, - - ..-i. ' -
- . o V v' -
.Proudly call ours a Gpyei.pt 'ife People. CifeYela
R. H. COWAN, Editor and Proprietor.
TERMS: S2.0O Per Year.
VOL. II.
WADESBORO, N. G, THtlSmWi
NO. 16.
r-w- Jfe .; w. .i .. t . . .. -v 1 .
j - --- -v '' ' ' ' " "- : .
s
Tfcrmst-kCash in Advance.
OnTear
Six Mouths
Three Months
$2.00
$1.00
50
ADVERTISING RATES.
One square, first insertion - $1.00
Each subsequent insertion - 50
Cocal advertisements, per line - - 10
"Special rate given on applicatio pr
Dgertune.
Advertisers are requested to bring in their
advertisements on Monday evening of each'
week, to insure insertion in next issue.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
John D. Pemberton.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WADESBORO, N. C.
Practnee in the State and Federa
Court.
JAMES 1 LOCKMT.
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
WADESBORO. N. C.
Practice at all the Courts of the States
R. LITTLE.
W. L. PARSON
LITTLE & PARSONS,
A. TTO nXi:Y8 AT
WADESBORO, N. C.
Collections Promptly Attended to.
H . IT. De Pew
D E N T I S T,
WADESBORO. N. C.
Office over G. W. Huntley's Store.
All Work warranted.
May 14, '85, tf.
Dlt, D. Ji. FKONTIS.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Offers his Professional Services to the citizens
f Wadeslxm and surrounding country. Of
fice opposite Bank.
A. B. H
untley, Al. O. J. T. J. Battle, M. D
Huntley & Battle,
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS
Wadesboro, N C '
Office next to Bank May 7
tf
I. H. HORTON,
JEWELER,
WADESBORO, X. C.
Dealear in Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Musical
Instiumente, Breech and Muzzle Loading
.Shot Guns, Pistols, &c.
Anson Institute.
WADESBORO, N. C.
a i mcgeegor, principal
J. J. BCRXETT, A. B., 1
J. W. Kilgo, A. B. Assistants
Mips M. L. McCorkxe, )
The Tpring Term begins Monday, Jan
uary 11th, 1886.
Tuition In Literary Department, $2, $3
and $4 per month.
Instrumental Music, $4 per month.
Vocal Music, $4 per month.
Use of piano for practice 50 cents per month.
Board, 1 10 per month.
Contingent fee, 11 per year.
For Catalogue apply to the.Principal.
Morven High School,
MORTEN, ZV. O.
JAMES W. KILGO, A. BM Principal.
ST" The Fall Seeeion begins on the 8d of
August 1885, and runs through five months.
TUITION, PER MONTH.
Primary, .
Intermediate,
Advanced r.
?2.00
2.50
3.00
Board from' $8 TO $10 per montL
For further particulars address the Prin
cipal. M. A HDBB, ";
MtnvrrACTCRSR awd dealer i.
Tin-ware, Ste-Iron
AJVD
HOLLOW WARE.
WADESBORO. N. C.
h
P
A
c a S
o
'go
is
t
at
A.
s
t
B
es
s
o
C
O
n
c
Sz;
o
5
o
K
4- . Si
z
on
C
p.
O
S3
so1-
8- 5?
1 .
HOTELS.
TARBROUGH HOUSE,
- RALEIGH, IT. C.
FMCES BEDUCED 10 SUIT THE HME3
CALL AMD BEE TJS,
THE SONQ OF THE SEA WIND
How It inf-, ings, sings,
. ' Blowing sharply from the sea-line,
With an edge of salt that stings;
. How it laughs aloud, and passes.
As it cuts the close, cliff-grasses;
Bow it sings again and whistles,
How it shakes the stout sea-thistles
How it singi I
How it shrieks, shrieks, shrieks,
In the crannies of the headland,
In the gashes of the creeks ;
How it shrieks once more, and catches
TJp the yellow foam it patches;
How it whirls it out and over
' To the corn-field and the clover
V - How it shrieks!
How it roars, roars, roars,
In tbg iron ang under caverns,
I the hollow the shores; ..
. How It roars net and thunders,
As the strong hall spliti and sunders;
, And the spenf atup, xempest driven,
On the reef lies rent and riven
How It roars!
How it wails, wails, wails,
In the tangle of the wreckage,
In the napping of the sails,
How it sobs away, subsiding,
Like a tired child after chiding;
And across the ground swell rolling
You can hear the bell-buoy tolling
How it wails'.
Austin Dobson, in. The Independent.
ON THE BATTLEFIELD.
A CONFEDERATE GENERAL'S 8ESGCXAR
1 EXPERIENCE.
A singular experience of the war was
that of Brigadier General Robert D. Lilley,
of the Confederate forces at the battle of
Rutherford's farm, near Winchester, Vir-
ginia. General Lilley. is how living in
this city, acting as financial agent for the
centennial organization for the endow-
ment of the Washington and Lee univer
sity of Virginia. A few evenings ago,
at the earnest solicitation of friends ho
related his story of strange adventures
on the battlefield.
