Bloomington Progress, Volume 16, Number 49, Bloomington, Monroe County, 21 March 1883 — Page 1

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A Mooming, buxom Ian was aba. And she was sweet as sweet ooold be 80 aH the fellows did agree. Bq Hannah Hnnniweu was vsm; That tact, alas! was an taw plain. And canned her family mnoh pain. For Hannah laid uncommon, rtreaa Upon the Tanlty of dieeo A weakness o bar sex, w gnesa. 8ta had a lovely aeal-akm "acqaaw That often (traced her comely baelL And sealed Wr doom at last.aUckl For when the wintry winds ata WOW. VmrnnaUntins ice and snow.

' tlnfe her trunk did Hannah go.

And stralsnt sne namea ni And with nremonitorv float.

She jmt the noisome moth to root. "Now, blow ye winds," .moth Hannah "80 Ions as hi my sacque I may Go gallivanting all the day P Alas, the poor, misguided childl The son appeared the tempest wttfl "Was lolled Into a zephyr mud. Then Hannah waxed uncommon pain, And wailed a great and STierotss waH To see her pet ambition fail. Inch to her family's dismay, She stayed at home day after day. And. as she staved, six Dined swav.

And still the weather milder

The gentle south wind I And wanned theneonte I

And while all other foDca were find.

nor """ mnonmB was sag Or, what was sadder yet, was mad: And so one calm, soft eventide, Boe pressed her ileal -akin to her aids. And. with a hollow sob, she died. The chattering gossips love to teB The fate of that vain, foolish belle . Who loved ber seal-akin saoQne too wasV ZVarrr Tribute.

tea's Ite. It was the siege of Paris. TheEaspress ngenie had fled from the Tnflo-

nee, the trovisionai uqvernment naa been organized under Trochu, Paris 'was in a state of wild alarm, and the Prussian tgoies was steadily making their -way toward the city, investing one point after another, and rapidly cot ting-ofT all communication between the besreged city and the surrounding eonntry. Winter was coming on; food and fuel becoming scarce; business was entirely suspended; the boulevards were filled with idle, aimless loungers, gazing with sad and hungry eyes upon the long files of troops that marched before them. Into the quiet and aristocratic preaaaets of the Faubourg St. Honore the grim ghosts of famine and bloodshed ad not made their way, and the luxurious entresol of the fashionable hotel where Ninon, the gay little Baronne do Yalooor, took ber abode during the gray Parisian winter was, all alight with annshine. Ninon was leaning back in ber cushioned fautenflle with the toes of ber slippers extending toward the fire and her head thrown back wearily, looking the very personification of en-

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iifHne, yon bother me. Go away." Fifine departs, but returns again in ' the space of two minutes. 'Madame, vioi monsierir. Madame turns her pretty little head and takes a comprehensive glance at the tall young officer in the uniform of the national guard.

"The Fntssians have not eaten yon wpye?" inquires Ninon, with a yawn that she does not take the smallest pains to conceal. "Not yet. Would it be a great source of relief to madame if such an event was to take place?" "Bather. " "Dout yon care for me at all, Smo&f Don't be silly, my child. Tell me what his Excellency Gen. Trochn is about, and when you propose to etais .ttat elegant uniform with Prussian gore?" Toot Paris 1 The yoong' officer

; verjruice au but the Pros iwoheisirkinr any ntrties.

3 annoys me. "Nines, are yon as really heartless as you seem?'' "Just about. What do yon want me to dor "Tell me yon love me, Ninon, just a little." T "But I dent." The boyish lips trembled and a groat wave of sorrow spread itself over the fair, fresh countenance. Then he knelt down by her side and a single tear fell on the little band that be stooped to

"Ninon, Ninon, won't yon love me 1" "Ton are a stupid boy and yon must

oeway or I shall never eat my breakfast, ion are a very nice boy, Ar-

auand, but yon look as if you were

going to cry.

"Nroon l" tber word aonnded bice a

ery ofpam. Then he kissed her band again and turned to leave ber. T shall not come again, Ninon." Madame de Baronne disfigured hex pretty Hps with an incredulous little move and the door closed upon her boyish lover, Paris in a state of siege ! A city of 2,000,000 inhabitants surrounded by tbeforoa of a powerful enecv and ail umjlies cut off! The streets were filled with a gaunt and hungry crowd of desperate men and despairing

The sounds of distress and suffering began to make themselves heard even hi the luxurious quarters of the Faubourg St. Honors, where Ninon de Valcotir trore out her days in wailing over the dullness and dreariness of the gay capital. The high price demanded for all the necessaries of life began to exit lost even the princely De Valcour ruvenues. The establishment must be 'reduced, and Baroness Ninon awoke out of her. long dret.m of luxury and laziness to face life for the first time seriously. One among Ninon's friends was missing.. The boyish form of- the young officer, with his untarnished uniform naa unu-ed sword, appeared no more among her guestfl. At first she smiled at his absence, then insensibly she began to watch for his coming, and, as the days passed one after another, Ninon grew anxious. It was the evening of the 24th of November. Ninon was sitting alone when a quick, harried tread sounded behind the chair, and the clanking of a sword startled her. -Armaod!" she exclaimed, as she turned, and encountered the excited glance of the young officer. "Yes, Ninon! At last Paris is aroused. To-morrow there will be grand sortie. With 100,000 men we iball leave Paris, inarch upon Chant--igny on to Yilliera. Ducrot has iworn to re-enter Paris only victorious )r dead. I have come to sa:- good-by. Before to-morrow night Prussian ball rr bayonet may have quieted forever Jie heart that loves yen so pawionatej. Kiss me, Ninon, and uod bless Ninon lifted the' brown hair from the Ssv young forehead; a moment her Bps fested there, and she mttraand, "God

