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The S'n;f of tlm Mowers.
With harvests r i i m He mol o!d limn
Km KUpiXK barns inn I fill,
li-'cau', willi sturdy hem t im I mill,
Wuwiirk it Willi u will;
And I'iiiim- I from s. rp ut daybreak lililln
Aero n llii- lldds wo pis.
Willi swish imI sweep of many nsrytho
To mow llm ni" nlow (jnuvj.
'Mm fm in wife n-tir, we know,
'1 nr. , ii r soon cmue round
Ami K' " swalli.ss must liu a row
Fie birnkfast limns -liu'l sound;
liul every man iru-l will Ills kis'p,
As every '"'I his Inss
Full I lout mid 'Ii' '. willi swish ami snoop,
We iniiw tlm meadow gru-.
1 In' noontide I rinu-i its Imur of rest,
Our swi' it iug bruwn lo dry,
AfT mi with run liss laugh mill jest
'J im wlu-l ing bono wo ly ;
And Hi. .ii m'ii'ii limit-, without the l
( II Innsai d nf kIu,
Willi SWj-ll llll'l sWi'1'p, Mill f.'ll IIITOSS,
We llli II " m i l nv glass.
"I i. M' i f Mill. I ' lii' liin lllllllS .
Tlllll llnllle I ll III III H'll,
'Mi f irm r smile, hi- silent thanks
Al sight nf acres ll'M ii ;
Tin' fm in w ifi' I.e. kmis liuiii llm door,
Tliurll'll" hulllcWMI.I (l.l.-S.
Hi' I, Inn In r , ie.1, i nr I i-k in o'er,
We've limned I lie lllcii'luw grass.
V.iIiih dure
CAPTAIN JOE.
a i i.i;i;i ni l: i-sic i:ii-m i:.
,lo' I linn .in ri'iiiiii.iu'l' it llm mIidihiit
li'iljiliin. S'-c wis lni.lt fur liim, fur In;
li:ul r 1 1 w ii liiiii-i lf In he n seaman. A
native nl dpo Cnil, h.' Ii:i'l followed tho
si a fmiii boyhood, mid was ii worthy mall
vi ry May. II'1 liii'l made many success
llll vy :;: aii'l when In' li'lt purl III
J .1 1 1 II :l I V , Itlii, III ill'' West 1 1 n I il'S Itllll II
linn k tt lie i'jii'i'i"l In milk" N ililiy Mar
tin his iilr i'ii Ii:- i tiiiii. Sin' was the
mily daughter i'l Capl. Ike Martin, fnle
ni in iif 1 Ititi distillery. Mai I in wiw
ulsn II Inilivr nf C ': ' ('ml, win re he li.l'l
liis In im , lli.iiili lii.i wife ami il.iuulili r
sh 'iI nun Ii iif llii ii time in Xewjinrt. It
w .r, at 'iiie C'i'1 I hat .Ine ainl N ililiy lie-
nine in iii:iinti il - in Im t lin y 1 1 :t I f;rinni
up t'iL'illi'1 -ami ulnn .le, whu was
nun h I he o'iIi i', Weill In sin, lin y jirmii-i-i'l
In luve mi mi l iii lime ninny em Ii
iiiii, r. The )lliin, iiuni il dy Meii air,
llu I, i iin l nihi l-, liiiuihl iinilaiM S In
'I Inn -I. Hi's ill nllriy, iiml freijiti nl'y
win ii hln- hiii r.n eli il, Niilihy caiiii!
Inilinl in .-iiliie iiia-tiil! vi'"el, ii-li niihly
In -ee In r f.ilin r. Win II ,ne Klih'il the
liet linn', vhe 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I In t'ilii' Cul tn
(i I iraily fur die wi ililini;.
Ail ueiil well with the I) 1 1 1 i ) (ill Aw
ni'iileil lul ilei-liliiit.iMi, when hlui Was
taken liy ,''.iiii:ii'l''1 earrieil into Havana
anil em ii nun il. Aliini-t iiiinieiliati'ly
Cail. ,ne was nil ii kell W illl yellnw fever,
tit nil whieli, straiii! tn say, hi) reenveieil ;
fur w it limit ii frieiul at hau l l,.i .-nnhl
have hint lint little utlenlinll, ami, he
Ki'les, every mi i wm t ken iii with this
il.niL'cr nf a luiinliai'ilinc lit, thu I - n i -.1 1
Inivini; uiithereil their fnrees, uniler Al
iniiali I'nenek m.'l Kn liiey, fur that nn-
HIS',
Ohio ill ilc In lie mil, Jue si t his miml
mi iiiaUini; hii ei nj , I i n ir, iiinler
i hVi I tif 1 1 : ; 1 1 1 ami the eveileinent ill it
ili,li e I, In (;i t nil I," II' 1 one nf I liar
frigates or traii-i 'rli i if the liailmr. The
ileiii'iiistiiitiun , g nu t the l ily wastli'nw .
illln a lieml. W al -nil, the je;li-ll
i lililln r, lial Nii'l that he nuilil Ineaeli
the wall . nf M"ii' C.i-:h: in eiuhl anil
fully hniin. 'I'heie w:s eviih'iieu th:il
the alleinit wunhl he in. ele, ami al
though the S a liiinls weui saii'iiinu
iilmiit liolilinir ee, tiny were liirvini
lllnl exeileil. In this slii', at liilit, ,lne
gliili il away in a hinall hn.il. l-'eai iie;
the hi ntinels hi,i;!i iiion tne Mmm miht
0 id II siuht of Ins linat, lie keit us near
tn the oiios te shnrii us he ilaieil tn go,
Mini was inaiiilin the I'nnta when lliern
iinte a eliiilleirii ami it shut from the
81'iitinn1. l''iiolishly In! il isi hiuneil the
Jiihtnl li leel seci'i teil, inore in ih ll iiiee
lliiii for any tiling elg', when a heavy
thinl on the nil mil ami the la'lliii' fall of
n inu.sket tiil'l that hehiel killeil his man.
