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TRI-EEKY EDTIO WINSBOO, SC. NE 2898 ESTBL1HED-844 .....-.---- ---.--- ..-- -- .- - -- ---- --- . - tatt uCn CEC'R The little Iadv sh:a'es her hcal. And vows t- - he will never n"d ; But even wii!v the tale she to !s. Tiere com:^s a sound of 'eddig-bells ! A TALE OF The starry emblen, of freedc-',float ing frou a tall $ag-staff on the pa de ground at Fort Bufo:d. swayed giM-e fully in the afternoon breeze. The small e:panse et t'_rf that sloped down to the swiitly-rollng Missouri was ,dtted with trim buildings which had seemirgly won a martial appearance from their oeupant3. A chill was no ticeable in I he air. though June refgned, and countless mosquitoes reigne: also. hovering in dense swarms over the willows near the river's edge -mosquitoes whose spiteful sting was altogether out of proportion to their size. Even the stoical Indians from Ahe Gros Ventres ' village, two miles north, just over the boundary line in 3fontana. were visibly affected by these ubiqiuitous pests and waved eagles' wings bafore their impertur bable grave faces as they stood upon the banks while a cargo of military suppiies was being unloaded from a "down-river" boat. .,&ther and thither, across the pa -ground,figures in blue were mov ing : slow lv---zoldiers with the dull, apathetic countenances characterizing so many troops upon the northwestern frontier. Bitt today there was a bright ening of faces, a quickening of steps. for the "down-river" had bronht let ters from the States and ho:ne. - An unusually generous mail, too. I Several men laughed when they saw Zack Brayton with a deeper bronze on his cheeks and a letter in his hand. He had never been known to receive one'since the coming of the company to Fort Buford. He was a tall, awk ward fellow, one of those shambling men who suggest some mistake on the part of nature in choosing material too hastily. He stood now just outside the gymuasium,the letter fluttering in his grasps the torn envelope crushed in one strong hand. He had read it ove'r t-ice and was beginning at the firs.t age again, mumbling it indis i 'You and me ain't so much to each other as husband and wife ,. oughter be. If we had, you wouldn't never-have gone away. I've . kept si lenee_a long time, waiting for you to say;you cared, but you don't say that yet;,and now it's my cough and the strange feelings - all over me that makes~me write. The doctor says it 't "lo'g- and thee's. little Ji - and the baby-' -- He stopperd y ant crumpled the itiful scrawl in his brawny fist and pnshedthe back of h'shand across his deep-set eyes. "I don't know rightly what I'll do," he began, .desperafely, and then he straightend uD as a comrade ap proached, laughing. "LTots of news, Zack?" "he queied in a:teasing.way'. 'The man looked at his interlocutor with a dazed expression. "Hcw's all the folks?" persisted the soldier. A puzzled expression settled on S Zack Brayton s face. He dug one! foot -doggedly into the turf. "It warn't her fault--never!" .he aut tered. "Oho! It was a lover's quarrel, hey?" quizzed the soldier. "No; it warn't no quarrel." fiercely replied Zack, and then he as suddenly strode awar. Ten minutes later Z'ach Brayton stood mor'e awkwardly than ever be fore the highest authority in the fort. That ofiler had received pleasant ner.-s from home, and he unbent his military dignity to a surprising degree and was chatting merrily with several subordinates. 'Well. my man?" was his iemark whenZack's priesence wvas noticed. . Tlheprivate saluted awkwardly. He beganto speak in a low, hesitating voice. ".Beggin' y-er pardon, colonel, but ITve got a word I'd like to say-least wise, if "Talk to your captain,'' interrupted the o:fficer. recalling his dign-ity now. He wtas tired of hearing complaints. and there had been too many of late. "Not as ITd oughter bother you, sir: but the fact is-" "We~l, speak out: what is it?'' said the ofni:er, with some show of imupa tience. A (dull wave of color arose in t he private's faLce He had never seemed so potdermously awkward. Myv wife "he began.huskily; "she is sick. an' I 'lowed maybe you had a wife. co'lonel. an' you'd know how--" "W here is she?" "akin Missoury." "An 1 'ou want a furlough? It's