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THE MONROE
VOL XL.
Elizabeth Cady Stant unsay a “woin¬
an is riding to power on tho bi
cycle. ”
By in^niiH of irrigation -100,000
®nrcH of arid land lm ve already been
made fertile in New Mexico.
(Chicago m Vi ry proud bceauso the
Iiew Verkes tclcHCopo will bring tho
moon within fifty miles of Chicago,
Htreot-car-drivcrs'-thurnb is u new
discuse liecovi-red by tho hospital
physicians lit Vienna, Austria, J t is a
paralysis of tho thumb from holding
ciim constantly.
Gf 9,390,000 acres in Switzerland,
1,520,000 aro under cultivation, Tho
Han Francisco Chronicle Kavs: This
Kpouks highly for tho industry of tho
Hwiss. Agriculture in mountainous
countries has many impediments.
Mrs. Honrotin, President of tho
* tenoral I oderation of 11 Oman's Clubs,
wsid recently in an address that tho
club idea, speaking generally, is me
dergoing great modifications, Most
of tho new clubs are not only becom¬
ing moro or less civic associations,
but engaging in largo financial under¬
takings.
Henry M. Stanley, in an interview
xvith tho London correspondent of tho
Faria Figaro, strongly advocates tho
construction by France of a railway
from Algeria to tho Soudan. Rail
ays, ho insists, aro tho essential
thing in Africa colonization, and ho
is Confident that, ono day there will be
n li,,u from tho Capo through tho
Congo, Lake Tchad, Timbuctoo and
Algeria to the Mediterranean.
Tho report of Lewis M. Haupt Oil
lhe route of the proposed ship canal
from Philadelphia to tho Atlantic
Ocean, across the State of New J cr nay,
given interesting information with re¬
gard to tho sizes of locks for different
classes of traffic. I- «»r cnnalhoats and
barges the length designed is 205 foot,
'vidlh twenty-four feet and draught
ten foot; for coastwise vessels 310 by
forty-foqr feet, will draught 500 by
draught. Six locks, wotiVi Am—
qnired for the whole route, of x\hieh
Only' ihirty-ono miles would bo cut
through tl® solid land, the remaining
portions u eluding part of the Dela¬
ware River and Hirituu Bay. He
estimates the cost of a canal twenty'
foot deep at $15,000,000, and of a
twenty-eight-foot canal at $21,000,000.
Tho Atlanta Constitution recalls
that in an estimate of the riches of
Americans mado recently it was shown
that 25,000 persons held otie-lmlf of
tho wealth of tho country, Tho
names of seventy men and estates
woro given, the average holding of
each being estimated at $37,500,00).
An attempt was mado to show that in
thirty years 50,000 porsons would own
practically all of tho wealth of tho
United States. Comparisons woro
made with tho fortunes of the richest
Englismen to prove that there were
greater accumulations of money hero
than there, and that tho tendency of
all time was to tho greater concentra¬
tion of wealth. Tho inference was
that this was harmful. Now tho facts
nro that tho tendency is in tho oppo¬
site direction, and that m mi who arc
richest now are in every way superior
to tho millionaires of tho past. The
annual income of several of tho men
who lived in that idyllic timo “when
tho world was young,” or at least cen¬
turies before now, was equal to tho
entire fortunes of the richest nu n of
to-day. Solomon, the richest of them
all, was bequeathed the fabulous su n
of $tS,000,000,000, and was made trus
tee, in addition, of a fund of $1,lb
000,000, with which to build a temple,
His anuuul income was for several
years $3,000,000,000. Croesus’s
wealth has been estimated $2,0 >0,
000,000. He gave 815,000,000 to tho
Delphian temple. AlexamL r the
Great brought back $8,000,000 as tho
ppoi s O one expedition. . T Lvenllus, ..
the epicure, was worth $50), 005,000.
There have been many others with
fabulous fortunes. One of the Ptole¬
my* had $1,385,000,000 and was so
close-fisted that he married his grand
mother to keep her money in the
family. Augustus was heir to $181,-
458,000. He spent $10,0J0,0D0 in
building his baths. Tiberius left
$118,000,000 which Caligula spent in
one year in riotous living. One sup
per cost the latter $150,000. Cleopn
tra dissolved a pearl worth $400,000
in Tiaegur *nd swallowed it. Thom..
