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VOL. V.
PITTSB01lO CHATHAM CO., N. C MARCH 15, 1883.
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NO. 27.
BONO OF TIM
How worn a theme is that of Hm
Then why do I begin to rhyme
Cpou it bow T
BeeaoM to-night the air is filled
With voioea that will not be tUUed
They will not eeasr.
And always sing the same refrain
Of Time that ne'er will oome again,
Of Time that flies.
Of all that Time sweeps in its flight
The voioea ting to me to-night,
Time cores all oare.
That is what I would fain believe,
My heart therewith I do deceive,
With faith in Time.
Oh, voices singing, bo yon mote,
Yon tonch a chord on my heart's late
Bat seldom played;
Tet filling ail the air around
With a sweet melancholy sound.
A song of Time !
Of Time that was, of days so fair
When all was young, ntyl love wns thf re
Long days a got
Be still 1 be still ! that sad refrain !
I dare not listen once again
To that same song '
lliybe I hold tho.ie dnys too hih,
And yield them far too oft a sih,
Those days long since I
Yet as they were the fairest yet
Of all my days, then why forget
That happy time ?
Though if it still should be my faith
To live yet happier days, the date
Of that tweet time.
I'll bury, then, within the grave
Which holds all things forgotten, saw
The present time.
Nor heed a voice which whispers low,
"The sweetest song is that yon know
Of long ago."
6o with the voloes In the air
I mingled mine, and, lo, was there
A song of Time.
HUMBLED BY ADVERSITY.
"After all," Celandine Bellairs said,
as she leaned back in her chair, her
flippcred feet half-buried in the silky
pile of a white Angora rug, her dim
pled hands clasped carelessly upon her
head, " it was only a joke 1"
Miss Bellairs was a beauty one of
thoso radiant blondes with complex
ions of snow and rose-bloom, liquid,
hazel eyes and hair of shining brown,
nil Interwoven with gold, whom Titian
and Peter Paul Ruben j would have de
lighted to paint.
And being, withal, of an artistic
temperament, she robed herself in palc
bluo tissues, creatn-whito nun's veil
ing and foiris of Spanish blonde, witli
here a doep-colored ribhon, tlirro a
spray of blood-red roses a jierfect
carnival of color, on wltich the eye
rested with unconscious delight.
Mrs. IlatQeld sat opposite, the pale,
plain married Bister who had all her
life served as a sort of foil to brilliant
Celandine. Mrs. Hatfield was a w idow,
and therefore sho dressed in black ;
she was poor, and therefore the crapes
were rusty and the bombazine. fdinl4y
to behold. Celandine, the child of hrr
mother's second marriage, was ono of
life's butterflies ; sho herself, poor soul,
was passively content to be a chrysa
lis, and nothing more.
"A joke V" said Mrs. Hatfield, re
proachfully. "Celandine, I think you
Ki-ow wilder and more irresponsible
everyday! What do you snpposo he
is doing now ?"
Probably congratulating himself
upon his escape," said Celandine, with
a laugh ; "for it is an escape, if only
be knew it."
" Hut he loved you, Celandine."
The beauty shrugged her shoulders.
"Men don't die of love in this nine
teenth century," said she. "And Pin
sure he never could have supposed
that I was going marching around the
world after a half-starved army regi.
mcnt, living upon a lieutenant's pay!"
" Then you shouldn't have allowed
him to become engaged to you."
" I knew I could always get rid of
him when I plea id," said the hazel
eyed coquet. " And he wars the hand
somest man at the Blue Sulphur
Springs; and it was rather amusing to
git him away from .ill the girls here
and bring him an humblo slave to my
t ha riot-TV heels."
But, Celandine, stop and think,"
pleaded Mm. llatficld, who was, in her
humble way, a sort of second conscience
to her beautiful half-sister. " If you
read this thing iu a novel, you would
think it a cruel and wicked thing. To
deliberately lay yourself out to charm
and attract this young officer to win
him to a declaration of love, to accept
him and 6e his ring"
" And a very pretty nog it Is, tool'
murmured Celandine, dreamily, glanc
ing down at the flash of the diamond
on her tapering finger.
