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About Crawfordville democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1881-1893 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 3, 1881)
Tte CraUWTi Dnocrsl EDWARD TOURG It CO Publufean and Prop rietor*. »•** WFORDY LEE : OF<»Uri|t TOPIC8I OF THE DAT. Franc* is to resume eating American pork. OviTEAi'a trial haa been properly terntad a “circus.” Kalloch baa triad lecturing in Oregon and made a total failura of it. The London hrewtr, Hir Dudley •outto Majoribauks, haa been created a Lord. "Tint Ixwd protect* Ouitaau,” but ■tail Ouitean feels safer when accom¬ panied by mounted police. Tub endowment fund of the Astor Library, given by tba meiul«>rs of the Astor family, amounts to fit,125,130. Lbapvit.U! now has s |x>pulatien ot 10,000 people, and last year that district yialded ore to the value of $15,000,000. Howabij Cabhoi.t,, staff corrcspmdent •f tha New Turk 7t»/tc«, has lw*n named •a the probaVda Frivste Secretary of tha frusident. A Missouri doctor has lieen convicted •f vaccinating people with Now Or¬ leans molasses. He was sweet ob ’am, wasn't he? Oborue Tiaw, the inilliiaiaire who died In Now York a few day* ago, was a topical American, having liegun life aa a bod-carrier. Tub wife and daughter of Henry A. flmitli, one irf tli© iirinecly ihiavea of th© Tweeil gang, now keep an apple stand for a living. Ann the Imlhrfa triias Guitaau, some¬ how or other. Ia there not oue crack marksman in America, or must we im¬ port the Engluih rifle team ? Oihtbau expectte to draw on the roa irnm when his trial i* over. Ho will, particularly if tliure is n trapdoor under Mm iiud the knot ia projierly tied. Tub New York Alderman gel* a sal. *8 $2,000 a year, and has a hard time girftuig Along, whoreiM the Chicago Al Aornuui gets no salary ami loud* the fash¬ ions. Tub snddiwt wails from Ireland aro the Nimby's letters. Nn-by’s sympath¬ ies have lieen deeply stirred aiuco ha Wt the “ X Roods, wioh is in the State uv Knintuck.” Tun U©a of the Niflioiiol Tamperanee Boeiety now is to have tba United State* Constitution ho luneudisl as to prohibit the mamifiioturo, iiaportatinn and sul© of alcoholic 1 leverages. 3 he iiia11 w ho steals enough to employ tttpemrivn lawyers i H n defaulter, but lie whose stealings will not inlniit of this luinrr, is a thief, and a very common ©tie, at that. That’s the difference. Three million itollars is tlic amount Wusslore Hanoi, the defaulting tax clerk of Fhiladelpbia, says has boon stolen from that eity by au organizisl gang of thieving clerks. Thoodore eoufe«*es to ftVl.Oifr) of it. Whatever the merchant* of Atlanta have ex|«cndi*l in aid of tlic Inter wrfi nal (loth hi RxpositiiHi will bo ia. brisal past iqvm the waters, ft will ri> turn to them in future with a hundred fold iwldod. GrtTRAU persi-tontly insists that Arthur owe* his present high position to hi* act, and demands reeoguiti.wi m re turn. “Only for me,” says Guiteau, tx lastingly, “Arthur would lio a p.4iti onl cypher." Hiuukt, Minister to Peru, and Kii patrick, Minister to Chili, are to be re sailed. It seems they have disgreevd themselves somewhat by a jMvrsonal quarnfl rrsjxx-tiug tin* claims of thuee ©cam tries. GriTBxr say a he never struck any tioily iu his life. Twos well. But bo should be afforded an opportunity now. How terrible would lie feel were lie penncil up in a ring with a prize fighter. He is an awful coward. A notorjov’s Ohioago burglar under arrest says tiiat burglars newr reoervo more than five jht rent of th© capital itivosU'd oud chances taken. IA tor fol¬ low* ; they hav© a hard lime of it, and arc apt to get killisl at any moment, too. Philip Getz, of Lancaster, Ohio, who hail two bullet* shot into his twain by Herman Peter, livid twenty-four hours after tho tragedy occurred. Both bail tat* entered Uie brain to some distance and were only an inch apart. “Mith laughter^ anti “oontinnM inphuse M aro oHaraclari^tio foutur s i f G iiteau's trial in tlie Criminal Co.irt at Washington, This sounds very : «s though th® bitter ftoliag toward th ■asatudn was K ing ameliorated. Psestpent Gannsut’* «c»-iorx i- te lM» honored in London bv the founding M a Home for Wortiteft Girls, to be caliM ‘‘Garfield's Horn«.