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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 ------ »-- 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,