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The oii
of the Gossip.
F:i:f.
1.1 matili !
? I iVi another old maid that's three
f L .kv wore a Koesiping-. 1 m afraid.
T i" .h..v rat sipping their tea.
i
?f They talked of this. ,
l infl they talked of that.
S S In the usual r?i pmz way.
4--l:i t ..rv ene was as black I
8 your hat.
i the only white ones were they-
' One old maid, 1
i .. i jnnthpr nla maid
.. A Iu fin, I mna into the ftreet
1. Ji " r'
- nd now tut one
? iaui sat all -alone,
j r, the others were both !
r never yet met."she said with a eroan
( . iuth scandalous, talkers as they."
V..., : i i.l inpi i)tannMt-
i
i !..,' and alack!
i
iioV ll of a oack !
Or what folk say to our lane, pur back .
f I.j sure to breea gossip ana,juua
hii-ateil-
, story of the Sours.
fiu:riaj-'t w;is jast as happy
i . E
11 !
;M fvll lieait is ftill, 1 can hear it
t ,;at;j I .Jeel jitst like-sajing
?i Lfi S brokeir hearted lIiilkmau.',
ff tMcn to my srtory." 'I knew a
httti"" hei name was "Sweet
ii ? kvHmaiinil she was tbej daughter
;l ':Cf MOW lOrimel that good5 old
Ji'lmni "We met by chalce.,,
lu'Tas in the early spring time,"
I - j K'SO . j ; " J
II JiuU tbe cottage by the seaLong
f! Jf jirLifeh). "'Twas a calm, still
tjX;.i&&" when 'stars, Beautiful
i' shone in the 4llai)DV borne
P nM "Tbia" tlars girl uressea in
r i)hje '"Sweet Evelina was ."Sit
r jjujj iir the f tile? watching "A bold
saifor hoV'.' aV he; sung "A wet sheet
iil jv flowing, sea," in his 'Home
qi, the rolling deep.''. She,was a
haltiilsonie creature and she worea
: waifiiU." If f Champagne Char
lief Had -seen her "Walking down
., IirhiU way he j would bave sahl,
'-()14- she'is such; a charmer.'? "As
I ipet this little widow"! 'She cast
a siile glance and looked down."
Art thou "Dreaming, still dream-
ITlt V
father, "A fine old
"81
II rr
jsh gentle-
I'Mv heart is' over the seai" fath
er teplied the unhappy daughter.
I J-.- "My lover is a. sailor boy,77 "I
j il won W not live 'always'7 single, and
'Sweet one,77 "What arc the
.will waves saying!" asked 01d
Grnnes." i - ' j !
jVhen Histen to the "Shells of
th; ocean.77 tather, I fancrj I hear
v thtitu say "Paddle your own panoe,77
ri ) bqeiather, j prefer to have- some
1 - ) l -'bejai paddle it for me. "If I were
, I oUll married,'7! contiuued Evelina,
i i'Y t'dbe gayjaiid happy" "In a cot
; ;u!ie valley I iove." ;
li-trM ISweet Evelina," I said, "I'm a
have no ohe to love, none to
i caress77 me. 'Wilt. thou come to
K , my 1 mountain i home" "Come and
:- J be-ray bride !'! V )
i kYenl I should like to jnarry,"
i replied I "ThB I beautiful dreamer,',
! butt "My fiijst love,77 "Captain
"I Jinks,77 ,1 can never forget.
p j 'Won't yon tell me why, llobin !"
I jibterrupted as I. took from her
i haiid i'Tho last rose of summer ;n
1 " ?Tis but a little faded iflo wer,"
"(live, O gfvo it me." i
; "Ask ine.not why', Eli,' she re
. - p ied, thenl saying " Tis all for
I - ' tl'iee," as she handed me the rose,
f ; and asked, "Will yon love ine then
t asinow P !l ! - . j
' i . j t'With all my heart I love thee,"
r : Ifrepliel. '1 would call tbee mine
f own." "I am fancy freei,77 "The
: girl I left behind me" "She has
learned to love another;" now.
j O ?j "Sweet Evelina," "You can live in
j my heart and pay no renLf
r I i"I canuot think you're fooling
: ine," she replied, and smiling, (that
- -It bright smite haunts me still,)
You'd better be off with the old
t " -loe I before kyou're oit with' the
j f I liew." Yesj Eli, she continued,
Vail JKJU. I OilJ JJJKA'VJ C OHCC."
heart" to "Kitty Clyde," "Nellie
JhS, "Annie Laurie "Blue-eyed
- sr , i r-w-r - sr '
i f juaryr ana w iuow juacnree," ana
jrMlot them all: go "Up in a! Balloon"
." '! for me ! - j l I -
" I Y,es, dearest, "Loving, X trust in
; thee." 1 replied. "I will be true to
'.- thee" as "Old dog tray." O "Sweet
' Evelina," 'I never could prove
- .false to thee," I sobbed, and then
' i Baid,"Come, O come with me" and
; j ' leavej "Thci old folks at home."
- ru jlfWlieu the swallows homeward
i ' I fly," I continued, wilt thou "Come
' ; 'to the little brown church !"
