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About The Enterprise. (Carnesville, GA.) 1890-1??? | View Entire Issue (March 10, 1890)
VOL. I. Know Flake*. Where do they go, The melting flukes of the bright, white snow? They goto nourish the April showers; They go to foster the May-time flowers; AVhere the roots of the hidden grasses grow, There do they go. How do they go’ Drop after drop, in a silent (low, When the warm rain falls, and the winds are loud, And the swallow sing in the rifts of the cloud, Through the frozen reins of the earth be¬ low They softly go. Why do they go? because Dame Nature will have it s More than this, truly, T cannot tell; I am neither a seer nor an oracle! When all is answered, I only know, That they come and go! —Kate Putnam Osgood, in Wide Awake. THANKFUL’S TRIALS. “I’m sure," murmured Thankful Pennvpacker, “I don’t know what to do." Thankful Pcnnypackor had come to the far We it on what the facetious in¬ habitants of Blue Gulch would have called “a wild-goose chase. ” She was one of the great majority of unemployed women iu the State of Vermont, and her cousin, Sqirre Todd, had heard from his nephew's wife, who had a sister at Blue Gulch, that there was a district school-teacher wanted there. “Chance for yru, ch, Thankful?” said Mrs. Todd. “Better get off as fast as ever you can, or it’ll bo snapped up. Such positions don’t go a-begging long.” Thankful looked up with big, wist ful eyes. “It’s awful cold weather to go Wost, isn’t it?” said she, a little tim- idly. “Oh, if you’re afraid of a little cold wind and a snow flurry or two’” sai 1 Mrs. Todd, elevating her nose. And Thankful packed her trunk at once, and departed. “Ain’t it rather barbarous, mother,” said the squire, “to send the poor gal way off West in such a blizzard as this ’ere?” “Well, Joshua,’’said his helpmeet, “she’s been here two good months now, and we want her room for your Aunt Eliza, that’s got money to leave some day; and, besides, Dr. Lothair’s a-com¬ ing pretty soon to visit old Dector Jen¬ ningses’ folks next door, and it’s jest as well to have Thankful Pennypacker out of the way.” Squire Tod i’s lower jaw dropped. “Why?” said he, in amaziment. *. 1 Why?" mimicked liis wife. “Well, give me a man for solid thick-headed - ness! Hain’t you got a darter of your own, aud ain’t Thankful Pennypacker a pretty gal, if she is past fivc-and- twenty year? ’ “Oj, ” said the squire. ‘ M itchmak- in\ eh?” “Well, call it ryhat you please,” said Mrs. Todd. “Anyhow, it’s time ElectTa xvas settled in life, and it’s j;st ns well lo have Thankful Pennypacker off some¬ where else.” -But when the Vermont girl reached Blue Gulch, old Mr. Wei dell, the chair¬ man of the board of trustees, professed himself exceedingly sorry, but the po¬ sition had just been filled by a half sis¬ ter of his own. “IVc always give Western girls the preference.” said he. So poor Tuankful went back to “Squire Todd’s nephew’s xvifc ’9 sister,” in a frame of mind widely different from her name, and uttered tho piteous sentence that heads our story. The nephew’s wife’s shier was called McCray—a stout, cheerful body, with bright bine eyes and a double chin. “I declare to goodness, Miss Penny- packer,” said she. “1 feel sorry for you, but I hain’t a minute’s time to spare a-listenin’ to what Miles Wen- deli said just now. Two o’ the China¬ men have gone, and Bridget won' t stir into the dinin’-room as long as Wong Sec is there. It’s strange how she and the Chinese hate each other. And the train is due in forty minutes, and eighteen mealers have telegraphed ahead.” * Can’t I help you?” said Thank- ful. “You? Why, you’re an educated lady,” said Mrs. McCray. “That’s no reason I can’t cook a fricasse, or bake a pumpkin-pie,” said Thankful, smiling in spite of her troubles. “And I have no especial prejudice against Wong S-«; so I’d as socp go into the dining-room and see to the tables as not.” “Well, I’d be mortal obliged to you if you would,” said Mrs. McCray, with a great sigh of relief, “Here’s me o’ my big white It itclien aprons to lie over your black serge die s, to it won’t be spiled; and yen’ll find Wong See very teachable and docile.” So that Miss Pennypacker was flying 3rouni presently in the nca‘, cool rooms of the railway restaurant, where THE ENTERPRISE long tables, draped whith white, were decorated with evorgroan and holly- berrios, and tho glass and crockery, albeit of tho coarsest, was sparkling and cloan. The B’uo Gulch meal station, as Mrs. McCray told Thankful, was celebrated all along the line for its pigeon-pies, its toothsome W 11 IH 53 , and its dainty bits of home-made cookery. “And now you’re hero to sort 0 ’ keep Wong See straightened up,’’said she; “1 cau give my whole miud to the waffles.” A keen wind howling down the rail¬ way cut; a cloud of drifting suOw, sharper lhan needles and pins; and then the shriek of tho train. Wong See adjusted his clean white tunic and rubbed his han.Is. “Supper allcc re.idec, ” said lie. “MisseeCray she got wall!) all cookee.’’ “Oeh, the hay then Chinee 1’’ said Bridget, m her deu behind the tea and coffee holder, as she scowled uuut- terablo things at tho smiling Celestial. The passengeis rushed with one ac¬ cord for the warm, cozy, savory-smelt¬ ing dining-room, for the fame of the Blue Gulch waffles had penetrated far and wide—when all of a su Iden there was an exclamation, a pause, a confu¬ sion. “What is it?" said Thankful, who, with swift hands, was carrying tea and coffee this way and that. • “A gentleman has slipped on tho icy car step,” said Mrs. McCray, “i reckon likely he's broke his leg or arm or something. Here, Miss Pennypacker; you cernc to the wnffli-irons. I'll j 1 st stop and see what tho trouble is. Mc- Cray ain’t never on hand at an emer¬ gency.” When the train had gone, the hurt passenger lay in a little white- curtained room up stairs. Doctor Felloe hail set -his broken arm and bandaged liis sprained ankle. “If you have moderately good luck, ’ said he, “you r.ced not he detained more than two or three weeks. And the people here are very kindly and re¬ spectable. They’ll make you fairly comfortable, you’ll find. ’’ The wayfarer uttered a groan, but there was no appeal. 0:i all the earth there is no autocrat like a country doc- tor. Mrs. McCray was k'n I and motherly. Wong See, with his little almond- shaped eyes and perpetual smile, proved to be a capital nurse; and after a little the patient got mod to his captivity. “Who is that I hear singing down sfairs at times? ’ he asked, one day. “Well,” said Mrs. McC.ay, “it’s our Bridget. Docs she disturb you? She will keep singing ‘Nora, My Nora,’ say what you will, and—” “No, it isn’t that howl,” said the siek man, with a shu Ider. “It’s some one singing bits out of tho ‘Trovatore’ —little sweet trills and runs like a nightingale.” “Oh!" said Mrs. McCray. “Ireckon that’s Thankful.” “And who is Thankful?” “Mss Pennypacker. My sister’s husband’s uncle's cousin, that came all the way from tho State o’ Vermont to teach deestrick school, and when she got here another woman gobbled it up —'.ho sitooatiou, I mean.” “Oh!" said the invalid. “Yes, thank you, Mrs. McCray! If j on’ 11 put the lemonade pitcher on the fable, I can roach it myself.” The big Michigan ro9o on the porch of the Todd farmhouse was all in blos¬ som when Doctor Lothair came at last to make the long-promised visit to his friend, Doctor Jennings. “But it ain’t no use!” sighed Mrs. Todd to Elec ra, her daughter. “He’s brung a wife with him, I’m told—a bride all the way from Dakota Turri- tory.” “Humph!” said disappointed Elec¬ tro. “A regu ar wild Indian, I guess. But, for all that, I’m sort o’ curious to see her. Let’s go in to night, mother, when they're through tea.” So Mrs. Todd and flic squire donned their best clothes, and E ectm put on her newest set of fish-scale jewelry, and they all trudged over to “Jen¬ ningses’ heuse, ” when the sun had set and the whip-poor-wills began to sing. “Why, ma, look there! ’ saldElic- tra. “It’s cousin Thankful, sure's you’re born, settin’ on tho piazzy, and—■’’ “No, it ain’t!" said Mrs. Todd. “Yes, it is! Why, how on airth come she here? ’ Thankful came running down the steps. “Well, I declare!” sail Mrs. Tedi, secretly planning within herself how to avoid inviting Thankful to tho house. “The fur West seems to Lev agreed with you. Mercy, how red ypur creeks be! S’pose you took ad¬ vantage of the chance to come back East with Doctor Lothair an .1 the bride. Where is she? “The bride?" Thank ful’s check* wero redder than ever. “Ob, didn’t you know? Iamthebr.de! CARNESYILLE, GA., MONDAY, MARCH 10.1SD0. “You!” echoed Mrs. Todd. “Yes. Come in and I'll introduce you to my husband." Prosy old Doctor Jennings treated tho visitors to a long account of the wholo thing—from Doctor Lothnir’s accident at Blue Gulch to the wedding, where Wong Soo wuitod, and Mr*. McCray cooked tho gamo and entrees. It was quite a romance, he declared. And Squiro Todd stopped on the way homo to indulge in a hearty laugh. “To think,” said he, ‘ 'what a mortal hurry you was iu to get Thankful out of tho way of this very man, so’l Elcctra could hov a clear chance.” 