imosile ir. If we heeded half th viqests we shouldn't have a sol .dier left on his post. Don't you see, "Yes. i', replied Zack, simnply. When he~ was clear of the quartern he !emned '.;ainst a pos as if needing surPON"'isoe sort. Yet Zac'k was a strn mau~.. certainly. The~ qoiiers qutizzed him a goodl * deal, in ai-iongh manner,.at ness, ab',n his lo;ele,tier. He did not utter word4 in reiy. but there wvas ai. in us' al look of determination settling! - do'" upon hbuineouth features.formu n Pte hard lines they~ had never noe ce'd~' before. The dars at Fo t Buford are long in Tune. There is nb evening. In this high latift'de the sun cheats you out of the evenfgg hours and sets at nearly 1(0 o'r-lookt\ A detachment of troops weore assisking~ the steamboati roun'aMuts in nuloatdim utilitary sup-I GiNA. Ob. you vy tru:: the! ftckl. yan That osf_y 1'.:ts te _ ,_ rl..; n, But r.oi the:- dainty littlF h:'ad1 TEhati hn t: i t-viii not vced. 1--r rr V-1--b. in SuribnAr'S. N TZ RMY -4 k plie. At dark. ilambi ;eaut: were flar ing from the boat's ^uaids. by the lighlt of n%bich they comipleted their laboi. T he,! tiR b!uecoats mr'!ched br.ck to the barraek preceded by it tri at g llav"Un LC . A tew i taii1is. l!uiddled upon the boie de -k, were grumiblin; unit edly ab1out some title, as Misouri river ronstabouits have a habit of doing. The night becan!:e very dark at last-- so dark that even had one been looking in that. direction he would not have niced a mau who erept out of t'ie willow bog and, step ping cautiou- y into an Indian "bull boat" at the wharf.drifted off with the swift curie jt. under cover of the f: iendly shadows. In a few momnents.at best, the man's absence from the fort wokld be dis covered. It was one chance in a hun dred, but Zack Brnvon took that chance and floated down the river. The lights of the -teamer receded in the darkness; not a sound broke the stillness save the plalh, plash of. his padd.e. Bendi:!g forward. straining his eyes to ach the first glimpse of dauger in whatever for n, the current b::re hi!r on. "Oniv f-:tr her-her and the cliit dren. be miutte-ed under his breath. while his eves gi ew moist. Fe wiped them astil.as though anyone could p'ercei1e his wefiuess. On-.u! The water undulated greatly nder the boat a he floated on its broad, datrk b.somr. Now the current set in near the share.and mys te ious sound: were bolne out to him from those wiid forest derths-sounds neither man nor beast coutd make. A lone owl hoote:l clis:ually from a tree top. Instantly the woods seemed alive with strange responses. He felt awed and heaved a sigh of relief when the current bore himu far out into the stream once mere. With the first flush of dawn the sol dier guided his primitive craft to the shore, drew it up out of the water and managed to hide the unwieldy bulk in the bushes. He looked at the stretched buffalo skin with affection. thinking what a good turn it was doing hin. All day he lay concealed in the vicin ity, not a mouthful of food entering. his lips. With the gathering darkness he was soon afloat, bound for "down river'' and the old Missouri home. Wecould scarcel fell UeuAe are to keeu c . - 6 he sired was to escap~e those who were doubt less pnrsuing him. Wandering In dia -s gave hiin food when he dared seek it. He h'ld his breath when he nassed the fort.s and settlements on the river banks in the night. He even fancied that the beatings of his heart could be hieard on either shore. "If Elviry knowed how it war,'' he said to himself. "she might be a-prayin' fur moe, as she uster." The tho:.ght ga-:e him renewed courage. He bent to the paddle with a giant's strength. and the bull-boat went along faster than the current,yet con!d not keep paae with his impa tunce. At length he began to chuckle grim ly wi:h sa:isfaction. Hour by hour he felt that he wvas nearing home. In dian wigwauts no longer dotted the plains. Dark objects loomed rup on the hill. w-hi lh he. knew to be school houses or chareb-ces. Stea:nboats pa sed miore freg~nently, and he w'as obliged to use geat caution ra avoid ing them. althiougnhoe ever remained c-uL i-' the river lat at night. Still he chuckled, f-i every haour lessened the ianger They- would never lookfo him ' *o far iv