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MADISON TIMES. DEVOTED TO THE WELFARE OF MAIDSON PARISH. VOL 1. NO. N.. TALLULAH MADISON PARISH LA SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 19, 1885OO -EDUCED TO HITE DUST. a Orvpre Description of tlhe Process of (remtion. I Incinnlti Comtl n~' i;l Gazstte. The bodly of rs~ol S. Murritay, was taken from this city to the cre matorium at la.tcaste'r, Pa., by the T, son and immediate friends of the di- I ceased. A gentleman who was of the party furnishes the following graphic 1 account of the process of cremation: Mr. Platt, one of the officers of the Lancaster Cremal ion society took L charge of the body on its arrival. It I was immediately conveyed to the crc- L matorium, where a large number of I t all ages and sexes had con P it'sltO witness the operation. After a short pause and conversation in the reception room, the gentlemen nv were led into the auditorium, which i was filed with visitors from the town. tur e officers of bot h societies formed a id l'mi-circle in front of tlihefurnace, with si the on of the deceased in t hI center. tun The view re sentled was novel and the striking. The small building. resem- n bling in many respects a country meet- n ing house, built of pressed brick, was too little for the purpose, and the am heat from the furnacewas intense. In sup front of thespectatorswerefourrdoors, we a into th, reception, the prepar- f the two retort rooms. Only fi ese retort was in position, however, at ,.tied the heavy iron door protecting at the opening to it waI :lshout to be re- tr . oved. A deathly silence prevailed. tie A knock at the prelariung room door was the signal to beain. The prepar- a lI g table moved noiselessly into the ant Sauditorinm bearing its sacred burden, an, •Giered with a heavy dark cloth, and wa wheeled into position in front of i s the retort. The cloth was removed nt .dpd the corpse, enveloped in a large s muslin sheet, soaked in alum wta lay there but for a moment. The ofer cfthe retort swung oplnl and the b - iht of 2,200 degrees of heat filled be isnditoriunm. No fire or flame was I iwrle. Simply the ineandeset light tle thownr by the heat from the brick til comr sing the retort was to be sd it like unto the picture of e setting sun on a summer evening. iron cradle upon which lay the 9" was rolled from the top of the noiselessly through the mouth of -- tort and it disappeared in the oi within. The door.anwung to and f was over. No noise, no fire, no , nothing of an unpleasant nature the operation. No dull sound "c the clod upon the coffin-lid sent a & r through the nerves of the be- ful auditorium was gradually va- no and no one remained but the ste the deceased and the officers of two societies before mentioned. A nil inyl of the procees going on behind large iron door was to be taken. y of half an hour was necessary the gases beint consumed with- Nt retort had mi'siciently dispelled to admit of it. Then a at opening, two inches in diameter no made by pressing a small knobl h' the wall, and the incineration was ra be seen. The cradlel was plainly sh and there hlv 1he hbodtly 4-nivel as before, in its whiite sheet. to at ranuesunscathed. Onemnight 01 supposed it was the habitation aanman soul, so pure and heavenly 01 theappearance. The ghost of the hI seemed to have been dispelled, "' ensodorof any kind could be detect- q' SThat a dead body could be re 4gve into its natural elenients so n - ltly Uand easily seened st range when t lthught of the horrible processes on daily in the burying grounds. Pr had lost most of its terror. It beautiful thus to pass away lasteriality into vapor. ti .)t prore.s was nearly ended, but irely. The gening was closed, I little party returned to town, " after dark. lIeaving,a view li building was again had. anone w hardly suppose that so impor an act haid taken place in so iod- s' a structure. No smoke stack or it indicating its usewasvieible. (1 lple word crematorium, hewn b ble slab and plactd above the a dor, told the story. * o'clock that night the party re tothecerematoriumn., and a com- I inspection of the building was Another view was had of the 0 of the retort, and now allwa a light. No gaseous flames werea The light of the full moon b not have been milder or more a Th'cradle with its apsr basis. was completely visible, h the body seemed to -recs a unharmed by the hear or be that had raged beneath atort nearly 24 honurs. Asl I would have destroyedthisAlm7 ' S and muslin tissue. Buti neach it untithe lazriron eesbi be opened, which could not ' atS morning. At 7a.m.this ' dne, and a small heap of white was visible. These were care t rnmoved by menso awirebrush the bottom of the retort and t - a small 6x6-inch mretal case. were oad to ' four pounds ma ounce. Smalra ,mwere seo the ash, wemtbe to d thb larg bone of ti , bt noorganicmatterwasuthere. I meek was complete. By exposing ages to the air for a fwb oz1 .le asmmed the appeuarance t