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IN THE JAWS OF A WHALE.
"There blows I there blown blows!
blows f cane from Ut lookont en the
ship Vlaeyard, ff the eoast of Peru, early
one morning. " . . . , , .
i No need of the nana! question. " Where
away f" . -
Three large sperm whales were rolling
aloag and spouUng, a mile distant,1 off
the lee bow. " .:
Out ef the cabin, like lioa, sprang the
square-ehouldered, square-headed, griaaly
old Nantucket captain Slmoa Block.
. " Call all hands i Stand by the boats !
Soon the four boats were ready.
"Isrwei away I" was the order, and down
they went, splashing alongside.
- The boats were about shooting from the
hip's aide, when: Beetle, the captain's
pretty daughter- eosy young wotaaa of
eighteen ran to the open gangway.
" Father your pipe r and she held ,np
the briar-wood pipe, which., he had f'or
gotte to take wltk bUa. . . - .
"Ay, ayel Throw It to me i" said
Block, directing his boat so as to pass the
gangway.. .
The captain's harpooaer a fine, hand
some young fellow, named George Cart
wright, and who was Bessie's acknowl
edged lorer, looked up admirugly at the,
maiden. ? She was about throwing the
pipe, when her foot slipped and down she
went, falling plump into the arms of
Cartwright, who thus saved her from
being hurt.
"This is bad. We'll lose the whale,
Bessie by going back to put you aboard."
said Block.
"I can stay where I am ; you need not
stop to put me back. I am not afraid. I
hare been in a ' fast boat' (a boat fast to a
whale) before now, father ; you know
that."
" Aye, aye ; you're a , Nantocket ' girl of
the true grit," answered Block " a r'al
old-fashioned whopper, worth eighty
bar'ls of good Ce," he added, now allud
ing to the whale ahead. The men pulled'
with a win until about eighteen fathoms
from the leriathan, when, fearing she
might be "galled" (frightened) by the
else of the oars, the skipper ordered
them, to use their paddles. .
i Noiselessly and swiftly they now ap
proached & monster, until within ten
fathoms of her, when up sprang Cart
wright in the bow, his harpoou held
ready. .
"Now, then, give it to him!" roared
Block a minute later
uib 1 ncuwe iron, 10 oe Durieu to
the socket in the whale's lump.
She Just gSTe one tremendous sweep
with her flakes, scattering a cloud of
spray round the crew; then she sounded,
and away went the boat with the line,
spinning through the chocks and hum
ming round the loggerhead.
In less than a quarter of an hour the
whale's speed slackened, when the men
were ordered to haul line. - '
Soon the monster came booming up
from the sea not twenty fathoms ahead.
Taking their oars, the crew pulled toward
lance ai fcr vHm uaerrntg-
wound after wound, . y ; V - :
Scarcely was he within good reaching
distance of her, however, when whirling
round and lashing the water to foam in
her terrible anguish, her huge left side
just touched the boat, almost turning it
over and spilling out all the occupants ex
cept Bessie and, George Cartwright, who.
from their positions the girl being seated
in tbe bow, holding to the gunwale, and
her lover standing, in the stern sheets,
grasping the steering oar eontriTed to
save themselves from going overboard.
The men were good swimmers, but ere.
they could regain the boat, the whale,
churning the sea with her flukes, dashed
toward them her huse jaws wide open.
disclosing her long, sharp teeth. Panic
stricken, the sailors swam away from her,
when suddenly taming, beating the water
madly, as if feeling far her foes, she now
lay alongside and abreast of the boat, with
both bristling Jaws wide open, extending
above and across it amidships, the lower
just touching the gunwales. With this
formidable "archway of death " between
him and Bessie, Cartwright now perceived
that a turn of the line, which, by the wild
motions of the leviathan, had been tossed
about in all directions, had caught around
the 'waist of the yonng girl, who was vain
ly endeavoring to extricate herself, well
knowing that unless she could get clear
before the whale should go down, she
would be dragged by it under the sea.
There was not a moment to lose, and
Cartwright, expecting to see the monster
sound (go down) in a few seconds, resolved
at once to try the only means left him of
reaching her in time to free her from the
line. '
eerjarated from her by the whale's jaws.
which, as stated, lay between him and the
nirL the young sailor conciuaea to en
deavor to get through that terrible open
inr tit tuui batween these huge rows of
Ueeth, wkteh raifht'cW fcpon him, how.
aTer, cutting him in two ere ne couia nau
accomplish bis purpose, oenoing nu una
he quickly seized one of , the boat, thwarts
for a support anq npng uimwu ,yvcr u
Whonie without pain.
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LATE F0RDINNER.
From th. French May A. Halsey.
- At the Macy mansion the dinner hour is
six o'clock sharp Mr. Macy, who has
been absent since morning, comes home
seven minutes late.
Mrs. Macy (not giving him time to offer
an excuse) "Well, when you rang I
thought certainly it was the doctor."
Mr. Macy (anxiously)" The doctor ?