her passionately against his

heart, and then he left her. In the morning the troops were in motion. With stern and set determination they moved forward looking, neither to the right nor left, lest the sorrowful faces of the women they loved should unnerve their hearts and unsteady their hands. At the head of his company rode Armand de Bocheeoeur. He did not turn bis head, bat the hand that held the bridle rein shook as the heavy tread of his powerful horse bore him slowly on beyond the gaze of the bright eyes that looked down upon htm. Quietly Ninon watched him go, steadily she looked after his retreating form. A soft mist clouded his flashing eyes, and as the distance hid him further from her view she murmured gently, "Armacd, God watch over thee!" All day long, that terrible 30th of November, the incessant roar of cannon echoed back into the stillness of the city's streets. Paris held her breath in

anguish. Outside the walls the sicken

ing arama oi name, wxtn au its noma accompaniments of tumult; noise and bloodshed; inside the no less horrible torture of suspense, as those left behind waited with blanched faces and bated

breath for news from the scene of conflict.

Among the foremost in the strife on

that terrible morning rode the boyish officer, Armand de Bocheeceur. The pure blood of his Norman ancestry courses wildly through his veins to

day. France is his life, and he would give his life far France. Early in the afternoon Champigny

vielded to the passionate attack of the French troops. Amazed at their de

feat, the Germans fell back to recover

from their bewilderment produced by this almost their first reverse. Then, rallying from their surprise, reinforced by fresh troops and protected lw their batteries, they fell upon the French

witft a sudden fury. With a wild feeling, half fury, half despair, Armand saw the line give way. "Cowards !" he muttered below his breath. Then, turning suddenly to his men, he cried : "Courage ! Will' you go back to your women and. tell them you fled from Prussian guns? On! on! Conqueror die like Frenchmen!' Then he rode forward; but the terrified, panic4 stricken men were deaf to his call, and suffered him to go alone. With his right arm uplifted he rushed toward the Prussian hue. Ninon has listened all day to the sound of that terrible cannonading, waited all night in frightened suspense for news from the scene of battle far tidings from Armand de Bocheccemr. In the morning no word has come. Dark circles have appeared under the brown eyes, and their brilliancy is all faded, gone out in that long night of watching. Restlessly Ninon paces the long salon. Finally a sudden impulse seizes her, T will- go and find him." She finds him at last. As she approaches his bedside, she trembles. She looks upon the" white bandages that lie upon his eyes and shudders. Then she speaks to him, and the glad smile that flits across his lips reassures her. His single hand goes out to meet hers, and he tries to speak. A warning gesture from the nurse attracts Ninon's attention, and she whispers: "Do not talk, Armand; you mast get all first" From an old soldier who' watches over him Ninon learns the history of the sortie. As she listens to the story of how bravely the voting soldier bore himself on that dreadful day, there is a look of newly-found happiness in the brown eyes. Suddenly they fill with tears, and her lips murmur softly, 1! have found him, the Prince." The Sister of Charity ' comes and whispers, gently and pityingly, "Madame, he will be blind." "Armand, my love!- God help you!" Then she bits her tear-stained-face, -fit np with its wonderful light of love and pity, and looking at the sympathetic countenance of the poor sister, whispers, "He shall see with my eyes." The sister looks into the depth of the lovely eyes raised to hers, and thinks, "tie is- not much, to be pitied, the brave

Through long nights of fever and days of weary restlessness Ninon watched by her lover's aide. Strength returns to the crippled body, but the sorrowful eyes always wear that helpless, vacant expression peculiar to the blind, and the strong right arm is represented only by an empty sleeve. He is not forbidden to apeak now; and one day, as he hears Ninon's footstep by the bedside, and the soft rustle of her dress as she bends over him, he says, "Yon are always with me, Ninon, are yon not, or do I dream it?" "I am always with you, Armand." "What brings yon here?" " "Because I love you, dear." "Love me? but I am a cripple and blind." "'es, Armand. Tour right arm and yonr eyes yon have given to France. Will you give the rest to me?" "Ninon!" and the left arm, the only one he has, draws her quickly and passionately to his aids. Her soft breath plays against his cheek, and as his lips meet hers she whispers, "Armand, my Prince, I love yon." Feints ea Pumpkin Pie. "What is the matter with the pumpkin nowadays?" said a gentleman the other day. "I never see, and certainly never cat, any more such golden, luscious pies as my mother used to mike." After making due allowance for the ch&nge in the .individual from boyhood to manhood, the fact remains that there is a decline in pumpkin pies. A searcher after the reasons for it declares one to oe that too many spices are now nsed, entirely disguising the flavor of the pumpkin, which, if properly cooked and of good quality, is delicate and agreeable. Ginger seems to be the only legitimate seasoning for a pumpkin pie, but a faint suspicion of allspice or of cinnamon is allowable. Then, too, instead of seasoning with sugar alone, at least half of the sweetness of the pie should' be dne to molasses. For one medinm-sized pie allow one fall coffeecup of stewed pumpkin "poured through the kitchen sieve" after the manner of Sydney Smith's salad. If rich in eggs, aQow two or three ; if not, make tiiree eggs do duty for two pies, dividing after beating. If the milk used to thin the pumpkin is half cream so much the better. A teaspoonfnl of ginger is a liberal allowance for one pie. Bake with an under crust only, and until the top of the pie is brown and a delicate skin has formed over it (for removing which many a child has passed under the rod), if. . JSeening Post Thk value of the agricultural product of New Jersey exceeds that of any othter State in proportion to the area

OUR YOUNG FOLKS.

