Evening Star Newspaper, January 22, 1881, Page 2

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. Diphtheria and It» Treatment. HOW TO DETSCT IT. Editor Sar:—Next to searlet fever, not only in frequency, but in severity and fatality, no disease of the nursery excites more alarm and anxiety than diphtheria. Diseases of the tnroat are as old as the human family; but 1t was not diphtheria was applied to designate this disease the so peculiar 1a its character and —— in its consequences. The word diph- te of Greek origin, and of Frenca intro- duction. It means, literally, ‘the prepared skin of am animal.” and the term was suggested to upon the inside of the throat, and this Skin ts thrown off in successive layers or leaves. tis . for the reason, that false mem- brane, or white patches are formed, thrown off, Teproduced within the throat, that he term diphtheria is now appi'ed, and exclu- sively used to indicate a malady so severe, pro- nounced and terrible as tnis disease usually is. The cause of this disease, like that of smallpox or scarlet fever, 1s atmospherical: and like those diseases, may be local in a shborhood, or general in a city; and human intelligence ts just as ignorant of the primitive cause of diphtheria, as it is of that of smallpox. It arises from a specie botson, taken Into the luags through the dium of the alr, and this potsonis 89 hidien that nether the human senses nor chemistry cam detect it. The mortality of diphtherts varies from one in three to one in tive. differtag in fatality according to the virulence of the dis ease. It has no premonitery symptoms 10 mark {ts invasion, but begins at once, and varfes in duration from forty-eight hours to one, two, or three weeks. Those cases that gei weil, usually show signs of recovery about tae last of the first or beginning of the second week, and each case becomes a type of tts own, varied and varying, tn accordanee with the personal or —_— constitution of the individual attacked. AH ages are susceptible of the disease, but it 18, most prevalen* among those under ten years of age: that is, among infants and children. it makes tts attack, sometimes violently, some- tmes insidiously, and tn some cases {t 13 80 3e- cret in its onset that the little patient is often beyond relief before the presence of the disease ig eyen suspected by the parent or guardian of the child) These sre far from belne ex- ceptional cases; and when a child shows the slightest complaint of the throat, the disease should be carefully looked for, and close ex- aminations repeated two or three times a day, as long 4s the child complains of {ts throat: for, frequently in the short space of a few hours, the false membrane or white patches of diph’ la, are So rapid'y formed as to extend almost at once tnto the windpipe and choke the child to death. When «diphtheria kills It 1s elther from the immediate depressing effects of the poison of the disease. upon the nervous system, or from the extreme foflammation and ulceration of the throat, leading to Immediate or al suffocation and death. The symp toms which should lead a parent to suspect his ehild to be getting diphtheria are, that the child is dull, languld, uneasy, and slightly feverisb. Its face is usually Vs and dejected, and if noticed, some pain will be mantfested in the effort to swallow, ard {f the chijd fs old e enough to talk, it will apt to say, “is hurts me to swatlow:” and if the inside of the throat be now examined, it wilt be found to be unnaturally red and Swollen, and if white patches, however grail, are observed on the tonstis and on the sides of | the throat, the parent may safely conclude his child has diphtheria, and shoulda therefore be how best to care for !t, for such are Often the on! symptoms of the presence of this terrible and often unmanageable diseas°, When these, apparently slight symptoms, mak> their appearance few pareats rezard them wit) anything more than an ordinary concern, Ilitle thinklag that they denote the presence of a disease, that In the short a of a few hours or days, may place their darlings in the jaws ot death, for it is a lamentable fact that miny children are in a hopeless condition with this disease before their parents think them at all sick. Therefore let me repeat, for the sak + oz impressing upon the mind3 of parents the almost symptomless approach of diphtheria,that when a cnild appears dull, ianguid, siizntly | feverish and drowsy, and complains of paia in the ear, and uneasiness about she throat. or manifests the slightest ditficulty tn swallowiaz, jet the throat be examined carefully on the arent or burs? observes the and swolien. with white Patches here and there about the throat, they may safely conclude that the chiid 13 not getting, but ali has, diphtheria and {s in more or less dabger of all its terribie and rapid consequeneea, and showid at once give it all the care that rational solicitation can sugyest. The disease fs tmsidious in its invasion, Insidious in ics — and insidious in its _termtnation, and Only bold in its destructive effects upon the ey and no parent can be too watchful iajthe care of a child when attacked by this malady. ON THE APPRARANCE OF SyMrrous of this disease the child should tramedtately pise-d {na room, the temperature of wi should not be less than sixty degreos. of the room shouid be kept at this and a strip of flanne! should be wrappe the cbila’s throat. The ch id miy be atlo its usual diet, and all the amusements or nursery, and should be kept In the room ax not permilied under any pretex! whatever to leaye it room, even for a moment, until the tn- side of the thfdat Las returned Ww its natura coudition; and let it be remcmbdr chat uniess a child suffering with diputheria hus early restricted to an equable temperat very little hope of good can be eni a the action of mere medica’ vines worthy of the sitg] & respect in ti treatment of diphtheria are lodide of potasi: | ard chlorate of potash, and these are the only medicines for the use of which in this disease a ational reason can be given. Most of the medicines usuaily prescribed for this disease are | of doubtful utility, tentative in appitcarion dubious In effect, empirical in use, and difacult | toadminister. But it is not so with the action of a combination of chlo: ash, It 38 well asce rate and lodide of positive intiuence over diseases of the glands 0: the throat and the mucous membrane of the mouth, and for this reason: every common sense conclusion points to them as the medi eines most eminently Indicated in the tre ment of diphtheria. The disease ts oftem too Tapid tn tts destructive process to be treated by | ab the long intervals of three or four hours. Doses must be given at short Intervals. andthe system of the child saturated, a3 it were, with these medicines a3 s00n as possible. ‘To attain this object sixty grains of powdered of potash and sixty grains of todide o* potash must be put in a six-ounce bottie of cold water. and after shaking the mixture well it Is ready for use. Of thisa teaspoonful must be . given punctually, to an infant under four years of age, every half hour. To a cutld over four years of age a tablespoonful every halt hour must be given, and the medicine faithtally continued at ¢! Intervals, and If the disease cap at all be controlled by human aid it will Degim to yield in the course of twenty-four hours. The medicine is almost tasteless, and Wuelg children will readily think {t water if they 4f2 nov iid that It iy medicine, After the disease begins to yield, the intervals of the doses may be made at one, two, or thre? hours, No Qurséry should be without this mtxtur di 29 combination of medicine ts haif a efficient in the treatment of all diseases of the throat, mouth and jungs of infants and children: Whatever is done tm diphtheria must be done at once, and tell done, or the time son p2sses