" To plan to go with him to a picnic
the very next day, and then deliber
a -ly, during his temporary absence, to
trtke the tru.n and go away, Uwing
neither mew-age nor address 1 Ah,
Celandine, think of it 1"
It was time the thbg was
brought t j an end,'' said C landiue,
composedly: "and I was tired to death
of the Blue Sulphur Springs and of
Lieutenant Erkskine P
"Celandine," cried Mrs. Ilartfleld,
what on earth do you suppose he
thinks of you ?"
"I am sure I don't know," said the
cream-skinned blonde, in an accent
which distinctly implied, " and I don't
care, either."
"Don't you think you ought to
write ?" hesitatingly questioned Mrs.
UatHeld.
"Write? What on earth should I
write for?" scornfully cried Celandine.
" The affair Is over with, and it is a
good thing that it Is. Do let it rest in
its grave. I shall write its epitaph in
my diary, Flirtation No. 1001 came
to a natural end July 8, 18 . And I
do not suppose that I shall ever think
of it again."
So Miss Bellairs and her sister went
to Now York, renewed their toilets,
took a trip to tho wave washed rocks
of old Witch Hill, listened to the roar
of the surf and tho merry clash of the
band at Newport, and then came home,
fated with summer raptures, to Phila
delphia. Came homo to discover, t ) their in
finite chagrin and dismay, that the
silver-haired old gentleman who had
been Celandine's guardian and adviser
since her father's death, had practiced
on her tho same extremely skillful de
vice which sho had so enjoyed at tho
Blue Sulphur Springs, and had disap
peared, leaving no traeo behind, except
ruined credit, an empty exchequer,
and a wholo ream of penitential con
fessions, in letter shape.
" What am I to do?" said Celandine,
turning with a pale, frightened faco
to Mrs. Hatfield
And that lady, never very prompt
at an emergency, answered only with
fa fltof inopportuno hysterics.
There are fortunately a number of
ways, now that tho world is growing
wiser and more tolerant, in which a
woman can earn her bread, and to
these, in hapless succession, Celandine
Bellairs turned her attention.
Mrs. Moncyland, ono of her rich
friends, wanted a companion.
"To bo like my own daughter," said
that lady, all fat, self-salisiied smiles
And Celandine rashly believed that
all toil and trial were at an end now.
But at a month's end poor Celandino
resigned her position.
'Iamsuro I don't know how you
could easily secure an easier position,"
said Mrs. Moncyland, bridling up.
"An ample salary and really nothing
to do but to snlaco my loneliness."
"Yes, I Know," said Celandine.
"But nobody could endure being I
called up at 3 o'clock in the .morning J
to read aloud to you, to mend laco all I
the afternoon and superintend ser-j
vans all tho morning; to sit stead- j
fastly in the house, tor fear that 1 ,
might lie wanted, and to lose night)
after night of rest taking care of in- j
valid skyo terriers and sick parrots.
Washing or scrubbing would probably j
bo harder work, but it would always
como to an end !"' I
"Youareau unsjratcfulyoung viper!'
sobbed Mrs. Monerlaml. ' When you ',
know, too, how ell your vufcu suited '
nie, and how dear ("ypny.tl"! dog, liked
your ways'"
Celandine tried a position as a tele-j
graph operator next and failed. Tele- :
graphing required practice and nerve,
and poor Celandino had neither.
Sho took in bead-work and lino em
broidery and broko hopeless down at
tho end of a week.
Mrs. Hatfield, who had accepted a
situation as housekeeper iu a gentle
man's family, viewed her poor littlu
sister's successive failures with dis
may. "I'm sure, Celandino," said she, "I
don't know what is to become of you!
Couldn't you get in somewhere as shop
girl or lady attendiint in some furnish
ing emporium, or "
"1 do not think I could endure the
fatigue," said Celandine, faintly.
" Poor folks can't afford to be too
particular," said Mrs. Hatfield, pursing
her lips.
But just about this time Mrs.
Bridgeby, the fat and comfortable pre
cejtressin whoso "institute" Celan
dine Bellairs and her sister had been
educated, lost her English governess,
and graciously consented to allow Miss
Bellairs to lill the vacancy at a merely
nominal salary.
