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Two Lovers.
Two lows by a moss grown spring :
They leaned soft clicks together there,
Mingled the dark nnd sunny hair.
And heard the wooing thrushes sinR.
O building time!
O love's best prime!
Two wedded from the portal step:
The bells niudo happy carolings.
The air was soft as fanning wings.
White petals on the pathway slept.
O pure ej'ed bride:
O tender pride!
Two faces o'er a cradle !eiil :
Two hands above the head wore locked :
Thffce pressed each oilier while they rocked.
Thoe wah'hed a life that love hud sent.
O solemn hour!
O bidden imwon'!
Two parents by the evening lire:
The red light fell about their knees
I u bends that ruse by slow degrees
I ike buds upon the lily spiiv.
O patient life!
O tender strife!
T'i two still .at together tli'ie,
Tlie red light shone nlmiit their knees;
But all the heads by slow degrees
Dud gone and left that, lonely ir.
O i nvnge fast !
vanished past!
The red lipid shone iij on lie- floor
And made the -j a -. In l",e. n them wide;
They diew their , I'ici'.. up Mde by side.
Th"ir pale check, i..in.-d. nnd -aid. "Oncf.
wore!''
O memories!
O pn-1 that is!
(iVurije 7iW.
finding a companion.
"Wanted, ii Companion
for nn KUler-
ly I.ndy."
That was the advertisement that np
prated in n newspaper of a rainy Monday
morning in November. I- .
tJIcnville was n t lii nrr more than n lit
tie country si tt bint nt, with arid britk
Town Hall and n lahvrinth nf narrow
streets which seemed to have been laid
nut with spec ial reference to the bewild
erment of any chance passer, who might
hnd hiin-t if involved in their mnc. A
jiiiet, dreamy, Kip Van Winkle sort of a
place and yet before noon of that Mon
day morning, n swarm of anxious nspir
Hits for the ollice of "Companion (or an
l'.lderly Lady," had made th'ir nppeni
: n e in the best parlor of the (Jit nvillc
House.
Mr. Reginald ( 'hillingrtrld, who had
been out for a walk in the street, wns
met on the threshold of the hotel by the
boot hoy:
".), please, sir, there's a lot of 'em nil
a a-kin' for yoii."
A lot of what. ' demanded Mr. Chil
lingfield. licginald '1 1 ! li ntit Id was tall and
s ender mid handsome, with bright blue
tyts and u straight nose which latter
feature he rubbed lis he stood Marin; nt
Mike Updown.
"Of Indies, sir. Come to answer the
advertisement."
"(I" said Mr. C liilli ml: tliM , "I rrcol
In t now."
And little reckoning of what lay be
fore him he pushed open the door of the
hotel best parlor.
Only for half a second, however. The
array of feminine faces, nil expectantly
t imed toward him, was enough to awe
the stoutest bachelor heart, and Keginald
Chillingficltl closed it again with a bang. I
".Tones," said he to his familiar friend,
who had just lighted u cigar in the read
in room, "what shall I do"
"In respect to w hat i"
"My Aunt J'olly's companion. There's
n dozen of 'cm there, apparently nil ages
from sixteen to sixty. .My Aunt Polly
don't want twelve companions.''
"Take the lust looking," suggested
Junes, with revolting hn'ty.
"And be scratched by nil the rest."
"Take the worst -looking, then. Ten
to one she's best fitted for a 'companion'
(n an old lady."
"My Aunt Polly is an excellent judge
of beauty. She'd send me back with the
article in less than two hours," retoited
Chillingllcld.
"In that ease,"' said .lunes, meditative
ly eyeing the end of his cigar. "I don't
see how you're toget out of the dilemma. ''
"Jones, don't prove faithless in such
n strait ns this. He a man and a friend !
Suppose you had advertised for a com
panion for your Aunt Polly, and n host
had responded, what would you do?"
"I should engage one of "cm and send
the. rest about their business."
"Yes; but which one? He practical,
there's a good fellow."
"The one whose appearance seems best
adapted to the emergency."
"Jones, you're a fool!" cried out Chil -jingfleld.
"Am I to go into that room
and st lire about as if they are a lot of
winter apples or prize pumpkins on ex
hibition?" "Have 'em admitted one by one," sug
gested Jones, and on this hint Mr. Chil
lingllcld promptly acted.
"You sit and pretend to he reading
the newspaper," whispered Chillingfield,
"and if you like the applicant's looks,
cough! If you don't, crackle the news
paper! Dear me, my shirt collar is wet
already; my face is burning. Why
couldn't Aunt Polly have hunted up
her own companion 1 Yes, Mike, all
ready. Ask one of the Indies to walk in 1"
And with a grin, Mike announced:
"MisH Zerinah Hall." ' .
