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ESTABLISHED IN 1878,
HILLSBOROUGH, N. C. SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1881
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Orange County Observer,
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HAKKIS,
Hillsborough, N. C.
IN THE FIRELIGHT.
JOSKPH A.
THE OR vN'GE COUNTY OBSEKVJER la put
i-iUd .'itihe County sent of orange, and will
be ruriiHhI to subscribers fr per annum
i f for six rnontus.
A.l.'-rf-ih-uj-iitM iriortfd at tfco rale o' 11 0j
j.. i !, iiar; (W lla-s; for first lu?rlluj, atl W
c per sq'iare for ech llttuiiil tn .ertlon
I. . il Not'.i en ten cents V'-'f Ute.
An X mane tT-n'es yo'ir iubscrlptlon his
iplieJ.or is i-. ru 1 you an.- rcjK.-ctful!y re
lues ted tO Settle.
'I ;.: Editor win wjI be responsible for views
intritalned unl eiprets-l by correaj-ondeLta
A l Ircj. .ilf 1 -1 1 rs on bu-slne-i.-.to
The Observer,
Hillsborough, N, C.
. s
OfUn in the winter firelight.
While the ehr 11-voiced cricket aing ,
Slowly ri3 ihe qciet beech-wodu,
And the world U glad with spring.
hmb rs t?Line. and ah&Jowd flulkr,
But I see the violets glow,
Underfoot the brown leave linger,
And the woite anemones blow.
And my darling, in her coffin,
Lovea me aa in days of yre;
Thirty years have flowered and faded,
But the dead trief livea once more
Wild-bird call, and May floweia beckon,
And my awettueart, gone to rest,
bits beneath the swinging larch e,
With the aneAonea in her breast.
Night-winda sigh, and enow h falling;
Lut with tin light, fancies flow
Hack to Low we ldted and parted.
In the erring-time years ago.
found it ou that child November morning,
all his former spirits returning as the last
morsel went ravenlously down his tliro&t.
With a bound he was ofl down the
street, and soon, as luck would have it,
turnhag in the pennies as fast as he could
reasonably desire.
It was near eight o'clock that sameeven
ir.f and our young friend, standing be
neath the light of a street lamp, was turn
ing over in hi3 mind whether he had best
spend a portion of hs earnings in a theatre
ticket, or save it "for the morrow, when
some one lightly touched him on the
shoulder.
Turning suddealy, he beheld the ebony
visage of a
Tb SKasslan Imperial Palace.
The Winter Palace, shere the imperial
family are "at home" when in St. Peters
burgh, is a vast pile of buildiruzs, fonr.mir
a great quadrilateral. - Immediately across
a wide street is the Admiralty Palace, a
bare, white bulldmg.with a pointed steeple.
It might pass, but for its immense size, for
a New England meeting-house that had
strayed away to the banks of the Neva. The
front of the Winter Palace is rather tjro
f usely decorated and broken with bay-windows
that look like modern eruptions upon
a timewom front. The Museum is close
a rxr
lies now
Ln;
f
man m
or m a
an
few
in that,'
Vbut now
encourage them
at hand, and in the souare in front stands
youig colcred waiter, with a fine statue of "Victory," raised in honor
A Brave Revenge.
II
V.x.Y YOLIOCLVKM by making money
when it goidfii .change In offered, thereby
u.v i ki.'t piii( puv-rty norn your door, i nose
iii .UYMiy.t t.tkt- alvaitave or the od chances
r .i in iUiir in )U-y ih.it are offered, generally
ine w-altiiy, whl e those who do not lin
puvi' huch eh.tiji rs rt n;t:ii In poverty. We want
liiaii) ineu. wotnen, boys uiid tflrl.i to work for
u-rlht in theii own Idealities. 'Hie business
jMjTnoie ttian ten t!ni-s ordinary wtea.
rurnlh ati expt-n.-Ue outllL and all that you
i. tree. Nu one who'enaert falls to make
iu(jny very rapily. ou can devote your
whole tim to the work, or only your fcpare mo
ineiits. Full lnforinaUon and all that la needed
nt free. Address TlNON it CO., Portland.
