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SALINA, KANSAS, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1871.
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THE
SAUNE COUNTY JOURNAL
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PAINTERS.
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.EVERY ONE IS SUITED ! ! !
' The Ptciflc House
UcMipkU. 8M UMtirrlr a. rll hralahra
with roo4i rooan. II a? located atarly ffMa, Ua Cm
tr Ba'lduiet, tftcra fad board can W ala, at all Ihaca
vtih cr wlibwl raaaa. 8atMMlMfaaraau4.
fUTri9 rTKW4IT;rrri-iMi,.
KllflfollUi
r oott fsoorr.
Yotl JMnM heerd ue aew Veil, Veil,
Hot' kinder funny -V.
V, eferyliodr kaowd id yet
Vion'd von aink Id'a drue 1
Yea( yea.'dot'a ao ve got a aon
jl e oit woman and me
fort he'a der hmardiJ lerdleabild
Tooeleryeilkinaee.
Be camel der werr laad aleM in aUrdcb,
Lor aaaay, leeddle Mool,
Of he'd a vaided a leetle vile
He a been a Abrll fool t
, Batdababybekn-We(iadla(ordo
Oey say an he Inolu me,
Dut'a caoar I'm been he's lanler,
Ilot corned fur dat; yon tee.
He'a cot the nleeat leedle ahnood
t'nd leedle benda and feet.
Cod be kin vink rait botd be'a eyes
Oh! he'a goot enn to eat.
Vat'adotT Ibet JoUtlotl brood,
Ileel like of I'm viM!
I vooua'd abwab him for a Cirm,
Xo he'a doo nice a ablld.
Cane in der home trad aaw liim ronce.
Uiub, nw! loa't Take bun up.
He's rod a awful balr of lunra;
He tin nhewiel a biaend bup,
Seedereneia; now aind be nice
lie !a flien hl mound to rry ;
. He vonda to Mirk on aomethinc, IgneM,
He' leetle ilroat uu ilry .
Ve'll ko down hUlr in der bier saloon,
I'nddrink a rlaM of bier
Toilerheald of dot leedle small fhildofralnc
IKit vas aend to me dis j ear:
I'nd e'll hoiie Ten he reta to be a man.
Dot rhuiied like he's fader he'll lieen;
L'nl ve'll hojieoDotler shmall shild Till com
Xexd year dis dime agin . -
THEXA5UCIF5TEK.
Peter Winter was one of the early set
tiers in Arkansas a bold, hard man
made ot just such stuff as is necessary to
the eonquerin-' and subduing of a new
and wild country. His cabin was close
to the White river, and ere many years
he had a broad piece of land sniiling un
der the influence of successful cultiva
tion. His time was about equally divid
ed lietween the field and forest, though
lie had more of a liking tor the latter
than for the former, the rifle being a
more agreeable companion than ihc plow.
His family consisted of a wife -anti two
children. Susan Winter was not yet
thirtv-tive, and though living in the wild
wooils, she was fair and modest, and
possessed a fund of sound sense that
would have done credit to a better edu
cation. Andrew, a bright, apt boy, was
six years of age, while little Lucy, a
laughing, romping girl, was only four.
One evening, as IVter and his family
were at supper, the door opened, and a
tmwerfully-built man entered.
"Ah, John is this you?" said Peter,
as he recognised his visitor.
"Yes," answered the new comer, in
thick loin's, at the same time reeling to
wards the fire-place.
" What ? drunk again, John ?" resum
ed the hunter, iu a reproachful tone.
" Been drunk a fortnight, Fete," grum
bled the man, looking up with a vacant
leer, evidently unable to sec distinctly.
"(Jive me abed, old feller."
" Certai nly, you shall have a bed, John.
Rut won't you have something to eat
first ?" askeil Susan.
"Kb Suke Wintir! Kgad I will
eat. He sat up to the table, but his ap
petite proved treaclier.ius, and he moved
back again, without tasting the tooil. As
he trail km 1 the chimnev corner, he drew
a bottle from his pocket, but itwasemp-
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" Drank the last drop just before J
came in, lie sain, nis tiiterance oecom
ing more thick. " Give us a tip of yer
own bottle, l'ele."
" Haven t got a drop for vou, John.
"Not a drop of whiskey Vr
"Not a drop."
"Singe a painter, old boy ! What are
ye comin' to?"
