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A LITTLE CHILD.
Povm from the hill, up from the glen,
With waving flajs and warlike din.
They rushed—two troops of mounted men—
The boys In bine, the boys in gray;
And ihey had almost met that day,
When, lo! a child stood in the way.
Its hands were tilled with flow’rs; its eyes.
As clear and soft as summer skies,
Were opened wide in grave surprise.
Upon the pretty baby head
The sun a golden blessing shed.
“I want mamma,” (he sweet voieo said.
Both captains shouted, “Halt! ’ The men
Reined in their eager steeds, and then
The blue leaped down, and up again,
And galloping like mad, he boro
The child he’d grasped a mile or mi
Back io its mother’s cottage door.
Loud rose the cheers from blue and gray
As smilingly they turned away:
There was no battle fought that day!
— Harper's Weekly.
Catching Crocociilesi
The New Orleans Times-Democrat
translates from a French journal the fol
lowing description of the singular man
ncr in which crocodiles are captured iu
Cambodia:
On the 10th of February, 1878, afler a
long voyage through Burmah, Teuasrim,
and the kingdom of Siam, I
PnoiE-l’cnb, capitol of the Kingdom of
Cambodia.
I bore with rue a letter to King Noro
dorn. I will spare you all descriptions
of Unom-Benli, as well as of my recep¬
tion by lis majesty. What 1 promised
you was the history of a crocodile hunt
— here it is:
I had been well received at comt.
After having been kindly treated by .lie
king, all his ministers did their utmost
to give me a pleasant welcome. Several
servants had been placed at my disposal,
and also one of the court carriages with
a fine team of thoroughbred Birmancsc
horses.
I did not fail to inform mv hosts of
my passion foi the chase, and for three
months they had spoiled me like a child.
[had Every day some hunting party or other
been arranged for my benefit. From
flic nelictairvi_a peculiar sort of little
crane which I never saw anywhere else
except among the lakes and shallow
streams of Siam or. Cambodia—to the
■ Vi val tigejp sort oTcreature. itRt'lf, I had hunted »'»»•*
line morning on returning from my
early drive I found awaiting me the sais
of the prime minister, who said to me:
“Tube, Thouann!” (Good day, my
lord).
“Tabe, Sais!’’ (Good day, servitor) I
replied. "Who sends you?”
“My master invite; you to upon
(him forthwith, at hi; palex-:. ‘
"Forthwith—nowr
I “Yes, my lord.”
"I go.”
[ And ordering my coachman t» follow
|he Sais, who had started off at a run, I
toon found his excellency awaiting me
t the threshold of his dwelling.
“Excuse me,” he said, "if I have clis
orbed you: but 1 acted bv the kin-'s
irctcrs. His majesty invites you to a
•rocodile hunt. We shall be absent at
(Cast one week.”
I thanked his excellency and promised
o be at his house by 5 o'clock next
norning, whence we should g > together
o the palace to join the caravan
lunters.
At 4 :30 o’clock next morning wc nr
ive,l in the courtyard of the palace. A
vhole army of servants had a ready com
bted all necessary preparations. The
orses, carnages, elephants, and palau
een destine,! for the use of Norodom,
is guesrs, and bis wives, were all then
car the palace front. Further off was
long tram ot wagons freighted with
revisions and supplies, as well as the
ents and p’anking required for our tenj
H did not really seem as though we
vere going f„ hunt, but to war. The
nme minist w left me in the midst of
Norodom, I must confess,
he palace steps with real majesty. His
wlankeen awaited him, he got into it,
‘i' bis various wives got into other sun
< • conveyances prepared for them.
Assoon as the king and his wives
ere in them vehicles, the rest of those
int.Uedto the privilege of driving or
■mg, mounted their horses or their
■otH chances, and the whole royal suite,
-onijirising more than three hundred per
>ns, of which number about one hun
red and fifty werc footmen, andtwentv-
1 ( "ere soldi' armed in European
ashion, pro eded on its way.
