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A THRILLINn STOK Y.
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Tho following incident actually occur
ed on board of a Brtish frigat?, and \vnß
communicated to the writer, soveral
years ago, by an oli man-of-war's
man:
A timid boy, about fourteen years of
ago, hesitated logo alott, but by ibe cup
tain's orders, was forciby put in the main
rigging, and then a boatswain's maie was
commanded to lash like him like a dog
until he learned to run aloft. Tho poor
fellows legs and arms trembled, he grasp
e>l the shrouds, ho cried, he prayed the
inhuman captain for God's sake to have
mercy oh biin; but. all in vain. The boat
swain's mate was. ordered to lay on
harder, legardless ot the boy's piercing
screams, which made even veteran sea
men turn from the brutal scene with dis
gust- Ilia clothes warn rout. I mill—hi*
back, the blood followed the lash,
and still the tyrant roared out, "Lay on.
batswain's mate!"
With one wild scream he sprang from
under tho lash, and bounded up tire rig-
King with amazing rapidity. He doubled
the tut lock rigging like a cat,passed up
the topmast and topgallant rigging witli
undiminished speed, shinned the unrat
tlcd royal rigging, and perched himself
like a bird alongside ot the pennant
which streamed from the masthead. Here
lie paiued. looking fearlessly upon the
deck below. Ail hands came up to see
him —his erics and cruel treatment had
already oiilisted (heir sympaly, and, if
possible, bad increased their hatred ot
the captain.
The monster was smiling compfficcnt
ly at tho success of his experiment; be
was one of those tyrants who boasted
that Ute cat, properly applied, could
make men do anything. Still he was
apprehensive iliat tho boy might destroy
himself, and the circumstances be used
against him at the Admirality, where lie
knew representations of bis cruelty bad
already been made. The men gazed in
silence, looking first at the boy and then
at the captain, who was seated near the
taffrail. They dared not to be seen
speaking to one another—it was a flog
ging offence; even at niglu spies passed
under.their hammocks to ascertain if
they whispered. The officers walked
tho lee side of the quarter-deck, occasion
ally casting their eyes aloft, but were as
silent as the men. Still the boy clung to
the masthead, playing with the pennant,
apparently unconscious of the interest, be
excited below, 'fired with gazing aloft,
tbecaptaiu sung out through the speak
ing trumpet. 'Down from aloft! Down!'
The boy sprang upon tho truck at. a
bound, and raising himself erect, waved
hid cap around his head; then, stretching
his arms out, gave a wild laughing
scream, and threw himself forward. The
captain jumped to his Icet, expecting to
see the boy dashed in pieces on deck; but
'when clear of the shade of the sails he
saw him sliding along the main royal
stay towards tho foretop-gallant mast
head, and heard him laugh and chatter
iike a monkey, as it enjoying tho sport,
fie reached the masthead in safety, and
then descended along tho top-gallant
backftay hand-over-hand. **riie captain
looked at him, and was about to speak,
but could not find words. The boy froth
ed at the mouth and nose; his eyes seem
ed starting out of his head; lie rolled up
on the deck in convulsions, staining it
with the blood which still trickled lrom
his back, lie was a maniac. The sur
geon's skill in the courso of a few weeks
restored his bodily hoaltli, but not liis
roason.
Fl'om that time forward he, was fear
less. In tho darkest night, the ficrcett
gale, lie would scamper along tho deck
like a dog, and bound aloft with a speed
which uo one on board could equal. He
would run over the yards without boidv
ing. paßsfrom mast to mast 011 the stays,
ascend and descend by the leeches ot tho
sails, aud run over the studding sail
booms. Ho was as nimble as a cat, and
bad forgotteu fear. Some of the light
duties alolt be learned to discharge in
company with them—lie did as they did
but could not be trusted to do anything
himself. One order he always obeyed
without hesitation. At the command,
'Away aloft,' he was off, and never paus
ed uulil lie reached the masthead. As he
was barroTeS and the "caps
tain kept liim on board, and, in the course
of a year, sent him aloft for amusement.
His strength increased wifeh his years,
bft his bulk and height remaiued nearly
the same at eighteen as when he became
a maniac.
His ribs, breast and back seemed one
case of bone, and his piiiows and muscles
made his legs aud arra9 appear like
pillared columns. He was fair, with
light blue eyes and. delicate skin; his
face oval and full, but void of express
bio:!—neither lave, tear, revenge nor
pleasure could be traced to its stolid
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GR4HA.M, N. C-,
outline Ilia eyes stared at everything
withont appealing to sec, ftml when lie
spoke, tliero was rarely any meaning in
hiswonls, Ee followed the men in their
various duties like a dog following his
master. Whenever he was struck or
startled by a boatswain's mute lie ran up
tlie main rigging screaming at the top of
his lungs, ami never paused uniil he had
performed the first evolution which had
made him a maniac.
