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1) VO1El) TO 1'OLITIt, XORAIIY, FDUC '1I N AND TO 'I'JE UENEl&l, INTERCEST OF TilE COUNl. Y.
By D. F. BRADLEY & 00. PICKENS, S. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1 8. I,,3S VOi. XII. NO
THE o apge eCrg of .Volusia .4nevwt)
Fla., is estimated at $200,000.
TusRs are no less than 303 localities i:
North Carolina where geld is found.
HUNI)RDS of bushels of tomatoes ar
'thro;wn away in Florida evary season.
Tus vegetables of Brooks county, Ga.
have yielded a net revenue of $100,00(
this season.
TuirrEN thoussud pounds'of red pep
per were re.eived at Laredo, Tex., .a fep
Vyu ago rom Mexico.
Tim building, of the observatory fo3
the great McCormick telescope at th
University of Virginia was begun Ias
week.
Tim, grading is finished on the Yazo<
stud Mississippi valley railroad and thir
teen miles of track have been laid on thn
Jackson end of the line.
MINERAL lands are selling in the east
"ern par! of Marion county, Ala., at $1
per acre.
Tim contract for building the Army
and navy hospital, at Hot Springe, Ark.
has been awarded to Cyrus Fribtol, o
that place. His bid was $86,335.
Con. Knco has sold his ranche and
cattle, near San Antonio, for $4,000,00C
to an English syndicate. This is said t<
be the largest ranche in the wcrld.
IN western North . Carolina there ar<
fifty-nine peaks above 6,(00 fcet, nin"t;
three between 5,000 and 6,003, and 14?
betwein 4,000 and 5,000, a total of 29C
.aboo 4,000 feet.
Monnan never saw saw "'so much buil
Kling going on" as is under way this sum
mer. Many of the buildings are of ai
inporing character, but the majorit;
of the middle class of citizens.
Tun whole town of Knoxville having
beon aroused by a distant mysterious ex
ploswi one day recently, investigatioi
Was made, and it proved to be men fish
ing in the river with dynamite.
Fon ingenious methods of murder, aI
Oxford, Miss., negro gets on the preni
rm list trying to poison his family b;
lpuuttuig the head of a moccasin snak
ink, the coffee they were al,out to drink
Tun Paine Institute will be opened a
Augusta, Ga., in October. The aim c
the Pai11e Institute is to train yoing Ite
groea for the ministry, and thus furnisl
the means of enlightening and educatin
their race.
Ar.s P. )Moiii was thefirs t Co:
'federate soldier to draw i pension unde
the Tennessee law allowing $10 pe
nnouth to Confederates in the army. Mr
Morris had both eves shot out in th
battle of Stone river, )eccnber 31. 1662
BY pouring oil oi the floor, and settint
fire to it, then gouging out the charre
portions by neants of a sharpened pik
and a piece of scissors, and then repet
ing the operation, three prisoners in th
CJorpus Christi (TLex.) jail very nearl
nucceded iln escaping a few days ago.
Ti's plans of the Georgia mnatch fact<
ry, now going up in Gainesville, hav
been changed, and its capacity has hee'
doubled fronm the &rst arrangement. ]
'will be0 in full operation in sixty dayi
It is rumiored that several ether nmanm
factuiring establishmnents wtill soon1 b)
added0( to the intdtustries oIf the towni.
A LARo3E roofing factory is to be ereci
'ed in Chattanooga. Mr. L. Sagendorp
:The Stuperintendent of t'. New York coin
pany, will organize the stock companiiy 11
an early dlay. It will be composedl :
the wealthiest bustiiess mionu in the city
andl will be licensed by the original coim
pany to mtainufaictuire twenty dlifferen
afyles (If roiotinig.
Mxuxrnis Appeal :Georgia has reache
the dignity of ieing ''the great mtelo:
enttr (If theo South," and it is antticiplt
ted that before mtany years ant anumi
great ntelon pilgrimage to Georgia dum
the melon season will lbe organized b
our colored citize~ns, with low railroa
and steambioat fares. I vidently Georgi
has a great mtelotn futuo b efore htet.
ALAIA MA's imiprovementt does ntot seer:
to be conineuod to her tmineral interest
and rmamufacturing. The laat censu
shows that the tnmber of farms hav'
nearly doubled. In ten years the e,r.
4 ~ crop htas increased about fifty pter cent.
the oat crop nearly qtuadrupled, the cot
ton dirop) increalsed nearly sixty per eei
thte wool produt dloublhed, and the htog
increased over soeenty por centt.
"'Tum PolN I'' (on Lookuuit miountiiit
the propjerty oft M'iss WhIiteside, of Chial
tanooga. Wishing to residle hereaifteri
B3osto)n, she has offered the Point f<
sale. As heretofore staoted, a comipani
o" Cintcinnatlans desire to piurchalso thc
prop)erty. It is no0w satid thatt a Chaitta
nooga firm will bie a paurty to the jni
chase. In the event the sale tatkes pla<(
sonme very extensaive impihrovceents i
contemlatedl.
A GOLn mtineO lias been discovered o
the land oft Mr. Gravitt, seven miles eni
ed Cumuming, Ga. Years ago says t11
Clarion, D)r. Steven:son, (If Gajinesilo
discovered1 anid tested a vein on this Ian
but for sonte teaison noit known niotkitn
ws (10n1 ablout it. Recently mtore tes
ing and1( panning hats been done, ando.tli
output and the recults were oif such
character that some) geitltemtein in Oani
eavillo closed a trade last. Saitutrday nigh
with Mr. Gravitt, payiig him $13,0(
for the property. Tih:y ,ill proceed
once to r' up mtechi.ery and( place il
mine in No. 1 warkinig order.
