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What will (lio People Sl
If I piffor sweet solitude.
An 1 lay tin' world away;
If 1 ilo US Ot lltl' 111111 shout I,
ltini life'.- race in a fn tlifnl mood.
Ami scorn to set one foot-step down
In danger's way to i.i a crown,
What will the ivojilemy
Jf by another's hurt and pain,
1 win iiol when 1 nmy;
If I dure i iv profit or until
Hy Jostling others in life's tram
If I toil my li viii); to win.
Ami jjrow not rich for fear of in,
What will tin- 'oi!i say ;
If I carp naught forthi' world's rU
O'er winch I t'liimot pray,
Aii'l still hep sir when 1 uni old,
With x-itico a shelter from the cold;
If my children, us moi as I,
Ijiv iu i in 1 1 on uioiiml lw die,
What i:l lie people say I
Ah, yes ! Imt if I stir my soul,
Aii'l. Iiec lless of I lin way,
Yntr.ve to lioM secure control
Of bonds (uni lull- a n)dlytrolI -Anil
rroM.nl Inst the Stygian Soa,
1 .caving eurtli no licit t for me
What ill the Mister say ;
I ri. .;.. in rititmhij.hi.t Oi'U
BOARDED BY SERPENTS
( si V ( AI'T INS r-TIIV.)
'Why it is that any statement from
ira-faring mill in r. jjar. I to sea serpents
s received with -nu-h incredulity I cannot
lii'l.-rstatid," said ('apt. Samuel (iray of
lie brig Hester. Tin common sense
if the public at largo should teach them
hit then can he overgrown serpents ns
veil as overgrown luar, lion, tigers, or
lophant. When an explorer or
.raveller in tropic al countries tells of
iie. ting and k illing ft serpent thirty or
'orty feet long an I as largo as a man's
iinly, tlu stall mint i. taken unsolemn
ruth. Win n n sea captain tells of sec
ng a serpent of tin sumo .size on the
waters off the santo coast, people try to
make out that he is either a knave or a
liar. Tli it s"i pi nts of all HZes tnko to
the water ill tin) warm seas anil often
royages from islam! to island is a fact
in intelligent piisin ever disputes.
Why, then, should the fact that some
sailor caught sight of oni of these ser
pents en route he disputed i
"Some twenty years ago I made a
voyage in an Knglish ship tailed the.
I, rd (iray, from Liverpool to the Sunda
Island, which are situate 1 in the Jnli in
Ocean ti the west of Australia. We
calhd at several of the smaller islands
licfore reaching Java, and it was w hile
lying in a roadstead hetween the islands
- if ISily and Lotiihok that I saw a sight
to open the eves of tviii a sailor. It had
liren a terribly dry season among the
islands, an 1 . une of them had suffered
great damage from forest tire. As wo
worked up to the passage from the south
n heavy smoke hung in the heavens, kill
ing oil the hree. ' and turning noonday
nto twiliijht. It was easy to see from
die set of the smoke elou l that there
was an extensive the raini; on the
island of llily. iir cip'ain at first
inspected at lirst that a vulnino was at
vvoik, Iui! when we came to examine the
ahes which fell on our deck wo con
i onclmleil that it was hu-h lite. We
had to come to anchor in the passage,
which is not owr t'" miles w i 'e, and
after tin? lirst t weiily l'i.ur hours the
smoke tl rove down upon us so heavily
that i iir throats and eves were greatly
Irritated, while the heat was so great
that the men stripp" 1 olT mo-t of their
eh thins;, l! there hud been a breath of
wind we should have got out of the un
comfortable situation by runuiiig back
to the south, lull as it was not a breath
of air came to give us n moment's relief.
At night there was Mich a glare on the
western sky as made us conclude that
the whole inland of Italy was ubhizo and
bo il ; ill stroyed,
"After the lirst. day we noticed that
the !ish lieg.iu tu feel the effects of tho
smoke. Tin y jumped up nil around us
ns if suffocating, and some of them drove
about the suifare as if they were wound
ed and in piin. A big bull whale nearly
as long; us the ship drove through the
pnssago one forenoon from the north,
spouling likJ a lire engine and swash
ing his flukes about as if to strike a pur
suing enemy; and he ran so near us that
the swell he kicked up made tho Lord
(iray dance a jig long after ho hud
passed. Tin' sharks were tho only in
habitant of tho deep not affected. They
came about us as thick as flics, nm! could
be seen ru-hiii in every direction after
the fright, lied li-h. About midforcnoon
of the third day, while nil the crew, ex
cept wlmt nitwit be called un anchor
watch, were below to seek relief from
the smoke, thero was n sudden row
raised ley the men on deck. We heard
tlu-ni t-liouling and clatt -ring across tho
deck, and directly olio of them came
dow n into the forecastle, w hile tho other
made for the cabin. We in the fore
rustle liad sprung up, believing the ship
to have been attacked by pirates, but
our mate soon gave us to understand that
we had a different enemy to deal with.
