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CHAPTER IV.
Robert Hagan vyas going forth to get
himBelf civilized, but he did noCknow
It. Ho was marching on to a better
destiny, but could not foresee it. His
pathway, as he went, was strewn with
the scarlet and gold of ripening leaves
and he breathed thatdelioious and ex
hilarating air, mixed of cold and warm,
which prevails where persimmons and
pawpaws are sweetening in the clear
sunshine of a frosty morning. But
Bob, Insensible to all these, was heavy
of heart. It was not because he was.
sunderlrig the tender tios which had
bound him to the authors of his1 being
that he was down-hearted, for he
cared not a persimmon for those ties
or those authors; nor was it because
he was about to meet in combat the
world, the flesh, and the devil, for he
was not easily .scared. Ho had been
subject to such turns as! he now ex
perienced ever since he went to bush
whacking, and shot his first man,
and, though not practiced at self-ex
amination, had a dull consciousness
that they were in some way connect
ed with that event. But his conscience
if that may be said to have been in
volvedwas extremely torpid and un
developed asyet, like all his other
moral faculties. He felt gloom', not
remorse. But as he continued on his
way, and the exertion of walking
brought the sweat to his forehead and
the warm young blood to 'flush each
extremity and surface, the physical
triumphed over the moral, and the
gloom dispersed as a cloud.
About four o'clock in the afternoon
the colt and its conductor arrived at
a furm-bouse, In a field beside which
a man and two boys were engaged in
husking corn and loading it on a wa
gon. Bob walked directly in through
the let down rails, and began to assist
In the work without saying a word,
while the colt followed him in and
fell to eating. The volunteer help la
bored so faithfully that by the time
the sun went down, and a woman ap
peared at the door of the house to call
the hands to 6upper, the last shook
had been husked and the last load
been driven to tho crib. Bob followed
the others in, but while they took
their places at table, he took his by
the fire. Come and have something
toeat,"said the woman, laying a plate;
to which he, as by custom bound, re
plied, "Thank you, I ain't no occa
sion," and slowly took the offered
place. The meal was a substantial
one of fried bacon, saleratus bread,
corn-dodgers and coffee, and was eaten
with no more words than were abao
loutely necessary. And after it was
over, though the family conversed
among themselves, Bob sat by hlrnr
6elf and took no part. A bod was
given him in the loft, and in the
morning he was again invited to eat,
which he did, with the same' protest
as before, that ho had "no occasion."
Then he helped dig potatoes until, as
bethought, he bad sufficiently com
pensated his entertainers for his
moalB and lodging ; after which he
approached the farmer, and remark
ing that he must be about going, as
ked, "How much to pay ?" Now when
Bob had deolared that he had no oc
casion to eat, he was ravenously hun
gry ; and when he offered to make
payment, was without a cent in his
pocket which two falsehoods prove
tub ono truth, that politeness is natu
ral toman, even in tho rudest places..
'Which way may you traveling?'
asked the farmer.
'I'm going down to the river bottom
to hunt for a job. Do you think there's
any chance?'
'I reckon not this time of the year.
The bottom farmers is got a' moat all
their laud into hay since the war be
gun, and don't hire much help any
how. You can easy get a chance on
a flat-boat, though, and them pays
well.'
'Yes ; butyou see I've got my oolt,
and they wouldn't take hit on a boat,
I don't suppose.'
'Well, I'll tell you what. If you'm
willing to work among a parcel of
Dutch and Jrlsh, I reckon you can
get a chance in the quarries around
Buena Vista. I've heard they were
right scarce of men sjnee them last
big drafts. It's just down at the mouth
of Lower Twin.'
'Ib it fur from here to the mouth of
Lower Twin ?
'Only about three mile. The road
goes all the way.'
