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VOL..VI.
PITTSBOIM)', CHATHAM CO., N. C, MARCH (I, 1884.
NO. 2G.
JV MtrutlsMiMU Uuenl WMrlnoU frtl
"llavo Palli'iire mil Endure."
The I i i m h iil (inn': tlnj lin t In put
In tint lone i liiiivlixnnl In tin' mm;
Mir In . k n il r.ws t-ll'hei-hi-ait.
Ilcl lover l,iM"l them ('iiliill v.
whs n nl, Ih' ilui-c.l nut wi'i'ji;
Hi was Inn i'.-iiuil lii shed unr teal ;
Mio miw him I iilin il in n llii' -.li-cp;
"I'ivii then lii'i'i' wlii .jii'inl in In-rear:
I!.' c--inlin tel. llmii-li -lull, tin- iiilit,
I'm- tit- i- I'm, lull 1-e.t- is iir;
'Ti.- iliiiKc-t i'iu tli'i 1110:111114 I f.'1'U
"I live palii-iieo. it it 1 i-n hire'."
Is hi fiiilcil xe ih! Thin mrt 110 tii'iif!
'I'lic iv iprr 11 i.iil, tic Ii.iii. hil;
'I lii-rc i ii-ni mi liiliii'i tu ti e shorn
l line 'lie tiiiiiil'lii'il ;tlcl lnve:l so well.
A1111II11 r lock In r -ii Iniiil
In th:tt li-ne eliiii-'tiviil--l hx dm .';
Hie liH-Keil :ie.n.s- tin- -'Ulel illhl.
Ami llit-H -In- unsHoie-l ilcninif- :
'Juke eiilnl'illt. tin null tin- ni-Ilt In- -411.1,
I'm- life i Ion,;, lull I e i- - He;
To-il.-i i?. iltiil.. lii-iiiiH'1'nw ;:l-nl :
"H im- '.ilii nee, ;iinl cmliuc!''
I lie en l 11I ln-i! . 1111 mi-ill low
A-i-l -In- iiiii-i ii l-l. ulel l.ivti ii in--..-i
r-!ie l.i-ilo- I it-un hi.. tioiiliel lii-mv,
All.l iti- l :ill 111-Iii'litnhicsi.
l ull- llien, wiili ii-.-e. in hi- haul,
.-i i--. the cliim-lc. ii'l In tin- r-.-.i
A hli f'Vi-1 e.ilnr t.i I ill I,
All'l ittHlgllt II 111:11 ll II j.e. tilth.
Tutsi- 1-1111111111' We ln mule inn plltt1
'the t iii j-i -:i.s, iiiv mivi'iiw eue 1.
'- I ll-ive hud -:ili! Mcc, ivi-lt! lnv liturt!
she w Il Ki-i-.e I. 'I'll- eli-lmeil '''
- iVi ,iki,I Soill. in H,ilhrvi .ln-ifi.';.
BESIDE THE FLUMF.
In the i r i 1 1 uf tl font minor
built (heir cabin mi t!n- hank ul' ,1
brawling stream that, with frothing
lip.. leapt' 1 down from out' ul the grand
mountain fa-tnessi s of 1 1m CnM'-n
Male.
Tlu-ti they t-im.il ructe I a solidly built
tlam tf logs eimip'.otely across the
stream, which they iiaiut-1 Clear riven
thus shutting o! the water lroin its
bed, tho ovcrilow escaping ly a long
ia-o-xx av or ilume.
in tlr.- dry li.vl
t-a't' I Cl'-ar Itivrr
i r ; ii -n man I all
war.li-.I; fir t!u- m
of t!io river was !
Mine, aiiil tin- tuiir
tli- ir 1 ilmr well ro.
r.ii.i o!' tin- iiiniintaln !
to; rent Llci ally :;!n-iic xvitii ijiiM. t lial
lia lliL' -ii turn I'r iiii si;m- t-rti 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 vr
(tiart. lei:;-' tint lull bared it l-rea-t
t- tin.1 tin b;il--:it wu'.t r for centuries,
or from many ntorturcd boivldcrivhiile 1
neuig in a cra'V dance in tli
coll t in brace.
Tiie la-t uuiit"! of sliin'ng ilut had
been taken from the ilclica'.e scales, !
and the four nu-n grouped around the (
mil-; table, looked into each oMe-r's
eyes that sh I'le brighter with the light '
of siuvcs. than t!i u'-'Id for w hich
fiey ha I so patiently toiled.
Ten thous nid dollars, boys x 0 i
as-hare!" laughed one of tin! brown-!
faced miners. " That's a pn tly g-m-l
showing IVr a mouth of rocking the
era lie. A few in-re dividends like
tii.it and then I reckon that I'll go
home. Tiiere's a little woman in a lit
tle brown house I know of that will
1 e gla I to see me -bless her brave lii-th-
h-art !
