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Win andTYear.
There Is no mays! road to greatness ;
Man MHt ever dlmh to &im;
All the waltn In aifars' eoCar.5
WoaM not bay a deathless asae.
!; a MWegwl kefore yon?
Wontdpoa grant achievements bear ?
On the wiwaast net faiinr .
Broere.ya antsC "Win aml.TPwr."
T Uwad labor, sever JtpjitTi,
Tin yon Mk toe prise year own ;
For yoo'lraow Ua oona4atdraawni:
"Weans away tike hardest stone.
2evr alack soMtaBoenaaayor,
Nor "Mala dmgrfcuas toO Seapiur;
If yort?in aaove year JfcHowB.
Brothers:, yon meat "Win sad Wear."
TJs the leseon Xacare teneato
All through her wide
Ami too text from which i
Is that "Zabor leads to Gate."
Moral'
Better
Tuese yon never can inherit
WSTBATEGEM.
I had been reared by a bachelor en-
c.e, ua,ylog when i was eighteen.
L-querad"sie to the tender eare of
Xrs. Tesv. hid noueekeeDer. At the
-ge of twenty-five, I fervantly hated
cor vrmusts.ii im mmxr .
-r. . as ii vav rasvr nai-
It womil be too rarc&yiBg.to me, ana sonce myself in a capacious arm-d-11
nod oainteresitMc te you, were I chgiri arrayed in a wig SHghtly grfe-
to recapitulate ue cau-sea waicn area
a dialikeao keen and intense. I may
"ust blaCfaat Altbea Brand (who is
now a nsS&Ma, wkk an egly German
name, UBpronouaceablj bad some
thing to do with my misanthropy.
I led a quiet, somewhat secluded
Iiie a Iiie of ay ova designing. I
smoked and read, or went to the club,
t r on excursions, when I ebose, with
tio n to question my motives. I
congratulated myself in a grim sort of
a way,, when akme, oa my freedom,
which I ferocioeciy deelarod I would
not b desweiled of.
Immagiwe my atfrigkt, my horror,
-when .4ie ibilvwiog epistle eerae to
Land :
"My Dea Ma. Bayard : I am
Jj ng. The oitly relative you have
it. the world will soon be aa orphan.
I confide her to your eare, knowing
your magnanimity aad benevolence.
Iease make necessary arrangements
for her provision. Do this for the
sake of j-ur dying eoesia."
' 'AGATHA FSOTH."
I could not wholly resist this piea,
though IifcptYd Mrs. Yepsy, who
vi ia every respect a capesie wo
man, to-do what my con-sclenee toid
me I ehoeld have given my pergonal
EnpervilLivn te,
In a week's time my hoskeeper re
turned, saying she bad piaeed Florel
le in a very respectable seminary ; so
I, with a deep, relieved inspiration,
dismissed my unwelcooae protege
from my mind, without any inquiries
relative t her appearance, and Mrs.
Yepy was too discreet to furnish gra
tmtoua iaiormatioa.
At the dose of iiie war a tiny note
in school girl's baad eante to my ad
dress. I wa? angry and annoyed. I
did not answer it. I could not shut
ny eye to the fact that lit unknown
writer bad improved rapidly in these
five years, tbooeh no very great depth
rf tlKMtgbt was perceptibie; yet the
chirograph y wits elegant ; the spell
ing, fora woiiAtf, beyond criticism;
while Utoee glaring idiosyncrasies
characterizine; romantic youmr lady
hood were apparent. At ht, slie au-
Koarrced-tnTtihdrribei4ier-ed-ttion3 from the French and Italian
ucation. and was going to "stay awile
wrh tlie "dearest girl in he world."
I read this from a tiny sboet of per
fumed paper, under the ban lamp, be
fore going to Mrs. F1nlis reception.
I had hardly jald my eoeipUiaeat to
that excoMent .lady, "before .Judge
Finch took my arm and nodding to
ward appetite young girl, whom I had
aiready noticed aseeemmg to bewitch
young and old wkh her spirited, pi
quant ways, mid :
"A young friend ef my daughter
Miss Florelle Fro, dkali I present
yoa ?"
"No, excuse" me."'
And, as the Judge! moved away, I
drew back in the shadow of a certain,
and watohes nay wrd. I had all
along fancied that my benk notes 'were
developing a pale-faced, flaxen-ringleted
little thing, who would some
day, in a fit of romance, elope with a
fictitious lord. I was not at all pre
pared for the contrast to my imagin
ings that the sparkling sylph present
ed to my dazed perceptions.
I returned to my domicil, dreaming
of a fairy in crimson silk, with scarlet
roses in her hair, and the next morn
ing became the recipient ef the subjoin
ed gushing bat not positively compli
mentary letter:
"My Deas Old Gcardian : Will
you allow me to come and see you ? I
am in town, stopping at Judge Fin
ches. Is he an acquaintance of
your? Just give me permission to
visit vou, and see if you regret it! I
ZJZmTrUr:
n nrenarations for preventing the
hair from falling off. I will tie your
neckcloth tdrab or white do yee
vrear"?) and get your cane and slip
pers, and make gruel for you when
you are laid up with the gout. I'm so
pretty, and so smart, and can dance or
sing, or read your favorite German
and French authors. Your eyesight
must be failing, eh ?"