*' A Udj hat friren f1,’2TjO in tFommittee far the par pone. Ix New Yoosjafl first-efasa butcher shops have branch shops in localities <A the poor where meats that cannot be sold to well-to-do families, or that, from long keeping, arc not salable, are aerfd at an inferior price. Tax year* ago the invention of the Keeley motor was heralded over the land as oca of the wonders of the age, and it is bow one of the wonders of the irnblic why its success is so long materializing. Meantime, Mr. Keeley is as confident as aver. Haesr ntnJTfsxs, the Nihilist con apirator in the Czar's murder, who is in confinement at St. Petersburg, has lieen delivered of a daughter. Hcmy has made a omfesaion implicating aixty-two persona in the murder of the Czar, and will protialdy receive a free pardon, ' . Pbrsikext A , ■. haa “ made , v hia KTurn up mind” that all officials now in office shall serTi* their time nrrfee* they fail to l*-rfurm tlieir ilntn-s properly. That ia aa kindly a recognition of General Gar field* administration as any oue could ask. Ynrxoft predicted, long in ailvmcc, that the middle of Noveml wr would lie unusually warm and that towards the latter part of the month there would be a severe cold spell.- He guessed pretty well Mint time, but the worst of us will hit it occasionally. T hk Maim* fanners have found a rem¬ edy for “ off," or nou-liearing years of applo trees. It’s caterpillars. Sinct. they derash il the orehar is a few years sine© flic tries have borne annually without discrimination. Th© crop this yi-ar is splendid in both quantity and quality. The “ Regulators” and " Moderators” of Elliott County, Kentucky, have formed a trinity by which tho “ Regu¬ lator*''agree to disband their organiza¬ tion. The “Moderator*” were bended by the Sheriff of the County. The treaty" fill* ft long-felt want, 1 * 1 he St. Louis Qk)br-J)rmot-rat sug¬ gests that tho hank of England furnish th© World, with a list of its denosits ft claims that many would ©scape l*ing swindled by tlic prevalent {iractiec of al¬ leging that large sums are awaiting claimant'' and obtoitiiug money from them to secure the idlegisl inheritances. Dele<mu; (Jannon diwia not hold o certificate of c|i>otimi from the Secretary of th© Stifle of Utah. What ho docs hold is a certified copy of th© election returns. His n ■ -peel nf representing l’tali h growing beautifully hiss, and the Mormffos may just as well eou lineuee gelling mud now, Emnibant laboris no longer iu demand iu New York, but emigrant-* keep com ing just the same. It would lie a good idea fur the South to put in tier best licks to secure this migrating popula¬ tion during tho winter months. This is the time of year. She can show off her climate to advantage. Tnvrtn seems to lie plenty of testi¬ mony going to show that Guiteau, all his life, has acted the part of a trank, al¬ though he has never 1 ns■ 11 i-ousidcrtal lacking in intellect, But it being a crank is to lie a murderer, than the sooner the crank is turned liiwven ward, the bett r. ♦ - Tun Cincinnati Covw r ml iMiintotllv nunarks : “(biihwi finds self-control impussihle ui the presence of the jury • I.ut , he was the ,, very embodiment , .. ot ciHiliiivss, ealcnlatiou, and silence when he was ©arryiug around the pistol to kill the President. He even took tlie drep precaution ‘ ‘il to wrap th© 1 pistol V un p to .J, nr.v toot ' i " fn m ,h moisture of th© , bony, row assassui* have been sane enough te kc p their powder ns dry as that ” A mrnMi-oKARr *nys that wore w© to sc© the girls of Ashaute© wo would not blame the King for killing two hundred of them to got their blood to mix mortar with. Thus there seeras to be a differ¬ ence of opinion even respecting the justice of murdering young girls. But if we knew where " hia altanty" wa.