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VOLUME XXI.
Winchester, tknnksske, may 31, mt
NUMBER 11.
TOPICS OF THE DAT,
Bifobts from Dakota indicate a large
yield of wheat.
Mirk Twain is writing a book about
the Mississippi River.
Eussu has lost $110,000,000 by the
anti-Jewish movement.
EiirH Waldo Emerson's estate ii
estimated to be worth $100,000.
Petitions for the pardon of Sergeant
Mason contain an aggrogatQ of 050,000
names.
Thb army-worm is operating in por
tions of Illinois doing serious damage
to wheat.
The formal opening of Garfield House,
for working girls, in London, was a
notable ovent.
Mr. Gladstone condemns the rovised
edition of the New Testament, lie does
anything and everything to make tho
Irish dislike him.
Is Shit-herd afraid or is the Commit
tee on Foreign Relations afraid? The
investigation into tho Peruvian affair is
long-drawn and decidedly dry.
Number thirteen, to which so much
evil superstition is attached, has been
reclaimed to respectability by tho sur
vival of thirteen of the crew of the
Jeannette expedition.
Prosperous America must give place
to Australia, whose colonies aro the
richest, per capita, in the world. Among
their possessions are 80,000,000 sheep, to
a population of only 3,000,000 souls.
Thb Supreme Court of Indiana has
rendered a decision to the effect that
railroad ticket scalpers may soil special
tickets whether they are half fare, or ex
cursion, or special in any other respect.
Thi 27th of June is tho day upon
which the people of Iowa will vote on tbe
amendment to their State Constitution
forbidding the solo of all intoxicants.
The fight is said to bo alroady waxing
warm.
during his Presidency. Buchanan,
Picrco, Tyler nud Von Buren were very
fond of horso racing and attended all
Uio great races in Virginia and Maryluud
during their terms of office,
A late magar.ino article on dross re
form soys a good thing :
"It In the women that tho men admire, and
the clotliea for tboir aakoa j but never tho
wouion for tho bc.Iio ot their clothes. No ono
ever aavr meu in rona in front of aliop trinduwa
admiring the drogue on stands."
Husbands, show this paragraph to
your wives, but at tho samo time, exprcFS
a willingness to purchaso an occasional
calico dress if it is really impossible to
do without it. There are mess mean
onongh to refuso to do even that.
Marino tho execution of tho Presi
dent's assassin privoto will bo bad for the
railroads, but it will be good for the
pcoplo and good for publio decency.
The proposition of an Ohio man to take
forty car-loads of people from one section
of tho State to witness tho execution is
monstrous. Tho simple fact is, a publio
execution would draw no loss than a
million people together, and tho result
in several particulars might bo most
disastrous.
At all events James Gordon Benne'.t,
proprietor of tho New York Herald, has
dono ono iiaiulsonio tiling in connection
with tho futilo and disastrous Jcnnnctte
Arctic Expedition. Ho has presented to
Mrs. DeLong, tho widow of Lieutenant
Do Long, who lost his life, in tho expedi
tion, a check for 30,000. Iu this con
nection a cotemporary fittingly remarks
that "if tho Lieutenant had died in tho
orvico of tho Government his widow
would have received a peusion of about
fifty dollars a month."
It does seem strange that the assas
sins of Cavendish and Burke cannot be
ferreted out. Perhaps En pi and had
better send for Pinkcrton. What they
need over there is a detcctivo that can
detect.
CmoAao has sent a petition containing
over 1,600 names to Rev. Moody, now iu
England, begging him to return to that
oity and hold a series of revival meetings.
Mr. Moody can find no bettor Acid for
missionary work.
There is one thing about it, Ship-
herd is getting himself disliked by Re
publicans, and we observe that ho is
denounced as a "lying old fraud" in
many quarters. Somo years ago Ship
herd was a popular minister.
Wb hear of a musical prod icy in
Toronto a girl, only fourteen years old,
Whose playing of tho violin is regarded
as wonderful, even by so accomplished a
judge as Remenyi. Her namo is Norah
Clench, and she is tho child of a violin
maker.
Astrosomers in Egypt who viowed
the orb of day during its total eelipso
on tho 17th, report a " fine comet " near
that body. Its position was determined
by photography. Tho spectroscopic
and ocular observations just beforo and
after tho period of totality gave most
valuable results. Tho darkeninc of lines
bserved by the French astronomers
indicated a lunor atmosphere. Tho spec
trum of coroua was successfully phot
graphed for tho first timo.
ANOTnEii electric railway, which is tho
second there, has just boon constructed
in Berlin, and formally opcuod. It 1ms
Grade of 1 iu 30, which is, perhaps tho
steepest incline in tho 'country. The
motive power is led to tho cars by two
thin wire ropes, about twenty-fivo oeu
timetros apart, and attachod to tho tele
graph polos. Those wires are capable
t propelling ono smull eight-wheeled
carriage. Compared with the hrst lino,
tho system used in this, while more
complex, secures greater economy in the
usa of tho current.