Gresham, au Englishmen of the time
of Queen Elizabeth, did the same with
, pearl worth *100,000. Claud,at
swallowed a pearl worth $40,000. Tht
list of foolish—rather, ’ criminal—
deeds a mi of ,b the a rich mco and i women of
lui might be «*ttend«a »«<!-*ft-
FORSYTH, MONROE COUNTY, GA, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST •>?, 1895.
ltLSh OI‘ I II h \ ACHT.
THE PRIMITIVE YACHTSMAN
SAILED ON A LOG
Different Types of Pleasure Craft-
T ha Catboat the Typical Small
Sailing Boat of America.
1 lie first step in tho process of
evolution of the modern yacht was a
Simple log with the bark left on to
give u better foothold and the ends
sharpened as well as possible with
the rude tools at the disposal of the
early marine architect.
I he primitive yachtsman balanced
himself in a standing position and
got ahead with more or less rapidity
by means of a rude single-blade 1
paddle. In rough weather he sat
down and straddled his craft or
abandoned It altogether and swam
ashore. 1 he yachting costumes of
tho day woro especially adapted to
tho latter course.
*rom the single log grow tho raft,
made by lushing two or more logs
together. Tho New Guinea catamaran
is nothing more than a raft made of
llirce logs, tho middle one longer
than the others and curved upward
at tho cuts. Then there aro tho
groat Peruvian rafts, often as large
u.s 1 0 foot long unci 20 foot wido,
propelled by sails and provided with
centreboards to enable them to sail
with tho wind abeam, or even to
tack.
Tlion comes tho hollowed treo
trunk or dug-out. It is not known
just when or by what people dug
outs wore first made. They have
been found buried with relics of the
stone ago among tho ancient Swiss
lake dwellings, and have also been
discovered In England and Ireland.
In America they have been used
from Alaska to Patagonia more or
less from timo immemorial, Groat
progress was made in this class of
boat building.
A war canoe from Vancouver Isl¬
and, now in the National Museum at
W ashington, is fifty-nine feet long
and eight feet in beam. It is sharp
forward and aft, lias flaring sides,
and its lines, especially at the bow,
bear a strong resemblance to those
of tho American liner New York.
Tho problems of stability, buoyancy
ami least resistance have evidently
b°cn well studied and solved.
Tradition says that it was from
models of such canoes as this, brought
to New York~fi.nd Boston by early fur
traders, that the iiio&JS.pf tho clipper
ships were first obtained. JH
T 1 >0 hl Ll ) bark and
, f
A soffit
of a I
mocKOT work
ing from tlieso models, produced
boats with wooden ribs and sheath
ing of planks or boards, and finally
of metal.
Ships as distinct from boats and
canoes, were used by the Egyptians
during the fifth dynasty, about5,000
years ago. Tho rudder came into
use during the twelfth dynasty about
4,000 years ago. Before that all
steering was done by broad-bladed
oars or puddles. The moro porfect
development of tho ship and (heart
of navigation came from the Phoeni¬
cians.
From the Attic trireme and bireme
tho development was gradual,
through the galleys of the Greeks
and Romans, the pirate craft of the
Vikings, the high, unwieldy ships of
Golumbus, which may be taken as
fair representatives of their timo, to
tho beautiful and speedy American
clipper ship of not so many years ago
and the steamships and sailing craft
of the present day.
The modern yacht includes all
vessels designed for pleasure, from
the simplest typo of sharpie to the
most elaborate floating palace. Sail
ing yachts may bo classed under one
or another of these heads: Sharpie,
cat, mosquito boat, doublo cat,
periauger, cat-yawl, jib and mainsail,
sloop, cutter, fin-keel, lugger, cata
maran, buckeye, ketch, schooner
andyawl.
lhe house-boat is sometimes in
eluded in the meaning of the word,
but tho true house-boat has no
means of propulsion, and is there
fore, properly speaking, merely a
barge.
1 lie is for water,
It is an inexpensive craft, but a fast
sailer. In its original form it is a
flat-bottomed boat, with a single
leg-o’-mutton sail. Certain modifi
cations have been made, however,
such ns an overhanging bow and
stern, and in some instances a second
mast has been added.