At 8 o'clock we made the first halt; at
'omght another halt, followed by am
“ r “ d the incvitabIe sicsta At 4
’
. ‘‘>c
1 - we halted for the night. Then
uiektngs men proceeded to erect the
Sdihce in which his majesty was to re
pose for the night-a sort ot immense
Sin ™ T; f Cl 1 °' UP0 V th " ’ P S ° StS Cage SiS W fCCt ““ ab 0thCr °J e
' u'- ure for the king’s harem. The
° S ° ldiCre f ° rraed " CirClC
b m
Great firesiwc 3mm
around the w
dangc&us •
w
.
evening’s o’ctoek meal asLAi
the sei
lay down and slept without paying anv
attention to the roaring 6f pkutigm^
Next dtty the ver
in the morning, we arrived at the shores
miles m circumference, „jvhieh ic'd been I
our pomt of destination and which, we
were assured was haunted by imutmer
able crocodiles.
Our camp was pitched on the western
shore of the lake, and preparations to
catch the gfhvit purians were imnjedi -1
ately begiyi.’ / J J) AdAf. l
The minister, by order of Norodom,
placet^ the chic| of the hunters “under,,
my orders. That signified that he was
to keep me perfectly well Mfonmxt
about everything which might take
place.
The chicf conducted me some distance
*° *h e right of the camp, and showed
,
lnc company ot some fifty Cambodians 1
busy binding together a tf
smooth planks by means of TmHlxio
I ies ' i r
About twenty of thojf<?fij|j|\(y ca
by any othermame which ex-|
P'c sses 1 heir form equally well) were soon ;
finished. m j -w*
® n S ^" a car £ e<1 b ' in a P'&Y 1#’| CV hfT 1°^ s! oArr ^ K| f|en
ar ),l run
fiooscs, Aftef*i»^e<JtiB§t. ^IsAof |)am®o MamAs.
he^e«#mt a«d
factories, the chief took forty men with
him, and all of us skirting the lake, ■
I lade 0,,r way to ils eastern hRnk.
®l 10n * bc 1,1041 nhsomiesiiencc ij|^:Aiipbd •
() n reaching flic south-western pqrt of
j f :!osc be shore, ly> approached the chief, the whom bank. i followed In an
*" er <0 my Q*»ektipn, he said:
“Tiiouann, 1 am looking for the slid
i n S P atl| s of the crocodiles — the places
H |o y choose for leaving the wiper anil
climbing upon the shore. 8ec!”licob
t crvcd > suddenly pointing to a declivity
t ram p! e< F f tm°o , h—as level as if heavy
P ani 'on had been constantly rolled over
I 1, lberc 8 "here they^come out. If we j
Can notice him, the one who comes here
w ) 11 not be easy to nail.
ispHStas ■
of interrogation, for the chief of the
llunters added «#» pr loukin S at ,ne a mo ’
mcnt: “Yes, nail! Aon are-going . t.®4
.snc something you never saw before in
life.” (
your
lie posted a sais at this path, and we
‘continued our inspection. Thirty points
were chosen, and thirty' men were sta
tinned at them.
Before turning back to canut I said to
chief: j
"But I Mve no! nofScerf a
wrinkle on the water—are you sure there I
arf ’ aa y crofRidiles?” i
He did not answer; but takings piece
of wood, he wrapped it in a bit of red ;
the and fittim it 0<^ut.twentyyard?t) , :|
into water,. ;
Fifteen seconds passed—a few wave- j
lets appeared ou the still mirror of the
lake; there was a sort of dull sound,
followed by a great, shock in the,water,
1 could not sec an(tlrieg d:-ftnetfV: bht
fhft wood wrtt]iped in red cloth bad dis
"'»**•
by Illicitl four ^,road' vtc fe ready, A i
hundred running nooses were also pre
At a for signal operating fiomWii mrT'TT
not on duty as soldiers foUowed h.rm ■
Each raft was carried ^bt ««r men 'while ■
ab ”' ,,; a do " cn foH^cd us wd i
.
o mre. o\\ monnn e a -.
said the chief, \
rafts—about 3 0 ;o-c. ^ • qiiMi ers 1 1
**
'K.ctpc t| the a n a. j, d° C i rtb.r. t
and reparations were maffe to _ p«ce
first strap in jmsition.
attached the raft intended ’* ar ~ c to r, ‘ catch n ^ the crow- ® ;
| dilc’S ta.1; on the ^ i
' J 1008 ® T ’ a ^ p °
iC r „ te(W , T
'
, „ hi, h were’sO arrmreU *s to ; 'A
pulkd at the i p
1^ 1 *“ “ ^ ^ comp’itaL
prepara mns mid'- for^ riie
l ues w, re 1 p( i. e hhid -each tran !