"I do wish to see you ! I pledge my
word, as lady, not to be disagreeable
nor bring company. I'll just devote
nypelf to yoa.
'Your curious ward.
"F1.0REEI.E Froth."
I am sere the worthy pastor whose
churoh I regularly attended would
have been shocked at sundry ejacula
tions begotten by that flattering epis
tle, in whieh modesty, at all events,
was not apparent. I glanced in the
mirror, and I assert, without exagger
stion, th-at it reflected 3 taH, well-
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made gentleman, Htylish, dignified, I ing the curia ; birt the sobs didk not
and not unhandsome, but flashed and abate.
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angry at the moment. I trod the ! "Believe me," I said, hating my
floor with harried steps, strongly em- self more sincerely than I had ever
phasized. I strove to think bitterly hated the false Althea, "I deeply re
of Florelle, as I had heretofore done , gret the part I have basely played."
of all woman, Vat the sparkling!
changing face, Eet in crispy carls,
frank and entrancing, despite its pert- terlcal symptoms that nearly fright
ness, swam before my vision, and ened me oat of my wits. And then I
charmed me, while the memory of her burst into a paroxysm of self-reproach-
audacious style of address was any
thing bat seething. "
"I will punish the minx," was the.
sum of my cogitations ; therefore the
following :
"MissFloeeie: I am old, and
consequently, entertain a distaste fori
society-; and ill just now, and desire
quiet: vet, perhaps, It is no more than
jH3tioe to yen to accede te your wish
es. If you come, let it be alone.
iLeave Judge Finchs-wrtlrtbe under
standing that you have been sudden
ly summoned away. I trust you will
nokexpeci me to amuse you.
UBEKT iJEKNAKD."
Toward evening, a brisk knock at
tfae d and au instanfc jater, the
f foetman ushered in my ward, clad in
; something I cannot describe a dress
so DewiiaennE wnicn augmented
j ner oanjy wonuertuiiy. I Had en-
i . - - v
zIed and greeu geggjes, with my an-
kle swathed in lianneL
"My dear old guardian !" she ejee-
uiated. and clasped me about the
neck, kissing my cheeks delightedly.
"Aliss Florelle, I suppose?" I said
in staid, measured tones, though my
whole being was thrilled at the touoh
of ber lips.
She tossed ber hat, with its bright
nodding phime, upon the sofa, her
efoak across a ehttir, and drawing a
seat close beside me, leaned toward
me.
"Heavens, young iady ? I shouted
hoarsely, "can ou not see that you
are pressing against my tender foot?"
And I groaned as if in great agony.
A tender, commiserating look soft
ened the beaming faee, while she
murmured, "Forgive me I I am so
thoughtless ; but, indeed, I am so hap
py to be wkh you."
I was thoroughly ashamed of my
fraudulent self, but stoically jreceiwed
her appology.
.Notwitbsianding ray Jmposture, it
was the happiest evening I had spent
for years.
January was a month of wild tem
pest ; and, shut up with the facinat
iag Florelle, I, with the direst dismay
felt my heart going away from me.
She heartily fulfilled her promise to
cheer me. Sie sang, in a rich melo
dious voice that quite filled the wide
room with its elear resonance, and
danced zposzeul to the sweetest air
in the world, trilled ia her own in
imitable style.
"You think me wild, doa't you?"
she said, one day, taking my hand ;
andt ly-the-by, what a pretty hand
you have" this was the way she
glanced from one tnpie to another
"for such an elderly gentleman ! I
must dijlay my attainments, or you
will not think tne half so elever as I
really am. Didn't I use to write real
genuine bread-and-butter letters, eh ?"
Before I could reply, she took down
a volume of old German metaphysfOsr
and read with most admirable ennun
ciation. Then she translated selec-
writers.
She glanced at me anon, a little
fleshed.
"You see, I would not parade my
accomplishments, bus," (and the
voice quivered) "yoa have the right to
know how I liave improved your
kindness. If you were voung vou
might think I wished to ensnare you.
Ihalfwishyou were" she added, naive-
Iv, coming to mv side, and laving
her bright head on my wig, with its
stiff, bristling hair.
I had been more than once asham-
ed of my strategem. I was now tho-l force oar WBy into tne Indies, whieh
roughly disgusted with it. How to are the storehouse of the world ; once
em?rge from my ugly chrysalis in a there, wecau dispense with theEng
beooming manner now occupied mv su ld.
mind constantly. - J
One evening I walked intd the-par-V
lor, divested of the disguise, which,
let the consequence be ever so disas
trous to my hopes,,! could no longer ,
f endure.
