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THE MARCH OF LIBERTY.
BY HARVEY HOWARD.
Mr heart leaps op with raptor t the coming of a
Buld,
Whose swift advancing footsteps auk the tyrant's
soul afraid;
lor she stoops to lift the down-cut and to comfort
thedismsyed, -
As she goes marching On.
Her neck la clothed in thunder, and her eye the
lightning seems;
Her emtio la like a nuiden'e in a raptured (Over's
d rea ma;
Her cheek can anawer back with Are th tnn'e de
vouring beams,
. -. As she goes marching on.
She carrlee in her hand a aword to emits the prle-
ooer'a chain, - ,
But no shield to parry any blow of Uoee who emit
again. - -Her
llmbe are like some pillars tall that deck the
Eastern plain, . ...
, .,. . . And aha is marching on.. fc ;p, ..
Her hearing la aa regal as a goddess's may be,
lor on her brow and in her breast site throned ma-
God gave dominion unto, ur; jhe roles as wide
as he,
While she is marching on. "
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I hare seen her lift her hand and break the fierce
oppressor's rod;
And where her smile has fallen, blood has crimson
stained theaod; L
And prejudice's victims were the chosen ones of
God, " - - ' - - . -,,-
Where she is marching on. , -
The throbbing of her bosom la the hearing of the
sea.
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And the trailing of her garments Is the music of
ine rree.
Em step awakes the nations J for her name is
Libkktt,
Asa she Is marching en.
At her coming every vestige of the olden night
most nee,
And passion'a reign surrender to the reign of
nurttv. .
We stand jtndfact the dawning of the era of the
ireo . . t. i
. For she is marching on. -J
PRETTY MRS. OGILVIE.
, AH the women ere jealous of her
' there is no doubt about that. The first
time she appears in church with crisp
mauve muslins floating aboqt her and a
' dainty mauve erection on her head, which
. presumably she calls a bonnet, I know at
once how -it will be.- And of course
the other sex will range themselves -on
her side to a man ; that is also beyond
question. As she rises from her knees
and takes her little lavender-gloved
hands from her face and looks about her
for a moment with a sweet shy glance,
she ii simply bewitching; and I doubt
if any male creature in our musty little
church pays proper attention to the re
sponses for ten minutes afterward. A
- new face is a great rarity with us, and
such a new face one might not see more
than once in a decade, so let us hope we
may be forgiven.
- As I gaze at the delicate profile before
me, the coils of golden hair, the com
plexion like the inside of a sea shell, the
' slender milk-white throat and the long
dark eyelashes, which droop modestly
'over the glorious gray eves, shall I own
that I steal a glance of disapproval at
Mary Anne my Mary Anne the part
ner of my joys and sorrows for twenty
years and the mother ef my six chil
dren f Mary Anne's figure is some
what overblown, her hair is tinged with
fray, and the complexion of her good
umored face is slightly rubicund. But
she has been a good wife to me, and I
feel, with a twinge of compunction, that
I have no right to be critical, as I think
of a shining spot on the top of my head,
and of a little box I ' received from the
dentist only month ago, carefully se
cured from, observation. : But as we
emerge from church I draw myself up
' and try to look my best as we pass the
' trailing native robes. ' Jack, one of our
six, stumbles over the train, which gives
me an opportunity of raising my hat
and apologizing for the brat's awkward
ness, and I am rewarded with a sweet
' smile and an upward glance out of the
great gray eyes which is simply intoxi-
eating. ' . ' " .' :
' " We must call on - Mrs. Ogilvie at
once," I observe to Mary Anne as we
proceed across the fields on our home
ward walk. " It is my duty as her land
lord to find out if she is comfortable.
8he is a lady-like person,".-1 continue,
diplomatically forbearing to allude to
' the obvious beauty; "and I daresay,
' my dear, you will find her an agreeable
neighbor."
" Lady-like 1" cries my wife, with a
rine of indignation in her voice. " I
dorVt call it lady-like to come to a quiet
country church dressed as if she were go
ing to a flower-show. Besides, she is
Bainted. A color like that can't be
natural. But you men are all alike al
ways taken with a little 'outside show
and elitter."
. " But, my dear," I remonstrate, " per
haps she did not Know now very coun
trified and bucolic our congregation is.
I really do think it will be very unneieh
borly it we don't call. It must be very
dull for her to know no one." I ignore
the remark about the paint, but in my
Heart I give tne asaeruon an empnauc
contradiction.
V Mrs. Ogilvie. has rented a small cot
tage which I own in the west-country
village in which I am the principal doc
tor. She is the wife of & naval officer
who is away in our Flying Squadron,
and has settled in our sleepy little ham
let to live quietly during his absence.
" All her references have been quite un-
vMntinnaKltr-mif 4nrlwrl -alratfa .liflrtitlw
known to our Squire, as is also her ab
sent husband. "A splendid fellow he
is." Mr.. Dillon tells me; V stands six
feet in his stockings, and is as handsome
as AdoIIo: indeed, I don't believe that
for good looks yon could find such an
other couple in England."
The following day Mary Anne, with
but little persuasion, agrees to accom-
' uanr me to the cottage to call on Mrs
, Ogilvie. The door is opened by a neat
maid-servant. She is at home, and we
" are issued into the drawing-room, which
we almost fail to recognize, so changed
is it. '
Presently Mrs. Oglivie comes in, look
ing, if possible, even lovelier than she
did the day before. She is in a simple
white dress, with here and there a knot
vof blue ribbon about it; and' she has
bit of blue also in her golden hair. Her
manner is as charming as her looks, and
as she thanks my wife with pleasant, cor
dial words for being the first ot her
neighbors to take compassion on her
loneliness, l can see tnat my Mary Anne,
" whose heart is as large as her - fieri re
..basely deserts, the female faction and
" goes over to the enemy. Mrs. Ogilvie
very young, still ouite a girl, though
, sue a as oeen married mree years sni
tells me. '
" It is dreadful Frank should have
go away," she says, and the tears well
up in her large gray eyes ; " that is the
, worst. of the service. See ; here is his
('photograph," lifting a case from the
table and handing it to Mary Anne. "
he not handsome?" . . . .
e He is most undeniable so, if the like-'
. ness speaks true, and we both say so
Mary Anne, with the privilegeof her sex
and age, adding a word as to the beauty
- 01 tne pair,
" 0, yet," repliu Mn. Ogilvia with
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out the smallest embarrassment ; " we
are always called the ' handsome
couple.' "
I suppose something of my astonish
ment expressed itself in my countenance,
for she smiles, and says: " I am afraid
you think me very vain ; but I cannot
help knowing that I am good looking,
any more than I can help being aware
that my eyes are gray, hot black, and
that my hair is golden. It is a gift from
God, like my talent, a valuable one too
I think it, and I own that I am proud of
it for my dear Frank's sake, who admires
it so much."
Yes, this is Mrs. Ogilvie's peculiar
ity, as we afterwards discover in in
tense and quite open admiration of her
own beauty. , . ,.- . , . ..
