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BY THE NIGHT PEOWLEE3 HUEIr
IH G STOUES AT HOUSES, SOAR
ING THE SERVANTS.
And Making tlie Niglit liklecus
When Will it End? Sev
eral Arrests.
Nocturnal outrages have become
too common to excite much comment
or surprise. The r I'i .is continue to
naint the town red 1 iheir own pe -culiar
anddubolical way. It ii the
same old story the room of a servant-girl
or cook entered a a late
hour of the night, a pistol or razor
presented, screams, . threats
of killing, more screams,
the master of the house aroused in
time to see the ruilian run away, and
prolonged screams.
It is certainly a singular circum
stance that r ot a single one of thesa
brutes has been harmed. The States
man has time and again spoken of the
necessity of keeping hrearms, in order
to give them a warm reception, and
yet, night after night, they keep up
their attacks on the serving women,
with the utmost impunity. Their
luck in escaping, so far, has not been
the result of any lack of reckless
ness. At 4 o'clock, yesterday morning, the
i-esideoce of Mr It. W. Finlay, who
lives j -..-;t north of the Governor's
Mansoi , was invaded by a big
black IlIIow, who went to tne
room occupied by the cook, and
demanded to be let in. Mr. Fmlay's
room looked out on the servant's
apartment, and being awakened by
the noise he went to the window
where he had a fair viaw of the intru
der, as the moon cast a bright light
over every thing outside. lie yelled at
the fellow to leave. He should have
poured some lead into him, but unluck
ily had no gun. The gentleman sought
his bed. but was not long afterwards
aroused a second time by the outcries
of the cook. The audacious scoundrel
had come back a second time, and
tried to effect an entrance.
Tn ROWING STONES.
At Mr. Donnan's, residence
on Lavacca street, not far
f rom Mr. Finlay's. a huge stone
was hurled at the kitchen window
shattering the sash and smashing the
glass to atoms. A big white hat wa3
picked up in the adjacent alley next
morning.
. The next episode was at the house
of Mr. J. M. Brackenridge, at 4U5
"West Mesquite.
This gentleman was awakened by a
noise in the yard, and, looking out,
uaw his cook, an elderly colored wom
an, engaged in a struggle with a burly
negro. The woman was clinging to
him with desperation, but at some
noise made by Mr. Brackenridge. he
freed himself from her grasp and fled,
leaving his coat m tne hands or tne
cook. A rusty black hat was also
picked up near tha scene of the strug
gle, in the coat were z.ao in money,
a knife, drink check and sev
eral other articles. This feP
low also came back and instituted
a vigerous bombardment, both of the
room of the woman and of the main
house, with rocks. The cook said the
fellow had got into her room, demand
ed nv i - y, and threatened to kill her,
whtu i .e jumped up caught hold of
him. .
SOME SHOOTING. '
Many people must have been arous
ed between one and two o'clock by a
rapid discharge of fire arms on Itio
Grande street, near its intersection
with Fecan. This time it wa3 at the
residence of Mr. J. II. Uobinson. Some
outhouses occupied by colored wo
men were visited, window panes bro
ken in, and the inmates frightened
nearly to death. Their screams
aroused the " family. Mr. James D.
Sheeks fired a couple. of time3 at the
retreating form of a man, and "lied,"
a hackman who lived near by emptied
his pistol at another one. Neither of- the
shots took eifei t. Mr. Sheeks thinks
the man fired bai-'k once as he ran off.
The home of Mr. Lawrence, on West
Mulberry, did ujt escape the gang,
but here again the intruder gotott,
Several other places shared a similar
experience., but it is monotonous to
recount them all.
! " ARRESTED.
It will be remembered that &
couple of hats, a coat and its
contents were found on the premises
of Mr. Brackenndge. The contents
were identified and claimed by Dock
Tobin. a colored barkeeper of the
First Ward, yesterday. The white
hat also belonged to him. The things
had been stolen from his house.
Later in the day. Sergeant Chenne
ville arrested two negroes, Andrew
Jackson and Henry Wallace; suspl
cion pointid to them in connection
with the performances of the pre
vious night. Charges of vagrancy
were prel erred against both, it is
thought that while they may have
had something to do in the deviltry,
that the main perpetrator Is still at
large. In the mean time, the advice
is again-proffered to everybody:
Keep loaded firearms where they can
be got at handily
U razor, he threatened to Lilj her if buc
screamed. Just at this time two
other colored women came in the yard
and seeing the open door called to.the
woman inside. This scared the fellow
who rushf d out past the women mak
ing vicious cuts at thtin with his razor ;
as he went by. His strange appear
ante caused them to cry out and the
noise awoke Mr. Orlando Caldwell,
who lived in an adjoining house. He
sua ched up a pistol and rnunicg out
into the yard saw a negro man trying
todivtst himself of a woman's dress,
and was actually cultiug iff the
sleeves with the same instrument that
he threatened to use on the woman,
Mr. Caldwell took deliberate aim, but
his pistol missed fire he had forgot
ten to loud it. The rascal then leaped
over a fence into an alley and disap
peared. The mutilated garment was
found next morning with blood stains
on it, which suggested that its wearer
had cut h mself in trying to cut off
his unaccustomed attire.