"Just until something else should
turn up, you know, my dear," said
Mm. Brldgeby, smilingly.
And hero, for two mortal years,
Celandino drudged on, wearing out
soul and body alike in the wretched
servitude of an unloving tabk.
For Celandino was one of those
nervous, sensitive creatures, who are
the least adapted to teaching of all
conceivable professions.
And yet life, Insipid though it was,
must be purchased on some terms; and
the girl went mechanically through her
task-work llko f?omo automaton, day
after day, week nfter week, month
after month.
Until, one day, a gleam of possible
deliverance appeared on the horizon.
Mrs. Brldgoby waddled into tho room
and announced that a governess was
wanted at Lisle Tower, on the very
edge of tho Adirondacks.
"And of course, my dear," said
Mrs. Bridgoby, "I recommend you at
once. Fivo hundred dollars a year,
only one little girl to educato aud
amuse, and delightful country air. My
dear, it's a chance in a thousand. An
officer's lady Stay! where is the
card? I declare, 1 thought I had it in
my pocket. I must have droppod it
somewhere. But tho address is Lisle
Tower, near Caldwell, Lako George.
You're to lako the cars to Caldwell,
and there you are to be met with a
carriage. Aud here's your car-ticket,
all bought and paid for."
So Celandine, much rejoicing, was
br rno out of the atmosphere of scho
lastic toil into a newer, brighter world,
and alighted on tho shore of blue,
beautiful Lake George in the gloaming
of a soft summer evening.
The carriage was there, waiting a
dark, wine-colored landcau, drawn ly
prancing black horscs.all glittering with
plated harness, in which sat a lovely
little girl and a handsomo young bru
nette of two or three and twenty
This Is your little pupil. Miss Bel-'
1.1113, DU1U OllC-- IIIJT U.illllll.l, A1U11U
Erskine. I am Mrs. Lrskine, and I
hope that wo shall bo tho best of
friends. My husband is a lieutenant
in tho army, to that I am necessarily
much at home, and your society will be
tho greatest of all boons to me."
Celandino felt sick and giddy. Tho
blue hills that surrounded the lake
seemed to swim around her. The
golden sunshine became as blue before
her eyes. Had the idiotic folly of her
butterfly days then found her out?
Was sho going to Charlton Erskino's
very home, a dependent and a drudge,
to work out tho recompense of her
sins? Ah, how hard it wai to smilo
and pay "yes" aud "no" as pretty
young Mrs. Erskine- chattered on !
Yet it was not altogether the shamo
and the keen mortification which
stung her so keenly. Sho know now
sho had known, alas ! that Charlton
Erokino's imago ha I been tenderly
cherished in her heart all theso years.
Sho had llung him away liko a
broken toy in tho insolent triumph of
her beauty, and now she knew that
she loved him !
A circular, stone tower, rising up
against tho dark hemlock woods ; long
low wings, where tho welcoming lights
twinkled brightly ; crims.m, baizc-
lined doors thrown open, and Celandine j as a menacing portent by Chinese
entered, her eyes blinded by tho soft politicians. The comets' resemblancs
glow of candles. ! to I'auiiing swords is regarded as
"It's tho new governess, Charlie," j emblematical of the vengeance of
said Mrs. Erskine; and then, in an j heaven en an unworthy nation. It. is
aside "Tho prettiest creature you i stated that in coiisequen. 0 of tho last
oversaw, and with the prettiest name, ! comet, an urgent decree has been
too MissCelandin.: Mlair." ; promulgated iu the name of the young
And then, to her lurror, Celandine ! monarch, stating that it is a clear in
found herself faco to faco with Lieu- dieal ion that the officials aro lax in
tenant Erskine himself, the old lover I making proper reports to the throne,
sho had known so long ago ! j d have been kw ping the emperor in
"My engaged wife The said, hold-j tho dark as to pestilences and other
inir out both hands, with a smile not calamities iimmig th- people. His
entirely devoid of mischief. " Celan- j
diue, why did you run awayuom me
four vears iitro?"
