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? t j Jjky .vi rjr FRANK P. BEARD, Publisher. VOL. XI. TWO OOLLARS A YEAR. ? . ? !? r ? CAMDEN, KERSHAW COUNTY, 8. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY SI, 1884. NO. 22. *? CormpoadeaU. I ' - munlcetlen* for thti payer ?>f<M The Gamttb Job Printing Ofticb liMwipwiwia th*n ur o?fc*r c?m U towfocmo lmh>wo??llmiliiiMliiiiliMW?i Um of Job rttotta* m VkHffcM* fcai Mil B*mU, Lrthr MM KoU ltoji, U? Poatora, Dodger*, Otrcvtar*, Hw< *Uto, TNMfkfr VWttocftKdXdOfMtObrte, lhula??Cto** MMfe* Work dooo In Broaao, lUd, H>? pablic aMtnowtw tbittti kwHidnf* til* oboapctt. - J j\. i.itW+ry Wo do work *t Cbarl?*too PriW, and |t>W>H entire *atlsfac-Uou to our pnOraM. ' ?*? Wo keop oonstenUy on hand th* tufMrt (took af Plfwi and Cards I u towu. ?".*k* ?? fc-- \ * KINO OOLXX On, gnat Is King Gold; from the days of u'd All Um norl 1 liath bout before him, And million* to- ? lay aro protul of hi* sway And ibo shining banner* o'er lilm . At hi* high co.nn a-.id arinlos, marshaled krand, jf, A ro carried oYr !r\nd and oooan, *> "VVhilo monarchy are u:ale whero hi* hoata By hl*.scc[tro'? royal motion. In his j>r i<lo of heart ho standeth a par And wrappeth liis ermine round him White the poor and low in tholr Umo of .roe Still callous and stem hare found him. . He buildeth fir famo and a sounding name, That the rich may stare and wender, But r.o vr r a oaro hath his heart to spar* For the lowly current mkl sr. Stand aside, yo knavoi, a king's banner wares; Now raise your triumphal arches, Bhont fiom your towers, strew the ground with flowers Where his statoly preeenco marches. From the holy shrine, from senate and mine, Come worshiper*, wildly pressing; Oh, they would uot miss that king's hand to klM, Though life were paid for tho blessing. Goto, mighty king; pray, why bhoukl we , . bring Ouch offerings to thy glory ! Let the truth be told, your majesty's gold Btath only a lowly story. Though haughty thy mien, and gleaming in * sheen From hemlet to Jeweled sabre, Wot rfgal thy birth? thou was born of earth, And tby fathor's nam* was Lab jr. ?Boston Transcript, \ _ I f. .? i- . - Ail Arabian Mystery. ? > A ? ?" ,?> For two thousnlid years travelers across the Desert of Arabia, from the Gulf of , Akabnh to Damascus and Orceco, have i pursued tho one mountainous oath that I loads its tortuous w ay, now along the dry bed of a water course, and again , threading a rooky ravine.or winding its | *ig/-ng way up and along tho promonto ries of the Mount Bier region, only to lose itself again in tho trackless waste of bowldorcd oanon or sandy ocean. Loss than midway of this journey, and concealed from tho oyo of man, is an ancient city, tho mysteries of which are seemingly unfathomable. The secrets of its r construction have never been re vealed, if, indeed, they were ever xSade it matter of historio record. For one thousand years it stood alono in a desert land. Its splendid temples with stood storm and earthquakes, tne wreck ing hand of time and the changes of na turo equiKty well, and all tho time gath ered to thomselvos new l>eoutie9. Tho children of Israel turned aside to gain rofugo and sholter within its rock-bound fastnesses, and to this day the Arabic logend reads that the narrow cleft in the mountains, through wbioh one must go to vlow its grandour, was made by a stroke from tho miraclc-workinff rod of tho law-giver, MftScS.' Crt 'hls lollowers | had been ropulBcd by tho Edomitos, who , possess ed it as their oapital city. Petra was tho great dopot of supplloo ' and place of oxchango botweon tho mor ohnnta of tho North and their equally ontcrprlsing brethren from the Red sea country in the roign of Solomon, and on this accoitnt it seems an added causo for marvel that generations should have passed it by Unnoticed? a wonder of thi world. And oven now tho superstition ?aid avaricious fear of tho savage lords of the soil, who hold squattor sovereignty there, keop in abeyanco tho avorago ox plorer, so u^uch so indeed that for nine veto* uo white mah' had viewed its ' ? beauties until tho advent of Mr. Edward L. Wilson, the lecturer. His descriptions of the Arab eharactcr, as shown through Bnia connected with his trip, are them amusing,. -;\ ' le experience of former ouriositv i ;ora had warned him ngaipst attempt- J , !n? to treat squarely with tho Bedouins, vho reside iu tho littlo village of Eljy narrow gorgo of tbi lowering i foot in the '/romcmborod," said ho, "the treat" with these soomincrlv all-potent docu ments, sought Bhelfcn Balimat Eljy, and showing him the papers, and possibly with some pomposity, said : 'I have come to see Petra fnd here is my authority.' , Balim read the '&commimication4\ tip % - "SC--. faoo Md hew. Baekshoosh/ H _ jdoulna have fed idea Of I monoy, and whon asked the how much, invariably men ?t sum that ontors their heads, ^ which there is no rebate. Bo when the Englishman qnerled how much Salim said: $10,000.' Needless to ItaU the Englishman went hot in. From the ?? entering Petra they first exact English word they havi somowhero, atfd whloh is in m fee. They oharged eh of my companions and double jnico for my maglo signs in his cheeks, but Which were, nothing itoore than tatoo marks made by his mother when he wa? an in fant to keop oft sickness and the powers '.olesaesfcffc. are ignoran iof ?'baokihoesh" are as ilv the tflty Arab know* I "rVour Afihifrilt not he gets a good > Oha prlnclplo that it he can take it it is his. I except when " .the \ flood thiritf nod one ng from i ?until he went Bum canal, and taught him | There is sometimes Ik tholv unbounded 1 tilth in Allah. ntul hU power that is some ? ti-uos ludicrous, ?nd As often oxospertt . 1 1|. When any thing falls down they I vhw tho catastrophe and murmur. ' "Allah is groat," and sot down ana s uoko. Often my caraora would fall and ?