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SALEM, N. C, SEPTEMBER 28, 1882.
NO. 39.
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The TJndrtone.
I lay upon the water's edge,
The lapping waves crept to and fro
With murmuring soft 'gainst rocky ledge,
. With moaning where the rushes grow;
, And e'er beneath the tide and moan
Sounded an undertone.
Neath the tangled branches of a wood
I stood, and heard the ginnt limbs.
With thousand tongues of leaves, enfiood
The place with solemn, dirge-like hymns,
' And there through sound familiar grown
Sounded an undertone.
I watched a bird upon the wing;
His song of gladness, like a thread,
Wove in and out the air of spring
A web of sweet song 'broidered;
And blent with carol high and lone
Sounded the undertone.
A wandering band of minstrels strolled,
With thriUing harp and wild, sad song;
I listened as the notes out-rolled,, .
And beat against a careless throng;
And thars heard I was't I alone ?
The sounding undertone. - -
And e'er, beneath the child's sharp cry,
The maiden's laughter pure and sweet,
Man's oath, man's prayer, comes drifting by,
life's undertcme the soul doth greet.
Is't echo lost tq common ears
That idling poet vaguely hears ?
Marie Le Baron.
The Romance of a Hammer,
by me it is quite practicable, for it has
been put on trial; in fact, by means of
the hammer system we might dispense
w ith the police entirely. Once, when I
lived in quite, a deserted neighborhood
- a long row of houses in a suburban
portion of the city I organized a ham
mer alarm, l naa to ao u. ior sen-
protection. There had been robbery
after robbery in the row, and the
police were afraid to interfere. Every
body in that row went regularly to bed
with a hammer. It was very -hard on
the thieves, for, as bad luck would
have it for those rascals, they tried to
break into one house just at the end
of the row. In six seconds every inmate
in the row had been informed that a
burglarious attempt was being made.
You might have neard the three taps
working alone from house to house in
the stillness of the night. Everybody
turned out under my lead. "We ' made
a cordon, swept the street, anaeapturea
six or seven of the robbers. I don't
remember the number of them exactly,
only that they were the most blood
thirsty rascals known in the annals of
crime."
The old lady, whose hair fairly stood
tip by this time or would have stood
up if she had had any was profuse in
her thanks. Just what I wanted took
place. I was invited next evening to
take tea, and the old lady in person
showed me her garden, so that I might
understand the lay oi ttie lanu.
Now, I had reconnoitered the premi
ses before, not that I thought any
thing ever would happen, but really
out of consideration for the young
woman. The fence )was not a very
high one, though adorned with spikes.
To facilitate my climbing, I rolled a
big barrel near it. I could step on
that and then with a slight effort could
scale the fence. I showed my plans of
succor and the old lady approved of
them. I bought a tack-hammer, pre
sented it to her, and explained to her,
in detail, the method of signaling.
The tea was a very pleasant one,
and the young lady agreeable. I went
to bed that night quite happy and quite
forgot all about the signals. In tact, a
week or so elapsed and nothing oc
curred to break the quiet of that really
peaceful neighborhood.
I am sound sleeper generally, but on
a certain night not long afterward
there was such a terrible storm of
wind and rain, with rattling of win
dows, that my usual- rest would not
come. At last I went off into a half
dreamy dose, when suddenly close to
my ear I was awakened with a start
I heard the three ominous taps on the
wall ! I never listened to anything so
dreadful in my life. "Was I awake!
I waited a while. It was the precau
tionary signal, but not the positive
alarm. Kat-taMat went the devils
tatoo on the wall, then I knew that
danger was imminent. I looked out of
the window, and it was raining cats
and dogs I shuddered! Still the
hammer rever
berated through the room. I huddled
on my clothes. I never had a revolver
in my life, and, had I owned one, would
not have known how to shoot it off. 1
wished I had not lied so, but I always
was romantic. The rapping continued
like mad. Suppose these were real,
true for true robbers next door ! "What
could a single, poor, inoffensive, un
armed young man like me do against a
whole gang of bloodthirsty house
breakers? I know that they would
murder me for interfering with
their legitimate business.. I
thonght once I would open the
window and yell : "Murder ! theives i
but my window looked on the yard, and
the wind was howling so that had there
been a whole squad of police below not
one of them would hare heard me. It
was dreadful to be waked up that way,
to walk to sudden death; and so unpre
pared a3 I knew I was. I cursed my
ofticiousness I I was dressed somehow
at last and went slowly, shivering down
the stairs, making all the noise I could,
but it was just one of those selfish
boarding-houses where the inmates
never take notice ot anything, l
opened the back door which led to the
garden.
. I was wet to the skin before I found
the barrel and what was mysterous
about it was that the barrel had been
moved away from the fence. In a
minute it flashed across my mind that
did I once venture in ' the adjacent
garden my retreat would be cut off, and
that as the victim of some villainous
trap, next morning I would be found
dead dead my skull beaten in with a
jimmy. ' , . ,
At last, however.'at the expense of
three seconds after the first stroke of
the hammer I was in your garden. I
hope your charming granddaughter
has suffered no inconvenience. I am'
quite positive that they the robbers
were around last night, and my timely
presence scattered them."
" God bless my soul," said the old
lady, as she dropped the milk, "and I
did not know it."
"But you hammered away like a
first-class blacksmith."
"Indeed,. I did not," said she; t4 and
my milk, that's all gone. I Blept un
common well; better than usual. 1
always sleep soundly when it rains."
"Would it be believed that the old
woman denied the hammer incident in
toto ? Ilad I been dreaming ? "Was it
force of imagination, the teaming of a
delirious brain? A shocking bad cold
in my head assured me that it had
been a reality.
