SFh (Jjlhafhsm Record.
H. A. LONDON, Jr.,
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EDITOR AN'M rnorRlKTOtt.
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1 lie W ell.
Iarlt ami cool tin' hhIi r licit
111 I tic nil lime h.inouil well ;
I !, down ibcp (hi. bucket finis,
And how often, who can tell ?
I-'or the Hi-lioollxvr, hot with play.
Fur tho laborer, tiroil with toil,
Fur the traveler on his way,
Duth the tireless ropes uncoil.
Ami how often, who can tell ?
Or, who first the ni.icioiis il a . !,'
Drew uj from the hotuitooui! ,'.
Or, who sum, (lie ancient chad ?
They are ihit, uho slaked their thirst
At the little silver fount
In tho wilJ woods where it firut
Culled the huiitHman to dismount.
They are dust, tho pionrcifi.
Who the nlroii(;-aruiol forest hroko,
Where tho oM well now appi arx,
Where now curls the village tuioki.
Ko shall wo within the vale
Willi our children's children dwell ;
Hut tho waters ne'er mIirII tail
In the ohl limo-honored well.
ERNEST WYETH'S IDOL
The last musical-cote of a slow psalm
bail floated through tho still air ot' the
little village church, auil was ceh'.ing
faintly from tho pal ', painted walls,
when Mrs. Warrington swept up the
aisle, followed by two young ladies'.
'I he smaller and elder of these attracted
looks neither of surprise, nor curiosity,
her pale, quiet face, with its sober (?ruv
eyes, was too well known for that ; hut
both were expressed in the eyes of the
congregation as they followed the other
figure in her ascent tn tho Warrington
pew. That she was a stranger was
evident, and strangera were rare occur
rences in tho church of 1) , espe
cially such pretty, elegant strangers an
this one was.
During tho service there were runny
curious glances bestowed upon tho
blue-robed figure who Fat so straight
an J still between Mia. Wairiugton and
her daughter, Eve, with hrr young face
upraised and her cyea resting on the
earnest counteni.ico of the preacher.
During tho discourse, tho eye of the
Rev. Mr. Wyeth, wandering over the
listening audience, fell upon tho face of
the young stranger and rested there.
With the upturned, blue orbs, the
small, childish mouth and waving,
golden huir, across which tho summer
sunshine fell aslant, it looked not un
like tho face cf a Madonna, so fair iu its
purity, so innocent iu its fairness.
At last the service ended, the organ
ceased its pealing, and out in the vestry
Mrs. Warrington stood, introducing with
calm utateliness her niece, Nannie litis
scl, to tho young clergyman.
Tho Warrington residence was but
a short distance away, and Mrs. War
rington did not consider it worth while
to bring her carriage into requisition ;
so the party of four started down the
gravelled walk together.
"Mr. Wyeth," Mrs Warrington began,
laying her hand or. Nannie's arm and
stepping back, thoreby leaving a signi
ficant vacancy besido her daughter,
"will you"
Hut Nannio interrupted l.er with a
little gesture and a 'ow, rippling laugh.
"Mr. Wyeth is entertaiuing me with
an interesting little anecdote," she (aid ;
"do not disturb him, auntie."
With a bow Mrs. Warrington passed
on and walked in stately silence beside
ber daughter. She was displeased,
and took no trouble to conceal tho fact ;
but by tho time the little parly reached
tho iron gates of tho Warrington estate
she had assumed her bland, society
maimer again, and bade tho clergyman
good-day in very friendly tones."
"I have asked Mr. Wyeth to come
litre to-morrow afternocu and enjoy a
game of croquet," Nannio said, as she
stood before the mirrow untying the
silken strings of her bonnet.
" Were you aware that Eve is going
into town then ?" asked Mrs. Warring
ton insinuatingly."
"Oh, yes," Nannio replied inno
cently ; "that's one reason, yon see. I
would be lonely enough left to my own
resources, and wanted some ono to
amuse me."
" Audacious !" muttered her aunt bo
n oath her breath ; but she made no
comment aloud.
When Nannio left the room Mrs.
