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PHTSIiOttOVCHATIIAM CO., N. (J., MARCH 31, 181)2.
NO. 31.
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Ode to Spring.
I wakened to the si iiSiik if :i bird;
I heard the bird of spring.
And lo!
At bia sweet noto
The flowers began to gro-.v.
Grass, leivct) and even thin
As if the green world heard
Tuc trumpet f his tiny throat
From end to end. an. I winter and ilcpaJr
FleJ tit his me'oly, and justed in siir.
I heard at dawn tiie mash- of a voice.
O my lieloved, then I said, the sjiri
i',in vii-it only onee the wailing rar;
Ylie bird can bring
Only th'' reason's sung, nor his the choice
To waken smiles or the remembering tear I
Rut thou dost brin;;
Springtime to every day. and at thy eall
'fue uovvers of life unfold, though Icnyrs of
autumn full.
Mrs. Jutne T. Fields, in the Century.
A BOX OF DIAMONDS.
In the year 107 I found myself nt
liio Janeiro, limit, just out of hos
pital, not n doliar in my pocket, and
ready to ak the American Consul to
send mo to the I'nitod States in the
name of charity. I bad been out with
nn American whaler, and had been
left there so broken in health that no
one supposed that I coiibi ltvo t wo ( l,l..l0jl . blIt Kfol0 accepting this
weeks. As the ship had taken no nil j ihioiy we got out the drag and ox
there wns in. thing coining to me. In- p oi-.'d the deeper waters seaward
deed, I was in debt to her, and but for J flom t!J0 reef. We spent three lavs
the few dollars raised am ng the men
I should have been a pauper on laud
ing. One afternoon, while I was on my
way to tlio Consulate to see wha'. help
1 could obtain, I encountered an F.ng
lUliman, whom I at once i 1-1 1 1 i li as
a sailor captain or mate. 1 1 ; tapped
and inquired my na ue. ntitiv.ty
mid occiiiation and when I had given
him the information he slapped me on
the back an I exclaimed:
It's a bit f luck that 1 met you!
I've got n plaeo for you, and we'll
drop in 60iutwhei'i! and have a talk.''
lie was a blunt-spoken linn, but a
cautious one. He did no! unfold bis
plans until be bad pumped me petty
d.-y and apparently sa;i-f;o.l himself
ihttt I was a man be want.'.!. Mveu
then I only got a part of the -t"iy,
and ain still in the dark its to many
particulars. T ,e stranger's ii.oii was
Captain H aborts, and he h i I given
up the command of an Lagd-ai brig
on pin nose iu mi tor upon a bunt for j
treasure. Iwo years iefo.-r-, as be ! ,,, i01.y ,,., ,.vvr. ,,. j-,,-, ln,,V(,
informed me, a eoadifg ; cho mer, ; .V:H to bring the s,:!i tis near as
which was earn iug b ill a mil. ion ' pusible, nu I iV:t w b :g..n pivtiara
doliars' worth t f diatu mi U. bc-id -s a j tions lo lif! u,- .v:ee'.-. Sh. 'uut b,i
large (inn iu rough gold, ..:wccii Uio t;ii-m;d ov-t . si as to i'i ti'. on her keel,
uud Montevideo, hid i wrecked ' ;f nothing mure. 1. I i ; boiiom up.
about seventy mi lot below P-rto Ac- I ihrio w- n' oos-i'-i.; way to get into
gre. Why this treasure bid been in- 1 M. ,-:lb;u.
trusted lo n sailing ve-sel and v ic::V
cr It belonged lo church or Mat.' r
some individual I never l.-ninod. T.
cnjitain hail noUno; to s ,y .!
and 1 bound my- :' i- ku-.-i '
iug the wbol.i til! . r
How C i tnio K ii . . ' . i iccated
tho wi e. k v, as :s .i':i r I did not ask
ro.'otit, 1 n! t ild . said that all
hn tici- wer.- . . I was a sailor and
s divee ami lie u tie red lo stand all the
expend ef ihe search and give me
f iO.i'Oo in gold if we recovered the
dii ootids only. If we got the gold as
well I was to have a larger share He
had chartered a coasting schooner for
threo months, and was then getting i
nbo.'ird whattver be thouj:bt would be
needed. I signed with him thai after.
noon as mate, and three days iifte-
wo bad picked up all our crew. I'd-
innately for in a ship came iu with
twelve seaman rescued f i oin a bin n
ing bark at sea, and we took ciht of
them and a c.iok. This gave us i h v. u
liaiids all told cjii Ihe little craft, but
wrecking is a thing demanding plenty
f f muscle at the cranks, wind asses
nnd tail rope'. Tho crew jirojier were
not let into tho seere!, 1 ut signed fur
U Voyage to lliuuos Ay res and ret urn.
