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Romebodj'g Darlings
Tli bUowiuj liuee were written in 1864, by
tin. K. ti. Spmnue. now of Wyoming, H. I.,
tnil fii-l iippum-il in tho H iroy .Vwjiiti it.
I'lm.v wi'io .uggrsted by n-cing a yoinitf drummer-buy
lying aoBil in Ijovvll (icntnil Hospital,
at I'urt inoutli lirovc, 1(. I.
Into a wurJ of tho wliili'-wn.licl liull-i,
When.- the thini nml tlin dying Iiiv
Wounded by hiiynni't, shells iilitl bulls,
fsoliielio.ly'a tlnrling wiw borne ono ilny.
Sotiitjhotly'j darling! so you:ij.' nnd no lirnve
Wearing yet on his pale, sweet face,
611011 to ltt hiil by I ho dun of I lie prove,
'Die lingiTinj.' luht ol'liis Imvliooil's gnice.
Mnttcd and dump tin- tlin ciiiIh of gM,
Kis-inc; tin- snow of that fair young brow;
1'nlo iiih tlin lips of uVliiate mtilil,
Somebody's darling is dying now.
Hack iVuni I liu bciiiltilul, bhic-vi'ini'd brow
llru-h ull the wnuileriug wave of gold;
Cm.-.- his h;mtti 011 his Ihi-oiii now,
Somebody' darling it Mill nml told!
Ki-s hhu oin-c fur Miiiii liiiily'i sake;
Murmur n prayer, will mid low;
One bra'ht curl IV. nil il fair mates lake,
They wit' miiiu'I yon know.
Soiiiebotly' haml lialh ii-.-lcd there!
Wan il a mother's, nifl an. I while?
Ami Iwvc I hi- lip- of 11 -i-ler dear
Uctni I aptizeil in time wave- of light?
litld k.loU hit' if Ollirbu.ly'.'- lovi'J
Somebody's heart r-n-lii itn-il him there;
Soiiu-liotiy wiil'it I hi- limn- ubave.
Nielli ami morn, on tin- wing- of pniyor.
Soim InkIj wrpt iln n hi- inarched away,
l.n"klngso haml-etui-, In. no ami gniuil;
S.iiin I101IC- ki 011 hi-1'. 11 tin :nl lay;
Sum body el ui;4 to hi - palling haml.
Sonii body's wailinu' .mil vv -itt lii nvt for him,
X. i inniiu t" b'il I 1 1 i 1 1 ai'aialo hi'rhrarl ;
Anil iIiiti' In- lie; with hi- Miif i yi - iliin,
Anil hi- MiiiKn;.'. hildlike lip- apart.
Tenderly Inn j lb.' lair, young di ad,
Pausing lo ilmp in hi- ernvi- 11 ti'ar;
Curvi- on I In- iMii .b n -lab a' hi- In nil,
"Sinnch -il'- -lulu -lour i-r- In-rp."
The Country Doctor.
Ir. r.'iti Icy belongs to the noble
irmy ul 111. 11 1 yr- and heroes known as
'country doctors." II. was the sort
nf 111:1:1 yiii could 1'ivo if you loved
aim; otherwise you would irnliali)y
lislihe him, for he was very pcriiliar;
pviiylniily aiil so. Now tliorc art'
5i'i'ial ways of tiring in -uliar, aibl tho
iloi'tor'a ways wen1 nut always pleasant
ways- iml! ;s y.m l.'Vi-il liini. His
wire ha I ! ' - 'I liini. ;rnl lnT In- li b!
S'-ellle.l liie U t prrlei t ol He'll. lie
s.iili"! lei- aibl .'he :-nit i! him, ami
limy !ei l la-en mtv !iapp. It lutlst
Hot lie snjeioseil that her I Ii.tI
Ihm'. 10ft! -loin'r Kitel. Perhaps the
'loel' i wniihl 11 t have injoyeil that.
l.n!:e:( I'.e.Uy lejnieeil ill liialili; I
liri-hl. spiey, inipieletit remarks to le r
tiushanil. Ii'eniarks whieh iii.ple his
tiiij hrnwil eei :-p:i:kh' with illliirht;
then he wutilil meet lier hall way, ami
they wotiltl litrlit Hip liu t inleretin
little iluels, I'ollowt'il ly the most aflec
tioiiate recoiiei!i.i!iiiiis. I i 1 it. it was
nov 'hu e loiij; yens sinre poor I'eeky
h.i 1 lieen re-tiil:J ill her (piiet pave
ami the l. e'or'.s I'len.ls li.nl ileriiled
fiat he neeileil 'oiiie one to ke"p house
for him.