I he catboat is the typical Amer
ican small sailing boat. It is usually
a eentreboarder, though keel cat
boats are frequently seen and are
superior to t he centreboard variety
or cruising in heavy seas Lhe cat
^ oat lms a 1 great beam
and carries an enormous sail for its
size. I he rig is simple and the boat
is fast and quick in stays. Sandbags
are usually carried for ballast, and
are shifted to windward at each tack,
1 he chief peculiarity of the mos
quito boat is its rig. 1 liis consists
of the old sprit leg-o'-niutton sail,
modernized and modified to a certain
extent. Vor instance a sail that
measures 17 feet on the mast carries
a 11-foot sprit, running out to an
lS-inch club at the end.
The double catboat differs from the
catboat in having two masts, and is
an excellent sea going boat.
The periauger. or pirogue, It", is a
«oubl. ct-ri-jed bo.t. double
ended and narrow, it and both masts
roe"’ arrv at'’’the*present L-itl sails ‘LVTo^Z is •. i, ™ seldom
penanger-the l'emvinkle-is en
rolled in lhe New \ork Yacht Club s
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The old-fashioned luggsr had a sail
without a boom. When the sheet
was let go in the rail aimpljr flapped ImK like
a fi«g. » tiwni
i carried to tiie past the mast and made fast
weather bow. The sail must
bo lowered at each tack and shifted
to the other side of the mast.
The catamaran was designed with
tho i,lea that b' reat s P 6ed could be
obtained . with tho two narrow, sharp
hulls set far apart. It was thought
thab more sail could thus be carried
without danger of capsizing, and
that the resistance of tho water to
the hulls would lie slight. The type
has been found generally unsat is
factory, however, although speedy
under favorable conditions. A
! choppy sea will often rack it to pieces
and it Is always getting out of order
in some way or other. Catamarans,
though not easily capsized laterally,
have been known to bury their prows
and upset iorward, turning a half
somersault. The hulls are so narrow
that they will not rise to a sea.
The buckeye is a Southern typo,
It is a double-ender, roomy and in
expensive to build and is much used
by sportsmen. The true buckeye
uses a lee-board. Two leg-o’-mutton
sails and a jib comprise the ri
Modifications of various kinds have
appeared from time to time, such as
a centreboard, an overhanging stern,
etc'., until the modern buckeye is
really quite another boat from its
proto typo,
HERMIT OF THE CAVE.
A Kansan's'Home and How Ho Made
It Out of Limestone.
, su . , ____ L00 feet in
euanoan cavern,
eng i and twenty feet below tho
sur ace, chiseled out of a solid ledge
o limestone rock, is the result of five
je.us labor performed by a very po
(■uliar and eccentric old man, who
ivos our miles west of lopeka, Kan.
Daniel W. Boutwell, who has oxca
vated this remarkable underground
cave, for what purpose no ono but
luniseif knows is a man of note
nor iy record. His eccentricities
uough life have been the subject of
remark by all wlio have known him,
but liis latest enterprise, which he
lias carried on without the knowledge
of Ins nearest neighbor, rounds out
the career of one of the most poculiar
characters.
U iveyears ago old man Boutwell
erected a shaft over a well which had
been sunk to tho depth of about
twenty-live feet and announced that
ho was going to prospect for coal,
At tho same time he laid the fot.nda
tion for a ten room residence which
ke intended to build as soon as tho
claim of
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i.uai/iuii uin*Tron | iTfP8 , ^^P
about 200 feet. Midway between
another well was sunk. This was
followed by the sinking of still
another well near the foundation
walls. All of these wells aro twen
ty-five feet deep and the water in
each stands at a depth of four feet,
Constructed above tho main well
is an ordinary shaft and hoisting ap
paratus. A tub, rope and pulley,
with a small boy twenty feet distant
to operate a “whim,” make up the
outfit. Mr. Boutwell did not need
the services of the boy to aid him in
reaching the mouth of tho cavern,
Although 65 years old, he secured
the rope at the top and climbed
down with the agility of a boy of
twenty. The others, composing a
party of four, went down one at a
time, with the aid of the boy at the
whim.
The opening from the well into the
cavern was barely large enough to
allow one to pass by slightly stoop
ing. This narrow passageway ex
tended about six feet, when it opened
out into a large room, which Mr.
