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The Covington Star.
J. W. ANDERSON, Editor and Proprietor.
The Heart Will Have Its Way,
■poor Reason tries her best to rule,
I And keep an honest grip;
|Yet I men will sometimes play the fool,
And give their wits the slip.
■et I Judgment caution or condemn,
And Conscience still cry “Nay,”
fcweet Fancy sings her song to them,
And gives the heart its way—
Its own delightful way—
Hn spite of all that Thought can do;
Iln spite of Judgment, tried and true;
[And all Experience ever knew—
The heart will have its way.
[So | Nature wills it—old and young,
The wisest and the best,
[Have caught the strain from Passions tongue,
| I’Tis And felt her sweet unrest.
well to be of human kind—
l: To own dear Nature's sway;
[For, midst the dim, cold realms of mind,
The heart would lose its way—
Its own delightful way—
[in spite of Wisdom's happiest rules;
Fin spite of sages and of schools;
In spite of eocciuH we're but fools—
The heart will have its way.
See yonder child, hy Nature led,
No rule of life toguide;
bee Prudence with her thoughtful head,
And manhood in its pride—
All run in pleasure's heedless race,
And after folly stray—
At every age, in every place,
The heart will have its way—
Its own delicious way—
In spite of all the head can do;
In spite of judgment, tried and true;
In spite of sad experience, too,
The heart will have its way.
Alas! for him whose heart is dead
To every generous heat ;
No love-light on his life is shed,
No sympathy he’ll meet.
'Tis betttr far to give the price
That fools to folly pay—
Be men in everything but vice,
And give the heart its way—
Its own delightful way—
In spite of Wisdom’s golden rules;
In spite of sages and of schools,
We’re all but erring, love-sick fools—
We give the heart its wav.
H HER YANKEE,”
AN- INCIDENT OF THE WAR.
There is a long lapse of years between
that time and this, but the incident has
I lost none of its pathos beauty, because 1
or
of that. i
• I can see her now us she trips along to (
i school, a sweet little girl of 7 years, her j
sunny curls blown back from a fair
forehead, her bright blue eyes glad in |
the innocent happiness of childhood.
It was in 18(14 that there were a few
prisoners of war ci . ,
incarceration and kept here several j
months, well guarded. Little Sallie j
passed the prison every morning on her !
way to school, and, with childish curi
osity, though not evincing anv fear, she
would look at the gloomy place of con
finement giving a glance of commingled !
pitv and awe at the prisoners, peering
hopelesslv from the small windows 0 f ;
the forbidding house. The men, weary
[ of the monotony of captivity, were glad
j to see the little sunbeam as it flitted I ,
by, morning and evening, though it left
them in shadow. :
There was one, however, pale and sick, I
whom the child gazed at in mute sym¬
pathy, and he in return would smile at
her until once he called her, saying:
“Come and bid me good morning, and
tell me your name.”
Attracted by his gentle manner and
refined appearance, she approached and
said: U My name is Sallie, and what is
your name?”
i . Charlie.” lie answered; iii then he said, -i
'
“Mv dear little girl, if , have
v you any- *
thing 41 . , bucket , please , .
in your give me
something ® to eat, for I am sick and can
not , eat prison fare. „ 1
iT ‘T will .... it . all tl to , but , I don’t , ,,
give v you,
, know . how to get it up there. ,,
way
i < Ask the guards to let you pass.
With childish confidence she went to
the , nearest guard, . . but was courteously .
refused, and going back, told the j
Yankee. He then bade her ask ;
guards Returning to pass to the the bucket sentinel, to him. she said j
so ;
earnestly, “Please carry this to tbat 1
poor man, who » so sick, that the Con
federate soldier could not resist the
pleading eyes and manner, or the com
passionate feelings of his own
and taking the lunch passed it as re
quested. So it continued for a week,
until the child was seen coming with
two buckets, one for herself, the ° thcr
for “her Yankee.”