With a throbbing heart sho tried to
draw away her hand. '
" You aro Mrs. Erskino's husband !" j
said she. "Let mo go for heaven's ,
sake, let me go 1"
' I am not Mrs. Erskino's husbaud,"
said he. "The Mrs. Erskine does not
live who has any claims on mo '"
"Then who is thislaly'r" said Ce
landine, scarcely crediting her ears.
"I am Mrs. Lieutenant Erskine." !
said the pretty brunette. " My bus-
band is in A...ona. This gentleman
k mv brother-in-law. Colonel Erskine,
who hns lust arrived from hinK-
ton. And now. dear Miss ueiiairs,
r,tu U,.llnir '
come upstairs, and let them bring you
some tea, for I am sure you must be .
fainting from fatigue !"
But the radiant face which Celandine
turned toward her disabused her from
the idea. ,
"I don't think I shall ever bo tired j
again !" said Celandine, softly? j
" One minute, dearest !" Colonel j
Erskine whispered, as his sister-in-law
delivered little Lilian into tho care of
tno plump French nurse. ' You arc
still my engaged wife? Say that you
are!"
" Oh, Charlton," she cried, " I do not
deserve, after the cruel way in which
I have treated you, that you should
ever speak to me again 1"
"I love you, Celandine," ho said,
glmply I have always loved you !"
"Even when I went awny from the
Blue Sulphur Springs?"
"Yes, even then."
She put her hand in his, with inefT-1 this vicarious style of correspondence,
able tenderness in her eyes. . and I was quickly gratified by the ar-
"Andl," said she, "have always ! rival at ono (able of an aged woman,
loved you, Charlton, although 1 discov '. and at another of a young girl, who
eredlttoo late." jjavo the scribe their sentiments and
"Not too late, Celandine," niid he. j their soldi, and sat watchins? bis slow
"Heaven is more merciful to us than j'jioving lingers with evide it satisfa
our deserts." lion.
And so, in the pine-scented shadows
of the Adirondaoks, Celandine Bel
lairs solved the riddle of hor lifo and
disoovered the secret of her own h"nrt.
CLIPPINGS K0B the crftious.
Titles have been abolished twlco in
Vrniw... In 171iinit ISIS
The first attempt to manufacture
Jll .Z vVrr !
60on after the war of 1812.
Tho first temperance sooioty in the ,
United States was organized in Sara
toga county, N. Y., in March, 1808.
Confucius was born 551 B. C, but
his precepts did not form the Chinese
stato religion until llvo centuries !
later.
An
exchanw says that a set of
paper wheels under a truck of an en- was raisrd by machinery until tho n.ntcd beverages is conducive to piety,
gino of the Central Vermont railroad snout was about waist-high, when ' m,,nii goodness :;P'! l-".ir !:f If.
have been in use twelve years, and ar) another lever threw it upon an incline i,ln,y ,v, p
still apparently sound. and it slid toward the sticker, who
The first Union Hag was unfurled on siood, knii'c in hand, riady to sever the j Trmtmrni rn !i
January 1, 1776, over tho camp . jg;'l;' vein. As the hog parsed him j The Lurui,,n :,jiify .V -.y r'f re
of Ciim'l ridgo. It had thirteen stripes : 1:0 by a quick turn, npplkd tho knife ; j,orU Gr.iluuM as living hat it is
of white and red, and r.tainl the and the animal passed on to the scald-1 not comc, j,r: tivo. al'tcv a cold is
I English cross in one corner.
The I'er: ians used sculpture princl- j
pally upon the buttresses of the steps
placed before palaces. Processions of
'ne,n ro'" ''iT' rent countries bringing
vorito decoration, or else files of guards.
As is often the caso with men of lis
stamp, Bismarck is somewhat super
stitious. Ho is a firm believer of good
aud bal days, and does not think that
any undertaking will prosper if begun
on Friday. Ho also dislikes exceed
ingly to sit at a table when there are
thirteen.
Originally, the Aryan nations lived
in the highlands of Central Asia east of
tho Caspian sea and north of tho Hin
du Kush mountains. The climate of
this country was then much more
agreeable than it is now, and tho soil
as much more fertile. The dispersal
of these tribes probably took place
about 3000 B. C.