Tl ere was a l.io banker behind the
expedition, as I iiceidi utlly d seovered,
bet he did not come near Ihe schooner,
And Captain 11 dierts vi-iled iiiiu only
by night. Wo were so well provis
ioned and provided tliat it must have
taken a snug mm of money lo lit us j
out. This th-j banker no doubt .'id-
Vttticed and took his chances. At i lie ,
Custom House we cleared for the L i j
Plata in ballast, but some of that bal- j
last bad been taken aboard under j
cover of darkness. We had a diver's j
outfit, limbers, plank--, fjiare casks, j
extra ropes and chains, mid about the
last parka'.'o received contained a
dozen miiskots and a lot of lixed am
munition. We slipjied out quietly one
night with the tide, and before d n
lighl came we were far away.
Captain H bel ts had a j roily
fair chait of the in-ig!il.-..r!ioo.
of tlio wreck, an I after a
spendy run down the coast we
l cached il one afternoon about 1
o'clock. When wocniii lowoik in
shore we got sight of the mountain
peak laid d wn o:i the chart, and iu
a couple of In mi were sali-liel ihal
the nice u us within a mile of us
north or s uith. Just there was a reef
about four in. las offshore nml extend
ing up and down the coast for thirty
miles. llchind this reef in many
places was deep water up to iho shore
lino. It being summer weather, with
the winds light but holding steady,
we aneliored (dl'lho reef, and then the
men were told lb-it wj ha I e mc to
search for a wreck. It was all right
with tlicm, and after dinner two boats
were lowered to begin the search.
Taking the s-hootier as tin centre,
we i'U led both ways, running elose to
the reef. The treasure, craft had been
dismasted in a squall and driven
shoreward, and wo confidently ex
pected to find her hull, if it bad not
gone to pieces, on or near the reef.
ltiforo sundown we h id made care
fid search for throo miles away, but
without finding tlio slightest trace of
her. Next morning wo trie I it again,
but nothing was brought t li;ht. Ill
some places the reef showed above
the surface at low tide, in others there
was plenty of water to carry ih over
at miy iim- The treasure craft
might have hit ih reef at a favorable
j spot iXm (,(, uljve!, almost lo th
at this work, grappling only the rocks
bidden away from I'O to fid feet be
low, mi l using up the men with the
hard work. The schooner was then
sii'od over the reef and anchored in a
snug berth in 3d feet of water, and
we bogan the sea: eh of the shore
waters. The shore win a rockv bluff
cl owned with a dense lnrcst, with a
few yards of shingly beach at long
intervals.
Wo bad searched this bay for four
il.ij without lue.1; when I ha 1 the
good f irtune to discover the wreck
wi'h my own eyes. 'te lay within
half a mi:e of ihe bo.i.-h iu 22 feet of
water, an 1 w is b ittotil side up agiinst
a big rock. Sir: had probably passed
the reef iu safety, but bad struck this
1'ic';, which thrust its heal within
ti,,,.,. feet of thesai f .e'.aud in
down bad liriiel turtle. It seemed
now thai no: a soui of her crew bad
escijied, and how anybody h d after
ward lo.-a'od tlx wreck and m-oF a
char! of the loeility was a "renter
N". t i.i after the discovery, 1
"in d mvii in my diving dre-s an I
il: .r l.c I e' ains lo ln r siarbo a side.
Tiiese were spliced out with stout
riqies leading aboard our schooner,
utid after half a day's work we were
ready to haul. We could lift her a
bit, but not more than a foot, and
after working' one day we give up
that method for another. Cisks were
sent down to in 'and attached wher.
ever possible, and but for the pre-et.i e
of sharks we would have had her over
in a day. As if one monster had
communicated with another for miles
up and down Ihe coast, Ibcv rathcrcd
about tho schooner and th-; wrei
and I had the closest kind of a call
from being seized bv a man-eator ihat
as fully l' feet long. Standing on
, decks 1 counled Mi dorsal iins
moviiig about us at one time, and I
don't believe that was half tiie iiuni-
her of sharks within a circle uf a
quarter of a mile. There could be no
more divinif w hile they were banging
aliou', and wo set to work to get clear
of their company. Captain Koberts
bad foreseen such an emergency and
bad cune juovided.
