Jack Ballast'i Tarn.
My story? WelTl don't sco why I
hould not scratch itdowu. There's noth
ing to be ashamed of In it, so far as I
know, and though regular story writers
mayn't call it "romantic" I think the
wind sets that way myself, and there s a
bit of love in it, too, tuougn you u nn
think I wasasubjoetfora love story,
.-t. .1 I'm r.iil Anouuh. d'ye see,
to
i . -i ' .. .i-ift ana hrawn enou
igh
to be a Hottentot; and as for flesh-well,
no matter; some oi you sum
. . ..in i' ... .......i o i if von 1 ve ai
UI08 Will UU w iun .r.i,
iiiui,ina flmt fracas at Gibraltar
didn't lrove my looks I'll tell you
about that before my story is over, I reck
on; at present I had better heave ahead.
vii, r w . , , I (liorn WHS
hat as 1 am, anu om uo
a time when I was as slender a young Tel
low a shipped before tho mast agin Im
zl.., TI...U lin i ess 'em
parents iuu. -- ,
wanted to mako a counter jumper or mo,
and I tried measuring rags about a year.
Then I could not stand it any longer am
jumped tho old counter anu cui anu v
' II I . I.n..lnrin fnr it A 1700(1 Will
and the only thing I ever regretted was
the way my poor wu mum "
heart. Wait a bit; honor bright, the
. i.:.,
YiUH uno mm- . . ... .
ml ...n- lining I'.lllsll. 11(1 lllllSl
li's
llilllD w ....... j i ,
only daughter, and the prettiest girl I ever
. ' " ii ....... (nut iiuunrl mill
seteyeson. nemmi j-"-
fair as any baby's. As for tier hair, I vi
nt hit In mv old desk up stairs, am
though it has crossod tho ocean about
do.en times it's so bright now you d tak
it for a seld chain coiled uown unuer u
lit of Uu ribbon its tiod with.
!. i itii.uh nun mv cuiitain ashore.
lie
mean to say ho was the bond of the big
dry goods storo whore they first setmo to
measuring rags, and Jenny used to come
ovor every duy attor nuon aim mu
and the like; and, Lord lovo ye I I don't
find fault with the women folks looking
after such things, tho' it don't seem a man's
place to sell 'em. Father and old Mush
were fast friends, and when they found 1
was Bweet on Jenny, they put their heads
together to sanction the match. I was to
be taken into partnership, d'yo see, and
was to step into tho rag business when tho
old man stepped out.
Well, Jenny hihI I were fond of each
other, and I knew it already; si, the old
folks bolngiigreoahle, we saw a good deal
of each other, Sundays ami evenings, to
say nothing of errands she ran to the
store. And I used to wish I could make
up my mind to It ami stay ashore; but i
could not if I died for it. I heard the
waves beating about my head in dreams.
I hated the cloth, yard and scissors ho they
made mo ill. And one night I told Jenny
o. She cried a bit; but by-and-by she
owned that sho didn't hate me for it; and
wo talked over the time when I should bo
captain, and sho muld make every voy
age with mn, and have a cabin liko a par
lor to herself.
Then she let me kiss her. Traps sho
kissed me back; and I cut ell' the yellow
curl I told you of with a pair of scissors
the only really pleasant iob I ever did
with the confounded things in all my life.
That night 1 ran away, and thotnrh I
blubbered like a child when I passed
mother's door, you couldn't have coaxed
mo buck again. What a man wants to bo
he will bo; and there aro men meant from
their cradles for the water as sure as llsli
BTi
l'got a letter from old nininmy that cut
me up; but I knew she U come round, and
I didu t xuess tho worst Mow should 1 I
When it llrst came to me that a man who
sold rags was better than a sailor, it took
my breath away. This was when I first
went homo, d'ye see ? Mamma scolded and
cried and kissed me; but Margaret, Me
linda, and brother Charles Augustus
pitched into mo ferociously. Says they:
"You've disgraced your family we've
been respectable genteel folks all our lives
and now we aro to have a common sailor
for a brother."
I caught it a regular gale, and father
nut lu his oar regarding disobedience
When that came 1 cleared out and went
ovor to old mush's. Nobody was at homo
but Jenny, and she rushed into my arms.
Well, we were bllllu' and cooin', as sweet
hearts mostly do, 1 reckon, when Blush
came home to tea. 1 never heard a gale
of wind roar louder than ho did when he
saw me.
"What do you want here, sir," ho asked.
Savs I, "llon't vou recollect mo, Mr.
Blush? I'm Jack 'llollast."
Says he. "I recollect you well enough;
but how dure you show your face hero
again?"
hays I, "I came to soo my Jenny."
''Your Jenny?" says lie, "My good
fellow, Miss Jennie ltlush is no match for
a common sailor before, the liiast; and
whatover may have been between you
when you were entitled to my respect, it
is all over now. You have your choice of
quietly walking out yourself or of being
kicked out"
Any ono but Jenny's father would have
been (loured for that. 1 just looked up
and down and saw my lists shut up uf
themselves, and tried to keep 'em so.