Are you expecting him ? , What is the
matter t"
"Isnpposeit has never entered your
mind that a womu, though blessed with
a constitution of iron, might suffer from
having her meals at all hours of the day
and night Neither would yon call it be
ing sick, I suppose, for her to sit and wait
and worry, tormented h v all ktnrta r in-
-Jactues and ' fears ; expecting every mo
ment to hear that her husband has been
crushed to death by a car, or met with
some other fightfnl accident. -
(Macy, who sees the storm coming, wise
ly remains silent.) - .
" Will you at least condescend to answer
tbe only question that I shall ask you f"
"Assuredly my dear." .
" VV1U jrpu! be good enough to inform me
If yon intend to come home at this late
hoar .very night " -
"Surely, my dear, you are not going to
scold because 1 am seven minutes late this
once. I was detained by business ; but do
not ask what It was. for I promised not to
tell."
"Ihaveno doubt that you will be a
whole week late one of these days, and
will end, perhaps, by being away from
your family fbr years."
"" Pshaw, my dear ! How absnrd !"
" Absurd, is It . Why, it was no later
than last night that yon were telling me
about that sea captain Perouse, I believe
his name was who left home one day,
promising to return at the nsual time, and
has never been seen since by his unhappy
family."
" But that happened ninety years ago."
"So much the worse."
"Besides, don't you -remember that I
told you he was shipwrecked ?"
" Oh, yes ; it is easy enough to say that
a man was lost at sea, especially when he
is not here to contradict yon. But don't
think when you make np your mind to
leave home forever that you will be able
to deceive me by some foolish story print
ed in the papers, declaring, for instance,
that yon have gone np in a balloon which
has never come down again ; oh, no, I
shall not believe that story any more than
the one yon tell to day."
" Iron sure I do not know to what story
you refer, my dear."
" Oh. indeed t A man comes here brim
ful of mystery, and when his wife ques
tions him, when she ventures to ask him
a question, he responds guardedly that it
is a secret. Oh 1 1 am not at all curious.
I have not the slightest desire to know
your wonderful secret. Far be it from me
to try to and out what perhaps would be
the last thing I should' wan t to know." '
"Now. are yon fating to imagine an sorts
yuuust A nave uwu iKcuywu wau u
other man's business to-day t" .
"A nice business it must be that a man
dare not tell his wife. You are the great
eat talker in the universe away from
home, but it is simply impossible to get a
word out of yon when you arealone with
your wife."
'But, I tell you, it is not my secret."
"I suppose not. A very good excuse,
that"
" Good heavens ! How exasperating a
woman can be."
" A man never is of course not"
"Well, for the sake of peace and quiet
ness I'll tell you the whole story."
"Kever mind I do not care to hear it
now."
"Why, confound it, are 'you not willing
to let me explain ?"
"What is the nsef You would only
invent something. You are very good at
that sort of thins."
"Will yon allow me to speak?"
" I cannot prevent it, can I You need
n't be so fierce."
"But I warn you I shall not believe one
single word yoa say."
"Then I may as well remain silent"
" There what did I tell yon ? I knew
very well that you wouldn't have any
thing to say if driven to the wall. Ah ! I
understand you."
'Oh! certainly swear ; that's just like
a man. It will give you more time to in
vent a plausible story, too."
'Do you intend to let me get a word in
edgeways t" :
" Oh, go on, go on your humble servant
Is all attention."
" Well, then, a friend of mine who is on
the verge of bankruptcy, came to me this
morning and begged me to give him some
I assistance, and I have been running about
all dav trvinir to help him out, and even
at last offered myself as his security."
"Is that all?"
"Yes, that is alL"
"Well. I am thankful I paid the baker
yesterday ;. we shall at least have bread
one more month, and I shall begin tnis
ilower jaw, as a man sometimes flings him- I Terr nigt to let the children go barefoot,
feelf over a fence. Unfortunately, a tooth I tor tnat u w
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caught in the belt around his waist, and
twn he went, thus falling crossways on
that lower Jaw of the whale, Where he lay
on his breast, right between the fangs of
the monster.
It was a terrible moment
Trulv. a mora awful sight could not be
: Imagined than the whale's enormous head,
i which, half covered with barnacles. Its di
minutive eyes hardly risible, continued
"a side-long, yawing motion above the
I i .K- iA
nnper jaw became motionless then down
in with a terrible snap, upon shreds of
I Cartwright'. jacket, upon nucap ;
U for Bessie, oblivious of her own peril a
1 sight of her lover's, and nerved to unusual
Eulltng mm xrom o m
in gs. just in time to save him.
With his sheath-knife the young mam
then severed the line about the girl, res
cuing her at a critical inomeub, u. nuw
Botngdown , ffwnd LUer. n.
xne men u tu wi i":-:r
up. When old Block, embracing both
Cartwright and his daughter, declared
that they were well worthy of each other,
and that although he'd lost the whale
by the harpooner's cutting the line, yet
he'd soonerloie a thousand " bar'ls of He"
than his Bessie. -. .
