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VOL. XVI.
riTTsuoiur, Chatham co., n. a, march 22, isoi.
NO. .W.
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The Voir- In tlf Storm.
Not -ilvvflvg muter calm nail minny skies
'i'llC llntll Ull"'t II ', lllllll'-h IVI Rl'I'k
liini there,
l-'.ng-er t'i lii'iir him 1,'tlk of lilies fair
Ani utter piiriihles tluit uuiki' tni'ii wise;
Nnr 1I0 we Iiud tln Kni whose w-.ir.l wo prize
Always n( feiist. though il"tli 1'ivi' to
share
Our : ;! jiiy., mill whoi we fmi-ts prepare
'Tl II" With l l'tliT Will" Ulir Wllllt Supplies;
list -nnii-thie's 01 lli- wings nf storm H"
ms
lu theilerp midnight "f imr liln-k despair,
'Jliil raging waves mi l winds ( li.it in vit
Cease ;
AVhen thi helm finis us, and Hit- ,lil I n 1 1 1 1 1 h
(l:ir helpless IiiiikI th.-n. ii we lilt our
ir:iyiT
Je speaks, and In! nur hearts hp' I i 1 1 - 1 Willi
pen"". Spriiilli-lil ll'piililii'Hii.
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THE DUKE'S PARDON.
lu the year ) 4V'i the city ef Nancy,
in Lorraine, win 1c sieged by Charles
the Hold, duke nf Burgundy, a warrior
of lln most li. ii'ii' daring, lint w hose
Ii'H'nIj mi l it t itnhle temper otten drove
IlillJ III Commit HI'ls (if WllllfoU eltleltv,
Tli ;.'mv( i ii .r nf Niiiicv nl (lint tune
whose iiiiiu' history has mil preserved,
tin? a iiiiiu of dauntless courage and
great military experience ami, inure
over, mi excellent mill devoted father
I ih only eliilil, whose nintlier leid died
in giving hi''' birth, w us Hie joy mid
pride, ef his heart mid phono conspic
uously niinii nil (lie maidens of lier
tim for her goodness nnd knowledge.
Telesiln. id tin- date of the siege,
was iu her eighteenth year mid hnd iil
ifHily received many offers of marriage
from nobles attracted by tin' ehai ins
of her beauty mid amiability, Imt she
refused nil suitors, preferring lo wiilch
over the declining days of h"l' glay
hiiired 1'ntin'r mid t v her love nml
devotion die r nml prolong hi exist
ence. The inhabitant", led by their gov
V'lnir, in whose skill nnd judgment
fliey hlld the utmost Confidence, made
li brave defense lignite t the eoniitlcHH
troops of the fiery duke.
All the men nnd youths capable of
I'ciiling mi mi hud tnken weiiions, nH
jmih rilling in the time of dimger, nnd
nstn,l themselves on the rnini ills to
feat olt every nttneli.
The nged men encouraged the fiiint
lieiirted iiiol insisted on Hie women
Hiding, ns fur ns their strength per
mitted, hv cm ryiiig stones to the walls
to le hurled down on the lu'seiers;
they also lighted lircs under enoriiioiiH
rnldi'oiis lilleil with pit oil, oil mid even
water, and when the enemy ventured
im tin nssault the si-ething mass was
poured on their devoted heads.
Nothing that the most rewilille
IiI iim i v nnd expi'i ienecil skill could
accomplish was left undone to defend
the tow n, and t'lnn les, utter vmnly
cndeiivoring fr n coiisideiiilile time
to take the place hy nssmilt, h( length
resolved to niiike overtures of peace,
hoping thus to gain the end which it
feeeined useless to expect from force of
111 ins.
II e w hose custom it was to deliver
rvery coiiiiiereil city to lie plundered
and Imnied ; h- who, niter a success
ful selge, i 11 vii I in 1 1 v Hl eiiked his liit
terest vengeance on the iuhiiMt'inl-i
nnd defenders, now proposed to the
(ioveruor and inhaliitaiits of Nancy,
that they should surrender nnd open
to Iii lit the gates of Ih city, pledging
himself to protect thei'' dwellings and
property from nil plundering, and to
take cure thai no one should sutler the
leant harm either in lil'eor possessions.
