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Beyond.
Ringed with bine mountains.
Oft, when link' 11,
Dreamed I of smnu hiiig R'ml
llidilnn beyond;
Ships and shining sea,
Towns and towers haunted im
Dreams niado me gla I and
l.if Ibj boyond !
Ringed witli blue welkin,
Oil now, as when a I id,
Dream I of soinf tiling glai
lliddun bo.rund,
Something I cannot lr
Haunts and cnlii-ei inn;
Dreamt make me glud nnd sn i
What lies beyond ?
H'llliam t'nwo'i i- tltmi li'nNt.
SCARRED FOR LIFE.
Some classes of men, like rival can
didates, seem to le born enemies, just
Hi! it is with some animals cats and
logs, for instance. Wlien troops are
stationed in a German university city,
the officers and students are certain to
quarrel. The same cordial relations ex
ist between them that might he expect
ed to prevail if a few Texas centipedes
and tarantulas were placed in a bottle
and shaken up well. In the year InII
the- students at the Polytechnic School
of Carlsruhe, Baden, Germany, and
the army officers stationed nt that city
were in perpetual session, to speak.
They were lighting almost every day.
There were several students' societies
at the Polytechnic School; the Saxon in,
the l'ranconia and Havana, and when
the members were not lighting duels
among themselves or drinking beer,
they were having "personal diilieulties.'
as David Crockett use I t call such
oint discussions, with the i Hirers of
the army of the (Iran I Duke of Baden.
During one of these street exhibi
tions a corps luirsch of theSaxonia
came very near being made acorpse by
an officer, who miule use of his sword
on the street and on the person of his
nntagonist. As it was, (he student's
coat, a borrowed one, was cut and
slashed in several places. Whenever
the students and officers met in the
leer saloons, if they were sober
enough to converse at all, they used
language towards each other that
would not bo tolerated in this country
outside of the halls of congress.
The bad feeling finally culminated
in a duel between Lieut. Von Hoi, and
a student named lluum, it member of
tho Bavarian society, which unpleas
snt affair is the subject of this sketch,
the writer being an rye witness. The
quarrel started at a masquerade ball.
They called each other bad names, and
lung diatribes and beer bottles, mak
ing good line shots across the table at
each other. Next morning liauin sent
a challenge to the beutcnant. who re
plied (list it would aflord him pleasure
to murder Bauni, but it was below the
dgnity of an army oilieer, who was
also a baron, to tight with a plebeian;
he, therefore, was compelled promptly
sud defiantly to refuse the challenge.
Several more street lights occurred,
all of which failed to calm the excite
ment. When the dueling societies
beard that Lieut. Von Holz w.uild not
fght there was a wild yearning on the
part of the students to challenge him
and all his friends. A secret caucus
was held, and the students sent a com
munication to the colonel of the regi
ment, begging bun as a special favoi
lo pick out s-even of his officers who
needed exercise and excitement, and
the students would pick seven of their
numbrr who were suffering from the
samo cause, the ule.i being to have
seven duels with sabres.
The dueling sabre is not a safe thing
io fool with, as it n ver misses lire,
and in the hands of men who are not
careful, accidents are certain to occur.
Tho officers appreciated this fact and
refused to go into joint session at all,
with sabre.-, but ISy offered a com
promise. There was in Carlsruhe at
that time an army officer who besides
enjoying the high reputation of being
a black 1 3g and a blackguard, generally,
was also remarkable for being nearly
seven feet ta!!. Now, in a sabre duel
the man with the long arm has all the
advantage over the man with the
short ami. The former can carve up
the latter at his ease, while the other
candidate cannot reach far enough
with his sabre to make the connection.