Peter made some careless reply, and
then urged the poor fellow to go and lie
down. He saw that he was growing
more stupid every moment, and that he
would soon fall from his chair. After
awhile the man consented to go, and his
host led him to a place in one corner,
where a buffalo skin was hung up for a
screen, and behind which was a bed of
bear skins. John was soon asleep, and
Peter returned and finished his supper.
John Armstrong was a' good hunter;
a firm friend ; ready to help in times of
need ; and " death on Injuns." He lived
no where in particular; but found a home
anywhere. A week or two would be
spent in hunting then he would carry
his skins to the nearest settlement, and
purchase rum ami them came a spree
which lasted while he could get fuel for
the fatal flame.
When Peter not ready to iro to bed, he
went in and looked at his guest, whom he
found just as he had left him.
"It too bad: san I he. as he came
out. "'What a noble fellow he is, when
he s himsclt. How a man can do so, is
more than I can understand."
" Poor John ! murmured Susan. Arm
strong had ever been a warm friend to
both herself and husband, and had, on
two different occasions, saved them from
the Indian tomahawk and scalping knife.
So thev loved him even now.
The hunter anise with the first'dawn
of day, and ere he dressed himself,
he went immediately to see how his
guest fared. John was still sleeping
soundly, though the scattered skins told
that he had been very uneasy during the
lii-rht.
" I must no out and look at the traps"
said Peter, after he had dressed ; " and if
John wakes up before I get back, you d
better hs him up some warm drink, ana
get him to eat if you can. It he wants
whiskey, tell him he must wait URtil 1
come. I shall not be gone more than an
hour; so vou mav have breakfast ready
iv then.
The husliand took his rifle and went
-ut;aud shortly afterwards, the wife
wiem up her two children and dressed
'em, and the proceeded to build her fire.
After this he cut some steak from a
quarter of venison which hung near the
door, and then began to think what she
Should hx lilt fur Wr nnfnrtnn.l. .
After the exniration of atwint t.ir
annonr, jonn Armstronir omt an au,1
came out. Susan was on the point of
pia,iuK w mm, obi wnen sue looked at
his face, started back in affright. She
had never before seen eves iruuw nt
sparkle so, nor look so wild and nantW.
lii-e a-fae never heard. a-uui' teeth griad
and grate as Bis .pn.
"John I" she firmly uttered, "what's
the matter?"
He glared at her, and then at the chil
dren, but spoke not a word.
"Don't you want something to eat,
John."
He glared again from her to the two
little ones, and then turned to the door
and went out
"Don't be afraid, Andy," the mother
said, as the children clung to her dress.
"John is a good man he won't hurt
you. He's only sick now."
"But he looked at me, so mamma.
Oh ! how sick he must be !"
Before Susan could make any reply to
her boy, the door opened, and Armstrong
re-entered the cabin. He had a long
hunting-knife in his right hand, while in
his left he carried a piece of rope, or hat
ter cord. He stopped near the thres
hold, and glared around the room there
was but one room in the place. His
eyes were wild and burning, his lips
bloodless and compressed, and his hair
standing up like quills over his huge
head.
" Ye're afraid o'mc eh ? " he whisper
ed, in a shuddering, shivering tone, at
the same time throwing -he cord upon
the floor, and grasping his knife more
firmly.
"Xo, no, John," uttered Susan, as
plainly as she could speak, with her heart
thumping and leaping as though it would
burst its bounds. "I'm not afraid, fori
know 3ou -would not harm me. You
love me too well for that, don't vou good
John?"
" Love ye ! " he echoed, with a sharp,
grating hiss. " If I loved ye less, 1
might yet stay in this curseu woriu. mil
I'm a going to send you out ot it, Su
san Winter vou and your children ! I've
got to do it ! Ye must die f die ! die ! "
There were siccks of white froth upon
the madman's bloodless lips, and his
whole face had assumed a look perfectly
Satanic. Susan Winter had been at first
almost powerless, but when she first re
alized that her little ones were in mortal
danger, her mother's love liegot her for
titude. The terrible truth burst upon
her. that Armstronir was laboring under
a fit of maniaapotu! She had beared
of such thing, and she knew that the
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rum-nianiac wuum iuni ma umcti huh;
unon those whom he loved best when so-
ler. She clasped her children to her
side, and shrunk away into the extreme
corner of the room.
" Ye must die ! " the madmancd growl
ed. " I've been command to kill ye! ',
" Xo, no, John l Oh ! you could not
kill us."
