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And my thought* they think-tUrk o' auTthin*,
1 #ll up my pfiw*, and th&fc I thl* *
of the wuata I T ve made of paj and in*
n **oku and prime f no eiurthlt use—
-1 lie fc'rlbhUiig mauia'a uiv oulv pkcum—
Uf lh*% uurnbv of ttmoa 1 have tausn in love
<•1 axaoUy hw often rre 1. t giove;
*>f the people I’ve met aud !o I’ve missed?
’•( how manv girls In my life i aave kissed ,
how many (bore I could i t e r,
bow liiunv tlnaen I've h •*•-> > debt
And then to light uiy niuc . pans*',
I ' n °f t 'dngß wit* s'ooslng {or cause
l thl oil of what I've done >■ and seen
yS J, *<' • 1 *ouU! be ana t., man I have been;
VI an nlnilorts man staking mto life's shade
I think of all I have studied aid real,
And 1 think of a blind (iim- a cripple In be :
* an Idle and jturiw less youth,
And I think. *' llave 1 w"u . out tbs nu-tiuina of
truth *"
How oft I was angry, 111-humored ands
how many |H‘lddei are wv-hed on the si.
now many actions l’vn and ne that ore g>od,
t*f how many honings vou'll rtnd lu h wood ,
things that bore ri, 4 things that 1 hate
hd an afternoon dance \ ieh breaks up .*t eig! ■ .
tf how many times 1 ive wanted my raah
And spent lots of me- •<n nothing but t ...
t! how man t 1 .. have wished you were here:
Uf how many w<shc* I've wished In 'a year.
J r, making* j.ip., nnlos- 1 mistake;
"■' loua have 1 il.-nt an,l w iieu did I w ~,c*
tne 'Jorrmandi of the Empress.
4 tnory f lt.ulan * <*apotini
nr VARY KYLE DALLAS
To believe th ■ following story, which
is recounted by a Free h uistonau, one
mint leuiember • hat the word of a Rus
sian Emperor or Km press line always
been a very different thing troui tne
word of an English K ing or Queen ; and
that where as m this ease —tin British
eul 'lie* won .1 decide that her majesty
was temporarily insane, tne Russian
lady w ui< lie considered only a little
more severe thun her jiredeoessors.
In ths time of Catht-i .ne the
there iwelt in Russia ? gentleman
named.- mderland, who, tiiougb English
by hirtb, hud become a Uu ..ian subject,
aud air > a great favorite with the Km
press SI loaded i..m with favors ;
tu'i le him immensely wealthy; gave him
a , —lace to live in, ami embraced him
putxudj.
What more con'd a sovereign do to
show her affection for a subject ?
Her partiality was so well-known that
iho greatest people at Court sought his
nor aiuirffeareu his frown ; but he was
■ vory jfcrasant and good-hearted (>er
sou, wn i thought more of his dress ap
pearance. ami the effect he produced ou
the fair st-x, than anything else ; and it
was rather a benefit to the community
than otherwise that he ahould have the
eai of the Empress. He, himself, was
perfectly happy, and spent a great deal
of his time m writing verses expressive
of the charms of the Kmpress, her good
ness, and thu amiability of her disposi
tion.
One morong he had just finished a
: .ost fluttoiitq* jioem in several cantoos,
setting forth the story of her condescen
sion h> a poor ohl soldier to whom she
hc l really berm hind, and was reading it
to a selix-f Sndienoe, when a servant
cut Ting flic room, announced to him
that the Chief of the Police, whose
name was Reliew, desirod to speak with
him, having a message from the Em
press.
The poet instantly threw down his
pap r, and. delighted with this proof of
confidence on the part of the sovereign,
excused himself to his friends, and hur
ried to tho room where Iteliew was wait
ing for him.
The Chief of Police sat leaning hack
in his chair, with a very grave face, aud
saluted the Englishman as a jailer might
salute a prisoner whom he was about to
lead to execution.
“Whit can 1 do for you, Reliew?”
asked Sunderland, with a condescending
twist of his mustache. “I see you are
in trouble, and it was well to come tome
at once. The Empress was kinder than
usual yesterday, anil expressed herself
more anxious to take my advice than she
has ever d<Ae before; so have no fears. I
esteem yog; -Relic w. I considei you my
’oest friend.”
“Ah!" said the Chief of Polioe, doubt
fully. “Aud l am very sure I have a true
friendship fur you; but.l regret to say I
have terrible news for you. Yon have
utterly lost the favor which has been
yours so'long. Indeed, though I may
not question the royal mandate, I suffer
t erribly in bringing you the news. See
ho v pale I am. Look how I tremble.
Oh, how can 1 tell you?”
“But how have I offended?" asked
Sunderland. “Assuredly yon are mis
taken The. Empress kissed me on my
forehead Inst evening before the whole
Court. ”
“Ho one loses the favor of royalty,”
sighed Iteliew. “ Perhaps yon have ad
mired a pretty woman."
“No, no," r plied Sunderland.
“The Empress told me nothing," said
Reliew; “nothing whatever. She gave
me her commands, and bade me accom
plish them at once. But they are too
horrible! too horrible!”
“ Am I to be sent away ?" asked] Son
derland.
