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n'l i tr firifiiniirii itm it n'ti ft Witiwiw tr
K iIm; IIic Ciii'tnln.
T ihe the cm tain- let tlx- It ght'icsi
4 If your fin- i in I gin shine foi til ;
To 111.' s.-r i-. :!i d .ik'i -J
11 in-'.v he of vi'.il v.nrih;
flivo n ghnip.-.i tn l.i H-ly wniid'rcrj
Of your h us. 1 1. .1. t lull "f j y.
Il may rcii-e tn nnv mill il inn
Nome h r fi i n.llo-s, ti mpt- il toy.
Haso I lie rut I ih:- m ,m kindred
Ivii'ti to nil i-1.. mi I by ties
Which forl.il a so il lislmttin-'
( If ourselves fieni others' eyes;
(Share ynur lilit mi. I -hare your blessings,
(id lintli in nle whnl'i worl.l kill,
AikI his 1 ve s. i unii isal,
Tillies Hie HeiK. st sinner in.
Unix- the cm tain of n ur window,
H lisc ll.e e.ii tain of your mini;
On mil lei si s ion m:i!;e you
To til- wants i f nthcr-i l.l.ml.
II Ipine ( liters wa iie st re i;;th n'.l,
(In ii we on- i tel if m ule;
Anil no one s mimm or patient,
Hut si !ii ' tn.ne hath nerd of nnl.
- I'lora N. ('anilce.
A MAN-FISH.
Al I oili'iU i'l llir.lll. il II of Jlltle
''I. Is.V.l. I w n in llie crow's in I or
lookout mi I ...-.(. 1 llie New luii.'land
whnltr Yiitll.'o land. Mini He Wi ll' hear
ino ui for ;i! j n.ii ii frmn i !- .In in l'i r
nnnd. .' l-'nid- whin I i':iioli -h-lit of ;i
limit in:.' I i. in L. dy on tin. I. a- hnvv. .-on I
half ;i noli- away We In. I only :i liylil
b;ccf ami ll'o i.i was sinnrly dis
Imbed. :iii-! fi"in my pi rob al"fi I could
see cvell llie !: !i .: lin y played about lis.
I had S.-.-H-. ,!-. h,i.-, the .In U u In n
llie llo.iler Mini his In ad. Ki ll llis
Ii i l umli r (lie -in T n . . in. I. nflcr wav in:;
hi.s mm m .1 i:;ti.il. In hi I'lin vw inim'tii:;
down In m. 'l lie -edit of ii in. m ml :!
I. j.oiiln uiih ti t 1 1 i ii u vIimIimi- !
(! I him. win ii.ii en.ei.j!i. Ie.il hnc
v. :n -oiiii llii !: ii.;., h nioie iiit-i I in s ore
for in. I hl'.o -ri ll (lie Unlives of ill
ino t i vrry . ininii v in ill,- w.-iiti-. Imii I
never -iw any thin,' like ihe pci"l this
llilil". I III. nle II- he i .1.11. i,.M o in. e
jll-t smoked Ihr.eioli wait-r like a ,nw I
with In r sail ., ),, ,V .,, r,..
llie men iiin-i.i-.il I'. i :i i 1 o .'el si:;ii ,,f
liim, mill .1 In , .mi. :iloii!:-Mi In i In . !,.-.
.is w.i. .i inn:; it: '. v ol o.n iiiill,
mill eooHy i . ill,-, ,,in :
- liiii si,!, is Hi , i .'
'l lie A i ii i i. ..ii i Ii iler, Yankee l..uii,"
lllnweleil lh - le ii-.
S':inl :iiy It. in, I :"
"l s, v.e w ill Mill,'' lrii. . llie
I :i. ii:i.
Very wi Ii. si. Ml i oitn- iil.o.ii.l."
Tin j l!ii-n liim .i t..!., .in. I In- soon
f t I on .I.-. U. l!n' ot'ly iint ..in i -nieil
(.-l--i.il OH tin- lli. lie il-k.-.l lor .1
i iiew ol looii ii. wlllil ' the Wilier oltl of
hi-, clo'lles. i'l. wlu ll llie I I'loll'jlll
liim sonie unili In .h i n.'l ii'.. :ir o-.ir
Iiuii.o ry . Id- n-fn-eil .Hy i lolln--. siiiii
1 ll.lt In II II I'l I let win il li I1IIJI. illlil H 111 11
lie hii'l liiii-l" I i iiiie- In- eil.iiit. .1 :
My t , i ,'.,in Ki-i, I,. , 1 1 1 i I tin
Kn.;!i.li hn .. .,, , ii::. 1
l .111 - I. . I I I" I .-; t i- l i l to il w hale H till
tin I.i -t ol yon. i.lii tin ;, I. iv .mil li I
Mi llil II to."
V"ii iiil the ;mhi Umi .la--- ii ;..;"
..II. I il l I lie I i, ; i .
V. . -it."
In le Win -h. :"
A ni i'ter ul lii'ty null s to the mtlh
i -t. -ir."
Al seaf
Ye., 'ir."
'oW .li.l o 11 ,j ',"
S.ii.l oi il l.y to my Wiiti h :iml
jillli"i il ovei li.iiitil. ami liiive heeii lloiit
ng i vi-r sin, r."
Tluri' Wii-n'l a iii.iii in llie ship who
lielii'VI'tl his sloty. Iiiilenl. wli.it inli I
lioeii! man woulil I'. lieveit.' Ami vet
il Wiii (io-pel truth, as we ilis.-overeil
when w't! leiiehi .l Ynlpiiiiiiso. Tite Sii..n
v;ik the'V, ami liiilf n ilu.-u of In r erew
IimI si i it liim o 1 1 ,IU i l,:n, ;n .lateil.
A iniiu lisli hail ronie iihoiHil of us.
Tin re ii"'-''I' wi-.a inetiiiiii'l. I.iilheiei
laiiily WMit a iniitiiiin. lie w:e- next to
iiiiiphihioii'. lie was with in for sixteen
in. .nth;', I'm I .iiuiie.: licit time was the
wninli i- of ..in new an. I of every other
i tew we met e was a stalwart, pio.l
looking ehap 1. 1 il."., I. in hi- interior may
have I .(ill I Hi i 1 1 mi llie li-ll I'iiiu iple. He
Willi) ii .swiftly tn some kin. Is of lish,
ami that withuut seemiiiur In lire him.
