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VOL. VI.
PI TTSWM CHATHAM CO., X. C, FEBRUARY 7, 1P81.
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J'lio Talenllno.
h! glvsj you a liflT Why, surely, jnmp in,
Birr, along o' me.
(Wheal Dobbin, you oilttor!) Wal, yes, air,
the walkin' it rough, I sto.
Tou'te a etranger in these parts, I tuke it.
Gain' t tp a spall?
S'pose you'll put up to ilio lavorii? Oli, jos,
they will Ivo i you well.
What's tlio news of the villus? Wal.
etraiiKor, I II own yii hev ine thnr.
I ain't no hand fur a gnasip; doti'l hear an;
news. I dic'nr'.
An' tny old woman, alia tells mo a muu ain't
only liulf wii-c.
Ef he don't keep cms wit'o upon, nnd I'un
how t'i usu his vyea.
Wnl, yo., wheu I wna youngtlnr, 1 uod tt bo
po ill iin' pry,
An' liu'iu a n'l it eontruloder oouplu now- tlinii
my wife nn' I;
Uiitnol nJ a stirrer that come to ua nioru'n
ten yrur ayo,
Au' it seller shallowed our lives, like u hull
long healin', you know.
fivt yens would a been Ioiii; enough, air, tit
loiivc n putty deep so r,
But to doublt i hut time seems a'mnst like
piishin' a trouble, ton tar;
An' he wna our only child, tir, tlio boy thut
rtn nil to eon.
An', though hn hud bi-rn 11 wild un, we loved
liiin, his tnuthit nil' mo.
II us u--t 11 hid but ei-htein, fir, the
inoiuli thnt ho inn nwnr,
An' it's liuid to Miy, but there's como net 11
line I rum him since, thnt day.
Whether he's drown lid, or killid. ouly (i.l
nu' the ancN miy k-io v,
Hut his nimhcr nu' inn uic ii-wiititi' some me-
tnn to tell as Mi.
I;'a lonely enm-eli lor in both, but I'vo dune
my best, sir, to ol.ror
An' commit my dear old woman thro' each
long wnilin' yem ;
An' to-i.'uy, w' i'o down to tlio vilhigi', n
thought c-nio intiiuiv heal,
(Fm lo-nioii.i i Valentine's Diy, fir,) nn'
so to mwil I mil!
"I'll play that lii I pv mi nu' win wny b.irk In
mil' e-uiliti' lane,
An' I'll buy her Yalcnlinc -omi.tliin' nice,
w iili pielci nn' lliv un '"
An' so I've ii'iX il nil ulc. sir tin' puniest o:
1 enuld I'm I,
An' my old w.inain'll know that I hnvo hi-i
ii'Ii t!-i i mind
tin li. inn' with me, i i i you my, hi ? Wnl. I
lou t know n- I mind,
Tim' wi'u won't I r iin fur coiiip'ny, nn'
our Ion. I niii'i ;l.c liolrl Kin I;
It il if yii'i'il n . t ike p ,.u k, sir, why wi i
nn' llle'll Ii n l..,
Ir t'e Miko ol your two I ,l'io eyes, llko Hie i
that otn own b iy h ,d.
Wl'n' that jou mi? Wi.l I lot yciiy
Ilet.n-y n Villi ntliif, too?
Why, sillily, I won't n.im.-.iy it, hut til l-.
nin't no'.hiii' to .Ml.
An' it's kind of yon, Mr.uiei' but hit, sir, In .
is my pile (liol.l on!
Why, whir it tliu hlli'i- ilii'.' This beal-
I'll1 itioll, I Svviltl')
Ssy. wil'u, ol 1 woiii.in.c.iiiie out bore.' (WI y
sillily that s IliiSm 'h cv un!)
Wh a! Dobbin, yo;i pi Ay t ivlei ! Inw, 1
iiius: bo Ih'vki' n ilriviiii,
T.o why is iny woman l,i-.-in' thu 'ace o tl at
etiirirr S',
Au' On' pra'so (iot lo.' Hi. y.i.nbii -s, I'.i
bmuylit fur c.ir son, I know !
W.T; ). Urine
The Gloves of Omr Pasha.
About lilteeii or twenty years siiir
a youii;,' Ulan '.iv-ii-im-1 him-eif at Wid
din an 1 asked lor Hussein Pallia, the
coiiiinaiiiaiit of that jila.e. Thi
ymiu in. hi win a haiiilsmno a; a
woman, and as impnsin as a demigod
His eoliiiilexion was wliite and clear,
eyes soi't and peuctratinjr, and liistorie
lender and vigorous, 'l'lie Turks, wi.n
are superstitious about cuiinlen inics.
received liint witii eordiality and point
ed out to him tin; pasha' dweilin.
Hus-ein had eneamiied b,-foro H'i.l
din in a superb tent. The young un
known preseute I himself for an audi
ence just as Hussein awoke in a very
had humor.
"What do you want?" asked th
roughly, of the importunate solicitor.
"To enter the service ot your excel
lency." "I have too many servants already.
(Jo I"
In Turkey, turn (if t lie most huniblt
condition may offer presents to a great
nobleman i bout infringing upon
customs. Tlie young man drew from hi
pocket a small package, carefully en
velopeJ, which lie handed to tlio pasha,
entreating him to accept it.