Wo hail Wen boarded by serpents. Hu
explained that the first he knew of their
presence was a great commotion in the
waters around, evidently made by the
sharks attacking the serHnts. The lat
ter had been driven off Italy by the fire,
and were crossing to Lombok, which
was atill a'e. They had boarded
ih shiy at svery point,
VOL. IX.
an 1 mors than a do?n wero on
deck when the men rushed for shelter,
'The carpenter aox nded tho ladder
and raised the seutllis a few inches to
take a g lod look, and he yelled right
out in his fright. Ilo said tho decks,
seemed alive with serncnK which wero
racing up ami down and ncross witli
great swiftness. You will admit that it
was a singular position to be fvlueed in.
We hadn't a li.earm, harpoon, or any
other trustworthy weapon among us.and
as for trusting ourselves on deck with
iron lulls, belayiug dn or wenpim if
that s rt, was a matter not to be thought
of. After we had counted noses, wo
found that the f'ant.iill. two mates, cook.
steward, and two foremast hands must
be alt. The ship had a few muskets
and eutlassi
u ml the .'llii'cr
had re-
vol vers. If the serper, Is were
driven off the first move must bo
by the ellieers. We took turns
up the la hlcr to get n -dew of tho
and the sight was one to affect
to be
made
goinr
deck,
every
man. There wero serpents from threo
to twenty feet long, ru ing about tins
deck, and there was one, with a body
fully as large as a common nail keg.
None of thi in was still for a moment,
and the noise of their movements was
plainly heard in the forecastle.
"It was fully an hour before tho men
nft Hindi; a move, and then wo heard tho
report of lire.irui. This was followed,
as tho man on the bidder reputed, by
the discharge of half a dozen skyrockets,
which had been aimed to fly along tho
di cks. Soon after t L at wo heard men
astir on tho decks, nnd wo opened the
scuttle and rushed up. The serpents had
apparently disappeared, being frightened
by the noise an t llame., and as wo
looked over the starbonrd side we saw a
score of them making off. The monster
of whom I told you had been hit by a
bullet from the captain' revolver, and
he was swimming ii'out in a circle, head
held four or live feet from the surface,
and making a terrible splashing, lie
did not seek to conn aboard, nor did ho
swim away. We had watched him for
three or four minutes, when a shark
da -bed ill upon him and seized him
about midway of his length. The row
which followed was the wildest thing
jou ever saw. The snake twisted him
self about the shark, and struck at him
again and again, and the water was
churned up until I In foam sometimes hid
both from .mr se.;lil. We were still
looking after them when a shout
from one of the men
drew our attention inboard. lb:
had discovered a snake ten feet
long curled away in one of tho small
boat. The elliei Is be-all firm:.' at llllli,
and he ran the whole length of the ship
and took to the wat"i' at her bows. Wo
then began a hunt for others. Time
was a chap four feet long ill a roil of
rope amidships, a second n the cable
chains, and a third on the roof of the
cook's galley. They were spiteful crea
tures, and were not despatched without
danger.
"When we had carefully examined tho
decks we supposed that wo were clear of
our un welcome visitors, but ill a few
minutes a serpent fully ten fiet long was j
discovered on tin- unit ii yard. Asa mat- I
ter of fact seven of the reptiles had gone j
a'olt, and we did not succeed in hunting !
out the hist one until the next day, by i
which time the smoke began to lift, the
files on H dy to die out, and we got a puff
of wind to carry us through the passage.
"Our experience was identical with
that of an American ship lying in tho
east end of thu passage. She was
boarded by a legion of serpents, and was
driving the last one oviiboard when wo
hailed her. She had one man bit'en
when they lirst came aboard, nnd he
died in less than three hours, swelling up
to griiit si.e, and suffering the most ter
rible agonies. These incidents were
published in and discussed by many
English newspapers, nnd perhaps by
American pajH'is as well, and 1 nevci
heard the fact disputed. Why is it,
then, that the person seeing n sea ser
pent, or a serpent at sea, in these days,
is held up to the world as u fool or n
liar? If serpents did not pass from island
to island in the tropics, some would K
overrun and others entirely clear of them.
