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Prehistoric London.
TLondon Builder.I


In its length OF nearly 1900 yards the
new line OF the joint Metropolitan and
District railways passes through "made
ground" which represents 4 period OF
some two thousand years and more. Nearly
the whole OF that ground had remained
unbroken until recent years, while this
last portion OF the undertaking has laid
bare, and for the first time, the actual soil
OF British. certainly OF a Roman,
London. For in its course toward
the Minores from the Mansion House
station the railway traverses two ele-
yations, separated by the little Wallbrook,
flowing from the fens beyond Moor
fields, whereof that to the east constituted
the Kettle fastness OF Kaswallon, whilst
the other, protected by its steep descent to
the Fleet, became part OF the Augusta OF
Roman age. Where necessary, founda-
tons for the side walls have been carried
down through the gravel for an extra
depth OF about thirty-five feet, to rest upon
the blue clay beneath. In construct
iny these foundations, numerous evi.
dences were found in favor OF received
opinions as to the nature OF the soil over
which London first began to arise. For III
stance, in Dowgate hill an ancient landing
stage came to light. This is Roman
pavement in tile, set upon timber piles,
with mortised iointing. Near were Ger.
tain oaken beams, considered to be OF
somewhat later date. The landing-stage is
in every way superior to that which was
discovered in Trinity-Square Gardens. 1t
is noteworthy to be observed that the stage
stood upon the left bank OF the Wallbrook,
facing not the river, but the brook. We
thus see that here. at any rate, the Thames
then flowed somewhat along its present
channel
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The Late baroness Daumcsnil.

Lever 20 the EuttOr OF the LONDON Times.
The obituary OF the Times OF the 10th
instant gives brief notice Of the death OF
Mime. la Bsronne Daumesnil, widow OF one
OF Napoleon's bravest generals, at the ad-
yanced age Of ninety-two years. Ny &C.
quaintance-I might even say friendship
with her enables me to add few words to
those you dedicate to the venerable lady.
When evil days fell upon France she ira
yelled during the summer and autumn OF
1871 through Italy, and first TO Rome. in
order to present an address to Pope Plus TX.
from her countrywomen. She was then eigb-
ty years Of age and wonderfully vigorous
and courageous under the storm Of calami-
ty that threatened her private fortunes.
She told with pride the incident OF General
Daulnesnips obstinate defence Of Vincen-
mes, prolonged after the surrender OF all
the rest OF France to the allies. Her ver-
sion OF his reply to the besiegers differed
from yours in that il was a refusal TO en-
terrain the offer Of a large bride from the
Prussian general, preierring, he said, "to
leave an unsullied name to his children"
1.-THE leg lost at Lutzen" earned the Gen.
eral his Sobriquet Of 81 Jambe du Bois," by
which be was universally known in 'popu-
lar song and story. The origin OF this
grim appellation was that, when carried
grieyously wounded from the field OF bat
tie, and temporarily placed with others in
an upper room Of u farmhouse. he per-
ceived that one Of his soldiers, owing TO
slipped bandage. was rapidly bleed
ing to death at his side. Regardless OF all
suffering, the heroic General dragged him.
self away in search Of help, but the eXer-
ton cost him a leg, and won him more
honor than the prize OF a marsbaPs baton.
Amid all the changes and revolutions
which France has passed through since the
Generals death, in 1882, the pension OF
bis widow was perhaps the only one never
cancelled by any Of its rulers. During the
worst days OF the Commune his house was
religiously respected. I write with the
photograph before me Of the Baronne
Daumesnil, represented in her scarf worn
as Lady Superior Of the Maison de Ia Le-
gion d'Honneur, and on the reverse side
OF 1t is inscribed, in her handwriting, "A
Monsieur Mercer. souvenir afectueux, Ba-
rome Daumesnil, surintendante homo
raire." value and preserve the remem-
brsnce,
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The Lull I'm English Literature.
1.-THE Spectator.i

