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MONTPELIER, VT., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1883.
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WEDHESDAY. JAN. 24, 1883.
Suudaj School Lesson Notes.
BT RET. J. O. EHEBUCRN.
lib. 4: The Prince of Life-Ada 3: 13-21.
This losson follows immediately tho one
of last week. The man healed of bin
lamonoss, together with Peter and John,
the agents in Ills healing, form the center
of an amazed group of people in Solom n'e
porch. Feter saw the interest which the
manifestation of divine power had orea,tod,
and, wishing to turn the thoughts of tho
peoplo from thimselves to the real sou 100
of the healing power, he began to nddross
tho multitude. He had then a good oppor
tuniiy to get some credit to himself for
what was wrought! but ho wished rather
that Christ might be exalted. Henoo ho
at once set about the task of preaching
Jesus to the crowd gathered about them.
Ho declares in the pi tinest terms that the
work which had caused them to nurvol is
God's work. He speaks of G id in such a
way as to bring him most vividly before
tho minds of bis audience "The God of
our fathers." Every Jew looked baok to
n wonderful history wherein God had in a
remarkable manner revealed hirasolf to
his people. .Peter spoke in a way to
bring this national history afrosh to the
minds of his hearers. Thoro is a oertain
adroitness in this opening of his address
which is wise and commendable. Every
speaker needs in some way to oreate a
bond of sympathy between himself and his
hearers, while Poter wastes no time In
such an effort, bo yet aoconip1Ub.es the
purpose in a vory fow words. But while
he declares that the work is God's work,
he also assorts that it was wrought to
glorify his Son Jesus. Tho mention of
this name would have so enraged m my of
them that they would have heard no
more, if Peter had not first ascribed all
the power to the God of their fathers. Hav
ing the attention of the people, Potor pro-
ceeds in the plainest manner to charge them
with the guilt of murdering the innocent
Jesus. It is not likely that those present
were members of tho council that con
demned him, 'nor were they the soldiers
who nailed him to the cross, but it will bo
remembered that Pilate's consent to the
crucifixion was finally obtained by the
clamor of tho populace; and it is only
natural to suppose, that, among those who
were drawn together by curiosity to soe
the wonder wrought upon the lame man,
wero many who helped to swell tho clam
ors by which the governor was swayed on
the day of the cruoifixion. At least thoy
had raised no voice against the iniquity of
that day ; and a silent looking on whan
crime is oommitted is the same as partici
pation in it. While Peter directly charges
home this guilt, personally and collect
ively upoh his hoarers, he does not spend
time in doseanting upon the enormity of
their crime, but at onoe follows out the
history of Christ and asserts his resurrec
tion, and declares that he and John are
witnesses to this fact. Any ono can see
that there is a marked boldness about this
declaration.
Among the Jews the report had gono
all abroad that the body of Jesus was
stolon from the tomb by his followers.
Now, scarcely two months after the event
in the very place where the faots transpired,
Poter confidently asserts that such report
is a lie, and affirms that God did really
raiso Jesus from the dead. If ever, in any
place, this preaching of tho resurrection
w;n to bs refuted, or oven disputed, this
wjukl seem to be the time and place; but
it docs not appear that a single voice was
raised against it. Then Petor comos to
the application of his statements to the
preBcut case. Ho boldly asserts that faith
in the nanio of Jesus has made the man
whole, whom they knew to have been a
cripple from his birth The faith which
was tho procuring causo of tho healing
was vainly exorcised by tho disciples,
'hough they had succeeded in inspiring in
the man an expectation that he was to
receive something. Peter speaks confi
dently of the work as a gonuine caso of
healing, no temporary relief, or momen
tary ability to walk.tbut" psrfeot sound
ness," just such a work as God delights to
perform.
At this piinl the tone of Peter's address
changes. lie had made a keen thrust
with tho sword of truth, and now seeks to
point thosi who had felt its koenness to
pardon and hope. Ho terms them all
brethren as being Jews with him, and
shows them ground of hope because thoy
had actod ignornntly in rejecting Chri it.
Petor has vory broad charity now nndor
the inflnonco of tho Holy Spirit. He even
grants that the rulers of tho Jews wore in
ignorance about Christ. This wo do not
question, but it often nppoars as though it
w:is ignorance that refused to be enlight
ened. However, it was doubtless true
that with their understanding of the
prophecies there was such ground of
stumbling as would leavo hope for thorn,
if, soiing thoir error, thoy truly ropentod.
The Jews failed to suo tha', tho Christ of
their Scriptures was to be humbled and to
suffer. Petur declares that this was shown
in all the prophets, and that God has
fullillod thoso prophooies according to
their plainest meaning. Hence he exhorts
them to repent and be oonvortcd or "turn
again," as wo have tit in the Revised
Version. This term is a favorite; one in
tho Acts, It is said to be used eleven
times in the book, and always with tho
meaning of turning (about In a spiritual
sense, and faolng in the opposite dirootion.
This penitence and turning about are put
us conditions to pardon and spiritual
refreshing, (for the "when" of our old
version is far bettor rendered by "so that"
In tho now). "So that tthe .time of
refreshing may como." They are sure to
follow whon mon ropent and turn to God.
The two last verses of this losson have
been consldorod diflloult; of explanation,
because It has been assumed that Feter
peaking of things which Ills boarors might
expect to witness during thoir lifetime.
Such a view is not necessary. Wo may
just as naturally understand Hut Potor is
putting tho whole matter of Christ's
character and offices before them, and so
speaks of him ns coming again to judge
tho world. Thoro is some difficulty with
the word restitution, anil in tho new
version we have restoration ; and many
suggest "fulfillment." The idea seems to
be that along with the closing up of this
dispensation there will bo a making right
of what bag been wrong in ihe world.
Of eight eitins in the United States,
having over 200,000 inhabiiants, tho
number of churches in proportion to the
population Is largest in Cincinnati.
Philadelphia is second on tho l'st, Boston
third, Chicago fourth, and unhappily for
the pretence of tho "city of churches,"
Brooklyn oomea but fifth on the sealo
China possesses the longost bridge in
tho world. It is at Lagan.", over an arm
of the China sea, am) is five miles long,
built entirely of stone, 70 feet hitrh, with ti
roadway 70 feet wide, and has 300 arches.
The parapet is a balustrade, and e tch of
the pillars, which are 75 feet apart.
supports a pedestal on which is placed a
lion 21 foot long, made
of ono block o!
I
marble.
An old man would not believe ho coul
bear his wife talk a distance of live miles
hv telephone, His butter half was in a
country store several miles away, where
thero was a icicpnono, and tne sceptic
was also in a piuce wnere lucre was
similar instrument, and on being told how
to operate it, he walked . boldly up and
shouted, "Hollo, Strati! At that instant
lightning struck the telephone wire and
knocked tne man ilown.and ashesornmhled
to his feet ho excitedly cried, "That's Sarah
every time!" Anonymous.