AltO UNO AUaTlM.
Get the agun.ob! serving girl.
And keep it b thy bei.
Take aim up n the rullan
And fill him full of ieial.
Messrs. Tip-, Searcy and Dibbrell
have reeemd their commissions as
Penitentiary Commissioners.
The flowers in the Capitol grounds
are daily plucked by childish hands
with as much confidence as if they
grew at home.
Mr. F. DeCordova has been appoint
ed temporary admioistiator of the
estate of F. Everett, dt ceased, with a
bond of 810,000.
When it comes to lading the air
with perfume, one Austin pole-cat
can offset the fragrance of half a
dozen flower gardens.
Abe Fear 3on (colored) was pent to
the penitentiary for two years for
burglary and not rape. He will be
tried for tne latter offence later on.
fctono on another, dug canila through
its ruins to burry it undtr water, "and,
as he says in his annate, overthrew it
evtn more than wes done by the
Deluge." Delitzsch's reconstruction
has been tffected by means of the
three mighty heap of ruins "recently
investigated by tne eminent English
archaeologist Hormuzu Kssam,"
with thf aid of the cuneiform litera
ture and the accounts of the Greek
writers.
Do
Advice to Mothers. jur3. "Wins
low's Soothing i-yrup should always
be used when children are cutting
teeth. Ic relieves the little sufferer
at once; it products natural, quiet
sleep by relieving the child from para,
and the little cherub awakes as "bright
ns a button." It is very pleasant to
taste. It sooths the child, 3oftens the
gums, allays all pain, relieves wind,
regulates the bowels, and is the best
known remedy for diarrhaia, whether
arising from teething or other causes.
Twenty live cents a bottle.
The matter of appointing a financial
agent to look after the claims of Texas elements. The difficulty ot
against the United States Government bining with the combustible
tor frontier defence wnl hKely be
postponed till the accounts are pre
paid. A darkey named Samnson and a
white man named Nessick, got into a
rough and tumble fight in a West Fe- ;
Gan street store, near the postoffice I
last night. A policeman arrested both j
and "vanked" them to the cooler. i
A lady dwelling in the Eastern sub- j
urb3
Remarkable Invention Hi at 'Will
Away With the Use of Coal.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
During the past few days there has
beea on exhibition in this city a re
markable device that is destined to
c.uise a revolution in the matter of
fuel, and if a.s successful as it now
promises to b?, will do away with
wood and coal for heating purposes.
It has long been known that water
contains great elements of combus
tion, and it has been the study of in
ventors tor years t utilize tnese
com-ele-
meLt or the water the car
bon which is wanting, and which is
esenti:il to combustion, has never
been overcome until r. cently, when
by D. E. Uangp, an inventor of Bos
ton, was fortunate enough to make
the discovery .
His contrivance is an inexpensive
one, andean be placed in any stove,
HEW3Y XOTfSS
From the State Departments-Charter
Ocpoeit f apitol Syndicate A ur
inal Prln-ipa'a, lite., Etc.
Thy Treasury receipts yesterday
were $26,000.
Chartered: The Queen City Lum
ber Company of Cass County.
The laws of the K ineteenth Legisla
ture are ready for sale and distribution.
They comprise 173 pges, and will be
sent by mail for 30 cents per copy.
The Capitol Syndicate has received
to date 448,000 acres of lands as in
stallments. They are buying large
numbers of cattle, and will enclose
lands with wire fences at an earlv
date.
Lieutenant Governor Gibbs drew
S91 on leaving for his home, that being
the amount of his salary while acting
Governor.
The Auditorial Board is somewhat
divided as to the necessity, of appoint
ing an agent to be sent to Washington
(jity i or trie purpose or collecting tne
indemnity due the State for frontier
protection. One of the Board thinks
all that is necessary is to have
the accounts taken to the
National capital and presented, which
might be done by some member of the
Board with no other cost than trans
portation. The pay is 33,000 and
one-half of one per cent, and all the
money collected. Senator Fope. oi
Marshall, Hon. A. M. Taylor, of Red
River County, and Hon. Columbus
Upson are candidates for the place.
with the chances,' it is said, in favor
of Upson.
lhe following charters have been
filed with the Secretary of State:
Sons and Daughters of Moses, a society
organised at La Grange; McCulloch
County Land and Cattle Company,
with a capital of S250.000: Williams
Cemetery Company of Collin County.
-tv j.cw ujd ogu me list oi princi
pals and some of the towns selected
for holding the Normal Schools were
given. The following gives both as
lately pertected:
"WHITE PRINCIPALS.
