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Tho sun of life lis or-pued th* lino,
T6lestumer-ehino of longthenod light
Fade Tana faill-t i whore I stand,
'Tis equal day and cqual night.
One after one, as dwIndling li6
Youth's glowing hopes havo dropped away,
And soon way. barely leave tho gloam
.. That O4diy soares a wintor's dry.
amn n log.- .In not old;
The flush of inorn, the sunsot calin,
Pal:ng and dooponing, each to each,
Meot midway with a soemn charm.
One sido I see the summet fieldi.
Not yet ditrabod of all their groi;
Whild woeserly, a'long tho lulls,
Plame the first tiBt'ef frobty sheo.
Aid middlo p3int, where clonde and stora
Madd battle-ground of this my lifol
Where oven-matched, the night an I flay
Wage round me their Foptember strife!
I bow me to the throat .nlug galo;.
I know, whon th't is ovorpast,
Among the peacoful barvest dpys,
An Indian summulr comes at last.
A Backwoods Elopement.
4Therp ain't nothing here but the woods,
n the river, 'n. a 'few shiftless neighbors,
but if you k1nst d it, we should like to
haVe".ou st.y," Fmrked Mrs. Savage,
when Marianne and-1 proposed spending
a month pr so at her hospitable mansion.
A winter's trip into the pine woods re
gion had inspired us with a desire to visit
It when it was green, instead of vhit'e, and
as Marianne was somewhat of an invalid
this spring, si1 believes in pine breezes,
we started, on tho day of April, for the
same obsbUveapot.
We ich'theOast winds and the sea fogs
I belind us 'we found clear skie, frbsh
brgezes, arbutus blosoms, antd MafV par
te whiche s'it if in vogue lin this partVo
the country. -.' Not thle forlorn, paper
wreathe(), bare..headed,' shivelring affairs
wbh ard0fpltiful-in the suburbs of the
largeit New'.En'gland citi'es, on the first of
the flowery mohtli, bilt merry tramps after
arbutus tlowers, the. parties composed of
young moetand hi4idens, as well. as
bjildr en.
Dinner Js uQually spread in ime vacant
logging 0auor, if it be wardi enough, un
dpr. tlie trees outside, while last year~s
lpa es fall Into t4q drinking'cups, and i
aiet deal df fun ndollity prqvailq.
We encounter ny of iliese gypsy
parties on our w mi Bangor upward,
and ,eah 'one 4 med merrier than the
. Dusk i".oepigo like a mist over the
*ttle lainlet, 'cut'like an oval froni'the
%Udbt of the forest, when we reached there,
our,,long day'sride. It was three
s awa fropi the scene of our winter's
Tle river,, p long releasod from its prison
of iio, Avas singing the wildest of spring
songs. Pale gre6h birches, only in the
bud as yet, were shivering against thodurk
velvet background of the pine wooi,
Frogs were calling tragically. , from' evoeri
direction, and as we aliglited'ft Mrs. Sav
ag's door, we could smell the odorous
rQh of kine, and hear the pleasant sound
Wthe dripping milk litb full pails. The
liilmaid.. arosy-checked, moolV-faced girl,
r uq)1dd from the shed near by, 'Pail i'hand,
while 'Mrs. Savage herself, stood onjthe
doorsteps to greet us.
"Hurry, Phiebe !" she admonished the
milkmnaid ; "s8upper's all ready now, and I
expect nothing but ivhat these ladies is
half starved."
'Tho cheer of a woodflrc revived our
s-mewhat droopiug dpirits. . The voices of
frogs and extrein. wearineja aro enough to
dlepress the stoutest 8ou1s. '
Mrs. Savage, "Pitbo, mnydarter," and
"my son, -J lin,'" comp~oso the family.
Mrs. Savage wears her hair short, anid looks
as dietornlined as checerftil. When not
I about her hbuscwprk, she majces log-cabiin
quits, qnd hooks rugs. Phiobe has. stuaw
coloredl tinglets, ehe is niineteen jcars of
age, sho~sweeps, washes the disheli, end,
whlen John:is busy' does the milkmng. John
looks mailf, but seems~ quite overcothe by
shyness. ,11e wearnvred shirts, is employedt
mn getting'out lumber in tle day tiniia, and
in courting in the evening. All this we
learned before, noon of the nex~t dlaf, and
we also learned1 -that the first of May "ms
rather early ini the season in the bacli
woodis, if there are no east wmids, a'nd the
skies arc clear,
.Early the next inoingiii we took a little
trampJ iinto the woods. We found the pie
turesque ruins of an 01(d camp), its crium
b~hng logs beautifully dlrap~ed with moss, a
lovely little, round pond(, bifnking brightly
undecr green frigges, -a plenty of the pinkest
arbutus blossoms, and a drift of white
moosewoodI b~uds and dlelicate ferns. We
hieardt the low, sweet, long song of a bird
that we had1( never heard before, but the
woods were wet, andl the air was so chilly
and~ (lamp that we wore glad to make our
way home in a very short- space of tine.
"I amn initerestedI In Plhebe and her weep
ing," saidl Marianne. ''After all, hman
nature is mnoro interesting than any other
kind, at this season of the year, esp~eially."
--1 who love iaturo much as sinners cani,
hMo her whore Bho JiiOst granidour silows in
I qjuotedI. "'Mrs. Savage saidl the elder
was comning to-highit, andt I aim anxious to
see' himi. lsan't thecre 011 some cctioni be..
tweenCi this expected cyent andi Phiebo's
weeping ?'