"Xot kill ye! Why, what a cussed
shame to sich" varmints as you a livin'!
You'd kill me quick enough, wild-cat !
Don't I know how ye've held a knife at
my throat for years? (i it out, you she
devil! Give me the whelps! I'll take
their heads off first, and then off comes
yourn :
As Armstrong ceased speaking, he ad
vanced towards the frightened gronp.
Susan cast her eyes about, but there was
no way of escape. There was but one
door, and though the manic had left that
open, he was between them and it.
The windows, three in number, were
small, and set high from the floor, and
were guarded hy cross liars so as to
keep wild animals out. Xor was there
any weapon at hand with which to de
fend herselt. Hut ot delencc sne couiii
not think, for John Armstrong was one
of the most powerful men in the country.
"Mercy! she shrieked, as the raving
man strode tip.
"Devil! " he hissed, from lietween his
tightly set teeth. As he spoke, he aimed
a blow at her breast with his left hantl ;
but though she dodged and received the
stroke upon her shoulder, yet it sent her
reeling to the floor. But the brave wo
man thought not of pain then. The
cries of her children, sounding shrill and
loud, mingled with curses of the mail
man, arroused every spark of conrairc a
'mother can feel, and she was quickly on
her feet, one looked upon the scene bc-
lore tier, aim wnnc a siincu cry oi more
than mortal anguish burst from her lips.
she staggered a few steps forward, and
there stopped.
The manic was hv the onen door. trhin
he first stood, while little Lucy wascrnsh
between his huge knees, with the'boy was
held by the long tangled curls of the
head. The little fellow, in his struggles,
had raised his hands, and Armstrong had
them both firmly clutched with the hair.
When the mother first looked, the boy's
head Jwas bent back the white throat
upturned and the gleaming knife raised
for the fatal stroke ! In a few moments
more the woman would be childless.
"John ! " she cried in a tone of such
exquisite agony, that even the madman
staved his hand and looked up.
The mother knew that the respite could
be but a few short seconds. Great drops
of that thick foam were gathered upon
the'madman's lips, and his burned more
fiercely than bejore. If she moved tow
ards him, the blow would surely fall; and
and if she did nothing, it must fall. A
gleam of hope shot through her soul.
With a mighty effort an effort such as
men sometimes make to seem calm in
the face of death she assumed a pleas
aat look, and smiled upon the murder
minded man.
"John," she spoke, as calmly and hon
estly as though she were calling him from
peaceful quiet, "you can not do so. Let
me hold the boy, and you cut his head
off! Wouldn't that be the better way ?"
" Egad, it would," the man returned,
with great satisfaction.
"Oh! don't kill me, mamma!" the
poor boy 'shrieked. The girl waa so
crushed that she could not speak.
"You must die, Andrew! "the mother
returned, with a cold look, bat with a
pang at the heart that gaTe her pain for
months.
"Xow hold him tight!" the man
aid, ptuatBg the two little parple hands
oat for Sosan to take.
Never fear; she said no more. Arm.
atroag stood with hit back to the opea
doer,a-idaa he Kleascdkil hoklapoa
the boy's hard' she gathered all her re
served strength for the effort, and leaped
atrainst hint like a bounding panther.
ith her bowed head and clenched bands
the struck him full in the stomach, and
he fell backward upon the broad stepping
stone like a gnarled log. In an instant
Snsan shut the door, and in another in
stant she had shoved the oaken bar into
its place.
The mother gathered her children to
her bosom, and bore them to her bed.
She was almost senseless from fright,
while the girl was totally overcome by
tho cruel presure she had" been subjected
to. But ere Susan could bestow further
care upon them, tho madman had reviv
ed, and commenced to kick at the door!
He cursed and swore, and kicked with all
his might, but the stout bar withstood
all his efforts. The trembling woman
dared not speak she could not. At
length Armstrong gave up the effort,and
went away. Susan ran to one of the win
dows, and she saw him go into the shed.
Whe he came out, he had an adz in his
hand.
And now the maniac swore that cvery
head should be split open, if the door
was not unbarred. Susan WJiter spoke
not she only prayed to God that her
husband might come. Soon the blows of
the axe began to fall quick and hard up
on the door. The mother shrank away
to the side of her children, and listened.
At length large splinters fell upon the
floor of the cabin another hlow anoth
er and the bar was cut in twain ! As
the door flew o-ien, the frantic woman
uttered one wild, picrcciiig shriek, and
sank upon the bed, gathering her chil
dren beneath her bosom.
