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An Inquest on Abel.

Yesterday afternoon an excited indi
viduaI, with his hat standing on two
hairs, and his eyes projecting from his
head like the horns of snail, rushed
into the Cffice of Coroner H. The
coroner is by profession dentist, and
his first thought, as he glanced at the
man, was that he was we'll nigh dis
tracted with toothache. He was goor
undeceived, however, as the frenzied in
dividual cried out, as soon as he could
catch his breath after running up the
stairs "Been man murdered !"
GA man murdered p cried the cor
oner; show? where?"
"In garding, 1 believe; with club
or a rock"
Chow long ago ?" cried the coroner,
seizing his hat and cane.
Been done a good while, and no po
lice nor constables hasn't never done
nothin' about it. Never been no coroner
set on the body nor nothin' of the kind
no verdict"
"What's the dead mans name? Who
was he p cried the coroner.
ellis name was Abel"
"Abel? Abel who?"
"Dont know; never heard nOthin
but his first name"
Well, what is the name of the mai
who killed him? Did they know? Any
one suspected?"
"Well, I've heard that fellow named
Cain, put out his light. Cain was the
brother of Abel, and"
The coroner smells mice, and flour.
ishiug his cane, cries You git dowI
them stairs, my fine fellow. Git, and
don't show yourself here again =
With loud guffaw, the fellow went
down the stairs, three steps at a time,
the doctor calling after him, ''How dare
you trife with an officer in this way p
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Childrens' Floating Hospitals

An alarming mortality of children
under five years of age causes unfeiRned
uneasiness in New York city. Within
two weeks twelve hundred infants have
been carried off by summer complaints.
For the past two years the benevolent
citizens of New York have established
and are supporting the Floating Hes.
pital system by which sick children of
poor parents are transported from their
close, unhealthful novels to the broad,
invigoratiDg expense of the bay. The
barge which conveyed them accommo-
dated two thousand each trip. The first
excursion of the present year was given
Tuesday last, the second on Thursday.
An efficient staff of physicians accom-
pany the barge at all times, and medi-
cine and medical attendance are furnish
ed without charge. Two substantial
meals, skillfulIy prepared on board, arc
served to the mothers or nurses of the
sick children gratis, and everything
necessary to their comfort or care is
provided with generous hand,
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English women's Art in Dress.

We have seen something OF the happy
home-life of observation-disclosures, nat
ural, yet exquisitely reiined-the cor
cordiltDt OF English society, and we
have seen little Of fashionable life on
one or two gay occasions. One dancing
party, though large and carrying weight
in the shape OF two or three titles, went
off in the most dashing and blithesome
wuy, saw there toilets on English
ladies not to be surpassed in Paris, and
worn with perfect grace. IL is a popu-
lar fallacy that English women Of the
upper class do not know how 30 dress
and, by the by, the injurious charge ~
often made by their countrymen. There
was az that party in Gloucester Terrace
a great deal Of beauty, as a matter OF
course high-bred and high colored
English beauty and highspirited and
somewhat low-toncd American lowell
ness. Perhaps our most effective repre-
sentative was young daughter OF
Horace Greeley, who even in London ~
not only distinguished by her bloom and
the fine classic character Of her head
and face, but for the perfect simplicity
and maidenly mcdesty Of her toilet
the fitness and fit of her dress W. London
Letter.
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A Japanese Bath.

