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Reyiving A Dead Language

When, two or three years since, hes,
E. E. Hale visited Hungary he ionla
that the language which was to be m aus,
the medium of conversation OF all nue.,
change of thought between himself ~ II.
the friend accompanying him ana .Ds
Hungarian ministers and professors wa s
the Latin. Upon being asked when an1
where he had trained himself to CO.. y.
verse in Latin, for at Harvard, WIZ.
he graduated, the students, howesy.
proficient in it, were not wont 10 spea.
it, he replied, that when he was passo'
of church in Worcester, Mass, 20 w Y.
tied a Jesuit college to consult SOIL
valuable books in its library; that Delue
courteously received by the professo ~
who were scholarly and gentleman
men, he went every now ana tnen -
the institution, and as the intercouls E
between the professors was Largely ,;u .
Latin, he soou found himself unlan y,
with them in its familiar use. TO InsI
it was not dead language, and it quicA'
ly became a living tongue 70 niu'
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sis Mipgo your husbands" I asked,

sis Mingo your husband?" I asked,
in surprise. 81 did not know that he
had ever been married. Mingo, COM
ing in at that moment with an armful
of wood, grinned until his face appear
ed cut in two.
II tole you bout my ole missus, Miss
Friendly. Well, she's flowed to take
me back"
81 don't understand this at ALL" l
exclaimed, completely mystified.
eyes, honey" proceeded Aunt Lilly,
" Mingo war my husband, an mighty
bad one he war too. Igotso disgussted
wild him at las dat done sole him"
"Sold him! Sold your husband
What do you mean?"
"Why; you see, Miss Friendly" ex-
planned Mingo, j." when l courted Lilly
she war free and war a slabe. So she
laid up her money till she had huff. an
den she bought and married me. But ]
war dat lazy an good-fo'-nuffin dat
didn't answer to her expectations. and
so she done sole me off her hans"
"De Lord knows Is tried hard uf1
to git you back" protested Lilly.
can rs learned huff not to provoke
you to set me adrift agin," said Mingo.
81 feels so happy, Miss Friendly, SO
light, so light, pears like rs foun' out
What kline oh slippers de angels do wear,
Dat deg walks about on de upper air.
Dem ar slippers is made OBJ Tub, Miss
Friendly-dem ar slippers is made oh
lub. "-Hurper' BasGr.
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CHANGE.

| n April first marked the buds
Stand sharp against cloudless sky,
The beaded branches lnteriaced
In most exquisite tracery.
Soon heaven above and earth below,
Together working all unseen,
Had wonders wrought and roDed the ear1n
In summers wealth of varied green.
40 June |" l cried, "remain with US
Thou month OF months when all thing
move
To music, whose majestic flow
Is filled and thrilled with life ana love-"
Then autumn in her ripeness came,
With louder voice, and laughter gay,
Yet through her crimson and her gold
There crept an odor OF decay.
And one by one her leaves went down
To kiss the earth without sound,
Or rudely swept by some nerce blast
They lay in legtons on the ground.
December sees her trees unframed
And needless of the frosty air,
Their losses leave them brave and strong;
Springs buds are in their sheltering care.
o Naturel onward is thy march
In circling spirals swift or slow.
Is 1t as races, or as men,
That we in thy procession go?
And doth each individual life
Upon some axis still revolye?
Is death q plunge into the gloom,
Which must again In light dissolve?
Frances L. Gardner.
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nurseries, and the root-grafts packed
and sold for a less price than you could
possibly do it yourself.-Prairie Farm
err.
RAISING WATERMELoNs.-AM issis-
sippi gardener adopts the following
practice in his successful cultivation Of
watermelons: His place was ordinary
pine and post-oak land, of moderate
fertility; and after blowing it " flush, -
ne laid it off in rows twenty feet each
way, and at the angles or checks where
the rows crossed, he dug a hole with a
spade two feet deep and three or four
feet in diameter, and filled it with we'll
rotted manure of any kind he could get
to make a good compost, and planted
his seeds on four sides of his hill, SO
that he could thin out to one stalk on
each of the four sides without crowd
ing each other; and then as the vines
ran out, he trained each vine to occupy
Its own side of the hill, and as the main
vine put out side runners, he pinched
OFT the end of the runner as soon as it
had one melon on it, and 80 on with
each successive runner, until there we're
i've nor six n elons on each vire, and
then pinched off the end of the main
vine. His cultivation consisted in pull.
ing out the weeds and grass from the
hill, and watering the hills with LIQUID
manure in the evening. He did not dis
turb the grass or weeds that grew be-
tween the hills, as he considered them a
protection to the vines in hot weather.
The result was such that I have coon
him bring in an OK cart load at a time
The New York herald., 1879-08-09
ISMAIL PACHA'S LAST LOAN.


