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SUN LEY COUNTY
A, J. HARP, Publisher.
Unsatisfied.
jjlbj morning of life, our good ship manned
JIM ne'er a thought where the port
may he,
Mlowe our boat from the flowery strand
And sail away on a summer soa.
The wavelets ripple a silvery sheen,
Round gem -like islands with shining teach;
But beyond those beautiful meadows green
Are fairer onts that we never reach.
The valley is bright with blooming flowers,
And sweet with the wild-wood secrets; but
fain
Would we climb the mountain that grandly
towers;
And long for heights that we cannot gain.
Ah, h w we yearn for the enchanted peaks,
Whose crests are lost in a golden haze?
And ever a pathway our footsteps seeks,
'Till our eyes grow dim in steadfast gaze.
Why is it we never are satisfied?
Whence comes this spirit of sad unrest,
This haunting ghost e’er by our side,
This restless longing within the breast?
hoes tbe soul still pine for its native clime
And tbe >pirit-haunts that it knew of yore.
Some land where it always is summer time—
Some beautiful dim-remembered shore?
But it finds no rest for the weary feet,
No where beneath the shining stars r -
And forever the wild wings teat and beat,
Like a captive bird ’gainst prison bars;
Waiting, waiting, we know not why,
For something. Alasl it is ever .thus;
And never beneath the wind-swept sky,
Do the things wo wait for come to us.
—Belie Bremer, in Current.
THE DUELLISTS.
UY PETER DONOVAN.
One evening in the winter of .1789 the
elite of Parisian society scintillated at
the bal manque given by the Marquis De-
larobe at his palace in the Rue de Pro¬
vence. The creatn of the proud French
aristocracy, the hereditary oppressors of
the people, thronged the ballroom in-
their dazzling costumes. And one
see such a kaleidoscopic array for beauty
and chivalry, so volatile and gay,, would
not thiuk that a terrible Nemesis in the
form of an outraged populace was even
drawing near, and would, c-re long,
one Titanic blow, decapitate the
monster . v .that so long
on their substance.
When the mad revel was at its height,
lissome creature, with the step of m ga¬
attired as a Grecian shepherdess,
gracefully about, and with Cir-
magnetism, became the cynbsurq of
all eyes. A dashing young officer wear¬
ing the uniform of a lieutenant, .. ap-
preached, and bowing' deferentially,
“Will the fair pastoral goddess ifnvor
me with a dance?”
“Monsieur must pardon me if I refuse,
as I am already fatigued from dancing,”
she answered, in a voice which’ bespoke
unaffected ingenuiousness.
“But, madam,” he persisted, “I may
st least have the pleasure of escorting
you to a seat.”
“if monsieur insists I suppose I have
nothing to do but . qomply,’.’ , slip an¬
swered with charming naivelte, and, ac-
c.'pted his proffered -arm. «
lie led tire way to a cushioned alcove
and, mission with the air,of Bayard', begged per¬
to lingerJLeidy-for „a. few mo-’
meats. An almost imperceptible ir\pvc-_
ment of tire head, given to denote as¬
sent, sufficed to hioseil her mask,..which
fell to the fl >or, reveirliug- a'face of daz¬
zling beauty. Her eyes were as dark as
night, and, in lli,o language of the poet,,
"might have changed the'fate of an em¬
pire." Iler brow and lips would have
afforded ample scope for the honeyed
phrases of an Ovid. The exquisite sym¬
metry of hor frames riiono r to advantage
in her unique costume.
The eyes oi tbe young man feasted-on.
the lovely vision for a brief period, and
then, removing his mask, he exclaimed:
“Since a generous fate lias revealed your
lovely features, it is only just that I
should also reveal mine.” •
The young girl toyed with the
mask for ^ moment its if delib¬
erating how to act. Then lifting
her eyes she gazed’iat- the young man in
a diffident sort of way and said jpaloW,
musical voice:
“H I mistake not, monsieur is of the
house of Chandos?’’
I cannot claim such a distinction,”
hastily answered her auditor with a,
slight shade 6f melancholy in his voice.