Thnt this is not the case any sailor will
tell you. 1 h .ve seen, in the Island ol
Java, n serpent thirty-four leet long, and
as largo around his middle as an average
man. 1 et that sn.iko be seen at sea,
swimming along with his head well up,
which is the way they entry themselves,
and it would be a novel and startling
sight to people on shipboard. 1 hnvi
talked with sailors who have seen plentj
of these seip nts off tho tropical co ists,
and tho facts in the story of my own ex
perience nre a mutter of record in Kag
land, having been di bated by eminent
naturalists." Ac" I'ei $uii.
Scnteu Ions Wisdom,
A hard-headed busitu-s man of De
troit was among the guests nt a recent
fashionable gathering, where also was i
very Imid nnd very obtrusivo new riel
woman.
"Humph,"' growled Hard Head as tl f
very loud a id so foith swept past hiu
in the grand procession. "Too timet
money nnd hasn't had it long enough.
hree JVwi.
Don't hurry, or you w ill never gc J
through.
lT.TSB)Ii
Sumo I'ses of Gloves,
1 The reign of Kliabeth may fairly !
! considered the turning point in dm
j history of gloves. Thiougli long years,
I and keeping line with the growth of ro
j finenieut and courtesy, tho glovo had
been invested lirst with onu association
lm;1 tll,'n ''ther, eiveu p.ut ami lot in
j t,,is t,,s,0," "uJ t,,n. " :il il 1111,1 con
to hold a very prominent place In the
economy of life. IJth at wedd' ;s nnd
funerals gloves wero offered ns gifts so
commonly as to bo made n rceogn'.ed
feature of the social eer monial proper
to those oeca-ions. Kither for peace mid
in favor, or defiant and in deadly anger,
it has come to bo as binding upon or.li-
I iransaeuons as a wr.uo.i ueeu, ami
! M rv.dent of purpose as if the pi eseneo
of its owner had enforced its evident
tent. Particularly ns a token of love, as
though it gavi in pledge the hand and
regard of a fair lady, or as a cartel of
I war, threatening so mm U of tho
j vengeful punishment as the hand it had
covered could inflict, did the glovo
play its part in times when both theso
sentiments were especiuliy cherished and
avowed. It was made the icis of trade,
ensuring to chapman and chnlTering
purchasers of the wares they offered
peace and protection; ami in agree
ments of greater moment the glove was
made witness of a proini-e given and
the pledge of its fulfi lment. The dona
tion of laud to a church, and some
times even the off t of bodily service,
was made good by the placing of n
glove upon the altar; and in tin trans
fer of land or, in occasional installers,
of kingdoms a glove was ma le a verti
b'e lease by virtue of which possession
was taken an I Icld. A securing safe
passage, like a passport ; as an oil -i of
ftmitv, like a though a friendly shako
of the hand were proffered; i v n as a
bribe, when it w is often "lined'' wi ll
good gold piece, to tempt men from
their allegiance, or induce them to view
n suit favorably, the glove hal many a
momentous message to convey, many an
important negotiation to open or to
bind. .V'l'iiziiit nt' Art.
Olive Oil.
olive oilis got from the ripe fruit, and
the riper the better, even to the verge of
decay, said an importer of the article to
a New York Trifnme representative.
After lie; f ii it h i been gathered it is
placed in large sucks, and tie n subject
ed to a heavy pn ssiire. The percentage
of oil is large, vary ing according to the
speciis of the fruit, and usually runs
from 10 to tli) per cent. Tin: o lor is
pungent win n first pressed, but this tones
down in a short time, and wh-n the oil
i ready to be put up into packages it is
agreeable. The bet oil come from the
lirst pressing. The refu-e is also undo
to produce several lower grades, by sub
jecting it to repeated pressures. Thu
finest grade is expulsive and the niatket
for it is limited. Thus- who me tho
cheaper oil nr. satisfied with it, because
they do not know there is any better.
.Iiisi, let a person get a taste of the fu st
grade nnd he will have that forever after
or none. (icrmaiis have a great (ond
ii' Si for oil, nnd the trade is principally
mining them.
I never coul I understand why theobve
not cultivated more in the
South. The climate and soil in many
places are suitable for its growth. It
retpiiiis a little cue, bears in a few
years, is hardy and it is said that it never
dies. It is said that there are olive trees,
oi l, In ut nnd scraggly, but fiuit bear
ing, mar .liiiisaleni, which were there
in the Saviour's time. There is no doubt
about their living to a great age, and it
ought to pay to raise them. Cottonseed
is used as an imitation of the olive or to
adulterate it. It is a rank substitute and
has not the slightest l! ivor of the olive.
It has a large and grocers uublush
ingly sell the slimy stuff as olive oil. it
may be that it is done ignornntly, but I
have a strong suspicion that thero is
more money in it than in olive. It is
mure tit for lamps and machinery than
for the human stomach, though its i licet
is harmless.
Electricity ami (lie Lash.
