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JUDGE BLADE;
J. H. HALLIBURTON, Editor and, Proprietor.
MORGANTON, K G, SATURDAY, MARCH 6 1SS0.
VOL. V. NO. 3.
JoJu'U Jtli
BY THE HBAKTH.
bz sustaini nana nous.
Ton com too lata;
'Tli far on in Norember.
Tbe wind trike blMk t .
I'pon Uit cheek
Fhtfotnth rather to kef lint
(And wberel ttw hurmr)
Than to abate
One jot of It calm color for your aake.
Watch I tee! I atlr the amber
Upon mj lonely hearth, and bid In On wake.
,':. And think yen that it will T
'ft burned, I eay, to Mb. c
imolder cold
V (raverard mold.
I mill. Indeed, 700 would not Wow
I'lwnltaol
Todd to kin.
I t, ih ghoul of area will anw atlr.
Nor woman lift the laahea
ul ere wept dim, howa'sr youra ahina or lore ol
herl
,. Ah,aweetanrpriae!
I did not think inch hintn ' . ,
- t7pn the gloom ;
Ol tlila cold mom
1 , . r.Hid i v . 1 , etront. calai Lrcath
!! lite from death. '. -
Thr warm light Ilea
At ;onr trlnnjpliant feet, faint with dealra
Ti r ai-li ynq. ee! Ibellnlua:
. 01 violet and of ailver In that abeath of fire I
If yon would care
Althcliffh it '.9 November -I
will lot ray '
' A MINT nay
In mi h a Klft for building urea.
Ami tljowrh it tire
a! to thl ik of It I'll own to yon
, (If on can a'ir tlio BiuliPr)
It may Ik found at lout, juut warm enough for two
bcrihner'it iSmthlu.
THE SACRIFICE.
FROM THE FRENCH OF HENBY OMVIU.I.
Maurice was wandering aimlessly in
(tie depths of the forest. It bad ceased
raining, but the drops of water were
Rtill rolling from lent to leaf with the
light sound of ajiearly-exhausted foun
tain trickling into its half-filled basin.
nnl in the distance the dark path opened
out into a wet glade of a deep green of
exquisite softness. The trunks of the
trees were very black, their branches
blacker stilly and the massive boughs' of
the chestnut trees above the young
painter's head seemed like the high
arches of a cathedral at the hour when
all is dark in the church, and when the
colored windows cast into the gloom
gleams of light so intense and so mys
terious that you would think them lit
up by a fire of live coals from without.
Maurice loved this hour at the decline
of day, when, after the rain, the sun
has cot phone out, and when a gray tint
is cast over everything, blending out
lines, softening angles and investing
, every shape with a smooth and exquisite
rouudness. He walked slowly, discover
inglevery moment in the -well known
forest some beauty till then unknown
anil he was thrilled to the very depths
ff being by that tender admiration for
nature which is one of the characteristics
of genius".
Having roached the glade he looked
nround him. The grass was green and
brilliant; the delicate leaves of the
shrubs, shining beneath the water which
had washed them, formed a fine, lace
like network against ihe dark back
ground of the great forest beyond. He
f atopped in ordar to tea beMtftfto observe
better and to take in better the imprea-
sion of the wet forest, more impressive
. and more human so to speak, in its great
shadows than beneath the sunshine in
all the splendor of the day.
The pretty and graceful figure of a
young girl stood out against the foliage
of the birch-trees. She advanced with
a supple movement, without perceiving
Maurice, who, as immovable as the
trunk of a chestnut tree, was watching
her. 'When two steps from .him the
young girl perceived him. She started
end let fall a few twigs from the fagot
of wood that she was carrying on her
head.
" You frightened me,,rshe said, smil
ing, anil her large black eyes shone out
merrily beneath the tangle of her blonde
bair. ' ,
, He looked at her without answering.
A complete harmony which no words
can render, reigned between the slender
figure, the laughing face, the lace-like
foliage of the glade and the tints of the
landscape.
" Stand still," said the young: " I am
going to tale your portrait."
She wished to push back her hair,
which had fallen over her face, but he
prevented her by a gesture.
" Remain as you are."
He seated himself on a stone and
sketched rapidly the outline and fea
tures of his voung model. She was a
peasant, but delicate aud refined as the
young giils of tho peasantry often are
Iiefore their complete their often tardy
development. The eyes were already
those of a woman, while the smile was.
(till that of a child.
" How old are you?" asked the painter
still working.
" I shall soon be sixteen." ,f
" Already 1 I saw vou three years ago
a little bit of a thing.'"
" I was very little," said she, with a
pretty laugh, and frank and bold as a
sparrow ; " but, I grew fast, and on St.
John's dav I shall have lovers."
"Why, "on St. John's day?" asked
the .young man, stopping to look at her.
" Because one must have a lover to
1 dsnoe with ".round the bonfire."
So soon ! That pure brow, those inno
cent 'eyes, that childish mouth, all
these were to be profaned by the tooor
ifh gallantry of a rustic ! Maurice felt
a vajrtie jealousy dawn inhis heart.
" Wili vou have me for a lover
said he, resuming his work.
"Oh, you! you are a frentleman
and I 1 am a peasant; good girls do
not listen to gentlemen."
That is the Tillage code of morals;
the youcg man answered nothing.
" I cannot see any longer; will yon
come back here to-morrow, a little
earlier?"
" For my portrait?"
"Yes."
" I will come back. Good evening,
ir.",
She raised her bundle of wood and
went away into the deepening shadows,
' beneath the archway of the dark chest
nut tree.
Maurice went home dreaming of the
fair haired child. Ua had seen hr
often, and hsd always looked at her,
but with the eyes of an artist. Now it
seemed to bim that he h oked at her
with the eyes of a jealous lover.- That
night and the next day seemed intermi
nable to him ; and long before the ap-
. pointed hour he was in the glade.
11 1 1 1 .1
Me worsen aione,nu wnen me young
irl arrived, a little late alreadv play -
n:g me
Prised.
coquette the ' was quite sur-
" Is it really myself 1" she said.
Will
you trive it to me?
" No, I will make you a little one for
yourself."