Warrington turned to her daughter, say
ing. "Is she not a forward minx? l!ul
yon shall stay at home to-morrow."
"Oh, mamma," said Eve, pitifully,
"I'd much rather go! I do disliko
being in anybody's way."
But Mrs. Warrington was firm, and
on the morrow, when the clergyman
arrived, he found two ' young ladies
waiting to receive him.
Nannie was attired in cream-white
cashmere, with trimmings of pale blue
brocade, which combination well be
came her fair beauty. Her shining
hair as combed high on her bead and
piled Vhere in a soft, coiled mass, and
numerous little ringlets fell over the
white brow and on the fair neck.
As she rose to greet him in her win
some, tmombara-sscd manner, Ernest
Wyeth experienced the thought that had
oome to him in the pulpit the Sunday
before that this fail young creature
was set as far apart from ordinary people J
as the moon above tho until ; she was
a woman above womrn, an idol to bo
woi snipped from afar, a how much
higher his thoughts would have soared
thero is no telling, had not Eve's soft,
slow voice broke iu upon his revory
with,
"It is shady on the lawn now, Mr.
Wyeth. Suppose wo indulge in a game
of crcquot?"
"I am most willing," the clorgymau
replied, with a glauce at Nannie, who
smiled iu approval.
"I had so much rather bo out in tho
fresh air," she said, as they strolled
acioss the lawn. "1 ho close, confined
atmospheroof a drawing-room oppresses
me, and auntie's lust rooms aro so dark
aud gloomy ; don't you think so, l'.vo'r"
"I havo never noticed it," Ere re
plied.
"I have such a pretty suit of rooms
at home," Nannio went on. "Papa had
them furnished for mo, aud hia tastois
excellcut. They aro tho perfect ion of
soft colors, flowers, birds and sunshine.
Still 1 like the outdoor world best. 1
think a Bohemian life would suit mo,"
with a soft little laugh.
"No, I think not,'' contradicted Mr.
Wyeth, in apologetic tones. "You
cotl I not endure tho fatigue and hard
ships; for it is a hard life, -Miss R'is
sell."
Nannie shot him a quick glance, and
then droppid her eyes agiin.
"Perhaps yon are right," sho said. "I
was thinking of but ono aide -the
pleasant side. Which color do you
prefer, Mr. Wyeth?"
They had now airived at the croquet
ground, and she stood tapping the ballH
with her mallet.
"Who," Ernest was about to say ;
then with an inward laugh at his own
folly, choso black.
When the young clergymen wont
home that night ho opened his little
jouri.al aud wrote thorp ;
"I have set n Miss Rtisscl tor the
second time. She is one of the purest,
fairest women on earth, all honor und
simplicity, llappy is the man whowius
her love 1"
Ernest Wyeth's heart throbbed with
a quick pan as lie wrote the last words,
and he dimly wondered why. Someday,
no doubt, she would bo woocdand won ;
Imt tho thought was not a pleasant one,
although the idea of winning her him
self had never centred to him.
Every day after that found the young
clergyman at the Warrington mansion,
but, us ho was in tho habit of visiting
there frequently, it occasioned little re
mark. Every day ho basked in tho sun
shine of Naiinie'ssmilcs, an 1 gazed into
her pietty blue eyes with such au inten
sity of feeling in his own that, had she
been more worhlly-wis", his secret
would have I cu revealed.
"Cousin Nannie returns home on th"
morrow," Eve said, one day.
Ernest glanced quickly to where the
tall, blue-robed iignre sat with her
graceful head bent over her embroidery,
and his eyes darkened a trifle,
"Miss Kitbsnl?" he said, inquiringly.
Nannie raised her eyes and looked at
him smilingly.
"Yes," she replied. "I have made a
longer visit now than I intruded to
two whole weeks." 't hen, after a little
pause, "If you ever come to L , Mr.
Wyeth, I hope you will call upon mo."
"Thank you," Ernest replied. "Hut
you will visit 1 again, Miss Kus-
ael?"
'I may ccmo here next summer," was
tho reply.
