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VOL. XX. I'llTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. G. TIIl'HSDAV, J AM.'AIJY 13, 18118. NO, 20.
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THE LOST MANUSCRIPT.
"Sixthly, brethren," said (Iip preacher,
i Tlion he anxiously looked 'round;
".Sixthly, sixthly," hu repeated
' Till il seemed a niuckius sound.
Vierccly did his fmtTs fumble
"Fifthly," foiirtlily," "thirdly," nil,
lint his lips kept muttering "Sixthly,"
And it answered tint his call.
'"Sixthly, brethren, as I mentioned ".
Then hi- turned the Bible o'er;
livery 1 1 ii i i- stood up in anguish,
W liilo his tun eyes swept the Uoor.
Then tln pond old gray-haired dweou
Ifose with "Parson, ef ye please,
'Sixthly' just vailed out the w inder
On (ho luimim a' the breeze."
Then a email hoy t-uielcred pnily:
"Ah. that wind's a beauty bright;
'Thirdly.' 'fourthly,' both were winners,
Hut that 'sixthly's' out o' sight.'1 .
'-Cnl-JHilus 1 ii-pati l.
SEMPER FIDEL 1 8.
r v om;
rQ&Jrp, words
ox; after the speaker's
ils had tiled away
listening people
ftV waited In hushed es-
) pectanoy, unwilling to
believe that be had fin
ished, and unable to de
scend, nil at onre, from
the heights to which
they had been raised.
Hut the announcement
of the last hymn assured
them that the service
was almost over, nud u
little Inter they began to
tile slowly nut through the high, nnr
tow doors into 'he damp Cornish nlr.
In almost total silence the crowd sep
arated, with t'it' unconsciousness of
sunoiimllngs. which ironies to men
when their minds have been stirred
deeply.
. John Ordway and his wife came
from the chaptl among the last, nud
v,-a iked aim in mm to tht long, low
shed. wh"tv many wagons were Avail
ing; both had been strongly moved by
lh- cvenU"'s sermon, but lu different
way, indicative, perhaps, of their
widely iliii'cring tempeianicuts.
ordway helped his wife Into the
unjiin, the horses struck Into a swill
trot, and lln driver leaned forward to
draw the rug iii-n closely nbout his
companion, peering up into her face
solicitously.
"A damp ni-Jitl" he murmcrcd. 'T'o
you f.-el ;,t all cold, little girl':"
She -iencl iiir.oiisly ut his voice,
and shoo!; her h"nd.
"I'tii iiiiie warm euougLi," she suld
mechanically.
The.V l'l"c.l .- wil'tly pro I the scatter
ed house- of liii- village ami out Into n
stretch of open country. Three or four
tunes il,.- woman laisi-il Iit head lis
l!ioii-:!i abm: to speak, but checked
beiself with an effort.
' I have sotuetiuug to tell you, John,"
fi.e slid at l.i-. "I- 1 am afraid I
mi :bt to have told you Ion? ago."
Her tone was o serious that h" turn
id ai'd l oUcd at her with ipilck anx
iety .
'Are ye sine ye ought?" he asked
gently. "Maybe there aiu't any need."
" Tli'TO is a need." she answered. "I
liae known all along that it would be
bet:or to speak out, but somehow I
never felt that 1 could, until to night."
Sin- paused as though to pat her conr
ape. "It's about myself and Willis,"
sic said. "You remember "
Ordway bent forward smblenly with
ii warning shout to the horses, and the
wapoti jolted heavily in n deep rut.
"That's me. all over." he said with
n chuckle. "1 took special notice of
that hob- so as to skip it on the way
home, and heie 1 am, drivin' right Into
it apain. like an old fool. That's what
conies of li-tenm' to sermons ye can't
unite understand. '
"Won't xnti listen to me, do! nV" his
wife asked plcadinply.
"tf course 1 will." ho answered.
"Only my nerves beiu" so wrought up,
I'm sort of afraid to have any big
slio.k come on m-- sudden, ye know."
"Von make it :o liard for me," she
said. "A nd 1 am in earnest, oh. truly
1 am in earnest."
Her voice trembled with the warning
of tears. Ordway put his arm around
her and drew her closer to him protec
tively, as a mother soothes a nervous,
tdcepy child.
"I wasn't Jokln'," he sahl. "I'm nl
ways plad to listen to ye: only I think
ye'd best wait till we get home. We're
"most there llo ."
The wapm swunp nrouud a sharp
turn, and thru, far up on the hill alirad
of t lniii the clear-cut outline of the
farm huildiup- showed acalnst the
horizon. And the horses plodded ou In
silcn. o.
"tin In by the fire," said John Ord
way, when at letipth they rattled into
1 iii- farm yard. "It'll lake tne some time
to U thinps up." Hut when he came
back from th" stable lie found her
waititip. ban::u against one of the
S'lUare pois i f t!i" porch ami looking
(utt across t'.ie darkness of the valley.
"I wanted to wait nut il we could go
'n lopetl.er." she said. The loop, low
hitcheu was full of chaupinp shadows,
which (him-ed across the time-imlishel
l'oor ami lost themselves in the corners
of the irregular eeiline. when Ordway
crossed to the hup tlreplace nnd piled
some sticks of soft wood on the glow,
hip ashes.
Theu. twisting himself out of his top
coat nud bestowiup it, tosether with
bis cap. on a conveuicut table, he drop
ped from the chimney corner a preat
old fashioned chair and sank back lux
uriously In its capacious depths. Ills
sif had also removed her wraps, nud
i,,ov took her seat nt the other sld? of
th" t'uep'ate "ii a low stool, drawn
Vaii; Just within the wavering bound
ary of s:;i'!ou. At letipth she spoke.