Mist Ha.ll WIW tull ennt-hnired arid
spectacled, in robe of gingham and
drab silk hst.
VOL. VIII.
am seeking a situnti n, young
man," she said, "not from necessity,
but because in middle life one feels the
hick of companionship. 1 hope the
elderly lady mentioned in the advertise
ment is a church member?"
Crackle! crackle! went the newspa
per. Chillingfield glanced guiltily at
his friend.
"No, she's not; that is 1 think, per
haps, a younger person You did
not say how old you were, Miss Hall."
"No, I didu't," said Miss Zerinah.
"And I don't mean to. I don't think
you'll suit, young man. No gentleman
what is that ether person rattling his
newspapi r so fori ever thinks of asking
impertinent (uestions about a lady's age,
OoimI morning, sir."
Miss Zerinah went out, closing the
door behind her with a bang.
Mis. I law kt . shin y, the next candidate,
Wii. a lahvojant and spiritualist.
"I think 1 could ninilsc the old lady
with fort-Idling the future." slid she.
"That was the way I did at my three
last situations."
"Three!'' repeated Mr. Chillingfield.
"Jones, my dear fellow, don't rn-tle that
paper so vehemently. (An instantaneous
silt tier ensued, ami Jones stilled a giggle
behind the columns of the .Icivm. ,v. I
"Ind yon say three.' bw did you hap
pen to leave those situations;"
"Tlie visitation of Providence, sir,"
said Mis Hawk' .bury. "They :dl died
the respected ladiis whom it was once
my duty and my pleasure to "
"Oh," siid M : Chillingticld, "1 am
afraid my Aunt Polly might die, too.
Clairvoyance and second sight mightn't
agree with he."
"Sir," siid the Itdj, "you are s-.i rit u
allj blind."
"Very liktlv." -aid Mr. Chillingfield.
"lint I ptefei (o -i main "
The in xt was Cm dea''. the lirvt too
fleshy, the third v us iiii--vil!iiiT t" live
with any lady who did m l keep a man
servant, the fourth wenttd l.m high a
I salary o en. 7 i'e "''.'. , until tin-
! newspaper was fairly i ..ukled to pieces,
j I 'lit i I. at liligth, tl.eioua-, mi speak,
. a "tie" be w i en the last two i aniUdates.
lbtth Coe was iu-t nineti i n : pretty a.
' a -wet tpea blos-oin, and ready to under
i t ike any b-ei i l 'en of service, to escape
from ii sti ( nn th.-r ami nine turbulent
: half brothers and sfter-. Helen Howard
was a ipiceuly wmnu wnnaii l live ami
twenty, who read like Mr-. Scott-.siddons.
sati"; ib'lii ions Sci ti h ballads, and frank
ly owned that .-he lociiid a home!
Mr. Jones ei.e.lv ! li:t'fll' pin pie in
the fae over both of them.
"Veil louhbi't do belli I, Ibiriie'ld,"
said he, "than It taki "
"Whii h one ."
"Both!"
"Do talk coniinon-seii.sf'."
"Hut they nn both splendid r;iris!"
"(ranted but you must renii mbcr
that I have only uot one Aunt Polly! A
choice must be made."
"Toss up a copper."
"You irreverent villain!"
"Draw nils, then. Look! I write
'Helen' on one, Kuth' on the other.
Prett ! Change! Now draw ! liuth ha
won the day !''
So Mr. liiginald ( hilliiiylield toi k
Kuth Cci home with him to the dour
ciliary abode of his Aunt Polly by even
ing train, leaving Helen Howard very
sad and rjiiict.
"You are disappointed." said he. "I
wi-h I could have engaged you both.'"'
"Yes," said Helen; "I am disap
id. 1 confess. I.ife is veiv hard
unt
and stern to inc."
lleginald Chillingfield thought over
her words. Thev haunted him and not
only her words, but the garuct-bron n
shadows of her eyes. And just a week
afterward he went b:u k to lilcnville.
"Y'es, Miss Howard is at home,'' said
the shabby maid-of-all-work, at the third
rate hoarding-house where Miss Howard
lived. "Walk in."
And Mr. I'hillingticld walked in, to
tind Miss Howard tftc-ii-trtc with Mr.
Jones.
"Hallo!" cried Jones. "Who would
ever have thought of seeing you.'"
"I might say the same," laughingly
rvtortcd I'hillingticld, as he took Miss
Howard's hand. "Hut I have new s for
you, Miss Helen."
"I have heard of an excellent situation
near my mint's an invalid lady, whose
husband "
"Hang the invalid lady and her hus
band!" interposed Jones, "J was just
going to write you about it, ld boy.
