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About The Butler herald. (Butler, Ga.) 1875-1962 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 3, 1885)
“like an internal trog out of Acheron* crowned with tlie ooze and mud, of melancholy.”—Prof. MtUhews. • ' every variety of fruit, cereals, grasses*, timber trees, and even domestic aflii-1 raals, and those found in all roafecte adapted to the locality should be' die-1 geminated by the college. Thus one college farm would be trying experi ment* faff hundreds of thousands of fanners, who would enjoy the benefit whale suffer about 6 o’clock we heard a hail, and “Fir saw, not far away, the mate’s boat. , energy •“Hold on !’ they cried. j “If “‘We can’t. Throw us aline,’ I re- course plied. like Hi “We caught their line as we swept uel?” by, and then the w ha had two boats "Th in tow. The men in the other boat peace,’ were worse off than we had been, as “Nq they had pulled longer. They had by tfl given up hope when we came along- j Side. Yon may not believe it, but tllat whale kept straight ahead all that and the next day, and in the af- j SfigHLi we sighted land. 1 thought ^ “I thought so. X , sons for selling hip*/ 1 “Yes. ‘To beMlkt no other reason £Hi wants to go out of to “Weii, if you cm with him it will be da"—Philadelphia blank “But, my dear, I know—” "Don’t talk to me about what you know. What you don’t know would fill an encyclopedia. Everybody knows you are a stupid old, senseless, worthless dotard. You don't know enough to come in when it rains.” ••Who is that old gentleman over there ?' asked a visitor of the hotel clerk. “Don’t you know him? Why, he is the Chief Justice of our Supreme/ Court.’ —Puck. saying. And the best of it is that 9 somehow contrived to cut out ither Jover, who has been banging and after her *ver since she was a Id in bib-aprons—a man whom any I ought to be proud to attract— lished near ture in its various manifestations to be eerc that Herbert Arundel was un worthy to wear a jewel like Minnie Dartford’s love npon bis heart. “An empty, feather-brained fool, with no more heart than a stone Im ager was Aunt Sylvia’s inward ver dict. Nor was it altogether incorrect. Meanwhile Minnie, with her though a and fancies drifting sweetly go further, he wood establish upon It fa permanent national or world’s expo- feion, where the products of this and Ifenr nations night be exhibited side was the muttered 1 Arundel lightly; id I know that all ■ HUMOKO] W. N. BENNS, Editor and Proprietor. “LET THERE BE LIGHT.” Subscription, $1.50 in Advane VOLUME X. To-Day. Oawcct To-day! too sweet to Inst Beyond a lew short momenV space, And then the vision ol thy fnco Becomes n memory of the past. Ah! stay thy fleeting feet, I pray» A little longer, sweet To-day. O sweet To-day? why must thou go 1 The sky is bine, the earth is lair, And summer’s lurking everywhere} There’s music in the winds that blow;. Ah* stay thy flying feet, I pray, A little longer, sweet To-dRy. O sweet To-day? ’tis hot too late; I would not lose ihee yet a whi'e; There’s pleasure in thy sunny smile; I'm happy and can laugh at Fr.te. Ah! stay tny flying feet, I prav, A little longer, sweet To-<lay. O sad To-day, that once was sweet? The past is gone bej ond recall; The future lies within a pull, No more thy dear name l repeat. In vain I begged of thee to stay A little longer, sweet To-day. Marion Homer in Town Topic*. THE LINEN CLOSET. “For my part,” said Aunt Sylvia, “I don't admire the young man.” Minnie Dartford’s pretty head dropped slightly, and she thought within herself how little of the sym pathetic element existed between old maid aunts and 17-year-old nieces, and wondered if there ever had been a time when Aunt Sylvia, too, was young, with the fresh electric current of love stirring in her pulsesl Minnie Dartford was a hazel-eyed, roes-cheeked little witch, with perfect ly arched eye-brows, and a mouth as freeh as the freshest rosebud In all the garden bowers, and her white dress, shining faintly through the summer twilight, seemed to float round her like a cloud, as she sat there, watch ing the stars that glimmered indis tinctly through the purple deeps of the sky, and thinking how very un reasonable Aunt Sylvia was. “No,” said the elder lady, jerking her knitting-needle