I ntnouly a poor.fcoldier of foriuno,
w hoseswonl is his only legacy.” ”
ihen, how dare you talk to adaugli-
ter °f Geifcralthe-d’Arnot?” i n-
h’tuptad a gruff voice, and the'youthful
twain turning quickly beheld a tafl iuau
pressed his ns a Sicilian brigand. He held
1,1 hand the mask- that- lie had torn
>I1 ' I*' 9 fact and his- eye sliouc omitv-
.
ou,l y 119 he gazedter rather scowled at
tl >« youngl’euten^nt.-, .
...
'Mouseur to'Comte,'the young man
h* 9 acted ' with singular delicacy and
gentleness toward me,- .anil. J think your
Wor< is demand an apology,” spiritedly
bberposed the object of. dispute, a-risiug
uni 'standing The between- the*wo men.
Count de Landon owes no apof-
to * churl,’.’ was -tire fierce and
ian gl'ty,rejoinder. .
‘e yoiittg lieutenant,to mad-
tesa by bis taunt, advanced ‘ and delib-
lately spat in the face
tho haughty • nohiemaite The
sprang backward with the agility
6n n tblete, at the snmo tim’d' ..drawing
The young girl gr&frtd the
-im by the sword arm and begged
to forbear. Nothing daunted,’
the lieutenant stood like a Launcolot,
with poised blade, awaiting the onset.
“Low born wretch, were it not for
_n
“Save your breath, count, you’ll need
it all in the morning, in tho gardens of
the Luxembourg, at eight, any weapons
you choose. Adieu, madam, I am very
sorry to be the cause of this distressing
scene.” With which remarks tho young
officer left the scene.
The wintry blast shook the leafless
trees in the gardens of the Luxcmbou rg
on the following morning. At a few
minutes before eight o’clock two car-
riftges were seen coming from opposite
directions. They stopped near a clump
of bushes. Tho Count do Landon alight
ed from one and the .lieuteuant from the
other. Preliminaries arranged, swords
were handed to the principles and at a
given word the combat begau. The
count parried and thrusted with
dexterity of a practised
swordsman. But the recent
graduate of the Military Academy
proved truo to his training, as with u
skillful movement lie disarmed his adver-
sary and placed him hors de combat.
“Strike! strike! why don’t you
strike?” shouted the count. The mag¬
nanimous young officer placed his foot
on the sword of his adversary and re¬
“a true soldier of France never
an unarmed foe.”
The count and his friends entered
their carriage without further ado and
were rapidly driven from the scene.
Shortly after the events just related
the long gathering storm of popular dis¬
content burst forth in all its fury. The
aristocrats were hunted like wild beasts
and slain wherever found. The old
Count de Arnot fell a victim to the fury
of the mob and his daughter, the Tail
lleloise. escaped to the continent
in company with the ,Count de
Landon, whom she subsequently
wedded. The veneganc3 of the
mob was swift and terrible. In a briet
period France was thoroughly purged of
tho hated patricians.
In the meantime .the hero of many
fields—that brilliant meteor which daz~
ztec$ the world with: its supernal lustre,
had laid the foundation of the throne to
be shortly filled by the hero of Marengo.
Europe la? prostrate g at his feet like a ;
slain lion at the feet of a gladiator of
old.
Napoleon- Bonaparte issued a manifesto
granting amnesty To the exiled BourJjtins,
and after several years of exile most ot
them returned to France. Among those
who returned were the Count de Landon
anfl his young bride, who still retained
her wonderful beauty of face and form.
The count, however, was only living ill
liis Dative land a short time when he lost
the remnant of his shattered fortune, aud
found himself in utter destitution.
One night, while walking the streets of
Paris, he inadvertently strayed into a
quiet thoroughfare.- • He was walking
slowly, and when under a lamp, a stran¬
ger coming in an opposite direction, met
him face to face. The count stare’d at
the ftian, who was muffled in a military
clonk, and at once recognized iu;n as his
ad vers my- in the duel in the, gardens of
Luxembourg. The recognition was
.mutual". The man advanced,, and bow¬
ing said: ‘ ‘Monsieur 1c Catnip*- tk<} - last
time we met it was in deadly strife, let
us be friends,”’’
The Count grasped his proffered hand
and answered: “You’ve certainly proyen
yourself a noble foe, and the object of
our rjispute, lleloise do Arnot, my wife,
bo pleased to hear-of biir meeting. ”
qq ie Count de Landon then related • in
full the manifold misfortunes which be¬
fell his house, ..aud'finally admitted ^hi^
poverty. His old adversary .promised to
call at liisii'oUaqoii the following tiny,
and finally left him' after many expres¬
sions of sympathy.