Maine.
.M AHMS1III 1H71.
EDWARDS, BROUGHTON& CO.,
I'UIM EKS, BINDERS AND BLANK
1 1 H ) K hi A N U FACT U K EHS ,
RALEIGH, N. C.
Our Mollo: The beat work at th
toet poMvlble prices.
BOOK AND JOB PRINTING.
It Is aearcely necessary fur us to say we are
t-etter prepated tor work In this line than any
office in the state, for our work is known
thn UKhoui North Carolina. Hut we wlhh to
call attention to the fact that our facilities are
Mich as to enable us to compete with any house,
N rth or south, in krod work and low prices
We have the H- st Hook and Job Presses. The
Largest Variety of Material. 1ho most com
p'.ete Assort nn-ut of Tapf-r. Employ the most
otnpetent Workmen, and therefore rarely fal1
or giving our patrons perfect satisfaction.
HOOK BINDING AND MANUFACTURING.
We rcMnd Looks cf every kind in the nf atest
it le of the art.
BLANK BOOKS
it every s'.e
Ui rt notice.
and quality, made to order ox
We have a complete Bindery In charrr of a
Ihon UK'hlv coinp'tent man. Hd ord l ooks,
Id. kiK. index Hooka. Ledgers, lay Hooks, c.
niHdc at New ork prices.
send us our orders and we will give ycu aat-
ftadorj jot)s and price-.
: iw.itiK, UKotviiTon a co.
HAI.F.IUll, N.
"John Thuuias," said a beautiful young
lady, as she threw up the sash of the win
dow at which she was standing, 'tell that
dirty boy to get off the stoop at once."
John 1 hoiuas the livened footman, who
was arranging the mats m an eiegani coupe
before the door, at once moved toward the
loy in obedience to hi? lovely mistress
command.
But the boy, evidently a boot-black,
spared him the trouble by rising at once
and walking slowly away.
He was a poor, emaciated, forlorn-
looking fellow, with his clothes hanging
about him in tatters, and his bare toes
peeping through the wide cracks in his ill-
mated shoes, but he bad as much pride in
his humble way as the .lair lady at the
plate glass window had in hers and there
was an unmistakable look of wounded
dignity on his begrimed face as he turned
it for an . instant in the direction of the
speaker. j
'I'll not soil their stoop ; with my rags
airain," he thought, as the clear, cutting
tones ceased, and the window slid softly
down to the sill.
But having readied the next pavement
beyond, he paused and auain turned his
e es to the' ludy's face.
She was extremely beautiful, reminding
him of one of the bright prints he had
been wont to admire at a down-town book
sellers, and for some moments he feasted
his eves on the charming picture before
him.
"A cat may look at a king,"' was his in
wartl comment, ana irammr against a
neighboring lamp-post, he watched until
she descended the broad stoop, entered the
carriage and was driven away. Then with
a sigh and shiver, for it was a cold, windy
morning, he slowly shullied away.
It was some years ago, before boys'
lodging houses or other hospitable retreats
were thought of,! and like many another
boot black and news-boy of the perith;
when without means, he was compelled to
hud food and shelter as best he could
On this mormng.he had arisen with acbV
lug nones irom me interior oi au empty
hogshead, where he had managed to pass
the night, and after taking a long look at
the rolls and coffee he could not buy, had
wandered, he scarcely knew how or. why,
into the present aristocratic locality.
Hungry, tired and cold, he scarcely had
the spirit to look aU)ut tor another ib:
but midway down the block he espied two
entlemcn engaged in conversation, and
with an effort he quickened his steps to
ward them.
"Have a shine, sir f ' he asked, glancing
up at the eider oi the two, a stout old
gentleman faultlessly dressed and carry
ing a gold-headed cane.
But a cool "Clear out !" accompanied
with a wave of the goid-crustcd stick was
the only reply.