;1 U f 1 "Breatbj softly" Eli, said Eve-
V i Uina, I can't you "Wait tor the wa-
; j 2o. "Aiy aarK girl uresseu in
1 1 hlut f Come haster to the wed
! - j ding,'7 ypU shall be "The merriest
fgirl that's but ;" "Thou art so near
and yet so; far.77 j -
jf Evelina fell into a trance. "Sleep
ing, I dream-love," dream love of
MAuld Lhng Syne," shejmurmered
in hbr sleep. Then' taking out her
handkerchief she exclaimed, '0,
ye tears.77, Ihen she continued,
'I'd otter
life this baud of mine"
wilt love me then as
if 'fThou
HOW." j
j Ami send off . "Dandy Jim,"
"Champagne Charlie," "Pat Mai
;loyr" "Ben Bolt " "Old Dan Tuck
er and all "The Bovs in Blue !"
j No, nof exclaimed Evcliua, "Not
Xor ( Joseph;" you aak too much.
f'How Ij love the imilitary ; vou
ifinay have "John Anderson, my
Joe John," but I cannot give up
"Captain Jinks,"-'Of Jthe captain
wih his whiskers ," forj "He was a
handsome man." ,'
: False one! I shrieked, looking
out on the "Murmuring sea," "How
caii 1 leave thee." "When thou art
gone from un-gaze like a beautiful
star" and I am wondering "Where
are nowl the hopes ttaherished"
. -xou wunniiiK oi ineri asked.
Yes "I'm leaving thee in sorrow '
ami "I'll think of thee " she renlied
as she tripied, "Lovely as a rose,"
"Along the beach at Loner Branch."
humming "Then you'll remember
me." : -j . -j
Then MSweet Evelina " I said.
i 9
must say 4lSweet love, good night
to thee." "Ye soft, mue eyes, gooa
nrght!" I r r' ' - -
"I cannot siug the old songs," for
"My heart is lonely now." "With
my heart bowed down," I thought
"It is better to laugh than be sigh
ing," for "We may bo happy yet."
Then dropping in at the West End
I said "Landlord fill the flowing
bowl," and "We'll drink, boys,
drink," till "Five o'clock t in the
morning." ,
Some Pacts About tlie National Game.
The return of Spring has been
the signal for the beginning of an
other season of base-ball Fe w per
sons, probably, realize the largo
amount of capital which is annual
ly invested in this our "national
game," or the extent to which it is
played by professionals and ame
teurs iu all parts of the country. A
dealer in base-balls goods who has
been for a lpngi time a member of
the oldest professional association
recently famished a reporter some
figures which, although only . ap
proximately exact, are sufficiently
near the truth to be worth quoting,
because they will give-some idea of
the magnitude of the game.
- Last year there were twelve hun
dred professional players, of whom
ICS were engaged in League matches
225 iu the American Association,
179 by the Eastern League, 220 in
the Northwestern, and 155 in the
Union Association. This year it is
estimated that professionals ; will
number at least two thousand, be
sides bund reds of semi-professionals
who only occasionally play for
money. The salaries of each
League club amount to $25,000 at
the least, which aggregates $1,000,
000 in salaries paid by the five
leading associations. Each League
club travels at least 5,000 miles in
a season, each club having at least
eleven members making a total
of several million: miles. The rail
road fare is reckoned at about a
million dollars. Another very
large item is the hotel bills, which
foot up to twice : that amount.
Then there are used in the United
mates two minion base balls a
year, averaging seventy-five cents
apiece. Five hundred persons are
employed in making baseballs,
and many more in making uniforms,
shoes and bats. In round numbers,
seven or eight million dollars will
represent the capital laid out: on
base ball by professionals and
others, and probably a sum quite
as large as this is paid by the pub
ic to witness games. It may-be
asserted, therefore, that the base
ball interest in the United States
involve between sixteen and twenty
millions of dollars a year a sum
which is certainly large enough to
indicate that there is no danger
hat base ball is declining in popu
arity or that the physical man is
neglected in this part of the world.
When, in addition to this, we take
into account the annual outlay for
tennis, cricket, rowing, lacrosse
and other- out-of door games, we
shall come to the conclusion that
athletics need jio defense or artifi
cial encouragement, the love of
them being deeply rooted in Young
America.
The Tenure of OiDce.
Richmond Dispatch. -
A leading Republican writes to
ns as follows concerning the act of
Congress, . providing for suspen
sions from office :
"This has been the practice un
der section 17GS United States He
vised Statutes, known as the ten-ure-of-office
act : President Cleve
land suspends Collector of Customs
Kussell, of your city, and appoints
John Smithto perform the duties
of the office. When the Senate
meets Smith's nomination is sent
to that body by the President. The
Senate fails to act upon the same,
and adjourns. In that event Bus
sell resumes the duties of the col
lectorship." 1
The law contemplates action up
on the part of the Senate ; for it
provides that if tbe Senate shall
refuse to confirm the nomination
made by the President, he shall at
the same session send to that body
another nomination. ;
Bat oar correspondent says that
if the Senate adjourns without tak
ing action upon the nomination
made by the President the sus
pended officer resumes the office
We cannot imagiuo the Senate to
be unwise enough to refuse to con
firm a nomination because upon its
adjournment the suspended Kepub-
lican official would resume his of-'
fica ; for under the law and the
custom, the President would im
mediately suspend him again. If
the Senate should reject tbe nomi
nee, the President could not again
appoint tbe same man he appoint
ed first to take the place of the
. 1-1 t j. 5 . At
ouspuuueu omcer; out iu me case
supposed by our correspondent,
the President could not only sus
pend again the officer he had pre
viously suspended, but he could
actually "designate," to use the
word employed in the law, the
same person to fill the office tem
porarily whom he had, previously
designated for that purpose. The
language of the law is clear. We
quote it once more : -
"During any recessof the Seuate
the President is authorized in his
discretion to suspend any civil of
ficer until the end of the
next session of the Senate, and to
designate some suitable person
to perform the duties of
such suspended officer in the mean
time7
.We see no room for doubt as to
the power of, the President in the
premises. . .