On tire following day an officer in gor-
uniform drove hastily to the door
of the count, and alighting, entered, lie
hurriedly informed the count and his
wife that his master, tlleir friend, de-
8 ; re j to sec them immediately-
They entered tho carriage awaiting
them and were hastily driven through
the labyrinthian avenues and streets to
Biace Ju.Carousel, mill in a few ino-
ment* stopped at the gates of the Palace
of the? Tuilleries.
The officer led the way thrr ugh mag¬
nificent halls, lined with the guards of
the licftisehold. They told wore^ally £o wait for
ered into aroom and
fe w -moments. .. Presently an aid-de^
.
carop, glittering -with'orders, appeafe.tl
and told them to follow him.
He ushered them into the presence of
his Imperial Majesty Napoleon Bona¬
parte. The emperor sat' ort a raised scat,
with arms folded, and tbe count-recog¬
nized him' immediately as his adversary
in the gardens of, the Luxembourg, and
he, together with his-- wifej prostrated'
themselves beforc hini.
“Arise’ goad .people,” he exclaimed,
“the Empfcror of the French desires tc
assist old Wends,” and handing the
.•pounk’s wife. a.packet lm withdrew.
tire Cuun.t -.de Landon reached
his humbli; home he' opened the packet
and found it to contain his appointment
to. the imperial army with- (ho rank o!
coltmel, together witha’prineefy sum:'-
[New York News. " ’[■ •
; High and dry 1 —A-i'aH; Kyotuokiaq.-
ELLAVILEE, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. MARCH 24, 1881.
' SCIENTIFIC SCI! APS.
j A German astronomer hns found rca-
sons for believing that tho zodiac light
and the aurora borealis result from the
reflection of sunlight by water and ice.
The teeth of an individual vary
greatly in hardness at intervals, and
Berlin physician, W. D. Miller, is ex
perimonting to show that this is due lo
varying proportion of lime salts in tlu
food.
A marine alga of Arctic regions grows
j at a temperature fqr below zero, and its
spores disappear at higher temperature.
It thus appears that intense cold
necessary to the existence of some forms
of vegetable life, together with
j dryness, and this class of plants prbba-
bly includes the cryptograms of
snow.
Probably no application of science is
developing more rapidly than pho- !
tography. Among recent appliances is I
| a detective camera in the form of a l
j watch, with a charm to hold a supply
j 0 f miniature dry plates, and a telescopic
camera in which distant objects arc
brought near by telescopic aid and j
photographed,
Corn is the source of nearly all the
3 tarch manufactured in the United
States. In other countries laundry
-Starch is made from potatoes, wheat,rice,
and other materials. > In Maine starch is
made from potatoes to some extent. Some :
of the corn-starch factories in the United
States are the largest-in the worlt}. Good
sound com produces- about 40 per cent
pure starch; occasionally it produces
twenty-five pounds to the bushel.
Though the celebrated' experiment of
squeezing water through the sides of a
gold vessel has been supposed,to demon-
strate the porosity of all matter, while
gases pass through metals much more
readily, the recent experiments of an
Italian physicist have shown that gases
cannot be forced through glass by any
available mechanical, .chemical or elec¬
trical means. Even a pressure of 1890
pounds on the square inch had no ef-
feet.
The salt' deposit of Petit Anse in’
southwestern Louisiana,is one of the most
remarkable known. It is of pure crystal
gait, covering 150 acres to an unknown
depth, having been penetrated 140 feet,
It is from one to six feet below sea-level,
and the earth over it is from 10 to 183
feet thick. On tbe salt, beneath the
earth, have been fonnyl remains of pre¬
historic animals and Indian relics. Above
the salt and the animal remains, and of
more recent deposition,-, are strata of coal
and sandstone, >. -
f A drainage scheme of considerable
magnitude is being 'carried* out in
Russia. The object is the reclamation
of the Pinsk Marshes, situate d on the
Russo-Polish frontier, and the work has
been in operation since 1878. The total
area of the district is 25, Q00,00Q acres,
aud of this some 5,000,000 acres have
been reclaimed qp.tg the present time.
