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FORGET.
One little year has swiftly passed
Since first oar vows were said;
Oar love wta all too sweet to last:
Within the year twaa dead.
Spring saw it bndding into life,
And through the summer tide
Our love lived on till winter’s stage.
And then it pined and died.
But Ibo'tgh the spring U liote again
Tiie love that once was onrs
No more shall bo between us twain: •
’Tic rtf-art »» last year’s flowers.
Bat r.'.s without regrer,
T e»v '(w bettor wo sbnnl.f ....».
anu, if we c»u, forget,
—London Orchcutra
human probability the balloon had actu
ally reached the northern border of the
lake, when it was met by the storm,
which all observers agree came from the
north. What follows it is not difficult
to oon jeoture—we have bad it all vividly
described and pictured for ns by M.
Dnmr.f- -ho, with Lis wise, fell inwothe |
j North sea _
never have made the dreadful mistake I
A Man of Mystery, v
tabula Johnson is a mysterious man,
and he lives on Aberdeen street. Ash
tabula is .one of those eccentric indi
viduals who buttonholes yon on the
°t***t. leads von carefully tn the edge
i oi tIi6 «»id*w*dk, ami then looking about
dmUdVttte I :
that TVn'iiol did a: opting the vaivej ,, p Itr ; gg ; 1Mt Sprigging." you reply:
••whatSpriggins?”
“ Lonzo! ’’
THE FATE OF DONALDSON.
Some of the Theorie* Set Afloat—A Sad
Myiterv.
A number of very wild theories seem
to be getting into circulation in regard
to the fate of Donaldson and Grim-
wood, and the conditions of balloon
traveling. For instance, some persons
are asserting that the balloon was
dashed to pieces in mid-air by the storm,
and the aeronauts precipitated into the
lake beneath them. Now a very little
consideration will show that such an
accident is impossible. People never
seem to dissociate in their minds the
idea of a balloon sailing in the air from
a ship sailing on the ocean; but nothing
can be more unlike than the two things.
A ship sails on the surface of a resist
ing medium. A balloon is enveloped
in a current, the impetus of which it
can no more resist than it can resist the
force of gravitation; and the speed at
which it is borne along makes no differ
ence whatever either in the way of strain
upon the materials of the balloon or
the condition of those who occupy the
•car. And as to its dashing itself to
pieces, what is there to dash against?
There are no rocks, as in the ocean;
and counter currents, smashing the
balloon flat as it were with their
opposing forces, are an impossibility.
The air currents lie in strata, conches,
as the French oall them ; and between
all these various air currents there are
generally pretty tride neutral zoneB.
It was one cf the many curious ideas
that filled Donaldson’s mind that he
could construct a flying maohine which
would operate in the neutral zones.
Although he generally held pretty
strongly to the belief that serial naviga
tion, currents or no currents, was pos
sible, yet there were occasionally times
when he seemed to think that tne best
chance of making a flight with an serial
machine was in taking advantage of
those wide spaces of perfectly calm air
which lie between all great currents.
The fact is, the only time of real
safety in a balloon is when she has
reached mid-air. One knows not what
accident may attend the ascension.
There is always the danger of striking
against buildings or steeples or tall
masts. And as for the descent, nobody
who is coming down in a balloon can be
sure of hiB neck or his limbs until he is
safely standing on terra firma. The
dragging of a balloon in even a moder
ate wind, is something that may well
try the stoutest nerves. When it comes
to a gale, the operation is really alarm
ing ; and if the anchor should snap in
the sudden jerk of catching any object,
the position of .those in the car would
be well-nigh hopeless.