According to the Medical He
cord, five per cent, of all cancers
are situated upon the tongue. The
average duration of life in cancer
of the tongue is, without operation,
stated to be ten and a half months;
with operation, sixteen months. In
some cases alter operationpa
tients have lived from two to five,
and even ten years.
THE PUI.PIT.
Oeecheren Faith.
' From last Sunday's SarmoaJ
a
"Faith is a sanctified imagina
tion, working on sacred things." -
"Oh, if I knew; vividly, as I know,
as through a glass,' darkly, that the
thought of God was upon mo and
that He concerned Himself with all
my doings, I should like to know
what could dash1 against me to do
me harm. If one might only feel
what he is that ho is a son of
God who can tell the power be
would wield!" ! p i
"To-day things are passing away
that I used to hear in tbe West
preachers boastipg that they had
never rubbed tbeir coats agaiust
college walls, and 'that they knew
nothing about books and such :
that, like the apostles, theyi opened
tbeir mouths arid God filled them.
Their apostle was farther back and
Balaam owned jit The boastful
ness of ignorance is passing away ;
but as between learned ness and no
zeal, no enthusiasm, no fervor, the
lowest and the least equipped man
exerts a moral influence and power
that no learning can give ; to the
man that has no zeal and no fer
vor.77 f- ,; '
"Wo are having in our streets
to-day 'Salvation armies.' There is
much in the thing that is grotes
que ; much in it that is wrong ;
much that would shock all those
that believe in tbe formal order and
propriety of the sanctuary. It is not
to supersede organized and regu
lated preaching and working; but if,
with all their ignorance, they have
fallen on an enthusiasm of faith ;
of the savableuess of the wicked,
the vicious, the drunkards, tbe
harlots ; if they believe that they
are inspired by God to be victori
ous in that straggle, they will be."
"Mr. Iugereoll could not draw a
score of men it before the minds of
m ' a m
every, one or nis listeners tnere
should come the fair form of the
mother, of the sainted wife, of the
self denying sister ot the sweet
ness and beauty of some life lapsed
and gone among the stars. If that
could be brought to the minds of
men, all diatribes, all criticism,
would be of no avail.7:
Talmage on Wheels.
The Brooklyn Tabernacle was
filled to 1 overflowing. Dr.- Tal
mage's subject was "The Skating
Rink Amusement." The Doctor
read from Ezekiel, iii 13, and from
Nahum, iii., 2, in both of which the
term 'wheels77 is used. The "noise
of the wheels." in the one case, was
suggestive, he said, of health. The
"rattling of the wh?els, in the
other case, was suggestive ot de
struction. The question had been
put to him, he said, by many of his
owii people whether roller skating
was beneficial or injurious. 1 nave
been looking, continued the preach
er, for years, for some healthful,
rational amusement some sort of
amusement, which, when out-of-doo&enjoyment
is not to be had,
would anord recreation without
unnecessary exposure, without
temptation, without sin. Some
suitable recreative amusement was
needed for the young man whose
home was the boarding house, who
could not be at prayer meetings
every night even if he would, who
was tired selling goods all day to
people who did not want to buy
(laughter) who had no appetite
for astronomy. (Laughter.) And
the question was whether some
thing better could not be provided
for him in the shape of amusement
than was furnished by those places
in which the body became asphyxi
ated, the mind weakened and the
morals were undermined. ;
What was wanted was something
which would put our boys and girls
at the goal of manhood and woman
hood. Vas roller skatiug such an
amusement as met the want, as
came up to the high requirement !
Yes I and No 1 said Dr. Taimage.
Yes 1 with restrictions. No I if un
guarded. "Skating rinks are not
all the same," exclaimed the preach
. .mm m . a.
er. "rue umerence ueiween one
skating rink and another is some
times as great as the difference be
tween heaven and hell." At this
stage, and amid much visible ex
citement on the part of the andi
ence. the preacher : said that he
wished! to speak plainly. If be
used his shotgun, he did not wish,
like MacDonald of Glengarry, to
be shooting every man on a white
horse, but to shoot the right man
every time. Kouer seating, ue
thought, came well up to the re
quired standard. It was a health
ful, recreative amusement, and it
was not necessarily associated witn
temptation or sin. It was good ex-
erase tor ootu sexes, it wouiu
put a rose in the cheek of beauty
such a rose as was seen in England
and it would check incipient in
sanity and drive away merciless
neuralgia. Women were not made
merely to darn stockings and to
sew ou buttons. (At this there
was an audible ripple ot applause,
and it was evident that the Doctor
had won the votes ot the ladies.)
