HOW MANY WORDS IN ENGLISH.
Estimate of Different Authorities and a
Comparison if Dietlonurles.
An interesting question suggested by
an ancient waif of a book is the number
of English words now existing. Con
siderable difference of opinion exists on
this point. Mr. George P. Marsh, an
American author of repute, in his "Lec
tures on the English Language," esti
mates that the number (in 1801) "prob
ably does not fall short of 100,000;" and
large additions, esju-cially in art and sci
ence, have come into use since that date.
Other writers, however, come to a differ
ent conclusion, and think that 40, (.1)0
would include the whole. It depends a
good deal on how calculations are made.
If all the subsidiary words participles
and the like are to be taken into ac
count, it will swell the eum total very
considerably.
Taking the first three words that oc
cur at random, we find that from "dem
onstrate," in one of our modern diction
aries, ' there are thirteen derivatives:
from the word " bright " there are
twelve, anil lro-n "deplore" there are
ten. There is also redundance in other
forms. In one of Todd's editions of Dr.
Johnson there are upward of eightj
words with the prefix "all" all-complying,
all-divining, all-drowsy, and so on
a very notable instance of dictionary
padding. In ways like these the vocab
ulary may be indefinitely increased.
Probably if we take leading words and
all their derivatives, the number at the
present time will exceed Mr. Marsh's es
timate. An approximate verification
of Uiis may be found by multiplying the
number of pages in any good modern
dictionary by the average number of
words in a page.
Shakespeare's works, it is believed, in
clude about 15,000 separate words, and
Milton's about 8.000: but from these fig
ures we have no criterion of tho extent
of the actual English vocabulary. It may
be mentioned here that while Cockeram
has only about 7,000 or 8,000 words,
there are in Bailey's Dictionary approx
imately about oO.OOO, and in Johnson's
not more than that. In somo of tho
larger modern works, again, tho figures,
as has been said, reach to upward of
100,000.
In Dr. Johnson's vocabulary many
technical and scientific terms were omit
ted, and in his original prefaco ho ex
cuses himself in a very naive and char
acteristic fashion. "1 could not," ho says,
"visit caverns to learn tho miner's lan
guage, nor take a"voyago to perfect my
skill in tho dialect of navigation, nor
visit the warehouses of merchants and
the shops of artificers to gain the names
of wares, tools and operations of which
no mentiou is found in books. An ad
verso critic might be inclined to ask:
Why not? But, all the same, it will be
readily conceded that ho did a great
work according to his lights. Tho science
of philology has been revolutionized since
his day, but his labors largely contrib
uted to the earlier stages of its progress.
Chambers' Journal.
Kx-Gornrnors of IVmuy I vim In.
Ex-Governor Pollock was the oldest
ex-governor of the state alike in years
and in service. lie was elected in 1851.
and was succeeded by William F. Packer,
of Lycoming, who died years ago.
Packer and Pollock each served only one
term, and Packer was succeeded by An
drew G. Curtin in ltfUl, who served two
terms, and who is yet living, and now
tho oldest ex-gdvernor in both years and
service. Curtin was succeeded by John
W. Geary in 1S07. who svrved two terms,
and died soon aftei I is retirement.
Geary was succeeded i y John F. Ilart
ranft, who served two terms, and who
died in 18S0. Henry M. Hoyt succeeded
Hartranft in 1870. the first under tho pro
vision of the new constitution that made
tho term four years, and made tho govern
or ineligible for re-election toimmediato
ly succeed himself. Governor Uoytisstill
living, and one of our active members of
tho bar. Governor Pattison succeeded
Hoyt, and is now at the head of an im
portant financial institution in this city.
Tho death of Pollock leaves only three
ex-governors of Pennsylvania among the
living, Messrs. Curtin. Hoyt and Patti
son. Curtin's election goes back to 1800,
Hoyt's to 1878, and Pattison's to 1882.
Philadelphia Times.
Wonderful Surgery.
