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T(IK WHIIK LII.V.
Tlip roH' Is ths queen of the garden and grove,
And dea-ly its beauty ands wet truss I Jove;
But wbat ran for once with the lily compare—
i he grac'fal-formed lily, so modeet and fair ?
Sweet emblem Qf purity, spotless white.
' nh shyly-bent head on the s‘em hanging light,
[tow love y art thou among the violets bine,
Tuy gentle eyes bathed in the clear motning dew
'i'll spread thy soft leaves to the summer suh’s ray;
Fur fl wer. can such beauty as thine e’er decay ?
Thy white and green glory doth ever forth shine
j. tli* pra’so of thy bountiful Maker divine.
, bloom. h y.fair, in noon’s radiant light,
T a fold thy pale leaves when the sun sinks
night,
Ai l >1 '--drops are fal’ing and sparkling on tl ee
Win n the moon spreads her sliver wings ovfi tM
sea!
\v ’i I'm laid in the dust, though never a sit l c
Mark tie spat where I slumber, unwept tua ir
known,. .
Am mg the long grass that above me shall wave
May a pure, modest lily bend over my grave !
Oh ' fairer thru lilies pure le‘ me be dressed,
That my spirit may walk in the groves of the blest
In the garden above aU beauteous and fair,
For the Lily Divine of the Valley blooms there
■ ■ . 'J...' "" TBI.
JOSIE’S WEDDING GIFT.
CHAPTER T.
“ And so T am to understand that yon
positively refuse to give up that young
fortune-hunter, Majpiaduke Marly ?”
“ T do positively refuse.”
“ Even after the bankruptcy which
has reduced him to beggary, you still
wish to fulfill y*>ur engagement ?”
“ Most certainly.”
“Then hear me”—and Captain
Wyclderly—a retired naval officer in
the United States service—dashed his
stout caue upon the floor with an em
phasis that made the glasses and de
canters jingle—“ and mark what I sav !
If yon persist in such obstinate dis
obedience to my wishes, by Jove I’ll
disinherit you. The day that you be
come his wife will find you homeless
and penniless. And you may both
sweep the crossings for a living, for all
I care, for I’ll never help you to a
penny.”
-Tosie’s cheeks burned scarlet.
“And T say,” she retorted, her blue
eves ah aflame with honest indignation,
“that no consideration of broad acres
or bank-stock, or even the commands
fa father”—here she choked down a
rising sob—“can tempt Josie Wycherly
to break her word.”
“TliiDk,” said her father, “of the
homes where grim Want sits day after
day beside the hearth stone, where
children with pinched features and
hollow eyes beg vainly for the food
which is denied them ; and yet you de
liberately choose such a fate as this ! ”
.Tosie’s heart quailed a little, for,
like all refined women, she loved the
•ase and luxury which wealth could
purchase, and which she all her life
had enjoyed. But she loved Marma
dnke ami her own honor more.
“ We plighted our troth with youth
ful consent and approval,” she argued.
“If he has been unfortunate, it is
plainly my duty to cling to and com
fort him. I have given my sacred
promise, and shall keep it.”
And her father, recognizing the
Wycherly obstinacy knew that further
remonstrance was useless. But being
by nature despotic, and expecting to re
ocoive at home the same implicit obedi
ence he had exacted on board a man-of
war, he raved and swore and scolded so
continually at being balked in his plans,
that poor Josie was glad to yield to her
lover’s entreaties, and become his wife,
to escape pesecution at home.
Bo one morning they quietly walked
to the nearest church, and in the pres
ence of a few friends, to whom they had
confided the oircumstance, Josie Wych
erly was, by a few brief sentences,
transformed into Mrs. Marly. Scarcely
had the bridal party left the churoh
when they were confronted by Captain
Wycherly, his stout cane coming down
emphatically at every step, his eyes
blazmg with wrath.
‘‘So you have been hatching your
mutiny neder my very roo f , and have
outwitted the old man at last! ” he ex
claimed, glaring on the trembling bride,
who stood surrounded by her fear
stricken friends. “ Hope you’ll find
smooth sailing with your pretty craft,
yonng man ; for by the heathen gods,
you’ll never see the color of old Mark
Wycherly’B money. I’ll disinherit the
ungrateful girl this very day ! ”
And he meant to be as good as his
word ; for he walked straight from the
church to the law office ot Hunt &
Ketchum, and astonished the senior of
that firm by requesting them to draw
up anew will, leaving all his effects,
real and personal, to the Seamen’s
Charitable Fund, and striking out the
name of his daughter Josephine from
that important document altogether.
“But, my dear sir, it is impossible to
execute the provisions of snob a docu
ment,” replied the bland and smiling
Mr. Hunt. “Such a will would be
illegal, and consequently worthless.”
“Confound it!” said the irate old
sea-dog; “do you mean to tell me that
a man can not sail his own craft in any
waters he chooses ?”
And after several stormy interruptions,
the 'awyer at last made it clear to his
wrathful client that, in order to be
legal, the will must contain the name of
Miss Josephine as legatee, be the sum
ever so small.
“Very well, since it must be so,” re
plied Captain Wycherly; and he bent
bis shaggy head to the reading of the
doenment that conveyed railroad shares,
bank stock, and far ring lands, amount
ing in all to half a million of dollars, to
the aforesaid charitable fund, an! left
to his daughter, “Mrs. Josephine Marly,
the snm of two dollars, to bny a stool
of repentance, whereon she could sit
and reflect upon the ingratitude of her
conduct to an indulgent father.”
“And you may add,” said the old
man, with a grim smile, “the Wycherly
homestead to her portion also.”
“The Wycherly homestead?”repeated
Mr. Hunt. “I can not say that I ever
heard of it before.”
“Ha ! b.a !” roared Captain Wycherly,
who relished a joke now and then, “I
dare say you never did—ha, ha ! Ten
in all, and the most ba*ren, unpro
ductive Roil conceivable—covered with
rocks and stones, and watered by the
blackest, dirtiest stream that ever ran,
with a few gnarled and moss-grown
a Pplo trees, shading a log hut in their
fa'-dst such is the birthplace of all the
dead and gone Wycherlys for genera
tions past- a magnificent place—ha, ha!