Boutwell had brilliantly lighted with
lamps. Improvised seats about tlie
walls gave the explorers a chance to
restand meditate over the strange
idea which induced old man Bout
well to penetrate the bowels of the
earth and dig out such a hideous and
grim grotto.
Another narrow passageway
room No. 2 It was not so large as
room No. 1 , but, if anything, it was
more dismal and gloomy. Here an
ordinary miners lamp was lighted,
but the flickering bl*ze only added ter
ror to the situation. Instantly a
heavy draught of air shot through t io
cavern, and the dim light was gone,
None of the party could find a
match. A ray of light could be
seen through the narrow opening
ahead of them, and the party pro
eeeded. Soon the explorers stood
upou the brink of the middle well.
The journey was only half completed,
but all agreed that they would pro
fer to return to terra tirma than to
attempt a further exploration of terra
incognita. Boutwell was anxious to
go on and explained that the other
half of the cavern could be explored
with more ease and comfort than the
former, but liis urgent appeals well, were
fruitless. Beyond the middle
in one of the dark and gloomy chain
bers. he had placed a flickering lamp,
which we could see from or stopping
place. The blaze was just hrigut
enough to present a weird and dis
mal aspect. he ^ has made
The subterranean cave
and the foundation he has laid for a
palatial home are eightj rois awav
from the rude house he now oeeu
pies. One end of the cavern is to
connect with the cellar under the
house. The construction of this new
home, overlooking the capital of
Kansas, is a day dream with Bout^
well. “When an unjust government
p,v, for saving Kansa, Iron, des
olation A and rain, then will I erect
eomfok this snot fnd a home that will tn/de- „ ive
sheUer to me in
; elining years-” " hen
Boutwell uttered these word ~
stood in his eyes and he eeame
speechless.
: The Httc* canal list ywr pnui a poat m
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A POPULAR PRINCE
Practically at the Head of the Gov¬
ernment Now.
“If Great Britain were to ailnnt o
rermhlie in form nf government to
morrow and if there wore to be a
popular election for President of the
British Republic, the Prince of
Wales would easily receive a major
ity of all the votes in the United
Kingdom over any other candidate
who could be named.”
These words from one of the lead
ing public men of England, himself
anything but a royalist in principle
and temperament, fairly reflect the
views of the most experienced and
astute judges of public opinion in
Great Britain. *
For a score of years the prince has
practically performed all the social
and public duties of a British mon
arch, while holding the position and
receiving recognition only as t fie tirst
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of the queen’s subjects. He has
made some errors, but they have nob
teen serious errors. Helms had to
satisfy a groat many people, widely
differing in temperament,.education,
politics at d religion, and vet pos
sessing a certain common instinct of
nationality, an insulate pv judico, a
respect for established in titutidns
and traditions quite unkne ^ to cos
mopolitan people like the A ndricans.
Bo it.is that, when the prince speaks
s o felicitously .at m^^W5pVmists
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readily forgive lws sporting tendeu
cies, while all but the ultra Jacobins
among radical workingmen forget his
royal blood when he strides demo
cratically among the horses in
the saddling paddock on Der
by day. In short, tho Prince of
Wales satisfies the tastes, ideas and
prejudices of the average English
man better than any member of bis
royal house has yet succeeded in do
ing, and the cheers that invariably
greet his every public appearance
are the echo of a spontaneous and
general popular regard—heightened,
of course, by tho respect and affec
tion inspired by the character of
liis lovely and est imable wife.
It is this feeling, undoubtedly,
which has given rise to the rumor of
tho queen’s abdication upon the oc
eastern of the celebration of her
next birthday. The rumor is not a
new one. A good deal was said about
it during the Jubilee year, IS hi.
Each succeeding year, as the queen s
infirmities have grown upon her and
she has taken less and less interest
in public affairs and more persistent
ly withdrawn from all social duties,
there has been more or less talk of
the same character.
M wkt vvc -=> point heroine
H ow She Saved a Cadet’s Com
mission.
Hundreds of pretty girls partici
pa t e d in the graduating festivities at
West Point military Academy. ,
But t j 10 quee n of them ail was a
black-eyed young xvotnan from Mich
igan ^ w hose health will be drunk at
3ver y arm y post where the young
officers of 1895 are stationed, and the
story of whose ready wit and audacity
a West Point legend for years
to come.
