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Tho King of Lahore.
Encouraged by the scant measure of
justice at last accorded by the British
Government to the Zulu King, Cete
wayo, who has been sent back to his
sountry with a boxful or gaudy prints
and cheap knicknacks to resume, if
ho can, the power of which English
arms dispossessed him, there has come
to the front once more a man who, had
the circumstances been more propitious,
might have shaken the British rule in
the East, but who, perceiving that at the
outset fates were against him, lias been
content to live in the land of his decod
er as a quiet country gentleman. Dhu-
Icep Singh is the son of the ambitious
chief Runjeet Singh, whose bravery in
the field and wisdom in the council
earned for him the title of “the Lion of
the Punjab.” Having gained the fa
mous Koh*Lnoor diamond and a virtual
suzerainty over the province of Cabul
by aiding Shah Soojah, the dispossessed
Khan, to re-establish his rule over that
section, Runjeet Singh died in 1839,
leaving an infant son a legacy of En
glish greed of territory, and 'as an in
heritance a kingdom filled with intrigu
ing chiefs, each anxious to carve out for
himself an independent territory. The
regencies of the child king’s mother and
unde were weak, if not indeed treach
erous, and within a few years he was
confronted with a mutiny of the Khalsa
soldiery, to qnell which (and to establish
a better foot hold within the Punjab) the
British interfered, repeating Dhuleep
upon the throne under the regency of
ins mother and a council of Siiti irs;
but, perceiving wh it he believed to lie
an inherent weakness in that Govern
ment, )/ord Hardinge, the English
Governor-General of India, vested the
greater power in the Briti h Resident.
It was in attempting to carry out. this
arrangement that the young Maha aj ib
brought up >n him elf the second out
break of the Sikh war. The Arabi
Pa ha of the Punjab was Moolraj. To
him Dhuleep sent messengers directing
the surrender of the fottrSw of Mooli an
to the British. Instead of complying
Moolraj nut the messengers to death
and declared a revolt againt British in
terference in the affairs of the Punjab.
After a sanguinary war, lasting about a
year, the rebels were defeated, and Lord
Dalhousie, who had sticceded to the
Governor-Generalship, determined up
on the annexation of the Punjab to Brit
ish India.
It is against the manner in which he
wns treated at this time that Dhuleep
Singh now complains in a letter to the
London Times. Though a minor, and
guilty of no act of hostility to the Eng-
H.-li, he was treated as constructively a
rebel and deposed. To make the depo
sition appear voluntary, the ox-Maliara
j ih claims ho was induced to resign his
office by threats. Phis statement th»
Times seeks to controvert by an Extract
from the report of the British Commis
sioner, who presented the terms for
signature, who says: “The paper was
then haui'.i-d to the Maharajah, who
immediately affixed his signature. The
alacrity with which he took the papers
when offered was a matter of remark
•o all, and suggested the idea that possi
bly he had been instructed by his ad
visers that any show of hesitation might
lend to the substitution of terms less
favorable th in tho e he hid boon oL
sered.” Whether the Mannra|:Vn\s alac
rity in signing wa.- Caused by threa's or
by promises tno result was tho same.
1 o recompense him in part for b ing
stripped royally Dhuleep Singh, who
computes tbit his surplus revenue at
that time exceeded £SO6,'NX) annually,
was given a pension by the East India
ihanpany of £12,509. Removing to
Kilglltnd, the Maharajah bought an
tJslaie in Gloucestershire, and, in H 59,
Parliament increased his pension to
£20,000. Not satisfied with tlie Glouces
tershire estate, Dhuleep bought a u'aeo
at Eivcden, in Suffolk, for £138,000. the
tftoney being advanced by the Govorn
moot,wid interest for tho loan to the
amount of £5,661 per annum being paid
by the Maharaj th. Some two or throe
years ago thi home Government of India
proposed to ■ aleasc the Maharajah from
payment*ofthls J .-ffimial sum. provided
he would consen to tho sale of the estate,
either at once or at his death, fur tho
repayment of tho principal of the loans
advanced. I his proposal, however, was
rejected by tho Indian Government,
which maintained in very strong and
plain language that tho Maharajah had
already been treated with exceptional
liberality, and that it he wanted more
money he should -ell his e-tato.
