valor, and Captain Thomson, of the
Esmeralda, determined to fight his ship
to the last, lie refWd to surrender,
and opened on his huge antagonist.
The Huascar declined a fair fight, and
running into her adversary, crushed the
Esmeralda's wondm walls with a single
Mow from her iron ram and sent her to
the bottom. Captain Thomson, with a
handful of his men, climbed on board
the Huaecar and were rut down while
bravely fighting on the deck of their
enemy.
The Chilians who went down at their
guns or were slaughtered on board the
Peruvian ram wen' avenged, however.
The same day on which the Esmeralda
was sunk, the splendid Peruvian
nrmorod frigate Independeneia ran fat
Ujwn a stinken nwk and was abandoned
and fired by her own erew. She had
separated from the lluascnr when the
latter attacked the corvette and had gone
in pursuit of the Chilian dispatch boat
Covadnngn. whieh, keeping close in
shore. In shallow water, lured the big
ironclad to self-destruction. The net
result of the whole affair, so far as Chill
is concerned, is therefore the exchange
of an old wooden craft for the finest and
only really formidable cruising ship in
the Peruvian navy—about equivalent to
trading a pawn at chins for an adversary's
queen.
A Former Slate of Jefferson.
Father Jeflbraon, of St. l<ouia, M<>..
dicn there recently, it in claimed, at the
remarkable age of 117 year*. The caeo
of Aunt Father, aa ahe waa called, ia
worth more than a paaaing notice, not
only Ixxauae her a]l<gtxl longevity ia
authenticated by very at rang evidence,
but alao because ahe waa a alave of
Thotuan Jcffcraon. ftom whom ahe took
her name, and, with the mat of Mr.
•lefferaon'a slaves, waa sold at auction
after hia death. Father Jefferaon and
her husband suliaoquently earned money
enough to buy their own freedom. A
permit, signed by Ilonry Chouteau,
clerk of the Bt. Loula Circuit Court, in
Ml, gives perruiaaion to Father JrflVr
•on, a negreas, sixty-nine year* of age,
" to live in the State of Missouri aa long
aa of good behavior, and no longer." fi
the age at* ted |a the permit ia comet,
the former a lave of Tbotaaa J e Hereon
waa hilly aa old aa aha ia aow said to
havi beau.
Thing* that are Misnamed,
( ihe I'hfladi-liXjja Trrulr Jr/Hrrvil pro
i face* a list of misnomer* applied to arti
• 'JIT w ','" known in trade by saying:
Why should trade not have a Johnson
or n Webster to e)a**|fy and correct the
, inna* of ineonsisteni-ie* that go to riiak*
P It* nomenclature* We not only tax
our brain* to invent •fantastic' names
for every new fabric, varied perhaps
" n 'y by a thread or a *hade from what
V u f (SnMidponmU wore a century ago,
but there are in n*e positive misnomer*
Y'l n fy "rti'W ,t meridian dine.
11l- following i m perfect li-:, Milled from
•otir.e* ready at hand will give a faint
Idea of them :
Acid (sour), agpliwl in chemistry to'a
1 (—* of '"lilies to ss bieh sourness is only
n< i idental, and by no rm-Mn* a universal
• huraetrrlslic. Thu* rock, crystal
quartz, flint, ete., are inimical a. ids,
though no particle of acidity belong* to
them.
Klack lead die-s not contain a sing,e
iiartleje of lead, living composed of car
j bon and iron.
it grjs-s doe* not come from
■ llm/.il. or even grow there; nor 1* it
F r;, "s at ail. It consist* ofstrips of a palm
leaf (rhain<rrtn, aryrntsxi) and is im
| rt'-d chiefly from Culm.
burgundy pitch is not pitch, nor i* it
m.-iiiufaelurid in or exported from Hur
gundy. Ihetieat is a re-inou* stibstane*
ju-eparei! from eomtnon frankincense and
brought from Hamburg: but by Tar the
greater quantity is a mixture of ri--in
and palm oil,
• liino, as a name for porcelain, give*
rise to Hie eont railictorv I'lprinßinni,
I.ritisli i hina, I ut< h china, ('helsca
china, etc., like wooden milestones, iron
miii -ton. -, lira-s sho.-horn", iron pen*.
-t ■ I JM-11"
t utile hone is not Ijonc at all, hut a
structure of pure chalk, once ciulxdii-d
i". .*y ill the -üb-tani • e, rtain ex
tinct sjii'i ii-s of cuttle fish- It is en
< • 1 d tn a m. inbranv u- sac. within the
hotly , I the fish, and drop* out when the
-ae IK opened, but it has no connection
whatever with the sac or the cuttle fish.