At the surgical congress at Berlin Pro
fessor Gluck, of Berlin, gave an exhibi
tion showing a most valuable advance
iu surgery namely, tho successful sub
stitution of catgut, ivory and bono freed
from chalk for defects in bones, muscles
and nerve sinews. Tho juices of tho
body are sucked up in tho inserted ma
terial, thereby establishing tho junction
of tho separated ends, without any short
ening of tho part. Ho presented tho
cases of patients in whom there had
been an insertion of from six to ten centi
metres of catgut to supply defects in the
leaders of tho hands, to which complete
mobility had been restored. This case
had previously been impossible. In tho
case of another patient Professor Gluck
removed a tumor from the thigh, caus
ing a considerable defect in tho bone.
Ho inserted ivory, and no shortening en
sned. In another case ho removed a
large piece of nervo in tho groin and in
serted catgut, and tho functions re
mained completely satisfactory. Those
are considered wonderful achievements.
Pall Mall Gazotte.
A IT.eful Cement.
The following mixturo has been nsed
with tho greatest jiossible success for the
cementing of iron railing tops, iron
gratings to stoves, otc; in fact, with such
effect as to resist tho blows of a sledge
hammer. This mixture is composed of
equal parts of sulphur and white lead,
with about one-sixth proportion of borax,
the three being thoroughly incorporated
togother, so jus to form ono homogeneous
mass. When the application is to lw
made of this composition it is wot with
fctrong sulphuric acid. and a thinlayerofit
is placed between tho two piecos of iron,
thoso being at once pressed together. In
flvo days it will be jwfectly dry, all
traces of the cement having vanished,
and tho work Imvitiu every apiwiranca
of welding. H.dl'a Journal of Health.
NOVELTY IN EARNEST.
A CO-OPERATIVE BOARDING HOUSE
IN DECATUR, ILLS.
Members Avolil the Troubles of Cooking
uutl Llvo Well at u Cost of S'J.73 V.acU
l'or Week Short History of "Th Uoby."
Sit nut Girl Question Settled.
At Decatur. Ills., public interest is
centered on "The Roby." This pretty
little city has electric street railways,
six newspapers, a dozen line churches, a
metropolitan air. clean streets, good wa
ter and the servant girl question. But
all these "ain't nothin'," as a small boy
remarked iu my pn.--.enee when these ad
vantages were being enumerated. "We've
got something Chicago ain't got It's u
Bellamy boarding house."
This is the history of the experiment:
Miss Fanny Fuller and her mother
boarded at Tlie Hoby with Mrs. Guyton.
It was tho swell boarding house of Deca
tur The Misses Witherspoon, two
handsome young ladies, also boarded
there. Mrs. Guyton never had trouble
with her servant girls.
Why?
Because the work was systematized.
One did the cooking and laundry work,
another the second work. One had the
table to wait on and the dining room to
care for. When their work was done
the girls went where they pleased.
This set Miss Fanny Fuller to think
ing. One day she read "Looking Back
ward." and proceeded to look forward.
Where others read and marveled and
criticised, she read and adapted. One
morning she came into Mrs. Guyton's
room with an idea. She read the chap
ter from Bellamy's book on the public
dining room.
"Why can't we do it?" she asked.
"We can," said Mrs. Guyton decidedly.
Miss Fuller put on her smart jacket
and hat and called on the ladies of hor
acquaintance with her idea. Everybody
was charmed. The gentlemen forgot
impatience and listened.
A few weeks later a meeting was held
in Mrs. Guyton's parlors. After n num
ber of whereases it Wiis resolved to es
tablish: I A co-ope rati to association for tht beueflt of
all Its members
a. No debts shall be contracted
S. A president, secretary aud treasurer shall b
elected from anions tho members.
4. A superin emlent shall tw appointed to ct as
the purelm-sing agent of tho club, vouchers to be
delivered to the treasurer
5 Members shall aj' Si.Tft a week board to the
treasurer: children under 10 half price.
0. Tim superintendent is to have entire oliarge
of the dining room, kitcheti and servants, under
the direction of it I ward of managers.
It was ugreed by till present to sign
tho constitution, these being the charter
members. Applicants for membership
should have their names posted in tho
dining room three days before admis
sion, and no one was to bo received if a
serious objection wero raised by any ono
member.
