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PITTSBORO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, MARCH 22, 1888.
NO. 29.
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JJ yy .iJ) vy vv vy
The Kettle on the Crane.
How main' pleasant pictures does the recol
lection bring
Of home an 1 bygone pleasures that around
the fireside cling!
"Vhit 1 e uler reminiscences come thronging
(. ;i the brain,
"U Ik !i i;i ib cams I hear the singing at the
kettle on the crane
Hear it singing, singing, singing,
Loud and merry, fast and slow;
Heir it murmur, murmur, murmur,
Soft, end low.
Tliere's' th" 1 ror.d, wide c.pen chimney, with
it-; riring, crackling fire,
iv.u'.t i p w"'t lg of gen'rous sizj to make
th - ll.m oi leap higher;
A:ul mar. the waiting table stands, spread
I nuntit'ul and plain,
! cheerily the kettle sings and sings
n; -k t l.o civ. no,
Hear it singing, singing, singing,
l.i u land merry, f st and slow;
Hear it murmur, murmur, murmur,
Holt and lew.
t; rand mother in the comer sits and softly to
an 1 fro
S!ie i cks. and dreams of friends and scenes
in d ys of long ago;
Her face grow sw.'t and tender as the past
comes Lack tg iin,
"While listening to the singing of the kettle
u the crane.
Hear it singing, singing, singing,
Lou. I find merry, fast and slow;
Hear it murmur, murmur, murmur,
Soft and IjW.
1 see the children enpr, as with gleeful
lauh and call
They watch the dancing pictures of the
shadows on the wall,
And hear the b iby cooing to the mother's
low refrain
That follows tLe soft m isic of the kettle oa
tLe crane.
Hear it finding. hinging, singing,
Loud and merry, fast and slow;
Hear it murmur, murmur, murmur,
Soft and low.
And. ere the evening hour is done, with
lingering step and slow,
A youth ai:d uniling maidea come, and in
the cullers glow
"L r al the luture story, and they see a
wedding train.
And i I!s chi re with the singing of the
kettle on the crane,
Hear it singing, sinking, 6ingi:ig,
Loud and merry, fast and slow;
Hear it murmur, murmur, murmur,
Soft and low.
The. precious ol 1-time memories, they hold
in? like a spell
The ckx-k upon the mantel, where I learned
the time to tell;
The simple, homely furniture, the keepsakes
few : n 1 plain,
And ill? murmuring of rh? kettle as it hung
ui- n the crane.
lb-ar it ringing, singing, singing,
L ud and worry, fast and slow;
Ik-sr it murmur, murmur, murmur,
Soft and low.
Oh : thc-iv's Lli- supreme in honr?, when its
joy. are pure aud sweat,
A u l life's most sacred memories around the
hoarthto:i" meet,
A i I the tendered thoughts and s iddest ones
r-iiie b irne upon th. strain
( K the singing of the kettle as i; hung upon
the crane.
Hear it singing, singing, singing,
Loud and merry, fast and slow;
Hear it murmur, murmur, murmur,
Soft and low.
Barbara Deane,
RICHARD OGDEN'S DUTY
Mr. Wagner wa9 superintendent of
the great Bessemer Steel "Works ia
Penrsylvania. One morning, about
ten yean ao, a youig man came into
lii oflicj "whom he rccog.niz d s Richard
Ogden, assistant book-keeper ia a Phila
delphia importing firm. Mr. Wagner
shook hands with him hc.irti y.
He had known 0;jdcn since he was a
hoy, end li'.tcd hi.n thoroughly, lie
was a kccn-3jcd, dogged y honest fel
low, and, unlike most young men, al
ways hmd at work. II j had married
luteiy, too. Mr. Wagner ha I been at
his little homo and seen the wife and
hnby.
''Ilillo, Ogdsa! How came you here?
lu the busy seasoD, too?"
"It is not bmy for me, sir,'' said Og
l;n, gravely; I m discharged. Th
t:r.m, like all other Philadelphia firms,
fnnd it nece-:s;:ry to lessen expenses,
w:d di-thirgcd one-fourth cf their men.