* -r, stay; instead of putting it in the
w ill, suo, ose you make out a deed of
the place, and present it to Mrs. Joseph
llie Marly, as a wedding gift from her
affectionate father, on condition that she
and her husband spend the honeymoon
there. I’ve heard that my gentleman
was something of an amateur artist, and
he cannot fail to admire the scenery.”
And with this parting joke the Captain
went his way.
Bo that evening Mrs Josie Marly, sit
hng by her husband’s side, in their
hodt ings, was surprised with a package
ci paper from the office of Hunt. &
Ketehum, setting forth the above eondi
ns and indorsing the deed to the
•V yearly homestead.
“ We will go, won’t we, dear ’Duke !”
whispered Josie, her Ted lips quivering,
aud a tear or two glittering on the
silken brow lashes that shaded her sweet
blue eyes. “ I think we’d better go,
dear ; not for the land, which it appears
is worthless enough; but it is papa’s
request, and, perhaps—it’s the last that
he ever will make !” and here she broke
down in a tempest of sobs and tears.
For though she had willfully dis
obeyed him, yet, next to her husband,
Josie loved the stern, tyrannical old
man whom she called father.
chapter n.
Captain Wycharly was ill. Servants
went to and fro through the elegant
rooms, trying in vain to satisfy the
capricious whims of the childish old
man, who, now that his fit of passion
was over, longed daily and hourly for
the presence of his child—his darling
Josie. But his stubborn pride was not
yet humbled to seek 1 her; and so the
weary days went by, and he heard no
tidings of his daughter, whose face he
had not seen since the morning of her
wedding day.
At last, .when golden dandelions and
delicate anemones began to write the
sweet promises of spring all over field
and wood, infusing a warmer tint into
the golden sunshine, Captain Wycherly
could sit at his chamber window and
look out on familiar scenes.
“ What house is that?” he asked of
John, the servant, pointing to an elegant
brown stone mansion, of palatial dimen
sions, which occupied the place formerly
dedicated to a row of cottages.
“That, sir?” said garrulous John;
“ way, that’s the new house built by a
foreign gentleman, who took a fancy to
the place, sir—and paid a good round
sum for it, too. Why, they say there’s
no end to his money ; and he has a title
besides—lord or duke something, sir,
whatever it maybe. Perhaps you’ve
seen ’em, sir ? ”
And John, who regarded his master
as a sort of traveled paragon, to whom
nothing foreign would be at all un
familiar, from the royal duke to a Ben
gal tiger, looked up for a reply.
“Yes, John, I’ve seen ’em; and I
can’t say they look much different from
other people, except a trifle uglier, per
haps ”
“ Oh, sir, not any better than other
people ! and she—the * duchess,” I
mean—sending you all that uice wine
when you were ill ? Yes, and the nose
gays, and—”
“ Stop, John ; what do you mean?”
“ Why, sir, when they first came, the
lady heard that you wer6 ill, and she
sent over a bottle of rare wine, with her
compliments ; and every day since then
she has sent a servant to make inquiries
about you, sir; and always a bouquet
of choice flowers for your sick-room—
not that you ever noticed ’em, sir,
more than if they had been chips, sir,”
said John, with some disgust; “and so
I told the man that brought ’em, but
they same every day just the same.”
“And why,’' said his gniff master,
touched more than he would have
chosen to confess by these attentions
from a stranger—“why should this
foreign lady do all this for a rough old
man like me ? ”
“ Perhaps this will tell you, sir,”
And John drew from his pocket a dainty
little note, “It came this morning.”
Captain Wycherly opened it, and read
as follows :
“Dear Sir—l hear that you are a lonely old
man, without kith or kin to cheer \ our soli
tude. Though in all this wild world there is
no one to call me daughter, yet I remember
when I enjoyed the fond protection of one
who was the dearest and most iudulgeut of
fathers. I have only done for you what I
would wish another to do for him, if he was
ill and lonely like yourself. I hope that yon
will allow mo to cadi some time to cheer and
amdae you. Your Neighbor ”
“ Heaven bless her !” said the old
man, with tears in his stern eyes ; the
rugged lines in his face softening as he
read—“ Heaven bless her foe her kind
ness to a lonely old man. John—”
But John had disappeared. A moment
after he opened the door, and called out
in astage whisper : “Oh, master, she’s
coming—in a silk fib for an empress, and
with jewels shining in her hair. Oh,
master—”
But this rhapsody was cut short by
the entrance of the lady herself, who,
with her silken robes trailing on the
floor, crossed the room, and stood by
the captain’s chair.
“ Madame—,” he began, but stopped
in confusioD.
Was it a dream, or was it Josie who
stood before him, her arms around his
neck, her cheek pressed to his, and amid
sobs and broken exclamations, telling
him again and again her joy at this
meeting? It was too much. The captain’s
resentment melted away, dissolved in
the tears which fell upon the face of his
darling as he pressed her in a close em
brace.
“ But what does this mean !” he said
when he made her sit opposite,
where he could gladden his eyes with
the sight of her fresh, sweet face.
“ Where did these oome from, Josie?”
And he touched the glittering jewels
that shone amid tier sunny braids.
“Why, don’t you know, father? Ts it
possible yon have not neard ? When
you gave your Josie the Wycherly
homestead, you gave the richest of
your possess ons, though you, nor none
of us, knew it then. Yes,” she contin
ued, not noticing her father’s question
ing look, “the black and sluggish
stream that watered the. Wycherly
farm developed a source of wealth
richer than all the gold placers of Cali
fornia. Onr petroleum oil-wells have
enriched us beyond our wildest dreams;
and to-day, Duke and I count our
wealth by hundreds of thousands. Bat
we do not forget,” she added, with a
mischievous smile, “ that we owe it all
to you, dear father. ”
Perhaps nc protestation, couched
in the most eloquent terms, would have
shown the change in Tlaptain Wycherly
as did the simple sentence he uttered
in reply.
