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ASIIEBOKO, NORTH CAROLINA.
A Soiis of I ovf.
The love of Cue On:>:i': for the T.e33
Is the Sun’s fr-:o way ;
The love of the l-ihe for the L’k'-
Is til.' Pay's gii'i love of the L.,.',
But ptoni and nioM cau te!i
Of a o !er love.
In glory^ainl lieai.ty beyond,
In t-lessfilness far f.bove.
Tis the love cf t’.ie Bess for the tireat,
The year, ir.g desire
Of the I’cK'i- to attain the Co'.nplete,
Of the laiw to embrti' C the Higher;
The longing r.n 1 love of the year
For the Spring unborn,
The ir.ve of the Brofa: fei’ the Sea,
The lev.' of ' he N gbt for th> Morn.
— [Rober’^c;J Ti '.wbriuge in Idticp* nd?nt.
Syd Young's, or Varitk’s,” said Myni, | gold scarf-pin, lying on the spot wMch
Ahd Myra and
icoidnrr ruefully at the stain .d doth . the hat had covered.
" ‘Hut is th t I Mr. Honnett saw, al'.o. the thtuiag,goftl-
Bennett?'• I bowed spectacles, shovod to iho back of
I!/. LIBUT FISHERY.
THE
L&ST SPEOTAOLES.
BY E'tM.Y A OrrEU.
‘•I laid 'eta right down her.?," sai l
Ml. Bennett; “an 1 now they ro gone.”
Myra looked ii!) from the long sap
p'.r-tablo she was clearing, with a siir-
pridng i.irk o; avitation. She had not
kejit bcu-o for M. Bennett lor the two
y ars since hii wife had died v.-uh.oiit
learning th.it ho wni very probably ..lie
mo t ;ibsenl-.nin.lod o! 1 gentleman m
t .0 world
"Ltal 'tn? ridit down here,” Jlr.
Be..nett lepeatoJ, umbiiug about on
the kitchen v. imlow-sill;
they ain't here. r'linny !'
where Varick had eatsm
anything against him, Mr.
••Wr.i, 1 know jest as well as I want 1 the shelf.
to where them glasses liev go.-io to,"! Mr. Bennett gasped. His honest old
said Mr. Bennett, with stubborn irate- face turned from red to wnite, f-nd hu
knees trembled so that he sank to a
P.6S3,.
*‘Oo'^ou seriouliy JT-. j cb.air.
Goodwin has taken them?” sail Myra, j “Wd,” ho muttered tremulously, and
her uret’v eyes remonstracitly wide, j w.is weakly silent.
' “Prett'y clear case, seems to me,' I Mr. Goodsvin went across the room to
sa-ld Mr.'Bennett, doggedly. “There i him hastily. ,,
In’t another one o’ them men'a 1 “1 hope you don’t think, Mr. Bon-
em all. I wau’t ever | nett, that I attach any meaning to tnii
e.reumttii’ioo—that it La.s iouted a. y
suspicion? Please don’t. Indeed it has
not. I am certain—of course—it
bo explained.”
Mr, Bennett looked at Myra coafus-
Catcli
mg
the Voracious Sea
lilonster in Icy Waters.
inar'dost Important 'Variety of
Large E iible Fish-
O’ riir large edible fish,
is Ihe most important.
woui-
done it; I'itnovr ‘
iteesed wiBi him fust mi-nC i I sea
li.ri..”
Myra put.
pan silently
ilio halibut
The halibut
vi'/ight, the
A. miiu hdi-
the goblets into the dish-
iione.^t,
‘and
ilosjicko qucruloiuly; and after a
if. g, hard day with the thraslmrs it
was not much to be wondered at.
“Are you sure you left (hem there? ’
s..i ! Myra. She h-sd pul the same question
in a hundred )iiovioiH occ-isioai; but
she spoke p.atientiy. .bhe had had a
hard Jay, too,— ;cttiu ' dinner and sup
per for eleven men was no light task,
lut Myra’s sw-etness was never iimled.
Y^ou could leave guessed that with one I get of 'em!”
look into her soft, calm, pretty blue j
eyes.