Mi's. Guyton's basement was rented,
including a large dining room, kitchen
and pantries, a manager installed, two
cooks and three waiter girls hired, aud
the co-operative club, after paying a
membership fee of and one week's
board in advance, sat down to their first
meal at The Roby. Mrs. Guyton gave
tip keeping boarders, aud bIio and all her
guests fell into the new order of things.
There is no doubt about Mrs. Guyton's
enthusiasm. She met me and began an
other book of her epic.
"We have fifty-four members men,
women and children all of the upper
crust aristocracy who are used to living
well, and they wouldn't put up with
anything but the best. We get that for
$2.75 a week a head; half prico for
children."
'What do you have to eat?"
'Everything in season. Stay to sup
per and find out. Now wo get every
thing down to minimum cost by having
each family bring its own linen and
silver and fancy dishes. Wo have a
common stock of decorated china. The
club rents my basement, including the
range. Expenses are like this:
Kent (at S'i'wi month) $ C 00
Manager's salary 10 00
Head cook 6 00
Second cook 4 00
Three waiters nt S2.M 7 f0
I'er week
'The income is from:
(3-J SO
fifty-two grown people, at 8 1.73..
.$142 00
. 1 40
One child, half pay
$143 40
"This is something like what the club
eats:
nHFARFAHT
Fruit; cereal food of soma klud; two kinds of
meat; egirs, jwtatoes, biscuit, griddle cakes or
rolls, toast, tea nnd colTee
DINNER.
Soup, relish, or salad: one kind of fish and tiro
kinds of meal; three vegetables; pie or pudding,
fruit, coffee, tea. cbocohv e, or milk.
SUI'PCIl.
Cold meat; baked or cream potatoes; salad; hot
rolls, cakes, or muffins; fruit or dessert; coffee,
tea. chocolate or milk
"That is about as good as anybody
lives." remarked Miss Fuller. "It is all
dainty and well cooked and nicely
served."
I went down into tho dining room, n
large, cool apartment in tho basoment.
Eight or nine tables were covered with
snowy linen. Napkins in rings, silver
and china were on tho table.
They all expressed themselves as being
charmed with the experiment, and did
not fear the pessimistic prophecies con
cerning its destruction. The books show
that the bills are being paid up every
week out of the allowance. It is a suc
cess, financially ami socially, so far, and
1 can recommend the table.
If you should ever go to Decatur I ad
vise you to get a room wmiewhoro and
tako your meals at The Roby, in tho co
operative boardiug house. Guests are
charged twenty-five cents a meal. By
this means you will fare better for loss
money, meet the cream of Decatur soci
ety and see the practical working of a
part of Bellamy' dream. You will be
converted to the idea of co-operative
ouieinaa and go home to spread the now
gosjiel. Cooks will be abolished from
dwelling houses aud housekeepers eman
cipated. Tim wrvnut girl question will be solved.
CUlcugo Tribune,
Hawthorne Time.
High In the tops of blossoming tree
t hear the 1mm of honey bcea;
A faint, sneet odor loa is the breeze:
Tis haw thouie time.
Tit hawthorno time.
Woodpeckers drum far up the hUl;
The robin's song sounds cheery still J
But sadly moans the w hipioorw 111:
Tls lmwthorae time,
'Tis ban thorne time.
What though the birds sing day by dayf
Jly Iwart grows sad iu sunny May,
For one I loed went far away
I ti haw thorne time.
In h.v thorne time.
Though bees may hum and robins trill.
Though faint, sweet scent the breezes till,
I always hear the whippoornill
In ban thorne time.
In bawtli.inie time.
Maria H. II. Ilazeu iu Uood Housekeeping.
A (Jrrat Duneer Dead.
The announcement of the death of
Mine. Van Gobbelschroy, at tho age of
1 91, has almost entirely escaped notice,
i Yet seventy years ago, as Mario Lesueur.
she was one of the most famous dancers
of tho generation. The great David took
her for his model in "Mars Disarmed by
Venus:" and after a most successful ca
reer on the stago she captivated and mar
1 ried M. Van Gobbelschroy, tho once well
1 known Dutch minister of tho interior.