“I confess myself beaten,” he said;
“and I thank Heaven for it. Hence
forth one roof shall shelter us, and we
will never be parted again until the old
man launches his craft for the last great
voyage.”
Ohio dogs killed and maimed over
70,000 sheep in that state dnring the
year 1874 This entailed a loss of
$156,000 on the sheep growers, and
such is the antipathy to dogs that a
bill has been introduced into the Ohio
legislature, applying the principle of
the Adair liquor law to them, which
makes the owner of the dog respon
sible for the damage done to sheep.
The good effects of the artificial
hatching of fish is shown by the fact
that shad have been at a discount in
the New York markets, owing to the
immense hauls lately made in the north
river. One day a single ntt set near
Weehawken was emptied of 630 fish,
and the aggregate number of shad ex
posed for'sale that day was estimated
at 30,000.
ukQrkt.
If I hsd known. O loyal heart.
When, hand to hand, we-said farewell,
How for all time our ptbs would part.
What shadow o’er our friendship fell,
I should have clasped your hand so close
Io the warm pressure of my own,
That memory still would keep its grasp,
If I had known.
If I had kaown, when, far and wide,
We loitered through the summer land,
What Presence wandered by our side,
And o'er you stre'ched its awful hand,
I should have husted my careless speech,
To listen, dear, to every tone
That from your lips fell low and sweet,
If I had known.
If t had known, when your kind eyes
Met mine ia parting, true and sad—
Eyes gravely tender, gently wise,
And earnest, rather, more tllau glad—
How rdon the, lids would lie above,
As Cold and white as sculptured stone,
I should have treasured every glance,
If 1 had known.
If I had known how, from the strife
Of fears, hope?, passions, here below,
Unto a purer, higher life
That you were called, O friend, te go,
I should have stayed my foolish tears,
And hushed each idle* sigh aud moan,
To bid you a last, long God-speed,
If I had known.
If I had known to what strange place,
Wifiat mystic distant, silent shore,
Von calmly turned ydur steadfast face
What time your footsteps left my door,
I should have forged a golden link
To bind the heart so constant grown,
And keep it constant ever there,
If I had known.
If I had known that, until Death
Shall with his finger touch my brow.
And still the quickening of the breath
That stirs with life’s full meaning now,
So long my feet mus- tread the way
Of our accustomed paths alone,
I should have priz- and your presence more,
If I had known.
If T had known how soon for yon
Drew near the ending of the fight,
And on your vision fair and new,
E ernal peace dawned into sigtit,
I should have begged, as love’s last gift,
That you, before God’s great white throne,
Would pray for your poor friend on earth,
If I had known.
Christian Reid.
The Living Room.
BY CLARENCE COOK.
Let ns begin with the frank aban
donment of any formal parlor, bat,
taking the largest and pleasantest and
most accessible room in the house, let us
give it up to the wife and children in the
daytime, and to the meeting of the whole
family when evening comes. There is
not much need at the present time to
emphasize this suggestion, for it is one
which experience and necessity have
already made to a good many people;
and now that the problem, “How to get
ad welling at a rent within moderate
means” is being solved by the increase
of “flats” and apartment houses, the
“parlor” must ba given up, there being
no provision made for it in the common
plans. But it is by no means my notion
that the living-room should be a homely,
matter-of-fact apartment, consecrated
to the utilities, while the Muses and
Graces are left to kick their heels in the
hall. On the contrary, we want in the
living-room, for a foundation, that the
furniture shall be the best designed and
best made that we can afford, and all of
it intended to be used and necessary to
our com p ort; notan article to be allowed
that doesn’t earn its living, and cannot
prove its right to b* there. These
wants being provided for first, then we
will admit the ornament of life—casts,
picture-?, engravings, bronzes, book*,
chief nourishers in life’s feast; but in
the beginning these are to be few, and
of the choicest, and the greatest care is
to be taken in admitting a new-comer.
The room, from the very first, ought to
represent the culture of the family,—
what is their taste, what feeling they
have for art; it should represent them
selves, and not other people; and the
troublesome fact is, that it will and
must represent these, whether its owners
would let it or no. If young people,
after they have secured the few pieces
of furniture that must be had, and
made sure that they are what they
ought to be, have s;me money left to
get a picture, an engraving, or a
cast, they ought to go to work to
supply this want as seriously as they
would the other, which seems the
more necessary, bat in reality is not a
bit more necessary. I look upon this
ideal living-room of mine as an impor
tant agent in the education of life ; it
will make a great difference to the chil
dren who grow up in it, and to all
whose experience is associated with it,
whether it be a beautiful and cheerful
room, or only a homely and bare one,
or a merely formal and conventional
one. The relation of these things to
education is all that gives any dignity
or poetry to the subject, or makes it
allowable for a reasonable man to give
much thought to it. But it has a real
vital relation to life, and plays an im
portant part in education, and deserves
to be thought about a great deal more
than it is. It is therefore no trifling
matter whether we hang poor pictures
on our walls or good ones, whether we
select a fine cast or a second-rate one.
We might almost as well say it makes
no difference whether the people we
live with are first-rate or second-rate.—
boribner.
Italian Mesmerists.
Charles Warren Stoddard writes to
the San Francisco Chronicle from Flor
ence : We had a little adventure, my
comrade and I, under the very shadow
of the Pitti palace, this morning. Hear
ing the sharp notes of a trumpet we
turned and found a young fellow, of
about five-and-twenty, I should say,
gathering an audience in the bare space
before the palace. His companion, a
lad of fifteen, or thereabout, was sitting
on a camp stool patiently and humbly
awaiting his fate. While the crowd was
rapidly collecting—aDy one can attract
a score or two of people at a moment’s
notice in Italy—two policemen strolled
by. The trumpeter hid his instrument
nuder his coat, and the policemen suf
fered the performance to go on without
further interruption. The elder boy,
with his long, thin lips, his bright,
nervous eye, and his engaging smile,
began a brief lecture on mesmerism.
