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About Crawfordville democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1881-1893 | View Entire Issue (July 20, 1888)
The -Japanese read more American than English boors. Last yc.Tr 85,001 English and 119,000 American books ■were imported. Until recently tho ed¬ itors of women’s papers in Japan were all men, but a temperance paper has been established at Tokio by Miss Asai and Mrs. Sasaki, the secretary of the Tokio Woman’s Christian Temperance Association In Death Valley, Arizona, there arc thousands of acres covered with a de¬ posit of borax two foot thick, and, ad¬ joining it, almost equal quantities of salt, lime and soda. Tho place is ninety feet below sea level, and is evidently the bed of a dried-up ocean. A crude refinery has been erected, whose product is hauled 100 miles to Mojave in wagons, with tires eight inches broad, and which cost when new §ljJ00 apiece. A singular incident occurred at Mild may Park Wesleyau chapel, London, on a recent Sunday. The minister, Rev. G'. A. Bennett, - B. A., has been de¬ nouncing the works of certain poets aud novelists as having an immoral tenden¬ cy. After the sermon, says tho New York Observer, Mr. Bennett produced a large bundle of books, which ho Said had been sent to him to bo destroyed by a person to whom they had boon a groat snare. Subsequently the books were committed to tho flames by the minister and the chapel officials. Senator Berry, of Arkansas, is the Lochinvar of the senate, with the differ¬ ence that he stole his bride by means of u canoe instead of a steed as did the hero of Scott’s romantic peom. Mrs. Berry was Miss Lizzie Quaile, the daughter of a well-to-do Arkansas mer¬ chant, and when tho future senator camo to woo her in the guise of a poor, one-legged school teacher (the other leg having been loft on the battle-field at Corinth) his suit was opposed by her parents. But tho bold lover one night tied his canoo to the bank of the Arkan¬ sas near tho lady’s house and carried her away before tho stern parent knew what was in contemplation. The French governor-general of Cochin-China and wifo wore recently invited to dino with tho king of Cam¬ bodia. But on entering tlio royal resi¬ dence, Mme. Constans was struck with tho sight of a largo, iron-barred cage in the court-yard, in which two young members of tho royal family, loaded with chains, were imprisoned. They Jtfjpp Her pity being aroused, she demanded the pardon of at least ono of them as a royal favor. King Norodom, who pique 3 himself occasionally on his gal lantry, promised to grant tho request, During tho dinner that followed, an of ficer entored, and presented to Mme. Constans, ou a gold plate, tho forgivo ness of the prisoners, duly signed and sealed. ___ According to tho Atlanta Consti¬ tution, “The world is indebted to a Georgian for steam navigation across tho Atlantic. In 1818 Captain Moses Rogers of Savannah, suggested to tho merchants of that city the idea of build¬ ing a steamship to rurf between Savan¬ nah and Liverpool. A ship was bought and fitted up and named tho Savannah. Iti April, 1819, it made tho trial trip from New York to Savannah in seven days, aad was visited by President Mon¬ roe, who was then on a southern tour. In May sho sailod for Liverpool,) whore she arrived in twenty-one days, creat ing a sensation, Tho -SaVannah was chased a whole day off the coast of Ire¬ land by a British revenue cutter, which mistook her for a ship ou fire, At tor this trip steam navigation across tho Atlantic was abandoned for years on ac¬ count of the expense. The fact, how ever, remains that Georgia took tho lead in ocean steam navigation.” The wonderful coal tar sugar story, which has been published in nearly every newspaper within a year, is again revived, and from a recent article in the German Sugar Manufacturers’ Jour¬ nal it appears that a factory for the production of that wonderful product known as saccharine is now completed, and will be fully equipped for work in a few weeks. It i3 located in Wester hausen, Germany, near the old historic city of Magdeburg. This coal tar sugar, having a sweetening power 800 timc3 greater than cane sugar, it is said, will bo used for mixing with glu cose, and it is presumed will, in a large measure, displace the product of the caue for the same purpose. The journal from which we gather the above facts also states that one pound cf tho =ew saccharine mixed with 500 parts of glu cose gives a compound as good as the best sugar used on the Continent, while it can Be supplied at a much lower price. Accommodating. Book Agent—How do you do, madam. Win your dog bite? Madam—Waal, I reckon he will. Book Agent—Would you have the