"Warr our Fish Disappear" is il
title of ant article in theo American An le
It is because small boys witht bent p
hooks aind pockets full ot worms are
floed to fish in the streams after V
city sporta have goue home disgusted.
Timan is a young fellowv ini our neig
oorhood who has been making a dai
practice of attemipting tsing "1I
me like ia soldiei' die. '' eseems
orave deathi, and they do i.ay thtat one
the neighbors whlo hats a mliisket is yi
p gtosooonodt him,
FLIRTA TION.
11 hat Is flirtation ? Really,
How can I answer that?
Yet when she smiles I ee 11s wiles,
And when he lifts his hat,
Ies meeting in tho ball-root,
'Tis whirling in the dance t
With something hid beneath the lid
Besides a simple glance.
'Tis walking in the hallway,
'1is resting on the stair ;
'Ts bearded lips on finger tips
(If mamma is not there.)
'Tis going out for ices,
'Tis buttoning on a glove;
'Tie lips that speak of plays next week
And eyes that talk of love.
'Tis tucking in a carriaga,
'Tis asking for a call ;
'Tis lifted eyes and tender sighs,
And that i 1 -no, not all.
'Tis parting when 'tis over,
And one goes home to sleep ;
Tra Is, my friend, best joys must end
But one goes home to weep.
ELLA Wulr.an.
AN ALGERIAN LION STORY.
How I came to be sitting, in very good
comnpny, one glorious September even
ing, in the little moounliglted garden of
the hotel at Algiers is neither here nor
there.
My companions about the round table,
which was garnished with slim bottles,
glasses, and piles of cigarettes, were all
Frenchmen-three old Algerian colonists,
- the fourth an ex-Lieutenant of the Navy,
'vwho had exchanged a life on the ocean
wave for that of a hunter in three-quar
ters of the globe.
Before dinum r I lha:d picked up in the
t tilon )u Chailun's goh illt-book, w hich 1
f had never seen 1 efore, and imy saying
_ something about, this turned the conver
cation in the garlen upon wild beasts and
the hunting of the n.
Some wondcl ftl stirics were told, es
pecially by the x-satdlor, though not
bit more wonderful than many one hear:,
from old Indianh slior-tmen.
r For the matt, r of that the most extra
r ndinary sporting story I ever heard was
told by-of all hmen in the world-a hare
hunter, capped therewith a snake-and
elepahant narrative, quite unique of its
kind.
Presently, a short silence, caused by
1 the uncorking and tasting of a new bot.
tie of llerinitage, was iroken by the
eldest of the party, who had not said
- a,uch before. iIe was a good-looking
a man of fifty, with beatrd grayer than his
T tead, and a merry tuinlle in his eye.
What he said I shall repeat for the sake
if clearness in the first person, just as
c told the story himself.
b "The adventure of which I am going
i to tell you, gentlemen, hapened to me a
t ..oo l many years ago. It was my first
serious intervie w with a lion. Like most
serious things it had a comie side too.
- "I was a young man then, and had
Li ocen sonic half dozen years iin Constan
tine farming in partnership with a
friend, an old colonist, whose acquaint
~nce I had made on board ship coming
out from Marseilles.
" Our business was corn and cattle
t raising, and we did very well together,
antil my partner died of a fever, and
after that I took d. dislike to the place.
I thought. I would shift. may ground into
- this province, Algiers, p11511 toward
t the frontier, and get a grant of govern
mnet land and make a farn of it. So,
getting a neighbor to give an eye to
things in my absence, I started on my
prospecting expedition.
" I say 1, but. I should ay we, for
there were three of us, sworn comradles
as ever were.
" 'First, there was your humbtle ser
vaant ; secondly, there was any haorse Mar
Ienago, and a bletter naever looked through
a bridle. He wats bared heto ween a Unarb
si-re and an English mare baelonagiang to
the colonel of chzasseaurs of whom I
blought him in town, whleni his regimtica
w-as goiaag home, Hie stoodaa ahloant fif
son hands two, carriied the Barha head,
and( the rest of his body waUs all hoane and
Li muscle. His temper was as good as his
i courage was high ; me he would follow
about, like a dog, but hie hiad onie failing,
anud that was an inLsupler:able ob jetioia
to the close proximaity of anytbinag, ex.
. eept one( thting, t hatl s toaod oan four legs.
a We all have our peenali-aaities, alnd this
sis his. Bipeds were aib very u ell, lmut
rouiiltiply the legs by twvo, am(l le let fly
immaediately, and never missed his aim.
"Such was Marengo.
SThairdly, there was Cognac, the
r faithfuillest. the most honest, the oddest,
anad the wickedenat little dog the world
ever saw, lie was more like a terrier
~'thana anayting else; with a short yellow
cot,aIx's head, very long cars, anda
very snort tail. Tho shr illness of his
baark pliered your ears like a knife, buat
the awfulnaess (If his howl -lio always
howled if left alonaa-hIaills d1eaipit ion.
Duiring thme fouarteen yearts I had hinm, hae
aa seldomn left mse day or~ night. Oai a joulr
ney ho wouald rain baeside me, and whenc
tired1 get up~ and sit in my wallet. The
great p)leasaure oif his life was to steal he
hiand people and secretly lbite their legs.
"i ' By somae tamteriouis allnity, hn ad
M arengo wvero friends from the fiast.