duet. IbEssenms to te a gueat rivalry -outhern cities in regard tothe of expensive buildings for men's Clhristian associations. leads off with a hall costing , Nashville and Mattanoo trying to raise $80,000 apiece t purpose, and Selma, Ala., is ,easte t w P5,000o. e thoe Watd hi LOVE ME. apa and Love me, lo e ; but breathe It low, alive ,oftt jas sln tlmer weather; to t1 If yon lov, ite.. tell nme so, of tl . we sit torether. his i Sweet and still as roses blow- h Love me love; but breathe it low boar prey Tell nme only with your eyes, the c Words are chleal as water; vas If you love me. looks and sighs plua Tell my mother's daughter Molre than all the world may know Love umie, love, and breathe it low. D Words for others. torm n sal eow, at Wind and changeful weather Let the sh:llolw watern flow Foaming i o t lgethr; itut love is still an:d deep. a nl oh! with eve me, love: but breathe it low. Ali -.lOAQrI Mu.Lam. f seeiz; -_- seiste THE LONG PACK. then RV .TAMl 110(;0 THE Fi TRIrK RHlHEPHRD. in t In t he year 1723 Colonel Riddig re-Eh turned from India with what was con- He siderel in those days an immense for- shot tune, and retirred to a county seat on had the banks of the North Tynein North- with numberla nd. Tihe house was furnished then with every thiing elegant and costly, rick among otlher things a service of plate Whe supposed to he worth £1.000. He t went to London annually, with his ing, family during the winter months, and ter I at these t inles, there were but few left fool at his country house. At the time we 1) I treat of there were only three domes- Glid ties remaining there; a maid-servant, to t - hose name was Alice, kept thehouse, Pre and there wewere, besides, an old man die and a boy, and two ploughman who awe ivied in houses of their own. he One afternoon, as Alice was spin- thel ming some yarn fora, pair of stockings, era a pedler entel-red the hail with a com ical park on his back. Alice had een d as long (a pack and as broad a pack; hall but a pack equally long, thick and he I broad shedeclared she had never seen. gal It was in the middle of winter, when rent the niidits were long, cold and weari- a g sone.- The jadler was a handsome, Dr well dressed ntan, yet Alice declared the that from the first she did notlikehim at t greatly, and though heintroduced hint- like self with a great deal of flattery, yet low when he camel to ask for a night's Ri Slodging, he met with a peremptory e- sta Sfusal. par lIested on thesubject, sayinghebe- the lieved she was in the rightforit would The scarcely he safe to trust him under the onl samie roof wit h such a sweet and beauti- hea ful creature. Alice was an old maid,and dot anything but beautiful, but it would cor not'do, consent she would not to his sta stairang there.eve if *"%t. are you really going to turn d rmeawa to-night?" hr "ludeed, my dear girl, you are un- bra reasonable; I amn conme traight from I SNew Castle, where I have been pur- hat chasing a fresh stock of goods, which me a are so heart that I cannot travel tar in rwith them, and as the people around nea I here are of the poorer class. I will arc rather make you a present ofthefinest the shawl in the pack than go hfurther." m At t he mention of t he shawl deliber- wa o ation was portrayedl in lively colors wa it on Alice's face, but prudenceovercame. an "No, shite was but a servant. and had wo orders to harbor no person about the sia house. hut such as came on business, to nor these either unless she was wellac- his t. quainted with them." e- "What the worse can you or your thi m nasterbe of sullffering me to tarry un- wa tn l the morning?" urged the pedlr. ha The conversation wenton thus, Alice a s proving oudurate, and at length the ha It peddler agreed te go elsewhereandseek he Sfor lodgings. if she would let him leave me the pack where it was for the night, tot it since, fatigued as he was, he could not In lpossibly carry it away. To this Alice we consented, although with much e- w w luctance, as she wanted nothing to do to t with his goods. 'The pack will be in ,r better out of your way, said he, "and t d- safer if you will be so kind a to lock fu Sitrby in some room or closet."' She il Sthen tled him into n low parlor, where c he tplacd it carefully on two chairs, e d went away washing Alice a good night. When old Alice and the peck were to Sledft in the large house by tshemslves, p she felt a kind of indefmniteterror come over her mind about it. "What Scan be in it that makes it so heavy? SSurely where the man carries it so far e mi havcearried it hither. It's on tnoundey queer pack. Ill a - look at itoneeapn. Suppose sholdu , handle it all around? I may thenhave a goord Igues whrat is init." Alice went cautiously and fearlly t hintolre parlorand op1 I dwI t Spress. She wanted nth i n the ress, indeed she never into it, t Sor her Js were fixed on the lr n and theloe!r she looked t it h ot worse she'liked it, as to handling it, t h she would never have touched it for tI m all it contained. 