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Daily globe., 1882-09-10
Maternal Affection.

The excavations among the ruins Of
Pompem continue to develop streets,
houses, temples, statues a1d human re-
mains. This city was destroyed by an
eruption Of Vesuvius sevelty-nine years
after Christ. A shower of pummice
stones first fell, then ashes, and then
boiling water. which made compact
mass, filing the streets. and at length
covering the entire spot where it stood.
Not long since woman and child, the
latter boy about 10 years Of age, were
unearthed about ten feet above the pave
ment of street. She is supposed to
have been the mother of the boy, who
Is emaciated as from sickness, and made
an effort to escape with him through a
window Of her house. Her hands grasp
the legs of the boy, and In the act she
and he were suffocated and buried be-
meath the Vesuyian mass of stones and
ashes. Jewels were found on her show
ing her to be above the ordinary class.
On the arm around the lad are two
bracelets, and on her hands two gold
rings, one set with an emerald, craven
with horn of plenty In honor of myth
illogical Ceres, and the other an ame.
thyst, on which Is craven the head of
the winged Mercury. The discovery ex-
hibits the maternal instinct strong in
death, for the hold upon the sick boy is
firm and notherlike. This is the most
beautiful and touching of ali the discov-
cries of the once gay city of Pompeii.
Daily globe., 1882-09-10
Speed Of Sound.

It has been ascertained that full hu-
man veice, speaking ID the open air,
calm, can be heard at distance Of 46O
feet; In an observable breeze powerful
human voice with the wind is audible at
distance of Is, 840Sfeet the report of
musket, $1,000 feet; drum, 1915
feet; music, a strong brass band, l5,-
$40 feet; very heavy cannonading, 575,-
900, or so miles. In the Arctic regions
conversation has been maintained over
water distance of 6.696 feet. In gases
the velocity of sound increases with the
temperature in air this increase is
about two feet per second for each de-
gree centigrade. The velocity of sound
in oxygen gas at zero G. is 1,040 feet in
carbolic acid. 858 feet in hydrogen, f.
16A feet. In 1897 Colladon and Sturm
determined eXperinnentally the velocity
of sound III fresh water the expert
ment was made in the Lake of Geneva.
and it was found to be A,174 feet per
second at a temperature of Is degrees
@. The velocity of soundi n alcohol at
90 degrees G. is 4,218 feet; in ether at
zero, 3,S0l in sea water at 90 degrees
@. ,768 By direct measurements care
fully made, by observing at night the
interval which elapses between the fash
and report of a cannon at known dis
tance, the velocity of sound has been
about l 900 per second at the temper
ature Of freezing water.
Daily globe., 1882-09-10
lbe Young Canadian Woman and the
Courts.

4 young woman lives in Canada who
believes that the commands of Holy Writ
were meant to be obeyed. She was
summoned to testify as witness at the
Wentworth Assizes in the Province of
Ontario. When called to the stand she
refused to takethe oath required by law.
On the ground that the bible forbade ali
swearing The court convicted her of
contempt for persisting In her refusal,
and she WIS committed to custody for
forty ght hours rs q punishment.
This judicial proceeding is exceedingly
discreditabic to { Christian community.
Are human beings to be cast into prison
IL this century because they try to OBJ
serve the precepts of the sermon on the
Mount?
= say unto you swear not at alp"
These were the words of the great
Teacher Of mankind. Their meaning is
plain. People try to pervert it. The
rnmatd is inconvenient to comply
Wlt3', aud so they seek more comfort
able tarpretation. We think this
Csnad;an girl understands it in the trne
sense
Judges have often said that in Christ
ianity is part of the common law. It
llust be an exceedingly unimportant
part in country where the law pun
ishes a person for refusing to do what
Christianity forbids.
Daily globe., 1882-09-10
*'Three BY TWO.''