« mid a crucifying expi'ditiou hajuieniid te be going that way, we should be tempted te> join it. A u.vrtBm who wrote to a Chicago newiqia|sir oipistulating witli it* pub¬ lishers for admitting certain articles to its columns, got this caustic reply : “Wr publish first and last a i owspnjier. It oaiiuot he a tiact. Nothing shall apjioar in these <v>lnms whieh the purest nuuded woman should not know. Thev may ot ©asionalty J appear facte ia this j*ajs-. inch • . , she would ii not k jmbhely . w want a to discuss. Hie jamrest prob ettoa mtlus world far virtue is ignoranoi. Thu best protection is knowledge, whid. stands untarnished in the jwes- nee of vice.” Tut Istoflii r family never do tilings y*T hah or*. Win c/lWoher, 5 Kvoml v;ou of Hot. Uonrv Word IVvoher. aiul ‘ Assistant {District Atteirney of Kings 1 County (Bi\tol»lytt', msrriol the was oliior day to Miss Jessie Bnrslow, the iUv ***«-£• rv\hant. lhe “• fiVwlu»r »«•"». pi'idornw 1 the ceremony, who was so deeply .tffe'ted that hi-* voi v completely broke down to *wd t* 1 ® «•*»<». Tpoa th© folio*tug day, without any knowledge of William s marriage, H. F. Beecher, erf the Pacific Coast, youngest son of Rev. H. W. Beecher, was married to Miss Hattie Fosftib erf Nevada. The war this f am ay takes t > women does beat ill. Thk membership of the New York Fro luce Exchange is limited to 3,00) persona, and the seats arc all taken. To do Ihimuok* in that city it requites that the person become a memtier of this lady, and owing to the limit in tite mem hetship this can be dou© onlv V v boring “he sea* of .vume retiring memtier. This •oriiliriau has advanced the price of seat* >J $5,000 and $10,000 is asked. Seats in ibe Stock Exchange are held at $30,000, md in the Cotton Exchange at 85,000, >"th limited. Thus jt will be seen tl.a •ntira business of that city is assuming Ilia shape of a monopoly. It ia stated ®»t <00 to __ 800 firms , hold ... all theja sts, » n d of course control the markets. ---“--- T„eSt. Gathard Mountain haa just ’ The cost i« * , 'arc.! by G.-rmany, Switzerland and 'Gl.V.the last paying the largest share. ft* original purpose was the ruin (rft the French traffic by diverting travel mid traffic through the a*«>ve named ra.un tries Thev i,...... i .... re , through tms . I Mt. Oema „ . tunnels , and the Mediterranean. But now France has coma to the 'front, lu that country capital haa been subscribed for a tunnel through Mt St. Bernard. This will lessen the dia liniulisi, ra well as between the channel and Eastern Eurojie. It promises^*) be a most stupendous undertaking. At ore «*nt tho new St. Oothard route has the gf«als from the .North Sea and Baltic ,,<>rts - A Funeral of Ants. The ant has long been an object of g|ie<-ial interest with naturalis ts, (ia TTliug* and end others, who say many wonderful shout him, and who back him up strougly u. for |ios»e*sing a remaksble degree ©f in¬ telligence. One of these gentlemen, an acute observer of the insect, furnishes a procession. very interesting incident accidently of a funeral Having killed a number of straying soldier ants, he noted a commotion among the adjacent surviving relations, and determined to watch their proceedings closely, fo^r.v ing four or five that started from the rest to guard a hillock, a short distance off, in which was an ant's nest. This This they thev entered, and in about tite minutes re appear, d, followed by others, and all fell into rank, walking arrived regularly two where by two, tii til lb -y at the spot Hie dead bodies of the soldier ants lay. In s few moments two of the ant* ad vauoetl and took up the dead body of a comrade; then two others, and soon until all were ready to march. First walked two mt* bearing a body, fiieu two without a burden, then two offers with another dead ant. and so nil I lie iletunet Vhcii the procession moved alow fit ™n alxmt ward, followed hundred by an irregular Occasionally body of two ants. the two hulcii ants stopped, and laying down the dead ant, it waa taken up by tho two walking unburdened behind tliem ; and thus they arrived nt n sandy spot which seems to suit. Here (he liiHly of ants now holes commenced digging with their jaws in the ground, into each of which a dead ant wus laid, and then they labored on until the gravis were refilled. This did nut quite finish the remarkable proceeding. Some six or seven of the ants hud attempted to run off without performing their sh ire of the digging: these were caught, brought back and promptly killed on the s] "t. A single grave was pr nuptiy dug, and they were all dropned into it.