1 he Indian Government remained in
exorable, but the homo Government
was more liberal. Tho Maharaiah had
built a house at Eivcden at a cost of
£50.000, and had borrowed £40,000 from
it London Linking firm for tho purpose.
For this loan £2,(XX) interest had to be
paid, and the India office has lately
sanctioned tho repayment of the capital
sum without making any further charge
an the Maharajah. Dhuleep is -.of now
asking for restoration to loyalty, though
asserting his right thereto, but for a
more generous allowance from the Eng
lish exchequer, that ho may end his life
as an English country gentlemen, leav
ing an unincumbered estate and an un
embarrassed heir, t here is really a cer
tain tragedy about, tho whole matter.
Fate and the British power have do
mived the Maharaiah of tho sovereignty
to which he was b >rn. He has done his
best to become an English squire, and if
he has lived beyond his income he may
plead abundance of examples in the class
to which he has attached himself.
But, says the Times, “he is forced to
bear the consequences himself, and not
to inflict them on his children and de
scendants. The whole case is one which
it is very difficult to judge upon any ab
stract principles. It is no doubt the
duty of every man to live within his
income, ana yet it the Maharajah has
failed to acquire a virtue rare indeed
am •ng.easu-rn princes, and not too com
mon in the class to which he belongs by
adoption, there is no Englishman but
would feel ashamed if lie or his descen
dants were thereby to come to want. At
the same time it is Impossible for the In
dian Government, which has claims on
its slender resources far more urgent
than those of the magnificent squire of
Elveden. to guarantee him indefinitely
against the consequences of his own im
providence. At any rate, it is safe to I
warn him against iuctimb -ring his per- I
sonal claims by political pleas which are '
wholly inadmissible. He is very little
likely to excite sympathy for his pecun
iary troubles by his bold, but scarcely
successful, attempt to show that if hq
could only come by his own he is still
the lawful Sovereign of the Punjab.”
Sheep ami Dogs.
bat shall we do with the dogs?
I h's is a question which is always agi-
the minds of our sheep-breeders
and wool growers, and really it does
n< t seem to ho any nearer permanent
settlement than it was when it fir-t
arose. Sheep are being killed, and the
owner gets ho compensation or a com
] < nstition that is totally inadequate.
Pay for the sheep that are slaughtered
does r.ot cover the damages under any
circumstances. If all the flock were
killed, full pay for them would not rec
ompense for the disappointment ai.d
dis. ouragement caused, while if onlv a
portion of the flock is killed, the dani
nge of the fright to those remaining
cannot be compensated, and the d sam
pointment and discouragement < onies
in for consideration besides. Our laws
upon the fubet are, therefore, inop
erative. and yet it is a serious evil calling
for a thorough remedy. “Kill the
dogs,” Is the frequent advice. But
When ind by whom are they to he
killed? We cannot expect that the own
er of a valuable dog or a pet dog that
hns never been known to gratify Ids ap
petite for mutton in an ill< gitim ite way’i
is going to get down his giln and -hoot
the canine for our special pleasure.
And yet that same dog may be only
Walting for a good opportunity to make
our flocks distress’Ugly rinal'er. In
deed if wo cotlid be assured that the
owner of every mung, cur that could not
under any p issible c remnstancej be es
teemed worth anything, and the ownci’
o every dog that we khow would kill
sheep it It had the opportun’t ■, should
kill the’r brutes, we shou <1 have reason
lobe satlsflol, in ti n I of going so far
as to tlen.u <| that every dog should be
kiHed. But uppivently the most worth
less dog in thi‘ wo I I has as much ail'. c
tion lavished upon him as the best one
lias. And there are good doo-s an I val
uable dogs, a fact which t is id eto
deny.