Thb lost report of the Philadelphia
Home for Inebriates says that " tho frco
lunch system is responsible for more
drunkards than almost anything else."
men will stand round and eat freo lunch
Until they get so drunk they can't soo.
lane, out the free-lunch oouutor. .
Miss Marie C. Ladreyt, a teacher in
the State Normal School at Farminghnm.
Mass., has won the Porire prize in Paris
oi 81,000 for an essay on education
Like a myriad of others on the same
subject, it doubtless porishod with the
Wca,ion for which it was written.
Archibald Forbes, tho well-known
English war correspondent, being
Widower with three children, has permit'
ted his heart to be touched by tho
daughter of a retired Quartermaster
General's daughter, and now thinks
there is no country so attractive
America,
A trews item says "a Burlington (Tt),
man who got a divorce from his wife, a
while ago. employs her as his hired eirl
She has more money and better clothes
lhan when she was his wife." We do
not doubt it at all. If you ever noticed
it, a man invariably gives tha hired girl
more money than he does his wife.
Miss Emma Janb Bonner, only daugh
ler of Robert Bonner, the great ad
mirerof fine horses and proprietor of
the oldest story paper in the world, the
New York Ledger, was married a few
days aeo to Mr. Franois Forbes. Emma
is a child of romanoe, and will doubtless
now give us new editions in serial form
, Ik a note to the Cincinnati Commer
cial, under date of May 11. Professor
Vennor predicted as follows: " I expect
a sharp period, with frosts, about the
7th or 8th of June, in Southern sections,
and a second one during the last week of
the month,." Well, we shall see what
we shall see, but we do hope the man is
ont of his head.
It is remarked that President Arthur
is the first President sinoe Buchanan to
attend horse races. General Grant,
though very fond of horses, did not at
tend the races, even at Long Branob,
little and Bob Font, It U now almont f ally ea
tabluked, charged Ilito with tho deed. A quar
rel ensued, and lie allot Little throii;h tho leg :
in turn. Ford put a ballet through the brain of
Hi In. Knowing full well that Jokho would re
taliate for bis cousin's death. Little lost w
time in communicating with the Governor. A
midnight raid on the Ford Mansion soon after
by oflloora of the law failed to bag the kio.
lUe fords complained at Kansas Wty or tlie
unwarrantable proceedings, but were quickly
aileaeed when informed that they had kluin and
buried Ilito, The neCrots of tho banditti wero
now no longer bidden, and so tho Fords felt it
Kan taunt qui ieut. Then tho sister, who was
the solo woman of tho household, burned to
JefTerBOn City and did a talo unfold, an 1 the
futoof Joiiso James was scaled. Tho Ford,
guaranteed immunity, wont syitemHtwallv to
noik tho capture or death of their chief. With
a plausible atory of the treachery of faille,
which bad placed them in Joopaidv at home,
they wero rocoivoil into tho family of Junius.
Then tho truitors waited and viatehed and
atruek down the man they daro not capture.
Mrs. May Shannon, who accompanied
Mrs. Sergeant Masou when sho went to
see tho President iu behalf of her hus
band, writes as follows of tho incidents
attending tho interview :
Mra. Mason socmcd to wander alone; i s if
"through somo banquet hall deserted," Hhe
found no pleasure iu tboso attractions. J lor
pirit was far away in tho prisoner's cell, and
the burden of her heart's song, like Qrechon's,
memedto bo,
" My pw Is sons, my heart Is sore,
I tliitl hint never, nuu-r inuro."
Having lent iu our cards, wo took a aeat in
tho large aute-rooin by a good lire. Threaten
ing clouds obseured the sun and cast a gloom ;
all seemed dsrk and cheerless withiu. We were
quiotly waiting for the coining interview, which
would be tho harbinger of good or Mil to tho
sad heart. At tbe expiration of half an hour
the inesBengcr came in and announced that
"Tlio President desired to ae us." We were
Mionn to his private parlor and had to wait
but a fow moments when ho entered from the
opposite door. Thn American peoplo can will
be proud of their IVsidont for his gentle and
inurtly manner. I doubt if any present
M' liarch could enter tho drawing-room with
iii-n unaKsmning giaee as President Arthur
did when be canio to take by the hand the wife
of tho poor soldier. I presented Mrs. Mason
to tho President Ho shook bauds with her.
The anxious inomont had at lasi arrived ; ui-r
peut-up feelings could no longer bo restrained.
Hlio broke forth in sobs : the President looked
on with compassion. When she raised her
eves she had full faith iu him, for bia coun
tenance inspired confidence. Hhe then made a
pathetic appeal for her poor husband's release
from prison. The President told her that he
appreciated hor fcelinga, that he knew all the
dutailsof the case, that ho would bring the
matter beforo the Cabinet, and that he would
do all in his powor. lie said she need not dis
tress herself to tell him any of tho details, and
she might feel aesured that he deeply sympa
thized with her. Ho again aliook Lauds with
her, ajieakiug in the kindest lnauntr,
The loconiotivo and ono oar of a train
on the Jjullimoro and Ohio liuilroad
passed over a little child who was sitting
between tho rails a fow days ago. Then
tho train was stopped, and the conductor
crawled under tho car to collect tho frag
ments. To tho astonishment of every
body, he presently emerged with tho
child in his arms unjured, except for a
light bruise on the forehoad, where tho
ilot of tho locomotive had struck him.