They nowI sleep nder the saime tree.
"' Vel-l, we startemd, anld after going
ILhad decided on a location, aand turned
my face homanewaard. My direct ion wa~s
by Alma, to straike the greait road that
ruins uinder the Atlas eastward inito (Con..
t ",t was abaout 8 o'cloIck one moraning,
awhon I had1( been1 some1 two ho(urs iln the
saddle, that I emergedl fromn a naarrow
valley, or ravine, through which thie
road rana, on to a sandy plain (dotted
ae with bushes and seriub.
r.'"I had just laid the reins on Maren
in go's nieck, whien suadadeanly lie gave a tre
'1- oendoais shy that pitched inc clean off.
The next ninaute, wvith a hiorrile
ronr, a lion spriang righat at his head.
"I niuale sure lie was on thae top of' h im,
h- and so ho wvouldI have been, buat, mes
ly MIarengo wheeled short round like lig~ht
'et eing on his hind legs, the streamuing
to reins caught the bIruit's forepawv, auad,
01 as it were, trlppedl him, so that lie fell
Ssideways On the,r'oad.
iorno down, but the throat-lash broke, bu:
ho bridle was pulled over his ears, and, hut
eco11verlng himself, he damted away (oi
non a grove of trees that stood by the nil
vaysi .
"So intent was the lion on the horse, on
hat he paid )to attention to me, lying on
lefenseless before him. ror
"Crawling swiftly along the ground, uv
1e pursued Marengo, whom I gave up im<
or lost-for his chaice against the lithe of
)>ute among the trees seemed hopeless. foi
" However, as luck would havo it, coi
herp was anl open space about a dozen ag
'ards across. In the centre of this in
flarengo took his stand, with his tail be
oward the lio-i and his head tiuried
harply back over his shoulder, watching pet
im.
" He stood quite still, except for the t
light shifting of his hind feet and lift- UK
ng of his qtuarters, which I know meant
nischief. co
" The lion pro)ably thought so, too, ho
or he kept (olging to try and take his
p))onent by a flank movement. 1it thef
>l hore sew his gane, and pivoting
mn his forelegs still brought his stern
funs to bear oi the enemiy.
"Soon, with a roar the lion made his
pring, but Marengo lashed out both
leels together with such excell("nt judg
nent of time and distanlce that, catching r
lim full in the chest, lie knoeked himii
ill of a healp to the ground, where he lIv tn
uotionless. Then with a nei -h of tri- ai
imph and a flourish of his ice] s,away lie fic
anltoped tlhrough the grove out on to
he l'latin and was safe. .11
"The lion lay so still that I thought
1e was dead. or at any rate quite hore de MO
-oma/, ald was just running to pick up
ho bridte and follow Marengo, w.henl lie tlf
at up on his haunches. This made n c "I
top. ull
"As ho sat there with his head loosely
c,tgging from side 'o side, and month -m
tlf open, lie looked quite vacant and it
diotie. lIt'l
"Snddenly his head stopped wngging, (l
te pricked his ears, and by the fl:,sh of bo
I s eye and chnged exl)ressio)n, I knew fal
uo had seen mo.
"Only one thing vas to he done, and we"
[ did it. The outermost tree was liig(l
mtid low-brann'ecd. '1To it I r.1n, an,l Iup) 1ll
t I seramlni d, and had just perchcd ja iol
, fork about fifteen feet above terra- 1,11
Irma as the lion arrived at the bottom. '1
"Looking up at me wit hi t wvo red-hot I1b
:oals for eyes, his long nervons tail lash ft'
ng his sides, every hair on his lody ci
urned to wire, and his great cl:,ws pr"O
I'uded, lie chatterell at mle as a cat clat- CO
krs at a bird out of reach. His jaws h:1
mnapped like a steel trap, and his look )ii
was perfectly diabolical. When h(le was
tired of cbattering he stool id growled. 1i
" Catching sight of the bridle, he walked bI
to it, smelled it, path d it, and then <
f'ame hack and lay (town and glared at -h
tile. u1r
Siy carlbine-confoitud it !-was sting but
at my saddle. My only weapol, Iesil(s bi:
my hanger, was a pocket-pistol, doulble
barrelled, and what in those dlays we ra:
called a breechloador-that is, the har- ri
rels unscrewed to load, and thei screwe(1 fil
Di ag:im. :1
" It would have been a hiaim1ly weapon t1
against a iiian at close qnuarters. f:,r it b:
threw a good ball ; but for a lion ! Be- tu
sides the beast was too far otl.
"'hen the thouln,htt flashed into ny 01:
mind, where was Cog,nc? 1,,:
I supposed lie had run away and at
hiidden somewlelre. if the lion got sighit 1l
of him, it would, I kntew, he soon01 all
over with the poor little fthlow. atn
" All at. once-( there aros(', close aF hanld, ttn
tm awful anl f:miliar yell. It nad a tl
strange, muHl(ed ton(', hut there iias n b;
mistaking Cognac's v(ice. to
"'Again it ('alle, resOuittlt, long-drawn, il
an(1 seplhr.l.- It seemt-d to coine m
from inside thle tree. Where the deuite l
was lie'? P
"1Thie lioni a1 ppeai'ed utt terly astonished,w
tha:t they were almost intsid. out. whenic
fi'omt aomofl hlce among(t' tie roots of the
tree there po>pped a sma,ll yeIllow~ hieadl
with lonig ('ars.