Dr. Taimage would not have bis
audience run away with the idea
that he bad no qualifications to im
pose upon this amusement.- Young
women must not be allowed to go
alone. They should have a proper
escort. Bright lights and bright
eyes must not be allowed to en
courage late- hours or the undue
prolongation of the amusement.
The law that dominates the parlor
mnst dominate the skating rink.
Here the preacher broke out into a
fierce attack upon flirtation, and at
the top of his voice exclaimed and
repeated, "Flirtation is damna
tion If -'Flirtation is damnation!"
It must not be allowed to assume
the character of a craze, for a craze
of any kind was reprehensible. It
should be made subservient to
usefulness. j - i , '
Why They Don't Go to Chnrch. -
Rev. Charles H. Eaton, pastor of
tbe Church of the Divine Paternity,
GREENSBORO, N. p., TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1885.
Forty-fifth street and Fifth avenue
New York, took for the subject of
his evening sermon, ?vhy Do Not
Yoang Men Go. to Church !" He
said that, in answer to this ques
tion, many explanations bad been
given by young: men j.who did not
attend services. Some of the ex
planations were frivolous or given
in chaff, as for' instance, one young
man said that he did not go because
his sweetheart did aot and another
that the . church was j too cold in
winter. The speaker then reviewed
some of the more Serious objections.
Among them were that there was
too much caste in the churches,
that Christians were insincere and
hypocritical and that services were
too lengthy and sermons too doll.
Other young men replied that they
remained away from : church be
cause they were sceptics or out
and-out disbelievers in Chris
tianity, while others still claim
ed Sunday as a day for recrea
tion after a week's : hard work,
and believed churches to be places
for women ouly. ; r
.The preacher said there was not
more caste in the chnrch than else
where ; that Christians, while not
claiming perfection, were, as a rule,
sincere ; that tho services were not
too lengthy ) that the majority of
sermons were not doll) that church
attendance did not prevent young
men having rest and recreation on
Sundays, and that if women did go
to church in greater numbers than
men it did not prove; that this per
formance-of one's da
y to God was
unmanly.; f
The Pmrsult of Gold.
The Rev. Bidwell Lane, the pas
tor of the Central Methodist Church,
Seventh avenue and Fourteenth
street, New York,' preached his
opening sermon to the congrega
tipn at the services in the morning.
He took his text jfrom Psalms,
xxix., 3. In tbe course of his ser
mon he said, "How few find time
amid the cares of business and the
manifold duties of life for medita
tion ! All our energies seemed ab
sorbed in the 'cares of 'what we
shall eat, what we shall drink or
wherewithal shall we be clothed,'
Life is a fever, a rush, all through.
Some are to be found devoting all
their energies to obtaining gold,
and yet all the gold of Opbir would
not avail to make a ! man better in
the eyes of God. . Even those who
are most ardent in jtbe pursuit of
this much sought gold cannot but
admit that, the mind : of man is
worthy of a higher aim. Profound
thought has, been productive of
wonderful results, even when this
thought was devoted to unreal, un
truthful subjects. . How much more
profitable ! must, then, be thought
meditation after true wisdom !
God. has ; enshrouded Himself in
darkness, but not in impenetrable
darkness, and it is for the heart
and the mind of man to penetrate
and draw forth beauty and light.
If we devote both heart and mind
to God's service we shall acquire
eloquence, and our words will have
weight in converting others to sal
vation." ' 1 : " i ) j - " ' ;
. Gray Hair -
Medical and Surgical Reporter.
Mauy persons begin to show gray
hairs while they are yet in their
twenties, and somo while in their
teens. This does not by any means
argue a premature decay of the
constitution. It is a purely a local
phenomenon, and may co exist with
nnnsual bodily vigor. Tbe cele
brated author and traveler George
Borrow turned quite gray before
he was thirty, but was au extraor
dinary swimmer and athlete at
sixty five.-. ; ; . i
Many feeble persons, and others
who have suffered extremely both
mentally and physically do not
blanch a hair until past middle
life ; while others, without assign
able caurfe, lose j their capillary
coloring matter rapidly when
about forty years ot age. ;
Race has a marked influence.
The traveler Dr. Orbigny says
that in the many year he spent in
South America be uever saw a
bald Indian, and scarcely ever a
gray-haired one. The negroes turn
more slowly than the whites. Yet
we know a negress of pure blood,
about thirty-five years old, who is
quite gray. ; i
In this country, ! sex appears to
make little difference. Men and
women grow, gray ! about the same
period of life. i ;
In men the hair and beard iarely
change equally. The one is usual
ly darker than the other for several
years, but there seems no general
rule as to which whitens first.
Tbe spot where gray ness begins
differs with the: individual. Tho
philosopher Schopenhauer began
to turn gray on I the temples, and
complacently framed a theory that
this is an indication of vigorous
meutal activity. ;
The correlation of gray hair, as
well as its causes, deserve more
attentive study than they have re
ceived. Such a change is undoubt
edly indicative of some deep seat
ed physiological process, but what
this is we can only ascertain by a
much wider series of observations
than have yet been submitted to
scientific analysis. -.
New Theory A boat the Word Magwamp.
i . j .. i .'.'
The following verses may throw
some light upon the true meaning
ot the word mugwump. The names
nsed for birds or bats are not found
in the dictionary ; but they are all
to be found in the swamps of east
ern North Carolina t J V i
: The morwump roasts ia the hollow log.