The only possible acoident that oan
occur while a balloon is aloft is that of
explosion. The heat of the snn striking
on the bag might cause the gas to ex
pand so rapidly that it conld not escape
quickly enough from the neck, and
hence it would cause a rupture, which,
however, might or might not be fatal,
gala has given a most humorous ac
count of “ Coming Down in a Balloon
in this way. He thought his lifo was
ended, but the bag flew up to the top
of the net and aoted as a parachute, ana
he and his two companions i. nded m
* t 11J l,m v Q1
ar. rj letting out gas. iionftidHon h»d
au almost finneratitious repugnance
against iLo valve, even m the
nglicst-looking descents; and it was
only in the very gravest emergencies
that he conld be induced to pull the
valve rope. It is this very habit of bis
which gives some color to the hope that
he and his companion may still be in
existence, for whatever might be the
force of the storm we cannot see how
the balloon conld be destroyed, even
though bounding with terrific speed
from wave to wave. Sink, it conld not;
burst, it was very ttnlikely to do under
the circumstances. The gas was in a
condensed state, exerting no extra pres
sure upon the bag, and as long as the
net held taut the occupants of the car
had only to hold on tightly to the
rigging, and were in danger of nothing
more serious than a good wetting. We
think, therefore, there are still pretty
good grounds for holding, on to the
hope that Donaldson and his companion
are alive. They have probably dropped
somewhere into the pineries distant
from telegraphs and settlements; and
as, when they landed, they were suffer
ing grea ly from exhaustion and bruises
received in their perilous voyage, they
are, perhaps, now reposing nnder the
care of some rough, but hospitable
woodman, far away from the cares and
troubles of the world.—N. Y. Graphic.
Something Not on the Bills.
From the Boston Journal.
A man who was either a monomaniac,
or an enthusiast worthy to be regarded
as snoh, aroused a considerable exoite-
ment and furnished a fruitful theme of
conversation at the theater last evening.
The orchestra were just taking their
seats at the museum when a man, ap-
S arently about forty years of age, well-
ressedand of intelligent appearance,
arose in the center of thfi balcony and
Baid in a clear voice: "LadieB and
gentlemen: Before the entertainment
commences this evening, I should like
to tell yon that unless yon change yoor
way of living and follow in the steps of
Jeans Christ instead of wasting your
lives in theaters, yon will all certainly
go to hell.” The audience was at
first so astonished that there was
momentary silence, which was followed
by mingled applause and hisses, and
the man was pat out by the ushers
without a show of resistance and ap
parently any desiro to ’stay. He then
went directly to the Boston Theater,
and the onrtain had just risen when he
arose again in the oentre of the balcony
and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I
am sent here to interrupt, this per
formance by the Lord Jesns Christ. .1
warn y r u of your danger.” And again
he was ushered oat aud down stairs.
The only remark he made as the ushers
took him was, "Don’t hurt me.” Offi
cer McCabe took him to the station,
and as he did so he was asked why he
did it, and he replied that he stood np
as he did because it was his duty, and
when he was told he had no business to
interrupt the performance, he replied,
" I do not wish this to be made a matter
of ridietrie. A gentleman at the Boston
Theater said that the same person in
terrupted the performance at the Wall
Street Theater in Philadelphia a year
ago in a similar way.
When taken to Station two by the
officer he gave the name of Andrew
Leslie, formerly of St. Louis, Mo.,
and lately a member of the divinity
" Oh 1 dunno anything about him.”
Drawing you still nearer the edge of
the walk the mysterious man says:
" This is between you and me, now.”
"Well!”
"I heard that Spriggiuswas going
into oats heavy. Now he’s got reasons,
see,” and he holds np his forefinger and
looks as wise as an owl. Ton get away
from the msyterions man, and presently
yon see him oollar Jones in the midst
of a large company and maroh him off
to whisper about an equally important
matter. As near as can be calculated
Johnson has no other business bat this.
Well, the other day Ashtabnla dropped
in to see Philo Martinberger, who tips
back his chair in front of a livery-stable
on State street. He fonnd Philo in
conversation-with some parties from
the country, regarding the sale of a
car-load of horses. Taking the dealer
by the arm Ashtabula led him through
the stable, out of the back door, and
round the comer to a blacksmith shop.