My ward sat befora the fire, dream
ing, I thought; for their was a smile
on the pretty mouth, and a tender ra
diance in the magnificent midnight
eyes intently regarding the lurid
coals.
She started up'ae I entered, and a
queer smile rippled all over her face.
"You desire to see Mr. Bernard, I
presume. He will be down presently.
Will you be seated?"
We sat a few moments in silence. I
was terribly embarrassed and " filled
with the gloomiest forebodings, while
she rased with an absent air on the
- p - n-Hyh....
saying :
"I think, perhaps, I had better
summon my guardian, for it wliltake
him a
good
half hour to get down
stairs."
I grasped her arm as she would have
passed me.
"Florelle, do you not know me?"
"Indeed I do not," she replied with
the greatest semblance of amazement.
"Forgive me, I am yourguardian I"
A most grieved and amazed expres
sion stole over the features, working
convulsively an instant, and then she
burst Into a passion of weeping and
sobbing:
"How codld you so cruelly deceive
me?"
"Surely, how could I?" I iterated.
"It Is past my own comprehension.1'
I drew her toward me, softly, strok-
"Bat, to my Indescribable anguish, j
the eods kept on, with sundry hys-
J es, interlarded with all the endear
ments I could recall for, you see, It
had been yeara since I had had occa
sion for them.
At last the sufferer asked.'m a voice
wonderfully firm fora young, sorrow-
Ing girl deluging my shirt-front with
tears :
"And are you really sorry ?"
"Yes," I replied, "I can never suf
ficiently regret wounding your ten
der feelings,' and continued, with
that abruptness evolved by an em
ergency, "I am profoundly and con
foundedly in love!"
"With me?" and the curly head
went up, disclosing a face suspicious
ly shining.
"Yes, with yon."
"Excellent!" and Florelle efferves-F
ced from my embrace. "My dear
friend, the tables are turnedi"
"What!" I just gasped in my per
plexity." "Did vou think me so ignorant of
J yOUr real self ? I saw you at Judge
Finch's. Eloise said you were glum
and mianthropic, and I'd have a
pretty time with yon. I wrote that
very profound note, believing you
would just take such an advantage as
vou have."
"Were you no: ashamed to kis3
me, then?" I asked assuming a grave
air.
"Xot a bit," sheanswered. blushing
in spite of herself. "I rather liked
it."
"You are easily abashed-"
"Yes my friends alwas said so."'
I thought an instant.-
"Perhaps we had better compro
mise. Are you going to become my
wife ?"
"I ought to have time for reflection,
but as you press me so hard, I had bet
ter say yes."
And that is how my strategem end
ed, a f
PETSIITHE GEEAT.
The Will of the Czar as to the Toller
of Kussia.
FJ.D. Mansfield in the 'Cincinnati!
Guzetie, writes: There is extant a doc
ument often quoted, called 'The Will
of Peter the Greut.' It is said to.be
genuine, for it points out the policy
P.ussla has pursued, and things to be
Sone notyetaccomplished. It points
to the weakening of Sweden, the neu
tralizing of Poland, (which was done
by destroylngand absorbing it,) to the
acquisition of the Crimea and the ter
ritories round the Black Sea, to the
marriages with German prineeses, to
pushing on the Persian Gulf and to re
suming commerce with the Levant
through Syria. This, the reader sees,
points direotly to the mareh of the ar
my of the Caucasus to Aleppo.
This passage is so interesting that
we give it entire.
6. We muse progress as much as
possible in the direction of Constanti
nople and India. He who can once
get possession of these points is the
real ruler of the world. With this
view we must provoke quarrels at one
ti me with Turfcy, and at another with
Persia. We must" establish wharves
I and docks in the Euxine, and by de
grees make ourselves masters of that
sea, as well as of the Baltic, which is
ja doubly important element in the
J success of our plan. We must hasten
ne downfall of Persia, push on to the
PersianGulf; if possible, re-establish
the ancient commercial intercourse
with the Levant through Syria, and
10. Moreover, we must take pains
t0 establish and maintain an intimate
union with Austria, apparently coun
tenancing her schemes for future ag
grandizements In Germany, and all
the while secretly rousing the jeal
ousy of the United States against her.
In this way we must briDg it to pass
that one or the other party shall seek
aid from Russia, and thus we shall ex
ercise a sort of protectorate over the
country, which will pave the way to
future supremacy.
11. We must make the houses of
Austria interested in the expulsion of
the Tnrks from Europe, and we must
neutralize its jealousy at the captureof
Constantinople, either by pre-occupy-ing
it withtheold European States, or
by allowing it a share of .the spoils,
which we can afterward resumeat our
leisure.
12. We must collect around our
house, as a centre, all the detached
sections of Greeks which are scattered
abroad in Hungary, Turkey, and
South Poland ; we must make them
look to us for support, and thus by es
tablishing beforehand a sort of eccles
iastical supremacy, we shall pave the
way for universal supremacy.