'J'heiu was no time tn losr n iw, fur us lie
Mlliek olll there eainc the ijllil'K, In iivy
(trokii of a ii.iiil-li'iiit , near at haml.
Juu was iig liu a pi isiiiier, ami this time
in the haiiils of iniiii ialeil men, who
w .iiihl liavu killeil him iiioii the Kmt hut
fur the otlieer ill euliiinaiel. lie onlereil
them tn lilt tho ileiul Mill i ilc I into the
u isuiier's Im it, ami lash the living ami
1 ho trail together, Inn k to hark. This
lour, they I'lirnl tho linat to the shore,
inti inlmg to toe her in when they hi!
gone their ruiiiids.
When thu giiuril-hnitt wuh gonu ami
nil wuii still, Jue, thus Ii uiinTittl, with
almost siiperhiiiiiaii htrentli, drew hitu
8ulf mill hunleii near eunuch to thu how
of tho hoat to reach ami loose thu p iiiitrr,
which alloweil her to drift away. Ho
tieil, he conhl not have used an our hie I
rue hern at haml ; there is no liile of uny
moment in those waters, Imt thu laud
In'i rzo swept him from the shore, and he
lung to thu hope lh.it soniu ouu of the
ships or transports would pick hint up
mid relievu him from his dreadful posi
tion. Just then a heavy blow struck the
boat, nnothtir, and still another, and in n
moment he knew that hu was surrounded
by sharks that had scented blond, am!
ere ruer for their prry. For yards
around there was a blii7.ii of phosphurrs
rrnt light; heru it bubbled up likeanVry
tauldion; there it was a fiery serpent,
m a shark rushed along, or fell in i.
thower of ilory stars, at a mounter atruck
VOL. IX,
the surface with liU tuil. The ball ol
the i-entind had pierced tho buttoin ol
the built, and tho water, htcudily gain.
iug o:i her, sank her low r and lower,
h riii;.'iii the gunwale nearer to the sur
face of the sea nearer to thu knapping
jaws. It was too much for the poor fel
low, w ho saw before him a terrible death,
from which there was no escape, mid
with a ry of niruny he fell back, ui
M'lix less as the body l j w hich liu was
tied.
The cry drew the nib'titioii of a senti
nel on board the S'jiiii r 1 to a Fxrli
drifting down upon h r, mid nciew wat
sent to brin tho boat alongside. Tlm
living was lilted on board, mid the boat,
wilh its deii'l, was again adrift.
For the moment but little thought was
given to the rin uiii-taiice, for in the
Illuming the at lack on the Murro would
begin, Jtut when tin- seige was over, and
the city, with all its treasures, had fallen
into the hands nf the Kurdish, minor in it
leis - I he lilt le even Is glowing out of thu
attack came to the surface. All on
board thu ship win: anxiniH to know
siiiiictliin r of the poor fellow they had
saved from death. No une Knew him ;
but a inessen'.'cr from one nf llie trans
pulls, ilh culnni.il troops mi board, so
far lecngni' d him as to say he h.i'j seen
him in liliode I-lainl. The oiliecis and
lueii wi re kind to him, but he had re
ceived ton great a shuck to notice it. I hi
could nut he led to say or dn anything
that would throw light on his history,
lb; was ijiiict, did ai he was to'd, but
showed no tiai i nf intellect. When fund
whs placd before him ho ate nf it spar
ingly; where tin y placed him tln re lie
sat fur hums; and if he niuved at all, it
was lu hulk over his shuuhh r, as thinigh
he feared tn sec s 'inelhiug frightful
there.
The ships that cniihl hi: spared went
sent home or to the North, The Sipiirii'l
sailed fur Halifax; hum there she was
ordered to lihuile Hand, where sho
arrived ill S-pleiubei, I Jii;!, still haviie;
dpi. .lot; nil board. Here hu was idea
tilled by ii iiiinibi r of persons, iuehidiu:;
.Martin, In whom In; was turned nver ti
lei taken tn Cape I'ud. O ice there,
Nahliy M n l in pleaded w ith her father
to keep him under their own rouf, w here,
no longer able tn take rare nf himself,
she colli. I minister to his wants. As yd,
she had lint seen him, but she eucoiiraucd
herself wilh the hope that reason had
nut wholly vaiii-li. il; that her vuicc and
presence Wuiil, I lift (hu i Inud flum his
shattered intellect. S i l ii nutheued,
sheintered the room. If her lips trem
bled and her In ail sank within her al the
sight of his bent form and vacant stale,
sh : did nut fur a moment falter, but
throwing her arms iiioiiml him, with a
hiving kl s she drew' him t her breiisl.