river ii urely--the vO'1d 1thm'ik he had fled toward th lin t e ior. "T'omoarro - -' ig .e assured himr self. "Il Iv th- ie river and tramp fo.r it." Ri.x face briguirenedi: the sky, the rer. lIme plin to.ok upi a new expres 3:on of hoetuluiess,and the remainder of that night his pa idles ilipped fu casin gly. "Irraps she ain't quite so bad off as the doctor thinks. arter al!. an' I kin t'ake care of her now; an' I'd just work for her." HeJ dropped the pad dIes a moment as a pleased smile cept over his b)-rnzedl face. "Ah: the chillern has growed like sixty,.in] course." The heavens setee to don an an swering smnile, the ea4t bursting into a rosy glow, while thle dlistant hills and rolling prairies assumeid new and delicate tints of be-autiful summer life. "'It ain't the wust sort o' world,av tev all--it can't be so badu as all that." h went on, disce:>nuertely. Yet all arou ni him the~ river rushed in a disc-olored,. rap-id flood. The .nne rise" v::: s sw. da:zg do~wn from the nt hern n:ucntalins: the unsightly iand .hra hv crocealed beneath the dshig waves; legs, trees, debris of vairirn kirnds. v.ecit whirling past. (jn.:e the ca~rc-;ss of a b)uffalo-shot needes-ly by :-omue passenger on an n riv boot. loubhtl's -hore down -ain Ihimn, aund h e waa ob.liged to pu-sh awa.. with n1r. ladrile. "How tihey rim;t a' growed!"' he r-e peeted to bhiaself, oheerilyv. 1t seemed as' thoughn he hra-i heen away a ee-c-i tury His head dlrooped. as a suicces sion of homely inrcidlents passed through his quickened brain. A village, with its white-spired church, rose from the nearer bank. The boat.carried arofund in an ab.rupt beud arid suddenly deflected from its * - / I: course by a strong eddy, hea1e1 di4 :retly for that shore. The wary voys ager.yielding for one instant to a sud den sense of securit' and repose. sat with drooping face and made no re s:stance. There was a sudden shock. The lit le boat bumped violently against a snac. and some one cried out from the giards of a steamboat at that moment preparing to push out into the stream. The startled soldier lifted his head and sat as though petrified. A detach ment of United States troops met his bewildered gaze. Sud:ienly he seized the paddle with fi anti: haste. Would Elviry never know how he had tried? An officer was standing on the lower dock. "A deserter, by Heaven!" he ex claimed to the sergeant at his side. Then. in a stentorian ,o;ce, he com manded: "Pull in shore, if you value your life!" But the man in the boat paid no at tention. He began to push out with rapid, energetic strokes. How clumsy the craft seemed to him then-how slowly the distance widened between him and the dreaded foe! Cold beads of perspiration glistened on his face. The morning sunshine. flooding the river with golden beams, showed clearly his tense, agonized ex pression with startling vividness. If he could only reach the other side! Then Elviryand the children "Halt, you fool:" Zack Brayton pulled away with the unreasoning, desperate energy of de spair. There was a hurried order, the traup of feet on deck, fol!owed by a kiry flash and the sharp crack of mus keti v. The deserter arose to his full height in the toppling canoe. His hands clatteaed the air, and then his stalwart form sank into the rushing, turbid waves of the Missouri. Only the little boat. aimless and un guided. drifted on toward "down-river" -and Elvirv.-New York News. OUAINT AND CURIOUS. Greece has 152 newspapers. Australia sends cocoanut oil to Eng land. Thunder can be heard nine miles away. Persia has only women carpet weavers. All beggars in Italy must be duly licensed. Gloves made of frogskin ara the lat est novelty. France gather.s a window tar. on.. more than nine million. houses. . A map of Jerusalem i n nosai 1500 fear old, has i y e +i.ue. or 83 es te c re z - est descent in the shortest distarce of almost any stream. The entire collection of coins and medals in theBritish Museam consists of nearly 250,000 specimens. A pair of lovers in New Jersey who " have been engaged since 1839 have just issued cards for their wedding. There is a clock in Brussels which has never been wound b- human hands. It is kept going 1 y the wind. From 1868 to 1881 it is estimated that no less than 