She was afraid to reveal her secret at
home, fearing she might be denied the
privilege of feeding her Yankee, and
when her mother asked her why she
carried two buckets and why she chose
the daintiest and best of all on the ta¬
ble, she replied: “Oh, mamma, it is for
a poor person not able to buy nice
things to eat.’ The evasion was par¬
donable under the circumstances. Often
did she deprive herself of delicacies to
put into the “other” bucket; and so it
went on for four months, the guards al¬
lowing her to pass freely, and her mother
encouraging her in her charitable deed,
but never dreaming who was the recipi¬
ent.
At last Sallie passed one evening and
the prison was empty. Her Yankee and
ins companions had been exchanged and
had .-one to join their respective com
mauds. SalKe quietly stopped taking
his lunches and her mother supposed she
had simply become tired of it.
Four months passed in comparative
peace, when the dread cry was
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL U, 1880 .
< < The Yankees are coming!” Everybody
tried to be calm and collected, but very
few succeeded. Soon the town was
“blue,” and Sf"ie’s mother had her
front yard and porch full of the blue
coated strangers and among them two
Lieutenants and one Captain. The lady
had shut all her little children into the
bedroom with the injunction, “Be per¬
fectly quiet.”
The Captain announced that he would
like to have dinner for himself and men.
Pale and solemn, not afraid, but feeling
that the intruders were her enemies, she
left them, and going to her room to see
after the children found them “mute as
mice,” with the exception of Sallie, who
would run to the window and turn the
blinds. Her mother begged and scolded
in an awful whisper—“Don’t do that,
Sallie!” * . Just a little bit, mamma. I
wmy lot them see me,” and suiting the
action to the word, she turned the blind
very carefully and caught a glimpse of a
face that she and she alone of all the
family, had ever seen before.
“Oh! mamma, there’s my Yankee!”
she exclaimed, forgetting all precautions
and instructions. “Let me go and see
him; I’m not a bit afraid!” The poor
mother, already in a state of bewilder¬
ment, thought that her bright and beau¬
tiful child had suddenly become bereft
of her senses, and cried out, “Hush,
Sallie! You have no Yankee, and they'll
kill you if you go out there!” Being
compelled to superintend the dinner, she
locked the door to keep the child safe
and returned to the kitchen.
When dinner was ready Mrs.
went through the room into the hall
where the soldiers were assembled. Sallie
slipped her golden head out and stood
partly in the door, while the men, slowly
and silently, marched to the dining-room.
When the seventh man passed he glanced
at the child, and in a moment of glad
recognition, caught her up in liis arms
and kissed her again and again.
“Mamma, I told you this was my
Yankee!”
Mrs. stood in a state of amaze¬
ment bordering on stupefaction, and the
men were as much astonished. “This is
mv sweet little Sallie!” the Yankee ox
claimed, and the child wound her arms
arourld his nek whispering, "Charlie, I
have that Yankee dollar you gave me
■ v< r ' "Madam, said the soldier, “I
must explain this scene, as you seem to
hr in total ignorance of my acquaintance
,.uw Ilitlv • Iw — Tttft nr i nave
"ever had the honor of , seeing you , before ,.
t( >; da J- 1 am nf > striln « er ’ ils - vou s eo > t0
this dear child. She saved mv life . by
f< ' ( ' d >ng me daily for months when I was
and feeble for want of proper nour
iahment while a prisoner Mth» town.”
With tears tilling his eyes he continued,
“Ah 1 you would not be surprised at my
loving her if you only knew, could com
prehend, the dreariness of prison life and
how this little angel brightened it by her
v ' sbs and b, ‘ r charity. Do not bave any
fears, madam. I would protect your
interests and this child with my life.”
1 d " n< >‘ kn,)W how lon S the Roldier8
remained in G., but they left to join in
other battles and Charlie was killed in
one some time after.
Sallie is married, has a lovely home,
two beautiful and interesting children
and is a kind neighbor and friend.—•
Jfete Orleans Picayune.
Two Wall Street Pictures.
A 4 speculator , , . four - , has paid .
