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The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-08-04
Depth Of the Great Lakes.

There is mystery about the Ameri-
can lakes. Lake Erie is only sixty or
seventy feet deep but Lake Ontario,
which is 500 feet deep, is 230 feet below
the tide-level of the ocean, or as low as
most parts of the Gulf of st. Lawrence
and the bottom of Lakes Huron, Michi-
gan and Superior, although the surface
is much higher, are all from their vast
depths on level with the bottom of On
tario. Now as the discharges through
the Detroit river, after following all the
probable portion carried off by evapora-
tiop, does not appear by any means equal
to the quantity of water which the three
upper lakes receive. 1t has been con-
iected that subterranean river may run
from Lake Superior, by the Huron, to
Lake Ontario. This conjecture is not
impossible, and accounts for the singular
TACT that salmon and herring are caught
in all the lakes communicating with the
st. Lawrence, but no others. AS the
falls of Niagara must have alwaysexisted,
it would puzzle tho naturalist to say
how these fish got into the upper lake
without some subterranean river /; more
over, any periodical observation of the
river would furnish not improbable
solution of the mysterious lux andrefiux
of the lakes. S
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-08-04
Up In the Mountains.

The highest point in the world where
arrangements arc made for scientific
observations is the summit of Pixies
peak. There, 14,36G feet above the
level of the sea, is n rudely constructed
stone house, where live three men, the
observing sergeant and his two assist
ants. During seven months of the year
these men are shut off from all inter
course with other human beings. Early
In November they house themselves,
and live on the provisions they have
stored up and the meats they have buried
In the snow. When the atmosphere is
in proper condition for the telegraph
to work, some scraps of news are oh.
tanned, but they cannot reach the world
below nor the world get to them. The
observations made from this lofty
point are sent TO almost every onlightcn-
ed European nation. The station was
established here in August, 1873, the
special object being to learn something
about the upper currents of the atmos-
phere. The principal instruments used
are the barometer, thermometer, hygrome-
ter, thermometer, and the rain-gaugo.
One of the most remarkable phenomena
seen on Pixies peak is the electric
storm. A correspondent of the New
York Tribune recently visited the sum
NIT signal station, and to him Mr..
Brown, the observing sergeant, thus de-
scribes these storms:
They generally begin with hail, and
last from half an hour to four hours.
The whole atmosphere is full of electri,
city. Sheets of fire are everywhere.
Sparks crackle about your clothes and
in your hair, and fill the buffalo robes
and the bedding. The electricity comes
through the roof, through the windows,
and up from the floor. 1t seems as
though you are in battery. If you &c
out dc ors, a cloud of electricity rests on
tho whole peak. 1t comes from the
rocks; the clouds are full of it. Tho
lightning plays below in fearful inten,
sity Ono's hair literally stands
on end.
Mr.. Brown also stated that he had
seen the frosts foot deep all over the
summit, on windows, doors, rocks, and
particularly on metals. Sometimes il
gathers on the telegraph wires to the
depth of eight inches, and frequently
breaks the wire and stops communica-
ton. Such are some of the features oi
life on Pixies peak.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-08-04
The Perfection Of Diet.

If ell the boarding house keepers could
be successful In getting such patrons as
man living at Outhbert, Ga, there'd
be more money in the boarding house
business than in cutting off coupons
from some railroad bonds. The charac-
ter of this Cuthbert man came TO light
recently through an advertisement in
the newspapers, where it was proposed
to furnish, for five dollars recipe
teaching one how to live on thirty-seven
cents q week. The Cuthbert man, now
sixGy-four years old, read the advertise
ment and became indignant, asserting it
to be sheer extravaganza for one to
spend 80 much week, and making pub
lie the fact that his own provisions cost
him not to exceed ten dollars. o year.
His process is simple, and is published
for the benefit of civilized humanity.
He has not taken q drink OF liquor for
over quarter of O century he never
drank q cup of coffee in his life, or ate q
pound of meat of any kind. He has no
recollection of ever taking dose Of
medicine or consulting a physician. He
can walk fifteen or twenty miles as
quickly as any young man in the coun-
try is a man of family, and model of
moral and physical health. The secret
of his diet is that il is PLAN corn bread
and water, diet which he asserts q man
becomes accustomed to and will be thor
oughly satisfied with. Such a man is
this Georgia model, and such his advice.
Undoubtedly he is wise, too, but it is
difficult imagining pleasant sound In q
dinner horn repeating day after day and
year after year the same old story Of
corn bread and water.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-08-04
The Cathedral ut Cologne.

