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NO. 1
Ik tfliatljam Uctorb.
1 1 II
Teller Tilings. J
bctlcr to sin !l ( in violet cent than hip the
".low iiic wine;
Hitter In li.'trk n Inl I 'll l-rnoti thin watch it
illaul Hid -Inn . i
li tUr the lovoof n "antic heart than benulyV
favor prmi 1; I
inter the ro-e's living sei-d than ros-.". i.i a
rroMil.
Hitter to love in luiieliiiiis-i than to bn-li in,
love nil Jay; I
belter the fountain in ihe heart than tin
folintn ii I iy th" way. I
belter In- fill by a in. th-i's hanil th in eat
iiIoih' nt will; ;
better to tru-t in llil than -nv; ".My Romls
my t oi chouse till, "
belter to he a little wise tlmii in kimwliilun j
tollhollllil; !
better ,i tea li a ehihl tlmii toil to fill kt
fi'i'tlnn's rolinil.
better to it at n ma-t -r'.s f.-t than thrill n
h-leiini Mate; (
belter h.i-i t lhat Hem mt irotii thun be
sure that Hum art jris-it.
better 1. 1 walk the real iin-i-n than watch
III" hour' i y nt ;
belter th- ' Well .l.iun " at the la-t thun Ihe
air with shoutm". nut.
betterto hav.' a iiiiet (;iief thai a Imrrvin
il.liKhl;
V Iter the iHi'i-hi i.f Ih-ilawii than the noon
lay Inn inn.; hricht.
better II ilelth when work ifc.loliethaileill tir
ino.t lavon-d I ii rt li :
bet d-a chil l in timl's eje it Im.iiv,. than t' e
kin- of all II at Ih
- ii,-.,,-,,. M .l.,.i ,1. l.U.lK :
BAFFLED.
It n;ii ilniiie: th" time nf powdered
hair and em Ke, h it-. the yen- 171.
Oil Philadelphia lay lie' I wciity-e;un
s-1 -1 Am I, j I -1 ai i ivi .1 under command
of Conimo.h.te I'.iul .liiiiet.
Then- mil' iii the city in my per-ons
w h i hal iii i r -i i ii that remarkable nun,
anion:; tin in the -ubjtrt cf this sketi Ii.
li ii. Wilson-a tinn, i.ivi rfiil y m 1 1 !
.1.1. k t ir of tw. nl'j live, w ho hail lately
in.iui'il S'i in ill iy, a liiunlile lint beau
lihll ilani - l i 'I eiyhlei n. Tin re lia.l
ln'i ii atiollier -iiit u, al-o a "ailor, naineil
Thomas W ri dit, who hated Wil-oti be.
cause Sn-au had preferred him. and who,
In im.' of a i lie I, m.i'ii ions ili-'ii-i: ion,
loii'.V'il to il i him -mil' in jury.
Having lini-ln- I hi- I i m aboard one i f
llie v.-scs ill tin- hail.or. I!, n. shipped
aboard lie' Ariel, th.l li - mi::ht set vc
under III" unowned lieiuulio, with li s
i i.ifl. the ; . a .mine diehard, lia.l
luihl the lit i I i -! i lii-.ite S. Tapis.
I,' ariiin th it K' ii. lit I shipper,
U'ri"ht, who, like llie lonin r, hail in vol'
Seen Jolles, al-l '("calllc one of the Ariel's
cli rt. Neither, however, could yi t i t
si-dil of the comm. i lore, who w a-ab-. nt
woiihl nut lie hack lor a wc k.
Ilia few days U ri",hl w as olio-en to
ai l in the place nf the Imat -wain's in lie,
whowasat that time ill. His ilulii s besides
Mowing on the call, i te., v-ri: te. mnish
wilhlheei.il -Hi-oil of inie I'roni two to
llllee feet lull- ami also with llieral-o-i.ine-tails,
usually t rmeil the ''i a'," sin h
of the cailois as "i.T. Iieil" auain-t the
Miles ul the ship, ami he at'lenlly Impel
that he iiiiuht yet have a ehanee to llo
with his i rui'l la-h the man he haleil for
w iiiniiiL.' )m tly Su-aii.
One lay k Hue of the i rew were j;i'.ilit.
i'il liberty that is to say, Tinision to
i;oa-hore. They w i re or.leieil ! return
to the -hij, at nin ' o'lloek. The boat
w tin's mate, WrL'ht, aul li 'ii. Wilson,
wi re u ii lt them, the fnniii r mi the
waleh for the con teil i hanee whii h
inieht favor his evil ilesiirns. I'nl'oriii
lately, Ueti. ilrank. ainl in a state of par
tial intoxication he visiteil, a f. s miii
ul' S before nine o'clock, w hen he shouhl
have lepaireil to the boat, "The lol
liliin" a tavern not twenty yarils from
the laii'liii','. Hen- the tamllon! ai coiu
nioilateil him with a ehis-i ul' braii'ly,
which the jniiny man lil'leil hieh, sayine;
nt the same time, in a Ion I voire:
"A Inallh to t'oiniiioiliire I'.uil .tunes!"
Tln n he left the place, not to "ii to
the boal, hut iliti ll lilli' to Seek suiiie
uthcr tavern.
It was a 1 1 ark niht, but by the luieht
hht streniniiit; tliroiii;li the wimlowsof
the house, lieu, couhl see a miil'llillL.'-siedjbroail-shoulilercil
man, enveoieil in
a shaoiry overcoat, watchitio him with a
ininiileil expression of stern ili-,ippioval
iiml amuseineiit mi his broaii, weather
lii'iileli faee.
