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VOL. XXXYI.
SALEM, SVC., THUESDAY, JULY 5, 1888.
NO. 27.
JOB PRINTING
is ma in imvcssi
u pptu4 with an
1. rally prepare! to aa wea wua
MtATKCM, OIVATOM.
AJT AT m
VERY LOWEST PRICES
. m to -! as trial he
WmUm vtOk u;m tut.
Holland reclaims an average of eight
res per clay from the sea and the salt
water is no sooner crowded out than cab
bage is crowded in.
n the ten years, since 1878, 376 per
son have been killed or maimed or seri
pii! v hurt nt crossings of the Reading
railway in the city of Philadelphia. -
At Fisk I'niversityj. Nashville, Tenn.,
pround has been broken for the first
cyinna-iium and mechanical laboratory
for olored people the world has ever
seen. '
The merits of newspaper advertising
were well estimated by a prominent soap
man of Philadelphia when he said that
li.' confined his advertising to newspa
pers 'Recause the man who does not
i
read the papers does not use soap.
It is reported from Cape Miy that if
the Government cannot be induced to
build the proposed channel from Cape
Ahiv to Atlantic Citv an effort will be
tnuile to raise the money by popular sub
scriptions at the two resorts during the
m:nincr.
The people of the Pacific Coast are
taking considerable interest in the Mel
bourne Exposition, which wi'J be opened
in August, though why it should beheld
in winter is not clear. It is expected
that there will be a very creditable ex-
liii nit of California products at the Ex
position. -
Europe now has twenty-two cremato
ries, ten of them added within the past
year, while no less than 600 bodies have
been burned in Germany and 800 in
Italy. The United States have seven
crematories, w'th six building.. Thus it
feema, infers the New York Observer,
that prejudice against cremation is fast
., abating. :
If the Emperor Frederick should get
well, the Sultan of Turkey will take no
miall part of the credit to himself, for
he has sent the Emperor a collar consist
ing of nine hazel nuts with inscriptions
from the Koran, over which the der
vishes and sheiks of the palace had
prayed, and which,, as the Sultan assured
the German ruler, would cure him with
out doubt.
A prison revolt, which was not quelled
without much bloodshed, took place re
cently at Damanhour, Egypt, about
twelve miles from Alexandria. Two
prisoners in the jail who were under
sentence of death, aided by eighteen
other convicts,' managed to make their
escape from the prison. " The police at
once starte I in parsuit, but before they
could come up with them the prisoners
took refuge in a mosque. Here a des
1 orate fight took place, in which fifteen
of the prisoners ve e killed and two
were wounded, while the police had four
killed. . .
The Taos Valley of Colorado and New
Mexico is about to have a boom. A
company will soon irrigate the eutire
valley, f-ays a recent visitor: '"The
beauties of the valleys of Southern Cali
fornia are much extolled by tourists as
well as by the inhabitants. Tao3, how
ever, discounts anything in the Golden
tiite. The climate is much more de
l'phtful, and the enemies to vegetation
much fewer. None of the destroyers of
fruit which are common to California are
found in the Taos region, and I can as
sure you that watermelmons picked there
two years ago are good and fresh, and
tit fe the table at the present time."
WEDDED.
Borne quick and bitter words we said
And then we parted. Haw the sun
Swam through the sullen mist of gray 1
A chill fell on the summer day,
Life's best and happiest hours were done;
Friendship was dead.
How proud we went our separate ways.
And spake no word and made no moan I
She braided up her flowing hair,
That I had always called so fair,
Although she scorned my loving tone,
My word of praise.
And II I matched her scorn with scorn,
I hated her with all my heart,
Until we chanced to meet one day;
She turned her pretty head away;
I saw two pretty tear-drops start,
Lot love was born.
Some fond, repenting word I said,
She answered only with a sigh ;
But when I took her hand in mine
A radiant glory, half divine,
Flooded the earth and filled the sky
Now we are wed.
Chambers' Journal.
A DRUMMER BOY HERO.
I
A c rrespondent of the Philadeldhia
lsd'jer suggests that the court of the
new City Hall in that city should be
embellished with statues of eminent
I'hiladelphians, after the manner of the
I'llizi at Florence, lie suggests, as ap
propriate subjects, William Pcnn, Ben
jamin Franklin, Pcnjamin Ru-h, Ben
jamin West, Bishop White, Stephen
Girard, John Fi:ch, I'obert Fulton,
Robert Morris, Lind'ey Murray, Dr.
Kane, Charles Brockden Brown, Thomas
Buchanan Bead, Hayard Taylor, Henry
C. Carey, Dr. Gallaudet, Horace Binney,
Vice-President Dallas, Dr. Hayes, John
Welsh, and others.
Boulanger, the fleeting idol of the
volatile French, is described by the
Boston Tramrript as "an off-handed,
rather open hearted fellow, who likes to
please, delights in rendering services to
no matter whom, is charmingly gallant
to women of all ages and ranks, has an
elegant figure and a handsome face, a
winning smile, sits on horseback like a
centaur, and took when he was in the
army as much enjoyment out of his fine
belongings as a child does out of its
Sunday clothes. He was really pictur
esque on his black prancing horse, sur
rounded by his staff. The rank and file
adored him; for why? he gave them
clean beds, lavatories mess tables and
plates, tumblers, knives and forks. For
men who had to spend three years at
least in the army this was a good deal.