Heci.iiM not I.. .Irow neil, mill no shark
wotil.l I'iu him. 1 s.iiil he w ,n a iiieer
man The rem hi- n-. .1 :i' ly a,iei s w ilh
me. I my wonl ;in l honor that
every statement I shall make i true, an. I
can he riiveil tine.
Our carpenter was lii.l n with n
broken itinl w h. il l-'iii. 'i n tin iiii 1
that lie mil. I ll.e tools he hi. :t en
p. liter lempoiiiiily. Afl. r we h ll Y:il
pariii-''. ii" loiioer iloiilitinif the sinry of
hjs inn .lavs' Ih.at, lie yave us a ni iivel
hiilM i xliil.ition of his skill tn ;i swiiinni r.
In rimiiiny I'.n to the south we struck
till' fill? ' "'I "i" H eyelotte. ami o.. a ter
rilile sea. Our he; ship Win tnsseil iilioitt
like a pea. an. I the waves w.illc I up mi
iim now ami then until their rrcsis
kceineil to town- lifly feet ahovc tin' rail.
Kvcrv thin-,' win lasheil .in. I ilnihle l.ishe.l,
liml the cook eoiililn't liliike even it cup of
coffee for twenty lnmm. While we wen
lyftiff f" lian.uin; m f"r life l'ii:. 1;
sd ij'jM-l lo his- shirt ami juiut hh.J wcul
(iverlioaril for n lurk. The best tiititt
iiinoiio us woithl have been ilrow neil in
live minutes. lie win in the w iit.-r wo
liotirs, .'in. I when lie runic mil be iliil not
putr as heavily ii iiiieiuwhii hii'l run
across the street. A huinlieil times in
thi'-c two Iioiiis we llioiit'ht he wns lost,
but he hail mi more fear for liinn. lf lh:iii
as if he w;tr. on ilrv latul. In the sixteen
months I saw him i;o overhoaril in iiiiiny
:n lifly I inn s, in ; 1 1 1 soils of xvi-:ithiT.iiii.
bv ilny anil by liivbl. anil yet In- itevi r
nn l w ilh all nccM. ut.
I stilled ih.il no : h.-it-l; woiihl bile hint,
lie ptoMil this fail a lliotnaml linns
nvcr. Il.iilmr sh.u ks. for r
known 1. 1 tin i-i i lv -., will
hi -
siiim liiiies
pa s a sv initin i l . hut they are small
fi v coinpiiti . In he Itaintiii r heinls ami
w bile - hat k- of tuiil in i int. The li ne
iiiiin i :iti r i - not a -hnrr tish. except in
Iropii :il wal is. . hen a wh.-ih r is en-
rii::ei in iii.li'i-; in mnl tr. in::
is ilrilliie; i IT bi lute the win. I.
Iti ill-Ciilei- iippem. I ha-
II Iln ill
twenty live In I 1 in:;, bit tin le. I up mi. I
lies '.tow u i!,c iim ii ul w hiile-. ami i v i
.1. i.ily a I In I y. 1.1. Tin -e are
tin ,1 nn. in of ll'i .!.. p. who will rn-h
upon a i Ml ami up-. I il or tear it to
pie. . mnl 1 1. ii ill In fill lio p.'lill
li'.'ii tie pii. I, "I it liin.e. U'e ool a
w hale n I In- -, o 1 1 1 1 i I of ( '..in i pi ion, a
hitmli'-'l mil.-, oil hole, .-nnl l-'itn h uae
It . hi til -I exhibit i"it. We h:nl mi
.i::l;t li.-inel li h li-linl Inail iiml liiil In
on.- l.nl.oaiil - iile. mnl were j'l-l hook-
ill:.' oil I-. the lil-t l.l.lllki I piece to lois
:i way . w hen three or four n -ter sharks
appe nd. The oiu- v. ho i iiine up ml. in
w.n ol -t;i h i, e ih.n iln- tin n i-iilh-.l out
in iima 1. II.- In with his iloi-nl
I'm al...M' w:ili t. atnl v.e eoul.l -i e every
i'n h ol him. w.n , m.u-h to oive you
a chill to note his -. ii knl eves ami hi-.
iiw fill nioinh.
j When I "iin h -i'W thi- link In- -rti.l he
, woiihl tli i v t- him away. The Capriin or
; .l.-t.-.l him . :;o al.oiil hi-, hn in. s-, not
' wi-him; to I .e a in in. bin l-'itn-h waiteil
until the oli, i-i . wete oil their uu.iiil.
iltnl thin Willi ..'.. ll.olt.l off the lee l..,-,v
uith :i ':r..it - pi. eh. Tli'le w:i. a wilil
i IV Ir the clew an.l a unh with I. p.-. !
I. ul Tom loi.ki-il up ami l-ue'lml ami j
-.wain aroiiml the I. in of the -hip. The;
I.i ; man . it'-r b "' I'.n l.i ! oil al.oiil '.'II !
l.il.'lt the '.pli h. I. lit I elh.-l . .lllllo-t
in I. uue. li.nl i -oiiio up mi the .piatli n. ;
ami tin re I : thin ol I he w i. ke.h -I li.h :
in tin- Atlaiili.- ! can. I ai i bo.ly
Innii. -I an. I I nn 'I .oi l half a iloen
lop.'.' club- w i ; e 1 1' ton u lo Tom, but he
woiihl ma in i in I in. lie sit-hleiily sank
l.elow iln- - in I n .- ami in nle a be e line
I . '- the Li" li.h. ami. I., my :inpii-e. the
i. I.I fi Mow il ille.l l-i'h to I -i ape the
colli -ion.