The proposals caused many to waver,
hut the, iiolilc (ioveruor, who had
grown gray iu the service of his
I'l ince, stepped foi ward mid declared
that he would rather lie buried under
the ruins of the ramparts thiin d' liver
up the city to the enemy so long ii"
there whs means to defend it. I!,'
nicouiHged soldiers ail I citizens to
hnivery nnd pel -severance, nnd im
ploied Ihein to keep the city for their
sovereign, the J Mike of Iiorraiiie. and
he sncc edcl so well hv his enthusias
tic eloquence that all snore to sacrifice
their lives rather than surrender.
While the l'lave ( lovernoi' thus rc
nuiniated.the courage of the men, his
daughter, on her side, raised the wo
men's fainting spirits and cheered
them ly her presence and inspiriting
words, nnd hy her ow n conduct gave
the example lo maids and malleus t.)
shine iu the hardships nnd d ingers of
the il feiisp. She reminded them how,
atdioit time before, when the I'.ike of
lbuglllidy besieged the town of Hi au
vais, the women had taken up units
mid fought beside the men on the
ramparts, and how they ha 1 succeeded j
in driving back tic besiegers.
'These brave women were far fewer
than we lire," e ilitinued Telesihi.
"while the etieiuv win the same iu
number mid strength Why should
we be nl'rald, when we leive before w
such an example of devoted patriot
ism?" This speech made the gre.itcit ini-
ressioii on the minds of her listeners.
l'Vcsb courage whs instilled into men
mid women, mid no one spoke .if sur
render. Meanwhile Charles had recourse to
every strategy that ingenuity could
devise to endeavor to render himself
master of the town, Jbiiing the nigjit
watches he kept the besieged in n state
of nhil'in by continual feints of attack,
mid then, in illuming advanced, when
they were quite wearied and worn out,
he would rush with tenfold violence
to the assault.
He caused large stones to be hul led
by the machines at the walls wherever
they were weakest, in the hol: of
milking n breach, which at last, by the
(jrvrttest effoits.he succeeded in lining,
mid after two hours' desperate right
ing he forced mi entrancR info tin
city, breathing vtugence against its
defenders, whoso obstinnte resistance,
combined with the hiss he hud sus
tnined of his bnivest warriors, lunl en
raged him beyond nr'usure. Hut it
was especially against the (ioveruor
t hut all his anger and hat red were di
rected, as he knew that the latter had
steadfastly refused the terms of cspil u
latton nnd had iudu I the inhabi
tants to ofter such prolonged resist
ance. He swore that the (inventor should
be the first on whom his relentless
ven :ence would fall, but his iuti'iided
victim, to eseupe recognition, had dis
guised himself in ordinary citizen's
drcHs,aiid now stood, unknown, hiuoiiu
the assembled inhabitant, who wen
awaiting their late at the hands nf tin
enraged duke.
Charles deiiiindd tint the govern
or should be inst'iliUy delivered to
him, Imt the people would rather die
themselves than betray their lu-loved
chief into the hands of flic bloody
conqueror.
I nke Ch tiles threatened to destroy
nil w ith tire and sword if his demands
were not instantly complied with,
while at the sun " linn In; pioiniH"d a
largo reward to whomsoever wmild
point out the ( ioveinor's hiding place.
His Illicit and promises were
equally vain. All remained silent.
Then st - pped forth an old man it
was the (ioveruor himself in his ills
guise nnd said that lie would reveal
the secret if the Muke would swear on
his word to pardmi all the iuhabit.iuts
and protect their property.
"Never!" roared the infuriated
Puke, "lu a town taken by assault
the victor allows no terms to be dic
tated to him, mid I will take such
measures to discover your (lovi mol
lis shall strike terror into your hearts. "
Whereupon ho declare. 1 th it every
tent h pel son should die and ordered
his heralds to proceed to the work ol
numbering flit.' people.
Then men iiud women, boys and
RllN, old and voting, were placed in
one long rank, which reiieheil from
(lie spot where Charles was holding
his court to the utmost fortilieal ion ol
tl it v.
All grew pale, Hlld deadly fear wits
in i very countenance ns they listened
to I he ten -ibl" sentelic. . As father,
inot Iter, daughter nnd khii stood snh
by side, each trembled for the other's
life. The air nsouinhd with the
weeping and wailing of women who
hnd a short time before ih lied the
enemy; the men Mood silent with
brut heads.
