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Oppressed with henry sorrow.
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There met mft one v-hoee i
The saule of heaven leneeted;
The fricedgreeUag she bestowed -
Was wbcafr unexpected. -For
I had thought her bard aad cold.
Of lovers' arts a acoraer.
Bat she ai taken off her guard
As I tamed Yound the
What cared I though the skies was
Aad threatened atoraiyweauMrr
What Battered ajqr grief at an
If we two irare together?
Tbebhnhes that were oa her cheek
Did resaOr adorn her;
Aadohl I bleat the fate that toned
My steps around the oruer.
And thai I fin 1 it is through Hfe
So fall of wondrous iihaaas
That when we walked naild the gtoan,
Or press through tangled amass,
Fcelins all frieadlea aad aioae,
haiMVs3. hanles mourner.
Some blessings snrer lie ia wait
Forasaroaaauet
I BETWEEN TWO HORNS.
"I tell you, Susan Swing," said Capt.
Bose, "there ain't a man that Jives be
tween the Two Horns as would let his
boy not bigger than yoor'n go out in a
boat today. Don't you do it Tain'tno
kind of weather for that slip of a lad to
go foolin with, them big billows as
sweeps around old Dull Head. Why,
losk yourself, woman. You can see them
more'n four miles away dashing and
lashing the shore."
As Capt. .Bose spoke he pointed with
his right hand in the direction of one of
the two headlands between which Dell
Haven lay.
"And no dory in the harbor," he con
tinued, "could weather Bright Head
(pointing towards the headland at the
left),not if Cap'n Hezekiah himself was
arownof it You'd better take them
rowlocks out and hide the oars if he
wont mind without you doin' it"
"I can't bear to do it," said Mrs.
Swing. "Bichard will be so disap
pointed. He set his lobster pots yester
day, and he hasn't slept any all night in
liia Aairerneas to eo out earlv and haul
them. Don't you see, Capt Rose, it's
Saturday, and two whole coaches full of
summer boarders came last night to the
Bright Head house, and he can get a
bur price for his lobsters today. My ,
poor Dick has worked bo hard making
the lobster pots himself, and it seems
like cutting off the boy's reward to say
'you shan't go' to him."
"S'pose you do feel weakish 'bout it,
'Susan; but you don't want that ere boat
to be picked up adrift and no boy in it,
do ye?'
"You know I don't, Capt Rose." she
said. "If I hadn't loved him do you
think Td get up before daylight to come
down here to see the lad off?
"Hush," said the captain. "Here he
comes, and he's fastening his straw hat
to his buttons. He sees there is wind
enough ahead."
It was a morning in June, and the
sun was not yet risen, but the glory of
his coming was in the east and on the
sea.
As he came down the pier, the oars on
his shoulder, and securing his straw hat
by a string to his jacket, the old captain
said: "He's a find lad, Dick is, and well
worth the saving."
"He's all the world to me," thought
Mrs. Swing, although her lips uttered
no word.
"Good morning, Capt Rose," called
out Richard. "Good for lobsters, do you
think?"
"Better for lobsters than 'tis for boys,"
ejaculated the captain, removing bis
broad brown hands from his pockets and
laying one of them on the lad's shoulder
' as soon as the latter came within touch
ing distance. "I say, Dick Swing, that
you are not gjing out in that cockle shell
of yonr'n this morning," he announced.
"I certainly am, Capt Rose," returned
the boy. "It's a little rough, but like as
not the wind will como' right around be-
- fore I get half way to the ledge, audi
should think you would know better than
to scare my little mother here half to
death. See, mother," ho said gayly, "I
have an extra oar and one thole pin, yea,
two of them, in case a row lock gives
way, and I've got a lot of extra courage
about me that I can't exactly show you
unless you come with me."
This he said looking out to sea, for he
did not feel liko looking either at his
mother or Capt Rose.
"Dick," said Mrs. Swing, approaching
the pier's edge as the owner of the little
boat proceeded to bestow his lunch bas
ket and extras under the bow.
"Well, mother?" returned Richard,
looking up.
"I wish you would not go," she said,
her tones full of beseechingT
"Why, mother? Do you want my
seven new lobster pots to bo carried off
to sea?' he asked. "How could you havo
the heart to ask mc? If this wind keeps
on blowing I shall lose them every one."
"That's true," ejaculated Capt Rose.
"I never thought of that It's just
right, this wind is, to drag thorn off, but
you never can haul them in alone.
You'll bo suro to be dragged overboard."
"No, 1 shan't Come along with me
if you want to help," laughed Richard.
"Humph! I should sink that craft be
fore wo got out of harbor," said the cap
tain, ''though if I wasn't so heavy I
would go." Capt Rose weighed a trifle
less than 300 pounds, and had left the
sea after fifty years cf faithful service.
Not another person was in sight
Til tell you what HI do," said tho
captain. "If you insisfon going Til stop
on my way up and ask Capt Danf ortb
to look out for you, and if he thinks
- you're getting into trouble to sail after
you."