Johnny's Opinion of Grandmothers, Grandmother are very nice folks ; They beat all the annts in creation. They let a ohap do as he likes, And don't worry about education. I'm mre I can't aee it at all Whatever a poor fellow oonld do For amiles, and pennies, and cake, Without a grandmother or two. Grandmothers speak softly to "ma," To lot a boy have a good time: Sometimes they will whisper, 'lis true, T'other way when a boy wants to climb. Grandmothers have nrafflns for tea, And pics, a whole row in the oellar. And they're apt (if they know it In time) To nuike a chicken-pie for a "feller." And if he is bad now and then,

Ana msEes a great racKenng noise.

Thev only look over their specs. And say, "Ah, these boys will be

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"Iilf o is only so short at the best j Lot the children be happy to-day," Then look for a while at the sky. And the hills that are far, far away. . Quite often, as twilight comes on. Grandmothers sing hymns very low, To themselves, as they rock by the fire, About heaven, and when they shall go, ' And then, a boy stopping to thlnkV Will find a hot tear in his eye, To know what will come at the last; For grandmothers all have to die. I wish they could stay here and pray. For a boy needs their prayers every night; Same boys more than others, 1 s'pose, , Such as I need a wonderful sight. Slants Caught Napping. As we come to be more intimate with plants, and know all about their doings and see into their daily lives, we continue to find things .which remind us of animals. Plants, we already know, eat and drink and breathe and move. Besides all these things, they sleep; and they must get their sleep regularly, or they lose their health completely. . Nowadays inventors spend their.lives trying to find out useful tilings things that will make life easier and pleasauter; such 'things aa steamboats and railroad

cars,, and telegraphs, and sewing-ma-

chire;, and a thousand others of the same kind. In old times all the inventions were made to compel men to be

lieve this or that religion by the use of ingenious tortures. There was no end of different kinds of suffering . which poor miserable people who had their own ideas on religions subjects hod to suffer. Among these was the horribli torture of keeping people awake night and day till they died. Such dreadful things are no longer practiced on people in Christian lands; but many and many a poor plant dies and makes no sign from just this cause. People can sleep where there is a light in the room; hardly so sweetly and soundly, I think, as they can iu the darkness; still they can go to sleep in the light. But plants cannot. Until the darkness comes they go on working and working, no matter how tired they are, till the plucky little creatures drop in the harness and die. The work they do, I have already told you, is to separate the poisonous carbonic acid gas of the air into two useful things carbon for themselves, and o.sygen to keep people and animals alive. But they need rest as much ss you Or I do. Working night and day is too much ol a strain, and finally their health breaks down, and they die. Many plants are not contented merely to stop working. That dors not give them all the rest they need. The leaves want to lio down or to hug close to each other, in. order to sleep ctSnfortably, and rise ref resheoj. If yon (notice carefully a spray of locust loaves, for instance, by daylight, von wll see it looking something like this: The leaves are all spread 'out to catch the light and the breezes. The thousand little months are open, breathing in the air. But in the evening, after it. has grown dark, they lay hugged up to keep. warm, their little mouths pressed close ngainst enoh other. It may seem as wonderful to vou as it did to me when I first learned it, that all your lives the plants and trees around you had been going to sleep and cuddling up in this way, and you had , never noticed it or known it. When yon think of it; it is not reallyso strange ; for most of the time that the leaves are asleep yotf " are asleep too, and any light which tinder ordinary circumstances would show them to you would keep .them from going to sleep. In order to see these sleeping leaves you would have to take a lantern and go ont after it was dark, and examine sprays which yon had particularly examined by day, to see just the difference. The young leaves, like young babies, sleep most, and cuddle up closer than the older ones do. I examined a great many plants, and found no very common plant more interesting than the locust tree. Some wistaria leaves, especially - the young shoots, -not only close up but turn over on their stems to get their rest. The most remarkable plant of all that I examined was a mimosa-tree, or sensitive-plant, as it is often called. This tree, however, grows full thirty feet high. You can sit and watch the branches against the evening sky, and as the twilight falls the whole tree seems to be thinning out until it looks as if the season had gone backward, and we were looking at the tree in its early spring dress of delicate sprays. It puts one in mind of Keats' beautiful lines, when speaking of a lovely girl going to sleep : . As if a rose should shut and be a bad again. It sometimes happens that plants which usually close their leaves when they sleep are very heavily shaded during the day. When this is the case they do not seem to be much affected by the diwkness of the night, and do not change the position of their leaves. It would seem as if they had been half asleep all day, and so had spoiled their night's rest. Darwin tells us of a plant which ho says he watched carefully, and for two nights after having been violently shaken by the wind it did not cuddle down to "sleep. It was probably too much excited to rest properly. This movement of sleep is so much affected by the presence or absence of water, which yon remember is the cause of all vegetable movement, that if the ground in which the plant grows is allowed to get very dry, or the air

oecomes extremely paronea around it, it makes no sleep movement at night. The "touch-me-not" and maUow are affected in this way by drought, Ijfx. Darwin tried to see how long a little plar he had from Cbili would live without water. Ho watched it three weeks without giving it a drop to drink. Its leaves became dry and lu sly, so that some of them w.-mld drop off from the stem overy time he shook the jiot. The earth about the roots became like the dust on a summer road. The leaves that remained on the stem did not close in sleep at night. Finally, at the end of twenty-one days, he watered the

