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The Greenville times., 1889-12-07
WORK AND RECREATION.
The Mind Requires Constant Change To
Keep n la "a Healthy Condition.

The Mind Requires Constant Change to
Keep n la "A Healthy Condition.
During his later years Charles Oar
win. though perhaps the greatest scien-
tiic investigator the world has yet pro
duced lost all his taste for art, for
music, poetry and higher literature;
and his only recreation, outside his
scientific studies. was the reading OF
sensational novels and the daily game
of cribbage with his wife.
II man uses one arm and carries tho
other in a sling. the bandaged arm will
soon become paralyzed. A man IL
usually bungling with his left hand,
because he was taught in infancy to use
his right Some men are 80 silent and
reserved that, in the course Of time,
they lose the power Of general conyersa-
tion, a man forgets his mother-tonguc
by protracted stay in foreign country.
Every part Of the mind, like every
part of the body, requires constant ex-
ercisc to keep IL in the best condition.
An unused faculty grows rusty like an
unused room; a corner Of the mind that
is left empty becomes, in time, like an
empty room, full of dust and cobwebs.
Charles Darwin lost all taste for poetry,
art and music because the poetry, art
and music departments Of his mental
emporium were allowed TO lie empty and
unused.
Men who devote themselves exclu-
sively 10 one business or calling without
recreation or diversion Of any kind, arc
liable TO become narrow and limited
creatures, They dwindle into partial
fractions Of men. man who is nothing
but "A merchant has not enough substance
left TO become much Of man. lie who
is merely lawyer suffers from partial
intellectual paralysis. What shall II
profit man to become king of the
commercial and professional world and
lose the better part Of his own soul2
The reason so many men stop growing
at thirty is because they do the same
thing over and over every day. And 50
men become like eagles with broken
wings, and founder about In the under
brush Of business routine, never soaring
out into the sunshine of intellectual free
dom, IA II was intended they should.
The moral Of all this Is that mar
should not conIlne himself so closely {,
one thing that he paralyzcs his genera
faculties How many housewives de
generate into mere dish-washing autom
atoms, simply because they devot,
themselves (unselilshly and heroically
TO be surcl exclusively to their house
hold duties. 1t is well enough to do on,
thing we'll; but do not do IL all the time
| Get out of the ruts, Yankee blade
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07
AS ARNOLD SEES IT.
Sir udwln's Impressions of America-Crit-
Ieism aud praise.

Sir Edwin. Impressions of America-crit-
lrism and Praise.
at IL wonderful for British ISL
nnder to discover what a mere step up
ON your broad States a thousand miles
make" says Sir Edwin Arnold, "and to
conclude from what he sees what must
be- the life, the enterprise, the opulence,
the energy, the natural and industrial
resources, the boundlcss future possibil-
tiles Of the territory he has not seen.
A feeling Of gladness and confidence
about the earthly part Of mans develop
mcnt beyond all expression has pos
scssed me In pcrcciving how strong and
sound your national vitality Is, how lit
tie you are really spelled in courtesy Of
manners. In civic kindness, In social
grace and In reverence for law by your
large liberties.
IAN Englishman no doubt, notices
here AN absence of Difference and formal
attention, but hc also notices the pres
cnco Of nearly universal and most
manly and frank comradeship, the bios
som. perhaps OF q wider and healthier
air. am far from saying this to Halter
America. The impertinence Of such an
intention would be- rebulxcd by It's alb
surdity. Your Nation Of 10000 900
stands well beyond the reach of compli-
ments. History rather waits to see II
you will deserve che gifts and opportu-
mites which destiny has brought you
lin both her hands.
"l should not be an Englishman, how
ever, II did not grumble, and you must
allow me to dcnouncc and execrate the
cobblestones of your New York streets,
that rob the Briton Of sleep at night and
racl. his honestly day; the snake-fences,
which waste alike land and lumber, and
torture the eye Of an artist; the lack of
official luggage portera ut your rail-
way stations, and those mysterious
ugly. unpainted telegraph poles, with
which you mar the vistas Of your finest
streets. but your public buildings often
astonish and enchant me; your colleges,
libraries, museums and observatories
leave positively no excuse to American
youth. They must hcnccforth create
and not import poets, authors, artists,
sculptors, scientific gcniuses and as
tronomers. You really owe us, with all
your glorious chances. galaxy of great
names. ~, Y. Herald
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07
DEPLoRA6LE ACCIDENT.
A iiorse-rhief Executed by n simple Proc.
css of Nature,