" I was quite out of heart all that
next day, and went to bed at night in
a most unhannv state of mind. "Was
my rest to be broken in upon again?
I bail hardly fallen off into a feverish
slumber when I heard the accursed
hammer again. I covered my head
with the bedclothes. Rat-tat-tat it
went. It could not be a hammering of
imagination, for I put my far to
FOR THE LADIES.
YVaaldo'tCaaage Her
Miss Ilisley Seward, a daughter of
ex-Solicitor of the Treasury Ilisley, be
came a great favorite with "Win. II.
Seward while he was secretary of state,
and subsequently accompanied hita
during his tour round the world. Mr.
Seward, in his will, bequeathed her 30,-
000 on condition that she should adopt
his name. She accepted the money,
adopted his name, and now refuses to
marry because she will not consent to
change her name. At present she is in
Italy, studying the old monasteries of
Lm w - -
fthat country.
HEALTH niXTS.
Yes, I am, I believe, quite a disin
terested person, and fairly well-known
for both my courage and modesty.
was boarding in a retired neighborhood
in New York, and next door to me
lived, in a private house, an old lady,
with her granddaughter Need I say
that that young person .was unusually
attractive ? Lregret to state, however,
that any advances on my part in that
direction were met at first with much
indifference. Of course, ad acquaint
ance with the old lady had to be made,
and a very queer old lady was she.
"With a great many eccentricities, she
had one in particular which over
shadowed the rest. Once her house had
been robbed, forty years before, and she
had, never forgotten it. Though she
was deaf as a post, she assured me that
the least noise disturbed her of nights,
as the dread of robbers was always on
her mind. Whether the young lady
shared her grandmother's fears or not,
I did not know. I rather hoped she
did. ', .
If, as I thought to myself, . I could
only take advantage of this old woman's
fancies, that might give me an intro
duction to the house. The old lady
was garrulous, arid I very soon scraped
tip an acquaintance with her.V I
had not been talking with her mo
, than five minutes, shouting my words
into her ears, beforfe I broached the
subject of robberies... From my pocket
I drew a newspaper and read there
from in loud tones a long account of a
housebreaking adventure. I must
confess that in order to add some point reursed rapping of the
to the story I introduced some quite
new facts into the description. For
instance the street in which the rob
bery took place was in an entirely dif
. ferent part of the town from ours, and
for it I substituted our own immediate
neighborhood. In the original version,
however, it was an old woman who
had actually been at the mercy of the
bandits. I howled it all out, and had
the satisfaction of seeing that it had an
instantaneous effect on the. old lady.
" Deary me!" said the old lady. "Ter
nblerand we are so entirely unpro
tected two lone women!
" Awful!" I replied; " and when rob
bers get in a neighborhood they never
let up ' until they clean out everything.
" I don't like to tell you, but I have seen
some . very strange and mysterious-
looking fellows tramps apparently
. lounging around here lately."
"Bless us! and I am so deaf, and so
1 nervous. I am sure I shan't be able
to sleep for weeks. "What can I do?"
"I have an idea," said I. " In what
story of your house do you sleep?'
" Second story." Then, the old lady
described the position of her bed
chamber second story back. Her
granddaughter slept in the same room.
, I had known that before from a care
ful reconnoissance I had made. My
own modest chamber in the boarding--house
was "on the same floor, and our,
rooms were contiguous, only separated
by the thin party wall. v
H Now, my dear madame," said I, " I
arn going to propose a plan of' action
for you, quite simple of its kind, which
ought to relieve you of all anxieties; I
might recommend a burglar-proof ap-
mratus with teleeranh attachments.
:ut those are very expensive thing3 toY several severe excoriations, I was over
. set up. I can manage it all with a
hammer." '
" A hammer !" exclaimed the old
lady, opening wide her mouth and
' ' eyes. . ' .
" Yes; a simple hammer."
".But I Should be so terrified that if
a robber" -were to break in I never
could use it. I couldn't knock him
down with it." The old iady was ter
ribly flustered. ,
" I. didn't mean a hammer to be used
as a weapon. Oh, dear, no; quite dif
ferent from that. Your room in your
house and pMne in my house are ad
jacent, and the head of your bed is just
near mine. '.Now, I avUI buy you a
Small hammer, 'and all you have to do
is-to take it to bed with you. At the
least noise take your hammer and give
it three raps on the wall. I will at once'
understand that by tliat is meant a
precautionary signal. It's quite as goodi
as any telegraphic apparatus. I hear
the three raps good. I wake up at
once, and, springing out of bed put on
my clothes. I am prepared for action,
as it were. Then, should your fears
continue, you keep on rapping. I
understand at once that the danger is
imminent. Then I seize my revolver,
cock it, runs downstairs, bound over
me ience, ana my presence at once
disconcerts the robbers. . They eh
deavor to escape; I shoot two" or three
ef them, and you and your charming
5ranaa.augD.ter are saved.
" It s very dreadful, but quite kind
and thoughtful of you, and so in
genious. I do believe that if I knew
that some one was watching for my
' Baiety halt my fears would be dis
sipated." The old woman really looked
! i- - J P 1 -. r-. ....
quite grateiuu "o you thins you
couia near me r ' sne asked
" Of course I could. I sleep on one
ear." I replied. " It is true the idea is
perfectly my own, but as introduced
the fence." I gazed at the back of the
house. All was still still as death
there was a lull in the storm. I waited
to hear the agonized scream of the vic
tims, but there was' nothing save an
appalling stillness. ' Then something
rustled, and I covered my face with
my hands. I was awaiting some crash
ing blow on my head, when a stray cat
bounded past me. N odights were visi
ble. I waited ten minutes, exposed to
the drenching of the pitiless storm, for
it rained now harder than ever; then,
feeling that if the worst had come it
was all over now, and I could do noth
ing, I retreated, quietly, deliberately
reclimbed the fence, and at last re
gained my bed. I was miserable,
chilled to the marrow, and so nervous
and excited that I never went to sleep
any more during the whole of that
wretched night.
