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THE FIGHTING QUAKER.
That a Friend, or Quaker, ia not always
tbe impassive mortal he appears to be,
but has emotions tbat sometimes prompt
him to act with all the spirit of the
“world's people," is a fact illustrated with
much pathos in the following poetio de
scription of a memorable incident in our
revolutionary war:
THE SUltPEISE AT TRENTON.
BEcpqUgjS, 1776.
SCENE.—.
j»we.—A Petirijfjloania farm-hmjf orhA |L * n, y
the Delaware. Time.—DecembSr^2»' loud Ifcrfel
1830. Reuben Comfort, loquitur. * * Av * n
ltutb, help friend English to a chair.
Thee'H welcome. Thee would kuow
The ferry where they crossed the stream*,
now sixty years ago,
To take the Hessians under liahl 1 Thero’s
nothing now to see.
There* had been that to stir thee tmich,
had thee beim 4ft&cg With mq:
For I, though l»u^fllrrpliu?tWf^trained
ever to abhor^ ,, ’ A
All force and Rtrife, that raging flood
crossed with the m#p of war.
Thee stares! Thee doubtless woi
much a Friend should have to a
That his communication had been
than yea or nay;
That he had been iu battle when
low-men were slain,
And, favored to esoapo all hartn^-OAgae
back in peace again. ■■■
’Twas very wrong to violate peace prifcci-
ples of Frieuds— ><l..
Well, well! The meeting dealt with mdfc.
and there the matter ends.
Tell thee about it ? Yes, although ’twas
little of a fight—
Abner, thee put up this fiend’s beast;
he’ll tarry hero to-night^.
And thee must take into theif mind, those
who in battle stand,
Know little of what’s going on, save just
ou either hand;
And much of my reoital thee will find
much better told
Iu some well-written chronicle made iu
the days of old.
But I could tell thee all about the crossing
ere the day,
The marching up to Birmingham, the
silence by the way,
The ruNhiug..tt*MfcTrenton with friend
Sullivan and those;
And bow, when first ws saw the foe,
ft nighty shoaling rote;
And I mb tell thee something more, whieh
no one else oonld do—
Can name to thee the very man who Itahl,
the Hessian, slew.
Thee knows where N wbold’a Inland
stands ? Thee ought! Yes ; that is
true—
The English farm has nigh it stood since
sixteen-eighty-two.
■ Thee knows the old atone farm-house
looking out upon the tide
Slantwise across the river on the Penn
sylvania side ?
In that house I was born and bred, and
lived till twenty one,
As all the Comforts had for years from
father unto son.
That year my father rode up here, and
bought this farm for uie,
For Isaachar he lived at home, and we
could not agree—
He leaned too much on his birthright—so
so father to us said :
“ Two farms had better hold ye!”—and
be got me this instead,
And I came here to work it. ’Twas a
goodly start in life:
The place had been well-tilled, and all 1
needed was a wife.
I went among the women-folk, as usua
with a youth,
And soon I fell in love with one, friend
Sondder’s daughter, liuth;
And straightway found the damsel moved,
and in her spirit free
Before the friends in meeting to stand up
along with me;
And we would be united, if our people’s
minds were clear,
On Fourth-day of the first week of the
, First-month in next yesr.
The weeks that came were pleasant weeks,
the world was all in tune ;
The stars were always bright at night;
the month was fair as Juno.
Dear liuth! whose eyes were mild as
doves’, whose tones were sweet as
birds’—
More pleasant was the maid to me than
gold or land or herds:
Sweet Rath! at eighty-two my ears find
music in the name ;
But human bliss mast reach its end, and
bleak December came.
Meanwhile the people ronnd us fought,
the country was one camp;
Sometimes far in the dead of night I’d
hear the soldiers’ tramp.
The Friends were loyal ? Nay, not all;
if loyalty be such
As favors fraud and winks at wrong, then
few were loyal—much ;
Yet few felt free to go to war—they
dwelt upon the word
Which says that they who take the sword
shall perish by the sword.
It was a chilly morning when, foreboding
naught of barm,
I crossed the river in my skiff, and soaght
the Scadder farm,
About tbe hoar when Rath would have
her household work all through,
And ready be to take a walk tbe scene
arournl to view—
The trees were leafless, and the ground
was eovered half with snow;
Kut what was that to human hearts with
yeuth and love aglow ?
We wandered up and down the road like
children hand in band,
And talked about the future and the life
before us planned ;
But while we spake the sound of hoofs
upon the ground we heard—
Somehow my spirit to its depth by that
same sound was stirred—
And closer Ruth toward me drew that
slender form of hers,
As came the clanking of a sword whose
soabbard clanked with spurs.
We turned. A horseman was at hand in
gay apparel clad—
Upon his dark-green coat much braid and
golden lace be had ;
A man of goodly presence. He gazed
cnriously at each,
Then spake—thee knows we understand
ronnd here the German speech—
“Ah! Sie ist deine Bchwester, Mann ?"—
at which I shook ray head ;
“So! deine Frau violleioht ?” ’ne, Braat!
Schr gut! Ein Schmatz! ” he said.
“There, that will do, friend officer,” in
wrath was my reply;
“I feel not free, when thus thee speaks,
to stand in silence by,
'Pray go thy ways; we’re peaceful folk,
nor meddle thee nor thine
“Dot’s zafe,” he said, “in dimes likn
gleiohwebl der Russia mein!