Says I, as cool as 1 could, "I don't mean
to bo before the mast all uiv life, sir. 1
expect to bo a captain some day."
"And," say old Mush, "a man with uo
advantage, brought up to the sea, might
boast of that; but you might have been a
partner in our tirui You might be a gen
tleman and have as good a business in the
dry goods line as auy man alive. Ami
you have chosen to be a roving rascal.
I'd see my daughter iu her grave before 1
would give her to you. Sam, show this
person out."
This was to the servant just come aboard
with tl coal hod. And when he said that
my fists were beyond my control, and the
last I saw of old Blush he was cu his ba k
on the hfirth rug. Tlieu mvs I to (he
darkey, "touch me if you want to, you
rawal, and then stalked out.
1 saw Jenny on the sly the next day and
tried to get hoc to run away with me; but
the girl had a Mil of her own and knew
her duty.
hays he, "I can't disobev mv father,
Jack. I love yon dearlv.and I'll never
marry any one c!w but it must be all over
between us. I don'tthiuk he would have
-! a. n I ... I a.nn if .mi L. I - ' I ... .. : .
a . . . aa ii ;wu umill I IWfll IU 1U
lent; but now ) never wtll. You've done
it youraelf. Jack," th sid, turning quite
liked the sea best and you're got a instead
uf roe."
Ttioe wera the. last wor.U a.i.l t
u goiug away when I heard little cry,
and turning taw her arma atnu-hed to
wards me; then I went bark aid folded
her to my Doantn and kised her a kundred
time. And I'm afraid I runted th lurJ
old father from the boltcm of my oiil,
though it waan't aloud, for mind ye, a
woman is a woman), and words good
nmiffh for men'i Mm ain't t k atk.
before her. The sight of Jenny aa I left
tmr ith lier vclloti hair all Klnain k,...L
-, - j . ... h vm a
under tht bar tm oraocbea, all brila
with icicle, haunted me for many a long
isy; aci though I loved th sea, there
'I
the
waves whispering her last words over
aK..vD'.i... ,inn. it vnnrgelf. Jack: you
l u u v o mwmw - j ' , ; -,
liked the sea better man m,
. i. ii
t. i II Innn for thfl VPafS tO
by, either on the land or ,n .the..cleiian.
Thev went wun mo aa iw
. ii n..h Uofnrn I knew it
got on wen cnuufci.. --
was first mate.tlien second mate, then
capta n. I suppose l snoum n
1 ' .mi .ul.' i ;.l m In t if it had
tne sea 1111 iuoy uumov. - , -.
not been for the first mate Tom Hamlin.
I loved that fellow as t mignia uroiuu.,..
I'd a better one than Charles Augustus.
At Gibralter Hamblin got into a row with
I.- it-!, ..i.iiora Tlmv'd nil been
some i-jinjiimt nwiu.ui-. j -
,1. innoihur nf eniirse 1 toOK Ills
,.ort Tlmvliiid llrearms about them an
L.i i.a.n nnnn Pneh nther. I didn'tsave
ii it., f... ii...,. ulw.t )i in ili'Hil: but I CO
nullum i"i i"; n.. v
a couple of bullets in me. and was picked
i. ... . ii,.,,., Tnnoii'a lnnker as
UP JUSl a lien uaij uv...... - -- --
ever a man who didn't go into it. I got
well again, and was on the invalid list;
and as I had laid up a handful of money
. . . r I,. mi mi Mil In
and was past lony, i mauu "I'"''
stay at home ami take care of Tom Ham
.ill's orphan children. He had two o
.i i n. I ui.llli.il flnu-n 111 Is OW
Ilium, uoni k1""" ""- .
v,..i, ...,1 f..ii.i,oil tliem home. Door, hair-
starved creatures; for the woman they
boarded with was given io unua, anu
i...f iw.n, n hri.iol nml treacle, and as
they told me I must, I put them in black
iroCKB uiey nuuui n ' -.
in red-and settled down to mako myself
comfortable. Soon 1 looaeu on iur
chaplain, to pass Sunday as it oiigm to ue
i ii,.. Mi.v Kl.nn Tneker's church beini
handy, I shipped him along with the girlt
and, as I always did my duty I never pre.
tomleil not to see tho plate when the stew
ard shovod it up our e w. The Kev. Ehen
T, uiiu n um'illllll! 1111111. IleUSed tC
drop in of evenings and talk to mo about
tnvBonl; and though I can't say but what
I dropped to sleep sometimes, he know
his dutv when ho did it, A captains
duty is one thing, and u oluiplain's is an
other. .
Ono day he spoko -bout poor unman s
iiils. Sava ue, l ou senu mum iu w
don't you?" .t
s,iui mvnn I none i a i is uru uui,
ter without learning if they can read their
Bibles and cipher out tho butcher's bill."
