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VOL. XVII.
riTTSIJOUO', CHATHAM CO., N. 0., AUGUST 15, 1805.
NO. 51.
Mil
When Poetry Dies.
When Tootry dips, nor sister twin, 8 west
Musie, will bo dumb,
'Aud tho warm, throbbing heart of. T,ove will
soon grow cold mid numb;
''be ltoyul Hislyrhood of Art, with alow nud
nerveless trPad,
Will wonder aimlessly about, litK-muo tliulr
muimmi Is dead.
tVliPn l'notry dies, Wil mid Itomiinw will dolt
their trappings gay ;
Aud spiritless will walk tho earth in number
robes of gray ;
Language will lly to M!i'k a borne .-m, tb
beasts and birds,
And human speech become a soulless skvlo-
ton of word
When Poetry U'ps, cold Vuboliof will put
Faith to rout,
And human souls bo shrouded ill Hi') deadly
lUlstS of dolllit ;
Bright, smiling Hope, affrighted, thou to
other spheres will lly.
And Willi despairing tears will wash hor rain
bow from the Hky.
When poetry dies, nb'ivo her tomb tho
(uncled vines shall wav
And bluo-oyed violets weep their dowy tears
upon the grave;
So mortal choir shall altix her dirge, but let
her requiem be,
The sighing of the sumncr wind, tho sob
bing of the m a.
J.tins J'Kiiliv lln.i.s, l:i Migav-.ino of Poetry.
A GARDEN PARTY.
ltv MAimr. itoiii:irrsoN
I'ntil n your after Michael Burn's
ileal h Mary, his wife, maintained u
(leeoi'oii-i show if grief. Michael hud
been a I hrifty person, and his widow
was Hot fnivi'il into unpleasant straits
o I tin ill in i !i for liim when sho liud
nothing to mourn with. There was
not il widow in Biillingwood had
heavier weed. The tombstone she
erected was tho talk of tho town.
No reflection could therefore be
c.isl !!ion tlie behavior of llio borrow
ing Mrs. limns, Mid when in due
c jtirso a suitor presented liiinsell' tho
most captions neighbor could not take
exception to tin; lad that ho ih mi
ni it tf I to the widow's presence. The
nsiirant for the late .Michael' marital
honors was a clean shnvcii gentleman,
one Patrick Mel) -try by inline, by oc
cupation an auctioneer, an I with all
tin) lavishness of esjolory lit Iii'k coiii
maiiil that his profession necessitated,
lie wt nt conlide:it !;. into tlm widow'"
it t In hilling-room uu I emanated, as
111.: whole in igilb il lloO I Collld ti'nllt'v,
williameiii th it c mid neither tut
Clllle.l fluted Hot' VI t ib'pl'. SSed. It
was merely p ,'iisiv.'. Whether Mrs.
Burns had leuipered her refusal with
iill'eetiolialo oil i is of tdnterlmoil, or
had iii 'i-ely postpone. I tlm In-nring of
Ills proposals, ill ; neighbors Wi le HII
alile to decide.
A few Weeks lull I' lllloliler Hllitol'
plts-llted iiilllsell, frankly coll fi't hi n-.'
himself to lu- liii".l t Iii her by the
Coler if the late M ieliarl's, money, al
though th widow wus a line figure of
Il Woman, an 1 lucky would lie the
mull that H. cured her comely ch irms.