8he came aaain into w o the kitchen and reaoned with herself. a She thotiht of the man's earnestnem f a to leave it-of its monstrous s l a. and every circumstance e ds with it: they were all mysterious, and a she was convinced that there was th something uncanny, if not unearthly- U the in the pack. She lifted a: mouded h Scandle and went aganin lato the par- I iff lor, closed the window-shutters and a Sbarred them; but befores she ame Ii . out site set herself uuit,hed in he i breath, and took a6 r tedy ad i scrutinizing look at the pack-. of i mercy! She saw it morving, as vi'bly r as she ever uaw anytbing in her libf. t he Every hair on herheadstoodstraith; I or every inch of flesh on her body crept. ns. She hasted into the kitchen as fast as ng ishe could, but her knees beat ader - the terror that overwhelmed herheat. I ice She blew out the candle, lighted it I eandlatiek, tlm~a doe o toM 6.1 , tos the ban o o d h ae h h d teimem hi L ALt 0 meeenesI apack made up of napkins and muslns and corduroy breeches ever become i alive?" However, lie followed her in to the house, and lifted the candleout this of the jug; never stopping till he laid for I his hand on the pack. He felt the eroo boards that surrounded its edges to alog prevent thegoods from beingrumpled, the cords that bound it, and the can vass in which it was wrapped. "The witn pack is well enough," he said finally. 1 "It is just like other packs. I see Ii nought that ails it, and a good large tNt pack it is. It will have cost the hon- coNI et man three hundred pounds if the Joh goods are fine. But he will make it coni up, Alice, by cheating fools like you with gewgaws." muc. Alice felt some disappointment at Mr Richard unconvinced, and per r old isted that all was not right about the pack. She believed " there were stolen g6ods in it, at any rate, and she had no wish tosleep ir in the house with it. Next came in Edward, the lad of sixteen, who aided Richard in his work about the place. her He was at this time often engaged in c shooting crows and other birds, and had bought a huge old military gun with which he thundered away at pon them, and this very momaent he had "o" seen a flock of birds feedingathiscorn. cor, rick and had come in to get his gun. ,,, When Edward heard the talk about the pack he pricked up his ears atten tively. "Feak, Alice, said he, laugh. ing, "if it's a live pack perhaps I'd bet- ,. ter shootit." "Hold your tongue, you fool,"saidRichard. But Edwarn, tak. t ing the candle in his turn, declared he'd th have a look at the pack, at any rate. *t Gliding down the passage he edged up to the parlor door and gaed within. m , Presently he came back with avery difierent look from which he took gue away. "As sure as death I saw it stirring," wo he whispered, "and whatever be in there I'l shoot it." In vain the oth- die era attempted to dissuade him. Car ring his gun in one hand and the can- elo n die in the other he hastened down the hall. Without hesitating a moment a he fired. Great heavens! The blood ona I. gushed out upon the floor like a tor- no rent, and a hideous roar, followed by a groan of death, issuedfronthepack. str Dropping the gun, Edward ran into the kitchen like onedistracted, and out s n at the open door, taking to the hills his n like a wild roe in his flight. Alice fol lowed as fast as she could; and old " Richard, after standing for a time in a state of petrdfaction, went into the parlor. The pack had thrown itself to m ý the floor, which flowed with blood. pe, d The cries and groans had ceaMed, and e only a kind of gutteral noise was - heard within. The old man, getting d down upon his knees, unloosed'the Pa d cords and discovered the body of a of * stalwart man, from which life had for- of ever fled. n "Alas! Alas!" said old Richard,tears running down his cheeks. "I wish he had lived to repent ofthe bad cause that t - brought him here." m D this time Edward and Alice, who p r- had gone off with the wild idea of sum h moning some onetotheiraid, returned c in sad distress. Having found no one near, they could no longer leave Rich ill ard to his melancholy fate. Together s" et they took the corpse from its confine ment. The way in which it was packed r was curious and artful. His knees re were brought up toward his breast, b- and his feet and lege were stuffed in a d wooden box, another wooden box, a bl 1 size larger, but without a bot b tom, made up the vacancy betwixt c-his face and his knees, and, there being only one fold of canvas around r this, he breathed with perfect ease. It a- was the heaving of his breast which had alarmed the servants. His right C arm was within the box, and to his h" hand was tied a cutlass, with which ek he oould rip himself out of his confine vs met at once. On his person were di t, tour loadedpistolsand asilver whistle. o In an hour's time they had the houseI * well eduipped with armed men, and e when the robbers, who had thought to