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nigh hopes (hat burned like stars sublime
Oo down i' tho heavens of freedom,
And true hcrts perish iu tha time
! We bltterliost need 'em.
tut ncvor sit we down anil say
There's nothing left but sorrow
v IVo walk tho wilderness to-day,
' Tho promised land to-morrow.
' - -.- .. . .:
The birds of song nro silent now,
i There nro no flowois blooming,
Yet Jifo Ih In tho frozen bough,
And freedom's spring Is coming!
And freedom's lidos comns up slowly,
Though wo may strand in sorrow,
' Arfd our good Dark, aground to-day,
Shall flvut ngnla to-morrow.
Qerald Mnsscy.
HARD WATER.
II.VTjL livo to ruo
it."
"Well, aw can
not go again my
fcolin's. Ah can
not help notloviu'
thco."
"Now, nn' tha'
cannot help loviu'
soniob'dy else, con
ta? Tha'll livo to
mo it, aw tell
thee, nil to will that Lupstnrt thu's
tent thy heart on mind that."
i The girl thna oldrcsKed blushed
faintly, but diil not hang her head.
Bather, she lifted it with a proud
look which, dcxpito her working
shawl, plain black hat, and somewhat
pasty-white complexion tho common
horilago of mill girls lent something
queenly to her wholo appearance.
ilud you seen Hachcl Swaun on
fiuudiiy, as alio walked with her lliblo
nud hymn book to (ho Methodist Huu-day-Kchool
to teach her class, jou
wuu'd scarcely h'ivo known her.
Dressed iu tho latest stylo or tho
latent that had percolated to tho pro
vinces from tho "tips" iu her hat,
nud tho "fall" which expressed rather
than hid Ler delicate features, to her
neat little shoes, sho looked what
the as a lady. Anil bad you Been
her at the chapel door, after evening
service, without ado or even greeting,
beyond a mutual look of satisfaction,
meet a pleasant-faced young man, and
walk away by his side, you would
huvo been in possession of tho secret
no secret now that James Stunner,
assistant cashier at Messrs. Tool's
mill, and Undid Swnun wero "keep
ing company. "
Jim Simmer had started lifo as a
half-timer and little-pieecr, but, lint
urally an intelligent lad, a great fav
orito with tho schoolmaster, ho had,':!
spite of tho great disability of begin
ning to earn hi living at ten, mndo
Mich goodnsoof his opportunities, that
he win early taken into tho ollice,"
and was not "looked up to" by right
thinking folk as a umn who "could
mldlo (i am) Ilia brass 'hont takltin bis
conat oil'." Moreover ho was junior
"elmpel steward" at tho Methodist
Chapel, and, altogether, n man any
girl iu that-placo might bo proud to
"keep company" with.
That line had was proud of her lover
everybody knew. They had only
"made it tip" a short time ago, and
had walked iu public less than a fort
night wIku tho above conversation
took place. Tho man, for such ho
considered himself, who threatened to
"make her l'lio"' was considerably older
than herself, and au "overlooker" at
the mill in which they all worked. Ho
had long forced his attentions upon
Euclid, who, while giving him no en-eotirgcmcnl,-
hud not absolutely ro
pu'se.l him, until sho henrd that he
iiid u little private bookmnkingamong
the youths and young men in tho
great mill. Until then die had re
garded him as n decent feliow, and
ibrntik from hurting his feelings, hop
iug ho would desist iu timo and give it
up us a bad job. Sho did not know
Jnbt;: ttnictlitirst. lJo was tho sort of
mau whoso love can turn to bitter
hate, and now, both against (he girl
and tho mm hodeemed hissupplnutcr,
his rago burnt fiercely.
"Aw'm fair miserablo at my work,
Jim, now," said Euclid, as sho walked
with her lover from his mother's cot
tage along tho embankment of tho
treat reservoir.
'Why, how's thot, my loss? Aw
thought tha' wur all reet now, an'
gradely sot up wi' four looms, an nv
i rngin' nineteen an' six a wik" for,
though ilim was au assistant cashier,
he dropped, like his ladylove, into his
native Dorm on all familiar oeoasiotis
"an" tha' towd uio that even thy
cross-grained owd onut could speyk
civil now."
"Ay aw was fain onuf, Jim, but
Kb, lav?, aw can hardly tell yo aw've
kept it to mysel' for days, but aw can
not bear it no longer th' overlooker's
ta'en one o my looms off me, on" says
he'll tnk'auothcr if aw don't mend my
work."