— Potter's American Monthly. Men and Women as Workers. Leaving laziness and mere lymphatic iutlitFi lvncoout ot tin -stion, mm au<« womeu differ much in natural tendeuey f ,, w “ lk - A u>an may be very far in.m lustinct idle. : ml of yet activity luiye nout'ef which that born agreeahle with i» -tie p-op.c. iie'ivity ^ \ in linvc lavorite a -o di.-tmguish l»'tw>-©u a study or tHUT***© and *m re labor. Absolute toil T" m ^" lt ° u 1(nt nl ”f' A T\'\ 1 '» r "r lV"r , v^ U ltt 01 1,1 which the whole i ot tlm force and . sugges turn lias to emu© Iroui within and to which the luducemcuts and solicitations lie oiit-ide. Inclination being mpinved <»quul, it is D)t)re ra^y to get tJirou^h auy eonrae of Imsmesa iu which one "ung "T “P af *J >r an °‘ h ' r *° °* nU \ t w ?• tout.on ban to carry mjd quiekeu th.ii.ffli brtuu a task and ,u hands, wlre-l, tire near inmiejhate and the goals internal of exertom spnng of are effort no has to be woimil upfrorn time to time without the help .rf a tangible, outward 1 hare us an old rlivme-which . . . xres pmbablv unknown to Women” Mr. Mill, for m In* “Subjection to he treat* th© point as a new one—which says, “ That from rise of mom to set of sun, woman's work is never done.” That is quite true ; but if it is a hardship, the hardship household is mitigated duties by the fact that woman’s have a ’’con¬ catenation accordingly,” impulse in which the solicitation or is supplied from without, with the advantage (whieh also applies to much of men’s ordinary bnsi ness) that the social feelings count for a Ito-d-te-l inthc -v-m-atonatiou and the WMpnw'. J it umy bo noted, m dmiei tl t womon g „, ', UriMK h ah their —and. no doubt, through th.ir highest studies—with less waste of power Htan nun, and with less apparent concern about either pain or aneasiness. This we do not mention as a discovery, for it is couinionpewv. tmt as. a thing to lv borne iunuad .—Inndon Spectator. A before noserable Western shoemaker w charged as brought up a court wit’ bigamy, it tran^piresl in t ie e-’ v th© kuiglfl of the . st had marrii 2 - :)VK te.: tl.e tUAn op tor tnnl, eommei,, od severely upon tb ©a»*, m<slariug Ui e. n i-et of the offender to la- “to ut...-!y L ..m. Journal. I .WT *T HE*. 0% KC=SC k‘UT"ICK TK-rM. I !V «*»r .t betwRo a***- over »*» ev 4 y ««, U;«r in* haB'i** I imt*$ HeacLui? to tie htyr.M rf nfft, A'«l tbf: *i, r!L a »rr >, refteeleft I be ibtoite .igtrtja 1 its inurojt, re^icfitrat beMcc a;; m. . Rg *2U» love. A 4 th»* * iv*» o'er th* wit It- find romping M r.^f>¥fl ; r.« fis gt#. At - *!-* ir.rm «.f rb** ptn rj'** «.-*■*. tit Bt«:t ever to k;*» il- t »ti. “'»h rr"scL ‘eft* -1 T niHWinad, ** Hfwtow i > |uf •rt.fi, 1 prw I trr*¥**n 1 « *-*ur kt-ej’-JSg Otf git.dsR frutc.iilj ilfty." A w‘?b t* pp*H j r.» b«rt3#Ti Kn.-wl «rUt !l«JD U*y i imSiitf A*»y li'dd t pe*t *-!al Jurf’.'ir la'Ibtt bn*Ui« cbibcr l;az fc . Ax.*’ A***-*" f*«-t Jo Wilt * f***r »:i'i t *m\ > S^r roe — liit tJ. M'tjif ' i bj\ In a*urv* l grfv* lo tit* tiEo berouft Like M cbiirari. .Urk'T hUi4m lu I'd -icret I*—i i i li*w» T !.*• law- that I fm «ilv c'wr’ifcfrfl, 1’he beftutifui c»T.-Ut eje*. F *=ri=5!Si t 2r _ _ _ , DEATHi |jj£ iHENOiIIIENA OF ------ It ia our purpose to diaenss, as briefly as possible, aome of the most inqiortaut aspects of ditsolntion. Addison said that there was nothing iu history more imposing than, nothing so pleasing and affecting as, the accounts of the behavior of eminent persons in their dying hours; and Montaigne remarks, while speculat ing on death, that, of all the nassages *“ lb* «m«>a jrf mankind, those r”«i“i'Si». msrrr “If I were a maker of books,” he oon tinues, “I would compile a register with commonts of various deaths, for he who to wo *‘bl tench the extinction of life's pleasures, inter ests and with hopes, to which the mind looks forward forward wiui a a degree uegree of ot apprehension apprehension proportionate to the amount of