: dawn, when , , , t0 be ^in
At r m a n llivited
j ministers, the hour ier^. -
“J 0 ** 1 a " ‘ ^
elevated C.mwi fc * B ^ a ,„ ood
; the V,
^ew °f ^
His guess, a. al “ Lanjc ’ f tke t
their way to tncuc-ier Q ‘
j lake. All -,Q f the l&A “rafts
11 lr thTfl Sfc qhe are
! I 1 ^ -, ted; d es are put '
- oath
""'I"; Ab"* «* “ZZ*^*** « seven l> a ^
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, JUNE 17, 1885.
SSSB3ES 'The i ..4...W have day
n r TtrsK ,vant to breathe. k v |<~\i
i. .OX JjQi- /‘i
Hmmsdves"about JL the water^Thevrc
flPLcw ^In vT fV, ^ *
‘iftocr t}W
i um m t { . t ,
^Ldenly up ^ ar alternately tbcfaU tun.
remain Have
they suspected something, or heard some
noise: No; the breeze has wafted to
odors of flesh
A long black mass detaches itself from
the (A assembly of saurians, and makes for
sfope, Others betake them
selves to their faTOrite mornin landing .
IYI
Norodom has seized his telescope, and
watches the progress of the drama with
intense interest, All the nest of us look
on breathlessly in silence.
The biggest crocodile lias reached the
ed ge of his pathway. There he stops,
Perhaps he is wondering what that bait
if%t er of an hour passes
b y. The snout of the alligator leaves
the water and npjv his fore-leys arc on
^rc y | r» j ff f hiroath. ff *!!
Everybody holasnis
lie keeps on climbing—slowly—very
flbse. iss*^cr®wn|jr twenty |
ilciseiz.Cs it. At
AmNw^mt tlie sais inthe t ree
we fb«^unning.«oos4i#, him pulls file strings indLt jw hich opi r
liR-M^Hiic,
caught at once by head and tail begins to
struggle furiously. Immediately the
other sais leaps forward, his hammer in
one hanlAJl a huge nail in th£ <$her;
itnn^wliiic tne Vnotistcr^sfrefehft bis legs
n reach the water, the sais
nails tlie riglit fore foot to the rail. The
worst of the job is over. In the tvvink
liiig- of an eye, the right hind-foot is also
nailed down. Then, boldly stepping
over the alligator, the sais immediately
nails the t,vo ley-feet also to the raft.
Thus crucified, the saurian is well
muzzled, and his tail is fastened firmly
with bamboo ropes.
He is carried to Norodom and measured
—seven and a half feet long.
We remained on the lake shore two
weeks, and during that smrJwe time caught six
butchered.
The Cambodians are very fond of cro
fi^h,% T icP^ must confess that I ate
jt myself without the least rcpilgnunce.
Ordinarily it sclle at twq cents a pound
in Cambodia—excepit when the animals
are ca'ught during a royal meat’^.-elfs’for jiuni, and then
t) le “king’s crocodile foui;
cents. Just on the same principle that.
; n France, President Grevy’s rabbits sell
four ft artoea^air, wlule yours or mine
It is neatly seven years since I enjoyed
the hospitality ot King Norodom, and i
would not have thought of publishing
this recital of my hunting adventures had
not V'<hlie attention beep again called to
tlm good,king of Cambodia -who was
so kind to me-i-by the action of Procon
sul Thompsotl in despoiling him of his
(R.p ■The Mexican National Fawn-Shop.