He was not like some others lie could
name, who had to kissih) Blarney
hloiio every morning when tiny woke,
lor feel' tin y would Hot be III. I" to hut
ler voil no tho whole tlav long, and who
pretended 1 lit t onu glniic i from the
widow's i'Vi'h was worth her whole cot
tage and lour acres. "No need to
liaiuo naiucH, but lli:. in in I me in is
not worthy to plant one potato for
you -believe me, m I'ani, Mislross
Burns, lint it is a dill -rent soi l of a
man that is kn 'cling at your feel now:
too holiest to pretell I to lu lilind to
w hat no one could lui blind to, since
there was not in the neighborhood
nboiit Mich an unencumbered hit of
land; and if u human creature; could
bo that unseeing, Mistress burn; for
I'll not be calling the maun hypocrite,
although he is generally known by
that name then it's certain he's no
muu of business, ai all ; and no good
business woman like yours. If, mi'iiiu,
would bo wanting a life partner that
did not know a good bargain when he
hiiw olio. "
This plausible, reasoning was not
without its o fleet uu Mrs. Burns, ns
her small Hprvniit, who would cheer
fully hive lost her plm-a rather than
forego tho pleasure of listening from
tho tit t io overhead, ropo.'ted to the an
xious community. lint stca.lf istly
adheriiig to tho lino of ;ricf stricken
abstiiienco bho had worked out for
herself, tho widow dismiss i.l the ho'i
ist, man Mr. Thomas Kjan by inline,
ns hho had ilone his wily predecessor,
until Mich lini! tis tho forco of her
yriif should havo in soino nieasuro
H.ent itself.
Hardly a wook passed, however, be
fore Mrs. Hnrus was nniu visited by
a pining' lover. This titui it was n
forlorn widower seeking consolation.
Mr. Martin O'Brien had lost his
itpouso nliout the samn time Mrs. Hums
had Biifl'ered her marital hs, mid ho
ivuno to miuh) his tears with hers,
and in the shedding of them to cause
tho new hopes, which were a'.rcn.ly
jjropu upon tho graven of both dour
doparted, to blossom iu the hearts of
tho Borrowing relicts. Ho brought a
small poem embodying the above ilea
and uobliingly read it aloud to the
widow. She was visibly moved. Mr.
O'Brien beenmo mure puthetic, and
his tearful uttcraiiccM inoro heart-rend
ing. No one but Mrs. Burns could
weigh tho depth of tho grief into
which ho was poured, and Mrs. Burns,
whose mind was iinulivo to mixture of
metaphors, heard admiringly tho ex
pose of tho position she was occupy
ing in tho mind of Mr. O'Brien. Sho
alone could give tho solace; bho aloiio
fill tho blank. Sho ulolio was the
sympathetic m ite for whom his soul
yearned.
Nevertheless, Mr. O'Brien departed,
10 iving, it is true, his poem behind
him, and bearing with him, in ex
chango Mrs. Burns' promi.su for fu
ture hearing.
By this time tho hpring tiiuo was
shedding its softening influences with
gentle lavishucHS about tho e.irth.and
as was meet with tho season, another's
fancy lightly turned to thoiighs of
love and Mary Burns. The last of tho
four suitors was u htraii.er, Mi". An
thony Long, wlio cam ! iu tho early,
bright days from the lumber camps
up on the North Shore, und who an
nounced himself to hive been the
dear frend of the lite Mr. Burns.
Michael had died away from home,
and the htranger ha 1 tended him iu
his last illness. Mich u l h id died in
his arms, and tli ! iu.wc mi'T brought
a ring which the deceased had given
him as a legacy. Furthermore, he
came out of respect to tho request the
dying Michael h id mad ;--that sine;)
there was no m ill livnr? to whom ho
would entrust t ho we! faro of his wile
except the man at present Hjieaking,
Mistress Burns; mid that's for whit
ho is h -re now, iu obedience to Mr.
Burns' command to marry hi widow
and protect her forever.
The, widow su-pen led the grief
which lei, I bro'ieii out afresh at tho
pathetic recital of her husband's latter
c. i.l to observe licit ii w is very sudden.
Shortly afterward, however, Mr. Long
also took his departure without u defi
nite acceptance of bis offer to share
Mis. Burns' lot and cottage and the
three thousand d.iU irs' life in-urauce
011 her late lill-lialel.
As the went in r bee unes milder, riv
alry h is ml led its .'-I and Mrs. Burns'
lovers lieeaiji ; more iirdciil. By this
timelier firs! p'liolof morning uus
over, an 1 sin; felt that she might now
decorously cut 'f int i social enjoy
ments, and i veil in lu!.;.! iu the lux
ury of matrimony. As we havo seen,
opportunities for the latter were with
in giaspii-g distune-. Why, then,
did not Mr. Burn i re ward tho chosen
of her heart?