All the tiaiumcu and passengers insisted
. . . , . . , . 1 1 i r
on hugging tlie llllto iouow uciore
surrendering him to his father who
stood by.
Nnws from Dallas, Texas, tells a story
that runs up iuto millions. Two men
lavo fallen heirs to a fortune of thirty-
threo million dollars, hold in trust for
thorn by tho Gorman Government, and
ono of tho lucky individuals is M. Bros-
fdus, Superintendent of tho Hallos Car
Factory. Tho other is Samuel B. Ed-
mumbon, of Pennsylvania. The latter
is also heir to tho property on which the
navy-yard, iu Washington City, is built.
It was leused to tho Government for
ninety uino years by his great-grandfather,
and tho lease has just expired.
This is probably tho last wo shall ever
hear of this fairy tale.
Tiiet have a peculiar kind of justice
in Massachusetts. JNO sooner ao we
hear of the dischargo of a ruffian who
had carnally assaulted a defenseless
woman whom he had chanced to meet
on tho highway, at 1 o clock in the
morning the dismissal being upon the
ground that tho woman had no business
being out at thot hour ot the night
than we learn that a Justice lined a
father $5 and costs for slapping his
fifteen-year-old daughter. The charge
was assault and battery. Although it
does not appear that the girl sustained
any injury, or anything more than felt
the sting of tho blow, it was held that
the father overstepped the bounds of
law and order. Thus it appears that in
Massachusetts it is a greater crime for a
(bthei to correct his daughter than tor a
ruffian to carnally assault the same
person.
A correspondent in the St. Louis
Republican gives the following explana
tion of the betrayal of Jesse James by
the Ford Brothers :
Ono and a balf miles east of Richmond,
Mo., ia the houso of tho Ford boya. It is dif
ficult of access ; deep ravines wind through and
about the farm just the location to hide away
from the haunts or men, and to plot peon and
itumnlnir conspiracy. For two years MT. How
ard (Jesse James) has como and gone at his
own awcet will, and yet tho neighbors dreamed
not that tho prluco or Dnganns was so near.
The Forda wero not neighborly, but Bob would
often be soon on the streets with atrangera.
He w'aa a quiet, gouteol young man with no
habits that oould bo objectionable. Jim Cum
mings was a oousin of tho Fords, while Wood
Hits was a relative of Jamos. The taking off of
Oumminga was the act of eithor Hite or Jcise.
Inventive Genius West nntl East.
Wo liavo always maintained the super
iority of tho West over tho East iu
most of tho essentials ; but thcro is one
branch of progross wherein tho East
still takes tho lead. In certain lines of
invention tho people of Massachusetts
fur outstrip tho people of Michigan. Up
to a very recent ditto it has been a snd
drawback to the comfort of prison offi
cials in punishing convicts thnt the latter
could not bo kept for any length of time
on tiptoe. No unittor how high their
hands wuro fastened, tho ungrateful
wretches would manago somehow, by
stretching their arms or somo other por
tions of their anatomy, to get their heels
on the ground, and thereby defraud their
torturers of lawful enjoyment and tho
pleasant emotions excited by tho observ
ance of human misery.
But tho inventive genius of tho Yan
kee lias como to tho rescue of the abused
prison official. Somo sharp-witted fel
low in the Jicforin School at Wostboro,
Jl.i!,nachuset!s, hit not long since upon
tlie simple device of placing shurp
nniiitVd tacks under tliu heels of con
victs when suspended by tho wrists.
They aro quite willing now to stand ou
tiptoe instead ot meanly Bottling nacK
upon their heels ; and tuo keepers aro
correspondingly happy A Michigan
man would never havo thought, of tiiis.
Tho recent investigation at Ionia showed
that tho authorities thcro wero niero
slavish imitators of the authorities in
Eastern prisons. They had tho strap
and tho "paddle," and they fed their
convicts upon rottou meat, just as tho
Eastern torturers of convicts havo done
for years. But they hadn't a spark of
originality. Detroit Free l'rcsx.
English nnd American Ladies' Dress.
Mrs. Scott-Siddons is qnotted as hav
ingsaid: "An American servant will
tie on her veil in n natty, graceful way
that an English duchess kuows nothing
about." Mrs. Siddous will not be charged
with an over-strained regard fur tho
l'ankco, or a wish to favor them at tho
expense oi her own country women. In
thus placing tho servant and tho duchess
in contrast sho was simply emphasizing
a truism which was less a fact at that
timo than it is at tho present hour. For
among all civilized people tho English
women nro tho most ill dressed, and
seem to lack tho natural gifts, tho self
reliuuco and ability of choice and selec
tion which are tho inborn attributed of
American women. An English nursery
sot off against a nursery iu this country
may bo taken as a typo in miniature id
tho tasto in dress and all that tho term
involves of tho differences which charac
terizes the women of tho two nations.