Four marks against a cadet render
hf in liable to dismissal, or, as cadets
ca n it, “found.” Despite the strict
- u i eg against ° smoking some of the
j- ounf , st ers run the chances of slyly
DU ^..... ff H y & r cigarettes, ^. o ________ and, ______, having ........ Q no
pockets pockets, carry carry theth theth inside inside the the bands bands
of their their caps. caps . The The last last day day of of the the
four four-year _ year course C o UrS e found found one one cadet cadet with with
three thre0 marks marks against a n „ ainst his his record. record. His His
commission commission in in the the army urmy was was almost almost
in . Q sight, g . ht and and he he was W as hastening hastening to to the the
i last asfc duty duty he he would would have have to to perform perform
under UI1 d er the the rigid rigid ^ discipline discipline of of the the
academy. aca d em y. Officers’ Officers’
Q On n the the walk walk in in front front of of
Rqw be met t ] ie charming young
WQman f rom Michigan with the
s t r i c test of tlie tactical officers sta
tioned at the point. After saluting
ag re q U j re d the cadet raised his cap
^ tbe p re tty girl and a cigarette fell
to the ground at the tactical man’s
a moment the cadet was
almost para i V zed. A vision of the
f our fii aek m* a rks and a sense of the
danger of bein*' dismissed at the last
, ^ came upon him
The officer'did not see the cigarette ftehted
. „ , t he can g- but his eye °
“.„ h (eet . caikt
; stopped nncd ana , ni stooa st00 d at at attention attention while wm.e
| J ‘^^d'tbe^LrnTv said • -'iLlmU
be obliged to report you for smoking,
sir.” The young woman saw the
gituation and before another word
could bo said stepped between the
two men.
''This in not hu ciggrotta/' ehs
f«5iRlin«iiG»«
ing him unflinchingly in the face,
Tiiere was a moment of strained
silence.
“Captain, you shall not report that
cadet for smoking,” she went on
hurriedly, a flush mounting to her
'Cheeks. “The cigarette is not his,
but mine. I dropped It. I know it
is shameful for me to confess that I
do such a thing as to smoke, but lots
of us girls do it,” and she forced a
little laugh. “You will not tell on
me, will you?” She went on with on
appealing glance that penetrated the
stern military breast. 1 would not
haxe it known.
1 lie ( opt ain vowed promises. His
honor as a gentleman compelled him
to accept tho young woman's word
but bis eye was fixed upon tho cadet.
“Come on, Captain, or we will be
late,” said the girl in triumph, and
as she passed she gave the cadet a
smile that stole his heart away.
That night the old stone buildings
resounded with -joy, and the next
day, when his diploma was handed
to the cadet, she applauded him
more than any one else.
Truly Noble Heroines.
The beautiful and statuesque Arch¬
duchess Maria Theresa, the youthful
wife of the elder brother and heir of
Emperor Francis Joseph, won a mod¬
al for herself at a fire which broke
out in the little town of Reichenau,
which adjoins her splendid country
seat at Wartholz. *
The archduchess dashed through
the flames to the rescue of a child,
and emerged a few' moments later
with a half suffocated infant in her
arms, her magnificent hair and her
clothes being badly singed.
She had hardly reached the street,
amid a storm of cheers, when the
roof fell in
Yet another wearer of the life sav
ing medal Is tho pretty Princess
Eleanore Solms. She was walking
with her sister, Frincess Marie, at
Dresden, two years ago, when she
caught sight of a runaway horse
ridden by a lady who had lost con
t*rol of the animal. Without liesita
tion, both girls threw themselves at
the horse's head. Princess Marie,
the younger, was dashed to one side,
fortunately unhurt; but Princess
Eleanore succeeded in grasping the
bridle and was dragged thirty yards
before tho beast stopped, when,
womanlike, she fainted away.
Nor was the medal conferred upon
her by her brother in law, the em
peroF,- the only token of recognition
that she received for her gallantry.
Central Association of Eire
homtrfA^ -bhtete d' her an
tion.
