HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1885-10-15, Page 2They Tell Me Totere Old, 'Weide
Sam.
A. SUXRWOOD
They tell me You're old, 'Uncle Semi -.-
I teed not aword.thet they sey ;
Too seem lett the &erne to me now,
As I've known you, umuy a day.
Tee nie the &Me St0404 10114
Ot the settlees troubles lout rarest
heugh I teenot a elosclow ot tear
At year tale* et Indiana and beam
The tear tails not on my (Meek, when
To tell how use ArOlt round your home
Would howl all the dreary long night
4Pd doe whoa the dat light would MAO,
°nettle& tae old eke leg.
Where move in summer we sat -
In dreams you IMAM by ray side,
Your cane and your tawny brownest.
-foresee old is the huts, uncle ace„
Take way lama, ru teu pee A truth ;
By the pore simple We you've need,
You've kept much the v10 ut yeur yeetts.
Tee old church Mean pee to wreck;
where lowly I've knelt by your Aide;
wee the 100A4 bte outlitoAll VOA WA*
and tee 04 mos that worshipped aeve tite4
TOE OF i ROSE
.1•••••••••
Seminole Tragedy that Led to
a Midnight Massacre.
In the weatern part of Jetforaon cottety,
Florida, there grows end blew= into
curious' and magaificten beeuty a roes that
awns to be indigeuous to a emelt area of
country,, but which will not tiourielt hi
other latItuder. The beale is a etrong and
rigeroue one encl, the leavels aee a very
light bat glossy green. The petals a the
nowero curve ellehtly inward toel are the
color of bright, arterial blood. The odor
L a pungent, but 'slightly sickeriing. Tne
peouliaritv of thin Reeser is that the dew
that drops therefrom is of a feint pluk-
ieh A marvel seen le uo other Rower,
the battling wonder of those who have
witoseoed it. It its called the Grants roee
and hell A mei and ine'aucholy history. lee
origin Is oue of thous -wirer's* with
which Nature at times delighta to eaten-
iish her devotees.
In 1834 John Grant and Nellie Lewry
were rearriel. Bath were natives of an
adjainingcoonty,where the reooreof their
baptiem eani their marriage le sal o ilie
among then:4e archives that heves been
handed down from yeu. to year. John
wail a youug farmer, stout and strong, a
pleudid tepe of Southern raanheod,ceue
paratively well educated, Inured to bard
work, telf rellaut aud quick of resource ;
Nellie wsa well auited to les the mate ot
such a man. She was bright aud pretty,
the belle of the little eettlement, fuU if
buyoratt heelth *ed spiraa, stoseg ef arm
and heart, fully 'killed in Jzc use:should
and farm duties, and embalms awl pure
of Data and soul. At one of the pleas:ant
social getheringe of the neighborhood they
lied met. It was a cue of mutual love
at first eight, and coy as miss Nellie was,
it did not take young Grant long to woo
and wilt her.
They were merried on the morning of
the 33. of june. 1834. For sullen around
the neighbor's flocked to the wedding of
the popular young oouple. The wedding
feast that followed would have been fit
to eat before a king.
The forests conteibuted their choicest
game said the river its moot toothsome
fish. Chlekene were plentiful and there
were toed& of bread and cake. An open
barrel of persimmon beer sparkled neat
the door way. In the afternoon, with all
his earthly goods pecked in s, huge wag-
gon drawn by four oxen, his youeg wife
;tested beside him, glancing tearfully
bask at the dear old home ehe wee leaving
perhaps' for ever, bat smilingthrough her
tears, Jahn Grant took up the line of
march to the place he had melee ed aa
their futu:e home. It was in J. %mon
•csounty, near the beautiful Arc Ileativer.
Here he took up one hundred and aixty
scree of fine virgin soil, beilt, a rough but
oomfortahle log house aud se tied down
to the prosaic duiles of life. His sturdy
oxen soon broke up the ground, the sees'
was sown, and, with a patient round of
labor he waiesd for the rich results which
were sure to f Wow. MBEttnintle the dainty
taste ef his young wife had made a coey
nest of the rude house, and in the little
dooryardmany homelyold faehic tied flaw -
era bloomed and blosacined. The nearest
neighbor was five miles and the neareat
store ten miles away, but the couple did
not lack for either the necessaries or the
luxuries of life. Their larder was
at their very doors, and near by the
Ancilla, roaming downward to the gulf,
brought cooling breEzee to them and de-
lighted their eyes withehe glossy verdure
that fringed its banks. Its beautiftelwaters
were like a mirror and over sixty feet in
depth the glistening sand was plainly visi-
ble.
In the Spring of 1835 a child was beim
unto them and a new blessing added to
the happy honeehold, making life's duties
a pleaaare and its varied rerponaibilities
easier to be b erne. But a cloud not larger
than a man's hand soon made its appears
ance, heavy with sorrow and disaster, and
fraught with a darkness that enveloped
and crushed thehappy family inthe gloom.