But if the .Ami'W w 11 not kdl them,
who is to? It we actually found a dol*
kill ng our shveof ( otirse v, e shoull
k II h rtl art I Shell'd Hoi ship i.> i.i ,uire
what the Owner would s iy. To walk
hround, however, with a shot gun on < ur
shoulder to shoot even ne'glibo. ’s dog
that hap| ened to con e on our prvm ses
would he n sort of business w hich most
Os us Would tint like to indulge in. Men
flo hot Care to thus incur the enmity of
till those about them, fol' a neighborly
feeling is ttsiDlly valuable, and s >mc
limes as xaluableas a flock of sheep,
it We could only arrive at the cttntjlii
sion that tlu» plllee for our dog is at
liOhie, and that it is our duty t<f keen
him there, the entire difficulty which is
presented in this matter, would be set
tled. There is no more legitimate li
cense for n dog roving over the eonimu
hity than there is for a bull, or horse or
hog. and tho fact that rtiutty never pay
the least attention to the ‘whereabouts
of their dogs, is proof positive that they
do not esteem them of mu, h valtie, and
Would not miss tlffini much if they were
killed. 'I he owner of a really valuable
’log always knows where he is, just as
the owner of a valuable horse or cow
knows where they are. It is every
man’s duty to keep h s dog front tres
passing, arid the same neighborly feel
ng that prevents trespassing dogs
from getting killed, ought, to actua?e
their owners to keep them at home.
I Os course it is easy enough to keep :1
• log at home. If he lias not been
taught to stay there, he should be
chained.
Various remedies have been
>■<l for the evil here men ioned." The
State legislature usually has a turn at
the subject in these da\s, ami there is
no objection to tha . A good many im
practical enactments have been made,
but we confess that of late there has
been some improvement in tha class of
leg-iation. It is agood subject for leg
islators to prac ice on anyhow, and so
we commend it to the attention of alt
State Legisia tires at their coming ses
sions. As to home remedies, a plenti
ful supply of bells through the (lock,
hits been frequently recommended. This
is an easily applied remedy, but for
some reason it fads of universal a lop
tion. We have never trie I it and so
eanno' say from experience what effe •(
tlie bell would have. It is said that tlie
sheep-killing dog is naturally a cott ar 1
and that the ringing of the bells fright
ens him. We know tha it is u-ual to
a tribute cowardice to this kind of a cur,
but whether that trait is so universal as
to make the bell a perfect safeguard wo
are not prepared to say There is no
doubt, however, that it has proved a
success in eer sin cases. At least those
who have tried it sa\ it has. Another
reme ly is to place a few Angora goats
in the t'oek. It is said they are a sa e
protection. Personalia, however, wo
ha 1 rather do without sheep than have
a goat on the farm. We think that oth
ers would ieel the same wav after bav
in some experenee in that direction.
Still another temedv is to provide pois
oned meat in the pasture. That would
certainly prove effectual. if the dog got
it- lut w lieve that our sugges
t on that eve v man keep his dog at
home s the eas est wav out of the ii ni
mby. an I any man will do that when
he does as he would be done by. In
the meantime, we ought to rigidly en
for e whatever laws we have upon the
sub ject, and earnestly seek to get better
ones. H'< stern Hural.
The Power of f igures.
It s stated that tn.: t ost of shoe ng a
horse with eight mil’ to ea di sh > ■ eom
meu ing at one cent tor the first tin 1
and do.ib.ing the amount of < aeh suc
cessive nail, amounts in the iota to
forty-two million, nine hundred . nd
forty n ne thousand, six hundred ami
seventy-two dollars ami n nety-tive
cents Th s is altogether to > much
money for shoeing a horse, though no
doubt the blacksm th night be preva led
upon to throw off the odd n netv-five
cents. A cheaper plan would be to iav
him one cent for the first nail, and then
take the horse home, and return him
next day and begin over again, com
mencing at the second nail a7 one cent,
and so on until the horse was shod. This
would consume thirty-two days in the
shoeing, but the owner of the animal
would save a big pile of monev. />,-
trait Post and Tribune. ' I
Irrigation In Egypt.
