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Daily globe., 1879-04-06
A BROKEN STRING.

Sing, and to you! No-no-with one note
Jared
The harmony of Lifes long chord is broken,
Your words were light and by light lips
spoken,
And yet the music that you loved is marred.
One string, my friend, is dumb beneath your
Strike and it throbs and vibrates at your
will,
Falters upon the verge of sound, and still
Falls back as sea waves shattered on the
strand
Touch it no more, for you shall not regain
The sweet lost tone. Take what is left, or
let
Life's music sleep to Death. Let us forget
The perfect melody we seek in vain
And yet perchance, some day before we die,
As half in dreams we hear the night wind
sweep
Around our windows, when we fain would
sleep,
Laden with one long, sobbing, moaning cry,
One faint, far tone will waken, and will rise
Above the great wave voice Of mortal pain !;
Hand will touch hand and lips touch lips
again,
AS in the darkness it recedes and dies;-
Or lingering In the Summer evening glow,
Then; 1ast when the passion of the crimson
Burning like some great heart that cannot
| rest,
Stains as with blood the waters as they flow,
Some old forgotten tones may rise and wake
| Our dying youth, and set our hearts afame
! With their old sweetness-to our lips the
OF love steal softly, for the old loves sake
| -COrnhiW Ma0lzine
Daily globe., 1879-04-06

predicted the collapse, not only of the
Post Office, but of the Empire Of Great
Britain. When was youth, women
wore pattens. Are such articles ever seen
in our day? At that time it was consid-
cred vulgar for gentleman to wear a
cotton shirt or silk hat. The shirt of
fine linen and the hat of beaver were de
rigueur. Watches had double cases, be-
tween the outer and inner of which it
was the custom to insert what we're
called watch-papers, on which were print
ed or written texts from Scripture, moral
maxims, passages from the poets, or ten
der love effusions purporting to be origi-
nal. Still more recently, and when in
my prime, remember that it was con-
sidered contra bo,aos mores and all the
preprieties for lady to ride in a hand
some cab, or for a gentleman to smoke
in lady's presence, and worse still, if
possible, for a lady to be seen in the
streets with agentleman who had pipe or
cigar in his mouth. remember and
it is scarcely memory of older date than
80 years when gentleman in full dress
was not compelled by fashion to attire
himself like a clergyman or a tavern
waiter; when the fashionable dress was a
blue coat and gilt buttons and a colored
OF embroidered vest, and when bright
celors IN the waistcoat we're not consid-
cred the exclusive right of the footman
or the costermonger. I remember, too,
when ladies were not ashamed to be
economical in their attire, and did not
allow their silks or satins to trail on the
ground, but wore their agowns," as they
were called, at a length that just reached
the ankle, and allowed the dainty little
feet and portion of the leg to be seen.
This fashion pleased the gentlemen, and
did no harm to the ladies, conduced
greatly to comfort in walking, besides
saving considerablesum in the dress.
makers account.-AlltAe Year Roalnd.
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FARM AND HOUSE.

The skin contains more than two mill
lone openings, which are the outlets of
an equal number Of sweat glands.
The human skeleton consists Of more
than two hundred distinct bones.
An amount of blood equal to the whole
quantity in the body passes through the
heart every minute.
The full capacity of the lungs is about
three hundred and twenty cubic inches.
About two thirds of pint of air is in
hailed and exhaled at each breath in ordin-
ary respiration.
The stomach daily produces nine
pounds of gastric juice for digestion of
food; its capacity is about five pints.
There a1e more than five hundred sepa-
rate muscles in the body, with an equal
number of nerves and blood vessels:
The average man takes five and one
half pounds of food each day, which
amounts to one ton Of solid and liquid
aourishment annually.
A man breathes eighteen times min
ute, and three thousand cubic feet, or
about three hundred and seventy-five
hogsheads Of air per hour.
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Too Fond OF Music.

Captain Tyson, the Arctic explorer,
once espled an Cookbook (seaD who had
come up through hole in the ice to
breathe. The explorer beckoned to q
companion to bring gun as quietly as
possible and shoot the creature. Mean
while, the captain whistled a plaintive
tune as musically as he could. The ook-
jock was so charmed by the pleasant
sound that he fingered and listened until
the gun came and he was killed.
Now, it is said that all seals are fond of
sweet sounds, whether made by instru-
ments, sung, whistled, or, sometimes,
merely spoken, and that they will keep
still and listen, giving a hunter time to
come within shooting distance.
But perhaps there is slight mistake,
and the seal is only watching for good
chance, while he grumbles to himself,
something like this:
aPshaw! Only let me catch that
troublesome fellow, and I'll soon put an
end to his noise!"
Daily globe., 1879-04-06
Hints About house-Planrs.