"On the 19th of July, 1864, he said,
"just after General Early had returned
from Washington city, a portion of his
command was formed across the main
road leading from Berry ville to Sniggers
gap in the Blue Eidge to meet a demon
stration of the Federal ferces from that
direction. There was much lively skir
mishing, and we expected to be en
gaged before night. After we had biv
ouacked to the north of BerryviJIo an
order came for us to move toward ""Win.
Chester, when the troops had finished
their supper. We marched all nighty
and it was after sunrise heft js- biv
ouacked along the railway traisk east of
Winchester. In the early afternoon
General Ramseur's division was ordered
to move promptly down the road leading
to Martinsburg, Johnson's brigade first,
Lewis' second, and Fegram's (under my
command), third in column. About
three miles below the town, the head of
the co'uran came upontho Federal forces
under command of General Averill, al
ready in , line of battle, with twelve
pieces of artillery massed in the center
and supported by infantry, with cavalry
on the flanks waiting for us.
"When our battery opened fire and
while the troops were forming, the con
centrated fire of Averill's twelve pieces
poured upon the battery- and disabled it
entirely. The Federal line then advanced
and struck our front before the left wing
of Lewis's brigade got in line. In the
confusion which followed, Lewis's bri
gade was swept back past mine in great
disorder. I urged Lewis to halt his
brigade on mine, but he said he could do
nothing with hie men then. I saw at a
glance that the only chance was to hold
my brigade in position and check the
enemy until Lewis and Johnson could
form in the fortifications near "Winchester.
In the meantime, a 6hcll grazed my lelt
thigh with the same effect as if my body
had been hit a terrific blow with a club,
and it pairied me so severely that I could
scarcely sit on my horse and couid not
move my leg. 1 spoke to Colonel Board,
the senior present, and instructed him
that in case I had to leave thebattlefleld,
to take command without further orders.
Tie Federal troops pressed, forward,
evidently thinking that they Were carry
ing everything before them. When
within eighty yards, my brigade rose and
fired rapidly and effectively, checking
their centre. Their line wa. so long,
however, that their wings moved forward
until they resembled an" arc of a circle .
I had ridden to the left of my line, and
while returning, my right arm was shat
tered near the shoulder by a minie ball.
"With the two wounds received I ougrA
to have ridden from the field; but it .was
my first experiment with wounds and I
dismounted, expecting to walk out with
the troops. Just as I had done so and
while my horse was galloping to the rear,
aminie ball went through my already
injured thigh, severing a tendon and
completely disabling me. 1 looked
around at Colonel Board, who was stacd
!n a few yards away, to place him in
command, when he wa3 shot dead before
my eyes.
"It was.a very hot afternoon. Weak
with the loss of blood, and feeling a
deathly faiatness coming on, I lay down
in the shade of a tree, exposed, to the
enemy's fire. The balls struck the rocks
and trees, sinking and ringing ai'ound so
that I could not cling closely enough to
the ground nor make myself small
enough. I remember wondering at the i
tune whether there would be a , chance !
for me to recover if I should receive anv
more wounds, even if' they should not
prove fatal at once. I felt, as
large as a man looks who weigh)
300 pounds. I wanted to give orders
to have my brigade withdraw, but even
from my eolitary position I could see it
move away in good order under the
cover of smoke caused by rapid liring on
both sides. The Federals followed the
retreat, moving cautiously at first, for
uaej iiau oeen mucn snociteu anu Mir
prised by the fire from my men. As he
Federal line passed over me, the o c
urged their men forward, and' 1 vi
obliged to hear them say, We have them
started now and must keep them going.'
My arm le;tn to pain me Irightfully and
looking up I found that one of the Union
soldiers was frying to get my field-glass
and my shattered arm was through the
strap and resUngJ-jon it.
""Wait,' I said, ;'mtil I can lift my
rm through.' .
"'Be quick, then,' replied the sol
dier. ' ' T
No doubt he tried to be careful in
-1 . : rc tl i ' i. v. i. ;
quickly as possible and hurried to his
place in the ranks, at the same time
placing the prize over his neck.
. , . ,, . .
"In a few moments all was quiet
around me T UvtW . .h,p
that less than an hour previously I had
been riding at the head of my brigade,
mounted on a good horse. Xow my
division bad been driven back. Between
:f (. T i
lt ana me were the enemy. I was riddled
i with shot and alone. The heat was op- j
I pressive. I looked around for a cooler i
i spot. Near at hand was a tree with ;
sprouts growing ont around in a ledge
I of rocks bedded with leaves. Slowly I :
; crawled around and lay down in a hoi- .
low ot tne rock in the shade. Were was 1
: a slight movement of the air, cool and '
refreshing. I thought of snakes when I j
got in, but had left my belt, sword and '
: ;is:ol where I lay first. I was just en- '
j joying as much 'as I could the cool breeze
j and bed of leaves when I espied a Fed- I
i eral straggler coming through the woods,
He saw my weapons, stopped, then dis-
covered me.
