The County paper., July 22, 1881, Image 7

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CHILDREN'S CORNER.
TIIK CIUM) AND Tilt: FAIItY.
it It.
Tliutnblkln,
'0
llttlo
wlicro i1o you
"Sornctlines on tlio mountain', sometimes In
the ikll;
Sometimes ou the heath, mul romctlincs In the
corn;
Sometimes In tlio chamber wlicro babies aro
Iwrn.
2sow hltlicr, now thither; tho hall or thu cell :
2'ut where It Is moonlight I luvu lxt to
dwell."
"'0 ay, little Thumblkln, what do you call"
"The .purest of honey yields me tho best meat;
1 suck 1mm the cups of the choicest of flowers;
I rob the wild lice when he's tailored for hours.
A mnrshrooiii my table, and dew for my wine,
"What mortal can equal my feast when I dlucl"
'0 soy, little Thumblkhl, what's your em
ploy I"
"I soothe little babies when pain makes them
cry;
3 bring pleasant dreams to their fancy In sleep.
J romp with good boys, mid I run and I Imp.
Sometimes as a hare or a pony I'm seen;
Somctlmcs-ns a hotueinald I sweep tho floor
clean.
"I punish the naughty; tho Idle ones scare;
.And love to see goodness abound everywhere.
.And you, llttlo worldlug, who ask me these
things,
It you're good, will possess all that goodness
still brings:
.Tor goodness will ever bear with It a chartn;
.And Tliuinlilkln never doe good children
harm."
Mr. Martin' Leg.
nr jimmv jntow.v.
ltsrpor's Young People.
I liml n dreadful tlmo nftcr tliut neui
lcnt with Mr. Martin's eye. IIo wrote
nlctturto father mid said flint "tho
conduct of that atrocious young rulllnn
wa.s such," nnd tlmt lie hoped lio would
never have :i sou like me. As soon as
fathersnld, "My son, I want to see you
up stairs; bring mo 1113- now rattan
enne." I knew what was going to hap
pen. I will draw some veils over tho
tcrriblo scene, and will onlysay that for
the next week I did not feci nblo to hold
:i pen unless I stood up all tho time.
Last week I got a beautiful dog.
Father had gono away for 11 few days
and I heard mother say that she wished
-she had a nice little dog to stay in tho
houo and drive robbers away. Tho
very next day n lovely dog that didn't
belong to anybody came into our yard
and 1 made a dog-houso for lilni out of
a barrel, and got somo beefsteak out of
the closet for dim, nnd got a cat for him
to chase, and madu him comfortable.
Ho is part bull-dog, and his curs and
tall uro gono, and hohasn'tbitt one eye,
and lie's lame in 0110 of his hind legs,
and thu hair lias been scalded oil' part
of him, and lie's just lovely. If you
saw 1 1 i tn after a cat you'd say ho was n
perfect beauty. Mother won't let 1110
bring him into tho house, and says, site
never saw such a horrid brute, but
somo haven't any taste about dogs any
how. His nanio is Sitting Hull, though most
of tho tlmo whop. lie isn't chasing eats
he's lying down. IIo knows pretty near
everything. Somo dogs know more
than folks. Mr. Trnvorshad a dog oneo
that knew Chinese. Every time that
dog heard a man speak Chinese he
would lio down nnd howl and then lie
would get up and bito tho man. You might
talk English or French or Latin or Ger
man to him and lie wouldn't pay any
attention to it, but iust say three words
in Chinese and he'd take a pleco out of
you. Mr. Travors says that once when
ho was puppy a Chinaman tried to catch
him for a stew; so whenever ho heard
anybody speak Chinese ho remembered
that time and went and bit tho man to
let lilni know that ho didn't approve of
tho way Chinamen treated puppies.
Tho dog nover made a mistake but once.
A man eamo to tho house who had lost
his palutoand couldn't speak plain, and
tho. dog thought ho was speaking
Chinese and so lio had Ilia regular lit
and bit tho man worso than ho had over
hit anybody beforo.
Sitting Hull don't know Chinese, but
Mr. Travors says bo's n "specialist in
cns," which means that ho knows tho
wholo science of cats. Tho very first
night I let him looso lio chased a cat up
tho near treo nnd ho sat under that
tree aiv: danced around it and howled all
night. Tho neighbors noxt door threw
most all their things at him, but they
niili1n't iltanmii-riirii lilm T lind in tin
him up after breakfast nnd let tho cat
ffet down and run away oofor I lot turn
ooso ngiilu, or ho'd have barked all
summer.
Tho only trouble with him is that ho
cak't sco very well, and keeps running
against things. If ho starts to'run out
of a gate ho is just as likely to run head
Jlrst into tho fence, and when ho chases
a cat round a corner ho will sometimes
mistake 11 .stick of wood or the lawn
mower for tho eat, nnd try to shako It
to dcatn. This was tho way ho enmo
to got mo into trouble with Mr. Martin.
IIo hadn't been at our house for so
long (Mr. Martin, I mean) that wo nil
tlimlrrlif'. tin wniilil tinvnt nnmn firm!,.
Father sometimes said that his friend
-Martin had been driven oui of tho house
'because my conduct was such and ho
expected I would separate him from all
his friends. Of course I was sorry that
:iiuiier leit nail about It, nut it 1 was tils
ago I would havo friends that were
mado more substantial than Mr. Martin
is.
Night beforo last I was out in tho
back yard with Sitting Hull looking for
stray cat that sometimes comes around
the house after dark and stoals'tho straw
berries and takes tho apples out of the
cellar. At least I suppose it is this par
ticular cat that steals the apples, for tho
cook says a cat does it and wo liavn't
iiny private of our own. Aftor a wlillo
I saw tho cat coming along by tho side
of tho fence looking wicked enough to
steal anything and toll stories about it
afterward, I was sitting 011 thu ground
holding Sitting Hull's head in my lap
sind tiMing him that I did wish ho'd
tako tjit-at-huntliig Hk'ASamMcGinnis's
terrletp'but no soniwr had I seen tho eat
andhls'jircC.itfTpting Hull that she
was In sight than lio jumped tip and
wont for her.