I doubt if a shiji's crew ever had
deeper revenge on Sailor .lack's impl i
cable enemy. The iiiu-kcls were
brought up and four of the men told
oil' to use t hunt. A fifth man was
given charge of a whale lance, and
the rest of us were kept busy uduiin-
jsieriug a piinishiuoiit which might be
called barbarous by biitiuuilarians.
We healed bricks red h l on the galley
Ktvl,f swiftly wrapped Ihein up in
chubs, and they no sooner touched tlm
water than they weie guijie I down,
.s soon us a shark was wounded by
,. hiuce so as to leave a trail of
I blood he was at one; eagerly attacked
by others, and our hot bricks soon
; turned a dozen or more big fellows on
I their becks.
j It was a regular circus for about
I three hours, during which at least
li fly of tho inonsteis were slaughtered,
and then those tint were left alive
! suddenly drew oil' to tho last one, and
we uio n u signi anoiucr siiariv (Hiring
our slay. I did not go down again
for twenty-four hours, however, not
feeling certain that sum big fellow j
was not lying iu wait behind lh- !
wreck. When I did descend I foinel
the schooner lifting to the tusks, tin i
after attaching three or four move she
slowly rose to the surface. We theu
got tho boats out and lowed her into a
depth of fourteen feet and theu swayud
her over until she righted. She went
to tho bottom again, of course, as thB
casks na longer buoyed her, but wo
expected ilia.
When I c line lo go down in my suit
I found almost a clear deck. She h id
been schooner-rigged and both masts
bad been carried away at the deck.
Ileginning at the heel of tho bowsprit
and running along Iho port side about
twenty-live feet of her bulwarks were
left standing. Capstan, windlass,
hatch covers ami the skylight of the
cabin had been swept away. This
latter fact was greatly in my favor, as
I could drop directly into tbo cabin.
I was told lo look for the treasure in
the captain's stateroom, but my feet
had no sooner touched the cabin floor
than my outstretched bauds encoun
tered something which 1 knew by tbo
feel to bo a dead man. My finding him
iu the situation I did still I'uither
il'!0icned tin! mystery of the whole,
c X jicd it io :i. He was lied fast and 1
had to cut him loose with my knife.
As soon as released die body floated
upward, and the men told me that it
United out to sea with the tide, riding
on the surface like a cork.
ICvening was now drawing near.aud
further search was abandoned until
another day. After breakfast next
morning' I doieondod again, and with
in two hours had tho Ircii-uro out of
the wreck. I found it, not iu the
captain's stateroom, but on the floor
of the main cabin the diamonds wero
in a cast-iron box aboin as largo as a
child') savings bank, and the gold in
stout wooden box.-s, and I left nothing
behind.
I'roin tho treasure Icing found
where i: was I argued that (hero had
been a in itiny bef .to the storm, and
that the captain had been tied it) the
cabin and the crew was m iking ready
to divide up th" spoils. Perhaps after
driving over the reef and striking the
rock one bad been cast ashore to tell
the s'.ury, and it was on bis in forma
lioti we acted. If so, however, the
fact was not admitted. 1 learned no
more than I have told you. N t one
of iho crew knew tho v.ilu-i of our
ti l 1, and, sailoi like, ake I but few
que-tiotis.
When the treasure was safe abotrd
we returned to Uio. For four days
not a man was jati initled to leave tho
vessel. Then 1 received Iho sum
agreed upon, with a considerable in.
crease, the men were made b-ijipy
with a snug sum of money counted
down lo each, and we were all bundled
aboard a sleamer bound for Cuba,
each giving his promi-o titf.ty nothing
of the wrecking expedition to anyone.
I learned later on that iowriiiuont
vessels searched for weeks for the
wreck, and thai tho Uio banker hid to
lice to F.Mgland for safety, but that
only added to tlio strangeness of the
adventure instead of c. earing up the
many mysteries. M. (J tad, in St.