The Ohio legislature is likely to make a
special effort to stop tho adulteration of
loorl, and formidable lists of a mixes are
being printed. Thus an eminent Cineinn
uti ehomistsnys that the liver and kidney
complaints which destroy so many lives
are largely due to the use of sulphuric
acid in sugar manulaoture; tne aim is to
extract the substance in its final proonssos
but that cannot bo done perfectly. Thon,
among smaller matters, honey comb Is
mane artiuoi any and bees led on glucose
to fill it, and eveu eggs aro produced
cnemically, but so tar without shells.
A recent visitor found Gov. Stophons of
lieorgia, in Ins ollioo, sitting in the histor
io chair, "with logs crossed, dressed ii
conventional black, a shirt with the old
fashioned roller collar, under which was
a black band tied in a hard knot. His
shoes happened to bo a new pair with old
laces, untied and wandering in unconscion
able irregularity. A pair of eye glasses
hung by a black silkon cord at his side
which whon not put to ocular uses are
utilized lor emphasizing his remarks. Tho
room was plain. Barring the paper the
w tils wero bare and devoid of ornaments,
with the exception of a largo gourd that
hung on a nail above the governor's head.
Tho curiosity camo by mail from an
admirer in the state, and is about forty
feet in length."
Dr. MoCosh, tho president of Princeton
college has como to the conclusion that
the subject of athlotio sports absorbs
altogether too much of tho thoughts of the
students of that institution and says that
the matter demands immediate attention.
He remarks: "When ono walks across the
campus the conversation ho overhears
bears no relation to the science and knowl
edge which we come hero In pursue, but
it is this gamo and that game, this record
and that record. Tho college pipers, too,
which are primarily literary organs, are
devoted to gymnastics and athletics." The
doctor is a little nervous and sensitive
about the outsidu remarks that are made.
"Tho press of tho country nnd the public
at large aro getting tired of it and make a
mockery of it." It will ovidontly bo the
effort hereafter on the part of the authori
ties t Irineeton to secure the happy
medium, and in it they certainly will have
tho sympathies of people in general.
Barnard contributes its mi to to the
record of naughtiness which Vermont has
been working up in the past fow weeks.
A bloody affray took plane there last week
Wednesday. Full particulars of I ho affair
are as follows: Andy Clark, a t'avelin"
peddler, stopped at the house of a Mr
Bowen, and scoured lodgings for the
night. Mrs. Howen subsc fluently went to
the peddler's room to make his bed, but
as sho stayed somewhat longer than
sceiueu necessary, mr. isowon went nn
stairs wnn a gun ana a pistol lo investigate
matters, ino result was that, as he
opened the door, he received a blow over
the eyes that opened to him a more
extended celestial prospect than michi
havo been expected under the circum
stances. The peddler nnd Mrs. Bowen
then fell upon the intruder, and tried to
deprive him of his armory, hut, being a
mighty man of muscle, Bowen got the
better ol them both, swinging tho gun
by the barrel, he dealt Clark a blow in the
bead that cut a horrible gash and foiled
him bleeding to the floor. II t struck at
the prostrate peddler again, but tho blow
glanced, breaking the gun stock on tho
floor. The infuriated husband then struck
at his wife, nearly severing one car from
her head, and knocking her senseless on
the floor. Both lay insensible and appar
ently dead, oovered with blood. Bowen
went out nnd told tbo neighbors what he
had dono, and said that he wanted help to
lay the corpses out. Upon returning,
however, tne supposed oorpses were found
alive, but in a horrible condition, their
whole persons and the floor being saturated
with blood. They were promptly cared
for nnd are likely to recover. Bowen was
not arrested.
Thoro is no doubt that in many cases of
apparent ilea h, especially when thosbliject
is young and vigorous, animation is
suspended by extreme suffering instead of
vital exhaustion, and may be restored by
prompt and energetic measures; as in the
caso of tho following remarkable Instance
rolalod by the Hartford Timts:
Dr. J! ox, of Weatbersfield. was onco
called to attend two children sick with
cholera infantum. As he entered tho
house the sobbing mother said, "You'ro
too late, doctor I One is dead and the
other is breathing his last." Ho saw the
body of ono in tho hands of nn attondanL
being prepared for tho shroud, and the
other was in tho arms of the mother,
gasping for breath. Tho doctor called for
hot vater, a flannel sheet and some nms.
tard. He put a pound of mustard Into the
water, tore a flannel sheet in two. took one-
half of It and (lipped it in the hot mustard
water. In this be rolled up tho child which
was boing prepared for the grave, leaving
only its little wnito face uncovered. Then
he took the other half of theblnnket.dippod
it into the mustard water as before, and
rolled the second child in this. Ho laid
tho two little ones side by side and awaited
results. In a few minutes the child that
was supposed to bo dying sent up a vigor
ous lung protest against this heroio treat
ment, and to tho astonishment of all
(oxcopt tho dootor) the dead child nlso, a
low minutos later, added his voice to the
uproar, and two pair of lungs in loud con
cert testified to the effioacy of mustard and
water, and tne correct "nil ' of the rioeinr.
Both children recovered, and Bro now liv
ing, one of them being a rising young
physician of New York city.
Till! FALLOW I'llil.ll.
The Rita cine up and tho aim giBS down;
Tho nltflit mint auroudcta tho Bleenlnjf towu ;
Hut II it be dirk or if It bo day ,
If the tompoHts heat or the breezes play ,
HUH hero ou tlilH upland slope 1 Ho
Lookiuir up to tho chuuifcful iky.
Nitillfht am 1 but a fallow Hold;
Nevur a crop my acred yield,
Ovor the wall ut my ri lit hand
Htatoly and ifreou tho ojru bladoH ataud ,
And f hoar at my loft tbo Uyiuit foot
Of the winds that rustic the bendtugr whont.
Often while yot tho mora Is rod
I list for our master's eawr troad.
He smiles at the yonuif corn's towerlnK height,
Ilo knows the wheat is a irondly BlKlit,
llitt lie Klaucos not at tho fallow Held
Whose idle acror, no wealth may yield.
Sometimes tho shouts of tho harvesters
The sleoplnif pulse of ray belntr stirs,
And as one in a dream 1 seem to loot
Tho sweep and the rush of the ewiniflns stool,
Or I catch tho sound ol the ir.iy retrain
As thoy heap their wains with tho Koldeu fraln.
Yt, O niy unlirhb r. hi not too proud.
Though ou every tonuo your praise is loud.