Some curious facts wore lately re
lated regarding hydrophobia before
tho Academy of sjcionce, Paris, by M.
Bert. It seems' that inoculation w.th
mucus from tho respiratory p,is-a,'es
of a mad dog caused rabies, but that
w !t!i tho salivary liquids did not. Be
ciprocd transfusion of blood b.-t ween
a healthy and a mad dog caused no ra
bies in the former.
Effect of Pie Comet in l lilna.
The appearance within the last two
years of two comets has been regarded
majesty has reason to believe that im- j
proper omci.us n.no i-cesi 'i'l"""lc .
he has, moreover, in tl. seclusion ol
bis palace, stibje ted his imperial heart i
to a rigorous exaiuiiiation, and he is j
much disui.-ted at tlie result. Tho
people, he linds, are poverty stricken,
and await relief, and the present is a
time of c.reat anxiety and embarrass
ment. The crisis must be met with
prompt measures and a ro ereiit heart;
the ministers are accordingly enjoined
to exhibit loyalty and justice, and to I
strenuously guard memsem-s agamsi
the thralldom of official routine. They
are to discover the real stato of the
country, and to make such dispositions
us may givo rise to all possible advan
14.
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and eradicate all possible evil. If
'" '
all this lie done, we nave tlie imperial
..... , ... , .
assurance iiuii in'1 pcujiiu nin nieiu
peare and quietness, till heaven be in
harmony with earth, and all harmful
influences allayed. If decrees were
always obeyed, the comet will have
exercised a beiiclUent influence on the
condition of the Cliineso people
Tubllc Lettcr-Writers.
One street sight that interests me
specially, says a Borne (Italy) litter, is
the public letter-writer, w ho still plies
his trade as fn tho old, old days of
which I read so long ago. I had quite
forgotten there were such pe pie, but
ono morning as we were ; lying to lind
a short cut to the Pantheon, we t ame
suddenly into a quiet little open square
round which were established seven
men, each with his table and writing
materials, waiting for customers. Of
course I insisted on wailing to see
whether people did really engage in
FTFE MTJNDEED AJf nOPR.
The Mnrveloan Olrrlev With Wlilch floe-
Are Killed In riilrnn Pirk'nn IIour.
A Chicago letter eontaias an in-
, 1 ,.c nf 1
..-...Ug aiw.u., ... ... .
n,,..rai:nn In tl,. ., ,lin. hnilimnf I
the Western monoli. Says the !
western metropolis, says me i
writer :
We bcffia where the hog
werodnvon from th0 stock-yard pens
nd flowed them until they were cut
Into pork, made into sausage or the
hams nut into the smoke-house. The
killin!r was not ft vCiiaimt sisht. but it
was a wonderful one. The hogs were
driven into a narrow pen, some fifty
at a time. There half-grown boys
lasten a clamp, resembling a handcuff,
about a hind leg, booked it to a chain I
and a man at tho bench above them i
touched a lever. Tims the animal i
ing vat, and the man killed the next ;
before the first had hardly passed .
him. Thus a constant string of
hogs was pacing continually. I
Five hundred hogs an hour if
the average work
lor ten n jurs
caeh day of each cf the two meu who
officiate as executioners in this house.
It is expert work, and the men receive
$5 a day for their work. Prom the
moment the hog is hoisted to the slide
it never stops until hung up thor
oughly cleaned. It is dead when it
reaches tho scalding vat, and when
the procession begir.s to move in the
morning tho machino is constantly
throwing hogs in and out with the
certainty of clock-work. As they are
thrown out of the vat men scratch
the bristles off and lay them carefuly
by. Machinery then takes them up
and scrapes the hair off. At tho end
of the cleaning table a man stands
knife in hand, who must sever the head
with the exception of enough tlesh to
hold it, with one blow, lie strikes the
joint every time, and gets $3.75 lw j
day for his work.