IIo ohasod hor along tho fonoo into
tho front yard whoro sho mado a divo
under tho front piazza. Sitting Hull
eamo round tho corner of the houso just
Jiying, ana 1 cioso inter mm. n nap
noned that Mr. Martin was atthatidon
tloular momont going up tho stoffl of
tho piazza, and Sitting Hull, mistaking
ono of his logs for tho cat, iumpod for
it, and had it in his tooth beforo I could
say a word.
Whon that dog once gots hold of a
mon thoro is no use In reasoning with
him, for ho won't listen to anything.
Mr, Martin howled and said, "Take him
oil', my gracious, tho dog's mad," nnd
I said, "Como horo, sir. Good dog.
Loaro him ulono," but Sitting Hull hung
on to tho leg as If lie wore deaf, and Mr.
luuriui iiuug on to 1110 railing 01 mu pi- j
nzza and mado twlco as much noise as
the dog. I don't know whether I'd
bettor run for tho doctor or tho police,
but after shaking tho leg for about a
minute Sitting Hull gave it nn nwful
pull and pulled It oft just nt tho knee
joint. When I saw the dog rushing
round tho yard with tho leg in his
mouth, I ran Into tho houso and told
Suo and begged hoc to cut a holo In thu
wall and hide mo behind the plastering
whoro tho police couldn't find me.
When sho went down to help Mr. Mar
tin sho saw him just going out of tho
yard on a wheelbarrow with a man
wheeling him on a broad grin.
If he ever comes to this houso again
I'm going to run away. It turns out
that his leg was mado of cork and I
suppose tho rest of him Is clthorcorkor
glnss. Somo day he'll drop apart on our
piazza, then tho whole blame will bo put
on mu.
Brides and Grooms.
Nobody over met, or expects to meet,
the woman who can hear of a wedding
quite unmoved. It is a rito that Inter
ests the whole sex, young and old, pret
ty and plain, rich and poor, gentle and
simple. No mattcrhow many weddings
they may havo seen, they nover tiro of
them, but will go to ono after tho other
with unflagging interest and attention,
ns absorbed during tho ceremony as
though it wcro an utter novelty. The
brido is, of course, tho centre of attrac
tion. Even tlioso who know hor quito
Intimately staro at her as though they
had nover seen her beforo, devouring
each detail of her dress with eager
glances. As n rulo tho brido who feels
least looks best. Emotion of tho Intense
kind has not often a becoming clVect,
and in tills ago of "nerves" agitation is
npt to produce pallor, a tendency to
tears, or an unbecoming flush, 'lears
seldom beautify. Poets and painters
glorify beauty 111 tears, but that is the
ory. In practice, their lirst effect is to
redden tho eyes; their second to encar
nadino the nose; their third to develop
a tendency towards snill's. Some years
ago all tho brides wept. It was tho cor
rect tiling. Wo had not quito emerged
from tho sentimental era. Mrs. He
man's poetry was much read, and wo
all know how her brides behaved, weep
ing on their fathers' shoulders and their
mothers' bosom, and reciting regretful
parting verses, so that one wondered
that tho bridegroom was not offended
by so much grief, and did not jump into
tho "chariot" and leave her there Wo
aro more practical now-a-days. The
brido always smiles when sho leaves the
vestry, ami occasionally is seen to do so
coming up tho church. This last may
bo "coming in" hut is rather a venture
somo thing to do jiiit yet. Sho ought,
strictly speaking, to hang her head
down a little bit, not so much as brides
did twenty years ego, but still quito
perceptibly. There is noearthly reason
why brides, as a rule, should hang their
heads, but fashion decrees that they
shall. They aro going to marry tho
man of their choice. Tlioy aro prob
ably leaning on the arm of a father of
whom they aro proud. Why should
they hung their heads? l'erhaps fash
ion provides tho custom in order to
meet tho caso of tho brides who really
ought to hang their heads; those who
are selling themselves for a title, for i n
establishment, for landed estates even
for a home. However tills may be, ten
years hence the dropping head will havo
quito gone out.
Tho bridegroom tries to comfort him
self, if ho bo nervous, by thinking that
nobody will notlco him much. "Every
body stares at tho brido and bildes
nialds," lio thinks. Little ho wots of
the clear eyes that take in every point
of his appearance, overy gesture, every
look. Critically is lie watched through
thu performance a most trying one, no
doubt. Femlnino ears listen intently
for ids "I will," for a woman never
quite makes up hor mind about 11 man
until sho has heard his voice. If he
says it lirmly, in an oven, full deep voice,
ho is approved of. Hut how often, oh I
how often, does ho growl it, or emit tho
Important words in a frightened squeak,
or with the interval of nearl yan octave
between tho tone of the lirst and tlmt of
tho second syllable? Agitation makes
his voieo play him falso, and no ono is
more astonished than lio is himself at
tho extraordinary sounds ho has ut
tered. The bridesmaids aro generally brim
ming over with a pleasant excitement.
especially if tlioy think their dresses
becoming. From tho demeanor of thu
chief bridesmaid, ono would imaglno
that tho whole responsibility of the pro
ccedings rests upon her, from the license
to tho brougham. Arrivad at tho church
sho orders overy ono about, sends maids
and valets fusing about favors, and too
often laughs and chatters as though a
church were no mora a consecrated
building than her own boudoir. Sho
looks on tho occasion as a dress re
hearsal, in which sho not only plays her
present role of bridesmaid, but under
studies tho chief part.
Snoozing.
"God bless you!" is tho common ex
pression of Europeans when you sneeze
111 their presence; sneezing having been
considered In ancient times tho result of
a demoniac possession, to avert tho evil
influence they invoked a blessing. Hut
tho truo philosophy of a sneeil is sot
forth in an article in tho Popular Science
Monthly for April under the heading
What Is a cold?" Tho wholo of it is
worth reading, but wo havo only room
10 irauscrioo wnai relates to sneezing!
