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I According to tlio latest statistics thori
are 100,000 insane persons in the United
States a rntio of ouo to every 650 in
habitants. "
1 Moro women ia proportion to popula
tion nrc employed in industrial occupa
tion in Englnud than in nny other Euro
pean country. Twelve per cent, of the
industrial classes ore females.
The King of Italy wants to be Emper
or, too, and thinks of making liimscll
"Emperor of Erythrca and Eastern
Africa," on tlio strength of his pro
tectorate of.Abysslma aud some colonics
ou tho Ked Sen.
1 Officers in Germany, when complaints
are made to them that they have injured
iomo private interest while they are com
manding military exercises, announco
that "they ore responsible to tho Etr.per
or only." The citizens are getting vory
sick of thin, as it seems to allow them no
recourso whatever.
Tho extraordinary number of suicides
pf children in Berlin argues Bpecinl cru
elty, which the Government should in-
; vestigato. Tho statistics provo clearly
that children do not tuke their Uvea cx-
' ccpt when treated with grcnt and con
tinued harshness. Of course there is an
occasional exception in caso of a morbid
child, but tho exception proves the rule
that childhood soon forgets nny sorrows
lavo those which come every duy.
Regularly every six months, it is. said,
tho United States Treasury Department
receives cither a $20 or $50 bill which,
from all appearances, instead of being
mado from a plate, is executed entirely
with a pen. Tho work is of a very high
order, and several times theso hnve es
caped detection and gone into circula
tion. Tho counterfeiter has not yet been
discovered, llo seems to work for
notoriety, as ho could not mnko a living
ia this manner.
Work is being vigorously pushed oa
tho Nicaragua canal. Tho large plunt
used by Blavcn,. of San Francisco, on tho
Paunma canal, has been purchased, and
a new set of powerful dredges have been
contracted for in Scotland. Meantime
work has been carried on at tho mouth
of tho San Carlos River, tho depth of
which, at tho mouth, is said to have
been doubled already. At tho rate that
work is being advaticcd, vessels will pass
through the canal before 1895, if no un
foreseen obstacles occur.
A broker of Chicago, Mr. A. B. Rus
sell, has incorporated an institution
known ai the National Tousorial Parlor
Company, with a capital stock of $25,
000. Barber shops nro to be established
in all tho large cities of tho United States,
to bo owned and controlcd Tiy tho com
pany. Tickets of membership will bo
issued for it sum comparatively small,
probably $15, which will bo good for
ouo year and which will entitle tho holder
to all the service required for that length
of time in any city included in the trust.
Tho incrcaso in railway mnge-in this
couutry during tho first six months of the
year was 18'J3 miles. This, ia the opin
ion of 'the Chicago Xaca, is accounted
highly creditablo. Moro miles of rail
road havelieen constructed in the South
ern States than in any other section of
the country. . Tho Northwestern States
aud Territories, whero construction went
on rapidly for awhilo, havo nearly
stopped building. Massachusetts laid
but a mile and a half of new road, Maine
about ten miles; tho other New Eng
land States stood still. California gained
ono mile.
In some hospitals in Europe it ia cus
tomary to allow visitors to couverso on
certain days by means of a telephone iu
a waiting room with patients in th
wards, and this arrangement has been
found to work admirably, as it not in
frequently happens that tho nervous state
of tho patient, or tho possibility of in
fection of tho visitor renders closor com
munication inadvisable. It is now sug
gested by a New York physician thai
telephones bo placed ou the islands is
the bay used for infectious diseases, so
that the patients can bo cheered by oc
casionoloral communication with theii
friends.
There is nothiug to bo surprised at ic
the story that an establishment has been
discovered iu Paris whero imitations ol
the pictures of the great French paintei
Courbct are turned out by wholesale. Il
has been tho fortune of all tho Frond
masters, says the New York Star, to at
tract the attention of tho forgers, and
without doubt thcro nro to-day iu th
galleries of the world more spurious than
genuine works of Corot, Daubigny, Diuz,
Courbet and Jacquo, not to mention auj
others. Most of tho pictures are as ex-
celleut, as works of art, as musters could
paint, only they ore not tlio real thing
There seems to bo no way of preventing
hee frauds, but the picture business all
over the world is being seriously dis
credited and damaged thereby.
UNSPOKEN WORDS. I
Tbs kindly words tbat rise within the heart
And thrill It with their sympathetic tone,
But die e'er spoken, fail to play their part,
And claim a merit that is not their own.
The kindly word unspoken ie a sin,
A sin that wraps Itself in purest guise,
And telle the heart that, doubting, looks
within,
( Tbat not In speech, but thought, the virtue
'. lies.
