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LIFE'S CHIVALRY.
Where, in the busy city’s care and strife,
» Its thirst for riches and its toiLfpr bread,
Mxouna that soul or in Tie
"T"'” 8 ’ ; \ a ’ ,ru,y
• se<.fo®t in
ry, dimtAtnedikl, gray with age;
■el, ‘where the maflettkn laid
*v wn rusted lance, no further war Ifwvage;
In mold’ring castle or in ivied tower,
Where pomp and pageantry were wont to
I • te?
Ab, no! But yet the ancient spirit’s power
Is with us, and its form, if We would see,
To labor cheerfully from hour to hour,
To do good graciously is chivalry.
—Chambers' Journal.
UNDER FALSE COLOHS.
a bailor’s queer yak?.
*You say that a man has got to have
a knowledge before he can
command a ship, do you?” said an in
telligent looking seaman to a boarding
house runner the other day as- the pair
stood on an East River pier waiting for
an incoming ship to be docked. “I
do,” said the runner. “Then you are
out of your reckoning,” continued the
seaman: “fori have known a man to
command a ship and make good runs in
her, and yet he didn’t know any more
about navigation than you do.” The
runner and several others who stood
near and had heard the seaman’s peculiar
statement asked him to tell them about
the strange captain who knew nothing
about navigation. This request teemed
to strike the seaman as quite reasonable
and he at once proceeded to spin his
yarn.
“About twenty years ago,” he began,
“when 1 was first made an able seaman,!
shipped here on a full-rigged clipper
bound for Callao, Peru. The captain
was as fine a looking skipper as I ever
saw. He was tall and stout built, with
a heavy beard which he took a good deal
of pains with. They called him Captain
Phillips. Though he was mighty fine
looking and talked as if he knew every
thing, when you looked at him close to for
a minute somehow he didn’t look a smart
man. The first time I went to the wheel
he was on deck, and I watched him a
good deal more than I did the compass,
and the more I looked at him the more
I made up my mind that with all his
taking ways and looks he wasn’t
what I called a smart man. One
queer thing about Captain Phil
lips was that he kept a servant.
That’s something very strange for the
captain of an American ship to do. But
they said that the captain was born in
England, and he talked a Httle as if he
was. But that servant of his was a
queer looking fish. They called him
Scotty. That fellow was awkward. His
legs and arms seemed twisted. Nothing
fitted him, and he had red hair, and his
ugly face was all covered with big
freckles. But somehow about the eyes
he looked smart. Every now and then
while I was at the wheel the captain and
Scotty would be on deck, and when I
heard them talk I couldn’t help think that
Scotty was much the smarter of the two,
although the skipper was a man past
forty, while Scotty was little more than
half that. Scotty never had anything
to do with the men. He lived in the
cabin and was almost always with the
captain. Although they,called him a
servant 1 never saw him dw any work.
Sometimes he would come on deck and
give the mate in charge of the deck
soma message from the captain about
changing the course or going about, or
something else about navigating the ship.
At times in heavy weather or when the
captain was putting the ship about he
would walk up and down leaning on
Scotty’s shoulder. Ucotty would
look out kind of queerly
from under his eyebrows while
he walked alongside the captain, and he
always seemed to be muttering some
thing. All this seemed kind of strange
to me. Once in a while the captain
would be the worse for liquor. He never
came on deck much then, but when he
wanted the course of the ship changed
or anything like that done, he would
th“ dSckby Hcott iD CUIgC Ol
“One night when we were getting
from Btol2 o clock on udtk. 1 was
standing near the pumps, and the mate
told me to go aft and coil up some ropes
that the other watch had left down. I
went aft,/ grumbling, of course, and
began coiling the ropes. 1 noticed a
lighted window, and getting down to it
—i was curious when I was joung, you
aee—l could look into the captain’s cabin
On the lounge lay Captain Phillips, who
looked «» if he’d been drinking too
mueh, but my eyes stuck out when! saw
Scotty.' That young fellow sat at a table
with a chart, before him. He bad a pair
of compasses out and was making out
his course on the chart. He jumped up
and took a look nt the Weat her glass, and
then he started toward the after com
panionway. I jumped up and went to
coiling the ropes again. f heard Scottv
come ou deck. feys he to the man at
the wheel: ‘The captain says change the
course a point to the west.’ The mate
came aft then, and Scotty told him
changing the course and then said - I
‘The captain says when you change
the tell your men to be
ready for a call, for the glass
is going down, and we’re likelv
!°, “***■ • h «* v y breere before morning? I
1 finished coiling up the ropes and went I
forward. Thinks I. This ship is navi-1
gated by Scotty, and the captain, with
all his airs, ain’t any more of a naviga- 1
ter than I am. He may be captain, but I
he s no more than a speaking trumpet)
for Seotty so far as handling this shin
goes.’