'.owly and v t'i ciidcttt rffort nt calm
In .
"i.ou uiut try b; Ijo vatleut tv Itli
me," she said. "Vau'll bo ttstouished,
I know, and I nm afraid you'll bo an
gryand I couldn't blame you but 1
want you to wait till till I've llu
kibed." "Are ye quite sure ye'd better begin,
or hadn't ye better let It go till to
morrow ?"
"Xo!" she said quickly. "I've wattled
to speaU to speak so many times, and
havcu't dared to. I'll feel n thousand
times hnppltr when I've told you, no
matter what happens. Let uic go on
now."
"Maybe 1 know what " hu began,
but checked himself suddenly. "I'm
listeuin'," he ndded.
She hesitated na If to gain xtrcnglh,
nud ho marked how the slender figure
quivered with Ihe effiort of her hur
ried breathing.
"I hud promised to marry WUHh be
fore 1 knew you," she said unsteadily,
"We quarreled nbout somo llttlo thlim
and each wua loo proud Id Hpeiik first.
Finally, he weut uwny without Keelng
me. You know how we heard that hu
died iu Africa. 1 believed It wo all
did -and I cried myself to Bleep night
after night, because 1 hadn't acted dif
ferently. As t i in u went on 1 began to
forget little by Utile, and after a while
It nil seemed like a sort of ilivnm; (hen
you ctime Into my life, and taught un
to trust you ttnd turn to you for help
In everything. And, in truth, I loved
you more than you could ever uuder
staud." Her voice trembled pitifully.
"You believe tne, John':" she asked.
"Say that you do believe tm-."
Ordway drew his hands across his
eyes with an Involuntary movement.
"I ain't never doubted It," he answer
ed softly.
She gave a quick sigh of relief, and
let her bend sink again upon her breast
as she spoke again.
"I was happy and contented for two
long years. It was like heaven; and
yon w ere happy, too, JohnV"
"Happy!" he said. "Ah, yes; ttobody'll
ever kuow how much."
"And then little Dora was bom," shi
went on, "and somehow nil our trouble
begun right there, for It seemed as
though her baby bauds took hold of our
hearts and pushed them npurt. a little
at Orst, nud then more and more. I ac
tually thought thrtt you didn't care
about her 1 kuow It was wrong, but
I thought it ami I got to feeliug
apaiust you as I would against some
one that was watching for n chance to
hurt my little one. Well, tilings got
worse and worse, and when she died I
almost believed you were to blnine lu
otue way 1 didn't know how. Oh.' Ii's
a.vful to thl-.il-. about, lmt 1 couldn't
help feeling that way. Will you ever
forgive me for It?"
"1 never laid it up ngalnsr ye." he
answered. I reckoned it was natural,
and 1 knew ye wasn't wf-11; so 1 itiel
to forget nil about that part of uiy life,
and I dom- It -almost."
She looked up nt hlm gratefully.
"You ore trylug to help me." she said.
"Not many men would do Hint. The
rest of my story is harder to tell, nnd
harder to listen to. You remember
tlint Willis came back and hunted us
up. He came nt the worst time for all
of us. 1 was set against you, and linlf
wild nbout baby's death, and rceldess
to everything. He found that on', and
kept pleading with me and urging mo
to go away witli h!in. lny after day,
when you were nt work, he used to
come to the house and talk to uie al
ways in the same strain. I oitplit to
have sent him away; but--I didn't. His
sympathy was so ready that I didn't
see the purpose nor the falseness of
It. It was as thouph some evil spirit
put the word into his mouth, and 1
listened; Ood help me, I listened."
She started to her feet, and stood fac
ing her husband, her anus raised to
her head in a wild gesture.
"It was no fault of initio that I did
not sin against you in deed as I did in
thought," she cried. "If It had not been
for some accident - 1 don't even know
what it was -I should not have been
here now, 1 went to meet hlm one
night, We cr to drive to Oakley and
tnke tin- train for some place. 1 wail
ed, I don't know how many hours, but
he didn't come; at hist I crept home
nnd found you asb-ep. All nlpht I sat
by the tire waiting for some word from
him. for 1 was ready to go yes. even
then 1 was ready to go. In the morn
ing when you were away a letter came,
saying that an unforeseen accident had
happened and he would let me know
nbout If soon. I never heard from him
ngnln."
She paused nud looked at hlm fear
fully, n) thouph expecting a vioh-ut
outburst of n mrer; bin ln said nothing,
nnd at la-t she spoke again, unable to
bear tin- slleuce.
"Won't you spe:i K to me?" she cried,
tremulously. "Haven't you been listen
ing? Have 1 done wrong to tell you:
Speak t mo, for Cod's sake; 1 can't
bear It."
The words were lost In a storm of
sobbiug, aud sin- threw beiself down
ou her knees bestue hlm. hidiug her
face with her bauds on the ami of the
old fashioned chair. Ordway looked
down at her through eyes that were
dimming. "Hou't take on so. Kunie."
he said gently; "yell be plad nil the
rest of yer life, I think, on account of
jest what ye're eryin' alniiit now-. Look
up. my girl, an' maybe I can uuih the
story for ye." He put out his hand and
stroked the lmwed head with clumsy
tenderness. "Ye say ye never knowed
why he didn't come that ulght," he
said. "I could a told ye why."
She raised her bend with a ftartled
esclamatiou. "You?" she cried.