The Seminole Indiana who had for
some time been qu.et and friendly and
enesged in the peaceful pursuita of the
chase, the quiet camp -fires and social in-
tercourse, were secretly preparing for an
outbreak under the ineidious appeals of
Oaceola and some of the other young and
fiery chiefs of the tribe. The inflammstory
appeals might, however, have failed of
elect had they nob resorted to a deeperate
ex pedienb. a
In the month of September,1835, Char-
ley Omathla, aSeminole chieftain of great
Influence, who had been a steadfast and
much respected friend ot the white people,
giving ids voice and prestige to them on
every occasion, while strolling through
the woods with a young daughter was
waylaid and killed by some members of
the Micasultee tribe, who had hid in am-
bush for that purpose, under the inetagat-
ion of the cruel and treacherous Osceola.
The latter chief had this done for the
purpose of inciting the I adians to revenge.
claiming that the murder was the work of
white men anxious to secure their lands.
A son of die murdered Omathia, exited
by these incendiary appeals, and eager to
avenge the death of his father, gathered
a band of young backs, all, like himself,
eager for the warpath, and started out
upon a career of murder and rapine. Their
course was marked by terrible and repul-
sive outrages, lighted by the glare of
burning homes and enlivened by the
torture of helpless children. 01 all theses
things John Grant and his pretty littl
wits were in blissful ignorance.
September 20th,1835,was an unuoually
warra day, and young Grant, having busi
nese at the country atOre, louse ten mile
off, delayed his propoosel vela until the
coal of the evening.
At 6 o'clock he mounted bia home and
ro le c ff. He expeeted to return ,,bout 2
on fie kissed hie hand gayly to hts
wife and the growing baby as he rode
away.. In a few moments he was awe
lowed up in the gathering clazknees, and
never again was he aeen of men. Six
miles front home hia horse etopped with a
quick snort and turned so violently as to
ahnost unseat him. Supposing it to be
exalted by some shadow of bueh or briar,
he urged it Ola.
A clump of undergrowth near the river
suddenly became alive. A sharp ringing
;sound, a faint puff of pungent smoke
scarcely vieible against the night, and
his horse, ;shot through the hea,rte trem-
bled and fell under lama. Before he had
time to extricate himaelf the red devils,
with a v ar-whoop of fieudiah triumph,
were upon labn. Poor John: One prayer
for Nellie and the baby, and then hie
bleeding ;scalp hung at the girdle of a
painted savage, while his gashed and dill
waves body was flung into the river,
whose white arms opened to receive it
One o'clock came and the little:woman
In the log cabin Fit her work of sewing
aside, kleaeol the sleeping infant near her
aiid ileteneel inteutlyter the footsteps she
would never hear again. The night had
become very dark. The moon was hiddeu
bAblnd A hank etc/elude item) and gloomy
and there was a whioper of rain in the
arnaaphere. The long yellow hound sleep•
ng near the door became realm and
whined num/1y as he sullied the air.
Another hour paned, and theyoung wife,
filled, with an undefinable dread, was about
to go to the door, when there come a yell
that alineet 1 rzs the bounding pulses and
left her cheeks AS White as the imprese of
death. For a moment elm etood laelplete
and. trembling ; then clasping her chsld to
her boeora, ahe raloed a louse plank in
the floor dropped through Ube the ground,
and, with an agonizing prayer to the Ai -
mighty, Stole out in the ;strange and cam -
passionate gloom. Behind her she could,
awl the quick glare of burning entbutlel-
Mae and the httle home that had been
paradise to her. Teo flOen waa her fight
diatovered and the red fiends were
oath° trail. About two tulles from the
aches of her ruined home oho was over
taken. Two days afterwards a party of
hunters elute upon the dead bodies ti
mother and child. It )ugh and tell -worn
bench% gently bore them to a (inlet grave,
the babe upon the mother's breast. Near
by a little pool ef their life -blood had col-
lected, which, the eel' had not yet abate.
bed, dark and noisome in the bright sun-
shine, a blot upon the swift evraying of
trees and the jeyous song of birds. In
the opening Spring the hotly of the hue -
band and father was found entangled In
the mote at the bottom of the river, and
was burled with the ones he loved's° well.
A fevr years beer a passing banter,
ono of the party that had found the
bodies, happened on the mono locsalley
and in the little hero 4', where the blood
had gathered, sew a vigoroue bush, bearing
such roue as I have deecribed. He cat
some alips from it and took them to the
settlement, where he related his dismv-
ery. Sada a romantic and angular story
excited the cariosity of raany in the ad
j iceab c '
ounties and repeated efforta were
made to securethe growth of the slips in
other plums,. but they have failed of Imo-
cesa. Withinan area ef five miles, where
the doleful tragedy occurred, it is said
the vele can still be found, with ite stroisg
and 'sturdy mock, its pale green leaves,
its incurvee criras set petals aud i's bloody
dew.
el THE FARM.