1 Judge Todd,” snapped his wife, “you shouldn't laugh out so lou l and coarse! It’s dreadful vulgar 1'’— Satur¬ day Ni/jht. Substantial Handshakings. It was years since, in the Ozark re. gion, where I was riding a circuit, that I saw a minister enjoy a most substan¬ tial handshaking, says a writer in the St. Louis G leh:-Democrat. Shaking hands was his peculiarity. He believed in the potency of cordial grasp to win men to (ho church, and though success ful iu winning souls ho was very unfor¬ tunate in the matter of getting dollars. In fact poverty continually stared him in tho face. He owned a little farm nnd mortgaged it as long as it would yield a dollar. Tho mortgages were failing due, but (here was no prospec) of paying them. But it did not bothef him a bit. He shook hands mori heartily than ever. “I have unbounded faith in hand¬ shaking to Iring everything out right," he often said, until his penchant came to be the talk of the town. At last came the day whoa the mortgages mint bo foreclosed that would deprive him of tho litle homo that sheltered lib fam- »y- On the eve of that day a knock at the door of his house, which was a lit¬ tle way from town, cnlled h.ni. When ha opened the door a whole crowd rushed in, and, without saying a word, commenced shaking hands, lie felt something cold in the palm of the first man, and when the hand was w ithdrawn itstuek to his own. “That b the most substanlial shake I ever experienced,” he said, as he held up a $5 gold piece. But the next man stepped up and a sil¬ ver dollar was left in the preacher's palm. No ono would say a word in explanation, but pressed in on him as fast as lie ccu'd stick the metal and bills info liis pocket. The house was not large enough for the visitors, each one of whom deposited from $1 to $10 in the outstretched hand. Each left The moment his little errand was accom¬ plished, and not a word could be had in explanation, except the last one, who, as he turned to go, remarked: “We wanted to play a little joke on you, and we have.” Tho several “jokes" netted just $871. His home was saved and a neat balance was left besides. The minister maintained that lie had contracted a habit that night that for a year afterward, when ho shook a hand, prompted him to look into his own palm, half expecting to see apiece of metal there. True to His Trust. In the pioneer period th3 bankers of Helena, Montana, thought nothing of sen ling $1,000,000 worth of gold dust by the freighting wagons across tho couutry 200 miles to Ft. Benton for shipment by river. Tney intrusted tho treasure to acqu lintances who chanced to be miking the trip, exietod no bond and felt no anxiety. The mil* lions went through safely, although the boundary of the British dominions is temptingly near part of tho route to Ft. Benton. B inker Hershfield of Helena te'ls an in'eresting story of a mm by whom he once sent $150,000 in gold dust from Helena. Tuo dust was put in the pocket of a jacket, which was worn next to the body. The man who carried the treasure was only a casual acquaintance of the banker. Two or three days out from Helena the stago by which the trip was being made mit with an accident. It rollci down a hill tide, and the treasure cirrier was badly hut. Several of his rit>3 were broken. He was taken to a cabin, and there he lay m agony, with the dust still fastened about him, positively refusing to let it be removed until Mr* Hershfield could be sent for aud tbo trust could be returned to his bauds. Men may not be more hone3t in Mon¬ tana than elsewhere, but it is a fact that thefts of bullion have been of raro occurrence. — Globs D. nwerat. Tit for Tat. Mr. Younger (meeting Miss Winters on tho street)—Why, how do you do? M ss Winters (with a cold stare)— You have evidently made a mistake, sir? Mr. Younger—I beg a thousand pardon:—I mistook you for yout mother. — Epoch, A TERRIBLE ORDEAL A Hunter in the Grasp of a Huge Grizzly Bear. He Lies Still While the Brute Mangles His 0ody. Thcro were two Amoricaus in the Santa