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VOL. XXI.-NO. 42.
PAW PAW, MICH , FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1875.
WHOLE NO. 1083.
AN QUI lloVs I.AMKNT.
I hruin my utrxkliattn tin knob
Dm taa rhntui r do r.
Ami bopM to have It 1.1. iy lilli il
Ah iu th ilayn ol yore.
1 tlnnk .t is iTii)tf tlilWBt
QU S:mtv MNbM no more-!
I'm satS I likf my iiairty-lioni
Am wi 11 bh when ;i boar,
Aral I ooald rkU t botbf horse
Ami Mow it triuuit n.
Nor do I y t ih my mvM if
One itingli youthliil joy.
I am not aMJSSf oM ! Ill fnUf
I'm yoi. up. r BOW HUM when
Vpem it taiii liattw- ft Id
1 IUmjM my mimic men.
I'll; ilst an fond ol (tag! f IHipi
Ami i-ooki. h, now as thru.
I n ally think it hi too bad,
For whoa i go to mo.
With roltk in MOd st. Bichoaw,
Th r- is not rYn a trn-
Opapriagliif through Um potior floor,
Ai, th N wui wont to be.
W04 hav- DOOOffM of aOSMSSt toj?,
CM UinlJtt, bftila ami ofartn.
Ami all tin1 nulily WOI0B tlollf,
With tiw u) ii tin ir In-aiU,
Who wm it to wmk footttoooly
From out tin ir tiny bodol
QOOd Santy hax dOM rtrd me
FOt lliiVH nf lOMOf Hl.f,
AadtdMNagk I Ibtah it trory hard
To mips th' old inrprioo,
I I r!iaii-. who knows ? I am too old,
And Nicholas is w ise !
MY (I1K1STMVS RBTBNGB.
I do not think there is any need of my
explaining how it happened that T, who
when Lorn had expectations of quite
fair fortune, should have found myself,
when womanhood oems, obliged to earn
my daily bread. Bat so it was; and in
one of the large tewing machine empori
ums (no matter which one) of a leaning
American city, I held a position as a
teacher for several yean,
My duties were Very monotonous; but
I used to extract considerable amount
of interest and amusement! while engaged
in giving instruction, from learning the
histories and they were very varied of
my scholars. If the proverbial cup oi
ten unlocks the female tongue, I found
that a lesson n bus machine, and initia
tion into the mysteries of setting needle,
winding a bobbin, and regulating a ten
sion, were even more conducive to com
munioation. J do not wish to appear
egotistical, but 1 must confess to quite n
power which I seemed to possess of gain
ing the confidence of my pupils, through
my habit ot taking an interest in them ;
also that I was very fond of SU "owet
true tale;" perhaps some malicious critic
would call my propensity by no higher
name than female curiosity.
Even now, though time has brought
its changes to me, and 1 no longer haunt
the old familiar places, I often find my
self recalling one and another among toe
many romances and stories in which I
figured as an interested and sympathetic
listener, and occasionally an unsuspected
actor.
The present recollection always comes
back foment the Christmas time; find,
therefore, when the season rolls around
Sgsin. with its merriment and ch er, its
mistletoe and holly, its written and un
written tragedies and comedies of life, I
feel like recounting it to others,
The position ol instructress brought
me almost entirely in contact with mv
own sex. Sometimes 1 had a male pupil
one of a mildly mechanical turn, who
would wish to become familiar with the
B&aohine, HO as to be able to assist some
wife or sister; but the instruction -room,
as a rule, was usually quite free from
frequent visits i f the sterner sex.
During the fall of a special year I be
came conscious, however, that a certain
Mr. Harry Lee, a gentleman whom I
knew to be an ultimate acquaintance of
one of my employers, and whose face
was quits well known to all in the estab
lishment, began to occasionally drop into
my department and look on during in
struction hours. He was very pleasant
and gentlemanly In his manners, and
gave as an excuse for the interest he took,
that lie was a born Yankee, and there
fore very fond of inventions.
