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VOL. XI.
I'ITTS1K)IU) CHATHAM CO., N. C, MAY Hi, ISSn.
x0. 37.
Cfce
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The American bill.
,ie pieti nl, I I mi young yitl,
fcot nf i . li I nf I !( mill young yill,
A ..... .Ml , ,.,v,
A ni'lily ami i- tf-y,
A 111 l IT "f " II .VOIIII", s' I
A I..hii. in li. i pin.-" v ling r.h 1,
A iii'm r w ill l.-n-r . ii. in g i '.
A M i-r m i- ,
A l.f" niri' and rl nil,
A princes, uf k.ii i. y.nnig gill.
A wiiii' In r tin ii limr young gill,
A Iree fnmi Mini' tilling y ii I,
Improves every li.inr,
Nn sickly siinll .wr,
A Wraith i.f nn.. s-nse young girl.
An nn Iv rrlu iii;'. Mum : -.n I,
An active, ii-pring vn v, gn I,
A Illi'l'llilU in i lT,
A dandy 'I " i-i i,
A r.. ;ir tir Aiuri ,u gii I.
Am hi-iitstly lourling miing gill,
A in i T m' n llir mg N ming i;ii I,
A illrl llll'l (I'll",
A lllnil"-', Ill i
A lii h r ii w ifr young nil I.
A sought i i i ry li rr vming pli 1,
A fu me iim-l fiiir young gill,
An i'1'T 1 i I'r t,
H'l' Inn se ll III lll-l'l,
Tlii- iii" n ain li.; ii.fiH young gli I.
.!.(. '. Hon.-. i ii .V.i. J-.iWi U. ii.
Threo Marino Mystoriw.
I suppose 1 1 : 1 1 .1 bundled 1 1 1 1 -i (iillll.
Illnl fin wllirrollr i- In ', Iml wlnn one
Ii lln-ls nil I In- dnngi I i to whh ll lliry
art- rxp i-rd In- i ii ii-1 mini I that soman
i' rape. 1 iw :i II I of lliirly-si ini-s
in'.' -Vip- llir i Hut day, mi-nig fnmi
Aiiu'I m .i i, Fi::'i-!i .in I I'n nili poll-,
n ii 1 tlic f;ili' nf r ii It was unknown "i
gur.-sed at. Siv tint half nf llirin
' i ii 1 1 1 - I in mi I ..i-i-.i'i, livi wi i- inn
down in co'Ii-ioi, live mm-" weie
I -1 I nil tape, it i-liKiiU wlii'ii" :i 1 1
hands n 'i Ii ii. ail win' h.tain.'of llir
let? SlV tint tiller nf till' Irlll'.iuill'l
wile de-lrovod by III f. .and what f:iti'
.-hall wi' nit u !i In tin' ullirr li vt ; Fnun
;lii' nn tin nl a v, -i.rl have; put tn begin
ln r voyage slir i- exposed In danger,
iiml though a sailor may In' rvrr so
leave aid 1 nrdy. hr , aaimt shake nil
III- knowledge lll lt In- live Oil Hie Verge
nf the grave. Tin rr air (,'ali -, ji M t fm;-,
,iinl ci'llisinii-, ami tin-, mill liiihlrn
rm -k, ami p. wr:lul riin i' 'I-; iiml mi I
li ir.it that it i- a inaivrl innrr : Iin;:
rialt a:r n .1 a lii ' I tn tii" l"in sninr li-t
n! ini-in:; uliiili is inmiliil jrar by
year.
In tlir yrar I a- llir l'.iili-li balk
I. ii'il ( tlilham. nf whii li I was mt..ihI
tii.it. was appi'nai hini; llir ( anaiy
1-liinls, mul nlirii iilmiil mi inilr ills
taut, wr Wrre raiiulit in llir tail rml nf a
rvi lniir aii'l li.nllv kiim k". almijl. N i
nut i. lit Willi .-mil' slijjil In s ail. I a nirat
ilral nf ili i niiifni I, an l writ' braiini; up
nrjain In inn i-nin -r w In n a i;irat ral.nil
ity liappi mil. Half an Imiii' lufiiir
llii.lnirlil, wliilr tin -liark w is ilniii" In i
In -I nn. In a lii-li hri'i r, a -ii l'li n ami
i;nat -lini k wi- f -1 1 . 1 1 t- iirisls wml
by tin- linanl, aial a I li ai lir I llir
iin k, a miniitr afhi 1 1..- slim k, thr hull
su nn-1 In split nprli linm sti in t" stiTii.
