V - BOCKY' M0MT1O.IL, BOCKY MOUNT MAIL AN INDEPENDENT Adrartlslng RatMi " Weekly Family Newspaper, i. H 4 W. L. tTHORP, rOBUSHEBS AND PB0PB1IT0BI. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS :'. . $2.00 per A nnurn, In Adwanoav KOCKY MOUNT, X. ; C, SEPT.EMBEK 1, 1876. VOL. V. NO. 19. W. L. THORP, Editor. P nnTV ATOTTNTT MA TT , - . . ' . ma. iioHoin . tlx OUB COUNTBT, RIGHT OR WBbNO; IF WBONO, TO BE BET BIGHT. MS-'" iSdSS Sfl S3 2 L , . " . - ,7t ' ' Oohp. It.ooo.o w.eo T.wiooje Caught Id a Shower. ' ' Tttm a midsummer dy, and the raindrops ""' were f tiling 'iad stirring the leaves tn a elnmborleoe way, lint gentle and toft ae theoootag and oalling Of dor to iu mat at tbe parting of day ; Thee (after and fatter it came, till the plaeh- tog Qt waters grew load, in its gatliaring power, Aad the birds that above me, like Jewels were Dishing, ., TrSled songa of delight in the midst of the ' shower. . , , i Asa who should I meet but sweet Roes, the . fairest , Of ill the sweat flowers that illnmine the morn, , , (swot, aH her dainty adornings, the rarest That beauty oan fashion, hang damp end-l forlorn. ...''- She held np her hands, with a gesture euaeet- ingi 'Ok, Nr. La Bae, I your pity Implore Of eoorse I'm a fright I Bnl how fortunate meeting Ton hen. Why, I never onoe dreamed of a shower." Her hst wss a wreck, bnt the eyes that weie smiling , " " Braceih tt were oven as riSits bine. ' And her Hps sell, I thought, so oomplote their beguiling "j " If . her 1'iTsr I knew whst I'd do." ' I rave uer my arm, and beneath my nmbretis Hhe ireut, ith s face his ths lositst doer. y jr I Uiuik rite divined, tho' 1 dand not to tell tor, The rsptnra 1 felt shielding hur from the howur. . ' 'i'u .ttmmar a.''11 and the rosse are giving The eUh of their beau to the euvetooo air, But f,rwt of all is my It jee,wliose ie weaving rhe thrtads of onr lrras into anlty rare, sud yes erday eve as we sashed the sorren der t-ibmraiie of day at the swiet Iwi'igLt hour, ...Iha-whisiirel.in aooanta of-kviiig;r.:artdV lender : "Oh, 'red, ar'n't yon glsd we were eanght in that shower r aTIIOHTIES H Bl'UURlA. toedtali vfera. el the Tarle-Tke Terrible a huBwaewka Ml Werfc Maaearra. la eeodlsrl.ii Htaverr aad Ueaae)raerr- U. ll.sa-nd aad Twealr-ttae VUlaave . eHMrayi d. ' U. Ivaii tie Wi.tyne, eorraspontWot f the l'ari- Figaro, kaa maja an el lnnlsl tour through IIulrarut anil baa written anvt'nl graphic littlrrs tu that - Juarutl,iu whinh iw ilttcriiMM the) at ro ot! ie exiuiiutttl liy-tlie Torka. The oltuaiiift i-IfraoU will ba fonnd ex treoieiy intviriMtiii. AlthoogU the) au thor is 6vi.i;.itly ai.ti Turk in hi feal tor thern is nil reason for euiif using that tne story li irlln ta exaggrated. Be thaa do-urilm bt cxparii nan on use fir momiiig ol hio visit to Adriano- At the tmt atrat ooroer a(tr leaving my bote! I fouiul inya-lf iippoailw a man kangiug, wboau Ivgd wt re atill kicking eucvaiiivcl. Iltvis nnspaniti'il from the drar of a alinp. Tile text were - Isstennl aul tlio hauill tied bebinj bis back, till th I'n , nnrovnrml anj the tongu hung from tu mouth. The reet weie bcnrti-hilig tbe aide wall of tbv door ui a vain endeavor to And a resting BkMa, The shopkeeper, forious that his boaiw shimlj I. are Iwen cboasn (or the leoutiop, wu nlmsing tbe ' laptiea," who went awny Janghing and driving before them two other wretches whom they ware unlered t bang in diffureut parte of tho towu. The eveuing before, the tribunal, wbii.b waa composLd of the Turks ami "chosen" Uhristiana, bad . eondeiuutil a doc n Bulgarians to death on account of tho revolt which took place three moutbaago. It was decided tint thnu of Ihem should bo ezeenfed in Adrianople, and tbe other nine scattered tbrongh the oountry, one at each cross loads. I followed the soldiers who were driviuR Ihoau nnfortiiDates before them with the butt euds of their guns, while orowds of boys threw stones at them and ahonted " Giaour." " We soon came toa g Hows oonstmoted ef three pieces of wood, the upright and inn being held in their places by a sup port from one to the other. This primi tive gallows Was rruotod under lamp which had been pulled down tho, night before by the woight of another man' executed there; for they hang them here every day. In a few minutes every thing W4S ready. Theoord rolled round the arm of the gallows, ended iu a ruu aing knot, which fell down to meet its victim. One soldier placed it round the neck of the shorter of the two con demned men, nnd then, upon a remark nude by one of bis comrades, took it off nd adjusted it on the taller The rea son given by the second soldier for this change wits that it was difficult to hang tall men trora the obops, which are gen ially low. The man was tlien placed tn the scaffold, where ho was kept in position with blows from the butts of tho soldiers' guns until the rope was finally adjusted, when the scaffold was kicked from under him. They had not wen inen the trouDle to raiten his legs, which kicked convulsively in his agony, while the ill coustrncted gallows groaned. The crowd was already far distant. At the corner of the street the cor lire seemed to be in doubt as to