"HoM tin re, my man,' saiil this per
Min, layino a hatnl on his nhoii'der.
"What's your naiiie, aiel what ship ih
you bclone; tuf"
'My nainci Why, now, my name is
II. n. Wilson, anil my ship tli Ariel,
but bla-t me if know what business it is
of your-i"
"It is lime yon went to the boat. You
will (jet youisell' into troillile if oll iloli't
go in time, bear a hand."
"Aye, aye, all very well; but I ain't
ready Vet, do yoll see.'''
"t'onie, you must jio!" and the hall i
on Wilson's slioiilder pressed it heavily.
"Let j;o of me!'' cried lien, angrily;
lint the other, half suiiline;, f,'iipwd him
yet more firmly.
Then Hen. made a blow lit him, which
the man parried, when a tru';:;le i u-ii. il.
bell, foiiohl his best, but the man at
lenu'th Hiid'fcih'il in oraspinij him inund
the nrins fioni behind, in which pnsitioa
Wilson was literally cmried to within n
few fathoms of the boat, w hen, seeing a
number of the sailors iippiuai hin, the
stranger relee'l hi hold, mid Inniflii.itr,
U le off iu the dMikuosa. i,rn lie t.
could puisne, the coxswain mid Kevcrn!
other seamen arrived cm the ;pot and
drew him to the boat.
"it's hi' ky you came when yoi! did,"
t iid the coxswain. " W e wouldn't havi.
naiteil for you many seconds longer. "
"1 wouldn't have been lu re if old
Nick or sonii hody like liim hadn't
Inouhl me," was the reply.
"A eiti.i.n, probably," said the othei,
laui;liiii'. "We all s aid that some one
had hold of you, but couldn't make out
who it wa-in the darkness.
' .lu-t then the hoai-wain V unite,
Wii.jht, wl.o had le i ii an unseen wit
ness ol the sti'iieelc toward its termina
tion, but who, in the eliiom, had not
In en able to obtain ay I view of the
stranger's face, made his appearance,
i'1'tniii"; from the same direct ion in which
I he man had vani -h. il.
"It was I," he whispered to the cox
fwiiii, wlhi brou..:ht Wilson. "He al
to kul me tieai the lol hiii. becau-e I
li iplesled him to :;o to the In at. Iliad
to let him loo-e when I o,, him i 1
li- li-; and tun, as you saw nie, for I was
nlianl le' w i Ml Ii I stab inc."
"Ha!" said the coxswain, "it will (
hud with Wil-.nn for st-iUin! a boat
swain's iii'ite. II" will iie i-oiii t inar
tialed and lloL-ed."
"I am afraid -o." said the hypocrite,
while in his heart he conuralulati d hiin
sclf on lliii oi eiirrcnce, which so well
favored his i vil desiiis.
The boat's crew were s-mn alioatd,
when Wright lo-t no time in repnrtin
(hit he had been attacked ind struck hy
Wilsnti. This the hitter dcnieil, of
course, saini: it was a citii n and a
-trail";! r w ith w h. mi he had his combat,
but he was not In he !, and was there
fore, ilolli'd and put into the luief to
await tin- s, i,i, . ,e i. a coin I inai tial.
The court -in n li il w is le I I th" next day,
win n .I nn': a I iM-d on aboard, Wil-mi
In in.; -tiil kept in tie- briy, wli.-nc he
lOilld Hot s e the comillo'lol'e, Tlll le
was a sin ;iil ir expression in the face of
I'.iul .lone when the cunl inailial was
ended, and llie s nt. nc.' ol the prisoner
a liundre I l.is'n-s on the bare back
wiih ill" ill wis pioiioiiin ed. The
next inoiniii..; wa- appointed for the cx
i i Utioll of the i lllelll e. When the lime
c ime, the b. al-waiii uave a loll:; blow as
at hi- call and -li nib d :
"Ail h Hid- mi ib i k to w itness piint-li-m
nt ! '
The ma-i i-.il-anu- br.'iuht up tin
pri-oiier and look olT his irons, (hi one
of the : .-1 . i ' ; -. ph I i'l-l forw ud ol
the ;.au:;w'.iy, he wa- m ide to stand, hi
feit briii"; fastened w it li a rope and hi
hau l-, sieunil wi le apart, to the bill
walk:. Tliele he -i I. hi-back bared,
his i he. k iv I wilii .ne'er and shame, hi
cv s lla-lii"! iielin iti.ui at the unmerited
punishm nt In- w is about to sutfer.
A lull"; came Wl lhl, scarcely able In con
ceal his exit tatioii a-he drew the tat
from its sheath and lovinirly strkcit the
srm's.
"(in on, boat-wain's mat",' said the
captain.
Vri"ht lilted the lash on hiuh, hut
at that moment the voice of I'.iul .tones,
who now appeared, boomed like thunder
on his startled ear:
"Hold? Avast, you rasi al !''
And he stepped round, so that Wilson
could see hilll. The Voline; sailor looked
up al him with a start, then colored,
then turned pa e.
"( 'oinino lore,"' he stammered, "I -I
my (iod, --ii ! 1 was a little in liquor on
that niifht, lull I reco";iiie your face. H
was jon who took hold of me thereby
the Dolphin tavi-rii, and carried me al
most to the boat. Aye, aye, sir, and
(toil knows I would not have struck at
you had I known who it was that il
was Commodore Paul .tones.''
