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1. la writing to tkia oA<» on hnaiiMai alwavi gire your name nad I’oet oftio« addwm ^ i. Bodnea^ latter* and rommnnlca* tlona to be published should be written on aeparst» sheets, and theolj'ct of each clearly indicated by neoeasary note when required, ■ ?■ < * dt*Brj3"wB S. Articles for publicttion should be written in a c'ear, legible hand, and oft. only one aide of the page. ; 4. All changes in adTertirrmenta muat reach us oa Friday. run FARMER FEE DR ZM ALL. My lord rides through his pslsee gste, My Isdy sweeps along In state, The sage thinks long on many a thing, And the maiden muses on msrrjing; "» The minstrel harpeth merrily, The sailor plow* ths foaming sea. The huntsman kills Ihe good red deer, - And the soldier ware without s fear; Bu t fall to cwh whatever befall, The farmer hs must teed them aO. Bmlth hsmmeretb cheerily the sword, Priest presohelh' purs and holy word, Dsrae Al'ce worketh broidery well, Clerk Richard tales of love can tell, ° ' The tap-wife sells her foaming beer, Psn Fisher fishes In the mere. And courtiers ruffle, strut and shine, While pages bring the Gascon wine; _ . But fall to each whale'er befall. The farmer he must fesA-tbermlf " • Man builds bis castles fair and high, W hatever river runueth by, Orest dries rise In every land. Great churches shew the builder’s hand. Great arches, monuments and towers, Fair palsees and pleasing bowers, Great wort la done, bet hare and there, And well man workeUt everywhere; But work or reet, whale'er befall. The farmer hs must feed them all. —| harhi 0. /-WeiuL i A BHA rr. ACT. VOL. IV. NO. 3!t. - - BARNWELL, C. H., K. 0., THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1881. $2 tt Year, Onto* AdrgrtMag It pgjab’e 80 dayt After Brtt inwrtion, uatott olhtr- win Hjrtmi ^ pnblitbcH (or publicati m, bat ma guarADty of good Aidii, Tslt PEOPLE, No coamunicAtioo will bt pabitto uniMM AccGBpAnkd by tb« name and i drat of th« writer, not n«e—atiiy Among the many frontier army poata ia one known aa Oatup McDerraitt, ir Ncrada, located upon the stage-road from Winnemncea to Boise Oity, and distant some eighty milea from the Wmi of tb« Central Pacific railroad. It ia near tha mouth of a little rawina in Uta vary heart of tha Winnemuoca buutmg gnmnds, and * tha Indiana ol that Inbe, gowerned by n chieftain of the same name, made their headquarters at tlie time of thia occurrence within a mil' of damp spun a small stream. P~*ee reigned, and the red men, with their squaws and papooees, were sc ausinOMd to make tn-weekly risita W the camp far tha purfeiaa of reoriring lowed them by Uncle 8am, of iwead aau west 1 ba saugj Icwoe at tha pat wan e>w<wt ailty men, and, in 1M9, a single poi.y of cnralry, commanded by Capt. Wagner, «as in occupatii« id Mr Drruitt The other officers of the com pany sera Lieut N , a young aiel the surge.mi. Winnemnoca, Chief of wsv the father of a daughter who —wed wonderful beauty ami a fine Ikssunng to fit her frr a post Una tn Hr Hired, rather than aarag* Ida, tha an chem had amt her to Han Franeiaeo, where she had reoatvad a thorungh cduoa lion. IW-turmng to her father, ha had oh tmiMwl for b«w s thruogh the mantarw of bis many fneods among the whitoa, the positron of mterpreUina at MoLnrmitt In MfiO, she was stationed at that post tn quarters of ber own, a well .Iraaeed. handaome woman of atuMit 22 years of age, receiving a monthly aalary of |40 in gold. With ail tha arto of her wily nature the girl son gilt to win the affections ctf the only bachelor officer in camp, whom we will call Lieut. Nemo, and within two months the yoaug fallow openly avowed hia intention uf making Harsh Winne- mnccs hia wife. HU ('antain, ns became him, argued against this strange mcaallisaon, but, finding Nemo thoroughly hi earnest, and waiting only for some panting minister to tie tha nuptial knot, he dropped the matter, and would have given if no fur ther thought bad not his attention been shortly thereafter called to it in a and startling way. While the lovers yet awaited the ing of a minister, the wife of the sutler, whose store waa just without the limits of camp, informed CapL Wagner that the