And Bob went on his way, ascend
ing the valley until the hills that
bounded it came close together, and
their tops owered till they were less
than fifty feet high. Then, passing
over a depression, or gap, he entered
the chamber of Lower Twin, and fol
lowed that in its descent until it wid
ened so as to enclose farms of large.
extent, and its walls towered to the
bight of six hundred feet, and came
Into the little quarry village of Buena
Vista, on the Ohio River. The vil
lage, though no great thing of itself,
Was to the uninfqrraed backwoods boy
something to wonder at with lowered
jaw. It contained three stores, two
ohurohes, and a large steam mill for
sawing stone. A wider surface than
its building covered was occupied by
huge blocks of stone, each containing
about fifty feet, pHeb; high one upon
GREAT REBELLION'
another Inlong ranges bordering upen
the embranchments of a railway that
descended by a stsep Incline plane
from the quarries up in the hills.
While expending his admiration on
these, Bob's attention was attracted
toward the Incline plane, and, look
ing up, he beheld two rail-cars passing
each other midway up, the ascending
qar empty, and the descending one
laden with a blook of stone like those
in the piles below. When he saw this
and when, after the loaded car readi
ed the foot of the descent, whence
the Iron rails extended to the riverby
what' seemed to bo" a" perfeot level
grade, be saw a brakeman mount ft,'
detach the rope, and conduct It whirl
ing and rattling away at a speed of
twenty miles an hour, he "allowed it
was a miracle." as he afterwards con
fessed. Again, while he yet wondered, there
came from up tho river the .hoarse,
deep bellowing of a, large steamboat
giving warning that she would land ;
and following that unearthly sound
came the gentler clangor of Iron upon
brass as she struck her bell. Looking
in the direction of these new and
stunning attacks upon his sensations,
Bob observed the village idlers gather
ing to the river landing ; and thither,
as fast as the resisting colt would per
mit, he followed, reaching the waters
edge just as that grand and deadly
creation, a Western river steamer,
havingturried herself in the channel,
was approaching theshore, rising and
expanding to view as she came till she
filled all space In the soope of vision.
Andagain'the boy stood and wonder
ed, as Arohimedes himself might well
have dono had he been there; and
again he "allowed it was a meriole,"
as all must allow It was a wrought
miracle. The boat, having made her
brief stoppage, wa3 away again and
out of sight ere Bob, withdrawing his
eyes from tho vision, beoame aware
that he- was an object of amusement
to such of the little crowd as still re
mained at the landing. To them a
"crceker" as they called backwoods
men looking at a steamboat for the
first tinie.lnJii9.Ufo wasalvyaysasight,
worth seeing.
But this one did not remain to.be
laughed, at long; and disdaining to
ask questions of his enemies, he found
tho way as soon as he could back to
the railroad, knowing that by follow
ing its course he must finally arrive at
the quarries. It led bim first to the
summit of the inclined plane, and
from thence into a basin among the
hills, whose bordering slopes were
adorned with many a viuyard and
orchard, and dotted with houses of the
quarry workmen. Trudging on in the
middle of the track, where It wound
through a steep. and narrow cut, sus
pecting no harm nor meaning any, a
locomotive and train, laden with
stone from the quarries, came sudden
ly upon him,, allowing no way of es
cape but by tumbling headlong into a
ditch, and dragging tho colt after him
They say horses from rural parts,
where no locomotives aro seen, .are
not so liable to take fright, when b'ro't
face to face with one for the first time,
as their ancestors of two or three gen
erations ago were, and the reason for
this Improvement is supposed to be
that news of the great invention has
spread abroad among all the horse
kind, through modes of speech Buoh
as Gulliver mentions. Like a country
horse, backwoods Bob had heard de
scriptions of the locomotive, but hav
ing never before met one, was more
astonished than pleased with the ad
venture.. And as he scrambled out of
the ditch, and scraped off the thickest
of tho mud with a chip, he was sensi
ble of a nascent desire to get baofc
again to Flaming Rock. Ifc was a
miracle, he allowed ; but he was get
ting tired of such miracles.
He continued on, however, and af
ter going less than a mile further,
came to a dead level space, where the
track extended Itself upon a surface
of solid rock, and led up to where
stood a large movable crane, which,
just then, with a quick Bteam cough
and loud rattling of iron joints, was
hoisting toward the skies', at the rate
of ten feet a minute, one of the huge,
stone blocks before described mak
iug the fourth wonder of the newly
discovered world the amazed child of
the woods had seen that day.
