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®he .Cinvnnnnli Sribnne. PubUabsd bv the Tanroirw Pablishiac Co.) J. H. DEVEAUX. Mak aobm > VOL. 111. Au Unsought Appeal. In the market place at Atri, Placed free for all to swing, A large bell hung for those who sought In Justice’s name to ring. The hamlet was a peaceful one, Not many wrongs to right, And now the rope was worn away And would have fallen quite. But leaves and tendrils of a vine, Which twined themselves around, Alone sustained the molded strands From falling to tho ground. A poor old horse, half starved and thin, With neither friend nor hay, Turned out by master, barked by dogs, Sought food along the way. Sleepily grazing on he found p A vine whose shoots were fair, He cropped and tugged until full tone Filled the summer air. The town turned out, as was its wont, The edict to obey, And the poor steed’s unsought appeal Was answered from that day. —[J. W. Mitchell in Philadelphia Call. Authentic Ghost Stories. It is when we turn to visions of living persons, or to thoughts and suggestions relating to living persons, at a distance from the person affected by the vision or impression, that we find evidence most difficult to deal with, and the re sults not only difficult to explain, but not altogether satisfactory for discus sion, because the number of those who welcome the discussion of all such'mat ters with ridicule enormously exceeds the number of the more sensible. To illustrate the class of cases in question, I will take a few very care fully selected examples from among hundreds that might be cited. la the following case we have the di rect evidence of the person affected, who is well known, may even be said to be in some degree eminent—the Rev. James M. Wilson, head master of Clif . ton college, England, and senior wran r gler (that is, first in the honor examin ation for mathematics) in the year 1859. I W’as at St. John’s college, Cambridge, when he was there, taking my degree only one year later. I was captain of the boat club to which he belonged, and have played in the same games with him at foot-ball and at cricket. He was a capital wicket-keeper, which, though not in itself a proof that he would not be liable to fanciful notions, will suffice to show every one who knows what cricket is that he was zeal ous in open-air games, since nothing but constant practice will enable any one to keep wicket successfully. The following narrative is in his own words: “I was at Cambridge, in full health, boating, foot-ball playing, and tho like, and by no means subject to halluci nations or morbid fancies. One even ing I, felt extremely ill; trembling, with no apparent cause whatever, nor did it seem to be a physical illness or chill of any kind. I was frightened. I was totally unable to overcome it. I remember a sort of struggle with my self, resolving that I would go on with my mathematics; but it was in vain. I [ became convinced that I was dying. I was in a strange discomfort, but with no symptoms that I can recall except mental discomfort, and the conviction that I should die that night. Towards eleven, after some three hours of this I got better and went upstairs, and got to bed, and after a time to sleep and next morning was quite well. In the next afternoon came a letter to say that my twin brother had died 'the evening before in Lincolnshire. I am quite clear of the fact that I never once thought of him, nor was his presence with me even dimly imagined.” Let this story, in which not only was bo apparition seen, but the presence of the relative who died at the time of the strange sensation was not even imagined be compared with the following, which is one of the best authenticated of a class of stories whose name is now be— >* coming legion; In September, 1857, Captain W., of the Sixth Dragoon Guards, left England to join his regiment in India, leaving his wife at Canibri Igo. On the night be* tween the 14th and 15th’of November, 1857, she dreamed that she saw her hus- band looking very ill, and she thereupon woke in great agitation. When she looked up she saw the same figure stand ing by her bedside. Ho appeared in uniform and as if suffering intense pain. He then gradually faded from her view. At first Mrs. W. supposed she must still be asleep; but rubbing her eyes and listening to the of a child beside her, she convinced herself that what she had seen was no dream. In December, 1857, a telegram from the seat of war appeared in the morning papers, stating that Capt. W. had been killed before Lucknow on the fifteenth of November. The family solicitor ap plied for further information as to the date of Captain W.’s death, which Mrs. W. felt sure must have taken place on the fourteenth, and not on the fifteenth. But the date given in the telegram was confirmed at the war office. At this time