goodness to speak to him? Madam—Certainly. Sick ’m, Tige; eick’iml—[Harper’s Bazar. THE DEMOCRAT, CRAWEORDYTLLE, GEORGIA. “A Brighter Day Tomorrow.” When tossed upon tho restless tide Of trouble, c ire and sorrow; W T ben skies grow dark and all foretells More trouble ou the morrow, When towering clouds o’ershadow us, And, tempest-tossed, we wander O’er unknown seas until we feel Our little bark must founder. J\ T hen we despair of life itself, And think the end is nearing; When in the darkness we can see The monster, Death, appearing. Some little star of Hope will burst From out the night of sorrow, Cheering our hearts and whispering, “A brighter day tomorrow. ” Hope, thou blest boon to mortals giyen, What glory shines about thee; How, when dull care and sorrow comes, Could we bear up without theei Still shine upon us from ou high, Shedding a yellow lustre, And ever, when the.night comes on, May lights around thee cluster. PEDSO, Nobody knew much about Pedro. In fact he*was a mystery and had been for a great many years—for exact¬ ly how many years though nobody but Pedro himself could toll you. Certain it is that he had been a mystery since ’39, for in that year tho town was set¬ tled, and Pedro was living in Judgo’s Cliff when tho first settlers came to Beachton. How ho camo to bo thero nobody knew. For that matter nobody know who built his hou3o for him, or liow it came to be where it was, though as to tho latter point tho villago Solons de¬ clared simply that some terrific storm that happened long ago must havo been responsible for tho location. All of which rather anticipates tho statement that Pedro’s home was the wreck of a boat—a queer, lubberly old wreck that was lying keel uppermost full twenty feet above tho water’s edge. A nar¬ row ledge, not more than ton feet wide, and running perfectly horizontal for a distance of forty or fifty feet, was all that Pedro could claim in tho way of a front or back yard, and outside that limited range tho old man ventured but onco a week. That was on Saturday afternoon, when ho would tako his wil¬ low market basket ou his arm, aad go to Beachton market. But about his house. There was about the old boat an air of mystery that was quite in keeping with tho general character of Pedro himself; and of Pedro's othor belong¬ ings. The massive timbers and rude finish proclaimed the semi-barbarian. nni a Mexican boat; and, in fact, the question as to its nationality had long boon a matter for Beach ton speculation. So completely had tho storm stripped the old boat that it was impossible to determine the purpose for which it had been used, It certainly didn’t look like a merchaut mau. Major Deal thought it was an old war vessel, and Major Weed main tained always that it was an old-time slaver. Ati objoction to both theso theories was that tho boat was only about twenty-seven or.twenty-cight feet long and not exceeding* nino feet in width at the widest part, so it could not have carried a great many men. But those, if not the most probable theories, were at least the ones ad vanced by the two Leading men of the town, and therefore generally accepted by the townspeople. The groat antiquity of t ho boat was indisputable. The sunshine and storms of years—of centuries perhaps, had left traces on tho mouldering wreck. | Whcro her hull had beeu dashed against | tho rocks there was a great gaping j fracture, and Pedro, with a character- j j istic and shiftless simplicity, had util ized fully tlio fracture aforesaid by mak- ; ing it serve the double purpose of door | and chimney—a triangular hole where old Pedro could get in and tho smoke could get out. Pedro himself was getting old—very old, for few people could remember when Pedro’s hair was other than scant and gray, or his steps other than halt ing and feeble. The even tenor of the old man’s way had brought him in contact with few people. He had made no enemies, and no friends, and people wero content that old Pedro should remain a mys tery. Thus it happened that when the old man camo and went on market days, there were no kind words for him, no handshakes, no cheerful salutations. He camo and went like a shadow, and the school children hurried past him as vory s j; e nce frightened them. Now, between tho market aud Pedro’s ’ and g0 situated therefore that pedrf p!iSSed in going and beautiful”old* coming was Maj0r x) ca p 3 home—a {as y oned homestead with a gate” long shaded wa ifc t h a t led down to the killed” ‘ ^ nd t h e ’ m a;or had Pedro’s do r Of course the major never did admit that he had done wrong. The littio terrier had Larked at hi heels and he had struck at it with his cane. He never intended to kill tho dog, but it was only a dog—and only Pedro’s dog