No whales were token that day, hot on
the next the one which had been cut from
waa discovered lying dead, ahead of the
ship, and was towed alongside.
Of that whale Bessie, long since mar
ried to Cartwright, has in her possession
one of the teeth, which she never looks
upon without a shudder, thinking of that
fearful time when she beheld her lover
hanging in me jaws ui ww-
. . i ' - v ' ' ' ' m '
- It may he encouraging to some of our
friende to know that of the 51,000 fourth
class postmasters la the United States, 2,-
500 of them BsVeteen fitted by democrats
r'nee March 4th Altogether the present
administration bss appointed , about 4,000
democratic postm asters. -
. . Can tt be said that a Ash U crasj when
be ii in4eic. "
what the future has in store for
the Door things, with their father squan
deriutr his fortune upon every scallawag
ha meets." ,
" Scallawag, indeed I Be a little careful
.rhat you call a man till yon know who he
ls.".-
" Oh ! I can guess fast enough ; it is that
fool of a Farns worth. "
. In the first place, madam, Farnsworth
Is not a fooL bnt a very Intelligent man
and In the next place, it is not Farnsworth
atalL"
"And for such a miserable creature as
Farnsworth do I see myself and children
reduced to beggery."
''And. I repeat that it was not Farns
worth."
"Well. then, it was some other good'
for.nothinir fellow whose name you dare
not telL"
"Do not call names, madam: yon will
soon regret it if yon do."
" IS must have been a sharper or
swindler ; a gambler, perhaps, or even a
thieL"
"Very welll Since you force me to it,
know that it is your brother whom you
are abusing, and that he has been specn
latiair too deenlv. and is heavily in
Tolved." :
.: " Oh, Frank, won't you forgive me
(They fall into each other's arms. )
"And now. my love, Bince peace
restored, let us sit down to dinner. "
"Not quite yet"
. "And why not?"
" Weil, yon see I sent the cook away be
cause she was saucy, and I have been
wandering around the-city all day trying
to find another going from pillar to post,
from one employment office to another
and I only succeeded In getting one a little
while ago, so that "
"So that, I suppose, I get no dinner at
an?" ; ,
mNohw that dinner will he rady ftt
MTta,"
AKOHTMOUS WRITHES.
Some Known lathers STho Bfade
Their Entree Under Nome e '
Pinna, . - :
The praclice of writing under an as
sumed name has been made use of from
the earliest times. Authors, from mod
esty or other reasons, have hidden - their
Identity by using fictitious names. The
story of Beowulf, tbe first known-composition
in English, was written anonymous,
ly, and the custom is still a common -one
with all degrees of genius from the cross
roads scribbler to Sir Walter Scott and
Washington Irving. .
The reasons for patting a book before
the public under a pseudonym may be be
cause of a fear that critic and public will
roughly handle the first attempts of au
obsenre author. " "
" The blitory df literature shows that tbtr
best Jndges have often been deceived Id
their opinions xm a new composition: -and
yonng writers recall the reeepUon offered
to Carleton's best pieces in "FarmBal
lads," holding a latent belief that theirs
may turn out so fortunate, y . v
Another idea among writers is that the
anonymous work piques curiosity and
raises speculation,, thereby bringing" the
book prominently before the public
Most of tbe great novels were written
under 110ms de plnme. Irving's first ef
forts appeared under the name of Knick
erbocker, and the novels of Sir Walter
Scott created the greatest, discussion by
being signed " By the Author of Waverly."
Humorists use a name that is In itself a
jest, such as Petroleum V. Nasby by
TxK-ke, Josh Billings by Shaw, Artemos
Ward by Browne, Mark Twain by Clem.
enB, Lnt ie Kemus by Harris, and Orohe
us C. Ker (office-seeker) by Newell. -
Hod the author of the Junius letters
made known his identity, the many books
written and warm discussions argued
would never have been pnt forth to dis
cover the authorship of the famous clas
sic Benjamin Franklin's entrance into
print was made anonymously. The men
in the printing office where he was serving
as an apprentice were accustomed to' pnt
in short articles in the paper, and the
comments they made on one another
aroused him to a feeling of emulation.
Very carefully writing an article in a dis
guised hand, he slipped it in under the
door of the New England Conrant which
paper his brother printed, and awaited
the next morning. "They read it and
commented upon it in my hearing," says
Franklin, " and I had the exquisite pleas
ure of finding that it met their approba
tion, and that In' their different guesses at
the authorp none were named but some
character among 4xs for learning and in
genuity." Artemns Ward was another
printer's devil whose first appearance in
public print was by slying slipping in a
contribution into the editorial box. After
joyfully seeing it accepted and set up in
type he went up and down the streets,
and, as he said: "I thought I was the
greatest man in Boston." No such feeling
of happy emotion has ever been experi
enced by any great writer as the appear-.