"Thank you, captain."
"Dick," said his mother, "cant you
let the lobster pots go?"
"Couldn't possibly," smiled the boy.
"Could you have tho heart to ask me?
Will you cast me off, mother?" he called
a second later.
"Wait a minute," exclaimed Mrs.
Swing. "Fetch your boat close up. I
want to speak to you, Dick."
The boat received the necessary im
petus and touched the side of the pier.
Mrs. Swing had seated herself on the
topmost layer of logs forming the wharf,
and leaned over as though to speak con
fidentially to her son.
"Dick," said his mother, "hold fast!
I'm coining," and into the boat abe
dropped before either Capt Rose on' the
dock or Capt Richard in the boat had
knowledge of her intention.
"What under the sun, mother, " cried
the boy, "do yen mean?
"Im going with you, Dick, to keep
yon from fiwMtir wriwwml when you
haalisand abe seated herself in the
tern, calling back as the tide floated the
boat out, "We depend oa you, Capt.
Rose, to sead after us if we-if it gets
to6-Tosjgh,"she gaspelwithadatkof
aajrayinherlacd;- -
-Ay, ay r cried te captaiB, ana ne
t and swung K, ue scarcely
Of
ia Dell Haven, from
to the youngest, Mrs. String
the sea. To live beside at,
4
As I west Toned the corner.
sonny face
t w iS4wrv aaood oVlighted her,
Imb IKrlianl. lies mrr aon.
to the treachery of the craters, but rather
taaa. ' bis wua aeugns m wina sou
waves this unselfish mother concealed as
much as possible her anxiety for him.
Richard was not selfish, aad had be
imagined what his mother was at that
moment suffering would have put the
boat about and tied it forever at the
stake rather than cause her this agony.
Just as the boat got well into the toil
of the waves the sun arose, shedding
such brilliance on the waters that Mrs.
Swing, who sat facing it, was dazzled
and wall nigh failed to see in time a gill
net into which the boat was running.
"See any boat ahead, mother?" ques
tioned Richard. "You must keep a good
lookout for me. I've got my ranges
right and can fetch the lobster grounds
every time."
"Is it far?" questioned his mother shud
deringly. "Not very, just outside Dull Head. I
reckon we'll fetch it," said the lad, dip
ping his oars for a full stroke and then
letting the boat slide up to the summit of
a rolling wave, a trick he had caught
from Capt Hesekiah Danforth, the
master boatman of Dell Haven.
The wind grew stronger and stronger,
and the waves every moment increased
in size. Even Richard glanced sideways
more than once with ill concealed anxiety
as the long billows came tumbling on,
and just then getting a glimpse of his
mother's face beheld it so blanched with
terror of the sea that it seemed to him
his mother was no longer in the boat
with him.
"Dick," she gasped, as his oar missed
stroke and sent the spray over the boat,
"Dick, I'm afraid to go on."
Dick glanced backward. He had pulled
about a mile from shore and was midway
between tho two headlands familiarly
spoken of as the Horns. Dull Head was
Kirrounded by an even accumulating
mass of breakers, and Bright Head caught
the sea on its precipitous sides, sending
it backward in fountains of foam, and all
the four miles that lay between the two
points were rolling miles of billows.
Sitting with his face landward Richard
had not fully felt the danger.
Now, the lad could not repress a shud
der as he said: "I don't believe I could
find the buoys in such a sea, and nobody
could haul in the pots. I believe I'll put
nitwit-"
"Oh, do! Oh, Richard, there comes an
awful one!" and Mrs. Swing slipped
down from her seat into the bottom of
the boat and hid her face from the on-
coming wave.
Richard gave a mighty pull at tho oars
to keep the boat head on, and it rode that
wave in safety only to meet new ones,
into whose depths the tiny 6hell rolled
to be completely hidden from the sight
of two men who were standing out on
the Dell Haven pier.
One was Hezekiah Danforth, the other
was Capt Rose.
"If there was only a tug in sight to
help them," groaned Capt Rose.
"Why didn't you dun a little common
sense into the woman if she didn't take
any naturally," scolded Capt Danforth,
"or shut her and the boy up some
wheres." "I told her, but I declare when I was
young I could have brought down them
oars in half tho time it takes Jim to
fetch 'em. I say, 'Kiah Danforth, ain't
that boat trying to put about?"
"It acts like it, John, but it will get
swamped just as sure as guns if no, it's
going on. There's nothing else to do. I
never in all my life saw a time when
thero wasn't a sail in sight
Tho boat's gone! No! Thero it comes
upagainf'
Suddenly a cry for a helping hand was
raised among the bystanders, and will
ing hearls went forth from tho land.
"Every second tells. It's a race for
lifer called out Capt Danforth. "Jim,
you'd better get in. You're strong; if
cao of us tuckers out you can take hold."
All ready lay the boat, a dark green
surf boat a boat that could stand heavy
seas, and the two men and boy who had
nobly volunteered were not long in start
ing off.
"Success to you. Fetch 'em back
aliver called out Capt Rose.