Bnt 'tis not so: anothor heart may thirst
For that kind word, as Keger In tho wild
Poor banished Ilagor I prayed a well might
burst
From out the sand to save her parching
child.
And loving oyes that cannot see the mind.
Will watch the expected movement of the
llpt
Ah I can ye lot Its cutting silence wind
Around that heart and scat he It like a whip?
Unspoken words, like treasures in the m
Are valueless until wo give them birth:
Like unfoand gold their liliMon beauties shine
Which God has made to bless and gild the
earth.
How sad 'twould be to soo a master's hand
Strike glorious notes upon a voiceless Intel
But oh) what pain when, at God's own com
mand, A heart string thrills with kindness, but Is
mute.
Then hide it not, the muslo of the soul,
Dear sympathy, expressed with kindly
voice,
But let it like a shinning river roll
To deserts dry,-1-to hearts that would re
joice. Ohl let the symphony of kindly words
Bound for the poor, the friendless, and tho
weak;
And be will bless you, he who struck theso
cords
Will strike anothor when In turn you seek.
John IJoyte O'lieilli.
SERGEANT SINGLETON.
BY 11EUA GHEUOItY MELAT.
'Ouido mo, oh, Thou g'-cat Jehovah,"
sang the powerful chorus of boys as
mother pluyed tho sweet old tuno upon
tho organ.
It was an impressive and pathetic
group, for soldiers filled tho lower part
of the park, and tho sound of military
musio came every now and then to break
the harmony of the hymn.
Nothing could havo daunted those
fresh voices, just as nothing could havo
daunted their brave iittlo hearts. They
sang, as thoy were going to fight by and
by, with courage and persistence.
Wilton, the eldest, would have a grand
bass some time, aud even now tho lower
notes wcro splendid, when they "got
there." Rupert, the Bccond, sang with
a high, clear tenor, such as used to
make the masses splendid in the old
cathedrals at Rome.
Tho llttlo boys supplied a rippling
treble, and the mother's tender alto
made the chords complete.
She did not look like a Spartan moth
er, but sho was trying, und not vainly,
to act the part.
Her two eldest were going to join in
that terriblo struggle, which bore so
many boys away, to act tho part of men,
while still in tho morning of life. Tho
father was absent with a sabre
ot his sido and epaulettes oa bis should
ers. All that loving und pious renring could
do' had been done for them; her uctivo
wo'rkmust be over for u time; sho could
only watch ond pray!
Welton looked grown and stately in
Lis uniform, for ho was the kind of fel
low to carry oil a prescribed dress of
any sort with dignity.
Once committed to anything, ho re
garded himself as tho exponent of 'tho
whole, and tried to reflect credit upon It.
Iiupcrt looked so young and 6lim and
handsome that she could hurdly see him
through her tears, but he made agrcat
effort to keep his own eyes dry.
They wcro wonderful eyes, of tho bluo
ono sees in the sky wlieu tho sun is very
warm and thcro aro novclouds about.
The clarion sounded the signal of war.
Tho soldiers wcrc-waitiug for her darlings
at the second gate.
"Ohl for a last inspiration," was; her
agonizing thought. Some one Cnal'ines-
sairo of love, that should remain with
them through all that terrible campaign.
Like a flush of answer it came to her.
Sho blood for a moment almost trans
figured in the girlish beauty .jwbich ma
ternity had been powerless to chaugo.
"Promise mc, my sous," sho cried,
'that every day when tho twilight comes
no matter where youtnro, you will slug
one verso of this by tuu : 'Guide me, OU,
Thou great Jehovah.' Ho will guide
you, if you believe nnibtrust(iu Hun."
They promised bur, and tho bsttlo
cloud that swept tho land boro them
from her sheltering arms.
The last thing they saw was her slen
der flguro standing upon tho portico,
with a suiilo upon her bounty ul face
which nearly cost her heart's blood.
That night thoy marched outi of Mary
land.
Two years later a dark youugniun, in
a uniform that would have been) tattered
but for repeated aud skillful, durniug,
stood beforo his coiuniaudiugjolhcer,
"Well, Bergcuut Singleton, what do
you want?" said tho veternu .kindly, for
the non-commisiioucd otlicertwos a greut
favorito.
"I want a leave for two days, Major,
ond no questions usked. I wuut to get
back my brother, who was taken prisouer
in tho Inst skirmish. 1 he enemy s camp,
you know, ia only twenty miles from
here"
; "Do you wish to be taken and hung
for a spy J" was tho olbeer a steru answer,
"Well, sir, I must ruu mv chuuecs,
as many another fellow has Ooue. I can't
leavo Rupert without making au effort
to savo liiiu, und I havo a scheme which
is sure to work.
