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< I rt I ill ft . .■!; 3 I J. W. ANDERSON, Editor and Proprietor 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.