0 ir in athr N:iluro is kind to me,
And I am unloved by bird and beo,
And never a child that p:issos by
JJitt turns upon mo a irratelul ey;
Ovor my head the altiai aro bine;
1 have my share of tho rain and dew;
I bisk like y ai in the summer sun
When tho Ion bright days pass, one by ono,
And calm us yours is my sweet repose
Wrapped iu the warmth of the winter snows.
For little our levins' mother cares
Which the corn or the daisy boars,
Which is rich with the ripening wheat.
Which with the violet's breath is sweet,
Which is red with tho clovor bloom,
Or which for tho wild sweet torn nukes room.
T'scloss nndor the summer sky
Year after year mon say I lie.
Little they know what strength of mino
1 tfivo to tbo trailing blackberry vino;
Little they kuow how tho wild Krapo grows,
Or how my 11 e blood Hushes the rose.
Little thoy think or tho cups 1 1111
For tho masses croopin under tho hill;
Little thoy thmk of the least I spread
For tho wild wee creatures that must be fed :
Hqulrrel and butterfly, bird and boo,
And tho creeping tilings that no eye may soo.
Lard of tho harvest, Thou dost know
How the summors and wlntors go.
Never a ship saiis east or west
Ladou with treasures at my bohost.
Yet my boing thrills to the voice of God
When 1 give my gold to the goldeu rod.
Julia C. Ji. Dorr, in llarpen Maonzina for February.
OLD (iRl.MUS IS 111; A I).
rThls famous ballad was written bv A. a. (irecn. born
at Providence, It. 1., law, died 1S7S J
Old Grimes Is dead, that good old man,
We ne'er shall soe him more;
He used to wear a long black coat,
All buttoned down before.
Ills heart was open as tho day,
His fceliugs all were true;
His hair it was Inclined to gray,
He woro it in a queue.
Whene'er he hoard the voice of pain
His breast with pity burned:
Tho !aro round head upon his cane
From ivory was turned.
Kind words he over had for all,
He knew no base design ,
His eyes wore dark and rat her small,
His nose was aquiline.
He lived at noace with all mankind,
In friendship he waB true;
Hi coat had pockot-holoB behind,
His pantaloons were blue.
I'nharmed tho Bin which earth pollute g
He passed securely o'er,
And never woro a pair of hootB
For thirty years or more.
13ut good old (.rimes Is now at res t.
Nor fears misfortune's frown ;
Ho wore a double-breasted vest,
The stripes ran up and dawn.
He modest merit sought to find,
And pay it its desort ;
He bad no malice in his mind.
No ruffles on uls shirt,
His neighbors he did not abuse,
Was soidablo and gay;
lie wore large buckles on Ills shoos.
And chauged them every day.
11 is knowledge hid from public gazo
Hu did not bring to view,
Nor make a nolso town mooting days,
As many people do.
His worldly goods he never threw
Iu trust to fortuuo's chances;
no lived (as all his brothers d'J)
Iu easy circumstances.
Thus undisturbed by auilous cares
His peacetul moments ran,
And everybody Bald he was
A tluoold gentleman.
Blizzard.
About one o'ulcck. whilo wo were in a
lrv goods store, the merchant, who had
stepped out a moment before, said to us:
1 don t like lo iliiveatvay my customers.
iu' a buzzard is coming from the west.
and ii is couoig fast. The telegraph says
iliul it has j.isi reached Morris. That is
forty miles from hem, but it is coming at
i he rate of forty miles per hour, so you
have got r.o time to spare if you are going
home to day.
He rolled up our purchases as he spoke,
and appeared to he in a hurry to get rid of
ns. When we got outside tho store the
first thing that attracted my attention was
the fact that of all the teams in tho street
when we arrived, mine was the only one
that remained. Every one had scudded
for home. Even then I did not hurry.
The sun wassiill shining brightly without
with not tho faintest suggestion of a storm
apparent nnywhero. Before we got a mile
from town I bad forgotten all about the
coming storm and the horses were jogging
at their will.
Wo wero still two mi es from homo,
when suddenly the sun wns obscured, and
the air grow cold nnd chill in a moment
A darkness as of smoke swept over every
thing. Then I remembered why we were
going homo, and I gave the horses the
whip in earnest, lashing them into a run.
Away to Ihe west there appeared to bo a
leaden wall sweeping toward us. Thero
was a hum in tho air. A light breeze
sprang up, grew stronger, and in a minute
became a galo. The wall came down with
railroad speed, tbo roar of its approach
growing louder every instant From the
lop of a roll in tho prairie wo could see our
houso, and it oamo pretty near boing our
last glimpso of it.
Words will never convey an intelligent
idea of the blizzard ; of the frightful roar
with which it bears down upon you, tho
howling and hissing of the wind. If you
try to speak, the wind dashes the syllables
from your lips so quickly that you do not
hear your own words. In thirty seconds
from tho tinio tho first snowflake fell I
could not see my horses. Tho atmosphere
appeared to bo all stow, nnd every flake
seemed anxious to get somewhere before
tho rest should get there. I use the wors
"flake," but that is wrong. No flakes
could bo distinguished. The whole nlmo
sphero was filled with ono huge flake that
hemmej us in on all sides. Although
Mabel's head wasn't over a foot from mine
I could not see her features, and could but
dimly see her form. I tried to peer down
ward besido the sleigh and see the track,
but I might just as well have tried to see
the earth beneath a snow bank. I could
feel a motion to the sleigh, so I knew the
horses wero still moving. Tho cold was
intense I tried to ask my wife if she was
suffering, but I ftiuld not hear my own
words.
During the two or three minutos that
intervened between the time I saw the
storm approaching and the moment it
struck us the horses had run at the top of
their Bpeed, so I knew that wo could not
be much over a mile from home. It did
not seem possible for the horses lo keep
the track. No ono oould live an hour in
that storm. Our only hope lay in the
horses being able to keep a track tbat wns
overy instant beln buried deeper. It
isn't pleasant to sit still nnd freeze to death.
In ten minutes I was chilled through and
felt thnt I was freezing. The horses were
still moving, nnd although I could not
now see them I kept lashing them with
the whip. It seemed hours since Ihe storm
hud shut us in, and I wns just becoming
convinced that the horses had got ont of
the p ith, and that we woro lo?t on the
prairie when thero came a sudden lull in
the fierce wind. Tho sir was still full of
whirling snow, but I could see objects
about me, nnd it didn't take long to find
that we were in the barn nnd were safo.
I had left the barn doors open in the
morning, and the noises had found their
I 1.. 1 ,L!-I. I I 1, L 1 L I
and declared that it wouldn't happen
again in a thousand years.
Although we had reached the barn, we
were not in the lioueo yet. From the barn
to the house is about twenty yards, but as
far as seeing it was concerned, the house
might as well have been in the moon,
Tho little woman helped mo unharness
tho horses and put them in their stalls.