But bark ! What sound is that ? The
heavy tread of the manic then another
tread, light and bounding then a dull
sound, as of a heavy blow, and then the
quakin; of the cabin, as a ponderous
body fell uKn the floor.
"Susan! Wife!" '
She started up, and saw her hu-banil.
She put forth her arms, and pale and
cold, without power, without life, and
sank upon his bosom. He laid her gent
ly upon the bed, and then, with the cord
which was still upon the floor, he secure
ly bound the arms and ankles of the in
animate maniac.
When little Andrew could speak, he
told his father all he could remember;
but ere long Susan revived sufficiently
to relate all that had transpired. At first,
Peter Winter determined to ride Arm
strong off to jail; but upon the second
thought, he concluded to watch by him
till he had recovered. And he iid so.
On the third day the poor inebriate was
sober, and able to walk ; and having told
him all he had done, Peter opened his
door and let him pass out. John spoke
not a word, but with head bowed, and
his hands clasped upon his brow, lit
walked away.
Just one year from that time, as Peter
Winter and his family sat at supper, the
cabin door was pushed open, ami a hunter
entered. The children cried in terror,
the boy clinging to his father, while the
girl sought the protection of her mother.
"Joint Armstrong!" uttered Peter,
gazing up in a bold, frank, manly face.
" Yes, Peter," the new-comer returned,
while a convulsive shudder shook his hea
vy from-. "It is old John ; but if you
can ever lovo me again, tell your chil
dren not to fear me. Tell 'em John
Armstrong hasn't put liquor to his lips
since the day they saw him last. And
tell 'em loo, that he never will again,
while he has life and sene. Tell 'em that
Peter tell 'em that ! "
On the next night, John Armstrong
sat by the blazing fire, and the children
were upon his knees. Their mother had
told them how "uncle John "'had twice
save her own and their lather's lives, and
they forgot the terrible hour or his mad
ness, in gratitude for his former good
ness, and in the confidence which his
present manhood inspired.
- A Mm-. faallT .
rrom the Rochester Express, Msy . J
In 1856 the daughter of a Presbyteri
an clergyman iu the center of this State
who had been reared in the strict and
rigid manner, proceeded to.Xew Haven,
Conn,, to spend a month with friends
durimr the College commencement sea
son. While there, taking advantage of
the new freedom from restraint afforded
her, she carried on extensive flirtation:
with the students and was ruined by a
member of the Senior class. He per
suaded her to leave her friends and re
turn with him to Xew York, instead of
going home. Singular to relate, she ap
peared almost from choice to enter upon
city dissipations and excesses until, be
coming thoroughly hardened and de
praved, a sister came on to visit her and
persuaded her to go back to her father's
home. Instead of doing so, however,
the visitiar sister was aIo persuaded to
remain and enter upon the same terrible
life which her sister was leading. Since
then the two abandoned women have
allured their two younger sisters away
frora the parental roo, and the four are
now keeping what is known as a "tash
ionalde bagnio" between Twenty-fifth
and Twenty-eighth streets, on the ret
side of the city. A more melancholy
instance of the power of older upon
younger members of a family never
came to'notica. Parents unquestionably
sometimes commit a mistake in bringing
up their children under too rigorous regu
lations, especially if they be strong pos
itive n at are.
A little boy was advised by his father
to use illustrations in his converse when
ever they should occur to him ; " for,"
continaed the parent, " there is no more
forcible way of conveyinir or impreins
your meaning." Shortly after the boy
was DCiag iccuuvu or gcucrusui . ii"
better to give than receive, Johnny far
better. The Bible savs so, and I sav so."
"Illustrate it, papa. I think I will un
derstand yoa Better." Father could -not
see the applkatioB-
CaliJbrsia wines air imported to Japan.
Tlr lila-Seae ef its rartwr firrat lea.