Before the time of Le Beau General they
fed almost like hogs, each eating out of
a tin can,' with his fingers or penknife as
best he could. The beauty of the thing
was that this change cost the taxpayers
nothing, it being clipped off contractors
and their patrons. Wilson didn't like it;
but Boulanger, didn't care. Boulonger
didn't care either whether influential
politicians took, when he was war minis
ter, in bad part his refusal to tame col.
liers on strike by sending a military
force to their black country to dragoon
them. When the colliers were starving,
Boulanger telegraphed to the soldiers to
share their victuals with them. I don't
think he did this to win popularity, but
jaerely frop a kid impulse
On the first day of the battle of Cus
tozza, the twenty-fourth of July, 1818,
about sixty soldiers belonging to one of
the Italian infantry regiments, having"
been sent to occupy an isolated house on
a height, were unexpectedly attacked by
two companies of Austrians, who, firing
on them from different points, barely
gave them them time to take refuge in
the house and hastily barricade the doors,
leaving several dead and wounded in the
fields.- After barricading the doors the
Italian soldiers hastily ran to the win
dows on the first floor and began to
pour a steady fire into the assailants, who
were gradually, advancing in a semi
circle, and replying vigorously.
The sixty Italians were commanded
"by two subalterns and a captain, a tall,
old fellow, lean and severe, with white
hair and moustaches; with them was a
Sardinian drummer boy, a boy not much
more than fourteen years old, and who
scarcely appeared to be twelve; he was
small, with olive-brown face and two
sparkling little deep black eyes. The
captain was directing the defence from a
window on the first floor, shouting his
orders like pistol shots and with no sign
oi emotion on nis nam lace. The drum
mer boy, who was a little pale, but firm
on his legs, got up on a table and was
stretching out his neck to see out of the
windows and leaning against the wall:
through the smoke he saw the white uni
forms of the Austrians, who were slowly
advancing through the fields. The house
was situated on a summit of a steep slope
and on the side towards the slope had
but oue small window, high up, which
looked out from the garret; therefore the
Austrians did not threaten the house
from that side and the slope was clear;
their nre was directed only toward the
front and two sides.
It was a hail of leaden bullets, -which
on the outside cracked the walls and
crumbled the tiles, and on the inside
smashed ceilings, furniture, window
frames, and door posts, filling the air
with splinters, clouds of plaster and
bits of pottery and glass; hissing, re
bounding, crashing into -everything
with a noisa, tit to drive one mad. From
time to time one of the soldiers who
were firing from the windows fell
back onj the floor, and was dragged to
one sid.d. Some tottered from room to
room, pressing their hands on their
wounds. In the kitchen there was al
ready one dead man, with a ball through
his forehead.; The semi-circle? of the
enemy kept closing up.
All at once the captain, who until
then had been impassible, was seen to
show signs of uneasiness and to stride
out of the room followed by a sergeant.
About three-minutes afterwards the ser
geant came running back and called the
drummer boy, beckoning him to follow.
The boy ran after him up a wooden
stair-rase, and went with him into an
empty garret, where he saw the captain,
who was writing with a pencil on a
sheet of paper, leaning asainst the win
dow, with a well-rope on the floor at his
feet.
The captain folded the paper and
looking with his cold, grayish eyes, be
fore which all the soldiers trembled, into
the eyes of the boy, said abruptly:
"Drummer boy !" The drummer boy
saluted. The captain said: "You've got
grit." The boy's eyes lighted up.
"Yes, captain," he answered.
"Look down there," said the captain,
rushing Him to the window, "in the
plain, near the houses of Villafranca,
where there is a glittering of bayonets.
Those arc our friends, standing idle.
Take this note, catch hold of the rope,
slide down from the window, run down
the hill, go through the fields' and give
the note to the first officer you tee.
Chuck away your belt and knapsack."
The boy took off his belt and knap
sack and put the note in his breast pock
et ; the sergeant threw out the rope and
grasped one end of it with both hands;
the captain helped the boy to pass back
wards through the little window. "Take
care," he said to him, "the safety of the
detachment depends on your courage
and on your legs."
"Trust me, captain," replied the
drummer boy, swinging himself out.
"Stoop as you go down," said the
captain again, helping the sergeant to
hold the rope.
"Never fear."
"God help you l'
In a few minutes the boy was on the
ground ; the sergeant drew up the rope
and disappeared ; the captain sprang to
the window and saw the boy flying down
the niu.
He was already hoping that he had
succeeded in escaping unobserved, when
five or six little clouds of dust which
rose from the ground both before and
behind the boy warned him that he had
been seen by the Austrians, who were
firing at lym from the top of the hill.
Those little clouds were earth thrown
up by the bullets. But the boy contin
ued to run at a breakneck pace. All at
once he fell.
''Killed I" roared the captain, biting
his fist. But he had scarcely said the
word when he saw the boy get up. "Ah!
only a fall I" he said to himself, and
breathed again. In fact, the boy began
to run again as last as ne could, but he
limped. "A sprained ankle," thought
the captain.
A few more little clouds oi dust rose
here and there around the boy, but they
were always farther off. The- captain
gave an exclamation of triumph. But
he continued to follow him anxiously
with hi eyes, because it was a question
of minutes; if he did not get down
there as quickly as possible with the
note, which requested immediate re
lief, either all his soldiers would be
killed or he would have to surrender
and become prisoners with them. The
boy ran swiftly for a while and then
unpad and slackeaed his paca, ?4 then
broke into a run again, but he seemed to
become more and more fatigued, and
every little while stumbled and paused
for a moment. '
"Perhaps he has been hit by a glanc
ing bullet," thought the captain, and he
snudderingly watched all his move
ments, and encouraged him and spoke
to mm as it tne boy could hear him : he
measured incessantly with keen eyes the
distance interposing between the run-
ring boy and the elittering of arms
which he saw down there iu the plain in
the midst of the wheat fields, gilded by
the sun. And meanwhile he heard the
whistling and the noise of the bullets in
the rooms below, the imperious and an
gry cries of the officers and sargeants,
the groans of the wounded and the
crashing of the furniture and plaster.
"Up! courage!" he cried, following with
his gaze the distant boy. "Forward!
run! he has stopped, curse him! Ah!
he is running again." I
An officer came, out of : breath, to say
that the enemy, without ceasing their
fire, were waving a white flag as a sum
mons to surrender.
