STAR OF THE CAPE.

CAPE MAY CITY, N. J., WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1874.

NO. 24.

STAR OF THE CAPE * ■W W. »*mr.

oam Uktl promlMdlo' Alldtbapprndg., Al lb. cuofldaol wa, T1»t *tl. .nd loved by Victoria Orcy. Aocaetue Tan Quirk wh her fortnoeto Quae (TleUrfhJoTMl hlanphoviloae ntme,) — A Mek little tr.low,

THE <{TUBBEL. Thar hone, heavy over tea little gitetn

- ba held „ thaauo from liar roee bod of a Tho doctor bad a larking fear Nancy war rustic and ignorant,

all 1 aba was so pretty I

How far tbey rode in this lazy way, wholly rapt in conversation, is ' How far tbey would have

if Nancy bad not ■

into the

that are Jark and the tricks , vain' pretty wall, Misa Nancy. An now I don't dare to tall yon what I wi going to before yon spoke." What was it ?" queried Nancy, cur

-It wi

said the doctor, bendir

—■ ling

to the curl-shaded

one at Inside, "that I wish' 1 right to keep you with mi Mias Nancy, will yon look

you let mo ?''

It waa well that the doctor

K why, amid.t Nancy'a bright

ea, her lip quivered and hr

th lean. She had made _ r

accept the doctor, but in this

— - - moment the thought of John Armitego sent a pang, cruel In intensity, through her heart. Then came the memory of their yeaierday'a quarrel, and Nancy faltered, with a strug-

gling smile,

‘‘I—I don't know.” She did know when, in the late twilight, aho end the doctor walked togeth- — the dneky sitting-room at home, her father waa dosing and her r knitting, to ssk their consent and their b leasing. "Dear me I" laid the good farmer, ibbing his eyes. " Two sech pieces f news in one day's enr'ns hereabouts, heard on'y an bonraenoe that Johnnie Armitage ia a-goin' *- m *- *-* ’

tbs hand hsd al- . With a toss of her flirt of her pink cali-

SS. |

oo drees, that geared the butterfliear

and before the branch swung back she waa haatemng np the trim garden path, aod S^tegoaek a sharp speech bar ahonider at a tall, sunburned y fallow wboj with a vexed light

e gateway watching

"""Oh, it don't matter wliat I think . Indeed, I don't think at alt Ton may take whom yon like to the next Haydanoe—you won't take me I" It was each a pretty ahonider which those words were cast, and there wae such a rosy flash of anger o- “ ~

;i-i : __i_ ,

— milage took t--or throe steps in pnranit of the speaker: bathe stopped,.drew himself np with sudden pride, and said proaehfnl word.

" Hun I' 1

■TO. a. .as a 1 K in

bar re treat, then roanmed it with i " Will yon atop and listen to me T* tl E’UmjriSils.oE ‘Sr ^^^No r and the pink oalleo swept tl myrtles on either side of the walk la

'venrwel he who h

raja

the gale. uni mark my worda: you’ll be sorry for this before these bushes here "—brushing the low sprays sharply aside—" are out of bloom I “—

he's gone Sarah Andenon's now. They’ gaged next thing, and she’ll orow over ma finely. He'D try to n ' one "—hero Nancy had a - inf. See if I won't make him jealous wav aha would do it became aptno next afternoon, when, " t that eat off dark carls, -io started for tho village. The dainty blue silk parasol was lowered a Utile as she came to the pratentsaiie block of building* opposite the hotel; upon one of which hung the sign, •• Dr. Miles Gray. Office noers from 8 to 10 A, w., from S to 5 r. u." But the fane of the building was blank,

s

»o she langhod and chattarod as the bay hone trotted along. The farm-house came in sight too soon, and the -• a

in a speech to

mistily, —„ Iona; she a awerod questions, laughed at jok< ot >k_s v own to the gate will, tl he left, ana stood the ea, hia arm about her, r plying to hia tender talk; but when ] gone, leaving » farewell kiss on h

•o viofmb

She did not know why ah or what ahe should do.

deadly fear lest some one ■beet,! discover her, yet she could not go am For half an hour ahe crouehed th ahiveringly, never taking her eyes ‘John’s window, bat starting ever* ti

the curtain blew. Suddenly a

lytStabe scream. It waa probably some of the work-people—oh, if they ahonld sec her I A hasty peep throngh the bashes showed her that it was worse than that; it waa John himself, striding straight toward the gap in the hedge, and wearing a moat unpropilions face. Nancy, in blind terror of discovery, crawled on * ’ ’ ’ ' ' under the