iiorse-Thief Executed by simple Proc.
css of Nature.
Western Judge-You are charged, sir.
with being the leader of party which
hunted down and lynch1d horse-thief.
The days have gone by Whom citizens of
this great Commonwealth can thus take
the law into their own hands, hence
your arrest. What have you to say?
Prominent Citizen-I amt guilty,
iedge. III tell you how it was. We
caught the fellcr, and tied his hands
and feet. Nothln' wrong about that,
was there, ledge?
mo; that was no doubt necessary"
"Wall, jedge, there was storm COM
in up and we couldn't spare him an um-
brella very well so we stood him under
tree. That was all right wasn't it?'
Certainly"
wall, the clouds kept gatherln' an
the wind was purity high, and we didn't
want him blown away, so we tied rope
around his neck and fastened the other
end to the limb above-not tight, ledge,
jest so as to hold him-and we left him
standin' solid on his feet. Nothing
wrong about that. was there?"
Nothing at all"
Then kin be excused can't ~"
but the man was found suspended
from that tree, and stone dead the next
morning"
None of us had any thing to do with
that. jedge. You sec we left him stand
In there in good health and spirits, fel
we gave him all he could drink when We
said 'good-byc;' but you see, during the
night the rain come up an 'spose tn,
rope got purity wet and shrunk coupl,
o feet That's how the sad acciden
happened, jedgc.'-N. Y. Weekly.
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07
Observation-Disclosures.
As Far as 1t Relates to self-Developmeni nj
II Has a History Of Failure.

As Far as 1t Relates to Self-Development
II Has a History Of Failure.
The history of French colonization, as
far as it relates to self-development
self-dependence and self-goyernment, is
q history Of failure-of that failure
which results inevitably from running
counter to race characteristics. In the
days OF the French occupation, France
was under Bourbon rule, and she had
nothing wherewith to fit out her depart
ing children but the husks and shriveled
kernels and tares of old despotisms. OF
life-giving seed she had none to bestow,
and her sons might well reproach her
with the bitter taunt of Antonio:
Gonzalo-IIad plantation Of this isle, my
lord
Antonio-IIe'd SOW 1t with nettle seed.
If, after all the philosophizlngs,
revolutions and Anglo-manias Of the
past century, Algiers and Guiana have
nothing further to show to-day than the
inevitable garrison accompanied by {
bureaucracy or penal colony, or both
then the French -in-Canada were, afte'
all, not so very far behind the times.
The only difference discernible between
the Richelieu and the Louis Napoleon
notions of a colony is, that the formers
conception was u garrison beyond seas,
with church, but no peoples; and the
latter's garrison beyond seas, with a
bureau or a penal settlement, but nc
people
One can hardly be accused of unbecom
ing haste in at once expressing the con
viction that, of the two systems tn,
one with the church is preferable to tn,
one that offers nothing but bureau o
penitentiary. Nevertheless, it mus
not be overlooked that in neither
there to be seen what the political OF
server would call people; the seal
tered, unorganized and institutionles
habitans and voyageurs being no more
people in the eyes of social science tina
arc the clerks of the bureau or the men
bers of the penal settlement. lach col
stitutes population, but neither pc,
ple.-Eben Greenough Scott, in Atlanti
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07
tx.eMPRess EUGENE.
She Has Had Health aud Protracted Fits
of Gloom.

Tho ox-Empress Eugenie, once the
gay and dazzling sovereign lady, toward
whom the eyes of all Europe were
turned. is said to be- more than usually
inllrm this season, and spends a greater
portion OF her time In silence and medi-
tation, whether she is lodged in her
own home or is visiting at the mansion
OF her friend When her nts of rloom
come on she is capable of remaining
slccpless, speechless. without eating,
drinking or noticing any one around
her for twenty-four hours at a time
pcrsunsion AMI narsiste,,t ,,tor,n,s !,
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07
FOREIGN GOSSIP.