But he kept on, and pretty soon I let
liim xii m inn them. Lord love ye, they
hardlv know their letters. Tho schooling
as well as the board had gono for gin.
"Tin. tinnr lieutlien aro scarcely more
benighted," said our chaplain, lie insists
on my saying pastor, but t'other sounds
best.
Wo must find an instructress for tliem,
captain."
"Surely, " said 1 I wnnteu io uo uiu
best by poor Tom's children that I could
"surely; just mentiuiia schoolmarm chap
lain." , ,
"Said ho, "My own are under the care
of the person who plays the organ a
highlv estimable liuiy in rouueeu circuui-
Hianees. Her school is closo by, flo. ,
Broome street."
S!o lift u-ri In tlm inline anil address Oil U
card, and I promised to tako the girls
tiiere.
Monday morning we took sail. I bought
Vlll Ulll.tlllllf luniks mill Hutehels and slates
ami bv nine o'clock wo wero at the door.
Then 'I looked for tho address card, and
behold ye, I had lost it I However, l was
in port and could nail ineiauyas -sciiooi-
marm.
li,,iii,ii u'in winiiiL' her nves. and lYc
was baw ling out timtsho wanted to go
home. But, says I, ".o, gais, i uon i
u..n,i vim to iirnur mi us liiMiii'htt'd as the
heathen, and that's what the chadain
calls yo now."
So 1 lugged em in and made my rover-
once.
"Duty, maain, says I, "here a two
:irls us needs instruction. Tho Key.
In. ii Tiieker reenmmeuded ve to crive it
'urn nml u liiitever exlm it in for til 11 V i 11 '
the organ, let 'em learu it; for it is you
that works in the top loft Sundays
. ..I.:. iv. ..I.. I.. .1. 11.. I
yotl Know now io uo iu v up n Jai n uuv
last, at your service. Send your bills to
him, and he'll foot 'em !"
1 ain't hold with women. I'm a bit
bashfui before strange tins even yet. And
I hadn't looked at her. But when I spoke
out mv name she cave a little scream and
started back, (if course 1 couldn't help'
looking at her then, and she was sitting
lown with her handkerchief before her
ace.
"Suva I, "I beg pardon, aro you ill,
'
m
ill a a (
Says tdio, still not looking up, "Did you
av your name was Captain Ballast?"
"Jack Ballast, at your service," said I
Says she, "Oil, Jack ! don't you know
me?"
"Says I, "Look up and 1 11 make sua'.
,nd she lifted up her face and 1 saw
ell, it wasn't the pink-cheeked girl 1
new. It wasn't h irirl at all. hut ina min
ute it was Jenny Blush again a great
eiil more limn 1 was jaea ltanasi.
"Jenny," says 1, "Oh, Jenny, is it really
you?"
1 n.l tlimi tlia nnlor fMnui fiitn her I'lumtu
and her eyes glittered, and she whispered.
)li, not tie I ore tlio aeliooi, Jack, lor 1
ad cauifht her up to my heart and kissed
her.
Wo had not much timo to palaver,
then, but 1 came for her in the evening
and took her for a walk. And she told
lll.l ti.lUI thai Mil tttliral III!, I llalaltl ttllill.
recked, and old Blush dropped dead of
iioinexv wueu ue anew u. .mhi now mv
brolher ("limit's Augustus had otiered her
lis hand, but she said no, and preferred
til n,irn linrnwii liviiii? tit liiiirrviiH nnn
she did not lave while there was one liv
ing whom tihe did. And now it was fifteen
ars ago.
Then says I: "Jenny, dear, I lovo you
ttcr than ever, now I've found you
again. hen vou told my brother there
as some one living you loved did you
mean me?'
'Yes, Jack."
"Suva I " iiar viiti'via aiin iiia aa-nutli.
er-beaten, scarred old sailor do you think
. i .. - i
I lie vauie ;
Says she,"I alwavs shall, Jack."
l'..mat nn thiiii bmivbi I An,l nni an.
other word until we came to Kev. l.ben
Tuckers, there 1 rang the bell.
ava sne. ny nave you brougtit me
"Says I, "To make the chaplain marry
us, my love."
Says she. Its too sudden; I rant
What would people aay?'
"Xo matter for the people," says I.
And in we walked. And for all she t )ld
me that no woman was ever married be
fore in a delaine dresa and straw bonnet,
ihe chaplain didn't find it any obstacle,
but spiieed us. And so, after fifteen
years' waiting, I got my Jennie for my
own.
I don.t think she's sorry far it, and I
know 1 ain't, and as for poor Tom's chil
dren, the' a mother to 'em. And
whether them is any romaqce in my
tory or not, it is a happy one fur ma in
i be ending, a lure as my name is Jack
Ballast.
were times, when looking over the side
r ifiita liiwn nnwn 111 U
Bemlnlscencei of Gen. Thoroa.
Stories of the war, especially incident
illustrating the peculiarities ol uencrui
Thomas as a man and commander, form
ed the staple of gossip among the
veterans of his army lately assembled
here to do honor to Lis memory.