A man opposite noisi me nog on
tho table to another slide and down it
goes in the long procession that never I d wima, it
halts until tho hogs are finally da-sed.s u.turn! t ) ft ,vanu temperature
for the heads aro fully severed while I afur uw :ji U(? r(,.u,l(lS0
moving by men who stand, I of tbe v when a person in t he cold
hand, to do the work. The entrails are . .....
taken out much in the same way. It is
maiiv hundred feet from where the
animais go to mo siauguier k. wini1pine lalo the lungs, an 1. cotwe-coding-out
room, but they never stop . ,ntlv uiinini.slies the heat, of these
from the timo they start until they Ag , fls tho pcrs,m Cuntinn,H
reach it. Not a word is spoken by tho jn the wU h(J niJ h.t,
huudrcdsof men who take part iu the ifroIu . ,jut M SQon M bt, Yt:Ulrm
killing and dressing. Every man . ... , 0 ... ,,,. , . ,...
knows what to do and does it without
orders. It is a feature of the whole
in any of thed..partments. the work j
WM.Hsu'.nuiueui.iai oroe. not
necessary, and the business is so driving
that there is no time for frolic.
The cattle are killed and dressed in
much the same way as the pork, except
that they are t,r-t sl.ot and tl.en l.eng
n )iy ,.,,.;,.. iin,i ,;r(.Ss,.,i. it takes
j-,.,,,,, (iru, t jV(1 minutes Iroin the
time an ox is shot until it i.s bung up, '
cut in half. Prom 1,'H.H) to l.'" eat-!
tie are slaughtered every day.
Home l.o;ik.
people have a set of home
Many
looks which they regularly
put on
when about home, the same as
fey
put on their common clothes. With
some it isa care-worn look; with othrs
a complaining expression; with many
a sickly appearance, as if they were
caving in; and with not a few it is an
ugly, cross visage. When some neigh -
bor happens to come in or when they
put on their goo.l clothes and go out
vou would not know th
them if you ha 1
: . . ,
i be.'ome acquainted u
acquainted vim tiiem when
wearing their home looks. Now, what
we-'have to say as hygicnists on this
subject is that it is not healthy to :
wear such expressions. They cer-1
tainly affect not only the health of the
wearers, but of the other im nib ts of
the family. They are especially do.
pressing to children. If worn by a
husband, to a w ife they are ag ni '.ing;
if worn by the wife they mak-j the
husband feel as if he did not care to
j hurry home.
Our oiitsfrle admirers
our good neighbors and others are
entitled to no better facial expressions
than our homo people. If we must in
some instances change our clothes for
economy's sake, let us not change
what does not cost anything a cheer-
ful countenance. Carry that home; at
home preserve it; goto bed with it;
get up with it; gather the family
around the tabic with ft. It is a good
tonic for self and everybody. y,-.
Fwte'ts Hrtillfi Jfoitthtii.
The Vuiled Sta'os spends tlW.OUO,
00 a year for alcoholic drinks. It is
estimated that more than l!0t,iM
people are engaged in scU'ntf that
amount "f liquor.
THE FAMILY DOCTOR.
Teaetable Mrt.
Gunshot and other wounds never
T 1 , ....
I1RH.1 millTK 111 Uf-311-l ALlkXH UaWWt.
vefi-etable-eatincr nations, i iesiv
Tl, CLI, - "
flammBf j.c.,c, PHpii1:irlv fevers
;l . AvKnntn... I'lw.i-iiidn'.-'-n'-e- in
, , f , , unnatural life,
. . . 8t!IIMJali,v ,,rinSs
on exhaustion, exhaustion demands
stimulation, ending in sickness, in
sanity and death. A vegetable diet,
biised on nlivsioloffical nrincitdes. with
, fl sound mlnd ,n a g(),nd Wlv niav be
',,,,.,, H alw, ,,,.., ,. ,.,.,-hMn safc-
rJ aainst f,.v,.r;i. i. ,v.,
jlla'intSi .?,', ,i,.ril. sma'.ljH x nicl
1 com-
I similar
(ijKrasefli Abstinence f.om animal
tltrui tn,iu.r,, sn,.ff alcoholic and fer-
r;ight, to m -..!; tho room a pcrs m sits
jn lnuchwurnv r than usual, to in r. a-e
t10 qUintity of l.e'li lotVs, wrap v.pin
nannel and drink a large quantity of
hot tea, cruel or other sl. ps, because
it will invariably hi'-p-sise l!.e tVverish-
ness, and in the majority of instances
prolong rather than Ic.en the duration
of tho cold. It is well !.n- v. n that
confining inoculated persons in warm
rooms will make their smallpox more
violent, by augmenting the general
heat and fever; and It is for tho same
reason that a similar practic:- in the
present complaint is attended with
analogous results, a cold being in reality
a slight fever. In some parts A Eng
land, among the lower order cf peo.
