SEPT. K 
S90 THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
yet there was a tinge ot melancholy in the dis¬ 
covery. She was glad for his sake, because he 
had suffered so; but It was—abstractly consid¬ 
ered—a very solemn thought that BO strong an 
attachment was so short-lived. Not that she 
would have had it last longer lu this particular 
case,—oh, no; hut there might come a time when 
she should want to kuow that the one who had 
so gTeat a regard tor her was to have It forever. 
But what w58she to expect? Was Jim a fair 
sample ol mankind In this respect 7 
If Farmer Long had been an observing man, 
during these days he would have seen coming 
Into Jim’s face, something that could not have 
failed to remind him of the time when the 
youth's mother and Mrs. Long were girls, and 
the beshlooklng ones In the village. The father’s 
strength had come Into Jim’s body and limbs, 
buthe was getting Ills mother’s face by install¬ 
ments. These were to be bis possessions when 
he was of age. 
As his 2lst year drew toward Its close, ho could 
not tell whether to be glad or sorry for it.. His 
reason told him to go and forget—he had not for¬ 
gotten you see—In the excitement of business 
somewhere, his disappointment. But that heart 
ot his kept forever answering “ Stay another 
year.” He was in this state of mind the day be¬ 
fore he was twenty-one. Alter dinner that day 
he went and sat on the bench under the great 
maple. He went t here 1 hat he might bo alone 
to decide whether he would follow the dictates 
of his reason or give way (o the longings of his 
heart. Reason at. last carried the day. lie arose 
from his seat, and said aloud, and decisively, “I 
shall go.” It was settled. He had told the ramlly 
all along that he should go away when he became 
of age. Be was glad they knew it and had be¬ 
come reconciled to (perhaps wished) it. He was 
set upon looking stratght ahead now, and deter¬ 
mined not to look hack. 
And he did look straight ahead—Look? he 
stared, for Just n second or two, and then went 
ahead, straight, and fast. Up the slightly as¬ 
cending meadow Jennie was running toward the 
house; and not far behind her was the four-year- 
old llme-back, pursuing. It, was fortunate for 
Jennie Long then that Jim was near; and that 
he was “big” and strong and brave. Jim was 
bent on getttng between Jennie and that inad 
brute and he could not stop t.o tlnd weapons. 
He rushed past her and at that moment her 
strength gave way and she fell. If Jim had made 
a mlsmove—but he did not. With great dex¬ 
terity he seized the animal by the horns as It 
came up. and puttlDg forth all his strength drew 
Its head with such force and suddenness to one 
side as to throw It. down. Then springing to 
where Jennie had arisen and stood unable to 
move, from fright, be caught her In hla arms 
and boro her to a place or safety over the wall. 
When Jennie could speak, she turned to Jim 
and asked, “ What If you had beeu killed 7” 
“ o, there would have been a boggar less, that’s 
all,” said ho, and hu walked away. 
An hour later Jim, In a deep reverie, was sitting 
under the Old maple. He heard the rustling of a 
dress, the sound ot approaching feet, and then 
Jennie’s gentle call, “Jim ?” 
He arose and looked at her. 
“ Jim, do you—hate rne ?” 
“ No, worse than that^lor me.” 
“Worse? Then you—don’t—feel towards me 
as—as, you did once ?’■’ 
“ No, for I love you more.” 
“Truly, Jim7” 
“Truly.'* 
“ Well, then you may read what I have written 
on this paper; but don’t open It till I get a long 
way off.” 
She handed him the paper and turned and 
walked In the direction of the house. .Jim was 
not long In opening that note, and reading 
“ Dear Jim 
Don’t go away. Jennie.” 
Nor did the writer of It get a “ long way ” off be¬ 
fore he overtook her. 
When Jim and Jennie entered the house to¬ 
gether, a little later, Farmer Long looked at them 
sharply for a moment, and then, as If what he 
saw warranted him, he arose and also banded 
Jim a paper, saying as he did so: 
“ I s’hd like ter have yeou look this ere docker- 
ment over’n see of It Is kerrect. 1 don't w ant no 
mistake ’bout It. The place that Jlnes mine was 
fur sale ’n I’ve bot it. This ere’s the deed on’t.” 