With that he bent to where she steoa, but
ere her Ups he found, .
1 dragged him headlong from his horse,
jrad hurled him to the ground.
He Rhrank in horror; from his face all
trace of color fled,
i -While A.m knees lunid**
•‘A deed is thiue which
ev#n MjikIs abhor!
Her.sdulfwill rise and thine shall sink,
• ’ tjioii bloody wolf of war!”
-“Aoh* t)t!” be said, and spake no more ;
.^.•Jflien^moiinting on bis steed,
Struck deep the rowels in its flunks, and
"j. fodesiyheadjong speed.
limb did not on hiC^i^tant die, and ero
she breathed bef laktV
Soft cradled iu ffijcjoviug arms, her life
blood ilowiugYhst,
There went a.ihudler through her frame,
A glazing or (Ire eye,
then a lighting of her face, a glanco
eafth and sky.
(iagaerly she murmured, with a loving
'Wok to mo—
eubeii! ’Tigdiftrd*in.eolith to die, but
to .
Wei* er in I'nQjjus’ bnrying-
groimd^pd though we marked <tnot,
could ktJkOvdhue to it in the night, so
well I know the spot.
At home for many hours I lay—a stupor
on me came—
The:5t&fy sound that roused me up
mention of her name;
And then Friend Scudder and his w
Who stood beside me, said :
“Who does his living duty pays most
honor to tho dead.”
He rose, and straightway drew bis sword,
and angrily lie glared—
I thought my hour of death had come
when he his weapon bared;
Tbe veins upon his forehead swelled, and
then his face grew white ;
With rag» that gave him double strength
bo raised his blade to smite,
And as it rose I hoard a scream—ltutb
rushed between us twain—
Fell terribly the keen-edged sword—my
pretty dove was slain.
Three weeks had passed ; it was the uight
at close of Christmas day—
So tho wor’d's people name it—when, iu
nil of war’s array,
But Wilently aud cautiously, a force at
nightfall came
And seized what fow batteaux there were
—they took my skiff the same ;
And then I knew the wrath rf God was
gathering round to fall
Upon the hireling Hessian force end its
commander, Rah!.
The spirit moved within me then; I
sought out him who led
The soldiers in the bottle, and thus to tho
man I said—
“Friend Washington, although thee knows
that friends are men of peaoe
Who pray continual night and day this
. bloody strife may couse,
Yet it is given unto me that I should go
this night,
And yrs&ikJdio stream with these thy
friends to guide thoir steps aright.”
The General looked at me well pleased—
“You meet us in our need ;
The way ia plain, but such a night our
footsteps might mislead.
Get him a musket, Baylor.” But I quick
ly answered, “Nay!
The carnal weapon suits me not; I have
a better stay.
Unarmed I go before thy men when once
the stream be crossed,
And, though the air be black with storm,
our path shall not be lost.”
They then embarked the soldiers, ’mid the
blinding snow and hail;
They struggled with the driven ice, the
current and the gale ;
And much I marveled as I gazed upon the
piteous sight,
What men endure when in a cause that
they consider right;
For nearly all wero poorly clad to rnoet
the biting air,
Some wero hulf naked in the ranks, and
some with feet all bare.
And back and forth the boats wero sent
upon the watery way
So long, that when wejall had crossed the
sky wns tinged with gray ;
Right on we marched to Birmingham, a
moment there made stand,
Then broke iu two divisions whieh filed
off on either hand—
Oue half with Washington aud Greene
the old Scotch highway chose ;
The other took the river road—I went
ahead of those.
Before wo parted some bug came, and
said to Washington—
“The priming iu tho guns is wot—what
now is to bo done / '
“Then let them use the bayonet!” was
his auswer to the man ;
At which a hum of confidence among the
soldiers ran ;
All filled with silent, stern resolve, they
strode so proudly then,
I knew they would before the foe acquit
themselves like men.
The sun arose, and still we marched, I
somewhat in advance—
A voice cried—“Wer da ? Halt ?”—I saw
a musket barrel glance.
“A friend,” I answered. “Freund von
wem ?” “A friend to Washington !”
The sentry fired and missed, and ran, and
cast away his guu ;
For now beside me, pressing on, he saw
our troops were near,
And in tho distance oa our left I heard
Greene’s forces cheer.
“Move faster there!" cried Sullivan, “or
Greene will get ahead !
Press on ; and use your ft eel, my men ;
wo have no need of lead!”
And on they rushed, I with the rest;
through Water street wo swept,
While from a few upon our front some
scattered bullets leapt.
Their outguard fled iu sore affright; and
one there dying lay,
His loaded musket by his side—his work
was done that day.
I saw tho Hessian soldiers that wore form
ing into rank;
I saw their mounted officers—could hear
tbe scabbards clunk,
As hither, thither, riding round, they
drove thoir men in line;
And through them all from each to each
went eager glance of mine.
Till in their very centre there I saw one
on his horse,
His orders coolly giving, the commander
of their force.
I knew him ! I could not forget! 'Twas
ho whose angry blow
Had smote my darling to tho death bo
should not ’scape me so!
I cast my plain coat to the ground.
‘‘Quaker! lie there !’’ said I.
“Yon is tbe son of Amalek! I'll smite
him hip and thigh !”