Homo! The tVur partners in the
Ciear Kiver Mine were all from the fur-
away Kast, and at that word stern i
faces softened, and more than one hand
involuntarily sought a ragged hrcat,
xvlr-reiu was concealed a precious pack
et of we!l-xvoru letters from loved
outs over the mountains.
lint one of them - a frank faced
voting felloxv -aru. from the table.
glanced half-anxiotisly, half-hesitating-
ly at his companion, then turne I from
them and went to the little cabin win
dow' and looked out into the night.
'What's the trouble with you, I'p
ton?" was the general inquiry.
I'pton strode uneasily toward his
felloxx'-niiuers.
"1 cannot ansxver your questions,
boys; for, the truth of it is, 1 don't
knoxv myself. 1 can only say that a
feeling as if we aro in mortal danger
this very moment is upon me, and I
c an't shake it off! "
A laugh went around the tablo a
hearty, ringing laugh the laugh of
men who scoru the thought of danger,
and yet they could not but feel im
pressed by the young fellow's earnest
ness. I'pton joined in the laugh at his ex
pense; but that strange, far-off look as
of one whoso spirit is not will, the
body, never left his face.
lie went back to the window again,
and then threxv opea the cabin door,
turned his head and said, pleasantly,
"I'll be with you in a short tiine.boys'"
and then the door closed behind him.
There was neither sparkle of star
nor the faintest gleam of the moon to
lighten the slialoxvs into which he
plunged. The air xvas soft and warm
agaiust his face a a Woman's breath.
No sound came to his ear save the mar
of the frothing flume, which wa the
width of the river bed from the cabin.
Upton descended the steep bank and
began to pick his way over the rough
stones of thecl.iini, with the great face
of the dam rising up at his side like
some huge prison wall.
lie stopped and listened a moment-
He lioar-1 tjiicpr lift to Kiirj;l(M-faint,
suit, laiiiur riiiiikIs - a .suit, .sululucil
Kwislt, as of hurrying waters; and yet,
afler all, there win a certain, ruthless
calm about those strong, unseen lluuils
hehiiiil that eon), dark wall, that In ire
eviilenee of immense power.
Thud! It was as if snmrt mighty,
Titanic missies had been hurled against
the walls. Jt was only an upturn tret),
burnt' with teirillie force against the
tlam several feet above his lu-a I.
"How the river has crept up since
night-fall. I knew the rain of the last
two days would cause a rise; but this
looks serious. Luckily (ho dam will
stand the pre -sure oi' a common llood'.'"
He laid lii-. ear close to one of the
projecting timbers of the dam.
"That ititiit mis: weight of water
doesn't even jar it!"' In- murmured.
Picking his way over the rock river
bed was no ea-iy matter in that thick
obscurity; but his familiarity with
every font of the locality hcljied him
and in a :-hoit time he stood before the
lluitie.
All, here was uproar enough ! Tin?
Iluuie w;n full to the very topmost
plank. A hiss of Hying .--pray struck
him sharply in the fa-'e; but he gave
nob I to the ice ci l-l drops thai
clung to his loiehea l.
That .Strang", proitionitory. haunting
feeling ha 1 cuwr.i;p"l his every sense.
rptou felt, rather lli.tu thought, that
somewhere out in this cool darkness
urked danger, an I In- knew not how or
in what shap-1 it wa ; to come.
He had walked a long distance down
by the :ddi; of the llniiie, when he
heard a idiarp el alter among the rocks
of thu dry river-bed a of isome one
stumbling heavily, followed by a mut
tered cur-it'.
That oice! lie knew it, and he
shut his tee-h sharply to keep back an
exclamation of horror.
.Sun l.oiuax, tin- road auent, the ter
ror of the honest, lr;rd-wnrking miner
in whatsoever mine, together with his
merciless hau l of renegades and In
tlians, was creeping up this river-l-ed,
and this midiiiirht raid meant death to
the f-eif partner of lb" Clear Kiver
Min -
Ilallyin-.; eve;y t-ner::y he turned and
! lied til' the river-bed as f -r dear life.
river's Not tl hi i own il.i:i ;.-r wa h-' think
ing, but rather of tli p -ril of the un-
annul men in the little i.ibiu yonder
his "pard" i h- fa I In me endeared
to him Ihioitgii the many months of
weary privation and toil, su cheerily
shared together; his comra le. unto
whom his soul clove w itli love as strong
as that of a brother.
Why did objects l."ido him, before
him, b. i-.mie so distinct? He threw
up bis I;.-. i i a he ran.