The duke now signed to his heralds
to begin the counting; nnd to sepernte
every tenth peison, whonehend tdioiild
fall by the sword.
Telesihi had placed herself close be
side her father mid was now trembling
for his life. Nil" watched, with eye
sharpened by love nnd fear, eveiy
iiioM-iiie!it ot the lit-in bis, and always
counted in advance in older to dis
cover if her dear father would be one
of the doomed. With horror she rec
ognised that the fatal number would
fall on him.
In a moment her resolution was
formed Hlld carried out. Kim slipped
gently behind him, nnd, placing her
s If on his right side, so contrived
that he would be No. !, w hile she her
self would be the tenth. The herald
drew near, audit wns only when the
doom fed upon his daughter t h it the
father understood w hy she hnd changed
her place. Wildly he besought the
herald t'i take him ; he was th- otic on
whom the fata! number should fall;
Telesila had purposely changed her
place to save him.
Telesihi maintained that it had only
happened by chance, and, while taking
cue not to reveal the secret of l:cr
father's identity, she earnestly begged
to be allow ed to die, as the lot had
fallen on her. Tor a long time the1
father and daughter maintain 'd th,.
loving dispute, nnd nt last the herald,
not daring to decide, led them both to
the Duke.
The father insisted on dyim; for his
daughter; that the doom rightfully
wnti his; while the daughter imuloicil
thorn take her lite and spare hvt
grny-lmil'ed father.
Clint Irs heslllited Jollg HS to how llH
should decide ; he wns quite ignorant
of whom he had before hinv for 110
word had fallen during their strife
which could betray their rank.
Hut nt length the ( Ioveruor cried
aloud:
"Mighty Duke, do mt h-Mbitc asto
which of us you shall condemn to
death. I will give up to you the mail
who has so I'oiiseil your vengeance, for
whom so many brave cil iens must die.
See, the (Ioveruor stands before yo,i ;
kill him, but spare my daughter, this
peerless example of lilinl love!"
The bystanders ns they listened to
these wmds weie tilled with dread ex
pectation of whnt would follow. All
were moved to tears and troubled fo
the life of their beloved (ioveruor,
wl.-.i, .vitli sueli noble heroism, wn(
willing to die that they might be
pal dotied. They surrounded himself
and daughter in close ranks, as if to
fiiliit ii rampart so thai the murderer's
sword ntirht only reach him through
their faithful hem-Is.
The Duke, nCi'llstumed though he
was to slaughter and destruction, hail
never before witness-id such a touch
ing scene. The whole people raised a
erv of supplication and eiuplored
their cou.picror to put them to death
and spare him whom they held so
dear.
(iiadtiallv tin stern features of the
Duke relaxed, a softened expression
"tole over them, and at last, rising
from his seat, amid universal silence,
he addressed father and daughter ill
the following words:
"Von have toiiehe 1 the innermost
depths of my heart ; you shall not die.
If it be sweeter to conquer let me feel
that it is sweeter still to pardou. Noble
Telesihi, you have saved your father.
.May ymi enjoy for long years the hap
piness of watching over and caring for
his old age. And you, noble, old man,
brave ns you me in war, limy your
happiness ns a father exceed your
bravery ---you, who have reared so he
rote a daiiuhter. It does my heart
good iu the midst of the awful blood
shed nnd slaughter to find such love
and devotion. Van have made me ex
perience how sweet and pleasant are
the feelings of benevolence, and there
fore not only you, but nil the iuhnbi
bints, arc pardoned." Strand Maga
zine. I he I'alin Kninily.
