RELICS OF WASHINGTON.
Mat of the Article Parrhaeed by the Gov
orament of the Uwli Family, af Tlr.
The relics of George Washington,
whioh bare been purchased oi the Lewis
family, of Clark county, Va., at an ex
pense of $12,000, were received in Wash
ington, and, at the request of Secretary
Bherman, have been taken into the cus
tody of the department of the interior,
being placed under the especial charge
of the commissioner of patents. The
list of .the different artiolea is given as
follows:
One large mirror; two small mirrors;
one dozen handsome parlor chairs; two
arm-ohairs; one large easy-chair, in
which the general sat a few minutes be
fore his death; one double brass candle
stick, by which the Farewell Address
was written; two silver-plated candle
sticks; ouo large and two small plated
waiters; one field-gloss, used in the
Revolution; one spy-glass, also used in
the war; one ledger, kept mostly by the
general; knives and forks; one plated
cake basket; one large mahogany box,
in which silver plate was kept; two ma
hogany footstools and three carpet-covered
foot-stools; a portrait of Washing
ton; the robe in which he was christen
ed; three silver plated lamps; half a
dozen silver-plated salt cellars; thirty
six pieces of china-ware; one bedstead,
presented to Mr. Lawrence Washington
by his friendAdmiral Kernan, and by
Lawrence left to his brother the general:
several surveys made by the general
himself; one marble-top table, four feet
in length by three feet in breadth; one
guitar, presented by Gen. Washington
to Miss Nellie Ourtis; miniature por
traits of Gen. and Mrs. : Washington on
wood, painted by Trumbull; one shaving-glass,
in frame with drnwer; an en
graving of the Countess of Huntington,
presented by her to Gen. Washington;
several souvenirs of Washington, oon
sihting of ornamental works and house
hold artioles.
Previous to their purchase, Commis
sioner Spear went to Virginia and care
fully examined the several artioles. In
hiB report to the secretary he said:
"All these relics have been continuously
the possession of the Lewis family
unce the death of Gen. Washington.
They were received by Mrs. Lewis, who
was the adopted daughter of Gen. Wash
ington, and the wife of Major Lawrence
Lewis, his nephew, and were in her
possession until her death, in 1852,
when they passed into the hands of the
family now having them in charge. They
are alt in an excellent state of preserva
tion, and of the genuineness of every
article there can be no doubt whatever.
Some of the relics are of especial inter
est. The half-length portrait of Gen.
Washington is of life-size, is perfectly
clear and well preserved. It is a matter
of tradition in the family, preserved
especially by Mrs. Lewis, and alsa by
others, that this portrait was always
considered the best likeness of Washing
ton ever painted. The miniature por
traits were considered excellent likeness
es, and are now in good condition. Of
more interest, even, than this is a
ledger which contains the record of all
Washington's private business transac
tions for more than twenty-one years.
The record is exceedingly minute, and a
large part of it is in his own handwrit
ing. Every item of receipts and expendi
tures, including even his losses and
gains at cards, is set down with the most
scrupulous exactness. In addition to
these are many miscellaneous papers in
Gen. Washington's handwriting, includ
it g chiefly records of surveys made by
himself. The artioles of household use
are all in their original condition, and
illustrate the style of living of the first
President of the United States. The
whole collection is far superior to that
now in the possession of the government.
Many of the articles of domestic use are
parts of sets now in the custody
of the interior department. The family
were reluctant to part with these relics,
but were compelled by the consideration
that inevitably in a few years, with the
separation of the family, the articles
would be scattered, and, perhaps, a
large number of them in the course of
time lost or destroyed. They felt, also,
that every citizen of the country who
shared with them an interest in Wash
ington, would be glad to have these
relics made public property, and placed
where they would be accessible to all."
Two Stories With Morals.
A bridegroom near Kansas City
counted out $16 m his left hand, and re
marked to the dear young thing at his
side, " That will do for our wedding,
journey, as there's an excursion to town
to-day." His wife told him that he had
better let her have the money, as she,
had a pocketbook, but he preferred to
maintain control of the exchequer. He
was willing to borrow her purse and put
T A1H 1L J d 1 T ,v
kuo siu m in, uiu uieii untuioiai ainer
ences were finally adjusted on this basis.
When he reached the depot, somewhat
encumbered with the" bride on his arm,
he was jostled by a stout man who
apologized and went on. .The tickets
had been bought, there were no peanuts
sold on the oars, and his hands were
constantly occupied during the wedding
iourney-fio that he did not discover his
loss until they had eaten their lunch in'
a restaurant, and he was called upon to
pay lor it. Mia pocket nad been ripped
open, and her purse, with the money in
it, had been stolen. His bride sobbed
on his shoulder, and reminded him that
she had told him to give the money to
her. Moral to men: Trust your wives,
and beware of pickpockets.