W 'g- .
This is the way the prohibitory law
is enforced in Maine : The other day
a lodger at the Johnson House in
Gardiner got up in the morning awful
thirsty, and approaching the landlord,
said he must have a drink of cider.
He was assured he could not tiny it in
the city. 'Can get it by the gallon,
can't I?' he said. He wa3 told he
could. So he went op to a store and
inquired if they had any cider to 'sell
BEOWKYILLE, KEBBASKA, THURSDAY, JTJKE M, 1877.
I by the gallon.' He was told they had.
He wanted to try 'it, and drew a pint
dipper full and drank it. He said he
'thought it wastoo hard for mince pies
and three a dime on the counter and
left.
Xnavery and Superstition'.
A very carious tragedy has lately
occurred in the town of Servera (5,000
inhabitants) Province of Logrono.
The details are given by a number of
newspapers, but the following is an
account translated from the Tmpar-
clal : 'A rich proprietor, well-known
in the country for his advanced opin
ions, refused on his desth bed to ac
cept any spiritual help, notwithstand
ing the prayers of his family and the
advice of his. best friends. There was
a moment, however, when it was
thought that the patient had modified
his determination ; the priest of the
parish presented himself by the dying
man, but, finding that he persisted in
his refusal, he retired precipitately,
saying aloud to those who were pres
ent that, after the death of the repro
bate, the devil would come in person
to take charge of his body and conduct
him to hell. Two days after the fam
liy were watching over the corpse of
the relation they had lost, when then
the door of the mourning room.was sad
denly flung open, and an indefinable
being, dressed in scarlet, smelling
apesiando) of burnt sulphur, and
dragging an immense tail, presented
himself before the mourners, who full
of terror, rushed.away from the room.
On hearing the screams of these peo
ple, a man servant, who was In the
next room snatched up a revolver and
entered the scene of the scandal. As
may be supposed, he stood terrified at
the sight of the devil; but thinking
that it would be better to kill his in
fernal majesty than be killed by him,
he fired three shots at him pointblank
(a boda de jarro). Shortly after the
family of the deceased found them
selves face to face with the sacration
of the parish deguUe en diable, with
three shots in his breast and the foam
of death upon his lips. The authori
ties at onee interfered and took four
priests into. 'custody. On the follow
ing day the unhappy sacristan was
buried.
31 r. ilotley and President Grant.
With few exceptions the morning
papers of this city und 'New York, in
their jaotiees of the death of &rM-
lev. mlstaf" IbeTaeld tnvoTved in hi
quarrel with the Grant administra
tion. They declare that Mr. Sumner's
opposition to theSan Domingo scheme
induced the president to strike a re
vengful blow at Mr.e Sumner's friend
Motley, and they thus make General
Grant and Mr. Fish parties to a mean
and despicable aetion. The truth is
that Mr. Motley, while Minister to
England, most unwisely chose to
represent Mr. Sumner, rather than
the government. At fhat time the
Alabama claims controversy wa-
pending and Mr. Sumner's views con
cerning those claims differed widley
from those of the administration. Mr.
Motley agreed with Mr.Sumner, audf
he actually undertook to make state
ments to the British Foreign Secre
tary which were not authorized by
Secretary Fish, and whieh were with
out warrant and excuse in diplomatic
usage. For this he was recalled, as
he should have been, and because he
was recalled Mr. Sumner declared
war against Grant and continued It to
the end of his life. Mr. Motley, In
fact, was a failure as a Minister. His
fame rests upon his literary work,
which places him in the first rank
among that-splendid coterie cf histori
cal writers who have done so much to
exalt and honor American letters.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
A Horned Toad's Struggle for Life.
A party of trout fishers, camping
near Lyon's Dam a few days since
witnessed a very novel incident. A
huge rattlesnake was attempting to
swallow a somewhat diminutive
horned toad, and seemed likely to suc
ceed if given sufficient time. The
hind legs of the toad protruded from
the saliva-flecked jaws of the snake,
and were occasionally agitated with a
convulsive movement as if the little
animal was impatient of the delay in
going down the,reptile's throat. Just
as the legs were disappearing, the
body of the snake just behind its villainous-looking
head began to swell.
Its eyes began to bulge, and its spirit
seemed troubled. The parties watch
ing the process of mastication then be
came aware that the plucky little toad
had tired of fooling around in a rattle
snake's jaws and wanted to get out.
The swelling continued, and the
snake squirmed until the four little
horns whieh form the crest of the
toad's back burst through the scales
of the snake. The snake floundered
and wriggled in agony until he was
dead, when the toad withdrew from
his jaws and quietly hopped away.
Union CoL) Democrat.