We're engaged. We nrc to be married
to-morrow."
"No!" cried Keginahl. "Then I'll
stav to the wedding. Hut
"Well?"
"Isn't it rather a sudden arrangemeut ?"'
"Life is full of sudden things," said
Jones, philosophically. "Helen is will
ing to run the risk."
And so the troublesome question was
settled satisfactorily to all parties.
Au Embarrassing Situation.
A little girl whoso father had been
reading to her a story of a child who was
eaten up hy a hear, could not seem to
forget it, and at night she said:
"Oh papa, wasn't that a dreadful
story? And then the poor child cojldn't
go up to heaven!"
"Why not?"
"Why, there she was inside the bear!"
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Promoted.
On winter, says General Dan Macaul
ey, in his recent address before the Loy.il
Legion, we were for many days on a
Mississippi River expedition down below
Helena, Arkansas, wilhafl'et ofsirmivn
under General Willis A. (iorinni. Tin
weather was most inclement, and the men
suffered very severely from cold and ex
posure. I'nder such conditions, a sold it is
bump of reverence for nnything he e in
Worry suffers great shrinkage. Sam I rit k
hud t iken a violent dislike to tc ner.il
Gorman, because, forsooth, that gallant
gentleman had been forced to join in the
famous retreat I rem th" In t Hull Kun
bnttlc-iicld..
Why Sam should have eonsitb red that
General Gorman had any spei-i.il monopo
ly or responsibility in that great national
footrace, or that he had developed more
speed than was absolutely necessary to
kt ep up w ith the procession, is hard to
understand; but so it was. and .-everal
times during this evpidilion, as I nft-r
ward learned, when our .'tenmer were
sufficiently near, Sam would electrify the
General by how ling at him most ib ris.
ivcly :
"Ibllo, oi-l Hull Kun!"
Once he made a mistake. Hi inhpinr
ters steamer was brought alongside of
ours and within a few feet, for i ousiilta
timi, and on the upper "i li'irriiane deck
stood the General himself.
Sam was on the lower forward ! k of
our vcsel. nut near Hie bmv. mid, brac
ing himself, he yelled up into Gorman'
very teeth:
"Hello. Old Hull Kun!"
The General was !" ipiick for him;
leaning over the side, If -hotited down
to the guard : "Throw that nnni on my
boat lu re, rpii-k !" And. sure enough,
tin y did. S mi, spraw ling through the
air like a frog, w: s pitched headlong
onto Gorman's bout, and during th" re
mainder of the day, at various distances
near and lar, w.- could see him. long,
mid lank, and Imi, tied up like a flutter
ing -carecrow , to the jaek-talT of the
-(earner. It wa- a cold and gu-l;. d-'y - -for
Sain an I no i -prt i.il alt ni'mii was
paitl to wall' - and 1 1 1 i! for him, and so,
when along toward night the boats w, re
bronchi together again, and he was
chucked back to u- siifT a- a wooden In
dian, it might i t a;.on tbl v be supposed
that for once the gnv.t irrepressible was
sipielehed.
No, not the Icn-t in the world.
He gathered himself together, am',
t hilled, blue, and starved a- lie wa-,
i ime creaking and grunting up lairs to
me in th cibiii.
"Colonel," he groant d. ' I wi-h ym'tl
please haw my di-cliargi made out right
away '."
"You discharge! Your funiial, you
mean, if vi u're not more carelul!"
No. my discharge. Colonel. I've
been put on Gorman'.- staff!"
The Spiders Appetite.
It is not everybody who know- how
mitt h a spider t an eat. Most of ii- have
rived ainu-t -incut, and perhaps instruc
tion, from watching the subtile aiiange-
iiients and device.-, of the little tactician,
with a vii w to capture -tne dainty little
in-cit, and many of in would know ex
act ly where to place this intere-tingf reat-
u re in the t la-sitication id animal life,
but probably very few of us have any
idea what a vorai ion- gourmand the
spider i-. A gentleman, -ciontilicalh in
clined iiinl luxuriating in the rare posses
sion of leisure, hasreceiitlv given to the
world some very curious ami slaitling
statements in regard to the archiinodc in
appetite. He captured a spider mid kept
it in confinement, supplying it liberally
with food, and carefully recording his
observations. He estimated that the crea
ture ate four times its weight for break
fast, nine times its weight for dinner,
thirteen times its weight for supper, fin
ishing up with an ounce of food. In the
same proportion, ii man of average weight
would demolish an ox for breakfast, two
moil' for dinner, a couple of bullocks
eight sheep and four pigs for supper, and
then a hundred weight of li-.li to prepare
the way for an ahleruianic banquet before
retiring to bed. i'irininn Journal.