at that. O. course P .ro viewed matters a little differently, and as a natural result of the difference, the major forget all about it while Pcdo remembered it very distinctly. Infect there can be no doubt that tho majorls baby saved a great deal of trouble aboil t that dog. When tho weather was fair tho baby would be at tho gate as Pedro passed on Saturday afternoon, ami she had learned to recognize Pedrirf while on tlio other hand tho lonoly ol® man had learned to love and yoarn fo» that baby welcome. Ho always pauscj a moment in passing to raise his tatte M cd old hat and smile at baby Maud. while Pedro remembered very distiacij ly that the major had killed his dog,LiH thoughts of revenge had given place tp other ami better thoughts for all oj which tho major’s baby was entirely rijS sponsible. One beautiful Saturday afternoon 3 the autumn of ’ T9, a group of schoM girls wero gathered at tho major’s gu* aud in their midst was tho major’s baby. Right royally tho little queen w r ;is hold] mg her court. Pedro saw all that as he, came ou with his basket. Suddenly a shout of w\ -ning w: l hoard, and pistol shots worn fired if Mayor Weed's house, just two doors! above tho major’s. half] 1 “.Had dog! Mad dog I” shouted a dozen voices. The frightened girls turned toseo| the vicious brute only a few stops from them, and ran screaming towards tho major’s house. | The major’s wife met them at tho door. “Oh, Mrs. Deal-—a mad dog!” The young mothers face was deathly pale, and without a word she ran toward the gate. Before reaching tho gate, however, she saw that lior baby was safo, and she recognized Pedro. He had placed th i child carefully upon the grass just it: side tho gate, aud thou closed tlio gate,) Then tho dog had attacked Pedro. | Tho huge maddened brute was biting* savagely. The blood was flowing free¬ ly from tho old man’s arms and hands, and from an ugly wound in tho cheek. Pedro was nearly exhausted, and liis feeble blows with a knife availed but ..... “77*, „ , . picked ., . up her , , ba.>y and was watching -the contest in an agony of suspense. Throwing all his strongth with his blow, tho old man drove his knife to tho hilt in tho dog’s fect° l 7he° a 7ld S lm mw >.1T. loaned wo.oil, against the gato. A group of people soon gathered ^gg^liis about him, and tho major’s wife ,a.k4"Wreunopr-Tr c name, but 1 ! f ue n the baby’s hands wcs’e^ipdn his bo head. “Pedro,” again said the major’s wifo. Ho Slowly didn’t the old tho man raised mother, his head. the J soo youug or people around him; lie saw only flic his ( baby. He took tho child’s hands in own a moment, and then turned away. Picking up his empty basket, tho ole man started toward liis home. They were all Pedro’s friends now, and ono i offered to carry him homo in a wagon, and another to carry liis basket, but tho j old man shook his head. So ho went all alone, and they watched him unti ho was lost to sight. Dead or alive lie was never again. Before night everybody in knew how Pedro had saved Maud’s life, at what must inevitably the cost of his own. The major was off at court, and w.-s to bo home on the 12 o'clock train. Tho night was dark and lowering, and the major had barely reached his homo b > tore tho storm came in all its fury. It : was a fearful storm. Tho heavens wo o j flashing continuously, and tho thunder j rolled in quick, deafening peals. Tim rain fell in floods, and unceasingly. Tho 1 wind howled and shrieked like a thing 1 0 f life; the houses rocked and tottered j upon their foundations, and all that * night not a soul slept in Beachton. Next morning the storm slacked, and gradually the wind died out. The re: i continued to fall for a few hours, but ] |,y noon it had ceased. Soon after din- j ncr the major put on liis rubber boot • and waded through tho mud to the mayor’s home. Then the mayor put on his rubber hoots, and together they went to Dr. Elder, tho deacon’s. Mi y be the deacon didn’t have any rubber boots, for he simply tucked his trous into his boots, and they all wont to gethor to Pedro s home. The major was a few steps in advance where tho path ended at tho top of l‘i<: cliff as he stopped and looked almost straight down upon the ledge wh :c Pedro’s home had been since’89. As he looked tho major’s face pale 1 ’, and uttering aa exclamation of surpri e lie pointed downward to tho ledge. The parson and the major lookco, too, and not a word was spoken. Pedro’s home was gone. . The waves had given and the wav.s had taken away.—[Atlanta Constitution. Hoping for a .Storm. Wife: “I do hope it will rain to-m r row. If it is a pleasant day, that si l pi J Mrs. Bentley will be sure tom: *• one of her tiresome calls.” Husband: “Well, I think it will; vy corn3 pjain me frightfully, Wife: “Oh, I’m delighted.”