How THE KHEDIvE RAISED THE FUNDs--wHRRE
ARE THE SIX MILLIONS
From the London Examiner.]
The Rsfoysae of Alexandria, the only independent
Egyptian newspaper. publishes in its issue of June
16 interesting details of the last financial opera
tions OF the ex-K Khedve before his departure which
II. Adolph Ebeling has made the basis of lively
article in the Deatsches Montags BidA. The facts
divuged may be taken correct. the Mexan-
drian journal has repeatedly, but in vain chal-
lenged the Egyptian government to deny dis
prove the accuracy Of its statements Shortly
before his departure lsmal raised loan of some
eight hundred thousand unds sterling among Alex
andran ancers to meet the pay ment of the March
coupon. Nearly million sterling to be found by
hook or by crook to appease the InsLtiable nav Of
his willy Levantine creditors! But how? The taxes
for the whole year 1879 had been ancipatoriy raised
by the end OF February. No amount or bastin DING
could extract more money from the unfortunate
fellah There still remained the harvest which was
exceptionally good. and at all events seemed to
empt the unfortunate. downtrodden. poor and pa
tient agricultural laborers and their wives and
lilies from starvation. On the durra, barley and corn
Isnail fastened his greedy eyes and conceived and
executed the folio wing diabolical scheme:H issued
u decree. strictly carried out by the governors
of the various provinces. forbiddng the sale
OF corn OF auy kind except to the government The
government ostensbly bought up all the harvest
and gave the unfortunate grower boas OF fifty pasres
for the dreb (the market price being ninety to hun
dred piastrcs): but that wretched half OF the
value of his goods the Egyptian peasant robbed
Of nor the government . U is much waste
paper; not donkey boy in cairo wo uld give q para
for 1t. Having collected, r,ther robbed the
population OF about eight hundred thousand dyuebs
OF corn whichthcy disposed of for about an equal
number OF pounds sterling, the government were
enabled to satisfy the claims of the bankers. who
had already laid hands on four viccregal
notably the luxurious yacht Marusa, IN which 1sinal
departed for Naples The TRANSACTION Is all the more
reprehensible when it is remembered that the Khe-
dive has large sums-some say six millions sterl-
ing--lodgcd in London banks and elsewhere. The
same paper from which we take this statement also
>vouches for the following illustration of Ismails
wicked ways:-A week before his deposition he
deavored TO raise some EG0O 900 the diamonds OF
his second wife. The negotiations collapsed owing.
1t is said, to tho mutual suspicion or the parties
concerned, or more definitely, because the accom-
modating hnanciers doubted the genuine encss OF
some of the stones offered security That is, In
deed. as Mrs. Maaprop would say, an allegory
IsfaI tlan H.. h.
The New York herald., 1879-08-09
AMERICAN VINES IN FRANCE.
From the London Globe.]