All at once the pier at Dell Haven
seemed thronged with people. Tho news
had spread that Mrs. Swing and Richard
were out alone on tho sea.
As they watched the dim, dark speck,
now rising upon the swelling waters and
as quickly vanishing from sight, not one
of the little throng but knew the danger
of thetinyboat With breathless eager
ness they watched the surf boat as its
two rowers stood at the oar urging it on
ward. "It's down the harbor now. They're
catching it It's an awful wind for June.
Do you think they're gaining on 'em?
That mite of a boat will never live till
they get there," were some of the re
marks heard as they passed on.
As for Capt Rose, he went panting up
the hiU into the town, climbed into the
belfry of Dell Haven church, as far up
asheoould go, and watched through a
spy glass the progress of the mere speck
m the distance and the toiling helpers so
far behind.
After a few minutes he realized that
Capt. Danforth. although doing his ut
most, could not reach the periled ones in
time to save them, and he said to him
self: "The boy is doing well, but he cant
hold out I must do it" Capt Rose's
little daughter had followed her father
into the church and climbed the belfry
stairs.
"See here, Dolly," he said. "Can you
lookrthrough here and keep sharp watch?
No, you run you can go quickern I
can," and the captain scribbled a mes
sage on the back of an envelope, and,
giving it her, bade her make haste to the
telegraph office. "You tell Johnny Blake
it's to save a life and it must go ahead of
everything."
Dolly Rose did notneedtobe told twice.
She ran every step of the ways and, rush
ing into the telegraph office flushed and
eager, cried out:
"Mr. Blake, here, send this quick.
Richard Swing and his mother are going
to drown, and it's to save them!"
The operator took theold envelope and
read:
Capt. True, steam tog Good Heart. Cromwell
harbor Steam oat at once ia search of sman
boat woman and boy in it off Del Hsxea three
mOes; going against the wind; can't last long.
JoanrBosB.
"All right" said the operator, clicking
away at his machine for a minute or
two, and then exclaiming, "It's done.
Wait a minute, sis, and HI tell you
whether or not he gets it; wire runs
right down to the wharf."
The minutes went by. Ten had passed
when the answer came back:
tjlMiaap; start at once; goayselt
Tdbotbtt Taos.
The operator did not stay to write it
"Run quick and tell your father Capt
True fa gone already," he said.
Dolly ran, saying to every one she
met, "They'll be saved! they'll be saved!".
Thechildgotup to the belfry stair, and
conldnt utter a word. She could only
suuioandbowher head and try to get
oat the asesaage, which' she did at last
Capt Rose's eye was on the speck. He
dared not take it off lest never to find it
again. Meanwhile, the news got abroad
that Cspt Rose had telegraphed to Corn
wall for a tug, and the burden of fear
In the little boat acaia and again had
Richard tried to tarn sis head towards
the laA bat with each trial it toaksp
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much water that he was forced to give
up the attempt Nothing could be done
but keep off and' face the boiling sea..
Very few words were spoken. Mrs.
Swing kept bailing as fast as possible,
with only the shell of the horseshoe crab
to work with.
At length came a wave like a small
hfll, upon winch the boat rose gallantry,
and then suddenly Richard shouted:
"They're coming for us, mother. I
see a boat just outsidethe harbor."
Then the tears sprang to Mrs. Swing's
eyes. She stopped bailing for a moment
to look towards the shore. All she could
see was a wall of water slutting out the
land.
"Courage, mother," Dick said.
Every rise and fall of the oar was a
prayer; every dip of She poor old crab
shell was a petition for life.
Out from Cromwell harbor, seven miles
to the eastward, and hidden from sight
by Bright Head, steamed thetugGood
Heart Never had its captain stood
watcliing the sea with more earnest gaze.
Never was steam applied with more gen
erous hand. Twas the woman and the
boy in the boat out at sea that lived in
the gaze, in the steam and in the fuel,
and Good Heart bore away with cordial
speed until Bright Head was won and
weathered.
" "I see it!" shouted the captain, "though
how in thunder if s lived to get there's
more'n I know," and he gave directions
to steam outside.
Richard's attention was so divided be
tween the billows and the land and the
friendly boat, and Mrs. Swing was so in
tent on bailing, that neither of them saw
the tug until it was upon them, and a
bailing voice shouted:
"Hold on till we pick you up."
It seemed as if a voice from heaven had
spoken. Even bluff old Capt Rose up in
the belfry of the church ejaculated,
"Thank God!" as he saw the tug come to.
Tho shock of the call, the sight of the
black, throbbing tug, friendly as they
seemed, yet came near swamping the
boat, for Richard let it turn, and the last
strength he had was put forth in holding
it up to the wind until a line was cast off,
and even then he had no power to make
it fast It was Mrs. Swing who tried to
obey the commands that came but could
not
Finally the tug's boat was lowered. It
was no easy task to get to leeward and
board the Good Heart, which held its
breath, bracing itself against the waves
almost as a thing of life to do its kindly
office. Richard and his mother Itad been
saved.
