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About The Pickens County herald. (Jasper, Ga.) 1887-???? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1890)
W. 15 MiNCEY, Editor. 1 Love’, Co ulug. Love fame to wo in life bo 'ate l'iiat Time bail closed llie oilier gate- So late it seemed the door was barred, Doits shot, and all the house rough scarred "'hat owned ray habitation give uo sign ( f Welcome to the Uod benign, For Love with all his power divine Had come so late. It seemed that none would ever come I i answer to his knock, though some Sweet thought stirred restless in my breast Uneasy waked from its long rest. So strange were such lair visitor, that when l.ove came ami caked, and ca’lcd agalu, It was at fi:st in vain, for then It seemed so late. No chamber had my soul prepare! A;»mst his coming, none lr.ul dared Foretell h s advent; it did seem More of a sweet, unstable dream— Before his summons, sweet and clear, rang out Waking the drowsy-lidded rout Of fancies, passion-sweet, his shout Seemed all too late. No rich feast had lie n spread for him; All the guest-chamber lights burned dim, Forfinv had come that way to claim A resting place—e’en tiek.'e f imo Had fled long, long before Love came— And yet the close gate opened wide At his approach; Dolts shot aside; All the bright soul lights flamed, and loud Kaug out the welcome of the crowd. My soul's best minstrelsy did welcome him, Bright grew my dimmest, darkest dream, For after all it did not seem l.ove cams too late. —JKicharil K. Lyon in Indianapolis Journal. THE STORY OF A DUEL, “Comrades! have ye hoard the news? A man hath come forward to answer the challenge of Jacopo the Swordsman!” This announcement, mado in one of tho principal streets of Florence on a fine summer morning in the latter part of the sixteenth century, was quite sufficient to gather an excited crowd round the speaker tiie instant he uttered it; for Jacopo Belloni (popularly known as “Jacopo tiie Swordsman,” from his deadly skill in Icnciiig) was widely renowned as the most formid¬ able prize-fighter in all Italy, although (according to the custom of those times) he fought, not with his fists, but with his sword. The redoubtable Jacopo had already killed three or four fencers of renown who had ventured to encounter him, and then, finding that people seemed to be getting rather shy of testing his prowess, lie had lately issued a formal challenge to allcomers, and had offered to stake a pretty large sum of money upon tiie result. This challenge, however, had al¬ ready been thrice repeated without any one appearing particu’arly anxious to accept it; and therefore it was no great wonder that the announcement quoted above should have been re¬ ceived with looks and exclamations of doubt, and even of flat disbelief. “It is impossible, Mas j ! (Tom). No man living would be so mad!” “It must be a jest—and a sorry one, too.” “Or else Maso is lying. Confess that tliou art lying, according to thy custom, brother Maso, and we will forgive thee!” “Laugh if ye will, my friends,” said Maso, slightly affronted, “but I lie not. It stands writ out in the Mar¬ ket l’iace, full fair to see, that there is a man ready to meet Jacopo on the seventh morning from today.” “Then there is one more fool in the town than 1 thought,” grunted a stout armorer,” “and there will soon he one less.” “Who is the man?” He must be a stranger here, or he would know be - ter.” “I can not tell,” said Maso; “for, although his challenge is fairly writ, there is no name signed to it.” “Then it must needs bo a jest,” growled a sturdy butcher, beside him. “No jest, i’faith,” cried Maso; “for he hath staked one thousand five hun¬ dred pistoles on the event.” Incvcd hie as Maso’s news ap peared, however, it was speedily and surely confirmed, and the tidings of the expected combat flew abroad like wildfire, kindling a universal excite¬ ment. When the day appointed for the fight came, not only ail Florence, but all the country round seemed to have gathered to watch the sport, and in the ranks of the spectators were to be seen young nobles from all flic greatest families in Northern Italy. The stage upon which the two champions were to meet was a large platform of smooth planking (thickly strewn with sawdust to keep their feet from slipping), which, being full thirty feet in length by at least twenty in breadth, gave ample space fov all their