Over 1000 miles of ditches and canals
hJve been constructed in the course of
the work.. Tire operations have been
carried out-under the government.
Court Mjirtijib. '
“It is a startling fact, shown up by
reliable figures,” Agid an army officer, .
“that 50 per cent* of the soldiers in this
department were, during the past year,
tried by court martial. Most of them,
of course, were tried for petty offences,
such as drunkenness, being off duty
without leave .of absence. This is a pit-
iful showing, and pt the same time its
truth cannot be disputed. It proves
that there is something radically
wro ng with the present system ofi- court
martial. As tlu? thing is now; •if’ a sol-
dier goes off or becomes intoxicated, he
is "immediately Tried by court martial j
and sentenced to a term in the guard ‘
ehouse. That 'relieves him from duty, |
and throws the work on the -meuthat \
behave themselves. This discourages i
the gaod soldiers and . helps the bad
ones. The fact is there ought to bo a
fixed code of r law*, rigidly enforced,
with a' certain ‘ punishment for each
•crime—something similar to the code
which obtains in tlie police court. Then
a soldier-Who disobeys these- laws would
know jtist wlmt ■pfinis’hmeirt-to. expect. .
Under the present system a.soldier, tried
“by bur court, martial” might get a sen-
tence more severe or iriore lenient than a
i^hb: comiufis . the), very same
crime but-is tried by a dffferen't court
martial board. Iu my opinion there
ought to be less guard hbu-e-sentence |
nnd more fining AonA Let a soldier un-,
derstandthat an ’infringement is going :
to cost him the half or the whole of apt his to j j
month’s pay, any he will be pretty
keep straight. For that reason a fixed .
code of laws and tines ought to be de- |
termiued upon.--[Omaha Boe, j
:
It Makes No Difference. 1
“I suppose you don’t believe in court¬
ship,” said th- paragraph s laughingly 1
to the president of thc gas company.
“Why not?” asked the president.
‘‘Because lovers always turn the gas
down, you know, ha, ha, ha 1”
“Oh 1 that makes no difference,” said
the president, “thc metre gets in its
work all lhe same.”
Then the paragraphist retired with »
very gloomy countenance. —| Boston
Courier,
SING SING.
...... -..—
A Pen View of the Celebrated
Prison on the Hudson.
Warden Brush Chats About Important
Prisoners in His Charge.
A ropoder for tho Mail and Express
who went’up to Sing Bing had a chat
with Warden Brush about some of his
important charges. He says ex-alderman
Jachno is one of the best men he ever
bad for a prisoner, from the very be
8 iunin S of *‘‘ s sentence ho has obeyed
ovor Y rido t0 *bo letter,
In fact, said the warden, “he seem¬
cd nnx | ous *° lear h exactly what lie
°^8bt w> do, and to-day he is exactly
like clock-work. His health has im-
proved with the regular living, and
his appetite is something pleasant
to behold, ire punishes prison faro as
if ho had been accustomed to it all his
life. That is the only way for a man to
get along in prison. > He must look at the
situation from a standpoint of a philoso¬
pher and say to himself: “I am here and
might as well make the best of a bad
bargain.” Jaehne seems to be that sort
of a man. 1 understand that be was an
inveterate smoker of good cigars before
coming here. Still he enjoys a pipe
which we allow him in the evening with
as much gusto as if it were a Re in a.
But Ferdinand Ward, he is the most
persistent worker for trifling privileges
which we cannot allow him that you
ever heard of. If he wants a cigar he
will try to get it, although it is against
the rules, and any keeper showing favor
in this respect would bo dealt with suin-
marilv. Ward will resort to all little
schemes in order to accomplish an ob-
ject. He will not accept defeat. Of
course he is treated the same as any
other convict,- but - ho is not will¬
ing to be as Jaehne is.
Prisoners are allowed to read books and
magazines, and we have quite a large
library here, but newspapers are not al¬
lowed. Some of the prisoners will get
them, however. A wife will send her
husband a book. Weil, inside tbe cover,
perhaps, she has concealed a newspaper,
or portion of one, and when she hands it
to him at her visit, which wo allow every
two months, he is ready to understand
the slightest sign from her, although a
keeper stands right by in the room with
them.