Geerge Alfred Townsend has been col
lecting some facts about the disfranchis
ed rebels of the South, and of Virginia
in particular, which he prints in the Chi
cago Tribune. He estimates the whole
number of the disfranchised now at 1G0,
000, some 15,000 having been exempted
by act of Congress, and 10,000 by act of
God that is by death. Virginia and
North Carolina are each reckoned as hav
ing 20,000, Georgia 18,000, Alabama 15,
000, Tennessee 14,000, South Carolina,
Mississippi and Texas each l-,000, Lou
isiana 10,000, Arkansas and Missouri
each 8,000, and so on. He has much to
say of the poverty of the once wealthy
class of slave-holders, and believes that,
as things now are, (reorgia is the rfclict
of the reconstructed States. He thinks
that but for the accident of a few push
ing men being iu Georgia with capital,
Virginia would still be the controlling
State of the South. The only towns in
the South which have developed since
the war have been Atlanta and Itichiuund,
the latter contriving to rebuild all it
burnt district better than before; while
Atlanta, chiefly through railroad projects
nas risen troni a third rate southern town
to one of the second rate cities. In Rich
mond live three of the four richest men
of Virginia, under the new onler of
things; for it seems, there are but four
men in the whole State who have the
reputation of owning more than 8150,
000 in money, lands, or auv other prop
erty. These men are Willfam T. South
erlin of Danville, James Thomas of Kirh
mond, Joeph Anderson ot Itiehniond,
and Franklin Stearns of Richmond.
Southerlin owns a number of hrst-clas
tobacco plantations, and is a tobbaco
manufacturer. He lives in one of the
residences of the South, completed dur
ing the war, and is supplied with g:w
made upon his own premises. Thomas
is worth about 8150,000, rather less than
the Danville man. Anderson is 'worth
half a million of dollars, and he made
most of il during the war casting cannon.
Frank Stearns is a native of New Kng
hmd, and went to Richmond early in
life as a canal digger, was loval through
the war, and would never keep iu hi
possession any rebel money, but took
all the scrip he could get and planted
it in the southern lands, so that when
the war closed, and scrip was a little
worse than brown paper, he posse-ncd
all the laud of the rebels within fifteen
or twenty miles of Richmond.
In contrast with these men, we are
told. of the old Senators, R. M. T. Hun
ter and James M. Maou, who are iu
poverty, llun'cr, who is now sixty-two,
is living where he was liorn, on his es
tate iu Essex county, on the west side of
the Rappahannock river, filly miles
from any town worthy the name, pos
scsed of from two thousand to three
thousand acres of land, and yet over
whelmed with debt. Mason, who is a
dozen years older, lives now three mile
west of Alexandria, upon a farm of ""00
acres, demented in mind and perishing
iu body. He spends his time sitting iu
a large arm-chair, watching his chicken
and pig-, and dictating letters to his eld
est daughter who actsashisamauueusi-.
Mason has just enough to relieve hi.
cl using years from wants. He is too
old and too infirm to have anything
further to say about public atrair-, in
which, of course, he still takes uu inte
rest. James A. Sedden, rclicl secreta
ry ol war, lives in Goochland county,
tuid way between Clrirlottsvillo and
Richmond. He has be.n quiet since
the war, and practiced law in Ri'-hmond
and the surrounding region. Thoma
S. Bocock, now 59 years of age, live- in
Lynchburg, and suffers somewhat from
hi extravagant habits of life, in which
he i- Miid to be exceptional, as the ma
of leading Virginia iMiliticiatis were
temperate men in eating and drinking,
including even Henry A. Wise, who a
hides now in a sctiiMuitatic state at
Richmond, but is still a frugal liver. A
more important -lerson than auyof thee
is that brave fighter and capable officer,
Gen. Malione who is at the head of the
'Virginia and Southern rail road sy-teni,
a small, attenuated man, with the heart
of a lion, who is looked iijhiii as one of
the most jMiwerfiil men of the South.
He figured iu one of the most terrible
panics of the war, as for example at the
blowing up of the fort below Peters
burg, where he led the way into the
hollow created to redeem the relilc line,
but never carried a sword or jiitol dur
ing the whole war and went at the head
of his troops with nothing in hi i-octet-
anil Homing in m iiauu-. in- hum
wca-ioii was hi- indomitable nature and
determination to Ire a leader. He -was
too weak to wield a sword liad he po-
sc-cd one, and he always forgot the pis
tol. Mahone i- said to have been, until
very recently, more of a republican than
a democrat, but the continuation of par
tisan government and federal interfer
ence over the South ha- made him more
bitter than he was five year- ago. In
this resjKrct he is like a great many of hi
brethren among the Southern rebel-, we
suspect.