Next morning, having recovered
somewhat from the effects of that
night of terror, I awaited with
much anxiety the appearance ot that
old lady at her door, for she always
took iu the milk herself. Should she
not respond to the milkman's call then
the mystery would be solved. But she
did turn up. I at once went to the
door, and I expected that she would
have a story of some dreadful charac
ter to impart to me, and I was ready to
tell her how I had saved her and her
granddaughter from death,when, much
to my disgust, alter having exenangeu
an ordinary good-morning with me, she
was about re-entering witn ner uuik.
" You had a most narrow escape iaai
night," I said. .
"Ctti vea" she replied, smilingly;
"it'a Half water, and mighty blue and
v.:,. -Pu-Montlv she referred to the
t u ha1 not been for me," I said.
all rwten murdered in
yuu nuuiu .
Jr twu. I waa up and out. In
mv
the wall and felt the vibrations
through the flimsy partition. Oh, the
unutterable selfishness of that old
woman! And what if she were robbed
of a silver teapot or so or a dozen tea
spoons! I was desperate now. I
rushed downstairs. . Fortunately it
was not raining. I found ray barrel
at once, and that was reassuring. I
excoriated myself again. I scaled the
wall and landed with a crash on the
other side on a pile of flower-pots
soma one had carelessly placed there.
I waited a moment for the noise to
subside. I kiww that if any robbers
were there the row I had made must
startle them. I rubbed a very badly
skinned ankle and waited and nothing
came.
Night after night went on that ac
cursed hammering. "Was I to be
doomed to the terrible task of discov
ering thieves in that old lady's garden;
and, what was worse, my cnivaious con
duct, my dallying with death, receive
no recognition? Evidently there was
some mystery. I was the victim whose
sad end was being plotted.
I never went to sleep after that with
out stuffing cotton in my ears and al
ways in a most wretched frame of mind.
I was a martyr of my disinterestedness.
I was being robbed of my sweet sleep.
Life became a burden to me. The old
lady was either laboring under some
hallucination or I was crazy. There
was only one thing which made me
suffer all these torments, and that was
the belief that I was a hero in the eyes
of the granddaughter. I cannot say
that she ever directly expressed herself
in that way, but looking at her at times
when I met her in the street, as I ad
dressed a few words to her, I thought
I recognized an expression on her face
which told me of her sympathy.
These nocturnal. visits at last preyed
on my spirits. I went to bed now with
my clothes on. I had bought a second
hand revolver. I had become reckless.
I am quite sure that had I met a small
boy of about the size of Oliver Twist
at night in the old lady's garden I
should have shot at him.
The rapping would cease for a night
or two and then commence again. I
felt that this business must come to a
stop. My employers, leading grocers,
had noticed my sleepiness during busi
ness hours, and had complained about it.
One night this spring wearily I
climbed the garden fence, pistol in hand
for it had become a mechanical pro
cess now and I dropped into a wash-
tub of water, placed with devilish in-
genuity on a three-legged stool. As I
fell over my pistol went off. The
neighborhood was aroused at last, but I
distinctly heard in the bath-room that
overlooked the old lady's garden peals of
laughter, and a young woman appeared
at the window who was apparently en
joying the scene.
If this brutal conduct on the part of
that girl were not sufficient, think of
the impertinence of a young man who
called next day on me at our place of
business. As I have said, I am a clerk
in the wholesale grocery line, and drug
gists' clerks are. always stuck-up crea
tures. That young sprig twirled a stick
in one hand and in the otner ne nau a
card. I am to suppose his name was
written on it. "See here," said he,
making his stick whiz through the air
within a few inches of my nose, " See
here, oleomargarine, codfish, prunes,
pickles and glucose, you have been fool
ing around grandmother s place long
enough, and you are a precious ass, and
Mary Jane that's my cousin, a lady I
am going to marry has had quite
enough of your nonsense. "What a
prime proprietary idiot, with a
revenue stamp on it, you must
be not know that the old lady has got
robber on the brain bad when she's
awake, but when she's asleep of nights,
bless her, she snores away like a hum
ming top. A Chinee cracker under her
ear wouldn't as much as faze her. Now,
the old woman never had any use for
your hammer, but I guess from what
Mary Jane has told me she has been
pounding around with it quite promis
cuously. Now, see here, here is your
hammer, and do you take it before I
make you swallow it, handle, claw and
all, just as if it were a glass of cream
soda, and the very next time I hear
you have ventured to cross that fence,
or to put that big foot of yours in my
grandmother's house, I will just thrash
vou dizzy, and listen to some good ad-
Vice change your boarding-house, figs,
even if vou have to go back on your
landlady."
A Royal Wedding la McTada.
His majesty. "Winnemucca MDLV.
king of all the Piutes, was recently mai
ried to a princess of his tribe. Buennl
Yista John, a trusted member of AVin-
nemucca's cabinet, says the royal con
sort is past the middle age ami weighs
all the same as four sacks of flour. AVin
nemucca, who traces his lineage, ac
cording' to Piute tradition, from the
time when the Humloldt valley was a
lake, is said to be the fifteen hundredth
and fifty-fifth monarch of his line. He
has children past the prime of life, and
the old fellow takes a new wife to pro
vide for his necessities In his old age.
