BJw ®tojp" cmor,pN
up through the golilru
Thursd^^pn,j H In their daffodil !>ed,
time, ere the daylight fades,
' °' * 'beam 'hat was long since
InMrWd tajV
wrltsr. MSJ\V of the s|>ring when first we met,
Air.r i suns that forever havo sot?
When tho world ia red with tho summer rose,
And sweet with the music of mellow June,
Will you miss some light when the sunset glows.
Till the song of the summer seems scarce in
tune;
Will you say how swiftly tho June days went
In tho fullness of last year's sweet content ?
When tho reapers rest in tho ruddy gold
Of tho ripening fields on tho breezy down,
Will you think of die time when our tale was
told,
And our hopes were ripe for the reaping down,
When the fields of life that flowered of late
Wore stripped ami swept by the scythe of fate ?
When the world is awaiting tho spring's sweet
prime,
And tho snow lies soft over forest and field,
Will you think how wo wept in tho winter time,
Kro the pain of our parting was numbed and
healed;
When tho "love of your lifetime" was just
new-born,
And your "life-long sorrow" wmi scarce out
worn ?
A lifelong sorrow! I mind me yet.
When wo stood in the glow of the golden
grain;
•Twero lietter, yon said, that I should forgot,
" For tho greater half of love is pain."
Ah, troe! He who loves moat, tho most
endures;
But the "life-long sorrow" is mine not yours!
lltirjh-r's Wrrkty.
AUNT PEISCILLA'S GREEN SILK,
"Anil to mv niece, Arabella Stewart,
I give anil bequeath the green silk ilrcss
which has boon in my possession for tho
last five-and-twenty years."
The old lawyer, who was reading the
will of the late deceased to tho assem
bled relatives, came to an abrupt pause,
and glanced over his gold spectacles
with a mischievous twinkle in his eyes.
"Stingy old thing!"
Miss Stewart's vinegary face took on
a more acid expression than usunl; she
drew herself up to a fearfully erect at
titude, and glared around the room with
a baffled fnry in her ferret-like eyes.
"Stingy old thing," she reiterated,
"to treat mo so—the best friend she
ever had. I've waited on her day and
night, toiled and slaved, and borne with
her caprices. Every body knows she was
rich, and yet she dies and leaves me nn
provideil for—me, a poor and friendless
orphan girl—and wills all her money to
charitablo institutions. Then, not con
tent with that, she adds Insult to injnry
by bequeathing mo that old gToen silk !
Looks as if it had come ont of the ark."
Miss Arabella, the " friendless orphan
girl" of somo thirty-eight summers (and
winters) dried her eyes—the tears had
not been shed for the loss of her onlv
relative, bnt for the loss of the fortune
she had confidently ex jwo ted to inherit
—and seizing the unoffending garment,
would have tossed it upon tho fire whiea I
blazed and sparkled in the grate.
But a slim little figuro started for
ward, and a pair of small hands caught
tho antiquated green silk, while two
pleading blue eyes were turned upon
Miss Htewart.
"Oh, please, Cousin Arabella," cried
a sweet voice, half-choked by tears,
" please don't destroy Aunt Priscilla's
dress! It seems a sacrilege. She's dead
anil gone, and we onght to treat ber
property with respect. Besides, she
left it to you, anil yon should—"
She paused abruptly as Miss Arabel
la's hand came down ujion her shoulder
with a Arm grip.
"Out of my sight 1" shrieked the
irate spinster; "yon're always in the
way where you've no business to be,
Nellie Hunter. Hince yon think so
much of the dress it's a pity she didn't
will it to you instead of leaving you
nothing. You were her niece just as
much as I; yet sho forgot your very ex
istence. IVrliaps you'd lietter take the
dress—l'm sure I don't want it, and re
fuse to claim it."
Tho old lawyer, who hail witnessed
the entire scene with interest, smiled
slightly.
" If Miss Nellie wishes the garment,"
he remarked, blandly, " I should advise
her to take it."
"Mho's welcome to it!" snapped Ara
bella, savagely.