-The London police are now ordered
o wear lniia-rubber OF notseiess boots
At night always.
The Russian language has been IN
ro,ed upon an the Inhabitants Of the
Baltic provinces % The empire.
Umbrellas are being imported into
India in great numbers. Last year
s7a. 900 arrived in Calcutta alone.
The Russian railway system a. the
beginning Of is,s aggregated ls,alt
miles. Of which 3.7sI miles belong 10
the government and 1855 miles 10
private companies.
There has been a marked decadenee
IN the use ~ the French language AZ
Montreal during the last ten years
Formerly il vas the prevalent tongue
but now the English predominates-
"A naval officer who has been there
tells that in a Roman Catholic church In
Hayti there Il a picture Of the craeihx-
ion in which Christ Is represented as
pure negro and the two thieves as white
men. which goes 10 show that color IS
much matter of taste and climate
Philadelphia Record.
In Italy women continue 70 pursue
occupations which seem properly 10 be-
long 10 the stronger sex. Women brick
LAYERS aud women hodearriers are EN-
ployed in all Italian cities. They dress
wreichedly. 90 bare-iooted and their
fare is Of the poorest. Their wages are
twenty cents day.
Italians are not very strong IL
domestic ties. Of 5000 Italians thai
landed In Castle Garden last year "a, 900
were males. The emigration Of females
from Italy is smaller than from any
other country averaging but lS per cent
of the whole number who landed. From
Germany the percentage is 4Oi from Ire
land, ij.
There are cattle In Belgium" say
bishop Clark. Of Rhode Island, In let
ter 10 the American Garden, "but yo'
never see such thing as fence in thu
cultivated fields Of that country, no
even b mark the boundary lines, for th'
simple reason that the law of the lane
protects the farmer against INVASION
In Naples there exists race Of cat
who live In the churches. They arr
kept and fed by the authorities on pur
pose 10 eat the mice which lnfcst all old
u
buildings there. The animals may
often be seen walking about among the
congregation or sitting gravely befor'
the altar during time of mass.
-"Dcspite medical warnings says
German newspaper, marriages bctweei
blood relations continue 10 be- quite tre
quent in Germany. OF l,5iO marriage
contracted In Prussia In 1887 between
blood relations, t,i2a occurred between
cou ,inA M between uncles and nieces,
and lG between nephews and aunts-th'
proportion Of these marriages being on
to every li9 marriages recorded"
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07
BODILY ELECTRICITY.
a New Hampshire Woman Who Gave Out
Sparks and Snaps

a New Hampshire Woman who Gave Out
Sparks and Snaps.
Dr. X. ID. Mussey, professor of sur
gerry in Dartmouth College,. in the
American journal of Medical Sciences
Tor January, 1888, gives an account of
Mrs b, married lady about thirty
years of age. residing in Grafton Coun-
ty' N. H., who gave out sparks and
snaps continuously for some thirteen
weeks, when this power was entirely
lost and did not return again. The dis
covery OF this faculty was great sur
prise to the lady, and subsequently,
caused her some annoyance. Though
Mrs. b wore silk dress at the time
oil the commencement of the phenom-
enon, this was exchanged for cotton and
ilannel successively without affecting
the result; and the manifestations were
found to be due to the ladys own per-
SON. and not to the clothing or other
conditions. DIR. Mussey's account is
supported by DIR. W. lIosford the ladv's
family physician.
"cno"ieha OF thls sort, when mani
lested' do not seem to be confined to
any one portion Of the human body
'hough occasionally localized A Ca
puchin friar is mentioned hv Dr
schneider, whose scalp was veritable
reservoir of electricity. Whenever he
removed his cowl a number of "shininp.
cracking spark" would pass from his
paid pate; and this phenomenon, which
was definite and strong while the monk
was In good health, continued percepti-
bic after three weeks illness. .-IIvland
I. Kirk, in Popular Science Monthly.
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07
BlSMARcK's HOME LIFE.
How the Chanceior's Home h Fried
richsruhc IL Furnished.