" 'Where are you wounded?' he asked.
"I told him as well as I could,
" 'Have you any greenbacks?' he de
manded. ""'None.' :
" 'I will seel'
"He kneeled down and began to
search my pockets. I have since thought
jierhaps it was well that my weapons
were out of reach. Weak as I was from
the loss of blood my indignation made
-tne forget pnin. He took ray pocket
book, watch, some letters, a knife which
had been presented me in 1859, a plain
gold ring which I had worn for many
years, and my nice new slouch hat, leav
ing his old 1 battered hat' behind as he
departed:
'A few moments later another Federal
soldier came up. He was an Irishman.
He did not want to rob me. He in
quired all about my injuries, and finding
that I was suffering from thirst, went to
a spring three quarters of a mile away
.for some water. A group of Averiil's
cavalry came up. They ranged around
me in a semi-circle and inquired about
our command, numbers, etc. I avoided
giving any information that would be of
any service to them. Then they began
to see how desperately I was wounded
and how much I was suiTering. They
looked at my bloody sleeve lying by my
s de, saw my bleeding leg, and then
began conversing with each other.
While they were occupied among them
selves, I heard someihing moving in the
dead leaves among the rocks above my
head. I tried to persuade myself that it
was a ground mouse, but noticed that ifl
approached with a sliding motion. 1
was a snake. The reptile glided pasti
my ears, up my temple and across my
forehead,, and stopped in the sprouts, its
tail hanging down near my face.
" 'Please come ana kill the snake and.
not let it
bite
me !' I called to the
soldiers.
"They looked aroundnd down at me
in amazement and then at each other,
evidently-thinking that I was delirious.
I called out again and a big young fel-
low Dent over me ana saw tne snake s
tail hanging from a rock among the'
; leaves, near my face.
"'There is a snake, boys, sure
enough !' he cried,
j "The soldiers gathered around to kil
: it. I thought the reptile would turn
! and bite me. I raised myself to a sitting
j posture .and begged of a soldier :
" 'Please stand over me and hold up
my head, so it can't bite me?'
"He complied good naturedly and it
: was a great relief to have him stand
there and hold my head with his brawny
hands. When the snake was killedf-'it
i was found to be a large moccasin." .;
"General," was asked at this point,
i-. twrorA irrtii tint ntinnoMrtna rl i-r ri n rr Vi i o
jurying ordeal?'
, "Only once; that was when the sur
j goons had me stretched on a table made
i of a door and . under the influence of
j chloroform. When I awoke,, they had
cHt off my arm close to my shoulder,
j not even leaving a stump,, and hadmy
! leg dressed." '.
j "How did you manage to live through
i it all?"
"I think it was nerve; there wasn't
; anything else left."
j "Did you ever recover the articles j
stolen from you?"
i "I told Surgeon Morris about my ex
perience and he in turn related it to the i
Federal Colonel, who recovered my ;
1 1 t.v..
General Lilley has recovered the use of
his leg and only an empty sleeve remains
to recall his experience ou the battlefield
near Winchester. Nea York Tribune,
There are od.ijerma papers puuusnea
. Ann 1. 1! .1 J .1
in the tnited States, of which eighty-
three are daily, seventy-six Sunday and '
474 weekly papers The circulation;
ranges from 400 to 65, ($6.
The Yuma Indians dispose of their
dead by cremation. ' - ; . f
Origin of Stover
Stove is derived from Saxon stofa.
0bc cf these sources of domjstic-'in
felicity, howevr r modified Its formVfls
merely, a fireplace inclosed on all sides,,
the air entering from below and carjied
off, as in a common grate, by a vent.
The general principle is-r-first, to employ
the fuel in the most advantageous mau-
, ... x i i'i.,.I
ner ior neaiing ine external pan orriuc
stove, and, second, to keep, within Jbe
room as much of the air so warmed as la
consistent with wholesomeness and
cleanliness.
A fixed stove (stuba) was used in the
ages they were generally constructed
: tvr tiloa inmelimn nr alafa w afoa.
i 'e (soapstone), and used for warming
dwellings. They were huge structures,
'sometimes occupying the whole side
of a room and in Scandinavia theii
i , . , , -.
broad. flat surface was the sleepmg-place
1 of the household. The fire was kindled
: at the bottom, and the heat and smoke
! passed through various flues before
1 reaching the chimney. The stoves were
' economical of fuel, a matter of much inr-
'
.. t i T T -
rortance in some parts of Europe. In
the homes of the rich they were some
times faced with porcelain or highly pol
ished tiles. Many will remember, no
j .l - is t .(a:. I
uuuut, a porceuuu hlovb oi ims uwuup.
tion exhibited in the- bweaisn depart
ment at tho Centennial exposition in
1S70 They have oven? and flues
101
cooking, and need to be replenished
with fuel but once in twenty-four hours.