" And that one, what will you do with
"Tt will go to Paris; it will be put
a Inrre frame; U will be bun;, in
'beautiful gallery, and every one will
come and look at it."
: -"Ah! yeajknowjin the exhibiUolv,
" Have you heard of tk exhibition f
"Thew ;are ten tlemen; pain ten her
who work for the exhibition, as they
ear, but they never took my portrait'
, Daylight was fading gently; Maurice
found as on the preceding evening, thi
exquisite soft tints, which had so
charmed him, and his work advanced a
hundred cubits toward posterity.
He saw her a rain several times be
neath the checkered daylight ol his im
provised studio, and be took pleasure in
making this work his best one. Already
celebrated, he had no need to make him
elf a name, and yet he was sure that
this picture would put the seal to his re
nown. By the time he was quit satisfied
with it winter had come, and Maurice
loved his little model. He loved hei
too much to tell her so, too - much to
suUytbis fiejd flower whoro, could
not make his wife, hut enough 4 suffer
at the thought of leaving her. She had
none of those qualhie- which secure the
happiness of a life; neither the depth
of teeliog nor the devotion which causes
us to forget everything; she was a pretty
field flower, a little vain, a little co
quettish, with no great faults nor yet
great virtues. Maurice knew that she
was not for him, and yet scarcely de
veloped, and which her home-spun gown
chastely enfolded without disguising.
He loved the deep eyes, the laughing
- j
uiuutn, me iair nair mat was always in
disorder, the little handkerchief tied
across her breast he loved it all, and it
was -with reluctance that he went away.
We always go. away with reluctance
when we have nothing to hope for on our
return. It is so hard to leave behind a
bit of one's life of which nothing is to
remain. '
He carried awaVhisnicture. however.
and it was before it that he tiassed his
bappiest hours that winter, always per
fecting; a work that was alreadv uerfe ct.
The picture was admired. The critics,
who were unanimous in their enthu
siasm, declared that such faces could
not exist, excepting in the brain of a
poet or the imagination of a painter.
Maurice listened, tmiling, and kept for
himself the secret of the sweet face that
had inspired him. He received bril
liant offers for his picture ; never had so
high a nrice been offered for any of his
works ; but ho refused, and he refused
also to allow it to be copied. Since he
was never to possess anything of his
model but her likeness, he intended
that that should be his alone.
Autumn was drawing near when he
returned to the village. Twice had the
fires of St. John seen the whiilj of the
merry dance since he had painted the
portrait, and when he thought of the
young girl, it was with a emilo that was
something sad, as he asked himself on
which of the village rustics she fixed her
choice.
His first pilgrimage on arriving was
to the forest of chestnut trees; at the
fall of day night comes quicily at the
becinning of Octoberf-he wandered
down tho long path ; but it was no longer
dark ; it was traversed by an amber sun
beam, which; seemed to have fastened
itself vn vervor;f trjnV
quivered on the bracches or crackled
ceneatn his teet.
The odor of :the dead leaves brought
to him a whole world of recrets. oi re
membrances of bitterness, stirring np
within him an unspeakable sadness, and
a more complete disgust with everything
that he had sought up ' to that time.
When he bad reached the glade he sat
down on the spot where eighteen
months before he had made the sketch
which had since crowned his renown.
The cold stone seemed to laugh at him
ironically for all that he had suffered.
A peasant girl acoquett a matter
of great consequence surely.
'She would have loved me liad I
chosen. Many others have loved
painters, and have followed them to
Paris, and then have disappeared rin
the scum of the great city without load
ing with chains the one who had initi
ated them into the mysteries of art and
intellectual life. He is a fool
who sacrifices to chimeras the real goods
of this world ; the love of a. beautiful
cirl, the priory which talent gives, the
lortune which success brings."
While he was thus t'enying the gods
of Ms youth, ho saw coming towards
him, in the well-known path, the young
girl of other days, who had grown up,
who had become a woman in one word.
She was not alone; a rustic was walking
Inside her, holding her by the litfie
finger; a fine fellow, for t!r t mr.'ter.
strong and weli made, :iml richly
dress id for a peasant. He benl towards
her, and from lime to time wipe 1 away
with his lips a tear from the young
girl's cheek.
On seeing Maurice they stopped, con
fused and surprised.
"And it was for. this," thought he,
" thatl respected this flower 1"
And he was thinking with contempt
uous pity of his folly when the youug
girl addressed him :
" They will not let us marry, sir,"
said she, her voice broken with sobs,
" I am poor; he has some property, and
hi mother will not have me for a daughter-in-law.
She talks of disinheriting
him."
' And you, too, do not wish him to be
disinherited, do you?" said Maurice
ironically.
"Indeed," answered' the lad, "we
mustlivel"
. "That is only too true! I pity you,
my children." .
They went away, Maurice, left alone,
with his head bowed down on his bands,
thought for a long time. m
His idle fancy had flown awav noth
ing remained of the slender young girl
but a peasant, who was still handsome,
but .very near becoming an ordinary
matron.
"So it is with our dreams!" said he,
rising. " The only sure thing that we
can gather from them is to do a little good
with them."
The same evening he wrote to Paris,
and a few days later he presented him
self at the young girl's house;
" I have sold your portrait," he said
to her, in the presence of her astonished
mother; " I received a lanre sum for it.
I It is quite a fortune. I have brought it
to you in order that you may marry
your lover."
Gexkral Betjbew was seated on a
mackerel-barrel, with his feet oft a
couple of sugar hogsheads, and had just
given an account oi now ne iroze them
i guding down hill in the winter of '"5.
; There was silence for a few minutes, in-
ternipted by an interrogation by Mozart
Daffadil: "Do you mean, General,- to
have our understanding comprehend dat
you froze boff of dem feet in one win -
tir?" " Boff," replied the General, cut-
ting off a i piece of tobacco about the
sira oi : a uj uotiuuui ier anoiner
reurn ox silence me uenerai demanded,
in I "I)q you doubt that statement, sah?"
a "Oioj" replied Mozart, "I was only
thinking what a long, hard winter
must have been."
SODOX AXS GOMORRAH.
Tiwy Beadaaijrwal 7 M MrtaarH SSkawa.