The most mysterious thing in this
world of mysteries' is a woman's present
timent. Here is Mrs. Riley, who has
her being in . Macon City, Kansas, and
always carries her money in a purse,
and her purse in her pocket. One day
she was going out of town on an excur
sion, and suddenly, utterly without
warning, without her mentioning the
fact to her husband, she had a presenti
ment that if she were to carry the monev
in her pocket she would lose it So she
took her purse and hid it in her bosom.
She had another twinge of presentiment.
and dropped her watch and chain into
the sama receptacle. Then she became
Boeptioal, fished out the purse, and tak
ing Irom it $8 restored it to its nest.
The $6 went into the despised pocket.
When she arrived at the depot she was
aooosted by a beautiful young gentle
man, who inquired if she was looking
for anybody. While he was speaking, a
horrid man poshed against her rather
roughly. The beautiful young gentle
man took her part and abused the hor
rid man, and as there was every sign
of a fight the lady prudently withdrew.
Soon afterwards the lady put her hand
into her pocket and found that there
was nothing in it The lining had been
cut with a knife. Purse and watoh
were near her fluttering heart. The
presentiment had been a sound eoonomio
polioy and her want of faith had cost
her 6. Moral to women: Trust your
presentiment, and beware of pick
pocket Hew York Tribune
Odd Changes of Meaning.
The meaning of the word " wretch "
is one not generally understood. It was
originally, and is now in some parts of
England, used as a term of the softest
and fondest tenderness. ' This is not the
only instance in which words in their
present general acceptation bear a very
opposite meaning to what they did in
Shakespeare's time. "Damsel" was
the appellation of young ladies of
quality, and " Dame " a title of distinct
ion. "Knave " once signified a servant;
and in an early translation of the New
Testament, instead of "Paul, the ser
vant" we read "Paul, the knave."
" Varlet " was formerly used in the
same sense as valet. On the other
hand, the word " companion," instead
of being the honorable synonym of as
sociate, occurs in the play of " Othello"
witn the same contemptuous meaning
which we now affix, in its abusive sense,
to tne wora "leiiow ; ' lor .Emilia, per
ceiving that some secret villain had as-
Eersed the character of the virtuous
tesdemona, thus indignantly exolaims :
" O Heaven 1 that saoh companion thou'dst
unfold,
Vnd pot in every honest hand a whip,
To lash the rascal naked through the world."
iv. a.
"Villain" formerly meant a bond
man. In . feudal law, according to
Blaokstone, the term was applied to
those who held lands and tenements in
villenage a tenure by base services.
"Penant" formerly meant a school
master. Shakespeare says in his
"Twelfth Night :,f
" A pedant that keeps a eohool in the churoh."
hi. a. ,
Bacon, in his "Pathway unto Prayer,"
thus uses the word "imp:" "Let us
pray for the preservation of the king's
most excellent majesty, and for the
prosperous success of his entirely be
loved son Edward our prince, that most
angelic imp."
It is a somewhat notioeable fact that
the changes in the signification of words
have generally been to their deteriora
tion; that is, words that heretofore had
no sinister meaning have acquired it.
The word "cunning," for example, for
merly meant nothing sinister or under
handed; and in Th rope's confession, in
" Fox's Book of martyrs," is the sen
tence, " I believe that all these three
persons in the Godhead are even in
power, and in cunning, and in might,
full of grace and of all goodness."
" Demure" is another of this class. It
was used by earlier writers without the
insinuation which is now almost latent
in it, that the external shows of modesty
and sobriety rest on no corresponding
realities. "Explode" formerly meant
to drive off the stage with loud clappings
of the hands, but gradually became ex
aggerated into its present signification.
"Facetious," too, originally meant ur
bane, but now has so degenerated as to
have acquired the sense of buffoonery;
and Mr. Trench sees indications that it
will ere long acquire the sense of inde
cent buffoonery.
"FliDDerv" now means trnmnerv and
odds and ends of cheap finery; out once
it meant old clothes of value, and not
worthless, as tne term at. present lm
plies. The word " gossip" formerly
meant only a sponsor in baptism; apon
sors were supposed to become acquaint
ed at the baptismal font, and by their
sponsorial act to establish an indefinite
affinity toward each other and the child.
Thus the word was applied to all who
were familiar and intimate, and finally
oDtamea tne meaning wmcn is now pre'
dominant in it.
"Homely" once meant secret and
familiar, though in the time of Milton
it had acquired the same sense as at
present.
"Incense" one meant to kindle not
only anger, but good passions as well;
Fuller uses it in the sense of " to in
cite."
"Indolence" originally signified a
freedom from passion or pain, but now
implies a condition of languid non-exertion.
" Insolent " was once only " un
usual." "Obsequious" implies an unmanly
readiness to fall in with the will of an
other; but in the original obsequium, or
in the English word as employed two
centuries ago, there was nothing of this:
it rather meant obedience and mildness.