I. uis Uejniblic.
Deiil's I.tike.
Few people outside of Ihe Ozark
wilderness in Southwestern Missouri
have ever beard of Devil's Lake, one
of (he strangest of natural phenomena.
A traveller Ihns describe it ; "Fancy a
lake perched on the top of a moum
tain, its bill-face from li fly to one hun
dred fc t below Iho level of the eaith
surrounding it, f,. j,y no surface
streams, untouched by the wind, dead
as the S.a of S.idoin. There is i:o
jioiut of equal alii ude from which
water could flow within hundreds of
miles, and yet it has a periodic il rjs(.
of (hii ly feet or over, which is in no
war aliened by the atmospheric, con
ditions in the coun ry adjacent. It
may nrn for weeks in Web-ler coun
ty, and tbo return of fair weather will
liud Devil's like at its lowest point,
while it may reach its highest point
daring- a j rotrncted drought."
.1 bn Lee, u ho lives within a mile
or luo of t'ee la :o. says that a sound
ing of K' f et has failed lo reach
bollein. li ving to the sloepness of
the sides it' the howl in which Ihe
water lie--, U is very dilli -ti't lo meas
ure the I'epth. He believes (hat Iho
hike is led by a sublenaiiean stream,
and that (he water so supplied flows
out by a i-assagi! m.iiiy hundreds of
feet below the lake's surface, A Mr.
Crabbe, who has iived iu the neigh
borhood for years, says that be always
knows who'i the rise is coining by re
ports in the papers from the I'pper
Missouri Hi ve r in Montana. His
theory is thai (he P.-vil's Lake is a
par: of an underground l iver, w hose
entrance is larger than its exit, and
whose source is somewhere in Ihe ex
treme Northwest. Ilovil's Lake is I'iUiJ
foot above the sea. Ii is situated
i few miles north of 1'ordland on the
K instiii City, Fort Siott and Meuidiis
Uiiiioad.
( im.iMii:x's (oh ms.
Tnr. wn.n stavi.
AiiSr 'mens the heights of the Highland
bit's.
When-over the rocks leap the flashing rills,
Where the white mists bang round the
eagle's lust.
And the clouds in their wandering l-anse
and rest.
From sti i p unto steep, and from crag t
criu'.
Hound- the tall and the graceful, tt.itely
st a,'.
lie drinks nt tin- fountain and sijis of the
dew.
His ford the red heather and heather-bell
blue.
lie is iiji when the lark carols loiel to the
day,
And lo n st he ri tires when the iight fa b s
away.
Where the birch and the hazel have mins-led
their sluelo,
'.Men'.' the bmuiu and the fern his couch ho
has made.
He owns not a master, btit sw iftlv and free
From mountain to mountain he s;eeds in
his glee.
If we, like to h.'m, wouM be nimble and
strong
If wo, like t'l him. would live hea'thv ail'!
long.
And wear the hrigh' Inks that he Wears in
his eves,
We niii-t -'i ar! to In .!. ,ears, and early to
rise."
- ;Ncw York Advertiser.
A I'lu.'s c I VN(i.
Hunting dogs, when they grow old.
Iiecoino rheumatic, or are at least d
biliialed with pains. Wo know, loo,
that they crave beat, :m. I get a near
the in: as possible a craving which
iiicrcti-os as they grow older. .n:
such dog, older ill in Ihe others and
slower in getting at thy lodge on re
turning from tin- bunt, was often
crowded away from the lire by ti e
other livelier dogs getting all the best
places before him. Finding biiu-elf
thus (urned out in the cold, bo would
dash toward the door but king, when
the others, supposing it was an alarm,
would rush away, too, while the old
rheumatic, went to the (ire and se
lected a placj to suit him.
luMn's ft;IMi:.
They were the o :de-t pair Tommy
ind his Jen l uer ; for Tommy Was a
small hid still iu frocks, tho iariuer a
big cas -iron lion that oi u unonlod his
utility's front yard. T. iv rodo
upon his back, hung Ili.v-'.s around
; bis neck, shared his broad an I butter
with him, daubing- bis lionship ail
over in the filiating. 1'ii.y, as he.
went and , ame, it was: Morniu',
Lion; vei. in', Lion; don't you
seared tiil T -mniy eomoi h i !; again."