The lull in the production OF flrst-class
fiction, and, indeed, Of good literature gen.
orally, is very striking. There are books
coming out without end, some OF them
good books, scores OF them reaching fair
average OF originality, and adding their
quota OF knowledge or OF enjoyment to
the general store; but nobody gives us en-
claiming boOks-aboye all enchanting hc-
tions. There never were very many, but
the suppiy never ran out so completely as
il has done recently, when we have been
driven TO think a naturalists slightly tedi-
Gus account OF the Indians OF Guiana
most insignificant folk, hardly twenty
thousand in all-the most nutritive book
OF a year. 1t is partly accident, we dare
say, the reading world standing by 10
watch one OF those intervals which divide
literary periods and give second-rate men
their long.hopedfor chance, and we know
that year or even decade Is as short
time in the history OF literature as in The
history of a people or Of timber-tree.
But suppose it should prove otherwise +!
There have been long lulls in English lit
erary history, and the Americans are
English, and for century and hall
produced in literature next 10 nothing.
The English world Is growing American;
reading newspapers insatiably, learning
TO watch foreign politics as Ameri-
cans do, ss IL they were operas per-
formed for their amusement, or, worse
stid, fights in the arena, and listening to
the whole world with thirsty curiosity
which is not ennobling. or at all events, is
not conducive to any such concentration
OF thought as new production requires.
The news, too, Is chiefly distracting. There
is no great cause about which men grow
passionate, no immense event that has
happened, even II 1t be true that immense
events necessarily produce 6ne literature,
which, after the experience OF America
since the civil war and OF Ger
many since she attained unity, we
should seriously doubt. The religious
movement, though most marked and
interesting. tends to dissolve old faiths,
not produce new ones. and has not
shown the vivifying power witnessed
,hree hundred wears ago, when the old
i Psesnism struck its last blow and, miracle
OF miracles, 10 world that seemed dying
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The Little shop.

The Scientific american thinks it is time
that notice should be taken OF the work
done as well as OF the place taken by our
small shops. The 'big concerns" do not
monopohze all the skill and mechanical
capability in the country. They may pro-
TESS TO do the best work and produce the
best results. because they are furnished
with the best tools. But they do not mo-
nopoize all the mechanical skill nor col
lect all the best workmen. Many OF the
best manipulators and very large proper
ton Of the most exact mechanics are in the
little shops-content, maybe, to be the fore
men, when in big shop they would be only
first-class workmen. The small-shop men
are valuable in any shop where mechan-
ics rather than operatives are required, be.
cause they are generally .'men at pinch,,,
"expediency men," and generally excel
lent workmen. The proprietor OF large
manufacturing establishment, building hne
tools OF 4 particular character, claims that
his best men come from small shops where
make-shifts and contriyances are the rule.
"Such men," he says, I" can make the shop
hum" by their methods. II is very con.
yenient to have a shop full OF adapted
tools. but il Is also convenient to have In
the shop graduates from "the little shop"
who can contriye as well as tend ma
chine
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General Hoods Children.

Two young lady passengers who arrived
at New York Saturday in the steamship
Elder brought them the remembrance
OF family tragedy Of great interest now
some years old. They are twin sisters,
Annabel and Ethel. daughters OF the late
General John b. Hood. famous rs a Con-
federate commander. General Hood was
the father Of nine children, including
three pairs Of twins, when his wife and he
in quick succession succumbed to yellow
fever in New Orleans. Warm hearts re-
fused to let the interesting orphans suffer
lack OF care and affection, and the three
sets Of twins were adopted by kind
friends-Mr. McGill, wealthy planter OF
Mississippi. taking one pair; Mr.. Adams.
q wealthy New Yorker, who owns a sum-
mer.house at Newport, taking The second,
and Mr.. John A. Morris, Of New Orleans,
relative by marriage OF Mrs. Hood, the
third. The last-named pair are the sisters
Annabel and Ethel, who for four or five
years have been studying in Hanover, Ger
many. They came to New York for visit
to their kind ioster-father, at his beautiful
country place in Westchester county, New
York.
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women breaking stones.