"Sneezing in catarrh is a method '"Nature
adopts to stimulate thu prostrate nerv
ous center ami tints enable It to rrtssort
its proper control over tlu blood s.Njply
to tho part; indeed, it will bo found ltat
tho elleets of being exposed to a dnrAof
cold air aro often completely destroy HI
by a succession of sneezes. Of couity,
nature does not always Immediately s1 Is
coed in these efforts; but, whon the dJus
not, the shook from which tho nervous
center sutlers gradually passeruawav.
ami 1110 uiixxi-vossuis again como uitili:
,1 .....1 f 11... Hi. V. . . . .. 1
urn cuiuiui 111 nut nine nerves wnii
regulate their caliber, and so tho 0,"
tarrh disappears in a few hours, or i
most in 11 lew nays, n sometimes nuiti
pens that tho shock from tho old ni.
acting iqioii tho nervous center is cj suoV
severity that tlio consequent inflamma
tion is intense enough to check tho se
cretion of mucous altogether, and lu
consequence tho mucous membrano is
drv as well as inflamed, ahd thu sutler-
It lmpoing very much intensified."
A Hostonian hns taken 1,000 notes of
tho conversation of passing young wo
mon. Out of that number 780 begin
witli either "And I said to him," or
"Sho told mo that Iiosnid;" 120 roforrcd
to dresses or hats that were either "per
fectly lovely," or "just splendid," nnd
tho remainder woro pretty evenly di
vided betweoij comments on other girls,
who woro "horrid," or- "stuck up and
hateful,' now novols, studies, thu sum
mor vacation, tlio Greek play nt Har
vard and tlio latest soiontilio discoveries.
DOES MIGHT MAKE RIGHT.
Tho Tnlilen Turned X IlncUmnti Who
UmlrrMimds tlio lliilcn of Itnllrond
Tarlll.
Virginia (Nor.) Chronicle
A communistic person identified with
dangerous classes of tho Comslock and
notorious for his disregard of truth nnd
contempt lor vested rights, hns just
relumed from n visit to Sin Fraueisco.
This moruiug ho endangered tho good
uamo of tho Ghromclo by entering its
editorial room, Tho nihilist declared
that ho had "a good thing ou Stanford
nnd Stove Gage," but iio supposed tho
Chronicle, liko tho rest of tho corrupt
and timo serving press, would bo afraid
to publish it.
"Tell your slory," said the editor with
diguity, gazing i liqtiiriiigly nt tho boot
of the socialist, which was resting upon
tlio editorial table. Tho boot remained
there, however, while tho following
ridiculous narrative wan delivered:
It's fluo wcntlior nt tlio bay nnd every
body who can afford it takes 11 spin occa
sionally out of tho dust nnd heat. Last
Saturday Stanford nnd Qago wcro walk
ing along Kearney street, nnd when they
got to tho corner of Bush tho Govornor
took off his hat, wiped his brow and
remarked:
"Steve, it's too hot for anything.
What do you say to a brenth of fresh
air?"
'Havo wo time?" inquired Mr. Gage,
pulling out his watch. Sj did tho Gov
ernor, who replied:
"There isn't anytliittg very pressing
for a couplo of hours, I guess, and wo
may as well tnko a spin out to the paik.
It isn't worth wliilo to havo out my
horses. Let's tnko a buck, and then wo
can enjoy a walk when we get there.
It'll bo better than riding around tlio
drives."
So tlioy got into a coupo nnd wero
drivou out to Golden Onto Park. At the
outranco tho Governor nud Gago alight
ed. "What is tho laro?" naked tho Gov
ernor. "On'y SIB, guv'nur."
What!" jelled Standford and Gngo
iu tho saiiio breath.
"Fifteen dollars," repented cabby,
unVottomng bin coat and spitting on bin
hands.
"Hut, my good man," protested tho
governor, "such a charge is exoibitnut.
Tlio law conllucH you to a reasonable
price for iour services, nnd you can bo
arrested and punished for fetich a viola
tion of tho ordiuanee."
"Hang tlio law I" growiod cubby. "My
money bought nud paid for this hack nn'
bosses, nn' ns Guv'nor Stanford said iu
his letter to the New York Chamber of
Comimr.'e, 'the essence of ownership is
control.' "
"Hi ml" coughed tlio governor, look
ing slyly nt Steve, who began to grin.
That's all well enough when applied to
my railroads, but but er, now if you
charge us llftecu dollars to bring us to
the park, what on earth would you charge
us to tnko us to tho Cliff House?"
"Five dollars."
"From hcie?"
"No; from tho city."
"Hut it's twice tho dlstnucel"
"Yes, but it's a competitive point,
Fifteen to tho Park, five to the Cliff
No hoggin' about it. Through rntes to
tho Cliff, local rates to tho park added
just as you fellers do when you chnrgo
$300 for drawing a carload of stuff from
Now York to 'Frisco, and make it 8800
if you drop a car at Elko, about COO
miles iionror Now York."
It was Steve's turn to cough and til
governor's to grin.
"Well," said tlio govornor with a sigh,
"tnko us to tho Cliff"
At the Cliff Houso tho governor and
Stephen drauk their beer and smoked a
cigar, and listened to tho harking of tho
seals, and tilled their lungs with tho sen
brcezo. Suddenly Stevo clapped himself
on the leg and cried out:
'Hy Jove, govornorl I torgot that lot
of coal of Smith's that tho sheriff is to
sell at three o'clock. lt's2uov. If wo
miss that, n ohuuco to save at least $1,000
will bii gone."
"Good hcavousl" cried tho governor
snatching out his watch, "lot's hurry
back at ouce. Driver! Oh, Driver!"
"Here, sir," answered cabby, who had
been leaning over tho balcony purnpot
within car-shot, "hero sir."
"Wo waut to return to town i
ilintely," cried Mr. Gage.