earth and sponged off the dry and thirstv leaves. The next morning it seemed as fresh as ever, and when night came it nestled itself down comfortably to its rest. "Some plants will go to sleep if they can make themselves comfortable, while if they are much chilled by exposure to the cold night air they will not make a sleep movement. There is something almost human in all these freaks of wakefulness in the plant world. In some plants the leaves stand up to go to sleep, as horses do; in others they droop down, or lie close to each other like little children. One kind of clover which has a yellow blossom sleeps very curiously; it has, as of course you know, three leaflets on each stalk. Each of the three twists, itself around through the quarter of a circle, turning one of the side edges to the sky. Two of the leaflets the side ones face toward the north, one a little to the east of north, the other a little to the west The middle leaflet turns sometimes eastward, sometimes westward; in doing so it twists itself over so as to protect ite own upper surfsoe and one of the other leaflets at the same time. The common white clover sleeps very curiously. There is a very singular plant which bears three leaves on a stem, the middle one being large, and the other two long, narrow leaflets which stand straight from the stem just below the bottom of the large central leaf. They look like a pair of oars poised in the hands of a rower when he is waiting to dip them into the water. Whcn this plant goes to sleep the small stem which holds the leaf stands straight up, and the leaf turns directly down flat against the stalk. The plant hardly look like the same thing awake and nsleep. Beside the sleep movement, this plant has some wonderful motions, which seem to be without any particular reason and to come generally from

the change of temperature. Mr. JJarwin put the stem of one of these leaves into some water cool enough to be pleasant to drink and then changed the water for some aliout as warm an lukewarm tea. The leaflets began to move and in a minute and a half had made a complete circle. In very young plants of this kind the leaflets jerk nil the while, very much as a baby kicks its legs and moves its arms, without having any particular reason for doing it, When leaves get sleepy they do not sink steadily and quietly down. There is nobody to take them and lay them down to sleep when they feel drowsy, so they go off by themselves in tt slow sort of nodding motion. The cause of all these movements is, as I have said, the shifting of water from cell to cell; but the reason for them is the same which makes two little children sleeping side by side draw closer together when thc-y feel chilly and nestle down together in the bed. The warmth of their bodies then is not lost, but passes from one to the other. Harper's Young People. JACK WILSOIT.

rhs Stair f a Georgia Vsgro Who Owns a Model Plantation. In ante-war times, says the Atlanta Constitution, there lived in Meriwether county a don't-care sort of a negro named Jack Wilson, who could neither read nor write. He hod gained his freedom in some way or other, and gained his livelihood by acting as a sort of director general to famous horses in his neighborhood. Jaok became attached to a servant-girl who was owned by a man named Gates, one of the wealthiest men in Georgia, who owned thousands of acres of land, and with his family lived in lordly style. The servant-girl was a bright mulatto, and Jack was a shade darker. They made a match of it, and were married under the order of things that existed in war times. At the samo time Jack had a slave-time wife in Virginia, but she was black as coal. When the war closed and the slaves were deilared free, Jack took his Georgia wife to be his partner for life, and by living with her for a stated period she became his wife according to law. As soon as lie was married Jack showed a sudden spirit of industry that astonished everybody. His careless habits were thrown aside and he " went to work with a will. The wealthy Gates died, and the broad acres fell to the possession of the heirs. Jack worked on the place, and was very saving and careful. The Gates family had lost everything except their land. Hundreds of slaves were freed by the new order of things, and the vact and princely fortune was gone. The heirs could not adapt themselves to the situation. Finally pressed, they sold fifty acres of bind to Jack; then they wanted more money, and Jack stood their security at the La Grange Bank, and when they were unable to pay he would take up the notes at the bank and trade for a piece of the Gates plantation. He worked with a vengeance, and all his family worked. Old man Jock became a noted and honored citizen of the county. He was industrious and prospered. In the meantime his old master's children continued to sell him parts of the old homestead. Finally he owned it all and was rich. Three years ago he decided that it was his duty to provide for his old Virginia wife, so he sent for her, and she with the children came to him. Sb-3 was given a house on the plantation, and is well provided for. Jack owns now the magnificent place of about 1,500 acres. His credit at tho La Grange Bank is good, and he can borrow all the money ho wants on his simple note of hiind. Saloons in the United States.

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Tho following is an piled by the Census ington: State Alabama Arkannas Callloruia Colorado.. Connecticut Delawaro Flurida , Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa. Kan hum Kentucky LonlHlana SliiiiHMaryland MaBsurhusetts Michlirun Minnesota MiHsiKnippi Missouri ItCbrnaka New llnmpsliire New Jersey Nuv;kI Now York North Carolina.. Ohio OrcK'Hi lVnnsylvania Kliorlc Island Bunth Carolina. 'IVlUK-KBCO Texa Vermont Vlrirlnta West Vlnriulna