Is had peaaed, he a bird that Nancy had disturbed flea ont with loud chirpings. ' of the loosened bine sash had _ n a stiff bough, and the color arrested hia eye. Two strides brought ’ to the spot, and he stood with foldrms looking down at her a moment re bis omaxement found rent in tho

exclamation^

don and agony of shame as thst with whieh the poor little maiden hid her '100 and cowered in the wet grass, with ‘ 1 Oli, wfiat shall Ido? Don't apeak . > me I Go away I ” and burst in'

storm of tears.

For answer he gathered the Uttle figure in hia arms, smoothed the tl bled onrls, tried to warm tho icy hands, and did not dare to question, while he Died her in his tenderat wsy. Take mo home," said Nancy, as

u ss ahe fonnd ati

v -s.u s jjj thing," waa tho

John's disengaged i so that he oonld

ee it, "till yon toll me why yot Taney, I couldn't help hoping i ./hen I saw yon hero. Don't m give it np ! I thought my pride would support me through any tiling, bat I'~ afraid it won't," be ended sadly. so glad it won't,” broathi in tonos of beart-fslt relie mebody'U see-us. Take n heme, John, and IT1 tell

L BABOS IX DISGUISE.

The people of Jacksonville, Florida, an having their fun over one of th-" hold keeper*. Tho story ia told foUowa ; A rough-looking man eniei the hotel and wrote his same upon 1 register. His face and hands were si— burned, and his eyes looked bloodshot. Th* watchman thought that be detected a smell of whisky about hia clothes. A gray flannel shirt, torn ooat, dirty breeches, and scaly brogans ware all that the viiitor wore. The watchmi go sod at him a few seconds, as if ni decided whetbm to kick him ont or s “ Could I have rooms placed at m service inquired the hard-lookin Watchman hesitated. Ho eyed tL_ spplicant very closely and smelled of him. There was a taint of liquor in the old fellow " the 1 watchman " Well, just step here a moment keep your hands in your pockets

id lifted hi

11 about

How different so

thing that the pillow. The story i

ihe could

s perfect sgony of Id hardly stifle in

, — it week is hack-

neyed. Such happenings are too

. Nancy came and went liki it of herself, bat the whole village gossiping over her engagement,

her evidences of tronble we

cribed to the “ queers MS of a gii .

* Mrs. Armitage

, — afternoon to tell the Evanses that John*w*a going Monday, and ahe guessed ho would manege to flat over and bid them goody; and eru d because her pet eon waa olng away, and was cool and sharp to lancy, evidently suspecting that ahe

tiful June day* Nancy, all alone t -k.A |J place, with sun hove, would wende way If she should not hope was left: John was coming to . good-by. Oh, if she oonld only let him know how it really was 1 Bnt how oonld ahe f and ahe would look down despairingly at the UtUo gold circlet on Buncfsj afternoon John Anally os Nancy, sitting in tho parlor with doctor, ought a glimpse of the wellknown figure at the gate under the lilacs again. For a moment the room whirled around, and ahe was deathly white; then *he roee mechuieally, saying that she must bid Mr. Armitage good-by, and went out to the doorway, where John wu greeting her parents, and warding off tho Newfoundland with

* laugh.

•• Tra.’’ he wae replying, aa Nancy Z "lhey say there's a pretty nee out there for a young fellow with health and energy—How do you do, Mira Nancy ?—and I've always been enterprising ; so I mean to tty it” Nancy stood palling the rose vines in pieera while far half an boor the others talked crops, politics, and prosp She oonld not have spoken for her though ahe longed to speak at a damned criminal longs to ssk mercy. »»-. v-v- h|, obstinate

K rbUc'he lost tooebed'berhaai had looked At her, the miserable —"ictie look of appeal on her childish would have gore straight to hit 1; bnt he did not dare to look, and tuning away abruptly, walked down tho garden path with the garrulous farmer hobbling by hia aids. Nr had Jna* time to escape her — —" 1 - np the stairs, ons ora . _. God forbid that girls ahonld often know each misery as ahe —“—»*«—• When she at last joined

rtbt?!

look in her face

not well,’' ehe eaid, in answer to hia

a queries.