Ii i- liuih I., lh.- I. tl. r th at Tom f'im It
iltovecM-ry ine of llio-e l ii" 1 1 -1 . I - aw ay
I I . on iln -hip. :iml ..- an hour he pi I
ih il about in il:,- wad t ami was tin
hai nn il. In 11 uise of a couple of
lo Ills lie bi;; -hath n 'mni'l. A piece
of blubber was tniliip in :in .Mioit
ami iliopp. .1 mei l.o.it.l, ami hein i'lea
ila-li of :i humlr.-.l In t ami l.,.i. .l it
.hiwn like a !la h. II" I Ill-it took up l.i
si.iiion oil . 'iti- 1 1 in 1 1 .-r. iiinl not ovir
1 llil IV feel way , ami tie- -ailor inoiinl. il
the rail ami m t le a loou; leap li -; 1 1 1 at
biui. Tl:e -hark w. el oil' like a -In ak,
ami we miw him Iln tiioic.
( Ince. when we were ill the harbor of
Honolulu. Tom i; avo a public exhibition.
I atul at lent .".tuiil people -aw him swim
about ainolio the -balks iu- oitt-iile the
! surf. N'Veial iln:;- wen llitowii In iln III
j In be ilevoiueil. ami "aliens of bloo.l
were pnlllnl oil the Wiltel to eXeile llletn, j
I but iii vi r a nit.- caiiie w ilhiii Iiw- fivl of j
; the sailor. He lunl II" peculiar mlor
i .-tl .ut him thill we coulil iletecl. anil ;
w by llie -li;n ks fi an il him w.n ;n iniicli
tl pu.le to him-elf in In others.
Allium; Tumi's ailvetitiiies was his cs
: rape ftoln the tint k pirates of the .l'.'.-ean
' Sea il couple of veals before he joille.1
out -hip. I iielbi-i became every par
. licul ir of it is n null ler ..f olli. ial reeoril.
t I e was-one of the clew of all Italian
' briyr iii.'i.kino a voy:o e In Con-lani ittople,
i, ii. I on the ii iurit. w hili' becaltitc.l anions
the i-lanils at (he mnttlli of lite An hipel
itoo. a roiiple of boats, earry ino ''( nu n
each, pulleil out li one of the i-l.inil-,
ami altaekcil them. There were I.'! men
; nn the briu'. ami. Ihouh piinriy arnie.l,
they Uine the pi. iles : hot liiilil before
the Ms-el was catrieil by boiitiliiiu'.
i In il Toni saw that all win In.-I he hiil
liinnelf away, ami win not ili-i m ir.-il
until llie brio hal he. n loweil into a
rni. The ( recks liml cnnle.l off then,
', anil iuslcii.l of nil I in:; his throat lltev
look I. im it-hole In make a -.ac of him.
The island wits (he remlevous of ;i biul
:;an iiinl il scmiicI that a portion .f
tin in were iiv.ay ol) an i xpnlilion. l or
this r. iison lh" h.iir win pulh .l intn the
cove, which lirui very ileep water, an
i hoieil st. in ut! .'. stern, ami her om I hanl
inij was ih-fi anal until ihe other parly
sliouh1 return.
Tom w:n (In- Mile survivor of tin'
crew, iiinl he w.-.s treated bkc ti do.
lie It'll a stiiiiitei ill',' of the liiiio.i.iee
ami he was told that any effort of I is la
. -i i.pe Would be leWilld.-ll by bc niim ;
aii.c. .NcuTtlicksii, vu the si'i-uiul
ni';hl 'f hi , t , he stole tiw ay fn.tr. his
hut to tlte w.ili r. sw am olT to tin- l'tiir,
l.oar.le.l In r by I he for.-i hains. anil liml-
inu the two nn n on mnh'-r wnieli f:i-l
if leep, he hr.-iiui-.l thelll with il capstan
.mil iinily cut. The other w;n of chain,
lltnl Tolil m ill. i.;e'l In slip il ju-t in (he
I it If liirneil. The brir w:is out bio of
all the siu ill ct-iift. ami. :n the liitiht w as
ilitrk, mi one siiw li. i .hilt uwiiv. Ihifl
she ili.I, howi ver. ai'leil by a f.. initial"
bree.e. a in I next lioiiiii- she w:n
siu'ltteil ninl l.oanl.-.l l.y a liiili h inaii
oi' Wiir heiiiliiitf up from (Hie. I'iu-
; Ilali iii !:iiverninent ni-nle the (in i l.s pay
; a ;'i i' 1. 1 roinnl sum for the i, hIi.il:.-. an I
'I'olll (;it money cll.illll out of il to h ie
kepi him all his iln-. hail he In i n il
l.iinl-iii.iii.
lb- ipiit our ship wiih in. .re lies than
he hml i nli ieil it. I'..r ixli i u tiiontln
in. I I lie seemeil pi rfeelly mill. -III. iilnl Wit
real will up p. llis work. Then t! w tiers-
; ill home i,'ot int., foil.e :i:ul hal !
out, atul we I -nil. . I inio I!;.. .lam ir. one
i lay I" liml a new ileal en I i.-.n. I . We
were piiiil oil' ami a nn, Captain put ill
chiite, ami s't.-h of tin-men in wi-hnl
In !;o wi le shipp.-il tot :i ih -.v etui e in a
i li. -Ill ship. Mi; I of II 'i: iii. iiiliie -llioiioh
none i f it- lik. i the le-w ' iplain.
It w;is eurioii-. th.ii he .nnl T' 'in 1'iii. h
look a sin .n;; ili-l:ki- I h olln T ill
lis siht, hut il,,. - , ,. -i:;-iiei .ml
; ""'I''1 111,1 We ha I only i'..
"ell oin-i.le wln-it tin- la w Captain iii-nie
I Us .1 speech. We liml le all IIM I.I",e
: cruise up to this ihile, ami -hip w.n
in J-"""! eoinlit inn nil the way mould,
' bill bo xx .ml. I mil h ive eoiiie up o the
: malk ha. I he m1 in-iillcl an. I al.u-i.l n-.
j U'e liml a call aft. ami n t,n in!i, r how
: ii';ly he looknl ,-n In- -m v. . y . -! h a a
- lii'ineiit . a- an o it -ei r I....!., om- I. is
slaves, mnl lle-n -ai. ;
You inli-tii.il l-. of soji-t . ami i .
si oil-i s, there's :i new ileal :ibi.:il. lie
ship iiiul I wan! yon lo i:ii.,-i-i ! it m
the o. i. IT! riiei'-'s I., he no inure s.,j. r
i 1 1 ami pi.-iiii kin:;. Then-'-, t" be in
nim e uitminiiiv;- Let w . -en : a I.i :i au I I..', i
lie. If we haie a in in :ii." ii'l whom th.
sh.nks w.m'l I .il . he'. I he!
me! I will bite him if
chalk! There's .;.. .