Too sacwi
Wheneyer
Tha saarwasr sits ia the tree:
F henerer I bear the hori sine I --
My heart is sad ia me. .
Wheneyer the roagpop toots his too
To tho wail of the mipwar hen.
And the mirfuuk chirps In the stilly aight.
YoabsiTm lonely thea. -. . ?
Would it not be singular if the
original mugwump proved, after
all, to be an j inhabitant of the
dreary lowlands of North Carolina,
roosting in hollow logs T
The Working of High IJeease.
Tho high license law, known as
tne iiarper law, nas now been on
trial in Illinois long , enough to en
able ns to see how such ji system
of regulating the liquor traffic
works practically in a- great and
populous State. That law, passed
in 1883, fixes the minimum license
fee for dram shops at $500, and for
malt liquors at $150 only in cities,
towns, and villages, and authorize
county Boards to grant licenses on
like terms upon petition of the
legal voters of any town or pre
cinct. . -.. , - . .
We have reports of the working
f the new system in half the coun
ties of the dtate, obtained by the
Chicago Tribune. In Cook conn ty,
in which Chicago is situated, the
liquor men are most able to prevent
the execution of the law, and yet
even there the number ot saloons
has been diminished by from 500 to
1,000, and the city revenue has
been increased by more than a mil
lion dollars. In nineteen other
cities and towns there were, before
the enforcement of high license, 733
saloons, yielding a revenue of $89,
050. There are now in these
places only 463 saloons, but the
revenue has been increased to $253,
000. "-.' - . "-;"''.! " : ,
. The high license fee has had the
effect to shut np the low groggeries
in towns and their suburbs, which
were always the resorts of vile
characters, and the consequence is
less crime and less drunkenness.
The number of arrests has fallen
off, and drunkenness has decreased
in tbe larger cities by thirty per
cent. There is also an improve
ment in the quality of the men who
keep the saloons, for the business
has grown to be more decent and
respectable, so that even those who
seel liquor acknowledge that the
law is working beneficently.
The report from Cairo is that
"disorderly conducts and arrests
have decreased not less than fifty
per cent;" from Quincy, that "it
has materially lessened the police ;
court cases for drunkenness ;" from
Springfield, that "the number of
arrests has diminished over fifteen
per cent., and the increase in the
degree of deference paid by saloon
keepers to public sentiment and
legal authority is fully as distinct
as the betterment in other respects-"
from Joliet, where the license is
placed at $1,000, that respectable
liquorj dealers and the police are
enforcing the law, which has vastly
improved the order ot the town.
From the rural counties equally fa
vorable reports are sent.
No other method of regulating
the liquor traffic and diminishing
the ovils caused by it has been so
effective as high license. The taxes
of tbe communities are lessened
and tbeir expenses for maintaining
public order and decreased. The
liquor business gets into the bands
of better men, j whose interests in
duce Ihem to; assist in enforcing
the laws, and both those who drink
and those who refrain are better
served and protected.
j Parental and Filial Oaty.
Prof. Felix Adler, in the course
of a lecture said that the gift of
children tended to moral elevation.
The roan - who desired to see his
children grow up better than him
self would not fail to improve his
own life and character, so as to set
them1 a good example. If a parent
sought to curb the angry passions
of a child, that parent would most
carefully guard against any ebulli
tion of temper, such as would set
an evil example. If it was sought
to have the children avoid slander,
no encouragement at the table or
in the parlor would be given to
those -who meet only to rend their
neighbor's character. Avoided
would be the feasts of those moral
cannibals who feed upon the repu
tations of others.
The moral nature and individu
ality of children, Prof. Adler con
tinued, should be carefully studied
and respected. They are, it is true,
bone of our bone and flesh of our
flesh, but wo are only the channels
through which the ri rer of life is
transmitted to them. Some parents
make a point of trying to mould
their children into reproductions of
themselves, j But every child has
a. right to its own individuality.
Forinstance, if a boy shows a talent
for art, it is a grave question
whether it be wise for tbe boy's
father to say : "Oh I I don't want
my j boy to be a painter ; I mean
him to be a lawyer." Or, again, a
youth shows an intense passion for
study, but, a friend of the father
has an opening in his couuting
house, and 80 the instincts of
genius are sacrificed to the dollar.
Thus the individuality of that life
is destroyed and tbe particular
message with which it was entrust
ed to deliver to the world is lost.
In conclusion the speaker dwelt
upon the reverence and love due
from children to their parents. As
an instance of filial devotion he
cited the case of the young fireroau
who lost his life at the fire in Col
lege Place, New York. As he fell
from the ladder to the ieo bound
pavement below, ho 1 was heard to
exclaim, "Oh! my poor mother."
His one thought in that dreadful
moment was for his mother. How
many men there were whoso heads
were gray and the tenderest recol
lection in whose career was the re
membrance of the father who had
guided and trained their steps in
their earlier years, and the mother
whose tender care had never been
equaled by any one else on earth. '
Hog skin is used extensively
for saddles because it is the only
leather that all the stretch cau be
taken out of and it stands friction
and wear so well, but it possesses
but little strength, therefore it is
but seldom if ever nsed for straps.
The dude's high collar has been
consigned to oblivion, but the dude
remains. Tho people are tnankrui
to Dame Fashion for this small
favor.
-r J: : Xlterary Women. '. , li.