In the midst of it, still talking glibly,
and addressing himself first to this one
and then to someone on the opposite
side of the circle that had been formed
three deep around him, he held the
attention of all, and with a very few
passes over the head of the younger
boy put him into a deep sleep. The
young fellow was as quiet as a lamb; he
seemed to have no will of his own ; he
gave way almost immediately tq the su
perior will-power of his companion. The
experiments began at once. W'e were
asked our names, and though we whis
pered them in the ear of the mesmerist,
thalyouug fellow, who was seated at
some distance from us and quite out of
hearing, gave them distinctly when
called for. Moreover, though be was
blindfolded and though we stood be
hind others in Hie crowd, so that for a
moment he was invisible to us, he knew
whether the mesmerist was touching
our shoulders or the shoulder of some
one else near us. We threw dice on a
plate, and having reckoned the sum of
the numbers that were uppermost, he
told them infallibly, though we were
CARTERS VILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1875.
the only ones who knew them ; even the
mesmerist was not permitted to see
them. I have seen a man and woman
in Naples, and again in Venice, who did
all manner of marvellous thing! in the
same lice; and in Borne there was a
girl of fifteen who went from street to
street mesmerizing her little brother,
who was but eight years of age, and the
feats they performed were certainly
startling.
A Negro Layman's Praffer.
Alexander Clark gives in his Meth
odist Recorder a graphic description of
“A Sabbath in Richmon 1,” and an
account of his visit to the First African
Baptist church, in that city. We take
from it this specimen of characteristic
natural eloquence :
A layman being called upon to pray,
led this part of the service in a fervent
appeal to God, a plea at once eloquent
in smile and musical in utterance. It
was a pictured petition, vivid to tqe
eye and pleasant to the ear. With a
voice of elevated key, the pleader re
counted the mercies of God, and
sought blessings from above. It may
have been indecorous in us, but the
prayer was unique, so like a chant, a
dream, and yet so like a converse with
the listening God, that we ventured to
note down a few passages, while no less
sharing the devotional spirit of the
hour and place,
[The words spaced were prolonged
aud circnmflexed in a higher key, as if
the words of a song, while the inter
vening words were uttered with a rapid
ity almost beyond the apprehension ; ,
the final words of each sentence being
pronounoed in a low voice and with the
falling inflection.!
“Oh! Lord, our blessed Father of
Love, thou k-n-o-w s the ’dition of the
worl’. Thou knows the p o-r-e mis’abl’
sinner despin’ dy grace who turned his
back upon dy call. Thou sees his
footsteps in the w i-1 derness, and you
sees de bloomin’ roses grpwn’ all ’round
de thorns de debil’s a sharpen’n for his
feet. In this dark way of sin and
death, while de loud thunders of dy
wrath r-o-1-1 in majes’ in his ears, and
de b-l-a-z-e of dy fury flash in sudden
fore his eyes, oh s-e-n-d your broodin’
spirit like a dove thro’ de storm an’
speak peaoe to his wretched soul ’fore
’tis e-v-e-r-lasvin’ to late ! Show him
de slippery rocks and de miry clay.
Make him see dat Satan follows fas’
trippin’ at his heels, and hell yawns
open to catch him when he falls, Oh!
’rest him by de mighty p o-w-e-r of dy
grace. Pour down yonr mercy like
rain from de summer clouds. Make
him open his blind eyes to see de
b-e-a-u-t-y of dy holiness a-shinin’ in
de face of yonr beloved Son like de
rambow when de storm done gone and
passed away.
“ Oh, thou great King of Glory who
rides in de gol’n chariot in de New
Jeruselem, above de sun, I ’seech an’
p-r-a-v you drive dy white horses down
dis way; and when de h-o-o-f-s of de
horses strikes dis lower worl’ and de
dashin’ wheels come in our sight, stop
dy chariot at Washington city, and
’light in loving kindness at de door of
dy servant, de President Grant, an’ tell
him ’xactly wl&t to do. Soun’ de
meanin’ of your will into de C-o-n
--g-r e 8-s halls, an’ tell de great men
’thout their own axin’ how to serve dare
country bes'. Purge de hearts of de
senatoie and ’sentatives from de love
of sin, an’ 1 e-a-d dare stumblin’ steps
from the snares of hell. Help them to
’member dy servants in every s-o-r
--r-o-w and temptation, as Jesus ’mem
bers them. Thin out the ’sire of honor
aud the love of salary from their s-o-u-l-s
like suckers out’n corn ; and may your
name be above every name, aud d-y
kingdom come into the high plaoes and
de low like the light of mornin’ comes
to de hills an’ de valleys de same. Af’r
leavin’ Washington city, an’ takin’ dy
time, drive your chariot down over de
fields and reign up dy h-o-r-s-e-s of fire
at the capital of Old Yirgin’y. ’Light
out at de Governor’s door, and go into
his house an’ tell him what t’ings he
ought to say, an’ show him what things
he ought to do, like a f-a-t-h-e-r who
’stracts his own chile.”
A Lesson to Druggists.
The clerk of a druggist in New Or
leans recently sold spirits of camphor
for camphor water. It was adminis
tered to a patient and produced death.
A suit was brought against the drug
gist for damages, and it has just been
disposed of by the supreme court of
Louisiana, which held that the defend
ant was primarily liable, and also liable
for the acts of his clerk in the regular
discharge of his business. The conrt
declared that the law does not place a
community iu the position of being
poisoned by mistakes, with no one to
be held responsible therefor. If it was
the master who did the wrong he is re
sponsible. If it was his servant who
did it, he is still responsible, for the
master is responsible for the act3 of his
servant when done in the course of his
usual employment. Such decisions as
these are necessary to keep the dis
pensers of poisonous drugs and com
pounds up to a proper degree of watch
fulness. In all cities there is far too
much carelessness displayed in relation
to this matter. In some cases incom
petent assistants are put in position in
drug stores on the principle of econo
my. A few hundred dollars are saved
each year on the salary of clerks, and
the proprietors take the chances. In
other instanoes clerks are suffered to
get into careless habits, and in this
manner mistakes occur of a fatal char
acter. But when the druggists are held
to a strict and rigid accountability, not
only for their own mistakes bat for
Thyse of their assistants and clerks,
there will be fewer mistakes and fewer
deaths from the dispensing of improper
drugs.
