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VOL X.
WAIVING FOR .1 LETTER.
The post man's hour draws near,
And into the quiet street
Through gossamer curtains poor
Two wist ful eyes and sweet.
For many a weary morn
She has kept her station there,
That, bravo little heart forlorn,
That never will quite despair.
Slowly she turns away,
The crushed heart murmuring still
“It has not come to-day—
To-morrow 1 know it will.”
Tlie postman knows her tale,
And it makes his old heart bleod;
Those b'ush-rose cheeks grown pal©
Are pages a child might read.
Ah ! letters enough lie brings -
Great circulars blue and grim,
Slight feminine scented things—
But never a lino from him.
Slowly she turns away,
The crushed heart murmuring still,
“It has not come to-day—
To-morrow I kuow it will.”
aMat! to the door she flies—
Oh, rapture keen and dumb 1
Oli, eloquent chocks and eyes!
Ilor letter lias come—has come !
Oli, postman pocket tlie gold—
Full well thou hast earned the fee—
And treasure tl o thanks untold,
That are better than gold to tlice!
Flow, happy fountains, flow,
Sweet founts that have long b en dry!
Sorrow’ may tears forego,
But rapture must weep or die.
11ev. F. Lanqbiudoe.
mi' cunsE of the tom.
The Tom, of Baltimore, was u saucy
hermaphrodite brig, whose men took
-rest pride in the tony forty-two pound
er which she carried amidships, and cn
t -ruined also an exceeding admiration
'<-r tlu- skill of their first lieutenant, Mr.
(bile, who in ail cases oi emergency took
upon himself the immcdiutc|direction of
that destructive engine.
One extremely foggy night, off Ber
muda; the Tom found herself in the
midst of what seemed a fleet. The slips
of a convoy always carried lights aloft
after dark, in order that each might
know the whereabouts of flic others; but
upon this occasion tlio air M ils so thick
with mist that no light would show
unless verv close at hand; so that it was
only at intervals that the crow of the
privateer could detect tho glimmer of
one; yet the fact u>at. tl.-v .1 mM .<,<>
sionally do so proved their unknown
neighbors to be much nearer than could
hava been wished under all tho uncer
tainties of the case. It appeared prob
able that some of tho strangers might ha
merchantmen and others meu-of-war;
but, of course, no definite conclusion
could be arrived at in this respect.
As there fell at the moment an almost
entire calm, tho relative positions of the
vessels could ho changed lmt very slow
ly, if at all; but the men of tho Tom
keeping a careful silence, her proximity
remained unknown to the others, what
ever they might be. Now and then a
light would show faintly through tho
fog, seeming to bo close to tin: privateer,
then becoming wholly obscured by an
increasing density of the mist. The
weather was precisely in that state which
is apt' to keep sailors at work shifting
studding Bails from one side to tho other
• J their vessel, in order to profit by what
ever light air there may be, ns it comes
now from starboard and now from port.
Occasionally a boatswain’s pipe was
heard; and tho hollow atmosphere per
mitted even the words of command on
board of some of the strangers to bo
made out with great distinctness by the
privateer’s men. The sentences were
somewhat like these:
“Lay h aft, ’ere, and give a pull li’on
that mizzen-top-s’l-’alyard ! The yard's
sagged—get it h-up w’ere’t belongs 1"
“H’in with them larboard stunners’ls!”
"Small pull h’on the weather braces!”
“Come, h’ttp witli the fore and main
tacks and h’ease h’aff sommut h’on the
sheets 1”
“H’eightbells 1 Call the watch there.”
The nationality of tho strangers
could no longer remain in doubt.
In the morning, after the sunbeams
bad dispersed the fog, it was found that
the fleet consisted of three West India
men and a seventy-four-gun ship.
The man-of-war immediately gave
chase to the Tom, then about three
miles off, and, as the pnrsner had tin
best of tho breeze, the privateer's-men
saw themselves in a position of no litth
peril. But, after the king’s ship had
succeeded in decreasing the distance by
a third, she ceased to gain. Tho chase
was continued in this manner fora num
ber of hours—for the American captain,
finding that the breeze had become
steady, and consequently that he could
sail three miles to the enemy’s two,
slung a drag under tlie Tom’s bows in
order to deaden her headway and give
the Briton such hope or overtaking her
as would cause him to continue the chase
until he should be widely separated
from the merchantmen.