One of the first attempts at making a
stove of iron was that of Cardinal Poli
nac in France, in the early part of the.
eighteenth century. -The Polignac fire
places, so-called, were construcCed with
hollow backs, hearths and iron jambs to
economize the heat. In 1716 Dr. Des
augliers, of London, modified these fire
places o us them for coal instead oj
wood. But neither these nor the Hoi.
land stoves ever became popular irv Eng-'
land, owing to the strong prejudice in
favor of the open fires.
The Commodore Ahead,
A gentleman was- riding with W H,
Vanderbilt on Harlem Jane, New York,
while the old commodore "was still alive.
A pair of very speedy horses whirled the
wheels of the light road wagon so swift
ly around that they ate up the distance
between themselves and whatever wheels
Were ahead of them. At length, how
ever, the sound of hoof taps approach
ing from behind grow clearer and clearer.
"C-l e-c k,"' said Yanderb.lt to his
horses, and he smiled 'us he mado the
noise, for instantly they started ahead
faster than' before, and left the approach
ing hoofs sinking lack ward.' But no
thump thump, thump thump came tha
sounds nearer. The millionaire looked
anxious Out came his' whip and down
fell its lash with a flick, flick on the
neck of each hor?e. What followed was
described as being like the sudden
lengthening of a closed telescope, so
suddenly and far did the startled team
leap ahead; but it was of no use.
Thurrp thump, thump thump camo the
still approaching horses and presently,
as Vanderbilt sat frowning and biting
his Up, their heads were up to the tails
of his steeds and in an in:ant ho was
passed. He looked out the side of his
eyes to see his rival, and suddenly heaved
a sih of relief . "Why," it's father!'
's:dd he. It was the old commodore,
humped up behind Mountain Boy and
Mountain Girl, and smiling broadly.
'Good road team you've got there,
Dili," said he; "but you need anothoi
pair if you're going racing.''
Pasteur's method of preventing hydro
phobia is by inoculation, not by vaccina
tion. The former process produces the
genuine malady in a mild and innocuous
form; the latter employs oue malady to
antagonize and baffle a more serious one.
Xhus cow-pox is .employed to ward ofl
small pox. In a lecent chat with a cor-
respondent M. Pasteur described his ex
periments' and their results as follows
i "I began my experiments in 1832 in thi9
I way: I took a port;on of the spinal cord
of a dog which had died of hydrophobia
1 and with that I inoculated a rabbit in
the first membrane of the brain. It went
mad in fifteen days. Then with a por
tion of the spinal coird of this rabbit I
inoculated another rabbit in the same
i "way, and it went mad in thirteen days
' and soon. I continued inoculations from
i tabbit to ra'.bit, finding the strength of
' he 'virus increase each time until the
i ninetieth time produced hydrophybia in
; only seven days. I then took very small
portions of tho spinal cord of this nine
j tieth rabbit, and which contained the
greatest virulence yet obtained, and I
suspended these bits of virus in empty
j bottles, in which the air was kept very
j dry by means of. potash on the bottom of j
1 the bottle. After several days' exposure
in a dry, cold temperature the virus
loses all its strength. --The time require
for this loss depends on tho. size of th
piece and the dryness and coldness of j
the air. Then of this viru? which has i
lost its strength I take a small portion j
dissolved in sterile bouillon, and with a i
pravaz syringe I innoculate the animal, i
Each day I innoculate it again with j
virus, just a little stronger each time j
until at last the .system' has become so
accustomed o.the poison, that I can use
the virus, which had not been dried at all
and which would produce hydrophobia
in seven days If the system had not been"
.- " . -
BO - Seated to It by degrees. I have
freated one hundred dogs ia this way,
and.not one has become mad."
A brother eduor says a newspaper is
not noisy, 'yt it frequently creates 8
hustle. C. .-uiaulQiXn Independent,
time of tVe Roman empire for heating in santa Clara ooiknty, Cal., there is a j bought he reached-up'afid piekd off a.
baths, anf in Germany ; and. Scandinavja xcat, allied to : the Aground-nest makifi?;v?fl"iUac-Moi
for baths and hothouses. In the midd gnecies, whiclJimbs' small tree? ani I rdly-takw ten'stgps 'after fVro-'
' FACTS F0 TH E CU1I0UV
Acccd'Ba-TlIgsrrror prevalent
lu'yggona: poison' was "supposed to
pwelUtfie body. -.
Rcentdiscdveriesi prove thst the art
of wood engraving originated with the
Arabs about the ninth century. v
Rosemary was one 'of the evergreens
with which dishes wit anciently deco- j fehses imag-aable." This.'American citi
rated during the seisdn of Christmas. ' zen was wa king, down the streets-of
A lady who received through the post- j Leipsic one day, when h. Hfiticed In
ofSce a postal cari . contaihing 1,030 j passing a private garden a great bunch of
wordsj-written by a .gentleman, replied ; lilacs hanging over the fence by which;,
on a card containing 1,040. he was passing. Without . mudk'oV enV '
jr acompact nest of twies amoctr
the branches, something after the man
ner of a gray squirrel.""
"Dr. Antonin Martin says that ttn
flavor of cod-liver oil may be changed t j
the delightful one of fresh oysters, if
the patient will driuk a large glass o'
water poured from a vessel in which
nails have been allowed to rust.