J. R. Cole, Orange: J. N. Gallagher.
Henderson; Mrs. Willie D. House,
Hallville; F. M. Johnson, Danger
field; J.E. McGuire,SulDhur Springs;
js. li. bmitn, Tyler; N. T. Burkes,
Will's Point; Mrs. Tom Sligh. Crock
ett; G. S. Storrs, Trinity; J. R. Dean,
Galveeton; Mrs. N. C. Breeding,
Weimer; W. II. Russell. Bren-
bam; E. P. Deckard, Gidd
ings; J. E. Dow, Rockdale;
j. T. nana, uorsicana: li. stanberrv.
Terrell; John Collier. Denton: J.M.
Carlisle, Sherman; u A.Bryant, St.
Jce; Mrs. Ed. S. F. Warren, Weather
ford: T. G. Harris. Cleburne: J. E-
Rodgers, Waco; Smith Ragsdale,
Georgetown; W. C. Rote, San Marcos;
G. M. Lasseter, Legarto; H. C. Prit
chell, Uvalde; A. C. Carnes, San An
gelo; Isaac Gillespie, Albany;
P. V. Fenny backer, Meridian: A. H
Wilson, Dodge City.
colored principals.
J. II. Carnes, Montgomery: L. C.
Anderson, Calyert; ChamDion War
ring, Marshall; O. J. Anderson, Jef
ferson; J. M. Terrell. Sherman: J. R.
Stokes, Waxahachie; F. H. Mabson,
Richmond; W. T. Fnilips, Luling; S.
II. Smithers, Martin; W. L. Gordon,
Austin.
range or heater, it consists of four
of Austin was astonished on smit!1 Pf eaLQ connected oy smaiier
1.1-rino. tn v.or w 7-on flh miiirino- ! pipes, xneae pipes are cauea tne
tiite the other day, to see a huge black burner,
. . J . ... .. la 'j cm
snaKe sucKing tne teats or ner iavonte
Jeisey cow. On her approach, the
reptile glided off and has not been
seen since.
A summary of the mail matter de
livered and collected by the carriers
of the Austin post ofiice for the month
of April is as follows: Delivered
registered letters, 156; mail letters,
47,117; mail postal cards, 7,698; local
letters, 1,565; local postal cards, 2,404;
newspapers, etc., 37,052. Collected
letters, 26,868; postal cards, 5,010;
newspapers, 3,343; drop letters, 675.
The Missouri Pacific and Interna
tional Railroad Companies nave set
apart a room in their immigration of
fice, in this city, for the purpose of ex
hibiting the products of this State.
Any person having minerals, grain,
fruits, vegetables or other natural ex
hibits, by sending the same to Major
J. C. Lewis, the genial immigration
agent of the above roads, will have
them placed to. good advantage
and shown to prospecting parties
who come here with a view to locat
ing in Texas.
A poor, dejected-looking woman, ap
parently about twenty years old, sat
on the Court-house steps. She was in
a delicate situation, and without
money or friends. She told a gentle
man that she lived near Taylor, in
Williamson County, and that her
step father was the author of her
shame. She wanted to go home, she
said, to confess everything, and a few
gentlemen taking pit on her wretch
ed condition, helped her to leave Aus
tin. If her story is true, the heart
less wretch who ruined her should be
invited to leave the country.
Poor Mamie Madden, the unfort
unate woman who has been spoken of
more than once in these columns, has
laid down her burden at last. By her
death three little children are left ut
terly alone in the world. The oldest
is a boy of three, and the others
twins a boy and a girl, not over two
weeks old. Mamie Madden was a
woman of refined looks and apparent
ly had seen better days. Perhaps
some childless couple might see fit to
adopt one or more of these little or-
pnans. lney can be round in tne im
mediate vicinity or the city hospital.
It is believed on good grounds, that
the negro man who entered Mr. Cal
laway's house the other night and
threatened the life of his cook, with a,
razor, is an insane negro called "Old
John." lie was put in the asylum
some time ago on account of similar
exhibitions of lunacy, but wa3 dis
charged not long ago. It is also
thought that he had a hand in the
outrageous attacks made a few weeks
ago. There are certain circumstances
that go to confirm the correctness of
this theory. But, sane or insane, be
fore long the killing of some cf these
prowlers is an affair quite likely to be
chronicled.
In one corner of the room
is a small tank which contains two
compartments, one side filled wiih
water, and the other (the smaller
sid-;) with oil. This tank is connect
ed with the stoye or range by means
of small lead pipes The water is car
ried into one pipe of the burner, where,
when
THE FIRE IS LIGHTED,
steam is generated and conducted in
to another pit e, where the steam is
superheated and divided into its
gases oxygen ar.a hydrogen. The
hydrogen is carbureted by the oi.,
which enters at tne rate ot forty drops
per minute through one pipe of the
burner, and the resulting gas (hydro
carbon) is conduced through the hot
pipes of the burner to a j.oint under
neath, where it escapes and burns.