And from the ground that musket caught,
and o’er itn barrel drew
A bead as fine as a needle’s point—the
ball his breast went through.
The incsket dropped from out my hands
—a fellow man I’d slain—
My heart stood still; but preaently I was
»y«el
I leaned against a tree. A sound of c#n-
nou smote my ear,
A rattling fire of musketry—then silence
—then a cheer.
I knew they had surrendered. Well, what
if tho place wero won ?
I turned, and wandered to my home—my
errand hud been done.
When Friends would have disowned mo
as a man of blood and sin
Friend Scudder spake—you might have
hoard the falliug of a pin—
“God knows his own wise purposes;
who’d scan his ways must fail.
Who gave the Israel it ish dame the ham
mer aud the nail,
Ilis wrath has fallen ou bloody liahl, on
Sisera laid low,
And Reuben Comfort did God’s work. In
pe»oe then let him go.”
Loud weeping on the womeu’s side, and
sobs on ours that day;
And no one ihoro gninuaid his words, and
no one uttered nay.
Tho brethren came and pressed my hand
before I left the place,
And a 1 tho womeu as I passed looked
pitying in my face.
So I wont, forth of man forgiven. I pray
that God may be
When sitting in the lattor day as merciful
to me.
—Lassouche, wnose cotnieal visage and
twinkling, Chinese-shaped eyes are
enough to provoke a laugh of themselves
without aid from language or gesture, has
a most romantic history attached to his
very unromantic self. He is in reality
a scion of the aristocracy, the Baron
Bonguin do Lassouche—nothing less than
[1—though poverty has led him through
grades of clerk and come-
tVhis present position. He approach
es more nearly by his appearance and
type of acting to the American comedian,
Clarke, than do his confreres. The man
agers of the -PaTaia^ Rgyal were struck
with the happy thought of producing a
parody of Feuillet’n drama, with Las-
souebo in tho character, taken by Croi-
zetto, aud his comrade Calrin, who is tall
and thin, in the part undertaken by Sa
rah Bernhardt. Tl^ jaarody itself was
weak and trashy enAugfi^ but Abe appear*
ance of the two actors, cameaturing so
admirably and so grotesquely tbe two fa
vorite actresses of tho day, called^orth
shouts of laughter, and insured for its
piece a triumphant career. One of the
jokes may merit preservation. It was in
the form of a connundrum, and runs as
follows: “Three colonels are smoking
cigars together, and without speaking a
word. Which has the highest grade
among them ?’’ Auswer: “The silence,
because it is general.” Luguet is an in
veterate c'tscadeur, or “gagger,” us we
term it iu our theatrical slang, and is, be
sides, of great readiness and quickness
in seizing any passing opportunity iff the
scene. It is told of him that, being once
playing at Brussels in a drama of the
Middle Ages, ho was charged, in the
course of his role, with the task of bear
ing to the king an important dispatch, on
the contents of which the plot of the
drama turned. The property-man by
mistake gave to Luguet a blank sheet of
paper, and the actor who personated the
king, uot having studied the contents of
the dispatch, was iu somewhat of a quan
dary; but, without being disconcerted in
the least, he handed the paper to his
faithful retainer, with the grandoise com
mand: “Read it to me, sirrah!” “Alas,
sire!”made answer Luguet, with perfect
composure, “born of poor but honest pa
rents, I have never learned to read.”
—One reason why Count Molkte in no
more of n favorite, says an English wri
ter, and be is anything but popular, is
that he is an insufferable prig, and osten
tatiously wraps himself up in a mantle of
self-eonceit. It is told of him that when a
simple colonel he astonished the mem
bers of his mess by regularly taking ten
Fredrich-d’ors out of his pocket at the
beginning of dinner, and laying them
beside his plate. Regularly after dinnor
he repocketod the gold, buttoued his coat,
lookod sourly round, and disappeared. It
was resolved to ask him the meaning of
this strange bohaviour. “Well,” he said,
“I have noticed that from tho time I en
tered this regiment, the conversation at
table has always turned on woman or
cards, or horse racing, aud I had deter
mined to make a present of the ten- pieces
of gold to the first man who should start
a sensible subject. No one) has yet earn
ed them." Even on congenial topics
Molkte is never very talkative, being fa
mous for holding his tongue in ten differ
ent languages. An# when he does open
his mouth; it is sometimes to make such
extremely unploa a ant remarks, that the
wonder is that his career has not long
ago been abbreviated by a duel. Proba
bly, even in Germany, genius is allowed
some liberty. What Molkte has to say is
always worth hearing, und sometimes
startling iu its originality. Thus he is re
ported to bavo observed in his dry way,
that purchase was the only part of tho
English military system ho liked. Nor
would Yankees feel much flattered by
learning that when asked whether he had
read a certain history of their civil war,
Molkte replied that ho hod no time to
waste on the rioting of armed mobs. If
the story is truo, it scarcely redounds to
the sagacity of the marshal, but rather
shows him in the light of a professional
pedant, who bus boon hitherto successfnl
as much through the blundering of oppo
nents fts through his own merits. Indeed
it lias uot boon denied that the opening
victories of Worth and Forhach iu the
late war wero no part of his plan, and
wore won almost against his ordors. Yet
tho double blow struck on the Gth of Au
gust, from which the French had nover
time to recover, was tho decisive affair of
the whole campaigu. Tbe capitulations
of tiednn, Metz and Paris were almost its
logical consequences.