Another royal lady decorated with
tills medal is the Dowager Queen Pia,
of Portugal, who is as magnificent a
swimmer as the Queen Regent, of
Spain or Princess Helen, of Orleans,
Queen Pia. while fully dressed, swam
out into the sea at La Granja some
years ago and rescued two children,
whose boat had been capsized by tho
heavy sea then running. Her son,
the present King of Portugal, ought
by rights to wear one of these med
als as well, having last year person
ally intervened in a struggle between
two men, and saved the life of the
weaker of tho two, in addition to
holding the would be murderer until
assistance could be procured,
How a Rose Was Produced.
In the old mythology Cupid is said
have dipped .J while carrying a
y;igo Qf neci a nd this falling upon
h valley on earth produced the
'
Ho lomon ’ s rose garden is near Jeru
gal and Mohammedan legend is
t() ( j ie eirecfc that the genii met the
kin „ tliere and signed a bond with
writtcn w jth saffron and rose
iV atnr nn the petals of white roses.
At the east end of the cathedral of
Hildeshelm in Hanover, which’is Germany, won-’
there is a rose tree the
der and admiration of all lovers of
flowers. It is said to be 800 years
old, and is fed with bullock's blood,
conveyed to its roots by pipes. 'I ra
dition says that one of the earlier era
perors had mass celebrated in the for
est on this site. His chaplain, at the
conclusion of the service, hung the
sacred vessels on a rose bush and
followed the chase with bis master.
When they returned they found the
rose bush grown to an enormous size,
so that the holy vessels were quite
| beyond their reach. The Emperor
: built a shrine, and subsequently a
cathedral, to demonstrate the mira
cle.
| In In 1535 1535 known. known. but but four four La La Quintin, Quintin, species species gardener gardener of of roses roses
i ! were were
to to Louis Louis XIV, XIV, raised raised the the number number to to
j dolle dolle fourteen. fourteen. enumeorted enumeorted In In 1820 1820 Alphonse Alphonse hundred hundred do de Gan- Can- and and
one one
forty forty species. species. The The number number of of wild wild
species species now now known known to to botanistr botanistr as as is is
over two hundred and fifty, to which
maybe added as many more sub
species, or varieties, while the list of
garden varieties, mostly with double
flowers, numbers over six thousand,
and it is every year receiving fresh
additions.
Black roses are odd, rather thf.n
prettju They are not really black,
but a dusky red. The color i 3 said
to be produced by engrafting a sprig
of hickorv upon the rose tree.
*V Bombay, Indiana, ; journal : calls at
tenlion to the virtues of the castor oil plant
as a means of protection against inosqm
toe ^'. is planted about houses
dr,ve las ’ ccts a " a • In towns a jet
■
“J/h”7uo°Ho5 «d<( bring them into the l,tm.e <fto tor V a dJ?^ da; or
, w0 at a time, bttt they must not be kept
“jing ‘f ,ha? V K',i* fhe
cited « mosquitoes ate
killed bv a poison that they find on the
lower side of the leaf, but it is stated that
if a dozen leaves arc placed about a room will
that mrms with m^juHocs, they
d!«»p£wet W.thtJtlt Iwtvinsf*any dead
j FOK THE YOUNG FOLKS.
KNOWLEDGE W LOWER.
An illustration of the truth of this prov
; «b is found in Mr. J. G. Bertram’s book,
i “ 1 be Harvest of the Sea.” It seems that a
monopoly of the extensive fisheries of
Scotland and England once came into the
j hands of a man who kept his agents at tho
! principal stations, and required them to
! furnish him all facts that came to their
j knowledge.
At one of his statious in the far north,
the fishing had been unsuccessful for the
g rea t er part of the season, and there was
no prospect of improvement, Alien he look
p d j„ Jo t | ie raa tter. Upon examining his
agent’s letter from that place for some
years back, he found, by comparison of
dates, that at a certain place herrings were
likely to be found, lie accordingly in¬
structed his agent to send his boats to that
spot.
The fisherman laughed at the idea of a
man’s silting some hundreds of miles away
and telling them where to get fish; but as
his orders were positive, they had to obey,
and the consequence was that they retur¬
ned the next morning loaded with herrings.
THE GOLDFINCH.
The little goldfinch is not only pretty,
docile and a sweet and merry songster, but
is interesting, intelligent and for this rea¬
son an ideal household pet. It enjoys life,
and seems to be as happy in a cage as
when flitting about in liberty. If a mirror
is placed in the cage, it will go and look at
itself in the glass, take the hemp seeds one
by one, and eat before it, not because the
little creature is vain, but from the idea
that it is enjoying its meal with a compan¬
ion.