yman aid is able successfully to 10 Most een when bi fere. J. B. Jouxson, M1. ew York ave: ficld’s Administration and the Colored People. WHAT THE COLORED VOTERS DESIKE. Editor Star:—There bag been so much taik upon the question of Senator Bruce's candidacy ter a seat in General Garfield's Cabinet and the destrability of giving the colored voters repre- sentation Commensurate with their services tn | the late campaign. that even the democratic and their statesmen with remariabie unanimity concede the justness of their claim in advance of its formal presentation. In re gard to the first proposition, so far as the Writer bas been able to ascertain by conver; Uon with the men whose education and adtlt} give weight to their opinion on so important a question, the selection of Senator Bruce for a ‘abinet ‘position would give great satisfac Uom, bet only as & means to an end. What the colored voters wart 13 to see thelr leaders treated with the same ration as is accorded to other people; Ike the Germans and Irish who hold a relation to the party, based largely upon their nation- ality. They want to see thetr leadegs placed in sitions of responsibility and trust, where Pex will have the disposition of patronage. | ‘Teo long the colored people have been neld as the absolute property of the repudiican party, whose ddelity was assured upon the strength of what the republican party had done for them, aod upon this basis the leaders reasoned. ‘The negroes are with us always. So, it is not necessary to do anything to conciliate them; but the German and Irish votera must be held by the judicious distribution of patronage. Schurz was made Secretary of the Interfor, and great stress Was laid upon the fact. In Onto a German ‘was put upon the ticket to Sia the German element, and in numerous ot ASES was and will be distributed basis oon ck oo this it, it unreasonal Ls le to desire similar treat- of the party whom they lore ‘well and who has always manifested a dis- to do the right thing by them, short of them that representation in the councils se rifiices of the party which their fidelity to ot enutle to. The Post of this cy bas f ume to urged this course upon the iblicans. for what reason is be- yond the ccmprebension of the writer. it is cere, and that aimple jusrics has dictated tts RELIGIOUS NOTES. Sam caer eee eer = oO ere = — pose in’ the “Post's advocacy of @. ine Nila at oe saaual vernal! ~ a to sreaginn tho republican, Le held im this city in Ootober next, Wi this be so or not, it has; — Rev. J. H. Chesley, son of Rev. J. W. Ches- had Its effect and opened the eyes of the colored | ley, of Mechanicsville, Md., has beem ordained People to tho Justice of thelr clatmand they will | to the priesthood by Bishop Pinkney. OU satistic beral 2 — Sued towante them trwios hare the aevceon a Session of the Baltimore Of the colored voters saved the rep he | conference of the M. E. Church ia Baltimore vernment by holding Louisiana, s‘lorida and th Carolina in 1876 and turning the scale to New York, Indiana and Ohio in ‘90. They now Wesley Chapel and probably Hamline will each send Invitations for the conference to meet here in March, 1382, — Camp Meeting John Allen, the chaplain of the Maine House of Representatives, prayed that God would make the new Governor ‘a3 ‘a | Wise as a@ serpent and as harmless as a dove.” | The Governor thinks there was sarcasm in that — The contributions In the diocese of Mary- land tothe fund for superannuated and dls- abled olergy from June 1 to December 29, 1330, amounted to $69280. The contributions to i Gloceean mission during the same period were versation, said, ‘T! pee ‘ Bot any; —In Di N R Catholt advocating the claims of any in Dayton, Nevada, a Homan Catholic one man, since ft has been the custom to take | lady teaches a class in the Sunday-school, and them at their word, and pay off the claims Methodists, Baptists, Episcopaitans, Catholics the whole race through ” Without and even Free-Thinkers join in paying the sal- Jook with anxious eyes to see if they are to be more, another worthy colored man ing turned out to make room for him. It is sub- mitted honestly to the fi ent of all fair tninded men to say whether ask too much. ‘The delegation which went from the south to call onGeneral Gartield, with one of whom I had some con’ refrained from of fying any particular place to be given a colored . Mon with many of my fellow clerks there and | Le Droit and St. Cloud buildiags, and the sec- | tion all about there, I have to depend on the | the remedy: The new ‘Herak ‘ simple truth when I say that at the hi | toms, and a resident until he man, Or urging any particular man, it ts sub- milted to the judgment of the republican party to take Into consideration, in a spirit of fair- ess, the claims of the colored voters and not to ignore them In giving out the representative ; places, (/. ¢.) such as have patronage aod power | attached Dasigi, Mugkay, Thanks to the Commissioners iver Star:—The citizens living In the vicin- ity of the O street market are expressing their thankfulness to the Commissioners of the Dis- | Urlet, for the promptness displayed by rebulld- jog the lower portion of the market. Housekeepers especially are congratulaliog themselves that they can now attend market on arainy day, without having a stream of water trickling down their neck while making their purchases, Many of them saying, (and with truth) the Commissioners are not as bad as the parsons would make them. the fact Is the Commissioners have done a and much needed work. Tne sheds have been ina ~~ condition for many months, making them, since the snow, quite dangerous, but bow, with all the boasted negligence of our city authorities, we look about us and find that © street market Is again safe to enter, and, being one of the best in the city, will now prob- ably receive lis full share of patronage. ‘ith the echo of many voices we again express our sincere thanks. AC. ‘The Inauguration. i Edvor Star:—1 crave a Uttle space in Tan Star to make, as I deem, a reasonable anit needed complaint. The journals of your city teem almost datly with accounts of the prepara- tions being made to {naugurate the President- elect. As heretofore, the purpose seems to be to surround or envelop, to swamp out of sight of the body of the people—the sovereignty of the nation—and to alter, perhaps, the simple, proper ceremony of installing the principal , Oflicer of the government, and by a clique, close arrangement, ticket dignitaries, aigh public functionaries and preferred persons witness It To this proceeding are added the offensive features of fustian and fine feathers, parade and pageantry. I have been a sejourner in and around Washing- fon for the past fifteen years, ana I have never been permitted to witness the exercises of this quadrennial occurrence, forthe reason that 1 have not been the object of the grace of these assumed-to be-proprietors of the {naugural oc- casion. The military always have been par- aded in the open ground along tue east front of the Capitol, and not one citizen was permitted to quietly occupy any of the abundant space on either side of the military. If I have any knowledge of righta, the people of this coun- try have the right to occupy without let or hindrance the space round about the elte of the installation ceremony of—I say it respectfully—thetr head watter. What right has any set of persons to set up | such an insulting travesty of the propileties | Of Unis tustallation ceremony? ‘This will be the more questionable,—!f that can be—at the coming performance of the ceremony, for no one preceding the present President-elect Made during the canvass such frequent refer- ences to and recognitions of the sovereignty of the nation as he has. Now, if I comprehend the significance of the extraordinary efforts being put forth In the preparations, fils that ary of