Mr, Mima died slnal raree weeka ago.
aa.ni
A PoaTL.vx paer has the following:
"Occasionally we meet upon the tnret
a bright eved-rosy little woman, n-ua'dv
accompanied by two children, one a fair
little girl, and the other an apple mu inn
ing urchin of six or eight years- Noth
ing extraordinary about that ; thereby
hang- a talc. At the time of thf -lf
unplcasontnc.,' this little lady's loer
wax a soldier, and wa do wn "willi Phil
Sheridan in the Shenandoah where he
lost a leg. Tho Iadv'n friend notified
her that of oiurw she would regard the
engagement as canceled, I shall do
nothing of the kind,' site replied. 'What,
marry a one-legjred man!" Of eonr-e
I'm going to; why, bless your soul, if
Uievd shot James all away and savtsi
the leg, Td kac wLorrud tLU? Thank j
heaven, be was not ml acre jto that,
James has a good cork, a good aitaatiofi;
two nice hahtM, and one of the traest
and be; little wires in christcndoM."
ftse TrMat-rtu tftM Age.
What is happening to the old men ?
According to established precedents
they should retire, give themselves to
contemplation, and leave the bu-y af
fairs of life to a young race. That may
have been the practice in ancient tittles,
but in our dav thev hold fast to work.
and rule the "w'drlif right loyally. Von
Jlottke, quite tuvenile at seventy, plans
and exe-iltes ich a campaign as modern
ages have never witnes-ed; his sovereign.
lough as oak at seventy-four, nutijhs it
on tho field its' jauntily as a young'liieu
teuatit. Von Roon, the Pru-sian War Minister,
older than either tho General or King.
directs from Berlin the marshaling ol
no-is ami gathering ot supplies. Sorare
these wonders confined to the German
side of the controversy Theirs, at sev
enty-five, flits with the vivacity of ahoy
irom one can to the other, is a negotia
tory of peace, and the executive head of
the French Government. Of his associ
ates, Diifaure, the Minister of Ju-titV, is
seventythrje; (ruiiJt, King Louis Phil
ippe's cx-.Mini-.ter, though past eighty,
wrote book- with as much precision and
force as when he occupied a professor's
chair.
In Kngland, where men are reckoned
young till they are past fifty, splendid
examples of vigorous old age have not
lieen wanting, Palnterston, Lvudhiirst
and Brougham, octogenarian-, all of
them led jiuhlic opinion in Great lint
ain to the end of their days, and died in
the harness. It is said of the first of the
three, that after a night in the Hou-c
ot Commons, lie would be seen at dav
light walking home at a pace which a
young man could hardly equal. Thomas
Carlyle, over seventy, abates nothing ol
of his intellectual "vigor; while Lord
John Russell, though creeping toward
eighty, still attends to the L liner House
of Parliament. Our own country, too,
furnishes us -triking instances of hearty
old age.
Stewart, Drew and Vanderbilt, the
money kings of this city, are old men,
as the years are counted, but still hold
firmly in their gra-p the great interest
which they control. The grave has iust
closed over Dr. Skinner, who nearly half
a century ago, was famous as a preacher
and of whom it may be said that to the
hist " his eves waxed not dim, nor did
his strength abate."
Phy-iiilngist.- tell us that, with a grea
ter prevalence of Jibe knowledge of the
laws of health, the world may expect an
increase ot the average duration of hit
man life. Are we already reaping the
fruit of this belter knowledge, in the pro
longation of the vigor of the human spe
cies ? The cases we have given are not
of an old age enfeebled, retired and bare
ly tolerated, but of age still bearing the
armor militant, triumphant, tine could
almost persuade himself that the golden
era is near, and the-e splendid example
are the first tokens of its approach.
Metftmlht.
A tatioas Ktorj.
It i- -aid that some merchant- from
IMieitici.t, once upon a time, which wa
many hundred year- ago while taking a
load of nitrate of soda by water to a
distant market, lauded upon tb- bnuk
of the river Belus. They isutlil f. no
stone-to support the kettle- on which
thsy wished to cook their food, mid ou
this account brought blocks ot the nit
rite of .-oda from their ship. L'lmn
the-e block their kettles re-ted, while
the tire beneath prepared the meal for
th hungry, travelers. It did somthiug
more than this, it incited the nitrate,
cati-ing it to mix with the -and below,
ami, as the -tory goes, the melted nitrate
trail-formed the sand into a tr.iu-parcnt
liquid, which on cooling becauie a hard,
brittle, ami traii-parent solid gla.
This, it is said, is the way in which tbi
useful -ilb-tance wa- di-covered.