which Mate they should take, and the soldiers rogaged iu a discussion. It appears wt although they had lieen ordered to Jang one of the prisoners at the gal lows, yet they, were free to strangle the others when they pleased. Thejr ad TJoed toward a confectioner's shop, which was somewhat larger than' the -Jthers, -but the proprietor, guessing jhoir intentions, ran in front of tho troops and put something into the obm snder's hand, who., cuanaintr his di- wtion, went to a oafe. Here the same bone ensued, the owner of the cafe bok the sergeant's baud, who turned to in' PP08''e w''u foe same result. All the shopkeepers not caring to have man hanging at their door all dav pay "ho aapties to go further on, and the fotim meauwhile tas to follow their ligiag march under an inoessaut rain of "Me and Btones. . At last tha.nrtgo Tleu. The .Bulgarian bad faulted. I went away, for I had wen too much. " Bashi " means in Turkish "head," and "Bazouk" "spoiled" or " dam aged, "Vo that bashi-bazouk is " bad head." ' This official name given to these irregular troops show that the government has allowed them to take the initiative.- The population of Turk ish villages, like those of villages every where else, are composed of men and women, but with this difference, that whereas with as the men are willing to work, here they do nothing and are con tent to send their women into the fields, si I have frequently seen them from the top of my wagon in the vicinity of the Turkish villages, and when leaving their work they must go home with their faces veiled. While the women work the men ait at. tbe door of their cabins smoking the excellent tobaooo whioh their oountry affords. This is kept up during the element portion of the year, and during the winter the women work in -the barns and farmhouses. There comes a call "io arms," and everything ohangeafaoe. Immediately an old flag is brought out from the mosqne, borne by a fel low who, in view of some past exploits, bears the title of chief, accompanied by priests recitiug short verses) of the Koran, tbe religious senlimeuls-of which are "Down with the infidel," and the real meaning an incitement to flundrr and destruction. The village is at onoe full of life ami activi'y. Old guns are relurbished;" the old flintlocks are re paired and refitted ; tbe broad blades of their knivea are cleaned ami sharpened; women and children all take a band at the work. They are thinking-of the spoils, and the great tbiug is to be ready drsL It is also a question of slaying the giaonra, fur be who bail shod the most blood wilt be able to aspire to the Urst plac or chieftainship of the vil lage. Vanity governs amid savages, it ems, as it doea amid tbe civilised. The samo day the aub prefect, or Kai inaknin, makes bia appeal to these patriotic (t) souls, every available man is ei nntr. for tlie place named for the umo t tb different Tillages to meet, followed by old men and children, the former going to teach the young bow to toiluro the wouuded and set fire to Vicstod dwellings. - Tnes j reunions last several daya, for t is the villagers furthest off that rev orive tbe notice last anil who have the greatest distance to make. These latter, on arriving at the town of meeting, find tbn others gorged with Itootv, ami, irri tated by jealousy, attack the Chriatiaua id the streets, where they are supposed to lie protected. Anjong those Iwndits the bravest or most brutal are the Oir oaHttaitft. The othws wiar the red bloue and apatterdasb shoes they take (r ui tho pesMiubi the iielt is tilled with loug kuivos and long barrelel pixtol-i, and tin ir linen, when they huv. iny, is always bespatt red with blojd fnim I'm bodies of .their victims. A (Irerk vest tilted close around the body uid a. handkerchief tied around tho head oouipletos the dross. They wear noth ing arouuu Hie urea, is woum wmmu that thev are eout mtlv in expectation of being bung. - Kverything they have on is filthy, r-pngnsut, hidoona. Hpch are tbe men who, accoriling to l nraisn newapaiers, "leave their hearth and home" to rob "iu defense of their country. - I have said that 1,000 regular trained troops, which have not been sent, would bave 1ie u mora effective, bnt 10,000 Ba-hi Hsaousa have been sent instead, riiey will awnasinate more than 80,000 persons. Tbe fear inspired by the au thorities liefore an attuck on some of tho Christian villages mused them to abandon everything. A hundred and twenty -oue villages were uurneu. j went by chance to look at one of thttso I'uroutchilx the history of whioh 1 will ffive. According to tho estimate of disinterested persous and European officials, this is tho hundred and twunty flrst, and this may even be considered as beneath the number. IVrontchilza is situated to the left of- the railroad le tween I'hilipiopoli and Panu-dschyk, midway between these two places, and 6,000 or 8,000 yards from the railroad. It was a Christian village of 350 bonses and having more than 2.000 inhabitants, planted, 'OS it were, uetwe n several Turkish boroughs as poor by their idle ness as Pcroutchitzn was rich by itp labor. The instant the call was mule for volunteers Pcroutohitza