The yntlm family bears larger leaves
t ! m ii it ii v oilier tree. The India piilm,
growing on the banks of the Ama.oii,
hns leaves which reach from thirty
feet In fifty feet in length and ten feel
to twelve feet ill breadth. Specimens
of the leaves of the talcpot palm, II
native of Ceylon, have been met with
twenty feet long and eighteen feet
broad. These leaves are used by the
unlives o make tents, and thus em
ployed t'.iey make very ctlieicnt shel
ters from rain. The leaves of the
double cocoautit palm are often thirty
feel long nnd several wide. The
leaves of the cintiibal tree of ustra
lia resemble broad planks and are fre
quently lilteen feet Inlig, twenty inches
broad nnd one and one-half feet thick
at the base. These board-like leaves
al I shoot out at the to) i, and hang down
so as to lot iii a sort of umbrella around
th" stem. The umbrella tree of Cey
lon has leaves of such enormous sift
that a single one will cover from fif
teen to twenty men, and often
S 'l vcs as a canopy to n boat, or a tent
for soldiers. A specimen leaf brought
to I'.iiglaiid measured thirty-six feet
around. The largest leave. I plant iu
this country is the Victoria liegia.
One of the specimens of this mitguill
eent water lily in the gardens of the
Ivoynl Hotnnic Society hadn lenl'seveu
let t in diameter nnd capable of blip
porliiigii weighlof I'lil pounds. Nc
York Dispatch.
Wear and Tear of l.outlmi Hiiilue.
Whnt is the cost of London's toilet?
No statistician hns rl iiltciupted to
est liniite it, nnd, lllileed, the w huh)
subject has been neglected. This is a
pih, since theie are some wonderful
ti ur s about eleatiiiiu' the streets of
the in- tropolis. The most startling,
pel haps, are those relating to Londou
bridge. It is computed that about
2 1 Ml. 01 HI prdestt ialis and 'J'l.lMIO vehieh 4
cios- that structure every day. Kach
leaves lii lii tnl n little shoe leather or a
little iron- just a triile. Hut when
litter mid dust arc added to these min
ute los.es the whole tills between three
nnd four carts. The most surprising
fact of all, however, is that the inces
sant trnllie iicro-s the bridge reduces
I i pnwdi r about twenty live cubic
yards of granite ' even year, New
castle tllii'-'lainh Chronicle.
The bituminous or soft coal output
in the United States now nggregruti's
liM.OOO.tHMI tons annually.
A LOON'S DHVOTION.
Efforts of the Parent Bird to Save
its Young.
A Wonderful Exhibit ion ol Cour
age and S:if;acity.
In August lS'.W, while canni iug on
leiki; Selngo w ith I'mf. V. A. liobiu
son of JJoxbiny, Mas,., we witnessed
a wonderful exhibition of devotion,
courage and sagacity of a nude loon
which wo chanced In Iiud with his
mate and young in a in-cp bay indent
ing the principal island. When about
Ii ft v rods t ri t in (lie i ,ou-h of the btv,
wi wire startled by his freipti nt nnd
loud nliuin cry, nnd drawing nearer,
we saw at the head of the bay the fam
ily, the mul" being on the side toward
the ctiiioe. The mother, with In r
young one oti ho hick, holding hard
by his bill to h r short tail feathers,
tltteled low, plaintive ci ies, II 1 1 I m en
siotinlly would dive, remaining under
a considerable tun-'.
Hetiirniiig to thii Kiirlace, we no
ticed the little fcllo-v, generally four
or live feet behind his mother, but he
would quickly njn her mid grasping
her tail would give a little spring,
while the mother would aid his efforts
by a tlirt of her tail, and iu less than n
second he was on h -r back again.
Tor about five nuuntes we watched
the birds liciiting buck and forth and
sho w ingg I en hi iixuly, doubt less ten i jug
that we would block their passage into
the lake, the outlet being very nar
row, when latin r loon suddenly dove,
nnd passing under the canoe, emerged
some lilteen rods beyond us in the
lake, calling om- attention from his
family by a loud scream. Approach
ing until lie was not more than forty
feet from us, he employed Severn
mtiriees to induce ns to pursue him.
and thus relieve his loved ones.
l''ailing iu this, he resorted to inliiu
idntioii, nml ri.iing until Ic seemed to
stand on the water, he milled his
feathers until he seemed fully twice
his natural size, furiously Happing his
wings Htid creaming violently. He
approached so neat- the canoe at ole
time that it seemed as if he was about
to nt tuck us. This i il'orf proving fu
tile, he swHin away snmc ten rods,
while we remained quiet and awaited
with interest his m-vt move, which
was very singular, and perhaps in
tended to convey (I,,, impression of M
iiiortnlly-wounileil bird.