WoTdsworth's weak side, as a poet,
was bis great difficulty in perceiving
when he had and when he had not sue
ceeded In fusing the language which he
used with the fire of his own meditative
passion. Sometimes in the midst of a
passage Of the truest rapture he will de-
scend suddenly upon little bit of dry
hard fact, and not be aware that the
fact remains like an irregular, unlovely
stone pressing down group Of flowers,
a monument of the sudden failure of the
power OF his emotion over his language.
Thus, In the lovely lines, ''She was 4
phantom of delight, the reader is sud-
denly oppressed by being told that the;
poet at last sees, sswith eye serene, the
very pulse of the machine, '-as If Il
phantom of delight could possibly have
been machine, or even like wax-work
figure. contain one. There is the same
fault in one of the finest of the original
Lyrical Ballads, the one called 'sThe
Thorn" Of which Mrs. Oliphant, by the
way, who does not seem to have written
with copy of the 'Lyrical Ballads be-
fore her, makes no mention, but which
Lord Jeffrey epitomized, if we remem-
Der rightly, as describing how woman
IN red cloak went up to the top of n
hill and said, ooh. misery!" and then
came down again. The greater part of
the ballad, Lord Jeffrey ''to the contrary
In anywise Notwithstanding" as the law
yers say, is penetrated through and
through by the most genuine imagina-
tive passion: but when, in the form in
which the poem originally appeared,
Wordsworth specified the dimensions of
the little muddy pool by the infants
grave
I've measured it from side to side;
'Tis three feet long and two feet wide,'
he suddenly precipitated, as it were,
into the midst of his poem little de-
posit of ugly clay, which made his read
ers change the sob which the finer arts
Of the ballad excited, into hysterical
giggle. Wordsworth's weakness -espec.
tally in the earlier part of his career as a
poet-was this, that he never knew how
Ear his imagination had transmitted, or
had failed to transmute, the tough clay
of rude circumstance into the material
of plastic art. He was not awakened
from his dream by such descent as we
have just quoted, and he did not know
that his readers, who did not fully enter
into his ecstacy, and probably did see,
what Wordsworth could not see, the
ludicrous contrasts and inequalities of
his mood, would be awakned from the T
dream by these shocks.
Daily globe., 1882-09-10
The Oldest ErOntlefsman.

Uncle JIM Baker, who lives on Snake
River. Wyoming Territory, has his
tory not equaled by any living man.
Since the year 1888 he has roamed the
far West, always on the frontier. He
is widely and Justly celebrated, and his
experience and exploits on the plains
and In the mountains will he wildly
recollected by the ''oldest inhabitants"
who were tender-feet In the country
when he was an apparently old man.
He is between 60 and 70 years Of age
now, and is In appearance the typical
Western man, although showing the
weight of years. His long curly hair,
which was once dark brown, is now
streal1ed with gray, while his heavy
moustache and goatee are almost white.
Six feet tall, he Is straight as an arrow
and steps with the sprighuiness of a
young man.
When q small boy Jim ran away from
home. and indentured himself to the
service of the American Fur Company.
He served his time out with them, and
thentwent to trapping beaver for HIM
self He frequently made $40 day.
He followed this avocation for eight
years and then took part In the Nor
mon war.
About this time Jim relates how the
men II his company got showed In, Id
what is now the Gunnison country, and
over half the number died of starvation.
The mules were killed and eaten. but
Jim says they were so poor that there
WIS not flesh enough on one OF them to
make meal for one man. The REM
nants of the band finally got out OF the
country into Utah.
After the war he spent a number OF
years in trapping. He then identified
himself with the Shoshones, and after a
few years became their chief, leading
them in many battles against the Black
feet, who were mortal enemies of the
Shoshones. For three years he never
SAW white man. One day he became
angry while in council with the sub
chiefs, and killed three of them out
right. He then found it too warm for
him, and he attempted to make his
escape out Of the country. It is said by
JIM friends that the tribe followed him
for TOO miles, and that In the fight he
killed scores Of them. being wounded
several times himself. Since that time
he hos never found it advisable to go
back to them.
s.Did you marry into the tribe9" was
asked.
''Yes, always had squaw; some
times two or three, he said noncha-
lantly.
Jim is badly used up owing to the
number of times he has been shot and
accidents that have occurred to him. A
portion OF the right hand entirely gone.
Daily globe., 1882-09-10
The Philosophy of Corners.

The root of the whole matter is in the
sale of property by men who do not own
it. Persons who want thing have the
right to buy it, either on the spot or de-
Lverable In the future. They have a.
right to buy all they can get, and if any
body pleases to sell what he does not
own a "corner" necessarily comes.
though the buyers may know nothing of
it. Whether they do or not, their right
to buy cannot be denied the question
is whether any man has q right to sell
what he does not own. 1t Is true, the
customs of commerce are such that no
deceit or fraud Is necessarily involved in
such sale. But the root of the whole
matter is the question whether the Gus
toms of commerce ought TO tolerate q
sale by one man OF property which be-
longs to another man. And the ques-
ton for the Legislature is whether. with
out prejudice to Legitimate business,
people can be legally prevented from
selling what does not belong to them.
If that is done "corners" can never
arise and speculation will be confined
within comparatively safe limits. But,
unless ii is practicable and wise to pre-
vent sales of this precise character, it is
sheer folly to NEEDLE with the incidental
evils of speculation which flow from
them. Corners are simply inevitable if
people sell what does not belong to them.
All the other evils and pernicious con-
sequences Of speculation In products are
utterly beyond the power of legislation
if the law permits man to sell what
does not belong to him.-NeaO York
Tribune.
Daily globe., 1882-09-10
Heroic Treatment of q Snake Rite.