But there are some things about ihi--tory
that may spoil it- value. It i ve
ry true that when snnd and nitrate of
oda are melted together they make a
colorlc and elegant gla -ometimes,
but we find that it needs the heat of an
intensely heated furnace to melt them at
all. Now it In quite iiiirea-ouable to
-iiiK'-e that a fire, in the ojien air, un
der a kettle in cooking food, should give
o great a heat an that.
The story is a very curious one, and
is told very solierly iu -omo excellent
book-, litit'chcmiMsdcov the probability
of its truth, and I wonfd not advise my
young friends to believe it.
AV-Tllic sToar.
Another story is told of the'lsnwlites,
wbo,"while captives in Kgypt, ct fire to
a forest growing iion a aandy soil in
which there were fllo licd of nitrate of
soda. The iii-enc heat, the "tory trlU
ti, incited the nitrate and wand into- a
clear and limpid stream, which ran along
the mountain loe likr water. This
liquid, cooled, became tranajBtrt-nt gl-.
The story goco on to say that tin 1 nwl-ite-,
taking this hint, afterward did par-ttt-:
what thry had done Iwfifre by ac
cident, and that in, this way the find
glaM wa made. If this try is a little
less inconsistent thin the other, it's truth
is but little le uncertain. Both may he
looked upon a mere conjectures made
by ancient wrilcm, just to fill op a gap
where history was silent.
The following advertisement of tbe
tir-t steamboat that navigate! the Hud
son, apten-d in the Albany Ovttr,
September I at, lW:
The steatnlioat North Hirer will leave
Paalea Hook, Jerxy City, on Friday,
'Sept, 4th, at V o'clock" A, W and arrive
at Albany on Saturday, at 'J o'cbcV r. B.
(tood berth and arcomav-dations are
pruvided. The charge, to each paasegcr
is a follow :
To New burgh, 93 ; tiwae-14 Isoer.
To f-ta-hkrtMt, f4; timsr 17 Fkoan.
To Kaoptta, IS; time, hocra.
To Hadson, -' SO; time, hoars.
To Alba.r, 17; time, V5 trtMra.
n-s
The Parms joamala declara, m '- of
all toric to the contrary, thai l-as
Napoleon ! now worth lfiJstaj((aB.
TraaMes af WasMagtea tatctjr.
A letter from Washington to the New
York Woriit says :
"In regard to tho recognised rolir
of etiquette of acknowledging an inva
tation to an entertainment by a call a
few days afterwards there has arisen a
dilemma lately about the proier mode
of responding to Karl de Grey's tuvit:.
tion to his reception. A- there is no la
dy living in the hoit-e occupied by Earl
do Gray and members of tb coiumi-ioit
who came from Kngland, It Was quit
puzzling to decide whether ladies might
call and leave their cards at his houso
after the reception, or whether calls oil
Lady Ihoruton and I--vlv Macdonald
would be the only acknowledgment ex
petted. As u-ual, tbe riddle has beetf
solved iu several ways; mime have left
cards far Karl de 0ny; others havir
called on the laJies just named; and
others have done both, or intend to dtt
lioth. Ktiiiuette i- otten a grievance
and a bunion. A conipliraiiau arising
from it is even now torturing the dipliH
tnatie mind. The questiou lis to who
ought to call on whom ha- never bee it
definitely settled iu Washington, ainf
vexed problems are perpetually arising.
For instance, now there is much oven-iou
fur heartburning, because it is nut cer
tainly undcr-tood whether & high Com
missioner ranks or equal- a Mini-(ei
Pleni-votentiury, and whether the witit
of a British Commisrioner belong to
the diplomatic corps, and i- ainvuablv to
laws of etiquette, or i- a di-tingui-hed
visitor who may lie a law unto her-elf.
The affair is regarded a- l" moment, ami
is capable of living, n it sometime- is,
an exciting topic fur di-eun.-ioii. The
ladies who do not consider that they
should call first on the High Commis
sioner's wife, plend on their side the
acknowledged rule that all ladies, except
the wives of certain high officials Ih
longiug to the Government, ahould, on
arriving at Washington, make the ffr4
call on them. The ladie- vrli-r take tin'
oppo-it view, hi this particular iiitatice
cite the example of '. Ihtymnt' Now,
'l Itoytnne i- Madame Gcrolt, wife of
Baron Gcrolt, who i- the Dean (or
Doyen) of the diplomatic corp, and
Baron Gcrolt, it npicar, advi-cd his
wife to make the first (tll on a Commis
sioner's wife its a di"tinguiilwstslrnnytwr.