—[Bar -. A Vi AT)TC1] TJATTT •** L'L/.AiH. The Luxury and Heat of a Gen¬ uine Oriental Ablution. First Roasted and then Knead¬ ed By Grinning Attendants. No traveler in tho East can consider his sojourn completo without tlip ex¬ perience at least, if not luxury, of a Turkish or Moorish bath. If you go, you go to perspire, and to soo everybody and everything nrouud you perspire. After undressing and de¬ positing your watch and valuables with tlio proprietor, go to the hot room and stretch yourself upon a raised platform in tho coutre of tho topidarium, built of largo slabs of marble over an oven in which a raging tiro is eager to roast you. When you aro roasted ou ouo side turn ovor and try another IcoTner of your altar to find a cool spot. ,< i ;n lio ou tho stone floor, and let. your grinning attendant crack your bones, pull your joints and twist your nock, and knead you with his hauds and walk over you with his knees; then let him roll oil your old skin, and with evident pride lay before you long strings of your worthless hide, a dozon of them in a row, then you begin to realize that you have had ono bath onco lu your lifetimo that has been of somo gonuino uso to your "itiman existeneo. l’umico stono for tho solos of your feet, and strong soap, of wisps of hemp or similar fibre, help \o tako off your second skin, but you keep on your third to go homo with by fixing it up with a buokot or txvo of cold water. Then, to keop what re , Vl ; g 0 £ you together, and to irevent your third skiu from tying to get away, your attond hit wraps you in towols as big as shoots jud your hoad in a turban, and porches •Jim on high wooden sandals to keep lour feet out of tlio water, for tho I voment is also perspiring freely; nall rivers llow in every direction. In His becoming garb, like a man buried b, mistake in the catacombs, you come f, ,. (h and lio down with tho other mis tap.,, corpses and help thorn to drink tea an( j perspiro onco more, and throw an bther mautlo _of smoke-about you ^ ^ ^ T1 ‘°" y ° U "" ^ ^ ™ ^ Z at l ll0 baths aro frora snv()U „. clock in t'uk4 ,,, t i liw , , t, '” ! ■ ;-** ?The Whs aro tho”grftu; 'pito W for the Arab women, who tjthcir n Cn d%n afternoon thoro frequently hours being from noon till seven), and they certainly doservo this much of intercourse. They aro seen with |heir children in tho streets going to f ho bath, accompanied by a gorgeous ,^ 0gr033 carrying a bronze vessel filled ^ith necessary articles and other lias kets and bundles containing a complete dlungo |range of linon, also several strings of c blossoms. Orange flower water p, not to be forgotten, for it enters ox t):nsivoly into their luxuries as a drink with their meals and us a perfume. >r t]i0 fetter purpose a hot Q 0 f brass, silver or gold, with n „ nock and a popper-box termination U3e( i > w jth which they sprinklo guests homo and friends at tho bath as well s themselves. Tlio baths, again, “take in ■ washing,” especially of heavy woolen burnooses, haiks, blankets, etc., which tho attendants and tho moiitelio (a young boy-sorvant, whose namo is ovi dan tly of Spanish origin) wash with (heir feet and plenty of soap and water on b bo marble pavement in the hot iom. These articles are hung, with A,. b ath towels and other linen, to dry ( , n t b 0 terraces. To make a study under h 10 drippings of such an entire laundry ]aa y be looked upon as a 1 sat, asido from the fact . ^ t}jQ mon t c ho seemed afraid to leave ne within roach of such valuable wet p- non> -With sulphur fumigations tho ve *, [i ow burnooses, arranged like tent 3 vor t p 0 smo ke, arc bleached. This operation i» equal to a thousand mateh burning unwelcome incense under J 10 ar tist’s nose. Tho bath attendants apparently wonderfully constituted avoid rheumatism and pneumonia; y go in and out of tho heated room hours together with only a towel round their body, but they do catch c<J ] d ad the same.—[Harper’s Maga Kanc _ Married Her Unruly Pupil. Some time ago County Supt. Taylor #>f Dos Moines was called to the coun try to settle a trouble which had arisen a school. Tho differences arose ovor fact that a young lady teacher liad flogged three young men who attending school. The supenn tendent made due investigation of the case, got acquainted with all the parties and settled the difficulty. Since then the superintendent has received aa in¬ vitation to a we lding, and to his sur¬ prise tho parties were the young lady school ma’am and ono of her unruly pu piH whom she had chastised. llicre will bo little question iu that household who is the woman of tho house.