The army oflicers were so kind and
lonsiderate, and so utterly opposed to
a. lylhtng favoring of unfairness, that
they relaxed theirdignity to the extent
of proposing that their blackleg. Count
Leiningen that was his name -should
with his long arm, fight the
whole seven scholastic gladiators. This
offer was about equivalent to a man
with a long range rifle requesting an
antagonist with an Indian club to
Uckle him at a thousand yards. The
s'udents met again in secret conclave
and sent back a very sarcastic commu
nication, suggesting that when Count
Leinlogen's friends had sawed him in
two the proposition wou'.d be taken up
from tin table on which it had been
laid. Tha some more street fights
followed ni a to titer pt course.
One afternoon a few days after the
proposition fur Count Leiningen to
offer up the short-armed students in
succession I happened to be strolling
down tho principal street of Carls
ruhe when a carriage stopped in front
of me an 1 a head was stuck out
through tho window. I recognized
the head as being the porsonal proper
ty of the senior of tho Bavaria. ''Come
in here," he called motioning with his
hand. I obeyed without hesitation.
The carriage door was closed, nnd the
vehicle rolled on. There was in the
carriage, besides tho senior of the
Bavaria, Herr Giescn, another mem
ber of that dueling club, and llerr
liiuni, tho student who had the row
with I.icut. Von 1 1 oh. In the bottom
of the vehicle were three or four ha-k-et-handled
dueling sabres.
"We want you as a witness to the
duel that is coming off right away.
You are tho first corps bur?ch I've
seen on the street, and as there is no
time to lose I've just picked you up,"
said the senior.
"So Baron Lieut Yon Holz has
changed his mind about fighting with
plebeians," I replied.
'No, be hasn't changed his views,
but 1'rince William, th brother of the
grand duk", changed them for him
Prince Willi, mi gavo our little lieuten
ant to understand that if he did not
light he would bo kicked out of the
army. That's what brought him to
his milk. S i he went over as soon as
possible, lie is wailing for r.s now,
with his seconds an 1 an army doctor,
in the gasthaus yum adler. It is going
to be a very serious matter and I want
a w itness to sec that they don't crowd
us or lie about us afterwards. These
military men are great strategists."
In a few minutes we drove into the
court-yard of tin; hotel and carried the
w eapons up stairs. On the large danc
ing seal, where the dispute was to be
arranged, where three gentlemen.
Lieut. Von Holz, Ins secomt, and a
doctor. The latter was unconcernedly
threading a curved nee lie to sew up
wounds. On iho table was a basin of
water and a sponge, also an open case
of instruments. The Germans are
very business-like in all their under
takings. Lieut. Von Holz, tho cause of this
prcspective trouble, did not impress
me very favorably. He talked through
his nose, which he held up in the air,
possibly to facilitate his How of elo
quence. It whs n very largo nose,
with large nostrils that looked as if
they were looped up at the sides. Ho
was rather short and stout, and looked
far from enjoying himself. On the
other hand, the lieutenant's second
presented an interesting appearance.
He was a tierce looking, little old man
with shaggy eyebrows, a hooked nose
that gave him tne appearance of
being a cross between a rat terrier and
a bird of prey. He was a venerable
surgeon relic of the Napoleonic era.
Of our party 11, mm supplied the
good looks. He was a dark-haired,
blue-eyed young fellow, and as
strong asa lion. Giesen, tic: senior of
the Bavaria, was a big, broad-shouldered,
red-whiskered giant, whose face
was adorned w ith various and sundry
scars that he had acquired at (lillereut
universities, (iiesen approached the
Napoleonic veteran and informed him
that liauin would be ready in a few
moments. There was -a brief consul
tation in a corner of the largo dancing
room.
"Now, my dear boy," said Giesen,
laying his hand on his principal's
shoulder. "If I had known about this
before, I would have taken it otf your
hands; but it is too late now. You
have never practiced w ith a sabre, and
unless you do precisely as 1 tell you,
you will be cut all to pieces, for your
opponent knows how to fence. You
must not fence him at all. You are
stronger and quicker than he is, and if
yr n climb right on him, and cut away
Hi him as hard as you can, you
will throw him olf his guard. Don't
give him time to cut back at you. As
soon as 1 give the word, run right up
to him, and make use of your natural
advantages."
