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qood-ntget.
Good-night, beloved! tbe tender night 1» fall-
hi« flakes. Hardly hsd the work com
menced cutting in when the nnwelcomc
wind increased. The sea rose with fear
ful rapidity, the laud was under onr lee
O'r the all-weary world, and throngh the and far out extended the groat icy liar
light
Tlint fade* the voice* of my heart are calling
rier. Gutting in was out of the question,
and equally impossible was it to lie with
Good-night! 0, love, to thee, a fond good- | the whale alongside of the ship. So his
night I
flood night, beloved I may angel* blew thy
sleeping
With dream* f»r brighter than the day'* lo*t
light;
And may thy waking be to smiles, not weeping
Good night, oh, trnest friend and best, good
night !
floo ’-l ight. hehiTfd ! though weary mike are
IVlawn thy heart and cv.as. yet with the
flight
Of d»_v tn t thoughts on wings of teve are flying
To bid thee, even as a prayer, gwvl-r.ight!
God-night, beloved! neath (hat great Ere
unsleeping
1 leave thee, k\, Ills star* are shining bright
S it us and thee. God have ns in Hi* keeping
Until we meet acain. oh I lor*. Good nisht
m THE TOLAR SEA.
It whs in the month of April the good
ship Baldwin. commanded by myself, In
company with the ship Norwich,
weighed anchor at the port of Lahaina,
Sandwich Islands, for a cruise to the
Arctic Ocean, by wav of Behring’s
Strnits, in pursuit of whales. We had
agreed to keep company. The Baldwin
tens well-fitted for a voyage to the North,
w ith plenty of provisions and a crow ol
forty nil told.
A whaler’s crew differs somewhat from
a crew of a merchantman, the former
consisting of enptnin, four mates, four
bont-stoorers, carpenter and cooper.
Each mate takes charge of a bont in
whaling and is called the boat-header.
This ship swung fonr boats, requiring
twenty-four men to man them.
We were to make the ooast of Karnt-
ahatka near the southern extremity.
From the commencement of onr cruisn
nil had lieon exoiteinent. As onr ship
passed northward, each dny grew colder.
We had had from the first stormy and
heavy weather to oontend with. As we
drew still nearer to the laud of ico the
rain turned into snow, galea oroeaed onr
path with unbridled fury, tho great
waves tossing us mountain high. But
the faithful ship struggled on tier wny.
Tho fore top gallant mast was carried
away, tho main top sail split and rent
asunder and amidst the wild cry of tho
gale, the blinding and drifting snows,
the hardy senmon ran aloft to replace tho
sails, up a rigging encased in ioc.
The gale passed away. A new top
gallant most was sent aloft and we hod
safely weathered the storm. With a
fair wind, our course was still north
ward. In the latitude of fifty-eight
degrees north, we had favorable weather.
Here we snw onr first polar whale, in com
pany with our consort, the Norwich.
The Itonfs were lowered, four from each
ship,
Now commenced a new excitement
in the magnificent oliasc of the great
sea monster. Of oourse each boat was
anxious to secure the prize for her own
ship. The boats were lying npon their
oars waiting for the monster to oome to
light. Each boat-header was to use his
own judgment. Tho whale had been
down some ton or fifteen miuntos and all
hands were keeping a bright look-out to
catch the first glimpse as he should
come to tho surface. The whale rose
nonr the Norwich’s boat. Captain
West’s crow took their oars and pulled
ahead. Tho rest of the boats lay qnietly
npon their oars, as only one boat should
pall for a whale at a time. They drew
near to the whale, heard the captain
urge the crew on. The harpooner man
stood np and let go his iron into the
monster as the oaptain cried, ‘‘Stern
all.”
Up went the whale’s flakes thirty feet
in the air; down they came with a crash,
knocking the boat into a dozen frag
ments. The whale disappeared. Our
boats rushed in and picked np the crew
of the stoven boat and took them to their
fillip; while the rest of the boats went in
pursuit of the whnle. No one was badly
injured. The whale had made his grand
dive in search of safety, taking out some
six hundred fathoms of line.
For some minutes we saw nothing of
him. Once more he rose to daylight, to
receive Use bright, keen lance. He now
threw into the air a crimson oolumn and
breathed his life out in the red streams
of his vital biood. Ofttimes our industry
fails of its reward, as wns true in that
esse. The wbalo went into his last flur
ry, kicking and threshing the water
With his enormous flukes. Then he
boiled upon his left side, with
his fin out of water, his head
pointing to the snn, ana sank. The
boats returned to the ship and called it i
bad beginning,
The next morning I was awakened by
the cry from the masthead, "There she
blows I there she blows I” and quiokly
made my way on deck.
"Where away?" from the officer of the
deok.
"Three pointe npon the lee bow, three
mile# off."