I wa the youngest look-keeper, and
ha I to go of course."
"That is Lad-bal." (It was in the
lays when ths hard timet were hardest.)
What are you going to do, Richard?"
'lean find nothing to do ia Phila
delphia. There are twenty thouan 1
r?n thtrc leo'dng for work. I came to
ak you for it."
"-Me? My dear boy, cur book-keepers
hnve been with us for yari!"
Richard laughed. ''I did not come
to r ust them from their desks, Mr.
Wagner. I do rot hopi to get any
work for my head. I must put my
hinds to it now. Is there no plac ia
t!u mi.l for mcl '
"Among the hands? You do not mean
lint, Ogden?
"Ye, I do," coloring slightly. "A
man is a man, no matter how he cf.r:r
Ii'h bread. I cannot afford to be i ile .
w:e!. With the wages which you p y
.Vfur puddlers or firemen, I can support
hry and the boy in this village, wher
Nving h so cheap, at leat until time
T.'nd."
"Very xvc my lad," aid 3Ir. Wag-
hr-", after a mom.-nt's hesitation, 'yu
iire light. I'll find a place for y.u"t -
borrow. Ry the way, you ined to have
a -ood deal of knowledge of chemistry,
vh?
4,Yts, I thought of t saching it after I
left colbge."
"Very gcod; I II put you near Mr.
Fciri . Hj can probably give you a
few hints which may be useful; a son
ef Judgo Ferri ycu know. E lucated
as a raining engineer; but ha has gono
iato the works, like any poor lad, to
woik his way to a practical knowledge
of the business. Ho has charge of ths
convjitcr," he added, with a tone of
respect, to which Ojjdcn, never having
heard of the converter, listened with ia
diflwTcaca. The next morning Ogden, in a work
man's clothe, i resected himself at the
office, and Mr. Wagner himself took him
into the mill and gavo him his work,
introducing him to Mr. Ferris in the
tone which b.3 would me in speaking of
an equal The familiarity wa9 kindly
me nt, but injudicious.
"Who's that young cub old Wagner's
making much ol ? said Jake Crawford
to the man r.t the coal heap beside him.
"Dunno; one of his pets, I rcckoa."
Jake was one of the most drunken
and vicious- men ia the works. He
scanned Ogden's gentlemanly bearing
and white hands with a scowl of coa
tempt, 'which changed to a positive
glare when Mr. Wagner shook hands
with him saying, ' Good-by, my lad,
and good luck !' '
From that time Jake set down the
young fellow as hi enemy, whom he
was bound to overturn. Ogden pres
ently noticed that this man shovel him
unnecessarily when he passed him in
the throng, and swore at him under his
breath, but, supposing him to be a
drunken fellow, thought no more about
it. His indifference but enraged Craw
ford the more. Poor RicharJ, whom
he met on Sundays dressed like a gen
tleman, going with hi wife to church,
became in his eyes the embodiment of '
the "bloated aristocrats" whom he
hated so heartily.
'Til fix his lordship for life ! he said
every day, and watched his chance to
do it. Ferris, on the contrary, as Mr.
Wagner had foreseen, was attracted to
the yeung man, and gave him work
near to him, frequently explaining the
processes to him. Oden's previous
knowledge of chemistry made him an
intelligent hearer.
The ' converter," of which Mr. Ferris
had charge, is an enormous pot ia which
the molten metal aad carbon is subject-d
to the force ot a terrific blast by which
the carbon is dis-ipated. At ths in
stant when the right amount is left, the
huc vessel is ov.rturned into a pit,
where it flows into tubes prepared for
ir.
Furris's duty was to watch the lurid
fl imes of the metal, and when, by the
change in their tiut, he sawthe moment
had com, to press oa a levjr which, by
hydraulic machinery, overturned the
vast converter.
Every time this was done, steel to the
amount of fix thousand dollars was
made. If he ir.isc 1 the time, was a
second too early or too late, the firm
were loosers to that amount.
The men were not allowed to speak to
him as the moment approached. Ogden
always stood near, d.'afened by the
thunderom roar of the blast, but watch
ing F.rri 's pile, intent face.
