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The Oglethorpe Echo
LEXINGTON. GA.
Published Friday MorninK
BTES FOB, THE BLIND.
Bn optician’s Chat About spectacles
and Those Who Use Them.
A man who makes a good living, and
Derhans some wealth, in aiding people to
si ess
tton about spectacles and eye-giasses.
“Ihardlv know where to questions,” begin an
awering your long list of
kaid the optician. “Spectacles have to be
worn by some children Of five years, and
fer lute persons of sight all ages. is likely It is to difficult fail, for to
when
fiekncM, accident*, certain reading, professions, and the
excessive or careless
natural decay of strength, all tend to
one result. By careless reading I Read- mean
reading in unsteady or dim light.
Ing while traveling, especially it In Badly fast
trains, is a tempting pastime,but should
•trains the best of eyes. A man
not, as a habit, smoke and read at the
same time. The blur of the smoke lm
Doses unequal work upon tho two eyes.
One should not raise his eyes suddenly
toward a strong or vivid light after in
tentlv poring over printed matter. The
khock is severe. A number of trades
Vrear heavily upon the eyes. Engravers,
jewelers, watchmakers, proof reader.,
Compositors, and persons who have to
handle shining metals, all suffer in some
Begree from poor sight. The sewing
machine has proved a great saving for
women’s eyes. In former times constant
tewing with thc ordinary needle upon
etriped goods of any color hnda damaging
and sometimes blinding effect.
“Yes, I've heard tight lacing and
Ught shoes spoken of as bad for the
eyes, bull guess the old surgeon’s re
mark that ‘anything unnatural is bad
€or anything’about covers the case.
“It is an unsafe plan for of people to sc
lect glasses from the stock peddlers or
other irresponsible should rentiers. make 1 living, am willing hut
that every one a
tlic eye is too delicate and valuable to
|>c trifled with. Some of these venders
know something of the optician’s pro
fession hut as a rule, I have noticed that
their customers have need to hc both
purchasers and scientists. Now, when
you get your shoe, you do not allow thc
shoemaker or seller to make your feet
«t the shoe. And 1 assure vou there can
be as badly is fitting glasses as shoes. that
“ What a positive indication
sight is weakening? The failure is most
noticeable in reading; when one finds
himself throwing hack thc head and con
ttractlng the brow or stretching deciphering out the the
•mi so as to be surer of
priot or script he holds, there is unmis
takahle evidence of the need of optical as
distance. The defect, however, may not bo
|>ermanent; in persons under thirty five
Che pears of age, 1 have known cases where
normal sight has been restored by the
timely use of correct glasses. It would
txs good economy of vision of if many wero
to begin the wearing glasses early,
under the advice of a skillful and ex
pcricuced optician. People go to tbe
dentists quite regularly about their teeth
«nd to the physician about trifling com
plaints, while few seem to consider the
importance of helping or protecting na
turn’s great fc gift g of sight. Thc waning
«c.ion howe ver, is in most instances .0
gradual selves that people don’t trouble them
until couuiellcd to.
“You will here gel ft good idea of tlio
eare required in our work when fitting 8
glasses for steady use. You have no
t iced bow manv times the focus of nn
opera Jm glass has to bo adjusted to
a group of lookers on at
a performance. Well, the same varin
tion of eye way! power occurs in a multitude,
By the protracted use of an opera
(glass is unfavorable to the eyes. Ladies
«ftcn object to the wearing of glasses tor
fear of appearingndvauccain age; then,
a^gain, there are some of both sexes who
wear them simply becat' , .i tliev are bo
coming or give in intellectual'cast to
their faces 80, you see, whimsical
pride visits our truile as well as
“How far does our science date back?
f’hina. I believe, is the oldest known
watian gUtm having the ingenuity to prepare
-Sbt to aid defective sight. They have
advanced beyond their first ideas.
‘ The artists of Europe and America have
developed wonderful improvements
within the last half century.
“The most expensive lenses for frames
of springs are made from ‘pebble,’ a
■white transparent rock crystal found in
‘Brazil. I have known some of these
hard pebble lenses to be polished with
diamond dust. As to their being better
than tbe best white glass, that is a mat
ier of caprice. Some of 1,1V wealthiest
eustomers prefer glass, and it is the
opinion of some opticians that thc intense
(polish of the pebble is not favorable to
tbe wearer. Fine emerv ground glass is
good enough. Our glasses are largely
improved. industry Grinding glasses is a great Eng
in France and Germany.
land also turns out some floe work. They
Can be ground here, but it iasserv rarely
tneeessart. as tbe si zes aliroad. .«« asaoit-d ran
Be had cheaper from Lensi>sfor
myopia or in near-sightedness and for long are sighted ground
concave shape,
mess convex.
“Most of the newspapers in this coun
try are trying to tha eyes, owing to nar
vow columns and small print. The
Tribune is a valuable exception, with its
broad columns, clear type, and fairly
heavy paper. functions
though “Any eres reUining be assisted natural by aid.
weak esn our
have" Why, in my time (I’m seventy-three) I
known individuals who had never
been able to perceive the outlines of aui
nisi a, buildings or trees, to be supplied with
•with •with gla-ses gla- that enable them to see
---- A'«* Tart Tribune.
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now in the shops of the tlexe.and Ma
iratae buildings oains, out iney can
be made on the same principle Its application to
Aquaic holes of any size.