a singular circumstance came to light. The solicitor chanced to men tion the case of a lady, a friend of his, who, according to his account, had a tendency to see visions. Turning to her husband, she said: “That must have been the same ap parition I saw on tho evening when we were speaking about India.” They were able to fix the date by means of a receipt for an amount paid that day, as the fourteenth of Novem ber. The solicitor on this applied to the -war office again, saying that the friends of Captain W. were persuaded there must be some mistake about the date. The officials stated, however, that there could be no mistake, since the death was referred to in two dis patches from Sir Colin Camp bell, who, in both cases, gave the date as the fifteenth. In March, 1858, a letter arrived from a brother officer, giving an account of Captain W.’s death. This officer, who had been riding beside Captain W. when he was killed, stated that death occurred on the fourteenth of November. Finally, though whether on the strength of this officer’s evidence, or through faith in the apparition's truth to time, the date was altered to the fourteenth. It seems never to have occurred to anyone to consider lhe difference be tween Indian and English time. If the time of Capt. W.’s death really coincid ed, as Mrs. W. then and thereafter firm ly believed,with the time of her dream then, unless she went to bed unusually early, he was killed on the 15th of November, Indian time. Suppose, for instance, she had her dream at ten o’clock on the night of November 14, then at that moment it was twenty-four minutes past three on the morning of November 15th at Lucknow. Supposing it was later, as the account suggests, then we may well suppose that daylight had already broken on the morning of the 15th at Lucknow, at the hour when Mrs. W. had her midnight dream at Cambridge and her husband met with his death.— [Cosmopolitan. The Measles. Measles begin ivith the symptoms of a bad cold; hoarseness, a cough, sneezing and weak eyes. Oa the fourth day a rash appears on the forehead, spreads over the face and extends to the body. It is a darker red than the rash in scarlet fever, and feels slightly raised to the touch. When the rash first comes out it looks like Ilea bites ar ranged in little half moons on the skin. The great danger is of taking cold, which may bring on inflammation of the lungs, and of injury to the eyes from over use or exposure to too strong a light. The patient should be, kept in bed in a well-ventilated room nt a temperature of about sixty-eight degrees. The win dow’ must be lowered a few inches at the top, if possible, the opening being covered with a strip of flannel to pre vent a draught. A e fre-h air is in dispensable, if this makes the room too cold, a fire must be lighted to counter act it. A warm sponge bath should be given each day, folded blankets being placed c.ver and under the patient in bed, the night-dress removed and the hand hold ing the sponge being passed under the SAVANNAH, GA., SATURDAY. MARCH 24.1888. [ upper blanket while bathing to avoid exposure. The window should be shut during the bath. If the rash causes much irritation it may be rubbed with cosraoline or sweet oil. The eyes should bo carefully shaded from the light, and no reading permitted until they are strong again. Serious in flammation and permanent weakness of the eyes may follow’, if these precau tions are not taken. It is often very hard to keep a child amused and happy under these restrictions. This is one of the difficulties that a good nurse will overcome, and she must remember that the child’s comfort during life may de pend upon the care it receives at this time. To avoid cold, all clothing should be warmed and aired before being used. A flannel jacket worn over the night-dress is a great protection. If delirium comes on, and the rash suddenly disappears, tho sufferer should be put into a warm bath containing four tablespoonfuls of mustard to each pail of w’ater, taken out after a few minutes, quickly dried with warm towels, and wrapped in blankets until the doctor comes. If the child has a quick pulse and seems very sleepy, the breathing should be carefully watched to detect the symptoms of trouble with the chest. Milk should be the chief article of diet. It may be used in gruel, custard and blanc mange, and varied with beef tea, chicken broth, mutton broth, toast, and any light food.