The sheet or platform of rock he
stood upon was an uncovered portion
of one of the ledges of that uncom
monly level and distinct stratification
of sandstone which i3 found in Sciote
and Adams counties. It was over
three feet thick, and unvarying in its
thickness for miles of extent. Geo
logically it is of Hugh Miller's favo
rite old red formation, but its actual
tint Ib asheB of roses. The earth had
been removed to the width of a hun
dred feet, and for several hundred feet
along the hill-side. Near the crane,
men were at work with stout, short
picks, cutting channels in the upper
surface of the stone to the depth of
sixinohes; and near to these, others
had Bet a row of iron wedges in a
channel already cut, upon which, one
after another, In course, a strong man
was delivering repeated blows with a
hammer ae heavy as he- could'swiug,
whose efifeofc WJ to iye the rock
downward, straight a3 a .plumb-line,
through jhe whole' thickness of the
ledge. At the further end of the
yuarry a gang of abont fifty laborers
were engaged in excavatiug still far
ther the superincumbent earth, some
of them with picks undermining the
steep bank of brigbtblue marl, as high
in some places as thirty feet, ana caus
ing It to fall in crumbling masses upon
the floor)f 6tone, from" whose even
surface others were-shoveling it into
barrows, and wheeling it off to dump
into the ravine below. This was the
kind of work for which Bob had been
told hands were wanted... He could
see no possible objection to it ; and
truly, for one who can: wield a pick
and handle a shovel as all of Erin's
boys know how? that is to say, grade
fully, and therefore easily, for the
chief -usBrof' graceful movement-Is to.
soften la.bor no prettier, work can be
found in the world than stripping
stone in quarries like these.
The muddy, ragged, dlstraoted-look-j.ng
boy, s he. stood hojding by the
halter bis equally bedaubed Infant
Rosinante, so attracted the attention
of the men from th.eir work that the
.foreman had to reprove them ; but he
himBelf, on turning toward the object
Which had disturbed them-, burst into
a laugh, which was joined In by the
whole band boost uprorlously. Never
before that day had Bob been laughed
at. The people of his own neighbor
hood saw nothing strange or ridicul-
ous in rags and dirt, and besides, they
never laughed at anything. Seventy
or, eighty men ceasing their work to
lean upon their implements and shout
and scream at him in a concert, or
volley, rather, of merriment, was an
occurrence. to him almost as miraouU
ous as those others that had been bat
tering upon his nervous system. His
courage gave way completely; he
broke into almost the only tears he
had ever shed, and would haye walk
ed away, had not the good natured
foreman, seeing- him turn to, do so,
called to him to stop, and asked what
he wanted, .
'I want to find out ff there's any
chance for ma to get a job,' .he blub
bered. ' 'What wages do you want?' asked
the foreman.. ; .
What do you think I can earn,' ans
wered the other, too much humbled
to chaffer about paj'.
'When do you want to come on ?'
I donlt know what that means.'
When do you want to begin the
work?' '
Nbw.'' ,'"'".
"nVat'3 funny,' the other exolalmed,
favorably impressed by such prompt
ness. 'I never before saw a creeker
who was willing to comeou a job be
fore the next day. But where do you
expect to board ?'
'Can't I live along with you ?'
'Me? oh no, replied the foreman;
'but some of the men taken boarder
or two. Ho! Nick Roth,' he added,
oalling to him ou'e of the shovelers,
with whom he conversed a few min
utes in German.' But Roth looked at
Bob, and thought what Mrs. Roth
would say to his bringing home a
boarder so forlornand finally shook
his head and begged to be excused,
and so did. several other Germans, one
after the other ; and Bob's case again
looked-dark, when aUast Tim Horri
gan, a kind-hearted Irishman, moved
to pity by the very appearance that
caused the others to turn their backs
on the poor fellow, volunteered to re
ceive him into his own over-crowded
family of ten children.
'There's my house over there,' said
Tom, pointing to a cabin aoross the
ravine. 'It's too late for you to make
a quarter to-day, so you oan't come on
till to-morrow. You go over there,
and tell Mrs. Horrlgan you're comin'
to live wid us, and she'll help wash
the dirt off you, and give you a bite
to Teat, if you're too hungry to wait for
supper.'