1 llll.l ".'Hr In l.'W tn "i t a n!a-s nf bit
Iri s, Ii living thr ih ik niily thirty m r
I'llils brf'Ti' thr slun k i am'. I was
kll'H ki ll ihnvtl llll'l l ull f ll-l'i I, but it
ronl'l lint havi; brrii nv. r sixty 'rcmiils
bi-foli' I rir;aillril llir ilr.'k. It was just
i'l timr In In" raiiinl uvrrlmaiil. I
wrnt with a l"t if ralll" from
tin- ib-i ks, ami ii ii i i I the fri li -t'lii'i)
iiir. nf thr nu n, mnl n ipiailer nf
an Iiniir latir, wlii'ii I h.i'l l.-ishnl lii-'rlf
in the ri'i'-stn is if thr mainmast, 1
0 nilil nut m t an niisHi v .i any (if my
1 alls to the li st nf thr ni v. llmv it
was that all were ln-l I never inuhl
make nut. Tin re was lalll eiinunh to
have finale. 1 liilO men, iiml my wali ll
certainly all whir awake at the tnnment
of the collision. The only explanation
1 can nive is th.it they were miiirliiiw
raiiu'lil ami ii ti-linl. 1 iliifteil ilnriii
the ii'4 of the ni'it, anil was picket!
tip in the innniin:; by a vessel bonnil in.
l!y that time the w r.i K.'ilt.. Incl ili.liiil
apart until iii.thiir; cnuhl be fouml.
Nothing whatever win piikeil up or cast
upon an.' -line, ami hail I imt been
n.ivc.1, the fat" of the bark couM only
Iiii t been tjtif s-' a'.
Whit ili.l she lollnle wiih? The
lonkoills were on lhi low, ami alert,
anil the niyht so clr u- that a -hip couhl
liave I cell seen a mile away. The chart
sliowc l clear water I'm a Imiiilreil mile,
ab ml, ami we mii-l have run full lilt
lipnil some vi'-el which li.-el h enili..
inasteil ami bil'4'il in the hurricane. Il
loU'ldl w ilh timlie:-, her lecks woiilil
have ben aw ish, ami she wo'iM have
been us luul as a rock t lollnle with.
There was only one shock, ami the
whole hows of the bark were criishc.l in
by it.
Three years later, whiln olT the Hanks
of Hrarl in a small V. a-jlisli ship calleil
the White Chcul, anollur strange thiiiir
hiipveniil. I was fust mate of Ihis ship,
and nn . ut It) o'clock in the fi'ienoon,
the weather beiu very tine ami the wiml
Iillll, I hail all (he men on ileek settinr
up the rii-i;itii;, some of whiili hail
ulii ki ne l away. A mini nl ft mi Menly
hnileil the deck with the information
(but a lnrijo whale wa hearing down on
the ship li".. on. We weir a mer
chant vessel, ami the sit'ht of a whale
had no interml for us. We went on
with our work fur three or lour minutes,
when the man again hailed me with:
'If that fellow hn III his coui-c he
will In; ili. el on to Hi, lie's a l'i' lei
low, ami i nmiiii; like an iron .steamer."
I rim forward lo get n look, ami the
sea was so Mi ih that I had no dilliciil-
ly in inakinj,' nut the whale, Jlr wa
still a mile away, i otniiiL' dow n nl al nut
straini i speed, and linldini; a tour e us
Iraijjlit as if somebody nboard of him
wa slecriiii.' by i ninpass, I w as not. a
hit nlainieil, i vpreting to see him t-hnw
lluki-M i'vt ry nn inenl , but the Captniii
i ame on ili i k anil null led llir man nl
I he wheel In Ineak olT two or llill.'C
points. This t'louglil the whale mi our
port 1'i'iv. As I told joii, 1 cxp'-clid lo
it hini sniind every moment. It was
ii-lniii-liine; that he hud imt diseoven.'.l
ll- I. ii liefore. emild -t .ucely brlii Ve
my i n1- as he held on, and by and by
wi- had 1 1 mi al'inr-i'le. I am lelliiie; ymi
the liuth when I say l.e aelu.i'.ly
nil. I... I us :i i we p.is-ed cai hothci, and
the odor of him was so lank that nmue
of the men cried out in di-;;us. That
w hale w as ninety li et long if he was an
iin b, and he had a head on him like a
lirii k wall. So far as We could Me he
w as i ai i via:; no hai poons ami had no
iie.li wi'iiml. bill he wat urns . f low n
and I . 1 1 nach d as if he had kmnkeil
aSoul for a couple nf hundred ye.us.
Tin' fact nf his In l'liiiL; hi- own in sin h
a bull hca led way was alaiinin;;, mi l
when wi- weir i li ar of him we Ii II to
i onyi.itul ilin;; ourselves mi l llir i lo-e
-have.