As tho sailor's story, runs, the ship
arrived at Plymouth to be docked and
refitted. The captain avail.ng himself
of tho leisure was going to bo married,
and Hue news was cominunb/itsd by his
servant to the cook, who soon circulated
it ou the berth deck among the men who
cursed him and all his ki.i. His servant
came on board of (he hulk where the
men were lodged, the evening the caps
fain was to be married. Crazy Joe (the
name the boy was known bv) met biin
at the gangway, aud asked intelligently
if the captain would be mariied that
evening and where? Tho servant gave
him the information he desired, aud
went about his business.
. That n'gbt, while the captain was un
dressing he was seized by ,jtfo throat
and dragged to the bridal bed. 'Look,
fair lady on me,' said Crazy Joe, 'but
do not scream, or I will kill you. Look
ou me. 1 hold within my grasp a devil,,
who delights in cruelty—a merciless
fiend who has scourged the backs of
hundreds of brave uien ;a ruffian who bas
robbed me of my reason; I bold hiin
within tjie grasp ot death, at the very
moment his black soul' thought itsell
within the reach of bliss. Monster! look
upon your lady—think a moment of the
heaven of earthly joy almost within your
reach—then think of me poor Crazy Joe!
and«of the hell to which I send you! Die,
wretch, die 1* —————
When tho alarm was given, the
strangled body ot the captain-was found
laying alongside of tho bridal bed; but
the maniac w4n) killed hiin was never
recognized afterwards. lie belonged to
Cornwall, and probably found shelter
from pursuit iu the mines until the ex
citement passed away. The lady xtatcd
at the time and many years afterwards,
that the attack of the maniac was so
sudden aud silent that she knew nothing
of it uutili.. tlie curtains weio pushed
aside and she felt the pressure ot tho
*»
caplaiu's body bent over the edgo of the
bed. Joe held hid victim around the
neck with tho right haud, aud turned
him from sido to side us easily as it lie
had been a child, while the forefinger
and thumb of the left hand grasped licr
own throat, ready to extinguish her life
if she attempted to raise an alarm, ills
free was pale and deathlike, his eyes
started but were motionless, aud every
word ho uttered seemed to issue from
the very depths ot his soul. The captain's
looks were terrible beyond description—
death left the impress of feiocity upon
bis darkened fcalnres. How the maniac
entered or left the room she never kuew;
his departure was as noiseless a3 his
entrance. So paralyzed was she with
fear, that an hour elapsed before she
could muster courage to call for help;
but she thanked God, when the captain's
cruel character became generally known
aslioro that sho bad been rescued from
his alliance.— London Nautical Maga
zine.
SEliLlflt! HIS WIPES WOODEN I.EO
[From tho New York Sun.]
Mrs. Mary Johnson kept an apple aud
peanut staHd'HC-Washington aud Vcsey
streets tor many years, and saved enough
money to purchase a hornet in 119 th
street, near Fourth avenue. Shs also
saved money enough to buy an artificial
leg, having lost one of hers iu childhood,
lu July, while sitting behind hei , stand,
she was sunstmck and taken to tho hos
pital. lier husband then sold the bouse
aud furniture, and tried to pawn tho
wooden leg. Failing to dispose of it iu
that manner, he sold it for twenty-five
cents. Mrs. Johnson,, since her discharge
from the hospital, has been unable to
purchase another artificial leg. Johusou
was arraigned before Justice Smith, iu
Harlem police court, on Thursday, on a
charge ot abandonment. Alter naving
investigated the case tho Justice said to
liim: *'TTnVtaking fecuoiis diy our wife
and trying to sell them won't do. You'll
be pawning tho' baby next." Johnson
was sent to the penitentiary for twelve
months.
Norristowu Herald: "A snake was
recently caught in a Welsh church by
'charming' hiui from his retreat by- the
music of a harmonium. A snake is pro
bably the only living creature that can
ue cliiii med by* a harmonium. And no
doubt the reptile preferred to out and
die than to listen any longer to its
strains."
TUESDAY OCTOBER 15 1878
BISntBCK-H COCBAGK.
(flarper'n Magazine)
II was in 1866. Bis^navck—then Count
Bismarck—was returning from the pal*
ace, where ho had been to sec tho King.