The Piute marriage ceremony is a very
simple affair. The chosen bride retires (
to ber wickiup at an apjointed time and
huddles in a corner. If she does not
like the bridegroom she gets up and
runs away when he enters the wickiup,
but if he "is the man of her choice re
mains and becomes his slave for life.
The old king will now have an easier i
time than has been his lot for years
past, as the queen will have to "rustle i
for grub" for the aged monarch. Witi
nemwjtxi Silcer Stale.
mxhlon lrs.
Ficelle shades and hues are fashion
able. Copper red is pronounced an elegant
red shade.
Velvet and velveteen will l much
worn.
Drlak for tfc 8b-k.
To make apple water cut the arTl
in small pieces and pour on boiiinff
water. Strain in three hours and
sweeten.
"Water added to tamarind's currants
or cranberries, freh or in jelly, makes
excellent beverages, with a little sugar
or not, as may be agreeable.
Toast water Toast stale bread nntll
very brown, pour over it boiling water;
let it stand for an hour, then strain and
put in a piece of ice before drinking.
Milk porridge Make a thin batter
of flour and milk, or com starch and
milk; stir into boiling milk, with a lit
tle salt; let it toil a few minutes, stir
ring constantly.
For those troubled with the gout,
bct two ounces of almonds with a
teaspoonf ul of rose water and then pour
on one quart of milk and water and
sweeten to taste.
For those who are weak and have a
cough beat a fresh-laid egg and mix with
it one gill of new milk and a taMospoon
f ul each of rrwe water and orange water
and a little nutmeg.
For a cough make flaxseed tea as fol
lows: One-lwdf pound each of flaxseed
and rock candy, three lemons pared
and liced; pour over this two quarts
of bciling water; when cold, strain.
Beef tea Cut raw loef into small
pieces; to a half pound of meat pour on
a pint of col I water, set on the stove
and k-t it siinmor until all the juice Is
extracted from the meat. When wanted
for skim an I let it boil just two
minutes.
To make panada, soak stale bread
in coll water for an hour: mash and
place on the lire, with a little salt, but
ter atd sugar; cook slowly an hour, and
when ready to serve add the yolks of
two eirirH. well lcatcn. and two table-
spoontuls of milk.
' BarW water is a nutritious drink,
I and is on of the lst known for In
! valids. Take one ounrc of barley, half
1 an ouure of ?ugar. the rind of a lemon
FACTS AJD C0XSZ5TS.
The telephone Is rradaally deTtlop-
Ing Into riYalshi with the telegTap!)
Taa DtlU
The modern dentist U not like th
dentist of loos ago. The old-time dent
mg into nyaun wun uic vnegr.pa Ut not ietih. he ,imrJj op.
at least for limited distances. It has wpre dfriTtd nil
been used to advantage between Pru-
ael and Dover a whole distance of 240
miles, aixty of which were under water.
If submarine difficulties have been iul
ficiently overcome, the time may not be
far distant when New York and Lon
don will be talking to one another.
The value of babies has been fixed. A
child less than 1 year is worth $14; be
tween 1 and 2 years, 1 19; 2 to 3 years,
128; 4 years. $31; 5 years, $35; 6 years,
$40; 7 Vear $00; 8 yrarMGO; 9 years,
$70; 10 years, $90; 11 years, $123, These
are the valuations made by a baby insur
ance company of Cincinnati. Th
parent pT five eenta a we for the In
surance of their rh'.M, The-ewt Tor
colored children are twice as much, ',
owing o innnwo-ioia amuij ior con
tracting contagious di-was.
Sleep.
Lift tt froa lif ' tfcarr1 rockj aJ aal c
Fir oat vpo. t&y vmtrt a3 aloe
Tfctra Ut o tiak beal& U 9fl Mr
A Cleveland roan named Jon" has a
cow addirt'iltothe unfomfortaMf h-d-it
of switching hr tail in hi t-v ti.:l
milking her. The other d.iy Jones t-k
the tail and tied it firmly to hb h
The cow, irritated bv the flirs she could
not drive away, started off and fwding
the curious attachment to her tail
came frightened and ran. Jones U now
walking about on crutches and remark
ing: "About the tenth time I had horn
hauled around that lot I began ta.ro
where I mlssM it. I fughter tied her
tail to her leg and not to Uiine."
The possibilities incident to the J
general uw of eKvtricity and its pr--1
ence in all parts of a large city, are m;
gpsted by an incident which happens! j
in New York a short time since when ,
at a certain point in Nassau itmt, i
horse, no matter how old and worn J
out, or uveiy ana pinu juuipcu anu
curvetted and pranced to the great de
light of the crowds w ho witnessed the
performance. Much to ' their diap-
pointment word was sent to the rtfi.Mn
only of late years that the dentist has
occupied a recognized poaitloa in thi
departmenU of minor eurftxy. 8oae
dexterity and ccnaidrrabie muscular
strtngth were the chief oaaliScations cf
the dentiaU of our eldMhood. When a
patient called on one of them the dent
ist would put his finrer in the ratient'i
mouth, and aitrr ferhng around amen j
the stump?, and haklcg them one after
another until a bowl from the patient
demonstrated that he had hold of the
right one, he woolJ say. laconically:
" It's got to come out," Then he would
go for his Instruments. The me
chanical appliances were of a Tery
primitive character. TVr ronsUted of
vml p.nr of things Lke i min rooc;
adults andthcamall ones cn children,
i White h was engagrd tlirj?