“You would be surprised at the mem¬
ory Of an intelligent prisoner. When not
at. work and not reading, they have
nothing to do but think, and they are
ever on the alert for news from the out¬
side world, I If a convict were to pass
J,h.roqgh this hall now for instance, and
hear you let drop "a word, he would be
able to guess at the whole conversation
and tell his friends about it. It is in¬
stinct. Wa rarely have trouble with
men of . , Intelligence. They
.
readily understand the tuUjs and know
that tlje best way to get -along is to fol¬
low, them. , It^ is the tough that usually
L
tries to kick over the traces, but he
never succeeds in this institution. Bud
densiek, the man who was sent here for
building mud houses, was an exception.
He,-was so sure that he would get out in
a little while that be tried to carry on
his buffuess. Tnis we could notallow,
He was always wanting to see some of
his friends about his building enter-
prises, and I have no doubt that if ho¬
had been allowed to give orders to his
foreman every morning as he desired his
business would have continued to pros-
per. lie would not put it in anyone
else’s hands until tbe Court of Appeals
decided lhat the verdict must stand.
Now lie is resigned.”
While the warden was talking three
prisoners came through the doorway
.from below, They were no longer
prisoners when they entered the war¬
deu’s office. Their terms had just ex-
pi red. They were dressed in clothing
cut by a Fifth avenue tailor, and felt as
proud as could be. They bowed to the
Warden and walked out into the world
f ree men.
“It looks queer for a prisoner without
money or friends to leave here with a
hundred dollar suit on his hack, but oc-
casionally they do. When a man comes
here his clothing is confiscated. It is
renovated and, if need be, repaired, and
hung up for future inspection. The first
prisoner discharged is entitled to pick
ou t any suit of clothes lie takes a fancy
0 jf there is nothing to fit him we
f urn ish him witii a new suit. There is
a man walking about New York to-day
wea ring Jaehne’s spring overcoat which
be ] la ,l on when he came here, and some
otb er ex-convict selected his trousers,
Another took the Prince Albert coat and
S0[IllJ otic- else chose tho vest of the ex-
a i(j eml an. They were all of the finest
quality. Money and jewelry are always
relumed to a prisoner at the expiration
of his term. It frequently happens that
wheu a man is sent here the second time
he will bring along all his money and
jewelry, knowing that the State is re¬
sponsible for them. Sing Sing -is not
such a bad place.”
A Case of Bad Memory.
Barber—“What idiot cut your hai<j
t never saw such a b“ J
vror k.” —now—er, er~.”
Honors for a Lion Slayer.
Among the notabilities on whom the
red ribbon of the Legion of Honor has
been conferred this year is a hero whose
one ambition for more than a quarter of
a century has boon to win it by his valor i
and prowess. Ahnred-bcn-Ahmar, the
famous slayer of lions in the provinces
of Constantine, in Algeria, has even sur •
passed (he celebrated Julos Gerard in
bis achievements. So great is tho num¬
ber of tho king of beasts whom he has
caused to bite the dust that the local
authorities, to savo themselves from im¬
pending- ruin, have had to cut down the
reward offered for every lion's skin to
one-half in his case. It will givo your j j
readers an idea of tho services which
this brave Arab has rendered to tho
colony when I say that it is estimated
that his skill and pluck have from first
to last saved it from losses in the shape
of the cattle killed and devoured by the
fierce animals with which he has waged
an incessant war amounting to nearly
£1,000,000 sterling. This calculation
is based on tbe fact that the butcher's
bill of each separate lion reaches the
respectable sum of £400 per annum. It
would be interesting to learn how many
human lives which might otherwise
have been sacrificed have also been pro¬
longed through the timely intervention
of Ahmed-ben-Ahmar. lie has at
length obtained the recompense which
he coveted far more than the gold meted
out to him for every fresh skin which he
brought in to the station.—[Paris Letter.
Towns on tho Line.