movements. At either end of the stage wars a smaller platform, ou which stood a tent of white canvas; and upon these tents all eyes were fixed ia eager expectation, for they hid froin sight the heroes. Presently ono of the tents was seen to open, and forth stepped the Jscopo Belloni hiwwlf, bowing oon- * doscendingly In acknowledgment of tho thundering cheers that greeted his appenranoe. Tho renowned swordsman’s ti ll, no live, sinewy figure was a perfect model of well-trained agility anu strength; but his dark, lean, wolfish face, with its hooked nose, sloping forehead, bristly, black moustache, slmrp-, white teeth, nnd fierce, restless, gray eye (which was turned hungrily upon the opposite tent) were unpleasantly sug¬ gest. ve of some ferocious boast of prey. And now the other tent opened in its turn, anil a long cry of astonish¬ ment broke front every lip. Tho man who was about to encounter Ihe dread¬ ed Iiclloni was seen to bo a slim, hand¬ some youth, barely twenty years old, so slender in frame, anil so smooth and delicate in face, that, but for his lofty stature and the silky moustache on his upper lip, lie might have boon mistaken for a girl. The bravo shrugged his broad shoulders with a disdainful laugh, anil muttered soma coarse jest about “whipping the child back to its mol her;” but the young man took no heed of him. Then up rose a fine-looking old man m a richly-embroidered suit of crim son velvet, the -Marquess di Sonia, who, as warden of five Market Plaee, bad charge of t' c day’s proceedings. lie announced that this young man slaked one thousand five hundred pis¬ toles (nearly one thousand three hun¬ dred pounds) against one thons lid wagered by Jacopo, ad ing that, as there was no personal enmity between, the two combatants, the first wound received by either might fairly end the fight. But here the young stranger itiler posod. “Let mo entreat your wor¬ ship,” said ho, with stern emphasis, “not to defeut the sole purpose which could have made me stoop to encoun¬ ter yon cut-throat. It is full time that his murderous hand were stayed fr-in shedding more blood; and, with the help of Ileavcu, mine .shall be 1 lie arm to stay it. Ere I leave this spot, he or I shall lie dead.” in the dead hush of universal amazement, those clear, stern, menac¬ ing tones rang out like tho summons of a destroying angel. The speetors stood agast, and looked at each oilier in silence; and even the savage Bcl loni seetned cowed, for the scornful smile faded from his lips, and a faint uneasiness made itself visible for the first time t.irough tho swaggering im¬ pudence of his look. These signs of wavering did not pass unnoticed by the watching crowd, some of whom taunted him with his changed look; on which, stung to the quick, the bul¬ ly fiercely shook off his momentary hesitation, and advanced upon his foe with uplifted sword. The latter met him will) equal readiness, and a deep and solemn hush settled down upon that great multitude as the shining blades were seen to cross. Belloni pressed furiously forward, his sword flickering like lightning as lie dealt thrust after thrust, with a quickness which no eye cculd follow. He appeared to be bent upon bearing down his young opponent by sheer strength; but to bis own surprise, and that of every one else, lie seemed to have met his match at last. Lunge after lunge did he make, with seem¬ ingly irresistible force, and again and again did tbe bystanders draw in tlie'.r breatft as they watched to sec the stranger fall; but the thirsty point was always turned aside ju t as it seemed about to pierce him. Nor did he once break ground, but kept cir¬ cling round and round his foo, watch¬ ing for a chance of attacking in turn. That chance came at last. Jacopo, spent with Ida own violent exertions, could no longer maintain this exhaust¬ ing attack. His breath began to fail and bis hand to tremble. Then tho stranger sprang forward,nnd attacked Bel'oiii in his turn, with the light of a sudden and terrible gladness upon his beautiful face, which made iho hardiest spectators shudder as they saw it. Twice Belloni dashed aside tho point, just as it reached him, but tiie second time an ominous stain of crimson on his white vest showed that the parry had come all but too late. They dosed a third time—there was a quick tramp¬ ling of feet, a clash of a steel, a hoarse choking curse—and the destroyer of so many lives lay