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HOW WE DIE. The Mental State otf tho ttylnjj Dependant Upon the Disease from Which Tliey Hsn Sunt red. From the Philadelphia Press. Consumptives very frequently die in seraphic joy and peace, for thoir passing away is not only comparatively painh 88 but is consequent upon a thorough exhaustion of roe system, such as robs even the imagination of all power of .vivid action and leaves it in a condition to receive only faint and negative impreftsions. In death from old nge and kindred causes, where the mind has free scope and is neither harassed nor disturbed in its action by physical pain, the comforting assurances of a genuine religion are most clearly manifest. As a rule, in acute cases, interest in peisonal danger is seldom i'elfc, end there is a manifest indifference, excepting with regard to bodily suffering, or to soiae duty tho dying man dijsires to perform. Cholera, peritontis nd like complaints rob the soul of lif a and plunge it in the deepest desprir. In dysentery, diarrhea or fevers them is usually a mental ennui that amounts almofl to positive and absoluiie indifference. Those who die by ti e sword or liny sharp instrument preserve peaceful countennnces, indicating an insidious stealing away of life'ii ebbing tide. On the contrary, gunshot wounds produce great pains and lamentations, and most hideous visions. A rapid death by steel is almost painless. A bullet hvseraias, but a saber edge or poniard point divides the nerves too quickly to enable them to transmit to tho failing brain distinct and definite sensations of pain. Death by drowning is proverbially peaceful There is n gradual blotting ont of consciousne ss. The houI seems to soak up the water like s. sponge, deriving no torment from the process, and the faculties' are severally swallowed up as naturally as when sleep approaches. Intense cold lays l iege to the brain, cuts off communication by the nerves, which become torpid and lose their conducting powers The imagination and consciousness are alike preserved from rude shock. A out throat hurts, of course, but not to - an agonizing degree, although it would appear otherwise to those who have heard the sad, sh rill voice of the pig in like extremity. Of all acute and protracted diseases smallpox is oftenest attended by the extremest torture, physical and meataL Especially in hemorrhagic cases, the patient loses control of his senses. It not infrequently happens that delirium precedes death, and the unfortunate

di"'ely entortained them. "S-o-v-e-n cents," I kept saying to myself. "Why need people go hungry?" "How muehee?" I asked, gracefully falling into the Chinese language. "Folty-eight cent." "Forty-eight cents. Great Scott! You 'said seven cents." "That'le for Chinaman. No goodee, Melicau hungry.' No nmohee for seven cents." New l'ork Letter.

Glass Making. That "there is nothing new under the sun" is an often-quoted aphorism, so from that we may infer that inventions of the nineteenth century are but perfected discoveries of ages post. The art of glass blowing, which has been carried to such a high state of perfection by the moderns, existed in a crude state as far book as the days of Tubal Cain. History affords but little information of the origin of the art, but gives a number of facts concerning- its existence. Pliny states that a party of Phoenicians landed on the coast of Palestine near the mouth of the Belus river, and' began preparing a repast. Being at a loss for something on which to place their cooking utensils, they took from their cargo some cakes of niter. They placed the cakes in snch a position as would give support to the pots and built a fire. The niter, being submitted to the action of fire, melted and mixed with the sand on the shore, producing a transparent stream of fluid to which the name of -glass was given. Tacitus gives a similar account of its origin. Josephus states that the children of Israel, having set Are to some woods, the flro was so fierce that it heated the niter with the sand and ran down the hills in transparent streams. . These stories, however, are not credited, as in modern art the materials of which glass is composed fuse at a concentrated heat of about 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit, which would destroy the best-made furnace in about two years. In tho village of Beni Hassam, Egypt, there are a number of tombs, said' to have been built about 3500 B. C, on which the art is depicted in its various phases. On one the workmen are crouching at the foot of the furnace, drawing from it the molten glass, while two others seated near have their blowpipes, molding the glass in exactly the same manner as it is now done. Others are engaged in constructing vases, urns and various other articles. Glass windows were rare as late as the fifteenth century: a few were used

sufferer, springing from his bed, rushes i during the twelfth. In 1567, in a docu-

out into the open air, uttering shrieks 31 1 - , . , ,

ana Dealing nis uouy. The sudden exposure, brings on speedy dissolution. Yellow fever, having run its course, merges into black

vomit, and lassitude and exhaustion

ment drawn up by the Duke of Northumberland, it is stated "because during high winds the glass in this and the other castles of his Lordship are destroyed, it would be well for the glass in every window to be taken out and

lull the victim into unconsciousness. 1 put in safety when his Grace leaves.

And if at any time they are needed by

his Grace or others they con be put in again, with but little expense, whilst at present the cost of repairs would be very great." . The Romans are said to be the first who employed glass for this purpose. Many window frames containing pieces of glass are found iu buried houses of Herculaneum and Pompeii. They also substituted glass bottles for those of leather. The only inventions of glass whioh moderns can claim exclusively aa their

Death is comparatively painless, or, rather, the torment of the nerves does not roach the brain. The majority of the insane, throwing off this mortal coil, as they do, under the influencti of mental delusions, are subject to excruciating pains. Bronchial affections terminate in despair. Death by hanging may, or may not, le painful, according as the miserable wretch drops straight and cracks bis neck, or twists and strangles. Choking is the worst agony of all. The blood departs from its rogulnr channels, and pours through

the body, a fruitful source of a million ! own are optical instruments

pains, each minute, but well denned. Hydrophobia, from its cuuse, gives rise to fearful agony. In brain fever tho nerves, whose irritation is the source of all pain, are seized in their mighty multiplicity, and miles and miles of acute pain traverse the bedy in endless succession, with the rapidity of light. In lockjaw the longer life is sustained by artificial me ins the more peaceful becomes the period of final dissolution, where the heart becomes diseased, and suddenly ceasen to exercise its functions, except one sharp, short, horribly-hot thrust, like that of a daggers which blinds like a flesh, and leaves behind no lingering memory to torture. Apoplexy is painless, as is dropsy, in the final stages. Pyaemia is not positively painful.