Although there were other teachers, I
discovered that he Ungated most fre
quently in my vicinity, and seemed more
interested in my conversation than that
of my companions. 1 was young at the
time) and no doubt had the usual desire
of my sex to please. I felt flattered,
perhaps, at his ri ipeotful attention, and
took particular pains to make my ob
servations On "what I knew about sew
ing machines " as intelligent ns my lim
ited powers permitted, Ss soon became
a frequent visitor, and sometimes when
business was dull would linger and con
verse on other subjects besides the tech
nicalities (if the trade. I found that he
was well educated, had traveled consid
erably in his own country, and knew, as
they say, " men and things." His inti
mate friendship with one of the firm
prevented any remarks as to the fat
quency oJ his visits; and he made the
additional apology for possible intrusion,
thai ht was very much nt his leisure
and B metinit m thought of connecting
himself with the busmen. I must ad
mit that I was quite interested in him,
and felt pleased when sometimes he
would bring me soaas) favorite book aboul
which he bad conversed and Slfltltngod
views, or ask my opinion on some maga
zinc article that was engrossing public
attention. I had never given thought
to his relations in life whether he was
married or single; he had simply been
to me n pleasant episode among my daily
labors; and the flash of his blue BVet
and frank smile when he was saluting
me, I i't first considered as merely among
the other usual incidents of my tlaily
life.
It was during a somewhat extended
conversation, one day, some weeks after
our first acquaintance, that the thought
flashed BStOtl my mind that he had SSI P
trouble and was unhappy In connection
with his atl'ections. His opinions of the
female sex, I discovered upon probing
him a little, were not very enthusiastic or
hN oli rd. Sometimes, when speaking
of marriage and its relations, I thought
his remarks rather cynical and bitter;
and onCS or twice he criticised some of
my young and fashionable pupils wry
a verely, seeming SO have a very poor
opinion of them as to their usefulness as
probable wives and mothers. I natural
ly always defended my sex; and once
when I laughingly expressed my belief
that if 1 SVer should MS the woman d. s-
tin .1 to be his wife, it would no doubt be
one of those same petty, useless, fashion
able creatures against whom he railed
so bitterly a look ol pain pasted across
his lace, that set me to thinking that I
had touched a sore spot in his experi
ence. We became very good friends, eventu
ally; indeed, I am afraid that should I
eoness to the truth, we indulged t little
Li harmless and pleasant flirtation, 1
know that I was always pleated to sse
him; and lam sure that he often lingered
beside me in a manner savoring a little
of devotion. Still this was only on the
surface; and I grew more and more
certain, from a melancholy flint often
possessed him, that there was some se
cret connected with his domestic life of
an unhappy character.
At hist, from an accidental remark of
one of my employers, I discovered the
" skeleton in his closet." He was a I
married man, but separated from his
wife, I think that I felt a little pained
at the information and I certainly could
not help the OOlllntSt of my manner
when next I met him. He saw the
change, and asked with his eyes for an
explanation, though not with his tongue.
Had he taken the latter liberty, it is very
possible that I might have told him, ami
then this story woidd never have been
written ! As it was, a few hours thor
oughly calmed me; showed me some
thing of the imprudence of which I had
been guilty, in making so close an ac
quaintance with a man about whom I
Knew literally knothing; and rouseu all
the woman within me, in pride and a
dim Suspicion of revenge.
That revenge was much nearer than I
could possibly have dreamed ; and un
like most revenges, no sorrow is entailed
by the recollection. But of that anon.
Following the discovery, the lirst thing I
1 did was to enlarge it by ascertaining
particulars how, is a matter of no con
tequenoe in connection with this story.
What I additionally discovered, however,
is Of consequence.
He had married a pi tted, wayward,
beautiful girl the only child of wealthy
narents, who had bv injudicious man-
Bgement fostered every weakness of her
character. He bad formed her acquaint
ance and married her after a short court
ship, while on a visit to her native town,
and aft- r a few months removed to the
city, where he now Jmade his residence.