From W. M. Round in New York Observer.
The best temperature for house-plants
is from 48 degrees at night to 70 degrees
during the day. If your plants should
at any time get nipped with frost, shower
them with very cold water, and keep
them in the shade for a day or two.
Furnace heat is the worst for plants, and
that from wood stove the best. Keep
the air moist-a pan of water kept on
the stove, or a damp towel hung on the
register will do this.
Water thoroughly, but not too often.
Shower all smoothed-leaved plants fre-
quently. Wash the leaves of English ivy
with clean cold water and sponge
nothing else. Use water of the same
temperature as the room. The oleander,
calla and hydrangea may have water
standing in the saucers under the pots.
Vines should be watered more frequently
than other plants.
A few drops of ammonia added to a
pail of water, and applied once week,
will prevent the earth from getting sour.
In giving liquid manure-a heaping
tablespoonful stirred into water-pail
full OF water IS enough. To kill the
green fly or plant louse-smoke the
plants with tobacco. Very weak lime
water will Kill worms in the pots. Red
spider, may be gotten rid of by frequent
ly wetting the foliage and keeping the
atmosphere moist. A pinch ef flour of
sulphur, sprinkled now and then on the
leaves, will keep off mildew. If the
scaly-bug attacks your callas, oleanders,
and the stems of your rose bushes, exer-
else your patience by picking the insects
off, and wash the affected afterward with
weak soap-suds. The mealy-bug, which
must, like the scaly-bug, be removed by
hand. picking.
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Ventriloquism and Knavery.

A death-bed confession of very ex-
traordinary character has recently been
made public in the fourishing little town
of Aberdeen, Indiana. Some twenty
years ago, when Aberdeen was village
Of not more than four or FIVE thousand
inhabitants, certain Mr.. James Barbour
owned there thriving farm valued at
between fifty and Sixty thousand dollars.
Mr.. Barbour was unmarried but favor
lite nephew named John L. Strickland
had for some years resided under his
roof.
At the age of eighteen, Strickland,
who had received q fair education, was
noted for many precocious talents.
Among other accomplishments he pos
sessed remarkable skill at slejght. Of
hand, was veritable wizard in his mani
pulations of cards, and had frequently
been known to startle assemblages Of OBJ
servers by his clever manuel tricks. he
contracted habits of dissipation,
however, and finally, falling under his
uncle's displeasure, was expelled from
the house
During several years young Strickland
disappeared totally from Aberdeen, only
reappearing during the last hours Of hls
uncle's final illness. Old Mr.. Barbour
while lying nearly speechless upon his
death-bed, permitted his nephew to visit
him. In attendance upon the old gentle.
man were two of his nieces, in whose
favor Mr.. Barbour had, some months
before, made his last will and testament
Feigning the most sincere penitence
Strickland insisted upon relieving the
watch of his two cousins at the couch O
the dying man.
One night he awoke the ladies, in
state of evident mental trepidation, will
the announcement that sUncle Jane
seemed terribly low, and had somethin,
that be very much desired to say befer
witnesses" The two cousins hurried f
the death chamber, and found it quit
solemnly darkened, with Stricklan,
standing beside his uncie's bed.
Emma and Elizabeth are both here
Uncle James," Strickland now said. II
there anything which you especially wis
to communicate"
. Amid the dimness OF the silent chambe,
Mr.. Barbour's voice, very much enfeeble
yet perfectly articulate now sounded
J; He informed those gathered about hir
that he had forgiven his scapegrace nepE
ew and desired that Strickland shoul
!, inherit the bulk of his property, and thu
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He Thinks Food Should Be Eaten Raw.