We Wclepiilnp. a mile apart when
the whal' -h wed .ili'illiil. The inoiiicnt
we .1 i-i oeir I what he wa- dolii;; we
liiinv that hr meant lo all:tk. The
In eie had now died away until we
i mild not hope lo do. I';e him, and he
had not yet laiily (tuned when we
dnippeil the yawl 1 1 nil the davits ami
ran In i aloiur-iile to the Ii v. Twnim n
Wei e onlereil to gt t wa'-tanil piovi'ions
into h' l, and as the whale lira le I up fm
us we wenl oil lifme the I it; lit luee.i' In
"he him all the r.niin we could. Thnc
or fniir luiiiiitei M'ttlcl the ipn si inn nf
w he! her he w a ill li r t he ship nr S!iilino
his own iniii-e. I le headed up for her,
i. mini"; fa-ler :ind fa-ler, ami when he
was two tallies' lenglh away lliele was a
ureal white wall of walei rnllini; liefore
him, ami his .-jted was In. in cighlit ii In
twenty mile- an li.'iu. lb- slruek us full
mi the 'laihoard ipiailer. and the shock
was as if Inn ships had collided. I'lauks
and rilis yave way before him, and as hr
lei o led fioin the blow our ship settled
down sleiu lii t ami wai nn -
h i water williin two iiiiniiles. Kvrry
hotly w.is knocked down by the shock,
and even Imdy "nl up to Hl-h for the
yawl. I w.i- sm kid th'Wn ahno-t as
- on a- I leailnil m I'll, and alltr :i ,
-ti 1 1 1: u 1 1 , in whiih I i am it lii-i lust !
by a i I"-" shave, I wa. shut to the sur-
face amid a lot of deck latfle. There
w eic two or I hu e nu n ar.'Uinl inc at
liist, and as I was heaved up I caught
sight of the yawl wiih al lea-t two men
in her. The whale was s'ill at hand,
lying very ipi t-t, bit' 1 fr.-unl hi' woti'il
soon b." amused and attack us in turn,
and I seied the galley door and paddled
away to git out of li s reach. Whiln lin
ing this a -ipi.ill came down ami hung
on for twenty iiruutcs, and when it hail
pa-i d I iniil'l sec nnihiii;; of boat nor
whale.
That al'lernoon, an hour before sun
down, I was picked up by Ihe American
whaler Kiehaid Knox. She alica ly had
our yaw 1, which she had f mini bottom
up, but had not seen any of the nieii nor
met with imy wreckage. I was again
the only our saved, and but for my
testimony Ihe f at" of thr ship would
have forever remained a niy-tery. As to
why the while attaekol u- wat made
mure clear after my re-cue. The Knox
had raised and chased him the evening
before, and he had been "gallied" or
annoyed so often dining the month
pa-t that h" had bic.uue u ;ly. it" came
for us with the intention of sending Un
ship to the In. tli in, and he Hii'i ct'di d
inly ton well in carrying nut his pui -
pier.
A third mystery was the cae of the
.lam I Wilcx, an Ameiiean brig bound
for Km .laneiio. I was second imt of
her when the oeeuri i nee took place. We
had I ad wenth-r for a goo 1 share of the
voyage, bat the btig wat n-w ami
-(.nu ll, and was at m lime in immiii. lit
peril. About H'lO mile olT Kio, while
cnj iyin a 1 it of good weather, we one
mm ning rai-eil a lough tat full of men
dead ahead of ui. Imlcd, the boat had
taken tlown her sail and was waiting
for us to rome up. There were nine
men iib uird of her, and they had plenty
of water and pmviiiniw. The story
they told was that they'';.r
n part of the uvw of a large
lliitish ship which had been burned
two days before. They claimed that all
had got i IT in the boats, but that the
boats hail become separated in the heavy
weather. They were a hard-looking
lot, composed of all nationalities, mid
when in- had taken them ab .anl out
captain was by no menus satisfied with
their story. One of them claimed tn be
second male, and, as the crew had nil
got nir in two boats, it was a puzzle
that the tiist mate was not in command
of one. ll her strange things came up,
mnl the story nf the men did not hang
together, and So all hand- wi re ordered
to keep an rye on the fellow.
We got it good slant t f wind and hid
run ilnwii tn within fifty or sixty miles
of the roust when the fellows showed
their hands. They had I inn allowed to
mingle freely with our crew, but had
cine fully abstained fiom a remark In in
dicate that t hey had an evil purpo-e in
view. Their boat win large mid un
wieldy, and we hid tir.V" I il after in
iiillu r than to cast it lo no or to attempt
In hoist it inboir I. 1 was on watch
from light to twelve, and nothing sils
pieimn oceiirre I during the first three
hours. About II o'c'oi k, lis I st I
near the mi in at the wheel, I win hailed
from the foremast wit h;
".Mr. Merlin, will you please step for.
ward mid take n look at something we
can't make mi' ("
I afterward recalled that il was not
ihe voice of one of my Watch, but I did
lint heed the matter lit the time. I
started forward, and had reached tin
waist of the vessel when two men seized
me, lilted me clear of the deck, and be
fore 1 could leeoviT frmn my astonish
ment 1 wat tiling iiverlioar 1 head fust.
It was in by instinct than any plan id
my 1 1 w 1 1 I but I swam lor the Imat t w ing
nslein. Had Ihe brig not been sailing
close liaule I, and therefore sailing al a
moderate pace, I slmul I lint have
reached it. It was a t ime shave, nnd
as I hung to Ihe gunwale fm a moment
I In . in I a great iimlti-ion on Ihe brig.