I A volume might be made up of tho odes
I addressed to Marie Lesueur between her
i debut asRosino in 1811) and her marriage
somo ten years later. She danced at the
! inauguration of the Monnaie theatre the
year before George III died. Her hus
band was ruined by a financial siecula
I tion and committed suicide in her pres
i encs. To the last she enjoyed a small
pension from the royal bounty, but the
; ancestral castle of the ex-minister passed
, into the hands of M. Malon, tho toli-
tician. London World.
Oswego mill Owego.
No ono but a person connected with
the Oswego postollice can have tho least
conception of tho extent of tho confusion
growing out of tho similarity of the
names Oswego and Owego. Tho post
master in Oswego directed that n count
of tho letters designed for tho village of
Owego sent to the postofiico in this city
be kept for one week. Tho number by
actual count was 481. Let our Owego
friends apply for a city charter and call
the place the city of "Auwaga." "An
waga" was the Indian name of the place.
It contains the "Auwaga house," tho
"Auwaga bank," etc. It seems to lo a
namo they are proud of, and it is a
euphonious and pretty name, andiswlmt
tho village or city should bo called. If
the- object to the change, why let them
continue to receive their business letters
via Oswego, averaging ,r00 weokly, from
twenty-four to forty-eight hour behind
time. Oswego Times.
Kugllsh Itukerles.
Tho result of tho inquiries recently
made as to the sanitary arrangements
connected with the trade of baking is
anything but reassuring. Bakeries are
said to exist in Manchester where the
cleanliness which should obtain in tho
preparation of food is impossible. Somo
of tho bakers complain that tho ma
chinery now used takes "tho flavor out
of the bread." They prefer tho old
method of "dancing on the dough."
The Lancet commissioner naturally
expressed a hope that "tho men washed
their feet," and was cheerfully assured
that they did after the bread was made,
as otherwise they could not put their
loots on again. It is desirable that the
city authorities should deal with this
matter immediately, and see that the
staff of life is supplied to the peoplo un
der somewhat better conditions than at
present. London Cjuccu.
Keeovery Comes Too I.ato.
Several years ago tho residenco of Cora
Pearl in Pari" wa.- entered by thieves and
robbed of sjsliJO.UUO. One of tho robbers
was captured and condemned to five years'
imprisonment, but the property was not
then recovered. On his liberation from
prison lately he endeavored to raise a
sum from a hanker, with which ho might
go to Germany and redeem tho stolen
property. rl iiat had been deposited in a
German bank. The banker's suspicions
wero excited and tho man was arrested,
and has revealed tho name of his accom
plice. Tho great sum may bo recovered,
but too late to be of any valuo to Cora
Pearl, who died in destitution, after hav
ing vainly endeavored to make a little
money by publishing her memoirs. Pa
ris Letter.
Klertrlclty for AniiiHOiuunt.
An electric roundabout has been con
structed by a French company and fitted
up in a public place of amusement in
Nice. Here tho electricity which is used
Cor arc and incandescent lighting is also
employed in tho transmission of force to
tho roundabout or race courso. Tho
ponies are of life size, and each contains
a motor, current being supplied by tho
rails. Tho weight to bo drawn, includ
ing tho rider, is about r00 pounds, and
tho speed attained is about 000 feet jer
minute. Tho track comprises six circu
lar and concentric Hues, on each of
which runs an electric pony. Paris Let
ter. A remarkable trout died recently noar
Kelso, Scotland. Its dead body was
found in a covered well only a few feet
in depth. Tho tradition is that, some
thirty-two years ago, this fish was taken
from tho Tweed, placed in the well aud
lived there until its death. Its body was
eleven inches in length and very much
emaciated, weighing only six ounces.
Baron Ferdinand Swift, tho proselyt
izing atheist who died in Venice a
short time ago at the age of CO, climbed
the Campanile of St. Mark on horseback,
paddled from Venice to Trieste in a ca
noe, jumped over ranks of drilling bol
diers on a hunter and rowed down the
Grand canal from the bare back of a
horse standing on a barrel.