Fioiii that day furwaid every nrtilico.
was resorted to tn gain some viilencn
that he was lint the wreck he seemed.
One day, when ol her means h id failed,
she put her hand gently tipnu his arm
and sang, in sailor style, mi old icfrain
thai in his youth he used to sing. Hut
it was all in vain; the light had so nearly
giuie olll as to leave no hope that it could
ever be rekindled, and with the patient,
uudiiig lov e, of woman, she gave herself
up to the ta-k In fore her. His w hims,
f.-r he had them, were gratified. He
ahhorreil (lie siuht of the sea, and Would
sit cuiilciiteilly mi the other side of the
house, lie seemed tn like ihe sunshine,
was less resil es if he occupied a chair in
thee irner nf the sin ing-iooin, clos" up to
the w ill, and if Imui time to time he
looked over his shoulder, as at fir-l, thu
intervals wore lunger when Nahby was
near, lint it could be seen that he failed;
that from day to day his form was umru
bent, his step less linn; mid of nourish
ment he tuuk but little. So it went on
until Nuveinlier, when, lying upon thu
liiungc nne day, seemingly in a doze, 1U
raised himself, ga.ed out upon a distance
that he alone could see, shunted a line
from the old refrain :
"Silil of hind front lupsnil yard!-'
nnd fell back with gla.ed and staring
eyes. ycrjmrt W.
(IctH Mail nt Truth.
Kvperienru in publishing tho lmh:i
proves that nine times nut of ten when
a person gels mad at something in tl(1
paper it is because too much truth has
been told. When n man is innocent hu
cilhrr ignores the item or articlo about
him or else he cuines or sends respect
fully and gentlemanly to thu oflien and
gives his version of the matter, and it is
received by thu editor in a similar man
lier, tho desired contradiction or expla
nation being cheerfully published, with
a resolve by the editor that thu roucoctur
of falsehoods shall nut again be allowed
lo deceive tho readers of thu paper.
lltckviit hk (A". J.) In It r.
Tlit Hiiir Little Clici uli,
There are times when a little boy lo
conies a nil sauce. At a hotel breakfast
table a small boy said in a loud voice
to his parent :
"1'it, what makes you smell tho eggs
befon you eat them f"
"To eu if they urn good."
"Hut, I'a, yuurau't sco with your
nose, can you i "
'For heavuu's sake, boy, keep ipiiet.
I smelt thu egg to tiud out if it win
;ood. I
"Hut, Pit, what ilitymi want to smell
the egj; for " Can't you tell by tiwtiu'
t if it ttiu't good." HtjUu'jt,
IITTSIM)It
The K cli .New forked Villa.
When I was driving through thosu vil
us on the Hudson, two Hunt it! results
r lino to me. lu thu ti 1st place, I thought
hat wealth was monotonous there wcro
,ou many of these villas to make any ouu
if them a special delight. In thu next
ilaee, they aiTocte I me as insuHieieiit rc
ailts of so tn u -Ii scheming and skinning.
I'o see these men w ho have b u n down in
he city all day looking over ligu.es, hir
ng brokers and creating revolutions,
laving no greater sati ifactiuu than to
:oiiii out to u country house which looks
ike every other country hoii-c, more or
ess, around it, seemed bl be extremely
nudcrate pleasure where so many millions
A'eru involved. 1'ew of these men cm go
tway and not taku their buducsg with
hem. The average in in of next tn no
, icoine can almost always go to Iviriipu
in, I fulfi l everything. Your rich man
las lost the .e-t fur historic il impiiry,
in, I he is pursued by the phantom be has
ivilh iiiliuile pain created. All that hu
ets nut of this life is regular newspaper
tliiiu front day to day ; regular shiveiy
u a public olliee of the city, mid regular
pn-e at night in the mi. I t of a family
nliich has all the reslles-nes and aiulii
' ion of every oilier family, with thu
nhled rcstlcssiie-s of knowing that there
:s money enough around the house to get
.In in a great deal mure than they ran get,
Jilt of life. ii. .(. .I... Tmriiunl.
Tltey Knusicil High.
fine of the sanitary s,piad of the pu
,ice force wa up .Mulh tl street the oile r
lay when an old gray-haired cili.en nc
osted him with:
".May pe you like to coteh soino pad
boys, ,"hi"
"If 1 see any bad buys I shall certainly
catch them," replied the otlieer.
"I ditch Mime foryoii now."
"Where ("
The oh) man beckoned hiia into tin)
-i.le gate and iiiuund the huiisc. lu tin;
back yiird were fuiir apple trees lunh d
with the ful l, .md in the branches of
i veiy tree was a buy from 8 to Pi years
nf age. tiiiarding the trees were two
.lugs, and ih.it they ware anxious fur
buy meal was plainly shown by their
acliniis.
"When did you catch 'eiu';" asked thu
( Mid r.
"S x hours ago. Tf you loan' want
', in I guess I'll leave 'cut up till night.
If Koine imv , like al nles it vlias Ion
had! to pring 'nil down pcl'ure hi vhis
I full."
The otlieer went away and left 'em
roosting high. J),tr it ''r,t l'n ii.
ltiiikr Moiniliiin Caieins.