NaUie took tho despised dress, and
began folding it carefnlly.
"I thank you, Consin Aralsdla!" she
ventured, timidly.
"Well, you needn't 1 I want no
body's thanks I I've been living on
thanks all my life, and now wonbl like
somothing more taugible 1"
Lawyer Wilder** dark eyes worn a
slightly contemptuous look.
"Miss Htewart," lie said, mildly, "I
should think you would have somo re
collection of isuit benefits. You havo
lived with your aunt for ten years or
more, and during that time the entire
expense of your maintenance has lieen
cheerfully borne by tho good old lad J.
11 And now that she has died, and left her
11 fortune elsewhere (being ber own she
certainly httl a right to dispose of it EH
she aw fit), yon indulgo in unseemly
oxhihitionß of temper. If any ono has
a right to oomplaiu, or fool slighted, I
should think your Gnuain Nollio was tho
ono, forsho IIOH boon literally forgotten
in your aunt's will!"
"And I might as well be!" snarled
Arabella. " But Nollio can have that
old dross, maybe it will Horvo lior as a
wedding dross 1"
And tho irato spinster dashed out of
tho room with head oroct and eyoH
flashing fire. Lawyer Wilder laid his
hand on Nellio's brown head.
"Don't mind hor, little ono I" ho
cried, cheerfully, "and don't think your
Aunt I'riaeilln forgot you ! Mho loved
you dearly, and I'm stiro thoro is somo
serious mistake in this will, for I have
often heard her say that little Noll was
provided for. Do not bo discouraged,
my dear, now that you liavo no home.
Come home with me, my wife will bo
dolightcd, and—as for Harry —"
The old man paused, anil shook hin
gray head wisely. Nellie blushed "ce
lestial rosy red."
" Yon are very kind, indeed, Mr. Wil
der," sho answered, "and God will re
ward you for your goodness to a home
less girl. I will accept your offer for a
few days, and at tho er.d of that time 1
trust that I shall find employment."
When Arabella discovered that the
despised Nellie had actually been in
vited to make Lawyer Wilder's house
her homo her rage knew no bounds.
"I nlways said yoti were a designing
minx !" she cried, "and I know it now.
You have got your eyes on Harrv Wil
der. But let mo tell you something
ho does not admire you, and never did.
He told me, only the night before Aunt
I'riscilla died, that there was no other
woman in the world like nio, in his inti
mation. What do you think of that,
miss ?"
Nellie's face was very pale, but she
answered quietly, biting hor lip to re
press its quivering:
" Mr. Wilder has a right h> his own
opinion, Cousin Arabella, and if he likes
yon so much, I suppose there will lie
but one termination, and—and—l con
gratulate you."
Arabella smiled and tossed her ring
leted head.
" Bah! All that is tra-sli, of course.
Resigning with sweetness what you
couldn't get. Make a virtue of neces
sity and all that sort of thing. Well,
when do you propose going to Mr. Wil
der's ?"
" This evening," rep ied Nellie, with
dignity. "Since this house must j>a.vs
into the hands of strangers, and the
home where we have lived is now the
property of others, I see no way bnt to
leave at once. Where are you going,
Arabella ?"
" I suppose I can find a refuge with
my brother's family hr a few days,"
sighed the maiden, dolorlmjy; "bnt I
trust it will not have to I twin r long ! "
And doubtless her brother's family
shared the same feeling. %
In an hour Nellie appeared, Grayed
in a neat block suit, with her little
traveling bag in her hand.
"Going, eh?" sneered Arabella.
"Well, it's the best thing you can do.
I hope Yon'vo got that precious dress
with yon."
"Yes; I have it in my valise,"
answered Nellie, humbly. "Do you
want it, Arnliella?"
"No! Haven't I tohl you no? I want
nothing belonging to that ungrateful
old woman. Keep it for your own
wedding dress.'*
" Do so, Miss Nellie."
Nellie glanced up.