\) tumbling down tho hills, with its long ega dangling at internals in the air, ana instead of running aftor it those lazy rasoals would sit down and light thoir pipes and discourso on tho groutness of Allah, and discuss tho chanccs of his bringing bock my camora. If It did not com? thoy thought it was his will that it should remain where it fell. Thoy sorao times swear, and for profane purposes have a sort of India-rubber oath that serves the purpose for all gradations of passion. This term is ? Uallaho,' and is pronounced as though it was spoiled wal, this iotterbolng wanting in tnolr alpha bet. "Arab hospitality is a queer thing, too," continued Mr. Wilson. " Wo had an experience of this sort at Azazeiuah, in the Beershobah country. When wo had arrived within a short dlstanco of the place tho Sheikh mot us with his staff. They compelled us to alight, pitchod our camp for us much against our will, and then marched us into tho vil lage and into a tent, whore thoy sat down and smoked in our faccs, wliilo they discussed what disposal thoy should make of us. Finally thoy concluded to give us a feast. 'Ono of thom loft tho tent and returned soon after bearing in his arms a lamb, which ho signified was in our honor. Ho again departed, and in a little whilo the animal, stowed, was placed in the mtddlo 01 tho circle wo formed about tho center of tho tont. Around tho edge of tho immense bowl containing it was a row of pancakes. When all was ready, tho Sheikh gave tho word 'tehfodol' (eat). Each man then broke off a piece of pancako with his lingers, dipped it into tho gravy, aud then transferred it to his mouth. During this meal coffoo was served scvon or eight times, and each time it was made fresh. Aftor we had tohfodeled dessert was brought in in tie shape of a largo, bowl, containing curdled camel's milk, and, ohl how It did smoll. This mess was passed around tho circle, and each one was expocted to drink in turn until all had been exhausted. I was iudospoir; but, fortunately for mo, Hadayah, who had utisscd tho meal, entered, very hun gry, and J handed it to him, with the re mark, 'Drink, Hadayah.' Ho seizod it, and to my intcnao relief, rcturnod it nearly empty. Thi9 banquet lasted nearly four hours." Alluding to another point, ho said: "Around tho head thoy first wrap a cloth something like a handkerchief, which is known as a kufr; and to hold that in place they employ a Bhortrope of twisted camera hair, callod tho agal. For an Arab to loso his agal in a contest is a dis grace which ho cannot outlive. And this reminds mo of a funny incident that hap pened to an old morchant on tho street callod Straight, in Damascus. To a trav eler in tho aoscrt a not uncommon sight between Damascus and tho Meditorranoan is a caravan of froiji tl>kty tp sixty cam els loaded with small piiyj boxes filled with sealed cans of American coal-oil, whioh is sold extensively there. Well, this merchnnt thought ho saw a way by which he might snvo the oxpenso of a lamp; ?m> ho took his agal, and. aftor running it down into one of tho cans, lighted tho outward end. Soon it burned oft, dropped kto the flajd, -and In. an In st ant there was a torrific explosion, fol lowed by a conflagration that caused him to stretch tho capacity of his . favorite oath in an offort to do justico to tho oc casion." ? Cincinnati Enquirer . A Stampedo on the Fining. Tho following incident in tho exciting business of horning cattloon tho Woatorn plain* is aivon by a correspondent of tho Germantown Tefcpruph : '? I onco tmveled with a drive a few days while passing through the .Yellow stone country. At night men wero told oil to night-herd? about half the outfit generally? and thoy slept whllo'ho other naif-horded the noxt day. One night we camped on a small stream tributary to tho Yellowstouo. It was n beautiful star lit night, and when wo rollod into our blanket* we remarked how still tho herd was, for we could see thoblaok mass at a Httle distance from our camp fire, and the night herdors riding slowly around them. Wo turned in, and had been aslop but a short time whon we were awake nod by a teiyiflc noise impoMiblo to dosoribo. Tou can judge. The herd of 5,000 had stampeded, and eaoh one fflPKbellowing ftg thoy runlicd madly away. ' A stampodo 1* yelled the boss. ' Saddle, boys, qulok P Picket ropes wero c\lt and saddles thrown on the homes in an instant almost, and away we road hard after tho oloud of dust, which we could see far down the valloy. In about half an hour wo were up with the tail end of tho herd, and tho boss ordered us all to ride on to tho leaders and gradu ally turn thom to tho loft. I followed arid saw the immense- herd of maddened brutes turn from the shouts and yolps of cowboys, and still turn hour after hour until tho leaders were turned all the way round to tho taU;,endi forming aoom plete oircle, and joining in continued: their mad gallop. An hour's ti|ne passed and with lolling tongues they still toro on, and the Cowboys sat on their horses In an outer circle surrounding them. They had stoppod bellowing, and no sound could be heard exoept tne thundor Of their tramping and labored breathing. It wn? a weird, as well as curious, sight to see that huge mass moving in a circlo and the silent and motionless horsemon guarding them. It was what in stock ungo is called a 'mill.' As we sat there watching they stopped, not slowly, but abruptly, %s if at a word of command, and in ten minutes they were all lying doWn again. , I looked over tho ground in tho morning and saw the great show ring which they had mado, and oounted the dead that had boon trampled to death] I think about eighty head. "we found that we were about twen ty mile* from our camp, which was any- , thing but satiifactory. but it came along about 10 o'clock. I think no one bnt a trained cowboy could have saved that. ~ that night. The night herders that they started as suddenly as they stopped, and without any apparent ?* ' "'ijt >'? I A Chinese regiment* drilled in the Buropean way, and , commanded by an Englishman, was stationed at Fooohoir. Th?V officer was irerv proud of them, and by way, of showing thcit perfeet discipline had the "assembly" sounded at midnight; |?d&Jho men dtow op to rank . i^piftndld, Otdor. But. bo tried " * a second time, and the soldiers, in d of hurrying to the parado ground, to the Urtndowt and greeted thei* ander tUch laughter and cries ? m m A S A II, OU'S BILL OF f ABE. Whnt Jock Ctot? (? I'nt on ""I'ly Sblpr -Xfow Heal* an Scrrodi - Cabin passengers on mail steamship*, alfliough confined to narrow quarters, are, aa a rule, provided with the best of faro.