liappi With ness they are capable of affording, the young and vigorous the loss of these animal enjoyments is contemplat (sl with extreme xaim-rj ; lienee the cub tom among the early Greeks of bearing the lifeless body of youth to the funeral pyre at the break of morn, “lest the sun should liehold so sad a sight a* the young dead.” Second, the dread of the unknown future, also de¬ pending upon the nervous temperament, And lastly emnos a fear more powerful than either, which is the dread of pain, inherent iu nature. From time jnuue morisl the actual moment of dissolution has has lieen lieen supposed sumiosed to to he be ncconmanied accompanied by “death a throe of anguish, known ns the agony.” This is believed to occur at that moment when the spiritual and physical forces that have been so in timstely asunder—the blended for many years are torn one to molder and d »y. the other to take upon itself that new life beyond the ken of mini, This last element properly belongs to thepbysiolagmt, consider it snd as Francis such we proposo to Sir Bacon, in oue of his essays, jj7. published for ;lio first June jn tV-wreur trave, U*. 11 ic world ithe following profound thought; “ It is ns natural to die ns to be born ; and to the little infant, perhaps, the one is its painful as the other.” lu profundity of thought and depth of ivsciurch B.ieon stepped in advance of his eontewpora ries, and lived in the future. Thus wo find that, contrary to the generally re eeived opinion evidently of designed even this latter ilay. nature that the end of man should he as painless as his ho ginning. At birth the babe undergoes an or deal that, were lie conscious, would be more Yet he trying feels than a most painful death, it not. Born iu an uucon scions state, the brain incapable of re¬ reiving conscious impressions, his en trance into this hitherto unknown world is uecomplished during a state of ob¬ livion, known as nature’s anesthesia : PdiE’t't-F Wt‘ -- ru6, whoi oe w« know not— I'antirifi) w- * , whither we know not! .^ ro “ tU ° l h ' riod , , {iati I'eon oousHierrd aa g£ne£3 nl J tB?term§ that “death agemy ,” “last struggh -,” •• gangs of death,” etc., have been iu almost imiv. rs il use m evorv age and under all conditions ot society.' Nothing could be more erroneons ; the. tmtb is, pain and death seldom go tog- th. i -we mean the last moments of llf ”' Of course, death may be preceded «,.,ksandeven months of extreme siiffering, as mvurs diming cei-taiu in curable diseases So exaggerated has been this notion it been considered on act of llumnilit y to anticipate the “death struggle " by violence ; for ages it was customary among the lowerTlassea of j; fcl hasten death by suddenly jcrkuig tJle the pillow fromImneuth tliehead of dying, thus throwing the head t^kwarl. sUaming the phirevngeal an.l thonreic muscles, reinlering the respire tion, already difficult, slairtly imwwsi A Venetian Ambassador, in the time of Quc u Mary, asserted that it was a oommon custom among the coun¬ try people pillow to smother the dying by means of a placed aver the face, upon which leaned or sat the nearest relative. This was founded upon tlie pious belief that tlic short road was the best one. This custom was handed down from generation to generation, and parents performing it for their children vi.v versa But perhaps the sad • lest dying privilege ever ivcuri.sl allowed occasionally the friemls dur- of a man ing the reign of Queen Elizabeth, when through hanging—they executive clemency—executions by were permitted to grasp the te. t . 