the Rev. Mr. Eastman, tne Episcopalian minister, who conducts the services. — The Kev. George B. Vandeusen, a member ; of the Troy conference, stationed in Mont- gomery county, New York, is on trial at Albany Charged with forging the signatures of five aif- ferent persons for thé purpose of obtainiag a nsion for himself as a member of the second New York cavairy. On the original examina on before the United States commissioner the accused was discharged. — The action of the English court of appear On Jan. 15, in releasing from tmprisonment the Rev. P. T. Dale and the Rev. W. &. Enraght. will be viewed as an important and unexpected triumph for the ritualists. It is unexpected, because the decisions of two lower tribunals have been reversed; and important, because this controversy and the principal on which It hinged have been recognized on all hands as having an important bearing on the disestad- Usbment of the church of England. —At a polygiot accademla held in Rome recently in honor of Cardinal Hassoun, poems were recited and occasionally hymns or songs Were sung in Hebrew, Chaldaic, literary and vulgar Armenian, literary and vulgar- Syria>, Arabic, Turkish, Georgian, Illyric Greek, ancient and modern, Cingalese, Russian, French, German, Hungarian, Latin, Albanian, English, and Italian. An album, beautifully u cited and the songs sung, was presented to the cardinal on the conclusion of the accademia, — Robert Collyer, in his remaris lately at the installation of a pastor ia Chicago, advised the congregation not to find fault, if they had fault fo find, with thetr new minister on Monday, for then he was blue; nor on Tuesday, for then he was pulling out; nor on Wednesday, for then he was getting ready for his sermoa; nor on Thursday, for then he was writing {t; nor on Friday, for he was finishing tt; nor on Saturday, for he was getting ready for Sunday. And if they didn't tell him before Saturday night, they wouldn't tell him at all. —The Rev. Dr. Tiffany remarked in a late sermon: “Gen. Grant was a faithful member of my congregation when I was pastor of the Metropolitan Church, Washington. He makes iv a habit to visit bis old pastors wherever he is, remember distinctly when he was attending the Sanitary Fair tn Chicago, just after the war, he was overwhelmed with invitations to attend church. Instead of accepting any of them, however, he sought out the Kev. Mr. Vincent. one of his old pastors, who at that time was in charge of a church in the suburbs of the city that would not seat ovi attended aivine service.” — Salvation Army Hall, at 41st and Market Streets, was fairly packed last evening to hear | the farewell sermon of Miss Clara Price, the | ye lady who has captained the army in est Philadelphia for the past year. ‘The authorities im command of the Salvation Army having ordered Miss Price to change her field of usefulness from this city to Newark, that lady has seen fit to decline leaving the city, pre- ferripg to sive up her command rather than comply. ‘The ceremonies last eventns were very impressive, and the leaves taken very | affecting. Miss Price has been urged to start an independent Salvation Army meeting, which | it 13 likely she will do in the netghbderhood of the objectionable features heretofore given io the occasion are to repeated | uext fourtn of March greatly em. bellished and aggravated. Our inaugural | cecasicns, tn one’s conception, bear a striking | Similitude to the scene on the royal fete day ta | Paris under the last usurper. They are hate- | ful things to a patriotic man, under our popu lar government. AS a very humole tots gral part of the sovereignty of my country I protest azainst this most offensive ignoring of the peopie at the Inauguration of thetr presi- dent. When will the people, distinctively, come to the front on Inauguration Day and‘at the Executive Mansion on New Year's Day? PLEB. | i | The Wretched Transfer System, | Etifor Star:—1 wish to avail myselt of the use of your “Peoples’” column to call atten lon to an existing evil, and suggest a remedy,—titst, the eri’, 1 reside in tke north ers part of the city, close to 14th ecreet, and am einployed in the lierlor departmeat. Ia com Mic department, as having offices in the in the well as Post gentlenen ith street cars, and the wretched transfer sys tem, in order to ride to my work. If the weather 1s very stormy, we often change at 14th and H streets into one of the “F street” ; cafs, as neither company has the decency or sheiter, in bad le and pre- e cars. Now for coxches have as yet been introduced only upon the avenue, and few in number, but they seem to be clean and comfortable, and doubtiess will be a great suc- cess when the snow has disappeare: Could not their Lemme be prevatled upon to estab- sh a line, runni ing from somewhere near the boundary, down [4th or a contiguous street, to G street, and from that point follow the old chariot route past the Patent and Post offices, and then, say, past the City post ne nen is now out of the way of every line), and 30 on to the Capitol? This would accommodate a vast number of people. J have talked with a , large number of my neighbors. and they are | quite enthusiastic about plan. I state the | to provide waiting stations, wedther. Thi3 1s ‘most tens C4 ic p Yents mar ladies from usin; our | clerks are going to, or coming from, the de- | partments,1 do not have a seat in the 14th | street cars once a week—in addition to the | other discomforts specuied. Please publish | this and agitate it in your columns. ii ANTI-MONOPOLIST. Oliver Old- bo ‘hoo! Editor Sar:—The Writers of two or three notes in a morning paper haviog stated that “Oliver school” was no other than Mr. Na- than Sargent, a former commissioner Cs = in tats elty, {ts proper to clear up the confusion which such statements have left in the minds of many readers. A five m{nutes’ search in biographical dictionaries is sufficient to estab- Ush the following facts, viz: that Joseph Den- ie, Journailtst, (b. Boston, 1 @. Philadelphia, isi2:) was the first to assume and has hitherto always worn the non de plume which {3 now claimed for Nathan Sargent. We shall see presently on what grounds Deunle became known as the “Lay Preacher” in the “Farmer's Museum,” published at Walpole, N. H, 1793- 1 In the last-named year he removed to Philadelphia, and was a clerk in the oftice of ‘Timothy Pickering, secretary of state. In 1500, after editing awhile the United States Gazetie, be began the Purt/vlio, to which he devoted the remainder of his life. -As editor and publisher be was a large part of this journal under the Style and Utle of “Oliver Oldschool, esq.” ‘The name was a distinction. because under it the writer gained whatever fame he had tn his life-time, and by which he is known to-day in every library containing a volume of the Por!- fouo, Drake says it was the tirst (presumably in point of time) Hterary journal in America. He was hailed as the Ai mn of his time and country, and the Oldschool papers were as famous in their way as the “S wors” had been. in connection with bis journal, Dennie established the “Tuesday Club,” which assem- » bled the wit and learning of Philadelphia. , There are not many now who know even the ' name of the ‘first literary j( in America.” I douot the priority; but be that as it may, it ts {oo late to seek to rob Joseph Dennie of his Jaurels won under the name of Gliver Oldschool. Yet, {t appears that apother individual subse quently assumed®this name, and actually wrote under it, for five or six years, a series of letters to the paper which Dennie edited before start- ing the Portfolio, This is what Nathan Sargeat says in the tntroduction to his “Public Men and Events,” a ore in two octavo volumes lished by incott & Co., 1875: Prom S41 re 846 inclusive, I was the Wash- ington correspondent of the Philadelphia Uni- ted States Gazette, writing over the signature of “Oliver Oldschool” It is impossible to di3- ute the senemaens for ne Peyree oe ot ” But I venture: terar: | ove Se ge is our old friend De folio fame. | Nathan Si t is not yet known to fame, not enough even to secure the insertion of his name in the D{ographical dictionaries. Probably not | one reader in a million ever heard of him. And except by bis recent work, he 1s eq’ | unknown to librarians and _ bibliogray Thus, though Nathan 8: it borrowed the bame, it ts quite certain he is not the “Ol. oi Os og. But Bronot oot aaa t| those who attempt to Faim bim off as the veritable, original aad sl- mon pure “Oliver Oldschool” are eltner Of gross ignorance or fraud, or both, = J. 8. The Truth A sc | i | three years ; Station ually | you allo ners. Why don 4 they are her late headquarters.