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VOL. XII.
I'lTTSIiOltO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, OCTOBER 17, 18811
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NO. 7.
Disc rownfd.
Wlillo yet the lagging Summer lifts tho glow
Of her glad vlut igo, pled gin;$ all who
drink
A reign that's endl ss, at till bsaker's
brink
The lurries of th Aiitiiiiiu Id nv ntid Mow.
H d' tli tho languored isiinmior, startled,
turn
To iiw tli trait w mapleo ntlnrii,
A'ld, ni 111 Muh li'diug n r 'I'i'iilaiit shame,
Th" cheeks of h"r di-l ynl ivies lmrii.
Thru nil n Imvn the hi rhwnys far an 1 near,
'I I if ro I and nst"i-.s Mvifl mi ol I
II 'si"giu,; humers, tn: 111' ' I i i i nil 1 got I
Till, st-night way smitten with a tinl h ii
fear,
E'ou ns hho striv -s to arm Inr'giinst the
fo
Ajain tho windy lm rh blow nnd blow.
-l.'i.-j ;. rui n. i in, ;; ;.',
A CLOSE SHAVE.
1!V It. V. TltOMSOM.
Last summer, in I he clubhouse of
tho Koiiniite hownn bait (idlers, u well -known
' iti rl inn lawyer told tho follow
ing story :
"Sonio ycun ago, while out for nn
nftcrnou'i lidiing with my son Harry,
who win (hiMi te:i y ears o'.il, I unchorc I
our skill off the northeast or lower end
of Uoineguk ishui-1, wiicr:! one division
of tliu St. f, iwienri! runs in a d-cp
groove, inue'i ficquented liy channel
catlidl.
"Stunners 'e'. l ) u pis-c I through the
chanuul where we lioi'te I, though (lie
wah of upward bound In a's disturb
t ho surface slightly ns they swing half
around, about three lmj'lrcd yaids
down river, to en'or tho southern and
s'lnightcr, though shallowir, channel,
w. deli most pilots prifcr.
"Harry found the occasional rocking
by ttcamb id waves a plea-ant varia
lion from Ihe icirrdy preeeptible mo
tion with which wo drifto I only one
of our sixty-pound weight being out
in a bow anchor against the gentlo
current, under th) prc-suro of n breeze
up stream. The sharp stem of ti e skill
Ibated free, nnd, illi:i;r w.th foi t feet
of line out, she swayed from si I o to
sicb) of the deep water, wliieh never
furnished nm with heller sport than on
that day.
"Tie) big, dun-berk 'il, yellow
bellied, strong, cleri, tetitiiol'-'d lli'.i
took my minnows eagerly, mid fought
in A highly .satiifaclnry m inner for their
own live'. So it went on, till Hirry,
who had cnun out with omphalic ni- !
teverattons (h it he woul I gladly fish !
till midnight, diielosijl a kceii 'r on
1 1 1 lit i ns i ii or BoiiK-lit iiiir to cat nboiil
tca-limn than ho did ahmt thcli-hl
win catching, and ollen inquired n i X
it'll -1 y when I i 1 1 ' -: i l . -1 going hour!.
' I linger d, however, for 'jmt nn ;
lil re bile,' taking four lidl by the d -lay,
!i!l the, sun smilv slowly beh'iid
Ihe idnlid. Then glancing under my
eyebrows at Hirry w'.iio stooping to
imp tie a new minnow, his woc-beigonc
l.ltlo fare fjavc nm n morn di-tinel
thrdl of loiiipiiiu'tion, nnd, Illumine;
away the br.it, 1 .-aid: 'Wel1, una I
b iys inutn'l l c made too liunj,'i y, 1
buppoie. We will go hotnu now,
Harry.'
"1 wag rather nilonidiad that his
(are, whie'i ha I lnihteiiud w ith my
wonU, tul le ily rloii I d, at he looked
keenly down tin r.vcr. Then tho ex
p'liiintinu t nine.
" (111, there's anoth r sleaml ml
toinini; up, fuller!' hn cried. ) inlay
a liitln longer! 1 wih yo i wo.il 1 s!ay
till wc e-et her swell.'
"It was In me u strikia j illudratio i
of how ciiiiously nnd wonder .'u:ly b.-yi
a r j made. Here was a l id tni hun jry
to enjoy th i dei-p un I pluloiopho' plens
i.ro of li hinir, but nol h:i i,iy i i.inijh
to forego an ob-urd dc'igh. ii b"iiir
ricked by a half n di m hle iinboat
.rollers! However, hi request coincided
with my iuclinnl ion, and, pu ling on a
new bail, 1 cng iye I a 'ain in thi most
ioul-sn'.i-dyni of liuni in p i-diiwi.