The Rev. John Prince, a Methodist
clergymau, aged 80. aud Mrs. Cynthia
Wood, aged (A, were married recently in
Montreal. They were lovers in child
hood, ami would have been married
sixty ywira ugu hut thir parents pro
vouted the inutHi Love Hugers a lung
while in the luiiiMii heart.
DRAGONS.
Some Pretty ltlg Ynms Ahnnt fllrantle
Mounters Thai Once Ktlstetl.
The dragon is frequently mentioned
by ancient nnturalists as well as by
scriptural writers and dreamers. Aris
totle tells us that dragons 70 cubita in
length wero often met with in tho vicin
ity of tho Ganges. Reducing tho cubit
to feet, according to our mode of reck
oning length, we find that tbeso Im
mense serpents were yards iu length.
Alexander the Groat and his army on
countered one in n cave that measured ,
105 feet in length. An ancient work on
serpents says:
Three kinds of dragons wero former
ly recognized in India. First, those of
the hills and mountains; second, those
of the valleys and eaves; third, those 1
of the marshes and lens. The first is
the largest and is covered with scales
as resplendent as burnished gold. They
have a kind of beard hanging from
their lower jaw. their aspect is fright
ful and their cry terrible, being a loud,
hissing wail. They have crests of
bright yellow, and protuberances on
their heads which are tho color of a
burning coal. Thoso of tho Hat coun
try niv of the color of silver; they fre
quent tho rivers, to which tho former
never come. Thoso of themarshes are
black, slow of motion and have no
crests. St moo says tho painting of ser
pents with wings is contrary to truth,
but other naturalists and travelers
utllrin that some species are winged.
There is much confusion on this
point. Some havo mistaken tho hood
of the naja for wings; others havo con
founded the innocent dragon lizard
with Hying serpents and report, as Pliny
does, that their bito is venomous, which
is not true.
At Batavia, Java, a serpent was onco
killed and the wholo body of a negro
woman and tho carcass of a largo stag
found in its stomach. Legual says:
"There are many serionts on tho island
of Java that measure more than fifty
feet in length. At Batavia they still
keep the skin of ono which, though but
twenty feet in length, is said to havo
swallowed a young woman whole."
St. Jeroino says that all immense sor
pent.s are called boius, because thoy can
swallow whole boves (beeves), and lay
utter waste to wholo provinces. Bos
nian says that three entire negroes wore
found in the gullet of an iminenso ser
pent killed on the gold coast of Africa.
Rut Pliny caps the climax when ho tells
of the serpont which opposed tho Ro
man army, under Regulus, at tho river
of Bagradiu Afriea. It devoured sev
eral of the soldiers; its scales wero so
hard that they turned spears and darts.
At length it was besieged by all tho
military engines that would bo employ
ed iu attacking a fortified city. When
killed the skin of tho monster was sent
to Rome asu trophy to bo preserved in
one of the temples. After drying sev
eral days in tins hot climate of Africa
it was sent to tho Imperial City and
was oven then found to bo over 120 foot
in length. St. Louis Republic.
Your Own Price on the Cigar.
Stranger (to a Bowery vender of cig
nrettes, tobacco and cigars, whoso
whole stock in trade of cigars consisted
of two partially filled boxes) Hnvo you
any ten cent cigars?
Vender reaches toward box number
one.
"Er, have you any live confers?"
Vender reaches toward box number
two.
"Oh, I sav, havo you any two for
fives?"
Vender reaches toward box number
ono.
"Never mind; 1 guess I will go down
hero to a friend of inino nnd get some
threo for fives."'
Vendor detains him with ono hand,
reaches toward box number two with
tho other, and exclaims, "Hero aro
some." New York Tribune.
A New Umi for Tripe.