was shut in between all its neighbors. ' The nobles who were saved in time arrived at Philippopoli, where they demanded aid more loudly than auy one of their fellow citizens, saying they had nothing to do with the -insurrection, me governor replied to the effect thut he would think aboD,t it. The consuls intervened and addressed themselves to an aide do-camp of the saltan sent front Constantinople to report the true state of things. They obtained a promise of help, which, was reduced to the sending of a commission of conciliation. Tbe commission did uot even go into the' village, whioh the assailants wanted disarmed, to begin with. This, in effect, was the way the Bashi .Bezonks operak d : They presented tnonisuves oeiore a uurisuan vuiuge, and, according to the " order of au thority," required complete disarma ment. Alter this order was orjeyea a massacre of the men so disarmed was befrun. In case the villagers refused to hand ever their gnns, etc., their village. was immediately set on tire. Several villages which, had never been armed, and which, consequently bad no arms to deliver a fact well kiown to tho mur derers were treated in just the manner I have indicated. The people of Perout chi za answered that thoy would deliver their arms to soldiers of the regular army, but not to the Bosbi-Bazouks. I'hon the attack commenced by firing the village at the four corners. The tight lasted four hours, and the inhabit ants, surrounded by fire, took refuge in one of tbe two churches. The " au thority " then sent caunon, but the un fortunate people held together, though at this point they were willing to parley. At lensth. completely outnumbered. they consented to surrender. The first to leave the church were shot down in ' oo)d - blood the instant theyahowed themselves; they then comprehended that the attack was made with but one object, namely, a general extermination, and they rosolvod to stand out to the last. Thus, in a word, there now re mains of this village absolutely nothing of the 850 houses nothing, nothing, nothing. I defy any one to find any other trace than a portion of the chnrcb, whose' four walls are, riddled with bul lets, and a piece of another wall a few feet in height The only object remain ing inside the church, was the half of a painting representing fit. Paul, all that remains of a township which paid 600, 000 francs a year for duties. And as to the population of over two thousand persons, they are now reduoed to one hundred and fifty old people and children, who mourn among, Jjiejuins which cover all that 'Was dear to them. Not a strong manisleft, not a woman. All these have, been slain, and all those who escaped the) massacre have been car ried away into slavery to the other side of the Balkans, where they will be sub jected to the Pomace, renegade Chris tians, still more ferocious than the Mus sulmans themselves, and who are always on the raid. The abandoned children who strayed into the oountry have been eanght and sold at an average rate of fifty piasters each little less than $3 the little girls, at least those who were pretty, sent to Constantinople and placed upon those secret markets for such bargains which always exist They will be sonttereil among the harems, w'tere tlto ladies always have little girls which thoy raise to sell when they be come of .age. These are their little perquisites. You will understand that the slave dealers are "expected from Mecca, "a rumor now being in ciroula tion that the aale of women is about to be recommenced. It will be seen that the old Turk is just as low as the momer.t after the conquest; indeed, them people have not advanced one step morally, and some of the re cent events have destroyed all that Eu ropean civilization has been able to achieve in fifty years npon this essenti ally brutal population. One hundred and twenty -one villages burned,- women violated aud children hacked to pieces. Ihe Kaahi'llazouka take the latter by sn arm or a leg, give them one terrlljlo cut with their knives and then pass on to the next Those oonaidered most adroit in this bloody work cut the little onoe in two aoroaa the waist at a blow. A priest told me that some few days pre vious, while h was crossing a ford, one of these half bodies injured the legs of his horse). One priest was crucified, another was roasted alive. Furthei ou he saw women impaled on stakes drawn from ricks of bay. My mind shrinks from tbe remembrance of these horrors, and I will conclude in the words of some of the countrymen to me : " Whatso ever you ny say to your readers, you will always bo within the truth." The Little Russian. The Little Ituaaioua inhabit- an inkunl district in tbe southwest of ltuaaia. They are a primitive people, and of their fiiuexal rites a striking account baa recently been given by a member of the Ht Petersburg geographical society. When any one dies iu Little ltuaaia a jug of water is placed on the windowsiM, that the aoul may lie able to ierform its ablutions In. fore setting out on it long journey. That it may have the sun to light it ou its way the funeral takes place at snuse Within the coffin are plactd various articles