» ortiiuary and wotks on the ».ime
^*ad as of round having hole • sugers. screw Wb»t, Its en.Lin^ h« a
cam tnoiton which <»tiflates a
inouoted on a st«I wktng kmte which
cuU an l>olh sides. In order to pioent
ihe
tfcc cutter «re piw id. d wtfh ttBsll semi
Circu'.zr zhapei saws. wWb help in It cut
^Umate/that ting out perfectly this square corners. will is
new process save
tbe labor of tinee men who work with
ciuacia. at one man ran conveniently
eat a two inch mortice in the
length of time he can bore a round hole,
—tHevelctud Meraui.
..... ...... a than lawa, sad
Custom* are stronger
ye* th*i «<o-t of them are observed in de
glance of common sense and truth.
A PREAM OF HOME.
The sun’s ray. slant the oath alone,
meairisoaimyasio The air is balmy as in June; one,
The robin sings 6
And through the sky .,. ’?™ __ y moon
eee£s--. , s?'
Tne frog croaks bythe water’s rim;
There in content the lily grows, .
And thero the flshes , darting, swim;
, Wfiar an(1 the old brown milt,
In drowsy mood the cows await
The farm-boy’s call upon the air,
while, with his pail, beside the gate
which opens down the grassy lane,
M y brother breathes these words of pain
“Not yet!”
Thesteeplod-church, the ^hool-house near,
The wood where I have roamed at will,
The quaint, old farm-house, to me dear,
My youthful home-my manhood’s still
I see these as In days gone by,
But something whispers (as I sigh)—.
“Not yeti"
Ob, Hearts, in whom there is no May I
Who yearn to hear my footfalls where
The path, so beaten, winds its way
Under old trees so grand and fair!
Dear Hearts, who long for me to come,
I can but say I can go home—
“Not yet!"
For longer, stfll, your . breaste . must . know
A sadness free from all disguise,
Bra I can leave these scenes and go
And look into bright, loving eyes,
And clasp the hands so warm, and kiss
The lips I’ve pressed so oft in bliss
“Not yeti”
/ ' hlll „ Har „ t and stromr
on ® d , 'f^ f ] Autumn dav 7
I “ id ° 00<lby “ n '' 1>aw ‘ e ' 1 K
Down the old walk, and went away,
Not thinking there would coma a day
When I snould have—as now to say
“Not yot!"
Aln Htt’ll , notyotl Far, far from this!
^ towjtllong mu.t t wait I Yon All I cun do
Is C'wJtith lovfoh v kiss
^ewed wi»wve, on, Hearts’ uearwixo to yo vou ,
And mui-mur these sad words once more,
Uuthought of in the days of yore—
“Not yet!”
—Geo. Newell Lovrjoy, in the Current,
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WRITING WF? TTT’Nrn FOB rnt? LIFE. ttvp
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Raven and I were at the same liospi
tal. 8t. Lazarus, where he held a medical
»nd I a surgical appointment. We were
both hard worked, often day and niglit.
Raven looked in good health, and was
very successful; indeed, he bade fair to
rise in a short time to great eminence in
the profession. He was immensely pop
ular with everyone. His gray hair and
bright blue eyes, and healthy, florid
complexion, combined with a frank,
open anil hearty manner in speaking,
made him a friend with everybody, and
Inspired confidence in all his patients as
well as his friends.
Raven came up to me one clay in thc
hospital. “I’ve iust received a summons
<0 Exeter,” safe! bo. “The family is
wealthy and influential; it is now just
an<J wo will go down together,
Send me word durimr thc afternoon if
you can come or not. From what I
know of the case I’ve been called to
attend, I’m sure it’s more of a surgical
than a medical one. It will be nn excel
leut chance for you, Lawson, and I can
Therefore, promise you if a good possibly fee to begin with.
you Haddington can manage it,
meet me at this evening,
You promise!”
“Unless something unforseen should
station happen to prevent mo, I will be at the
at OffiO.”
thought, llaven was dramatically impressive, I
ns wo parted, and 1 arranged
my work so ns to be able to keep my ap
pointment. catch I was only just in time to
Raven, who hastily opened the
door of the railway carriage.
“Jump the in, guard Jack, has jump secured in. the A half
crown to com
partment for n. all the way down, so wc
shall have it all to ourselves without
fear of interruption. Time’s up; you
have to run it fine. Fire away. 1”
He flung in my bag and the several
nigs, etc., and hc entered. Thc guard
touched his hat and shut tho door with
a bung.
“This door is unlocked,” guard,
said I.
“Yes sir—side nearest thc platform S’sr
alwas unlocked. Tho other door
locked.”
He whistled and the train started.
' “I can’t bear tho idea of both doors
being locked," I remarked to Raven. “In
case of accident it would be imposijjble
for us to escape from this carriage.”
“It doesn’t matter," he said, and then
relapsed into silence. hc remained
For about twenty minutes
opposite to me, sometimes with Iris eyes
closed, sometimes with them fixed up.'n
me in the most unpleasant manner. All
my endeavors to draw him into conver
sation failed, and after some time I
gave fence. them up aud also relapsed into si
Suddenly he rose from v his seat and
drew from inside his overcoat a long and
pointed knife, which flashed ominously
m “Jack the lamplight. Lawson, both of
wc must us
die to night,” said he, calmly ami delib
erately, without any excitement of man
ncr. “I feel that thc time lias come for
us both to quit this vale of tears.”