A < ityoi Mexico letter to the Baltimore
American, ennfnins Ijjo following account
Mclico/kji forlfi ot
a visit. It is situated on Empedradillo
almost t|$vail opposite the famous Aztec
in of the Cathe
of the oldest
^ - the cit^l»aving '“ f ^ been ? Cortez originally
a privat rcs ce
retains a
g, reat «jeal of its primitive style, and the
modern tourist has much to admire in
o!d doorS| windows, stair
c p-ij iiniFg. ol£ m Its founder was
Don Pedro Tcrreros,
in 1744, endowed the insti
with $300,000 out of his private
rate of interest never being lower than
^ w h( , r twche and „ haJf
^ ( . em p , r ahnam . There are many
ennqus^ariiaes stowed:awav in thi' pic'
turef and c ’ lnd< ; . al Y a ' s ! 1 '#’P§ t 4 thf n ^f jfraud iecc
Yanlt of the bank connected with the
Ml J ! n^ nsuaily [liptaius
0 * 1 4-V; AO, , > % I ®,(OftCM>OD in solid
s ’ ivcr and S old - Tbe 3 ewe ' ry depart
contains one of the richest and
rarest coltecnons m me WKrTit. POhrlS,
anarM(| auti riwmowla i» great
vt^ftr’s^i^it.' Jfeny
*T merely P ,aced here
^fety^.tlmrs th,; consideration
of money. Some arc haqdod down from
and, beside
their intrinsic value, are of great interest
j 0 the anttquarlan.
Nit At Lai’s afld dhfiU in public halls in
dtr'An* signs which read "No
weapons anowe.T’*ecbn Sp ietiousIv dis
and policemen search the men
ar. permittod b> Rater ti.
“ZiL-ES-SULTAN.”
,_ r
Pally I,lie ot the l*lnrt fonerlul
Prime in 1’cnia.
yhe Zil-es-Sultan is the eldest son of
! ,h£ king’s first love. His majesty saw
wjehing ' he pi ? nce ’ s molIlcr ’ a ,ovc,y of vil a 8° £ irl >
li&for clothes at the side t stream.
his birth, the Zil-es-Sulhn would
vhnh’s successor. But to be of royal
io "£ becn a necessary qualification in the
^ to the Persian throne. Still, the
monarch generally codrives to
leavc hls kingdom to his favorite
5f capable of ruling.
Tbat tbc eldest son of .he shah
by a royal princess in a weat-minded
nonentity is known to all the subjects of
the “king of kings;” and the -hah will
paobibly take the initiative in declaring
the Zil-es-Sultan his successor. The
young man himself openly sayi that he
means lo succeed his father, and the
shah does not reprove him for saying so.
The room ispuVposelv darken'd. There
sits the prince supported by cushions on
a mattress. lie is evidently out of sorts;
bis hnkiinliashi is feeling his prise. The
governor of Yczd, formerly his favorite
personal attendant, is kneadin.r one
knee* the governor of Bonnt is gentlv
rubbing the other. Two attendants are
soft! pommelling the princely feel,
whili the chief barber, an important
personage, is careful I v and seieitifically
shampooing Rezai the back of his neck. Mirza
.he prince’s confidential valet, a
man who has been governor of Fusaa
under his royal highness, is reading
*
p 0et jy
Evidently the prince is in pain. "Bub,
rub,| he cries, “yc sons of unshakable
mothers!” “Ah!’’ with a sigh <f relief,
that is good—that is very good!” The
chief barber, whose clever slianpooing
has earned this praise, smiks with
pleasure. "Mirza Reza, Mir;a Reza
R'hap!” This is shouted, and tie confi
deu tfal valet stops his montonouspoetry.
"Let our chief barber have our fir-lined
cioaji, the red one.” The ddighted
barber, who is to receive a gift worth
thirty pounds, stops to thank thcprince.
"Rifb, rascal, rub!” is the reply.
“May I be your sacrifice, it ispiy pe¬
tition, the petition of your sla\e, that
his excellency the Imam-i-Juma lesires
the.nrivilexre whispers of of the oresetitino- royal hi»
one attendants, en
tering the room bowing to the ground,
his hands placed upon his knees. "Bis
ntillah! let him come,” is the reply. Tho
priqce rises. lie is an athletic young
man of considerable muscular power, in
dined to breadth rather than height, of
middle stature, with small hards and
feet, of which he is very prone, black
curly hair, a fair complexion, a jetty
moustache, and a voice exactly like that
of the shah. Mirza Ileza hands him his
newly-fashioned hat of finest cloth. The
prince, who affects to lead the ever
changing fashions of Persia, hurriedly
buttons bis inner paletot of pale blue
moire antique, embroidered with tasteful
but rather florid designs in gold and
colors. He wears an English sliirt.
clasps the great circular buckle of dia
monds—it is four inches in diameter—
which fastens a plain black leather belt
around his waist, and then slips into a
yellow overcoat of cashmere shawl, lined
throughout and trimmed with sable fur.