1 Nancy who proposed that they should go to ohnreh that evening. In the corner of the high old pew, with 'her veil hiding her faoe, ehe oonld at least be quiet, and one hou more of effort would have been insupportable. Mrs. Armitage was alone in her pew, * cried silently all throngh the seru Nancy'a heart so went out to the poor woman that, when they mot in the aisle, she preeeed her hud impnleively, raying in a quick whisper, " Mrs. Armitage, I'm sorry for yon I” "I don't want uy of ycu sorrow 1" the sharp response. “ It's fine to :; bnt yon and I know well enough IS the cause of ell. One word from yon would atop it new if yon were

* sorry' eqpugh l”

Poor Nancy I The dock wae on the -troke of eleven that night when her lover finally took his leave, and ahe waa *— ‘ the moon-lit sitting room — end with act lip* and wide, glittering eyes. She did not cry. She ell ae if ehe wen going eraxy, and in

ahe did not care H the

passed, and etill

her rigid faoe the ooi

iar desperation lid. Houaflai

the way home. Bat Nancy was sbont it." She only eaid, nervionaly, holding John'i •--nd in both hers, " Promise me yon won't go ewsy 1' "Ah, but I wut another promise Jt” Nancy looked back at the pinny - J > w.u_.u—v.a left, *nd m see the .jt, John ; and I am—sorry, u yon raid I'd be I" "And the doctor?" asks the eriUeal reader. Ah, Nancy ia Christian maidenhood, faulty young girl, erring ud loving ud suffering, playing her part in ons of the tragedies that are played every where in the spring*' and autumns, in the time of snow-drifts as well ae in tha time of lilac*.

Oogoletto,

wwu • ivw imi» from Genoa, the birth-plaoe of Columbus, ud there ia an inaoription which marks tho hoase of hia reputed birth. It may be true, ud it may be false—for, In tbla land of tradition ud superstition, it ia aa easy to fabricate a tradition as u inscription, and credulity is ready to believe that it ia as old as Adam. The boose of his father waa In the suburbs of G as ia ahown by the deed. He, hit , sye he waa born in Genoa, u expreai a,.a moM th a territory,

aionwhioh and not the city, of Genoa.

therefore, some color for tho tradition.

ud it ia'aot worth while to dig deeper to find doubts. He wu a Ligurian, sharpen his curiosity, ud snggeet life of adventure, then to look ont fn these rooky highiuds, upon the Mei

base, and covered with the little, but daring and enterprising oorsain of " Levant, the Grociu Archipelago, How time sets things right I Brought home in chains, robbed in hi* lifetime name of uojher given to his diaoo iea, time has written his name " i iron and lead in th* rook forever.” jealont ud triumphant enemies, aa as hie royal patrons ud enterprisin; rare in the path of discovery, are remembered ; bnt when we call them np from-tho lud of shadows, there is alia the midst of them, ud before the great Genoese with a glory him, in the light of which they shine with a pale ray. So it win be

t£,GS,:

World to the kingdoms of Osstilo Aragon. Bnt Oaatile ud Aragon, all toe progeny of their desoenuut nonweeltlis, are dwindling ud fading sway, end a race, nearer akin to the old Ligurian—!■ the world-seeking Genoese"—is, from rear to 1 voting th* New World to the,

their true habits.. It has been

fonnd that tbey wiD starve to death in i .« ^tougant vegetable food,

mob it, but that they will

greedily devour cutworms, e—“ —

_i— —x __ nuJi birds.

day of snails, inlarva:, cryoalides, caterpillars,

, alow-worma and hoards. Mr. Carl Vogt relates an instance of a land 1-*— la Fruoo who destroyed

"hfcFflelds* pTOp * rty ' V 10 ■ ud hie crops totally deHo then pnrohased moire of

1 hud a quarrel liquor shop. They adjourned ox to settle the dispute. The first being from Connaught, immed seized a lump of atone ud let fly et tho hoed of hia opponent, who dimed head ud missed the atone, which w through u expensive plate glass V , dow, and did much damage. A magi*- ; traie was called upon next morning to . determine which of the two should par the cost. The evidence clearly showed *1—* **.. 1 good one, and that bed not upped hia head be would hare been struck.