He had brought her home to the house
of his mother, who, with her sister, was
of the true New England type. They
were thorough-going, practical women,
notable housekeepers, slightly Puritani
cal in their beliefs, and holding very
little sympathy with youth and imxperi
enoe. The young wife was impulsive,
unused to discipline of any kind, care
less, ignorant of any habits of industry,
but warm-hearted and afl'ect innate. No
doubt a very troublesome relative to the
staid, methodical women with whom she
took up her residence.
Unfortunately for the wife, also, her
husband had been taught SO look up to
his mother and sister as the best of
women, and had loudly faucied that
When his new treasure came under their
control all those little weaknesses, of
which he had soon become aware after
marriage, would be cured by their ex
ample and advice. Hut his sanguine
hopes were doomed to early disappoint
ment. Instead of Lis wife growing
docile and yielding she became more
willful and intractable, rebelled with a
high spirit against any rule, ami looked
upon her husband more as a companion
with whom to enjoy the amusements of
fashionable society, than as a helpmate
and friend with whom to pass through
the trials and cares of hit
had I kind heart and warm
Still she
affections;
and had more love and sympathy been
exhibited in connection with efforts to
change her habits, and less cold, severe
eXSCtiona shown on the part of her hus
band't relatives, the event might have
bstsl better fot all. At last oat usual ,
result followed. Quarrels became of
frequent OOOUrrenoe ; estrangement grew i
up Pet e n husband and wife ; and it
WSJ only a year after their marriage that
the young wife, one day, after a passion
ate outbreak and most unhappy scene
with her husband, left his home and re-
turned to thai f In or parents. Here she
w, is not 'idy received 1 ith open arms,
bwt condoled and sympathised with to
her great injury a divorce proposed,
and all chance of reconciliation de
stroy ed.
Buck WM tht painful story, as I gath
ered the particulars no rare one in the
world, I am quite aware, and yet sad 1
enough as embodying the wreck of two
lives. Perhaps a knowledge of the
whole softened my pride toward Mr.
1,' trifle, though it by no means cured
mv Hounded self-respeet or put memori
al ante with myself. What more ac
quaintance might have followed is un
certain ; perhaps none whatever, under
the changed conditions j nor have I the
clearest idea how my revenge would
have b D accomplished, had I not been
favored by new and unexpected circum
stances. It Wat in the month of December that
one very cold and blustering morning a
lady was ushered into the instruction
room by one of the sidesmen. She was
a young and remarkably pretty woman,
as I discovered at the first glance, and
dressed vary becomingly in the prevail
ing mode. The usual remarks that "she
was afraid she would be stupid," and DM
reassurance that I had taught pupils
from 12. to so in age, and from Irish
Xorah to the Hon. Mrs. Highflyer in
position, passed between us ; and then,
after feet were comfortably warmed, and
gloves removed, the lesson began. Upon
the raising of her veil, as she a at d her
self, I discovered that her beautiful
brown eyes showed traces of recent fears;
and several times as the lesson pro
gressed an unconsciously drawn long
sigh or soi proved very plainly that she
bad lately passed through some strong
emotion, and that nature was kindly re
storing the equilibrium.
In the course of the lesson, tl a day,
she told me that she was married and
the mother of a little boy somewhat OVOI
a year old. She hinted at trouble in
connection with her marriage relations,
and of lets news that had caused the
est night to be ipent very unhappily.
She seemed low-spirited, and deeply
ashamed of her ignorance as regarded
idl knowledge of sewing or the construc
tion of the simplest garment. I snoour
aged her told her that patience and ap
plication were only necessary, as she
showed very good natural abilities anil
would learn easily. Bat she replied sad
Iy that she was afraid that those were
virtues she had never cultivated, nor
even until lately deemed at all necessary.
She assured me that I could form no
idea how useless and helpless she had
been. She DSC never
her mother had never
liked to sew, and
wished her to do
so, telling her that there wi re plenty of
poor people who would be glad to do
such labor instead. She hoped I would
not laugh at some of her no doubt trilling
and silly questions, as she had never
evi n made a garment of any kind in her
life not even a little one lor ht r baby .'