1 in years
*
one firm in Wall street A . the . sum of e $2o0,
000 New York ,
in commissions, says a
^ ^ He was a wealthy man when he
went into the . street with . , a laudable . 3 , v , but .
unwarrantable , , desire , to increase , his . ]>at- .
nmonv . by . speculating . . in stocks. Now,
‘
soheHVV h avc been his losses that he
would be Sltisl u-d if he possessed the
sum he has paid out in commissions. _
^ it . g hf ^ cheerfuUy aPCept a clcrk _
„ ^ who wish to ava il
.hemsdves of his numerous acquaintances
to thrfj . custom If hc had been
rf)ntpntpd with a handsome sufficiency
for thr dav , amountin g really to a super
h( . would noy - lw in affluence
^ of jn fhe iti<m of comparative
destitution other'hand hr is
0 n the ’ a young clerk *
^ ^ comme nced to s| >cculate in
^ wjth $ „ 00 thf , s . )V ; nf , s of a
vear , g abPtitlenc e from smoking, and now
j s worth ; n real estate over $1,000,000
and several more insecurities. In Wall
gpeculation more than in anything
^ whf)t is e for , )11P nlan m in
^
for anot her
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Providence and tjnalls.
“They were discussing in the Illinois
legislature,’ said a gentleman from
Springfield, “a bill to prevent the distinc¬
tion of quail for three years, Speeches
of various sorts were made. One farmer
advanced the suggestion that there were
too many quail. If they should be pre
served for three years they would eat up
al! the crops. Then up rose an honest
Granger, who had not opened his mouth
before, with this valuable contribution to
natural history, delivered in a drawling,
-»jueaking voice; ‘Mr. Cheerman, I ve
j lived in Illinoy, man and which hoy, time for forty I
| years. Enduring all of ve
follered agricultoond pursoots except in
for seven years, w then I was a-nmnin’ of
a saw- mill, and I have obsarved this
about quail: Whenever there is too many
quail the good Lord He freezes them out.
That settled it ."—Philadelphia Record,
HUNTING LEOPARDS.
How the Savage Animals are
Utilized in India.
The Ferocious Cheetah Trained by Natives
to Eun Down and Capture Antelopes.
It was here that I witnessed the only
instance I ever saw of the black buck be¬
ing run into and killed by the cheetah,
or hunting leopard. Many consider this
a low kind of sport, but I think it is
quite equal to partridge shooting, besides
being a beautiful sight. I shall therefore
describe as well as I can what I saw. On
arriving, with my friends, at the place of
meeting in the jungle, we found a few
rough-and-ready-looking natives in charge
of three carts, or rather small two-wheeled
platforms, drawn by two bullocks. On
each vehicle sat, in an erect attitude, a
beautiful leopard, strongly chained and
with a hood over his eyes, similar to
those used for hawks. We were soon
under way and driving toward the herd of
antelopes which could be seen grazing in
the distance and which had been marked
down beforehand. There was no difficul¬
ty in getting the carts to within 120
yards of the deer. Then one of the chee¬
tahs, a fine male was unhooded and set
free. Its departure from the gharry and
its decision in choosing the most covered
line on the open plain for rushing on its
prey were so instantaneous and rapid as
to be quite marvellous. It seemed to
vanish from the cart and appear simul¬
taneously halfway toward the fine black
buck it had sighted out for attack.
When at about thirty yards from the un¬
suspicious troop, they suddenly became
aware of the deadly peril they were in.
One and all sprang into the air with gal¬
vanic bounds, and no doubt expected to
escape easily by flight. But the hunting
cheetah is, I suppose, for a hundred
yards, by far the fleetest of all wingless
things; and this one was soon in the
midst of the affrighted throng, which
scattered wildly and panic-stricken in all
directions, as their leader—a fine black
buck.—was struck down in their midst.
Their he lay, alone, in his death agony, in
the deadly clutch of his beautiful and re¬
lentless foe. We all ran as hard as we
could, and wore soon surrounding the
st range group.