Improvements in Egypt.— ln Egypt,
a very hot oountry, the viceroy is en
deavoring to introduce the plants and
shrubs of colder climates. He is above
all fond of resinous trees, and has had
several cargoes sent to him, Scotch
pines, Austrian blacks, and other cone
bearers, together with araucarias, and
excelsa. He has also had apple trees
transported from Europe. The pasha
has laid out some grounds not far from
the sea and facing the north, and has
sarrounded them with high walls des
tined to shelter the western plauts from
the rays of the midday sun and from
the hot and sandy breezes. Long
alleys of these products of the north
have been planted, and the result is now
awaited. Down to this time some
chestnuts which were introduced look
well, and the apple-trees are flourish
ing.
They sell tickets for a spelling-match
in San Francisco, and when the guests
are congregated two game roosters are
put, in the pit and allowed to spell at
each other as long as they please.
How Jetties are Made.
The work of const me ;ing jetties is
much simpler than most people sup
pose. The general idea wis that it
would take a very long time to improve
the mouth of the Mississippi by this
means, but the contractors are confi
dent that it will require but a few
months to demonstrate the practica
bility of the work, and to obtain de
cided results in the way of a deeper
channel. Parts of the work, such as
terminal piers, etc., may require some
time for completion, but it is an en
couraging feature of the plan that the
main object, a reliable outlet, will be
achieved, if at f 11, in a moeh shorter
time than by any other system. That
being secured, so that Vessels Can pass
in and out, the finishing touches may
be put on at leisure and. without ob
structing commerce.
The manner of constructing jetties
is among the simplest af all engineer
ing works. The materials and plan at
the South Pass will be very nearly the
same as those used in the river Naas,
in Holland. The materials will be
willows and stone, with scarcely any
thing else. The willows are bound in
long bundles, nine to twelve inches in
diameter, and those are called fascines.
Other material than willows could be
used, provided the branches are long,
slender and tough, with few leaves and
no lateral branches. They must pack
close together and not jet be rigid
Of these fascines, large rafts or mat
tresses are constructed at the place
where the twigs are cut, and floated
down to the mouth. After being
towed to the spot where they are to be
used, they are loaded with broken
stone and sunk. The lower raft or
mattress must of eourse lie the widest,
each succeeding layer qarrowing to
ward the top. The work will thus be
composed of alternate strata of fascines
and stone. The sides of the work thus
formed would be a series of steps, but
these will be covered aid the incline
made uniform by broken stone or rip
rap dumped in. To be short, jetties
are nothing more nor lens than levees
raised to confine the channel; the only
difference is that being under water
they must be of such materials as will
witnstand the wash of the water. The
work will nearly all be ia very shallow
water, and out of the channel, and the
sinking of a mattress of fascines in
such a place is a very simple affair.
Sinking these rafts and dumping stoue
in shallow water along a line of guitling
piles is about all there is of the prac
tical engineering problem. The mag
nitude of the work consists in the im
mense quantities of materials to be
used and the distance they must be
transported.
A Brass-Tipped Agent.
He drove his team close up to the
fence, got down and i:appda on the
door. The widow Gilkens opened it,
when he said: “ Mrs Gilkens, lam
cognizant of the circumstances by
which you are at present snrrounded,
left, as you are to trudge down the
journey of life through a cold and
heartless world—no longe r sustained and
encouraged by the noble one to whom
yon gave the treasures of your heart’s
affection, and bowed down by the
manifold cares and responsibilities in
cidental to the rearing of eight small
children on forty acres of sub-carbon
iferous limestone land ; yet, Mrs. .Gil
kens, you are aware that the season is
now approaching when dark, dismal,
dangerous clouds at frequent intervals
span the canopy of heaven ; and when
zigzag streaks of electricity dart prom
iscuously hither and thither, rendering
this habitation unsafe for yourself and
those dear little ones; hence, therefore,
let me sell you a copper wire, silver
tinned and highly magnetic lightning
rod.”
The woman staggered back a few
paces and yelled : “ Narcis, unfasten
old Crouch ! ’ In another instant a
pavage bulldog came darting around
the corner of the house, with bristles
up, thirsting for gore. The dog had
already mangled a machine agent and a
patent soap man, and was held in great
esteem by the better class of citizens
for his courage and service; but when
his eye met the hard, penetrating gaze
of Mr. Parsons, his chops fell, and he
slnnk off and hid in the currant bushes.
Then the man said: “My dear ladv,
you seem to be a little excited. Now,
if yon will allow me te explain the
probable inestimable—”
“ Dem ye, I know something that
will start ye,” said Mrs. Gilkens, as
she reached under some bed clothing
and brought forth a horse pistol; but,
owing to the shattered condition of her
nerves, her aim was unsteady, and the
charge of buckshot missed, save where
a few scattered ones struck his cheek
and bounced off. A hard, metallic
smile spread over his countenance as
be leaned his shoulder against the door
frame, and again commenced : “My
dear madame, such spasmodic mani
festations of yonr disinclination to
make a judicious investment of a few
paltry dollars—”
“Hi—eo! ” shriekel the widow, and
collapsed into a kind of jerking swoon,
and before slie had recovered a highly
magnetic lightning rod decorated her
humble domicile, and Parsons had the
bank note filled out all ready for her
signature.
Remarkable Surgical Case.
At the meeting of the Renssalaer
county medical society, held yesterday
afternoon, Dr. Hubbell reported a case
which goes as far to sh iw the progress
being made in the healing art as any
thing we have recently aoet with. Next
to taking out the lnng?t and cleansing
them stands' the operation of cutting
into a person’s ehest, and through the
wound made washing out the inside.
Early in January last a little twin
daughter of James Kelly, of the firm of
Knowlsen & Kelly, machinists, had in
flammation of one lung and since then
bad been gradually failing. Dr. Hub
belt soon became convinced that an ac
cumulation of matter vas taking place
in the affected side, w tioh, unless re
moved, wonld cause death. Accord
ingly, about three weeks ago, with an
instrument termed “I be aspirator,” a
considerable quantity of puss was re
moved, but not nearly all. Tbe nature
of the case being more fully revealed,
it was determined to make thorough
work j an i in a day or two after Dr.