Shakespeare, speaking of a deceased
person, says:
" How many a holy and obsequious tear
Hath dear religions love stolen from my eye,
As interest of the dead. "
"Property" and "Propriety" were
once synonymous, both referring to ma
terial things, as the French word "pro
priete" does now. Foreigners do not
often catch the distinction at present
made in English between the two
words, and we know a French genlte
man who recently, meeting with some
pecuniary reverses, astonished his friends
by telling them that he had lost all his
" propriety."
A poet is a person who writes poetry;
and, according to the good old custom,
a proser was a person who wrote prose,
and simply the antithesis of poet The
word has now a sadly different significa
tion; and it would not be considered
very respectable to term Addison; Irv
ing, Bancroft or Everett " prosers."
He Preferred to Walk. ' 1
"She's pretty hot, ain't she?" said a
backwoods passenger, addressing the
engineer of a Mississippi steamer that
was racing with another boat. ., '
" So-so," responded the engineer, as
he hung an additional wrench on the
safety-valve cord to stop the steam from
escaping. " ' " '
"I reckon we'll overtake that craft
soon," pursued the passenger.
" Thut's about it," returned the en
gineer, giving the cords another twitch
and hallooing through the trumpet to
the fireman to "shove her up." ,
"One hundred and ninety-five,"
hummed the passenger, looking first at
the gauge and then at the boilers.
"That's about where she's rusticat
ing," put in the engineer.
Then the passenger ran his fingers
through his hair nervously, and walked
about the decks for a few minutes, when
he oame back to the engineer and ob
served: " Hadn't you better leave that boat
go" '
"Can't do it Must pass her."
" But s'posin' we should blow up ?"
" Well,'. - said the engineer, as he
Eeeped over the guard to see how fast
e was gaining, " if it's the will of Prov
idence for this boat to blow up, we'll
have to stand it'! Then he hallooed to
the fireman to roll np another cask of
bacon and to mix plenty of resin with
the coal, and give her a little more tur
pentine an oil.
The next moment there was a splash
in the river; but before the yawl could
be lowered the man had succeeded in
reaohing the shore, and hallooed out:
" Go on with the race, I guess I'll
walk!"
la Dr. E. B. Poote's Health Monthly
people are cautioned against carelessly
sitting en the oool earth under trees in
hot weather, as the dense foliage pre
vents the sun from properly drying the
crronnd. and there is eonseauentJy a
I dampness wbioh ia hazardous to health
FARM, HARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
Recipes.
Onion Soup. Cut Into slices twelve
onions ; boil them in three quarts of
milk and water, equally mixed ; add a
little veal ; season with butter and pep
per ; add a few well-toasted slices of
white bread and a handful of finely
ohopped parsley.
Waffles. To a nnart of sweet milk
take two eggs, a tabfespoonful of melted
butter, a cent's worth of yeast, a tea
spoonful of saleratus, and flour to make
a stiff batter ; in the morning Pdd a tea
spoonful of sugar. They should be
fried a light brown in a waffle-iron.
Have melted in a cup a piece of butter
with three-quarters of a cup of milk, and
as the cakes are done grate nutmeg on
each and sprinkle on sugar, then put a
little of the melted butter and milk on
each, and you will see how fast they will
disappear when placed on the table.
Rolled Beefsteak. Beat a large
tender steak thoroughly and carefully.
Sprinkle over salt, pepper, sage, minoed
onion, minced parsley and bits of butter.
Have ready some mealy Irish potatoes
mashed fine and seasoned with a little
butter and salt. Spread over all and
roll up tightly ; fasten the ends and
sides securely with skewer-pins.' Plaoe
it in a pan with suoh broth or gravy as
may be on hand ; if none, two teacups
of boiling water and one small minoed
onion, peper, salt and one slice of pork.
Simmer and baste as you would a roast
duok. Sift over it browned cracker,
pounded fine. .: v
Old Virginia Tomato " Ketchup."
Take ripe tomatoes, lay them in scald
ing water ; when sufficiently cool peel
them and cut them in small pieces,
removing the cores ; measure them and
then measure a fourth less of strong
cider vinegar, say three quarts of vine
gar to one gallon of tomatoes, .rut tne
tomatoes on the stove a half hour before
adding the venegar. For a gallon of
tomatoes season three quarts of vinegar
as follows : Two teacups of brown sugar,
two large onions, minced fine, two table
spoonfuls peeled horse radish, two
tablespoonfuls peeled celery seed, two
tablespoonfuls salt, one tablespoonful
mustard, one tablespoonful black pep
per. Other spices may be added if
desired. Boil till reduced to two-thirds
of its original bulk. '
Farm Notes.
All farm animals except poultry seem
to crave salt and should have it.
It is possible to raise a crop of clover,
another of millet, and another of ruta
bagas from the same land in one season.