thinking about Scotty. I saw he had all
along given his own orders about hand
ling the ship, while he seemed to be
only giving messages from the captain.
“ hen the captain had come on deck and
given any ordere I felt sure that Scotty I
had tote him what to say before ha left
the cabin. And when he had given’
orders with Scotty by him, Scott v had
mattered, aad what had he muttered but '
the very orders that Optaln PhiiliM re
peated after him. Imw what a fraud
the captain Was when < thought it Ml
over, out what punrled me most was
why didn’t Scotty strike out for himself
and tie a captain, instead of pretending
to be a servant aao Mtn* 1 . ■
lips use him that way. There was some
mystery about it, that was plain, but I
couldn’t guess what it was; I could only
suspect that in some wav or other the
captain had got'a tfght Sold on Scotty.
While I lay in my bunk thinking about
all this it came o® to blow, and all hands
were called to shortenssdil. Spotty was
right when he told the mate that W
were likely to have a storm, although
when he said it the weather looked as
nice as you could ask to have It in those
latitudes. That showed how well Scotty
understood what he was about.
“We got into Uallao and landed our
cargo all right. The captain then said
that we would go to San Francisco,
where we would be paid off and the ship
would take on a cargo of grain for Eu
rope. Early in the afternoon of the sec
ond day out from Callao the mate went
out into the main channels to see if the
paint work there didn’t want touching
up. Somehow he lost his balance and
went overboard. The ship was hove to
and we started to lower a boat, bu| the
mate was seen to throw up his hands and
sink out dt sight. Captain Phillips came
on deck with Scotty by him and sent for
the second mate, who told how that
there was no chance of saving the mate.
The captain asked the second mate if he
I understood navigation. The second mate
said he could brace up the yards and
such as that, but he didn’t understand
navigation.
“ ‘Then,’ said the captain, ‘l’ll put
back to Callao for a new mate.’
“Scotty turned to the captain and
said: ‘Why not make me mate.’
“The captain looked mad and said to
; Scotty:
“‘Why, you don’t understand naviga
tion.’
“Scotty looked madder then than the
captain for a minute. Then he came
alongside Captain Phillips and began
whispering in his ear. Scotty talked
mighty earnest and seemed to be beg
ging hard for something—-I suppose it
was to be made mate, but the captain
did nothing, only shake his head and look
sulky. All this time the ship was lying
to. Finally I saw Scotty looking mighty
ugly out of the comers of his eyes. He
, was pale, too, but he went up to the
captain and seemed to beg him once
more, but the skipper again shook his
head and said loud enough for me to
hear, ‘We must put back to Callao.’
, Then he went up to Scotty and stood by
him. I knew he expected Scotty to
mutter to him what orders he was to
’ give to put the ship about and head her
back to Callao. I thought at first
Scotty was going to rebel, but he began
, muttering as usual, and the captain gave
out the orders with as big airs as if he
owned us all. In a minute or two we
were sailing close to the wind on the
port tack. As the trade winds were
' now against us we had to beat back to
t Callao. Four bells struck, and I was
sent to the wheel. An hour later the
i captain and Scotty came on deck and
. the ship was put about on the starboard
i tack. This time Scotty’s teeth seemed
to be clenched, and he looked mighty
ugly. I heard the captain say in a low
tone to Scotty as they walked up and
down, ‘You know that I’ve only got to
tell the English consul and you’re as
good as hung.’ Then Scotty said:
•You know very well I only
struckhim in self-defence. If I’d
told the captain at the time it
would have been all right. Ive a good
mind to tell the consul myself.’ Then
1 they got out of my hearing. But I saw
I how it was then that the captain had his
1 hold on Scotty. Scotty had killed a
man in self-defence, he claimed, but the
captain knew of it, and was holding it
over him.
i “At 4 o'clock I left the wheel and my
watch went below. At 6 o’clock we
' came on deck. We had not gone about
again, but I supposed that we would very
soon. The captain and Scotty were
standing in front of the cabin door.