"Ya iis,Ib'pososo," said cabby slowly
chawing a straw, "but I'll tnko ray pay
in advance, if it's all tho sanio to you,
gouts.
Tho governor growled somewhat
between his teetli an teudcrod him o,
"'Taint enough," said cabby contempt
uous!
'In heaven's name, how far will your
extortion go?" snort' d tho Govornor.
"How much moro do you waut?"
"Five hundred more," calmly replied
tho luickm iu. ,
"ney?" ihriokcd Stevo ami tho Gov
ernor. "Five hundred; an' not a cent less,"
replied cabby.
"How sir er damme, sir! how dnio
you ask such a prico for driving two
gentlemoii four or llvo miles?" spurted
tho Governor.
"I bnstd my chargo on 'what tho
tnifllo will boar, snrao as tho railroads
does,"' replied tliolmokmau with a griu,
"If taters is sollin' in Los Angeles for
fifty cents a bushel and at $3 a bushel at
Tusoon, you fellers charge tlio poor devil
of a rancher $2, CO a bushel to haul his
latere to Tuscon and gobble all thu proflr.
Kntv T n?nt na lii-irvnlolt .4- Tl.n...l
Mr, Gngo say if ha could get into town
by 0 o'olbok lie could muko a thousand
dollars. As there ain't uo hack hero,
I'm us good a monopoly for this wunst ns
any blunt d 'railroad ou enrthj but niu't
so greedy. I don't want all you nan
mnkoby u-lr'ni.v hnok. I'm willin to
got along with half."
With a dismal groan the Governor nud
Slovo cmpiiod their pockets aud counted
out tlio money.
"Now, sco here," snid cabby, or ho
closed thedoor of thoh.ickon liisvictims,
"Ivodono for wuust what you roostors
day iu nn' day out have been doiu' for
years, nn' mado your millions by it, I
linppoii to bo nblo to give you n sntn'l
doso of ycr own medicine for wunst, nn'
I don't want you do no kickin'. I know
you kin' send mo to jail for rnnuin' my
business on your principles, but if you
jnils mo I'll havo to havo yer blood when
I get out, uu' dout you forget it."
Hoieupon tlio hnckmnn clapped the
door to with n bang, and climbing to his
scat drove at a rattling pace to tho place
wlicro tlio Sheriff was about to sell out
poor Smith. Smith was a coal dealer
who didn't havo special ra'cs.
Wlieu thu nihilist liml finished tli'i
absurd and libelous tide ho took his fool
off thu editorial desk, huighed honiseiy
and departed for the neiuest saloon,
A Day mi a (tiuimi Hand.
KmltjrS. I.oiiil, InCiillfnrnl.in.
My Idea of agimiio Maud had always
been that it was very rockv, nnd cover
ed with a wliito siiImIiiiico resembling
mortar beforo the sand is mixed with It.
I imagined too, that it exhaled an
odor dilllering soinu-what from the or
ange groves of Tahiti. Had I not been
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tout that 1 was on it guano iiaml, I
would not have known it from thu ur
rouudiugs. Instead of being rocky, thu
soil wa.s mellow and dark, and every
wherotho vegetation was most luxuriant.
Thu air wa.s remarkably clear and pure.
Dining a wall; around the Island, tlieu
learned that there are two kituN of
guano, or rather that of certain quali
ties which all guano imh-csm's; soiiio of
theo qualities predominate in that
found iu a given loealiu, while guano
taken from Islands differently located
lionesses in a much Mrongor degree
somo other essentials. Thus the guano
of the islands off the coasts of South
America, exposed to the rays of a tropi
cal sun, where the surface of the earth
Is never cooled, and where rain seldom
or never tall, possesses the strongest
atninotilaeal propcrilles. Not only the
excretions of birds are deposited there,
hut tho birds themselves come there In
die; and eggs have frequently been ta
ken out, a llttlo below the cruets which
form over these depo-its, that are also
pure ammonia. The guano of the-e is
lauds has a strong pungent odor, and is
white ami light brown In color. ISut the
guano of thu islands of tho Southern l'a
elio is Hindu of decomposed coral, form-
istlv phosphate of lime and mag-
in 'la. It is cntirelv inodorous, and of
a dark brown color, resembling well pul
verized loam. It is believed that thu
birds, which iu large numbers inhabit
these Islands, living ns they do, almost
entirely ou I'tsli, deposit phosphoric acid
on the coral, and also leave the bonus of
the llsh, which they cannot eat. The.so
decompose the coral, and thus form tho
phosphates which give to thu guano its
value. Tho guano is separated from the
corral in thelollowiiig manner: There is
quite a force of natives employed, who
gather the earth in largo heaps and then
screen it in thu saute manner us line coal
is (.oparated from coarse. Thu screens
nru about eight feet by three, nnd the
Iron guiiso covering them is line, allow
ing only thu guano, or vorj lino portions
ol the earth to pass thioitgh, and leav
ing tho coral in thu screens. The guano
Is then sacked, and shipped to Ham
burg whence It Is re-shlpped to different
parts of Europe.
Colors of the Diffiorent Races.
l'rvft-Hiir 1'. II. Tjlor. iiiScli'na'IMunUilyfur.liity.
Thu color of the skin, that important
mark of nice, may bo best understood
by looking at tlio darkest variety. Thu
dark hue of the negro does not lie so
deep as the innermost or true skin,
which is substantially alike among all
races of mankind. Tho negro, in spite
of ills name, is not black, but deep
brown, ami oven this darkest lute docs
not appear at the beginning f life, for
tho new-born negro child is reddish
brown, soon becoming slaty-gray, nnd
then darkening. Nor docs tho darkest
tint ever extend over tho negro's wholo
body, but his solus and palms are brown.
Tho coloring of the dark races appears
to bo similar in nature to tho tenipurarv
freckling and siinburning of thu fair
white race. On tho whole, It seems that
thu distinction of color, from the fairest
Englishman to thu darkest African, has
no hard and fast lines, but varies grad
ually from one tint to another.