Tin-1 loads were parting, and he per
ceixed tri.il ina lew moments their
friendly aid would be xvith uawn. The
in 'i-n xvoul I bii'. n like .some great
watchlirc in the heavens, and his Might
xxo-uld b-' it-xeaied to thoe merciless
eye not a pistol shot axv.ty.
Tim o Ms xvereall against him. Strain
every cner-y, every nerve as In- might.
l"-inoiroxv': sun would lookduxxnon
four x ictims to I.omax and his band,
arid the dear folks at home would look
in vain for those whosu bones were
xxbitening by a rotting d.uu in those
we-iern xvi!-K
The dam ! An inspiration, born i-f
dire necessity, leaped into his mind.
iind a light llamod forth in his eye
The strength of hope sprang up in his
heart and sxvung every nerve, and on
he sped.
The dam loomed up before him. lie
sprang to a little locker, built for con
venienco sake, close by tho end of thu
lium, threw up the cover, seized a box
of blasting powder, thrust it under one
of tie,' projecting supports of the
dam, lighted a short fuse, thrust one
tn-t in the keg, and then turned and
lied.
And the moon burst forth from be
hind tho clouds, her calm, pale light
falling softly over all that the darkness
had hid.
"II;. ha, In!" laughed the happy
trio, still sitting round the cabin table,
as one of their number finished relat
ing some anecdote of his rollicking col
lege days; and the laugh xvas still echo
ing, x hen thu door was .suddenly burst
open, and I'pt-ui. with face as xxhiteas
a death mark, stood on the threshold.
He made a beckoning motion, and then
disappeared.
The miners sprang to their feet, but
even as they did so, a loud explosion
deafened their ears, and a terrible thrill
rocked the little cabin like a cradle.
With one impulse they leaped to the
door.
They saw the whole front of the dam
inoxo out in one mast, one instant
transfigured by the light of the moon
into a stat-'ly wall of burnished silver,
the next broken an I sheathed in a glo
rious sheeting spray.
And then a torrent with foaming
crest leaped doxvn oxer its own high
way, from which it hat been shut out
so long, stripping bare the foundation
! of I hit (lain and driving the flume bo-
fore it.
The miners on the bank st I tie nib,
but the men in the path of the opened
floodgate uttered one cry as the dark
death touched them; and then all was
silent save for the mighty song of the
waters, which rang up tu the moun
tain top.
The miners heard that last cry of de
spair, and their hearts seemed to stop
in horror. They turned to I'litou, who
was standing near them, and saw that
he was staggering like one beneath
whoso feet tin; solid earth wa rocking-
Strong arms knit round him, and he
was ..iippnrted into the cabin.
The door and windows of the cabin
were barred, and then tlu-y crowded
around I'pton, who bad sunk on his
rude couch, ami one Uestiou burst
from every lip :
"What was that cry, I'pton?
The story of I 'plon was briefly told.
When he had liuUhed, three strong
right hands were .stretched forth to
ward him.
lie gave each a hearty grasp in turn,
and that, sib nt hand shaking evpres-ii-d
more than could have been put intc
word-'.
Hut after tlam and Hume had been
rebuilt, the mine n-i longer wore the
naiiiu of Clear liiver. It had b m ii
t hanged into I'pton in honor of tin
1-rave young "par i" who had suvel
the lives of his friends and himself on
tins night he walked down by Hit! llniue
('ambling at Monte Carlo.
The Casino of Monte Carlo is now
the most important part of the princi
pality of Monaco; instead of being
subordinate to the palai e, the hitler has
bvconi" but an appendage to the mod
cm splendor across the bay. Monte
Carlo occupies a site as beautiful a
any in tho world. In front the blue
sea laves its lovely gar-leu; on the east
tilt! soft eoa-t-liue of Italy stretches
axvay in the distance; on the west is
t lie bold curving rock of Monaco, with
its castle an 1 port, a:id the great clill
of tin- Hog's Head. Hi-hind ri-es the
near mountain high above; and on its
top, outlined against the sky, stands the
old toxver of Turbia in its lonely ru
inel majesty, looking toward Koine.
t'r.mi a spacious, richly decorated en
trance hall, thegaiubling rooms openetl
by noiseless sxvinging doors. Kutering
xvo saxv tho tables surrounded by a
close circle of seated players, with a
second circle standing behind, playing
over their slmul lers, and sometimes
even a third behind these. Although
so many persons were present, it wa
very still, the only sounds being tho ; '!o Shos,' -Nid Wen,' 'Man Tons,' ami
cliini;, chink, of the gol I and silver j -Tom Salts.'