Ere long the West India vessels were
so far off that their top-masts could
scarcely be seen above the bending
ocean; and now the Tom began to try
tier great pivot-gun upon the seventy
four. It was longer and heavier than
any of tho enemy’s guns, and, although
the distance was two miles, Lieutenant
Gale had strong hopes of being able to
make his mark somewhere about tho
bulky Englishman.
“But you won’t hit him at the first
trial,” said Captain Brown, the co®-
mander,
SUMMERVILLE GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 10, 1883.
“No, T don't expect to," replied the
lieutenant. “I guess about tlie third
lire I’ll plump a shot into him. The
first may' go over and tho second under,
but the third’ll fetch him 1”
Mr. Gale was no boaster, and seldom
undertook more than ho could perform.
The privateer was going very steadily,
with but little rise and fall of the deck,
so that the occasion was favorable, but
still, even a big seveuty-four-pounder at n
distance of two miles oould bo no very
encouraging mark for a singlo cannon
ball
In those days, the big guns were not
fired as now, by means of percussion
caps; but a man stood by with n slow
match and clapped it upon the piimiiq
at the word.
Mr. Gale took unusual pains in sight
ing the long forty-two. Onco or twits
ho was upon the very point of giving
the order to let drive, hut hesitated aud
sighted again, the man with tho match
all the while standing with arm out
stretched and the bright coal glowing
Now a little higher, and again a little
lower; was brought tho muzzle of the
huge cannon, as the lieutenant squinted
along tlio iron, till the lookers-on be
came impatient for the flash and roar.
“O, never mind tlio first shot,” said
the captain; “you'll have to try a good
many times before you hit the fellow !’
"I know it, .mid Mr. Gale, still squim
ing intently and never looking up; “but
I want to come ns near as all, there 1 a
little lower ! I want to comb as near a;
—Fire I”
Down came the burning match, and
the whole vessel shook at tho roar of the
forty-two. For a moment the smoke
whs blinding—and what a smell of burn!
powder there was about the deck 1
“I saw a gray streak,"said the captain:
'and a mighty straight one, too ! but 1
didn't see w here it ended, for the smoke
was in my way.”
“If the bull had Hfruc'k lhe water, '
said one of tho officers, "wo shouldliuv
seen it skip, I think. 1 had a glimpse
of something between us and the enemy,
but I don't know what became of it.”
Every one looked anxiously towav,
the seventy-four; and in a minute or tw<
some operations were observed <>
board of her which made the exeitemen
intense.
“Hello!” exclaimed Captain Browi
•‘what, (loos that mean It They Imv.
lowered their head-yards ami are hnuli
up their foresail 1 My soul I they run
have got that shot through their fi r
mast 1 They’re afraid tho inast will go
over, and are getting in all their head
sails as fast as possible! Look at tlie
hands going np tho forerigging 1 And
there they start their fore-topsail sheets I
You’ll see the yard alive with men iu n
minute 1”
By tlio timo the sails wore clewed up,
those wdio were to furl them wero lying
out on tlio yards in long dark rows.
With that numerous crew thero was 8
simultaneous handling of foresail, top
sail, topgalliintsail, and royal—as, in
deed, would have been tho case with al*
lhe cntrvns upon the ship had necessity
required it to lie taken off; and even she
would have had a largo force to spare.
But just ns tho sails had been hand
somely stowed under the gaskets, the
masts began to waver. Faster and fast er
it inclined to leeward, then, suddenly, ns
if tho weather rigging itself had given
away, down it went with all its hamper
broken short off by the deck 1 It was a
startling spectacle. Lowermost, top
mast, topgallantmast, royal mast, yards,
men, and all, plunged splashing into the
water.
There was a most lively scrambling
among the wrecked spars and rigging
where the numerous fellows who had
been aloft wero seen like so many en
gulfed rats; but, as was afterward ascer
tained, the casualties were fewer than
might have been expected—only three
men being lost, although four or five
others were somewhat injured.