of food and cloth ing along with some money, that the deocased may have a prosperous start in his now life. Tbe shavings of the wood of which the coffin has been made, and he tools used by the dead man, if he baa been an artist, are also inclosed in it. With those) are put the parings of his finger nails, which both men and women in Little Bnssin preserve all their Uvea, in consequence of a super stitious notion that they will enable them to climb the mountains thnt sepa rate the earth from the mysterious region of the dead. Eeroalo mutes ore invited to follow the coffin, and an old woman scatters haudf uls of wheat over the mourners aud along the road, a proceeding which is considered lucky for the living. The coffin is surrounded with cows this being' the continuance of an ancient custom prevalent among tho Hindoos ; it is thought to purify and disiufect tbe dwelling in which the death has taken place. The Little liussiana believe that the soul remains for some time in the house, in the shape of a butterfly ; and tho cats and fowls are driven away for fear they should eat it up. After the funeral a banquet is held, nt which a cover hi laid for the deceased, who is supposed to preside during the fostivitives. The dead are bold to the hurtful rather than well disposed to their surviving friouds. This, howover, is not always the case ; mothers sometimes, for ex ample, revisit their children and lavish great tenderness upon them. But it is essential' that the children keep the visits secret, or they will call down the vengeance of the mother on their native village ' Curious Cage of Spasms"""" The Augusta (Me.) Jturnal says: The other day a gentleman from Port land came' to Augusta, accompanied by a friend, and was stopping at tho house of Mrs. Temple. One evening, after supper, ho was sitting with his friend in the front yard engagebVin smoking. Ho remarked that a lit was coming on, as ne zeu tne niuuiiaKaoie symptoms, xiu was soon rolling upon the ground, froth ing at his mouth, aud to all appearances in mortal agony. He made a noise somewhat similar, to the barking of a dog. He would" also try to bite. Five persons attempted to hold him, but were unable to do so, during his most severe convulsions. Tho poor fellow re mained in this condition some twenty four hours, and did not appear to be greatly exhausted When he came to him self. He remarked that the reaction al ways came two or three days afterward. He relates that twelve years ago ho was bitten by "a dog, and since that time an nually, and only ones a year, he is afflicted by these manifestations that greatly resemble hydrophobia. He al ways had sufficient warning of their coming. They occur later every year-, last year he was attoc ed in June. When Tie is oonsciou - of an npprbaehing attack he takes the precaution, to lie down, or otherwise he hni a desire 16 pursue and bit j whoever may come in tlie way. 0UB CENTENNIAL LETTER. Weama aad the I'ewteaiatal Braalllaa lau IrrHtee aad Tbetr .IteemieeellaBeeas N.te.ef Ike BxhJWllea. - . " WOMAN AMD TBI OZNTXKRIAIi. In the Woman'! department of the Exhibition may be seen the following inventions, all of whioh are practical: A griddle greaser, bath ohair, life saving mattress, combination desk, dish drain er, patent flower stand, dress charts, dust receiver, hahv'a. exercisincr corset. 'fireproof house of voluminous material, mangling, washing and drying machine, broiler, invalid's ohair, smoothing meat tenderer, models for teaching children object drawing, a 'window shutter and fastener, trunk hinge, lunch 'heater, traveling bog, postage stamp moistener, bureau trunk, bedstead, bureau and aale, sewing machine attachments, and -many other articles Whose enumeration would occupy too much space for a letter. ' 'BBAZTLIAN BCTTBBFLDtS. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, sends a collec tion, of butterflies. The class insect, order tepidopterus, Family Mosturnas, Section Itombyoiaoous, Oeuua Atlaoes, Subgenus Saturn ia, Species. . Anrota. This butterfly abounds in Brazil. It produces each generation 2i0 cocoons of silk, each ooooon weighing two and one half draohm and producing thirty grains of flue silk,. " The fiber mof a yel lowish color; it is strong, elostio and long; a single thread sustains a weight of four drachma, and a cord of twenty four threads resists tbe weight of three fourths of a pound. The great advan tage in the cultivation of this Lepidop terus, eonaista, that the butterfly in closed iu the oocoon can be preserved and utilised without breaking the fiber. CLAnaincijnoM. . In a previous letter I mentioned how articles are classified. It may be useful for reference to continue the explana tion for the benefit of students and scientific readers, wh may wish to know the standard of articles required for exhibition. With class 110 begins metallurgical products 110 precious motals, 111 iron and steel in toe-pig, ingot, and bar, plates and sheets, with specimens of slags, fluxes, residues and products of working, 113 copper in in gots, laws, and rolled with specimens, illnstisting its various stages of pro ductionclass 113 lead, zinc, antimony, and