I laughed good-naturedly ; 1 could not
help it ; and told her that she took too
severe I view of her dclicieiieies thai
there were plenty of Other ladies just
like her ; but she said, smiling a little
mournfully in return, that if I knew how
bitterly she had lately begun to under
stand what an uneducated woman in
useful matters she was, and how incon
venient she had found the position, I
would not wi nder at her desire to do
better.
The first lesson was succeeded by
others, for several days following, dur
ing which I learned that she had been
married between two and three years j
that she had always before her marriage
led i gay ami luxurious existence, per
haps because she bad never known of any
otlier, la r part nts being fashionable but
terflies ; that she had passed thrOUffh I
great Borrow, oeen very sick when he
babe was born, and was DOW just begin
ning to appreciate some of the realities
Of life. She confessed that it was when
recovering from a sick-bed, and among
the new and strange feelings that came
with the birth Of her babe, that she
had awakened to the truth, and listened
to the promptings, always before ignored,
of her more practical nature. That it
wa.s through the advioeofa kind friend,
who had been with her through her sick
ness, that she had purchased a sewing
machine, the friend believing tnai it
would be a good beginning in her florts
to do something useful.
All this my new pupil did not tell me
in so many words, but it was the sub
stance of what I gathered by dsgTOtt.
I was very much interested as usual i ;
and one day, as she was leaving, OSSUally
remarked that her husband wss no doubt
pleased at her progress in masu ring the
mystery. Then I heard what 1 had-al-mOSt
before suspe.'ted, as with tears fill
ing her eyes she said that she hail no
husband in one sense that she hud sep
arated from him that it was her own
fault an act done by herself in hot an
ger and rage, but now bitterly repented.
She indicated that there were others to
blame, but did not excuse bstSelf ; and
said that she had spent, the night pr i
OUS to the day on which she had taken
her first lesson, in great grief from learn
ing that be was very toon to sail for
Europe, and the thought that they would
tin n be utterly and forever separated
had nearly driven her to distraction,
I felt vary sorry never more so for
any numan being ; her repentance was
so sincere and her SOtTOW SO hopslsSS. A
dim suspicion had been creeping through
my mind during this last relation, that I
had heard a story something akin to this
before; anil as she was about leaving I
reminded her that although we were well
acquainted as ti acher and pupil, I had
never yet heard her name. Apologizing
for her remissness, she handed me I card
as she left the room. I will not say that
I was very much surj.rised, for t had
half guessed the ooinculence by intuition
when I read on the card I held in my
hand, 44 Mrs. ( Iracie Lee. "
Yes, it was Harry Lee's wife who had
been my pupil : A great many itrSTtge
feelings were at work within my breast
during the next ten BUUUteS. I bad DOT
seen Mr. Lee tot some time; he had
avoided the instruction room a course
of OOndOCt for which I had been thank
ful. I had heard nothing of his inten
tion of going to Europe, and felt sure it
must be a new project, very suddenly
thought of. And why Had my actions
snytmng to do witnitl I fan sorely
distressed before I had done thinking
out the whole matter; and I might have
been even more so had I Hot possessed a
resource always so dear to women and
children that of doing something.
Now ski rest of this is going to be very
brief. On my bed, that nigat, tht de
sire to 44 do something," lioru Ol the n--ity,
took practical shape, and I saw
my way to my revenge on Harry h. . .
Dickens' Christmas stories were then fl
the height of their popularity; I had
been fascinated bv them, and to their
influence and that of the approaching
holy season perhaps my plans wi re
chiefly due. I hope my itunginnry
blushes may be spared, wht n 1 say thai
to accomplish it I tOOkOOOasioa to throw
DQVSeli into Mr. Lee's way (f course by
apparent accident), ami that within a
week I had won him back to the instruc
tion room and the renewal of our friendly
OliatS, though at such hours (late in the
afternoon) that there was no chance of
his meeting his wife. That I never la
in. red harder with any pupil than with
that willing but nervous little lady, to
enable her rapidly to become not only
proficient at the machine but to SB m so.
