The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, November 17, 1885, Image 2
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Below the Sea.
Deep in the bay the old church lies, ]
Beyond the storm-wind's power.
The waves that whelmed it overplay
> In ripples round the tower.
And if you look down through the tideMany
nnd many a time?
You may catch the glimmer of the stones, ^
Or hoar the swent bells chiiue ! ^
t
For they that dwoll deop in the sea,
.Below the wind and rain,
v. Tlio Mermen and tho Mermsidons,
Have built it up tij?iiin ! S
They havo mado last tlio ruined walls j]
With thoir iuiniuital hands, r
1
And Mrown dm uitjlo with rod sca-flowors,
N
Ami with llio wet pl*q aaudt).
i
Anil wli?n n drifting boat comes back ^
Rock shattered to llio aliore,
Willi never enptain nt tiiu helm, 8
Nor Bailor at tho oar, v
Then down hulow tho ?lormy foam h
The wwt old bolts ring !ieo, J
Tlify cull upon ih*? uiariucre ^
That coiuc no moro from sea.
?May A'cmtiill, in Jltognzinc of Art. P
l'A Secret of the Sea,"
St
Tho following story was told me a
short time ago by a friend, who had It it
only at second hand from an eye-wit- n
ness of the whole affair. My friend fi
began thus: v
"The strango thing I am going to
tell yon is true; I know it because 1
have it from a friend, or, rather a re~
- - a:
iauon, 01 one 01 ine omeers on Doard
the ship.
"Some years ago, before the existence
of the Suez Canel, a large East tl
Indiattian was making her way easily, fc.
with light Summer winds, along ri
through the Indian Ocean to Calcutta. tl
The Cape had been passed several days ^
before, and now, with charming
weather, officers and passengers, to say
nothing of the crew, were looking forward
to the end of what had been a !
pleasant, though quite uneventful,
voyage. (
"They had had nothing more serious
than a 'half-gale o' wind,' had met only
three or four ships, homeward bound;
and in spite of a score or more agreeable
passengers, fn spite of the last sen- *
safUn 1 1 * ' ' ^
uuvQiOf ui ujusictu entertain- ^
menta, of flirtations by moonlight on
deck, and even in spite of unlimited m
gossip, the days had grown very mo- ^
notonous.and the weeks unaccountably
long; even light-hearted middies had S1
begun to chafe and fret over the long
confinement on shipboard, and the
young ladies to sigh for an excitement.
"I take it for granted that you know ^
that the service of the East India ^
Company's ships was like the Naval in
its organization; there were captain, ^
lieutenants, midshipmen and petty officers;
the ships were mounted with cs
heavy guns, and were well armed, and 86
manned with men trained for fighting. m
The voyage was long, and in time of 80
war the Indiamen were regarded as
very desirable booty. The ships were
large, strongly built and verv com mo
? " w CE
dious, and often luxuriously fitted up.
"The day had been hot, and the light
wind had died almost entirely away; ^
the great ship rose and fell on the
waves, and her sails hung loosely from ^
the tall masts that slowly swayed back
and forth with monotonous, cracking
sound one knows so well who has been
much at sea. It was 'sundown,' and
Cfl
the Bhort twilight of the tropics was
fast deepening Into night; everybody ^
had come upon deck to enjoy such
whiffs of air as might be stirring, the 85
passengers and officers on the quarter- st
deck, while the crew were hanging
over the side or lazily lounging on the '
neat coils of rope about the deck. 1
i of
"Suddenly a faint, very faint sound
cjft fqinf rvna lrnon? ^
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whence it came?or scarcely if there
had been a sound at all. People asked
each other about it; some had heard it 8C
and others had not; and after some ^
discussion it was decided there really ^
was nothing at all. And just as they
reached that conclusion the sound ^
came again, and a little clearer, more
positive than before, so that every one
heard something. 'It was the moan of
the breeze through the rigging!' 'No,
it was the bell for'ard 1' It was fifty
g(
most ordinary sounds in the world,
and quite a matter of course that it
should have been heard; and then?