— [Omaha Bee. A Czar's Humble Bedroom. Thero is a little room on tho ground floor of the Winter Palaco ut St Pctcrs burg which was occupied for thirty years by tho great Emperor Nicholas, tho “iron czar,” as ho was known, who died heart-broken upon hearing of tho capture of Sobastopol. It is tho smallest, plainest room in the whole building, and was at once his library and bed¬ room. Everything remuins just as it was when ho diod, and a sentinel al ways stands at tho door. Before tho window is a small writing desk, upon which are his portfolio, pens aud paper exactly as ho left them. Tho plain fur¬ niture is worn and dilapidated. Tho iron bedstead, nothing but a camp cot, on which ho slept for yoars, is in tho corner of tho room, with tho great mili¬ tary coat ha always usod as a coverlid, lying upon it. Ilis patched slippers are beside tho bed, and upon nails driven in tho wall hang his uniform. In a chest of drawers near by are his coarso underclothing, aud liis cane and sword aro hanging from a liook, with his hat above thorn. Ou the walls aro portraits of sorao of hisgonorals, and on his liltlo table at tlio head of his bed, with a can¬ dlestick and a prayer book, woll used, aro tho pictures of his wifo and chil¬ dren. Adjoining tho litllo chamber is an ante-room in which his ministers awaitod an audience, aud thoy had to sit upon mi ordinary wooden bench. A spiral stairway leads to tho rooms of tho empress above, so that ho and she could go back and forth without passing through any other room, and there was a concealod entrance by which ho could roach tho street and return without bo ing observed by any ouo.--[Chicago News. A Tamo Tiger’s Tcrrililo Blow, In tho household of Rajah Kalinarn V. Dacca, India, thoro was a full loose ofiTtio f or, promises. which used When to go this about poor creature was quite young, chloroform had beeu recently introduced into India, and possibly, by way of a crucial ex pC rimont of tho strength of chloroform, a doctor, who was really ono of tho most kind-hearted men in his profession, c . x tra C to«l all tho teeth and claws of tho y0UQ „ li(ror undor cll i orofo * Tho an ““ i ma i ld" thenceforth ‘ was V ‘ troato “1 1 7 q n i ; ’ing a 3 h dui tho day, while at nightho was " Zn^’. “j”. “JT'” ,J. r “ "jj *" ‘7 “ y ‘ 8 lou f wish unauthorized./ to enter or ^° m * h at l mrt ," f .. h . 0US •-.«»» > ^ u0sll and T W f 'w — V era tho “chief of j s diet.’’ In an ovil hour, tho men who had to feed tho tigor thought to amuB0 lliomsolvcs by lotting him kill tlio goats which wero brought for his f ood> and this lio was oasily ahlu to do , )y a blow from liis liugo foropaws, t b 0U gh deprived of their claws. Hav Jn being, „ thlls )earnod ]l0W to kill a livo lie unhappily ono night jumped 0 n a small boy wlio had come within reach of his chain, and with ono stroko broke tho child's nock, lie was found in the morning apparently very sorry nll (l surprised at what lio had done, Hut of course ho had to pay tho ponalty 0 f liis crime, and was immediately shot j,y tho rajah’s orders, Tlic Poison of lliiman Tooth. “’The poison conveyed by human teeth is one of tlio most annoying tint a physi¬ cian ovor has had to deal with,’’ writes Dr. A. C. Robinson. “A bitten oar or nose is months in healing, where a more important wound nflliotod by an instrument would readily yield to siin I’- ies. 1 havo under my atten¬ tion severe and most complicated cases of blood poisoning in which tho patient had but slightly abraided tho hand in the course of a fight by striking the knuckles against the teeth of his oppo¬ nent. I havo known hands thus poi¬ soned only saved from amputation by the application of all the resources of science. Tobacco or whisky, or disar¬ rangement of tlio stomach from many other causes, may bo responsible for this poisonous condition of tho teeth, and I am not prepared to say that a man with good health and a clean, sweet mouth would convey tlio poison, but lean speak only of tiio frequency of this class, of cases und tho dillieuity of attending them successfully.”—[Chicago News. A (jueer Flounder, In a lot of fish received from tho Sound yesterday was a flounder 5 inches in length, which was the same on both sides, that is, brown, and covered with rough scales instead of being white on one side, as flounders usually are. It is well known that when flounders are very small they swim on edge like or dinary fish, and havo an eye on each side of the head, but as they grow larger they grow top-heavy and fall over, an 1 the eye on the lower side skews around to tho tipper side, where it will do the most good. This fact is shown by some of the flounders having fallen to the right and some to the left, as can be seen by tho shapes of their i iead3 . The flounder above mentioned mus t have been more level-headed than t jj e usus i run> and had managed to stand erect till his existence was put to an end.