“Yes, ‘Yes, I 1 quite quite agree agree with with you. you, Tom Tom
Raven," : 1 replied—seeing what ki. his had hap
pened— ----- 1 in ----1— as calm - a voice —.. as own. “I
havo long thought that life was becom
_ undesirable; and to leave it in
ing _ very with with oldest oldest and
your your company, company, you. vou, my my
warmest friend, would be thc most agree
able thing that could happen. But—you
t
before starting 1 would have made ar
tT^re 1 * ^ ^Hatr you m.de 7oZ
w ,m .
"No. I have not.
“Good heaven, man not made your
w ,ji; Tom, it is absolutely necessary for
both ol us to make our wills before we
die I have not made mine, and I should
not like to leave the world with the
chances of my wife and child going to
the vrofkhouse or to i»e chargeable on
th « P» ri ® h dwth. Vou would
wuh to l«ive your money to some one m
p.rticular is it 1 should not so? Lke ” leave
course to my
propertv _ of course-yes! i
u « v t t thought of making my Tom, wiiL” that
•• You must also remember,
jt would never do to die deli (•erately, in
the w»y we both wish to die.
leaving to the world our reason for the
act. You would not wish your name to
be aby-word »nd be a cause of derisiou
( 0 any one, I am sure, and I am certain 1
k
v
don't wish my own to be so. Therefore
we must draw out our reasons for dv
ingt” Do know, Jack, I thought , u
“ you never
0 f that?”
“Well then first put vour knife down
on tlle cushion there and then we will
a-arusaffiw’Sifa
voice, would have been fatal I opened
the bag and drew forth the writing
paper. The knife was on the cushion at
my side.
jz&tttrjss&s'z . . . ... .
them down, and then we will revise and
correct them. After that I will dictate
my own to you and you shall write them,
We shall be able to do our work well and
quickly.”, “Quite right, Jack; we ought to give
them our reasons. How odd that I
never thought of that. Let me sec; if I
Rill you first I might write them out
afterward.” . .
“Ah, but you will write out nunc
Don’t be selfish; there’s a good chap.
“To be sure. Well, are you ready?
Ho began dictating long and flowery
sentences. Now and again I inter
rupted bis flow of language to gam time,
This kept him thoroughly occupied and
interested, while the train sped finished on at ex- his
press rate. He bad nearly when
long, rambling dictation, to my in- of
expressible delight I felt the speed
the train slackening. I knew my chance
of deliverance was near.
“Head over for yourself what I have
written,” I said to him. “The carriage
is very close—a little fresh air will do us
good. I will make any corrections you
may require.” the knife and reached to
I sat on over
lower the glass. A slight fumbling
necessitated my rising to manage better
and the knife was in my left hand con
cealcd under my coat. I turned around
to look at my old friend, and saw him
trying intently to read ray scribble by
the light of the lamp, seemingly train. uncon- In
scions of the stopping of the
another moment tho glass descended,the
knife dropped upon the platform, ray
hand was thrust through the window and
on the handle of the door. The train
nearly stopped as I jumped out, shut the
door and held the handle firmly. Peor
j {aven was then quite engrossed with
what I had written for him. I called the
guard, and secretly and quietly the por
ters were assembled over thc platform at
the door of the carriage. this Swindon _ I Let
“Come, Tom, ’ coffeol is ” I called him us
b(lve a tl ) 0 f
through the window.
In that moment the spell was broken,
I Baw him look for his knife, then rush
to the window at tho opposite side, but
we were too ( . u i ck und too powerful and for I
him . a The guard, the carriage, two porters and lie
j J Hmpe ' red into b was
eci) .
My bcgt friend, with a brilliant future
before him and in the ripe portion of his
life was a raving maniac, and has re
,named go—insane from that time—one
of the manv victims to overwork.
1 nced scarcely ndd the case which
Haven had represeeled to me as culling
him to Exeter was an entire fabrication,
and was invented by him as a part of the
scheme which, in his madness, he had. no
doubt seriously imagined would be for
the benefit of us both.
That terrible night can never be cf
faced from my memory, and I can never
sufficiently ?orfunatefy congratulate mvself on hav- V
go thought of tho e
dient which answered so admirably—
“Writing for life.”
/ . MrlOiUI*®. curiosities
Colonel „ , . Stevenson, of the b au
ethnology, lias formed the Inge
most divers collection of objects iHustrat
la g the home-life, industries an e g -
ous customs of the 1 ueldo In
™ do - /■ «W*»on to the articles in
Gua collection (which amoun
carloads and consist ol pottery.
fabrics, weapon* and stone imp 1 c s)
photographs and colored sketi es we e
secured in great number, 1 us ra 11 g
<‘ ances ’ a tar scenes games and bur al
customs of the Pueblos Many curious
cay « alln " os U0VE r b f or e v, « tcd by
?hite men were explored , places , to which .
“ at « nei tbe /um3 ha vo bce, .‘ ,n thc
bab ‘ t of making annual . pilgrimages,
i wllh great ceremony, to aeposi o ,
p'nmesttcks and the skuIIs and.bouts
of sai led animals. A pack- r 111 y
j y 181 d >, uudcr “ c ,.^. UI an< 0
z . . ke . , e "5°
! unl l >neB ,‘ s , ", cur * 0US sa ’, w “
? . bo 8U l'P ly of Ba “ u,ed , , by
obtained . and from inis . point , tne
18 ,
travlcrsroue tot mites wes o a are,
where, according to t le .unis, iu ’ ’
I l lmted 8 l ,1 r,ts Ef ' llu * llcbl ° 3 aro al ‘
transported. . 10 tne latter place tne
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“t P n at m ad^e 'l ‘heir a,up » tis c , dozen .