A German physician has started new
theory with regard to food. He main
tains that both the vegetarians and meat
eaters are on the wrong tack. Vegetables
are not more wholesome than meat, or
meat than vegetables, and nothing is
gained by consuming a compound of
both. Whatever nutritive qualities they
may possess, he says, is destroyed in
great measure, and often entirely, by the
process of cooking. All food should be
eaten raw. If this practice were adopted,
there would be little or no illness among
human beings. They would live their
apportioned time and simply fade away,
like animals in wild state, from old
age. Let those afflicted with gout, rheu-
matism or indigestion try for time, the
effect of simple uncooked diet, such as
oysters and fruit for instance, and they
will find all medicines unnecessary, and
such rapid improvement of their
health that they will forswear all
cooked articles of food at once
and forever. Intemperance would also.
it is urged, no longer be the curse of civ
ilized communities. The yearning for
drink is caused by the unnatural abstrac-
ton from what are termed 'ssolids" of
the aqueous element they contain-un-
cooked beef, for example, containing
from seventy to eighty per cent, and
some vegetables even larger proper
ton of water. There would be less thirst
and consequently less desire to drink
if our food were consumed in its natural
state, without being first subjected to
the action of fire. Clothing, our adviser
also thinks is mistake, but he admits
that the world is not yet far enough ad-
vanced in civilization to go about un.
dressed. Whatever differences of opin.
ion may exist as to this anti.cookine
theory, there cannot be doubt that in
getting rid of the kitchen with all it:
abuses-including the cook-housekeep-
ers would be spared vast amount O
worry, and probably on this account
alone would live to greater age that al
present.-Palz Mall Gazette.
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Burnt Clay as . Fertilizer.

A Georgia correspondent of Tho Ruras
Ne,o Yorker writes: The stiff, yellow-clay
sub-soil of our lands, full of iron ore, IS
poisonous to plants and vegetation. But
it should be remembered that for
thousands of years this same subsoil has
been the grave and repository Of count
less millions of reptiles, worms and in
sects. and that into it have been washed
down the inorganic remains of both birds
and beasts. How, then can these inorganic
elements be utilized so as in cheap and
effective wav to permanently increase the
fertility of the soil2 By burning. In
England I have frequently used burnt
clay, and always with the most beneficial
effects, particularly on wheat, clover and
grass; and among what might, perhaps,
style successful and scientific farmers the
practice is largely followed. The follow
ing is the method of performing the
operation:
In very dry weather let furrow be
turned over as deeply as possible by
three-horse plow. Let this same furrow
be again plowed up by following three
horse plow. By these means great blocks
of hard stiff clay are thrown up, some of
them nearly 100 pounds in weight. Let
these Jumps be collected and built in
| circles of, say, ten feet in diameter and
several feet high. Build up the interior
of each with brush, old roots, stumps etc.,
SO disposed as to ignite easily, and cover
the whole with Jumps of dry clay. After
having set fire to the heap, let the mass
burn fer three or four days, care being
taken to supply fresh clay, SO as to pre-
vent the fire from burning too furiously.
will be completely pulverized; the
silica Of the soil will, to large extent,
be rendered soluble, and the carbonie
acid entirely expelled from the carbon
ates of lime and magnesia in the rocks.
All practical farmers are aware that
the lack of soluble silica is the case why
wheat and oats are not to lie down on
rich lands, and why they refuse to fill
with seed the heads of grain.
i They also know that lime and magne-
sia, as carbonates, do not enrich the soil,
whereas when rid of the carbonic acid
/ they are of great value both directly as
plant-food, and indirectly as means Of
supplying it, but decomposing and thus
redering soluble another unvabie consti-
tutents of the soil. This burnt clay is
absorbent and filtrative, has tendency
to sink into the subso1l and amalgamats
with it, causing it to work more easily,
I and thus increasing the fertility of the
, soil. Heavy land can thus be cheaplY
) and easily aerated and enriched, and a
good apart of the hitherto dormant
chemicals contained III the great reposi-
] tory of nature rendered fit for food fol
t sustaining and stimulating vegetable life
From ten to twenty tons per acre of thii
} burnt clay will permanently enrich the
|, land, and farmers will find it much
: cheaper ana more effcacious than th,
b commercial fertilizers that now throng
!. our market.
Daily globe., 1879-04-06
A Russian Royal Wedding.