into its sheath with an emphasis, “I do not fancy Herbert Arundel!” “He is our guest. Aunt Sylvia.” “You are mistaken there, Minnie. He came here uninvited, with your brother’s friend. Mr. Lee.” “But now that he is here, Aunt, we must treat him with courtesy. ’ “I’ve no objection in life to treating him with courtesy, child; but I’ve a sort of an idea that he would like you to treat him witli something warmer and more enthusiastic!” How thankful Minnie Dartford was at that moment to the friendly dusk which veiled the crimson blushes that suffused brow and cheek at Aunt Syl via’s cleverly-aimed random shot. Had it then come to that? Was she, indeed, learning to love Herbert Arundel? And a thrill of strange, Inexpressible happiness eddied through her heart, as her Inmost consciousness answered: “Yes.” Alas! poor Clarence Lee! The pa tient years of devotion, during which he had waited for the rose-bud of Minnie Dartford’s beanty to expand into the perfect blossom of woman hood—the loyal love, the unfaltering constancy—how lightly they weighed in the balance against this stranger's easy address and dashing fascination of manner. The way of the world— unalterable, yet how strange! Aunt Sylvia listened for an answer, but none came. Minnie hardly knew what reply It would be best to frame. “X think, Minnie,” said the old lady, after a moment or two of silence, “that it would be better for yon to accept Antonia Wyllis’ invitation to spend the month of September at her home. It will at least separate you from the companionship of this young man, and ” “But I don’t want to be separated from him, Aunt Sylvia.” Minnie spoke with spirit and ener gy, and the color deepened visibly on her cheek. “Minnie!” “Aunt Sylvia!” “Has it gone so far as this ?” “I don’t know what you mean by •it,’ ” responded the girl, biting her lips; “but I do know, Aunt Sylvia, that I shall not run away from Mr. Arundel as if I feared some strange contagion in his presence. This is my home, and here I shall remain to en tertain my brother’s guests as best I mpy!” “Irrespective of consequences?” “Yes; entirely irrespective of con sequences.” Aunt Sylvia remonstrated no fur ther; she saw quite plainly that it would be of no use. Minnie, like many another spoiled child and petted beauty, was determined to have her own way. Aunt Sylvia was no logician; neither did she pretend to the magical powers of vision belonging to the “seventh daughter of a seventh daughter.” but she knew quite enough of human na- BUTLER, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1885. NUMBER away upon the fathomless sea of a young girl’s reverie, sat at the win dow, stiK thinking of ohe personage— Herbert Arundel, “Annt Sylvia la foolishly prejudic ed,” she thought. “He Is as true and noble as he is handsome, and none but Hie carping and envious could pick a flaw ih his character or demeanor. As if I Would go to Antonia- Wyllis’ and leave h : m here! How graceful he iooki-d oil the ‘croquet ground’ yesterday—and how well he rides. X wonder if I shall ever see Magnolia Dell, that sunny home of his which he describes so eloquently. I don’t think it is altogether impossible, for I think —yes, I am quite sure —he loves met Ilis lips have never spoken words to that effect, but there is a language of eye and manner, ahd—- Minnie's mind was absorbed in these fancies, when a knock came to the door, and the old housekeeper put her head intu the room. “Miss Minnie, the sheets is ready for the liDen closet!” “The sheets!” Mineie shrugged her shoulders a little impatiently. “Why couldn't old Peggy have Waited? Very well, Peggy, I’ll see to that, presently!” “But they ought to be put away now, miss,” persisted the obdurate old servant. “I’ve strewed sprigs of lav ender and dried rose leaves be! ween all the folds, and if you’d please to put them on the shelves now ” Minnie rose with a scarcely sup pressed sigh. She knew Peggy too well to hope for any peace until her behests were fulfilled. * The heap of snowy linen lay on the hall table, white and fragrant through the toils of Peggy’s skilled digits, and, taking a pile on her arm, Minnie Dart* ford went to the linen closet, a small room, opening out oh that allotted to the present occupation of Clarence Lee and Mr. Herbert Arundel. She glanced