- Tho saloon tables are covered with tho luxuries of tho saason. and contain every dclicacy which could tompt sea sick voyagers into forgetting for tue tirao their misery. An abundanco of whole some food of an inferior description is given out to the stecrago passengers and sailors. But on sailing ships, which mako long voyages, anv sort of provisions that will kocp is considered good enough for seamen. Even tho cabin fare on such vessels is of a description inferior to that which is to be found on tho tables of tho tenement house poor in this city. Tho ordinary sea cook docs not give the pal ates of the seamen a thought. Eating is in his opinion an operation which should bo performed solely for tho purpose of appeasing hunger. Ho only takes prido i in tho simplicity of hiu cookery. IIo docs not think it necessary either to ob serve neatness in cooking or to pay any attention to tho flavoring of tho food. Tho fire in tho galley stovo should always bo well mado, but boyond this very little care is required iu preparing tho sailor's meal. Tho sea cook prepares for tho sailor . several dishes which tiro rarely met with on shore. "Dandyfunk" is tno naiuo by tohich one of these compounds is known. This is mado of ship biscuits and mo lasses. Tho biscuits aro placed in a bag and beaten with an iron bolaying pin or a hammer until thoy crumble. The ada mantine, qualities of tho biscuits are such that much physical force must bo called into play in order to crumblo them- As this work is more than the cook wishes to undertake, ho usually dolcgates it to one of the ship's boys. Tno fragments of tho biscuits aro mixed with molasses, and tuo compound is placed in a largo pan and baked. It is immaterial to tho cook how long it remains in tho oven. It is usually served out to tho sailors at sup per, and when the hour for that meal ar rives tho dandyfunk comos out of tho oven. It is much more digestible when it has been well burned than when undcr dono. In the latter state it is somewhat trying to tho stomach. A very hungry sailor will novcr rcfuso dandyfunk, al though ho does not regard that dish as a luxury. But thoro is something about Jack's countenance when engaged in masticating dandyfunk which would lead an obsorving philosopher to fancy that if tho choico wore given him he would pre fer to cat something else. "Cracker-scouso" is another of tho dishes which aro rarely eaten oxcopt in the forecastlo of a ship. TIub is mado out of tho fragments ol biscuit and odds and ends in the beef or pork line. Tho biscuits aro earful ly soaked until they acquire some of tho pcculiaritios of soft ness. Then they aro mixed with tho meat scraps and placed in a kottlo. The compound is heated, and is served in tho kottlo in which tho form of cooking has j boon gono through. The cook usually selects tho fat scraps of meat which can not bo disposed of in any other maur.er, for scouse. Tho biscuit aro usually tho Eoorest in his stores, and apt to bo in abitcd by small whito creatures, which aro particularly obnoxious to> tho palato when eaten raw, but when cookcd in 8COUBO are less objectionable. Somo fas 1 tidious sailors nttenipt to roraovo tho lit tle creatures, but they find it very diffi cult to do this work thoroughly. "Lob scouso" is somewhat similar to oracker 6001180. Tho only dilTcrenco between the two ir, that in th<# former potatoes aro used, instead of bisouit. "Crackcr haah Js another sailor's dish. Crushed bisouits and meat scraps aro hashed to gether, and, after being moistened with warm water, are placed in a pan and bakod. . Jack profors this dish to dandy funk. "Sca-pio" is a favorite of his. This is a stow of meat and vegetables, which Is covered over with a thick crust and baked in a largo kettlo. As vegetables aro not plonty at sea, Jack rarely gets sea-pio unless his ship is in port. " Duff'* is flour which |ias been boilod in a canvas bag. To obtain "plum duft" it Is simply necessary to throw a handful of unstoned raisins into tho flour. Plum duff is served only on grand occasions. Canned meat ana hot wntor is a luxury which tho sailor speaks of as "soun-and bully," . The beef oonsumed in tho forecastle is called "ealt-horso," and is usually of an inferior quality when it is pickled. It does not improve with age, and tovrard the end of a long voyago it is apt to bo come very uppalatablo, Jack's meat diet whilo at Bea is confined to salt horse and rk, which sometimes becomes rancid. k coffee is a compound of chiccory and ground biscuit, while his toa is a mixture Of leaves whlcir nevor came from China. Molasses takps tho place of sugar, and condensed milk and Dutter aro unknown. Vinugar 1b divided in Umitod quantities, and on English vessels the seamen are given llmo juice to oounteroct the evil effects of tho salt provisions. The sailor somotimos steals a few potatoes and slice! them up In vinegar. This is tie only salad which ho gets at sea, and this how obliged to steal. Beans are a lux ury of which Jack is vory fond, and as they are cheap and kocp well, he is somotimos allowed to make a dinner of them. Fed soup is the only dish oOn cooted In tho forecastle which the lands man likes, but that tho sailor detestA. 