So, with farewells to all her friends,
Nannio Rmsel went back to L , and
on the following Sabbath, when tho
preacher's eyes waudered to tho War
rington pew, they rested on a vacancy
between Mrs. Warrington and her
daughter a vacancy that he fictitiously
tilled with a mass of pale blue robes
and a halo of golden hair framing a
sweet, fair face and tender eyes.
Early in tho autumn Ernest Wyeth
decided to visit L . So it happened
that a few hours later he sat iu Nannie's
parlor and awaited her coming.
Everything about him remiuded him
of her tho Muttering lace curtains with
their blue ribbons, the pale-tinted walls
hung with'genis of paintings, tho open
piano, the bouquet of flowers, tho em
broidered tidies, and all those pretty
little knick-knacks that hint of a dainty,
feminine presence.
Over tho mantel bung a portrait of a
young man with rippling brow n hair and
frank blue eyes. The Rev. Ernest
Wyeth's attention was irresistibly drawn
toward tbii picture, and rising, he stood
before it and scanned the honest, manly
features closely. Then a low rustling
of garments sounded dehind him, and
Nannie's merry laugh broke tho still
ness. "I am sorry I kept yon waiting so
long," she said. "I see jou are adniir-
ina mv picture everyone does. It is
Clyde ; did't I tell you of Clyce V
"I think not." Ernest replied. "lie
is a relative of yours ?"
"Ye-es," Nannie said, and her face
dimpled in a smile. "Why, Mr. Clyde's
my huelnd. We were married three
weeks ago, but I have known him many
years. How strange that 1 did not j
mention him to you !''
Outwardly the liev. Ernest Wyeth j
retained his calm composure ; but his
heart throbbed wolctitly, and his brain
was iu a whirl. It came to him t:.cn,
with startling distinctness-, thai this
woman had grown to bo a part of his
very life, and now ho must renounce her
forever.
A second entry was made in his little
journal that night.
"Sho whom I believed perfect lias
proved false and treacherous. What,
faith is there in women ? How weak
are human natures, how blind duped
by a pair of tender, trusting eyes,
wrecked on a saintly smile! No, 1 will
never believe agai.il"
Then his thoughts turned, and he
scorned himself for judging her so
harshly. Hut he could not bring him
self to forgive her, although ho burned
the journal that contained tho severe,
bitter words.
On tho following Sabbath many of
the congregation remarked that their
minister looked pale and haggard, and
he bore a weary, dejected air ; so no one
was surprised to hear of his illness a
few days later.
For many days he hovered between
life and death, each struggling for
victory ; and throughout all Evo War
rington nursed him carefully until the
crisis was passed aud the physician said
that ho would live.
Iu proof of his gratitude Ernest
Wyeth should have in irricd the true,
patient girl ; but he did not. Instead,
ho thanked her for her kiiuluesss, said
good -by, and went iu search of another
parish.
C'a I at Sea.
Certain animals were onoo thought to
provoke storms at sea, and were thus
regarded as unlucky by seamen. A
dead hare on board ship has long been
thought a storm-bringer. The hare is
unlucky iu many folk-loto stories.
Many people, as Lapps, Finns, ( hineso,
will not eat it. As an animal supposed
to see at night, it was connected with
the moon, shining by night, and we
have Eastern traditions of the hare iu
the moon. Heuee it is, with tho moon,
a weather-maker. The cat was still
more widely feared as a storm bringer,
and is always unlucky on board ship,
.he "carries a gale iu her tail," and is
thought particularly to provoke a storm
by plating with a gown or apron, rub
bing her face, licking her fur the wrong
way, etc. Provoking a eat will cer
tainly bring a gule iu sailor belief, and
drowning one will surely raiso a tem
pest. Fielding, in a voyage to Lisbon,
(177.jFays: "The kitten at last recov
ered, to the great joy of tho good cap
tain, but to the great disappointment
of somo of the sailors, who asserted
that the drowning of a cat was the very
surest way of raising a favorable wind."