timidly in bcfo.e she entered, to make sure that heitber of her brother's guests were in the apart ment, and then hurried through, t place tlie linen in its nook. She had scarcely reached up to de posit the pile on the high shelf above her head, when voices and footsteps fell on her ear, and, with a palpitating heart, Minnie felt that she was like a caged bird, among tbe shelves, laden with sheets and pillow-cases. Mr. Arundel had entered his room—the spicy odor of his cigar atfeady pro claimed the fact to her olfactories, even were there no other witnesses, and with him a stranger had been ushered in. Minnie stood quite still, hoping that their incursion was but for a moment, and their withdrawal would presently leave her free to beat a retreat. The door of the closet was partially drawn to, and she was at least sure of not being discovered. The color rose to her cheek at the idea of thus involun tarily playing the part of eavesdropper; but What else could she do? “Sit down, Lewis,” cried Mr. Arun del, drawing forward an easy chair; “make yourself at home. Your cigar isn’t out, I hope?” “No, it’s all right,” said the strange voice. “I say, old fellow, speaking of making one’s self at home, it strikes me that you are practising the thing yourself rather extensively here!” Arundel laughed. “I am at home,” he said complacent ly. “Why, bless your heart alive, Lewis, the good people here think I’m the greatest man alive.” “They’ll find their mistake after awhile.” “Not until I’ve made a sure thing of it,’’ answered Arundel. “What do you mean ?” “1 mean that 1 am going to many the girl.” “What, the little heiress?” echoed thd man whom Arundel had called Lewis. “Well, yes, if you choose to call her so. No great heiress, after all; but I dare say I can find a use for her twen ty-five thousand dollars. And, to crown all, she’s desperately in love with me." The other laughed hoarsely—a sneering sound, which made the blood boil indignantly in Minnie Dartford’s veins. “You always did play the deuce among tbe girls,” he said. “So she’s in love with you, eh ?’ “Yes. It’s quite amusing to watch the progress of her infatuation,” answered Arundel. “I haven’t pro posed yet, simply because I don’t want to precipitate the moment Bless yon, she jump into my arms to-morrow if I were topop the question!” “She’d jump out again quick enough, if she knew you half as well aa I do!” jeered the other. “Bat site don't you see!” said Arundel. “ ’Where ignorance is bliss, ’tie folly to be wise’—you know the old “Not always, Mr. Arundel,” answer ed a calm, quiet voice, and Minnie Hartford stdoa before him, her white dress shimalering like the robes of a phantom in the semi-darkness, “for at least the lesson of their folly may teach them to be wiser in time.” ■'Miss Dartford!’* echoed Herbert Arundel, dropping his cigar as he started; aghast; to his feet; while his companion looked on as if he would very much like to disappear through the crac's of tlie floor. “I have unwillingly been compelled to listen to your e lifyiqg conversation of the last few ininugei,” Minnie went refentezstv OTY,* A afnT‘j»»m yourself can easily imagine how completely I have been enlightened thereby. T suppose I ought to be angry with you.; but I can only feel thankful for the fate Which has been averted from me. Rood evening; Mr. Arundel, and good- by.” And, with alow inclination of her head Miss Dartford passed from the room, and Herbert Arundel never saw her morel He left town the self-same evening,/ carrying With him the interesting consciousness that he had overplayed his part and thwarted his own plans. And Clarence never knew what had openod the eyes of his capricious little charmer. He only rejoiced that she had once more taken him into favor. “Well,” said Aunt Sylvia, on the morning of tbe day on which Minnie Dartfbrd became Mrs. Clarence Lee, “I do believe I’m the happiest old woman alive!” “And I’m the happiest young one. Aunt Sylvia,” laughed Minnie. “So there is a pair of us!” A TALE FOR THE MARINES The Yarn that a Guileless Old Sea Gaptain Spins. Something About Sunstroke. In a circular issued by the New York board of health occurs the fol lowing in regard to sunstroke: Prevention—Don’t lose your sleep; sleep ih a cool place; don’t worry; don’t get excited; don’t