While passing through tho largo street of
Berlin called Uulcr den Linden, aud
quite near the place where lloedcl and
Nubling have sineo attempted the lit's ot
Emperor William, he suddenly heard n
shot fired close behind him. He turned
sharply around aud saw a young man
who, Willi smoking revolver, was aiming
at biin. lie strode at once up to the
man aud seized the arm that held the ro
volvcr, while with llio Other hand lie
grasped tho throat of jhe would-be mur
derer, who, however, had had time
to pass his weapon to his left haud, and
now fired thro shots iu qnick succession.
Bietnaik felt himself hurt in hi 3 sl.onldor -
and in one of his ribs; but lie held his fqs
riotts asßuilaut fast till some soldiers came
up and took hold of him. Then Bismarck
waked home at a brisk pace andicached
his own house long belorc anybody there
could know what had happened. The
Countess h..d some friends with lior
wliou hep husband entered tho drawing
room. lie greeted all in a friendly HUHI
nor, find begged to be excused for a tew
minutes, as he had some urgent business
to attend to. He then walked into the
next room whero his desk stood aud
wrote to iiifrnil tlie King of the accident.
Having attended to (his duty, lie" retf,ru
ed to the drawing room aud made ono ot
his little standing jokes, ignoring his own
u>.punciuality, and saying to his wife:
'•Well, are wo to have uo dinner to-day?
You always keep u o waiting ." He s-it
down aud partook heartily ot tho dishes
set before him, and it was only when the
dinner was over that ho walked up to the
Countess, kissed her on tho fo ehoad,
wished her in the old fierman way,
Gesegnetel MuhJzeit\" (May your meal
bo blessed!) and then added: " You sea
lam quite well." She looked up at him.
"Well," ho continued, "you must uot be
anxious, my child. Somebody has fired
at me; but it is nothing, as you see."
APPBECI VTINU A SEEtIfIOX,
[Chambers Journal.]
I cannot resiit repealing a conversa*
tion between a friend aud his farm ser
vant, which illustrates the remark al
ready made, that an iljUhinaii is rarely
at a loss for a reply or excuse: Tuat
was agocd sermon, was it uot, that we
had last Sunday?' said the gentleman.
'True tor you, vor honor, an illigaut one!
ltuouemea power of good iutirely.'
'l'm glad of that. Can 3*911 tell mo what
particularly struck you? What was it
about?' 'Oh. well,'scratching his head,
'I don't rightly—not just exactly know.
I—a—l—. A'.where's tho use ot telling
lies? Sure I don't remember 0110 single
'dividual word of it. good or bad. Sdra,
a bit of me knows what it was about at
all.' 'And yet you say it did you a pow
er of good?' 3o it did, sir; I'll stick to
that.' I dou't see how.* 'Well, now.
yer honor, look here, there's iny shirt
that the witc is af;cr washing, aud clean
and white i' is, by reason ct all the wa
ter, and tho soap and the starch that's
gone through it. But not 11 drop of 'em
all—water or soap, or starch or blue—
has staid in, d'ye see. And that's just
the same with inc and that serinou. It's
run through me, yer honor, and it's dried J
out of me; but all tho same just liko my
Sunday shirt, I'm the better and cleaner
after it.' There was more philosophy
than ho was aware of iu tho quaint reaS't
oiling off tho man. An impression for
good or evil is often left upon the mind
aud bears fruit when what has caused
tho influence has passed away from our
memories. -• •
A PLAIN Tit-:ni.
» [Texas Christian Advocate.]
Agricultural fairs, are iro- doubt, vak
uable agencies for the material develop
ment of the country, but we seo no rua>
son why they should be turned into race
grounds and gambling establishments.
Very often they are the rendezvous of
tho loading gamblers and sportsmen of
this nnd surrounding States, and their
influence- oi^c tally, YOJiQg men, is
demoralizing. . Gambling at a horse race
is as clearly a violation of the law of the
land as gambling at the faro bank, or
keno tabic, anjtthe fact that it trans
pires at an agricultural fair does not
justify the offense. Many Christian men
are driven by these, vicious influences
from tlie fair ground, and in many
instances these exhibitions are passing
under the control of professional sports
men.
DEAN PORTRAYED.
