Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1882 — Page 7

A STRANGE STORY!

— -=—- * I The Fair Canyassei'Whose Life Haeftfcn /> -o in caUipg/Confind.a somewhat mg experience which they - underwent during the, dus#, do'g ,'Jiys of last summer, and which left behind it vision of petite, graceful figure m fluffy white, with lace of large ivofeya>eaa8 P grear Brown eyes, pearl-v whitettesthi j*> uti n g lips,' aai?MSiw ting m and out' among the prHK Jagt offices and manufactories. and arotmg the lawyers’ -offices,- she* seemed to never tire;, and perspiring red,Haled tfifeh gazed ~w,a,w# jatheL freshness, which challenged that of thetmoroiiig glory. Her of herself .was always *wrstfrftig& as' her posh pf-a-iinan absorbed in isjcorresponViMgckwidL in» aP’fJritteripg sprt of ssj2ge»ui to him the startling preposh £<gi irfct tip ■> eubjihcrlbe sot attention to l flr business. Of gourae the first - tmhacCmore 3l»ks tiMMftiheicoaW read already > or. yyit he had given his subscription to other of .the. men wwoMtetfraitti' ]saw ftimpictnre at his ilde} however* ■ M®a*f pT^I . Sand felt ashamed oft it. < .The young i iamr-wag flirentrvivaclotrs and ppss<i teombhiation o f the thd'hittenWi' in if it watf ait ehe.was a wonderful -uurnui hiw it .ajrf# i : J #,?> •»,. A»»*fiß«einAßirasi’. The<would-be victim, generally so eages, to peeeugde a-book * agent fct> *ajl mrthit.hpdlio.atrvfltfm.her; onjy . „ away, and spared no ingenuity to pro|KsftW ffiarkabiy ! a wis^at- • j iiffd dbt&iped the sub«c«|tiq»#dfd of pas<?s, ‘laffled’T<filft' , &nougn to ascertairrthe nkjpn;of the- min at the ‘.next dodr,faiHUtnen - immediately lost ill iptereSf w%er; subscriber. As/an evidenceof the effectiveness of her bej sfgted /that she secured the signatures of over half the . lawvarß of tiaatoity -who are regarded otbyMtHW*avifMi4»livTßlfsft9 Absolutely honejM^iJ ‘;maak, ing young mm 3 k 9TfOT^rjP :^f little laay as ulMoias a wbrWtitho had a quiet way Pfe^3hjn ? bed b°os and btihesametime aoing nothing which give an. (opinion other than that she was a perfect lady. To journalist —*he*elfii(efjb oppamhiog of - herself, sayqt New Haven, 4MniebUdiwt,«£haiMimacame here' undnrtlieeageiqii hiMrin other, as one of' a company of lady canvassers by the publishers, and that her purpose was to earn enough money to enable her to complete her education at an eastern college,, Those who observed her, closely, hqwpver, during the latter par( of her stay, were satisfied that her sndles tidd little heart in them, and tbht there was a large element of sadness .in hfipybung life. The young lady's ngme is Miss Lilian HiheV, and her nlother, while HVing in NeWiHavdh. boarded a numger Of Yale Stiidphte, among them being a Chinese. Prince. Tong, who had beeh sent'fti (his Country by his government for education. Toqg was a young marl wf a rqre degree of intelligence, and refinement who was making his mark as a collegiate. Between him anil MifcvLilian, there grew an affection, 'which- seemed all the more intense from the strangeness of its assortment. By virtue ( of his nobility Tong enjoyed an, almost unliiu- . ited of money, and by nature • geuerotii, he allowed.no WAn# of, Lib* vCaUbbrtdn sweetheart to go unsup--1 ■plied. 1 < - s* Hlne; and her daughter on tme,oceasi6n accepted his invita- ' N%,w§ York; they ’.;vye# e ehtertainedhr'priucely style. - Tho marriage >of the lovers was agreed upofi, but' no date W&s set. As One of tpe .preliminaries, and as one of the greatest sacrifices it was ip hfs j power to make, Prince Tong had his quehe cut od, Tbh* SQ , scandalised . other youngybihamen tp whom thejkuoWiledge came, that' they wrote : ;UjtJfe pdit&a<thfct be iir the land .of JtafaihUt-bealfh, and-regkrllng it as 1 nebdssaiy .change tff the-marriarfef with an ’Tng \riial thwart their purposes, sue’ received a <W,tar, announcing that information| oPh® beTrothal and his renuuciS,tion of ‘Jthe to£ys^liorfi^ JAhd'ejrtdsiwetHfrtlyrtheHidnest which ,v lShjfltly afiei she' I r for'several i day a, e iiUify',* || alnid et f> 6h-‘ Iwhtoh pfloasukickui rutulß l of tqe storyj HMM|ihformeu p , } mmtit