Clara Valley of California at an early (lay—brothers—name l Howard and Michael Overnckor. They owned largo farms, had a wide acquaintance aud wore very popular. They wero also the best rifle-shots ‘and tho most cool and successful hunters in the county. I have seen M chaoi, at a lurkoy-match, kill his b rd at 000 yards. They used to kdl wild goose, coyotes, mouataiu quail, nnd liuro on the run with thoir Ileury r.flo'. Still, though they had shot hundreds of deer, antelope and elk, they never went grizzly limit¬ ing. At list, in 1868, in tho Ban Benito mountains, Howard Overackor had his bear adventure, and tho details aro very characteristic of tho habits of the grizzly. The elder Overacker was then in the prime of iiLi, extremely strong, wiry, lean and quick in his motions, liis brother and a man named Fqrguion formed tho rest of the party. They left camp an l separated, taking nearly parallel ravines. Howard was slowly working liis way through the douse, thorny bushes, called by Californians chapparal, when ho suddenly.camo upon a largo and old grizzly at close quarters. Tho animal was less than twenty foot distant,, and at once, with a roar of rage, threw himself upon Overaeker. The hunter, with that marvellous rapidity which such men acquire, put a bullet into his foe, threw out tho shell and ha I pumped another cartridge into ' the rifle when the gimt of the wilder¬ ness struck him. The blow delivered with the light paw struck him on the face and neck, hurled (he gun into the hushes, and felled him to tho ground. The grizzly instantly cnight him in three pine is—one paw over tho ribs, breaking two, aud tearing thorn loose; the other paw on the ankles, ripping and crushing the flish; the teitii nnd j iws closed on the thigh, mangling the flesh and tearing it from the bone. Oveiacker, though perfectly conscious, lay Without a motion through this terrific assault. The bear suddenly got his hold on the thigh, and caught Overacker by tho shoulder, breaking aud crushing the bones together. From the time when ho rose against the man to the time when he dropped him a bundle of broken bones and torn flesh, the grizzly had seemingly put forth oua tremen¬ dous effort. Overacker said afterward I 10 was no stronger in tho bear’s graip than a cat would be in bis own. The b nr left him a moment, walked about in a circle, returned suddenly and bit pieces of flesh as large a marble from various parts of Overnckor’s body, and thru took his final departure. Overnckcr, a fow minutes later, seized tho branches ovorhead aud strug¬ gled to his feet, but, to mo his own phrase, “all turned black,” and liis companions found him half an hour later. For weeks he was not expected to live, but his w ife’s nursing and his magnificent constitution pulled him through. Two years later Ovorackcr returned to tho same region and shot two large grizzlies without any assist¬ ance. Oie of them received eight Henry rifle bullets before he succumbed. This little sacrifice to his vanity being accomplished, he hunts 110 more bears, and even diicouragos tho light-minded sneer at the California grizzly. 1 asked the veteran whether lie would have used a bowio if he had had it while in the grip of tho forest king. Ovcracker smiled grimly; “It was a very large bear—as large as an ox. If Joha Sul¬ livan had been in my place, and had driven a bowie through the bear’s heart ho would have been killed in the death struggle. As for a revolver, it would have been suicide to have trie! it. B it if tho bear had been fifty feet off when I saw him, instead of twenty feet, I could have kept out of the way long enough to kill him.”— N. Y. Post. Both Worked Hard. own—Yon wouldn't be so extrava¬ gant if you know how hard I have to work for my money. Mrs. Brown—And ifyouoaly stopped to think, you wouldn't say such a tiling. Just see how hard I had to work to get the bonnet you complain about. Why, I had to visit about a hundred stores before I could find one fo suit me.