Hubbell, assisted by Dr. Wilson, of
Troy, and Dr. Hubbard, of Laucing
burgh, made a free, bold incision he
between the ribs into Ihe cavity of the
chest, midway between the heart and
the spine, on the left side, and evacu
ated about a quart of matter. A donble
tube was then inserted into the opening
made and by means of a syringe fitted
to it. the whole cavity was washed o’*t
with a disinfectant solution of just the
temperature of the blood. This cleans
ing process has been repeated once in a
day or two, and as the result of it the
little sufferer who was so near death’s
door is sitting up, eats well and plays
some, and tbe opening will soon be
allowed to heal. Only fo'nr cises have
yet been reported in this country in
which this method of operating was
adopted, but it is approved by the
highest medical authority and will nn
doubtedly be resorted to more fre
quently, as it becomes more generally
known, us a means of saving life. —
Troy Tunes.
THE BOSTON EXPLOSION.
Startling Scenes and Wonderful Kicll|iea
—No explanation of tire tntastrophe
except Carbonic Acid Gas.
The buildmg, a large, four-story briok
structure, was filled with offices, dwell
ing-rooms, etc., and the ground floor
and basement with the drug-store, and
the manufacture of soda-water was a
princical branch of business. A large
number of persons were in the store,
and the streets were crowded, when
there came a sudden, blinding flash of
light, a cloud of vapory, gaseous smoke,
and a dull, heavy shock. At the same
instant the building seemed to lift from
the ground into the air, and in an in
stant to descend into tbe cellar into a
chaotic mass of building material- One
man, who was drinking soda at the
counter, found himself in the middle
of the street uninjured ; another, who
was passing on Lagrange street, was
blown through the shop window of a
store opposite, and somewhat cat by the
glass. A horse car passing on Wash
ington street was lifted from the track
and thrown to the opposite side of the
street. All the passengers were stunned
and thrown into a heap at the bottom of
the car, and one of the horses was killed.
A hack passing about the same time was
blown clear across the street. iW large
number of persons who were in the
building at the time were carried down
among the mass of debris, and probably
many are still beneath the ruins. Mrs.
Lizzie Compton, a woman apparently
fifty years old, was in the third story,
and either was thrown or jumped from
the window to the sidewalk, striking
upon her head, and killing her instantly.
Tbe cause of the disaster seems to be
a mystery. Mr. Dows and <is olerks
deny that any nitro glycerine has been
in tbe store, and can’t give the slightest
explanation of the affair. Iu the next
building a stock of gunpowder was kept,
but was safely removed after the ex
plosion, and the building is only dam
aged to the amount of SSOO. The ruined
building was not blown outward, as if
by gunpowder, but everything fell in, as
is the case when giant powder or nitro
glycerine is the explosive element.
When the roof fell in over the debris
of the demolished building, a port ion of
it seemed to remain unbroken. From
beneath this section was heard the cries
of a man apparently in great distress.
One of the firemen was attracted to the
place, but the cries ceased a moment
after. The fireman in the meantime
had got an axe and commenced cutting
through to where he thought the unfor
tunate man was. While thus engaged
his attention was attracted a few feet
distant by a board being forced up
through the fragment of the roof. Oper
ations were then commenced here, and
in a few moments the poor fellow was
released from his living death. He sus
tained a few flesh wounds, but beyond
this his injuries were not. serious. He
says that he had given up all hope of a
rescue until he heard the fireman cut
ting through the roof near him. This
gave him courage and he resolved upon
one more effort, and fortunately it at
tracted the attention of a rescuer.
A Touching Story.
Avery touching and beautiful story
comes from the east concerning the
Princess Marceline Czartoryska who
recently died in Gallicia. Her little
grandson fell ill and his life was de
spaired of. The Dowager in a sublime
prayer asked God to take her life in
place of that of her grandson. By a
sort of miracle the child was saved ; al
most immediately the princess was at
tacked by a malady of languor of which
it was impossible to ascribe any natural
cause.
“ It is a debt that I owe to heaven,”
she smiled faintly, A few days later,
upon, a radiant afternoon, she had her
self rolled out in her easy-chair on the
lawn, and gave orders to have all the
doors and grates of the garden opened
so that everybody might enter. When
the villagers heard of it they at once
left the r tasks. Old men and women,
young men and maidens and little chil
dren, pressed about the dying princess,
who had long been like a mother to
them, for she held the old-fashioned
notion that the people are the family of
the sovereign. Then began a most
touching ceremony. The children
came first. Drawing the youngest one
into her arms, she embraced it, saying,
“ Let this kiss fall again upon you ail,
my dear friends.” Then she gave to
each child a medallion, bearing the
evangelical words, “ Love one an
other.” After the children came young
girls and women. To each of them
she gave a little case -containing imple
ments of needlework and a chaplet and
an image of the Blessed Mary. To the
men she gave an ebony cross, and for
each gift and recipient she had appro
priate words. When she had extended
her last present she was so exhausted
that her son and daughter-in-law, who
stood beside her, wished to have her
wheeled back in the house, but she
said no. She then begged the people
to recite in a loud voice the Dominical
orison. Then at a sign from her hand
they all knelt, and their voices in fervent
tones broke out in the recital of the
Lord’s Prayer. As the amen still
echoed in the air she felt death invad
ing her heart, and, whispering “Mar
cel,” the name of her grandson, the
ohild was brought, and as he was being
carried to her lips her head dropped
upon her breast, and withont a sigh
she rendered her soul to God. So
much for a scene that stems taken
from a poem—an ideal state of society
that one can hardly reconcile with the
present.
The Best Shooting on Record.—
Major Leach, Captain of tbe Irish
Team, before returumg to Europe a
year ago, presented a cup to the Ameri
can Rifle Clnb to be shot for, under the
rules governing the international match.