1 Lvi rybody laughed over the bin's
odd fancy pajia most of ad. It was
he who taught Toni.ny lo la k of "my
I partner,'' and told that youn ; person
I fairy tales uf how bis par in r cam,' lo
life of nights, and went about to see
if Tommy bad been good. ' I! da-it,
you ought lo be asli-uiKi 1 of yourself ;
j (hat child believes every word that
! you (oil him,"' grandma would say
after one of these recitals. Mamma
and auntie only laughed over tbeiu.
: Tommy, they thought, would soon
outgrow such faith ; besides, it was
useful sometimes, for Tommy had a
' very stout will of bis own, though
I bis heart was so louder that if in imma
j said, "I don't think Lion likes boys
who do thai," he was very ird to slop
without more ado.
liy-aud-by tbo circus caiii" (own,
and Tommy was told that w was to
: go and see it. l'npa lold him as well
1 such tabs of it all the horses, the
1 music, Iho chariots, Ihe beautiful
. ladies, and c'owns, and e!ehants, and
i so on that be quite forgot to pay
i L'on his customary m 'ruing visil.
1 When presently be found himself
carried safe in mpa's arms tbrouoh a
' crowd whose like bis small eyes had
never seen, be put on tlio airs of a
' connoisseur, looked the camels and
: elephant and gii-,,!!',- criiieallv over lo
!
say, "Me don't like them ain't like
j the ones iu my Noah's ark." Then
: they cam : lo (h boar cage, and
Tommy wanted lo turn the big ibg
loose." The tiger made him hide his
I eyes iu papa's shoulder the riea lire
' bad such yellow fangs and fierce
' black and vcllow stripes. At tho
1
! next cage he sprang almost out ot
! papa's arms, and began bawling:
! "They've got my part nor an' put a
, skin and a tail on 'iui, and are gotn'
' to tnko J ii i ii away from mo. lt.m't
let them, papa; don't ! d m't I If you
i do, I'll be just as had as I can be."
j The keeper grinned : Tommy's papa
laughed a lit tie uuea-ily. "Sure, sorr," '
said tho showman, chucking the lad
under the chin, ye miisl be early in
the business a icg'hii- infant phe- I
nomenon."
"Hush! bush, Tommy!" said bis
father. Tommy bowled on, and re.
fused lo be silent till bo was taken
home. There ho found his partner as
usual, and ran to cling about bis neck, ,
and finally to fall nsleoi fondling one j
cold uplifted paw. Harper's Young ;
Pool do. I
! QUEER ANGLING.
Some Ingenious Oriental Ruses
to Catch Wary Fish.
Tho Chinese Have Trained
Cormorants to Assist Them.
'The Chinese have m my very -.t-lioiis
ways of catching li-li," said a
jiiscicultural sb u ji. "In wiut-T they
dive for lliein. A certain species de
manded ill lie- niaikot seeks shelter
dtiriug ll.e cold teason under rocks at
a considerable dojilb. Tiiey cannot
be got with ;i hook and iitie, and so
(lie fishermen go down iul tie! water
after t Iiein, plunging from a boat.
Throe dives are m i lo each hour, and a
lite is kept it!) on bo nd tlio b a'. f -r
the purpose of wanning tho-o tit work
between wliiic. Not infrequently
they come up bleeding from the lungs,
mid rheumatism and Ekiti diseases
render them distillled by the lime they
are forty years old.
"It was the Ciiitte-e who invented
til" well-known jiltiti of caj. luring
ducks and other water fowl by wading
toward them with a basket over the
head and dragging tl.eiu uud-r water
before (bey knew what had caught
tin tn by the legs. Theirs is the id. -a
of employ iug coi morants to :,i 1 them
iu tidiing. You have lt"ir l, doubt
less, bow the birds u-e I for this pur
inst. have c diars around tle-ir neel.s
to prevent tleem f.-ont swallowing the
food they captui-i'. A a signal given
by their owner they j. lunge into ll.e
water af;er the prey. Wha over they
get is taken from them, and tlr-y are
rewarded for every sue.-.--, with a bit
of ti - Ii small i Hough I'.. r tie in t) eat.
They arc forced to wo.k Vi ry hard all
day long, but great care is taken of
them and they lire nursed in t atten
tively when they ate si- k. A bird i.
usually good for service until it i- ten
years old. The , o; mora-it li-!iei ni.-n
are orgaiiiz.'d into societies, the birds
belonging to c;i-!i ti iatim having
a peculiar mark.