“ You could be very happy in some
other country. I should not dread giv
ing you that news," replied Reliew.
" Am I to lie exiled to Siberia ?" asked
Sonderland.
“In that case there might be some
hope of your coming back,” replied Re
liew.
“Then, good heavens! T am to be
whipped with the knout,” sighed Son
derland.
“ Tnu might get over that ; it seldom
kills," answered the Russian, moodily.
‘'Then she wants my life,” said Son
derland. “Rut f know her better than
yon do. I will fling myself at her feet
and implore her pardon. And, at all
events, one can die but once.”
“ Oh. my poor friend !” moaned Re
liew, bursting into tears, “it is worse
than anything you can imagine. The
Empress has ordered me to have yon
stuffed. ”
“ What?” cried Sonderland.
“To have you stuffed,” replied the
agitated Reliew. “Listen, my poor
friend. This morning she sent for me.
“ * Reliew,’ she said, ‘you Baw to tho
stuffing of my favorite horse, who died
last month ?’
“ I bowed and assented.
“ 1 Send Sonderland to the same taxi
dermist and have him stuffed, in an atti
tude of supplication—begging, you un
derstand—and placed upon a stand in
env private apartment. Let the stand
be elegant and bear his name with these
words: “The Favorite of the Em
press.
“ ‘ Your majestv is good enough to
jest,’ I said, humbly.
‘ ‘ She flashed a fierce glance at me.
‘“lam in no jesting humor. I valned
him, ’ she said. * Look, I have even shed
tears; but go. Ido not wash to see him
again. Take him to the taxidermist this
morning. I will write my orders for
him ;’ and she gave me this paper ;” and
he handed to poor Sonderland a paper
on which were written these words :
“Stuff Sonderland very oarefully and
Ht him upon moss in the attitude of
begging. Begin your work wßkia the
<Tl)c (^njcttc.
VOL. X.
hour. Great as was my affection for
poor Sonderland, his beauty was his
greatest charm. There *re others as
faithful and as affectionate, ‘and I shall
now always have him to look at ; he is
oertainlr a splendid creature. Go and
make alt speed possible. Have the words
‘The Favorite of the Empress,' in letters
of gold on a black palest tl throe foot in
height.”
“There, mv poor Sonderland, you
see," said the Chief of Police, “it is not
I who have gone mad.”
“ Then it is the Empress,” said Sonder
land. “I'nhappy sovereign, she has lost
her mind."
““All the worse for us,” sighed the
wretched Russian.
“As soon as 1 felt sure of her real
meaning, I fell on mv knot's and hogged
her not to intrust the terrible news to
me ;to reconsider her intention, 1 hardly
knew what I said. For answer sho
pointed to the door.
“‘lf Sonderland is not taken to the
taxidermist within an hour, you shall be
knontod and sent to Siberia,’she said,
“Wretch that I am. I am here with the
news."
“Let me see the Empress; lot me
know what I have done. Let me write.
Take a note to her from me."
"T dare not,” said the Chief of Police.
“ i have a wife and seven children. You
are dear, but tliov are dearer to me. "
Sonderland began to ho[x> that tho
Empress only wished to play a practical
joke upon them, and pitying his friend
for his terror and the grief Tie suffered,
after a few moments more, arose and
offered to go with him at once. Wrap
ping themselves in their furs, both men
jumped into the sleigh at tho door.
Meanwhile he had written a letter to
the Empress, and calling a servant, dis
patched it by him. As yet no ono
guessed at the reason of this visit from
the Chief of Police, and the servant had
no fears concerning the safety of his er
rand.
Meanwhile the two getlemen pro
ceeded together to the house of the tax
idermist, Gottselinkoff, Sonderland vet
hopeful—for an Englishman could not
believe that such a command could Fio
given in earnest the Russian half mad
with horror. In fact, in delivering tho
command of the Empress he lost com
mand of his voice anti fainted away.
The taxidermist himself grew pale.
“This is my sentence of death, as
well ms yours," he said to Sonderland,
"for Ido not know how to stuff'a man,
and I know what Empresses are. I
shall have to try, of course, but I don't
think it can l>e done.”
"I am sure it is only a jest of our
sovereign's,” said Sonderland.
The Russians shook their heads. But
at this instant a loud tramping was
heard, aud armed men entered, seized
upon the Chief of Police, Sonderland and
the taxidermist, ford'd them into a
sleigh and drove madly away to the Roy
al Palace.
Sonderland still kept his courage. A
man knows well enongh when a woman
really likes him, but the Russians know
that if the Empress had lost her senses,
her maddest mandate must lie obeyed.
Perhaps they would now lie all stuffed.
Led into the royal presence, they
found Catherine furiously pacing the
floor.
“ Wretched mailman," sho shrieked
to the poor (thief of Police, “ what have
you been about? "
Tho poor fellow fell upon his knees.
“My Empress,” ho cried, “endeavor
ing to obey you. though it broke my
heart."
“ And you, beast?” she cried to the
taxidermist.
Tho taxidermist also prostrated him
self with his teeth chattering in liis
heafl.
“ My Empress,” said Sonderland, of
fering her the paper she had written,
“ here is your royal mandate. There
were some difficulties (purely profes
sional) in the way of stuffing me.