The content took place at Creedmoor,
all the members of the first interna
tional team engaging in it. At tbe
eight hundred yards distance, Fulton
made seventy and a like number at
nine hundred yards, but fell off to 58
at the 1,000 yards distance. At tbe
same distances Col. Bodine made 65, 69
and 71, or a total of 205 out of a pos
sible 225, the highest score ever m-ide
in this country, beating Fuioon by
seven points. Hepburn took third
place, making, at the respective ranges,
68, 65, and 58—7 points less than Fnl
fcojj’s aggregate.
AN AWKUL CATASTROPHE.
Burning of a French Catholic Church In
month Holyoke, Nlaachuetta-Slxty
mix (Ben, Women and Childrem Periah
Inthe Flames.
One of the most terrible disasters
in the history of Massachusetts, oc
curred on the 27th inst, in the burning
of the French Catholic church at south
Holyoke, dnring the evening services,
involving the death of sixty-six men,
women and children. The exercises
had nearly closed, and a vesper servioe
was being sung when the draperies on
the altar caught fire from a candle, and
the wall being low, and the flames
streaming np, the building was set on
fire. The audience numbered about
700 people. Those in the body of the
church escaped, but on the stairway
leading from the gallery, human beings
were packed in a dense mass, strug
gling to reach the floor. As the flames
rushed toward them many leaped to the
floor beneath, and were trampled to
death.
The gallery skirted both sides of the
building with only one entrance from
the front.
THE SCENE WAS FEARFUL
while it lasted, for it was all over in
twenty minutes. Besides sixty-six dead,
there are enough fatally wounded to
carry the total loss of life up to seventy
five.
The priest’s house which joined the
cbnrch on tho rear, was also burned.
The efforts of the priests to keep
order were fruitless. t The screams of
living and the moans of the dying made
a deafening tumult above tbe orders of
the pastor, who worked most heroically
and was personally instrumental in
saving many lives. One family of four
were in the church and all were killed.
Many were pulled out by the arms and
feet so badly burned that they lived but
a few hours, the flesh peeling off on
being touched. Some were taken out
with scarcely any flesh remaining on
their hones.
The sisters of mercy from the con
vent were soon on band, caring for the
wounded and holding services over the
dying.
Those who were too badly burned to
recover were put under the effects of
morphine and passed away without a
struggle.
The scenes at the doors are described
as terrible. They were blocked with
struggling people’ seeking exit outside.
The people cleared a way several times,
but as often they became blocked up
again. The windows were broken open
and several escaped that way.
A Great Hotel.
The great “Palace Hotel of San
Francisco is approaching completion,
and promises to be the pride of the city.
The details of the building show its ex
tent and perfectness. All the outer
rooms have bay windows, every room
has a fireplace and a clothes closet, and
to every two rooms there is a bath and
toilet room. This makes a total of 348
bay windows and 377 bath rooms. The
total number of rooms in the hotel
above the garden floor is 755. To reach
these rooms there will be four elevators
leading to the upper storj, and a fifth
for the transportation of baggage. The
hotel is entirely fire-proof, but to guard
against possible danger there are four
artesian wells, and a reservoir with a
capacity of 675,000 gallons. A supply
of 21,600 feet of hose connects with a
fire apparatus upon each floor. Some
idea of the elaborate fittings of the hotel
may be obtained from the following
items from the linen and upholstery
bill: 1,325 dozen table napkins: 5,750
yards of damask table-linen; 1,500 yards
of fine linen; 120 fine damask table
cloths; 15,000 yards of pillow linen;
1,200 quilts, 86 by 89; 6 dozen bath
blankets, 4 feet by 7; 20,000 yards of
linen sheeting; 1,300 dozen Turkish
towels; 5,000 yards of crash towels; 25
dozen tray cloths; 1,800 linen pillow
shams; 1,000 yards of Canton flannel;
900 Nottingham lace curtains; 250 pieces
of fine plash; 100 pieces of fine satin;
15 bales of ticking. Among tbe article*
of furniture are mentioned 1,000 large
easy-chairs, 1,000 ladies’ easy-chairs, 600
rocking-chairs, and 850 sofas. More
than 75,000 yards of carpeting will be
required to cover the rooms. The hotel
will be opened about tue Ist of Septem
ber.
Health and Fashion.
The Science of Health says : Not
until we deal conscientiously with na
ture as we do with tradesmen shall we,
a* individuals, be entitled to rewards
of merit. We ask for a load of good
wood, pay the market price for it, get
the worth of our money, and have the
satisfaction of warmth from the fire it
makes. Suppose the dealer knew we
would not pay for it. He would not be
likely to give fall measure of the brst
quality. The dainty bits of lace, jet
ornaments and plnmes, rosebuds and
velvets composing a hat are very becom
ing to some faces. The dressy hat has
a price; it takes money to pay for it.
The little lady wishes to look stylish,
pays the price, and is satisfied and
bappy until the fashion changes. She
desires health and elasticity of step,
buoyancy of spirit. Could they be
purchased at Stewart’s or of Worth,
millions of dollars would roll in to the
credit of their bank accounts. Alas,
poor child of fashion ! gold cannot buy
for you the dewy freshness of a vigor
ous life. The sunshine and raindrops
are gifts. Roses in cheeks, cherries in
color of lips, come from within. The
price is service, and faithful service, too,
under the direction of the most gener
ous and most exacting physician. Mother
Nature. Her rewards is sure ; her pun
ishments certain. There can be no ap
peal to a higher court—no amendments
to her divinely appointed “constitu
tion.” Will you enter a willing stu
dent ? Are you willing to measure your
life by her rule nd compass and square?
“No !” Then there is little hope for
you.
A Million Dollar Hammer.
A German paper informs us that the
famous steel works of Frederick Krupp,
of Esben, are about to receive a very
important addition to their machinery.
The largest steam hammer m use at
these works, at the present time, is one
capable of working a masi of steel 50
tons in weight, and erected at a oost of
8560,000. it is now in contemplation
to build anew steam hammer capable
of beating up a mass of steel of donble
the weight, namely, 100 tons. The
new maohine, it is estimated, will cost
81,000,000, and will be the most power
ful in the world ; and it may be ex
pected that the size and weight o* the
German artillery will be enormously
increased, as the new steam hammer
will permit the working-np of larger
masses of metal than, np to the present
time, has been thought to be possible
by soieatitjo engineers,
VOL. 16-NO. 24.
sayings and doings.