coins, and the dull mechanical voices j The 'Do Sims' play openly and tli
of the oilicials announcing the winning rectly against the bank, and they are
numbers. There were tables for both generally gamblers fiviu China of ex
roulette and t rente it ipiaranto, the j perience and skill. Many of them
player beginning each day at eleven in
the morning ami continuing without
intermission until eleven at night,
l Aciyxvheri! was lavished tho luxury of
lloweis, paintings, marbles, ami the
cosiiiest decorations ot all kinds; be- mod confnlen -e in th-ui in regard to
yond, in a superb hall, the lin-st or money m liters. I have fretpiently
c-hestiaon tho continent, was playing known a Ho Sho to run short of cash
tho divine mush- of Keethovt n; out- ' xvhile gaming at tie-table, and have
side, one of the loveliest gardens in M.t.ii the dealer take his xvord lor
the world offered itself to those who amounts as high asij-liiii. When he
wished to stroll awhile. And all of : win-i he cither pays it back on the
this xvas given freely, without restrict - ; spot or semis it to the dealer by a ser
ion and without price, upon a site and i vant the next day. The Nid Wens, or
under a sky as beautiful as earth can , pafcrs, are generally habitual opium
produce. Hut one sober look at the I smokers, xvho gamble oiilv when thov
faces of tho steady players around .
those tables betrayed, under all this i
luxury and beauty, the real horror of :
the place, for men ami Women; young ,
and old alike, had the gambler's strange j
lever in the expression of the eye, all ,
the more intense because, in almost j
every c;iso, so governed, so stonily re- '
pressed, so deadly cold ! After a half
hour of observation, xxe left the rooms,
ami I was glad to breathe the outside j
air once more. i
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A Speculation in f.ils. j
Mr. Thomas 11. Williams, dr., of j
Stockton, t'al., having begun to buy ;
cats with tho pupose of exterminating ,
the gophers that aro laying xxa-to the
Holds of alfalfa on l uion island, the
Sacramento I'nion tells a pertinent
cat story: Shortly after the discovery
of tho Coiiistock mine an old gentle
man wan unable to meet a mortgage
of Jl.V'O on his place mi Mormon
island. A stranger, stopping at his
door, saw several pretty kittens pl.y
ing iu the yard. Ilesaid: Those cats,
if you hail them on the Comstock,
would bring you $J0 apiece." The old
man saddled his horse, and for the next
fortnight rode from Imtise to house,
farm t- farm, and village to village,
begging an-l buying cats. He got ot'O
an i std I them on th.- Cmistock mine
and after he had paid off his mortgage j
and put iu bank Vi( clear he told h s
neighbors why he ha I xxsi .ted e,
They no longer deemed him era y
cats.
"LOXU Si lt KS.
Method, of 'lilit-r 4nmllrr nn1 n -
llrmeii of l.rlHuin In .ev Yol k.
Mr. Sh Wong, ex-editor of tho late
fliiii'.y Aiwrt'i'iih, of New York, be
lieves that the proper study of mankind
is man, and that pre-eminently his oxvn
proper study is Chinamen, and he has
been investigating tie-life and habits
of his brethren in Moll street and its
vicinity.
"Do you knoxv," he said to a Tim- i
reporter, "that tin re arc :l'M) Chinese
duties in Mott street ivii'i toil not and
neither do they spin, and yet who live
upon the fat of I lie land?"
"No," s'lii" i ho reporter. "Io you?"
"Yes," replied Mr. Wong. When
you go into a Chinese grocery store you
think that tie' comuitii'ii and crowd
indicate a gre.it deal ItuoMicss pros
perity, tin i't yon ?"
"Ves."
"Well, it doesn't necessarily, but it
means a nourishing gambling budiu-ss.
There are at pre.-ont in New York, and
all within one block in Chimitown, jut
;1'I0 of the most eivilie-l Chinamen on
earth, who accomplish more xvork than i
their American brethren would give
them ere, lit lor. They are gentlemen
of leisure, seemingly, but they are mak
ing money, and enjoy life better ll an
any of the hai'd-xv-irkiug Chinamen
who day and night swing t'u-ir polish
ing iron all over the city. This class
is called 1-y tin-Chinese Kxv-mg ueell .,
or Long Micks, because they oxvn noth
ing and yet pos.css wealth. They may
be found by the s-oii-s in Chinatown,
every day, eit'e-r sniaking opium or
chat ting in a-iy of the gr-n -ry stores or
various shop. Th-y pay exoibitant
prices to the storek'-eacrs for the privi
lege of lo Igiug and occasionally citing
among them, and thus pa s themselves
off on strangers as atta-he; of the
place. The.se gentlemen never retire
until 2 or -I o'clock in tin- morning, ami
tlu-y rise at about the same hour in the
aftern.i u. riu-y live an I dress in tho
prtn ailing Chinese style.
