THE CHARLOTTE MESSENGER 'l VOL. III. NO. 42. CHARLOTTE, N. C. SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1887 TsTiii $1J vr Anrn smue Dm s oft m Charlotte Metaenger TR PU6UBHE0 EveO' Saturday, AT CHAKLOTTC, N. C. 1b the Intereata of the Colored People of the CouBtrv. Able end well-known writer* wflj eoatrib* oie to It* otriomiie from different pert* of the coBBtJ7, end It will contain the tateet Oeo- erel New* of tbedep. Tn McNRten b a Sitt-claB oewipaper end will not allow penonal alnae in It* oaine- U b not eectarlan or partban, tedeprndeot—jl^nc fairlY bj aa iCie- eerTB the right to critiebe the ihertcomlngt of all pnbllc oOlriab—eoxnmeoding worth;, end TecvnunaDdlag for elecUoo eneb mm aa in Ite opinion are heat ralted to i the Intereeta of the peopl*. It b tnlandsd to the long felt iwed nf a newepaper to adVocat* the rigbta a^ defend the InMrrM* Of the NegTO-Amerlcan, eepecbU;' In the Piedmont wctkm’ of tbe CaroUnat. BTTBSCBXPTIOaS; 'ytfiroV* tn AdMNce.) 3 mootha - - *40 AddrcKi, W.O. SMITH, Charlotte NO, ■Prreidenl Cbaancc; M. Depew b le*t- Ing the rarious method* for heating and lighting the nn of the New York Central Railroad'* linM arllhoul danger from fire in the ereet of accidfoti. Eiperiioenta are being made with eipctric lighting ma- 'hinee, ttoied-up gas and hol-water tp- rantus, and doubtless some efficient, predical system will grow out of (he in genuity expended on theae caiays. train has already been succeMfully from Boston to the Grand t'fntral Depot, in New York, thoroughly heated for 240 mites by the Marlin steam-healing ap paratus sad lighted by electricity. The California Legislature has appro priated IlS.OOO for tbe improrement of tbe Yesemite Valley. New trails will be opened, tnd tbe mountain sbesins he stocked with fish, that timrists msy hsrethe plessnre nf fishing with the hope of catching tomething. Tbe mountain troutcan only.be cangbt by an Indian. It ii his secret. A Cittsen pf Mew Orlean* recently found a rat's nest in which were eight eleefc little rata. Nest tod all placed in a pail of srater, which was rted fifty feel from the original locality nf the nett. Pretty soon the niother rat came back, nw that her home had been broken up, and in aa instant had discof- ered the pail, into which she plunged to itacaa her already dresmed little ones. In speaking of tbe “anaethetic bullet," which is said tO hare been inrented re cently by a German, end which will render wonnde^ men unconscious for twelve hours, the Portland Prm mji that “hut one thing is licking to com plete the osefutnew of this original prin ciple in the art of srar. The rifles from which these boUeta are to he fired should be furnished with neadle-pointed bay onets through which hypodennic injec tion* of morphine may be administered to the aoldlera of the enemy who may fall in tha way of t German bayonet chatga." A Rochapart(3fo.) lady hat la her hen- nary nnita a corioirity In tbe ahape of a young chickan which waa batebod from what is knows u a double It has fonr perfectly fomad 1^ and feet and two heada poinUng oppoaite to each other, hot only one body. In eating only one Uni pecks the food at one time, and one be^ seem* alanoet Ufelete when the other ehirpa. Is rsssing around the hea-hbnsc, bowciiei^'UM tsro heads do sot always agree, one head and pair of legs trying U> go to tba right, tbe other heading for teh left. I rniEND'S HAND IN MINB, L.ADS Bonetlme* 'tJ* May, i* **. She sky sod and bright; We ring on our w»y, tad*. trtUi brave hearts end tight But May cannot last, Uds; With great eloode rolled, The tkiet are o'ercsst. lads, Tb* world turn* eoU. A friend's band tn mbit, isRs A kind hand and tru*. In rough wsye