"I il. aginedl that her tears were evoked
by the pathos offthe 19ew Vorfi .Ledgcr,"
suidi M~arianne. "I saw them (dripping
profutely lovel' the first psger while she
plied the dish-cloth this mnorninig.'
We went home to fhind the house as redo
.ent of spices as on Tfhanksgiving Day, and
Mrs. Snygigo In a >erfect bustle of cookery.
PLhbet1 ethdo w pre. 4inte blistered
with tears, and she waus beating eggs witli
an air of manrtyrdlomi.
"TI ie older,; Uo'a4lls ogd, Qf sweet meats
41. a Child, ai11i I'm a trying to git up soime
thiing that lie kinm cat, thoughkeibe's ac',
tions put me all out, and .i hardly know
what I'm dolig of.' .Who ever heard of a
girl'a crying the hull enduring time, for
t wo or thireo day's, coz her beau was a
coing," said ite olddr rkdy.*
"'lie ain't my beau, no miorn'n another
at~hld ~I Wnave him for a beau," a~p
ser-ted the tearful (damlsel, wviping her tyg
with herat@, "m1j14 thihak you wvouldt
be 41ahamed to call hnim thak before fol "I
- #trahge t1hatth l ne$ Wlltknow wVhen
theny're wel o . The elder's the genteblest
. dhAiNIM all~ .f say nothmig of the
privilege of piarrying Into the gospo, so to
speak. - A Phebe reckons she's put upon
the worst kind, caz I kalkerlate she shell
marry'lin - He'll nake an awful good
husband, 'n lie's as fond uv her as ken be."
"I should think he was," gasped Phebo,
handling her egg-beater like a weapon of
vengeance.- 'Taiu't me he likes, 'n all
the neighbors know it. lie ain't got no,
property himself."
IIPhebe Jane Savage, what air you talk
ing about?1 excl'aimed her mother, in a,
tone of exasperation. . "If yotjiu't kyer
ful you'll lose hitnafter all. There ain't
a girl rotind here but what would jump to
git him-girls better off'n you be, too."
"They're welcome to him, 'widerer's
peak,' 'n all," said Phebe. "lie-"
. Maianne and I retreated to the sitting
rcom. .The fire snapped cheerily. The
birds were singing outside, and we coului
see- from the wihlow we sat, the bold peak
of Katahdin, softened into. a velvet cloud
by distance, over the tops of the waving
trees. Marianne busied herself with her
sketch book, whle I idly watched the an
ties qf-an inpish kitten, and meditated on
PhObe's troubles.
The elder was expected before teatime,
and we dd not desert our post by the win
dvow until he made his appearance. lie
traveled in what they calleu the "commo
dashun," a primitive conveyance, driven by
a jovial young man from the eud of a stage
route, several miles below. lie was a tall,
ungainly man of forty or thereabouts. Ile
wore shiny black bioadcloth and a tall hat,
resembling a stage countryman in his Stul
day best. His hair was black, oily and
curling. His eyes were beautifully blue,
but looked both sleepy and sinister, and
when lie moved his hat we were amused to
notice the "widower's peak," which P.hebe
had mentioned so scornfully. The ex
pression of his face was a strangimixture
of both indolence and sharpness. lie car
ried a gay carpet-bag in his hand, and in
variably swallowed before he spoke. le
addiesed Mrs. Savage as "Sister Savage,"
and rushed forward to grect Jier with a
smile'which was sultry in its sweetness.
P1106e, without paying the least attention
to-the elder, was exchanging a great deal
of mysterious banter with the jovial young
man under his very nose.
"I am afraid that young man is on the
downward road," sighed the older- view
ifg.-their proceedings irom the window,
Ater lie had reluctantly entered ithe -house.
}irs. Savage looked alarmed, and Last
ened to call Phebe, who did not hasten to
Lhake her appearance. The young mani
was to remain at the house all nitght, as the
roadh were bad, and his horse was disabled
n some way, and:pot uiitil be moved to
w'.ard the stable with his weary steed did
:he exhibit the slightest intention of de
*riving herself of his society.
The elder strode toward her with iw
iroacliful tenderness, and attempted to im
?rint a kiss upon her glowing chgek.
'Quit I" said Phebo, repulsinghim, with
61na r L'usah - .- ..
IPthebe Jane I" .ejaculated hoek mother,
eprovingly,
I"Lor, Sister Savage," said the elder,
,#Ui another sultry smile, "girls ,.will be
)ashful, you know, and we mist'nt blame
ittle Phebe. She'll get over if in time, .11
varrant you. Wiinien folks ain't often
cbry backtward as far as 1 am conc&ned."
And lie beamed all over with still com
)lacency.,
Mrs. Savage turned one admiring eye
rom his visage and another 4threatening
)ne from that of her daughter, .and pro
!ceded to perforin an introduction between
is and the elder. His affability was cx
reie, and addressing us each as "sister, "
e 'commenced a theological discussion,
while Mrs. Savage and Phebe busied them-|
ielves in prepariing supper. But as he had
be discussion ali to himself lie soon
oveied of it, and favored us with his
deots hn pohities and tempel)rance at great
ongth.
"kiain't I seen you down below ?" lie
muddenly iniquircd, from the midst of his
lisquisition, searching Marianne's face
9th a somuewhalntpu~izzled exp~ression.
We were both considlerably startlca, for
is his speech was extremely free with the
[lamfe of is Satanic majesty, the "down
below" wma naturally suggestive of a very
bjectinable region, it was a great ro
ler to -find out thbat, lie only meant Barnog
ifter all.