hec that the rjiinfifle-gQverameflt. ia-, dign-tnt at what they regarded as a (fttgegade cyursfl on the-y>»rt of tl^ nereraiffl on M^l , tney expectations, had ordered hpsnirtlftfof d M te % , . jfW s™ *JI h :2kfinidriKlfbrsHtNAj nlqmv*i country. < *Tapg wm soon toj start Jof It was this Which caused tb*. demonI sttgtidfi '-hr * grief, ohe telegraphed 3bih» that'tt would-bw’impracticableXQ meetiiimat Chicago, but that she lit! 'to this Gtty,iwhfrf he,might stopifot :a >ddyi 4teWd,|aq4i h 9 >Wtl fWi herpj las will be remembered. After a sad §c?^^e^tjetMime vhi*jr HI and ilid^news' e&me ’sooh afterward that she was at-the point of death wittt WJfilf Aftei<a'iong.piege she. rallied aqd regained sufficient strength,(o work,'biit when she'appeared recently. to deliver the ,boOKe,.pbe Was strikingly difiVrpot from the fi*esh and beautiful creature of last mid-awffimer. And here follows the most terrible part of the story. Only a short time ago cttpge the announcement that‘,A Chinese prince, who had been pursuing his studies in an American college, had been recalled to his l|6md, and ha 4 been by ordei; of tnl empefor because of certain ijece-Tojife-fanfif thej cWcunistfiftces mike it almost certain that it was-^-she it than a novelist cpuld well devise. il • —-—' > ■ Why no Scotc men go to Hearfen. *4 tnne!& so rethete mstpry does fix thA epoch,,e dreadful war was waged by the Ring of Scotland. : Scdttfsh valor Prevailed, iCnd thCKing of Sdbtlandi- elatedly • *“'Wefl, Siafadyi u 'laid he, “is j; hb’era king we canna conquer roo2” “An’ it pleafee your majesty,'Then o’» king -that- -your Oannd - rixml-AiexamfWjTßverenll y looking up, said: ’’The king o’ heaven.” ■,, “The o’ whpr, Sandy VJ - "" 1 J heayefij”| f .!«» i 1 The Seottlsh king did- nht understand, but was upwijling to exhibit T Just gang your ways, Sandy, and tell the kibg o’ heaven to gi’e up his or I’ll come., myeel’ and diqg/bijn oot o’themj'andfgind, SanyCainna come “back to us until ye hae dune oor biddin’.” , Lord Alexander retired >much periplexedi but met a priest, and,;he* assured, returned ana presented hipH San^y^’ fc sl^^ ,^le, “ha’ ye seen the king o’ heaven, aneHHfcskh says he to oor biddin,’.” ft , ~ •‘An’ it please your majesty, T hsiye n Weel, an’ woat says he?” •““** a “He says your majesty may e’en /ha&hjskingdom for the askid’ o’it,”. “Wiis he saecivil?” said the kmfi .wgrining to magnanimity. ‘Mtoefc gang your ways back, Sandy, an’ tell Itbe king o* heaven, that for his civility flic? defl'k Scotchman sjwill.set foot in his kingdom.” • , %

A MODEL OBITUARY.