Then I told her to temain whero sbe was.
and made a break for tho houso. It is
difficult for any ono to boliovo that in a
blinding storm ho cannot go twenty yards
in a line sufficiently straight to find a
house, but Iry it sometime!
Do you see that pumpP I stumblod over
it. It is twenty feet to tho right 'of the
patn troni the barn to tho houso. If it had
not been for that pump I would never
again have found either tho house or barn,
I knew that tho handlo of the pump
pointed directly toward the house, and
that it was not over ten yards away. 1
raised tho handle and felt for my boarings.
i let go ol tho pump Handle and plunered
for ihe houso. When I tell you that I ran
smack" againsfc it vou will understand
that seeing was out ol tho Question.
After
i got into tne nouse i iook a nail oi twine,
tied ono end lo tli3 door knob and succeed
ed in getting back to the barn, nnd by
following the string, we roachod tho bouse
again. For three (lays and nights there
alter neither of us even opened the outer
door. When tho storm ceased we could
not see tho bain for the snow had piled
in between the house nnd barn so deep
i hat it covered the windows on that side
of the houso. On the cast side of the bouse,
however, there was very little snow. The
shovel happened to bo in the house, and
tho little woman and I succeeded in tun
neling through to the barn, but we had
to carry every shovelful of the snow taken
out of the tunnel through the house and
throw it on the east side.
Down in Opelika, Ala,, when they see a
policeman on tno streets, thoy chaso him
into tho nearest saloon nnd give him his
choice between a ducking nnd treating the
crowd. Citizens aren't quite so eager to
hold office down that way.
'That man is a phrenologist, Pal.
phat?' nsked Pat, puzzled. 'A phronolo
gist.' 'Flint's that?' 'Why a man who
can tell, by leelmg ot tne bumps on your
ncau.wuat Kind ol a man you are.' liumps
on mo head, is it?' exclaimed Pat. 'Then
I should think it would givo him more of
an idea phat kind of a woman me wife is!"
A poem in tho Cambridge Tribune
begins: "Am I woll or unwell? Am
living at all P" Afier looking the stuff
through, tho reader is bound to conclude
that the writer was decidedly unwell, and
it is very doubtful if by this time ho is
"living at all." He wouldn't be if his
identity wore known Lowell Citizen.
Prince Napoleon says his object in issue-
lng a manitosto was not to overthrow the
republic, but to ascertain what the people
lliougut ot it. lie has probably lound out
to his satisfaction that a change is not
desired at jrcsent. lln declaration that
the government is weak may have some
truth in it, but it is nt least strong enough
to send hua into cxilo.
A very quick child made an observation
to ner governess the other day which had
a great deal ol truth in it. "How is it
my dear," inquired tho lady, "that you do
not understand this simple thing? ' "I
do not know, indeed," she answered with,
a perplexed look; "but I sometimes tbiDk
I havo so many tilings to loarn that I
have no timo to understand."
A good story is told about Mazzini
Whilo tho notorious Italian agitator was
in London ho went out ono day with an
English Iriend and bought a lot of rustv
old swords and pistols. "What on earth
aro you coing to do with them?" asked
the Britisher. "Nothing at all," replied
Mazzini; "only when the polico hoar of
my purchase telegrams will be sent
everywhere, nnd not a king or queen will
sleep quietly to-night." And the Italian
chuckled.
The Hartford Post referring to tbo pre
diction of the St. Louis (I tobe-Democrat
egarding the olection of Senator Edmunds
to tho presidency, says: "This prophecy
shows, us the straw, which way tho wind
blows, and may be taken as a slight indi
cation that the republicans of the west are
not so determined in tho matter of goo
graphical selection ol a candidate ns they
havo been for years past. Thoy aro willing
to recognize ability, even in the east."
The imagination can hardly conceive the
heights of greatness and glory to which
mankind would ho raised if all their
thoughts nnd energies wero to be animated
with a living purpose. But, as in a forest
of oaks, among tho millions of acorn3 that
fall every autumn there may perhaps be
one in a million that will grow on into a
tree somewhat in like manner fares it
with the thoughts and feelings of man.
Julius Hart.
Voltaire, 120 years ago, said that "before
the beginning of Iho nineteenth century
Christianity will have disappeared from
the earth." In 1880, the date appointed
for the extermination of Christianity,
thero were 24.(100.000 English speaking
people. 1-1,000,000 wore Protestants,
5,500,000 Romanists, and 4,500,000 profess
ed no religious belief. In 1881 there were
59,000,000 Protestants, 13,500,000 Koman
ists, nnd 18,500,000 uon-religious nmong
the English speaking people, Qospcl in
all Lands.
Prof. Young, in the light of Meyer's
calculations, regards it as highly probable
that the comet of 1880 was a return of
that of 1843. Concerning tho comet of
1G6S too little is known to form the basis
of a theory as to its identity. He is quite
certain, however, that tho comets of 1880
and 1882 are not tho same, as thoy have
periods too great to bo consistent with
such a view. Ho thinks it more likely
that they are twins, moving in nearly
identioal orbits, with perhaps a common
origin in Borne ancient disruption, like
that which divided Biela's comet in 1816.
In lecturing to mothers, I have always
riod to impress their minds with the
thought that tho burden of sex should
not be laid upon girls too early, tbat thoy
should be taught morality, politeness and
all the gracos and virtues upon the same
ground thnt boys receive such instruction.
They should do or rofrain from doing
oertain things because they aro in them
selves right or wrong, polite or rude,
graocful or indecorous, not because such
acts aro improper or proper from the fact
that they are girls. Virtuo nnd vice,
fidelity nnd unfaithfulness, modesty nnd
boldness have no gender, and are as much
to be loved or shunned by one sex as the
other. Dr. Mary Alien in Home Journal.
There is in Russia a fountain of naptha
which has formod a lake four miles long
bv over a milo wide and twa foot doep.
This sheet of Infiamablo oil recently took
Are, including tbo central fount; and tho
effect was most imposing. The quantity
of naptha on fire was estimate at four mil
lion live hundred thousand cubic feet, and
it was feared that tho dimes would ex;
plode the tho subterranean souroes. Even
the earth saturated with oil was on fire,
but no explosion oeeured. The heat was
Intorable except at a distance of ono thou
sand yards from the edge of the lire, and
trees and buildings within three miles of it
Thue Hospitality. I pray yon, oh
excellent wife, cumber not yourself and
mo to got a curiously rich dinner Tor this
man and woman wiio havo just alighted
at our gate ; nor a bedchamber mado ready
at too great cost ; these things, if they are
curious in them, they oan get for a few
shillings iu any village inn; but ralher let
that stranger see, if he will, in your looks,
accents nnd behavior, your heart and
carnoslness, vour thought and will, that
which ho cannot buy at any price in any
oily, nnd which he may travel twenty
miles, and dine sparely and sleep hardly,
to behold. Let not Ihe emphasis of hospi
tality lio in bed and board; but lot the
truth nnd love and honor and courtesy How
in all tby deeds. Emerson.