end dark days- It bel|M a man thronib- We're small gift* to give, (sR, A jKw-r puna to (how. But whrt man ran llr^ lad*, - .WflB naught fehiariowT'-, A word of brave cheer, lads,i A warm grasp and strong, 1 Beats all your g«ar, Uih, To help heart* along. A friend'* band in mine, lads, A kind band and trne, In rough ways abd dark day*— It help* a mao throngh. Do what you can, lads. And do It with might; Ofld imt man, lads. To judge by the right. Pence pound* ontwHgh, lad*. tVhen will* are right good, A^, nh; to hear Him say. lads, *' He's done what he eonW." A frieod'* band in min*. Uib, A kind hand and true, In rough way* and dark day*— Uhelpsa man through. —/Vederie Lanpbrfdpa rHE BOX iN THE CORNER, It I rl r Fnrswas Is one of the dark spota of the earth. We know sa^ to sothisg about it aad what arc do ksow it snfaTonble. PoptUar fancy people* it with a butsr- out race of a moat dagysded and danger- ona type. Piracy ^ canalb^wn arr illudH to a* aoMag the aaore ajiortirr direniona of the nativea. But the march of tbe ages is affectisg thia risgslar, out- of-tbt-way, region a* wall aa othsr pUcea. Tb* Wand is tributary to China, and of late years it baa boea is chMfB of lie Min fTiuta, n rcry oaergotte goveraor. Mnaorializlng tbo tbrosa. ssder data of July 20(h laat, ha stated tha ho bad baea abl* that yaar to brisg isU aubjectioi over 400 Tillages, that 70,MB paopH bore ambrared driliintlao, aad that evei M.OOO acre* of iMd toriierkraifht undo* eriliratioB, but risra -^[|||•*TTlr*. baof beea recUimsd. Ha io yovid^ -thl taiaad with aa olabermte ayetOM W 4 Nrid* and ietegia|ik ilsag. 11^ fbaalfs' ■*wi of iha MmA H fifld% to me years '•BRRffr-agrnt, (clrgraph-opcr- tbir and ticket-seller at a little village near ■omcvaliialileoil welts. Theststion-hmise ir**_r|uitr a distance from the unpro- lentiniic thoroughfare that had grown up >n a day, and my duttci-wcresoarduoui lhai I had si arcely leisure for a wcekir Sitting to n rertaio mansion on the hill shcra dwrit Kllen Morris, my promts^ wife. In fset, it. wis with Ihe hope of casening the di-lanre lielwceo us that I lad uodcrlakcD thcic quadruple duties. Tbe day had been gloomr. and toward he aficrnoon ominous rolls of thunder protrnded a storm. Colonel Holloway, (he well-known reasurer of tbe oil company, bad been in be village several days. About one I'c tock he came hurriedry into the office »ith s package, which he laid upon my icsk, uying: ‘ Take care of that, Bowen, till to- norrow. I'm going up the road.” The commiMion was not an unuiual loe, and my safe wu one of tfarvin’s )cst- Icoustedthemeney, which footed ■p into (be thousands, placed it in ^e ifficial enrelope, affixed the *^,.rtlhd lepoiited it in the aafe. A* I turned iwty from the lock, a voice at the door laid: “Say, mitfer, can you tell me the way o the post-offleel” A eort of shock went through me at :he unexpected preeence that seemed to lave dropped down from nowhere, and I -ephod, irritably: “You could not miss it if you tried. Seep straight ahead." Boon large drope of rain came down hen faster and more furiously, until he sir was one vast sheet of wetcr, md little riven leaped madiv along the {Uilies and culverts. Forked lightning cept pace with the pealing thun^r, and leaven's own artillery seemed let loom, inytbing mire dismal or dreary could lotwellM imagined, ud gradually the onelineat gr«w opprawive. Drarystng- fler had fled-to shelter, and the usual diert had deserted the platform. But I -esolutelysettowork at thedry sUtistka if the station-hooka, with an occaaiMial nJl to the wires, wUch were tickiaglilu nad, ao fierce ww the electric current. It wia near flv^ o'clock when a long keight train came Imnberiiig by, switchu lit a car or two, then dragged it* slow en^ onward. This created a brief di- renion, then oneb more I waa deserted. The next pawenger tr^ was not due ill ten o'clock, liit the lamne aad re- ■igaed myself with questiMiabfe patience A the interrening boors. An ^reeable nteiruption came in the form of my ■upper, which waa brought in a water proof basket by a sort of jaek-at-slt- 'rades whom we called Jake, flbaklag limself like a great dog, be ‘"lov^ here wa’oT much more water left up fonder nohow.'