In this country littio girls find constant
satisfaction and congenial employment
iu arranging and adorning their dulls
apparel. Left to their own intuitions,
and hampered by littio rr no piipilauo
from their elders, it must bo owned that
tho tasto and ingenuity which they dis
play are olten simply wonderful. An
English lady who passed thirty years of
her lifo in her native laud, nud who bus
lived iu this city half of that time, once
said: "The homes of American girls,
so far as I am familiar with them, nro
schools of art iu dross adornment, and
whether thoir tasto and skill nro natural
gifts, or acquired by observation, 1 do
not pretend to say, but thcro is nothing
to compare with it in our homes in Lug-
laud." Consistent with this admission
is the almost universal tone, of tho
English prci s and of most travelers who
visit our shores from other lunds. That
English women study comfort ond
provide themselves with rich fabrics and
costly adornment in dress is past dis
pute. A dowager or duchess arrayed in
gorgeous silk, Batiu or velvet attire,
with tho complement of green gloves
and yellow ribbons, and shod with
broad, heavy, loose-fitting boot, is
hardly a pleasant, though it is a con
stantly recurring, picture of taslo iu
dress among tho wealthy classes iu Eng
lish lifo. If the wearer has any idea of
tho contrast of colors, any perception of
tho shocking incongruities which tho
tout rnsf.mbln of her costume presents
to a cultivated eye, nothing is seen of it
iuthooaso and self-satisfaction of her
1 Mueanor. While tho fact remains that
American wouio:i nro tho bent dressed
l.nlii s iu the world, it is also to bo re
numbered that whilo they, with a vust
majority of their sex, yield to tho cur
rent of prevalent fashion, it iu not a
blind or slavish submission ; they think
for themselves, and stonily, on occa
sion, assort their own individuality, nnd
refuso to Micetimb to tho dictalrs of
fashion, niodisto or milliner. Their
natural or cultivated good taste, which
includes tho lines of beauty, which Mr.
l!erchr mado himself mciry over re
cently, is generally all-snfficioiit in doubt
and emergency. Their "glory" is to
dress tastefully nnd becomingly. Their
" hiilli juah " is the acclaim of a suc
cessfully consummated purpose. New
York Evening I'ost.
Why Tcoplo Are so Short-Llv ed.
Tho Concord School if Philosophy
having requested the nHsiHlanco of tho
Lime Kiln Club in solving tho conun
drum of why tlie people of this ago do
not livo as long as thoso of Carliy days,
the mnttcr was given to tho Ouumitteo
on Judiciary toiuvestigato. They now
express a readiness to report, as follows:
" l)is committee had no trouble to find
plenty of reasons b'ariti' on tho inquiry,
hi do fust place, de tuxes am so high dat
no man kiu afford to lib over a hundred
y'ars. In oldcu days a man could tell
his wifo to git 'long away if sho didn't
plcaso him. In dis ago ho has to stick
by her 'un fight it out. lis lias an imlu
eneo to make him siitli for a chiuiire to
do evergreen shores, Xono ob doso olo
chnps hud a second shirt to his back, an'
bono dreamed of puttin' on stylo. Look
about you iu dis aigo an' see do coat-tails,
sleevo hut tons, diamond pins, an' odder
gewgaws which bow down a man's bead
in sorrow to do grnvo I In dc time of do
prophets dar was no means of scoot m
imam' de ketitry an' tiikiii' in do sights.
In dis nige, arter a man has bin to New
York, Washington, Chicago, an' u few
odder places, ho am up a stump for a
change of scenery, on' he uattcrly wunts
to bo pusliiu' on to'rds do pearly gates.
Dis committee am ob do opiuyun dut do
modern man who reaches do aigo of one
hundred y'arsougbt to bo perfectly satis
I'n d to baud up his ticket to do conduc
tor. Ho gits moro trottin' horse more
s ow clothes more alligator butes
moro picnics more ico cream on' oys
ters, nu' whntcber else goes to lnuke
human n.itur' smile, all obcr iu a gloomy
ilay in dat littio time dan Metluisalcr got
in all his uino hundred y'ars ob lite. An'
we'll i ber pray."
Tho Secretary Was instructed to pre
l.uro a vi i tiittiin report and forward the
same to Concord, together with the hope
that the school and the club would work
together iutho greatest harmony dining
Hit? long evening period. Jhtrnit l 'n c
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I'ho Young Writer's First Production.
Probably every ono who has attempted
authorship will confirm Longfollow's
experience on tho appearance of bis
first effusion in priut. Nothing, he tells
us. which ho since published gave him
such exquisite pleasure as ho experienced
on opening tho paper to which he had
timidly sent his manuscript, and to find
it there in actnul typo, to bo read by tho
multitudo. This fueling comes but onco,
but the memory of it lasts a lifetime. It
cau never bo forgotten. What anticipa
tions it arouses what a sense of im
portanoo it gives 1 How littio docs tho
young author suspect tho cold indiffer
ence with which it is read, possibly not
road, by thoso who take tho paper I As
tho Bong says, " it s an tno worm to
hini," and why not all to the world?