II a mutiny, of i mn -e, and I was the
liist vicl iin. My idea was to get
aboard again as soon as possible,
and t Iks only way was lo get
into I lie yawl, pu' I her close up, ami
then shi i up the painter. After an ef
fort or two I pulled myself in, and just
llien Mine wine oaths and cries and pis
tol shots from the brig, followed by a
duple of spla-hes alongside, which
meant that two bodies, living or dead,
had gone ovci boanl. I had hold of the
painter when it was In. sened from
above, and I diifted rapidly "stem. '1 he
light continued as long as was within
hearing. I was mil of it entirely and
nmld only hope lint our crew, who weie
nil good nun. would overcome, the
mutineers in the struggle.
A fur the brig was out of sight I got
sail on the boat, and followel her tn the
best of my judgment. It was just in the
giay of timr ling that I was picked up by
a I'.nli-li ship b Hind tut Km. ll wasn't
so very mysterious lh.it we picked up
the boat .and that her clew allemptcl
our capt lire, but it ceitainlv w.H ipleer
that frmn the hour she left ine to this
(lav that brig h.n never been heard of.
but fur my c'eape she would have been
rated us b st, mid ihe insiiianec paid.
As it was the insurant c comp'ny con
tested payment, and won their case in
court. The in-uianee of thai day, at
lea-t, did not provide for any such
emergency. Ti.e naval and merchant
si'ivice of every piwer was
nut ilicil of the ciii'iim-lance,
and for two or three years every fra
was under observation, but. the brig
was never oveihaule I, nor any of her
old crew heard of. My idea is that she
foundered within n few days with nil
hands, but other; differ. She certainly
did net turn pirat and she was never
heard of as n wink. There is no such
Itrilisli ship as the men said, nor was
any raft burin'd as they stated. They
must have been lying in wait ; but it is
ipleer that they would be so far out to
sea in such n boat. Taken all iu all, it
was a str.ing' ia e, a nl nn one ha- ever
got the right end of 1'ie thread to solve
the tangle. - -.V. n York vi.
To Sate Time.
Anything to'tic lime is ew York's
motto. The newts: thing is a shop
where nir:i find women may have their
shoes ineiide l while they Wail. Custo
mers si" the l ib " t slto. iu iking intiehineiy
iu the w indow, and behind the machine
a row of l.is's, at whic'i men prepare
the wo:k for Ihe ma' hints. A woman
goes in, has her slu es I iken oil, put on
the lasts, trimmed of all laid I s ami
shr.'. Is, fitted with new hi" I: a id soles,
put iiilo a sew iu ; or nailing machines
and made goo 1 as new almost half as
tpiii kly as it has tti'ien to write these
words. Patching is the only work that
is done in the old-fa-hioiH'd way. Kn
tirc new shoes are made lo order by tin
pair in tW' hours.
An Old Maid's l iciiks. j
ld Miss IVinon of l'lllsli.-ld, Miss.,
is dead. She win a noted character. I
Shr used tug) to cattle show bedecked ;
with diamonds. In her ellecls wen j
found fifty bonnets, sevcnly shawls ami 1
many si'k dre'ses ti ft v veari old. Itut 1
she couhl afford what she pleased, be
cause her personal estate jirohated at
1150,1)00,
( IIII.DRK.YS f OM MN.
V. II V ft-Altl.lK I lltKll.
Plie eri si anliil" ill th" ini.riiiiig
Hi-. Ill-" she Wllke.l to-i sn ll;
She erie I ic'iiin at brni k f ist,
She hurt Ii r ni'Uith with it spoon.
She er ed w hen main nn kissed her,
' 't'nus '(wasn't th" hiu't'sl sriot,"
And next -lie cried for syrup,
I;, ran- -ho winitisl a ..t.
She eriisl w ll.'ll p ipa l"ft le r.
To go with I j III to town;
She cried w h"ii shebuiiiii i li"r fori'lii'i'l,
Shr e inl when she tumbled down.
Sll" cried to w rite w I'll a "ielieil,"
SI i-ie I to dip it in ink:
Tlir next time I hnii' l l.er eryina,
She "Imd n pni i," I think.
Sh" erinl, she WHS So -lis py,
Hut duln t mint n imp;
She rrie. that mamma was busy
Ween sh" wanted to sit in her Ian;
SheiTie.l 1 an-" it was bed time,
Slie thoiieht it e-ime too main, .
And a- -li" was earriisl away up stairs,
She w a- -int;iu) th" s-inie o'd tune.
Nmv d-'ii't vmi think so many ten' 8
Make iputr a sen of sorrow :'
Oh, what shall we do with I'earli",
If she erie- so 1 1 1 ii- Ii to morrow !
- Toii'iVs ( 'omyinition.
Isril.lUMI V Willi H MT.
The ciiii-tiuclion of Ihe nests of birdf
is a much mure wonderful subject of
thought than the varieties of their eggs,
and a colleeiion of them is very curious
and interesting, though one would re
tpiire an amount of room which no boy
has lo dcvoti! to siieh purposes; and I
think a study of tlu-m, as well as of tin
habits of all living creatures, may In
puisued without in jury to th" lives m
needless inlcrfi rent " w ith the comfort of
the subjects of our obsciv.ition. 1'erhap'
you tin not know- how many dilTere'it
ways birds build, nnplaintanee will
them bring limited by a study only of
the ne-ts of nativ birdi. If this is true,
you would he ama.ed to see the collec
tion in any lai"" must. uui of natural his
tory. 7V.- .r.i.