It may with patience and gentleness be
taught a number of little feats. It will learn
to draw water in a small bucket, to fire
liny cannons and to counterfeit death.
Some years ago in London a certain lover
of birds exhibited the wonderful perform¬
ances of several goldfinches, linnets and
canaries. One appeared to be dead, and
was held up by the tail or claw without
exhibiting any signs of life; a second stood
on his head with his claws m the air; a
third imitated a Dutch milkmaid going to
market with pails on her shoulders; a fifth
represented a soldier on guard as a senti¬
nel; the sixth was a cannoneer, wore a cap
on his head, held a firelock in his claw and
discharged a small cannon, then acted as
though he had been wounded, while
another bird wheeled him away in a little
barrow as if conveying him to a hospital.
One bird turned a small windmill, and
another little creature had been trained to
stand in the midst of fireworks and exhibit
no signs of fear while they were exploding
all around it.—New York Observer.
A FEATHERED BUTCHER.
“I PSffeY oVukfi lk ’” writes
onghs.<W ,i #a
assassin intent uj^rn . .not afraid urc^^OSSpBi
an uit-n
lately discovered that they are sometimes
afraid of him and sure to know his charac¬
ter well. The past season 1 frequently sa*r
flocks of goldfinches scatter at his approach.
The smaller sparrows also hurried away
when they saw him. One day ray attention
was attracted to a pair of blue birds in a
vineyard near the road. The birds were
busying themselves about lhe vines and
posts, when suddenly they both began cry¬
ing, ‘guit,’ ‘guit,’ ‘guit,’ and launched hur¬
riedly into the air. Turning in the direc¬
tion of the supposed danger I saw a shrike
but a few yards away, coming straight as
an arrow toward the birds. They had
discovered him in time and were easily out
of his reach. He gave chasg, but to no
purpose. The shrike is au awkward,
heavy flyer. All the birds avoid him easily
if they discover him in time. Ilis tactics
are to strike when unperceived. One of
them recently frightened my neighbor’s
canary birds out of their wits. The birds
were in their cage hung against the win¬
dow, when the shrike made a dash at
them, pausing and hovering a moment on
wing close to the glass. The poor canaries
fell from their perch and lay for a moment
panting upon the floor of their cage.
‘ ‘A cosrespondent in Ohio sends me an in¬
teresting observation upon the shrike. He
says it is only within the last few years
that butcher-birds have been recognized in
thiseommuiiityjtheirvicUmsweresome
times found on hedges and thorn trees, but
the butcher was not known. Last spring
f Mu-own^mt The'hird^vou de
cr ih e visited us every mornin”- day*’it occassion
a p v through “irrubs the entire carried
awav the trin's atone time making as
manv as five in ei"ht minutes by.’ lain"
j n f°them a- them on a thorn tree near Some
0 were impaled on the sharp splinted
thorn stubble by the plowed ground always
run through so that they could not reach
the thorn or stubble and release them
selves.
“Last October, while husking corn from
shocks in which there were many mice,
this same bird was with us frequently. It
would perch on the top of a corn shock
near, and seemed very indifferent to what
was going on. When the shock was husk
ked and lifted the bird would carry away
the mice killed and left lying on the ground
As many as seven were counted suspended
on one tree, and it seemed to distribute its
pr °?j™ 0 ° a * -a°therin-in
J “f** T u 1 v while " I h"; some “ be t
, .
.
j . J' *. *’ SO me time an neared
( ,n the "-rounds more’ taking up its position on a
! h k not than forty feet awav from
i u tearing down a shock a laru-e
j m eadow mouse ran out, when the bird
! swooped down upon it like a hawk, but
i struck it with its beak, fluttering along
over it, striking it as it ran until the mouse
was so disabled that the bird could keep
along with it by hopping along on the
ground. Toward the last the bird’s actions
were not unlike those of a hen in a similar
conflict. It took the shrike: fully a minute
to dispatch the mouse, giving him an oc
casional pick whenever it showed signs of
fif e
-in carrying the mouse away the bird
caught it up in its beak and having risen
[torn tbe ground dropped
catnhmg tt m us talons as it flew; ttdtd
not rise higher than this until it reached
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Camels Cannot Swim.