—As to tho familiar problem—“What
is home without a mother?” a lirooklyn
boy says that it is a very pleasant place
provided she loaves the key of the pantry
bshiud her.
Beau Brnmmcl,
Probably the force of impudence
“could no further go” than it was carried
in his life-time, by tbe individual whose
name we plaoe at the bead of these brief
and reminisoent remarks. That Bruuo-
mel was endowed by nature with intellec
tual qualities of no mean order—and that
independently of bis oharacteristio qual
ity above roferred to there can be little
doubt; as, most assuredly, sheer impu
dence alone could uever have scoured to
him that habitual (uot ig. afjrfamiliar) iu-
teroourse* with persons of rank Which was
we believe, his oonstant boast. Doubtless,
Brummel’s ascendancy iu that “particular
sphere” of the world of fashion whieh he
most oullivated, was duly appreciated by
all the aristocratic fops and dandies about
town, whose ignoble propensities led
them to indulge in showy dress aud pert-
ness of demeanor; yet it was this same
ascendancy (let us acknowledge the truth)
in connection, however, with the Beau’s
more original qualities of mind, that re
conciled the elite among his ac
quaintances to his amazing adaucity even
when that audaoity waa exercised at their
expense. As sn illustrious instance bear
ing upon this fact, we may mention the
oirenmstauee of Brummel’s dining occa
sionally, (uay frequently, if we mistake
not) with the Prince Regent. It was on
oue of these occasions,' aud the last, (as
the reader may well surmise) that Brurn-
mel, alike intoxicated (as would appear)
with vanity and wine, ordered tbe Prinoe,
whom he addressed by hiB Christian name
of George, to “ring the bell.” The Re
gent, probably losing, for the moment,
and for the first time in his life, his pres
ence of mind, appeared thunder struck
for an instant; but immediately rising
from bis chair, rang the bell with infinite
composure. On the valet’s appearance,
he (the Prince) quietly said, “order Mr.
Brummel’scarriage." On the valet’s re
turn, announcing that the carriage was
ready, the Prince Regent* at once turned
to tbs Bsau, plaoidly remarking, “Mr.
Bmmmell your carriage is waiting,” and
that waa the laat time the prioo# of dan-
diet dined with the Prinoe Regent of Eng
land, or indeed, had any further inter
course with him whatever.
An Enfant Terrible at the Piny.
A baby was present while McCullough
wafrpljiying in New Orleans the other
night. The Picayune says: “As the mis
fortunes of Spartacus approachod their
culmination, the baby gave vent to vari
ous expressions of alarm and discontent.
When the gladiator bade his wife and
child farewell, the baby howled dismally;
when tbe rebel chieftain swore vengeance
and destruction on Rome, the baby dep
recated his violence in moving terms. But
when Jessippius, or whatever bis name
was, rushed iu with a great deal of brick
dust on his tbroat, and lots of blue plas
ter distributed about his head and body;
when be gasped and gargled and flung his
arms wildly about, and laughed a maniac
al and fiendish laugh, and when Sparta-
cue flipped out his cleaver and fell upon
the expiring wretch with savage fury,
then—then, ye angels and ministers of
discord!—then that baby burst into a
storm of squeals and screams and screech
es that drowned the thunders of the stage
and raised the hair of the spectators
with a horror never contemplated in the
programme. The noise was presently
subdued; there oame a sound as of strug
gling, and a flurry suggestive of a baby
choked and sat upon; and the play at
length prooeeded.”
Someth lug; About Laughter.
The philosopher, Thomas Hobbes, of
Salisbury, said many a wise thing in his
time, but never anything wiser or more
beautiful thau this, “Laughter is a sud
den glory.” So assuredly it is, and but
for this glory, which, splendid as sudden,
bursts through our clouds of sorrow like
sunshine in a shady place, what would
become of us ? Sad sojourners as we arc
iu a sphere which the poets are wont to
deseribo as a valley of tears, the right and
the faculty to laugh are simply oar dear
est prerogative, our most indispensable
possession. It is the fountain in our de
sert, tbe manna in our wilderness. “I
have nothing for it,” said Oliver Gold
smith, “but to sit down and laugh at the
world and myself, the most ridiculous ob-
ject in it.”
Some persons are far more riohly en
dowed than others with this happy gift;
and the method of its manifestation iu
themselves and its offeots upon others
aro among the most wonderful mysteries
of our being. Such people may be ac
counted tbe comedians of private life;
and very pleasant and benificent is the
mission they have to fulfill. Go where
they may they aro ever welcome; for,
provided always that their matchless (Al
eut is refined by good taste and tempered
by good feeling, they bring the summer
with them, and make everybody the
brighter for their presence. It is mar
vellous to think what an atmosphere of
fun seems to surround some people, what
an air of festivity they throw around the
dullest things, and what radianoe of ex
pression they impart to the most common
place emotions. Like Ophelia, they turn
“thought and affliction to favor and pret-
tiness;” and still as they go they “scatter
smiles on the uneasy earth.” We laugh
at them and with them, but never ill-na
turedly so, for tho mirth they awaken is
ever genial, and l.a< no taiut of malice.