The 3Tew York TTor&t explains that
the offer of the freedom of the city of
London to General Grant is an honor
that every American ought to-understand
is '-the offer of the mcst.precious.
thing the corporation possesses to em
inent persons.' Blucher, theEmper-i
or Alexander, Thiers, and the third
1
i Napoleon received this franchise 03
Grant is about to receive it. The
TTorfd is hsppy over all this, bat a
little jealous. Itsaysr"The honors
heaped upon General Grant mut be
' regarded by Americans as really paid
, to their own country and to one of its
' great historic personages ; and none
j of them all ought more nearly to touch
f and gratify us than the homage of that
ancieui. uiiy.tne unnvaiea g
reatness
and glory of which sprung from one
with the immemorial liberties which
we ourselves most dearly prize.
TheBeTOlntion in XaTal Warfare.
Events on the Danube prove the
superiority of torpedoes for coast defense-
A steam launch, three men
and a few pounds of dynamite are
I more than,amateh for the mightiest
frigate. Months of preparation, hun
dreds of men, the biggest guns and all
the latest improvements go down be
fore this apparantly insignificant as
sailant. Modern seienee seems to take
a tort of wanton delight in seeing
mankind expend the full force of their
energy, industry and ingenuity "in
some one direction, and then proving
its utter uselessness bv a new combi-1
nation of elemental forces. England
to-day Is beginning to count the cost
of her expensive and cumbrous iron-
dads, and a vague and unpleasant
idea is just shadowing itself on the
British mind that all this preparation
for the defense of the Islandm?y have
been useless. Still there may be com
pensation ia the reflection that a cler
gyman comes to therescue, the inven-
(tor of the Whitehead torpedoes.
2Tew York Graphic. - ,,
Hind and Health.
The Science of Health says on this
subject : The mental condition has
more influence upon the bodily health
than is generally supposed. It is no
doubt true that ailments of the body
cause a depressing-and morbid condi
tion of the mind ; but it is no less true
that sorrowful and disagreeable emo
tions produce disease in persons who,
uninfluenced by them, wou,Id be in
Isound health or, if disease is not pro
duced,' the functions are disordered.
2sot even physicians always consider
the importance "of this fact. Agreea
ble emotions set in motion nervous
currents, whieh stimulate blood, brain
and every part of the system into
healthful aetivity ; while grief, dis
appointment of feeling, and brooding
over present sorrows or past mistakes,
depress all the vital forces. To be
physically well one must, in general,
be happy' The reverse is not always
trutr-r-orfertiufy-lMr httty" aadonerfi
and vet be a constant sufferer ia bod v.
Stammering.
A gentleman who stammered from
childhood almost up to manhood gives
a very simple remedy for the misfor
tune: 'Go into a room where -u will
be quiet and alone, get a book that
will interest but not excite you, and
sit down and read two houra aloud to
yourself, keeping your teeth together.
Do the same thiug every two or three
days, or onee a week if very tiresome,
alwavs taking care to
read slowly
the lips but
ami distiuetly, moving
not the teeth.
Then, when eouver-
sing with others, try to spoekas slow
ly and distinctly as possible, and make
up your mind that you will not stam
mer. Well." I tried this remedy, not
having much faith in it, I must con
fess, but willing to do anything to
cure myself of aueh annoying difficul
ty. I read for two hours aloud with
my teeth together. The first result
was to make my tongueand jawsaehe,
that is, while I was .reading, and the
next to make me feel as though some
thing had loosened my talking appar
atus, for I eoule sneak with less diffi
culty immediately.
tk nhaniratiros
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so great that every one whojenew me
remarked it. I repeated the remedy
every five or six days for a montb,
and then at longer Intervals until
eured.
a a
Another Engine of Distinction.
An ingenious plan by which a large
army may be destroyed by one person
without danger to himself has been de
vised by a French chemist, who in
tends preceeding to Constantinople
with the object of obtaining the Sul
tan's permission to try the effeet of
his scheme, in the first instance, on
the Russians in Roumania. He pro
poses to effect his purpose by a system
of land torpedoes eoneealed beneath
the ground over whieh the invaders
must march as they advanee towards
Turkish territory. These torpedoes I
will all be connected together by wire;
and will be exploded simultaneously
at the proper moment by means of an
underground wire carried to a conven
ient distance. If successful, he will
make no charge as regards the destruc
tion of the Russians in Roumania, but
he will require a large sum (to be paid
in advance) for performing a similar
service as regards the Russian hosts
in Asia Minor. Pall Ma1! Gazette.
In France a gentleman owned a
grandeonntry estate ; surrounding his I
mansion were orchards containing
fruit trees of ail kinds that could be
acelimated, about three acres in plums
which were healthy looking trees,
blooming each spring, but none of the
fruit coming to maturity. He became
disgastedand turned the plum orchard
into a chicken yard, leaving the trees
for shade. To his profound astopish-
Imant the next season the trees were
fairly breaking down with ripe, full
matured fruit. The poultry had ac
complished what man had utterly
failed in successfully battling the
carculio.
Torpedo Warfare.