^ by thnwhi^ Thev
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1 their nnrcswtin nature rend. 1 rinsr them
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Ea V ' ,ctl “! s e«nb. ! E ’ ‘
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| Stories or , Senator Evarfs. .
The Albany correspondent of the ” Buf- *
f.,l • ■ 0 C.mmereial ■'------ -- -* gives — —- j— two stories of
,
United States Senator elect Evarts. One
relates to au effort made by him when
secretary secretary of of state state to to induce induce Mrs. Mrs. Hayes Hayes
to relax her total nbsmience notions so
f ar as to allow wine to be used by the
|, e sociable with water,” replied Sir.
h j ^ iow
k
able with water excepi m a ba h. 1 he
other is old, but so good it will purchase bear repe
tiium. It relates to the of a
donkey bv Mr. Fvarts in Spain for the
amusement of his dozen children at
home. “The first morning he arrived at
our fatm in \ermont," said Mr. Evans,
--he lifted up bis voice and sent forth
the mo«t wonderful bray ever heard in
that region. One of house ray little and girls looked came
toddling out of the at
him. Then tUe creature brayed again,
-oh. what a melancholy brute,’ hek she said:
merer mind, papa win be to mor
row, an<K?beu yo’-t won't be so lone
some.’ ’’ V
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Food for the Japanese costs about
prr month, and a Japanese giri can be
clothed, fed and tducated for
the cost of an ordiaary ba- '
or
New York belle. Y V" p ,
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ANIMAL FIGHTING IN CHINA.
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A chlaanan Describes some Oriels
t«l Paiilmes.
The brutal '“sport” of inciting am
mals to fight is not confined to this coun
try, if we may believe the statements of
ssrrarsssftss
the denizens of the Celestial empire pro
hibit all entertainments in which human
beings may be injurea or ‘‘^nocked
awssrsf out.’; they have no ^ectran to^fightsra
5afi.*ts,"3ysr^ sports; but the young men who m China
as well as ln bmted ‘7^,
“rounders ’ and thoroughbreds, and make them P -
romze them extensively,
a social as well as a pecuniary success.
In every great city such as Canton, Foo
Chow, Pekin and h.ee-Lung there are
hundreds of sporting men who make
their livelihood from these events. Bet
ting is conducted on a somewhat differ
ferent basis from what it is here. Mutu
als and auction pools are unknown,
Betting on results is the same there as
here. The bets are either made direct,
or when the parties are unknown the
money staked is put in the hands of a
third person.
Sometimes a syndicate is formed in
which a dozen “bloods” on either side
back their favorite animal. In this case
half of the money goes to the owner and
half depends upon the result, borne
times a subscription is raised among
friends and neighbors to uphold the hon
or of the town or city, as the case may
be.
Fighting turtles are of twoclasses either
the mud or snapping turtle. They are
caught and regularly trained. They are
fed with raw meat and a drug that cor
responds with the “loco” of lexas. In
eix months the turtle becomes savage
and ugly, and will fight and bite on the
smallest provocation. lo increase its
bellicose powers the jaws and teeth are
carefully filled and sand papered until
its mouth is made into a a series of razors
and needles. Each day its trainer teases
it with cotton and wood until it is ex
cited into a perfect frenzy and bites the
training instruments into small fragments
Six months’ training puts it in good
fighting condition. 1 oung and old tur
ties are valueless. A middle-aged turtle
—Unit is, one When of seven fight or eight years—is off the
the best. the comes
turtles have been starved and teased for
a week and are as ugly as may be imag
ined. Each is bundled by its own trainer,
and is teased and tickled until it is in
a violent rage. It is then placed and in the a
small ring with its antagonist,
fun begins. The fight is always to the
death. A throat-hokl means victory.
Generally thc legs are the reptiles main points of
attack, and often both will lose
a foreleg in the first round. Their vital
ity is so great that after a head in almost
bitten oil it will turn and seize a leg or
tail and bite as if nothing had hapoeued.
,n one fight last year between Foo-Chow
and Tai-Wan, a turtle that had lost its
tail, one foreleg and a large part of its
head won the fight on a neck-hold upon
its opponent. These fights last from 011c
to ten hours, and arc always largely at
tended by men and boys.
In the Western provinces wild eatsare
quite common. They resemble tbe Ameri
esn wild cat, but are larger and fiercer.
They are usually caught when young,
and are brought up so as to develop their
fighting qualities. is A good commentary value*
upon their training their market
When kittens they bring about one tael
($1.10); at one year and they are worth four
taels, and at two a half they com
maud from ten to twenty. They are
matched against their own species; and
a t times against dogs, of about the same
general L type as our bull terriers. The
bt Is fearfully bloody and horrible,
The animal knows .instinctively that its
chief hope f lies in severing “f the carotid
ftr(f , ry or the jugulsr vein it8 autag0 .