The oia Dinner Hone
rye hear4 many a strain that hat thrilled me wItli
nut none. I will 4437. Bingo the day t was born,
Ras pleaeed me se much as. when a mall boy,
I heard on Mateo= he olddinner here.
The trumpet was tin a yard or so long.
And was Wowed for "the boys' at noon moist
morn;
The monotone strain was piercing and etrong,
ant aweet, tor 11 thet, was the old diaper horn,
When building the fence or toesbse the hay,
Or reapiog the eraie or plowing the oorn,
With 'pipette keen, at the noon of the day.
Qbt wool] to my esul wee the old dinner horn.
A mother's toad nes pressed the trumpet of tin
And blew her,tull t oul through the barley andoorn.
011! I hear even vet the "Weloornecome in.
Opine in, my dear bole, to the sound ot the horn."
71mee lips are nOW AM, and the bosom in 001d,
wheat sent to ue boys the blast ot the horn;
the la waiting la sleep beneath the datIc mold,
The erase:isle; tramp and etas nity'e mum,
The Dreaded Tarantula.
The following story is frorn a Sacra-
raeoto journal : "A party of Saoramen-
tens returned home lest evening, from a
trip to the mcnratains, bringing with them
two deerskin, one wildcat skin and a few
other trophies, including two tarantu-
las -dead ones. They had a little moi -
dent attending the transportation of
these specimens which occasioned conaide
erable alarm. It occurredin Cache Creek
Canyon, as they were returning homt.
The tarautulas, for lack of a better recep-
tacle, were inclosed in a cigar box when
caught, about ten do's previous, and this
box, carefully tied up, was depoaited be-
neath the seat of the vehicle.
While they were jolting through the
canyon the seat slipped, and the two men
occupying it found thesaeolves dropped
suddenly into the bottom of the wagon.
One of them struck the cigar box, crush-
ing it, and immediately felt that some-
thing had hurt him. A. glanee showed
him that he was resting on the tarantulas;
and, with a yell of "I'm stung 1 I'm
stung 1" he jamped from the wagon and
dashing his hands behind him, as though
desirous of lifting himself out of his boots,
he bounced wildly along the road, then
turning made for the wagon shouting to
his amazed and alarmed companions:
"Whiskey 1 quick I'm dying! Why
don't you hurry?" The other three men
--there were four in the party -reached
simultaneously for the demijohn, broke
off the cork ba their haste to pull it out,
media their haste to knock ell' the neck
of the demijohn to save time, broke the
entire concern, and nearly all the con-
tents 'were lost. About a pint of the
liquid was saved; however, and without
saying .so muchts. "Here's luck," the
party that was bitten swallowed it. Soon
he began to feel beiter, and eventually
felt ao reraarltablY 'well that it was evi-
dent that the poiscin. had been forced to
succtutab. Then the Work cf straighten-
ing up the contentsof the wagon cone
nienced, and the tarantula' tetx was care.
fit* lif ted out and txambeed, when be-
hold. 1 the 't bugs"- were fonna perfectly
Melees, and so dry and stiff that it was
evident that they had been .dead more
than twenty-four. lioare, while 'Ee couple of
tacks in the broken cover of the box con-
veyed a very, good hint as to the nature
of the litjary which the bold hunter had
auffered.'t
Divine confidence can mini upon those
a iaa which feeble reason cannot fathom.
Stocton teacher to boy in Grammar
class "John, correct the following San -
bene : 'I are very cold.'" John as he
wipes the perapiretion from his forehead
with his shirt sleeve; 'It are darned hot."
0
Gleaninge.
The aim of pork raisers should be to get
rid of the poor hogs and keep none but the
beet aowa for breeding. Some pork raisers
contend that good common -what we may
call "native"-ankaals are aealthier than
pare bred animals, We want the health,
vigor, hardiness and powerful digeetion of
the native united with the quietness of die
position, fine bones, smell ofial, early matur-
ity and fattenbag qualities of the pure-bred.
To a large degree this can be accomplished
by selecting the beet native or grade sown,
and breeding them to the &met and best
pure-bred beets,
The /owe litoeetedmon ban these ;maw
tive thoughts regsraing besement barns:
We notice, however, that those who have
them do not always use thena, They are
liable to some objectiona, let. They are
apt to be poorly ventilated. 2ad. They are
apt to be damp and poorly lighted. 3rd, They
are apt to keep cattle too wenn 0.04 when
turned out for exercise they telre oold, If a
leeeement were well ventilated and lighted
and not damp, Axel cattle were kept in it all
the time we could couoeive of nothbag bee
ter.