Neither animal moved, for the buck
was paralyzed by fear—his starting eye
— »---
dence of life. The cheetah, on the other
hand, with his body spread out over the
prostrate form of his victim, seemed to
strain every nerve in pressing his prey
against the earth as, with his long sharp
fangs buried in its delicate throat, he con¬
tinued the process of strangulation. He
was very motionless, but his eyes were
fixed upon us with a glare of extraordina¬
ry ferocity that became intensified as his
keepers rushed forward and seized the
deer by the hind leg. The brute now
growled fiercely, and, tightening his
clutch, looked so extremely dangerous
that I was far from envying those who
were in such close proximity to him. But
they knew their trade. With a long
sharp knife they cut the deer’s throat and
caused the warm blood to spout in tor¬
rents into the face of the half-wild beast,
whose whole frame now seemed to thrill
with ccstacy. One of the operators, in
the meanwhile, caught a quantity of the
enmson life stream in a wooden bowl, and
forced the steaming fluid under the very
nose of the excited leopard, who quitting
his hold, at once began to lap with avid¬
ity. While engaged in this process the
leather hood was swiftly clapped over his
eyes, and the collar with two chains at
tached, was adjusted round his neck.
While this was going on a third man had
cut off one of the bucks hinds legs, and
this the t • lion’s share,” was held close to
the bloody chalace, which was no sooner
emptied than the brute seized the meat
thus provided with a vice like grip,
Each chain was now grasped by a differ
ent man, who by keeping apart so that
the tether remained taught, kept the
leopard between them in such a way that
neither was within reach of his claws or
teeth. Then the third individual, who
had ever retained his hold of the shank
bone of the leg of vinison, gently drew
the cheetah to the little cart that had
now been brought close up. As soon as
the beast felt himself against the edge of
his own familiar chariot he sprang light
ly upon it and proceeded to demolish his
succulent morceau at his ease. I now in¬
spected the carcass of the deer, with a
view to ascertaining, if possible, how the
cheetah had been able so instantaneosly
) ^ down suc h a powerful animal
immediately on getting up with it. I at
once observed a single long deep gash in
1 the flank, which was evidently caused by
the decisive blow. But I could not im
agine with what weapon the leopard had
bppn ab j e ( 0 inflict this very strange
looking wound, for the cheetah has a
)j kp „ do g, and his claws are not re
tractile. Turning then to the beast, as it
^ OD tbp Par f, j inspected it closely, and
Jaw t iat t he dew-claw, which in the dog
tpppars guch a useless appendage, is rep
in this brute by a terrible look
)ng talon exactly suited to the infliction
such a gash .—Our Indian Stations,
_
The perfection and magnitude of adul¬
teration of coffee has stimulated man
. ,
nnrnose.
j
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
Walk as if yon were conscious that
your body has a soul in it.
If a life will bear examination in every
hour of it, it is pure indeed.
If any one says ill of you, let your life
be so that none will believe him.
He who strives . after a long and pleas
ant form of life must seek to attain con
tinned equanimity.
<< We never see a tear in the eye,” says
a celebrated writer, “but we are re
minded of a warm heart.
Whatever else we neglect, let us keep
up the habit of communion with God.
Prayer is the key of the position.
Tf If a — man empties .. his , . purse into . . , his .
head, no man can take it away from him.
An investment i.i knowledge always pays
the best interest.
Let every man take care how he speaks
and writes of honest, people, and not set
down at a venture the first thing that
comes uppermost.
The man who is suspicious lives in a
constant state of unhappiness. It would be
better for his peace of mind to be too
trustful than to be too guarded.
If thy friends be of better quality than
than thyself, thou mayest be sure of two
things: the first that they will be more
careful to keep thy counsel, because they
have much more to lose than thou hast;
the second, they will esteem thee for thy
self, and not for that, thou dost possess.
A Target man's Ing nions Game.
Not many miles from Chicago lives a
targetman who, for nearly four years, has
played a little game admirable for its
boldness and ingenuitv. The'duties of a
targetman, every lookout one should know, eroding are to
keep constant at the of
two railroads and to swing thered danger
signal over one track at the approach of a
train on the other. For ten years one
man has held the position of day target
man, and he is still there. Four years
ago the night man was killed, and the
day man, acting under instructions, re
ported the name of a man competent to
take deceased’s place. This man was ac
cordingly placed on the pay-roll and re
ceived his salary regularly from the pay
car. The junction at which these men
were employed is merely a crossing out
on the prairie. There is no house there
beside the targetman’, shanty, and, a few
weeks ago it was accidentally discovered
that for four vears one man has drawn
two men’s nav and that the man who
was hired four imagination years ago never existed, wh^
save in the of the man
pretended to hire him. But the target
man who drew two men’s pay \ did two
men’s . work. , _ For four , years he has lived -
in that little shanty, night and day. Not
ten hours in all that time has he been
farther from the crossing than the little
frame house where he ate his meals.