pie, a large glass of cold rpring water,
taken on going to bed, is found to be
a successful remedy, and. in fact
many medical practitioners recommend
a reduced atmosphere a 1 1 fro
quen. draughts oi cold lluid as
tho r.Mat cilicaciy.i.i remedy iv-r a
recent cold. iiirtic;il.irlv when the pa-
ticufa habit is full ;md plethoric. Dr.
Graham farther tavs: It is generally
supposed i,h.. t it is the exposure to a
ini.i ..r wet ..mosiiheio which rro.
time, hf draws in his breath the cold
air passes through his nostrils and
Il 'lilt, lit" llj'll HI O I;...- I.'" W ........
himself, and very often takes some
warm and comfortable drink to keep
The inevit
he will find
abJo ijt l:lt
tak,n ,.,,, n:. feeld a
llh ,.ring which nlaU., janulraw nearer
the lire, but all t- no purpose; the
more ho tries to heat himself the
; niore (u diilK A the wl!U.Uvt is
. .
iolent a- tion of
the heat. To avoid this when you
come out of a very cold aim .-phere(
you should not at first go into a room
that has a lire in it; or if you cannot
avoid that, uii should keep i-r a con
siderable time at as great a oi- t.iuce as
; possible, and, above all, retrain from
; . , h w (,r s(r,,I1!: ji,,,,,,,-, when
t,(l!J Tlljs rlL, js inumled on
I the same principle as the treatment of
' . .. . of the Uyv wh,. frorl.i,i .Cll
i lft were to the file it would
j soon inortify, whereas, if rull. with
j snoWi n. lt:nl consequences f.dlow trom
1 jt jnC.t if the following rule were
1 strictly observed whi n the wholo
i l)P(lv or any parl ()f it. is c.j,i:i. .1, bring
1 it jts ni,tlIral feelinR and warmth
liv ,iP,,rCesthe frequent colds -v- ex-
mrience in winter would in
great
' ,,..,. i,t. prevented."
j
Moh l ow Near London.
Mob violence is by no means peculiar
to this country. The village of Honns
low, near London, was lately the scene
of something not unlike an American !
lynching. Tlus was an incident of the :
Edwardcs-Whilniarsh case. Pr. Ed
wardes, a popular young physician, i
committed suicide, leaving a letter
which stated that, a lying charge of i
dishonorable conduct had been brought !
against him by a woman; that Dr. j
Wbitniarsh, his partner, had taken !
advantage of it to crowd him out of a
thriving practice, and concluded with
the word-, "May God curse Michael
j Wbitmar.-li." Edward' had been
: popular, and Whit ma. was disliked,
Pay after da., there was rioting in
j Houuslow, and Whitman-h was forced
' tohido himself an I all his family. He
! was burned in tfligv bricks were
j hurled through bis wi ilow.s until not
a pane of -riass was h tl, his brougham
w as ih ini lishck and preparation were
j being made to burn his residence
whin the police finally restored order
'.M'WUIr.EX.XKrtHEE."
flow br IM-'lK'n nf ! p ! r-r!''t f I el-l-rsii'f!
in I i; r
A rTf.f C.-or.i l.ll.i I., tli Vow
- , rr i i
iotk Ji-rit
I mring Die past
prc-i nt ol a mos
KU'i.llM.JirO Jl
lively and ultra iirient.il a-p-et.