had disoovered a plot among the Winnemuccaa to murder the gnrriacm, sack the poet, annouuoe Sarah Winne- muoca as their Queen, and begin a war of extermination against the whites throughout all tlifi plain country—and Lieut, Nemo, carried awaybyhis infi “After guard ia placed, and just be fore moonrise, which is at 11, taka four men, with their arms, and go to the stables. Close the doors and remain until morning. Open to no one hut myself. Do not communicate your duty to any except those whom you take with you.” The man touched hia hat and moved away. Thia waa to prevent the lalee Lieutenant from stealing the horsee, should he chooae to attempt it, instead of capturing them. Then the Captain passed on to his own quarters. ' - The honrs fled—9, 10, 11. In fifteen minntes the moon would rise. The sntler’e wife was right. The een- ttnel was “off duty,” and the guard all within doors. Not a living creature waa to be seen, and the eold starlight fell upon ae solitary a group of adobe build ings as if the post had been deserted for years. Suddenly, however, a single figure ap peared. In foil uniform, with awonistid I'iaU>l holster at his waist, Capt W^nor emerged from his door, and, silefttly creasing the parade ground, tamed with rapid tread down the stage-mad toward the Winoemuoca camp. The distance was short, ami, just aa the ftrat rays of tha rising aeon tinged with B|teetnd white the dark narpet of sage-broah that covered all the (flam, the officer found himself upon a alight (ininenoe overlooking the teepoe hula of the Indiana. Thia was the sight which met his eyes A mead a eouncil-flre were gathered the chieftain and warriors of the tribe, 2 Btrnweil 0. H., 8. 0. A 0OLDER TALE. I was talking with a representative of OUT IW TBS WOODS. It is the easiest thing in the world all arrayed in war-paint, and folly armed, and in the midst, upon a pda of blankets, , hot n«4 m the large. Anahnndanos stood La sat. Nemo, his sword drawn, hia small p eduction atill givaa a Largs i arms tortstratrhad, his bead bar*, evi flaatiy aagagad ia tha flaliiary cd a aiu- nag addraas to the aavagae ahn«t him 1 Wagner's heart leaped within Drawing hia own swart hirward, quickly paeead (he line •quawe withoat tha csrcla, and. bef ' the Imiiaaa 1 ad tha ahgt 1 hia preaaoee. hunt tho ugh their ranks, ! and appeared atone ia their eery mhiatl the Pacific coast, writes Oath, and he , (says an old hunter) to get lost in the said that New York was now inhabited by nearly all the survivors of the flush years in Ban Francisco, Speculation, he said, utterly cleaned out the Pacifio roast in character, in health, in emigra tion, in confidence, and finally the people rushed from the throttle of the •peculators over to the sand-lottera and tramps. A new constitution was adopted, which tent most of the speculative wealth ovi of California, and banished the specu lators. What has been the result? We are ontensihly a poorer people, but we are a happier people than we have been for ten yeara. Everybody had to loan that gambling, dreaming dreama, living fast, and leaving honesty and God oat of every human calculation, were dead failures. Thousands of our people hope neret ro l»e rich again, finding compeusatioot they had not understood in Their fam ilies, in methodical labor, and in regu lated habits. A large number of the best men died of heart diaeeec, the re sult of champagne drinking, want of sleep, and great mental pressure. Oth ers .omwitted suicide. Many alien (toned their wives and took up with pvtsing miaUeasea, and when they same to their ■ensue found thou own families Usd imitated them, and these had to lie f-cgiveaeas all rooad before they could come together. In the mirtet of it all the great sooroe of mineral wealth, the Onmeiorfe lode, fail'd end hae not revived. Mining in California is now profitable in the email, woods, I have known instances where men have lost themselves within two 1 miles of home and wandered about for two days. The moment a man realizee that he in lost his mental faculties seem to desert him, and he becomes almost insane. The right thing to do is to pre vent this mental demoralization. My method is this: II I find that I am “oat