Bill Nye JSourns the Deatli of Colorowj, the Hajer of Morth Park. It is with becoming sorrow that we make thOsd sad; Comments upon the death of Wm. iB-./Cplorow, maj or jo/c NorthPatk, <dncr Author of Ba|gp*’i? Saints Rest. IVfrv Colorow lefLiiothr; • lngAfaf but a few damagea scalps brine and his untarnished hahtel - > > jße early j learned that what was Ardrih flhing at all was worth doing well, and his private cemetery at White River was a proof Of‘his devotion tQ this, rule., ~* ■ \ Late iu life K‘e acquired a love of Strong - drink* which, made hipa at ' times mCrOse* kid* despondent. *Aft theqe times hpwoiild gp out and kill 1 a'pnJSp&itW anfi Itnen return cheered an<j encouraged, • This morbid .appe•tlte at last gleW upon him, however, tp 1 suchA.degree (hat his personal intimacies werp- seldom and isqlafce<h Many *of his friehas learned to regard hhq as eccentric and perhaps unsafe. His room-mate refused to occupy the sameeouch with him, partly owing to the fact that Colorow-wag liable at any moment to be overcome with this mad impulse, and partly because Colorow snored and kicked in his riumbere like a bay mule. Still and pulseless lie the , hands of Colorow, In, his mountain grave beneath the Wintry sky no qiore angthsh or bilious cmij call come to hirq., Cold and ate the lips that; was Wdnt to whoop ' r «At *up ‘Liza- Jane. Noiseless ii* tfa« bazoo of the brave inebriate of tUe.Horest. His work is done and his lajsoW have followed hind. When the watri angel Camp he dftTnot repine or complain. He OdWed hi 9 head to the ae»rveisahde(u«ei« Mldr humptd himseifilelhA mandate of the inexorable fiat. . the \ Colorado zephyr sigbhli amongfihe blossom rock of the m w L Wwite Jus khl ti tries,and lit out but there re no earthly power that going and his Af»iiAl4ii/lias been teWW'ife #f» ■«»*♦» lam** t«*<: aiwKflC iL.*l , •*»! m<Omiih *>*s**• ;»u

ANATOMY OF THE EVE.

by Dr, Sealing titaMitfWi iiiWhicepinl Society. (*>Ak ikehdit dnehtlng m«N» I held ufc Ewmaste »y^”‘rHl>‘BaWV“ , ‘The more prgatuzld She t inflivid ual, the ! more 18 ..apparatus whicli conveys the impression 1 oft wre outside wqrld -T ‘tss ifs oWnJr, While eertatrt dnnW^s'df the lower classes pofl-ess.pinly a .small pigment dot fVoni \\ tftp. leads to.; their sfffwastt and’dtfritfiebs. thO higher olMtes pissess at the end of their nwriesfof vision a mofe. ,gi lflsa.pomplete optical nt t» varihtfotw hf the physical * J6onditions aud> Objects of. the outside, 'worjdi, Tfr&abim tq m distinct, SAHUphS vefiwtbd f -(frbW J sofrbtndittg objects and carrying them, id regular order to isolated Ppint* of ;th? optic nerve, by Sects and eruetaeeans have eyes of this description, cut of the least per-, fact fprxmandjM mqat cases, cab 'only see dbhicis yhiph are in the prplongation T bfthe radial akis of the eye, but Canriotojugde of distances. - In’ the moke highly organised animals the eye ip. tfufmsbed with a oamera obscura, single kky fVdtk each fmi nt 6f the opjeot yiew«di,i trn othdrs'the bpehihg re iargei;, and.thus giVfes more' illumination. tt. , . ; ~.i “In the. highest of object-seeing eyes there Id/borideS ‘ the camera. ob», scura, a collecting lens, or an eye qonfpctjsdiW thetSame, general plan he 1 lawteffl bavfc a bertkln poiwfef of adripthblllty whicli lsiwaatinr in the other form*” ;, Ths deotor then described the different part? + pf the buman eye, whidh he llTustrated by models, drawings, and freshly hdsides humeraus microscopic.riides. ’H!e showed fab# 1 each parfc-was supplied with blood> vessels.ajijd pfierves, besides the cell Structure of eaob. as shown by the- mh proscopfe. Special reference was made to and' : the cryshaljdxrerißns. ■ In speaking Of the iris, he showed that thei uvea, or its posteriorcpyerina. consisted of a thick felratuhi orceils, which are round, densefy ,picked and filled with dark pigment molecules. This pigment layer is only sparely developed in light clue,.eyes, fnd, .almost, totally wantingifa the eyes, of the Albinos; yhile in'dark eVesTt is richer, and giro* to the eye a dark brown or black appearaucA :T.he oj*is, as *, rule; is a spff, loose tissue and can be. atretehtd. out tnbre than half without tearipg. •Him• retinai-whiehds the-most important and most pigl»4y orgapived tiisue 6f thtej^jtei: fnma' j i)pe i optic sue, upon the structure of which hisitologist* by meapa agree. 4 . Ih phCfkliMoffthe.rpds and - ,o«ines ofthfe retina>€nedoctor said that in many animals the cones are wholly wanting, and we always find this to be the case ip thejqtlpae,o£ suph ammals aS iW mole,