OF all Gothic buildings, the plan OF
the cathedral at Cologne is the most
stupendous ; even ruin as it is, it can
not fail to excite surprise and admira-
ton. The legend concerning its plan
may not be known to every one. 1t is
related of the inventor of it, that in de
spair of finding plan sufficiently great,
he was walking one day by the river,
sketching with his stick upon tho sand
when he finally hit upon one which
pleased him so much that he exclaimed :
"That shall be the plan"
81 will show you one better than
that |" said a voice bohind him, and n
certain black gentleman, who figures in
many German legends, stood by him
and pulled from his pocket roll con-
tanning the present plan of the cathedral.
The architect, amazed Mt its grandeur,
asked an explanation of every part. As
he knew his soul was to be the price of
it, he occupied himself, while Il o devil
was explaining, i'll committing its pro-
portions carefully to memory. Having
done this, no remarked it did not please
him, and he would not take it. The
devil, seeing through the cheat, OK
claimed in his rago:
You may build your cathedral nc
cording to this plan, but YOU shall never
finish it.
This prediction seems likely to be veri
fed, for though it was commenced in
1248 and continued two hundred aud
fifty years, only tho niro AUD choir and
one tower to half it 4 propsS : height sre
finished.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-08-04
Advice for Dull Times.

brings a lot Q Of folks to your place Of
business. II they want you, let them
hunt you up. Then il you get your
name in tho paper you will be bored
with drummers, and people from the
country will call on you and you will
have to show them goods, and like
enough have to do up bundles for them,
which will exhaust your stock so much
that you will be obliged to buy more
goods, which is great trouble. If you
advertise, too, it gives your place a
reputation abroad folks will go there
and crowd you, and make it too lively.
If you don't want to do anything. keep
as still as you can.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-08-04
How One Man Defled a Mob.

Somo newspaper has lately unearthed
a story of mob law in Henry county,
Kentucky, in 1859, a story which will
bear condensation and which should 20
down to posterity, describing an example
to be initiated and q scene to be immor-
talized. In 1859 there resided in the
county named several brothers bearing
the name of Henry, one of whom was
charged with murder. He was acquitted
upon trial, but the mob was dissatisfied
with the verdict and demanded that not
only the man charged with the crime but
oil his brothers should leave the country.
One of the brothers thus unjustly
banned was slow to leave, and in conse-
quence was assailed, being shot at and
narrowly escaping with his life. His
wife and children were afterward taken
to him by young man named Hunly.
Then the mob demanded that Hunly
should leave the region. Hunly wentto
his house end told his aged parents of
the situation. They decided not to obey
the mob and barricaded the house. On
tho next day the mob came, twenty
men and numbers Of respectable citizens
who dare not resist. The mob rode up
to tho house and demanded the body of
young Hunly. The old mother appeared
ut a window and replied that her son
had committed no offense; he had sim
ply aided an innocent woman and her
children; ho would not be driven out of
the county like criminal; she and her
husband were prepared to die with him.
Then she bowed and retired. The mob
crowded forward, but there was man
among the spectators to be heard. AS
the old mother ceased talking, he came
forward with tears on his face, and said:
"Of all fortunes in life there is nothing
like its fortunate ending. A man should
be esteemed fortunate who finds an an
swer to the old Methodist prayer, Lord
give us good time to get out of the
world I may live hundred years
without finding another opportunity to
SO happily end my life. am blessed
My prayer is answered will die with
these people |" Then drawing his pistol,
the man (his name was Pcllard) placed
his back to the door and his face to the
mob. The effect was grand. Hesitating
citizens, lacking but the nerve to oppose
ruffianism, rushed to Pollard's support.
The mob fled for their lives before the
desperate resolve of the men before
them, and Hunly and his family were
saved. Pollard s name is still O synonym
for brave manhood in Henry county,
and his glorious example has done not a
little good. Could grander speech be
conceived than this brief one of six clean
sentencesf And is not the story one to
become immortal2
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-08-04
A Scene I'm the New York Police Court,