First diving into the water, he an sc
some live feet distant, then leaping
into the nir nbonl four feet, nnd ngain
diving when he reached the water, he
described a series ol cycloidal curves,
having a base of nboiit live feet, and
uttering a loud scii.im each time h.
left the water.
Turning, he repented the Mime man
o'tivresin an opposite direction, com
ing very near the boat. At Inst In
turned on his side and uttered cries
which grew fainter and fainter until
nil motion censed, an I Ii" lay still as
if dead. My compinm-ii said 1 1 held
the paddles), " ,,in ;lliid the blav,
old fellow has really killed himself by
his tremeiiiloiisexertioiis ; paddle over
nnd see. " Wt approached noiselessly
until quite near, when, thinking he had
really deceived us, he began to slowlv
move nwny from its ilnttoing with mo
wing ns though the other whs broken,
nnd siiiiuhiting the taint nnd mournful
cry of a dying bird, nil the while keep
ing just out of leach, evidently hop
ing to induce us to follow htm out into
the lake.
When we censed to follow he n -do
tied in the same mmiui r until our
"o-npassioii got the better of our curi
osity, and we withdrew so ie- to lenve
the mouth of the buy ungual ded, but
slopping near enough to see the out
come of t he matter.
As soon as he saw the coast ch ar,
our gallant bird so recently iu moital
extremity, holding his great grei n
head high in the air, quickly rejoined
his mate cm r.v ing her precious charge.
It was most a Heeling to seethe iiiiitiuil
eiiresses by i ubbing their necks nnd
heads toga Hn r, nml the little one did
not fail to leceive a goodly shale. As
for the "loon talk" in which they in
diilged, the boatmen would have been
gratiriid to know that the birds spoke
lis well of thriu as they thought of the
birds. l.everelt M. Chase in llm
Dumb Animals.
. - .
t l ilCil Ii a Sll;ike.
An aged lady mimed Mrs. Suuimer
lield litis been erned by the awful ex
perience through which she went n
few nights ago. Min. Suinuierlield is
the mother of a wheat fanner Ii ing iu
Vermont- Trx., and has been ill Im
Home tune with a throat trouble which
has iu in ly destroyed her voice. She
w as attended to bed on the occasion
mentioned by one of her grauddaugh
l.'is, who, at the lady's request ,.fl
the lump In-side the bed burning.
The hoiis'has been newly Inlilt mid
is not quite completed, with the ralt
ors of thu roof still uncovered by any
ceiling. During the night the old
lady's eyes were attracted by Komo
object moving along one of these raft
ers, mid presently n large bull snake
thrust his head over and hung there,
looking dovv ii at her.
She in all probability tried to sum
mon some one, but owing to her af
Hletloll was unable to make herself
heard. So perhaps for hours she lay
with In-r ti-rrilied eyes lined on the
hideous shape overhead until over
come with iicr voiisiii h i nnd fear her
mind began to wamler. When found
in the morning she vim unconscious,
it was with ditltcu'ity that she was rt -lived.
Her first motinu was toward
the ralter just over head, but this
was thought only a part ot her delirium
until all at once the snake ran down
the rafter and then dropped down mi
the bed. The old lady screamed loud
ly and iigniit fainted, and whoi the
tinnlly regained consciousness it was
seen that her terror fairly unhinged
h'-r intellect. During the day she
si enie l quiet enough but at the up
pronoli of night became so frantic thai
it was necessary to restrain Icr.
The bull snake is not venomous, but
is formidable aud hideous enough to
inspire repugnance in the strongest
mind. On searching the rafters and
roof of his house Mr. Suinmertield,
after his mother's fright, found and
di.-lo.lged no l-ss than eighteen
snakes of Hevi-ral viiiieti. s. This is
the season of tin ir Inliei nation, nnd
they seek the wannest spot at hand
i;i which to lie until spring. I'tih ss
molested they are usually- hitriiih'sii
id this time, being too sluggish to
move, aud can easily be killed ; but
near a lire tin y thaw out, and become
aggressive if shut in. St. I. s lie-
public.
A I " ii i i ii Monument.