"in India also tl e i ;,:ives emp'.oy
many metho 1- of tisi.i-g whhh ecm
odd to us, Tnere i- io l he di-lii'-t of
(hide a sp -e'es of so-called 'Walking
ti-h' with -na!,e-!i;,o beads, which arc
ol'tea seen float itu o:t li e w.i:i c as if
asleep. The p io imul 'hem with
cross bows. L'sii-i iy they .ink When
they are killed, so that they i.ave to be
dived f.-r all-i -wtii .1. In th - :,d is.
the (iattges and other siieams an- nu
merous li-h-i-.it ifo.-o liies which
attain a long b of m ire than . i fct.
Fxeept when near tle-ir lie-t an 1
anxious to defend the'.r eggs they run
away from human beings. I If li-h
they catch an enormous number, and
it has bci-i thought very strange that
the fishermen should not de-troy such
rivals iu their own bu-iness. Hat they
rcgard the mere suggestion of .such :m
idea wi h horror, sa;, iug that th- croc
odiles tire brothers io tra 1".
"Tbo m ili-.-atill.;-Cl'oco, liies of (h-ise
riv.M's tire i egarde.l as s:o-red and are
never harmed. Of lat. years tit. y
have destroyed more lives thin form
erly, owing to tie1 prohibition by I sw
of the ancient practice of con-iguing
corpses to (he stuatus. It was the
good old Way to till the 1:1 nth of ti c
defunct repoc! fully will mil a;-, ',
leave the c idaVor to be swept away by
the current. I pon s-i.-h sujqi ie- of
food the goei: -atul.i'is ib-pet.d. -i
largoly, and, being d j ilv -.l i i thorn,
they lie in wait to snap up living j-eo-plo
and cattle. Five ji.-r-ons have
been known to be carried oil' in one
year .-it a single po-.l. However, the
country is nvi-i--; ri;iT:.i- I, but one
would not think it an : ;: . e.-tib'.- death
lo die.
"The Huddlilst, i:, I., Ua hive a
horror of oa: iug tl..- tl --h of aniitt i!-,
believing t li -in lobe incarnations of
human beings' -., s; ,u- t;.v jiennit
I'lt'tiiselves Ihe in:irv of li Is, u-u-iiix
gelling around too dit)i--!i: by sa iug
that the li-h'-ruii a take a i.iv the
ti-hes' lives tiinl art- I e-j, !i,sb!o f I i
the walis of lla-ir t-mp!es are until r
oas frescoes I v i I y ih-pietitig tiie t i--rihle
toi tines w hieii (i-herinen wi.i
have to endure in ti future state. la
tbese paintings litei are rejii eseuted
stirred by imps, who are dragging
the fishermen jui.i t he tl mi iu nets,
hulling them by hooks ami lines and
prodding them from behind with ti-h
FllCit is.
'There is a story of a Hud Ibid
priest who hi lgod for some time at
the bouse of a li-hermaii. Tho latter
bad roeetitly refiinued and was pursu
ing another occupation. After Iwo
days Ihe guest asked why no lish were
served up m I lie tabie, and, being in
formed that bis bo- ' was withheld by
eoiiM-icni i ois -et uples fiom catching
them, he expressed bis apjiroval in
high tonus. At the end of a week,
however, he f-lt a caving for fish
strong upon him, and inquired bow
far the fisherman's net stretched across
the neighboring stream. Ho was told
that it extended one-third of the W&7
across.
"-If that is the case,' said the
priest, 'the lish have their choice as to
whether they will bo caught or not.
i S j, if (hey choo-e to be taken nobody
1 e'se is responsible. Therefore, you
j will do right to try to catch some.'
j "Accordingly Ihe priest was served
therewith with lish, of which delicacy
he would have ben deprived had it
not been for the wisdom which sucred
books bail taught him."
To Make Tea.
The tea question s cms to have
many jihases. Artiolej are written
for an 1 against its baneful qualities,
and women who prosid at o o'eloeks
are as tenacious of the superiority of
the particular sort they offer as lle-y
.'ire of the virtues of lli-ir family
jbysiciaits. Oolong, Formosa, Or
ange Pekoe and tin: rest of them all
hive their .-abeus advocates. One of
the best of teas is undoubtedly a choice
and mild Fuglish breakfast. This
tea litis many grades, the best being as
delicate and delicious as the poorest
is rank and undesirable.
