A PARABLE
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Bjad nlnvelf known the children ot earth.
JKSoTd. now. the OIor of .11 goo.l lnli.gs
u. le u welcome with pomp and i U
wnom ioue H -!nt7 and sreau'
wiih carpU ot ROM the ground th- pwad
Siirew fib. Sou nf Man anould triad.
7 j u. n.liii chiniwr lufiy uud rare
"ooJXhla sua aernd him rtk klngiy fare.
nreat nrsanearrwd hrouh arches dta
Their lu" Win I" l,flM h'' , . ,,
Infl iu rlmrrh aud palms', anl Judgment bill,
u"wbiimiiieblgbov IU
nut itlM. wherever hli tf Di they ltd,
Thi I ord In awrow bout duwn bla bud.
indVcm in 'Itrlhr bMf r itmUtl'in atone.
TMrUiot M:y heard bitter croana.
ind In cbnrcb. nd pilar. nd l iilgment hall,
u. marktd gn at flurea lUat runt the wall.
And opt-uid wider and et mora wide
ii tbe llvlug foundation heaved and .Ighed.
Hare ye frmudel yourthronei and Allan, then,
nn the bodlei and hjuI of living met,?
And Iblna ye (hat building jhail tndure.
y, n cb auelUiri the noble and cruibea tuu pooif
With gatftof tilvcr and br ef goM
hve lencf d my b' to froui lliulr Fa .her
I have heanl lbs drop;liu of in )lr tear'.
In buavcu tbco tlibicsu buudrcd ver.
0 Lord ard Matter, not onr the guilt.
We built but our father built,
Bshold Iblne Inline bow thi-v Mam ,
HovuKlgu and aoie, tbrouli all our land.
our iai It bard-wlth twerd and t inio
To bold tbe cnh forever the mm.
And wl'h nbarp oroolia nf Hut to kii-p
8J1I, thou Ufitst tbeni, thy abeip.
Then Chrlat rongbt out an aitimn,
A low browed, a'untfd, bugtnrd man,
And a mothurlt a girl, whow llngi-ri tbla
Fiubtd from htr faiully w.ut aud tin.
TbiH act be 1 1 the mldt of Ibcm.
Aud aa they drew back Hielr garment bem,
Knr letrof defliemeut."lfl. here.'1 tald he,
'The Image ye have made of me.
8 -Jimtaltuiicll Lowell.
fold,
WHY HE MA It III ED HEK.
Everybody at Mayport said thnt no
body knew why Colonel Iloavo married
Eunice Perrang. Everything but her
looks seemed to be against the girl.
Even ber iiamo was used to ber detri
ment, for no one bad ever beard it any
wbore else as that of any family, either
good or bad, unless, perhaps, it was a
corruption of the French Perrin, in
which case it implied that the young
woman's own branch of tho family must
Lave fallen very low to Lave aocepted bo
vulgar a pronunciation.
But the name was only tho beginning
of Miss Perrang's drawback. Her father
bad nothing but money gaiuod by com
pounding liquors to make biui promi
nent at Maj port, and in spending this
bis tasto was so bid that he seldom suc
ceeded in not being offensive Ilia wifo
was a handsome woman who was not
without dignity, but an unfortunate
fondness for opium ami other stimulants
had occasionally caused ber to act so
strangely when in conipuuy that invita
tions to her parties becumo inoro and
more productivo of regrets, and they
were returned less and less. Whon.sud
deuly, Mrs. Perrang realized her posi
tion, she changed her set for the ono of
which her husband was tho most fond,
and ber habits also changed for this
worse.
People did not drop Eunice ns thor
oughly as they did ber parents. Whilo
at school tho girl's high spirits, good
temper and generosity mado her a favor
ite, uud as she was handsorao as well as
lively tho young men joined their sistors
in defending her whenever they her al
luded ta merely as "one ofthe Perrangs."
Beside, there wero mothers and fathers
who pitied the girl and were quite willing
that their own family circles should make
someameuds to her for what she lacked
at home. But ns she becamo a woman
and found herself the favorite of most of
tho young men in tho town, many maid
ns and their parents perceptibly ceoled
in their apparent regard for her. Re
garded only as a young woman, she was
at least the equal of any of her old
schoolmates, but as a girl who might
marry and compel a blending of good
family names with that of Perrang, she
was too dredful to be thought of for an
mstanr.