Tho d.lli 'ulty was this. I'. io h suitor
oli'etvd und -mnbhi advantage over the
other three, and the widow could not
in ike up her mill I as to which of tho
four hiiperior iitliactions'would con
tribute most to In r future comfort, she
having reached the ago when pruden
tial e mis d :iut loin ell'ect matrimonial
selection i. Mr. Ling's boldness at
tracted her, as mid icily usually at
tracts worn en, and his cire of her late
spoils- gave ii i ! it a claim over her. Mr.
O'Brien inspired her with ii mild pity
wii.'c i ii akin to a feeling that it usu
ally considered desirable iu wedlock.
Mr. I'.g.iu bad certainly a good head
for business; and Mr. Mcl lorry was
that polite a gentleman any widow
lady might lu proud to go through
life with. Sho could not decide which
one to i-M louse.
Meanwhile th;! nspirauta pressed
their claims and the widow tempori.ed.
Finally, sho hit upon a happy expe
dient. Behind her cottago extended a
nice bit of garden, yet not spaded up.
The neighbors' gardens were in their
Kpring attire, and it behooved .Mrs.
Ibrriis'.Oo.tVto bo behindhand. This
Inet, united with the choice hho was
called upon to make, suggested the
idea of shitting tho responsibility for
both upon the shoulders of tho four
gallants who wished to share hor for
tune. Following this inspiration sho sent
wold to tho niitors to be present at
her houi ) a certain day. Naturally,
each arrived with tlittering punctual
ity, and naturally cvino.-d more or
loss disgust at the company ho found
himself in. However, Mrs. Burns
w is prompt iu her cxpltiuat ion. Sho
took them out into Iht! gnrden, showed
theiii the ground divided into four
par;s, pointed out the garden lit us Is
tm each part, an I then announced her
11 1 1 i 1 1 1 lit 11 ! II.
1'ieli suitor was ni-sigtied a portion
of th;' gard n, which he was to dig up,
rake over, clean, und prepare for seed,
i'he man who would show the best re
sults when litj-'ht cunt was to receive
the w idow 's hand.
The nvals accepted the task with
ru, -lui aluc'ity, a id set to work- All
duy long they labored, and aurely o
garden was never better prepared.
When the suu sank four exhausted
men waited the widows inapoctioa.
Preseutly Mrs. Burns appeared, at
tired iu the full glory of her heaviest
mourning this being an occasion for
ceremony rather than festivity. Sho
walked slowly about tho garden, ex
amined each plot carefully und criti
cally, and then disjiassionutely gave
her decision.
Iu her opinion tho work had been
best done hero a dramalic pause
by Mr. Patrick MoDerry, and to him
therefore sho gave her baud. Thorn
was a calmness about Mrs. Bums that
forbade audibio protest, only Mr.
Kgau beiug heard to remirk as they
went away that it was always tho
blarney that caught tho women.
Only a month elapsed before Pat
rick was iu full possession of tho wid
ow's charms, monetary and otherwise.
'I'ficy aro very happy but unless Mr.
MeDerry refrains from one remark
there will bo broken heads.
He is wont to observe to the neigh
borhood that he is at his happiest
when sitting on tho back steps of his
wife's house looking upou the garden
that his rivals helped spade. Now
York Advertiser.
First Public Street Limiting.
The first public system of street
lighting was established iu Antioeh iu
51)3 A. I). The order icstill preserved
which provided that lamps should bo
kept burning throughout tho night.
No public system of lWhting tho
the streets was ever established in
(ireice. Home; or iu tho Kgyptian
cities. It was tho custom, howovor,
for tho O iveriinii'iit to illuminate tho
streets iu u lavih manner on tho De
cision of any public festival. Tho
most curious of these, perhaps, was
tho "l-Vstival of L.imiM," hold iu
Egypt before the Christian era, wh&i
thousands of lumps woro plaod in
tho streets and kept buruing through
out tho night.