dead at the stranger’s feet, pierced through the heart. The momentary pause of &ilent stupefaction was followed bv long-continued thunders of applause, while the Marquess di Scala, seeming ly much pleased, hold out to the con queror the heavy purse containing the stakes; but the latter, to every oue's surprise, waved it haughtily away, “Money that is stained with blood shall never bo touched by my hands/ he said, iu » tone of such commanding a We Seek the Reward of Honest Labor.” JASPER, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER IE 1800. dignity ns lo impress even the proud old ttoblo to whom he spoko. “Give it to the widows and the orphan chil¬ dren of tho men whom this wretch lmth slain." “And who art thou, fair sir, I pray thee?" asked the marquess, looking at him wondering!)-. “1 am from Scotland,” answered tin; victorious youth, “and nty name is—.Tames (.'richlou!’’ "“Tito Admirable ('richlou I’’ shouted the throng, with one voice, hailing tho renowned Scot by the title which ho had already made famous throughout ad Europe, “Ay, the Admirable Crichton, in good sooth,” cried the Marquess di Scab, “and never more truly admir¬ able than when he thus risks his life to punish the guilty, and giyes up his well-won gams to relieve the dis¬ tressed." Ilay Baths. AVater, steam, sand, air and sun baths we are all familiar with; ljut hay baths are a specialty in the Tyrol, though they have not yet been adopted elsewhere.' Among baths they are so peculiar that they are worthy of men¬ tion. The peasants are very fond of taking hay baths, and those which are tho most desirable arc of the newly mown short mountain-hay, which must bo still “baking.” So popular are they and so simple, that upon many of the Alpine heights there uro small huts belonging to the mountain¬ eers, which they have built especially for tiie purpose. The bather having completely divested himself of his clothing, lies down in a nest of the hay, and an attendant covers him with hay to the neck. Someone must be on the watch during the hay bath, which many invalids take to restore failure of the bodily functions, lyotabiy that of tho heart. When the patient has copiously perspired ho is ‘ dug out” and dried by tits “bathing” attendant: he him¬ self is seldom in a condition to do this, owing to tiie extreme lassitude produced by his “bath.” He can gen¬ erally manage to dress himself, how¬ ever. So many patronize these baths that they often lie in the hay head to head, as many as the place will hold. I low dirty and crushed the hay is at t'.ie end of the “.-cason,” any one can imagine. Tho hay-bath cure is not without its dangers. In August,1880, two bathers fainted on emerging from (he steaming hot mouutain-hay, which would indicate a powerful effect on (lie vital functions, that is not observ¬ able in ordinary eases of fainting from the heat of an overcrowded room, which, as every one knows, is not dangerous.—[Demores t. The Great Desert. A trip through Algeria to the Sahara Desert was recently made by Dr. John Murray, the learned Scotch geogra¬ pher. His investigations lead to the conclusion that this vast desert is not, as is gencialiy taught, an old sea-bed, but iliat its present features arc chiefly due to atmospheric conditions. The existing rock is not far below tho sur¬ face, and where exposed is seen to he the origin of the overlying sand. Rapid and extreme changes in temper¬ ature have played au iinpoi tant part in the process of disintegration, the variations sometimes being from 100 degrees during the day to below freez¬ ing at night. The sinking of artesian w 11s is being pushed forward with remarkable success, forming large and productive oases, for which the supply of water—believed to come from iiil's sniff-bunding the desert and at a great distance from the wells—seems to be unlimited. Tlte Mystery of Memory. “IIow far back in your life can you remember?” asked a psychologist yes. terday, referring lo great feats of memory. “Let me see,” said his friend, reflectively, “I can recall inci dents in my life as far back as my fourth year.” “That is about tho average, ’ replied the gentleman, “al. though many people claim to be able to recall events in their lives as far beck as the age of two, I myself can recall one or two events that must have hap. pened when I was not more than two years old. One thing that I recall is (Hat I have a vivid impression of sit¬ ting on tbe floor of Ihe nursery play¬ ing with my blocks. My mother came ill the room. Sho wore a hat with an ornament of a big bird. All this is clear to nte, even today.”