"What does it look like?
"A pod of three P^r whalee,"
"Keep her off," t^Uie man at the
wheel. "Sing out from aloft when the
whips heads for them.”
"Aye, aye, sir."
Everything was bnstle and excite
ment. The line tubs were plaoed in the
boats, the boats cleared away and made
ready for lowering, the erew standing
by, ready to lower and jump in at word
of oommand.
Now the order eame:
■ ‘Lay the mainyards square and lower
awny the boats I”
The whales were to the leeward of the
ship and seemed to be quietly feeding.
They turned flukes to go down, to re
main ton or fifteen minutes. The boats
were so placed as to be as near to the
whales as possible when they should
come up. 1 was in my own boat that
day and told the first oflicer to keep
handy to me. We were all on the look
out to catch the first glimpse of the
whales. Boon one of them came up close
to my boat. I ordered my crew to take
their oars and pull easy, as we were ex
pecting to see the others break water
aoon, olose by.
‘‘Now, spring hard to your oars, spring
hard; it is a noble fellow. Spring hard,
boys I”
The whale was ooming head on to the
boat and we were soon alongside of him
‘‘Stand up !” to the harpoouer-man.
"Give it to him hard !”
In went one iron, then the second,
and down went the whale.
‘Tay out the line, pay out the line.
See the line runs clear.”
Soon one tub ran out and I gave the
order:
"Bend on the other I” Still he took
line. "Now, bend on the tub to tho
end of the line.”
Ont went the end of the line, tub and
all. He remained down some minutes,
came up, aud the boats went after him,
hooked up the line and soon had the
monster of the deep alongside of the
ship and made fast with a ohain around
dukes were hujointed and slowly he
drifted astern, aud with him, to our
great chagrin, oue hnndred and seventy
barrels of oil and three thousand pounds
of bone. But we had no time to grum
ble ; onr topsails were to be dose-reefed
and storm sails set. With watchful at
tention we cleared the land and ice and
rede ont the storm.
Hie next whale was captnred and cut
in; evervthing favored us and the con
trast was delightful. Not a cloud ob
scured the bright, bine sky. The rug
ged cliffs of Ksmtehntka were far off in
the western horizon—mountains tower
ing above mountains until they pieroed
the aroh of heaven. The scene was
glorious, but quickly passed away. The
cold northwest winds swept down from
the mountains and n meridian snn could
not arrest the continual formation of ice.
We cruisod along the icy barrier from
8t. Paul’s Island to Gape Thaddens. The
ice in plnces was masthead high. Some
points were covered with walruses. We
often captnred them, somo weighing
fifteen hnndrou pounds, a lnrgo one
affording us three or four barrels of oil,
as well as tl irly pounds of ivory.
1 began to tiink that wo should not
lie able to get through tho ico that sea
son. A largo number of ships wore wait
ing for an. opening to go throngh. On
tho 1st of Juno we had a very hard
southwest gale, with rain and snow. It
increased oiiring the night to almost n
hurricane, moderating in the morning,
although still a heavy fog. Wo stood in
for the ice. After running about twolvo
hours and not Being any, 1 made np my
mind that tho ion had mink, ns is often
I he case in high latitudes when ico has
bccnnic old aud rotten. Tho water wns
somewhat discolored. We hove over
the lead aud found thirty fathoms. The
fog clearing somewhat at tho same time
we saw Capo Thaddeus towering high
abovo onr heads and whales in great
numbers. We went to work, cutting in,
trying out and stowing down oil. For
eighteen days wo captured n whale al
most even day. Hill! it remained foggy
most i f the time. We did not know our
position, nor did we much care, ns long
as we hnd plenty of whales.
At last we had stowed down fifteen
hnndred barrels of oil and everybody
was well fagged out. Wo had just got
ten through with onr stowing, it being
calm, when tho mate reported plenty of
whale* around the nhip. Although the
fog was very thick I ordered him to
lower away the boats and wo would use
the big signal gun every flfloon minutes,
so they should not get too far from tho
ship. Each bont was supplied with f<\
horns, so thero wns little danger of get
ting lost. Suddenly the fog lifted and
tho land was in full view. Wo hnd
drifted five hnndred miles, most of tho
time through a thick fog, without one
observation of the sun. Wo were nt tho
month of Behring’s Straits, a number of
ships in sight, all of them boiling and to
all appearances had been taking oil rap
idly. Our boats wero fortunato enough
to onptnro a whalo about tho time the
fog lit np. We soon hnd him alongside
and commenced cutting in. Ho far we
had been very successful in taking oil.
I now concluded to pass through tho
straits into the Arctio Ocean.