folf Children In India. One morning many years ago Mr. H , who happened at the time to be Magistrate and Collector ol the Etawati district, was out riding, accompanied by a couple of sowars or mounted orderlies. They were pushing over a portion of the road that lay in the vicinity of the river Jamma, whon two ho If -grown wolf cubs crossed their path ; and following them more slowly came a very remarkable looking creature which scainbled along on all fours in an extraordinarily uncouth fashion;, This turned out to be a wolf-child. Letting the other two go unmolested, the three men proceeded to hunt down the human cub, and succeeded in bringing it to bay. As they wished to take the creature alive, and were altogether un willing to hurt it in any way, they found their greatest difficulty in attempting to secure it, for it fought, bit and clawed with extreme fierceness and pertinacity; indeed, having driven it into a corner, Mr. H and one of the sowars had to mount guard, while- the other natives proceeded to the nearest village and got a stent blanket for tho purpose of throwing it

over 1121 Head ; and it was by this means that the capture was effected. All the way he me the wolf-child behaved like a

Opium Smoking.

Neither Shy Lee nor any Chinaman will admit that opium sends him to

sleep. "I no go to aleepee," he says, in"

ms low, musical way. "l sometimes smokee' till I no can sleepee. Then I walkee about, and then I smokee again." His grave, still manner suggests that he lives somewhere nearly midway between the world of reality and the land of dreams. Even while he is speaking, he retires to a ttmalldark room at the back of his shop, and sinks down -with legs crossed, on a low bed. The appliances for opium-smoking ae already there, just as he has left them some time before. They consist of a wooden tray, a lamp, a small receptacle for opium, a piece of strong wire, and a pipe. The latter is 'a cumbrous implement," some.what resembling, a .flute, with tascupshaped piece of wood fitted into the mouthpiece. The lamp is diminutive, and is covered by a sort of inverted glass tumbler with a Bmall round hole at the base. Besting his head upon a pillow, Shy Lee draws the tray towards him and begins to prepare his pipe. The process is long and tedious, but apparently productive of a deep "'and solemn delight Shy Lee proceeds slowly, carefully, and-with a solemn smile. A little of the opium is taken np on the end of the piece of wire and held .over the lamp, where it half burns and half boils, as if it were resin. Then

a little more of the opium is taken np and similarly treated. When it is burned sufficiently, he rolls about on the bowl of his pipe, still attached to the wire, until it has been converted into a small cone. This he inserts into a perforation in the wooden cup already mentioned, withdraws the wire, and flattens the opium with his finger. He is now ready to smoke, and holding the bowl of his pipe over the light of the lamp, he sucks at the mouthpiece with a vigor nnknown to ordinary smokers, at tho same time expelling the smoke through his nostrils. Twenty seconds

or so, ana ne again goes through the

CHEAT MEiPS WHIMS." " Some Incidents of Doug-fas Jerrold and , Leigh Hunt. Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southeyand Leigh Hunt were each six feet high, though Coleridge was much bent. Leigh Hunt had gray hair parted in the middle, growing low and giving an idea of a lack of intellectual power. His voice was peculiarly soft; he sang lively song, and accompanied himself on the piano or seraphine with much gi'ace and sweetness; was fond of puns, and abounded in anecdotes, refined jokes, witticisms, raillery and peculiarities of celebrated men, celebrated mountains and celebrated mice. His talk was happily spiced with quotations, which he often travestied. Hunt had a pension of $2,'200 a year-half of it from the Government. Douglas Jerrold I' met only a few times. He was a coarse and unscrupulous' joker, sometimes sacrificing his friends to his fun. After Tom Moore died of softening of the brain Coleridge, Jerrold and others feared they were destined to the same calamity. Jerrold's friends sent him down to' Brighton to- recover. There, as the story went, Browning's "Soldello" fell into his hands. He read a paragraph, passed his hand across his brow and sighed. He read a page, pressed his throbbing temples and groaned. He read two pages, rose and wrung his hands and cried out, "Alas ! My brain has softened ! My mind is gone ! Prea-

j ently his sister came in. He handed j her the book and watched her. "What

nonsense is this? asked she as she read. "Incomprehensible stuff!" "Aha! Thank God-, I am not an idiot 1" shouted Jerrold, rushing and clasping her hands with joy. Elizabeth Barrett, as I recollect her.

. had a small, delicate figure, and her fine : face, was framed in abundant dark curls. I She had large, expressive eyes, a mobile

mouth and a- delightful smile. They say that she and Browning wrote all their love letters in Greek, Leigh Hunt called her "the sister of Tennyson.'' I thought .her. rather the daughter of Shakspeare. Dead.' 'In one of the largest retail dry goods establishments in -New York, a year ago, one of the saleswomen fainted, and was carried home to the garret in a tenement house, which she occupied with her aged mother and two little sisters. The next week she died; and the physician who had been called in declared that her death was caused by overwork' and lack of nourishing food. The whole . family were dependent on her wages; and these, pitiably small at best, were reduced by a system of petty fines, that were inexorably enforced. When her little sister went, while the girl was dying, to collect the' week's pay due her, half"of it ws withheld an a fine for inattention to duty the day she was ill, -and also for the time of the shop-girl who had taken her home. Now the head, of this establishment, it if faid, is member of a Christian church, and noted for his large charities. When the circumstances were told to him, he at once paid the funeral expenses of the poor girl, and provided