Do what they may, they uever fail to ex
hilarate and delight us. A wave of their
hand, a glance of their eye, the slightest
inflection of their voice—nay, their very
walk—though they should never open
their lips—suffice to move our laughter,
These are the people who acquire en
thusiastic applause forje*ts and stories
of little intrinsic value. Told by them
Jokes of no greet point end enecdotea of
no greet intereet will eet tbe teble in e
roer. Tbe worthless matter wins mvstio
value in tbe nerration, end wbet from
other lip* would be oold end dull ea leed
is “sunshine spoken" from theirs.
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tNPIST/SKT PWWf
—Africa and the North Pole now di
vide the houors of exploration about
equally. A Berlin Society is about to
send a new expedition to the former re
gion, uuder the leadership of Yon Hor-
mayer, the well-known ornithologist. He
will go from St. Paul de Loanda, by way
of Kas8imbe,to Moatta Jamba. Austria is
littiug out a new Polar expedition; the
Eog)i*h Government now proposes to do
tho same. ..'AMT*astonishing ease with
which tho “Tigress” advanced up Smith’s
Sound gives new hope of penetrating fur
ther than ever before toward the Pole,
while the remarkable ioe-floe drifts of
two expeditionary parties proves that in
tho last straits the Arctic voyager may
still look for a line of retreat.
—Dr. Jacobi, after numerous experi
ments on the milk obtained in cities,
oame to tho conclusion that there is much
less adulteration of this food than isoom-
monly supposed. He has frequently teat-
ed for starch, lime, guin arabio, and other
substances, but without finding them.
Dilution with water is perhaps eommon,
but ho is of opinion that what is oalled
“swill-fed” milk, though more dangerous
than some forms of adulterated milk, is
uot so hazardous as a food as it has been
represented. He believes that “the
large number of deaths attributed to
swill milk before, during and after the
swill-milk agitation iu New York years
ago are to be sought for elsewhere.”
—M. Bnrthelemy, who has boon inves
tigating the undulations wbiob are pro
duced upon a water surfaoe by the vibra
tions of a tuning fork, calls attention to
the general resemblance of these undula
tions with the waves of the sea and tha
ripple# on a aand beach. Even elouds
are often arranged in parallel bands,
which he refer# to the effect of eleotrio
discharges. HU observation* were made
by allowing a beam of light to fall on
the water surfaoe and then intercepting
the reflected beam by a screen. He fonnd
that the breadth of the undulations is in
versely os the number of vibrations. The
distance between two wave lines pro
duced by the same tuning fork is inde
pendent of the deusity of the medium,
whieh accounts for the similarity of wave
forms iu water, sand and uir.
—Mr. J. W. Clark, who observed light
ning flashes with a five-prism spectro
scope, gives the result as follows: “Most
flashes exhibited only a bright continuous
spectrum, while a few showed only the
central part of the spectrum. Tho speo-
trum of oue flash I observed consisted of
only the red end of the spectrum, which
was traversed with three or four bright
bands. Prof. Kundt, from his observa
tions on lightning, states tbat while sheet
lightning yields a spectrum of bands,
forked lightuiug generally gives a spec
trum of lines. Although a large number
of observations were made throughout
the evening, only in the above instance
was a speotrum exhibiting bands observ
ed with any degree of certainty."
—On one of Lieutenant Wheeler’s ex
peditions to Arizona, a hawk was observ
ed to be amusing itself by fighting
von. It had forced the latter to take ref
uge in a tree, aud whenever the raven at
tempted to escape, it would swoop down
and strike it. No attack was made while
the raven kept iu the tree, but at every
attempt to fly away the persecution was
renewed. No explanation of tbi*conduct
could be conceived but the personal en
joyment the bird of prey found in tho
terror of the raven, ami it was so absorb
ed iu the sport, that it did not notice the
approach of the man of science with
gun iu hia hand, who quickly put a quie
tus upon this exhibition of cruelty to an
imals.
Manufacture of OTro of Rohes.—
The manufacture of this article of luxury
is principally carried on by the peasant
women und children of the Valley of Kes-
uoiik, in lioumelia, where some of the
farms devoted to the culture of the rose
produce as much as 4,400 pounds of the
otto in a single seaHou. As it takes about
sixty pounds’ weigLt of roses to make an
ounce of the otto, the extent of tbe cul
tivation of roses may bo imagined. The
essence is produced by distilling the
blooms in w'ater, and then re-distilling
tbe latter; but before it is forwarded to
the markets a third or fifth of geranium
oil is usually added.
Nature’s Barometers.—Cortaiu move-
moats ou the part of the animal creation
before a change of weather appear to in
dicate a reasoning faculty. Such seems to
be the ease with the common garden spi?
der, which, ou the approach of rainy or
windy weather, will be found to shorten
and strengthen the supporing guys of his
web, leugtheoiug the same when tbe
storm is over. There is a popular super
stition in England that it is unlucky for
an anglor to meet a single magpie, but
two of tho birds together are a good
omen. The reason is that the birds fore
tell the coming of cold or ntoriuy weath
er, and then, instead of their searching
for food for their young in pairs, one will
always remain oa the ueat. Sea-galls
predict storms by AHM-mhliug on tbe laud,
as they know that t* o raiu will bring
earth-worms and laivoi to the surface.