Flaws ou the surface of tho water are
in sailor lore "cat's-paws." There is a
Hungarian proverb that a cat does not
die in water, hence its paws disturb the
surface. A larger flurry on the water
is a "cat-skin." it rains cats and
dogs, and the stormy northwest wind iu
some parts cf England is tie "cat's
nose." Iu Chiuese lore tigers cause
storms, and tho Japanese wind-god has
steel claws and a tigerish countenance.
Iu (iorniauy thero is a proverb that any
one making a cat his enemy will be at
tended at his funeral by rats and rain.
Cats see better at night, nro connected
with the moon in many legends, are
witches' familiars, and hence aro eyed
askant by many. The Egyptian goddess
of evil. Pasht, was a cat-headed god
less. Cats were, as we have scon, used
by witches in raising a gale, and are
Raid to smell a wind, while pigs seo it.
On shipboard, tho malevolent character
of the eat is shown in nautical nomen
clature, and the song now popular.
"It w:is the eat "-
is liable to more than a double inter
pretation. The cat-o'-nine-tails is not
a desirable acquaintance, nor do sailors
havo a love for tho miscellaneous gear
connected with raising the anchor, such
as the cat head, cat-fall, cat-tail, cat-
hook, cat-back, etc. The lubber's-hole,
through which it is thought derogatory
to the able seaman to pass, is in French
" 7Vn (" t "hut." Weak tea iu called by
sailors "cat-lap." Freya, tho Norse
goddess, was attended by cats, and thus.
Friday, ber day, was thought unlucky
A spectral dog "shony" is said to pre
dict a storm when appearing on the
Cornuh beach. Tim I n itel St rrici .
Auol her Heroic Kiiirineer.
The name of J. F. Wager, of Sedalia,
Mo., is to bo added to tho list of loco
motive engineers who havo deliberately
given their lives to save others. Hi.i
train, heavily loaded with passengers,
was crossing the Osago river, on the
Missouri Facific Road, when the engine
left tho track and finally broke through
the bridge, to be buried in- tho water.
The fireman jun.ped oft and escaped,
but Wager btayed to put on the air
brakes and reverse the engine, and thus
saved the train and lost bis own life.
FOl! THE I AIK MIX.
I ntliiiMi Note-.
Shirring and I li ill lig are employed to
an unlimited exetnt upon costumes for
clrild it'll of all ages.
In tho arrangement of th" front
hair thero is a revival of tho llufTness
that for a time was unpopular.
While feathers stand out conspicu
ously upon poke bonnets, ribbon trim
mings lio smoothly in their places.
Conspicuous shapes should be avoid
ed iu deep mourning bonnets, and
English crape of good quality ought
to bo used.
Little gills still wear their hair bang
e.l across tlie forehead, while the re
mainder brushed straight back falls
loosely from a comb.
The usual style of hair-dressing is
characterized by simplicity. Elaborate
coiffures do not find favor, and moder
ate quantities of hair arranged in
graceful easy way is the usual mode.
Lace, os strings, is now used on
satin bonnets only. Surah, plush, or
watered silk being the general rule. A
bonier of plain, ribbed or furrowed
plush is often seen on silk or satin bonnet-strings.
The silk net -work used to cover satin
waists comes in bull', pale tan, ivory,
azure, pistaehe, palo pink, and coral
shades, aud is matched by a crimped
fringe ueilto border widths of the not
used for skirt trimmings.
A now mantle worn by est! tic
ladies abroad is called tho Mario An
toinette, and is made of black satin.
The enormous hood comes well down
over the shoulders and bifck, and the
wrap is trimmed with black satin nif
ties blightly gathered.
The Krtlr of u simp Ctrl.