'1 sat i i th) bw, with m; fac3 up
t.1 renin, Harry na'cliing, with bi-j eye,
the one iiiiing stuuiiier, the intermittent
luniblo of whos-j pidd'c- wheel became
momentarily inor.i di-tiuct, tilt tho slop
and tin ut of each float coul 1 bo heard
close behind. S id lenly my littlo boy
jumped up and f sc'.a un 1, in a tone of
much mi prise:
" 'Why, father, look ai tho steam
b at I'
"I turno I lo sod in tlu twilight the
bij, white T.i. b in, not throe bun Ire I
yirls distant, not swing. in; into tho
i until c'lannel, but coining, at iilioilt
half speed, straight at where wo lay I
"On.ed, 1 sat silent for a moment;
thou roared at h,r, 'Ahoy, Thoban,
nlnyl' witii a I my power of lung,
searching nif p 'i ket. at the same time
for Bi clasp-knife to cu. t'10 anchor
rope, Tlu-io w.n no time to haul in tho
weigh!; to cut a.vay was the only ihvieo
f cscap;.
"Ihe channel of tho river, a I knew
wed, ngi too narrow for tho big boat
io (iv) n more than the narrowest
l. i-h, and there, w it n sign tha'. her
j Hot tuten lo I to yi: d us nay. I could
tic hiiu dimly in tho wheel-house, ud,
apparent y, not another soul was on
board.
"Sho did not flow down In tho loast,
though I continued to yell madly. The
roar of her paddle wheels was terribly
loud.
"Harry's chillish trebly shrieked
through my Inane shoTs. bu' there
was no sign that wo v ere s-ea or heaid.
Vet it was iinposdb'e to h. liev; tho pi
lot iiiiawaie of thn boat in his course,
lea l.i ol .r d though it wa, nnd deeji
ns were the shalowi of the island.
"On sho came, ilui inj the few Bee.
onds while theso ob eivations went
through my mind, straight nt us. The
swamping of our kilT in Iho steamer's
roll was cer'aiu now, even should she
sheer off ni much as p sili in pass ng;
cerl-iin, even if wc hail been suddenly
freed from the anchor lino.
I had passed it thrmgh Iho rir.g o'
the painter lefore the luw, nn I secuiel
it to Iho feat. Thli fastening 1 tore
away w i ll one j u k, but there were .VI
feet moro rope in the c ill lying at. my
feet. To run that eiit through the ring
woul I reipiiro more time Ih.m we had,
and to row oil rapidly with the rope
dragging ncross our bow was imp usib'.c,
even though many miiiiit.:. In I ln:,n to
spare.
"Keeling very lielp!es an 1 desper
ate, I went through ali my packets for
the kuif1, till it lli-hel o'l me thai,
some time before, it hid droppel from
tho gunwale in which I h i 1 s u k it,
and was now lying out of reach -jud'T
tho footlionrd. Hirr began to cry
Ion lly, calling, ' Hi, wh it will mother
doi'
"The uinliila ion that preecd m a large
steamer rock '1 us. 1,'aistn my eve-fr-
m a v d i in liavor to get a j.dimj-s"
of thj k ii if 0 the steamer si fined ai.i is:
upon in. I never siw a ve.sel .should - r
up so monstrously at the distune:-! So
c'.ose was sho that in Ihe twilight 1
coul I cbarly sei the re I p-ii it of her
l u:; gleaming in the water about her.
"Willi tho i lick devio and hg'it
ning activity of despair I .-c i 1 n i oar,
nnd, kneeling on tho bow, with one
downward drive of its h in lie k ioeked
the staple that secure 1 tlx? ring clear
away and with another iii' lioi hung
out the roil of rope into lie: witer.
"II It lln bowsprit of th: 'I'll 'bun
was no! live seeou Is away then. I
struggled madly lo get soma h-a Iway,
hoping to ficapi 111) paddle-n heels, but
my poirldtle boy, will with fear, im
pe led inn by clinging ah ml in legs.
I -tug a'l my force o.i Urn oar in a pad
dl', I did, how-ver, manage to j;ive
lrrasi;l,t mol.oit up siiciui, stiru
li t, hut loo l.i'e; th: in ' mi m ut the
lignr'-heal mil swelling bow of Ihe
Tiieb.ia blolte I out the s-ky, and she
was upon us.
