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Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-04-19

ooH L Nou
Everything I'm won
derful for memory. l remember things
that happened when l was seven years
old; sy, and before then. What makes
you look so sad and queer? Dash 1t,
you're hero, if you was there. So
you was at Talavers, in Spain! May be
may bel was his father, you know;
may be you knew my boyP May be you
saw him die?"
Farmer Blackthorn-"
"Ah, Blackthorn-the very name!
Sergeant Blackthorn-Sergeant Richard
Blackthorn," went on the old fellow.
eagerly. Yes, sir; twas at Talavera
that my boy Dick, fighting like a glori-
Gus lion for King George and Old En-
gland, died! IN wager there wasn't q
man before him. They sent me wsrd
from London how he'd gone down; and
BY Heaven, sir-I WAS the proudest-
the proudess- Desh it al, man; did
you never see . chap swallow his smoke
the wrong way before, tAat you're star
ing there like a-ike-"
This is tarribls!' exclaimed the SOL
der What an l to say? Farmer
Blackthorn. don't you remember"
Terrible, drf Terrible? What do
you meanp l say it was glorious
glorious! And be was my only son.
Did you know my boy Dick-Sergeant
Richard Riackthorn. l mean2"
TO Re Continued
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-04-19
The New Cell Theory.

Such was the cell of thirteen wears
ago-"a structureless mass of proto-
plasm," which increased in size by nu-
triton, and in numbers BY division.
Such is the cell of most of the text
books of to-day. But the cell of sci
ence is q very different affair. Instead
of being structureless, it is found to
possess an intricate structure, while
its division is far from being the SIM
pie process above indicated. The new
cell-theory is, in fact, but five or six
years old in its developed form. and it
is as yet settled only in its main fea-
lures. Its minor details need much
further elucidation.
These new discoveries, which we
shall briefly describe, are largely due
to the increased power and clearness
of definition of the microscope, and
still more to new and improved meth
DDS of preparing organic sections for
Investigation, by the employment of
stains, preserving agents, and other
useful appliances. 1t is not every mi
croscopist that is able to see the minute
details of cell-structure lately an
nounced. The careful preparation of
material and exceedingly delicate man
ipulation required need years Of prac-
tice, and the discoveries referred to are
due to the first microscopists of the
age, though the methods are now SO
simplified that any skillful observer.
with good instrument and proper
care. may hope to successfully employ
them.-Charfes Morris in Familiar
Science Monthly for April.
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The City of Mexico Doomed.

The City of Mexico is slowly but
surely sinking into Lake Texcoco, and
if means are not taken to prevent such
q calamity it will be under water in
about fifty years. Humboldt's meas
urements taken early in this century
gave the lake depth of sixteen feet ten
inches, and it is nowhere more than
six feet eight inches, while careful OBJ
servations in the last twenty years
show that the bottom of the lake has
risen uniformly one and one-half inches
a year, and is now but nine feet below
the level of the principal streets Of the
city. This seriously Impedes drainage,
the fall of the sewers being too slight
to produce proper flow Of refuse mat
ter even in dry weather. while in the
rainy season. when the streets are
sometimes flooded from the lake, it is
completely checked. The ground ON
which the city stands is therefore satu-
rated to within two or three feet of the
surface with decaying matter, poisonous
gases rise, and thousands die yearly
from malarial and malignant fevers.
Ten years ago, when the population
was about 200, 900, the annual death
rate was 8 per cent, or 5000 persons,
and this percentage has doubtless in
creased with the growth Of the place.
little attention being paid to sanitary
improvements. The city suffered from
five great inundations from 1858 to
1850, and in 1889 drain II miles long.
100 to 130 feet deep, and 200 to 800
feet wide, which had occupied 100
years in construction, was completed
The efficacy of this does not seem to
have lasted, and it is now urged that
large sums be expended in draining
Lake Texcoco dry and carrying off the
surplus moisture Of the valley of Mexi-
CO to save the ancient city of the Aztecs
from destruction.-Springfeld Repubti-
cGn.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-04-19