'The doep-rooted antipathy of the latter for this wholesorao Compound has novor boor, aocounted for. Pea soup and pork art frequently set bofore .Tack, and he as frequently grnmblos and swears. Some times when in very bad humor ho will leave the pea soup and pork, and mako his meal out of dry biscuits. Tho manner of serving meals in the forecastle U as slmplo as is tho system of cookery in vogue in tho galley. The cook gives Out tho mado alshes in the Sins Ift which they havo l>cen prepared, no man in oach watch is appointed to f(o to tho galley for the food, lie places t on the dcck in tho middle of tho foro i castle and the mon tflke their shnrcs pno by one. Tho man who takes more than his just share is not rognrded with favor by his shipmates. If ho persist* In his piggish method of holptng himself, his shipmates *ill not only remonstrate with him. but will go to tho length of reduc ing his share to its proper limits; and if he protests against tV s treatment, a com mittee of ono or moro, according to his ?ize, is appointed to thrash him. The sailors sit On their chests while at their meals. No tables are provided for them. The captain and his officers are, as a rulo, well satisfied with plain fare. Thov are furnished with genuine tea and cof fee, but the balance of their faro is not much superior to thst whioh is given to the sailor. They, however, indulge in the luxury of sitting at a tablo while at their meals. The captain always seems In a hurry to appeosO hia hunger, and i,; v r rushes to bl* pipe as soon at he can get through his meal, tils officers copy film in this particular if in nothing else. On somo vessels whero pigs are kept these animals receive on tho whole better fare than do the sailors. This Is probably owing to tho fact that it pays better to fatten a pig thau it does* a seaman. A pig-killing on ship-board is a great event. The seamen are then treated to a good dinner out of the least select portions of the pig. For somo days afterward they are at liberty to linger around tho gallej and en joy the savory smell of frying pork chops, which aro designed for tho cabin table only. ? New York Timet. Know Thyself. Tho average number of teeth is thirty wo. Tho average weight of an adult i9 140 pounds, six ounces. Tho weight of tho circulating blood is about twenty-eight pounds. Tho brain of a man exceeds twice that of any other animal. A man annually contributes to vegeta tion 124 pounds of carbon. One thousand ounces of blood passes through tho kidneys in ono hour. A man breathes" about twonty times in a minute, or 1,200 times in an hour. The skeleton measures ono inch less than the height of tho living man. Tho average weight of- a skeleton is about fourteen pounds. Number of bones, 240. Tho avcrngo weight of tho brain of u man is threo 'and a half pounds; of a woman, two pounds, eleven ounces. A man breathes about oightcon pints ol air in a minute, or upward of sevon hogsheads a day. Five hundred and forty pounds, or ono hogshead, ono and a quarter pints of blbod pass through tho heart, in ono hour. Twelvo thousand pounds, or twenty four hogshouds, four gallons, or 10,782 J Sints pass through tho heart In two ours. Tho avorago height of an Englishman is five feet nino Inches; of a Frenchman, five feot four inches; of a Belgian, flvo feet six and tlireo-miarter inches. Tho average of tno pulso in infancy is 120 per minute; in manhood, eighty; at sixty years, sixty. Tho pulso or females is more frequent than of males. One hundred and seventy-fivo million holes or colls are in tho lungs, \yhich would cover a surface thirty times greater than the human body. Tho heart beats 6Cventy-flvo timos a minuto; sends nearly ton pounds of blood through tho veins and urteries each beat; makes four beats while wo breathe once. Aman gives off 4.08 per cent, carbonic gas of the air he respires ;,rC6pires 10,000 cubio feet of carbonic acia ^ns in twonty four hours; consumes 20,000 cubic feot of oxygefi in twenty-four hours, equal to 125 cuoio inches of common air. ? Among tho various substances found on tho human tongue, as shown by tho microscopo, aro tho following: Fibres of wool, linen nnd cotton, fibres of ipiral vessels and fibres of musclc, starch grains, clicoso mold, portions of' potato ekin, scalos, moths, etc., hairs from legs of bees, hairs from legs of spiders, potion of various flowers, stamens of various llowors, hairs of cats, quite common; hairs of mouse, once only; hairs from various loavos, wing of mosquito, once: fragments from loaves of tobacco, of chamomllo flowors, otc. Tho human pulso has rather a widn rango, but tho gonoral avorago may bo pat about as follows: At birth, 140; at two yoars, 100; at from sixteen to nino toen years, eighty: at manhood, soventy fivo; old ago, sixty. There aro, how ever, groat variations consistent with health. Napoleon's pulso is said to havo been only forty-four in tho minute. A case. is also related of a healthy man of eighty-seven whoso pulso was seldom over thirty during tho last two years of his life, and sometimes not over twonty six. Another man of olghty-sovon yoars. of ago onioyed good health and spirits with a pulso of twenty-nino, and thoro is also on record tho curious instance of a man whose pfflse in health was novor moro than forty-five, and to bo consistent in his inconsistency, when ho had f&vor his pulso fell to forty, instead of rising, as is usual. An Indian's Way to Cure * Headaohe. Every one who has been in British Guianahas heard of theKenaimas, human and spiritual powers of evil, who are the bano and terror of the Indian's existence. To counteract the maloflb influonco of the Konalmos, each larger Indian village keeps its poaiman or modioine-man. One of Mr. im Thurn's most interesting nd venturea was that in whioh he placed himself in the hands of a peatman who undertook to cure him of a headache, and who, to judge from the author's description, had in him the making of an admirable Spiritualist professor or of a thought-reader. Mr. im Thurn sub* mittod for six long hour-, In a hut on the savannah, to tno process of "post ing." By ventriloquism were produced tho most terrible noises, and an ex tremely clever imitation of the animals of Guiana in whose bodies the Kenaimas who had bestowed the hoadacho wore supposed to lurk. Tho pationt describes himself as being all the while in a sort of mesmeric trance, feeling at times the air diivon over his face, 44 as if some big winged thing carao from afar toward the house, passed through the roof, and then settled heavily on the floor; and again, after an interval, as if the same winged thing roso and passed away m it had come." It was interesting; oven wonder ful ; but ho was not cured. He rushed at Inst into the open savannah and "a wild and pitch-dark night" ; and, 44 bare headed, bare-footod, and eoatloss," with the lightning flashing now and then he* hind the distant mountains, waited for the dawn. The peatman insisted that a cure had been effected, and demanded payment; and as he produced in proof the kenalma, a caterpillar which had boon extracted from Mr. ltn Thurn's body, his feo, a looking-glass which had cost fourponce," could not be donted.? Bi. Jamef* Gateitt. A Big Mlstak<?