"Dost mean Jabo Sracthurst? Aw'll
hco that reet ne'er heed, llaehol,'
and, ns they had passed tho railway'
fetation which stood at tho upper cu.l
of tho reservoir and were in a some
what secluded place, bo pnt his arm
around her waist, drew her to him,
and ki-ed her foudly.
"Say nowt, Jim. It'll do no good.
CiatVer'thinks weol o' Jabe. Ho Dark
ens to him us if Jabo knew cverythiu'
au' him nowt. An' it does look as if
my work was bad, lor hegivor meBiich
biid Vonrts 'at aw con ou'y do half
what t'otueM cou, an ray aunt tays
who'll gie me th' key o th street if
i.w oinuot addle more nor a little
la-. J U piece work, tha knows."
"Ay well, ne'er heed, my lata.
Kiraas'll foon be here, an' we'll pet
wed as soon as th' New Yer conies in.
Ai'm gettin' i."- a week now, an'ow'm
promised a rbo wi th' Xew Yer."
A month lnd passed. Toor Jim!
All b'-' f-i;r hopes s.erael blighted,
ilrotnli-y IU-;:'., a linn in tha neis;h-bvi-Lood
with whom Mcssr l'eel
1 i r j
r mm.
VOL XIX.
oscasianally did business, in checking
their bank book, found themselves
debited with un amount paid by check
to Tcel - Co. for whieb they could
find no corresponding item in reel's
account, and, on making inquiry
from them, found that thero was no
account of its receipt in their cash
book, nor did tnch an nocount nppcsr
to have been paid in tho usual way to
their credit at tho bank. 1'vidently a
cheek had born drawn and paid of
which tho books of neither firm had
nuy record. It was a sum nuder X10,
but as tho yonth who ran between tho
mill and the bank iu the adjoining
town of IJbicUbrook appeared too un
sophisticated to transact such a fraud,
and us .Tim Sumner was immediately
responsible for tho current cash of tho
firm, ho was held to bo morally re
sponsible, if not actually criminal,
and, according to tho immemorial
custom oT the firm, "had to go."
1'oor Jim 1 Ho did not wait to meet
his chapel folks and intimates, lie
just kissed his widowed mother, who
would not have believed "owt ngaiu'
Jim" on the testimony of an arch
angel, and went out into tho frosty
air, straight to tho station, nnd away
toft town thirty miles distant, to make
a fresh start. His sweetheart was
still iu the mill. He ought, of course,
to have waited for her and told her.
Hut ho didn't. Uo would write. Sho
would learn soon cuough. The village
would buzz with tho new?, ns though
tho new "hooter" had proclaimed it,
by nightfall. Aul it did. Thero
wero girls who seemed glad to tell
Undid, and when sho llnred up and
said :
"Yo' know ns well ns aw do 'at Jim
ne'er did it," (hey only replied:
"Well, bo's t I'e'n his hook nt any
rale. Yo'r aunt ilet need him goo,
ond says 'good riddaneo to bad rub
bidgo.' Sho doesn't seem to thiuk as
wed o' Jimniio as her uioco does."
What could ilaeliel say? Sho went
home with ra-e iu her heart aaninst
her aunt, and something like resent
ment against her lover for hasting
away without a word to the girl who
conid have died for him. Ah, little did
she think yet even now a dead misery
hud taken possession of her.
"Well, Miss I'rundie, an' how's thy
lino gentleman una?" (Aunt I Jet's
own lad had had hopes of tho "oflico"
once, but had turned out a wastrel
uenco her bitterness. ) "Aw thont
wot it 'ud 1k Some fowk can't staud
gettir.' up i' th' world. I'rido'll hcv
a fal' au' thy whipper -snapper's come
a cropper at ony rate."
In tongue warfare ltnchel was no
where ; besides, Aunt Ud wasn't worth
answering. Then, that very day, the
ovi rlooker had threatened to reduce
her to two looms, and had humbled !
her so terribly before the other weav
ers, that ail the spirit seemed clean
gone out of her, Sho went to bod,
hut not to sleep. The "knocker up"
had an easy tusk next morning. That
day wits the blackest of many black
ones during tho pa--t few week", nnd
now no lover's comfort awaited her.
Everything went 1 wrong. Tho stall
wouldn't weave. Her looms seemed
bewitched. The overlooker overlooked
with a vengeance.
"Yo'll start on two looms to-morn,"
he said ; "think on lit it ! Aw'vo lots
a' lasses o' fourteen 'at weavo better
nor thee, au' do moor wark on two
looms fan tha' eon o' three."