Paris was tho first modem city to
uiiiku an;. provision for lighting tho
streets. Tho first legislation on tho
hitbjeet whs tho passage of u law re
quiring tho eiti.Mn to keep lights
burning iu front of thoir houses aftor
11 o'clock. A few of tho citizens
obeyed tho law, but tho streets were
left almost as dirk and iu dangerous
as ever. The next step was for tho
(ioveriim.'iit to soil privilege. to pri
vate persons, permitting them to rent.
liinteriiH and torches to b dated citi
zens by the hour.
Tho next city to illuminate its
streets was London, and tlcro a num
ber of experilii-.-uts were tried. lu
llliillu! Mayor of London issued an
ortler that lanterns should bo linn,'
out on winter evenings between All
l'lallowon and t'aiidlcinas. During
the rest of tho year tho streets welo
left in darkness.
Aincilcaits Have Bel'cctlve Voico.
An authority on the culture of the
human voico liuds that although wo
have more schools of elocution than
any other country, the voices of both
our men and women aro very defect
ive. The faults of tho latter uro lack
of strength, an iiuplcasint high pitch
that ho calls a "tpiaeky quality,'
over-eniphasis, and u prevailing cir
cumflex accent that is designated as
"the silly twist." The tpiaeky tpiali
ty Mr. Osgood of the Boston School
of Oratory calls "tho ungoutloiitiss of
our women's voices that has attracted
most attention abroad." Professor
Carson of Cornell finds fault with
the American voice and with tho read
ing of tho American college student,
"who in tiinety-niiio chsoh out of a
hundred reads cx-tcniporo iu a bung
ling way, with imperfect articulation."
Looking backward, it seems to Pro
fessor ('arson that tho old method of
his boyhood, "reading distinctly and
minding tho htops," much reading
aloud at home, and an understanding
of that which was rend, produced
more simple, holiest," and cultivated
readers than more modern methods.
Professor C.irson also believes iu the
sweet and gracious voice of woman as
a reslraiug and civilizing influence.
New York Post.
(iuiile Posts to Oases.
Signs iu the desert, indicating tho
trails and giving directions as to tho
nearest springs and wells of fresh
water, are to bo erected by Arizona
and Ciilifurnia iu tho desolate regions
on either aide of the Colorado Biver,
where so tinny tragedies have oc
curred through miners tiud others
losing their way or living from thirst.
The signs are high polos of gas pipe
with big Htpnires of sheet iron at tho
top, and tiro painted red, as that is
the color that CH'i be seen the greatest
distance in that region. Tho letter
ing will tell the distance from point
to point and the location of tho rear
tet water holes. New York Suu,
(lUUUtKVS (OIl.MN.
"ill) E Ml. A I1! MSY."
" (iiv. t.e a I'l'iuiv, griindpu, plea"';
l in g- iii to buy - for you -A
aiek of candy, and, I s'po--,
I'll eat some of II. to i :
For tilings tast-. belter don't you know
Wle'li peopl-i Mmro ' "a ; I lliiuk so."
JJ'.st'iii Wn'.'liinau.
Till', COSlt KsrS OK PHXSl T-,
Washington n !Ver m id i a sp .-ech.
In th) zenith of his lam) ho 01120 at
tempted it, failed, and gave it up con
fused and aba-h... I- In framing the
constitution of tho United Slates, the
labor was almost wholly performed in
committeo of the whole, of which
George Washington whs, day after
day, chairman, nud he mailt but two
speeches during tin, convention, of a
very few words each, Bimethitig like
one of (irant's speeches. The c inven
tion, however, acknowledged tho mas
ter spirit, and historians afllrm that
had it not been for his personal popu
larity, oud tho thirty words of his first
speech, pronouncing it tho best th it
could be united upon, the constitution
would havo been rejected by the pen
plo. Thomas Jefferson never made a
speech. Ho couldn't do it.
Napoleon, whoso executive ability is
almost without a parallel, said that his
diflieulty was iu linding uieu of deeds
rather than words. When asked how
ho maintained his influence upon his
superiors in age and cxporieueo when
commander in chief of an army in Italy,
ho said: "By reserve." Tho great
ness of a man is not measured by the
length of his speeches and their num
ber. Chicago Times-Herald.