That most succulent and refreshing
Tiand, tripe, so littlo known on the
table of tho upper ten thousand that
more than ono young lady of fashion
lias been known to confess that she
always supposed it to bo a variety of
fish eaten chiefly by tho poor, has been
put to a new use. Some ingenious per
son, during tho period when it was pro
posed to put a duty on hides, experi
mented with tripe as raw material, and
succeeded in producing a very unique
article of leather, In which tho honey
comb effect is admirably though unob
trusively preserved. Trio thus tanned
is soft and yielding, yet strong and
durable, and especially fitted for tho
mnnufucturo of slippers and other
light footwear. Boston Post
Curious IlfTerU of I'olnons.
Tho animal body can bo played upon
as if it wero a machine. Tho strokes
of tho central pump, tho heart, can bo
slowed or quickened; tho vital heat
lowered or increased j tho pupil of tho
oyo oxpaw I or contracted ; tho limbs
paralyzed or convulsed; tho blood sent
to tho surface or withdrawn to tho in
terior; even tho natural hue and color
of tho body can bo changed by the
subtlo action of various poisons taken
into tho system. I lull's Journal.
I'rollt In High I'rlred Dinners.
Tho Hoffman house chef in a moment
of professional iuadvertanco admitted
to an acquaintance that it is woll nigh
impossible to o.xpond more than $1 a
plate upon tho food of a public dinner;
so flint the luunl ill served $10 dinnor,
with wine, mind bo highly profitable to
tho caterer, while Dolmonlco's $5 din
ner, without wine, undoubtedly yields
a high ixircontago of profit. Now York
Sun.
They Stole a 1'i-rstimnn.
A dispatch from Ann Arbor, Mich.,
says: The city is thoroughly excited
over an abduction that took place last
night. Frank .1. Evans is president of
the freshman class and toast master at ,
the clas-s banquet which took place to-
night. Last night he was missed from ;
his accustomed haunts, and inquiry de-
veloped the fact that five men had seized I
him on the street and hustled him into a !
hack, driving rapidly away. Meetings i
were called, and searching parties were
organized aud sent in every direction.
One party traced him to Moorclaud, six
teen miles from Ann Arbor, where, with
the marshal and police force of Saline,
they found tho party lodged in a hotel.
They formed a cordon about tho house
and demanded his release. The party
refused, and the Salino marshal threat
ened to charge the hotel with his jKirty,
numbering thirty-two men. Then Evans
was given up. It was found that the ab
ductors were five sophomores, who had
run away with Evans in the hoR of
breaking up the freshmen event. When
they reached Moorclaud with Evans
they had put him to bed and hid his
clothing. It was 4 o'clock this morning
before the party having Uim in charge
returned to the university, and some of
the boys did not get in until noon. A
crowd of twenty freshmen have acted as
his body guard all day, and tho banquet
came off to-night as advertised. The
faculty will take action, as tho tho ab
ductors are all known.
l:lectrle Itiilluujs tn ltussiii.
We have long been accustomed to as
sociate any new development of electric
traction with America, but a scheme is
on foot in St. Petersburg which, if car
ried out, will certainly leave America
far in tho rear. It is promised to have a
railway entirely worked by electricity,
connecting St. Petersburg with Arch
angel, and spanning a wide stretch of
country between the Baltic and the
White sea. Tho project is said to be
backed by Archangel interests, and the
name of Siemens it Co. is connected with
tho enterprise. Tho plan is to furnish
the current from a series of generating
stations distributed along tho line. The
distance is something over f00 miles, and
the estimated cost a little over I'll, 000
per mile, including rolling Stock. The
scheme is certainly a daring ono, and,
while it may never reach accomplish
ment, its further progress will bouwnitod
with interest by tho advocates of electric
traction in England, London Times.
ICulner WIUieliu'R Mother.
Tho Empress Frederick is touched by
suffering and takes much interest in
charitable enterprises. She was present
recently at tho great meeting of the com
mittee of tho society for sending the
weak and sick children of tho poor of
Berlin for chaugo of air to tho country,
tho seaside and various health resorts a
society which was called into existonco
ten years ago at the suggestion of the
then crown prince and princess, and
which last summer was able to give
some weeks of fresh air and healing
baths and waters to more than 12,000
poor little city children. Eight boys
and eight girls, who havo benefited by
the society, wero allowed to hand
bunches of violets to the Empress Fred
erick, aud as she took them she was
heard to say: "Ah, if 1 could only take
them to bun! Ho was always so fond
of violets." Exchange.