Klectricity has been suggested as a
means of capital punishment, and now a
French scientist has ohtaincu a patent to
apply it as a substitute for the cat-o'-uiuo
tails in corporal punishment. The cul
piit, having been undressed, is securely
strapped to a steel triangle, which is
connected with one pole of a powerful
battery. The other polo is connected
with the whip, which consists of n num
ber of steel wires covered w ith a sponge.
This whip is dipped in water before tho
stroke is administered, and wherever the
wet win s touch an electric discharge takes
place. Perhaps, after a time, we may
have convicts sentenced to take electric
shocks, of graduated intensity, according
to the heiiiousness of their crimes, in- 1
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Mean ol Hiiuiuug liiuui up m prisons.
Y. j" Comiiitnoif.
Ciiforluuiitcly Named.
"Your lii at name is Wallkill, isn't it,
Mr. Fcatherly, asked IS ibbv ("
"Yes, Wallkill," complacently replied
ti at young man.
"It's too bad."
"Why, R.bbyi-'
"Hermiso sist r Clnra told Kthel H jl
inson that you would be a uiee young
man to rail a dog alter if it wasn't for
your name. l.tjt.
CHATHAM CO., X. C.
UllLIHtKVS COLI'MN.
Mlml W r .11 n II.,.
Tur wise mm' brim their lenrniiis.
The rich may bring th-ii- wealth.
Ami some may bring thru- ei-fituess.
And some trii strength ami health.
We too would bring our treasure
ToofTertotheking;
We have no wealth or learning,
What shall we clnMivii bring I
We'll brin the little iltities
We have to ilo cae'i i iy ;
We'll try our best to please Him
At home, nt sehuo!, at play.
Ami these shall Is- the treasure
We offer to our Ki'ig,
Ami Husk, are gif.s th it ,.Veti
The Hiorest child in iy bring.
y'.-n..Moiee liunrr.
Mirrwil lliinalorn.
The tame buffalo- of India are sa'd to
possess an unusually intelligent nature,
notwithstanding their rough exterior.
An Knglisli traveller, who h: s made the
passage up the llr.iliiiia-pootr.i, relates nil
instance of mathematical calculation on
the part of the-o animals such as must
have been amusing to w itness, as it is
entertaining to read.
"t (ace," he says, "while our party
were awaiting the arrival of a steamer
coming down the river, wauling lome-
! thing wherewith to occupy our minds,
we became interested in watching the
behavior of a herd of buffalo belonging
to a neighboring village. We lemai ked
that each morning, ab lit six o'clock,
the whole herd swam across the river
from the opposite side, the bull con
siderably in advance leading the wav,
followed by the matrons with their calves
by their sides.
'Kntering the water about half a mile
farther up on the opposite bank, the
strong current washed them down to tie-
village where tin y w ished to land. This
was as judicious a calculation of dist men
and power of the current ns could have
been made by the most able mathe
matician. "The river at this point was fully a
mile broad, but as tln-rc was better feed-iiig-ground
on the other bank, the ani
mals preferred the swim. After they
had leaded the bat.k safely there was a
halt for a few miunres to rest and re
cover breath.
"It was a ph asing sight to watch the
natural anxiety of each matron for her
young one towards the end of the swim,
when they were beginning to tire; the
repeated turn id the Ilea 1 to see how the
youngster w is getting o:i, and the salis
fietioti when at length, Wearied with the
long journey, the little one rested its
head upon its mother for support.''
.( rrnfo.iml Srrl'rf.
"('in you keep a s n r.t, Diisy?" asked
Nell Clay of her yi ling si-, r.
"Yes, indeed, '' replied daisy, trying
to look dignified.
Nell bent down an I whispered some
thing in Daisy's ear, at which Dai-v
clapped her hands and cried, "Oh,
goody P
" lieini'iiibei', it is a profound secret,"
said sister N-ll.
I.iis- ran off to school feeling verv im
portant, and overtook Conny Tim vers on
the way.
"t Hi, t nmy, she said, "I have some
thing a w t ul nice !"
"till my," said Conny, "can't you just
tell iiir,'
" Nell wouldn't like it."
"She wouldn't mind me," pleaded
Conny.
"Won't you never, never tellf" whis
pere I 1) iis ."
" Never, 's long as I live."
" Honest and tine.'"
" Ti n r'u steel," declar d C iiny.
"Well. Sirah IMI's father is going to
give her a piano for her birthday to-morrow,
but thev wouldn't have her know it
for anything until she conies home mid
find it in the parlor."
'"How splendid," eM'laiiue.i Conny.
" It's a profound si end," said Daisy.
A few days afterward Mrs. 11,11 culled
upon Mrs. Clay.