Usually, 'lit Ihtyrnnf' established a
precedent, which the other ladW of tho
coqis follow, but her action does uot
appear tv Mdllo the present que-tioit.
However, the foreign ladies are not tho
onlv ones who tukc umbrage at not be
ing called upon ; some of the 'Senate
Indies' al-o feel keenly on the wulijatt,
and express very devilled opinions. It
is a good thing to be one of the '!,
and not amenable to the laws of oaVW
etiquette."
' te Mat asairnUaA
The Ordnance Select Committee of Kng
land in fa-ting about for improvement,
met a proio-al to lire mountain guns off
t'le buck- of mules that carried them. It
was urged that this would obxi.ite the
ncces-ily of dismounting the gun tnim
the mule'- back, nud mounting it ou its
carriage; u mountain gun could thtia
come into in tion iu fir le time. Tbi
projMis.tl was warmly taken up by the
committee, who forttuvith pnxcedi-l to
le-t il- feasibility. A mule or donkey
wa procured, and a -mall gun tniM-!
firmly to a cradle resting on the puck--addie,
so that the muxzleof llie weapon
iiointcd over the donkey'- tail. Tliaatf-
mini, so the story goes, was then let I
the mar-he- at WimiIwicIi. m-mnti:
by the committee nud everal " bigwha'
who were ultra' led by uch a novel M
ieriment. i arrival nt the butt Hs
gun was loaded, the donkey turned wtlfi
hi- tail toward the earth mound, and tli"
final preparation were m wle lor firing
hy menu of a lanyard nud friction till-1,
line of the committee, however remark--i-l
that thi mode of tiring might jMd.
bly derange the aim by the jerk on pull
ing the lanyard. A ili-ciissinn followed.
and it wn. finally arranged to fir tli
gun by a picts of slow-match tiesl to the
vent. Thi wa done, mid the match lg.
uiti-l. Hitherto the ibinkey had taluit
rather a sleepy interest In the pro-calling,
but somehow lh' fizzing of tho
match on his ba k caiol blot first. t
prick up hi car-, then to lay ihem la-k
and finally to begin to turn round. Thi
committee wa thuiidertru k, and ske
daddled Sri all direction ; the J"vrrUry
threw himself flat on bi fae, therr was
a moment of agonizing aupcn then
bang; the shot ricochctting away in one,
direction, while the wrelihcd donkey
turned a complete om?rnll in the other.
am a
Tnr. .Srt-rr Tiiat Hebou-im abb. attt
or. The young lady who rrjinswnte-I
"Gerniaiiia in the pear-c pageant in
New York J.n'l dr-o-l, after all- Th
.SfVrgive the; reliable facts tlius?
"Thr-mghout the prossioo with owe
arm she leaned iip-oi a bugs- doubios-slg-ed
aarorif, and the Other she di"'Ji
with a gesture in strwt kesrjung with U
artNlir ptdae- of brr brad. Her line fig
ure w itx-finol lightly forward- ex
pressive of constant vigilarsc-r. TfaW
U-agi- attitude Mis Dop Icr prv-rrad,
almost motion'e- for boars, while -t"fn
miles of omp and pageantry bw- -ly
w ended it way through the rrowdt'I
trps-t. Sir wore on be-r bead siap'y a
laare! wreath, and brr nerk, arm '!
and aandclrd fewt were xpuscrl to the
pfern'ne- ray of an aim sorr-id ,
which felt with asoal Terror sr ibe s-r-a-ai:
After andc-rgoinu this heat, fssarfal
faiigif, and ahuMt ends roattd of -ciunrent,
the blooming Ufy sMUssaWsl tfc
grand hail at liar Gcrmea A abfr
rooms, ate a hearty, laaalantlal pf-r,
di-aB iaaataerable jraBf lrr aoI
Rbioe wiae, astatd aatU taaaal4arir-i,
and 'wasjit feast wills tsW assy U lAw
morning. Yrs)rTxlav, wtn-ts (. 1 aw-
by tls rrpoT-trr, she eapu ns-sl atach
aarri-eai ta rwyotXit Isrr lsBla'"
The faoLiortab!- hysinaa of Carv
Ken, i Tlsosaaa Monro, who MB awas
from M f-fr-f-if-ic-ter In lVacisTMB--,ft-'.
tar- year ago.
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