~ 4 4 Ah! how de dot" oxotaimed tho hotel clerk, delightedly, grouping the hand ol a stranger and giving it a vigorous shako. 44 1 suppose you will profor tho second floor front suite; magnificent apartmonts and cheap, too, only |H0 a day." 44 Eighty dollars a what?" gasped tho stronger. 44A day. Will you go up now!" 44 Not so fast, not so fast, young man," said the stranger. "Don't you think terms are just a little high? I am a banker, but my Income Is only $80,000 a year." 4 4 Oh I I see, I see," said the clerk; 44 then a fifth floor $4 room will suit yow. I mistook you t6r an editor. ~-PMUtd*b phia Call. >??.> ;; ? , | Detroit, Mich,, has a dog ell factory. The prodifot 1? used by consnniptftss. HUliOBOUS sketches" . wu) Ho Pnucd Ifllui. Tao superintendent of a certain rail road called up a conductor ono day and slid to him: "So, sir, I understand you passed a man over our lino recently on your own authority. ' Is it true, sir?" "Yes, sir; it is." ^ "Didn't you know, sir, that you were violating tho regulations?" "Yes." "Then, sir, why did you do it, I should like to ask?" "Well, captain, you seo, I cot so dang lonesome ridiug back and forth overy day all by myself, th:it I gavo a friond of minq a pass just for company." Tho conductor wao looking for a job tho noxt day. ? Merchant- Traveler. A Hard Kjfjf. A commercial traveler jumped from the train at a small station and shouted to tho proprietor of tho lunch couutcr to givo him a hard-boiled egg and a picco of minco pic. Ho ato tho pio hurriedly, and was at tempting to break tho egg when tho con ductor gavo tho signal for starting. "What in Grout C&'sar's namo is tho matter with this egg?" lie yelled. "Is it rotteu?" asked tho proprietor. "Rotten? no, but I cant mako any im pression on it, and hero I am as hungry as a wolf and tho train half way out of the yard and ho made a dash for tho back platform of tho rear oar, which ho just succeeded in reaching. , "Well, I'm blo\ved,"said the proprietor of tho lunch counter, .poking it with a knife, "if I didn't givo tho young man a china nest egi?." Why They Parted Company#1, An excellent story is told about a young taian whoso attentions to a young lady b9camo the subject of comment. She was his companion in his daily rides, and apparoutly they both enjoyed tho propinquity. 8uddonly tho rides coasod, and tho youni? follow^was asked tho rea son. Ho rcpliod that sho had called him a jackass, and that ho would not ask auy girl to rido with him after that. The lady's friends woro shockod^'and asked for particulars. This was his explana tion : "You sge, wo had boon so much to gether that I gave out in topics for con versation, aria whon I took ner out last I couldn't think of anything but the weather, and I said: 'I boliovoit is going to rain; I felt a drop on 'my ear.' She looked at mo and carolcssly said : 'That rain is a half mile off.1 Now, did not that . mean that I was a jackass- with long ears I I hnvc'nevor been near her since. " A Corner on Kce. Tho first man to striko tho cornor j where tho port or hiul thrown a pail of I water over tlio flag-stoncs and produced a glare of?ico .was an insuranco agont. Ho slid to tho right, clawed to tho loft, clutched at a sunbeam, and went down with tho exclamation : ' "Hanged if I j don't 1" IIo rose up to jaw and threaten j and collect a crowd and almost lick somebody, and ho went away stirred up for all day. The next man was a tailor? tall, spare and solemn. His toes all of a suddon turned out, his left leg was lifted, an$,"he epun onco and a haif around boforo 'ho went down, with tho remark: "I knew 'twould happonl" Ho got up to hurry along out of sight, and it was easy to seo that ho had calculated on about so many falls for tho wintor. x Tho noxt was a fleshy man with a smiling faco und an air of good nature. Ho didn't lose any timo going down, and whon bo struck ho realized that ho had hit something. And yot what ho said was 1 'Is it possiblo?" Ho got up slowly, forccd a grin as tho boys chaffed him, and looKed back thrco times to mak* Buro that ho hadn't made a holo which would prove a man-trap for other pedes trians. Tho noxt was a bank oterk with a pencil over his oar and a preoccupied mind. He was swinging his right hand and rushing right ahead, whon ho sud denly saw billions of stars shining in tho morning sky. His first taught was that somobody was colebrating Fourth of July : his noxt was to scrabble up and search for an asylum whoro he could hunt<up his collar button and splice his suspenders. Not a word ?scaped him Until ho was a block away. Then ho re marked: "At six per cent, it would bo $854.17." The next man was a strapping big fol low with an ulstor on, area silk handker chief hanging out of a pocket. He be gan a sort of shuffle as ho struck tho spot, increased it in a minuto to a regular "breakdown," and finally wont down with a whoop tho*. was heard half a block away. He was v j> in a moment. Diag onally across tho street ho saw a man in an oxtnress wagon. Tho boy* called to him that ho had lost his red handker chief, and that his nose would sadly miss It, but ho would not "wait. He strodo across tho street and up to the wagon, and m ho hauled off and hit tho drivor a stinger on tho ear, ho growled out: "There, hang youT That makes us even "Whatovonl" shouted tjio victim, as ho rose up and adjusted his oap, but tho other was gono.?JPVe?,I*r?s*, * Thrleo Sold* A Philadelphia book agent Importuned James Watson, a rich Now York man, living out at'EnXabeth, until ho bought a book? tho u Early Christian Martyrs.". Mr. Watson didn't want tho book, but ho bought it to ?et rid of the agent; then tAking it under his arm, ho started for the train which takes him to his New York office. Mr. Watson hadn't boon gono long bo foro Mrs. Watson camo homo from n neighbor's. Tho book agent sow her, and went in and persuaded the wife to buy another cony of the same book. Bho was ignorant or the fact that her husband had bought tho same book in tho morning. When Mr. Watson canto homo from Now York at night Mrs. Watson showed him the book. . , s . "I don't want