* "I hop* not, indeed," I mid, glad of he sound of a human voice. “Jsket" I called, a* ha left the office, “come lack at toon ss you can—I may want I had a vague idea of di^mtehing tow sort of report to Ellen that 1 had lot been ntirriy washed awsy,*aiid ob- Aining similar comfort a* to her own lue. I little thought 1 should really ircd him. I think I am not by natar* more •irawt than other men, but u the dia- Bal evening cloaed ia I took from leak two revolver! knit reNy for pos- lible ensergemsm, and IskI one ppon the Irek where 1 was making fimgto Ties, aad the atber emthe taWe whan dm eieetric beamy rtowd. At ister- frmh package for tbe night ex- a m ■ bmmlu Ire i rarrier. who flumiHnd i eunrtmn. fiiill Urn nla pomdT in torrnala. U sMst hare been nenr^ niae o'clock ■ton a wagM, bunie^ driilBn, and- iealy atoMadattheptomm. 'unmb- —* theaW-vnn Bnaff opM, pni I ■!« J1 iMbdincn Mir kiM abnrt Um ' 'tolUnMnMri tijitofiiS iimeoaiona'crald contain only one kind of freight, to wit, the remains of a hu- Bsn bang. Carefully blaeing this box in arfmote mrner of the room, near other boxm iwaiting transportation, the drlreraiid his mas returned to thrir wagon, while the two strangers approached this de^ to rater their ghastly freight. They wore douched hats and were very wet. They '■ruduced a death certificate of one John Slate, who had died at a farmhouae ter- ml ihilcsaway, of s non-cootagiouscom- plaint, and waa to be shipped to friends nowntheroad. This was all. There wu nothing singular about it, and yet, wiiCD the floor doted upon tbe strangers and I wu again alone, or worse (him alone, a to ling of awe came orer me. Clearly the etormhad somewhat unstrung Only one 'hour tft the train wis due, after which I could turn in for the night. A lo:idcr peal of thunder shook tbe house, and fiercer fluhed tbe lightning. Minute after minute went by, and each seemed an age. The roar and din of the elcmrnUcnly deeiwned tbe gloom in*id& where tbe uncertain keroseue darkened the shadows. Suddenly, to my oTentnined nerveSj the ceawlesi clicking of the wires seemed to uy: “Watch the boxi Watch the box! Watch the box!" As a particular ttrain of melody will at times repeat itaell in the mind, and obatinately keep time to every raovemeol, till bee ii well nigh diMracled, so this refnun begsn to cn- i-hiin every sense: “Wafeh tbe box I Watch the box! Watch Ihe box I" ‘HU now my depressed ipiriU were due only to the solitude and the stom. No sus picion of evil or danger had tormented me. Peering more closely into the ding) corner I saw only the orainary pine box, with what seemH to bo a square psper, or placard, on the side facing me. Prob ably the address, bunpngly adjusted on the side instead ot the top, nr else a slain of mud from the late rough ride. .