About : or :l I of these Chinese
dudes are gambh-rs, and each owns a
small Auiricau safe, and in these arc
t- ns of thousands tl dollars in ready
money. Th'-s-- are the men ixho run
the fan Ton shoos, or gambling houses
- o '-
of Mott sti
2'or:i' l'i
et. The
i Ton b
itltaches uf these
-ses, or gamblers,
const nine I no main portion oi tin
Chinese duties. Tlc-y are generally
shrexvd, smart men, who consider
. ,
manutil labor of any Kind a degradation
and a sin. They -lo not live ptite so
luxuriously as tho Tan Ton bosses, but
still their cloth
"'" "l'-"-t. I
( anton, ami thov eat goo I food. These
i attaches aro divided into f mr classes
come from Chin I with only a lew hun
dred d ill ir. and go l-a k again in a lew
mouths with thoii-au'ls. Notxvith
stauding they arc opposed to the i'an
men, these Ia"er repose the nt-
can get hold of a little luo-.n-y, and are
generally broke about otld days in the
year. The Han Tons are 'ste- rers,'
who stand outside of the fan Ton dens
every afternoon and evening, calling to
the Chin-so passer-by: ' Tan la fa i hi
la !' or 'l ho fan Ton within ! Co and
make your fortune!" They are paid
by tho fan Ton bosses about per
xvork, xvith a percentage mi all the
'suckers' thov seduce inside, and o ea-
sionally a winner gives him a dollar or
two. The Ton San. interpreted into
'n,,ijsh, im-.n a -full coat tail follow.
These are the poor hangers-on. who
l"k like PeUhi beggars. They can be
seen at all hours crouching against tin
gaming tarn
I'hey watch the game j
closely, an I are invariably the tirst to
knoxv which way the ga no goes and to
aunoniieo the xx'iun ts. They also
play for beginners and those who arc
green in th" business, and the 'Pull
coat-tail fellow' gets a small commis
sion xvlit'ii his tli-.-nt xvius. There you
have the J1'1 or :il ) Chinese dud-s or
gentlemen t-f leisure a Muute I ior "
"Hut xxhere does the ui -n--y co ne
from that keeps the bank running
profitably and allows the 1 to sho to take
thousands of dollars b.i- k to China .-"
From the stupid green lauudrym n
and the -w or it'tl Chinese sudors and
i gar-makers. Manv of tiie-e m.ic
'i uidsouie salaries and largo profits an
siiiilx an 1 then lose all their winning
it. 'he Fan Ton shops. Any one who
l'n't believe mo can see for himself.
4 nit kit him go to any of tlu t-tu.e-L. ie
houses from N'o. 1 to No. Molt slrt et
and he xvill Iind n-i goods or merchandise, j
but a hit of tables and stools and aj The virtue of prosperity is temper
crowd of Chinamen from noon to mid- ; anee; the virtue id' adversity is forti
night. The observer can guess what ; tilde.
it moans. A young Chinaman has re- I '-;,. same refinement which brings
eeiitly started a society to intluenci! )3 i v pleasures exposes us to uexv
Chinese youths ag.iuist Mott street's jialn.
alluring I'an Ton simps. It costs , u ()fl(.n fl , ,
to belong, and the members swear U(. hloin n turn from ambi-
iii-ver to take part in games of chan--e, j lltn )(1 jilXt,
o;; the penalty of a line nl not umro
than sj-Vi and to gixe the members a
ban-plot. There are already several
hundred members, and among them
several reformed gamblers."
Clilot'of'irtii as a Stimulant.
Mr. Menheii W. Woof said to a New
York reporter: "rtiipicstiouably,
tie-use of chloroform as a stimulant
has declined of late years, but there is
still a gi'i at deal of the drug consiim .
c liu that way. It is by no means
easy to determine who are the chloro- i
form drunkards, for they are almost1
all xx omen, and xvoiueu are very secre- -live
and i nulling when it comes to do- j
ing xi hat they knoxv is wrong. They I
xvill buy small' ipi.inl ities of the lluid
from different drug stoics, xxhere they
aro not known, and under various)
pretexts. (Mteu i hey ix ill get it in the
form of a very s'roug chloroform lini- i
iiit-nt, xx le u they simply purpose in - :
haling it, but xvi. .h to nun-al ih" fact.
