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A ncrrciiE.
rtllllfltn Wilson.
Far down the green dell's woody glade,
Deep, deep beneath the clm-tre's shade,
With wild flowers (prlngtng o'er her breast,
There she should have her place of rest.
No choristers beside her grave
'Should chant their dull, funereal stave,
Nor sculptured marble rise to show
'.Tho sleeper's name who rests U-low.
FARM AND OAllDEN.
PrcucrvInR KRK".
rAswo havo Lad numerous Inquiries
for somo timo past for tho best nlotliods
of preserving eggs, wo reprint tho rcclpo
which wo consider from practical knowl
edgo to ho tho most satisfactory:
To ono pint of salt and ono pint of
lime add four gallons of boiling water.
Slack tLo limo first in a small quantity
of hot water. Whon cold put it In stono
jars or anything that will not absorb tho
liquid (a vcssolof wood or brown earth
enwnro will not do.) Then, with a dish,
lot down vour fresh eggs into it, tipping
tho dish a'ftor it fills with water so that
thoy will roll out without cracking tiio
shell, for if tho sholl is cracked tho egg
will spoil. Put tho eggs in wlionovor
jcu havo them fresh (thoy should not bo
over two or threo days old.) Keep
them covered in a cool place, and thoy
will keep fresh for a year.
Cure IYr a Felon.
A contributor to tho Rural Now York
or says: "I bcllovo it is better to scatter
n fnlnn. thorubv saving pain and trouble
THofolIowing proscription I hud from an
.nia Litlv. with tho affirmation that in
tho courso of a long life sho had nover
known it to fall if applied in season, and
I can add tho samo, having had oppor
tunity to test it several times in my own
fnmllv tlm last time onlv tho past week,
and with complcto success. Tho first
llmo I tried it tho folon had boon in
nrntrrnss several davs. and became very
nnttifnl. wllli rod streaks runultig ill) tho
arm, whllo in tho armpit tho glands
ivoro swollen, fonuintr what aro com
monly known ns korncls; but after two
days' application of tho plaster, tho
.iwfilHnrr nnd nain ceased, and tho folon
was "no nioro." Tako equal parts of
lard, soap, salt, and spirits of turpen
tine Shavo tho i oap and mix with the
othor ingredients, nun appiy as a pias
tnr. Somo use korosono. whero lurpcn
tino is not at hand, but I prefer tho tur
pentine. If tho skin is thick It Is well
to soak in hot lyo before applying tho
plaster.
NIiecp-KiilKlnfr.
A very great drawback to tho shocp
trado in tho west, says tho Drovers'
Journal, is the failuro of tho railroads
to furnish double-deck oars for shippers
to use in bringing thoir sheep to mar
ket. Whllo tho margins of profit in
-sheep raising aro conceded to bo greater
than tno uiviucnus rccvivou irom ouiur
"kinds of stock, thev aro not largo
onough to admit tho grower sending
-to markot a half car of sheep, for
which 1i U pnmnnlled to II a V US much
freight or nearly as much as would
bo cnargeu ior a inn loan. i is uvi
lcnt that tho western railroads think
it Is folly to go to tho extra oxponso of
furnishing doublo.dcck oars whon thoy
will got all tho sheep to haul anyway,
in single decks. In this thoy aro not
;only standing In thoir own light, but are
.greatly hindering tho progress of this
important industry of tho wost. Only
ai day or two ago; Mr. H. CMlfford,,aii
xtenslvo sheep ranchman of Kussol
(central) Kansas, called on tho Dro
'Vera1 Journal and said if tho railroads
would pay a llttlo more attention to tho
wants of stockmen and furnish ample
shipping facilities, all hands would bo
UencUUCd. oir. U. is using uiuruugu-
bred and grade Merinos, and tho Hock
Is Improving, as tho clip Is now fifty
mcr conl. greater than when ho staitcu.
In that vicinity ho says tho losses on
.stock havo been light, but says not
many sheep aro feeding and ho th'nks
tho bulk of tho present supplies there
will go west wan I, to mako up tho de
ficiencies in Colorado, whero tho lossos
havo been great, and good mutton shoop
aro scarce. Ho also Informs us that thoy
havo tho prlvilogo of shipping in doublo
docks to tho Missouri river, providing
nblnnnrs nut in tho extra dock, but from
tho Missouri east thoy aro compelled to
uso singlo docJts.
Tiio Vnllcyn ol Iowa.
'C. F. Olarkson.
Tim vnllovs of all our rivers and
orneks amount to a largo portion of our
nrnductivo farms. On tho bottom or
tntnrvnln lands tho crops this year aro
moro or less a failuro. But tho Item of
hay is to bo tho greatest suiVercr. Many
of tho farmers cultivate tho dry land,
and cut their hay on tho low or slough
lands. This year most of tho grass crop
on such lands is destroyed uy Hoods,
dirt and sand. Other places usually
mown aro too wot and soft for team and
mower, and will havo to bo abandoned,
ra3 tho hand seytho has virtually gone
nut. of use. All of tlicso things will
greatly reduco tho hay crop, and prepa
rations mift bo niado accordingly. Wo
have always deprecated tho praotlco of
wurning straw, oven when It was plenty
and stock scarce. Tho situation is rap
idly changing, straw is rapidly lessoning
in quantity, whllo tho amount of cattle,
horses and sheep, which will consumo
profitably good, olean, sweot straw, are
nnurlv doubling voarlv. Tako care of
your straw. Cut it whllo a little green
nr. Tlm rrruln will bo nearly as grea
in quantity and''!uiial in quality, whllo
tUO Straw Will ou ui uuuuiu i.wuu.
Shook tho rrrnln carefully, and thon
afnoV nn soon ns it will possibly do,
When thrashed stack tho straw so that
it will keep safely. In stacking tako
Into consideration whero tho straw can
tin tho easiest and best fed to tho stock.