At first every one is astonished at this
idiosyncrasy of hers, but in a little while
we all come to laugh at it; there is
something original and amusing about
it; and in all other ways she is so
charming . . " , . .. '
- My wife, with whom she speedily be
comes intimate, tells me that she is sure
she values her beauty more for her hus
band's sake: than her own. "She evi
dently adores him," "says Mary "Anne;
"and h seems to think so much of her
sweet looks. She says he fell in love
with her at first sight, before he ever
spoke to her." -
But Mrs. Ogilvie has many more at
tractions than are to be found in her
face. She is a highly-educated woman, a
first-rate musician, and a pleasant and
intelligent companion, ana more? than
all she has a sweet, loving disposition,
a true heart at the core of all her ,little
vanities. She is very good to k the poor
in our village, and often when I - am on
my rounds I meet her coming out of
some cottage with an empty basket in
her hand, which was full when she en
tered it. . t
, In- a quiet 'little neighborhod like
ours such a woman cannot fail to be an
acquisiti n, and. every one hastens to
call on her, and many are the dinners
and croquet parties which are inaugur
ated in her honor. To the former she
will not go ; she does not wish to go out
in the evening during, her husband's
absence much to my wife's satisfac
tion, who approves of women being
" keepers at home " and it is only sel
dom that she can be induced to grace
one of the croquet parties with, her
presence. .
. But. when she does she eclipses every
one lse. She always dresses in the
most exquisite taste, as if anxious that
the setting should be worthy of the
jewel the beauty which she prizes so
highly. ,
She has been settled at the cottage
rather more than two years and is be
ginning to count the weeks to her hus
band's return. '.We do not number them
quite so eagerly, for when he comes he
will take her away from us, and we
shall miss her sorely, it is summer
again a hot, damp Bummer; - it has
been a very sickly summer, and my
hands are full.
T li nil have to tret a partner, my i
dear," I said to my wife as I prepare to
eo out If this goer on I shall have
more to do than I can manage, lhere
a nasty fever about which I don't
like the look of; and if we don't have a
change for the better in this muggy:
weather, there is no saying what it may
turn tor'.;. . v - -
" I am triad all the bovs are at school,"
observed Mary Anne, " and I think I
will let tne girls accept tneir aunt s
invitation and go to her for a month."
" It would be "a very good plan, and
I should be glad if you would go, too.
A little change would do you good."
" And, pray, whoistoioox alter your-
asks my wife, reproachfully. " Who
to see that you take your meals
properly, and don't rush off to see your
patients, leaving yonr dinner untasted
on the table!", ' :
Mentally, I confessed that I should
obably be poorly off without my Mary
Anne; but it is a bad plan to encourage
vanity in one's wife, so I say, " Oh, I
should do very, well by myself;" and
with a parting nod betake myself to my
dailv duty." ' . , ,
" In the village I meet juts, vgnvie,
basket in hand. She doesn't look well,
and I say so..
" you have no Dusiness out in ine
heat of the day," I tell her. What
will your husband say, n ne aoes not
find you looting your Dest wnen ne
comes back." ' ' . .
A shade comes over her face. '. Ah !
he would not be pleased," she says
rather gravely; " he always likes to see
me look my very best and prettiest."
" Well, then, as your aoctoi, x must
forbid vour doing any more cottage
visiting iust at present. You are- not
looking strong, ana going into tnose
close nouses is not good for you. I
will come and see you on my way back.'
Which I do. i find there is nothing
the matter with her: she is only a little
languid
". You had -better send the children
away to-morrow morning, Mary Anne,
I sav as soon as I get in. " Mrs. Black
is very ill, and I am afraid I cannot
anite tell yet but I am afraid she is
groin? to have smallpox.- Of course,
shall have her removed at once, if I am
fight jbufc- it- may prove not to be an
isolated case, and it win oe as weu to
sret the children out of the way,
shall try and persuade every one in the
village to be vaccinated to-morrow.
" You will be clever if you manage
that," says my wife. "I am afraid
some of the people are very prejudiced
against it You know, when the child
ren were revaocinated three years ago,
von could not persuade any ot the vil
lagers, to be done at the same time."
On the lollowing aay we aispatcn me
children early to their aunt's, under the
care of an old servant, and as soon as I
have seen them off i go down to Mrs.
Black's. To ray consternation, 1 una
Mrs. Ogilvie just leaving the house. '
" l have Deen aisorjeaient, you see.
she said ; gayly : , ''but I promised to
bring Mrs. Black something early this
morning ; and she seemed so iu yester
day that I did not like to disappoint her.
But I am not going to transgress orders
again for Franks sake,"- she adds
softly.
I gave an internal groan. Heaven
grant she may not have transgressed
them once too often I And 1 hasten into
thi? cottage, to find my worst fears con
firmed. Mrs. Black has small-pox quite
unmistakably.
For some hours I am occupied in mak
ing arrangements tor her removal to the
infirmary, and in vaccinating such of
mv poorer patients as 1 can frighten
coerce into allowing me to do so; and
is afternoon before I am able to go and
look after Mrs. Ugilvie.
. . She seems rather , astonished when
inform her what my errand is that
want to vaccinate her (for of course I
not wish to frighten her by telling her
about Mrs. Black); but she submits
readily enough when I say that I have
- 1 baud of a caw of imall-pox In a neigh'
it
boring village (which I have), and I
think it would be a wise precautionary
measure. , ,
" It is very good In you," she says in
her pretty gracious way as she bares her
white arm. " I have never been vaccin
ated since I was a baby, so I suppose .it
will be desirable." '
Desirable? I should think so, in
deed 1 And I send up a prayer as I per
form the operation that I may not be
too late. I am so busy for the next few
days that I am unable to go down to the
cottage. One or two more cases of
Bmall-pox in the village, and I am
anxious and hard worked ; Dut Mary
Anne tells me Mrs. Ogilvie has heard of
Mrs. Black's removal and is dreadfully
nervous about ' herself. " I hope she
will not frighten herself into it, adds
my wife.
" it she hadn t contracted it before X
vaccinated her. I think she is pretty
safe," I reply ; " but there . is just the
chance that she may have had the poison
in her previously." . . , .. .. . , .-
Almost as I speak a message comes
from Mrs. Ogilvie, who " wishes to see
me professionally." My heart sinks as
I seize my hat and follow the messenger ;
and with too good reason. I find her
suffering from the. first symptoms of
small-pox; and in twenty-four hours it
has declared itself -unequivocally and
threatens to be a bad case. I try to
keep the nature of her illness from her,
but in vain, due questions me clcsely.
and when she disc vers the truth, gives
way to a burst of despair that is painful
to witness.-, "I shall be marked; I
shall be hideous I" she exclaims, sobbing
bitterly. "Poor Frank he will hate
mel"
In vain I try to comfort her, to con
vince her that in not one out of a hun
dred cases does the disease leave dread
ful traces behind it; she ' refuses "to be
consoled. And soon she is too ill to be
reasoned with or indeed to know much
of her own state. She is an orphan
and has no near ralatives for whom we
can send, so Mary Anne installs herself
in the sick-room as head nurse; and .as
I see her bending lovingly over the poor,
disfigured face and ministering with
tender hands to the ceaseless warns of
the invalid, my wife is in my eyes
beautiful exceedingly; - so .does the
shadow of a good deed cast a glory
around the most homelv countenance.