-I look nut fi'l-
.i... -.n't walk
In .li ipiitle
al I iiinl lh - ipii.-ker ymi . oiin- to i
the lull. I- f..y,,l- l.iy ealiiO-i-! (i.
foiwatil ami ::o w.uk or I'll be am.
you!"
Aim. -I iii iy Captain :;ni- a i r. w
i thai -"I'l of ,lk. The iiM-i.i : in i li r
look upon hi. tin n a- heh.w I in-In in.
; creation. ,- ihin!,- it ii...--.ny to l-i.-i
' ami blii-. r ami threat, u to h I llnait
know llie w i.i" ililli i. an e b.-twu-ll lllelll.
lie Iiinl in nle a bn a!, I'oi Tom, win. ha.l
inlei.il ii-a boat -.le.iii-. ait'l i-M-iy man
of in foie-aw trouble.
We Ii-n I In , ii live il iy-i iil when the
low i nun'. Sim tal of iln- ut' li ha.l lieu
Initially kliocknl al'-"il willnntt ex. it-'
ami olieilay a- we w. icon w haliiej L'l'.un l,
ami Tom win pi n in hi- boat In onlcr,
Capl. I.ni kc Inok .neasioii to liml a ileal
of fault. It w.n plain to all of it- thai
he wa- set kino a fin-, uml thai he was
bent on -lining' Tom up. He
kepi .It it lllltil lie loli-.il him
self In lin y an. I -Inirl. I he
-ailor. We km w Tom woiihl ihm t
-taml that, inn-.li.l he. I In -.iiar. .1 off
ami f. lli "I the Caplain like an ox. ami
iluriii'r llie c'.iil'u-ioii he look ti film' in
the t ill. iii ami ban ii -ii.le.1 the iloor ami
arnie.l him-elf. ii-n't the ohl mall
liowlili:; lu nl when he i ame o! lie
i-iie.l all suit, ,.f .. nl, I-, but took
pr. cioils ooi care iiol tn rxpn-e him-
M If to Tnln's life.
The sailor lit b I the ciibin for time
ihiys, iillnwim; the cti-w . limve iibmit
1s ihev .Ie.nnl. but wall him;- to tire
upon the ( aplaiu if he cxpo-cd hiiu-elf.
On the third ni'jlil. wh.n w e w t re a L'ood
liuiidrc'l miles oil' ('ape I'ri". he dropped
out of one ol llie -Ii in polls into the
npeli scit, and the lir I we km-w of it we
heard him lamjiiu:; a- he swam away.
six months later we had a "rain" uiih
the Scotch whaler .lam I. am! the nu n
told in that iln y pi. k.d Tout up win n
h" had been all. .at I life.- days, and lam Id
him three wnk; later at !.ihia. - -j New
Ymk bun.
A Family of Cninc iileuecs.
On Cl.nle M-.u'ttain. W. Ya.. n -ides
perhaps the nm-t peculiar family in the
country. Il i- a family of roiuei.leii. es.
The father ami mother were manic! on
the t Itll day of October; they have had
nine children, all of whom wen- born on
the I lib of October: live of the chil
dren arc dead, ami all le of litem
erased In breathe on the I Ilh day of
October. The mime of lite In-ii'l of ihu
family is .lo-hu a I'tanklm. lb- -ay. that
lie was a Confederal.' -...li. r; that ho.
was raptured twice by the build Stall s
soldiers, and that he o- two bioilnis in
tlic war, and thai all four of the mi-haps
or inisfoiliiiirs of war oectried on Iho
nn luornblr I ;h of October. In the
nci'-dilm! hood the I'raiikliu family is ie
o:irded w ilh super-1 il ion. and inn a hu
man bcitif.' can be pi. -vailed lo lay either
in the limne or on the premise, on either
day or niuht on the I Ith of ( Mnhir.
H'!"e;i';ii llvi-ald.
i ii I i.iici:n s co i.e. ii n.
Niiiinln.l laiide. j
VI i"i little ( lonid w.n 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 utie", J
At liiiieh'.'un tuiii', mi I -al l j
Jle'.l not say "1 Ii ink you,' lo .Maiiima,
.she iirtile lunl tn t.e.i,
Atul cover up liml stay tin limns;
f.) wln n llieeli.el; slrueh two,
Then CI unle s.,i I, -'Tiiniili vm, Mr. Clew ! ,
1 in much i,lilie,cil lo you"
The IHilleii nee.
i. llie i. Ii-itritifj- .. tiad. ami doe'
not he it. tie to ink am one the nieanin"
of new wud-. Tin- other day slit I
piikd up a piiper nml pilled the worn!
woman.
Maminii,"' she -aid. "what dnei I
woman me, m ;"
U'iII, a woiu.iti in. -atis a .;it vvhn 1 .-1
'low n up. I inn a woman," replied bet
mother.
' Why, I 1I1011..J11 you win a ladv."
Yc-i. a woman is a lady if she is kind
ntnl polite."
"A l-i'iiI leniati i- a man. A real rt.
tl. man is a man who isalway- "eittle and
kind and polite."'
'It. Ih.-ii my pa is onlv a lean, lei
he i- so ctoss o u oti Sunday . "
V. hat ;i n Imk, I nml l..u a liltli
child. toy., what -hall you be called.
An- you f i . 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 -inh habits a- will enli
lie yil to the word "u, nt lem in .'" -Youth'-,
lianncr.
A 'r.lllie lleil'. l.