31,000,000 buffaloes1 were slaughtered on the great plains of the United States. Nearly 1,200,000 pounds of colors are used by the United States gov ernment annually for printing paper money, revenue and postage stamps. Veneer cutting has reached such perfection that a single elephant's tusk, thirty inches long, is now cut into a sheet of ivory 150 inches long and 20 inches wide. In the great volcano district of Ice land there is a whole mountaia comn posed of eruptive clays and pure whit4 sulphur. A beautiful grotto penes trates the western slope to an unknown deptlb. The new Br-itish battleship Impla {R ble is to cost o'er $53.000.000, the lar-gest sum ever spent in the biild ing of a snan-of-war. The armnor plates alone will cost8$750, 000, and the guins nearly as much. In the reign of Elizabeth the wear ing of hats was considered a 4ign of luxury. By an act of Parliament every person above the age of seven yeare, and under a certain degree, was obliged on Sundays and holidays to wear a woolen cap, made in England and finished by some of the fraternity of cappers. Envelopes cannot be tampered with to remove their contints in the mails without revealing the theft if a new safetyv device is used, which consists of a piece of material to be inserted in the envelope directly under the ad dr-ess, which becomss damp and blurs the writing wshen t.h6 back of the en d-o~pe is steamed or- soaked -to open the flap.___ Evaporationl of Banana. The A m:'ica~n consulat Nicaragua re ports that exper'nents are being made there to develop an industry of evap orating ban.up, and that a trial ship ment has been made to this country. If successfully established, this indus try will be of the utmost importance to many 'Central American states. The men engaged -'in the experiment, ac cording to einsular reports, have no practical knowledge of the business of drying the fruit, but if it was taken up by men experienced in the manufac iure of ;machinery and appliances adapted th the evaporation of fruits, a modification to suit this case could easily be devised, and there would be an immense demand for such machines immediately. At present there are millions of bananas yearly thrown away 'or allowed to rot on the ground b'eca.tse they are too small or too ripe for shipment to the United States, TERRIBLE DYNAI CRUISERS WE OWN TWO SHIPS OTHEF With the incorporation of the Brazil ian cruiser Niotheroy into the United States Navy under the name of the Buffalo that branch of the service will have two ships that are unlike those of any other navy in the world-de stroyers on a huge plan. These two ships-the Vesuvius and the Buffalo -are throwers of dyna'- te. The ex plosives which the' t-1ow do. not de pend, as do those thrown from the tor pedo tubes of ordinary warships or the missile sent from a torpedo boat, on any mechanical contrivance inside of the missile. They travel through the air, and their propulsive force comes I from compressed air, which is stored in a tube that is more hke a gun than a tube. The shots have ranges far su perior to those of the torpedo and ac curacy which is almost perfect. The one question is whether large ships like these can get. near enough to an enemy to reach-him with their shot. They are not like torpedo boats or torpedo boat destro s. They are large and noticeable obj the Vesuvius is armored, the Bu alo has little def ensive power. But if they do get near enough to n enemy to /, - SANDY HOOK'S DY use their dynamite gans ~properly the f hip against which .they operate is doomed. io'armor.;no .strength of constraction; buikh,ads can save the warship thatisstrnk by the tre maendo.ur rage .fanitrcgiyeerine or egplosive gelatine.itEwhich the aerial torp do islaa'ed. _l r orr lIy was a. the DMor1 Sh .as ouight i e .of Brazil in the e of the last 1 revo iition there, and: to be used against the insurge , . who had seized the navy and we bombarding the forts in the harbo of Rio de / 1 VEsuvcUs6. aeiro. She was refitted pretty thor ughly as a cruiser, and her coal un.Ls were so arranged that they rotect the machinery and the parts eessary to operate the gun. The. latter is mounted in the bow, and rojects through an opening in the par deck, giving it a clear range for