... il.-,Ti.,l..1 -
Mr. Froctor writes from nion: "The
Idea that Sodom and Gomorrah may
have been destroyed by meteoric down
fall is not altogether a new one. I ad
vanced it, but not very seriously, sev
eral years ago in this English Mechanic,
and it was taken np quite seriously by
an ingenious, though rather fiery, cor
respondent of the journal, Mr. jEL I
fiarbett, the well-known architect.-. He
took up the theory precisely in the form
in which I had, half jestingly, sug
gested it that the meteor system which
produced the destruction of the cities of
the plain was the so-called November
system, which at that remote date would
have been a September system. It can
be shown that Temvel's comet, in whose
trsck the November meteors ttravd,
must have passed very near1 indeed to
the earth, ac about the time which
tradition assigns to the destruction of
Sodom and Gomorrah. ' Moreover, there
can be little doubt that the comet's
meteor-train was then far more compact
than it is at present. Again, it is cer
tain that among the meteors of the
November system re many which far
exceed in size those peen during the dis
play of Nov. 13-14, 1866 ; for. durinir the
disp'ay of Nov., 13 14, 1833, some of the
falling stare were bright eneugh to cause
distinct shadows to be thrown. Sup
posing the meteors, forming the comet
itself, or very near to the comet, to be
larger yet, they would probably be able
to break their way- through the air as
the larger meteorites do. and if strewn
with proportionate density, so as to fall
in the form of a compact stream, they
would descend as a very destructive
shower upon whatever part of the
earth's surface happened to be most
fully exposed to them. Now it happens,
strangely enough, that at. the time men
tioned in the verse you quote' The sun
was risen upon the earth when Lot en
tered into Zoar; then the Lord rained
upon Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone
and fire from the Lord out of heaven'
the dfestroyed cities lay almost centrally
on that disk of the earth which was
turned toward -the 'radiant' of the
November meteors. If ever a special
and not very large district of the earth
could be so rained upon by meteors
that towns in it could be destroyed, the
catastrophe would unquestionably be at
tended by just sttch circumstances as
these that is, the region would be as
fully as possible exposed to the hail of
meteors, and this hail would be as heavy
aa possiDle, which would require that
either the comet itself or a part of its
meteor-train very close to the comet
should be the source of the meteoric hail.
In the case supposed, the velocity you
have mentioned would be f ai ''exceeded ;
for not only does the earth herself speed
along around the sun at the fate of 1,100
miles per minute, or more than eighteen
miles per second, but the November
meteors travel with a greater velocity
about twenty-fou miles per second
meeting her almost full tilt, so that we
1 have for the velocity, with
meteors rush Tfflreiugffthrel
th which the
airioffiefitagT
like forty miles per second. Add to this
that when the meteors of November
13-14, 1866, were; examined with the
BoectroscoDe. the element which was
found to be most lartrely present was
sodium, the chief -component of our com
mon salt, whence may be derived a
' naturalized' explanation of the fate of
Lot's wife. Those who take an interest
in this theory of the destruction of
Sodom and Gomorrah might possibly
manage to find some evidence of heavy
meteoric downfall in that part of the
earth. The seareh would be as likely
to be rewarded with success as that
which my esteemed friend, the Abbe
Moigno, has suggested should be made
for the chariots, etc., of the destroyed
army of rharoah. '
Bob lngersoll as a Jury Lawyer.
On one occasion, years ago, he was
engaged in Illinois as counsel for a
farmer who had quarreled with a
neighbor and shot him dead. The evi
dence was plain and iirect on that
point, though there was nothing to
show that the prisoner had not believed
that he was acting in self-defense.
When lngersoll was addressing the jury,
he drew a pathetic picture of the pris
oner's wife and children he had de
clined to allow them to be present at the
trial, as a less sagacious advocate might
have done wsiting in eager expectation
for his Teturn, confident that he would
be acquitted of a crime which he would
not and could not have committed
except to save his own life, so dear to
his family, so necessary to their protec
tion and support. 1 see the wife now,
continued the shrewd barrister, "stand
ing at the door of her home, the sunlight
on her hair straining her eyes after the
figure of the man dearer than all the
world to her. 1 see his little boys
swinging os the gate with smiles about
their lips, gazing down the road, watch
ing for their beloved, innocent father,
and sure that he is coming. They are
all ready, the dear little fellows, to
jumpdown, run.after him, leap into his
arms, and kiss away nis saaness me
shadow of his unfortunate deed while
they cry; ' Dear, dear father, we knew
you would come!' And, gentlemen of
the jury, you who. are yourselves hus
bands and fathers, wont vou let him go
homel" ; The members ol the jury were
listening wit! wet eyes, and leaning to
ward the eloquent advocate. The fore
man a big, brawny, simple-hearted
farmer, the tears on his sun-burned
cheeks was so carried away that, think
ing the question addressed personally te
him and demanding answer, exclaimed
in a choking voice. "Yes, Bob, we'll iet
him go home?" lngersoll had not half
completed his argument, but he knew
that that wa the supreme moment, and
sat down. Th4 prosecuting attorney
made a long speech in reply, but it was,
of course, entirely vain. The jury,
after being out five minutes, returned a
unanimous verdict for acquittal.
;
London Soot
Soot is valuable enough to be adult
erated. Chimney-sweeps say that the
value of a bushel of soot and the cost of
the quartern loaf always tally. Jnst
now this happens to be the case, bnt I
am not sure about the " always." Ow
ing to the amount of sulphate of am
monia it contains, soot nsed to be ex
ported in considerable quantities to the
West India sugar plantations, and it is
still a valued manure at home. Sheep
and cattle feed creedily on pasture the
1 soot has fertilized, and it im parte
: markedly bright green to grass and
grain. From it, moreover, bistre is
; manufactured, and coloring matter for
roper-hangings. Like pyroligneous
acid, it has beeh used for the curing of
rasas, ana wzin a mthi mr ezicct we ua?
cartint? fi-'.-tire Preserved nrovison a
- usteas if it had been smoked. The
i -est soot is said to be that swept from
it i.it.heu chiuiheys, . well impregnated
, Wlta hospitable fumes. Good Words.
A Strange Ressaawe.