I can gener'ly tell when a man ain’t
t,” Mr. Bennett proceeded, with
groaviag confidenci, “and that :eilcr
ain’t. He see them glasses and he took
’em; he didn’t s’pose he'd be suspi-
cioii'cd. He’s caic’iating to sell ’em
soon as ho gii.t back to the city. Clear
case. I coimider. IIi’H .git come up
with, thou Nil. lie won’t git out o
town with thcin glasse.s.”
“He couMn’t have taken them, M:.
Bennett, .sH-l Myru '''11;
rear ’he wi'.idow-.?-iih
“How do you know ho didn’t?
Tfen’.ictt demanded, tartly,
come
after supper, wan’the?’
Ylyra’s cheeks flamed, and her lips
trembled; Mr. Bennett’s tone was gru£.
“Yis!’ Jlr. BermeU got up r.ad
went rambling about, the Tooin, agi
tatedly. “And I don’t s’pose you li
licar to reason no moro'c moat gals wih.
You're took with a gooi-lookmg face
smart ways, and you don t see the
bfliind ’em, nor you won t b?
like the hull
.)V
the female halicut wR
hundred and S 'u i'Oumn
‘I want to
them glasa.:;,
J ’em up there.
'•aries const israbiy as to
fcm'iie bedug the iieavier.
ill lui’u the scales at fifty pourubs,
oiH avonigu
Caj.l lid
jiih ' •' authority, has rever
.. g'c.-a one weigliiag over two hunired
I and fifty pounds; but cxceptiona’oly
: large halibut have been taken of over
I ;hrcc' hundred pounds. The range of
i the .fish cx’.cudod. It is cssontiaily a
j col*' v-ater li h, and it h rarely taken
i in wamrs which are higher than 45 deg.
ccnsi*ler:d as a troublesome one. .\
fishing-smack may leave a New E igland
port with ample provisioa of bail, whic'.i
through an accideat becomes spci cl
and worthless, and on that account a
vessel’s trip turns out to be ft loss.
Coubl she put into sruio ceiglibcaag
IVovb'ciai port and buy bait, or tie a.-
hawed to .latch i'*, then she mLh'i. carry-
cut her business wi’h success,
tier's Weekly.
-[liar-
I .*nd s .eras to find a tenioeratur; of 35
ediy.
“Fust,” he said faintly,
call your attention to
Myry; ! recoUoct jiuttia
YTs, 1 nut ’em there.’
Myra stared at them, looked >.i Mr
Bennett and at Mr. Goodwin, smiled j defi* adapted to its requiroments.
and ended with a somewhat hysterica! j Gt ographicaby, its dislribidivu ii about
j the same as the codli-L, oniy that today
I ^ Mr? Bonnet looked up at his visitor. ' iidlbut have sought deeper water. la
,.a ,, i ^ , , ,. , I T 1 osriy colonial times Hie halib
didnt go I you won’t believe what I say, , ,
: „ - -1 I .caught near the Isew England
younj^ ECLtiii, JiiG £aui, j^looiuily, and . _ ^ _
I 'taia’t to be expected.
•Wai, yb, j '‘Boliovo you?’ said Mr. Goodwia,.
to recollect—hanging round you | oarnestly, “Don’t pain me by repeat"
ing that, sirl 1 am not so foolish a-s (o
bo misled by a mere inci teat of this
sort. I know your expiaeatioo wd'
m.ako it cle.ar.”
Mr. Bennett winced.
anil
ra.:C ility
I nir.d? to.
em,
Y'ou’re jest
-‘Am I sure?” said Ylr. Bennett,
thirply, droppi'Jg into a c’aair anu wip
ing bis face v.'iih a red handkerchief.
“N-.'W, whav;i the uie cf i«vir.g tU .t,
Myry? Do.vt 1 always know where I ,
iav rny snc icles? J recollect pu .ting
• m a-.w I uwi* jjst after supper; a>i‘I
■ilCD I ste](]>ed out to ■wiiu.