Harry Wilder was standing beside
hei— tall, manly, handsome. Nellie's
face grew red, and her eyes drooped
beneath his keen gaze.
" Yon are going to my father's
house, I believe?" he went on, rapidly.
" Well, father sent mo hero with the
carriage to convey von home. Will you
accompany me?"
Anil right liefore the incensed Ara
bella Nellie accepted tho proffered
escort, and soon, seated in the comfort
able carriage, they were driving down
the wide country road, bound to Lawyer
Wilder's handsome mansion.
" Nellir
Harry Wilder's hand was resting on
hers, ami his fare hail somehow gotten
into close proximity to the pretty one
beside him.
" Nellie, will yon be my wife 9"
She started as with an electric shock
" Why," she faltered, "I understood
that—that —you did not like me—that—
you cared for Araliella."
He laughed merrily.
" I was in the library where father
had sent me for some papers," he ex
claimed, " and overheard your entire
conversation. Nellie, yon must know
that tho idea ef my caring for that eross
old maid is preposterous. Why, I have
joved yon ever since I first met yon at
yonr Aunt Priscilla's house and saw yon
toiling away like a young slave, whilo
jour Cousin Arabella sat in the parlor
and played lady. Bnt answer me, dar
ling—do you care for mo? Will yon
bo my wife?"
And Nellie did not say no. An hour
or so later the 61d lawyer and bis rosy-
cheeked wife wero giving the lovers
their blessing in tho moot orthodox
fashion.
"Couldn't have pleased mo hotter,
Harry," shouted tho old man—" not if
you had married tho daughter of a mil
lionaire I"
"But, Mr. Wilder," faltered Nellie,
"I am very poor, yon know, and per
haps people will say—"
" Hang people, my doar," blurted the
warm-hearted old man, "what do we
care for peoplo? It's only you and
Harry, and tho good wife and mo; no
one to bo consulted that I know of.
Como now, my dear, name tho wedding
day, and we'll have everything settled
at once."
Ninco there was no reasonable excuse
for delay, Nellie appointed tho day, and
soon dressmakers and sewing machines
made music in the Wilder house pre
paring for the auspicious occasion.
One day Nellie marched triumpliantly
into those wing-room, holding aloft Aunt
Prim-ilia's old green silk.
" My wedding dress 1" she cried.
Mrs. Wilder glanced Up in consterna
tion.
" My dear," she began ; but Nellie
cut the remonstrance short with a kiss.
" Dear Mrs. Wilder," alio said, gently,
"really, I prefer to be married in the
dress. It can lo remade, and will look
lovely. Nee ! it's real moire; and, as I
am to be married here, in tho country,
ean I not be allowed to dress according
to mv own idea, ami not follow fashion
ho strictly? Ib-member I am a jsior
girl—"
Sho paused in surprise. While she
was speaking she held the dress, and
her busy lingers hud detected some
thing hidden away in tho lining. Paper
a piece of paper. A pair of scissors
soon laid the lining open, and Nellie
drew it forth. This is what she saw
written on tho paper, properly signed
and witnessed:
"I, Priseilla llurnhain, d<> give ami
bequeath all the balance of my estate
amounting to fifty thousand dollars to
my nieces, Arabella Stewart ami Nellie
Hunter, to bo dividod equally between
them."
And so it all turned out liko a story
look. Arabella—to do her justice
was overwhelmed by her aunt's kind
ness, and heartily ashamed of her own
gross errors. Sho became a wiser ami
better woman.
And as for Nellie, there never was a
more deserving heiress, nor ever a
sweeter bride than the one who stood at
Henry \\ ilder's side one fair spring
morning and was married in Aunt I'ris
cilia's old green silk.
A Night of Horror.
Iklunrd Toth, the jmpular but very
poor Hungarian lyric j>oet and drama
tist, who died some weeks ago, has left
an autobiographical account of the event
which hastened his end. There seems
to lie no doubt that the gifted young
man had the germs of consumption al
ready at work in him, but probably no
consumptive patient ever took less pre
caution against the advances of the de
stroyer, while the last stage was pre
maturely hurried on by the circum
stance* which ho has described. In a
light coat, with no companion but a
walking stick, and with only five gulden
in his pocket. he set off for a walk
of ten miles across a mountain
path to join n troop of players in a
town which is simply indicated as " K."