Tln-ro are almost a i many women ;
who Use sulphuric ether in that way as '
there are who take chloroform, but the 1
latter is iii'i-t likely to be preferred, as !
it is sweeter an I ph-asaut'-r. When
the evil ell'ecl of hydrate of chloral
were expose I a number of years ago,
at a limn when it was a popular drug
lor tli -I- xx ho sought intoxication oth
er than alcoholic, a good many xvoiueu
were b.ullv scare I. but, unable to dron
c'.ciything of t ho sort, turned from it j
to chloroform and ether. The habit j
of getting dillllk on such tilings be-j
comes li.xed, ju.st as the habit of li pior j
drinking docs, hut it is less likely to;
spread and make lo-xv permanent vie- j
thus, because then! is no :ociaiility ,
about these drug drinks. People who;
resort to them l- so positively ami.
solelv for th-sensual and selfish grati- I
! lieatio'l nf i tiel ii'iat iotl. V tut liiel-Mti
I , ... ... , r ,. .. , . '. ,
. .,.,( r ,.r,l II,.. ;:it 11 Mel lull tleil ill-Ill...
i . . .. . . .. ,f
; nig im-ii xvant an I hud m honor. If
; '
l otl Stllilliiie t etoiu Klin lino mi'l lit
j or eth'T, throw it over your face and
I breathe th" 1 times, you will have a
very, brief exhilaration, say for a min-
j ute or two, and then all xvill be gone,
; except, pi rhaps, a little feeling of nun- -i
set. To -t. il ru ti s as :i ili-inkiii-r man -
ean'xvith'li.iuor, it is necessary to keen .
on saturating the cMii at short inter- !
va!s. ' J
"Women who have a tendency to
hysteria are those most likely to resort :
t- the use of chloroform and eth-r. f
course, temporary relief i obtained, j
but the ultimate ooiisomienoc is an ag
graxation of the complaint, au-l those
tlrug.s xvill indii-v a mental and phxsi-
t ;il condition like . ii,i n -', ju.-l
a i certainly as li.pior will. I knew of i
a woman a few year ago, the xvife ot
an excellent gentleman, a doxvn-towu i
merchant, xvho xvas a skive to ether. ,
She xvas ono of a family of six child
ren, who all had an inherited ptvdis. 1
pc-si i -n totlruuk nuess. l.very little
while the craving would conic upon
her for an ether spree. s1() would
have a violent lit of hysteria, and to
I (piiet her tho husband xvas obliged to
l supply her with ether. He used to buy
it in ipiantity from a wholesale house,
and she would empty p oind bottles by
the doen. fach of lo r ether sprees
would last about two we.-ks. I 'tiring
that time she would shut herself up in
her mom, and so much of the drug did
.-.he use that the smell of it would en
ter tho adjoining houses, and even
re.i ii tho street, although she xvas mi
the third llooi. It killed her eventual
ly." 0 I'llillcations of a b'onil Si n Cook.
A sea cook is a peculiar character,
requiring a special training. Ho mud
knoxv h-ixv to prepare a s-'u hu di out of
salt-horse ilavored xx itli onions, inerust-
fd with the variegated brown- f
iio'.isheil mahogany, and savory enough
to create an appetite iu a stomach that
the tossing waves have rendered as
si nsitivo as tho needle of a compass,
lie must n'so understand Icxv to make
ciuuhle bread, ami take hi. duff on! of
the kettle mi Sunday as light as cotton
and as d.-licato as spong --cake. Ilo
sidi.s this, ho must know how to e -on-onii.
e in the Use of water an I pr.-xis-ions:
and. more dillicuit yet, he must
(ilif.nve to keep the orexv sa! isfa- l xvi! Ii
the mess he cooks for tlu in, xvhile at
the same time he looks out sharply for
the int-reds of his cmploxi r and the
captaai. lit! must also be proof against
the worst weather an I mi l -vial m ;ly
punctual t.i tho hours of meals. It
goes without saying that r is not an
ea-y thing to tin I siic'i a paragon in
the galley: b st when he i. Cu r,., js
next to the captain, by far tho most (
important eharmtor on board. j
1'KAIM.S OK THOUGHT.
I You may gain klioxxlcdge by read
I ing, but you must separat-- the wheat
; from the chall' by thinking.
I As daylight can be seen through
, very small holes, so little things xvill il
' lu-t rate a p rs i.i's character.
A man's virtue should be measured,
I not by his t-cea iioiial exertions, but by
the doings ul his ordinary lif".
Tin- known xvishes of a loved ono !
who has died are often far more potent !
than wire strong entreaties when;
urge I face lo lace. I
r.iuie, as a river, is narrowest where ;
it is bred, and boadest afar off; so ex-
emplury xx l iters ib-pcii I imt upon the
gratitude of I he world. I
The gratili atioii which xvealth can (
In stow is nut iii mere pos lossioii, nor
in luxi-hing it xvith pro lig.iHt y, but in
the v. is application of it.
! A hum xxlio cann -l in -b-l a pet f- el
I s! at ue may x et creel a 1. 1-op-post, and
I place tlier.-iin a light which shall save
1 manv a xvaxlarer from stumbling.
it has e.-r i-cu t;,e ciuei nnsi- r.
i tune of potentate Ibal t lo-y are sur-
i r-'iiii-ied by a ileal xxall of t rtiers
! that t-xi !udc; ex cry rude but warning
sound.