} Scotty was pale as a ghost. Says he to
; the second mate: ‘Thecaptain says send
all the men aft.’ The captain looked
surprised at this. The men all came
£h„. Thett wied oufci ‘Captain
I Phillips, will you make me mate! This
Lie the last lime I will ask you'.’ Scotty
» said this in such away that the captain
looked frightened. He stuttered for a 1
minute, but-he saw a wicked look spread
ing over Scotty’s face, and he said, ‘Yes,
Scotty, I appoint you mate. ’ Scotty took
two bounds that took him ud on the after
house. He had grown straight all of a
* sudden. He held up his head, and there
| was fire in his eyes, For the first time
in his life he really looked well. ‘Helm
to lee!’he cried: ‘wo must put about I’
Then he gave out his orders as rapidly
and as clearly as if he had commanded
’ ships for years.
“The ship swung around on the port
tack, but as she did so my hair must
have lifted my hat up about two inches,
for right close on our port quarter lay a
line of breakers which dashed over a
ledge of wicked looking reefs. I had no
doubt that Scotty had intended to run
the ship on those reefs if the captain had
refused the last time to make him
mate. Captain Phillips was leaning
against the bulwarks and looking
at the breakers. He seemed to be regu
larly stunned. Scotty after tacking wore
the ship slowly around until she headed
about northwest before the southeast
trades. During the rest of the run to
San Francisco Scotty was not only mate
but commander of the ship as well. Cap
tain Phillips did nothing but mope. He '
gave no ordera himself, but left every
thing to Scotty, who seemed to be a first
rate navigator, and he was mighty proud
j to show ft. J
“The day after we arrived at San
Francisco we were paid off. J stumbled
across an old shipmate of mine called
Liverpool Jim. We were standing to
gether when who should w e see going
along the sidewalk but Captain Phillins
and Scotty. Jim started back at sight
of them. ®
“ ‘Why, I am acquainted with those fel
lows.’says he. ‘They are— •’
“Says I, They are the captain and
mate I’ve been sailing under?
“Bays he, ‘Which is the captainF
“I pointed out Captain Phillips, and
be laughed.
“‘Why? said he. ‘that’s old Bill
Jones, a steward 1 sailed with on an Eng
lish bark four years ago. He uut on so
many airs that so ks took him lor a cap- i
tain when he was on shore, but he never i
had as tnnch brains as I’ve got, and
that’s saying mighty little. But the j
young fellow with BH Jones has got .
brain*. He w»- an apprentice r boy ©n '
the same bark, and was mighty
4 ■ 4
w e I Mb
navigation. They said he’d make a first
class shipmaster?
“Then I questioned him a bit, and it
turned out that on the bark the second
mate was down on Scotty, and was al
ways using him rougte But Qne fiaorn
ing the second mWwafe missmg lnd it
was supposed that overbold dur
ing the nlgfrt. No ofiglhspecteSScotty.
I made up my mind that this second
mate had attacked Scotty, wjp had
killed him in self-defense and had made
away with the body. The steward knew
his secret, and by holding it over "him
made Scotty do just what he wanted,
until he finally broke out and got made
mate. The steward probably passed him
self off as a captain, and by forged let
ters or something of that sort got com
mand of a ship. You could get command
of an American ship then without pass
ing an examination. ’*
“I never learned whether Scotty told
his story of the killing of the second
mate to the English consul at ’Frisco.
But about two years later on when the
bark I belonged jte„Jay at anchor off
Staten Island, a big American ship that
was being towed to sea passed quite
close to us. On the afterhouse stood the
captain. It was Scotty. There was no
mi-taking him, though he had grown a
full beard and stood Jup straight, and
really looked well. But when I looked
on the main deck who should I see come
out of the cabin but another man I knew
well. He had on a long apron and a
white cap, but he put on airs enough for
a captain. He was the steward of the
ship. But who do you suppose i| was?
It was Bill Jones, the man who for sev
eral years passed himself off as a ship
master, and who then called himself
Captain Phillips.”— New York Times.
