E BLUE
BLADE.
VOL. III.-NO.
MORGANTON, N. C SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1878.
WHOLE NUMBER 139.
1
RIDGE
WHAT 18 MAN?
A few evenings before the death of
Daniel Webster he wished to be carried
out on the piazza to see for the last time
the 9tarry sky. After gazing afew min
utes in silence, he repeated those beau
tiful words of the Psalmist :
". When I survey the heavens, the work of
Thy Anders, the moon and stars which Thou
bant ordained. Lord, what is man," Ac.
Yea, what is man, O Lord of all
7 That Thou of him shouldst mindful be,
A speck upon his native ball,
An atom in immensity.
These thoughts the soul of David bound
'Till utterance came in language meet;
Hublimer words are rarely found
Inscribed upon the sacred sheet.
For he so great 'mongst Israel's seers
Nightly surveyed with reverent eye
The radiant host of blazing spheres.
That burned across Judea's sky, '
VuZ the dayfc'exttlilbf ibuaa -'Lumed
the fair courts of Zion's towers.
And brighter rays with morning came
To bathe her walla in golden showers.
'Lucia's Folly.
" There goes the most provoking man
in the whole country!" said Lucia
Dare, as she stood at the window and
watched Professor. Lee go down the
path "reallv the most provoking
Sometimes I'm sure he's in love with
me. and going to tell me so, and then.
. again, I'm sure I'm mistaken, and it's
Dora lie's in love witn, it he's in love
,, with anybody. He's so bashful when
he's with a woman that he doesn't
dare say hisjuml is in his own, anyway.
I'msure 1 don't bee why he should he
afraid of me! 1 like him, and .if he
could see two inches, ahead of his nose,
he could see it."
Lucia heaved a Tittle sigh, and sat
do v n at the piano, where half an hour
before; she had been, singing "A nine
Laurife " for the Professor.
" I wonder what he wanted to see
Dora for?" she thought, as she
thumped the keys, in a low accompani
ment to 'her thoughts. "It can't be
that he's in love with Dora, for he must
know shs's piiwjis'efl. And vet. he's
such an odd creature that it would u
be at all strange if he was. If he ever
heard she was engaged, he's probably
. forgotten it. I woiuler what he wrote
to her? It must be something that he
considered quite important, for he
wanted me to be sure and give her the
letter as soon as she came home, and it
tbok him half an hour to write it." ' ;
She got up, went to' the table, and
, - took up the letter Prbfessor Lee had
written to her sister. .
" 1 wish I knew what was in it," she
said, holding it up to.the light. "He
looks as if he might be proposing mar
riage. If I thought it was a proposal"
t iwi.i'a fiipp prtinred a little at the
thought which came into her mind. She
" laid the letter down and walked to the
window, and stood there for some time.
- By-and-by she turned; came back to
tlie table, and took up the letter a
guilty look on her face as she did it
and dropped it behind an old carved
cabinet which stood in one corner of
the parlor.
" It's' a mean, thing to do," she said
to herself, as she went back to the
piano, " but I've done it. If it uas a
proposal, it is just as well as it is, for
'" ti. ,,., 1,1 iivpr tnarrv him: if it
I ' I ' I IV . . I .'111'. Iiv.v. .' ' ,
. wvVa proposal, itvon't matter very
much, probably." i
Two weeks 'after What Dora came
home from a visit to a friend, with the
news that Professor Lee had resigned
..his position as teacher of languages in
the academy at frybraham. and ac
.j cepted ,iin offer ifro'm a new college in
the West. .
; "Are you sure it is so?" said Lucia,
with all effort to hide all traces of agi
tation. (
" Quite sure," . answered Dora ;
" Helen Temple.ton told me, and she
had the news from Professor Lee nyn-
: self." '
"When is he going?'' Lucia tried
hard to act ' unconcernedly, but her
w lce sounded Unsteady.'
" Very soon," answered Dora; " this
week, I think." .
And' it was only two or three days
"; after that that Dora came home with
the announcement that the-Professor
had gone.
"Cone!" Lucia face was pale as
she 5 repeated the word. At that mo
ment a tender hope died in her heart.
"Yes," answered Dora, "he went
this morning. I think he might have
come to tell us good-bye. "i
Lucia got up without another wora
and went to her room.
Toor Lucia!" Dora said. "She
did care for him, after all."
Up "stairs' Lucia knelt down by her
window add had a real woman's cry.
f She did not know till then how much
she had cared for Professor Lee. She
had always liked'"-hini. and had hoDed
that some day she might call him by a
dearer name than'; that of Professor.