Speaking of slavery reminds mo of
the case of a young girl scarcely out of
her teens, who was two years ago kid
naped and brought hero from Asia
Minor. She was remarkably handsome,
and was sold into tho harem of Arif
Etlendi as a supernumerary in tho
household of that, gentleman. The poor
girl pined teiribiy for the relatives from
whom she had beeu drugged away, and
die importuned her new mistress and !
the r tlVndi to give her hi r liberty. Find
ing her tears aud entreaties were of no
avail, slu tried to enlist the sympathy
of her entourage, some of whom were
slaves and others paid servants. In
stead of commiserating with her they
heaped all kinds of insults upon her for
her bold denunciation of captive life,
and constituted ber with one accord the
drudge of tho household. This kind
of thing went on for some time, until
at last the poor giil, in consequence of
the cruel treatment sho received, was
reduced almost to a skeleton, aud be
came odious iu tho sight of her supe
riors, whose solo thought was to get rid
of horn.--soon as possible. She wuh again'
put npeii tho market and sold to an
other master for one-fifteenth part of
the sum originally paid for tho unfor
tunate aide. C"H7"ii.''7'fi I.-tin;
A H iekcil Judge.
Jitils'e E. St. Julian Cox, of tho Min
nesota Supremo Court must be au ex
ceedingly bad man, or else tho formu
lated charges against him are unneces
HurMy wordy, for it required uearly five
hours to read tho document to the
Legislature in secret session. The
Judge is to be immediately impeached
and placed on trial. lrunkenness is
the primary trouble w ith him, and while
intoxicated ho indulges iu such freaks
as lining lawyers heavily for contempt,
going on sprees with criminals who are
to be tried before him, and in general
making a broa l farce of justice. Strange
scenes have ttaken place in his court.
A lawyer who had been lined SI, '200 for
telling the Judge he was too drunk to
understand a legal point, asked blandly
if bis Honor's uupiid whisky bills
would bo received in payment. "Be
causo if they are," ho added, "I can
raiso tho tine for about ten dollars."
Another lawyer, disgusted by au absurd
decision, remarked that tho Court ought
to sit when sol or at least one day every
wee!;, in order to revise his drunktn
rulings of the other rive day Being
lined for this language, he refused to
pay, and defied the Judge to commit him
to prison. One of ( ox's most Migrant
aetsj was to force the acquittal of a
handsome and unquestionably gnilty
woman, and afterward to take board in
her house.
(iiiiteau's Kft'orts to liaise Mono.
Among the recent communications
written by the productive Cinitean is a
letter to tho President proposing that
the latter should contribute somo cf his
Presidential talrry towards bis (Gui
teau's) defense. Another letter is to
James Gordon Bennett, asking that
gentleman to niako a contribution to
bis defense, "in view of tho sufferings
the Hu iUI caused mo in 1x74," saying
that he had no doubt if he had pushed
bislihel suit against the Heruhl it would
have cost the journal twioe 810,0(10, tho
amount suggested as a proper contribu
tion under tho circumstauces.
I'OITMK scikmi;.
French authorities are investigating
the subject of the influence of k-'iooI-room
arrangements upon the eyes cf the
pupils.
Tho preservation cf articles of diet
with salic lie acid baa been prohibited
by tho French Government, it being
considered that this well known preser
vative agent is dangerous to health.
Tho hydro-carbon discovered some
time ago by a Frenchman, still attracts
much attention on account cf its pecu
liar property of burning at a very slight
increase of heat above tho average of
tho surrounding air, so that, while its
light is very brilliant, its heat, when
burning, will not burn the hand or char
a handkerchief.
An egg deposited long ago by an
ostrich was discovered in a subterranean
columbarium at Oonzjga. It has been
submitted to a chemical examination by
M. Ballaud, and its composition was
found to differ from a recently kid egg
in that it had more carbonate and phos
phate of lime and less of carbonate of
magnesia, ,ve.
In tho British collieries numerous
experiments have been made to deter
mine tho cause of explosions in the
mines, aud theso results ore now accepted
as correct by most of the experimenters :
1. Explosions are usually caused by the
presence of coal dust in air containing
a small amount of true tire damp, the
Davy lamps serving to detect the pres
ence of dangerous gases when in
sufficient quantity to alone cau;o
explosion. '2. Mixtures of coal dust
and air without fire damp are no!
explosive. The researches have ahuwu
that air containing no more than two
per cent, of fire damp (a quantity s
small as to ose.ipo notice) is unsafe iu
e presence of coal dust.