For feeding young calves oihmeal is best
boiled in eix times its ANSA bulk of water,
until it become a thin gruel. Then mix it
at the rate of one gallon with two gene= of
oltim milk, and feed while it is "milk warm.'
For calves% ale mouths' old or over, the mak
may be gradually loft off, and a small por-
tion of corn -meal ouleatituted, to be cooked
with the calomel. One part of earn -meal to
three parte of the oil -meal would be a good
feed. A ration one part of oileneal cooked
into a gruel and mixed with two parts oat -
meet and one part coruesseel is an excellent
food for calvee during winter.
Feu. Fameierixo.-On every term es ler
as possible, the spring work Should lie done
in the fell. Every spring, there le same de-
lay on aleount of tbe season,aud work fa se
hurried, that it cannot be wll done. There
is always an abunelenoe of time in tbe
and the opportunity should not he missed
ot pushing everything ahead in good seaaost
for spring work, One armed work ahouid
not be neglected, and that is plowing and
working weedy stubbiest or fallowing the
aoil, in a lemon vthen lathing else eau be
done with it Thie is a moat ueeful work,
which should 000upy the farmer's ettentioo,
while no other work is pressing. To pre-
vent the tatedissg of the weeds, is the prince
pal thing; and title is a work, which oils
for the strictest care at every sewn.
It is ateted that a new method of evaah-
ing butter has teen patented in Germary.
As soon as gathered in the =am in particle a
of about e tenth of an inch in sire, it is trans-
ferred to e centrifugal machine, whose drum
is pierced with holes and lined with a linen
sack, that ia fussily taken out with the but-
ter. As aeon as the machine is set in rapid
motion the buttermilk begins to escape; a
spray of water thrown into the revolving
drum washes out all foreign matter adhering
to the butter. This washing is kept up till
the waah-water comes away dean and tbe
revolution is then continued till' the last
drop of water is removed, as clothes are
dried in the centrifugal wringer. The dry
butter is then taken out, molded and pack-
ed. It is claimed that the product thus so
fully and quiekly freed from all impurities,
without any working or kneading, has a fin-
er flavor, aroma and grain, and far better
keepine qualities than when prepared for
market in the ordinary way.
COARSE Foot) eon Pias. -In pig -feeding in
the diary. dietricts, young piga generally
grew up m a healthy condition, owing to
the refuse milk of the daily, which fur-
nished the principal food of young pigs.
Skim -milk contains all the elements for
growing the muscles and bones of young
pigs. This gave them a good, rangy frame,
and when desired, oould be fed into 400 to
500 pounds weight. But tJae fault attending
tide feeding was, that it was too scanty to
produce such rapid growthas Is desirable. It
took too long to develop them for the best
profit. It had not then been discovered by
the farmer that it costsless to put the firet
hundred pounds on a pig than the second,
and less for the second than the third, ete, ;
that it was much cheaper to produce 200
pounds of pork in six months than in nine
and twelve months, When it became evi-
dent that profit required more rapid feeding,
then they began to ply them continuously
with the most concentraeed food -corn meal
or clear corn, If this was fed in summer on
pasture no harm was observed, for the gran
gave bulk in the stomach, and the pigs were
healthy, and made good 'regress. But if
the young pigs were fed ut pen in winter
upon cern meal or clear corn, the result was
quite different; this concentrated food pro-
duced feverlah symptoms, and the pigs lose
their appetite for a few days, drinking only
water, which atter a while, would relieve
the stomach, and the pigs Would eat vigor-
ously again. Now had they been fed a
few quarts of turnips, carrots, beets or
pumpkins, to give bulk in the stomach, and
separate the oonoentrated food no harm
would have come. This gives the gestrio
juice a free circulation through the contents
of the stomach, the food is properly digeet.
ed and:applied to the needs of the body, in-
stead of mush% fever by remaining in the
stomach.
WEED SEED ne MANuna.--Our farm -yard
manure is fall of seeds' and they grow surer
and quioker than the geode we sow. Manure
in which there are weed seeds, should be ap-
plied only to some hoed crop, or green Ma-
nure crop 1 for in these'if we keep the drops
olean the weeds will do no harm. Buck-
wheat is an admirable weed killer and ground
cleaner, and may follow potatoes or even
winter grain, but when sowed in the spring,
and plowed under, its beat effects are ob-
tained, for there will be no trouble in their
own seed.
"Will you hand me them grapes ?" said a
lady with diamonds in her ears to a waiter
at one of the White Mountain hotels. "Cer-
tainly," attid the waiter, "and if those grapes
are not good I will bring a fresh aupply."
The schoolmarm is abroad,
TEE OLBV111 BURGLAR -
now the alaseozintemeeatd:bbere 3V48.