The M iiiitou's grand caverns are the
largest yet discovered in thu lue'y
.Mountains, though nut yet up to tin:
laiiious raves in Kentucky, writes a c n
respoiideiit. There is a carriageway to
cuter, level formations far ill for foot
travel, I'.ilumns of slalaclites, four largo
rooms, the lurg 'it called a concert room,
where, as in tin; K mi lucky Maiuiuntli
Cave, many Voices aru heard in sungs id
praise. Tuis is what is called Miisk
Hall. Then them is of course there
! is: when was there ever a cave, or n
in uintain, or a . leiimlio it, or any otbet
place in this world (and may we not
hope in Ihe nel 0 without? a bridal
chamber. Thisiave, indeed, in names
and tilings, is ill that your imagination
ran fancy. It has its "canopies,"
" b ls w ing," " lion's m ine," oral bou
quets, bulls of beauty and crystal bow
ers, baronial ruiiservatory, mid all that
the imiigin ition ran fancy. The cave is
warm, dry mid clean, and the cold, or
heal, is nut over ,ii degrees. Fm- a dol
lar you see all, from the diamonds in the
top arches to the solid I id; below.
Atlvlce to Molliers uiiii ratlins.
I wouid advise mothers tn stu ly the
laws of their own being, read bunks upon
the stibject of infants and how to takt
rare of thciu (there are many excellent
Works published upon this subject), ndi
the lid vice of your phs:cinn iiisleit't ol
your neighbors, and take proper rare ol
yourselves; instruct your daughters when
they arrive at a proper age, mid impress
upon their minds the responsibilities the)
assume when marrying. Nut alone lq
wo need to advise in thcrs, but fathers,
also. Your life and c, induct have m
much to do w ith heredity as a woman's,
even more so, for if you think yon can '
persist indrinkiug, ill-treating your wife '
and disob ying all physical and mural
laws you need never expect 1 1 be proud
of your sons and daughters. Your .sins
in thu past will often produce a livinu t
w itness to testify against you and here- ,
nflcr. This is so much to be said on tin
subject, but I feel that if what I have ,
saiil will benefit and console just one 1
dear loving mother's he ut 1 will bo cou- i
tent. 1'itttthurg Ui)tth.
Would .Ipjor Uot r. '
"I owo more to my mother, "said Uah- j
stcr, "than to uny ether being on '
raith."
"Well, sho will never get it," aald :
Spook. j
"Oct what!"
"What you owe hrr. loiihnvo been'
owinn mo 10 for tho past twenty yean I
and 1 never expert tn get a cent of it. I .
wouldn't give your mother four rents on I
a dollar for what you owe her. Lyun
1'itvin
CHATHAM CO., N. C,
l'IIILUi(i:VS COLIMS.
AltllHlrf Of Hoimr.
A was an Architect skilled in his trad",
It was II," building he lately lnel ma.lo. I
I was the Coping; he put on the stotio, !
It was tho Ilyiiiimilc Imsl lul alone.
I', was tli" Kiitntuei! hall, spacious mid gay, 1
K the Front dour which stood iimii by day.
Ii was the liarden whom fruit did abound,
I! was III" He Ig waieh fenresl it all round.
I was Hi" lm ig" which sl'Hxl in tile ball,
J wastli" .la -kass whieli braved by the wall.
K was the Kitchen for baking and stowini ,
I. w.ls tlm louder whore onik won't have
you in.
M was Hi" Master, willi lots of linn Indies,
N was llie Nursery, built fur thu I, allies.
O was the Iticlciid, iMI full of Hue trees,
I' was the I' tnlry, fm br-nd an, I fur rliocse.
tf was llie i,liiai ter fur htiiih'r to lay,
It was Hi i It, sun for tl liiMivn to plnr.
Si was llie Hluireas nil w lini ng ll high,
T was llm Tower louKin out on tho sky.
V was lliu I'liderruuiid e llar for goo I
die r,
V was tlm Vino rn tlm summer hulls" near.
W w.is Hi" Well wlmru the water was laid,
X was llm Ivv' ll, nt d. ink that it uiudo.
V was llm Yuiilh who Hies') lines did com
I' 'SI',
Z was Ihe .any h" pulled by the ii' so,
Hi t: , .lines llil'lyitril.
A tVl.r lliiiiimliiK.lllril.
Wisdom dues let depend on size, its
you all kiinw, my dears. The nut and
the bee, in fart, often seem to know
mure than suiue of the largest animils.
Tim humming-bird, (no, though the
suialle-t of bird., is not lacking in in
telligence, A friu. id of the I) 'iicou tells
II pl asalit Utile story of one that Was
trying tn secui" Ihe buney from a Dowel
with a deep cup, and at the same time
was plainly very tir il. The lluwcr
grew near a purch where a family wn
sittiic', and see'ng the trouble of tin
bird, a young girl walk '.l slowly toward
him, holding nut h r linger. The tired
bird I, ,uked sharply at her and lln u ac
cepted the i, Ib-iv I perch, alighted un the
linger, and, w heui1 was held cln-e tn tin
lluwcr, returned f, his work nf linney
(jallleriug. The g'.rl stood ipiietly, and
he used her linger as a resting-place til
lie had finish -d his in al, wle u he flew
ana. home. A wi-e hilinuiing-bir I that,
say I, -and a wise girl, too. .V, Sicia-
I ille Mhhi.