Dairymen with a herd of cows and few
acres may find a hint here worth heed
ing. All who can do so should arrange so
as to keep hogs in their apple orchard to
eat np all the wormy fruit as it dropB
during the season. In this way, easier
than any other, can the ravages of the
worm be checked. Where hogs are not
sufficient for the purpose, a small nock
of sheep should be used.
The object of mulohing is two-fold
first to retain moisture m the ground
and prevent it from being parched by
summer heat; second, to protect the
roots of vegetables from the severe
frosts of winter. The best materials for
mulohing are tan-bark, saw-dust or
better still, charcoal-dust leaves, straw.
to any light porous substance which will
keep the soil loose and moist By pro
per mulching we nave seen potatoes,
peas, beans, cabbages, onions and oth
er vegetables maintain their growth
through the driest summer. Exchange.
Tomatoes are raised by the French in
this manner: "As soon as a cluster of
flowers is visible they they top the stem
down to the clusters, which soon push
strongly, and produce another cluster of
flowers each. When these are visible,
the branch to which they belong is also
topped down to their level, and this is
done five times successively. By this
means the plants become stout dwarf
bushes not above eighteen inches high
In order to prevent their falling over
sticks or strings are stretched horizon
tally along the rows so as to keep them
erect, in addition to this, an laterals
whatever are nipped on. in this way
the ripe sap is directed into the fruit.
which acquire a beauty, size and excel
lence unattainable by other means.
How Ralalna Are Prepared.
A strip of land bordering the Mediter
ranean, somewhat less than one hundred
miles in length and in width not exceed
ing five or six, is the raisin producing
territory oi Hpain. .Beyond these bound
aries the Muscatel grape, from which
the raisin is principally produced, mav
grow and thrive abundantly, but the
fruit must go to the market or the wine
press. When the grapes begin to ripen
in August the farmer carefully inspects
the fruit as it lies on the warm dry sou.
and one by one clips the dusters as they
reach perfection. An almost all vine
yards slants of masonry are prepared,
looking like unglazed hot-beds, - and
covered with fine pebbles, on whic hthe
fruit is exposed to dry. But the small
proprietor prefers not to carry his grapes
so far. It is better, he thinks, to de
posit them nearer at hand, where there
is less danger of bruising, and where
bees and wasps are less likely to find
them. Day by day the cut branches are
examined and turned, till they are suf
floiently cured to be borne to the house,
usually on the hill top, and there de
posited in the emotv wine ureas, till
enough have been collected for the
trimmers and- packers to begin their
work. At this stage great piles of
rough dried raisins are brought from the
wine press and heaped upon boards.
One by one the bunches are carefully
inspected, those of the first quality being
trimmed of all irregularities and imper
fect berries and deposited in piles by
themselves; so in turn are treated those
of the second quality, while the clippings
and inferior fruit are received into naa
kets at the feet of the trimmers and re
served for home consumption. ' A qnan
tity of small wooden trays are now
brought forward, just the size of a com
mon raisin box and about an men deep.
In these papers are neatly laid so as to
lap over and cover the raisins evenly ae
posited in the trays, which are then
subjected to heavy pressure in a rude
press. After pressing the raisins are
dropped into the boxes for market.
The Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York.
Hon. Hiram Hitchcock has been in
duoed to take an interest in the Fifth
Avenue Hotel on account of the im
paired health of Mr. A. B. Darling, who
is now in liliruuti, illi. kj. vr. uuewum
retains his active interest in the firm.
On the 1st inst. the hotel commenced its
twentieth year with a reduction of price
from five to our dollars per day, and all
extra accommodations in the same ratio,
The incomparable situation of the Fifth
A vn n a Hotel and its superior accom
modations throughout will oontinue to
make it more than ever the favorite re
sort of travelers. :
A fast walker, it is estimated, could
not walk to the sun in less than 1,963
years, but O'Leary is willing to bet
that he can do it in 1.711 years if some
body will lay the saw dust, Qraphio,
HOW ADAM G0LDIE SHOOTS.
A OTImenrl Rlflenaa who la Equally Wea-
arfal at Short and Lena Ranse-Btx
Maceeealre Boll's JKyee at a Thousand
Yard A Loos Ranee Duel.
In Shannon county. Mo., lives a man
who is a greater adept with the rifle anri
has performed more real and marvelous
feats of marksmanship than even those
with which Dr. Carver has of late been
astonishing the world. . Capt. Bogardun
ana toe noted HingiiBU marksmen, Lord
De Grey, Aubrey Coventry, and Chol
mondeley Pennell are completely
eclipsed by this hitherto nnheard of phe
nomenon, xne name oi this wonderful
handler of the rifle is Adam Goldie, and,
as a Dove mentioned, ne resides in Shan
non countv. Mo., where he was born.
He is about thirty-eight years of age.