Q|
again it came?as if it dropped from '
the air, and were the sob of some sadhearted
spirit floating by. And then
the thing was talked over and ^
over, ana everyoody had .a theory, and
nobody was satisfied with any of them. a
"Meantime it grew darker, and the
great stars of the Southern World
started out, making the night luminous
with their wonderful glory. A
silence fell upon the busy tongues, and
all eyes were gazing upwards, when u
suddenly through the hush broke the ?
tone of a bell. Full, clear, musical it
rang out, then died slowly, seeming to
go further and further away, until the ^
last faint sound came from a long distance
off; then p^ain silence, and people
looked strangely at each other, and *
Imost as if thoy were fearful of break<ng
that stillness by speaking the 1
/ ,Torus ihat hung on every lip. At '
Inst Captain Stanley hailed the mast- 1
.heai . f
V *,; . ( ' ,'
" 'No, sir, nothing in sight. It's a
ittle misty up to windward.'
" 'Keep a sharp lookout?d'ye hear?'
44 4 Ay, ay, sir I'
"A slight puff of wind blew past the
hip?just enough to bear the distinct
one of the mysterious bell, and also to
ell from which direction it came; it
vas deeper, clearer, fuller than before.
L'he mystery deepened, but Captain
itauly said, quietly: 'That mist unloutedly
holds the solution of the afair;
it is some ship's bell, as we shall
ee as soon as it lifts a little.' But
tour after hour went on, and still the
uidst hung low ou the water, and
till the mournful sound of that bell
pas borne to the ears that listened all
trough the night on board the Dare.
rew left the deck, and all night long
hat sad, weird tolling kept them comany?now
seemingly closer to them,
nd again so faint and far away. It
fas uncanny, and to the sensitive ones
DuiKled like the strokes of doom.
"Just before the early dawn, while
; was yet only a clear starlight, the
list lifted, and at once came the cry
rom the masthead: Something to
windward.'
" 'What is she like?'
" 'Well, it's a queer sort of a craft
[together.*
" 'Mr. Crabbs, will you go up and
J.e what you make cf her?' said Capita
Stanley; and Mr. Crabbs. a light>oted
young middie, sprang up the
gging, and in a few moments relrned,
saying:
" 'She, or it. w a very queer-looking
ling, sir; it is pretty dark yet, but, as
ell as 1 can see, it looks like a big
Eitboat with a sort of house on it?it
3ais low in me waier. Alia mat oen
r?keeps oil tolling sir,' said little
rabbs, hesitatingly.'
? ?Yes?yes?we can all hear the
?11 plainly enough, Mr. Crabbs!' and
iming to the first lieutenant, CapLin
Stanley went on; 'Mr. Fraser, see
boat lowered away at onpe: send Mr.
rabbs in command of her, to board
lis stranger and find out what this
eans.'
" 4 A few minutes later one of the
lip's boats, manned with a crew of
x men, and little Crabbs in the stern,
as pulling towards the (latboat, which
id become visible, from the ship's
;ck. There was no steady wind, but
slight puff or two had been made
le most of to draw a little closer to
le strange thing, and the Dare now
y almost or quite becalmed about
vro miles distant from it; the house or
ibin?the top of it at least?could be
ien, and a sort of crossbeam arrangeon
t. nn wllioh hnnrr fVin Kail nrhnoo
? ? W? ?? .?awM M v?ug VMV WVIt UUUOU
ilemn voice was heard as the boat
>se and tell with the waves; but no
ving soul was visible. Every glass
as directed upon the little boat as it
ime up alongside. Mr. Crabbs was
en to climb up the side and instantdisappeur,
while in the same raoent
the boat pushed off and made
>r the ship, pulling in a disordered,
?sitating manner, stopping for a' few
mutes' discussion seemingly, then
leir way with a long, regular stroke.
"Arrived at the ship's side, they
ime on board in a dazed sort of a way
ith white scared faces; and upon
ttptain Stanley's stern demand for an
tplanation, they managed to tell their
ory.