Thu natural lino of skin farthest from
that of tho negro is tho complexion of
tho lair race ot ortucrn Kurope, ot
which perfect types aro to be met with
in Scandinavia,' North Germany, and
England. In such fair or blonde people
the almost transparent skin lias its pink
tinge ny snowing mu siniiii nioou-vcs
sols through it. in thu nations of South'
urn Europe, such as Italians and Spaii'
lards, thu browner complexion to somo
extent hides tills reil, which among dark
er peoples in other quarters of the world
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ferenco between light and dark races Is
well observed In their blushing which is
l UU5U.1 IU UV 1USVU1JUMIU, II, U UU'
caused bv tho rush of hot red blood in
to the vessels near tlio surface of tho
body. Tho contrary effect, paleness,
caused by retreat of tlio blood from tho
siirlacu, is Iu liKu manner masKeii uy
dark tints of skin.
Tho rniisru of comnlexion umomr man
kind, beginning with thu tint of thu fair-
whites of Northern Europe and tho
dark-whites of Southern Europe, pusses
to tho brownish-yellow of the Malays,
and tho full-brown of American tribes,
tho deep-brown of Australians, aud thu
black-brown of negroes, Until modern
times thou race-tints have generally
been described with too llttlo care. Now,
however, tho traveler, by using Union's
sot of pattern-colors, records thu color
of any trlbo ho is observing, with tho
accuracy of a mercer matching a piece
of silk. Tho evaporation from tlio hu
man skin is accompanied by a snioll
which differs in tllueruiit races. This
peculiarity, which not only indicates
difference in tho secretions of tho skin,
but seems connected with liability to
certain fevers, etc., is a raee-eliaractcr
of somo importance.
Candlo-power and the Electric Light.
W. II, l'rcccv, In Popular Bclenco Monthly for July,
Somo wild statements, Involvingwoii-
.1 ..II.. .11 ... ...!... 1....... !.....
'made about tho llglit-givlng power of
4lw. .llffniinnt llr.l.la A otniwl.iixl cmiikivi-
cnudlo, although It may bo a good unit
to measure gas uy, is a, very poor sianu-
Mril fnr llin iiliwiti'ln llirlit. Nonn of llin I
various modes of measurement in use
seciu to apply exnotly to this light, and
tho standard of measurement of tlio fu
ture lias yet to bo found. Muoli is said
about the subdivision of tlio eleelrio
light by certain gentlemen, whohopo to
dlstrlbuto it throughout our houses from
one central spot, and furnish it cheaplv
and abundantly In our cities. I am one
of those who do not believe iu the Im
possible, but I say thnt, with our pres
ent knowledge, this problem Is unsolv-
ahle, Sir William Armstrong can only.
Keep iniriy-suveii inmps going; i,tiuo
l'ox could only show twelve lights; Pro
fessor Adams could only produce from
tins most powerful dynamo-electric ma
chine, by calculation, one hundred and
forty lamps. Where Is tho subdivision?
Tho advocates of subdivision assume an
Iwi..n,,sf M.I.. ..I.....-!..!.
Their opponent reply tlmt there Is hut
iMi;.llilll3lllflu OMIIIUU III UICCII ICll .
a very limited source of energy in every
dynaino-elcetrio machine, ll inny bo
that more powerful machines and lamps
of lower resistance may enable us to
light ii) a greater number on onu cir
cuit, but this is not subdivision, it is
multiplication.
George Eliot's Youth.
Nineteenth Ci'ntiiry,
Somewhere about 1827 a friendlv
neighbor lent "Wavirlv" loan elder
ly sister of llttlo Mary "Evans. It was
returned beforo the child hud read to
the end. and tu her distress at the loss
of tlio fascinating volume sliu began to
write out thu story as far as she had
read it for herself, beginning naturallv
where tho story begins with Waverlv's
adventures at Tully Veolan, and con-
tlmilmr in. lit ll,,, ti, -....!..... I ..!.!....
moved to gut hor thu book again. Ella
divided her childish allegiance with
Scott, and she remembered fastening
with singular pleasure upon an extract
Iu some stray alnianno from thu essay
In eoiniiioinorutloitof "Caption .lack
son," anil ids "slender ration of single
Gloucester," and proverbs in praise of
chceserind. This is an extreme exam
ple of thugcucrnl rule that a wise child's
tustu in literature Is .sounder than adults
generally venture to believe.
Not many years later we may imagine
her a growing girl at school.'' Almost
on the out-klris of iho old town of Cov
entry, toward the railwav .station, the
hotiso may still he seen,' Itself tin old
fashioned, live-windowed (Jueeii Anne
sort of a dwelling, with a shell-shaped
cornice over the door, with an old-timbered
eottage facing it. ami nearadioin
ing a quaint brick and timber building,
with an oriel window thrown out upon
oak pillars. Hetween fortv and lift v
ycars ago MethodIt ladles kept the
school, and the name of "little mama,"
given by her school fellows, is a proof
that already . something: was to be seen
of the maternal air which characterized
her in later , ears, and urhaps more es
nechilly in intercourse with her own: sex.
rrayer-ineetlngs were in vogue among
the girls, following tin example of their
elders, and while taking, no doubt, a
leading part iu these, she itscil to suffer
much self-reproach about her coldness
and Inabllltv to be carried with the
same cnthusliMii ns others. At thesaino
time, nothing was further from her na
ture than any skeptical inclination and
she used to pounce with avidity upon
any approach to argumentative theology,
within her reach, earn Ing I'aley's "Ev
idences" up to Iter b'ed-ronin.'and de
vouring it as .sho lay upon the floor
alone.
A mind liko hur.s must have, preyed
disastrously upon itself during Iho years
of comparative solitude in which she
lived tit Kole.shlll, had it not been for
that inexhaustible souroo of delight in
every kind of intellectual acquisition.