When il comes to the matter of
brewing, theories again clash. How
much to each cup and to the pot,
how long to stand, to stir or not to
stir these are some of the rocks upon
which the ignorant go to pieces. C.
V. Huntington, who is considered a
c mnoissciir in ten, and w ho frequent
ly idlers a cup to a business friend iu
bis i t'.i -o, believes iu tbo stirring
clause. Ho ladles out the precious
leaves, a tetispoouf til to the cup and
one to the pot, pours on a very little
wtiler, stirs it well, jiours mi a little
more water, lets i( stand for a little
less than a minute, then pours oil' (bis
tirst decoction, which he asserts is not
acceptable to the educated lea palate.
After this he fills tbo measure with
water, of cotir-e, fieshiy boiled, and
iu ihiee initiates oilers u cup of amber
.".quid, fragrant, smooth and il- 1 i t'i us,
to Ills 1'aVoie.l guests.
I! -al tea lovers take it unsiigaied
ni l urn-reamed; few, indeed, nowa
days are -neb vandals as to lake ihe
latter "ti imiiiiug," though many still
i iii-l i ne to the sweetening jiurl. As a
somewhat romantic man puts it:
Fail "f i,e poetry of tea drinking is
the fascinating moment when the pret
ty w oinati, clad iu her dainty tea gow n,
i anses, cup in one hand, and tongs
daintily poised over it with the other,
ami, looking up into yi.ur face with a
iii -.-l engaging i-xprcssion, murmurs
softly, -O, m or two lumps?' "' Phil
adelphia Ilrcoid.
How Tliey ( nine by Their Names.
The study of philology develop)
such curious derivations as iho.se be
low, and jifovcs u most interesting
oven fa-ci lulling study.
Pdatikets, it. is said, were named
after their first makers, three brother
of llrisiol, Fngiaud, uaiue 1 Klward,
I'.dmund and Thomas li.anket, who
o-tablisheil a large trade in this article
i f W oolen good-, and were tin: earliest
manufacturers of it iu the middle of
the fourteenth century.
Cambrics, we are tool, ciui" from
Cambray, a town in French Fiand-eis
famous for i s line linens, ati.l damask
originated in I iina-cus.
Calico is ib livctl from Calient, on
the Malabar coast, t. tit 1 naisiiii from
M tissoul. a city of Asiatic Turkey,
giving evidence thai, though these
goods are now sent to India and the
F. ist, they were originally imported
thence.
Few persons have ever troubled
themselves to think of tbo derivation
"f the wold dollar. It is from the
(i -rniatt thti! (valley), and came into
u-e in (his way some three hundred
vcars ago. There was a little silver
mining eily or district iu Northern
iioheinta called Joachims h il, or
Jo,, c!,iin's Yalhy. The reigning duke
of ih region anihoi iod this city in
tin-sixteenth century to coin a sitvoi
piece which Vt as tailed "jo;o him--ihaler."
The wi id '-j acbim" was
soon dropped and the name "thaler"
only lelained. The j-iece went into
ener.-d u-e iu Cciin iny and also iu
Denmark, w in re the orthography was
changed to "dcait r," whence il cune
uio l.ug ish, and was adopted by our
foicfadicrs with sonic alterations in
the sicllitlg.
The Most llurnldc Voices.
Ail other things being equal, a bari
tone voice in a man, tied a contralto
Voice iu a woman will wear better
ami last longer than any of Ihe others.
It Is, however, imjiossible lo lay down
any absolute rule as to Ihe voices of
individual singers, because so much
depends) in the method of life, tcni
jieranco in food solid as well as
, liquid and iho care ef Ihe voico i-x-
; ercisetl bv each individual. rDclroit
I 1'ice Press,
The Return.
I Sow home again comes Love who long
I nas absent been, and Joy once more
1 l'roiu slcuji aw tikes and, with a song,
j Hastens to meet him at the door.