Y.a.rick, and fussed ’round tho barn a
little, and now I cerne back and they’re
•one. I recollect it,’’said Mr. Bennett,
fs though his recollection was a thing
not to be disputed. “And they're my
be:t gold bowed glasses; I don’t wear
'e 1! c mmon. I don’t know’ what I put
them on today tor. -Jjat to get ’em
st.ol", I .s’poie. ”
‘■Stole?’ said Myra, in shocked re
monstrance.
‘■Wd, I've got my suspicions,’’ Mr.
B ziuett responded, cros'-ing his legs
with a jerk. ‘'1 vo got ’em. What
do you t’uink, anyhow, o’ folks that
liire out to Vuric’.s to lhra.sh for a dob
.aradiy, a-wearing 'vhite shirts and
colbars, and havi ig han Is just as white
,a that plate? 'Yu I do you think of it?”
j!r. B.aactt demanded, conclusively.
Myia's gentle face, beat over tho
i utier-uiih slia was scraping, flushed
.V irmly.
“Do vou mean Jlr. Goodwin?’ rhe
, .itered.
“F.ow'd you know him?” taid Mr.
B ? n nett, .sus jiiciotisly.
“Ob, I—I've met him !" srdd Myra,
•iinidly. ‘'He’s staying with the Blades,
r xt door to Aunt Mary's. Hj’s Mr.
Black’s nephew; and he's i.n Aunt
M rj’s sometimes. I’ve met him there.’
“H’ra! hev—hev you?’ sail Mr.
B.nnott, with a contemptuous grunt.
“Wal, you better b t him alone; thai.’.!
my advice. If I ain’t loosing my guess,
he ain’t fit for nobody to meet!”
Myia, rod-cheeked, and brusbiag the
i.ible-cloth with fluttering hands, 'was
•ilent.
“Does it look jest tight,” said Mr.
Bennett, sternly, “fsr a young man—
(i slick and good-looking feller though
he be—to be going around with Varie’K s
thrashers, with them citified vrays—”
•'Hu’s doing it on account of his
health,” said Myra, bravely interrupt
ing. ‘'Jl- came away from the city lor
country uir and exercise, and he’s inde
pendent enough to take tho cxercha in
a way that will bring him a little
money. He isn’t rich.
“How do you come to know so
mud;?’ said Mr. Bennett, acridly.
“Told you, eb? "Wal, it’s my advice
not to let liim tell you any more. Won’t
no good come of it. I tell ye B ve got j
my suspicions. It ain’t jest right,
rlon’tcare what you say; something
wrong about ih For a feller like that
to go louad thrashing, iu _ them
clothes-^’
"I suppose they’re all the clothes he
has with him,” sdi Myra, patiently.
**ln them clothes, and with that air
„• hi . Yo\i necd't tell me I’ Mr. Ben-
..,tt ended, viiv.udy but immovably.
“Y'es. hia araunert are better than
blue ! Bennett I’’ cried Myr.-t, her tears
droppinil into the dish-water.
; was I
coast.
It is doubtful whether John Sraifti
I foi'ad halibut in the warmer -waters oil
ttiii immediate Virginia iliore. Frob-
rbly tho description hi gives of the
I li-iii was derived from lialibut take';
I further north. In iui History of Vu--
1 giuia the foilov/iiig is found: “There
I is a large-sized lisu called Halibut or
I Turbot; some are taken so bigg that
Glittering Alcskaii GLsciers. |
The Alaska glaciers, iDOimiains, .
islands aad c:i3C:ides make it a ccu.'trj |
of more than usual interest for va-iety j
of fcuuery. In Switzerland a glacier is j
a vast bed of dirty, air-holed ico tha. ■
' has fastened itself like a cold porou. j
plat'.'or t*r tho side of an Alp. Diatancu .
alone lends enchantment to t.ie -tierr.