t'.ie rit off hia instraroer.t
, lite sufferer had time to mte
s Hi content of the room. On a bHf
: was a roj. w ith w hich nrrvc u patimls j
, were tied in the operating rhalr; on aa
' othfr chair a ljin, and a pitcher with a
broken handle, containing water, pre
sumably for the purpose of washing
away Mich gory evmuces of butcher
as th rperation might leave; on a bro-ken-leirsM
d-sk, pnpil np with a
Un wM'-h W2J ton vjpirrrtive t be j
tda.ir.t or .!. ioir-. in the window-.
ill the dentist's library. conaUtinft of a
copy of Well's Pathol of th Teeth,
and a portion of a volume of Moore'e
mrltal.es; in front of the operating
chair, hanging on the wall, w a a atcel
cnpravinji representing Napoleon on
the Inland of M. Helena. The picture
was evidently put there with a view of
distracting the patient's attention from
thoughts of the agony In store for him.
Whle he was wondering if Napoleon
ever had toothache, and If be eTer
burned the inside of his mouth with cre
osote and oil of cloves in his efforts t
Of wiad asi wave leto t2j d?.
Nor aay jot of my wreeki tarteM Ue
To Sot! a with, do faea ltX I kaee '
Laon
Of fneaJ or foo, not Oat woe Uea j
I oU t dwi aad to Ufc a4 9
La soft forjstf a!s toy fir.l
Till boty nkorei&s tam c asltses
To Um U rrtaJ of caoo' Uy drd.
To tod bVi art J rottea at ooce;
& oat God's ana wars rovad tr BO
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If sleep vers dsalfc. aa4 Lie's da3 It war
o'se.
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nrsoR of the dat.
The close Engl.sh turl.an hat remains, Hlt hou po,,,.
in stvle during autumn
New colors show many faded tajfs
trv shades, and these shades are lalKded
ol"d.
The new osier bonnet is trimmed
with peaches, bunches of grapes and
other fruit.
Small birds are imported in great
quantities for trimming bonnets anil
round hats.
Printed figures on plain batiste nr.?
used for morning fichus and squares f.r
the neck.
The seams of basques will be defined
by braid, similar to the old style of
cording.
A simple standing clerical collar, in
linen, is the neatest neckwear for the
warm weather.
There are indications that skirts
plaited from belt to toe will again be
much worn this autumn.
Parasols for country use are of lain
or figured cottoncttes, trimmed with
ruffles of the same or of ecru lane.
off the
liquid and add the juice of a lemon.
Insanity.
Dr. A. E. M.vdonald. superintendent
, of the ayliii. fur the insane, situated
on ono of the islands adj:vnt to New
' York city, in a lecture on insanity,
, said:
I Miny learned men have loen en
i deavoring for a long time to nettle jut
! what insanity Is, and it is not too much
j to av that'thej have n-t yet suc
! cecccd. Hut if I cannot tell you just
j what insanity is I can tell you one or
two thinirs that it is not.
I Insanity is not a disease of the mind.
The jKx t speaks cf the - mind dis
e:r.ed," but the physician does not. The
' mind is no more tutbjwt to disease than
is the soul to death. The disease is in
the brain, as purely physical in its lo
cation and characteristics as disea.-e of
any other organ, and if the mind shows
its" presence and effects it is only be
cause mind is the product of brain
must
Electric Light company and the current ! deaden the pain; and while he was
was turned off from that vicinity. A j wbhinj that he could change pLuca
wire pressed upon the stim pfp"s that) with Napoleon for a day or two, the
hail been laid down in the street, thesw dentist (rra.ped lura by the hair, threw
communicated with the surface, and : his head tark, InsertM the can opener
everv time the horse' iron shoes closed ! in his mouth. and becan groping around
the circuit the animals received a shock i for the bad tooth. When he found it.
which set them to curvettin and even ! his uual Han was to crush It into
to running.
action, and an unhealthy organ
Fashion authorities say that the chwc always give rise to disturbed action,
turban should lie worn quite back on the I Insanity is so diverse in itsdegTees
head instead of low on the forchea 1. I and phases that it is hard to draw the
Timn.trKHnmTninT ritilmn are the line and sav iust where soundness of
A New York rrportcr has been in
vestigating the footsteps of the many
millions who walk the streets of New
York. Investigate is a good word
for it, too, locau5e in the original Latin
it means to look after the tracks or foot
prints of anybody or anything. Nearly
all thestepsof puhlic buildings are worn
hollow, and the wear upon the elevated
railroad stations is so great that a com
bination of iron ami India rubier, to
prevent wear and slipperiness. has been
devised. The curbstones where people
wait for vehicles are hollowed out. A
deep furrow is worn upon the steps of
buildings, like those in front of A. T.
Stewarvs. running the whole length of
the buildintr. where peovle have left
the sidewalk and walked along on the
step. The renewal of stone steps, curbs
and stairways in a Large ci'.y Is not infrequent.
ottoman reps of thick, yet soft quality,
in widths varying from two inches to
five or six.
The osier lionnet is the caprice of the
moment at the watering-places. It re
sembles a brown wicker fruit baket
placed almost inverted on the head.
The Russian pelisse is a long, close,
plain garment, shaped like a tight
redingote. It is made of dark cashmere,
camel's hair or diagonal wool goods.
Mountain dresses' make the most
pleasing effect when they are of cedar.
raspberry or Egyptian reu, reueveu ny
dark green, maroon, sea-blue or lacquer
brown. A fresh mode of using cross-barred
fabrics of blended colors or simple black
and white is to combine or trim them
with a larger cross-bar precisely similar
as to color.