Ban in nodded his head. There was
a look of determination in his knit
brow and set mouth. The opponents
t Kik their place..in silence opposite
each other about fifteen feet apart.
The program whs that, at the word of
command they should advance on
each other. It was'agreed that (iiesen
should give the word.
"Fcrtig-los," said Cdesen in a loud
voice.
The words seemed scarcely uttered
before Bauin was upon his antagonist,
dealing out a succession of terrific
blows that could not be parried. Lieut
Yon Holz. began to move backwards,
but Baiim followed him more furious
ly than ever, until the lieutenant had
reached the opposite side of the room.
"Halt," called out the Napoleonic
veteran, interposing his sabre. The
combatants paused and took their Cor
nier places
T had supposed this dm I was to be
carried on according lo the code, I u'
I see 1 am mistaken. Your man
should keep Ins prope distance," said
the old veteran.
"Anil I," retorted Giesen. with a
magnificent sneer, "'supposed that this
room, which is nearly fifty feet squ ire,
was big enough for these gynvia-tie
exercises, but I see 1 aiu mistaken. If
Lieut. Von Holz ciunot lia I room,
to maneuver, I expect he will have to
go out in the op-m uir, when! there is
more scope for his strategic aiiiliiy.
As it is I havo no objection lo the door
being opened, if it will make him feel
more comfortable."
The old veteran snapped his eyes at
tho audacious Gies"ii. and then whis
pered a few worlsto his principal,
probably suggesting that he u.ohis
sabre more ami his legs less. The lat
ter nodded assent and said he was
ready.
"That was splendid," whispered
Girsen to his in in, who w.n eiger for
tho second round, ".lust hit a little
quicker, if yen can. H i will slick
this time. The next round will settle
it."
Once more the word was Riven.
Once more tho Mil lent rushed at his
adversary. Tins timi llr; lieutenant
did stick. There w.is a fierce, clashing
of blades. Tho 1 euteiiant utlercd an
exclamation of pain an I reeled back
wards. His w hile shirt was covered
with Mood, which gushed from hit
head in streams. Om; of the sledge
hammer blows of the .student had
caught him fair ami squ ire i,n the left
temple, the wound extending around
tho outside corner of the left eye,
through the cheek across th:.- nose,
w hich whs laid open the breadth of a
linger, and into the right cheek. The
cut was at least an inch wide, and
probably much deeper, several large
arteries being cut. The doctor, assist
ed by the old veteran, had his hand"
full to stop the How of blood.
' I presume," said Giesen, leaning
over to look nt the wounded man,
"that there will be no more military
exercise today," and leaving Lieut.
Von Holz in the hands of his friends
we retired from the room.
That night there was a "coinmers,"
or general jollification, at the club
room of the Bavaria, at which, there is
reason to fear, more wine was drank
than was good for the health of those
who participated.
It was six weeks before Lieut. Von
Holz showed his aristocratic face in
public places, and if he is still in the
land of the living he can be readily
identilied at long range by the scar
across his face, which is convincing
proof, if any is needed, that occasion
ally main strength and awkwardness,
when backed up by pluck, triumph
over skill.
B.ies from luinntoii Plants.
The great variety of colors and dyes
obtained from common plants, grow
ing so abundantly almost everywhere.
Is apparently known to but few per
sons except chemists. The well-known
huckleberry or blueho: ry, when boiled
down, with an addition of a little
alum and a solution of copperas, will
develop an excellent blue color; the
same treatment, with a solution of
nut galls, produces a clean dark brown
tint, while with alum, veidigris and
sal ammoniac various shades of purple
and red can be obtained. The fruit of
the elder, so frequently used for color
ing spirits, will also produce a blue
color when treated with alum. Tho pri
vet, boiled in aso ution of salt, furnish
es a set viceable color, and the over ripe
berries yield a scarlet red. The seeds
of the common burning bush, "euony.
mous," when treated with sal ammoni
ac, produce a beautiful purple red.