The girl was wise enough to detect the
general change of manner as soon as it
began and to know the reason. Tho ef
fect was what it would have been on any
other young woman of pioprr self re
spect. People who tried to keep her at
a'distance, or to let her alone, were vig
orously "cut" as soon as their purpose
became manifest, so she was soon com
pelled to choose between no society and
that which her father's ostentatious nse
of money attracted. She chose the for
mer, or almost that, for, of her old ac
quaintances about tho only ones who re
mained faithful wero Colonel Reave,
who spent his occasional leaves of ab
sence at May port, Dr. Morsley, who was
rector of the church wh'ch she attended,
and Mr. Bonnarton, a New York mer
chant who had plenty of money, an in
valid wife and two disagreeable daugh
ters. People then said that if poor Eunice
ever married, her husband would have
to oome from her father's detestable set,
for Dr. Morsley, although a widower,
believed it a sin to take a second wife,
and he was a man of charaoler so strong
that be would never abandon a principle.
The colonel was not to be thought of as
a possible husband; many a mother had
endeavored to win him for her daughter,
but the colonel came to Mayport only to
be near the grave in which, fifteen year
before, he bad placed the ' woman
whom he bad engaged to marry. Mr.
Bonnarton was far more likely to become
a husband, for bad not his wife been ill
for years?
But some people had heard stories
about Bonnarton. A young lady who
once disappeared suddenly from Bociety
in New York was never afterward seen
at the theater, the sea shore or in Eu
rope except with Bonnarton as her es
cort. His manner was engaging, his will
persistent and his principles no higher
than absolutely required by business.
So, when Eunice Perrang began to ride
and dine with him, seeming to enjoy bis
attentions, a number of fathers and
mothers who bad consciences began to
repent of their course toward the girl,
and to try to change it, but when tbey
attempted this, they found the girl'aown
will in their way, so, as people always
do in such cases, they attributed ber
manner to the worat reason that sug
gested itself. They confidently expected
a scandal, for some unfortunate specula
tions had recently deprived Perrang of
all his money, and soon after liquor
rnhtuM turn nf his life. What co aid be
u,;cici c! irl lik; Eunice wbea elie
bad neither futhcr nor inouey, and was
loved, after a Tuition, by a rich man who
alieady bad a wife?
A few poople begged Dr. Morsley to
redoublo his endeavors to exert n good
influonce over tho girl; they got for their
pains some lectures, severer than any
one not a clergyman would dare give,
for thoir own neglect; indeed, the good
rector's indignation cost him two
families who bad always occupied very
high-priced pews. Others wanted to
speak to Colonel Heave, but he had sud
denly becomo almost unapproachable;
he accepted scarcely any invitations; he
seemed in bad spirits, aud wero it not
that be was sceu oftener than usual at
tho grave of his Inst sweetheart, his ac
quaintances might have believed that be
was piqued at Eunice's preference for
Bonnarton.
As for the merchant, his personal ap
pearance and spirits improved stealily,
and those of his neighbors who were fa
miliar with him said in confidence to
other intimates that when rallied about
Miss Perrang, the merchant would smile
as if he bad every reason to be satisfied
with bis prospects, and when asked,
hypocritioally, how the colonel was get
ting along with Miss Perrang, the answer
generally was that the colonel had almost
ceased calling, for whenever he came tho
youug lady was almost suro to be euter
tainiug better company.
On one of the rare occasions when the
colonel allowed himself to accept an in
vitation, one of the guests said:
"I beard to day that Bonnarton had
bought Martin's place at the Kidge. It's
a charming little nest, but it's two miles
from anywhere. What do yon suppose
he wants with it?"
Nobody could guess; those who might
have done so saw Colonel Reave frown,
so they thought it best to remain silent.
"Don't you understand?" persisted
tho informant, with a half-tipsy leer that
was nevertheless significant.
"No," said tho host, hurriedly, taking
tbe fellow's arm, "nor do yon, Robin
son, Gentlemen, suppose we join tho
ladies?"
All acted on the suggestion but the
colonel, who begged to be excused for
the remaindor of the evening. An old
wound was troubling him, bo said, and
he would rather be no company than bad
company.
But instead of going to the cottage of
an old soldier servant, where he was the
only boarder, tbe colonol strode iu the
opposite direction. Dr. Morsley, who
hud been a fellow guest, aud had heard
of whut had been said, begged bis host
to let him escape from tbe house unseen
and follow tho colonel, for he feared
something might happen should tho
soldier meet well, he would mention no
names.