"Kiiou'jh,'' answered the latter; "I
for;ive you."
Then he turned his eah'-eyes on
W'rirjit, who lurii"d deadly pale and
lowered, tri inblinu like a h al.
"The court -martial was a mere fan e,"
continued Paul .lones, "1 wanted to
set; if this rascally Wn'u'ht would really
have the heart to carry out his accursed
falsehood. Now' cut loose that man
Wilson and put Wri.uht in his place,
(ive him a round doen, then let him ho
broken and put in the after-rjuard. His
chief punishment w ill be that of his lniv
ino made an enemy, by his dastardly
conduct, of every man aboard this ship!''
The commodore's orders were obeyed.
Wright, with every man against him,
after this, led such an unhappy lib
aboard the Ariel that he attempted onil
niejht todesert from the ship. When in
the water he was seen by n marine on
"Hard and ordered to come back, but not
obeying, he was shot through the head
and killed.
As to Wilson, the fai t of his havino
st i IK K, under the inllueuee of liipmr, a
man, who proved to be Commodore Paul
.tones, had such an effect on him, that,
never after that, greatly to the joy of his
pretty w ife, Susan, w ould he touch an
other drop of alcohol. Xtio York At-if.
The Keel Klap.
"Ve," said a husband sadly, "my
wife is a devotee of the red fl-ijj. The
very siht of one arouses her to a liijjh
pitch of excitement. "
"Surely she cannot have any sympathy
i.i common with such cutthroats."
"Yes she has."
"What, Anarchists and Socialists?"
"2ia, auctioneers," St it York Sun.
Chocolate.
Chocolate is u kind of hard paste, the
;i i ii i i iii - part of which is the pulp of the
'iico I or chocolate nuts. The cocoa,
Iroiii which il comes, is a tree that has
in n briiii'lit into "real prominence only
n comparatively recent ear-, altUouiih
lor many oeiierations it has been c.xer
.isino; beiirlicicut influences upon mil
ions of the human race. The Spanish
ivord is cue i,sijriijfyin.r nut. Theiocoa
ml palm prow's in warm cliiuates.and at
I. tins the height of from i.n to !H feet.
I'lio stein is similar to an apothecary's
inn tar, beiai; of e.ii il di am -tor at each
lid, but t ip 'iino somewhat ill the mid
lie. Tin- bark is smooth, f a pale
ill-own, a I I the t:ee eeuerally inclines nil
'iiesi le. I'll fruit is shaped like a
in -ii ii I r. eiceu whj!c "low in',', then
'hany-iii"; to a b'u-!i red color w 111 pink
v. in-, .in l c miaiii- from "JO to :lu nuts.
I he c.'l'yx of llie cue i;i llllt p;'llll Is Colli-
d ul live sepals; the petals are live,
. -nyl li'-iii into a strap like f.uni at the
ipex. The staiin lis are lie each with
loilble .-nit In is, and a horn
like app' ndau"' between each lil.i
ineiit ; t he style is tilifoi m w ith a live part
si slioma, the fiull a liv lied capsule
iilhniil valves, the see Is embedded in a
oft pulp, and thick, oily, wrinkled
l olylciloiis. The species chiefly Used in
Ihe manufacture f cocoa and chocolate
ire cacao, and the fruits are collected
from both wild and ciillivaled plants,
llie sic and form of which varjvwilh the
species. The cacao lice is can fully ciil
livateil in many of the settlements of
Spanish Ann rici, and par; iciilarly iu
Mexico, where, ue learn In. in Humboldt,
it was cxteii -ively reared s,( luuo ai;o as
Ihe time of Monti .uina, and, whence,
iiel. iil.il was transplanted into ot In r do-
' - in I 1 1 ii s of th.- Spanish Monarchy.
The n inn - bv w ti it'll the plant and the
food prepared from its m-l are recoi;
iiieil in tin pn -eiil tiui" are derived
from the Mexican lanuaue. The Mexi-i-aii
word i hocolale is derived from the
sound of Ihe s s us they era-h to-
ei ther iu the p'iiuilive ini'thod ailopti.il
by tliein for bruising the beau .'ind in
i oi pin atin ; the sirar and vanilla, and
llolll I hi-rollle- the linjii-li wold ih -
I II". The -l i d - ol lile cacao Welelllaib'
n-e of a- iiioim in M -xico iu tin Inn of
llie At e kini;--, and this u of them is
-till parlialiy cieitiiiueil. Hi 1 1 the Cacao
lice is not e mli a 1 i i I.., t i-. cx
leiisivi lv mown in ( "iitral Ameiica, l!ia
.il, I'crii, Vein uela, C.uacca-, I!, il l. lor,
I) 'Uii raia, (in i a.Uil an I Surinam; il
i- a s i extensively i nl ivali -1 in Trinidad,
liien.el a, and is found in some of the
ether Wesi Imliau Idand-, but thai
i-oiniii" from Cir.icei, ln-in- cniisiilereil
the best.
Ciimii iiMii in.
"'I'his is a coiiiieiisitin world," says
the opt unist, and the follow itm anecdote
illustrates the fact, li -rnal o-borne, for
many yiaislhe humorlsl of the House of
Commons, was noted, wh.-n a yount; man,
for his sain-j lonyiie and his propi n-ty for
rulii uliiei his friends. Hue of them, a
Mr. Slanhy, was a massive butslowly
speakiui; in an, who at la-t lo-t his tem
per, and said o ( l-borni '-banter :
"I'll tell you what it is ll-borue, th"
Almighty has been very cipial in the dis
tributioii of is trifts. He has efivcii you
a toiiuue, and II" has j-ivcii me a lee;.