Otherwise I should have been already
in an attitude of supplication on a black
marble pedestal, I make no doubt.”
“Great Heaven!" cried Catherine.
“ My friend— mv most faithful and most
earnest friend—how dared yon believe
me oapable of such a tiling? And yon,
idiots, get up.” And she spurned the
crouching men with her royal foot. “It
was my dog, my favqrite spaniel—whom
1 bad named after this dear Sonderland
I localise he was so handsorno—-that I
irdered you to stuff. He died last night.
The whole palace knew that. Good
heavens 1"
The absurdity of the mistake forced
itself upon the royal mind at this instant.
Catherine, in the midst of her rage, be
gan to laugh, aud ended by growing
go: sl-natured.
“Amusing idiots,” she said, “go, and
always obey me as well as you have
done to-dav. I see, at least, that you
meant well.”
And thereupon the Chief of Police and
the taxidermist crept away, thankful for
their lives, to convey tho dead dog to its
destination. Arid Sonderland went to
lunch with the Empress, who leant upon
his shoulder as they walked together
through Ihe Palace.
The Teeth.
While it is true that the excessive use
of candies—especially so in modern
times -is in urious to the teeth, at lea-t
through the stomach, it is evident that
the great cau-e of the rapid decay of
the teeth among even the yoanw is
from tho poverty of the food used in
bone and muscle materials. It is not
strange that young ladies of twenty
summers, ana even younger, may be
fournl with artificial teeth, wnen it is
known that they have been nearly
starved by or attempting to live,
on pastry, an article so destitute of the
material from which the bones and the
teeth are formed. This fact, with the
general t'acoidness of the whole sys
tem, the want of stamina—foundatiob
le'S—will account ma nly for the pre
mature crumbling and decay of what
were intended as a life treasure. We
may also add that the custom of soak
ing food, the use of very soft food, ren
dering teeth scarcely necessary, is
another prominent cause of decay.—
Golden Rule.
—No one would understand from the
name of a club, just started in New
York, “The Growlers,” that it is organ
ized for social, gymnastic, athletic,
musical and benefit purposes, as sei
forth in its articles of incorporation,
SUMMERVILLE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21. 1883.
On Perfectly Flying.
When a woman exclaims: “I feel as
if 1 should perfectly fly,” sho expresses
n stale of mind easily comprehended by
men, as well as women.
It is only tho nervous woman who de
sires to perfectly fly, but as nearly all
American women are nervous, it, is very
seldom that any one of them passes
through life without this desire. Mon
nover express a liko desire, but many of
them are familiar by experience with
precisely the. state of mind which in a
woman leads her thoughts in tho direc
tion of perfectly Hying.
The confirmed smoker who has boon
deprived of tobacco for twenty four
hours feels a wild restlessness which
amounts to positive torture. Tho ex
tremity of every nerve in his body seems
to him to he laid hare. Everything tor
ments him. His best friend, even his
wife can not speak without irritating his
nerves. The slightest noise maddens
him. In the chaos of menial misery in
which ho is plunged ho has only one in
telligible idea the thought that ho wants
to be let alone. He docs not think of
putting this in practice by shutting him
self up in his room, or by wandering
away to some lonely place. On th
contrary, ho usually paces the floor in
the presence of his pained and awe
struck family. What lie really wants to
do is to perfectly fly, but being a man,
he has never thought of himself in con
nection with wings, and never dreams
of saying that he “feds as if ho should
perfectly fly.” Yet his nervous condi
tion is precisely the same as that of the
thousands of women who daily use that
forcible expression.
Various causes produce this state of
mind in women. Perhaps in the greater
mimbor of cases tho children are the
moving cause When they have per
sistently irritated her for hours by noise
~nd awkwardness, when they have vain
ly been told to “don’t" for scores
of times, and when neither affection nor
remonstrance, nor the awful shadow of
tho impending slipper has any effect
upon them, the unhappy mother is
•o.i/ed witli a mighty longing to perfect
ly fly, and mentions tho fact with tre
mendous energy. The servants are also
potent factors in awaking this longing.
The gentle and patient, housewife who
has borne meekly with the stupidity of
the cook, the laziness of tho chamber
maid, ami the impertinonco of the wait
er, is sud lenly oppressed with a feeling
that she can endure no more, and must
instantly and perfectly fly, lost she be
como hopelessly insane. Husbands,
too, even when well-meaning, do their
share in bringing their wives to this
state of nervous irritation and utter
hopelessness. A husband who will not
understand an interesting anecdote con
cerning the young man who is visiting
the young lady on tho opposite side of
the st reet, and whose sister has a friend
connected by marriage with tho family
that formerly boarded in West Thirty
sixlli street, need only remark in an ab
sent sort,of way, “What?” “Ah, yes!”
“Who did you say?” to reduce his wife
to the verge of perfectly flying. In fact,
the kind and stupid husband produces
this effect far more frequently than dot:.
the cruel and persecuting husband. The
latter may lead his wife to wish that
sin! could run away, but that is a mental
condition very different from the desire
to perfectly fly.
It must not be supposed that the
woman who feels as if sue should per
fectly fly has the slightest wish to run
away from home. Slit- does not want
to fly in that sense. Neither does she
want to develop wings and literally fly
away like the dove or any other able
bird. Could she formulate her feeling
in commonplace prose, she would prob
ably say that she wants to be at rest.