Then he sat down on a box, took out
liia knife, pried off a sliver from tne
box, and says he:
“Phil, I understand you’ve got a
cow to sell. Set down.”
Philo looked at him a moment and
then said very quietly, " Oh, you heard
I had a cow to sell?"
“Yes,” responded Ashtabnla, "sit
down and talk her over.”
Philo looked at him a minute; then
said he, " Come here, Johnson.”
Johnson came, and his companion
took him by the ooat-sleeve and started
into the street. He went down _ to
where that six-story Unfinished build
ing stands between Dearborn and
State, aud, crawling through the boards
that are nailed over the doors, led Ash
tabula up five flights of uncompleted
stairs at the imminent risk of breaking
his neck. Puffing aud blowing they
reached the top, and Philo led the way
over the piles of rough lumber to the
extreme east end of the building. Then,
after stopping to take a breath, he put
his month close to Ashtabnla ear and
softly whispered: " I’ve sold her! ’’
It has been nearly a week since that
occurrence, and Mr. Johnson is still
fall of wrath; but a large circle of his
acquaintances declare that Philo Mar
tinberger deserves a medal and shall
have one.
Cleopatra’s Needle.
A good deal of interest bas been
shown here on the soheme for the
transportation home of the obelisk—one
of * he so-oalleu Cleopatra’s needles—
E resented to England forty years ago
y Mohammed Ali. It is a fine monolith
of red granite, 64 feet in length and 7
feet in diameter. Its weight bas been
varionaly estimated, but the maximum
given is 284 tons. It now lies prostrate
and parallel to the boo, at a distance of
24 feet, on a sandy bank 15 feet high,
with nothing between it and the water
save a rained sea wall. The hyero-
glyphios are in good preservation, and
record that the obelisk was erected at
On (Heliopolis, near Cairo), by
Thothmes II, about 1500 B. 0., during
whose reign Egypt is recorded to have
"placed its frontier where it pleased.”
The lateral inscriptions record the name
and titles of Bamesis II, (known to the
My. This hi an accident, j school at Cambridge,
which could act pccsibh oc to bo laboring an u sr a temporary m-
. - ,.».. .. .. .a—u — fcanity, Dr. Foye was summoned, and
deoidedthat the temporary illness was
Greeks under the name of Sesostris). _
and relate how he had conquered n>!! r<dorn the borders of the Sola, and
! the nations of the world. It. is worthy Agares oi aien in armor on horseback and
here and there, in a fever of excitement
to catch its own tail. She sits still and
purrs on. People should do the same
with children. One of the difficulties
of home education is the impossibility
of making parents keep still; it is with
them, oat of their affection, all watoh
and worry._
An Eccentric Judge—Lawyers Should
Not be Asses.
Judge Underwood, of Borne, Ga; to
four young lawyers who h*d just passed
an examination in his oonrt: "Young
gentlemen, I want to say a thing or two
a you. You have passed as good an
examination as usual, perhaps better;
but you don’t know anything. Like
those young fellows just back from their
graduation oollege, you think you know
a great deal. That is a great mistake.
If yon ever get to be of any account,
yon will be surprised at your present
gnoranoe. Don’t be too big for your
brecohes. Go round io the justice's
oonrt. Try to learn something. Don’t
be afraid. Set off upon a high key.
Yon will, no donbt, speak a great deal
of nonsense, bat yon will have one oon-
eolation: nobody will know it. The
great mass of mankind take sound for
sense. Never mind about your ease—
i iitch in. You are abont as apt to win as
ose. Don’t be ashamed of the wise
looking justioe. He don't know a thing.
He is a dead beat on knowledge. Stand
to yonr rack, fodder or no fodder, and
yon will see daylight after a while. The
oommunity generally supposes that you
will be rascals. There is no absolute
necessity that yon should. Yon may
be Bmart without being trioky. Law
yers ought to be gentlemen. Some of
them don’t oome np to the standard,
and are a disgrace to the fraternity*
They know more than any other race,
aerally, and not mnoh in particular,
ey don’t know anything about sand
stones, carboniferous periods, and
ancient land-animals known as fossils.