"What are these;'" said I'm pasha,
when be had opened the paekage.
"Gloves, your excellency."
"'And of what use are thcy'r"
"When you inarch in the sun its rav
will not burn your hands, those o
Hussein were very white), smd when
you hold the bridle of your horse youi
fingers will not be wounded by the
hardness of the leather."
And how tiro these gloves put onV
The young man put a glove on the
pasha's hand.
"Now the other."
The young man complied. Husseii.
clapped his hands three times, andheli.
them over his head, while the ollicer
of his suite entered and looked won
deringly at tho gloves.
Tlihnks to these, whieh were a bit j
time the admiration of the pnh.. I
and his stall", the unknown wasadun: j
ted to tlie service of Hussein and ! I
nine his eonlid 'ntial aid-de-cainp. !
Now this unknown youth win Mi I
line! Hattas, originally from froatia, I
formerly sub-Inspector of bridges nml
causeways in Austria at present
Oilier Pnsha, gcnoral-in-chiof nf tlio
Ottoman armv. How came this ymiii
man without a country, this fugitive.
without resources, lliis (ieniian turned
Turk, to risk his futuro do-itiny on n
uair of gloves? This history is n )t
less curious than that of his nudieneo
with Hussein Pasha.
The fourth son of Peter llattas, a
poor and noMo Austrian lieutenant,
Michael was in his childhood so rt ''i
cate that he lived only by a prodigy ol'
.nateinal love. At IS he was appoint
ed superintendent of the briik'es an 1
cau.-ew.iys of Carlstndt. At -V h.t was
nominated sub inspector at I'.i'.in.ili i.
Coniproiniseil in it political nil a: r. he
exiled himself, atiil gained tin Turkish
frontier, with a few seipiins in his
pocket.
Tho first Ottoman village which he
traversed being (liner-l'na-i, h took
tho natno of Omer with the turban,
and advance at random into the pr '
inco of liosnia. Somo wagoners met
him, attacked him, robbed him. took
away even his clothes, and b-l'l him
almost nae.l on the public road. A
peasant furnished him wiih a garment
and a little money. Ho arrived thus
at Koujuhmkn, where lie entered tho
shop of a merchant as clerk.
Hire a consolation awaitcl him,
whieh had iteaily turned him from the
arduous paths whieh lead to glory.
Til ' merchant had a charming (laugh,
ter. Omer nerceived it by the beatings
if his heart. The young girl, on her
part, could not see without emotion
this exile pursued bv fate, this bravo
and skiliful engineer reduced to the
on lition of a clerk, tin's white and
d"licatebiit energetic and vaiiant hand,
which trc.iiMed at holding a pen in--teal
of a sword. The two young peo
ple uudei.st Hid each other without
speaking, and the father comprehended .
I hcin in his I urn, without needing their
iinlidcnee.
(no line morning lie sent t Omer
two caskets the one con' a' tied a wed
ling ring and tie- inventory of his
inisine.ss, the other a puis full of gold
and a Damascene saber, timer divined
i ho choice which was offered to him '
ho fortune of the lucre!, ant and the
iiaud of his daughter, ",' depart urn and
i military !i;e, with the cvpi'tiws of
the journey to the nearest cam;'.
Omer kept the book and the ring and
.'e-toi'H to the uii-ivhaut the saber and
; nrse. Th" net day tho two young
oeople vre aT.aucod amid a joyous
family festival. Hut on the day after.
: he yotin g: 1, overcome with happi
iess, fed ill to rise no more. Th" fa
liier aiid lover watched over her eight
lays an 1 nig.il -. and tearfully pc ivid
o r la-t s uh Tlie. i the iner hant, tak
Ilg I he ;l re iiud tlie purse, oilered
!: ie. neaiu t t'i
' him :
":.'l Lai Mi'b
glory i e in
man, saj ine.
it ! It i a
! faithiul tc
decreed!
vou than
oarjene-. ;
'I his I iin" timer accepted the arm,
i. id. k:."':ig the icy hind of his dead
ii-ti'otlo ,1. t.r.k l is way toward Wid
bn. n il ',- ii-- In . aoi" the ald-de-camp
i liu - . a we hawscv.).
A ft ei- the -o;i;l, ,,f thepaiii.of Wid
lin, (m ! it. ;i.i;i'.' I to Constantinople
w here he rose rapidly from rank to
r ink, and was appointed in 1'iJ and
1 ' I, l y It s merit and suocesi, to tho
supreme e.anii ai: ! of the Ottoman
I'm i es a;, a n-t I In m.
See what a pair of gloves may pro
l ice in good hand. . Vh tray) A't ws.
A Slnkinc .Mountain.