—Phila, Press, 1ith inst, —There 1s considerable conjecture among ths | Methodista of the District as to the changes which will be made at the approaching session ofthe Baltimore annual Conference, quite a nulaber of the ministers having served the term at their charges being re- quired to change. Rev John Lanahan will leave the Foundry, and will likely go to Fay- ette Street Churoh, Baitimore, and Kev. W. F. Ward, now at that station, will prooably coms to the Fouudry. Rev. W. I. Mexenney will deave Hamline, and efforts are being made to have Rev. Dr. Boole, of the New Jers2y Con- ference, @ well-known temperance orator, transferred to this conference, and appointed | to Hamilne, Rev. Jolin S. Deale leaves Wes'ey + Chapet, aud Ryland Chapel will lose Rev. 0. M. Gardner. Rev. J. Wheeler, of Wauga, will likely besent to Baltimore. — “In one of the baza s,”says a letter from In- dia, “we saw some fakirs and devotees. Gane of these remarkable fellows had vowed to le upon a bed of upright nails for twenty-six years, and _ of these be had accomplished sixteea when we Saw bin. His body was attenuated and full or sores resembling leprous spots. We asked him tor ov¢ of the nails which pterced his miserabie bocy. He took one from the foot of the bed, re- fusing in every Instance to part with any of those which gave him the most exyuistte pain, Another miserable devotee was holding a flower-pot at arm’s length. Judge of my Sur- prise when told he had held it th Years, Another stood with arm uplifted, and no power tolower it or move a muscle, the member being dried, stiff and dead, while the long finger-nails, like birds’ claws, penetrated the tlesh on his wrist. All of these fellows looked moldy and sad.” —At the twentieth anniversary of ‘the Woman's Union Misstonary society of America, held in Brooklyn Wednesday night, over 300 persons, principally ladies, were present. The inigsto) address was delivered by Rev. K. @. Wilder, of ludia, and Kev. Dr. eral sceptt that could only be removed by an improved atmosphere in society itself. He paid a high tribute to the superior devotion of women, and to woman’s work in spreading the gospel. Tne annual report shows that there are, at Calcutta, 15 missionarie: and 1,000 pupils; at Allahabad, 10 misstonaries and 500 pupils; at Cawnpore, 7 missionaries and 4 pupils. The last station has ay been a year in existence. There 1s a in China with four missionaries and a school of 30, At Yokohama, Japan, there are five missionaries, a school of 79, and 10 native teachers. —In his lecture on “The Regn of the Common People” Henry Ward Beecher says: “ There is no danger in discussion, for thereby the best {s found. There has been a great in- crease among the people, in later years, in the knowledge tbat formerly was possessed only by the professions, and yet the members of the various professions are jugt as numerous, avle and prosperous. There fs also a more extended knowledge of religious truths, and yet tnere never Was atime when the authority of the minister was 80 little (thank (od) or his influ- ence 80 great, The minister 13 gotng into decay, but the man of God never was so much re- spected. There have been changes of doctrine, also, and our views of the invisible are enlarg- ing.’ ‘he patn and penalty are not destroyed, but they work for good.” In closing, Beecher told his hearers not to take counsel of fear, but of courage and faith in God, for the hand that held the helm ages ago still held it and would guide this world to the haven of rest. — One of the strangest cases known in medi- cal history—in fact, there are but about one | aif dozen such cases reported in the world— has just been presented by the Rev. Marcus Ormond of Pennsylvania, who 1s among friends in Rushville. He was, a few months ago, among the most eloquent and profound ex- pounders of the gospel in the Presbyterian cburch, and on returning to his town in Penn- sylvania one day he found that his house, ‘ibs andeverything he had had bee sumed by fire. A day or so afterward he was stricken With brain fever. He recovered his health, but his memory was literaly wiped out. His Greek, Latin, and English were all one. He had no language, and didn’ even Enow his letters. His wife at once began to teach him the alphabet, and he can now read a little. He seems to be cheerful and contented, lacking pothing but what he once learned at school. He is, in appearance, a gentiom: Q of intelligence. He hopestoagain get back to where he jumped off so suddenly. — The interest in the Moody meetings is as great as ever. People have to goearly to get seats, ever on the rainest nights, and his in- uiry room is always full; but in speculatt pon actual results. there are a number. of things to be considered. Mr. Moody is calleda revivalist; in the true sense he is a revivalist, but in the common one he 13 not, or else with & tact that amounts to mental sletght-of-hand he adapts his temperament to the atmosphere. For instance, one evening after readiag a very touching request from a heart-broken mother to pray lor a wayward son, he sald: “* What do he givas ao to- preval when it exhibits Francisco Cor: , containing the text of the poems re- | ex 250 people, and there | ere for five | Mr. | 2 con: | A Fex in His Own Trap. Re ‘Uncle Remus, the old Georgia darkey, w! dispenses with Solomon-like folks lore in the Plantation dialect, loved to d antics of “Brer Fox” and “‘! he would Rappen round in Connecticut hs find a tame fox, kept bya in county who could give him “pints” in and whose amusing Stamlly pote Buty fase Detore the tate polar a ut, just before the lar wave this fox met ‘witha curious little misnap which showed that kis reasoning powers fall to take in all natusal phenomena. Being um onthe with any better home than a - kebnel, not being up to the labor o' dleging out a comfortable home for himself (it is sald foxes never dig holes for themselves, but appropriate aban- doned woodchuck holes), he has been | accustomed to sif, and even sleep, in all but extremely cold weather, in the open air. One cold morning, just before the recent snows, he had been sleeping, “all curled up in a little heap,” on the ground over night—his sharply pointed nose resting upon the end of his bushy fail His breath, congeauing, froze the end of that tail firmly to the ground. When he waked Up next morning, and sought to caper around a little, Just to keep warm, he was probably the most astonished fox tn Tolland county; like the hegro minstrel’s bullfrog at the bottom of the | spiing, which found it too cold to sing, and | which therefore very sensibly tied what tall he | had to a hickory stump, “he rared and he itched, but he couldn’t make ajump.” Finally * Brer Fox" “ jes done busted de situation;” he tore that caudal appendage out of Nature's ‘Share, and ever since has prgnced 'round with- outa brush. Since that experience he sleeps under cover—a sadder buta wiser fox. He was not so smart as Emerson’s man Guy, who “«‘—had go sped his wise affair ‘That he caught Natare iu hia snares for Nature, that time, undeniably “rather had him."