Canine Pel In Gay Attire.
"Furnishing decorations and clothing
for dogs is developing into a great trade,"
said a manufacturer to a reporter for the
New York Mail nml A't. recently.
"In Paris hIoiih nearly 0,0011 persons art;
engaged in this bu-iness, ami the trade,
represents nearly $l,0m,00() rapital. The
rage for dressing canine pets has now
reached New York from Paris. Every
variety of dog has his peculiar tlress nml
proper toilet and toilet case, w ith pow
der, sponge, comb and so forth. It would
be n rank breach of clog manners for a
bulldog to appear on the street in the
dress of another, indeed, the dog would
pine away from sheer mortification.
Smooth terriers wear bracelets on some
of their legs, anil bear in mind always
put the ring on the left leg. That is (he
fashion. As to collars, blankets for cool
weather, netting for warm weather, the
rule holds good every one to his ow n
anil no other. We'll very soon have
aristocratic dogs appearing on rainy days
in long-legged boots made of doc-kin
and fastened on with ruluVr rings. At
certain seasons of (he year dogs mu-t be
muzzled, and this calls for fancy and
decorated muzzles."
CHATHAM CO.. N.
i
, miLDRtip COI.I'MN. j
i An I'.tplRimtlon.
When von :o" th baby wnlk
i .'-l-p by step, and stinnMe,
Just remember, now he'she,,
j Poth hi- w ings are gone - I Hi. d: ir!
J Catch him. or he'll tumble!
When you hear th" baby talk
I Hit by bit, all broken;
Only think how heforge'.a
All his nii);el words and Hi
Wonders go unspoken!
Sitmvrl If, leflrM, in W. irhnlnf.
Tlie tonr Trlnl.
There was once an old monk walking
through the forest with a little scholar by
his side. The old man suddenly stopped
and pointed to four plants close nt hand.
The lii-t was beginning to peep above the
ground; the second had rooted it -elf
pretty well into the earth; the third was
h small shrub; while the fourth ami last
was a full sized tree. Then the old monk
-siid to his young tompanion: "Pull i,p
the tirst."
The youth ia-ily pu!!erl it up with his
fingers.
"Now pull the set nnd."
The youth obeyed, but not so easily.
"And the third."
Hut the boy had to put forth nil his
strength, and used both arms, before
he succeeded in U ting it.
"Ami now," -aid the iiiii-tcr, "try
your hand upon tin f..urth." Ruth'! the
I'uiik of the tall tree grasped in the arms
of tin- youth seiucch shook it- l-avcs;
and the little fellow found it impossible
to t ar its root- from t lie earth.
Then the wi.-e old monk explained tohis
scholar the mciniiv: of the four trials
"Thi-, my -mi, i ja-l what happen
wit!i 'in- pa -ion.. When they are young
and weak one may. h a little watchful
tii ss ovt i -elf and and the help of a little
self denial, ea-ily tear them up: but if
weht them t -a -i tin ir root-deep down
inli i.ur -oiils, then pi, human power can
uproot litem; the Almighty hand id the
Creator alone can pint k them out.
"I'oi this rea-on, my child, watch
well over the firs movement of jour
soul, ami ludy by ails of virtue to
keep your pa iotis well in check."
'J'llr I iiMHlml virion.
Two country l.nl- i anient nn early
hour o a inai kit town, and having ar
ranged their stand-, :ii down to wait ( r
t u touicrs One' was furnished with
fruits and vegetables of the boy's ow n
r.-iising. .up. I the other supplied with lish.
The market hour- pa itl along, ami each
little merchant -aw with pkastire bis
.-ore steadily decreasing with mi (spiiva
lent in silver bits shining in hi- little
money cup. The last melon lay on
Harry's ..(and, when a gentleman came
lty, and, placing his hand upon it, said :
"What a tine melon! What do yon
it-k for it, my boy;''
"The melon i- the last I have, sir; nnd
though it lonks very fair there i-,m un
sound -pot in it, "said the boy tinning it
over.
"S i tin re is," said the tn.iu ; "I think
1 will not t.ikt it. Hut." he added,
looking into the boj's opt n coiintcnant e,
"is it very bu-in' -s like to point out tin
dt feet- of your fruit to ru-loiiiers?''
"it is better than bein di.-hone.-t,
sir," said the boy, modestly.
"You are right, my I it I b bllow; al
ways remember that principle, ami ymi
w ill lint favor with God, and ir. i.i al-o.
1 shall remember join stand m future.
Are those li-h fresh?" be... tinned, turn
ing to Hen Wil-oii's .-ta.e..