I.ONDOM BitiDaB. -This noted structure
tho one located farthest down the stream
of nil the 18 bridges over tho Thames in
London is a solid granlto work, consist
ing, in its chief part, of five big arohos.
each of abojt 150 feet in width, and rising
about 25 to 30 feet above high water,
(ihe tides, in the river here, nre from 15
to 20 feet.) Tho bridgo is 928 feet long
and 54 feet wide. All of the 18 bridges
are now free. London bridgo, the hand
somest of all, is a really splendij specimen
of bridge engineering and architecture.
Its cost, including the approaches, was
2.5GG,2G8, or nearly $13,000,000. The
traffic is immense. Every 24 hours no
less than 25,000 vehicles pass over it;
whilo tho number of pedestrians who
daily tramp across It is upwards of
107,000. In order to keep the track from
a continual blockade and jam, police are
stationed to keep the slow teams on tho
outside and the faster ones in tho center;
and even with this precaution the bridgo
is olten so blocked ns to be almost
impassible, especially (in winter) between
9 and 10 A. M., nnd from 4 to 6 e. si.
London IMtcr.
PvEMWISCENCES Of FATHER MARSHALL.
An exchange gives tho following rami
niscenoes of a missionary in Vermont
during theearlier days: "Father Marshall,''
as ho was familiarly called, nn early
missionary in Vermont, was generally
regarded as a very godly man, and it is
said used to pray n loue with closed eyes
as be rode on horseback from ono town to
another. He was in the habit of mentioning
his horse in his petitions and thanksgivings,
and tradition reports that, having spent a
night at Now Havon, Vt.. at tho home of
"Father Bushnoll," he officiated at family
prayers in the morning, and, in enumer
ating his mercies, thanked his Heavenly
Father that his servant's borso did not fall
the day beforo "for he is a poor.stumbling
old totid, O Lord, thou knowest" and
gave thanks also for a comfortable night's
rest! "Albeit the bed was snorter llian
the man could stretch himself on it, nnd
the covering narrower than that ho could
stretch himself in it." Tho old gentleman
was onco present at a meeting of the
northwestern association at St. Albans,
and was invited to preach the sermon at
tho public service. He accepted the
invitation, but broke down when ho was
halfway through his discourse, nnd called
on a brother minister lo dismiss the
meeting. The next morning ho took an
early walk and met one of tho ministers,
who snook bands with mm and asked mm
how he felt. "First rate! first rate!" was
the hearty reply ; "I took a good dose of
mortification last night, and It worked
well."
Toloii Old Kaiseh Wiuielm. The
Emperor William strikes me as a most
astonishing old gentleman. It would not
bo at all unnatural lo suppose that, having
by somo dozen years exceeded tho
scriptural three score and ten, bo would
now begin to take things easy. Most old
people whom I have known have generally
taken to coddling themselves, inoro or
si, before they reached tho advanced age
of his majesty, the king of Prussia and
empoior of Germany Possibly coddling
is resorted to wiinm ine precincts ol tbe
royal palace; but if so.it must bo coddling
of a very invigorating kind, tho secret of
which would bo gladly learned by a host
of foeblo, weak kneed old men of lifty
and odd summers. Indeed, it would be a
boon to Immunity, if his Imperial majesty
would publish a pamphlot entitled "How
to Attaiu a Vigorous Old Ago." Tho fact
is that this royal gentleman has been
disporting himself for tho past three
months in a way that must have boon
both irritating and scandalizing to the
feelings of many an honest youngster of
sixty or seventy, who has heretofore boon
acenstomed to remark, wiln a patronizing
air, "All, well, tue emperor is quite old.
He can't last much longer." First, there
wero tho military maueoauvcrs at Breslau,
which the emperor attended, remaining
several hours in the saddlo oacn (lay.
with one exception, and giving no sign of
exh.ustion or fatigue, ihe week after
occurred the Saxon manuosvers, which he
not only attended ns he did those of
Breslau, but also took part in the half-
carnival jolilications which tbe Drcsdoners
'ot uo iu bis honor. Alter this be began
to travel about and enjoy himself for a
fow weeks. But during the past month
ho has been outraging all my ideas of
what is fit and proper for ono of his years.
Ever sinco the opening ol tho bunting
season this nonry Headed veteran has
been on ono grand "lark." Ilo has hunted
with the king of Saxony, with the grand
duke of Meoklenberg-Scbwerin, and with
i half dozen other noble personages, whose
names I have lorgotten, not neglecting in
the me intime his own private preserves.
Yesterday ho returned Irom a lew days
hunt in Silesia, and in a short time it will
probably be announced that he is off for
another ono. Of courso the nowspapers
gavo careful and full accounts of each
day's success, nnd judging from these his
muiesty s hand Has not lost us cunning.
and he can still draw a bead with groat
effectiveness. Wild boar, deer, bare,
besides several hundred birds of various
kinds, havo met their death at the royal
hands, and tho reports show that thoso
hunts have been somothing moro than
mere boys' play. Iu addition to the usual
fatigues of hunting, thera has been the
necessity of contending against the
unpleasant e fleets of inclement weather.
The oldest inhabitant I find this person
age Is also indigenous to Gorman soil
has stated that there has been moro rain
during the past month than during any
like period since 1856. In fact, it has
been drizzle nnd pour, and pour and
drizzle for bo long that wo have quite
forgotten how sunshine looks. Tho con
sequence has been that a number ot those
royal hunts have taken place in the rain.
When a man ol eighty and odd years can
it In his saddle tor hours in tue wot.
riding ovor ground soaked and marshy, I
begin to have my doubts as to his pros
pects for a speedy dissolution. Berlin
Correspondence of the Baltimore Day.
Let 'em Go. I mot a queer philosopher
tho other day who has a novel theory
about tho treatment ot pocket book drop
pers, skin gamblers and bunco players
Ho claims that nil those sharpers help to
prevent uisnonosty and orlme. says
writer in tho Brooklyn liagle. On being
questioned as to his reasons for this belief,
no said i
iaue tne pocKotoook dropper, as an
instance; whom does ho victimize? Not
an honest man, but only the man who
claims a pocketbook not his own. If the
law did not interfere the dishonest coun
tryman who is perpetually trying to get
money not his own, would bo punished
as no deserves by tne city sliarpor. hut
the law steps in and takes the part of the
dishonest countryman, and prevents the
;,narper irom teaching turn a wholesome
lesson."
" But," I asked him, "you would no'
defend tho three card monto men on such
grounds?"