establish their confederate within be in safety, arrived about midnight, d they wese repulsed with unexpected k ry, several of their number being hkie or wounded and their bodies t carried away in the retreat of the oth er. The body of the robber in the - pack was buried, and it was said that ) his grave was opened and the corpse i Staken secretly away. No clue to the e perpetrators of this base and bold at me tempt at burglary was ever found. A PFU-aGrw Fraud. i t's A writer in Th'eHaralson (Ga.) Ban- t er thus exposes one of the most t Stransparent frauds of the age: t Iherein and hereby take occasion Stoeapoeanother one of the frauds I Sthat is being daily and hourly perpe trate oaourinupecti~men. Iay k, mea fr the reason that the women i thbre gothbett'5eDs than to bevic- l i, tinsiedby it. I allude to the shirt I for that is made wrong side foremost, i to wit*abekalsy to st; split o on i If. the outh side, not even a widow in 1 s treat. As a fraud, I ali it alongei de ds a cira show. It keepout the a'rI onthefrontide, anid is about all it aI dora2 oat, for the Seas, redbua, as rtc., r i at the back door, ad ly. i whetbeoInptthel, the yar a did homstill Sanday, at east. What a t oIe'ratch hTopeatio as leoetbck shirton. I was about to r oget to tel youthat I have one. It nd iseagaRy wor out, ad I am glad of of it. I amaary wornout .too. Ist iySdSy 15t5it m do, thm m li. time whe we town fellows he our t; gardes. I hoed mine, I hoed awhile Swith cost on; gottoo hot, sand Pnl a edit oi Boon got o my vest aad eare went at itright. About 8 o'clock my artI frised, John Baskin, who was hong i tis h ,about one handred yards -, rr,, enrL wasooa"relhadto Quit u-- week saug tothehomse, amd. shm --rl 5rt r r m m sad IR. mmts "'aLsEops Pr tl a eo* What Rtaled Eli Perkins. and I Eli Perkins.--Wht ruined me was this: I used to have a strongcontempt stror for lawyers. I thought their long to kt crooe.examimations were brainless di- quisi alogues for no purpose. But ever the e since Lawyer Johnson ha1d me as a tot. witnes in a wood case 1 have had a of tll better opinion of the lawyar's skill. I im In my direct testimony I had sworn me truthfully that John Hall had cut ten then cords of wood in three days. Then came Johnson sharpened his pencil and en11 commenced examining me. Wieet "Now, Mr. Perkins," he began. -"how ents much wood did you say was cut by clot, Mr. Hall?" to I "Just ten cords, sir," I answered crop boldly. "I measured it." tog "That's your ip)ression?" the" "Yes sir." "Well, we don't want impressions, a pi sir. What we want isfactsbefore this wall jury-f-a-c-t-s, sir, facts!" "The witness will please state facts was hereafter," said the Judge, while the out crimson came to my face. "Now, sir," continued Johnson. eros pointing his finger at me, "will you bres swear that it was more than nine eno cords?" is eN "Yes, sir. It was ten os-just." you "There! never mind," interrupted are Johnson. "Now, how much less than er twelve cords were there?" yea] "Two cords, sir." catl "How do you know t hero were just the two cords less. sir? Did you measure reve these two cords. sir?" asked Johnson, let savagely. the "No, sir, I"-- I e "There, that will do! You did not thel measure it. Just as I expected. All thu guess-work. Now didn't you swear a well moment ago that you measured this up. wood?" oo00 "Yes, sir, but"-- wai "Stop, sir! The jury will note this up discrepancy." ten "Now, sir," continued Johnson, the slowly, as he pointed his tliger almnost an down my throat. "'Now, sir, on your t oath, will you swear that there were not ten cords and a half?' "Yes, sir," I answered meekly. "Well now, Mr. Perkins. I demand a straight answer-a truthful answer, sir: How much wood was there?" y "T--T-Ten c-c-cords," I answered ghesitatingly." t "You swear it?" th "I-I-d-d-do." bel "Now," continued Johnson, as lie hye smiled satirically, "do you know the ty I penalty of perjury. sir?' sa "Yes, sir, I think"- the "On your oath, on yoursolemn oath usw with no evasion, are you willing to the e perjure yourself by solemnly swearing wh that there were more than nine cords the r of wood?" the "Yes, sir, I"-- be "Aha! Yes, sir. You are willing to of e perjure yourself then? Just as I bo thought (turning to the judge); you a see, your honor, that this witness is hie o prevaricatting. He is not willing to inm swear that there were more than nine wi cords of wood. It is infamous,gentle- lot men of the jury, such testimony as be this." The jury nodded assent and ve smiled sarcastically at me. ar "Now, said Johnson, "I will ask this wa Sperjured witness one more question." lal S"I ask you sir-do you know-do an you realize sir what an awful-a-w-f-u-l foi t' hing it is totell a lie?" ne "Yes, sir," I said, my voice trem- do Sbling. pl i And, knowing this, you swear on to your solemn oath that there were cu a bout nine cords of wood?" te "No, sir, I don't do anything of"- cc "Hold on sir! Now how do you m know there were just nine cords?" ai "I don't know any such thing sir! p "Aha! you don't know then? .Tst Is Sas I expected. Andyetyou swore you a did know. Swore you measured it. g Infamous! Gentlemen of the plry, e what shall we do with this perjurer?" A "But I"- e t "Not a word, sir-hush! This jury i shall not be insulted by a perjurer.