The American Consul-Genor'd at Cai
ro states that the tillable land o: Egypt
con-ist.s of the delta of the Ni. j, and a
narrow valley extending from Cairo
southward. This valley is generally from
one to ten miles wide, though for about
one hundred and fifty miles above Cairo
it has a width of from ten to thirty
miles. Both the delta and the valley,
except so far as the former borders on
the Mediterranean, are biundedon all
sides by mountainous deserts, ami for
more than two thousand miles from its
mouth the river has not the smade-t
IrlbU'tlry.
It rolis Ori toward the sea, Unlike other
rivers, constantly decreasing hl vfdume.
As there are no rains of any pra ■
tical importance, it sustains all veget
tation, and all tho inhabitants of Egv
and its herdr. drink of its waters. For
two are three, months in the year, :l coi
siderable portion of tho country may b •
irrigated by the, natural ri«o of the river,
but with the exception of certain -ec
lions, the Water is hot permitted to flo v
freely over the land. It is taken from
the river anti conducted by can ils along
side the fields where it is to be used, a id
spread over the different, parcels of land,
if it is suftieicotly high, and if not, it is
raised by some of the various modesem
ployed forth it purpose. Small embank
ments pfevfint. the water from rti mtnz
on to the other lands that may not. at
the time be in a condition to rcce ve it;
in fact, the processes of overll iwiug tl.c
lands, plowing, sowing, aiid harves'ing
are often being carried on s’milltanc
ously in adjoining fields.
When the land i.s sufficiently irrig.it
cd, the w>ter is shut off, or the pum >
Ing discontinued. I’he process of irri
gation is required to be repeated -everal
times before the maturity of the, crop,
the quantity Os the Water depending
very much upon the kind of produc'.
Rioe requires a large amount of wa'er,
and wheat, rye and oats much less.
There are in Egypt 8,406 miles of irri
gating canals, of which 1,897 are nav
igable. There are also great dikes along
the river and its various delta branches,
id iir’cvdnt their dVerlloW, and innu
merable small ditches and embankments
everywhere throughout the country. In
Consequence of the uiuddiness of the
waters of tlffi Ndei the canals require
frequent cleansing, and the high waters
injure the dikes and render it necessary
to repair them each year.
The greatest amount of labor is,
however, that required in raising the
water from the river arid cildals to the
level of the lands. Dipping, drawing,
and pumping are processes going on
nearly the whole year, and nearly half
of tho whole irrigation I.s done by these
means. Its water is raised from one or
two feet to twenty, and sometimes m ire,
according to the location of the land
and the height of the river. 'The follow
ing |s a de-eription of the manner in
which wa'er is niised by inetlris of the
“shadoof.” The “shadoof ’’ is simply
a leather, basket-shaped bucket at
tached to a pole, su-pended in the same
manner as an ordinary well-sweep. The
Swedp is very short, and the bucket oi
Water is balanced by a mud weight.
The instrument is of the rude-t charac
ter, but by this Amans water is raised to
the height of eight or nine feet with
considerable rapidity. If the water is to
bn raised twenty feet, one man close to
the river raises it from four or live feet
into a basin made of clay in the side of
the bank, and from this point two men,
each with a bucket, raise it about eight
feet to a similar basiii, and two others
in tlm same manner to (he required
height, whence it is conducted by sma 1
earth sluice; to the required place, of
ten a considerable distance from the
river.
