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GIFTS.
•Ok, World-God, giro mm wealth!" the
Egyptian cried,
Hie prayer was (ranted. High as heaven,
behold
Talace and pyramid; the brimming tide
Of lavish life washed all hia lead with gold.
Armies of toiled out slaves rise at hk feet,
World-circling traffic roared through mart
and street.
His priests are gods, his spice- helmed kings
enshrined,
Set death at naught in rock-ribbed char
nels deep,
Beek Pharaoh’s race to-day aid we shall find
Rust and the moth, silence and dusty sleep
“Oh, World-God, give me beauty!" cried the
Greek.
His prayer was granted. All the earth be-
Kastic and vocal to his sense: each peak,
Each grove, each stream, quick with Pro
methean flame,
Peopled the world with imaged grace and
light.
The lyre was his, and his the breathing
might
Of the immortal marble, his the play
Of diamond-pointed thought and golden
tongue.
Go seek the eunshine race, we find to-day
A broken column and a lute unstrug.
“Oh, World-God, give me power!” the Ro
man cried,
His prayer was granted. The vast world
was chainei
A captive to the chariot of his pride,
The blood of myriad provinces was drained
To feed that fierce, insatiable red heart,
Invulnerably bulwarked every part
With serried legions and with close-meshed
code.
Within, the burrowing worm had gnawed
its home.
A roofless ruin stands where once abode
The imperial race of everlasting Rome.
*Ob, God-head, give me truth!” the Hebrew
cried.
His prayer was granted. He became the
slave
Of the idea, a pilgrim far and wide,
Cursed, hated, spurned, and scourged, with
none to save.
The Pharaohs knew him, and when Greece
beheld
His wisdom wore the hoary crown of Eld.
Beauty he hath forsworn, and wealth and
power.
Seek him to-day, and find in every land
Ho fire consumes him, neither floods devour,
Immortal through the lamp within his
hand.
—Emma Lazarus.
HELD FOR RANSOM.
‘•ln 1838," sniu Thomas Thompion,
“after I had bean ill of fever for two
months at Georgetown, British Guiana,
a general trader of that port named Wil
liam Chester fitted out a small schooner
to proceed up the river Esscquibo to bar
ter for the native products of the coun
ty. A berth was offered me, and I was
only too glad to accept it.
“The craft which our owner fitted out
was an old coaster which had been
wrecked or condemned and sold at auc
tion. The schooner was provided with
two small boats, which were old and
patched. As to the cargo, I suppose it
was all right, and there was no rcaaon to
doubt that the Captain, whose name was
Larkin, and the mate, whose name was
Wardell, were sailor men and knew their
business. We numbered twelve men
aboard, there being nine of us before the
.mast. We were only started on our voy
age when we discovered the reason of
our being ao full-handed. When the
wind was not favorable we were ex
pected to tow the schooner, and, after a
day or two, this back-breaking work
was put upon us as a regular duty.
“After getting above the laat military
post we were among the natives, with
only ourselves to depend upon, and
while we discovered nothing hostile in
their demeanor, the boats were always pro
vided with mnskets, and when we came
to anchor at night a strong watch was
kept and we made ready against a sur
prise. After the first four davs we be
gan bartering for pelts, rools, gums,
woods and the like, and everything was
plain sailing. It was on the tenth day
out, at about mid-afternoon, that trouble
came. We were towing the schooner
ahead against a sluggish current,in a por
tion of the river split into several chan
nels by bars. I was ordered into the
email boat, along with James Keys and
■William Price, sailor men, to sound a
channel and pick out a berth for the
night. While the schooner was being
held by the yawl we forged ahead around
a bend in the river, and the thick iorest
shut out the craft from our vision. It
wasn’t two minutes after we lost sight
of the schooner before three canoes,
each holding five natives, dashed out at
us from the mouth of a creek. The
black fellows made no noise, but pad
died full at us. This put us in a fix, you
understand. There had been no hostil
ities as yet, and it would not do to fire
upon them, though, on the other hand,
we couldn't understand why they were
snaking lor us in that manner. We
didn’t have more than four or fire min
utes to spare. 1 was sounding, while
Keys and Price were rowing.
Price dropped his oar and raised
a musket, but we protested, and
he laid it down again. Next moment,
we were surrounded, and a dozen of the
fellows had their hands on our boat.