"Not wi h her nil-water, fortunately,
or wo shout I have b -eu instantly
siiiadir I dow i ; it rail out twenty fi.'et
beyond be for i we Were touched. Hid
she not been half si we I down to take
tho win lings of the c iaiiiiel, w.i should
doiibtlcn have b-ru overwhelmed by
the roll of water fror, her bow; but
somehow tho skilT role this, mil the
next inomeat was thrust against tho
river, and crowdel so hud against the
steam :r wheie she widene I tiiat we
moved on ns if glue I to her side.
"I lliv.ously, this strange situation
roul I endure b it for a few moment s,
and then my little fellow an I 1 in ist be
drawn under and battered to pulp with
Ihe rein iri 'lesi crash of tho paddle
wheel si leriili c and so near.
' To leap far out for eseap" from them
was impoisildo. 1 had clasped Harry
in in.' arms with some unreasonable
imighiatioii Ilia- my mlerp sin my
liody wouid sive him from the crushing
blows of the ll uts The hopa to sink
beneath them did n it ll ish aiuingtlie
lir st- crowd ing I lion jhts of those despai: -ing
mom n1, not till my gniuce fell
on the fifty -six wet ;ht that still lay in
the boat.
"Iistantlyl stoopj I, I it with
in light hand, nnd, with in.' little boy
clos'j hugged, leaped ile;pera!ety from
the bout into tho wat-r.
"Tho Jcusitiim of brin ; suck cd or
trailed through an iimv.ing current, tho
roar of tho battered water, tho over
piwering fear of the crud paddle?
how well I remeiiibur! Su Ideuly it
wns as though a wave had thing its nia-s
nt mc my legs were swept down with
the water driven from the imp let of the
tl nt, my hold was n ar'y j -rkc-l from
the fifty --i x pounds of wig'it that 1
held, then down, down, down u til th'
weight touo'ie 1 the rocky be I. 1 let
go un I ro-e through twenty fe:t of
water with a gip, lo sou the.Thebiii
roaring away stcalily on her course.
"I'oor little Hirry In I nev-r ceae I
s ' niggling; ho struggled more violently
as now he caught a half-choked breath.
I toro his at in i from my neck w ith a
de-per do in !ion as wo began to sink
aguin, and turned h's back to me. We
rose again, treaJing water. 1 m inaged
to support his hi a I out of thn wa'ei
long enough t leak" him u iderstan I
that he must become pi rfect ly matiou
Uss if ho wi-hrd mo to save him.
"Tho poor little man behaved splen
didly artcr that, hut by several slight
immersions had lost his senses in n liel'
drowned fa nt ;fi.re I manage 1 to g:t
ashore. I hurt, however, no great drill
fiilty in restoring him. Fortunately
there wns n houso on tho island, mil
thnre wc spent tho night.
"You inny bo sure that I lost no tiuio
in investigating the conduct of tho
Thebiu's pilo Tiic man denied all
kuowlc Ige of tho orcurreneo, and I
could sie that ho was rcn'ly surprised
nml allocked; but thnt he felt in Soii'i)
le;r,o guilty, I could also perceive.
Not one of the deck-hands, none of Iho
ohVers, wou'd confess nny knowledge
in the matter, and not till the cross-cx-nmination
of the er :w on my suit for
damages against Iho steamboat company
did th) truth coma out. 'i'lcn a clean
breast was made.
' T ie p; lot ha I ferrelly brought n
j ig of whiskey aboard, and while Ihe
captain was below a', his tea. the male
and tho whole w itch, defying lilt the
rules of tho ciiupiiiy's 'civic, had
taken occision to tin s!i Ihe l ipiir. As
for tho pilot, he explained that ho had
been Moo drunk to d ) more 'u steer,
sir, nnd c aitld j -st on'y see my land
marks. I look the north channel,' he
conelu led, 'becau-c I wanted folks to
know that I was putliekly sober.'"
i.'i'i (J unfit ii ion.
The lllirgr-st lllcycle.
.Tick Simpson, who tuns a 1 i-lgitiiv"
hoiisi nnd rc-taurant in Iiangor, M1.,
owns a bicycle which he ihrlnns is the
largest in the worl I. This wheel Is St",
inches in diam :ter. Simpson is un Kig
islunan, nnd for many years traveled
w .lh circuses nnd other shows, having
been one of the three "Dicoma
Brothers," famous a do -n yenrs ago
for their aerial bicycle performances.
They gave exhib.tonsnt the t'ry tal Pal
ace, London, nt t ho Cirijuo I'Yiainlo,
l'aris, nad nt other amusement centers
in Kuropo nnd the I'.iited States. On
one occasion Simpson gavo an exhibi
tion on his big wheel on a wire suspend,
ed M) feet above the water at It nky
river, Ohio, and it was called a very
d iring p u foi niaace. Toe b'g w heel,
which has he mi around tin: world, was
buiit nt lliruiingham, Ki glnnd, at a coit
of i .'I'ld, nnd nllh u;li its diameter is
so great, a double system of pedal
cranks enable, a common eje'er to rido
It. Ihiciij,! lhr.ill.