"When General Slocnm and fleneral
Kcteham met at the reunion they ex
changed hearty greetings. In the social
chat which followed they wero both re
minded of an episode in which they,
next to General Thomas himself, wero
iu. nntz-ira Tn Murcli. 1K0.J,
Lieutenant Porter, of the Indiana Aol-
unteers, two privates and a wagon ma-
i-.. i.'. .lni.l.oil Irnm thmr train
Uir uwnuiii ui.-."- . . -i
wont out on a foraging expedition, and
woro captured by a party of guerillas.
ri'i. t :....it trail in n. liniiHO BlCfninC
Alio muuwuiiiii " , . .
receipts for the grain with which his
i 1 ..t. 1.1 . ..tiinut
wagons wero ioikiou, wuen um wn.ui
r. nnfm'ninrr tlm two unarmed
ttltuil, tuiiwiu.o .
privates and the wagon master, started
off ahead ol their escort. luv uiwwu
n n luilt. tho watron. ana on
nub iuuu .
his ni)roach was forced to surrender to a
1 . 1 1 1HA.1 (hn
party who nan aireauy ubjuuiuu
:. iri, fiif uriuniiArs wnro made
Hilton. iuo -
to rido until midnight, whon tho parly
halted and prepurcu to cump. im
i.,ia nf tlm nvisonera woro tied behind
them, and they were mado to stand in a
row two or three yarns irom men mo
tors. At the signal the latter urow inuir
revolvers, and fired at tho prisoners.
Three prisoners wero shot dead at the
first fire, but Lieutenant l'orter was not
hit. He sprang away in tne uarituess,
and nfter doubling on his pursuers sev
eral times, at last threw himself over a
bank into tho river, haviag first suc
ceeded in freeing his hands. Ho finally
reached camp in safety.
When the circumstances of this atrocity
were mado known to General Thomas,
,n.li,rniiti'nn knew 111) bound. AftOT
considering the matter he decided upon
a novel method ol retaliation, aim uiiu
which subsequent events proved to bo a
most effectual preventative of guerilla
murderers. This was to levy ..0,000 on
of tlm rebel citizens within
a circuit of ten miles of tho place where
tho murders wero committed, the pro
coeds to bo devoted to relieving the fami
lies of tho murdered men. General
Hlocum was charged with tho execution
of this order, and detailed Colonel
Keteham, now well-known Kepreseiitn-
i.tivn in (Vintness of tho Xllltll New
York District, to mako tho assessments,
and seize property to cover tho amount
named, if no better method of collecting
shoult suggest itself. Doubts were ex
pressed with regards to tno success oi
im niVnrt lint, Colonel Keteham pro
ceeded so vigorously in his work that ho
was enablod to collect and sen property
to tho value of 8.'55,()40. General iSlocum.
in rniifii-timr tho result to General
Thomas, paid Colonel Keteham a high
noniiilinient, for skill and enertrv. He
also recommended that after the sum of
$10,000 to the family of each ol the dead
unl.liuru ulinutil li .mill ami ft few hun
dred dollars assessed upon persons who
. i . i . .. ... ,i i. . i
lias atterwards proven io uo inenuiy mm
boon repaid, tho remainder, about SoOOO,
iliould bo divided among the families of
two other soldiers of tho command who
had lost their lives nt tho hands of tho
tierillas. All of this was done.
General Thomas himself was not a man
r.( iiimiv an, in, lilt, iu ill! tlllil HO Ktol'ieH
for tho Bako of stories, nor was ho one
ho taught by paramos, as iur. jjiucoiu;
ut ho iiad a military habit of speech,
'oncise. pithy and epigramatic. ins
eply to General Sherman, who criticisod
is 'abundant baggage, that ho did not
roposo to march without food to eat and
bed to sleen in. is familiar to all and
liiiviiiteriu(ii! of till) Illftll. It was his
onsiderate attention to tho comfort and
'tilth of his men that earned for him the
'anions nickname of "rap." When it is
considered that perhaps two-thirds of
io gaps iu tho ranks of a regiment nt
io close of a campaign are duo, not to
in lmlliitu of mi nneiov. but to the
thoughtlessiiessor incompetency of those
u charge ot the health aim sirengin oi
lie army, his care in this respect fully
iiirrants tho admiration and love from
is old subordinates of which tho recent
.emonstr.ition was an expression.