"Don't answer!" he cried, without re
moving his eyes from the boy, who was
already in the plain, but -who was no
longer running, and who appeared to be
dragging himself along with difficulty.
"But get on! run!" said the captain,
grinding his teeth and clenching his
fists; "kill yourself, die,! scoundrel, but
go on!" Then a horrible oath burst
from him. "Ah! the infamous coward 1
he has sat down !" .
In fact, the boy, whose head till now
he had seen projecting! above a wheat
field, had disappeared, j as if he had
fallen. But in a moment his head came
into view again; finally he was-lost be
hind the hedges, and the captain saw
him no more.
He then flew down stairs; it was rain
ing bullets; the rooms were encumbered
with the wounded, some of whom reeled
about like drunken men, catching at the
furniture; walls and floors were spat
tered with blood; corpses were lying
across the doors; the lieutenants arm!
had been broken by a ball ; evervthing
was in a whirl of smoke and dust.
"Courage!" yelled the captain. Stick
to your posts ! Relief is coming ! Cour
age for a little longer !"
The Austrians had drawn nearer yet,
their contorted fa-es loomed through
the smoke; above the rattle of the firing
rose their savage cries, insulting, de
manding surrender, threatening slaugh
ter. Occasionally a I soldier, terror-
stricken, retreated, from the window;
the sergeant drove him back, but the
defenders' fire was slackening; their
faces showed discouragement; it was
impossible to prolong the resistance.
Suddenly the firing of the Austrians
slackened and a thundering voice
shouted, first in German, then in Italian :
"Surrender!"
"Nol" howled the captain from a
window.
And the firing began again steadier
and fiercer on bothsides. More soldiers
felL , Already more than one window
was without defenders. The fatal mo
ment was close at hand. The captain
was muttering between his teeth in a
broken voice: "They're not coming!
They're not coming !" and he ran furi
ously about, twisting his sabre in his
clenched hand, resolving to die, when a
Sergeant, coming down from the garret,
cried in a loud voice: ! They're coming!"
"They're coming,' the captain re
peated with a shout of joy. At this all
shout, unhurt, wounded. Sergeants and
officers rush to the windows, and once
more the resistance grew fierce. A few
moments after a sort of uncertainty and
beginning of disorder were remarked in
the enemy. Immediately, in great haste,
the captain formed a small company
down stairs, with fixed bayonets, ready
to make a sally. Then he flew up stairs
again. He had scarcely got up there
when they heard a heavy tread, accom
panied by a formidable hurrah, and from
the widows they saw advancing through
the smoke the two-cornered hats of the
Italian carbineers, a squadron dashing
along at full speed, and the flashing of
sword blades brandished in the air, de
scending on the heads, shoulders and
backs of the enemy. Then the little
troop rushed out of the door with low
ered bayonets; the enemy wavered, be
came disordered and tooK mgnt ; tne
ground remained cleir, the house was
free, and a short time after the height
was occupied by two battalions of in
fantry and two caanons.
The captain, with his remaining sol
diers, re joined his regiment, fought again
and was slightly wounded in the left
hand by a glancing ball, in the last bay
onet charge. The day ended in victory
for us.
But the day after, the fight having
begun again, the Italians were over
whelmed, in spite of a brave resistance,
by the superior numbers of the Aus
trians, and on the morning of the 2th
they were compelled to retreat sorrow
ful y toward the Mincio.
- The captain, although wounded.
marched on foot with his soldiers, who
were tired and silent, and toward sunset
reached Goito on the Mincio and imme
diately sought out his lieutenant, who
had been picked up, with a broken arm.
by our ambulance, and who had arrived
there first. He was directed to a church-
where a field hospital had hastily been
installed. He went there. The church
was full of wounded, reclining on two
rows of beds and mattresses stretched on
the floor; two doctors ana various as
sistants were going and coming, and
stifled cries and groans were heard.
On entering, the captain stopped and
looked about him, in search of his orh
cer. Just then he heard a faint voice
close by balling him:
"Captain!" j
He turned around: it was the drum
nier boy ; he was stretched on a trestle
bed, covered up to the chest by a coarse
window curtain with little red and white
squares, with his arms out ; he was pale
and thin, but with his eyes still sparK
ling, like two black gems.
"Are you here?'? the captain asked him
in an astonished but stern manner.
"Bravo! You did your duty."
"I did what I could, ' answered the
drummer boy. j
"Have vou been wounded Vy said the
caotain, looking around for his officer
in the beds near by.
."What would you have?" said the
boy, who took courage to speak from
the proud pleasure of being wounded for
the first time, and without which he
would not have dared to open his mouth
in the presence of the captain, "lhad
to run like a hunchback, they saw me
immediately. I j should have arrived
twenty minutes sooner if they hadn't
hit me. Fortunately I found a staff
captain directly to whom to give the
note. But it was hard coming down
after that lick 1 I was dying of thirst,
kept thinking that I t-houldn't get there,
and was crying with rage to think that
every minute's delay some one was going
to the other world up there at the house.
BahJ J did, what i cpuio. J, am cop-
tented. But, allow me, captain. Look
at yourself. You are bleeding."
In fact, from the captain's badly
bandaged palm a few drops of blood
were trickling down his fingers.
"Do you want to tighten the bandage,
captain! Hold it out a moment. "
The captain held out his left hand,
and put out his right to help the boy
undo and retie the knot; but no sooner
had the boy raised himself from the pil
low tnan ne grew pale, and was com
pelled to rest his head again.
"Enough, enough," said the captain.
looking at him and drawing away his
bandaged hand, which the boy wished
to keep; "take care of yourself instead
of thinking of others, because even
slight things can become serious when
they are neglected."
The drummer boy shook his head.