Sun Hrowit w is very proud when he
first got a place in greengrocer's boy. It
was rather hard work, its ho had tn cirri
le avy ba-ki ts of fruit and vegetables.
lllld delivil'lhelu I I til" clltulll is; but,
uften, if he ha I b cu a good buy, his I
in i -I i f v 'it'' I give linn sum plums or i
soiii" cherries lu t i" hu ne w ith him, I
and Sun thought thai was very nice,
line day he was sent tn a house soul"
way nil, and told to be very quick, a.
tli'-le was plenty lit ue In he dune when
lie cam : hack. His way led across open
Ii Ids where tin re was no shade; and
Sun, as he walked along with the basket
on his head, found it very hot. Present- I
ly lie came I , s un palings outside nl
fanny t I. ''H i! I uni t sit down and j
get ronl," he thought; "a few inluiit "S '
rui'l in-ilb r tn in.i-ler." So down he,
h il willi his luck avainst the palings,;
and ill abniil two minute-, Sim was fas! ;
asleep.
Now, just where he had put the badtel I
ihiwu there was a Imle in the paling, j
Nut very far Hindu w is Fanner tircen's
old donkey, w ho s ion sin -It sum, tiling
v ry gun I in the air, and walked up to
the hole to see w li it there was to he
seen. Oil, what a sight met his eyesls
Such a basket full of lovely cabbage
and cariols u8 pour old Neddy had not'
lasted fur a hnig time. Ten minutes :
Inter when Sim vule up suddenly, tin I
basket was almnst i mp:y, and the end ;
of the I ast c u rut w:is jusl sticking out 1
nf Neddy's iiiuulh. P ,ur Sam had to gc ;
In, me with his empty basket, fccline. j
Very much ashaiued, mid he gut a cunnl ;
sculding from his in.eter, which he ipiiti
des I ve I.
I! II c inn mill Calciilitllitii.
The Ti ijini'i has made the discovery
that "a mo nieiil's r, llectiou will teach
us that tlie surface nl the whole earth i
one lucre graveyard, and that at sonir
period or other human corpses have
been deposited under ever inch of ground
we now walk upon." If a "moment's
I, llci lion" leaches that the Hritisli terri
tury alone, climate, I at seven millions ol
sipiarc miles, would give six feet by twi
to as many as sixteen and a quarter bil
lions of "human corpses," this would be
burying ground fur over eight thousand
generations of a population of twi
thousand millions, which is more than
llie earth ever boasted yet. F.ighl
thousand general ions would cover two
linn, In d and forty tliuu-iiud years. So
much fur the ililTereiieo between my
"uiuincnt's reflection" and the "mo
ment's reflection" of the Telegraph
Lt'iitloii Truth,
A Jus! I ft able Inference. 1
"(iraciotis, Mr. Ibisenherry! What '
was that noise in tho next room?"
"Mrs. Hrown's baby full out of bed, I ,
mispect. It's a lucky thing if it did."
"Why so !" j
It's a popular superstition, you know, !
fiat if a baby tumbles out of bed it will ,
n vcr turn out a fool." j
Mr. Dusciibeiiy ia ter a painful pause), ,
"do you know what 1 think i"
"What, my dear ?"
"That it's a great pity you didn't fall ;
out of bed when you Were ft babjf," .
ThUiiUtilpMit Cull
SKITKMHKU i, IW,.
JL'STICI' IX CHINA.
How it is Admin is to red In
tho Land of the Pigtails).
Druol Torture of a Prisoner by
Order of a Mandarin in C.uilou.
the
.1 Canton Idler to tin: S ui Frun 'r-o
I'.iaitiimr describes a horrifying court
iccne. The writer says:
As I entered the tourt room two stal
wart jailers were roughly bringing in a
prisoner licensed of the ciime of piiacy.
Around the neck of the prisoner was an
iron rolar, to which an iron chain was at
tached. One of the jailers was dragying
the prisoner along by the ch ain, ami the
oilier was aiding him by pushing and
kicking, 'l lie aci ii-cd wn, taki u In fore
the mandarin's desk, made tn prostrate
him -eif un the floor, and tin- trial roiu
mcnceil. 'I he ,'iecu-ition charging the
prisoner w ltli jiiiaey was read, and then
the mandarin asked him thioii h the in
terpreters to coiife.-s the charge. This
the prisoner refu-ed lu dn, claiming that
lie was ilium-rut. This : r -mcl to an "i r
tlie mandarin, mid lc instructed the
liclois to strike tin- prisoner willi tin ir
leather thongs. This they did, striking
him a number of times mi the fa, e w ilh a
leather strap twu inches wide and a bint
in length. This failing In I, ring the de
sired answer, the mandarin ill Ii ordered
the jailers tn prepare a lurture. An in
slruinciit of toi lure, resembling a cum
inou bench was tin n b.oiiglil. in and
placed ill position on end. Fnuu Ihe
upper legs of Ihe l ncli dangled lour
st"lit cold-, mid near the lop ot the
plank, funning Ihe seat, was a cheli
band nl, out two im lies in w idth, and
attached to a winch al the back of the
In, Hid. The plisnlu r viewed these ple-
paiati'ii- with a, lungd aud sullen lun!.
l lli! lictius then sci."d the prisiiucr and
forced ' im to kneel wilh his h u-k against
this frame, and ipiickiy fa-tencl a cmd
to each of tlie large lues nf tlie font, and,
Inn, ling hack the arms, f . i I . 1 1 , -. I the
other two curds tn his thumb.. The
cords were now tightened until the pris
oner's knees were raised clear of the
lluor. The b ind was then placed around
the fulehca I mid tightened willi a few
turns of tlie winch. The pu-ilioii of (he
body natiiralli threw the weight forward
and made the pressure on ihe forehead
fearful.