The host understood, and smuggled
the doctor's bat and cane from the
dressing-room, and the reverend gentle
man escaped by a side door so speedily
that he reached the sidewalk almost as
soon as the colonel. By walking on tho
sodded portion of the sidewalk, ho fol
lowed rapidly without making any
noise.
But the trip did not progress exactly
as tho doctor had expected. Instead of
going directly to Bonnarton's bouse or
to tho Perrang place, tho colonel went to
the little village cemetery.
Tho doctor promptly became ashamed
of himself; although he was glad to have
tho colonel as regardful as himself of
Eunice- Perrang's reputation, and was
rather sorry that the colonel's abrupt de
parture had not been caused by the in
sinuation ho had beard, the errand upon
which his military friend was now bent
Reemi'd of far higher nuture than
chastising an old profligate. Tho old
mail was about to retrace his steps, wh n
it occurred to him that tho colonel had
been in such bad hertlth and snnits for
a month or two that be might not be safe
company for himself at a time when he
preforred a lonely graveyard to a cheer
ful feast.
Ho bad beard of middle-aged lovers
killiuur themselves at the graven of their
dead sweethearts; so be felt it would cot
be indelicate if he were to watch the
colonel for a few minutes. Tho grave
was near a hedge that separated the cem
etery grounds from the garden of ono of
the doctor s parishioners; so the old man
tiptoed through tho garden and closo to
the Lodge just in time to hear the col
onel sav:
"It is not for my sako, Agnes, but for
hers.
Then the colonel arose from bis knees,
passed out of tbe cemetery, and walked
rapidly toward Miss Perrang's house.
The doctor followed rapidly, his head in
a whirl. The colonel entered the house,
and a moment later the clergyman
peered in the parlor window, saw that
only Eunice ana tne colonel were mere,
and whispared:
"Thank God!"
The colonel complimented the lady on
her appeal anco and was told in replv that
Miss Perrang had never seen him look-
ins better. This assurance seemed to
please tbe colonel, for his eye brightened
as if bis mind had been cleared in some
way. He answered quickly that no man
whoso heart was so entirely and worthily
filled could help looking bis best.
"Oh, Colonel!" exclaimed Miss Per
rang, playfully, "that sounds very much
as if you were in love. Do tell me who
the happy woman is?"
"May I tell you in confidence?" asked
the colonel, gravely; he extended his
hand as he added: "We are old friends,
you know. You won't laugh at me if
you don't approve of my choice?"
"Laugh at yon, Colonel Reave?" ex
claimed Eunice. "No woman could do
that. The woman whom the one great
catch of Miyport is in love with is "
"You, Miss Perrang," interrupted the
colonel. "Forgive an old soldier's
bluntness if I ask you plainly will you
marry me?"
The lady's self possession forsook her;
so, apparently, did her tongue. All she
conld do was to stare blankly.
"Hav I offended you! ' ai-ked the col
onel, gently.
"You have honored me as no man ever
did. I cm at least be frank in re
turn." She averted her eye and con
tinned: "Peoplo have talked about me and
yon have beard them there, there, don't
break a soldier's word for the sake of be
ing polite."
"I Lave beard scarcely anything acd
believed nothing. I will believe nothing
bat what you yourself tell me."
"I can only say there is nothing to
tell." aaid tbe lady. j
"Certain.' net," Bail tba calm!.
"But," continued Miss Terrang, "poo.
pie will say cruel things about a friend
less girl."
"Ihen peoplo should bo kept in older
by a man who has a right to speak for
her and whose word no ono daro
impugn."
"Your name and family is bold iu high
honor"
"Care for thom, for me," interrupted
tbe colonel, "and let me guard you in
return."
Whether Miss Perrang would have
hesitated longer is known only to herself
and the colonel, for the latter, hearing
tbegato closo and steps approach the
bouse, quickly throw his arms around
the astonished girl and kissed her on
both cheeks. A moment later Mr.
Bonnartou entered the room and seemed
displeased at what ho saw, but tho
colonel, who scorned to bo in high glee,
said:
"Good evening, Mr. Bonnarton, you
have arrived just in time to bo the llrst
to congratulate ns on our engagement."
Mr. Bonnarton merely glared.
Miss Perrang without tho slighlest
sign of fear returned bis look, upon
which Bonnarton said: "Good night,"
and abruptly quitted the room. As bo
did so Dr. Morsley sneuked away from
tho window where ho had been listeuiug,
dropped on his knees behind a nuglcctud
roso clump and offered np a prayer that
he had never seen in print. A few weeks
later he joined tho colonel tnd Eunice in
marriage, and everybody who was any
body camo to tho wedding and visited
the brido always thereafter. The
colonel, in spite of bis long devotion to
first love, became a very happy husband.