Phebe and the strange young man, wthio
seemedo~ by no0 means strange to her, ap..
peared rather excited andh wtere inclined to
laugh at, the chier, during the solemn exer
&aies of supper. The elder regarded him
with severe (disapproval, and remarked
cheecrfuilly several times, that he knewv one
or two young men who wore going straight
to destruction.
Evening, however, fotind P'hebe denmure.
the yoting man a ecpy, the eler still ini a
thieological, but not so severe a mood, and
eatsting lover-like glanes toward lie maid
of lis choice. Butt AMrs. bavage looked
anxious, and was continually dropping a
stitch in her kiiitting. "\lIy 801n JOhn"' and
the strange yoting man, who scemedl to be
fast. friends, retired early, pleading fatigue.
TIhien Phiebe, in spite of her mother's ie
monstrating glances, retired also. The
Oldemr asked permission to smoke a pipe. andl
no objection being expressed lie ptiffcd
away, tuttering a little ex hortation between
the wiffs.
"So Puiebc is engaged to the elder ?" in
quired Mlarianne when the reverendl gein
theman had taken his diepartture for the
night, and we sat with Mlrs Savage by h
11residle.yth
-"Why, yes, I hcalkerlate they'll be mar
rid. -She's awful bigoted though, 'n says
she wvon't have him." (Bligoted Is the word
used for all sorts of objectionable behavior
it the A roostook.). "TIs young man that
driuv the elder-up kep' school- in our dlees
trict an' courted herm spell winter 'fore last,,
'naP 1'hicferd lie's turninahei. htead agin
now."
,'"A marriage ivith~ him semns a great (deal
mtore samtable," I venturbd, fehng (deep
sympathiy for the lioor dlamsel. "Thie ol
der is so much ler thiaii Phiebc."
"'Yes, lndeedh,"' saidl Marianne, warmly,
"you ought.to marry the elder yourself,
*1re .'8pvage "-.'
, '8akgd altvel" rendarked that lady; "the
elder's enottgh stghtt too young and hand..
some for nlie, i'mi bound to have hiim ;in
tilb,fpmily, though,. cf 'tla only to spite the
,Widter Jones, that's a setting lier cap tt
hini like alipossesed, hd is illers a whis
poring somiethipg againat, Bhebe iamjlis ear."
<Tl o neyt In ~ri, Nrtavage wasasr
tl l'l de obgd hJuv is: rea
cigek inglc this-ho shogag9pped iritu,
.the hall and Phebe's name echoed with un
usitl emphasis through the- still house.
But there was no response. She called
again and again, but only silence prevailed.
"I declare that girl's growin' more and
more slttless every (lay," she muttered to
herself, and ran swiftly up stairs into lice
daughter's bedroom.
The room was empty, the bed had not
been occupied at all, anl Phebe's clothing
had disappeared from the nails in thi
closet; so had her father's old hair trank,
which for years had s ood in on'e corner.
There was an envelope on the table ad
dressed to her mother. She tore it oper
and read with feelings better inagined thai
d-.sribed --
"DEAII MAHM:-Seth t'eckham and-i ii
a, goin' over to Pataguuipus to p lde
Wright to marry us this morning could
stand the elder fur a pa, but not iiuk us.
band. (ili and see us when "you gil
through yore suninner's work and the
boarders is gone. .,
PHmnnR JANE1.
'P. 8. I shall send after my hefer and
fetlier beds and Rochin chin. p'ilets and
all my things next week."
Mlrs. Savage, -as she declared,-was "dret
ful took aback," but determined to make
the best of it. The elder, on being in
formed of the elopement, seemed to bie
imore affected that they should have gone
to Elder Wright to be married than any
pangs of unrequited love.
"They night at least have give mte 'fie
privilege of marrying them, though 'taint
likely Seth could afford to pay a great deal
of a fee," sai he, regretfully,
A day or two afterward he informed
Mrs. Savage that it had been rev.-aled to
him that there was a providence in Phebe's
refusal to marry hun, and heaven had or
dained that he shot4l' marry her ilustead ;
and ,.-a. Savage accepted the ordination
f heaven.
A Uuman Gobbler.
About twelve miles north of Lawrence
burg, Ind., in Manchester Township, on a
dreary road which is rarely trod by any.
body but paupers, and which, if it leads
anywhere, might lead to the mythical sec
ton of 11ades familiary known as the
"Hif alf-acre,'" is located alot of dilapidated,
broken-down, rookish old buildings which
taken together, constituLes the Connty In
tirinary. In the rear of this forsaken spot
stands an old stone-pile, covered oVer oy a
roof, under which existed a being which
resenibles masculine humanity, but which
exhibits all the traits and characteristics of
a turkey gobbler. This "thing" is called
B3radley, and has probably existed abut
lorty years. The antecedents of the crea
ture qre unknown further than that it was
picked up in. Lawrenceburg Township
iome fifteen or twenty years ago, f nd car
ried to the infirmary and thrown into a cell
n the stouce building dedicated to the hope
essly insane. When seen by the writer
ia o, w lit t pfa oh
Ele-was squatting, and appeared to rest en
irely upon his feet, while his body swung
)etween his legs, his head nearly on a par
dIM with his knees. "This," said Mr.
Duncan, the infirmary Superintendent, ".s
iis uniform posture iwhen not moving. In
he position you now see him he will re
nain for a half (lay and even a day at a
Lime." Bradley was dressed in simply a
blue di-illing loose slip made in the shape
f a bag. From his mouth protruded a
liandful of tobodeo stems, all of them eight
>r ten inches long, and in his hand he held
Inother bunch of stems of the same weed.