- p t "Call the next witness!" An A asou n's and. a e Adventures in New Guinea.-At Port at Moresby I had heard of a woman's a land, a land where odly women-per- fi h fect Amazons-lived and ruled. These a ladies were reported to be excellent 0 tillers of the soil, splendid canoeists in sailing or paddling, and quite able .- to hold their own against attacks of t Sthe sterner sex, who sometimes tril a to invade their country. At the east n end they knewnothingof thiswonmn's is land, and nowhere east of Hula have I ever heard it spoken of. To find so interesting a community was of great 1 i momemt, ad everywhere we went we j Sinquired, but only to be lau ed atf - by the natives; sometimes asked by irt them, "How do they continue to ex- i to ist?" But that, too, puzled us. As' on no ert o the oast fromEast Cape n .to Port Moremby would be .t 1 ue m nvisited by us, we were certain i to come acroes the Amazonian. it settlement; and when we did it 4 Swourld be mumnl to p a sharp I lookout, as I have noticed that .the. i instiators of nearly all quarrels are t a the women. I have men at South SCape, whb n the men were inclinedto rm qnhiet, the women rush out to and, as t blld with devils, incite theum. It Inthe v morning we were olthe oe ile and soonready to land. On t - the resId we met two canoes, th one wit' mesd the other with wom or en. We signed tothemtogotothevl hi set, whilst we pulled up to the large sil- villages on the north side. As the ad boat toached the fne, hard. sandy Sbeach a man, the only being in sight, s ran down nad stood m front. I went ed forward to 'i ashore, but hesaid rouar I mot not. -" i he hknew theDau and mdaldiuleet, I said tohim must land; qtait thatlI was frid, and pevhimmy bam , which he already knewfromther S 'L last- Ida a strip of red cloth gAt- o and feet. They were, indeed, quiet un-! In til I advanced nearer. when one wild Washi wcream was given, that would try Gru stronger nerves than mine, and s bank to keep away. It required more in- ank quisitiveness than I possessed to pro- from ceed. I retired a few paces, warning the "i the boat's crew to keep a good look- tains out, and especially from the bush end whole of the village, where the man ran to. I invited thedusky damsels to comet o one-h me, if they objected to my visiting olate them; but no! I must return whence I inc. came; they had seen me, that was enough. '"No, my friends, we must Abilu meet, and you will have sonme pres. dy or ents." I held up my heads and red road cloth; but, strange to say, they seemed a rev to have no effect on that strange raid i crowd. I never saw so many women together. How were we to meet was now er wa the question. To be lbaulked by them distr would never do. I threw on the beach ing tl a piece of red cloth and a few heads: The walked away quite carelhssly and horse aplparent lv not noticing what and I was taking place. A girl steals They out fronm the crowd, stops, turns, find eyes fixed on me; advances, stops, guide cro''sses her hands. prel'ses her over breast. Poor thing, not courage indie enough; so, lightning speed, back. It Or a is evident the old ladies objected to the back younger ones attempting, and they ide are themselvestoo frightened. Anoth- and er young damsel about nine or ten takii years old conmes out, runs, halts, walks tant catlike, lest the touch of her feet, ot trie the sand should waken me from my It w reverie; another halt, holds her chest, the i lest the spirit should take its flight or on the pattering Ic heart junp right out. almt I fear it was beyond the slight patter My then, and had reached tlhe stentorian thump of serious tilmes. On: a rush; it f well done! She picks cloth and beads hors up. I have gained my point, and will I ha soon have the crowds-no need to wa wait so long to have the baits picked to I up now. and, after a few more such hon temptings it is done. I ambesiegedby Ot the noisiest crowd I have ever met, cam and am truly glad to escape on board hut the boat. lool AFRICA. on The Climate a0d Its Efectsm White Mea . "1 Stanley says the climate of the Con- ,1 go country is not moredangerous than and that of other tropical countries. He Iii believes it less dangerous, if proper was ýe hygienic rules are observed. His par- her. e ty has tested it for six years, and he I says "there is less sickness, by half, in wer the Congo Basin, even in its present Ai h unprepared condition, than there is in 2C o the bottom lands of Arkanas, a State pe I which has doubled its population in as a the last twenty-live years. Many of the the past settlements in Africa have ha been badly located. Fromthe moment Per 0 of arrival in