"Those young rascals ought to be sup
pressed by the police as a nuisance,' he
whom he had a slight acquaintance.
"How are yer, Sambo?" he asked pat
ronizingly. "Oh, berry 'well, tank'ee, but Fze in a
power! nl hurry, and I cum over dis way to
hnnt srtnie pusson to do me a favor."
"All right, shady. Then I'm the one yer
alter. How mnch yer goin ter cuv ?"
"Jnst one shilling an' it's only to tote
a note to a young colored lady dat libs wis
some white folks a piece up town. She's
actin' in the pacity of chamber-maul, and
her name am Sophrouia Johnson."
"Well, give us the change an' the let-
S5
Outfit ont free to tnosf wtiO w.sn 10
nroniable tunnies known. K very
tMnL'iiew. ai'itai not reauired. Wo
mii luruMi tou rverythinc. $10 a day ara up
wards is eaMlv made wtih.'Ut sta.Mtg away
Irom tv me ever u'.wrht. No risk whatever.
Ma' v new workers wanted at one Many ardt
liinkin.: forunu at the business. Ladles make
much an men. i-ni young boys and lrls
aiike trreat rav. No one wi,o .s l.linc to work
raus i mak': n.ore inonev f tery day than can
: made in a wee at ny ordinary employment,
I'h. se wh.i t iik'hw'e at f.nca will Kn l a slort road
lofortaie. Addre-s H UALLtTF A CO., l'tri
.u.u !, Maine.
YOl'U PORTRAITS
- XKCC l'Kl IN THE KINLST STVLH OI
I rayoi Drawlnr.
al; Mie. and ei:t tKst pa'.dcn rc'l'r or frimed,
jj t-spre-s. Prices "according to lze, ranging
"ruin i and i$ for xlo inch portrait, to .5 and
i.v tor r.fe-siie. All that is neees-s.ry is a good
.uou raph or small likeness to work from.
"aiisfaction Is alwaj 5 guaranteed.
Adlre-if,
Kl .i:.K L. UAUBIs, Arflat.
Chapel Hill, N.C.
WM rv umt-.t rarnlsLed
V-A-VJ t ruction -for co
frff. with full in-
ondu. t;nc the mort
i ;, Uuie buiir.t s ttat any one cau engage la.
Mru.itior.s art- bimple and tda'n. that any
one can u-nke great profit from he ver start,
o oti- can tail U iS willing to work. Wocfa
a e a buccc-sjiful men. lvovs aiid girls can
tarn large ?u:a. Maiij- have oiade at tne busi
Lis over i lc huadreu dollars in a single wrek.
Nothing .ike it evet knewn before. All w no en
fcaKe are surprised at the eai? and lapidlty
w.tu which they are able tom-ke money. Wu
.au engage m iai iu.ine.- during our t-pare
time ai great rront. You do not Lave io luve.-i
lap.utt in it. w e lake all the risk. Those wba
ncea ready money, should write to us at once,
au furnished trte. Addres TUI K a CO.. au
a'Uta. Maine.
heard him remark to his companion as he
turned aw a v.
At another time he would have returned
the old gentleman's opinion with a sarcasm
as cutting as his own, but now he was
quite too discouraged and miserable to re
ply, am., sitting down this time on the
curbstnne, gave himself up to his own dis
mal thoughts. . '
"Mitzht have know'd better'n ter come
over here among the swells anyway," was
his inward comment, but it went nj
further, for he was now accosted by a big
countryman, who in his home-spun ng
looked fully us out ct" place on the avenue
us the yung boot -black himself.
That a K"h t-bluckin' arrangement,
ani't'it?'' said the man, nodding at th." box
and brush.
The boy ucnMed in return.
"Weil, then bub, you up and gloss my
shoes, will vouT''
This bub was only too glad to do, a faint
smile Ilium: over his face the while
lu a few imuutes the "covhides' were.
as the owner declared, "all right, and
burveyiug tliem complacently, he fumbled
into the depths of his great pockets for the
chance.