Expensive Weddings.
In India, and jn the great cities of
Central Asia, the expenses of a wedding
are very great, and consequently some
: parents excuse themselves in .disposing
of their daughters oh the sqKe of ex
pense—the difficulty, they find in defray
ing the expenses the wedding. . The
unnecessary expenses of their marriage
ceremonies, the dinners, the music, and
the marriage presents, often hamper a
family through life. Parents, however
poor, think it absolutely necessary to cel
ebrate the marriage of their daughters at
a great expense.
For example, a munshi, or clerk, re
ceiving the modest salary of thirty shil
j lings a month, will spend a hundred
I pounds upon his daughter’s wedding,
especially if she should be fortunate
; enough to secure the hand of a husband
in a nobler or better-born family than
I his own. The dearly-loved customs can
-1 not be passed over. And if parents find
it impossible to meet the pecuniary de
mands of the marriage ceremonies, the
needless parade of music, the useless arti
cles of finery for the girl’s person, and
the marriage portion in goods and chat
tels, the girl has no alternative but to
remain single all the days of her life.
| There are many daughters in high
born but needy families in this position.
It is this difficulty that in darker days
induced Mohammedan villages to follow
, the example of the Rajputs and to de
i stroy their female children at their
birth.
It is related by Mr. Meer Hason Ali,
an English lady who married a
Mohammedan gentleman in Luck-
iow some fifty years ago, that Nawab
soot ud Dowterh, heipffisg with horror
f the frequent oecureence of female in
fanticide amongst poor villagers, issued
a proclamation to his subjects in Qnde,
i on S 3!ng des M tlli3
oarbarons custom, and as an inducement
Ito the wicked parents to preserve their
female offspring alive, offering grants
of land to every female aa a marriage
portion. .
I Even in the present day the birth of
a daughter casts a temporary gloom
over a Muslim family, while the birth
of a boy is a season of rejoicing. Some
sav it is more honorable to have sons
than daughters, bnt erthers believe that
it is the expense an< trouble of settling
the daughters is the real cauae of this
unnatural feeling. — Leumre Hour.
—■ ' ——— i ! ,»'■».n ii«
Japanese Flower Gardening.
Among the Japanese the low of dow
ers and plants is an absorbing passion.
In the smallest of dwellings there is an
altar-like niche,in or upon which flower
ing plants are arranged, but they have
in some districts a most remarkable cus
tom in connection with window garden
ing.
In houses wherein reside one or more
daughteis of marriageable age, an empty !
flower pot of an ornamental character is
encircled by a ring, and suspended from
the window or veranda by three liebt
chains.
Now, the Juliets of Japan are of
course attractive, and their Romeos as
love sick aa those of other lands. But
instead of serenades by moonlight and
other delicate ways of making an im
pression, it is ctfauettq for the Japanese
lover to approach the dwelling of his
lady, bearing some choice plant in bis j
hand, which he bold y, but, let us'
hope, reverently, proceeds to plant in ’
the empty vase. This takes place at a
time wheu he is fully assured that both
mother and daughter are at home, and 1
I need scarcely say neither of them are
at all conscious that the young man is :
taking such * liberty with the flower pot'
outside of their window. It is believed '
that a young lover so engaged has never
been seen by the lady or her mamma in
this act of sacrilege; at any rate, a
friend tells me that, during his long resi
dence in Japan, he never heard of any
one being detected in the act or inter
fered with in any wav.
The fact is, this act of placing a pretty '
plant into the empty flower pot is equiv- i
alent to a formal proposal to the young *
lady who dwells within. The youthful
gardener, having settled his plant to bis
mind, retires, and the lady is free to act 1
as she pleases. j 1
If he is the right man. she takes every I
care of h s plant, waters it, and tends it ’
carefully with her owo hands, that all ’
the world may see and know that the '
donor is accepted as a suitor. But if he !
is not a favorite, or if stern parents ob- j
ject, the plant is removed from the vase. '
and the next morning findsit withered
on the veranda, or oo the path below. 1
In a word, if you are imt tbe right man I ‘
it is evident that this phate dF window ’
gardening must be a difficult ami disap- 1
[>oiti-iag vn® t » carry o& ia F. | ’
IF, ~** * i t | a
ALIVE IN THE GRAVE.