\t all events, I waa not curious enough to n|; prooch more nearly (he ghostly vUltunt. Then minutes had crept by, wlu-n n miiffied nouw in the dark cornerdislim-t- ly sounded above Ihe pelting rain drops, while, as if to mock at my quicken-'l fears, Ihe wires continued their monot onous warning; “Watch the box! Watrb thelmxl Watch the box!" 1 did watch the box, and as by inspiration I grasped the situation. There was indeetf a man in the box, but not a dead one. A living man, who bad boldly lent himself to a plot to rob Or murder me, perhaps both. I remember^ the straggler who had surprised me while at the safe, several boor* before. He had doubtless followed Colonel HollowidMnd witnessed the money traniactioDr^Quick and fast flew my thoughts in tbe stsrtled endeavor to K i some plan nf action. Ringle- ed ! was no match for any man, hav- ing recently recovered from an attack of malirial fever. This one in the box fif indeed there were one) must mean to se cure his prize before tbe train waa due, and escape the consequences. He must have accomplices, sad these were doubt less on watch, waiting either to gire or KcoiTe a signal. At least it was not probable that he would undertake the job alone, and tbe fact that he had coo- lederate* had already appeared. Perhapa the sight of my pistols had de layed tbe attack. Perhaps tome part of their plan had miscarried and caused de lay. At all erents I must he cool. I fancied I saw his eyes through the dark patch on the box. I was almost sure ' c waaslowly liftingthe lid. The-- ws* n- help near, and much might be done , i - time still to elapse before the tram - due, juietly walking to tbe battery, 1 feigned to take a message. In reality I - - - • - - 8 to the conductor of the oo-com- ress, a* the only derice whereby secure aasistance, and this wonla donbtlea* be too late. Yet it waa ail that I could do juft DOW. With every tense on the alert, I arose to secrete my keys U poesible, when the door bnr«t opes, and Frank Morris, my future brother-in-law, rushed in,followed by a huge dog that waa Ellen's special pet and atteodaBl. “Confoosd Tou!" said Frank, splutter- log ateut, and shaking himself as vigor- oflily as tbe dog, “111 be blowed if ever I go on auch another fool's errand a* -U." ■'Why, you are pretty well 'blowed iw,’ I said, with a poor attempt to be funny, but immensely relieved. "‘I never was so glad to see anybody in my life!" and I meant it. "There it i*,"he said; “makemuch of it," as he cleverly flipped a little white missive over to me. “Kucb billing and cooing I never want to see agrin. Reg ular spoons, by Jove! Can't go to slera till Ihe knows you haven't been melted, or watbed away, or aometbing. And Calo must come along to see that her jtrt- ciouf brother doesnv M lost, lie down, over there, old fellow!” Then to me be said; “Herr, help me out of this wet thing." ' Bat 1 waa engromed, just theu, and riddinghlmaelf of tbeeffendlnggarment, the brtad-ihouldered yonng nihiete ftrode about in mock impalienoe. Heavens I what a night!" be M- Bed. “What time does your train p«it Tent Jnntthree mlnutea. 1 gueaa Til stay: but we’ll have that young dam- ari float^ down here it she donm’t bear prettyam. Bello, (^! What's the msttmf" as the dog^nre a low gtowL “What's that in AkStdot, Bowen r . Tbs dog eoatnurti to growl and leak snsptekmiuy about aa tha yowg tsUow nttiad ori. “Hadeadmaa.” oerispnay for audt luWVngotarilcol . . M ^ Sma ttot lav tho tay*. namtai «• a piM of MW, wfekki goMIntoflMMvfto ffm* 'The man In the box in a burglar. Be ready for SB attack.” “Oho! that’s the game r'hesaid, aloud, and instantly strode across the room, as Cato apnng up and barked furiously at the box. Simultaneously the top of the box flew up, and uttering a thrill whistle the man sprang to a sitting posture, while through the wide flung door the other two ruffians sppetred with pistols cocked. At once there began a deadly struggle. The dog had lespw upon the box and knocked Ae “dedtF man's pis tol out of his hand, as Fn^ shouted, “Tsho, Cato!” unwilling that tbe dog should tear him