vard and permitting a free motion on each side, so that it can be trained either to port or starboard. The air eservoirs of the gun are in the.lower hold, on the starboard side, directly nder the gun, and a central air-pipe leads up through the foundations n which the carriage of the gun DYNAMITE CRET rests. Shields protect thLe weapon and the men who serve it. On the way to Brazil the crew prac ticed with it, using "dummy-' pro jectiles, and its accuracy was found remarkable. The gun was so new, how ever, that the men were almost as much afraid of it as the enemy was expected to be, and there was consid erable relief on board when it was found on arrival in Brazil that there would be no need for firing it with real dynamite, as the revolution w as over. Since then the successful in stallation of two batteries of these guns in United States forts has made artillerists more confident, and much reliance is placed in the work of both the Vesuvius and the Buffalo. One weakness of the dynamite gun system is the fact that the projectiles are discharged with compressed air. This make~s necessary a special plant which, of course, means complica tions of the kind that every naval officer is anxious to avoid. It is not so bad on land, where the necessary steamt plant can be proteted with eat1'r- im4 n a ship the matter VITE AND BATTERIES. i JNLIKE THOSE OF ANY NAVY. is different. Against this objection the gun offers these advantages over the submarine torpedo: It has greater range, is almost absolutely accurate, and the projectiles cannot be stopped in its course by torpedo nets or exploded by rapid fire guns, as it is too swift in its ''ight. The aerial torpedo which is thrown from the dynamite guns on these two -ships is shaped like the head of a rocket and is about ten feet long. rIFTEEN-INCH FtLL CALIBRE DYNAMITE PROJECTILE. Spiral vanes guide its flight and the explosive charge, consisting of from 200 to 500 pounds of nitro-glycerine, is in the head and middle of the pro jectile. When loaded the entire af fair weighs 1000 pounds. It can be -et to explode either on impact or by a time fuse. A rauge of 2000 yards ,ntire ACfuracy is attainable. As saiGefoi~-th uestion is whether a ship carrying 'i AMITE BATTERY. could get near enough to a tack an en emy. To approach an alert ship of war close enough to use the dynamite gun the Vesuvius or the Buffalo must steam for several miles under fire, for the ordinary powder guns of any warships will throw shot at least three or four miles, and the big guns will carry seven miles with fair accuracy. The dynaie ..owers must rsh ,efi: eedof -- ese s, would mean that hey would be exposed-to it for fifteen ninutes at the least before they could reply. But if they survive this fire nd drop one projectile within fifty rards of the greatest battleship afloat,. he result will be the enemy's annihil tion. No craft can withstand the hock of an explosion cf the amount >f gelatine or nitro-glycerine which :heir projectiles can carry. It is somewhat misleading to speak >f dynamite guns when referring to ;he dynamite battery on Sandy Hook. What they are really is torpedo tubes :hat discharge aerial torpedoes instead >f the submarine variety. The, tubes tre mounted like cannon, and -to an extent look like them; but, exactly speaking, they are torpedo tubes, and sothing else. Like the submarine tor pedo. they are of use only at close range. or what is considered close range in these days of high power steel cannon which throw shot ten miles. The dynamite battery has an extremG range of only 4300 yards, a little over two miles. The accuracy of fire of the dynamite battery is great. This is due to the absolute evenness of the propelling force. Compressed air projects the torpedo. The best of powder varies in pressure, while compressed air is exact. The full calibre projectile (called full calibre in distinction from the smaller projectiles, which arc made to fit the tube by means of fingers) weighs 1000 pounds, 500 pounds of it being explosive gelatine, either nitro ME VESUVIUS. glycerine or guncotton, and it is tired with an air pressure of 1000) pounds to the sqame inch. This pressure is exerted so evenly and gradually that the explosive is not shocked