[Philadelphia Prcfß ]
As he stood in the pulpit surveying the
vast concourse assembled to greet him,
the Dean accomplished two objects. He
bad leisure to survey tho inultituilo and
to gage them as h fairly reprcsentalivc
gathering of the belter class of American
citizens, and Tie gave the multitude an
opportunity to study him as tho repie
sentativeof a higher and noble.l class of
the theologians of 10-day. Clad in the
vest men is of tho same style as those ol
other clergymen present, ho differed from
them iu oho particular. Arouui iiis neck
he wore a broad band ol " crimson, to
which was suspended a small gclden
symbol. This simple ornament—ollo
sought by the proudest and uoblcet poors
ol England, and a patent of nobility only
conferred upon the highest and the best
—was the insignia of (he Older of the ,
Bath. Of this order tho Dean i» Chaps
lain. There is something singularly win*
uiug about the expression ot this old
man's I'aco—for he is au old, man now. j
having paaped his seventieth birthday, j
It has nothing coarse or commonplace!
abou* it. A fine, high, broad
encircled with iron gray hair, now raps
idly turiiig white; a pair of keen and yet
withal kindly, sparkling eyes, a long
straight nose —perhaps the best proof of
go>d blood in England; thin—marvcl
otisly thin—hps and a well formed chin;
these, wilh a pair of whiskey groy side
whiskers, small and rather closely cut,
giving a fine chance for the display of Lite
workings of the noblo features, complete
the description ot the fine face which
gazed with such an inteiested expression
at the congregation assembled to do him
| honor yesterday morning. Dcau Stanley
is not. as the expression goes with us, au
able speaker. 111 point of tact nine out
ol ten Americans would euM him a very
bad Bpeakcr. His style 0/ ntterauce re
sembles nothing so much as a school
boy'B manner ot reciting a lesson he has
leai ued by roie. Iu a word, it is monot
onously "sing song" to American ears.
In this he greatly resembles Lcrd Bea
coiisfield, whose speeches are uftered in
exactly the same tone and with precisely
the same inflection. And yet this very
style is, according to tlie English tastes,
the acme of perfection iu cultured elocu
liou. Indeed, it must be admitted that
after the first ten iniuute) tho measured
cadence falls on the car wilh anything
but a disagreeable expression, whatever
we may think of Ihe style, lie used 110
gestures, and rarely deviated from (he
lone in which be began, and relied solely
for cttect 011 the grand teachings aud the
flue thoughts aud the splendid sentiments
wilh which his sermon abounded.
THE FACE,
BY OKCLK ELBERT.
How much there is iu the human face!
What a volume, nay, what a library
may bo found there! All thoughts, all
passions, all that can stir or uuve this
mortal frame, may bo read in its ex
pressions. There is what may bo des
ignated as the homo and which
often diflcrs much from the face that is
seen iu public or society. Tho real face
is worn at home—tho artificial abroad.
There is no single thing in any home,
high or low, worth moro than a bri B ht,
cheerful, hopeful, sympathetic face. It
| soothes litllo irritations, it eucourages
the faint, it brightons even the raven
down of care, and throws light which
may be more precious at times than Ihe
light of day. The beauty of tlie face is
iu its expression. Whether it bo Gteek,
Roman or Saxon, its power to attract or
repel lies in the combined speech of its
several features. A homely face may
be most comely and winsome when the
high qualities of tho soul are reguauf
there. Close observers always try to
read beneath the surface, aud beyond
the mere title-page of the external face;
aud still it is most true that the hnman
countenance is taken as an index
ot character. A heart full of gracious
sentiments and emotions will trunsforra
the plaiuest face into one of great loves
liuess.
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Is THE Cntct;s IM.MOKAL? —A country
editor says, alter discussing the question
all winter, he conies to the conclusion ev
ery spri hg t naViiTe~Cirififa lo luHfiwi i
when th'«s bill poster comes along with'
(he big pictures, his mind changes. He
adds; As we gaze at tlie lions, tigers and
monkey*, and that nature niUde all. of
them, we are not sure. And when we
look at the beautiful young lady, with
nothing on but a blue ribbo.i round lier
waist, witii one leg pointing to six o'clock
and Hie other to high iruon, and think
that nature made her, too, just as she was
except the ribbon, we begin to lean up to
the circus. But when the brass band
begins to play, and the clepliautsgo round
we rush for a front seal to get in anead of
the deacons, who always wear stove-pipe
hats, aud won't sit dowii iu lroni.
NO, 32
G lean in f s
Fin lit Bucklaw, (lie naturalist. declares
I hut babies will swim n:i( arally and wiih
out difflutilty it put into water.
Stanley, tfie explorer, is about to lee«-
tttro iw England upon liin African discov
eries. llu litis iniule arrunyeuicius tor
ouc lin ml rod lectures.