to pieces, but wishing to keep him stbar. "Your keys’!” yelled the other men; “or by heSrens you'll dropl” Instantly closing io, man to man, tht fierce struggle went on amid shouts, curses and pistol shots. “Call on your cursed dogP’ aeeeemed the “dead" man continually. . Tbe encounter, which had occupied scarcely a minute, was at its deadliest, both Frank and I ondrnroriDg to disarm rather than kill, when the whistle of the train sounded, and in another moment the conductor and his men were among “Seize that Rcoundrell'’ihoutcil Frank, breathlessly, indicating the man in tbs boz. “Here. Cato!” and the obedient animat unwillingly retired, but continued bis sarage growls. At this juncture my man full heavily to the floor, wounded in (he teg, and Ultet- inc croana add imprreatioda It wu quick work to Mciire the men, and Jake, who opportunely rcappmred, was sent to summon the village police. Some of the passengers, impatient at (he delay, ha got wind of the adventure, and no' crowded into tho station in no little ei citeroent. The box waa found to have false side piece, ne.xt the wall, which waa easily pushed down by the msu inside, for gn-ater romfort in his crampml posi- linn; and there were beside a number of air-bolcs. It wa.s the moviiu of this side-panel that caused the mulned l 1 had heard. I was quesiioned in all possible way*.- •nd (he curiosity of the paasengeis was fully graltficd amid the clamor of the prisoneri who continually swore at each "(Vhat -lid you wail so long for?" said one of (hem glaring at (he “^iid'' min. “What waa your hurry?" retorted the other, sarrnslically. It was plain from the quarrel which ensued that the sighi nf my pidnls, and my FvidcDt imeasioei.s, together with the cflWt of the fearful storm, had unsettled the fellow's plan ind robbed hire of hi* praseoee of mind. IVhile puzzling a* to the i«fes( coune, the sudden entrance nf Frank and the dog had precipitated the cata.strophe. The men were conducted to (be County Jail, and I waa (be hero of the hour, although I could not claim much credit (or personal valor in the matter. Wat it fateorProvidcnce that befriend- . roc! But (or my prearatiment, or whatever it was, I should have urged Frank's immediate return to my anxioua betrothed. But (or her loving anxiety e never would have come down on sucii night. But for the dog one of us must have been killed. Ana flrat of all, but for the instinctive sense of danger the ' degraph wires would never have si>oken warnlDg to my excited fasep; and thl* manifest feeling of apprehension, though I strove hard to conceal it, held the man tbe box at bay. The practical result of the episode waa' more commodiona itatica-booae, and ore men on duty. My talary wu raitod; but eventually I gave up thesit- nation because my wile could never feel salisflcd to hsve me perform night work sfter the fesrful experience I hsve related. As to Frank, he U not backward with explosive English whenever the subject is mentioned, and no amount of peisaa- liOD could ever reconcile Cato to tha old station-bouae. —FVanh Xeriia’a gCIEKTCIS ABB XKVDBTBIAlk A map showing the distribution of on the various etfti of the earth has just been pnblUhea by Admiral T. de Bert. The observations upon which it is baaed were made at l,fi^ 119,000 marineatationi. ^ A French traveler recently discovered some bee-hives in a gigantic eucalyptus tree in Australia. The honey waa strongly tewted with the Mrftime of the flowers of the tree; and Prof. Thomas Ksraman, who has examined it. believes it to have medicinal properties. A German inquirer has, it is stated, taken four heads of hair of equal we^ht, and then proceeded to count the indi vidual hairs. One (red) was found to contain 00,000 hairs; another (black), 108,000; a third (brown) had 100,000, and tho fourth (blonde) 140,000. A committee on lighting the Parii Ex hibition of 1889 has reported favorably on a plan for tbo use of every known means of illtimination. Thetotalamount of light to be furnished is estimated at 2,830,000 standard candles, said to be upward of fire times (ho intensity pro duced by the whole of the gss lamps of Paris." The most healthful temperature for the human body la lire in, says a writer in tho Seienliflr Amm'ean, is about seventy degrees f’shrenheit, Tlie more rooms that are kept heated in a house, the less draught* will Ik found. Especially heat the Wis; It wilt ant take much more coal, and will avoid forcing your heaters or Hlovca, and enable you to keep caiy fires. A new industry in (he Rmith has devrigped another use for pine needle* bi^Se that A( aprciuiing ati i.romatie odor 4nrough tho cmbroidun.-il covering of a fine pillow. One prodiiel of the pine -ncedlia is a rcmnrkalilr strong oil that po*soa»i-s many mc'iirinat virtues. Another 111 pino wool, which i* bleached, die«l wnd woven. Tlic wool ia a fleecy brown ma«, poiscM-ing II pleasant odor, which given It value as a moth destroyer when used na a r.arpel lining. A strong, cheap matting is mud'- from the wool, useful for halls, Ktuirn nys and offices. The Knffinffriii/j A'etrs, in the course of long nrtii'lr on the aiihslitiition nf etenm heat for store heat in rnilwiiy ears, shows that no more th.in from 24 to ilj per cent, of the loeoraoilve's supply nf steam is re quired for heating (he Hvernge train. It adds that this quantity ran he obtained without redueing the loud, inerrasingthe healing surfHce. decreasing the speed or decreasing the loss by radiation. It is only necesasry (o pnsb the fires a little when the locomotive is on a level or down a mde. and to use steam iliat ran be sparen white the train is resting at stations. N. H. Phsler, in a lengthy artirle ia (Swi'Wr'son “Tlie Ptabilityof the Ftrlh,'' ima up his considerations as Mlowa: Tbe coatinent of North America north of Mexico seems, from historic os well a.s natural evidence, to be in the main free from any contidcrabla danger of earth quake*, which are oeceaaarilv destructive to architecture. Nevertheleas, a large part of its surface appears to he liable to ehocki which, though slight, may be very doatructiro to life end property, if we preaist in our preeent flimsy methods of arcitcetural construction. Good for- ha* given tia a tolerably safe abiding place for our race in this country. We -'n almost everywhere safely put our truit it, provided we ore willing to take me care aa to methods of constructing building*.” Powder Magazines. A Now Tork article deaeribing the powder magazine* in tbe New Jersey mountains owned by the United States, : The magazine* are placed so (at K ' rt that should one of tnem explode others would be in no danger. In handling tbo powder more care la taken than 1* ciutomary or ucucomical io i powder mill. IVhen a car load of tbe eenallive etufl it backed up to the door ot the magazine, a heavy canvas covering is thrown over the stone platform in front of tbe door. The men who are to store tto powder then put on rubber shoe*,and each barret is carefully carried to its place in a wheelbarrow. 