A p rl'.-i lly I; iwn year old lu ifet
is the nn i-i iiileri-siiny pel oil the funi
of Orlamli, (ititliii. in Coviiivioii Town
hip. I'eini. Mr i.tilliii own-, lh" luolh
er ami L'rainlim.lln r of the heifer, ami up
to three y.ar- a;;., the of.-iil uraudiiiolher
lived nn hi- farm. They ate all btimliiil
in mlnf, and I'iu mil- (irilliu say- thai
Iln y all p....-,... iln- culle-i ami i vcm-s
di po-ilion- of any rnltle that he ha
ever ovv tied I. my. I he tanie Ini li r. has
followed the i hililicii to m liool m-iiily
every ilny dlirile.; the -ilfiol sen-., t II i -i
year. The school! . i- a ,iinilcr of a
mile from .-my ol h. i builditiL'. iiud l.ucy
ofii-s by the road id.- while iln- children
nre .-.ll.-iuiiii:;- lo their studi.--. Soitn -linns
she i- -cm ml rods away when
clniol i. di-ini- -e.. but llie in it -he
brill's the el,a-,-d . 1 1 i I. ! I . 'i '. ti..-y voices,
-in- nil. -is a low of "iiidm -- and itimie
diiiti ly u'allops lowaid- tin i;i tn be
rubbed nml pelli d. She I Is the chit
(in n 1 1 : 1 1 1 . 1 1 . her jus n- they please, nml
' f llie little buys I'l. n l, ully rides oil
lier back to iiml from ti-.- -i !i"oli.nt-e
ami itioiiml the farm. The only animal
on the pr. tni-i ; 1 li.it Limy exhibits a ii-al
di-like for i- l-'ai-iner tiriilin'- sha:;y doe
Shep. Ottee In in -i i.lel.l ill. Iiippcd hcl oil
the hind Ii ;. and cm t -i I In n .he
ha- -howii hei lull n d by I e t tin to hook
him w liem v er he "i ts in !ni vva. The
old do:.; tealie. In r di !ii-e. but
in-li id ol 111 in;; 1.1 1' l.ei.lle w hetl
-In- pt in:;- at him v it !i her head
lowen d. In--kip- booinl h-i icaih ami
in ver ato lllpts In bile In : Mr. (iiillin
-ay- he woiiid Hot !! the hi iii I fo
Iw ii e a-miii h a-she i- i- civ woiili. -.-,
New Yot k Ti ilniiie.
Tin- Tiii lm
Tin- iinkcy i- a bud ih.il i- not o(
inuch :; I :n :i pel. but il u-uallv re
ci iM - our allciiiion I'm a I. wccl.scaih
y iir. A turkey, lik" . :y ll'iu;; 1 1-e, i-be-t
in iiiodci.-'ln.ii, lot to,, familiar and
w hole-ale a. .'l:lilll. nice i- apt to brin;.' oil
many a pate;.
.I"llll I'.llll :;ave the n III f l llkey ,i
this I ,;,-,) nn, , i- ih,. no. i ', :, jden ihnt il
hailiil from Tuikey, while Amorr-a. llie
land of the flic, more tr.ilhr.i!!;. claim?
the tuikey a-, her own child. We (In not
know the turkey's opinion or which land
he claims ;n his mil ix - In ilh: but we be
lieve that ;i o-oiid, -, n-il.le, healthy
turkey luinks iiiote nboiii the i ml than
Ihe be.;anniii.;- .1 hi lib. Whether
"thai boiuue" be
li-h or A m i ic.-in
'in... h
IS the ipti -tli'll 111. 1 la Weighs ll".!l his
-i ale-, for s..n ii h- vary a- I,. . ii i ..i. it v
w il h Ihe nnl ionaHiy. Tin t. I'-ic tin
oii:;in of thi- bin I nm-t remain the bone
ol eoiileiition, a litniiy bone, a wi-hhoitu
for Ihe iialioin.
The turkey is t ai-cl in nil pail- of the
I'niled Stall-. The male i- ..ilh-d a
gobbler beeau-e he .'obb, -. He i - a
colli i ill d ei.-atiire ami x 1 .. ri hi: I
"spreads" hiin-elf. a- llnm-jh he would!
'ii. .any :i till, unfold." he "at- prouder !
and prouder, -wears by hi- hc.'.rd."
ami fot'ti ts thiit -en on in wli'. lt niaiiv ;
f bis army me si ti and i.-id low. for j
pride ever conn s 1,. fote destian lion. ; . 1 1
it is cv i it -o w il h tin- Inrki y . j
Tim female i- -h and irlirin. She
inaki". In r Inst in siiludcd pl.u e-. She
hatch.'- In r family am! i- a hnnl. ihi.u::h
foolish im.lhcr. ofiiti iiadiuu' h.-r muhi"
to damp places, where tlieyca-ily ruin
tract mills and never live o ci Icbtale
Thiinks.iiv ino or any of lh..-.- feints at j
which ihcir family is promim pi. I
The wild tuikey i- fmiiid in Aikn.i-as, '
Louisiana. Alabama. Indiana ami Illinois,'
but it dms n it tliriie no. of ih. IJockv '
mountain-, they ale hard to i a!ch and
do not t nle so ;; I as the umhe-seil
"illl-isl'il tuikey" we rt firm ( hicue-o.
PHOSPHATE BHDS.
South Carolina's Curious Depos
its of Life-giving Rock.
Methods of Mining tho Most
Valuablo Fertilizer Known.
The phosphate beds of f 'liiifleston.
S. ('.. h ivr pfoM d of irrral value tn t III'
place, ami they have nolo than com
pi -mated for Ihe gradual bs. of llie col
Im trade which has "one largely to lite
rilies in itt Ii or In Savannah mi llie si nit Ii .
Tin-.- bed- ami the K"'e:it "A-lihy Inh
bii-in " are the nm-t wonderful and iucx
pliiiil.lr formaiiotn kimwit In oeoo"i-ts.