Black trousers with a gold-lace stripe,
made in Loudon, complete the sufficient¬
ly grand and becoming costume worn by
the governor of the largest portion of
Persia. He is at the present moment
thirty-three years of age.
Let us follow him as he passes into
the summer room of state audience. This
ancient room is probably unique. In the
centre is a iitrge tank of running water,
three feet deep; from this tank rise stone
columns, their bases composed of nude
figures about four feet high. Each of
the figures spouts from its mouth a tiny
stream; all around the tank arc various
jets, which also add to the noise of fall
ing water. Little light comes in through
tbc colored glass windows and their
curtains. Into and over the tank pro¬
jects a stone bed or throne some three
feet over the surface of the water.
Here, when Ispahan was the capital of
Persia, was the royal audience chamber
of the shahs. Cool certainly and pic
turesque: but in a country where ague is
rife, the man who occupies a damp room
cannot be wise. The Zil-es-Sultan is no
fool;andhe „ 0 „ through thi. ex
traordinary chamber into a large, well
lighted J apartment, the walls and ceil
ing of cU arc f;W>0 ,atcly painted and
jldcd T]w iatric#t clv constructed
;. indow9 of colorcc1 glass are raised, a
i argc aBd empty courtyard is seen beyond
t j ie m.a.xu3 just iu front of tHe window is
a bug ^ raised hauz of stone, the foun
tajns jn which are spouting freely. The
Imaiu .Tj uol a, as hc enters, is invited to
a 8ea t to his rota! highness, on his
own reval carpet, which is about seven
‘
feet by thicc wide, and is spread on a
thm n)attr ^ s ovcr the luxurious felts,
threwiBcbc9 thick, that serve as frame to
'
the maguiDeent carpet.
As the prince sits at the open window
bead carpet spreader, the chief of
the polk-e. enters the courtyard with the
two robins and their guard. Address
one of them, the prince says in a
loud and angry tone: "Ah! son of a dog,
so you, too, levy taxes on my father’s
sacrifice, it isn’t my fault,’' mutters the
criminal. The prince turns to the Inor
am-i-Juma, a tall descendant of the
prophet in a black turban, and details
the crimes of the robber. The high-priest
nods: "Yes, yes; may I be your sacri¬
fice, he is indeed a merciless one!” "So
I I think, replies the prince. "Take him
„ somc
‘ J ■ *
. .
' 1 y ’ thc 0th pn8 ° er
, , . ZsZ'
*,T'■ thank our mercy • you are dismissed
farrash-hashi retires « with Ins prison
^ ™ ’. , gu W ’
, boomiD port , few . minutes
S re in a Ra¬
“ eS the bl ° W1 ^ fr0m a « UB ° f th °.
The Imam-i-Juma takes his leave.
The prince yawns, carelessly saying:
"The one dog is gone at last; bring tho
other four.” No sooner said than done.
Two fine Dutch mastiffs of tawny hue are
led into the courtyard, as well as two
small three-quarter-bred bulldugs. They
are loosed at the Prince’s order.
anfl carccr wildfy about the C0 « rty « rJ -
T1 ‘C prince feeds them with sugar, as ho
brcakfasts in solitary state - Unlike mos *
PerSlans ’ hc doCS n0t 8moke ’ Then he
P 1: ri's perhaps a game or two of chess, of
wh,ch lle is very fcmd ^ a R ood P layer *
‘ 00 ’ thou » h cti, l ,lcttc docs uot allow
hlm .*? bc beaten ’ Then hc 8aliic8 forth
t0 nde ’ and > once in the 8addlc ’ the
Zll ' 03 - Suluul is ha P py ’ IIe rides wild,y
but ™ U ’ IIc shout9 ’ he smi!cs ’ he is ia
the beat of tempers. Perhaps he dis-
1 mounts to shoot at a mark. Being a fine
shot, he is fond of displaying his prow¬
ess; hc will break bottles, he will hit
oranges, eggs, and halfpence flying; he
seldom even misses a keran, a silver coin
a little bigger than a sixpence, when
! flung into the air, and all with a bullet
from a fowling-piece.