Study out all of tho questions of con
venience and profit. Stook raising, tho
best business of tho farm, is to bo close
ly contested, and ho who falls to utlllzo
nil of his stock food, as well as tho nd-
vantafrcs of feeding and tho comfort of
bis sUjbk, will soon bo found Inquiring
for r bnev-loaners.-ito whom ho carr
TOOVMlgO
T L-V nf .l o t.
his JnxfY. and n fow years
latvT haYiQlnnfvtiquiilng bis way to
Kansas or Nebraska with all His family
unil worldlv rlods In a two horso wa
gon, drawn by two horses on whloh the
buzzards yet noid a mortgage.
Collo In Horuew.
Attacks of collo most frequently aro
tho result of carelessness, and gcMw1-
ally may bo traced to a uOrso Jibing
drank cold water when uoatou, or mi
TnnillatWftftnrholnn-fed. by bolnggorg'
d with food aftor long fasting, or being
chilled by currents of cold air. tsomo
borses nro constitutionally moro liablo
to It than others. Tho first symptoms
aro a gonoral fidgetiness accompanied
by lifting of tho feet vory quiuMjr,
lowod by vlolont rolling. TUoso syrap
(nmn isn indicate other dlsordors. re
quiring vory different troatmont from
frmn inflammation of tllO bowols,
In tho formor, tho horso will striko his
belly violently with feet botweon tho
paroxsms of pain; but in tho latter,
though ho may lift his feet, ho will not
striko, nnd tho pain Is continuous.
When collo symptons are accompanied
by constipation, tho'lirst caro must be
tn Atnnttr tlin limvnla lit- 'Ihnnlr t-nlftnrr1'
and injoctions of warm wator. Hero,
clearly, tho stimulating medicines prop
or to ilatulont collo would bo Inappro
priate and most likely produce Inflama
tion of tho bowols. Hatulont collo Is
tho moro frequent and sudden form, re
quiring prompt troatmont, nnd porhaps
with what may bo at hand In n country
place A horso got quickly well after
tho administration of ono-quartor pint
of gin, nnd two ounces of ground gin
ger mixed with water to Hlla sod water
bottlo, from which it was poured down
his throat. Eutinl nnrts of whlskv nnd
milk, and from half a pint to a pint at
a timo nns been usciui. A veterinary
prescription for colic, is: Spirits of tur
pentine four ounces; linseed oil, twolvo
ounces; lrvidauum, ono and ono -quarter
ounces, to bo mixed, and one quarter
ounce, to bo mixed, and given every
hour until tho pain ceases. Bathing tho
belly wiin not water, ami friction, aro
both useful. If a horso is led about
nilctlv. not galloped, as will bo donobv
Ignorant grooms, it will nld tho action
of tho medicine, nnd prevent n horso
from Hurting Himself by rolling as no
will bo apt to do, during tho paroxysms
ol pain.
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Ice.
If wo trace tho history of ico and
snow as applied to the wants of man
kind to enriv poriods, wo find that both
woro utilized in tho cast at a very an
cient date Tho manufacture of artifi
cial Ico was known, wo aro told, to tho
Greeks and Romans. Tho custom of
cooling bovcragos with saltpetre was
general in Italy in tho slxtcoiith centu
ry. In tho seventeenth contury "Ico
cups" were Introduced into France and
Spain. A moiiiod oi producing ico uy
chemical menus was Invented by Mr.
Walker in is.'. iicsno introduced tno
emnlovmcnt of sulphuric ncld for tho
samo purposo in 1810. Harrison patent
ed an ice-making macliino in wiiicli
ether nnd salt woro used In 1857. Tho
ico trado of this country was first Intro
tluecd by Mr. Tudor, in Boston, in
1800.
It is said that in many parts of Asia,
tho snow was, in early times, gathered
in sacks, far up in tiio mountains, nnd
transput ted to tho principal cities on tho
backs of mules, and thero preserved in
cavities sunk in tho ground, carefully
packod in layers of straw.
Frederick Tudor, a wealthy citizen of
Boston, largoly engaged In salt works
at Nahant, about thy beginning of tho
present century, conceived the project
of tho shipmont of loo to tho west In
dies, in 1805, at which tinio tho yellow
fever was prevalent thero; nnd this
scheme was considered about ns ludi
crous by his towns-peoplo, ns was that
of Lord Timothy Dexter, who shipped
to tho samo locality a cargo ot warm
ing pans. As to tho success of both of
tlicso ventures history has chronicled
tho happy results which attended tho
enterprises, and Tudor is credited with
tho pionccrship of nn important com
mercial Industry to tho country. In
tho winter of 1805 Tudor harvested a
crop of ico from a small pond near Bos
ton, amounting to about threo hundred
tons, which ho convoyed by teams to
Charlestown, whero ho loaded tho brig
Favorlto with Ills novel freight, and
jaleiLwith Jt .to. .the. Island of Martin;,
quo, whero tho nrtlclo was received
with manifestations ot surpnso ami in
credulity by tho Inhabitants. Its benefi
cial advantages, However, were soon
demonstrated and in duo timo addition
al shipments amply paid tho enterpris
ing person, who beenmo to bo regarded
as a benefactor, while profiting largoly
by his speculation.
mo uritisu liovcrnment was uio urst
to appreciate tho advantages likely to
aceruo to colonists irom tno introduc
tion of Ice, nnd ten years after Mr. Tu
dor1 s first shipment, or shortly after tho
war of 1812, ho received overtures that
woro very favorable toward tho devel
opment of tho industry. Tho first wns
tho grant of a monopoly of tho trado
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UpOIl I'UIUlllIUllS WIUUU UU III; UI1WU
braccd. Tho second was tho releaso of
cortaln port duos (then very heavy) to
all ships bringing ico.
Tno urst regular cargo was snipped
to Charleston, S. C. in tho summer of
1817. In 1818, Mr. Tudor established a
branch of tho trado in Savannah, a rival
at that timo of Charleston; nnd, In 1820,
ho established Ico houses in New Or
leans, which city, thirty years aftor, bo
eamo tho grcatost consulting city in tho
United States, south of Philadelphia.