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The brilliant exploit of Lieutenant
Ta,nfF e u 1 r
Denbason, of the Russian armv, in
. . Turkish ironc.ah
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directed attention to a species of war
fare practiced by all nations with va
rying success. The Russians are old
hands at this explosive business.
I They made the only really successful
venture with fire ships recorded in
the eighteenth century. In 1776 they
floated two mines into the port of
Tchesme, burned the whole Turkish
fleet, and ruined the fortifications.
During the war in this country torpe-
fdoes were extensively" used, and
American inventive genius was em-ployed-in
improving them. The Rus
sians have taken advantage of all ex-periments-of
late-years, and have ed
ucated their peroeptiens as te putting
them where they will do the most
.harm.
Lieutenant DenbasofT used the
Whitehead or fish-torpedo, the inven
tion of Captain Luppis, of the Aus
trian navy, and Mr. Whitehead, Ea
gllsh superintendent of the Austrian
iron works at Flume. It is fourteen
feet long and resembles a cigar point
ed at both ends. It I3 charged with
gun-cotton or nitro-glycerine and is
launched from a tube in the side of
the conveying vessel. It contains ite
own propelling power in a small en
gine worked by compressed air, and
after it leaves the tube (used to give it
direction) it will go straight for about
f 2,000 feet. If it misses Its mark it is
lost of course, but the Russian Lieu
tenant took no risk3 on this point.
He ran up close, sent fcte torpedo to
its mark, and escaped.
This experiment demonstrates that
the torpedoes are, in practice, most
dangerous instruments of warfare,
and that the Russians have clear
headed men of nerve trained to use
them
This one officer, with a few
men, did more damage to the Turkish
fleet than would a heavy bombard
ment. The Russian? are matching
the Turkish fleet with their torpe
does, 'and will no doubt succeed as
well with torpedoes as with ironclads.
When it was announced thai the Rus
sians were transporting light gunboats
in sections to the Danube, the Turks
thought of their ironclads and smiled.
These light gunboats, it now appears,
were constructed for effective work.
If the torpedoes along the Russian
I coast at Sevastopol and Otiesa a?e is
asrgoud bands asthose on'tfae Datrnbe f
the Turkish fleet will not trouble that
eistrict. Inter Ocean.
Snperstitien in Pennsylvania.
A woman committed suicidcin Som
erset county a few weeks sfnes.
While a grave was preparing for her
in a public cemetery, several men
came forward and objected to her bur
ial because the place would be haunt-
; ed, all these idiots being imbued with
a fear of a post-mortem appearance,
with the blood-curdling capers of the
disembodied spirit, and the husband
of the unfortunate iady was compelled
to bury her on a 5P 5et aBrt on his
farm. The circumstances became
generally known, and some kind
hearted neighbors, who dHlt take
much stock in ghosts, resurrected the
f body, and buried it in the p'aee which
she had selected previous to shuffling
off. Then the superstitious people got j
violent. One of them, who appears?
to have dabbled in the art of astrolo
gy, or mystical lore, made a calcula
tion to the effect that three hundred
years must elapse before the "spook"
could be finally quieted, and so great
was the feeling in the matter that the
erentlemeu in eharfre of the cometerv
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has been notified to
remove tne noovf
inside of ten days, or abide the conse
quences. "
Pia akinsr Machine.
We Sad the following very lively
description of a Yankee piif-mekixg
machine quoted by an exchange jour
nal: "A snappish, voracious little dwarf
of a machine pulls in the wire, bites
it off by inches incessantly, 140 bites
a minute, and ju-t as il seizes each
bite a saucy little hammer with a
concave face hits the end of the wire
three taps and" "upsets" It to a head,
while he grips it In a counter-sunk
hole between his teeth and lays it
sidewise in a groove, where levers
and springs, playing like lightning,
points the pins and whence they are
dropped into a box. The pins are
then polished, and two very intelli
gent machines hang the pins by the
heads and transfer them to slips of
paper, and by. one movement stick
them all through two corrugated
ridges in the paper, when the work is
finished. The piw machine is one of
the nearest approaches to the dexteri
ty of the human hand that has been
invented. It is about the size of a
I sewing machine, which it closely re-f
sembles."
The Emperor of Germany received
a New Brunswick sausage six feet
high for a birth-day present; also a
gigantic aquarium containing a see of
rtransparent jelly, with eighty fishes
ready for the table, and an Easter egg
of corn flowers and hyacinths reach
ing to the roof of the ball. The Ger
martsovereigns presented to His Maj
esty's a huge oil painting by Werner,
j commemorating His Majesty's
mation as German Emperor at v er- for auch outrages cannot be avoided,
sallies on the 17th of January, 1S71. nd expresses the opinion that a rear
The painting contains several hun- fur retribution must follow. Reprer
dred portraits. Among the other sentations from iei eitiaeiie of tsbe
gifts to the Emperort there was
VOL. 21. i0.. .51.