"They saw no human being, they
jard sound of human voice on that
lunted thing; but as Mr. Crabbs
epped upon the top of the high bulark,
a large black (lgure reached up
id seized him with its long arms and
ragged him down; and there was a
tund of rattling of chains and shrieks
id yells of fendish laughter; and the
dng was loaded with devils, and the
oul Fiend himself had got poor Mr.
rabbs, and they got away as fast as
ley could.
"And sad and terrible enough it all
as, and that horrible bell went on
riling an awful knell for poor, brightanrf
arl liffla P.rohha ThorA XX7&VC*
UUL L(/U IIVV^U V/EUt/M0i f| V<- V
)bs and tears, and pale cheeks, and
iowning for the lad; and after a lite
the captain said, with a hard voice,
od a set, stern look on his pleasant
ice:
" 'Mr. Fraser, send that boat back
rith a fresh crew? or, rather take commnd
yourself, sir?take the best men
nd plenty of arms.'
"And in a few moments the little
oat went ba^k, carrying men who
ad rather fight a man-of-war twice
heir size than face a foe that was unnowo,
and doubtless belonged to the
inseen world; but they went, and reslutely,
for everybody loved little
Jrabbs.
"How earnestly and anxiously they
vere watched from the decks of the
Jam one can well imagine. Mr,
? * ~ ? *. ? II J
jTftser ana ine ooauswain, wen armeu
tnd revolver in hand, ^limbed cautious7
up the sides of the flathoat, and
vere seen to raise their heads slowlj
ibove $he bulwark. And this is whal
hey saw: a magnificent Bengal tigei
the finest breed 'just finishing hii
" 's&k*'. './ ' Y" ^;1 :'r > * , ' '
< t. ^ .. ' - ,'
iff-ltfiJf "tJfe ffe
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1
\ revolting meal t They fired together,
and the great creature fell over and
died without a struggle.
"Then the boat's crew were ordered
to come up, and they carefully climbed
on board, and with a pistol in each
hand, began an exploration of the cabin;
there was no door to it, and as they
entered the wide doorway, there right
before them they saw two skeletons?
of a man and a woman, chained, ono
against each side of the room. Between
them, in the midst, was a broken
chain, one end still riveted to tho
floor?the other hung to the neck of
the slain tiger !
"Fronting the doorway, on the wall
was written in Arabic: 'Such is my
vengeance upon those who rouse my
jealousy.' The ghastly tale was told, j
"Silent from horror, they gathered
1 A 1 A ? ~ '
bugctiiiei mi mai was ien or ine gay
middie, and covering them with a
boat-cloalc, the Dare's men rowed back
and told their story.
"Lieutenant Fraser told it all to the
person who told it to me, and strange
and horrible as it is?well, you know,
'nothing is too strange,' or too horrible
to be true'; and my story in true."
Great Salt Lake.
Great Salt Lake is in fact not a
branch of the Sea at all, but a mere
shrunken remnant of a very largo
fresh water lake system, liko that of
the still existing St. Lawenco chain.
Once upon a time American geologists
say a huge sheet of water, for which
they have even invented a defiuito
name. Lake Bonneville, occupied a
far larger valley among the outliers of
the llocky Mountains, measuring 300
miles in one direction by 180 miles in
the other. Beside this primitive Superior
lay a great second sheet?an
early Huron?(Lake Lahontan the
geologists call it) almost as big and
of equally fresh water. By and by?