They were armed with bows and arrows
and old British muskets. While offering
us no violence, we could plainly under
stand from their gestures that we were
prisoners. They took the oars and
muskets from our boat, and in the course
of five minutes we found ourselves in the
stream from which they had first ap
peared.
‘•Mates, says I, aa we were being
towed ashore, ‘it’s plain enough that
we have been made prisoners and dis
armed. It doesn’t appear, however, that
they mean us any great harm, and it will
perhaps be our wisest plan not to provoke
them to violence.’
“I expected we would be landed on the
bank of the creek, but in place of that
two of the natives came into the yawl,
her painter was taken by one of the
canoes, and we went up the creek at a
amart pace. The forest was >o dense on
cither side that it was twilight in there,
•ud we ci uld hardly see each other's
faces. The creek waa ab >ut thirty feet
wide and quite deep. We were about
half a mile from the river when we heard
the report of a musket. The gun had
been fired on board the schooner for a
recall Tlkj report somewhut excited the
native*, and at the command of tlielr
eliief they pulled abeud the faster. Price
waa a tuan of hot temjr and when he
had recovered UN w>te and realized that
we were being retried off, he advhed
thst we make a fight for our liberty,
While it might be that the native* un
til Mood a few woida of I'llgTdl, it i
More likely that the tone of his voice and
bis excitement gave them the cut One
•f the fellow* in the yawl wltii it* bad a
lou-i-t, and b* ta kid a and hejd lb
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weapon within a foot of my mate's
breast That was to warn him that any
move on his part would be his own
death, and he soon subaided.
“I think we must have gone up the
nver fully eight miles before we came to
their village. It was not on the bank of
the stream, but half a mile away, and
approached by such tortuous paths
through the dense foreste that it was
plain to understand that they were a
warlike and strategic tribe, and that all
the redcoats in British Guiana could not
successfully attack the place. Each
path, as I afterward came to know, was
defended by a sort of abattis, and a
sentinel or scout was always on duty.
Our advent into the village created but
little surprise, and this mostly among
the women and children. This was
pretty good proof that the sight of a
white man was no novelty to the men.
We were held under guard on a piece of j
vacant ground within the village for a :
few minutes, while one of the natives ■
went off to see the chief; and during
this interval I said to the men:
“ ‘lt is true, mates, that we have been
made prisoners, but we must hope for
the best. It is more likely, from the
looks of everything, that we are being
held for ransom. In case we are separa
ted here and one of us has the luck to
get away, let him take the creek for his
compass to get back to the river.’
“Price growled back in an angry tone,
saying that but for me we could have
beaten them off, but Keys was silent. I
think he was considerably overcome by
our situation. After a bit the native re- i
turned, and we were separated and
marched off in different directions. I
was conducted to a small hut, which ap
peared to have been empty for some
time, and was left alone in the darkness.
There was no door to shut on me, nor
was any one left as a guard; but I had
kept my eyes open as wc entered the |
village, and knew that it would
be impossible for me to find
my way out. I found a bed
of leaves and branches, fiung myself upon
it, and after a few minutes given to
thinking over the situation I fell asleep,
and it was sun-up before I opened my
eyes. A native had already entered the
hut with my breakfast, which consisted
of a stew in which the meat might have
been monkey for all I could tell or cared.
He also brought a calabash of water,
some ground nuts of pleasant taste, and
a species of fruit resembling the Amer
ican mandrake. I was eating breakfast
when I heard a great shouting and saw
men running, but it was half an hour be
fore I learned the cause of the excitement.
A native then conducted me to the house
of the chief, where I found Keys, great
ly agitated. On the ground beside him
was a heap of clothing which I recog
nized as the garments worm Ly Price,
and as I entered the hut, Keys called to
me.
“Oh, Mr. Thompson, !?“* Pri ce has
been dope for, He was in a hut neat to
tae, and a little time ago he made a break
to get away. I think he must have
wounded some of the natives, and that
he gave them a sharp fight, for they
finished him off. I saw his dead body
as they brought me here.”
“The chief was not a bad looking fel
low. He had a droll and cunning look
about his eyes, and he watched and
listened attentively while we were speak
ing. Near him stood a native, who
proved to be an interpreter, lie had
evidently been in the employ of the Eng
lish, for he could speak fairly well. At
a sign from the chief he asked of us:
“ ‘You write?’