Ho was overtaken by a fearful and
blinding snow-storm. About twelve at
night he saw a light in a house, made
his way to it and found that it was a
miserable little inn of forbidding a*]>eet.
He determined to seek night quarters
there, having no other choice, as he
thought, Wtween that and death. After
he had been admitted by the evidently
Jewish landlord he snw two peasants,
of criminal looking aq>eot, drinking
sml playing at cards. Toth ordered
an omelette and half a bottle
of red wine. Ho was so dis
concerted by the evident character
of his host and bis follow guests, that
he thought it better to trust himself to
the snow-storm for the remainder of the
night than to such companions. He
put down his five-gulden piece, at
which the two i>easans glances], and
received four gulden and 70 krenzer*
in change. Warmed by the wine he
started off with reinri go rated force. Ho
had proceeded some distance, whon,
to his " great g'od fortune," as he says,
ho slipped and rolled down into a deep
ditch. As he could not find his way
hack to the road ho mode use of the
ditch as a track. Tho snow had ceased
and had not fallen so heavily on the
downward route as on the ascent. Ins
few r moments ho heard the voices of
the two peasants whom ho had left in
tho inn. "Ho mnst havo come this
way," said one, " ho cannot escape ns."
" Bah I" replied tho other, "It is not
worth freezing all night to got fonr gul
den and seventy krenxors. I shall go
back." Toth says that ho kept himself
qniet and motionless on the frozen
gronnd for two or throe honrs before ho
dared to again move. " Tbat night,"
he writes, "killed me, for since its hor
rors I have scarcely passed an honr
without incessant coughing."—Throe <o
Globe.
NINETY-NINE TONN OF COLO.
How H|x||r >1 llllotlM of Hull I Oil I.OOIiN All
lu Onr ICoom Tutfcrd Alton! Ntid
Wflghrd, t llnndrrd Tbouannd Hollars*'
Worth nt a Tlmr.
A recent issue of tho Now York Sun
Haym It costs 81.2(H) to send 85,IKK),()(M)
in bullion from tho Now York assay
oillco to tho Philadelphia mint. That
is why u room in tho assay oillco in at
present walled around with gold bricks.
The weight of $5,000,000 is eight tona
and a quarter, or, inoro accurately,
1(5,585 pounds. Congress waa asked for
850,000 to cover the e*i>ense of trans
porting bullion to tho mint, but it only
appropriated 920,000. Between tho
second of August last und May 1
$00,000,000 in gold was received in tho
assay office, and for lack of money to
send it to the mint 800, OIK) ,(KM) yet re
mains on the hunds of Superintendent
Thomas C. Acton. This £110,000,000
weighs about ninety-nine tons. A man
who should own it would be able Vo wall
himself up in it as in a well, ami the
well would not be so wide or so high
but that he could stand in tho middle
and touch every brick. Tho num
ber of gentlemen in this country who
could perform this interesting experi
ment with their own gold is small. 'The
bricks in the assay office average about
81,0(H) apieco in value. Tin most of
them are not much to look at. They
are as black and dull in color as a cheap
quality of stovepipe. If you scratch
one with a knife, you make a bright
yellow mark, and this mark will not get
black a vain. These black bricks are
composed of incited foreign coins, con
taining about the right amount of alloy
for American coinage, and so the alloy
is allowed to remain in them. When
tho melted gold is jsjured into the
molds the oxygen of the uir attacks the
copjsT of the alloy, and turns it bla< k.
If it were worth while to protect the
bricks from the air until they got cold
they would never get any darker in color
than a gold coin would. Two-thirds
of all these bricks are mode of French
twenty-franc pieces. Those bricks
made of gold directly from the mines
are very nearly pnro metal, and are as
bright as coins. The drainage from all
this gold, if it were put at interest at
five per cent., would make a golden
stream of £542 an hour running day and
night.