-The artists of Dresden and Dusseldorf
dissatisfied with the inelegant costume
for men in our times, have decided to
adopt the picturesque garments worn by
Rubens and the artists of .the seventeenth
century black velyet breeches, marine
hlue stockings, velvet'vest trimmed with
rfid fiilk and brQad fdt hat
In the time of Henrv 1, (loio. A. b!)':'
,v ,tjA . si-V a. j !
i ; L.- u tf -V
! and her "marrm-e rift" find nne.fh'.-- nf
! ,i n . , , ,f , ,
I the common earnings of herself and hus -
i , ,i v i fv.- At
band, as well as her clothing and funn-
ture. If a wife died without childrc-n
If a wife died without childrtt.
her relatives divided, her share with her ! -beforeie bar to answer to the charge
husband " ' of s'ealuig wo J. The policeman had
The Palma Christo plant.- riow bg I !( s;.cii- -the ngth of
e'xtensivelv rented in part's ofuL'l'O , which the. flowers hung
Carolina as a substitute' for -oftonis as,
..nciW m,itit oo r.
particular care in handling ie seed, and'!
yields a large profit. The climate bf
lower South Carolina is all that' could'de
desired, and on the sea islands the plant
i i I" - 'it i
attains remarkabi
e growth without
labor or attention
The common potato is indigenous
to both North and j South America, and
is found growing wild at the present
day over vast tracts in New Mexico,
Arizona, and southward in the cool ele
vated regions of Old Mexico. " It again
an pears in similar situations, in the Andes
of South America, jjut is not-found , in
what are called tropical climates, bu
always in cool or cold ones. "v?ho firit
carried the potato from this country to i
Europe is now unknown, but the date i
of its introduction; is supposed to be '
1580, or about three hundred years ago. j
Formerly cockfighting entered into i
the occupation of old and youngj
Schools hud their cockfights. Travelers '
agreed with coachmen, that they were
to wait a night if there were a -cockfight -.;
in any town through which they passed. ,
When English country gentlemen had ;
sat long at table, and the conversation
had turned upon the relative merits of
their several birds, a cockfight often re
sulted, as the birds in question were
brought for the purpose into the dining
room. Cockfighting was practiced ou i
Shrove Tuesday to a great extent, and ;
in the time of Henry VII. of England,
seems to have been' practiced within the,
precincts of the court. The. earliest icfcii-
tion of this "passtime" in England is by
Fitzstephen, "in 1191.
A Guinea an Error.
It is very well known that any person
discovering a printer's error in an Oxford
Bible will be paid a guinea, if he will
take the trouble to point it out to the '
controller of the press provided, of ,
course, that it has not been discovered
before. The editions -of the 6acred
scriptures issued by the university are
very numerous, and from one or another
j of them'errors are now and again picked
out, and several times during his term
j of office the present controller has been
j called upon for the guinea, and has paid .
j it. When the revised bibles were about '
to be issued, the question arose as to
whether guineas should be paid for ,
i printers' errors in this enormous issue of
j "entirely new print. Every edition, of
course, is an independent work of the
compositors and proof-readers, and in cn
undertaking of such magnitude it could
hardly, be doubted that mistakes would
in the aggregate be numerous, and pru
dence seemed to suggest that no under
taking should be entered into unttt-'.'the
work had for a time had the bene'fl.t'
the gratuitous . criticism of the pjiblic.
Up to the moment of our writing, says
the Leisure Hour, however, after running
the gauntlet of public scrutiny for a good
month, only three printers' errors have
been discovered in all the editions. In the !
1 P If : , to xt, owr-ry in
Ezekie, ... 2l5 here an 4e i3 left out
of righteous. In the paralled 8vo, edition
m;.tu i p.,im.'-ii I
- .... ,
13, "shatfs" appears instead of "shafts;" !
onrt i Art0 01 in th marcrin Wr. !
flowing" should be "everflowing.1'
London Printing Times'.
A large and substantial vault" has been
constructed in the New York assayi of
fice for the safe keeping o'fgold and- sil
ver bullion The vault j fire, and burg-
I lar proof and is fuMv.?fts substantial as
any in the sub 'treasury at New- York.
Few areaware that $40,000,000 in gold
aricT silver bullion is stored in.. the asay f
omce, which m in iacx, xnougn not ia 1 urange Pekoe is supplemented by beau
name, one of the depositories of the pub- j tifully cut sandwiches, pate de foie grass
tic-money. The assay office at Carso a and other tempting delicacies, and every'
City, Nev., has been suspended, and j justice is done to them by the illustri
nearly $1,000,000 in gold and silver on dus ones without in any way "spoiling",
deposit there for assay was transferred the elaborate dinner that is to L follow,
to. the office in Nev York. . . later on. V -
t ,Sars4ly fne-Consul.
i.