Wilton Siuglcton wns ouly nineteen,
but his pluck and bruius had gained for
him a great deal of respect, lie was a
natural soldier, ulert, cautious and, above
all, uncomplaining.
Ho hnd risen to be Sergeant, and was
soon to be mado Lieutenant.
Tell mo your plan," pursued tho
Major, trying to hido his admiration
under an appearance ot grtitlucss.
It is something I would rattier talk
about after it is accomplished," tho boy
replied, with a tinge of bashrulncss in
his usually frank manner.
The Major gave tho required permis
sion ond the Sergeant went out.
Ho took off his uniform and in a few
momenta bore no resemblance to tho
trim young official who had entered the
tent.
Ho had borrowed from somo of the
neighboring country youths a bluo
blouse shirt niffl a pair of linen pants,
llo took off his shoes and stockings and
pulled his short black hair down ovtr
his forehead, which was too intellectual
for the rolo he intended to play.
A torn hat of dirty straw, and a bag
mado of a coffee sack, whic' ho was
going to sling over his shoulder, com
pleted tho picture.
This bag contained a queer collection
of articles which were very useful later.
To look at tho Sergeant in this dis
guise was to behold a bumpkin of tho
lowest class.
No aoldier would give hira a moment's
thought, and, if he did, the Tennessee
dialect would have deceived a native.
Wilton was a born mimio. He stopped
at his Captain's tent.
"Has you'uns got ary a thing for
wo'uns tcr do!" ho Bald, with an inde
scribable drawl.
"Como back alive, boy," answered
the Captain; "I would go with you, but
it would only increase the danger."
It was about 7:30 in tho morning.
The hot summer day was before him, aud
also the twenty miles which stretched
betweau him and tho river, on tho far
sido ot which tho enomy lay encamped.
He chose the open road, and after an
hour of walking a wagon rumbled by.
Ho begged for a rido and obtained it.
By noon ho was ten miles on his way.
They gave hitn buttermilk and a cold
corn-dodger at a farmhouse whero ho
stopped. Ho ate heartily of the coarse
food, as hcroio natures do, for tho pur
poso of keeping up his strength.
As ho stepped out into tho sun tho.
heart of tho farmer's wife out to him.
"Bo you ngoin' fur?" sho called.
"I bo aaroln' down ter tho river to
Undo Job Aaklns. Weun's cow olr all
ing like, aud ma, she 'low Uuclo Job sot
her all riirht onct before. Uo gin her
some "yarbs."
The woinau reflected. She had four
horses in the pasture.
"I ain't got no saddlo round handy,
but I might nick out to Iced ycr a rope
if yer havo got spunk ernuf tor catch
ono of them horses. Yow could bring It
back tcr-morrow.
No second bidding was needed, and
iu a short tlmo Wilton sat upon his bor
rowed steed, feeling that fortuno fnvorod
him.
As ho rode away ho lifted his torn
hat. brushintf back tho hair from his
brow. Tho unlearned woman felt
thrill she could not comprehend as she
encountered that farewell glance, and
went into tho house to dream of her boys
in tho army.
llo rodo steadily, until nt about tivo in
tho afternoon, ho saw tho broad waters
of tho river cieamina in the distance.
Ho tied his horse to a trco witn tno
ota ropo and let him graze.
Then he climled to tho highest branch
of tho highest tree in tho llttlo grove and
surveyed the country.
On tho other sido or tno river tno
whito tents of the enemy, tho canons ou
tho outposts, the men in uniform, tho
martial sights and sounds mado up au
ucrreeable whole.
But to tho poor boy ia tho tree it was
terrible. Somewhere in the midst of all
that his little brother was a prisouer.
Many of tho tents wcro very near tho
bank and from his post of vantage, he
watched the men as they went iu swim
mini;.
At last tho sun wont down and lie
crept from tho grove.
Presently a sincle star came out and
comforted him. His mother alway
looked for that first star and loved it,
When they were little they had mado
wishes on it. Ho made a wish upon it
now, and then with child-like faith pur
sued his enterprise.
Ho wus near enough to hear voices
borne faiutly ovtr tho water, for it was a
broad deep stream, not ono ot tlio over
crown creeks which we often call river
in the South.
Deeper and deeper grew tho twilight,
until its gray niantlo wrapped him com
pletely. Then he went farther down tbo
shore uutil he was no longer quite oppo.
site the camn and walked out in tho
water, which was shallow near tho bank
Then ho swam across the river and waited
in tho reods ou the other side.