"You're wliat tfjey
hsxt -black, haint yluf"
"Zactly. -
"Tiien byJimifjy! Yer a poor speci
men uv the crait; look as though you
hadn't tasted cow pesh in a month,'"
"Yer right there, lss; no more I have."
"Thought so," was the rejoinder, "and
here's fifteen cents fur ter buv vour break
fast." "You are a bully cove," was the l.y's
reply as he pocketed the money; "when
you ccme this way agin Til shine you up
for uothin'.'
fifteen cents at such a time was as good
as a fortune, and away tped the boy to
purchase a breakfast,
Then is nothing which j-fleets so di
rectly on the entire system aS a ood
breakfast, particularly when there is a
strong north-easter send its icy breath to
the very marrow of one's bones.
And so the kuight f the blacking-brush
call
a perfesthunal
U r, an 1 m oil. '
"Whew!"' exclaimed the boy, as he
staited oil with the letter in his pocket,
and the directions in his head. ,4Tlie verv
I house they druv me from this mornin'.
Wonder if the nigger 'ill order me off the
stoop. . "
As the youmr "colored tremman" had
said, it was "only a piece uptown"' the
house being on Fifth avenue, just above
Sixteenth street.
But as the boy neared the corner of the
street, a piercing cry of "Fire! Fire! '
reached his ear; hurrying on to see from
whence it came, to his amazement, it
proved to be the very house to which he
was bent on his errand as letter carrier.
The tire alarm had been sounded, and a
crowd was rapidly gathering before the
door, and in among them the bot-.llack
was soon standing.
lu some way the fire had gained a head
way be fore its existence had been discov
ered, and the flames were darting up
ward through the wide halls and into the
second story. The staircase wras wrapped
in a wreathing cloud of smoke, and little
flame of crimson liglit appeared in its
midst, and on the pavement just be3ond,
Blood a gray-haired man with clasped
hands and a face stricken with terror.
Our young friend recognized him at
oace. It was the same old gentleman who
had told him so gruffly to "be off" that
morning, and in an instant he took it a'l in.
That he was the.fathtr of the beautiful
youg lady he had seen at the window, and
that some one was perishing in the flames.
"My child, my pet!" he was saying,
piteously, to himself, then turning excited
ly to the gathering crowd, he exclaimed in
tones that sounded above the dim of the
approaching engines, and the hum of the
murmuring throng about him:
"A hundred dollars to the one who will
save nm grandchild ! Who will save my
grandchild ?"
"I will!" responded a shrill voice at his
side; no other than that of the poor boot
black ot the morning.
"You are only a child," he began--
But the boy, pointing to the twirling
flames above him, interrupted hastily.
"Tell me where the child is, and for
God's sake be quick.'"
"In the second story back, in a little
crib."
"Some of you fellers boost me onte
that ledge above the parlor winder!" said
the boy to the gaping bystanders, "and
I'll have it down in a twinkling. ''
Quickly they did his bidding, and in les
time than it takes to relate it, he had
clambered to the front chamber window,
and effecting an entrance, disappeared
amid the chokirjg smoke that was fast
filling the room-
He soon found the crib, and taking
the little sleeper in his arms, wrapped it
up head and toot in a blanket he tore from
the rosewood bedstead at its side.
Then pulling off one of the sheets he
endeavored to tear it into shred, but in
vain; it was made of the strongest and
fisest linen. Tlis knife, however, Was in
his pocket, and hastily whipping it out, he
cut it into a number of strips.
Then tying them together by way of a
rope, he fastened it about the middle of the
child.
"Here it is': he shouted, aud at on:e
proceeded to lower the child iuto its grand
father's outstretched arms.
A great cheer sounded up from the mul
titude below, and the firemen, seeing the
precarious position, ran for a ladder. But
every instant the danger increased, and he
could now. feel the seething fire almost
catchiug him in its merciless embrace.
"I must jump!'" he shouted and a hun
dred hands ieached out to catch him as he
gave the leap.
But with all the eagerness of those be
neath him, they missed their reckoning and
he fell heavily to the ground.