At the same timo ho was too good and
imt ii (liuinriil to iierniit, till!) desire for
comfort to degenerate into indulgence,
and he was especially opposed to
predatory fofiiging for luxuries. "On
ono occasion," said General Negley the
her night, "while the army wero at
nvfriutailiiii'M tlm llnneriil uent for metii
insist upon a stricter discipline of my
ilivision. Clinm luiil been a tire iu tho
town, and before the bricks wero cooled
the soldiers carried them oil to the camp
i ! .. ii .. :i.i. .1.
nr enimneys. ii is iiosniuii huh me
re had been of incendiary crigiu, such
eeidentH often huntien near camps. At
any rate GeneralT'liomas se;:t for me mid
said:
'This must be stopped, or the nrst
th
ing you know they 11 carry oil the
linlt tiiu-n "
win
Sai.l a ili-itinTiiwluvl niivftl fillleer lit the
minion: "Thomoa was an old-fash ioued
urt of a man. Ho reminded me of Zach
'avlor. Ho tmik the refuse which Sher
man left behind and worked it over, re
treating before Hood until he got ready
til tit-lit and then lie etennoil him out.
n - - -
Personally, he was a kind, quiet man,
who would hear whMvou had to sav and
treat even body well. In some respects
he was like Admiral toote, thought he
wasn't so heiivv Oft religion mill ti imier-
ance. But he was a good man, moral
man; in snort, ue was an om-iauioucn
man."
Another gentleman traced some
features of similarity between General
Thomas and General Washington. Both
were Yirgiuiana of an imposing prvNtnce.
of incorruptible integrity, endowed with
anli.l ratlmr tlmn lirilliuiit t,i1.mt lu.intT
General bettor qualified, perhaps, for
defense than for attack, "and both
'Papa, " he added, by way of ieoration.
The best poker-player in Eureka be
longs to the church, l'erhajut it should
be aildeU that he baa stopped playing.
A little fellow, on going for the first
to church where the pewa were Tery
high, waa askeJ on coming out what he
did in church, when he replied: "I went
into a cupboard and took a seat on a
shelf.
Ditohca are dng alongside the Iron
Mountain and Southern railroad, three
feet wide and two dp, by tnewnanfgn
enormous plow, which is drawn by a
locomotive. Thi machina does the work
of a thousand moL.
The British Uniforms.
It may be mentioTTd that the English
Av fsthe most expensively dressed
ofTny in Europe; this is partly a conse
ouence no doubt, of their system of
?oluntary enlistment, which makes it
necessary that the soldier's life, and c
" . ,i.'i.! iinuii aimnlil appear at-
Eve to the vagrant ppulation from
which recruits are mainly obtained, ihe
greater costliness ol the cavalry uniform,
grenici y. runner B Coat
una the woY in " --. -ia
bo dfzeneU with tags and embroidery
would seem to indicate that the cava ry
i .. ....l,.r anrvifA than tllO -
is a less iiuiiuii" ..
antry.nieding special a factions as
indeed -is only natural with nn insular
nnnlfl. the inclosed nature of whoso
country affords little acope for cavalry
operations, while, that branch seldom
. 'i i : tlm iufiliitnl fixnodltions to
taaes a pari . --i -
distant regions of which tho military
. ,i iyiiiitiIv e.oni-
records oi tno inuiuu mo ..v
..i t-ti.a itritiun oven more than
' .. 41. Inn.linrr tinvt, has
in otner armies, uiu i"""b i ,
always been played by the mlantrv, ana
its triumphs have always been associated
with the prowess of the arm. iiut al
though the British uniform in an
, ..tl tlm roan It. to forOllin
uruueiies is uuonj , . y
oves is hardly commensurated with the
outlay. What these people wnu
"smartness" is tho thing now most aimed
at in their uniforms; smartness at pres
ent taking the form of retrenchment of
the skirts of tho tunic till hardly any
i.:... ii.ft A t.lins curtailed (verk-
urzter) guardsman, his scanty coat sur
mounted by an enormous shako, and his
trousers tucked into goiters, seen alone,
i ,... I.., u n vnrv forlorn
as wueu oil Beuiij, 'yj i Ii
and top-heavy appearance, although the
... . .v. .ti omiiiirli Unt in
eiiect in mo niusmn --
undress no skirts at all are worn, and
smartness takes tho form of an almost
delicate tightness of dress. To see one
of their tall troopors for although com
pared with us tho English are a -mall
race, they have a sulliciency of tall men
wherewith, to overweight their limited
number of troop-horses wearing on the
extreme edge of his head a little cap,
about as useful as the pocket-handkerchief
a lady carries nt a ball, and a
curious instance of surviual, (Zopfthum)
his legs incased iu very tightly-strapped
trousers, and the upper part of his body
in n very tight and very short jacket,
with not a pocket big enough to hold
even a sausago, looking altogether the
pictnro of discomfort and smartness
when I sco one of these long-legged
giants walking in Blooiusbury Gardens,
or other fashionable resort for the child
ren of the aristocrasy and their female
attendants, my impulse is always present
tho poor fellow with a petticoat to wrap
around him. Also, when dining with
the officers and on more then ono oc
casion during my visit to England havo
these hospitable islanders pressed ou me
their good solid food and fiery Xeres and
Oporto wines in their camps of Aldcrshot
and Shorncliflo when I have seen n
stout and rubicund field officer, whose
short open "shell jacket" displayed all
tho proportions of his portly frame, me
thought that the long frock-coat worn by
all branches of our army was both more
comfortable and more decent. But, as
I have said, tho English are nn imitative
people in military affairs, and perhaps
before long will adopt this our good cus
tom of a coat that really covers, as they
have adopted our helmet and many other
parts of our system. Captain Von
Schwert, in Fortnightly Review.