A party of soldiers were eating
"post supper spread" at a short distauce
from tho camp tire.
They had obtained permission to bnn
with them ono of tho prisoners, a "little
kid," as they culled him, who had a wou
derail voice.
Tho men would make him sing "Home
Sweet Homo uutil the tears rolled dow
their checks and his own. Then to niak
up for this they tried to teach hiui songs
which he would not learn.
On this particular evening he had sun
to them a long time. As his eye caugli
the star his brother had seen, even before
it was quito dark, he struck up the notes
of his mother a byniu:
Guide me, O, Thou great Jehovah,
1'ilriiu in tliis barren luud!
His voice did not falter. It seemed to
soar up grand and full to that Ood of
David, that God of buttles, who hud bee
tho righteous warrior s stay for ages.
What did his quick ear catch? Was
his imagination, his knowledge that h
brother, like himself, hud never forgot
ten that promise to their mother? Dn
he fuuey that he heard him whistle?
Rupee! rose from his position, aud still
singing walked toward the bank.
It was high above tho water, whl
looked dark and threatening.
"Be careful. Kiddie." called one of the
It's deep
you can't
swim.
Ho Iittlo knew that born ond raised by
tho Potomac, no ono was moro at homo
in water than his prisoner.
Open now, the eryatal fountain,
where the healing streams do flow-
chanted Rupert.
Ho held his breath for a moment to bo
sure of tho whistle and let tho time for
several bars go by.
Ah, yes I no other voice but Wilton s
called fiini. There was no mistake. The
memories of childish hours, the bond of
brotherhood assured him.
"Strong deliverer! Strong deliverer!"
ho sang clearly, and then there woe a
splash.
The mcu rose to their feet. "I said
that kid would fall over," said ono.
"Hold up and try to trend water till
wo get a rope," roared out another, while
tho third went for a torch.
Rupert dived and then swam noise
lessly down to his brother.
They hid in the reeds and water plants
whilo tho men looked for the prisouer.
No thought of his trying to escape had
once occurred to them. They would havs
thought the whistle but the careless re
frain of some of their own men.
"He had been washed away with the
current," said one; "most likely his
body will bo stopped by a snag farther
down before it sinks. We can look in
the morning."
"Poor little chap," said tho tendered
hearted and worst educated of the crowd,
he hev sung hiscelf plum into psradiso
ith them there hymns of his n."
At 3 o clock that morning Major Bab-
cock was roused from slumber by a visit
from Colonel Singleton.
"Wheio are my boys! ' was tho wild
question.
Major Babcocli never replied lnvorus,
for he heard the countersign given to tho
sentry iu a voico they both knew.
Coloucl Sinwton removed his portly
person from the Major's tent to the pick
ets mi a manner calculated to upset all the
rules governing avoirdupois, lie had Ins
two boys in his arms beforo they knew
that ho had come.
"What have you done, my son?" ho
said to Wilton.
"I just went after Rupert, father.
Swam over the river aud helped him to
swim back. It was not anything much
to do."
You mav be sure the-fnthor cried, and
Rupert criod ond hio Major's eyes got
full of sand.
The tender mother wept, too, when
she beard of it. She thanked Uod for
tho promise her boys had given her, tho
keeping of which had done so much for
both.
Little Sargeant Singleton himself had
nothing to say about tho exploit, but
'Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah," is
still the favorite hymn with the whole
family. Timet-Democrat.
How Women Kill Flowers.
It is a peculiar fact that some women
kill flowers within twenty minutes after
they aro adjusted to the corsage. Others
will wear them for hours and they will
look as fresh as when they were first
pinned on. A florist said: "Women
wear flowers sometimes uecauso t hey aro
vain, not because they lovo them. Flow
ers aro alive and it chills them to lay
near the heart that has no love for them.
They droop and mouru themselves to
death, because they known there is noth
ing iu common between them and the
wearer. They aro liko little children;
they lovo those who love them, and their
best, brightest beauty Is given to tlio
woman who plus the bouquet on through
her love for the flowers." A physician
said: "Certainly somo women cuu kill
flowers within a very few minutes. It is
a sure indication that n poisonous vapor
is escaping from tho body to a great de
gree. It may bo tho result of disease, or
it may. bo that bat mug nnd proper care
of the skin uro ncglocted. The body
that is kept in wholcsomo cleanliness
will give new life to tho Mowers. A
magnetic strength is carried from tho
weurcr to the flower, aud long after tho
woman is weary with an afternoon s
shoppiug or calling tho flowers will smile
back at her with her own strength. She
gives lifo to tho flowers through tho
sweetness of her own body. Thero is
such a difference in women about tho
care of the person. Some of our best
dressed and wealthiest ladies are the
most negligent. They seem to huvo no
pride. 1 here ia nothing more discern!
bio than this disregard. They aro either
ignorant or unconscious of this fact, or
else they aro without tin prido that
should go with intelligence. Flowers
caunot livo in the poisonous vapor aud
they betray tho secret of invisible neglect
by soon droopiug." (Jhicaijo Herald.