A Reading telegram says since tne sus,
pension OF SO many railroad-nands ana
Others here some OF their wives have been
working in a stone.quarry in the eastern
part of the city. A few DAYS ago ABOUT
half dozen women were noticed 10 nave
small spall hammers with them, ana III
curry tonight elected the TACT thaI lney
have been employed by contractor, WIZ
their husbands, TO break spalls for the city.
They saw they are compelled to do this TO
earn a living. They receive somewhat
lower wages than the men, but II Is SAID
they accomplish more in a days work.
The novelty is creating considerable com
ment. Many people 20 to the quarry du-
ring the day to see the women crack stones.
They are principally used in repairing lne
city streets. Since the hot weather, now,
ever, several have deserted the ranks ana
win probably not return 10 work.
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Of sterility, the Renaissance arrived. The
signs Of another Renaissance are NOT visi-
bic yet either In liternture or ART and 1t
may be that none win arrive u time for
the mlddlc-sged, who henccfortn must put
up till death with work poor In ITSELF, and
which seems to minds once FED upon the
strongest meat, and naturally . little un-
susceptible to the new. poorer than 1t
Is. Suppose that for thirty years pub
fishers must he content with studies OF
the old, with reprints such as now
deluxe the world-to the rage OF the
lovers Of thought, who hate these costly
heavy octavos and editions de !uze-and
with such books OF observation Is travel
and physical inquiry and political watch
fulness may yield It is dreary thought,
but II Is possibly true one; and 1t
proves true. there will be TO the lovers OF
literature sad compensation for all our
triumphs In science and In mastering such
secrets OF nature rs yield money. What
consolation Is Bessemer, or even Josiah
Mason-who did at least make pens. and
so was OF some use to the thoughtful-if
the men now fifty are never again till they
are eighty, or dead, to be taken out Of
themselves by book!
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Keeninr Them Cool.

The French railway authorities are at
present engaged in series OF experiments,
from which, perhaps, our own directors
might take some hints. With hot weather
coming on, or at least in the ordinary
course OF nature expected, the problem Is
how to keep the railway carriages cool. In
France travellers are packed very tightly
and most traius go very slowly. and the
authorities have to arrange to deliver their
human cargoes at distant termini wah Vi
tality not quite extinct. So they are now
exercised In seeking how to cool their car
riages. They have gone as far as India for
suggestions, and the fayorite experiments
is with kind Of punkah. A long cylinder
runs the length of the roof OF the carriage,
furnished with fans, set In motion by re-
volving the cylinder. After many systems
tried, this seems the most practicable, and
the only point in dispute IL how to get the
motive force. The surplus steam OF the
engine has been tried on one line, and ON
another little arrangement like wind
mill attached to each carriage, the motion
Of the train causing the wings to revo'ye,
while the occupants Of each carriage can
regulate or arrest the stream OF air. Both
systems are being tested.
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40 one troubles you.n |" But sIr. II 4
common thieves dread !: can vou nSscs.s
tner comingf" "Certalnly: I sbould
Ike TO zee any man In Sicily dare 20 annoy
you, either In your household. or from
Without. So long "a you keep the spiris Of
our agreement, never mention that men
pass through your garden, nor Geek to
Know why they are there, you ere abso-
iu.eiy saie." II was only lust before he
iett sicily that the consul told me the story.
AnothW Instance. The Marquis Of K,
wno Keeps large retinue OF servants. one
oay discharged o young footman. The
next morning stranger, accompanied BY
the servant, came TO the house, or rather
palace, went into the COURTYARD, and asked,
as favor, that the Marquis would, for
moment, come down. So soon az the
former master made his appearance the
stranger ordered the ex.footman TO remove
his coat and wsistcoat; then, producing q
rawh'de whip, he gave the man a most
terrible whipping. Turning to the master
he said {: Sir, you were doubtless right to
discharge this man, but we knew his faith
er, and SO take an interest In the mother
whose only support he now Is. We there
fore beg your lordship 10 give him another
trial. / think he will do much better"
Needless to say. the Marquis was in haste
TO comply. But how, asked. do people
know how these are agents OF the dreaded
Malta! II Is in some way intimated, and
no Socilian dare TO play SO hazardous a
game as TO Jest about or pretend to repre-
sent that power which every one who lives
here feels and knows Is all around him.
/ consulted many. and the information
received from all agreed as to the main
points.
Perhaps the most striking thing about
this coming trial is not the arrest OF the
three hundred members OF the order which
has so long kept the most beautiful and
fertile island in the world in awe and pre-
vented her development; it is that 1900
people have been found among those who
bad suffered from the cruelty Of the Malta,
who have so lost the dread that name has
for centuries inspired, and so forgotten the
traditions OF their people as TO be willing
TO testify 10 the crimes. IL looks as il
fair Stella was about to cast of the chains
OF the past and take her place in the march
OF modern progress.
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my 22,25 27,29&Je1&3
ID o is o n