Now the next tune you use the lonuuc,
I II Use Ihe le-."
O-borne was an ollieer of the il-t reg
iment. One day, when his colonel, his
wife, and llie i llieers were i ii ix-li i ti l: at
Lord C 's beautiful place, it fell to
Osborne's lot to caive a piiicon pie. lie
had a ".rild":" a.jaiiist th" colonel, whose
name was Pioeon, Tnriiine; to Mrs.
Pigeon, and ollcriii"; to help her, he im
pudently said ;
"Ho you like Pigeon? I don't."
The audacious subaltern shortly after
found it con en ient to exchanv;e inlo all
ot In r r.'einiriil. Later in life he ciitt-r-ed
the Hons' of Coiniuous, and hecaiiio
its "free lai ," the terror of all and the
trusted of none. lie failed, because
KlUsdi.shiucii thought that a man of so
much humor, and with such a saucy
toii";uc could not be a muni legisla
tor. "O S ," said he one day, to an in
timate friend, "if you only knew how
much my jokes cost me!"
They cost him his re-election to parlia
ment, mid illustrated the couip. n-atiii";
nature of the world. Mr. Kilfe, who
berniue Lord Chancellor Ciainu.nl h, was
I in court one day when the leader of the
circuit was keeping his audience in a roar
! of lauifhter.
"How lad 1 am," said Mr. i.olfe,
that 1 am not ns clever as that."
Aiielent Proliihiliiinists.
The Koinaus under a rcpublie were
prohibitionists after it fa-hiou. Men of
honorable family were forbidden by law
to drink wine before the aoe of thirty,
or to .1 rill k wine to excess; while for
women of any condition, free or slave, to '
touch wine, except on some solemn oc
casion as a sacrifice, was an olTense visit
eil by severe penalties. Hence, origin
ated the custom of "iiis kissino their,
' parents on their lips, as a means of dis- !
loverini; whether they had been samp-
liny; the eo.. tents of the family amphora. I
j Hut the law, as iilTrctinir women, was, in
j time, bo far modified that liny were per- !
nutted to drink wine made from boiled
must or raisins. Uuhli n Arijusy.
iTiii.intENs rouMN.
Miillirr's I ili-i',
in kiii;x t; ckxi "im.
Yhns' litil,. b,,v, talked together
I le sllllllV -IlllUllel' lIllV.
Ami I . aned i. nl 1. 1 I he in. .m
To hear what they had lo siy.
"The pieltii t tiling 1 ev I -aw,'
' f Hi" liltl" boy s sju I,
"Was a hii'd in randpn's - mien,
All bln.-k and white an l n- l "
"The prettiest thiii ever saw,
Saul the si ir I little lad.
' lis a pony lit the circus . '
I wauled him awful h-nl. '
"I think, "said Pie thinl little . ow,
With a urave aiel gentle ja,,..
" I h it th prcHiest tiling im aM die word
Is just n. moiherV fa a "
Tile Mllle I . l Mi ll Kliiill llir llnri
One lill e fo i- !y and !y." II
you trai k him vmi coin.- to hi- home--.Never.
Atiollier little fox i- "I Can't." You
had better set on him a spry, phnky
hlllc thin-.'. "I t'oi'l" by name. It
does W'o!ie -.
A third little fox i- "N-i I -c iu Try
im:." lie has spoiled more vines and
himh red tie-"lowlh oi niorc fiuit tha i
a worse. lookine. enemy.
A folllt'l little fox is ., eot." e
is very I'lMVokiii" ; he is a "r, at cheat ; I c
slips through your lingers like time; In
is seldom eaULrhl up w ith.
A lillh litll" fox is " ui'l Care." Uh,
III" mischief he ha- ibnie.
A l.lllti- Miniliic
Fairfax Payne is tin pretty name of a
little heroine who lives at Monroe. X. C.
Some persons were exerting themselves
to establish an Kpi-i -.pal church in that
town, and. while others were pvinu of
their means, little l-'aiilax had tm m.'iuy
t-i aivc, and all lu-t- little schemes fur
rai-inj money catne to naught. She had
one possession. howi'Vi r-that was the
pride M her iiintliri's heart and llie envy
of every other mother in the town, and
this the child ih I' t 'mined to sacrifice iu
th" u'oo'l cause. It washer mass i if "old -en
hair thai fell far le ! her waist, and
w hi h -he had been h d to believe would
be worth a lOHidly -uni "al the Xmth."
Tin- hair was cut off and i oiisii;ui d to
a lady iu the Xoilh; but unfortunate
ly, the silken liessi s, tholloh wonder
fully beautiful, had vciv lit I h-coiniui n ial
value, owini; to llie fait thai not one
h''ad iu a thousand lias hair of exactly
thai shade, and was (he highest nlfer
made by Xew Yolk hair ib-ih is I'm- Pair
fax Payne's sacriliee. Tin- kind lady to
whom the hair had been roi,-ieirl had
not the heart to disappoint the i hild
with such a poor tv! urn, .eel il occiirrcil
to her to make an appeal to oilier chil
dren tl.ioii"h .. cm ' )'...,.; '. ... A
louehinu' Idler ftofi the lady was pub.
li-ln"l in lha paper, ami in a -Iiml line'
upwards ol still was subs ribed iu small
sums by the yoiin;; reader-. This fund
was expended in the purchase of a com
munion scivici to I ir.'ie.l iu In row u
name by the little "ill who dedicated her
golden hair, now transmuted into vessels
of another precious metal, to tin' service
of (iod. - ...;. ;.:.;.