—Hartyord (Gonn,) Time: London and New York. {Joseph Hatton in New York Times. } Rein olor the undoubted vastness of London, & wilderness of brick populatea_ by over 4,000, 000 Of people, it looked dark, dingy, and small com} with New York. The streets are better paved, yet they looked muddler, than those of New York. The houses appeared to be smaller, the thoroughfares narrower, the Stores meaner. There is no street in London as picturesqe as Broadway. There is no res- taurant as bright (or as dear, thank goodness, ) as Delmonico’s. One misses the oyster saloons, the clean, luxurious-looking drug stores, the drowsy tingling of the street-car bells, the lucid atmosphere, the bright blue sky. |The London poor are poorer than the New York { | { does not, apd uever can possess. ‘The atmos- | pherie Conditions of the metropolis are be- ‘ ginning to occupy the serious attention of | Scientists aud governing bodies. If New York | burned soft, smoky Coal, such as is in general use here, the blue sky would often be clouded. On calm days, when the currents of air above | were comparatively quiet, yon would have a curtain of smoke between you and the sun, and a shroud of “blacks” on your windows. Your natural atmosphere being clearer than ours, the nuisance could never become very Serious, as {t 1s in London, but it would be a trouble, nevertheless. With us it 1s often a Positive plague; it 1s equal to that of the dark- ness which afilicted Egy, pt when Pharaoh would not let the children of Israel go. The smoke combines with our fogs, the exhalations often of low lands on the Thames, and the result ts horrible. This week a conference upon the sutyect has been held at the Cannon-street Hotel between special committees of the Na- Uonal Health and Kyrie Societies, They pro- pose to take action for mitigating “the evils resulting from the excessive production of smoke in and about the metropolis.” In the grate of the room a fire of anthracite coal was burning, “to show that, -with the aid of a ‘blower,’ this not eastiy ignited fuel may be utilized in ordinary Engitsh grates.” The meeting was presided over by Dr. Ernest Hart, and a fund was opened for the purpose | of making trials of various fuels, and conduct- | ing experiments with a view to reduce the | Production of smoke. The fogsof London be- | come year by year more serious, and as the ; smoke of the metropolis is the chief cause of | their density, this must necessarily be the case, since the growth of the population is as great in proportion as that of the new cities of the New World. There seems to be no limit to the spreading of London. It is going out day by | day further atield, swallowing up towns and | Villages in its march, covering green meadows | with new butldings, and only pausing now and , then to.bridge water courses, and make new | Tallways and new highroads. The London | fog tg notonly a grave trouble in the metrop- | oifs, but now and then ft has a habit of travel- ing into the country. It has been Known to | push its way before a gentle breeze as far as 25 | miles, a moving mass of smoke and dirt, the | flavor of which cannot be mistaken. ‘Too Cold for the Fish. A remarkable circumstance in connection with the recent coid snap was the effect on the fish along the coast, large schools being driven iu shore and tn sbi 5 fe i very fine large buss near WarsaW. Un in the water wa3 almost instantly flied by fire large tish, and fishermen found some diiticulty tn hauling the nets tp. Others were observed to kill taem 1a the water with cars. This novel occurrences was witnessed generally all along the Islands to | the southward and fn the rivers near the coast. Savannah (Ga.) News, LITTLE JOHNNY'S BEASTS. eos mae Be Eee —- on the a achs, one time there was possum he had a bunch ot Sreoraokerss ora, Calae M wns tik a cause % was the of July. The feller he took one off and he ltt one of the to the uth, and id ’em out to pouch, ; “Now you caa w your old Cigarettes, fori am a bank, J am!” ut bimeby the crackers they went off wild, et you never seen such a busted bank llke 7" : My uncle Ned he had a possum wich was a pet, and he had a little music-box too, but my 8 the fiddie and Sammy Doppy he can crow like roosters. Oae day the plano was moved out of the parlor, and Uncle Ned he wound up the music-box and looked the other way, and the possum it sneeked up and put the mustc-box in the tobac- co pouch of its belly, a playin’ the sweet by and by real nice. Then Uncle Ned he went tn the kitchen and called Mary, that’s the housemak and said:—Mary, you goin the parlor and teil your mistress when she gets done playin’ tae Piano I would like to see her.” Bimeby Mary she comes a running back, wite like asbeet, and said:—‘Oh, if you please, Sir, that nasty cat of your'n has et the plauner!” And now I'll tell you a little story about | Snakes. When Mister Pitchel was a missionary preacher in Africa he seen a natif niggor trying for to Caich a long snake. Mister Pitchel he sald: “What! do you mean to take that feller tn Hs gods wan willng that he sould get a tall wi at he should get a ho! Mister Pitchel he said: “‘Atn’t them kind Of shakes pizen?” and the nigger he said: “I’ve et ten this morning. and I feel pretty well. Mebby they would pi hogs,” izen me if I was greedy like | A other time when Mr. Pitchel was therea | hatif nigger which was the king he said to him: “You come to the pallace next Sunday aod | preach to us r converted heathens and [ | Will havea mighty dinner ready for you | when you have got done.” So Mister Pitchel he | Went and preached, and wile he was apreachia’ he kep a smelliin’ the dinner wich was belong botld mighty nice, and every time he smelt it he stopped for to get a good wif of it. Bimeby | the king he got mad and he satd: “You jest go on with the preach. It ain't nobody bat that ‘ galoot Sambo Cesar. He was always a scoffin’ + wile he was allye, and now the gara dasted 1 fidel pushes up the pot lid for to interrupt our devouons!” “ ° if | was king I would take my big saword and cut all the wicked infidels” heads off, yes indeed, poor; the street arabs are more ragged andi | but when you cut a hen's head off the preacher more numerous; the drunkards are drunker, | he comes nex day and eats her. Hens lays eggs and the crowds crueler than those of | aud the rooster flops his wings and crows when j New York. We are a great, grand City, | he thinks hisself a better fighter than a other with a splendid history, but Manhattan | rooster, but the feller on the new steeple he has maby delightful features whi:h London | don’t crow, and if he would lay egs they would be all busted. Egs is nicest with ham and sos- sidge and buckwheat cakes, and a whole apple ple all for your own self. Bildad’s, that the new dcg, he likes cold apple dumpling, but Towser, the dog dicd, he had a wort on his nose, ‘The dog is the king of beasts, but snakes Is more like eels. My sister's young man says one time in Indy there was a man had to travel a long journey on foot, and so he hired a snake- charmer to proteck him, cos the snakes there ts & tnighty bad lot. So the man and the charmer they startea, and after they had gone ‘bout a mile the charmer he stopt and sald: “I guess } Us about time for me to begia a earzin’ my | money.” So he took a floot out of his close and | begun to playa tune, aud pretty soon some was up. And bimeby some more come and “bout a thousan’ hundred big pizen snakes all around ‘em, and the man was frightened ‘most. toot and said; “You can’t find no fault with Sech Charmin’ as that, I guess; can you? Now if you are ready to go on jest gather a club aud wade In, and if we are so fortunate as to get through’ we will come pretty soon to a jungle where you can hire a cousin of mine, which can charm ions and taggers.” { “We have had in England,” writes