For some time Mrs. Ogilvie's life is in
great danger; but her youth and good
constitution prevail against the grim
destroyer, and at length 1 am . able to
pronounce all peril past - . - .
But alas, alasl all my hopes,- all my
care, all my poor skill have been in
vain ; and the beauty which we have all
admired so much, and which has been so
precious to our poor patient, is a thing
of the past ' She is marked slightly it
is true ; but the pure complexion is
thick and muddy, the once bright eyes
are heavy and dull, and the golden hair
is. thin and luaterless. We keep it from
her as long as we can, but she soon dis
covers it in our sorrowful looks; and her
horror, her agony, almost threaten to
unseat her reason. My wife is with
Eer night and day,' Watching Mr like a'
mother, using every argument she can
think of to console her, and above all
counseling with gentle words submission
to the ..will of God. But her misery,
after the first shock, is not so much for
herself as for the possible effect the loss
of her beauty may have on her husband,
who is now daily- expected. .His ship
has been at sea, so we have been unable
to write to him ; and only on his arrival
in Plymouth Sound will he hear of his
poor young wife's illness and disfigure
ment. Before her sickness she had
been counting the hours, now she sees
every day go past with a shudder, feel
ing that she is brought twenty-lour
hours nearer to the dread trial. At
length his vessels arrive, and I receive
telegram telling me when we may ex
pect him, and begging me to break the
news genuy i ills wiie. cue receives lb
with a flood of bitter -tears and sobs.
crying out that he would hate and
loathe her, and that she is about to lose
all the happiness of her life. My wife
weeps with her, and I am conscious of a
choking sensation in my throat as we
take leave of her halt an hour before
Mr. Ogilvie is expected, and pray God
to bless and sustain her.
We are sitting in rather melancholy
mood after dinner talking of the poor
young husband and wife, when Mr.
Ogilvie is announced, and I hasten to
the door to meet him.
She will not see me I" he says im
petuously, coming in without any formal
greeting. "She has shut herself into
her room, and calls to me with hysterical
tears that she is too dreadful to look
upon, that I shall cease to love her as
soon as I behold her, and that she can
not face it" And then the strong man
falls into a chair with a sob.
" It is not so bad as that," I begin.
" I don't care how bad it is," he cries;
" she need not doubt my love. My poor
darling will always be the same to me
whether she has lost her beauty or not"
Whereupon I extend my hand to him
and shake nis heartily; and I know my
wife has great difficulty in restraining
herself from enveloping him in her
motherly arms and embracing him.
You-must resort tor stratagem," I
say. " 1 will go down to the cottage at
once, and you follow me in ten minutes
with my wife. I will try and coax Mrs.
Ogilvie to come out and speak to me and
you must steal upon her unawares."
Mrs. Ugilvie at hrst refuses to see or
speak to me ; but I go up to her door
and am mean enough to remind her of
my wife s devotion to her and to en
treat her, for her sake, to come down
to me.
" Where is Frank?" she asks.
"I left him at home with Mary
Anne," I reply, feeling that I am worthy
of being a diplomatist at' the Court of
bt. f etersbure. as she opens the door
and descends the stairs. I take her out
into the garden and .begin to reprove
her for her conduct,, with assumed
anger. She listens with eyes blinded by
tears. I, on the lookout for it, hear the
latch of the garden gate click ; but she
absorbed in her sorrow, does not notice
it. 1 look up and see t rank Ogilvie s
eyes fixed hungrily upon his wife. Her
changed appearance must be an awful
. i i i v r i . v i . i i
buock. ui nun ; um uo uearn it Draveiy
and in a moment he has sprung forward.
clasped her in his arms, and the poor
scarred face is hidden on his true and
loving heart!
Then Mary Anne and I turned gently
away, and leave him to teach her that
there are things more valuable, of far
higher worth, than any mere beauty of
face or form.
After all, we do not lose her, for Mr,
Ogilvie comes into some money, leaves
the navy and purchases a small estate in
our neighborhood, on which they still
reside. Mrs. Ogilvie is no longer young.
and has a family of lads and la'ses
around her who inherit much of their
mother's loveliness. But one of the
first things the teaches them Is not to set
a fictitious value on it; " for," she says,
" I thought too much of mine, and God
took it from me." No one everhears
her regret the loss of her beauty ; " for
through that trial," she tells my wife, "I
learned to know the true value of my
Frank's heart.'? ., - , .
She simply worships her husband, and
is in all respects a happy woman.' In
deed, seeing the sweet smiles which
adorn her face and the loving light
which dwells in her eyes, I am some
times tempted to call her as of yore
Pretty Mrs. Ogilvie.-
The Carolinian Volcano.
A .correspondent of the New York
Sun says that Bald Mountain is a' knob
on the eastern end of a spur jutting from
the Blue Eidge, running across Mc
Dowell County, North Carolina. ' It is
about thirty miles from the South'
Carolina border,' eighty from Georgia)
and fully sixty from the Tennessee line.
The unfinished Western North Carolina
Railroad, from Salisbury to Asheville,
runs within thirty miles of the moun
tain. ' The famed Chimney Rock faces
old Baldy, as it is called, and Vance's
Nose flanks it on the west' ' All are
celebrated peaks, and all are ribbed by
rocks from three hundred to one thous
and and two hundred feet high. Chim
ney mountain and .-Vance's Nose are
crowned with crags,, but old Baldy caps
its cliffs with arable land, reached by a
ridge on the east1 The most of this
land is a cattle range owned by Mr. H.
F. Alford. Although the highest and
most celebrated, Bald Mountain is really
the most insignificant of , the three
pais. Vance's Nose, though . almost
inaccessible, affords, one 'of the finest
views in the State, and a cascade nine
hundred and fifty feet high pours over ;
the - face of the Chimney Mountain.
The water is even: more beautiful than
the Bridal Veil of Yosemite. 'It hugs
the smooth rock in an exquisite, curve.
The falling, water becomes milky foam, ;
and the wind ruffles it into snowy wind-
rows, which chase each other down the
rock until lost in a shower of spray.