A writer in Temple Bar says In
! Japan, even in the lowest inns, the
| travellers request for a bath is never
met with that stare of blank astonish-
ment which often attends the demand in
our own and every other European
| country. / know in Ireland once l asked
| for bath and they brought me horse
| bucket, and on another occasion, in
| France, could get no nearer the article
than horse trough, while in England
and Germany the request has more than
once led to a serious breach of the peace
between myself AMI the landlord. In
Japan, on the contrary, there would be
much more surprise felt if the traveller
did not ask for one. There were no
preparations required, no rushing about
of chambermaids, no turning on this
and off that-everything was quite
ready, and l was at once conducted to
huge wooden bath with a small earthen
furnace let in at the foot, and lid en-
closing the whole of the top with the
exception of a space just big enough for
the head of the bather to emerge through.
In one of these cOntrivances, with
small furnace burning gayly, a Japa-
nese, after his days work is over,
will sit calmly himself with the lid on,
and the water bubbling about him at
boiling heat. He seems, however, TO
like it uncommOnly, to Judge from the
pleased expression on his face fast deep
ening under the process INTO beetroot-
like tints and when he has at last had
enough-about an hour of it-he takes
off the lid and emeTges as much like a
boiled lobster as human being can be-
come. My bath was quite ready: the
small furnace glOwed with live pieces of
charcoal the water bubbled merrily,
aud my companions of the bath, taking
off the lid, invited me to enter Not
being, however, either Japanese, blue
lobster, or a potato, did not see any
particular object in being boiled, and so
had the fuel raked out of the furnace
and few buckets of cold water added
before got in.
We are touching our fellow beings Oh
all sides. They are affected for good or
for evil by what we are, by what we say
and do, even by what we think and
feel. May flowers in the parlor breathe
fragrance through the atmosphere. We
are each of us as silently saturating the
atmosphere about us with the subtitle
aroma of our character. In the family
circle, besides and beyond all the
teaching, the daily life of each parent
and child mysteriously modilies the life
of every person in the household. The
same process ON wi2er Gale is going
on through the community. No man
liveth to himself, and no man dieth to
himself. Others are built up and
Strengthened by our unconscious deeds; ;
others may be wrCnched ont of their
places and thrown down by our uncon-
scious influence
THE end-man in a mu.stTd troupe
gets more salary than village clergy
man, bUt then, he perspires more.
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JENNY LINp.
4 Vcry Pretty Story Of the RcnowncR ,Songsfrcs
"A Characteristic letter.

A Vcry Pretty Sts1p of the Rcao,rncd .Sougsfress
"A Characteristic letter.
Niagara Falls Letter to the n. o. Picaynne.
There is an old friend of mine here,
Capt. st. Clair ThOmasson Capt.
Thomasson, who used to be "the most
popular captain on the river'-Capt.
ThOmasson, who says that he is afraid
OF only two things under heaven and
earth-a mad dog and a widow-a' d
who used to believe in Spiritualism,
until the medium told him there was a
wife waiting for him in heaven, and she
was a widOw-Capt. Tt omasson, whom
everybody knows, and he tells pretty
story of the beautiful singer, Jenny
Lind, who came here on a visit when /
was little girl in pantalettes. 1t
seems that she came up the river on the
captains steamer, the Magnolia he
fell in love with her, of course, he al
ways does, escorted her from st. Louis
to this place and accompanied her on
the morning after her arrival to see the
mighty Horseshoe falls-when she had
drawn near enough to take in its awful
grandeur, all unconscious of the crowd
that had followed, more to see Jenny
Lind than the falls, this noble woman
and simple child of genius fell on her
knees with clasped hands, and, raising
her fearful eye to heaven, sobbed out
in broken English this touching little
prayer:
Almighty God, wilt Thou be pleased to ac-
cept my heartfelt and most grateful thanks
for allowing ne to look upon this, one of Thy
greatest works. Its creation tells us there is
a God. and If there Il an unbehever on the
face OF the earth, he pleased to bring him
forth and show him this mighty work of
Thine.
The captain has never forgotten this
prayer. How could he forget it? and l
have given it to you, word for word, as
he repeated it to me on the steps of the
hotel last evening. He has also given
me letter that he received from the
famous singer after her marriage. /
send you a copy would not part with
The original for anything. Read and
see what a womanly woman the celebrity
was:
NEW YoRK. May %, 1852.
My dear, good Capt. Thomasson
You will believe me when 1 tell you
that was really glad to receive your
kind, friendly letter. I know you felt
for me, for | put great trust and earnest
confidence in a character like yours,
and will, to my last breath, continue to
feel perfectly sure never to be deceived
in similar honest faces as that of your
kind. Do you understand that straight
forward language, my good captain? |
know you do; and if you were here l
would heartily shake you by the hand
and tell you how beyond words l feel
happy and what rich blessing God
hath given me in a husband I not only
love with intense, warm love, but one
who l also can fully and truly respect
and admire, and whose advices are the
wisest and purest. 1 did not think
when he played for you at Springfield
to give him, and with light heart, too,
my whole life and existence and little
did l fancy that he feels toward me rs
he did and has done for years passed.
My dear, good, captain, why does not
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LITTLE BROWN HANDS.