the precise dates are necessarily indefi
nite?souie change in the rainfall, unregistered
by any contemporary, raadt
the waters of the big lakes shrink am)
evaporate. Lake Lahontan Bhrank
away like Alice in Wonderland, till
there was ahsr?lut.??lv nnthinc* u>Ft nr it
J
Lake Bonneville shrank till it attained
the diminished size of the existing
Great Salt Lake. Terrace after ter
race, running in long parallel lines on
the sides of the Wahsatch Mountain:
around, mark the various levels at
which it rested for a while on its grad
ual downward course. It is still falling
indeed, and the plain around is be
ing gradually uncovered, forming th<
white, salt-encrusted shore with whicl
all visitors to the Mormon city are sc
familiar. But why should the water
have become briny ? "Why should th<
evaporation of an old Superior pro
duce at last a Great Salt Lake? Well
there is a small quantity of salt in
t.n1??lnt> /...nn ln ?*_ 1 * - ?" > -- >
uiuuuu cvcu in 1.110 iicsucat Ul litivr?
ani ponds, brought down to them bj
the streams or rivers, and, as the watei
of the hypothetical Lake BonnovilU
slowly evaporated, the salt and other
mineral constituents remained behind.
Thus the solution grew constantly
more and more concentrated till at the
present day it is extremely saline
Prof. Geikie (to whose work the present
paper is much indebted) fount
that he floated on the water in spite o;
himself; and the under sides of tlx
steps at the bathing places are all enencrusted
with short stalactites iv
salt, produced from the drip of th?
bathers as they leave the water. Thi
mineral constituents, however, diffei
considerably in their proportions frou
those found in true salt lakes of marim
origin, and the point at which salt ithrown
down is still far from havinj
been reached. Great Salt Lake in us
simmer in the sun for many centurie
yet before the point arrives at whicl
(as cooks say) it begins to settle.?
Cornhill.
She PAid Extra.
A widow, whose age might have
been forty, went into business on
Grand River avenue a few weeks ago,
and the first move was to get a sign
painted. The services of a sign
painter were secured, and when he
finished his work he put on his "imprint"
by placing his initials 4W. A.
II." down on the left hand corner of
the sign. When the widow came to
criticise the work she queried :
"What does 4W. A. H.' stand for ?'
, "Why, 'Wanted, A Husband,'" ret
plied the painter.
"Oh, yes?I see," she mused. "It
, was very thoughtful in you, and here
is a dollar extra."?Dettoii Free Press.
i ??
The Student's Recommendation.
Professor to medical student: "We
i will suppose another case. By tho
, blunder of a prescription clerk a man
I has taken twenty grains of cyanide of
. .potassium. What would you recomI
mend?"
r "I would recommend that the ob;
sequies be conducted in strict accordr
ance with his bank account and stand*
i lng in society, sir.7'?Chicago Ledger*
4* < nk $
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i
ISTORY OF TWO CORPORALi
j An Ex-Confederate's Reminiscence
of the War.
,TThy the Hatred of One Man for Anothe
Turned to Affection.
Being, as I am, a man of no educa
| tion?never have been given a fai
, Bliow In my younger days?the reade
; Is asked to excuse my plain languag
and bad grammar.
You must know that I belonged t<
the Fifteenth Alabama infantry, an<
that we went to the front pretty earl:
In the war. "We thus had our pick o
good men. In my company the thin
corporal was a powerful big cha]
named Sam Chapin, who had beei
overseer on a plantation near Hunts
ville. He was not only big and pow
erful but his habits had made a selfish
1 overbearing and cruel man of him
He hadn't been in the company a weel
before half the men were down or
him for his meanness.
Big Sara also had his dislikes, bu
there was ono man he hated in partic
ular. I shouldn't have said man, foi
he was only a boy 17 years old?slim
pale-faced and as timid in look as i
girl. Sam took a hatred of this bo]
on sight, and he let no occasion pasi
to nag him and rentier his hard lo
Btill harder. Jimmie. as the boy wai
called, had no complaint to make. II<
was o? a forgiving disposition, and nc
matter what he felt or thought, \v<
never heard him condemning anybody
by word of month. Some of us woulc
have killed liig Sam iiad we been ii
Jimmie'a place, but such a thing a:
striking back seemed never to hav<
occurred to the boy. Well, one da]
when a part of our regiment was cut
oft from the brigade by a ilank move
ment of the Union troops, and om
situation was desperate, our captair
steps out and says:
"Hoys, 1 want to send word t(
Colonel . Where's the man who'l
take it?"