"Yes," he answered, ".lest nu. He
stayed away be-ause 1 told hlm he'd
better, nud he knowed 1 meant what I
said."
Her eyes grew full of a wondering
fenr, nud she shrank away from him;
but he smiled again and detained her
with gentle force. "Wait," he snid. "I
ain't crazy. l'id ye thluk 1 was so
) blind all them luoutui that I Uida't c
what was. happcjalng? I'd a knowed id
I' l been miles away, for there nlu't
uover nuy trouble iu your heart but
what I don't feel it. Lord bless yc, I
seen what -was goiu' ou, but I thought
'twas best to Jsay uothiu" uu' let ye!
wrcstlo it out alone. Finally, when I
noticed that circumstances uu' every
thiug was lilicly to bo too much for ye,
why, I Jest stepped In nu 'talked to
Willis, lit- understood, an' that settled'
It."
"Then you've'knowiii" she Interrupt
ed breathlessly. '"You've known all this
lime?''
Ho nodded chcei;fiiIly."All this time,"
be niiffwered.
"Rut you never suld n, word to mo'
you invver acted as though "
"U'h always hnrder for mo to tnlk
than to keep still," hu mild Blowly.
"Surely jv've found trnt out long ago.
I couldn't a said n tvord without inak
iu things worsu most likely; so I
thought the best thing to do wns to jest
wait-an' I Uavo been waltln'."
"Waiting!" she repeated. "Waiting
for what?''
"for what's hiippcaed, Eunle," ho
said softly. "Waiting to hear Jest whtit
I've heard to-nighl; to lutve ye kneel
down hero beqide me as ye're kneelin'
now, n-wnnttir tin- help I can give ye,
uu' a-trustiu' tne enough to nsk for It."
fie lifted his bund to check her ques
tion, nud went on lu the same tone. ''I
ain't never been like any of the men
ye used to kuow. Why, for n yenr or
more nfter we wer ninrrtexl I used to
set nu' watch ye, wonderlu' all the timo
whether it was really uie, nu' whether
my luck wasn't too good to be true. 1
wns always afraid that there wns a
mlstnkti Komowheros, for It didn't seem
right nor natural that ye should sin
anything In mo to care about, unless
unless it was because I cared so much
for you; I tried to think that some
ilmes." The woman -was clinging to his arm
nud weeping eouvulslvely.
" 'Tweren't yonr fault, little girl," ho
said. "It jiost happened that way!
There n'.n't no need to cry about It
now; the tltui: for cryin'a all (tone past;
nu' I don'i think Itll crer come ngnin."
Ho stopped nbruTiftly. as though half
ashamed of his sudden outburst, aud
let his glance rest lovingly upon tho
kneeling figure nt, his feet.
"Aiu't ye glnd it's happened?" ho
asked. "Surely ye nin'f grlevln' over
the very thing that Is to make ih so
happy a gen."
She did not answer, nnd for a mo
ment he watched her in perplexed anx
iety. Then lie understood, nnd knelt
down by her side. Toronto Saturday
Night. . !
WASTED ENERGY.
A !oo:l Thiuu 'he tee Man Wasn't
Tlisrc.
Across an uptown street an ice wag
on was extended. The street wns nar
row and the horses attached to the
wagon had evidently been halted at the
curb nud then had turned diagonally
across th roadway. Usually these wag
ons are manned by n crew of two men.
but in this case neither man was In
sight. Presently along came a horse
and wagon with two men on the seat.
They couldn't get by because of the ico
wagon. They halted iu the roar of the
obstruct ion and one of the men called
out :
"III, there, get a move on you."
The lee wagon was full of ice and the
driver's seat was entirely concealed
from tin- men In tho other wagon.
There w as no response.
"What's the matter with you':'' yelled
them;in;"don't you know yon are block
ing up the highway V'
Still no response.
The vociferating innn grew angry.
"Say," he howled, "if you dou't drive
ahead I'll take otT one of your wheels."
Tho other man laughed. The w heels
of ihe Id- wagon looked as If they might
have been made for the .luggernuut car.
The wheels of Ihe other wagon were
light and shaky.
"If yon don't drive ahead I'll gel off
this wagon and chuck you into the gut
ter," shrieked tin angry man.
"Say." sa'il the oilier iniiu, "don't talk
like that. These Icemen are nil lighters.
He'll come back here with an Ice-hook
nnd welt the bends off of us."
"let htm come," roared the (list
speaker. "He eau't bluff me. Say,
there, you wretched, white-livered ice
peddler, get a move on you. or I'll tram
ple all over your worthless carcass."
And even this didn't elicit n response.
Then the nnpry man slowly got down
from tin sent. aud. grasping his whip
in a linn grasp, cautiously cirebil
nrouud by the way of the sidewalk uu
til he could g-t a look j ' the driver's
seat.
"Why. there's no on- here," lie culled
back. Then he took the horses by the
heads atal pulled ihem to the side of
the load.
As he cllmb"d back into bis wagon
he said:
"It's a blamed lucky tiling for that
driver that he wasn't there. I'd 'a'
beat the life out of him."
And lie pulled up the horse savacely
nud rattled along.
For the Bike.
In a newly designed bicycle It Is not
necessary to use the feet and keep tin
pedals moving all the time, as the
spiked rear wheel can le lifted out of
Hue with the runners by means of a
lever near the head of the machine, so
that after speed has been attained or
in going down hills on the road the feet
rati be held still.
UiibIiicbw Transaction.
Yabsl'W See here, Mudge, why
haveu t you paid that $ldas you prom
ised ?