The days of his youth arc over—the
wild youth of a favored Eastern prince.
Married to the wealthy daughter of a
former prime minister of Persia (who was
strangled by order of the present shah),
the prince was left a widower about five
years ago. Ilis son, the Jalal-u-Dowleh,
is a promising youth of fifteen, and the
nominal governor of Shiraz under his
j father. The prince has several daughters,
: tie tlUjctt aoout, o, BUU aiimc, rtt if
ttuu
| ! generally retires.
A governor of vast provinces from his
cradle, firm and sometimes, perhaps, un¬
scrupulous, a hard but just master, wily
as a governor in Persia has need to be,
unprejudiced, unfanatical, generous
with many virtues and few foibles, such
is the shah’s favorite son.— St. James
iiuztUe.
Lithography.
The art of lithography, or of printing
from stone, now so extremely common,
wa8 t j le rcsu it of an accidental discovery,
^] 0 ; s Senefelder, a poor musician, of
y[ un j c h ! Bavaria, used to engrave Ilia
own compositions. As copper plates
were too expensive, he tried etching on
stone, but it was not successful.
One morning, his mother asked him to
make out the washing bill, and in his
hurry he caUght up one of his I)0 , isheil
8toncS; and wrote out the bi „ on thftt
with the pecllliar ink he had prep8red
for his experiments. Some time after be
found that the ink had fimly Mt in tho
stone.
He then conceived the idea of causing
an acid to eat away the stone where it
was not protected by ink. One experi¬
ment led to another, and the process of
lithography was invented. The idea
was to make a drawing with a greasy
substance. On passing a roller covered
■
with peculiar ink over the stone, tho
incs drown took the ink, and the rest of
the stone was left clean.
It was in 1790, only three years after
| the first discovery of the process, that
Senefelder obtained the exclusive privi¬
lege of lithography in Bavaria, and the
yenture w#s highIy 6Uccemflll .
There is something remarkable in the
fact that if Senefelder had experimented
with any other stone, be would have
failed, for although there are other de¬
posits in the world that can be used in.
stead of the Kelheim stone, there are
none equal to it. — Youth's Cowpanion.
A Queer People Whose Women Wear Beards.
Professor Johnson in a lecture at Min
neapolis said: The Watalta are a queer
Lan. people who inhabit Talta on the Indian
The body is disposed to be
hairy, but is carefully depilated all over
even te the plucking out of eyebrows,
eyelashes, beard and mustache. The
color of the skin is generally a dull,
sooty black. Beards are the adoration of
the race,and are worn in immense quan
tity by men and womea. There are but
slight traces of religion among them,but
they are in great dread of spirits and are
believed to inhabit large forest trees,
The sun is their true conception of an
overruling Deity. Their marriages are
first arranged by purchase, the intended
husband naying the father of the girl
the three or more cows fixed as the
pric e. When these preliminaries are
settled the girl runs away and affects to
hide. She is sought out by the bride
groom and three or four of his friends
an d carried off to tbaimt of her future
VOL. XL NO. 31.
WOBOS OF WISDOM.
A t swells in prosperity ■will shrink
in adveasfty.
Of all thieves fools are the worst;
they rob you of time and temper.
The serene, silent beauty of a holy life
is the most powerful influence, in tho
world.
There is a wide distinction between
gossip and the intelligent discussion of
character.
We should never wed an opinion for
better or for worse; what we take upon
good ground we should lay down upon
better.
The age of a man resembles a book; in¬
fancy and old age ore the blank leaves,
youth the preface, and manhood the
body or most important portion of life’s
volume.
Caution in crediting, reserve in speak¬
ing, and in revealing one’s self to a very
few, are the best securities both of peace
and a good understanding with the world,
and of the inward peace of our own
minds.