, The j:ojruTs.ane useful in agreu mnny
ways in protecting American c.tizens,
abroad from annoyance and imposition,
i Consul Dubois, who ' js stationed at
' T-i-en ni..r c2'lr j . m.
ing story of bow he saved an American
citizen from dishonorable imnrisonmeni
k for one of the most pettviid-trivial jof-
cions bit of Vandalism when he was ar
rested
by
German policeman, who
cou.mancled him to
fo 'iow him to the
i station house to answer to a charge of
stealing. The gentleman understood
' enough Germtn to comprehend the na-
ture of the charge, . "But,"" said ho,
"I have stolen nothing." "Yes,
you have,'' said the officer.
"You have stolen goods now
in your hand." At this the American
' looked down at the little spray of lilacs.
! He thought. he had betfer defer any ex
i pbtnations until the station was reached,
F &s offiefcr was evidently too stupid
i ff-argument.
At the'station . honise he
instead -of .being, dis-
was locked up
chrSeti P'omly, as he had expected.
The cons u". w ts summoned, but he could
do notbin '.
The
Ud.
authorities insisted
beei infringed, and
! tnat the iaV
that the -penalty thereof must b en-
: 1 t J
1 forced.' The xir,so:ser was taken before
.
.'1" -'LUU " ',ainu uwu8m
? wirec .m.
This fact gave the
basis for -tfe eh u-g3 of wood
stealing.
Ia$pite''6f the protests or the consul, the
local judge, after hearing the .case,
showed a deeded -inclination against-
the prisoner. -' i lie stealing was pio'ved-V
he Said, but before sentence could be
I decreed the consul said that thorn was
! no intent to stea", arid without the proof
! of the intent v. prisoner .would have
to be avquitted." The judge
I seemed to recognize .tire force of
this and called up the prisoner... iWhal
diiyou intend to do -with that spray -ol
i lilacs wTien you p'ueke"d'it?" The pris
, oner-repiic I thrVugh an interpreter that
i -he had intended to send it home to show
i.
bis ..people the" difference between the
(Jerm ;n anii American lilac. The intent
to steal vas then proved, as the judge
said, by the prisoner's own confession.
He sentenced him then to twenty-four
hours' imprisonment in the jail at Leip
tic.
The dishonorable judgment would
have been enforced if tho consul had
not noted an appeal and said to the
judge that he should lay the case before J
the king of Saxony to ask for a pardon, j
The prisoner was then permitted to give j
bail to await the result of this and then i
went on continuing his visit through F.u- '
rope. Several weeks afterward he re :
turned and found the king's pardon ;
awaiting him. If it had not been for ;
the consul he would have been imoris- 1
i
cned for a day and would have gone on
the records of Leipsic as a convicted ;
thief. The authorities are inclined tc
be more severe with foreigners than with
their own people. Op. the day before, 8 i
peasant who had stolen an armful of '
flowers was simply fined fifteen marks. !
"Upon the other hand, where the local !
poople attempt to take advantage of for- :
eigners, the Leipsic authorities rendei i
justice with a ster hand: Xetc Tori
World. i
Symptoms of Diphtheria.
Dr. Nagle, of the New York bureau of
vital statistics, was asked by a reporter:
' 'Caa you give a plain description of the ,.
3 . uoptoms of diphtheria soth at an ordin
uy person will not mistake it for scar- !
letiiia?"-
"Here is a medical work," replied the
doctor, "giving information in words that
ought to be understood."'
Diphtheria-is an acute infectious disease
hi which there is a tendency to the formation !
o. fa'.sj me:nbrana 0.3 iuujous and abraded ;
surfaces, acsompanied by considerable con-
stitutional disturbances. I
symptoms After an incubation period
:roa twent -four hours to ten days, shiv-er- ;
iDg nnd vomiting sat in and, the temperature ,
i;icrenseB, the throat is sore with some stiff- j
kc-s about the heck. The fauces becomes of a :
lark red co r, thstoails swollen ani at th
and ot two days from the bjinnins o' the ;
"dieasa. a quantity of minute white points
appear on tho surface of. both sides- ofths '
'auces.'" ' - -
' - As these spots increase i a numbers they
coalesce and form a thick yellowish white
membrane. This sometimes consists of a I
single piece, but is often scattered over the j
surface in separate patchas. The cervical
g.'ands become enlarged, the tongue coated
with white or brown fur, the pulse tempera- i
ture increased and the urine albuminous. !
In the next stages the membrane separ.-
ates after leaving unhealthy sioughing ulcers.
In this stage recovery may take place, or '
death may result irom exhaustion. J during
any period of the illness asphyxia, resulting
frjmtbe production of false membrane in
the larynx or -bronchial tubes, may be fatal
I:l the. course of the disease a roseolas rash
may appear over the body,
" Convalescence after diphtheria is very slow.
.Often paralysis of tho groups of muscles
shows itself within six months from the be
ginning of the attack. The removal of tha
false membrane is'of no avail.
; , The English royal family are blessed
, with good appetites... They look upon !
j four substantial meals a day as by no, ,
means an excessive allowance of fod ... v
I Even at their 5 o'clock tea the wafer- .
j like bread and butter that customarily ?'
accompany the svrupy Souchong or'
THE HOME DOCTOR.