In Alaska a glacier is a wonJcifu: tor
rent that a sem; to have been su ldea y
j frozen when about to plunge into tho
I sea. Down and about mouataius wind
these suow-clad sorpsnts, cxtoadiug
miles ihiauJ, wild as many anus some
times as an octopus. Wondorfu'.iy pic-
turesquo is the D.tvidson ghic'er, but
more exioaded is the Muir giacier,
which makes tho extreme northerly
! point of pleasure travel. Im.agiae a
gbiCicr three milas wide and three
hundred feet high at its mouth. T’uinit
f
o' Niagara Falls frozin stlir, ad*l tliirfy-
i si.*: feet to its height anti you hav; ,a
I slight idea of tho terminus of M*iir
glacier, in fro-rfc of which your steamer
anchors. Picture a b-ickgrouml of
miiuutains 1.5,000 feet high, all snow-
“C'haritv’s a good thiag,” he eJn . j . - u
■’ ° ,„n two men have nuic.i a doe to iiall tnera
fessed, humbly “and I can t never to*l !
“Wal, I haia’t nothing to say abou':
it. Y'^ou’ll hev to go your own way, ’
said Air. Bmnett, aterniy. “All I hev
got to say is, he dori't git cut o this
town with them asse?. 1H hsv the
law-—'.
A tall, bo-rviiig form and a ua*. dsom*-,
smiling face were at tho door. AH -,
Goodwin looked in pleasantly at Mr.
Bennett and Myrii,
‘Oil'."Myra faltered, hurriedly dry
ing her cye.s and snji.ing back at him.
“I mu-t apologize lor 'bur-sting in ir.
this way.’’ said tho young man; but l;i.s
f)v-ict, gcr.tlemauly ontrii'ico coul-I nard-
iv he called a Inirst. “And my errand
is hardly of enough importance. I could
have ysraited—'
Ho looked at Myra, shyly. It was
plain that ins errand was the lessor at
traction.
M:-. B;nnctt stocl tvich folded arms
and hostile eyes. Afyra, tremulous with
apprehension, placed a chair for tho
young man.
“I am sorry to bother you,” sail Air.
Goodwin, in a pleasant apology, “but 1
have lost Uiy scarf-pin sornowhere here
abouts. O '.' course there is every chance
of its having fallen out -while I was at
work. F.icdiug bundles of wheat to a
threshing machine is piretty well ca'.-
culated to loosen scarf-pins,’' ho said,
laughiig. “But possibly 1 may have
dropped it here, cither at the dinner or
supper I enjoyed so hugely.” Ho
smiled at Alyra. “I am so sorry to
trouble you! Just a glance over the
floor will discover it, if it is hero.”
“Certainly!’ said Alyra, and opened
the west window-blinds for more light.
Air. Bennett eyed the young man
sternly.
“Seems to me its a pretty good joke
you a-coming here after something
ymi’ve missed!” he snapped.
Sir. GoodV, in betrayed his astonish
ment at the remark only by his silence.
Myra gazed at Mr. Bennett in plead
ing misery. _
“Wbat I should call a good joke,’
Mr. Bennett repeated, with a chuckle.
“S’pose you want to search the ho'asc?
“Aly dear air,’’ the young min ejacu
lated in shocked ainazameur, “is it pos
sible tliat you suspe.ct me of suspecting
you? Believe me, nothing could be
further from ray thoughts! How can I
pcTsuulo you—’
‘•Like to look through my pockets,
wouldn’t you?'’ Mr. Bennett pursued,
with grim irony. “Wal, I H givo you
a chanco it you’ll let me look through
■Mr. Bennett I’’ cried Myra, i.mplor-
ingly-
Mr. Goodwin -was distroasedly speech
less.
“Guess wa’d better o it Guess I’d
better go after the constable and hev it
done sqiiare,” said Mr. Bennett.
And ho reached up to the clock-sheH
and took down his second-he.st hat
which l.ay there.
4nd then they all saw—the Bttle
to
you how grateful I am to you, ycmf,
man. Them was noble words in fbis
here case. Wal, that jiin of yours- I m
consider’ble ab,eat-mlndei, Mr. Good
win—I picked it off iho floor je.st iHcr
dinner; I recollect it now. And not
knowing whose’twas, nor where it be-
loiig.;d, I jest nut it up there under
that hat; thought ’ twould be si’Ho till j
I found rut who it belonged £
wont clean out o’ my head, jist aa
things do.”