— Epoch. In Innninent Hanger. Jenny—Hero comes Jack, auntie, I wish you would como down and stay in j the room. ; ! Auntie—Why? Jenny—I’m afraid hb is going to pro¬ pose, and I can’t trust myself—be looks 10 pcsr aud ro handsome. Buffaloes as Pets. Mr. Uornaday places tho buffalo v<vy low, indeed, in tho standard of mental cupacity, and makes this stupidity tho cause of liis exlermiuutiou. lint if the monarch of the plains lacked intellect, he certainly did not waut for affection. The manner in which tho bull buffalo protected the calves of tho herd is a glorious cxamplo of pntornnl instinct. A 11 army surgeon rclnted tho following instance to Mr. Hornaday: “lie w in camp ono evening when his attention was arretted by tho curious action of a little knot of six or eight buffaloes. Approaching sufficiently near to sec clearly, he discovered that this little kuot was made up of bulls, standing in a close circle, with heads outward, whilo in a concentric circle, at some 12 or 15 paces distant, sat at least a dozen large grey wolves ( xcopting man, the most dangerous enemy of tho buffalo). Tho doctor determined to watch the performance. After a few moiuonts tho knot broke up, and still keeping in a compact mass, started on a trot for the main herd, sonio half a m le off. To his very great astonishment, tho doctor now saw that tho cetiiral and controlling figure of this mass was a poor little calf, so newly born ns scarcely to bo able to walk. After going 50 or 100 paces tho calf laid down, tho bulls disposed themselves in a circle as before, and the wolves who had trotted along on each sido of their retreating supper, sat (Iowa and licked their chops aga’u, ami though the doctor did not see tho liualo, it being late aud the camp distant, he had uo doubt that tho noble fathers did their whole duty to their offspring, and carried it safely to the herd.” The buffalo, if taken when young, submits with surprising readiness to the re¬ straints of captivity. Mr. Hornaday declares buffalo calves make excellent pets .—Pittsburg Dispatch. _ Where Meerschaum is Found. Bo far as known, meerschaum is found in uo other part of the world than tho pretty little village of Eskis- chia, in Asiatic Turkey. The compo¬ nent parts of meerschaum are said to be magnesia, silex and flint, and some¬ times traces of iron, earth nnd other minerals aro found in it. Once upon a time it was death to the Christians to go near tho mines, which go under ground some thirty feet, and are aired aud kept dry by a windmill. The Turks do uot believe iu rcproductiou nor in flooding the market, and prices never como down, hut generally have an upward tendency whenever the government needs a larger supply oi funds, for tho greatest expense iu min. ing tho production is tho faxes of tho government, The indolent natives mine for a couple of hours or so and then lie off in the sun with thoir coffee and tobacco. With a knife they scrapo off the earth from tho lump of meer¬ schaum; then they fake the oily leaf of a tree which grows in the vicinity and rub tile lump smooth and give it some¬ thing of a polish. In this condition it is sold to the merchant. A material very much hke meerschaum is found in BpRin nnd tlio United Slates, but it bears no comparison with tho Turkish meerschaum, The imi- tat ion meerschaum comes from the chips and shavings of the genuine arti¬ cle. They are first giound or mashed into a pulp and then mixed with some binding chemicals so as to keop the molecules together. Tho imitation can¬ not retain the oil of lobacco nnd usu¬ ally cracks when filled with nicotine. A Split Gold Coin. “Two tens for a Iwonty, please,” said a gentleman to tho cashier in tho county treasurer’s office. The cashier took the “tweuty” aud raug it on the counter. It had that pe¬ culiar dull ring that characterizes co in- terfeit coins. lie rung it a second time, aud then inspected it critically. “Is it bogus?" asked tho owner of the coin. “Oil, uo,” answered tho cashier; “it’s good as wheat, but split.” Continuing, he said: “Tout is tho first split $20 I ever ran across, Tho stamping machine at the mint some¬ times comes down too hard on the coins and splits them; but it is soldom the larger coin* split. It’s mostly 'fives’ that suffer. But they are very careful at the mint, and stop every split coin they detect. Now, in the thou¬ sands of dollars handled here every year, 1 rarely find a split coin. 1 don't think I’ve found more than four or five in a year, and, as I say, the coins were mostly $5 pieces.” The split $20 looked perfect, and, so fa. as the eye Could detect, bore nc flew of any kind. The only fault with it was in the “ring,” and the split made it sound “dead" when thrown on (he counter. Almost every man takes liis day off, but we never hoard of him bringing it beck sgain. FOR TH£ HOUSEWIFE. WASHING HILk HANDKERCHIEFS. Silk haudkerchiofs are ruined by curoloss washing,such as they aro likely to got if put into the gouer.il wash. It is bettor to do them up by thcmsolvos. Thoy should bo washod in lukowarm water, nnd rinsed two or three times in oloar, cold water, without blue. Wring them out, fold and roil them tightly in a cloth, but do not let them got dry before ironing, or they will never look smooth. Colored silk handkerchiefs should be washod with fine, white soap —never with strong, yellow soap.