An Emperor's Earache.
Referring to the chronic earache from
which the Emperor of Germany sutlers,
Harold Frederic says in tho New York
"Just what tho affection is no on
has yet been nblo to determine. It growl
worse in cold aud wet weather, and thai
is about all that is known of it. Tho phy
sicians disagree as to its character. Will
iain himself, thouyh at times suffering
acutely from it, has never been alarmed
about it, and really believes it to be I
local ailment. Its existence naturallj
enough suffices to create a certain un,
easiness in the minds of his friends, and
of Oermans generally, but I cannot learn
that any responsible professional meu re
gard it as necessarily dangerous. Thii
year it is said to be less troublesome thai
usuul."
Antidote for a Bee's Slinj.
A corresponded of tho Leeds (Eng
land) Mercury writes: As bee-keepers
experienced and inexperienced, are now
operating on their stocks stings will fre
queutly bo received. One of the uiusi
simple and ctldttive autidoes I urn ac
quainted with is to poison a piece o
washing soda aud rub the stung part witl
it. It this is done at ouco it will re
move tho pain and prevent swelling
Whenever I go to do anything to tin
bees, I invariably put a piece of soda il
my wuiscoat pocket.
men, "you might Ian over,
round thcro and I calculate
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
From the oil of grasshoppers a Spanisl
inventor claims to mako the finest sonf
yet produced.
Whito pine boards nro now made by
reducing small trees and limbs to pulp
ond pressing in molds.
When galvanized iron is exposed to
weather, there soon forms on the surface
a coating of the oxide of zinc, which
protects it from the further action of the
elements.
An iron elevated railway, much liko
the New York pattern, six miles long, is
flow in process of construction in Liver
pool. The cars are to bo worked by
electricity.
Air flows into a vacuum at the rate of
1338 feet per second, ond steam at tho
rate of 2000 feet per Becond. It would
take a column of steam eleven miles
high to produce a pressure of fifteen
pounds.
A large vein of pure white sand, suit
oblo for making glass, has been found
near Pittsburg, Penn. The discovery
will savo the glass manufacturers of that
city thousands of dollars annually, as
they have hitherto been obliged to send
across the Alleghany Mountains for their
sand.
More cr less successful attempts havo
been made to graft nearly oil the differ
ent tissues of the body, including skin,
bone, teeth, muscle, nerve;, eyes, mu
cous membrane, etc. Dr. W. G. Thomp
son now reports a successful experiment
in brain grafting, a small piece of the
brain of a cat being made to grow oa the
braia of a dog.
The s'.ecp of Rip Van Winkle, or the
hero of "Looking Backward, is but mo
mentary compared with the suspension
of vitality known among some of tho
microscopic organisms. The tnicro-
ymes, according to A. dc Barry, may
lie during entire geologic periods in such
a rock as chalk ond yet retain tuo power
of development.
A curious phenomenon is reported by
tho United States Consul at Muracaibo,
in Venezuela. Near the Rio do Orro, nt
the base of tho Sierra of the Colombian
frontier, thero is a hoizontal cavern,
which from time to timo ejects huge
globules of bitumen, that explode liko
bombshells with considerable noise; and
tho pitch, forming a black glacier, runs
Into a kind ol poor or lane near tue river
bauk.
Creosote lias been successfully applied
is a remedy for tho potato d'.scaso iu
Scotland. Every eye of tho seed potato
is touched with creosote by means ol
imall camel's hair brush. The product
jf potatoes so treated is almost totally
free from disease. Whero the creosoto
Is not aDnlicd to all the eyes of tho seed-
this result is nartlal disease. If
too much is used the seed will not ger
minate.
It is said that tho electric compass is
having au excellent effect on the sailors
on shins in which it has been adopted,
is the steering in such cases has markedly
improved. Tho object of this invention
is to indicate by an electric bell placed
in the captain's cabin any deviation from
tho course laid down through tho care
lessness of tho man nt tho wheel. This
invention is likelv to materially lessen
dangers nt sea.