"I suppose Sarah was surprised and de
lighted about the piano," said the lat
ter. "She was delighted enough," was tho
reply, "but she wasn't a bit surprised;
she heard it at school."
"That Conny Travel must have told," !
said Daisy indignantly after Mrs. It'll!
had gone home.
"I5ut who told Conny," asked sister
Nell.
"I did, but I didn't supposo she'd he
mean enough to tell."
"And 1 didn't think you would," re
plied Nell.
"Well children," said Mrs. Clay, "its
an old saying that 'if you can't keep
your own secret, no one w ill keep it for
you.' If you rem 'tuber this it w ill save a
good deal of trouble."
"There's an older sentence that I like
much better," siid sweet Aunt Peace
from her window: "'Set a watch, O
Lord, before my mouth; keep the door
of my lips.' " Mijit'c.
Any tiling to Appease lllm. I
"What is that child crying fori" !
a ke 1 Fogg. I
"i don't ku w. I've given him every- 1
thing I can t'iiuk of au I still lie doesn't I
st 'p." replied his w iie. !
" I'lui: proves of course, that he want a
soin thing else.
"Hu! I can't find anything else to give
till! "
"Well, lend htm something then can't
XOVKMIJKU IS, 18815.
A CAVALRY RAID.
An I tu.-iilont. of tho War Tsji-ti
by nn Ex-Cun fedoi ute.
A Mixed AfTYr in Which tin C'apt irs Bo
tuuw the Capture.! Several Times.
In August, I Mil, when Kilpatrick
uck the Atlantic and Macon railroad
i nt .loncsboio' and other points I was
attache.! to Armstrong's brigade of
Jackson' divi-'u n of Confederate i av
iary. The Fed. nil raider sti uck Joiies
; bom' late one afternoon, drove out the
' inidiia stationed there ill Miiall numbers
! and applied the torch to four-filth. of
; the town. Next morning as they came
on up to Lovejoy's station, our division,
j which had been widely Mattered the
I day before, were massi d and ready for
, a light. Our iufnntry had hi cn lighting
j and falling back (or an hour, when we
moved into the light, two thirds of the
Command being dismounted to Mipport
one of our batteries,nnd w hile lying in the
ravine just behin I the guns were taken
i in ll ink by a charge of the Fourth
; Michigan cavalrv. 1 admit thai we
i were badly rattled at the onset,
j fome of the lie n breaking for the
j cover of n wood a few hum I red yards
l away, and being sabered as they i an. A
! cavalryman rode stiaighl at no: with up
' lifted sabre, and I hauled up my musket
to shoot him off his horse. At that time
my regiment was anm d with rltl -s, shut,
guns, cm hiuc, revolvers, sabres and
swords. A few tneii had carbines and
sabres together; all others depended
on oiu; weapon alone. Those who had
muskets did md have, except in rare in
stances, sabres; lho-e who had sables
had neither musk
nor n vol vet s. Not
over one company in the icginieiit was
as well c.piippedas th- Federals. I had
an infantry liiu-ket w.th bayoii' t nl
tached, and when I sought to lire on the
cavalryman nt close lange the charge
would not explode. Then as he rode
me down, 1 defended iuy-e!f with the
bayonet, wounding him in the hand and
Hinging his sabre to the ground. I had
the advantage and he saw it and gr.icj
fully Mirreii li'ii'd and ciiue down ell his
horse.
During this lime there was lighting nil
around Us. A put of our men used the
ravine for a rifle-pit and could not be
dislodged, and the cavalry were gallop
ing hilln-r and thither tin- . ugh tie'
smoke. I asked In v oiisomr what com.
Miami he belonged to, an I lie aliswcled
Fourth Michigan. Hull. t-. were zipping
about us like angry bees, I tit could
imt take him to the rear for the simple
reason that there was no rear. K lu l
and Yank were mixed up like beans in a
bag as far as 1 could see. sto id hold
ing him by III' at in with one liaad, and
hanging to his horse with his ithif,
when two Yankie (' ilvalty ne n came
liiling up. My tn.iii .'ippenh d to litem,
and as they rais d tln-ir sain ts at lie- 1
surrendered as a prisoner of war.
" Watch your chance and run him in
to our line," said one of the m n t., m
captor, and both rode oil at th call ol i
bugle.
The Yankee now hud his s.il. r and my
gun, and as his horse became very re tiv
he coil hi give me but little attention.
lb' li.sk. d Ille what I olllinail I
I belonged to, how the light
seiliie.l tube going, and rather ,li ponded
on my honesty not to inn i ll. II had
jilst suggested moving .ilong 1 1 laMne
when a di .mounted .1 dinny, who was
dodging about in the smoke, ciiue upon
us. II look in the situation at ngla'Hi:,
and inside of u minute Fourth Michigan
was again my prisoner. .My I'lieud tool,
the sab. r and mounted the hor-e mid
rode away, while 1 got my musket
hick.