From the loss of all her head canvas
the seventy-four was obliged to take in
all her sails on tho mizzen also, as oth
erwise she would not answer her helm.
She, however, kept everything set on
the mainmast, and, bringing her broad
side to bear on the privateer, sent tlie
round shot whistling thick and fast.
Nevertheless, the distance being some
what too great for her guns, the execu
tion done was very little.
Mr. Galo repeated his firo with the
forty-two-pounder a dozen or twenty
times, but could not succeed in bringing
down another spar,although he evidently
hulled her more than once. A number
of her own shot reached the privateer ;
one of them rolling acrosH tho deck,
wounding a marine in the foot, and
bringing up the opposite plank-sheer. A
few of them went hustling past witl
great force, while others fell short.
“This is timo lost,” said Captain
Brown. “ Yon havo disabled her, Mr
Gale—good for you ! But we have rn.
further business here—we are sure of
the West Indiamennow, and I am going
after them forthwith 1 ”
The wind had freshened, and the Trim
was put in chase of the merchantmen.
They were more than twenty miles off
but it was soon discovered that they had
lost the breeze which was helping the
privateer; and, coming up with them
near sunset, she captured all three.
Upon a subsequent cruise, the Tom,
with the same officers as before, and
with many of her former crew, went
ranging along the oos*t of Africa. Here,
upon founding a bluff which sheltered a
tittle inlet, lief Captain discovered n
Guiueaman lying cozily in tlie basin,
aid, going in, dropped anchor within a
table's length of her.
Not a soul appeared upon her deck,
but on her stern wore road tho words,
‘Gambia—Liverpool,” wltinh gave tin
Yankee commander all the iuformatioi
ic desired. A laiat was manned, and
ho vessel, which was a large square
igged brig, taken possession of; stil
without arousing any ouo to call thi,
- null nary proceeding in question.
Lieutenant Galo, who was In com
na ul of the boat’s crew, went into the
tabin, where fie found tho English cap
mill lying on a transom fast asleep 1 lie
had his hand on a book, which lay partly
open, and tlio reading of which had prob
ably been a powerful adjunct to drow
siness. At all events bis slumber must
have been very profound, to have suf
fered no interruption from what had
tu on going on so near him. Opening
his eyes, lie stared in astonishment n:
the American officer, whose undress uni
form had a suspicious look.
“H’indeed, sir!” ho said, “Wit-
Ibis? Who nro you, sir, if a man may
li’usk?”
"I am a naval officer, sir," replied Mr
Gale.
“Ah, yea I Isoo! One of ’is Majesty V
blue-jackets, I must ’ope, sir?”
“Not quite that, sir,” replied Mi
Gale. “Tho majesty I servo is called
The Sovereign People.’ t am first
lieutenant of the privateer Tom, of Bal
timore, to which vessel your brig has
beoomo a prize I lam sorry for your
misfortune, but it is our business In
make war on England's commerce, ns il
is her policy to distress us.”
The English captain yielded sadly tr
his fate. His officers and men, he ex
plained, wero all gone on shore, aud ho
himself, having had no particular busi
ness on hand at tlio moment, had sal
down to read in tho cabin, and so fallen
asleep,
Tho Garabria proved (o be one of the
richest prizes over captured by an Amer
ican privateer, She was of abont three
hundred tons burden, and had almost
completed her cargo for home. Its bulk
consisted mostly of palm-oil, tamarinds,
md valuable wood; but silo had likewise
an unusual amount of gold dust and
ivory, with an abundance of oslrii h
leathers and various kinds of choice gum.
She was, beside, a lino now vessel, upon
tier first voyage,
Tho British crew, upon Coming down
to lhe shore, were much surprised to flul
•heir brig a prize to a Yankee privateer,
and would not pull off to her. The cup
tain, at his own request, was set on shore
among them; all the private effects ot
himself and his men being restored, and
several hundred dollars in gold also re
turned from the cargo, in order to re
lievo the, mariners who had thus lost
their floating homo. Tho captain said
that himself and men would remain at a
Portuguese station at a little distance
down tho coast until an opportunity
should offer of getting home.