"Give 'em a signal! Give 'em three!"
and the steam whistle blew three shrieks
'CubX cut over the tajind up the harbor
and over against the meeting house
steeple, until old Capt Ross fell down on
his knees to utter the first prayer of
tliankfulness his little Dolly had ever
heard her father offer. Sarah P. Pritch
ard in New York Graphic.
Cesaaestte Photography.
Photographic art, in its recent progress,
includes no more interesting phase than
that known as composite photography.
It is six years since that Professor Gault,
an American, began experiments in this
direction, attaining results that have at
tracted attention on both sides of the
Atlantic. In brief, the process, which
applies only to reproducing the human
features, consists of super-imposing a
number of photographs upon a negative
common to alL The outcome, when this
process is intelligently and skillfully
done, is a photograph embodying the
dominant facial traits of all the portraits
placed before the camera. The last pic
ture of all bears the same relation as to
resemblance to its predecessor, as does
the human being often bear a likeness to
his ancestors through many generations.
Fresh in the minds of many will be the
magazine articles recently published,
giving the results of composite photogra
phy as applied to a chosen number of
pupils in a seminary.
The final photograph showed a type
distinct from the score of photographs
used to produce it yet revealed a face in
which tho dominant characteristics of
all were blended in a face of extreme
beauty and power. In a similar manner
a composite photograph made up from a
succession of family portraits will yield
a remarkable result, giving features in
which the characteristics of ancestors are
plainly discernible. By blending two
portraits upon one negative a curious ef
fect is produced. The possibilities of
composite photography are full of deep
interest, not only for the lover of the
camera, but for the student of human
nature.- Pittsburg Bulletin.
Personalities la Books.
It is the inborn curiosity we all have
to know men in their inmost personality,
that makes autobiographies the most in
teresting books in the world. Of the
countless memoirs that have been pub
lished there are none that may be called
dull, for even when there is dullness,
and the self revealer is relating details
common to humanity, the very fact that
we recognize it as dull, and so class the
hero of the tale with common clay,
makes it interesting to the student No
matter what his achievements, we per
ceive that after all here was a man. He
may have attained eminence in this line
or that, have performed some great feat
in war, in politics or in art, but after
all, he had, as the French lady said, "his
hours and his moments.''
Thero were times when dullness over
came him like a fog, and the evidences
lie here in the book before us. There
fore, paradoxical as it may seem, there
are no dull autobiographies, for the rea
son that their very dullness has its inter
esting features.
The fact that all the novelistsand story
tellers have put many of their stories in
the form of autobiography shows the
hold this method of recital has upon the
mind. Robinson Crusoe is ten times
more real than if Defoe had related the
famous adventures in the third person;
the same may be said of Marryat's sea
novels, of Poe'sbest tales, and even of
Frank Stockton's grotesqueries. The ap
parently real narrator excites a personal
interest that throws a charm around the
whole story nothing else can give. Chi
cago Herald.
Paper frees Treed.
Tl discovery of the value of wood in
paper Tnirw"c fa credited to Dr. H. H.
HiU, of this city. About forty years ago
tho doctor visited the paper mill at Vas
salboro, and after looking over the ma
chinery suggested the feasibility of using
wood, and asked why the manufacturers
ilid not get a few bales of excelsior from
Augusta, where it was made, and try the
experiment of making paper from wood.
"It cant be done," said tie manufactur
ers. "Have not you as much gumption
is the hornets, whose nests are made of
wood paperr asked the doctor. There
suit of tho conversation was a letter,
some tfrn later, from the firm's whole
sale agents in Boston, salting what they
were putting in their paper to make it
so much better than it had been. Itwas
the woodthen first used in this way.
Kennebec (Me.) Journal.
A white tongue is said to denote a
febrile disturbance; a brown, moist
tongue, indigestion; a brown, dry tongue,
depression, blood poanuing, typhoid
fever; a red, moisttoncue. innanunatorv
iever; a red, glased fa
icrrer, jobs OE OJgsstion; a
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THE WEATHER PROPHE1.
Who is it teek us, when the aaa Is bright,
- Tell BosKiTeir rata before tls ajghtr
.lad when the eight aaa oooe, yet i
Who Is aad boldly cries again,
Jly Meads, era morning dawns, 1
We shall be baried deep hi saowr
Who is It? would yea Mke to heart
8peaksofUy-bark! he's often near;
That the world over, always Jest the i
Is weather prophet-AnaaJas is his ai
On, for Ananias soon will come a time
When I predict he'll suffer for his crime
la that or.tataomabfe pit I dare not i
Where temperature is always jest tae a
Hem sit and wsJt-alasl ia rata
For signs of sunshine, snow or rata.
And while he's studyiagtMUometersbal
Howfaapiwesbsttbeaboretokaow
That f or a time, at least, we're free
From one false jit ophet aad bis porpoarii.
WHATEVER THY HAND F1NDETH.
nsd. red the
Tae black, black elms aad hedges.
All through the
But crickets haaused and
beetles whJrrea-
Now conies a breath of trash.