There are three friendships which arc
advantageous, and three which arc in¬
jurious. Friendship with the upright,
friendship with the sincere, and friend¬
ship with tho man of much information
are advantageous. Friendship with a
man of spacious airs, friendship with the
insinuatingly soft, friendship with the
glib-tongued—these are injurious.
Cripples in Congress.
A Washington correspondent writes
that there will be at least three one leg¬
ged cx-Confederates in the next Con¬
gress, to say nothing of Wade Hampton,
who is one-legged and an ex-Confeder
ate, but did not lose his leg in the war.
The three in question are Senator Berry,
of Arkansas, Senator Butler, of South
Carolina, and Stone, of Kentucky, who
succeeds Oscar Turner.
A one-legged man seems to bo a better
runner, on the whole, thin one with two
legs. Mr. Oscar Turner on his arrival at
Washington after the beginning of the
last session of Congress, on being asked
about his successor, remarked that hc
was a one-legged man, and an ex-Con
fedcrate. “They tried everything in the
district with two legs,” said he, with a
grim smile, “and couldn’t beat me, so
— “W* •• J ^ J
*
George, they beat me.” -
There are a much larger number of
wounded and crippled ex-Confedcrates
among Congressmen than there aic
wounded and crippled cx-IJnion soldiers.
There will be a round dozen of them in
the next Congress, perhaps more.
Berry will find company in the Senate,
for besides Butler, who lost his right leg
at Brandy Station, there is Ixenna, who
entered the service a mere child—he was
but seventeen years old at the close of
the war—and was wounded in the ser¬
vice. in the House there will bc Mr.
Stone, who outran Oscar Turner; Oates,
of Alabama, who lost his right arm tn
front of Richmond in his twenty-seventh
battle, and after having been five times
previously wounded. Herbert, of Ala¬
bama, who was disabled at the battle of
the Wilderness; Davidson, of Florida,
who was so badly wounded in ’64 as to
render him unfit for further service; Cox
of North Carolina; Aiken, of South Car¬
olina, who was shot through the lungs
’n ’62, but served a year or two after bis
partial recovery; Gibson, of West Vir¬
ginia, who was obliged to retire from
service on account of his wounds; Ca¬
bell, of Virginia, who was wounded
twice, and O’Ferral of the same State,
who received no less than seven wounds
during his career in tho Confederate ser¬
vice.
Dexterity in Nut-Cracking.
"There is a new thing in nuts
just now,” said a fruiter to a reporter.
As he spoke he pointed to a large show¬
case, in which were displayed the
kernels of different varieties of nuts.
“All our nuts are shelled now, and our
sales more than doubled.”
“Why, the street pedlars have shelled
nuts, too, haven’t they?” said the re¬
porter.
“Yes, but have you noticed the way
their nuts are broken and crushed?”
Look at these and you will see the hick¬
ory nuts are in halves, and the same is
the case with onr walnuts."
On closer observation it was noticed
such was the case, hickories, walnuts,
pecans and Brazil nuts show they had
been separated from the shell by ex
pert.,
“We are giving steady and remunera¬
live employment to four families at
breaking nuts. The nuts are given to
them to break and we pay a small amount
per quart for the meats. A German
; family breaks all our walnuts, a French
man on the north side takes the pecans,
and the hickory nuts are broken by an
( ‘ American family, which is supported by
the work.”
I "It doesn’t take much experience t
break nuts?” said the reporter.
"Don’t it?’’Didyou ever try to break a
shell bark hickory nut? If you didn’t,
you can hardly have an idea how difficult
a thing it is to extract the meat without
crushing it with the shell. M by, those
people we have serve a regular appren
ticeMup at U. and it takes some time be
fore one becomes an expert at the buai-
FUN.
Is a bass drum a dead beat!
A court of inquiry—Is the old man in!
El Malidi is not much of a profit to the
English. — Siftings.
Can the tailor’s nag be properly called
a clothes horse ?—Boston Bulletin.
A roller skate may gather no moss, but
it barks a good many skins .—Now York
Journal.
“Arc animals mathematical?” asks an
exchange, Certa nly. There is tho
„
adder snake.—' Graphic,
We propose that the phrase “money,
no object” be amended to road “money
no objection.”— Derrick.