: lb- -ees In each familiar spot
'I'ht friends who sorrowed when he went,
And all bis exile i- forgot,
Tis tiny who tell of banishment.
l-'or. like that way wan! son uf old
i Who left hi- kindred, far to roam,
I.ove knew but half the grief they told
Wli i long had exiled been at home,
i - i I . lie .-shennon, in Yoiuli'd Companion.
HIMOKOIS.
Saus.igo at wholesale price Is dog
cheap.
"There goes a man to to trusted,''
saitl Jagson, as Dtidcson entered the
tailor shop.
1 The depth of misery lies at tho
: bottom of a mud-puddlo if you happen
to step in it.
"Did you ever write tiny 'IJeautiful
Snow' pot-try?" "I tried it once, but
the editor prjiio'iuce.l it beautiful
blllsh."
A school j iitrtial advices: "Make
the Pcbooi interesting." That's what
the small boy tries to d J to the best of
bis ability.
To the chiropodist frankness is tho
most admirable of human character
istics: he delights in bearing men
acknowledge the corn.
Harry S sho refused yon, did
she? Jack Yes, and I shall remem
ber what she said as long as I
live. Harry Wiiat did she say? Jack
S'io said No.
James ! understand, a new motor
ha- been adopted for increasing tho
speed of lot-se ears in this place.
Uiown S i' Wbt.t is it? Jones A
whip for the mules
Hunker Kvor since lean remem
ber, Miss Fiypp, I have searched for
the beautiful, Ihe (rue and the good.
Miss Fiypp Oil, Mr. Hunker, this is
so sudden. Hut you may speak to
papa.
ISingo (at the tabb--) S.-eilH 10 m0
we have le-s mid less to eat all tho
lime. W hit's tic matter? Mrs. Bingo
(sweetly) You can't cxjiect us to
have as much as u-ual, my dcar,when
I am paying for my sealskin on tbo
installment j lati.
Teacher Now. Wi lie Wilkini, I
want you to tell mo the tin b did
Harry Thomas draw that picture on
the Inatd? Willie Wiikins Teacher,
I firmly l el'ti-e to answer I hut ques
tion. Teacher-You do? Willio Wii
kins Ih-etia-e 1 gave Harry my word
i f honor I would not tell on him.
' have an i.h-i '." s.,. suddenly saitl.
Ib-r lioer was sluing n ar :
lb- era"l at her lotui y : I see that you
have.
And an awful bright rye, dear."
Siipi rsliiioiis of Crriiuin Miners.
tier, mm minors have many extra
ordinary superstitions, which ui'O
handed down by tradition and firmly
believed iu. They imagine (hut tho
subterranean domains are ruled by
good-natured ami benevolent gods.
There are chiclic two, being good
and the other bail. The former is
called Nickel and the other Kobold.
To propitiate them their names have
been given to ihe inelais nickel and
cohe.lt, w hieh were originally discov
ered iu the mines of Saxony. They
ate the gnomes who till or cmjity tho
lode-, and wh i rciirodoce tbo ore al
la-! a- it is remove I. They jnov 1
about the old galleries or abandoned
working place-; th'-y blow upon the
lamps in tu-.ler to put tle-ui out, and
drag by tin- nose or hair the minor
w hom they ci inter alone. When he
litis greatly di-plt :i-ed them they cast
spells upon him. throw him down the
lad bu s or crush bini under a fragment
of rock. Provision - are intuit! ill the
mines fur these foi inidaiile goblins,
btitiil.eike an I pieces of m-mey being
placed in nic'-es where they can get
them. Wa-hir.gtoii Star.
A New 1st- for tins.
A field iti which o.as is likely to
play an import-nit pari is to beat boil
ers and rai-e -toaiii. The svstem bill
been lit Work in a laige establishment
iu I. uideii, I'.nglund, and the remits
obtained lire simply astounding.
Burning about 3"i cubic feet of gas
per hour under a 1'o foot boiler, steam
is said to have I t en raised to 60
pounds jo e-sure iti pi minute". Gar
and air tire mppliid under pressure to
pijirs that run ptiraiicl w'ub anil un
der the boihr, and furnaces and chim
neys are dispensed with. Gas
World.
Ilepnratioti.
Jones 1 say, colonel, your dog bit
I my child, and you've got to mtiku
! reparation.
! Colonel llrowr. All rlgh', Jones,
' I'll m ike suitable rcjiaral inn. You
! (snd'y ) tutu have the dog. fYaukesj
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