"You'll p obalily be re-captured again,"
1 s ud to ti e bin -i o il as we walked side
by side up the ravine.
"Ycry likely," he replied as he walked
on ahead and ducked every two seconds
for a bullet.
We had pro led not over a hundred
yards when a crowd uf about twenty
cavalyineii, lie il ly evenly divided as to
friend nnd foe came surging down upon
us as thev rut and slashed. We were
j both knocked down in a jiffy, and I got
! n cut on the head from a horse's hoot
which left me unconscious for a .pi alter
of an hour.
When I rallied the tight was over, the
Federal having flunked Us an 1 passed
on. As my captor and prisoner was not
found on the ground the coiiclus oti was
that he escaped to his own lines. I
have alwajs hoped so, lor lie seemed to
be a fairly e, f, ;t). J.;,,(l 1'rec
Fooled the
"Professor," said
mil in al science class,
running down the
that excite 1 my ' urh
Professor
i stu lent in the
"I saw something
street las evening
sity. I'puti i x.iiu-
inatioa I lound it had no limh
nor -
noi - -"
"Thai's verv ipieer. Can vou describe
1 it, that we m ,y determine its faintly mid
I n.iun ;"
j "Oh, yes, sir; it w is simply water
I from he iven that- "
i "W ell, young in n, you'll lit ver see
I the source of that supply if you continue
j to practice such low puns upon your el
ders." This euded the first lesson.
v--v i.
, W. I I.
Talhot's Long Mend.
"The Lak Shore folk were awfully
-lad when ac rtain mail died up in Buf
falo the oiler day,-' said a con. In. tor.
"Ti e man' i nam wis Talbot. About
twelve j ears ago Talbot saved attain
I'r uu goi..g into a wa hunt n-.ir his farm,
and of course the company felt wry
giateful. P. P. Wright, Superintendent
ol the Huff ilo division, suit for him and
loado I him with thanks for himself and
the company. Talbot tuolestly declined
a moin v pri i,t of ijiHO, but said he
didn't object when Wtight ptopn-ed
making out for him a pa-s go ul for the
remainder of hi life. While V light
was writing out the pass Talbot in-
piired :
" 'Say, Mr. Wright, havo you my ob
jections to making tint read go ! for uu
and a friend.' I may want to take a
I'lieud up to Cleveland with iti' : some
time to sr.. al uncle of mine-.'
"Wright was so full of gratitude that
he couldn't object to anything, and tho
in in got his pussj o,i for himself and
I in -ii I, and it was aftetw.ir I s-ut to
I Inn I. planers au I countersign" I by the
President and general pa-s.-:igi r :ig lit.
"Weil, now, wh it do y. mi think ; For
more than ten years that man Talbot
has been riding constantly between liuf
falo and Chicago, liuffahi and CI. vehind.
Of Buff do and Toledo. He was never
alone. II always had 'a friend' with
him. The ft i ii I was u-ua'ly -oiu oiu
mcrcial traveller. In s!i,,rt. Tailed has
made ra iroa 1 riding his iegu ar Ini-i-ncss.
II- mil' nirniig.'incuts with
various w liole-a! n I jobbing Loii-es to
carry th-lriu n. and iiool.e l hisingage
im nts mouths ahead sometime.:. When
th. se failed lie pick- d i.p stray passen
ger here niei tii.-r-'. Afier paying hi
-Ii -epi; g enr a id ..the .ietis,-, he had
ifii . r . a day left a- clear profit, and
ollt of these p',. Ills ll" IHUiOged lo.'llllIsS
a snug little I .i t une. Ilettii I to u-.' his
paso:i the limiti.l . Apro--, but the com
pany wouldn't have it. 1 i find, tiny
wanted to ielu-e to carry him a'to o ther,
but their lawyer . oni lieb il that the -nil
for damages would be tie) expensive.
Talbot is .I. id ii"W, though greatly to
the rogri t ofs, -vcr.il tr ivdling salesmen. "
-Vl,i,.j.. II r .l l.
Sponges.