Ail Ornamental l.aiu;i Shad
Tim fancy lamp-sh ides, if at all
pretty, are so expensive to purchase,
that we all welcome a new de-igo. A
foul teeii-ycars-old gill of our iicipi.iint
nnce has just made n very cheap and
fir-ctivo one. llu; a wire friuu', of Iho
size: to tit your lamp, and cover it with
coarse milliner's net. Taken piece of
imitation lace of any prel y design, and
measure lonu-ly ar itinrt the boMmnof
the frame tha width of the lace from
Ihe bittoin. Then allow tib mt a ipiar
ter of this for fullness, an I gather it
slightly on a piece of ribbon of such
length ns will tit snugly nn und tho
frame nt this point. The r bbon is then
githeied to lit the top of Iho frame,
a narrow piece of lace fulled around to
stand up. A bow of ribbon is placed
ill tho side, ill.il a fringe of embroidery
silk finishes ihe laej ut the hot tutu.
. I in '' i 0 1 n A'lrii'tittiiriti',
A Dag That Loves t hicken).
Mr. llrtghnni, Iho dyer, of Oiiando,
Florida, his a beautiful and intelligent
I'ttledog, to whom h) is very much at
tached. He also has n hen. Not long
ago that hen liatilcl ome chickens
lly some incompiehensibij mental pro
cess thnt I ttte dog imagined that sho
was the mother of Ihe c lie . ens, nnd sho
could nut have hrcn more alTect ionato
ton litter of her own iiipes than she
was toward the little chicks. She cud
dles and fondles them every day, nnd
attimpts to ih fend them fiom all in
tinders. When taken away from iho
brood sho whinei constat! tl and w hen
release 1 at one) goot back to tlicin.
The hen i c.nnpt't.ly n niplu.ed, ami
Mr. llrigham is olmit as ludly pui.led.
The littlo dog and the chicks are thj
only onei who fecm to understand tho
situation. V. Tim A iKra(.
The Mnrmy l'etrcl.
Stormy p dels, or M dher f'ary's
chickens, as they are inoro conimonly
callel, follow t he cut-bound vessels in
large flocks, gallic in g about as soon as
laud is lost to view and remaining un
t I laud is one) again sighted, unless a
violent storm drives them away. For
the most pirtthcy feel on refine thrown
overboard, bu! are never fat and always
hungry. Hovering liver tho food by
patting the water with its wibbe l feet
and ipiickl: (lipping its wings, it ap
pears to stand on Ihi wa'cr and follows
the food as it drifts about. Sailors re
gard tho bir I with great sup -rs tit ion,
b lieving some e il ini'ty will follow ill
wanton killing I'filtr i'iinca il."iU-
C'lllMWrVK fOLl'M.V.
PAlt IKS.
At rveiiiii; when I g lolnsl,
I ' the htars sh lie overhead ;
Tli.y nn. ihe li.ll'daises w.nt )
Tluil dot the in -ailow of tlio nieh.
A ml often, wlnl" I'm dreaming r.o,
Am-Mthe -ky t'i" mo n will go;
It is a la ly, swis-l nnl fair.
Who eouie.s t.i outlier dairies 'h.'r.i.
F'T iih'ii at nioraiiiK I ni l ".
There's not a Mar l"fl iir the rki-s;
See's pieke.1 tiieni ull and ilroppl tli;n
d iw ii
Into the mc i lows of th" town.
- ',. ,..,7ie,i,o'r.
SI'IMK I.INIII.V.
A young la ly h id gone o.u! wn'king.
She forgot to take lierp"iise with her
nnd had no in nicy in her pocket.
1'iese.i'ly s!n m t a lit'l" girl wilhn
basket on her mm.
"l'irase, miss, will yoi buy some
thing from my briskcti' mi id the little
;irl, showin g a variety of book mark's,
watch cases, ne die I) o' s, etc.
"I'm sorry 1 can't buy uiything to
day," said the young ia ly. 'I haven't
liny iiione with n.e. Your things
look very preliy.'1 Sho stopped a
moment an 1 spake n few kind words to
the little girl ; mid the.i as she passed
she said again: "I'm very s irry ! can't
buy anything from y u to lay."
"Oh, Miss," said th'! li'tle girl,
"you've done iu ns much good as l!
you had. M ist prisons that I me t say:
'Get away with you!" I ut you have
spoken kindly mi l gently to me, and 1
feel n heap better."