“Keys shook his head, while I said
yes. He then placed before me paper,
ink and pens, and after a confab with
the chief he said:
“You write Captain. One of you
dead. He buy others. Want muskets,
Eowder, hatchets, beads and cloth. He
uy you in two days. No buy you,
you no get away. Write quick. Canoe
take him down to Captain.’
“I caught the idea at once. We were
to be held for ransom. Sailor men use
the pen so little that none of them
can boast of their scholarship in that
direction, but at the end of half an hour
I had finished a letter to the captain,
telling him all the circumstances, and
entreating him not to leave us to our
fate. It was no sooner placed in an
envelope and directed to him than a
native seized it and hurried away, and
Keys and myself were taken back to our
separate huts. This was about 8 o’clock
in the morning. By noon the fellow
was back with an answer, which read:
“You must try to escape. I have no au
thority to trade off the goods. How much
do they want! Could a boatload of the men
release you I"
“The chief and his interpreter were
watching me as I rend the letter, and
they were quick to discover that I had
bad news. The interpreter could not
read writing, and they must, therefore,
take it as 1 gave it. I explained that
the Captain had only a few goods left,
and that he advised them to conduct us
to the nearest outpost down the river
and make a bargain with the authorities.
It was plain to see that they were disap
pointed, and after a confab the interpre
ter was ordered to say to me:
“You try one time again. Captain
give canoe full, we let you go. lie no
buy, we kill you. We no take you down
river.”
“I wrote another letter to the Captain,
giving the above information and ap
pealing to him not to leave us to perish.
For the wages which would be due us
upon our return to Georgetown he could
probably ransom us. lat least hoped
he would make the offer and the effort.
As subsequently appeared, he did make
the offer, and a good deal more. He of
fered four muskets and a largo quantity
of other barter for our safe return, but
the stick was that the natives wanted the
goods in advance. They were a sus
picions lot, and would not trust the Cap
tain to stand to his bargain. On the
other hand, he had no faith that they
would keep their promise to him, and
thus the messengers were returned empty
handed. Great was the rage of the peo
ple thereat. I was brought out of ray
hut and kicked and cuffed about until I
fell exhausted, and the same treatment
was served out to Keys. It was only
after they had thus maltreated us that
the Captain's letter was shown to me.
He expressed his willingness to pay a
fair ransom, but wanted me to make the
natives understand that they must act
fairly in the matter. This I tried to ex
plain to the chief and his interpreter,
but they either could not or would not
understand. I think the killing of Price
was also a knotty point in the transac
tion. They probably expected the Cap
tain would seek revenge for that, and
that if he got the opportunity he would
force them to release us without ransom.
“*T went to bed sore and supperleaa to
pass a wakeful ulght. Marly tbe next
morning I was touted out to wilto a
third letter to the Captain. While I, of
rourae, desired to save my life, 1 bad
pretty fully made up uiy mind that the
natives bad no intention of giving u* up.
I wrote the Captain to (hat effect, tell,
ing bbu to give tin in miibiag until we
■ were brought down the stream to a inrint
1 wheie w rmi lit be exchanged. The
I fact that tbe village was full of stuff for
I I •alter, and lli*t the tribe had fought
' *hy of trading with tbs schooner, was
proof to me that they were in a hostile
: mood. His firmness would result either
1 in our death or liberty, and thet proba
! bly before night.
“The momiDg was very hot and close,
and before 9 o'clock I observed that the
birds about us were in a state of alarm.
The natives soon exhibited a restless and
uneasy spirit, and, finding that little or
|no attention was paid to me, I walked
| over to where Keys was confined. As
soon as we put our heads together we
became satisfied that some terrible storm
whs brewing. The air continued to grow
more hot and stifling, and at about 10
o'clock there came an earthquake shock
which nearly threw us down. The first
was speedily followed by a second and
third, and as the huts began to tumble
and the trees to fall, everybody ran away.