Miulje I heard you were going to
leave town. Indianapolis Journal.
It Is sail that half the people bora
die before reaching .he age of " Souo-t-llicrs
we kuow wou!du't be Ui'-sstU
xety much.
! FIELDS OF ADVENTURE.
J
THPiiLUNG INCIDENTS AND DARING
DiEDj Oil LAND AND SEA.
A Siiiutif early Thirty 1'i i t l.-inij Kills :i
v.iimiiiiii l'tu-riiriniti r.iiiy iimi r.uaiv
Injures il .Mull lu flilluili l;,lii:i )
ni' IJiieoinilri- Willi it l lri-i-.- sti.nli.
A I'.ruziliun niucicida twenty-eight
feet lon.4' made its escapu i'roai a box
iu a loud diiuj iinis, luii in l'ljila lel.
pliLi one day recently, a-i l after near
ly killing a watchiiia-i wrapped its
coils aro-uinl u valuable pony u-.i.l
ci uslic 1 it to death.
The performing horse nu 1 the suitk-
were part of tho attraction-; at the mu
seum. Tho pony belonged to W. C.
Holier, of New York, who phi.v.l i:
valuation of SlO.t'ih) on loin. The ui
iieoiida wn iinport-.--! by tin manage
ment nud arrived from New York in a
box six feci long, which was thought
to be secure. The box was pin .-ed in
the i-oi liei of a cm i ball. The puny
was a!sy shipped from New York. ,.
was lied to a fee I box iu tin- curio
bill. Samu"! Moslu-r is th.. watch
mau iu th..; ball. He was in the cellar
with the Vlier mteinliitits en-a-ed in
sorting il It lumber for :n exhibition
plutl'onn to ho constructed in the
course ui the day. The matia.er tent
hiiuon a'l errand to the curio hull. He
stitynd u long while, but no notice was
tfiKeii of this until wild i-hri.-ks from
the trick pony an 1 other sounds of
commotion in llie curio hall caused
the utteiid'iiiN iu the collar to drop
their lumber uu 1 hasten to the s.eue.
The spKcta.-l.' that met them when
t hey rea -he 1 the upper floor t-.-rri.'io 1
them for a moiiieiit. Watchman Mot
her win stretched on tho (lour uncon
scious, and not fur away from him Hie
handsome trick pony Ibicephalus v.a i
wound in the coils of tin) K-rpi 'it.
.Wood w.is Dozing from the pony's iius
trils aiid i vory vestige of lit'o wa
squeezed ou' of him.
Watchman M ishor was dragged to a
plnco of safely, and a lin-ty e.niuiit.t
tiou showed Hint Imwastiot d-.ad. He
was hurried to tb Jlulineman i
Hospital, where the physicians I'.ci-i i
two libs i':a '('ire 1. It i not hn.i-.wi
vluMher ho h:t. any other serious iu-jiii-ii-.-.
beyond shock from fright.
A! the hospital Moaner revived an I
told thy .story of the etii-tiii tit i.t
which lo w.i- Hi,- only witness lie
said oil re.K'linu the curio hall he -.i-.
startled Pv ti'i lin;; about -i fee! ..t
the Hiinc iiid.i'.- length out on the tlonr.
A bo.u'd bci'u'.iie louse, and lUrou--!i
iius the captive began slowly to work
his w.iy to li'vrlv. The v.-atchiiiaii's
tiled iinpnisii was to try to lore. hi:,.
ba.'L. an I he stin ted to do thi. n'.-lie
Tim snake a! tucked liiui licrceli. nnd
in le:- li'.Mo thaii t!.c waU'ii'iuuVould
tell il the jire.it f .l-li of the reptile
were entu ly fr" fiom t!r; box a-i I
out on iho floor, h, another i i.-1 .i i . ;
the wuichmau u.is r. niliiug i;) them.
He '-us loo terrified ut first to c,ic mm
alarm, and when lie did try, the coils
of the monster were iib-uif his i-lu-sl,
crushiu'x him.
The noise which sunrnoneil t lit res
cuers was inudo by the pony. The
actions of the pony v, ere n remai kal.h
display of amni.il intelligence. lie
i-a.v tii struggling walchmau in toe
serpent's coils, and. with shrill neigh;!,
('prang to his aid. .Ini'viug the fo -1
box with ii i in. With his sharp hoofs
and his teeth h-i lierc -ly attacked the
Kiiuke, w hich slowly utuvouinl its i'old -froiii
tho helpless watchman, and
turne 1 mi its new nssuilaut. It was
not loint beforo the pony's neighing
was stilled Tha inonstcr wound its
clasp j'.ioiiud the brave little nuim.-il'.-.
body, ti'id with met liodicul slowness
brok- bono after bo.i.' iu iu ribs.
The men who rushed to the scene
and saved the wuleluuaii's life were
afraid to attack the 'n i.i or to go near
it except with weaooi, to ili-stiov it.
The serpent hissod at them aud darted
its lougiie out. It Will evidently pre
pared for another attack and to seize
a third victim. Pat Mctilinchy. one
of the attendants, w ho i-t au old plains
man, Migg,sted to lu-so the snake's
hea I. This plan was adopted and hif
hen 1 was lirmly secured. Tin problem
of .securing the rest of the body was
less easy to solve, but the tail was se
ciiveil iu some way after it uncoiled
from the juiny's body, and the snake
was .bagged to uu iron cage with a
heavy si-reel, and securely imprisoned.
This ponv slaver is nearlv thirty feet
long.
Slmvli t'iiili's .1 Illii-r.