The bark of the currant, bush, treated
with a solution of alum, produces a
brown. Yellow is obtainable from
the bark of the apple tree, the box, the
ash, the buckthorn, the poplar, elm,
etc., when boiled in water and treated
with alum. A lively green is fur
nished by the broom corn.
A Duck Hunter's Odd Craft.
A man in South Bend, Ind., goes
duck shooting in an odd emit, which
he calls an "invisible boat." Ho has
cut one-third of an entire boat's length
down tothe water line. The remain
der is made, water tight, ami in the
stern a mirror (twenty eight inches
high and forty-eight long) is placed so
that the glass reflects the water in
front and the decoys. Behind the mir
ror the hunter sits and paddles his
boat toward the ducks, making his ob
servations through a small spot in the
mirror, from which the amalgam has
Wen removed. As the boat moves up
to the ducks they can see their own
relleclhns in tho mirror, and in some
instances swim toward the boat.
When the hunter is near enough to
shoot 1 e drops the mirror forward by
loosening a string and gets two effect
ive shots one at the ducks en the
water and one as they rise.
niif.uiu.xs' coLiin."
l.rOH ii.l p Land.
t.nnd morning, fnii iniiid. with lashes brown,
Oin you tell mo th way to Womanhood
J own '
I Hi, 'his w iy nnd Hint way never a stop;
"l is picking up sliiches grandma will drop,
"l is kissing :Iih baby 's troubles away,
"f i- Icnining that civm word, never will pro-,
Tis helping mother, 'lis sewing up rent,
"J is ri-mhns and phiv.n. 'tis Miring I lie cents.
'1'is loving and smiling, finfriting to frown,
till, that is die wny to Wmnniihood Town.
lust unit, my hnivo I n) m inijim iit, I ptny,
Manhood 1 own lies i.eic can yuu tell lite
way
flh, by toiling nnd li v.ng c reach that land.
A i'il Willi tlic In iid. a h t willi Ihchaud
Ti by rhmhing up flic -Iim p hill, Wink,
'lis by keeping out Ilin wide street, shiik,
"fishy nhviijs Inking the wink onti's pint,
'lis by giving iliu tniithet ii happy bcjitt,
'lis by keeping bid thoughts nnd action-.
low n,
I ill, that is the way to Nfiuiiond 'f-iivn.
And the Ind and liio luneb-n inn hand in hand
io their fail estate in the (.run ii up I. nnd.
C'ty awl 'oiiiitr'j.
Two IVnj.
The snow lay on the branches, the
ground was growing white, and t he
sun, whicil had been so bright in the
morning, was hidden by a gray sky.
From his perch in a tree a forlorn
bird looked out on the wintry land
scape. "What a dreary day!" it piped, dole
fully. "Not a leal left on the trees
for shade or shelter, not a thing on the
bare branches I o eat, and now the
ground is so covered with snow that
we can't pitk up anything there.
Likely we'll starve to death this win
ter. The sim that was so bright in
the east this morning is nowhere to be
feen now, when it's needed most.
There is nothing pleasant anywher
"What pretty wdiite snow!" cawed
another voic--, cheerily. "And we
have such a coy box of a house that
we needn't mind its coming: it will
only cover up the roof and mako It all
the warmer. It covers the ground,
too, to be sure, but what a good thing
that there is a granary so near that
we needn't want for plenty to eat !
This snow will make the ground all
the richer for next year, and -There!
it's grow ing lighter in tho east:
and if the sun sets clear, wo shidl have
a line day to-morrow. What a grand
old world this one of ours is, where
things fit into one another so nicely!"
Tho.io two birds were side by side
on one perch on the :,e!i'same tree, but
they were looking different ways.
Furiairti.