other metals, tbe result of extrac tive processes 111 alloys used as ma tt rials, brass, nickel, silver, solder, etc. MlRril.HKROCS Boras. Pittsburgh, Pa, e.uds a diamond cir cular stone sawing machine, which cuts in ordinary sandstone one hundred aud fifty square feet per hour, counting both anil's of tho cut, leaving the stone per fectly ji line, , nuiihrd ready for the builder, doing more than nan be accom plished by oue hundred men in tho same staoe of time. . , Philadelphia baa an impact brick ma chine, which makes a brick with a blow. An important scientific exhibit from Philadelphia is a coal and ore separator. This machino separates all solid snb stwoes tlut differ in specitlo gravity, and from the smallest particles to four inches in size. From Pern, Illinois, is a well boring and prospecting machine with which a man and a horse oau bore twenty foet per hour. , ; Philadelphia has a chromotype cylin der printing proas that prints live oolors at ouco. Philadelphia also exhibits a paper collar machine, which cuts, stumps, buttonholes, and finishes 30,000 collars a day. Lawrence, Massachusetts, exhibits portablo steam engines sized to 100 horso power, automatic variable cut oil' giving uniform speed. Those engines re qniro only twenty to thirty pounds of ford water, and three- to three a: d one quarter pounds of ooal per hour. ...Those studying dogology or oanlsm will be pleased to know that at least 150 setters will compete for one priza alone at the dog show; all entries ore free of charge. - ' - ' ' Ths Scottish team has been (elected, the rificmon from Australia are enronte, the Irish aud American rifle teams are practicing, the Canadian team has not been made up, but will participate in the competitive international rifle strug gle on the twelfth and thirteenth of Sep tember. The beautiful frames and bands with ornaments inlaid on massive ground and gilt with burnished washing gold are the " iu volition of Alois Schoidt: tho merit of tlie invention consists in the ornumeuts not foiling off because thoy are preserved massive. Austria exhibits some very delicately wrought lace covers for parasols. The most elegantly cut opals are from. Dubnik near Eperies in Hungary. This place is famous for its work. in opal cut ting From Pragne, llohemia, are gar net articles in haudsome setting. Vienna sends a very fine collection, as regards taste iu formation and variety or design, in mother of pearl buttons. Vienna competes with France in her display. bf.aalfBkins, which are worth delivered at an Austrian seaport, French calfskins, made in- Austria, per dozen, 550 florins, or $217, rating the florin at forty-five conta gold, .White skins, $247; brown, J247; pateni, $250. There must be a fine margin somewhere, judg ing from the prices 'Obtained in the United States. The Eisteddfod, whioh was announced to be held by the Welsh people, has been indefinitely postponed, its master spirit, Hey. B. It. Williams, havingbeen appointed chaplain of the Ohio peniten tiary. Norway exhibits the national vehicle (Kariols) Norwegian for carriage. Car carryall is a corruption of this. The Norwegian kariol is far behind the Eng lish, or American, carriage, yet I have no doubt it is better adapted to Norway than would be the more elegant convey ances of the American or English work shop. ; J. B. ( An old physician says : If a man is stricken by lightning, lay him flat on his back, open his clothing at the pit of bis stomach and dash on it a pail of the coldest water yon can get. In nine cases out ot ten it will restore conscious ness and save life if done within fifteen or twenty minutes after the stroke, . A Romance or the Signal Service Bu- reau. A correspondent at Washington tells the following veraoions anecdote: I heard a couple of days ago a hitherto unpublished romance connected with the life of one of the most prominent offlcials'of the signal servioe bureau. He was, my informant states, once engaged to bo married to a lovely, charming, and wealthy girl. The eve of the wedding had dawned iUan eve can dawn and they were occupying the same rocking chair and talking as insanely as only lovers oan talk, when the fair one said: " Albert, there is one thing I wish you to do when we are married."' "Name it," he replied, making her feel that her corsets were a mile-toe) large) for her. " That is. to have no rain on Mondays, because, you know, darling, that Mon day is washing day, ana u tne wings are not washed and dried then, the week's work is so fearfully pnt back. Xou will, won't you, my own 1" The yonng man's heart was torn, but be replied: " Maud, dearest, my duty to my bleeding ooun try demands imperatively that I shall whoop her up the precise sort of weath er that Heaven will probably send im partially during the .next twonty four bonrs upon the just and the unjust, without regard to ago, sex or previous condition of servitude. If an area of imrometrio disturbance exists in the Middle States on Mondsy, bow can I consistently with iny duty declare that tbe probabilities favor clear weather with light winds from tbe southeast t No, angel; ask me anything but that. I oould not