I'rrily lliisly n inifs.
Oii-ty Willys is the naiucol a i haruiiii";
little pet ul mine; and he is so curious a
thiuy to have for a pet, that if it were
not for his name, I don't believe ymi
could ever nucs- what he is.
One day in the early part of Novem
ber, :is I sal by the window-, I noticed
lyino on the pia i, a beautiful butterfly,
w ith his e.or";cous wiii"; out-pread. lie
was apparently stunned by the cold, as
In- did not attempt to fly awav when I
went to pick hi u up. I brought him
into the warm room, when he soon be
came very lively.
His body is dark brown, covered w ith
line hairs, which look like feathers when
put under a mayuifyiiie; ".lass. The
wimjs show all the colors of the rainbow,
arranged in the most artistic manner.
'I'hc wiiiys themselves are transparent,
like those of a tly, and the color is jiveii
lo them by line scale-, which come
nlT very easily. The antenna1 which
yrow from cadi side of
the head arc black ami white.
Although ymi all have seen probably
in any butterflies as beautiful as my pet,
I don't believe you ever w .itched one eat,
ind that is a very iiilerestiuo process.
)iisy Vinj;s alights mi my linger and
i Tin its to it as if he really loved me. I
then put a drop of silirar in front of him.
Immediately u loii',- tiimk (it is hollow,
like an elephant's) unwind- and feels
iboiit until it funis the liipiid, which
gradually disappeaiH; and ill n Mr.
Iu-ty Winys slov Iv coils his trunk
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 and stuw s it away in a vcilieal
ipcniny in the center of his head. The
trunk is so delicate thai when it is coiled
up, it looks like a line w atch-spriii";. If
lie has not had ctioiiv:h. In- Ids me know
ny wavino his trunk in the air. The fust
lime I fed him, he seemed shy and only
ite very little; now he is not at all
afraid.
I made him a house w ith plenty of air
holes, and there he stayM most ol the
lime on a warm corner of the mantle, I
lo not like to let him out very often to
fly about, as I am afraid he mioht be
stepped upon. If I wear a flower he will
rrawl up my dress until he comes to it,
mid there he w ill stay, show inir thai he
lias not. forgotten his old life,- .St.
.VieiiziM,
;"ihtTI.T, Till- PIPI-:.-"
All Obi Cn I ib. m in n TVIls His
Ex it-'iii'iM.'e With Opium.
How he Bat;;iina Addicted to Suinkin:; and
Huw lie LrnkeofT tin) Habit.
"Oh, ye," he said, as lie sauntered
through Chinatown and was assailed by
its unsavory odors, "I have smoked
opium. I tei oynie tin familiar sun II."
"And still continue to do so.'"
"No, tli.uiU Co l, my exp. rii ncc w;th
tin- driii; w is shoit and d. i i-ive, bill
sharp while il la-id. The np.uiii habit
is like i;eltimr into a iiiirl,-ani. nin e in
its ".rasp escape i- almost iuipo-.ilili ."
"You ";..t out, il app'ais.
but not without a strii""!". I Inl
the clTecIs of the dnm i v. n I" tiii- day,
and it is many yeais a-.i -ilio' curiosity
induced me to try tin- lir-t pip '. "I'
course, I had lo eivc some i . u .- I'm- my
bullishness: I wished tobani tie- -r
i ret of opium's control over lie- miicl
and bodies of its volai ii s. I his j-. I e . w
il was, ami I inieht as vi II make a ch-ci
bn-a-t of it. I am iml a l i.iin-cy, but
I'll tell you as i le.iily a I can my b '1
iiivs while under the influence of the
drii";. I had bei oni" ai.pi iinled with a
ambler, one of tin- inostcxp. ii iu i In
state, whether in front or behiinl the
yame. I noticed that he o' ten h it the
table, when dealing, and aft-r le- re
turned, say in half an I1..111, his manic r
had undergone a change; he matiipiil i
ted the cauls with tvi.-ali r steadiness
and case. Hue day 1 a-'.ed him th"
plain ipiestion :
"'Il , why do you i ill on a sub-
slitute, and ipiil Ihe table s i oft.-u .''
" 'Opium, myb iv,' In- -a;d. in a li
verish way. 'I cm do nothing w ithoiil
it. Seniles the ncrvi -. i, pnvi n I
mv pi rioilic.'ll pipe and I'm lik" a li bile
minus si i in:;s. Kv.r try a whiH."
"'No.'
" 'Then you'd better take my advice
and outinue to 1. 1 it alone.'