Alter intieli per-ma-mm he hai' )oen
particularly introilu- ei to Miss Delia
Mvan. "What a name!" thought the
1 .. lor. hut as he lookeil at her he saw
that she was lair, gentle, healthy ami
I wrutytbLx. "A K'mkI, seiisihln asp;
iiiusUI b neat nml unlerly," was his
veriliei. Ia a moiiieiil of enthusiastic
m-lliSiiii'-.s he hail prupeseil to her, ami
in a hi. in. nt nf enthii.-iastie devotion
Bhe hail aecepli il him.
They were luarrirtl. She liveil in
his hoiisp, blip poiireil out his tea ami
police, she eiitertaineil his friemN, ami
overyl'-'ily snidr "Oh, how inm h nicer
she was than that other woman'."' She
was very popular with everyhody, but
Khewasn.it at all 'popular with the
doctor.
To him "lint other woman" was
still all thP world and the brightness
thereof. So lumii less did he feel in
the presence of this much nicer woman
that M i -its to Itecky's grave were
the only happy hours i f his new life.
Alter awh'le be became more accus
tomed to Melia. and then be began to
give her free and freipieiit lectures on
Heeky. "."she" used to say so and so,
she used to do this and that, and as
she bad been right then, she, must bp
right now and forever, and in every
thing. Delia had married "from a sense of
duty." and deserved to be punished,
but it sermitl to her that her punish
ment was greater than she deserved.
Slip would not have wished that her
husband should forget the wife of his
youth, but slie had expected that he
would have some regard for thf)
woman whom he had invited to pre
side over bis household, and she had
hoped to make him comfortable; to "do
her duty by him," as she expressed it.
Part of that duty she had performed
in the most admirable manner; nevpr
had the doctor's house been so clean;
never had his shirt bosoms shone with
such luster; but the heart which beat
behind them she bad been unable to
coiupier.
as it her fault ? Had slip not tried
to bp kind, to bp patient, to be iriPek?
Yea. but It waa the trying that had
spoiled it all and sltf lacked the sweet
boldness which love alone can give.
She was almost afraid of that un
gracious man, and bhe was jealous
of Uecky, much loved, happy Heeky.
At the end of six months of such a
life the doctor noticed that Delia
looked pale and thin. "You need a
little more fresh air," he prescribed,
"diid I shall take you out as often
as I ran." Not without some in
ward fear, but attired in her very
best, Delia sat in tho buggy by the
side of her lord. It was a balmy
spring afternoon, nature looked so
fresh, so bright, so happy, that a
little of this happiness breathed
itself into Delia's sal heart. The
d'lelur must also have 1 n touched
by these benign inlluenees. fur never
before had he been so kind, so at
tentive to lnr, so talkative. she
smiled several times; twice she abso
lutely laughed. she sat a little
nearer to him, her cheeks bloomed
anil she was beginning to feel ; u it
comfortable, when, as link would
have it. they happened to ride pa-l a
verj- small cottage, so very small
that Delia said, "ih, look! I wonder
how people live in such a tiny bit
or a house V"
The doctor's brow grew dark. "In
such a house a this." he said in his
most impressive manner, "in jus!
such a house as this my wil'e ami I
lived in the greatest happine.-s when
we were lir.-.l married."
Had Delia been .suddenly shifted
from India's coral strand to (ireen
land's icy mountains the shock could
hardly have 1 11 greater. "His
wife," she thought, tie 11 if she is
his wife, what a. 11 IV" Peculiar
reasoning, perhaps, but Delia knew
very well what she meant. All
that evening -he sal silently sewimr
and answering the doctor's remarks
with a primness of I'iirnily that sur
prised him. Hill be scd no ipies
tions a'i'l took rel'iiire in thoughts of
the old days Io n Heeky s;it in that
saint chair, seving too, hut w'th
such bri-.:M, loving look-;. Mich an
iiitere-ting way :' xi.hig t'iug-!