Till-: i.t.i en wr s iiinn. 1
An oHieer in the Hcugal army had n ;
very line and favmite elephant, which;
was siippli il d lily in his presem e w ill
a certain allowamc of food, but being
compelled lo ab-eiit liim-elf on n jour- !
my. the keeper of the hra-t tliuiini-hnl
the ratimi or f I. tin. I the animal be ,
i time daily thinner and weaker. When
its m i-ti r leturiiel, tie- elephant c
hibilr I tbe gieale-t -igns of pleasure.
'I li- If ding tllli cairn . and th" k re pel
laid b 'furo it Ihe bum i lull allowanet
of fot it I, which il tlividul into two pails,
1 .
coiiMiiuiug our tniiiieili.iti Iv and leaviiiL'
the other unit in hod. 'II Ilicer, know- ,
ing the s.igtii'ity of his l.iv.ii ite, saw im
mitlialely the fitiud that had been prae
ticid and mad" the mm mlifcst hi
criine. 'I'.ii'i'i' .
KM I Ml I I
Two boy- were at w.ak linking i
small sai b m'. It lay in an inlet on tin
New ,b i'-e t oa-t, nnd h id hem hiicl
from thrm for the season by a stiangei
from New Ymk.
('me tiling, Hob," said one of (hr
bus. "It's a'l light li. 'W. We'll le.'
too late to sc" Ihe ball match, if we don't
starl at mice."
lioli had taken down some of the old
rones, nml had rigged the boat with1
I r-r- j
new ones. The halyards he had not yet
examined.
"They're all right," urged his com
pinion, trying litem,- "strong enough I
to lad fi r years."
"No: I'll p it in new hal , -arils.
premis ..1 t make a Ihoioiigh job of it." :
"Then you'll ni'ss the game. I'm ;
olt:" j
Tom ran across the lirhl; Hob hesi
tated as he looked after him. It was a '
-htirp dis.ippointini nt to miss the game j
The old ha! . arils weie worn, but they
wcte still stout.
"'Iluy'll stand this summer well
enough '." iniitlerc I I! ih. j
Then, with a tpiie't, ilc-isive move
ment, ho cut tlu-m, .ill. I proceeded to put
iu new i"pi s. "I 11 make the job
Ihoioueh," he -aid.
Th it very evening the New York gen- i
lleman tn k a put) of his friends out
fir a sad, amoig lluin several pen sou s
whose lives wet peeit lly valuable to
the i ..'.Humility, ami whose death
would havr been a cilamity. When
they wen a ill I" fmin the land, a lieitn
-ipiall struct; the boat. They steered
tow. ltd ihoshoio. The boat was t airying;
too in ui h sail for such a wiml.
"If your galT gives way we tiro
gone!" said a physician in the parly, in
a low voice.
"It all depends mi t he halyards. They
tire ihw. Hut thtle's a teiiilic strain on
them."
livery eye iu the bo.it was upon the
short, kii'ilted ropes. They creaked
ominously ; hut they bote the strain, and
in a sh.. it time Ihe boat was driven up
HI the beach. Hub's stout bits of new
lope bad saved the lives of nil en board.
IonA ( iiiymti.
A twenty one day dock in a long,
winded nllair,
AN AQUATIC CITY.
Siani's Capital and Its Fifteen
Miles of Float ins: Houses.
Glimpses of a Country About
Which Little is Known.
Siam, says Frank !. Carpenter in a
letter from H.angkok, is one of the out j
of-the way coiinti irs of the w oi Id. None j
nf the gn at steamship lines of the I'm i j
fie or of the Indian Oi eati stop at it. j
I-'ew globe trottt is visit it mid it is
ll i-1 lit tifteen hull. lie I miles out of the
regular line of (ravel around tie) wmld. ,
The glial Siamese peninsula juts dow n
from the east coti-t of China. It c ill- !
i
tains half a do' ii tlilTeient countries,
Ihe chief of wh'eli are Hurin ih. S am i
and the Frcm h Slates of China. Siam .
itself is at the lower cud of th" peniu ;
sulti and it hounds Ihe greater part of
the mighty body of water known as the
Culf of Siam. It is l.'.n) miles long,
nnd at its wid. st part il is l.Ml miles j
wide. Il is aluins' a- Hat as your hand, .
though it has here mid there a few !
mountain chain.. It has many big
rivi t i, ami the country is as much rut :
up wilh canals as is Holland. During ;
(he rainy s-'tisou it becomis a mi"hty t
lake, and the pie ni ne Inn- and ,
I here from our city to another ill Imals. 1
The grcatc-t river is the Meii.un, ;
which Ihe Siiine-e know by the same i
name as the Indian- knew th" Mi i-
sippi. It is "the r.illuT of Waleis," j
and il forms Ihe meal highway of the j
Kingdom. This river flow into the
i 1 1 f of Siam al its head, an I it is about ,
forty miles from its moulh that 1 sit J
line on its banks and w rite t hi - letter in ,
tliis llntiting city of Hingkok. Imagine
t city as large a Chicairo, of whiih !
ninety nine hundrcdlh- of the people
live on llir Water. There air fifteen
miles of floating Inui-is on ihe two sides
of this rivt r, and I In sc. with the King's
palaces ami a few forciun buildings mi :
the land, make up the capital ol the 1
Siamese people. j
There til e six millions and in ue id
these Shinies", and their cuuntn covets
a teirilory of about twice th" si.'" of !