—[Detroit Free Press. The Present Duty on Beans. Misi Bleccker ( oi Now York)—1 sco tiiat t!lC1 ' 0 is a proposition to put a ‘ht'yon beans. Emerson (of Boston)—A duty ori .beaus already exists. Miss B.—Indeed! \\ hat is it? Miss E.— lo bake them lo a delicious . brute it,—[West Sum's, AN ELECTRIC TREE. A Remarkal^e Old Elm in New Ytrk City. Invalids Tov-th It and Assert That TEoy are Cured. livery time iisrains the tall elm tree la front of Franz Otto’s place. No. 19 Stnyvcsuiff street, becomes electrified. The current is cause l by four electric light wires whi. h come in contact with (lie branches of Die tree, and in wet weather the woVa becomes a splendid conductor. At' times the current is very mild. Tiwn again it increases in strength an’Xlhose whoso hands came in coatac .With tho treo draw back in alarm. .. It is believed by many people Unit tho electricity after filtering through the damp wood Iks great healing qualities. Invalids of all descriptions come to the tree for relief after all oilier remedies have failed. The school boys testify that contact with the tree will remove warts. One hoy, who gave his nemo as Charles Burton, said that the back of his left hand was covered with (limn until a week ago, when they were'all removed by hold¬ ing them against, tiie tree for half an hour. Several old peoplo suffering from rheumatism visit the tree every morning about ti o’clock and lean against it for an hour or so. Mrs. Franz Olto said to a World re¬ porter that she was frequently com¬ pelled to call a policeman ia order to disperse tho crowd ftom the front of her door. “One old lady,” she said, “walked here from Cherry street, though she was very lame and peeled off' a pint cup full of the b-rk. Her sou is near¬ ly dead with consumption and in some way sho had become possessed of tho idea that a dose of the powdered bark after each meal would cure him.” When one suffering from the tooth¬ ache wishes relict, some friend places otic hand agaiin-' the tree and a linger of the other against the affected tooth. It is said that the ti- I ntent works an immediate ' ' ~ - cure. Adolphus Johansen, seventy-two years old, told tho reporter that lie had taken a pint of buttermilk after each meal tor more than five years, in hope of curing a serious heart trouble. Leaning against this tree half an hour every morning for a week, he said helped him more than tho whole five years’ buttermilk treatment. lliram J. Colt had tried all the vari¬ ous remedies for catarrh until Iho car¬ tilage support of his nose was com¬ pletely gone. Ho then stood patiently with Ids face against tho treo for ton mimi es each day for three weeks and is satisfied that his nose has greatly improved. Miss Henrietta M. Truesdale tells a remarkable story. She is sixty-five years old and lias been afflicted since early womanhood with extreme nerv¬ ousness and melancholia. Life, she said, for more than thirty years hail been one gloomy waiting for Goil to take iter homo. About two weeks ago she heard Iter little nephew talking about the wondeiful elm tree. She dislikes a crowd and would not go during the day, but, accompanied by her brother, she ha; since visited the tree every night at 12 o’clock. Site remains (here about half an hour with her head against the tree. “The brain is tho seat of electricity in the body,” she said, “and the cur¬ rent came so gently that it was all ap¬ propriated by die,ceils of tho nervous tissue. Consequently the power and extravagance of my youth have re¬ turned and I a n a new woman.” Miss Truesdale was for many years an ardent Christian Scientist, but she now believes that the electric tree has greater power to heal than has the human mind. Ralph Spencer of East Eighteenth street, Clias. Cook of West Fifty second street, and Jacob Silberwick of St. Mark’s place, all assort that die tree will restore hair to bald heads. These gentlemen arc not sure whether their gratitude should bo extended to the electrical clients or to the medi¬ cal properties of the bark. One tiling they arc certain of, however, is that after little more than a week’s treat meet, which consisted in rubbing the bald spots with the fresh bark or leaves of the tree, a new and abundant growth of hair appeared, where before tho skin was as white and smooth as that of a baby.