.'lever llnrsrs
Pome of the ingenious feats of the
more clever horses have a clow re
semblance to human actiuiis. Take
the following case, narrated by Mr
Smiles in his "Life of lOnuie, the en
gineer." "A horse called .lack was
one among many employed at the prec
tion of Waterloo bridge. The horse
was accustomed to draw the stone
trucks along a tramway to a place
whero tho stones were required. A
benr shop was, of course, opwno I near
the works for the special use of I hi
'navvies' and other workmen. The
driver of .lack's truck was an honest
sort of fellow, named Tom. who had
one special weakness an inability to
pass the beer shop without taking
little.' Jack was so accustomed t
this that, though a restive animal, he
waited contentedly till Tom came out
of his own accord, or until the appear
ance of an overlooker startled the man
into activity. On one occasion, how
ever, -.hen the superintendents were
all absent. Tom took so long a spell at
the ale that .lack became restive, and
the trace fastenings being long enough,
the animal put bis head inside the
beer house door, and seizing the aston
ished Tom by the collar with his teeth,
dragged the lay man out to the truck
F.very man there understood the ac
tion of the Imrse. and great heciiine
the fame of .lack among the host ol
workers."
Mrs. Lee mentions a horse which,
having to cross an opening on some
planks, and these having become slip
pery by frost, scattered with its f -et
some loose sand lying near over t to
ice-covered timbers, and thus secured
a rough surface and a firm footing
This is precisely what a niHn would
have done tinder the circumstances.
Sorry He Ever (Jot One.
"Mr. Dusenberry, what are thest
automatic couplers which are being
introduced 't"
"Don't interrupt me, my dear. Set
I'll have to go over this whole col
umn of figures again."
"But what are they, Mr. Dusen
berry V"
"What are what, my dear?"
"Automatic couplers."
"Oh! Y'cs, I know. We've one ol
them in the house, and I've always re
gretted getting it.'
"Where is it?"
"In the Bible. Our marriage certi.
ficate, my AtAt."Philah1phia Call.
'THE ITM-RAI, Ol- A KING.
Ceremonies Attending the
Burinl of Alfonso XII.
Unlocking tho Coffin and Shouting in the
Dead Monarch's Ear.
Arrived at the Kscurial, the special
solemnities of the occasion took place.
As the funeral car approached, the
door of the monastery was closed. The
lord chamberlain knocked '.hree times.
A voice inside demanded, according to
the prescript, "Who wishes to enter?"
The lord chamberlain replied, "King
Alfonso the Twelfth." At this an
swer tho portals were slowly opened
and the prior of the monastery appear
ed. The body was then borne into the
church and placed on a raised bier be
fore the grand altar. Then the minis
ter of justice, removing the lid, said,
"Huntsmen of Kspinosa, is this the
body which you received on the death
of King Alfonso.'1" "The same," re
sponded th ch'ef huntsman. "Do you
swear it?" "Yes, we swear it," This
assurance having been added to the
testimony already given with inde
pendent formalities by the king's phy
sicians, confessor and minister, the
lid of tho collin was let down, not,
however, as yet for the last time, and
the bier was covered with the four
cloaks of the noble orders of Spanish
chivalry. A thousand tapers lighted
the 7w7rV itiu'iiitc, and had, it is
easy to imagine, a splendid elfict in
association with the vast and sombre,
though richly decorated, interior oi
the ancient pile, and the crowds of
sorrowing friends an 1 subjects mov
ing silently about the wreathed pall.
A mass was said and the "Miserere'
sung, and then the coffin was raised
once more and carried by titled lieges
of the realm lo the entrance of tho
stairs leading dow n to the vaults.
Here the most striking part of the
melancholy pageant occurred. No one
descended the stairs to the vault ex
cept the collin bearers, tho prior of the
monastery, tho minister of grace and
justice, anil the lord chamberlain. The
collin was placed on a table in a great
chamber or vault, of black marble con
taining the deceased rulers of Spain,
who sleep in huge marble tombs dis
posed all round. It must have been
a thrilling moment for some at least of
those assisting when the lord cham
berlain, unlocking the ciflin, which
was covered w ith cloth of gold, raised
the glass covering from the face of the
dead king, and, turning to his compan
ions, demanded silence and attention.