It was tho last straw. Sho daro not
face Aunt Uet and her sneers.
"Oil, Jim, Jim," was the cry of her
heart, "why couldn't you s.ij u word
to mo?" For when her heart spoke,
it cried forJim, nnd not for looms.
Coining out of the hot mill it was
bitter cald. Sho drew her shawl
over hi r head an J hurried
away. Not to tho place sho called
"ho'iuc." Sho scarcely knew where she
went. A hopeless despair weighed on
her sensitive spirit. Tears uuehecked
and unheeded dropped iu sho walked.
"Anywhere, anywhere, out of the
world !" would have been her exclama
tion could tdio have expressed lit r
deepest wish. Suddenly sho found
herself on the top of tho reservoir em
bankment. Tho moon was shining
npou tho water, which sparkled and
shone with a ery ,t tl'iuo brtliianoe.
"There's nowt left to livo for, on'
I wou't livo!" an I, casting her shawl
from her, sho threw herself from the
embankment. Tluro was a sharp
ringing sound. Tho moon shono on,
and nil was still.
"Now, aw wonder what's come out
about this moucy," thought Jim Sum
ner, as ho Btruek iho reervoir bank
on his way, from tho station home.
"Folks ore faiu to stay in to-ucet, aw
reckon. Aw'm glad uob'y'lly seo mo
till aw'vo eleered mysd' if ciearin'
it is and what cau th' master i ha'
taken th' trouble to got my address
fro' mothor for no'dby clso knew it
an' telegraph for me to come in
stantly, if it's not ? My I but th' frost
has been kern this two days. Aw'll
bet th lodgo'll bear." So saying, he
ran down and tried it with his foot,
aud, iinding it sale, walked a distance
on the margiu.
"What's that? flood heavens !" He
had stumbled over tho prostrate form
of a woniau lying a few feet from tho
embankment. The ieo was slurred in
every direction where tho head had
struck it, "l'oor lassie !" IIo turned
herover.and the moon's light fell upon
a face he had often kissed. , He reeled
as then ih ho had received a blow that
made the blood l!ow from that marble
brow. How cuU sho was? But sho
breathed. Ho picked her up and car
ried her.ho knew not bow, up tho bank
and away till ho staggered into his
mother's cottage.
Could she bo iu better hands? Still
unconscious, but with signs of rcfnru
iug animation, ho iei't her and hastened
to the mill. Tho lights still burned in
.1. .,-. Tl. 1 ..j ur.,f.,,l
Uio iMiir;-. iuc iii.u-i i v m nv i
by the lire, and iu tho ba.'k.eroiind sat i
tho mtsseuger and Jabcs Siii. tiiurst. !
"ilow d'jc do J.i'uei you got our,
wire?" I
I did, sir, thauk you."
PITTSHORO. CHATHAM COUNTY. THURSDAY. MARCH II,
'T.oy, tell ns ncraia what you tol l
(his jnoruin." Wher. up-m the peni
tent lad, with fearful loo.ts nt Jubez,
told how the overlooker had terrorized
J him about small betting debts, how, at
his mstigatiou, ho had obtiittio I a
blank check from tho office lad nt
Uromloy's, how Jabe. had filled it iu,
copying the writing from another of
Uromloy's chocks, how ho had presented
it with the rest at the bank and got
the cash. Tlio sequel was known, and
did not need recounting. Jubez sworo
it was a parcel of lies, but tho boy's
evident sincerity, revelations of Jabe.'s
bookmakiug transactions, nnd later,
lUchd's account of ln-r lvjectiou of
his suit.and his subsequent threats nud
persecution, convinced tho masters of
Sniet hurst's guilt. They simply dis
charged him, aud cased their con
sciousness of Jim's ovcrhasty dismissal
by raising his salary to M a year.
Tho folks who cheered a happy pair
on New Year's Day, aud pelted them
with rice, did not seo a sear on-t'ue
brow of tho brido, for it was covered
by her bridal veil. Tit-l!ils.
Mountain Sheep iu ('dorado.
Mountain sheep appear to bo in
creasing iu Colorado, nud, stranger
still, the rare aud timid animals nro
leaving their dizzy haunts among the
high mountain peaks nnd drawing
nearer to tho habitations of men than
ever before. In the comparatively
low lands, near tho town of Jefferson,
thero is now a Hock of fifty or more
mountain sheep. Jeilersou is on the
South l'ark llailroad, about eighty-
onn miles southwest ot Denver, in i
I'irk County. It isnn old estiblisho I
community, and has near it the well
known summer resort, Joll'erson Lake.