—[Ex. He Remembered. Mamma—I bopejny little boy while diuiiig with fiieuds remembered wbat j told him about not taking cake tho second time? Little hay—Yes, mamma, I remem bered and took two picooj the first time, A Novel Life Boat. A London correspondent of tho New Orleans Picayute says: In a short timo there will be stationed at Har¬ wich, fur work along this coast, tv life boat that will have for its motive power neither sail, nor oars, not screws, nor paddle wheel, but will be driven by what is called a turbine wheel. A turbine is a horizontal water wheel, and nothing in tho way of engines could bo less complex than those of the life boat. They have simply to drive water through this wheel at something like a ton n sec¬ ond. The manipulation of the valve directs the cotirso of this tremendous stream, and sends tho boat forward, turns it to the right or loft without as¬ sistance from tlm rudder, spins it round and round like a teetotum or slops it dead at pleasure. It sounds Jules Verucish, hut it is a fact. She—the Duke of Northumber^ land is tho name, but all boats are sites —is built of the very best steel and is of immense strength. Being divided into no less than fifteen water-tight compartments, she practically cannot upset, and may be relied upon to live in tho wildest sens. There is another of cruel old Neptune’s amusements— an amusement which lias lasted since tho days of Noah—destroyed, and we may confidentially look for a time when tho sea’s powers of destruction will bo nil and its terrors reduced, and that wholesome fear of seasickness which keeps many a would-be traveler front roaming overcome. A Shower of Winged Ants. One day recently we witnessed the phenomenon of a shower of winged ants, says a letter from Nicaragua in the Washington Slur. Wo had just sat down to tho evening meal, when suddenly tho air became thick with thousands of these insects, which im¬ mediately covered tho table, getting into the soup and over everything. We were forced to beat a hasty re¬ treat and seek shelter under our mo¬ squito nets, which in Nicaragua arc made of calico. The ants remained about half an hour, at the end of which time they dispersed as tnyste riousl )tut they hail come, leaving as evidence of th ir visit millions of wings. The next day we had a repe¬ tition of the visit, and a few days since were treated to another of smaller and different species called travellers. Those marched in at ono end of our shacks and out at the other, though we were compelled to vacate in their favor for the time being, as they smarmed over everything. Their stay, however, was short and great damage was done by their visit. The Death of Animals. But what makes (he whales come on shore when they feel ill! It looks like suicide—and may he. That bcasls and birds in the same way go aside from their comrades to suffer the ex. (feme trial of death is a pathetic fact which is well known. Sometimes, no doubt, their friends desert them. They feel that tho companionship of an enfeebled individual is a possible source of danger; or perhaps, instinct teaches them tints to avoid tho risk of infection. Or, again, it may he that sight of death is intolerable to them, just as it has been and is to many human tribes, who leave their dying to pass away in solitude, and will not remain to witness the last infirmity of man. Whatever the explanation, tiie fact remains lit it in Iho animal world as a rule creatures go away and die by themselves, and the water-folk com mit’suicide by leaving their own ele¬ ment for one in which they can not live.— [London Telegraph. Average Length of Life Sentences. Fifteen years is about the average lifetime sentence. Very few convicts, though sentenced for life, serve more than that period. They die or are pardoned. In t’ c Missouri prison there are five ko iday pardons every year granted by the Governor. One white and ono negro convict are pardoned on the Fourth of July, and two while and one negro convict on Christmas. The long tenners get the benefit of this clemency. This I heartily endorse. If fifteen years does not reform a man fifty years will not.— [Globe Demo¬ crat. An Expensive Dog. Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt has a tnastifl dog, Wallace by name, which stands him in £10,700. This valuable animal cost the odd $700 originally, and iu creased his value by biting Charles Myers, who had been employed by Mr. Vanderbilt to train bird-d.ogs. Mr. Vanderbilt paid the expenses the'daru- in. curved by Myers in repairing ago inflicted by the dog, which amounted to §6000, and has sent Myers a check for $5000 as compeusa* tiou. lie still has the dog, however. #1.00 PER ANNUM, Is Advance. SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS. An English astronomer slides that the oldest historical record of a solar eclipse is in llomcr’s Iliad. Experiments by an Italian physician indicate that tuberculosis of fowls is different from that of man, and is not transmitted to Ihe latter. A new stenographic machine In use hv tho Italian Parliament is capable of recording k’oO words a minute, and can be readily manipulated by a bliud person. Some of the cottonwood telegraph pules used in Nevada chanced to bo sunk in marshy places with tbe bark on. They have taken root, and display attractive foliage. The balloon proposed fot polar ex¬ plorations is ninety-nine feet in diam¬ eter and 600,000 cubic feet in volume. The journey is to be begun from Spltz bergen, ami with a favorable wind is expected to last three or four days. It is proposed to have movable wings to expand almost to tho sides of the tunnel, on tho cars of the Tunnel Rail¬ way up tho Jungfrau. Those would act like a parachute in preventing too rapid descents. A passenger elevator to tho summit of Mont Blanc—the shaft to have eight compartments, eaelt six feet square, and each to carry a triple-docked ele¬ vator for 27 passengers—has boon pro¬ posed by an American mining engi¬ neer. The heat produced from the light of a firefly is only one percent, of an equal amount of candle light. The bug’s light is produced by a chemical action, as it is increased by putting the fly in oxygen and diminished in an atuns plicro of nitrogen. An interesting fact just ascertained by government observers is that at the extremities of Long Island Sound the tide begins lo flow inward near ihe bottom one and one-half hours before it begins to flow in the same direction at the surface of the water. A year or two ago the great red spot on Jupiter, which has puzzled astrono¬ mers since 1887, was reported to be on the point of bottom ng invisible, but it sso won defined as to bo a very con¬ spicuous object on a photograph of the planet lately taken at tho Paris Observ¬ atory. Ruby light for photographic pur posos, in spite of all that has been said in favor of orange green, continues to hold its own in the dark room, al. though many who use it complain of its effect on their eyes. A remedy fo r this has been found in the introduc¬ tion of a pane of ground glass bo tween the eyes and the ruby. The eyes of insects arc immovable, ami many of thorn seem cut into a multitude of facets, like the facets ol a diamond. Each of these facets ii supposed to possess the powers of a true eye. Lonenboeck counted 3,181 of them in the cornea of a beetle, and over 8,000 in that of a common horse fly A Rome correspondent says it is pro¬ posed to convene an international con¬ ference some timo next year to deal with the question of Ihe meridian. The suggestion is to select Jerusalem instead of Greenwich or Paris as tho meridian line. A proposal will ulso be mado to fix a universal standard of time. Down-draughts in chimneys may be obviated by a recent English device. It consists of a number of grooved rings placed over each other with spaces between, and made of metal or clay. The grooves are so shaped that when the wind strikes them it is so de¬ flected that it draws air up the chim¬ ney, and in this way effectually pre¬ vents down-draught. hi Praise of Coffee. It is asserted by men of high pro¬ fessional ability that when tho system needs a stimulant nothing equals a euj of fresh ooffeo. Those who desire t< rescue tiie dipsomaniac from his cupi will find no better substitute fot spirits, than strong, newly made coflee without milk or sugar. Two ounces of coffee, or ono-eighth of s pound, to one pint of boiling water, makes a first-class beverage, but the water must be boiling, not merely hot. It is asserted that malaria and epidemics are avoided by those who drink a cup of hot coffee before ven¬ turing into the morning air. Burned on hot coals coffee is a disinfectant for a sick room, and by some of the best physicians it is considered a specific in typhoid fever.