equatorial Africa "the alo I body undergoes a new experience, and like iu a wise man will begin to govern the is his appetite and his conduct accord- dil o ingly. The head that was covered ie with a proud luxuriance of flowing ea e- locks, or bristled busy and thick, must clo sa be shorn close; the body must be di- P' Id vested of that wind and rain-proof unt armour of linen and wool in which it me is was accustomed to be encased in high a o latitudes, and must assume, if ease ier to and pleasure are preferable to discom- he i-1 fort, garments of soft, loose, light flan- t0 nels. That head-covering which Lon- ti n- don and Paris patronie must give kni place to the helmet and puggaree, or th )n to a well ventilated, light cap with Col re curtain. And as those decorous ex- ty ternals of Europe, with their somber - coloring and cumbrous thickness, co )a must yield to the more grateful and th airy-flannel of the tropics, so the ap ir! petite, the extravagant power of di- bri gestion, the seemingly uncontrol- ti ist lable and ever-famished lust for of n animal food and the distempered it. greed for ardent drinks, must be gov , erned by an absolutely new regime. Y Any liquid that is exciting, or, as oth- ra ers may choose to term it, exhilarat- tw q ing or inspiring, the unseasoned Euro- We pealn must avoid duringt daylight, wi whether it be in the guise of the com monly believed innocuous lager, mild m Pilsen, watery claret, in ordinaire, or any other 'innocent' wine or ieer. rt Othevrwise the slightest indiscretion, o tlhe least unusual effort or spasmodic O ' industry, may in oneshorthourprove r- fatal. It is my duty not to pander to ee a depraved taste. nor to he toonice in t offending it. I an comnpelled to speak t strongly by our losses, by my own griet in remnemberimg the young, the le strong and the brave who have slain of themselve throlugh their own ignor- n Saite."e bi ast tanley's experience with African h fever. "On the 20th of May. 1881, a's bout 7 a. mn., my sickn~sas anmid weak- i 1ve nes seemed to have alproached a so climax. As soon as I awoke to clear eat ness of mind and realized the readful we prostration of my body, a presenti- F at ment possessed me that I should die. Iby Weaker than this, and yet possessing ex- powers of speech and thought,Idoubt-_ As ed whether man could possibly be, a p with which idea came t he t hought that i t the crisis had arrived, andthat death t1 minwas not far off. Dualla meantime has ia weighed out sixty grpains of quiine, it over which he has dropped a few min- i p ims of hydrobromic acd, and poured bI the .an onace of Maderia wine, which he, are must deliver between my lips for if all uth the world were given to me Iconldnot to lift the glass unaided. Like lightningm out the potent medicine coursed tbroug~ n im. my veins. I felt its overpowermg m the Luence stealing rapidly over my fast On bewildering senses. Again and agI ml LOU, strove streanuously to otter the words tom- that would not frame. ye- "'Look well on me, Albert,' I cried. aDo not move. Fasten your eyes on me that I may tell you.' - dy "And the young sailor whose hand iht, clasped mine, fixed his eyes steadily ent on mine to eiable me to conquer the aid oppressive drowsiness, and the sen )u- tence was at last, after many eort, and; delivered clearly and intelligently, at y which I felt so relieved from my dia, ttresm that I cried out, 'I am saved!' th btma sddenly a darkelouad eameover ~g bssfeothe scene fade SW~~rd~io unBu bisumustedL' bl~jq~dt in The' Virginia Mountains. u Po Washington Republic. Th Grundy is a mere hamlet on the "not bank of Big Sandy river, ten miles "a, r from Kentucky state line, the homeof dren the "moonshiner." walledinby moun- ing h tains on all sides. The area of the mak whole village is not morethan oneand "ai one-half acres. and a wilder, more des- to, " olate looking place you cannot imag- had ins. I could find but two men in love Abingdon who had ever been to Grun- woul dy or could give me any idea of the Th road leading there. One of them was sight a revenue officer who once made a the t raid over there on horseback; theoth- is or er was a member of congress for that eaon district, who had been there once dur- The ing the political campaign oflastfail. sues They had made the distance by win, Shorseback, sixty miles from Abingdon be. and by wagon road ninety-six miles. ree They said it would be impossible to liner find the horseback road without a dirt. guide, as the road was a mere path ciou over rocky mountains, often almost keep indiscernable. I could not hireaguide crop or a saddle horse without a sore r9lt back (the horse's back not the clea guide's), so I hired a covered wagon like and a pair of horses and went it alone, mot taking a supply of raw dried beef, har canned meat and crackers. Of all the can a trips I ever took, that was the worst. are IIt was up and down mountains all to b the way. I was six days and nights hea r on the road. One horse