1lmtMVmttt?9wryti;iwe$ .Qr story
The late finding or Air. Charles Kgoert
Craddock," the now famous author ef
In the Tennessee Mountains" and
"Where the Battle Was Fought" to ben
woman, recalls to mind a similar instance
of mistaken sex. in an anonymous writer. ;
When Charlotte Bronte appeared at the
house of the publishing firm that had ac
cepted and printed "Jane Eyre," and
announced herself as its author, she was
met with incredulity, and witnesses had
to be brought in to prove that Currier
Bell and Charlotte Bronte were one.
Dickens wrote his first articles for the
London papers under the pseudonym of
Boz. Everybody in Boston knew the an-
thorof the Bigelow papers, but James)
Russell LoweU was known . more widely
as Bigelow tnan . ne was as tne poe.
Tbonsanda who have been charmed with
the graceful English of George William
Curtis know him only as "Easy Chair.".
Eli Perkins Is another name for Melville
D. Landon ; Labonchere, the London edi
tor, formerly signed many of his articles
Besieged Resident V. C Ooinn, tbe
war correspondent, wrote his picturesque
war papers and juvenile books with the
pom de plume of Carleton.
Cholera.
The following is an abstract of a paper
prepared by Dr. Pepper. Professor of the
Theory and Practice of Medicine in the
University of Pennsylvania :
Cholera has prevailed in India for cea-
ttvries, occurring mere anno annually.
Its essential citue is unknown, although.
recent investigations teud to show that a
peculiar minute organism is closely con
nected with the production 01 tae dis
ease. . , .
Whatever the specific cause of cholera
mav be, it enters the system by the stom
ach and bowel, and acts thronghthem to
produce the characteristic symptoms.
The discharges from the stomach and
bowels, which are very copious la cholera,
and which contain the specific poison,
must be received into the system in order
tn nrodnre the disease. This usually oc
curs bv the use .of drinkiug water which
has he rime tainted with these discharges.
It may also occur by breathing an atmos
phere in which particles of this poison in
a dry state are suspended. Which particles
become mixed with the saliva and are
swallowed.
- The poison retains its vitality for a long
time, and it is . easy to understand how
the disease may thus be propagated along
the patlis 01 commerce.
It seems somewhat strange that cholera
remained limited to India for a thousand
years before its firt migration in the be-o-tnninirof
the 16th century: but it must
be explained by the more rapid and fre
quent intercommunication both by land
and water at and after that time. . .
The poison seems to require heat to de
velop its activity ; and it mnst find other
fniiffitiona anitable lor. ita development.
These conditions are associated with des
titution, over-crowding, filth,' bad arinK
innr wuter. and other sanitarv defects. -
If a sewer into which cholera dis
charges enter, should communicate with
the stream used as a source of drinking
water, the disease would spread rantrtiy.
When the appalling damage--to -life.
nrnnortv and business caused bv an out'
break of cholera is contemplated. U is
clear that the most prompt and liberal
provisions againsu its occurrence areas
manded. '
j TXt TiaioE m HXAiuio or fiih.
ntereatinn Kznerinsensa In Fleet
enltnre hy aw Kxyart.
r But llttte' has been written On the de
velopment of vision and hearing in fish,
and that little has been theory rather than
deduction from actual experiment My
owm experiments, (says H. P. Wells in
"Fly Rods and Fly Tackle,") as to the
effects that sound produces on tronc (and
I assume that all fishes are more er less
alike la this respect) have been confined
to thta;T Frequently when unable to ob
serve a tront while myself nnseea 1 have
screamed and shouted at the top of my
voice.' These demonstrations have In
variably been without thejrilghtest effect;
bn when varied by ? a coacmwloa which
wouid etnamanlcate itself, te She water
v- '2Ja 00 longer been the case, and. vt
i ft.? ef alarm, or at least tht th on
eoistos was felt had been apparent, ).
an English work, the " name of which I in
vain endeavor to recall, aa- aceotint of
some very interesting and more decisive
eiperiiaenteare given. The writer ceased
a building to be-erected over the water.'
and mnrtf hi. ehaervattone through email
apertareelonstrncted. far the purpose, so
that he was quite concealed. His tront
were welf accustomed to the wflea' of the
angler sad timid. Sending a naan. wit of
sight behind the building the. firing of a
gun by him produced not the slightest
effect ea the trout, who rose freely during
the experiment to flies blown toward them
through a toW. I am, therefore, convinced
that no sound is injurious which doer no
communtoate Its vtbratioa Co the wafer.
Bnt concussioa upon the side er bottom
of a beat, or jumping from rock to rock,
or blows upon a hard bottom with the
wading staff or with hob-nailed shoes, I
think are so invaded through and by the
water as to be some measure perceptible
to the fish and alarm them. That fish
poses the sense of bearing their anatomi
cal structure goes far to prove, while that
they are not Insensible to sounds produced
in the air, muss be admitted, nniese the
doubter Is prepared to call In question
the 'numerous accounts by alleged eye
witnesses of their coming to be fed at the
sound of a bell. Sec. This I. for one, hesl-
tate to do. notwithstanding I hsve never
been able to make a sound in the air which
seemed to produce the slighest effect ou
trout in water, to which fish my experi
ments have been confined. It may, how
ever, well be that the sound was perceived,
while toe fish were so habituated to the
roar of the waterfall and similar noises.
without any ill-consequences ensuing,
that sound alone was not regarded by
them as an Indication of danger.