Tender hands raised him, but there was
no recognition in the still white face.
A deep gash across the forehead pointed
to the most serious wound he had received,
and, without once openiag his eyes or giv
ing the least sign of consciousness, he was
borne to neighboring hospital.
It was many days before he recovered
his sense weeks before he could walk.
But whec this stage had been reached he
was the recipient of ga d tidings. The
hundred dollars, which set me 1 a fortune
in his inexperienced eyes. was certainly
his; but better than this was the news that
the parents bi the chui he had saved in
tended to take hi? future in their charge.
Since, he lias Ixvomea man of high po
sition and unquestionable ability, and,
whenever he is asked how he came by the
scar on his forehead, his answer invariably
is; "I received it wUx 1 was a boot -black
and 1 call it my revenge."
of SuvarofL But perhaps as strikmer a
statue as any in the world is one near the
St. Isaac's Cathedral of' Peter the Great.
He is on horseback, the horse rearing high
on its hind legs, and only the hind eet and
the tip of 'ihe tail touch thj? pedestal of
rough rock. The statue is more than life
size, and its wonderful poise is given by
the tail, which weighs 10,000 pounds.
Probably the portions ot the Winter
Palace most interesting to those who are
allowed the privilege of visiting it all, are
the rooms of Peter the Great ad the jewel
room. In the former, everything that the
Russians have been able to gather of their
greatest ruler has been preserved. There
are his working tools, his old clothes, frag
meuts of his work in Holland and at home,
and the furniture he had in his Dutch cab
in. There are lLtki hints and ideas given
by the fragments of the manpersonality
that give one clearer views afx nis indomi
table will and resolute courage than can be
gained from any books. The jewel room
is a rare sight nothing else in Europe
equals it. Ihe jewels in the Tower in
London are so arranged as to give the most
unsatisfactory kind of opportunities for ex
amination, even to those who are admitted
to a "private view" and as for the multi
tude who stuuitie over each other's heels in
a vain attempt to keep up with the high-aud-mighty
beef -eater who acts as guide on
public days Heaven help them; they can
learn no more shout the Tower jewels than
about a list year s bird s nest. The jewel
room in the Winter Palace is a large, light,
ference can it make to
t race: sco whether he d
years, eh t"
"mere may be somet
sant the Journalist, musnbglv,
i j . . . r "
uuw uo you manage to
tr
"To let go t Why, we just give them a
quiet httie hint, as it were. 1 rush in a
coffin on em, set it up right where they
can see it, while the doctor he sits on the
foot of the bed snapping his watch and tel
ling "em atxmt angels and the high price of
flour and thing?. Just coaxes 'em right
-Y'ou don't say?"
"Oh, that's nothme.' rejoined the mu
nicipal mourner. Vf a business man
doesn't show a littleterpnse and snap in
this town there isnniuch show for him,
you can depend on it. .Now last Tuesday,
for instance, 1 was driving the dead waon
up Market street, and just as we got to the
corner of Third a man on the sidewalk fell
down in an epileptic fit', and stiffened out
as straight as a poker. The crowd thought
he was dead, and as soou as I saw that 1
jumped off, slammed him into the wasroa
and drove up to the Pacific Medical College
at a '2:40 clip. Ran over a small boy near
Tyler street, but didn't have time to go
back for the body ; more's the pity. The
dissecting class had just met when I got
there. You lee Kd been trying to get them
a subject for three days without succes?.
'Hello, Mac,' says the professor 'you're
just on time. We were afraid you were
going to disappoint us.
J'You didnTactuallv
"Oh; but I did, though. I just rushed
the body right in, got my coiu. and lit
out."
"And tltey really cut up the poor manf"
said the writer, with a shudder.
"Well, no. I believe they had only
jabbed into him once or twice when the
corpse sat up and began to swear like a
pirate in the fourth act. lie seemed
annoyed, kinder ; and nearly killed one of
the faculty with his own knife, I under
stand. After that he got up and walked
out, and is now suing the city for the loss
of his big toe or an ear, or something. The
sawbones were perfectly disgus'ed, and
agreed always to start by cutting the cada
ver s throats after this, so as to make sure.