I he apparatus is perfectly simple.
and can be handled by any person.and
the fire being led automatically, it
is under as perfect control as a gas
jet, and can be lighted 'or put out in
stantaneously, it needs no wood or
anything else to start the fire, and
then there is no dust, ashes or anjr
thing of the sort to clean up after
ward. Another great point m favor
of this apparatus is that the oxygen
needed for combustion is furnished by
the water and not from the air in the
room, the fire being entirely indepen
dent of draughts. This does not de
prive the air in a room of its vital
element and render it unfit to breathe.
The invention is a great one, and is
destined to attract much attention.
AT IT AGAIN.
The
Rnfflans Benew Their Devilish.
Weeds Sew Outrages.
' It was honed that Austin would
eiiiov a long cessation from th ruf
fianism that prevailed to so great an
extent a few weeks ago. It will be
remembered that during a period of
- several weeks hardly , a night passed
that some unlawful assault was not
made on unprotected females. The
shooting of the Swede girl, along
with dozens of other brutal attacks,
is f rt sh in the public mind.
For a time it seemed that the reign
of terror was over, but from recent
occurrences it now looks as if the
same miserable work.- was about
to be re-enacted. In view of the facts
narrated, it would be well to keep
guns ana pistols where they can be
handily got at, and it is also essential
to keen them loaded.
At an early hour yesterday morn
ing, a black ruffian entered the sleep
ing apartment' of Mrs. Behnke, the
wife of a tailor who resides on West
Welnut street. The lady was aroused
by his entrance, and sprang from her
b?d, only to be seized by the scoun
drel, who threw her to the floor. A
' . struggle ensued, which, strange to
sv , did not wake the husband, in an
adjoining room. By covering
her mouth with his huge
hands the screams of the
; affrightened woman were stifled.
She succeeded in taking a knife from
his hands, with which he threatened
to kill her. or else he dropped it be-
. fore taking his flight. Had not Mrs.
Behnke been possessed of -Teat
Btrength, she would doubtless aave
, been a victim of the brutal passion of
this fiend. .
TRYING TO DISGUISE.
About one o clock of the same
- . morning, the colored cook of Mrs.
John L Calloway, residing at 302
Mulberry street,, underwent a similar
" , experience. She occupied a room in
the rear of the house and was alone.
Rome dresses were hanging on a line
ii the yard. Her. assailant put
on -'one of these and entered the
woman's " apartment. He had his
. clutch on her throat, ere she was
are of his presence. Drawing out
CUKK FOK PILES.
Piles are frequently preceded by a
sense of weight in the back, loins and
lower patt of the abdomen, causing
the patient to suppose he ha3 some
effectionof the kidneys or neighboring
organs. At times, symptoms of indi
gestion are present, flatulency, uneasi
ness of tba stomach, etc. A moisture
like prespiration, producing a very dis,
agreeable itching, after getting warm
is a common attendant. .Blind, .Bleed
ing and Itching Piles yield at once to
the application of Dr. Bosanko 3 rue
Remedy, which acts directly UDon the
parts effected, absorbing the Tumors,
allaying tne intense itching, and enect-
mg a permanent cure. Price 50 cents,
Address, The Dr. Bosanko Medicine
Co., Fiqua,, O. Sold by Alexander
Bro-B
Cleaning Preparations.
The problems of cleaning, polish iiisf
and stain-removmjr, present diverse
aspects to the housekeeper at all
times, in the same manner that the
tiller of the soil is obliged to wage
constant warfare against weeds, and
must redouble nis eitorts in the sea
son or warmth and sunshine, the
housekeeper must attack dirt in all
its guises at this time. In view of
this it is not surprising that each
newly-announced compound for clean
ing and polishing house-ware, partic
many metals, snould be received
with interest. Yet, it is useful as
well as economically advantageous to
know that all these compounds, no
matter now varied their name or
how promising their qualities, can be
composed of only a few simple sub
stances. There are whiting or calci
um carbonate, diatonaceous earth.
line sana ana rouge, ine liauia pre
parations consist of alcohol or ammo
nia mixed with fine chalk. For pol-
lsning silverware or similar articles.
it is better to buy the fine precipitated
chalk at the apothecarys than the
cheap, coarse whiting at the grocer's,
Ammonia and alcohol are good for
removing grease, and applying either
of them to silverware it may only be
necessary to rub with a piece of cham
ois without powder of any kind. Sil
verware should never be wraooed in
woolen flannel, but in cotton flannel.
The best material for cleansing brass
is oxalic acid. After its use it should
be thorougly washed off. Ammonia
is excellent for cleaning glass.
THE FEDElf AIj CAPITA.
A Beautiful Place, Where the Air In:
lcates and Temptation Abounds. .
Loulsviile Time.