Colortido, f ur litiii s (lie -i of New
York, and it is abou' live limn as big
as Ohio. It is a trnp tal country, and
the click of my typewriter falls up ei my
I tus lllinl w till I hr - itlns ol t hulls in. Is ;
of binl- which sing in Ih" bianehes of j
the In e l-id" of the i it it tital hotel. I
The doors and the w iteb.ws .oe al I open, '
ami (hr lightr I of wind dm linr-i i- ;
oppres-ive tn clotliiiig. It i- loi In. I to
go out in 111" middle of Ih" day, and we j
have till III" suir.iii id. lies of the Impics.
Tlicei'iinul ti'id the palm I roe line the
bank- of this Men on I! vet, and tin1
boats (lit in and out nf jun;lis
which r in i ii. I one of the -w imp- ,,
Florida, save that yu may -er the mmi '
keys upo.i the tie s, an I the plumage of
(lie birds i. in. .ie -pirn lid.
1 wish I emld give you a pliluieof
ourride up the Metiani lo llangkok. The !
sides of the river are lim d withthe-e
small tl. uiting hmi-es. I'h'V me an 1
i holed lo piles mid lh"V lie half hidden
by the great palm trees on the banks, j
Here and there a canal juts i IV into the ;
jungle, and the Imuset o i it In ike this .
a floating street. These houses are ;
made of bamboo, with their sides and j
their roofs thatched with palm leaves.
They are sometimes on piles high above j
the water, but more often tiny re-t on j
its surface. They are ti -d to po'n !
driven into the bed of the river, an 1 ,
they ri-e and fall with the tide. Theii
average height is not more than ten
feet, anl each looks like two large dog
kennel fasti-np I together and covered
with palm leaves.
Her.' and th re is an opening in the
palm Itees a id yu get a glimpse ( f the
country; it is ll.-r as the waters of the
river and w hen it is ploughed it looks
ns black as your Int. The only beasts
up n il are ugly water bulTiloes, Tin re
are no fences, no barns, .and only these
thatched hmi-es on pi i s.
The riv.r is winding. ll i- p ihap.a
ipiailer of a mile w ide, .rid every turn
brings new surprises. As we mar llang
kok the waters tut alive with craft of all
kind--. I.it tie, naked hr. i w n, -.hock In ad
cd yoii'igsteis ptub I t I m g i a noes not ovet
two fi t I wid- ,,-,. s,, Ynp (ha1 the
least balance would unseat Ihe rower
There are women with great hats of
straw, whiih look like inverted work
baskets, sitt'ng in boats which they
paddle along, and boats of all sizes are
woiknl by all ngis and sixes from
babies of six to w t inkle. I old tin ti and
short, giav haired women of sixty. As
you niter Hingkok the crowd increases.
Instead id one line of floating houses
along the hanks there are three and
sonirlitues four. The whole liver is
alive and you 1111 your eyes this way
nml that, live' ine; a maze of new ob
jects at every turn.
A new fruit 1 as been d seovered in
southern California whiih is said to la te
like. daat.
The Ignorance nf Russian Police.
From an art it le by (ieoige Kennan iu
(he IVntmy we ipmle the following:
"We lit . aid many funny stoties from (he
political exiles in Siberia with legard to
Ihe ign 'ii'inf shown and the mUlakes
made bv the rural polit e ill dealing with
. I
siippo-ed revolut ioni-ts. Four or live
v . ais ago, usi nio-i lie- a-.-ii-oi.oi'.n " ,
, ... 1 -, .-; , .1..,.
Ihe gendarme o Mirer Siideiktn iSoo-day-!
. i
i kill) by the terrorist IVgalef iDeegy- .
yelTi, phol'igiaphs of Degai' f wa re fen!
to even- police 1. flier in thr Fmpiie. tn i
the l.tn'k w as p int,,! an oiler of l,n0 '
,, , ' , , ,, ;
Hides rewa.il for the rapture of the as- .
sas-in, and mi the face were printed six j
pi, itngraphs of D 'gatef, shnwing how he
looked in a cap and w ithout a cap; with 1
a full beard and without 11 full braid; ,
ami wiih a mustache ami without a nut'- j
tat he. A hanl.di inking tmd ignorant
police 1 llieer iu a village of Western Si-
beri.i into who-e hands a copy tif this ;
card fell, ain -tel four unlucky way- t
fareis who happrtied to look more or 1
le s likr the photographs of Drg.aief, .-11111 !
coinniilti d I In-lit to jail; then he went. .
about the villae, and to the dram shop, ,
111 a half tipsy t n I i I ti, botisting thai '
hr had raptured four of lltose aeeursed
Di gait I-, ami w:ir going' to hold thrm j
until he c mid find the other two, so
that he r ml I turn tin- six together over j
to Ihe higher auileuitiei. He had no '
doubt thai he would get no' only lh .