drink too much alco hol; avoid working in the sun if yon can; if indoors, work in a well-ventila- eed room; wear thin clothes; Wear a light hat, not black; put a large green leaf th wet cloth ih It; drink freely and sweat freely; if fatigued or dizzy knock off work, lie down in a cool place, and apply cold water and cold cloths to your head and neck. Cure—Put the patieht In the shade; loosen his clothes about the neck; send for the nearest doctor; give the patient cool drinks of water or black tea or black coffee, if he can swallow. If his skin is hot and dry prop him up, sitting against a tree or wall; ponr cold water over the body and limbs and put oh his head pounded ice wrapped in a cloth or towel If you can’t get ice, use a wet cloth -and keep freshening it. But if the patient is pale and faint ahd his pulse is feeble, lay him on his back, make biin smell hartshorn for a few seconds, or give him a teaspoonsful of aromatic spirits of ammonia or tincture of ginger in 1 wo tablespoonful of water. In this case use no cold water, but rub the hands and feet and warm them by hot applications until the circulation Is restored. History of Coinage. If we put aside the inartistic and uninteresting Currency of China and j Japan every existing piece of money j can trace its ancestry back to a com mon source in the seventh century be- : fore Christ. The descent of all Creek coins from the issues of Pheidon and : Croesus, and the connection of the Roman system with a Siculo-Greek standard are well known; but it will be a revelation to many readers to find how modem and medieval series— Asiatic and European alike—derive their origin either from Greece or Rome. India learnt the art of coin age from the Bactriun successors of Alexander the Great; Arabia’s first emission were debased copies of the Athenian tetradrachm. Parthia imi tated the SeleUcld kings of Syria, and the Sapors and Chosroes of restored Persia continued the Parthian issues, only to be copied ih turn by tue earli est of the Mahometan Khalifa. The "dinar” ahd “dirhem” of Haroun-al- Raschid show by their very names a descent from the denarius add drach ma, no less than the “sou” and “livre,’ of Louis XYI. testify to a perpetua tion of the “solidus” and “libra.” — London Academy. A Prophet in His Own Conutry. “I tell you, my dear—’’ said an old gentleman to his wife on the summer hotel veranda. “DoD’t tell me anything, sir,” retort ed tbe lady, with emphasis. “But I believe—” “Bah! What do yonr beliefs amount to?” “But I think—” “Bah! Yon flatter yourself. What are your thoughts worth?” the critter would run right up on the shore; but he cam9 about when not more than a mile a Way, and Would have taken us out to sea again only J cutthe line. That iiarpbon in the corner which I spoke of before is the very this he carried away with him. You can see my name on it, if you don’t believe me. The sHijj Anna Rogers of New Bed ford killed the Whale tWo years after, and finding the harpoon ih its back sent it to nie. 1 Was sorry that whale was dead; becadse it had bdeh a good friend to us. I never used the har poon again, but kept it on land as ai reli£” • Gen Grant in Washington. Gen. Grant was the most conspic uous public man who ever lived in Washington He was known to every riiad, Woman, and child in the district before his name ivas before the people for the Presidency. While General of the Army his headquarters were at the corner of Seventeenth and F .Streets. He used to walk to and fro morning' find evening along with the procession of clerks, and With nothing but hiS Well-worn military cloak In winter and the familiar figure in sum mer, and tlie cigar always, to distin guish him from the crowd. He was usually absorbed in himself; and walk ed mechanically, though while going to work very rapidly. While Presi dent he was the same sort of a man. lie loved a horse dearly, and some times drove a foiir-inj^knd drag, but he usually walked or took a street car. In either case he was always the cynosure of many curious eyes. He had evidently beCottie accustomed to this, and paid no attention to it as long as people kept out of his way or did not force themselves on his person al notice. When they did he was an noyed and would tiirn abruptly upon his heel to escape. He always