4, me me Following poem, written by Mary H. Krou
oI SraVfordsyille, Ind, ten years ago, when il
author was IN ber thirteenth year is one of tn
Iuost DeAutiful and expires i've ever penned in IN
Englsh language, and shsuld find pace through
Out the length and breadth Of America whereyf
t'ne dignity Of labor is recognized:
A1ey drive home the cows from the pasture
Up through the long. shady Iane.
hnere the quail VII stiles loud in the wheat ssId
Ihat Is yellow with ripening grain.
1ney md, in the thick waving grasses
NHere the scarlet-ipped strawberry grows
AneS gather the earliest snowdrops
ana the hrst crimson buds OF the rose.
lhey toss the hay in the meadow.
lhey gather the eIder-loorn white
AIgl una where the dusky grapes purple
III ~ lie soft-tinted October liphs.
~ AhoW where the apples hang ripast
-1 Auu are sWeeter than Ita'y's wines.
low wbe q tue fruir rauus tn. thickest
On the long, thorny blackberry vines.
Aney gather the delicate seaweeds
~ anu huuu tiny castles Of and:
AI.y PICK up the beautiful sea-shclls-
~ airy baTks that have drifJed to laud
A1ey wave from The tai, rocking tree tops
where the orioles hammock nest sViurs
And at nighttime are folded in Flumber
By song hat fond mother sings
Those who toll bravsly are strongest;
The humble aud 30 u Eecoulc great.
And from those bTowl-ha uded ChiIdren
SHati grow mighty rulers Of State.
IIe pen OF the author and statesman,
Tie noble and wise Of the land,
IIe sword and chiseI aud paIi-Itc,
Sh2ii tc held III the little brown hand.
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your friend appreciate such solid
friend as you are9 / can not help feel
| ing that you still will see your heart 8
desire accomplished, and that you ye5
may, one day, from experience know
what 1t Is to be married, and happily
married.
My most serious wishes go with you,
aud [ shall not forget you, good cap
| tain, and do not cease to believe that
God most surely will give you "your
| hearts desire" as long as you wish a
thing SO holy as a welded life. God
| has shown me q great wonder in send
| ing me a friend just when / thought !;
now it is too late to expect any earthly
happiness more, and why should He
| not in His graci, re1ess think of you
you are much be. =. than I.
Shall I really give you what you
asked of me for your little friend
Well, 80 will Tell her when she gets
your gift that it is the hair of person
whO truly believes that CAPT Thomas
son is made to make O good woman
happy, and that when he gives away his
heart he gives it entirely and with con-
fidence.
We leave America this Saturday, the
29!n INST, in the Atlantic. We do not
intend TO ever return to this country
again. If not we will, through the only
Mediator-the only door through which
we will find entrance to hea7en-our
Saviour, our blessed, Holy Saviour
certainly meet again, where no separa-
ton, no sorrow, no grief, is to be.
Oh, dear friend Let us prepare
ourselves for that lasting Joy, and never
cease to feel that next to the immense
gift of this, our Saviour. is pure affec-
ton and pure friendship of greatest
value, and that people who have felt
these feelings here below certainly will
continue to feel the same "up-stairs, ?"
and therefore it is that my good cap
tain will find me even in heaven his
truly attached friend. God be With
you.
JENNY GoLDsCHMIDT, born Lind.
F. S.-My husband sends you many
kind messages,
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days before, with the flat side of a
hatchet that she had been suffering
with violent pains in her head, but since
driving in the nail she had been entirely
free from them. Some years ago she
had been confined in the Western Lunatic
and has for some time been
partially deranged. If the nail pene-
trated the skull, as understand it did,
it is very remarkable case, and one of
much interest to the medical fraternity.
Djspqtch.
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Curing Headache with a Six-DenDy
Nail.