One of the most extraordinary of
the many disturbances of the earth's
crust which have occurred, is the sink
ng of the mountain Naiue. in Algiers
I'his mountain, which was about tw ice
,m high as the Crow's Xest on the Hud-
ion, is said to be gradually descending '
Into the bosom of the earth, a deep ex-
avation being formed all arciind as it ,
etths. There are several instances on j
record of volcanic mountains having !
arisen out of the earth or the sea. and I
ifew mountains which have sunk into j
tho earth. The Japanese have a legend I
that the great volcanic peak of I'usi-
Viitna rose suddenly out of the earth,
tud it is known that in 1750 the vol-
ano of Jorullo, in .Mexico, rose in one I
night out of a cultivated plain. In I
ssl there was a similar occurrence in
sin Salvador, a volcanic hill rising
iuddenly out of the middle of the lake
f Ilopango. Hut in these cases
henomena of tho rising mountains
Acre accompanied by earthquakes and
volcanic eruptions. So the recent dis
appearance of volcanic islands and the
thrusting up through the bottom ot
the sea of sixteen new volcanoes near
ava were accompaniments of a great
envul-ion of the earth's crest. Hut
iho sinking of the Algerian in uintam it
ippears is not attended by earth iiakes,
r volcanic eruptions. The subtei
:.incan props of the mountain seem to
giving away under its weight, and
i! is sinking into th" ground by decrees.
SCIENTIFIC SCRIPS.
In a discussion before the London
Pathological Society, Dr. Wilkes stated
that in some cases of rupture of the
heart by wounds life has continued for
twenty-four hours.
Being called upon to analyze 8omo
specimens of wine from a vineyard
near Nimes, Prance, Mons. liurtbelm,
' Professor of the Faculty of Sciences at
Toulouse, found them to contain a
rather largo proportion of arsenic,
which proved loha ' en d-'fived from
the impure sulphurio a"id with which
the wine casks had been cleansed.
That lightning killed bis soil is the
belief of a fanner in .Vewtoti, 111. He
writes: "This Mimnii'r, .tu.i my corn
was two feet high, the Ib.ditiiiiig
struck it. killing a patch nb.uit pn.)
square feet in extent. It seemed loha
killed tlie ground, as neitluruml nor
spear of giiiss lias gmw u on it .-'nice
The e.i'otind looks ilea.l, tin I I believe
il is. ( lei .is.otii'lly tiiese soots nr.' met
with III! uil' l!ie railios. The people
account lor them a bulTalo tuiinjis
w here buffalo, s t o.e;i ogat-d in Ii;
time and tramped until t : -y Killed the
soil, but from the abov." u-i u n nee I
aeco.'.nl for them us h iving 1-ccti
struc!: by lightning."
l.'alii'ornia jiliy ;eia i' w!i" it ive at.
fudiil various ca.-.es of trouble arisiu).'
Ir itn tint poison. eis .r e 't'.i -i of b'sii!
lihide of curium have become sati.-iied
that the inhalation of the apor of thif
substaiieo w ill produce insanity. T in;
bisulphide is u.-e in L is Angeie
County to prevent th" siread of the
grape disease, phylloxera. Several
strong and healthy men who have been
exposed to the fumes of the vile stuff
have become insano. It may be a sub.
jeet worthy of iiive.-t;';al.ion whether
other deleterious gases may not in like
manner affect, tho human brain.
A novel d :ico for holding trees at
tho proper elevation and in a vertical
position while being planted, is men
tioned by Th': S-hu'ijii' Awrirai),
The planter has throe in. l'ned bars se
cured to eieh other a their upper
ends, and connected by parallel and
brace bars, forming a tripod, and pro
vided witii haUi-ing .s;i'.ngs having
their lower ends ben forward and
provided with claws for su-pending
the tree in cxe. 'tly the required posi
tion, To the upper end of the three
inclined bars is attu'dicd a table provi
ed with four sights, by which the
planter can be adjusted from s'akes at
the bide of tho field. This invention,
which has been nti utol by Mr.
Gairaud, Santa Clara, i'.d.. may serve
a good purposi in planting tarjo or
chards, where it is (b siral !e to have
the trees stand upright and iu -1 might
rows.
Carious Cii-aoms o: the Coream.
Tho dist;int kingdom of Corea for
centuries has been noted among the.
group of Chinese dependencies for ii
extreme exelusiveness and blind eo-.-scrvatisin.
It pays tribute to China,
i yet permits trading to only two Chines.
. ports. It is also, in s ome ticrrce, trili
' utary to Japan, but di .e -urages inter
course between her people and the Jap (
; anese.
With ii harsh, severe climate, a Kiir
faee iniieh broken by mountains, nnd
1 soil that yit'Ui a li.tr Vi st to uothini '
but resolute toil. Corea is lo Chin
what Scotland was to England befor j
! tlie union the abode of a proud, ci-
elusive people, intlependeut, but (k-vot- '
i ed to the chief of the clan, c linging to ,
ancient usages with tlie bigotry of i;- I
norance. Corea is rich in m thing but
j her half-worked mines, and in the in j
; dustrial, frugal habits of her people.
! The Coreaa Idolatry of thoir king h
l an Asiatic exaggeration of tho olo
j Scottish devotion to the chieftain. 1. i
is reckoned sa rib go in a common man .
to pronoun - c his name; while to touch
; his sacred person with a weapon of
! steel is high treason. Like tho f-pan- ;
j ish king, who heroically burned to '
I (b ath rather than have his chair moved ,
back from the lire by the wrong ollicer j
a king of Corea, 16"0, died of an ab- !
scess rather than have his august body
pierced by a lancet,
A horseman who passes by the King's
palace must dismount, and lead by his '
horse, and every one w ho enters the
presence of the sovereign falls pros
trato before him. If tho King honors '
n subject no far as to touch him, that
subject must ever after wear a bade ,
to distinguish him from the great un
touched. The civil service of Corea resembles
that of the Chinese, the offices being
given afier a competitive examination
Indeed, in most particulars, Corea is a
small, cold, mountainous, provincial
China. Tlio nobles follow Chinese
fashions, speak Chinese, profess the re
ligion of Confucius, and art) about as
Chinese as the Scottish nobles, a hun
dred and fifty years ago, were English.