And so It was. And that j“ dockerment ” was 
made to run to James Fowler and his heirs.— 
Springfield Republican. 
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FROM A GAMBLER’S HOME TO THE 
THRONE OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. 
JOHN DOBBINS. 
The most popular member ol the royal family 
ol England Is, without doubt, the lovely Princess 
Alexandria. Her beauty, her charm of manner 
and her kindness ol heart, have made her the 
Idol ol her adopted country, while the slights 
put upon her by her husband, have roused the 
chivalrous feelings of Englishmen lor the In¬ 
sulted wife. 
The splendor ol Alexandria’s surroundings as 
the wile of the heir-apparent, lo the English 
throne, presents a sharp contrast to the scenes 
amid which her childhood was passed. 
Her lather, Prince Christian or Bchloswlg-Hol- 
steln-Sonderbmg-Gluckhburg, of the royal blood 
of Denmark, was In I960 not. only a prince with¬ 
out possessions, but a man who found it a mat¬ 
ter ol very nice calculation, how to keep him¬ 
self and his family supplied with the barest 
necessaries of life. He tried Ids luck at the gam¬ 
ing tables of Baden-Baden and Monaco, but with¬ 
out any very encouraging results. Ills royal 
relatives treated him with scorn, and were slow 
with offers or relief. 
Perhaps no more pitiable object can be Im¬ 
agined than this princely adventurer, approach¬ 
ing middle life, burdened with wife and children, 
wandering from country to country, without re¬ 
sources of any klud, and without credit, seeking 
whom he might—not exactly devour—but who 
would be responsible for his expenses, it la not 
recorded that, beyond taking his chances at the 
gaming table, he ever made any attempt, to work 
out hla social salvation. 
ne was not, however, destined to forever beg 
his bread. The revolt of the duchies ol Schleswig 
and Holstein made Prince ChrlBtlan’s fortune. 
These duchies, claimed that on the death of the 
then reigning king of Denmark, Frederick VII., 
who had no sons, they would be freed, from their 
dependenceon Denmark, as the Salic law prevailed 
lo their dominions. King Frederick, who had no 
Idea or losing the duchies, enacted a decree abol- 
lshlngthe Jaw. The duchies bad recourse to arms, 
and after considerable bloodshed, the matter was 
referred to a Congress which met In London, May, 
1852. The delegates sustained Denmark, and ig¬ 
noring the rights ol several princes, who were of 
near kin to King Frederick, chose the vagabond 
Prince Christian as heir to the Danish throne. 
The appointment gave great dissatisfaction 
both to the duchies and to Denmark. Holstein 
continued to protest and Anally besought the in¬ 
terference of Germany. In 1S63, In the midst of 
these dissensions, the old king died, and Prince 
Christian be>oame King of Denmark. He was 
hardly seated on his throne before lil j two power¬ 
ful neighbors, Prussia and Austria, wrested from 
him Schleswig, Holstein and Laucnburg; so that 
of his reign the historian can record no brilliant 
military exploits, or ast ute political moves. 
The most marked reature of his career since 
his accession has been Ills success In allying him¬ 
self, through his children, with the most Illus¬ 
trious ruling lamUles in Europe. 
The year 1863 saw the beautirul Alexandria 
married to Albert Edward, heir to the British 
throne ; and all England gave the lovely daugh¬ 
ter of the adventurer, Christian, a glad welcome. 
In the following year King Christian’s second 
daughter, Dagmar was betrothed to the heir of 
the Czar of Russia, Czarevllz Nicholas. The sud¬ 
den death or this young man seemed to have 
lost the Princess Dagmar her chance of alliance 
wlib the royal family of Russia ; but fate which 
Tor so many years showered mlslortuoe on Chris¬ 
tian seemed determined now to show him only a 
smiling front, for the new Czarevllz, brother to 
the dead heir, paid court to his brother’s sweet¬ 
heart and won her for his wife. The eldest son 
of the Danish king, in 18<S9, espoused tho daugh¬ 
ter or the King or Sweeden. 