"Yes. sir; fii sii t i..ts morning. 1 1 aught
them myself." was the reply and n pur
thasc being mud', the gentleman went
nway.
"ll-itry, what a fool yt"i neve (o show
thi'j;entlcmaii that spot in the melon!
Now you t an take it home for your pains,
or throw it away. How much wiser if
he about the li-h 1 caught yesterday?
Sohl them for the sune price as I did the
-fresh ones. Jle would never have looked
at (he melon until he had gone away."
"tl.'n I ,, . ..11 ..l t. II ,. lis, . , ... i .....
cither, for twice what I have .nrnrd this
morning. He-ides, I shall be better of!
in the end, for I have gained a cu-toiner,
and you have lo-t one."
And so i( proved, for the next day the
gentleman bought nearly all his fruit and
vegetables of Harry, but never spent
another penny at the stand of his neigh
bor. Too Pnrliciiliir.
Nobody in the world is as particular
about what he eats as an aristocratic
New York coachman, a- the follow ing
dialogue shows :
Coachman "Look here, cook, if you
give me any more -ueli victuals I'll gij to
a hotel and get my meals, I am not go
ing to put up with it."
Cook "What's the matter?"
Coachman "You needn't make out
that you don't know what's the matter.
You just own up that you have given ine
asparagus that is almost tough enough to
put on the table upstairs." Sifting.
The Difference.
"Papa." said tin impiisitivc youth,
"what it the difference between a hanker
and a broker?"
Papa is puzletl, but brings rxperim e
to his nit). He finally tells the difference'.
"A broker is one who breaks you to
pieces by degrees; a bnuker takes you in
at a gulp."
(., AIMHL 15, ISM.
STLXK y WHALK
A Kittle Jsr-hooner r'?ts in fir
Way of e Monster
And is Overtnni'jrl and Pr.igge'l Ont of
S gla by the Lwiathan,
"Wlint do I know aboul whale-, sharks
squills, nnd other animals of thest-iJ."
ethoed ('apt. Carter of the brig Mary
Jane. "Wait till I light my pipe and
I'll reel yoti off a yarn which 1 can bring
w itne-se- to swear to."
"In li-'TO." he continued :,f(er getting
his pipe alight. "I owned a -mall -t hoon-
crcaHcdthc Fly, and 1 hud her in the shell
trade. I u-ed to gather them on Santa
Kosa Island, and trom (hi tie along the
t o.i t eh , ir around to Cipe s. Hins. My
crew w-ts eonipo-eil of n negro, wh" act
ed as male, and two boy-. I it oig a wee
bit of a craft, and dodging among the !
islands m ! of the tjuv. we did not
ic ed mil. h of a crew lea any great
amount of seamanship. It wa- in Augn-t '
of the year 1 have named that out after- '
noon we were nboiit midway between !
Smt i K'l-a nnd the cape, and al" ut ,
fifteen miles off the hind. W. '
were headed for the cape, nml mak- I
ing about three knots an hour, the wind ,
being light and the went her line, one j
of the boys was at the wl-'-el, the oile r
i -h i p, and the male was -phcing a lop".
I -o.,( on (he port bow looking at a
'roki n spar floating a few hundred bit
oil. There was no -i a on, and the Fly ,
was on an even keel. Suddenly, and
without a breath of warning, tie
ehooiier was lifted clear of (lie w.ii.t
vvilh a great cra-li and flung on Iwr beam
lid-. It so happened that no one w -thrown
overboard, but befor" we t ould ;
xat tly understand what had happen i ,
the craft turned lurlie. !
' The tir-t thing I knowed I was on j
tier bottom, with one of the boys along i
ide o' me. I had n small keg o' po-vh r (
n the cabin, and my tir-t thought a
:hat we were blown up. I didn't cl:,ig
'o this idea niore'u a minute, however;
for, as I got the water out o' my eyes, .
aught sight of a great black mas-, along--ide,
and in a second more made out tie
.'rent s,u in- head of a whale. The w ater j
jist there was nt least ninety feet deep, j
but i( had been roiled up until it looked j
like a mud hole fur an in re or two around j
'is. I got it through my wool pretty soon
that we had been struck by a whale,
md that the old leviathan id the deep
wa- still alongside. In fat, I t "iild
have tout lied his ne-r with a twenty-foot
pole.
"Now, one of the singular thing- is
that we hadn't seen the spout of a whale
(hat afternoon. Indeed, it i. laic for
one to run in so nigh that coast. Of j
course, there might have bin ,i whale j
-porting around and we not see him. but
the chance- are thai that fellow had made
t run of si veral mil's under water.