That "truth is stranger than fiction?
is one more aptly exemplified by the
following curious narrative, which
reaches the Nation from its
pondent ai Lnoca : 'Some yean ago
native of CastmairsioTe emigrated
America, leaving behind bim hie wifj
na two children. Shortly after bis s
nvai in tne States, where he prom
found lucrative employment, he i
100 lire to the priest of his native plac
to be by him conveyed to his family. ,
few months later this remittance was ft
lowed by a second of lXX) lire; and t
subsequent periods othiar sums were fc -warded
in the same manner, to the tot
amount of 25,000 tire, or 1,000. Tl
priest, however, ia whom this mom
was transmitted put it in hie on
pocket. One day. having eome to I
concluaiQa thai he had derived i
eient profit from his gency, be s
for the woman and informed her, with
many consolatory reflections, that her
husband was dead. About the same
time he wrote to the emigrant, stating
that the hitter's wife and children had
succumbed to an epidemio which
had all but depopulated Oata
maggiore, and inclosed in his
letter an: official certificate of their
death and burial. It appears that, after
a whole, the emigrant,
iving himself
to be a widower, marrii
again. He
prospered in business,
e a wealthy
man, and a few months ago determined
to visit the place of his birth. In due
time he arrived with his I second wife
and family at Casamaggiore, where he
took up his quarters at the principal
inn. Strolling out to look np some of
his old acquaintances, a little beggar
boy followed him, importuning him for
alms. Something in the child's appear
ance arrested his attention. He asked
the boy his name, and found him to be
his own son. Further inquiry soon
elicited the fact that his wife and two
children were living, but in the utmost
poverty and distress. The reverend
embezzler, when confronted with his
viotims, offered to refund the 25,000
lire ; bnt the affair had come to the
knowledge of the police authorities,
who refused to permit any compromise,
and arrested the holy man, against
whom proceedings have been taken by
the state. Meanwhile, his unfortunate
ex-parishioner finds himself saddled
with two wives and families, between
whose claims upon his affection and
support there is, equitably speaking,
nothing to choose either way. London
Telearavh.
Immmslty of the Stan.
It u known that the stars are true
suns, thai some of them are larger than
our own sun, and that around these
enormous centers of heat and light re
volve planets on which life certainly ex
ists. Our sun is distant from us 38,
000,000 leagues, but these stars are dis
tant at least 500,000 times as far a dis
tance that, in fact, is incommensurable
and unimaginable for us. Viewed with
the unaided eye, the stars and the
,ve the same diameter. But, viewed I
through the telescope, while the planets
are seen to possess clearly appreciable
diameters, the stars are still only mere
luminous points. The most powerful
of existing telescopes, that of Mel
bourne, which magnifies 8,000 times,
gives us an image of one of our planets
possessing an apparent diameter of sev
eral degrees. Jupiter, for instance,
which, seen with the naked eye, ap
pears as a star, of the first magnitude,
with a diameter of forty-five degrees at
the most, will in the telescope have its
diameter multiplied 8,000 ttnt.es, and
will be seen as if it occupied in thefeeav
ens an angle of 100 degrees. Mean
while, a star alongside of Jupiter, and
which to the eye is as bright as that plan
et, will still be a simple dimensionless
point. Nevertheless, that star is .thou
sands of times more voluminous then
the planet. Divide the distance be
tween us and that planet by 8,000, and
you have for result a distance relatively
very small; but divide by 8,000 the
enormous number of leagues which
represents the distance of a star, and
there remain a number of leagues too
great to permit of the stars being seen
by us in a perceptible form. In con
sidering Jupiter, or any of the planets,
we are filled with wonder at the thought
that this little luminous point might
hide not only all the visible stars, but a
number 5,000 fold greater for of stars
visible to our eyes there are only about
5,000. All the stars of these many con
stellations, as the Great Bear, Cassi
opeia, Orion, Andromeda, all the stars
of the zodiac, even all the stars which
are visible only from the earth's south
ern hemisphere, might be set in one
Clane, side by side, with no one over
ipping another, even Without . the
slightest contact between star and star,
and yet they would occupy so small a
space that, were it to be multiplied 5,000
fold, that space would be entirely, cov
ered by the disk of Jupiter, albeit .that
disk to us seems to be an inappreciable
point Prof. J. VinoU
The Cause or rThoopmg Cenglu
In 1871, Dr. Lndwig Letzeriek began
nucroscopio investigation as to tne
cause of the disease. He showed for
the first time that the phlegm coughed
up in the early stages of the disease
contained eliptioal-ahaped brownish
red fungus spores. This discovery
gave a clew to its true nature,
and to a new channel of treat
ment These spores are lodged by
inflection under the tongue, where
lhey remain until they germinate and
spread along the sides of the tongue
and backward until they reach the
larynx and pharynx. When the growth
has extended thus far, the full whoop
is established. Small elevations or
lumps can be seen under the tongue
before the patient begins whooping.
The time required for the germination
nf th imrM in from nine to fifteen
Ul W Uvv
r1TL varvincr in different persons. Vt,
T.AivAripk nroved his theory by intra-
Jnninff nvm into the trachia of young
rabbits, in which he produced all the
symptoms of the disease. As quinine
readily kills all fungus plant, it u
found to be an efficient remedy, the
speaker said. In administering this
the immediate result is good, the
n.t;mr. nitnallv not whooping more
th.n nnee a dav. The best way to ad
minister it is to phwe a powdsr upon
the tongue and let it gradually dissolve,
bnt, as children object to the bitter
taste.it can be given in other vays, but
so as to be dissolved in the
moath. m
Tub foundation of every house should
be truth, the timbers virtue, the clan
boards faith and the roof charity, wifcile
th sewers should be so constructed
that the devil cannot crawl in the back
way.