And now, vth.il a t". i'V. in m ! V.'hal,
in truth, was (his woman to him?
Xot a wife, not even a companion,
only a housekeeper. And he ':ae,l
at her rc! .i lively. II I p..-ned
that Delia, who !:i bell le.lkiliir
desperate efforts to om y mic her
sulky mood, looked up ;' tiia mo
ment and caught the lull iiicanin"
of the doctor's eves. Had he slanped
her face she eoiil I not have felt it
more, but she give no sign. With
white linger: t ! : : t trembled a little
she folded h t woi'; and said, "1 am
tired, 1 will go t 1 inv room."
Delia did ii"t sleep numb that
night. "I must leave him." she de
cided at last. "I will not live with
him unless I am really bis wife. 1
cannot." Leave him; but how? She
would not go back to her mother's
house where questions would be
asked whieh she was determined no'
to answer; and besides it was loo
near. Where could she to? A few
hours afterwards that question was
answered. She received a letter post
marked "Denver, Culm-ado;" it canu;
from "dear cousin Mani'o," and as
she. read her letter Delia's face
brightened; "it is just what 1 want
ed," she said to herself.
tine evening, wlcn Jhe doctor
eauie home, Hridget met him at the
door and said, "Missus has gone, sir:
she had to go a kind of sadden, but
she said she would write and tell
you." "All right," answered the
doctor, "tione to her mother's," he
expl'.lined to himself. "I suppose
there is some sort of fandango
going on there." lie made himself
very comfortable. It was a cool
evening, and he smoked his cigar,
and put his feet on the stove, with
"no one nigh to hinder." Hut what
the doctor really liked was to be
hindered; he enjoyed watching the
mild shadow of disapproval stealing
over Delia's face: if she had frankly
and briskly expressed her opinion,
then taken it back prettily, be might
have fallen in love with her: but
Delia alw:ivs relapsed into meekness,
and all was lost. As the days
passed the doctor begun to miss his
housekeeper. "Why does she not
write? Cold-blooded creature!"
The eold-blooded creature vvro'e.
Ilcr letter was dated from Denver. It
taid:
DKAK Silt - I thought you would be
happier without me. so I came here.
I am visiting cousin Mamie. With
best wishes for your happiness, I re
main sincerely,
Dl.l.l A l'.UINsl.l v.
"A pretty letter and "dear sir' to
me! (ione to Denver! Who could
have supposed she had spirit enough.
for that? Little goose! flolielo Den
ver, by .love!"
The doctor laughed, he blessed him-
Bexf, he was delighted. The next ;
evening he was on hid way to Colo
rado. That same evening, in far-off,
lovely Denver, Delia and Cousin
Mamie were comparing notes about
their husbands. Delia had been very
cautious and Mamie was enthusiastic
about the doctor. "If he was my hus
band I would llirt with him and make
him fall desperately in love with me,"
she declared.
"Flirt with him!" exclaimed Delia. :
"Certainly, it would be all right, and
so interesting! Now, John is so good
natnred ami always the same, I some
times wish he would be a little bit (
cross, just for a change."
"What a sadly funny world this is,"
tho ight Delia when she was aiono,
"no one is really contented and
happy." Then she became very home- .
sick; no! only did she miss the doctor,
but she also missed herself, she had
always been so prudent, so .submissive,
ami now she had done such a wild,
wicked thing! Had she not promised i
"for belter and fur worse?" I
( )ne morning there eaine a tremen
dous ring at the door. Delia knew
that ring, she heard it a' I over her and
turned pale. "Hound to get in." said;
Mamie, ms she hurried lo the door. "Is
Mrs. Hi insh-y in'." askeil a big voice.,
Mrs. I'.rinsley was in. She came
forward smiling, rosy-cheeked, collect-
cil and transformed. Sim held out her
hand; she was glad to see the doctor;
she presented him to Cousin Mamie.
They sat down. "Where are you
slopping?" asked Delia. "At the
Windsor." And she became as deeply
interested in the Windsor as if the
doctor had come expressly for the pur
pose of ending his days (here. Hut Dr.
lirinsley was not altogether defense
less. "I came to see if you would take
a ride vvilh me. The carriage is at
the door. Come just as you are."