Wo kept along close to tho Asiatic
shore, having frequent visits from the
natives. The Straits are only about
forty miles across from the Asiatio to
Amoricau shore. The Diammte Islands
being in the middle of the Straits it is
not difficult for the natives to pass from
one oontinent to the other. In passing
along we were surprised to see a boat
ipproaohing the ship from the shore.
Soon a lieutenant of one of her Majesty’s
ships, the Plover, was alongside and on
board. We saw the ship at anobor in
3t. Lawrence Bay, where we had passed
the winter. She belonged to tho fleet
that was in search of Sir John Franklin.
Tho oflicer expressed great surprise at
leeing us there and was more surprised
still when we informed him that there
would be at least fifty whalers in the
Arctio that season.
"Well,” said he, "if Sir John Frank
lin is ever found yon whalers will be the
ones to find him.”
After remaining on board some time,
giving me a full account of the winter he
had passed there, he returned to his
ship, got her under way and went North.
Wo were visited by the natives every
day, they bringing ns dunks and all
kinds of wild fowl and we giving them
in return needles, tobacco and the like.
For one needle wo could get a pair of
oauvas-baok dnoks. Wo often soourod
as many aa a hundred at a time. We
landed at one of those native villages
near Eaat Gape. It was a summer vil
lage, the people remaining thero during
the fishing season. Whales at that time
waa so plenty and tame that the natives
had no trouble in getting their winter
snpply of twelve or fourteen whales to
the village. They had oaptored one the
day we made them a visit. Ws watched
them with a good deal of interest. They
preserved all parts of the whale. The
blubber waa stripped from the carcass,
a large hole dng in the ground twenty
feet deep and ten feet aoross, stoned np
like s well, and into this the blubber was
nioely stored. The flesh was all out up
and stored away in another like com
partmont. Tho entrails were preserved,
furnishing them with oil olothing. The
natives were very friendly and very fond
of tobaooo and whisky. They had furs
of different kinds, salmon, duoks and
reindeer, but were unwilling to sell only
for whisky. Their food consisted al
most entirely of fish, fowl, reindeer, seal
and walrus, never having tasted bread.
Their boats had frames of wood covered
with walrus hides. Some of tlieso boats
would carry thirty or more people. Wo
counted nbout a hundred and fifty lodges
in that village. Through tho natives wo
obtained a good deal of information
about the Arotic Ocean. We took our
departure from East Cape, the most
Eastern laud of Asia, and steered aoross
the straits to Capo Prince of Wales,
working nlong the American shore, pass
ing Kotsibu Sottuil. as far as 72.30 north
latitude, crossing over to North Cape,
the Asiatic side, seeing whales wherever
we went.
We were now to the north of the Arc
tic, circle. It was past midsummer and
we had the benefit of the long days. The
sun was abovo the horizon the twenty-
four hours around, so that I often got
my latitude by the sun at twelve o’clock
al night. We were now getting well fitted
up, having taken three thousand barrels
of oil and seventy thousand pounds of
whalebone.
It was getting late to remain in the
Arctic Sea much longer. The northwest
winds were driving the ice to the south
and it waa with the greatest difficulty
we kept the ship clear of it. The days
were getting short and the nights grow
ing longer. Every day the thermometer
warned us that winter was at hand.
a fair wind, in company with three other
ships, we kept away forawarmerclimate.
During tho day one of onr company
keepers set his flag in distress. The
straits were filled with smnll ioebergs.
I immediately surmised that ho had
run afoul of ico and set tho ship leaking.
Wo kept off, run down for him nnd found
Pitch to bo the ease. Ho had struck a
l>org, knocked in seven timbers and aa
many planks.
Tho ship did not leak badly, as the
damage was mostly abovo water; still it
would not lie safe at that season of the
veer to nttempt tho passage to tho
Sandwioh Islands. The captains of the
different ships went on board tho wreck,
held a survey and condemned her as
being liuseaworthy. The ship wns sold
at auction, likewise the oil nnd material
and equally divided among the throe
ships. Tho ship was takon in shore to
a safe place and anchored, tho oil taken
out mid she was stripped of everything
valuable. Wo lot her go on to tho bench
ami made her a present to the old chief.
When we left tho bay we saw him walk
ing his quarter-iJeck.
Our three ships started in company
for Honolulu. We soon struck the
northeast triulowiuds, and in thirty days
were quietly lying at anchor iu the beau
tiful harbor of Houoluln.
Lh Capitainis.
PIKE CO. SHAD FISHING.
*( KNKM AT NIGHT ON THE UPPER
OKI,AWARE RIVER—AN 01,0 EISII-
KK.UA.VS TAI.K.
run. He had the shad, fifty yards of
stout fish-line, and a big fish-nook.