SLEEPLESSNESS.
A 9Ieihere Hem.ay-H.w li Operated
Ann Baby.
One evening a few weeks ago, says a
writer in Babyhood, I had an exaggerated
form ef s very commou experience with
my baby. He never goes to bed exactly
with tbe setting ot the u ri. bus on the
evening In question It seemed as If he had
AERONAUTICAL AD VEH TUBES.
Anecdote, or Sueeeaaful Balloonist.-
Some Amaalnn Sterlea.
One of the most successful aeronauts
ever known In this country was Loo is A.
Laurlat He was a Frenchman by birth,
but a resident of Boston. He was a gold
beater by trade, and his first balloon
was made of gold-beater's skin. He at
tempted to ascend with this and failed.
On tbe 4th of July, 1835, however, he made
magnificent ascension from Boston
After this he ascended from Providence,
Castle Garden, Chelsea, East Boston,
Nashua, Concord, Portland, New York,
Jersey City, Hoboken, Troy; Rochester,
etc He went up twice in the British
Provinces, and made two ascensions from
She City of Mexico. ' He made in all 63
.asnstona.-V;.:-.:-?
Ms. Laurlat went en. once frcm CbVrlei.
A too, Masa; and the westerly wind carried
aim over Port- Shirley and oat to' sea.
For an hour and a quarter he was drag
ged through the water with great rapidi
ty, and when picked up by a vessel from
Wellfleet at the end of that time, was in
sensible The balloon went farther out to
sea and was lost
His ascension from Concord, N. II., was
made at the time of the excitement re
garding the great comet which many
prophesied would' butt itself head fore
most at terra firma and going clean
through would split us into bits, or at
least would give us such a brushing with
that beautiful long tall of his, that when
the operation was completed all the out
side material of this earth of oni s would
be turned into polishing powder. A Yan
kee among the Green Mountains of Ver
mont discovered a way of escaping the
general devastation; he dug a hole, com
mencing in the cellar of his house, and
extending under the ground, a regular
tunnel In fact When this was ready he
watched and waited. As Lauriat ascend
ed the wind carried him direct for the
Green Mountains, and having gone far
enough, aa be passed over the brow of
one of the mountains, he opened the valve
and began to descend into the valley be
yond. Seeing a man at work in a field
ahead, he called to him. The man stop
ped work, but seeing no one, went at it
again. A second time he called to him
and the poor fellow looked everywhere
but upwards. A third time he called
and at the same moment threw
over one end of a loiig heavy rope. The
man was our over-credulous Yankee. His
back was toward the balloon just at the
moment when tbe rope caught on the top
of a board fence behind him, giving a ter
rible r-r-r-r-up that made his heart nearly
jump from his body : that was enough to
frighten the poor fellow to death, but
when he looked up in his distracted state,
and saw the great comet tail and all-
he gave a yell and a bound, and with but
one thought save that of saving himself,
his wife and child, like a locomotive un
der full speed, flew to his house, scream
ing 1" Mercy 1 Mercy ! (that was his
wife's name.) The comet's a coming i the
comet's a coming 1 Get Into the hole 1 get
into the hole I quick t ouick 1" . The aero-
his eryTug soon led to such a fit of cough
ing and choking that I was frightened.
and 1 vowed never to do so again ; and so
again : as 8.9,10 o'clock came, the
little eyes were wide open. 1 used all
my arts of soothing and persuading, but
there be sat and laughed and cooed, and
watched the light and the shadows until
11 o'clock came and went and I a was just
at hand Something mnst be done, and I
could think of nothing, unless possibly a
wet cloth. on the head might have a sooth
ing effect 1 at least it would do no harm to
try. I took a piece of Canton flannel,
large enough when doubled to cover tbe
whole head, and wrung it rather dry oat
of warm water, then pat it closely over
baby's head so as to cover both ears and
eyea The effect was wonderful ! There
was a brief struggle, then perfect quiet,
and io less than five minutes the little
lellow was sound s sleep. Since then I
have tried It again and again, and always
with the same quick result. It is a
simple reined y fo sleepnessness and well
worth knowlug and trying.
Jitla Hint I Hey.
I stood in the store the other day when
a boy came in ana applied tor a situation.
- Can you write a good hand f was
asked.
-Yeas.'
"Good at figures r
Yens."
That will do 1 don't want you," said
the merchant.