It is not oft "ii that one sees a team
of twenty-four horses, particularly on
Sunday, yet such H sight wns pres. tiled
iu San I'rnneisco the other day, to the
stirpnsi il gaze of all who saw it, on its
journey thnni;h the city from the coi
ner of Fourth and Townsrinl stnets
to the ctit ro t t I, 'imi. I Hill ccnii -
toy on Coifritl avenue, opposite Uti.-h
street, Th" horses, hitched two
abreast, m ole a line more than half as
long as the blocks west of Market
street. Hi-hind them was a truck of
the largest si.c and strongest make,
aiiil upon the truck, supported by a
platform of solid timber and lashed
by ropes, a huge sandstone bowlder
weighing over eighteen toils. s colt
lour was much the sim.'iis the big end
of an egg. the upper part being round.
At n distai it looked to a Call re
porter like a inaiiiiiii'th pumpkin iu a
fairy tale. Tin' bow Ider is iihoiit seven
feet high nnd has a cirouinfereitei of
twenty feet nnd six inches. It was
brought by rail from l.ivei more and
will itiHtk the grave of th" late C. II.
Simpkins, a California pioneer, in
l.aurcl Hill. M had oft vpies,,-,!
a wish for a lie'Miiiiieiit modeled by
untitle, Hot In marble dittos, m 1 1 -1
his executor. Caption Know li s, alii -lunch
search. found a sutlable bowlder,
convenient ton railroad. It will re
main in ils natural state, with the ex
ception of a small square vv hieh will
be ehi.seh-,1 olV for a tablet.
The weather being wet nnd I lie
streets muddy ascent of guides was
made with great care and no little
skill, and t he font I aclol s w o e relieved
when the last lull in the cemetery was
overcoliie mid the giant bowlder de
posited. The cosl ot cat Inge from the
depot to the ci nn toy wasAKill.
b i si" lit killed hy I'linr bight.
Like every other sense that of tght
iinpiovc-'.by use under healthy condi
tions n:id, therefore, the people whu
littve the greatest exercise of their
vision iu the open nir under the light
of the SHU have the best eicMght.
t Scut rail speaking savage tl ti cs pos
sess the keenest eyesight, acquired
through hunting. Natives of the Sol
omon Islands arc very quick at p. Is,
celling disl tut objects, Mich ns ships
nt s. n, Htid will pick out biids con
eealed ill dense foliage sunn till ol 70
fe. t high Shepherds and sailors are
bless, d wit Ii good sight. I skillies
will delect a white fox in tin- snow a
ureal distance away, while the Arabs
of the de:ii Its of Alabiil have such I X
lletiie poweis of vision that ol. the
vast plains they w ill pick out object,
invisible to the ordinary eye at ranges
of front one to ten mil -s distant.
Among civilized peoples the Norwe
gians hav e bet ler ey esig hi than most
if not all ctle rs, as they ni ne goe r
ally Ittltill tie- ii cissiiiy conditions.
The reason why detective eyes ate so
much on the uiciease in tins coiiuirv
nml iu I '..ii ope lies in too much study
of books in early lile and in bmtly
lighted rooms.. Hivoklv u l a. If
n:i;i,s n ntoi (.11 r.
A white lie r.-dy hut's th'- liar.
Cupid dehumanized is an mig-r!.
A little head in alwayi full f big
talk.
Some little lions have a very leg
mar.
Widow - ar-- not a'- i on i mi lie h I h"
seem.
Ilnpe is a l 'sstty . le.io.atioti a
luxury.
Hope in the gas m the balnn-i o
ii in I iii ii .ii.
The law directs the lead, tin --iispcl
' the heart.
I'.eaitty speaks t hi.' s-itne language 1"
j till people.
! The mutt rf it"" is or, who inait
; pays his ih bt.
Tin- Inii'l s ii- vef ! -.-'!'' .it I I"
l -rt tie- Ii- art.
H. who sow- wild oas ,, .. ,t ,,t i..
t. ap tame om s
A pin m without a soul cannot !.
t"i iminoi lalil v
It is file foil, do-.l 111 I o 1 1 , llielll-al'i"
fool w ho never k tews it.
We say mi tombstones what we dave
tmt say to the mini's Cue
The Ichest man is m-ver the one
who bon-ls id his holiness.
Tf btass were gold the chi t k ot snliH
mi ' ii would be worth a fortune.
A scolding wife is just as benntilu.
to look upon us a storming husbau'L
Plenty ot iiii'tt who I e.-p their lings
tat keep thou mitt Is most awfully
lellll.