ol my reckoning,” don't know where I am, and begin to feel nervous, instead of rushing about and ao becom ing more and niore bewildered, I lie down flat upon my back and close my eyes, or only look upward, and endeavor to fix my tlioughts upon something be. aide my situation. For instance, I com mence to quote poetry, scripture, some thing I have committed to memory, and which always interests and pleases me to repeat; or I imagine aa interested audience, and talk away like a candidate M^Wldermvn. At the end of fifteen minutes l ean get op with a perfectly COURAUE IN KVBRX-DAY LIFE. Hare the courage to discharge a debt, while jou have the money in your Voelusk Have the courage to do without that you do not need, however much your eyes may oovet it - - -v - . Have the courage to spook your mind when it is necessary you should do so, and to hold your tongue when it is pru dent to do so. Have the courage to speak to a friend in a seedy coat, though you arc in oomi pany with a rich one, and richly at- tirdd. Have the courage to make a will acid a just one. j. v Have the courage to tell a man why you do not lend him your money. Have the courage to out the meet agreeable acquaintance you have when convinced be laeka principle. “A friend should^bear with a friend’s infirmities'* but not with his vices. Have the courage to show that you re spect honesty in whatever guise it ap- IMMMnft and your aontompt for ilishonerf he bus rf I their rwnka. go-gats, but nothing to eperulate oo. Ws bare, therofore, nothing to tot aiKJUl in Cnlilornw. The very otfitor ol rnuung has gone tar to the raet of as, and as la Colorado or is- totoi parts of Nevada. Needy all the men r -tug If) and town trying to sell mines axe oftflheu nppers I —that in, srwaest to 1 i rftoili 1. Con * seqneatlv ths “ level ” hetol, examine trees toscriou.-.. , , . . .bid. si., tb. mo- gu—. -t <. -hi* ll,1 ftft..toato - (Mftt““ A side the branches are kttgvat and moat itontiiul, decide upon a course and go directly where I wish to go, Thia plan has helped me out so nicely that I give It to my brother sportsmen, asking them to remember it and give it a trial if ever Utsy get seriously uncertain rf their It ft I 1, to kindle s Ire at the sportsman is never without matches —then >1 you travel in a a role you will know it And always, if night w com ing on and you cannot deads with rea sonable certainty upon your coarse, fire and stay by it until Have ths courage to wear your old clothes until you pay tor your new ones. Have the courage to obey your Maker at the risk of being ridiculed by men. Have theooufuge to prefer comfort and prosperity to fashion in nil things. Have the oonrags to acknowledge yogfe than to seek credit tor BNC 1 -ft 1 * ^^^hhHsvs ua or fitond T motto Hs cannot should be, *• Keep afford to lone bis your at ion for the Indian girl, bad agreed to came mere matter of army rumor ; but, ~ ^ loin the savages. So monatrons was the story that at first the Captain refused to believe it, but in hurried, fii-'itcaed whispers the sutler s wife told luoi that she had over heard the plan discuR.-ed by the Lieu tenant with some warriors beneath the ■tore-window the evening before, and at Ust tbe>9fflaer iras forced to admit that Win danger actually existed. “ When will this plan be put into es- ecution ?” asked Wagnur. “To-night, at moonrise 1” returned die other. “I dared not go to your quarters, sir, to tell von of It, but had to wait until yon came here. The Lieu tenant is on duty, you know. He will call in the sentinel, house the guard, spike the bowitoer, and then thn Indiana will come I” To-night I—and it was already dusk f The commander's voice was steady as he remarked, “ Very welL We will be ready for them. Show no signs of fear, but keep within doors after dark, and ?; ready to fly, if neoeasary. Speak to ao one of what you have told aft” * Then, wnonoeeraedlj the fin greet lowvve that ae ofte moved or spel old Wmnonreera, even, bowed b <4 fealty to the army Klee rf the The Ceplain, hoeever, did aoi not him, tart, advancing an til directly front of the dasol Nemo, to ringing tones. “Sir, I demand •wood I ” As if ta a etrsfige •iream, the laeutea- «nt •lowly