The Broad River, a branch of the Con
garee, sweeps between the peaks, and
has cut a canon fully .two thousand feet
in depth. -. .. . ', ; , ,
About six weeks ago Mr. Alford went
up on Bald Mountain to . look after
missing cattle. While passing through
the woods, he stepped upon a line of red
earth, and felt himself sinking in the
ground. He caught the limb of a tree,
and was saved, ihe earth caved in, re
vealing a crack varying from one to six
feet in width, and about one hundred
and fifty yards long. It was a fresh
crack. Mr. Alford had passed the line
repeatedly within a fortnight, and found
the earth solid. ' The secret of the miss
ing cattle was explained. Trees had
disappeared, and the ground around the
crack gave a hollow sound. ' On his ap
proaching the edge of the fissure, the
earth cracked and crumbled, and the
prudent farmer did not attempt to ascer
tain its depth. He contented himself
by building a fence on each side of the
crevice, for the proteotlou of hi cows.
The discovery, however, was quickly
noised about A party of moonshiners
or illicit whisky distillers visited the
fissure and tried to fathom it , Huge
stones were rolled into it Their crash
ing died away -into muffled thunder and
was finally lost Thereupon the moon
shiners inferred that the -crack was
unfathomable. - After a discussion over
the strange noise that came from the
bowels of the mountain four years ago,
they were satisfied thatj the fissure was
caused by an earthquake, and so de
clared. A day or two afterward two
negroes and a Norfolk drummer climbed
the mountain. They hunted for the
crevice with great diligence, but the
drummer lacked nerve. He mistook
the fames of an illicit still for sulphur,
and beat a hasty retreat It was reported
that he had discovered an old crater and
been nearly suffocated with brimstone.
lhe moonshiners declared that they had
felt the shock of an earthquake, and
predicted the eruption of a volcano.
the country is thinly settled, out the
rumors reached Hendersonvilie . and
Asheville garnished in fine style, and
were telegraphed to New York. . They
said that Bald Mountain had been split
in twain, described the crashing of rocks,
splintering rjl - trees, and smell of
sulphur, widened the 'fissure to thirty
feet, and sent the inhabitants fleeing in
every direction for safety. -.-'
The writer visited the locality, accom
panied by Mr. Taylor, of Spartanburg,
S. C; Mr. J. M. Flack, of Chimney Rock,
and Mr. McKJmley, of the Charleston
Newt and Courier. The farmers in the
vicinity seemed to know and care but
little about the discovery. - Our only
guides -were the moonshiners. - They
sprang up like mountain cats. : The
weather was very warm and the ridge
very steep. We found the crack with
out difficulty. It runs along the edge
of the peak and not across it.
Lhe crack extends along the shelf of
the rock, five hundred feet from the
verge. It resembles a crack in an im
mense brickwork. The fissure is irregu
lar. For some distance it is vertical, but
afterward becomes horizontal and so re
mains. It daily becomes longer, but
does not increase in width. ' In no place
i it wider than six feet Stones were
thrown into it, and all were satisfied
that they could hear them strike the
bottom A slope of red clay on either
side make it dangerous to examine the
crevice, bui with some difficulty a log
was thrown across, and au peered into
its depths. Blank darkness alone could
be seen. There was a smell of dead
leaves, but no scent of sulphur. The
ground was humpy, and " Awlford's" cat
tle were watching our operations over
the rough fence.
it is evident that no earthauake has
caused the break. , No one claims to
have felt a shock since 1875, and persons
living at the foot of the mountain de
clare that they felt none at that time.
The spring has been exceedingly wet,
ana tnis unaouoteaiy accounts for the
crevice. A week's rain might send mil
lions of tons of rock down into the. val
ley. In times past great blocks have
fallen out Mr. Brackett, who lives at
the foot of the mountain, says he has
repeatedly seen these slides. One oc
curred two weeks ago, causing a great
uruauiug ana roaring, unimney "eak is
gashed with fallen rocks. Arches a
thousand feet long are left by them, and
craggy hips and shoulders project from
the mountain. Nor is this all. In two
places a whole section of the mountain
nas oeen spin into rocks and sunk nun
areos ot feet below the top. The rock
appears to be a coarse granite, lumpy
with ,now4 - 1 . n '
ycs ana nssures are
numerous. Within the caves the quartz
is set; so regularly that it looks like the
grain of th rV tv,
a - -- --- .1110 urysuiis on-
oubtedly lessen the adhesive qualities
of the rock, and the slides and strange
noises once heard in th ho.. t tSa
Mountain are caused by th. action of
water under the mountain, The rooks
are undermined, and" sink, leaving caves
and Crumbling peaks. '
lhe-whole country is a, network, of
streams. Three great whirlpools from
twelve to -twenty feet across, funnel
themselves within half a mile of Bald
Mountain FeHce-Eails, are sucked into
them and never reappear, i Soundinn
have been made, tut no bottom has been
discovered. Probably the' ' strongest
proof of the water theory are the wind
crevices of Chimney-peak. -! A huge
rock elbows its way to the surface a few
hundred feet above the base of the
mountain. This rock is cracked in three
places. An icy wind rushes from two
of these' crevices. Mandrakes, ferns,
shrubs' and tops of trees six hundred
yards away are shaken by, this wind.
Mr. Freeman, living in a house a mile
distant, declares that, his cheeks are
fanned by this icy breeze while sitting
in the archway of Jus log house. With
all its strength the wind is steady; and
tfe temperature the same both in winter
and summer. The density of the cold
air sends it down into the canon, mak
ing, it a delicious retreat in dog dava.
The cracks are from twelve to fifteen
inches wide, and about twenty - feet
long. - A few fop.tnf hltuitina- wonlrl tin.
doubtedlv open a very Irkta nuvA ' ma.
sibly resembling the ice caves of Mexico.
The wind , comes so strong from tfi
crevices that the hats of visitors are fre
quently sent spinning down the side of
the mountain, and the air is so cold that
few breaths of it chilled me to the
bone. .';. r 1
These crevices undoubtedly lead to-
the interior of the mountain. Far above
them, at the lase of the .cliffs, lie the
great bat caves of the Broad River, a
dozen in number. ; A steady stream of
bats pour from their depths at twilight
and circle around the" mountain. The
natives say that there are millions of
them, but our party explored one of the
caves and. found very few. . Although
this cave led under a rocky tower ap
parently solid as iron, it was carpeted
with angular boulders that had detached
fhernaelves' from the interior of the
rocky tower.4-Frequently the passages
were sw narrow that we crawled through
them , like serpents. .- After . going one
hundred and fifty yards, the boulders
were so large and packed so close, and
our single candle so bad, that we turned
back. . , A : , . .
So much for Chimney Peak. ' The
same' features mark -Bald Mountain.
Caves are usually found in limestone
formations, but we saw no evidences of
limestone here. ' The water theory alone
can account for the disturbances. Mr.
McKimley,r of the Charleston Newt,
Btumbled upon what he called volcanic
cinders- or scoria. ' In great glee he
loaded his wagon with the treasure, but
quickly threw it into the street when he
found that he had been prospecting
over the site of an ancient blacksmith
shop. , There are no signs of volcanic
action in any of these mountains, but
the North Carolinians are praying night
and day for aneruption. They say that
it wouldn't hurt anybody, and would
be a great help to the State. The ex
citement, four years ago was the -signal
for a general religious revival. "
Grave Robbing.
|New York Tribune.|
It is not often that the newspapers
have to record a more painful story tban
that of the violation of the tomb' of
Hon. J, Scott Harrison, at North Bend,
Ohio. The next day after the funeral
Mr. John Harrison, going with others to
the Ohio Medical College, in Cincinnati,
in quest of another body known to have
been stolen, actually found that of his
father, naked, and dangling at the end
of a rope I It had been buried with
unusual precautions. Heavy stone slabs
had been cemented over it. A special
guard had been placed at the tomb.