After a few weeks Ojdsn learned to
distinguish the subtle change in the
11 imc which marked the critical mo
ment. II i told Ferris so one day, jokingly
aJdin;-, "I caa take your place now, on
an emergency."
"I hope I mny not have to call on
you," said Ferris, lmghing.
Jake Crawfor 1 was behiud the two
men. His canning eyes tpirkled. He
followed Ojden homo in the dark, loit
ering about until he saw Richard's
wife run down tho path to meet him.
"How is Ben?" sail Oden eagerly.
"Better. I think it is not croup,
only an crdinaiy cold.
"Bens the baby! Aha!" muttered
J ike, "I've got it, I'll settle his lord
ship, now," thumping his fist on his leg
and chuckling drunkenly.
Ogden's watch began at 2 o'clock the
next moraii:. Little Ben was couch
ing asd chokia ail niht;his father sat
beside hi crib until it was time to go,
and then set off with a heavy heart.
"What is the matter?" said Ferris,
passing him.
'Th3 boy is threatened with croup.
I think I could not live, Ferris, if I
should lose that child," said Ogden.
Crawford overheard, nodded, and
laughed.
At nine o'clock that morning there
was a blow to be mad?, About eight
Ferri stepped aside to cat his break
last, which was placed ia a tin pail on
a barrel. He hnd some cold coffee,
which ho set ia a tin cup to warm be
side a fur. ace.
"Look to that, Crawford, will you?"
he sai I, aad Jake assiduously bent over
;he cup. Out of his dirty pocket he
to;-k a white paper containing, not
I i on, but a nauseating medicine, slow
an d sure in action. This he hastily
-hook into the coffee.
Ferris mid2 a wry fac?, but gulped it
d.w-. He was hungry and cold. A
:t !c be .'ore nine Mr. Berringcr, th2
jiiwipd owner of the works, camei i
and ftood near. Ferris. He never
wcaiied of listening to the roar of the
blast, or of watchiag tho great ma
chiaery in motion, and the rush of whitt
liquid metal from tb.3 caldroa.
"Are you ill, Ferris?" ho said, com
ing up to the ycuag man, as he sat with
his hand upoa the lever and his ey
upon the fbry fluid. "Your lips are
blue."
"Yes," said Ferris curtly. But 111
see this through."
TJIr. Berringer watched him closely.
"You can't do it! You are near faint
ing now. How long will it be until it
is ready?"
" About ten minutes," gasped Ferris,
with a shudder of pain.
"Is there nobody who can take youi
place?"
" I I don't know," hs said dully.
Then he dropped the lever, and stag
gered forward. "I I cannot sceT he
cried.
"Great heaven 1 What is to be done?''
cried Mr. Berriager.
A quiet voica was heard from among
the startled men, " I think I can take
Mr. Fcrris's place, if you will trust me."
"Ogden? Yes; try Oglen," said
Ferris, as he sank down. Some of the
men carried him out Richard Ogden
stepped up to his platform and put his
hand on the lever which the mill owner
held.
"I'll try you, ycuag mm. It's all I
can do. Reitember if you fail by an
instant, it is a lo3S of several thousand
dollars to u,"
"I know, sir, I'll do my duty as well
as I cm," sail 0o'den calmly; but he
breathed a hurried prayer to Gjd for
help.
The frightful roar of the blast
drowned all sound's, the curious work
men gathered around, watching Ricl -ard's
eyes fixed cm the flickering fl-irne.
It seemed to him as if the beating of the
blood in his veins kept time with the
fire. Suddenly, distinct and sharp, he
heard, outside of tin window near
which he stool, his boy's name.
"Benny Ogden, he's dying of croup,
where's his father?''
"Great Godl" He started wildly
forward; then grasped the lever again
with strained eyes and clutched teeth.
His duty. H j had promised he would
do his duty. Tho next instant, the
flame as if ia pity fcr maa changed its
hue, and the lever sank. Out from tha
converter rolled the fiery flood. Rich
ard sprang dowa from the platform,
white and tremblinj.