and many others. Birds with acute vftiWhaTOrtbe-retina plentifully supr •ptreiFwltft cdh&l; as much so as the retinaof rnanu. Those birds) whi'ch prefep twilight—as the but very tew and small conestlfi the retii na.« Tliete is peculiarity!' ip the cones of birds. Each has a powerfully reflecting globule of an intensely yellow pi req cqjqr c&nnected with its eXtrafflJty, through; Which the light hltetoiyiis.f' Tfalfoughout the animal kingdom, where only imperfect Vision is needed, and no distinct perception of colors is required, a quantitative supply o£ light only being.demanded, ,the rods are found at the exEense of the cones. On the other and, wherewer.we find aaulenesS, of vision; wltll a nice' distinction bf colt ! sis, there we find the cpnes largely mretailijig, V>r /exclusively existing. To perfect vision three things are, .essential :• The perception of light, perception of colors, and the condep*-' tionoaf space. The first function may be Jjerformyd ky tfte rod* alone. The cqpeg evidently connected with the seootid, kna - with the third. The kt ructare bf the brystailinO'ieiis, the moqt important light refracting medium of the, is ’also very interesting. .The multiplication of centicular fibres' is quite, active at birth, but diminishes as age advances, and in later years ceases altogether. The deep seated fibres of the lens disappear by atrophy, and get more rigid, so that the lens becomes more solid, lees elastic, ynd ramie flattened. »H of which.-obvi-otisly, has its/influence on the aceommndatiuc action, with such regularity .that it may be>denominated a fixed physiological law that “eyes have a certain accommodative power at a certain age.” 1 mm i ' ' - • -Thkcashier of a Ban Francisco banking firm arranged an invalid chair at his .desk in eueh a manner that he could work sitting up or reclining, as he plegsed. His (employers objected on the ground that it did not look business like. They discharged him, but'hb ip .* as hehail a.cohtraot for ,ia years. ,«Piptey ttHertf.' A court will-dCeidn the . tna fei'iuun •••■ i . .. Ohio has a larger number of umes in her college libraries thatfUuy othfeFktAte in the Union."‘She leads Idff wRh*3L2,572 volumes; Massachudefies next with 272,628 volumes, laufl&iittuXew York with 237,224 volVWB»8. ».*- ■. - B V*A4< .4 ■ - v. -Mt

■I^KMiAWBOPg.

in Florida. AhU .Canada has 120,000 Indian*——v Yol-k Cnly owes A9B,QOO,OOQ|B* I BdsVotfbisk I , renoh' I ftsh exapaa«gy 'Yakd^btft’slucent feaii'poit $20,000, ;W^Ma»iSi£ d O ,TT tore. > .If U 1 .tr, r ?, i lii -JT* latvil i)n, »r i«)-ax|;--a we*** ■wm JW the iatestl l . //«! n-*t:f . ifFhiiadelphla phkb ** sevefi ccflosad. fiolipsjuen., „j- t . agMu . W*-- 19 TVo jdstloek' of tfn, 'Supreme. Court teveldlneoutj m .usr ” v WRJ {Rochester,; N; Y./is'to 'hSVe'iJ tteW WW#V.,I usnaf thah - • v,r - Sevchty A'mferiCah took u 6'Ut ) patents last, ysaf *<f or}* id I Ch?e of the Sigmd t Servioe. observers in Indiana is a lady., ImUw Bnow W 'pwfw Londcd brokers 1 cleared $6,000,000' «n tbefkriakrapk. ;a, y; t (1