It is a remarkable a:t that nt this timo,
nnd for somo llttlo timo later, tho ico
tiado was confined mainly to foreign
export nnd tho supply of tho Southern
States, whllo tho localities in tho vicini
ty of tho sources of supply in tho
Northern States woro slow to adopt tho
new commodity. At tuo present time
ico Is regarded moro ns an nrtlclo of
stnplo uso throughout the year than ono
of raero luxury. Thero aro delivered
nnd consumed in New York city alone
during tho wiiitor months, moro tons of
Ico than went cut, Bhipped and consum
ed In tho Unitod Slates in nn entire thir
ty yoars ago.
Tho PeopleWho Drift. J
Thero aro in overy largo city a cla
of drifting people, to whom a drllrilto
and permanent auiuing piaco woiiiu uo
in tho nature of a prison; people who
would lie ombai rassed by belngntal u
ltitod with that announcement Jf re
spectability, nn engraved doorrvlato.
or bv being embalmed in tho ciV dl-
rectory.
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Thoy nro tho rolling stones of sotAity
who gather up considerable social n pss
in their courso and llvo tho lifo of lir-
satlltty, cf color, of light, and If 1.1 Is
not tho lifo of phenomenal depth It rrAy
at any rnto, sorvo to uaianco ino classi
cal recluses who live soouro uuriaiion
an, and Inflict philosophical crilinuos
nn tho public
It Is mostly tho fomtnlno portionlof
tho good Bohemians who thin slip In
and out of successive "onvironmontl I"
A man will vegetate forovorln tM saio
suit of apartments, if ho has ol
as olio uueu
from inertia,
pleased with them, purely fro
which is why tho landlady of tho period
quito prefers thosuporlor raco "Singlo
gontlomon proferred," always. Now,
aftor a woman lias gono on doing tho
samo thing long onough sho begins to
look long onougu to no eomeuiing uisu.
unango is mo very uiuum oi uui u.iai
enco. Routine is to her intolerable It
Is not that" sho in tho loast oxpoots to
improvo mattors, but sho preferred va
rlod to monotonous misery. And llttlo
infolioltlos In timo aggrogato thomsolves
to tho vergo of tho unendurable
Nor is thoro much scionco in a sottlo
m'ont of thoso itinorant people They
do not tako root nnywhero, and aro
ready to slip out and arrango thoir
books and brlo-a-brao In somo other
apartmont any day. Tho drifting
throngs of people who thus migrate
nbout tho city aro ft curious study in
modern lifo.
How the Ancients Conducted their Elections
1'opular Science Monthly.
As hitherto, sonsraln, wo must go back
to tho beginning to tako tip tho clow.
Out of that earliest stage of tho snvago
uoruo in which mow is no supremacy
boyond that of tho man whoso strength,
or courage, or cunning, gives him pre
dominance, tho first stop Is to tho prac
tice of election dullbcrnto cholco of a
leader In war. About tho conducting
of clco'lons in rude tribos linvclcrs aro
sllont; probably tho methods used aro
various. But wo havo accounts of elec
tions as thoy woro n.ado by European
peoples during early times. In ancient
Scandinavia, tho chief of a province,
chosen by tho assembled people, was
thereupon "oiovatcd amid tno oiasu oi
arms nnd tho shouts of tho multltudo;1'
nnd nmong tho ancient Gormans ho was
carried on n shield. Recalling, as this
ceremony docs, tho chairing of a nowly
olected member of l'lirllnmoi.t up to
recent times, nnd reminding us that
originally among ourselves election was
by show of hands, wo aro tnuglit that
tho cholco of rcpioscntatlvo was onco
identical with tho cholco of a chief.
Our House of Commons had Us roots In
local gatherings like tlioso in which un
civilized tribes select a head warrior.
Bcsldos conscious selection, there oc
curs nmong mdo peoples selection by
lot. Tho Samonns, for Instance, by
spinning n cocoanut, which on coming
to rest points to ono of tho surrounding
persons, thereby singles hlin out. Early
Historic races supply Illustrations; as
the Hebrews In tho affair of Saul and
Jonathan, nnd as the Homeric Greeks
when fixing on a champion to fight with
Hector. In both these last caws thero
was belief In supernatural Interference;
tho lot was suppos- d to bo divinely de
termined. And probably at tho outset,
cholco by lot for political purposes
among tho Athenians, and for military
purposes among tho Romans, as, also,
in later times, tho uso of the lot for
choosing deputies in some of tho Ital
ian republics, and in Spain (as in Leon
during tho twelfth century,) was Influ
enced by n kindred belief; though doubt
less the deslro to give equal chances to
rich and poor, or elso to assign without
dispute a mission was onerous or dan
gerous, entered into tho motlvo or was
ovi n predominant. Here, however, tho
fact to bo noted Is, that this mode of
choice which plays a part in represen
tation may nlso bo traced back to tho
usages ot primitive peoples.
Marriage Customs.
Before tho Reformation n widow was
directed by tho rubric to give her gloved
hand to tho bridegroom, wiiereas a
maiden removed tho glove a less ex
pressive matter than tho giving and re
ceiving of tho ring, which is said to
havo been a Jewisli usage from time
Immemorial, nnd pointing back, no
doubt, to tho tinio when tho ring nnd
tho signet were ono and tho same Tho
exchange of rings, sometimes practiced
in Europo, is also Jewish, though tho
distinction made the brido's ringbolng
of silver, but tho grooniM to her gold
seems questionable Tho kissing of
tho brido by tho bridegroom ns a part
of tho ceremony was so important in
tho Eoastorn world, nnd oven in tho
Justinian code, ns to bo solemnly pro
vided for, nnd mado a necessary ele
ment in a legal marriage Tho wojt
erns havo dropped It as a necessary
Torm; -AnoniDrpocnimriej-of-tin-K-ern
Church, ns seen in tho Greek ritual,
is that tho Presbyter who solemnizes se
cond marriages docs not join tho party
nt tho wedding feast, and so important
was this thought that it formed tho
subject of canonical legislation. Second
marriages, whllo not forbidden, havo
been discouraged in tho Greek Church,
and aro absolutely forbidden, it Is well
known, to tho clergy. Tho ceremony,
for It is according to Dr. Bingham,
who has given tho results of Ids studies
on this subjectto tho world, of a "gener
al secondary character.1'
A singular difference exists among
tho great branches of tho Anglo-Saxon
raco on tho timo and place of marriage.