great deal OF excitement is being exhibited In
the vine gro wing provinces of France In the expert
ments now in course OF being tried with American
vines. The most learned professors are devoting
their attention to the subject and with good reason
for the object 10 Of constantly increasing iupor-
tance being less than resistance to the dreaded
phylloxers by means of fresh stock of plants. It
seems to nave been pretty we'll established that
some at least of tho varieties imported from the
other side of the Atlantic proof against this
morseless foe. The most celebrated of these the
river grape, the ash grape, the summer grape aud
the heart-lcavcd grape. all OF which have been
studied in great detail by NJ Miardct, professor nc
the Faculty OF Sciences In Bordeaux Tho first OF
these has been hitherto the most popular. aud has
already been extensively planted In the Bordeaux
and Languedoc districts. II has the advantage Of
growing readily all sorts of soil, so that tho
work OF experimenting with IL is comparatively
cheap and easy. The ash vine IL a good species
become crossed with other varieties and especially
with the cs tdbrl~ca OF classic fame. which IL cx-
tremely susceptible to the attacks of the
The Same fault is alleged against the heart vine.
which is plant OF astonishing vigor climbing
easily to the summit OF the highest trees when
attached to them. II IN ncnded to bring tho
specimens OF these sorts from the valley of the
Mississippi and other places where they are not
brought into contact with other more susceptible
sorts OF vine. The summer vine il the most rare OF
the species now trial In France but IL is also
the best suited for grating with the plants now
grown IN the south OF that country aud capable OF
The New York herald., 1879-08-09

court martial 1t is true has had plenty to do dur
ing the last month or SIX weeks. Some
sixty or seventy persons accused for polit
cal offences have been brought to trial
and sentenced to various terms OF confinement and
hard labor in the mines. Five of them were SEN
fenced TO be hanged-namely. Dubrovin. Solovief.
osinsky. Brandtner and Antonof The attention OF
the public is directed to Kieff, where there have
been series OF political trials which the public
had free access and which not as yet concluded.
it is hoped that the court At kieff wll not be long
occupied, as there remains only few unimpor-
tant to bo examined. After that the authori-
ties think they will have destroyed many of the chief
hotbeds of disorder in the country for the present.
and the state of siege will probably be raised But
this prospect does not bring any satisfaction To
the public, and is not likely to remove the very gen.
eral depression of trade. ..a.n
The New York herald., 1879-08-09
SMASH UP ON THE ERIE.

FREIGHT TRAIN CRASHES INTO ONE FILLED
WITH CATTLE-TwENfY OF THE LATTER
KILLED AND FORTY INJURED.
An accident by which great deal of property was
destroyed occurred yesterday morning at h.lf-psst
three O'Clock, Psssac Bridge N. j.. on the Erie
Railway. At this place bridge crosses the Passaio
River and all trains must to full stop before
passing 1t. train. consisting Of twenty-eight
hlled with Texas cattle. had just come to
standstill when 1t was run into by freight train
which had followed right behind. Tho cause Of the
accident was large curve which here prevents the
engineer OF approaching train from seeing any OF
the red lights of a preceding train until almost
in the grade that the train always certain to b
running ut pretty high rate OF speed. -
THE COLLISION. W
The second train consisted OF forty freight cars
aud drawn by one OF the now Erie narrow gauge
engines Of enormous size aud weighing over nfty
tons. The engineer did not the red lights of the
caboose of the forward train until he had almost
into it, He ut blew his whfstle In order to put
the engine and then eaped OF. followed by the nre-
Both sprang over on tho eastern SIDE the
westward bound track. and tumbed hesdlong down
embank In the caboose of the forward train
were sleeping the drovers who were accompanying
the cattle. The night was dark and stormy when
suddenly the conductor heard the shrnl whistle
OF the approaching train and the rumbling noise
~ the danger approached. Instantly taking In the
situation he yelled. "For Gods sake, jump for your
livesi and led the way to the platform Of the CO.
boose. rhe drovers. like many sheep following
their frightened leader. pressed close behind him.
and after another they esped into the darkness
They. too sprang of toward the westward track and
rolled down the em bsnk msnt. fsf
CATTLE KILLED AND INJURED.
When the crash came nothing could be heard bus
the grinding OF the cars 40 they piled themselves
upon the other along the hillside. Az this SUBJ
sided there arose the cries OF tho wounded cattle.
which were violently struggling TO hberate them
selves. As they succeeded In their struggles and
wandered of from the scene nothing remained but
the moaning OF the poor brutes who were seriously
injured ed in such manner that escape
was impossible.
None of the men were injured. Lights were soon
brought and q curious presented itself. There
lay tine demolished engine. and on top Of Il were
piled and DEBRIS and dead and in ured cattle.
while some OF the latter standing looking rue
fully ut the wreck and others more philosophical
were taking advantage Of the rich pasture obtain
al early morning moal About twenty head Of cat
fle wore killed and about forty more wounded.
The latter subsequently sent 10 Jersey City ind
slaughtered. II is ilnpossible TO form even sn APP
pro ximatc estimate Of the loss. considerable
freight OF all kinds destroyed, Travel was In
corrupted the main line until noon yesterday, aud
trains either abandoned sent via the Newark
branch. VIZ" tIii inI ~ ~
The New York herald., 1879-08-09
BROUGHT TO GRIEF.