Probably one of the best Ministers
We ever had abroad was Washburne, at
Paris. He made more of a mark for
himself in modern times than any
other Minister we have sent to Europe.
Yet Washburne was the hero of an in
cident Of social misfortune which would
have driven any of the delicate crea-
lures now swarming after q foreign
place to commit suicide if they had
been similarly unfortunate. Wash
burne was one evening at a court din
ner given by Napoleon LII. 1t was the
custom at these dinners, when the EN-
press arose to retire with the ladies, for
the gentlemen to rise from their seats
and step back from the table, SO
that she could pass down the line be-
tween them. BY this all could avoid
turning their backs upon the Empress.
Washburne had very tender feet.
During the dinner his feet gave him a
good deal Of annoyance. To ease HIM
self he had quietly slipped off his
patent leather pumps under the table.
He was absorbed in conversation
toward the close of the dinner, and
was caught unawares when the En-
press made the signal for departure.
He was suddenly obliged to step back
without having time to put on his
pumps. He stood in his stocking feet,
grave, dignifed and self-possessed. In
the row of grinning diplomats who
stood at his right and left, he betrayed
none of the embarrassment he must
have felt, and was never heard to al
lude to the incident by any one.-New
York World,
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GRAINS OE SAND.

OF all who toll from youth till death
To win the gilded laurel wreath
And wear il ut their latest breath.
Who struggle with the hope. the trust
That ages will not let their dust
Fall down and unremembered rust
Not one in every thousand gains
The glorious baubie for his pains:
Yet bears around his heart Woes chains
That burn and fire the pangs we feel
After the point of Failures steel
Has opened wounds that will not heal
Whate' 'er may be matters not.
Enough if peace falls to my lot
With CLEANS for tranQuilness and thought
To me my native wales are dear:
! love them for their homely cheer,
Teseir quiet moods and language clear.
To me there is mystic spell
In each dusk glooming hill and dell,
And music in the lowiiest rill
That rambles humhly like a heart
Which scorns all petty tricks of art
And wisely takes the better part
The laughter of the brooks that pass
Thro my own meadow-plots like glass;
The crickets in the summer grass;
The herds that seek the glades at noon:
The men who, sweat-crowned. late and soon
Toll III the harvest fields of June;
His birds who look TO me for food;
His kline who plead with language rude
To me as primal source Of good
These keep the heart-founts pure and warn
These drain the soul of all its storm
Whose loves Nature knows not harm.
Who writes Gods poem Beautiful?
Is it not he whom fools call dull
And vet withal whose fervent soul
Writes Beauty on each rolling plain
In verfure billowing like main
1dyls of grsrss ard songs of grain?
Poems of light and life and toll
Uprising through Arts vaip turmoil
Truths which nor scorn nor hate can sOilf
Why bow to Fame whose restitss thirst
Leads on from slime Impure to worSty
Truth is true art, and lieth first
With Duty; such my songs: The yeaxs
Repay all troubles and all fears,
All anxious longings and all tearA
No one strives truly but at last
Is recompensed for all the past
Nor shall the quilting desert blast,
That raves across the arid lands,
Crush fiat upon Times level sands
The column raised by careful hands.
Charles J. OMdllep, IN Current
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Farragut's Flagship on Fire.

From an account by Commander
Albert Kautz, in the Century War Pa
pers for April, we quote the following:
mo sooner had Farragut given the
order .Hard-a-port, than the current
gave the ship broad sheer, and her
bows went hard up on a mud bank.
As the tire-raft came against the port
side of the ship, it became enveoped
in flames. We were so near to the
shore that from the bowsprit We could
reach the tops of the bushes, and such
q short distance above Fort St. Philip
that we could distinctly hear the gum
ners in the casemates give their orders;
and as they saw Farragut's flag at the
mizzen, by the bright light, they fired
with frightful rapidity. Fortunately
they did not make sufficient allowance
for our close proximity, and the iron
hail passed over our bulwarks, doing
but little damage. On the deck of the
ship it was bright as MONDAY. but out
over the majestic river, where the
smoke of many guns was intensified by
that Of the pine knots Of the fire-rafts,
it was dark as the blackest midnight
For a moment it looked as though the
flagship was indeed doomed, but the
fremen were called away. and with
the energy of despair rushed aft to the
quarterback. The flames, like so many
forked tongues of Kissing serpents.
were piercing the air in frightful
manner, that struck terror to all hearts.
As crossed from the starboard to the
port side of the deck, passed close to
Farragut, who, as he looked forward
and took in the situation, clasped his
hands high in the air, and exclaimed.
My God, is it to end in this way! For
tunately it was not to end as it at that
time seemed. for just then Masters
Mate Allen. with the hose in his hand.
jumped into the mizzen rigging, and
the sheet of flame succumbed to sheet
of water 1t was but the dry paint on
the ships side that made the threaten
ing flame, and it went down before the
fierce attack of the fremen as rapidly
as it had sprung up. As the flames
died away the engines were backed
hard and. as if providentially, the
ram Manassas struck the ship blow
under the counter, which showed her
stern in against the bank, causing her
bow to slip off The ship was again
free; and loud, spontaneous cheer
rent the air, as the crew rushed to their
guns with renewed energy"
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-04-19
The Booths.