f liberally for the helpless family she t had left. Bht he would not alter his

rules. "Business"," ho said, "was business, and charity, charity." Now there are significant hints for two classes of people in this incident. First, to employers. A business system which underpays laborers, and unmercifully pnshes a helpless girl down to starvation, or to a ruin worse than death, is un-Christian, and no amount of

j almsgiving will atone for it, of cover it

witu tne oiook 01 religion. Many religious business men make it a rule to give a tenth of their earnings to religious -and benevolent uses, which is a very commendable practice, providecL'this tithe is- not ground ' out of underpaid workmen. Money, that t is liberally paid for honest work goes to give jelf-reepeot, decency, happy homes and elevation to banian beings, - and is more effective for good that if bestowed as alms on paupers, or even in building temples of carved ,stone and stained glass.' The, other hint is to the hundreds of thousands of women who, like this one, are starving on miserable wages at a socalled genteel employment. This girl, if she had taken .service in a well-ordered private family, would have received better pay for lighter work, been comfortably lodged and fed, sheltered and protected, and might still have been living and happy. ' Madame Ko-

j land, were she. in America now, might well exclaim, "O Gentility! What deeds arodonein thy name!" Youth's

Companion.

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mad tfcing. It was, however, tiiken to Bamo lal?fr o preparation, with the

oiuuo oiiiuu iu uujuj weiii. Aa tie consumes one little cone of opium after another a film comes over his eyes, and he stares with set features; but he is still sufficiently conscious to bo, aware that some courtesy is demanded of him, and so he dreamily prepares another pipo and hands it to his guest. Jf.ew -York Herald.

Mr. H 's house, but it would not be comforted, and for a long-time refused

all ton. is 01 food, including raw meat. The creature was a boy of about 9 years of age, and he may be here stated that no female wolf-child has ever been heard of or seen. It is not easy to assign sufficient reason for the fact that femalihaveneverbeendiacovertl,unli3sa we suppose that, being unable to withstand the terrible hardships of such an existence, they havo very soon -siok-enod a ad died. A Satisfying Dinner for Seven Cents. I found on Mulberry t-treat tho wellknown cheap Chinese restaurant kpt by the solemn, jovial Oriental whose name in Fun Mone. "Chinese dinner, seven cents," was the sign ontsido. TH at it iiit fkills me," thought I, and I went in. "One dinner," I said. "Tip! alle light," F. M. answered. I surreptitiously smelt of the butter. It seomed good. I tasted it. It was good. He brought a generous plate of roast lieef, hot and reeking. "GKid enough," I thought, and tackled it. Ho brought on a dish of beans go d beans. Ho brought coffee prime Java. Ho brought broiled potatoes. "Beautiful," 1 thoup lit. I slyly whistled in my napkin. I dispatched them. He brought me a small piece of pie and cheese I h4a't .jxpeoted tliftt. really, liinpie-

How Here was unoe Konnea. Hero is a littlo anecdote about poor

! Dore. One day at Isohi a peasant's ! wedding gave him tho idea of an ex- '. quisitoly pretty sketch. On finishing i the drawing ho closed his album, put it : in tho pocket of his paletot, and wivlkl i home to his hotel. After the dinner j the album had disappeared, neithov the j host nor the waiters knew anything about it. Dore went to bed furious. In 1 the morning he. received U parcel and an

anonymous letter to the following ofleot: "Sir: Knowing you would not sell your album, I robbed you of it (that last skatch of yours being quite irrestible), but in order that you should not take mo for a common thief, I beg your acceptance of the accompanying 'traveler's staff."' Dore opened the parcel. It contained a cane with a gold head incrusted with precious stones really a princely gift. Ho was never able to ascertain' the Qftnie of he tjonor. o?j don Truth.

America's Widespread 'lnflnenoe. American influence is pouring into Australia, and we are highly regarded by the peoplo of -that vast island- Hermit though Australia may be, she prefers American institutions to those of the British Empire. She will have no union between ch.nrch and State, and is to-day discussing the American Constitution as a plan for confederation. Canada has already followed our lead, and fret) institutions are being established in all- quarters of the globe. Let us look well to our work, Americans, for we are looked up to and imitated by nations and peoples. It is beyond all controversy, that, our example is a powerful agent in the promotion or repression of reform in other lauds. India is striving to imitate us, and young Hindoos who can read know much of history and of our institutions. Though India is probably for one or two centuries bound to union with the British Empire, that great nation is one of mighty agencies to which the world will ere long look for great results. Hindostan, with her immense population of twenty nationalities, speaking fourteen languages, and more than 100 dialeete, is a whole world in herself. The themes which I found to be of the greatest interest in Hindostan were precisely those' which wOre mostly keenly appreciated by Boston

audiences! The same thread of thought I

spanned tho world, and stirmi Uhristian and pagan alike. Joseph Cook.