In England the saloons or public
houses, as they are called there, are al¬
lowed to open their doors during certain
hours on Sunday. In Wales the law
closes them from Saturday night to Mon¬
day morning. Now we remember visit¬
ing two little towns which lie on opposite
banks of the river Dec, which there
forms the boundary between England
and Wales; aud the two are joined by
a bridge over the stream. On Sunday
afternoon, we grieve to state, the unre¬
generate Welshmen cross in crowds from
the ‘dry’ to tho ‘wet’ side of the river.
This calls to mind a town on the lino
between Iowa and Missouri, mentioned
by the Chicago Herald.
It rejoices in the name of Linevillc,
and the State boundary runs through
the middle of (he main street. This
fact causes another division, for one-
half of the town i* prohibition, while
the other believes in license and liquor.
Tho Missouri side of the main thorough¬
fare presents an unbroken line of saloons,
while sobriety and industry thrive
across the way.
When an Iowa man wishes to treat
his neighbor, however, he says: “Come
over into Missouri with me,” and they
cross the street. When he doesn’t turn
up for supper his wife says: “Johnny,
run over i-ito Missouri and tell pap to
chop some wood, so I kin bile the peta-
tics.” The man who located that town
had a great head.—[Golden Argosy.
A Land .Swarming with Bears.
Montana is said io havo more bears in
proportion to territory than any other
section of the United States. Hunters
and herders on the Tongus river, in the
Big Horn range, report seeing cinnamons
in drove of six to twent * It has been
cold ,, high , . . the mountains . . , late- <
.
up among !
1 with hunger,'“swlrm ilcnty of snow The be irs ]
forced by down interim
' 1
foot-lulls r . , and i the . plains . • • search if of
on in i
. berries and , roots. . Not xr . finding xi t sufficient .
of the latter, they don’t hesitate to feast I
on veal* or mutton, and so the honest j
ranchmen arc heavy sufferers unless they
check Hie monsters witli co.d steel in the j
shape of traps or cold lead in the form of
bullets. Ihc cinnamon hears are per—
haps the most annoying of tbe species, j
While tho truo grizzly stays in high alti-
tudes, almost at tire verge of the perpet-
ual snow lino, tho bold cinnamons and
black bears do not hesitate to descend
into the valleys and river bottoms,search-
ing for food of some kind, lhegrizzy
and silver-tip bears are carnivorous,
while, as a rule, tho cinnamon (which is
really the brown bear) and the black
coufiue themselves to roots, herbs uud
berries, unless forced to partake of more
substantial calf lost sheep. food in tire way of a stray j
or
Didn’t Want a Common Man.
“There isn’t much chance for a woman
down in New England,” sai l atalka-
tive woman on a Wcst-hound train,
“and so I just made up my mind that
I’d come West aud see if I couldn’t do
better. Yes, men arc rather scarce
down in our district, but if I do say it
I’ve had a dozen offers of marriage in
the last two years. But they wa’nt the
right kind. The men folks down our
way are too quiet an’ commonplace, an’
I thought I’d come out West here,
where there’s plenty of murderers, to
find me a husband.”—[Chicago Herald,
A lleathful Fruit.
A lazy dyspeptic was bewailing hi*
own misfortunes, and speaking with «
friend on thc latter’s hearty a^e^--
“What do you do (.p.m-’, answered his
and healths-rfat kind of fruit?” “The
hurt of industry; and I
troubled ”-[Hcaltl:[ am nevei ;
with indigestion.
Journal.
TIIE FAMILY PHYSICIAN.
—~~
Cl( . ansc tbo pirti thoroughly with warm
carl>olize(1 watflr . Pllnct uro large vosi-
clcs. I’owdcr tho burn with bismuth,
cover this with a layer of absorbent cot¬
ton, and apply a bandage. If the injury
be extensive mix tho bismuth with water
and paint over the spot. This permits
uniform distribution of a minimum quan¬
tity and lessons tho danger of bismuth
poisoning. Onco applied tho dressing
should not be disturbed except to remove
any pus and then as little of the bismuth
should be removed as possible. [—Health
and Home.
Treatment of tVhooplim ('oulh.
Tho following method of disinfection
of sleeping and dwelling apartments
and clothes is recommended by M. Mohn
in the treatment of whooping cough. It
is said to euro tho cases immediately.