Adam Goldie is a man in the prime of
life, about five feet eleven inches in
height, and with a most wonderful
physique. He has a frank, open coun
tenance, with large, bright blue eyes,
which have a peculiar appearance. They
are restless and ever in motion, and
there is a peculiar sort of twitching ac
tion perceptible, which almost conveys
the impression that his vision muBt be
defective. . His light brown hair hangs
in long, flowing look's, and a long, flow
ing beard covers his chest His face is
a taking one open, affable and free
and when he talks, his voice has a ring
ing, cheery tone about it that is pleasant
to the ear.
Some of the feats which he has ner-
formed seem impossible. He has broken
299 glass balls out of 300 in twelve
minutes, with a fortv-fonr calibre Win-
Chester rifle. He can break 100 glass
balls five times out of six, without a
miss, in three minutes. These feats are
unparalleled, and surpass Dr. Carver's
wonderful shooting. A seemingly in
credible feat that he performs is as fol
lows: a soda water bottle is thrown
into the air in a certain manner, and be
fore it falls Goldie will send a bullet
down the neck of the bottle and make a
hole in the bottom. There are other
feats that he performs with bottles.
At fifty yards distance a bottle is placed
on a forked tong.and Goldie will send six
bullets in rapid succession down the
neck and through the bottom, only per
forating the latter in one place.
ai long distances this wonderful marKs
man performs iust as marvelous feats.
At 1,000 yards he will hit the centre of
the Dull s-eye and then send six bullets,
one after the i.iher. hitting' the very in
dent made by the first Apolato thrown
in tne air Uoidie will perforate with six
bullet holes before it touches the ground.
Perhaps his most astonishing feat is his
breaking two balls at once. This is
done in the following manner: The balls
are thrown ctosswise, and as they pass
each other on their course, with quick,
unerring aim and lightning-like rapidity,
Goldie will speed a bullet through both.
Another feat is the placing of an inch
strip of tin about three feet long in
position, at thirty feet distance, and
perforating it from top to bottom with
thirty-six holes, all exactly in the centre
of the strip, and all at even distance
apart. Uoidie says he does not know
where his wonderful skill comes from.
He never handled a rifle until he was
eighteen years old, and to him it seems
like an instinct. He would take aim
and fire with unerring accuracy, and his
wonderful feats soon acquired for him a
marvelous reputation among his neigh-
Dors. ,
Some five years ago Goldie left his
native county of Shannon, where he is
engaged in cattle raising, for North
western Texas, where he passed two
years, and there one of the most exoiting
incidents of his career happened. His
fame as a marksman among the Texans
soon became notorious. In the vicinity
oi uoidie s ranch lived one William Uar
rell, or, as he was more familiarly
termed, Bloody Bill. This Bloody Bill
was a noted ruffian and desperado, a
reckless dare-devil. His feats in mark
manship were likewise astounding, and
probably no man in the Lone Star State
excelled him in handling the rifle,
Bloody Bill had been engaged in manv
deeds of daring, and was nearly always
mixed up in some row or squabble. He
had already killed three men, and his
numerous acts of ruffianism had made
him a terror to the frontier. Few cared
to cross his path, as his dangerous char
acter and dexterity with the rifle were
well known. Uoidie had met Bill on
several occasions, but had never been
involved in any difficulty with him,
Knowing his turbulent disposition, he
always sought to avoid him. On one
Sunday, however, Goldie was Bitting in
company with a score of Texans, when
Bill rode up and loined the party. Of
late he had become quite jealous of
Goldie's notoriety as a marksman, and
had frequently spoken disparagingly of
the latter. At last the Texans began to
relate some of their reminiscences, and
Goldie commenced relating an incident
that had occurred to him. Bill, who
had drank heavily and become rather
moody, in the midst of the narration
suddenly lumped to his feet and insulted
Goldie, at the same time striking a blow
at him. All was instantly commotion
The whole party were on their feet and
revolvers were drawn, uoiaie demand
ed satisfaction for the insult, and Bloody
Bill, with a scornful laugh, suggested
that they had better make it a trial of
their respective skill with the rifle. The
idea was caught up by the Texans, and
after a short consultation they decided
that a duel should be fought, but, in
consequence of the extraordinary skill of
the parties, at a long distance. On the
open prairie, about two miles distant.
grew two post oak trees. They were
420 pards apart, and were the only trees
on that spot All around was open,
timberless prairie. It was decided that
Goldie and Bill should both take their
rifles and each take ud a position be.
hind the respective trees and then blaze
away at each other. The Texans hoped
by this means to prevent bloodshed, or
at leant to prevent a fatal termination to
the duel. . The preliminaries being
settled, the whole party mounted their
horses and rode out on the prairie to the
selected spot. Goldie took up his posi
t on behind one of the trees, and Bill
ensconced himself behind the other,
The remaining party of the crowd then
rode to a slight undulating eminence to
the light, where they were to remain as
spectators. One of them was to give
the signal for the beginning of the con
test by firing his rifle in the air, and the
report was to be the signal to the duel
ists to begin with their blcody work,
Goldie awaited anxiously for the deton
ation of the rifle, which suddenly sound
ed on the air.