—[Portland Oregonian. CHILDJtEN’S COLUMN, f *Hno Out Tonr Mow.” Ono day a lazy farmer’s boy Was hoeing out the corn. And moodily had listened long To hear tho dinner horn. Tho welcome blast was hoard ot last, And down ho dropped his hoo; But the good man shouted in his ear, “My boy, hoo out your rowl” Although a “hard ono” was tho row, To uso a plowman’s phrase, And tho lad, as the sailors havo it, Beginning well to “haze”— “X can,” said ho, and manfully lie seized again his hoo; And tho good man smiled to soo Tho boy hoo out bis row. The text tho lad remembered, And proved the moral well, That porsovoranco to tho end At lust will nobly tell. Take courage, maul resolve you can, And strike a vigorous blow; In life’s great hold of varied toil Always hoo out your row. A llom Tho liltlo daughter of an Albany law¬ yer recently gave a dog party in liouor of her dog Dandy. Iter parents tried to dissuado her when she unfolded lior plan, but it was of no avail. Sho said “her doggy” knew ns much as a person and must havo a party. So the invitations wore written to toil other doggies in this manner: “Miss or Mrs. Bessie-,” “Mr. Jack or Toby---.” Tho dogs arrived in tho afternoon, ac¬ companied by tlicir little mistresses. Tho fact that ono of tho canine guests pitched upon and whipped his “hostess” simply lent excitement to tho event. Tho dogs wero period, cuff al soundly by their littio owners and made to be¬ have thereafter. Alter a good time romping about tlio eleven canines wort sot about the table in high chairs, each with a napkin tied about his or her throat. They ate off plates and went through the courses with a gusto. Thoy all atu their dessert, for what little girl owns a dog that doesn’t “lovo candy?" The party broke up at dusk.—[Albanv (N. Y,) Journal. I<(M< -TIki of A|i«iln. Young Alplionso NHL, tho ipfant king of Spain, can now walk by hold¬ ing on to liis mother’s or tho uurso’a hand. Ho is taken caro of by his ama or nurse, his aya or governess, and a host of servants, and yet the other day lie was lost in tho palace 1 Tho reguut was willi hor ministers, while tlio royal children > • j '.tying r.'■'■■to t tho iug his majesty sitting with his toys on tho floor. Tho quoon was called, and the palace was in a torriblo stato of ex¬ citement, for tlio king was missiag. Tho uursos hurried back to tho play¬ room, but thoy could not find Alplionso Nlll. Tho princesses, who wore found in a gallery close by, could uot tell wliut had become of the brother, Tho palaco was searched high and low. Tho queen was distracted and kept lushing from room to room, but still Alplionso did not turn up. At li;st they heard a noiso and kick¬ ing in a cupboard. It was quickly opened, and thero sat his majesty. Ha must have crawled in after his sister had gone, intending to play at hide-and seek, when thu door closad on him in somo way. —[Court Journal. Mr. Colbock, writing of his crulso upon tho Black Sea, describes, in an entertaining manner, tho antics of tho porpoises ns ho watched them from tho steamer’s deck. 'The playfulness and agility of tho porpoise in tiieso seas were very conspicuous. A. shoal tum¬ bling in tho distance, to port or star¬ board, and sometimes far astern, would become aware of tho presonco of a vos sel, aud, skimming alongside with in¬ credible speed, dart ono over another, and finally roach the bows; then a ma¬ rine game would begin, beautiful und exciting to behold. Turning from side to side, and some¬ times completely over, tlio porpoises would dart, now rising above the wave to tako in a fresh stock of air, and then diving completely under tho bows, and appearing on tho other side, apparently as full of frolic as fish could bo. With delicate precision they would regulate their speed to that of tlio ves¬ sel, allowing the vessel sometimes to touch the tips of their tails, and then, as if their joy was exuberant, too much to contain,dart away at five times the speed of tho vessel, and come skim¬ ming buck again to moot her. When the porpoise is seen breaking tho water from a distance it has all tho appearance of very lazy creature. But when seen in c | ear seas, completely under water, the graccfu i nc3 , an d velocity of its motion, explained partly by the perfect curve ^ l J c d y i either way, to the tapering nose and tail, cannot bn surpassed, It reminds ono or the sweep of a gannet when it sights the prey. The Moustache. Were it not for the moustache—above a l! for the absence of the moustache— the human raeo would indubitably rise to heights now unknown in song or gtory. This is an official statement, but, nevertheless, perfectly true and reliable.