Tin n that I progressed by making an
appointment with Mrs. Lee, On some
excuse as to my convenience, at 4 o'clock
08J the afternoon before Christmas
Christmas Eve at a very early stage of
the anniversary,!, and meanwhile gained
a character for benevolence by telling
my companions in teaching that they
had better go home early and thus enjoy
the gay sights and sounds presented by
the streets on that ft stive season. And
then I crowned the whole by making
another appointment with Mr. Harry
Lee, for the same place, half an hour
later, having in view the necessity of
bringing him unexpectedly upon his
wife at the very moment when she should
be sewing away at the top of her ability.
Once upon a time I kept an extraor
dinary bug that I bad captured, under a
glass tumblt r, for days, to see the change
bv which it would become something
else. It effected the change one night
when I could not see it. and I was 'left
1 very little wiser thau before. And 1 know
not much more about the meeting be
tween Barry Lee and his wife, over the
sewing machine, that evening before
Christmas; ss (confound it I I felt myself
obliged to leave them alone together iust
at the interesting moment, ami they had
made it all up before I thought it proper
to return !
However, I had my revenge. Mr. Lee
(I wish to be understood and believed
on this point) never flirted any more
with me, however mildly 11 never no
more." He went to Europe, but a little
later, and took his wife, leaving his little
sou with his notable New England moth
er, who was sure to take good care of
aim though she might not permit him
to romp too hilariously, They were kind
enough to believe that I had been of at r-vu-e
to them; and I was the recipient of
certain rings, one of which Harry Lee
gave me With what I thought was rather
a conscious look, and the other of which
(a ie Let gave me with no shamefaced'
ncss and I hearty kiss.
I saw them together, and at home
again, in a pretty new home Over which,
taught by some mistakes in the past, the
wife was sole mistress, apparently very
happy, the next Christmas; and 1 think
that Mrs. Lee, under some sort Of idea
that she owed the recovery of her hus
band to her tewing machine, looked upon
that useful article as ipeuiefl of good
fairy, and her seat at it as a place of
refuge, and aiways was to be found sew
ing when things went ail crooked in the
household.
My after acquaintance with them, at
all events, ahowed that the indolent, use
less, and self-willed wife had become the
busy, useful, and gentle one; and that
the husband, who had begun by mis
understanding her, had come fully back
to his senses, and grown much wiser at
to the quality of the woman with whom
ht had been intrusted. And something
of this, if not aU of it, was the result ol
a little flirtation nipped in the bud, and
ot My Christmas Revenge. Al'liiu .
a tiandCar Trip,
The Eargo (D. T.) Timet bat this ex
traordinary story : 44 On Tuesday last L.
J. Rank, of La Crosse, Wis.: Father
(ienin, Catholic Missionary along the
line or the Northern Pacilie Hailroad ;
Chariot A. Morris, of La Crosse; H.
S Hague, of Standing liock, and H.
Hodge, of Bismarck, wished to go east
from Bismarck. The stage had left on
Monday, and would not go again for a
Week, Which would delay them too lone
to meet engagements' in the States.
They thought of a hand-car, and then
ahuaderingly considered the job of
pumping 'JIM' miles. They Anally con
cluded it could and must be done, and,
after getting permission to take the car,
they bade adieu t the good people of
Bismarck and started on their journey,
with full stomachs ami light hearts,
happy with the thought thai in three
days they would bring up at Hi adquar-
ters Hot l, at Fargo, a utaanoe 01 100
miles, where they could rest a day before
seating themselves iu the Comfortable
coaches of the Northern Pncilie, and be
whirled along their journey. After being
out a few hours and getting pretty tired,
an idea suggested itself which proved a
blessing during the rest of the jour
ney. .Mr. KUSS hail an A teni, ami
with it thev made a sad, which relieved
them from the hard work of 'pumping,
ami gave tin in leisure to view the objects
of intert st along the route. Old BoteSt
proved to have a better supply of wind
than they did themselves, ami they
bowled along at a speed that sometimes
made their hair stand on end, making
the distance from Uismarck to Eargo in
seventeen and a half hours an average
of nearly twelve miles an hour. Mr.