Kow she knew that she loved him.
. " But it was all on one side," she
sobbed. It must have been, or he
would not have left me in this way,
i without so much as a word. But I did
think he cared for me a little."
It was two years after that when
Lucia came across the letter that . Pro
fessor Lee had written for Dora that af
ternoon the letter which he had left
with her to give to her sister, but
which she had taken care her sister
should not get.
f She was movinc the oak cabinet, and
found it lying where it had fallen when
it dropped from her fingers. A hot
flush of shame died her cheeks at the
sight of it. " I wonder w hat is ia it,"
sh said, niplflnor It. nn Ttnrfl'a mflr-
. , n r. - -
nea ana gone away, so there s no!
harm in my reading it now. It was
just as honorable in my reading it then
as to do what I did with it."
She onpned It. and roail it thrmirh.
with a face that was very pale before
sne nnisneu it.
"Miss Dahk: I called to see you
;his afternoon, but your sister said that
von were awav and wnntil not he
home for a day or- two, I wanted to
asK you sometning, ami iernaps ic is
better for me to ask you this way than
any other. I think! vou must have seen
that 1 love your sister. But I have
never told one 30 before. I have never
hinted it to her iu any words, but she
1 1 1 . , 1 11
nas prouaniy unuersioou uie wen
enough. I Heard yesterday that she
was engaged. I ask you frankly to
tell me if this ia so? If she is, of
course I will jiever tell her of what I
hoped might be. " '
It there is nothing wnicn snouia
L-Ofi-k ma f rr,m copbiiKr til Uk'ill lipr for
my wife, letnie hear from you at once.
if . 1 . : -. r 1 . .. 11 . ... l .......... .1 :-
11 nitric ip, 1 mihii uuujc! ntauu it uuiu
)'onr silence. Yours, etc.,
Staxwood Lee."
Lucia Dare got up, with a very pale
face, and a great ache at her heart. She
had been guilty of doing a disgraceful
thing, and that 'very act had been the
means of bringing to her the one great
sorrow of her life.
"You are terribly punished,. Lucia
Dare," she said to the white face in
the glass that stared at her as she
crossed the room: "By that one dis
honorable act you have destroyed your
life's happiness, -
She sat alone that night when the
house was still, and thought about it.
It was torture to think how near she
had come to the realization of the
sweetest dream of her life, and to know
that by her own tolly she had lost it
all.
Before she went to bed she took the
letter and enclosed it to Dora. She
wrote only a few lines : ;
" Trr,tfanp T op left a letter for VOU
one day when vou were not at home,
and 1 Hid not give 11 10 you. 1 lwuiiu
it to-day and send it to you. I have
read it and know how near happiness
came to me."
She could not bring herself to con
fess in, plain words why it never had
been given. But her heart accused her
bitterly enough, and she slept upon a
pillow wet with tears of sorrow and re
pentance. Hard, indeed, was the pun
ishment of her wrong-doing.
My Donation.
It was a peaceful Sabbath day. The
air was sweet with scents of new mown
grass anil clovor, ad due birds aansc in
the elms outside the open wiwiows 01
Hip little church, and all the world
seemed in a Sabbath mood.
Lucia Dare heard a little ripple of
surprise run over the congregation just
before the sermon began, and raiseu
her head to see, coining down the aisle
Professor Lec! ,
He came straight to. her pew. She
made room for him, while her heart
was in a great flutter of hope and love
and gladness, reaching out her. hand in
a wordless greeting, which held a
powerful eloquence in its long, close
grasp.
Lucia heard not a word of the ser
mon. Her heart was too full of many
emotions'Tot thatt She was glad when
it ended.
AVhen the benediction was over he
turned to her with :
" I have come to ask you a question.
I should have asked ton long ago. May
1 walk home with you and tell you
what it is?"
At last they were free from the crowd
of old friends who clamored for a
hand-shake with the Professor, and
drew her hand within his arm.
" I received a letter from your sister
t,' . ri-vs. nro. and the few words sue
J- --- ... . , ,
wrote sent me here," he said, wnen
they were out in tne pleasant um
alone. "You know the question I
have come to ask you."
"Let me tell you what I did," she
said, while' her eyes filled with hot
tears of shame and her' cheeks burnt;
and then she confessed the disgraceful
deed which had kept them apart so
long. .
"Y'ou have -had your punisumem,
he answered, gravely. "If what you
did was done for love of me, I am sure
that I may hope you will .not tell me
no when I ask you to be my wife. This
is the question 1 have come to ask.