Running along the coast of Senegam
bia, the Tom fell in with the Stranger—
a ship of three hundred and fifty tons or
thereabout, well-armed and full of men.
To tho surprise of the Americans, she
Hoisted a black flag 1 She was a pirate,
in search of prey; and the captain,
rightly believing that tho privateer must
have a good amount of gold on board,
engaged her in a very spirited manner.
Tho buccaneer was considerably super
ior in force, but his men wore ill-disci
plined, and their gunnery was wretched
iu tho extreme.
It was now that Mr. Galo’s skill
with the forty-two pounder was again
turned to account. After a number of
broadsides had been exchanged, he suc
ceeded in putting a shot into the pirate’s
hull several feet bolow tho water line.
Phis was done as tho enemy rolled in
the heavy swell which happened then to
be running, thus exposing a part of his
hull which in smooth water would have
been bidden.
As the spot was again instantly sub
merged, of course a perfect torrent be
.pin to pour in through the bole. Mr.
Gale knew what had been done, for, in
spite of the smoke, he had seen where
his great cannon-ball bad struck.
The pirates, finding their vessel in
danger of sinking, hurriedly ran inboard
ill the guns on that side, at the same
lime running out those oil tho opposite
,ido—hoping by this expedient to so
careen tho ship as to bring the hole
out of water. But the moment that
so much weight was shifted, over she
went 1
The hatches being open, the ship filled
immediately, and in less than fivo min
utes she sank with her whole crew! The
Tom had one man killed and two wound
ed in the engagement.
Tho name of the pirate ship was
never ascertained, nor was that of het
captain; but that she was an enemy of
most gloomy and threatening front tho
privateer’s-men could well attest.
Standing to the northward until in tho
track of vessels from Europe to the
West Indies, our patriotic adventurers
next descried a heavy ship which proved
a more worthy foe, if a less desperate
one. She was the Townsend, a mail
paekot, sailing between Falmouth and
Barbadoes.
The English captain, feeling that ho
had much at stake, used every exertion
to defend the property entrusted to his
care, ftis ship earned wore guns than
the privateef, and they were Well man- ’
aged.
flhe had a strong grew, and, beside,
many of het nfimetous passengers also
took part in tho battle, so that, alto-.
gather, she was areally formidable antag
onist, One of lior shots, striking the j
Tom on the starboard quarter, wentiuto
tlio cabin, where it tore through the
captain’s booth, and, going across to the
port side, lodged iu tho lieutenant's
mattress.
But the Tom's forty-two-pounilei
made sail work on board the Townsend,
cutting np her hull and spars and spread
ing destruction among licr defenders. At
length, when their captain and a num
ber of others were killed, tlio English
men struck tlieir colors. First, however,
they tliow overhead tho ship’s mail, in
order that tho Americans might not
profit by any information or other matter
that it contained.
It was not sufficiently heavy to sink
immediately, and the privateor’B men,
perceiving it as it floated, lowered their
boat and secured it.
A proposition was now made, by the
officer whom tho death of tlio English
captain had loft in command, to ransom
the ship in order that she might proceed
on her voyage ; and tho arrangement
was presently effected, tho sum paid be
ing forty thousand dollars, which, con
sidering tho value of tho ship and cargo,
was not excessive.
A romantio incident occurred iu con
nection with the capture of this ship.
One of the Tom’s younger officers showed
much kindness to an English lad, who,
although only a passenger, had taken a
brave part iu the battle, aud received a
severe wound. The English youth re
membered the kindhearted American,
and a year afterward in tho West Indies,
when peace had boon dealared, tho two
again met.
Tho American, who was a young gen
tleman of good parentage, and a lino
education, became introduced to a sister
of the youth he had bofriended, and a
mutual attachment sprung up between
them. Six months Inter they were mar
ried; and tlieir subsequent life, spent
partly in the Barbadoes and partly in the
United States, was a prosperous and
happy one.
Ho the voyages of American privateer’s
men wero not always without assoein
tions which were softer than tho roar of
cannon or the call of tho boatswain’s
pipe. There was sometimes n rainbow
of this description resting upon the very
smoke of battle.