The eke/d'oeuvre of an astute and well-
trained burglar is ;springing a mine on the
pablie. As 4000 as the police get hold of es
new mode of "crooking a orib," it is utterly
useless% for the knights Of the crowbar, as a
rule, to attempt an over aud over repetition
of taetioa ; becauee, the detective havhig
made his little arrangements, it is ten to
one but what he walke into a trap on the coed attempt. In this way burglara are eon.
stantly on the qai rice stud looking about
them for new and novel suedes of seeming
entrances to premises and getting posseatdou
of booty. Like the geutlernan in the story
book, however, who went shout changing
old lamps for new, they occasionally fall
back cm an old aentl-dead and forgotten
ds dge when ingenuity fella to come to the
rescue. In the jewel robbery CA40 IA St
Enoclea Lane there le reason to believe
that the robbery was effected by the old and
barefaced mode of walking right up to the
outside door, opening it with to false key -
no doubt previously tooted -and walking in
as if the 'settles were perfectly entitled BO
to do, taking duo care, of course, to see thee
the policeman had turned the corner a few
nainutos previously, and taking the rill's of
any passer-by taking notice of them -a
meat unlikely thing Once in unobiserved,
their course) is clear. The premises are un-
tenated, being entirely used as were -
houses. Every tenant'a departure would
be watched, and the moment for commenc-
ing operationa decided upon. l'ise "cracks.
matt" te, as a rule, a Crack Illeehanie, Well
up to the value of the contriveeete hdtl
ready to his bend said intelligence by the beet
bowie of the Age. We Rad in this case, as
in many others before it, that the tools left
behind them by the burglars ere not only ef
the beat and 4itest tempered matetial petal-
ble to obtain for the purpose intended, but
that the worlsmanehip put upon them bears
evidenoe of the desire to make ore that the
instremeate they use will not break off or
fail them at the mousent el ectioe, and the
work tl:ey have aceomplished in this case
shows how great a etrain the tools el the
burglar titan& It ie evident to the most
ordinary observer that every detail of a
burglary is mapped out by experts before
the ebeterept is made; the amount of time
required for carrying out each item la with-
ouc doubt carefully calculated, and modes
of retreat if poseible arraueed for in the
event el a surprise before In:slang the at-
tempt. Once inelde of Mr, elemipehr ware-
house they knew apparently °meetly what
to do. There were two safes to teekle, end
thin wee gone about witia all the method of a
crackarnan. A "bed" was made upon whieh
the safe was shifted, . tel the keen edge of
a widener, driven home wttle a steel ism -
mar, soon fousel. ite way to the bolt*; hirget
were attecked in it like manner, and the door
drawn away from its place. Ihe mune pro
cese repeated la leas No. 2 left them man
ter of the situation, end the "guid gear
that gangs In woe bulk" was very apeedily
aecreted about the person' of the tbiews
who no doubt quietly left the place, losking
the doors with as oomplete aseuraece as Mr.
Semple himself would heve done. The gees -
tion for the public iv -Will the burglars be
caught± whioh simply metaus e bother are
our detectivee or the *fovea the cleverest
men. Our looal °facie' deteetives seem to
heve jumped to tbe conoluelozt that the
thieves are not GIsseow men; thet they are
from some of the big towns, in England, We
do not believe there are auy thieves better
Able to "creak a crih "itt London than %hat
are to be found in our own city; and it wilt
be well for the Gleagow detectives to contsi.
der whether, in looktng so fer away as Lon -
den, we are not looking over the heeds of
the real culprits. We thiele it entirely tue,
likely that the jewellery left Glargow. -
Glasgow
Rubber Cannon Balls.
Some queer expediente are resorted to in
warfare when ammunition mune low, Front-
iersmen have been known to use battons and
broken mane for bullets when the last ounce
of lead had been expended in a vain attempt
to repulse hostile Indiana. In more than
ono siege, artillerymen have been compelled
to 'terve their genie with pieces of railroad
iron in lieu of orthodox cannon belle' and it
Is related that during an engagementat sea
the sturdy Detail comnaodore, Von Tromp,
thoroughly demoralized the seamen of a
Britiah man-of-war by pouring into them a
broadside of hard Dutch cheese, which broke
and scattered all over the decks and turned
defeat into victory.
Daring the year of the rebe ion the Con
federate forces were often "put to their
wita end" to supply themselves with ammu-
nition, and they were not at all particular in
selecting material to discharge at the Union
soldiers. On one occasioft a rebel battery
reeolved on attacking a Federal brigade
that had taken quarters at Brook's station,
Georgia. En route, they came to a point
where there had been a monster passenger
train wreck, the debris of which was scat-
tered inedl directions. The detail, consist
ing of artillery, cavalry and infantry, halt-
ed at the wreak to see if something. that
could be made useful might not be found.