Twenty-four hours a day and 365 days a
year he has been on the lookout for ap
proaching locomotive headlights and
smokestacks. Of course he could not
have performed such service as this with
out assistance, but all the assistance he
hadwas that of an automatic signal rig
ged up by himself during a few of his
many leisure hours. Stretching an old
piece of telegraph wire half a mile up the
track in each direction, he drew it taut
and affixed a connecting trigger to the
surface of the rail, so that the wheels of
every approaching engine would pull the
wire and drop an old hat into his face as
he slept in his shanty. By this means he
was enabled to secure plenty of sleep be
tween trains, and at the same time be
sure of being awake and on duty when
ever needed. Every pay day he present
ed at the car not only his own order, but
that of the imaginary night targetman,
properly indorsed, and thus received th *>
pay for two men’s work. This story is
told upon the authority of an official of
the interested • company, who adds that
the question now is whether the man
shall be compelled to give up one of his
salaries or be permitted to continue his
little scheme. It is admitted that his du
ties have always been faithfully per¬
formed.— Chicago Her aid.
Lying Too Far Apart.
In a hunter’s camp different men be¬
gan to unfold their yarns. Among oth¬
ers a Kentuckian said he once shot a
buck in such a way that the bullet, hit¬
ting the right ear, passed through the
heel of the right hind foot. Jeering and
laughter greeted this monstrous story.
“Brown,” called the Kentuckian to
his companion, “tell these fellows if
what I say is not as true as gospel 1”
“Why, yes,” replied the other, “I saw
it myself. You see, gentlemen, when he
pulled the trigger of his rifle, the buck
was just scratching his head with his
hoof. Then hc whispered to his friend,
“That was a narrow escape, Another
time don’t lie so far apart. "7
Like a Growing Crop.
That was a profound philosopher who
compared advertising to a growing crop.
He said: “The farmer plants his seed, and
while he is sleeping the corn is growing.
So with advertising. While you are
sleeping or eating, your advertisement i 8
being read by thousands of persons who
never saw you or heard of you or heard
of your business, and never would bad it
not been for your advertising.”
STAGING IN THE HILLS
Taking a Trip by Stage to the
City of Dead wood.
A Journey in the "Wild West” that is In¬
vested with Many Novelties.
The name of Deadwood, a city that is
still in the “wild West” in spite of the
rapid improvements thirty years have
seen west of the Mississippi, is familiar
to many people who know nothing what
ever of it except that it lies somewhere
out in the mining region.
d raveling from the East, it can be
reached within one hundred miles by rail;
the remainder of the distance must be
taken by stage. The railroad ends at
[ Buffalo Gap. Six horses, carrying a stage
coach with three seats in it, await the
Deadwood traveler. If there are more
than six passengers and any of them are
| inclined to obesity, there is apt to be a
j i ack 0 f comfort
If it is during the spring or autumn
rains, there is much jolting and careful
i driving, and perhaps some seasickness
among the passengers,
i In the bitter winter weather,
warm
wraps, furs and heated soapstones are
necessary. Perhaps the ride is most de
j hghtful in the autumn, when there is gol
den morn, and lazy winds and a cloud of
purple haze in the west.
The one hundred miles are traveled in
thirty-six hours or thereabout. Every
ten miles the horses are changed, and
every twenty the drivers change.