Thnt wis "ii iisi bring the poor.''
How little it co-Is to do Ih it ! I't us
ieirn t ' .sp"ak I. in lly mi l gen:ly lo the
poor and HilTering. If wo have noth
ing e'so to give, let us at least give
the m our sympathy.
irsv's iianu.
liin '. under a plank of the great
burn floor, n pl.ic i just large e lough to
hold the three bu hehs of hazel-nuts
which It i' had picked and carefully
hoarded there, and Ihis was the bank.
" 'If folks save only a litll" every yenr,
they'll have money to spend when they
lire old,' papa says. Si 1 II ju I not cat
all of my nuts right up, and keep 1111110
for next winter," aa!d It 17, sagely.
So he and tlio sipi'nre'.s wurknl to
gether, through the brilliant autumn
weath'T. ife was as bu-y as they, mid
liottided his winter stoic ns carefully,
so when the crimson and gold leaves
turned to brown, his ba ik wis full.
Kvery d ly he went, In pe p into it,
until he went with mini 11 1 lo visit nt
giandpi's. The slave I two weeks,
an I w hat 11 long I 111 : it w is to Iho lit
tle b iy with 11 bank to look aMoi !
Grandpa's nice, sweet apples nnd
grandma' brown, twisted doughnuts
di lu'l tasle half ns good as they gener
ally did.
Grandpa and grandma, and all of the
uncles 1111 1 mints, worried and wondered,
nnd said he was suiely sick, but then
they di In't know about the loose p'nuk
in thn great burn floor, nnd the store of
wealth under it, and what a care it
was!
It was the first thing Hay thought of
when he got 110111 you may bo sure.
And this is what be found there
empty husks!
As if some ono had lilted his bank
witli counterfeit m me whilo he was
away.
His bank had failed !
"A family ef chipmonks havj been
very bu-y hen for a week,' said papa.
"1 shou'dn't wonder if they wcro the
thicvc, and 1 think that their bank is
under that old pinu trej that I'm going
to cut to- day."
And there it wis! Filler the great
tw isted rootrt ho foun 1 another bank,
lillu l to the luiin with the wealth of
his.
So he was more mcce sfiil thai ome
bank ollicers, but hu sn;d, gr ivrly. ns
he stored his nuts away in a safer place:
"After nil, pap.i, I don't b'lieve
banks uro a sure, solid tiling, do you!
Soino men areas bad as chipmunks, you
know. 1 b'lieve the b'-st way is to try
and 'joy things as you go along, nnd
iniike folks hippy as you can, 'stead of
putting lots of money in the bank to
lose, or be ipiaireMcd over when you
are gone."
Wise little lie,'. Foo'''i li ei.,Miioi.
All Island's (Juecr Flight.
A iplci r stab' of: Ifiirs is described by
the Fort 'nml 'j ti in : "Ilrnvu's
Island, a few m les up the river from
Salem, fomicr'.y b l ingo 1 to Folk
County, but now the 111 tin channel of
the Will iiii 'ile has change I and inse
parably wcl led the island to the main
land in M irieu t'oiiuty. Sum of tho
residents don't appear to know just
white they should vote, piy taxes and
Semi their children to school, but unless
th-1 ivcr changes ngiin they will have
to bid farewell forever to all rights as
citizens in old Folk and make tho I 'Jt
pf it in their dcw home.''
UNDER WATER.
Sonic of the Terrible Experi
ences of a Diver.
Mootlnfj tho Swollon Forms of
Drowned Men.
"II iv) yo'i ever re (beted 011 the ipiccr
mil nr.; of :i diver's business?" says 11
writer in O i v! lit i. "Il-re, where
I live, there is n famous man in this
line, whom wo will call the captain. Ho
is helpful and big-leal led in lis life
above water; and his body is big, .too;
so li'rg", tint you woul I supposo lie
would liiid i! hard enough to walk and
work on land, without going to the
bottom of the sea for exercise. Hut a
chief part of his occupation is to sink
himself out of sight tinier Ihe waves,
and go peregrinating iibou'. in that mys
terious region which tho rest of us
never visit if ween hdp it. Ho puts
011 n hug", thick divin g-suit, whiili is
wa'er-t glit and air-tight, wdh a big
helmet containing glass eyes or little
windows irewed 0:1 over his head;
the whole giving him tho air of some
fabulous in ouster, and swelling liiui up
to considerably more than his naturally
big bulk. Then he is lowi red into the
depths, with a tube attached to his
helmet, through which ho gets 11 ir
enough to. breathe, and a long
cord for signalling to thisc nln ve
when ho wants to bo hunted up again.