It Used to be a gr- .it puz.1" to the
naturalists t t,. wh.-th, r sponges t
p'. ints or aniini's. An mdiuary oh.
s-.-v.r, looking at th'tuas they liow in
their liatutal state, would sorely be
inii- li iitoi-e iik.lv f consider them to
b 'lotig to fie .-t r rather than the lat
in king loin ,. living things. -',,r
sponges, e plant, :,r, tivl oraui-m,
imt In ing nb'" to move about it . in place
to pi-'o". Tu. n there arc soiic- kinds
winch .-ii branched ..lid iu.iitit.l upon :l
-talk iu-t ., pi.u.t, arc. ll:il to the
cielit .lie I hi IVef these points ,.f -,- .m.
blai would no! have much Height,
hi i :ilse tin i a,-,, many otbcf foiui, ,,
hl'e wl.ii i have the same character, but
Hie Weil kioUI to be aall'i .' ., li lt rv -:i
when I lc y app'.ii d the uioi , ; u i I mien,
tal tests it :h j, ,:,,-. iii,t,. ..- th,.
liallll.lll-ts to tc! the ll.itlllc of s,,,,);:,.s.
It was no!, iii.i.-il, until the tniii,. cope
,s (liscov. f. I ti' it tlleii t ; I ,tiV W:S
know it.
ll was th. n . nnd li..it -p.-iigi- hie
haractcr al -t pt e.sely th" - one as
tie I a I t tii- ci : ini-iu I h it ii . s
eei wh. r- m p .:, id -t., . ii.mt water,
and hash n; bee-i kn rt n to be ;, une
animal. ((' ' ' it i '. -.
Age. of t il i ll c e ( II I li en.
The Chii.i - ib. not teckoii tie it age
from th,- .lay of tin :r birth, I nt It in
New Y. ill's d iy. It i. on this account
s'liiuiiiics ,-lli nil to tied ,e, . uu,.
age of young child nn. II. re is a tiny
shiivcn-h, adi'd bun. lie of humanity,
si at'ccly able t . -t an I alone f..r a na
nieiit, an 1 y ui ate gravely :is-ured that
he is thice yeni old 1 If you have I, It
the sai led rules of pmprii tv at home,y u
Venture liiii.by and politely to e:..t ju-t
a faint shadow id doubt iisn the I ite
mciit ; or it you do n..t .Ii-, nodi! th, pn
rent's usseitioii, but aiesiiil un ae,ii unt
ed with the mode ol r. i kou.ng, oii
pinbably lotidole with it jian tiis on the
slight degree ol progress In- h is ma-h o.
ward maturity. Sh.-nl l a ihil lnirive
in this world at 1 1. "i "i on Ni w Year's i ve,
the fond father will proud y assure you
the next 111. .ruing that the new attiv d is
two years old, ae.l i v. r so much as
think that what he says is null lie. -ISruAhj,,
M ;;.,-;,..-.
Snap I rein Siiinl.
I'util recently all expetini nts to make,
soap from swiut (gie.i-e of w, o i have
signally failed. The w i-! in tle ih ins
ing of wool is ieailv.it pet cent., and
ns th-. gr. ase con-t n ute, the gr. at r put
of the waste, its V iliic, if uiili d, call
readily be seen. Pi act ic ally no ll- has
been made of it her. tofoiv, and i' Ii ,s
been allowed to ll w into and cont iuii
nnte rivers and streams. A French i 'arm
ist ha demon-tinted that n comm. i. I.ii
soap can be made front switit by treating
It with certain composts, of sulphur.
The operation is complete in less than an
hour and tin cost is iiomiii il. Th pro
duct obtained is not a toii.d soap, but it
is claimed that to a gl' at rt lit it will
take the place of the -ul phiirelled com
posts now used in agriculture and vine
culture, in hospitals and institution-yind
in cases of contagious epidemics.
ADVERTISING
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I Light Ullti SilLllMT.
H i tilted moon of summer. Ions n'o.
Where have they drifted to away from mef
.' oni I I but follow, nn 1 forgot to know,
".n I know Imt what I mii't torgul, ttud so
I 'rift on ami on throughout eternity !
1 lu re is a voice that, come when wo are old
I'loiu cut tli" blind eclipse of days gono
! by -
i ; in.: ; lii-per-i through the heart whon it
i-e .1.1.
IV. :i .i .'.11 the story has len told,
I Ami t! p 'or eves nre w.vuy, worn and
, ,h-v.
Ii. c ;. . I. glit of waning event i do
I lis, ike uplands tXs tiny Kicet the
, ill. Ml.
;i I -a th - I; Mi l tji must them somewhere
! ; id j
I .' 1 e. in. : .- that w ill not hu deiiiisl -
( i in -.t lutt.-r -eot, tlinl.tli 'y nro
ef the
What cm I
. an n Ion ei- w.vp, ( I skies above;
I h vei n ii.ait to.ii., nor live, nor pray.
.1 in "el'in m. o a mid stars, faraway,
.'.ud thy dear ti.ee still farther, (I my love.
.m.'o.i -y".c .oio'iof.
rr.