Strange Stories about PerformaßiMfa
of Indian Fakirs
Much has been written of late about
tlfe capacity of frogs to live fBH years in
rfeks.. Os much greater interest, how
ever, is the fact that human beings can
also lie for montss “biihed underground,
andjthen be brought to life again. Such
beings are not, of course,
found on this continent; or in Europe,
but in India, that veritable realm of
wonder-working. A German writer, Dr.
du Prel, has recently written a very in
teresting easay on the capacity, often
proved, of Indian fakirs to allow them
selves to be buried for longer or shorter
periods, and to come to life again smil
‘ ing after the ordeal. In a Persian work,
the “Dabistan,” on the religious sects of
India, the statement was made that there
were individuals who possessed the
power to separate the soul from the body
and to bring them together again at
will, and that such persons could exist
without breathing for weeks at a time.
European scientists refused for a long
time to believe, this, but actual experi
ments have proved the marvel. Dr. du
Prel, in his curious essay, says :
“The first trustworthy information re
ceived in Europe about the Indian
fakirs was from Dr. Johann Martin Hon
igberger, who spent many years as court
physician at various Indian capitals, and
who wrote a book entitled ‘Fruchte aus
dem Morgenlande, ’ published in Vienna
in 1851. Dr. Honigberger, after paying
a flying visit to Germany, returned to
Lahore in company with General Ven
tura, who told him what had happened
with the Indian Fakir Haridas during
his absence. An Indian prince had heard
that this fakir possessed the miraculous
power of allowing himself to sink into
apparent death, to be buried and to be
kept in his grave for a number of months
before being exhumed and again brought
to life. The Maharajah summoned the
the celebrated fakir to his court and
bade him make the experiment. The
fakir did not hesitate. He sank into a
condition resembling death, and his
body, in the presence of the prince
and grandees, was wrapped in linen and
placed in a box, on which the prince
himself hung the lock. The box was
then buried in the garden of one of the
ministers outside the city. Over the
grave barley was sown and round about
it a high wall was built,
and sentinels, who were re
lieved every few hours, were placed
on watch. Forty days afterward the
prince, accompanied by his ministers of
state, General Ventura, an Englishman
and a physician, went to the garden.
The box was exhumed and in it lay the
fakir, cold and stiff. By the application
of warmth to the head, the blowing of
air through the mouth and energetic
rubbing of the body, the man was quick
ly resuscitated. One of the ministers
then said that he had known the same
fakir to have been buried for four
months. On the day of the burial the
chin had been smoothly shaved, and on
the day of the exhumation it was found
to be perfectly smooth. The Calcutta
Journal of Medicine (1835) reported that
the same fakir had frequently been sub
jected to similar experiments by English
men, though, with them, he had always
insisted on having the box hung up in
the air instead of buried, as he feared
the ravages of ants. Dr. Honigberger
says that the way the fakirs go to work
to produce this condition is to
have the little ligature under the tongue
cut, whereby they are enabled to stretch
this organ out to a great length. Then
they turn it back, inserting the end in
the throat, and closinsr up at the same
time the inner nasal apertures; The ex
ternal apertures of the nose and the ears,
he says, are closed with wax, and the
eyes covered to exclude the light. Long
preliminary practice is, however, needed
in holding the breath, and a long course
of lasting before burial. There are stories
current of fakirs who have existed not
for months but for years in a comatose
state.” '•
In another case a fakir was buried
without first being placed in a box. The
experiment was made at a military sta
tion. and the officer in charge became so
frightened that he ordered the disinter
ment after only a few days. Though the
process of revivification occupied more
than an hour, it was successful. Profes
sor Preyer, in his work “Erforschuug
des Lebens,” says that a number of cases
of this kind have been verified, and re
ports at length on the preparations which
the fakir must observe. Preyer, indeed,
comes to the conclusion, from a study of
! cases of suspended animation of men and
I animals that between life and death there
is another condition which he styles an
abuise or lifeless. The winter sleep of
mi'mals. which, without breaking, and
with a minimal movement of the heart,
lie iu a state of torpidity, during which
they can be placed under water or land, in
the midst of dangerous gases, can evi
dently not.be called life, nor can it be
termed death, since decomposition does
not set in. The German savant comes to
the belief, therefore, that there is a state
in which conscience and the functions of !