As for Bonnarton, bo was so unmerci
fully chaffed that he speedily drank him
self to death.
Former Stationery.
Is it not strange in these days of cheap
stationery to think of a time when both
parchmen padyrus had become so rare
and exorbitantly expensive that both
Greeks and Romans were in tho habit of
using a palimpsest, which was simply
some old manuscript with the former
writing erased? Thus counties) works of
of authors now colobrated, and whoso
evory word is held priceless In this nine
teenth century, were ruthlessly destroy
ed by their contemporaries. Verily theno
prophets lacked honor! Many wero tho
expedients resorted to by the eaily
scribes for the supply of writing mate
rials. There was no scribbling paper
wboreon to jot down trivial memorenda
or accounts, but tho heaps of broken
pots aud crockery of all sorts, which are
so abundant in all eastern towns, prove
the first suggestion for such china tablets
and slates as we tow use, and bits of
smooth stono or tiles were constantly
used for this purpose, and remain to this
day: Fragments of anciont tiles thus
scribbled on (such tiles as that whereon
Ezckiel was commanded to portray tho
city of Jerusalem) havo beenfouudin
many places. The island of Elephan
tino, on tho Nile, is said to have fur
nisliod more than a hundred specimens
of these memoranda, which are now in
various museums. One of theso is n
soldier's leave of nbsonco, scribbled on
a fragment of an old vase. How little
those scribes and accountants foresaw tho
interest with which learned descendants
of the barbarians of tho isles would
ono day treasure their rough notes!
Still quainter wero the writing materials
of tho ancient Arabs, who beforo the
time of Mohammed used to carve their
annals on tho shoulder-blades of sheep;
theso "sheep bono chronioles" wero
strung together, and thus presrrved.
After a whilo, sheep's bones were ro
placed by sheep's skin, and the manufac
ture of parchment was brought to such
perfection ns to place it among the refine
ments of art. We bear of vellums that
wera tinted yellow, others white; others
wore dyed of a rich pnrplo, and tho
writing thereon was iu golden ink, with
gold borders and many colored decora
tions. These precious manuscripts were
anointed with the oil of cedar to preserve
them from moths. Wo hear of one such
in which the name of Mohammed is
adorned with garlands of tulips and car
nations printed in vivid colors. Still
more precious was tho silky paper of the
Persians, puwdered with gold and silver
dust, whereo: were painted rare
illuminations, while the book was per
fumed with attar of roses or essenoo of
sandal-wood. Of the demands for writing
materials one may form some hunt notion
from the vast manuscript libraries of
which records have been preserved, as
having been collected by tho Caliphs
both of tbe east and west, the former in
Bagdad, tho latter in Andalusia, where
there were eighty great puulio libraries,
besides that yast one at Cordova. We
also bear of private libraries, suob as that
of a physician who declined an invitation
from the sultan of Bokhara because the
carriage of his books would have re
quired 400 camels. If all the physicians
of Bagdad were equally literary, the city
eonld scarcely have contained their
books, as we hear tnat tbe medical broth
erhood numbered 800 licensed practi
tioners. The Gentleman's Magazine.
Plant Freaks.
Nature seems to have completely out
done herself in providing freaks in plant
life, there is a plant in bumatra which
produces the giant amoDg flowers, more
than a yard in diameter. It has a para
site, has noither stem nor leaves, but
has exactly the smell of very much de
cayed meat. Tbe petals are flesh colored,
about a foot long, and the whole evil
flower is constantly infested with swarms
of insects such as feed upon carrion.
Another curiosity is tbe plant called
maolisia. Its stem exactly resembles
tbe insect called the praying mantis,
though in countries where tho mantis is
not known another resemblance bas been
snggested, and tbe plant is known at the
"dancing girl." The man orchis is a
curious counterfeit of the figure of a
man, while the orchis mnscifcra so
strongly resembles a fly that some
naturalists believe the flies themselves
are deceived by it. The giant among
water plants is tho Sonth Ameilcan
water lily, whose leaves havo often been
found 12 feet in diameter, and of such
buoyancy as to be able to bear np a 10
year-old boy, provided a board were
placed so that tbe leaf would not be torn
by bis feet. But of all plant freaks none
are more curious than the ferns, whose
seeds grow on tbe back of the leaf, or
than the butcher's broom, whose flowers
Dueling, l'4 and I'meut.