Ill MOHOL s.
i ' .l-.u h ue Shewed cat,
charitab'e coii-triiet iui) - The poor
Tin weight of the wicked IS'll)
i oni U to th" ton.
"I'll 'pis! give you a few points," re
ii. nked the p iper of pills a tin: ill. in sat
hi it.
A l lie ol yoit'h, maiden, mid father
-ei tie our, gate; scene two, gaiter;
cue three, gad !
Il'sie t s.-clug f,,r the lirst time a calf i--llil
mamma, these must he tho lit!lo
,'..w th it give condense. I miik!
A Chicago woman's hair turned from
b ep black to yellow blonde in a single
lay. but sie hid .swapped wigs; that
as all.
"Why doti'l you rise earliei ; Iti
Ircaill'ul to be so lazy." "A'a-, I h ivo
li'te't tried! I . in make up my muni to
l. but I cannot make up my body."
Dumley 1! .bins iti. I waul your nd
ieo. llro'.vn, 1 heir, has nd'eired lomo
is a i ini-pir.d idiot. Wh it ha 1 I better
I...' I! bins., n ilhoiightrulUi-Well,
Duinlev, I think von ought to make him
ike luck ill it. W ord "illsp'l'ol."
j The ;,i of I'lrnarVon, al n ban. pud,
j ii. proposing the health of the clergy,
- lid that "ill these days . IrrgV llli'll Welu
j xpcotc.l to have the wisdom itud learn
ing of . a Jeremy Tailor." His lordship
j was next day n pottid to have said: "In
I .hcsc davs ce g.-ineu were expected to
th. wisdom and b ai n i ii;
j- -iirnei mall taiVr.
A Picture hy I'l'legi-apll.
A S .'oiii-h inventor by the name of
hnivil'ie his patented s-1 i 1 1 another
nctliol,,f sen. bug a picture by tcle
I graph, w ith the ll oVclty that the ariange
I limit is ptii po.-cly devis.-d for a photo
I gr:i di to be taken id the receiving end of
lie wir, . r,rely desi ribed, the nn thod
( ?. insists in proj. cling the picture, or
! iiottioiis of it at a time, upon a selenium
I . I! p'a "cl in the cir. nil of the tel. graph
! i. ires, which, according to the great, r or
: intensity of the light received, so
I ids upon ('tie current as to cause it lo
in ing into play a gr. ater or Ii s niiiubi r
i d subsidiary cut rents l onui'. tcd with nil
! include nt electric lump, that would
I 'lis, , lentil be illuminated in hon-.o-
ii nice with the st r- iigt Ii of the current.
I I'iio-i- sitoces-ive illuminations, brought
'to a locus upon the sensitive plate,
w 'til, I give images . f cot responding
brightness to the prints in the picture
' thrown upon the selenium c II ; th" final
pi.iute, of cotitse, would consist ol a
I -. l ies of these points in various depths
I d' shade. The idea is eel dainty ingenious,
md the sending of a c irti . rii.il by
t, h graph may be a h ss distant achieve
ment thin has b. en believed. l'utj
,.,:,t.!,: yV..
Napoleon ami Hie Yields.
It was line,: days before going to
ll.ba that Napoleon .1,1'-: the violet an
. bis cuiUcui, H" was waiking in the
gulden of I'Vnt.iliu blcau, accompanied
by the Duke Ihi-sano and tl tieral
II I I rand. He w as still undecided
' whether to accept exile, and was iliseus
- ,ig to that i ffect with his companions,
w hen he e-p;i'd a little boy, the soli ot
the hea l gardener, picking some violet1
iiiidinakingth.nl into a bunch. "Will
I'HI give me those llower-f he asked,
"lis sire wiih pleasure," wasthe answer.
' "i b ut 1, ui' n," said Napoleon, "tho
: in cling w ith the child is pr. vidential ;
! perhap the flowers lire a hidden coni-
iii iiid Ii. .in (lo I, nmy be to imitate their
modesty. Henceforth they shall be tho
; emblem of my desires." His courtiers
' could not prevail upon him to ehango
bis decision. During the tune he re
in ii I at Fotiti.iuebleau he constantly
c in ,ed a bunch of violets. The story
j !. aked out. From that time the troops
I named him Father Violet, Thin it ti I
tere i to the people, and ill the violet
I s, ason they all carried it as a rallying
i t.'ken. linrinnnti t'liinii; r.
An Astonished ( in ili'nr.
"Would y. ul believe it, ! oiiibyl Fen
. ick dunned me fur hi- bill yesterday,
'i he twentieth time, I'll swear. Hut I
astonished him."
" llv putting him off ngnin?"
"No; by paying him," 'all.
1 "
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