Too Too isThfe name of a neWPbst-J office in Alabama. J - ! ct J, Jit v* M • -“.n - re i- •.1 jo **au All veteran firemen, it is said, com •rieriin iroti ; shatters. • “9ti(H on ? A child with two heads receutborn near Gadsden* Ala. (ft,! .jioiTup ChUrehil a-ICVl 4U ! >TUvf rn'■„ it. -

The Bcstan girls have begun to weaivpoUbelMlmab halts. A gifted Bkistoiiian is getting up, a burlesque on i>■ 6 1 Tb* Pope has decided to send a papal delegate to Canada. West Virginia claims the finest eooking ooal in the world. YhO fiinded ’’debt of New York city March A Was! f 88,686,740,39. . > “ * [ id OAlifoWa gum ‘tree roots will run sixty feet hi years. > > are 1 going up in most of the Colorado-towns. A 1 London 5 manufacturer boasts that -he sends perfumds to Persia. ! 7 ”It Cost'a fCazehovla (N. Y.) man SI ,OOO to steal a sack of flour.A creifiktion society s has “been incorporated in Ban FransCisCo. Miss Thutsby hits been sieging at a, concert In Nitee, with ©apoul. ' 1 * - 'Shrimf* cantiirig has bt6n added tb the industries of New Orleans, In sWell Parisian society it is not tberfashien now tO'darnde much. Baldwin- county, Alabama, has no resident-lawyer, nor has.it a Jail. 1 Oshkosh claims to make more doors' than any other city.on .the globes■*•«>»• Three hundred and fifty homoeopathic physicians in New York state. It is no longer considered oiitrfe in London for ladies to ride bycicies. * Negroes continue to leave Tennessee in-large npmhjers fpr Arkansas. The i German authorities will raise carrier, pigeons for usejin the a r my. h Eleven English clergymen recent’y .mFhjbited thei,r -pets.at a dogahow. When Kansas’s school .lands are all sojd the state will, have,sl9,ooo, ooo. OyruX Ffeld’d new building at the Battery,wjlj \pe sixteen storiet high. Of Secretary FreMntfhuysfen ir is charged that he is socially ve4y cool. Mr. Blacksrock, of Jefierson, Ga., has nineteen children. Fertile stock. During the last ybar 273 ! " cases of suicide , occurred in the Prussian army/

The first altar mentioned in Scripture was erected by Noah., after the flood. Arcbiiqedesuinvented a *crew for faciltiating irrigation in Egypt, B. C. One M'ichigan town has a brine vat 260 feet lohg, 125 feet Wide anif 18 feet deep. ‘ , m , aregUJai- army bir 40,000 ’ men; which can ’be increased to 100,000. : ii - li ! ■ .-■ ; TWO htrhdred hud' fifty thousand cans of dams - are put up in Maine yearly* (! < f; .. /t The IslAnd'of Elha, NapOleou, I„>. bid home, is being strongly fortified by iteify.iih wr lifuir J* DeXdwchd'celdumted/Waßkliigibp’L' hUthday by tArririg fi .V ’) *l/,'}' .vil i:a* " i.- Gep.-jKlJrimgteinlieei'haa begun to of ffl c6lleagueA^* < P'' , F • hn ’*l) «uoii