The recent marriage Of the Grand
Duchess Anastasia-the daughter of the
emperor of Russia's brother, the Grand
Duke Michael Nicholaievitch, governor
general of the Caucasus-to Prince Fred
eric of Mecklenburg. Schwerin, is de-
scribed as follows:
A distinguished company assembled in
the winter palace at 1890 o'clock, among
those present being the members of the
ecclesiastical synod. the superior clergy,
the council of the empire, senators, the
diplomatic body, the chief officers of the
army and navy, and representatives of
the mercantile classes. The ladies ap-
peared in the Russian national costume,
and the gentlemen in full dress or uni
form.
The bride and bridegroom were re-
ceived in the magnificent apartment
known as St. Georges hall, and conduct
ed to the chapel within the palace, where
they were met by the emperor and en-
press, whose appearance was salutcd by
101 guns from the fortress opposite the
imperial residence.
The Grand Dutchess Anastasia wore
over her wedding costume superb Grim
son velvet mantle lined with ermine, the
train being supported by four chamber
lains and the master Of the ceremonies
attached to the household Of the Grand
Duke Michael.
At the chapel Prince Frederick and
his future consort we're received bv the
metropolitan of Novgorod and St. Peters.
burg and the members of the synod, and
the inferior clergy carrying the cross and
the holy water.
The emperor led the bridegroom tc
their respective positions, and the rings
having been brought to the altar before
hand, on gold plates, by masters of the
ceremonies, were placed on the fingers o.
the exalted couple by the imperial con
fessor, while the crowns were held owe,
their heads by high dignitaries of state
| Upon the conclusion of the Greek cele
bration, the grand duchess and Primo,
Frederic returned thanks to the empres
and their parents, and after TIE Deun
han been sung and g salute Of 1O1 gun
had been fred, received the congratula
tions of the assembled guests.
Next came the marriage ceremony &C
coriing to the Lutheran rite. which wa
performed tn the Alexander hall. afte
which the bride and bridegroom wer
conducted back to the imperial apart
ments of the palace.
Att o'clock grand banquet wa
Daily globe., 1879-04-06

Mama, where do people 60 when they
die?'
"My dear, can't tell you just where" !"
"But don't you know?"
"How can 1 know, Nellie9 Mama has
never died."
"Of course not; but haven't you stud
led geographic"
Daily globe., 1879-04-06
THE ECuAMnEwo OVER THE GATE.

BY HENRY W. LoNGFELLoW,
Is it so far from thee
Thou canst no longer see
In the chamber over the gate
The old man desulate,
Weeping and wailing sore
For his son, who is no more?
Oh AbSalom, MY son!
1t is so long ago
That cry Of human woe
From the walled city came,
Calling on his dear name,
That it has died away
In the distance of to-day?
Oh Absalom, my son!
There is no far nor near,
There is neither there nor here,
There is neither soon nor late
In that chamber over the gate;
Nor any long ago
To that human cry of woe
On AbSalonl, my sou!
From the ages that are past
The voice comes like u blast,
Over seas that wreck and drown,
Over tumult Of traffic and town;
And for ages yet 10 be
Come the echoes back to ne
Oh Absalom, my son!
Somewhere at every hour
The watchman on the tower
Looks forth, and sees the fleet
Approach OF the hurrying feet
OF messengers, that bear,
The tidings of despair.
On Atsalom, my son!
He goes forth from the door,
Who shall return no more.
With him our JOY departs;
The light goes out III our hearts;
In the chamber over the gate
We sit disconSolate.
On Absalom, my son!
That tits common grief
Bringeth but q slight relief;
Ours is the bitterest loss,
Ours is the heavier cross;
And forever the cry will be
3 "Would to God I had died for thee,
Oh Absalom, my sonw
Atlantic Monthly
Daily globe., 1879-04-06

given in the Nicholas hall, at which the
following toasts were proposed, each &C.
companied by salvos Of artillery: ''The
Emperor and Empress" "The Newly
married Couple" "The Parents OF the
Bridegroom ''Tne Parents of the
Bride" 'sThe Imperial Family" "The
Clergy" and "All the Emperor's Faith
full Subjects"
At s 80 o'clock grand ball took place
in ST. Georges hall.
Daily globe., 1879-04-06
THE COB-HOUsE.

THE COB.HOUSE.
BY KATE PUTNAM OsGOOD.
Willy and Charley, eight and ten,
Were under the porch in the MONDAY sheat; !;
l could hear and see the little men,
Unseen, myself, in the window-seat.
Will on dollhouse was hard at work,
With zeal that was funny enough to me.
At eight one hardly has learned to shirk-
That comes later, as you will see!
For Charley, by virtue of ripper age,
Did nothing but stand and criticise.
His hands in his pockets, stage by stage,
He watched the towering castle rise.
"And now, after all your FUSS" says he,
"S'posing it trumbles down again?"
"O," Will answers, as cool as could be,
''Of course should build it better them"
Charley shook sagely his curly head,
Opened his eyes of dancing brown,
And then, for a final poser said,
But s'posing it always kept tumbling
down!'
Will, however, was not CT the stuff
At loss to be taken so;
"Why, then," he answered, ready enough,
II should keep on building it better, you
know"
And, seeieg the wise worlds hardest knot
Cut at stroke with such simple skill,
Older people than Charley, I thought,
Might learn lesson of Master Will!
Daily globe., 1879-04-06