What answer have you to give me?",
What her answer was, youi know,
reader, as well as if I were to tell you.
A Human Skeleton Inside of a Horse
a minpr in the Black Hills, writing
to a friend in this city, tells of a horri
ble reminder of the fearful snows of
last winter, and of the perils of those
who were caught out and lost their way
on the plains: He says that recently,
while he and two others were crossing
the country, they came upon the skele
ton of a horse, within which was the
skeleton of a man, with the grinning
Bknll looking out at them from between
the ribs of the animal, like a prisoner
npprinir through the hars ot his cen
" ... ... .
The two skeletons told tne wnoie eiurj.
The man had killed his horse, cut him
open, and crawled inside of him, think
ing to thus escape perishing of cold, but
the flesh of the animal froze solid, and
the man was as much of a prisoner as if
he had been shut in by walls 01 iron.
The wolves and carrion birds had stripp
ed the greater part of the flesh from
both skeletons. The miner concludes
his description by saying: "It was a
alcrht T Khali never fnrret. I can see It
now whenever I close my eyes,"
I had a donation once. I was some
what disappointed. I had read of do
nations as painted in fancy colors by
grateful recipients of overwhelming
bounty. The turkeys, the chickens,
the hams, the barrels of flour, the suits
of clothes, the purses of money, and all
the other articles that gladden the pas
tor's heart, as tokens of the esteem, the
affection, the kind thoughtf ulness of his
parishioners, haunted me witn tantali
zing daydreams when waking, and gave
me the- nightmare when sleeping I
went to the larder and found it empty ;
I examined my wardrobe and found it
becoming threadbare ; I examined .my
purse and found it light very light.
My last three month's Income had been
iust five dollars, wine to the forgetf ul
ness of my trfcaanserto collect any tunas
tor m. I felt I needed a donation. As
my people seemed to take no thought of
such things, I ventured to gently re
mind them of their duty. I preached
from the text "He that giveth to the
poor lendeth to the Lord." As an il
lustration I read an extract from an ac
count of a donation that had been given
to a brother minister, and gave point to
the illustration by remarking that his
people had laid up treasure in heaven
by their generosity. I contrasted tebir
thoughtfulness with the thoughtless
ness of others who never gave dona
tions, and mentioned the loss the latter
sustained by never lending to the Lord.
My hint was taken. I saw that the ser
mon produced the desired effect. It
was touching. 1 received notice for
mally drawn up and signed by my Sabbath-school
superintendent, class lead
er, exhorter in board of stewards, Presi
dent of the Ladies' Home and Foreign
Missionary Society, the members of the
T.adies' Sewing Circle, and a few oth
ers, that on "Wednesday of the present
week, at six o'clock, my friends of the
parish would manifest their esteem for
their Dastor by giving him a donation."
It was no use to try to study till that
was over. I threw down my pen and
rushed down stairs to my tired little
wife. I found her trying to make my
oldest little boy, a boy of twelve, a pair
of pants out of an old pair of mine. I
snatched them from her hand, took her
in my arms, and danced around like
one "possessed." She wanted to know
if I was crazy. I told her "No. Our
people were going to give us a donation.
I expected a new suitfor myself, a new
dress for her , a lot of cloth for the boys'
suits, and a round sum of money. My
people did appreciate me. I knew they
did." '
I was aittle hurt that she seemed to
take it so very cooly. She said "she
would wait till it was over before she
expressed her opinion." ,
I told her.we must make great pre
parations. I examined my purse, and
found just nineteen dollars and sevau-ty-five
cents. I went down to market
and spent nineteen dollars in chickens,
flour, ee-srs. butter, raisins, nuts, etc.
I My wife, worked late and early getting
everything ready. Wednesday aiter
noon she was about exhausted, but
showed me w ith considerable pride the
result of her labors chickens roasted,
ham boiled, pies and cakes without
number almost. I sighed as 1 thought
that those good things represented an
the available funds of the firm, and my
winter coal was not laid in yet. 1 re
solutely drove away the leeiing 01
anxiety, and cheered my wife with the
hope that it was well invesieu.
About half-past five a committee of
ladies came in, and said that they were
instructed to take charge 01 tne nouse,
we were to do nothing; we were to be
entertained. We made no serious ob
jections. At the hour appointed our
people came trooping in, and the young
1p u-Pre a little noisy ; DUl I liiougut
donations did not come very often, and
I must put up with the little drawbacks.
A roval feast (of my wife's good things)
was "spread in the dining-room, and
tPd at the head of the table.