As tho cords ami hands tightened and
Ihe weight nf the b nlv was tiirown on
lie in, the victim began to show evidence
nf extreme pa;n. Ills breath came heavy
nnd bib, , led, and a deep groan in: iimoii
nlly escaped his lips. In this position ho
hung for a couple of minutes, and wits
then a,'am a-ke l by the mandarin if he
was guilty of Ihe charge of piracy, lie
refused to confess. Tlie perspiration Was
stalling out all over his body, the cords
were beginning to cut iut i the flesh, and
the muscles were becoming kni tted. The
mandarin gave mi impatient ordci tn the
liclois, mid the winch was given a couple
ol turns tightening the bands around ihe
forehead until Ihe piisum r'.s eyes seemed
to start from their sockets and the llesli
'Hi each side nf tlie hand was puffed and
liseiiloied. Again he w as a .k, , I tu i un
less and again refused. Another ii.ru of
the winch was ordered. Tiie i yes nf the
sulTi'i ing man had unw r die I back urn d
only the whites were visible; the inn-,
chs of his face began to twitch aud knot,
mid froth was collecting around Ids lips.
His groans and w rithings were horrible.
It seemed as if human senses could
stand no inure. A few inure (urns
cf the winch and the band Would
crush in the skull. The inu-clcs of
the arms and legs stood out rigid
and knotted from the weight of (ho
body. One.! more he was asUe.l tn con
fess. This time he hesitated and then
shrieked out that he would confess any -thing
they desired if they would but
take him front th s !i, rrihle rack. The
litaildaiiii, therefore, ordered the lictors
to release hint frum tlie rack. This they
lid much in the same manner as a steve
dore handles sacks of grain. They un
tied the cords and loosened the band,
allow ing tin- pi isuncr to fall in a heap
on the floor. The tortured man's face
had lost the semblance of a human be
ing. Historical by the pain mid agony
endured, wilh set, glaring ejes and
open mouth, it presented a grinning,
unnatural, hideous aspect. The mails
and limbs were rigid and cramped, nil
muscu'ar power seeming to have lett
them, and the perspiration was lulling
from his body in streams. The lictors
now hastily tlirowinga cloth on his lace
to hide its hideous erinuings, roughly
straightened his limbs and set him up
against the rack front winch lie had juM
been released. His toes and thumbs
were bleeding fiont the cuts made by the
cords, and the band had left a deep, red
in 1 1 k around his forehead. Tho sulTer
ing of tlie in in whs horrible and hi
jjroansscnt a thrill through my blood.
In a Itpstniirmit.
"Look here, waiter, this piece of
cheese is mouldy."
The waiter looked at the piece rf
cheese and perceived that it was really
green and hill on top, and did not look
nice. Taking it in his hand, he turned
it upside . lown on t' e plate, so that the
good sido was uppermost and remarked :
"There ! that's the way it belongs."
irtirty.
NO. I.
A Shying Horse.
Tu the inuuii v. Whv d 'cs a hor-e fhy!
the Xl'ii.iftt .if : .Veil .hlHfttid replies:
I! -cause he sees sujiictiiiu ' which he doe
lint limb r-land, mil is tilled with a
greater or le-s il.-oice of fear, something
as tho buy b'l'l.s w lieu In: shies at t liu
buryiug-gruini I, aiid goes around to keep
cli ar of il. It. may b" sum" new nr tl in--ual
obj ct that lie hu.' see-, nr il nny
beau i in ii rfeel view of it. Kven a fa
in, Ii- r object, if it mmus to view sudden
ly i.nd UH"Xp. el' dly, w ill c.m-e a horse 1
lu shy or jump, jusl as an uiiexp, et' d ub- j
j-ct or s ,iin I i alii, s a lu l veils pei siu to j
stall. When a pcr-n'i is so startled, how ,
nun h would il improve llm matter In be ;
sen!, led ill or given a nl wilh a whip?
.lust as much us tin; s une treat in lit I
wa .iid ill the case of a hur-e. 11 n.slilie .i
only ag'.'r.iv.iti s he matter.
The Here Ihe horse is si old. -d and
whipped, the more in I V, , Us he gels' and
cveiy :iinc he parses the place where tin
fright and whipping miauii-l, h" will
recollect llie unpleasant, nir.ir, and In
w ill In "in to prick up his, .ais and I d-' t,
re;idy fur iitioi In r jump. ii,v,- him the
lines an he w ill l.'u by in a hurry. Tie
proper way is never lu strike m scld a
liui-e that, is slarth d nr flight, n. d.