Hitherto it has been possible to pro
3uco sheet class onlv bv blowing a hol
low cylinder, which was theu cut, sepa
rated and polished. A glass manufac
turer in tuis country has now succeeded
!n producing glus plates of great breadth
ind any desired length by means ol roll
ing. Glass thus produced is said to pos
less a far greater homogeneity, firmness
ind transparency, nnd it has, on the up
per surface, a brilliancy which makes it
aardly distinguishable from art plate
glass.
In Germany wood with a mirror polish
1s coming into use for oruanicutul pur
poses in place of metal. The wood is
3rst submitted to a bath of caustic ulkuli
tor two or three days ut a temperaruro
f about 175 degiees Fahrenheit, then
lipped in hydrosulphato of calcium for
rwenty-four to thirty-nine hours, after
which a concentrated solution of sulphur
b added. After another dip in nu nco
;uto of lead solution at a'jnut 100 de
crees, a shining mctallc surface is given
oy polishing when dry with lead, tin or
'.inc.
About Pearls.
Pearls havo been rising in value in tlio
Europeun market so long, and threaten
to riso so steadily, that they may soon
become tho costliest, as they havo long
been among tho most clegaul, ornaments
Df a beautiful woman.
Muny a jewel is moro effective. Tho
ruby is richer In color; the diamond is
brightor; gold and silver are more plus
iic, and the lutter arc us full of possibili
ties as Reynard's bag of tricks. The
pearl has but its mild Kitiu skin, like uu
iugel's shoulder, tts rounded curves; yet
Its bhy lustre seems to have a moro perma
nent hold upou dainty fauey than muuy
uoie vivid and moro robust gems.
True, it Is mere carbonate of lime;
rrue, its globular form comes but from
!hu sickness of an iuvertcbrate, and its
:olors ore drawn not from tho living iish,
but from its pntiescence after death.
Au ornament that owes its existence to
aothing but disease and decay certainly
Iraws little from sentiment, and perhaps
ihe pearl owes more to its constant asso
liution with noble pictures of beuuteoui
women thuu to its iutriusie fflory. For
ill that, tho decorative position of pearls
a nuassailuble. Iu Kpito of their glim
jrigin a iccklet of Hue pearls remains a
far more refined and dainty ornament
Jiun ouo of tho brilliants. Chutlui;
The Mooii-VYcittluT Problem.
From tables made by the use of sy
loptic charts, eliminating loc.il disturb
tuecs, Dr. G. Meyer believe) he h;is ae
ioniplished what other investi gators havo
lought to do without success shown uu
nfltience of tho moou on tlio weather.
Tho height of tho barometer, iu tho
uonths of September to January, is 1 w
red at the timo of full moou und raised
luring first quarter. Nu effect cau Lo
faced for other month.
COMBATS IN THE HOUSE
OLD-TIME FISTICUFFS IN THE
LOWER BRANCH OF CONGRESS.
Knock down and Drag out Hows of
Itytrntio Years How Temper Has
Shown Itself In Debate.
The recent "fisticuff" in tho House of
Representatives has hod many precedents.
Tho hand-to-hand encounters, extending
back nearly fifty years, were more numer
ous than is supposed at this day, when
political and exciting debate is not so
frequent and Is generally conducted with
more dceorum.
The code was recognized in those days,
and whatever may bo said against "that
relic ot barbarism," as it was callod, it
mado men more careful in bandying epi
thets, for tho responsibility rested on
them to accord satisfaction for personal
assaults.
Mr. John B. Weller, a member from
Ohio, then, January, 1S41, and subse
quent Senator from California, assaulted
and beat very severely Mr. Schriver, a
reporter of tho House. Tho assault took
place in tho lobby aud it was construed
to havo been committed on the floor and
on an officer of tho House, and Mr. Weller
was arraigned nnd censured.
In April, 1841, there was a regular
right on the floor of Congress between
John White, of Kentucky, afterward
Speaker, aud Mr. Rathborn, of New York.
Mr. White left his seat and, coming to
Rathborn 's, knocked him down. A gen
eral scrimmage ensued, nnd Mr. Moore, a
member, fired a pistol, which severely
wounded un officer of tho House. They
were arraigned beforo the bur of the
House, but as tlio wounded man was
comfortably provided for, mutual apol
ogies were accepted. In 1S59 Mr. Graw,
of Pennsylvania, aud Mr. Branch, of
North Carolina, had au altercation which
resulted in a challenge, but mutual
friends prevented a hostile meeting.
About that time Mr. Graw and Mr. Keitt,
of South Carolina, indulged in u pugilis
tic encounter. When they were arraigned
Mr. Keitt took nil tho blame on himself
nnd npologi.ed to the IIone nnd Mr.
Graw. The Hon. Robert W. Johnson,
then n member of the House, came to
very close quarters with Hin. O. B.