A medical journal has been look
ing into the Jives of 'literary wo
men, and it finds that "most of
them were either single or, if mar
tied, Were childless ; second, that
tney nave been generally long
lived." These assertions come
about as near the mark as most
generalizations but not nearer;
although from the nature ot things
one .. Would expect - that women
whose careers were chiefly devoted
to literary pursuits would not bo
apt to assume the responsibilities
which matrimony brings. Among
the literary spinsters are cited
Frederika Bremer, Emily Bronte,
Hannah More, Harriet Martinean,
Eliza Cook, Miss Sedgwick, Gail
Hamilton, Alice and Phoebe Cary,
Anna! Dickinson, Miss Edgeworth,
Mitford and Jane Austen. Among
married women who were childless
the Medical Record mentions Mrs.
Nichols (Charlotte Bronte), Mrs.
Somerville George Eliot, . Letitia
E. Landon. Of the few who had
only due child or two, Mrs. Brown
ing, iladame Darblay and Madame
de Sevigne are referred to. Ma
dame de Stael , bad several: Mrs.
Trollope not only , had a large
family but also an unlucky bus
band to support by her novels,
when1 she began writing at the age
of fifty-five. Mrs. Oliphant, whose
literary work is simply enormous,
has several- children. Mrs. Julia
Ward Howe and Mrs. Harriet
Beecher Stowe have had families ;
Margaret Fuller was drowned with
her young son in her arms ; Mrs.
Gaskell had seven children ; Mrs.
Frances Hodgson Burnett has four
or five. . The five literary women
who!; unquestionably staud at the
head, of their sex in intellect
Madame de Stael, Mrs. Browning,
Charlotte Bronte, George Sand and
George Eliot were married, and
quite as many of the literary, wo
men of second and third rank were
married as unmarried, and most of
the former were mothers. J
The second assertion, that liter
ary women have been usually long
lived, is borne out by many cases.
Mrs! Somerville died at 92 years of
age : Madame d'Arblay and Han
nah at 83 ; Miss Edgeworth at 82 ;
Madame de Sevigne at 70 ; Miss
Breiner at 64 ; George Sand at 72 ;
George Eliot at Gl ; Mrs. Brown
iner I at 54. Am one those whoso
lives were shorter were Jane Aus- I
ten,! who lived only 42 years; Char
lotte Bronte, who was 39: Emily
Bronte, 29, and .Margaret Fuller,
40. This longevity of female brain
workers is in accortlance with tbe
long established fact that literary
men live longer than the average
of their sex. I -; . '
The Oldest Locomotive Engineer. !-
j . ... , t . ,s
Julius D. Petscb, the oldest Joco
tive engineer in the country, died
las month in Charleston, S. C, tbe
city ot his birth. He ran the first
locomotive ever built in this coun
try! and the second ever in use on
an American railway. This loco
motive was built at the West Point
Foundry works in New York in
1830, and was called "The Best
Friend of Charleston," having been
built for use on tbe South Carolina
Railway, then; in process. of con
struction. It ai rived in Charleston
on October a, isju, auu was
placed on the road on November
2d 1830. The second engine con
structed in this country was bunt
by the West Point works for the
same road, wmcn was oegun in
1830, and was opened for traffic in
1833, for its I whole length, 135
miles. At that time it was the
longest continuous line of railway:
intthe world. . r
Mr. Petscb, as already stated,
was the engineer of "The Best
Friend of Charleston." He suc
ceeded in inventing, a number of
improvements to it, which, had
they been patented, would have
probably yielded him a handsome
fortune. The most important of
these improvements was tbe
shrinking of wrought iron tires on
iron wheels and tho placing of
what are known as "the outside
connections" on a locomotive. After
serving as engineer for some time,
he was promoted to the office of
superintendent of the South Caro
lina Railway during the presidency
of Mr. H. W. Connor, j ,
(During the Seminole war Mr.
Petscb was employed as an engi
neer in Florida. As a master ma
chinist, Mr. Petscb was known all
over tbe State. He superintended
the building of the "New Bridge"
over the Ashley River, the placing
of the machinery in the Confeder
ate gunboat Chicora during the
late war, and the erection of the
machinerv in the cotton mill at
Graniteville, S. C. He was in his
seventy eight year at the time of
his death.
Horrible Outrage.
Alamance GleinerJ .
We learn from a reliable source
of a shameful act of cruelty which
transpired in this county a little
mote than two weeks ago. The
facts detailed to us are as follows :
An old ! gentleman, eighty-four
years old, went to a neighbor's
bouse, in Melville township, on last
Saturday a week ago, and asked to
be carried to tbe poor bouse, saying
that he had been driven from home.
Ho further stated be had been tied
to a tree by bis: grand-son and
whipped with a hickory withe, and
afterwards carried by his own son
and tied iu a tobacco barn and left
alone. The old man's arms and
legs bore the marks of cruelty re
ceived at the hands of his relatives.