Languages, music, literature, science
and philosophy Interested her alike: it
was early In this period that in tlio
course of a walk with a friend sho pans
ed and clasped her hands with a wild
aspiration that sho might live "to re
concile thu philosophy of l.ocku ami
Kent " Years afterward shu renioni
bored the verv turn of the road whoro
sho hud spoken it.
licforo she was 20 she wrote verses
like other youths, hut the silence (as to
original production) which lasted more
titan liltecn years after that ilato was
owing to a characteristic mixture
of
intense ambition and diffidence,
did not choose herself; indeed.
She
she
thought it wrong to
Dull tlio world's seiiM? with incdloirltv
A FISIIIXO EXCUKSIOJf.
Mr. and Mrs. SioiH'inlyku Goon Ono.
llriHiklyn KukIi'.
"Say, my dear," said Mr. Spoopon
uyKc, wiin a social sort ot a grin,
"how would you liko to go Ashing?"
"Wouldn't that lie perfectly lovely!"
squealed Mrs. Spoopcndvko. "I never
was Ashing in my life, and I always
wanted to try it. Where can we go?"
"Well, there are lots of places around
ltrooklvn. East Summer I saw boys
caiun a goon many itsu ou ino hock nt
mu iooi oi suito street, no might go
there."
"Just tho place." conceded Mrs.
Spoopendyku. "l'erliaps we can catch
some sardines. I'll bet a spool of thread
1 gel. thu lirst shad!" and in her gleu
Mrs, Spoopendyke waltzed across tho
room and back again.
Mr. Spoopcndyko smiled pleasantly
upon his witu anil started out into the
yard to got some worms, whilo Mrs.
'SpoommiTyku rigged licrsulf up for thu
pending excursion.
"(ot aiiy Ash sticks?" sho asked, as
Mr. Spoopendyke returned, rather warm
from his exercise,
"I'vo got somo Ashing rods, if that's
what you mean," replied Mr. Spoopen
dyke, "but I could only Ami four
worms."
"Can't wo break 'em in two?" in
quired Mrs. Spooponiiyko, anxiously.
"Could if wo had a buz, saw," grunt-
cd Mr, Spoopendyke. "Come along, if
you're coming," and thoroughly equip
ped for tho expedition Mr. and Mrs.
Snoopendyko set out for tho State street
pier.
"How long beforo tlioy bite?" asked
Mrs. Spooponiiyko, hoisting her hook
out of the wateraiiduxaiiilniiigthu point
of a worm her husband had impaled
thureon.
They'll probably bite at that as soon
as tlioy can borrow a step ladder," re
torted Mr. Spoopondvko, eyeing tho
dangling hook, "If you calculate to
get any Ash, you'd better let tlmt thing
down in thu water."
Oh!" said Mrs. Spooiiumlvke. drop
ping tho rod. "Do you think" I could
catoh a gohllish?" shu Inquired after a
pause.
"Hi! hold on! there. I havo lost lilni!"
ojneuhitod Mr. Spooponiiyko, firing ids
Hook up toward tho Heights,
"So did I!" chimed Mrs. Spoonendvkc
ns sho fell over backward and shot 'her
sinkor Into Mr. Spoopendyko's ear, "I
declaru wo both lost him!"
"What are vou dolniP" itnmnmlcil
Mr. Spoopendyke, "What did wo loso?
When I'm pulling in llsh, you just sit
still, will yo? Think my head's a Ash
pond? Drop it, 1 tell ye! drop It In tho
water, llierel isow sit still and lish.
Another tlmu I'm pulling In a Spanish
niaekurel, you let mu alone. You mado
mu losu that Ash,"
"You ought to have caught him,"
said Mrs, Spoopendyke, soothingly,
"you Ashed splendidly for him."
"I understand the business," rejoined
.Mr. Jspoopondyke, somewhat mollllled,
xou sco ho iliiln t even gel tho bait,
mg as ho was."
"I'm glad of that, because wo'vo only
got tlireu worms left. How I'd liko to
catch nn oyster. Do vou know I"
"HistlSh-hh! Quiet now! I've got
lilni! See mu play him! Now I'll fntch
hlnil" and Mr. Spoopendyku reeled iu
uiiiii no mimed an old hoot.
"I didn't know tlmt llsh had burrs on,
liko a chestnut," said Mrs. Spoopcndvko.
I t ,. 4 -
quivering with excitement. "Crack
him nnd let's see what he is."
"Crack your grandmother!" snorted
Mr. Spoopendyke, shiclng tho boot up
me pier, "lie wasn't good to eat any
way. i'ii get something "
"What's thu matter with my stlek?
Let go, you unity thing! Here's anoth
er onu! (iulckr
"full him In, can t vc? You e got
a one. mini upr oricu iMr. ."spoopen
dyke, trying to untanglu himself from
his linu at'd help Ids wife. "Lift lilni
out of tlio water!"
"lie won't let me," squeaked Mrs.
Spookendyke, holding huh arms out at
full length. "Taku him oil! Scat!
Go 'way, you monster!"
"Lift your polu straight up in the nlr!"
shouted Mr. .Spooponiiyko. "Hoist the
dog gnsted thlng right'up!"
Mrs. Siiookendyko exerted herself and
disclosed an eel, dangling.
"It's a rattlcsmike!'r she yelled.
"Don't go near him! Eire! lire! murderl
police! iiolleo e-o!"
"Hold your yawp, will yo?" bawled
Spoopendyke. "Get him over the dock
so I can catch hint! What vo holding
him out there for? Waiting' for him to
dry? Stick Unit polo straight up in thu
air. I tell ye!"
Mrs. Spoopcndvko threw the pole
over Iter shoulder and Hooped the
eel Into Mr. Spoopendyke' s counteii
unco. "Dod-gast tho measly eel!" he bawl
ed, as he spit it out. "Stop waving that
slain-bastcdlightnlngrod like a flag will
ye? Hold it still, I say! Think vou' re
:i tree?"