In Great Britain tho pinco is, as a nuo,
the church building; tho wedding in a
nrlvfitn hnuso is a matter for special
ilccnso. So tho timo is usually in tho
forepart of tho day. In Ireland tho
episcopalians musi do ninrnuu uuioru
noon, while Presbyterians liavo tho timo
oxtouded to 2 o'clock, unless In both
cases special license is obtained a step
commonly taken only by tho richer per
sons in the community, ju America,
on tho othor hand, it is well known,
timo and place aro left to tho will of
tho parties, and tho "wedding broak
fnst" is not tho uniform thing It is in
Britain. Ono good result of tho Euro
pean plan is that secret, irregular mar
riages aro rendered less easy than in
days when ministers used to bo roused
from thoir buds to marry young people.
'JMiu wedding breakfast in Groat Britain
entails an amount of dreary speech
making, the tousling of "bride and
groom," tho parents of tiio same tho
"officiating clergyman.11 tiio brides
maids, etc., with replies, of which,
happily, Western civilization has not to
carry tho burden.
Accuracy In Standards of Measurement.
Populnr Sclciu-u Monthly.
Few realize tho groat practical im
portance of oxtromu accuracy in stan
dards of weight and oxtentlon, and it is
not generally known what degreo of ac
curacy has boon attained In tho meas
urement of tho standards of length now
in mo in different countries. The car
penter's foot-rtilo and tho tailor's yard
aro familiar articles, but, If tinted,
probably neither tho carpenter nor tho
tailor could tell whether thero Is any
means by which tho true length of n
foot or a yard can bo doternilued. It Is
clear, howover, that thero must bo a
standard with which tho common meas
ures should bo mado to agree, in order
to have tho same absolute value But
wo may relleot that tliu constant uso of
any measure will change Its length, and
that It will ovontunll.y become worn out.
Wo oan, tiion, readily understand tho
great value of an accepted standard,
from which copies oan bo mado, thus
preventing any gradual alteration In
our measures. Such standards of refer
onco aro properly hold In tho custody of
national governments, scientific socie
ties, and institutions.
It Is bv no means n simple process to
compare ono measure with another, nnd
to detormino the variation between tho
two. On tho contrary, tho utmost skill
and long oxporlonco nro required for
suoh work, ns well as tho most elaborate
and costly apparatus. Allowance must
bo mado for errors that are so small as
to bo almost inappreciable but which
'can not bo eliminated until thoy havo
been subjeotcd to future luvostlgatlons
of a vory dolleato nature Evory care
ful observor will obtain results which
aro almost marvelously accordaut infer
se; but tho results obtained by two ob
servers, with different Instruments, will
probably not agree Tho "personnl
equation" has not yet bcon eliminated
from work, of this kind.
In tho comparison of weights and
moasurcs, scionco demands the utmost
nccuracy, and it would not ho possible
oven if ft woro doslrablo, In an nrtlclo
llko this, to moro than nlludo to a fow
of tho steps which havo resulted In the
final adoption of national and Interna
tional standards.
Orvillo Grant.
Chicago Tribune
Orvillo II. Grant, brother of General
Grant died at Morris I'lnins recently.
Ho was born nt tho Grant family home
stead in Clermont county, Ohio, nnd
was somo seven or eight years Ids broth
er's junior, iakh uiysscs and Simpson,
ho removed to Gnlonn and becamo n
member of tho firm of Grant & Sons,
tho now historic firm of leather tanners.
Simpson diod, and Orvillo virtually con
trolled tho buslnoss, which soon worked
up to a very profitable one, for tlioso
days, at least. Ulysses was engaged in
tho tanning buslnoss at tho time of tho
breaking out of tho wnr. During his
residoneo in Galena, which lasted until
about 1801, Orvillo succeeded in accum
ulating quite, a competency, nnd on
coming to Chicago in that vear was
considered quito woll oil'. Jnmcs E.
McLean, a Pennsylvaiiiiin who had fol
lowed the tannery busmen down East,
becamo acquainted with him, and tho
result of the acquaintance was a busi
ness partnership on Lako street under
tho firm namo of Grant KMoLcan. Tho
house prospered, though It is said that
some of Orvlllo's later ventures were
risky nnd disastrous enough to have
swainped them even If tho big lire of
IS 1 1 hadn't caught them and coniplcta
ly wiped out their plant. It is said that
President Grant was well aware of this.
and that It was one of the reasons ami
probably tho chief one for his ap
pointing Mr. McLean, tho sufferer by
Orvlllo's ventures, Collector of tho Port
of Chicago in the summer of 180'J.
urvino orant was nover the same
man after tho fire. Tiio visionary part
oi uis nature seemed to grow and ex
pand, until his head was full of wild
speculations, which, oi course, never
turned out woll.
Orvillo had already begun to drink,
and had been led to excesses, which
shattered him botli mentally and physi
cally, ut late years no nas ucen utterly
Incapable of taking caro of his family,
who, fortunately, were provided for at
the homo of Mrs. Corblu, Ids wife's si
te r, at Elizabeth, N. J. During tho lust
live or six years Orvillo Grant 'has been
a physical and mental wreck. His
habits, instead of being chocked, grew
upon him, and naturally Incapacitated
lit ill for sustained labor, or, indeed, for
labor of any kind. His mind was filled
with dreams and speculative fancies.
Ho turned up in Chicago every once in
awhile, nnd was always sutu to go to
the Custom House, where lie was equal
ly sure to fall In witii soniobody whom
ho had known under tho MclA'an re
gime, who might bo relied upon and
generally was to help him out of a
particularly tight pinch. To ono of Ids
old friends ho was want to talk glibly
about his $5,000 horse, and in the next
breath to ask for a small loan, which
was generally givon and nover repaid.