Speak to him cully, calmly, and Uiinih ;
give him time tn see an I e .Hi d his
scattered sens.-,, rati. t mak" him b , I that
you an- his friend and piole tor. When
he sees thai all i-. right, there is an I II I In
all further trouble. We have n a
horse n -tn -.o tu i in-, an un- ile-lnokimr
bridge; but when the drivel look him
by Ihe Ids and walked ahead, ill" h ,1 -cailtiou-ly
lulluwed. N'el time he le
ipiiied an cu ixing or urging to cr the
biidge. lb- might have been whipped
inln it al till, Iut was let lie- milder
i ,,iii s.-, all hough a little tumble, tie- Im t
ter line.' Till' horse showed his cull
lideliC" ill the drivel e vei a fl 'I w arl.
It. sin lick i s it llein.
While he was serving in tie- I'lilau
cavalry ill I I.', his grnuin, w hu wa-th"
sun of a fure-trr mi his e-late, rode iut
the lali" lu .five th" lioise a b ilh. Mi
sing his foot iic.', I'ii- li h r was thrown
and disapp'ired in the wit'T. Ibsniu'cU
was s .uidiiig wilh a group of nllieeis on
Ihe bridge and saw his sinking groom.
In an in-l nit his sword and uniform
were nil tiie , -1 1 1 1 1 1 and he leaped into
the lake. lie fuiuiil the struggling man
and sei' d him. Hut in the blind a -oiiv
ol a tirow ning in in he clung' so light t i
his master licit li.sm.iick, helpless, w is
obliged lo dive with his burden In
I en the hul l. Il - eiile 1 buth Were
lust, but so. m after bubbles I tn the
sui'lace, followed by llisinuck, whu in
the depths had ,1, latched the Lli, d
the man and now appeared, dragging his
gloom with him, and swam tu the
shure. The inanimate furiu Wi- re
stuied t, i life, nnd the fol'owiug day to
duty. For this ad he afterwards i"
ceivnllhe Prussian medal fir "i, -, in1
from per;l," which was his j t -.t de. ma
lum; and he pioiilly vole it v. Ic ll he
had nu other. Nor has he 'inri' ab-ui-ihuied
it, tor it Ii i Is Us plac slid ami 1st
the highe-l up1, is which I' lrup, all
?i onari lis have sin. v sh .were! llji ni hii
l.,e s. Hi li'ien Is an; loud of Idling
his answer to a nun h .hcrated diplu
in atist w Im, seeing I'ii lonely nr d il ua
h's juiing c . 1 1 ' e i ; '. i' -' s coat, iinplue 1
what ii, cor.ili.ei ii was. lf irvoii llis
lu an k, who, at that t lit.-, h id liu title
and h id carne I no courtly .lecui ui ni,
looked hllil bar I ill the eye and .aid: ' I
mil in lie hub. I -uiiiet'iii s of siting:!
Illilll'.s life." .V ,''( Am l i ni e ,'. "'.
I he llu l Snake.
The hllll-sUlk' I'lV.S ill It' 'll S 111 till
ground, in lugs, i , , 1 1 1 1 1 slump-, or any
other convenient lu 'gin ,' limi-u he can
find, lie is a great i l.mli. r, and has an
insatiable appct.te for hii U. In fad,
his ordinary did is birds, il tln-v arete
be had at all. The m-aduw link, who
builds ill r nest ill the bunches nl' sagi
brush nnd near the ground, Ii ads In i
greatest enemy in the bull-snake. Young
stcr-. nr cg.-s, no ina'ter which, are alike
aeceptal,! ' In the Vol n iolls app. I.I ol
the nioiisdr. As b fore r.-maiked, llii
species of the siialu- hii, i' is a wondeilul
c nnbi-r. O i1-. a ihiy or two ago a nine
fool fellow was can .flit ciliiil.ing- llie tr, I
lis of a log cabin here at the ho , evident
ly on a I'oia.'ing ; . I i 1 1. n i after ' ,iiu
swallows wiin had lai it lie ir nc-ls un h i
the, avesn I' the hud ling. W h u kn 'ck.-d
nil the hea l tiiis. int. rpiising s r in a ol
his lace was some seven or eight t. el
lioin the ground, and ju-t ab ail tu gob
ble up a lender joiing swahuw wahii;
reach ol his fangs. - .),. l.t.'i,r,
l'aiei' H its.
Paper is abou: to icvolut inui-' another
branch of in lulry, which is nu less a
one than the making of geiitiem ill's
headgear. I!v a new pin, -ess of iuan' il
lation hi ts mure serviceable and tin r
than anything now on the mark' t aru
made of wood pulp. They are imper
vious to water and hot wauling in il'X
ibiiity. It is believed tint fell hats will
have to take a back scat as s,,,m as those
new It its c in be place 1 iii th luirket in
siillicient numbers tu supply the .1 'man. 1.
They are cert aiii lo ,. volut ioni. the
bailer's trade, as they ran bo moulded
into any shape or style desired, an I col.
ored to meet tho taste of the publio.
They can lie m tde to represent a ulossy
or nappy appcaruiicv.
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Onr upline, two insert ions
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IiikK will be made. .
Muliihlllly.