—[Chicago Herald. One Secret Safe. Mr. Handsome —Gh, vqju know, mother, women can’t keep a secret. His Mother—Yes tucy can, my son. You have boon industriously courting that Miss Highfly for a year, and you don’t know her real age yot,—[Good News, How Baby Bakes. Through the drowsy dreamland haze Peeps two roguish orbs of blue; Wonderment Is in their gaze As they chance to rest on you; Cherry lips begin to work And you outeli a cherub smile, Dimpled digits twitch and Jerk As you pause to watch awhile. Then a troubled spirit wakes, Fears the tender heatt assail, O'er ttie face a storm cloud breaks And ensues a plaintive wall; Then a brief, expectant look, .Struggling through tho depth of woe, Plainly says: “I will not brook Any more delay, you know." Now you raise her in your arm?, Pressing elose the yielding form, Captive to the many charms Of the nurseling soft ami warm; And you own the magic sway Of the despot small and sweet, Casting in a reckless way All your heart at baby’s feet. — [Frank It. Welch, In Detroit Pros* IIUMOROILS. Tho fly is a chronic aspirant for thr crown. An infant industry—Making papi walk the floor nights. In the battle of life it is tiie I ram; who is always asking for quarter. As a rule the watch and cloak maker even in his busiest times, has plenty oi time. “I can’t keep a friend," remarked the lemonade, sadly. “I am always getting shook.” “I say, Charley, that man ove. 1 there must be a millionaire.” “No, 1 guess not. Ho looks too happy.” Van Ilusslet—Don’t you find tha you can write better on an emptj stomach? Scrawlet—No, 1 can write better on paper. It you ever doubted that a man could bo sureaslic, you doubt it n< longer when you have heard him praising your enemy. “New York is a great plaee,” said tfto tourist. “It has an Italian quarter and a Chinese quarter and a French quarter, but where is tho American quarter?” “In the poeketof the hotel waiter,” answered his American cousin. Footman (at tho club): Beg pard’n, sir. Languid Swell: tVe-cll, what is it, James? Footman: Reg pard’n, I’m sure, sir; but do you know, sir, is there a gentleman waiting for you in tho reception room with onooye named Walker? Languid Swell: Don't know him, sure. Say, what’s tho name of the other eye? Old Bank Rills. Did ony ono ever wonder tvhat be¬ comes of the old bank bills when too much worn to be kept in circula¬ tion? We know they are redeemed at the sub-treasuries; but wiiat is done willt them then, or what became ol tho paper money that was in use seve¬ ral years ago when there was no silver money in circulation with which to make change? During Grant’s administration this scrip and the accumulation of worn out bank bills were gathered together in tho Treasury at Washington in ono huge, ragged, ill-smelling pile, of which the clerks who counted it were afraid for fear disease lurked in it. This dirty paper had all been redeemed with silver money and represented hundreds of thousands of dollars. The pile was set on fire and burned in the presence of several officials, and afterward the ashes were taken and mixed with some ailhesivo substance. From tho composition thus made was modeled a statuette a foot high of a broken, fluted column, and also a per¬ fect fac-sitnile of the old Liberty Bell in Independence Hall, Philadelphia. The hell has the appearance of dark granite nnd is six inches high.—[Jour¬ nal of Finance. The Great Tempest of 1703. Apropos ot recent numerous tem¬ pests and cyclones all over Europe, the Boston Transcript gives some in teresting facts about tbe great tempost of 1703, which extended over the whole of Europe, and continued for a week with unparalleled violence more especially in Englaud. It readied its culminating point on Sat¬ urday. November 27th, of that year. The losses in London were computed at $»0,000,0 r '0; the streets were en¬ cumbered with the ruins of houses; Ihe number of persons drowned in tho rivers Severn and Thames and in the vessels which broke away from their anchorage, and which were never heard of afterwards, was by estima¬ tion 8,000, besides which twelve ships of war, with 1,800 men and 521 can¬ nons, foundered within sight qf land; 1,700 trees in,Kent were torn up by tho roots, and on xmo estate ia Gloucestorship. 600 trees, averaging SO feet in height, were uprooted in a space of five acros. The Eddystone lighthouse was destroyed, and a largo number of cattle perished.