Among other things picked up, the artillery
detail, consiating of six pieces, procured one
or two bushels of rub aer springs, used on
the axles of all coaches, and put them in
their caisons. Wearily they trudged along
until in the early after noon of the next day
they hove in sight of the enemy. They
soon put their pieces in place and opened on
the Federals. The duelling was kept up
for several hours, with no perceivable rout
of the encamped Union men. At la.st it
was made known that all shells and shot of
the Confederate artillery were exhauated.
They were puzzled as to what should be
done. Finally one of the artillerymen sug-
gested that they should give them one
round of rubber springs. Quickly the com-
mand was put into execution. Into each
piece two springs were placed. At the
command 12 springs went whizzing through
the air. It is said that nothing on earth
was ever before comparable to it. These
springs did'nt just strike and drop down,
out they leaped, bounced, bounded, killing
a man here, another there, tearing down
tents, batter-whanging around for at least
fifteen minutes, leaving but few men and
horsos able to get away.
Autumn will soon go off on its sere.
In his instruotions relating to sewer con-
structions, Sir R. Rawlins= observes that
Portland cement and Has limes make good
hydraulic mortar. The proportion of cement
or of lime to sand should not exceed two and
a half parts of clean, sharp awed to one part,
by measure, ,of ground Portland cement or
liaa lime. If clean furnace aihes .or slag
should be available there may be two parts
of sand one hall part of althea or deg employ-
ed, the whole to be mixed in a revolving pan,
each panful to have 20 minutes' grinding.
In making mortar or concrete it ie of the
utmost importance to nee clean materials.
The water for wetting bricks and for mix-
ing mortar or concrete ought to be free from
salt,
French and English Polities.
The old Parliaments of both France and
England have Meaty adjourned, end will be
eplaccel by freahly chosen Parliaments title
autumn. The general eleetiona for a new
Chamber of Deputies in France will take
place he OC tober ; and those f ar a new House
wofiiToontoqinurinNov
one intieykter.,
rzeatBritWn*and Ireland
It is rarely the case that these two great
countriea are plunged into exciting electious
at the earn° time. Usually, the Bummer
end autumn are a period of root in politics.
fait this year, the noise of political rivalry
.and activity began hi England and Franota
amid the beat of August.
There are several poluta of resemblance
in the political situation in, the two ooun-
tries. In each, the Cabinet now in power
STRANGE. Bur TRUB.
A woman in Allentovrn, Pa., goes to sleep
every evening at 9 o'clock, and bleep; eound-
ly until 5 o'clock the rext afternoon,and
has been keeping up this practice minter-
rupt,eclly for eighteen months peat afer
,bealth is of tile best.
The terrore of the eyolone heve3
ly letieencea to a certain Dakota fanner lance,
he arranged. a trap deer and a system of pul-
leys so that when lie hears a storm ocanung
in the night he can pull a cord and his beds
will sink int / the oiler.
,Accordieg to the observation of an Have-
na decter, reported in the annals of the
Royal Academy of Science in that city, mos-
quitoes may be agents for the traveler el bbs
gemms 01 ye low feve: and of the parasites
ally be seed to exiat on aufferance, as it did whsiecnah epreohdeureee0:11topthetszneteirceoi:t the feet 01 a
pnaoErtta°a:thulleema:usbtl,dnebatecmat majority
r iteti a74 emoeff otri eit4gPPapa joiwil4ieenlYenienft I tiNthelevthmacilaisnsma:eateatrilaifilndedgh84induIawo 3:tiailidnihwreerteened4trYce.tf:Aomaa-
during which it took cfheee
the former Government was UnP°Ptdar. pitere of the valley it melted ahnest instan-
Mr. Gladatoee owes his fall eartly to the taneously and changed from an avalanche
course sehloh he took in regard to EUPt into a roaring torrent, through which the
and India ; and M. Ferry lost office on 40.
ceunt of Ins proceeding s in regard to the
IChinese War,
The term of the President of the; French
Republic will expire in January next. It
will, therefore, be the duty of the nevrly ap-
pointed repressentetivea of Faience, he con-
junction with the Senate, to elect a enocea-
sor to M. Gravy for the long period, of seven
years, aliie fact naturally edam to the ex-
citenaent of the coming French elections.
Aside frons thes, the conteet in Franee its
not, as it formerly Waal htlreell the Iielesh
licene and verioue factious of Monarcidate,
but beteeen the moderate wad radleel 110.
publican sectione. raocierete Itepub,1-
cares will auetain el. Brisson, the present
Prime Minieter. The radicals; are led. by
the energetio and able Id. Clerrienceeu, who
wielles to males many obanges it the present
constitution, eapeelaily iu further Ilmitieg
the privileges of the church and the prieet-
11°1%d' England, the dieklen of inutile lu
view of the electione waich are to take plaoe
be November are atill more interesting, Tile
Tories are now in etave, under the lead of
the -Marquis of Sallebury. They came into
power wtth a hoatile 1101140 Of Common's,
and bare had a diiiicult tnek, which thua
far they eeem to have performed wisely.