A song fs finished, mid u eluipter reau; '
A tnst; eum,. i.-., anil a day
I'a s . rn,. a ln-ut Lents .pii. kly nnd iulend;
A pleasant day di'-ani lades away.
ill" tlo'iin.'s ii,l,uil I" 1, hhuii in niius fall;
Th shaft of marlil" topples o'er;
I'll..-waves of limit tear down each iniyhly
wall,
And sir. w i's fi ngnmiits on thenhuro.
t " pla. " an idol in the bu-om's shrine,
And un .. en power-east it drnvit;
We ilreaui, mi l mi a regal throne recline;
Jtllt wake, lu limui ll a u.l-siii eruv- a.
'.....f,,i II'. . in llir Cttii. nf.
iir.Moitois.
Why is the littl : b .y like a ,u-t age
tamp.' lb; often gets stueli . n Idl. r.
An If Ii unit leu lays two eggs iv.ry
(l.i v rxc. pl Siind iy. Oil Sunday il.O
lays nil'.
"Il:, a puor rnle licit won't v.ni k both
ways," " xelaiiii' d the boy as he threw
the tern. b nl lie s, liunlmaster's head.
"Malum i," s.iid an iiilere-tin:; juve
nile, "do sheep write:' "Nu child.
"Then why me they provided with
pu,-;"
A young in in wanis tn know h iw to
bring cu'. n iiiuii-lacbe. Tie a mid
ai, , iin l il lightly, hin h the mid te a
p,e,t, and then run hackwald.
"I wi h Coluiubus had never been
bur:," was what a London merchant- 'aid
wle ii In. heard lhal his cast. id- nad left
b.r New Y'U'k tiih ad lh" assets.
"Fine complexion Mis. H. has .Jot,"
s:i d lirowu tu his friend I'.rislles, llm
artist. "I know it," replied ISri-tles,
"she a ad I buy i air uiluW iit the s-miu
Ml .p."
A young man was irccntly aked toj.o
die k huiili'ig and n luse.l, giving as n
li a-on licit the aiplilie birds were tun
pel al in their reiuaiks. lie was n
ph sician.
I. Ilh- Charlie "Papa, will you buy
me a drum:'' Fund father "Ah, but,
in v bn, ymi will di-lurb iic very much
il I do." Charlie -"oh, no, p-ipa, 1
won't drum except w In u you're asleep."
"1 am satislied on every point but,
one," slid a gentleman tu an applicant
f..r serviee. "I cannot get over youi
II. is,'." " Thai is not tn he wondered nt,
sir," replied the applicant, "fur (In
bridge i:, broken."
Ills l.liishes Visible.
A good story is told c .nceriiiiig a new
oilier who appeared m, parade with a
very dirty tuck. "Sergeant!" .-aid thu
i apt. liu. "Sir!" said the sergeant,
"Have this Ulan scrubbed." "Yes, sir.'
Tin' man was taken away by halfitdoen
nl his coup. mi, ns tn the bath and
stripped and vigorously washed. At the
afternoon parade he took up his position
with the rest. "Sergeant!" said tin
capliin. "Sir!" said tlie sergeant.
h, re is that man I told ymt to scrub?"
"There, si!" "Where:" "There!''
"Oil, un; nonsense!" "Ves, sir; tliat'i
Ihe man!'' "What! that man:" "Yes,
sir!" "Well, now you s ly so, 1 fancy it
inii-t lie; Inn I s nildn'l have knowr
him. W hat a dilT rence il makes to I
man to be clean!'' Ilapp;' recruit! every
i.i ra on the grin an 1 lu blushing violent
ly, conscious that for thu fust time foi
many months his blushes aru visible.
.. ivm ....
Men's cckwenr.
One reas ui why the miking of men's
iieekw car has been nc s I cheap is that
many married women and
young gills of fairly-well iu-du
I' aiuili -i wis! tn cant some
thing hr pockcl iimncy, and, thinking
lius light nud in t unpleasant work, take
it lioine and doit. They dn not depend
upon that lor their bread, and so do not
have the same reasons for trying to up
hold tlie price, which is now less than
half what il w islhrei years ago. Thf
w lo n aud girls who work at cravat
ei iking, are geneially of a superior clnsi
'instly sic li us have seen better days,
in, I ale ill-lil',e, to bitlle fur justice, or
th,,-.' who dn not really need ntunej
a i I dn nut i. alie what a dreadful
struggle it would be tn live entirely from
the piodiici of their work at this trade.
A, c y.n k lie. .
A Maori Joke.
On the W.ilhatu river, below f. ikf
T uipo, are large fulls, says a new Zealand
letter to tho Salt I.aku Tnhmu. In a
pi ne where th.-re are precipitous banks)
the broad stream is mow. led into a chim
in I about ihiily led wide. Thriuigl
Ibis the waiters roar and surge in great
billows for a distance of over "HO yards;
th y then make a perpendicular leap ol
lilt v fed, when they rush along othci
rapids and narrows fur tl long distant:
among rocks before becoming quiet. It
is related tint the resident Mauries once
taunted a party of sixty strangers intc
nil attempt to shoot the falls. Not a
man of the party came out alive. Tin
natives about the lake consider this th
most brilliant juke ever played oil bj
thorn it is tlie pride of the tribe.
Very Important.
x'i .ra (I'.ubbv's big sister) I heard
father calling you a little while ago,
ll .bby -Did he say U b.rt or Hobbyl
Clara -II" s:,id Robert.
Hubby (with a aerious look in his eves)
Then I g.iess I hail hotter seo what
wiiutii. JltrjKr't Baiar.
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