Lie was surrounded by a lot of tin cans and
,ups, from which lie never parts; no more
loes he part with his tobacco btems. Witi;
hemt perched upon his cot lie toys constant
y and, save when eating, he never ceases
,o wobble in his mouth the stems, In a
e w instances the ~experiment has been tried
)f dlepriving hun of his toys. instantly
he creature has become wiid, and making
Snoise precisely like a -turkey-gobbler, lie
ias dlashied about, his cage furiously, but
-ing his head agains'. the wall, as if intcut
>n self dlestr uctioni. Th'ie experimient has
dwvays had the same result,aind when agaim
ni possession of his trinkets and stems
biradley has invariably assumed his accus
,omed roost and become calm. Save the
loise of a gobbler no sound has never conic
'romn the creature's throat. Durinig the
3ohd weather, because of his meager dress,
Bradicy us always kept egnfined. When
mmmuer comes, however, lie is occasionally
rusted out doors. On such occasions lie
iniforimly wanders off into the lots adljoin
ng the infirmary climbing trees and feinces
mzd balancing himself on a limb or boardL,
In, squatting down, roosts there houmr
ifter hiouri, frequiently uttering the singular
"oblety goblety" sounid. llis tin-cups and1(
obageo stemis lie always carries with him
>ni these expeditioneS.
In speaking of tIs singular Specimen of
he hunman, Dr. Kyle, who for years has
seen the Infirmary Physician, said: "I1
imve again and again seen Bradley, while
)1f in 111e fields, get frightened, andl then
5een him in a steoping p~osture (lie has
.ever been seen erect), with his traps gathi
red upon his arma, the stems sticking out
>f his miouth, run as no (log anywhere in
hids whole region can run, When he conies
to a fence he runs up over It, using his
lbowvs and feet, and in the operation is
imliost inistantaneous. in sp~eedi tho cr-ea
Lure can alnost outstrip) a fast horse."
13radley has very coarse hiidr all over his
face, lie obeys only a few commands, but
does not recognlize his name. Whlen slowly
moving over the gi-ound lhe frequently
hops, inmsteadl of planting one foot after the
other. in his habits h1e is as helplees as a
baby. llis food is priincipally granivorous,
bue rarely eating anything-ather than that
food made from grains. B3y everybody
who has seon lirauley here it is regardled
1s ono of naturois monstrosities.
A ilaEssn ini Enz~iluih.
What aqueer blunders ,these forecigners
amake I A Gernman woman living on TIenth
qtreet, Philadelphila, had a severe attack of
dramfifs the other dlay', andl a dloctor was
called in. lie gave her seine ginger to re
lieve the pain. Necxt day he called again,
anid said:
"Well, Mrs. iBumnmenschlager, how do
you feel to-day ?" - -
"ktlst-straghdlt, -doctor," wvas the reply;
"shioost so- goot as never Vas I"
."Do you' feel any pain?"l~ asked.
"Y ll, I got!" t Ilddle 4ain 'in may
sthufliclk, but itdonA hurd e.c-"
ITheorkoithat dodtor's f a Brouted
nog AWwirerfmlho dqo'r o1*dIbeilnd
lgmagd burst alltlhd buttnna~f his coat
byto.tn io achediv4ha stree'A0.t
ter'egmerica -onthly
The Time .o' .0pay.
Tihe ga)ant Irish soldier, Geneial Bligh,
of Sepoy faie, while ho4diug the comamie
sion of captain i a dashing marching regi
ment, was on a trip of pleasure, with his
wife, in the north of England, and having
come one day to a small Yorkshire inn,
the larder of which was well nigh empty,
he ordered all thi host had on hand in the
shape of food, V- be served lp for his dmii.
.ner, after which lhe joined his wife in an
upper room.
While the host was preparing the meal
for his guest a - party of sporting gentle
men of -the country entered the inn, and
called for refreshments. The landlori was
sorry' to inform Ilim that all his larder
contalned of food had been bespoken by a
gentleman who was at that moment wait
ing up stairs w.th his wife to have it
served.
- Who was the gentlemhn?
The-host could only tell them that lie
was an Irishman, and seeied to be a very
quiet, good-natured and harmless body.
(The Captain was traveling in citizen's
clothes.)
"An Irish gentlemanl A potato, with
pepper and salt, will answer for him. Go
up and tell him so."
But Bonifaco preferred not to do so.
"Then," criedone of the party-a 'squire
of the neighborhood, with more money.
than sense--"take up this watch to the
gentleman, and ask him if lie will send us
wor't what's the time o' day, for we can't
tell."
It was a habit in that section, when one
would intimate to another that be didn't
have much faith in his good sense, or in his
judgment, to show him a watch and ask
him to tell what's the time o'clock?"
The host, himself fond of fuii, and feel
ing assureta that the last callers would get
the w->rst of it, took the watch-a very
valuable gold repeater-and went up.
stairs and did the errand. Bligh took the
watch and looked at it.
"By imy lifel it's a beauty. Tell the
gentleman I'll be down presently, aiid shall
take pleas c in expounding to them the
iiiystery o time-telling by the watch, and
I'll fetch the watch with me."
The host returned with the answer, and
shortly afterwards carried up his guest's
dinner. The 'squiec was for a little tinie,
furious with the landlord for having left
his watch behind; but lie finally cooled
off, and h-aving called for a gallon of beer,
he sat down with his friends to wait.
After he had finished his neal, Captain
Bligh opened his portmanteau and took
out two great horse-pistols ane placing them
under his arm, he took the watch in his
hand and went down into the barroom,
where the sporting gentry still waited.
"Ah, gentlemen, I give you a good day.
And now who is tie nan that wants tle
time o' day? I shall bO delighted to en
lighten him."