"Is it Benny you're goia' to?' said
Dan McCarthy. "I'm just afther seein'
the bye go past the mill wid his mother,
an' its well and hearty he i-s. It wur
Jake Crawford as played that durty
thrick oa yee3, zur," turning to Mr.
B;rringer; "an' it wur him as dosed the
coffee for Misther Ferris."
3Ir. Berringer was a man of few
words. "Sini for a policeman for
Crawford. Young man, the firm owes
you something, and we will pay it as
best we can."
They did pay it This was four years
ago. 3Ir. Ferris has been promoted in
the works and Richard Ogden holds his
place at a hijh salary. In one of the
prettiest cottages in ths village you may
find Mary and Ben, who is the big
brother of two youngsters as fat and
chubby as himself. Youth's Com
panion. Saved by Swift Running.
At Iakermann, one of the most stub
bornly fought tattles of the Crimean
war, a young officer, who had learned at
Eton not much from books but a good
deal from its sports, was surrounded and
made rrisoncr. While going to the rear
in charge of two stalwart Russians, he
looked at their long coats and said to
himself: "They can't run." Watchiag
his opportunity, he knocked one soldier
head over heels, threw the other, by a
wrestler's trick, into the mud, and took
to his heels. Before his guardians
were on their legs and could fire, he had
got over a good piece of ground. A
Russian lancer made at him; he ran as
if leading an Eton foot-race, and cleared
a good-3ized fence. The lancer cleared
it after him, and with lance fixed
pressed the fugitive hard. A swollen
brook, running fiercely, haired his way.
It was seventeen feet wide, but the old
Etonian h id won the "long jump" when
at school, having cleared niacteen feet
over Chalvey ditch. He now jumped
the brook; the lancer refused to follow,
and the young officer ran back into the
Eaglish lines.
How Gladstone Eats,
It is reported thnt Mr. Gladstone
ascribes his splendid health and lon
gevity, to having early learned one sim
ple physiological le3soa, viz, to make
twenty -five bites at every bit of meat.
Although the twenty-five bites might
not make any impression on the meat,
in some cases the interesting process of
counting in every mouthful must be a
species of rumination very diverting to
the mind, and congenial to the statisti
cal bent of the great treasury minister.
For the purpose of mastication, how
ever, shaving the meat off thin across
the fibre with a sharp knife would be
more effective and more favorable to
sociability at meals. Most people cut
it ia chunks, and so swa'low it, after a
treatment that is merely lubricative,
like that of a serpent
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
A Hurried Breakfast.
Six WtJe brown-coated birds I see,
TVisting red buds from my dog-wood tree;
Sickly the seed from the scarlet coats
Glide down their feather-muffled throats.
I snatch my pencil to catch tbo sight,
In a little picture for May's de'ight,
When they see a facj at the win low-pane;
And whir go a dozen wing3 agiin!
If they only know who scattered the cake
About the piazza, for their sweet sake,
And watched their footprints with secret
glee,
They would finish their feast from the dog
wood tree.
Curing- a Sick Child In Cb'na.
When a child is taken sick ia China
the parents believe that one of the sou'.s '
has wandered away and is lost, so the j
mothor runs to the open door and crie3
' Lail la!" "Soul, come home! soul,
come home !" and the fath :r hastens
out into the street and crosses the near
est bridge searching for the truant's
spirit ne hears the mother's wail and
shouts back the cheering answer, "Com
ing! coming!" Then a paper horse is
burned ia the house for the soul to ride
home upon, and the mother still utter
ing her weir J cry begins to search the
corners of her floor mud, if she is poor,
brick or marble if she be rich and the
first thing of life she finds is supposed
to contain the missing spirit. Often it
is a flea or beetle. WThen it is secured
she gives n great cry of joy, wraps it in
paper and places it under the pillow of
the suffering child and expects an ix
mediate recovery. Hirtford Couract.
A Canine Conacirnce.