From silent pools aad sedges.
AB through hot noon the reapers i
Aad toO. with jests sad Isaghfr.
Beneath the bkstagsUes that bare.
Then, leaching stui, I
By threes aad fours; sad hand to head
Go two that
Aad here we linger, bead ta hand.
jLmA m n. Msrrraiing i
Had we been bora to reap aad i
To wake when swaBows stir, aad go
Forth B cam dawa to plow the lead.
Or mow the i
Had that been noUerT Lore of mine.
We still had only striven.
As now we strire, to no oar best;
To do rood work and earn good
An work that's human isdtrtae,
AD life, bred well, msras aesfeal
-K.
The Mneaalto's Peleea GlaaSs.
The bloodthirsty musquito is not ma
levolent as he is commonly described. If
we may accept the mvestigations of
Professor George MacLoskie. He has
been able, by staining and dissection, to
show that the poison gland is one of
three minute glands (the others being
ordinary salivary glands) on each side of
the head, and connected with a minute
duct which traverses the length of the
long pointed piercer which forms an im
portant portion of the mouth parts of
the' musquito. The writer maintains that
this fluid is intended mainly to prevent
the coagulation of the proteids of plants
which the animal sucks from the tissues,
and that its poisonous effect upon other
animals b only secondary. If so, it
would perhaps follow that it is not in
troduced into the human flesh as a poison.
It is difficult to see what purpose the ir
ritating effect of the bite upon other
animals can serve the musquito. since it
must make the chance of its getting
nourishment from the blood of other
j animals many times less than it other
wise would be. It may be worthy of in
quiry whether the irritating effect is not
incidental and perhaps only occasional,
and due to other causes than the fluid
which seems, by analogy, to have an
other distinct purpose. St Louis Re
public. Imitative Eaters.
Did you ever notice how strong the
mimetic faculty of human nature is,
how prone to follow an imitable example
in some tilings? I have noticed and
watched it for several years while in this
business. A regular patron will come
into the restaurant, and not until he is
asked what he wants does he give the
I matter a single thought He picks up
the bill of fare. It is old to him. He
has seen it before, and it does not con
tain or suggest a single thing he thinks
he would like. He turns to the waiter,
and tells him to bring out something
good to eat The waiter does so, and
what is set before the patron is some
thing he did not think of, and he eats it
with relish. Other customers come in,
and, like the first, they do not know,
what they want They cast their eyes
about and see what the other is eating,'
and orders the same. This is a rule, and
if you watch you will notice it No
matter what tho first one is eating. It
might be a piece of pastry or a large
meal, but the sight of it arouses the ap
petite of the others who como in later
and they want the same. St Louis
Globe-Democrat
Declined.
In an amusing sketch of Prince Henry
of Battenberg, the husband of Princess
Beatrice, recently appointed governor of
of the Isle of Wight (greatly to the dis
gust of the islanders), an English paper
gives along list of the ladies who had
declined the honor of the impecunious
princeling's hand before he finally suc
ceeded in his matrimonial designs.
Among the number was one whom it
will not be difficult to recognise and
who is described as "the daughter of an
American inventor who has since be
come the wife of an Italian premier.'
Several others are mentioned, including
an actress or two and other women, an
alliance with whom would not have been
particularly creditable. San Francisco
Chronicle. .,
Street Tramways la Hew York.
During the year ending Sept 80, 1888,
tho number of passengers on the street
railways and elevated railways of New
York city was 376,013,586, an mcresse of
18,000,000 over the number for 1887.
This, at the uniform fare of 5 cents,
represents a total revenue of $18,85,
670.30. There are nineteen "city rail
way" companies, eighteen of which are
horse car surface lines, and the other is
the elevated railway system, with its four
parallel lines. The equipment consists
of 8,054 cars and 13,586 horses. The ele
vated lines have 921 cars and 281 locomo
tives. The number of employes is 11,725.
Scientific American.
Letta's Age.
Few of the people who see Lotta kick
ing her heels and playing all the tricks
of a little girl on the stage, would place
her age at the correct figure. This littls
mite of a body doesn't look it but she
was born in Nassau street Nov. 27, 1846.
Her father, John Ashworth Crabtree,
was an Englishman, and kept a book
store, which he abandoned to go to Cali
fornia during the gold craze of '40. Lotta
has been on the stage since 1858, and she
is credited with the largestpileof dollars
of any woman in the profession, the
greater part of which she owes to her
mothers business slirewdness. New
York Press.
Not Desirable for Suicides.
The EuTel tower is such a blot on the
artistic beauty of Paris that it offers no
temptation to the would be suicide as a
jumping off place. The true Parisian is
nothing if not consistent in his art in
stincts. To throw one's self from the top
of the Arc de Triomphe is one thing; to
plunge headlong from a structure so de
void of beauty as the Eiffel tower is quite
another matter. The authorities need
have no fear that this eighth wonder f
the world will to utilised for any such
purpose. Boston Herald.