—■ Clothier and Furnisher. BAND HAGS a lll.KRSTNO. The send bag is invaluable in the sick room. Gn. somo clean, fine sand, dry it thoroughly in a kottlo on the stove. Make a bag about eight iuchos square of flannel, fill it with dry saud, sew the opening carefully together aud cover tho bng wi-h cottou or linen. This will prevent tlio sand from sifting out, and will also enable you to heat the bag quickly by placing iu tho oven or even on top of tho stove, After once using this you will never again attempt to warm tho feet or hands of a sick person with a liottio of hot water or a brick. Tho sand holds the heat a long timo, and the bag can bo tucked up to tho hack without hurtiug the in¬ valid. It is a good plan to make two or three of tho bags aud keop them on hand, ready for use at any timo when needed .—New Yor’i Herald. MARKINO TUB I.tNEN. It goci almost without saying that the marking of tnblo and bad linen is a most important item. How it b to be done remains, of course, a matter of tasto, for tho varieties are legion, from marking-ink nnd colored cross-stitch, to the daintiest of embroidery stitches. Somo peoplo liavo a happy knack ot writing or printing with exquisite neat¬ ness nnd grace with common marking- ink. For those who are not so fortunate it may ho advisable to invest in a thin stencil plate or stamp, which is inex¬ pensive nnd easy to use. Always do the marking in the same corner and iu tho same direction, and in tho matter of ink, use tho best. Unless linen is to go through tho hands of a line laundress it is bet¬ ter to have it quite simplo. Frills are very pretty when new, but thoy aro a great deni of trouble, and bad fluting is disastrous to them. Nothing cau ho prettier than tho open hemstichcJ pat¬ terns so fashionable juit now. Even the very simp'est produce a good effect; the conr.ser linen, such as tea-cloths, etc., can be improved by drawing out some threads and running with fast- dye colored threads. It is oasy, with a fair amount of taste, to make the most mod jst store of linen look well, and uothing is so pleasing and com¬ forting iu a home. The linen cupboard will be very attractive if each pilo of tilings, such as pillow-cases, doilies, afternoon tea, sideboard nnd tray cloths and napkins, is tied up with colored ribbons or tapc3 .—New Yor’i World. RECIPES. Breakfast Cakes—O 10 pint of flour, one pint of water and two eggs. Take half the water and stir In part of the flour to prevent lumping, then as it thickens add tlio rest of tho water and flour. Beat the eggs thoroughly and add last w.th a small pttch of salt. The pans must be very hot and the oven quick. Boilod Macaroni with Sauce—Break onc-quartcr of a pound of macaroni into convenient lengths, throw into pleuty of boiling, salted water; boil rapidly 25 minutes; when done drain in a col¬ ander, then stand in a pan of cold water for 15 .minutes. Make a plain tomato sauce, carefully add the maca¬ roni, let it boi! up once and serve. Sweet Potato Souffler—Boil until ten. dor a quantity of sweet potatoes; when done remove the skins and press through a colander; add a gill of hot cream for every quart bowlful of the mashed po¬ tatoes. a tablespoonful of meltod butter and salt and popper to taste; beat until very- light and add tho beaten whites of three cggs, stirring them in very light¬ ly. Pour iuto a baking dish and brown in a quick oven. To Prepare Sweet-Breads—Veal sweet-breads aro best. They will not keep long. Soak them at onco in cold water for about one hour; then parboil them (about fifteen minutes) iu salted, boiling water, after which put them into cold water again for a few min¬ utes. This will make them firm and white. Remove tho skin and little pipes, and put them in a very cool place until ready to cook them again. It is said in Paris that old topers and those accustomed to alcoholic stimulants