Keys and myself took a path leading to
the east and ran for life, both of us
having noticed that the forest was
more open in that direction. We were
neither hindered nor pursued. It cama
on to blow a heavy gale soon after the
shocks, and daring the first hour of our
wanderings we were in constant fear of
death. After going seven or eight miles
to the east we camped upon a sparsely
wooded plain, and it was only then that
we made up our minds to attempt to
escape. We found plenty of wild fruits
and fresh water, and during the whole
day we did not meet with a na!ive. It
was long after dark before we lay down
to rest, and it was scarcely daylight be-
fore we were afoot again.
! “Not to weary you with uninteresting
details. I may sav that for seven days we
held to the east, sometimes having a
close shave from meeting natives, and
sometimes so beaten out that wc would
willingly have surrendered. Toward
evening of the seventh day, when we
had made fully 120 miles, we came upon
the river whic’i divides British from
Dutch Guiana, and, providentially, at
the camp of some Dutch military officers
who were on a hunting excursion. It
was months after this before I reached
Georgetown, while Keys never got there
at all, being carried off by jungle fever.
I hunted up Captain Larkins, who had
long ago given me up for dead, and I
was rightly treated in the matter of wages
and 'aided to secure a berth on a brig
about to sail for Liverpool, He had re
fused to give the natives any ransom in
advance, and after waiting for three days
without hearing anything fnrther from
me, had begun the homeward voyage.”-
New TorJc Sun.
Tricks of Vision.
M. Emil Sorel, in La Nature , says:
“There are days on which, in certain
weather, and despite the curvature of
the earth, the distance of visibility is
doubled or more than doubled. This
phenomenon is explained to us by a well
known law of physics. If we throw a
coin into an (mpty vessel it will be hid
den by the edge of the latter, at a certain
butif we fill the ves‘el with
Water, the coin will become visible. We
have here a case of refraction, such as is
explained in elementary works on phys
ics. Every one also knows the the theory
of the mirage aut forth by the celebrated
Mongc, who explains the phenomenon as
due to a diminution of the air’s density
in contact with the superheated earth. A
contrary theory wiil explain the mirage
atsia. While the sun is making the
aomosphere inteusely hot, the sea and
the strata of air in contact therewith
remain superlatively cold, and these strata
become superposed in the order of
their density. A luminous ray emanat
ing from the sea will pass from one
stratuum into another ot less density,
there will be a refraction, and an object
beneath the horizon will be seen above it.
This theory supposes two conditious, to
wit: a heating of the atmosphere, while
the sea and the earth remain relatively
cold and a calmness of it to permit its
strata to become superposed in the order
of their density. It is precisely when
these two conditions are fulfilled that the
phenomenon of the mirage occurs. On
such days ships rise instead of descend
ing in measure as they recede. As the
horizon is perceived by direct visibility,
a ship is finally seen above the borison as
if it were suspended in the air. It is the
famous “phantom ship,” familiar to sail
ors—a visible ship in its natural, upright
position. If atmospheric conditions were
favorable, n second ship would be seen
above the first, etc. Certain mariners
worthy of credence have assured me that
they have seen as many as seven super
posed ships.
Gold in Different Forms.
Peculiarities in the form of gold taken
from mining districts often give a name
to the locality. Chunk Canyon, Slug
Gulch and Specimen ravine are examples.
A canyon in El Dorado county is called
String Canyon. This is said to be on ac
count of the very singular form of gold
dust found in that region. Much of it
resembles pieces of wire, one and two
inches in length, and some of it as fine as
thread.
Observations of the form of their dust
often led miners to make very valuable
discoveries. All gold, as is well known,
originally came from quartz. In its nat
ural state in the quartz it is very irregu
lar in form. Every rich ravine and can
yon had a gold-bearing quartz vein,
whose wearing away by the elements had
loosened the precious metal, to be
washed down by the water among the
gravel and sand. When gold has been
washed far from its source the attrition
causes it to become tine and smooth. As
the miner npproachec the feeding quartz
vein the gold becomes coarser and more
scraggy till suddenly the pay gives out
entirely. 'lheu it is certain that a rich
quartz' ledge is in the vicinity, and in
this manner veins have been struck that
have yielded many thousands of dollars
in a few weeks.