Mr. Proc- tor, from Siduey, |. S. W., “some amusing laste the abridgement of their speeches by re- rters, And in America some clever bur- lesques Of real speeches have been written to show what nonsense might be expected if ver- batim reports were to be published. [ do not Know, however, that a speech has ever been actually reproduced precisely as delivered until now, when the reporters in the legislative councli, moved by the attacks made uponthem {na discussion on Hansard, thus literally andex- actly peproan ret the remarks of Mr. Hay, one of their chief assailants (the report may not be so utterly ludicrous as some of the Amer- ican burlesques, but it has the advantage of pene paictly What'it purports to be: a verbatim report. ‘The reporters—ought not to—the reporters ought not to bethe ones to judge of what 13 important—not to say what should be left out —but—the member can only judge what ts im- portant——,. As {i—as my speeches—as the re- Ports—as what [ say ts reported sometimes, no one—nobody can tell—no one can understand from the reports—what it is—what I mean. 39 —it strikes me—it has struck me certain matters —things that appear of importance—what the | member thinks of importance—are some‘imnes left out—omitted. ‘The reporters—the pap2rs— points are reported—I mean what the paper thinks of interest—ts reported. I can’t com- pltment the reporters.’ ” i How Some People Do Their Shop- | _ pings 1c ShOps are filled as they have never been | before in a holiday season, but yet the clerks | | . = are Lot happy, and why Should they What | | wy mance cams of Hubbard's ancient line must de the limicof their patience; what the i | Turne cupboard, cornered auslowiso, 3 2 | Bereiec thi re eece toa an I c extreme of their power of endurance? These quest of aught ‘To satisfy the craving of Sir ‘Tray, Prick-eared companion of her solitude, Red «) irty-white and bare of rib, Who followed at her high and pattering heels, Prayer in his eye, prayer in his elinking gait, Prayer in his pendulous, pulsating tail. Wide on its creaking jaws revolved the door, ‘The cupboard yawned, deep-throsted, thinly set For teeth, with bottles, ancient canisters, And plates of various patterns, blue and white, Deep in the void she thrust her hooked nose, Peeping, near-eightod, for the wished for bone, While her white robe of samite, tilted high, ‘The thrifty dawning of her hose displayed, ‘Tho pointed feature traveled o'er the delf, Greasing its tip, but bone or bread found none. Wherefore Sir ‘Tray abode still dinnerless, Licking his paws beneath the spinning wheel, And meditating much on savory meats. Literary World. The Mistictoe as a Medicine. While giving the mistletoe all credit for its medicinal attributes, Pliny, it must be con- fessed, rather detracts from the mistietoe’s merits by making its general efficiency depend upon gathering 1 at the time of the full moon without the employment of any fron tool in the operation, and its particular efticiency in ept- lepsy upon the plant escaping contact with | have a chance tocome in again. ‘How much | earth; three conditions carefully ensured by the | did you this one was? Is it real? I | Druids ere they distributed mistletoe cuttings | don’t sup} it makes any difference, for I | to our aboriginal ancestors that they might | protect themselves against witchcraft and ; Poison, and cure themselves of divers mortal pepe without troubling the doctors of the period. ‘When there were no longer any Drulds tn the land to gather the holy plant with due solem- nity, it was gathered by the people -hemselves with no solemnity at all, but, if Aubrey tells truth, With very unpleasant consequences, for he gravely relates how some ill-advised folk cut the mistletoe from an oak at Norwood to sell to the London apothecaries for ten shillings nis leg within a very short time of committing the sacreligtous act. The fact that the apothecaries of the seven- teenth century would pay such a price for mistletoe shows that it was still in repute as a | medicine. Boyle lauded its virtues loudly, tell- ing of a young lady-of great birth, long trou- } bled with an almost hereditary epileptic dis- temper, who was wearted by courses of physic | prescribed by the most famous doctors of the Ume, and instead of mending In health grew | worfe and worse, untilshe would have eight or | ten severe fits in aday. One day she fell down suddenly as if dead; but coming to again, an i } | {s not easy to understand. Nicholas Culpepper, the author of the once-popular English Physi- clan, held that that plant was of sucha a blessed nature es to deserve being called Wood of the Hcly Cross, since its leaves and berries pos- sessed such subtle properties that, given in powder for forty days r, it was asure panacea for apoplexy, and falling sick- ness; but he was by no means willing to admit that such virtues belonged only to oak mistle- toe. “1 do not question,” says he, “that itis under the dominion of the sun, and can also ws Upon oaks are beset on all sides; of course each purchaser | isin a hunyto be waited upon, but cannot | imagine that any other purchaser's time is of | the least value. Here, for instance, is an affa- | ble, easy-going female of mature years, who wants to buy a present for some grandson or | nephew. She is at the scarf-pin counter and | has carefully examined the contents of the | showcase, The tired clerk patiently waits, | uying betimes to move in the di- Tection of other customers. but our first friend always calls her back with: “Here, I can’t walt a minute; what is the price of this?” The answer is made, aad thus does the maid warble: “0, dear; it seems all non- Sense to buy anything for those boys. They have got more than they want now; and they never keep anything. Why, last wiater their Unele Jim gave Aleck a beautiful scarf pin, and he never kept it a week. It was bought here, wasn’t it? Well, perhaps not. But it was lost all the same. How much ts this? Do you belleve a boy would like that? Well, he ain’t a boy, though we always call him so, and [| tell husband that he will call Aleck a boy till he isold enough to vote. Here, don’t go away. I shan’t stay a minute, and shan’t | { } j don’t suppose the fellow will keep it six weeks, He thinks the hired girl stole the last one, and lkely as not she did. I never liked the girl from the time I set eyes on her, and then she took care of Aleck’s room, and he knows the pin was on one of his scarfs when he saw {i last. What's that? ©, I thought you were waiting one. I can’t stay all day, and have such a heap to do that land oply knows when I can come again. How much ts this? How do you think that will look? Well, perhaps it will. Well, I guess I will give Aleck the money and let him buy what he wants. I won't take one Snakes crawid out of the grass for to see what | stood around too, till after a wile there was | todeath. Then the charmer he put away his | illustrations of the feeling which induces many | indifferent pubilc speakers to regard with dis- JBFFERSON DAVIS. Hits Coming one tee picid and Fallot the Confed Government. WHAT IT WILL COVRR—HIS WORKSHOP AT BRAU- | vorR. | i ‘New Orleans Cor. N. ¥. Herald.! In the center of the room stands a large ta- | le, On which Mr. Davis writes or dictates. He writes a great deal himself,but dic- tates—always to @ lopg-handed writer. Major W. T. Walthall began with him as secretary, ) Dut Judge Tenney, editor of “Appleton’s Eac} clo] "and General Joe Davis, his nephew, have been with him for the past . The rocm adjoining the livrary is a simply fur- nished room, in which there 1s a lounge, on which Mr. Davis takes an occasional nap. He iS very regular and — giving abou Six hours & day to actual He 18 carefai | tothe extreme about all that he writes, but | never changes the proofs when they are sent j back to him, writing in the first place witn de- | } cision amd