Tims jirep ne I, he bin explore 1 n large
pait of tho bottom of Long Islan I
Sound, where l.e once laid, far down in
the t si", the concrete foundation of
Idee Hock lighthou-3. II : is also sent
for, far and near, toi npoct and raiso
sunken ships, lmagim what strange,
nlarming or ghastly sights he mint en
counter in that dismal gr.eu world un
der water, infected by dummy crawling
or swimming creatures; whero p'rhnps
he suddenly comes face t fate with the
staring eyes and swollen forms of
drowned men, caught in cabin door
ways or jammed amid tho wieckago of
lost vessels.
Most of us would hardly feel temp'ed
to rs'inain in surroundings. Hit s one
times there lire easior j dis for the div
ers; suuh as working mound the piers of
bridges; and then th') river bed may be
trans forme I in'o 1111 amusement ground.
I know of two diver 1 who were em
ployed on the im ler-water construction
of some hridgi piers in siiniui'r,
and they spent so much time
there paid for by the con
I meter---that the nia'ter had to be
looked into. It was found they had
invented 11 new sport. They caught
(wo crahi ; in 11 ked oil a r iee-course on
the mil I; and then, pulling the crabs
on the starting-line, th'y tail bets, and
sent the clawel things crawling oil side
wise in compel. t 'on. II ll the capta li
is much morn seriously nooupiol. And
he once went throu gh a particularly
serious experiencj worth d scribing.
He had gone down in bis d ving suit,
to attend to soma job on the bottom ol
ahiiibir. It was a line, sunshiny day;
II ud the captain could see the brightness
at the surface, above him, ns we see the
light glowing throii'h .1 cloudy sky.
Suddenly ho beci nie nwatc of n heavy,
threatening shadow, which ndv.inc'd
rapidly nbui the lop 1 f the water. He
realie l instantly thai a large canal -boat,
in low, was about to pi-is directly
over the air-tube u he'll connected him
with his iissht mi's boat above. The
tillio was lather taut, nnd came
so neir tin surface just tbete,
thai iho chalices were tha keel
of tin) c 1 11 til boat wou'd 1 nt
it in two. If that slioii'd happen, the
captain woul. I be n dead limn, and his
(living fiiit no better than a shroud.
He not dare to s! ir, icr even to sign il
his assist mt iiy means of the cord at his
waist; for the slightest moveine it in a
wrong direction would only h isten the
disaster ho dread d. (hi mid on rain
the shadow, swift ami huge; and while
t hi: captain wa b d to see whether it
would destroy him or not, it seemed to
liiin t ti it years, instead of minu'es wcio
elapsing. Tho big shatow came right
over him at li t, and h" felt his air
tube grating against the uneven elge of
tho keel. Scrape crape it went, lu re
and there, and once the captain lh night
it lial surely caught 01 a p'l joctiu g bit
ef metal, or a bo 1. If it had, i: w ould
have been dragged a -tin Icr in 11 jilTy.
Hut, luckily, the tub 1 did not cuVi.
The awful shadow pa.se 1. Toe captain
pulled his c rd, was mis-d t ) the sur
face .glad enough to lu in the air
again in the world nb ivo the water!
It was a narrow ecane.
I lulling Sympathy.
A little fellow between 'i and I! years
old wns punished for somo misdeed
w hen his papi was at work. After cry
ing savagely for a few m invents he ran
to the window, and, looking through
his tears into the street, en led out:
"Papa, papa, c one in mil set! the baby
Cry." 7W-ih li itilt.
Killing on Llephnnli,
After a coup'o of cotufoit e s nights
in the train wc reach a small terminal
in India, from which a live -mile ride 011
an elephant larids ih in what is kuo.vn
as th- .N'epal-tcrai. The elephant on
which wo ride is a small one, and is
supposed to shake the rider ns little as
possild", but to in novices the shakin-j
is far from being n g-jntlo cue. At a
worl from his "innhout" a wild-looking
creature who siti between tho ele.