Tlte Lute Editor or the London Times.
Tho cable announces tho death of
John Tbaddeus .Delano, who was for
thirty six years editor of tho London
Times. Ho withdrew in 1877, in ill
henlth, and passed the closing years
ot his life in retirement, chiefly in
tho south of Franco and Italy. Mr.
Delano was (J2 years of age, an Ox
ford graduate and a London barris
ter, ilis father had been in former
years tho business manager of tho
Times, and ho entered tho ouico m
lSiJO as assistant to the then editor,
Thomas Barnes, whom ho succeeded
as oditor in 1811. The career of Mr.
Delano is the history ot the great
London neivspaper ut its highest
point, and he ut reeled us course
through the eventful period since
1810 (with one exception) with won
derful success, lie never held auv
othei position, and was rarely away
from liis post of duty, but always,
wheu in London in health, stavini;
at the oflico until tho paper went to
press, and attending to every detail
of the make-up of the reading pages.
Ho made a brief visit to tho I nited
States in 18;i7. .Mr. Delano was a ro
bust, enercetic man. and uhvsicullv
a typo of the best class of hngland.
no nan a nearly manner tnat capti
vated all who came in contact with
him. whilst he had o superior in
quickly measuring tho drift of public
opinion, ann testing mo sense oi the
ruling classes of Groat Britain upon,
great questions of State policy. He
was a brilliant conversationalist, and
for many yiars prominent in Loudon
society, his great abilities and charm
ing manners giving him the entree to
tho highest circles. To these quali
ties and advantages he owed much of
his success iu directing the courso of
tho Times. The control of that in
fluential journal was for a long per.
iod iu the hands of Mr. Delano and
his two brothers in law, Sir George
Webbo laseut, who was assistant
editor, and Mowtray Slorris, the
business manager. Mr. Morris retir
ed several years ago iu broken
health, subsequently dying, and Mr.
Dasent was made a British Civil Ser
vice Commissioner in 1S70, beinz af
terwards knighted. Tho control of
the Tuna then passed to John C.
Mac Donald, the present manager,
and Dr. T. Chcncry, the present edi
tor, who succeeded Messrg. Morris
and Pelane, though John Walter
M. Tn the chief proprietor, exercises
a close supervision. During the past
five rears there has been a change in
the cbiefa of all the leading depart
ments of tho Trnes, including some
ol the etiet ioreign correspondent"
Pot to Sleep.
It is well knownlhat in the year .1851
Mr. Braid, a Scotch surgeon, estaWiBhed
in Manchester, who was present at the
Sesmorio exhibitions of.ontoe.wai
first struck with the idea that . these
phenomena, proclaimed as tho effect of a
magnetic fluid, were only a m1 '
Sequence of the fixed look and entire ab
straction of the attention, which present
themselves under the monotonous manip
ulations of the magnetizer. Mr. Bmd
1 J l.: oarrwirinniVl tllfl entll'0 UlS"
nroveu m mn oyvw
ableness of a so-called magnetizer and
his supposed secret agents or uu ur
i i ii,..mi, nortnin manipulations:
he taught the subjects of the experiments
to place themselves in this sleeping con-
. -1 tlmm (ra7A tlt-
dition ny snnpiy mucins o-- ---edly
at some object for a long time with
strict attention and unmoved gaze. It is,
therefore, clear that this condition of the
nerves, caused by the steady look and
attraction of attention, in one part of the
brain, brings tho other part into action
with it and changes tho functions, to
whose normal activity tho phenomena of
tho will are united. This is the actual,
natural, physiological connection of this
mysterious appearance. It only remains
to us now to ascertain which portions of
the brain first and second become
altered, and in what those changes co: ust.
According to Braid, for example, on
ono occasion, in the presence of 800 per
sons, ten out of fourteen full grown men
were placed in a sleeping condition in
this way. All began the experiment at tho
same time; tho former with their eyes
fixed upon a projecting cork, placed
tlieir foreheads: the others.
at thoir own will, gazed steedily at cer
tain points in the direction of the audi
ence. In the course of ten minutes tho
eyelids of these ton persons had volun
tarily closed. With somo consciousness
remained; others were in catelepsy, and
ontirolv inKfinsililo to beinar stuck with
needles, and others on awakening, know
absolutely nothing ol wnat mui taken
place during thoir sleep. Even more;
three persons of tho audionco fell asleep
without Braid's knowledge, after follow
ing the given direction of gxing their
eyes steadily on some point.