Twenty-five years ago. at the tablo of
a gentleman whoso f.tthor had fallen in a
duel, the convocation fell upon duel
iug, and after it had proceeded for some
time the host remarked, emphatically ,that
there were occasions wlum it was a m.iu's
solemn duty to fight. Tho personal ref
erence was too significant to pormit fur
ther itiBi'stoneo at that table that duel
ing was criminal folly, and tho subject
of conversation was chanced.
The bold, however, had only reiterated
the familiar view of Gaucral Hamilton.
His plea was, that in tho stuto of public
opinion at tho time when Burr chal
lenged him, to refuse to fight under cir
cumstances which by tho "code of
honor" authorized a challenge, was to
accept a brand of cowardieo and of a
want of gentlemanly feeling, which
would banish him to a moral aud social
covoutry, and throw a cloud of discredit
upon bis family. So Hamilton, one of
the bravest men aud ono of tho neatest
intellects of bis timo, permitted a worth
less fellow to murder hiui. Yet there is
no doubt that ho stated accurately the
general feeling of tho social oirolo iu
which ho lived. Thero was probably
not a conspicuous member of that so
ciety who was of military antecedents
who would not have challenged any man
who had said of him what Hamilton had
said of Burr. Hamilton disdained ex
planation or reeunntion, and tho result
was accepted as tragical, but in a certain
sense inevitable.
Yet tho result aroused publio seuti
nicut to tho atrocity of this barbarous
survival of the ordeal of private battle.
That ouo of tho most justly renowned of
public men, of unsurpassed ability,
should be shot down like a mad dog, lo
calise ho had expressed tho general feel
ing about an uupriuciplcd schemer, was
an exasperating public misfortune. But
that be should havo been murdered in
deference to a practico which was a
provod in tho best society, yet which
placod every other valuable life at the
mercy of any wily vagabond, was a pub
lie peril. From that day to this there
has been no duel which could be said to
havo commanded publio sympathy or
approval. From the bright Juno morn
ing, eighty years ago, when Hamilton
fell at Weebawkeu, to tho Juuo of this
year, wbeu two foolish mon shot ft each
other in Virginia, thero has been a steady
and complete chungo of publio opinion,
and the performance of this year was re
ceived with almost univorsal contempt,
and with indignant cousuro of a dilatory
police.
Tho most celebrated duel in this coun
try since that ot Hamilton and Burr was
tho encounter between Commodores Do
catnrand Barron, in 1820, near Wash
ington, iu which Decatur, like Hamilton,
was mortally wounded, and likewise
lived but a few hours. Tho quarrel was
one of professional, as Burr's of political
jealousy. But as tho only conceivable
advantage of the Hamilton duel
lay in its arousing tho publio
mind to the barbarity of dueling,
tho only gain from tho Decatur duel was
that it confirmed this conviction. Iu both
instances there was an unspeakable shock
to tho country and iu'inito domestic) an
guish. Nothing elso was achieved.
Neither general manners nor morula
wero improved, nor was tho fame of
either combataut heightened, nor publio
confidence in tho men or admiration of
their publio services increased. In both
cases it was a calamity alleviated solely
by the resolution which it awakened that
such calamities should not occur again.
Such a resolution, indeed, could not
at oucu prevail, and eighteen years after
Decatur was killed, Jonathan Cilley, of
Maine, was killed in a duel at Washing
ton by William J. Graves, of Kentucky.
This event occurred forty-five years ago,
but tho outcry with which it was re
ceived even at thai, time one of tho
nowspaper moralists lapsing into rhy.no
as he deplored the cruel custom which
led excellent men to the fatal field
"Where Cilhys moot tlioir Gravea"
and tho practical disappearance of Mr.
Graves from public life, showed how
deep and strong was tho publio con
demnation, and how radically tho general
viow of the duel was changed.
Even in tho burning height of tho
political and sectional animosity of 185G,
when Brooks bad assaulted Charles Sum
ner, the challenge of Brooks by some of
Sumner's frionds met with little public
sympathy. Duriug tho excitement the
"Easy Chair" met tho late Count
Gurowski, who was a constant and
devoted friend of Mr. Sumrer,
but an old-world man, with
all tbe hereditary sooiul prejudices
of the old world. Tho count was furious
that such a dastardly blow bad not been
avenged. "Has he no friends?" he ex
claimed. "Is there no honor left in
your country?" And, as if be would
burst with indignant impatience, he
shook both fists in the air, and thunder
ed out, "Good God! will not somebody
challenge anybody?"