Ths
great Arab metropolis has abandoned
itself to the delighlsof celebrating the
graiol religious festival of the M ootid-en-Nebbec-
the birthday of the
Prophet. S pi ids of th innumerable
sects of dervish'-s with th'-ir banners,
torches, pipes and drums have been
marching and coiititi riearehing about
the brilliantly illuminated mosques; re
turned pilgrim - aud venerable sheiks
from the four co: ,,ers of islam have
been riding to and fro on great whit
donkeys; the fair and I'rail successors
of the now almost extilp t ghaeeyeb?
or public danejnif girls who have
danced at feasts since times even be
fore the exodus, and whom Laue, the
king of Orientalists, says "are alto
gether tho finest women in Egypt'
promenade the streets on foot and in
barouches, and the ard nt but timid
Circassian inmates of princely harems,
wearing.transparent v. i-i'e veils and
delicately tinted silk dresses and
guarded by thoso other "lilies of the
field," the sleek bfcick eunuchs, drive
about in closed broughams anil Ihten
to the Song of Solomon chanted by the
Ah ma lee dervishes, squatting cross
legged on mats of straw.
At noon I w ent t the large vacant
space beyond the southern suburbs of
Ca ro that had been fet apart for the
Moolid-en-Nel 'bee. Here hundreds of
colossal tents, pitched in the form of a
square, inclosed a spa.e of over thirty
acres. In the center of the square were
a dozen huge mats, supported by hun
dreds of shrouds and gayly decked with
green and red flags and glass balls. In
the middle of the northern row of tents
was that of the khedivc a vast walled
canopy, 6ixty yards square by ten
yards high, and the wholo interior
lined with the most delicately woven
crimson texture of pure silk. On the
ground under the tent was spr ad an
enormous French carpet. Twenty or
thirty crimson silk arm chairs were
arranged inside the tent in the form of
a horseshoe. At the bend of the horse
shoo and facing the entrance to th
tent was an enormous arm-chair sur
mounted by the khedive's arms, which
servt d as a sort of throne. Seated in
this chair was the khedivc. His high
ness was dressed in a plain black offi
cial coat, dark trousers and white
waistcoat. Ho wore, of course, the
tarbousch. or fez. Seated in the chair
on tho khedive's right was the famous
Sheik El lleckry the lineal descendant
of Abou Beckr, the first khalif aud
chief of all the dervish" of Egypt.
His holiness was dre.-sid iu a "muff,
colored cashmere gown aud wore a
snow-while turban. The ther chairs
were occupied by the Sheik Ul Islam,
the cabinet ministers and h'jrbor offi
cials of the palace.
At 1 o'clock over a thousand der
vishes, headed by their respective
sheiks, filed solemnly past thekhedive.
Conspicuous among these was the
sheik of the Saadeeych dervishes, a
wrinkled old man with coal black eyes
and a long white beard. It was this
sheik of the Saadeeych's who used to
peri' r n the ceremony of thedoseh
that is, he used to ride his horse over
the prostrate bodi.s of about one hun
dred (icr ishes. Some of these poor
fanatics wmdd bav their brains
dashed out by the animal's hools, but
the majority often esca"ed with merely
j a few bruises on the backs and legs.
This terrible feature of the Moolid-cn-Nebbee
has for the past two years been
forbidden by the khedive and is re
placed by the present procession o
dervishes. These dervishes are sallow
, fced, san -.timoniou-s-looking fellows,
with deep basso voices. Their dress is
very much the same as other Egpyt
ians', and many of ihem are barbers,
dyers and tradesmen, and attend to
their daily work like other ordinary
mortals. Their tenets, rules and cere
monies are similar in many instances
to those of tho Freemasons, and, like
the latter, are not to he divulged to the
unitiated. Some of the dervishes who
confine themselves to religious cxer-
cises subsist by begging. These are
much respected by the fellaheen, and
resort to all sorts of tricks to make
; people believe them capable of ter
; forming mJxacka.
Tho Hussian and Mcnnonite colo
I nists In Minnesota have solved the
1 fuel problem, for a time at least by
burning refuoe straw and grass. At
, first dry prairie hay was abundant,
and could no bad for the gathering.
, Lately, as this has come into great"''
demand, they grow a late crop ex
clusively for fuel. 11 la burned In
great stoves having such capacity that
tlie fire needs renewing only two or
throe times In twenty four hours. But
It remains to be soen what effect the
continuous burning of the hay, straw
and corn will have on fertility.