There is scarcely any thing remark
able in his house at friedrichsruhe. II
Is absolutely plain. The furniture is Of
the simplest character. There are evil
dcnccs here and there of the hand-work
of woman, but no great paintings deco
rate the walls, and his library is filled
with choice but inexpensive assort-
mcnt OF books. Portraits of his wife, his
daughter and his sons, Of Won Moltllc,
of Cardinal lIohenlohe. of Thiers, of
licaconsncld, ot Gladstone and of the
three Emperors under whom he has
served decorate his walls. A recent
visitor to liismauk's home. in dcscrib-
ing the place, says that although some
Of the rooms contain much that Is plain,
others show evidences of luxury and
of decidedly historic Importance In
the drawing-room the floor Is covered
with rich carpet: there are three
fire-places here. whore, as soon as
the cold weather sets in, blazing logs
| light up the room and make It warm and
cheerful. There is an abundance of
couches. sometimes two or three in one
room. The dining-room is severely
plain. Itschief adornment is the bronze
statue of the Emperor given by himself
to bismarck. There is u bronze imita-
ton of Nciderwald, which stands in a
fine oak cupboard in the smoking-room.
| A leaflet is attached to it, with the fol-
lowing words written in the Emperor
own hand; christmas, 1881. The
crowning stone of your policy. A fes-
iival destined chiefly for you and which
you unhappily was not able to attend
W." In Bismarks study there is a
small card table bearing brass plate. on
which there is an English inscription tc
the effect that on the table the pre-
liminary peace between Germany and
France was signed at Versailles in ISL
When opened there appears the
central round OF green cloth
with the very candle spots thai
were there when Bismarck and Favre
put their names under the treaty. Bis
magck often laughingly explains how h'
beeAme possessed of this curiosity. |
requited some diplomacy even on th'
part of 'he great diplomat. The land
lady Of tne house who owned the tabl
obstinatels refused to part with II 70
any consid tion Of money, 50 as a las
csort Bis ck called in cablne
maker ans1v cred him to make IN
| other tahla yiy similar, When tn
twins were n Nehs bv aida the land
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07
sATAks or sUMATRA.
Hsu rhsss Ugly savage. Dispose Of lhelf
Old People.

H4I 4he4a Ugly -1fAEcf hst-4N - A"NN
Old People.
The population Of seFapit turned oni
70 see Us. The women were 4 strange
contrast 20 the men in appearance
While the latter were as lean as whip
ping posts, and uglier than most mon
keys. the former-at least those under
twenty or s0--were plump solidly built,
fnll-bosomcd creatures, and there we're
at least halt dozen in the crowd before
ss who might fairly be termed good
looking.
But the older members Of the con-
munity, the women especially, almost
surpass my powers Of description TO give
an idea Of their weird ugliness. X.
tersely summed them up as baked
monkey" but monkey would at least
have had a covering of hair, whereas
these dreadful persons bad nothing but
their very scanty clothing 10 conceal
any part Of the leathcry integument
that was 50 tightly shrunken over their
skeleton bodies, and looked so hard and
dry that you expected TO hear them
srsekle whom they moved. Their faces
teemed TO consist solely Of skin drawn
over skull without particle Of flesh,
and looked precisely as II some one had
tried TO make mask out Of old leather,
and. failing, had thrown Il down in dis
gust and stamped on H. Yet they
seemed neither decrepit nor idiotic,
The men carried their complement Of
arms; one old fellow had girded on the
longest and crookedcst sword there. lie
looked like Death with his scythe. A
woman, who resemtled one OF the dried
mummies Of blacks found In North
Queensland, terminated, vas pounding
paddy in wooden mortar so ] con
cluded that appearances were deceptive,
and that they were not nearly SO old a.
they looked. Indeed, The Malaynn races
nre not long.liyed, and really old people
are very scarce, such an instance as tho
late Sultan Of Rrunel. who lived TO near
ly one hundred, being almost unheard Of
And here is the appropriate place "a
speak Of tho strange and unnatural
practice universally ascrihed to tn,
Bataks and confirmed by Dutch travel
ers, though do not understand that any
European has actually witnessed tn,
ceremony. When the elder members o
family have reached tho stage OF de
crepltude and usclessness land wha'
thelrappeamnce must be one shudder'
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER.
The students Understood Gunnory ms Wei
aS the Professors.