toted on the street like any other private citizen who wanted be let alone. This was so evident that the men, big and little, respected it, and the President of the tlnited States could often be seen satintering down the crowded avenue alone He was known to have walked from the Capitol to the White House on a pleasant day, when, the whole city was out, without suffering a single inter ruption. Yet if he saw men raise their hats to him lie never failed to re turn the salute During such a walk nearly everybody would stare and turn aud stare again at him as he passed. ' He seemed to walk among the crowds to be aione; Of late years he has apparently shaken off much of this taciturnity, and when he visited Washington could be seen about the Willard lobby chatting with H ahd listening and laughing at stories, and telling storied of his' own in return. Hein is trusted those who to make a show of him, but ty suffered the tortures of bore dom at the greatest receptions ever given at the White House. When he took a notion to attend a dinner party, he weilt; Without regard to the ctls* .ternary etiquette of the White House, which prohibits the President from- ihdtilging in stich things. .. Y i f How to Kill the Blues. Generally speaking if you are trou bled with “the blues,” and cannot tell why, you may be sure it springs from physical weakness. Instead of lying oh the sofa and courting painful ideas, if you are a despairing lover, a hypochondriac of a valetudinarian, you should be up and stirring yodrself; The blood of a melancholy man is thick and slow, creeping sluggishly through the veins, like muddy waters in a canal; the blood of your merry chirping philosopher is clear and quick, brisk as a newly-broached champagne. Try, therefore, to set your blood in motion, Try, rather, What a smart walk will do for you; set youf pegs in motion on rough rOeky grottnd, or hurry them up a prow of the boat almost touched the steep; cfagged hill; build stone wall: whale I drove the point deep into its swing an axe over a pile of hickory side. It failed to reach a vital point, or rock maple; turn a grindstone; dig and away the big fellow went. The ditches; practice ‘ground and lofty line ran out so fast at first that it made tumbling;" pour water into seives the rail smoke, and I raised the hatchet with the Dummies, or, with Sisyphus, ready to cut it, for I feared tlie whale “up the hill heave a huge round would draw us under. But the strain stone.” in short, do anything that will slackened after a little until there was ’ start the perspiration, and you will only a moderate pull, and giving the ttoon cease to have your brains lined end a twist around a rowlock I let the with black, as Burton expresses It, or whale tow us along. ! to rise in the morning, as Cowper did, •“This is better nor rowing,’said one. “‘Yes, and he’s going in the direction,’ said another. “They were quite right. The was taking us in the right direction we wished to go at the rate of fully twenty miles an hour. We bowled : along merrily all that afternoon, and scription of TOPICS OF THE DAY. How a Big Whale Towed a Boat’s Grew . Many Miles to Land. A flag with perpendicular bars of red and whit j floats over the foot of a large building id town, says a Nan tucket (Mass.) letter to tlie ‘New York Sun. The building is the Cus tom House. 30 called through tradition, for no vessel ever enters this port from foreign lands now, and there can be no customs to collect. It is conducted by a number of superannuated old sea captains, who smoke all day and weave tremendous sea yarns for the benefit of any city man who inay chance along. One weatherbeaten old salt told a prize story lately, ahd now tbe others are racking their brains^or something to surpass him. Hes^jd: “I left Nantucket on May 15, 1811, as second mate of the:snug bark Anna Snowdon, Capt. Keziab Cpflin, hound for the.Pacific Ocean. I’m not going to tell yon of our trip around the Rota, although that was rather lively and we did lose two men overboard, hut will get right down to the bottom facts of what I started in to tell. We had already killed two big whales, and were poking around about four hun dred miles north of the Sandwich Is-, lands, when we sighted a big fellow’ a-blowing not a mile away. The first mate and