This, however, is merely a search for
food, and is due to the same inntinct
which teaches the swallow to fly high in
line weather, and skim along the ground
when foul is coming. They simply follow
flies and gnats which remain iu the warm
strata of the air. Tho different tribes of
wading birds always migrate before rain,
likewise to hunt for food. Meny birds
foretell rain by warning oriom and uneaay
in orowds; crickets will sing more loudly;
flion come into the house, frogs croak
and change color to a diugier hue; dogs
eat gras**, nn 1 rooks soar like hawks. It
is probable thai. many of these motions are
due to actual uneasiness, similar to that
whioh all who are troubled with corns or
rheumatism experience before a storm,
and are oaused both by the variation in
barometric pressure and the changes in the
eleotrioal condition of the atmosphere.
AIIWBU TO LOBRDMFONOENTH.
Charles says: “I am delighted with
your ‘Answers to OorrespondentR.’ Please
tell me if yon write all the information
you give us from memory.” We can say
to our friend that we do not lay claim to
universal knowledge, and can say bnt lit
tle that we feel sure is accurate from
memory. Blaekstone once said thut the
“next thing to knowing a fact was to
know where to find it.” Where we have
doubt about an important fact, wo can
■ult our books. So, Charles can seo it
does not require the varied information
he supposes to edit this column.
O. O. asks: “What is the meaning of
this phrase, and what is the language ?
I recently oame across it an old magazine:
Ado sacan y non pon presto, llegan at hon-
don /" The sentence is Spaaiah^xnd lit
erally means: and
never putting in, quick reaches the bot
tom.”
Minnie tells us she “is anxious to be
come a good conversationalist, as she
deems it the most desirable accomplish
ment," and asks how she can acquire the
art. We do not think tbe so-called ac
complishment sn art. The first thing
requisite is perfeet self-possession in all
sooiety, with no desire to speak unless
one has something to say. Lavutetyqpfeo
was an authority in this matter, says?
“The person who sedulously sttendsj
pointedly asks, oaltuly speaks, coolly
swers, and ceases when there is no mi
to say, is in posae«Bion of the best rei
sites of the oonveftstionalist. ’’
II. II. wants to . know “who sai<),
piotnre is a poem without words ?’" An
swer: Horaoe.
Mob and a friend have had a dispute as
to the manner in whieh the Russians pro
Bounce the wM|t€mr. Oue says it’s
O-sar; another that it’a Zaaro. He wishes
to know whieh ia right? We are forced
to say neither is. The Russians pro
nounce it Tsohar. If yt?u * slight t
«ound in tbe first Bylluble of chequing,
you have it.
Z. O.—Melpomene was one of the nine
muses who presided over tragedy.
Z.— Reubens was not an Italian, but a
Hollander—properly, a Dutchman—
though he studied and practiced the art
of painting for some time in Italy.
Sub.—Meningitis is, we believe, an
acute inflammation of the membranes of
the brain and spinal marrow. Any doctor
ean tell you more about it. The effect is
usually paralysis—total or partial. We do
not believe it is contagious, though apt to
be epidemio.
M.—Yes; a turtle is a reptile. It is
oolA-blooded; and though the young are
always produced from eggs, they are
usually formed and well advanced in or
ganization before the female deposits the
eggs.
Lillie says she “is corresponding with a
1 young gentleman whom her parents look
on as a friend, but that latterly his letters
have been more than friendly, and she is
in a quandary, for she loves him." There
should be no doubt about the right
oourse. Show the letters to your parents
and candidly tell your feelings.
Sam.—Rowe, we believe, wrote the
lines:
“Oh! I know
Thou hast a tongua to charm the wildest tem
pers:
Herds would forgot to grase, and savage boasts
Stand still, and lose their flerconows but to
hear thee,
Kb if they had reflection: and by reason,
Forsook a less enjoyment for a greater.”
We consider the sentiment a splendid
tribute to eloqnenco.
George.—Anthracite coal will not an
swer for gas. It is deprived of its bitu
men, and is only found in countries that
show decided evidence of volcanio dis
turbance. We do not know what will be
come of the world when all the coal and
wood gives out. Science may discover a
substitute. We do not expect to be here
at that time, though we have no wish to
go to the land where heat is a surfeit* and
carbon a decided drug.
Democrat wants to know if we “do not
think self-government is a failure ?’’ No.
We did think so before we got married,
but we manage to boss ourselves pretty
well now. Perhaps our friend refers to
republican institutions. If so, we must
say the only knowledge we have of them
is obtained from our historical reading,
and we don't plaoe much faith in history.
Lucy.—If “you think tho world is false
and no hearts true,” do the eookiug,
washing and chamber work of your family
fur a few months. Stop readiug novels,
and live for a purpose. Depend on it,
this will work a cure.
Arthur.—Writo to the Secretary of
State, and be will send you a list of con
sulates with salaries.
A Bear Man and his Doctor.
A deaf man is invited by hi* physician
to attend the performance of one of Spon-
tini’s operas. It is pretty well kuown
that the oroheitrs of thU^elebrated com
poser was notorious for thunder and
lightning crashes. At the first set, the
doctor inquired of the deaf man: “Do
you hear ?’’ “No." After the second act:
“Do you hear?” “No.” Bnt in the
third act the thunderings of tho orchestra
were terrific. Snddeuly tho deaf man
cried oat: “I hear! I hear !” His words
were drowned by the noise of tbe music,
DON'T CBOWD.
Doa’t crowd, the world 1* large enough
For you as well a* me ;
The doors for all are open wide—
The realm of thought Is free.