Some information has just been ob
tained of a remarkable case in Birming
ham, a series of ciraunstaaces having
been brought to light from which it is
expected that a laboring man in the
town is likely to come into possession of
s fortune of something between 90,000
and 25,000. Some years ago the bor
ough wss noted for its hat sasJdng.
Among the hatters was one Wilbam
Taursfield,andayoung man in his em
ploy became attached to one of his
Jsighlwr They
al
sneceaarauy m 1
silted from the i
the couple msssnrt a large fortune. Mr.
Thmaisld died at a rips old age, and
soon after Lofts, bis son-in-law, died.
HedirWedtheluemterestin hat
Mrs inuneUt to his widow, at
death it was to go to the next of km
the ThursfieM side. About three
go Mrs. Loftus died. Afterward efforts
were made to obtain faioraaaoa as so
the next of km, botthettsnaladTwrtise
wants did not yield tho desired informa
tion. A Yorkshire gentleman has been
at Newcastle and has obtained valuable
information. The man for whom search
was mads proves to be Alfred ThuTstlald,
who is a bricklayer's laborer over fO
years oia ana wno nssagrownup zam
ily. ThursfieM is believed to be the heir,
and if that is proved b will pass from
poverty, in his little house in Salter's
lane, to riches and ease. Boston Herald.
Why is it that every one wants to write
poetry? This instinct leads to some droll
incktemnewspsperofnees. The waste
basket heaped with effusions from young
persons is a matter of course, butthe
malady does not in all cases end with
youth. Middle aged bustoess men-c-cessful
men, too have not infrequently
the weakness. It is an odd spectacle
when a dignified old gentleman comes
in, and, with some hesitation, but with
nniimitAd confidence of what he has
written, offers "a few lines" for consid
eration. It is almost pitiful to see his
interest in the thing and to note his ill
disguised sorrow when informed that
what he has presented cannot be used.
HedoesnotresJia,norcantheinajority
'of people, that rhyme is not necessarily
poetry and that" a jingle is not all
that is necessary to make verses
worthy of publication. It must be the
mere sense of rhythm, unaccompanied
by the sense of what is new or strong,
tho mere tickle of the jingle on the ear,
which makes so many people think
themselves poets. Even in Chicago, ma
terialistic, money making, "get there"
Chicago, the value of the white paper
spoiled annually by so called poems
which are never printed would equal
the proverbial prince's ransom pro
vided, of course, the ransom were not
unreasonably high. Chicago Tribune.
! The alaUee se
lf all the threats made of contemplated
vengeance of convicted criminals were
carried out, the mortality among officers
of the law would be astounding. No
thief ever felt the halter draw with good
opinion of the law, so runs the ancient
chestnut and it is equally true that never
yet was there a criminal who had philoso
phy enough to give the onlcer who sends
him up credit for doing his duty. They
imagine themselves the victim of a pri
vate grievance, and when they are on
their way to the penitentiary they hon
estly believe that they intend to get even
with the officer at the expiration of their
terms. A year or two in the prison hasa
wonderfully calming effect, and when
the prisoner is released he is not inclined
to seek readmission to its walls. No little
scheme of revenge will tempt him to tak
ing the chances of another term. I do
not recall a single case in my police ex
perience where a returned convict has
attempted the life of a prosecuting offi
cer. Police Official in Globe-Democrat
Doles ef Fish.
Doles of fish are very numerous, and
with particulars of a few examples we
dose our paper. John Thake, in his will,
drawn up in 1537, left his house and land
on condition that his heirs, annually on
Friday, in the first week in Lent gave to
the poor of Clavering, in Essex, one bar
rel of white herrings and a cade of red
herrings. At Dronfield, Derbyshire, in
1577, Richard Stevenson left half a hun
dred of herrings, and as much bread as
could be made from a "strike" of good
wheat The doles were to be distributed
every Friday during Lent forever. At
Farnbam Royal, Buckinghamshire, in
1684, David Slater gave money to pur
chase bread and herrings and a pair of
kid gloves annually for the parson of the
parish for the time being. The gloves
were to be purchased ready for the first
Sunday in Lent At Newmarket in
Suffolk there was a bequest of fish and
fagots.-Chambers Journal.
by the
Dr. Pmel, of Paris, is said to have suc
ceeded in hypnotizing several subjects
by means of the phonograph. All the
commands given through this channel
were, he declares, as readily obeyed as
those which he uttered directly, and
"suggestions" of every possible sort were
as effectually communicated through the
medium of the machine as if made viva
voce. The conclusion which he dedu
ces from his experiments is that the re
ceived tbeory of a magnetic current pass
ing from the operator to the subject is
entirely baseless, and that the real cause
of tho phenomena of hypnotism is ner
vous derangement on the part of those
subject to them. New York Telegram.
What Is XtghtasareT
What we call a nightmare was by our
forefathers supposed to be the Saxon
demon Mara or Mare, a kind of vampire,
sitting on the sleeper's chest These
vampires were said to be the guardians
of hidden treasures, over which they
brooded as hens over their eggs, and the
place where they sat was termed their
nidus, or nest Hence when any one
supposes he has made a great discovery
we ask if he has discovered a mare's
nest, or the place where the vampire
keeps guard over the hypothetical treas-ures.-Det,oit
Free Press.