I'Mltm 1 uldrs' rewanl, but a cross of
honor.
"An. .iin r polite ollicer, tipiallyig
iioiatit, tun sli d a sci-milie man, a mi ni
her of Ihe Impi 1 ial I b ographit al Society,
w ho had gone into Ihe coun'ry to pursue
his favmite study of ornithology. The
unfortunate naturalist wa . :u customed to
note down everyday the names of the
birds of which he had sri-urnl specimens,
and the sagacious police r llieer, in look- 1
ing ever Ins pi is r's diaiy, found on
almost everv page .such entries as '.lime
l.'i Killed a tine 1 row n snipe Ihis after- 1
noon; or '.lune 17 Shot a silvia hor-
teii-i. today.' licgaiding tin se cut lies 1
as iiiiini-lakable Itcoid- ill cipher of
nihilisiie miinbrs, tin- ollicer sent the
captiitrd ornithologist under strong
giianl to the chl. f of police of the dis
tiict, with Ihenoir l o k a-'bicniuentary 1
piool'ihai the pii-oi.i r was one of tin- ;
ino-l di .ciale and bloo.lihii'sty of the
lerioti-l a-as-in-; the riiliy with irgard
to nowti snipe' hr said was plainly a ;
i, . i. me In the nio-t itugii t family of ;
Ihelbi-sllil.il'."
Nail Kiting Dangerous.
"A novel incident re-ulliiig fiom a
habit of mi lotuiuon pit valence among
ie noii. pi iple wa- brought to my no
tice in t nth .' -a d a h ading physician
of Philadelphia to a n pnrtei the other
d iv. "A young lady pic t iil'-d herself
al mv "Ili' c and 1 cm pi tiini-d of a con
slant ii riialniti iu lnr throat. Two
Week- plevimlslv -he h id bi en taken
with a si veie attack of sore thro.il,
whiih wa-ti. ate I by the family physi
, iau. 1 mh r hi- 1 aie -le- 'anl (he inlla
tu ittoti .pin kly -subsided, but tin re j still
rcniaiue I ti srn-.'l ion of irritation. Fx
animation revealed a small fleshy look
ing object alimil the sie of a kernel of
w heat adln rmt t" the tis-urs posterior
to the left tmisil bv the one end. The
mhi r part-of the throat were ni ni:il. I .-i 11 1 1 f n 1 . jrt i. f, hate, cruelty, benevo
The little mass .vul'i not he detached by revenge, rage, shame, regret, tie-
a cotton inveiel probe, but by the use of
fnltrps it was rasily reninveil, tllld oil
ex ainma' i"ii proved to be a piece of I'm
gt-r nail wlcch had b unr enibeihleil in
tl cheesy deposit. A broken pi-re of the
nail was al- removed frmn under the
mucous membrane at the same spot by
a sharp point'' I prob". The Inly then
confe-seil to thr habit of biting hi r I'm-
ger nails, and. 11101, over, could rciiicin- , the theory nf D-s.-c it. On the contrary,
bi r that a day or two previous to ",r I ..motional Iif- of nniiunN i-. so strik-tlir.-at
tro ible a piece of nail she had :M,,lv similar to the emotional life of
bitten olT hail heroine lost in l,i 1 mouth,
but after it had . au-. d a lit of cough-
ing she had forgotten nil ah
nit it until
reminded by the discovery
I'rach Mime Fuel.
It has been d ni 'iisiraied in Vara
Valley that peat h stones will make lis
goo 1 a lite for liou ihi'ld pui p ises as
the be-t kind of coal in th - market, says
(he Yalli j 1C11. 1 IV.;-.,.. .... The fruit
growers, instead of, in heretofore,
throwing the pits awav. dispose of the
stones al the present time at the rate of
!fa! a (on. A sack of Ihe stones will
weigh a hunt eighty p muds, and will
la-l as Imig as an cipial number of
pounds of coal, ami given greater in
leiisi y of hrat. Al many of the or
chards in the valley may be seen great
stacks of peach and aptnot stones which
will eventually find their way to San
Francisco ami other places to be used for
fuel. The apricot sdmesdo not burn as
readily as the peach, and will not com
mand as g od a pric . The fruit raisers
will 1111 loubtedly be pleased to learn
thai I hey now have another sourer of
revenue open to them. A large number
of peaches are dried during the summer
seas m for .shipm uit. As soon as the
owners find that they have a market for
the stones, a greater nuinlier of pounds
will be Uriel (hau hrretofoio.
Cornish I.ullahr.
Out nn th mountain over the town,
All night long, nil nidht l"n.