FASHION NOTFS

i .üßioaucnri ijlprm ■in wiliMi. favor. , Qmbaa of «tyi e j •» "«w. Chene silks are coming into favor. !4: l Gold: J e wetfyllt going iofct of fashion. ♦PWrflMtlfcasftgaWW-Mlis Winter. .«ifM f ] [n *?m< p> o} *i‘W{w . b y ladies. new bo “- •hßilkAnUslilft at the . throat. . . .uLuuo 'ynhufitnou h 10 lhe u or moire are worn. ' sfik refers tr/m cashmere dresses* i in ■*, r 1 / &{ * trim black Smah Capbtdls with triple plumes rFBAP to r i ; >,* ■** «t I*otQU»is4s*flTal basques on new dresses. . . ’.fimii «iJT b! in Silver hair-pjns art used by grayhaired ladies; uJa'mtr re . i TewUnCpf-W red. grows in favor for ptreet // ■ .Hniers drape new French dresses- . Pauiers are draped iu.heavy folds driobhfl TT A t rj’iecdT>ih4aes^ i 4tfeh, in the new :9bab«»Wf qidan w AJi«4jv labric for mM «£.,<*, English hoqaespuu is .the stylish PfWß?’™'. kid' Wofn around high ladd rubhes-’ini tnjMfu 'r .<• Two Vhlaiicb*bf lace*trlhvthe front 1 ! ure t ; Crimsop. jplush opera cloaks are worn by brunettes. J Sktiif-Vadfed rehfidd isfli Will supercede twilled satins. Bracelets are the J favorite article of jewelry tMs sCaatin. F^n ’ Mary styles will prevail iri’sprlUk CostUtofebr^ M i*' Worth ruffling fpr the peek has trippie pleatihgs of IkcC* Copper buttohs are Worn on coppercolored cloth dresshs. , Puffs art WbrnTfi "tafiliers,’ in panels, and Chttodrnirfefi. : 1 ,- White tnbir’e "dt satilS basques are 'WotWwith tulle sklwii*'’«; - Hammered “gold lkce pfns are studded With’colored Byron collars'of' Valenciennes lace are neWland 'stilish. ( Cable plush, wlilh’ a cord between pliifii stripes; 're a 1 nhtdftjf.' ' lace are'Wdrir 6^ Embroidery on ’fabric > is trimming'fhr ca^hmCrc’dresftefe* A silver monagram is used as a brftoch with'Uidrimi'g dfeC^Cs. ! Rrngs' the ’mtre'fliigSr are in great favor with yoting‘ladies. 1 TfavlsflilC grteCn )s the 1 fashionable 'color for tailor made cloth units.

lidtthd'of khd ‘screens of peacock's leatheiis are ln favor. bhttbrfs in bullet shade arc used! on'dark'costames. v Bfeaktest bAW bf'rilk' touslin have -bow*-of plush-iribbon for trimming. J Green' serpterffs; made 'bf’plush, are on new bonnets and on dress sleeves. ’' Plain g'nbdk ate Used 1 for’ basques With stripes or borders for ‘the skirts. AlmOnd-feoldted vial tea 6f camel’s hair are -worn on bright,'‘sunny days. Embroidered kid bodices', tabliers and panels trim Paris cashmere dressm i>'tH

* 1 The Marguerite corsage, with round half lowoecbris worn by young ladies. .) ~;i f A greep velvet corsage* land train is worn withiwhite and gold brocaded satin., , . , i*i to to »*»'*! :( fit'-I! ' l/lfrellls vrork of peads trims bonnet CaowßS with large beads to match on thpbrim.,/ T ■ ‘ jfihjics," daffodils'aqd B,on Silene robeS ufre ' Worh 6n , tlte, Corsages of street-suite. te-sl tedi BdfAJhet -, is a stylish ooniblnation for drisses and bonnets. *i)i t White-“*Chtiddah dresses for the wp “ i ‘ hloa ’- * ‘ D«k, siraW; hats, With’ gloves and hosiery to match, ere announced for •next summer,./ -1 (i««ri«i he Black baiayenses'of I own and lace supercede white lace‘ pldatings in i Goleredstonespniounted with diaWPtybW&me tefhlqnkble than eno,, - it white pongee benistitched, are worn, inside the neck of fur cloaks to protect the skin f rom the dyeof the fur. 1 saneW edges. Inut <v»*rq W *iil list • teift