BURGLAR1oUs VISITOR SURPRISED BY AN
AReUs-EYED DOMESTIC.
Shortly before noon yesterday, while Patrolman
j. T. Lowery. of the First precinct police was patrol
ling his post Court street, R,msen Brook yn
his attention was attracted by the cries of woman
He hastened up Rcmsen street. where he found SER
want girl aud several people standing in front of No.
lG1 OF that street and rough looking the act
of leaving the premises. The girl informed the officer
that she lived the street and had just seen the
man alluded to breaking u side light in the front
basement door of that house. which is leased by
Counsellor +. A. Ward. As she knew that Mr.
Ward and his family absent the city for the
summer She made up her mind that the fellow was
who was intoxicated by the collar and
him to the Washington street station house. On
several small articles of jewelry found in his
possession. 1t happened that tho preceding day
the brown stone m'nsion. No lG5 Rcmsen street.
occupied by Mrs. Hand and family, was found to
have been entered by burglars, the family also
being out of town. Mrs. Hand was sent Tor
by Captain Campbell. OF the First precinct, as
terday, and on being shown the jewelry
found in the mans pocket she identified the
articles M having been stolen from her residence.
1t was subsequently ascertained by the police that
the rogue had also entered the house of Mr. Thomas
No. 10y heinsen street, winch is also temporarily
vacant, ana had stolen some clothing. He effected
mi entrance TO the two latter houses by means of
false Keys. but being intoxicated yesterday when he
made the descent upon Mr.. Wards residence, he
was unable to use his burgarious implements with
his woncd skill and losing control OF his temper,
he broke the glass in a bold and angry manner
In order to put his hand inside and push back the
bolts that secured the door. The prisoner, who
gives his name as John Daley, is resident of the
Firth ward, Brooklyn, and IL not unknown to the
police. HIS picture appears in the Rogue gallery
aud IL numbered 1.2g9 The inscription on tho
verse OF his picture sets forth that John Daley.
aged nineteen years, an iron railing maker by trade,
feet inches In height, was arrested by Detective
Curren, First precinct for larceny from the person,
on complaint of William Tiliet, August ~. 1873"
He was tried In the Kings County Court of Sessions
and was sentenced, September n. by Judge Moore.
to the Penitentiary for six months.
The New York herald., 1879-08-09
RUSSIAN HORRORS.
INHUMAN TREATMENT OF NIHILIsr PRISONERS
Gagged LIKE WILD ANIMALS