) "But" said, when the boy had gone,
"I 'know that lad to be an honest indus
trious boy. Why don't you give him a
chance?" '
'."Because he hasn't learned to say 'Yes,
sir and' No, sir ' If he answers me as he
did when applying for a situation, bow
wttl henanswer customers after being here
month t" . '
Whatcoukl I say to that t He bad fallen
into a habit, young as be was, which
turned htm away from the first situation
he had .: ever applied -for. Veto London
!-.';'- - - .'' 'Qnla.'V ' . ;
Vial of Qnln, the actor. He one evening
made a bet with a nobleman of 100 that
by breakfast time next morning there
should be in th months ot Londoners
word that was never before heard. ,' The
bet was accepted, and when the: theatre
had closed that night the Irrepressible
actor furnished each of the supers " and
others Whom he had hired, with a good
lump of chalk, and Instructed one and all
to go through the principal streets of the
metropolis and chalk on the flags the
word "quia." The task waa accomplished.
and next morning' the people were startled
by seeing such an nnnsnal sight Some
believed it a signification of danger that
a secret enemy was near and this was his
watchward. So the word went the rounds
in a most amazing way; Quln, of course,
won the wager, and the world a new
word.
is
He Preferred Vermont Hallways.
' How fur Is Albany 7" asked a country'
man at the Grand Central station in New
York.
"One hundred and forty-four miles."
" How long does it take to git thar 7"
"Three hours and twenty-five minutes
by fast line."
"An' how much does it cost?" :
" One dollar and forty-four cents." -"
Gosh 1 a dollar and forty-four cento fer
ridin' less'n four hours. Why, np in Ver-1
mont A aiu riue uuu a uay wu m nuinwi
fer less money than that, an' not go near
so fur, nuther."
Clean faces, clean hands and clean clothes
ar suppt eed to show good breeding in In
dividuals, but they are not more vital crite
ria than are clean streets, clean J yards and
clean alleys of good breeding in tbe commu
nity. .' -
It is said that some California friends of
Gen. Grant have raised S12.000 towards
1 raj ln Ivs doctor's bills. .
Paper Bags.
Hew often we throw them away when
emptied of their contents. If there is
box or bag for them to the kitchen, where
we can pnt them as soon as emptied, we
can use them in various ways. They are
handy to cover the lamp chimney after it
is cleaned, to keep off files and dust;
handy to lay over the top of bread or cake
in the erven when haklno- toe fast : handv
tetcOver the tdsss jars of canned fruit
when set on the cleset shelves : silo over
tbe Jars like n cap: this keeps the fruit
from tarniag dark.
A Chlneie belle has arrived in San Fran
Cisco. - She is the first genuine exhibit of
her kind the Pacific coast. She is tall
and handsome, and her feet possess tbe
reqolsile deformity so thorougly that when
ever she walks a servant supports her
each side. -
A colored baby in Craven county bears
the name of Grover Cleveland.
house ; there were others that came to the
balloon, however, who were able to ex
plain the mystery concerning the poor de
luded Yankee. ,
A good story is told of Elliot, the Bal
timore aeronaut Some years before the
" he ascended from Charleston. S. C.
It was a very w. hA7i and atter re
malnlng in the air two or three
It was getting dark he descended on
one of the islands in the bay. The white
folks had all gone to the city. In a cabin
lay a dead negro, Dick, and around the
cabin door sat half a dozen negroes.
Elliot and his balloon descended noiseless
ly in front of them. Just before he
reached the ground, the darkies caueht
Bight of him. They stood not. upon ;the
order of their going but went at once.
The anchor had reached the ground, and
one of the darkles in his baste to get away,
stumbled over It jnst as it commenced to
drag. He knew at once who had got hold
of him, and his piercing shrieks were truly
heartrending as he cried :, " Oh ! oh 1 1'se
not de niggar 1 Oh ! massa debble 1 Rood
maSsa debble t I'se not de niggar ! Dick's
in dah I Dick's in dah !" By this time
he had got loose and made for the swamp.
Buying Wall Paper.
Light papers make a dark, dingy room
much more cheerful ; large figures make
a small room look much smaller and oc
casions much waste in matching the fig
ures. All low rooms should be papered
with striped paper, having the stripes run
ning up and down, as it makes tbe room
seem much higher. Subdued tints take
off the glare of too many windows. The
best effect is produced by havinn a paper
with pattern and colors of a quiet tone,
such as does not at once strike the eye on
coming into the room. The paper should
relieve and set out the furniture that
stands In front of it, not attract attention
I rom it
Mllpper. of Paper.
Paper slippers are the latest form in
which paper la Introduced in new inven
tions. An Englishman has patented .e
system of manufacturing slippers, san
dals, and other covering for the feet out
of paper. Paper pulp, or papier mache,
is employed for the upper, which , is mold
ed to the desired form and size, and a sole
la nrovided. made of oaner or pasteboard.
leatherboard, or other suitable paper ma
terial, which is united to the upper by
means of cement, grae or ether adhesive
material. The upperis creased, embossed
or penoratea at tne instep ana siues,
which renders them somewhat pliable,
and prevents their cracking while in use.
A Germ Trap.