' ..'ilv.'tniacd iron i- not galvanized. It
i simplv ironeont(*l with zinc; and thi*
i- done by dippingit in a zinc bath con
taining muriatic vid.
t>t rman silver is not silver at all, nor
1 wa* the metallic allnv eallisj by that
name invented by a fisrnuui, f.ut liaa
l"" ii in u-< in China time out of niind.
Ib iM v soap contain* no honey, nor it
honey- anv way employed in it* tnanu
fiu ture. It j* a mixture of palm of; soap
and olive oil soap, each one part, with
thr< •• part* of curd soap, or vellow soap,
scented.
Japan lacquer contain- no la/- a! all,
but i- made from a kind of nut tree
called onneardiaecfr!
Kid gloves are not made from kid
skin-, but of lamb or he*'p skins. At
pri-*Mtt m:uiy of tbiin are made of rat
-kin-.
Mii-r-ehauin is not pitritn-il " se
foain." :t* its name implies. liut i* acoS
position of -ill a, magnesia and water
Mosaic gold has no connection with
Moss ~r the ni-tal gold. It i- an alloy
of copper and zinc. u*'-d in the ancient
mtjsivunt or tHsellat/'d work.
Mother of pearl i- the inm r layer of
-'v.tai aorta of dwUa. It not the
mother of |* ari. a* it- name indi.-ate*.
but in sonic i ax* the niatrix of the
pearl.
l'en means a feather (latin p/nwa, a
wingb A st'-el pen Is not * vcxy c hoice
expression.
Pru- -i.-m 1. tie doe- not c-omc- from
I'ru-sia, but is tie precipitate of the -alt
of protoxide of iron with pronsiate of
| "ta--H.
S ilnd oil is not oil for salad, but oil
for i ..-aning salladi-k. i. r.. helmet*.
Set is not salt at all, and has j,,ng been
' xe'nded from the i la** offwdie;-, (Jimomi
nai.-d "salt*-"
S> aling wax 1- not wax at all, nor docs
it contain a sjngie partieie of wax. It i*
mad- of shellac, \ < nil*, turpentine and
• innabar. Cinnabar give* it a deep, ri-d
color, and the turpentine renders the
shellac soft and less brittle.
Sperm oil properly means " seed oil,"
(latin. Kprrm.i. se*i), from the notion
that it was f>< rinarsii (the s|*-rin or melt
of'a whale). The -perm whale is the
whale v. hi ,i gives tin- " seed oil." which
i- t 1.- t. . liicny, but not wholS, from
tlte head.
Whalt-bone is not bon- at all, nor doe*
it Jeisses- any of ||, e proie'riiiw oflione.
It is a substance atta. best to the upper
law of the whale, and s.-rv.-s to strain
the water whicli the creature takes up
in large motithftil*.
Ihe llads of the C|y|| Sabbath.
Tie-so are some of the grounds upon
which it rests:
First—Every human being, by the no
nes ity of his nature, needs a rest of one
entire day in seven, added to his night)v
rest in sleep, for the restoration of Ins
strength exhausted by the labor* and
cares of si* successive days. "His very
heart and flesh cry out for it." The fni:
itizen has the same natural right to be
protected hv law front the disturbance
on bis weekly rest day as in his nightly
sleep.
Second—Tlie State needs the rest day
for the protectionaad promotion of good
morals, good order, the public peace and
public decency." "The Sabbath law,
considered as a police regulation, rest*
on the foundations which uphold laws
prohibiting gambling, lotteries, poly
gamy. disorderly bouses, the sale of in
toxicating li'junr* on election days, and
the like, Tno State punishes all these
offen<-cs. Sabbath breaking included, not
as sins against God, but as injuries on
society." (Supreme Court of New
York.)
Third—No citizen should la- requind
by law to worship (iod.even on Sunday,
for the sake of public morals. Hut tlie
law ought to restrain him from disturb
ing tlnsc who choose to devote their nw
day to religious worship, lor this anient
other ends, namely, the-welfare of the
whole people, t oosidered as an educa
tional agency, tlie Sabbath stands side
by side with our schools of learning;
and both ought, for the same reason, to
be protected from molestation.
Fourth—Our citizens have a natural
right to undisturbed worship on the day *
set apart for rest by the usage of the
American people from the settlement of
the country. This right cannot bs secured
amidst the noise >nd stir ol ordinary
labor and public amusement. Besides,
those who carry on their business on
Sunday virtually compel their neighbors
in the same business to do the same. In
the active competitions of life, "Die
liberty of rest for each raaa depends on
the law of rest for all.— Artrtvi* /rmn mm
Addrt-u dflivrrrd in IsmimnUU
. m, f do a great many
foolish things, but hie will never wear a
pair of white aaatalooM to a picnic but
ottos. He will never forget the large
amount of fun be didn't have on tan
first occnetoa. —Afa rente mi HtrmU.