lie was looking right at. liig Sam al
the time, but that individual turnei
two shades whiter, and hid himself ir
thw rrtiir riinlru mnMorin.. ?K..f ? 1 -
?... in**uuui iu^ tnat uuuuiij
but. a fool would try to push past 300(
Yankee muskets with the message
The first thing we knew Jitnmie hat
mounted a horse from which some of
Gcer had been shot and was riding
away. IIow he ever ran that gaunt
iet with his life was more than I coulc
tell, but he did get through, and dowr
came enough of our forces to help ut
Dut of the box.
This was new cause for Big Sam ti
Sate Jitnmie. The boy had not onlj
jxhibited greater courage in the face
3f danger, and right before us all, but
ae was promoted to second corporal
This was a promotion right over th<
aead of Big Sum, and he felt it to th(
3nds of his lingers. lie couldn't nap
;he boy any more, and I have no doubt
he swore a solemn oath to kill him at
tho first opportunity. Indeed. h<
hinted as much, and became so ugl}
and abusive to all that some of us
wanted to kill him.
Well, in about six weeks we had
another tussle with the Yanks. W<
got into it hot and heavy, and as wt
were driving them for the moment ]
found myself alongside of Big Sam
Wo were disputing for a rise of ground
and far in advance of us, carrying th<
ilag which the color-bearer had dropp
Bd as a bullet had hit him. was Corpo
ral Jimmie. I was feeling proud t<
Bee him there, when, as heaven is mj
Judge, 1 saw Big Sam raise his musket
take deliberate aim at the boy, ant
next moment Corporal Jimmie went
UUH 11.
It was a hurlyburly time, with grape
unci lead cuttiug a.11 around us, and ]
fet the incident pass for a time, de
termined, though, that Big Sam ahoulc
pay the forfeit after the battle.
We kept on and on, but as we ros<
Ihe hill we were checked. In fiv<
minutes more wo were being driven
tnd that was how it came about thai
Corporal Jimmie, with his left arn
broken by Big Sam's bullet, fount
himself lying beside the ex-overseer
who had a Yankee bullet in his leg
There were plenty of others wounded,
ind some dead ones, too, but our tw<
men lay almost side by side. Big San
was groaning, cursing and whininj
ike the coward he was, when a can
teen was hold within reach and a voic<
laid:
"Take it, comrade?a drink wil
ease your pain."
'W-what! is it you?" exclaimed th
overseer as he rose up on his elbov
| anu gazeu at jiuiime.
j "Yes; both of us are down, but yoi
are hit the worst. Can I help you ?"
| "You help me?"
, "Of course."
It paralyzed Big Sam to meet witl
such words from the man he had trie<
to kllL After a time he groaned out
"Say, Jimmie, you orter shoot m
through the head.'*
. "What for?"
, {raft'/j ' -.!*&
^ "Cause, I'm the man that fired that
bullet into you."
"Well, 1 don't want revenge. I'm
now able to crawl away, but 1 won't
leave you."
r The Yanks were massing artillery
to play on the rise of ground and what
does Corporal Jimmie do but get up in
the face of all the sharp-shooters and
r wounded and faint as he was, half ;
r drag, half carry Big Sam into a shcl0
tered ravine. More'n that, he binds up
his wound, and makes him pretty cora9
fortable, and there we found'em along
1 towards night, when a grand charge
y finally gave us the ground.
f You remember, 1 had seen Big San.
I draw a bead on the boy, but when I
a went to make a stir over it Corporal
i Jimtnie said: "Please don't! He has
. been punished enough. 1 think he J
. will be a changed man."
t And so he was. They took to eacn t
. other like twin ducks, and were the1
c fasted, firmest friends you ever saw. |
i Big Sam dropped all mean ways, and I
within a year was orderly sergeant of |
t the company, while Corporal Jimmie
. was a lieutenant.
r The Kite of "Suttee."