Twy CilrU
and a Kvotrr.
airy room. The magnificent crowh, with
a pigeon's blood ruby larger than aii-cgg in
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iv piaeeu uuojl uitaai-uiu. viusvuj ia i me 10 iciuin ine money paiu me I .now, i iresh shrieks.
In as avenue residence on the South
Side two yoilng ladies happened to be left
alone with only the female help. Brother
George had been away for tome time, but
was expected back daily, when pa was
called suddenly to New York on busines.
so the tony mansion was left without guar
dians save the two young ladies aJoresajd,
two female helps, and the nondescript ca
nine. Everything waa lovely; their little,
reception had passed off in the plea&antest
manner possible; and the pretty way in
which the young host as had played her
part had considerably thawed out hep rather
dilatory lover, notwithstanding the icro
weather abroad. The plafe wa all care
fully put away in pa's drevung-room, ia.
the strong box, snd the fair ones wore
about retiring to their own snug nests when
the viv.ior espied a revolver on the dreaaing
table.
La!" she cried, "suppose burvlars come
to-night and find that pistol! they'll kill us
with it!"
"Oh my, ve!"
"WLat shall we do?"
They excitedly consulted, at last it waj
determined that they should both sleep to
gether tor mutual defense and put the pas
tol under the bed. 1 his was done. They
disrobed and retired; quiet crept over the
mausion, where all seemed asleep: Sud
denly a white:-robed figure arose out of txd,
looked at her sleeping companion, reached
under the bed, and, carrying the pistol ia
one hand and the lamp in the other, de
scendedito the parlor, aud, placing the pis
tol carefully down iu front of the stove, re
turned to bed with a sigh of relief.
Along among the wee small hours George
who had returned from Xtw York, and
had been around town with the boys, came
home. He went into the dining-room, lit
the gas, heljK'd himself to aglaiw of whisky
irom the sideboard, and stepped luto the
parlor to warm himself by the stove. I lis
foot touched, something, which, with an
imprecation, he vigorously kicked.
Jiaurf!
He sprang ten feet away.
A succession of wild shrieks pealed from
the floor uboye.
George rushed up-slairs, three steps at a
time, and on the landing ran against some-
the sceptre, having the great Russian dia
mond iu its head, a gem weighing VJi
karats. Around the room are precious
stones in such abundance and of such size,
that one ceases to regard a diamond of less
than oO or 40 karats as worth looking at.
The collection of pearls, too, is said to be
the finest in the world, and as one looks at
rows upon rows of them, varying from the
sfte of peas to the size of plums, it seems
hard to realize that they are the costly
things theyr are.
The Emperor's private railroad train is
one of the other marvels of the capital; not
that it can always be seen there, but that is
where it belongs. It consists of 17 separate
coaches, made in general appearanee like
the ordinary Continental coach. As a rule
the train makes up with eight or nine of
them, containing the personal coaches,
dining room, kitchen, etc., of the imperial
family, i'ive ot these are so opened at the
ends and joined with flexible joints as to
make one continuous coach, and this por
tion contains the sleeping apartments, dress
mgrooms, dining-rooms, etc, while the
remainder is devoted to the memlKjrs of the
suite, the servants, light baggage aud the
kitchen. The heavy baggage is sent for
ward in other coaches, but as they are all
decorated alike on the outside, the con
spirators who exploded the mine near Mos
cow bad no means of knowing that they
were Duly blowing up the Czar's coats and
trousers instetd of his sacred person. The
coaches are of a dark green color outside,
ornamented with Only a moderate amount
of gold except at eachv corner, where the
double-he - I' d eagle of the Russian arms is
conspicuou . displayed. The saloons of
the continuous coach are upholstered in va
rious elegant materials, each apartment be
ing in a distinct styieas in a nouse. me
coaches were formerly the property of the
Empress Eugenie, ofl-ranee, but when she
went out of the imperial business they were
bought at auction lor the Czar.
what do you think of that fcr nerve ? I'd
see 'em "
But, as a boy came running in to say
that there was a runaway in the next street,
Mr. McFinn put on his hat and rushed out
with au eye to business.