A Strange Monster.
Two Mexican fishermen killed an ugly
and vicious anolis of the lizard species
the other day on Padre Island, but not
until a hard battle had been fought. It
measured four feet long and thirteen
inches in circumference, with claws
equal to a tiger's. It contained twenty-
four eggs. This monster is a native of
tho West India islands and the first ever
seen here. During the combat tho ano
lis several times changed its color from
green to brown and vice versa, a pecu
liarity of its tribe. Many theories are
advanced as to how it reached the island.
Tho most plausible is that it c;une in one
of tho huge mahogany logs from foreign
lands that are frequently washed ushoro,
Cor. Kansas City Journal.
His Speech Cunio lluok.
Fred Couch, who Buffered an accident
in Ansonia, Conn., whereby ho lost all
power of speech, has as mysteriously
gained it again. He was riding on the
cars to Great Barrington, Mass., with
his wife and child, when ho felt a pecu
liar itching in his throat. As the train
neared Great Barrington Couch looked
out the window, and, turning towards
his wife, exclaimed: "Mother used to go
by that road!" Theso wero tho first
words he hail spoken since tho accident.
Ho continues to improve. Philadelphia
Ledger.
An Old Miiii'm Heroic Conduct.
Robert Ni'atts, who died at Felixstowe,
deserves a word of praise for his heroic
conduct, which hastened his end. He
was 76 years of age, and had lived at the
Felixstowe furry all his life. On Easter
Tuesday signs of distress were shown by
a vessel on the Skipwash Sands, twelve
miles out at sea. A boat was manned,
and Watts went with the crow, but they
wero out for over ten hours iu tho cold
winds of a very bitter day, and next day
tho old man was found dead, the cold
and exposure being more than ho could
Btand. Pall Mall Gazette.
A plague of frogs Is reported from
Northampton. The frogs aud their
spawn choked up the water pijies, actu
ally cutting oil' the supply to some
houses. People had been drinking thu
water unflltered, aud the reservoirs will
have to be emptied to remove the frogs
and cleanse tho pipes.
A shower of worms, it is reported, fell
noar San Andreas station, iu Santa Cruz
county, Cul last week. Tho worms re
sembled the grub, were white in color
and had red eyiw. They wero u new
sjxjdes to the residents.
Slg. Campanlni hau had n tumor le
moved from his throat, and ho has strong
hopes that the surgeon's kiiif has ru
btorcd his long lot high C.
What n .Moslem Hellere.
Every Moslem believes devoutly In
personal God, in an overruling Provi
dence, in tho mission and miracles of
Christ, whom they designate as tho Mes
siah, in the duty of prayer, and tho Im
mortality of tho soul, in a future state of
rewards nnd punishments, and in tho in
spiration of the Bible. An educated
Moslem, if asked why he does not be
come n Christian, may not improbably
reply that, according to his own inter
pretation of the New Testament, ho is
one already. Thus, in a letter recently
received from one of my friends, ho
styles himself "a Moslem and a Chris
tian at the same time."
Though a most pious and sincere .ilo
hammedau. he claims to be one of thoso
"who profess and call themselves Chris
tians," for whom we pray every Sunday
that they may be led into tho way of
truth. They held that Islam was the lat
est revelation, perfecting the Christian
revelation, just as Christianity supple
mented the revelation given to tho Jews.
Mohammed may lo considered as a re
former of Christianity; like Luther ho
denounced certain superstitions that had
grown up.
The Koran says that God gave the
Ciospel to Jesus to proclaim, and that Ho
put kindness nnd compassion into tho
hearts of those that followed Him; but
"as for the monastic life, they invented
it themselves." "In the time of Mo
hammed," says ono of my friends,
"Christianity bad lccomo corrupt, aa
many of your own writers admit, and it
was theso corruptions that it was Mo
hammed's mission to reform. We reject
tho corruptions of Christianity. But wo
claim to haven final revelation, predicted
by your own prophets, just ns tho com
ing of the Messiah was foretold to tho
Jews, who nevertheless blindly rejected
him as you reject Mohammed." Leaves
from an Egyptian Note Book.