Then kneeling dow n, he shouted three
times in the monarch's ear, "Senor,
senor, senor." The monarch answered
not; the "right ear," soon to be Milled
with dust," heard only the sounds of
another world. But the hist appeal
addressed to him in this fashion must
have had, forthost standing at the en
trance to the vault, an awful
seeming of response; for it is said
the echo of the triple summons was
caught by them and seemed a cry
of despair, as it no doubt was a w ail of
anguish, for it caino from the lips of
the Duke of Sexto, King Alfonso's fa
vorite companion. The sovereign ly
ing dumb, the duke rose, and follow
ing the ritual, said: "His majesty
does not answer, Then it is true the
king is dead." The conclusion as
framed appears somewhat loose, but
it is part of the programme. Locking
the eollm once more and for the last
time, the lord chamberlain broke up
his wand of oiliee and thing the pieces
at the foot (A Ihe table whereon the
collin lay. Lnn-lnn A'lrtrlistr.
To (lie Hornet.
"If I had been Solomon," said a
curb-stone philosopher, "I don't think
I would have sent the lazy man to the
ant."
"Where would you have sent him?"
inquired a man with a tin oping nose,
wlio needed shaving badly.
'1 would have sent him to the hor
net." "And what good would that have
done?"
"A great deal, my friend. One hor
net would have taught him more about
enterprise in five minutes than he could
have learned from a whole colony of
ants in threo weeks by the closest kind
of observation. If you want to limber
a man's joints in a hurry, send him to
the hornet, every time, and you won't
miss it. The hornet means business
from the very start, and don't you for
get it." - Chi'Oio heihjer, .
Not That Kiud of a Day.
Mamma Clara, you have not been
a good girl to-day. Now, instead of
helping lo throw stones at that poor
old rag-peddler, you should have told
your playmates that it was wrong.
Yon should try and do somebody a
kindness every day. You know the
rhyme;
Count that day hst whnee low descending son
.'ee hi thy hand no worthy action dona.
Clara -Yes, mamma, but to-day was
cloudy, and there wasn't any sun.
Teaching Benf Vulcs lo Spe.d-,
Deaf mutes may be taugh'. to speak
and to iindi rstuud articulate speech by
merely watching the motion of the vo
cal organs. This method is by no
means novel, as it has long been prac
ticed in some of the schools of Kurope,
and t he earliest attempts to leach the
deal and dumb to pcak appear to
I have been as successful as those in
i modern times. It is recorded in his
tory that a deaf man was taught to
I pronounce words and sentpnos by ac
F.nglish bishop in the yi ar iiv". and
from that time isolated clashes of the
.-ami) sort are mentioned till the lattei
part of the eighteenth century when
a school for the teaching id articulate
speech to mules was started in tier
many. The method of this teaching
is very simple. It consists meiely in
training the pupil. Iy imitating tilt
posdion ,-md action of the vocal organ;
j of the teacher, to utter articulate
! sounds. This, it is found, is not
! very d.lti nil, task tor the pupil. 1 1 1 it
is extremely tidious, rquiiiiig lonf
and iiiiiliteriiutting practice, and th'
greatest patient on the part of tin
teacher. I n Germany this art of lip
teaching has been much nun e success
ful than it has ever been in l.iiglaiid oi
America, perhaps because the tiennar
language is more adapted than tin
Knglish to acquired sp,ech on thi:
plan. It seems to be generally ad
milled, how e it, by all schools tha
have tried this me'lio I ol in -I rm I ion
that. !hi'ii,'h it is oft, ii highly success
fill in special eases by the help o
much individval teaching, it can no
be used io any i fleet in large iiislitu
timis where cl i -s nidniction is abso
iutely necessary. Amdher system
bowei er, has h en introduced of lab
years into Lnghsh and Americai
schools. It is called visible speech
and was invented by A Melville Bell
a professor of vocal physiology in I'.ng
land in llv It consists oi a specie
of phonetic w riting, based not up n
sounds but upon the action id tie
Vocal organ in pioducing I hem. Th
characters oi this universal alphalm
reveal lo Ihe eye the position ol Mies
organs in the formation i f any smim
which t lie. human mouth can utlei
In l.Mi'.t thU alphabet was lir.st applici
in Pngland to t he :nsl ruct ion of dea
mutes, and in 17! it was ;nl lodm e.