The children are washed and clothed in
clenn articles of dress, and removed to
another part of the town; the bed room
anti sitting room or nursery are then her-
metically sealed; all the bedding, play-
tilings and other articles that cannot bo
washed are exposed freely in the room,in
which sulphur is burnt in tho proportion
of 25 grammes to the cubic meter |of
space; the room remains thus charged
with sulphurous acid for five hours and
is then freely ventilated. Tho children
return tho same day, and may sleep and
play in the disinfected rooms.—[Lancet.
Ucneral Health Hint*.
With good general health, and natural
food, there is no danger of eating too
much or perverting the appetite. Extra
high seasoning and stimulants in our
foods cause much of the existing mor¬
bidity. There is a certain amount of
stimulus that is natural, and to ascertain
the natural degree we cannot do better
than to study the tastes of children.
That from which the child turns with
disgust should teach lessons not to lo
treated lightly. The time of eating, and
at what hour of the day the largest meal
should be taken, should be governed
greatly by our occupation. Hasty con¬
duct is never advisable, but haste in eat¬
ing is wretched beyoiid description.
Early rising is a good motto, but this
again can be carried into injurious ex¬
tremes. Where it robs one of needed
sleep undesirable results follow. With
a very little thoughtfulness this part ot
life is easily regulated.
Clothing, its amount and kind, should
receive duo attention. Dress can be en¬
ervating or invigorating, the right
amount being of much greater import¬
ance than the quality. The degree of
vitality of each individual should help
to make a rule for each. Experience
soon teaches that sudden changes from
warm rooms to tho cold air require ex-
terior protection. ’Cold is stimulating
and in many ways healthful. It aids
digestion and freezes fevers out of the
system. No one would expect to do
their best brain work in a heated room,
The winter temperature is so much more
of n remedial agent that “colds” are
much more readily controlled in the
winter than in 8ummer ’
Fear of cold air causes most of tho
trouble arising from so-called exposure,
fear of cholera increase, the suscepti-
bility to that disease. Courage and con-
fi lcncc in the 6 good effects of cold air
wou * c * cure pulmonary complaints, . cs-
jn tlleir imi ' ,ie,,t To 1>c
insufficiently protected against severe
cold . . much , than . . breathing . .
air is worse & it.
^ r¥T ea . 1 , 1 .uu i T r omi.
The Scallop Fishing.
Mr. Ernest Ingersoll gives us some
interesting facts concerning the credible
scallop nml its fishery. It is captured
along the coast between Cipe Cod and
New j L . rseyi (,ut rarely beyond these
limits. Even here it is not continuous,
but occurs only at intervals and periodi-
cally. It is said to have a life period of
but about three years, and is only good
for the market after the first year. Tho
scallops are caught by hand-dredging
roin sma II sailboats during the fall and
winter months. The only edible portion
0 y the mollusk is the rectangular muscle
which holds the shell together. The
totlU pro( ), lct of thc 8L . a#on ig about 70 .
OOO to 75,000 gallons of these “meats, s
wliicli yield from $25,000 to $30,000.
The Coast of Norway.
Whether you sail along the coast or
ride in carioles over the Norwegian roads,
there is constantly something that is
curious and interesting presenting its-
self. The sea seem; alive with fish, par¬
ticularly coil. You meet quantities of
curious vessels sailing from the north to
Bergen, thc great fish depot, with their
holds full of dry fish and the deck piled
up some fifteen or twenty feet above the
bulwarks with what looks at a distance
like boards, but which on approaching
you find to be tho dry cod piled so high
j that a boom is rigged to the rudder and
the steersman sits high up so as_ .tp In
over tlie dry fish. llerri““
j fabulous oldf^
Bagley-Hovv your sister,
Bertie ?
Bertie-Sho’s twenty- four.
Mr. Bagley-Are you sure?
Bertie—Yes; I heard twenty-f^r .u
other day that she’d been
tor the past three years.—[Til-Bite.
VOL. II. NO. 20>.
Song of llio Sea Wind.
How it sings, sings, slugs.
Blowing sharply from the sea line,
With an edge of salt that stings f
llow it laughs aloud and passes,
As it cuts the close cliff grasses;
How it sings again and whistles,
How it shakes the stout sea-thistles—
How it sings f
How it shrieks, shrieks, shrieks,
In the crannies of the headland.