Walker, the operator here, informed the
opstatOt at liismarck of the time of their
arrival, and the quick trip excited gen
eral astonishment among those who urr
posted on the beauties ol hand car trav
eling generally."
Tnr. following card ia published in
the Cuthbsti 1 ( a. i Mi i a ngt rs "Notice
Ongsnd after this dsts the undersigned
gives notice that he will prosecute
any person selling him intoxicating
liquors Of any kind, to the full extent of
the law. This is not for the purpose of
injuring whisky dealers, but to get sober
and Atay so. L. H. Orouby."
A ROMANCE' Ot THE SKA.
j A riin ky uinl I'rt'tty l.lttle Woman---
I BajBStawa Dajrt in a ISaaJl Baal Anld
Yewpeela, Snow ami Him ky IhIch.
tYaai tin-sun Sjeaetoco OasosM.
On the steamer .Mikado, which arrived
in this port on Saturday last, came ('apt.
droves and his wife ami two children
one a babe who have had a most re
markabls asotfin from the never-aatiwfled
'. jaws of old oeoan. All that human beings
' could Buffer, endure and live fell to their
unfortunate lot, The Captain and his
wife are both comparatively young, and
look sufliciently careworn to have borne
the burdens of many more years than
i have yet rolled over their heads. The
lady is small, delicately formed, and yet
plucky, Of courageous, and full of aui-
1 mation when detailing the thrilling ad
ventures through which she ami her hus
band hat passed. On April 20th they
left Antwerp for i 'allao in the ship Albeit
Gallatin. They had a prosperous voyage
for three months. Hut Aug. 2d, off
Cape Horn, M degrees south of 7'.' le
grees west, a heavy sea struck the ship
and carried away the rudder at about
j 10 o'clock, p. m. Then for fourteen
days every effort was made t i replace it,
but the weather Continued severe and
the rough winds and waves tossed the
rudderless ship to and fro like I cork.
And all this time, as the heavy seas rolled
over the vessel, every soul on board w as
continually drenched, so that not one
Of them WOte a dry garment for two
1 weeks. At length, Aug. Ifitb, the over
1 washed ship was found to lie within two
1 niih s of the Idlefonao Islands and drift
ingon to the rookt. Immediately all no
board the unmanageable vessel were com
pelled hastily to abandon her, which
tiny did in two life-boats at about 2
a.m. The Captain, his wife, twochil-
dren and Ave seamen took one boat, and
the remainder of the crew the other, and
the latter have not been heard from
since. After all were in the small boat,
the Captain's brave little wife rushed on
; to the ship and snatched the chronom -ters
and charts and brought them away
safely. The life-boat soon filled vith
water and was well-nigh swamped
beside the ship. The boat got away with
sixty pounds of bread. But this was
sa; m ated with salt water when she filled.
Th( y brought away no fresh water, and
; for two days were without a drop while
driven about by the hoisti reus wavessnd
; seeking a landing-place. August 17th they
got on shore on Hermit Island, but the
six days they remained there it thunder
ed and lightninged ami anOWecL and WSt
j ho c.'ld that they were little better ofi
thau tin the o:ean. The rocky isle was
barren, uninhabited ami desolate.
August 24th they left this island, hot ing
1 to make Stateii Land, some hundreds of
I miles distant, but near the Straits, of Le
msire, through which, vessels often pass.
They were out but a single day, howev-
er, when the sea became loo heavy for
, them to proceed and drove them back
Into Scour neld Hay, on Herscheil Island.