by Professor Abralritn Bell, the son o
the inventor, into the Clarke lnstitu
tion at Northampton, Mass., where i
is now the only system of articulatioi
teaching iisfd. Profess. r Bell s,n,i
! after opened a school for ins! ruction
teachers in this system in Boston
j which, we think, is si ill can ic I on.--
I I 'liirii,,, 1 1,!, (.-, ,,
"The Swamp Angel."
When Genera! iidmore bil l out hi
plan of operations against harledoi
,"s. C, and its defences in Ihosiimme
ofl'io, he decided to plant a baiter,
in tho marsh, at some point whence i
might lie possible to reach the wharvo
and shipping of the city vv it h shell.
The marsh here was a bed i f sof
black mud, sixteen to eighteen lie
deep, overgrown with recl.i and gras
traversed bytorlnnis, sluggish wato
courses, and oveillovved athi;htid
Here, at a point midway between Mor
ris and .lames Isi tnds, luily live mile
from the lower end of Charleston, on
strong platform of logs, place I direct
ly on the surface of the marsh, bu
strengthened beneath the gun plat
form by piles driven through the inn.
into the solid sand below, and tilled be
tween with sand, was planted the bat
t'ty. It mounted a single gun. an S
inch rilled Parrot gun. The gunner
were protected by a sand bag parapet
Aug. 2i. 1 ''!, General Gilniore de
nSmded the surrender of thai b si on
Tho demand being lejtctcd lire wa
opened from this gun upon the city
Seveial shells did reach the lower par
of the i by. and caused much d.unag
by exploding among the warehouse
there, but no iersoits w etc harme I
The Swamp Angel, however, oi l no
long continue to terrify the harles
toiiians. Being fired at a consider, ihl
elevation, with a charge of sixteet
pounds (if powder, and impelling
projectile weighing l-'ii pounds, i
burst at its thirty sixth nisi hargt
As Fort Wagner, fully a n ilc mare
the city, was taken. September 7. am
lis guns turned against Charleston, lh
marsh battery was put to no tin the
use. lutu -i niti.
Youth, Ace and Knowledge.
"Y's, sir," said Jones to Smith, "a
nvn grow in age and experience thej
advance in know ledge.
"I don't think so," replied Smith.
"Don't think so? That's ri'the
singular. The opinion 1 hold on th J
subject is the universal opinion." I
"It may be, but I have myowt;
opinion, nevertheless, and it is tha I
the younger we are the tnoro weknow
When 1 was a youth 1 knew twice a:
inuca as my lamer. Now 1 am agee
and I don't know half as much as mj
son."- -Boston Courier.
What Is Idfe,
o.'iinr i Mi i ra; i I stream
KuH'iig ouwntd to the ocean.
V. hnl is liti .' -n troubled dieani,
I uli ol i eident :oi'l motion.
Wliiit is lile.' II, p nirow'n flight.
1 lint mocks On- ki" iici.t gnet's eye.
XV lint is ,il'. ' u gii-uui nf light
Itirtiii.; iloeugli n stoiuiy sky.
'A !,-.t i- Ide' a v.uii'd I ilc,
lit-cpii lino mg. ipiickly lold.
VV lull Is Till:.' a M-ioll pjilc,
,iui-tiiiig whili! wu liellnld.
iVkit is l.te' h smoke, a v.ipor,
swili'y inaigled waii the uir.
hill 1- lite' -il d.l illg taper.
I he - io I. licit glims lo disappear.
Whi.t is I'd ' a fl 'Wei i lint lilowi,
Ni pi il I y Hie lrii.-t, mid ipi.el.lv dead.
'. le.t i llli''--the Mil l.l'Olll re.li.