Few privateers wore more active than
tho Tom, and few had more of romantic
novelty in their ocean record. Her ap
pearance is said to havo been jaunty and
rakish in tho extreme; and one would,
ndoed, bo apt to guess as much.
The Boss of the Arctic.
The steamship Arctic left Liverpool,
bound for Now York, on September 20th,
1854, and on the 27th of the same month
during a dense fog off Capo Race, came
in collision with tho French iron pro
peller Vesta. Cupt. Luce, supposing
the propeller to he badly injured and in
danger of sinking, while ho believed liis
own ship uninjured, made a superficial
examination of the latter and then seat
off four of his own boats to look for the
Vesta, which meanwhile, badly disabled,
Was heading for Halifax, which it suc
ceeded in reaohing safely. In less than
half an hour after the boats had gone,
Captain Luce discovered that his own
steamer was leaking very badly, and tho
conviction was forced upon him that she
must soon go down. Guns wero fired
aud other signals used to recall the
boats, but they were too far off to re
spond to tho signals for aid. Tho re
maining boats were hurriedly launched,
but they wore insufficient to accommo
date one-third of those on the fated
steamer. In the midst of the confusion
the vessel went down. Capt. Luce had
been requested by a portion of his crew
who had seized a boat, to save himself,
but he nobly refused, and, with his
little son in his arms, went down with
the vessel into tho vortex. He was des
tined to be saved, however. He rose to
the surface with his little son, and had
thrown one arm around a floating spar,
when a piece of the wreck came to the
surface, toppled over, and killed the boy
in his father’s arms. Capt. Luce, with
several others, were subsequently picked
up and brought to port. Of a total of
430 persons on board 1107 were lost.
The Meuse Escaped.
A lady while engaged in the pursuit
of her domestic duties encountered a
mouse in the flour barrel. Now, most
ladies, under similar circumstances,
would have uttered a few genuine shrieks
and then sought safety in the garret;
but this one possessed more than tlie
ordinary degree of genuine courage.
She summoned tho man servant and told
him to get the gun, call the dog, and
station himself at a convenient distance.
Then she clambered half way np stairs
and commenced to punoh the flour bar
rel with a pole. Presently the mouse
made its appearance and started across
the floor. The dog at once went in pur
suit. The man fired and the dog dropped
dead. The lady fainted and fell down
the stairs, and the man, thinking that
„he was killed, and fearing that he would
he arrested for murder, disappeared,
and been seen since. The moose
escape*}.
A Canal Through I’alrsllnr,
At a mooting of tho London Ildloon
Society, Captain Molcsworth, 11. N.,
delivered n letter upon the subject of the
proposed Jordan Canal. The iff was,
ho skid, to cut the canal twenty live
miles from AtifO to the valley of the
Jordan. It would lio abont thirty three
feet deep, so as to accommodate the
largost ship. It would, moreover, bo
abont two hundred feet wide, which
would be sufficient to allow vessels to
pass each other. There would bo no
necessity for locks, because when flic
water was let in the water of the Dead
Sea and tho Mediterranean would prac
tically flow on tho same level to the
Ahabn Gulf of tho lied Sen.
The cutting of tho canal seemed to
present no great engineering difficulties.
A company had been got tip, and that
Company spoke of tho expenso as flliout
£8,000,000; lmt if it could bo carried
out for £20,000,000 the advantage would
still be largely in favor of tho ship-owner.
Some discussion followed, in tlio ooitrso
of which doubt was expressed ns to the
financial success of tho sclicmo, owing
mainly to tho fact that if carried out it
would flood many miles of valuable fer
tile land on either side of tho river. Tho
general opinion was in favor of the canal
anil ultimately the following resolution
was adopted: “That in tlio opinion of
this meeting the canal which is proposed
from tho Mediterranean through tlio
River Jordan and the Dead Sea to tho
Gulf of Aknba is absolutely necessary
for tlio growing commerce between East
ern and Western nations of this hemi
sphere.”