Tho vicinity, disturbed by tho rumble
of trains as" well as tho hounds of hu
man lifo nnd industry, is not at all n
quiet ono. It has none of the character
istics which usually m irk tho natural
homo of tho almost extinct mountain
sheep.
And yet, for several days ptst a band
of at least fifty of tho soit eyed, large
hornod native sheep of tho Ito.V.iy
.Mountains has been calmly prazing
around tho town of Jell'erson nndelo-o
to tho railroads. It is said that th')
sheen do not display any sign of fear
of tho Jefferson people. Many of
them como in open diylight wilhin
cany pistol-shot of tho residences.
They do not run away unless some
body purposely tries to frighten them.
For many years past tho sight of a
mouulaiu sheep has bcou a rarity iu
Colorado, and usually but ouo at a
time has been t:cou. A hunter far o!V
from civilization might descry n.
solitary thecp, perched on a crag over
looking some wild and steep canon,
but hardly evt-r within gunshot range.
No such thing as fifty sheep together
has been rop'rted, even by tho veriest
Munchausen of hunters. Wlmnnlono
sheep was seen it usually disappeared
from view nt the slightest alarm.
Considering these thing', tho de
scent of fifty sheep upon tho town of
Jefferson, as (hough they had i'orme I
themselves into un oxeur.sicm parly
somewhere among tho mountain", does
not look reasonably explainable. Tim
general theory is that bitter cold and
deep snows iu the higher altitudes
drove them downward, and that t hoy
joined together for mut.ial protection
as they traveled lrom peak to peak.
Killing mountain sheep is absolutely
prohibited by law in Colorado. It is
.a closed season nil tho year round with
tho animals, ju-t is it il with buil'alu.
Denver llep;ibliean.
Minister Willis as an Attorney.
Tbo death ot Minister Willis, in
Hawaii, has sot Keniuekinns ben to
story tdliug about him saya n Wash-iu-ton
correspondent of tho New York
1'ost. Ono of them describes au inci
dent illustrative of his mot hods of try
ing a lawsuit beforo a jrry. lio was
once attorney for a young woman in a
case against a promiuont un.l wealthy
contractor of Louisville. Tho eas" at
tracted much attention and tho court
room was crowded when the trial was
on. The contractor tjok the stand,
nud being of an easy cou-ciruce, tried
to swear iho oaso out of eonrt. Then
Wiilis rose in behalf oi tho young
woman. Ho did not seek to cross-ex-amino
tho witness. He turned to tiao
great crowd of spectators and tt ran
dom singled out a man iu tho front
"Stand up and get sworn whero you
stand," said Willis to tho nstonished
spectator. "Do you know tho de
fendant?" "Yes," answered the spectator. ."
"Do you know his reputation for
truth and veracity?"
"Yes."
"Is it good or bad?"
"Had."
"Would von bolievo him under
oath?"
"So."
Then Willis called on another spec
tator to stand up and bo sworn, with
similar results. Thus h.i called on
spectators nt random, until he had
sworn fifteen or t venty of them. They
all agreed that the contractor could
not bo believed under oath. It was
proof pesitivo to tho jury in impeach
ing the contractor, for it was char to
every ono that tho witnesses ha I not
been summoned for tho purpoto of
impeachment. Willis won tho cas.
and fccured a verdict of SJ0,0(0
against tho defendant.
Bees Outtly I'isejus.
An opioulturist of Westphalia made
a bet that twelve bees, rdeaed at a
distanco of three mile. from tho hives
at tho same timo as twdvc pigeous,
would travel over tlm ground as
quickly as tho birds. Tho tin t bee
-.itttrfd the hive oue-nmirter of a nun-
! li.if.trA tli.-. lirf ii i.fMin riiMoliii.l it
eohiuibory. Thr.'e otn- r I ees arrived
before the second pinion, a:i 1 tho re
mainder of tuo eumpi tit. rs readied
homo almost simultaneously. l'lii!
ilelphia Inquirer.
INDIAftWOES.
rtiAtU'K AND FAMINE ARE DE
VASTATING TUB COLNTHY.
Millions of Victims-Disposition of
tlio Dead A French Doctor's
Remedy Precautious In
This Country.
FAMINE is carrying off its mill
ions of victims in India, aud
tho plnguo is not only ravng
C ing that land, but is begin
ning to cast its 6badow over tho world,
eoys tho New York Journal.