Au drew Cameron, a deep sea .liver,
formerly employe I by the Knglish
( iov, l nmciit, was a passenger ou th"
steamer Yu-atnu which arrived in
New York frotu Havana, nnd Vera
Ci'ii.
Cameron v.a- sent to Vera Cm,
several mouths ago by Ueaifoii .V Co.,
uu r,?igi."i mm of dock builders w ho
bud a c.mtnic' to build a bulkhead, in
Vera On.: barb or. While making a
submarine .Automation be had nu u l-
cut tire eighty feet below the surface
of Ihe w ater w ith a ten-foot mail ent iug
slunk, i.s a re-nit of whi -h he will be
n cripple for lif". K ingp.n tly p.iiui. e l
in his right leg.
''I arrived iu Vera C'ru?," ho said,
' and went to work immediately. He
fore making my first descent 1 asked
soma Mexican fishermen if there were
any sharks iu the harbor nnd wns told
there were a few small ones, but that
they were not man-enters. No one
bad ever heard of any deep sea sharks
coining into the harbor.
"Satisfied with this information T
bga'i my work of diving regularly
every day and had been working for
about six. weeks carefully, examining
the work on the bulkheads. During
that time I saw- n few small sharks
which I frightened nway by striking
my hammer against the columns.
"f male u dive October 1'!. mid ha 1
bet n working nbout an hour nt a depth
of abjttt eighty feet when 1 s iw n dm k
s'lado.v oxer my helmet. Surely, 1
thought, that can not t the shadow cf
my boat at this depth? Then I saw
the object luove, and si'.w 1 was within,
t vo feet of a lavg. , ma'i-eu'.iiig shark.
I reached for my knife, which has n
l ! i !e eighteen i'li-hea long, and as tho
sir.rk swum over me, almost touehiiif:
my helmet, I slabbed him iu tho
lb ri liii, cutting a deep gash.
'I'oru moment the big fish remuiue.l
pel i'-.-cily still, as if Muuueti; then ho
begun to lu di furiously und the water
lie-am .- crimson w ith Lis blood. I
hug:cdtl,e piles of the bulkhead as
closely u-t 1 could to get away from tho
lisii. 1 could not move, owing to tho
h-iivy weight attached to my shoes.
The shark swam straight for mo mi l
raiiiiiie 1 me. head on, iu the right 1. g.
Luckily it wan a glancing blow, and
although the shuck ton uwny tho
heavy 'itii'i Ision' cloth of which my
diving costume was ma le, and almost
wrenched my leg olv, thero were lio
l-iiiii' i broken.
" Th" shark turned on his hack and
again came id me with wide-open
mouth. I man.i'.'cl to move aside nnd
stabbed him, and In- moved rapidly to
the surface.
"I h-i-l signaled to my u'toudiint mi
th- b .al t- I." p'i!l" I up, but the at
teu l ints uflenvurd told me they wero
lelsiiv engaged at the time iu adjust
ing the apparatus ami did not notice
my sj.;uu!. I probably own my life to
that, fuel, f..r if while lighting tho
shal l; I hud been pulled away from
i-iv po-iiimi I w-oi! 1 sm.v have lost
ic'y legs.
I'h" occupant- of Ho. boat ,-r.w tlr.
shark cuiue to the oiirfac- dead, and
! inn liutely pull--.! in" up, That
! s-iv.-.l my life, for I "as too weak to
vicl iisi;ii;il und n. eh, thes were full
j i,i water, which came through the rent
' ma I" by the shark. 1 am now goiu;;
j I i Knglutid for nil operation."
I Canier..ii rliiiins t holds the world's
record fur deep-scu diving, loiviug
i i.'one 'J'M feet ln-l.iv.- tin surface at
1 L- ch CiT.ig. iu Scotland, on April In,
j t r.-M".i- i.ti eiij.-iiiccr and liremnu
'who wi;i-,-. drowio"! i'l a:i ucci lent
i si':ii!a'' to the recent .-lie ..in tho New
! Y"i k Ceiili a! nt damsons.
' Ti.nu's liii.. V.'ii'.i n tVii.i-si...t.
! Tees-lay aft-'i-iio-ui lio-rc v.a- n ra-.j
: run beir. cn a pas.-enger trniii oil tin.
I 'I'.er oceanic a:. I ii wnti-r.-p.-ut. The
' i :i -" was deejared a draw, as the train
j i .-capi .1 fr-'UI th" iCiiaeliate effects of
: the v .tier-pout. v. iie-h burst ug.iin-l
t'iecir-i !' ii m .iint i;n. but l bo im-isi.-.ise
lobiiil" nt .i!i-r post "i.-1 down
th" luo:i:,i,iiii side, along the roadbed,
.mi liuii'.y caught up with the train
! a-i 1 inundate I it s . iu! t!i" pa--C'i-'
- ha 1 to lu- t.iU-n .:' "i handcars.
Tii-.- p.u ti-'uhir ! "f tin.- in. iquo ra--t
1 .. I.ighty ii.b rcsiiiig. h was the
dnily p.i .seii:.-.- train from l'ueblu t
; t hi - . ii ::i-l c. i.iii'.- ii-iinbct 1'iis
- il-.'. - w !-. illi-VU i. Ah 'Ut l."o
' o'.-li ci-. toe sky be. -.uic- s:i ideiilv c-.v-
cm-.I wiih i.i.i-ses id' black ohm. is. An
. inky w u'cr.-ip.iut ,-'j i t -r.-i , as it is called
l y i-oas.ei of it i rc--e;iil.-'.i'.iec to a
; writhing serpent, hung from the
i heavens and a Ivauccd rapidly iu the
I ;i 1. of th-.- moving u.i.in. Tinre w.i-i
! great excitement aii;ong the pitsst-n-i
g. is. The people in the t hird-chi.-s
; each, who ha l the best view of the
' p'ueuoiiie;iou, wc'.'.t down t,:i their
k;icc ; iii prayer for deliverance.