The reeling Was Ther.
In attendance at ono of tho Indianapo
lis ward schools is a little colored girl 0
years old. She is miserable, indeed, for
at homo she is ill treated and tho shoos
she wears, and often the clothes, nro sup
plied by the teachers or some of her
classmates. Thero is a tender poetic veiu
in her make up and it found vent in a
composition. The teacher took a littlo
pansy plant to school ono day and told
tho pupils of tho llower. Two days
after sho asked them to writo a poem of
it and gave them the privilege of having
tho pansy talk nnd tell tho story, and
this is what tho littlo colored girl wroto,
tho word pansy in the copy being the
only one dignified with a capital:
"I am only a Pansy. My homo is In a
littlo brown house. 1 sleep iu my littlo
brown house all winter, and I nm nowr
going to open my eyes nnd look about.
'Give mo bomo rain, sky, 1 want to look
out of my window and seo what is going
on,' 1 asked, so tho Bky gave mo somo
water nnd I began to climb to tho win
dow, nt last I got up theronnd open my
eyes, oh what a wonderful world I seen
when birds sang songs to me, and grass
hoppers kissed mo, and danco with rue,
and crcakcts smiled at me. and I had a
pretty green dress, thero was trees that
grow over mo and the wind faned me.
the sun smiled at mo, and littlo children
mncllcd mo one bright morning mo and
tho grasshoppers had a party ho wood
play with monad a naughty boy pick mo
up and tore mo up aud I died and that
was tho last of Pansy." Indianapolis
Journal.
A lluttlcflelil Trust.
Wo aro in danger of something worse
than tho Libby prison speculation. It is
now proposed by aspeculative northerner
to purchase all tho battlefields of tho lata
war, fenco them iu, turn them into
parks, and show them to visitors at
twenty-five cents a head.
It will strike thoso who aro acquainted
with tho situation that tho great Ameri
can showman will havo a big job on.
hand when bo conies to tho cluster or
bouquet of battlefields around Atlanta.
Our old red hills havo good causo to bo
redder than any other hills that ever
trembled through tho thunder storm of
war.
Nowhere on American soil can there
bo found n spot that was ever so pounded,
and mangled and harried nnd scorched as
this same Gate City of ours. All over tho
world there aro men now living whoso
proudest boast is to say that they went
through our forty days' baptism of liro
or wero in ono of tho many battles
fought under our city's walls.
Wo aro not yet ready to soil our
blood stained fields of glory to tho glib
6trangers whoso only Interest in them is
to coin money out of them, If wo can
do nothing better, let us level tho grim for
tresses and tho frowning ramparts, and
fill up tho silent trenches onco so full of
heroic lifo. Let us cover theso scars of
war with the blooming industries of
peacel Atlanta Constitution.
A Model ling Story.
A remarkable case of animal intelli
gence aud fidelity has developed in this
city. Every one knows the Into D.
Watson's littlo dog Zolla, that used to
follow him everywhere and often rido
beside him in his buggy seat. Ho would
come every morning to his master's
ofllco, aud if he did not find him thero
would run over to the livery sfible to bco
if the doctor's buggy was gone, and if it
was he would follow the track until ho
had found him. When his master was
in the cofliu little Itolla was'held up so
ho could seo his face, and showed feigns
of Intense grief
Ho wus ut the funeral at Woodbino
cemetery tuid was the hint ono to linger
at tho new made grave Since that time
he has visited the grave night and morn
ing and is seen sitting iim it keeping
watch, as though he expected his kind
friend and master He often wondered
alone on the streets in night, and a gen
tleman whose profile and heard some
whnt resemble Dr Wutstm s has told us
that little .olla hits often walked in front
of him aud giucd into his face and even,
followed him home and sat for hours in
front of his door Uniting lor lilm locoino
out that hu might get one more look at
this face so inuuh lla the one treasured
In hU memory. Jeirenson ((iu.) llerakL.