love thee, dear, so darn much, loved t not honor more." " Then you do not iove me," she sobbed, bursting into tears; The reader will readily un derstand how they progressed to a quarr rl and parted enemies. She returned his presents, and is now lecturing on woman's rights, and he is a confirmed misogynist, aud sits hp all Sunday night at the aiffnal service offioe.' with a fiend ish glee making out bulletine for Mon- uay, announcing inuiug iwuuuin atmospheric disturbances, heavy rains, bowery weather, and so on. Grapes as Food. The Roston Journal of Chemhtry says : We have on former occasions re ferred to the value of fruits as artioles of die, both in health and sickness. Grapes may deservedly claim a high rank among the fruits in this respect Tbey oontuin a considerable amount of hylro-oar bonaocous matter, together with potassium salts a combination which does not tend to irritate, bnt, on the contrary, to soothe the stomach, aud which ia oonseauently need with advau- tate even in dyspepsia, According JSo Dr. Hartsrn, of Cannes, in Franco, who boa recently contributed an article on the snbjeot to a foreign medical journal, tbe organic acids in the grape, especially tirturtcsoid, deserve more consideration than they have generally received. Their nutritive value has, he thinks, boon mnob underrated. It is known tli it they are changed to carbonic acid in the blood", aud possibly careful re search may show that tbey are oonverti hl.i into tats. Dr. Hartaen thinks that thoy should be ranked with tbe oarlra hyilratos as food. They have beeu found a valuable diet in fever, and the success of the "grape cures" in the. Tyrol and other part of Europe appears to show that they are positively bene ficial in other diseases. So doubt tbe good results of a residence at thee es tablishments are in a measure to be as orilied to the climate and the general hygienia discipline adopted. The ad vantage does not wholly consist in the fact that so mauy pounds of graiies are eaten daily, but partly in the fact t h it other less fiealthini things are not ceien; aud pure air and exercise are also im portant elements in the curative treat-, meut. But after giviug oil true freight to these- allied influences we must allow no small fraction of tho beneficial result to the grapes. We rejoice, therefore, at the increased cultivation of tho vine in this country,' and hope to see it go on extending wherever soil and climate permit. Let every man who oan do it plant a centcn uiol grape vine, or a score of vines, be side the " oenteuuial tree " which the papers have been advising him to sot out He can est the fruit of the former sooner thaa he oan sit nnder the shade of the latter, and his children will bless his memory for both. Of a Dnynallc Turn. . Of the good things floating about just now in the French paiiers the following is a very good specimen : A buzzar is sitting on tho Summit of n hill over looking a garrison town. 11 is horse is picketed near by ; he is smoking leis urely, and, from time to time, glancing from the espl made to a big official enve lope he has in bis hand. A ooinrado passes and says : ' ' " . "What are yon doing here?" "Iam bearing the king's pardon for our friend Fliohmaun, who is to bo shot this morning." - "Well, then, hurry along with it." " Not much. See; there hr-hardly a sonl on. the esplanade, and the' firing platoon'has not yet been formed. xou surely, would not rob my appearance of all dramatic effect." . ' ' A Lette from Stanley. "I The New York Herald has reoeived a letter from. Stanley bearing date of July 29,1875.' It continues the narra tive of the explorer's adventures in the neighborhood of Lake Victoria Nyonaa. At a town called Makongo the .party were surrounded by fivo hundred armed negroes, who, however, only foroed tbe visitors to depart and did them no harm. At another place where the .explorer's landed the natives stole oars and a drum and made hostile demonstrations, which flually resulted in a confliot in which Mr. Stanley's party killed fourteen and wounded eight of the natives while they were endeavoring to capture the boat of the explorers. ' ' . .v It is amusing to watch the faithful ness with which a newly married Tnan will keep a family expense, 'account iu a little book for a while and the unfaith ful certainty with which he will get tired ol it and drop it in a lew months. . The Souroc of Disease. The modern science of medicine, saws the New York Tribune, has achieved its greatest triumphs in detecting the im mediate sources of many diseases and pointing out tne means, of avoiding them. To tho list of perils that may be avoided by proper precaution is now to be added the danger ol illness from tne use of impure ice. The most striking instance of this on record has been very fully set foith in a recent report to the Massachusetts State board of health by Dr. A. H. Nichols, concerning the oat break of an intestinal disorder among the guests at one of the hotels at Bye lieoch in the summer of last year. The symptoms were those generally follow ing a derangement ol the digestive) sys tem: such as nausea, giddiness, loss ot