"But you," said the captain, looking
at mm attentively, "you must nave lost
a good deal of blood, to be as weak as
that."
"Lost much blood?" answered the
boy, with a smile. "More than blood.'
Look!"
And with a jerk he pulled off the cov
enng.
The captain stepped back, horrified.
The boy had but one leg; his left leg
had been amputated above the knee and
the stump was bandaged with i
which were covered with blood.
Just then a fat little army surgeon
passed in his shirt sleeves."
"Ah, captain," he said, quickly, nod
ding at the drummer boy, "that is an
unfortunate case; one leg which could
have been saved easily if he had not
forced it in that mad way; a cursed in
flammation; it had to be cut off at once,
Oh, but a brave boy, I assure; he didn't
shed a tear noi utter a cry! On mv
word of honor. I was proud he was an
Italian boy, while I was operating. Ue
came of good stock."
And he hurried away.
I he captain frowned and looked in
tently at the drummer boy while draw
ing the covering over him again: then
slowly, almost without knowing it, and
still looking at him, he raised his hand
to his head and lifted his cap.
"Captain !" exclaimed the boy in sur
prise, "what are you doing; captain to
me:"
And then the rough soldier, who had
never said a gentle word to an inferior,
replied in an inexpressibly soft and af
fectionate voice:
"I am but a captain ; you are a hero."
Then he threw himself with open arms
on the little drummer boy, and kissed
him three times on the heart. Cosmopolitan.
The Early Supreme Couit Judges.
Scarlet and ermine were the robes they
wore in the primitive court, with clean
shaven faces and hair drawn back into a
queue tied with a black ribbon. Velvet
suits, rutlles, knee breeches and buckles
were the only wear. The lawyers were
required to dress in a similar fashion.
and a barrister in any other color than
black and without a profusion of ruffles
stood a chance of being fined, for con
tempt of court. By the time Marshall
arrived on the bench the scarlet robe had
given way to tne biactc eiik robe, still
dear to the heart of the judges. "The
lean and slippered pantaloon" made slow
progress of that high tribunal for many
years, even after pantaloons were in com
mon vogue on the streets. The great
Picknev, Attorney-General for Madison,
was a famous dandy as well as being the
ablest lawyer of his time. He was dar
ing enough to appear in court, and set a
fashion in colors for lawyers. His dress
was a blue coat with brass buttons, bull
waistcoat buckskin breeches and top
boots. He wore the Brummel cravat,
which required high art to put on tie.
His hair was short and uu powdered.
But the bar geneially stuck to black,
even after pantaloons came fully into
fashion. The bench, however, wore
smallclothes until the advent of Taney.
With the great Marylander another de
parture from precedent is to be noted.
He was absolutely the first of Chief Jus
tices t-y preside at that august tribunal
and deliver judgment in trousers, to the
horror and dismay of many a barrister
and gentleman of the old school. What
sans culotteism was to be expected next?
Pigtails had already departed, and what
kind of law was to be expected from men
in pantaloons, and without powder and
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
Jaw-Breaking NomencUtnre-Jnt
About A Doubtfnl Compliment
Experimenting Of a
Financial Nature.
There was a Russian came over the sea
jusc wtn the war was growing hot;
And his name it was Tjalikavakaree-
nju-inaoDroiiKauanuuarofr
Danerik
Varagobhot
A Turk was standing upon the shore
' Right where the terrible Russian cross!:
Ana be cried : "BismiUah ! I'm Ab-El-Kor-
caaaron-iiiifronautoRgobross-Getflnpravadi-KligekosUdji
Grivino
So they stood like brave mn Ions' and trvTl:
A I.I Ii j . .. ..r.
mey caiiea eacn oiner witn toeir proper
Till the lockjaw seized them, and where they
They buried them both by the Irdeshalmme
jvtuaiaiusLcnuic
Mischtaribusiceup-
Bulpary-
Dultiary
Bag hari rasing.
Detroit Free iVeas.
Just About.
"How much cider did you make this
year?" inquired one farmer of another
who had offered a specimen for trial.
"riiteen barrets," was the answer.
Another sip. .
en, it jou had another apple you
mignt have made another barrel." Leu
ure Jloun.
fate of a suicide, and won the life-long
respeci anu esteem oi a grateful heart.
Good evening." Chiraio Tribune.
The Man With the Rabbit Eye.
There." said the beautiful Amelia
Wintergreen, casting a diamond ring at
the feet of tthelbert Flitterbat, "takt
the jewel you gave me. I shall marry
jur. emitnereen, who owns the horrid dog
irom wnicn you ran yesterday, leaving
me without protection from that dread
ful beast. Vou are a coward, Mr. Flit-
terbat. If Mr. Smithereen had not
kindly saved me," sobbed the charming
girl, hysterically, "I should not have
been rescued. Please go, Mr. Flittcrbat,
anu iorever."
"Amelia," moaned that wretched
young man, "near me. Know that my
right eye was once a rabbit's. It was
with my right eye that I saw Smith-
ereen's cur approaching us. I knew he
was a great rabbit dog, Amelia, and so I
ran. i am the victim of science, but I
am no coward."
"How romantic!" exclaimed that
glorious girL "Forgive me, F-thelbext
Chicago JV'r.
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
A Doubtful Compliment.
r irst i oung- Lady "Fred is getting
positively spooiiy ; he called me a flower
just before I came upuiis."
llival Belle (with much sweetness)
"Vou hud been sitting against the wall
for a long time, but it wasu't nice of him
to allude to it." VrotUeru e Journal.
Enough Said.
Brave Stranger -"What is the rent of
tnat handsome residence .
nonesi Agent it is lor rent Jor a
song to any one who will take it. The
house is haunted."
"Pooh! I'm not afraid of spooks."
"o tenant has staved there over one
night since a murder was committed in
it. They say the racket raised by the
spirits is fearful; howls fill the au.c ha ins
rattle, dreadful spectres flit about "
"They can't scare me."