Deep "pointed passementerie,' with
rows of silk balls hanging so closely that
the passementerie is almost hidden from
view, is one ot tnc most unique iringes
for the season.
New and low-priced pocket handker
chiefs have a wide hem, on which are
printed detached colored flowers, daisies,
pansies and artemisias, and these match
the neckerchiefs.
Some of the new autumn walking cos
tumes of tweed are decidedly masculine
in style, showing a white muslin under
waistcoat, cutaway coat, fastened just
below the chest with one button, n
standing collar with round gold collar-
button, or huge cun-buttonv and,
crowning all, a jaunty English, low
crowned derbv hat, devoid of trimming
of any sort.. Many English girls go a
step further than the lankeegin dares
to, and carry a slender ebony cane.
The Oldest Reigning AlonarcJi.
A telegram (happily contradicted)
The Use of Toads.
Toads have been used by entomolo
gists for the acauisition of minute
nocturnal insects uiincuii to caicn. a
number are turned out at night in a
district where a rare or desired insect
is known to exist. In the morning the
reptiles are recaptured, and either de
prived of their spoils by a little gentle
pressure, or killed and ransacked. If
they could also be made subservient to
anatomical science by providintr our
cabinets with osteological preparations
of the minute vertebrate, bo difficult to
set up, the poor amphibians would
prove of greater value to students than
if they really wore that mythic precious
jewel in their heads which the exiled
duke ascribed to them. London Field
mind ends and unsoundness liegins. In
fact, it is a good deal a matter of major
ities. We who call ourselves sane hap
pen to be in the majority just now, and
we have set up our tdandard and looked
un a number of people who fail to meet
it. Their number is increasing all the
time, and by-and-bye. If it keel on, they
willlie in the majority, and then they
will turn around and look us up.
Between the men manifestly of
sound intellect and those confessedly
insane, there are arrayed ranK upon
rank of those in whom a def eet, greater
or less, is seen. In some there is un
mistakably insanity, in others eccen
tricitv as" we call it; In others again
depravity. Many men of mark have
leen found in these ranks. Snne have
occupied thrones, like Charles IX. of
Prmri. f'.eorire III. of Enzland and
Frederick II. of Prussia, and have im
pressed upon the olicy of nations the
stamp of their disease; others, like
Mohammed and Kwedcnborg, have
colored with the delusions of Insanity
the tenets of religious sects; and es
pecially from among men of letters
have these ranks lcen largely re
cruited. Johnson, Swift, Pojw, Gray
and Worths worth; Ilyron and Shel-
lev; Cow per, Southey ana cnanes
Lamb in all there was either
marked insanity or a close and
undeniable approach to it,
The one great predisposing cause is
the inheritance of a tendency toward
insanity begotten in some defect in the
ancestry, not necessarily itself insanity,
but possibly some other nervous dis
ease, and possibly, too, Intemperance.
The immediate causes may be cither
moral or physical in their nature.-Now
we have come to looK more ior pnysi
cal causes. Of these intemperance
and other vicious indulgences are the
most productive.
The simple rules of life which afford
the best protection from other diseases
should be followed by those who
would avoid this, the roost terrible of
all. The kevnote of the whole Is the
the i remembrance that insanity is a physi
cal disease, whence it follows Uint its
prevention must come through atten
tion to the general laws of health.
Aremarkable Italian peasant custom
has just tieen brought tonotice at Naples.
A year ago the daughter cf Carolina tiar
guillo was married to a sailor named
Giuseppe Esposito. It is the usae
among the lower classes for the bride
groom to visit his n)-ther-ln-law on the
morning following the marriage. Es
posito was reminded of this custom but
neglected to make the visit. The motli-er-in-law
then became anjrry and urgM
her son, Vlncenzo Garguillo, to kill Es
posito. The son at once w ent to his
sister's house and waited for the bus
band, who on coming welcomed him
and begged him to stay and dine. Vin
cenio thereupon drawing a knife, threw
himself on his brother-in-law. lahN-d
him ami laid him dead at his feet. Vln-
cenzo has leen sentenced to Imprison
tnent for life and his mother to "seclu.
aion for three years. .
that the emperor of Brazil had abdicated
in favor of his daughter Donna Isabella,
the Countess d'Eui, brings to mind the
fart, mentioned in the Rerrvtter some
months atro. that he has been on
throne longer than any other living
monarch. Fifty-one years ago last
April Dom Pedro I., the father of the
present emperor, rather than yield what
he conscientiously believed to be his
constitutional rights, abdicated in the
following letter: "Availing mwlf of
the right which the constitution con
cedes to me, I declare that I have vol
untarily -abdicated in favor of my Ikv
loved and esteemed son, Dom Pedro de
Alcantara. (Dated ) Boa Vista o do
Janeiro), April 7, 1831, tenth year of
the independen of the empire." The
nrpspnt emneror was governed by re-
gents for nine years iinUl his majority . of
was declared m 1810 He had thus for the
been governing uivuiulu u -..v
years ; but as his reign dates from the
7th of April, 1831, hj has in reality been
monarch six years longer than the queen
of England. i 'a na ma Herald.
At a recent sale in London a medal
struck offinl56o brought $840. Our
readers missed a bonanza by not having
'a few medals struck off that year.
NorrUtQwn Herald.