The same year lu which King Christian ascend¬ 
ed the throne, his second son George, 18 years or 
age, was appointed King ol Greece. He was a 
handsome, amiable man, though not especially 
fitted either by nature or education lor the posi¬ 
tion he was called upon to fill. He has on the 
whole made a fair ruler. 
The seedy wanderer of 1852 has to-day Tor his 
grandsons, Albert Victor, son of the heir to the 
British Empire, Nicholas heir to tho throne of 
all of the llusslas, and the crown Prince Con¬ 
stantine the future king or Greece. The “man¬ 
aging mamma” of society, will, hereafter have 
to yield the palm to this prince ol match¬ 
makers, Ills Majesty rl Denmark. 
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Loois KOssutu.— Louts Kossuth, who still lives 
in Turin, Is described as quite leeble, and having 
aged materially within a few years. lie la now 
slxty-slx, and, though lor sometime In delicate 
health, his mind Is as vigorous as ever. The sto¬ 
ries or his penury are said to have been some¬ 
what exaggerated, albeit he is compelled to live 
very meagerly, which Is no hardship, as he has 
very simple tastes, lie does not complain; In¬ 
deed, ho makes no reference to his poverty, which 
has been relieved, It Is thought, by contributions 
from admirers la England, France and America. 
His entire expenditures for several years past 
have not been more than 8,000 lire per annum 
(less than $ 600 ), which Is certainly frugal for a 
man wlm was onoe dictator of his country. He has 
Often been invited to return to Hungary, but he 
has steadily refused, believing that the Hunga¬ 
rians have not. yet gained their rights. In Aus¬ 
tria, Hungary Is thought to have more than 
her share ot political rights, more than the Aus¬ 
trians themselves, and Frances Joseph Is accused 
of favoring the Hungarians to the exclusion ol his 
own race. Kossuth la reported to have thought 
the formation of the German Empire os very 
unfortuuate to the cause of freedom In Eu¬ 
rope ; but he thinks It cannot last If the German 
people be true to themselves. 
RECENT LITERATURE. 
lilufltuu. A Story Ol To-day. By M. J. Savage. 
Boston: Loo A Hhounrcl. $1,50. 
In a prefatory note the author says: “The In¬ 
cidents ot this story are chiefly facts. This Is 
specially true ol those things that may, to some 
readers, appear forced or exaggerated." This 
would seem a refutation of the old saw, that 
truth is stranger than fiction, lor the incidents 
described are vapid and common-place enough 
to be studied inventions. 
it is the story of a young minister who, lacking 
conviction. Is called to the charge ol an orthodox 
church, and the many trials and annoyances 
consequent on tile false position his weakness and 
Indecision have entailed upon him. Ot course 
these include a rupture with ills lady love, and 
the upshot Is, he is obliged to abandon his ortho¬ 
dox hock foi a more congenial and progressive 
held. The numerous long theological discussions 
are somewhat trite and a trifle monotonous, but 
It all comes right In the end. in a foreign land 
he meow his lost love, a reconciliation takes 
place, and they live happy ever after. 
The Witchery of Archery. A complete Manu¬ 
al of Archery. By MAinuoic Thompson. New 
York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. $1.50. 
To all lovers of out-door sports this book will 
prove an Invaluable and timely companion. Mr, 
Thompson is an enthusiast on the subject of 
archery, as with hla experiences he might well be. 