It would bo and is cruel to spoil tne
delightful sensations of initial author
ship. They may bo false, they certainly
are lloetiug, but the enjoyment, while it
lasts, is an intoxication of delight, as
first pleasant sensations are apt to bo.
Tho hint oomcs soon enough to the
writer to discover how really unimpor
tant the event was. If he persists in
writing ho will come to be as indifferent
to his appearance in type as tho world is.
If a newspaper writer, he will weary of
the eternal grind, and forgot what he
has written the day before in studying
what to write for tho day after.
But no success, eithor as a newspaper
writor or book-maker, either aspootor
essayist, however flattering, wdl ever
give to the author tho sensation of his
first appearance in print. It is, after it
passes, a lost sensation, no moro to be
repeated than love's young dream, with
freshness and fervor. It is an illusion
too exquisite to be duplicated in one's ex
perience. "
It is our advico, then.'tdryoungwriters,
after they have sucocded in getting into
print once, to stop then and there, and
cherish the sensation as long as possible
that' is to say, as long; as they con
help it and not repeat it to satiety, or
nntil the spirit is jaded, and the writer
ready to cry out, with thewTreaoher, " all
is vanjty and vexation of spirit," Cin
cinmti Commercal.
Human Ilndiir.mco in the Water.
Man ond animals are able to sustain
themselves for long dit-tauc.es, iu the
water, and would do so oftener were
they not incapacitated, iu regard to the
former at least, bv sheer terror, as well
us complolo ignorance of their real pow
ers. Webb's wonderful endurance will
never bo forgotten. But there aro other
instances fuily less remarkable. Somo
years since, tho secoud mate of a ship
fell overboard whilo iu tho act of hoist
ing a sail. It was blowing fresh ; tho
timo was night, and tbe place some miles
out on tho stormy German ocean. Tho
hardy fellow, nevertheless, mouuged to
gain' the English coast. Brock, with a
dozen other pilots, was plying for fares
bv Yarmouth: and as the main sheet
was belayed, u Biidden pull' of wind up
set the boat, when presently all perished
exnoot Brock himself, who from four in
the afternoon of on October evening to
n:in tho next lllOlllillir. B.VI1IU thllti'Cll
miles beforo ho was able to hail a vessel
at anchor in tho oiling. Animals them
ji.Ivi h nro enonbloof swimming immense
slwtllllCAH. nlthouch uimblo to rest by tho
wuv. A dog recently swam thirty miles
in America to rejoin his master. A mulo
nnd a dog, washed overboard in tho liny
of Biscay, have boon kuowu to maae
their way to shore. A dog swam asbmo
at tho Cope of Good Hope with a letter
in its mouth. Tho crow of tho ship to
which tho dog belonged all perished,
which they need not have done hnd thoy
only ventured to tread water as too dog
lid As n certain ship was laboring
heavily iu the trough of tho sea, it was
found needful in order to lighten tho
vessel, to tlirow some troop horses over
board. Tho poor thiugs, my informant,
n errm mirffpon ioiu uiu. uc mj
themselves abandonod, faced round and
swam for miles after tho vessel.
Tlio Mnso or llelnilcli Heine.
When the exhibition of tho works of
the painter Maguas took pi ice nt Berlin
a gn at number of admirers crowded be
fore a beautiful portrait of a woman. A
blue velvet dress surrounded her figure,
whilo transparent sleeves only half cov
ered a marlile-liKc arm. A golden ciiam,
passing through the smooth hair, was
fastened on tlio forehead by a jewel,
foiuiing un old-fashioned hut pretty or
nament. Hub was called formerly "Jo-
garde, moi." The graceful head, tho
small cm s, tlark hair and soitly-rouuded
n eks, formed a charm which cannot bo
described, and which could only bn
painted bv such a skilltul hand ob that
t iMagiiiis.
"Who is that beautiful woman?"
asked all the people present. "Fred
erike Hubert," was tlio answer which an
old gruv-linired man gave. She was tho
muso ot lteunicli Jlcine, whom ho onco
wanted to carry to tho banks of tho
Ganges "on tho wings of songs.'' Ho
dedicated to her that beautiful poem, he
called her his "idol," or the cousin of
Venus of Milo, and ho sang about her
"sweet face." Sho was also sung by
several other Herman poets, loin me,
Chaniisso, Karl, Hehall, Ilollei, etc. Sho
was admired by W. IIcusul, tho famous
"iilbiiuiist," as ho used to stylo himself,
because ho would carry his allium everv
where, in every society, and malic
sketches of tho famous pcoplo. Tho
beautiful Fredcriko possessed mil
talent: she composed verses in the
Kwobian diah-ct, but printed nothing.
S!io was sister-in-law to tho fatuous au
thoress. Kaehcl Viirnhi.gen, to whom
sho was much attached.
Illustrated BliUnguanllsm.
Caricature has always been ono of tho
sharpest weapons of political warfare.