played out be. almost entirely before I got back. voe r My right arm is stiff and moreyet from ung using the brake on the wagon to keep he it from running over and killing the wor horses coming down the mountains. kee I had great difficulty in finding the " Sway, as nobody on the road seemed bhe d to have ever been five miles from and home. hm I On top of Big Sandy mountain I The SI came across a woman standing in her rwh dhut door with a child in her arms, her .looking very miserable. She said, doi "Meester, diAl you meet an old woman all on a mewl?" C'l -"Yeo, about tho miles back." of I "Did the mewl fling her?" old . -"No, not in my presence, whys siil "Well dat ole woman is mymamammy i n and 'critters' up in does mountains e Ihaint usen to kivered concerns, and I & er was skeert the mewl mout ha flung T r- her." ,e I wondered if the horses and mules in were really afraid of wheeled vehicles. la t About a mile further on, Ispied about edl n 200 yards ahead of me a party of four ye persons mounted on mules. As soon mu n as I drove in sight, they rode up in its of the bushes and dismounted, and as I as ye had been cautioned that it was not to nt perfectly safe to go overthemountain an e alone if there was anything about me be d like a revenue officer, and as it was then getting dusk, I was alittledoubt- I d ful what that maneuver meant. But dI drove bravely upandtomy surprise neach nman was holding his "critter" w w Sclose by the it and the "critters" ra - gave them a lively time to hold them sa of until my wagon passed. I then re- li it membered having read a year or two di( ago a speech or lecture made by Rev- de erdy Johnson, in Baltimore, in which in he said there was a county in the in nmountain section of Virginia, in which there was not a single wheeled vehicle ah v known, and only one wagon road A or through the country. I immediately lh th concluded that I had found the coun- al Sty and road. Je x- From the eastern edge of Buchanan i , county, where I entered it, to Grundy ý n is thirty-one miles. I did not see in that whole thirty-one miles a single e brick or frame house of any descrp tion. Nothing but the lowest order for of log huts; stack chimneys three or or four feet lower than the house. The uncheons formed the roof, helddown v by rocks piled on them. I was inthe C rain all one day, and forced at niht w at- to seek shelter in one of these houses, rt where I could have a fire, as it was ht very cold up in the moutntains. The ' whole family occupied the room with w in- me. The horses were turned out to S or ze. It was court week at Orundy. r or rt was held in a small school- : house. The hotel isa frame buildi.ng Sof only two rooms with a stack chimun- ' hve ney between. Four beds were in each " Sroom, and one of these rooms was l- tC o so used for dining purposeLs, if people could be said to dine who eat tries a wn day,366 day3 in the year, noth" but hot, half-lone soda biscuit friedmeat. I killedeleven asmkes on Sthe road and drank a quart ofrot-t d Or- mountain whiskey to hold the hot biscuit down. There is not a frame s an house, I was told, in Buchanan soon- n ty, outside of Grudy, and there are only ive there since the fire. S Mr. Duke's ]Expiatma . 1 eti- From the Detroit Free Press. : SIt was at a big Augustt mieting t' SWake county, N. C., and there were e, acres of darkies present. 'The "Cro haL ing of the Bed Se 8" was the sub~set d ath thediscourse, and the Rev. Mr.Dukes S 'msancipetd minister, was trting Sit in the most frigid manner. He, ired had just dosed by saying, "Mosm he, ad the chil'un of Israel crossd all obter the Bed Sea on the ice, but not when Faro and his lumberin' big chariots come 'long, day broke fre. - the ice and dey was all drowndd," i.t when a young man from town arco S Bretr Dukes, will you 'low ms to ax yo • question"' S "Well, dr. Dukes, I's bin studdin' on geographv, an' geography teaches me ada hated Rea am in de tropia. What I want to ax is die: Whar dat dily ice cum from whar Moses crossed o-er On?" SBrer Dukes cleared his throat, mop i d his brow, hesitated a moment,Sn* t di. "Well, I'seglad you aidat quesot Sed!'I me an opportunity to 'splain. ov MY dear young ber, yoa m-us think 'ease you w'ar store elose a' binaoYu ~~P~orr rn-rnt4 ~ k~ Proper Mode of Love Makiags The Louisville Commercial quotes a "noted belle" of that city, who is now "a round and rosy matron with chil dren at her knee," as giving thefollow ing hints as to the propermodeof love making: "A score of men made love to me," said the excellent lady above referred to, "and any one of them might have had me if he had studied the art of love-making with the same care he would give any time to aameofchess. "I hold that love-making is an art. There is no such think ae love at first sight. We may admire each other in the beginning, but immediate affection is out of the question. First impre sions, no matter how favorable, must be strengthened by artful cultivation. Then