An idiot confined IN the County Man
ual Labor Poor House was bitten bv q
rattlesnake On the forefnger of the left
hand, the fangs penetrating both sides
OF the finger. About three minutes after
the bite was inflicted Mrs. Symington,
wife Of the Superintendent, split the fin
ger on both sides with razor, poured a
small quantity of powder into the wound
had set fire TO it. She then applied am
monia, and also gave ammonia and
whisky inwardly until the man became
drunk. This was very brave act for a
lady to do, and it saved the poor mans
life. The next day the arm and hand
We're swollen TO twice their natural size.
but In a few days the man was all right
again. The snake was killed and four
rattlas were taken of.-Sa2a Antonio
(IeyGs) Express.
Daily globe., 1882-09-10
Boy Inventors.

Some OF the most important inventions
nave been the work of boys. The in
ventlon of the valve motion to the steam
engine was made by mere boy. New
comes engine was In very incomplete
condition from the fact that there was
no way to open or close the valves except
by means OF levers operated by the hand.
He set up large engine at one of the
mines, and boy, Humphrey Potter, was
hired to work these valve-levers. Al
though this was not hard work vet it re-
quired his constant attention. As he
was working the levers he saw that parts
OF the engine moved in the right direc-
ton, and at the same time he had to
open Or close the valves. He procured
q strong cord and made one end fast to
the proper part Of the engine. and the
other end to the valve lever, and the boy
then had the satisfaction Of seeing the
engine move with perfect regularity of
motion. A short time after the foreman
came around and saw the boy playing
marbles at the door. Looking at the
engine he saw the ingenuity of the boy,
and also the advantage Of so great an IN
vention. The idea suggested by the
wy -AANC4UASO was p0b Ii t)TaC-
teal form and made tine steam engine an
automatic working machine.
The power-loom is the invention of a
farmers boy who had never seen or
heard of such thing. He Whitfield one
cut with his jack-knife, and, when he had
got 1t all done, he with great enthusiasm
showed it to his father, who at once
kicked it eli to pieces, saying he would
have no boy absut him who would spend
his time on such foolish things. The
boy was sent to a blacksmith to learn a
trade, and his master took lively interest
IN him. He made a loom of what was
left OF the one his father had broken up
and showed it to his master. The black
smith saw he had no common boy as an
apprentice, and that the invention was
valuable one. He had loom con-
strUcted under the supervision of the
boy. 1t worked to their perfect satisfac-
ton, and the blacksmith furnished the
means to manufacture the looms. and
the boy received half the profits. In
about a year the blacksmith wrote to the
boys father that he should bring with
him q wealthy gentleman who was the
inventor Of the celebrated power-loom.
You may be able to judge Of the aston
ishment at the old home when his son
was presented to him rs the inventor.
who told him that the loom was the
same as the model that he had kicked to
pieces but q year ago. Western Trade.
Daily globe., 1882-09-10
Pioneer Christianity.