When he t ame up to blow he foimid lie
Fly in hi- way, ami he threw her off hi
nose as a bull would toss a gadfly. Tin
blow niu-l have dazed him. however, for
it was a good three minutes bt fore lie
moved a lin. I could look into oneof hi
eyes, and by and by 1 potited it take on
a main ions twinkle, ntnl In gave In
flukes a flirt and backed off about a hun
dred feet. lie WIS nifld. lie thought
he had been attacked by some i n my,
and he wanted revenge.
"Well, sir, that t oiisarned t ritt'r was
coming for us. Ib-ing light, the Fly
was high and dry out of water, and
offered a prelty fair target. lie uttered
a snoit. swung his flukes about, and tame
head on, striking the si hooper fair amid
ships. He knot kod the two of u- twenty
feet into the water, and he made a hole
in her side through which you could havt
flung a water butt. The blow broke her
nil up, but a- the water poured in she
tnily settled down until her bottom was a
wash. When the boy and I got our eyes
clear we noticed that the jaw I, nigh full
of water, was floating a little way olL
ami we made for il. While I hnmr on t..
the bow he climbed in and bailed her out,
and in about (en minutes we wi re afloat
again. Meanwhile the whale hail his
tio-e agin the up-ct schooner, n- if smell
ing i f her. She was between u-aml him,
and il wa- a lucky thinj; for u-. We
i idn't -o mil' h a- a splinter to paddle
With, and the breeze seemed lo have died
away about the time (he Fly went over.
"Hy and by old leviallian backed ofT
foi -another round. 'I hi- time he went
further, and lie came I isler, but ns the
schooner had set tied down In slid up on
her bottom until hi- weight settled her
down and let bini pnss over. As he
Il Hindered over she rolled heavily to star
board and his flukes were no sooner clear
of her than she righted herself, a -o
tloing both masts snapped o(T, anil a tan
gle of cordage covered (he wa(er. The
Fly had if ( ballast enough to -ink her,
but -he was down until her rail was a!
niost awash. The yawl was too -mall
potatoes for the whale, or hp ret koned
tin finishing the schooner first. He lay
ipiiet for n -hurt time and mailt' another
dash nt her. He w as kit king up such a
sea that we couldn't exactly maki' out
how he go( fast ill the Wlet kage; but fast
he got. There w as sm h a tangle of ropes
that he probably drew some of them into
hi- mouth. Then the fun runic to it cli
max. We had drifted nwiiy until well
clear of him, and apprehending no im
mediate danger. What a commotion
- ,
that oid th t;i kicked up when he found '
himself toggled: He rapped the water
with his (Vik-s until th" .sound could be
heiml a hideaway, and he rolled hishugn
bulk to starboard and port until he raised
a "a heavy enough for a ten-knot bree.e.
Hy and by he -e ined to gel rattled, and
olT he winl, (owing wreckage, schooner, '
and all. lie made the most tremendous
effort to get clcc'-, but a- thi- w a- im
possible, he headed right otu f) sea, and
at 'length wa-lost to sight. About mid
night that night we were picked up by a
coaster. The mat" and one of the boys
were clean gone, probably drowned under
the Fly a- -he went over, but the other
boy now a man is living in New Or
leans, nnd can back every statement 1
have made." .V. .r y,A '"in.
Tile linll.
t'nlike the mule, the bull i-itl- bis dec
laration of win with tin front t ml of his
body. And while the mule i-satiblj'd
w ith an attitude of calm and philosoph
ical belligerency, tin- bull nearly frighten-
hi-viitim to d alh with tin inly
demon -tr.it hm of w rath before finally
tossing him into the great beyond. The
he-Is of the mule may be the favorite re
port of the uncertainty of life, but on the
fore front o tin bull sits a nightmare of
r imp ageou-. fury that is w-t-c than death.
I was once i lia si-il over a I n-acre lot
by nn angry bull, nnd I know whireof 1
-peak. The day of doom will not be a
liagnn nt of a la-t jt-af t ileum stance to
what I expel ieiit id on that "i ' a ion. lie
'ii' d me, a-a billiard player would say,
while yet I lingi red half way through the
fence, nnd I thought the end of all things
had come, especially the front end of the
bull. And to all Intent ; nnd piirpois.es
the final at,uly-ni had, imb i d. broken
loo-e. The b n t tumbled down upon
me like, and the In aulil'nl. bi be land
si tips whs lacerated bc-.ond is i ognii ion.
To add to my misery, some one struck
me with the butt end of a brick house,
ami jammed a church steeple (hrougli my
left leg. And its if 1 had not achieved
enough glory for one day. the horizon
wa.- rent in twain, the blue vault of heav
en collapsed, and a big fragment of the
sky fid! on the -mall of my back.