He Bays: “ When a man shoots with a bow It Is 
his own vigor ot body that drives the arrow, and 
his own mind controls tho missile’s flight. When 
the archer hears his shalt lilss through the air 
with a force not to be cn nailed by those of hla 
competitors, he feeis Justly proud of his superior 
manhood. His trained muscles and toughened 
thews have done the work. Not so with gun¬ 
shooting, etc." In short, be characterizes the 
modern shot-gun as barbarous and wantonly 
cruel, and the how as classical and poetical—Its 
use manly and healthful. Not only is the hook 
replete with Instruction In this fascinating sport 
to the tyro of either sex, but Mr. Thompson's ad¬ 
ventures in search of game when he had become 
skilled lu archery, form a sprightly and interest¬ 
ing narrative. __ 
The Buy Traders, or Tlic Sportsman's Club 
among the Boers. Pbiia.: Porter & Contes a** 
This is another of Harry Castleman’s excellent 
tales for boys, and Is one of the Sportsman’s Club 
series. It Is a story ot perilous and exciting ad¬ 
ventures by flood and Held, and cannot tall to 
prove as fascinating to the young reader as any 
of this favorite author’s many popular stories. 
A contract has Just beeu signed by Messrs. 
Claxton, Rernsen & Haffelflnger, publishers, ot 
Philadelphia, and a well-known editor and au¬ 
thor, for the preparation and publication of a 
series of books suitable for counting-house libra¬ 
ries, to be known as the “ Business Library Se¬ 
ries.” The leading object or this series la to col¬ 
lect together lor tho benelit of tho young, the 
“learniug touching negotiation or hustnoss" 
which Bacon deplored had not been reduced to 
writing, and consequently men must spend halt 
their days in finding out what they should have 
known In the beginning. 
These volumes will be ol convenient Blze, ol 
about 400 large lamo. pages each, and though 
prepared by different authors, will be under one 
editorship. One of the volumes, entitled " Com¬ 
mon Sense In Business,” by Edwin T. Frccdley, 
will be Issued early In September; and this will 
be followed by another entitled “Home Com¬ 
forts, or Tmags Worth Knowing in every House¬ 
hold,’’ lu which young wives are Instructed how 
they may save, by good management, a portion 
of the money which the other teaches their hus¬ 
bands how to earn. 
TnK popular Science monthly for Septem¬ 
ber commences with a brilliant article ou “The 
Place of Conscience In Evolution,” by Hev. T. W. 
Fowle. The author, though a clergy man, accepts, 
without qualification, the great doctrine of evolu¬ 
tion, and says that it U caking It s place “ as a 
part of the furniture of the humau mind.” Prof. 
Du Bols-Reymoiul's masterly discussion of “ civ¬ 
ilization and Science" la concluded In this num¬ 
ber, with an examination or the subiect or educa¬ 
tion In Germany. The Professor raises the ques¬ 
tion as to how the Americanization ot German 
higher education la to be sweated, and points 
out that, one of the ways ol doing It Is by the re¬ 
trenchment of classical studies. There is a most 
curious and instructive article on the prounotion 
ol “ Artltloial Precious stones,” showing the 
immense strides that have been taken In this 
branch of chemical Industry. Dr. Montgomery 
pursues the subjected “Monera, and the Prob¬ 
lem of Llle,” treating of the physical phase of the 
problem with groat originality and eloqueuco. 
Prof. Daniel Vaughan, the distinguished Amer¬ 
ican astronomer, has a profound article on “ The 
Astronomical History ol Worlds,” which will be 
appreciated by all students id the celestial sci¬ 
ence. Frederick Pollock follows the lead of Talne 
and Darwin, In t.raelug “An Infant's Progress In 
Language.” There Is a remarkable article by 
Prot. Grant Allen, on ** The origin of Fruits,” 
which will bo road by everybody with pleasure 
foy tho originality of Its thought and the beauty 
nr its style. There are, furthermore, articles on 
“ Genealogy,” “ The Teredo and its Depreda¬ 
tions,” and “ Sclonoo in the English Schools.” 
Thu portrait for t he present number is that of 
Prof. O, C, Marsh ol Yale College, aceompaulcd 
by an Interesting Sketch ot his life. Tho various 
departments ol the magazine, viz., Editor’s Table, 
Literary Notice-, Popular Miscellany and Notes, 
are, ai usual, both Instructive and ontortalulng. 