' Since the advent of the British into
1 power in India the fearful rite of sutr
tee, which condemned to be burnt
3 along with her husband his widows,
has been prevented; and though, even
s at this day, a Ilindostani burning is a
* sight by no maans pleasant, it was
} much more fearful when alons with
5 the burning dead husband were burned '
' oile or more of his late wives.
* The first time when that sacrifice
1 was clearlv brought home t.n v.n.riiah
* o?
1 men was when Job Charnock, half
3 pirate, half adventurer, saved the life
7 of a beautiful Bengalee widow as she
was being thrust upon the burning
pyre of her late husband. Job Charr
nock laid the foundation of the pres1
ent Capital of India, Calcutta, and it j
was at its present site where the gal
lant sailor performed this hazardous I
^ saving feat. Charnock had penetrat- I
ed up the Iloogly, in quest of advent1
urea, and seeing from his vessel prep'
aration for the burning of a Hindoo ho
1 watched the process with curious ex7
citement; but when it came to cremat'
ing living people, and above all a
young woman, all the generous impul'
ses of the sailor's heart were stirred,
" and calling to his comrades he leaped
f ashore, and with the aid of their
knives he dispersed the heathens, and
' afterward married the woman and
1 founded Culcutta.?San Francisco Ex5
a miner.
) Tho .lolly Japanese.
r "All life is a joke to tho Japanese,"
? said Lieut Wyckoff of the hydrographL
ic bureau, who lived in Japan for live
years. "During all that timo I never
s saw any one angry. I hardly .believe
? they could lose their tempers if they
r should try. They can kill or be killed
t with the most p'erfect aacoir faire.
t, The trades-people will cheat you out
> of your eyes if you let them, and a
; good many would rather lie than tell
5 the truth. But there is really no malice
in it all. If you find thern out
I they will simply laugh in your face, as
, if to say they thought they were clev,
er in trying to take you in, but that
[ you were still more clever in catching
them. I was personally acqainted
with the Cabinet, who really constitute
, the ruling power. They carried on
. the Government as if it were a big
piece of fun. The Mikado is the only
) one who is expected to look at life grave,
ly, and he makes up in his existence for
the levity of all his subjects. He is so
I completely secluded that he may bo
t said to live in a tomb. Altogether,
Japan is a delightful place to live in,
, and American and English naval
[ officers who go there always liato to
. leave. Aside from the charms of
I country and climate, I put its people
for hospitality, warmth, and cheerful5
ness against any nation on earth."?
3 Omaha Herald.
I Sam Jones, the Revivalist.
j Sam Jones was born in Alabama
1 about the year 1847. In his youth
his parents moved to Georgia, where
ho was brought up. He comes of a
family of Methodist preachers, but in
3 his youth was wild and dissipated. lie
j studied law, and had just entered upon
t the practice of his profession when
. his father died. The ofd gentleman,
B who was a most sincere, God-fearing
man, on his death-bed urged his son
1 to repentAnce, and the young man
dates his conversion from that hour
e Having forsaken his dissipated habits
v and his wild companions, he also decided
to give up the profession of tho
j law and enter the ministry. He was
first licensed to preach by the Atlanta
conference in 1872, and since that
time he has preached with great suci
cess and conducted revivals in nearly
A fivprv pit* tn thA Smith anH Rmithwpat
; Shortly after entering upon his career
e as an evangelist Mr. Jones married
Miss Laura McElwain of Eminence
Ky.?Chicago Inter-Ocean.
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CLIPPINGS FOlt THE CURIOUS.
The drumfiah chews his oyster, shell H
r 3d nil.
It was customary in England to ap- H
plaud the preachers in the pulpit of I
200 years ago. I
A lemon weighing four pounds and
thirteen ounces was recently picked at I
Panasoffkee, Pla.
At the Armstrong Works, in Eng- B
land, a gun that will cast a one-ton H
shell fifteen miles has been made. <1
On recently cleared land in Kansas I
red clover was grown that was seven '
feet high, and white clover five feet
six inches high.