"Certainly. Every man who expects to
win at threo card monto thinks ho ha
diSoovered a sure way. Ho supposes lh
corner of a card has been turned by
accident, and that he can make mone
oiu of tho monte man by picking out tie
card thus marked His plan is a dishorn s
one, and he by right ought to be punished
for his dishonesty. But no. The mujostt
of tho law steps in and takes tho part ol
the dishonest player, and prevents the
monte player from giving him a costly
lesson in morals."
" But how about thoso dealers who
promise to sell a man counterfeit money
and then send him a box of sawdust?"
" Has a man n right to buy countefeit
money? Should he not ho punished if he
undertakes to get it for the irpose of
swindling his fellow men? I think he
should. But what does Ihe law do? Whon
a countryman who tries to buy counterfeit
money gets victimized, tho law steps in
to punish his tutor. It seems to me the
law ought to encourage and reward every
man who can punish another who is trying
to commit crime. In this way tho bad
foroos in society could bo mado to neutralize-
one another."
"Then you would, of course, encourage
rowdies in thoir fighting ono another?" I
remarked.
"I would. The worst rows in Now York
have always been in cases where the bad
fellows killed ono another. Tho police
should encourage the contestants instead
of interfering to prevent it."
Tho Hollanders havo the reputation of
being the best skaters in tho world, yet
they use the most primitive kind ot a
skate, and attempt very hltlo of tho fancy
figuring, which is deemed absolutely
necessary in New England, if a person
pretends to skate at all. Two kinds of
Dutch skates are used, each of distinctive
character, but both intended for running
straight ahead traveling no nonsense
of fancy figuring. No; first and foremost
rapid locomotion ou the principlo incul
catea by l-.ucltd, mat iho nearest way
from ono place to another Is a straight
line between those two points. The Fries-
land skate is verv light indued, and its
iron very thin and narrow not much
thicker than the back of the blade of
carving knife; tho wood is low ou the
blade and close to me ice, and carried up
nign in irent ol tno prow ot the blade,
which terminates in a little brass acorn;
tho blade touches the ico all along tho
length of the foot. Tho way in which
Dutch skates are fixed on to tho boots is
likoly to take tho English skater by stir
prise, particularly when it is impressed
upon him that to tie them on as loosely as
possible is the greatest desideratum in the
country. Small line or rope or stout
string is generally used, and not straps;
these would be too hrni, and wo think ou
friends In Beverland may be inclined to
look upon tnem as "loprish. Ibis, then
is the ii iesland skate. Now lot us take
tho South Holland form. This is not so
much a runningform, but is more especial
ly adapted for what is called the Dutch
roll. In this South Holland form tbe iron
is slightly curved, like an English skate,
immediately under tho loot; ns principal
oharacteristio is the very long sweep of
tho iron forward ri front. Tho fastening
is rather firmer, but tho same action as
the other.
A $12,00:) Dinner. William II. Van-
derbilt celebrated tho completion of his
new and magniticient mansion in Fifth
avenue a day or two ago, by a dinner that
is reputed to have surpassed any private
dinnor yet furnished in tho metropolis
His dining room, which is really a banquet
hall, is capable of seating more than 100
persons, and on that occasion it wasjnearly
filled. The furniture, the silver, the gla-s
waro, porcelain, Uowers, menus, viands
and wines are said to havo been supremely
choice. All tho guests were most care
fully attired, and I am told each lady had
a new nnd special costume mado for the
occasit n. Tbo sceno must have been
brilliant, and a gorgeous demonstration of
thu host's disteg ird of cost estimated by
tho vulgarly curious ol such matters to
bavo been not far from $12,009, The
object of tho entertainment would seem to
render it dear as possible; for much of the
wino drank boro fanciful prices, and every
thing was in tho big lost style of ostentli
tion. The intellectual part of tbo feast
was said to bo singularly deficient. Ono
of tho guosts cynically remarked that not
a single good thing was said between the
oysters nnd tho black coffee; so that the
contrast between mental poverty and
material wealth must have been almost
painful. iV. . Letter.
Invasion ov Bats in China. A few
months ago it was stated lhat Bussian
Turkestan was suffering from nn invasion
of mice from India. Theso visitations are
lamilinr in Asia. Cbiuese histories record
that "on threo occasions an army of rats
invaJcd ihe country. In ono instance
thoso insatiable vermin, traveling from
one placo lo another, attempted a passage
of tho Wei lliver nnd wero fortunately
drowned, their carcasses choking up the
banks ol the stronm for several days after
their destruction. On the other occasion,
however, they wero moro successful. My
riads of the creatures appeared in the
neighborhood of Nanking from tho Ilu
kuang provinces. They aro said to have
crossed the brooks and rivers in tbeir
course during tho night by making them
selves into a moving bridge each animal
seizing tho tail of tho ono in front of him
wilh his teeth, and so swimming across;
and on arrival ut the other side they drew
themselves upon tho crops and devoured
them. Another time they effected the
Yellow lliver." Pall MM Oazctte.
A Beautiful Idea. Away nmong the
Allcghanies there is a spring, so small t hat
a single ox could drain it dry on a sum
mer day. It steals its unobtrusive way
among the hills till It spreads out in the
beautiful Ohio. Thence it stretchos away
a thousand miles, leaving on its banks
more than a thousand villages and cities,
and bearing on its bosom moro than half
a thousand steamboats. Then joining on
the Mississippi, It stretches away somo
twolvo hnndrcd miles moro, till it falls
into tho great emblem of eternity. It is
ono of the great tributaries of tho ocean,
which, obedient only to God, shall roll and
roar untill tho angel, with ono foot on tho
sea nnd the other on the land, shall lift up
his hand to heaven and swear tbat timo
shall bo no longer. So with moral Influ
ence. It is the rill, the rivulet, the ocean,
boundless and fathomless as eternity.
A young mun dressed In Iho height of
fashion, while riding in a Fulton nvenue
enr at Brooklyn, yesterday afternoon,
wilh ono of his toothpick shoes elevi.tcd,
discovered a tiny thread neross the patent
leather instep, nnd he wound it mound
his gloved finger nnd began lo pull. It
proved to bn a long thread, bit lis kept
on drawing It, nnd when lie bad polled
out ovor a yard ho felt in his pooket as
though expecting to find a spo l of thread
there. As ho drew down his leg ho was
horror stiickon at the discovery that while
one branch of his pantatoons was as light
li ting us he eould desire, the other was a
mere flap, nnd that ho had unconsciously
ripped up the side seam. His face assumed
in agnostio expression, and ho bolted for
tho door uflor borrowing two pins from
no conductor.