"Johnson, the officer says that you
q sober breath for q week. How is that,
Johnson ?" the justice asked of the next
prisoner.
eyer honor" said johnson, as he
dropped one arm over the rail and
leaned back heavily on the policeman,
who supported him by the shoulder,
"it's true. I've been drunk for week,
as you say, an haven't got word to
say to defend myself. I've been in this
here court, guess, hundred times be-
fore. an every time I've asked your
honor to let me off light. But this time
I don't have no fear. You can send me up
for ten days or you can send me up for
ten years, it's all one now" AS he
spoke he brushed away tear with his
hat; and when he paused he coughed
dry, racking cough, and drew his tat
tered coat closer about his throat.
"When I went up BEFORE" he con-
tinued, 81 always counted the days an
the hours till I'd come off. This time
I'll count the blocks to the Potter's Field.
I'm almost gone, judge"
He paused again, and looked down to
his almost shoeless feet.
"When I was little country boy"
he went on, "my mother used to say to
me: 'Charlie, if you want to be a man,
never touch liquor an I'd answer:
No, mother, never will If I'd kept
Yiat promise, you an me wouldn't have
been so well acquainted, Judge. If I
could only be boy again for half n day.
If 1 could 60 into the old schoolhouse
just once more, an see the boys an
girls as I used to see them in the old
days, could lay right down an die
happy. But it's too late. Send me up,
judge. Make it for ten days, or make it
for life. 1t don't make no difference.
Ono way would be as short as the other.
All ask now is to die alone. I've been
in crowded tenements for years. If I
can be alone little while before go,
I'll drop off contented."
The shoulder of the muddy coat
slipped from the policeman's hand, and
the used-up man fell in heap to the
floor. He was carried to the little room
behind the rail. His temples were,
bathed, and his wrists were chafed.
But it was no use. Though his heart
still beat, he was fast going to join his
schoolmates who have crossed the flood.
The shutters were bowed, tho door was
clio 'ed. He might die contonted, for he
was left alone.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-08-04

1t is terrible moment for Dorothy.
She knows that they both love her, and
she shivers at the suffering she secs in
both faces. Then she remembers the
oath she did not speak, and wild sort
of terror takes possession of her soul.
She speaks at last, and tries to thank
Ephraim for the service he has done
them.
"Spare me thy gratitude, Dorothy" 1"
he commands, in the slow, solemn tone
peculiar to his people. "I know 1 have
done thee service. / would not hear
of it again. 1 tried to make thee swear
an oath, Dorothy; 1 am glad it was not
spoken. Tell mo now, though, dost thou
love this young man2 Wilt thou for
swear thy religion, forsake the faith of
thy forefathers, and become one of the
worlds people2"
Dorothy's eyes looked toward Charles
with mute appeal.
"He has saved both our lives, dear, 4"
answers the younger man, in reply to
her glance, "and he is worthy of your
love-" Then his eyes seek the ground
again. He has received his life from
this mans hands, and now he will speak
no word to rob him of his dearest
treasure
"Speak, Dorothy" Ephraim repeats.
"1t is for you to choose"
Dorothy's voice is choked with tears,
and her breast shaken with sobs, rs sho
answers:
:" 1t is very, very wicked of me, Eph-
rain, but love him so ~
Then she stretches out her helpless
hands, and the sweet lips whisper :
"Charles.
Only a single word, but it decides her
life. In moment she is in her lovers
arms, and for the second time that night
unconscious.
The nobler man of the two goes I'M
needed out into the storm to conquer his
heartache alone.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-08-04
A Touching Story,