I was pleased to see what an appetite
our friends had how the chickens,
pies and cakes disappeared. After sup
per, Brother , our Sabbath school
superintendent, called me into the par
lor, and I found everybody waiting.
After quite an eloquent speech he gave
on pnvelone containing some money
and asked me to accept that as a mark
of their esteem.
I replied very feelingly, ana tnanb.eu
him. In a short time we were alone.
My wife was fatigued, and desired to
sre to bed. I told her we must see what
we had before going 10 oeu. c
to the dinning-room and found the ta
ble covered with dirty dishes, the bones,
the crumbs, theremnants of "the royal
feast." My wife sighed as she saw tne
"debris," arid said it would require con
siderable, labor to straighten things.
We went into the pantry ana iounu our
chickens, pies, cakes, and all the good
things my wife had prepared nau uia-
appeared, and in their place we iuuim
one pumpkin, a plate of doughnuts, and
a mouldy mince pie. e wem. up tw
my study, and found on the back of my
studyrchair a calico dressing gown; on
my desk a pair of slippers and one pen-
uiner fmv gold pen was .gone;, jij
wife found In her room one nine tw
tn handkerchief, four rollin-pins (old
" ' ,
ones), and three potato mashers (old
ones). I was a little discouraged, ne
went into the parlor, and found one
lamp broken, and the oil all over our
. nn mirror cracked ; a
choice chromo marked with dirty fin
germarks; three choice dooks lying on
the floor, one with the back half torn
off, the other two soiled and torn. 1
then thought of the envelope contain
ing the the money. I had forgotten to
open it. I did bo now. It contained
one dollar and tbirtytwo cents ; at first
I saw the fifty cents was counterfeit. I
spoke my mind. My wife did not say
much, but I could see she was thinking.
We did not sleep much that night. To
make things more aggravating, I re
membered that as soon as supper was
over they sang "There is Rest for the
Weary." and just before leaving, all
had sung
v Plunged in a KuB of dark despair
1 We wretched tfmers lay.
I thought it betoktned a spiritual re
vival . Vow T know there was no more
fir them to eat and jthey could do no
more mischief. TdiejnextSaturday was
quarterly conferenwu and they handed
me a piece of paper leaded :
; ACCOUNT OF fcOS A no.VS.
Ifnnpv SI 32
OnedresslB?-gown.... S 00
One pair slippers T5
Two pumpkins 35
Four rolllnc-ntns 1 w
Thrp nntAtrwrnsiiiherft- 75
one handkerchief. t
One peck potatoes , W
One plate doughnuts. 10
One mince Die -A IV
Total "1
This was to be credited on my s: lary
They gave me thirteen dollars, and
said that money was close, and 1 must
trv and be economical.
The following Sabbatl I preached
from the text: "I was an hungered and
ye gave me no meat, I w as thirsty and
ve trave me no drink. I was a stranger
y rr
and ye took me f, 1 was naked and ye
clothed me not. . And those shall go
awav into everlasting punishment.
I told them the fact about the dona
tion Dartv. and expressed my feelings
emphatically, and ended by saying,
that when I preached to heathens i
would go to heathen lands; they were
at liberty to hunt another preacher.
I am now an insurance agent. I have
had no donation since, and, if any one
thinks of proposing such a thing to me,
for the sake of his family I would ad
vise him to insure his lite first.
A Grand Scheme.
Flesh Food,
The flesh of some of the wild and do
mestic animals which have the same
chemical composition as man's flesh is
also used as food hv the majority of
mankind ; but there is a class of re
formers in this country, who refuse to
use animal flesh for food, and bring
forward some pretty strong arguments
again st its use. They contend that
when the unorganized material becomes
organized bv the vegetable and Is then
raisp.d still hieher la the animal organ
ism that any iarthef use of it tends to
degeneration, and therefore it is not
suitable for man's food. While this is
a very plausible argument, it can hard
ly be deemed conclusive. e nnd a
class of men in. the wilds of Mexico and
in Western Texas who live almost en
tirely on the flesh of the wild cattle of
that region, and whose power ot en
durance exceeds that of any class that
pun hp found in the country. Their
lives are spent almost entirely in the
saddle, and it is not unusual for them
to ride fifty to sixty miles without dis
mounting. But history furnishes a
stronger example in lavor of a purely
vegetable diet in the person of the "Ro
man soldier in the early days of the
F.mnire. Perhans there has never been
so perfect a physical machine as the
Roman soldier in the time of the first
Caisar. He could endure more hours
of continuous marching on foot, carry
ing his sixty pounds of baggage, than
can the Mexican herdsman in his sad
dle, and then fight terrible hand to
hand conflicts after his march was over.