HEAT AND HEADS.'
Is Sappessd That the) I
One of the most interesting things men
tioned by Professor Vsrchow in his little
book, entitled "Medical Remembrances
of an Egyptian Journey," in which he
describes an excursion up the Nile as far
as the first cataract is that the broken
skulls on the first great sepulchral fields,
dating from Roman times, are as thick
and hard as Herodotus says those of the
slain Egyptians were in comparison with
the brittle ones of the Persians. The
Greek historian explains this by attribu
ting it to the early exposure of children
to the heat of the sun; and in many parts
of Upper Egypt the German travelers
actually found young children thus ex
posed during their parents' absence in
the fields in immense clay bowls, resem
bling in shape a champagne glass with a
stem, into which they were put without
shelter.
This discovery by Professor Vircbow
is interesting, because it at once suggests
the question whether the proverbial
thickness of the skull of the negro has
not been caused by exposure to the sun,
and whether it k a peculiarity of savages
of tropical countries that their skulls
are thicker and harder than those of the
jiiiMti of temperate and colder
oountries. Students of craniology have
never made any investigation to asoer
tain whether the skulls of different races
vary in degrees of hardness. It would
be almost impossible to make such an
inquiry As it well known, the human
skull increases in hardness from child
hood to maturity and age. A aaiacel
laneous collection of skmUsof any given
peoptewoaJdtheTeforabecaTnovahiein
tucnaateTestigstion.
To obtain a collection of skmOf of a
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awawuoiB wsm wm v
rotufcire town, where tney ssanDwaaea
Uisssssl i m siii i issfsllj In mawissi 116
oUldren resulted from tiwnisxrahffAaawl
of seHnnsWHsi. that ahonld be
taken from sabjeots sal of tiie same age,
to have them aB aeaBMartyfawpsredaiM
msnmcieatnwmberasasaakelt possible
to draw any gasMtwTcoiicrasione from
their comparator wain each other, would
be snaaifeetly tmssasAle, Mors atten
tion has been given to the relative thick
nessoff drn'srent skulk, or rather to their
weight from which their thickness may
be'inferred.
Of the large collection of crania in the
Army Medical museum at Washington
the thickest are those of negroes and
Alaskan Indians. The skulk of other
Indians, both of North and South Amer
ica, in tropical or tempersto climes, and
of the Eskimo, do not appear to be par
ticularly thick. Amoagthe ancient Peru
vian skulk recently received by the mu
seum, and the ancientcrania collected in
Arisona last summer, there are frequent
individual variations in thickness, but
no tendency to unusual thickness. The
conclusion from these facts k that expos
ure to the sun probably does not cause
thickness of the human skuU. In con
nection with thk subject, it k interesting
to note that among the Australians the
sinus frontalk k generally found to be
solid in the males, instead of being hol
low, as in the skulk of other races. Thk
bone in the male Australians generally
extends straight across the head, the
lower side overhanging the eyes so that
they seem to look out from under it,
while in the North American Indians a
modification of shape deprives them of
that heavy look about the forehead. The
heavy sinus frontalk of the Australians,
of course, tacrcascs the weight of the
skuU. American Analyst
Barbers.
I suppose on an average, for a week or
a month, I shave as many men as any
barber in St Louis, and yet by any of
the teste of speed usually employed 1
would prove a slow man, or at best only
onlinary. But you will notice I am al
ways busy; customers wait for me while
other barbers in the shop are idle. There
are two reasons for this tricks of the
trade. You will notice I have the front
chair 'in the shop; that is, I am nearest
the street door. In these busy times men
begrudge even the time they have to
spend in idleness while being shaved,
and they will want to see what is going
on and who k passing. I frequently
have customers jump from the chair
half shaved and rush out on the street
and drag in a friend, or a man they want
to see on important business. Another
trick of the trade I employ is simply to
wipe every man's face perfectly dry.
Nine barbers out of ten, after shaving a
man, go over his face in a mechanical
sort of way with a towel, leaving the
corners of his mouth, under the mus
tache, the eyes and the ears wet I
never do thk, and the consequence k
that my customers come back, and many
of them wait for, me, even at the expense
of loss of time, confident that they will
feel comfortable when they leave my
chair. Barber in Globe-Democrat
Charity Begin at Home.
Said a prominent physician yesterday:
"Talk about gall; here's a letter I re
ceived clear from London, England, so
liciting subscriptions for a Home for
Destitute Children, and inclosed was a
little book detailing how children could
be bought for 6s. 7d. for purposes of
begging, and setting forth that the com
pany had 3,000 children feme, halt and
blind that they were taking care of.
While the cause may be a good one, it
appears to me ,that Americans have
about all they can do to take care of
their own poor, abandoned, orphaned
and crippled waifs without going across
the water to dispense charity." Cincin
nati Enquirer.