" 'Dow, dow, Cognaite !' I criedi in
my agonyx; *go I ack, sir' !' ~
"A cry oif detlighit, ('ut shortbyap
c'ous wh'inec, wats h eisj pl, as lit sIt
w,ard. the lion, lie Ibarik('et efit ly,
"' With Iia low giowi aind iulng main,
"Unek'l wenit C'gnaeit into hIlis cave ai
fi'om iuisile.
the hole, the lion tried to( (claw himi ouit.
Oh, how 1 trembled for Cogimw!
" But lie kept up iineh i et isiless tihe
(f Snapipinig and snaoiig that it wais
safety.
"' All theo same, to 'see the [grt~ 'in.
*iidly beaast d1igginlg away at lit V or i1
ittle dlog like thtat wasi more1II t I
. hite d, andc as lie lt, o'e upil I Gri a't
his blooed-shot eve, iIe shook its be. i,1
aId .1I gave him the oitheri barrel. *
*"uWith a screte oIf rage hue bountdd t
ba'tck.
hiead and( inulted( hin with j1(ie
''it Ie was not to be~ drawniVu agIn,O
and( after a bit hie lay do'wn intriher (t'
iand pre'ltended to ~ go hsleep.j~ g lw
barked lit hiim till lie was t ired, and thIn it
r'etulrned into his (listlIi.
"R'loadinlg, T fountd I hadit only thri t
onliets left, and11 conchlided to 'eserv
themlI forII a Crisis.
"Ift was no' past nooni. To bIeguik
the time, I limioked( Ia pip~e ori I wI,sn
a song, anld ('lt, miy namte, C(I, .
(ad Mt renlgo 's ott fth tIree, Its in
spalce for thlion'su, which I (detni .1
ihiuld h(1 ( W\elliigtm . I wh-hed1 hel
woultd go awSay. I f.ivingj some1 milin
Thel liont l(gnt' h>) li:mt, wvithi hits ce I
mouhlth. ie w.ma a Ii'sy anii disre-pu
0 le-l(ookling brutte as everI I saw.
* lookinig at mte, walhkeud off and wenlt
a lert' iy Ix'(own1 the~ roahd.
' Slipping: to thet grouund, I caught ny
'"'It, wht had( crep't outt directly,
m.il it r look hinl t':l'('i1hv r'ltn( fo1r
illy ctlimp In i hollow about two
uilred yards oft. 'l'hat light green
ige-willows, water I I ad tit cul
ig brute sniited it (llt ?
'Anyhow, it was a relief to stretch
' legs after sitting six mortal hours
a brtch. TI'he lion disappoareI
md te lusles. 1 strained my eyes
'r the phtin, but could see notiinugi :t
ving. Then I gave Cognac a drinl a
milk and i a few bits of bread-cake,
which lie was very grateful. Of
use it was no use beginming a race
uinst a lion with only 201) yards start
an.v nul ber of miles. The tree was j
ter thtan that. t
'All the sam1e, he was a long time;
rlaps he was really gone for good.
h! there Clone his ugly head round a
corner again, making straight for i
whenl he was pretty near I kissed
gnac, 111 thre"w a bit, of cake into the s
le. '1'iTeu 1 elimbed again to my'l
reb, Cognnl' retired growlin1g into lits
tress, aund the beast, of a lion Mounted c
ard over its lit before.
"He looked quite cool and cotnfort
le, and had evidently had a good
nk.
"Another hour and he was still there.
"While I was wondering how long he
ily meant to stay, and if I was -des
ed to spend all nigh t on a bough like
lonkey, a nd on very short commoniliis.
got tup, and walking quietly to> the 1
t (if the tree, without uttering a sound,
Iig upl) at me with all his might.
'Ie was (titte a yard short, butt 1 w
startled ihmt I nearly lost i1ny 1balance.
'His coup having failed, lie lay down
lit undt'r the branch I was on coach
his hand on his paws as if to hide his
rlilication.
'Suddenlly the thought came into ni
ad: Why not mal> :a devil, and drol
>n his back ? I disnmisscd it as ridicn
s, bit it came a-:in. As we have all,
hiding our EInghi'h frienil here, beel t
1"1, you knlow whant I ni11.tln--nollt n1
'An ant;gcl, bt ilm puh'n1iowder devil. t,
S( lootd ! Well, it s:eemrs feasible-1
:l1 Iry it.
'I lia plienly of l>owt1 in my little
-1, so l>uring sene into my hand 1
ti:, netad it wtell wvithl spit tle a.1.
c:ldedl awa.y till it cameu t/ a titav Vc
'ius of black pastc. ''len 1 ftiiic'tnn
litle erater, which I filled with a
v grains of dry powder, and set it
Mtill y n t ihe 1l'ulicht.
"t M batr.l; shiook so with excil eme:tn I
ild hatlly holdtl f Ilit t :md stetl
t I struc amd struck--the lid1'r ig
rll--n1w Ytesutvius.
\VI:il', whizz ! The lion looked up1'
recliy, bit I droIppeld it. plulp tiii tI
ck of hIts leck. Fo an instait le tli'd
t sct4lm to knto\w 'what olitt( IlaippoAetI
Ali willi an an-grN firwl1 ll h li}thnIr
d tore savagtety at the fiery flea on his
ek, whic sant a shower of sparks into
1 mouth autd nose.
" Again and gain lie tried, and I lieu
ve1 wildly about, using the most hor
dle lioli't lhniig,le, and no womtler.
the d,l,'il ihad worked well down
ltnll hi"; ,,rasy hair, and( tmust lmvey
l; 1it like a hunildred hornt'ts. HiI
ci himir and mnano burst into a flanu.
tl he shrieked with rage and terror.