bill my cuiiosity was aiou-eil, ami af
ter aeeompanyiu" ) - to hi- f i .a ale
opium b urnt si v. ril time., I r, ,ne . to
n alie Iii n-ali in derived from sinok-
hfj. w halevrr I'n-v iniuht be. I 'hit"
mv litsl pip--, a- the - in "m s, about
I o'clock one a t. rnoon. I shudil. r
mow as the I'.-iu ni'itaMc" of lit" ti iiibly
lickiiiinu i xpi iice. " I pa --ed thioiijli
recurs to me b was h ud work in the
beeinnim; to ';i I Ih" pipestem propi rly
ad justed to my ino'llh. and the iu. thod
nf sniokiiiv; is dill'ei'i nt from tli.it when
you arc enjoyim; lob ir. In inhaling
opinui sinoke you dr-iw the fume into the
luii'js by a loie; pull, and then inhal" it
slowly. A pi pi fill will la-t about one
minute, and thru ymi have to roll i m w
pill, and so on, till the ,1, sired i iVn t is
obtained. I. ke most beginner-, I
smoked too mm hat the start bul hard
Iv fell the power of the .lru:' till I an.-e
from the bunk win ic I had lain. Tie u
I became conipar it i Iy le-lpli s;, and
stamen d like a dtutiken in an, iv il:-
inej toward a water-pitcher, of the con
tents of which I drank a cupful or
ni"re. Nausea folhivvc I, and wln ii I
reached my wooden coin-h a ;ain. my
lower limbs nave wav completely, and 1
fell insensible and helple--. I lav in
that s.,te lor three houis.or unlil l
who had missed me, and suspecting
where I had youe, foiiud and brou:;ht
me to myself. Willi his help 1 out to
my room iu the hotel, where I avrain fell
into a sh i p, disturbed by festlcssne-s
and horrible dreams, i would aw ike
screaiiiine; and with th" ilea -niii" one
was in the room seeking mv life. Iu
fait, I made seli a racket that the
ni";hl clerk threatened to have me ar
tcsleil for bciiu; iliunk and ilisordiily
and alarmitii; the h..u-.-. He summoned
1) , who sat with me till inoriiiiiu,
when I still felt the i fleets of the iIiul',
but wax able to rise.
" 'Well, old boy," said he, in a banb r
ino way, 'how do you like it as far as
you've ejoue?'
" 'It's a jui ll v rmiuh introduction,' 1
replied, 'and I ytless I'll ejo no further.'
"'That's riijht,' said he; 'you'd better
stop now; bul I'll bet a tw.nty you
won't. Of course, you mii 'ked too
much, and then drank water to make
the matter worse If thirsty after the
pipe, all practiced opium smokers drink
only l'ooiI sti-oii:; tea."
"Well, I'm done with the stuiT, any
how.' " 'Nil, my boy,' lie said, ipiirlly;
you'll tackle it auain: you don't like to
fiive up beat.'
"I) knew me better than I did
myself. The time came, sure cnoiieju,
when I did tackle the pipe ai;aiu, thiuk
iiio myself stroll"; enough lo sun kc
without "ji'tliilt, sick. I pulled away for
about three minutes, coiisumiuer three
pills, and this time 1 oot a climp-c of
what is called the opium devotee's para
disc. With my body and limbs com
pletely relaxed, I dropped into a state of
ileli.ditful dreamy half-sleep, Imiijju dly
know inc; all that was coin"; on aroiiinl
me, but catiii"; for nothiii";. I was above
ami beyond all worldly considerations,
all responsibilities. Then there came n
chan!'C. Itestlcssness supcrveiicil, mid
this dream of delight was roundnl oT by
horrible mental images lhat resembleil
the harpies ol Dure, as he picture I them
in the Inferno. Then I came back, iu
ii iliueJ wav. to real lifo a ain, ili.mk
the -ti-onu Ii a, as I ha I been advised, I
and went I with ali my iieives iu a ;
.-tale of piotr-l. j
"Iitiii". from that time, I in luljed in j
the pipe for three i th-, and I fi ll lln
habit was o-radually biii'limr nn- in I
ch .ills. neni"hl, howcvir, let b el-
inu' wi I', 1 k tired earlier than u-ud .-md '
niisse 1 my regular hour for snio,in"., .
which was about tni o'clock. Tlnn ,
came the tu:,' of war I wa- -nf 1 with
cramps as if all my inle-lin s were in a ,
vise, had hot and ( old il i -1 1 . while a '
cold, c'auimv p. r-pn ili-.n -Hr him I teen
I VI I V pole. Alb I two In Ul - 1. 1 Ihi-
a::ony l - happnie l t i in. j
" 'What'- tic nutter, old r.-ilow r' t
"lloti't know. I'lndyiii-j, I th.nt-.'
I ti. 1 v ' ul have a pip'- tin- cv nin '.'
"No; 1 1 1 1-1 1 I in early and mi my
sinoke.'
" 'That's it,' said In-, 'it'- It pium. ,
Yoll have In i li ( r. it ill-; lie- diu; Willi j
iii:-r at it u Ir and il i-likuc it- .-v.
" -!i. im (bid's -.ike. I . brin:; .
me soni'thiu- let to ! i i lib . I -hail die
I- . I am like M. p'l.i-.o, in. bin.: I.';l
a i i imp.'
' Putt in-, hi- li in I in lit- p " k--' In
1".. i. ul an opium pill, iviti::: 'lb n-, '
take I'll-. 'I'll.- pill', the Ihin you i
i want.' 1
"I'.ut my I---. out i. oi -. em d, t"
s n ne 1 1 -ii in pi i -p. u I ii m a- nil pain was
si-Vele.
" 'No luoie opium lor im , l . If .
Ihea'liv lain -ufl.'lili lew be t ail-e I
by the ilni". alt r tin- short expeii. nee I j
have I a I w il h it, w li it in-i-t t!c vi. tim- ;
led after a v ear or t w o '. I'll iirvi-r I ."irli
I il .'c'ain. I am in pain now. bul I will
I 1
jet over it with. .ul your pill, or die.
"I did "i t out in;, iilte --, but it w I
thli i day In l.. i. could h ave th bed.
Vilhirby pip., pot;-. n in -i pill h .v I
renewed .1. . I I i II 1 .1 1 ' ' Willi the dill".