appetite, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and fever. With about five per cent of the guests these symptoms were grave and persistent; among the great majority, and notably witn cmjdren under ten years eld, there was no such illness, and there were no traces of it at ths other hotels and in the oottagea of Bye Beach. The sewerage of the hotel wu first care fully investigated, and then the water supply, the proprietor of th hotel lending eager aid to thorongh research; even the kitchen and its processes were overhauled without Uniting the cause oi trouble. At last it was discovered in tbe ice with which tho hotel was sup plied. This hod been procured from a pond of which the outlet had in recent years been closed by sand and stones washed np from ths sea; the pond thus becoming a stagnant receptacle of mad and sawdust there being two sawmills ob the stream above. The ice was sub jected to chemioal analysis, and was found to contain putrescent vegetable matter. The hotel stopped using this contaminated ice, and there was an end to the siokneesamong its boarders. The report oonclndes by mentioning that there is a common but quite mistaken popular notion that when water freezes its impurities are somehow excluded 'rom tbe ice. The moral is so obvious that it need not be here stated; but in a ceheral way it may be worth while to summarise the feet that water which is not perfectly fit to drink is unsuitable lor an loe supply. Fashionable Love at Saratoga, There is little love nowadays, says a Saratoga correspondent It is fouud to be a poor paying investment, and the youin oi our.cuiea hub uiue ewva. in it There are auy number of fashion able women Jjerawha Jiayojokl 4hoir youth and charms forborne old man s gold. This class nlwayV frequents this gsy American spa, and you will find them at Brighton and Ems, and all over the kuropoau continent 'xneir aim in life is pleasure, and so they wander, for this bright delusion is ever before the dazzled eye of its followers. At the States is a very noticeable lady ot this classa lady with the eold face of mar ble, and gray eyea that darken with passion and flash with fascination. She moves with the grace of a Juno aud converses with the charm of a De Btael. She is eonrtcd in high places, and is a queen of the fashionable world. Only a brief period ago she was unknown and nn loved. On the return voyage from Europe she met the man whom she mode her fate a man who baa almost reached the three score and ten years of man's short uu atisfactory life a .man well kuown in the great marts of trade and in the great centers of fashion. Twice before had he tasted the sweets and bitters of matrimony, bnt not until this charmer came did he really know what love was, he says. -She pets and cajoles tho old gentleman and luxari at.is in his fortune and in his princely home. From plain dresses and a plain life she swept into velvets and gems and position; and with this loveless heart arid this glittering life ia not a' woman of her kind happier than she would be as the wife of a poor man who oonld give her nothing but love and medi ocrity ! t Indians In the War. Father "Mesplie, who is well posted on the Indian tribes, gives tbe following estimate of their numbers: He puts the Hionx down at 00,000; the Crows at 15,000; Blockfeet, 20,000; TJtes or Utahs, ,15,000; and in addition there are tbe Hnile, Ogalalla, Minneoonjou, Yanoton nain, tlncpapa, Two Kettles, San Acres, and Sontoo bauds. Some of the Crows nnd some others that live around the res ervation are friendly, but many who pre- tend friendship will gather arms and ammunition for their tribes, lie says they are in strong alliance with 'each other to carry on this war, although when they have no oonimon enemy to fight they fight each other; but now they arc uuited against what they consider a common enemy, and will turn out all their warriors, and they will number at least 50,000, and the father says it is likely to be the most formidable and bloody Indian war in the history of our government They are well armed', and will light to the death whenever they ore cornered. A lover's Advice. There was a large excursion party in Detrpit, the Free J'rcit says, and abont noon throe or four oonples entered a confectionary store ami mode pur chases. Oue girl didn't want candy, and so her lover invested in ten cents' worth of dates a fruit neither hod ever oaten before and be- gave her the largest half, As they stood at the door, eating away, she came to one of the seeds-of pits, dropped it into her hand and looked at him, and then tossed it bock into her mouth and olosed her teeth upon it She hit and chewed and bit, and was red in the face from her exertions wuen uer lover . looaea np, realized the situation, and called out : " What on earth are you driving at I When ye oome to seeds ye must stand on yer-toes and swallow 'em hull, and if she goes down bard, I'm here to pat ye on the back." - . ; r A widow at Martha's Vineyard is ex hibiting the honso in which her husband was killek by lightuing, Admission costs twenty-five cents, and the curiosi ties to be seen are a shattered bedstead, broken mirrors, and