nist, and the whole struggle is who shall
get the neck hold upon the other. In
some cities the contest is made more ex
c jti„g Jed and terrible by putting metal
stud collars around the necks of the
two c ts T he fight is then resolved
int0 a matter of endurance, and frequent
, lv'laata five hours. When a wild cat is
^ atched # ain9l a bull terrier the result
is very uncertain. If the dog catches
the cllt by the no3e ,i lroat or lcg< he
ugua n y w ; ns But if the cat gets 011 his
’
back w hich is often tbe case, thc dog
has a hopeless case. After repeated at
tempts to dislodge his foe, he succumbs
from lass of blood and absolute fatigue,
Cock-fighting the United iu China The resembles rules about that
States. are
tbe samC) bu t tj 10 galls are often more
deadly. Instead of representing thc
normal shape h of thc bird’s weapon, thev and
aic roade wit two or three points
with edges like razors. Under such cir
cumstances a tight is frequently deter
mined in a few minutes. In Be che-I.i thc
beak and is sometimes gaffs shod employed. with pointed Un
steel, nr are
j |» less long the and eye monotonous, or throat is struck the birds the being light
covered with blood in two minutes,
They are also stimulated to increased ef
; f «rf by being fed with grain soaked in
noma-doi-o, a liquor corresponding to
valuable whisky. in Fighting China, or and game have been cocks bred are
for Those of Foo-Chow are
the most valuable, and possess few qua!
d Es save those of great beauty and reck
less courage. They range in price from
a bi,lf tael (seventy cents) to fifty taels
(seventy dollars), according to the strain
from which they come. The best have
pedigrees longer dogs. than those of our great
horses and
Male rats are very pugnacious, especi
ally in the spring. They ore fed lightly
during during the the winter winter months, months, and and with with raw raw
----- meats and 1 “**•'—— fishbones. Is In March and 1
April they are in condition, and, with a
little excitement, become very ferocious,
They They are are usually usually fought fought in iu a a
small ring, not more than three feet
in diameter, in which a female rat
izzz,z ,ass
ju-t liehind the ear. and when lie sue
ratfL alsoJou^r^aiLtTogs
and cats. Generally these combuts are
uninteresting, tbe rat these having an in
stinctive fear of both animals. At
rimes, however, wbeu we. 1 trained, thev
show tight, aud often have been known
to kill thc luckless cat or dog put into
the pit against them.
Quails, strange lo say, are also good
fighters. In the spring and full they
develop a pugilistic instinct altogether
interesting. claw* I hev tight with beak, sharpen" wing
and The Chinese sport
the beak and wing-fe^here to a needle-point, until they trims the
wing are a
senes of needles, and works the claws
into similar sharpness. In these fights
the hen quail i> never used. They are
good-natured cock, however, and affectionate. bellicose, The and
is very
out until he is dead or disabled,
rijffers from the game cock in his
’ South Csr&u-T'* 0 cock * stand up,
*
peck dodge and gaff, and then endeavor
each to strike the other with the trimmed
wings, A successful blow means tem
porary for the blinding happy and a consequent victory
especially striker. Sometimes,
when women are present, the
beak and claws are blunted, and a blood
these “soft glove” fights, if the term
may be allowed, will keen on for hours,
and the two birds will drop down at the
end from sheer fatigue.
sifS” 1 ^,“£2
Grant tells how he and Colonel McPher
son and Major Hawkins unconsciously
rode within range of a battery and mus
Retry:« The shells and balls whistled
about our ear3 very fast for about a
minute . I do not think it took us much
longer than that to get out of range and
0 ut of sight. In the sudden start we
made, Major Hawkins lost his hat. He
did not stop to pick ‘ it up. When we ar
rived at a perf ectly safe posi tion, we
halted to take an account of damages.
McPherson’s horse was panting as if
ready to drop. On examination it was
f ound that a ball had struck him for
ward of tho flank j ust back of the sad .
die, and had gone entirely through. In
a few minuter the poor 1 beast dropped
dead hc had g ; veQ no s '. gn o{ injury ua .
til we carnc t0 a stop ... The horse dis
played courage in carrying his rider, out
0 f danger after receiving a mortal hurt
himself, but the intense excitement of
the moment probably * / moved him to the
dying through effort T1 e stag when shot
d ead in frequently his runs until he Buell, falls
trackg . General
whom Grant, rising above the bitterness
0 f twenty years ago, commends as “a
brave> intelligent officer,” rode on the
second day of the Shiloh fight a horse
into what seemed the very jaws of death,
The left line was wavering before a fierce
agsault and the geueral inspired confi
donee and strengthened it by promptly
and resolutely facing the storm himself,
The shrieking shells and whistling mus
ket bal]9 ° din f and
m dc thc aw u ]
stopped the the beating of mtny a heart; but
horse, like the man astride him,
heedcd ^om not. Equine courage as il
)ustratcd ou raany a battlefield, moves
the soul to admiration.— Turf, Field and
y a rm
A Sanguinary Tale of the Sea.
The “‘ e loss ““ of f the ‘rs schooner Bo,d(fn Arcnna for
m y j e ff 0 n in the Bay
, „ . reca ii s onc of the bloodiest of
_SmitlT or rinht veareaffo three o/X
T wLrt a vouno- kI.Zti man from yfn M Maine Td
„ FntlUh n
!h lad-eonsnired veasef heJmithe to take
Iw P -ibbi\nl and til!