to see it," said Watson, frowning terribly. "Why, husband}" ask<*d his wlfo. "Bocauso that rascally book agont sold me the ftamo book this morning. Now we're got two copies of the same l>r>ok? ~ two copics of the 'Eavly Christian Mar tyrs ' and?" "But, husband, we can?" "No, we can't either 1" interrupted M r Watson. "Tho man is of* on the train before this. I could kill the fellow. ? ?? "Why, there he goes to the depot now." ejold Mrs. Watsoh, pointing out of the window at tho retreat nig form of the book agent making for tho trrtfn. ?'But it's tod lato to catch hind, and I'm not drotficd Tv? taken off my boots, i and-" / Just then Mr. Stephens, a neighbor of Mr. Watson, drove by, when Watson pounded on tho window, pano in a frantic manner, almost friffhtoning tho horse. " Horo, Stevens, he shouted, " you'ro hitched up; won't you run your horse down {n tho trein and hold that book agent till I come? Hun! Catch hi in now I" "All right." said Mr. Stevens, whip ying up his horse and tearing dowu tho roau. ?'Mr. Stevons reached tho train just a-j the conductor shouted " all aboard!" "Book agent 1" he yelled, as tho book agent steupo J on tho train. " Hook <\gcnt ! hold on! Mr. Watson wants to 6CO you.*' " Watson? Watson wants to see mo?" ropeated tho seomingly puzzled book agent. " Oh, I know what he wants; ho wants to buy ono of my books; but I can't miss the train to sell it to him." "If that is all ho wants, I'can pay for it and take it back to him. IIow much is it?" " Two dollars for tho ' Early Christian Martyrs,' said tho book agent, as ho reached for tho money and passed tho book out through the car window. Just then Mr. Watson arrived, pufitng and blowing, in his shirt sleeves. As ho saw tho tram pull out ho was too full for utterance. "Well, I got it for you," said Stovcns; " just got it and that's all." " Got what?" yelled Watson. " Why, I got tho book ? 'Early Christian Martyrs,1 and ? " " By ? tho ? groat ? guns I" moaned Watson, as ho placed his hand to his brow and swooned right in tho middlo of tho street. ? Eli Perbiiis. Copper Coins, Our copper coins, as well as those of other countries, in numbors exceeding all other coins, nave beon subjected to many fantastical changes. Kudo ovory whoro, as thoy originally appeared, the most . oxtensivo fabrication lias added little graco to relievo them from boing overywhero "common and unclean." Tho copper, coins issued in England by Charles II. possessed intrinsic valuo equal to their nominal value. Charles XTI., ef Sweden, however, mado copper coins of less weight than that of our earliest copper cent, and then piid them to Ills army as tho valuo of a silver dol lar. It is somo gratification to find our trcatmont of copper a littlo less heroic than that of tho owedo. Tho earliest American copper coins mado by any State wero mado at Rupert., in Vermont, and beforo Vermont had bocn admitted into tho Union. A mint was tlioro established for eight or ten years, having a capacity to stamp sixty coppers per minute, upon which tho so called "uaby-hcad" goddess of liberty appeared ; but truth compols mo to Bay that this goddess was no more comely than that on the coins of the present day, although she was 100 years younger. Tho owner of the mint, Itcubcn Harmon, was bound to pay the State two and one-half por cent, for his privilogo. At first theso coins passed two for a penny, then four and then eight, when they no longer paid for the cost, mainly on account of tho sudden competition of other States, and of tho largo importation of Birmingham hardwaro, commonly called "Bungtov/n coppers." Wo had lie protective tariff then, and wo have noiio now, against "Bungtowns," whether of copper or silver. In 1787, by authority of Cou ress, a contract was mado with amcs Jarvis for 800 tons of copper coin, of tho fcdoral (standard, and conts wore coined at tho Now Haven mint of the following descrip tion : On ono sido thirteen circlos linked togethor, a small circlo in tho middle, with tho words, "Wo aro ono;" on the other sido a sun-dlnl, and below tho diui tho words, "Mind your business." In 1702 Congress authorized tho coin age of a copper cent weighing 20 4 grains, which was reduced in 1702 to 208 g.-ains, again reduced in 1790 to 108 grains, niter to 140 grains, on which tho so-cullcd "booby-head" appears, and in 1857 to seventy-two grains, of which eighty eight por cent, was to bo copper and tweivo por cent, nickel. In 1804 it was onco more reduced to forty-eight grains ? ninety-five per cent, of copper ana five per cent, of tin or sine. Finally, in 1882, tho last chango was mado to three fourths of copper and ?no-fourth ' of nlckol, but tho woight remains at forty eight grains. The importance of tho cent coinage will be realized when we find that over 4 o,o 00, 000 pieces woro coined the past year. Tho Chinese and Japanese bronze coins aro of very light weight, of annu lar form, with a square holo in tho center, and some of them are quito equal to other exhibitions of oriontal art which are now rocoived with publio favor. Tho specimen of an unauthorized cent mado by our mint in 1850, with a round holo in the conter, suggests what might bo dono, if not with a nickol cent, perhaps with a half-dime of silver. Tho present nickel half-dimes aro so nearly of the same diamoter and thickness of a quarter dollar that tEoy aro ofton not readily dis tinguished? but with a perforation, square or round, in the conter, all con fusion would bo romcdfcd as woll by touch as by sight. Th? three-cent nickel coin, no longer being tho amount of let ter postage Stamps, in no longer wanted, and might woll givo place to a two ccnt nickel. ? Senator Morrill. Admonitions. '?'A merchant said to a Now York Tribuno writer: "I cam? over to America when X wns pretty well grown, from the north of Ireland, where wo hAd a religious fight ovory now and then. Tho way wo fought over thei^ was to atampon a man's foot and at tHe samo timo nit him -with, tho flat, when he wm pretty Mire to go down. Having rollgiotta instlnots, aftor 1 came out to this country I taught a Sunday school and becamo a church communl oant, but one day a brother called mo n liar and tho old trick I learned in Bel font returned to me liko lghtning, and I stamped on his foot ana knocked him down. Immediately afterward I went to him penitently, and said I : 'Lot us leave thin to some arbitration and not make a scandal of it.' 