In all earth's plao*e you art right
To ehaeo tin beat you ean—
Provided that you do not try
To crowd some othor man.
Don't crowd the good from out your heart
By ro«t*rlngall that’s bad;
But give to every virtue room—
The best that may be bad;
To «anh day’s reoord such * one
That you may well be proud,
Give each hi* right—give each hit room,
—The reeent explosion of gunpowder
at Regent's Park seems to have affected
some of the animals in the “Zoo” consid
erably. Our “Special Reporter,” who
was on the spot, has sent us the follow
ing notes: “The lion shed his coat, tell
ing the lioness that after this he never
could re-maae where he was. The hye
nas laughed on the wrong side of their
mouths. The polar bear took a chill.
The elephant packed his trunk. The
poreupine tied up his bandicoot- quills.
The pelican of the wfldft^jj||p|^ Blled
nis pouoh; and the leopards'changed
tbeir spots, and looked out for Sthera less
exposed.”
—From Surprise Valley, California,
oomss the story of an old fellow who got
very jealous because his wife went to a
bqfitviUi a good-looking fellow and staid
p\it until bgpad daylight. Tbe pld chap
went to * JwBtico of the peace and told
44pst<$7, windingup with, “I wantyerto
help me, for that ar thing has been going
on ab(>Mt long enough. “Well," says the
^ou can write to Yreka, and sea
e of the lawyers osn’t get yon a
;6e.” “Divoroe!” roared the angry
who tha dickaus wants a divorce?”
The juatioe began to get wrathy. If you
don't wan't a divoroe what tha diokem;
brought you here ?" “Why, I waut an
injnnotion to stop further prooeelings.’
—A young man at Naw York, desorb
ing his father as being one of the most
powerful men in the States, declared as
a proof of the fact, that his parent onoe
knocked down a whole row of houses at
one go. He omitted, however, to men
tion that the individual pots—sing such
Misprints will present thcmaelve* in
other oolumua besides those of newspa
pers. The author of a temperance novel
who wrote, “Drunkenness is folly,” was
horrified to read, “Drunkenness is jolly."
The Other Eye — A witness, in de
scribing s certain event, said: “The per
son I saw at the head of the stairs was s
man with one eye uamed Wilkins. “What
was the name of his other eye?" “spite-
fully asked the opposing counsel. The
witness was disgusted with tbe lerity oj
the sudienee.
—The saddest instance of misplaced
ooofidenoe on reoord is that of a Connec
ticut man who rescued another from a
watery grave only to find that instead of
his long lost brother it was a person to
whom he owed three dollars and a half
for turnips.
—Borne years since, a man not a thou
sand miles from Syraouse, having made
an assignment, was called upon by a New
York oreditor, to whom he exhibited his
books, and with whom he proposed to
settle at fifty cent# in tha dollar. Tbe
New York man replied, “How ean you
pay fifty cents in the dollar ? Your as
sets will not pay over forty cents." “Well,
nevermind that,” said the unfortunate
assignor; “if my assets will not pay fifty
cents, I will make up the deficiency out
of my own pocket." What became of tbe
New Yorker after that deponent saith not.
Ratobr Original.—There has not yet
been time for the school-board to get
thoroughly to work; so now and then ws
meet with eccentricities of spelling. Here
is a notice, seen the ot&er day pinned to
the breast of a beggar, in Kensington,
Englaud, evidently the work of some
friendly band: “Hunsbls to work thrn
lo soofsite."
Why are the fond glances a mother
oasts upon her baby like Turkish cavalry?
Because they are mammy looks.
Madam MacMahon has become the
most popular lady in Paris by the use she
makes of her money. 8he attaches all
the poor to her, and sets an illustrious
example.
—A traveller passing through Weston,
near Bridgewater, iu the State of Georgia,
seeing s sign over the door with this one
.word, “Agoresequrdere," he called to tbe
woman to inquire what she sold, when
she said she did not sell anything, but
that “agues was cured there.”
—An Englishman and a Welshman dis
puting in whose county was the best liv
ing, said the Welshman, “There is such
noble housekeeping in Wales that I have
known above a dozen cooks employed at
one wedding dinner.” “Ay,” said the
Englishman, “that was because every
man toasted his own cheese.”
—An intelligent lady asked a sculptor
recently, who was about completing the
sculpture of s lamb, “Did you cut out that
animal ?" “Oh, no," said the soulptor ;
“the lamb has been there all the time. I
only took the marble from around hhn -
that’s all."
—“Amateur gentlemen," says an o 11
lady, “is a pretty good description of a
eertaia class of young men."
—When a mau is engaged to the sunt
of a little boy in Washington, the little
boy calls that roan “my brevet uncle.”
“—I am saddest wheu I sing," said a
native of the Bandwioh Islands. So ar*
W. F. TIGNBB,
Dentist,
Opposite Strapper’, bailulof. Kaadolph St.
Special attention given to tbe insertion of Arti.
floial Teet 1 ', ae well aa to Operative Unati.tr/.
COLUMBUS DENTAL BMU,
W. T. Po l Prop’r.
Georgia Home Building, Oolumbi
Builder, and arohlfeta.
cHiunw,
House Carpenter asd Ballder.
Jobbing done at abort notice.
"Peciflcatione furni.hed for all atylee
of buildings
Broad Street, next to O. W. Brown’s,
CninmtaM,
Doctor*.