Tim llepo-it- eom-i-l of midule.-. of ph..-.
pllilte of .lillle. thickly illlel-speiscd willl
tin hie.'e bom s and lei lit of ant. diliivian
1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 i i ! i :! 1 1 ami tnai i a- uiiimmoths of L'i
L'.-inlie propotlioin. The in:nlndnns.
i.inl bal us. pro'liioii ;T'.i illas. li.
nrd- Ihiriy tlttee feel ImiL;, ami other
Iiiil:.' ur.'imiiiiMii'oiis and earnivoroii
iita.li up. d- h i x I- bu n found lyin.'j in
tin--:im-In .1 wilh bliny lev ialltiins. vora-ci.iu-
iiiariiie Millui.saml other monsters
of the dep. The beds have bull
ilyh-dby A:;.i--i,- a- the "n at. -t cut i
r ily of Ihe world." an. I lley constitute
by hir llie lii.'-l vabiilile I'erlilicr known
to man -ince the i-xli-in-limi of the I'ei'ii
vim :;uaiin .h-po-il-. Thai limy are an
alino-l iiii-x b in -I i I ! sotiice of we'iltlilo
the v. hole -late mix well be jud:;. d. and
lh..n-aml . of people at ::,L'cd in m l
till'.: the fi 1 1 ili.'ia-s In malkel. The
iiiiioiini of 1 1 .1. 1.- in .1 . 1 1 rock in
Ch. ul. -loii i mnl. In -ever.il million
dollar- a year, and il is inerea-im.r stead
ily y.ar by year ::- tin- ili-ninnd for the
feitilti i-. becnim - tnii'-e "cnernl lliioiioh
i ut Ihe vvotl, I. The .h pi-!:- underlie a
:i-t ic:;ioii of the country, thirty miles
wide and 'evenly mile- in .-n'.:lh.
i ii -tit i I - dili.-r a- lo tlie origin of this
:ieal il. po-it ami in their e-liinalion of
Iln- 1 1 1 i.i : 1 i I i. - of rock cunt. lined in the
dep.. il. The lo. k b'tlll- the bed of
many livii- lia.lin;: I" th i in. nml
nop. out of ihe land at many point-.
The riv er d. po-it . .iie mini 1 1 w it li i row
Int. pi. k ami do d:;. . The land lock
i- excavated wilh pit k and shovel and i
found in a -e.iui laiiiii" in ihh km -from
llnee t.. i hii ii inches, al a dcplli of
al t tell fi i l below the sill face of ihe
oroiiii'l. The eoii'ilry in which tin- rock
is found i- oeiietiilly level, and lite soil is
soil and nmi-l. 'I'iu- rock is sound, d
I'm- by a ,iuo, shatp potulcil -Ici-I rod.
U hen rock is -truck from -ix In l.-n feel
In-low the stuface a le-l pit is sunk In
le-ccrt.iin the lliiekln -- of the sli.iliun
and lo liml if tin im k will analy e up to
tli" -I ami. ml.
I'l'im lie iniiii". the imk- arc hauled
ill ilitiiipiu:: i tl t" ihe vva-ln is. 'I ln
to. ki- In n i tanned into pi , i - of uni
I'm in -i.e. 1 1 tlun fill- into liou;:h-or
tub- n -tin:: mi an im-Miic In rach of
I It. III!' an oita:;.ina -hall, i a-cd in
in. ii ami -1 1 v. ii It hi nl"- or itnki --. li
vol. -. wiiii 1 1 nun- the i n k aioiind iiml
fori i - it out of lite tub- upon si n eiis.
llil" in tin- tubs it is sub in I. d to a
i oiiiiiiuinn and povvctl'ul -lieain of water
wliich cleans ii of all foi. ia mailer.
Theie an- ixleeii i ompaiiii s now in
o:i ;.;nl in iiiieim ihe land rmk. with a
joint eapil il of about si'.'. 'I"". The
. i id in i inn of hc-e mi ins av crau. iib. nil
;;nii.iMHi ton- of rock a yi.-.r. Thi- in
dii-try hit-, been the b.-d rock of Chatli
l"lt life for many years, and now it -ecun
all idoie; the ci-a l tin- pciciiui.il fruits of
Ihe cm I Ii. which in thcin-clvis nre tliimjs
of lieaiily, will In conie n- vnlu ihli- in a
coinin.'teial -, n-e a- the life iv ini; toil,
which ha- bciii lilalied by the delaying
boni s of anlediluv tan tinm
stir-. Side by side with ihe
iim is and liel. I- which furni-h
foilh pho-phale rock an- ihe broad -a
Viinn.n and low l in-r i-latnl- where tnel
on-, cabl.aue-. a-parauu-. p. .latm s and
si raw berries l..iui-h .ibunilaiil ly. I.ar;'.e
ipiaiilili. - ol tin -. pioilui I-. ate -liippcl
north cm tv year. ('oinniercial Advcr
li-rl .
Willi Oilecleil Ihinllt's Capbil's.'
I had an inten-liu chat wilh a col
orcil woman who was a slave in Mary
land ju-t previous lo the aa i mil ion of
l.ineoln.w t iles a Washington i ofn-poni
rut . Speak itio ol I li'il Ir.i". dy . -In- -aid :
"I didn't see lioolh "hen he came tn
Mr. Mud. I s. but I saw his ,- and
faol'. The boots were lotii; ones, and
mini have n iched lo his hip-. You
know thai ISooth von captured in Mudd's
bain, which win burned to the j;roui!il.
The soldiers came down there with a
ril-li. .and were l" 'im,' by when a little
boy. not more I hall live year- old. told
tin-ill that tlu i'c was a man in the barn.
He was hcliiiM-il bv that lillle bov."
Sin lis of (.i ciilness.
Mrs. Hopeful Is my boy iniprovin
MIX .'
I'n .lessor of I'enni.iuship lie is m,i
linowoise. ll'n wrilinu is now so had
no I i i i LT soul can r.-ad it.
"How lovely ! The darliiio! He'll be
a o'ciii author -nine day." New York
Wuklv.
Tlic llislnrv of llaiiilii rilinir.