1 tlie suspended criminal and, by eh lu lling to the extremities, precipitate' their additional weight on the body, thereby hastening stranguia tion. It is needless to say that these theorii: are false in both coneep". ui ■md j>r.:etiee. Death other'on'unal is a phynioleg.cal pr' and, like all lime ti' ns, should tie psinlesa. AVLi ii the fiat of death went f, rth, na- for . ’.’v provided theend an anaesthetic »v e boily. As of life draw- near, © ye 'irstiou I'e.'omes slow and shal i-i“nnpt. rfc’iing inspiration, d now and then though by , >, »* ttie -s were v anly endeavonn.' te throw f the j"ilsy s'owiv creeping over them, As the intervals between the in-qira- non* grow longer ttie blood become* saturated with car’tonic-acid gas—the same which ia deadly formed fumes from burning have charcoal, whose so often aided the autcule jiainlesaly to de " stray life. While the power of breathing is grad nally avmj»»thy failing, with the heart, whieh lweins is in close the lungs. propellmg the to contract with less force, blood oulr a short distance through the its arterial channels, thus causing ex tT( ^eU^ntZ l, L quantity, brain knot it is laden only dizninisheil in bet with carbonic acid gas, which, acting on the nerve center*, produces a gradual tienumbmg ot an- cerebral ganglia, thereby destroying both consciousness and sensation. Tlic patient gradually sinks into a deep stupor, the lips become purple, the face cold and livid, cold per spiratiou (death damp) collects ou the forehead, a film creeps over convulsions, the cornea, the and, with or without dviDg man sinks into his last sleep. As the power of receiving conscious unpres sions ia gone, the death struggle must be automatic. Even in those cases where the senses are retained to the last, SsS5.TS,^ l “ , " cW ' “ If I hail strength to hohl a pen, I would write how cany and delightful it 1* to die 1” were the last words of the celebrated surgeon, William Hunter; and Louis XIV. is recorded ns saying with his last breath : “ I thought dying hail lieen more difficult.” That the painlessness of death is due to some benumbing influence acting on the sensory nerves may be inferred from the fact that untoward external sur roumnngs the rarely trouble me Collingwood dying. breathed On day last that Lord Mediterranean his the was tumultuous ; those elements which had been the scene of his past glories rose and fell in swelling undulations, and seemed as if rocking him asleep. Oapt. Thomas ventured to ask if he was dxs turnea by t ue tossing ot the snip. “ rs®, Thomas,” he answered, “ I am in a state that nothing can disturb me more—I am dying; and I am sure it must be con¬ solatory to you and all w ho love me to bee how comfortably lam coming to my end." In the Quarterly Review there j s related an instance of a criminal who escaped breaking death from hanging bv tV., the of the rope. Henry of France, sent his physician tiiat to examine him, who reported after a moment's suffering like the man saw an appearance fire, across which apjieared a beau liful nvenue of trees. When a pardon was mentioned tho prisoner coolly re¬ plied that it was not worth asking for. Those who have been near death from drowning, and afterward restored to con¬ sciousness, assert that the dymg suffer |lUt httte pam. Cap*. Marryatt states n that ‘“* Ills sensations ------------ at 4 one ” time, when — than nearly otherwise. drowned, were rather pleasant struggle “The first lor life once over, llie water closing around me assumed the appearance of waving green fields. * * * It is not a down, feeling of pam, but seems like sinking long, overpowered by sleep, in the soft grass of the cool meadow.” Now, this is precisely the condition presented in death from disease In¬ sensibility consciousness soon cornea on, the mind loses of external objects, and J ath EjUpi dF and jjlm'idly (ensues from asphyxia. death, lu spite of the natural antagonism to a moment’s reflection will show that it is us much a physiological pro¬ cess ns life ; the two terms are correla¬ tive, the degree of vital activity depend¬ ing on tin' extent of molecular death oc¬ curring at the same time. Strauge as the paradox may seem, without death ing wa cannot from the Jive; brain, every thought emanat¬ every blow struck by the arm, is accompanied by destruc¬ tion of nervous or muscular tissue. Tho hioplastuatic or living matter which en t<■ ts into the formation of every animal tissue is constantly germinating into cells (the origin of all life), and us con¬ stantly passing into decay, their places iietng taken oy other protoplasts, thus t eping up the “active dauge of life.” This disassimilation, or interstitial death, occurs to such an extent that na¬ ture, in