'The barrels are never rolled or allowed to come In contact with atone or iron, although there are no naili used in ^eir oonatruclion, and scarcely any poBibilitr of a spark being struck. In the nu^azine the oirrelswre arranged in rows, two abreast and four or fire bar- reli hi|^ Each tier rests on light skids of pine wood, and between the rows are wide aislor whtefa are kept acruimlouily. ■wept. When tbe tompentore is lower outdoors than in tho magazine, tbo deori are thrown open and the ventilatora loos ened for a eoople of boure durieg th* middle of tbe day. At euch time a wMcbsan with a big rerolro In hia bell prowl* inoemantly around the bnildin^. U other timei be and hia camradee aiuu- lariy oru^ are intrnitcd with tha po- Ud^ of tb* groands. Tho Corfou Eoi«i*i Oak. The Botanical Gardena, London, hare •uceceded In -- culUratlng the oarlona Karmea oak ^deh, when panetnred bjr on* of th* cocoas inMOH, ptodaeoa tlii- •ndoBt, bloed rod dyo eBpaciod to havo baan oasd by Haom tothrttto hongtap of tho tohwinda. Tho bnoint oak ia a ~ ba^Mmb,aoM Cotraopolltan San Franrloec. 8*0 Francisco has many admirer* and but few hatm, writes Edwonl Robert* b the New York 7W. In some respecU is the most interesting city in Atnenca so visit, whatever it way be to live in. Tbe bteresiing features are varied and many, aad all viritor* are impressed with the unlikeneai of the place to any otbei American citv.. Everv nationality lecmi to be represented: Cmna b one quarter, Italy b another. Germany here, France there. You can dine in the restaurant ot eny country as inclination prompts, served by an almond-eyed Celestial t*by a oourteoui Frenchman; and if Ured «w wandering in quarters that apparently sr» not b America at all, you have bu^ turn the corner end walk a block to find everything a* American m heart could irlsb. I Utink, and bdeed know, that 1 should never enjoy living b San Fran cisco, and I am equally rore that my viiit* to it will never be otherwise than agree able. The cHy, like Paris, for iniunce, has a liveliness and buoyancy that quick ens one's sense of enjo;p»eat: and them too, the climato U invigorating, and one sees more flowers sold on tho street coroen than he ha* been accuatomed t* in oar staid old Eastern cilieo. that would be shocked, I fear, if they had to eouo Unance all the gayetlesof San Francuco. It is far from bcingan eminently propet place, thia city of wUch I write. Nanj of iu people go to church, loit as manj more flo not, and tbe nlaree of amaaetnenl have the moat liberal patronage. Ther* ore vast nutnben of underground coneerl and beer talooni, where the air (a hot ani foal, and from which one hear* bolster- oua muab and shoot* of noisy amlanee finchplarw*arccallerl“dive*:’" and theii ptraencc^veato SonFranciaeo many of ihecdisncteriatkA of mining (owns is The theatres efl tbe city, an atarnle, dbgy in appeoruce and unat- tzaolire, tto only exception* bebg tb* Baldwin and tha Alcazar, two pby bouma where one feel* at hmsa and b ahl* to enjoy much comf«>rt. But tht {days prroeoled at aU the iheslnn art •qnal to tIuNi ^vtn b Mm Eaet. 'wiNos FOB Rem. . Ky heart hath taken wtecaferbBtM; Awayl awajt ft cannot Bay. Ky bmrt hath tokm wti^ fer home, Neroll that's lert of Orveee'er tom* Ceo rt.p tterway. Ky heart hath taken wioft fer heme. Awayl Ky heart hath taken wbifi tor beta*, ' Oh, rwaSow, awoBow, lead th* way] Oh, little Utd, fly north with ma, 1 have a home Ixiatdadhe aca Wbwe thou canat alng and pl^— * Ky heart hath takm wtnga fer hM*. Awayl Uy heart hath tokao wingi for bomat Bat thoo, Oh little bird, wot otay: Thou beet thy littte ones with tlaokara. Tby mate floala with thee throogb thaclear Italian depth* ef day; Uy heart iBtb taken wtnf* fer heme, My heart hath taken wing* (or bofiM, lyt away! itranriotstay. Otw spring from Bmnellaiebi'* iloaM, To Venice by tha Aitrion foam, Then wtatwaid be my way. My heart hath tokan wings for home. Awayl —Dennis F. KeCorfAp HUMOR OF THB DAT.' One acre cnotreh—Especially if it b# a tender corn.