They will etruggle vigorously to :secure a
majority of the um House, The House of
torch hes, see mei, a Tory mejority.
While the Terlea are tol. rably well ratite(/'
there are seerioue divicacesa amovg their era
ponente, the Literate. lir the letter Dirty,
there are twe divergent sections% The mod-
erat.a section is cemposea the Whigs,
under the lead of herd Granville as d the
B.14 'pm of Herrington. Tbe lammed to se
jtioo4n,pheeapautizbeLlatts:. radicele, who follow
Mr. Chensberlain hos boldly set out upon
a very radical campaign, in which he is not
joined by the moderate Liberele. Ile de -
mantle a aweepi, g refs rm of the system of
taxation and the fend laws, and would, no
doubt, :support Horne Rule for 'retina and
the diaestablahment of the Church of
glend.
The third party --end tbe only one of
which It can ae amid thet it Is certain to
make a large gain in the earning electione-
is the Irinh patty, led by Mr. Pamela Thia
p in the last House, comprised about
thirty-five members. There is every indi-
melee that, in the new House, it will corn -
re idea at least, between +seventy and eighty
inembere,
In both Great Biitain Franck, the
eleetions will be held under entirely new
tionditions. in Greet Ilritain (and Irelend,
two millions et new voters have been admit-
ted to the suffrage; and the Parliamentary
Beets have been redistricted throughout the
three kingdoms, In France, the system of
voting in block for deputies by departments
-so that each elector votes for all the dep-
uties to which his departme.nt is en.itled,
instead of for only. one-haa been adopted
instead of single districts,. Each of tease
ohanges inparts uncertainty to the result of
the elm:tient'.
Mow ,to Keep Cool.
/caw that the season has passed wben
any could be injuredby taking too seriously
ceitein newepaper tines for keeping cools
it will do no harm to reproduce some t f the
bits of advice given by ingenious writers.
The humor du few of therules is quite deli-
cate, while in others it is so strong and ob-
vious that no surgical operation will 1,e need
ed to get into the thickest skull the idea
that the writer is chaffiing :
Persons of sanguine temperament and
complexion should never gee exctted in
warm weether. The effect of excatme
is immediate sometimes fatal.
A very cooling drink is said to be made
'in the following manner Upon a cup of
tea -leaves and roasted coffee, half and half,
pour boiling water. Let it stand a few
seconds, and then drink as hot as possible.
[There is a little ambiguity about this last
clause. Is it the mixture or the person
which must be as hot as possible? In either
case most people would rather remain hot
than drink such a dreadful decoction.]
It is never gentlemanly to sit in your
shirt -sleeves. If youare warm, the quick-
est way to get cool to sit down in a tub
of ice -water. You need not take off your
cuffs and collar to d this -if they are made
of celluloid.
Never drink ice -water except through a
straw. If a straw cannot be obtained use a
quill
If the weather is exceedingly sultry, a
rubber over -coat worn next the skin will
be found very soothing. Weather-strips
nailed to the ears, to keep the hot air out,
will increase one's comfort perceptibly.
It is not best for people to read or study
if they wish to keep cool, This is true par-
ticularly of college -students and school-
children. Thinking is especially dangerous
in hot weather. This is the reason some
people never think. They are afraid of sun-
stroke.
Standing up to one's neck in a snow -drift
will keep the hottest person cool, even on a
very severe day. This is vouched for by ail
Arctic explorer, who says he has tried it.
If ye* are heated while walking on the
street, bow to a very rich and pompous
person whom you met causually the evening
before. He will at once freeze you with to
don't -know -you stare.
Some people think it is beat not to exer-
cise much in hot weather. This is a mis-
take. The more exercise the better Run
up hill, with a heavy overcoat on. Then
take it off, and see how cool you will be
eireesseme-o.
Why' is a balloon voyager greatly to
be envied? Because he rises rapidly in
the world, and has most excellent prospeous.
Commit is like the natural unguent of the
sea -fowl's plumage, whieh enables him to
shed the rain that falls on him aud the wave
in which he dips. When one has had all
his conceit taken out of him, when he has
lost all his Minions, his feathers will fly no
EMIL
men escaped by wadieg and swimming.
The healing power of earthgeakee ie 0.
subject of discussion in the Spaniels medical
press. The statement is made that in the
recent abalte up at Malaga most of the pa-
tienta forgot their dieessees and teok to the
open air. The change agreed with them ao
well teat a few only xeturned to the hoe -
pita.