-engraving by Trince Henry, and a
book honad by Prince Waldemar, the .
f nnrra 0 r ,-w o- t
tvro yanSer sons of the Crown 1
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tlriJl ?1
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L order to become aoouamted with the
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1 luirift ir u rMj.m: wiwt iiu nair m lonrn e
iuiuiui rft;'uv vi tiic, ajk? its Ca A 4
craft. The Crown Piinceis a com
positor, and the Emperor himself 3
glazier. .
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A Terrible Fellow.
Billy Bangs is oolleotor-of bad Mils
in Philadelphia. Everybody knows
BiUy there, and he collects the worst
kind of bills bills that people were
willing to throw away, and whieh
would be thrown away if It were not
forBilly.
As it is, they give their bad bills to
Billy to collect.
BHly Bangs wears a very nigh bat
a family reiie.
On the top he has painted in flam
ing letters:
BAD BILLS COLLECTED.
Thus arrayed, with everybody look- i
ing at his hat, he gees and knocks at j
the debtor's office stands around his
door, and makes the premises leak
generally ridiculous till the debt fa
paid Then Billy takes fifty per cent.
of it and gives the rest to hie client.
Recently Billy Bangs was arrested.
He had gone and stood around Dr.
Dash's office a few days before. He
called three or four times, always
showing his high hat te the passers-
by. Bv-and-by. Dr. Dash cot ancrv.
and he went and kicked Mr. Billy J
Bangs out
-kicked him clear across i
the street.
Dr. Dash testified thet Billy Bangs
bad damaged ,hfc good name that
he got ail the neighbors to laugh at
him, and that he waa constantly do
ing this to good eitiaens of Philadel
phia who failed to pay all their little
bills.
The result was Billy's acquittal.
The court said they had no right to
regulate Billy Bangs' hat and that be
could wear a "plug" hat all covered
with letters, with a town clock on it,
if be wanted to. So Billy is now the
terror of everybody in Philadelphia
who don't pay.
Adventures in the Dark.
Last night, jest after Bifnkus and
his wife were snugly stowed away in
bed, Mrs. Blink us thought she heard
the front door siam.
Hnbbie-, dear: d?r-vn-IfWrr toaT
front door slr.ramin' V
2s"o, dearie, I locked it just, before I
wound up the dock.'
'I didn't see you ge oat inte the
hall.'
But I did, love.'
'I think you must be mistaken.'
'Well, I know when I locked the
door, dammit!'
'Now, you shan't swear at me That
door is open, and yoc know it. S'pos-
in' the burglars get in and earry off"
ail the silver. We'd be ia a nice fix.'
They'd be worse off", with the oW
plated stuff. Besides, who ever heard
of a burglary above A street?
'If you don't get np and lock that
door, I'll rush out and scream for the
police. 111 rouse the neighborhood if
It's the last act of my life 1'
Blinkus, somewhat alarmed at the
threat, rose up and began to fumble
around for a match.
'The matches are at the end of tne
wash-stand, love.
Blinkus paused at the place desig
nated, and broke a soap-dish.
'I never saw such ac awkward men (
since I was born,' quoth Mrs. B. from
the bed, just as he stumbled back over
a spittoon, and sat down in it so forei-
, iLi. 1 , i ..
iv mac it was niasni irlo lori-
rf :
pieces.
0, lord !' .ejaculated Mrs. B.
Blinkus next struck bis toe against
a towel rack, and an oeth dissolved it
self in the darkness. Then be step
ped on the baby's rattle, and ran one
an I
of the points into his foot half
inch. Jumping aside he upset the
centre-table, and began to flounder
out toward the hall. His young hope
ful's carriage was there, and be fell
over it six different ways before he
reached the door.
'Was it open? queried a vofee from
the bed.
No- V
'Oh, it must have been seraeSkins
else I heard.
Died for Lore
Two human bodies, tightly fastened
together by means of a strong cord,
were recently taken frem the river
seme at itoeen, if ranee. Tnev were
those of a young man cf 2t, named
Henri Doainois, and a maiden of IS,
named Eliza Dcpre, his sweetheart.
Henri was tbe son of M. Dominoie,
who occupies a good position in life,
and Elisa was a simple work-girl,
pretty and honest, with whom be fell
desperately in love. A letter found
in the pocket of the young men told,
in a few plain words, their short bet
tragiestory. "Our parents," said this
little manuscript, "would not allow
1 as to marry, and we resolved to per-
ish together in order that we might
not be separated in paradise."
General Boynton, writing from
Washington to the Cincinnati Ga
zette, enlarges upon tne Chisboim
trasedv. declares that the irenerai re-
procIa-Uponslbllity of Southern Democrats
an-jSaaih he states tetveeeaste to Repufc-
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' tteaas at Wshmsan to the effect that
the people, fearing that seen outrages
. . . .
will rouse a spirit.of vangeaaceia the
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uwr .caina. w init on poiona
in thoonth.