, They did jg.Atpqjjoks of the man
look; and just now there war
the tiger Manifest.
"Come, come, gentlemen-I am Captain
Biigh, at your service. A short time since,
the landlord brought to me this watch, ac
comhpaned br a message which I have
conic to answer as such a message richly
deserves." And he significantly tapped
14s finger upon the pisto1s. ".Now whose
is the watch? Is it yours, sir?" to the
'squire himself.
The 'sduiro denied the ownership
promptly. All the watches in the world
would not have tempted him to expose his a
life to the terrible Irish captan whose j
fame was known to him- I
Bligh then applied to the next man, and i
then to the next, and so on to the next, an I
all denied the own'ership.
"I am happy to find, gentlemen, I have I
made a mnistake. Tou will pa'rdon me, I
am sure. I thought the owner of thet
watch was here."
ie then p)ut the wvatch into his p)ocket,
slipped the pistols into Lhe p)ockets of his I
blouse, tumned to the bar, and settledi his
bill, then bade the comipany good evening,
after which lie joined his wvife on the
porch, at the door of' which his carriage
was in wvaiting.
Captain, afterward Genieral Bligh, kept
the watch to the day of his (teath, often
telling the story of its capture, when lhe
left it by will to his brother, the well
knowin (deian of .Elphin.
A Weoird visitor.4
I was terribly frightened 0one night, in
Quieenislaind by a dead man riding up to my 4
camp-fire at miadnight. I was quite alone. I
I heard my horses neighiing and another I
answering in the Milgas bushes, so I got,
uip and put wood on, niaking a bright blaze <
and presently into thec circle of light caine I
a horseman, hbcndig over his p~oimmel, I
with his large stiraw hat slouched over his a
eyes. I took my revolver of1' my saddle1 0
and~ sung out. "'Good night mate! You.
travel late. Will you have a drink of tea?"
Not a word of answer. Just then my two
(logs, who were snillng abouit, set up siich
a terrible cry it made me juimp again..
After a bit 1 began to opeii my eyes to the'
state of affairs and mustered courage.
enough to walk up to thme horse and take~
hold of the reins. While doing Sc) I touch
edt the ridg's hands, which were coldh as
ice, I trieW~ to get him off the saddle, bat
it was of no use. 11is legs were out of thet
irons andl wound tightly around the mare.
I had to cut the reins Iromi the grip of his
liagers. I packed him on the horse wheni
sunriac came and led him into 'Tambo,
where I found lie was well-known .as a
(digger, lie had set, out thence that morn- I
ivg-afier drinking nearly a bottle of
brandy--to go to a place distant above
forty miles, and I was only twelve miles
froim the township when lie p~aid his ill
timied visit. There w~as no doctor within I
200 miles at that, time, llowever, they <
held a kind of inquest, at which the P. Al.
talked learnedly of muscular contraction
and sunstrke, and( wits p~uzzled to decldej
whethem the brandy had anything to do
with'it, as lie could swear from his own
experience, that the liquor was. flirst-class.
lie plraisedl me more than 1 deserved, for 1I
had halh a mind to run away at first. When
I am campedl out, even nmow,' alone,
4trange thoughts of that nocturinal hiorse
man come Iito my head. If any one had
told such a story to me I should hardly have
credited it--I mean that a mianslioukd stick
(0' a hio'so 'in that way without kiny other1
help than his-saddle straps rfiforded. Ills1
little .idare was very quiet, thotugh, aiid was I
evidently attraefod by the souind 'of may
Launching a ship.
Not one-half the people who witness the
launching of 'a vessel can toll how it is
done. They hear a great sound of pound.
Ing and driving of wedges for half an hour
or so, then a loud shout is raised, and the
ship starts slowly at first, but, gradually
increasing her speed, slides with a steady,
stately motion from off the ipile of timber
and blocks where she has been standing
for months; and where, but a moment be
fore, the huge creature towered aloft, noth
ing remains but a debris of timber and
planis, while out on the water floats one of
the most graceful works of inan.
When the ship Is about ready to launch.
her inniense weight rests principally upon
blocks some eight or ten inches square on
the ends, and perhaps .3oime fifteen or
eighteen inches in length. These blocks
are placed directly under the keel, and it
order to launch the vessel it is necessary to
transfer the weight of the vessel to the
ways,-two long lines of heavy timber
reaching about two-thirds the length of
the vessel oii either side, and about mid
way the bilge or botton. These ways are
simply two lengths of tiiber with at thick
layer of grease between then, so that a1s
soon as the ship acqiuires any momineitulm
they will shp one along .the other. To
transfer the weight of the vessel on to these
ways so that gravity-the stunt or heaviest
part of the vessel being much lower than
tie bo w- will cause her to move, is the
whlolo secret of launching. To (10 this,
between the top of tile ways and the vessel
are driven pine wedges, which, of course,
raise her somewhat, and so relieve the
blocks under the keel of part of the weight
resting upon them. This done, workmen
Lake their places under the vessel, and with
tron wedges cut and knock away the
,locks. When these aire removed, the en
.ire weight of the vessel settles at onceF
tipon the greased ways, and the result is
,xactly the same as woulk be if a person
ihould seat himself upon a sled pointing
lownhill upon tni icy slope-away she
oes I
There seems to be a strange sort of fas
-ination for ilost, people in tlhe launching
)f a large vessel, and in our ship-building
)orts it is 'not uncoininon for a thousaid
)ersons to be present to onjoy the specta
:le-Potter's A nw: ican Monthl~y.
Burned in Melted Lead.
.'The establishment of the St. Louis
smelting and Refining Company, in St.