Ib-li-nrrs of the I. oner Anion!-,
Some "I" the higher animals illustratt
I the n-ami rin which Nature emit rive:-
to f-irid . h si la! measure, of precau-
i titOl for its litile-gilted, tuuileit, un-lanuc-I
and lic! le-s crcatur-s. Tin1
absence of t.-eth ill the nlell-lates if
off el bv shit-Ms or se.ile-arinor ; In ll-
b ss heel I. -s are furnished xvith hard ;
wing-t ast s; the pheasants, ipiails, and j
larks of tie- Ileitis are hidden from :
the keen X i. i -II of birds ot pp-v by
tie ir tarihy col-'r, I iris of therixer!
and sea rdi -r.- by their resemblance in t
t o.'- r t the sand and shingle. :
I'lol-i-iit-ii is re.piired by the lower!
amiuais i iiiei.y against tiiewcat tier anil
par.i-it -s and otlu-r external enemies,
l'r-'tpi'-ntly the place v( their abot'ie is
their ei:ly ami ordinarily a sufliciciit
pi'i-tet tioti, as is the case xvith carta-w-'iitis
and b srroxx ing larxa-, wood
worms ami fruit-bon-rs. Hut such an
imals appear to be afihcted with partic
ilar cneuiies peculiarly fitted to hunt
i hem out in their otherwise secure for-tiV.-so;
ill tho shape of moles, luolc
cricket , loiig-nose.l hedgehogs, shrew
mice, au-l swine, hook-billed lapwings
and shiirp-tong.it d woodpeckers, fre.
ipo ntly, also, cat h animal is defended
by some special relation peculiar to its
-pet ies. Inset ts, which ill their Com
paratively brief state of maturity ar
secured by their powers of llight, have
to be guarded in their three previous
conditions of egg. Lux a. ami pupa,
against ho-! of en- lilies lo which they
would otheixxise l e an easy pr y and a
palatable food. In the condition of the
appar.-ntly lifeless au-l re-p.h helpless
cg.r, they are covered by their obscurity
and httl- iitss, si- by I cing deposited in
holes and cracks, or ooxcred with slime
or hairy or silken veils ami cocoons,
under xvliieh they escape all but the
sharpest search and rar- accidents.
Farmer' Sons.
The gran-li st jiroiiuct of the farm
is the boys iind girls. In every ave-
tine o life where thrift, capacity and 1
energy are required, the man who 1
pushes t i tho front is the son of a far- ;
iner. He h as the intelligence. There
is a sort of broad common sense run-;
ning through his acts. He has a con-
stit ution tha' c;i i en-lure labors. It !
is a in-table fact that in the colleges of '
our country the best students are tho i
boys from the farm. In the workship, j
in the halls of legislation, at tho bar,'
in the pulpit, ninety-nine hundredths :
of men who stand upon tho summit ,
xx ere t-nce boys on the farm. They;
went barefooted, wore pat- hod clothes,
ami worked for their bread. Almost j
half of the people in this country re- I
side in towns. Where are tie town:
boys in the race of life? Fooling, j
curling their hair, polishing their j
b uds, xvhile tho rough country boy is ,
plunging ah ng to fame. With a book '
under one arm, and a fexv extra clothes j
in bis hand, he passes the elegant .home
ot the town ooy, ami lie looks in on
case and luxury almost for tho first
time. He. may bo culled a tramp, and
be refused a crust of break one day
bo will return an I buy tho mortgage
covered house. Where did that box
get his noble purpose and bis unfalter
ing courage?. They were born in I in
on a farm, they were woven into bis
I fibre by t arly years of toil; the warp
and xvuot ol his life were threads uf
gold.
Heroes.
Alii lor men' thi-t t'.i v - It-ml-t In-hlin-t;
Thai Ihev -lioiil l I mil tin ;e ..clones .-I Iheir
Mli'l ;
(.'nil eieh limn rdoiiniis nlm In- le-l n h-wt.
And him -t l-ni-ui- ulin he- iniinli-ieJ
llin-l. .
Al:i! Ilinl men -linnl-l fnih up-n I lice
The ninl nhs.'-ini'-ti-letin.'e el lle-ir Ktn es
The llio- l nl.H!le.i'rnll- ll lite: V el III--ir tongue;
I h:il t III m- i'l-.lie -Ii-ii-I'I he l. .net- Mil';.-;
I'll. it -;-iik llien's II inn . -!-nil-l I" nl-In l-.ll fill,
linl l..--..(',. lu.y till the Ulll- el'llll'
I ll ll lli-i-e uli.. ::!ti i, in Ih I . 1. 1 e lee.