John B. Ford has been a great many
years q power in amusement business
in the country. He must be over 60,
fully forty years of which has been
spent in theatricals. He has managed
all the Booths that have ever been on
the stage. I began, he said. with the
father, and Edwin, John and Junius
Brutus have played for me. Iregard
Wilkes as the greatest of them all
He had more physical beauty and in
tellectual power than any of them.
As Raphael in the Marble Heart"
he was the greatest that was ever seen,
and his Richard the Third has never
been approached. Yet you remember
l speak Of him as young man just
beginning his career as an actor when
he died. Philadelphia Times.
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handsome comrade, too,' said she,
taking the lantern and holding it up tc
the dead or dying man. "An English
sergeant. All, we'll. He will fight nc
more"
He is dead, them"
"Alas, yes. You need hold him up
no longer Lift him down"
Dick could not help sigh. True,
the dead man was no more to him than
the hundreds upon hundreds of brave
fellows, English and French, who had
died that day. But he had made him
his own, in a fashion, and he would
have given his whole wealth, which wal
sixpence. to have brought him in alive
The English sergeant was lifted down,
roughly-for what was one man more
but not irreverently, and laid aside, a
dead and done for.
Now for the living" said madame.
"Mr. Backbone, you are great
big, big fool, but 1 like you; it is nice
to meet with great big fool. fear
have done you harm; but, in fine, wal
is war Now you shall go free if you
will tell me which side has gained this
day; and, mind, what you say shall
believe"
Il don't know. And if did, should
not tell" But those eyes and that
voice. with the smile in both, were
making more play with him than he
cared to own. ''Countess-l mean
madam, you have done me more wrong
-than-than a man who is not quite a
coward ought to bear. l ought to be
in the place of that poor fellow there.
You've made me spy and skulker
besides"
IA 'shulker! can not interpret that.
But it sounds bad, very bad; and 30
am very sorry. indeed. Mr.. Black
thorn, when you go back to your En-
glish or your Portuguese. and ask about
Madame Krasinska. aus Poland, you
shall hear a great deal, you shall hear
her called spy, and adventures. and
and - one thousand things. And
some will be true. and some will
be lies. But you shall tell them
back that if she loves one thing
most above all. it is fool who trusts
and can not lie If he tries. l would
have made your fortune if you had let
me; but l am glad you do not let me,
because SO l love you the more. Do
not leave off being a fool-the next
time woman tells you a story, believe,
and believe, and believe. You will be
right-some day."
She turned sharply from him. and
said something to the Lieutenant Of
which he could not make out a single
word. But it could scarcely have been
complimentary either to his honesty, or
to his patriotism, or to his honor. For.
instead of his being put under arrest as
a prisoner of war, the officer clanked
himself off and the guard turned in,
leaving him alone with the lady and
with the sentry, who counted for moth
ing.
Goodnight, SIR" SAID she. Ride
off fast if you keep the river, you
viii reach Talavera safely. You will
find your own people therefor to-day.
But won't answer for what you may
find tomorrow"
.What-I am free? Are you in CON-
mapd?"
.'Of my own department - always.
Good-night-and remember all what |
say."
He took his horse by the bride. but
could not help lingering. Il hope" :"
said he. "as you are in command they'll
bury that poor fellow with his ring"
She shook her head, shrugged her
shoulders, and smiled.
'.Ah," said she, Il see there is no
need to tell you not to be fool-no
need at all"
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Scientific Miscellany.