" Thle he went stark simiig 1:nloa,
1,iping his tail letweenl his legs, lai?
ek his ('ars and uIlslted out of the gry'
Iiett v in les an hulr, alld dIsapp1a1'rtl
I the raivuine.
Almost as mlad as the lien with joy,
d feeling sure It' was gone for good, I
mlled tl dowi tJie tree ind ran ofl al".mfg
e road as hard as I could, with (;ognllt
rking at my heels. By-and-by I Intl
pu4ll up, for the Smlt \i as still very hot :
t I watlkedt as faist :as I coubld, ho>kinl"
t all the tiime for 1lanrun;o, who woild
t, I iliww, go ver'y tar 41 from his master.
Ienly 1 sp iied hiii in a litollow. A
iistle, mald, ut~hininig with dteligiht, In
>tIed up1 aitd laidl his hieadl (4n myi
"i fuviy himrry T imtd forgttteln it
idh-4, Imt with myv belt, andi li:nllser
hif 1 extemorisedl'.44t a hial ter, ftietd (ne
d round his no(se4, n1141 eatchiing uip
ing ill thi' lionsh ini Aflrca to catch nw'.
"'il'i .r were stil t wo 14la x r i b f4r
rd1 iriding 1 tlid it. T1limt wt al t hret'
1us enijtyedI 44ur .11upper goeis ' i:h1out4
ying. AI4ul t14mt, genitlement', ii liy
Iry."
We agreed ' it waUs '.on44dtrfull..1lU//w
II1l1lltln IBoldage !ll Al'izola.
URi nUN! 111.4 sb,Avi:s OwNi: nY THE~ 'iI
NAvA.10 i I,As -THiiiEl ri41ATi sUF"
D. M. Riord:u of4 th Na1 j T5l.
4genIcy wrvite. fit mt Fort 1)aetuw, Ai i
(4n11, filmt a b:ody~ n c4'ntly' killed bty 14
slaive (of14' 444 the nodere. Thle (owners1 4f
1laves lmv4e alw:14 s lw l Imit, Iity haive
hsttlute po.w'overi~~i item, andl ty
hinik als lif t l. t illing tn 444of1 ita m a
hemn, find m-t I twrd ithem t al i itve'
wnd4( whlo I totk 4) - in teitrest ini a
lead slaIv44 . I l it:n-n ii2 from Fr.misco'
al>4'Ii ' tt 4 11ga' e i tt fwit' Itfi Iw
otr tcorn4 four ftnet'I i4<:m ago. All thir i
thie nonlii A. Io a '-r.id hiiis ight to4
41e frt'. w1 kn'iin of4 the boy was4445
kithel t. of hid l K ot co 4144iti . I
hl~es r 4't::.'i il .4 n , ' , m l d m ue
hat l tie - 41 41 1w 4m 4. h 11 u Ii ,
whoit' ar Ih'l in la i' . 41 hIt n lt b--L 1444'
free.'i 444. sa1il t I old. 'II "lit i
ru4in4 th<m, .' On1 i: sillain1 44t'i d t
CROSSIN ' TiE CIHANNEL,
A Story of the Men told by Crofl'ut.
"'I sleep-and, dreaming that I'm
Istir(, I 1ind >inyself aud(lenly on the
floor, beneathi a pile of ia d(tzen or more
who've ttumhld and pitched together;
inl (iluite embarrassing 'tis, for we are
nl:cltintetd and ' <uiite at sea,' and the
itroduction, we all agree, without per
mission, salts ceremo!nie, is a sign of
bI'stering w1eathler.
" A wave goes over the clumsy jutink,
at dame is deposited inl my hunk, and
down at the door a territie ntonk is try
ing to cling to a lively trunk and utteritig
sup1tplications ; three >iouls nuns from
their perelies fall and land against the
ullopsite wall, and spectres sprawl along
the hall in utterly changed relations:
Ie man who was sleeping is up insteal,
and the man1 who was 1tpl is now abed
thus Nature, as atrds have always said.
is full of her ctml elsations.
"A woman siricks, as I leap to th(
leck. 'The ship is sinking ! We'rn
rushing to wreck ! The life pres'rvens
have vanisled I The rudder's broke at(
we're going down I oil, save me, John ,
I know I shall drown, tny voyage of 1if,
is finished I ' I ereep where the life pr'
serverm are stored. A great sea, sky wart
sailing, comes down oi the deck frt
the gulf of clouds. A dutchman cling
to the liarboard shrouds, and lifts li
voice inl wailing: ' Ach I Gott in Him
:nel I' he nutkes his moan, 'vere ish i
r'st of to flatt 1 gs g nie ? I ftided bln
forty or 1wentV. In such an awfuli'
shtort like dat' (jist then a great wav(
knoeks hini flat. drenches him, carrie:
aIvay his hat,) 'dere ought to be more a:
a plenty.'