'No,' said ho, 4I am going to havo you turned out of tho church. ' 0o ho brought the case boforo tho minister, who is now president of ono of the colleges in tho interior of tho 8tato. The minister said to him : 'Is it possible that he struck you? What did you call him 1* 'I called him a liar.* 'Very well,' said tho minister, 'lot his knocking you down bo an admonition from the Almighty never to ?nil a man a liar again;' The minister camo to mo and said, gravely : 'Let this boon ad monition from tho Almighty to you, if yOU ftro ever compelled to knook a man down, not to neglect that Kabbath- school of yours, whero 1 oxpoot to see you next' FACTS FOR TIIE CURIOUS. A. log cut in Suwanuec county, Flo., re quired sixteen mules to haul It, ami mado 50,000 feet of lumber. Now York city contuins over -100 indi viduals whose wealth is estimated from $1,000,000 to $100,000,000. Tho Yuma Indians, on the Colorado, bury watermelons in the dry dosert sand, and preserve them oil winter, fresh and crisp. Bread is made out of sea-grass in Dev onshire, England. The grass is cleansed, boiled, chopped up and mixed with a small pro]K>rtion of oat meal, after which it is baked into loaves. A young giaut is Jack Shields, of Iluut county, Texas, lie is twentv-ono years old, 8oveu feet eight inches high, and weighs 201 pounds, flo has six brothers, all over seven feet iu height. Aeronauts say that in passing over a lake or sea in a balloon the bottom can bo distinctly seen, the water ln-in# no hin drance whatever. This knowlcdgo will hereafter bo put to good use in gctiing charts of tho ocean. Tho Moorish Jows ovado tho law which forbids them to kindle a firo on tho Sabbath by putting their dinner in a jar and setting it in a hot oven Friday night. Tho dinner consists of salted locusts very often, but it is hot. A curious fact was noticed in connec tion with tho late earthouako in Java. Two hundred 'ailcs away from tho sceno of tho disaster the tele phono wires wero so violently disturbed that messages could not bo carried. On raising tho tubes a porfect roar as of a waterfall was hoard, and by shouting at the top of one's voico tho clork at the other end heard tho voice, but of tho whole not one singlo sentenco was audible. Sometimes, whilo listening to tho instrument, a report like a pistol was heard. In Sussex, England, even tho most Sotted cat is instantly turned out of oors if it snooze?; for, should slio stay and sncezo three times in the house, every ono within its walls will havo colds and coughs. To quoto a few lines of tho sneezing superstitions prevalent among distant nations, it is said that whon a Hindoo sneezes, the bystanders at once exclaim: "Live," whereupon the sneezer replies: "With you." Tho Moslem, when he sneezes, cries out: "I'raiso to Allah?" and tho Jewish sneezing formula is "Good? lifo." A letter from Los Angeles, Cal., says: " A curious reason is assigned for what has heretofore been tho inferiority of tho lig. It appears that this gcntlo and prolty tree is peculiarly susceptible to tho deprivation of tho society to which it is entitled. Ignorant of this trait of tho female character, tho gardeners have set out wholo orchards of femalo lig trees by themsolvcs, and then wondered that they did not bear. Sinco they havo discovered their mistake, thoyjiovo imported a malo variety and distributed it through tho orchards at tho rate of one to overy twenty females, with astonishing success. Perhaps if each female fig tree had her exclusivo mate there might bo more and better fig?!, but they seem to rocognizo tho fact that ono-twentioth of a husband is better than no husband at all." WORDS OF WISDOM. lie who loses hope may then part with anything. Ho who has lost his honor can loao nothing more. All those who know their mind do not know their henrt. Solid love, whoso root in virtue, can no more die than virtue itself. He that cares only for himself linn but few pleasures, find those lire of tho lowest order. Tho balls of sight arc so formed that one man's eyes are spectacles to anothor to read his henrt with. Tho premeditation of death is tho pro mcditation of liberty; he who has learned to dio hus forgot to servo. Simplicity, of all things, is the hardest to bo copied, nnd.enso is only to bo nc quirod with the greatest labor. "Whon wo aro alone, wo havo our thoughts to watch ? in our familios our tempers, and in society our tongues. Whon two pcoplo compliment each other with tho chotco of anything, each of them generally gets what ho likes lenst. Knowledge, perfected by practico, is as different h'6m moro speculation as tho skill of doing a thing is from being told how tho thing is to bo dono. Thoso men who destroy a healthful constitution of body by intcrapcranco as manifestly kill themselves os thoso who hung, orpoison, or drown thomselves. By agoneral mistako ill-nnturo as often passos for wit as cunning docs for wisdom ; though, in truth, they uro not in tho least akin to ench othor, but as far distant as virtue is from vice. Good lempar is tho philosophy of tho heart ? a geipin tho treasurv within, whoso rays are reflected on all outward objects? a perpotual sunshine, imparting warmth, light, nnd life, to all within tho sphere, of its influenco. To complain that lifo has no joys, while thoro is a sin^lo creature whom wo can roliovo by our bounty, assist by our counsel*; or enliven by our presenco, is to lament tho losa of that which wo pos sess, and is just aa irrational as to dio of thirst with tho cup in our hand. -?? * I " ? "Comin' Thro' the Rye." A pictorial published an illustration of "Comin' Thro tho Rye." and blundorod into what wo prosumo is tho popular mis conception of tho ditty, giving a laddio and losslo mooting and kissing in a field ?f grain. Tho linos: If a laddio mo?fc ft lassie Comin' thro' tho rye, and especially tho othor Couploti A* tho lad* smllo on mo Wbeti eontin' thro tho ryo, seem to imply that traversing the ryo was an habitual or common thing. Tho song, perhaps, suggests