In the Philadelphia Medical And Sur
gical Reporter, Dr. Webb describes an in
genious apparatus of his own construction,
which he calls a germ trap. Its main
features are a cylinder, an air pump, and
a series ot steel disks, across whose open
ings are stretched thin veils of pyroxylin.
The air to be heated is drawn through the
machine by the aid of the pump, and the
microbes are intercepted by the veils.
The latter are then removed and placed
under a microscope, which reveals the
special character of the bacilli. With
this trap several successful searches have
been made in particular localities for the
bacillus of consumption (tuberculosis).
A Lous lime Between Ueala.
CoL E. Wolfe, of Indiana, and Gen.
Hatch of Arkansas, met in Tennesee, near
Memphis, at the early part of the war.
Hatch was In the regular service and Wolfe
a volunteer officer. On the night in
question some movements were in opera
tion, and others were coming in thick and
fast To while, away the, tedium of the
time the two officers sat down to a game
of poker in a log cabin which they occu
pied as headquarters. The play was In
terrupted by the arrival of frequent order
lies, which were promptly attended to,
and then the game proceeded. After a
while, however, orderlies began to come in -
at both doors, and the situation grew
critical Major Hatch started to his feet
with the exclamation. "Wolfe, this thing
la getting too hot. Mind, it's your deal 1"
and, leaving cards and stakes on the
table," he. hurried -from the hovel and
mounted his hrseet Jong af?o
two men met la the iSfiee ol the lirettum
flonse-.lafleld'-Helkk'- Haton,-
"said the ex-wluntr office v who would
have thought of seeing you here!E 5. A
twinkle came to the eyes of the veteran-
addressed, and extending his hand he dry
ly remarked: "Wolfe, It's your deal!"
A quarter of a century had elapsed since
that unfinished game of poker, and since
that night in the negro quarters till the
accidental meeting in the hotel of Winfleld
they had not seen each other.
"More mortar'
A mason was in the habit of whistling
to his laborer whenever he wanted a fresh
supply of mortar, as the scaffold on which
he worked was rather small. This oc
curred very often during a day's job."
A joiner, noticing that Pat answered
dutifully every call from the mason.
thought of playing a trick on him by im
itating the whistle, and thus brought him
up with a hodful of mortar when there
was no room for it. The mason told Pat
that he had not whistled, so he had no al
ternative than to trudge back with his
load.
This having occurred the third time
during the day, Pat thought he would
watch to hear where the whistle came
from.
He had not waited long, with the hod on
his shoulder, when he heard the identical
whistle underneath where he stood, and
leaning over, he saw the head of the joiner
protruding out of the window immediate
ly below. Pat, without more adoemptied
the hod over the whistler's head.
The joiner yelled and spluttered while
attempting to clear himself from the ad
hesive mass ; and in the midst of his con
fusion heard Pat shouting at the top of
his voice :
"WkiMoi agnta, me -nnoy, "wneii you
want some more mortar !"
TTATT 0 VX0Z7A1LI
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Benewer.
Seldom ao a popular rueusy wla snch a
strong hold upon the pablie eoaAdsnni ss lias
Haxx'i Hats Bsirawaa. theesMslavfefe
It has aeeompllshed a onatnleta rartoratton ut
eolor to the hair, and rigorous health to iU
scalp, are Innnmrrabla.
Old people like It Cor its woaderfal power to
restore to tbeU vhtteaing leaks their orifiaal
color and beanty. MlddWaga. peopla Use U
became It prevaats then) tram nttoag bale,
. keeps dandruff away, and saaket the hair
grow thick and strong. Tesng Miei like It
a a (treating beeana. it (! tk. hair . kaaa
tLful glow? lustre, aad enablai tn Xn areas
It la wbauvn form they wish. Thastt lathe ,
; favorite of au, snd it has heooexe so staply
: oecwne jjdjaprurtiioooeMl
PLAQUE-STRICKEN PLYMOUTH !
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DOES A 'SIMILAR DAKGEB TERZATEE
ETERY05S 0E US!
Bow PuMIe Attention Is Directed to
' Personal Peril..
rRoehtar (N. T-) CorrHiMdnter lattaaapoU. SntlML
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Fast Steam Craft.
Two Hudson river steamers, the South
America and the Mary Powell, are said to
have made 26 miles an hour. Other fast
records are : The Mary Powell made 76
miles. New York to Poughkeepsie, in a 39
m. 80 sec, Aug. 0, 1874. Chrysooolls, 125
miles, Sacramento to San Francisco, in 5
h. 16 m. on Dec, 31, 1881, Allda, 145 miles.
New York to Albany 6 h. 21 m. R. E. Lee,
New Orleans to Natchez, Miss., 16 h. 36 in.
47 sec, on Oct 88, 1870. The same steamer,
New Orleans to St Louis, 8 days 18 h. li
m. Stiletto, yacht 29 miles In 1 h. 17 m.
Roe we 11 P. Flower publicly annoucces
that he is a candidate for tbe Democratic
nonunation for Governor of New York. He
was Tammany's candidate for tbe Pi esi jen
cy, in the last national convention, be is
able, popular and a man of large wra'tb.