Nevertheless, this would not fully ex
press her real state of mind. In fact, it
can not be expressed in language any
clearer than that which she instinctively
uses. To perfectly fly is not merely to
use wings, or to escape from house,
children and servants, or even to achieve
peace. It is a process that is vague and
unformed even in the mind of the woman
who most ardently and wildly longs to
perfectly fly, and the expression of her
desire is only a method of announcing
that her nerves arc in a peculiarly ex
cited state. Why Bhc should associate
this condition of nerves with a vague
idea of flying is a mystery. Perhaps it
o I'-I'inff to MM lipp.'iPtJO'Ollfl mental DO
soclation of the act of flying away with
a subsequent state of rest—an associa
tion due to the passage of Scripture in
which the Psalmist expresses a wish to'
fly away and be at rest. Perhaps it is
owing to the seeret and habitual convic
tion of most women that they are most
when I tie" "re most ftisss-isfte.t
with the world, and that as first cousins
of the angels they ought in strict justice
to be supplied with wings, and granted
complete liberty to use them.
Painful as the mental condition of her
who wishes to perfectly fly must neces
sarily be, it is riot a dangerous one. It
rarely lasts beyond a few consecutive
minutes. This is a merciful provision
of nature, for life would otherwise be
unendurable both to the woman herself
and to those around her. Anything
which suddenly distracts her attention
from her latest and most exasperating
annoyance will cause her instantly to
abandon all thought of perfectly flying,
if l he troublesome children are ornninl 1 v
earned off to bed, if the trying servants
are put out of mind by the arrival of a
visitor with anew and intesesting dress,
or if the exasperating husband exhumes
anew bracelet, from his pocket, the wife
all at once finds life endurable. Per
fectly flying becomes as unattractive to
her as six-day pedestrianism, and she
finds within her grasp the rest which a
moment oetore had seemed unattaina
ble except she should first perfectly fly.
— Harper's Razor.
Prof. Eggleston declared that an artifi
cial diamond waß much more beautiful
than the genuine Btone, but retained its
brilliancy only for a few years.
—The Methodist nook Concern has
purchased the subscription list and good
will of the New Yor.„ Methodist , which
will be transferred to the Christian A<L
vocate.
—A New Jebset squire received 32
cenlsTorunitingacouple mthe holy bonds
of wedlock. The squire thinks the parties
had too littie appreciation of the import
ant gervice he was rendering them,
Defiling for Little Folks.
It is said a groat many babies din
■ivory year for want of sufficient cloth
ng. Ch Idren do not need heavy clothes,
hi t they do need warm, light flannels.
Kittle children are on the floor a great
deal, ami are more exposed to colds
than grown perrons, when not too
small, they should liavo flannel or meri
no underclothes. Two suits will cost
loss than a doctor’s visit, and if your
babies arc not properly protected from
the cold you will be very apt to have tho
doct-r visit you a good many times.
Babies too small for underwear can bo
made comfortable with flannel diaper
drawers the color of tho stockings.
Three pairs are needed. From half to
three-fourths of a yard are required.
I hey should be out halt handkerchief
shape, and then hollowed out to tit
around the legs snugly. A little cro
cheted edge of zepfay r or Saxony finishes
thorn neatly. Five buttons should bo
on the pointed part. The ton button
holds both button holes on the hand
around the waist.
Children’s shoes arc apt to liavo very
thin soles until number four’s can be
worn. After cold weather comes on,
cut in-soles of paste board a little sund
er tlian the sole, and cover with Canton
or woollen flannel. An old, felt hat
makes a good lining for little siloes.
Shaker flannel is the m st sensible for
children's wear, as it does not shrink in
Washing, is warm, and wears well.
There is a qtvohty of scarlet IF nnel it
is ail cotton) which has a very short
nap, closely resembling Shaker flannel,
which sells at si\te n cents per yard. It
is said to wash without fading. This
will make pretty and cheap skirls, if it
is fast color, and a very pretty edge
in shell stitch can be oroeho ed on the
edge by first doubling tho Saxony in a
zephyr needle and button holing the
edge after it is hemmed. Make tho
stitches a quarter of an inch long.
When you have been around once, com
mence crochet ing, using only every oth
er cue of the button-hoio stitches, l’ut
four stitches in tho first row of shells,
four in the sec ml, and five lu the last.
I am not familiar with the terms used
in describing crochet work, hut any one
who understands the s'tuples!, stitch can
readily do this. Any number of rows
can be knitted, but 1 think th cc makes
the trimming deep enough for a little
child. Work a vine in double herring
bone stiioh, with white linen thread,
above the hero, and you will find it a
great improvement.
W arm, little hoods, of Saxony, are
knit in the shell stitch 1 have described
above, and lined with merino or silk.
The l ost is a trifle. A cut of Saxony
will knit two. Glengarry cans in car
dinal are much worn. They aro
crocheted at first just like a mat, and
when the desired #fto is reached, de
crease one sliteli every row till Ihe cap
is small enough for the head, when knit
half a dozen rows plain. F'inish with a
shell edge, and on too set a zephyr ball,
steamed and trimmed into shape.