No, that time is past. Tbe elderly
club dude may lament the good old oode
of honor a word of which be hJ s a vory
ludicrous conception as Major Pendou
nis, when be pulled off his wig, aud took
oat bis false teeth, and removed the pad
ded calves of his legs, used to hope that
the world was not sinking into shams in
its old age. Quarreling editors may win
a morning's notoriety by stealing to tho
field, furnishing a paragraph for the re
porters, and running away from the po
lice. But they gain only the unsavory
notoriety of tho mau in a curled wig and
flowered waistcoat ami huge flipped coat
of the last century who used to parade
Broadway. The costume was merely an
advertisement, and of very contemptible
wares. The nun who fights a duel to
day excites but one comment. Should
bo f ill, the common opinion of enlight
ened mankind writes upon his head stone,
"Ho died as the fool dieth." Goorgo
Williim Curtis, iu Harper's Magazine
for September.
Uncle S im's example: One of our mo3t
lodnenti il Georgia grangers was super
intending affairs ut liia cotton press the
other day, when be was accosted by a
neighbor: "I see, colonel, that the tariff
bill has passed." "Is that so? How
about cotton ties?" "Still 35 per cent,
ad valorem." "Well, here, you boys,
tharl sift another shovel o sand in tbe
middle of that bale; I can't afford to re
form until the tariff does." And the sift
ing wss strictly attended to. Georgia
Major.
Ismail Pasba, ex khedive, wi'l lire
y4SauuU iu Lvaiiwfe.
'low 3111k is Tested.
The inspectors, of whom thero are
four, ran almost at a gltuco distinguish
pure milk from bad. Their method of
procedure is as follows. On tho arrival
of the wagons at the ferries tho drivers
are mado to lift the lid of every can, and
the inspector then goes from ono can to
tho other uud takes up a dippiff ill,
which he iotirs slowly back ugaiu, and
as u general thing to glance at the tin id
as it falls back over the dipier into tho
can suffices to their practiced eyes to
show thom the quality of tho milk.
Where there is any doubt bo takes out a
sample of tho milk nnd tests it with a
laet imvter, and if it dues not Btand that
tost, and even if it does, iu some iu
st iLees, be tikes another sample, which
is scaled up in a bottle for analysis and
further tests.
Whilo milk is obviously impuro or
heavily adulterated, it is invariably
dumped iu the gutter after a sample has
been taken for analysis and proof against
tho owners, who aro in all snch oases
prosecuted nnd fined or imprisoned, as
tho caw may bo.
Adulterations by water are shown by
the use of tho lactometer, which should
mark eighty seven or lower, for milk of
good jualityaud above that figure fcr
bud qualities or milk heavily diluted.
Tho tests adopted by ho board of health
for determining the qu ility and utrungth
of milk are first by taste, which in its re
act ion should be slightly acid. Second,
tho cream test. This is as follows: A
qu tntity of milk is po.ued into a long
glass tube marked in UK) points, which
is left standing for twenty-four hours to
allow the cream to rise to tho surface.
1 he percentage of cream is then easily
ascertained by a glance ut tho tube.
Some milk will show as high as 15 or 20
per cent, of cream, while other samples
will give but from 1 to 3 per cent., no
cording to the extent to which it has
been denuded of its cream by skimming.
The lowest standard allowed to puss is 8
per cent.
For tho determination of butter a cer
tain quantity of milk is dried ct 212
Fahreuhoit, when the residuo is satu
rated with ether, which is evaporated,
und this leaves tho butter behind. To
determine tho whole amount of solids
aud inorganic salts, a quantity of milk
is subjected to 212 degrees Fahrenheit
and the woight loft shows tho amount of
solids contained in tho sample. This,
being ignited, loses all inorganio constit
uents, Biich as butter, lactine and easeiue,
leaving the inorganic salts behind.
If carbolic soda was dissolved in tho
milk for the pnrposo of preventing it
going sour, acids brought in contact with
tho salts cause effervoscenco. Tho quan
tity of salts, together with the quantity
of butter Biihatrootod from the total
amount of solids, leaves tho amount of
sugar nnd casino.
Other organio substances which are
not of a fatty nature, if added to the
milk to givo it a rich and creamy nppeor
anco, increase tho weight of sugar nnd
casino to a considerable degree, and
whonever the quantity of theso two sub
stances is abovs tho normal standard
that is, when a certain amount of butter
on ono side and sugar nnd casino on tho
other do not exist.it is nearly ecrtnin
that somo organio substances have been
added.