The shock to the son' thus suddenly
confronted by the corpse of his father,
in such a place and after it had been
subjected to such indignities, and in
spite of all his pious care, must have
been terrible. The whole narrative, in
this matter-of-fact age, is like a chapter
in " The Mysteries of TJdolpho," or a
scene in the dramas of John Webster.
ucn an incident encountered in a ro
mance would now be regarded as a vio
lation ' of the canons of good taste, and
as a gratuitious outiage upon the sensi
bilities of the reader.
The indignant public will be likely to
hold the managers ot the Uhio Medical
College responsible for the revolting in
sult to one of the strongest instincts of
mankind.- VI course, extenuations ana
excuses will not be wanting. We shall
be told that medical education can' not
go on without subjects that in secur
ing the necessary . Supply, , the schools
must run the risk of being imposed upon,
But if anatomy and physiology can not
be taught without the perpetration of
hideous crimes, then medical education
must be sriven up. though its abandon
ment should send us back to the limited
science of Galen and Hippocrates,
Again, if the managers of medical
schools run the risk of participating in
sacrilege, they must be prepared to take
the consequences. The sanctity of the
tomb has always been -admitted by ail
civilized and by most savage nations.
There is no room for argument there is
no opportunity for discussion.: lhe
public would not permit schools of medi
cine to exist' if robbery of the grave
were the condition of their perpetuation,
It. therefore, becomes those to whom
their care is committed, to be cautious
of the methods employed in supplying
their dissecting-rooms with bodies.
There are ways by which these may be
legally obtained, and no others should
in the least be countenanced Dy tne iac-
ulties. They have no right to deal with
suspicious persons. They can not trans
fer their responsibility to lamtors. J. hey
chiefly will be held amenable by a sen
sitive public. Nothing but the utmost
precaution on their part can prevent
stringent and maybe not over-wise legis
lation of a kind iiaeiy to put a stop to
dissection altogether. Already in Eng
land there is a considerable party of
scientific men who regard it as unneces
sary, and who hold that sufficient in
struction may be imparted through the
medium nf models and diagrams.
There will be plenty of converts to this
doctrine, some of them intelligent anu
some otherwise, after two or three more
TOntalifce that at North Bend. That
some different and stricter system is de
sirable is evident. Such a horror as this
infest miA - nncht to be next to im
possible.
Paw a. man swim in oilT This ques
tion was practically solved the other
day by a workman empioyeu m u uu
manufactory of Nice, who fell into
tank of olive oil nine feet deep. He
wna n o-rnnrt swimmer, but he went to
the bottom like a plummet, and was
only saved from drowning by the timely
aid of a comrade. Oil is too light to
swim in: it is not. sufficiently buoyant,
and does not offer the resistance neces
sary to keep a man afloat,
GENERAL LAWS.
GENERAL LAWS. Passed by the Sixty-Third General Assembly
of Ohio, at its Regular Session, Begun
January 7, and Closed May 15, 1878.
a
1. To strike the wold." white" from the indltts
laws.
' S. -A uthortzisg perment to be made of conrpensa-
tlon to certain Boards of figoalizauon (UnclnnaU)
and tbeir assistants.
8. Makiog an appropriation for advertising pre-
posea amendments 10 me constitution,
4. Making partial appropriations for the year 1878
'(for Adjutant General's office, and expenses of the
miuua oraerea oui in isrj. ..
6. To establish a Board of Fire Commissioners in
certain titles (Cincinnati).
0. Prescribing proceedings in cases in Probate
Court wherein the Probate Judge is interested in
any manner.
T. To redistrict certain cities of the second class
(Dayton) lor representation in council, ete, -----
8. To maintain or assist in maintaining certain
libraries it, certain cities (Cleveland). .
9. Directing the Adjatant General to ascertain the
number of soldiers' unmarked grayes in Ohio, for
the purpose of baring durable i monuments
erected. .
. 10. -.Authorizing the Board of Poblio Works In
certain cities (Cincinnati) to appoint the City
Auditor.
11. Prescribing proceedings for making a town
ship liable for medical service to paupers. ,
13. To provide for tbe better organization of cor
porations designated as theWldow's Home and Asy
lum for Aged and Indigent Women.
IS. Authorizing the Commissioners of certain
counties to levy an additional poor tax.
14. To repeal the registration section of the law
for the registration of voters.
15. To reorganize the Ohio Penitentiary
1 16. Authorizing the Governor to appoint twenty
one trustees of any college, seminary or academy
incorporated under the laws of Ohio, for which
there shall be no provision of law for filling vacan
cies in the Board of Trustees. -The bill specially
.applies to Beverly College.
17. To provide for keeping in repair gravel and
macadamized and volunteer roads.
18. Requiring Township Trustees to erect guide
boards. - -i-
19. Prescribing rates of taxation by Comity Com
missionerB for road and bridge purposes.
20. Authorizing Commissioners of certain coun
ties to keep in repair frte turnpikes. ,
21. Making appropriations lor deficiencies and
partial appropriations for the year 1878. - v .
22. Authorizing any benevolent, educational,
Senal or reformatory Institutions to receive girls,
evises and bequests.
28, To authorize the Trustees of mutual protec
tion associations of Patrons of Husbandry to move
their office.- - - - . ...
24. To so amend Section of the Homestead Ex
emption Law as to provide for appraisement of tbe 1
homestead once in two years, at the instance of the
judgment debtor.
irt. xo re-enact section soi tne t rooate court act
of 1853, as amended April 9, 1868.
28. To punish the offenses of advartising profes
sional services to procure divorces.
27. Prescribing tne mode oi fixing compensation
of deputy county officers and clerks In certain coun
ties tnamiitoni. -
98 Anthnrlvinff the Townahln TriMtjuw af tnv
township in this State io levy a tax to purchase s
fiearae and erect a vault. - - -29.
Authorizing Courts to appoint Assistant Pros
ecuting Attorneys.
80. Limiting thecompensation of Township Trus
tees and Township Clerks.
81. To amend Section 2 of the Mechanics' Lien
law so that liens shall take effect for two years from
tne aate ot tne nrst item or laoor penormed, ana
there shall be no homestead exemption against it.
82. Reouirina that anv vote taken under the law
for establishing Children's Homes shall not be at a
general election. .
88. Regulating the payment by the- county of
costs in criminal cases. ,
84. Fixing tbe time prescribing tne manner of
performing two days' work on the highways.
85 Reoulrina Boards of Education in citv districts
of tbe second class to be voted for at the time and
place of municipal elections.