It requires the constant working of
these five “shadoofs” for forty-eight
1 hours to water one “feddan” (equiva
lent to one acre). This, by changing
■ once in four or six hours, would require
! ten men. each of whom would apply
■ twenty-four hours’ lab >r to the watering
. of one acre. This process requires rd-
' ■ peaking at le ist three times for each
I crop. Thus the labor required for the
, irrigation of one acre would be 720
I hours, or seventy-two days of ten hours
each. The labor is of tlie most severe
kind, and the fellah, with nothing ex
j eept a cloth round his loins, is compelled
i to apply himself to his task with all the
energy at his command. In the delta,
and some parts of Upper Egypt, the
water, being taken from the "river a'
some distance above the point where it
is used, is kept for a considerable por
tion of the year, on very nearly the same
level as the land. If, however, it has to
he raised at al 1 , if requires at least fif
teen days to thesicre. When the water
is raised only a few feet the more ordi
nary method is that of the “sakia,” a
rude machine propelled by oxen, cows,
and horses, and sometimes camels ami
donkeys, and which raises the water by
mo ins of earthen jars attached to an
1 endless rope chain passing over a verti
cal wheel.
There are a few steam pumps, but fuel
is too expensive, and labor too cheap to
permit of’heir general use. The num
ber employed is about 400, and these
are mostly in bower Egypt. They are
used principally on large" estates, but in
some cases by those who irrigate the
lands of the small farmers, at a fixed
price per acre. This is generally where
cotton is producer*, which requires wa
tering once in eight or ten days through
out the season. i’he water has ordi
narily to be raised but a few feet, and
t ie quantity required each time, when
the watering is •:<> fre pient, is much
l“'S The usual p rice paid per acre is
about 30’., and it ! s only the low price
i f farm labor that renders it practicable
to cultivate lands requiring so much ir
i igation.— Scientific American.
—'l he Newport .¥<«•.« says of Mrs.
Julia Ward Howe’s re. ent sermon: “It
was a beautifully written and finely de
livered effort from the text: ‘God so
loved the world.’ She divided her text
into several practical applications,
speak ng ot the world of business, the
world ot polt.es. and the world of re
ligion and morals. She pictured in
glowing language the insincerity which
underlies mm h of the modern society
and the tendencies of the day, and also
the necessity of an earnest, vital,
wholesome re i gioiis spirit. Mrs. Howe’s
maimerot address was de out and ten
der, and her line conduct of the entire
service was pleasing."
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.
—The Rev. Mr. Green, of Raleigh,
N. C., recently
in se\enty minutes. — N. Y. Post.
—The Free Church of Scotland has
been moved to promulgate a warning
against the “sin of admiring the works
of nature on the Sabbath day.”
- Teachers in the public schools of
France are ven' seldom paid more than
S>s a week, and as the expense for sala
ries is now a little over 515,(XX),000, the
Minister of Public Instruction refuses to
add to This amount and so increase tax
ation.
- The University of lowa, of which
Dr Pickard is President, graduated
this yeftt from its classical department
a class of fortv, fifteen of whom were
ladies. Os the twenty-live gentlemen
in the class, four are to study fort the
ministry.
—There Were added to the Southern
Presbyterian churches in the year end
ing May last on profession of faith 6,-
062 persons, an advance of more than
1,200 over the previous year. There
are 6,000 Elders and 4,000 Deacons in
the church. —N. Y. Herald.
Among the 146 youth who gradu
ated at Harvard in 1876 there asx? how
f.fty-tw'o lawyers, ten doctors, eight
ministers, ten teachers, five architects,
three journalists, three manufacturers,
three bankers and two artists, and
twenty-fotir are in mercantile and other
general business. — Detroit Post.
—Government (State) expenditures for
education in this country are mentioned
as amounting at last accounts to $Bl,-
795,929. With a school population of
15,302,862, there is a school attendance
of 9,729,189. Germany with her com
pulsory system has a better recora.
Out of her school population of 7,500,-
00 ). children to the number of 7,200,-
000 constantly attend school.
—William Booth, the General of tho
Salvation Array in England, receives
and disburses, with absolute control,
$250,000 a year. He owns or rents in
hit name 250 buildings used for re
ligious meetings, directs the work of
15,000 exhorters, and publishes a paper,
lhe liar Cri/, which circulates 250,000
cop es a month. He is well-educated,
very winning as a speaker, clear-headed,
and arbitrary in management, and, ae
cording general opinion, an hones!
zealot. Chicago T:'d>une.