accuracy. He Platnty, bis | usual costume being dark trousers aad a | | long. modest colo: dressing gowa. He | | takes a great deal of exercise, the cil- | | Mate Deing so mild that he ‘can walk on the beach under the orange trees, or anywhere about the place, in his dvessing gown | almost aby month in the year—except for the | last few months of excessively cold weather. ; The gift of Beauvoir has made him easy as to } worldly affairs, and be has had for years noth- ing to take his attention from his work. There have been few visitors at Beauvoir siace Mrs. Dorsey died, and not many during her lifetime. ccasionaily a Correspondent of some newspa oer , drops in; Once in a while an excursion train dumps out a load of peopie, who scurry out to cxteh a sigbt of thelr ex-president, ant fre- quently tome old general or prominent co! | erate Comes out for a talk on some polat, to discussion ef which be has been invited oy sir. bavis OF has been altracted of Dimself. Gea, Marcus Wrigit, who has charge of the confed- erate archives at Washington, has been in almost constant correspondence with Mr. Davis, has bad thousands of original documents copied trom the archives and has spent some weeks at Beauvoir. AN EAGERLY RXPRCTRD ROOK. | It is impossible to over-estim.te the eagerness | with which the forthcoming book ts looked for throughout the south. They recognize it as the first formal and comprehensive defence of their | cause—the first general history that bas been | written of their struggle. All other southern | histories have been special and narrow. Mr. | ' Stephens’ books are the work of a doctrinaire | pleading shrewdly, but not broad. General Jobnston’s {s the story of a campatgn or sc, told somewhat peevishly—and s0 on through | me list. WILL IT BE BROAD OK PERSONAL? I And a very general fear throughout the | , South that Mr. Davis will tet his fatoleraat ent get the better of iim, and that what | should be an Impartial history wili become a vehicle of personal opinions and prejudices. Your cor dent talked with Mr. Davis upon this point when the work was about half com- pleted. In reply to the question as to whether oF not the book would be personal and agzres- sive, Mr, Davis laughed and sald: “They say when people get old they become ' spiteful, but I think | understand and appreci- ate thoroughly the character of my undertak- | ing.” ‘The antagonisms bred in the confede- | rate administration were so bitter, and where | Mr. Davis was concerned were so personal and | relentless, that the book will necessarily pro- | voke many a controversy throughout southern political and military circles. Mr. Davis en- | joys the rare advantage of having before him as he writes the special pleas of most of his antagonists, THE CUIBY POINTS OF THE WORK. The two most tmportant points of the work— lor after all the Constitutional argument which | will doubtiess be fine, became res adjudicaia after a certain fine morning at Appomattox— will be the discussion of the joe movements | and the defence of the cy of the Davis vdministration a3 op to the Ste. phens, Brown and Toombs policy. The first , 13 vastly the most important point. His- tory is gradually setlling upon the head of Mr. Davis the burden of a war protracted | jopg after be was assured that success was | tinpossid! It is sald that Genera! Lee assured | Mr. Davis iong before the conclusion of the war that inevitable failure awaited the con- federate arms. It Is even said that prior to the ; Urst visit of Mr. Blair to Mr. Davis that Gen- eral Lee had demonstrated to him the im. probabliity Of success, and that the interview | between Mr. Davis and Mr, Blair will show tis. | Mr. Davis sent out his commissioners, hovw- | ever, ipsiructed to listen to nothing but tue full recognition of the independence of thecoa- | j Iederate government. The country, north and south, will look with interest to'see low Dr. Dayis can Clear himself of the suspicion that he prolonged for months a struggle that Was known to be hopeless, and that involved the useless sacrifice of a hundred thousand lives, when honorable terms of peace and re union, a8 Will be shown, were awaiting bisac- | cepiance. The discussion of the special policy of Mr, Davis, and the determined opposition ot | over haif the statesmen who were leagued | | With him, the incompetent Mnancial system of the confederacy, the alleged lack of inieliigence | in the cabiaet and cougress, which no valor in | ube Meld could compensate, ali these will | demand some very pertinent writing on M~ Davis’ part and Will str many an ugly fued. AN AGGRESSIVE BOOK. is aggressive tn its general tenor and maintains with unshaken firmuess ail the points that were put Lo the arbitram@ent of tae sword. Mr. Davis writes concisely. however, | and manages to consume 1es3 than hall of bis first_volumie with the causes of secession aad bis justification for it, The rest of the work is devoted to a narrative of the struggle, with comment so sparing that 1t barely throws ligut on the mouves and purposes of an admintstra- Mon that perished “on the wing” and lett no archives. Mr. Davis is thoroughly satistiet with his work, and confesses himself ploayd at the Senin with whica be bas been able to Mx all details and support ali assertion wita documentary proof. EFFORTS TO SECURE PEACE. As to the history of the efforts made to secure peace he says that the facts show that he did all that an honorable leader of brave and de- voted men could do to secure peace. Upon this point the discussion provoked by Mr. Davis’ Dock will woe ething new. Upon the name of the book, “The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government,” Mr. Davis was de- | cided, even against the protest of friends, who | objected that it suggested the ttle of another work. A Race for Life with Bloodhounds. | Apropos of the death of “old Mountjoy,” the pedestrian, a correspondent of a London sport- ing newspaper, related a story which he heara from Mountjoy’s own lips. Hearing Lord W. boast that his bloodhounds would track any ving thing by scent alone, Colonel A. wagered a hundred guineas they would not track a man, and asked Mountjoy to win the wager for him, assuring the startled uhere was no danger of De ore catching him, as they were slow runners, he we Start was allowed nim; the object being simply to test their powers of sceat. The trial duly | game off over three miles of ground round | Hampstead Heath. After the dogs had sniffed at Mountjoy’s legs he made his way leisurely for half the course, when Ube flag was dropped and the hounds set loose. They tracked their quarry splendidly, but were six hundred yards behind when Mountjoy reached the inn at the end of the course and shut the door upon them, outside which they howled their dissatisiaciton until removed by their keeper. Disbellevers ta the Diloodhound’s scent were still unconvinced, averring that they had sighted the man for part of tae journey at least; H ; each time, “and one fell lame shortly after; | to-day anyway. Just as like as not I shall be in | soon afer éach of the others lost an eye;” and | to morrow.” arash fellow who, unwarned by these exam- And the veteran shopper passes on to the ples, adventured to fell the oak icself, broke | next counter, and to the next without the most remote idea of L glabete 4 an arlicle of any kind, and perfectly, selfishiy indifferent to the fact that the store ts filled with those who do know what they want and are to pur- chase if they can get achance.