' SLR BOYLE ROCHE. j
Th- Cri.kt.tod trtsk BwOl Pavpanatar-A. J
The most notorious bull perpetrator
wa Sir Boyle Boohe, who was elected
member for Tralee in 1775. He had a
regular blundering reputation. He was
known upon one occasion, after a with
ering exposure or patriotie denuncia
taon of Government, to say, with solemn
gjamty : , "Mr. Speaker, it is the dnty
of every true lover of his eountry to
give his la guinea to save the re
mainder of his fortunes! Or, if the
subject of debate was some national
JnitT, he would deliver himself
tnns: "Sir, single misfortunea never
eome alone, and the greatest of all na
tional calamities is generally followed
vj one muon greater.'
eir poyie lloche beloncred to the
moyfhe was created a Baronet in 1782,
and was named to tne eldest daughter of
Hit James Ualdwell, bnt had no heir.
He used to account for his lack of prog
eny by tiying "that it was hereditary
in our family to have no children."
Anotberof his blunders was made when
speaking of the fish-hawkers. "They
go aowi to xungsena, ne oDservea,
"buy thi herrings for half nothing, and
sell then! for twice as muoh." A letter
supposet to have been written by Sir
.Boyle Kcne during the Irish rebellion
of 1798 jgives an amusing collection of
his varpus blunders. Perhaps he
never pt so many on paper at a time,
but his peculiar turn for " bulls" is here
shown t one view.
The letter was first printed in the
Kerry flagatine, now out of print :
Dcm Bra: Having now a littl peao and
qaiet,Iat down to inform you of tha (rattle
tai eonfoaion we are in from the blood-thirsty
rebel, many of whom are now, thank God,
tilled aad dispersed. We are in a pretty mesa;
can get aothiig to eat, and no wine to drink
eioept whiakr. When we ait down to dinner
we are obliged to keen both hands armed.
While I wria this I bare my sword in one hand
and my pistol in the other. I concluded from
(he beginniag that this wonld be the end; and
lam right, for it knot half over yet At pres
ent there are inch goings-on that everything is
u a ttandaOL I ahoald have answered yonr
latter a fartnight ago, bnt I only received it
uui mornug; indeed, hardly a mau arrives
safe withaat being robbed.
No lonver wo than yesterday the mail
coach was robbed near this town ; thebagshad
keen veqr Indieionsly left behind for fear of
acoidenta. and. by great rood lack, there was
ao bod j In the eoacb, exoept two outride pas
senger who had nothing for the thieve to
take, bait Thursday an alarm was given that
l gangof rebels in fall retreat from Drogheda
were advancing under the French ateudard;
ant ttuy had no colore nor any drama except
bagpipe. Immediately every man in the
place, Including women end ehildren, ran out
to mot them. We soon found oar fore a
great leal too little, and were far too near to
think K reftreatuiK. Death waa in every face:
and tdit we went By the time half our party
iea we Degan to oe an anre.
lately, tha rebels had no guns, exoept
cutlasae and pike, and we had plenty
.ate and ammunition. We pat them all
aworrk not a aoul of them escaped, ex-
e that were drowned in an adloimn
fact, in a short time nothing wa hear
lenos. Their uniforms were all different
ifly arreen. After the action waa over we
went to rummage their camp. All we found
wai a few Dike, without head, a parcel of
enrbhr sottlaa filled with water and a bundle oXJ
T&iTTmi&Mnmkm;ima vpimh Main
name. Troop are now atauonea ronna,
which exactly cqsare with my idea of e-
ennty. amen, i nave oniy tune to aoa in&t
I am yonr in haste. B. R
P. 8. If yon do not reoeive this, of courne
it most have miscarried; therefore, I beg of
yon write and let me Know.
turns.
Corns consist of lavers of thicke
epidermis the transparent coating limi
protects the sentitive true smn beneath
This epidermis is in constant process of
formation from the true skin, and is as
constantly being thrown off in minute
particles.
It as destitute of feeling as the nails.
indeed the nails as also the scales on
the lesrs of fowls and on the bodies of
fishes are only modified epidermis.
Corns are. amoni; the "excresences
of civilization. A higher civilization
however, which shall conform the Bhoe
to the foot, instead of the foot to the
shoe, will know of them only as we
know of the crushed feet of Chinese
women.
A thickening of the epidermis having
been caused at the points of special
pressure, this inflames still further the
skin beneath, giving rise to successive
lavers of thickened epidermis, which
cannot be thrown off like ordinary scarf
skin. Between the vital force beneath, and
the pressure of the shoe above, the cen
tral portion comes to have the hardness
of n.-til. If a splinter is left in the fin
ger, the flesh above and around it will
die, and new skin be formed below,
Inch will in time lift the splinter out.
But in the case of corns, nature's efforts
are twarthed by the persistent pressure
from above, which constantly enlarges
the corn from below.
Tbe first step toward relief is to se
cure a shoe anoOmiicalhj correct in. cm
itruclion. Meanwhile remove the pres
sure from the corn iu whatever way
may be possible.
A pointed knite run down carelully
between the layers will easily take out
for the time the central core, some
times it can be picked out with the nail.
after soaking the feet three successive
nights in warm water. Ine soaking
swells the core and, like posts lifted by
the frost, it seldoms returns fully to its
place. But as the cores always fil
up
the
again, the only permanent remedy i
removal of the cause.
Preserving the Dead.
A German process for preserving
dead bodies is thus described : 1The
dead bodies of human beings and ani
mals bv this process fully retain their
form, color and flexibility. Even titer
a period of years such dead bodies may
be dissected for the purposes of science
and criminal jurisprudence.'- Decay
and the offensive smell of decay are
completely prevented. Upon incision
the muscular flesh shows the samp ap
pearance as in the case of a fresh dead
body. Preparations made of the sev
eral parts, such as natural skeletons,
lungs, entrails, etc., retain their softness
and pliability. The liquid used is pre
pared as follows : In 3,000 grammes of
boiling water are dissolved 100 grammes';
of alum, 25 grammes of cooking salt,
12 grammes saltpeter, 60 grammes pot
ash, and 10 grammes arsenic acid. The
solution is then allowed to cool and
filter: to 10 liters of this neutraL color
lees liquid, 4 liters glycerine, and 1 liter
methvlio alcohol are to be added. The
process of preserving or embalming
dead bodies by means of this liquid
oonaista. aa a role, in saturaUnfr and
impretmating the bodies with it. From
H to 5 liters of the liquid are used for
a body, according to its sue.