Braid's experiments, which are desig
nated as the beginning of a scientific in
vestigation of extremely complicated
nervous phenomena, did not find at first
the esteem and homago due to them, and
gradually sank into oblivion. This is
...,l;.,r,',l In. tlm fn'f tlmf fliev wern fts-
sociated with mesmerism; and Lafontaino
whose "magnetic exhibitions were tno
first cause of Braid's investigations, pro
tasted, not without animosity, that
"hypotism, or "Braidism, was identi
fied with his "mesmerism." Braid him
Kolf in tlm eonrse of his experiments.
seems to have lost his former scientific
force as an inv estigator. I hen, m loos,
Mr. Grimes, the American, with his
"Electro-Biolgy," appeared and took up
the intellectual epidemic of medium and
spiritual apparitions, which were wit
iiiomi'il in iiMtnnislmient and saw the
whole world more or less impressed by
it. It was, naturally, tnen, not ai au
surprising that hypotism, or Braidism,
remained almost unknown to science.
Only once it attracted scientific attention
and iterest, and then only for a short
timo. This was in 1851). in December.
ufter Velpeau atid Broca, two well known
surgeons of a La bocietie do Cmrurgie,
in l'aris, caused tho most intense sensa
tion by placing twenty-four women in a
sloeniiiir condition bv Braid's method.
and then performing surgical operations
without causing the slightest pain.
SHORT ITEMS.
Is the knot ina porker's tail a pigs
tie. A rich relation The telling of a racy
story.
Mosqnitoos penetrate into tho best io-
cietv.
Ought a baker drive a thorough bread
horse.
An arrow-minded class Thoso devoted
to archory.
Case of rapture Where a lover is
wrapped up in his girl.
Oll'-lish-ally speaking Eeports of Fish
Commissioners.
The Nihilists are making desperate
efforts to an-nihil-ate the Czar.
Motto of Louisiana "If at first you
don't succeed, lie, lio again."
Tho way Hanlan beat Elliot was his
superior manner of Hanlan his oars.
Though all vessels aro not propellers,
yet every vessel has its (s)crew.
Brigham Young's estate finally sim
mers down to 175,000, which is to be
divided among seven heirs.
The grand secret of Iiussian valor
There's so much "itch" to their names
it's no wonder they "come up to the
scratch.
"Throw him a rope," the Philadelphia
Ti'aim'rhtt remarks, is the proper thing
to say when you see a friend of yours
overboard. Tho effect is magical.
All the axes aud buck-saws found in
the ruins of Pompeii are of liijht make.
an if constructed for woman's use.
Those old ancients knew their little
business.
Conundrum bv Smvtliekins- "Wbv
is the Captain of a ship like an astrono
mer.' All of iMnvthekins lellow-boarders
gave it up. fcBie, brought us the answer:
.because he sees tars.
There is an old lady, 107, in Boston,
who never uses sjiectacles, and whose
sight is as good as it ever was. fP. S.
the Boston Pott, which records this re
markable fact, adds that the old lady was
Dorn Diind.j
The clergyman in a certain town, as
the custom is, having published the
bonds of matrimony between two per
sons, was followed by the clerk's read
ing the hymn beginning with these
words: "Deluded souls that dream of
Leaven!
What baa become of the old race of
circus clowns, those genial, jolly fel
lows who made one laugh at the oldest
jokes? Traiitcript. Just as if you did
not know they are paragraphers on the
daily papers,
"Iley, vot you vas geshtoodring.
say?" "Xow, ofe man, nf yon only "don't
say geshtoodying; aber stoodyingr
"Vife, you hear mit dot? Dot poy tells
aomeding to his old fader. Uf I don't
t&s sent yoa bei dot school, and haf vou
dot Enkliah getaught, how you know vot
Toa der war right to trespeak, eh?
n -la.,. -
Aueweu:
Good Talkers,
THE NEED OF THEM,
It seems to me that tho. great want of
society at the present day is good convcr
sationalists. In fact, one who excels in
tho art of conversation has got to be so
rare a bird upon the earth that a host or
hostess at a dinner or eveninz party j8 t
his or her wits' end to find some ono
possesses that rare gift, to prevent their
guests from growing dull or stupid and
matters in general becoming prosy HU(i
lacking in interest. One reason of t)ej,
scarcity is that society has to a great ex
tent learned to do without them. C
other words, the tenor Of the talk at the
ordinary social gathering has become such
a volume of nonsense and frivolty that
insttuctive conversation has become a lout
art, br has been retired to the privacy of
the timily circle. We do not hear in'tliig
latter day of men and woineu achieving a
widareputation us brilliant conversation
alistsus they did in days gone by. Ju
supplse Madame Do Stael should drop
into (jie midst of an evening entertain
nientut one of our social gatherings and
slioull attempt to introduce or discuss the
problems of ethics, philosophy, and polj. '
tics, which mode her a national reputation
as a caivorsationulists, and her piescnce
nccesilry to the success of almost every
literarj soiree in Paris, and whoso charm
ing powers of conversation kept constant
ly aroind her statesmen, poets, and phi
losophirs, pleased listeners and urocnt
admires.