Drepepoiak '
A most Important part of the treat
ment of every cae of nervous dyspepsia
is to secure and enforce thorough test.
The conditions existing being those of
dtrrVous irritation and exhaustion more
or less profound, rest becomes one of the
necessities of- the case.. To often-ner.
vous-djsbepsia' occurs in persons wbi
arc carrying heaw load Jn. .'the '.way. of
business cares, anxiety V grief, or who.
suffecc exhaustion "f.roin some fornror
1 J .vi, v-V , - , f-.
mot)(oal dlsIurbaceV.and it is next to
impossible to restore sch persons to a
WSconditiobeaHhw without re- i
- - ,
. W ttota the causes hichaVe ope
to produce lb dtffleurty. WhTle plchty 1
of exercise should be taken regularly
each day, the intervals between exercise i
should be employed in more or less ab
solute rest. Lying out of-doors, in a
hammock or ou a cot, for hours at a
time, during pleasant weather, is a
means for restoring nervous tone and '
vigor. Isiietof Life.
Car of tho Fars.
"Picking the ears'1 is a most mis
chievous practice ; in attempting to do
this Vith hard substances an unlucky
motion has many a time pierced the drum
and made it as useless as a bursted rub
ber life preserver; nothing sharper or
harder than the end of the little finger,
with the nail pared ought ever to be in
troduced into the ear, unless by a' phy
sician. Persons are often seen endeavor
ing to remove the "wax" of the ear with
the head of a pin ; this ought never to
be done; first, because it not only "en
dangers the rupture of the car by being
pushed too far in, but if not so far, it
may grate against the drum, excite in
flammation, produce an ulcer which may
finally eat nY the parts away; second,
hard substances have often slipped in,
and caused the necessity of painful,
danerous' and expensive operations:
-third, the wax is manufactured by na
iture to .'guard the entrance from" dust,
-.insects and unmodified cold air, and
when it has subserved its purpose it be
comes dry, scaly nnd light, and in this
condition is easily pushed outside by new
formations of wax withiu. Phrenological
Jovrnah e
Tt-Btlre Children.
Mothers often complain that theli
children, are wakeful and restless at
night. They seem well during the day,
but, n.s soon as they go to bed and fall
asleep, they moan, cry, grate the teeth,
rub the nose, and roll and thrash nearly
all night long. As a rule, suchsymptomi
are thought to be caused by worms, and
the unfortunate victims are. freelj
purged with' "worm medicines," with a
view of curing their nocturnal "tan
trums." Now, in nine cases out of ten,
the whojc troub'c is caused by indiges
tion and constipation. The child goes tc
bed with itst m ich full of indigestibl
food. The quality an I quantity of food
it has taken 'during the day has been
unfit ior its power of digestion, and
therefore acts as a constant irritant to ita
eutire system. The irritation of Its
stomach and bowelsby indigestible food
excites the brain and spinal cord, and
through these the whole system is kept
in a 6tate of excitement. "Hence, then,
it is proverbial in early life that thi
stomach being' delicate and susceptible
to any disturbance, we should be most
careful to select a proper diet, to con
sider the quality of food that is sup
plied, to measure the capabilities of thi
digestive system,, and to deal with them
accordingly."
Grecian Burial Custom.
A correspondent at Athens gives ai
account of. many curious burial custom:
peculiar to Greece, which lately cami
to his notice. A piece of linen as wid
as the body, and twice as iong, wai
doubled, and a hole iarge enough lot
the head cut out of it. In this the bod
was wrapped and then dressed in he?
clothes, and more especially new shoes
Beneath the head was placed a pillo-
full of lemon leaves. In the mouth wai
placed a bunch of violets, and around
the temnles achaplet of flowers. ' Thes
are used only for the unmarried:
and must be white. Both head and fee!
were tied with bands made for the pur
pose, which were unloosed at the edg
of the grave when the coffin was-abou'
to be closed. A small co'in (a relic o:
the fie to the ferryman; wa3 placed ir
the palm of the hand. At Athens a sou
is dropped into the cotfln. The greatest
attetiiioir i4 given to this point. In re-
moving the body the feet always go first.
A priest en me on three successive aayi
to sprinkle the room, fumigate it, and
repcit certain prayers, as for that period
nfier death is was supposed to be haunt
el.
A-fter burial women are hired tt j
keep a light burning over the grave unti
1 The body i- supposed to be decomposed.
To assist this, tho bottom of moderr
(ircck citl ns is of lattice work. Everj
Saturday the poor of Athens place. on thi
'raves of the'r frieuds eatables of thi
sort they used to like.
A Winter Piece.
Silently through the woodland
I wan-ier on my way ,
As gray as a pale gray jackass
Is the chilly winter day.
A gloomy crow sits dreaming .
On tho persimmon-tree,
And a vagrant snow-flake flutters
Along the ashen lea.
Out of the holy silence
Proceeds a short sharp cry,
And frightened from, the persimino
The sullen crow doth fly.