"I know just as well how much gold
there is in this room," Superintendent
Acton said, as he gazed aliout at the
piled up wealth, "as I know my own
age. but, notwithstanding that, it must
all be weighed again in anticipation of
the account to be rendered. If we had
lia/1 money enough to send it to the
Philadelphia mint, we would not have
the great trouble of weighing it. Al>ont
81(H),000 of it only is put on the scales
at a time."
Six men were at work. I)own the
faces of all but two of them the sweat
rolled, and their hands w< r< grimy with
black oxide of copper. They tugg'*l
at tlx- gold liars like 'longshoremen un
loading pig iron. A heavy platform
truck on four small wheels was rolled
into the room, and on this nlmtit twenty
live bars or bricks, taken front the built
up golden walls on three sides of the
room, were laid. The truck was then
drawn along the tloor by four men, two
pulling and two pushing, into an adjoin
ing room when- flu- scales w. re. The
scales are at suit five feet high, ami tho
index noodle in mom than four feet long.
Tho Warn ami tho pans am suspended
on stool edges a* aharp as knifo blade*,
to avoid friction. When tho small
weight* had boon added to tho largo
onoa to balance tho gold, the point of
tho long index noodle would tremble
over the middle line of the ivory grad
uated scale. This pair of scales is of
a kind so delicate that when brought to
a balance with two piecoa of paper of
equal size in tho pans, tho mere writing
of a name with a lead pencil on one of
tho pieces of pa|>er will add enough
weight to tho paj>er to turn the scale*
in its favor. This has actually been
done on one of the scales in tho assay
room, but that pair is protected from
air currents by a glass case.
The men who handle the gold, though
not different much in outward ap|ear
aneo to the casual observer from coal
heavers, are, in fact, men of intelligence,
of approved reputation, and who re
ceive good pay.
" Wo would not have all this trouble,"
said tho chief weigher, as ho put a 500-
ouneo weight gently on the scales with
his right hand and wiped off his brow
with bis left, " if we had arrived at tho
' parliament of man, the federation of
the world.' What wo sigh for hero is
an international system of coinage.
Tho most of all this weight came to
this country as good foreign coin, hut
its lack of uniformity with our mintage
compels the United Htates to recoin it,
and mo to fight these weights all day."
A larger supply of foreign coins than
usual has come into the country since
August last, because tho rate of ex
change has lecn in our favor. It was
explained that tho most of the gold
other than foreign coin came to tho
assay office by express from mines and
from various business houses. It some
times happened that a deposit of origi
nal dual, in small flaky grains, was
brought into the office by a bronxe
faced minor in person, who had brought
it Fast with him on a visit to his former
home.
The (/real Seal or the United Slates.
Tho seal is circular and about two
inches in diameter.
The device for the great seal, as
adopted bv act of the Continental Con
gress on Juno 20, 1782, and r-adopted
by the new Congress September 15,
178'.t, provided for an obverse and a re
verse, but there is no evidence that the
reverse was ever made.
In the obverse as originally made the
eagle holds in his sinister talon a bun
dle of thirteen arrows, and the first seal
was thus made; but when in 1811 a new
seal was made to take tho place of the
old one, winch had become worn, only
fix arrows were put in the eagle's tal
ons. No one knows whether this change
was made by accident or design; there
is no lnw authorizing it.
The obverse, which is the same as the
impression affixed to the commission
described above, lias an eagle with a
shield on its breast, arrows in tho left
talon and an olive branch in the right.
Above appears on a scroll in the beak
of the eagle "F Pluribus Unum," be
neath a halo encircling thirteen stars.
The reverse (which, as mentioned
above, in believed never to luive been
finished) wax designed to have u pyr
amid of bricks unfinished, and at its
bate •' MDCCLXXVI."