The troll- (50 up nnd the trolls Ko down,
H'-nring their packs and erooning a song;
And this is the smi the hill folk croon
As they trudge iu th" light of the. misty
moon
"liol'l. g"l'l' ever miiP Rold
Hright red gold for denrii'!"
f 11 in the dill thr VPiiiunn delves,
,. , , ,
All night long nil night Ioiir;
it (. IMrjn., f,irtive elves
Si his toil nnd m-nr nix son;;
Merrily over theeHvern rings
An H'V "ver Lis pick In swings
And merrily over his song hn sing.
( ..,,,. R1,M-
Jinght red n..l,l for dearie'"
w
AM )j(,h .,, , n ni(,lt ,,nf,
Happy to smooth thy early head
And t hold thy linndnnd to sing b-r song;
! Tis not of the hill folk, ilwarfeil anil I'M,
Nor the s nig of th- yeoinnn. staneli nnd bold,
' And the burden it leir-th is not of gold;
Hut it's' l,ovr,lnve -nothing but lovo
; Mother's lo for dearie'''
-Ci iciiyo AVwj
111 MOKOl'S.
H nind to be rcti'l New Innlc.
Not real timber The shiji's log.
Faying ( ash for a suit of cloth'.- is 1
no bill d.-ed.
A gitl always wants a fellow to tie a
"-'.( lovers Knot wnen sue g.-rs ....
sl,llU'-
Like everybody else, the mney
lendtr must have an interest in his
hu-iui ss,
"They come high, but we must have
them," said th" piai I ictil young man
as he gaze I tit the stars one summer
irght.
Hem it tin (It tinting her wayward
cousin 1 -Some voting men never can say
..s,-,, - j.,, , unabashed 1 And some,
m.V(.r ,.., s;lv "Yes."
On the Hun'. "Doclor, why didn't
1 111 kill thai snipe! He 1 ami! just right
for you." "Hut, my dear fellow, he Hew
zig z.ag, ti'id I had 110 sooner fired zig
th 111 In- wa- z.'ig.' '
inks I la - y 1 uir w ile a cheerful dis
posittoi.; Minks- Oh. e.; very 1 l oer
ful. Last night when 1 was dancing
annmd the t to o-i one foot, .after hav
ing -tipped mi a I nk. sin- laughed uulil
ln-l side- ached.
Mrs. Kc lass
I have si lectetl this
"Isn't it a beauty.
Flank iliurrieillyi
My dear, f I" ii nn
Ymi iiiu-n't think of
bonnett. Flank.
mnl only l-' '
" Ttiiiti nl doll it -uiilui
kv uiimlier.
paving that for a bonnet
tllo e tfa beaulie.s."
Trv one of
The laiiolinns of ytn and Unite.
ll wr have regard t o eniot ion-as theso
1 11 111 in the In iile. we can not fail to be
struck by the broad fai l thai the area of
p-n hology which Ihey rover is so near
ly coextensive w ith thai which is cov
ered by the 1 mot ional faculties of man.
Iu my previous wmk- I have given what,
I l oiisider umpi st ionablr evidence of all
the following i-inoli.ui -. whiih I hern
name in the older of their appearance
through the p-y t -hologic.'il scale fear,
surprise, nlTection, pugnacity, cuiiosity,
jealousy, anger, play, sympathy, emu
lation, pride, resentment, rmntion of tho
ii il fulness, rmntion of the ludicrous.
Now, this list rxhau-ts all the humnrt
emotions, with thr exception of those
which refer to religion, moral sense, and
perception of the sublime. Therefore I
think we are fully entitled to conclude,
that, so far as emotions are concerned, it
.an not be said that the facts of animal
lisvcholoL'V raise iinv dillieulties against
man and especially of young children
I T lllink til(, sj,,,jnrily ought fairly
to he taken ns direct t v idenrr rf a gen
etic continuity between them. 1'iipulir
j Origin of n Famous Porcelain,
i In the periol t'.I.M !..) of the I Icon
! l heou dynasty of China, Fmperor Chi
j Isong gave his nickname of Teh'ai
(Tch'ni :io) and the ipialilicitimi of im
I penal ( Yu yio) to porcelain Ilia' camo
, from the country of I'ien, now Kliat
fmi g fou, iu the province, of Ho nun,
nnl an at list having asked him for a
I model, heitplied: "Let the porcelain
' de-liued to the palace be blue as tho
i -ky appears to us alter (he lain in tho
; sp.-K-e between I wo clouds." The. order
was cxtifutcd literally, and tho charmingly-colored
porcelain was called Y11-keuo-thicn-tsing,
(blue of the sky after
the ruin.) To ipiote from a Chincso
chronicler: "It. is blue ns the sky, bril
liant ns a mirror, thin as paper, sonor
ous as the Khing, polished and lustrous,
nnd tetnarntihle for the delicacy of iu
vcining 11s well as for the inc imputable,
beauty of its color." After the death of
the artist, fragments of his work were
eagerly Nought for nnd used to decorata
caps of ceremony or to be worn like,
beads around the neck iu a thread of
Bilk. Xtta fork Timet,
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