And yet the diet of this man of such
wonderful power was made up almost
entirely of a single article, the grain of
the Triticum Vulgare or wheat grain.
If his appetite demanded food while oh
the march all he had to do was to reach
in his knapsack and, taking the whole
grains of wheat iu his mouth, chew
them until well masticated and swal
low. If resting in camp the wheat
grains were cracked between stones,
boiled until soft and then eaten. And
such a dietary as this built up the most
nerfect rdivsical manhood the world
has ever beheld. From these facts it is
sale to conclude that wheat is a perfect
food in every particular, and it cannot
be claimed that anjmaljood is essential
to human existence even in its highest
developement.
We were returning from business
last week, the evening being lovely.
We remained on the stern deck of the
ferryboat that we might enjoy the
tranquility of the scene. The sun had
just set, and twilight floated serenely
in on viewless wings.
Oh, this is divinely beautiful we
soliloquised, as we puffed our ciga
rette indolently.
At that moment our attention was di
verted by -a man who approached us
and opened a conversation with the re
mark :
" May I trouble you for a light?"
"Certainly,", we replied, extending
our cigarette.
"Ah, this is luxury," he continued,
'but lam going to get u'u something
that will jnstVuock tfc nto vut of
cigar!"
He was silent for a moment, and just
as we were about to address him, he
continued :
"Yes'r, I'm just a-goin' to revolu
tionize things generally. Im gettin'
up the biggest scheme ever heard of!"
We w ere on the point of asking him
some questions about the plan, w hich,
if carried into effect, was to be of such
especial benefit to mankind ; but he an
ticipated our intentions,and exclaimed ;
"You shall know all!"
Then, at his suggestion, we saun
tered into the cabin and took a seat.
"You see," he commenced, "I want
to accumulate a fortune, and I'm go
ing to do it. After a while smoking is
going to cost only, on an average, five
cents a day. This is my plan: I'm
roiiito h.ive c-reat furnaces in some
-i " ' -' ' r
central locality. The furnaces are t
be kept going al fhe time, and the only
fuel used will be tobacco.
Each furnace is to burn a different
Hran.i onfl tnhps will be run to the
residences of patrons, who, when they
desire to smoke, will only be obliged to
go over to the wall, take hold ot the
tube, turn on. and smoke to their
hearts' content.
" Over each tube will be .marked the
brand, whether it be a ' Penque,' ' Dur
ham. or ' Cauoral.' Just think of it,
being able to have a smoke without
striking a match! Besides, nobody
can borrow your tobacco. I tell you,
it's the biggest thing ever heard of.
You shall have a tube running to your
house for nothing."
He paused for a moment, and then
continued : " I had my pocket picked
this afternoon, and if you'll lend me
enough to take iue home, I'll "
I IU llliiu t. nn . '..' Ill . i w . ii v
rushed into the Irowd and managed to
escape the bore.
with no table, and no apparatus but a1
cloth spread in front of them, perform
ihe same tricks that gave fame to An
derson ani Stodare. This sort of thing,
xith ptrhaps $ little visiting, passes the
time till luncheon, after which you can
go and see the fair from the back of an
elephant. The sagacious beasts take
you very comfortably through; the
crowds though every now and then
they-draw down on you the wrath of
some obese provision-dealer by helping
themselves en vawnt from hit stall.
Afterwards, you can ride or drive on
the course, or If skilled therein, join as
good a game of Polo as any to be found
in India. One year they got up tilting
at the ring for ladie; but as each ring
was a silver bangle, (J u the fair per
formers were iso s fiAiiated thereby,
NEWS IN BRIEF.
In England and Wales there are
63,538 persons of unsound mind, an in
crease of 1,902 over last year. The ratio
to population ia 35 67 to 10,000.
The Engraving and Printing Bu
reau at Washington now employs 175
nl.ra nrinrn ml npArl v 3 )0 ?irla. be-
1' .
sides numerous clerks, watchmen, mes
sengers, sc.
a hn.n, fonre In ts be nlaced
around the Army and Navy mounment
at Boston, me cuy oners a premium
of $50 for a design. The cost U not to
exceed $2,000.
It ia estimated that Detroit em
ploys a capital of over f 18,000,000 and
18.000 bands in her manuiacianog in
dustries. Their annual product U valued
at $36,000,000.
Thu Tunisian anirar cron'of 1877 It
set down at 127 "53 hothead, agalnat
thev had at lat toi-.'r it. lest the race I icq -ii kmi,,L for lire. Tnlarret
1UII 11 . 11 II II 111 lni . U, . WW I J , Ml " " " .
