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KOCKY MOUNT, X. ; C, SEPT.EMBEK 1, 1876.
VOL. V. NO. 19.
W. L. THORP, Editor.
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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.
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