TheCoreansof simple birth are Hudd
hists, and speak a language as pecu
liar a tha old Gaelic.
MJSTING SE ELEPHASTS.
A Man's RtranK Three Tears' Life nn
a Lonely l.tmiil.
A Xew York longshoreman, who
ppent three years on a lonely island
hunting sa elephants, gives n repor
ter the following account of his ad
ventures: "The fisheries there are of
two general kinds sea elephant nnd
I fur seal3. The elephants took Hbout
! nil our time. 1 got into it first by ac
jcident. 1 shipped on a bark for Cape
i Town. 1 ft her ther.i on a"count. of a
I dii'u t'etioj bciwi';, in- an 1 tin mate,
and being broke, I shipped again iu
! whit', they called a sealer for a three
'years' ctui:o. 1 d.dn't know any
t thing about it. and niter about a
I mouth's eru.sing to t'.ie south'ard they
j put li vo of us ashore in a pi. tee called
I Heard Inland, about the inn it forsak
en place voi can think of, mil after
leaving us provisions, such in they
. were, the schooner sailed, and that
was the las', w.: saw of her for two
years nnd six mouths. 1 luring that
I i;no three of tho men die 1. Heard
id in I Is n ncky islanlin about the
t-.i ii" la'.i! n 1" ;n the s:rai!sof M.i
gelkfi. abottt t'.vcuty-iive inib-s 1o;k
a i I livo or six wide, and n un tie
hi:', li'ig ;ib nit nil you could s- e w:t
iiiouniaius mi l glaciers, .'si of tin
latb r can be s-en fro ii Whi-key H.i ..
p.i.ii'in.: dow.i :'r un ;i big bioae.ta u
ca!! ' I ill,' I'.en. about T''"'i feet Idgb.
j mi" of th'i g!a 'id's I r-'as' the s ' t
with a front several hundred fee
biiili, an I every once in a whil" th '
break oil' with a crash that y n could
hear live miles away. Jn luci, there
was nothing but ice, an 1 where
th" ro k Win ch ar th 'i'e w.n n iii n.r
growing to speak of. Th.i i niy wm-.
t ma';i' a hoii-ie was tn dig a hole in
tho ground and cover it over with
canvas, and in winter wo nearly fro.:--.
All the streams froze u;, and tir
ground was covered with snow; Co
only watir wo had wastliat nn-lt-l
"About the CUi'iollsesl thing is t'nat
when wo have cold weather le re, s;ij
I'eccmber, it's in the middle of sum
iner there. July is the colde.sl month,
but tho place is in a regular ga! you
might say, the year aro and, an i only
about one ; a w eek is tii 'rea elian--.
to gel ashore during Mi" ye n-. . i
the shoro were trees, ;it lca.t. tree.i in
sli.ijie, just as natural its lite, but made I
out of solid rock. N", the wa'n't I
petriiied. but were bi. roi-ksthat had
come down iu tho gkcier from, above.
and been cut by the blowing sand in! j
all sorts of shapes, and changing a'.i j
the time. Above was -i big plain,
with bones strewn around, enough t i
make a nervous man wish he was
home. There were thousands of I
them sea leopards, sea lions, and j
great whale hones, as if all the an: '
nialshad been dragged there; and t'i- !
strangest part of it w,n that although !
they were not near the lu a -h, they j
were arranged in great layers as hi
t'ne tid. lul l was'ie l Cieni up a cm i
otn tight, I can tell you.
The seal lishcri s didn't amount t- i
much, and most of tie time was spent
in killing sea elephants, an I rough
w ork it was. The animals ha 1 been
hunted so mil' h that they only cam:
ichore on one part ol the island called
Long Beach, and where there was a
heavy st'a breaking all the time; so tin
only way to do was to drive the ani
mals oil shore and keep thetn off,
that they would come ashore in other
places where they could be killed. Tin
long beach was covered with thoe
sands of elephants in regular herds
like cattle, about fifty to a lot. un
each under the head of a big ma c
railed tho beach master. Our bu.-e
ness was to take long soul-skin whips
.sail into the herds, and drive them off
which was no fool of a job. We walk
ed along about an eighth of a mi!
apart, and had somo close scrapi
Botnotimes. Some of the bea -h ma
ters were thirty feet long, and weigh
ed three tons. They didn't j viii t'
know what fear meant, and you cone:
walk right among them, an d givo them
the whip right and left, and then tie
roaring and tlopping commence '.
Fight? I should say so. There was .