"Pa." said a little boy, "ahorse is
worth a crest deal more, isn't it, after
it's broker "Yes, my ton. Why do
you ask such a question V " Because I
broke the new rocking-horse you gave
me this morning.
ware till
Foihu
pistol,
of mtu
to thi
cept jot
bog. an
but
-
Pay er French Legislators.
Ik may not be nninteroetins to onr
readers to give a gkance at the different
deliberative Assemblies which have suo
oeeded each other in this country sinoe
iio9. in mat year the number of
representatives was 774 nine per de
partment and three extra. Each mem
ber received 18 francs a day, and thus
the Assembly oost 13,832 francs daily,
or 831,968 francs a month for twenty
four sittings. The whole session of
nine months, therefore, required 2.987.-
622 francs. In addition. 61300 francs
was allowed for the Bureau, making a
total of 3,038,922 francs. The members
of the Corps Legislatif, which came
after the Representatives of the People,
had 10,000 francs each per session, with
the obligation of having a carriage for
two legislators. Under the Restoration
the Deputies received no new. Tho
Frtsiaent alone reeeiv ea iuu,uuu names
to meet the expense of receptions.,
Under Louis Philippe the members
did not have any salary, but the Pres
ident received 120,000 francs. In 1818
the Deputies of the Second Bepublio,
who were 900 in number, received 23
francs a day, or 540,000 francs
per month. The session lasted
nine months and cost 4,905,000
francs, including the President and the
Questors. Under the empire, that is to
sav from 1852 to 1870, there were 283
TV? x m i a . . ti ,r
.uepuues, xney received at nrst 2,uuu
francs a month during time of the ses
sions. Afterward they had a fixed sal
ary of 12,500 francs. The President of
the Legislative Corps had a fixed allow
ance of 100,000 francs, and 30,000 francs
for costs of receptions. The sessions
of the second empire absorbed . 3,530,
000 franca. In 1871, the Assembly at
Bordeaux was composed of 750 mem
bers, who were paid 750 francs a month,
or 9,000 Iran os a year. They had their
salaries even during the months when
they did not sit. The allowance of the
President was reduced at this period to
70,000 francs, and the Questors to 15,
000 francs. Sinoe 1876 the Chamber
is composed of 548 members, inoluding
the representatives of the French colo
nies. Each member has a fixed allow
ance of 750 francs a month. The Pres
ident's salary is 70,000 francs, and that
of the Questors 15,000 francs. Inde
pendently oi tneir salaries, inese tnree
functionaries have numerous privileges,
snob as lodging, firing, lighting, attend
ance, etc. Oalignani'i Messenger
(Parity.
An Arkansas jCy clone.
This is the way in which one was de
scribed by a man who was in it :
I was about 200 yards from my
house when I saw it coming. It was in
the prairie when I saw it, and looked
like black smoke from a large furnace.
Its shape was like a funnel, inside it
was rod as fire, and around this was the
black foggy mist. In looking at it I
saw large and small timber carried
along with it. My attention was at
tracted bv the roaring, and. as it was
coming in the directien qf my house, I
ran to it for the purpose of protecting
my family. I put my three little
children in a side-room among some
corn, and, with Sylvester Bull, was
holding the door, and all at onoe the
whole building was ornshed to the very
ground by large trees being blown
against it. It blew me about sixty feet,
and when I became conscious I found
myself among a lot of timber and logs,
and Sylvester was lying by my side
dead; his head nnd whole body were
crushed. As I waa on my way to the
house I looked again at the cyclone
when it was about 100 yards away, and
saw it lift and carry away a lot of hogs
and a cow. The children when found
were not more than thirty feet from
where I had placed them, but none
hurt. My wife was considerably
bruised, being blown about sixty yards,
among a lot of lumber.
My sister-in-law was carried about
fifty feet and thrown to the ground,
her arms and shoulders badly bruised.
"My blacksmith-shop was also blown
flat to the ground, my'bellows entirely
destroyed, all my planes, angers, saws,
and chisels were carried off and have
not vet been found, with the exoeptiou
of one saw found one mile from the
shop and broken in two piecee. My
riigoa was torn up badly, tho front
winds being about sixty varus irom
where the wagon stood, lodged against
stump; tho hind wheels were both
i.tnished up; the wagon bed has not yet
been found excepting a few splinters.
All my bedding and wearing apparel
was carried off and entirely destroyed
I lost all mv provisions.
Immediately in the rear oi tue wma
eime a flood of water, just like a water
spout, appearing to pour as if Irom i
funnel.
A liojal fabric.
Whet wastrifiginully nn Asiatic j'r
Million, i-itro'liiced iuto ltunio t I'm
rune of tlio Einnerors. It seems li.-it
the Hiieient Greeks were not acipiiiiutf -
ith it. In the middle aires noaie man
ulaetorTs ol velvet were esianuMien at
Constantinople, and in some other
towns of the Eastern empire. At a
later time the fabrication of velvets
prospered at Venice, at Genoa, and at
other tow'ns in Itaiy, In-fore they were
known iii 1 rauce. Two Genoese lin-
l.rt:-.l this branch of industry int
I. vi ii. s, where they established a maii.i-
'. - nrv under the auspices of Francis
I., in l.'i.ii'i. Velvet, by the richness oi
i'.- texture, at once took the priority on
the continent of all tissues. It liecanie
the rhief material of the costumes of
the middle classes, the ornament of
ceremonials, aud was employed to set
off SU-.l'iouUS nr-rtn-"iite
Wnis Miss Nei'sun was playing
'Viola" in Tvdfth Nijht, at a Kan
Frr.rxieo theater, during heHast tour
the " Sehartia," the twin brother, was a
vr-nr-g actor who, by the most artistic
kill in "making up,' so disguised hi
features that it was almost impossible to
tell " t'nther from which." The orches
tra leader was a particular friend of the
vour.g actor, and alter the first act hur
ried behind the scenes to congratulate
him. Seeing a trim figure clad in the
handsome Greek cr-stume, leaning
agamrt a wing, he rushed up to it, and,
giving its leg a terrific slap and squeeze,
he?h' uted: " Xick, old boy, by the
Iyird. you're hit it." But what was the
fellow's horror and dismay when two
lustrous orbs were turned on himr and
Neil-on sternly said: "What is the
meaning of this impertinence, sir?"