Bo spake an Irishman ! How can a
p9ople possessing sympathy and gen
erosity such as the Irish are endowed
with ever hope to thrive in a World
like this?
The Horrlgan family lived in a suf
ficiently unconstrained manner not to
abash Bob when he first became one
of them. But.it was a pleasant fami
ly, and from Mrs. .Horrigan herself
down to the six-weeks-old at her
breast (except one who took after the
father) was a family of beauties, all
showing that white skin and delicate
bloom for whloh the Irish peasantry
are famous, and which seems bestow
ed to display in picturesque contrast
the war-paint of dirt which largo
families of poor children ore opt to
wear especially Irish poor children.
They lived well, for their head was a
water-drinker, and earned extra
wages ; and Bob, who had insisted on
fasting until the abundant supper was
spread, had sufllcient'occasion' to con
sume a full share of it.
After the day's experiences, he could
wonder at nothing; but he thought
the saying of grace at the beginning
of the meal, and Tom'ssmokiug a pipe
at the end. just as if he were a woman,
were worthy of notloe. In the Creek
country only women smoke, while
men ohew.
Qn beginning work next morning
Bob's protector gave him a barrow
and shovel, and taught him the fine
art of handling dirtso as to obtain the
largest result with the least expondN
ture of power.
Take holt,' said Tom, 'wid yor left
hand just back of the bend, and take
the handle- in. your right so;. now
shove it under the dirt, keeping the
blade close down to the stone so;'
now pry up the load you've got by
bearing down -wid the right hand,
bearing first on the heel of the blade
and afterward onyour left hand, which
you don't raise till you've got all clear
and the shovel Is brought to a level;
and then lift wid both bands just high
enough to clear the rim of the barrow
so; now don't pitch It In, but hold
steady yonr left and twist wid your
right, and the dirt will tumble In of
itself don't you see?'
If poor Hugh Miller, when he did
his first day's work in a quarry, had
been thus considerately instructed in
manuel of his Implement, he would
have suffered less than he tells us he
did from tired muscles and blistered
hands. Fortunately for our hero, he
bad been better hardened to labor
than the young geologist, thanks to
which and his learning aptly, he got
through the day with no damage
greater than a back-ache when "son
down came.
- As one day came and went, so came
and .went another, and the weeks, and
the months. Bob" pleased his employ
er, beoame a pet of the men, liked Jhe
work, and was happy, exoept for oc
casional, dreams and passing clouds.
His wages were fixed at one dollar and
a quarter a day, being only a quarter
of a dollar a day less than was paid to
'full hands,' as empty-handed poor
folks are sometimes called. Loss of
time on account of rain being deduct
ed, his earnings averaged abont six
dollars a week, out of which be must
pay four for his weekly lioard, leaving
him. only two dollars to buy new
clothes with ; and as his old ones were
too dirty to wash and too ragged
to mend, and as, moreover, to
give credit to a creeker was a thing
unheard, of-in. the. village store, his
plight would have been intolerable, if
the good Irishman had hotdeclined to
receive anything of bim until such a
time as his earnings should re-establish
equilibrium In bis finances. Thus
Bob was early enabled to supply him
self with a flannel shirt, a pair, of
shoes, and a pair of breeches ; the old
coat and remnant of a liat could be
made to do a little longer. At Mrs.
Horrigan's express requirement, Bob
adopted, the custom of -washing his
face and hands and combing his hair
before every meal, though he found It
Impossible to discover the sense of
doing so. The influence of the fami
ly upon him was humanizing; es
pecially so was their fun and mirth.
Bob improved In his bearing, and
grew sleek as well as clean; and when,
at the end of six weeks, he got square
with the world, and treated himself to
a second-hand hat, he actually found
favor in the deep blue eyes of Bridget
Horrigan, aged fourteen, a beauty
with milk-white teeth, peach-like
cheeks, brow of wax, aud auburn
hair, who had at first utterly and from
the depth of her bosom scorned -him.