Very durable little dresses for rhil
dren are made of small, shepherd’s
plaid, or plain gray flannel. They
should lx! lined. A good way is a
simple, close-fitting saequo almost like
an apron, with a four to six-inch plait
ing set up on the dross. Brighten with
Scotch plaid hands, or rows of bright
colored worsted b aid, or some easily
executed embroidery in zephyr or Sax
ony. Short-sleeved, low-necked aprons
of white goods over these little, dark
dresses arc very pretty, and can be made
of the cheapest materials. One lady
whose children are always prettily
dressed makes use of the five cent
pique. Sho says it wears well and does
up very easily. The woven Swiss trim
ming is prettier than embroidery, wears
very much bettor, and can by. had in
handsome patterns at from live to fifteen
cents per yard. Avery pretty quality
of cross-barred goods can be got now
that it is out of season for fifteen cents
per yard. Economical mothers can lind
many bargains now in summer goods
whirli have not yet been put away; and
as most such goods arc remnants, most
merchants are willing todisposool them
at a bargain rather than carry them
over. - Cor. Louisville Iloim and Fire
tide. _ _
Dynamite Supersedes the Axe.
A Somerset County, (Me.) firm haven
pulp manufactory, consuming spruce
and hemlock timber. Their operations
are large, and instead of practising the
slow method of chopping down trees and
sawing them up, in order to get the
wood into the pulp mill, they blow them
to splinters with dynamite. An eye
witness thus describes the process: A
fine large spruce was selected, and a hole
was driven in about ten inches,
the chips Were removed, and a
dynamite cartridge was inserted. Tho
dynamite comes in sticks like a candle,
aiid resembles moist brown sugar. A
fuse was attached, and tho men sought
a place of safety. In a few seconds there
was a mighty roar,and the great tree was
up in the air about ten feet, and then,
witli a swoop and a crash, it came to the
earth, splintered halfway to the trunk.
Dynamite is not cheap, but taking into
consideration the time, labor, wear and
tear of tools saved, is not os expensive as
might bo supposed.— l/umberman,
The|Game of Geography,
An ingenious Frenchman hnR invented
a game for facilitating the study of ge
ography by children. This, new game,
approved by the Paris Society of Geog
raphy, consists of a largo planisphere
map of the globe, accompanied by nu
merous objects representing animals,
plants, flags, costumes, towns and land
scapes. These objects of painted card
boards stand upright when the Bmall in
scription accompanying them is folded
hack ; they carry, moreover, a number
corresponding to one on the map.
Placing each in its proper position, the
child becomes acquainted with the sub
ject ; if it be a plant, ho knows the
place which produces it and its use;
if a town, he knows its population, its
position, etc. The map is folded, and,
with its various objects, put into a box.
—A planter near Memphis has a dog
which, with oniy two years’ practice,
crows like a rooster, raising his hedd at
the outbreak of the melody and lower
ing it as the sweet sounds die away, just
s a rooster does. — Exchange,
FACTS AND FIGURES.
- New York City pays $7,000,000 n
year for its religion and $12,000,000 for
its drinks.
-The assessed value of taxable prop
erty in Washington Territory this year
is Ht;l‘2,slit),Bfl7, mi increase of $1>,780,•
•182 over last year. The levy is 2j mills
on the dollar, and Ihe revenuo derived
from it amounts to #Bl, llti.
—During 1882 tho railroad mileage ol
Massachusetts was increased 21J miles,
and the total in tho State is 2,778 miles.
The gross revenues for tho year wore
$1)0,0-16,:!70, and tho total expenses
amounted to #2!),!)41,167.
—The appropriation of $1,400,000 for
tho completion of tho new oapitol at
Albany, N. Y., has all been expen le I,
and the building is still far from being
complete. So fartlie cost has boon about
$ la, 000,000, an l experts express the
opinion that the g am' total will not fall
short of $20,000,000.
—Winnipeg, in 1882, rose from 12,-
000 population to 80,000, its assessment
Increased $0,000,000, rising to $80,000.-
000, and will reach $10,000,000 this
year; o gill s piarc miles were added to
its area, twenty-nine and uhulf miles of
side-walks ami 270streot-cros.sings were
laid. 280 culverts were constructed, and
nearly thirty miles of streets wore
graded. I'ltirayo IJtrald.
I lie factory at Castle ton, N. \ r ., pro
duces and | a ks about 1,200,000 postal
cards each working day. The tola: pro
duct last, year was 800,000,000, and as
tho cards arc all made at this one fac
tory, the product measures tho number
of cards used in the country. If tho
demand at t lie factory averages 1,200,-
000 per day, it follows that only an
average of one card and a quarter is
used daily by every fifty poop e in tho
country.
-Judge l ynch had Ids fair share of
victims during the past year, having ex
ecuted in all 117. Texas takes the loud,
having eared for 16. The list in tho
remain ng Statos is as follows: Vir
ginia, 2: Washington, o; tJiio, In
diana, i: West, Virginia, 1: Georgia, 8;
AhiOsma, 6; Kentucky, 8; Colorado. 14;
New Mexico, 0; Kansas, -t; 1-lor.da, 8;
Missouri, i; Arizona, 6; I’ennsylvan a,
1; Minnesota, 2; Louisiana, ft; South
Carolina, 8; Arkansas, 4; Tennessee, 2;
Mississippi, 8; Wyoming, 1; Dakota, 1;
Idaho, 1. -Ih'troil I’u.s 1 .