' k ,?“ p n b.d, “The s
X? b ° tb It
®, tber P' p“ on , on ° board ° Jl the * rime were
,‘7 " vii, t ., b ;, hlv
'mntmZr to ontieo • hid the
J ■ o’ n , there
}?[! , v -® : r ,, w i v i. ppn ,;„ “ n 0 f innnhnrdireitinn ,^1! ^'
,** 1
“ , ^ , , the^oreeasJle fl ,„„ re./iltw! where T e
**®* e< “ ld ® n
ti a «t n, n ».L»i „„
roamed . neutral, f taking . good • of the
cate _ 01>n
“ hoo » er w .^ l “t*" "wi nf
oy ®J' h ’ 3 j, n ’ 3 “ fi c
arms and were unabit to get at the cap
J ain , they were complete y at bis mercy,
He kept up an incessant re upon them,
and though they tned to she er them
selves, by crawling under the bunks, all
we je wounded. Glow thc most severely,
sa that at length they were compelled to
surrender, and were put in irons. The
VC S ®1 wa ® takea lnto aI ! English and port,
and A the story of the mutiny the ex
tiaordinary con est w hich followed it
w as told all oyei the world. I le pns
oucra were trie m the Unite . tates
court, the tual lasting a long time, and
attracting a great deal of attention. Able
f om lsel endeavored to show that ill
treatment , on the part of the captain and
mates was sufficient provocation for the
m,ltl, U v ’ b ut a 1 tbr ee of the “ utlneer3
were convicted, . and , are now undergoing
life impriso nment.—Asm iork b un.
The Doctor m . Asia . . Minor. ...
-U' 1 °hl woman next came forward,
au< ^ taking hold of the corner of my
cloak she kirsed it, and then kneeling
before mo began in a very wheedling her
manner to call my attention to case,
She went on to describe the most anom
alotis symptoms, affecting her eyes,
ears > lim bs and sometimes every part of
her. On further inquires she confessed
to be quite having well had at that moment, but a
year ago these strange com
( plaints, she dreaded the same thing
would invade her this year. I then
promised to give her strong medicine,
but ordered tne crowd to stand at a short
distance from us. A space is cleared,
and all waiting in silent admiration for
my remedy. I slowly draw forth a hot
tie of strong liquor of ammonia (or
smelling salts) from my medicine chest,
and holding it before mv patient s eyes
tell her to draw in a long breath, when firft 1
pu t »t.to her nose I accordingly
hold her nostrils, then having removed
the stopper, I apply the mouth of the
; bottle to the nose, the lingers are re
; moved, a long sni I is taken, followed by
a sort of spasm, and she falls to the
ground. A hum of horror runs through
j the crowd; the patient after a short m
terval rises her eves streaming with
tears, and then broke^ from the crowd,
’ La ilaha ilia llali Mohammed j rasulu
1 . ilaha. —Mtmotr or Humphrey bandmth.
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j A Cowbor’s Fight With a Wildcat,
f a cowoov acciden’aliv referred to a
j recent experience when sleeping cain D in“ nears
. herd He was out of
door £ hig boQ , s ' 0 “ * nd wfls
0
, , ■ , .
8ad ^'inst srerv,^ s^ld ‘Ct
h had to fioht—that ft that was #1
, ! h ™ was atmut He knocked the
vildc it ’ a - d it icaced J back ’ ’. He
, , • , .
“quick s kick .i Ths knocked h^umpid it 2 over
? thought ”
1 . . h Parted f
; ; d for’ him' once" more He
. * it • fee^ f
1 it u D def his ^ stamped L it^to ^
d , f a!h ».r x. «- n» v #a- « T .
!. ^ ’,. ‘ s e
' ’
r^J-^c2^ * ’ ‘ S . ~ .
They used to tell us, "Be good and
you will be happy." Then as science
come to the fore the cry was. "Be weil
and you willi be happy. ’ Finally in this
day of physical and retirement be well.” they tell u«,
“Be happy you will
THE MAILS OF CONQBESSMEN.
**2g£ Received By Senators and
m&tmU MTW a* Washington.
It - reqmres reauircs me the Mrviyw services of eleven per- r
sons to handle t
- capi
Representatives a g T. cnators a t the
. rorre sD 0 ndent
two
solons are are in in sessio/and sees , another deliveries in the
Jfvate i ' d i 1 last
KLon ^ mem
w. loads of letters
•mAu&s&A* s:
a en j e m each chamber employs
number of bovswho are known
... P They are furnished
P°° 1CS and H are ar ® U sed to ° deliver letters
® nd d0 c ““ e °' t the dif¬
f? rent . ■J’the o nts and elsewhere
throughout y, the citv city. Each receives a
f alary ,°!n Listers There are
tbree y on the House
8ld ?’ .! ^.nffh fa m0 re extravagant, manvSem
^ as
b ® r8 f y it imnossible to set along
wlth ’ ., f . ridin^ rao-es. This
“ a y b to be characteristic of the
Senate - m every particular._ particular That f body
has twice the number of emp J re]a .
tively tha g
invariably better hpaviest ma il
Speaker Carlisle gets me ma ic
of any manm P 11 1 ’ UaDdall'
the .
among Rep „ . , third Bel
wltb ’v^rt- fourth fourth and and Judge J dg
mont, of New York,
K aiid ® lley kelley > ° f s m Bke that of cTolonel
Morrison, are mostly A, comm communications
from business me «
information on matters ona n, nances
and kindred suDiects. d
. by reason “Tw, ^ renraen
tative of a “«/o nmidlv l y growing
commouweath tojorado has h P nrobably »f
more I'Cteran 5 of thcat «" a 'V tna
borders than any State of her . size in x
Union. As most of these peopc
terested m pensions, cU11 ® r ,“ ^„.