"Don't touch him! Throw him over
hoard! He'll sting you to death!" gur
gled Mrs. Spooiiendyke. and, forgetting
that the pole still exercised uu influence
over the eel, shu gave it a Jerk and it
slipped through Mr. Spoopendyke' s lin
gers. That gentleman nui'le a spring
for It, and swashed into the water.
"lieu! blab! baalwagg'o, ght, hie, ga,
guggle!" sputtered Mr. Spoopendyke, ns
some lightmeii llshed him out.
"Did you catch cold dear?" inquired
Mrs. Spoopendyke with solietudu as they
made their wav home.
"If l did. I landed it," growled Mr.
Spoopendyke, blowing mud liko the ex
haust of a tug.
"Anyhow. I caught an eel, didn't I?"
asked Mrs. Spoopendyke, carrying out
tho woman's idea of comforting a man
with the only thing he don't want to
hear about.
"Oh! you caught it!" ripped Mr.
Spoopendyke. "You're a lish woman,
you arc. All you want now is ghts
sides and sonie'bubbles running through
you to be uu aquarium! Another time
wo both go Ashing you slay at home!
You hear?"
And with tills novel mathematical
suggestion, Mr. Spoopendyke hurried
himself to his domicile and' took a nun
sweat.
THE GOOD OLD TIMES.
IIom' ii NcIiooIiiiiihIit Mtis Iaid
't'J.t lears .l"i,
Journal nf IMuetitluii.
'The following is a copy of the agree
incut made between thu town Hunting
ton, Long Island, aud Jonas Moulds
worth, its Arid schoolmaster. This eonv
has been made for tho Journal bv Wil
liam S, Pullerau, editor of tho .Smith
miiplon 'Anvil Ilceonh recently printed
by order of thu town:
A covenant and agreement made the
eluvunth day of lfobruary at a Corto
or'Towno meeting Iletwixt tho lulinbi
tunts of yo Towno of Hunttlngton of
thu one partie, And Iomis Houldswortli
of tho other partie, whereas the said
lonas Houldswortli doth engage himself
to the said inhabitants during yo termo
of fouro years to bo expired from tlio
thirteenth day of April next ensuing thu
day of tho date thereof, l'or to sehonln
such persons or children as shall bo put
to him for tlmt und by tho said Inhabi
tants. And likuwiso tho said Inhabi
tants dotli also engage themselves to the
said lonas Houldswortli for to build him
i sulllclent house, and to g vo him with
ve said house a licivoll nt imninil, nl.
joining to it for iicconiiuoihition there
unto. And furthermore tho said In
habitants doth likewise cniratru them-
sulves to pay unto vo said lonas Houhls.
worth and in consilium on of i s sad t
schooling twenty hvo pounds on no-1
eompt nnd his diet lor tho first yeare.
iwiii aiso io uiiow nun what mure may
como In by yo schooling of any that 1
eunio from other parts. Thu said
Twenty Avo pounds is to bo paid yo said I
lonas ns followetli. Three pounds I
twolvo shillings in butter, at six ponce
icr pound, ami seven pounds two sail
ings in good well sized merchantable
wampum ihtitis well strung, or strand,
or iu such eomodityes ns may suit him
for clothing, these to bo paid him by yo
first of October, nnd threo pounds
twelve shillings iu corno, one halfo iu
whciito and ye other in Indian, at threo
& Avo shillings per bushel (provided it
bo good and morehan'ablo) to bo paid
by yo lirst of March and x-tcen nouiids
fourteen pounds shillings, in well thriv
ing young cattle which shall then lie
betwixt two & four years old, tho ono
half being tlio stenro kind, those to bo
delivered him yo yearo is expired.
And also the two noxt ensuing years.
To pay tho said lonas Houldswortli
Thirty llvo pounds pur yearo with yo
foresaid allowance of what may conio'in
by such ns como from other parts.
'1 ho said Thirty five pounds is to bo paid
as followetli (vk) Ave pounds in buttu ''
at six cents per pound, and ten pound
in such wampum as is above niuntlonod,
or in such eomodltyos as will suit him,
those to bu paid by yo lirst of Ojtobur.
And llvo pounds iu corn by
yo lirst of March, the half in wheato.
ami tho other iu Indian, at llvo. and
three shillings por bushels, so that it bu
good and merchantable. And Aftoon
pounds iu wull thriving young cattle bo
twlxl two and four years old, tho halfo
being iu tho stenro kind. Those aro to
bo delivered when tlio yoaro is expired)
being valued by indifferent men). And
the fourth of hist yearo to pay the said
lonas Houldswortli forty pounds in such
pay as is above montioiied, according
to the nature and tlmo proportionately,
and at tho aforesaid times of payment.
Also, It Is agrood of that Arowood bo
gotten and broiightforthoschoolo whon
yo season shall require It by snob ns
send their children to selioole. And
thnt thu said lonas Houldswortli shall I
havo liberty voarlv for to ohuso fouro .
men that shall bo bound to him for thu
truo performance of tho aforesaid on
gagoinent. When is a ship like a pair of shears?
mien sue is n ci
Turkish Women.
Tho Turkish woman is marringenW
at tho ago of nine years, nnd, by Turkish
inw, at that age, if married, she Is epm
petent to manage her property and dis
jioo of one-third of her fortune. Tho
law allows her to abandon her husband's
houso for iust cause, and will protect
tier in so doing. Sho cannot bo com
pelled to labor for tlio support of her
husband. On tlio contrary, lie is com
pelled to support her, nnif It is a penal
offenso to insult or Ill-treat her. On an,
accusation of infidelity Iter oath is ac
cepted as equally good witli his, nnd col
lateral iiroot must he obtained, bhould
he not furnish her with funds sho is au
thorized to borrow iu his name, nnd oven
to sell Ids property. After marriage sho
has tho absolute control of her own pro
perty, which ho cannot touch.
Influence of Color en the Diffusion of
Seeds.
Popular Srlcnec Monthly for .Inly.
Ill a very largo number of cases tlio
diffusion of seeds Is effected by animals.