Ho coif-tantly labored under tho im
pression that ho was still in tho loather
business, nnd wns a rich man, and trav
eled the country on tills suppositious
reputation. "I would sehedulo for at
lmist a SI. 000.000." .said hu on ono oo.
caslon ufterhatflfgTi'dfroworrsomotnfnfr-
irom a mend who nan ircquoniiy neon
called upon to relievo ids oft financial
infirmities. Just before the Grant re
ception in tho fall of 1870, a number of
gentlemen in tho city put thoir bonds
together and managed to got him out
of town before the auspicious day when
tho wholo Northwest turned out to wel
come tho returning ex-President. Ho
returned to tho city, howover, early in
1880, and after wandering about awhllo
and existing as best ho could, was given
u position in tho Registered Letter De
partment ol tiio UHicago rostoiuco,
from which lie was considerately re
moved iust before tho Chicago Conven
tion. Since then ho has scarcoly been
seen hero, having snout his timo mostly
in New Jersey. His wife is said to bo
a vory beautiful, refined, noblo woman,
whose affections of late years havo not
unnaturally bcon centered In her two
boys, who were tho pride of her lionrt.
Sho and thoy havo boon cared for by her
sister, Mrs. Corbin, as though thoy wore
her own family, nnd it is said that Gen.
and Mrs. Grant havo not forgotten Or
vlllo's family, but that, in a quiet, un
ostentatious way, thoy havo done mudh
to add to their comfort nnd happiness.
For Orvillo there scorned to bo neither
cure nor holp. Ho had degenerated
mentally as woll as physically, and.
though remedial agents wore resorted
to, including treatment in n New Jersey
asylum, ho was, apparently, past re
claim, and his death was but the Mid
ending of n blasted lifo.
Indian Cruelty.
In Nebraska thoro is a littlo stream
called the Raw Hide, Rowing into tho
Elkhorn River, a tributary to tho great
Plutte. Tho Raw Hide Is an ordinary
creek, meandering through a beautiful
valby, but it is interesting becauso of
the terriblo a8ociation from which it
derived its name.
In tho year 1849, during tho heavy
emigration to tho California gold fields,
a party from Wisconsin crossed tho
Missouri River a fow miles abovo where
Omaha now stands, Thoy wore bound
for tho Pacific coast in quest or gold.
A member of this party named Rliincs,
a foolish, heartless man, vowed ho
would slay tho first Indian ho should
moot.
Sho try after they had ontorod No
braslta thoy camped on, tho Elltliom.
Tho next morning . thoy broke camp,
and passing Into tho eneliautlng valley
of the Platte, saw a llttlo bund of Paw
neo Indians trailing peacefully along
tho rlvi r.
Ono of tho gold-seekers remlndod
Rhlnes of his foolish resolution. T!o
heartless uiaiif leveling ills rlllo, delib
erately shot down a squaw. Tho party
hastily moved on, but wore soon over
taken by n largo band of mounted Paw
neo warriors. Thoy demanded tho sur
render of tho assassin, Uhincs.
Of courso there was no alternative but
to comply, for a refusal would havo re
sulted in tho massacre of tho entire
party.
Tho redskins took Rhinos, 'stripped
him of his clothing, and tied hint so
curoly to tho ground. Thon thoy bo
gnn tho horrifying torture of skinning
Jilm allvo. Ills companions woro com
pelled to witness tho slokonlBg opera
tion. Tho Indians promptly left tho scone,
iiftnr havhicr completed their horrible
work, without harming tho rest of the
party. Rhlnes lived but n fow hours,
and nil woro thankful when death re
lieved the agony ho suffered. Ho wa
burled near tho llttlo strenn which has
since boon known ni tho Raw Hldo a
meandering monument of tho wicked
nnd foolhardy act which cost n heartless
man his life
MUMMIES OF EGYPTIAN KINGS.
Details of tho Finding of Thirty valuable
Papyri Also Discovered,
Cnlru Letter to tiio London Time,
Besides boltigmomornblo fortho nppoar
mice of tho comets, tho year 1881 must
ovor hold a high placo in tho nnnals of
Egyptological discovery. M. Masporo,
tho recently appointed director of tho
liouiaK Museum, is at mo present mo
ment in Paris activoly engaged in pre
paring for tho publication tho text) of
the pyramids ot the fifth and sixth dy
nasties, which wore opened last spring
ntSnkkarn. The foiirthcoming num
ber of his "Rcctill" will contain tho en
tire text of tho pyramid of King Ounasl
tho last King of tho fifth dynasty. But
tiio saving that "it never rains but it
pours" may bo now fairly npplied to
ft-cltn'olog'oil dhcoiory. Ling be
fore tho savants havo had timo to pe
ruse, ponder over, or profit by tho won
ders unearthed atSakkarathey nro now
suddenly overwhelmed with u fresh sup
ply of mnterial In tho form of tho larg
est papj ri yot known, and by the appar
ition of tho mummies, wllh all tlielr
mortuary appendages and Inscriptions
of no loss than thirty roynl personages.
This discovery which has only just been
made calls for special interest in Eng
land, for among tho thirty royal mum
mies nro to bo found thoo ol King
Thutmcs III, nnd of King Ramses II.
It was tho formor who ordered tho con
struction of tho obelisk which now
stands upon tho Thames embankment,
nnd It was tho latter who, 270 years af
terward, caused his own official titles
and honors to bo Inscribed upon its
faces beside those of Tliutmes III.
.The two monarehs now lay side by side
in tlm Boulak Museum, ami even llio
llowers and garlands which were placed
In thoir coffins may to-day bo seen on
circling the masks which cover tho faces
of tho dtcoased just as thoy were left
by the mourners over il.OOO years ngo.