I ... .a". -m. 1
breathine-timei comes dinner, and after
dinner, every other evening, we have a
dance. A dance at Sonepore is much
like a dance elsewhere I suppose,
so we may pass these evenings by-
Rut on the altiniate one. when the regi
mental band atid a roaring bonfire Call
us all to the canp of H. M. th, you
will see something that is probably new
to you. A cheerful tire cracking and
flaming up tiljl It nearly reaches the
lower branches of the trees, roUrhl
about a semicircle of ladies in evening
dresses, with a background of men in
black or scarlet, w hite tents showing here
and there through the trees, with the
Sonepore moon shining down over all,
form a picture that gives one a very lav-
orable idea of Indian life. Between the
tunes, you will perhaps hear a song or
two of more or jess merit and the mulled
claret goes round merrily. Presently
the ladies flit ff likehosts through the
moonlight, audround the now dying em
bers, the details of many a pig-sticking
hunt are recapitulated, and many a long
bow is pulled with a skill only to be ar
rived at by a lengthened apprenticeship
in the gorgeous East. And so the day
ends; and so life goes on nearly a fort
night more or less, and the Sonepore
race-meeting comes to an end.
Worse than Bad Weather.
An Indian Race Meeting.
B Ship In California Desert.
By many it has been held as a theory
that the Ynma desert was once an ocean
bed. At Intervals, pools of salt water
have stood for a while in the midst of
the surrounding waste of sand, disap
pearing only to rise again in the same
or other localities. A short time since
one of the saline lakes disappeared, and
a party of Indians reported the discov
ery of a big 9hip, left by the receding
waves. A party of Americans at once
proceeded to the spot, and found im
bedded in the sands the wreck of a
iro-P vessel. Nearly one-third of the
--ttQnl narts of theshiD or bark is
plainly visible. The stump of the bow
sprit remains, and portions of the tim
bers of teak are perfect. The wreck is
located forty miles north of San Ber
nmdino and Fort Yuma road and thirty
miles west of Los Palmos, a well
known watering place on the desert.
The road across the desert has been
traveled fori more than one hundred
years. The history of the ill-fated' ves
sel can, of course never be known, but
the discovery of its decaying timbers in
the midst of what has been a desert
will furnish Important aid in the calcu
lation, of science. .
Originally a place of Hindoo pilgrim
age. Sonepore has come to be known as
one of the great fairs of India, famous
for its horses and elephants, its work
ings in wood, gold and ivory, ana spe
eialties from Benares, Delhi and Bom
hav : and still pious pilgrims flock to
the temple of Mahadeo, on the banks of
the Ganges, and bathe in the sacreu
waters when the moon of the month
Katik is at its full. But it is neither
with fair nor pilgrims that we have to
do. Sonepore is a word of meaning to
the residents of Patna and the surround
ing districts. There, In magnificent
mango-wood, close to the race-course
and safely removed Irom the lair aim
its odorous crowds, they pitch their
tf-nts. invite their friends, and spend
ten davs or so in boundless hospitality
and grateful relaxation. That mango
tope has made the fortune of Sonepore.
A central road traverse the trees, and
on each side, forming a sort of street,
the "camps" are placed. J hey are an
much of the same pattern . In the cerr
tre vou will see a large canopy, sup
ported on poles, called a Shawianah ; to
this the Lady of the Camp has probably
transported her drawing-room iurni
ture, piano and all. A little behind
will be a large closed tent ; th is serves saa
diningroom. Round these two as a cen
tre some twentv small tents are group-
fl thpse are the private rooms oi tne
visitors. Camps are usually formed by
the leading civilians of the district, Dy
Hip reo-iment stationed at Dinapore, and
last, but not least, by the jovial Indigo
rdanters of Tirhoot. At the extreme
verge of the wood is aituated the grand
stand, in front of which the course
sweeps round an ample plain. Inside
the stand is a large ball-room with oh,
luxury '. a boarded floor, for it is a
luxury to us in India, where we gener
ally have to woo Terpsichore on dead
unrinirless chunam. with a dancing-
cloth spread over it. And now, to tell
you how the day is spent at Sonepore.
Punctually at seven o'clock, bang '.goes
the camp gun; and then, starting from
the secretary's tent close to tne siano,
a brass band perambulates the camp,
waking ud the laiy with that inspirit
ing strain, "Hey, Johnnie Cope, are ye
.oi" Vn sleep after that.