"Tell you another dog story? L?t
me sec," and the invalid doctor lifted
his lame leg into a chair and scratched
his head. "I never told you about old
Pedro. He was the special friend of all
the children in the neighborhood and
had a most remarkable memory. He
was a water-spaniel with a big head,
long ears and a kind face; was fat, lazy
and perfectly harmless. The children
used him for a foatstool, sat upoa him,
dressed him in gay colored calico,
pinned his shaggy cars back with bur
dock burs, aad he seemed to like their
frolics immensely. One summer an or
dinance was passed by the village trus
tees, requiring all dos to be muzzled.
Pedro wa instead, fastened with a pe
culiarly made chaia which had once
.done service in a suction pump. It was
not heavy, but one would never forget
the odd shape of its links. A hole was
cut through the side of a work shop, and
the chain wa3 fastened with a strong
staple to a joist which wa9 ex
posed when the hole was cut. Pjdro
was a very unwilling prisoner for a
week, when, oae morning,he was found
lying on tho doorstep collar, chain and
alaple gone. He had gnawel the staple
out and had pullcl the collar off over
hi3 head. Nne of hi3 fastenings could
be found, hijh or low. Two years
afterward the chain and collar were dug
out of a pile of adics in the far back
end of the h t The diggers knew that
Pedro had buried them. They whistled,
and he soon came bounding to the spot
expecting fun of some kiad. The dig
gers pointed to the chaia. Pedro
looked down at it, smelted of it,
dropped his t;il between his legs, cow
ered, whined piteoudy for mercy, know
ing his guiit was fouid out at last, and
expecting no m?rcy. Did he get
whippid ? Not much. He got a big
shank-bone to gnaw, and the children
wanted to give him a medal." Buffalo
Express.
TU- Monkey and the Baby.
Some time ago an Eaglish lady who
was living at Kingston, Jamaica, took
passage oa a homeward- bound vessel,
taking her two-moath-old i if ant with
her.
A large, strong, active monkey which
was on board took a violent fancy to
the child. The monkey would sit all
day long watching the mother as she
rocked and fondled her littlo one, and
follow her from place to place. Several
times the animal tried unsuccessfully to
get the baby.
One beautiful afternoon a distant sail
attracted the attention of all on board,
and the captain politely off .re I his glass
to the .lady. She placed her baby on
the sofa, and had just raised tho glass
to her eye, when a cry was heard.
Turning quickly, she beheld a sailor
in pursuit of the monkey, which had
grasped the infant firmly with one arm,
and was nimbly climbing the shrouds.
The mother fainted as the animal
reached the top of the maiamast.
The child in the meanwhile was heard
to cry, but the fear that the monkey
was hurting it was dispelled by seeing
the animal imitate the motions of the
mother, dandling, soothing, and en
deavoring to hu3h it to sleep.
After tryiag ia mar.y ways to lure the
animal down, the captain finally or
dered the men below, and concealed
himself on the deck. In a moment, to
his great joy, he saw the monkey care
fully descending. Reaching the deck,
it looked cautiously around, advanced
to the sofa, and placed the baby upoa it
The captain restored the frightened
infant to its mother, who was soon
satisfied that her darling had escaped
injury. Young People.
MADSTONES.
One Which Earned a Fortune
for its Owner.
Curing the Most Virulent Type
of Hydrophobia.
'- One of tho most celobrated madstoncs
in this part of the wcrll, says the Des
Moines (Ia.) Leader, is that belonging
to Turner Evans, of Paris, Linn county,
this state. This valuable little stono
was formerly owned by a gentleman in
Virginia, where it is said to have
effected wonderful cures during the
past 130 year. It has been in the
hands of tho present owner for over
thirty years. During this time it has
been tc ;tcd several times and has always
given entire satisfaction, never fai.ing
to ff ct a cure. The word "cure" is
perhaps not the word to use in this
connection, for if I am rightfully in
formed it is always made a point to use
the stone as a preventive of hydropho
bia before the actual appearance of the.
rabies. Daring the past thirty years
this stone ha9 been tried on not less
than 750 persons, and as Mr. Evans
charges $10 for a trial and $50 if it
sticks fast to the wound, which it is
said to do if there is hydrophobic poi
son in th3 system, his income from this
source must be considerable. Ia 188D
a gentleman with whom the writer was
very well acquainted, was bitten by a
dog thoujht to be suffering with hy
drophobia. I refer to D. C. McGillen,
who formerly worked in a harness shop
in this city. Inquiries were made im
mediately as to where the possessor of a
mid stone could be found. As soon
as this Linn County man was located
McGillen started on his race with death
having no doubt that awful disease
(hydrophobia) was at that moment sow
ing its seeds of d;ath in his system. He
arrived at Cedar Rapids tho same night,
was hurried into a carriage and taken to
the ''madstone man" as soon as possible.