The stations are simply large barns
where the horses are kept. These are as
well trained, and enter into their task
with as much spirit and seeming delight
“ thc of the fire department in
They grow to be familiar with
every stc P of the j° ur ney and know their
driver as children know a parent. The
coach stops for meals at regular stations,
three tlmes a da T- Q uite an edited in
^rest is visible . at all the towns passed
[ hr °ugh. The coming of the stage, with
Sloping horses, its air of mystery
f nd restlessness and the charm of know
^ has come from the outside world,
wb * cb ’ like Rasselas in his valley, every
one envie8 to be in occasionally, is quite
an evcat ’ n tbe bves °f the village people,
lnhablta °ts ^ commentaries, of inner Gaul speaks gathering of the
a ™' lnd tbe merchants when they came to
j 8ggerate W^&’we^^n^pBaiBex- and sometimes to invent stories
of the outslde w °rld, which temptation
they 0 ^ yielded to, and were eagerly
“ by tbe «*«*■ *> *• *tage
coach dnver afb?r answerin ? man y ff ues -
tions t 08U,t h,r f f;lf ami d the admiring
g aze of f the populace, with a flourish of
his whip, a word to his horses, is gone,
Gone for a wild ride over dangerous roads,
now winding along a mountain path,
now between rocks, now along a river
bank, and again out into the level.mesa
like stretch, that seems to reach in infinite j
distances on every hand. The drivers i
g nd their work to possess a strange fas
cination. No stage driver ever feels con
tent to go back to the tame life of a town
dwelle r. Each one of them has his repu
tation and is known bv his peculiar char
ac teristics all along the route. In the
j , ower part ()f the s t a ge, under the seats,
is a place for baggage, much like the
hold in a ship. The trip is worth taking,
especially in spring or autumn, when the
driver is glad to give a share of his seat
for at i east a rew hours each day or night.
Deadwood is a very pretty town hem
; mcd in by mountains. It is in the ex
treme western part 0 f Dakota, not far
f rom j te boundary line. It is only 250
miles from the Yellowstone Park, a'nd ia
surrounded by mountains upon every
hand Some va i uab i e go i d and gi lver
mines arc i oratf , d near the town.— Do.
, pnrit Free Pres*.
......—•—?... ■■••
How We Spoil Our Longs.
House air is almost always filled with
&>ore or less dust. During the winter,
when the ventilation is imperfect, this is
especially the case. The stove is a most
common cause, as its heat dries up every
bit of dirt in the room, and it is wafted
about by currents of air, and stirred up
by the skirts of women. Women proba
bly do not know how much dust their
skirts send into the air whenever they
sweep over the carpet. It is invisible to
the eye, except when the light of the sun
shines on it. All this is breathed, and
helps to spoil our lungs. Is there any
help for it? At least one; and that is
ventilation. Frequent and thorough ven
tilation, especially when the rooms are
swept and dusted, while it does not rem
edy the evil, makes it less.
j A Mau of Serve.
o Know Jigbee? Of course I do; an?
what’s more, I know him to be a man o\
nerve.
“Nonsense 1 He’s as timid as a mouse.
A man of nerve 1 Ha-hal What in the
world put such a notion as that into
your head?”
Well, sir, I heard him contradict his
own wife the other day, and in public,
too, at that.”— Chicago Ledger.
The largest dog in the country is said
to be a St. Bernard, owned at Gien Cove*
L. I. He measures seven feet eleven
inches from the end of his nose to the tip
of his tail, stands twenty-five inches
high and weighs %SU pounds.
VOL. XII, NO,
CHILDREN’S COLUMN;
TnrtU-Ta let dr.
A South American traveller has wit
nessed extraordinary scenes among the
j Couibo Indians. The idea of being run
j over by a turtle is strikingly novel to ns
! who are accustomed to regard the hard
shelled reptiles as slow-going. He says:
.< In the night the turtlpg come out of the
! river in large numbers to lay their eggs.
Th( , Conibos, squatting or kneeling un
der their leafy sheds, and < keeping pro
foun(1 gilencei await the raoment for ac
tion. The turtles, who separate them¬
selves into detachments on leaving the
water, dig rapidly with their fore feet a
trench often 200 yards long, and always
four feet broad by two deep. They ap
I ply themselves to their work with such
zeal that the sand flies about them and
' envelops them as in a fog. As soon as
they are satisfied that, their trench is
large enough, they deposit in it their
soft-shelled eggs to the number of from
forty to seventy, and with their hind
1 feet quickly fill up the trench. In this
contest of paddling feet more than one
. turtle, tumbled over by their compan
| ions, rolls into the trench and is buried
alivc . Half an hour is enough for ^
accomplishment of this task. The tur
tles then make a disordcr]y rush for the
j j river . Now the moment has arrived for
wh i c h the Conibos have anxiously
waited. At a given signal the whole
, band s „ dde nly rise from their lurking
places and dagh off in pursuit of the am .
ph ibia, not to cut off their retreat—foi
! they would themselves be trampled un¬
der foot by the resistless squadrons—but
to rush upon their flanks, seize them by
their tails and throw them over on their
baC ^ Be fore the ., turtles have d, sap
th °™ n * P“ often remain
anda of the assallants '
An Elephant’* Koll.