Travesty, burlesque, and all tho changes
of tho farcical havo been used pitilessly
anil mercilessly from timo immemorial
both iu tho interest of political parlies
nnd political blackguards. When party
lines could not be broken by the heavy
guns of argument or tlio fierce musketry
lire of attack in front, the caricaturist Inn
been sent, likcncavalry rider to tbe rear,
or lika u spy in the guru oi a uiiiioon,
into tho enemy s camp.
Sometimes tho work of meu liko Leech
and Nast has been mole effi rtive than ar
gument, and has been employed ia os
legitimate a way. But the seme of irre
spoiisiliility, the license given to purely
personal spites and prejudices, and tlio
feeling of reckless jollity that at times in
fluence the artist, make' tho work of even
the bet caricaturists uneven,
Tho temptation of tho ordinary scandal
monger to go to extremes is limited by
tne thought that lie will be held respoiisi
ble for every word he utters. But tho
caricaturist 'labors under no such ro
straiiit. lie works in tho dark or bo
hinil a veil, with all tho materials at
hand to besmirch and dcgia.lc. If hobo
a small man bis powers of ridicule and
las sense of humor aro given free rein on
tho downward scale. Jle knows little
about men, less about underlying prin
ciples, but, guided by Kiipcriieial ob
servation and popular clamor, bo puis
his ow n littleness or meanness into his
conceits, and is satisfied if the black
guards and unscrupulous applaud.
There is no heart in buries-pie, nnd
no conscience iu travesty. Unbounded
license is the rule, and things held most
sacred are turned into ridicule without
oiiiiniiiction. The lowest instincts and
tho vilest impulses hud expression in tlio
name of liiirle- iplc, and the people lire ex
pected to forget the rankuess of tho of
fense against decency in their laughs
over absurdities.
The people have excused so ninnv of
fenses of this kind that the blackguards
of caricature have found encouragement
for their most disreputable work. Many
foreign arlists, without a spark of pa
triotism, witlioiitnnyHcn.se of loyalty to
America or Americans, without any re
spect for American ideas, with u con
tempt and hatred even for tho country
and its people are employed on our il
lustrated papers. It is tlio delight of
these fellows to indulge iu such ile con
ceits us will give Americans most annoy
ance mid most pain, and littlu wonder is
it that journals which make a specialty
of such woik have gone down by dozens,
or have been sustained at great outlay of
moiiev. Little wonder is it that under
such circunslaiices the art that Aiist
made respectable has degenerated into a
trade little ubo.e that of tho blackguard.
I :ii iniu In li:r-(Jvc n .i
HEALTH INTELLIGENCE,
The New Schoolmaster.
Tlio nld man approached the now
schoolmaster with a bull-dog glare iu his
" You not after my boy yesterduy bo-
cause hoJcft a live hornot glued to your
chair?"
" I did."
"You licked him, so he thought the
world was coming to an end ? "
" That was tho impression I intended
tn nnnvnv to him."
" I am his father, nud I've come to lot
you know what I think ot your proceed
Then thoy clinched. Hair and blooi
Ittitv in the air. likewise the dust am
fragments of garmouts. Thon it quieted
iiow-n a litttlo. and the old man implored
him to let him up, stop choking and ,tuko
his teeth from that ear.
" What do you tnink aoout my warm
lv ? " asked the teacher.
" I think vou did just right, ami when
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X gO llOmO 1. 11 mill bituuiii nitb aj
4m,.1i him to come to mo with his com-
plaints, and stories that the schoolmaster
can't fight.
Tt.nv nnrlicd ondthoschoolmaster mur
mured, " I did right to wcklo the 8' n of
the worst fighting man in the dii t ict
. - .- i. ninlu niiln. tmi "
first. OUO OI ino vmei wiii jjodto wi
A Terrible Crime.
A scrvnut girl of Stargard, in Germa
ny, bad in course of several years saved
a liandsomo sum of money, which sho
deposited in n saviugs bunk, Ono day
sho drew tho morev and took tho train
for tho town of Schueidemuhl, a fow
miles from home, Sho visited an old
acquaintance, a butchor, and told him
iu course of the conversation of the
money sho had in nor pocket, xuo
butcher advised her to wrap up tho
money and fasten it on her head, buried
in tho hair. Tho girl followed his ad
vico and left for home, tho way taking
her over a deserted heath. Meeting a
policeman, sho begged him to accompa
ny her ou account of her money. The
ilieeman complied, ana accompanied
icr tho excoter part of tho way. Hard
ly, however, had he left her ond turned
back when lie Heard a piercing mines.
buttoning back, he found tho girl lying
ad m tho stroet without her neuii.
which had boon carried off. As tho girl
had told the policeman of the butcher
whom stio nud visiieu, ins Bimpieiuua
were at onco aroused, and ho hastened
to tho butcher s house. After wuiting
half on hour tho butcher came in with a
bner under his arm. To tho question of
what was in it ho replied that it was a
slieop's head, and throw it under the
bed. The poiicomon teit, ami roturneu
in n fow minutes with some colleagues,
Tho sack was demanded, and on being
opened was found to contain tuo mur
dered girl s neod.
The Timber Question.