-The following inlore I ing figures aro
from Crawley’s now (English) work on
the law of life ins iranuu “In France
there are twenty companies assuring
A’80,000,000; in Germany there aro
fifty companies assuring £ 100,000,000;
while in America, in tho State of Now
York alone, there are, thirty companies
assuring £2!to,000,000; and. finally, ill
England, where in the year 18,h'S the
total amount, assured was £180,000,000,
at annual premiums amounting to £. r >,-
000,000, there arc at tho present dato
107 companies, furnishing returns to
tho Board of Trade, and assuring # 12.'>.-
000,000, and £10,500,000 were paid in
losses during the past year.”
Traps for Thieves.
The counters of down-town jewelers
sparkle nowadays with precious gems
and costly trinkets of gold and silver.
Any ono who wishes may inspect
these treasures with apparent freedom.
Glittering diamonds, shining watches,
and ornate bracelets, rings and pins are
scattered eri the baize counters before a
crowd of customers. This seems to give
dishonest persons ample opportunity for
thieving. The large jewelers, however,
discount the possibility of such a thing
so cleverly that the feelings of no honest
customer are wounded, while the chances
of tho professional shoplifter aro re
duced to zero. In ono of the largest
diamond houses in the trade a smiling
negro politely opens the door aud ad
mils the visitor. Salesmen stand bo
hind polished show cases, and display
for inspection any number of treasures
The negro smiles and stands liko an
automaton, opening and shutting the
door. Should a theft lie attempted liis
demeanor would instantly change. A
word, ortho slightest sign, would send
the door to with a slam, and it would
lock with a spring. If need be, a glis
tening revolver would appear in the
negro’s hand and bo leveled in a mo
ment. In loss than a minute an electric
alarm would bring policemen to tho
spot. The thief would lie caught in a
trap ere he could escape.
Another diamond dealer, the dark re
cess of whose great safe is aglow with a
myriad of tiny colored fires, shows these
gems as freely as if every customer worn
his bosom friend. The visitors do n< t
notice the tall gate of small steel bars
crossed, which silently spring open
when they enter and as quietly eloso
when they are seated at the counter.
Yet this gate effectually cuts off escape
from the room should suspicion of theft
be aroused, ft opens with a catch
spring and ciosos with an automatic
lock. Gates of this sort and screens,
more or less elaborate in construction,
are to be found near glass cases in which
diamonds are displayed in many large
jewelry establishments, and they also
guard the outer windows.
An ingenious foil for tho window
smashing thief is a heavy plate of
French glass placed a few inches behind
the outer glass of the show windows,
and rendered invisible by its transpar
ency. [f a thief broke the outer glass
he would find himself face to face with
almost the exact duplicate of the, broken
pane, the only difference being that the
second pane is heavier than the first.
Jewelers who resort to neither of
these means of protection secure them
selves in a less noticeable way by em
ploying lynx-eyed watchmen, who are
dressed neatly and walk to and fro in
the sales-rooms, seemingly busy with
other work, bat always keeping their
eyes on the alert.
The effect of these safeguards is to
destroy the likelihood of the recurrence
of any of the great jewelry robberies
that have been attempted by cracksmen
in the past. The robbers are driven
nowadays to attack the safes at night,
for it is practically hopeless for them to
sec ire booty in the day-time.— N. Y.
Sun.
A gbbat many barks have gone down
in the East river at New York, within
seven years; 30,000 dogs have been
drowned there,
NO. 5.
A Scientific Home.
That admirable organization, Soros's,
discussed a momentous question nt its
meeting on Tuesday. It was: “Will
home-making ever become a science?”
Three erudite papers were read on
the subioot. and a learned discus
sion followed in which Rev. Phoebe
linnuford participated. Wo regret, pro
foundly that neither tho contents of thn
papers nor the points of the arguments
used in tho discussion have boon pub
lished. We aro loft in the dark, there
fore, as lo what sort of a place a homo
construct 1 ou scientific principles, as
they appear to the feminine mind,
would lie. Tho information is also
lacking as to which side linil tho I letter
of the argument. Apparently the
question was not put to a vote, and tho
organization adjourned without decid
ing whether home-making would over
become a science or not This throws
tho discussion open to tho public, and
gives tho men a chance to express thoir
views on a question of vital importance
to their happiness.
Let us suppose fur a moment that
home-making will become a scioncc,
and that we shall shortly have a com
pany organized which will guarantee a
thoroughly scientific homo to all sub
scribers. What sort of an institution
would it be? Tho ideal home is, of
course, a haven of rest where tho hus
band and wife both liavo thoir own way
In everything; where thechildren nover
cry: whore the servants are models of
honesty and industry; where the dinner
is never late and is always well cooked;
where there is no perceptible washing
day; whore the sweeping and dusting
are done when nobody knows it; where
selfishness and bad temper aro never
known; in short, n little Heaven upon
earth, inhabited by thoroughly angelic
mortals. Homes of that kind con
structed upon a scientific basis, and
served hot, liko steam thn ugh s/jter
ranean pipes, would meet a long-felt,
want. Nearly every family in this great
city would subscribe for one. But if by
a scientific home is mount a place where
“intellect” perpetually reigns; wliers
the constant effort, is "to make home
Interesting by making it instructive;”
where “happiness” is served out liko
cough medicine in a spoon and accord
ing to receipt, wo are afraid the demand
will not be great History to is of a
man “blessed” with such a Koine,
who, as he sat listening to the familiar
words: “ Home, sweet homo, there is
no place liko homo,” remarked with
deep feeling that lie was “thundering"
glad there wasn’t.