^ “F’jri't say eiiolhoi .-ovj g-
j the yoi'.'Jg man, eagerly, wi cu* a-
j almiring eyes on Alyra— “don f,
for my .salve! ’
I But it was for Myra’s ;a te.
“I’m an old fool, Myi'” said Mr.
Bennett, an hour a id a Laf ' atnr, when
Mr. Gv)0-!wm had goiia du ^ ii the ; ath
with .ight-imarted bris'ismess, and Alyra
■WHS finishing t’nc dislios, her eyes shin
ing and her c'.ieeks flusho l. “Fin an
old fooi, and Bvo been a trial to yO'u,
and you’ve stood it like a niajer, and so
did he, and I shan’t forget it. YYhen
you go to keeping house for him. slid
o’ me—”
“Air. Bennett!” said Myra, Hilly.
“Oh, wal, that’s coming; I can see it
plain; aad when it does come you shan’t
want for a setting-out as good as I’d
give a girl o’ my own. Y"ou I’soserve it.
into th.e boate; but ihere is such plenty
j tli.it the fisluii men onely onto the heads
i Afrinas, an*l throw away the bodies;
! sujh in P.ui;! woubl yiebf 5. or 0.
! crowncs a peeco; and this is no com-
j modity,” Today lia'.ibut fi-hermcn,
1 who generally sail from Gloucester,
if the libl’..
and 30 does ho, said Mr. .Bennett, de
voutly.—[Saturday Night.
Glass Cloth.
Mr. Dubus Bonnet of I.illo, Franco,
ha.s invented a process of spinning aad
weaving glass into cloth. The warp is
composed of silk, forming the body and
groundwork, on which tho pattern in
glass .appears, as effected by the weft.
The requisite flexibility of glass thread
for manufacturing purposes is to bo as
cribed to its extreme fineness, as not
less than from 50 to 60 of the original
strands arc required to form one thread I
of 'tVlO. 1
no more than a yard of Cit
produced in twoivo' hours. Tho wor's, |
however, i3 Oai.. niely beautiful and |
cornpnrativily cheap, AFren'ch papw, j
commenting on the diicovery, says; |
“When wo figure to ourselves an
apartment decorated with cloth of
glass and resplendent 'with light, wo
■must be convinced tha: it will equal in
make long trips in search
and som.3 visit the -praters al'O'jt Icelarul.
an Cl it ! made to the edges of the
j Banks, from George’s to the Grand
' B-ank, the tHhii'v -co. tinning the vo»r
I , “
u *'.. i.-. -W-tcr ii 3.1
1 from 100 to 350 fa', honis. The fidi do
j.not t*;inain long in one place, but move
I iu 3c!ioo1s in search of food- The hall-
I but is voracious, devouring skate, cod,
j iiiiddock, menhaden, m.ickcrel, herring,
j flounders, clams. A half bushel of fi t
fish lias been taken from the stomach of
a li.'dihat.
The wholesale purchisors of haliuut
iniko what is helievLu to bo a purely
fanciful disliuolioe. bciv.mea tho gray
nnd white fi.sh, paying a somowh.at less
juice for the first, w’h-sn botu -white any
gray arc of thu same oxcolfeaco .as food.
There being Jiioro gray fish may account
lor tho diilirenco mads by the buyer.**.
Tlie rni :U yniag fish, called “chicken
I Lalibiit,’ weighing frcni ten to trvonty
I jtouuds, comiiiai.d thu highest price. A
I large proportion of hali'Dut are cataa
i Iresli, bu: occasirrrally inoro fi>h are
j brought lo Gicuccbter than can be at
! once disposed of, and then the halibut,
i having been cut into proper pieces, is
first salted, tho.i dried, and fi.aa!iy
Minas.
11 oh inny uc sin;; ’g. c-;',roi*''-i; lord—
IViios* *'aio’ o’.r 1. ■ ii 'ld I ii.'arJ.