—.Si^inys. A hoatlcr may bo a notorious raKsI, and yet be truthfully called asbble m*n ISeatvn Rudgft. Doctors who can »pc*k only one lan guage seem to understand a great many different tongues. —BtaUman. An exchange any* that when one ll caught b a burning hotel ho should keep cool. It is a great truth.—Judge. ‘Sav, do you think it’s true that red- hc.ulei girla are quick-temperedr “Urn ah—suppoaoyoti aak one of them about T'—I'iuimry Dirptith. Pretty School Teacher—“Thomaa.atab ime of the beauties of eduealton." Tbomaa (oldest Itoy in school)—School- I'ams.—New York Sun. "Do you rectify misbke* herer’ ssVed gentleman as he stepped into a droK ire. “Yes, sir, we do, if the patieDtu still alive,” replied the urbane clerk. An sgricttUiiral exchange tafonn* n* what “time io the moon to plant corn." In this section farn^ preier to plaai their corn in thecarth.l-J’niiadj^ta CaJL Another terrible washout,” remarked Bemaphore. “WheTel”a*kedtheeupofui- tendent. “Down attheChbeaelaundry.” And Ihe superinleudent amid he did hate a ' ,\.—Burdtaf. The binest woman in the world ia b _ Pbiladefpbia dime muaettm. 8b* weighs 741 pounds. This lad^bod a husband once, but abe eat on h y htm between two sheet* of paper.- FVre Prm. A Chicago mao swallowed a fl.OOO United Btatez bond to aave it from o baigiar, and Ae comptroller baa nfaiod to issue a duplicate to him. W* don’t see why the comptroller could be ex pected to do otherwise. Tbe Chicago man in $1,000.—Bosten Art. A Washington paper mys the Preri- dent hat not alterM any in hi* omaier since hia muriage; that wImb ho is in- introduced to any one be simply ehakas bands, bows, smiles, apeak* a Ivw words, andpameaoti. Then wu a rumor gtang round that he twisted fall friand's Bniie> threw a back lomenet, and ytilad do* ■ fiantly.—life. Esrtbqaakeo at Soa. Somebody who has been Inveottoatiiff tbe subject say* that the chief iseet tn to earthquake on the ocean ia tbe risiog of a great aea wave, sometimm vary lam, IS, for exafflgl^ sixty feet bi^ *» Lto bon io 1781, also eighty feet ti Oallea in 1724, and 200 feet at Lnpatka b im. These warm are often mote deatruetiT* on land than the setnal shock*—^iaflw usi^y preceded by an ovetflew, in fact, acts as a warning. On* of tbo most remarkable effect* is tbe diatarM to which theae wave* are propartated eo “great wave*," for example, right ocM thePaeifie. 'ibnsmostlwgceartbqQOM on the east or we*t aoast of ^ radto produee wares which an recorded onibo oppoaite ccaet about tweoty-four bem after. It i* taiertod that, a* to pt*^ tion of earthquake* nothing eerWa m yot known, but in many casea thm oio ■»- ticcable change*in springs and well* pra- ceding the event One useful wsrniw however, is remarked aa obrioualy pcaal- bin—namely: the report of an sow earthquake on the one aide of the Faoflc could he at once tel^paphod i twenty-four e advent of t great k oboOly, mAr Plflililplfi ( Making * Balky Horn fl*. “lalways losemypatiencewbeal rea fi man beat a Ulky botro." s^ • d^ theotber day. “^borro hoo a sroae and the man not quite ae moeh. *111610 are a dozen way* to make a hrty horve pull without beatiaghim; web u putriug a handful of dirt in to ■‘"tt, tring a handkerchief around bin boot 1^7^. Anything will do that eilr^n horoe'a attention, fw it aeartH ho tatoft the faculty of fixing ^ ona thlig at a lime. —FWoda^fifln 0*M Urgwt Flee* of Cerk In tb* World. lyaning against Om wall, Inclowd iaa wooden fraw, In a Konmy stn^ iJOf% stand* a slab of cork $ feat ioeg by T feet wide, and from 14 to 9 Incta in thickuem. Ores^ stab ot ootk hanfl German papers hare accoflht* of a woaderfal rci^y against hydnndtoUa, ■■id to hnye been in pomemriahofalam- at Pit*, ia UoUnnd, fer oror n can- htry.