A great deal depends upon tho char
acter of the scientilio home, and that
point .must bo clearly explained bofore
any opinion as to Iho sucoess or failure
of the scheme can lie formed. As for
the men. there is little doubt, about the
kind of a scientific homo which would
be popular with them. All they want
is a home where they can have thoir own
way always, where the meals are al
ways good, always fresh in variety and
always served on time; and where the
wife is so accomplished an economist
tlint, when she asks her husband for
money and lie says: "Where is Mint
live dollars I gave you a week ago?” she
will ho able to reply, sweetly; “ I have
bought botli Iho children a pair of
shoes, myself n new bonnet, and a car
pel for tile library, all out of that five
dollars, and have a dollar and a half
loT” That is the kind of scientific
home the average man is yearning for,
ami if Forosis or any oilier organization
can .supply it, the sum of human happi
ness will lie enormously Increased, - -N.
Y Tribune.
Saved His Lifo.
In a stairway on Woodward avenue
Monday sat a man who looked the
picture of sadness, and every now and
then he pulled out a red handkerchief
witli many holes and rents in it, and
wiped tears from his eyes. By and by
a pedestrian halted and asked:
“Say, stranger, what ails youP”
“Oh, I dnnno. I guess I feel sad.’’
“You shouldn’t foci bad on Now
Year’s Day. It’s the day on which to
brace up and swear off."
“That’s just the point!” replied the
man, as he brought out tho handker
chief. “I haven’t anything to swear off
from."
“Don’t you drink P”
“Not a drop.”
“Nor smoko, nor chew?"
“Neither one; nor do I swear, gam
hie, bet nor lie.”
"Well, you must boa pretty good
man.”
“Oh, I am —I am, I’m too good. Tho
rest of you can resolve to-day not to rob
or steal again. You can swear off on
whisky and tobacco and lay plans for
economy, but I’ve got to plod right
along In the old track.”
“Can’t you think of one single point
for reformation?"
“Not a point—not a one. I’ve sat
here for a whole hour trying to find
one single weakness, but I can’t do it.
Stranger, it makes mo sad, and you
must excuse these tears. When I realize
that I am so all-fired good 1 am half in
clined to commit suicide.”
“I’j. trill you of a jioint, old man.”
“Will you? Thanks! thanks! What
is it?”
“Why don’t you resolve to got your
hair cut, wash your face, clean out your
nails, and put on a clean shirt?”
“Why don’t I? I will! Thank Heaven,
there is a show for me after all! I’m
not as good as I thought I was. Yes,
sir, I’ll do it. Shake with me! You
have probably saved my life, and my
gratitude is unbounded.”
And then lie cried some more, but
they were tears of joy.— Detroit Free
Press.
—Wet, weather is frequently followed
by attacks of pneumonia among sheep.
These animals can not well resist wet
and cold together. This disease is
rarely cured. The best treatment is to
give small tablospoonful doses of tur
pentine in milk onco a day—in the
morning before eating. A dram of salt
peter given in a bran mash may be ben
eficial. But care to keep the sheep dry
and to provide a dry, airy shed for them
is far more effective to prevent the
trouble than any medicine can be to pro
mote a cure.— N. Y. Times.
“The proper study of mankind is
man.” Pope knew better than to say
“woman.” Woman is too deep a study
for anybody to undertake.
RELIGIOUS AUD EDUCATIONAL.
—Ninety years ago tho first English
missionary offered himself, and now the
whole numbor of evangelical foreign
missionaries is 6,000, and they are the
leaders of a native hostof 80,000 helpers
of all kinds.
-The foundation stone of the mag
nificent Ghttrcliof tho Savior, at Vienna,
w hieh lins boon under construct! oh for
twenty six years, and Is the expression
of a national thanksgiving for the pres
ervation of the monarch's life, Isa block
of marble quarried on tho Monnt of
Olives, Jerusalem. The church will
cost $1,876,000.
—ln response to the complaints of
parents of the overwork of pupils in the
New York City sohools, tuo Board of
Education lias under consideration a
material reduction of the course of study
by a revision, throwing out some re
quirements and making others elective.
A’. Y. Time*.
—Dr. Dana, of St. Paul, made a pil
grimage of 400 miles to preach the ser
in n at the dedication of a Congrega
tional church at Winnipeg, Manitoba,
recently. The church and parsonage
cost $45,000. and $30,000 of tho amount
was obtained tiy t wice selling lots pur
chased as a site for the buildings, the
city’s growth sending tho price of real
estato upwards rapidly. -- Chieago Jour
nal.