Ficklin, of Illinois, blows were exchanged
und they apologized for u momentary for
getfulness iu yielding to tho impulse to
punish each other before the asenibled
wisdom of the nation.
Iu tho early fifties the Hon. Joshua R.
Giddiugs and Hon. R. W. Meade, of
Virginia, had u personal altercation,
which involved respective friends. Mr.
Meade seized Mr. Giddings by tke neck
cloth and proceeded to twist it, when
Long John Wcntworth rushed in to part
tho bclligereuts, but Mr. Edmuudson, of
Virginia, standing ou a chair to reach his
tall adversary, threw himself on Went
worth, carrying him to the ground, or
rather tho floor. As early as 1840 Mr.
luge, of Alubama, und Edward Stanley
having had on tho floor of Congress
some very exciting debate, a challenge
passed. After tho third Arc a reconcilia
tion was effected. Not long after the
difficulty with Mr. Inge Mr. Stanley be
came involved iu a duel with Mr.
Pickens, of South Carolina, and after a
lire or two a reconciliation took place,
nnd again Mr. Stanley woh tho principal
in u duel with Henry A. Wise. They
wero ou horseback und met at tho race
course, and Mr. Wise's horse became tin
munugeublo uud hu rode against Mr.
Stanley. Tho debuto that day in tho
House iu which they both took part was
vcrybittor, and Mr. Stanley, supposing
Mr. Wise's action wns intentional, struck
him with his whip. Mr. Wise returned
tho blow nud for some seconds they be
labored each other. A challcngo
ensued and whilo practicing witli
Mr. Stanley, tho Hon. Reverdy
Johnson, who wns his second, received
tho Injury to his eye, of which he event
ually lost tho sight. A fragment of a
ball rebounded from a trco und struck
him iu tho eyo. After the first firo a re
conciliation was effected. In 1818 Gen
eral G'iingiuau wus challenged by Yaucy.
They fought at Bcltsvillc, aud after ono
or two shots a settlement was effected.
In 1858, Senator Gwiu, of California,
challenged Henry Wilson aud tho matter
was referred to Mr. Critteudeu, Mr.
Seward and Jefferson Davis and settled
by them. Henry 8. Foote drew a pistol
ou Colonel Benton in the Senate, and
somo Senator iuterferred, when Colonel
Benton, baring his breast, said "Let
the ussasuin lire." These aro ouly a few
of the many exhibitions of temper dis
played in both Houses of Congress. Mr.
Clay and Mr. Calhoun used most bitter
expressions in debate. On ono occasion
Mr. Clay said, in t!iu course of tite de
bate, "I am the gentleman's muster," aud
Mr. Calhoun in reply said: "My master!
my master! I would pot own him as a
sluve." Mr. Seatou's intervention pre
vented u hostile meeting. Dixon H.
Lewis, of Alabama, au enormous man iu
size and strength, stopped a light ou the
floor of Congress by holding the bellig
erents ut urms' length aud arguing with
them lu very forciblo terms. WiDhiwjtun
Star.
A Turnip Seed's Increase.
The Seed of a globe turulp is exceed
ingly minute, not larger, perhaps, thuu
tho twentieth pact of an inch iu diuuie
ter, aud yet, in the course of a few
months, this seed will be elaborated by
the soil uud the atmosphere into twenty-
seven minions of tunes its origiuul bulk,
uud this is iu udditiou to a coiisiderulile
bunch of leaves. Dr. Desaguliers has
luudu some experiments proving that, iu
uu averugu condition, u turnip seed may
increase its own weight titu-cu limes iu
u minute. By uu actual experiment made
ou peut ground, turnips have been found
to increase by growth 15,1)00 times the
weight of their aeeds each day as they
stood upou it.
Tho late Jefferson Davis, whilo Secre
tary of War under tho Uuited States
Government, recommended the intro
duction of cuuiels for use on the great
plains. The auggectiuu was curried out
uud there are still some half-wild camels
in Nevada.
BROTHERS.
Bplder,
At my window spinning,
Weaving circles wider, wider,
From the deft beginning.
X
Running
Rings and spokes until you
Build your silken deatb-trnp cunntnf .
Bhall I catch you, kill you?
Sprawling,
Nimble, shrewd as Circa,
Death's your only aim and calling.
Why should you have mercy?
Strike thee?
Not foi rapine willful.
Man himself Is too much liko thee,
Only not so skillful.
Rife in
Thee lives our Creator.
Thou'rta shape to hold a lifo In,
I am nothing greater. ;
-Qtorg llortan, in Chicago Herald.
HUMOR OF THE DAT.