Above there in an eye in the apex of
the pyramid, surroumb d by a halo. At
tlii- ftp < f the neal i* engraved "Annint
Cocptis" has fuw.r. d the under
standing,") and at tin* lottom, "Norn-
Ordo Beeloruin" ("A new series of
meaning that a new order of
things hud begun in thiaWestern world
with the new^reptlblif.
'.When the new nation was but a few
hour* old a proposition was made in the
Continental Congo *s to order a great
seal for the republie. There was acorn
tnittee of three appointed to coi. ider
designs for one the very day tie Dccl.ir
ation of ItidefM-ndenco was sign< d.
The three were Dr. Franklin, John
Adams and Thonas Jefferson. Many
designs were submitted in the course of
the next few years, one by Jefferson
himself, but none proved satisfactory,
and at last ihat now in use was accepted
in 17*.;.
Meantime Adams bad liccn sent to
Kngland (in 177U) to negotiate for
jcace, and while there Sir John l'rest
wich, a baronet of the w-t of Kngland,
who was friendly to the colonies, culti
vated his acquaintance. This gentle
man learning from Adams that no de
sign for a coat of arms for the United
Htat<-s had lecti adopted, suggested one
which pleased Adams, who sent it to
Philadelphia, ami after aeveral designs
made on this side of the water were re
jected, this one was submitted and
finally accepted, lieing simpler in de
sign thnn, as well as equally as signifi
cant as. any of the others proposed.
The Ile of Man.
Little is definitely known about the
early history of the Isle of Man. The
people are of Celtic origin, the Manx
language has strong affinities with the
Irish and the Gaelic of the highlands.
The island was long under the rule of the
Karls of Derby, from whom it passed by
succ< sion to the Dukes of Athole, and
b was not till I>2'.' that the crowa ob
t tained full possession of it, by the pur
chase of the rights and privilege* of the
latter family. It has never Wen repre
sented in the imperial parliatm nt, but
possesses an independent form of gov
ernment, to which it adhetes with the
utmost tenacity. The exeentive power
lies in the governor, who is appointed
by the crown. The parliament, or as it
i is called, the Court of Tynwald, consists I
of the governor and council, forming ;
the up|>er, and the house of keys, form
ing the lower house. In IHOO a reform
lull was jtasscd,enfranchising the people
who elect tho members of the bouse of
keys, a general election taking place
every seven years. Justice is admin
i istored by two deemsters, or judges ap
pointed by the crown, and by the high
bailiffs of Douglas, Ramsey, Castletown
and Peel. The tax gatherer and the rate
collector are almost nnknown in the
Isle of Man. There is neither income
tax nor poor rate, and only in tl.e towns
is there any local rate, and that but a
small one.— Chamber s* Journal.
Bella.
The history of Wlls is one of the
most interesting in the record of inven
tions. They were first heard of about
the year 4<K), beforo which date rattles
were used. In the year 010 we hoar of
ltells In the city of Sena, the army of
Clothairc, king of France, having lieen
frightened away by the ring of them.
In 000 the first peal of hells was hung
in England, at Croyland Abbey. Many
years ago it was estimated that there
were at least 2,202 peals of Wlls great
and small, in England. It has been
thought that the custom of ringing Wlls
was peculiar to England ; but, in fact,
tho Cathedral of Antwerp, celebrated
for its mignitlcent spire, has a peal of
bells ninety in nnraWr, on which ia
played every half hour the most elab
orate music.
I
The Willi* Wafer of the Arabian Sea. MB
With reference to tho phenomenon of *
wliat in known os tho " white water "of MM
the Arabian sea a correspondent writes MM
as follows: If the call of duty or §9
pleasure should at any time induce any 9M
of your readers to undertake the over- H
land journey to India thry must not 9H
fail to givo instructions to be called la
from be<l should the nocturnal pho- pp
nonaunon of tho " white water " occur.