Tue d.-.y is eh:.l lUi f .larlr 1. •
'i'en I'.ii'iii r.iin falh i.-o.u dv,
Tiw'l ug'i l.erier-;!. bi;n r*vks uud sw-i; -,
Yt.i hj I r'-v.uy b:itU-»ly sings.
i'.'i- hi ha.s wings.
O s I Iden.'-l !r ;rt; Ih-m t lo if-n;- oe,
Tl:*/ j*.y i ' i , son-'iw-free.
M'lvi-t u.'*. ! to u ;ri’’a t!v ; .-dwiii; iwght'
Trust 'hou i> v’s j'lii’-'jn li.ght,
And when the s d en storms at e nigh,
Love Can find out a sunrier tky;
F r wings ’nave !.
—pino. nl. 1VI lohnr, in Indcjuud.'iii.
Ul.’.hOiHib i
A droll deg—A wag w!ii. a fi’uny
tale.
Tho eier.ionts are ang'-y whou ti t
woters pout.
Guesi—'lYiU'.or, the tiiia,-. ’‘vVailjr--
Sug'.;r, .h-i waiter.
An attitude aboci, ibe only thing a
dude dares strike.
A cup that cheers but does not iaei.-ri-
ate—the bi.r dij'per.
lYhy does an old mui 1 v.'car mittens?
To keep ofi; tho chaj s.
Tlic duvle is a gn at sticlv!cr for the
c'.'iicct thing in cH.ites.
Why IS a door i.a tsm j' tji;tial mood
It’s pood, or sbou!'l be.
What is thieving iu tho c-itskirts?
Picking ladies’ pocket i,
So’diers like to cat tho Iruit of tho
'.duo cold, Tl*. ty object to t-'-ving
id, and then imagine a gorgeous sun ! grapeshot.
lighting up the ice crystals with rain-
bo'.v coloring. Tho faco of that ghicier
takes cn tho line of aquR-iiiarine. the
hue of every hit of fi.iati'ig ice, 'oi.; and
little, that surrounds tho steamer and
make.s n.ivigation seriou®. Tlas
d izzling serpent moves at the rate of
Kixiy-four feet a day, tuinb ing h-jad-
long iato tho sea, nn'i as it fa.Is the ear
is startled by submari'ao thunder, 'iho
berg goes dowe. deen iato the sea, .and
woo to the boat that is in its way wh ' n
it rises.—[New Y'ork M-iil a'ld Express.
Vflhnt are tho creat a-tronomert? The
itaiG, hec iuse they have stiiided the
iicavoi’S fc'.- r.gos.
“I'm a mem her of the Fire Dopari-
■jienf,’ replied tiie hot-1 bor.ncer, when
iskod his .-iccujiatiou.
C'lmdiu-ite.s for nomina'ioa who are on
the wrong side of the Ic.'.cc .are hereby
informed that tiicy caa gc'- ia through
,1m dcle-gatcs.
A man is rarely fo ind who kicks when
his nan'll ii inisspclicd in the jujiice
-ew-.-., re. -' i if a a, wsp'ip ;r. T ils is a
A Sacred .NuuHicv.
Undoubtedly seven is the sacred
number. There are .ev-a days of
c'.oation; after seven days lespito ti c
lloo'l cam;.'; tho years of famino a'ul
jilenfy wore in cycle.s of seven; every
scventl'i day was a Sibhatb; cv-eiy
sovo’.iili year the S.ihhatii of ro't; alter
everv scvoii times acv.'n years came ’ho
jubilee; tho feasts of u'deavoned broad
nnd of taberuac'e.s were observed :^2ve:i
I
d y;-. , !