Dlcheas Wett.
Dickens used to tell a story of meeting
with a clergyman in a railway train who
held forth to his fellow passengers ever
so long upon the novelist's private fail
ings. "Dickens k an atheist, sir, as I
happen to know; he k also a gambler,
and I regret to say drinks;" and so on.
"Dear me, how sad. Have you ever
seen him drunkT asked Dickens. "Well,
not exactly drunk, no; but certainly
overtaken by liquor." "Have you ever
seen him sober?" "Well, that k too
much to my. Oh, yes, I have see him
sober." "Often?" "Yes, often." "No,
sir, only once You see him now for the
first time." Curtain.) San Francisco
Argonaut.
63,009 Kewa.nl fT'.O'n
For a better or more pleasant reining
for the enre of consumption, bronchial
troubles, cough, croup and whooping
cough than SANTA ABIS, tho Caiifor
nia king of consumption. Erory bottln
warranted. If yoa wouM bo cured o
that disgusting dijoaso, catarrh, use
CALIFORNIA CAT-R CURE. SI a jar;
by mail $1.10. Santa Abie and Cat-R-Cure
are sold and warranted by Dowty
k Becher.
Ex-Senator Palmer, minister to Spain,
spesksveiyexceuent Spanish. He spent
a long time in Spain daring his youth.
Aw A gMlsate flff
The ORIGINAL ABIETINE OINt
MENT is only put up in large two-ounce
tin boxes, and k an shaohrte enre for
old sores, burns, wounds, chapped hands
and all kinds of skin eruptions. Will
positively cure sll kinds of piles. Ask for
the ORIGINAL ABITINE OINTMENT
Sold by DowtyA Becher at 25 cents per
box by mail 80 cents. msrTy
Mrs. Eliza Clark of Cleveland gives
$100,000 to the Woman's college of the
Western Ikserve university.
fgiieb Spavin liniment removes all
hard, soft or esBoused lumps and blem
ishes from horses; blood spavin, curbs,
splints, sweeney, ring-bone, -stifles,
sprains, sll swolsn throats, coughs, etc.
Save $60 by use of one bottle. Warranted.
Sold by G. B. Stillman, druggist, Co
umbus. 6-ly
Mrs. Amelia Bives-Chanler's husband
has returned from Europe and joined
her m Washington.
Sfcertaa4Lea;Cew)aJea.
Daisy Dandelion, Essex, Ct, k per
plexed over the question of short and
long courtships, and wants our advice.
WeU, Daisy, it k hard to make a rule to
fit every case, but in general we will say
that long courtships are not sdvksble.
Many women, pale, haggard, wan and
wasted from long continued uterine ail
ments, are forced to bankh all thoughts
of marriage. Such unfortunate suffer
ers should know that Dr. Pierce's Fa
vorite Prescription k a positive cure
for.the most complicated and obstinate
cases of leueoRnea, excessive flowing,
painful menstruation, unnatural sup
pressions, prolspsus, or falling of the
womb, weak back, "ferns! weakness,"
anteversion. isismmstion and ulceration
of the womb, ianammatioii, pain and
tenderness in ovaries, soeosapsnied with
terhheat"
For all il iiisjisIii of the liver,
stomach and bowels, take Dr. Pierce's
Ballets.
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As a labor curtailer, and as a possessor of
excellent qualities, and as an economizer of house
hold expenses, is truly the GREATEST of all
modern discoveries.
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SCOTTS
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Almost as Palatable as Milk.
Set eUsnls4 that It cm ke taken,
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SCOTTS EMULSION is acknowledged by
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rauon in the world for the reli. f and cure of
CONSUMPTION, SCROFULA.
GENERAL DEBILITY, WASTING
DISEASES, EMACIATION,
COLDS and CHRONIC COUGHS.
Tht grtnt remedy for Consumption, and
Wasting in Children. iUd 6y all DruggitU.
CATARHH
Ely's Cream Balm
CaeaiieeathelTasel Passages, jj.
laws inflammation. Heals the Sores.
Beetorea tho Senaes of Taste, Smell
and Hearing.
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Sv-aaacaaee ef CatarrM. Headache.
obstruction! of nome1JnnrtJngtato
throat, sometimes profuse, watery, and acrid,
atotnera. thick, tenacious, mucous, puroteat.
ekwdraad putrid ; eyes weak, risen in ear.
SasnwmanlcuKy 5r cleertaajhroat. expecto
nSoaof offensive isattnTtaeath oSeaalve:
aawUi sad taste impaired, and seoeral debility.
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eotatooce. Thousaadsof cases result to coa-
sumption. and end in the7yrg...
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To the Editor Please inform your
readers that I have a positive remedy
for the above named disease. By its
timely use thousands of hopeless cases
have been permanently enred. I shall
be glad to send two bottles of my reme
dy fbek to any of yonr readers who have
consumption if they will send me their
express and post office address. Bespeet
fafiy, T. A. SxoccaT, M. C, 181 Pearl
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