Lodis, was destroyed by lire, and John
Villiams was caught in a stream of molten
netal and literally burned by inches. The
Ire was caused by the bursting of a cupola
)f one of the furnaces, in which about 1
wenty-five tons of lead wats being smelted
or ieining. Williams, the engineer, was
itanding at the door of the engine room.
Ie started to get his coat and dinner
)Ucket. The molten lead, which was run.
ling on the ground in every (tirection, had
A-4. r'V th" 1ii111idlncr ,,,.d 1 11
arrow stream (had mado .its wiay directly
cross the path between Williams and the
lace where his coat was hanging. As lie
vCit forward he gave a little leap, expect- t
ng to clear til, streai, but tripped over. s
Lalling, lie dropped partly into the hissing i
)ool that had began to widen and spread c
mit. Just at this point two men near by
iaw the cn'ineer's distress, and started to y
)ull him, out of the puddle. lie, however,
teceeded in picking himself up without,
livig tile metal a chance to burn him3
eriously. lie even went and got his coat,
m3d wa*s returning to cross tile leaden
lood at a narrow point, when ia secoid in
erruption came along from a different di
ection aind caught him. This time it Wats
mpossible for him to escape. Tle two
non tried to reach him, but tile consuming
nass wits covering the whole Iloor, run
31ing small clhnnels in every direction, so
halt tile na~en couldt not, get near the strug
;ling engineer. Hie was seen1 to fall, andi,
gli elfor-ts to rescue hima haivmg failed, tie
muildiing burnied over and( about him, 31n1(1
lhe r-uins fell upon01 him.
Thec ilordo That **ied of Orief."
One of the San Friancisco p)apers haivinig 1
mUblied1 11n accounit of thle deathi of ai
iorse frmi grief lat losing hlis maister, thle <
~hronmcle sent 31 reporter to verif y tihe stat e- <
nlent. The3 groomi was31 interviewedI, with
lie followinig result:
"Yes, sir, thamt, thar wver tile cui-istest I
ase I ever hern tell on. No more thar
in't 310 such caIse writ about in books,
iltheri,"' and~ th~e sta1bleman5 remo~vedl a brief 1
1'. D). pipe fromt his teeth, lindi rested Its <
:heerin1g bowl oni the reporter's ar'im to fix
lis attention more closely. "Ye see thlat, i
10s Were0 a1s 80ound( a1 hanimial iln wind and3( 1
imb as5 ye'd see at a prize fir in the 01k1 1
01untr-y. Ocntle as 31 kittenl, and1( a pet, for i
lhe chiilren." Th'e stabbleimn hpausett to I
ekindle the lire In his pipe, whlich time rain, t
Iripi)lng froml the repor-ter's ulster, hald 'l
tuhedl3. . t
"When did it (die?" ask1edl tihe reporter, t
ad(ly. -
"The hoss died( Saturday last." c
"What ailed it?" -t
"Lung fever.
"When did itsa master die?" t
"Trwo weeks ago to-dlay.""
"Well, what ls there curious about- thait?"
sked time rep'ortcr in amalzemont,. 11
"Cuiriousl why its curious enough, I shlud (
ay,-wheon thitr ain'tt another hoss -sick in a
his istabie, 3and( we've got a1 hlundred of a
hieim here!"
Efrlocts of Tea on the s~kini.
If you place a few drop~s of strong tea
ipon a piece of ironi, a knife blade, for in- 3
tance, the tannliato of iron is formed,
vhichi is blatck, If you mix tea withl irnoni
lhngs, or p~ullverizedI ironi, you can mlake a I
air airticle of inik. If you mix it with r
resl uman31113 blood, It forms with the iron 1
>f ti e blood thme tannate of iron, Take c
ilmant skIn and( let it, soak( f or a time In
trong tea, andC it will become leather.
Now, whien we remember that the liquids ;:
&'hich1 enter the stomacihl are rapidly ab- a
iorbed by tile venous absorbents of the c
itoimach, and1( enter int:> the circulation ad~u~ a
ire thrown out, of the systemi by the skin, c
ungs, and( . kidacy%, It is probablo that a c
klik so common as tea, and so abundantly f
Jsedl, will have some1 effedt. Can It be li
)0ossible that 'tannin, introduced with so t
3111c1 iiquid-'prbducing respiration, will 'I
iave no effect on the skini Look at, the
ca-driokers cf Russia, the Chinese, and
he9 old women of. America, who have so 6
ong continuedl thle habit of drinking strong a
oa. Are they niot dark-coloed andI lnsuh. c
Buralars' X'istakes.
For two years pst the oflicers of the se
cret service division of tie government
have been endeavoring to unravel the mys
tery attached to the attempted robbery of
the United States sub-treasury in Philadel
phia, Pa. Up to this time they have met
with indifferent success, and the chanees
are thy will never be able to ascertain
with distinctiveness who were in the plot.
As the case stands now it Is a matter of
suspicion against some of tile boldest
cracksmen in the country. None but
thieves were concerned, and they refuse
to give information which might, lead to
the detection of their e-ifederates. The
story is an interesting ' iut for a mis
alculation on tile part ''bers they
would have succeeded sing Some
$12,000,000 of coupo. . cash. It
would, have been tile largest hail ever
tade in this country but. for their stupid
ity. The large vault in Treasurer Eys
Ler's oilce, in the Custom-house building,
:oitainis two apia irtileits. III on1e of these
it is customary to store the cash aid cou.
po)0s that are presented for interest. In
he other small coin is kept. The fact
mecame known and a gang was orgamnized
,0 in1ake a raid on the )laICC. Prollilelt,
)In tile list was Jillily Logue, now in the
I-astern Penitentiary, who had $70,000 oil
laud hesh fromi a bank burgl try. There
,vere a couple of well known New Yorkers
m(d two fellows who had escaped from the
Kings County Penitentiary, believed to be
Lorter.and Irving. Another of the party
vas a new man, for whom the country has
eeii scoured but without avail.