By securing variety in temperature
through planting oysters in different
depths of water, as practiced in ( cn
necticnt, the Sa'ntliic American says
oysters can bo obtaiued in a tit condi -tion
for the table every woek in the year.
The greater the heat the earlier the
oysters will spawn. Those in the deeper
and colder water feel tho heat later aud
Pwn later. Some portion of tho oyster
field, so to speak, will therefore be
rea.lv for harvesting at all times.
The Largest Vessel in the World.
The ("Ireat Eastern has been sold in
England for tho trillo of $150.KMI, one-twenty-fifth
of its original cost. The
man who bought it has on his bauds a
veritable marine elephant. The Great
Eastern is, as is generally known, the
largest vessel in the world.
Tho Great Eastern requires a great
deal of elbow-room for ahont twenty
engines and immense boilers and their
accompaniments, which represent in
propelling power tho strength of about
1",U00 horses. It is an interesting fact
that the vessel is larger than tho Ars,
according toitsdinnusionsin the Bible.
The Great Eastern carried Io.imiO troops,
with their horses and provisions, to
( anada on one occasion, when the forces
were exchanged for others. The services
done (ireat Britain by the vessel have
been considerable. The world owes to
this enormous hulk the laying of the
first great submarine cable. It is too
large for ordinary business, too big for
this small-globe of ours.
The vaiions companies owning it have
never been able to make it pay. It was
expected that the rush of visitors to the
International Exposition under Napo
leon III., in Taris, would bring the
vessel in demand, and it was fitted up
elegantly at enormous expense. A
French company cf capitalists chartered
tho Great Eastern Kr something like a
million dollars, sho was sent to New
Yoik, aud fewer passengers were booked
than on any of the steamers cf the
Cunard and Inman lines. Sho made
but one voyage, and the company went
iuto bankruptcy. It was generally
feared, that being so long, sho would
try to straddle too many waves at one
time in some storm and break into
; ,,;,,,.,,, Gn the contrary, the Great
Eastern is eminently sea-worthy. A
storm makes no impression on her,
except to mrke her roll a trifle more in
that lazy way from side to side, with
something like a groan. Passengers of
the Great Eastern on that voyage will
remember tho hundreds of unoccupied
state rooms. There were one or two
stories of this immense floating hotel
without a lodger. Did one descend to
the hold, that vaat cavern cf thundering
and mvsterions sounds, he would find
an empty space.
It is tlie most unfortunate cf ships.
On the voyage spoken cf a submarine
cable in New York bay was torn up,
and the voyage could not bo continued
until $10,000 in damages was paid ; aud,
what w as worse, as far as concerned the
individual comfort cf the passengers,
when the steam tug came alongside at
Brest to convey them ashore, the bilge
water was being pumped from the hold
of the monster, and by an unfortunate
turn fell in drenching torrents on the
parting guests. The Great Eastern is
the last and .inly ono of the race cf
vessels larger t Imn there is any use for.
A Fidit Itetween S-n .Monsters.
A Newfoundland correspondent
writes a vivid account of a fight which
he witnessed between sea monsters:
)ii a lovely afternoon in July I stood
upon tho bank of a loftly cliff on that
part of tho coast between Placentia I
and St. Mary's Bays. Everything was
still. Only tho f.iintest murmur, "'e I
angry tones of the ocean roar upon the
surf, melted into delicious music, stole
up from the strand to where I stood.
As I stood like everything about me,
mute under the influence cf tho after
noon, a sound as of innumerable and
gentle tappings came up f.'om the still
sea, and looking I saw myriads of fishes,
cod and the lesser creatures on which ,
the former preyed, had risen to thesur-
f.. ,1 -.,,., .l,v.-.,.),-n.T " Tl.o t It,. !