Washington, is one of the most
beautiful cities in thenorld, and in
the winter time, at least, its climate
is peculiarly delightful. The sky
above is a i'rtsh, blue concave, looking
as if it were waiting to be cut up in
to spring violets; the sun shines with
a warm, golden lustre, bringing heat
and beauty like healing on its wings;
the air is as pure and transparent and
exhilerating a if it had just been
wafted from the baisamie pines upon
a h:gh mountain side; there is no
smoke nor dirt or dust no soot in the
atmosphere and it is impossible to
soil collars or cuff3 or shiri-i'ronts in
wearing them! Tn.de and m inuf ac
tures are not there to give the sky its
black coating fi om the grimy smoke
of f urnace3 t ni rolling mills. All is
serene and nice and beautifully untar
nished. But it is easy enougt to soil
the soul there. The malarial atmos
phere may be ever so clean, yet will
lhe most upot less spirit have need to
be very cautious, else its witeness
shall be smirched. There is anhintan
gible miasma about the place, a mor
tal malaria, which benumbs the bet
ter sentiments and throws the soul
itself into an uneasy, but profound
sleep. People breathe the thin air
which barely ripple3 the blue Poto
mac in its coming, and they become
intoxicated as it it were champagne;
they become frivolous, and day by
day, the moral sentiments are weak
ened until no great temptation can be
resisted. Then they fail and if they
are found out there i3 a scandal. It
is a place where one who searches
for temptations need not go far to
find them. It is the one spot of all
the world, perhaps, where the petition
"Lead us not into temptation" is most
needed.
. extreme tenacity to the slat, and
' cannot be detached without violence.
, The cost of a roof of this kind is said
i to be less than one cf tin, and on
j account ot the grater surface exposed,
is eonsiuerao.e cneaper than ordinary
shite roofs.
THE
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to
fDKSOSAli.
PJiESILENTs
TOR.
Sirs. LydlnAnn McLuie Premises
Drop Into Poetry NrxtTime.
WASiiiNGTON.'April 16.-Mrs. Lydia
Ann McLane is tne name of an" ec
centric old lady of 60, six feet in
height and thin in proportion, with
gray curly locks, dressed in a white
tind greeii-striped calico, with a blue
a; ron and a spring bonnet of the Mo
ther Hubbard pattern, gaily fljwered,
who persistently called at the White
House door every day duriDg the last
two weeks and asked to see the Presi
dent. Being denied this privilege,
she has invariably left a letter of ad
vice, which ha3 invariably' found its
way to Col. Lamont's waste basket.
The good old dame calls herself an
autnoress and poet, being guilty ot
much uncertain verse, and she suffers
under the delusion that she has been
called upon to become the mentor to
the new President. Most of her let
ters are voluminus, but a brief one is
asioliows:
Washington, April 13. To Ilis
Excellency Grover Cleveland: I am
denied the liberty of taking you by
the hand, but this does not prevent
me from the 3xecution of a duty sa
cred to the American pedpls and the
memory of Thoma3 Jefferson. Let
me again entreat you not to lose sight
of the grand principles formulated by
the Sage of Monticello. Let that au
gust shaid continue to shield you and
lead you even as the pillow of smoue
led the Israelites through the desert
of Sahara by day or- as the blaze of
flame by night. Stand by the party
that elected you to the most glorious
seat ever set on by man (or woman)
in these low grounds of sorrow. , Re
move all (in)comretent Republicans
CHEAP SHOE STORE.
&333L-tbL db Brady,
m . Nil F A OT U U E 1 1 S,
WHOLES. LE AND .RETAIL DEALERS
IN ALL KINDS OF HOGS ANT.i SHOH3
FOR EVERYBODY.
Every pair rt r.dy-made Shoes in cur Store i3 made to our own nrdr n
must pass un Irr the inspection of an experienced Shoemaker in our shoD be
tore being cllrjri tl to the public. .
CnAKLES V.- BARNES. '
8AM. T. SCOTT.
l.CUt10 it LIU 1U UCUitUUe JL IUH CUL1BU-
tution and by-laws. My next letter
His Mistake.
Courier-Journal.
A Texas man not long ago, pointed
an ualoaded gun at a friend, contrary
to the statute in such cases. He was
promptly arrested, tried ' and sen
tenced to imprisonment. The mis
take he made was in not pointing a
loaded gun at his friend and shooting
him. He would have doubtless have
been a free man to-day.
A Picture of Ancient Babylon.
In the current number of the Brit-
ijh and Foreign Evangelical Review
tnere is a nno discription ot ancient
Babvlon, translated from the German
of F. Delitzsch, the eminent As
syriologist. who invites his readers to
accompany him in a walk through the
city, as it was li. c. ob, or about
eighty vears before Nebuchadnezzar's
death. Before entering the city they
view the surrounding country: "The
Babylonia of the present day resem
bles a desert, out of which arise
mounds and ruins, solitary and grave;
nearley all the canals are choked with
sand; the sheepherds wandering alone,
with their flocks nibbling the sparse
grass.are almost the only human
dwellers oyer the whole plateau. How
different was it in olden times! Be
tween B. C 2,000 and 500 Babylonia
was the garden of the ancient world.
The land, surrounded like an island
by two of the finest streams in . the
world, the Euphrates and Tigris the
rivers of Paradice i3 truly the gift
of both. They flowed with swift
current from the Armenian highlands
into the sea now known as the Persian
gulf. In the course of centuries large
masses loam were , rolled down and
heaped at their orignal mouth, and
this is what is now called Babylonia.