86. authorizing incorporated villages and cities
to purchase stesm fire engines, etc.
87. Reorganising the Board of Aldermen in cer
tain cities (Cincinnati). , .
88. Prohibiting the selling of pools or making oi
wagers on elections. .
89. Providing for subdivisions of election districts
in cities.
40. To reorganize the Reform School for Boys.
; 4f. To reorganise the Asylum for the Insane. '- '
42 To authorize the Secretary of State to re
issue to corporations charters that have been lost or
destroyed
48 Autl
Authortrfpg gnardlsM ot hahoHlw to sell real I
estate and complete real contracts.
44. To ehaDge certain specific times for holding
the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield, Hocking
and Perry Counties.
45. To create an additional Judge of Common
Pleas in Franklin County.
46. Fixing the time of holding an additional term
of District Court in Jackson County.
47. Providing tor tne election ot local bcnool in-
rectors. ......
48. limiting the powers of Prosecuting Attorneys
to enter iv.UtproMqve. -
49. To amend Section 9 of the General Incorpora
tion Act,- excluding from its provisions " camp
meeting, Sunday-scbool, temperance, religions and
reformatory associations," and adding library as
sociations, associations to protect birds and game,
for protection of horses and other live stock, and
prosecution of theft of the same, etc
60. Limiting the aggregate compensation of Road
Supervisors.
61. Prescribing the mode of control of joint sub
school districts (Section 86 of School Law.
62. 4,uthonzlpg vacation and repair oi turnpixe
and plank roads which are suffered to be oat of re
pair, and to establish them as county roads.
68. Authorizing certain cities of the first and sec
ond class to expend one-half the bridge tax raised
Dv county levy.
64. Authorizing County Commissioners to buy the
right to take toll on toll roads. -
s -. Autnonzing tne uarsnai oi certain villages to
act as Street Commissioners.
66. For the better regulation of lire insurance
eomnaniea.
66. Requiring compensation to be paid to com
panies owning toll roads before compelling the re
moval ot any gate mt naa oeen uruugn wiium uie
limits of a municipal corporation by annexation of
territory.
ta. to nrevent iraud in tne sale at rertmzera.
69. Changing the time for holding the Court of
Common Pleas (second term) for Mercer and Van
wen counties.
60. Prescribing proceedings for enlarging or im
proving town halls.
61. Providing for the reorganization ot Longview
Asylum, x " -.
62. Fixing the pay of township Assessors at two
dollars a day.
63. Changing the time of holding the Supreme
xerm oi common fleas in ranaiin uouniy.
6i. Authorizing Boards of Education in certain
cities (Cleveland) to appoint library committees and
levy taxes.
63. 10 reduce fees and salaries of officers 01 cer
tain counties (Columbiana),
66. Providing for indexing pending salts and
executions not dormant.
67. Providing for control and cleaning of streets in
certain cities (Cincinnati).
ba. io compel owners oi hedge fences on partition
nes and along public highways to keep the
within certain limits. -
Prescribing proceedings for patting and keep
ing turnpike and plank roads in repair.
,0. Prescribing penalties lor catching fish except
oy noox ana line.
71. Autnonzing a temporary loan lor street Clean
ing in certain cities (Cincinnati).
72. Authorizing certain incorporated v11iages(91t.
Gileadl to borrow money and build a railroad.
73. To authorize tne sales ot railroads in certain
iaea( Toledo and Woodvlllel.
7'. Providing for the payment of the oast of
building levees to protect lands from overflows in
certain cases (Franklin County).
75. To authorize certain cities (Cincinnati) to is
sue two millions of bonds to complete a railway.
76. Authorizing associations for tbe manufacture
of lifeboats, etc.. to become incorporated.
77. Autnonzing uounty uommissioners to appoint
Trustees oi public nails in certain cases.
78. Providing for the creation of joint sub-school
districts.
79. Making it unlawful to pay the wages of labor
in barter at prices higher than the cash price of
goods sold.
80. Authorizing Townshio Trustees to procure, by
purchase or otherwise, materials for road pur
poses.
81. Giving precedence on the Court Docket to
civil cases in which the State is a party.
82. Reorganizing Ohio Agriculture College,' and
changing tne name to unto e-tate u niversity.
83. Authorizing incorporauon of wool Growers'
Associations.
84. Providing for ascertaining and locating the
boundary lines between Ohio and Pennsylvania.
86. Authorizing private Cemetery Association
brought within the corporate limits of incorporated
villages to become incorporated.
86. Authorizing County Commissioners to grade
and i mn rove unfinished turnnike roads.
87. Direct how cities of the first-class, having ac
cepted property or funds upon condition of estab
lishing and maintaining an astronomical observa
tory shall provide tor tne support d tne
88. Providing that in any assig
iment case evi
rjeraon having nerformed labor
,uring tbe pi
f t . 1. i .... - .,,.11 h. -.UlaJ '..1
payment (not exceeding 1300) before paying other
claims.
89. Authorizing certain dries (Zanesville) to in
clude Children's Home as part-and parcel ef such
eity.
90 To provide for the administration of property
given for the promotion of science, art, and like
purposes, ant. to protect me same rrom waste.
91. Authorizing certain cities (Cincinnati) to levy
a tax by the Board of Education to pay interest and
principal of bonds issued for University purposes.
92. Authorizing transfers of special funds in eity,
county, village or other local treasury, when the
object for which the fund was raised has been ac
complished and paid for.
93. To change the Common Pleaa districts of the
State, and give greater efficiency in Courts.
94. Prohibiting payment of wages by any scrip
token, check, draft or certificate of indebtedness
not payable in money.
9-. To punish offenses by school teachers against
the chastity of pupils.
96. Authorizing certain courts to employ steno-
grapners.
97. To reorganize the Girls' Industrial Home.
98. To organize the Institution for the Blind.
99. To revise and consolidate the statute relating
to procedure in Probate Court
100. Requiring Clerks of the Courts of Common
fleas to provue pou-boost and tall y-t bests lor ales
taws
- 101. Prescribing duties ef Csunty Commissioners
in certain counties (Hamilton.
102. To reorganize the institutions for the educa
tion ot tne deal ana dumb.
103. To amend Section 60 of the school law, re
peal section as in meronce .to , separata colored
schools. ...
10 U Prescribing proceedings by sub-contractors
and material men to enforce liens in their fsvor.
105. Authorising a division of road tax between
rree turnoiaes ana common roada.
106. Prescribing the salary of the Superintendent
of the Reform school for Boys.
107. To prohibit the bringing ef anits of attach
ment in places
distant from the geaidences of pcr-
ties.
108. To authorize the election of two additional
judges in tne nrst Judicial District Hamilton
County. . '
109. To repeal the act of 1877 requiring a record of
chattel mortgages.
110. To authorize the appointment of an Assis
tant Prosecuting Attorney in certain counties
(Loess).
111. The core of defects in proceedings for the
establishment of ditches.