A FAMOI'S WAI.r..
The eptiro history of C'ii.iin, liko
that of Egypt, is divided into dynas
ties. Tho great Chinese wuy was ba
guu by Che-whatig-te, fust emperor
of tho Tsin dynasty. It forms tho
northern boundary of China, and was
built to prevent invasions from that
direction. Every third man in tho
empire was retpiired to give his help
to build it, and it took live years to
complete it.
Tho wall is not solid, but consists of
two thick walls tilled with earth;
every foot of tho found ition, how
ever is of solid granite. Il is lined
with battlements an I towers, and is
so wide that six hors sin m in iv easily
ridi.' abreast on its top. 1 he towers
are about I DO yards up iri ami there
aro stops here aud there for pMsomi
to ascend.
Beceiitly in a survey for a Ciiineso
railway, this stupendous barrier was
measured. The measurement gave the
height as eighteen feet and the length
as thirteen hundred miles. It goes
over the moiintaius and plains, crosses
rivers and traverses great marshes. It
is estimated to contain enough ma-
terial to girdle tho earth with two
wall seven feet, in height.
DAIN'TV AMIMAI.S.
"No doubt cits, large and siniill,
iniiko the most careful of nnimal toi
lets, with the exception of home of
the opossums," wriles a contributor
to the Spectator. "Lions and tigers
wash themselves in exactly the same
manner as the ilom stic oit, wetting
the dark, iinlia-rubber-like ball of tho
forefoot and tho inner toe, and pass
ing it ovt r tho face an I behind th)
ears.
"One of the most charming pots
wo have kept, and one most particu
lar as to its feet and fur, was a lovely
brown opossum from Tasmania. It
washed its face cverv two or threo
minutes, aud would pay tho sumo at
tention to the ears, hair or hands of
any ono on whose shoulder it was al
lowed to sit.
"Once, having upset u bottle of
turpeatino over ils hands, it almost
fretted to death because it could not
removo tho scent. O Idly enough, it
would retire during the day ton chim
ney, and tlid not object to the soot in
its fur, perhaps considering it 'clean
dirt,' as children do earth.
"Ono small spaniel, which we al
lowed to live in the house, was well
aware that if he returned dirty ho
would not bo admitted indoors. About
an hour before the chue of the day 'a
shooting ho used to strike work and
begin to clean himself; and if urged
to ilo more would slip home and pre
sent himself neat and clean in tho tim
ing room.
"Ono day the dog had been left at
home, and his muster returned aud
seated himself by the fire, wet and
with hiilf-fro.eu drops of ieo sticking
to his gaiters.
" Pan ran up and carefully licked
oil' the frozen ice and snow, stopped
now aud then to give an anxious look,
which said as plainly as possible,
Dear me, if 1 don't get him clean
quickly, he will be s oit to lie iu the
table.' "-Atlanta Journal,
MADSTOXI; Cl'KHS.
A Correspondent Tells of fjomo
Remarkable Remit:?.
CurlnR tho Bites of H ihid Dog.-;
and Poisonous Ilrptlles.
A CiHcowill, Vs., correspondent of
the New York Sun writes about tho
fame of tin- Pointer minl-doiio in his
lioyimo I. It was ow ne 1, he says by
old Mr. To u Pointer, und tho mar
velous cure's wrought by this Mono
were well known. Colonel John Wiui-bi-.li
of II ilil'iix county, now very old
and an inmate of the Leo Camp i f
'oiifeilernte Veterans, has on several
Decisions told m" of wonderful cures
wrought by tho Pointer stone. He
told also that tho late l.". tirimviilo
Cra block, curly in his lit'.; ns a prac
titioner of medicine, ma le great sport
of the ma Istoue. D. Crad lock was,
in his day, as celebrated a physician
ns perhaps any man in Virginia. After
some years, however, Dr. ('ruddock
became fully convinced that tho mad
stotie whs panacea iu all cases of
bite s of rabid dogs or poisoiioin rep
tiles or inseels. This I know to bo
ti n ', nud 1 will tell what I h ivo had
under my own experience.