' Then commenced the duel at the long
est range ever recorded. Goldie advan
ced from behind the tree in a kneeling
i i .. . i ,
jjuaiure, wnen, wmz I uis somDrero was
perforated by a ball from Bloody Bill i
rifle. Quick as lightning he dropped
full length on the ground in time to es
cape the two other bullets wbioh came
in rapid succession. He lav still, brought
wis rine into position, as he was stretch
ed full length noon the ground, and
then remained immovable. Presently he
saw a diminutive figure wbioh he knew
to be Bill (who was was nearly one inch
taller than Goldie) advancing cautiously
from the shelter of the tree. Quickly
taking aim he fired twice in succession
and then retired behind the sheltering
trunk. One of the bullets he afterward
discovered had passed through the lobe
of Bill's left ear. There was a cessation
now of firing for some time, when Goldie
espied his opponent's head and shoulders
exposed. Quick as lightning his rifle
was at his shoulder, and the detonating
report was heard. Bloody Bill's hat
was carried away by the bullet. Goldie
now rather incautiously advanced from
his shelter and became the target for six
balls in rapid rotation, one of which
made a hole in his coat-sleeve and another
through his pantaloons. He beat a hasty 1
retreat. The duelists remained gazing
at the distant trees, each watching for
the indistinct form which represented
his adversary. Each peered cautiously
from behind the tree, endeavoring to
gain sight oi tne otner. uoidie at last
saw Bill again advance, and the former
stepped rapidly to the front and quiokly
brought his rifle into position. Almost
simultaneously the clear, sharp report
of two rifles rang on the air, and both
men fell Goldie managed to raise him
self and crawl behind the trunk of the
tree. H. had been wounded in the left
shoulder. Presently he was joined by
the Texans who had been witnesses of
this most exoiting duel. They had
already ridden over to Bloody Bill and
found him dead a bullet had penetrated
his temple.
Another wonderful f aot connected with
Goldie is that he is just as good a marks
man and just as dexterous with the re
volver as he is with the rifle. At sixty
paces he can hit the center of the bull's
eye and then put twenty balls in quick
succession through the same ounce. At
forty paces he oan with his revolver
knock off the ash of a cigar whioh a gen
tleman may be smoking, although few
men have the nerve to stand as the tar
get. Another of his feats with the re
volver is firing at a champagne bottle at
forty paces, and with the bullet drive
the cork into the bottle. In short, his
feats with pistol are too numerous to
mention. He seems to fire without tak
ing aim, as some of this snooting he can
do in almost any position, fixing from
under his leg, etc.
It is understood that some gentlemen
who are acquainted with Goldie's record
with the rifle, and have witnessed his
splendid shooting, are raising a sum of
money to bring him before the public
It is their intention that he shall first
give a publio exhibition of his skill in
St Louis, and afterward go East, when
a match is to be arranged between him
and Dr. Carver.
The Bamboo and Its Uses.
Common as it is, there is no more
graceful or beautiful object in nature
than the bamboo in its native luxuriance,
and nowhere is it seen to greater per
fection than by the rivers and creeks of
Bnrmah. As you round each bend of a
Burmese river cluster after cluster ol
bamboo waves a graceful salute with its
spray like foliage, and I could tell of
country roads flanked by a bamboo
avenue like nothing so muoh as a living
Gothic aisle: the smooth, pillar-like
stems, jointed together with perfect
regularity, and rising on either side ol
the road almost perpendicularly, so
gracefully is the aro described, meeting
close overhead at a lofty height, and
forming beneath a stillness which com
pletes the parallel to the cathedral aisle.
And when you turn to consider the uses
tulhlled by this fairy-like plant, the
wonder is scarcely less. Whether in hi
house, or land, or the boat, in which
half the Barman's life is passed, the
bamboo is present everywhere in an in
unite variety ot forms. The main sup
ports of the house are commonly of tim
ber, but it is from the bamboo that the
beams and rafters of floor and roof are
made, the partition walls, the matting
on the floor, the very string which lashee
rafter and beam together, and in many
cases the mat-thatch whioh completes
the house; while within the house so
built hnrdly a vessel but is made from,
or at least indebted to, the same. On
board the boat the bamboo is no less
important; it floats the fisherman's net,
it is shelter from the weather, and af
fords the rough bedding on which he
lies; it is the stake to whioh his boat is
moored, the pole which thrusts it from
the shore, and even the anohor which
holds it in the stream. Under more
elaborate process it forms the substance
of the multiform vessels of lacquer-work,
which in tturmah take so largely the
place of earthenware in other countries.