a photosraph of rthe man after death. . Resignation. . "i "'' '"" Let notnJng'make thee esd and fretful. Or too regretful f Be atill What Odd hath ordered most be right ; Then find it in thine own delight, HjrwuL Why ehould'st thou 111 to-jay with sorrow Abiuttoevorrow, My heart? ' , Otis welshes all with) ears most true ; Doubt not that He will give thee, too, Thy part Upward of 8.000 newspapers are read by the people of the United States. Charlotte, Mioli., claims to be the healthiest place on earth. There hasn't been a death in that town in fourteen . years. ." " Ma, dear," said an intelligent pet, " what do they play the organ so loud for when church is over! Is it to wake usupt" The family tree of a Texas family shows a branoh on whioh several mem bers have been nnng for borrowing horses. The only way a farmer can get a little oven with a city visitor is to borrow his silk umbrella to wvar while he is getting the o jws. A young poet of the realistic school writes : " Time marches on with tbe slow, measnred tread of a man workirg by the Tiay." " " " " ; They had a bread famine at San Fran oisoo on the fifth of July, owing to the patriotism of the journeymen bakers, who refused to bake on the centennial fourth. . Bios culture in Louisiana employs 30,000 people on 1,200 plantations; pro duces a crop worth $3,000,000, and de velops business to the extent of $10, 000,000. . In 1792 the first canals of the United States were built in Massachusetts. These were short ones on the Oonnecti- -. cut river, one being two miles long and the other three. The old mania for Persian cats with long tails has again broken out among the Oaimios of Japan. An enterprising captain of a merchant vessel sold three a short time ago for $3,200. A novel method of electioneering was adopted by appuple jfresL'entft f Monroe, Mich., who have agreed to run ' a foot race, the loser to vote for the other's candidate for the Presidency. .The Chinese question on the-Pacific coast has assumed a more serious aspect since it has been discovered that immi gration from China baa been the means of intoduoing leprosy into California. The Corpus Ohristi (Texas) Timet has been studying human nature. It says : . , To ewe, la human, To pay np, divine. . Kansas is bound to complain. Last year she sent out grasshopper mission aries begging for bread.- This year she says there are not men enough in the State to harvest the enormous crop of grain. It is calculated that the whole popula tion of Maine oould stand on an area of twenty-two acres, or an area of 1,000 square feet, giviug to each man, woman and child a space of oue foot by eighteen inches. According to recent letters from Bul garia, the Turkish troops have butchered not less than twelve thousand people within the last f ow weeks, and burned ' scores of towns. Women and children have suffered ioorf ally. It may be of interest to the top of your head to know that the Sioux scalp song runs as follows : Hoo, hoo, hoo, hi yf ! Ht-yah, hi-yah, bi-yi ! Hoo, boo, bi-yih, bi-yi ! Thackeray said : "I can't help tell ing the truth as I view it." In whioh he was not a whit more virtuous than the rest of us : the only trouble is that in this enlightened age we can view the truth m any light ana shape that we want to. A Bremen paper insists npon it that a live potato bug has been captured at that port lately, having worktd its way over to Europe in some empty ooru sncksi The polios got possession of it and placed tt for exhibition nnder a closed glass. A vofit mortem examination in Pitts burgh, Pa., the other day, after a mys- t terious death, revealed forty-two stones in tho liver of the subject They varied from an inch to an eighth of an inch in diameter, and doctors prononuoe the unparalleled. ' A very daring Kentucky girl lately rode her horse close np to tho edge of a yawning ohasm and proudly deified any gentleman of the party to follow her ex ample. Not a soul stirred except one youth, who boldly backed his horse iuhj tne same position, aim suuiuiug ou his head in tho saddle dared her to dp the same. A butoher of some eminenoc was in company with several ladies at a game of whist, where, having lost two or three rubbers, one of tbe ladies addressing him asked :" Pray, sir, what ore the stakes now! To which, ever mindlul of his occupation, he replied: Madam, the best ramp 1 cannot sell lower than ten- , pence ba penny a pound." General William H. F. Lee, eldest son of General Robert E. Lee, turned his' sword into a pruning hook after the war, and is nowtone of the most substan tial farmers in Fairfax county, V a. A local paper describes him as having " just passed our office, sitting behind . a flu i pair of mules thst seemed to knovf that a master hand held the ribbons." No sooner do we hear of the building of a new and apparently impenetrable ironclad that it is followed by an aooount of a more destructive weapon of offense. After resiling the account of the trial of a new American misulo which took a splinter off the cheek of a book agent at a hundred rods, we imagine that the Eoglihwill conclude that their iron clad navy is a miserable failure. V aw PAti