It was on this soaked, fat and fertile
soil that the oldest authentic civili
zation, not of Asia merely, but of the
world, developed itself. The mel
ting of the Armenian snows caused
inandations which had to be checked
by damming the rivers with .dikes
and walls. Canals served for navi
gation, and also led off tne superfluous
waters to parts unaiiectea by tne
overflow, and f ertility, - that wheat
and barley often gave the laborer 200
or duu fold. JSear .Bagdad the two
rivers are so near that only six hours
are required to pass from one to the
other. On this tongue of land, which
was once a fourth narrower (for the
Euphrates has since removed its bed
further westward), the great canal
system commenced; and by means of
still smaller arteries - the lifd giving
waters . were distributed to nearley
every tree. The district between
Bagdag and Hilla (a three days ride)
was formerly strewed with heaps of
towns and villages. To its south, in
the very heart of the land, lay Babylon,
"the gate of God." Its commercial
importance is described, its fortifica
tion, theEmphrates (half a mile wide)
swarming with ships ot every size; tne
large Euphrates bridge, built by
Nebuchadnezzar; the different quar
ters and great buildsnigs; the Royal
bank, where important buisness,
public and private, was transacted.
"The conditions and bargains are first,
perhaps put down on papyrus rolls,
then carfully written out on clay
tablets in cuneiform writing, to which
each party affixes his seal, or in de
fault of it, his finger nail, whereupon
the tablet is backed. - In running
back over the history, two or three
important periods are noticed; but the
mistake is made of saying that it was
only eighty years since Samas3um
ukin's rebelion against the Assyrian
rule. . Eighty years must b9 meant.
Many may not know that f ortytwo
years before this, when Merodach
baladan had. rebelled. Sennacheaib,
in 690 B. C, marched against the city,
gave it up to the flames, left not one
9Ienl Bleerscnttums With Blood
The greatest calamity that can be
fall a con firmed smoker is to have his
cherished meerschaum broken, as
frequently happens by a fall or other
accident. When this happens the
fractured idol is generally taken to a
jeweler's and the dismembered parts
rt-jomed by means ot silver bands.
This, of cours8, is expensive, but
when was the time that a Yankee could
not overcome difficulties ot this sort,
at a trifling cost? The Biddleford.
Me., Journal relates that a smoker of
that place happened to drop a hand
some mf erschaum pipe from his knees
to the floor, and the stem parted in
the middle. His friends immediately
expressed their sympathy with him,
but the maa was not disturbed in the
least by the disaster. He simply drew
his knife from his pocket, extracted
blood from his arm with one of the
keen blades, and rubbing the broken
ends of the pipe in the fluid, placed
them together and laid the article on
the table to dry. It was a novel ex
periment, but it is said that it will
work successfully every time, and
that if a pipe is once broken and ce
mented with blood it will never
again part in that place.
lilSibini; Stall 8,
A professional athlete says that
there is a great knack in climbing
stairs easily. - To throw the body for
ward, bending at the hips, more than
daubles the work. The weight of
the body is a load that the muscles of
the legs and loins must carry, and
they can carry it easiest if the center
of gravity is kept directly above
them. Bending forward impos
es on the muscles of the
trunk the unnecessary task of
holding the load from pitching for
ward. This is like carrying a load at
arm's length, instead of on the shoul
der, or on the head, as' many Euro
peans carry burdens. Athletics lift
enormous weights by bringing the
strain on the pelvic arch and legs,
keeping their back straight.
The gentleman gives this advic8 to
stair-climbers: "Do not lean for
ward. Do not hurry. Do not spring
trcm stair to stair. Step firmly, leis
urly and keep erect,
1 vol at ion in tlie South.
The Rev, Dr. Wooarow, who was
compelled to resign his Professorship
in a Southern Presbyterian theologi
cal seminary because he taught a
modified doctrine of evolution, is to
be tried for heresy.
The South has been eminently con
servative in religious matter. South
era ministers have, to a great extent,
ignored all schools of religious thought
that difter from that in which they
have been educated. The Catholic
revival . in the Episcopal Church,
which has made such great advance
in England and in many dioceses of
our Northern Statts, has few adher
ents in the couth, where the Bishops
are nearley all Lom. Churchmen, and
wheie tas great majority of the laity
hold "evangelical'' theories. On the
other hand, rationalism is regarded
with horror in the South, and anyap
proach toward liberalism among
Southern Presbyterians, Baptists,
And Methodists is instanly repressed,
la the South a belief in the inspira
tion and infallibility of every word
of tha Bible and the literal truth of
the Mosaic account of the creation is
thought to be an essential part of the
Christian creed, and all the results of
Biblical criticism during the last half
century are treated as though they did
not exist.