Who
ar.
you."'
shot?'
More Iiuine! Depression,
"The fact is," said old Johnny McFinn,
the city undertaker, "the fact is, there
isn't any money in planting stiffi for the
corporation nowadays ; nothing like the
good old times, I assure you. I've about
made up my mind to give up the contract."
.Harried Teopie Would be Happier,
If home trials weSe never told to neigh
bors. J .
it they Kissed ana made up alter every
quarrel.
If household expenses were proportioned
to receipts.
T r' . f
il, they tried to be as agreeable as in
courtship days..
If each would tty to be a support and
comfort to the other.
If each remembered the other was a hu
man being, not an angel.
If women were as kind to their husbaud-i
as they "were to their lovers.
If fuel and provisions were laid in dur
ing the high tide oksummer work
If both parties remembered that they
married for worse as well as for better.
If men was as thoughtful for their wives
as they were for their sweethearts.
If there were fewer silks and velvet
street costumes aud more plain, tidy house
dresses.
in puuiic, and more common manners in
private.
11 masculine bills for fancy Ilavanas and
feminine ditto for rare lace were turned
into the general fund, until such times as
they could be incurred without risk
If wives and husbands would take some
pleasure as they go along and not degen
erate into mere toiling machines. Recrea
tion is uecessary- to keep the heart in its
Y'lace, and to keep along without it is a big
mistake
U men wou'd remember that a woman
can't be always smiling who has to cook
the dinner, answer the door bell half a
dozen times, and get rid of a neighbor who
has dropped in, tend to a 6ick baby, tie up
the cut hnger of a two year old, gather up
the playthings of a four year old, tie Up
the head of a six year old on skates, and
get an eight year old ready for school, to
say rothing of sweeping, cleaning, dust
ing, etc A woman with ail this to contend
with may claim it as a privilege to hk
and f el a httic tired sometimes, and a
"Hulloa! What's up!
"Uh, George!"
"The deuce! but who fired the
"The burglars.' ,
"Where?" .
"Down stairs."
".Nonsense; lucre's uo one down ther.
But go to bed and I'll see what's up."
lie returned dwn stairs, lit the caa iu
the parlor, aud looked about. He soon
noticed thej revolver lying on the tloor.
picking it up, found one chamber empty
aud still smoking. However dull he might
have been on coming in, he was now fully
bright, aud quickly concluded the bunrlar.
the explosion, and the object kicked were
all one.
But why was the revolver there?
lie went ui-stairs knocked athhi Bister's
door, and was received b both girls tn
elegant wrappers,
"Here a the burglar; but how did he get
from pas dressing-room .to the parlor
stover
"Oh, "George! 1 put it there to keep it
from freczingf"
"W hat do you mean" by the good old
times j " said the pencil-parerr sitting down word of sympathy would not be too much
on a four-bit conin. J to expect from the man, who during the
"Why, the good old stock-speculating 1 honeymoon, wouldn't let her carry a much
days. 'I hose are the times when trade
booms and everybody feels good. Why,
even as late as tne last Ata deal, last year,
there were as many as fifteen suicides a
s a sunshade.
week, to say nothing of four speculators
who dropped dead on Pine atreet the day
of the break."
"Flourishing times, eh ?'' '
a ei . i xhouid smile, nowadays it is
ail different. Since the sand-lotters have
been squelched nearly all the paupers and
tramps have gone away, and don't fall
into a charity cadaver corporation plant,
you know once in a month. iow, with
only $0.4o a piece for burying ,'em from
the" city, aud say $15 a head from the
medical colleges, there isn't much show to"
keep a wife and family ; now, is there i"
"You don't sell the bodies to the saw.
bones, do you!'
t . n ft . T
Untiling.