Under the constitution of Switzer
land any federal law, before it can take
effect, must. If demanded by 30,000 cit
izens, be submitted to a vote of the
people and be approved by them. At
the recent session of the federal cham
bers two laws were passed, which upon
demand were submitted to a rot of the
people and were loth rejected. One of
these was a national law for the regu
lation of epidemics. It made vaccina
tion compulsory throughout the repub
lic and it gave the federal authorities
power to take persons affected with
epidemic diseases away from their
families and isolate them un
der eovernment care. This law was re
jected by the overwhelming vote of
220,000 to 00.000. Its rejection, how
ever, leaves to each canton its present
rower to enforce vaccination when it
thinks it necessary. The other law was
one authorizing the federal government
to establish a system of patent ana copy
rizht laws, none of which laws, it seems.
exist in Switzerland. A Swiss inventor
can obtain no patent In his own country,
This law was also rejected by a rote of
126,500 for to 138.500 against IV.
l itces and die out the fragments one at
a time. During the operation the suf
ferer groaned and moaned and yearned
for death. When the dentist pot his
grappling irons around the root cf
double tooth, and brace! him-ir op
with his foot against the wall for
l..n i pulL a strong pull anil a pull :
together, the pat leal thought that the
rnd of all thinrs was at hand, that an
explosion bad occurred In the cellar,
and that the heavens were rolling them
selves up as a scroll, while the top e
his head was beirg broken off. and bia
vertebra was leing Jammed down Into
his les. When he was calmed with
glvss of water he found that the alarm
ing sensations he hail t prnencert were
caused, as the dentist put it, by " the
extraction of the molar from the alve
lar cavity.
The modern dentist Is a diffrrent kind
ot an agjrravated outrage. He ha a
college diploma that ho keeps hanging
on the wall in a tin case. He usually
has a nlcelv-furnuheil operating-room.
where he has an elabonrt chair, work
ing on pivots and hinges, that he places
the patient in when he Is pulling his
tooth, and another to ie usea w nen me
tooth Is to be filled. He has hundreds
of Instruments diminutive angers and
gouge and scrapers, and one vile thing
that seems to make about seven hun
dred revolutions a minute, and with
which he bores into the nerve of your
tooth until von feel a if your immortal
soul was being tampered with. Hut the
modern dentist seldom pulls a tooth.
He prefers to fiU It with some gutta
percha sort of composition, or with
gold. You see the filling wilL
In the course of time, come
out, and then he gets another
i job putting it in again, whereas when
he pulls out a tootn it. emu u ; mo
owner of the tooth seldom cares to have
it decorated or to squander bullion on
it after it Is out. He usually carries it
In his vest pocket for two or three days,
and then throws it Into some vacant lot.
When a man has an aching tooth that
tries to push Itself into prominence.
that seems to swell up and get in the
wavof everything be eats, and to take
more of his thought and attention than
becan spare, becan go to the modern
dentist, who will fill hlrn up with gas
until be Imagines that he is a tolkwn.
soarincuD almost as high as the den
tist's charge for the operation, and
when be comes to earth again the tooth
will be cone and there will be a vacant
place In his jaw that will seem to him to
be about the size of a town lot. The
painless dentistry of to-day la less ex
citinir than the palflful dentistry of the
past ; but It Is otherwise an Improve
ment on the old at yle. Texa Siflinyu
What Adam said tn beholding the
5m sunrise: -G West, nj ana, go
Westr
Steamships have rolling svt when
they carry live cattle. Saiurttaf
Sight,
S-cne hot I clerk mart Lave origi
nated the expression, There Is always"
room at the top."
An agreeable draught is made by
adding U a tumbler of water a table
spoonful of gotal vinegar and the same
of orange w ater.
Timid prn-xx afraid of steamboat
will be picase-d to know that Georgf
Decker, who made the first trip on Ful
ton's craft, is still alive and hearty.
C'A.
-Gootl-momlng. Fred," said Brown t
"bow is vour wife, better I boper"
-YeVrepliM Fred ; -bKter but not
out of danger. The doctor caIs regu
larly every day."
A handsome London batcher stands
five times the show to gt married that
a hanilsome clerk don. It la a wise girl
who. In looking out for ber rib, sets ber
itake for steak- rr-e rrr
The corn husks are heavy, a sure In-"
lication of a hard w inter. If Venaor
and the veracious goose bone should
concur, as no doubt they w ill, it will b
wise to take your ulsUr out ox pawn
at once.
Why doe a duck go Into the water?
For divers reasons. Why does It come
out ? For sun-dry reasons. Why does
it go lock? Toliquidato iUbUl Why
does it come out again? To make a rur
on the bank.
The toothpick I- la glng out cf
fxhlon. lis said. But the broad, eay
swinging bor, worn If vigorous mm
of alit fifty, with maxTiagrai4e daugb-i
ters, will never go out of fashion, youns
man. never. Keep out of its reach-
Arte Harm RrgUUr.
Said the prarthxd man: "Yon cat
talk all you want to a!it phrenology.
I thlnVit la all stuff. The only lm- ,
portant bump I ever found on my era-'
nium was here right la the middle ot
rnr forehead ami it was made by a
t.aeba!l tot. I coocludM to call It the
bump of Ignorance l-au. I didn't
know enough to get out cf the w ay."
-Su.Tencg ritcrs. exclaimed the
speaker, energetically shall r.g the hair
pins from her Head In her exriUmcnLwo.
men will never oUain their rights until
they display more cxmrage. Let me say
to you, in the words of a famous French
orator, -Courage ! courage 1 ewurage T "
At this stage vt the proceeding cie
lly threw a lvc of caterpillars upon
the platform and the mctrtlng broke up
in great U-rror and confusion. j
He lay In a swoon by the raadtJde.