—Sister Mary Frances Clare, tbo
CbnVent at Knock, County Mayo, Ire
land, has taken the mdst practical and
useful way of helping her young coun
trywomen by establishing an Industrial
School for Irish girls, in which they are
taught cooking, sewing, and all practi
cal home duties. It will certainly prove
«, blessing to the country, as the oppon
(unities for learning these arts arc so
limited In their own homes. The care
of fowls and bees,- the making of butter,
and knitting Will rt’so be taught in the
House of Industry.— Christian
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
—A little powdered borax put in the
water in which laces, muslins and lawns
are washed will improve their appear
ance greatly; use just as little soap aa
you possibly can.— N. Y. Post.
—Many people have an idea that rad
ishes are vegetables only suitable for
the table in early spring, and they never
sow them at times when they will be in
good condition to eat other seasons of
the year. The fa t is, they are desira
ble during all the months of the year
and should be sown every two weeks
during the growing season,— Chicago
Times.
—To stop bleeding, if from a cavity
in the jaw after a tooth has been ex
tracted, shape a cork into the proper
form and size to cover the bleeding cav
ity, and long enough to be kept tirraly
in p'a e when the mouth is closed. This,
we believe, is our own invention, and
we have never known it to fail. It has
served us in desperate cases.— Boston
Transcript.
—The age of sheep up to four years
old is readily ascertained from the
mouth. They put up two large teeth
in the center of the lower jaw, casting
two sucking teeth at about twelve
months old. They put up two more
large teeth each of the next three years,
making at four years old a full mouth of
eight large teeth. These soon become
gappy and worn, especially when sheep
're fed on whole roots.
—Most of the preventable losses in
tarming come from attempting to do
too much, or rather from working with
insufficient capital. The rule that what
ever is worth doing at all is worth do
ing well is especially applicable to the
operations of the farm. If the farmer
lacks cash or labor sufficient to culti
vate 100 acres in the best manner, let
him limit his operations to fifty, and if
that still refuses to yield a profit he can
experiment with thirty, or even twenty
acres. — American Cultivator.
How Miss Anthony Secured Allies.
Accor ling to a reporter of that city,
Miss Susan B. Anthony left St. Louis the
other day for Leavenworth with two
medium-si/ed trunks for baggage. At
lirst the baggage-master objected to
check them both on a single ticket, and
demanded pay for extra we ght. “ liut,’’
sad she. ■•they toge her weigh less
than the ordinary sized ‘Saratoga.’ I
distribute the weight in this wtr. pur
posely to save the man who does the
lilting.” The clerk looked at her in
credu.ously. •• And you tell me serious
ly that you do this simple out of con
sideration foi the baggagemen?” “I
‘ lo ” ‘‘How long have you done it?”
” All my lite. I never purchased a arge
trunk for fear 1 might a Id to the over
burdened baggageman's afflictions.”
1 he clerk walked oil and conferred with
the head ol the department. I hen the
two returne I together. “Do I under
stand,” said the ch es, “that you of all
women have been the first to ‘show hu
manitv to ra iroad p ope.’’ “That is
the tenet of my creed.’ “Check that
l aggage, said the chief, wi h emphasis;
“and when you run for oilice. Miss
Anthony, you shall have mv vote.”
“Mine too.” echoed the clerk,‘han line
her the checks, and the trio parted
hUDPV.
—lt would be easier to endow a fool
with intellect than to persuade him that
he had none.— Cabinet.
