Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1877-02-02


the eastern horizon told me day was near
at hand
lost no time in making way into the
old quarter of the city, taking the most
circutous route possible, and carefully
avoiding the poems, or native police
here found out the store of the ship
chandler, countryman of my own, who
had supplied the Miranda with stores;
and he kept me in hiding until the next
vessel sailed for Yew York, on board of
which he easily contrived to smugglc
me quietly. She happened to be a
faster sailor than the Miranda, and we
arrived in New York five days before
my old ship.
The greeting | received from my old
comrades MS | stepped on board the
Miranda was a warm one, can assure
you: but it was ecipsed by the ovation
| received when ! entered her cabin.
Rosalind had had much of her happ-
ness married by anxiety for my safety,
and when she saw that had escaped scot
free, she-well the skipper, her foncc.
who thought that he understood cabin
boys, at last mildly hinted that buttercd
crackers nd iiJiiam were generally more
acceptable to them than tears and
caresses.
did not pierce him with marlin
spike, but attended his wedding. and
Aunt Rosalind, as my youngsters now
call her in these later years, only yester-
day gave my boy Jack a yllainous, I'M
musical tin trumpet, Such is gratitude
A Low Volcn IN WOMAN. Yes.
we agree with that old poet who said
that a low, soft voice was an excellent
thing in woman Indeed we feel in
clined to 60 further much further than
he has on the subject and call it one of
her crowning charms, No matter what
other attractions she may have; she may
be as fair as the Trojan Helen and as
learned as the famous Hypotia Of ancient
times she may have all the accomplish
ments considered requisite at the present
day and every advantage that wealth
can procure, and yet if she lacks low
sweet voice, she can never be really
fascinating.
How often the spell of beauty isrudc-
ly broken by coarse, loud talking How
often you are rrcsistbly drawn to q plau.
unassuming woman, whose soft. silyery
tones render her positively attractive.
Besides we fancy wo can Judge Of
the character by the voice; the bland.
smooth, fnwning tones seem TO bctoken
deceit and hypocrisy as invariably MS the
musical, subdued voice indicates genuine
refinement
In the social circle, how pleasant IL is
to hear our sex talk in that low key
which always characterzcs the true
lady. In the sanctuary Of home, how
such voice soothes the fretful child and
cheers the weary husband. How swoetly
its cadence floats through the sick cham
bcr, and around the dying bed with
what solemn melody do they breathe n
prayer for the departing soul. All, yes.
low, soft voice is certainly Fan excel
lent thing in woman"
DIpuTnERfA.-Dip bthcria appears in
three varieties, which are thus briefly
described 1.-tcyer. severe pains in
the back and limbs, aud great prostra-
ton There may DO no soreness of the
throat, but small white spccls will be
noticed on the tonsis 2-Large patches
Of false membrane both on tho tonsils
and back Of the throat but the glands
Of the neck do not become swollen. B.
True malignant diphtheria, with swell
ling ofthe glands Of the neck and under
the jaw; profuso and often offensive
exudations in the mouth aud throat
more or less discharge from the nostrls.
Simple treatment will usually cause u
recovery in a majority Of eases under the
first and second varieties Chlorate
potash tannin and sulphatc Of iron, put
dry upon the tongue and allowed TO dis
solve slowly, are found the most efficient
remedies in the carly stages Of the disease.
The dose should be small, and repeated
every hour Chlorate Of potash is, per-
haps, the best and most simple remedy
for home use. But the advice Of good
physician should be sought on the first
symtons Of this dangerous disease
TnG Pnoos RrADEn Tho proof
reader is the most unanimously inn
precaed man in the world IL ia I'M
possible that he should satisfy anybody,
and it were shoercst folly for him to cx-
poet to please everybody. Through weary
hours he must apply himself intensely
TO matter which does not interest him.
He must follow. not mechanically, but
with his mind, dispositions which arc
quite likely to be odious to him. lie
must correct the numerous blundcrs Of
writers and rectify the manifold cmbel-
lishments Of the intelligent compositor
| His information must be large aud
varied he must possess an acquaintance
with foreign terms in use in the language
which he correets, and must be able to
rectify errors in photography, grammar,
geography, and history. His task is the
most tbankless one under heaven, for no
writer ever admits the possibility Of an
error on bis part, profcrring to make the
proof reader scapegoat for every fault.
Child papa, Mr.. Wrinkle that died
went to Heaven, didn't he--he taught in
the Sunday school n Papa--"Ee viii
drop that subject; Mr. Wrinkle was
president of a gas company"
A Clergyman after marrying couple,