It was during the last snow and
cold snap that be was thus tied up
and beaten. Other acts or cruelty
were done the poor old man ; but
enough have been told. . It is said
that his relatives are able to sup
nort him. Parties guilty of such
cruelty ought to be severely pun
ished. '. I
The old man is now at the poor
house. - -
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Dr. John Van Bibber, of JJaltl
more, has taken up the gaanlet in
behalf of school , children, and pro
tests against the methods in vogue
in some of the schools ' in forcing
cnudren in their stodies, to Which
ne at tn Dates many- of the , mental
disorders and bodily ailments now
not uncommon among children, and
until recently unknown among
them, r Speaking of the schools of
liaitimore he says that the number
of children who suffer , from nervous
diseases increases ; that not only
chorea is the frequent and ordinary
iorm or mis trouble, but that neu
ralgia, insomnia and headache, for
merly t thought to belong almost
exclusively in adult life, are how
very prevalent among children;
His; conclusions are that tho
abuse of education, by over pres
sure in the public schools has a
great influence on the increase of
these maladies, if it is not the ac
tive cause ef their production; and
further says : "It can . be proved
that functional disturbances of the
nervous! system! among children
have lately been much increased in
Baltimore, and that the only ra
tional cause for this mobid develop
ment is .the present tendency to
commence too early with educa
tion, and
to force its progress by
competitive examlna-
injurious
tions." I :
To educate children is good, but
in the desire to educate nature's
laws should not be' entirely ignor
ed,' nor should the ' young brain be
injured, and the health of . the child
underminded in the ill directed ef
fort to hurry it through books, to
reflect credit on the teacher or the
so-called, system. There r is f too
much mere memorizing and parrot
teashingjin the. public schools in
this country, and, too , little atten
tion given by those in charge to
the physical and mental capacitv
of the child, which- is exnected
when placed in a class to hold its
position! and keep up with! the
stronger; and sprightlier, or j fall
back into .the lower grade which
spirited 'children struggle to avoid
as a species of humiliation. 1 1 j 1
There; is room in this country for
such men as Dr. Bibber, who are
doing a good work in calling atten
tion to the blunders in the school
house, and in protecting the little
ones from the. overtaskiug Jthat
ru,ns
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Bill Nye's Philosophy.
To the young the future has a
roseate I hue. The roseate hue
comes high, but we have to use it
in this place. To the young there
spreads: out a glorious range of
possibilities. After the youth has
endorsed for an intimate . friend a
few times, aud purchased the pa
per at the bank himself later on.
the. horizon won't seem to horizon
so tumultuou8ly as it' did afore -time.
I remember , at one I time
of purchasing such a piece of
accommodation paper at a bank,
and I still have it. I didn't need it
any more than a cat needs eleven
tails at one and tbe same time.1! Still
the bank made it an object to me,
and I secured it. Such things as
these harshly knock the fluff and
bloom off the cheek of youth, and
prompt us to turn the strawberry
box bottom side up before we pur
chase it. .Youth is gay and hope
ful, age is covered with experience
and scars, where the skit has1 been
knocked; off aud had to grow ou
again, j To the young a dollar looks
large and strong, but to the! mid
dle-aged and old it is weak and in
efficient. When we are in the hey
day arid fizz of existence, we believe
everything, but after awhile we
murmur : "What's that you're
givin' jus," orr words of a like char
acter, j j Age brings caution and a
lot ! of shoo-worn experience pur
chased at the highest market price.
Time brings vain regrets and wis
dom-teeth that can be left in a glass
of water over night.
In y .1
Cutting Things Under Water.
When scieuco was in its infancy,
much of. its fact was mixed with
nonsense, and some of the non
sense; shows a wonderful vitality.
A case! in point is the recent re
publication of a nonsense bit that
was current at least forty! years
ago. it: is a recipe tor cutting glass
with shears or scissors. The state
ment is that sheet glass can be cut
with the greatest ease with a pair
of scissors if the glass is kept un
der water and kept in a level posi
tion.! : That there is not a word of
truth in. it any one may easily
prove on a trial, with the result of
dulling a pair of shears. 1
There is one cutting process that
can be better done under water
than out of water ; that is, the par
ing of onions. When pared under
water the acrid emanations, so un
pleasant to the mucous mpmbrane
of eyes and nose, are dissolved or
held in the water. But neither the
quality of glass nor the power of
scissors is cnangea oy immersion
in water. '
A Fable About Office-Seekers.
f II .:- . Puck. .. . : -
One day, as an Ass was journey
ing along toward a rich meadow,
he chanced unon a Fox who was
quitely sitting by the roadside.
? "Ab. ; friend Fox." said he ; T
was just looking for yon. I am
going to Feed in yonder meadow."
iiu "But,77 answered tne jj ox, "you
cannot get in ; that meadow is re
served for animals of Beauty."
!f "Exactly." said tho Ass, "but I
have a beautiful Voice. Listen"
I! Arid he brayed loud and Long.
When tbe last echo had died away,
turning to the Fox, he asked :
if VNow, friend Fox, you have
heard it, What does that Show !"
I Vlt shows," said the Fox, quietly,
as he took up bis cane and spring
Overcoat, "that you are au Ass."
; MoraZm This fable teaches that
office seekers who want to tell the
Presideut why they, should have
office ought to Remember that there
is al ways more than one way or iooic
ing at a Thing. .
A subject?flntDoV .
girl of fifteen, aprilJ.' - !
operation at JeffersolxX a young
lege a short time ago. TtrJinical
wore short dresses, looked tool- 5
young1 school- miss, and? bad tha
manners., of a girl. The trouble
with the patient was an inability to
retain secretions : of the kidneys.