Gold dust buying in the milling towns
was a very profitable business in the early
days of California. What vas called
black sand,composed principally of iron,
was always mingled to a greater or less
■ degree with the dust when it was
i brought to the buyer. This had to be
j b’own out, and often the finest particles
of gold were b'own out with it. Thus in
mi office where a large quantity of dust
| was bought much of the tine g >ld would
1 be rcattcred around the room. The dust
ings of a buyer's counter and sweepings
of his foor were often worth hundreds of
dollars a month. Sometimes the buyers
were suspected of cheating in a more il
legitumte manner by slyly appropriating
some of the gold while they were shaking
it around and exnmiuing it in the blow
pans.—Suit Fraiiciro Vo t.
Civilization Marching Westward.
The civilization of tbe Kaat, says the
facetious Kstelline (Dakota! JMI, Is rap
idly penetrating this country. Nowhere
is ft more noticeable than iu a certain
Dakota town near the Montana line, in
which the leading hotel has the follow
lag posted conspicuously on the head of
the bedstead ill Mi ll room
; (law's Am- lto>iua*t<4 to I
! KKMoVtC THtCiH MFUitti '
| A LITTLE SEASIDE BELLE
AVfjrrAirr h*ihess with a no
MAN TIC HISTOBY.
*
I Worth $1,000,000. ana a Great
Traveler—A Strong Fancy tot
I>oll—Her Wardrobe.
A recent issue of the Philadelphia
I Times mys: There is now staying
i at the Beach House, Sea Girt, N. J., with
her mother, Mrs. Sharpsteen, formerly
j of Philadelphia, the daughter of Mr.
Abbott, a retired merchant, a lit
tle girl, five years old, who has
crossed the ocean seven times, seen
every European and American watering-
Elace of note, and is worth $1,000,000 u
er own right. What is more, she is a
beauty, is brim full of brightness and in
telligence, and should she grow up to
womanhood must make a noise in the
great world of fashion and society,
where beauty and wealth, when com
bined in a woman, exercise such tre
mendous sway. May Sharpsteen, the
little baby in question, possesses-outsids
of these peculiarities a personal history
that is equally interesting. Her
father was the Paris part
ner of Arnold Constable & Cos.,
the great New York dry goods concern,
and when he died there a few years ago
he left to this, his only child, his entire
fortune. Her mother, who has a fortune
of her own, regads the child as the
greater treasure and lives but for the
one object of bringing up the little girl
so that she may be able to adorn society
and enjoy to the greatest extent the
unusual opportunities that will be at her
disposal. Having been born in Paris, and
her father's death occurring soon after,
Mrs. Sharpsteen brought the little girl
with her across the ocean to Philadel
phia, but after traveling with her here
she has three times, within as many
years, returned to Europe and visited
the German and French spas, the Span
ish, Italian and other resorts and the
mountains of Switzerland, each time
taking the child with her. She is a fine
little traveler and loves the changes, but
at times has shown a delicacy of health
that, very responsive to climate
influences, leads the mother to change
her quarters as soon as I e. - daughter be
trays any indisposition. Accordingly, in
this country she has frequently gone
North in the summer and South Hi the
winter, so that it may be said there is
probably not a mature person of extended
social experience anywhere who has seen
bo many of the gay watering places of
the world as this little maiden of five
summers. Mrs. Sharpsteen has found
that Sea Girt, with its combination of
sea air and dry pine woods, agrees with
the modern little Miss Ariel better than
anywhere she has been, so that last sea
son she was there some time before going
to Europe and she will spend most of
this season there.
Little May is a semi-brunette, with
brown hair and eyes, a remarkably fine
complexion and an exceptionally beauti
tiful mouth, shaped like a Cupid’s bow
—that species of mouth which has the
lips parted when in repose and showing
pearly teeth within. She is what is called
“old-fashioned,” having seen and heard
so much traveling that her expressions
and the action of her mind are at times
startling, but she is, nevertheless, thor
oughly a child and loves and seeks child
companions. She has a wonderful Eng
lish nurse, who was present at her birth
and whose life Seems wrapped up and
blended in the child’s. Lnder the cir
cumstance! and with all the means
awaiting her it is natural that this little
American princess should have an unus
ual wardrode, but more than once Cus
tom-house officers have been astounded
at the number and character of the
trunks carried by the party, and the last
time Mrs. Sharpsteen arrived in New
York from Europe with eighteen trunks
she found herself, to her great astonish
ment, suspected of being afamous female
smuggler for whom the ofiioers were on
the lookout. To begin with, Miss May
had a passion for dolls, and she picked
them up in every foreign countiy where
she has been and not dolls only,but doll’s
wardrobes and every conceivable thing
that can be thought of for doll house
keeping. She has German dolls, and
French dolls, and Flemish dolls, and
Swiss dolls and Japanese dolls, blondes,
brunettes, brides, peasants of all sorts,
complexions and sizes. Then she has
everything in diminutive that fair femin
inity clothes itself with the world over—
traveling suites, bridal trosseaus, seaside
eoatumes, full evening dress and chig
nons, boots and gloves almost beyond
number. She makes it a point to have
gloves for every doll in her collection and
there ia a glove-maker in Paris who
makes them for her especially.