In well-fed America we can hear of
tho hungry millions with a pity not
uuniised with satisfaction that wo are
othcrvrisc. But no nation or class is
abovo the fear of the ploguo germ. It
enn travel round the earth in a thou
sand different receptacles, is insensi bio
to climate, and, attacking invieibly,
brings wholesale death.
Plugue nnd famine ore co-operating
in a way that must mako tbo best ef
forts of officials and scientists seem
hopeless. Tho irrigation tanks, very
numerous in Northern India, have
been reduced by drought to etagnnut
puddles, and thoao have been con
verted by diseased meu and animals
into inexhaustible sources of conta
gion. Tho prevalence of famine has
forced tho peoplo to eat tho most pu
trid of food, which is in many cases
iufo:ted by diseased rats nnd insects.
Tho nativo quarter of Bombay is
practiraMy descried. It is strown
with deserted bodies, and its condi
tion menaces au epidemic in tho Euro
pean quarter. The death rato among
the natives has grown so high that it
is impossiblo to keep a reliable record.
Tho country for hundreds of miles
around liombay js ravaged by plague
nnd lamiue. Tho largo pert of Kara
chi is very badly infected.
The most horrible speotaclo in Bom
bay is presented by tho Towers of Si
lence, tho I'arsoo burial places on the
Malabar Hill. Tho Parsees aro lire
worshippers, nnd tho most industrious
TOWER OF SILENCE, RESTING PI.Al Ii T THE M-. VP.
niul prosperous nativo community in
Bom'ooy.
When a Tarsee dies his friends con
vey his body to ono of tho Towers ot
Silence, which nrc clustorcd together
in a garden. After tho mourners
comes a mau leading a whito dog, tho
emblem of faithfulness, followed by the
priest". Tho procession ascends tho
tower, in which a sacred firo is always
kepi burning. At the top is a plat
form, on which tho body is left. No
sooner have the people withdrawn
than a flock of vultures, which have
been hovering about descends. Iu ten
minutes thoy pick oil every particle of
tlesh, nud at tho end of threo weeks
the friends return und deposit tho
bleached skeleton in n ceuti'.d well.
The scenes on the batiks of tho
(ion gen, the sacred river of India, are
nwlul. Iu the neighborhood of Ben
nres, the metropolis of Brnhmauism,
they reach their culmination. To din
here in the waters of tho sacred river
is to mako sure of futuro blessedness.
Of tho millions who are starving, ns
many ns possible crowd here to perish
iu the shrinking aud polluted stroma.
Benares is famous for its burningghat
by tho river whore where tho Hindoos
cremoto their dead, but this has long
been choked up.
HINDOO DOCTOU TREATlSa
I" VT1KNT.
Among tho photographs of Indian
scenes reproduced hero may be noted
tho Hindoo doctor treating a patient.
His entire medical outfit is a small box
which he carries in his hand, and Eu
ropeans say that ho is worse thnn u.-o-les-.
It is ennonnced that a remedy for
the plague has been discovered by a
French physician. An antitoxic serum
prepared on similar principles to that
used in diphtheria has been employed
with success.
The Health Departments of New
York and Brooklyu are nry, in posses
biou of millions of germs of tho
plague. Theso nro capnblo of spread
ing the di.-en-e thron-font tho land,
but it is hardly necessary to tiay that
they are properly secured. Tho bac
terto'ogists of these tities have the
bacilli and the knowledge ncccary to
enable them to prepare tho anti-toxic
serum,
The pioneer in tho treatment of tho
bubonic plague appears I bo l)r.
Ycrsiu, a ph.ndeinu in the French co
lonial service. lie :s not tuiriy years
ol age, and hns perhaps performed a
A F.iKiT! KAcnirrriX'i inysTT.r to
iOI! TO v.'AI:l OVi I A'IiNK.
Eirvicc which will rank himumongthc
greatest scientific benefactors of hu
manity. The liomboy authorities havo
requo-to.l him to vi.-it tii.it city, audit
is prop.ib'o that bo v.iii d so.