“You can’t make the wife, who has
asked her husband for some money with¬
out receiving a response, believe that
silence is golden .—Boston Post.
If your neighbor’s dog injures one o!
your chickens you can collect damages.
If he injures one of your children you
cannot. Moral: Raise chickens.— Bos
ton Post.
An exchange says: "Round waists are
still in fashion.” We should hope so.
What would become of us if it gets to
three-cornered or pentagonal waists?—
Boston Post.
The expression “Thank my stars!” is
rarely heard from the mouth of a theat¬
rical manager. We do not pretend to
know why ; we simply state the fact.—«
Boston Transcript.
“A San Francisco society young man
is making a collection of ladies’ gloves.”
tip to the hour of going to press the
ladies have given him more "mittens’'
than gloves .—Norndowu Herald.
An agricultural journal says "Spring is
the best time in the year to move bees.'
It may be; but if a bee settles on youi
neck, or any other portion of your anato¬
my in the fall, don’t wait until tho
spring to move it .—Norristown Herald.
"It is criminal to kiss,”
Said the beautiful miss.
And tJio youth, with effrontery sublime.
Kissed the maid and said, “There!
If I’m hanged I declare
It will be for a capital crime.”
—Boston Courier.
There is said to have been discovered
a kind ol tobacco which if smoked or
chewed, will make a man forget that he
owes a dollar in the world, We can’t
see the utility of this. The crying need
of the hour is a kind of tobacco that
will make men remember when they owe
a <>u.«. OLOl • -
Farragut’s Flag-Ship on Fire
From an account by Commander Al
burt Kautz, in the Century war papers,
we quote the following: “No sooner
had Farrugut given the order 'llard-a
port, ’ than the current gave the ship a
broad sheer, and her bows went hard up
on a mud bank. As the fire-raft came
against the port side of the ship, it be¬
came enveloped in flames. We were so
near to the shore that from the bow¬
sprit we could reach the tops of the
bushes, and such a short distance above
Fort Sjt. Philip that we could distinctly
hear the gunners in the casements give
their orders; and as they saw Farragut’s
flag at the mizzen, by the bright light,
they fired with frightful rapidity. For¬
tunately they did not make sufficient al¬
lowance for onr close proximity, and the
iron hail passed over our bulwarks,dojng
but little damage. On the deck of the
ship it was bright as noonday, but out
over the majestic river, where the smoke
of many guns was intensified by that of
the pine knots of the fire-rafts, it was
dark as the blackest midnight. For
a moment it looked as though the
flag-ship was indeed doomed, but the
firemen were called away, and with the
energy of despair rushed aft to the quar¬
ter-deck. The flames, like so many
forked tongues of hissing serpents, were
piercing the air in a frightful manner,
that struck terror to all hearts. As I
crossed from the starboard to the poTt
side of the deck, I passed close to Far
ragut, who, as he looked forward and
took in the situation, clasped his hands
high in air, and exclaimed, ‘My God, is
it to end in this way!’ Fortunately, it
was not to end as it at that iustant
seemed, for just then Master’s Mate Al¬
len. with the hose in his hand, jumped
into the mizzen-rigging, and the sheet
of flame succumbed to a sheet of water.
It was but the dry paint on the ship’s
side that made the threatening flame,
and it went down before the fierce attack
of the firemen as rapidly as it had sprung
up. As the flames died away the en¬
gines were backed ‘hard,’ and,as if prov
dentially, the ram Manassas struck the
ship a blow under the counter, which
shoved her stern in against the bank,
causing her bow to slip off. The ship
was airain free; and a loud, spontaneous
cheer rent the air, as the crew rushed to
their guns with renewed energy.”
The One-Cent Piece.
The common one-oeRt piece is com¬
posed of 95 per cent, copper and five per
cent, tin and zinc. There is no nickel in
it. Its real intrinsic value is about one
tenth of a cent. The old penny used to
be made of pure copper, and was worth
one-third of a cent. Few counterfeits
have been made on the one-cent piece.
It would not pay. Too many would
have to be made and distributed to pro
ditce any money for the sharpers, The
old peuny was once counterfeited, the
fraud being made at Birmingham, Eng¬
land. It didn’t pay and the counter¬
feiters gave it up fora bad job.