! (:i:- I i ly ha I ii iiorvoiis attack an I
i fainted. When tin- engineer learue.l
' cf t'se pjitiie idioard Lis train he iie
t cide l to show th" ciilebra his heels,
j Then began the pi ctiicsi race on rcc
: or.l, with the lives of a loa 1 of passen
i geis a the stakes. Up grade, down
; grade, round sharp curves, a.-ross
bridges a. id oVcl t he h-v.-ls Hew that
! piissciigce train, with the waterspout
I Usi b, diind and gaining ju I a little.
The train enti r.-.l a canyon, tin nod
' a curve, ii'.id at the same moment the
; chasing' culebra came to grief high up
; the iiio'iiitain side. 'L'he water poured
1 down the slope iu raging torrents,
; and us the train emerged from the
j other side of the gorge a vast sheet of
water, bearing trees, rocks and nil
Ikinlsof debris on its bosom, threat
j . -in .1 to engulf it. Wider the engineer
j threw the throttle, endeavoring to es
j c.ipe this new danger, au-l all would
; have been safe, but another sharp
j curve intervene 1 and the engine
jumped the track. The engineer saw
: the danger and reversed the lever nud
; iipp'.i' d the brakes. The engine
rolled dow n the ciiib:iikni"iit. but the
! rest of tho tvniu, including the tender,
1 remained on the track,
j The next moment the mass of water
' struck the now stationary train and
j tlooded it to the l.-vc! of tile platforms,
i The passengers an 1 crew were help-
les to do more than look out to see
what had become i f the engineer and
1 lireiiiuu. supposing them Killed. Hut
t'ley both scrambled, or rather sw am.
! nut of the window of the overturned
cub iin l clii'noei el ha -k on the train
Tins huppeiie-1 in tii" vioiunv of
Sa'.i Antonio Cipitlalpu'ii. Mat- of
Tluxeala. A relief tiaiu was dispatched
t i a point a. near as it could get, mi l
the pu-songevs a:i 1 crew of the ship-'wrcck.-d
train were transported iu
ban 1 cai s and br. eight on to Mexico,
ii 1 1 1 x i lit, here only four au 1 .cic-h vi
hours li'e, and wiih an cxpeiieliee
! which n-.'!:e of thetu w ill ever livfi lonf
' eii'.i'tg'i to forget, and which, ha 1 i
! not been for the presence ,,f mind of ;i
, n-'i vy engineer, none of them would.
iu nil probability, have lived (0 tii
' inembei- -M. xi iu Herald.
ri-riiliiir H.'i 1. 1 Auniiifl Fire,
1 The Theater Frc.ucais at I'.ns L.n
' a peculiar device to insure th. great-
f-s! possible fsafely for tho audience.
Not only can the scone be separated
: fi'Cii the auitfeuce by a hei metieallj
; clo.-iag steel curtain, but the roof of
t lie scene can be uncovered nt a mo
j mi nt's notice, so thul a draught of n'x
i produced, w hich carries away (Sm
i s:iioke and noxious guses iro luce. I in
the loe. These, it is said. constiunU
i the preste-t danger to the !i'idief.cc(
: often lendeiiiig eseipe quite impossi,
'Lb. It is on the scjiie that the fun
j usually bicuks u i;.
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
A Sr.RTIVlENT FOR LITTLE
BOYS AND GIRLS.
EoincthtuK tfiut Will Iutcrest tho Ju
venile Members of liver jr Houbcbold
Quutiit Aetiona uud UrlKht Suyinss
of Muuy Cute uud CuuuLug Childrcu,
l-'lrst Trout-crd,
Little mau, little man.
With your bit!..- trousers blue,
I wish that I were happy.
My little mitii, iikc you,
Is th"ie to r iinyth!:;ij in lift
That gives sich plcnsure true
As (his first pair -'f trousers,
So sttli'.'jhip und co new ':
I.iltie man, little- man,
You w i!h sturdy siri-le uud bold.
I'liiy, hale you s.-eu my buby boy?
He i assel this way, I'm told.
Hi lit tic ,r. ss is fresh nnd while,
I lis clustering ciirjs n:r- gold- -He's
nn h 1 e is,. Ion n l-il.y,
l-'or Ic's hut thr. .. y.-.-ivs o'-l!
Little ii'iu;. lit'le mac.
Why. . 'i ii ii reall.t 1-V
W1..--I i ii-k if y .'i'c. him.
Yoll s;j I ll.i t J-..-I a 1 e 1 !
Ymi. w itl! join- -u i i roils, rs,
And magic ,.-K,-is ,l,.. .-'
"J" '.iiite Ici-.l .. I.. !!. v.. it.
Y"'l !""k ' s'Vll.ge llC-
-Life.
I'nor l'nss.i's I-'iilo.
All New- York was bit.'iesled In Hie
fiite of a i'l'"!' little I'l.-icl; a nd whit
pussy a few day -in. e. It seems that
the cat ! 'ii i- t'etl oi- luniped f colli the
roof of it building and I :; i : . on a
lintel nf a win. low in ih,. fourth story.