'Port ug with our gang that was ab .a:
as reckless a chap as I ever see Heki
rush into a crowd and run rig'it up on
th" hack of a big fellow and hit her 'i I
with hi whip for a minute, and th i '
slide off. One dny he did this whee ;
Wo were in a crowd of big ones His I
foot slipped, and he slid right over th
critter's shoulders, and the next niin
ute the bull hil l him. Ho had on
thick canvas shirt and overhauls, an I
by tlie slack of the latter the bull
grabbed him and tossed him six foe
in the air, his w hip going one way a: i
he the other. lie landed in the sun
all right.
"Hut the worst lights I saw we.
between the bulls themselves If.,
young bull got into a herd l.y i,ii--t.ik .
it was good-by John. Tho "Id bu
would take him by th"nee'. t".ir ifrca!
pices of skin off, and if lie r id gi t n
good hold toss him ten or twelve to. I
ii", and when he lauded, grab him
agaio, and In the long run sometimes,
kill him When we got tho elephants
off shoro they swam around tn anoth
er beach where the water was smooth,
and here we shot them or knocked tho
.smaller ones over with clubs, an'", tried
out the blubber for oil, and barreled it
up. To got to this beach you had to
cross tw o glaciers, nnd there w'9 had
huts and lived part of the time."
"Were there any other animals
there?"
"Xeversaw nnything excor.t birds.
They made up for the rest. There were
uillliolH of'eoi; big birds called the al
batrosi nn 1 another called tho k Her
a giiil thr, i times as big as these fel
lows you so" down tho bay. They
were just liae eagic.; d.da't cat li-li
but kill"d other birds and ate meat;
and when we set t .-kiiiulu an ele
phant, I tell you ii was nip and tuck
-onietimos. Why, I've seen them
gulls make a rush at a bull w were
at work on, and light riuht on the
critter, and tear fie meat ivl.'. out of
mr hands, so that w e'd have to stop
and go for them witii cl'.t! s. The air
voiild be Ma k with th : 1 tli-j
uoi.v; was enough to set yu eia.'y.
'ne of tb. git:!- e.f't- lie i kil-ing one
of the in. ,i. and t'.ct -ave I liU f" af-
ci all. II" was climb ii ; ..v-'i the
;l:t"ier, wIm-h ii.-bir I m i le a .la h a'
aim and knocked him "if. Ti'.' lean
ihrc.v out his arm , 1 giaM.-d tho
ird by the !' g, nn l down tle y both
vent, slidin; alio.ii a li'in Ir '1 and
y feit, the bird flopping and half hold
;ng him up, and that w .is n that sav
ed lii in.
'.onie time in the year the elephants
.liiaiigr itt , and hen they come back
' ho yinmg ones are l.ei n. I'hei'e's a
urious iliiu-j the yo-inir eritt-i't s'.i k
.or a while an 1 t!icn ;i"el'''t on tin:
each, -let.iii'.iy growing fat wi'li c;'
uiytliir.g to eat. Tins.' w ti.-.r
illed. Tim y in; ain't wliite like
-i'als.but black, .oi l don'l siow th"
-uo'it uutii t'.i.'y g'.l fire; years oi l
r so, Thai's what they are call" I
a eiephants for, as they have a Sort
fa trunk t'.a! i about ten inches
long, an I when they g t ma I it's
blown up in s ':;i" way, and looks like
i regular d 'pliant' - ti ;iuk. It'.s ih
worst life a, i I bn in --'. ,i man . ver
truck. New York's vo id ei. hi 'li for
lie. I'm taking my seal- at Central
"ark now."
Some Noted SayiicrU
A letter to an English paoer from
i he grand -"ii "f one of N'cl-on's ;ii N
it tho battle of Tra'ahfar. givtsthe
t rue origin of hi - I.miiou- or.1,. r to Lis
-piadrop.
The adtniral gave the order to
t -lograph to the whole fleet. "N"!1. n
epec!s (ivej-y in m to do his duty t"
day," It wa- found tha' i!i" word
"Nelson" would retilro si'.- si ;
lags to bo displa.-c I in s sci .-ion.
Time p.i-sid. A Li'-ute-i.int I-i-owne.
i "iking ivcr the c.itle-bo -A, f ''el tha
llll'ikl.ld ' (Vl'lld be sent Up wiih but
one ihi and i:x .-'o 1 that ih" orh r
ran. "P.. inland cxp-.r ts every m in to do
his duty:'' ! winch Nel.-on h a-llly
consented. Keni'O the ci" ju ait toneh
which thrilled a!! T'.r.'ai.i to the lu-n t,
w as due to a (le ieieney in tho f-:gna
,'ido.
Many ot the lilies! sayings recorded
of great men owe their origin to ucci
lent. (ioetho's dyin r words, "Mtc
.ight! " are said to have referred only
o the 0iening of a window, and n :
! any prophetic dawn in tho world of
ierman thought. We'nslor's trium
ohant "I otill live! " in the light 0f
old fact, nppe.irs to have been spoken
In conse.pien -e of the physician's or
ler to "give him the me li iae at a cer
tain hour, if ho stdi lived." It was
with a gesture toward tho cup that
'.'ebstor nnd tho or is .-.o long ini
eideistoo I ;m I in in r ible a- hi-, la-t
An"(.iiei 'i titi to e vvlile1; iii r i;:ie t he
. illylu .' i de'ender i i li.-i ni..n
luring the Civil War or.;.; i i'e.1 ;n a
oke. In ls'.J the loll.iwers of Cal -noun,
incensed at the public demon
strations mi Washington's birthday, is--ued
invitations for a st;ite ha:i.iu t on
'lie birthday of Jefferson, tier, ral
Andrew Jackson, on opening his invi
tation, drily remarked that the niect
:ig apparently w as intended tn cele
brate not the memory of .leiierson. but
be glory of Calhoun un I his p- t hob.
y of nullilii ation. "I'd like," he added
'iiiekli'.i; r, "lo sen I a broad-:de into
him." Alter a moment's tin :orl f. l.iy
ng down his pipe, he w rote a f.unte
'iM note of refusal, and be.;ged leave,
u eording to custom, to send a tea-1.