AT Cornell University. some ten years
rs, .ha faculty e"i v,i,e, sossae~ta IN
The neighborhood of the campus were
aroused ono dark night about three n.
m. and startled nearly out Of their
wits by the booming OF the brass can
non In the middle Of the parade ground.
The explosion wns so terrific as TO shat
ter, not only all peaceful slumbers, but
some seventy panes Of glass and other
fragile property
The faculty understood that II was
Students prank, and determined TO de.
tect and punish the offenders.
A watchnian was detailed tho next
night who kept vigilant lookout until
after three o'clock, when he concluded
that the attempt would not be made
that night and went indoors. liz had
barely got In bed when -booml booml
won't tho cannon one after the other
shattcring moro dreams and glass. This
seemed TO indicate that tho conspir.
ators wore quite rs watchful as the
deans.
The third night the faculty deter.
mined to bring science to their aid, aud
the professor Of chemistry directed that
the cannon be secretly smcarcd with
nitrate Of silver, which would leave on
the fingers OF those handling the cannon
stain which would turn dark and In,
delible when daylight struck IL. This
Is the same substance with which pho.
tographic plates are prepared, and which
leaves such perpetual stains on the
hands Of most photographers
"Now," said the professors, III thos,
cannon are heard to onight we will SEE
who has black hands in the morning
Mighty is science and shall prevai
against the wicked"
The cannon werc heard again tina
night, and louder than ever The cul
prits put good generous dose Of pow
der into each gun. and rammed In OF
top Of II n heavy charge of sod, gravel
sticks and stones, and such like ammu
milton as the campus furnished; loadin,
up to the muzzlc, and turning theirg
on an old shed standing on the grounds
against which they had partieula
grudge. The report which ensued wa
fairly appalling; II completely wreckc,
the shed and drmoralizod such rem
nants of peace and window-glass as tn
two previous nights had left standing
The only wonder is that the cannon dh
not explode and blow up the artillery
\ men themselves; but it was good metal
\and stood the tremendous test An
Nhen the professors had done quakin
at the dreadful racket they chuclSled t
themselves and said.
''Wait till morning and see the blae
handsN Morning came and not
stained hand could be discovered in th
university. Alas too many of the str
dents were in the chemistry class. The
also understood the etiquette of polit
gunnery. They had handled the canno
with Treasure -Troye.
The Greenville times., 1889-12-07
ABOUT BOOKCASES.
How the Hest Ones Are Made aud How to
Arrange the Books.


Arrange the Books.
The best bookcases are those made
half high, not those cumberous, glass
doorcd ediices which indicate that the
contents are made to look at not to read.
The wood may be either hard like
cherry, ash, mahogany or black walnut,
Or merely pine stained to resemble
either, according to the finish of the
room The simplest bookcase is best
of all. End pieces about five feet high,
with grooves on the inside to hold the
shelves, the fronts OF which arc either
rounded or finished with stripes of
pinkcd leather, and the shelves them
selves can be made by an ordinary car
pcntcr. Let it I'LL the space between
the chimney and the end of the room or
the entrance doorway and the side, warm
ish It, or stain and varnish. and then
proceed to arrange the treasures of many
"A lifetime. DO we realize that these
best works of good men and women are
the epitomes of vast labor, research and
thought? Then let us house them with
genuine tenderness.
II is good plan to have the bottom
| shelf broad enough to hold aliases and
books OF reference, like heavy cyclo-
| ppdias, when laid on their sides. unless
we have for them special rests or tables
Large, heavy leaves are inclined to break
away and drag down from the back. and
then book soon goes to ruin. That is
the reason why children should be taught
never to pick up book by one cover
only. 1t tears the cover loose from the
back For no reason ought child to be
taken by the ear except to show it how
book feels-or to book lover seems to
feel-when dragged about by single
cover.
After the hooks are arranged in the
ease there is left the upper shelf for a
couple of pictures on easels, with a cen
tral flower vase or bronze. But to dedi.
cate the space to an indiscriminate lot
of bric-a-brac is dcsecration. Nor
should 1t be used for an old paper shelf
let papers be relegated to their proper
roceptacles. 1t is, though, a place fol
current magazines and book or tw,
subject to daily perusal.
But the bookcase is not vet finished
In front, depending from brass rod. le
us hang curtain of India silk the colo
of which shall harmonize with the pre-
} vailing tint of the room. This-ourtai,
= should be drawn only when the room i
: busted. On sweeping daya muslin cover
kept for this purpose. is thrown over In,
top. and reaches to the floor. for ou,
book lovers do not tolerate dust ON thei
volumes.-Good Housekeeping.