Early III the history of Nebraska
there was spirit ofreligious intolerance
in the neighborhood of Fremont that
made the warfare off the pioneer Christian
a red hot combat at times.
The Germans of Fremont got q
preacher who could round up the sinner
IN two different languages. Heospoke
equally well IN English or German, and
IN order to evade a deadly war among
the members OF his fold. he used to be-
seech the people to flee from the wrath
to come alternately In English and
German.
At last, however, those VINO preferred
the German gospel thought they were
in the majority, and asked that the I'M
ported variety of salvation be used alto
gether.
This created feeling on the part of
those who were paying their money for
a Yankee sermon bi-weekly, and for
time Zion languishcd.
Yrhe following Sunday the sermon,
according to schedule, was to be deliv-
cred ia English, but after singing "Jesus
Lover Of My Soul, and offering a short
prayer, the pastor turned loose with an
earnest and fearful appeal in the Ger
man language, which about one half of
the congregation couldn't understand q
word OF.
They sat there few moments, till
they saw that the preacher had declared
himself IN favor of the other side, and
then there was music by the entire
choir.
The congregation had prepared for an
emergency OF this kind, and every man
had q cottonwood club under his coat
tails. When the tocsin of war sounded
the destructive hoe handle and con-
cealed bed -slat came to the front.
It was about the first free-for-ali fight
in the West that ever opened with
prayer.
An old man who lived down the track,
and who was on probation, had his nose
nose shattered by blow from s'Songs
Of the Sanctuary" and school teacher
who had recently experienced change
OF heart, got clip under the ear with
the organ stool.
Finally the German element got the
bulge on the English speaking portion
of the congregation, and peace perched
upon their banner.
The yanquiahed Yankees went home
and after Che wreck had been straight
eneG out q little, the house went into
executive session, and after that the man
who couldn't lead different life in the
German language, found it pretty lone
some attending divine worship III that
SQnctuary
Daily globe., 1882-09-10
WHERE ARE THE FOOTSTEPS.

Where are thy footsteps was wont to hear,
y, spring, in pauses of the blackbird's songs.
hear them not the world has held mine ear
With its insistent sounds, too long, too long.
The football and the sweeping robesiof spring
How once hailed them as lfe's full delight!
Now. little moved. hear the blackbird sing,
AS blind men walked not at the sudden light.
Nay, not unmoved! But yester eve 1 stood
Beneath thee, thraael, queened songstress in the
beech;
and for one moment heaven was that green wood,
And the old dreams were by, too deep for
speech.
One moment-it was passed; the gusty breeze
brought laughter and roulh voices from the
lane;
Night like mist, closed round the darkening
trees,
And was with the world that mocks again.
SO near is Eden, yet so far; it lies
No angel-guarded gate, too far for sight,
We breathe, we touch it, yet our blinded eyes
Still seek it every way except the right.
Daily globe., 1882-09-10
4 Mormon Town.

The following is description of one
Utah town, but it is said il VIII apply to
many Of them: Everything is Nor
mon. The biggest shop Is the coop
erative store; the biggest place Of wor-
ship the Tabernacle ; the biggest man
the President Of the Stake. Everybody
that meets Brothers Or Sisters each
other in the streets, and after nigll:faIi
the only iuan abroad is the police force,
who. as a rule, retiresvery early himself,
as his neighbors complain that his pacing
the sidewalks disturbs their rest. Even
the dogs are too well regulated TO go
about howiing at moons.
Daily globe., 1882-09-10
THE OniY Child.

eff I had an only SON." remarked
Brother Gardner, of the Lime Kiln Club,
elf 1 had an only son, and he growed
up as only sons am pretty sartin to do,
an he went off On Sunday-skule pic
mic an got drowned, I Ishould feel leetle
sorry an heap thankful. If I had an
only darter, an she growed up, as only
darters allus grow, an she run away wild
ightnin' rod man, an was left in de
po'house, / should feel q leetle sorry,
but not bit surprised. De family wild
an only son Or an only darter needs no
'odder trouble. When you meet man
who carries his cigars in his hind pocket
an goes Off behind de ban to take q
chew of terbaeker, sot him down fur
an only son. When you meet man
who ffusters an brags an seeks 90 lord
1T ober odder people you have foun' an
only son. When you meet man who
thinks de world was made fur him alone
you have met an only son. De only son
am de man who takes up two seats in de
kyars-who crowds de chill en- at a festi-
val-who eats hisself sick when he pays
two shillings fur all he can eat. I doan'
say dat he am to blame, but do say
dat de world feels relieved when he goes
to his grave Once in a lifetime YOU
may hear of AN only son who hasn't
turned de family out of doahs nor had
ali de nayburs fur mile aroun' shoot at
h1m an offer to buy him o tombstone,
bat be keerful how You believe it.
"When you meet a woman who puts
you In mind of selfshness out for an
airin', sot her down as an only darter.
When you fin woman who expects de
kyar to stop in de middle of block
when you meet a woman whose husband
am aalus ready to dodge, sot her down
fur an only darter. De only darter
grows up to whine an complain an
tyrannize an make de world mo- wretch
ed fur people wretched huff befo'. De
odder day was called upon to go over
to naybur's an box de years Of an only
darter whose poo ole mudder lay ON a
bed of sickness, an I rus say dat I
kinder enjoyed it. Dat same eFenin' I
was called upon to visit anoder naybur
whose only son wanted to sell de family
cook stove to buy him yalier dog an a
singie-barreled shotgun. had short
struggle wild de young man, an he won't
be out of bed fur week to come.
My experience is dat family which
de Lawd has forsaken arter sendin' one
chile has woe an sorrow In der
household Selfshness takes root OAR
an grows amazin' fast. Wickedness
creeps In dar' an nebber lets go. De
smallpox kin be stamped out-de yaller
fever mus give way to Eost-oe cholera
only settles down heah an dar'. but de
only chile am allus wild Bs. he or she
meets us ebery day-walks wid us frew
life-brings upon us de larger sheer of
or miseries. Pity de fadder wild an on
ly son-thrice pity de mudder wid an
only darter."
Daily globe., 1882-09-10