112. To prohibit and punish the Importation into
the State of Ohio of animals having the Texas and
Spanish fever. -' -
113. Authorizing the Council of certain cities
(Cleveland) to levy a tax for Sinking Fund.
114. Providing for annointmeni of Trustees of
charitable institutions managed by women.
lia. Authorizing Townahip T"fta .to procure
lands lor cemetery purposes. "
116. Authorizing the Councils of certain cities
(Toledo) to issue a tax for a sinking fund. -
117. Authorialng any Turnpike Company to sub
divide its road and organize a company for each
county in which the road lies.
amine Morgan raid claims. ,
us ureaung a commission oi Ptateomeers to ex
jiy. Denning as public certain drains and water
courses, when dedicated by private agreement or
publlcact.
120. loautnorize 8 temnorarv loan fnr mwer rir-
poses in certain cities (Cincinnati). ,
121. Authorizing certain eitiea (Zanaavilhri tnenn.
solidate with public schools privately endowed
Schools . ..... .,. ,.;.
122. Fixing the salary of Infirmarr Director in
certain cities (Cincinnati). ..(-,-. . .
izs. io pro viae tor a record in boot form or tbe
military records in the Adjutant-General's office nf
all persons who served in the armies of the United
States during the rebellion.
124. To Twdi strict tha Rtata Into Rnim VI...
districts. . .; -
125. To snnronriata mnnev fnr thji ranafr nf th
Poblle Works.
126. To reoraaniza th 8oldira tM flallnr.'
Borne at Xenia.
127. To revise and codify the statutes relating to
taxation. '
128 To revise and codify the laws rolatlne- to
practice in the Probate Courts.
129. 10 revise and codify the lawa relating to the
militia. -
180. To revise and codify the lawa nlatlna- to
practice in Probate Courts.
lol. Io revise the lawa of nrofiednre In JoittW
and Mayors' Courts. .
132. To revise the code of civil procedure.
133. To revise the laws relating to mnnicfnal erw.
poratlons. . - , ,
14. i ne uenerat Appropriation Bin.
136. To reorganise the Board of Public Works. '
186. Prohibit! njr insurance camnaniea adontinv
the names of ether companies. -
is, xtequinnff tne superintendent of Insurance.
to makeCannuai examination of the condition ef life
insurance companies; also limiting them to a four
per cent banis in computing assets. - '
18V Requiring life insurance companies, as a con
dition of doing business in the State, to waive the
right to take suits to the United States Court.
189. Authorizing certain cities (Cinclnnatil to take
a second voteon a two million loan.
140. Reouiring officers for Stats, ennnrr and mu
nicipal offices to be voted for on the same ticket,
whenever voted for at the same election.
141. Redistrictifig the State for reoresentation in
Congress.
1(2. KeorganiziDE the institution for Imbecile
Tenth. '
148. Making aonronriations far ex Denies of com
mittees. '
144. Providing for the eare of libraries in certain
cities (Portsmouth.)
iso. rixing tne mode or. annrom-iatma nav nf
deputy county officers.
funds. -
146. Autnonzing certain cities to invest sinking
147. Defining the Dowers and nrescrlblns- the
duties of tbe Board of Public Works.
148. To punish false pretenses in negotiating com-
mercial nanerlfraudnlentlv ohtained.
149. Creating the office of Inspector of Dlaminat
ingOils. .
loo. a oousning coroners innea. - - -
lrijj'f,V"
161. Requiring State, county and municipal 1
aVthe i
election, to be'
voteA tormi thananu, ticket.
152. Providing for keeuinc hi rercair traveled or
other improved roads.
163. Authorizing yachting ana other sporting ss
sosiationa to become incorporated.
If 4. Giving prioilty of payment in assignment
cases to persons who nave performed labor.
1' 5. To punish frauds in manufacture and sale of
butter, cheese and oleomargarine. - - -
166. Giving Township Trustees eare of burial
grounds. -
io- rrescrioing minimum amount on wnicn mu
tual insurance companies may be org wised. .
loe. Autnonziog women to practice Jaw.
The Intelligent Compositor.
|Burlington Hawkeye.|
The night is waning, and the hash of
inspiration maces the sanctum solemn.
The news editor nas iust written him
self a New York dispatch telling all
about the sea serpent. The political
editor is just closing a crusher full of
blood and thunder, and winding up with
a terrific exposure. The proof reader is
opening a new case of pencils, for the
purpose oi mamng au tne errors in six
lines of proof. The funnv man.' from
the tearful expression of his Borrowf ul
countenance, is known to be in the throes
of a joke. 1 he joke is born, ana this is
its name : . , : 1
A man died in Atchison, Kansas,
last, week, from eating diseased buffalo
meat. A clear case of suicide death
from cold bison."
Enter the intelligent compositor.
" This Atchison item, what is this last
word?"
To him, the funny man " Bison."
Intelligent compositor "B-i-B-o-nT'!
Funnv man " Yes." ,- '
The intelligent compositor demands
to be informed what it means, and the
riaina-taking funnv-man, .-with many
tears, exolains the loke. and with great
elaboration, shows forth how it is a play
on "cold pisen."
" Uh. yes," ays tne intelligent com-
.nJ ' -i Cnt tf nn "jvilH
Doison.
. Funnv man groans, takes the proof,
seeks the intelligent compositor and ex
plains that he wishes not only to make a
play on the word " pisen " tut also on
the word " bison." -
" And what is that V asked the in
telligent compositor.
The funny man patiently explains
that it means " buffalo." - . . - .-..'
"Oh, yesl" shouts the Intelligent
compositor. " Now I understand."
Mortified funnyman retires, and goes
home in tranquil confidence and growing
fame.
" Paper comes out in the morning
"cold buliaio." .
Tableau Bed fire and slow curtain.
1
Among the minor industries of the
great cities that of picking up things in
the street ' is not tne least lucrative.
Besides the rubbish, stumps of cigars,
for instance, which are turned to ac
count, articles of real value are dropped
dailv by their owners. In Paris the
total number of articles found on the
public highway and deposited by the
Prefecture of .Police during the year
1877 amounted to about sixteen thou
sand, of which four thousand six hun
dred and fifty were purses, bracelets.
watches, jewelry and gold and silver ob
jects of various descriptions. The ac
tual cash contained in the purses
found amounted to $14,710.8(1, to say
nothing of the money value of the
trinkets, watches and other articles.
very small proportion of this property k
ever returned to its owners. The police
do their best, by advertisement in the
newspapers, to publish the discovery of
the lost articles, with but very uttle
effect, and, after a certain time, most of
them are handed over to tbe hnders.
Tee American paragrapher may be
spoken of lightly by solemn and incom
petent writers, but he has made a great
many valuable discoveries. In the Phil
adelphia Bulletin he reveals the' fact,
never before observed, that even as long
ago as the days of Solomon hand-organ
music was held in contempt; because
that excellent judge says, " The sound of
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RATES OF ADVERTISING: SARCASM.
l W i eaUsd'oae evening last antnnui f
'i- , On a demoiselle " trateeu;" .-.