“ Whoiajto y^hiyniredjdie Deacon. ” "'^Vhat dooa he look likef" we* tho Look like ?" repeated tho watch' a. " He’* the worat looking Irish. a that I ever raw. and heVdrunk." Well, slap him in No. 40. I guess t's good enough for him." tad before," am le elosed the dc Dow:

Dry of English law contains few more sUrtlwig judicial tragedies than that to which the *r«nn*.again>t murder owed so much .fcumue hmendSre*identification '

-body elae'm^th- ... csllod appropriately

^pon the i

kins, a widoi

erty in London, it will appointed a brother of hia, living near Epping Forest, tha sole guardian of hia only danghter, and directed that said guardian should inherit tho whole fortune devised in case his^oung ward children. Implicit confidence in his brother, who was A midtile-aged bschof limited meuo, had ** —

spired tho dying man

C SEES TOB COLUXST’

New Yorkers are easily pleased. They have fairly run wild over a new joke, ud it ia dangerons now to aak people tho conundrnm, “ Have you seen Tom Collint ?" Tho run of the thing r minds old Now Yorkers of Mik. Walsh's joke shortly after the breaking out of the California gold fever, when ho started thousands of men ou a hunt for Frank Mc-Teraghlia, whowaa said to have let Urn from particular friends of the hunter* in Oilifornia. Tha Too- Collins Ihoax ia worl

U bun with "

re you

o deuce is Tom Col-

will; but a number-

pronounced ordinary pic

This feeling caused

exclaimed, again mounting 1 , The old Celt followed him. > a a cramped apartment in the t ring of the hotel immediately oi iltchen. Tho carpet waa dm Dose of the wash pitcher a irnitnre generally was I please a fastidious Is this my room 7" the Irishman

asked.

Yes, this ia year room," replied the

in stared at thewateh-

it a larger apartment, one that is 1 famished ud with soopsrier ac1 Oh, yon do, eh 7 I snppoi rid like the ladies' parlor. Y consider yourself mighty lucky .. this room. If I was tho proprietor I wmild hoist you intojh* hay " wonds^before -breath. “I'm greatly obloiged to yo for your imgortineuoe," ho said, “ but o where I can find them." at’s right, old feUow, you bette „ Jio Qrud National. That's th place for such slouohy old roosters a

>otb," he sail. -j for coa.^ The National And they Two large express wagons loaded with trunks traveled in in their wake. The rhippoorwills laughed at them as they asaed under the water oaks shading lie pnblie square, ud the air— — rightly aa they disappeared Whet the son arose the ludlord came down stain with a fine appetite. " Good morning, Kingsbnry," he lie morning. * fa ” “ • “ " No air/' venl No. 40 wai He wanted <

"iiir i't good enough e bridal ehamb.

rivals. Suddenly bia eyes dilated, flush overspread hia oountcnuoo. Pc. ting hia forefinger noon the book he ■hooted, " Here, here, Eingabory. What's this 7 Look hero." The watchman looked at the finger. It pointed to the name of

"Oh, good Lord," ha exclaimed, Sir George is a western hnnter ited Florida with troops of retainer*,

Chinese Trait. all place* ia China yen may see S I of coolies rushing throngh th. ■ carrying loads of money. There at th* gate* aees flat trey, examining . .. hey para, click, over hia thumb; sometime* a poose of idler*, Istipg of chair-bear— ■ and eervuta, all e dow not seem lobe . :iek Die trey orer'audboH x old get in the eorembl*. in that nest of iniquity, Kong, yon may lee at that moat comfortable of building, the Oriental Bask, ining, perhaps, tbonaaixl* of < that are being paid to them, ud of tl)e greatest scoundrels unhanged paaemg aonaUntly: perhaps they think he man in the streets would most '' be honest anongh to oatoh then ia rather donbtlnl if they [osey ud valuable* ere exposed ay that woald never be dreamed «

aid in

A S Image Parpjdd*. » murder of David Silas, of Slot Maine, by bis insue son, James as one of the moat revolting Crimea the State. The wife

itting wood, when he raid, 'James,: a getting old, ud wut yon to en y need off; do it quick.' Father lai, _* head on the block, ud I etrne' him onee, bnt the axe glaneed; second blow ont him badly, and third time I hit him his L ’

act of the second mu."

to km me, but I was too sharp .im. The matter don't tronble ma. I did right, bnt I feel bad to think