Tile goldiui candle.'-ticks had .sev.ea
branches; stvju priests with seven ,
trumpets surrounded Jericho seven j
timt-3, and seven times on iho seventh
day; Jicob obtained his wives by
servitudes of seveu years; Sumpso.a
kept his nuptials seven day*, and on
the sevc :th day i.e put a riddle to his
wife, and ho was bound with sevoa
groin -n’ithes aad seven loc!:?. of his
hair were shaved o.lT; Nc-uichad.iezz r
w'as seven years a beast; ShaJrach and
liis two companions in misfortune wci'c
cast info a furnace heated sev-'u tiiuos
I .,
il'ta’jic .'xcepfio'.i '& tlia .'ui-e.
r.urr, I
s’jp-
'*;.,'’ re-
TJut, o'ut.--ide of
■;1 1 a Cc'W'er.”
sinok--:l. Sraokod halibut, when prop- | mote than it was wont.
orly cured, is excellent food, but not so
popular as it doserviis to bo. The por
tions of fiih while heiag dried must be
constantly turned, and p.rccautioas
tak -a against dniiip aad mould. Oc
casionally yirep.aroJ haiihut wiil have a
reddish coloration, due to a carious
fungoid,growth, ivbich has been tT.aced
back to the Cadiz salt useL A;i impfe
isioh of ice on shipboard keeps the
sweet. 'J'h-' fii’ri are hoisted hy a
'e, and f!';S hugi* carcasses .-..•c tli.is
hauled iiiio the .‘torerooini, whore they
are weighed and packol with ice for
slsii-meat. The great fi h Cumber the
floor of the storerooms whore they are
■jiTei'.arcd and omit an o!or pcculi'.r to
linlibut alone. Gaaerally the fisherman,
when stowing the haiihut away, have
, cut off tha heads, but now and then a
brilliincv Ml that tae imagination can I ,,, , , *
uruiimi-j o , ' halibut with US head on an'iears. A
conceive and realize; in a word, the i ■ , u i ■ r* * n
couceiYD , , 1 , ! fine nictirte could be made of one of the
wonders of the enchanted palaces men- ' ; , , • ,
, , ,. . , hands cmrdoycd in those p.ackin*g estali-
tioued in tho Arabian tales.’ 1 * . r j .
_________ jlsSainonts whilom the act of docapitat-
1 'F'l a' big fish. lie uses a knife some-
Lactnf. Fodder. ', th^g ju shape like a sabre. Ho gives
Tho much-despisid cactas of our des- p flourish, the steel swoops through
erts is, acc’^rding to thu Now York a ^ blow oil comes tho
dependent, being fuin-d a b'lessing m j
disguise. In the oH world they use
the very pirickly gorse as cattle food, by , j damages aro
The liaes and trawls are
cc {ill y ixamiacd before a smack gets
la the Now Te-stament nearly every
thing occurs by sevens, aid .at the end
of tho saend volume wo rcjiri of .■'cvoa
churches, seven candfesti*-k3, seven
sjiirits, seven scales, seven stars, Ecveu
thunders, seven vials, seven plagues,
seven angels, and a seven-headed
mon.ster. ouch are m'jrely a few in.
stances of the sacred ute of the num
ber common to all natioas and all re-
li-rions.— [Chiistian Oh=ervcr.
putting it in a crusher so as to reud'ir j repired. The tangles of tackle, which
the thorn.s harmless. By drawing the i )ani.;rn«ii never could straighten out, at
Aintrican cactuses over flame, tho tboma--, fingers of the ex-
are easily destroyed. Some peel them, : ports. ,
They aro found nutritiour and very ac- | As thr-,at(,ijjjjg halibut lakes place
ceptablo to stoc'ix wheu livested of this j jn deepC far from Provincial
natural armor. Crus'aing as the gorse shores aii beyond sealine limits, in our
is crushed in Europe hn not yet been ^ distussioi, regard to fl>hery rights
introduced, hut this is proposed, and , tho haiii i question is not of much im-
when successful cactus f-)dder will be Uortance. n;., vertheless, in all sea-fish-
as popular on the desert at hay further , Jng there _ tjj,, r-ubject,
procuring { bait, which ma
that of tho
which may always be
roller I’aliner’.s Bitlacc.
potter Palmer, the Chicago inilboa-
aire, lives in a house that is said to he
more like a castle than any other resi
dence ia Chicago. No two rooms aro
alike in style or finish. The house is
built with a rotunda surmounted by a
iloorish dome, and all the doors open
into a circular hall. The supporting
pillars and the balviitrades arc made of
polished marbl-c. An elevator, pan-
nelled with plate glass and upholstered
in satin, carri.ss the occup.ants of the
house to tho upper rooms. Air. Palmer
lies ttvo sons, lads of twelve anil four
teen years of age, who have their gym-
ntisiuin, shooting gallery and playrooms
ia a house built speciiHy for their use,
and they are taught all the accomplish
ments a? well as the manly arts.