The farmers, it is assorted by the au
thorities as well as by tho dealers, uso
little or no water for adulterating pur
poses, and scud in their milk ns it comes
from the cow.
The Scene ot the Slaaghter.
Casamicoiola, the scene of tho last ter
rihlo slaughter by an earthquake, bas
been a watering plaoo and summer re
sort for 20(10 years. It was colebratod
fur its baths long beforo tho opening of
tho Christian era, having been deserted
iu the year ill B. C. by its inhabitants
because of an eruption of the volcano
Epomeo, which has boon quiet and
harmless since tho year ld02. The free
dom from volcanic eruptions was pur
chased at tho exnonso of increased dan
ger from earthquakes.
It is situated on the island of Ischia,
fifteen railos westward from Naples, and
is rcachod by sailing down tho won
derful biiy, which has long boon
tbe delight of travolers and the
despair of descriptive writers.
The population or the island is
less than ISO, 000, of whom something
more than 4000 are residents of Casumio
ciola, which is the town of third import
ance on the island. It is farthest to the
westward on the island, but this is com
pensated for by the possession of a fine
harbor, which has made it the lauding
place for travelers. The town lios at
tbe foot of tbe quiosceut volcauo and is
built on soil formed from tho many
erunlious of past ages.
The island lies almost in the center of
the earthquake zone of the Eastern
world, which is subject to these internal
convulsions at all times. Casamicsiola
has suffered severely many times before
this, though never so serious) as upon
the present occasion. It was almost en-,
tirely destroyed in February, 1828, the
shock only continuing three seconds.
The noxt and most lorious visitation un
til the present one was iu March, 1881,
wbon a shock lusting seven seconds, ac
companied by a noiso like subterranean
thunder, visited tbe town, destroying
300 bonscs and leaving 400 people killed
or injured.
Tbe most desructive earthquakes that
have ever occurred in the same vicinity
we;o that in Sicily in 1C93, when 00,
(HKl people perished in one; that in tho
re'en of Tiberius, in 10 A. D., in which
12,000 people are supposed to have lost
their lives, and that ol 52G, when accord
ing to Gibbon, 250,000 people were en
gulfed. Herclaneum aud Pompeii were
destroyed in the year 02, sixteen years
before the final destruction by the erup
tion of Vesuvius. Tho earthqn.ike of
Lisbon in 1775 swallowed up 30,000 peo
ple alive and killed oO.OOO more, and in
February, 178:), 100,000 lives were lost
during a series of earthquakes, when
Messina, Calabria and other villages
were destroyed. No century has
passed without numerous and destruc
tive exhibitions of this great natural
power in tho region in which tbe latest
calamity to Casamiccioli has occurred.
Tbe inhabitants of Ischia are princi
pally peasants, who cultivate tbe grape
and tbe fig and engage in fishing. Tbey
are an indolent, self satisfied people, who
live in contmual fear of the danger from
the volcano r earthquakes, but are too
quit either the terrible risks or tho easy
rewards. The population la much
swelled during the uninier mouths by
the large number nf persona who visit
tho island for their baths and add thoir
easy, contented lives and their polite
killing of timo to the indoleut qualities
of the humble natives.
Kud of Strange Law Suit,
Tho London Daily News says: Tho
civil tribunal of the Seino has just dis
posed of a very romantio suit, arising
out af tho visit to Abyssinia in 1HI2 of
M. Hussou, an eminent professor of
natnrul history in Paris. M. Hussou
fell in love with a native woman of great
beauty, and when bo returned to Franco
bo took back with him tbe sou thnt was
born to them. In tl.o meantime he
had married a wealthy widow, and his
wife took such a fancy to the little half-
casto that ho was, iu accordance with
French law, legitimatized and registered
as their child. Tho boy was educated at
Viucy, where his father and adoptive
mother lived, and in courso of time be
married a young lady of the town, nnd
died at a very early age, leavinjadaugh
b r behind him.