' ' See here !' says 1, ' what's this -ot
say ! tit fie 4 preservers you've tn)ceu
away?'i collbr1 him -' whalit you done
wt"itlh 'em, hey ?' My imeanting he ditmlh
tches, andi(1 Ie:als me d1( wi with 11111t
tcred vows a ladler" as st, ep as the Lill
1llows, to tho stalls %%lwtre sailors the
atItle hel(.e, aditi the(ire eiglit striake
andt spie'kled cows art tied uip siigly b4e'
t w.cn the hws ju st riuier tihle forwari
Iitches. Aliid eve y c.1v is a sailint-'
(r.Ift ! for each is tcvered above and
:1l>a ft, over aid utd'r aid fore and alt,
u ith1 life preservers enough for a r: fi
I.shed to her hull securely, around ti1,rs1,(lt11rheal,eteeth<
hotis tool undelr theit tail, beatwveeiin In
,-gs, anid set lilk a sail across the haclk
:u wc;ath(ir i gale, seaworthy are thl.
i-rtely ; mid fed with a lavorous eseti
h-",t, in the c"rowdd( hlold] Of theotae
S'lit, they chw the 'td of sweet con.
tent seren'ly itid leitir'ly.
"A huxom m11ailcn is weeping nigh it
.tat little cow with it ir:tint il eye ; she
ungs its head wvitl a land 'good bye,'
tuid s:a she knows it will have to dit'
cuiopaed with her high and stormy cry,
h-r father's liintive groan and sigh arr
iit ly a s1iunnwier zc1phyr; it souuids
abo ve the brl'aher"s' roar, expressing thet
w isl thut the ciws were nsiire, or the
I.mp1test les:; or the iluatt bat!l mnore--ol,
.h- litter, alas ! there aire oil' four on
ihe neck of her pitted helf(r !
S'1'he passengrs gat ler, et' by one,
to asc('rtainl the e:tse of the funt, and,
getting a glimp iw of whmt his been dlone,
dlisp)erse the glunt wilth iaughter; but
close to the heif(er thm girl abntles, till,
se-ing her grief, 1)hl Nclptul:e hid1("s his
he1adl, and( the mnmo the- sturna divides,
alid out of the dlrkl: the vessel glides,
'uii( the wave is suuith iIlreaifter.
IEM1El) IN BY FIE.
A mllner I,npriM,nc1et In nt Ntu(t witIi Flerc,
The Salt Like 'Tri,nc says:-Supet
inteiletit I 1iil it't with a thrilliug al
vettre at tihe imu'ini of thie tre bomi
up ini the Ophilir dlistriet the othitr da.
it' thus reltites his t'xperieince: "'I wr
httai't thle noi.s' I Itiought it was soml
v'isitorms tcoiing tdowni so I took my canLi
ittt thii iintliini to toy i.miz:rni'titit I ste
litltar iin'te wats til fire', thei' imtuth a
of inig ii'a .'oi wll oft tire. AIy firs
buit I f'iine t his iumpiossile, andit as tht
:iimitl a' beaun l ruhing. dotwin tht shaft
wits etimp, lll toi retre iat to the lowe
;iirt of iiim minite aitl awatitetd tIme fate
hought'was turtly vtine.la Iti' was aitl
-nAiar ienstio, ittinigi undsrgount
3) e; t, a 1i h i i and', ii abot ort
itui'w't tif i el ifta, ert snek~'s,hi
Ioui utail c., lrin otvter'iwini.
*ep weret:i' no~t' ut er ft sitin iel
wtas i f 'thi tvery Lirousi s I gr p ee
myt~ fway up toward ~ti the wi>th of ith
iec oftii tiat pow<h-ir purl. iithae ni1
'atbriight ylw gIlrlii, al ihat itei s
mixe itht <hI ed gtne cas beufil
I iilook an l butiali the rustanc<a
.'' a ~t ', il i dn itl t al i ,r l ad tuani i
hai1, biu. I was agai 'tomplld loir
i wt downth'eshaft exharstlywhi
h.-erof wo.b gn,iys lenvel't in, astW
I han.e if git kite'g utiofwy toiregurd<
ihose. woub' ubetir favorabil. tint k
:ut. haveu ing toi war,itl foret sn t fllsr
U naly fannw'ingikii thtiii'tkI wih a lad
enl caling 1u to stoe iftnyon had t
The Armagaw R lra111er, i A.
A cattle-dealer stopped at a house of
an Arkansaw small farmer, and called to
a man who was drawing water with an
old-fashioned windlass that cried out
with an alarmingsereak at every turn of
the crank.
"'Light I" shouted the drawer of
water.
The man dismounted and approached
the well, "I am a cattle-buyer," said
the man, "and I'd like to talk business
to you."
"Can't talk business till I give theso
steers as much water as they want."
"How long will it take you ?"
"Blamed if I know. They ain't laad
no water for two days, and the well's
seventy-five feet deep, and the bucket
leaks; now make the calculation."
"How long have you been drawing ?"
"Since sun up; and the're jest as ram
pant now as they was when I oom
nenced. I don't 'low to do nothin' elao
fer several days yit, for by the time one
gits 'n(ungli, the other one is spilin' for
some. "
"Wily don't you drive them to the
(reek ?'
"Thar ain't no creek in the neighbor
hood."
"Why don't you drive them to the
river ?"
"'Cos they'd rush in and drown their
selves."
"Why don't you drive them to the
pond ?"
"They won't drink that sorter water."
"lon't you want to sell them ?"
"I would if I had the ole woman's con
senlt, an' I think she's willin'."
"Where is she ?"
''She's jes' gettin' ready to go over to
see one of the neighbors."
"You'd better consult her before she
I:eaves."
"You don't know that woman like I
do. It ain't safe to )ester her w1hen sie's
gettin' ready to go any whar. We'll
hafter wait till she gits thar."
"How far is it?"
''About, nine miles."
"I see you don't care to talk business."
"No, I ain't so powerful keen."