But the sea was so rough they could not
land, and had to stay in the boat all
night. Everything was wet, and they
had to bail constantly to keep the boat
from going down with them. That night
Wat very sold, and tht; canvas over
their heads froze stifl. They could
not Ue down nor sleep, and had
to sit in a stooping position, which Mrs.
Groves did with her babe on her lap, 1
while the snow on the awning pressed it
down so low and hard upon her head
that her attitude was anything but eotn-
fortable. Next day they navigated
around this island and landed on Wellas
ton Island. While on these black, bar
ren and rocky islsnds they often found
it difficult tO get a tire, and sufleled in
tolerably from the cold. Here they
found t little wild celery, which they
mixed with their salt H i soaked bread
and preserved meats, which they bad
served in small quantities. The daily
allowance of each one was but a couple
of ounces of this BOarSS fare, which WSS
warmed altogether, ami each OUS took a
spoonful. There were nine souls of
them in all. Tin y remained in this dis- i
treating condition until the following I
Tuesday, when they again started for
Stateii Land, with alight wind from the
southwest. At midnight tin ij wife be-
aimed an hour or two, after which the
wind freshened from the northward.
Next day it blew a gale from the north-
northwest, and m the evening the temp
est became so nei ce tin y Were obliged
to make a raft of their oars and lash the
boat to them and let her drag, while they
Were kept constantly balling. Tiny
again lost all the fresh water on board,
the boat filled and dssttojsd all their
provisions, and aln
to her husband
44 1 guess we
time." That night
( troves looked up
and said, sadly,
are gone tins
thev drifted back
about t rty miles
from the land they
V t day was more
were approaching.
mod- rate. Some of the men fell asli :
: on their oars and lost three of them. Hit
in the heavy seas, whenever a wave came,
they Were obliged to pull for life. AftCI
a Week of such voyaging, the Captain'
wife one day saw I ship. They pulled
for her, but were not observed. The
day following, about .'t p. m., they saw
an islam' about twenty-five miles oil'. At
T p. m., they sighted I vessel ai d made
for bsr She proved to be the ship
Syren, from BOttOfl to Honolulu.
The shipwrecked wanderers had SOW
been afloat or on frozen islands i r
eighteen days, in all of which time they
bad never had I change of garments,
having lost everything when they aban
doned the ship. When they wen taki n
1 on board the men were SuttOSt blind.
All were nearly starved, and one snikaT
was out of his'miml. They had to be
raised oi board has ship, and not one of
'them could stand or walk, their knees
being almost stifl ami their strength
nearly exhausted. Yet during all those
eighteen days of dreadful tuflaring M s.
(i roves bad managed to BUSS her 1 aba
and preserve both its Ufa and her own.
: Capt. Newell, of the Syren, was ex
tremely kind to the sufferers, and they
say words can neither portray good
ness nor express their gratitude. When
they reached Honolulu, some of the
good people there cared for the VUl
STB, and the Mikado brought them to
our city.
The Heine IKntor.
t HIL11LAINS.
The best application in the world for
frosted feet or chilblains is to pour iph
its of turpentine i r coal oil on the s4o li
ings and In the boots. Almost imm di
ate relief is given.
i-iMi-nns.
Pimples on the face usually indict b
some defeet of nutrition or some error
in food Many persons, on the adoption
of a wise and reasonable diet, become
for the first time free from pimples;
therefore, instead of doctoring them with
medicines, you should look well to your
habits of life, improve your digestion,
wisely regulate the diet, and keep the
skin active by proper bathing, and much
life out of doors. Few people, i tpe-
cially women, appreciate the good effects
of outdoor life, unconstrained by tight
dresses.
TO AVOID iTTSTTiSaSTrSSt
If you wisii to sleep well, eat Sparingly
of sarly suppers. Avoid all arguments
or contested subjects near night, as well
as any train of thoughts rehearsing inju
ries, even if real, as allot" these are likely
to have a bad efl'eet upon a person who
is apt to be sleepless at night. Avoid
hamg too much company. Many per
sons become so excited with the BUM ting
of friends that slssp departs for a time.