My friend-afterward tried to convince
.lie tha( nil this ,a- a figment of my agi
tated imagination. They cruelly scouted
the ideathat I wa- punctured by a church
steeple, and substituted then for an ordi
nary 'way -down -on tlie Suwannee-Hi ver
horn. They even .vent so far as to insin
uate that the land -cape w as not much
hurt, and that it was only the demolition
of my two dnllni -and a half pantaloons
that made me think the graves were giv
ing up their dead. Hut I t arry w ith me
down this vale of teais a game leg ami it
twi-ti'd spine a- proof of my assertions.
There is one good point about the bull
he can't climb a tree, lfiiiie'e,i
The School of Patience.
My 'b ar boy, if i in in t an only culti
vate patient eand -In ngih, it -el in- to nic
he will In- a good neighbor, a plea-ant
Il isi il to do bus.im -- with, a safe man to
trust and the I. md i.f a man the world
loves, even though b" Ink wisdom, and
hath no Lfniu , ivl t ir.'t - -! I a good
story or sing a ii. f . Il 'w mm !i !'' - the
fretful, it it lei-, huir ieg -ild woild owe
to the patient in i,i. wh lied hi . s(f, ngth
"in tpiietnrs. i i "iilidi ii" ," who tan
be patient with our I auit-, our fancies
our wit kt due ; who can hi cpiietwbrn
the softer' word would have a -ling; wle
can wait for -'onus t i blow over and I a
wrongs to right thcm-i-lvr s; who tan
patieiitlt and silently endnn a slight un
til h" has forgotten it. .md who ran t v. n
bi patient withhims' lf. That'-tie fi !
oi, my boy, who tries my patience ami
strength more than any man else with
whom I have to ileal. I t mild get along
with the re-t of the world well enough,
if lie were only ont of it. linn meet all
my other cares and t nentit - bravely and
heerfully enough. I!ut when myscll
comes to me with hi- heart at he- mid
blunder and stumbling-, with hi- own
follies and troubles .nel -in, somehow In
tak's all the tut k out of me. My strength
is weakiie and my patience i- folly,
when I tome to ileal with him. lb- tires
me. lb- i- -in h a fool. He make-the
same stupid blunder in the same si lipid
way so many limes. Sometimes, win til
think I must put up with him ami his
ways all my life I want to eive up. And
(hen the next time he ionics to un with
bis cares and llie same old trouble he
seems -o helpless and penitent that 1 lei 1
sorry for him. and try to he patient with
him, nnd promise to help him all I can,
tun e more. Ah, my dear boy, a- yon
glow older, that is tile fellow whowiil
try you and torment you, and draw i n
jour sympathy, and tax your patient i
:iiid strength. He patient with him. pool
fellow, because I think he does love you,
and vt a- a rule you are harder oti him
than anj- tneelse. B'irjfttf in fiimiin
E tfr,
A Carriage and Pair.
Smith I thought you told me that
Hiow n hail got along in the world so well
that he had a carriage and pair
Jones -Well. I told you the truth.
S. You did, eh? Whj. he is work
ing a- a laborer in the navy yard.
J. Well, that is all right. A man
that gets into the navy yard is getting
along in the world, nml the carriage ami
pair I referred to were n baby Carriage
and twins. Boston Vonritr.
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My Hero.
What shmihVs the nut ward show!
Wh t -gullies hi- wed b or plait '.
When we the heart have learned to knor.
What do we care for form or fin e:
And w hat care we for nnnie or creM
Thai buried ages may unroll.
If under all clearly read
Til" record of n dauntless Mini'.
fi loyal to hi- s -iis- of right.
It prompt and siireut Duty's call.
He w alks, ii- walking in Ond'.- siht,
His aim the manliest man "f nil;
It helpful us (lie sunlu ight day.
It pitiful of nt Iter's woes.
II" oiow.- in the master s way
And bears a b'.--sing wh 'le II" poes:
If gnhiiiig inn -Ii. lie loses all,
Wliil'- .-luiniiei- friend- go coldly by,
Iti prove- his .eon i'ii " by lii . fail
lie ois (o win i he i lay or die;
nli le.p.. alive, in 1.0.I his trust.
1 1" kei " a -pint kind and ti ne.
. ii-: 1 i-i- Lunch li-oinlli" on t
To tii-.ll hi-weary butt I" I In otyli;
If. wo: kin;: on thiou.-li pai" and lo...
Hi- eirei I -Mil 1"' not east down;
He I., .-o'elli pationlly his eros..
V. In!" w.nning st'sidiiy hi. crown,
The 1 1 ci's heie iind we give
TI." nie.il of love, w hich is hi.s rhi",
No i.... .nnsc'. but while we live.