exton.Vd hie weapon F • »ni In* < flic, r. The latter U-'k it fnan Ids natal, and, breaking it, threw the ipou the ground. “ Yen are uader arreel ! ve me to renin 1 ” he naid ng quickly toward tha astounded Ia in threatening voice to the astoatahment of Uft I lias got into The aperulaUve element >J>i milmi the whole aortal life of New York at this iDoarat. Imsge m New York M, it may l.rndam some coodlUuae oiach laid Hm > raaoMeo tow. •* TV man who mnvee dlfU f Beware -if the carbnice ia tbe sage-brush to- »*nd you I Wumemaseto jrnarherou* chief I I oounnaad you to appear be fore me to-morrow P* Witli theee words, driving Nemo be fore him, the brave Oeptain retired from the circle, and disappeared atoeg the road toward camj), while, after a little, the savage*, thosuughly frightened, crept quietly to ttou huts, regarding with suspicious glance the shadows of the saga about them, the oounoU-flre was extinguished, and night and silence ■gam reigned. The revolt was at aa and and scores of lives saved by the quick wit and wua dcrful nerve of a single man. Sarah Winnemnoca afterward married Nemo, who was simply dismissed the arnica as crasy. Tha old chief and pertain of his warriors wore sent to the Presidio dungeons at San Francisco for g time. The uprising at McDermitt soon to- had the officer in command proven leas able to cope with the dangers of the hoar, that rumor would have been his tory written in letters of blood, even as the hiatory of the terrible Modoo war, or Custer’s fateful campaign.—Youth'* Com twin ion. as the Quirfiy ealhag a ha TBE OOAL rBODUCTTOTT. The production of coal by the who’s world, says M. Simonin, the celebrated French mining engineer, is 800,000,001 tons, which, at the rate of $1.75 a ton, the average value at the pit’s mouth, rep resents about $600,000,000 or three times the value of all the silver in the world. Of this quantity England pro- daces one-half and the United States 50,000,000 tons; then, ia order of their output, ooms Qermmy, France sad Belgium. China will produce more cool than England aa soon as all Let rich de ar* propesly worked. It k calcu- hat all ths cool ia ths world wiE he ci ha listed in flOO to 1,060 yean ; but before that time 'the sun's heat, which he Ml i avigtoeily produced the seal, will peobe- toy, (edging finaa the snooeae etfanfliftg *f. M eefttW'i efforts is Algeria, to u»od fcfO) A RE AW* FtBHT WITH A FiFTHR*. IVU» Blewart waa <ftae hunting in Bullivan enunty, N. Y., Nrton be saw * me 4ms booae lying at the nfoeth of a crevice ta euaae rooks, toaknew Uftt it must to a panther's den, amt that the Vom were the reranmls 4 • (east tiie ktMvh be- occupants had msfle oc a deer they had then, torn I oajtoued. tttowart hill kinualf behind a tree and awaitrd developments. Im agine his surprise when to saw a big tear onus out uf the cave, refrying ua- der its arm a paather kitten, whieh wu a<]nalHng and kieking with all its might. TLo bent rune cm its Launches and, giv ing the kitten a box or two on the ear* With its fore pew, squeeaed it to death and throw it on the ground. The bear then returned to the cave, and in a short time came out with another kitten under its arm. This was treated as its ooss- panion had been. What the future in tentions ol the boar were 8te wart nevus found out, lor the second kitten had bandy been killed when the mother pan ther appeared ou the scene. This seemed to take the l-ear by surprise. The old panther saw her kittens lying on the ground. She bounded flirt to one an ) then to the other, smelling and licking thorn, and uttering plaintive ones. Then she turned to the bear, which had re mained iu the erect position it had as sumed when squeezing the second kitten to death. With a yell that almost froae the blood of the hunter, used as be was to the fury of panthers, she sprang upon tbe bear and fastened her claws in its shaggy coat and her fangs in its thro** The bear hurled its antagonist ten foijf away with its powerful paws, and then attempted to escape a second attack by flight But the panther was upon it again in an instant, and a terrible com. bat ensued. The bear endeavored to catch the panther in lie hug, but the lat ter was too