An Olij Bahv Mou liy inorn:ng last.
says the Cowinnvilio, (I t ) limes, John
IJ. Miller nil 1 In wife of Newberg,
iceoiunanied bv their small family,
irrived in ilit- plana ou their way lo seek
i homo in M ii vland. They had wilh
lieni a chihl piodigy which was indeed a
iirio-i'y. I' was horn in Furguson
own-lpp, Fela u ii y 1, 1805, and therefore
s 17 yas of ag". It weighs 22 p Minds
mil is 25 irohes in height. This wonderful
pigmy is of the female sex, and is perfectly
helpless, although it can cry lustily, nn
ai'iakes ol no lood savo milk, which
lien it through a bottle. It is vory ouic
noticing objects and knows what i:
old to it but cannot utter a word.
sister wuo hail been away lor threo years
was instantly tecognized by it on her
eturu, nnd it seemed del ghted lo see her
Daiiiv Pikihts in Veiimont.
From
ono year beginning January 1st
IS82
Ezra A Parks kepi twenty live cows, fou
ol whicli were two year o;ds, two were
hree yo.ir olds, live woro four year olds
our wern live year olds, and th rest were
older. Four of them wore full blooded
and tho rest wi ruihree quarters and seven
utns Jerseys, l .vo ol the oldest he sold
October. Judge Parks thinks the
wenty five cowscqual lo about twenty one
or twenty two in tbeir prime. The cows
did not cat 2 worth of grain each from
tho first cf Juno to November. Ho sol
7110 pounds of butter for 82431.22. II
used 250 pounds in tho family; mado 150
pounds of cheese, equal to io pounas ol
butter; milk and cream used in the family
equal to 109 pounds of butter, making
42o pounds, worth $145 5b. Uo sold milh
equal to 73 pounds of butler, worth .$25
Tnis mailt! a total of 7G08 pounds amount
ing to si2G04,9. He fed sour milk to
bogs worth $250; calves sold and raised
5200, making a total product ot S;)05i 79
He is now m iking 100 pounds of butler a
week. In June be makes L'UO pounds :i
week. Ho sells over 000 pounds of his
butter in tubs, and if he stamped it he
would realizo moro money. Caledonian:
Provisioning a Steamship. Three
thousand live hundred pounds of butter.
3,000 hams, 1,000 pounds biscuit not
thoso supplied to the crew; 1,000 pounds
of "dessert stores muscatels, almonds
figs, etc., exclusively of fresh fruits, which
are taken in at every port; 1.500 pounds
of tinned meats, 1,000 pounds of dried
beans, 3,000 pounds of rice, 5,000 pounds
of onions, 10 toii3 of polatoos, G0.000
pounds of flour, and 20,000 eggs. Fresh
vegetables, dead meat, and live bullocss.
sheep, pigs, geese, turkeys, guinea-birds.
ducks, low Is, Ush and causal game are
general y s:puliel at each port of call, or
replenished at the farther end of the
journoy, so that it is uilii .'till to obtain
complete estimates ol tnem. remaps two
dozen bullocks and GO sheep wculd ben
fair average for thu whole voyage, and
tho rest may bo inferred in proportion
The waiter has known 25 fowls sacrificed
in a single day to make chicken broth
Wo therefore shan't starve, even if we an
a day or two behind time, whicli is con
sidered a great enormity now. The men
tion of chicken broth suggests sea sickness,
and sea sickness conjures up tho doctor.
and with tbo doctor is asociated medecine.
His disponsary is ns well furnished with
drugs as any chemist's shop in a country
town, and wheu wo obsorye that, nmong
other things, it contains 12 ounces of qui
nine, four gallons of black-draught, 20
pounds of seidlitz powders, a gallon of
castor oil. and half a hundred weight of
epsom salts, it is evident that if the sick
people do not got wen it is irom no lack
t physic, four thousand sueets, z.uuo
blankets, 8,000 towels, 2,000 pounds of
various soap1-, 2,'I00 pounds of candlos
except in lliosi vessels which aro titled
wilh li e i-li en ic ngut; i.ouu Knives.
2,200 pl.tle-', COO unps and saucers, 3,000
gia-s( s I nicy witu a r.anusome income
n,l iimouiit n presented bv annual loss
fn m In enkage would be! 800 table-cloths.
OHO glass cloths all these are figures
xhibiled in the provendering of one ship
lone. Think what they would amount
up io when multiplied by the number of
ships in each company's fleet, and then
try to realize the fact that this department
constitutes only ono, nnd by no means the
greatest, of their incidental expenses.
Tho Norwegian snow skates must not
bo confused with the Canadian, which are
much broader and used in a quite different
way. The Norwegian snow skates are
made entirely of wood ; their length is
about eight feet, nnd their breadth three
to four inches, tho forepart being a little
pointed and curved upward, lue under
side is very smooth, sometimes with a
small groove planod along the middle.
Somo people use them tightly fastened to
tho feet; others only put tho forepart of
the foot through a band fastened to the
skato, which enables them to withdraw
from it easily in caso of a fall. The
different oarls of tho country havo their
own shape of snow sxates, euner a- utile
narrower or broader, shorter or longer.
Only by ihe necessity of using the snow
skates ono can explain tho wonderful
expertness nt which Norwegian peasants
arrive.
In order to get to tho top of a hill the
skator tacks up tho sidos of tho hill, like
a ship against tho wind, sliding on the
surface of the snow, and never lifting his
feet from the ground except when mi king
a side turn or he goes straight up, lifting
one foot sideways over the other. A staff.
ibout live feet long, grasped with both
hands, is used by some people, cither on
the left or right side. Tho hill chosen for
exorcise or matches is often hundreds of
feet high and pretty steep, of course,
according to tne ability of the runner. Let
us now commence tho desoent.
After a few steps the speed increases so
much that you oan hardly breathe, nnd all
your thoughts must be concentrated on
keeping your balance, In the lower
part of tho hill tho deceleration produces
speed which may sometimes be compared
with that oi an express tram, suouia you
feel symptoms of an approaching loss of
balance, you must use your staff, which
will partly help to keep Iho balanee and
partly retard the speed. But if you use
the staff too much, you aro callod a "staff
rider." and not considered a good runner;
thoreforj people nvoid it as much ns
possible, and many never uso it all, even
down tho most difficult hills.
There nre often drops on the sides of the
hill, either from following its general
outline or causod by snow drifts. Whon
the runner comes to ono of these he has
to mnke an mrial voyage, and the most
diflloult moment is when he comes to the
ground again, as it is n matter of ohance
whether he will land on his feet or make a
series of summeisaulls and be buried in
snow. The London Field. j'! 8
Veiimont's Ghanitk iNDirsrny. Tho
granite business in Vermont has had a
rapid developoment of lain years, this
Indusiiy employing several hundred more
men in 1882 'han ever before. Tho Barro
quai l leg have yielded an immense quanti
ty of granite, tho various firms engaged in
the business Inst year giving employment
io nearly 300 men The largest firms are
Snii'h & Welch, Wetmoro & Moien and
Wilkinson & Day. The shipments of
granile in the block and finished work
over Iho Montpelier and While River divi.
sion of the Central Vermont railroad in
18L' exeoedeU 5,000 tons, or about 500 car
loads. Thero is no Dlace in Iho United
Stales where nicer monumental work is
made, tho granite quarried at Barro show
ing the most beautiful nnd it ni firm
arrangement of colors and taking tho
finest and most durable polish.