-line. Peril, ip- -.-nc i mi I il ut ions are
lllore -etl-ilive o 1 , '. . of opium .
th in olln rs, bul il any one h a- siilb n d ;
lioiii il in . re than I di I 1 u i i 1 1 u the lime ,
beiuu I pity him. ., ', ( '.,'
T. II Yellf Wife. !
j If y..i nr.-in an Inui h or ipiaud uy,
tell your wile, thai i . ll yll have inn , .
I all about U at oil -. 'I'm to ..nc In i in
. venlion will -olv- your .bliiniliy nrr
than all Mull o"ic. 'fin- wit of worn ill
ha- b.-i n 1 .1 .1 i -1 1 . but In i- in-l'Uisate
1 1 uii k i I and In i in I lb oi In I i. a-oii. '
Conn-. I w i h v otjr w il . o yeiir iiti'tln i,
ul- -i-li t, and be as-ui. I lhat li-hl will
ll i -h upon v.iii dol.ni--. Women an
too - - 1 1 . 1 1 1 -. 1 1 1 adjudee I i - vi nl. nil in all '
bul pun I., w.'inini-h all air-. No phdo- i
sophii al -tud. nl .. the tlni- ad iudcs
thrm. Their intuit i"ii o i iu-i':hl, i- the
nioii -ilie, .md il tiny i annol s-rthe !
cat iu I he iu al ll" te i-. no i at thru . In
i
collllselin- one .. . II his trouble to hi- '
wife, we would o i I ii 1 1 hi r, and ad. i-e
him to keep imue ol bis all' til's secret
from In r. M mv a hum. h i- Ins ti hap
pily - iv . I. and in civ a loituiie relieved.
J by nian'- t ; i ' I cnli l iii his bitter
' hall. Until. in is I.n in. o a n t and a
j plople t tllall III in. il she be "ivell a
chance As a ". it. til nil", wives con
fide tin- minute. t of their plan- and
thoughts to lln ir liu-buid-. bavin"; no
! iuvolv ein.-nt . ),, y, ,-n from him. Why :
not ncipli-i ate. il bul for lie- plea-ui. of j
j llie. t ill:; Colllidrlli " Willi e..ideer : We
I are c I lai ii lhat li" in in in i n-.l . ...will i
I in lie world as he who, i.ikiiu; a putm i J
I tor lib-, makes In r tin- polii' i ol .ill hi
I purposes and hop.-. What i- wnui:: in i
! hi- iitipul- s or jud'.-inent, sh" w ill i hei k i
and si t ri"hl with In r iliuo-t umvi r-allv ;
riet insinn 's. "b jiine. i" was no in
si:;tiili. anl t ll I' . i - app' ii I I" man'- oin
pauioii. She is mei t iiefp t him in ,
very dal knes., 1 1 1 1: -: 1 1 1 x ami -.'in.n d
lile; ami what -li.' in -I crave and de.
sires is conli'lciii'i , will I which love
is in vi r I tci Inun a shadow -.1. or j
'''""'"' I
Tiler's S 'coii I Wile. '
A I'W m ar-. ao a fi'i til liiain-'l nn- a '
book cotltalliill-j the ivilli'tisi cut'i -of Mr.
W ise. In il he say- that he wa- riding
..lit iillc i'Vi'tlitl': with P. c-iibllt Tyler,
w ho inbii iii'-d him that he was ejoine (.
marry Miss (J.-itdiu r.
Wh,"sai.l Wise, "she is too yoiiti";
for you."
Not at all." :, -plied tile Pi. sidenl. !
"I'm till in my pi inie."
"That r. mind- inc." coutiuicd U isc
"of an old colored man down in Vir- 1
"inia, who was "cm r dly cin-ulted by his j
old master mi a':v allaiis ..f imparlance,
lobolh. 'I he old in i-. r w a-a w idow i t,
ami when In- :: t tin-c-uiseut of a yiuiiy ',
lady to marry him he i oiiiinuuiralrd i hc
I'.u I to t! Id man. 'Mv -,iki -,' said
Sambo, 'she is too ynllli", Im yoll ;' 'Not
a bit of il,' an-wi red Ih iu i-li I. 'I'lu ,
still in my prime.' 'Vc-,' n--poii b d I
Suiibo, 'vmi are in your prime mov. bul ;
wail till she mis in her pi inn, tlnn i
wln-re will your prime he."" (' i i. j
. . ... a I
St all in,' a Problem willi Fxaclness.
"Itessie, if there were three tlpphs nn
the plate, and you took one, how many
would be h fl ?"
"If pud was here, mamma.'"
"That wouldn't matter."
"Yes il would, malum:!.''
"Well, with Fred here, then."
"Mainnia tin re wouldn't be any apples
left."
"Why not, llessi, ;"
"'Cause Fred would take the other
tWO," l'l,il,l,l,lflll,l lu'l.
Alone
Sitn-e she went bumfs
'I'll ' ev. nhi- shadows I n;..r longer here,
'I'll.. Winter day s till s i.-h of the year.
And even Summer w in.ls are chill ami divur,
Sin.-e sh" went home.
Sine" she went home
The robin'- not" ha- t .ed a minor strain.
Tin-old ej sons breath" but a sad refra n.
Ami laughter sobs with hidd.-n. bitt r pain.
Since sh" went lioiim.
Slllee she Went ll'illie
ll ov -till the empty r is lur presenei1
b.-s.s:
Cntoii h. I the pillow tint her dear h-a I
pressed;
Mv I I.vlie.iit hall when for its rest.