To see an elephant roll down a preci¬
pice head-over-heels must be a rare and
exciting scene,—and amusing, too, when
nobody, not even the principal actor id
the drama, sustains any injury. The j
officer in charge of the Government ele
phant-catching establishment in India re
lates the following incident: The officer
and a large body of native servants were
j taking a herd of elephants through the
country, when they came to the foot of a
steep ascent, m which was a pass where
they could only go in single file, and
“I saw,” says the officer, “that we
should be kept for hours if this were the
only way up, but I felt assured that the
opposite side of the spur, round which !
the nullah wound, must be at least as
"V ** this; so leaving Sergeant Carter
and half the following to get up by the
first route, I took all the elephants and I
the rest of the men along the nullah and
round tlie spur> where wc put the ele
phant8 at the steep ascent, the unloaded
ones taking the lead and breaking down
the balnboos and long After „
tedious climb under hot sun, ’, we reached
. , « , , twelve , clock, , .
14 ' ' C ?a * ° n e ^ a o
at 1 e samc time , rgeant Carter roug 1
ast ° 18 < etaf iracnt -
The men now proceeded us along the
narr °w saddle, whdst the dephants rested
t0 ‘l° < ! and f f® d after tb ®' r cll ” lb ’ and
W<> fo,1 ? wed ln an hour ’ Tbe sadd ’ e wa *
exceedingly narrow, and obstructed with
bamboos an<1 the everlasting grass, and a
m ' s ^ la P occurred in the »orst part of the
Way ’ wbi< ; b ’ fortunately, was not ai
8cnous 38 lt m 'B ht bave been '
“One elephant, Chumpa, was leading, .
mme bem ? second at tbo time ’ when * i
lar R e Portion of earth over which sho wn
P assln S sudd, ' nl v ^ ave away > and wltb 6
-
bel,0W °\ frigh * p ?° r Chu “P» B,id dow "
j 80me yards ’ 8nd then ^ oIIed °^ er and
ov<lr five distinct times down the steep
hill, and just stopped short of a deep
ravine, at the bottom.
“It was a terrible sight to see an ele
phant, toes up, making such rolls. The
mahout saved himself by jumping off when
the earth slipped, and clinging to the
grass. I sprang from my elephant in
stantly. As Chumpa made no sound
when she got to the bottom, I feared she
must be killed. There was a great
smashing of pots and pans during he T
roll, for she earned the native doctor’s
effects, amongst which were his live-stock,
consisting of eight ducks.
‘Looking down the long lane of grass,
I waf relieved to see Chumpa getting on
to her feet; her gear was left half-way,
the girth-ropes having broken. Her
mahout, like many natives when suddenly
confronted by danger or difficulty, had
quite lost his senses, and now commenced
to l>eat his mouth, and erv that the ele
phant was dead. I gave him a box on
the ear that sent him flying down the
slippery lane after his elephant, which he
nearly reached before he stopped. I fol
] 0 wed, holding on by the grass, and we
tried to soothe the poor beast after her
f r ; g ht. She did not seem hurt, and we
?0 t her on the path again with some
trouble.
“I had often passed precipitous places j
on elephants, with my legs dangling over
vacuity. I made a mental note of this
occurence, and decided in future to turn
the other way, so as to be able to jump
on to terra Praia, not into space with an
elepeant after me, in case of a roll.”—
Youth's Companion.
The United States has three times as |
many telephones as all Europe.
Rest Awhile.
I will be still to-day and rest,
I will be still and let life drift;
I am so tired that it is best
Neither my hands nor eyes to lift
I am so tired—it is no use,
My will can not my need obey;
O Care, I ask a few hours’ truce,
I pray thee let me rest to-day.