It 16 important tD recognize that the only
virtues of water as used by the bathers are
two namely, its value as a cleanung
agent, and as a surface stimulant. In this
capacity it simply acts as a medium, affect
ing the temperature of the part to which
it is applied, or which is immersed in it.
Right views of the fact in reference to thij
matter are important, because there can be
no question that some persons overrate the
uses of cold water, and run considerable
risks in the pursuit of them. Every bene
ficial action that can be exerted by a bath
is secured by simply dipping in the sea, or
a very moderate affusion of cold water,
except in cases of high fever, when it is
desired to reduce the heat of the body by
prolonged contact with cold, a bath of any
considerable duration Is likely to be injuri
ous. Then, again, it is necessary to re
cognize the risk of suddenly driving the
blood from the surface in upon the organs.
The "plunge,' the "J p' or "shower,"
or "douche," is intended to produce a mo
mentary depression of the temperature of
the surface, in the hope of occasioning a
reaction which shall bring the blood back
to the surface with increased vigor, and
almofl instantly. If this return los not
Lake place, or if, in a word, retineat of the
skin is not a very rapid consequence of the
immersion, it Is impsible that the bath
can have been useful, and in nine cases
ut of ten whjn the surface ia left cold or
white it doe harm. The measure of value
is the redness which ensues promptly after
supposed, says Dr. J. j the bath, and this reaction should be pro-
tha. animals could not I duced without the need of much fricliyo.
r-ure at Cireat Sea Depth.
It was T
Gwyne Jeffreys,
exist at great depths in the sa because
of the great pressure to which they would
be there subjected. Mr. Moe!y, in his
lately published work states that "the
pressure exerted by the water J&t fireat
depths is enormous, and almost beyond
comprehension, it amounts roughly to a
ton weight on the square
1,C",0 fathoms of depth, so
incli
V.
"Weil, ahem,
some way, you know,
that the business has
anyhow. Of course I
a man has iit to
t.
ve
But the point is
gone to blazes.
all
have
tay they do all
None but & fool is always righS.
ne-vs, and
"Don t
to
"To hurry
though.
the regular
they can to work up busi-
try
lor every
hat at a deptii
of 2,500 fatltoms there is a pressure of two
ton and a hall per square inch of surface,
which may be contrasted with the fifteen
pounds p;r square inch pressure to which
we are axtlsiomed at the level of the sea"
from the weight -of the atmosphere. But.
as Ir. Jeffreys remaxka, it ru-ist be recol
lected tliat water is nearly incompressible,
and that marine animals which are tur-
arraogement with the hospital, and i must J rounded by such fluid, ad are to a certain
extent filled with it, would not cecari!y
be iiKsonveniericed by tlx? s u it r.ncumbent
or the bath is not worth taking. The nib
bing employed to recover the circulation
lost by the balh would probably have d .roe
more good without it. Another fcfftct of
the bath when it act j properly, is to stimu
late the nervous syrtem, through the vast
-cries of iu terminal fibres which ara dis
tributed in ihe skin. In this way also the
tctsou must t-e very rapid, or it u nut tlS
ccioua. Unless the vigor of energy is
juickly caLed out, the agent is useies ;
ad if it produces either drowsiness or de
i res:on it acs mischievouaiy--aiid lowers
the power it i iateuded to stimulate and
augment. Bathers should heir tkesd
lacts in mi od, and be warned by them not
uot to trifle with an agency whkb. if tt is
a A of value, is worse than uselew, sid
au scarcely fail to do hsta.
mean to say you
actually
do,
up patients I I just
Why, cot, I should like to know?
A person can die but once, and what dil-
weight. Yet it is a singular and, as jjt,
imexpiaiaed fact that animals brought cVp
from what may be called, in these days of
deep sea dredging acMevmeiita.jnoderte
depth, are invariably loundto W dcL
The paijae ol the Coercion bill
nds Ireland girrUoae-l by an ariavf
0,30 officers and men, ilVi horse and
.Hid 72 sjuni. This enormous military
rec is distributed all ever the couu-