in the blood is apt 70 show Itself In the spring, and
nature should by all means be assisted In throwing
it or Swift's Snccifc does this effectively. II is
purely vegetable, non posonous remedy, which
helps nature TO force all the poison or faint out
through the pores OF The skin.
Mr.. Robert A. Easley, of Dickson, Tenn, writes,
under date March 10, 1884: II had chilis and
fever, followed by rheumatism, for three years. 30
that WAS not able TO attend to my business: had
tried almost every kind of medicine, and found
no relief. 4 friend recommended Swift's Specific.
tried one bottle and INV health began to improve.
continued until | had taken six bottles, and 1t
has set me on my feet, as sound and well as ever.
recommend II to all similarly afflicted"
Letters from twenty-rhree 1881 Of the leading
retail druggists Of Atlanta say, under date March
"a, 1884: ave sell more Of Swift's Specific than
any other one remedy, and three 10 ten times as
much any other blood medicine. We sell II TO
all classes, and many OF the beet families use 1t as
a general health tonic"
Our Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
free to applicants.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,
Drawer 3. Atlanta, Ga.
New York office. 159 west TwentY-third street,
between Sixth and Seventh avenues.
my 2s-lw
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Four Children shut Up 10 starye I'm n
Hut on Long Island.

John Bruniet. while walking lonely
road in Newtown, l.. l., Sunday, heard in
iants' cries coming from an old, dilapidated
hut short distance OF the road. He
burst in the door, and found four children,
the eldest eight years old. The boy says
that his father locked them in the hut on
Thursday last and went away, leaving
them without food or drink.
The children were taken in charge by
the oyerseers OF the poor. Justice Nc
Kenna issued a warrant for the arrest OF
John Hines. the father, on a charge OF at
tempting to starve them TO death. Last
winter the children were abandoned in
the same old building by their mother.
who disappeared, and has not since been
seen in Newtown.
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Dynamite Sent by Mail.

A Nashville (Tenn.) telegram says:
Never Moskovitz, who is confined in Jail
here on the charge OF numbering Mayer
Freedman, received in his mail this morn
ing a dynamite cartridge eight inches
long, with fuse, &C., attached. 1t was
well wrapped up in thick brown paper,
and postmarked Nashville. The iailer
handed it over to the sheriff, who carried
IL into court. from whence it was per-
emptorily ordered by Judge Allen. 1t is
Thought that the plot was for Moskovitz
to blow up the wall OF the Jail on the
riverside and escape.
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a WIGS Rare Devotion.

A Des Moines special says: In Isao
Edward Bruce, a wholesale liquer-dealer::
NJ Keokuk, shot and killed grocer named
p Mcnamara after an alteration. Bruce
was sentenced to the peuitentlary for NE
and everybody thought he was justly pun
;shed, His wife, young and pretty, Win
rare devotion, set to work to obtain MS
nardon After several years. persistent
arfin I'm abe succeeded In having bill recon- :,
,asnding his pardon pass both houses %
sna IeyIslature. A day or two since sue
= nd her husband left for parts unknown.
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Tn. Court or tho Liberty OF Savoy.