, i i ' i 4' ,1 I
ping sound was made bv beating the
Li... -ill. thui, ...il. .i it s.,,,,1, I
scene is not uncommon ; but almost j
simultaneously with this I heard a
hollow, whistling sound, and saw u
column of spray riso like a geyser,
about 14 feet from the water 1 n'v
flw.n tl.i.t n n-l,l vU,.: ,,!., lor ll,
fishes, and with his monster, gal,ing it would be an advantage both to the
jaws, in a fo'irth of th- time it takes to l'roprielors and to tho state,
write it, had engulfed several hundreds ! The only place where cremation
of tho breaching fishes, and was about ! seems to be thoroughly established is
to plunge under the waves again to Milan, where about lot) bodies have
swallow his prey piecemeal, when two j been burnt since the crematory was
other creatures appeared upon the built scarcely u year,
scene. They were the united and im- ; A woman at Marietta, Ohio, on read
placable foes (if the whale, the sword- ing of somebody having committed Bui
fish and thrasher. Tho sword-fish is a ; cide bv means of a towel, remarked that
long, lithe creature, armed with along,
hard substance protruding from its
snout, resembling a sword, from which
it derives its name ; the thrasher is a
species of sea-shark or fox-shark. It
was evideiit that they had conio for the
double purpose of making war upon the
whale and getting sou e of the least for
themselves. In the space it takes the
eye to twinkle the offensive and defen
sive were assumed, tho sword-usii
attacked tho whale under water, the I
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whale made an effort to dive he impelled :
himself a.'iainst the armed head of his I
lithe foe, and if he remained whole he
was the thrasher brought its ungainly
body with the precision of machinery1
down upon the unfortunate monster's
back. Such a "thrashing" I had never
conceived of even in my dreams, win n
I used to go the hills and rob birds'
nests, and saw the teacher, more terri
ble than a wrathful dragon, with a cow
hide to expiate mv guilt. Tho sounds
were dull fluids when the thlashel'
struck his antagonist, and sharper and
louder when he missed his aim and
struck- ,h water. The waves wore !
beaten about in foam and spray, the
whale trying to ply bis tail upon his
enemies, but before ho could get his
ungainly body into position his enemies
were out of harm's way an 1 making a
new attack upon un unexpected quarter, j
The contest continued, broken only by
short intervals, when the whale Went I
below the surface for about ten minutes.
Then the sword-fish, as if satisfied wi'h
the part he had played, dived down into
the clear blue water and the thrasher I
followed his example. Tho whale, too, j
suddenly disappeared, and as ho was
the only one of the three that had to j
rise and bn at he nt stated intervals, 1 i
watched with much eagerness to see
where he would use aud "blow, or if j
he roso at all. Beyond tho point, a j
half-mile distant, I saw the spoil', and
then a vigorous plunge, and knew tho
whale had survived l is thrashing.
Numbers of boatmen hid rode up to
se the affray, and gazed at the contest
between theso monsters of the unknown
deep with a pleasure deeply mingled
with awe.
The Last nt the .Merrimnr.
The Mtrrimae was lying oil' Tanner' s
( reek when the Confederates evacua'ed
Norfolk, and the orders were to run her
up the James liiver. She was lightered
until her iron plates no longer protect
ed her bottom, and yet she drew too
much water for the river. he had no
pilot for any other river or harbor,
most cf her ballast was gone and it was
decided to destroy her.
The Merriiuae was run ashore on
( raney Island, her crew landed, ami
then Oliver, the gunner, set tire to her
and laid a powder train to her maga
zine. Ail her guns and ammunition
were left aboard, and as the crew had a
long march before them most of them
left all baggage behind. Evcty gun
was loaded and in battery when Oliver
left, and the heavy doors of the nniga
zine were thrown wide open.
The crew had been on the march an
hour when the explosion took place.
Just in the gray of morning there came
a terrible rumbling cf the earth, fol
lowed by a shock which made them
stagger. A column of smoke and
llanie shot up cvi r the tree tops into
the clouds, and from this fire spout
came the distant boom cf cannons dis
charged in mid air, while shell shiickud
and hissed in every direction. A mon
ster solid shot from one cf the big guns
whirled over four miles of space and
fell with an awful crash anions the
pines ahead cf tho little band, aud
they had seen the last of the Meriimac.
I)it roil Free W
1IKMS OF INTKKKST.