"Oh!" said I lia. And she went.
The mountains wi re "perfectly mag
nilieenl," as D lia remarked, but th
duet or made quick w ork of them.
Ilovv so.ei will you b; ready to
come home?" be asked quietly.
"I don't know. I iul ended to stay
all summer. I think I think" I
Hut she could not tell him what she j
thought. She was glad he had come; j
she wanted to go back with him; she
loved him, now. Hut tli. I he love her? .
If he would only be a little more
gentle, more lover-like. The doctor j
was not very gentle: his manner was j
clear cut and decided, but if she
would only have looked at him!
How soon will you come home?" be
repeated. "I want you to come j
home." j
Then, slowly, she lifted up her eyes,
to his. Was this the way he used to;
look at Heeky? Not quite; no one j
shoul I ever see that look again in the
doctor's eyes. Hut Delia did not '
know that, and it seemed very good to I
her to be looked at in this way. "I
w ill go whenever you like," she .
answered at last.
Then the doctor did say something I,
gent ht ami lover-like.
They were married already. Let us
hope "they were happy ever after
wards." Soma strantro lleliefs.
The Chinese hill tribes believe that
man has only three souls, and these are ;
satisfactorily disposed of. Oneappropri- ,
a'ely ami conveniently remains in the '
ravc, another takes up his position at ,
(he ancestral hoard, and the third
roams about unrestrained in the spirit
world, and not ue.-essarily upon earth- ,
Many of the hill women are fond, as '
in India, of giving their de.td child a
dog, or (by dint of prayers and suppli
cations) the departed spirit of an old :
and experienced person as a guide,
that the wanderer may not miss iti
way on the path to the spirit world
Pur this reason it was that the Moa.
golians sent slaves to accompany their
dead princes. The Chinese, however(
have a more humane idea. They be- j
licvcthat since it is likely that the
lead man will he unable to liml his
way safely to the world of spirits, and
may as probably as not stray Ironi the
right path, the kings of the under
world would furnish him with a little
devil load the part of guide and ser
vant to the newly-disembodied spirit
on its journey. The Poles used to
have a notion of a similar kind, though
they, like the Chinese, did not display
it in such an unpleasant way for sur.
v ivors. It was I heir custom to lay
bears' claws in the grave to serve tin
dead man as hooks, w ith the help ol
which he might ciim'i the gnat glass
mountain. According to the common
notion a nongthe Karens the dead re
new as "plii-pho" in the world of Phi.
under the sovereignty of the great
King Coot ay or Tle-cdo, the o 'i upa
lions which th'V bad followed whib
as yet in. riaN upon earth a curium
hint at the a-ie sy-lein of the tlin
','os. which i a-. !i" place with the Ka.
:,us while they aie alive. Condii.!
Magiine.
Peculiarities ef iNevicatis.
Among all classes tli re is too much
of the idle "rest and be ihanM'ul" spirit.
Nature has been hoiiiitifiil; the nec
I'ssaries of life are easily secured; the
need of exertion is minimized; a few
heans or a handful of corn, a little fat,
'liu! some chillies vv ill form the unvary
ing diet for weeks. Hut all are in
veterate gamblers. Although soine
timestoo la.y or Improvident to provide
pven comfortable food. He y will sit for
hours over cards or dice, mid in their
infatuation pawn everything mi which
Ihey can raise money. In selling
their chillies, their eggs, poultry, or
tither produce, they seldom have any
fixed price; their demands are mainly
graduated by the apparent rapacity or
generosity of the purchaser. Contract
ing to supply milk, for example, to the
railroad construction gangs, alter ar
ranging for a very ample remuneration,
and going on for one, perhaps I wo,
weeks, they will i iplain that their
cows are doing badly, gel, a lew extra
cents per gallon, ami perhaps a week
later make a similar stand for a further
advance. The mercantile classes in
the towns, although they seldom have
much capital, are tolerably sti nit for
ward, endeavoring to i t tln-ir en
gagements, ami have a wholesome
horror of a protest el bill. P.very vil
lage celebrates, at least mire a year, its ;
lirsla, where dancing, an extra amount
of gambling, cock lighting, and some-
times bull-baiting are the entertain-
incuts, and where the liberal eonsiiinp. j
tion of cheap intoxicants bring business j
Into the Court of lih aldi or Justice of !