into pre mature detonation, and it is so steady that the unwieldy torpedo or projec tile hits with remarkable accuraey. The enormous charge would wreck the hull of any battleship afloat. even if it did not strike the ship directly. but exploded anywhere within lifty feet of it under water. There are two dynamite batteries at forts in this country. One is in Fort Scott in San Francisco Harbor and the other is in Fort Hancock, on Sandy Hook. The Fort Scott battery con sists of three fifteen-inch and the Fort Hancock battery has two fifteen-inch and one eight-inch tube or gun. The torpedo boat Vesuvius has fifteen-inch guns. A Kansas genius introduced a bill in the legislature against snoring in sleeping cars, hotels churches and other places where the practice is more or less annofQ~', rHE CUBAN WATER MONKET. One ?Iust Ee an Expert to Drink From It Gracefulir. The Cubans have a domestic utensil called a "water monkey;that is to be found in houses, hotels and offices. It answers the same pu pose as the olla in Mexico and the clay jugs of India. It is made ot gray porous clay and is manufactured in Malaga; "where the raisins coie from." By absorption aud evaporation a blanket of cool air surrounds the jug continually a-id DRINING l'OnM A WATER MONKEY. keeps the water almost as cold as if it contained ice. In a country where ice is both scarce and expensive these jugs are indispensable. -The water monkeys have two aper. tures.76e -a .t the size of a -dollar, through which riaer is poured into a glass. On the opposite side is a pro tuberance with a small hole -imnning through it. From this the experece Cuban drinks without touching it to his lips. When about to drink he holds it two or three inches from his mouth, into which the tiny stream of water pours. Gradually and slowly ne lifts the monkey away from him until it is almost at arm's length, the water continuing to flow from the monkey down his throat. Occasion ally the drinker gulps, and when his thirst has been -satisfied he returns the monkey tpward his mouth, then suddenly tips it up, shutting off -the stream. It takes considerable experi ence to drink out of a water monkey. gracefully. The beginner sends a stream of water down his neck instead of his throat four times out of five, intil he has mastered the art. ndet Charles Boone, -of Dayton,. Ohio.. Had That Honor. . . -'. Cadet Charles Boone, the Dayton Ohio) boy who sent the first shot of he war into Cuba from his gun on he flagship New York, in the bom oardment of Matanzas Harbor, re eived his appointment to Annapolis hrough Congressman Sorg. He had CADET cEARLEs BOONE. Utnited States Naval Officer who fired the first shot into Cuba.) been in the school four years and was detailed on the New York a few months ago. He is but little more than twenty years old, but is spoken of highly by his superior officers. At once, on being transferred to the flagship, he was placed in charge of an eight-inch gun, with twenty four men under him. W hen the or der came from Rear-Admiral Samp son to "cut loose," he sent the first ball straight through and through the walls of the Spanish fort, tearing away everything mn its path. At the Soda-Wa'r Fountain. Spanish Fizz-'-"What will you have?' Commodore Dewey--'ll take Ma nila." i state lunceh in China contains 146 abihes, A burden which one chooses is not felt. After the fight., there are lots of brave men. One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning. There is no dispute managed with out a passion, and yet there is scarce a dispute worth a passion. The fear that our kind acts maybe received with ingratitude shouldnever deter us from performing such acts. What we call forces are only God's methods, and they are as.secret as he is. "No man hath seen force at any time, Houses, ships and men are not-made for calm hours, sunny seas andfreedom from tril, but to stand storms, tem pests and temptation. We are reproached with forgetting others; we forget ourselves a thousand times more. Memory is the least ego tistical of our faculties, If any one speaks ill of thee, can sider whether he hath truth on his side; and if so, reform thyself, that his censures may not affect thee. Tact is a gift; it is likewise a grace. As a gift, it