The sweat teat for watered milk le eeid
to oonaiat in dipping A well polished knitting
needle into ik deep veesel of rallitAeand then
immedietely withdrawing it telles upright
petition. If the milk le pure a drop of the
milk will bang to the needle, butthe addition
of AV00 a 40141) portion of water pre-
vent the adherence of the drep.
Amedg the new Applications' of cotton ist
its use teapart, iu the oonstruction hOtutee
the nit:tertal erupleeed for the purpose be-
ing the refuse, wide!), wheu ground up with
ari equal Amount of straw and aebeatoss, is
aattaattaal into a paste, and thia hi formed
into large glebe or bricke, which acquire, it
la 'mid, the hardneee of atone, etal tionieh a
really velualele buildit g matetial.
1.7nder certain cenditiona Some cornmen
aatielee of household decoretion may be
eourcea of danger, An ineurance company
!imported to breve refused riska itt Ilona*
in which perfectly apherleal doh globes or
water bottlee are kept, Thecornpany Oak=
that through the voldeat portioned the Wire
tar tbree fires were aterted isa parlors where
artieks were lie smelt a position as to rehire
the dcrect rays a the sou through pieta Om
windows. It is said there le no danger if
the vessel 10 oval or elightiy fietteeed, A
writer in the Price Uurr,r4t ova A fire was
abated on Isis library teble by the taut stare
Ing 'arm his paper weight media of four giase
eobee fattened together 40 that three reit
upon the mblo and One vats above the
others.
A Thrilling Panther Fight.
One of the met thrilling panther.figlete
recently reported was that of which Dlr.
W.W. Taylor, of Eebort County, Georgie,
telle, "I was sitting on a large osk log
fiohing," Mr. Taylor says, "when I hesrd
a rustling in the branches above me. 1
glaneed up, thinking the noble was made
by some biro, when I saw a sight that
oeused my heart to owe boating Almost.
Lying npou a largo limb. 'scratching up
the butt, Re eyes rollingfory, was a
i
large p Anther. m
. I olted f my hunting
knife, and was drawing it f m its sheath,
alien the pate her came at me like a can-
non ball. I moved aside to dodge, when
the panther's claws caught my coat, and
I was dragged along, I gave a !savage
s'aill at the 015 48, cutting some of them,
so duet they were useless to the beast in
the fight that followed. Halieg failed in
its first leap, the pantheresdeme at me
from the ground and knocked me to the
ear h ; but I rolled over, and for a mo-
ment the panther was uader me, Then I
got a telling thrust with the knife, but
before 1 ccu'd deliver another blow the
boast was up and I was underneath.
Over and over we rolled using both knife
and claws, and I was badly torn about
the arm?, neck and face. The panther
seized my 13it arm, and seeiamdto be cra-
shing it, when I stabbed my foe straight
to the Inert. My arm was badly bruised,
and I was very weak. I lost nay menus,
and did not come to for many minutest."
Mr. Taylor has hunted since then in
Arizena and other p3rts of tile West,
and his bed consists of the Ekin of the
panther which nearly alew him.
•••••.•••••••=••••••11104110.-1110.
re:efee. The Art:ofThinking.
—011—e of the beat ra-odee of improvirg the,
sot of thinking is to think over some sub -
j act before reading upon, and then obaerve
after what manner it has occuried to
the mind of some great master; you will
then observe weather you have been too
rash or to timid ; what you have omitted
and what you bave exceeded; and by
this process you will insensibly catch the
manner in whioh a great mind views a
study ; not only to think
greiabtquigiriegehtitotn.
o
when any extraordinary incident pro-
vokes you to think, but from time totime
to review what has paned, to dwell upon
it, and to see what trains of thought vo-
luntarily present themselves to your mind.
It is a superior 'habit in some minds to
refer all the particular truths which strike
them to other moreseneraltrobhs, so that
their knowledge is beautifullim'todized
= ,
and a particular truth at onca up the
general truth. This kind of uaderstand-
ing has immense and decided aupe-
riority over those eonfused heads in which
one fact is piled upon another without
any attempt at classification or arrenge-
ment. Some men read with a pen in their
hand, and commit to paper any new
thought *Mob strikes them, otbere truat
to chance for its appearance. Which of
these is the best reef hod in the unaerstand-
ing in question. Some men can do no-
thing without preparation- others, little
with it ; Fiume are fountalas, °thins reser-
voira.
"Sink or
"You should have a thermometer to as-
certaiu the proper temperature of the water,"
said a mother to the colored nurse who was
giving the baby a bath.
" Whaffor ? '
"To tell when the water is too hot or too,
cold." .
"Don't need no skit dockerment. Ef de
chile turns blue, de water am too cold, and
ef hit turns red, den it am too hot."
And now the oolored lady is looking for
a place.-