Peace. The Mexicans are generally I
more pusillanimous ail super.-! iMous 1
than the Indians. Secret societies j
exercise a good d'al of authority, j
P.oth ill Did and New Mexico the !
Penitates count their numbers by j
thousands, and eiij'-'n among their !
votaries fasting and humiliation, from
which, however, exemption is freely
accorded on payment of certain doles.
Cn occasions, !-i il'-ilagclial ion ami
stripes inilieted by brother devotees
are proceeded with until the infatuat
ed victims are eoeie with blood.
1'ur several bun. lied y;t-i along a
path thickly strewn with prickly
cacl us, others go on b pels and knees
to pro-Irate themselv.s before I In
cross. Hearing a cross weighing
several hundred pounds, with arms
outstretched ami .secure. I, others toil
for miles, usually to some sacred chapel
or almost inaccessible mountain top.
When the poor cnthusixst, l.piiting
under his burden, is about lo drop, at
tendants place their shoulders under
the arms of the cross, and afford a
temporary support. These perform
ances shatter vearlv the health of
weakly devotees, ami
J.owl'iit Tim i s.
kill some.
Diseases From Il.nl Teeth.
It appears not to be generally under
stood even among the cultiva d
people, although the fact has been
dwelt upon with emphasis by the best
medical authorities, that the presence
of carious, crowded, or asymmetrical
teeth in the human mouth is the pro
genitor of a long train of nervous dis
eases, comprising not only facial
neuralgia and its concomilant troubles,
but diseases of t he ear. iiiilainmatory as
well as functional, eventuating often
in part ial loss ol'
bearing, defects of
visioll, iiaso-pharvngcal catarrh, and,
other tormenting maladies, one of'
our acutest and most successful spec-,
ialists in the treatment of nervous dis- '
cases has become so f ull v cm v incedbv
long experience of the , art pUcd by
defective teeth in the development, not
of neuralgia only, but even of the
intire obscure neuroses, thai he always
insists, as a condition precedent to the
accept nice of the case, that a thorough
examination of the cav it y of the mouth
shall be undertaken by a competent
dentist, for, he su.vs. not only may a
single diseased tooth result in persist
ent nervous disturbance, but disease
of the brain, decav or perversion of the
mental faculties, even epilepsy and
tetanic spasms olti ii have their starting-point
in dental natations ; ami hi
has observed cases in v inch, while lay
ing the foundation for a long (rain ol
nervous troubles, the irritated organ
itself gave no sign, either by local pain
or vague iliscontent. of the agency it
was constantly exerting to produce
serious disturbance at some distant
point. In common with the most
aural surgeons, a distinguished special
ist, of this city, has long since adopted
the practice of examining the teeth of
every patient brought to him for treat
ment of ear trouble, particularly of
partial deafness and general irritation
of the organ; ami. speaking the other
day of the large number of pupils from
the public schools who attended the
public aural clinics at the hospital with
which he is connected, "it is.rare," he
sani, "to liml a single patient in whose
case dental irritation is not to U- con
sidered among the prominent causative
factor. "Ntw York Times.
TIip Jliiibi:: !eo;pcrtir. '
The genus pit -q icctor, a man of
im-diiim bight, a rather lightly but
lirmly k'lit frame, age auv where be
tween tweiily-live and thirty-live, a
line face, g' litl-- but linn, broneil with
exposure to many a lien e .-toi'in, stamp
ed wilh tin- unmistakable expression
impressed on t he feat un-s of t hose who,
day afttr day, i-taud lace lo lace with
danger ai d death, a f.e e that a girl in
dist less vv ill t urn to w it hoi it hesit alioii;
that a rowdy will I urn from with tea
ami hatrfil. His lir-t movement bo
t rays the front ierma. i. A rapid pierc
ing glance around the park, neither
1 1 ii i nan foe nor edible game being in
sight, his next glance js to I he sky.