The reason for the friendship to the
white race of Spotted Tail is made
known to the public ns follows: Some
years ago the family of this chief were
living ut Fort Laramie, garrisoned at
that time by companies of an Ohio vol
unteer cavalry regiment. One member
of the family was the chiefs favorite
daughter, girl just entering upon her
womanhood. The girl fell violently in
love with one of the Ohio officers, fine
looking young fellow, who did all he
could to convince her that her affection
was foolish and hopeless. Day after
day she hung around his quarters, wait
ing hours to catch sight of Linn, and
perfectly happy if only able to follow
him about. 1t puzzled her thai she, n
princess, was not able to win the love of
this young soldier. At length her father
learned how matters stood, and coming
for her, sent her away among friends in
the Rocky mountains. There she
gradually pined away till finally the
chief was summoned toreceive her dying
message. When he reached her side
she urged him for his own sake and for
the sake of his people to be at peace
with tho whites. This message given,
she died. Her father had her body con-
veyed to Laramie and buried among the
pale faces. Spotted Tail often speaks of
his dead daughter, and once in great
council with the whites said: "Were
not the hopelessness of resistance and
the dictates of policy sufficient to re.
strain me from acts of war, the pledge L
made my dead child in her dying hour
would cause me to keep ut peace with
your children"
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-08-04
The " Fever Tree.o

The eucalyptus, or blue-g gum tree of
Australia, was discovered by French
scientist, Lahillardiere, who visited Van
Dieman's Land in 1892. The great size
and beauty of the tree soon gavo it a
place in the botanical gardens of Europe.
Its medicinal qualities, however, for
which it is now SO famous, do not seem
to have become known until about thirty
years ago. The colonists of Tasmania
used it for great variety of purposes,
but were ignorant of its power as an
nntiseptic. This was apparently dis
covered in Spain. In 1850 the neighbor-
hood of tho city of Valentia was planted
with the eucalyptus. A marked i'm
provcment in the healthfulness of the
locality followed. The Spaniards forth
with dubbed it the "fever tree" 1t
was soon afterward introduced into
Algeria, tho climate of which seemed
especially adapted to it. It may be
the Cape of Good Hope, in the La Plata
fornia.
After q trial for many years in southern
France, it has failed, as rule, to be-
come hardy, or to suck up and destroy
tho poisonous vapors of the swamps in
which it was planted. Tho few dozen
specimens planted within the walls of
Rome are nearly MI alive, but very few
of them are vigorous. Within year or
two the Trappist monks at the IRE Fon-
tame convent have set out large planta-
tlons of the trees, and are tending them
with the utmost care. This may be
fairly looked upon as decisive expert
ment. The place known as the IRE Fon-
tane-tho Three Fountains-lies sOlue
miles south of Rome, and is the seat of q
magnificent monastery. Yet its climate
is so deadly That the splendid buildings.
rich in mosaics, marbles and frescoes,
are wholly deserted during the summer.
Trying to live in them then would be
certain death. If tho blue-g gum tree
makes the IRE Fontane healthy, it can
be relied on to do the same work any
where else. Its record as an antiseptic
and disinfectant Is already O good
one.
The districts in which it is indigenous
aro healthy, and those into which it has
been transplanted and in which it has
thriven have become healthy. A few
miles from the city of Algiers there was
a farm which was noted for its deadly
fevers. Life on it IN July was almost
impossible. In the spring of 1867
thlrtecn hundred eucalyptus were planted
there. They were nine feet high by the
next July, and not q case of fever ap
poarcd. Nor has one appeared since.
Near Constantine, Algeria, there were
vast swamps, never dry even in the hot
test summers, and productive of violent
periodic fevers. About fourteen thou
sand eucalyptus trees dried up every
square foot of swamp and killed the
! fever. Maison Carree, near Hanasch,
was once a great market for quinine.
The demand for that drug has ceased
since the blue-gum tree was planted
there. Mercantile books are said to
show q similar decline in the amount of
quinine consumed in Mexico and Cuba OF
late, and similar cause is given for it.
A very unhealthy railroad station in the
department of Var, southern France,
has been made healthy by grove OF
forty of these remarkable trees.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-08-04
An Economical MOurner.