"But tenant complain that the furni
ture is knocked and broken."
Til risk it"
"And the piano is played by unseen
hands."
"Whose hand?"
"The hands of the woman who was
killed. They recognize her by the fact
that the tunes were her favorite show
p eces '.Maiden's Traycr,' 'Silvery
Waves' and 'Boulanger M"rch. "
"Show me some other house."
Omahtt WvrUL.
Experimenting;
Mr. Somborn "I'm very glad yon con
eluded to come again this season. Miss
Elson." !
i ; l-i tT. l i I
i'lua i.iai-u i. iucic any eiieciai rea- .v . , , ..
son for your joy after yoar experience of i Hl "2,
owing to a heavy rainfall durio? the
Rack and Head.
"Brown is like necessity he knows no
law," used to be said of a huge, pompous
member of the bar of Western New
York.
One morning the Tillage street which
last year?''
Mr. Somborn "Ves,
I've joined an 1
amateur dramatic, society, and I want
you to help me rehearse that refusal
scene of ours again. I'm going to play
a crushed lover." Judge.
Of a Financial Nature.
Bobby (thoughtfully) "Pa, do men
in business worry about money mat
ters f"
Father "Sometimes, Bobby. For
instance, when a man whose credit is not
first-class owes me money. I worry more
or less until I get it. Do you under
stand :"
Bobby "Yes, pa, and when you owe
money to other people I s'pose they
worry until they get it?" Epoch.
night.
Brown stood looking at the water from
the tavern pia'.za, and so did White,
another member of the bar, who, though
physically a dwarf, was a brilliant and
powerful lawyer.
"White, my dear fellow, what will
you do? ' said Brown, with a patronizing
air. "You caa never get acro-s the
street; you will drown. 1 shall have to
take you across on my back."
'If you should," retorted White, "you
would have more law on your back than
you ever had In jour head." Yuuth's
Civipanion.
Damp Cellars.
The most prominent causes of damp
cellars are:
1. Dampness permeating the walls.
2. Dampness from saturated soil ap
pearing below the walls.
3. Dampness from imperfect plumb
The Progreaa of Evolution.
Visitor (to lunatic asylum a century
hence ) "What a beautiful girl!"
Superictcndent "Yes, poor thing. She
was a great society belle once the pride ' ing.
of one of the most fashionable circles in ! 4. Moist ground air permeating cellar
the city. Her parents' hearts are almost : bottom, forced in by air pressure. " '
broken. It is a pity, a great pity, that The first is an evidence of cither poor
so lovely a caKet should contain such a workmanship ana material or imperfect
diseased mind, j She is not dangerous;
only a monomaniac; but the case seems
hopeless. " j
What is her mania?"
Sil- vnli ft marrv fnr lnrp
Omaha World.
six
An Apology.
Scene: The supreme court room.
judges being seated on the bench.
Air. h. to Judge 1. (contemptuously)
"I thought I was addressing a gentle
man. ' l
Judge P. (severelyj "What do
drainage. Should it be the former, and
discovered in time, a compulsory re
moval of the work is the best remedy.
A good wall (stone is here understood)
should have every space completely
filled. Small fiat stones make the best
work when carefully bonded aod fitted.
Look out for walls showing nothing but
large flat stone on the outer faces
such are often but dry concrete in the
center. If the work has progressed too
far to allow the wall to be taken down,
the remedy is a thorough coating of re
ou ! mcnt on the outside from grade to'
! footing backed by a careful drainage of
I the immcdute vicinity, l.roat rare is
! necessary to keep the surface water from
the building ou all sides. It will not
The Care of Lamp.
The disagreeable flickering of a stn-
lent lamp is sometimes caused by tiny
particles of the wick dropping into tie
uisiuo inoc oi inecyiinaer sunounaing
the wick, thus preventing the oil flow,
ing freclv from the barrel. Before insert
ing a new wick remove the oil tarrel.
tnd empty the lamp entirely of oil, pour
into the opening, down the wick cylin
der and wherever fluid will touch inside,
boiling water to which has been added
a spoonful of spirits of ammonia.
J-ampt are now so universally usea
that the care of them has become one of
the daily and most important of domes
tic duties, not only of the country, but
01 the luxurious city home. II not at
tended to every dav, the perforations of
the burners become clogged with carbon
and dust in a short time, refuse to move
easily, the light is dimmed, and a mod
unpleasant odor ensues.
If occasionally our duties exceed the
limits of our time, and we find the wick
well-nigh consumed, a strip of old soft
cotton may be pinned to the end of the
wick for the nonce, and thus convey the
oil to it.
At some inauspicious moment a hole
In the lamp chimney confronts one, no
other is nearer than the grocer's : a neatly
cut piece of letter-paper, generously
covering the offending fracture, nict-ly
pasted on, will serve until we can do
better. -
Whenever the lamps are filled, with a
clean soft piece of flannel polish the
burners and mountings of the lamps. It
is but a moment's work and keeps tbem
bright and shining. Smoked chimneys
and ill-kept lamps are trying alike to
eyesight and tenner.
A clear, brght light adds so much to
the comfort and enjoyment of the even
ing occupations, that one is well repaid
for the daily disagreable task of keeping
the lamps la perfect order. Kerosene oil
and lamps are now so cheap that, even
in the country, it is no longer, regarded
as a lutury, but a necessity to Lave an
abundance of liht for home iheer and
use.
The lamp used for sewing and read
ing should be provided with shades,
not only for the comfort they impart,
but for the positive saving tbey are for
the eyesight. A chimney frequently
breaks from having been too tightiy
screwed on; the glass eipands from the
heat of the flame. The wick i more
evenly snuffed by rubbing the charred
edge with a piece of rai er or soft rag.
then ly trimming with a pair of
scissors. Ketore using lamp auk soak
them in vinegar, and dry thoroughly to
prevent their smoking.