And Bob, on his part, with Bridget so
much before his eyes, was little by
little being taught what until then not
sunrise nor sunset, nor the bridal ap
parel of his. native woods at spring
time nor the royal array' In autumn,
nor rainbows nor wild flowers, had
availed to teach him namely, tho
meaning and power of beauty.
But a qhange came. The priest who
sometimes officiated at. the village
chapel became Interested in the Hor
rigan family partly on account of tho
father's worth, partly because the
mother was pious, but chiefly, It may
be boldly said, for the reason that the
children were so very pretty and ob
tained for Tom a situation as private
watchman in an iron foundry in Cin
cinnati; and in two months from the
time when Bob first crossed their
threshold, the whole family were on
their way to that city. Bridget wept
copiously at bidding Bob good-by, and
he 'filled up,' as they say, though he
didn't run over. Two months more,
maybe, had done the business for him;
as it was; he returned to tho desolate
cabin heart-sore enough. He found a
German family had taken possession
and were moving in. They made no
objection to receive him as a boarder,
but stipulated that he should assist
them on Sundays and wet days in the
labor necessary to put the house in
more tenable condition than had suf
ficed for its Irish occupants.
The new home in which Bob found
himself was different from the old one
In important respects, not the least of
which was soup, sour-krout, sausages
and an unknown tongue; strange
things to him all of them were, and
hard to know and admire. The de
gree of economy and thrift, of order
and neatness, too, which prevailed,
were difficult for bim to understand
or tolerate." Mr. Gottel, who governed
in all things, on returuiug from the
quarry, would Inspect the house nar
rowly to learn if his 'frau,' in his ab
sence, had worked as dilligently as
he himself had been doing, and would
even examine the washing and iron
ing departments. He knew as soon
as he had tasted the soup if it bad
been boiled slowly and long, as it
should he, or quickly and but a short
time as It should not be, and judged
tho bread witli a taste as discriminat
ing as it was severe. If aught were
amiss, ho would scold bis wife as if
she were a child ; in grave cases he
would even beat her all which dis
cipline she in turn visited on the chil
dren ; yet neither what she inflicted
nor what she suffered seemed to im
brute her moral nature, or render Mrs
Gottel otherwise than a cheerful,
buxom, good-hearted wlfeand mother.
The Influences that now surrounded
the boy were quieting and regulating
In short, jnst what ha needed. Be
sides what Mrs. Horrlgan had taught
him,-Mrs. Gottel insisted on this giv
ingupthe practice of chewing tobac-1
co, which, ho had just begnnto keep
his shoes clean, and wear shirts of
blue check, which he must change
twice a.week. Then she required he
should perform various ceremonies re
lating to greetings and leave-takings,
deference to elders, attention to guests
of the house, behaviour at table, and
so forth, ay of whloh he found hard
to do and thought useless. But before
many mouths he felt grateful to her for
the discipline.
CHAPTER V. -
"O eyes, strange' eyes, ye are a' world4
Where unseen Spirits tread, . n . .
Upon whose banners, haUunfurled,
The future may be read."
The spring pf .the yea"t;l65. that
saw the olose of tho .war, saw also tho
departure oi 190. riagan irom- uie
quarries a much improved j'butK, n
the school of labor and of civilization
where he "had passed (he winter he
had made commendable, progress,
evincing a capacity for Improvement,
that proved his fitness to rise in the
world, should circumstances be. favor
able. That capaoityt for improvement
must be borne in mind as being an es
sential clement In his character, and
a.rullng one In his' future history.
The colt, too, thanks to. his owner's
self-denial, had wintered well, but it
would need during the coming season
better pasture than tho quarry hills
afforded, and such wouldbest bo found
on some of the great farms of tho river
bottoms, where horse raising was
largely carried on. So, for the sake of
his protage, Bob resolved on anew
departure ; and one morning late in
April he asked for the small balance
of wages that was due him, bade
good-by to his companions in toil and
of the household, and descended the
hill, leading a good deal larger colt
and carrying a muoh larger bundle
'than when he .first ascended it five
months before.
Taking the road down the river, he
looked out, as he went" for handsome
houses with large farm buildings, and
as often as ho came near one of such
would go in and inquire, if there was
'any ohanoe of a job' tfyere for him.