—Aljany Er- press, Fishing in Lapland. ‘The water is very clear at Hamerfest, in Lap- land; you. may see everything that gors on among the fish, A few feet down you may see the young. cod Snapping at your hook, if you have one; a little lower down the coalfish, and the huge plaice and the halibut on the white | | ancient gentleman who happened casually to | sand at the bottom; in other places the starfish, ‘be present strongly advised her to take as much | as large as a plate, and purple and green shell- powder of the true mistletoe of the oak ag | fish of all sizes. The plaice is en in the would lie upon @ sixpence early every morn- | following manner: in calm weather the flaher- ing, in black cherry-water or beer; advice f man takes a strong, fine cord, to which he has lowed by the sufferer with such good effect | fastened a hea) Spear-head, like a whale har- that she herself assured Boyle that she never Poon. ‘This he holds ready over the bow of the had one fit after the first dose. The gentleman t, While another person paddles it forward who came so opportunely to the distressed | slowly. When the fish ts seen at the bottom dameel’s relief declared that he had never fatled | the boat is stopped and the harpoon is suddenty to cure epilepsy with mistletoe powder, when ceeppet upon and thus the fish is caught. he was able to administer the right sort—that | In two hours the fishermen will get a boatload. trom the oak. The halibut are caught with ks. They Why oak mistletoe should alone be of avail it | sometimes weigh 500 if drawn up pounds, and carelessly will overturn the boat. In many of the mountainous districts the rivers swarm with trout, the habit of which is to conceal Dod of the stream, venturing Out to feed only venturing ou' on! at night, Men, each with a heavy hammer, will enter these waters and strike one or two blows on the stones, when the fish run from their lace ‘partly stunned and easily caught Pee World: oe ‘Mrs. Haygs’ Portrair Fexp.—Miss Pugh, New York, the treasurer of the fund for placin and to settle the point beyond dispute, another match was mage to be run at night, ‘the dis this time being but a mile and a halt. Unsuspicious of foul piay, Mountjoy went gally on his way, but had not accomplished more than two-thirds of the distance allowed him by the conditions when his hair stood on end, as the cry of the dogs, hot upon bis trail, reached his ears. They nad purposely been ‘slipped warning. stock sul, as if I had been frozen, and then dashed away and asl had never done be- fore and have never done since. I was in per- fect training and condition, but the cold sweat ured down , While my legs Pirembied all Oren still | kept dt rately up to their prey. few seconds wi dered whether they would grip me first by the leg or fly straight at my throat. Lucktiy, I did not lose ray head: and after the tirst mad burst I settled down and raced away at a pace which 1 knew would last the distance; but still closer Tepe lig sounded like my ; and, a Foci in pe aga At last Isaw the lights of the ly little inn, and my heart thin ery ‘the take for granted that which grot 2B jpates something of the nature of Jupiter, | portrait of Mrs. Hayes in the White House in | down and yelled use an Oak is one Of his trees; ao slsntant honor of her devotion to temperance principles, ther which grows upon pear trees and apple trees | was in Cincinnati, Thursday, retut from a § partakes something of this nature, because he | western trio, pie pete and me are to cae he ‘3 . W. tt he Tules those trees, and tt en ae ace — pereese eer oe Pe ad will ae * = a oe a oe Lord PBA wo. Bu feet high feet tered % Sarees ho Wome, ould Of the pilasters will _be exquisitely carved | filled had not those present got hi:n out of the 2 Viknow not, unless because it Ta | with laurcie the emblem of victory” Oak is | foom in tupe to preveat most. Justinable houl- hardest to come by; and our col- | the emblem-of power, and the.sides will be | Cide 3 lege’s this contrary to the Scrip- | Carved with lilies, the emblem of purity. Tae ith: ‘God's tender mercies are on Ee Larne taper! se easier describes a, where ‘WwOrks;’ orne and water lilies, the emblems fat was Payeltens walk contary to Him as they & ee tite an ety Ayn boareely”aualfo os ne oe that rary a8 the cast HL, ely Denches having each ‘Tapper reas eal the Peay enh 0? | vottorn ot'tne tratme ons aniold. cushion. west," —Al even where ‘B—Thornton | Caroline Mra; unfavorable Lo mod ra- des and in the country the it Decome Masters of the situ. For the country population Portions of Southern Germany are not for a tn large & conservative force; they, too, are disafected: they, toe, look hopefully toward the Com | munistic Uwopla; they ,too, have felt aufi feel une pressure Of militarization and the harducss of the times. That very emigration whlch siace 1Sa5 bas been one (f the great features of modern Germany, is a revolutionary mors Meut; for the men who go are chiefly of the moderately wealthy middie class. Taney leave, | Dut they do notreturn. They and thelr cati- dren remain to strengthen and eurich the re public beyond the Atlantic, where conscription is unknown, right of movilug unfettered, and Junkeruom abhorred. Tne memory the Tatherland remalus, but It {s a memory oaly, Dot a Uving anxiety to return to uelp on its ce KS prosperity. But htefly Of the middie class, and the milillous who have gone have bat accentuated the difference between the Lolli many avd the dureaucrat ristocratic and mi.itary few who oppress them—have, Woo, left an almost impassable gap between Lue’ wealthy lanclord and the small ewner or laborer, be- twren the hand-to mouth workman and the | caplialist Class Tae moderave lderals, tue progressive class oT Germany, having beea uriven away lo seck their fortaue amid Amort- cau Uberties, those wuo remain look revilution rather than to st remedy thelr present conditt In a late delate ip the Germ @f tbe Sc d paties deciared platniy that, failing to m. the laws which have been en acted tO crush Laem for the next six years, they must be drivon tw iry force, Vor Lie moment, every effort is being made to prevent emeates he oppression 18 greatest. en strikes occur, the Socialist leaders in Germany abd abroad urge upon their followers cau. n Reichstag,one ‘Veil Un ‘thelr time is not yet. In home affairs, for the present they work, wherever pracit:a. bie, for a policy of decentraltzaiion as oppossd to the centralizing tendency now tu tavor, for ludividual Uberty, for the fair treaument of hiubicipalities, and the due regard to the work- ing class iu municipal affairs. Bat they hare nol mach power In the ASsembiles, save in conjunction with those to whom in the end they must be bi So far & is tae blundering of th ber than baelr own sagac ty or ment which has improved thelr position. But the orgau' zation 1s becoming more and the action ts taken in accords certed arrangements. has been said, education a 00 KO et. Berlin and otuer of are kept in @ permanent state of slege, pro tection is fostered in every direction, and the | Very mien WhO might de the support of the em- pire are driven away or forced into se uillty. And the mau who is ebletiy ni for ail Chis ts regarded by some even in Kagiand as Ube greatest statesman of the age. Prince Bismarck bas been called tbe greatest revolu Uonlst of our time, and tu so far as reaction can incite to revolution he is worthy of the lide even in Gomesiic afta’ His marvelivus success In consolidating Germany has blinded men’s eyes to his lucapacity for any real states- manship to the wider sense. In piace of help ibg the Mass of the population tv a better po sition, tustead of teaching the upper clases and the royal family Uiat the oniy hope of safety for his country in these days is to make com- mon cause with the people, and lightea the burdens which grind them down. ue has thougat only of violence and ageraudiveimont, of verri- torial extension and military power, These peopit had violated mo law whatever, However obnoxious thelr opinions, they were & peaceful, quiet, orderly folk. Prince Bismarck hes Made martyrs of thpm, and sent them to preach Uber doctrines and parade tueir wrongs. 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