Apparently salisiied with lln- inspec
tion, l.is liis! care is to . -1 : . I b. his jack
or "bill in," to u-e the li it I t :i ' 11 phra:-e;
then having lil im'i d tin burro with a
drag on the end of his r - t hieh vv il'
effectually prevent his -li.iun from
that park, he turns lo hi- lire, blows il
into a hi, t.c, mils on his i nVepot to
boil, and t lieu to his toil"!. I hrn;
inches of comb, two square ine1 es o'
looking glass, a cars" t w I, a pie e of
yellow sua 1 1, a tooth brn-li. an I the
toilet table is furnished. Now follow
him to the dressiiig-r o. a doen ; ti ps
down t he creek takes him to when-a
litlh- dam has formed a e. v .t il pool.
Down on the nio-s-covi n d rocks govs
tin- broad while ha1, the eo!;;r of the
blue flannel shirt is r :! d ha 'K d's los
ing the neck and che t of Mil athlete.
Dh how cold, how rcfrchimr. how in
vigorating the water is, fresh from tic
Show above. The toilet is finished,
breakfast is the next consideration.
The coffee hav in-; boiled is pl:c-t"l on
one side to settle; the bacon I'li' i!. the
batter for a pile of ".-lap jacks'" l.ea'cu
up. In- fries one of tin' aboiiiin.it ions
throwing it into the air and catching
it on the reversed side with the precis
ion of an old timer, ami now he plunges
into the tent and emerges vvilh the
"chuck box," or in lingU-h, "ine.s
chest," into the iimernio.i id essi s of
which he dives, ami from the comd .in"
elation of cartridges, b i -1 '.in tin tigs,
sli el traps, iiccilies and ll-iva I. sailor's
palm, mineral 'im n , t1 . . or four
letters, a book very torn ami dirty, a
pair of Mexican spurs, odd a: ! ends
of string, etc., etc., prod! e, - ;i s.':::ill
canvass sack of salt, ditto (.f sugar, a
half gallon can of syrup. I breakfast
is ready and the table is sit. In dis
patch (he meal takes bul a 1:1 1 1.' while.
Short as Hie time h, howi ver. it is not
wasted, for observe the upturned f.i' e.
the eager searching glance, peak alter
peak is scanned, formation, color noted,
until apparently . salisiied wi;h the in
spection. The meal is finished, plate
and cup washed and put away: the
morning pipe is lit. am I sinoki d w bile he
goes through his pockets to sec if his
outfit is complete, matches, cithpa s
knife, magnifying gla-s, all safe.
Catching up the burro and picketing
him on fresh grass finishes the morn
ing chores and w e are rctlv for the
day's work.
t.vlng
There is a stoiy of a candidate for a
Yorkshire borough addressing the elec
tors in flattering terms, and telling
them that for "the hope of being their
representative be had given up valua-
""'prospects in ui.ua. am. iravrm-u
"'"'' hnndrcds of miles." -What a
j""' f""1 .v"' ""lst ,"'.' t1"'
sv inpatheticremark of mi-of tin-crowd,
Tl"' had. in fact, r-t urn.-d to
Pngland because his j.rospe, t- in India
ni"' rrm,' oemsne.
i:aggerators of
lies class have been held up to deri
sion for centuries. Lando t sixteenth
century) tells of an Italian eccloiastic
who was so given to drawing the long
bow that bis friends openly derided
his tales. He at last hired a simple
"ountry lad, whose whole duty it was
to stand behind his master's chair ami
corroborate his anecdotes. The boy
did his work for a time; but at length
,,is employer ventured
i tale so
amaing that the honest servant start,
led the company by exclaiming. "Nay,
master, take back my liv ery ; I cannot
swear to that." Iipi''ii'hs offer a very
usual Held for exaggeration. Pew
imitate the sensible conciseness ol an
inscription in a Hampshire church,
where the survivor merely adds, alter
the name of the deceased, "To those vv ho
knew him a narration of his virtues
would be needless ; to those who knew
im not it would be tedious" a fact
too ulten lost sight d hv t ie writers
of monumental inscriptions.
Pacts themselves may be presented
in a light which exaggerati s them to
the listener, lloswell once praised the
profuse hospitality of a gentleman
who "never entertained b-ss than
thousand in the course o" a year.
That is to say. about three j ersoiis
dined with him daily." Hoth "ways of
milting it" were true, but tin y v. mv i y
1 widely difftrent mrj)Jiio..' J.on
' 'on Qlobi
VEKV DIMEROUS.