Repeated refusals did not .discourage
him, for he knew there must bo room
somewhere for a.willlng worker with
strong hands; he was not 'seeking his
fortune,' as young men are said to do
when they go forth to shun hard-work
not to find it. He was not trusting to
luck, but only looking for his place,
and feltsureof finding It ere long.
Still, it was fatiguing to make so many
excursions from the main road to the
river side, where good house were
mostly to be found ; and after he had
got as far as eight or nine miles from
Buena Vista, aud within a mile or so
of one of the hundred American towns
named Rome, decided to halt. The
place he chose was an open space that
lav. between the road and the foot of
a clfff on its right ; and though too
small to be enclosed, was large enough
to afford . a good bite of spring grass
for the colt. The cliff was one of a
series which in that placo begin to
present themselves, jutting boldly out
from the hills that run along -the land
side of the road, and indicate, with
the diminished height of the hills,
their more gentle slopes, and a gene
ral softening of the face of lialure, a
transition from a sandstone to a lime
stone base. They aro outcroppibgs of
a bed of maguesian lime rock so cbm-
pact'and regular in form, with such
level lines of footing aud coping, that
they might be mistaken for remains
of Roman walls pf fudai oastles, whose
void places in ourAmerican landscape
they very respectably fill. Indeed, to
ono who will but try to think so, they
are as agreeable objects as any crumb
ling Roman stone fences or tumble
down medieval dwelling houses. Nor
was the cliff at whose foot Bob rested
wanting in ought that nature can fur
nish to beautify decay. Virginia Iv,.
rooted wherever It found protection,
clambered over its face, and every
hollow or projection where soil had
accumulated formed a natural vase of
ferns, flowers, grass, or whatever plant
had been wafted there In tho seed. A
group of beech trees crowned the brow
of the cliff, and a copious spring is
sued from its base and, made a brook
that ran across the road. Whilo the
colt grazed, its master seated on a log
on the opposite side of the road, made
his own meal of some bread and bacon
and hard-boiled eggs, which Mrs.
Gottel had placed in his bag when she
bade him good-by, and of a. long
draught of cold water that he took at
the spring, resting on his hands and
knees while drinking.
Resuming his seat to wait until his
colt should get satisfied, he very nat
urally, for one in liis situation, turned
his mind's eye in the direction of the
future. Not seeing much thero, he
turned and looked toward the past,
and there the first vision to rise was
that of Bridget Horrlgan. 'But wasn't
she handsome, though?' he said to
himself. 'What blue eyes she had!
It Beemed as if they could look right
straight . through a fellow, and not
hurt him any, neither.' Then, sud
denly, with a sensation as if an icicle
had pierced him, came the recollec
tion of another pair of eyes, whose
aspeot, as soft at first as that of Brid
get's had, while heyet looked on them
altered to that of a tiger, aud made
him feel that blood cried out against
him from the ground. The carpet-bag
lay besido him and was open. An im
pulse, often felt before, though always
resisted, forced him to put in his hand,
ceize and unclasp the portrait case.
With a shudder he looked. There
was nothing there, but the face of a
child and the open, frank eyes' of a
chfld, which, far frpni taking any
vengeful expression, seemed to soften,
and brighten as they met his owii.
aad smile upon him with a living in- "'
telligence and kindness, and, even aa
Jiving orbs mjght do, to vary each,,-
moment they looked, till fheybeqaraa
radiant with a meaning of love, pi ;
loving friendship, or gratitude, or all'. "
Startled, amazed, fascinated, be strsn
ed his vision to receive every ray that '
was beaming from the magical picture, '
though a convulsive- agitation almost
shpok It from his grasp, until burst
ing tears dissolved the enchantment,"'7
and nothing, remained but a'sfrapls i9'
portrait, upon whose glass encashment17,
tho great hot dropa-werfallIng -and
splashing. , V
. AH which had jfr.bvetiU'S hie. being .
aware that t horse had stopped tett-1
drink at the brook, whose rider, agWeia
of sixteen, attracted byjiis-singulat
agitation, .was .curiously ..obserylBg
him. She was plainly attlredv butn,nr
very beautiful, with heavy black trea-iip,.
jses, and dark, deep eyes, no whit le&sa,, t
potent than those which wero so mov
ing his very soul. As, gradually qorn,-p
Ing tohiraself, the youth' look' ur and,.. .j
saw her, lie started to nls. feet,, and. ,
moved falterlngly a fpw paces fpcwardl ,
and gasped out, so low as to be scarce-'
lyheard, 'Whoareyou? Tell raewho,,
you be, now ? Tell 'me quick, now!
oh'doj' , '.u,:'.