Tee p -or musician left the the theater
tba! night and didn't show up for twe
weeks.
LADtra who have difficulty in making
their hair remain crimped may find the
following of use : Let five cents' worth
of gum "arabic be dissolved in s very
little hot water and left to stand over
night in enough alcohol to make it thin ;
then bottle. The hair should be wet
with the mix tors before being crimped.
TEE HOSE DOCTOR.
Fivkb am) Aqdb. There are some
situations where fever and ague prevails
every season, and this is the esse in the
vicinity of oreeks and swamps. An ac
quaintance of ours, who has resided for
several years on one of these creeks,
never has had a single ease of fever and
ague in his family, while all his neigh
bors have been more or less affected
with it every season. He attributes his
immunity from this troublesome dis
ease to the use of a good fire in his
house every chilly and damp night in
summer and fall When the Indians
travel at night or early in the morning
in swampy regions they cover their
nose and mouth with some part of theii
garments to waTTrT.the air which they
inhale, and this they say prevents chills
gen are well known, and every one has
felt the invigorating influence of iresn
air, yet no' practical application has
been made of these beneficial proper
ties of a substance so cheap and uni
versal. When the body is weak, the
brain fatigued, and the whole system in
estate of lassitude, just go into the
open air, take a few vigorous inspira
tions and expirations, and the effect
will be instantly perceived. The indi
vidual trying the experiment will feel
invigorated and stimulated, the blood
will course with freshness, the lungs
will work with increased activity, the
whole frame will feel revivified, and
nature's stimulant will be f onnd the best
Soda fob Bouse. All kinds of burns,
including scalds and sunburns, are al
most immediately relieved by the appli
cation of a solution of soda to the burn
surface. It must be remembered that
dry soda will not do unless it is sur
rounded with a cloth moist enough to
dissolve it. This method of sprinkling
it on and covering it with a wet cloth is
often tne very best Bnt it is sufficient
to wash the wound repeatedly witn a
strong solution. It would be well to
keep a bottle of it always on hand, made
so strong that more or less settles on
the bottom. This is what is called a
saturated solution, and really such a so
lution as this is formed when the dry
soda is sprinkled on and covered with a
moistened oloth. Dr. Waters thinks
the pain of a burn is caused by the
hardening of the albumen of the flesh
which presses on the nerves, and that
the soda dissolves the albumen and
thus relieves the pressure. Others
think that the burn generates an acrid
acid, which the soda neutralizes.
Leabn about thi Pdxsk. Every
intelligent person should know how
to ascertain the state of the pulse
in health; then, by comparing it with
what it is when he is ailing, he may
have some idea of the urgency of his
case. Parents should know the health
pulse of each child as now and then
a person is born with a peculiarly slow
or fast pulse, and the very case in hand
tneyfee ef tfostyswritoity. - An infant's
pulse is 140; a ohild of 7, about 80; and
from 20 to 60 years is 70 beats a min
ute, declining to 60 at four-score. A
healthful srown person's pnlse beats 70
times a minute; there may be good
health down to 60 ; but if the pulse al
ways exceeds 70 there is a disease; the
macnine is worXing itself, out, mere is
a fever or inflammation somewhere, and
the body is feeding on itself; as in con
sumption, when the pulse is quick, that
is over 70, gradually increasing, with
decreased chances of cure, until it
reaches 110 to 120, when death comes
before many days. When the pulse is
over 70 for months, and there is a sngnt
cough, the lnngs are affected. There
are, however, peculiar constitutions, in
which the pulse may be over 70 in
IumUV
The Late Editor of the London Time.
John T. Delane, was for thirty-six years
the chief editor of tbe London Timed,
which he found a great newspaper, and
made the greatest journal in tnglana.
Up to his day, the Times had been great
in its new?. Some of its "beats" during
the Napoleonio contests have never been
surpassed, and its fearless publication
of facts touching high personages led
to one or two of the greatest libel suits
in the history of English journalism.
Mr. Delane, the nephew of the previous
financial manager oPthe paper, became
in 1841 Its chief editor at 21 years of
age, and he made the paper great in
two new particulars, witn extraorainary
success for twenty years and more ; it
renectea tne sentiment oi mr uubiuiu
ruling class, and it was served by a body
of men altogether superior in ability
and character to any previously em
ployed on English papers. Delane
showed signal ability in choosing his
agents, and an almost cynical contempt
in the management oi tne paper lor
consistency. The paper first went hope
lessly wrong nnder him in its treatmeut
of the United States from 1861 on, and
he had a rough tumble in a newspaper
war with Richard Cobden only a few
years later which sadly damaged Delane
in popular estimation. The anonymous
secrecy of ' English journalism always
left in the dark Delane' real work in
making ths Times what it was, bnt
he has generally had the credit of being
the crreat master mind of the enterprise.
rThst' Oreeley snd Carey Thought ef
Each Other.
Horace Greeley and Henry O. Carey
were our great writers on political
economy in their day, and were both
ardent champions of protection. Their
views of each other as political econo
mists is a painful illustration of the
infirmities of greatness. Greeley wrote
of Carey : "He is a man of marked
ability and learning. In many respects
he has hardly an intellectual superior
in the country ; but when he touches
political economy he stultifies himself,
showing considerable ineenuity, bnt
not a particle of common sense."
Carey's opinion of Greeley was summed
up as follows : "Greeley is an excellent
leader writer; he understands public
sentiment as well as sny man I know;
but he makes fearful mistakes the mo
ment he approaches political economy.
I admire him as a journalist, but as s
political economist ne is beneath con
tempt Indeed, it is not too strong to
say that on the subject of political
economy he is simply an idiot, sad
always will be" Philadelphia Times.
MiOtMAiEE; wsx his been used
with success In Glasgow to illustrate
to the students of natural pnilosopby,
in a t&bdet, the flow of glacier. It is
wonderful bow cloaely tbe flow ol this
wax resembles that of ice. Sir W.
Thomson has also employed this sort of
wax to show the motion of lighter
Lxidiea, like cork, and heavier bodies
like bullets, through a vicous substance.
PASSEIG SXILES.