The cackle ov. r I he lay of the las'
rgg is a great deal mure no. bullous tr
the average American than the "Lay
of the Lust Minstrel. "
Mtide hy riiiinilo hulls.
In the museums of marly nil the
large colleges volt will see whnt appeal
to In sandy pctr In- ions much re
si milling branches of trees. on may
conclude that these are the remains r
forest monsters that trrew in n fur
j away geological age, but if you wil
take the trouble to as!, your guide, or
j better slill line of the professors, who
J iueiilwiiMilmn.lv, he will tell you t
; queer -lory, one, in fact, that "stuaeki
j of the marvelous. " These tnine-look-ing
supposed to-be saiidy pctrifaetioni
are. in fact, leal "thunderbolts.'
Si-u-iit ilicnily speaking, they me "fill
giil itcs." They me composed of I
poor quality of glass, nnd are made by
the lightening striking san ly deserts
and plunging downward and latterly,
vitrifying all the sand with winch it
cntues in direct contact. (hi t fir
Sahara fulgurites are found in every
conceivable shape nti-l size, smut
thirty or more feel in length tun
I foul' inches in diameter; others not
j Inrgo- than a bud poiol and sttl
j oile rs imt hugo- than a Knitting
in eille. Scienti-t Usually cnnsidi I
' fulgurites lis being n good index fi
the size nnd force ot discharge of tin
lightening stroke which fol toed ihelil,
St. Louis liepiihlie,
I tt::sun ii (iiowiiic Taller.
j I taints liiilton has eolh cted sotnr
interesting tads in regard to the t tf. ci
1 of athletics and inipinved physics
Ci He lit tons duriii; the last forty years
on the phv slqite of the middle classes.
Mr. (ialloit gives instruct iv c evideiiei
of the nine lint nt iotl of the lll'li.r mid
dle class. Winn he was all under I
graduate at Cambridge, lient IMH ti !
IMI, nltl gh but live feet mm n.i.lj
three-foiirl lis inches in height, h" who
taller than the majority of his leilows, I
In addii ssing them he habitually low- ;
fled his .yes, and tl in a cmwd lit j
W oil Id Ii lldtlv st i ov O till In lids of I In j
people. Wilting in 1 S'.:(. he Mulct;
that he no longer possessi s these ad-
Miutagis. Allen. I social coiultt tons, ,
iu his opinion, have helped to im
prove the bodily powers and address
ol his class; such conditions, lot in
stance, as more wholesome and abun
dant food, bitter cooking, vvaiiner
clothing, inoiloalion in the use of
nliohol, letter veltlilateil sleepitik'
rooms, more change through mentions,
nnd, lastly, the healthy lives led by
women in tlx ir girlhood. St. Louis
I h-liiociat.
I I ha toe for American Invention
The Netherlands Soeiity for the
I'roniotion of Industry destu s to re
ccive pnpel s containing mi indication
of the iiicmis to obtain energy thioiigh
imlmills, to accumulate this energy
electrically, and to transmit it, or
make it transportable. The drawings
belonging to the answers must be made
on while paper (no blue prints) on
scale of inie-qnni ler. Tim prize of
fered is the gold medal of the society
mid a reward of .('.'It. Answers must
lo sent before duly 1, with the au
thor's iinuie, to the general secretiiry
of the society, Mr. F. W. Kcden,
at Haarlem, Holland. I London Daily
j New.
In the Swing.
r.nliy nml I in the swtti(t
!' we pi up Hint now- we ieo itnwti,
With never a fer Hint never a fr-.wn.
A ' hei r mul a laugh iK Uie w itnl shake. Un
curls Of the lii-urcst of baliios SJJit sween-st of
g'irls,
rlli'.'ks Ilk" the loses.
Kyes lilnc as the hky.
U I'-kwartl uiel torwar I go bat-v and 1:
Ji.iliy toel J iu Hie .swiug
Jidl'V uiH I in the svvii'if
t'p liiwaiol the sly ikmu to llm flower
Sunshine atel glicln"-' tilling the Imurs
bear little hamls hoi. ling l-l as wr mi".