"If you'd pay more attention to busi
ness you'd livehetter."
"Don't wanter live no better'n I am.
Suits inc.''
''Are vou making any attempt to ea
cate your children ?'
"Yes, an' they're gittin' along fine.
Jim hit a nigger with a roek yisterday,
Bob sassed a jestice of the peace, and
. uek ain't afreed of the devil. That's a
mighty good showin', let me tell you;"
and the windlass screaked ai:d the steers
rolled their eyes.
"Are all of your children boys ?"
" They might have been ef it hadn't
been fur one thing.''
" What was that?"
One of them was a gal."
" Where is 0," now? "
" Married to the trillin'est feller I ever
seed."
" Well there's no use fooling with you;
good day."
"Good day." And he turned the
crank, nuttering to himself: "Nosin'
'round here Iryin' to find out who's got
whi::ky. A man haster he night*y
(Iart these days."-Arkansme 'T-at
e//cr. '
A Proliflle Potato Patch.
About 1855 or 185G a man by the name
of 1'arker, who lived on the Mokelumne
liiver, in .n .Joaquin County, made
Ioath before the Commssioniers of the
San .Joa<ptin Agricultural Society that
h le had r-aised 2,500) hushels of potatoes
ton an aerte. The story was so atstoishit
itng t hot a coiniiit tee wats appoinited t o
inivestigatto it. The repiortedl that the
grtond was plant ed as usuiial in the
sprtiing, andi maitur-ed a largo crop) of
p'otaitoes; that biefore Ite potattoes wer'e
ti thtle .Juneii rise of the river sent the
wa tter near to tine surface, piroducing a
setl d(rop oni thle surface, the gr-ominl
bintg ne'ar-ly covered with the pottoes
Whiien the wate'r went diown, a month
or~ two later, a third crop set ini and mai
ured belot w the' first. The Comminitte
d hg several hills, which pro duced from
stevenity-five to eighty -sevten poiundsM each.
Th'ie top) potiatoies wire siburhined and1
ni ! othlless for thle tabile ; thle first cropi
wasi',('f ('outr.w, wor-t biless, andit but a small
quanitity of thle lower oir tii erop was
.. tood. The- igginig and wtighinig of t'
ditt'ced~ it fignres' cons'ii-idrabl, 1 mt noi
it'a itt.a hiss tI Int 1,200 bishels fto fte
t ere. Theii girounild s itt irly x h:.u-di,
*.. ,Vtn Li.'i (Jl s.po ( ( '<t/. )T ! n
Could ntot Steep.
Amasa Stone, ft'( Cl--l and millit s
'idre win> 'oimmite'd snilhe, did Ho iw
--;mise lie could ntt sh.' p. lli many
niiillioniries tare there whoit would give
r lt'(p us wiell itighits as Pat who take
iiian of their hitri-t, or thle poor' manli
- i)V w ohork in their' ganlensii. Everyv
S ilfliti on <h>thrs a imant aiiml aites aft er
hit los'- a compeis tenicy, isi a weight upton
hi brini. Hefi dioies not enijoy thle montey,
nd tinbod els' ('tin. What doe ss it
rfit ai miint to gailt a btushel of moitiney,
t:i lay awakeit nightIs aid see spitoks and
irvt' is ion it ,tik e. A illioiiaire who
Ia ifitIh hull hitnls, atnd forget thatt hie
,ti wfrth a hltired diollarit, has got an
n'-y vtinw', but ftew of tilemi c-ant do if.
he spectacle of a man11 who has got six~
millioin dotliars, lo wiing his britin itout,
- tughiit to make thlousandtis who are richi
4 nilulio are rustling for more, stop ndt
.. 'fink, aitd then quit business amid gt
NOT ITLITERIATES.-According to yot
'iin Miller-, G'enerail Josep1h Latie, y'ars
ago a United States Sentatoir from O"'
gon, so far from being thle illiterate per-t
onu hist pioliticatl einemiies descibled, wa:s
oneint of thle bes'it reiad min he ever no-f.
k IITe taulght lhim to reatd Pfittnth matil
t ch:lsi(.s. Gentierali Lante kcnew thieii so)
-well, adds .Joaquiin, "'thatt if I mtisreaid a
'ing~le word ats we lay undtter thlei oalks
heu t,ikiing upj itt the btirds---hie wonhill
correc't m ie. He, wroit in1i t old-.faish
ioned,l full, roundti style, every letteor l ike
ter of (th e 1rettst lengthil. Usaing the
stimplet Stxoni, lie ailwatys said mutch in
little- a ilitr tof tevery writer tf evr.
fth g. T'I'ntty speel'ien(tttiolnof L'unitts
it } th lA)imRR' 'RAD.-It is said
fil tht the grea'it''t, dread of a gambler is
titt hie will bte paraily zed. Theiy nearly
ill exceet to die from a shook of som111
4 kin:d.' it may come from the fact that ai
grent maniiy of them have gone that way.
ritl If a man with a wvitheredl arm or seg
ud should happen01 in a gamblling house tihe
ded:dler wouldt quit the chair. Another
th read of gamblers is a man who comes
he iln to play with a cane in his hand. 'Bhat
as reare a4 bad lucki to the@ hom,
TIE CORONATION TOILETS.
)rexaee Worn by the -zarIhn at M1oscon -
I)renit of it Prl"NInMil ltu,iNis.