ph nil's ears n i l pricks him with an
iron stall he ;g les down 011 tils knees,
and one climbs on t j his biclc 01 b :-t
one can, holding on by bii tail with
both hands and trying to g t a footing
on his slippery plarters. At last one
inaiiiges to Fcrnnibh: up, uud one finds
line's self oa 11 cijunre cushion, nlmost
asslippery at the elephant's hack. The
first lim, w'ue'i the great beast rises on
his fore bg', lb n on his hind ones, it
is nil 0110 can d to hold on by the ropes
which are fa-tone I to the sides of tho
pad; but prael i"e makes p . 'rfect, and in
a short time one lenrin to nlapt. one's
self to tho curious motion. A goo 1
small elephant will shulll 1 a'ong easily
a( lh: rn'c of live mil'M nn hour, climb
ing slep ravines end other ol s'ru :
lions, so that th; rider often finds him
self hanging on in an aim st p m pen lic
ular position. Niriuiiinl is sa su e
footod as an elephant. He will climb
steep banks, and slid i down into ri ver
bids, with as lii'ir'i case as an Irish
pony, but ho particularly obj-c's to a
I oo, and let no one attempt to ride him
over one; for if he finds himself sinking
in, his first impulse is to drag the rider
oil and j nit him un ler his fe;t, by way
of hiv.ng fonvthing to .stand on a
proced ing ono w nil 1 har ll approve
of. yiiitteritth Cfht'itij.
Tho Flood Cure for Hablness.
In a letier received by Dr. M. Mi r
bury, rcsidinjg nt the c irii'T of Inde
pendence nvenu" nr.d Locust street, this
city, is relnled an incident which is in
deed marvellous, and, coming directly
ns it does, is beyond nil doubt true.
The letter is from Mr. F. auk M irbury,
a cousin of Dr. Marbury, who is just re
coveiing from a frightful experience i:i
the Johnstown lion 1. For seven long
In. ins he battle I with tho wa'eri for his
life. Kvery hour s:emd a day, lint at
I ist he was rescue 1 several Hides from
the place whero the hotel had stood.
Too strung! part of Ihe story is yet
to come. Mr. Mnlniry ia .'IS jears of
age, nml for VI leirshe ha I b'cu en
tirely bald, and the top of his hea l had
beeiiine ipiile popular with the tbes ns n
' uniiicT resort. Ho hn 1 used tlio won
derful hair redoralives peop'o read
about in the Impel of starting the hair,
but alt lo no purpose; it rr'11. il to
grow. Two days alter th" ll 10 I lie no
ticed a downy su! stance all over the
hitherto I, i!d Ilea I. A lime pas-ed the
down In cam) hair, which grew lemark
ably fast, an 1 now has reiudie I the
length of one inch nil over his h a I.
Largest Fig Orchard In Ihe Wor'.rt.
T.ie large t fig oicharl in the F.iitid
Stales is about to be set out in I'oinona
valley, (' il., tietweeii l'omoaa and Oita
rio. It is lo b a lb" iroii r v "f a syndi
cate coup i-v I of two whole. ale flint
dealers in ( bieiigo and one in I'hiiade'
phiaandtwo fruit grow -rs in Foiiciia.
The land his been contracted for, and
planting Will I) 'gin next winter, when
the land will havo been prepared.
The syndicate has had two men in ik
ing ex periinents growing fig trees in
S million I'a' ifor.iia for neaily two
years, and is convince I that California
tigs will in time crowd nil foreign lig;
; roin th" llisteui market. The Diehard
will consist of It, oil) wli te Adriatic lig
trees mil "ilMHI Sm mi tig tree 1, planted
eighty lo tho acre, on " '0 acre'. Later
a building w i 1 be erected for drying
and curing tigs for market.- .su i'rm
t' 1.0 t'hi'on rV.
Subsisting on Dried fne:i Leaves.
The dried leaves of the coca plant,
which is cultivated on the slopes of the
Andes, form an important article of in
ternal trad ' am ig the vanom native
tribes. It is estimate I that not less
i hnn rt, Oi ll 1, 1 1 HI piunds are ciiisuined
iiiinually. A'ter the morning meal
nca and woni'ii alike In'i-i a mouthful
of tho leaves mi xe I wi h a litile lime:
fresh b'avoi in-eal l 'l throughout tho
day, nnd withoii any ml litio ml food
the consumer is cnal!)l tod) a hard
day's work.
A Men of family.
Fiody. "I hear you've been getting
raairied."
Tooker. - "Yes."
Prod ley. ''Whom did you marry?"
Tooker.- "Mil y J met, her mot Icr,
her step-father, nod two maiden aunts."
Division of i.ntior.
Katnlie i, Mr. Decour.-y, lam tired
of this frivolous lite! II w fatiguing
t) sit and hold one's hands a'l da'.
M". Dicoiircy Why not liaie some
one to hold them for yeuf AYo u jy'
, UtiV.
The St aire Coach.
Tarnished and battsTed nnd o'd,
lb artlessly hidden away,
t fl to the 11,0th lllld tlie'lliold.
llHikni'ss uud dust and decay.
This was the pride of its day.
Now all its glory Is o'er
Faded and vbiukIis forays;
leaio are the driver nnd foiirl
H .w hnll its story l- to'd?