may or may not have fallen to our share; as a grace, we are bound, either to possess or to acquire it. The great duty of life- is not to give pain; and the most acute reasoner can not find an excuse for one who volun tarily wunds the heart of a feliow creatui e. - The desire to be physically,perfeet is almost universal. Lore of the beau. tiful is an instinct.of.the human mind, as is mother's love. We- are born with responsiveness to beauty in all things. Admiration of beauty in'man or wo man is as legitimate as is -admnration of a dew-drenched rose. Excellent people-sometimes regret. that there are so many differences of opinion upon a single subject. If af! were agreed, they say. how., smoothly an oniously might all work together for-. general good! They forget that, weri4 p_ossible. there wousd be no consensus truth, no gathering together of its many no comparison of its many aspects.' Useful Pigeons. Among the impossible things that have happened of late is the sending of a report of rescue at sea' thrlagh' the agency of a pigeon. This- pigeon 1y had not flown to land where-he:woad. enjoy a chance of-discovery and of imparting his-news to any witness,e but was on .his way there, He .g" flying over the wide Arastes.of the Atlantic and boardea siip bodnd Swansea. The rLe=sa Was e her trp ight be delayed r, Theleeinp f pW~f ay Iauxiety respecti the , ship, and' it also indi tes m a prising way the usefalness of these , carriers in situations where the mails are not to be relied upon: In casee of war it is probable that pigeons wonfd carry news from point to point across spaces not traversed by the railroad or the telegraph. The Bretagne, car ried a hundred of these messengers when she left Havre, the captain in tending to liberate them fromjtime to time, to test their usefulness in case of accident. .The pigeon thatsalighted on the steamer that was making for Swansea met it 250 miles from the Silly Islands, and nobodykuows how long a flighit had preceded the meet ing. In calm weather it .is probable that the birds would be able to fly for considerable distances, if their -sense of direction holds as securely-over the. untracked water as it does across the land. The managers of the Frenchl line contemplate the supply of pigeons to every vessel of their fleet, so that in the event of encountering any other ship in the fog, or driving against .a rock or an iceberg, news of the disas ter might reach the land more speedily and surely than by the antiquated and uncertain method of committig mes sages in bottles to the waves.-Brook lyn Eagle. . Swam a Eiver to Gs a Wife. William Gunn, a young man of this town, has proved his loyalty to his sweetheart in a way which few young men could rival, says a telegram from Covigton, Ga. He has been engaged for some time to Miss Emily yackson of Henry County, and, on attempting to cross the South River bridge to the churci, where the bridal party was awaiting him, he was informed ify the guard that the ,County Commissioners had declared a smallpox quarantine, and, unless he could produce a health certificate, he would not be allowed to proceed to fill his engagement. Yoying Gunn walked a.bout half a mile from the guards, stripped, and with' his clothes on his back, swam the turbu lent, icy stream, resumed his garments, and presented himself at the church. After the wedding the couple des cended to the point where he had emerged from the water, boarded a small boat, and, again eluding the quarantinie officials, reached the oppo site shore in safety.-Mobile (Ala.)' Register.___________ Why she Did Not Weep. An emotional preacher in England observed one Sunday that the whole of his congregation, with the excep tion of one little girl, who' sat quite alone, was in tears. -He thereupon directed all his power toward the child, drawing such tonching pictures that the congregation grew niore and. more overcome, sobbing and crying, but the child still stared at him dry eyed, and at length he was obliged to~ give it up and end his sermon. Meet ing the child outside he upbraided. her for her hard-heartedness, and. asked her why she did not'we~ep. "It is not that I'm hardhjearted," the child responded, "but belong to ~nother parsh, "-.Chicago Nws