It was, "The Federal Union. It must
and shall be preserved."
The toa-t having been sent by tho
resident, could not be ignore 1. It
was road, and the lion's of applause
:lii which it was received, and of
ii'ighter fr im those who np; reflated
he I'rc!i!o it's grim juke, tiid ,t in
the memory of the luiblie, by whom it
v as male a household word, imt:l the
' iv J War gave it new and terrible sig
le iine". i 'ou tit' ( u, ipaniun.
RArm nnronTFrtst.
Hon Hie lrlmtr. in m. terra .'.re
Mini I liniltl. I -Tl O.'orlol SOl-.u-j
arn pliers.
i John. I. McElhone, the cldef of thn
I official btpnographer; of tho !I u .-,
says tho Washingt ei P- has In i In
the servico of that holy as an one .al
reporter since ISl'.i. I!u wa5 an ex
pert stenographer when a mere boy.
Whon he was M years old iic wn-- '
porting the ollieial il " ..'.eS. Ocn.i's
Murphy, the chi"f of tk n a'" '.
i began Irs ', : ,i vor ; !" on.'r.-s si..
; mouths ' i.'l : ' ia:i I'fc'.b ! H
! n"" ( i ' . 1 ! ': ij'hk. "ie: 1 ! M' . - a
; very t ill. ; .i.i-.-.ht. v i" T ..' .1-1 i :.
j;. ' in ri. I e ,;,, !,,,.. e t'i,. ;ur of .1
d.j -..in s- 1 I. . . . . I a e i ', il Oi
u -
str'O:;
and ii.
of '. i.'
tiv.t!
f-ui h .
a' a':
Ue, hi n
i iou . . :
.ipp-yr.im.
"I
i I
Wa-'o-i -t ii, who ;i!' 'g 1":'" if I
to l.li Hie 'ke . -i of Ik I a' .
r-:, kei's of c si . ii then
P I.! ! ling to .pUiki us- if. s I . r
tie; work. The : ' ! tt mm .:;''
look o::!y t i tlie la '. '". ;' -V I "'
Irs w irk, without a ' . 'V "f h 'vv
lieces-.i.-y to p.i ; i n ' i . t!.
po I ! of a .I, I : ,'lly IT ' I I :!! )
f.o.l!p"'-l:e!e :'. e i d:o :' . "'.
Mr. V'-Hl'i i.:c i ., ' eiie I ti 'h'T
day hi- 'k ! v, ,rl;i:er. it w.il
pr -iMy t r o ,' I r totheavera" "
repon r. lie pa ... i. . u'e ri t i tin
n:ei h;iu...'al part oi its w. !!
writes ;!ii! i'i: man y t-.it in i.-.
: i'iiple-1 f.a .i.s. Wle-'i i: is ie-, i n :
a speaker h" loll vv . . - . ery
(I'iticleiiig it and t i . ii; in ii.lly
:"-ti-. while lei i.iil l'o':'"Ws h -though'
like 'I 'da ly I .
e I mechanism. Ti." n b1 i i
h.-'. lie , i r yet i i e i a -p. ak r wh an
la'k too fast for hi. a. Wncr. he iie c'.s
a '-.'.an who ca:i tainlt f.i-s'.i-r than be
can, th-'ii only will M Mlhoae be at. ::
I ,ss. He says that ill the last house
t'i" th"" !'.ard"s' tn 'ii to report were
Tlioin; son, of I .wa; Hla'-kbiirn, of
K ::'. : ky. .-ind ik""vy, of .Mas-achi:-
Tl - ' : ' -it pioec "f re noting e cr
d.-if b - ; ; :::::i.. was .btrin.; the ex-
ctln ; : . : I-:: 1 s . .1' tlieileeior.il .-.-'i.-:
ill Un: ii use of repr. -scuta! ives i:i
X- 77. When ll.vhe.4 ot N."-.- Vo-k.
j.'ieped Upon his des ;, perfe ' I'i'.ihi'il
p: fed lo be 1-t ! i.se. 'I o n p.u:.
w.n sal I, w.ili 'J"er :' member -.p:-
r-. :i;Iy talking at m-.-. !n.:--t havo
M-'Uie l almost nn inip..s-.;.M,'.'.:y. 1,;
1 than a ' ' ud Mi-1'k'eei" : -.v. I'm!