A strange and remarkable case was
brought under the attention of DR. Tate,
of Augusta county, few days since.
He was called to see Mrs. Taylor, wife
of MIR. Robert Taylor, living about
three miles from Greenville, and found
that she had driven a six penny nail into
the back of her head, which, after much
The nail had been driven III several days
previously, and by her own hand. 1t
but her daughter sent for DR.. Tate, as
above stated. She told her daughter
that she had driven the nail in several
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-08-20

MINERAL WooL.-Ihe utilization Of
blast furnace Stag recently discovered
bids fair to be of some importance. 10
is stated that il JET of steam be in-
iected into current Of fluid icorc,
fine, supple, and elastic hlaments arc
obtained. With certain slags these are
of brilliant white and resemble cotton
thread. The material is remarkable for
its non-conductbility of heat, and hence
may be proatably used for covering
boilers and for other purposes in which
it is desirable to prevent radiation.
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FITTING HIMSELF FOR OFFICE
pie may laugh at him, but we have
great respect for the man who found
himself lately elected a constable in a
rural township in Ohio. He felt the re.
sponsibility of the position aud the
solemn nature of the call. The first
thing he did was TO invest his spare cur
rency in a horse pistol, which he duly
charged and then obtaining a copy Of
ga W. ant" he went into the woods
to practice. He selected the most
lar anous Il cking tree he could find he
read the warrant to that tree, and then
cried Halt !" you scoundred, halt
One foot more aud / will blow your
brains out" Then bang went the p's-
tol but alas he missed the tree, which,
metaphorically speaking, effected an
escape. Still it WIS a lesson to him any
way and if all who are elected to Office
would show like anxiety TO do well,
some of them, at least, might hit the
mark oftener.
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Tinct. opii,
Capsici
Rhei co.
Menth pip,
CamDhO.

DANGEROUS HAYMAKIEG.- -" Wild hay"
is the name given by the Swiss to hay
made from the grass growing on strips
of soil to be found on the Alps, at the
height of from five to six thousand feet,
in places so difficult of access that even
the goatherd and his venturesOme flock
forbea- to visit them. This hay is 80
valu lble from its excellent quality and
delicious aroma that regular hay-har-
vest is yearly undertaken on these al
most mace essible places in spite of the
danger to life and limb involved in the
attempt. The haymakers are shod with
iron, and secure themselves with ropes
to some sure hold when in especially
dangerous places, but fatal accidents
occur every year. 1t is Ieckoned that
one man can make hundred weight OF
hay daily. This he either carries home
at night in net slung over bis shoulder,
or stacks it on the mountain whence it
is removed in a sledge when the snow
comes. This wild hay is essential to
the maintenance of the Alpine cattle,
the produce of the valleys being insult
ficient for their winter keep, besides
being of inferior quality to this hard.
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won spoil from those hooks in the ever
lasting hills upon which the suns rays
still liDger when they have long since
left the valleys.
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A VERY tall and shabby-looking man,
a fellow that reminded you of vagrant
letter from font of forty-line paragon
extra condensed, stepped toup one of
our bars, last week, and, after heaving
a glass of liquor into his long throat,
blandly asked the bartender if he could
change a $50 bill The gentleman
informed him that he could. "Well, ~
said the tall one, with a sigh of salts
faction, "Iil go out and see if | can
find one" ard plunged ont into the
cold world on his mission. .-LouiSriILe
COnlIlerciQk
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The Cholera Cure.