It is not nt all strange that considera
ble anxiety should be manifested as to
where the future sninilv of lumber shall
be obtained, when the great forests of
Micbi-'rau, from whence at present tho
hulk of the timber is brought, shall have
been deplete 1. Manv experienced deal
ers think that this will occur within ten
or fifteen years, and are already casting
about for a now Hi Id whence to draw
their stock. Canada is coining into tho
market somewhat, at present mostly v,ith
sveamore lumber, which is made into
iiackimr boxes for phut tobacco, and also
with excellent ship plank. But Canada
has immense for. sts of pine, spruce, and
hemlock, and the Ottawa. SaKuotmy. and
other rivers, are the chonucls by which
largo amounts of lumber annually nro
brought to market. Quebec, Toronto,
and Montreal ore lame depots for lum
ber from the forests of tho Dominion,
and somo of the stock is sent by water
or rail even to tho ship-yards ot iMaine,
itself a creut lumber Statu.
Buffalo is ono of the chiefs of tlio lum
ber markets of our country, its water
communication with the Michigan and
the upper lal.o regions especially fayor
inir its development in this direction.
There nru unwarda of Bixty-fivo firms,
wholesale and retail, engaged in tho lum
ber busincsB in that city. Planing mills
nud box factories aro becoming very
numerous, owing to tho increased dc-
maud lor uionulactured luniDcr. inai
this trade is in a most healthy condition
is proved by tho rapidity with which
stock is turned over, as well ns tlio lro-
queiit udvouco in prices.
In inn inanuiaciiiring lusmcoi m
Michigan heavy advances have taken
placo in almost all tho grades oi lumber.
til tho vicinity ot inmost, an uuvmu"i
streams in Unit section of country ull tho
lHt. trees have been utilized, conse
quently lumbermen aro uow compelled
l,i rn lar ier pack lor a supply, a"" i"
cost of tho pino log from tho stump to
tho mill has, therefore, been materially
iiwronril.
To look at the numenso rafts which
annually make thoir way down tho Pe
nobscot, tho Kennebec, tho Morrimoc,
tho Connecticut, tno Jinuson, aim mo
other principal rivers which draw their
uimnlies from tho Now Enttland States, a
tyro would say that tho Eastern States
ulono can furnish all the lumber needed
but tlie met mm i
Trim Dr. Toota'a Bnlih Monthly.
CrrKVASHB has stated these four essen
tials to a beby's well being: Plenty of
w ator for tbe skin, plenty of milk for the
KtoniAch, plenty of fresh air for the
lungs, and plenty of sleep for the brain.
Dn. Finra, of Brooklyn, in giving hie
rxperienco as a bald-headod man, tells
I bow ho restored the growth ot hair by
Iicrsiatcnt use oi crude kerosene. Ana
io bus a suspicion that the use of it was
really tho means of curing a ehronio
rhoumatio tendency.
Tub Governor of Georgia has sanc
tioned a law regulating the practice of
medicine, and vetoed a biU legalizing
tho dissection of dead bodies. Evidently
bo desires that the inhabitants of his
Stnto should got their medical education
nnd ciperienco elsowhere.
Dn. U.njja, of Hamburg, eayi that the
Cigmentary mutter which occasionally
locks up tho pores of the fnoe, produc
ing black points or " flesh worms," is
soluble in acids, and he therefore recom
mends tho free uso ot viuegar and lomon
juico as a local application to soften and
reinovo them.
The use of the eyes in reading while
riding in cars or wagons has been well
compared to tho effort of a person to
walk a slack ropo; tho strain on the
muscles thnt assist in vision being as
prent during the jolting of a car, as
would bo tho strain upon the muscles of
the limbs when trying to maintain one's
balance on a slack or even a tight rope.
Do. J. V. QoiMnT, of Jersey City, has
demonstrated by three cases that it is
possible to chloroform a person in sleep
without first awakening the sleeper. Ho,
therefore, concludes that, in the hands
of a skillful criminal, it might become
un effective instrument in the accom
plishment of his nefarious designs,
PnoFrssoR Jaeger, a Gorman physiol
ogist, advises the wearing of undercloth
ing mado from sheep's wool. He under
takes to show that in our organism there
nro certain gaseous, volatile substances
which are continually being liberated in
tho nets of breathing and perspiring.
nud that one kind arouses feelings of
lciisure, and the other sonsations of
lislikc. Wool he says attracts the sub
stance of pleasure, while clothing made
of plant tlbcr favors tho accumulation oi
the ollensivo substances of disuko.
Tun llritish Medical Journal asserts
that the local effect of tobacco on the
mucous membrane of the nose, throat,
nud cars is as predisposing to catarrhal
ibsenscs as is inelucicnt and lnstltlicient
eli, thing in the cose of women the fact
being that such effect on the mucous
membrane of tho superior portion of tlie
respiratory tract causes a more perma
nent relaxation and congestion than any
other knowu agent. Therefore, as to
bacco depresses tho system while it is
producing its pleasurable sensation, and
us it prepares tho mucous membrane to
take on catarrhal intlammation from even
slight exposure to cold, the Journal
thinks it should require no further evi
dence to show that its use ought to be
discontinued by every catarrhal patient.