her wisdom, 1ms provided exore mentory organs for the purpose of re¬ moving from tho system the effete material thus produced. Every living structure, »*'.u passing through certain stages finally', of development-, maturity and, retrogression, must come to an end. This may lie but the ephemeral existence of some of the lower forms of fungi which, born in the cool of the like-the morning, die as the sun goes down ; or, famous dragon-tree of Tenotiffe, may outlast the pyramids that keep watch by tlxe Nile. The last topic for consideration is the pseudopia This of death, or visions of the dying. subject, coming under the realm of mental science, properly be¬ longs to metaphysics rather than phys¬ iology. Various theories have been advanced to explain these phenomena, but best, they must remain as susceptible hypotheses at of lor they are not demonstration, it is not an uncommon oocnrrence hours for in the dying, after condi¬ living some a setni-eonscious tion, to start up point suddenly, and, with glowing invisible face, the eagerly to some object animated voice to and bystanders, and, with gesture, state that thev behold the glories of heaven oc the familiar countenance of some friend long since dead. The question naturally arises as to whether these conditions are merely the fantasies of a disordered and faet-disor ganizing ted brain, or are the dying actually pram a momentary view of those mysteries hitherto unknown, Tho traditions and superetitions of the past have led to a popular belief in the latter theory. Sliakspeare expressed tlie sentiment of his day when he placed in tlie month of the dying Queen Hatb¬ arine these words : Raw you not even novr % b’ep§e^ troop In\ite me to m banquet; ttK#e bright faces Cas: thouftAiid beAiuri upon me like the eun? Science, vnth .... its iconoclastic hand, '»» swept away these pleasing fancies, and in their piatus has constructed a fabric founded on analogy. In the an avthesm mduced bv chloroform a oondi t on i* ptoxtueed closely resembling that immediately th© earbonio-acid preceding poisoning) death (caused in which bv visions are oonstoctly presecteti to the mind, the character of which depends upon the natural temperament of the individual. Thus it often occurs that a patient, when under the iodueaoe of chloroform, has beatific visions similar to those of the dr mg. It is my iortune to hare at present a patient who in ran ably when under the in floe nee of chloroform asserts that she see* *ngels hovering around her bed. The impression is bo strong that she becomes much annoyed if the reality of these vision* is disputed. The coal is asphyxia prodn wd by burning char otttiines accompanied bv distnrl>ed fancies similar to tho«- preceding death, j ___ - ■■■ — Hl * WRS » F ™ 1,AT - It is the clean table-cloth that catches the early grease spot. A mixes is always a lueky man be¬ cause he can always take his pick. Rebecca : Tea, bbnd men may be per feetly sane, although you do believe in the saying, “ Out of sight out of mind." Wb 'should think scarf pins would get sea sick. They are »o often on the bosoms of such heavy swells__ Cedar Sapids ' Sh/hm. ■' * take my tex dis murnm . ,„ , said a colored preacner, “ from dat po tion ob de Scripture whar de Postol Fan] pints his pistol to de Fesioas.” “Oeoboe,” she said, “hand me the rnaynoo." “The which, ma?” : Th© rnaynoo, dear.” “The what?” - Oh, you be stujed, give me the bill of fare, and quiet J” An exchange states that a clerk in a government injured by office at Washington was an accidental discharge of bis duties. It will not occur again.— Peck’g Sttn. “Now, Sammy, have *'Oh,' yon read th© story of Joseph ?” ves, uncle.” “ Well, then, what wrong did they do when they sold their brother?" “They bold him too cheap.” A short metre wedding.—A young clergyman in Iowa recently married a couple in the following brief manner: “Do you want one another?” Botii re¬ plied yes. “ Well, then, have one an¬ other.” . “ Henry Ci.ay Oueson Your iioi-m entitled, “ An Ode to a Cucumber," is accepted. We will work it iu on the pub¬ lic in the form of newspaper wrappers, or sell it to lay under carpets .