Vlilt lo a Mii-o-lilyfrilne Fftory.-A
I'lnre Where .tltn'a l.lvre Are In
(uilant lltiuuei'.
Near the village of Tweed, Canada,
a-ul at the water's edge of Stoco
Lake, is a fair-sized, unpretentious,
isolated wooden building, the appear
ance of which w ould cause a stranger
I i inquire why a good building was
creeled in such an isolated locality,
and it was so closely guarded, as a
s ilitary twatchman, day and night the
year num.. criecks the steps and in
quires the business of the curious as
Ihey stray near. As the eye passing
upwards reads "Nitro-glyeerine ta-tory
-very dangerous," in big letters
ibove the door, the use for which
the building is int'-nded and the
necessity for watchful care i ap
parent. At the door were seen lying
iron casks sheeted inside with lead,
ruul in thes" casks are imported the
nire glycerine and mixed acids used
in the factory.
A cask of mixed acid is hoisted by
machinery to the upper story and
dumped into a mixing tub, in which
the mixing blades are turned by a
man who is stationed in a tight box
and has in front of him a thermometer.
As the glycerine runs into the acid a
vapor is engendered in which life is
scarcely supportable, hence the man
lit the crank is stationed in a close box.
The acid and glycerine in their admix
ture rapidly heat, and tin mpoiind
has to be toned down by cold water or
ice; hence the greatest watchfulness
is necessary at this point. As the heat
is allowed (o run up to SO degrees, and
nitio-glvcerine explodes at '.ttl degrees.
Cu re remains bul 10 degrees of heat j
between the men and eternity.or, as the
manager remarked, if the heat run up
to degrees they would not have
time to pucker their mouths to say
"good-by."
It is needless to say that, while the
work is going on, strangers are never
allowed to i n'"r the building, as it is
lu ce.sarv that every man should have
his imli i'lu.il attention a such times
upon his work. "Mricl rules govern
our men." remarked the manager, "as
the lea-t venture at experimenting
would leave ii-t one to tell how the. v
ridciil h.ipp 'ii -1." The nitro-glyeerine
thus maiiula. t iired has an explosive
force ten limes gieater than that of
blasting powder, ami is used on very
heavy work, but we sell very little in
lh.it shape, remarked the manager, as
it is run down a tunnel to the room
l-clovv, where it is manufactured into
dynamite, dunlin or vigorite, all of
which have nilro-glyccrine as their
bads, bul are known by different
names to d -sigmite the degree of power.
As rapidlv as possible, the nitro
givecrine is mixed vvilh charcoal, wood
pulp, or other mixtures, and reduced
into a commodity more readily handled;
for although dynamite is understood
to be extrt ini ly dangerous to handle, it
is rammed into the cartridges with a
stick with as little apparent fear of the
result as would be the case were the
substance so much dirt.
The cartridges are made to hold from
a pound to two pounds each, and are
carefully packed each day and taken
to an isolated magainc owned by the
company. The on' put of the factory
i-. about I n H pounds daily now, but
the
cap;
rap
owners expect to increase the
e ii v to meet the requirements of a
ally increasing demand, as this is
onlv faetorv of the kind in Ontario,
and the development of the mines has
rapidlv increased the demand, as blast
ing with powder has been almost en
tirely superseded by the use of dynam
ite, which is not only more efficacious
but -aler to handle. The manager re
inaikcd; "1 have to pay my men large
salaries, although the work is compara
tively light, as a very slight accident
would put them out i f the way f
draw ing their salaries. I have worked
at the business lor the past live years,
and own a mill in Algoma as well as
this one here, but in this business life
is the result of v igilance." - Manu
facturer's Oacltc.
tiL.tSS EYES.
IIimv Ihrtr IfrUralr Optical Irlnloni
Are Matte.
Artilicial eyes are not of recent in
vention, for the early Egyptians used
many crude specimens, the erblephari
ami the by pohlepharia. The former
was formed ol a circle of iron which
passing round the head had at one of
its extremities a thin sheet of metal
covered with very line skin, on which
was painted an eye with eye-lid and
lashes, thus forming a kind of painted
bandage which concealed the cavity of
the lost eye. The latter exhibited
somew hat of a likeness to the method
now adopted, but was made of a
metallic shell something liko a walnut
shell on which was painted the iris,
the pupil ami the white of theeye.and
was placed in the orbital cavity and kept
in place by the eyelids as is now done.