The manor and honor Of the Savoy lies
immediately to the west OF the place where
Temple Bar formerly stood, and extends
FOR some distance westward along the
bank OF the river, as far, l believe, as the
middle Of Cecil street. IL is divided into
four wards, and has a court-eet, which
meets twice year, within month after
Easter and a month after Michaelmas
Special courts can be held il required.
The court consists OF the steward, who pre-
sides, and eight burgesses, two from each
OF the four wards OF the manor. A jury
for the year, consisting OF sixteen, is an
nually elected at the court. The steward
fxes the day, and the bailif summons the
burgesses and the jury, as well as the pro-
Der number OF residents to be sworn in as
jurymen for the year following. The jury
are called over, and absentees, IL any, hav-
ing been fined, are sworn; the form OF oath
being the same rs that which Is admins
tered to grand jury at assizes and quarter
sessions. They then make their present.
ments, which are in writing, and are signed
by the Jury. These presentments are
brought about as follows: III any inhabi-
tant thinks that neighbours house is I'M
safe, or that q house is disordery or the
like, be complains verbally or otherwise to
the foreman Of the jury for the time being.
The foreman calls the jury together,
and they satisfy themselves in any way
they please as to the matter COM
planned of, and il the nuisance is not
abated 10 their satisfaction the matter IS
embodied in form Of presentment, which
is given in at the court-day to the stew
ard. The steward inspects the present.
ment, to see II it is in proper form and
relates to a matter within the jurisdiction
of the court, and il he approves OF it, and
If the jury think that the party presented
ought to lie fined. four Of their number
are appointed affeerers, and they :" atfeer"
or settle the fine. The finding OF the jury
is thus conclusive upon the facts, although
they hear no evidence, examine no wit
nesses, and go through nothing IN the ma
ture of trial.
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FINANCIAL.
INVESTMENT SECURITIES.

We have for sale the annexed list OF SECURE
TIES. all Of which are frst-ciass:
RICHMOND CITY PER CENT. BONDsi
ATLANTA AND CHARLOTTE RAILROAD
FIRST MORTGAGE 2 PER CENT. BONDS;
PIEDMONT RAILROAD FIRST MORTGAGE
PER CENT. BONDS;
GAGE 6PER CENT. GOLD BONDS;
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD
FIRST MORTGAGE PER CENT. BONDS,
guaranteed by the State of North Carolina;
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD
CONSOLID MORTGAGE q Pc X
CENT. GOLD BONDS;
PETERSBURG RAILROAD FIRST MORT
GAGE PER CENT. BONDS;
PETERSBURG RAILROAD 8 PER CENT.
(CLASS AM BONDS;
NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD GUARAN-
TEED PER CENT. STOCK.
my 27-lw THOMAS BRANCH CO
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Fast Bind, Fast Find."-Old Pr0vero.
NEW WORDS IN THE ENGLISH


NEW WORDS IN THE ENGLISH
LANGUAGE have greater variety Of meaning
than the word fast" When stated alone, but The
context gives It nxity. We speak Of fast horse
when we wish 10 express quickness; but when OF
n color, we mean the extremity OF siowness'
amounting to steadfastness. Almost every form
Of expression is relative, not absolute. so when
we speak of a color as fast, we mean II viii not
fade. reasonably. There Is no such thing as an alb
solutely fast color. Indigo, one Of the most IN
perishable Of dyes, will gradually turn hgnter
blue ON continuous exposure and II not properly
with the fibre by mordan's' VIII
wash out. In selecting blue fabrics IL Is ilnpor-
taus to have respect TO nxity Of color linen IL
you desire blue garments Of any sorN say i0r
Yachting, sailing, rowing, bicycling ouS'ls'S o'
pleasure, hxity OF purpose will Lead
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,,.soIUTIOSs a PARTNERsHIPs.
BOARDING.

FAMILIES OR GENTLEMEN GOIMG
il 70 New York can dad SufEmion. A 49,
serond street. Location verv central niensR
,sfsrences 9iyen. Terms moderate. 100000
NV 23-eod6s MISC a. hiCuVh'o
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EDUCATIONAL.

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OF VIRGINlA.-SU NJ
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10Th JULY, 1884. aud end ION septe,in ZEN, ',d
%, 10 nursne their studies at this or other law
sshool; Sd, 10 those who propose 70 read private
W and 3D. 70 practitioners who have no! nsa ene
az arfy moi. nfiee University Of virginia. 10
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