Msl.in-; tin- leiij.iii- i-n -i-er nf-l in. n ;i-e,
S!iniili till ii ii inn it nil-l null' hnti-'l ;0'af-,
Iheil- v.'Hlll l-ilollfil In the elnmU they
I'.nl Unit I In- le.el.-i-. wh-i -t- -.il die filth,
fill it villi tests, anil -in n Ii ll. i'liil-lren'8
inioli.
.-ll'-lll. Willi lli- il l illie. him I, the nM.:
w ;iv ,
All'! .-lainl ll-l-u-e-l ;i iIetni-;:-iil- I'-il nw'
-':ll-e !e,ilne! ll- fe til- ie-l---t:ll Inl1 nil',
I- nil tin- le-.i-l- nl in 1 1 it 1 1 ! 7, iiml 1
l-'abc inlmit-iiti-'ii' ijiven. n-it me i-c--1. . :
1 nl-e l-ii.v ' mih In he .ine l hv I..n.iI
Cnii-.i Muckuu
lIl'MOItOI'S.
Two heads am better than one,
particularly in a barrel.
The Canada woods invito baldhoad
etl men there's so lniii-h hare around-
Tennyson's latter-day poetry proba
bly suggested tlm idt-a of making him
barren in iiuuio as well as nature.
Tin cat is the great American
prima donna. If boot jacks were
buiiipiets, her nine lives would be
strewn xvith roses.
The ciittlo plague The cow that
opens the garden-gate xvith her horns,
ar-l proceeds to banquet on the
geraniums ami lettuce.
A carpet is a gum I deal like a boy. it
neeils an oci-iisioual beating. The Imy
you should beat yourself, but yon must
lei the hoy b at the carpet.
The Japanese used to have su' h a
high sense of honor that they xvouhl
commit suicide if caught iu any bad
business. Now they b-o a laxxxcr, and
plead not guilty.
.Juite oM-usable: "I beg a thousand
pardons for coming so late." My dour
sir." replied the la-lx, graciously, ' no
pardons arc needed. Ymi can nexi-r
c-iiiie too late."
A Montana justice of the peace has
been tint 1 1 4i.",!i ',,r marrying an eloping
couple, lie is now trying to figure up
his profit mi the transaction, his fee
being an order on the bride's father
for a ton t f c al.
An ngrit nil oral paper ssys:
keep thi s from h -r-es bi n ih
lightly with a brush that has
To
1 1 win
been
lately used in petroleum." f -. ,!
You brush a ily with a shingle or any
thing that coiues handy and he'll go
axvay.
It should l ecasioii no alarm that
there wore l-.s than ?. hi xxorlh of
diamonds export--! fmui the t ape
from Align t to N-- oiulu-r ol last year.
You xx ill be able to get just as largo
pieces of paste for tivi-dollars in this
country as um ever did.
Very correct spinster: "Never
mind. Mabel, you xvill so--n be better.
Why. I ollcn did the same thing my
self when I was a l it b- girl." i N. 1!.
Mabel has bumped ht-r head falling.)
Maln-l i a blight id" i suggesting it clf):
"'h, I see! I'hai'.- xv hat papa means
xx hen hi! says you aro cracked."
(.Catastrophe.")
Sodot y After the Kovoliilboi
It was a period of much social dis
play. ( lass distinctions still prevailed
strongly, for the French revolution
had not yet folloxxed the American
revolution to sweep them away. Km
jiloxers xx ere still called master-; gen
tlemen still wore xelxc's, damasks,
knee-breechos, silk st.-. kings, silxer
buckles, ruilletl shirt, vo'iiininous
oraxats, scarlet cloaks. Phi- revolu
tion h id in i-lo many poor, but it had
enriched many, an I money wa lavish
ly spent. People gave great entertain
ments, kept tankards of punch on tho
table for m-irning visitors of both sex
es, and returned in sedan-chairs from
ex ening parties. Ir. Mauasseh Cutler
went toad nner party of forty four
gentlemen at the house of (iencral
Knox, jie-t befme his appointment us
Secretary of War. All the guests
were officers of the lute Continental
ai my. and every one, except Cutler
himself, wore the badge of the society
of tho Cincinnati. On another occa
sion he dined there with a French no
bleman; the dinner was served "in
high style, much in the French style."
Mrs. Knox seemo I tu him to mimic
"the military style," which ho found
"very disgusting ina female." This is
his description of her head-dress: "Her
hair in front is craped at least a foot
high, much in the form of a churn bot
tom upward, and lopped off with n
wire skeleton in the same foim, cov
er is I with black gauze, which hangs in
streamers tlow n her back. Her hair
behind is in a large braid, and confined
with a monstrous crooked comb,"
it-