In the North a Presbyterian minis'
ttr could hold and teach the views
held by Dr. McCosh, the venerable
head of the chief Presbyteriancollege,
and perhaps the leading man in his
denomination, long ago said that there
was no necessary, conmct Detween
Christianity and the hypothesis of
evolution, and no one dreams of ac
c using him of heresy. Dr. Woodrow
ha3 never gi en as unreserved an
apology for evolution as this, and yet
he is to be tried as a heretic.
The trial will be interesting since it
will decide whether a man can be a
once a Presbyterian and an evolu
tionist. The hypothesis of evolution
has been invented sine j the invention
of Fresbyterianism, evolution cannot
be dcined to be clearly in conflict
-with the Presbyterian Confession of
Faith The fact that such a tiial could
not at this day be held at the North
shows in a very strikiog way the
difference between the North and the
South in the respective attitudes
toward modern religious thought.
For sick headache and habitual con
stipation try Bailey's Saline Aperient
pie or banana for his midday meal.
George Jones emphat'cly denies
the rumor that th6 New York Times
is for sale.
Ferdinand Ward is known as "Doc
tor," among the prisoners of the Lud
low street Jail.
Patti has appeared 40 times during"
the present season, receiving $4,000
for each appearance.
New York rumors indicate a grow
ing coolness between Secratary Man
ning and Hubert O. Thompson.
Henry Bergh has three sons,
all of whom are interested in
their father's philanthropical pro
jects. Lords Duffrin "Wellesley and
Mayo, each of whom has been Governor-General
of India, were born in
Ireland.
Baron tfordenksjold i3 preparing
for a 1 resh attempt to reach the North
Pole by way of the islands south ot
Siberia.
President Cleveland expects to visit
the battle-field of Gettysburg with the
First Army Corp3 on the 4th and 5th
of May.
The "Home Journal" says that El
len Terry's visit to this country has
had considerable effect upen the styles
in American dress.
Signor Cardinali, the handsome ten
or of tho Mapleson Opera Company, is
to marry a daughter of Judge Sander
son, of Calif ornia, in J une.
Secretay Staton, of the Metropoli
tan Opera House, New Yorir, has en
gaged the celebrated German singer,'
Herr Vogel, for the coming opera sea
son.
Queen V ictoria always sleeps on a
wouden bedstead of a particular shape,
and whenever she visits a strange place
a bedstead and bedding are sent thith
er from Windsor tor her use.
Joshua Baker, whose death is re
ported from St. Mary Parish, La.,
was the oldest living gradrate of the
W est Point Academy, having been a
member of the class of 1817.
Kenward Philip has been awarded
5,000 in his libel suit against tho New
lork Tribune. The libel was con
tnined in the charge that Pmnp was
the author of the notorious Morey
letter.
- The bachelor proprietor of an At
lanta, Ga., hotel has decorated
the bridal-chamber . with Bryants
suggestive words: "Lhe melancholy
days have come, the saddest of the
5 ear." .
President Cleveland will be the
guest of August Belmont at Newport
during the summer, secretary w hit-
ney will visit Admiral Baldwin a the
same place and Secretary EndUcott
and ex-President Arthur are also ex
pected to listen to the sea waves there
The young chimpanzee In the Zoo
at Philadelphia has astonished every
one by shedding its teeth ju3t as a hu
man child of the same age does. The
chimpanzee is the highest order of the
ape. and little haa been known of
it because it has nearly always died in
captivity. It was not known before
that any ape ever shed its teeth
Mr. Jay Gould said the other day
that he was very fond of baked pota
toes, and found he did his very best
work after eating a breakfast ot only
baked potatoes and grits. The simp
ler his food the more he found he
could accomplish. Mr. Gould's mince
pie days are great days for the coun
try.
.will be in verse, and I will be here
sharply at 2 o'clock to-morrow, Prov
dence willing. Yours advisedlv.
Lydia Ann'McLane, of New York.
THE PIANO.
How the. Instrument should be Cared For
and How O ten it Should be Tuned.
t Any hard substance, no matter how
small, dropped inside a piano, will
cause a rattling, jarring noise. It is
in every case disirable that an India-
rubber or cloth cover s could protect
the instrument from bruises and
scratches. The piano should not be
placed in a damp room or left open in
a draft of cold air. Dampness is its
most dangerous enemy, causing its
strings and tuning-pipes to rust, the
cloth used in the construction of the
keys and action to swell, whereby the
mechanism will move sluggishly or
often stuck together. This occurs
chiefly in the summer seasons, and the
best pianos are necessarily anectea ny
dampness, the absorption beinar rapid.
Extreme heat being scarcely less
injurious, the piano should not be
placed very near an open fire or heated
stove, nor over nor close to the hot
air furnace. Moths are yery distruc
tive to the cloth and felt used in the
piano, and may be kept out of it by
placeing a lump of camphor, wrapped
in soft paper, in the inside or it, care
being taken to renew it from time to
time. Many persons are unaware of
the great importance of having their
pianos kept in order, and tuned only
by a competent tuner, w new piano
should ba tuned at least once every
three or four months during the farst
year, and at longer intervals after
wards.