Dr. Dankwortt lias just tabulated tho
positions of forty-six stars for tho com
mencement of each century from 2000
B. ('., to 1H00 A. D.
Sittinc Bull recently served as mate
fm 1)oiml )ho stianler K,.y West at Fort
;ufol.(li Tlie mw aescrted the boat at
,lut j)0jnt !llKj Kitting Bull volunteered
to unload it. He worn the mates cap
aud directed tho work.
Captain C. A. ( ook, the patriotic
month-shipper and famous one-cent sub
scription man of Newark, Ohio, is an
applicant for tho place of sub-door-
! keeper, or something like that, to the
National House of Bopresentatives.
C mmanders of whaling vessels which
have arrived at San Francisco report
the sea opened to an unparalleled
i -
tent in the Arctic. Somo whalers i
tent in the Arctic. Some whalers went
tL" tLpir dlart8 ex"
tended.
i The St. Louis l.'.jHiVian says if all
! the big farms in Missouri were divided
ui a:ul sold, leaving one-half, and in
some eases on Iv one-fourth to tho owner,
she did not understand how it could be
done ; but an hour afterward she was
found choked to death in exactly the
same manner.
Helped.
John Flaxiutin (who began to be
f.i'iiou:. nearly a hundred years ago)
was the one English souiptor of whom
his country has reason to be proud,
and his statin s and exquisite designs
i" Hie gallery in London called "Flax
Plan hall, after his name,
aro one of
the choicest collections cf art in the
kingdom. Uis designs and outline
drawings are the best known, and
.scholar ; w ill novr cease to admire his
"Shield of Achilles" and his illustra
tion 4 of Homer. Fiaxman had a good
wile, who rather helped than hindered
his s icee.vi ; ami she deserves a share
I his fame.
At twenty-seven years of age, when
he had already begun to give groat
promise as an artist, John Flaxman
mai'Mi'd Ann Deliman, a cheerful,
"oble woman. A friend of l laxman
" '' U'h. lor, who of course,
was exected to have no better Views
of niarriage said :
So, Flaxman, I am told you are
married ; if so, sir, I tell you you are
ruined tor an artist."
doing home, I'laxman, taking a
vat by his wife, with her hand in his,
said, "Ann, I am ruined for an artist."
"lli.w so, John ? How has it happened
and who has done it?"
"It happened," he replied, "in the
ch.ireli, and Ann Don man has done it."
!b went on to tell her what his friend
had said, Imw that if an artist would
excell, he must bring all his powers to
la ar on his work, and that if he would
beiiome a great artist, he should visit
Home aud T lorence, and stndy tho great
works of H ipbaeland Michael Angelo
an I others. "And I," said Flaxman,
"would be a great ait 1st."
"And a groat artist you shall be,"
said his wife ; "and visit Rome, too, if
that be really necessary to make you
great."
But how '-" asked Flaxmau.
"Work and economize," was the reply.
"I will never have it said that Ann
Deiinian ruined John Flaxmau for an
artist."
'Twill go to Rune," said he, and
show that wedlock is for a man's good
rather than bis harm, aud you, Ann,
shall accompany me."
They worked, they economized, they
went to Rome. John Flaxmau studied
tlie great authors, and returned to Lon
don a great artist ; and Ann Denman
helped to lift him to this pinnaole of
fame.
Worthy of Barbarians,
Koumania evidently has in ber modj
of judicial procedure great opportuni
I ties for reform. In tho district of Dam-
brovitza ten peasants unjustly suspected
of stealing were treated recently with
outrageous brutality in order to compel
an acknowledgment of guilt. First
they were severely pnuisbod with the
bastinado, and as they still doclared
themselves innocent, they were then
stripped and severely beaten with net
tles. I'ndor orders from tho subporfoct,
the quills of ducks wero then violently
forced between the nails of their fln
and the flesh. When these tortures had
failed to extort confession the men
were submitted to indescribable out
rages, an. I then they were hung up by
tho feet. Here they remained till they
wero half dead, and then, to save thoir
lives, they confessed to having stolen
the goods. Before the judge their in
nocence was clearly established and
their sufferings fully described, but the
authors of t heso inhuman tortures ap
pear to have all escaped soot froe.
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