Dr. Swickslev was passing along
Front street, one of the hottest days ol
the week, when he noticed a large
crowd gathered In front of a tenement
house a shorti distance ahead. The
doctor hurried forward, and elbowing
his way through the crowd, found a
man lying prostrate on the sidewalk.
"Press back, good people, press Daca.
said the kind hearted doctor, "and give
i nu 11-4 II Mil. A 111 T 1)11 V DIVI1
will bring him around presently. I see
how it is, the man is sunstruck. This
heat is terrific, and the people will soon
die like sheep,; if the weather doesn't
change. Somebody run for a piece of
ice."
a hlear-eved woman, with a gaunt,
hardened face, edged forward and said :
"Do you say that man is sunstrucK,
Doc?"
"pprtainlv. madam, certainly; the
Rvmntoms are clear and well defined."
"Well, then, all that I've got to say.
is, that the symptoms lies like an
blazes," said the woman, putting uer
hands ou her hips, and winking at tne
browd.
"My dear ma3am. what do you mean r
Would you contradict the opinion of a
professional main, backed up by all the
truths of science?" said the doctor,
squeezing his ear down tight against
the man's chest.
"If you say that man is sunstruck,
you don't know nothh'i' about it," said
she doggedly. "The sun never touciieu
him, not once. The good for-nothin'
lazy whelp, takes mighty good care not
rn HvP.lt a chance at him. About all
he does is to flit his hide with slop an'
set round in the shade, while bis poor,
hard workin' wife has to druge her iue
out to keep the children from starvin .
"What's the matter with him men r
asked a fatherly old gentlema'n on the
inner edge of the crowd.
"Well, sir, I struck him myself, and
I'd do it again : that's what's the matter
with him. The bloat was two-third
drunk, and pitched on to his wife
that pale little body crying over him
n' hetran oouudin' her out of all
mercy, an' so I jest waltzed In with a
bag o' sand that I kept for scourin', an
I straightened him-out, jest as you find
him. I s'pose I've kind o' stunned hltn
a little, for you see he's rousin' up al
ready, but the ; pity is that I didn't
finish him altogether the mean, ornery,
trifling loafer."
"Sunstrutk! well, now, Doc, you
a anid. hut then I am a regular old
crusher, an' it ain't to be wondered at.
If I'd a went at him with my oare nsi,
you'd a swore he'd been struck by
lightnin'. I'm worse than a bad spell
o' weather;. I am."
Tha Wren't Trick.
While the good little hen Is sitting
nn her enir. the cock pretends to be
WaUKlIlK Jfcu - ! ' . - . . .
r- -i fnr the races, pmnloved in building a nest for her, so
CD YOU ECfc auu i r-w - ' ,
These iat for about two hours; but as that nobody should know be has In
I cannot profess any admiration for the reality long sgo completed bis work,
. ... . lx-t.i. I ,i v,t ,h u tin a now on her I. ne
Indian turf. 1 Will Pass inem uici . " auu . -
appetites sharpened by the cold air of a
November morning, we hurry back to
breakfast always a jolly, jovial meal
.t Snnenore the men in good humor,
and the ladies with real English roses
on their cheeks. After breakfast, you
n ait out nnder the trees, and inter
view the various travelling merchants
with their' wondrous silk-worn irom
Cashmere and their stocks oi ueini
ewelry. Possibly a travelling juggler
may drop in. Every one has heard of
Indian juggler ;"but to appreciate them,
jju should see them sitting on the grasa
makes as many as half-a-dozen nesui
near where his own nest is, but in con
spicuous places while the actual nest
is hid away as lafely aa possible. And
the clever wren, though he makes the
nest, does not take the trouble to line it
i.v. fnuihtn Iwrause be Knows no
1861 the yield was 458,410 hogsheads.
-,The Fall River, Mass.. assessors re
port the real estate valuation In that
city at $26,042 330; personal, $14,894,-2-.'6;
total, M.936,5oti. Kate ol tax,
$13 50. The valuation is $4,888,689 leas
ttiau last year.
Eighty young men appeared for
examination for admission to the Agri
cultural College at Amherst, Mass., on
the 12th lust., and more are to follow,
so that as large a class as cau be accomo
dated is assured.
The Marquis of Bute has given $25,
000 toward the erection of a Roman
Catholic Cithedral at Dundee, Scotland,
to commemorate the re-establlshmt'ntof
the bishopric of Dunkeld which Ofiasea
nearly 300 yews ago.
According to the records at Castle
Garden, live millions ix hundred and
eighty-three thousand and some odd
hundred immigrant arrived luereauiuc
1817. Of this number four millions
wete German and Irish.