Turning the wicks lightly into the tube,
and removing the chimney before blow
ing out the flame, is a safe and cleanly
method of pntling out a lamp. ISot
only is the odor from a lamp partially
turned don extremely disagreeable,
but tne noxious gases from it are e UUy
unhealthy. The chimney may be quickly
and easily cleansed by breaihin; upon
and into it, and wiping and polishing it
with newpaper. A piece of red cannel
put into the bowl of the lamp, besides
giving a dash of color, gathers the im
purities of the oiL
Burners sometimes get clogged snd re
fuse to turn up and down Tiiis msy be
remedied by putting them into aa iron
kettle containing a ijuart of water and a
double handful of wood-ashes. After
boiling a little while take out, and with
a soft lag wash and dry them nertectly.
Or they may be put into a bath composed
of equal parts of milk and vinegar, and
boiled.
If after putting the wick into the
bowl of the lamp, and before pouring in
any oil, the bowl is crammed with
sponge, the wick and sponge then satu
rated with the oil to the fulle- capacity
of the bowl, the lamp it converted into a
safety lamp, to that there is no danger
to life from accidental upsetting or
breakage of the lamp, or fer of spots on
table-scarf or carpet. Add more sponge
as the nick burns away ; keep the bowl
full of it. The lamp will continue to
burn until the oil in wick aod sponge is
exhausted. Independent.
THE OtX-FASHtONED HA.1.
Oh, the c4J-fahiond hair of tV swe-4 long
to It the kind I shan always .w
And the faros it (nun.l with lU t-raoUftd
jraca
Of the dear ooV- Ions sir' gone to rat.
There were ., al ringlet. arl lonj
braided ork. '
There wre U-autiful. b-wini lf ct cnrH,
Anlhlgh combs ant side coniba, atvl fair
shining to 1 1,
That weed worn by the ell-fat!kKl (iris.
I rwrvinb-r the roarh that ray grma lXlWr
Rrashel back from M brosi. Ho it brow,
.lit an elegant, ey simplicity, which,
Though I look for, I urrer ane mow.
And ray irranlrootber's hair snowy whita-
hid awar
"Neath a baad-drwn of dainty wh.te la-.
Curvinz down from htr brow la a smorah
ailver banl.
Framed a qawnly anl baaatif a! fane.
As the t rood, noble far of my great Unci
George
Looks dowa from the canvas at mw.
With tba "oil tiiucT"" stock aod the fine
powderwi wi,j
Tn as baudotn and grand as caa be!
But the drarat and loreliatt hair la tha
woril
It my mother's soft, besattful trown.
With a touch of the (oil, anl c'.tot of the
son.
And away to her knees falUn; dowa.
And it tells its own story of womanly frarm.
And the old fadiiotk-d moJarty, lo-
Of tbat sweet, ind-.Y.bl4e b-antr of ouI.
And the mother's love, trol.-r and true.
For tbe angel that painted the rainbow could
And
Not a tint to etquhut and rare!
Oh tbe wealth nf luturtou. ripp'in waves.
Of my toother's brown, bruuf ul burl
fVi I honor tbe hair of the sweet lonx as,
Whether silver, or duky. or fair.
For it bring-. tck dear faces, aal goal,
booest beam
And I love it -tbe ohl fashioned hair!
XlarparH Andrt- tift--
pigtails. Chicago Herald.
mean, siri '
l'he Chief-Justice (sternly) "Mr. K.,
you must retract what you have said;
-ba mnct snAlnnifo
JVU aJtvsosj as I - I v-. v ... . . r
Mr. K. (blandly)"! w.li retract, your ! iLv.ii" ' II " ,
kbuI unvthinfT wrnn tr '. -
How Sherman Was Discharged,
"Speaking of California," said Gen
eral Sherman to a Cincinnati Commri-il
Ga-ette reporter, with a twinkle in hi
left eye, "it reminds me of how I was
once discharged by my colored boy Jim.
I was first lieutenant in the b nth artill
ery in those days, and was ordered out
to California. I took my colored boy
Jim with me round the Horn, in a clip
per ship, I paid him $16 a month. I
was getting a month then. Mg pay!
Not very much, for in addition to being
first lieutenant I was adjutant-general of
the department, but I didn't get a cent
for that. Well, we were down at ban
Diego, and Jim worked along pretty
steadily.
"One day he came in to me and said
'Boss, l'se gwine to quit. l'se been of
fered $300 a month to work in a libbery
stable up yar, and you must pay me dat
much or I quit. Three hundred dollars
a month for a colored boy and I just
getting $72 from the Lnited btates!
That proposition of "Jim's rather stag
gered me. I said: 'Jim, I guess you bet
ter go to the livery-man ; I can't pay
you that much. 'Well,' said Jim,
showing the whites of his eyes, 'I
reckon, then, boss, as how l'se got to
discharge you.' Discharge me he did,
for Jim left. It was the first time I was
ever discharged from the army," said the
general, ending the story, "and by a
colored boy who was earning four times
as much money as I was."
An Improvement In Dentistry.
A well known Pittsburg dentist has
lately received a patent upon an electrical
appliance that has certainly solved one
of the many difficulties attending the
proper handling of tho human teeth.
Heretofore a whole gold tooth has been
made by the old-fashioned s wedging pro
cess, at once clumsy and hardly effect
ive. i ne gold cones are tecnnicaiiy
called galvano-plastic tooth crowns, and
the process of making them is very
simple. A soft metallic model of the
tooth is made, this being done perfectly
by first taking an imp ession of the tooth.