INHUMAN TREATMENT OF NIHILIsT PRISONERS
Gagged LIKE WILD ANIMALS.
LONDON. July 20. 1879.
cry of horror has gone up from every part OF
civilized Europe at the sickening cruelty of the
Russian authorities toward the wretched nihilists
their way to Saghalen. 1t seems Impossible that
the officers of the Holy Car could be barbarous
to pack political prisoners In rows OF cages
like wild beasts under the deck of = convict ship in
such weather that the wretches nearly roasted
death. Yot such is the fact vouched for by eye
witnesses. The Telegraph tells tho story this morn
ing. Its Vienna correspondent says:-
A scKSE on HORROR.
Daring the second fortnight OF last month per-
SOU whose testimony Is above suspicion visited .
ship ut anchor Odessa ted out Tor the transport
of nihist convicts to the island of Saghalicn. lie
describes 1t man-of-war of about four thousand
tons. freshly painted white. On going below deck
he found that on either side of n narrow passage
iron barred cages had been constructed. which he
says exactly similar to those used for wild AMI
mails. These cages were of different sizes. and con-
tanned from tour to twenty convicts each. The RUE
observed was that such among them as showed any
disposition to be unruy confined in the
smaller cages to be easily watched.
The gentleman who visited the ship estimates
the number of these wretched people at 75O,
most of whom had come by rail from the interior
heavily chained together by small groups. They
were to keep their CHAINS during the journey and
my informant says the sinister noise they produce
was distinctly audible long ere he reached the ship.
Unable to control his feelings he observed TO the
Omcer III conmenu tnat MS cOsely packed cargo,
chained together in a place where there abso-
luely ventilation. would never survive the pas
sage of the Suez Canal, the Red Sea and the Indian
Ocean. 10 which the Russian officer cynically re-
Piled "well, much the better for ali parties IL
they do not" He accompanied this astounding
mark by significant glance, which his interlccutor
took to imply Don't you understand that in pre-
cisely what we exrccty'
ROASTING ALIVE.
The same ship was visited at another place on her
outward voyage, and on competent authority It was
ascertaned that not onc-tDird of the unfortunate
prisoners Jard could possibly reach their dest-
nation alive But my Information is not confined to
this instance. The Nijni-Novgorod, formerly
known as the Saxonia, OF the Hamburg and New
York line of steamers but since purchased for the
Russian volunteer feet, arrived at Port said. under
Russian colors and manned by Russian sailors. at
the end OF last month. She had 800 convcts
board, for the most part nihilsts condemned to be
transported to the island OF Saghalien The Suez Canal
Company raised the question as to whether this ship
which was known TO have sailed under merchant
coors her last journey from Marsellcs 10 Odessa
and which belongs neither to the Russian govern
menf to the Russian transport service, but
which was freighted Tor the volunteer aect, should
The New York herald., 1879-08-09

finding nourishInent and producing fruit upon the
most arid soils and in the drest atmosphere. As to
the mode OF propagating and cultivatng the new
importations. NJ Psliicot. president OF the Agrcul
tural Committee of Touon. recommends the use of
seeds which can be sown at any time between the
autumn and the early spring. The character of the
plant can then be determined at the end OF the next
vine growers to have patience. aud wait till the
merits of each plant have been duly established be-
fore using it stock for grating in French vine-
yards According TO u Rhenish newspaper the Met
ternich property, Schloss acknowledgement Rhen
with its famous vineyards. has been sold for 900
marks to Baron Rothschild. of Vienna.
The New York herald., 1879-08-09
SUPERINTENDENT DUDLEY.

II is understood that during tho coming week An
effort will be made to secure the attention OF the
Grand Jury with view TO Investigate the action Of
Superintendent Henry J. Dudley and the Department
OF buildings. 1t is said indeed. that has been
prepared against the superintendent by parties well
posted on tho workings OF the department and
that those Interested intend forcing the matter
the uttermost The case will probably be inquired
Grand Jury will be chiefly occupied with prison
cases. the matter may not DO taken up before next
month.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-05-29

own to a peculiar carelesspess and for
getfulness in personal matters. / grieve
and mourn over chronic inability to re-
member names. / sometimes fear would
forget my brothers name, if 1t didn't
sound so much like my own. l have
sometimes, when out on the war path. for
gotten my own, and been compelled to
write home to my wife to ascertain what
it was. have sometimes been introdu ,ed
to a gentleman, and then, before he could
get through with the customary iRtroduc-
tory remark about the weather, or how ]
liked the town, have found myself won
dering, wondering, wondering until my
head acbed, what under the sun was that
mans name! Since my return to my own
peaceful fireside-I forget, this isn't the
freside season; mean, to my own pro-
tecting fly screens, have, or rather. the
members of my family have, in overhaul
ing my effects in a frenzied search for loose
nickels, discovered seven autograph al
buns evidently committed to me for the
insertion Of "a autograph" These al
buns possess the peculiarly of all auto
graph albums. They contain the names
of all people, save those of their owners;
and /, wretched man that am, wot not
where got them. If the confding peo-
pie who sent me their albums, trusting 10
my easy promise to leave them with the
hotel clerk, will please send me their
names and addresses and precise de-
scription Of their respective albums, will
return them, if ! do not forget about it..
How heavily my guilt weighs upon me.
III IL doesn't feel any lighter in the morn
ing, ! will take it to the grocery and have
it weighed. and sell it to some travelling
doctor for the boss tumor.