Some person has calculated that "a
manufacture the $50, 900 tons of paper
annually required for the supply Of the
world, 430 days medium flow of water
down the river Thames would be
needed.
The emperor of Germany has con-
ferred an order of knighthood upon Sir
Joseph Lister, the eminent British sur
geon, whose antiseptic method of sur
gerry has done so much for suffering
humanity.
A brain-model of gigantic size has
been made for an American museum
by Buechi of Berne. 1t is about four
feet in height by two feet and half in
width, and shows the intricate mechan-
ism Of the brain in detail.
A specimen of ancient dentistry, in
the form of dental bridge-work made
by the Etruscaps in the fifth century
before Christ, has been discovered in
an old burial place near Civita Vecchia
by DR.. j. G. Van Marter. of Rome.
Experiments recently made with wet
and dry coal in the evaporation Of wa
tCA AoVC ouOWA bAob lOSo Va AOA AAtCOA
to twenty-five per cent results when
coal is used while wet-that is, the
heating value of coal is that much less
when water is added.
The parasitic character of diptheris
has been established by two investiga-
tors-Klebs and Lefler-who have in
dependently found organisms which
have been proven by experiments on
guinea pigs and birds to be the specific
germs of the disease.
An interesting exhibition of whale
skeletons and products has been held
in Hamburg. The most imposing exhi-
bit was the skeleton Of the blue whale,
the greatest animal on earth. 1t
measured Is feet in length, and was
mounted in its natural position.
According to Herve-Mangon, the sys-
TEN of telegraphic weather warnings
in France was created by Leverrier in
1885. In 1873 central meteorological
observatories had been erected all over
the country, while Paris was in tele-
graphic connection with 1,5OO stations.
A material possessing the properties
of celluloid is now made from potatoes,
and is being used in France for imita-
ton meerschaum pipes, and for billiard
balls The substance is prepared by
boiling the peeled potatoes in dilute
sulphuric acid-eight parts of acid to
one hundred parts of water-for thirty
six hours. and then drying between
blotting paper by pressure.
In the opinion of Sir John Lawes. a
greater profit may be returned from
sewage if cast into the sea than if ap-
piled to land, for the reason that sew
age will supply the enormous quanti-
ties of phosphate of lime, potash, and
nitrogen which fishes require, but which
exist in the sea only in small quantities.
As much, at least, of these substances
should be returned to the sea as our
fisheries take from it.
The first attempt at British military
ballooning are to be made in Africa,
three balloons having been sent out for
the purpose of making captive ascents
for watching the enemy's movement.
A hundred or more iron cylinders con-
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-04-19

There are 1886 paper mills in the
world, in which l ,904, OOO, 900 pounds of
paper are annually manufactured. Half
of this paper is used for printing; 6OO,-
100000 pounds only for newspapers,
the consumption of which has risen by
200. 900, 900 during the last ten years.
As to the use of paper by individuals,
an average of III pounds is used by an
Englishmen. 104 pounds by an Ameri-
can. 8 pounds by German, y pounds
by a Frenchman, 81 pounds by an Ital-
ian or Austrian, II pounds by Span
lard, l pound by a Russian and 2
pounds by Mexican.
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A more remarkable or unique race,
says traveller, does not exist on the
continent of Africa than the Nasal.
They are magnificently modelled sava-
ges, beautifully proportioned. and
characterized by the smooth and
rounded line of the Apollo type. The
women are very decently dressed in
bullock's hide. They wear, by way of
ornament, from twenty to thirty
pounds of thick iron wire coiled round
the limbs, arms and neck, besides
great assortment of beads and iron
chains.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-04-19
IN A Rl6NITZ INN
American Dislike Of Sleeping Under the
0ornaA Feather BSA.