lite are brought to a standstill, but in'
which the capability of exstence re- I
mains. Life is extinguished, but death '
has not begun its work. To bring
on thia condition at will is, there
fore, the fakir's art and secret. Braid
f;oesintoa long discussion as to how th®
akirs came to discover their mysterious
art, sometimes called jugglery. He cites
a passage in the Dabistan, which savs
that the Fogins had the custom, when
afflicted with any disease from which
there was no hone of relief, to put them
selves in a condition resembling the win
ter sleep of animals,and then allow them
selves to be buried in order to be spared
the terrors of gradual dissolution and i
suffering. He believes that the acci- ■
dental disinterment of such an individ
ual led to the fakirs’ discovery, and that I
fresh air brought the patient to life I
again. Dr. du Prel. however, does not;
accept this explanation, rather inclining *
to the view that the custom of the fakirs I
allowing themselves to be buried aiive is ;
an abuse of the earlier exercises done in i
the service of the ecstatic phases of their |
religion. The act of putting one’s self •;
in a somnambulistic ecstatic condition 11
has always played a great role in Indian i
philosophy and religion, and the > i
fakirs, the lowest grade in the | <
order of Brahmins, have developed 11
the mystary to its present 5 <
phase of apparent death, burial and re- j i
vilification for the purpose of gaining ? i
a c<Mnparaijvely cgsjj livelihood! This ]
capacity, however, is only one of the
many remarkable powers of which the
Indian fakirs are possessed. Dr. Du Prel
refuses to place their productions in the
category of “jugglery,” and says in con
clusion: “Every Orientalist knows that
there is no jugglery in the burial of
’these apparently dead fakirs. We have
undoubtedly to do with a very remarka
ble psychical power, of which, at pres
ent. we know but very little. It is to be
hoped that European scientists will
eventually make the fakirs the subject of
their earnest investigations. Whoever
takes in hand the book of the French
savant Jacolliot, Voyage du Pays des
Fakirs Charmeurs, and therein reads
about the experiments made by the
Fakir Cowindasamy, in Benares, will
quickly come to the conviction that we
Europeans have much to learn in India,
of which at present we have only the
faintest glimmering.”— New York Mail
and. Express.
Randolph and Clay.
John Randolph’s duel with Henry
Clay is probably one of the most inter
esting incidents in his life. Clay was
his equal in brilliance, courage, and
ability, and from the beginning these
men, both born to command, and well
fitted for high positions among men,
were antagonistic, and after Clay had
control of the department of State this
antagonism developed into absolute and
virulent hostility, more especially on
Randolph’s part. The duel originated
from some biting and slanderous remarks
made by Randolph about Clay. When
the message of the President on the
Panama mission was sent to the Senate
Randolph did not like the tone of the
message, and denounced it and its
authors, Adams and Clay. In speaking
of one passage in it he said: “Here I
plant my foot; here I fling defiance right
into his teeth; here I throw the gauntlet
to him and the bravest of his compeers,
to come forward and defend these lines.”
In concluding his spoech he said: “I
was defeated, horse, foot and dragoons
—cut up, clean broke down, by the
coalition of Biefil and Black
George—by the combination un-
heard of till then, of the Pu
ritan with the blackleg.” This, with
the remark that a letter from General
Salazar, the Mexican minister, submitted
by the President to the Senate, “bore
the ear-marks of having been manu
factured or forged by the secretary of
state,” stung Clay. He demanded au
explanation. This being flatly refused,
a challenge was the result,and these “two
foremost men of the nation” met on the
“field of honor.” Randolph never in
tended to hurt Clay if it was avoidable,
and when honor was satisfied and no in
jury was done Randolph said to Colonel
Benton, “I would not have seen him
mortally or even doubtfully wounded
for all the land that is watered by the
King of Floods and all his tributary
streams.” On the conclusion of the af
fair Clay said to Randolph, knowing
t that he had fired in the air, “I trust in
God, my dear sir, that you are untouched.
After what has occurred I would not
have harmed you for the world,”
He seldom missed an opportunity to
attack Mr. Clay, nor did he ever fail to
come out victorious in these verbal wars.
! During a stormy debate over a measure
in which he, as usual, opposed Mr.