A trek ma'
7
be downcast, - and not
may be blown down, for
chop-fallen
instance.
CoseRBSPMAN OaVbtow -otltah, b
the husband of all wlm, ' and ths
father of twenty-seven small boys, each
cue of whom It a sob of a gas.
"There's a pair of home-nadfrsnt
penders," said the Governor of Texas,
pointing to a couple of newly elected
Sheriff.
o thief ever experienced so mncb
remorse of eonscienee, as he who steals
a curl from a pretty woman's head
and afterward learn that it is false
bair. . -
Tuna wa yeit alrl ef 0kM
- rJr'S a aaoath a bow Una linaiat
- WbelaarnaMtkerbaad
On hi N h aatd :
ain't f- ' 4adi fay aB&l"
vowxr$srt)
I - I 1 m..1. 1.U I. a.MrV .
UU UUV lU JinjUCUM MUU w UVUJVI.
" Her ballot is old fashioned and
doesn't look fit to i seen." This will
nut do. v
Thr Czar of Russia receives 18,250,-
000 per year, or (25,000 per day the
Bultau of Turkey f 6,000,000 per year,
or $18,000 per day ; Emperor France
Joseph of Austria, 4.0u0,000, or fl0
POO per day ; King William of Prussia,
fi 000 000 per year, and the King of
Italy, $2,200,000 per year.
Country , Practitioner (surprised at
the visit of a notorious quack and
pill-vender)" Well, what brings you
here?" Quack (evidently suffering from
disturbed peristaltic action)" Well,sir.
the fact is 1 feel rather queer, an ,l
Country practitioner "Then why don't
you take one ef your 'pearls of
health?' " Quack " That's just it, sir I
1 think I've swallowed one by mis
take." The velocity of a falling body may be
16 feet ti e first second, 48 the next, and
thence vary inversely . as the square of
the distance by twice the product of the
first by the second and so en by pro
gression ad infinitum but calculations
of velocity momentum and projectile
force are utterly lost on a man when he
hiu tho wrong end of a stick of kindling
wood, and it flops up and knocks ths
skin off his nose in four places.
A Tennessee pie-eater has reformed,
and will henceforth eat pies no more.
He was employed by a bakery first, and
they, missing various pies, baked some
with croton oil. The dishonest pie:
eater rot sick, and, thinking he was
booked for the region whence no bone
of any traveler returns, confessed steal
ing the pieSfSnd learned what had bf)
put in them. He was so mad that he
got well and had his employers arrested
for attempting to poison him.
A Young man from the -country
passing McLeod's tobacco store in St.
John, saw a five cent piece on the side
walk and immediately put his foot on it
until he could pick it up undiscovered,
and you can bet that rustle youth ex
hausted his vocabulary of euss word
when he found it wis only a tin tobacco
chase phantom shadows and think them
real.
"Mr dear," she said, as they sat at
breakfast," who is HiloPedror When
he asked an explanation, and she told
him that he had talked in bis sleep so
much about him,' he tried to swallow
some imaginary object In his throat and
murmured something about reading
Brazilian history, and being deeply in-
terested in the Emperor, whose name ii
Ililo l'edro, and, bless her soul, the be
lieved. Three is a remarkable well In the
town of Thurman, situated along what
-is known as the "River Road?' The
well 18 about 3 feet in diameter at the
top, and its depth has never been ascer
tained. It has been sounded 555 feet
without reaching the bottom. The
water, is clear and cold, and the well is
always full. It was first discovered
al out ninety years ago, and its sides
were then walled up with stones, as
"they amear at the present tune.
Glenn' t Folk RctruSHcan.
When the crescent of the young
moon rests supinely, its horns in air,
it is a sign of dry weather, because in
this position it hold all the water, thus
preventing its fall to the earth. This is
also a sign of wet weather, the explana
tion in this case being that a waterful
moon is emblematic of a water soaked
earth. Don't forget this sign of 1!ih
new moon. It is rarely you will find
one so impartially accomodating.
A cr.RTAiN young man brought his
affianced down from the country to see
the sights. One day, while they were
passing a confectioner's, tbe twain ,
noticed in the window a placard bearing
the announcement, " Ice-cream one
dollar per eal." "Well," said th
youni; man, as he walked into the saloon,
" that's a pretty steep price to charge .
for one gal, but, Maria, 1 11 see you
tl: rough, no matter what it cost.
Here' a dollar, waiter; ice-cream for
this gal."
I Mi. Joiinsos com mends Frederick the
Great for being able to tell where a
particular bottle of wine was placed tn
the cellar. The same minute attention,
combined with vastness of design, was
observed in Henry IV. "He was so
extremely exact' say Sully, "as to
m ike me gire him an account once a
week of the money received and the
use i; had been put to. He does not
omit to remark that, in casting seme
Cinrion, they wanted to rob him of a
piece." The only thing he neglected
was his own personal comfort andequip
ment. Once, calling suddenly on his
valet de chambre for an sec runt of bis
wardrobe, he was told that he had only
eight shirt three of which were the
worse for wear, and five pocket hand
kerchiefs. In a letter already quoted
he describes himself as frequently not
knowing where u look for a dinner.
Lowlen Quarterly Jtemev
Tbe Hottest Spew ea Ltkik.
One of the hotteet regions on the
earth is along the Persian gulf, where'
little or no rain falls. At Bshria the
arid shore has no fresh waW, yet a
comparatively numerous population
contrive to live there, thanks to tho
copious springs whirh bruak forth from
the lwttom of the sea. The fresh wer
is got bv diving. The diver, sitting in
bis boat, winds a great goetakin bat;
around his arm, the hand grasping ita
month ; then takes in his nght hand a
heavy stone, to which is attached a
strong line, and, thus equipped." b
plunges in and quickly reaetiesJne bot
tom. Instantly opening tte bag: irter
ie ilrpug ytl of fresh water, be .pr&sgs
up "the ascending!' carMJjVt the eaato
time clc&iifg' fe ba& jnit helped
aboard. The stone if tbes nauled up,
and the diver, after v taking breath,
plutges again. The source of the co
pious submarine springs is thought to
be in the green hills of Osman, sdms
600 01 COO miles distant.