—[Youth’s Com panion. Facts About the Year 1889. Tho year of 1889, which comprises the latter part of 113th, and the begin ning of the 114th year of American in dependence, corresponds to the year 6602 of the' Julian period; to 7398-99 of the Byzantine era, the year 7398 com mencing September 1; to 5649-50 of the Jewish era, the year 5650 commenc ing September 25 at sunset; to 2642 since the foundation of Rome, accord ing to Varro; to 2636 since the begin ning of the era of Nabonassar, which has been assigned to Wednesday, Feb ruary 26 of the 3967th year of Julian period, and in the notation of astrono mers to tho 746th year before tho birth of Christ; to the 2665 of the Olympiads; to 2201 of the Grecian era, or era of the Selucidce; to 1605 of the era of Diocle tian; to 2549 of the Japanese era, and the 22d year of the period entitled “Meiji.” The year 1307 of the Moham medan era, or the Hegira, begins on August 28, 1889, and the first day of January, 1889, is the 2.411,004th day since the commencement of the Julian period. —[Science. Charity ami Crime. A very pretty little woman, with a clear complexion, carnation lips and hair that the “Maid of Athens” might have envied, walked rapidly down Chestnut street Saturday afternoon. When opposite the Mint she halted, opened a dainty little purse, clasped by a tiger head, and dropped a quarter in the outstretched hat of a blind mendi cant. The lazzaroni glanced obliquely ■ at the coin and then stowed it away in | the recesses of his many- pocketed gar i ments. A detective and a reporter i witnessed the the incident “That wo- I man,” said the detective, “is one of the cleverest pick-pockets and shop-lifters in the country. She and ‘Kid’ Miller, the confidence man, once worked to gether, but there came a squall and they parted. —[Philadelphia North American. ♦ Keep Hoiim* Plants Clean. i When the room is swept, sprinkle tho ‘ carpet with damp sawdust or spent tea l leaves, to keep down the dust, and cover the plants with papers, and leave them on until the dust has settled. Ivy, and all smooth-leaved plants, should ' have their leaves washed weekly with tj soft rug and blood-warm water. Other > plants with rough leaves should he taken to the bath-room, or a sink, laid on their sides, and given a thorough drenching with a syringe or a watering ; pot, held high to give force to the i shower; let the leaves drip well before returning the plants to the room. Worth Their Weight in Gold. It is no unusual thing to see small I volumes that you can hide almost in a vest pocket go for from twenty dollars jto eighty dollars. Some books, if they | are rare enough, of the incunabula and | black-letter kind, will bring hundreds •of dollars. The first edition of one of Longfellow’s books, “Tho Coplas de Manrique,” thin and dingy though it be, brings almost always near fifteen or twenty times its original price. Tenny son’s first thin volume, containing also s his brother’s poems, which must have been published for not more than a dol lar and a half, I saw sold the other day for only a trifle short of forty dollars. “First editions” are especially stimula “ tive to prices, as there are so many col -1 lectors who pride themselves on theii possessions in this line. The editions, ! however, must be of books and authors | themselves highly esteemed. Their value | rests on the fact that, having long been out of print, they are poiitively unpro curable, except by the rare accident which the book auction occasionally af fords. An uncut copy of a first edition or book has extra value for it bears its own evidence that no bookbinder has I cut down the margin. It is surprising to see how dingy and i apparently worthless some of the rare i books are that bring high prices. If | you do not know the special charm that i is bestowed on the air to the iniated by I one of these suspicious volumes, of ) course you can not rate it highly. You would give more tor a gilt-edge modern i book that has just preceded it, and was sold for twenty-five cents. But now tho coveted prize is announced, and, lo! it goes up to, perhaps, eighty-five or one hundred dollars. You must be born a ! book-fancier to know wherein that ! value lies. J’aper and print and de- I scription arc powerless to communicate I the information. —[Cosmopolitan. The Busy Bee's Latest Rival. “1 never saw honey look like that,” i remarked a New York Mail and Express i reporter, who had ordered toast and i honey for his breaklust. “I never saw ! a honeycomb look so white or be so i uniform.” j “Well, sir,” replied tho waiter, “I’ll . let you into the secret. That is rnanu . factured honey. The comb is manufac i tured now of a white wax. Moulds are : made to the shape and size required j and the heated wax is poured in and be ! comes an [imitation honeycomb. A piece of this comb is placed in the jar and the syrup poured in. They can’t make a good imitation, though; nearly every one whocalls for honey detects the ! imitation. The wax is whiter, and then I it is unpleasant if it should get into the i mouth. It is much cheaper than real i comb honey and sometimes tho supply i runs short and the manufactured honey I has to be used.” A Mysterious Well. ' Last July, Farmer Hathaway of Sierra i