It is more frequently seen in tho 9
months of .luly and August, arid is prin- H
cipally confined to a narrow licit to the JM
eastward of tho island of Boeotra, known • H
in the charts of that sea a°i the Line of Hj
the Htrongest Monsoon, and wherein |s
the rain-clouds on quitting Central |s|
Africa on their j/asi-age eastward are up- |jl
jiarcntly confined. Hhould the moon |H
bo above the horizon an undisturbed IS
night's revt may lie anticipated, as the Jjj
writer has never known tho phenomenon 9
to occur in the presence of that orb. j§
To give the reader some idea of this 19
remarkable and striking appearance, 9
we will suppose ourselves in a steamer, f|
about miles to the eastward of 9
Hocotra, in the position named, and in g
the latter end of July; time, ] A. M. 1
The monsoon is blowing strongly ami J
steadily—the night, starlight and clear ■
- a light fleecy scud occasionally pass
ing rapidly to the eastward, and the
good ve< 1 bowling along at the rate :
of fourteen or fifteen knots an hour.
Suddenly we discover a light line in ;
the water, which in a short while as
sumes a snow-white aspect, ami in the
course of a quarter of an hour extend*
to the horizon in all directions. The
transformation of tfcc water is jx-rfcct,
the* usually green color of the *' a huv-
ing been replaced by an appearance of
whiteness like that of milk. And yet,
if you draw a bucket of the water for
inspection and analysis, yon will find
that it is beautifully clear, not a vestige
of anything white being visible; nor
can the microaoojs- discover anything
over and alcove the ordinary quantity of
minute life always present in sea water
within the tropics.
The deception seems to me to ad
mit of eas;. 1 xplanation, it ls-ing the
result simply of reflection of color.
The vessel is passing through s light
misty atmosphere, inappreciable to tho
eye while within it influence; and tho
white watery vesicles held in suspen
sion are. 111 some favorable condition of
air and water, reflected on the surface
of the latter. ' Journal.
A Desperate Situation.
Truesdale was detailed to shovel
grain from one of tho bins to the ahute.
Through this bin ran a jx rpendicolar
flange screw elevator, which, l>eing
attached to the shaft by a belt, was
kept constantly in motion. By mime
accident the unfortunate man slipped
while n< ar it, and his foot Wing caught
in tho rotating flange was drawn down
the shaft in which it works until tho
knee joint was level with the floor.
Knowing that unless something was
sjieedily done his whole body would be
ground to pieces in this new sausage
machine, he, with a presence of mind
that was extraordinary, raised his body
until it reached the belt which turned
the flange, and by sheer strength of
muscle held the machinery still, thus
putting his strength against the strength
of a twenty-horse engine. In this con
dition, with his crushed and mangled
limb still in the machine, he held out
against the engine for three-quarters of
au hour, when he was rescued by other
workmen, who had come to see what
was the matter with the machinery.
He was taken to the Sisters' hospital,
and l>r. liigger says be will ultimately
j recover the use of the injured memWr,
Trtiesdale is about six feet high, and
weighs only 170 pounds, but is a perfect
giant in muscle. The forty-five min
utes he spent in holding the machinery,
he says, will always be a horrible re
menibranee. A'UHAI* f ity (Mo.) Time*.
\\ar Material in the Drain.
The death of a soldier wlio had car
ried a bullet in his brain for sixty-five
years was reported recently. Tho wound
was received at the battle of Waterloo.
The bullet en ton si at the right eye. de
stroying it, of course, ami traversing the
brain, lodged in the back and lower part
of the had. After the outer wound was
closed he suffered no special inconve
nience from the presence of the bullet,
although always when turning himself
in bed, he could f< • -1 that the I tall dropped
into a different i>*ition. He was un
usually healthy, and he died of old age.
Another remarkable ease is cited. A
young military officer was carelessly
manipulating a musket, when the laurel
burst iu his hand. The pieces fractured
his skull so frightfully that fragments of
the skull hail to be removed, and even a
part of the begrimed brain substance
was amputated, but the terrible wound
soon ceased to trouble him, and he
lived for several years. Dying at last
of a fever, an examination of the brain
was made, and it was discovered that
almost the entire lock of the gun had
been imbedded for year* in the base of
the skull. It is said that no impairment
whatever of the mental faculties had