°f askln U^ Ulfoymak ;;;“^ 0 t “ inq
of procuring onoor n ri g dc _
Jays.in that his ; their correspondence satt \lZfo’mnstbonecos- must bo neccs
sanly large Logan ’the hiea 1
General receives
mail of any member of tbe ben,vte. A ter
his nomination last summer it meres
so rapidly that the services o is s
tary c l uate a “ d to fke task ZfV™ini of P g 7 no I the
such occasions it was no
Gencral uncom ' no Logan T n P raCtlCe s rooms, f ° r l^J^hem many o
were <;ra P loyee 3 of the S ove r ”™® i
assist him with , , his work. Old . tables
cbairs and c ven h: lt boxC ,T°„
’ and , often half u dozen
utilized as desks, , found a labor
supernumcries would be
in S antil midnight. It is General Logan s
invariable rule to answer every letter sent
to him. His mail comes principally
frotn soldiers and is not confined, by
any means, to his constituents in rilinois
infrequently veterans write to it
fr ° m th ° fiW Engla ", d
States. The bulk of lctteis » f from s
diers of the late war residing in the ex
trcme Southern S tatCB 1S addrcss f d ‘°
General Logan. , Mrs. r T Logan overlooks
the General’s mail. Long familiarity as
his amanuensis enables her to tell directly
which letters she can attend to herself
w ithout troubling her husband to read,
ghe is better known to the clerks in the
U en3ion office than the general, and of
late years she has attended to nearly all
0 f his correspondence. Many of these
letters are insufficiently stamped. The
deficit is paid by the Senator. This item
of expense alone is said to amount to$35
pct annum.
Plumb, of Kansas, follows Logan as
the recipient of the next largest mail
w ith Allison, of Iowa, and Yoorhees, of
Indiana, not far behind.
Popular m e n in Congress are deluged
w jt b letters in the same degree as they,
; n private life, receive more attention
tban t bose -who are more exclusive,
y 00 rhees is easily approached, and is a
hail-fellow-well-met among the home¬
^ 8pun farmers of the Hoosier State. Next
Voorhces ,)«, of Florida, receives
fte largest mail on the Democratic side.
Like Belford, he is proud of it. Jones
was born in Ire land, and worked his
way to his present, prominence frotn a
shoemaker’s bench. His correspondence
j comes from every section of the country,
in which respect it is similar to General
Logan’s, though not so diffuse,
The Democrats are already paying the
penalty of having achieved a national
victory. Since the election the mail of
members of Congress of that party has
doubled—and in some cases trebled.
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I Mexico’s National Drink,
The stranger in Mexico always corn¬
plains of thirst, according to a Philadel- rapid
p hia Press correspondent. The
evapora J ti 0 n makes his throat and tongue
ver drT . As the water is poor and un
healthful, pulque shops, a substitute for
beer sa i 00 ns, are frequent. There are
said to be 34,000 licensed pulque shops
j n the City of Mexico, beside numerous
(rar-rooms where other beverages are sold.
Pulqlle (pronounced and poolkee) is the na
tional drink is the fermented milk
0 f -he cactus. Eightv thousand gallons
are 6aid to be soldin Mexico every dav,
and double Unit amount on Sundavs and
saints’ days. It is a sort of combination
of starcb an d alcohol, looks like well
wa ( ered s khn milk and tastes like yeast,
it cost put a pennv a glass, or two cents
a nuart, so that it is w ithin the reach of
th c humblest citizen and he drinks vast
tkieg of it Five cents’worth will
make a peon , as a i lt h e nativesaie called)
as happv as a lord, and ten cents' worth
„ d ii S e’ n d him reeling into the arms of a
policeman, who secures him an et!<ra"e- fo°r
meat to work for the government ten
days without compensation. But it
leaves no headache in the morning and
is said to be verv healthful. In the
mo ist climates onc might drink large
**”
____-_
A Remarkable Death.
nin^nW^'nVing^ EdwSdsS
HE, and bv occupation a woodchonner
came to his death recently in a moo
singular and his remarkable wav. Having i,
arisen at usual hour and eitcn
hearty breakfast, he started to walk over
to the place where he worked, seemingly
perfect health. About the time he
reached the main road he was suddenly
overtaken bv somethin^’ e?ding which can
lwrdl? be explained, b from all
the oozin^froieverv opening in his ^re bodv ^f'his and blood
skin
on | v bved a f ew mmutes 3d “^Id and was dead
be
B'hat cau-ed this remarkable b'entiiwr mvs’ at
all his pores ' is veiled in profound P -
.
terv
Society is said to be composed of two
great classes—those who have more ap
petite than dinner, aud those who have
more dinner than appetite.
The Process of Calico Printing. ,
The process of calico and printing is oi
very ancient origin, India. is believed It to
have been first known in was
certainly carried on in that country
and in Egypt as early as the first or
second century, but the art was not in¬
troduced into Europe until the seven¬
teenth century. The early method wa3
to do printing by means of blocks on
which the designs to be transferred to
the cloth had been engraved in relief,
dipped into dye-stuff and then pressed
upon the material by hand. Later,
presses for this block printing were in¬
vented, and the use of several blocks
was introduced, so engraved and as thus to fill
each other’s vacancies, put
several colors in the pattern. in Copper¬
plate printing was invented Eng¬
land about 1770, in which the filled designs into
were cut into nlates, the color
the sunken parts of the engraving, and
the clothS printed by being led pressed tho
upon it. The invention to in¬
troduction of cylinder printing, machine and do as
one man with a cylinder time can
as much work in a given method of as block 200
men could by the old
printing it can be easily seen that this
machine completely revolutionized the
business of calico manufacture. The
cylinders are of copper, and the They design
is engraved upon its surface. are
from thirty to forty inches in length, and
four to twelve inches in circumference.