'The f1,llow ing diesses wet"ro made .by
1'oi tih for the Empres. of 1:ussia:-A
ourt dress to be worn at th( receltion
t Moscow of the Notalelcs on the day
fter the coronation has a train four
ictres long. It is of pale rose velvet anid
i emlroidered with a tine silver design,
opied from the coit mantle worn by
lario Altoinettr at the fete of the
)iuiphin at Versailles. The petticoat-or
he " ' sarafaln," to Use11 a lissianl expres
ion-is of white satin, withi silvery em
ruidery. The two pamnenlmx inl front
re sep,arated by lmttons of diamlonlds
id tassels compose(l of cluster"s of dia
10ids. A ball dress has a traini of white
atin emblroidered with silvt'r daffi)dils,
urrounded witIi i garland of narcissi.
1e front i.; of whiite 'r1)e, with crystal
earls interspersed with roses and nar
issi. This dre:s is for the ball of the
olilesse. Another hall dress, to he
orn at the soirro which will be
iven by the City of Moscow to the Czar,
as a train of ercpo raye imd satiu paille
rc1e, the str:1les ell)roidlered in relicf
rithl silver sprays and the front em
Iroidcrd with live garlands of silver
;vain with1 a fringe of wihl flowers. Ai
11ber toil(t. is an opera ,1rss Of the
,,)tuis S ize style; It in is t"n rose satin,
+ith ihrge hoilets woven in the tissue;
he front of eree and ro:e satin, inl re
i,"f, with lar!e tifts of xwan'l down ain1(
assels collitsal of cluisters of 1earls.
or the f,s;iva,l day, whi:ii the city of
foscow gives lioior to the Czar and
zarlian, there is a dress of grel-n crepn
le Chine, cere11l with b1,lieiched can
,rie enlbroi,lered with Vailei ciellnnes
eith a large elinllrtue and knoits of moin
,)se. Ch!apacap a1ote of rose velvet.
)u the or,-:Sion of h,"r arrival ait 'Moscow
he I":u 11a1;s wone a costume of crepe dle
liiiie 11aillt', witlh lave trilmmings, amd
fithI ia eeirtune (,f <iblili:ls and a short
honk to mattch; chapneat do p)aille,
immed wit h, ma.."s ro.,tes aid cllsters of
f velvet d:alli:as.
l)11CSS or rIlr- can.U )t'CI:SS.
'lhe- follo"t in; arc" the toil""ts whielb
\ortth' oiltal f,,r the Grand Den
'hidimir:--t a:ort dre" s of crepe d1,
'Iine, trimmnlnd with iloinee: ot wh1it,
ilk and nuslil. (mb1r(idered with wlith
1s(5. A gri int .iutnre of moire b lanehe.
it h Jarge ho<liets of lil.S inl the cenit -.
velv'et cour"t muantl(", ( pinlle, Nwith pa1h
ose, andl eals, (iden-! d with 1)-r imp .ri:ai
rills, set ot w% ith rieh I,'llniissanee <le
igus. The sanifii1 is of rose salin, emi
)r4)i1leled with silver and trimmlied with
insters of p: nils and marabthout. On o
asioil of the hill of thu 1nob1lesse si
ill wear a toilet of white erepe, cln
ilerell vith silvor violets intersler:se,l
i1h i'arma viol,ts, a grand eeintire of
li.unlonds, wili it cor,lon of violets. At
in- city of Mosowv hall herl toilet will 1,
f silver giav erit llroideraI with
ilver roses intl trianon style, trimunt
ith glIarlands of roses andlil silver hazei
tis. 1For the oper(ia lshe vill weaar: a
-Obw of tliite ('ina:1 erepe b)roelIe over a
rhli!e satin jn1n', the whole richly
rinanel with etsede:l of pear"ls. TL'
(rs "e ],:11ilii arnais is fasteled bV
'rranii sand hir y" t:aeils of pearls. O'n
ito (i:y of iihe \':Ieww festivities siie will
rear at Short Wattc;li dress of Chini:i
repe and sat in m'rveilleux of gris perle,
rilmo-d with in1s:rtions of Ma:lines laea
.11 relicvel by h lws of plm-11-clored
elvet ribb)ont1. 'Th," h:ait is of gris peru
1e1 e, trimmtod wcith gris perle anld loops
f 1 11u - coI re<1 velvet.
'Tree 'laiiting in New York.
Theli New Yok atl says:'I 11v Acelord'.
:a0)lil 11 to i rcnly Iii.4sedI ml sigin'al,1
myi person in tl tii5ll t of Ne Yor who41
is'lial to ighwa iax---wII hichVl~ mel ils
clafh ii x epin to' the extint of one11
Sxiemptio nt I ilw askdI till'~ ith year,~tl
I-r phI n. T he-I'iiII I1 thiw Iwll 1111 di11
Iacs I(,1 ut allow csdibl choIi - as11
hould (lIad til theIIl'~'' lr: ita thmgin 111f1
(Iur many~t tsandl ofi ilf h an- VI'lIl
I untry~ 114 rod linIto biI Sway (hat linil
un:nIt wi i 11 notinit et ( w I' traini thi-y
do now I nI a I ndIl i.1t Thwl
who mui t do1 1 nt If liI pI"ht Il"f II
hi I I . tou 'h 'rid \lti Il'w I (irar:a '- tilf
illt'p its (a1n w hi trhnne hout ahi alc w or
111b Tis mayi Still fI te CoO'mah
,9 4 1 1,h ' eo ct n e n t hi ;nleu. yo
p:ivt to1n.''y in- 1112l of his hIiCOrt
wi 'utw Ii. i lfac n ny