In ths age she would be denounced as
an olib woman with a hobby, and be
a bore if the llrst magnitude. - She could
no inorij adapt herself to the tone of soci
ety of tie present day or mingle in its
convorsition than the eaglo could adopt
the mainers and customs of the duck,
Imaging her seated upon one end of a sofa
in the d'awingroom with her highly orn
ameutel fan before her face, and her eyes
peeringfrom behind it at a young Ado'nij
ut the oher end of the sofa, and with the
most languishing air and bewitching smile
possible, saying, "Now, Mr. A, I think you
are real nean."
The ajn of both men and women in
modern society should be to elevate the
standard of conversation and restore to
society tie literary tone that social gath
erings" used to and ought now to possess.
As it exilts at present, conversation hag
become a, pile of words, a great deal of
talking aid not much said.
The question presents itself: Can it be
remedied! if so, how? The reason, I be
lieve, wly the art of conversation has
reached it present low ebb is because we
do not understand or appreciate each
other's wfrth. In other wordsj the gen
tlemen hate become thoroughly impressed
with the ilea that in order to make them
selves agrueable to the ladies they must
keep up a'constant stream of nonsense
and silly utterances; und the ladies seem
to havo formed the same idea in regard
to the gentlemen, until out of this mutual
misunderstanding has grown this empty,
meaningless jargon of words at almost
every Bocial gathering a sorh of shower
of soap bubbles.
I was present at an evening party not
long ago, and was sitting with a xroup of
ladies and gentlemen, when a lady whom
I had known slightly in society fur nearly
a year, mid whose mission I had always
supposed to be to "bow, aud smirk, and
giggle," began to speak of a new work of
un'uuthorshe hud been reading, and with
an earnestness of manner, spoke of her
admiration of the writer's style, and, to
utter astonishment, proceeded to point out
what seemed to her his strong and weak
points as an author. The effect upon the
group around her was apparent. An in
terest, was at once awakened in the topic
of conversation, and when it ended a
pleased expression was visible upon the
countenances of all who heard it. Aud
upon leaving the house some one remarked
thut the young lady in question had been
unusually fascinating during the evenin.
The truth was; she had only dropped her
soeiety face and manner and was appear
ing as herself. In her tittering and gie
gling she had supposed she was simply
making herself agreeable. What we want
is to know and understand each other
better.
In order to improve the tone of conver
sation I do not mean that we are to be
grave and stiff in our deportment. I mean
tlmt. wKflhnuld be brilliant, firav and spark
ling; but let us be sensible ubout it. I am
heartily opposed to any tombstone solem
nity or old fogyism about social entertain
ment. I am one of those who believe
that a ladv can wear her hair banged, ami
have a trail to her dress "nine yards long
and all the ruflles and furbelows shejin
pile on, and still have a head "chuck full
of hard, solid sense, and that a gentleman
..or. nnrt Ilia llHir 111 tllR IllilllllO ( bllt 1
would earnestly advise him not to infringe
upon the province of the ladies tothatex
tent) and still be a sensible man.
To remedy this evil tendency ofsocietv
all we have "to do is to be ourselves and tit
ourselves by mental culture for our part
in the reform. Conversation is an an ii
can be acquired by anyone, and is readily
possessed by a familiarity with current
events and literature. I believe that ihe
greatest aids to instructive conversation
....... : I nnnl-
are metropolitan nianaziues
ptrs of the present dav. Bead and stui J
them carefullv und talk about the
jeets and questions of which they treat to
your friends, and you will soon become
so interested in the movements of civiliza
tion tlmt you cannot uelp talking mb''
them and talking well. AJlX-
a .t,v ,lnT-nt;nn tn Christ's service 19
another cure for spiritnal despondency.
. - . 1 InniT 111-
The faith faculty gets nnmo oy -
action, but as a iiino .becomes
1 i it . . ; vt niit,i'iiiit lilt
anu useless 11 it u ,
love-power grows cold if it 13 not kept
1 .:.! u'a With run
urea np. nucu num uu -
low. the soul easily falls into an ague m-
When a desponding CunsuaB
came to old Dr. Alexander lor re
pray continually." "What do you prsj
for?" The young student said, "IpJ
that the Lord would Hit upon me 1 u
"Then." re-
ilKUb Ul 11" v v. u ' ,
plied the sagacious veteran, "go now ano
pray mat tie nui uw juu iui mct..
sion of sonls." This was on the priuei
Vof a man vnn in in dancer of freer
ing, will keep himself warm by pullinf
others out ol tne snow, eaious ui"
for Christ seldom drift into the region ol
fogs. They are too busy to nurse doubts.
and the exercise 01 tneir graces ci
thern in a glow. I Theo. L. Cuyler.
"Couldn't yon lend me $5?" "Yes.
could, but I won't" "Then you thin1
I wouldn't pay you back?" ',Yes, J
would, but you couldn't"
"Single man, sir?" asked the lawyer J
the witness took Lis place. "Yes, n,
waa the reply. Lawyer: "Wife living
Confusion and rapid explanations.
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