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MEDICATED article—the genuine has a Private Die Proprietary Stamp on each bottte, wince
permits it to be Sold by Druggists, Grocers and Dealers Everywhere,
WITHOUT SPECIAL TAX OR LICENSE.
r he TOLU, ROCK AND RYE CO., Proprietors, 41 River St., Chicago, HI-
Dt. K. 2F". «
Wholesale and Retail Druggist,
Dealer in
-MLLEIDIOIISrES, CHEMICALS,
Perfumery, Soaps, Hair Dyes, and Toilet Articles generally; White Lean, Mixed Paints, rea«i
for use. Colors in Oil; Dry, Linseed, Tanners’, Machine and Kerosene Oils; Varnishes,
Putty, Window Glass, Lamps and Lamp Fixtures; Surgical Apparatus, such
as Abdominal Supporters, Trusses, Lancets, Pocket Cases, etc., etc.
This firm also deals in Smoking and Chewing Tobacco. Fine Cigars and Snuff, and have the ex
elusive Drug trade in fine Wines, Whiskies and Brandies in Dalton. .
t all and see them at the corner of King and Hamilton streets, Dalton, Ga. Prices guaranteed
compare with Atlanta. x . • .I*l’
Tire Dalton A.vg'us,
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Brightest, Most Progressive, Liberal and popula
News Paper in Northwest Georgia.
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Advertisers can find no Better Medium through which to Meet the Farmers.
Mechanics, Merchants, Mill Men and People of this section.
H. A. WRENCH, Publisher.
A Growing Youth.
A phenomenon is expected this week
at the Hotel Dieu here. His name is
Jean ( on -roist. and he is the son of a
farmer in the department of the Haute-
Sr.one. The poor young fellow took to
growing last spring twelvemonth, and
•s n <■ has shot up so fast that he al
ready measures two meters, forty-one
e ntimeters, that is to say he overtops
the Chinese giant Cham, and he is but
seventeen years of age. Until May,
l'“8l, there was nothing very extraor
dinary in his height. He measured at
that time one meter, ninety-six centi
meters, but as he had apparently ceased
growing, and his health was goo I, hi.'
parents were in no way uneasy about
him. Toward the end of May, however,
he gained in a week three centimeters’
then live, and so on, until he reached
h s present respectable number of
inches. What is remarkable is, that
within the last four months it is only his
legs hat have grown, his body remain
ing stationary in size. His health has
become bad, his legs are so weak and
thin that he can scarcely walk, he
coughs incessantly, and his‘back is bent
like that of an old man. He has al
ready been examined once by the doc
tors. whose opinion was that his life
could not be prolonged more than a
tew months, he is to be brought here
by his parents to see what the magnates
o the medical profession can do for
Lun, and whether any means can be de
v sr-d for checking the growth that may,
w thout anv figure of speech, be said to
I < killing him by inches. -Paris Cor.
tii a snow fit raid
Fashionable Wrinkles.
Two new wrinkles are charged UJ*®
the fashionable women of New '.,? r
City by a correspondent of the Ciiiclh'
nati Enquirer. The first is fiddling-'
“It is not rare now to meet a finely*
dressed girl with a boy carrying one
those black, cotlin-shaped boxes w^hidj.
formerly were lugged by profession# 11
musicians only, bhe is on her way 10
or from her violin-lesson. Pretty soon
she will stand up before the guests in
her papa’s parlor, tuck one end of#
fiddle under her chin, and torture the
company’s ears while delighting tbeit
eyes. However horrible may be the
noise produced she will look well diK
ing the process of making it.”
second freak of fashion is represents
to be to pray on genuine prayer-ritg*
fiomthe East, such as aMohammedan
uses. “They are usually about thr** 1
by four feet in size, and can be d>*'
tinguished by the design, which always
represents some large figure at one on* •
and pointed at the other. 1 laces are
indicated for the hands and knees. 1 1
vout women procure the real thin#*
from an importer; and, without far
Mecca, bumping their heads on ’'®
floor, or removing their shoes # n
stockings, like the sons of the Prophet,
still actually do use them to kneel on
while praying. They are said to be #
great comfort.”
•—Seven-tenths of the entire "li<
crop of the United States is gt -0 " 11
the States of Illinois, Indiana. |
Michigan. Minnesota, lowa, <Cab
and Wisconsin. ‘