Some idea may be formed of the ex
traordinary developmetof the co-operative
system in London from the fact
that during the half year ending June
30th, the profits -of the Civil Service
Supply Association amounted to $05,
000. t
It is proposed at Montreal to build
a vice-regal residence In that city at a
,in.t nr tlftfionft with the expectation
that the Marquis of Lome and the Prln
cess Louise will accept it as their home,
and thus add to the attractions oi the
city.
A handsome marble tablet, with an
appropriate Inscription, has been fixed ,
in the transept of the Cathedral, at
Bris ol, England, to commemorate the
nhilnnthrotrto labors of the late Miss
Mary Carpenter iu that country and
India.
Near Bromley, Ont., stands a log
house en cted more than two years sgo, .
. e il .J I ...
of poplar and oaimoi gneau ion, wmi-u
can now be seen growing, sprouts telng
klUPAA, ftJ.;PAD illS Jogs boat jHid
of foliage.
The Fish Commissioners of New
Hampshire have ordered 250,000 Cali
fornia shad eggs for the headwaters of
Merrimac river this season, of which
100,000 will be placed In Lake Wlnnl
piseogee, and the rest in the Pemlge
wassett river.
The canning of meats, fruits and
vegetables has become an immeifsebusl-,
ness. In Maine over 6,000,000 cans of
com are packed annually, the sales of
which amount to $1,150,000, giving em
ployment to 10,0000 people during the
packing season.
The bones of the intrepid explorer,
Pere Marquette, have been discovered
near Poiut Si. Ignace, Mackinac, about
thirty yaids from the former Jesuit
Church, and probably within the fence
which once surrounded the dwellings
of the missionaries.
The Chinese are said to be exempt
from yellow fever, and one of them,
Hong Chin Foo, who has resided In
this country since 1873. has gone to
Mumnhi. to trv his cure pipes of a pe
culiar construction, in which a coin
pound of oil and opium Is to be smoked.
The old Basset house, In North Ha
ven, Conn., which was built Iu 1713 and
recently demolished, showed many
huge oaken girder, rafters and beams
apparently as sound as when they first
came from the forest. The property .
has always remained in the Bassett
family.
ThP letter-boxes at Liverpool have ,
a spring attached to the flap, and when
a letter ia pushed In a plate moves and
Bhows the hour 6f the last clearance.
People can thus tell If they are In time
for a certain mail, and a check ii had on
the postman charged with emptying
the box.
The largest cotton mills In the
world are those at Narva, In Russia, on ,
the Gulf of Finland, eighty-one miles
rrom St. retersourg. uu cuiynj
thereowns 400,000 spindles. The Har
mony Mills, Coboes, N. Y., having 275,
000 spindlec, are tbe largest In the
United States.
An. acre of soil one foot deep con
tains 4,000,000 pounds. An average
acre of American soil, six Inches deep,
Is estimated to contain 17,333 pounds of
potash, 12.5CO pounds of lime, 16,000
pounds of magnesia, o.uuu pouuua m
itoda, 6,730 pounds of sulphuric acid,
4,000 pounds of phosphoric acid and 500
pounds of chlorine.
The Relief Cammittee of the Hart
fnrA Pinn Common Council have re
quested that body to add, a sum of not
less than $5,000 to the appropriation of
$55,000 to be expended by the street
department during the present flwal
year, In order to give employment to
laborers who cannot get work.
Blackle, General Meade's old war
horse, lives at Alderthorpe, Pa. He is
as handsome as ever despite bis twenty
r o.. n mmrj of Black Hawk
IVUI J o. .
stock, was wounded at the battle of New
Market Cross Roads, in June, 1862, but
served the General all through the war
and until a short time before hU death.
The Norwegians complain that for
eign sportsmen, especially English, are
likely to exterminate the reindeer and
lid fowl. More man nity reinoeer
Wlul leaiucis, - I wn . ,
eggs will ever be placed in it, and there- are now seldom seen on the Hardanger
eggs win cy F ... . ..KiaJanH where 200 or 400 could for-
fore the soft, smooth lining will not be
required. It la just as U we Duno tne
bare walls of a house in which we neTer
put any furniture, because while we
build them, we know quite well nobody
will ever live inside them.
UV - "
table-land, where 300 or 400 could for
merly be fourd; and Professor Frlls,
the greatest Norwegian sportsman, say
there are only 6.000 or 8,000 In the
whole country. A couple of s porta on n,
moreover, are said to have shot 1,300
young wild fpwl In a week.