Last Juno Daotid Pasha, Governor of
the Provinco of Keneli, which includes
tho ancient Thobau district, noticed
that tho Bedawecn offered foi sale an
unusual quantity of antiquities at ab
surdly low prices. Tlm Pasha soon dis
covered that tho sources of thoir hidden
treasure was situated in a gorge of tho
mountain range which separates Doir-el-Baliari
from the Bnb et-Maloek. Tills
go go is situated about four miles from
tho Nile to tho east of Thebes. Dnoud
Pasha at once telegrapiied to tho
Khedive, who forthwith dispatched to
tho spot Herr Kmil Brugsoh, a younger
brother of Dr Henry Brugsch Pasha,
who, during M. Maspero's absence, is
in clinrgo of all aruhnologlcnl excava
tions in Eguit. Her Brug-oh discov
ered in tiio cliffs of tho Lybian Moun
tains, near tho temple of Delr-et-Baharl,
or tho "Northern Convent, 1 a pit about
thirty-live tcct deep cut in tno solid
rock; a secret opening from tills pit led
to a gallery nearly 200 feet long, also
hewn out of tho solid rock. This gal
lery waf filled with relies of tho Tlieban
dynasties. Evory indication leads to
the conviction that thoso sacred relics
had been removed from their appropri
ate places in tho v rious tombs and ter
aplos, and eoncealod In tills subterran
ean gallery by tho Egyptian priests to
preserve them from being destroyed by
somo foreign invader. In all probabil
ity thoy woro thus: concealed at tho timo
jii tliQ-lnvnalnn of Em tit bv Cambvscs.
Herr Brugsch' nt onco tolotrrnphoii fur
a steamer, which on Friday last safely
deposited her precious cargo at tho
Boulak Museum. Tho full value of tliis
discovery, of courso, cannot as yot bo
determined. The papyri havo not yet
been unrolled, nor havo tho mummies
been unwrapped. Conspicuous by Its
massive gold ornamentation, in which
cartouehus aro set in precious stones, is
tho eofiln containing the mummy of
Mailt Nedjem, a daughter of King Ram
ses II. Each of tho mummios is accom
panied by an alabaster canoplo urn,
containing tho heart and entrails of tiio
deceased.
Four nanvrl were found In tho gnllty
at Doir-ol-Baharl, each hi a porfect
state of preservation. Tho largoat of
tl'oso papyri that found in tho coffin of
Queen Ra-ma-ka .is most beautifully
Illustrated with colored illuminations.
It Is about sixteen Inches wide, and
when unrolled will probably measure
from 100 to 140 feet in length. Tho
other papyri aro somewhat narrower,
but aro more closely written upon,
These papyri will probably prove to bo
tho most valuable portion of tho dis
covery, for in tho present stato of
Egyptology a papyrus may bo of moro
Importance inaii nu cuiiiu luuquu, mm,
as tho late Marietto Pasha used to say,
"It is certain that if ovor ono of tlufto
discoveries that bring about a revolu
tlon in science should bo mado in Egypt
ology, tho world will bo indebted for it
In .a ii!invru3."
No less than !l,700 mortuary sfutucs
have been found which 'jcar royal car.
touches and inscriptions. Nearly 2,000
other obieets havo boon iliseovereil.
Ono of tho most romaritauio rencs is an
norinous leather tent, which bears the
cartouche of King Pinotom, of tho
twentv-llrst dynasty. This tent is in a
irnl i- wonderful stato of preservation.
Iho workmanship is beautiful. It is
covered with hieroglyphs most carefully
embroidered in red, green, and yellow
leather. The colors aro quite fresh and
bright. In each of tho eornors is rop
resented tho royal vulture anil t-tars.
Parliamentary Mobs.
New VorUIIcmM.
Canada is bewailing tho fact that her
Parliament Himo at Ottawa is entirely
too small. Under tho now census which
has just been taken, it seoms that some
of the provinces whloh go to mako up
that lrozon portion of her Majesty's
domlnons called tiio Wow uoniinion
are entitled to a Inrger Parliamentary
representation than thoy possess; but
tiio trouuio is more is uov ruum uiiuun
to seat them In tho presont chamber.
This, aftor all. is not so much of a cala
mity. Tho troublo with Parliamentary
ith Parliamentary
' part of tho world
oly too largo. It
Canada if tiio im-
bodies in nearly every
Is that they aro ontir
will bo fortunate for
luwilhllltv of accommodating a Parali
amoutary mob shall bavo tho effect of
diminishing Us numbors. Our own Con
gress at Washington Is beoomlng In
conveniently largo. Tho best gather
ing of tho kind wo ovor had was, per
haps, during tho Revolution, when tho
wholo body was not muoh largor than
two or throo of tho committees of n mo
dern Congress. In evory leglslntivo
body tho work is generally dono by, at
tho outsldo, fifty or sixty mon. All tho
others aro more automata, who thiuk,
act, speak, voto as thoy aro directed by
their loadors. If Canada, can koopdown
tho number oH'arllmontary ciphers
sho will bo fortunate It is, porhaps, a
good onion of hor future that nor Parlia
ment Hpuso cannot ncoommodato any
moro of them.
CHILDREN'S CORNER.
MAMMAS' TltOUlH.ES.
ChMtortox.
My Annie's head is broken oil;
And Nellie's had somo flu;
And Polly's got the whooping cough,
And Salllo'a lot her wits.
What lots of fusses babies make I
Vv'hiU troubles mammas havo to take I
I'm suro'.I'm sorry, Mm. Iluzz,
Hut mine aro Just as bad;
There's Hoc, and Maud, and Flz andKur.z,
Why, mry tMn.? they've had.
Yes, lots of fuc2bablcs make!
And lots ot troublolmftinmaA take!
The Fox, I li Joul, iiml tho 'nr
rotff. TrnnsliUeil from Hie French,
Onco a fox nnd n goat woro walking
together along n road, and saw a sack
lying against a hedgo.
"What do you think is insldo that
sack?" said the goat.
"l win go and s?o," replied tno ioxi
and putting his noso Into the mouth of
tho bag, tied tightly by a cord, ho shook
about tho hug so much Hint the string
at last gave way, and the finest carrots
ouo could wish for foil out.
"I'liey are for me,'1 said the fox, "for
I opened tho sack."