his recent will should be destroyed then
and there. The will was now, at the
dying mans apparent direction, brought
from near bureau and destroyed by the
elder of the two nieces. both of whom
were intensely conscientious girls, and
only too anxious to respect the wishes of
their failing relative.
"John will always take care of you,
and be good to you girls, until you mar
ry; am sure of that"
These as it seemed, were the last words
uttered by Mr.. Barbour; for, few mo-
ments latter, John Strickland, while
leaning over his uncle's dimly-see face,
suddenly exclaimed
''He's gone"
And on turning ur the light, it was in
dead. The will being destroyed, and the
two neices feeling thoroughly confident
that they had listened to the last wishes
of their uncle, put forward no claim
whatever to the property, which passed
at once into Strickland's hands.
In the course of time the ladies mar
ried, and Strickland married also. The
latter became very respectable mem
Der of Aberdeen society, and last July, at
the comparatively early age of forty
eight, died after briet illness.
A day before his death, however, Striek-
land confded to friend of his, Mr.. Har-
ris F. Biggs, a written confession which
he desired to have shown his two cousins,
now both residents of different States.
This confession, he declared, would &C
count for the will which he had made,
bequeathing all his property to those
ladies, and defrauding his own wife and
children of their just inheritance. When
he had called his two cousins to the dying
mans bedside, Strickland declares, in
this same confession, Mr.. Barbour had
already ceased to breathe for ten good
minutes. The words their uncle seemed
to speak ,oere not uttered By hsns at azl
but were the artful result of his own
(Strickland'O ventriloquism. The dim
ness Of the room aided him in his delu-
sion, and he had actually, to all intcnts
and purposes, made dead man speak
Repentance for his navish act. the writer
OF the confession further stated, had
at last driven him to make becoming
amends.
On hearing of the document in Mr.
Briggs possession, Mrs. Strickland has
utterly denied it as the work OF her late
husband. The married nieces, however
insist upon its authority, laugh at the
idea of its being forgery, and very
pretty lawsuit now threatens to b. car
ried on for long period. 1t is said tina
both contestants will have what lawyer.
call fair case, though there is no doub
of Strickland having been long know
as a skilled ventriloquist, which is, 0
course, a point against the cause Of hi
irate widow.-N. Y. Weekly.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-11-29
by James NJ. Taylor Z Sou,
Real Estate Agents and Auctioneers'
officer corner Eleventh and Bank streets.
SALE OF TIA

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF THAT
ONEW, 0HFORTABLE FRAME I,WELL,IiiMSGS
ON WEST BROAD STREET, ADJolS 81. NJ, u LIZ ~
decree OF the Circuit Court of Henr'co county
rendcred n oyember 90, 1870. in the suit OF SKIN,
ner, &C.. us Montcrn aud others, " III, rs special
commits Toner thereby appointed, proceed 10 SCI al
puo: auction, upon The premises on tk,pXh th hn
nice FRAME DWELLING, containing SIX rooms,
siu lated on the north side or Broad street secopa
Or ioy west OF Mckenzie street. There Is me wen
rof water upon the premises and also GOOD frame
stable The lot frouts 3oxl40 feet 10 M alley ~
feet wlde. Il, .,s- ,-Ss
TERMS: One fourth cash; The balance at SIX
with Interest added and the title retained until che
whole purchase-money is paid and deed ordered
bysihe Court, FRANK K. ANDERSON,
noes - lsaS Special Commissioner,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-11-29
BY Goddip, Warren & Co.,
Real Estate Agents and Auctloneers,
HOG Main street.

TRUSTEES SALE OF THAT DESI.
RABLE BRICK RESIDENCE AT THE
SOUTHWEST CORNER OF CLAY AND FIFTH
STREETS AT AUCTION.-In pursuance OF deed
Of trust from Z. B. Cook trustee. &C.. 10 the under
signed as trustee dated The 18th day OF July 1878,
duly recorded in the clerks Office of The Chancery
Court Of lhe city Of Richmond, D. p. ll3 l.. page
&c. and being required SO to do by me oenehSlRry,
NESDAY he Sd day of December, 1879, at
O'Clock Z. NJ the PROPERTY located Us above de-
scribed. The house has ten rooms. gas, bath. &c.
kitchen with three rooms. Lot 34ax1 ION feet 10
an alley ten feel wide. Neighborh0od excellent
and IFS convenience 10 the market aud business
centres should attract the attention " those seeking
a central and pleasant location.
TERMS: Announced at sale.
NOEL j. u. GODDIN, Trustee.