But j ist after ho had died his real
inotlier, the Auyssiumn slave, appeared
upon tho seeno and she camo to claim
him as her sou. This w;s tin incident
which Lad tint bien foreseen by' M.
llitsson and his wife, and M thero could
bo no doubt as to tho hot 'a pareiilago
the color of his skin testifying to tho
race of ono of biH parents they wore
unable to resist the claim, tho conse
quence being that tho deceased lad was
no longer legitimate, becoming tho natu
ral sou of M. Husson and tho Abyssinian
slave. A further consequence wns that
the lady whom be had married and ber
daughter lost their share in his inherit
ance, and the widow accordingly brought
au action against tho adoptive mother
for having allowed her to marry tlio lad
under false pretonso. For tho defense
it was n mod that tvervouo in tho town
nf Nancy was aware that tho lad could
not bo the son of M. and Mine, flusson,
on accouut of bis colo', and that the
young ludy aud her relatives were made
fully acquainted with tho facts of tho
case beforo tbe marriago was ugrood to.
This was tho viow takou by the tribunal,
which bus dismissed the case and con
demned the pluintiff in all costs.
A Dyspeptic Minister.
Man and woman, in tho nnmo of
Christian charity, iu tho namo of com
mon humauity, riso, and by evory means
in your iiowiJi, wiui mi jvui oiiiijj,'i,
and with all your mind and with all
your soul, roseito the perishing victims
of intemperance. Boo, noro comes one
with a palo facn and lustreless eyes.
His eyes are set in agony ho muy not de
scribe, ilia steps are slow, and tho dull
throbbing of a heavy hcadacho beats at
Ids templu liko a mullljd drum. Ten
veurs ago his form was erect, his eyes
were bright, his heart was light as thistle
down; ho know what a headache was
only by bearing peoplo speak of it. Seo
him to day I His days are drowsy and
bis nights nro Bleeploss, and gaiety is a
weariness to him. And what has mado
this wreck of manhood? Intomperaneol
Too much hot bread and too many Into
suppors. Dyspepsia; that's what's tho
matter.
Had this mau been a temperate cater,
ho would be a healthy man to day. But
be said, "I can tako care of mysolf.
When I find that hot bread nnd eleven
o'clock suppers are harming me, I will
let thom alone." Ah, bo thought ho
oonld. But look at him now. And the
curso of his intomperauoo does not fall
upon him alone. No, indeed. You
should seo his poor family hunt for dark
corners when tho dyspepsia is unusually
strong on the old man. And yet ho is
not a bad man. No; he is a minister of
the gospel. He is a good man, but he
bas tho dyspopaia. And a truly good
man with the dyspepsia will say as ill
natund things about peoplo as will a
bad man with his skin full of whisky;
bowbeit tho good man will not swear and
says his ill-natured things in a mote re
fiuod way. L)t us, doep in our boarts,
ever cherish a profound pity for the vio
tim'of intemperate eating who is bound
in the ahains of dyspopaia. And lot us
vote for a constitutional amendment for
ever prohibiting the manufacture of
shortcake and hot bread in Iowa, save
only for exportation. Burlington Hawk
eys. Chrysanthemum.
All varieties of ohrysanthomuma are
amenable to the art of the cultivator,
and tho plants can bo fashioned at his
will; perhaps no plant will bottor dis
play the care and ingenuity expend
ed upon it to give an ideal form. Com
pact, well-f uinisbed plants are most de
sirablo. and this is effected by potting ia
rich soil, in pots of medium size and
pinching back the growth as it pro
gresses, to Increaso the number of
branches. When it is time to allow the
buds to form for blooming, tho pinohing
must cease, and with us this is abont the
first of August. The strength of tho
plant is maintained while blooming by a
liberal supply of roaoure water. The
varieties of chrysenthemums in cultiva
tion are very great, and new ones iotro
duced every year. Many of these aro
not better than older onss, but on the
whole there bas been going ou for a long
time a gradual improvement, consisting
in greater luunees, iruer iurm, uu
more distinct colors. Great size, loose
ness and gracefulness of petals, and
brightness of colors are characteristics of
the Japanese chrysanthemums. Alto
gether the variety affjrde.1 will testify
all tastos. Vick's Monthly.
The Texas "mediens" writes to a
journal iu his native Btate that he has
been experimenting with mosquitoes and
bod bugs, and finds that they coutain a
large proportion of quinia, a small dose
of which they insert at every bite. If this
true a person who lives in a malarial
oountry should cultivate the society of
ii.a nuofnl innoelH and uff rd them an
opportunity to make frequent bypoder-
lino injections oi ue preoioua
fr malarial germs. Further confirme
i;.. n t.o iih riiHAnvflrv is needed to
develop sufficient faith in the new
remedy 10 secure ih guiici. Nwy-w...
Good Healthy
The German emperor, who is oyer M
.11 . A linnmnl. QllS thO
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