SSSi'bxSfi'Sf

jly relatives

ation between tho oe Epping Forest raeidem said prophets, end ma bitterest prosecutors of mo ucaa m brother in the struge ud tragic mding events, which have been mibed as follows ; Uncle and niece were both seen _»y walking together In the forest, tho young lady suddenly disappeared, ud tho unde declared that no had 1 know not whither she had go: what had become of her. This aco waa considered improbable, ^ and

days before ahe waa misaa journey to the North, ud that sue nad declared that abo would him on his return. Tho nnole pcatedly expressed hia disappi of the match, and Mias Perkins had londly reproached him with his nnkindnces ud abuse of hia anthority over her as his ward. A womu named Margaret Oaks was produced, who swore that about 11 o'clock on the day on whieh Miss Perkins was missed she was passing through the forest ud heard the voioo of a young lady earnestly expostulating with a gentleinu. On drawing nearer the gpot whence the sound came, Margaret Oaks testified that ehe beard tho lady exclaim : '■ Don't kill me, uncle, don't kill mo 1" Tho womu waa greatly terrified, ud ran away from tho spot Aa aho was doing so she heard tho report of firearms. On this oombination of circnmntautisl ud positive evidence, oonpled with thesnspioion oMnteroet, tho nnole almost immediately afterward—according to the e ns toms of those days—waa A&ont ten days after the rxssntion of the sentenoo upon tho ancle, tho niece reappeared, ud, struger still, showed by tho history she related, that all the testimony pi yen on the trial waa strictly true. Mias Perkins said that, having resolved to elope with her lover, they had given ont that he had gone on a journey to the North, whereas ho had merely waited near the skirts of the forest until jthe time appointed for elopement, which waa too very day on whieh she had disappeared. 1 lover bad horaee ready saddled them both, Ud two servant, in

tendance on horseback, ing with her unele, ho resolution to marry

are nearly perfect when supplied with | b"cn ol inde a wood fire, tha brisk blaxo of whieh well-liked in

intinually^amrerafr thfe'

whom he di

te proclaimed thses words

iMr'.;

S3f

ns of her lover, who bad „ for hoi, and they both

noon ted their horses and Immediately —Instead, however, of

the North, they roWmdsor, ud about a sards went on on a tour of < Fruoo. There they passed

months so happily thst in those days, when newspapers wore source, when there was no regular postal communication and no telegraphs, they ever heard of their nnclea sad fate

util their return to Eng lud.

An Arkansas Fight.

A party of twenty-five Baxter men nder oommand of Lient. Welch, took

~ Mje, at Little e of Oaptain

— — brother Ed. Their object waa to interptnro a hundred ud sixty

—ms belonging to the Industrial University, whieh were shipped on e fist boat from Fort Smith in charge of six men. The Brookaitee heard of this expedition, end started OoL John Brooker, with hia regiment

> hundred colored mu, on *

the Fort Smith Bail-

» oitj.

arrived there before

twenty miles above U Brooker! ■

Ihe Hattie.. name along they fired on her. of Lient. Welch** mu were on the hurrioue roof et the time, and got as soon aa possible. As they did

Lient Welch's ^nen returned of Brooka'ii men ; both were colored. One of the shots from Brooker's mu passed throngh a steam pip* on the Hattie, dirahliag her, ud aha floated down the river to the opposite , bank from where Brooke's mm aero, ud the then left the boat Brooker’s hen took possession of the r, pat a squad on board to bring her to town, and the remainder of them • • ", Boon after their House, where the 1 off. m after the arrival

scandals, ahowi

" Whore cu I find the scoundrel " He generally hugs out at saloon." replies tho joxor (naming so place where he in known ud apt to £ confederates). "I'll find him, ud see what

off. Some say that C< them of stealing, other* that their families have been guilty i

o be, the injured individus told that Oollina baa jus

sra.