—One of tho sons of tho Prince of
Wales is to be given an ecclesiastical
training His illustrious uncle, tho
Duke of Albany, was designed for tho
church, hut did not possess sufficient
vitality for that calling It has been
many years sineo England has had a
firimate who was a Prineo of tho blood.
iut tho next generation may possibly
witness a royal incumbont of the Hco of
Canterbury.
—Mr. Geble, a missionary of tho
Amorican Baptist Union, is said to bo
the inventor of tho jlu-riki-sha, tho pop
ular I’ullmau-cnr, so generally used in
Japan. As in Tokio alone there aro
between 40,qj)0 and 60,<XH) giving em
ployment to that number of men, and
bringing in an annual income of $73,000
from that single city, it can bo inferred
that the missionary has boon of some
material benotit. Christian Weekly-
Hannibal Hamlin addressed the
students or Colby University, in Wator
villo, Me., a few evenings ago, on the
“Importaueo of Practice in Extempore
f-peaking.” At the conclusion of Iho
address he presented to tho college an
oil paining, a copy of the portrait of
Christo; her Columbus in tho Na al
Museum nt Madr and, believed to bo tho
most a thontio 1 koness of thogreat dis
coverer. The portrait will be placed in
the library for tho present.
At a laic meeting in London. Gen
eral Booth, the leader of the Salvation
Army, made the surprising statement
that, the offerings for sustaining the
operations of the at my amounted to
1600.000 per annum. lie strongly ail
vised thn local corps topurcliaso a I.on
don theater whi n had been offered
them; “for, by doing so,” he said,
“they would lie killing two birds with
one stone. This would shut tho devil
out and let God in.”
Cancer anil Alluvial Soil.
I spoke a short time ago about M.
Charles Blanc having dleil of cancer,
and pointed to tho conclusion that his
malady was to bo in some degree traced
to the alluvial situation of tho l’alais
Maziirin, where ho resided. Of that
disease, 1 said that it haunts low-lying
rivor-sldes and the mouths of streams
which serve as sewers. Perhaps it
night lie of interest to some of your
readers to know on what data I have to
go. Raspail first called my attention to
the fact sovonteon or eighteen years
ago He was, in HollaniE struck'with
the prevalence of cancer in the low-ly
ing districts, and still more along the
mouths of the Scheldt and the Rhine.
Ho at first as- ribed the frequency of tho
malady to the electrical conditions pro
dnceil by the mctsllio plates which tho
women of different Netherlandish local
ities wear on their heads to support
their tall and muslin caps; but he
also found that in the tidal regionof tho
Seine, where the so 1 is alluvial, there
was a great deni of cancer, although no
metal entered into the head-gear. Ho
pursued his observations at the mouths
of other rivers. They loil him to be
lieve that conditions of soil and atmos
phere which developed scrofula were
also favorable to cancer, a malady which
is apt to first show itself in a glandular
region. Trousseau used to adviso pa
tients in wh m he discovered a cancer
ous tendency to try and livo whore tho
soil is dry, tho air brisk and the aspect
sunny. I have known of a good round
number of deaths from cancer in those
quarters of the city where thore aro
underground water-courses, and along
the Seine. Count von (loltz, the Prus
sian Ambassador for many years at tho
Court of tho Tuileries, lived eloso to the
river. \\ hen Madame Louis Blanc was
attacked with the. cancerous malady of
which she died, sho had been for some
time residing in the pnrt of tho Rue do
Riroli nearest to the Heine.
Many years ago, in making an excur
sion down the Shannon, i was appalled
at the number of cancerous old women
who stretched out their hands for alms
at tho landing-places. Near Atlilono as
manv as three miserable beings, with
faces on which the disease was greedily
feeding, presented themselves together.
A carman who noticed that the sight of
them gave me “a turn.” said: “A
power of widows dies round here of
cancer. Wo’ro used to seeing thorn
and have got hardened. It's all tho
fault, of the Board of Works, that is
paid to drain the country and won’t do
it. My own mother —Ileaven be her
bed! died of cancer. Sho had a bad
tooth when 111" river I ooded the liouso;
it ached, her face swe Jed up; tho doctor
lanced it, and in eighteen months’ tinio
she was In tier grave.” A cancerous
tumor of ulcer broke down thn consti
tution of tho Duchess of Kent at damp
I-'rogmoro. It would ho very easy to get
at statistics showing what geological
and atmospheric conditions most favor
cancer if patients on admission to hos
pital were asked to state in what locali
ties they had been residing when tho
disease first showed itself. I have never
seen a cancerous face in the chalky up
lands of Kent, but I have seen a good
many about Dartmouth, the 1100
marshes, Woolwich and Chelsea.—
—London Truth.
Counter Irritation.
Uncle Mose and Parson Bledsoo wore
taking a walk along the beach when they
perceived a youthful Zulu disporting
himself in the surf, who turned nut to
be Parson Bledsoe’s boy, Abram Lin
kum.
“ Hat ar boy is gwine to catch cold,”
said Old Mose.
“Hit’s a wannness he ia gwine t:ir
catch.”
“I means a cold in his head.”
“And I means a warmness somewhuru
else,”— Galveston Newe.
—lt has been found that the average
weight of men and women in Cincinnati
is much greater than the average in Bos
ton. Pork and beer seems to be more
fattening than than perk and beans,