A correspondent w!o has jiiF.t re
turned from Cochin Ci.ina describes
Dr. Yeisin and L ir- work, iio is a man
of iiitcrci-ting appearance, thin
and of middle In i.jiil. Jlo has a
long face, wrinkled by tho East
ern climate and her. I work in tho
laboratory, lluhair nnd beard nr.)
cut short! and If is full lifo, intd
lii;oiieo nud enliTpriM-. Hero is Dr.
i.'er.-.i si's dccripi ion oi the plague from
personal observation :
"The disease presents the chemical
;Vi;-
11
chiracterisi-c)
tho bu' oiiic phi;
of tho Middio A' res. The outbreak is
sudden, altrr an incubation of four
and one-hall io sit ony.". U is aoc.om-
panied by c.iinplcte pi o:.!rai ion. li;o
unfterer is attaekc.l by a lii-a fever,
often accompanied by ddir,mii. i ins
first day a Ici'mi generally oue only
appears, iu sevcul v iive c ues out
of ouo hundred it i-i i:i tins groin
ten cu es out oi' ouo hundred iu the
armpit.
"in the cave of thi plague renin a
sterilized broth containing the dead
bodies of tho Iv.cilli is u.-od. This
is injected daily inio a horse, wbk'h
in the space of (wo weeks be
comes immunize i ngiinpt the plague.
The serum oi the ho" -e's blood is then
drawn oft and reives as a preventative
of or remedy for thv ping to iu man."
Tho plains nppeaivd iu China in
lS'Jii, and Dr. Yui-i;i immediately went
there, lie started nt Canton, but the
Chiuose population did not wi.-di to be
treated by it European phyi-ieim.
But an accident won him the day.
Threo seminaries of the Catholic mis
sioc at Canton fell sick of the plague.
Pr. Yersin treated them and saved nil
of them. Ho then went to Atudy,
whero he tri nle I twenty-three persons
aud saved twenty cine, lie had then
no more strum, but h" converted it
largo part of the population. When
ho left Amoy they gave him nn ovation.
The Hon Fan, a Chineco newspaper,
devoted nn tirtic'o to the praise of Dr.
Ycrsin r.u ! concluded by saying:
"Is cut this a divine art? Who will
dare to say that Ho.i-.'o has not re
turned to earth again?" lloa-to, if
should bo explained, is n celebrated
Chinese doctor who lived ':: 0 years
ogo, nud has been turned 'into a god.
Tho lh'st man in tlii.) country to re
ceive a supply of the bacilli was Pro
fessor J. 'J'. Wilson, baetertelogist of
tho Brooklyn Health Department.
They were obtained lrom Mr. Ycrsin
by n surgeon iuthe navy, who brought
them to this country.
What will bo dene to protect New
York in case of the arrival of nn in
fected ship i" an important question.
Dr. Alv.ih II. Doty, the Health Oilieer
of the Tort, says that he is full v pre
pared for such an emergency, lie has
representatives r.t in-z, Naples and
other ports, who will warn him by
cable of infected ships.
It will bo bard for the bubonic
placuo to came into New York oa tho
body or clothing of any human being.
This port has now the most perfect
and modern disiutecling apparatus in
existence. It would bo impossible for
tho germs of any disease to pass
thrauah it and reumiu alive.
This apparatus has been constructed
under the supervision of Dr. Doty.
It is installed on the steamboat James
W. Wadsworth, which is ststioned nt
Onnriintine ready nt any moment to
get up fteiiii an 1 proceed to the dis
infection of sii. peeled persons or
ships. Dr. Duty's principal assistants
aroDr. l'Uommedieu aud Mr. Skinner,
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NO. 28
Disinfection 5s enforced on persons
from abroad at tbo discretion of the
Health officer. It. will certainly ha
enforced on nil coming from India or
other ports lrom which tho germs of
tho dreaded plague aro liablo to bo
carried.
Tito Wadsworth is n marvel or koi
onfitin iiiocnnitv in its littimrs. Tno
upper deck is given up to tho disin
feetiug plant. A series of compart
ments begins forword nnd cuds uft.
They arc entirely lined with galvau
i.ed iron, coated with white enamelled
paint, and incapablo of allowing any
liquid cr other nib:-tance to escape. Tho
man suspected of harboring germs cn
tors these chamber. with all his porta
ble bdongings, and both of tlieiu
emergo fieo from any germs which
they may have carried on them. There
reninius the possibility, of course, that
tho man may have thorn in him.
Tho crow of tho Wadsworth undergo
the same process of disinfection nsthe
crew nnd passengers of!ou infected
ship. After tho work of disinfection
i-; over tho compartments aro washed
out with copious water and n solution
ot bichloride of mercury. All the
draining. must run out through th
hoio.
-Tai
A LIVE CAXXIHAL KINU.
Ills Residence a Structure Composed
of 1 1 ii in mi Hones".