The. unlet eitizoBs des
pairing of their eflbcfcs. to control the
dangerous whites, and fearing that
the colored popuistioa w!H become
desperate under persecution, went th6-
r troops.
A Else Silk Caaraeter.
"Calamity Jane" is a Bteok Hitfe
character, who mra;ade"a atnopcly
of Bret Harte's heroines. As see siis
astride her horse thec is nothing In
her a&fre to diiingui&h Jmt' sex 3ave
ner small, neat-fitting gaHesa aad
sweeping; raven locks. She wears
beekskin clothes, gaily beaded and
L fringed, and a hroad-briramed Span
ish hat. She comes from Virginia
City, Nevada, of a family of respec
tability and intelligence. Dealing
male attire in the mining regions,
where no restraints ware imposed for
such freaks, she "took the road," and
has ever since been nomadic is her
habits sew one of a banting pacty,
then in a mining stampede, again
moviavf wkh ar freight txfsi, and, it
is said, she has rendered services as a
scout. She, he had- experience as a
stage driver, and can draw the reiaa
over six horses, and haadte? tne re
volver with dexterity aad fires- it as
accurately as a ranger. She is stUf ia
early wosurnnootf, and ber rough aad
dls-iptrted career has- not altogether
"sweI awT thcltace: wnrteftey
llniran
lingers.'
Stranse PheBCTsenen? .
J. W. Lytic, of Dorehest&v Sftnbv,
writes as follows to the Ofbteagcr Jlriar
Cteea :
A very remartesWe phenomenon oe-
curred here te-dey. Tne wind had
been blowing from taeseeifrfor three
; days, and to-dy (May 31st) atSp a.
( a heavy thunder-shower passed tetbs
west, when the wind suddenly tarnee!
and blew clouds of dust, bet rfo rain.
New eocaes the mystery. As soon as
the wind eeesed, which only blew
about five minutes, the. corn, wheat,
and some other plants began te wilt,
and bad every appearance of being
frost-bitten. Only such pleats as are
easily damaged by frost seemed te be
injured. I had neglected te mention
that the damage was only la narrow
1 strips extending eestaaduwent. Before
Bigb&ihe .blades of corn .xebbed be
tween the- thumb tti fingers would
era table. The wind wa very aeld
and the general impreeioa bete is
that the planks wete fronen. Waufr
wes the cauee of tbc nbenomesttB?
A CURIOCSCOINFOCXDIX AJfOAK.
While chopping on a white oak tree
one day last week in the postate of
Mr. Joseph Gaggeamoons, in the
edge of the town, Mr. August Anti
miller found a aire; piece imbedded
eight inches in the wood. The pleag
of money ia either French or Span
ish, and was made in the year 1774.
It was about three foot aad a half
above tbc base of the tree, semd had
been pet there by a bote being bared
late the tree and afterward pmggetf
up. The money was wrapped ia pa
per on which there bed bees writing,
hot as it ffrttBtbjed to pieces immedi
ately after being raosovud from tfeo
wood, only two or-tbvee letters en 1
eoold be distinguished. The sola bed
evidently seen mueh service befcee 1
was eve? piaeed in the tree, as it wee
almost smooth from use, thwack it
bad evidentlv been buried wbese it
was found for aeay yeatsv Way it
waa there, and who pat it tbese, ere
mysteries that will perbepe never be
known. Wafrmton (Jfo.)
One thing is certain : If these inv
praetieabies of tbe Sottth tet sjeit
murdering people and refusing to per-
j mlt the regularly appointed poatmes-
ters of the government to occupy their
offlees, we saaii be driven to tne ne
cessity of crossing tbe Bio Graadeaad
whaling the Mexicans whether we
waot to or net. These outrages ntast
be pat an end to. Inter Oeetm,
The New York Witmtm got tbe fol
lowing laconic letter froes a Ijoaieieaa-
t postmaster tbe other day, eoneersisg
oae of its reverend subscribers dawn
fr there : The paper addressed te Sav,
Leaven Faueette is not taken ant so
please discontinue tbe seme. Beesee
j He was hang last June, IS, aa 1
ne more'
An Illinois youth Invested $1 SO in
a New York Arm, to discover new to
appear well ha society.' Tbe xeefpe
which be received by retnrafctg mall
wes short, simple, aad easily under
stood : 'Always keep yoor nose esasn,
and don't seek move then
at a time.
They ean't find out wheffeer Mr.
Hayes pells his boots off with a boot
jack or among tbe rungs of a enair. er
whether be ever polls them mS at all,
and there is deep sorrow aaaang t&e.
Jenkins eor respondents.
Cambridge is proad of a young wo
rn Innocent mad pure-minded
that she remarked to her iataedad a
lew days previous to their mairtege :
'Now, mind I I won't ba-s baby
broegbt into tbe bouse.'
The ladfatnapolie Jammed seys, 'A
horsewhipping foeclrai, to wMfr
oemeeay of tramps aad honrs fiMairin
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