Robert J. Smith, a negro lecturer, is
tlclivi ring lectures in Knglaitd on '*Tho
Ntgro ituce in North America—l>st,
Present, and Future."
Some of tlio Chinese Embassy wear
outside garments of while silk so" closely
resembling nii»ltt whins as n> make an ol«l
maid dodgo around the first corner, —.
l.'.>chanyc.
One of the enigmas uftljU lite is how
a man can have the impudence to Miig,
"There is rest lor the weary ."in the front
tmrlor, while bis.wife is down in the cel
lar cutting wood!
'l'Uiy ure talking of itliol ishing funerals
in Ohio. Not that people will cease to
die, but the funerul is expensive, and the
nifJicul colleges gel the corpses anyhow.
Buffalo fixprees.
A gentleman tells of hearing Tuliet
remark to Homeo, as the former was
passing the' City Hall last night: "liow
bemi-tiful tli9 moon is, but them stars
look sick V—Kingston Freeman.
Ours is emphatically a country of
railroadn, for more than 83,000 miles of
track are distributed over the surface of
North Ameiica alone, and of this length
177,470 "miles fall within the United
States.
'Does lajtar beer Intoxicate?' That's the
quesiiou which thousands in the corns
muiiity are industriously trying to edllo
just now. Important questions like this
require any amount of experiment
ers.
Inasmuch as Mrs. Jenks declared thnt
Beu Butlerwas 'perfectly l&velv,' ami'*-
Mr. Butler described her as 'a h—II of a
woman," it looks as if it would be
necessary for the two to 'poil thoir issues'
lieforo the Jenks goes on the stump for
Old Cockeye.
Six year*ago two yonng men in Phils
adclphia inheiited from their father about
SBO,OOO each. Since that period o:ie has
died poor, and tho other is now driving a
furniture car tor a living. The name of
the daily paper they started is not given.
Mr. Hayes is said to be confident that
the Republican party will, as a general
thing, hold its own lii the October and
November elections. Wo presume Mr.
llayes himself expects to do still better
th in hold its own; that is to sav, he t>xs
pects to hold ou to what belong to Mr.
Tildon.
A dying man in Burlington crawled
out of his bed, dragged himself to the
rocking chair, pulled the tidy down,
rolled it up and sat down upon it, una
died with a sweet smile oftiiuinph lights
ing up his face.— Burlington, llawkeye.
Boston Post: "As much as the ocean
has been plowed, you can't raise anys
thiug there bat fish, snakes, tornadoes,
old lmlksj dead cats, and other minor
side diflies." You can raise your
previous dinner if you walk industrious
ly on the ship's deck while sailing down
the habor.— Picayune.
A Cincinnati man is responsible for
the following; Some years ago at the
funeral of a friend, I was seated in a car
riage with a person who in face carried
all the habiliments of woe. I was not
uware he was acquainted with the de
ceased. I become inquisitive. Says I,
"Are you a relation?" "No." "A.
friend?" "No." In Yankee fashion, I
said, "Why attend his funeral, aud look
so sad?" He said, "In fact, I am
troubled with dyspepsia. My doctor
advised me to ride. lam too |ino"r to
hire a carriage, and therefore ride free
to funerals." A cheerful situation for
a dyspeptic, wo should say.
Dr. J. G. Holland, talking to the am
semblod boatmen of Alexandria Bay the
other day, said: "I neither think wiua
nor give it to my guests. Strong driuk
is the curse of the country and the age.
Sixty thousand men in America every
, year lie down m the grave of the drunk* -
-aid. Drink has murdered my best
friends, and I bate it. It burdens me
with taxes, and 1 denounce it as a nuis
ance, on which every honest man should
put his heel. Ido not ask yon to put
your heel on the drunkard, but to uiake
the spirit of your guild so strict tmd *1
pure that no man of your number will ff
dare to trifle with your opinion and •
sentiments on the subject."
When the black clouds gathered in
north and betokonod tho coming of a 4
thuudei'-storin, a citizen who was coining
to au elderly man beside hiui:
'A storyj is portending.' ' ,
'Hey?' inquired the other.
'I say iho re are tokens of a storm,fl
continued the first.
Mley 'i" was the brisk luqniry again. 1
'Appearances indicate a storm I' cxffl
claimed the ciiizeu, a trifle eutburatttfil
4 fley! What did you soy about
delicate?' queried the other. .
' There's going to be a
sliontcd the citizen his
words alI of a sudden.
'Ah! Naw 1 understand,'said the
man—'going to be a thunder-storm. wfl
wliat do you want mo to do about it '"■
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