My father h id a ma Ltotie, nud I
now- have it. The first use I had for
it was in the c.i-.o of a little colored
girl, my slave, in lsii.'i. I had a very
elegant bird dog, a red Irish setter,
lb, was uuilsiiilly intelligent and per
fectly good tempered. Suddenly he
began to show temper, and to bite tho
other dogs that came about him, and
finally ho seized this little girl and bit
her hand severely. Mr. Moore, a
refugee from II nnpt ni, was living
with mi, and he sai l tint the. dog was
mad. I told him of tho loadstone, and
ho sat by the girl for several hours,
applying the stone. It would stick
until fully charged with the virus and
then drop oil', when ho would drop it
into tepid water, and it would emit
tho poison, which would rise to the
top. This treatment entirely relieved
tho child. the wouuds healed promptly,
and hhe is now a healthy woman with
a family of thirteen children. Never
having seen a rabid dog, 1 chained the
setter up to wateh tho result. 1 fouii 1
that he had no fear of water. lie
would douse his li.-.nl into the bucket
mid try to drink, but from the swollen
condition of his tongue or paralysis of
the throat, I tin not. know which, he
could not drink. I kept him for
several days, until it becnine so pain
ful to tin; to set! his hiitV'liligs that I
killed liim. I will state further that
he never failed to recogniz me at any
time, and I do not believe that there
was a time while I kept him that ho
would havo bitten me, for he was al
ways glad to !.nve me near him.
My next use of the stone was on a
lliorongh-brod mare. My stableman
saw her bitteu by a big inoccsiu
snake, which hekiilel at otiee. He
led tin: mare htniigiit to th- hou-e and
showed me where see w.n bitten. I
shiiM'd the hair off, and there were
plainly visible two small punctures
where the fangs struck. I applied the
niadsloii..' to each wound, and there
was instant, relief, lor there was not
the slightest hwelliu ; on her leg the
next morning.
The next time I had ooo ision to use
it was on my hon. When a little bare
foot boy he stuck a rusty nail into his
heel. The wound became very much
inflamed, and threw him into a fever.
I sent for Dr. Hubert 1). Bnskervill, at
thnt day perhaps tho most Iciirucd
medical man in our region. IF
stayed with him for forty-eight It, his
trying to produce suppuration from
the wound. Before lying down for a
little much nee led rest the second
night, Dr. Bnskervill told mo tint he
saw marked evidences of tetanus, and
that, ho had great fe its for the little fol
low. I sat. by his bedside alone.
Ho was iu great agony and tossed
from side to side constantly.
What it-was I do not know, bit nt
about It o'clock 1 thought of th mid
alone. I had never h -ai d of its use
in -such a case, bill conclii I 'd that it
would certainly tin no harm to try it.
1 got it, nud with the sharp point of
my knife, picked out the bard, blaok
scab from tho wound and touch d a
corner of tho stone to it. It stuck
liken leech, and within half an hour,
the child was iu a calm sleep. Ho
awoko refreshed and almost free of
fever and whs well iu a short time. I
lent the stone to Dr. V. M. Eppes, an
intelligent and reputable physician.
A hard-working farmer eamo to him
one morning before ibiy. He had
been shearing sheep tho diy before,
and had knocked a piece of skin from
one of his builds. He thought noth
ing of it at the time, but awoke about
midnight in great agony. Bis hand
and snu were swollen. He tried again
to sleep, but the pain was so intense
that ho hud to walk the floor. It grew
oro ho rapidly that he got his horso
mid hurried to Dr. Eppes. The Doc
t r hal no confidence iu the stone but
it was an unusual case and he thought
he would give it a trial. The pain
began to abate almost instantly and
w it bin a short t inn- was relieved and
the patient hiill'ere 1 no more from it.
Hare ami Costly Foxskins.