In conversation brave and gay '
; The time paeed pleasantly away .
f .
.- yti, lilt tne nour naa some to go
.-if
: Then a pensive mood eameo'er me; ,,., '
I remarked with many a sign, ' '
" The frost and eoM will soon be here,
, . ; The landscape changed to brown and sere.
And all things green wlU djle. ,
.8he looked sweetand svmrnthwHn, it
And the tears stood in her eye.
A alMt murmured tn U vntM Hiwfn" w .
-' 7i-in- her lily hand In mine. -. '
i-.'iV "I'msorrr, W good-hyej"., J ;IC
EVERY-DAY SPICERIES.
Two heads are better tban one."
said the thief, as he ciawled out of. the
Derrick.
UNE of our i oncers horsemen calls
his latest purchase Regulator, .because
all the other horses go by him. Yonkert
uazene. - -
Paksoh jABPKtf"1anrtgritrrEeun
do move." - It has moved us to buy a
patent awning and a double-actioh fan.
Breakfast Table,- i ,. ..;,.;. j, ;
There is something inexpressibly sad
about the music of a- church .organ
while the collection , is being taken up.
Eapkeruack ifwfla.,,
New Yorkers go a long distance to
find a man to be honored. They are
about to put up a monument in memory "
of Cervantea.sRworti'iev
Havb tbe times unproved ahyu The
pectacle is still presented of men. going
from one saloon to another looking anx-iously
for. work. Newark CalL,yy-
A saddle-horse in the habit of break-
insr nis mtcn-strao and running away
should be called Timon, because Tlmon
tied waits for no man. W Vtty JJemck.
The inventor of the' phonograph is
married, and" sftpcrrlation needn't get
lost trying to fina out where he probably'
got the first bint of the ' talking back
-a... lit J.f..l
uaiities oi, nis jnanni on. rimaaeipma
Pott. - It it? 1- ,,--.Kti-,,.J ;.4T
-It is now that the sentimental young
ladv wanders through' tiie garden and
throws her delicate eyes on the budding
roses, and wondem-u last year s straw
hat will-stand remodeling for t this 'sum
mer. Puck, , :.., t ..,-. 'a'r j, - :
Tlvf i TTHH a Pif.tKririTo- woman bontrht a
cream pie for her husband, instead of a
mutton pie,"TTe 'attacked her with a
hatchet Ex',':-He " was' determined to
have a chop in some shape. Philadel
phia Bulletin. " "
Snronra is . recommended as a cure
for sea sickness. Buffalo Erprcu. A
good ballad for marine stomach tie dif
ficulties would be " I give tHee all, I can
no more, though poor-the ottering he.
Y. Uommercutk -
" Ir you want to sleep well, lay i your
feet to the South, ' says a medical jour- '
nnl. If vou have big feet we suppose
you have a right to lay it to sometking,
but hasn't the pool- South had enough
laid to it? Cincinnati Saturday Night. -
Trickett, the famous English sculler,
has lost two of the fingers of his left
hand while handling a casK of beer, and
bis rnrffr ri s ripr will frfl rv t fnV
to, which should be a warning to every '
sculler to3tick to- ahf-sonll -Syramu-
Courier, ... v.- ,4,,-;: :(. )
I'll tell-vou-how it was," said Mr.
Barelmeyer, dolefully, - .', When I went
into partnership with, that feller Skin
nemlhad the money, and ne had the
experience, but when we quit, hi had the
money and 1 naa tne experience.-
Breakfast Table. ,.' . . .
A if as who was ; knocked down . the ,
other day by an omnibus, was asked if
he was hurt, and replied, V No." Well,
1 thought you must be," said his friend.
dusting him carefully, "loryou aciea
rather odd and confused." "Ah II, acted
so because I was stage-struck." Com-
mercial Bulletin. ' ' ' ' ' ''- '''' ''
When1 this happy-go-lucky old world
,' 193 IWlfm voars nfrl. about twice a
week the newspapers will chronicle the
sorrows of another father and mother
who locked their children in the house, :
and then went visiting, returning to find
the house in ashes. - And, oy tne- . way,
the children also. Hawkeye, r " j
When you find a man who claws over
all of the papers . on , the desk, looks
through the drawers, searches every
pocket in his clothes, and explores -the '
regions above his ears in search of his
lead pencil, and finally finds it between
his teeth, don't lend nim moneyhe is
absent-minded. Keokuk Constitution.
Just think I Suppose, when once I view .
- The heaven I've tolled to win,(,ft ; .
A lot of unsaved sinners too,
Come walfcta' grandly in! ' i,Tif -An'
acta to home, same as if they
Had read their title clears :ui v,i
v An' looks at me, as if to aay
" We're glad to see you herel"
Asif tosay, " While yon have Vm "
80 fast to toe the mark, ,
.J WewaitedtlUitrained.sui'then-.-.,,... .
Got tickets for the ark 1" ' '
-. ', -v j .: . , WiU OarteUm. '-".
Air old lady from the country, upon
seeing a placard in a store-window an
nouncing - " one price' for all," was
mightily aisappointea wnen sne went in
and discovered that instead of being
able to buy, all in the window for one
, 1 1 1 L.I, 1 . . 11
aoiiar ana a nan, sne must uay . one
price" for one article. And now you
cannot 'disabuse her mind of the idea
that some storekeepers will lie.
To lend a man " a quarter " politely,
requires considerable coolness and ; self-control-
- To be slow and ceremonious
about it implies distrust: to slap down
the coin with a " bang" indicates irrita
tion, while to search all your pockets in
succession conveys the impression that
you will be left penniless by the transac
tion. A smiling, quiet promptness marks
the gentleman in this crisis. Neu York
World. ' - :--
- A Stauntoh man writing home from
York, Penn., says: "The customs of
the people differ greatly from those of
the people at home nearly ' all the
males, old and young,- smoke and chew
tobacco. They raise tobacco and manu
facture a great many cigars. At their
tables the people do not use much, cere
mony. Their hospitality is profuse. I
have been in communities where : they
make more fuss over . a. herring,.- than
these people would over a roasted hog."
Richmond State. i i-
"My son, yon should rise with the
sun," said the old gentleman, knocking
at the door. "Governor,"i mumbled a
youthful voice from under the bed
clothes, " 1 fear you never studied the
Gopernican-.thfxiiryrrtJiesun vdoes not .
rise or otherwise . move' " Well, it
don't need books to tell me that is true
of my son!" returned the blunt paternal,
turning away. And the young collegian
concluded that possibly " the old man "
was naturally just about as smart as hit
boy." N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
" Always leave a door the way you
find it," says an exchange. . " The owner
certainly knows best whether he wants
it open or shut" A Fort Wayne man
failed to heed the advice and now he
will have to guess at the taste of straw
berry shortcake for the next three years.
He found a door closed one night, and
opened it with a crowbar.