Logue secured a flue residence in West
Philadelphia, where the whole party ro
iided. 11e was to be reimbursed for his
-Xpenditures out of tile procee(s of the
'obbery. As warrants and requilsit ios
Were out for the luen on al sides, they
telected Fairmnount P'ark as their place of
endezvous. Their favorite resort Was the
luiet retreat at brawberry mansion. Here
hey met daily, after taking an airing and
nipped out their plans. It was found
iecessary to have une of their number in
ide tile Customi-house, so this happy plan
vas bit upon:
One day a reverend-looking gentleman,
vith clerical-cut garments and It white
:hoker, waited upon Collector Tutton and
nformed him that lie was the Rev Mr.
?addock. The oileial knew of this
:lergyman. The shan minister wais ac
iompaiiied by an innocent-looking young
nan who he stated was one of his parish
oners. Dr. Paddock would be so iuch
ibhged to the Collector if he could only
rive the young min1 something to do
olie light, work, such as watchiman-as
tc was in need, and his health would not
Ldmit of exposure. Collector Tutton was
xceedingly pleased to see Dr. Paddock.
dr. Tuttoi's rector In Downingtown and
)r. Paddock were in fact well acquainted'
nd Mr. Tutton talked freely of Downing
own's spiritual needs. To the reverend
)oliticians, while a ninister's endorsement
vas nearly always a safe guide. The shan
lergymaln got quite sliaky when Mr. Tut
on touched on Downingtown matters, bult
o00n switched off the conversation anl1d
voided eibarrassmnent. It ms now- dis
losed that "Shiocy" Miller, who was mixed
i) iln th bo us naturalization .businiess,
nd was sentenced to two years' imprison
lent in the Eastern penitentiary, person
ted the Rev. Dr. Paddock, and was a
arty to the job.
The young man recommended by him
ias appointed and made a watchman. By
strange coincidence the fellow wias as
Igned to that eid of the buildimig where
lie sub-treasury is located. For weeks lie
ias attentive to his duty ; but all this time
e was gathering points and familiarizing
imself with every part or the building
iud with aill the personsi empi~loyedi ini it.
'hese fiacts wvere made knowvn to the gang
f which lie was a mlembe~r, andl some o1
is coinfederates visitedh the place to learn
lie by-ways.
TIhe robbers exhiibited no unidue haste in
Lioviing upon01 their prey', hut waited until
lie timie whieii the quarterly mitcrest on the
J. B. bonds fell (due. They~3 knew thart
irge sums11 of money wvere stored ini the
'aults. One Sunday morning it was diis
overe d that a hole had been miiade in the sidle
*f tile Custom-house wall, large enough to
dmiit the paissiage of ai lmin's body through
. A closer exaiiinatioii revealed the faict
hat this led directly into the vault. Th'ie
lace had been cilaned out, but1 the rob
era had b~eeni fooled. In this atpartmlenit
udt been storedi the pennies amid siiall
olis. Next to ii, and wvith only tihe thick
ess of a few bricks, was the huge pile of
iterest mioiney. It hais beeni prestunedo(
hat the thieves helieved they had struck
ags of g.old, and that ini the darkness they
lerely felt, of thleml to Jearii whether they
fere coin or not,, aind iimmlediaitehy palssea
bem out to their confederates to carry to
pla1ce of safety. hitetead of goingr further
ie job) was5 for someu reiisoii iabandonmied at
bis time, and~ after an outlay of thousands
f dollrs the buirglars capjturedh but, a couplhe
f hunildred dollars worth of pennlie~s. It is
bought that, daylight camne too fast for
biem, and they were comnpeited to vacate
Lie premises, which was a good thing for
lie Government.
Inivestigatmons were made by the offierts,
nd detectives were p~ut to work up the
ase. Thecy never discovered much. Su
piclin began to ploint to the watchmain
ppjoinited at, the "Rev." Mr. PaddohO~'s
istance. 1t sudhdenmly was revealed to
very 0110 that no one knew anythinmg coil
nrniing this individual, lie was sent for
y tihe collector'anid toild to 8s11( Mr. Pad
ock to the oflico. But lie did niot. Th'lat
oung man left, aind to tils day lie has
ever beuri seen or heard of. T1hiis job
'roko up Logue. When ho was arrested
or the Portuondo iobbery, lie hiad little
money on hanld, but gave a mortgage on
is house for a certain sum of money, con
itioned upon the fact that If thie mlortgaige
,as not, paid at, a set timne the house was
a be sold. As part of the bargain, a
roinent, lawyer of Philadlelphia. it is
0id, agreedl toedutcate amnd care for Logue's
bildremi until lhe served his three years'
sintenlce. Th'le mortgage has been fore
ieosed, amid the children are in want. One
f the secret service menC1 tracedl a hot of
ennies to the culstodly of a couple of well
nown thieves, but they made a satisfac
ry explanation of where they came from.
'here the veIl drops.
-For the aigh6t perfornimnoss of
aivink in BIostOin receipts of $22,
94 tire rep~ortedl. TIhie attendanceo ex
eeded Bermnhiardt'a averageby 27 por
0ant
BRIICFS.
-Gold leaf Is the 230,000 part of an
inch in thickness.