W'hn I shall a song of it say?
Ouee it was brilliant as gold,
I lin e it was gilded nnd gay.
Kmc in tli-ir festal array,
Many the bride that il bore.
Now are tle y wriiC.le I and gruyj
fume are the driver mid four!
Long through Ihe hi atnud th'jcolJ,
Kver fiom .May until Mar,
Over Ih highways it lolled.
Tune has now iiiade it his prey.
Never n Htately di play,
N" '. r 11 d isli as of yore,
N v.-r 11 swing or 0 sway:
Cone me the driver mid four!
Over new roads that 111 m Iiy
H11-I1 we with rattle nnd roar.
Only sweet nn m ,ries stay;
Ooiieare th" driver and four!
- IU.w'1 I'linlnn in Ilmjier't.
iir.Moitoi's.
A police court might well bo called a
luo institut ion.
A horse inny pull with ull his might,
jut never with his inauo.
When tlio barber talks too much, his
I'orics nro igeueraly illustrated with
Jilts.
A M'chigan girl goes idiout smashing
window glass. There teems to bo no
erord of nny girl who has smashed a
coking-glass.
H'ggar A thousand thanks, my good
iir, for the splendid cont you have given
ne; but I cannot wear it. It would
ti i 11 my business not a soul would givo
aie a farthing!
A floating nowspnper paragraph snys
dint a lady, nged SO has just been tak
ng piano lessons. F.ori tho old and
feeble can get sipmre with their neih
jors when they go about it right.
Seeno, the garden of a country villa.
PaiHcrby (at the gate): ' Gardener,
what is the matter up at tho house
.hat terrible screeching ('' Gardener
nutting hi- hand to his car to listen):
"I can't make out exactly. Kither Ihe
ndy is practising singing, or some vile
1 11 i nut I has got into tho hen-house."
An I'navailiiMe Vacancy.
A naval ollieer tells u good story on
i certain retire I alinlral. lie was a
hronic appl cant, and as he was not
.Ii- light to pm-cs sulllci-nt wit, talent
r ability to lit him for any rcspmsiblo
ilace, his wants were seldom honored
iiiih the pivin;;. lie applie I for every
hiug in sight, sometimes for two r
.l.iee things at once, and as he was
iflen on wailing orders around Wash
11 'ton h h el good opportunities for
1 i-hitio It's la nn. He smelt vacancies
ar nl it a I, and would often apply for
daces months ahead of tini". O.ico the
io-.! of surgeon general was vacant, but
lot being a "doctor" the alinlral wns
vim d out. lie was sitting in ono o'
he navy depart merit rooms one day
r i ling, hidden by a desk, when a puss,
ng 1 Hi -er stopp d to chat with tho
lerk w ho abode there.
"Who's to be made surgeon-general? '
le a-ked j ioo-elv.
"Old Admiral -. of course, " was
he half laughing reply of the clerk,
gnorant of tho presence behind hiin.
'lly Jove!" ciiel lh it person hiin
ie!f, springing to his feel. "You don't
tic 1 11 it. When was it done?'
It took some time to convince him
hat he had not been mid) a 8 lrgeon
eneral, despite his failure to make np
llicat ion.
O.i another occasion he was (hatting
.villi 11 brother ollieer nt tho navy yard,
ligesting tlio uews of the day, which
ho oilier read out pi c.mienl from a
lew'spapcr. Suddenly the reader star cd
Hid loweie 1 his paper.
"Heavens nnd earth !' he exclaimed lo
lis startled visitor, "here's a vacancy
'or you nt but !''
'What is ii ?" was tho excited ro
iponse. ' Ijuick, tell me what it is!''
"The Kmpress of H issin is dead,"
dio officer managed tocjaculato between
lis shrieks of laughter.
The di-jgusicd wnnter never survived
:l.c title of "the Finpress." M'lisfiimjton
NMr.
Ills Heart oil Ills ltlght Sl.Ie.
Flank Havens, aged !'S years, dropped
lead recent ly nt Council HlnlT', Iowik
A post mortem 1 xaminatioii disclosed
in abnormal nrringeuieiit of the vital
srgans. Tim heart was on the right
lide, the ap' x lying against the second
rib. Ain u' two ipiarts of blood sur
rounded tho heart. Tho liver was ou
the left side of the abdomen nud the
stem, ch 011 the right. His lungi wero
only one-third tho normal size, and
wore pressed upwnrl. How tho man
c mid have lived any length of timo
after birth seems 11 mystery to the sur
geons. The coroner's jury returner 11
verdict that death resulted from rup
ture of the heart.