Most of you have read quotations of
silver fox skins an I black lux skins,
but did you ever see one. The chance
are thai if you aro not in the fur busi
ness yon never tlid. Only K!.l were
taken in the whole worl 1 last seaion,
nud every year all of these go to llus-
sni, where they are the fur cf the
royalty ami the nihility. The other
day trudging up the .Journal stairs
came Hunuewell, the Smth Danville
fur king. Ho is a real Yankee at a
trad., a hustling b tyer, who Inn
n,'onU in th) Nova SmUiis nud iu
Cape Breton and all along tho rich
fur-bearing c iiritrios, mil his trans
actions amount to S"0.Dil) a year and
upward. I'u Ft his iiriu Hunuewell
ben.' n pickiigo, whic'.i he tossed light
ly to the floor of the reporters' room
and disturbed the quiet of the several
"desks" at work. "There, "said h", "is
something you novcrsaw before eight
elver fox skins iu one bunch. There
they lire four of th"iu beauties, four
of thum ordinary." Tho four lirst
named were beautiful skins, pare deep
black along the buses of the necks,
silver tipped along the backs, while
the (ails were just shimmered with the
silver white. The fur was soft and
line, beautiful to the touch. "That
skin," said Mr. Hunuewell, testing
out one, "is worth $'''. This ono is
worth tJloO. If that one were iisblnck
as this an. I was as heavy and soft as it
is now it would bo worth $d )0 easily.
Considering that only FJ'J were taken
last year, nud that I got twenty-four
of them, 1 think 1 got my share.
These ciime from Cape Breton, aud I
never had so many iu one bunch be
fore." Lewiston (Me.) Journal.
Vim eil I'niiti the Oregon.
We were talking of wrecks at sea. I
have b. en iu several and am still alivo
to tell the tale. Tin) most remark
able i. fall was the losr, of the Oregon.
Mvstt :ry slid l.a':gs around it. Its
sinking was like the sinking of an
island city oil' the coast of Spain.
There was one accident connected w ith
the going down of this magnificent
steamship that invariably ea ises mo
to laugh when 1 think of it. Mr. and
Mrs. Collis P.. Huntington were
among the passengers returning from
a t nir of Europe, lutho excitement
of getting oil' in the boats they were
separated, Mrs. Huntington, with other
ladies, being hurried away in one of
the largo boats f.iiward of the second
cabin. The sea was almost calm but
the bunt was so heavily loaded that the
gunwales were within an inch or two
of tin; water, and a slight movement
earned it to dip. Sud lenly Mrs. Hunt
ington, wiio hal kept up her courage
w ell, sprang up mid shoute 1 w ith a tear
ful voice :
"My Collis. Oh, where is my Col
lis? 1
She clasped lo r hinds and looked
aiix'ously towards the last sinking
ship.
"Sit down," roared one of tho
sailers, as the water rait over tho
side,
"But my Collis! Where is my Col
lis?" "Sit down I say. Confound your
collars. You ought to be glad you
save I yourself." New York Press.
(Jiicpii Victoria; MenN.
(, teen Victoria is rather simplo in
her tastes, as a rule. 1'or instance, a
kind of natural soup very often finds
its way on to the nieiiu. The wine
served with it is white sherry, which
! her Majesty generally drinks from a
beautiful gold cup formerly belonging
to F'uoeu Anno. Boiled beef and
pickled cucumbers- a favorite dish,
with Prince Albert invariably follow
the h nip, while a baron of beef is like
wise a c instant feature, it is ttote
wort'iy that the tjiioeii still adheres to
tin, i Id priiciee of having the cook's
mime called out as each dish is
brought to the table. This custom
dates buck to the days of (Forge If.,
and had its origin iu a conspiracy
against one Weston, formerly an as
sistant, whom the King had raised to
tho dignity of chief mouth-cook."
His late comrades, jealous of his pre
ferment, endeavored to disgrace him
by tampering with tho dishes. Upon
Weston proving the existence of this
plot to his royal master the latter
gave orders that in future, as each
tlihh was brought on, the name of its
co ik should bo called out, in order
that praise or blame might b b
stowed where duo, New York Sun.
Wheal ami ( lover.
On one side slept tin' clover.
On one sid- sprang the wheal.
An I 1. like a lazy lover.
Knew le't which se. iued more swart, -The
p-d caps of the clover.
Or green g-'WSi of the wheat.