agile, and with every spring upon its huge enemy the panther flicted terrible wounds with its sharp claw*. The blood poured from a dozen great gashes in the bear’s body, and at lost the panther leaped on tha hear as it stood facing her, and, fastening her teeth in its throat, thrust the long, sharp nails of hex hind feet into its vitals. The bear fell to the ground dead. As the panther was returning to its deed kit tens btewart shot her through the heart. T Y'lt IXi aKAiR OF LO.FmsrTTT. ll is a comsKMi impswasum tha •arlv •elttiw of New England vrre a hardy race, of great powers of ltu»ift» ■n 1 long lived. It la also tboogki umU llwir dromotUat* tore toet mack of the roriy ngiv, sad are ahortor lived. But la reading ap peat hiatory ooptes tore l-ron found of full and in term bog Inti an eAllan by French nation, a oantory Sgrx TWy give reea coined view* of th «ty, and iU pnnpmty, sod of the aortal character of the people. But all Ito krtirrt spoke of the inhabitants e« fSftrrally ukm aofl [ftls end awkly mkiag. with a gxrel leak of rffahty entertainment of not heyotd ft. to provide fur the your trieade within LITE VF TO TUB MOTTOES. TVrv te no oee in putting up the motto “ Ood bleee our hutne ” if the father ia a rroee old bear, and the apurt of dieouurteey end rmiesieaa la tawgbi by pexente to ohiidren, end by the ditto to fWe ta no nee to pet- “The Lord will pro- nde,” while tbe father is ilnfllma. the boys refuse to work, and the girie busy AT k Ike •• kedeetbemee ^ rowamrvx maomjfemj. Speaking of the saaebiyy weed in our Western mines, a prominent mm mg angtoear recently said that la some of gk on gin w copable of insahig a eolarnn of wato wMghmg 90,OtX) poemdi » dfo uace of 1,600 foot, seven tunes s mm- ffe-om travel at the rale of 1,000 fatt a Whs ^ • -Mr are able to 1.1 of ars of 1,100 tool k oft* flay. ftu on “ TVs greatoot uf ibcee ie oLartt J ” while the lunguo uf the bnckbito wage in the temdy, and rtlly geaip u diaprnacd at There M no aec tn wnrm. The mistaken idea is entertained by many Americans tliat the wine oonsomed hi Uiia country is mainly a spurious article. They imagine Hurt if they were, for anample, to purohssea case of chara- jjitguo, the probability would be that the bottles would be filled with some s(>ocies of cider charged and clarified to make It resemble champagne. People of this way of thinking usually talk aa though all the good wine In Europe was consumed by a limited class of Euro- ixiuin, and an though the dregs and re* < odious wore sent across the Atlantic to be augmented by artificial compounds in this conn try. Aa * matter of fact, this opinioft k wholly nrroftuMis. i The wine market in fliis (fijy contains just as good wme as can be had anywhere iu Karopeb The customs dues, as they apply to wines, at Iho present time are favorable to ths TifijvirtaHon of grades of wines, tor they ace fixed with tittle regard to value, and hene* it la relatively cheaper to buy a higb-etaae than a low-olaw article. Formerly, when an ad valorem duty wse applied, a large amount Of cheap, soyluaticatod win* was sent to Uiia country from Cette, in France; but now this trade can no longer ha carried on with advantage to the compoundMA Our acta from those who put up «ttb FLEAS ANTB.LE3. Anuodotih of great man all remind ns it ia easy to lie. . • Tana is a “tied" ia the affairs of men tliat leads on to baby aarriages. As a rule the flower of the family does nothing toward providing the daily breath Wehtkrv settler (overwhelmed by spring freshet)-N* House gone I Stock gone 1 Barn gone I Quetta I kin Stand it, though'; old woman gone, too." " It is harder to get ahead in this world,” said Oloriuda’s young man as her father assisted him out of the door with life boot, “than it a to get a loot." A LiTTfjs girl, being asked ou the first day of school how she liked her new teacher, replied: M I don't.like her; site is just ae saucy tome as my mother." , Lord, what aMt Say r of the minister at the close of a long prayer. “Say Amea,” said softly a little cherub of tiie oongtt < gallon. ^ _ "limuuisr and impulsive people,’' said a lecturer ou physiognomy, " have tiiaek eyea ; or, if they don't have ’em, 1 tfiej*re apt