1. s : TMt.lt i--i l il- one of th ' :";. ; of
livm j rep-! ters w is ut -t.'k-. 11?
scije, his note.k ..,k and ikis'.-.i r.olit
into th. . e-it. i-oi il e cvc.toi'ient. Tin
w'.v re every m- l.ib; r was fuur.linr to
bun. W:t'.i.vt t'-irni!!;. !iis inr.-l he
shi-l e.-i-et amid tl wii.b-st c .'i'"-1 :i
and ' ;i r:ht vvdtli ru'-.d ,t -enra-y -.::
Words of th-smost ili..t.;nt speaker, llo
w:is vi.ry nervous o.erthc i-c-ul', bi
cause i l any member ut th;:: tiiue bud
bv i l...:e i been omitted fr. in the p.c.o
ol it-'':; of t'i:. day M' Illho::"
w.-u'd ha', e b. r n tie-sn'u st ol many
a row. So i ot tti" mi'iiiiiers 'oeliov e i
that lie ha i I i f il id 1" to get them all,
ye: v In n hi-- report came out in the
llceord .':.( ii' t dap, not one had a
sinple w rd el fault to I'm I. In '.'.: t,
It is ti.e only i erf. et picture of thn! ex
citing period. I: was or." of Hi" gr. .r
est feats of sten igraphic r- ; :i :
ever done in congress. When M- lllaoue
had llnislod he w bathed in p-rsi na
tion lroin h' .l I to foot and wa-a-weak
us if he had been running in ;i t -.l-niiie
I match.
The I.ightin; of mivi ts a nl IMv. Ilinjrs.
Most people bar e no in- ka i.-i in
saying that it will 1 e Ie. : .ly. Hat
tho s i. ntists say tl.a 'nv..l; c., t
line h io-t. Mleitricitv i-;.-, I pt I by
violence; that is, bp vv.i.v an i the .1 -turbiiTe
ol atonis of m.i'.lei. e h.. h .s
necessarily expensive. I'or n'!'.--;i .. n.il
uses, for -pcit.ieles, for the he.l.iing .;'
city Si'iu. lie, streets and p:i:l; -. vvlu ic
expi nse is a minor (onsi icratio-.i, the
eli ctri.nl light will, of course, be em
ployed; but the cieat mass ol the i--.i-niunity
w ill n'vir be a". ! t i u- th -costly
illuminator t laib-htl e :,,rl.
ness from their liamlde lw ilke:-.
Nature has been sen: cb.'-d to ; u
ligl.; i au be giin iite; nnd
cheai'c.-t ceiiJitiorn, ;:i:d ':('. l. -.v-w. .,
lias been hit upon as lurn:-.l.i.i .. :i -.
for tho heai hut elT,. f.ve d '.c
', light of the future. iu vu. i- ,u
1 M'Cli Which emit i';i-hos i ; i;-. ,l :.. t ; e
I dark, do so with an d. -:ua 1
' exi'eriditure of mecha deal i.u -. 11
I 1
has been suggested thai c. 1 1 a ; : s w.t'.l
paper, au 1 the e.'Verln-s ,i ; ,, rn ; .. i e
could be so prepared, t'or, l. -'... ..
' disturbance of th- :i:r. !.;.
a steady bet in. llow I, .hi a . ;
. far b-i-s than i .- n ",e o - t ....... '.
! "seienti'le I e a ar !. ; -.-
j.ioblem, and il il --li ' I ;
fully solved, li. wi .ilil ti . v 1 1., ria
i. ' r . i; ii..' -". "
('I'm i-I.utl'1.
'Til a curious lnn l, ua I i:.- i r uul aliTi-a Ho
In Ihe purple dis. a:. c i.l . ".iii -kr.
; I live you seen llm .'ule. wilii tiu.1. m!1i ot
! whit",
With th ir l eniunn of eol-l and ciiinjrn lbi
lt'iii l. - i.i.t ...!'.' ho a ii i pir.ito iii.:;i'.''
Si.k'l... ." 'ie- 'i : i- iiii ir.rl ior,
lUO Hi'-O I . . , ji SI !o V.I'.'..
Thev i ' ii'.' id!.. !! ail '
When- t!-e ! r. i.., . ...k -.1 e loil.i tk" t '.
The Vo- ,e o'ei :i'i 1 l'.;.. I i 'e .i. !'.- !.
(Ill, iV.'-f J -ies in !':- i nli.;: ski' 4
Are I e 1 ui'.l :l fl-.-i . I "I l.i.lllise ...
):e e. .,- I ,y ie O-i ..!! t i JS. ,
.i.e.. ll-a' ! V! :' . li- v. ... .s'
ll i I. II o.l ll 11 ..'i A' 'i O rtn
I iuy I "!' iii a "! ee '
. i . .. I.c ftn' nn.
in .p i:
A head L'ilid -Uef the brtrhor.
Lauren' !' -luy- ui vv rote Ids ilrst
vei'seswh re !. a , era .: -ah "d ker-por
puts his re,-, r- -on i .'!. it".
, C .urting a . ; is j.'iy tng ie-r ad-d-e
.es. M i.il.l:.'' is u . ;i:g lor her
dres.-e -) and ab l'-e . tin r fixings.
There i ---ie : " M hi tig about leap
year, an i !' i i- that leap year jokes
canon!;, i-e : o-! once in four years.
Why u ' a -u key like a rirl. Ue-cau.-e
a .ir. -- 'I girl vvi'l vvaik about
and a iin- -i turkey won't. And vice
: v er.s.i tl--' oi h.-r v. ay.