The metallic model is then placed in a
dynamo electric bath, and a deposit of
pure gold is thus formed all over the
model. When this gold h is attained a
suitable thickness the soft metal is easily
melted out without injuring the cone,
leaving a perfect, smooth gold tooth
crown. This process is far easier than
the b!d way, and has received marked at
tention from the scientific dental organs
in the East. l'ltU'wry Vtspat:h.
honor, if I have said anything wrong;
but what I said wa, th t I thought I
was addressing a gentleman, and 1 still 1
think so." Commercial Adcertiier.
Ills Majesty Excepted.
Tho celebrated court preacher, Kober,
once preaciioa a very poweriui sermon
against intemperance. The (Jrand Duke
of Saxony, whose nose looked like a Chi
nese lantern, happened to be present, and
he naturally regarded the remarks as re
ferring to himself; consequently he
looked very severely at the eloquent
court preacher, who, catching the Grand
Ducal eye, modibed his remarks by say
ing: - I
Drunkenness is undoubtedly a great
and heinous sin, against which every
true Christian should be warned, except
ing, of course, our beloved Grand Duke,
whom God preserve to us many years
yet. Fliegendt BlaetUr.
Not. His I.
They stopped the horse on Second
street just as the driver was pitched out
on the grass. ' He was laid on the
cushions, the horse tied to a post, and
the ambulance! telephoned for. The
crowd of fifty! were waiting to see the
end of it, when a citizen came running
up, looked from tne trembling none to
the wrecked vehicle and then to the man
ith the broken leg, and pushing his
way further he exclaimed I
"Why, dear me, something has hap
pened ! Say, did your horse run away f
.... wb a
"It isn't tnat; l nave uroxen a leg ana
will be laid up for weeks," replied the
victim as he looked arotnd, ' "but it is
my helplessness to take this fellow and
drive him head first into the ground
three or fourl feet I Have I any real
friends here who will do it former"--
Detroit Free Press.
poo
as the ground will absorb it, and if the
strata should happen to incline in the
direction of the cellar, conduct the
moisture to the wall, where although
perhaps not appearing in drops on the
surface, still keeping the joints damp
enough to affect the atmosphere and
cause the mortar to decay.
Good, clean, yellow clay, well pud
dled and rammed around the walls, is an
excellent protection, and one that should
never bo omitted.
Frequently, in neighborhoods thinly
settled, where the s-.wsge system is im
perfect, or, rather, not completed, the
ground becomes waterlogged, or so satu
rated with moisture as to cause any shal
low excavation to collect water, and it
will be noticed in such ground thst after
a rain all these depressions hold the
water with great tenacity. In fact, the
soil seems unable to absorb any more.
Cellars sunk in such ground will be
damp at the foot of the wall, the moist
ure extending out on the cellar floor,
while any small knoll, raused by uneven
excavation, may be perfectly dry on top,
and even, as has occurred in my practice.
the clay opening in seams from contrac
tion in drying, while but a few feet
away the mud was three to six inches
deep. This has been noticed even in a
house situated on a small plateau with
rapid drainage to all sides. Building
Trade JjurnaL
The Biggest (iejser at Work.
The Excelsior gever in the Yellow-
Accepted HI Refusal Gratefully.
"I am truly sorry to give you pain, Mr.
Jlankinson," sa:d the young lady, "but
please do not allude to the subject again.
I can never be your wife."
'That is tour final answer, Miss
Irene?"
"It is." j
"Nothing could induce you to change
your decision ?'
'my mind it fully and unalterably
made up." (
stone Park is in operation. 1 his geysti
is in the great middle geyser basin, close
to the r ire Hole river. It is in the form
of an immense pit 320 feet in length and
200 feet wide, and the aperture through
which it discharges its volume of wster
is nearly 200 feet in diameter. Iu gene
ral appearance is thst of a huge boiling
spring, and for many years its true
character was not suspected. Its first
eruption ocmrred in 18o, when it
revealed itself as a stupendous geyser.
The power of its eruptions was almost
incredible, sending an immense column
of water to heights of from 100 to 300
feet, and hurling with it rocks and
bowlders of from one to 100 pounds in
weight. Its present eruption is said to
be a repetition of that of 1880. It ii
throwing its volume of water 300 feel
into the air. and Fire Ilole river is re-
iti
Recipe.
Thickf-si-jo for Sorr. Put into a
saucepan half a pound of butter; whea
hot, stir into it half a pound of very dry
flour; stir this over the fire till a delicate
brown, taking care that it does not burn.
One large tablespoooful thickens a quart
of soup. This thickening will keep a
a long time.
Scalloped Pak5!P- A nice way of
cooking parsnip is to take it prepared
as for the balls, except tbe eggs.. Place
in the bottom of a buttered pudding
dish, coter with bread or cracker
crumbs, season with pepper and salt,
dot it with bits of butter, aod bake it in
tbe oven to a nice brown.
Poverty Pie. Pare and slice as
many potatoes as you think you will
need; put them in a baking-pan; pour
in water so you csn just see iu I lace
slices of fresh pork, bacon, or beet teak
here and there over the potatoes.
Sprinkle with flour, pepper, and salt,
-ttoast in oven for one hour.
AsFARAr.r Sai.ad. Boil two bunches
of asparagus in salted wster until quite
tender. 1 lace on tbe ice until very cold.
Serve with toe following drea'ng: Two
tables poonfuls of olive oil.two saltspoon
fuls of alt, one of pepper, and two
tables poonfuls of sugar. 31 ix all to
gether aod pour over the asparagus.
Uapberut Visemah. Hed raspler
ries, any quantity, or su'licieat to till a
stone jar nearly full, then pour upon
them suiticient vinegar to cover them.
Cover the jar closely aod set it aid for
eight or ten days, then strain through
flannel or muslin, aod add to the clear
liquor one and a half pound- of sugar to
each pint, place over a fire aod boil for a
few minutes. Allow it to cool, aod bot
tle for uta.
PITH AND 1'OIXT.
Lost at st The sight of land.
A game of card Formal vUits.