Trip lightly over trouble,
Trip lightly over wrong.
We only make grief double
By dwelling on it long.
Why clasp woes hand so tightlyy
Why sigh o'er blossoms dead?
Why cling to forms unsightly?
Why not seek JOY instead?
Trip lightly over SORROW,
Though all the days be dark,
The sun may shine tomorrow.
And gayly sing The lark:
Fair hope has not departed.
Though roses may have ded;
Then never be e-down-hear:ed.
But look for joy instead.
Trip lightly over sadness,
Stand not to rail at doom;
We've pearls TO string of gladness
On this side of the tomb.
Whist stars are nightly shining,
And heaven is overhead,
Encourage not repining,
But look for joy instead.
Daily globe., 1882-09-10
WAITING.

Serene fold my hands and wait,
Nor care for wind, or tide, or sea;
rave no more gainst time or fate,
For Iol my own shall come to me.
j stay my haste, I make delays,
For what avalls this eager pace?
stand amid the eternal ways,
And what ia mine shall know my face.
Asleep, awake, by night or day,
The friends seek are seeking me;
Nc wind can drive my bark astray,
Nor change the tide of destiny.
What matter if stand alone?
wait with joy the coming years;
Ny heart shall reap where it has sown,
and gamer up its fruit of tears.
The waters know their own and draw
The brook that springs in yonder height;
So flow the good with equal law
Unto the soul CT pure delight.
The stars come nightly to the sky,
The tidal wave unto the sea;
Nor time, nor space, nor deep, nor high,
Can keep my own away from me.
John Burroughs.
Daily globe., 1882-09-10

THE man who never failed is myth.
Such an one never lived, and Is never
likely to. All success Is series of ef-
forts, in which, when closely viewed,
are seen more Or less failures. The
mountain Is apt to overthrow the hill;
but hill Is reality, nevertheless. Ii
you fan now and then, don'i be dis
couraged. Bear IN mind it is only the
part and experience of every successful
man, and the - successful men often
have the -.
Daily globe., 1882-09-10
Snake Poison.

The venom of serpents Is said not to
differ chemically from human saliva.
however powerful are its effects. Am
monia, long thought to be its antidote,
does not render it innocuous. The
poison when mixed with ammonia kills
precisely as though it was pure, and
good old rum still holds its grip as the
only thing that can head off the work of
: rattIesnalse -BOSfon Post.
Daily globe., 1882-09-10

IENNE ssEE has $4,000, 900 acres un-
improved land, most of which is covered
With fine timber.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-06-24
A COMPETITIVE Examination
~ For w. n. College.

Notice Is hereby given that, at 10 o'clock,
A. n, ON Tuesday, Julr litk. 1872, in the
Office Of the Carroll Coaaty School Commits
sioaers, in the CoaEs House in Westminster, a
Competitive Examination Of applicants. Of
both sexes, will commence, for the purpose
Of selecting the most worthy student 10 fill q
vacant senatorial scholarship in Westera Ma
ryland College for four years. IL the Legisla-
iare shall happily continue the privilege,
wherein '.tnision. board. fuel, lights and
Washing. free OF charge, viii be furnished
By the College
This desirable scholarship Is open to the
successful competitor Of all Carroll county
applicants cf either sex and d proper age,
character and other qualifications; aud al
sneh are cordially invited % attend at the
time and place above mentioned.
An applicant whose qualifications win not
Justify admittance into at least the Freshman
class IN college, can scarcely hope 10 be APP
prove.l by the Examiners nor by the Hon.
Henry Yaaderford, Senator for Carroll eoan-
", whose appreciation is necessary. BY order
Of the Board Of Public School Commissioners,
JOSEPH NJ. NEWSON,
June 24-st Secretary, Examiner, &c.