In the gashes of tbe creeks;
How it shrieks once more and catches
Up the yellow foam in patches;
How it whirls it out and over
To the cornfield and the clover—
How it shrieks I
How it roars, roars, roars.
In the iron under caverns,
In the hollows of the shores;
How it roars anew and thunders.
As the strong hull splits and sunders;
And the spent ship, tempost-driveu,
On ths reef lies rent and riven—
How it roars!
How it wails, wails, wails.
In the tangle of the wreckage,
| In the flapping of the sails;
! How it sobs away, subsiding,
Bike a tired child after chiding;
And across the ground swell rolling,
You can hear the bell-buoy tolling—
How it wails 1
I HUMOROUS.
A slip of the pen—A young porker.
Only a question of time—asking the
hour.
Some men take life easy. It is simply
meet and drink with them.
The woman that inaketh a good pud¬
ding in silence is better than she who
maketh a tart reply.
Out in Manitoba they put the ther¬
mometer in the oven to keep it from
going down out of sight.
Judge to the plaintiff: “Who,was
present when tho defendant knocked
you down?” Plaintiff: “Jwast”
There is said to be a tree in New
Guinea which, when touched, knocks a
man down. It must be a species of box¬
wood.
A merchant said to a farmer: “A dollar
will go further than it used to.” “Yes,"
the farmer quickly replied, “and it
makes tho distance in quicker time.”
“I see in the paper that three tons of
yarn arc yearly used in tbe manufacture
of baseballs,” observed Fangle. “I sup¬
pose that is the reason so many clubs get
worsted,” replied Spooner.
A little city boy who had just re¬
turned from his first vist on a farm,
gave this description of butter-making:
“You ought to just see how auntie
makes butter with a barrel and a broom ¬
stick!’'
Bones of an Extinct Knee,
“There are plenty of mound-builders’
bones among the Milwaukee division of
the Northwestern Railway,” said a man
at tho Wells street depot yesterday,
but one must dig for them tho same as
he would for potatoes. It is my opinion
that the mounds near Waukegan cover
tho bones and implements of a pro-his-
toric race. Several excavations have
been made, and the finds have in nearly
instnuco reWarded the 8cicn -
tific diggers. Tim principal cemetery at
Racine, a little further up the road,
bolds the ashes of numerous mound
builders. Their graves aro distinctly
marked by immense mounds, from tho
summits . of which , . . trees and , shrubs L . . have
8 P routed. One of these mounds was
opened years ago, and from its bowels
taken , . half-dozen . skeletons . . ,
were a , in a
fair state of preservation and a basketful
of stone cooking utensils and weapons of
war. This section of the country pre¬
sents a fruitful field for the archfflolo-
gists’ pick, and it is a source of_ wonder
to tire that somebody doesn’t turn looso
and haul out some of these relics of the ■
past.”—[Chicago Herald.
Few Understand Horses.
It is astonishing how fow men there
are who kaow anything about ahorse.
There is no other animal that the average
man is on such close and intimatoVola-
tions with, or that ho treats with such
a gross ignorance of his peculiarities,
The teamster, now, has probably done
little else thnn drive a horse iu the iater-
vals of shoveling coal. He certainly
knows how Uejivy his load is, and you
would think he ought to kqow what tho •
horse can do, .But when his horse gets
Btalled the only way he can think of to
help the horse is to beat him. This
is one of the things that ought to be
taught in our public schools. I would
have it made a regular branch of study,
aud I know the hostler who could fur¬
nish a text-book. The school of the
Centaurs on the plains of Thessaly was
indeed famous in its day, but that was
a long time ago, and the drivers of our
coal carts are not A poll os.—[Boston
Post.
BetrayedJw ““ na,u} '
Kj^rNmv ■ urU was sentenced to two
York for snatching »
I pocket-book. During the trial Assistant
show District-Attorney Bedford asked him to
his hand to the jury. He at -first
refused, but finally held up the right
hand, displayingfingers at least six inches
long, with nails over half an inch in
length. The hand from the wrist to the
finger tips was nearly a foot long. Ex-
Judge Bedford remarked that nature had
evidently equipped thc man for a pick¬
pocket.
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