Consolation.
“I SYOuldn’t cry, little boy,” said a
kind old gontleman, conscliagly, '‘you
may be unhappy for the moment, but it
will soon pass avray. You woubln't
expect me to cry, would you, every
time I’m a little unhappy?’
“No, air,” respeuded the tearful litUe
la.1, “you’d proh’iy go an’ get a drink.’
—[Life.
‘‘Y'’cu l ive iieard a c;
pose?’ aske.l the jiid
p’ie-l (liO major,
j.octrr. you never h
A man livi-sg in a vostcra tovr.-, says
his w as the only nouse intact aft t a
rec'-'iit cyclone, an*l attributes hi good
'uoli. to the fact tha'. it ha'i a heavy
mcrtgf'ge on it.
“Y”ou are Air. t^uezeen, the huiband
cf th; r-elcbr'ite-I ;ectur*iss oi cookery,
are you not-' '‘'f-.:-, sir," rc)*licd the
'b.‘je.:t';d, bodo-iv-cyc 1 man. “1 m the
omn she trie*, her now dishes on."
E ."jiirio —‘'Th?'i lean cciiiit on you
for I' tc.-tir.ioni.'il t > my liver regulator?’’
llichly—-*‘i can spcalc o-' it, do-vtor, ‘a
the highest t-rmi.” Einiuric—Wh.-
evil n 1 :t r iro vo'u of, .sir! ’ Richly —
“Fi.v, ity, doctor, jiovi -fy! It i.ii 1 n.y
late lamcnto l u icle c'.-.t ;*i slifl cf a
policr, and 1 was bii bci;'.”
Clerk fto la.a B ar*!); Y'uUiig -'I "■
Spiiggias and ol 1 Tomb.iy have had a
qurrrcl and both lh;e itei; to ic iv.j the
house unless the oliiir one do.'a. Lati l-
lorii: AV'hicli is the better ciistomei?
Clerk; About tlm sfins -sir. L:t-J*
lord: Toil old Tom'uoy he must go.
lie is likely to (lie any day and wo uiny
keep Bpriggin* for years.
How Coiners are l’n:iisii-ul in Chliio.
From 1- recent l.ia. reported iu the
Pekin G.-Z-dte it opip'iftrs th.at in China
coiners arc ju.iished v ith even more
than the seventy of our old s.avagc
penal cO'Je. T'vo copjjers niths out of
employment in Hankow privately
formed a little company to int’-re copper
cash, and began their cpcraticus lor
50:ne reason by melting down about
cigiit pour'.ds of imperial copper coin**.
The band had ina'lc b'lt li'.tle progress
ia their secret trade, haviar only manu
factured altogether some bl.OOO coins,
equivalent to littl*' more ihiii .£3, when
they were eaj'iiircd, tried and con-
demr.cd. Accciding to the report the
ringleader ■w:is FcntenceJ to iuimediabi
dccajdtation for melting down coin of
the realm; the next, rvho had assisted
in the -work of coining, was sentenced
to decapitafion after imprisoamect;
i while two oti-cr-i, who had polished tlir
sp'arioui coins, and the last who acted
hs bookkeeper, were 'aeated not as
princijiais, but as ncccssorie.s, liable to
Cracspnrta'io;i to Turkes'-au jind e-m-
; pbeymont as slave? to the troops there
! —a fate 'ucii- Y* d to be worse than im-
j ;n*.'*.Uat'-‘ d csplti-tion. Some other men,
i who seem to have had nothing to do
i with the coining itself, but -.cted as do-
! mestic 3erv i.;;t3 lo tho ; rincipuls, ro-
’ cilvc'd sentences of three year.?’ L-anish-
ment and a h-’milte-d h'^ows each