—Laram ie Boomerang. An onn proverb says : “ If you throw a pound throw of bread to the poor the Lord will a pound of butter into your lap.” This may be true. We shan’t risk trying it, any way. It would be ex¬ tremely disagreeable to have a pound of butter chucked into our lap .—Boston Post. “I’m, arrest you if you don't keep quiet,” said a policeman to a Little Rock man. “I’ll bet you $100 you don’t” The policeman nabbed him and took him to the lockup. “ Always the way,” door he said, as the policeman locked the ; “ never won a lx-t iu my life.” Force or Hsntr.—“Why are you ute?” asked an Austin Rf-lionl teacher of a little girl, who hung her head n»d said : “ We have a little baby at our house.” “Don’t let it happen again,” said the teacher, fiercely, and the little girl said she would not, and took her seat.— T- .vats Siftings. “Did you observe that woman ?” said a gentleman to his companion, as a sharp-ft atured lemule swept haughtily by them. The friend nodded to indicate that he had observed her. Wei). I’m indebted to her for the chief happiness of my life.” “Indeed; I can imagine the gratitude you must feel toward her.” “ No, you can’t ; only her present hus¬ band can do that. Ten years ago I asked her hand in marriage and she refused me. ’ Brooklyn Ragle. — Uncle Joe’s Reflections.— De stars is jes as bright as dey was Is fo’ de war. Some folks would barer a dnng-liole of dey could. Dili’s some thing dut will do to swop orf in the dark. A smart dorg rudder take de back track ob a grown b’ar. A dorg wid a block on don’t drag on his sitiwation. Olds Satun loads his cannons wid big watermillons. De debbul ain’t got no pertiekler objection to Chrismus. Heap o’ jientencheiy liands kin sing hymns fivs-rate. You may pray for rain, but you better try de hoe on the crab -grass. A punkiii vine ain’t gwiue trabble to ax your ’vice ’bout what load it .—Xew Orleans Times. Is (iermatiy an Empire ! In the first place, the German term “ Reich ” does not designate an einjiire as a form of goverament distingufehed from a kingdom, for instance, or a republic. “realm,” Strictly taken, it means or even “ commonwealth,” while the technical term for empire is “ Kaiserreich.” Thus the Roman Em¬ pire might be called a Reich, as was the old German Empire, because, for one reason, the hereditary principle in lioth was weak, or did not exist.; and in the present called confederation, or Reich, the Imperial dignity, though heredi¬ tary in the Royal House of Prussia, is not zollern hereditary in the House of Hnheu aa such. If the Hohorzollerns shoidd ever cease to lie Kings of Prussia they would cease ipsei facto to lie Em Empire perors of Germany. France But the Napoleonic iu was always called in German the “ Keiserreieh,” because the Imperial principle, whatever that may lie, was visibly incorporated in the pub¬ lic law of tlie State. The same observa¬ tion lveld true of the head of the State in Germany. The press and the public in other countries speak of him com monly ns the Emperor of Germany, which is incorrect. There is no such personage. The Federal Constitution simply declares that the Presidency of the Confetleration is vested in the King of Prussia, who shall liear the title of German Emperor. Our usage of lan¬ guage and our habits of political thought do not. indeed, make any clear differ¬ ence lietween the title German Emperor an.l the title Emperor of Germany ; but lecticians to Teutonic—nay, the d stinction to Continental—dia¬ is of vast im¬ portance. The King of Prnssia is then merely and there President of the German realm, is nothing Imperial about him except his title. There is no Imjterial crown Imperial ; no Imperial privy purse ; no civil list; no Imperial Buifc . or court or palace. He is simply the King of Prussia, intrusted with e-rtivn exec¬ utive functions in the German federal, system.— Prof. Herbert , in Harpers M-igazine. Despitb the terrible force of the shooli of tiie elt-ctrio eel—a power equal to fif¬ teen little Leyden jars—it is preyed upon by a parasite fish, some two or three inches in leugth, which appears utterly oblivious of th* shock.