His helmet waa broken ; Lis vlv waa
cracked ; Lis gorget w as tarnished with
the srnok of ltattle; I. is IrraaJpUie
was Indents bke a milk can ; his hilt-
berd was as dull as a five-cent lartiera
razor ; Use lock of his crmvgun was
shattered ; his arquebuse was shivered;
his quiver shook like a canal horse with
the beaves ; bis tabard waa In shreds ;
his ears were off ; one eye was gwe :
his nose was out of plumb, and Lis jaw
bone was paramed. He had wa try
ing to umpire a I taselall game.
-IK vou think so. darling r -kca,-
said the girl, passing ber plate for more
Pie and smihng arc lily as ux spotr;
. a a .
" kisses anl emoraccs ana ia;r swj
are very pleasant things sweet lips
and warm arms and loving eyes Uit
truth and sincerity and loyalty and
purity are very much fairer
and rarer." "You are right," replied
heT huslond. looking at ber with lov
ing tenderness. " yon are right, sweet
heart, and I wi3 not derive yoa any
Oist An voti meiflf alia
Children and Work.
In an English industrial school con
taining about six hundred children,
half girls and half boys, it leeame con
venient to give the girls about eighteen
hours of book instruction per week and
eighteen hours of work, while the boys
remained at full school time of thirty
six hours per week. On examination
dav it was found that the girls were
I more alert mentally and practically In
hen wrk was
and their school-
hours reduced from thirty-six to eigh
teen, they did as well as the girls.
While too" much work and too little play
makes Jack a dull boy, it seems pretty
evident that a portion of children stisps
can be employed in industrial work to
their advantage. Perhaps it would be
well to divide their waking hours, one
third to work, one-third to study and
one-third to play,-r-Zr. FooU'$ Health
Monthly.
To Keep Grapes.
A New York paper publishes two
recipes for keeping grapes which will
perhaps be a practical help to house
wives in this vicinity, where grap
culture Is extensively carried on:
I. Select nine fresh clusters, and cut
the end of the stem smooth and dip it
In melted sealing-wax; then put in cot
ton batting; pack them away in womien
boxes; keep them in a dry, cool place.
In this way they will keep iresti an
winter.
II. Take full bunches, ripe and per
fect; seal the end that is cut from the
vine so that no air can get in or the
iuice of the stem run out. and It them
stand one day after sealing, so as to b
sure they are perfectly seabsl (If not,
thev will shrivel up), then !ick in
boxes of dry sawdust and keep In cool
places. They will keep nicely all win
ter without losing their flavor. In pack
ing, do not crowd the bunches; sprinkle
the sawdust over the lAtom of the
box. then lav the grapes carefully.
bunch at a time, all over the box, then
sawdust and grapes, alternately, until
the. box u rui
Weolea Xacklaery.
The statistician makes known on
thm authoritv of good ludgea that a
woolen mill requires thorough renewal
every double decade. There are alto
cether 9.000 set f woolen machinery
la the country. The number worn out
and replaced every year Is esumaiea a
450 set. This includes 1,300 or more
cards and spinning mules, with 10.000
to 15.0H0 looms. The price of mules
varies from $750 to ). according to
the numler of spindles. To replace i
the mules worn out every year the j
sum of nearly 1.2.V.000 is expended
The average durability of the ma
chinery of a mill La about twenty
m. -m Mr t-m
Tears. The durawuiy oi oiarrtm
pircee of machinery x&r.'-x A set of
cards used carefully m-y last nau a
eenturr. The clothing on them may
be renewed every five years. Looms
are long lived. They may continue la
use fifty year, but generally iweniy
years service Is about as much as they
can render. The mule average time
of durability Is fifteen years. A set or
cards comprises generally from three
to four separate carding machines, in
manufacturing mnereni siyiea oi woo
ens there are thirty-five or forty differ,
ent processes, and nearly every procrsa
calls Into use a different kind of machine-
There are fc-r things reason can dis
cover with so much certainty and ease
as U own IzsTiZdarj.
tourer ." - What do you mean" abe
asked, a look of horror passing over
her face. - There Is but one piece of
pie," said George W. Simpson, " and I
shall tackle it myself. Ch (0079 TrU
hunt.
A trait Baler U Africa.
John Dunn, one of the thirteen
kinglets among whom, by Sir Garnet
WoLeleys agency, Zoluiind was di
vided, differs from bis twelve brethren
not only In being a pure Unod Euro
pean while they are stark savage, ii
also In reserving tohUnself in an especial
way privileges of cutting timbers with
the right to mine and erk for minerals,
divert stream, cultivate un plowed
lands, advance or retard trade. In such
and so complete a way that be Las, as it
were, the right of Ingres, egre-ts and '
regress everywhere that his authority
extends. His country, next to the Tu-
gela, and bordered to a great extent ij
the sea, has within it one landing place.
Pert Durnford, where, it may be re
membered, a noteworthy failure to se
cure a safe embarkation delayed the
operation of Sir Garnet Wtiseley In
the winter of D79. Dunn has Imposed,
after the Natal fashion, a hut tax on his
people, amounting to five shillings per
hut. payable In cash, every penny of
which be keep himlf for his own
purposes. Dunn Is a Kaffir chief with
European skill to raise a revenue for
himself. He taxes all wagons goiaa;
Into his country to the amount or twenty-five
dollars, and he ha the right and
power to lay an embargo 00 al trade at
wlIL He Is a clever, observant, umm
rnsn, who"roeans to make money fairly
and rule reasonably If he ea; he
take thought to himself, for be la -wise
In hi gmenXXao," and ta na- guaraa
tee for the permanency cf LiJ oOce, 00
created by wta tsA fotactrta-a
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