The wis nth of Lav! th" knot of blue'
- Helm A', if.
IK MOKOI S.
A pnwnhiok'i is a lo.nily man.
Al" ij s 1 ome- nut on top, - Tour hair
I : ', a; 1 an not ink a 111:01, be 1'uicnt
wiiii in i.tifl -.
poop!.- wh-t wear pi ppt I and .-alt -ULt-in
,dv. a in season.
Tin- -! Hi I: 111. 111 In,- ni".-1 present
mint!, lb- ne.-r t -1 t- himself.
T. i;Va'.s an iind in KansH-,'' it 1-
iid. Tin y itv al et where.
Thi- i m .pin re." said a happy w ife.
... she palp d I" 1 Laid headed husband
on tin- pal".
A rule ih.il works both waj- - hen
i fl. 1 1 goes mil mi a cruise the crews go
out on the flu t.
"Hra-s bund- nre en the iiureas"
throughoiil tin-country." I.ven the dog,
w ear (hem on their neck-.
I.itl'n l!oj- Pa. why tint the world
.liovc.' Pa 1 thinking "f -"mething eUei
- I'.ecail-e it Iind , il 1 In apt r I ban to pay
rent.
Thoughtful joint", l.ely 1 to college
tiaduatel - Who, in your opinion, Mr.
Mu-ele. wa- the noblest Human of them
ill; College ( iraiiii.itc- I ucd to tlmik
Haitian wa. but I wouldn't bet 11 tent
on any of 't in now.
A j.nirnali-t went int ' n barber shop
tin nlln r tl ij is gi I bi hair 1 til. and fell
,isctp during tin- opt ration. The barber,
who awoke him when be had linislu d.
-aid lo him: "You arc tind. 1 under
stand il. It' the same way with me win 11
evening t onics. Ah. thi head-work if
mini thing terrible!"
Ap ic'ie Cliiiriiel eristics.
The A'. at be and kindred tribe nre
among the mo t caul'mii tight' rs on
1 nib. slid al-o among the ino-t desper
ate. V ir the 1 )...,. of la-t year a bund
ol Chin, ahii.i - numbering e levin killed
I'Acnlv-oii.' In"iidly Apache living on
thr i'. -civil inn. and twenty-five white
in. n. wine 11 .r-! hildren. Tln ir supe
1 lois a. prow b r - inw.11 piobaLiy never
ii-. d. Tic armj oilier in Arizona
1btl.1relh.it tin- Apache ;:re the idt al
scouts ol the winl.- world, with their
hawk 1 n -. -tiaiiliv moiioii and sensitive
i n-. Thnti.di under-i,! d, tin y have
broad, ih 1 p In -t -, mu-cular limb, nnd
-in. if., why bauds and f' t t. They march
about foui mills ,ui hour, halting after n
lew leinr-' tramp long enough to smoke
i cigar. Hi-. H ti" matt hes are at hand
tin i bring lin in from tight to forty-five
1 ..ccniids by rapidly twilling between the
palms a hard, r nmd -lick lilted into a
circular holt- n another -tick of softer
fiber. l'ht J w ill march forty miles a
day on foot at I'o dry plains and precip
itous mountain reg ti d!es of the fiercest
lii.it. Tin Ap.u In Iind food where the
Cant aian would -tarve. lb- can catch
turkeys .piail, rabbit, dove, field mice
nnd prairie dog-: fea-t off a dead horse;
gather acorns from the -ttinted mountain
oak ; ioa-t tin' Spaui-h bayonet or cen
tury p! nit. and -trip the fruit and seed
from I he cm t'.i-: dig the w ild potato ot
built of the tide; raid the nest nf the
ground be-; or. if driven to it, keep
down the pang- of hunger with the innet
b.nk id the pine or the roots of wild
plant.. With the rifle and bow he has a
lite training. "I'.vcry track in the trail,
mark in the grass and scratch on the
bark of a tree explains itself to an
Apache. He can tell to 1111 hour idmost
when tl c man or animal making them
pa etl by, and, like 11 hound, will keep
on the scent until he catches up with the
object of hi- pursuit."
A Very Successful ("use.
Fir-t Lawyer Ah, Dobkins, how did
you come out in that case you were just
beginning w hen I went F.at ?
Second Lawyer (loriously. It wits
a perfect .success. Created 11 great sen
sation. Papers full of it. (!ot lots
of advertising out of it, I think it was
the making of my future.
"(ood! (ibid to hear it, old fellow.
I knew you had stuff in you. And by
the way, what did they tlo to your cli
nl ?
"Oh, they hanged him,"