This fancy extends to herself and is tha
one poiut about which she is particular.
Never, except when eating or sleeping,
is she seen without gloves. She his gloves
to play in, gloves to drive in and gloves
for all occasions, almost ail of them of
kid and of shades to snit her dresses.
Everything that a little girl five years old
worth a million of dollars all her own can
have this little girl has. She has a watch,
many rings, some heautiful clasps and
brooches and bracelets and even dia
monds. Her dolls’ wardrobe alone repre
sent a large expenditure, while her own
clothing is as a rule the finest that can be
procured. She has now with her over a
hundred dresses. Her hats are particu
larly cute and different from the common
and are mostly French. Yet anyone sit
ting on the Beach House sea decks and
land piazzas might see this wonderful
little maiden playing in the sand or run
ning with the dogs to the woods and
notice nothing more in her than any of
the children around her. She is fond of
play and is never so happy as when en
gaged in some sport with children of her
own age. Master George C. Boldt, Jr.,
the five-year-old son of the well-known
proprietor of the place, has a fine team
of llockv Mountain goats. The ether
day he got a cute little wagon and was
presented with a S4O suit of harness and
celebrated the event by taking Miss May
out for a drive and the two five-year
older* drvinz along the beach behind
the nimble and well-trained goats were
well worth a sketch.
Elect rival Cremation.
An electrical crematory is said to have
beon devised by a pro -ess described aw
follow a: The body, being shrouded in
sheet* made of asbestoa. is laid upon i
frame composed of fire biick, while at
the head and foot are large copper plates,
to which the leads from specially con
structed dynamos of large clectro-motiva
force are attached. Tbe body apparently
occupies the podtion of the filament ie
an incandescent lamp, and upon the cur
rent being pas ed through it. would bn
instantly carbonized; while, as tbe air
would have free access to it, th - process
of destruction, or ralher decoiuposit’on,
would lie immediate. The process ap
pears to huve the recommendation of
great rapidity of action, and freedom
front aiuuy of the objections to crema
tion in the ordinary way, and admits of
several Utile improvements upon ell rec
mg ii ere 4 form* of burial Ft* /Vest.
THE REED.
Along the marsh in the morning glo
The reeds were swaying to and fro;
And whenever the wind came sweeping by
They would bend their heads, and sigh—and
sigh.
A shepherd passed, and he plncked a r
And slit the stalk and made it bleed.
And fashioned a pipe whereon to play.
And piped, ah! many a happy lay.
All day he piped, and lawn and hill
Were wild with echoes sweet and shi.
But still in the sullen marsh below
The reeds were swaying to and frog
And whenever the wind came sweeping by,
They woull bend their beads, and sigh—and
sigh.
— Lippincott's Magazine.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Operators in wool—moths.
It is rain or shine with a bootblack.—
Picayune.
The labor quest'on—“Henry are you
going to get up to make the lire?”—Nor
rostown Herald.
The prima donna who carries away her
audience is generally paid a round sum
for her exertions.— Call.
It is observed that the marisageable
girl talks horse because it is the language
of the groom.—
Any butcher who derives a large in
come from his sausage machine might
aptly term it his “Revenue Cutter.”
When an Icelander marries he is not
allowed to see his mother-m law. It
might make things warmer up there if
he did.— Statesman.
A labor exchange has an article on
“How to Let People Help Themselves.”
A good way iilo leave your front door
unlocked. Grand Rapids Telegraph.
Militia men should never be
Unseasonably flustered;
For every time they nuat you see
They’re certain to be mustard.
— Siftings.