After his return he gave the writer most
of the facts which have been embodied
in this article. He said that a3 soon as
he arrived Mr. Evans scratched lm arm
with a pin (he had been bitten in the
hand) and applied the stone. Bifore
thi, as a sort of prologue, Mr. Evans
had informed his patient that if the
hydrophobic germ was ia his system the
stone wou'd hold fast to the spot which
he had sacrificed ; but if he had not been
inoculated with the fatal poison, it
would not stick. In this case my in
formant sai 1 "it stuck like a leech,"
snd thit when removed it was full of
a greenish fluid th it looked "like
scum oa a pond in August." This
the operator said, wa3 the poison
virus which ha I been taken from tho
system. When the stone had been
soaked for a f-jw minutes in a bath com
posed of about one part milk and three
of water it was again applied. This
operation was repeated for about seven
hours, after which tho stone would not
adhere, and the operator pronounced
the patL-nt out of danger. McGillen
described th3 stone as a whitcish,
spongy looking HttL thinjr," not larger
than a filbert, coae-shaped an I full of
fine pores. A Mr. Bunco of Mechanics
vilic, this st. t-, hul ths stone applied
something liko s.vea hundred time3 be
fore ail the poison was drawn from the
system, the tims consumed for these
operations being so ncthing like twonty
thrcehour;. J. M. E-tes of O.ceola, it is said, is
the fortunate possessor of one of these
wonderful stones.
Another is in the possession of John
Nelson of Savannah, M .
In May, 1883. Frederick Re my, of
Red Oak, w.13 I itten by a mad dog, as
were also six others of the same city, all
of whom went to try the virtues of the
Missouri sione. I be ieve Rjmy was
the only one that di:d of hydrophobia.
He was bitten May 18, and showed r.o
symptoms of the dread disease for
thirty-four clays, or until Juie 21. He
died after three days of terrib'c suff jr
ing. I am unable to tell you wherj the
madstone is fouid or how procured,
that is, to any degree of certainty, lut
believe it is found in the bladder of deer
and other animais of that kia 1, oerhaps
in the gnll-bag instead of the blalder.
At any rate, I think it is found some
place under the skin of that class of
animals wh n 'ound at all. It is rarely
found, however". Thomas Padden, one
of the best-informed mea in the south,
says that it is frequently found in the
south, but that mo t of the so-called
madstonc3 arc of a very low grade, and
are used on the bites of snakes and
stings of poisonous insects. He also
leaves the reader in blissful ignoranc3
of where the stone is fonnd.
A Substitute for the Switch.
One day Ernest had been seriously
lectured by his mother, and fi sally sent
to the yard to fiad a switch with which
he was to be juni hed. He returned
soon an I said: "I couldn't find any
switch, mamma, but here's a stone you
can throw at me." Hirper's Magaziae.
Bitter strife prevails b tween Mil
waukee brewers and their men. In other
words, they are at lagerh;ads.
The Career of "Boss Tweed."
William M. Tweed was born ia New
York City in 1823. and died ia Ludlow
Street Jail April 12, 1878. After re
ceiving a common school education he
learned the trade of chair making. In
1852 he was made an alderman of Njw
York, and was soon after elected tc
congress, where he served from 1853 tc
1855. In 1856 he became a supcrvisoi
of New York aad chairman of the
board. He was a school commission ei
in 1856-57 and a depu'y street commis
sioner from 1861 to 1870. From 1861
to 1871 he was a state senator. In 187C
he was appointed commissioner of the
department of public works in New
York City. It was while he was in
this office that a corrupt "iag," oi
which he was chief, was formed and
vast sums of public money wera appro
priated to private use. The building
and furnishing of tho new court house
in New York were taken advantage oi
for these peculations, " and the money
represented to be spent on this work
amounted to many millions of dol
lars more than was actually de
voted to thi3 purpose. These coriupt
practices were exposed, and ia October,
1871, Tweed was arrested in a civil suit
on charges brought by Charles O' Conor
in behalf of the city. Bail was fixed at
$1,000,000, and was promptly furni-hed.