The Constantinople correspondent of
the Standard says that Admiral Sir
Edward Inglofleld, who is now in tlio
Turkish capital to represent the interests
of tho English syndicate for cutting a
channel for a water way through Pales
tine, has had a very favorable reception
at tho palace, for which Muslims Pacha
had paved tho way by his warm recom
mendations of the scheme. Tho Sultan,
it is said, views with favor tho project
in question, which, by opening up a
water passngo into tho Red Sea, would
render Turkey independent of the Suez
Canal, over which His Majesty now ex
orcises only the most nominal oontrol-
I’riiiling Fabrics in Japan,
The moans employed for figuring fab
rics would, to our mechanical manufac
turers, appear so ridiculously primitive
and round-about na to only produce
a laugh. Yet these fabrics have the
subtle charm of handwork denied to our
correctly-printed designs. No doubt our
machines are marvels of scientific ad
justment, but in the commonest Japa
nese cotton tlio tiresome uniformity we
studiously aim at ia on principle avoided.
Stenciling is largely employed, and in a
great variety of ways and variations of
mnnner. A printer will cut out a scries
of leaves in paper, and lay them on his
material, then bury them by means ol
a trowel in a sort of thick “resist.
The leaves are afterward carofully re
moved with a pin, and when tho “re
sist” is dry the fabric can be put in the
(lye-vat and tho leaves made of their
natural color. One of the most curi
ous processes to watch is when the artist
employs a sort of bird-lime, instead of
thread, to outline his design.
Ho takoß a small piece of this glu
tinous mixture on a skewer, touches the
point whero he wishes to bogin, and
draws a thread of convenient length.
Placing tho middle finger of the left hand
under tho fabric, ho can let tho ductile
thread drop to any part of the stuff, and
so go on forming the design even tosuct
minute details as tho stamens of flowers.
This sticky substance can be drawn ont
to any length, like candy sngar, and kept
an even thickness if necessary. When
it is desirable to increase tho breadth of
tlio lines, a conical tulio of oiled paper
filled with the mucilage is used, from
which a wider thread can be gradually
dropped along. When tlie outline is
finished tho colors are added. The fab
ric is then steamed, and the outline re
moved by being rinsed in fresh water. If
tho ground is to be dyed, the paintings
are covered with a "resist” before im
mersion. In pieces of silk, no matter
what length, and even where the pat
tern is repeated, the outlines are done
by hand.
France Occupies Annant.
The treaty of peace whioh the French
have imposed on Annam i* really a treaty
of ocoupation, and looks like the begin
ning of a French "Indian
When the English in India formerly ap
pointed a “Resident” near a native ruler,
that was only a preliminary to annexa
tion. The French aro to have “Resi
dents” atall important points in Annam,
and those officers aro to havo tlie protec
tion of troops. A French envoy is to
help to regulate not only the customs
dues, but the general taxes. The French
aro to build forts.
They are also to keep out the Chinese.
The treaty does not specify this, but the
treaty will not bo of much account un
less the Chinese are kept out. .
A forest fire in British Columbia ex,
ploded a pdjyder mill. Every pane ol
glass in a village near by waa broken,
and everybody exo laimed: "Why, hav
(be schools opened again?"
THE VELVET PERIOD.
.4 NOTABI.K MKANON IN THE LIFE O*
KVKitV VOIINU MAN.
Haw It Htrark n Citizen end the fenrene II
llrqnlrral le cut II en-Why he Uve II
Away.
A conplo of old follow* wero standing
iu front of tho Plankiuton House, smok
ing five cent cigars, one evening, when
a young fellow passed along with vel
vet coat on, and before ho had got ont
of sight, an old fellow about sixty years
old passed tlie samo place, and he had
on a velvet coat. One of tlie two old
fellows knocked tho ashes off his cigar,
and said:
“It catches them nil, sooner or Jatcr.”
“What do yon mean?” asked the
other, as he borrowed his friend’s cigar
to light his own.
"Why, tho velvet coat period,” said
the first man, ns he took his cigar back,
and puffed on it to keep it going. “Evory
man, some timo in his life, cither as boy
or man, sees a timo when bo thinks tho
world will cease to revolve on its axis if
he does not havo a velvet coat, and he is
bound to have one il ho has to steal the
money to buy it. It ia had enough for
a boy to have tho period come on, bnt it
is infinitely worse to escape it in youth
and have it attack a man in middlo life,
but it always hits them, some time.