The i-i'd Clips i'l the e..er,
Tll"V l...l.e.l in the h--.it,
And as tin- w ind went over
With nimble, living feet.
Il tossed the e,-i,s of clover.
And stirred the g wns-d wheat.
Oh rare red cups of el.-ver.
Oh dainty gowns -f wheat,
You teaeli a huy lover
Ifiov iii bis lady meet
The sweetness of the elovr.
Tin-primrose of tin- w heat.
-t'iiAiu.rs K. lln.n-i
Jll M0H01 S.
"I rise to observe," said tho aero
naut, looking out over the landscape
sprmd below him.
He Why do you refuse me when I
say 1 can't live without you? She
Y'oil have aroused my curiosity.
Student (translating) A nd-er-then-cr-er-ir-wont-cr-iiiid-er.
" Professor
Don't laugh, gentlemen, to err is
human.
Young Benedick My wife doesn't
understand me at all. Old Benedick
Have you tried talking like a baby
four months old?
"You will notice that 1 have you on
the string," said the boy to the kite.
"Yes," iiiiswered the kite. "And that
is what makes m : soar."
He (sympathetic iliy) You have a
bad cold. Shu (huskily! I am so
hoarse that if you attempted to kiss
me I couldn't even scream.
"That woman dispenses a grent
deal of eocial lemonade, " "What do
yoii moan?" "She is always saying
sour things ;n a swot t way."
New mini - ii morning paper What
me the ofliee hours here? Old mini
(carelessly) -Oh, only from three to
lour. New man That's good.
Liiuilsinnti (at a yachting race)--'
What's that craft out yonder? Biver
man That's the stake boat, bands
man Hw mo over to it. Fie hun
gry. '1 is tni" she wear- !., r br--tln-rV ti-'s
And . lis hi- iei.'iis l.l.a r.
And llndsliis .-, .liars ja -I her m- ;
Jai; she ,MMii.-t us.- hi- r.a.; -r.
Wife -Can you spare me n Iittlij
change this morning? Husband Cer
tainly, (io out and dine with your
mother. The chauge will do us both
good.
Amiable visitor And this is tho
baby, is it? Why, its the very imiigii
of its father. Cynical uncle Well, it
needn't uuud that if it only has good
health.
"Do you consider Lifter strictly
honest?" "H .uest to u fault. Why,
lie told me without my asking that ho
stole that dog, he had with him last
evening. "
M-ii jorie --That young man staying
at the other cottage seems awfully
nice. Madge-- But he's so slow. You
would hardly believe it, but ho has
been out with tin! twice and we're not
engaged yet.
IF-ad Waiter (to professor about to
leave the premises without paying)--Should
you happen to miss your purse.
Herr Professor, you will please bear
iu iiiiinl thai you did not take it out
w hilo you wi re here !"
Commuter What do you menu by
saying that that house is only five
minutes from the station? Its fifteen
minutes if its a second. Heal estate
denier When 1 said live minutes I
supposed you had a bicycle.
"Sir," said the indignant alderman,
"arc you not aware that wore 1 to vote
for your nieasuro I would be exposed
to the condemnation of all the good
citizens in my ward? And that sort
of thing," he added, lowering hi
voice, comes pretty high, you know,"
"lionioniber, my son," said the pru
dent father, "that politeness tloesn't
cost anything." ''Yes," was tho reply,
"i'vo heard that." "You don't doubt
it, do you?" "Well, it certainly costs
me about seven dollars a week to get
any politeness out of the waiters in
our hotel."
A Strange Feint idetice.
(Forge H. Knight, with his wife
an I hist, r, arrived in (iriind Hapals.
M oil., from England a few days ago
on what was intended to be a surpriso
visit to his brother Thomas, who ban
lived in that city several years. On
i lquiring the way to his brother's
house he learned that Thomas hail
started for England tell days previ
ously, intending to surpriso (Jeorgo
wi'havisit. The brothers must havo
pa s 'd each other somewhere off Sandy
liook. (ieorge will wait iittirand
Hapids for tho return of Thomas, in
order to avoid otlifr surprises. New
York Sun. '