And who was she; In the name of,
wonder? The girl of thb portrait Yl'a
with the same manifold "eyes, only
wiser aud sweeter for three years-W !
ripening, regarding him witli ble'n'd
ed- sympathy, curiosity and amuee-"' '
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Diseases from the Influence of'1 tke11
Passionat - .-u- :
The Popular Science lifonthly con
tains a valuable article, by Professor ,
B. W. Richardson,., upon "Induced
Disease from the Influence of thV
Passions," printed from advance
sheets of a new work entitled "The'
Diseases of Modern Life."1 Anger,-
fear, hatred and grief are the pa's-'
sions that act most severely upon the
physical life. Of these, anger is thev
most injurious. "He is a man very; .""
rich Indeed in physical power,' says ' '
the author, "who can afford to bo "an-". '
gry." The effect of rage npon the
heart is to produce a permanent die
ordered and irregular motion, as ie
'well known. This sometimes is so .i
severe as to cause instant- death, and
is more to be avoided than almost
anything else by persons having or-
ganlc. diseases of the heart. An.Inr
teresting sentence In Professor Rich-'
ardson's paper is the following : "It
(tbe reel of the passions) is stirred up'
by some fanatical -manifestations for
the regeneration of the world, which.- ;
aro well meant, but which, missing'),
the mark, produce degeneration in- 1r
atead." Probably few people who
encourage or take part in what.are
known as revivals have any idea of , ,
tho cerebral disorders, produced by,,
these seasons of unnatural mental ex--., r
cltement. The revivalist being, gen- -,
erally a man of strong physical organ-
ization, passes through the ordeal u un
harmed, -but -heartdisease of, some-
sort, hysteria, all kinds of nervous i1.
diseases, and even insanity, too ofted
follow in his wako. Particularly is
this the case among children, whose
sensitive nerves are, excited to the
highest pitch by the vivid 'pictures of
eternal misery or bliss pain tedb'y' the'
skillful p'reacber. . .'s
How to Choose a Wife; ' ? "
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That young lady will makeyoda ,, .
good wife who does not apologize .
when you find her at work In the -kitchen,
but continues at he.r task un-'
til it fs finished. .
When you here a lady say, "I ahalf - '
attend Church and wear my old bon-'
net and water-proof cloak, for I fear;
we shall have a rain storm,'' depend - r
upon it she will make a good wife. M.,. -When
a daughter remarks, "Moth-' ,
er, I would not biro help,, for I can. a 8- - ,
sist you to do all the work in the,.
kitchen," set it down that she will
make somebody a good-wife. : -.
When you hear ayounglady sayingl -
to her father, "Don't purchase a very.
expensive or showy dress for me, hot
what will wear best," you may 6'e - .
certain she will make a good wife; ' .
John Barney Wright, of Williams-
town, who has been quite out of
health during tho past summer, waa '
relieved of the cause of bis illness by -a
powerful emetio administered by
Dr. W. P. Nlles, of Pownal, whicbr
brought forth a lively snake eleven"
inches In length. Wright bad prob
ably taken the reptile while slacking
his thirst at some forest'spring during7
one of his numerous-bear hunting ex
cursions, John says be would rather
meet a bear anytime than a snake,-
and could swallow one with better
relish. Troy Times.
Auna Connett, a pretty girl over in
New Jersey, was acquitted of the
charge of burglary, whereupon she
threw her arms around the judge's
neck and kissed him. And now all
the married .lawyers around Plain-"
field are candidates for judge.
A man may occasionally kiss the--
wrong woman by mistake. But
when he makes a practice of It; thet-F-'
right woman finds it outt-aridtkafc,a:-
what bothers'- bin: -
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