Unbiddra guols are welcomes when
they are gooc.
The rboir organ hould always be dls-tinguWht-d
by its high moral tone.
Milk bat so little to do a ith tbe milch
cow tbat a distinction is made ia the
spelling. Umch Jvrwl
What aa immense town must l Parts
Unknown. Ontario, C ana la. Prophs
keep going there i?.r l'vti-ll-pre:
In the public schools they do not have
to keep up the intrreU of the srholars is
order to pay the priociiAL Jk JV
That EthH i aa artt.
Ad Diiti4 aloi.t wuh eras;
H.w rnaM oue rr doubt it
b id cvr aorvi ter f I
4o rw- Bf.
Was Home founded by Poneoj in
quired the pup 1 of the tear ber. o,
my son," repl.cd the wUe man; "it w a
Juliet who was fouod dead by Homco."
O a a W.ik
At a Traveling Agency. To Clerk:
"Did you ever resbre anything in the
German lotteries ! "Ves sir. "lined
ooe live times ami re!i.rd that I was
aa idiot! Ae-r 1V4 O'trter.
There was a young dortnr of hk re.
KhiiH patient fWioel 4eUOal twdja.
Hut be left tbeta one day.
To CO niin. tbey hi,
And Uv-y aU weii. jut fw a ray.
"What a beautiful ch Id! What aa
extreme'y haod-ome fellow r ssys tho
gushing visitor to tbe lady of tbe houae.
Ves, he is a ban lome"boy. I think.
' b, indeed, be is. He is tbe perfect
imae of his fa"ber- the perfect image.
Don't you think !" Well, I don't
know. I never saw his father. We
adopted him."
Tne rhanninit dam4 had at aprt.te:
Her beaith was dflirate, ber nxrtiwr said;
Bat at the table ne put out o Mht
As mix fa aa would bave t wo 'knibur eu a
I eat no more than woold a bird,' UojWl
she:
But new she ro and from the Uhl aeot.
The lao-ikird frovned and Ut hie up;
be.
I fuc-tf aa ostrk b ti the bird aba meant,"
.VoTTMtava HeralX.
r V. wn.inr. nn via-
i j i,.r!l e' i.k- norted to have risen two feet from
luK ami IUUK.IIIE aooufc lui we ufc, w , ' , . , . . , , .
I made a f u",m, ""v"- " " . " r
be tne most poweriui geyser mcaiskcui-c
Chieagd Tri'tM.
Take heed rf enemies reconciled
meat twice bgued,
fore coming here this evening
bet of $-0 with Van Perkins that you
would say no I to my proposal. I have
won. It was I taking a nsk, but 1 was
dead broke. Miss Irene," he continued,
his voice quiverinz with emotion, you
have saved a despairing man Iron the
English chemists have discovered
fluid that will dissolve metal of any sort,
even gold.
Aa Interesting Spider.
The habits of a running spider of
Southern Europe, are curious. It makes
a vertical round hole in the ground
about ten inches deep, aod this with a
small earth wall sometimes made rouod
the mouth, is lined with web. A little
wsy down is a small lateral bole into
which the spider shrinks when ao animal
falls into the tube; when the animal has
reached the bottom, the snider pounces
on it. Ooe can readilv tell that a tube
is tenanted by the br ght phosphoresceot
eyes of the spider turned upward. In
Cghtiog the spider erects nimseii on its
laat pair of legs,stnking with the others.
Tbe bite is not fatal to man, but if causes
large swellings. The children ia Bucba
est angle for these spiders by meant 'of
ao egg-like ball of kneaded yellow wsx
tied to a thread. This ia lowered with
jerks into tbe hole, and the spider
fastens on it, and can be pulled out:
whereupon another thread is passed
round one of the legs and the animal is
played with.
Crania TTha Uaaat a City Park.
"The Vrank season' has arrived. said
the sergeant of the Central Park Arsenal
to a New York Trl'jmm rej-nrtrr.
'It is ao every season; they'ie a lot of
aarraless lunatics living up town, wboae
relatives aod guardians turn tbem looa
la the park as soon at tbe warm weather
sets in.
Tbey are a nuisance. One young man.
about tweoty yeais of age, 'iters about
the reveoty-second street eat ranee under
tbe impeioo that be is a polKemaa.
When children rf.me romp og along he
orders them to keep of tbe gra-a and
be caief ul not to pick tbe flowers' or be
will arrest thtm.
"Kvery morning about ten o'clock an
old gentleman noely dreed aod avCoso
panird by a nure approaches socne
ooe of our officer aod declare be has
not stolen Mr. t ro!ey. He begs to be
searched. er eioce Mr. Crowley sr
Fived this old gentleman imsgine that
tbe )o!ic are going to sxrri him for
stealiog the rhimpaaree. As be not
disorderly tbe o beers humor bint by
pretending to searrh hi pockets for Mr.
C. and tell him that be is inoorei.t aod
ought to sue tbe city for de amatioo of
character. The crank then goes o5 sat
isfied. Tbe nare declares that he has
no trouble with him for tbe retoftbe
day. But be returns agaia tbe oett
morning.
Wo have ooly one female crank and
she iscnder the im rrion that she is
to be abducted. As she isover eeieoty
aod not wealthy there i no daoger of any
ooe mooing awar aith her. An oflicet
escorts her to tbe ga t and she g es home
content There are doens of othei
cranks who hauot our beautiful Park."
There are seven stars in tbe dipier,
seven days in the week, evrn wonders
of tbe world, seven ages of man. and. c
cording to M. 8crite, a Kreorh p'ar
wright, there are seven dramatic iiua
tioos of which all others are mere varia
tions. The new Hebrides which ar sitnstrd
about midway bet wen atern sad
Western Polynesia etobrece a tul area
of some -100 square miles, aod have voii..
000 native iobabitaota, who are noted
foi their savsge barbarity.