to get ’em If they're to* im- • pufatve.” \ ing and evening EUiah was ted by tbe ■ far ravm, Who broogi-t ftft torn. * Of L icv, %cd iMt ' And waa pH? I u 7 “■ l <* ** Min 'fltir^m \auWi thongk the in lernal- rwveune toepeet- fu® Fugg, Mnarting under the hamfe wbtoL finds its way into the market mast , rr-mud,- rvpfted fhgg, wttfeftammi Wuerv ft with would bem “ ““ J. — tor • to | Earop*. TVrrv ta pumiblyae esty to the wurtd where a nroch greater variety I of wtoeenat)IMeM(^aft^b^j||^fY tn Now Itftk. (•roducen in ! ttpain and Purtuga) have ally to whom, they nfth * One of the visitere, of a •pint, followed np hie obaervatious by ■earvhitig the grave-yards, to karu the atarage leogth of Ufa He ioand them fall ef thus* who died young, and of many who reached middle age ; bat not a roenrd of many who had passed fid. It is certain that tbe old type of the Yaakoe, tall, slender and thm-faoed, ia giving place to a type more closely resembling tbe atoutoern ef the Eagiiehman. Prof. Huxley, when tn thia country, said that he oould see no difference in phytitju* be tween the ladies of Nrw York and Bos ton and the ladies of This increase of longevity must be altnbutod to a better knowledge of hy giene. Intclligvnfle tends to long life, as does aa object which absorbs all the powers in virtuooa employnust.- FoutV# Companion. | __ ^ ” -ie **• , q SWISS FA EM ISO. The smallest farms in the world are found in Switzerland. In the canton of Geneva the average aim u only five and a half scree. As a matter of cognc, the employment of labor-saving machinery k qpt o( the qttestion. It is stated that there k not a reaper or mower in the entire canton. The grain ia cut with the old fashioned tickle, threshed with a flail and winnowad by pouring it through the air. People turn the eotl with a spade and cultivate the crops with aboe. The amount of milk produced ia very large, and it furnishes a considerable proportion of the food of the people. Those who are too poor to have cows keep goats, that are able to climb the steep hills and mountains without diffi culty. A large variety of cheese ismade from different kinds of milk while the cows and goats are grazing in the mount ains. Ail the Swim dairy nedaets ore of a very superior quality, and bring a high price in the market. Strangs an it may appear, Swiss cheese is sold in every large city ia this country, and the milk canned among tha Alps competes with that put up in oar condensing fac tories. Swiss dairymen make consid erable h7 separating tha sugar of milk from whey. Frauds ia the saanolnotifta of buUer and cheese are unknown in Wan two gushing young ft gras I display at bidding Z.CG purksta uf the groaning to gel out an. I see toe Light uf day, and there are .lodara sad dimes fro wine, to- Lmcoo and other luxuries, but pusitiuely nut one eent tor the ehurrh. Ia many Uom<« are Sbans asottur J hfaigiagf-torcAoma whkh to point a jerf and adorn * •etirul The beauty of quiet Uvea, <f trustful, hopeful and free-handed, fro chan total* lives, ft one of rur and thorn Mviwsbe-1 tiieu own Incomparable fragrance, and the worid knows where to And them. And they still remain fresh and fadeles* when the actors of tb* pigment and Iho Auaa have faded, and the frames have rutted away from tiuur joints.—-//owee- A CLERICAL COWCSDRUM. “ Does yer know de difference between your sermon last Sunday and my big rooster ?” asked Uncle Muse of Parson Bledso, of the Galveston Bln* Light Colored Tabernacle. M Between my sermon and your big rooster ?" queried Parson Bledso. “Perzackly." M Ok it ap, Uncle Moea” “ De rooster makes me open my eyes when I is asleep, and your sermon makes me shut my eyes when I ia awakei” It took three men to bold Parson Bledso antil Old Muse could make his escape. A meeting of the elders of ths Blue Light Tsl>emacle ban been called to consider tbe resignation of the pastor. —OalvttUm News. oooot SHOT WITH WATER. Amusing Incidents sometimes daring the heat of an which cause even the fighters to pause and smile. During the fight between tl m Coulederato iam Imm^irl^i and the Union veeoels, the following incident happened, which illustrates the power ms" vineyard.