Now, you wouldn’t, think, to look at mo,
that I ever liml the velvet coat fever, bnt
I had it onco in its most violent form.
“About twenty years ago, at the time
of the oil excitoment, I made a little
money in oil, and I got to thinking how
I could show how I was no ordinary son
of man, and all at onoe it struck me that
a velvet coat could do it for me, and I
had a surveyor measure me, and had a
velvet ooat made. I was anxious to havo
it done so I could put it on and go around
among tho boys, but when it was done
and had been brought home, I all at once
lost my grip, and oould hardly get up
courage to put it on. I let it lay for a
week, until my people got to mating fun
of mo about being afraid to wear it, and
finally I put it on and wore it down town
after dark. Only a few people daw it,
and I went home feeling satisfied that
the worst was over. What I wanted was
to have the community get nccustomed
to it gradually. After a while I wore it
to my office on days that I was going to
lie busy, so I knew I wouldn’t havo to
go oround town. Aftor the boys in the
office got so they could witness my coat
without going behind a partition to laugh
at me, I concluded to wear it on tho
street.
“Well, tlioro was an organ-grinder
with a monkey, out on the sidewalk,
when I went out, and the boastly Italian
had on an old velvet coat, like mine, only
soiled. The monkey was jumping
around, pioking up pennies, and all at
once he saw mo. I shall never forget
the expression on that monkey's face.
He seemed to tako me for his master,
and clearly realized that his master had
procured a now coat without asking the
consent of liis little brother. There wns
a look of pain, ns though the monkey
felt hurt that such duplicity had been
practiced on him, and then the monkey
would look at tho clothes in which he
was dressed np with contempt, and then
he would look at my coat with envy. I
never felt so sorry for a monkey in all
my life. I could stand it to hear
strangers say, ns I passed by, ‘What fool
is that,’ but to see that poor monkey
grieve over the style I was putting on
wns too much, and I resolved if I ever
got that coat homo I would put it where
it could never bo seen again. The organ
grinder became alarmed at the actions
of the monkey, and jerked on tho chain,
causing the monkey to turn a back sum
mersault, and the poor animal came up
standing in front of his master. He
looked at him, and seemed to be at craco
reassured, and to feel that the apparition
was only a horrid dream, and then he
looked over his shoulder toward where I
lmd stood, to make sure, and there I was
in all my glory. Then tho monkey was
mad and began to make up faces at mo,
and I got out of there and went home,
with shouts of the monkey’s audience
sounding in my ears, and I took off that
coat and gave it to the man that took
cure of my horse, and I never Bee a vel
vet coat, either on a hoy or man, but I
think of what a confounded fool I made
of myself in my Oscar Wilde days. If
you have a boy, teach him to go through
the velvet ooat period young, and ho
will thank hie stars.”— Peck'a Sun.
Two CnrloM Things.
They said it was a curious oirenm
stance that two men from New York,
two from Boston and two from Philadel
phia should all meet at the same hotel in
Colorado. In fact, the six sat in a row
on the verandah, all smoking, when a
native came up and said :
“Gentlemen, I have discovered anew
silver mine which beats anything in the
country. There are a thousand tons of
ore iu sight, and the nssayer says it's 95
per cent, puro quill. I want to get my
dying wife out of this climate, and I’ll
sell the mine to any of you for $5,000.”
Then the other curious thing hap
pened. Not one of the six men replied
a word. Not one of them even looked
up. Not one of them seemed to care a
continential whether his old ore assayed
15 or 95 per cent. They had all “ been
there.”— Wall Strprt, Newt.
TWO OONONDKUHS.
"Aw, can you tell me, Miss Fair,”
queried George Washington LaDude,
after a brief period of intense study,
"whv the—aw—Ponto’s caudal appen
dage' is like a coming event ?”
“No, Mr. LaDude.”
“Well, aw, it is something to a cur,
don’t vou know—ha Iha !”
“Very good, Mr. LaDude, very good.
But can you tell me why your hat is like
a bad habit ?”
“Why, er-r, aw; well, no—why is it?”
“Because it is something to a void.”
“Oh! weally, now, Miss Fair, you
are just too bad for anything, don’t yoq
know?”— The Judge,
NO. 38.