a harvest scone, where both soxos, as is the custom, aro at work reaping, and whero they would Come and go throngh thO fields, indeed; but not through tne ryo itself, so as to meet nnd kiss in it. Tho truth Is, the Ryo in this caso is not eroin at all, it boing tho nnmo of a smoll shallow stroam, near Ayr, Scotland, which, having noither brlago nor ferrv, was fordod by the pcoplo going to And from tho market, custom allowing a Ud to stem a kiss from any lass of his acquaintance whom ho might meet in mid-stream. That this is tho true expla nation any one may see who will refer to Iturns' Original ballad, in which tho fitrst verse refers to the lass wetting her clothes in tho stream : Jenny 1* a' wat, pulr .boddlon; Jenny's seldom dry; She draglifc a* her Dpttloo+tleft Oomlrr thro' the ftys" 1 y - y . . THE GENTLEMAN PABMBa Ho owned tho farm? at lvast H?u though* He QwnoJ it sin co bo lived upon It; A. ml when ho catue there, with him brought Tho men whom be hid hired to run It Ho had been bred to city life And had ac juiced a 11 tt!o inouoyv But strango oonccit> himself and wife Tltougbt fanning must be?on)^lh!rjr,(HQATV Ho did no work himself at all, But g|H3nt bis timo in rroreatlor ? In pitching quoits ami playing ban. And such mild forms of dissipation. Ho kept his ''rod*" and trolling spoons, His guns and dog* ot var!ou? habits,--* While in tho fall hn hunted ooous, And in tho winter t-kuiik* and rabbits. , His hired holp wore quick to losm | 1 ho liiiert ics that might bo taken, And through the ?oaM>u scaroo would earn Tho sa t It took to savo their bacon. Ho know no mrro than a child unborn, Ono half tho tinio what- they we;*e doing. Whether they stuck to booing oarn, Ur had on hnnd so:no misohiof browing. His crop*, although they wore but few, Withproier food wore selloiu nourifhed, While cockle instead of bar'.oy ijrow, And noxious wo-'ds and thistle i flourished, ? His cows in spring looked moro like raiU Sot up on leg", than living cMtlo; And when they t>witchod tholr dried-up tail^ Tho vory bones would in them rattle. At length tho sheriff camo al&isr, 1 Who soon relievo I him of his labors, Wliilo ho bocamo tho jo^ and song Of his moro enterprising nolghbors Back to tho plaoo whore life began, Back to ttio homo from wliouoa ho wan* derod, ? ? A fad, if not a wiser maw. Ho went with all his monoy squandered MORAL. On any sail, bo it loam or clay, Mollow and light, or rough aud stony, Those nion who bost mnko farming pay. Kind use for brains as well as mouey. ?Tribune and Farmer. PUNtJENT PARAGRAPHS. Groat cry Mid littlo "wool ? A npwly born lamb. ... . .. Bulwcr was corrcct; there is no such word as fail. It is modified into assign ment . ? lhuckeyo. "The bravest is the tenderost" is war ticularly true of cclory that has stood up against frost. ? Pioayune. The trade dollar is not popular, but tha trade holler passes through the telophbna very often. ? Boston Bulletin. Conductor? "I can't use trade dollars, sir!" Passenger ? '?Well, give this opo to the company, then." ? 2 'ne Jwiye. To pay as you go is the beat plan; es pecially if tho man in charge will not let you go until you do pay. ? Bitty una. Translated froratho Omnibus : ''Mam ma, the Frit* lets mo bed 1" "No t lie half have he wants his aud I must upon "What a in jay, "thcro is the man !" "Well. that," responded was short when I been short ever P VA9. Tho newspaper notice among a lot rors cf 1 8Bi3, '' and when tho editor loarnud that tho groom's inooino wan only sovon dollars a woek, ho s:iid ithad better remain under that head. ? Jforrutowih Herald. , ODE TO THE TAILOR. Sheer folly 't;s for him to e!lrnft Who pants t' invent in rlohct^ And he whoso fortune ne<xla a patch . ' Must out ii way to mako a matuh, Or write elosc-Jlnoi dUtlelws;. Ah none wlil over-quote his rhyme, Ho ought to take a stitch in tltne, Bo ho ean time his stitches. fe'ow long, good-bye, fnrowoll to tbee, Ta ta, iny trusting tailor I Far, far beyond the rowing tide m I rail to canvass for a bride, . And if she's rich I'll nail her. My suit 111 press ftcrosrf the spa; , No nioro you'll prate a suit for me, Oh tailor, wail a sailor! Pensatlona Wlillo Hanging, Tho following "letter on tho .question ' whether hanging Is painful, appears In tho Pull Mall Gfuetto: "Tho following ? facts, as rolatcd to mo by a lato dls tingulshcd ofllcer who died high in rank in her majesty's service, may qo of aooto Jiubllc interest. Many years ago, when a ng nt a public school, ho wis ordered by his master to get Iiis silk stocking? ready for an evening party,, but, unw tunately, only ono could ho found. Vafci wcro tho excuses offered by thi), littlo fag. His master, iu a rago, throw tho silk stocking round his neck and held him suspended in tho air a sufficient time to produco unoonsciousnosfl, and to make it a doubtful mntter if vitality could again bo restored. Ho therefore oxporienced nil tho sansalions of being hanged, but ho suffered no pain, and used to say ho had ho iccollection of anything happen ing to him from tno moment tlte stocking was thrown round his nock until h6 felt life returning, Snowy I,atltudo*. Ono of the stations of tho woathor sor* vice of Great Britain is on Bon N6vls, A. lady nnd gentleman rocontly ancondcd the mountain without great difficulty. After four hours' climbing thoy reached tho top, but no trace of tho observatory could be seen. Knowing they wore at tho right spot, thoy ke^on shouting, Mid wcro answered by tho rising of a man out of a hole nt their fdH, who con ducted them into a snug station com pletely buried In tho snow. Parallel with this Is a story from Colorado, vouched for as true. A traveler walking on snowshoes to ono of tho higher camps in the Klk hills met a, man about where hn thought the settle ment ought to bo, and inquired ifs posi tion. " You'ro in tho town now," waa the reply. " That there hole is the post office, this 'ere Ono's tho saloon, nnd If you go down that ono ovor the rock * you'll strlko my cabin " The Elk moun tains surely lie In a snowy latitude. The pen may be mightier > ffran ,tjh? sword, but if you get a hair fh it ydu bo 6 in to bolievo that it may sometime* out-> n its usofulnosa. ? * > ' ? >> j