A separate cylinder is required for used each
color or shade of color to be in
printing the cloth, and in fine and intri¬
cate designs as many as twenty cylinders
ari sometimes used. These are set in a
strong frame against the face of a large
central drum, made of.iron and covered
with woolen cloth in several folds, be¬
tween which and the cylinders the calico
is printed as it passes, The color is
spread upon the cylinders as they re¬
volve by contact with another roller,
which drips into a trough containing
the coloring matter properly thick¬
ened. This roller is made of an
absorbent, elastic material, similar
to the roller used in thus inking
printing presses. Each cylinder re¬
ceives its proper color, and imparts it,
in revolving, to the calico press between
its face and that of the fixed drum. A
sharp blade of metal, pressing all against the
thc copper cylinders, removes surface,
superfluous color from its so
that only the design cut into thc metal
is imprinted in clear outline upon the
cloth. The employment of a number of
rollers to make one design is attended
with much difficulty, as iu passing under
them the cloth is in danger of being dis¬
placed and the regularity of the print
destroyed. But the when everything with is
exactly adjusted and work the printed goes on calico
beautiful turned precision, with marvelous rapidity.
is out
As the cloth leaves rollers the printing through machine hot-air
it is drawn over a
chamber, by which it is thoroughly dried,
and the colors become fully set.— Inter
Ocean.
The Shrinkage In Yalues.
The following statement, which is fur¬
nished by Hermit, the New York corres¬
pondent of the Troy Times, will give our
readers an idea of the losses entailed by
the shrinkage in the value of stock dur¬
ing the last four years. The highest
point was reached May 15, 1881. We
give the quotations of that day, and
place against them the present rates:
May, 18S1. Jan. 1885.
Canada Southern 78
Central Pacific... 92 34
C. C. C. and I.... 98 32
C. B. and Q...... 157 118
Del., Lack, and Western.. 12ti 8i>
Delaware and Hudson 114 72
Denver and Rio Grande.. .107.......... 0
Illinois Central 141 121
Louisville and Nashville. ..105.......... 24
Lake Shore 131 il
Lake Erie and Western... 58.......... 11
Manhattan Beach 56 13
Michigan Central.........113 55
New Jersey Central..... ..103. 37
N. Y. Cen. and Hud. Riv-..loO. 88
Northern Pacific..... 44 17
Ohio Central......... 30 m
Ohio Panama..................... and Mississippi. *252 46 18 88
Texas Philadelphia Pacific............. and Reading. 65. 58. 10 13
.
Western Union 119 5;
Union Pacific.. 123.£0
C. C. and I. C.. 27 1
Rochester and Pittsburg.. 34.......... 3
Wabash 58 r.
Here is a little table intended to show
the loss to William H. Vanderbilt. It is
said that in 1881 he held, and holds yet,
the following stocks valued then and now
as stated below:
Number Worth in Worth in
Stock. shares. Is81. 1885.
New York Central.. 140,000 $21,100,0 g0 $12,320,000
Lake Shore........170,000 23.95<V:00 10,200,000
Michigan Canada Central...20,000 2,300.000 1,100,000
South* rn.... 10,0 0 9 >0,000 300,000
Bock (gland. .13,000 1,924,000 1,40(,000
Northwestern 100,000 5 3 ’ 000,000 9,000,000
Totals........ 613,000 f04,3T4,000 $33,324,000
Shrinkage....... ....................31,030,000
If Mr. Vanderbilt lost $31,000,000
through six stocks, which by no means
comprise the bulk of his holdings, how
much must have been tho shrinkage ot
his fortune, and how vast muse have
been that fortune before the shrinkage
began. Yet how vast it still remaius,
for the great bulk of these losses is only
a shrinkage in thc market price of stocks
held in full ownership.
The shrinkage yet leaves Mr. Vander¬
bilt probably the richest man iu tbe
United States; but it has involved thou¬
sands of others in ruin.
Jefferson’s Poverty.
A correspondent of the New York
World is afraid that the talk about Jef¬
ferson’s “republican simplicity,” a3
shown when he was inaugurated, will
give a false idea of the man, and he pro¬
ceeds to show from Jefferson's account
book that he was an extravagant liver
and spent $11,000 for wines and liquors
during the eight years of his presidency.
The story of Jefferson s domestic economy
is pretty fully told by letters here and
there in his published works. He was
extravagant in the sense that be gener¬
ally lived up to his full income aud had
longings beyond, but he was scrupulously
careful in the honest use of his money
and kept a faithful account of his ex¬
penditures. He was very fond of music,
and while living at Monticeilo wrote to
a friend in England to try to engage for
him servants who could play on certain
instruments, so that he could form a
little home orchestra out of his own
household. He explains with afford great
particularity thc amount hc can to
expend on this luxury. He was always
hungry after knowledge, and was the
patron of every show that came in his
way. Then, too. hia expenses for books
were heavy. That hc lived at times be¬
yond his means and died a poor man is a
compliment to his honesty rather than a
reproach. So much of his life was spent
in the public service on insufficient pay
that he was obliged to make many sacri¬
fices to maintain his position as a culti¬
vated and strictly honest gentleman. Jef¬
The statesman of to day who follows
ferson's example to the letter will leave
a very good name behind him.— Pkitmde 1 -
phia Ledger.
When a person has only learned how¬
to read and not what to read, he is in
great pe il.