A gentleman dressed in nll-blacls pre-
sentcd himself, one day, at the box Office
of the Theater Comique, i'll Paris.
" Madam" said he to the ticket agent,
with tears in his eyes, 81 wish box in
order to place therein the body of my
wife at the moment when the Requiem
of M. Verdi is played" "Why," cried
the stupefied ticket agent, "is your wife
dead" eyes; 1 lost her yesterday,
and 1 thought that requiem would cost
mo less here than Mt the church and
then would permit me to hear the work
of M. Verdi"
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-08-04
A Scene OF Devastation.

The south OF France is of present the
scene Of disaster such as we are quite
unable to picture to ourselves in this
fortunate country. The terrors and hor-
rors of an inundation, however faithfully
depicted, have to the mind no practical
existence whereas the peasants of
north Italy and of the south and east of
France are with good reason appalled, at
the very mention Of one of these ;oalam-
tiles.
The late floods in the neighborhood Of
Toulouse have been even more fearful in
their effects, in consequence of the sud-
denness with which they came upon the
unsuspecting population. The heavy
rains, coinciding in time with the melt
ing of snow on the Pyrenees and the
Cevennes, loaded with an extraordinary
burden the tributary streams which flow
from these mountains to the northwest,
and, uniting with the Garonne, whose
name they take, water the wonderfully
fertile valley lying between Toulouse
and Bordeaux.
It is at the points where the several
mountain torrents join one another that
the result has been most terrible. Thus
at Toulouse, Just below the junction of
the Garonne and the Ariege, O whole
quarter has been submerged, 800 houses
swept away, and 10000 inhabitants
turned adrift, At Moissac, where the
important River Tarn, swollen by two
important tributaries, falls into the Ga
rome, the destruction is proportionhtely
greater, large part Of the town being
reported as actually hidden under the
waters. In another small town, out of
400 hundred houses which il formerly
contained, four or FIVE only are now said
to be left standing. The destruction of
crops and loss of farm stock at this time
of year may be to some extent imagined.
But the horror OF the scene and the
loss of life which followed on this sud-
den catastrophe can only be realized by
those who have assisted at a similar
spectacle. III. Edmond About has en-
deavored to describe such O. scene IN q
well known chapter, of Madelon. But
the present inundation seems not only
to have dstanced all the descript ptioiis of
novelists, but to have surpassed In its
murderous results all previoIs examples
in Europe, 215 dead bodies having been
already found in st. Oyprica alone.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-08-04
A WOMAN AFTER ALL.

" stake off that hideous bonnet, Doro-
thy. L want to see you sweet little face
without it,"
HIhou shouldst not speak SO, Charles.
1t is very wrong"
why2"
'EThou knowest favor is deceitful and
beauty is vain. We ought to bear our
testimony against the vanity of personal
looks"
"Ought we2 Then tell me why it
pleased Providence to make you 80 beau
tiful, my small cousin2"
"a Hush, Charles. / will not permit
thee to speak to me in this manner. "
And Dorothy Hicks, the little Quaker.
gled valianuy to turn the corners of her
mouth down when they wanted to turn
up.
"Don't look so serious, little girl.
You positively alarm me-" And Charles
Maynard burst into q merry laugh that
echoed through the poplar trees in the
old garden. Now, tell me, Dorothy
Il insist upon knowing, and, as n mem
Der of your family, consider thatI have
the right to be informed-are you going
to marry Broadbrim e.
"Friend Ephraim is an estimable
man, Charles. Thou must not speak oil
him thus"
"Look, Dorothy. There he is. ]
will quote no proverbs, but the rim OF
his hat turned the corner just as spoke
Now don't look as if you intended to &c
back to the house, for you are not going
I'll tell you secret. When ] was down