Babe-Mast.—
Movs on! more on! great throng of men!
Ti e echoes of yonr tramping feet
Seem like the ocean surges when
On the white sands they break and beat.
Move on! move on! Life’s quickened powers
Ar and bounding p ulse obey the call
Mov eon ! move on! the day is ours,
Tc -morrow may the shadows fall. J
Tirel, oh, so tired, and fainter grow,
Your footfalls to my listening ear;
How slow they move, how feebly alow !
Death's shadow is already here.
Am editor who is evidently a man of
family sagely remarks that a boy who
will yell like a Tarter if a drop of water
get* on his shirt band when his neck is
being washed will crawl through a
sewer alter a ball and think nothing of
it.
Anew vegetable fiber has been dis
covered in California. It is obtained
from a weed that grows in low, moist
earth, and makes height of three to six
feet It is exceedingly strong, and the
Indians have used it for bow strings.
Some one who has been looking over
the turf register states that more prizes
have been paid to the owners 'of fast
horees raised in Kentucky and Tennes
see than to the owners of horses in any
other two Btates.
S'ns has the most alluring eyes, lit
tle Grecian nose. She wears the most
bew itching guise, and particolored
host! Her touch can thrill one strange
ly when one clasps her in the da'’oe—at
leas-, thev tell me so—but then, I never
had the chanoe!
Ood Deacon Roberts was worked up
to a high state of enthusiasm in a revi
val. He was exhorting the u noon vert el
to flee from the wrath to come before it
was too late, “For,” said he, “the Lord
is here now, and He may not be here
again in twenty years.”
A i the world grows busier, each
individual is more and more compelled
to look to himself for the sources of
his own happiness. He must not ex
petct the approbation of his fellow-men
and, if he possesses the temperamen,
which needs the stimulus of applause,
he must fake care to supply it for him
self,
A South Hull woman applied to Mr,
Patterson, the other day, for a position
as driver on th street cars. “Canyon
handle males ?” asked the gentleman.
“ Handle mules, I should remark that
I could,” scornfully responded the fair
aspirant “I have handled two hus
bands, and my third old man is in a
better state of discipline than any mule
yon ever saw.”
The prince of Wales in his tour in
India will be dressed like an eastern
potentate, in a big turban and baggy
trousers, and his equipage will be as
magnificent as it can be made. The in
tention, of course, is to dazzle the na
tives with a spectacular exhibition of
their fnture rnler. The cost of this
royal show will be about a million dol
lars.
Hebe is a French lady’s excuse for
eloping with M. Achille : “ Had I
found in my husband a man like M.
Achille, I should not have failed in my
duties; but he was nothing—a mere
nothing. What would you have me
do? My husband would go to his
occupation early in the morning ; when
he returned he was instantly asleep.
Besides, he took snuff to excess, and
refused to wear a night-gown.”
A pube white salt is now made at
Aim?, WabaDsee county, Kansas, at the
rate of about five barrels a day. The
brine is pumped from a spring seven
hundred feet below the surface, and is
so strong that the salt crystallizes by
simple exposure to the air. It has been
analyzed, and found to compare favora
bly with Michigan salt, and to oontain
no imparity except a snail trace „of
lime.
Mbs. Abba ham Lincoln has been
pronounced insane by a Chicago court
on the application dt her eon. It was
shown that the eccentricities which she
showed immediately after Mr. Lincoln’s
assassination have increased until her
safety and that of others require that
she shall be protected from herself and
kindly cared for in an asylum. It is
charitable to suppose that her mental
unsoundness began while mistress of
the White House, and that it accounts
for many of her strange performances
while there.
The growth of Catholics in this coun
try is something astonishing. The
Catholic Church in the United S ates
probably numbers 8,000,000 communi
cants. The Catholics occupy 6920 sta
tions, chaples and churches ; they have
the service of 4873 priests 6 apostolic
vioare, 49 bishops, 9 arclibishopß and 1
cardinal. They have 18 theological
seminaries, with 1500 students; over
2000 schools of all grades, and more
than 3000 asylumns and hospitals.
There are among them 7 different or
der a of monks and friars, 12 of nuns, 8
different institutions, such as Jesuits
and Redemptorists, 12 congregations
of priests and brothers and 30 sister
hoods.
Indian Hoquence
Tuesday afternoon the Sionx chiefs
called at the Interior Department, in
Washington. Tbe Indians were all
attired in their feathers, paint and
trinkets. The Cheyenne River Indians
arrived first and were introduced in tl e
order of their rank, Long Horn being
fiist. Shortly after Spotted Tail and
bis delegation appeared and were in
troduced in the order of their rank.
Spotted Tail wore his new black silk
hat, and when introduced said, “ How
art von?” They were soon followed
by Led Cloud and the Ogallallas, who
were each introduced, shakitg hands
with a loud “ How?”
Commissioner Smith gave them a
short speech in welcome.
After a pause Red Cloud arose, and,
advancing to Commissioner Smith and
shaking hands, said:
“ When I speak I always call on the
Great Spirit to hear me, becanse, I tell
the truth. The white man tell me lies,
and I became so troubled I wanted to
come to Washington and see the Great
Father himself and talk with him.
That is why I have oome to see you.”
Heie he took his seat. A moment
late? he rose again and said : “ When
I spoke of white men telling me lies I
did not mean the white teen present.”
(Laughter, in which tome of the chiefs
joined). 1
Spoiled Tail oame up smiling, and
shaking hands, said:
“ I am glad to see yon, and if yon
can do any thing to help me to-day I
want you to do it, and we will help
each other. I haven’t got much to say
to-tuiy. I have brought my own in
terpreters, and I want you to hear what
they have got to say. '(How \ how 1) L
have one friend in Washington ; he
treated me good when I was here be
fore and I want to go to him again. ”
The interpreter explained that he
meant the Washington House, where
h# stopped ob ft previous visit.