love comes, and if the man who sues makes no mistake, he is aui t. win, no matter what his condition may be. Of course, he must talk well, dress respectably. and, above all, wearelean linen and keep his face free from dirt. If he does all this and sues judi ciously no arrow of misfortune can keep the victor's wreath from off his e crown. I might add that one ot the e requisities in personal appearance is clean teeth. A man may have a nose like a pumpkin, or a mouth like a mam moth cave, or eyes like a jay bird, a hand like a ham, or a foot as big as a canoe, and he can win, but if his teeth are not what a gentleman's teeth ought II to be he will rue the day he gave his heart to a well-bred womon. He may t be tall or short, stout or lean, with a voice like a sog-horn and a carriage as ungraceful as t he amble of a camel, and p he nmay yet win any woman in the to world if he studies her with care and . keeps his teeth clean. , "A man must he more or less bot d headed; he must bemoreor leasieslous r and more or less passionate to inspire a woman with the love that burne. I The man who wouldn't kiss a woman wn 'hen she tells him with her eyes that , 1 her lips are yearning is an tdiot. I 1, don't mean by this that kissing is at a all necessary, or even proper, but it is certainly a part and parcel of the art of love-making. I blieve in the rouh old verse that dear littleLotta usedt sing about kissing: 7 Nobodly is above it; 36 The old maids love it, I And widows have a tlHer is thsii Some people are so haughty 1 They say it's very naughty, But you betyour liltheydoltotfbel. "I heard a pretty girl from Chve l land say once that shehad been devot edly sought by young Mr. L. for tfrou years. She was fond of him and ad i mired him foe his many exeellenbqual ities, but she finally let himgo, because oas she put it, he never had thecourag to once squeeze her hand. To my _ knowledge there was never a purr or better girl than that one, but she was a too full of mercury to ever wed a mas who lacked thespirit toat least a oag - her hand 'in a favorable way. Real women, I protest, care nothing fo": SI, milk-and-water men, nor do they ap. ( ways worship heroes, but, as I hav re said, if any intelligent man, with clean ' linen and clean teeth, will mahe a j ' 1o dicious combination of flattery and - " dent devotion he can win any woman nh in the world who doesen't hatehiminrl ahe cause in the beginning of the alas. "Let me say just one more weed ad about love-making. This is for _il A noted French author in one of his SI lbooks declares that jealous men asm in- always fickle. It is just theotherwa'. an Jealous men are never fickle. Jealo9 -. a" is the surest evidence of tre love , dy When a woman can arouse the duea in a man's bosom, she may alwa . 0 feel sure of him. lie loves her andwll hgo o his knees when she bids him." Ie A Maddened Whale. wa e steamer Valor, of this pe4t tbt Captain HIaskell, is engagedin shootig whales for the factory at BoothblW. Recently, when off Cape Porptle and Sjust in sight of land, an immense whale ith was encountered, and the steam to started in pursuit, but just as tU q. y. got near enough to fire at the maos! "- Ie sounded. The steamer start - Sagain fort he prtv when h canms to . m surface, and ths time they'lpit t -h shot. Mr. Hlaskell, the hrother~ th l- Captain, fired the homb1 an b IS-; l tred the animal, which mmetls -dy Sswam withrrt speed directly ant tao Ssea. The steamer followed, and *Atr. a long and exciting chase snRtedtl an driving the whale inshore, wtlei" ormn sounded. After a short during which the steamer lay to Swaited for the rewppearaie of eth nmonster, Ie rose to tl hsurflr me Spluned dirertly for theboat. Had 1 ,struck the little 'end, e amUgI was, with almost lrreistjNh would certainly have sInk. I . nal to back was given, and the se er coming round t in tiUme to the whale to dash by onay a Se wi ' ? Sfrom the side, HMskl, arad elle% the prey again l andhist.. m ,*5 *o, bomb aceomplisbed its work, and th atd deadbodyof thewhaleasa in kDmeven . e vre fathoms of water. The whale W Svessel. The carss will come toL t loss surface in eight or nine days, whmb SI will be taken in tow b Y the sto -- * - Portland (Me.) Pres. warose From the Clevelad Lader sad Ur , In a reemit interview Dam O'Les.. Sex said: "Of aU ths tbraMpriIvigt- only one that is wealthy is R "4 he is probably worth PSW,'0 dain' He handles it very careually rsa ra W S.me lculat. Six years asgohad$150r >pi* 000. I began to dabble ina stoels, n r dat as a renult dropped my bundle, but I ober never played a card for money imn life or buckedthe tger. I havewalke -- since July 14, 1874, 75,000 Pmile a ,*m matches ad exhibitions in thir cou try, England, Ireland, and Astralia. I have crossed the Atlantic eah plain. way sixteenm times since '7i, and in n'a't teiTd to return to Australia next De e·a' mber. Thresareno peopl a tLhe face at the earth as Good atzhtleg . the Aum5tits . TIay T y apta