Here Hu- u ii fort una t.-. uuiiicil rcmatned
for fmir days urnl nights, frnwils n'
i nr. i i : I ' l l iu ii' ir.
M-o.e gat hei-eil m: 1 i'-l.t "1 : ho building
daily and sp. e'i.-te,l .ci wgis j ml
nu ;ios I., i.-h.-is.- i; i nun it- predion-
Illel,. 1 I'.eil. ivlln 1!.". ,, !! bo.ild
ing. has ,-i warm iii-art. !.- itniir"-ti-e.i
u s..aii ti... ho;:;--'
il!lle sll 'e. ;lei si, uiig ii .o, fri'lii
III.' root', i iii it -.';.. meats iitnl .Si-inks,
which ptiv-'-.v Hick.-.) und. r his furry
coal, Ait.iiii'1-- u.o then lu.u.io to
.Ir.-ig the unimul no to it,., r-jof bv low-
'4 c::
ii. .'.v nu. i:ri.i i i i' rosy,
ering n blank. -t. n. hi'.-h the animal
was i'Xpeci". in . ling. I !e di'ln'i bog.
A rigger t'rni-i ItronMyu llmilly trb-d
io sui e poor puss, . m.-.ii's ..I' m l.ont
swiiio's i-h.-'in. iu w l.i.-li a man was
hoisted up to ill., lintel. .s In- lie, re. I
the e.'ll it w,'iid llei volis, hiiiii,e,l ps
back and sivoiel,.',', out is .-laws.
Ne.'ir.'f mid tieuier . anie ihe rigger; he
rendu d out bis hand to grasp tin
"pussycat'' i hen t here was a tragedy!
With ;i wild Imwl of despair ill- fe
line biunch.-d liiiiis.e.f nut from tlm
"X
TV l. V. I A i I I 1-.
Iiiiti-t. T!:et-i. . d.-irU nb.ii-.-t Hi; Hug
loon.;' ii" :iv f ; a : - -. - r i :n.. :,. n
:i .!. flllict . ,-li, l-,ii".l 'il its ni'ie exi-.-.'lie.
s. w us lying upon I t-e ,.- ."oeli!.
Tabby ..wii.-l l-t Mr-, OnrlV. a
.liinitr. ss. nn ii;.- day i' Inn. led on the
lintel it s(o!e two . hops and a ,iui. .-
poi tt-rhoiise sie.-ik ti"iii its in-liih'i'ii;
lllistl.s-. 'rile luiler eilMslisoil j. (,
ly and it e., nte.! ii. t (lei to ihe
roof and from that point leu.-h'-d its
l;sl inostil g place.
A Little l'liine Who Wouldn't Wash.
l.:ito' pnie . !"- mil. !i pk" oih.'r
i h Mreii. I ho son of tii'- Ci'ovvii I'rMice
.-f l'nissi.i i'l not I k" t i b.-' washed iu
t he morn up and he ..ft. n mud., a givm
t iiss aboii: it.
One day l.'s ri...r f.-port.-, iiiui tn
bis father. 'A'ery w.'l." sa!, the
i 'row n I'rji' . "a fit : t!i! l-t him go
linwa-hi d."
So the next illuming the I'rinee ,i!d
ti .. have h fa. e we-ln .l. nop Ins;
Laud?, and Lc wut ui; w walk with
s r
S'!: "'' ' ''' ':' "-""fit
'i . r-
f
h!s governor, feeling proud to thtolt
that he had got les ow n w ay.
Around Hie palace of the l'rliice ther.f
were many Koldicrs, who watched t.i
see that no harm came- to the royal fam
ily. These soldiers ahvayii saluted tho
children whenever they w ent by. This
time, however, the Urst soldier the lit
tle priuco passtd ttoud etill aud
straight, uud did not suiutc. Tho I'r'.uci.
looked displeased, but said uoth'.ug.
Vrestutly hu came to u nut her boldier,
but he also stood s'.lll and did nut sa
lute. When th" Villi; a, finished itli-J
ihcy had passed many soldi, rs. uore f
whom paid any ntteiitcji! to Un I'rincc,
tne little fellow .lashed (sjto hi fa' bet
ex-elalming:
' I :i ).- I papa! You must whip ill
jimr soldiers! They refuse to tfihu"
lllf when I puss."
"Ah. my ton.' said the Crown l'r'uce,
"they do rightly, for dean soldiers m-v-!'
salute a dirty lltth- prim e "
After thnt he took a shower bath
every morning.
Oil. I Things Aliont V uiiibox. .
J lid ymi foci' :( u rainbow In H"
west ?
Iu discussing this ciimuus .ii"siion
H,..- I'hlhdcli-'ilu Times gives some in-t.-t.-stiiig
facts lu regard to a i .i iphuxv
nnd how it Is formed.
1. It I.s ni'Ver seen except when the
sun Is shining in one part of the :kv.
and r.'itn Is ftillbig In the otic"-, or op
posite, part.
. It Is geimnilly seep In ihe oast, be
ennse our showers oo:i- from the ,,-ost
1'inl puss off tow nr. I the . a -i.
3. It ciinnot be formed in tin- e;s ex
cept in the iil'teriioon.
1. It cfinnot b- form.-.i In Hm west
except In the morning.
.". It is novr-r seen c midd.-iy, be-c.-iiis.'
the sun is tln-n above us. pud ""
i-animt, therefore, s,'iii'l !ictwi'ii ii ;:iel
the rain.
Sniiit o you limy wonder whv a nru
b.ov Is always semi clrculur iii shape.