-Now York pays $8,240,905 interest
on the city's debt.
-The total Indian population of
Michigan is 10,141.
-Quteen Victoria has an Income of
$3,000,000 annually.
-in Germany the ladies take their
knitting to the boer garden.
An ouitbreak of rinderpost Is rep)rt
od in Derbyshire, England.
-John Clay, a brother of Henry
Clay, Is living in Kentucky.
-Gambotta is . a liberal host and
keeps open house all the time.
-Petrilled grass Is found about the
mineral springs of Calistoga. "
All prosecutions against Cuban in
surgents are to be abandoiloed.
-Lord Beaconsfield's "Endymon"
paid limn about 50 cents a word.
-Uhlicago consigned $1,000,000worti
of wild gamne to Europe last year.
Plttsburg Is to have a $500,000 liotel,
a stock company being the builders.
-The state debt of Wisconsin is $2,
252,057; that of Maine is $5,88 ,800.
-On a single ranolhe In Texas 1.000
lambs were killed by this winters cold
1lap. .,
-There are 35,013,000,000 matohes
consuied annually in thei United
States.
-Our Indian wars from 1805 to'187I)
are estimated to have cost the govern
ment $22,080,000.
-The balance of trade in our favor
on last year's business with the orld
loots "1p $73,000,000.
-A femalo salmon as-a rule darries.
about nine hundred eggs to every
pound of her weight.
-New York saloonkeopers, of whom
tLere are 10,000, are said to control 75,
000 votes In the city.
-Kellogg is to get $O00por night for
a twenty-night eugagenent at the
Grand Opera in Paris.
--The inioes of the Unife. States
have produiced during tihe past seven
years $280,000,000 in gold.
-It is estinated that' the British
army the coming year, will cost the
Lreasury over $100,000,000.
-The Greeks have for 200 years had
a imolopoly Of the trade in dried cur
rants in tihe London market.
-Walter Scott was born in Eddln
burgh August 15th 1771. ills father
was a lawyer or convoyancer.
-in Missouri last year 482,089 of the
children attended school, leaving 240,
iIJ5 who received no 'elooling,
-An Indian farmer deposited in a
bank last wook $2,000 that he had had
burilUd In the earth for 17 years.
-P1hiladelphia has forty-two night
..,.hnnlg In ,,ninro ni.,, ...&. .. .-,
attendance of over three thousand.
-TIo increase in the population 01
Pennsylvania, as shown by tihe present
census, is 700,905 over that of 1870.
-Of the seventy-six United States
Senators only thirty-three were born
in the states which they reprosent.
-The Parker Memorial Chapel, in
Boston, which cost $110,000, will be
sold to a leading Spiritualist for $15,
000.
-At a recent paper exhibition in
Berlin, artificial teeth made of paper
were shown. A German InVoted
thei.
-It is estimated that the cost of the
Whitaker co.'rt oh inquiry and of the
Whitaker court martial will be -about
$10,000.
-The cx)olSe of the White iouse
and Its occupants iast year was $110,.
04, of which the president's salary
was $50,000.
-T1he first completo translatton of'
thme Bible in English *was printed in
1522. A perfect copy of it was sold in
1838 for $1750.
-The annual sale of pews cf Ply
mouth Church took place recelktly.
Thie'flrst pew was bought by itbraco
11. Ciaili for $700.
-During the year 1880 $32,283,279
worth of gold colin was tur'ziod dut ofs
the UnIted States nmines, and $27,409,
700 wor th 0of silver...
-A harp, dilscovered in Egypt In
1823, had several remalining strings
which r'espondedl to a touch, and awoke
f rom a rest of 3000 years.
-The Journal Ollolal of Pais has
been pur'chascd for $120,000 by the
Frenich Government, and will, here
afteri be the oflicial organ.
-lFrederic R. Guernsey, of T/hs Bos
ton Herald, Is preparing for the estab
lishiment soon of an 'Anglo-Spanish
conmmerclal paper)O at Lioston,,
-They are very exact ini RussIa. The
wellfed government oil ais report
that 701,028 peasants are starving in
a certalin district In that empire.
-Pu blec schools irt Tennessee during
4880 numflbereCd 5,522, against 3,492 in
1875. in 1880 the teachers imployed
nmber 5,0M4 against 4,210 In 1875.
-The University of Berlin durIng
uhis winter lias more than 4,000 stud
ents, the largest number ever yet
reached by any German unlvez'sity.
-The Manhattan Elevated Railway
Company has ordered twenty-fiv6 now
Bald win locomotives, similar to,thoso
now in use on the 'ihird avenie line.
-Trho. Paterson (N. J.) rolling umill
has spent $15,000 ini 4ormng an artesian
wvell througn 2100 feet of red sand-,
stone, only to strike a stroats of salt '
waiter...
-Wade Hampton no longer. goes
about on a crutch. He has a wooden
leg to replace the one lost by the klokI
of a mule, andl Is able to walk without
-Con nectlcut has $00,000,000 Invest
ed In manufacturing establishments,
umoploylng 00.000 persons, the 1inniual
product of' whichis estimated at $120,
1)00,000.
-Lord Wentworthm, grandson of
Byron, was married December 30th,
to Mary Caroline Stuart.:Wortiey. The
bride's white satin gown w 1s em
broidered at the Royal Sohool t'Are
Needlework, and- her vell was anitique
Brussols.
--Thme Very Rev. Paclileo Nono, D.
D. 0. S. A., the present provinolat of
the Augustinians in America, was
recently ap pointed by his holiness
Pope Leo XIll. superior-general of
the Order of St. Augustine tenroughout
th'e entIre World,