Okirika is situated about twenty
five miles from Uouny on 1 in tho ro'.Ui
to New Calabar, .Urics. When the
: V'-V
Ttrr. rissii'.Ar. Kisn op ouiiiika.
urolectorale treaties wero being
sic ned, making the deltas of the Niger
u Ibilicii protectorate, 1 baeilsiikt:,
the iviug, end bis chiefs refused t:i
coitnteuunce the terms set forth there
in, nnd for several years gave Sir
Cniude Mae.doutild a vast amount of
trouble from timo t time, as tho
tribe lidd somo of the principal oil
markets i'l too district. When tho
Bonny men or New Calabar men went
to triulo with tho Okirikas their prop-
' crty was frequently seized, and mur
j11Vl,rifti,v followed, tho hoads of
I vi,,t;ms bdnc carried oil' to adorn
. 1)l0 . u jn"liou-e. Early last Juno
Mn jioor tu0 British t'oiiMt!-(iem ra',
i K.nt lutm u ltjmaluiB, says the
i rn.to.1 Tioudon News, demanding
,. t-:,.,, ..!1I1i,i i,0 bunded over to
I him, and abo that tho ".Hi On imuso
bo destroyed, or ho would uomuara
their town. lp lid the last. lay o.
Iho timo n!!o,wed in tbo uUimatui.i
Ih.y refused to come to terms, so Mr.
Moor proceeded in tho Ciovcrument
yacht Ivy. with l"J troops nud three
iauuchoH, to Okirika. After about
twenty minutes' bombaidmont the
chiefs' came out in their canoes Hying
whito Ihtgs. JSome troops wero then
landed, who, without, opposition, de
stroyed the "Ju Ju" house, a struc
ture built of htit'iau iknll". Tho Kiujf
was then bunded over, and the Ivy re
turned to Uouny within tweuty-l'our
hours of the time of depart tire. Iban-,
ilsuku was made a iato prisoner and
conveyed to i.legunia (Iho Protector
ate's convict settlement), but later
stieeeeded in making his escape. Tho
Okirikas nt present are assuming a
more peaceful a'tiiu ie and trade be
twteathem nourishes accordingly.
The Oldest Postmaster.
Joseph Strode of Mil'lin County,
Perm., is the oldest postmaster in the
United States. That is to say, the
oldest in continuous service, for Mr.
Strode has held his position of mas!er
of mails at Strode's Mdls siuco lfl5,
JOKF.rn STRODE.
(0! !c?t rostmoster la tho United Slr.tos.)
despite the changes of administra
tions, political upheavals, war and the
silver agitation.
Joseph Strode is in his eighty
second year and is the pride and tho
joy of the Tostoflico Department in
Washington, which placed his picture
in tho government display at the
World's Fair.
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M ghts.
The great lights flared in tin city's street
Aud myriads passed bem-atli lli 'ir rays
Not nu looked uji with a gladness meet
Or uttered a word 01 praise.
A rushlight shone in n forest drear
'llld olotuls of bllmiing snow anil slet
And one praised God, for its sUiulag ther J
Bufo led his waudi-ring feet.
-Ada Iddlngs Gale, In CliiimftU'iaan-
J.ovo and I Fell Out Ono Day.
Lovo and I foil out ono day,
All In summer season;
I.cvo and I Ml out one day
Jloth of us but meant It plav;
Neither know a reason.
Love nnd I had much to .
(Ah, how time ean smother!)
Lnv nnd I bad much to do
Tilled wo Villi the Ion day thra ;
Neither kissod tuu other.
Lovo nnd I went on our Wrtys-
What a woeful wonder!
Love nnd I went on our ways,
Till, in ever-tliiekonini,' haao,
Jk-nt our paths asuudor.
f,.ive and I nro crowing old;
Niiu-ht v.-o follow after.
Live nnd I are growing old:
11 itli nur hearts are stony cold
With noteiiHiior laimht'T.
l'ost Wbeoler, in New Vori rrce3.
The Journey.
I think of death assume delightful jour
ney Thai I shall take w'km all my tasks nr.i
done.
Tli"U-;li liif ha? given m n hc'ipoi,' menstiro
Of nil b-st Kifls. uu i many a eup .. pleasure.
Still Letter things nw.nl me Surlier ou.
7.2
Tliis little oarlh Is sii ''i a merry plane!,
The distance. hyon 1 it so su;ir..'iii',
I have no duuht that all the aiidity spa-e.-Uet
we 'ii us aud the stats, aro filled Willi
faces
More eeauliful than any artist's dream.
I like to think that I shall yet beiiol ! thorn,
When from this waiting room my soul has
soared.