More than forty years ago, says the
New York Journal of Commei ce, when
it was found that prevention for the
Asiatic cholera was easir than cure, the
learned doctors of both hemispheres
drew up prescription, which was pub
lIshed (for working people, in the New
York Sun, and took the name of "The
Sun Cholera Mixture" Our contempo-
rary never lent its name to a better
article. We have seen it in constant
use for nearly two score years, and
found it to be the best remedy for loose
ness of the bowels ever yet devised. II
is to be commended for several reasons.
1t is not to be mixed with liquor, and
therefore will not be used as an alco.
holic beverage. Its ingredients are well
known among all common people, and
it will have no prejudice to combat
each of the materials is in equal proper
tion to the others, and it may therefore
be compounded without professional
skill, and as the dose is 50 very small, il
may be carried in a tiny phial in the
waistcoat pocket, and be always at hand.
1t is:
Tinct. opii,
Capsici
Rhei co.
Menth pip,
CamphO.
Mix the above in equal parts dose,
ten to thirty drops. In plain terms,
take equal parts tincture of opium, red
pepper, rhubarb, peppermint and cam
phor, and mix them for use. IN case OF
diarrhma take dose of ten to twenty
drops in three or four teaspOon7uls of
water. No one who has this by him,
and takes it in time, will ever have the
cholera. We commend it to our west
ern friends, and hope that the recipe
will be widely published. Even when
no cholera is anticipated it is an excel
lent remedy for ordinary summer COM
plaint,
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A Rough Joke,

The young ladies of a Benicia semi
nary recently played a practical Joke
which throws into the shade everything
in a similar line which we ever heard of.
| 1t seems q number of gay young Vale.
| iOites have been in the habit of driving
over to our sister city, Sunday after
moons, and hanging around the female
| seminPries, endeavOring to communicate
with the young lady pupils, and display
ing the utmost audacity, despite pro
testations and threats of the principals
and teachers, male and female. On a
recent occasion they even went so far as
to organize a mock prayer meeting
under the seminary windows, and prayed
for the "Ittle lambs" and asked espe-
ciaily that they might be protected from
the old he wolf and she wolf, mean
estimable matrOn. The matrOn was at
her wits end to knew what to do about
the nuisance, when the young ladies
volunteered to take measures themselves
which would cause it to be abated j;
which arrangement was assented to-
The very next Sunday the young men
came again, and proceeded to repeat
the prayermeeting, scene which they
apparently considered a great joke.
Pretty soon they heard one of the
blinds in the second story cautiously
opened little way, and also a slight
cough as if to attract attention. Look
ing up, they saw little white object,
apparently note, hanging by string.
The note was slowly lowered. One of
the young men ran forward to get it,
standing on tipteo, and reaching up in
eager expectancy. 1t came down almost
within reach, The string being apparent
ly little short. The yOung man strain
ed himself to reach it, opening his
mouth as he did so with the excess of
exertion. Just as he touched the note
with the tips o lis fingers, the blind
was thrown Vi emily open, pail
appeared, which was turned bottom side
up as quick as a flash, and a deluge of
sl0ps fell On the young man. It wet
him from head to foot, including his
gorgeous shi1t-front, and poured into his
mouth, eyes and ears. Instantly whole
row of blinds were thrown open, and at
every window appeared a group of gig
Cling girls. That prayer meeting broke
up without a benediction, and the
young men returned to Vallejo by the
most direct route known to them.-
TGlyGjO Chronicle.
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The end-man in mu.etTcl troupe
gets more salary than village clergy
man, but then, he perspires more.
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DIED. Suddenly, July 4tb. 1875, Thomas'
only son of J. q. Flanders, Of this city. fu-
neral from the residence OF his father lueh-
day afternoon at two o'clock.
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