Tub Hoyal College of Physicians
(England) has "resoluted" to the effect
that its members may hold any theory
they choose in regard to the action of
remedies, and practice as they prefer, if
they will only refrain from using anv
special designation or class name, such
ns homeopathistor electrician. The Med
ical liecprd (New York) regards this as
n direct invitation to all dissenters to
drop their special designations and join
tho Royal Collcgo.
A Cohoner's jury in Philadelphia at
tributes tbe cause of death of Fred.
Miller to imagination and foar. He had
boon bitten by a small dog, and though
presenting nosymptoms of hydrophobia,
ho died of fear in tho belief that be had
that much dreaded disease. This is the
first case we remember to havo seen ol
such a verdict, but don't doubt that a
similar verdict ought to have been ren
dered in many cases whioh have been
certified as true hydrophobia.
ll.:n ...ml itintif
American Coin in Foreign Countries, center of tho chief suj.p y has giaa mi.y
Tim American 81 is worth five francs moved west
BOlirCCS Will w mimunia u " -
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SElM'nx to must draw our s.tpply of this great ar-
Ul UIM'MU-.-f
. ! T .. ..n,l 11 lloVmiLll
l American, xii eB,..,. - . ,,,. vt ;,.,.,
coin, there are about as many iimeronii pans.
kinds as there aro differcut kingdoms in
Op Mr. 1oNOFtinow'a method when
Profossor of Modern Literature at Har
vard, Dr. Edward E. Hale, one of hie
Impila, bna given this aoconnt: "As it
inppenod, the regular reoitation rooms
of tlio college wero all in use, and we
met him in a sort of parlor, carpeted,
hung with pictures, and otherwise hand
somely lurniBUOd, wmon waa, i. Deuovo,
called the 'corporation room." nam
round a mnbogany table, wmon was re
ported to be meant for the dinners ot tne
trustees, and the whole auair naa tne as
pect of a friendly gathering in a private
house, in whioh the study of German
was the amusement of tho occasion. He
began with familiar ballads, read them
to us, and made us read them to him.
Of course we soon committed them to
memory without meaning to, and I
think this was probably part of his
theory. At the same time we were
learning the paradigms by rote. His
regular duty was the oversight of live or
more instructors who were tenoning
French, German, Italian, Spanish and
Portniruesa to two or tnree Hundred un-
der-irraduates. We never knew when he
might look in on a reoitation and vir
tually conduct it. We were delighted to
havo uim come, we au Knew ne wta
poet, and weie proud to have him In th
college, bnt at the same time we re-
epeoted turn as a man oi an airs.
thn Fmniro. The crown of linden is
valued ut $1.10, the thaler of Saxony nt
el . tho t ha or of Prussia at (U conts, tno
ti.nlur nf Rrimswick and Hanover at 80
edits, and so on ; the 20-mark (gold) is
equal to ail Euglishsoveroigu, which is
,.,.iin1 rn 4 Kit American money. The
Swedish cronor, or crown, is equol to
20 -1-5 cents, and tho Danish nx
ia about GO cents,
P.urbv man' knows that one-half the
.t,vita in thA hands of speculators are
bubbles, which will collopse with any
eudden disaster. Suppose Gould or
-VarwWiiiit. alinnld die. or either one or
both should attempt to nuload, where
i,l h tl.n thousands of others who
arc risking thoir all upon margins ? It
is the haste to get rich whioh ondangors
all interests by needless BDecuiauoo.
Urass llouqitet.
Perhaps vou think you ktow how to
make these, but fow people mako them
with onv tasto, nud I waut to tell you
how, iiu your vase to tuo top witu
clean, tlno Band ; tako your grasses ono
bv one. stand them up in tho Baud.
dollar keeping each ono distinct from its neigh
bor, mid using very few. Then yon
will havo a liaht and cracoful ulluir. in,
stead of a clumsy bunch which hides ail
tho debcato licauty of tho grosses, anil
reminds or.o of a load of hay. A fern pr
two. but no more, adds to its beauty,
and a spray of autumn leaves, half hid
den among the grasses, gives it color,
Ono of the prettiest gross bouquets lever
Btiw hnd no more thou a dozen delicate
grans stems. It looked liko a fairy
thing.
Georgia Dog With the Toothache.
Whoever heard ot a dogVith the
toothache? Well, Angusta can boast 01
the novelty. The poor old fellow nu
been howling for a week with neuralgia
of the jaw, and wnen nis master, wno ia
a thougnuui ana oonsiaoraw surgeim mm
well as an artist, discovered the cause oi
the canine's griof, he set to work to ex
tract a whole row ol decayed teem m
the dog'e mouth. Now, this may aeeni
absurd to some very ignorant people,
but it ia all true, and the poor dog held
his mouth open and sat perfectly quiet
while the teeth were being drawn. And
yet some people think do no
sense or appreciation. Awrm
In 1878 the VJ' u
feathers Into New -1,1-