Tom is telling villainous eU him. The search tor Cellini told that "ho was here'a to

is’mXtod

.rX:

An Arithmetical Problem.

tion cunot be expected to possess i enough to provide a decent homi hia family; so John has always m about from one shanty to another. For over twenty-eight years Johi been addicted to the immoderate u tobacco. Hia children are often gry ud always ragged, but one thing

“What ore you doing now 7" asked ■rith paper and pencil in hi m going to allow you how mm —with siroole interest at six p asted for tobacco h

t believe in figgonn

•/ P~‘ j

anted everything at the 1

overal hundred dollars beside. Thci s no use in denying it, John; the bs mbit has robbed you of enough to bt good, comfortable home for youree nd family; enough to buy a rckkI far ~"I^r'apswha? 1 youaay'iatroo," sai jluotutly. “I a'poso these Jit-

In, r Jobs " Yea, there be is," uswers a eon- i tie <u ■derate, generally pointing to the | fuL"

loekest looking stranger in the room. • “Indeed thoy do; and 'hen follows U.m sCeno : ; what eu I say or do to in Victim (with fire in hia eyes, walking | break yourself of thia hab p to stranger)—What did you mean,' "Wliat! give up my h ir, traducing my character ud lying 1 claimed John. "Why, mi bout mo to my friends 7" j happen to be without it htnmger—You — -=- ■ T 1 ‘'“v 1 "> •"I-—a.. .

laid nothing about j

Heating

When the onth >y a furnace orb :>ly bo unnecosso: -eadv for a wood :ho patient shall

nd declare that nothing bi

r of I the trial I will pay the doctor's bill."

am; but the fire* by the Beading < Penn.) J°firo wherever! deS^SomuHg^'Mj 1

, The £

-pleM

rT,u a d

o. will form :,W.U

econmn- | mg ”>th Mr. Lofottre Kim. too by a mad dog. the window ! pened no one knows ;

bottom, |

—Hi latcb

the oil

hydroj

SSiT-

omiminitv. II year, ud whili re that he waa

hough how this hap*

sTvomYti'mre'.l.

iffoctcd by raising all the windows f i few momenta at a time, during whi ihe patient must be thoroughly pr ICC ted by extra blankets, ud a aha

.bout tho head.

If atovea are tho only means of heating apartments, a "perpetual burn) a may be used in one room to k

it u even temperature, dnr night, but tho^ sleeping re

fire u?

frasii

rovided w:

te in thia a io purpose of

pen fire-place.

Muy lives have boon cut s xaggerated notions in regard Air must be pure, but it

also bs w should be day ud night a steady fa gentle heat in tho room of u invali ipanied by u equally steady a

Ascent of Sap In the Bark of Trees. M. Faivre baa recently performed a aeries of experiments on the mulberry, basal not, ud cheery laurel, which he consider* goes far to prove the foot that the eu balances which supply tho food of pluta hare an ascending motion in the bark. For the purpose, he made parfeot or imperfect unular inoiaioi through the bark, or detached pisses i " s bark, to which bud* ware attache.., removed entire cylinder* of bark from the trunk. Tho result of the exaita was that the bnda slwaya nad to develop when tho oommnnieation remained nnintcrrnpted —<*>• *he lower portion of the trt~ u - completely destroyed, the bnds invariably withered sway. If the bnd was neper*ted by a perfect annular incision, it withered tho more alowly the greater " tanos from the incision ; ud Dsasa tbs starch disappeared — . from th* portions of the wood above the indaion between it and the bnd. When entire cylinders of bark

Thx Dxtutios or rat Nxxc Sir William Thompson staled ns . to Mis Royal Society of Edinburgh that

_ -clad ships, a cylinder of iron id on either aide of the oompaas, parallel to the needle, has been proposed. Sir Williom suggest* a needle of ono-fonrteenth of the length

I iS dioate that there is not mod. bad feeling on either aids, The legal fare, three outs a mils, is tendered in some eases, and the eompuy refuse* to aooept it. The oondnotore do not attempt to ejeol the passenger*, for that wnnld bo very foolish, bnt cany them to their destination for nothing. . They temporarily ride a* “dsad heads." Their names are taken by the conductors, ud the attorneys of the company will prob-

tfce individuals to

Btatera&lhn* — expense of the judicial proceed ing*. as it would ahonld the Railway Oommis-

h slamming of a door

ipletely

^ k np^tiH lately ho nover^ rdropLobia in hia system. F rhieh lurked in his veins, end only the dread summons to bring

u untimely grave. One me— ing Duiel arose and attempted to )

ith convuli

that ahoo

jg him to by frothing at th with short intsvT

hie body lit

ling reason, thronghoi nights, until death r ■is Buffering*. Daring o did not eat or drink

king, bnt was seemingly convnlai pain ud in the greatest agony, medicine waa at one time fore, down hia throat, but the great exortu which it required, ud the fearthst pe

soual injury might .. —.-* ... repetition. .

lb Duiel called o

\tin y ’