Soon afterward, Tweed was again elect
ed to the state senate, but did not talcs
his scat Ia December, 1872, he wai
arrested in a criminal action on charges
of fraud, but was released on $5000
bail. In January, 1873, he was brought
to trial, which restated in a disagree
ment of the jury. In the following No
vember he was found guilty of fraud,
and was sentenced to twelve years' im
prisonment in tha penitentiary on Black
well's Island; also to pay a fine of $12,
550. In April, 1875, suit was com
menced in behalf of ths people for the
recovery of $6,000,000, and judgment
was entered for this amount, with in
terest Tho view was sustained by
the supreme court that the cumula
tive sentence of twelve years' im
prisonment on twelve counts of the in
dictment was contiary to law, ia June,
1875, who said the sentence was not
lawful beyond one year. Twecl's
release was therefore ordered. He was,
however, held in bail to the amount ol
$3,000,000, and ia default of this he was
committed to Ludlow street jdl. Oa
December 4th ha escaped from the
custody of two keepers with whom he
had been permitted to ride in the Park
and vidt his residence. He remained
concealed for several months, and then
succecde 1 ia reaching Cuba, whencs he
went to Spun. Here he was arrested
by the Spanish government, and de
livered to officers of th3 United States.
Lite ia the autumn of 1876 hj was
brought back to New York, and again
confinsd in Ludlow street jail, where
ho died on the date above mentioned.
New York Dispatch.
Natural Woods in Vogue.
The great demand for hardwood trim
mings in the interior finishing of dwell
ings has developed the art of staining
wood until any variety i? now imitated
so perfectly that only an expert can
distinguish it from tho genuine article,
years ago ths finest interiors were paint,
ed plain whi:c. Very heavy enamelled
paints were used and great care was
taken to prolucj a pure, dazzling
white. Then graining came in vogue.
The fashion then changed to painting
tho woodwork and walls in delicate
tints, and now an interior is not correct
unless it is finished in natural or stained
woods.
New houses follow the styles very
easily, but it is a more difficult matter to
keep an old house up to the times. To
change the painted woolwork of a
parlor to mahogany or cherry requires
much ingenuity and skill. Tho paint is
first burned off by means of a gas jst
worked with a blow pipe. Then the
wrood is scrapod and rubbed until a
smooth clean surface showing the natu
ral grain is produced. Next the stain is
put on and rubbed in, the wood is
polished, and the room finally has the
appearance of being done in solid
mahogany. Old Eaglish oak, which is
the most po pilar wood now, is very
difficult to imitate. The grain of oak
is so different from that cf other woods
that the same effect is hard to obtain.
American oik, however, is readily
stained to look like the foreign wood,
and nine- nths of the "old English"
variety is produced in that way. Wal
nut and cherry produced by staining
arc much handsomer than tho natural
woods. Mail aad Express.
A Singular Affliction.
John Burgess of Erie, Penn., is suf
fering from a singular affliction. He is
a railroad engineer, and a short time
ago, after stepping off his engine, he
slipped on a piece of ice and fell, strik
ing the ground quite violently with tho
back of his head. He was helped home,
and now that he has begun to recover
from the first painful effects of his fall
una can raise himself up, he is very
much alarmed to find that when erect he
is totally blind. In a lying posture he
enjoys hi3 sight a3 previous to his fall,
but as soon as he assumes an upright
position he can see nothing whatever.
Her Dough Was All Wedding Cake.
In brown holla nd apron she stool in the
kitchen;
Her sleeves were rolled up, and her cheeks
all aglow;
Her hair was coiled neatly, when I, indis
creetly, Stood watching while Nancy was kneading
the dough.