Clay, who was the Speaker of the
. I House, he made » long and fiery
speech, full of bitter sarcAsm and per
sonal abuse leveled at the chair. He
drew a picture of Mr. Clay as he was re
ported to have been in early life, in the
following severe language: “Suppose,
Mr. Speaker, that a young man, emigrat
ing from Virginia to Kentucky 4 utterly
lacking in moral principle--a roue and a
blackleg, should by trickery and dis
honorable dealings, manage to have him
self elected a member of the House.
Suppose this man, by bargain and sale,
should succeed in securing the seat you
now occupy, suppose that young man to
be yourself, what— ”
“The gentleman is out of order,” in
terrupted the Speaker.
“I am in order,” said Mr, Randolph,
calmly. The chair decided aga nst him,
and Mr. Randolph appealed to the
House, which sustained the chair.
“1 have nothing more to say, Mr.
Speaker,” said Randolph, “I drew a
picture from imagination. You applied
it to yourself, and the House has sus
tained you in your application.”— Cleve
land Ijeader.
Concerning the Cereals.
A German scientist presents some in
teresting information in a paper on the
original habitat of some of the cereals.
Barley was cultivated before any of the
other cereals in Scandinavia, and to it
the generic name of “corn” was re
stricted by the Northmen from the earli
est times. As a proof of the high lati
tude at whicji cum could be grown in a
remote age the Egil’s Saga is cited where
mention is made of a barn in Helgeland
(sixty-five degrees north latitude) used
for storing it acd capable of containing
tables sufficient to accommodate 800
guests at a feast. Barlev was cultivated
!in Iceland from 870 to'l4oo, and then
■ the inhabitants ceased to raise it and
| became dependent upon the home conn
| try for their supply. Lately the Danish
government and private individuals have
introduced into Iceland with consider
able success not only barley but vege
tables and fruits. In Norway anything
like good barley cannot be grown much
further than seventy degrees north, and
in Sweden the polar limit is about*ixty
eight degrees. Rye came into use as a
breadstuff in Scandinavia at a very early
time. The summer crops of rye are gen
erally fit for cutting when the barley
hai vest is ready.
Increased Railway Loads.
Ten years ago a standard car load on 1
ali Cret-class railroads was 20,000 pounds, [
the weight of the car being 20,500 '
pounds. In 1881 the load on most roads
had increased to 40,000 pounds, but the
weight of the car had increased to only
22,000 pounds. The master car builders I
of the Pennsylvania road have now
adopted cars to carry GO.OOO pounds, |
while the weight of the cars will be very j '
little increased. Instead of hauling
more than one pound of car to one pound i
of freight, nearly three pounds of freight ;
can now be hauled for one pound ufj
car. The substitution of steel’ for iron '
rails has m <de ihe change possible. This '
condition of affairs makes t pos-ihle for ’
the railroads to carry freights at the low ’ 1
rates they receive and yes make a small | 1
profit.— Scieutifie American. j :
THE HOME DOCTOR.
To Remove a Mote from the Eye.
Take a horse-hair and double it, leaving
a loop. If the mote can be seen lay the
loop over it, close the eyp, and the mote
will come Obt as the* hair is withdrawn.
If the irritating object cannot be seen,'
raise the lid of the-eye as high as possi
ble and place the loop as, far as you can,
close the eye and 'Toll the ball around a
few times, draw oitt the hair, and the
substance which caused so much pain
will be sure to come with it. Thia
method is practiced by axmakers and'
other workers in steel.— Medical Times.
Alleged Ciure for a Felom.
A doctor in the Phrenological Journal
says that he has tried this cure for a
felon in many cases and has never known
it to fail :JTake common salt roasted on a
hot stove until all the chlorine gas is
thrown off, or it is as dry as you can
make it. To a teaspoonful, and also &
teaspoonful of pulverized Castile soap/,
add a teaspoonful of Venice turpentine;
mix them well into’a pohltice and apply;
to the felon. If you have ten felons at;
once make as mans poultices. Renew
this poultice twice a day. In four op
five days your felon will, if not opened)
before your poultice is first put on pre
sent a hole down to the bone, where the
pent-up matter was before your poultice
brought it out. If the felon has been;
cut open or opened itself, or is about to
take off the finger to the first joint, no
matter, put on your poultice; it will
stop right there, and in time your finger
will get well even if one of the first
bones is gone. Os course it will not re
store the lost bone, but it will get well'
soon. — American Rural Heme.