There ia probably nothing better, aft) C
cultivating a tranquil mind, than exer
cise in the open air. By observing these
simple rules, sleeplessness, in the ma
jority of instances, may be wholly cued.
WANTS.
Warfs are very troublesome and dis
figuring. The following is a perfect
cure, even of the largest, without leaving
any scar. It ia a Frenchmani prescrip
tion, and has been tested by the w: ;N i
Take a small piece of raw beef, ste p It
at night in vinegar, cut as much from it
as will cover the wart, and tie it on : if
the excrosonce ii on the forehead, fasten
it on with strips of sticking plaster. It
may be removed in the day and put on
every night. In one fortnight the WI I
will dis and peel oil. Tin tame pj -
aoription will ours corns.
HEAKTY 1IUKAKKASTS.
In a large majority of cas a, say1 tilt
Journal o Healtht it will be foui d tl at
the best and healthieat meal of the day
should be eaten in the morning. H the
closing repast of the day hat not bet n
eaten too late, or has not been excessive
hi quantity or indigestible in quality,
the stomach will be rested snd active w
the morning alter the individual has en
joyed t coo! bath. The stomach will
then respond quickly with the necessary
gastric juice for the solution of food,
and, If a fair amount of exercise is tak( U
during the day, a large mass of ft od trill
be assimilated and converted into blood
and tissue. With a good, substantial
breakfast no great amount of food will
be required during the remainder oi the
day.
HOW TO TREAT Wot NO-..
Every person should know how to In at
i flesh wound. Every one is liable t(. be
placed In circumstances away from surgi
cal ami veterinary aid, where he may save
his own life, the life of .'. friend 'i '
beast, simply by the exercise of little
common sense. In the first place, close
the lips of the wound within the 1
and hold them firmly together to i hi ck
the flow of blood until several ttitches
can be taken and a bandage applit cl.
Then bathe the wound for a long tune in
cold water. 44 Should it be painful,'' a
correspondent says, "take a panful of
burning coals and sprinkle upon them
common brown sugar and hold the
wounded pari in the smoke, in a min
ute ox two the pain will be allayed, and
the recovery proceeds rapidly, in ny
OSSe I rusty nail had made a bad wound
in my foot! The pain and nervous ini
tation were severe. This wss all removed
by holding it in smoke fifteen minutes,
and I was able to resume my ret ding in
comfort. We have often reoooimendV i
it toothers with like result. LtSt WSt k
oue of my men bad a finger-nail torn t u.r
by a pair of ice-tongs. Jt became v. . y
painful, as Was tO ht expected. Held b)
sugar smoke twenty miuutes, pain ceased,
and promised speedy recovery."
Tt nEMovc postmen bombs' ncm ; i r-.
EVE.
A medical correspondent of the Lon
don Lam I makes a suggestion which
may prove useful OB emergency to tOBM
of our readers. He says :
44 In consequence of the difficulty 1
expert need in removinn from a patient
a portion of steel imbedded in the c r
hm. which did not vield to MDUd or
tieedle,
1 le.virne
some other meitt ot removal
neoeassrv. Dry, soft white ri .
waste suggested itself to DM, and WSS
wound round a thin piece ot wood. Ml
to b napletely envelop the and. Tmt toft
application was brushed once backward .
ana forward boriaontally over the part of
the sofnsn arbors tht foreign lubstsnoa
ItaS fined. To my astonishment, it w.. t
i nice entangled by the delicate but strong
meshes of the silk, and was withdrawn
with
saim
the greatest ease, caught by Ibt
A gentleman, iu turning steel at
a lathe, suddenly felt that a portion had
enter .1 ins eye, Ba went at obos to a
surge, n. who, with the most skillful
BBSBs niattlffl. failed to extract the same,
saying it would soon work out of Hself.
The next morning the patient saw ml
having stiffen d severelv since tht1 iti ci-
dent, and on the first applicatiui the
j iortiou of st el was extracted."