"Yes," said the goat, "but Igaveyoti
the idea, and If you touch them I will
tearyour sides with my horns."
Tho fox looked nt tho goat's great
horns and showed his teeth.
The goat, on seeing tho fox's tooth,
thought within himself, "I don1! much
llko that kind of weapon."
And the fox saltl to himself, "I .vlll
not expose my sides to tiioso terriblo
horns."
After n minute's silence tho fox said,
"Why do wo stand looking at eacli
other? What is tho use of that? Let
us see which is the stronger. See,
there nro two heaps of stones. You
shall take ouo and I the oilier. He who
shall first throw down his heap shall eat
the carrots."
"Very well," said the goat. So thoy
wont to their heaps of stones.
Tho goat put her logs firmly together
anil struck wllh her horns so hard as to
mako a great noise, but the heap did
not shake.
"Ah! you did not hit hard enough,"
said tho fox.
Tho goat went three steps backwards,
anil ran nt tho heap with all her might.
But, crack! Her norns uroKo.
When the fox saw that ho began to
skip about. "(), my dear friend,"
cried he, "the carrots belong to mo
Not yet," said the goat, "you have
not succeeded In your task. If jou
touch the carrots, 1 will tear vour sides
with tho stumps of my horns."
Tho fox looked at tno goat, aim said
to himself. "Sho has one left still,
which is almost wholo; she will tear my
sides with it."
"Woll." said he, "I will knock down
my heap then, it is nothing for mo "
Tho fox began to dig with his fore
paws until he had mado a great holo in
tho ground closo to tho heap. The
stones foil over into tho holes, but, alas!
thev foil on tho fox, and broke his paw.
Then tho two looked nt ono another
tho ono with her broken horns, tho
other with Ids broken paw,
"Run aftor tho carrots," said tno
goat, with a sneer, "I will give them up
to you."
"1 cannot," answered mo iox, -my
paw hurts mo too much. Tako them
.. w . . it im
vourself."
That is iust what Iain going to do."
nnUl tho front;, and silo ritu.ruii.tiut.Bunk.
but neither bag nor carrots were to bo
seen; while thoy woro disputing, u man
Had como along nnd carried nil away.
Alas," cried tho goat, "how stupid
wo havo been! If wo had divided tho
treasure, wo should havo kept wholo
inv horns, ami you your paw, and
each of us would have had more carrots
than wo could eat."
TtikluK'lIiH I'liii'e.
ByWillloE. Uarr.
"Oh Cliarlio! Why did you 'o It?
On my birthday too! I am so sorry, for
now you will miss all tho fun of tho
Fourth." And as sho spoko, Mary sat
Ae fr, ilnnfpllni,' bnr brnnil hflfc bv ntlft
string, and looTtod disconsolately nt her
brother, who Had been sont to bed as a
punishment.
"How was I to know that just a llttlo
bunch of firo-crackors llko that was go
ing to smash tho goblet? I did not
think It would do anything but just lift
it up somo."
"Who told you to do such a thing,
Charllo?"
"Nobody; I thought of it myself. Oh
doar! I wish I had a grandma, or an
aunt, or somebody like that I"
"What for, Charllo? Iam sure no
bodv could bo half so good as mamma."
"1 llko grandmas and aunts. Kd.lio
Bates has a grandmamma, and sho n
wavs gets him out of scrapes: and Tom
Taj'lor has an aunt that does lots of
tilings for him. Peoplo ought not to
got married if they don't havo mothers
and sisters to mako grandmas and aunts
for fellows who aro always getting
blamed for nothing at nil."
"But. Charlie, you did break tho
glass."
"No, I didn't cither; tho fire-crackers
broke it. Oh dear! dear! I wisli there
wnuiiM. nnv Fourth of Julv. nor lire
crackers, nor nothing! What's tho use
of llro-crackors If a follow can't fire
them off? It was real mean to let mo
spend nil my monoy on fire-ernekors,
and then not lot mo have any fun with
them. There's my pin-wheel too. I
promised Bates to fasten It to tho top of
tho highest clothos-holo in his back
yard to-night."
"I am so sorry, Charllo dear! 1
"And. Man-. I am so dreadfully hot.
I havo got a raging lover; I know I
havo."
"Why do you not say you aro sorry?"
suggested Mary.
"7)ldn't I say so? ovor, and ovor,
and over, and fathor just said ho thought
bod was tho best placo for boys who ex
ploded fire-crackers under goblets. If 1
was n father, and wanted to kill ft boy,
I'll do it out and out, and not roast him
to doatli in bed on a Fourth of July. I
I wouldn't lor minions oi dona
G poor boy to bed on his slsto
I birthday." But what partlc
tlon was duo to his sister's
wouldn t for millions of dollars send a
slstor s eighth
articular atton-
birthday
Charley did not explain.
"You know tho crnckora would break
tho goblet."
"No. I didn't: 1 nover saw thorn
smash ono. Didn't thoy bang, though?"
And at tho recoiioctlon uuariio s eyes
grow bright, and a delighted expression
illuminated his sombre littlo fuco. Tho
noxt momont, howovor, ho was orylng
bitterly; and Mary, Having wntonod mm
a momont, ran down stairs just in timo
to stop her futhor as ho was going out.
"Papa, plcaso forgivo Charllo. Ho is
so sorrv. and ho wants to go out so
muolil"
"Ho must havo a losson, Mary, that
will toach him not bo bo so destruo
live." But ho added, smiling, 'If you
chooso to tako his placo, Charllo may
go out."
Mary bounded away to hor brothor's
room.
'Papa says you may go out, Charllo.
Got up dear."
Cliarlio needed no second bidding,
nnd ho asked no quottions. Flro' min
utes later ho was explaining to Eddlo
Bates tho principles upon which ho had
blown n goblot nil to smithereens In l.'g
back yard.
What a glorious Fourth It wast
Charllo did not go homo until tea-time.
Ho would not havo gono then, but that
his pln-whccl nnd tho rockets wore un
dor his clean shirts in tho bottom draw
er of his bureau, nnd must bo gono for.