The smallest book in the world is
half the size of a postage stamp, and
is an edition of the sacred book of
the Sikhs, belonging to the Earl of
DuCferin. v
.Accoruing to a popular error in old I
times the porcupine could dart his 1
quills. They are easily detached, very I
bharp and slightly barbed, and may I
easily stick to a person's legs when he .
!s not a\yare that he is near enough to
touch them.
The Patagonians, including both
Bexes, have an average stature of live
feet ten Inches according to Mr. H. >
Hale, who considers that the adoption
of equestrian habits has shortened the
legs of the people two inches in two
centuries, their former height averaging
six feet.
Elephants are not numerous on the
western slope of equatorial Africa, 1
being found only along the fertile river 1
Valleys, and rarely ever going near the 1
banks of the Congo until the hilly and |
barren country is passed. Above
Btanley pool they increase in numbers,
Seldom being molested or hunted by
'.he natives.
A relic of the great forests which
once covered the south of Sweeden
was recently dug out of a bog at Kin- '
neved in the shape of a boat six feet
tn diameter, hollowed out of a log.
!rhe tree from which it was obtained
must have been twenty feet in circum- I
Terence. The wood, which was blue I
la color; was very hard, and the boat
so heavy that two bullocks could not
move it.
Chicago frequently receives 1.000.
000 bushels of grain in st
ningle day. IIow long a train j
would be required to carry that j
amount ? Let us figure : A bushel ol
corn weighs fifty-six pounds. A million
bushels would therefore be 56,000,000
pounds. Allowing ten tons
(20,000) pounds to the car, it wouldtake
2800 cars. There are 320 rods tothe
mile and two freight cars to the
rod. Divide 2800 cars by the 160 to
the mile, and you have a train 17?
miles long.
A JL vellum JLTI1UK*
And while on the subject of sirups
let me give the receipt of a very j
poetical drink, which I am certain j
will find favor with all the spring ^ i
poets, young lovers, and dear little- <
children that come to you to be re- '
freshed. It is known in Paris as strop
de violettes, or violet sirup, but you
can give it any name that suits your
poetical fancy. You will want 250
grammes of wood violets, which must I
be pounded up in a perfectly clean
mortar. Then pour 2 pints of boiling
water on them, stir, and afterward
add 2 more pints. Pour all this
into a perfectly clean, newly tinned \
saucepan, and let the infusion proceed
during nine hours. Pass the mixture
through a clean linen strainer, pressing
all the moisture out of the leaves..
Let the liquid settle, and then decant1-1
At. * * * "
il on iuio me same daucepan in wbicb
the infusion took placa Add 4 1-2.
lb. of first quality lump sugar, and
dissolve this by placing the pan in a
bain-marie. When dissolved, with- .
draw, cool, filter, bottle, cork, and let
stand. And may Oberon and Titaniaforgive
you. Aprovos, wouldn't "the
Titaijia something or other" be a suitable
name ??Caterer.
Told It Wrong.
A joke is a mystery to some poeple,.
Bays the Lewiston, (Me.,) Journal. In.
a certain court-room in this "state once ,
on a time the proceedings were delayed
by the failure of a witness named
Sarah Mony to arrive. After waitinga
long time for Sarah the court concluded
to wait no lnncrer. nnrl
O * ...?.UIJ.
to crack his little joke, remarked:
"This court will adjourn without i
iiarah-Mony." ' 1 :
Everybody laughed except one'
man, who sat in solemn meditation for
< i %
five minutes, and then burst into a.
uctii tj ^uua>V) cAUiaiuilllg* "X SCO It ?
1 see it !,f \y*4
When he went home he tried to telt
the joke to his wife. "There was a:
witness named Mary-Mony who didn't.
come," said he, "and so the court said^
'We'll adjourn without Mary-Mony/'* r
"I don't see any point to that," said
ais wife. "I know it," said he; "d
didn't at first; but you will in aboui
3ve minutes.'*