American Dislike Of Sleeping Under the
0ormaa Feather Bsd.
On . large, deserted square ran-
bling inn threw open its hospitahas doors.
and welcomed US as if We were the one
party in the world the host bad beea
looking for since the inn was opened
The storm was not 50 severe but we
could straggle around the town in the
evening and explore the dimly-kghteA
streets. The sultry air, scarcely cooled
by the rain, made the interior oppress-
i've, so we wandered around as long
as We could. and then sought our
quarters. We found that the rooms
had been prepared for US with careful
attention. Everything was nest aAd
comfortable. In about i've minutes
after retiring to our respective chambers
we all appeared in the hallway again,
in various stages Of undress, clamoring
for the servant. A blushing chsnbefI
maid soon appeared. aud was shown
in turn the three couchss. each With .
mountainous feather -bed - . coveriek
incased in sack OF white linen. e.
plantations and expostulations were Of
no avail She could not understand
the cause of our complaint, but insisted
on the purity Of the bome-Npun linen
and the sostne1 and lightness of tho
feather-b bed coveriet At last the whole
household was aroused, and afber
great difficulty the proprietor wss made
to conceive the fact that we csuld not
sleep that sultry August night uader .
feather-bed which would have suEhcated
us in mid winter. After eaTDest decla-
rstions that all Rshnitz people slept
under one feather-bed in summer and
under two in winter, he was obliged to
confess that thSre had never been a call
for upper sheets and blankets in his
house, and hs had nsne. We IS hast
resort ssverally smptied the festheE-sed
out Of il sack, and used this as sheet.
But for ths perambulating watchmen.
who made night noisy with their unin-
telligible hourly cries, We would have
sleps soundly.-F. D. Ataies, - Hsr-
per'S-A00dziue
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FABLE THE FIFTH.-CoNr1xuRp.

He had long felt as if walking. not
merely in his sleep, but in one of those
familiar Nightmares wherein the legs
feel like dragging lead and yet have to
60 Oh and on and on, against time and
need, with the minutes flying away fast
before and vague pursuit behind. But
the lights put new life into him. They
meant at the very worst. heel of hard
goats cheese and litter of straw. A
little ravine broke the plain and led
towards the twinkle. He did not re-
member the path. but his mind was in
a daze. No doubt he would know il
well enough by day. At last
"Qui ga id7''
He started. and rubbed his eyes. That
was not quite the way they challenged
in Portuguese.
Friend" said he. 'Lusitanian Le-
gion. Bringing in wounded"
" Halte-kdr'
There was clatter of arins-why in
the world should they turn out the
guard?
But by the light of lantern he soon
saw what the language would have told
less sleepy ears. The ears woke mn
now. and the ewes. too. He looked
round him-still bewildered. though as
wide awake as a weary man could be.
Escalona?" he asked.
He thinks he is in Escalonar' said
the man with the lantern. holding IL
into his ewes. Then. from the hut that
served for a guard-room. came out an
officer, with Frencbman written all over
him. who looked at the swaying soldier
on the horse and then from him to the
Portuguese soldier on foot. as if he were
put out by such a combination of things
Dick saluted. hand to can. "i'm
afraid I've made a slight mistake. ,, said
he, in his native tongue. I've brought
this comrade of mine. dead or alive. ont
of the fight; rm of the Lusitanian
Legion at Escalona. and thought this
was Escalona; but I'm hanged If 1 think
SO now. unless YOU French have cared
TO carry that beggariy hole. Isuppose
I'm a prisoner2 An right. Bu, sun-
pose you've got surgeon for nv com
rade here?''
They only stared. Then the officer
gave an order, in which Dick could
make out a word that seemed to mean
..Interpreter. And he must have been
right: for after some quarter of an
hour, with the English soldiers head
reclining on his shoulder. a woman,
dressed Spanish fashion. appeared. and
utes more. Then the lantern was again
thrust into his eyes, SO that he could
hardly see for blinking.
Sir, said she, in English that star
tied him, 'the Lieutenant here desires
me to interpret your story for him.
What shall l say?"
Madam Krasinska! Madam kras-
inska, by all that's
flush. We have no names hene, il
you please: Remember two things,
and we shall get on very well. One
none herr Knows English; not one
word: Iwo'-say what you like TO me.
and l shall turn it into any sort Of
French l please Only, do not Lie to
me- 1t Is who shall find the lies"
''The GeS-I should think you Will"
She spoke to the Lieutenant as II in
terpretlng; and afterwards, whenever
the prisoner sPoke-no doubt quite as
faithfully as she pleased.
You were more gallant on Wednes-
day. sid she. ''But it is all equal,
quite comprehend yoo Will never be-
heve IN a woman agaln-untll the noKe
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these, mental conception precedes and
guides execution. But it is well to
emphasize ''doing." for our educa-
tional methods have been weak on that
side. 1t is to do.-Ohio Educational
Mouthly.
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EDUCATIONAL.
The Question Of the Admission OF Women
to the Higher Universities.-An Unpar-
donable Method of Conducting
RecitatlOnA.

Three Essential Things to Good Teaching.
Clear and Correct Conception must
Precede good ExecutiOn.-Cullings
from Many Sources.