It is the scaffolding of the builder, the
laborer's basket, the child's toys, and
from its brandies are woven the fantastic
structures so dear to the Burmese, where
the pooay or drama is held, and it forms
the fanoiful canopy which cover the
coffin in the funeral procession. Era
ser's Magazine,
Lightning's Startling Work,.
The house of Mr. Caleb Bradbnry in
Cambridge, Mass., was struck by light
ning about quarter before six o'clock on
a recent Friday afternoon. No other
building within a quarter of a mils of
it was furnished with a ligntmncr rod.
but on this one rods arose from every
corner oi tne root ana irom tne ciiim
neys. A bolt entered the front of the
house at the side of a bay window, and
nearly on a level witn tne top ol the win
dow. Clapboards were torn off and
thrown into the street and also a por
tion of the boards inside the clapboards,
A space of three or four feet square was
stripped in this manner. Mrs. Bovoe,
a visitor, was reclining npon a sofa, im
mediately inside of this point, in the
front parlor. The lightning threw down
the plastering behind her, covering her
completely over. A space about six feet
square was torn off. A ball of fire then
rolled aoross the room, went np the
back wall and then traversed the gilt
moulding completely around the room.
burning it at every alternate inoh and
then passed out. Air. iiradoury was
sitting a short distance from the lady.
but neither were injured, though both
were stunned for a considerable time,
He had juBt been telling the lady.that
there was no possible danger oi tne
house being struck, as it had met with
that fate recently and the lightning
never struck twice in tne same place.
At tV'e same time the front of the house
was struck a bolt passed into the kitchen
window, whioh was open, in the rear.
Miss EUa Fletcher, who was preparing
supper, waa hurled roughly through the
kitchen and thrown into tne dining
room, but was not badly injured, though
stunned for some time. Her sister was
also in the kitchen, but waa not dis
turbed. The lightning by some pro
oeag found its way to a chamber np
stairs, passed completely around the
moulding, burning it as in uw pnriur,
and then left, doing no other damage.
The rooms were filled with a sulphur
like smoke. All of the inmates of the
house were hard of hearing all the even
ing. The damage to the house was not
far from S 160,
Earthquakes and Eruptions In 1877.
In the whole of 1877 there occurred,
aooording to the compilations of Pro
fessor Fuohs, 109 recorded earthquakes,
though from our own observations we
believe the number to have been some
what larger. In the three months of
June, July and August there were only
eleven earthquakes; while thirty-four
occurred in September, October, and
November, and the rest in the previous
six months back to December 1, 1876.
As usual, the most violent of these phe
nomena were those occurring in South
America. The damage done to Iquique,
Valparaiso, Lima, and other oities by
the outbreak of May 9, 1877, was enor
mous, the vibrations recurring with
startling rapidity, and lasting over sev
eral days. A few days later a subma
rine volcanio eruption occurred off the
coast of Peru, which also did great
damage to shipping. The effects of
these disturbances were felt in all parts
of the Pacific During the year, several
minor earthquakes, though of unusual
intensity for the part of the world in
which they were felt, ooourrred in
Europe. Those of April , May 2, and
October 8 in Switzerland, and,' of? No
vember 1 and 4 and Deoember 22 at
Lisbon, were the most alarming. For
tunately, little or no serious damage
was done
The voloanoes of Enrope were nnnsu-
ally inactive during the year, but in
South America, in Japan, and in the
Paciflo generally, the year was marked
by several very violent volcanic explo
sions. The frequency with which out
breaks of this nature were observed in
the open sea was a peculiarity of the
year. Thus in February a very remaik-
able ernptien occurred in the seas sur
rounding the Sandwich Islands, ten
days after a violent outburst of the ora
tor of Mauna Loa, on the mainland of
the group, and a few weeks before
another most remarkable outflow ol
lava from the celebrated lava lake oi
Kilauea. Here vast jets of liquid lava
were ejected to a great height through
the hard crust of the solidifying lava oi
the lake, whioh had lain undisturbed for
many years. Much more serious was
the eruption of Mount Ootopaxi in June,
accompanied by terrible showers ol
ashes, dust, and mud, whioh were car
ried by the wind far and wide over the
country, devastating the fair lpnds and
destroying hundreds of lives. The in
sular volcano of Ooshima, in Japan,
broke out in flames and burning lava on
January 4, and continued in violent ao-
tion till the first week in February,
causing, in combination with the earth
quakes whioh accompanied it, a disas
trous loss of life.
Among the more noteworthy event
of the year was the eruption of a new
volcano in a district hitherto supposed
to be free from volcanio disturbance
namely, on June 11, in a new crater near
the Colorado river, California. About
the same time a earthquake was felt
in Canada. The subm.rgence of sev
eral islands in the great archipelago ly
ing between the Malay Peninsula and
Australia, the upheaval of new lands
in the same district, and the observance
of the effects of volcanio phenomena in
the deep waters of the South Atlantic,
and where the sea is some 20,000 feet
deep, would have been sufficient ol
themselves to mark the past year as an
uncommon period of strange volcanic
phenomena. We believe, however, that
the current twelve months will, unless a
sudden cessation of activity occurs,
prove to be even more prolifio of such
events than any of its recent predeces
sors. London Times.