—-Yew Fork Tim he bed to • lark, by coder. If say efts eens to cn bottlra oownl foe very htiie—if | pegne ti scespaed -end tbam who buy Wine wmttfi «to well to pee tom it tg ZSjfZS&l If/ a large purfsoq ft tfes wme mid m boti, Urn onder tbk Aealgnntien hea ito krM <-Vi— to the distinction. But tbe ut.« that ft hne now. In Franoe, fallen into e method of defiling fVefftode <fl ji^fta, * of Whjr L tifte-tftfftfthury.l An intelligent w of the imagination: The ram had fired a shot, which rico cheted across our deck, carrying with it a stream of the eold water of the sound. Aa officer commanding n di vision heard the report, the whistle ot the shot, steading with his back to the ram. Tha water, with considerable force, struck the gentleman on the lia<4| at the neck, running and trickling dowft his back. With a yell he threw up his hands, murmured, “My Ood I I’m shot 1" and fainted dead away. IBM eoLom of t.nmrwno. The ooles of lightning ie aitogethe; due to the nature uf the substance which ■ made incandescent in its track. Ihc bine, red, purple and attver tints, which are ordinarily much more brilliantly marked in warm climates and inter trup ical countries than they ever are in England, are due to the same ctrcum- siftsees as tha color which |s designedly oommmiicatod to the light of different kinds of fireworks. It is n resalt of the intrinsic nature of th« vaporized parti. Hes which are made to shine. Tffie va por of iron has one kind of sheen and the vapor of sulphur another. Each different foreign ingredient that floati in tha air ban its own proper hne, which it can communicate to the lightning. The broad flashes of light which appear in the clouds daring a thunder-storm and that are distinguished as sheet -lightning, rro vary ofte^jnerely the te- tlections from tbe cloud feist of the (Is. chargee that pass from one port to an other with each redfatribotion of fue internal charge, as the tension at the outer surface is changed by an external flash. This rodishribndon of tti«-in- teroaT changes is sometimes also marked by beautiful lines of coruscation playing iipoftlhftdark background as |be storm There in a table mountain SMiy.Tl; I fleft'l know, I lb* fet* * « b feed, rflp* ml' Teat was a witty man who, being de tained la n snow blockade, penned ■ dispatch which raft tiros r *• My <faar m, I have every motive for visiting yon a loousnotive." So w« the u(L«x a few miles away^rom Pietermaritzburg, to Natal, over which this kind of display is continually exhibited. The rotAut- ing storm clouds linger over the fiat top of thia BMfttain, wh«6| tiiey can be ■enn fruift the ssty in fift advaftoLug night. In this dark canopy of &e mountain bright coruscation^ aoeoift paftjing each redistribution of ths etoo- trical charge, can bp watched lor honrs at a time—dow assuming tb* tonal of coofeials along 1ft inachiniatod horiaonUl him ( th* flat top of Ifea mountain. a Dead wood lawsuit, and the ■tied him. Do you know Jen me DryadHe?" “ Yea, «r. “Whals for truth and veraefty V Well, hot reputation for truth is gouc^ bat I can't any as much for her reputa tion tor veracity. 1 am afraid il isn’t tirsi clasft > . A TO CUM AMT AO OF 1ST. “ Mick, 1 hear ye war in n fight lent a* 1 *! mm “Be jabersl I wul thin, an' I met the toughest tti.il I ivar faced in me Ufe.” “ Where did you meet him ?’’ “Outside of Barney Scully’s, an’ he waa as thin as us both put together. ’’ “Toll us all about it, but gira'a no iioa” “Now, Timothy, you niver caught a lie oomiu’ out o’ mo mouth.” “ No, Mick; for, bogarra, they fly ao ' tost that it’a the tfevil’a own jofa to catch ••Ifein.” ft ’ -W ' “ Well, I was cornin’ out o* Scully’s party lull of Land-League entangle ment—" “ What tho divil’s Land-League en- Whist, peftAowll It’s thn polite name (or whisky, sure. Well, I waa t o’ Scully’s, an’ jist aa I got ran agin a thin man, and, be e powafieft apc%fl!ttr, he downed me) I jumpod to me feet, an’, seem’ he had somethin’ in hia hand, I sen to him, aas t, * Lay down jar stick, bad took to ya, and fight me like a man. ’ ” - Why* yon Mi," saidgtiTnrfby, “ it was Scully s pufflp Jo wor talkin' was there and saw the whole thing" “You did. Tun? Thin, bad scran me, if iver I hit a pomp I