To this class belong the fruits and ber
ries. In them an outer fleshy portion
becomes pulpy, and generally'swect, in
closiiig the seeds. It is remarkable that
such fruits, iu order, doubtless, to at
tract animals, are, liko flowers, brightly
colored us, for instance, the cherry,
currant, apple, iieach, plum, strawberry,
raspberry, and many others. Thit
color, moreover, Is no't present In thu
unripe fruit, but is rapidly developed at
maturity. Iu such cases the actual seed
Is generally protected by a dense, soiuo-
tlmes almost stony, covering, so that it
ceapes digestion, while Its germination
is perhaps hastened by tho heat of tho
aniniars body, it may be said that tho
skin of apples and pear pips is compar
atively softs but then they are imbedded
lu a stringy core, which is seldom eaten.
These colored fruits form a considera
ble part of the food of monkeys iu thu
!.... I ! e .1 , I ...
iroiic.ii regions ui uu eanu, and wo
can, I think, hardly doubt that these
animals nru guided by thu colors, just
ns we are, iu .selecting the ripe fruit.
This has a curious bearing on an inter
esting question ns to the power of dis-
ttntriitslifttir i. iitni- ti, ii,il lii' iiiti ,nt-
eestors iu bygone times. Magnus and
(Jelger, relying on tho well-known fact
that thu ancient languages are poor iu
words for color, and that lu thu oldest
hooks -us, for iiMaucc, lu the Vedas.
the 'end-Avesta, thu Old Testament,
and the writings of Homer and He-iod
though, of course, the heavens tiro re
ferred to over and over again, its blue
color is never dwelt on, have argued
that the ancients were verv delieletit in
the power of distinguishing colors, and
pcciull.v blue. lu our own country
Mr. (iladstonu hns lent the weight of his
great authority to thu same conclusion.
For my part 1 can not accept this view.
There are, it seems to me, verv strong
reasons against it, into which I cannot.
of course, now enter; and, though I
should relv mainly on other considera
tions, tint colors of fruits aro not. I
think, without significance. If monkeys
and apes could (fistlnguish them, surely
we may infer that even tho most savago
of men could do so too. Zeuxis would
nover have deceived the birds If ho had
not had a fair perception of color.
SliniMy Abroad.
One of thu wealthiest American ladies
in Paris gave a few nights since a bril
liant hall in her drawing-rooms, Hun
Galilee. While the hull was tit its bight
she went into her bed chamber, took off
her rings and put them on a chest of
drawers. Sho forgot to put them on
again and returned to thu ball-room.
Sho presently remembered what she had
done, aud hastened back to her lied
chamber to And that the ring with tho
most valuable diamond shu owned had
been niirlolucd bv one of her Intimate
friends but which one?
The Paris papers sav: "Cnpuul sang
a few evenings since tit a private party
where tho most brilliant party of Amer
icans now in Paris were assembled.
(Mrs. Muukay's entertainment is meant)
but their ears are not of exquisite deli
cacy. Ho was asked to sing something
from one of .his operas, from "Paul et
Virginio," for instance, He at once
sang:
3c in' nonim' I'opaul
Jo iK'incuru n P entresol
Do Virginia Je nuts fol.
The listeners I inn ri no iintlifmr Itiit flirt
names Paul et Virginlu and being so ig
norant of music as to believo that tho
song was from Masso's opera, immed
iately exclaimed, 'How sweet!' " '
Ibis Is quite as good as tho forego ng.
The master of the hotel in Nice, when)
a gentleman nnd lady had takon rooms
tho precedent day, went up to tho gen-
emtiii, ami, evidently eninarrassed,
stammered: "I beg pardon, sir, but I
am extremely embarrassed. My hotel
H, as vou Know, ono ot the most ro-
spcctablu in Nice ." "Well, what
urn vou drivln? at?" "Why. sir. 1 must
tell you, the lady with whom you eamo
lust "night eamo hero- hist November
with one gentleman, returned here iu
December with another, and you must
see that coming hero so soon afterwards
with a third gentleman is rather "
"Oh! thcruisiiothiiiginthoworhl wrong
this time. 1 am her husband."
Tniu O'Shnntcr.
In tho fall of 1700. Hums struck off at
onu heat tho matchless "Tale of Tain
O'Shanter.' The poem was tho work
of ono day, of which Mrs. ltiirns re
tained a vivid recollection. Her hus
band spent the day by tho riverside,
and iu the afternoon she sought him
with her two children. Hu was busiiy
engaged crooning to himself, and Mrs.
Hums, preeeivlng that hor presence was
an interruption, loitered behind with
her llttlo ones among tlio broom. Her
attention was presently attracted hy tho
strange and wild gesticulations ol tho
hard, who was now oven at somu dis-
lauco, iigouizud with an iingoveriiablo
excess of joy. Ho was reciting very
loud, and w'ith tears rolling down hut
cheeks, thosu animated verses which ho
hud just conceived:
'NmvTiim! OTiiiul had thao been qucaus,
A' plump anil ttrapiu' In their teens.'
"I wish yu had seen him," said Ids
wife, "hu was lu such ecstasy that tho
tears were happing down ids checks."
Tlio poet having committed tlio vorses
to writing, eamo into tho houso, nnd
read them in high triumph at tho fire
side. He ever regarded it as tho master
piece of all his poems, and posterity lias
not, I believe, reversed tho judgment.
"Trust men, and tlioy will bo truo to
you," says Emerson. Wo showed tills
to a respectable grocor. Hu grow livid
with r.igo, seized a club, and wanted to
know where that Emerson feller lived,
anyhow. Thoro was imirjlur in that
grocors oyo. )Vo aid not toll nun,
l'tilr
book agent to venerable hior-
chant -
I'vo a work iiuro to which I
wish to otill vouruttonilon." Venerable
Merchant "Madam, I blush io toll you
that my odiioatlon was negluotud In early
life; and I am only lust learning to read
words of one syllable If you had n
primer now."
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