How to Vse Hot Water.
One of the simplest and most effectual;
means of relieving pain is by the use of
hot water, externally and internally, the
temperature varying according to the
feelings of the patient.
For bruises, sprains, and similar acci~
dental hurts, it shduld be applied imme
diately, as hot as can be borne./ by means
of a cloth dipped in the water and laid 1
on the wounded part, or by immersion if
convenient, and the treatment kept up
till relief is obtained. If applied at once,
the use of hot water will generally pre
vent, nearly, if not entirely, the bruised
flesh from turning black.
For pains resulting from indigestion,
and known as wind colic, etc., a cup of
hot water taken in sips will often relieve
at once. When that is insufficiant a flan
nel folded in several thicknesses, large
enough to fully cover the painful place,
should be wrung out of hot water and 1
laid over the seat of the pain. It should
be as hot as the skin can bear without
injury, and be renewed every ten min
utes, or oftener if it feels cool, until the
pain is gone.
The remedy is simple, efficient, harm
less, and within the reach of every one,
and should be more generally used than
it is. If used along with common sense
it might save many a doctor’s bill and
many a courqp of drug treatment as well.
Patti’s Chagrin.
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A German paper tells a good story of
how Patti made a mistake m Paris some
years ago.
She was called Upon at a private enter
tainment,to which she had been invited,
to sing a couple of songs. She did so,
and the company overwhelmed her with
praise.
Next morning the gentleman who had
gjyen the ent*rtalng£nt sent her a
nifleent pair of diamond earrings.
were worth not less than 8,000 franes.
The prima donna expressed her thanks
in a note, for the present, but she added
a postscript to the effect that he had
omitted to inclose her 3,000 francs,,
which was her regular price for singing
at private entertainments. The gentle
man was very much shocked, but he got
even with her neatly. He went to a
jeweler, and bought another pair of ear
rings for eighty francs. He sent his
servant to the diva with these cheap ear-,
rings, and a check for the amount she
claimed. The servant said:
“My master your note this
morning, and he finds your demand per
fectly reasonable. Here i%a check for
it. He also seudfyou a pair .of earrings,
but those which I left herfe yesterday
were intended for another person. They
were sent you by mistake. Will you
have the kindneai to return them, and
overlook the mistake.” \
Patti saw too late that she had made a
faux-pas. With a face as red as fire she
returned the magnificent diamonds, but
she sighed heavily as the servant put
them under his arm and went off with
them.
A Greek Ball.
A ball in a Greek house in Rhodes is a
thing forever to be remembered. The
dresses of the ladies would provoke a
smile from even the most indifferent be
holder. Round dances are not much ap
preciated, but what«hey really love is a
species of romping quadrilles with most
complicated figures, through which a
master of the ceremonies puts you in a
vile French. Dn one occasion this offi- ju
cial insisted on directing us to dance a
variety of the lady’s chain which he
called chaine de chevaliers, and which
my partner naively remarked was excusa- ,
ble in a place which is everywhere
haunted by reminiscences of the Knights
of Rhodes, When the romp was over
we conducted our partners to the smok
ing room, were the chaperones were
sitting stroking cigarettes, and where
the air was dense with the fumes of to
bacco. I noticed the vounger ladies did
not venture on the entire control of a
cigarette themselves, but pressed their
partner to do so, with a view to enjoy
ing an occasional pull. Supper was pro
vided on the most primitive principles.
A large dish of tinned lot>»ter salad was
put on a table, round which every one
crowded; who were not lucky
enough to secure a knife did not hesi
tate to plunge their fingers into the
tempting dish. Glasses of wine circu
lated freely, and after the repost was
over the i*ail degenerated into a. scene
worthy of a Parisian music halt No h
wonder the Turks smiled a little as they
watehed this scene, and retired as soon os
politeness wo< id permit.— Macmillan.
A y.earliille hunter encountered a
wounded deer as it ran down the moun*
tain®. He oeizgrl its nutlcrs and was
t<>’*e»i ;;a> > its iwick and rode until the
aa’raut dropped dmu. t .
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