Novel Slate Boofing.
Slate roofing of a new and novel
style Is described in the mechanical
papers. Bach slate exposes its face
to the weathei on a flat roof, having
a pitch of only one half-inch to the
foot. It is laid in a peculiar kind of
cement consisting of liquid coal tar
thickened with a cement, or, better
still, a quantity of ground slate,
slacked lime and linseed oil. the pro
portions varying according to the re
quirement of the case. This sub
stance if heated until liquid, poured
on the roof, and the slate beded in
it; the joints are then paved and the
root finished. When of just the right
thickness, the compound adheres with
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ELEPHONK STATION NO. 86.
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'ixed Stars.
Of the 6,C00 fixed stars visible to the
naked eye, and the 20,0C0,0OO within
the range of the telescope, onjy twenty
are classed as stars of the first magni
tude, and oj these fourteen are visible
in this latitude. They are Sirius, or
the Dog star, which any one can easily
distinguish, as it is the brightest ot all
the stars in the Armament, and the
most brilliant gem in the southern sky.
Arcturus, the bright star, and pointed
to by the last two stars in the handle
ot the Dipper; KigA, the pale blue
gem in the forefoot of Orion; Capella,
a blue star also, seen in the northwest;
Vega, the bright green star in the
northeast; Procyne.a blue star fifteen
degrees east of Orion; Betelgeuse, a
rea star in the shoulder of Orion ;
Aldebaran, a red star in front of
Orion s head ; Antares, a red star in
the heart of the Scorpion; Altair, a
green star in tne ;agie; fplca, a blue
star in tne virgin; Jt:owainaut. a
white star in the Southern Fish: Pol
lux, in the Twins, seen northeast of
Orion; and Regulus, the beautiful
white star very close to the planet
Jupiter, not far east of the Zenith.
All these can be seen any clear night
at nine o'clock, except Antares, Altair,
bpica ana r owainaut. ana they also
can be seen in the hours just before
dawn. A casual glance at the stars
gives the impression that they are all
of the same color, but, by comparing
them one with another, it will be
fcund that they are of various tiDts.
Another curious fact is that they
change their color with the degree of
their incandescence. The brilliant
Dog star wad described by the an
cients as fiery red; it gradually paled
to white, and is now green. Capella
nas cnangt a iroin rea to yellow, and
from yellow to pale blue; and the bril
liant new star ot lotz, which suddenly
piazza xortn in tne constellation or
Cassiopeia and remained visible for
six months before fading out of sight,
cnangea irom wnite to yellow, and
then to red.
The first magnitude stars are not all
of equal brightness and apparent size.
Sirius is three times brighter and ap
parently larger than any other star in
the heavens, the easy chief in the
wondrous profession ever moving
overhead from east to west. The next
brightest is Canopus, the steel blue
gem in the southern heavens, which
the Arabs regard with such deep rev
erence, it is not visible in this lati
tude, but can be seen just above the
hor; z in m the latitude of New Orleans.
Next comes Alpha Centauri, the first
of all the fixed stars found to have an
estimable parallax and the nearest
one to our earth. This star, together
with the two brightest ia the South
ern Cross, are invisible m our latitude.
but can be seen at Key West, in 'lor-
lda, which is the only spot in our
country from which the Southern
Cross, ltseir regarded bv some a3 the
most impressive of all the constella
tions, can be looked at.
Astronomers are overwhelmed at
the contemplation of the fixed stars
from us and from one another. The
planetary intervals in our solar system
are msigmncan m comparison with
them. One might suppose that with
a base line of 185,000,000 miles between
opposit points of our earth's orbit,
we could secure a measuiable angle
for computing the aistance of a star,
but it is found that the two linea
drawn from astar to the opposite ends
of the line are swallowed up in the
immense stretch of space they trav
earse;they make no appreciable angle
at all, but appear as one line. A
German astronomer has discoverd a
method by which an approximate
parallax for some of the stars is
obtained, and this shows that the
nearest fixed star. Alpha, in the
Centaur, is 224,000 times farther from
tne earth than the sun is, and the
North star 3,000,000 farther off than
tne sun s aistance. , rnese measure
ments can be expressed only in
figures; it is impossible for the human
mind to grasp them.
Considering its extent. America is
better supplied by the clouds than
.Europe and Africa. In the tropics of
the Old World the annual rainfall is
about -77 inches, while in tropical
South America it is 155 inches. In
the eastern United States it is 40 to 50
incnes; Dut west of tne juqth meridian
to the Sierra Nevada it is mostly 12 to
lb, incnes. Tne annual avrage of
Great Bntian is 3o inches, that of
France, 20 to 21 Inches, but about the
Alps it 13 mostly 3o to 50 inches.
Farther from the coast' in Central
Germany and Russia, it is only 15 to
20 inches. The moistest climate
known is in India at Cherranoneee.
where over a small area the vearlv fall
of rain is more than 610 inches, or a-
bout 51 feet.
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