myself put off in two boats,, but I had the likeliest crew, and struck the w'hale first—struck him hard, too, because he was spouting blood in five minutes. Just then we saw another whale and the first mate put out after that one. ’riie bark tried to beat Up in our direction, blit a squall came on and we lost sight of her. The waves were so big that we should have been capsized if we had not kept to the leeward of the whale, which we had killed before the squall struck us. Its big carcass formed a Sort of break wateh Besides that the oil that oozed from its wounds seemed to quiet tbe waves. We were afraid some big waves wrnuld throw the whale on top of us, but by keeping the oars going we managed to stay at a safe distance. “When the storm passed over not a sign ot the bark was to be seen. There we wereanchored to a whaleout in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, with not more than two days’ rations of bread and water for the seven men in that little b.oat. We waited ali that day ih hopes of seeing the ship, and at night we burned some blubber on the back uf the whale, but no he^> name. When morning came and no Mil could be sien, we knew that lKa -* *^“4 “4 of finding our vessel again, and the** was nothing to do but to putl aWay in the direction of tlie Sandwich Is lands, trusting to reach them before a violent storm should overwhelm us> We cut oUr harpoons out of the whale, because we didn’t know when we might need them. There is* one of them in the corner there now. Guid ing the boat with a compass which 1 always carried witli me, we pulled aWay for the Sandwich Islands. We made forty miles that day, and the men were terribly tired. We slept by watches, off and on, and by pulling now and then perhaps gained ten miles during the night. The next day the tneh Were Worn out, and the sttn Was so hot that they could not Work limit dara Oiir chances of reaching land seemed very poof: Toward noon I was standing on the bow of the boat looking around in hopes of seeing a sad, when I saw a fin-back whale come to the surface not more than 200 yards away. It was no use to us now. but the whaleman instinct was too strong within me to be resisted. ‘“Give way,’ 1 cried. ‘There she blows;’ "I picked up a harpoon, and as the The annual income of Vanderbilt Is about, ten tons of solid gold. That of the average laboring man is about two pounds, out of which he has to live and support his family. The foundry of Call,’ In France, Is to turn out in time for the exhibition at Antwerp a monster cannon, forty- tWo feet long and capable of sending a bomb of 1,700 pounds a distance of abodt nine miles, The price of the caiinoti Will be $100,000. Children in Congo are the property of th« mother’s relatives. The right of Inheritance is from uncle to nephew, and a man’s slaves and real property go to the eldest son of his eldest sister, or the next of kin in such line. A wise nephew usually leaves his father’s house and Ih es with his uncle to keep his ejre on his future property. The Interest factor is on* of the most potent features in all business transaction*. Money Will doabl* it self at ten per cent, in About seven years, at nine per cent, in eight years, at eight per cent, in nine years, at sev en per cent, in ten and a half years, at siX p’er bent In twelve years, at five per cent, ih fourteen ?eafs, at four and a half per cent, in sixteen years, and at four per cent in eighteen years. ___ /■ The National Museum at 'Washing ton has received some relics of the first irdrt furnace in America. This was at Falling Creek, In Chesterfield County, Virginia, a few miles below Richmond, but on the opposite side of the James. The works werCWHgun in 1619; but in 1622 were destroyed in an Indian massacre: They Were heVer renewed, and tbe next attempt to manufacture iron was made by Gov. Spottswood, near the present site of Fredericksburg, about 1726. To this the plantation of George Washington’s father, Augustine, contributed much ore. - • The plan of assisting the poor work* ingmen of London by furnishing them with funds to emigrate seems to iiavfe beeh almost a complete failure. The leader of the moveiheiit reports that there are no less than twenty-four societies in London for aiding emi grants, but that they do not raise more than $20,000 a year for the pur pose, ahd only helped 2,118 persons to emigrate last season. The trouble is evidently of • twofold character; too many societies, end too little public sympathy With their work. Tbe Spectator say* there 1* a feeling among th* rich that the labor market of Eng land is already thin enough. The Interchange of commodities be tween nations has many apparent ec centricities: Russia sends flour to the United States, ahd competes success fully with ottr own millers; America sends cutlery to Sheffield and rnann* faetdred Cottons to Manchester; France buys wine in Ohio and California and cotton seed oil in St. Louis, returning the former to New York as claret of Burgundy and the latter as pure olive oil, and bo on the peculiarities of com mercial exchange continue through a long series of articles of both luxury and necessity. With tbe present cheap system* of expeditious transportation, constantly being improved in every direction, it Would seem that the time is approaching when it Will be Impos sible to be sure where any article we eat, drink, wear or otherwise use had its origin. The only thing certain is that the people who show,the most en ergy, ingenuity and business capacity will certainly-lay the rest of the world under tribute. In such a conflict as this implies the future prosperity of the United Slates is assured. At the agricultural convent ion called by Commissioner Colman, of delegates from agricultural colleges, the com missioner gave utterance to these words concerning experimental work at colleges: He said there was nothing which would so attract and rivet, the attention of the agricultural public to the colleges as experimental work. On the college farms should be tested The daSflal reader of the newspapers forms no adequate Idea of the annual loss of life and property In this coun try by violent wind-storms. The year 1884 was remarkable in this respect. The records of the Signal Service de partment show recorded during that year 178 tornadoes in the United States, 38 occurring in Georgia, 22 in South Carolina, 18 in Alabama, 12 in North Carolina, and 10 each in Iowa and tFiseonsin. Lightning occurred in 28 ot the tori/Adoes, Their average width was 1,037 feet, and their aver age length was 36.10 miles. Their velocity averaged 42 miles per hour. Tbe tornadoes averaged 45 seconds in passing a given point. The tem perature before the tornadoes was generally warm, and generally they were succeeded by cooler weather. Theif greatest frequency was between 4 and 5.30 p. tfl. Tbe largest number of tornadoes occurred in July. Over 1,000 buildings were destroyed by tor nadoes during the year. The most extensive tornado was in Minnesota, September 9, tbe estimated losses by which were $4,000,000, Contrary to the general opinion, it will be observed that more than half of tbe tornadoes occurred In tbe Southern States. Growing Old. Growing old! Tbe pubes' i Keeps its even tenor still; Eye and band nor fail nor feta And the brain obeys the will;' Only by the whitening tresses, And the deepening wrinkles t Youth has passed away like i Prime Is gone, and I grow oki Laughter hushes at my presence J Gay young voices whisper tows If I dare to linger by it, All the stream of life runs elo^ Though I love the mirth of child Though 1 prize youth’s virgin j What have I to do with either? Time is telling—I grew old. Not so dread the gloomy river J Tliat I shrank from so of yoiT All my first of love and J Gather on the further Wortf it not the best t-J Ere I feel the bio Ere 1 hear it said to “Stand hack from i —jf//l Grant’* Autographs, While at Mt, IfaOrugor it did not escape the general’s attention that everything he wrote was carefully preserved by those to whom he ad dressed his slips. One night he show ed that this amused him by a pleasant allusion to it in a note to Dr. Douglas. “I notice;” he wrote, “that when any one gets a slip It is carefully folded up and saved. No one throws one away. I think I shall have to stop writing, or some day I will be hauled over the Coals for my English.” “Whatever may be the criticisms on what you have written, General,” Dr. Douglas promptly replied, "no one can assail your English.” The general smiled, and his output of slips Was not thereafter stinted. Every one, of course, wanted rne. Dr. Douglas was the envy of people at the hotel, as he went about with a memo randum book thick with slips, and he was besieged With applications by mail for specimens; but he rareiy parted with one.