Men that make out they know a great
deal on these subjects don’t know much.
They are humbugs—snperb humbugs.
They are ancient land-animals them
selves, and will ultimately be fossils.
You are dismissed with the sincere hope
of the court that you will not make
asses of yourselves.”
The Famous Eloho Shield*
The Eloho Shield was presented in
1862 by Lord Eloho for annual compe
tition between England and Sootland.
Ireland was afterward allowed to com
pete for it. Since the competition oom-
menoed.tbe shield has been won eight
times by England, four years by Boot-
land. aud now twioe by Ireland. No
eights from the British oolonies or else
where were ever allowed to compete for
the Eloho Shield, the simple reason be
ing that it is restricted to Great Britain
ana Ireland; nor would it be allowed to
go out of what is called the United King-
dom.
This remarkable trophy is about forty-
eight indies high, and twenty-six wide.
As it stands in the exhibition tent on
Wimbledon common, supported on an
appropriate pedestal covered with crim
son velvet, the beholder would scarcely
desire to look on a finer pieoe of work
manship. It is embossed solid silver,
and the workmanship is of exquisite
touch and flniwh. The snrfaoe has a
dull tint, like oxidized silver-whioh in
faotitis. The shield is divided into a
number of compartments, each one em
blazoned with some brave -tradition of
British history. Queen Elizabeth and
the present reigning sovereign of Great
Britain are given prominentplaoe among
the bold knights and fair dames of his
toric celebrity who serve to illustrate
certain passages of English history. The
most artistic chiseling is employed to
bring: out the details of battle pieces
eur at night-, as the cold air would con
dense the gas, and if a rainstorm came
on this wonld not only condense the gas
still more, bnt by soaking the netting,
cordage and balloon with water would
add greatly to the weight of the ma
chine, and increase the danger of the
situation.
This was what caused the wreck of
the monster Daily Graphic balloon in
October, 1873, and this no donbt was
the cause of the death of Donaldson
and Grimwood. The balloon, it is dear
from all accounts, started from Chicago
in an excellent breeze, blowing to the
northeast at the rate of from ten to fif
teen miles daring the evening. In all
caused by over-work.' He was accord
ingly eared for and locked np for the
night,'for his own safety merely, as he
was harmless.
Rhubarb was first introduced into
eultivrtioi in 1735. It came originally
from China. The root, need medici
nally, came to be called Turkey rhubarb,
because't gi't-into Europe through the
hands o. -ur.ish merchants, who pur
chased it from the Chinese, among
whom it has been used for many cen
turies. The first attempts at cultivat
ing it were made in 1760.
As he seemed j of note, too, that the Israelite* were in
Egypt at the time of the construction
of this monument. It is said to have
been brought to Alexandria in the be
ginning of the Christian era. Various
schemes have been suggested for the
removal of the stone, but the most feasi
ble seems to be the construction of a
jetty of deep water, so as to convey it
along an inclined plane of beams to a
raft, on which it might be secured and
towed to England in the summer
months.—London Times.
Child ben. — Children are children,
as kittens are kittens. A sober, sensi
ble cat, that sits purring before the
fire, docs not trouble hersef because
her kittens are harrying and dashing
figures of men i
uu foot aiemade asplain and palpable to
the eye as the artist’s cunning hand can
out them. Battle and hunting soenes are
composed and executed with great fidel
ity to nature. The price of this exquis
ite piece of workmanship is said to be
010,000.—N. Y. Hera Id. ( ;j
Politeness.—The courtesy of
the Arabs to each other and to strangers
ifl far Bnperior to that of many nations
even in a more advanoed state of civili
zation. A queer example of it was
given on a visit of the Sitt to an Arab
functionary. Daring dinner die con
stantly addressed him as "Oam Aierin,”
which she had always heard him called,
but was shocked to find that it was a
nickname meaning "mother of beauty*