Up slnlrs ho ran, ns gay as n cricket,
nnd burst into his room. "Lot mo see;
thoy nro in thN ono. Bothori Whero
did I put them?"
"What aro you looking for, Charllo?"
"What aro you doing in bed?"
"Taking your place."
"Wliatl"
"Papa said If I would lakoyi ur placo,
yui might go out: and girls ilo not enra
much nbout tho Fourth of July," said
Mary, cheerily.
"And you havo been in bed all day?"
"Of courso; papa said you woro to
stay In bed all day, and I am taking
your place."
"But vou nn not me."
"But I nni your substitute,"
"Oil, Mary, you dear, doar, darling
sister! You nro hotter than all tho
graiiilmothi rs and aunts in tho world.
Catch them t'oltig to bed a wholo day
ior a fellow!" cried Charllo, kissing her
proudly.
"You got up now; Mary, and I'll glvo
you my pin-wheel and my rockots, and
Ella Bates can fire them nil oil'. I
wouldn't be so mean ns to let you Ho
thero any longer," said Cliarlio, begin
ning to remove Ids coat.
"That will do, Cliarlio," said papa,
coining Into tliu room. "Get up, my
littlo daughter. Charlie has learned his
lesson, I am sure."
"Indeed I have, papa, and I am real
sorry."
That same evening Eddie Bates wai
boasting to a crowd of boys about his
grandmother having snvod'hini from an
evening of sorrow" in his own room,
when Cliarlio spoko up:
"Grandmas and mints nro nil well
enough, boys, but sisters nro a heap ',ot
tor. You just listen." And in a volcu
of pride and lovo lie related his sister's
generous act.
And tho gay littlo crowd gavo Mary
threo cheers and a tiger, bWldos firing
off ninostarry rockets simultaneously in
her honor.
The American Flag.
Tho firs'. European banners unfurled
upon tiio shores of tho New World, of
which wo have any authentic account,
are thoto of Columbus, who lauded on
tho small Island of St. Salvador, Octob
er 12, U!2. Doubtless his iileao of :i
new world to tho westward came from
Iceland, which lie visited in the spring
of 1177.
His son writes tliat Columbus, dro sed
in scarlet, stepped ashore and planted
tho royal standard of Spain, emblaz
oned witii the nrms of Castile and Leon.
A white llag with green cross was its
companion.
In MUD tho eastern coast of South
Amorica was explored, and eight years
later tho great discovery was announc
ed to tho world by a Florentine, Amorl
cus Vespucius, who gave namo to tho
Western continent. About this timo
tho Cnbots planted on tho shore of North
America tho banners of England and of
St. Maik of Vonico. Tho earlier voy
ngers found that tho Indians of Nortli
Aiiioncn enrnou ior Binutini(-n-vJu-well
covered witii tho wing feathers of
eagles.
Tho red cross of St Gcurgo floated
from tho mast of tho Mayflower, 1020,
when tho pilgrims landed on Plymouth
Rock. For n contury and u half, dur
ing tho colonial and provincial periods,
tho uso of tliu English llag continued in
North America, with tho addition of
many devices and mottoes.
Some flags were all red, white, bluo
or yellow. Others were red, with whlto
horizontal stripes, or red and bluo
stripes. Upon thoso v ero tho pino or
"Liberty Tree," and tho words, "An
Appeal :o Heaven;" nlso stars, tho cres
cent, anchor, beavor and sorpont. Un
der tho latter, "Don't tread on mo." A
flag at tho battlo of White Plains boro
tho v ords "Liberty or Death."
On January 2, 1770, at Cambridge,
Mass., was first hoisted tho "Grand
Union," Hag of the crosses of St. Georga
and St. Andrews, nnd t o thirteen al
ternate red and whlto stripes, emblem
atical of tho union of iho thirteen colo
nies against tho oppressive acts of Brit
ish tyranny.
This was the flag in uso when tho De
claration of Independence wns read by
tho Committeo of Safety at Philadelphia,
in the presence of Washington in Now
York, from tho balcony of tho Stato
House in Boston.
On tho 1 Ith of August, 1777, Congress
resolved "that the llag of tho United
Slntos bo thirteen stripes, alternately
red and wiiitu, and that tho union bo
thirteen stars, whlto in n bluo Hold,
representing n now constellation."
Onco tho stripos were increased t6
fifteen, but in 1818 thoy were changed
bnck permanently to thirteen, perpetuat
ing tho original thirteen States of tho
Union, anil it was decreed that for overy
now Stato coming Into tho Union a star
should bo added. Tho stars havo fivo
points; thoso on our coins six. Thoy
wore first arranged in a circle, afterward
in tho form of a" large star, ami now In
parallel lines.
Relation of the Nose to the Face,
A somewhat singular fact has bcon
observed with roforenco to tho shapo
of the noso, or, ratiior, tho sotting of it,
so to speak. To bo strictly correct,
from tho artist's point of viow, tho noso
should bo nccuratcly in tho middle of
the fuco, and at right anglos from tho
pupil of one oyo to that of tho other.
As a matter of fact it is rarely or novor
found thus placod; It Is almost invaria
bly a littlo nut of tho "square," and
tho fact of its being so is often that
which lends a peculiar expression nnd
pipuanoy to the face. A medical writer
points out that thoro aro anatomical
reasons why a slight dovlation from
tho truo central lino may bo expected,
and that tho noso which Is thus accura
ratoly straight botwoon tho two oyos
may, aftor all, bo considered nn ab
normal ono; tho only nbsolutoly truo
nnd correct organ boing, In fact, that
which thus doviates u litt
lttlo to tho right
or left.
Tho sweotostllfo is to bo ovor making
sacrifices; tho hardest lifo a man can
lead on earth, the most full of misery,
Is to bo always doing his own will and
seeking to ploaso himself.
Truth is tho bond of union and the
basis of human happiness. Without
this vli tuo thoro is no rollauco on lan
guago, no aoutldonco in friendship, uo
security in promises and oaths.