1 lie quarries at South Kveffale. oear the
line of the Montpelier & Wells River rail-
oad. also yield nn excellent qn.ililv of
granite. Me-srs. McDonald. It. F. Carter
nnd Darling & Sirgent quarry nnd lini-h
Ityegato granite. The S ..' Johnslmry
granite company quarried and finished for
monumental purposes some 50 car loads
of Rvegale granile and about 70 car loads
of Brunswick granite. Qiarries have
recently been open d in Victurv ni )
Woodbury, and also at Du.nmerstoii. Tho
Datuinerston granite quirry is located
near Biiiltleboro, on the linn of the lirat
tleboro and Whitehall (narrow giuge)
road. It was only opened in June I "si,
but during tho remaining six months of
the year iho owner, Mr. Gjorge E, I.yoii,
has quarried and shipped by rail over
2400 tons, or noarly 300 car loads. Tho
granite is of a light color and very hard.
It is especially valuable for building pur
poses The whole amount of Ban e, South
Kyngate, Dummerston and Brunswick
grnnilo quarried aud shipped by rail from
iho stations mentioned in 1832 exceeded
10,000 tons. This is equivalent to 100,000
feet of granite. The figures of tho business
for 1882 show a good increase in the
amount and value of granite quarried and
finished in Vermont over the previous
year. Forbes, in Boston Journal.
House of Cokbec tion. The state
house ot corroolion at Rutland now has 75
inmates, including five women. Tho labor
of the prisoners is contracted forbv Brown
and Bagfey, who pay tho state 30 cents
per day for each man, Ihe convict labor
being used for working nnd finishing
marble. Tho institution's most celebrated
inmate is Silas M. Waite, who is descriDcd
is now being a vigorous looking man.
with form erect. His quarters are com
able and eosy. A large window Iooks out
iver the village ol Rutland and across the
Otter Creek valley to to the Green Moun-
ain range presenting a beautiful ."cene.
Whito plastered walls, a book oaso of
hoico literature, a table covered with
copies of daily nnd weekly newspapers.
hree or tour arm chairs and a well mado
up bed nnd several wall decorations nil go
to make up pleasant nnd eomfortab!e
quarters. This room is ono intended for
ncarcerated debtors and is in tne second
story of the building, and separated from
he cells ot the prison. tVaiio has been
industriously nt work preparing a "case"
for a new trial, which he says lie has per
sistently but unsuccessfully endeavored to
bring about for a long time. He savs bis
counsel, Hon, E. J. Phelps and James C.
Barrett, E-q., express great confidence of
success in the new trial. He claims that
ho officers of the government have caused
numerous postponements ot appointed
icaiings against his protest. Col. A. F.
Walker is appointed to take testimony in
he case, and an ad journed bearm' is set
for next Tuesday. Waite says that if a
new trial Is granted ho can prove from
the statement and figures made by Receiver
Price and taken from the books rf tho
tank that instead of his owing the bank
3367, 000, ns alleged by Ihe government
it Hie timo of his former trial, the bank
owes him over $130,000, for which le
hould bo credited. Interesting develop
ments are promised.
ino bouse of c irrentlon has several
iddilional inmates in consequence of tho
war that h is been waged on Iho liquor
rallid in Rutland during tho last six
uonths. Ono Bridget Kennedy now ns'.s
here for selling liquor contrary to law.
She was sentenced December 7th, 182,
lo 17,847 days' confinement in the house
f correction. Bridget was convieto I of
295 second offenses, and she will be allow-
d to resume somo legitimtto business
f'ter November 19th, 1931, the day her
entence expires. If living she will then
be 101 years ol age. Her hushan I, James
IC 'iineiiy, was also sentenced for the same
rime. He 1-, serving out a sentence cf
4197 days. Il expires i" 18'Jt. James
boney, another Rutland saloon
k.;e
s in for 507 days.
The Wild Welsh Coast. Nearly
three-fourths of Ihe entiro circuit of Wales
s seacoast. A great part of Ibis coast is
gcd and dangerous, but there are
frcqucn ly recurring harbors of refuge
isilv and safely entered S.eep nnd
forbidding cliff's, with fronts of iron, l ack,
lagged, irowning, receive tne Atlantic s
udest bunelings grimly. the -.outturn
bore of Wales, from a point ju-t below
Cardiff to the extreme westernmost reach
of land at St. David's Head, is washc I by
n ocean whose free sweep is unbroken
traight across to the coast of Newfound
land. At various parts tho cinel cliffs
ara made still more cruel by huge directed
rocks scattered about at a distance from
the mainland, as if the shore were show
ing its teeth in warning to the mariner.
Where this frowning front is broken occur
bights and bays of exquisito beauty, with
long reaches of tawny sands, which waves
lap lazily of a summer afternoon, cr aeri es
wbich wild winds bowl in storm. It is a
sti iking line of coast, full of fascination in
itself to the lover of the pictuiesque; but
more: on every crowning summit stands
a castle olden, looking seaward, with its
hoary facades and battiemented towers
perhaps inhabited, perhaps crumbling
still slowly awny, as it has been crumb
ling for centuries. At every lovely harbor
is an old world village, or a great town
with clanking hammers, the one ricb, the
other poor, but both dowered with those
aspects of nntiquity which aro so dear to
the eyes of tho cultured American. There
are villages along this wild Welsh coast of
an ancientness to bo equalled hardly any
where else in Britian villages which in
some cases bavo undergone litflo chango
of aspect during tho past tivo hundred
years. Remote from railroads, primitive
in all their ways, they are of tbe old world,
olden. Time has hardly disturbed them
since the days when London was a village
too, with thatched roof and winding lanes.
In tbe caves and chasms hewed in tho
cliffs by the long rollers of the Atlantic
thundering in (a thonsand storms have
been found traces of primeval man his
bones, his implements, the bones of the
beasts he ate in great abundance. Tbe
very land is older than the land of tbe
English, Scotch and Irish. Ages before
the solid parts of earth on which the rest
of Britian was built had risen above the
wide waste of waters covering the world.
thi9 land, now oallod Wales stood alone
in its glory, an island by itself, where
strange monsters dwelt, and misshapen
birds and reptiles, wandering, left the
tracks of their feet, which are found to-day
in the solid rook where they were imprint
ed countless ages ago. 'Wirt Bikes, in
Harper') Magatin far January.