. The doctor when he leit m will not live

ir years old.”

fever. A family in) attacked with a si fever. On a careful

Typhoid Fever. An English sdentiat claims to h discovered one of the eauses of typli " ‘ noigborhood — ire type of the irch of the premt in the family pump waa covered with a sort of gelair. Submitting this to mieroaoopie investigation it waa foam' ' fungoidgrowlh, from which ap .-..J constantly washed away by flowing water. He followed up discovery by a minute examinalio: the outlet of tbe sewer throngh which the drainage of the town Bowed, ud hia scientiflo seal waa rewarded by finding fungoid growths of a similar nature to those in tho pump spout. In tho vicinity oi this outlet the fever had also prevailed. Having cases of the fever in hia own family be followed np hia inquiry by a chemical analysis of tbe water drank by the family, ud fonnd in-it minute apCres'drthe earns fungus. Hia conclusion is that the fever had its origin in the fnngns matter taken into the system -where it ferments aa yeast ' poisons the blood.

taking of walking BOO miles seenUve days, he pat on record a feat unparalleled in pealestriulam when he did 480 miles id that time. He attrib-

uted his failare to an ir ' sustained, the ball of hia

crooked in two pi sees. .] : 373d mile at .Mrani- UiSO on Friday i night, and maBa bia 430 mile* during

TCE HlSSiCHrSEITS DISASTER.

whelming of Pompeii. Thu it wai tho implacable mountain ; now it is the fury, without warning, incapable of coutefal, doing ite fearful will even to destruction and death. At u early

ing thro* reservoir*. lanufacturing tovni —the towns of Wil and HaydenviUend swept down npot illagea with a volume

: water roar nothing contd resist, ivering houses, destroying large luufacturing eatablishmcuts ai tongh they nad been made of cards, irryiug houses, railway station^

rhieh bad been b u dde □ l y^ b urat ^ i

te torrible and t

tho ii

.

he flood which carried away hi ud child. In one factory sovemi women ho wore at work beginning the day'e —i ‘-ntly borne to

with all its de-

poaita

iwned instant

xmsly. One family of six ckildre

as swept away.

The break of tho reservoir come yei suddenly, almost before the inhabitu * " inundated viUagoe bad partake before they had awakened fro mber of tho night before. Tl ■rning waa dark aud cloudy, as if

icpiug with th

:u till- V.

-ious milU along were generally icir daily toil.^

wbim the first symptoms of tho break were discovered by tbe watchman in charge of the dam. These oonsiated of small leak through the lower embanklont, in the direotion of WiUUmsburg. t first the watchman thought little or length tho gap began to widen ud he properly became alarmed ud the Tillages belowf Ho atarted ou a ran for Williamsburg, which waa loss

r,;°o 8 w e „Tfe.‘ud ixedud hclpleai

me without ihe slightest or the sound of a heary train over a covered railroad bridge. vely through tho Tillages of

he'terriblo voi din tho dist ss sweeping ac

rightful, . in the Siro-

ta of safety into very deat . — pMufuTeosowat thato^Dr E. N. Johnson, of Wffllamaburg, wh seised- his two children, and, in com puy wish his wife, started for a big prominence just outside tho Tillage He beeame exhausted and stopped for moment to rest. Tho flood name befor ‘ e could get away, ud all were lost is wife preferring to share death bet ilf rattier than abandon the ones all > dearly loved. It is generally believed that the cun ilioe number 130,* including tho* hose names appear above ud aom ho have not been identified. These Seville, Leeds, and Skinnervilie. No less thu eight ease* of insanity sve followed among those who have id friends by this terri-

rbole fsmiliei ibis disaate.r

.SS

flood,

"sM-tho*. rare hundreds of

md children

It up ud down tho wake - -axing for the remains of lativea ud friends. It wai

twenty minutes from the first in-

tinned ut

ptil.l-

b&o

ud rapid fall, which '-amenao body of water disappeared. When the reporter left Leeds there .ere forty-two bodies lying in U lago church, ud the numoer ws ing momentarily increased.