A 'l'.a.in'.o man united until he was
eig'.'y three ye.-ii's old before ho got
inn a i. That's like runuiiig throo
i unit t -.-! ;, , , i .stitrt for ti fourteen
inch jump.
"Voiii- che. k 1- an awful tcmjitation
to bio." I:.- i t la 'ued, its lie. looked ad-iiiiiaiie!;,-
;i! h. r fnsh, young laco."
"Vi".r eln . k mils', be un awful burden
to y...!. " -he r, pded. gi.'ineing at him
'i'h "i a man's wife comes in and
-. -i -s hi- i. ra. r in ha i l, and with his
f.,-- a1', ov. r Id... r. ".ud asks him:
"Ar- y ii -kav i;ig .-'' i i;. a provoking
thio iin iw r: "N'o. I'm lihteking
i!.i.:. ' . '.' but it's human n i! ore to so
.v. i '.her can crdl "Johnnie, it's
lime -o "i-l up," far three hours with
out leaking any impression; l-n! when
the old man ! ps to the foot of tho
eta r- and ilea's '.! .hnl" .lo'itM:!"
t.ik.-s his bivjkta-l with the rest of thn
i'itbiily.
It w as at the cl -s" of the wedd.ng
l.:e,ikfa-t. O'ie of th-- gi'O'its arose,
and. glass in hand. i'-l: -"1 dr'r.k to
the In ii th ..! :'. bri legs.KUK. Muyho
s many day this." The in'cn-
.. -i: was good. ; u! !'; 1:1 le looked a?
it s M.iethiu. I a 1 I'-'sj.lea-t 1 !:. r.
II -.id' '. I..".": '"'. ai do" this
, - , p... . - wioo d-' I read
in 'Id -1. ; -i v ' M -: ''! . I: io-n: irr -w
1 iv id th'-ovv leys If e! your feet."
M , -.1- die, w !.. n.-v.' r i..s. - presence
n'. ui;:il: "Voil ho' ".bio. ,!".i'.ous old
, daTi ,'''" soiij.ie enough it's my
en, n ... ' or."
Tie' "w i.-hbonc" w i .!d::ig Ji.-.s hc-c..i.:i-
'!.. corr.it ihing. The ',:d--
st.i-t.l boi,. a . a tk.ral wishbone.
. nt" !!,, ceremony the bride and
.T' i.: i are -riven th" wishbone to pull
The ' il . I . soils ill il break somew ir ie.
; n ii i 1 r e -Ids the lot:-; piece is
I,!.-. ' -.1 i-oiii jc'Hig U '' build lire,
in t e. a.. I'nin'.'.
A Coloi'iib) MiiiiiiT Town.
It .Iocs ii t lake in iny davs to build
the kind of town miners aro willing to
i live in. mi 1 they ib-n't i are what r.ort
' o ' a p! ice ti.cy put it in. i'hef, if it
I o ily in -in1 the m. ties. It. ouiy be in tho
! very ni!.,st of .t pine for -t, or out i n
! tlv steep, i a e : i ie of :i too in'.. iin. .t'i
! stones a. 1 rocks. T'lo-y cut ib.wa a
I few t.cs. and leave' a'l the stumps
' stun Ha.; or they clear away the !lg
i go-t o: tiie s'ont s, i n..o ;(i to make a
; s rl I' street; and tie i every mail
i fails '.. and bull Is th- , h. tp.-t hmise
' he can. iu the .plieki"-'. w.iv; s .inotiu "s
oi I-- -. .t.ietimes out ol roii-jli boa. i ..
often u'y wall one room v ry ra e'.v
will, to re than thro". When they
wish t" make them very line they make
th" 'tid. fronting the street, what is
1 call. ! a "b.vt Linen! front"; that is. a
str:n..ht s.piiire wall, higher than ti.n
: h ub . so iis to convey tbo impres-io t
that tne house is ii tieli l ipogcr than ih
is. It is a in.-f rab'e tnal-.e-l-. In -vo, ar. 1
got s farther than any other one thing
;tog.e ti tiie new t.wtis in tho
Wis! a hidcete- and i -"iti-mpt'' Ie look.
Tin's" log cabins, board shantn s. and
t.;ii l I tie i.t li'"i,s :.re all crowded .-et
::; ar toeeiht-r as t'.ey can b -, ami act
I s.-i close to the street; n front yard ,
i.o back yards, no yards at tin-.side, .
'li!, ii'.ouud thu wli-de -settlement il
stony wi!demc--s It i- n't worth wliiln
; to put anything in ordt r, because thorn
is no knowing how I rg 'be pei.pl
will stay. Perhaps the mines will m
turn out to lie oi.ol ute :; and tie
e'..r.'.'iy V ill liloVi a o it -. i.ild in ve: .
l'ale i ... I" tune thu'i i t o. ,k to bill 1 I
j li:- the town it. Will la- d--' -I. 'fai l
'. in -.: c ' n any such la.'.-erte I to'. ii-,ii
Odor... i aiei t ail.. . j! They rJv ..ya
sc m to me lo !o k likt; ii I-. in-1 oj eiave
)iirii --''. 'i i' lm