An Argument in Its Favor. Although butter alone is nearly indigestible, yet the relish that good butter imparts to bread mokes it more healthful than the bread alone would be. Tho human stomach will digest almost anything that is eaten with u relish, though scarcely anything that is not. This is a point which the objectors against the use of butter should carefully note. This is also true in feeding' stock, as well us in supplying the wants of man. Tun uso of coke on locomotives is one-third more costly than coal. The fact that there is no smoke will not compensate for ttl& extra cost of ooka,

Thb reformers will be obliged to v. drop Ben Butler. A man who wffl d- ':, mit in public that the world is growinr -' better, as Ben Butler did in NevTo the other day, can do the cause nothing but injury. To be sure it was after dinner, and no reformer fa qnito npHo the mark after a square meal, but Ben should nqt have been guilty of , the indiscretion of dining with the bad, trnreformed people who would r be. Hure-.to give him away. , . Thkrx were twenty-two contested seats in the Forty-seventh Congress, and it: cost the country $100,000 to nettle them. In the next Congress itfc expected that there will be mairy inbre, Democrats all over the co&ntry'who were beaten by a few thousand votes having decided upon bringing contests. A great deal of time and money wOLfx wasted in the-next Congress in the .ffort to seat Democrats whom the people repudiated at the- polls, bat whc are encouraged to believe that they get in because the party is in the majority in the lower branch of tito'lav. tional assembly. . . . It is quite a backset woman suffrage' has gained in Massaohnsetts-r-whare,

Lunder the flattering promises of Bon

Butler and the Democrats, the canso was this winter to. obtain its greatest American victory. For theLegisltOTi there has rejected the bill granting' women the right to vote at mTmieipeU elections by a vote of 127 to 60, a mjtefrt larger majority against it than all former' years. Old Ben promised a great deal . better than he provided ; indeed, he is f r-.. worthy and sparkling candidate for breach of promise suit on the part o f the i-uffrage society. , The Democrats in the Illinois Tinrii lature are standing by their friends, wn saloon-keepers. There is a Ucenflfr-biL before the lower house which impose! a high tax upon liquor sellers; but' thii Democrats refute to allow it to be oOnsidered, and have brought about it dead-look sooner than let the bill pass.

The obstructionists are aided -by sbtno Republican absentees. While the coumt

of the latter cannot be excused, it doeti not lessen the offense of the Democrats . The programme for the winter seems to have been arranged so that, while thu Democracy in Congress fought for frfei trade, the representatives of the sauxi party in the State Legislatures should contend for free rum. De Moines Register. In the maturing and final passage of. the new Tariff bill the Republicans havt encountered captions opposition from, the Democrats at every step, and at pa time have they received any aid frxmi . the Democratic side, except in. th' maintenance of certain excessive and obnoxious taxes. Hence the Bepubbcaiu are entitled to the credit" of havtsg intfde the first departure from the old war tariff. At this ooint the matter is-

turned over to the Democrats, wh will

control the next Congress.. It .vjll -m for them to determine whether the gbod work thus set in motion shall befbllo wed np by more liberal conoessjon to, the . people at the expense of the protected

classes, in tne new uongress-tjie laaaocrats will have the rmptmsibility of . originating, which they will find much more exacting and perplexing'thari mere antagonism. Chicago Tribune. Cartes Harbisok proposes to be a candidate for Mayor of Chicago at the ensuing election and is making preparations accordingly. In view of Harrison's activity in behalf of a position which he has already filled two term, -the Journal thinks it i none too soosa for the solid men of Chicago to -beam planning for the defeat of the wouldrbo "third-term" Democrat He "stands in" with the worst elements in the cfty, who will make a desperate effort to retain him in position ; but, with ptoger effort on the part of the business men of Chicago, it is believed be can be routed, and the "best Mayor," aa his friends take delight in terming him, politically laid out as cold as it wedge. Interests of the great city denumd it, and the Work must be accomplished or tne sluggers and bummers will soon get the nppor hand of decency and prder.. No man can tell with much assurance how the new tariff measure wiH affect the industries of the eonntry, the revenue or imports. The tobacco tax , is reduced one-half, the taxes on bank capital, deposits and checks, matches, etc., are abolished, and there is a quite general, though not large, reductkm-of import duties. Judge KeUey yesterday estimated the total reductioof revenue . . at $65,000,000 to $70,000,000, of which $35,000,000 to $40,000,000 wouM coma ont of the internal taxes. Mr. Carlisle thought that $40,000,000 to $45,000,000 would be taken from the internal revenue, and only $20,000,000 - to $25,000,-

000 from customs, of which $11,008,000

wonld come from sugar. Formed aa it

has been, it will be strange if anoroaliee.

unfortunate provisions, ambiguities ana inconsistencies are not discovered in the operation of the new law. But these may be corrected hereafter. St. Louis Qlobe-Jemocrat The Philadelphia Times (Independent), commenting on the Tariff bill, savs : "It is fortunate for both poUtiosd

parties, as well as fortunate fox the gen

eral business interests 01 tne country, that the tariff issue is settled for years

to come, and that it will practically dis-

annear from our national contests uneu

most of our present Presidential aspir

ants shall have passed away, xnere will be free-traders and clamorofts

prohibition protectionists to be heard horeafter ns heretofore, but these will be only the "end men" of the political shows, and unfelt in the control of parties or administration, our vast and varied industrial interests will adjust themselves to the newtariff policy and they will prevent a change. Tariff tinkering

will be in disfavor with all parties, and the inexorable laws of supply

and demand will 'be accepted by all. The Republicans escape a fearful responsibility by the passage of tho new tariff. Had it failed the inevitable unrest and paralysis of business wonld have held the majority party as 6s?& . able and the Democrats would-Kate been compelled to accept a most unequal battle in 18S4 in tho tariff States of New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Indiana, with the danger of a tariff epideruio in the Virginias, North Carolina, Alabtma, Louisiana and Texas. Both partiei have leen lucky the majority Republicans in giving the country a tariff, nd tbe minority Democrats in getting a tariff in spite of their regulation stupiditj. Con -sidorin tho grave peril that tbrfttened the business stabibty of the nattiifc, ' heartily welcome the e&aotOKtti, ot to