And deo; in my bosom tender
I'm sat isfied in a trice
Thit somawhere a little fellow
Has sjc right through the ice.
YE TWO WISHES.
a. An anirttl went a walking ont on day, as I-v
heard raid,
And, coming; to a - fagot-maker, bggd
. crust of bread.
The foot -maker gave a crust and something
rather queer
To wash it down with aL from out abottla
that stool near. .' . .
-The angel finished eating, but before he hft,
saii he: '
"Thou shalt have two wishes granted, for
'" that thou hart given me
One for that good drinkable? another for
the
? V7lx . . v ' j
Then be left the fagot -maker all amazed at
what he said. v
- . :
"l the f.got-maker.;aft.r U
i had goBe - -
jr thrt .tth' m that same
" iit"tl songr".
So, turning this thing over in his mind, be
cast around,
'Till he saw the empty, bottle where it lay
npon the grouud. -'
I wish," said he, juot as a test, " if what be
said is so,
Into that einpty bottle, now, that I may
straightway go."
No sooner said thaa-dono; whisk t into the
flask be fell.
Where Le found himself ej tightly packed as
a chicken in the shell.
In vnin he kicked and twisted, and ia vain
he bowled Avith pain; 1
For in pSte of. all his effort, ht could not
get out again.
So, seeing bow the matter stood, he had to
wish onto more,
When, out he elippod, as "easily as he'd gone
in before-
If we had had two wishes granted by an an
gel thus, t
We would not throw away the good so kindly
given us.
For first we'd ask for wisdom, which, when
wo had in store,
I'm very doubtful if we'd care to ask for any
more. .
-Howard Pyle's 'Ttpper and Salt."
FUN.
Eccentric characters derdvc their pow-
era from cranks. Warwick.
"A miss is, as good as a mile," and a
great deal better. You can't kiss a mile.
Philadelphia Call.
When a person is in everybody's mouth
he naturally has a high appreciation of
the popular taste. Ba ton, Transcript.
You always feel , surprised when you
see a shooting star, do you not? That la
because you did not know the sky was
loaded. PitUlurg Chronicle.
The chief civic ruler of a Western
town recently decamped with $5,000 of
the municipal funds: Money made the
mayor go that time. PceVa Sun.
"What are tho 'seven ages of man,'
Henry?" ' "Lug-age, garbage, storage,
mortgage, postage, shrinkage and dot
age." He went right up to the .foot.
Burdctte.
"If you sit in (he chimney corner all
your days . your tue love will find you
out" is an eld adage. She will if you
happen to be married to her.- Burling'
ton Free Pres. "
Tho Digger Indians in Rancho Chico
have a full brass band. It is no wonder
settlers demand they shall be kept on a
reservation far from the homes of civ
ilized white men. Picayune.
"Blown out to sea," read out old
Mr. Squaretoes. looking over the paper.
Blown out to seal" commented Mrs.
Squaretoes, with infinite sarcasm, "well,
if the world ain't just full of fools. You
want a light in to see." Brooklyn Eagle.
"There is companionship in a glow
ing grate," says the man who can see
poetry and sentiment in a water-plug.
Yes, yes perhaps so, to the man who
doesn't have to ge up when the mercury
is out of sight and start the fire.
Chicago ledger. '
AVe learn from a reliable exchange thai
a good, healthy hippopotamus is valued
at $20,000. Here is an idea for the fash
ionable girls who lead a thousand-dollar
dog along Chestnut street-. Get a hip
popotamus and kill the other girls with
envy. This suggestion is thrown out
without any crjargc. Philadelphia Call
A Missionary Story.
one evening1 when Dr. Moffat was
topping at the farm of an African boer,
lis host, hearing that he was a mission
.ry, proposed that a service should be
iddl At length the family were
icated. "
"But where are the servants?" asked
doffat. .
"Servants 1 'What do you mean?"
"I mean the Hottentots, of whom I,,
.ce so many on your farm."
"Ilttentots! Do you mean that, then
Let me-ffo to the mountains and call the
)aboorj8j jf you want a congregation of
hat sort. Or, stop, I have it ; my, sons,
:all the dogs that lie in front of the door
-they will do."
The missionary quietly dropped an at-
,mpt which threatened a wrathful chd-
ng, and commenced the service. The
psalm "was sung, prayer was offered, and
j he preacher read the story of the 8yro-
phenician woman, and ee'ected more es- L
ptciallythe words, "Truth, Lord, but
ven'the dogs eat of the crumbs that fall
from the master's table," He had "not
ipokcn many minutes when the voice of
the old man was again heard: "Will
nynheer sit down and wait a little? He
mall have the Hottentots ."
The 'summons was given; and the mot
.ey crowd trooped io, many who proba- v
bly had never been within the door of
their master's house before, and many
more who never before had heard the
roice of a preacher. "
When the service was over, and-the
istonished Hottentots had dispersed, the .
farmer turned to his guest and said, "My
friend, you took a hard hammer, and
you have broken a hard head." Lives of
Robert and Mary Moffat, "