A a njatter of fact. It l-i ii!oys u
eoinplete clrcb.', lmt v." c.ni r..-M bni'
one hnlf of the circle, because Hie earth
cuts off our view. If v.--- w-:;v poised
ivi the nlr. hlg'i nb..v The earth, vo
could fee It. nil. Th" clrciliiir ; ii'H'e ii
due to the fnr tl'.'it ti.e ram-In v a''
round and that t-.i-b !r-.p l-.-tlc'ts l-ii.
one eolnr to niir yet It may si rf
.on us a srr.itig'.' tidng. 1' t ii i in.".
that no tv o peisou-- see tie s"")" I. v.,.
I That 1 l-ceai-.:..- no two ,.!-.,:; , in
possibly occupy the ,nn.- posif'-ci, i!l"l
tuns the i-'flcol io,-.; fail 'li'f"-! !..'
upon thi-lr eyes.
l.ltib- I.ytii'.on wi ill :i..i;e to j-.'e-l J!dd
st -.iw berries and '-.-.ig!:i b;:i i; a sowtl
.in. li.-itf full "i iM.i lij-i-n." l c said.
"tbele Were ge,! l,";Mi.-is of
I.""-rft.es, bill I p'. !,i. t!'.' !!! ui'.'."
FOR THE CZAR'S oAKET. .
Iciiiilnt ions s-oiot-l inns tcii-s lir.itli
to Otlli.l-s.
The Russian I'mp.-n.r lareiy tench
by rail for any distance from Sr. peters.
burp x itho'.it the death being v ifded
of some uiif.irtiinnte individual who
has approached ton .-lose to the ;-.-i i cl
trucks in lieliun.-o of tie- wnrutitp- of
the sentinel- by w lib h ir W igtinrdcd.
and who in i oiiseinicnc- Hnn-of i -m
been shot dead. An incident of this
kind oeiuificd dnring tin- recent joiirnoy
of the In-peiiiil couple from M. I'eters.
bttrg to Warsiiw. and the fact bus now
been brought to light that lie- pci-niil.
thus killed was nn old grandfather w ho
hnd become stone deaf through age.
und who therefore emihi ii"' boar the
chalb-ngo addressed lo him by Hi" sen
tinel, lioeply ilisti-.-sed ;is i- lii. V.ur-
iUil by tlm neeiii-reiic.-. Im blan nil bo
attached to tin- soldier, who iiini-el-- nt t-
cd In nbeilielu e I" I he MTV :;l l iili.-enr
orders which be hud r -.-i Ived. I -or
diiy-s liefnie the t'zar traM'ls lilong any
railroad I'lm the laiii-r is pair.-iled on
bnlh sides by sentinels, whn are sti
t billed nt a distance ..f -Jon ,iii-,!s fi'iuu
Hill' llllnHlef. 'I'h ey keep til. 'if e.Vl
open, but niln -w i-e a i-c allowed in take
It easy, taking what i- known a.-. He
first position." the rill" l"-ing slung
from He- shoulder. Six hours i-ef.-i.
lb.- pa ape of the imperial train Hey
assume the second posit ion." Thai -t.i
sn.v, iliey shmilder their r,il.-s ami
mare'i brl-kly up and down w itli every'
menial faetiliy mi the it:i vi'.. An
hour before the Imperial train p.-is-,--
i bey assume the "third po-iiion." stand
ing with their backs toward tin bin
and the train, and allowinc -i "tie ti.i-
b-r any . ireumsianccs to np.proiieii
within :i hundred yards of Hie track un
til leu minutes niter the Kmp.-roi l.n
pn-s.-d. Slciild any oti" utii-mpt to
approach He y hu ..rd.-rs in ehnllev;.',
.-iil'l if tin- I li-M x idu.-tl coin inn. -s i.i a;.-pfoa.-b
in spile of ehalienge and -.arn-nig
Ih.-y bin.- ..viler.- to -hoot ,. j,dl.
t 'liicng.. liei.'ord.
A W iii-Uiiiiin's lilca of ifu Itranni.
Waller A. J .',.. ft. in S. -ii In; Ts.
t.-lls in tiis nm r.'itlv.-. -Tiie Workers."
what ..iu- of ih.,.. i;i..ii-.:.' of Slci!;-
s...ae. ' il-'tl I go I" ',! e I i !;! I
i.i laugh. 1 want t.. p- 'n ti'rl
.ed i--i- i. f ih ii'"i I " to to
li.. "i liaiice. I w:i:o s-via- .. 1 ."in
nii'lov-tand t' " word- of, uud hes
j.-kes. and hoi--.- play. Y-.u don't get
n, t.. the th'-niei lo S"e sj,.,,.
up by Sliukspeai e. n-.r iiny of th.-ui fol
lows us lived two tiioiisau'l year- ai.o
Wlial did they know iiboiil lis. f.-llic. s
as is living now 7 l'eie. ymi mind th.-i;
Ton llenly in the unimi. hlm Himi's full
..f wind in the meeting-': iiift h- vivo
me a book to read, nnd lu- iiys It's -i
theater piece wrote by Slinl.speari . and
the .-t there was. 1 lend iii. ir.. n an
bom- mi that piece, nnd I'm d-d if
Illel'' was il Jnt;e iriln it, nor :iny ' 'i-si
injlher."
l'utnt Is Never llr.
The I'nrih bridge in S.-.u In nd is
siantly being n paint. .1. s.i ;ist i- ti -
Mruclnre that it takes fifty ton- ..f
paint to give it nne coal, and tin- nr.-a,
dealt with is something like Uu acres.,