Now, who could be neater, or brighter, or
sweeter,
Or who hum a song so delightfully low,
Or who look so slender, so graceful, so tender,
As Nancy, sweet Nancy, while kneading
the dough?
How deftly she pressed it and squeezed it,
caressed it,
And twisted and turned it, now quick and
now slow;
Ah! me, but that madness Tve paid for in
scdness,
'Twas my heart she was kneading as well
as the dough.
At last when she turned from her pan to the
dresser,
She saw me and blushed, and said shyly
"Please go,
Or my bread I'll be spoiling, in spite of my
toiling,
If you stand here and watch while Tm
kneading the dough."
I begged for permission to stay she'd rot
listen;
The sweet little tyrant said: "No, sir! no!
no!1'
Yet when I had vanished on being thus ban
ied, My heart stayed with Nancy while knead
ing the dough.
I'm dreaming, sweet Nancy, and see you in
fancy.
Your heart, love, has softened and pitied
my woe;
And we, dear, are rich in a dainty, wee
kitchen ;
Where Nancy, my Nancy, stands kneading
the dough.
Brooklyn Citizen.
HUMOROUS.
Rabid transit Mad dog on the fly.
Shakc-spoar experts Tho early Ro
mans. The only dairy which does not use
water to excess is the dromedary.
Locomotive engineers arc not dissi
pated, although it is notorious that they
lead a fast lile.
If the pen is really mightier than the
sword, we wonder why it doesn't turn
on some of the poets and stab them to
death. -
"Now, my dear," said the teacher,
"what is memory?" The little girl an
swered, after a moment's reflection, "It
is the thing you forget with."
"There is another fashionable insti
tution that should be sat on," said the
lecturer on hygiene, "and that is the
bustle." And every lady in the audi
ence gave vent to an audible titter.
Minister: "So you go to school, do
you. Bobby?" Bibby: "Yes, sir."
Minister: "Let mc hear you spell kit
ten." Bobby: "I'm getting too big a
boy to spell kitten. Try mc on cat"
Clara Have you noticed the com
plete control that cross old uncle of
Hattie'3 has over her? What a will he
must have! Julia He has, indeed; and
Hattie's awfully afraid she'll be left out
of it
A correspondent wants to know where
to go to take lessons on the accordion.
Go down in a diving bell a mile or two,
though that will bo pretty rough on the
innocent fishes, but it won't bother your
neighbors.
Citizen to Coal Dealer S ly, I want a
ton of coal. Coal D?aler All right
Shall we send it up right away? Citi
zenOh, no. If it's anything like the
last, I'll just call for it on my way homo
and carry it up in my overcoat pocket.
A Box on the Ear Lands a Trout,
Trout Creek is quite a paradise for
anglers. The fish are large, and become
quite plentiful when the waters of Lake
Aicslie arc sufficiently warm to cause
them to seek a cooler retreat in the flow
ing stream. Oae half of the stories
which arc told of the catches at this
place would fi'.l volumes, but none of
these has yet reached the sublime height
of what is claimed for a small lake near
Guysboro. The narrator's hero is him
self. He says that one winter, being
tired of salt beef and wanting trout for
a change, he cut a hole in tho ice on
the lake. He had evidently selected a
good day, for the fish took his bait so
rapidly that it was downright hard
work to keep pulling them out So
eager were they, indeed, that they
would jump for the bait before it had
even touched the water. Our
sportsman was an inventive genius
and decided to profit by this phenome
nal appetite. Getting down on his
knees, he dangled the bait about a foot
above the hole and awaited further de
velopments. Almost immediately a fine
trout jumped for it, and promptly re
ceived a dexterous box on the ears
which landed him far out on the ice.
So numerous and so hungry wcro the
fish that the angler's hand was kept
constantly busy slapping them as they
jumped for the alluring bit of red pork
which hovered over the opening in the
ice. Every slap yielded a fih. This
continued until sheer fatigue put an end
to the novel pastime. A conservative
estimate placed the quantity of fish at
somewhat over four barrels. American
Magazine.
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