Licked for two cents A postage stamp.
Fancy work Building castles in tho'
sir.
Where thero is no liquor Ia prison
bars.
"He was a great boy. Ho was in ior
everything." "He's iu for five years,
now." Chatter.
You can generally get a point on insect
lifo by making yourself familiar with tho,
beo. Ttxat Hidngs.
There are a good many things that go
without saying, but woman is not one of
thorn. St. Joseph Seici.
Whilo we have so many lakes in this
country, there is only ouo that is really
Superior. leiaa bittnys.
In early days tho schoolmaster
"boarded around" himself, but ho shin
gled the boys. Itiat Sip ing.
"Mamma, let mo hold tho baby, will
you?" "No, dear; mother is afraid you
might let him full on Fido." Lift.
It is often impossiblo to distinguish si
lenco from wisdom, because they aro fre
quently the same thing. DMi Xcta.
Don't weep, for animalcu'io
Within all moisture wpiirni;
Don't sigh, becauso your breathing may
Commuuicato a germ.
Toronto Empire.
It is an awful strain on n woman's pa
tience to have a husband who thinks he
knows how to cook. 1'erre Haute Ez
prett. Nothing delights a small man so much,
as to have a chance to call a great man
ia public by his first narao. Somtrville
Jjttrnal.
Timo is tho eesenco of all contracts,
except when you endeavor to contract
for a suit of clothes on time. JciceUrt'
Circular.
Impressionable Charlie (to eldorly
beauty) "Will you be mine?" Elderly
Beauty "No, Charlie, but I'll bo a
mother to you." Lippinco'.t't.
A sheriff seized a college for debt some
timo ago, and an inventory led to the dis
covery that the assets consisted of a first
class yell. Vinjtiomton Leatcr.
Woman may bo a trusting creature,
nnd all thnt, but she isn't apt to bo de
ceived Into giving too much credit to
another woman. I'lmira Uaittte.
Tho man who knows everything labors
under a misapprehension, lie seems to
think that everybody wants to hear every
thing. Ho is wrong. VaWn Seici.
Tho shortest day is geuerally believed
to bo December 21 ; yet there are many
who say that the day beforo pay day is
the shortest day Jetcehrt' Circular.
Your fuulta to othcrjyou should never men
tion; Your ti iends will givo that duty duo atten
tion. -Philadelphia 'Junes.
Sho (nervously) "What do you think
of my biscuits, dear?" He "H'ml I
don't caro exactly to givo au off
hand opinion on weighty subjects."
Volar.
Mrs. Peterby "Don't you t'-ink it is
very remarkable that a swau should sing
beforo dying?" Judge Peterby "Not
so much so us I would if they sang after
dying." Texat Hipingt.
"I don't believe in ullowing domestics
to get tho upper hand. I mako my ser
vant keep her place!" "You are lucky.
Ours never does for moro thau three,
weeks." American (Irorer.
Benevolent Person "I hope you treat
your horses well aud give them plenty of
hay." Driver "Well, I can't afford to
buy 'cm much of it, but I says 'hey 1' to
them as often as I can." Light.
"Leave tho house," said tho irulo debt
or. "I couldu't hope to take tho houso
with mo, with so heavy a mortgage on
it," retorted the creditor but ho did
tuko it later on. Manny' Wuily.
"Good iuteutions uro ofteu thwarted
iu tho most mysterious wuys," us tho
young man remarked when his be.sl girl
sneezed just as he wus un tlio point of
kissing her. b'urlington Fne lut,
"But, sir, to kiss
A miss
is wrong, you see."
"1 do uot Ills
Auiisj
When I kiss thee "
IVashinyton V-.7.
'Do you share the common idea that
a yel ow clarionet isuulucky?" asked uu
amateur theatrical performer of a Mr.
Blykius. "I do emphatically unless they
souud very differently from tho other
kind." i'aahimjto.t 1'v.it.
"Dear me, I hopo it ain't serious!"
said old Mrs. Bunker. "What's Iho
matter I" "Ethel says iu bet letter thu
she uud her husband had a row on the
lake Saturday afternoon." "Pooh! that
aiu't r-o-w row. It's r-o-w row."
Uarjtcr't tiller.
"Do you believe iu healing by touch?"
aaked Jliss Do Price. 'Indeed 1 do,"
replied Do BlaKes. "I met Tom Tiglit
pinch to-day limping along and complain
ing of the gout. 1 touched him for u
five and he skipped oil us though hu bad
never beeu ill u day iu his life." Chicajj
J'imet.
The collective leni;ih of the London
! streets would reach ovei S'.'.OOO miles. .