Mr. Faintheart—“Do you think it
would be safe for me to approach your pa
on the subject? Miss Fair Lady—“Oh,
perfectly, he has the gout again. Chi
cago News.
Insurance companies will not insure a
freight brakemeu. They regard his as
the most dangerous occupation. They
evidently forget all about the baseball
umpire.— Lynn Union.
A bald-headed spectator at a baseball
fame was hit right on the top of the
ead by a high ball, and the umpire
stopped dodging long enough to console
the victim with the reflection that “flies
always were partial to bald heads.”—
Free Press.
Old Maid: “Dear friend, the happiest
days of my life were spent under the
broad limbs of this aged oak. I o ten
sit under its foliage and muse. It is my
favorite spot. Dear Friend: “Ah, I un
derstand. You planted it with your own
hands!”— Siftings.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.'
In nine years oaken piles at Mieres,
Spain, have taken on the appearance of
stone coal.
The flatness of Denmark is something
remarkable, a recent geographical dis
cussion having shown that the loftiest
mountain of the country is only 535
feet high.
During recent years great loss to farm
ers of Norway has resulted from a dis
ease affecting the roots of barley. This
proves to be due to a microscopic round
worm, Tylenehus hordei , which also at
tacks the roots of the bind-gaass of Nor
wegian and Scotch coasts. A remedy has
still to be sought.
Some of the iron manufacturers of the
Lehigh Valley have begun to make street
paving blocks from blast furnace slag.
Some pleasing little ornaments of delicate
tint are already made from slag, and if it
can be put in durable block shape there
seems to be no reason why it should not
become a favorite building material.
Avery pretty ornament for the house
or lawn is a dwarfed white oak, some
enthusiasts making veritable p ts of
miniature lords of the forest. These
plants are readily raised in flower-pots
from the acorn, and require no attention
except watering. The dwarfing of the
tree is effected by cutting off the tap
root every spring for a few years, this
process keeping the tree of diminutive
size while it does not prevent the ordi
nary development of new branches.
When a worn car wheel tread is ex
amined under the microscope, it is per
ceived that the .surface of the metal
comes off in thin flakes ar scales. Ex
amined under high powers the scales are
found to resemble portions of a brick
wall, the fractures beiug not in the par
ticles of iron, but in the material which
unites the particles in a manner similar
to which mortar unites the bricks of a
wall. Continuous jarring breaks this
cement or uniting material, thus allowing
iron so treated to fall in pieces.
Astronomical text-books place the sun’s
density at a little more than that of water,
but in a recent lecture Mr. J. Norman
Lockyer, the English astronomer, ex
pressed the opinion that the sun really
has not more than one-eighth the density
of water. If th’s view be correct, the sun
is simply an enormous globe of hollow
ga;, possibly liquid at the centre in conse
quence of the enormous pressure existing
at that part. Solar temperature is a
matter at which men can only guess as
yet, and scientific estimates range from
3,000 to 18,000,000 degrees.
The limit of life in the embryo of
scedshas long b:ea a subject of experi
ment and discussion. In a late lecture,
Professor Bentley, an English botaaist,
stated that it is perfectly true that eats
and other cereals have been raised from
seed found in a mummy’s coffin, but that
it appears t > be equally certain that the
grains were placed in the ancient coffin
by some means only a very short time be
fore the exhumation of the body. Not
many seeds germinate under ordi ary cir
cumstances after the third year, and very
few indeed after the fourth. Peas and
beans are very tenacious of life. The
lotus has beci known to grow after a
hundred years, but there is scarcely an
other instance of suc h survival of vitality.
Starting Out Well.
Daughter—'T hope you won't object
to an engagement, pa; I am sure John
will make his way in the world.”
Pa—‘‘He has one good streak; he'a
economical."
Daughter—“ You think so?"
Pa—“ Well, judging from the tiiu# in
the morning that he leaves this house I
should ay lie is just now earing the ex
pense of a lodging-room."
Charley Hheenau, thirteen years old,of
Lafayette, hid., went In belli nr, accom
panied bv his dog. The boy could not
swim and white paddling about in water
nearly up to hit neck, the dog got on hie
I tack and pushed him down As fad ae
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Veazey, Ga., May 29, 1886.
Mr. W. E. Veazey, Greene County , Ga.
Dear Sir:
Yours of the 26th inst. to hand, in which you request iny estimate of
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