The earliest lit Iiilt of Ihe Yicsiern
woi. I. th il nf the so called I in ial Iminti
snipls, was copied nmrc or less din elly
fintn the ins. iipiioiis cut on brass nr
slnlle. Tlie type of letters Wits placli
eally the : same. Hut w ilh the ( -limine of
the imiterials used Ihere ratne aliiinst nec
essarily in tiIMe a clinn:,'!' m tin- mode of
forinino Ihe lellers. Cursive iti:inuscripl.s
that is, manuscripts written in a ruii
nilif.' Ii.uid. with llowinir and r.uinertrd
teller.-, look nhiiost imivcisally by the
teiilh reiiluiv the place of tlie rarlirr
burial iiiinisiiiis, with their stilt up
ri::hl. isiilat.-d letters, and hand writ timi.
at. we now iimli-l -land il. uni l:: il. Hut
lurinir tlie Middle Aoes w riliii"; was the
art "f a romparntivi ly few liiuhly-
llilille.l si lilies, eanieil by snlll" of tlli lll
to a wonderful I n-i 1 1 1 of perfeelioti.
After the iiilioduitioti of prinlino the
very line. -I w l it ilo ili-appeateil. for tlie
irol'es-i,ii of il,,. -si riM. was supi-i-seiled.
but tlm hi 1 1 . 1 1 - of those who i mild
vv rile p,i-.ibly in, t-ea-eil in llie habit of
rort'es loitih-m e n,ri vv. ami writing win
no oto,r fur the ordiiiaiy man lite dilli
cult, l.ilii,i,,i- i..ees- that it Used In be.
W ith increased practice hamlw i it iie.r be
caine sniiiew lial ea-ier ami more In e.
Tlie proiiiess in thi- ilin i limi went on
w ilh lillle iiib t taiption front the sixteenth
to the eiyhli elllll eellllliy: rarll i;eiell
I ion ' how. -oinew hat of nil ailvance on
thill w lili Ii had pn cedcl it. The w rit
i i-T bo'iini" i ..nl ii.ii'.ti-l v li '- awkward
and I.---stiff'. I'.ui il is in our fiillu r-'
lime .ill'! in our own, llial the j;reat
I'lliinyr ll'n taken place. The increased
II I II 11 i t 1" t f letters w liieh lite How written
h.n ei to im rea-1 d s d
in III" vv riling of ilu-m. Willi
inctca-cil practice llie hand ionics
to lin.vc iti'ire speedily and i a -i I y ; theie
is no !o..:or the :mie iiire in tlie formn
linil of Iln- individual l.-llef. vv liieh tin-re
Win while people had more time for
w rhino. Word. are. so lo speck, (la-lied
oil ; illld We iire i ottleill if we can make
the whole word iui lli;;ilil" without t -oti-sj.
let ill;; ..n minutely Ihe Idler- of which
il i- f"i I. I think. Ion. i hat the im
pl"V clin lit . which IlilVe In "It illll'inhleed
ill tin nn . balneal appliance. I'm wriliiii.'
in pen-, ink ..ii-1 pa ii r have not been
without tin ir iiillin m c. and ihi- iullit
nice Inn P ml. d in the din. lion of :Jv
iie, ;:r. ill r li'-.-dom and I i. ility to the
wiilii.u. Th" "teal snpi rioiiiy which
ill tin -i- nn .'I: mil al applianics we in
liiil.aiid i ti joy oM-r nio-l of the nalioin
ol Iho ('out im-.'il . will. also explain why
it is th.-il tlie hiindviriliim "f laipli-h
nn u ha- a bolder chnia. I. r than that of
in. .-1 l'.i-ei::!i, -rs.. Murrav's Miunitie.
Iliur biimhliuu: I't-nllts.
I here in er w :n ii o imldiiio re--rt in
Iln- vv. aid like M.'iite Carlo. Il i- a nunc
of wi altli to the mnm,':. t- of it- m.e;iii
li. ml tin r lair-, ntnl a cry -iniph- e.ilcit
lali.'ti will -how ho xv princely in.-Ihe
pinlil - of thelablis. The inanni tin nl
admit- that it-, annual pi"lisiue ..'!.. "il in,
(""I in ): I it i- over :."i. nun. nun. Now.
iiia-tniicli a- the i ham i - of the labh .are
1 lo. "li in l.ivoi'i'f tin- b.mk. o ...iin an
nuallv s:i. . "11111.111111. which il piofe esn
do. Si .'O.IMIII.U mnl hav- bull staked
mi it- labie- niii-l have b.cii woti.-ind
l"-t. The bank's sji.";.iiiiti.tiiiii pt-otin i
ils loyally at the rale of I I.. ."'.Il on
thi- enormous amount of inoney. wlinh
mii-l th. I. I'.ie have lu i n played. o- and
won. It i- thi- fat l of 1 hi- LMiuhh i , Icil
iii',' with Into.' ma i s of money that
p.ully in i omits for the 1 a-c i tin I i' ut i xer-ri-ed
by nmbliii";. A rarrful pliiyer
who be-ins wilh. -ay Slunil i apit.-d. may
have tiu::itcd. m i-irdinL' to the ihictriue
I hillll -. A.'il'i.lHIII In lol, he lose- hi- , api
t il. If In- plays lonu' enough the bank
loyally of one ill thirty -ix i- sin, In
-wallow up hi- capital, ami then he h n
h id all the mot ion of hav iiil; been alti r
nalely -Hcii--lul or the iivinc, riihir
At Mont. I ai n tin- bank royally
ttiii-t in. ital.lv linn nil who plav Ion .'
iiioit-jh In have i-k.d their iapil.il
thitly -ixt-im-. The annual profits of
thi'tibli- i xi i id the annual uuoriMoitc
incoitie ol all I he iimht bills. Iiinino
Ihe lit. time of Mr. Hlane il wascisy
itnnejli lo "i t a slaleincul of ihe.'iiiiount.
II! il. liulil' d in I' lliii it be known
what a vvoiiili .'ul pri'su ions fellow he
w a-. Hi- daughters, ho in-it i ai d
ptim i -, iin- not proud of tin- -.um e of
llnir wealth, and since their father's
death line -oiivht to divert attention
fioin thiin-elvis ami t licit 'affairs in inuch
is piis-ibh . M. Wnualliii is now the
general tnaiiaui r of the Casino, ami he
lei- lately i x i ii it out tint the m l prolits
of the tables la-t year w lily I Ml,
I H Ml. nr one fouilh of what ihev used to
be.
A bun Itieasl nf It.
lir..nhe.iiiiio Lawyer (tn iippostnrj
w it ncss . hcri' you ever arrested for
felony ;
'I he Wit lie- i ic-ierately Yes.