New York: D. Appleton & Co. 
Tb« Parallel nod Murldinn System ol Map 
Druwluu in connection with « Ruler, For inuk- 
lns the Parallels and Meridians, w iiether ftiriitsht 
or Carved. By w. V. Marshall. Can be used 
with any (Jcnuruuhy. New York : A. H. Barnes 
A Co. Price 20 cts. 
Tu K author summarizes the distinguishing char¬ 
acteristics of this work as follows: 1. The paral¬ 
lels and meridians are used as the guldiug lines 
in the construction of every map. This obviates 
the use of arbitrary lines that have no geograph¬ 
ical value and only mar the appearance of a map. 
2 . It gives the operator more guiding lines than 
does any other system. 3. K teaches, without 
special Study, latitude and longitude. The pupil 
gains this knowledge irorn the frequency ol re¬ 
ferring to these lines while drawing the map or a 
country. 4- It can be ut>ed with any series of 
geographies. Hence a change ol system of draw¬ 
ing la not necessitated each time a change is 
made in the text-books or a school. 6. it reduces 
tuap drawing tu the maximum Of simplicity and 
ease. An appendix, giving some capital ideas on 
the subject of teaching geography, will he most 
useful to youthlul teaehora, and even experienced 
teat:tiers w ill And it to contain not a few sugges¬ 
tions which w ill be ol Interest to them. 
How to be Plump? or. Talk on I'liysloloBleal 
Feeding. By T. C. PUNCAN, M. D.. editor or the 
United Staten Medical Investigator, author of 
•*DlnoaBBs ol Infants mul ( hiidroti, with their 
Homoeopathic Treatment,” etc. Chicago: Dun¬ 
can A Bros. Price 6u cts. 
Tin; author recommends diet and rest as the 
only requisites for development. No medicine 
whatever is required in bis courso ot treatment. 
Ho tolls how he became fat, discourses on Lean¬ 
ness as a Disease; on the Healthy of Physiolog¬ 
ical Standard; the Importance or Water; the 
Value ot Fat; the Necessity lor Starchy Food 
and Sweets; and flow to become Plump. Dr. 
Duncan writes lu a popular style, and his little 
book will be a most usclul addition, to the family 
library. 
SCIENTIFIC Am USEFUL. 
New York and London Time.— The difference in 
time between New York and London Is a curious 
feature in ocean telegraphy. The London hanker 
is In tho full swell of i raffle when the New York 
agent Is first thinking of “ getting up.” At. noon 
tho London markets are cabled to this city, where 
they arrive at seven o’clock In the morning of the 
same day. The Londou agent of the New York 
Press telegraphs the mo3t Important nows Issued 
In tho London Times at six o'clock In the morn¬ 
ing. It reaches here at one o'clock tho same 
morning, Just In time to be Inserted in the New 
York Journals, whoso readers have the same 
matter that the Loudoner digests 'With his break¬ 
fast. 
Disinfectant fob tub Sick Room.— Ozone, the 
newest and tho least stable of all gases, has re¬ 
cently been made to do good service In the sick 
room. It makes short work with those miasmata 
and organic impurities of vitiated air which the 
Italians describe by the Impressive name ol ma¬ 
laria, and which every physician knows to he 
among the most baneful influences with which 
the convalescent; patient, whose tenure of life Is 
not yet quite assured, has to contend. A mixture 
should be made of permanganate of potash, per¬ 
oxide of manganese, and oxallo acid, In equal 
parts, and two large spoonfuls with some water 
put into a plate and placed on the floor of the 
slck-cliainber. Care should bB taken, however, 
to remove stoel fenders and flre-lrons, and to 
cover up brass door-handles, since ozone will rust 
all metals meaner than gold and silver. 