-* —i were terribly mugled

itterly disfigured as to defy

recognition except by their clothing I article* found in their pockets. Tl head ud upper portion of a young girl waa found in Williamsburg, ud

Haydenvillo, id mugled 1st horrible ud hideous appearindicating a most fearful ud dcaporoto straggle for life. The scene of the disaster has beu visited by thousand*. but the sights wore of such a harrowing nature that the sternest and itouteal were glad to retreat from th* listening spectacle. It is catimated that nearly 100 buddings wore destroyed, ud the total lara s from 81,600,000 to $2,000,000, although of course It ia impossible to ae—irately estimate the damage.

border of the wood of YiDoeiinM. A widow lady nuied Duehatean,

five.

itancce, drowned In a pond he: ihildren, a boy of eight and eg The mind o(.the womu had boaffected from grief at tho loss of uusband a year ago. She aeknowlea that aha did tbs deed, raying take would bare drowned bereelf the water been deep enough. It , in reality, so shallow that ahe it hare forcibly held the Uttle rio-

Wbat ha* a oat that nothing else hast

Items of lateresi. False constructions make unsafe

dwellings.

A Nashville mu broke his leg tbe other day while trying to pat on a

tight boot.

Society, while offering enjoyment of the highest character, impoaea a comaponding obligation. Swinging is raid by tbe doctors to be a good exerciao for health, bnt muy a poor wretch has come to hia death by Now is the time to clou np back yards ud plut a few early marrowfat ^eaa for the benefit of your neighbor's A girl in Liverpool want* to know who has gopher young man. She haauT him there hhi been poetry inkier family for several generations. It is estimated that it takes a domesticated fly a two-billionth port of a second to wink, while u industrious mosquito can do it in one tenth of that time. Corrections solicited.

police fore* of

Alexudria

" Don't

f tha C

■t them

. i supreme court against a rsilTho present year being generally accepted aa the four hundredth aumverng into England, a grand priuters* -ation ia to take place in London

e Herb, a visitor, t il at ho waa seventy-nine year* old, ud had never i ...a. w hcn he beeame giddy, Bank ir, end died.

s of sixty tons, a go in 16TO. T r employed aev

i into the penitentiary."

A Georgia paper ray* : “ E' logo ud borough in tho Stab

psny h

e dea Mot

•voted exclusively to tho raisini uskrats. Last year about 4,000 "estimated that 0,000 will ^e U this year. A Canadian writer complains that United States are drawing away t

magnet of mo

and wealthy as t States, and as wel

thoy don’t pay,

Su Francisco ii

•y. He

io intense as to be visible at a distuce if 200 milos. The machine for the purlose has boon imported from Europe, md will be rim by e steam engine of

bur-horao-power.

Capt. Waito, who recently died at ttamford. Conn., waa a famous mu

l ( )0 jay, of sailing

id tho Atlutio ii than 160 times

V

baby, ud when

ig vcsssli

though lib waa rhon he died. Three hundred barrels of wine, ready or exportation, were recutly confisated in Paris. The content* of tho * a small quantity of alcohol or wine, -

tore of* logwood, sulphate of alumina,

potass, aniline, fnehsine, Ae.

At Great Barrington, Mass., frogs, thinking tke- spriug had emerged from their winter rotrei begu to make sonorous music.

t and A cold great

a, their heads just sticking above - , _en a patool of lawleea lions wut ud picked their heads off one by one. Dr. Livingstone says that Scheie, a famous Afncu chief, observed to him

tnne, -- ito you imagine that these people ever believe by your talking to them 7 I eu make them do nothing except by thrashing them; ud, if you ’ike, I will call my head mu with our /hips of rhinoceros hide, ud will con make them all believe together.”

Xonblng the Crusaders.

A serious diaturbuce occurred on Freeman street, Cineinnati, where a * * were praying in front

A beer wagon driver

named Herxog forced bi* way throngh the crowd of women, and waa beaten

by the byiUndkn. Ho —fi, tl,* -

[o* irxi

used insulting language. Only cue policeman waa on the ground, ud requested the women to return to church, as he would be unable to protect them. *" >men said God would protect nd expressed their determinago on. Tha crowd at this time i violence, but were noisy. When eon aug or prayed, Ibe crowd up a chorus, drowning their Soon after thia the crowd preaacd upon the women, ud begu -waying in a maaa. One aged woman vaa thrown headlong into' tho street, jut fortunately was not injured. Fighting began in tha crowd, and the i way possible, ' escaped 1 ’ from _ crowd ona by one. ud returned to the ohnreh from whieh they earns, it for the at _nd the Ma.- r — is captains of the police te vomen from praying on the .ereafter. The dinturbuco . lie having bean injured. j