And so, shut up in restful gloom,
1 let my hands drop listlessly;
Within ray dim and silent room
I would not more, or hear, or see.
Oblivion dropped on me her balm.
I fell on slumber deep and sweet,
And when I woke was strong and calm,
And full of rest from head to feet
So, toiler in lire’s weary ways,
Pity thyself, for thou mast tire;
Both body, mind, and heart have days
They can not answer their desire.
Birds in all seasons do not sing,
Flowers have their time to bloom and fall :
There is not any living thing
Can answer to a ceaseless call.
Sometimes, tired head, seek slumber deep,
Tired hands, no burden try to lift;
Tired heart, thy watch let others keep,
Pity thyself and let life drift.
A few hours’ rest perchance may bring
Relief from weariness and pain;
And thou from listless languors spring,
And gladly lift thy work again.
HUMOROUS.
Seriously, is the dog star a Skye ter¬
rier.
All that is left of Athens is a spot ol
Greece.
Circuit Court—Sneaking around the
house to avoid the dog.
Woman is not much of a philosopher,
but she is proverbially a clothes observer.
One swallow doesn’t make a summer;
but if it’s of the right stuff it will make
a fall.
“What is your idea of love, Mr. Sin
nick?” “Three meals a day and well
cooked.”
The only leading lady that society rec¬
ognizes is the one who conducts a pug
with a string.
<( P», why does a man break a promise
so readily?' it Because, my son, it is so
easy to make another one.”
A surgical journal tells of a man who
lived five years with a ball in his head.
We haveknown girls to live twice as long
with nothing but balls in tlieir heads.
Npver haveUown & {riend bepause he h
W;iia ^ to rich Go to him ’
h - m ^ tpU hjm tl ** of hi
...........
A clergyman who was officiating ^ at the
“ ^ thiL braved ^
his only daughter” —and then happening
to remember that there was another
dau g hter . the offspring . of a secondmar- ,
r,3ge > he addftd > hasfly—' 1 by his first
mfe '”
Mummies Found in Pern.
The ancient city of Paehacaraac was
long, , long the , Mecca of , South _ , Amer- ,
ago
The name means “He who animates
^ Universe.” It was a resort of pil
grims from far and near, and also the
burial _ place 0 f tens of thousands of an
cient dead) and from a gtu dy of many
mummies found there much light has
been given to old-time customs.
Many of these were enveloped in a
braided network or sack of r shes ot
coarge grass, bound closely about the
body by plaited cords; just beneath these
coverings were wrappers of stout, plain
cotton doth, fastened by a gav cord of
llama wool, and about and next the body
a garment 0 f finer texture; the body it
self revealed a mahogany-colored sur
face,
Th-implements of the person’s trade
WfTe inc i osed among these many wrap
pingg; also a C()pper co i n .
About women mummies were wrap
pings of finer cloth, and always a comb
gra£pe d by one hand; this seemed as if
made f r0 m the rays of tishi s’ fins, having
for handle the hard, woody part of the
dwar f pa i m _ i n the other hand lay a
cane -handied fan, its ornamentation the
f ea thers of parrots and humming-birds.
About the neck were three strings of
shells, and, as with the men, domestic
implements lay between the various cov
erings—an ancient spindle for cotton¬
spinning, half covered with spun thread,
as if death had surprised the woman busy
w ;th her daily toil,
If a mummy was discovered seated
upon a work-box containing bits of knit¬
ting-work, weaving implements, skeins
and spools of thread, needles of bone and
bronze, a comb, knife, fan—the small
domestic properties given to one opening
to fair sweet womanhood—then was it
understood that a maiden in her youth
and beauty had been laid away; that the
8 l e ep of death had come with unexpected
summons, for at hand were her cosmetic
tubes—bird bones, th^ with a wad of
cotton to close the opening, and with
some sort of a little mill for grinding and
preparing the pigments. Added to these
was a mirror—a piece of iron pyrites
shaped like half an egg, the plane side of
it highly polished.
The maiden'- hair yas braided; a thin
narrow bracelet encircled one arm; there
was also an ornamental golden butterfly;
and between the feet of the young gi*l
lay the dried body of a pet bird—often
est a parrot was thus honored.— Harper's
Bazar,