Camels are perhaps the only ani¬
mal that cannot swim. they Immediately
: after entering water iVim 9$
j thtif soft
NO. 30.
PROF. HUXLEY’S LIFE.
All Honors In the Gift of Nations
Came to Him. *
Americans hoard Professor Huxley
lecture in New York when ho was in
all the brightness of his honors.
He was unrivaled as a lecturer on
scientific subjects, and ono who was
a good judge of eloquence said that
he was, “next to John Bright, tho
best orator in England.” This ho
was, undoubtedly, in exposition and
in power of elucidating a complex
subject before a popular audience.
Ho spoke clearly, deliberately, and
with much force.
He says in his autobiography, .
which is the slightest but the most
interesting record which may bo ^
made of his life, that “physically
and mentally I ain the son of my
mother so completely that I can
hardly find trace of my father in my¬
self, except an inborn faculty for
drawing, which, unfortunately in my
case, has never been cultivated.”
He says:
“My regular school training was of
the briefest, perhaps fortunately, for
though my way of lifo lias made mo
acquainted with all sorts and con¬
ditions of men, from the highest to
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PROFESSOR HUXLEY.
the lowest, I deliberately affirm that
the society I fell into at school was
the worst I have ever come across.
“We boys were average lads, with
much tho same inherent capacity for
good and evil as any others; but the
peoplo who were set over us cared
about as much for our intellectual
and moral welfare as if they were
baby farmers. We were left to tho
operation of a struggle for existence
among ourselves, and bullying was
Ahe least of the ill practices current
mz
til .8 I grew oldeY mv
very^ of meui ■> ■Am if $
in law. . ' L,..^ Id f J
“I am no’Sik '■ < Xfov ■XSfd
to think ho€ ■
about medic* ___
“I am sorH
think student that ;uj 1
as a
tion. In fa?
warn ingenious youT^^^^RW^^BP
tnting my example. I labored
extremely hard when it pleased me,
and when it did not—which very
often was the case—I was extremely
idle, unless making caricatures of
one’s pastors and masters is to bo
called a branch of industry, or else
wasted my energies in tho wrong
direction. I read everything I could
lav my hands upon, including novels;
and took up all sorts of pursuits, to
drop them again quito as speedily.
No doubt it was largely iny own
fault, but tho only instruction from
which I obtained the proper effect of
education was that which I received
from Mr. Wharton Jones, the lec¬
turer on physiology' at the Clmring
Cross School of Medicine.
“The extent and preciseness of his
knowledge impressed me greatly, and
t he severe exactness of his method of
lecturing was quite to my taste. I
do not know that I have ever felt so
much respect for anybody as a teach¬
er before or since. 1 worked hard to
obtain his approbation, and he was
extremely kind and Helpful to the
youngster who, I am afraid, took up
more of his time than lie had any
right to do.
“The last thing it would be proper
for me to do would be to speak of tho
work of my life, or to say at the end
of the day whether 1 think I have
earned rny salary or not. Men are
said to be partial judges of them
selves. Young men may be; I doubt
if old men are. Life seems terribly
foreshortened when they look back
and fj 18 mountain they set them—
se ] ve s to climb in youth turns out to
be a mere spur of immeasurably
higUer ranges, when, with a failing
breath ’ t!l0 >' reach tho
“But if I may speak of the objects
I have had more or less definitely in
' view » since I began the ascent of my
i hillock, they are briefly these: To
| P romote tJ ie increase of natural
knowledgejandtoforwardtheapplica
tionofscientificmethodsofinvesti
gation to all the problems of life to
the best of my ability, in the convie
tion which has grown with my growth
, j and strengthened with my strength,
that there is no alleviation for the
| sufferings of mankind except veracity
0 f thought and of action and the res
olute facing of the^ world as it is
when the garment of make believe
j j by which pious hands have hidden iU
uglier f eature j s stripped off. ’*
A Monster Belt.
A belting company of Hartford,
Conn., has just made the largest belt
that any firm or any other company
ever made- It is for the Washburn
nfid Mocn Iron Company, and of Wor
GSetsf, Th« belt is six otis*lta]f
wisl* 1^0 Ifthg,
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