An attachment to the ordinary spring eye¬ 
glasses, by which they can at will lie transformed 
Into spectacles, and as quickly relieved from the 
attachment, Is among the most recent and useful 
devices that have been brought forward. It was 
Dr. Cld, the well-known Paris surgeon, who found 
that the spring eye-glasses Injuriously com¬ 
pressed the arteries by which the nose is nour¬ 
ished, making that, organ long and thin. The 
effector this improved mechanism Is to remove 
all pressure from the spring, and at the same 
time to hold the glasses firmly In position, and 
thus Is avoided tho Irritation caused by a con¬ 
tinued use of ordinary spring glasses, as In read¬ 
ing, wilting, ete. The advantage of being able 
to convert at once the same lonses Into eye¬ 
glasses or spectacles is obvious. 
q’nn Cat as a substitute for the Carrier 
Pto bon,— it seems that the Belgians have formed 
a society lor the mental and moral Improvement 
ol cats. Their first effort has been to train the 
oat to do the work ol the carrier pigeons. The 
most astute and accomplished scientific person 
would have his Ideas ot locality totally contused 
by being tied up in a meal-bag and carried twenty 
miles from home and, let out In a strange neigh¬ 
borhood, In the middle of tho night. This ex¬ 
periment has, however, been repeatedly tried 
upon eats ol only average abilities, and the inva¬ 
riable result, has been that the departed animal 
has reappeared at Ills native kitcheu-door, tho 
next morning, and calmly Ignored the whole 
affair. This wonderful skill In traveling through 
unfamiliar regions, without a guide-book or a 
compass, has suggested the possibility of cats bo- 
lugused as special messengers. Recently, thirty- 
seven cats residing lu the City ol Liege, were 
taken lu bags a long distance Into the country. 
Tho anlmalB were liberated at two o'clock lu the 
afternoon. At 6:48 the Hame afternoon one of 
them reached his homo, ills feline, companions 
arrived at LiPgo somewhat later ; but It Is under¬ 
stood that within twenty-four hours every one 
had reached Ills home, it is proposed to estab¬ 
lish, at an early day, a regular system of cat 
communication between Liege and the neighbor¬ 
ing villages. 
Action of Tobacco on the system.— Homo years 
ago the French Government dUectud the Acad¬ 
emy of Medicine to Inquire luio the influence ol 
tobacco ou me human system. The report of the 
commission appointed by the Academy, states 
that ft largo number ot the diseases of the ner¬ 
vous system and of tho heart, noticed in the 
cases of those affected with paralysis or Insanity, 
are to he regarded as the sequences ot excessive 
Indulgence lu the usu of tills article , and It, Is re¬ 
marked Dial tohacoo seems primarily to act upon 
the organic nervous system, deprcsssing the fac¬ 
ulties and Influencing the uutrlUou of the body, 
the circulation ol the blood, and the number ol 
red corpuscles In the blood. Attention is also 
called to the bad digestion, benumbed Intelli¬ 
gence, and clouded memory of those who use to¬ 
bacco to excess. 
Hlkki'LKssnbss.— Those who suffer from sleep¬ 
lessness—and the number Is not small—might do 
well to notice their position at night,. A German 
physiologist slates that the heating of the earth 
by the sun causes magnetic currents from the 
equator to each pole. Wo should lie, therefore, 
In the direction of these currents; H wc Uo across 
these, the result Is uo pleasant, and want ol sleep 
Is the consequence. The head to the north Is the 
beat position—to the west, the worst. Physicians 
who have charge of hospitals attend to the di¬ 
rections lu which the beds are placed, and with 
the best results. 
A luminous Paint.—A French chemist Is said 
to have succeeded In producing a paint with 
which to Illuminate the numbers of street doors 
at night.. Figures i raced with It Hhlne so us to be 
n ad through Hie most profound darkness; and 
the preparation ot the compound is said lobe 
simple, inexpensive, and not Injurious. 
Tabulation ofi he Ea rtu. —The population of 
the eartU Is estimated fit 1,423,917,000 souls, ol 
whom no Ifcss than 409 , 000,000 are assumed to live 
lu Chip a Ripper, The whole ol Europe has only 
a population ol 309,178,300. 