—New York Times. Origin of the Liberty Cap, The Phrygians were people from the shores of the Euxine Sea, and they conquered and took possession of tb entire eastern part of Asia Minor. Ti distinguish themselves from the n tives, the conquerors wore a close fi 1 ting cap, and had it stamped on theii coins. The Romans took the fashion of wearing caps; from the Phrygians,' but they wer* only worn by freedmen. When a slave was set free, a red raw called the pileus, was put on hi* be: and this was a tokdfrof alssaion. Wbsh Saturinius took • the capital In the year 263, h« had’ a leap set wp on the top 1 of n spear As a promise of liberty to all slaves who would join him. Marius used the same expedient to incite the slaves to take arms with him against Syla. When Caesar was murdered the con spirators carried a cap on a spear as a token of the liberty of Rome. The statue of the Goddess of Liberty on the Aventine Hill carried in her hand a cap as an emblem of freedom.—St. Louis Olobe- Democrat. A door belle—the vant. Good terminal facilif good stout boots. A one-legged man troubled with wet feet A ship is calied “she” J ways has the last word, bound to answer its heln| Cucumbers sliced are sa freckles. This is not won^ have been known to families. The only difference betweel a-fishing” and “been fishing” il number of backaches and self*/ ciations. “It is not always May,” the sighs. It is well that it is not. Si thing in the world ought to be allq to get ripe ■ “What are the last teeth that ca asked a Lynn teacher to her cla physiology. " False te replied a boy who had ji!| on the back seat. A report of a base ball i “Larkins knocked Fulton, ti pitcher, all over the field.’ must have been an agreeable | for the umpire. It is a longj has no turn in it It is sail] bury’s j head, Stenography. During the past .300 years, it is stated, some 200 systems of short-hand have been devised and published, The older forms were usually mere ciphers, or a representation of the or dinary methods of spelling by the use symbols for letters, whereby no great advantage in the way of brevity was attained. Hieroglyphics, or picture- writing, were also classed as short hand; also, a plan of omission of the vowels, which might be called abbre viated long-hand. The first system of short-hand which attained the objects sought for—brevity and accuracy— was that of Isaac Pitman, first pub lished in 1849. This mods of short hand was the first to be known as phonography, or sounds rather than letters. Other systems since intro duced have continued this plan. Cus tom has of late years adopted the word of short-hand, which comes to us from the Greek, and means narrow or close writing; in other phrase, A Season for Selling. rchaser—See here, sir; ja horse you sold me. 1 can’t get him over the • ckey-i-That’s the reason I sold ^Bhy did you come to me for the saw your advertisement in the An odd sight on York, which on one side' with docks and shipping and oB other Is closely packed with chandler’s shops, commission bri>y office*, sailors’ lodging houses, and cheap restaurant^ is ; It is a small box-like ground floor of a building wall street, and occupies half till with a satlmaket. It is said the only piacs of Ita kind to be foun the entire length of the long street. 1 As a rule, a crowd of idle men is to be ftnaAd in front of it, while within, looking over the books in a half interested ijpanner, may be seen representatives ot the better class of seamen to tie ’found in the neigh*^ borhood. •It's a curious fa prietor to a reporter i tan paper,” that sean rap for all the sea std people are crazy abou can’t sell one down here Because they know alll themselves, and enough: “What do sailors read ? ‘‘Sailors read ? Why. 1 sailors don’t read. Thejj to buy books. If you the captains read perhad you. The American novels mostly and light more than they do solid been 40 yews selling them I I can tell you that the Amel tains, as a rule are not They don’t like solid readii captains of other countries,] fer light reading. But they f always T- - - —— = HERAT