A. good time to kill mad -dogs. And they
are always mad with sheep.
form sncces. at th. bar." . ' .
" Ah, young man. that secret is a life study,
but I will give it to you on condition that you
pay all my bills during this session of court."
"Agrewl, sir," said the junior.
Evidence, indinputable evidence,"
- At the end of the month the Judgu reminded
the young man of his promise.
' I recall no such promise."
- " Ah, bnt you made it."
, 1 1 please?"
And th. judge, aot My wjtnj,
lost a caM for once.
. The man who can produce indisputable
evidence wins public favor. I had an in
terview yesterday with the most success
ful of American advertisers, whose ad
vertising is most successful because al
ways backed by evidence.
" What styles of advertising do you
use 7" I asked H. H. Warner, Esq. ,
"Display, reading matter, and para
graphs of testimonials."
' " Have you many testimonials 7"
In answer he showed me a large cabinet
chock-full "We have enough to till
Boston, New York, Chicago, St Louis
and Philadelphia morning papers."
" Do you publish many of them ?"
"Not a tithe. Wonderful as are thoss
we do publish, we have thousands like
them which we cannot use. ' Why aot 7'
Xet me tell you. ' Warner's safe cure'
has probably been the most successful
medicine for female disorders ever discov
ered. We have testimonials, from ladles
of the highest rank, but it would be indel
icate to publish -them. Likewise many
Statesmen, lawyers, clergymen, doctors of
world-wide fame have been cured, but we
tan only refer to such persons in the most
guarded terras, as we do in our reading
articles."
"Are these reading articles success
ful 7"
' When read they make such an impres
sion that when the ' evil days ' of ill health
draw nigh they are remembered, and War
ner's sate cure is used."
" No, sir, it is not necessary now, as at
first, to do such constant and extensive
advertising. A meritorious medicine sells
itself after its merits are known. We
present-just evidence enough to disarm
skeptics and to impress the merits of the
remedies upon new consumers. We feel
it to be our duty to do this. Hence, best
to accomplish, our mission of healing the
sick, we have to uae the reading-article
style. - People wont read plain testimony
als." ' ..
"Yes, sir, thousands admit that bad
they net learned of Warner's sate enre
through this clever style they would still
I be ailing and still impoverishing them
selves in lees to unsuccessful practition
ers.' It wonld do your soul good to read
the letters of thanksgiving we get from
mothers grateful for the perfect success
which attends Warner's safe cure when
used for children, and the surpriMed grati
ncation with which men and women of
older years and impaired vigor, testify to
the youtnrui ieenugs restored to tnein by
the same means."
" Are these good effects permanent 7"
" Of all the cases of kidney, liver, urin
ary and female diseases we have cured,
not two per cent, of them report a return
of their disorders. Who else can show
such a record 7"
. " What is the secret of Warner's sufe
enre permanently reaching so many seri
ous disorders 7"
- " I will explain by an illustration : The
little town of Plymouth, Pa, has been
plague-stricken for several months be
cause Its water supply was carelessly pois
oned. The kidneys and the liver are the
sources of physical well-being. If polluted
bv disease, all the blood become poisoned
and every organ is affected and tu ijreitt
danger threatens every one, wlu najiects
to treat himself promptly. I was nexrly
dead mvsell ol extreme kidney disease.
but what is now Warner's safe cure cured
me, and I know that it is theoHl) remedy
in the world that can cure such disor
ders, for I tried everything else in vain.
Cured by it myself, I bought it. and, from
a sense of duty, presented it to the world.
Pnly by restoring the kidneys and liver
can disease, .leave tne Diooa ana tne sys
tem.
A celebrated sanitary physician once
snid to me.1 " The secret of the wonder
ful success of Warner's safe cure Is that
it is sovereign over all kidney, liver and
urinary diseases, which primarily or
secondarily make up the majority of
human ailments. Like all great discover
ies it is remarkably simple."
The house of H. H. Warner & Ce. stands
deservedly high in Rochester, and it is
certainly a matter f congratulation that
merit has been recoguuted all oyer ' ue
W nd, and that tbis-.ncoess has been nu
aaaiiBsdlv deserred. - Pxs Fgui,
I have invented a SIMPLE WATER PTib ft
SEAT, for the core of the above troublesome
and painful malady, which I confidently place
before the public as a Sum Kmu .
Uurk
It has received the endorsement r ik.
leading physicians in this community, and
wherever tried, ha given entire satisfaction,
and wh re it fails to relieve tbe (money will
be willingly returned.
Thest Seats will be farnlsbed at the follow
ing prices : . -
Walnut.. . .an.001 -
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Directions for usiuif will ceoMjpany ecn
Seat.
We ti oulile you with no certlfleates We
leave the Seat to be its advertiser.
Address,
LEWIS CHAMBERLAIN.
Patentee
Tarboro, Edgecombe Co.. N. C. jeSB-ly
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