1 ho gn at objection to this waa the
weight of the metal and the constant
fixity of the lm k.
The data of the introduction of
glass eyes is not recorded, but they
have, been found in the heals of
mummies staring with unearthly
light. In olden days solid glass eyes
were used, but the artilicial eye of
to-day is if shell-like formation, and
in its construction remarkable nicety
and skill is required.
With the exception of a few small
modilications in detail and finish, the
manufacture of artilicial eyes has not
made any particular steps forward in
the last half eentuiy. Lath manu
facturer has a secret of his own as to
the combination of the material used
and the mode of applying them.
This secret, which in most cases is
handed down from father to son, is
jealously guarded, and strangers are
rarely permitted to witness any of the
processes of manufacture. The artifi
cial rye being only a light shell of
enamel without any precise form, since
it has to be suited to the dlTiereiit sizes
and shape-i of eyeballs, is pla-ed under
the eyelid, and is n imposed of two
parts; the one exterior, which gives
th lors of the iris, of the sclerotic,or
white on the eye, as well as the blood
vessels or the healthy eye; the other,
the interior, which lilting into and
capping the stump, receives movement
rrom it. The manufacture of artili
cial eyes consists in three distinct
operations, as follows:
The artist seals himself at bistable
with a lamp or gas jet before him
whieh is blow n by a bellows and blow
pipe, worked by the foot, and gives a
pointed jet of llai f the .strength he
desires. Within reach of his hand are
placed rods of enamel of different
colors, lie begins by taking a hollow
tube of colorless crystal, one of the
extremities of which being s i.m melted
in the lire of the jet forms a ball
when blown. As the color given by
the crystal has no re .enil lance to that
of the sclerotic, usually called the
white of the eve, his first labor is to
color the ball in such a manner that it
may be of the same hue as the natural
eye. To attain this rc-uit. In- applies
to the ball, eviin -1 id different colors
which amalgamating wilh the crystal
in a a,sty slate, gradually gives it the
desired tint, which differs in each
individual. This tint obtained, he
makes a circular opening in the center
of the ball, destined to receive the
globe of the eye. When the hole is
made the ball is put on one side.
The globe is made by lirst funning the
ir-s, which is done by the use of sev
I eral amalgamations of enamel aerord
S ing to requirements of the case,
i Theiris finished, a spot of black eiiame
i is placed in the center to form the
J pupil, which is then encircled with its
aureola. The inlinitcly smab libers
found in the iris are tin n drawn.
The globe when finished is soldered
to the sclerotic by means of the lamp,
after which the .-.tti.l recti lies any
small imperfections which he may
observe, and it only remains to pare
the ball in order to obtain a shell,
which, rounded at the edges, may
perfectly resemble the living eye with
w hich it is lo be placed, not only in
form but also in color. The enameled
surface of a well-made eye is really
lovely, and when even closely exam
ined il has every appearance of Un
natural, eye both in brilliancy, depthj
and light.
Prices varv from ifl'ito $.i0, aecord-
! ing to circumstances, although allaie
equally well finished.
PEAK1.S OF THOrtillT.
A felicity that costs pain gives dou
ble content.
Money is well spent in purchasing
tranquility ofjnind.
There is no deeper law of nature
than that of ehangiv
Indolence is the rust of the mind and
the inlet of every vice,
A passionate woman's love is always
overshadowed by her tear.
Wrong none by doing in juries, or
omitting the ' benefits that are your
duty.
Time should never be squandered.
Every man should havea noble, worthy
aim in life.
There w ill alway s be something that
we shall wish to have finished, and be,
nevertheless, unwilling to begin.
A gimd man will be doing good
wheresoever he is. His trade is a
compound of charity and justice.
Foolishness places itself in the fore,
most rank to be observed; intelligence
stands in the hindmost to observe.
There is always hope in a man that
actually and earnestly works. In idle
ness alone is there perpetual despair.
If you wish to appear agreeable in
fuxiety, you must consent to be taught
many things which you, know already.
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