Earth is a wavside st ition whore wo wander
Until from out the silent darkness y.m l'M
Death swings his lantern uu 1 cries "All
aboard."
I think death's train sweep, through tlio
solar system
Ann pascs'suu3 and moon that dwarf our
' own.
And closo biMide us we shall Had ourdenrest.
'1 spirit frieu'l" on earth we hel l tlie
nearest,
And iu tho shining disUmco God's treat
tlii-.inu.
Wlv.lever disappointments mey i"rill ni"
In plans or plca.-'mv in this world of doubt.
I Uiuev that lifo nt wurM can but d-lay nv.
Pelt n i uoilieioiis tat" h i" p over l stav m-
Pr-en that irnin 1 j.uirin-y on the Gr.-at
l -atli Itou'e.
--lii Wheeler Wilcox, iu the Puritan.
To the Kiul.
As lnc;s ot an angel might guar 1. as tic
hun Is of a mother might ehehsu.
So have 1 loved you mill" own, though hup"
and thong'li faith should perish;
And mv will Is set to hold Veil yet, close, hid
in mv deep heart's centre.
Iu a eeer i shriim that leui-i may divin",
where no on a but I may filler.
Whm tlio stars shine dimly and wan, wIi mi
tint leaves mi the pane are fi 'tliug.
Whoa iho mist has Motl-d the world in a
dull and n drear forgetting.
Over the bill where tie' wind t'low.- chili.
over the wintry bellows.
A W'l l voice calls, on my sleep it falls, nnd
my spirit awakens and follows.
Call. n:d I com" through tbo ci gli-. thougli
iho mitand the darkness hide you. i
Weary nnd desolate heart, mypl i ' J Ksur -.y
beside von.
From tho depth of your hlnefc de-pair. come
back, my arm shall be firing to mnv.
To bc'i- you uptothe g-.V!eiig"tesof hcivcii,
lec.iusj I love you.
IM'.l Mall Gazelle.
Two Views.
Tni: Pessimist's Vikw.
l.Te's n bubble-pricked at that
Sut'Stance vanished all awav.
Miitllu'sout collap-e.l, sir - Hal
Little wonder, t In n, 1 say,
it en should sigh,
Weep and die.
AU til" world's n fraud, n client.
Pitp r mingles with en"!i sweet.
Stones are ours in place of erea I.
ilen are tools, and hope is dead,
Oil my, oh
1 tol'l you so
Poo-bun! boo1 li.n't you -.e;
Xinit's the way It looks le mc
The Or-Tivi"
i Vir.w .
clever.
l'.vcryboi'y can't b
Anybody cull be jolly;
Khf.ldin' lenr.s won't help i', never,
Weepin' seems Mich awful Mi;.
lie n man!
flint's my plea-P.-'-t
world ever I was in
K 'cps a body on tie' grin'
1; ;in to-day Wnat .1 I .-.r.?
Next day's certain to be fair,
sun shines every day -.-..line pine:
l;;e-shis klinlly. good old lace!
I, He's replete
AVit h nil thing's sweet.
Ha! ha! ha! don't you !
i Lint's the way ii look" to ft".
Youth's Companion.
Cuba
of siimiwrl Lied liic entiDOu'i
Fair i-11
r .ar
The hurtling
Tie burst o
tir"."i'.el in t h v .-(artl
blood, t I ' -lll-jei. o
d air.
' ; I
s-ialr,
Macliet'e's lln-li. the mea-ure 1 trend u.-linr.
Oftliusn who eonio with veligeiu! tii.rsl Cot
i7ote.
The ba-tion's fall amid I lie bugle
i Man
Hiilalgo's curse
uud maidi u s pileou-
prayer
In patriot curs the? rlie;
forevcr mure.
Nor
Not
Spanish
gold
nor Spani.-h force e.
ninis,
r iiribe. nor tnuut, nor fear of uuw pt
grave.
Shalt daunt tlio souls that Ilight shah
yet make free.
They tiravo it nil; nor diea 1 Wei's will
alarms;
Fair Freedom calls 'hey host' ning rush In
-avo
Thee, gom of ocnun, heir of Liberty.
W. T. Whitsftt iu New York World.
A ty'con's rocket l'islol.
Tl'.ero is a large old gnu on Dover
Height, England, popularly known
as "ijuecn Elizabeth's Pooket Pistol."
It was cast at Utrecht in 15 tt, ami
was presented by tho States General
to lueen Elizabeth. It is twenty-four
feet long, aud linelv ornamented with
figures in bas-relief.
ft.