BR. J. A. UBRIHABT,
Offle. remov.d to th< Drag stor. of B. O.
Hood h Brother.
Sleeping apartment st former reildenes. on
the corner ot Randolph and lUolntoah tnrttf.
nimnslt* Mi« raililunnu >.r u. nr n .l *
DB. li. B. LAW.
Ofllce corner Broad and Randolph streets, ■ arras’
building.
Renidence on Vorsjrth, three doors below St. Clair.
ja6
Tin and Coppersmith*.
WM. FEE.
Worker In Tin, IhtM Iron. Connor.
Order, from .brood promptly nttandod to.
Wo. m. Rrood rtFMt.
Hotels.
ADAM* HOUSE.
Wk.n you go to Upollk., be tur. to .top it th«
Adams House, opposite Tiusonger Depet.
Barber Shops.
AI.EX dfc HAH,
U.uuu, Bt. uun Inin.
KD. TEBBY, ]
Crawford It., uud.r UouklD Uotue, Colombo!, Q,
_ Soot and Shoemakers
WM. MEYEB.
Boot and Shoemaker*
Dealer in Leather aud Findings. Nett to 0.1.
Redd k Co.’i. Prompt and strict attention givea
Cun and Loeksmiths.
PHILIP SUTLER,
Uuu and Lock .with, Crawiord street, nest
Johnsou’it corner, Columbna. Ua. ja6
WILLIAM 8CHOBE&,
ttaa aud Locksmith aud dualer u. dunmoic Mar
at of Strapper'. Confuct.ousry.
Cotton Factories.
COLUMHV8 MANUFACTURING CO.,
U,nul.cturen of
Shooting.. Shirting., nnd lowing
Knitting Thtnd.
Cord. Wool »uu tinndi Wbo.t .ad Cora-
Office iu row of Wlttlcb t KlUMl'a, Botplolph ■!.
K. II. UHILTON. Fra.ld.nt,
HUNCOUEE.HANUPAOYUBIXH CO.
Himubutureni of
81USKTIN0B, 8HIKTINUS,
YARN, ItOPg, Ac.
COLUMBUS, *A.
a. P. 8WIKT, PtMldnt.
W. A. BWIPT, Secretary A Treuurer. Mill ly.
Livery and Sale Stables.
ROBERT THOHPBOH,
Llvnrj, Enin and Bxaknngn IBIln.
0«li*iio.fb, Noam or RuntotM 8m,
octso Oolumbuf, a..
A. UAMHEL,
Livery and Mb BtaklM,
OUIITUOBFB Bt., COLOlUOa, 0».
ofP'rtlcul.r .tt.ntfou glnu to fMditig tad M.
llorBBB and MuIm boarded in stable! by the
month or day. oetM
Tobacco, Cluars, *o.
HA1EB DUBN.
If you want to enjoy a gojd smoke, go Is his
Cigar Manufactory,
Between (Jeorgia Home and MuscOg** Bom*.
&
Fresh Meats.
«!• W. PATRICK*
Stall* No. 1« and 18,Market 1
Fresh Meats of every kind and bast quality,
J*ll alwuya ou hand.
J. T. COOK,
Freak Menu of All Kind#,
•*>P6 Stalls Nos. 15 and IT.
Piano Tuning, Bo.
E. W. BLAU,
Repairer and Tuner of Pianos*, Organ* sad
Accordeons. Sign Painting also done.
Orders tuay be be left at J. W.Tease k Norman's
A
Confectioners.
I. G. 8TBUPPEK,
Candy Manufacturer
AND DliMW Ul
All kind* of Confectionery and Fruits,
8tlck Candy 18 cent*.
Full weight guaranteed iu each box.
J»*4
Watchmakers.
C. 8CHOAIUVRG,
Practical Watch maker and J*veler (
Successor to L. Gutowsky,
IU6 Broad street.
Jail Columbus, 8a.
C. H. LEQCTIN*
Watchmaker,^ / "
134 Broad street, Colun
Watches and Clocks repaired in the beet I
ier and warranted
Col u until
airfd in
TallorsV
G. A. KOCUnA
Merchant Tailor and fitter.
A full stock of Freuch ami English uroadeloth*
Cassimtrr^s aud Vcsiiugs.
aprlft
No. 134 Broad fttmt.
HENRY SELL MAN.
Cutting, Cleaning nnd Repairing
« iu the bent sty>W>
apr241 Corner Cr ivf.ird and Fmn»
aH—», i
but the doctor saw the expression of joy
depleted on his countenance, and asked I thos* who hear him. They ar* ■*dd*r
hitd: “Do you hear ?" Th® d*af man I svan than ha i*.
_ mad*a sign In the affirmative. “Rah/"/ —Ao Indiana man mad* a hot that ha
hL r .id .1rmw to f r.pH»d lb. doctor: “how cm th.t b. / could rida lb. fljr-wba.1 of a mwoiIII)
biding pl«o«.; ui.ii will lick tb.u..l,a. / wk.n th. orohe.tr. i. not playing V Th. I .ml u hi. widow paid th. bat, ab* ra
th. wrong way of Iba hair; aheap will jpati.nt waa compl.t.ly cured, but th. I marked “William *“**■ ■* 1
bleat and akip about; crow, will gather j doctor bemm. M tU»f Aa » port. It