County, Cal., sank an artesian well. At the depth of 300 feet he struck water which flowed at the rate of 200 gallons a minute; but it was hot water—hot enough to cook an egg in three minutes. The water from the well flows for halt a ' mile over the sandy desert, then forms a pond several feet in depth and sinks ! into the sand. The other day one of Mr. Hathaway’s children told him that , the pond was full of fish. Her father laughed, but the child was right. The pond contains hundreds of mountain trout from one to three inches Ion". Where they came from is a problem. All the water that flows into the pond > is boiling hot as it comes from the | ground; there is no spring anywhere near the pound, and no one has stocked its waters with small fry. Dishes to Order. The first hotel in this city, or in this country, for that matter, to adopt the Moslem custom of serving dishes “to order,” was the Irving House, which was opposite Stewart’s store, at Broad i way and Chambers street. Tho “inno vation” of the Irving House was not popular at first, but soon became j general—[New York Times. — „■ M ■■ II ' mi I I ———— (f 1.25 Per Annum; 75 oentu tor Six Months; ' 50 cents Three Month*; Siegle Uopie* I 5 cent*--tn Advance. PEARLS OF THOUGHT. It is as great to be a woman as to bo a man. Death rocks our second childhood to sleep in the cradle of the coffin. Many people are busy in the world gathering together a handful of thorns to sit upon. There is nothing that so refines tho face and mind as tho possession of great and good thoughts. One good thought retained and nine ty-nine bad ones let go, and we would all be the better for it An irritable man lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way, tormenting himself with his own prickles. No one is a more dangerous enemy to nil that is sweet and good in human life than tho one who lends to impurity the sanction of splendid talents. Ono of the saddest things about hu man nature is, that a man may guide others in the path of life without walk ing in it himself; that ho may boa pilot, and yet a castaway. In the early ages mon ruled by physi cal strength. Now they rule by brain, and so long as there is only one man in tho world who can think and plan, ho will stand head and shoulders übovo him who cannot. If thou art rich, then show the great ness of thy fortune, or, what is better, the greatness of thy soul, in tho meek ness of thy action ami thy conversation, sympathize with man of low estate, aid th<! distressed and show consideration to the neglected; be great The motives and purposes of authors are not always so pure and high as in the enthusiasm of youth we sometimes imagine. To many the trumpet of fame is nothing but a tin horn to call them home, like laborers from tho field at dinner time; and they think thomselvcS lucky to get the dinner. Whole Colonies of Lepers. An Indianapolis doctor denies that leprosy in this country comes from tho Chinese. On a recent occasion he is re ported to have stated that whatever traces of it arc found in the United States arc attributable to African slavery. This particular doctor is said to have ridtdo an extensive study of the subject. The statement he makes might be safely left to the scalpel of the gentle man of the samo profession, whoever he may be, whose shingle is hung out in his immediate vicinity. But, as wc have a sort of remote in terest in the subject it may be proper to interject the fact that twice in this city wc have had to pull up by the roots and transport to China leper colonies, in? each case numbering over twenty per sons, and that another is now slowly gathering which will have to bo treated in the same way. The facts in both these cases arc easily attainable—the numbers exported, tho price paid for the pipage, &c. But tho Indianapolis specialist regards all this as a sensation alism that is regularly started about once in every two years on the Pacific coast.—[San Francisco Bulletin. Care of the Sick. The etiquette of tho sick room should be better understood. Many a patient, nervous and excited, has literally had the life forced out and gone to the grave through uneasiness or fri’ ht over his mysterious surroundings. There is no time when a man or woman more needs to have natural and cheerful people about them than when tossing on :» sick bed. Talking in the room should al ways be done in t natural tone of voice, and never in wh.-pers. There should be no tiptoeing and no long faces, or discussions ovi r this or that grave symp tom. The doct r that don’t bring a . breeze of cheerfulness with him to lick room bad better quit business and q goto the undertaker s trade. There are many forms of di-ease where the patient is killed or cured, not oy any remedies, but by the indiscretion or dheretion of the physician and attendants.— [inter- • Ocean. ' ‘Mfe NO. 23.