Dr. W. H. Pancoast made ' an ex
amination and discovered two ex
ceedingly interesting facts ; - First,
that nis subject was not, as tne
parents had always ' supposed, a
girl,' but a boy, and that he had
been born minus a bladder, i Dr.
Pancoast explained all this to the
class which the operation was per
formed, and then proceeded to sup
ply an artificial bladder, a surgical
feat first accomplished by Dr. Pan
coat's father many years ago and
now not an uncommon operation.
The parents of, the supposed girl,
now transformed into a handsome
boy, at first refused to credit - the
facts ; related by tho . doctor . and
would not keep the subject in boy's
attire, dressed in which the profes
sor had returned him to them. A
farther operation was. made at the
request of . the parents . This .was
done last week and so fully devel
oped other organs that doubt was
no longer possible. Now,' in addi
tion to this metamorphosis, the lad
has been given a boy's name in ex
change for tho, female one with '
which he . .was , christened. iProf. ;
Pancoast has recently also had an
other case of somewhat the same
nature, although j not quite so In
teresting, the subiect being a. bov
of four years, who had' always been
supposed to be a girl. ' The opera-
ion in each case was 1 about tbe ;
same and both patients have re
covered. . -.. . ;.. ? . .-i" u-' -
; Getting All lie Asked For, - I ! ;
ElilPerkins ia the Pittsburg-Dispatch. , ::, '..
I got tired looking at those ware
houses and factories fin Richmond.
After looking at 350 of them it be
came an old story. ; At last, when
came to one. I, would say, to tho
driver:' " ' i ,
AnothertobaccofactoryjCsesar!''
"Yes, mas'a ; dls is a plug facV'
try."s.; tir.-i-.!f,.f.;i;;j;r nUJ;-
"Don't stop," I said : wive on,
et the plug go."T J t J ' ' J
Further fonf we' came to' a very 7
arge building and a very ancient -
buildingir?.;;;-t faX-A-An h-tUji - :;
"Is that a tobacco-factory, too T"
asked the driver, . , ,
ivi ou, uuu a im. uivvktu 'uuuatj
sah-; ' dat's whajr Patrick Henry
made his great speech, sah.n ; j
"What , did Patrick- say!"; I
asked.. - ... .; J. . t- V
" Why Jie done say, 'Gib me lib-r
erty or gib me deth.' " ! s': j
"Well, which did they give him!77 i ;
"Dey guv him bof, sah, bof.7?. , ; 11
' Two Married Women at the Gate. : ; 4
Did you ever hear two married 1 1
women take leave of each other at
the gate on a mild evening f 1 This
is how they : do it: "Good-bye!
Good-bye ! Come down and see us
soon." "l win. uood-byel liood-
bye ! Don't forget to come soon."
"No, I won't. Don't you .forget to
come up." "I won't. Be sure and:
bring Sarah Jane with you next
lme." "I will, Fd bavo brought
her up this time, but she wasn't
very well. She wanted to come
awfully." "Did she now ! That
was tooJbad! Be sure and bring
her nexttime." ' "I will; and you
be sure and bring baby." "I will.
forgot to tell you that be7a cut
another tooth." "You don't say
so ! How many has he now!" "Five.
Itv makes him awfully cross." : j "I
dare say it does this hot weather."
"Well, good-bye I Don't forget to
come down." "No. I won't Don't
you forget to come up. Good-bye !" j
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, Cold Mines of Rowan. je; . .
Salisbury Watchman.
Mr. Prince baa been out in the
country for eight or ten days with -
bis magnetic indicator; hunting -veins.
Wo met him Tuesday last, i
all smiles and bouyancy, full of
the brightest hopes and . confident !
that the mineral developments in j
Rowan this spring and summer;
will create an enthusiasm never,
before known in this State. : fTho'
mines are here," said be, "and no
mistake; and they are attainable;
at such reasonable prices as will
insure their being taken up." 'This
from an experienced miner andl
from one whose business it is to
gather such facts, is worth some
thing. ' f;
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The llO-Ton Gun. : t- . f .
- The'English government has or
dered three 110-ton " guns, and of
these one is to be delivered in Oc
tober next, another in January, and
the third in April, 1886. The price
per gun ia 19,500;; the projectile 1
is 1,800 lb.; the charge is 900 lb. of
cocoa powder ; the muzzle velocity I
is 2,020 feet per second the maxi-!
mum powder pressure is 17 tons
ler square inch. The velocity and
pressure are, of course, ' only esti
matedalthough they are based on
the experience, gained .with-the
Italian guns. : .... y
Another Blessed Baby. j rf
Visitor "I think Aurora would ;
be a very expressive name for the
little angel." H i
Young Father (who is reading
the paper) "Yes, Aurora would
do, because he was a roar all last
night; but, unfortunately, that is a
girl's name, and the little beggar
happens to be a boy." r v: Si v
Visitor "Oh, it's a boy, is it!
What are you going to name him !"
-Young Father "I am' going to
call him Albert Edward, because ;
be is the Prince of tWails, and he's j
prematurely bawled."
Kansas editors excel in tho se i
lection of eccentric names for their
papers. Tbe Prairie Dog, the As- :
tonisker, and the Paralyzer j are al- i
ready in existence, and now a pa
per is to be started ia Thomas
county which will be called, the
Thomas Cat,
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