I.avwel Ale
What was that ftl-
ii v :
Witii.
Ars
Law ver - W hat buihliii" was it lllat
you set lire lo?
itues -Thu kc (uilace tit Mniitual.
A Cotinlrj" School.
Trolly nml pule and tinid
Khe -siu in her stiff bnek-il chair,
Whiln the bhizint; summer sua
Bliint's in on her soft brown hair,
Ami thu tiny brook without,
That sho hours through Umj 0(ion door,
Muck Willi its inuriiiur e iol
Haul I curb and dusty floor.
It S'-'Ciiid such an ondlesB round
lirnmiuai' and A. Ii. C.
Tim blackboard nml the sums,
Tim si lipid (,'i"i,raphy;
When from teacher to little Jer.i
Nnl one of t In-ill caros a straw
Whether "John" is in any "case,"
ir K iii.Hiis in Omiiha.
lint .(iiiimio"ii bare, brown feet
Are ni-liin to wado in tho stream,
Where the trout to his lui-iin; bull
Shall leap with a quick, hri-M lenm;
And hits le-ielierU blue eyes stray
To the Howem on tlie de-It hard by,
Till her thoughts bavo followed her eyes
With a hiilf inicoiise ous sigh.
Iler heart outruns the clock
As she smells their first svvsel scent;
Hut. when have tune and heart
Their ine isure in unison betitf
For time will ha-te or lag,
lake your shadow- on the gr.isJ,
That lingers far behind,
Or Ibes when you fain would pns.1.
Have patience, rustles Jem.
The stream tin I tho li.-h will wait;
And p itiein", tin-1 Idun eyes -
liown tlm wiii lin road hy Hi" Rato,
I'li.l. i- Hie willow shade,
fitaiuls s iin.'i'iie vv.th fresher Unworn;
Ho turn to your hooks again,
And keep lovo for the alter honr.
- tOin ilm Uorald,
III MOIIOl S.
Lverv bakery ha- its pie rale.
A'pialie oratory Water spoiilitie;.
lii-uniar cluin h irners- Sexloin.
A soldier i- known by the company ho
keeps.
The lino Iru t will make (he lover nf
polk chops bri ll'- willl il.i'4ll:lli"l.
An onliti!.' to Ihe inniket reports,
onion- an- stroll . at ten i nils a bunch.
Your wa.-licrwoiiian niiiy be a good
soft sua per. lull -he i- not always a white-Wii-ber.
Fir-t Lady: Yhat an inipcrinus, dic
tatorial, arrouaiii man tluil Mr. 1'umpin
is. Sceonil lady: Yes; you know hi)
ha- in ver been man n d.
A rhrini-i di i fires thai wood can Itn
( onv eilcil into pal liable f I Tlmsii
pels.. un who pay for "honi'd"" will not
be surprised nl tin -t itctnenl .
Tin man who lit-l siiL'i;e-led the ll-e of
an X in the -iunt nre of a person wln
coiihl not vvtite win no philosopher. Tho
litm of iIi'ihl'- -li'iiild have led him In
seleit the cipher, which :n ,i ii.auli il:i iipli
is ( iiiiin tit ly si::iiilii-.anl in inn-t i ines.
Sriileiirrd In the llaiulmu.
This puni-liiueiil i- a- peculiar as must
Chine-c piini-him tits an- The man is
si inl by four or tivr st;iwatt allenil-anl-.
throw n down i-tt his face. Ids loosn
.y iaina- tolled up. lie is firmly held
oiit-in lolied in thi- position by men at
hi- hi in! and bit. Two operators then
siii:it down oppi -iie one anot hi r nil each
side of the ii tiin ( ine lakes a strip nf
seasoned bamboo about three feet loiicj
and one huh wide, and lupins lightly
spanking llie backs ,,f the lliiyln. Hi!
ies twenty of I'ii-c apparently harm
less -piinks. and Hu n hands the hiiinhoit
In Iii- i- a is. who uives his twenty,
and then ham!- it bark: and -o on. turn
about, until the tw n bundled blows are,
administered.
Al lir-l Ihe punishment looks ridiett-lou-ly
li'hl: bill by the time the first lif.
ty blows are reached tlie skin -f the parts
luiit i n bcuiin lo iissiunc the appearance,
of thick wa-h -leal her. ami before thu
hundredth blow the skinbeeins ,, lly ott
in loose while flukes; before the tilllu
two hundred blows h ive been slrurk, tho
wind the back id both thiudn looks
like :i in.a-s of -wollin raw liver, iboiiull
not a drop of hi I ih.ws li.-m th,- pails.
Il is -aid that a man would i xpile uml. r
Ine Xi rucinliiii; tottuie of two hundred
nml lifly of these blows. have ItcMT
seen aiiylhiiiL' like Ine i x.iii-ile aony
depicted ill that man's livid, iii i-riiiLf
features, when he w.n carried into the
prison to rrciivcr." Ih-ston Coiniiierciiil
I'.ui b i in.
I'xpeilition of Cussiirk .ealot.
Ttie Car of lus-ia has forbidden tho
A-hiuoff i xpeditioli (n start for Abyssi
niii. Ashinoff is a Cnssiick .e.ibit who
two years :.l;o enli red Abys-inin willl a
band or armed monks, and ! pielcnd
imj I" hair tl-r Italiiins bitterly he won
the favor and eontideiiee of Ix ill"; .lohti,
and win welcomed in Abyssinin mora
heartily than tiny previous while visitor,
lie founded the town of New Moscow,
lonvinecd K im,' John that thi it reliointis
were practically identical, and (.bliiincil
permission to brin in a la rye nitmbrr of
Kiissian iniinirants. The tulvaiiee party
win tn roinist nf forty prirsts and sixty
monks, and it was in Lr fiillnwrd next
Ituuitll by 'Jllllll yiiiinr; ineli w hn had o
imderts'ii a inrdii iil i xaminalion before
Ihev were ecepled .n ctniraltls. The
Czar, however, has dl-lnimleil the expo,
ililhrn. ami I'm liidd'-n A -b i in .IT to (am
tiiiuv kU pilaus. Wiuhingtou btur.
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