What the Hired Man Sang.
Gretry was wont to employ a singular
method of slackening or quickening the
pace of a walking companion to suit hi
own inclination. "To say, he would
argue, "you walk too fast or too slow is
unpolite; but to sing soitly an air to the
time oi tne waix or your companion, aud
then by degrees either to quicken the
time or make it slower, is a stratagem
as innocent a? it is convenient. ' The
principle of Gretry's ruse was wel ex
emplified in the case of the stingy farm
er who gave his hired hay-maker butter
milk and wbey lor breakfast, and going
to the field heard the man singing in a
arawiing way,
B-u-t-t-e-r m-l-l-k and whey,
Faint all day, faint all day;
his scythe keeping time to the tune.
The next morning the farmer set a good
meai oi Daoon and eggs before the man.
and when he went to see how he was
getting on with his work, found his
arms going swiftly to "Baoon and eggs.
take care of your legsl" Chambers's
journal.
Sheer nonsense Trying to cut your
own nair.
Narra aa Tnlttnpilnn iu.mu
By invigorating a feeble constitution, renova
ting a aeDiiiuiea pnyslaue. and enrichine
thia and innutritions circulation with Hoh-
tetter's Stomach Bitters, the finest, the most
highly sanctioned, and the most popular tonio
and preventive in existence. It strengthens
the stomach, remedies toroor of tha liver anrl
bowels, and gives a healthful impulse to the
swosis uiu uieuuargiug IUIIOUOUB Ol tne
kidneys and bladder. Not only does it arrest
and prevent the recurrence of malarial fevers,
bat it furnishes the only adequate safeguard
againBt them to persons who have never been
afflicted with those maladies, but would be
Uable to incur tnem if medicinally unprotected.
It eliminates from the blood oertain impurities
wmou me most SKiuiui painoiogists assign ai
the exalting- oauses of those asonizine- oom
plaints, rheumatism and aout and it is. mora,
over, an exoellent remedy for an enfeebled or
overwrongni state or the nerves, and for men.
wi ueaponaency.
Terribly exhaustive are the night sweats
whioh accompany Cons unption. Bnt they, as
well as the paroxysms of coughing, are invari
ably broken op by Dr. Wm. Hall's Balsam for
tne l ungs, wbioh conquers the deadly malady,
as well at) bronchitis, nnenmnnia. ntanrin
asthma, diphtheria and all other affeotions of
the throat, lungs and chest. It saves thou
sands from untimely graves and is invaluable
in rescuing children from the croup, whooping
uuugu suu 4uiuz;. ii is soia Dy au uruggists,
A, Balm fob Evibt Wound. Grace's Salve
Is now so generally used for the our of Flesh
Wounds, Cuts, Burns, Uloeri, Felons, Sprains,
and au diseases of the skin, that praise of it
seems almost needless. Those who have tried
it ones always keep a box on hand and nothing
win inuuce tnem to be without a supply.
ror upwards or thirty years Mrs. WIK8LOWB
SOOTHING 8YBDP hai been used for ohUdren
with never-failing success. It oorrecU acidity
of the stomach, relieves wind oolio, regulates
wojo, uurtae' uyaeniery ana aiarrhoea,
whether arising from teething or other oauses.
An old and well-tried remedy. 85 ets. a bottle.
Dottmce Ulnsorbread.
Take one cup of butter and lard melted to
gether, add one oup New Orleans molasses; stir
into thia one oup each of sugar and oold water,
two Urge teaspoonf uls ginger, two eggs beaten,
and four onps of flour, having in it throe large
teaspoonf uls Dooley's Yeast Powder. Bake in
moderately hot oven.
Fever and ague, malarious fever, bilious and
typhoid fevers all originate In one producing
cause and may all be easily prevented by Par
sons' Purgative Puis. These puis aot directly
and powerfully On the blood.
It is a dangerous thing to allow the diarrhoea
or dysentery to go unchecked and there is no
need of it k small bottle of Johnson's Ano
dyne Liniment will our tha moat stubborn
that oan do proaooea.
Wlndoor Hotel, New York. -
Since the reduction of the rate per day to
4.00 there has been an inoree in numbers,
and it would appear this was a most Jndl
oious move. The Windsor was never mors
attractive to the traveler than now.
CHEW ' 1
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VBNkTIAN LINIMKNT waa introdocad to
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tatina, if It waa Ton Dollarf ia BoMla thai woold not
b withont It Thooanla of Oortincataa oan ba aeon M
tha Dapot, ap-akina of ila """darf nlonjati ff.S'
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