were the least affected by the influenza, while tho strictly temperate suffered the most. NO. 10. AlITlf* Xntw. Where lies the land to which the (hip would go? Far, far ahead, is ail her seamen know; Aud where the laud she travels from’ Away, Far, far behind, is all that they can say. On sunny noons upon the deck’s smooth face, Linked arm i i arm. how pleasant hereto pace; Or o'er the stern reclining, watch below The foaming wake far widening as we go. On stormy nights, when wild northwesters rave, How proud a thing to tight with wind and wave! The dripping sailor on the reeling mast Exults to bear, and scorns to wish it past. Where lies the land to which the ship would go? Far, far ahead, is all her seamen know; And where the land she travels from? A way, Far, far behind is all that they can say. —Arthur Hugh Clough. HUMOROUS. A weather report— thunder. A “boil’ ’ on the stovo is worth two on tho neck. The tailor trade is a, fitting occupa¬ tion for anybody. Patti’s lowest notes reach as high as $4000 every night. A good many peoplo speak as they pass by who had better keop still unless they can say more pleasant things. lie—IVhat did your father say when you told him that wo were engaged? She—Oh, Augustus, you must not ask mo to repeat such language! Clerk—I want an increase of salary. Employer (wearily)—All right. Any thing olso? Cierk—And I want to get off an hour earlier every day, so I can spend it. Lawyer—Your uncle in ikes you his solo lioir; lut iho will stipulates that the sum of one thousand dollars must bo buried with him. lioir—(feelingly) —Tho old man was eccentric; but his wishes must lie respectel, of course. I'll write a check for that amount. Auxioiu Wife—Doctor, how is my husband? Doctor—He will come around all right. What I 10 needs now is quiet. I have here a couple of opi¬ ates. “When shall I give them to him?” “Give them to him? They are for you, madam. Your husLmud needs rest.” • Functions of the (Jocoanut. In the arts and economics of South Sea Island life, the first place is taken by the feathered cecoanut which lines the white sand of the beach or nestles in the gorges of tho precipitous moun¬ tain sides. Polynesia knows no want, cau almost conceive of no luxury, with - out the provinewbf the eoconnut to be¬ stow. At onco food and drink, it builds the islander his home aud canoe; for oue it aids the dutch aud for tho oth¬ er the sail and rigging; it clothes him and provid --a him baskets ia which to carry his food; it makes him an armor that will turn tho sharpest arrow and the keenest spear; cradled in the feath¬ ery leaves as a babe, fed and homed and clothed and equipped for war from it as a man, at death he return* again to his cradle of infancy and is buried in a leaf. It is the characteristic feature of every view, tho centre of all histories and the ornament of every talc, Bath- ing its roots in (he sait sea, it lines every bench with tapering trunks that never grow straight skyward, as if they had been designed by their leaning and step-like leaf scars tn make it all the easier for the indolent islander to climb for his natural food. Securely wrapped in its fibrous husk it floats unbarim d through leagues of stormy sea3 and grows on any sniidy islet where the rain never falls to hem timo the support of whole communities who know uot tho taste of fresh water. About the feathery plumes of this tree of great resource group afj the essentials of an island life. — N. Y. Herald. Lucky He was in Debt “1 always laugh,” relates an old resi¬ dent, “when I remember an experience I had when a boy. 1 lived iu tho coun¬ try, and one day another boy and my¬ self had occasion to go to town. Ho owed me 50 cents, and was to pay me when we reached town, where he in¬ tended to get change for $1. In go¬ ing to town we had to cross a ctcek. It was early in winter, and the ico was strong enough to hold me, but he was a great deal heavier, and in following me he broke through. He at onco be¬ gan to yell and scramble for dear life. The water was quite deep and he was in considerable danger. I worked with might and main for fifteen or twenty minutes and finally succeeded in pulling him out. • By Jove,’’ I exclaimed, as I puffed and panted after my exertion, “it was a prc-ity tough job getting you out of that creek.” “Yes, gosh blame it,” ho replied, “and you wouldn’t have done it ijf £ hadn’t owed you 50 cents.”