Sni'-c sh" went li'inie.
Sn she w i ut Ic'lll"
'I h" lone. ..u days have crept away like
years.
The siuih; lit ha- Ih-.-ii .liiume l w i h il .iibts
and Ii ai s.
And lis- il.u li mjhis h ive i anr-l in lonely
tear-.
Slllee she W lit llolll".
.'.,.. , ' .. I:h,;I.II,:
III MolMM s-
II-.ops an in :.,-, i hi on Amir barrels.
A paw nbiok' t'- x , i r 1 1 i 1 1 - - 'fiin-i
bawl-.
Tie ii h iv ipirstioii: Honestly, now
lid y.ni "i t a -iu;!r bit. ?
The lln;. lll.lt Weill ll.lK. d allw'Ullcl
have put on tlu-ir -umuii-r pattl-.
A"c appear- to inci'.a-. the value
of i vi ry I hiiij, excipl woim n and but
ter. A new si m jr j- entitled, "Take youi
"ill some ca uly when ymi v'sit her at
ni"ht." 'I'hc writer is probably a con
fl l l inner.
Kinploy. i 'lo coll.-. tm i - "See Mr.
Smith;'' ('..Hector "Was he annoyed
at y our c iliiti" upon liim?" Collector -"N
.1 a bit. lie a-ked ine to call :i"aii!."
Tlii- lile would indeed be a blank. this
wild a iln aty and desolate waste, if. al
t. r a nii-l'orliine has befallen us, vve had
im 1rii.fi. 1 to call iu and s;,v, "1 told you
If they itnlul"" in many more territie
to: iiadocs iu the luisk and breezy West,
Horace Orecley's famous admonition will
h iv.-to b" modiiieil to "i; i Wist, younrf
m in. and blow up with the country."
"Ale We "oili" to have a pit ni" this
v.- ir ; ' iiniiiti d a yi unsti r of his .-'null,
iy -. I I teacher. "Why. what do you
waul of a picnic.'" "Nothiii"; much;
'it I can ".. I ix new -dollars III a hurry
il vmi are ifoin:; .i have one."
.Limaica L itii-'er lM iiiikanls.
Ocoi-eiia in w-piprs have drawn attcn-ti-
n In llu fai l thai .lam ai-a :'in;'i-i' has
l conic ipiite popular a-, a bevcram'
since the Prohibitionist, captured the
-tab, and the oinuer d I unkuid is becom
iii" an in-l Mill imi.
The., !.,, -ay- that while to the
:im ra-e citi.i ii lln-above item may ap
p. ar im reditabh , tnthc hold steward
it is an old, old -lot;. ; the "incf druiik
aid is an old acquaintance. Sometimes
it is the yard man or a waiter who ap
plies for "just a lilth- "ini-r!" but his
be-t tu-toincts an- .iiuoiiu the female
employees of the hnlcl. and I he constant
demand mi the sjote room fur a "few
di "p-" of "iu:o r amounts in tin- iitr-
oili In no small item of i xpcti-i .
'I'hc cfleets of "iii"-ct on an habitu-il
patlakci is liim h the same a. the contin
ual n-e 1. 1 in. ii di i in-, and the same ruii
IlitlU i Xi -t - in tile III llllirl o! proeiirinn
it, and the puiiliar "h.isily complexion
prodii 1 by the u-i of ni'.i pliine is in
variably present in tin- i;iiiyi-r ill iinkard.
I he ilisca-e is more prevalent amon;
si nib womcii and I . i 1 1 1 . 1 1 X ".ill- than
i hambi i in aid -, but wlnii il docs attack
one o I lln- latlci i la-s -he will satisfy
In-r rr.. x ite; by drinkiii"; the cologne
I m in I in lln- rooms of absent patrons
filler than make loo In .punt ib mauds
ontlii hoii-i kei pi r nt'stiwnid for uin
"i r. One uiiloituiiatc "irl drank a
mixture of U on i -t ci shire sam e and al
calml for niiiiilh-, alii r hav iii"; been re.
fti-cd a daily mnrniii" nip of .laniaica
oinuer.and the siraii"ist part of her
stoly Was she was otic of the best work
its iii the hotel and had im other vices.
blackening Their l aces.
Ulitiii" Inmi l.n jccr'ni to Ai"i'.,l he
If. ll. II ilph Abricromliie says; "'flilce
cases have conic umh r my personal nb
si-rv al inn iu wh'nh brow n skinned na
tives, in very different parts of the
world, blacken their faces to protect,
tin in from intense li"ht and heat." The
examples he "j vi s are t hose of the inhabi
tants of Morrocco, as well as of others
aloni; the north of Africa, who blacken
tin inselvcs around the eyes to avert
ophthalmia from the "late of hot sand.
The natives of Fiji do the same, and so
ilo the natives of the ihiui hills, and it
is only reasonable to suppose that a prac
tice of such wide dillusion, ami such
strikim; similarity, is found useful, i. e.,
protective in the places and under the
com I it ions con tempi a lei I.
The (oat nin) the Fawn.
A (!oat which had Fallen off a Ledejn
was loudly Coiuplainiii"; of his Ill-luck,
xx In n the Fawn came nlouo mid ob
served :
"Althouoh you nu t with a Fall it has
saved you from the Wolf lying in wait
beside the Path you would have Trav
eled." Moral -If we didn't have earns wo
Jiiic,ht break our lens. ';(. l'an.
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