Ihr - scMiriicd ul uii,ii and withered.
S'H-ii is hb ii I'O .nil, a cpan,
lnmiliMit 'i'l:et.l g'Uil' fo,in tlice.
W Ii t is lh lli -i i in-, i tni mini'
Thy e.iiniiiiju on eteu.ity.
lll'MOROrS.
A fresh roll the actor's new part. (
The ghost of a smile Smelling the
cork.
An auctioneer does as ho is bid, a
pi'Stman as he is directed.
A Irien 1 in need is a friend who
generally strikes you for a quarter.
Vesuvius is uo pimple, and yet it is
very frequently in a .date of erup
tion. A hi lie differs sci;ievv hat from a
cowboy. 'Ihe more p 'vvder sho uses
the h -s dangerous .she grows.
"I'm dyeing for love," remarked
young .lintis, as be put a little d -ilit
tonal ' "lor to Lis moustache.
When a miner has been eaten by a
gri.ly, the western people speak of
1 1 1 1 i as being admitted to the bar.
How do you tell a fool w hen you
see one?" asks a correspondent.
How! By the Kind "f questions he
asks.
tiirl.s who wish to have small, pret
ty shaped mouths should repeat at
frequent intervals during the day.
"Fanny Finch fried floundering fish
b r Frances Forbes' father."
Dialogue between mamma and her
live-year- dd daughter : "Mamma, do
you tell lies.'" "Of course not, my
ihild." "Mamma, does papa tell lies?"
t eriainly not." "How is it, then,
that you don't always agree?"
A gentleman generous in his con
tributions tor church purposes, but
not ivgul.tr m lus attendance upon
public wor-hip, was vv.ttilv described
by a i b-rg in in as being "not exactly
a pdi.ir oi the eh ii rih, but a kind of a
living buttress, supporting it from the
outside.
Ihe "Miiva" lieineilj.
Although tattooing is coiitinr-d to
tho lower orders of the Japanese,
round w hite spots arc I be seen on the
skia "I ahoos' every native of Japan
in all ranks oi life. These spots are
known. Dr. I'.,ti p- tells us. as "mox i,"
and they are pr ilm o l l y burning tho
flesh in a peculiar way, with the ob
ject of cur. tig some disease. The W
lief in the efficacy of moxa is univer
sal in Japan, and Mm Portuguese and
paniards mn-t have adopted the samn
faith, in its power to allcvi-tt" or cum
deep seated pain for tlay introduced
both the treatment and its Japanese
n ime into l.urope. This is said to he,
the m.uitier in which moxa is prac
ticed in Japan. In May he leaves of
the ii'no 'i'jo'i . are powdered
and dried, and the mass is cut into
small blocks or pieces. One of these
pieces is la d on the body and set on
lire -o as to burn slowly away. At
first the operation naturally produces
a sore, nvu'eor less deep according to
the intensity of the heat The soro
soon heals, hut thero is left a sear for-evi-r.
Those w ho have be:'u subjected
to this remedy" say that it is by no
mi, ins so painful as what would bo
suppo-cd in the absence of actual cxpe
i ;em o
ihe Healthiest Looking Went First.
Two ve irs ago I escorted a lady
I from the West with t wo of hir chil
i died to see Dr. I laminond, to whom
: one of the children was submitted tin-
d r tho belie: that she had epilepsy.
I The doctor examined her closely, burn-
I'd her back along the spine, and gave
: general direcCons for her treatment,
l directing that sho be brought back to
I biic again in a year. We were about
j going away when Dr. Hammond asked
it the other child did not need treat
ment. he was the picture of health
and the mother said as much laugh
ingly, never thinking for a moment
that the se-cond child was in any way
ailing. Dr. Hammond, however, called
the child to him, and made sot; e littlo
examination ef her. especially about
the lungs and told the mother she
ought to W very careful of that child's
health. That was two years ago. The
child treated for epilepsy Is now
strong and heilthy; the either child
has been de;td a year,--AVw Tor
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