('..nil. lent In it h as she sits by uiv side,
With never a sorrow
And never a sigh,
l'n want an. I l.a.-kwar.l go luthy atnl I:
Jialiv au.l I in the swing.
- P. ('. Jfiiiilingtou, in (.'hieiujo PoBI.
HrMOKOl'S.
Quite I'lin-.-cessary The "Quite."
Hi-ought to Hay -The ineuiaiug
Mnmier.
Hn its i.-d-oiiHig features The
money loclo-'s tunic.
Many a romantic niHidcu looks tor
ho knight iu the daytime.
The work of a cook in a big hotel
liccessniilv covers a wide ratige.
The best remedy for a discarded
lover is to walk htm through a fviiialo
seminary.
Another proof that life is a coniuu
drutii is that everybody evelituallf
gives it up.
Ih" (lip microbe i supposed to
have started on its mission in the
loilgerooin.
A fiin tn.'is child pi the street ear
comes a m ar b. ing "h crying shaiiu
as th" law iillmis.
Miss Oldie -Hh, how I could love
the man who loved me. Miss Keaiie
So could ii ti x body.
"I'oor l-'iiitiia ! She has so much to
live for." "Yes; tiny say her hus
band's hie is insured for $.)l,iM(."
If ' got n il-iiliir
I v. rj time we smk
M.'.'inly el another,
No oi" would be lip'k"
Thc iiniiiiinies which are constantly
being found nt Cairo evidently be
longed to tie First Families of F.gypt.
Kthel -.lack dollybny is very impu
dent. He nttcinptcd to kiss me last
night. Clarissa Impudent? I should
call him crazy.
"What did yon do when Miss Rclie
tield refused you?" ' I wrote a poem
about In-r." "What a revengeful
cl eat ni'e y ou must be ! '
Colling Sny. Tillmghnst, didn't
you tell me that Miss l-'.ldokin was an
artist? Tillinghast -No; I said she
was a work of m I.
Mrs. Ibis!, ley Have yml fried the
c.ift. e (hi- morning, Mr. Ciossgniiu?
Mt. Cros'-uiain Yes. iiia'nm. nnd it
has pivvi ,1 alt iibbi.
"How do yoll klli'W she S plalll-
looking.' You haven't seen her." "I
wrote to ho- iu praise of ho intellect
uality nml f-he didn't g.t milled."
Auntie It i-n't good form to hold
vein folk in thai way. Liltleliieci
Amitie. .1- von thud- il is good form
to stare nt fol ks w hi b I Ik y a i r eat 'lig ?
' I wonder how such a beautiful
laligiui'-e as Latin d came to be a
dead language." said Mrs. Ilelipccli.
" Talked 1' deal h, maybe," said Hell
peck. lli.-w ' wii.il-' ' the I'.'f'l wrelp.
A Mil then lie imise.l I i iloilht.
A ill ' h it. I ti. -I think of finghl
I', thrill lo ...W ills. III.
Alts FI i ii Iii mi t . What is your hus
band's polities'.' Mrs. (infrequent.-
Ill-ally don't know. Hi. in nr ciii'iiis
anything o! a political nature i any
ot his J-o. k, ts.
' Is . I limine I'i oii'Ii a gi .d liltlrt
boy.'' "No." "Then why ln you
play with him n often'.' ' "Well, hi
luothci buy s him lots nf candy and I'm
bigger I han he s. "
Mary I have given a gn at deal of
thought to the question, "Is lllHIlillgO
n In i h 1 1 .' ' .lane And it is really (ho
last thing that can possibly ever con
cern you. Isn't it odd?
"I till yon idleness doesn't pay.
The surest way for a person to gi I
ah, ad is to kiip moving." "Ifaney
you're i u. lit. That 's th". way four or
H e tele litsgnt ahead of me hist week."
"Dins Miss Sliptoiigue speak
Frem h'.'" "No, she nevo cmivtrsfN
except in the dead languages." "
don't mull island." "Well, you would
if yon heard her murder ihe Kiug'a
I'.llglish."
Mrs. Short How do you expect mo
to buy things lor ymi to cat if you
don't give me any money? Mr. Short
-And It'i'V do you i -x peel me to earn
money for you if I don't gel any thing
to cat nc?
At liilltligsgate Market, Loudon,
10,0(10 tons of tish arc hiiudled in a
month.