"I ketohed the dum little pirate half
way ’cross the plowed field,” said lie,
‘‘an’ if he’s able to set down agin this
week I’ll eat them ’levon Blind raw, an’
one, two, three, fonr, five, six, an’ this
un makes seven,” said tho old fisher
man, as his eye noticed the depleted
pile. "Dod wollop ye all 1” he shouted,
shaking his fist at the darkness and tho
hushes. "I’ll hnve ye nil in jail to-mor-
rcr I”
It seems, ns the old fisherman ex
plained it, that it is one of the innooent
pastimes of the Pike county smnll boy
to lurk at night in tho bushes surround
ing the shad fisheries. A long fish-line,
with a large hook at one end of ft is in
his pocket. When shnd are piled up on
tho shore the Bmall boy watches his op-
(Kirtnnity, and, crawling as qnietly as a
snake from his hiding plnce, fastens the
hook in a shnd. Then he creeps bnek.
That shad may lie there half an hour be
fore the small hoy dare venture to haul
it in. It is rare that lie can capture
more than one in an evening, and some
times ho returns shadless from tho field
But this night tho conditions wero un
usually fine. While the old fisherman
was talking aud the men were resting,
the small boys, being nmbnshed in lnrgo
force, hnd hooked five from the pile, but
only got away with fonr, thanks to the
superstitions fear of tho strangor,
A PLUCKY ROBIN.
Thr Yonttir L'cnrrnllon of Fleliorn* nml th«
i>lnnnrr In xrlilch Tliry Supplied TliHr
I'ryliitf l*nttn»
It llrncnm it (’lilppln* lllrd Front n llnwk.
While Fnlr llitml* Applaud.
"I kin remember when th’wnsmore’n
fifty shad flsh’ries within rz mnny milo
o’ Milford,” said an old Delnware river
fisherman, ‘‘nn’ ov’ry ono of ’em kctcli-
iu’ their two nn’ three hundred a night;
Imt now, ’bout nil Mint’s left is this fish-
’ry nn’ tho Yankee tlsh’ry a milo from
here. An’ what are we kotchin’? If wo
git n dozen or so o’ shnd ev’ry haul or
two wo’rn dnm lucky.”
Tlie river shore at this fishery, says
Ed. Mott, who is telling the story, is a
sloping bench of sand for thirty feet,
hounded by a high and abrupt bank,
which is the extremity of the rieli river
bottom lnuds of tbe Delnware vnlley. A
dense growth of elms nnd birches ex
tend up nnd down the bank. A great
fire on tho shore lights np the scone
brilliantly, nnd ensts weird shadows ont
upon the river. Near by lies -a honp of
plump shad, their silver sides glcnming
m tho firelight. Threo men stand on
the river’s edge holding 'the end of n
iioinc. Tho "chug" of oars in tho oar
locks comes from out on the river, nnd
Bfihoes among the Jersey roeks. A mnn
with a long bushy pnlo stands two or
ihreo rods below tho shoro seine men,
thigh deep in tho water. The sound of
the onrlockR draws nearer, and presently
a boat appears out of tho darkness. Two
men are rowing it toward tho shoro,
towing the further end of tho seine. As
they draw within a few foot of tho shoro
tho man with tho bushy pole wildly
beats the water below them. With ono
or two quick, strong strokes tho oars
men send tho clumsy flat-bottom boat
high on tho snndy bench. The net is
dragged ashnro and its contents turned
out,
"Two lonesome dnm he shad I” ex
claimed tho old fisherman. "Jist one
notch bettor’ll a dond haul 1”
Then tho men arrange their seine for
another haul, and sit down disconsolate
ly to wait for the fish, if thero are any
in the river to-night, to gather again.
“Ijo’s soo,” said the old fisherman,
"That’s the fourth haul, an’ wo’ve got
jist ’levon shad. When I think o’ the
time that if wo didn't git fifty in a haul
wo thought it wns time,to poll in an’ dig
for hum, them ’levon signers layin’there
makes me sick. Bin thoy’ro all sho
ones, though, that’s some cons’lation I
an’ tills is a lectio wuss flailin' than tho
ev’ridge.
"Fifty years ago this spring, at this
eery fishi’ry, wo ketohed one night
enough shad in ono haul to snpply the
hull oounty for a week. That haul
fotchod in over 'leven hnndred shad, an'
they wa’nt no bad ’uns ’mongst ’em, \ robin
nuther. We had to try to get ’em in,
leastways I sav we, but I didn’t take
much of a hand in, bein’ a youngster. I
ponnded tho river below the net to skeer
the fish from runnin’ ’round it and away.
But then it ain’t no slonoh of a job to
keep ’leven hnndred big shad back inter
a net. 'Course I didn't know th’ was so
many fish a oomin’ in or I'd a lost confi
dence in myself a handlin’ that brush
snre. Well, now, if ye oonld a seen that
shinin’ bank of fish! Bank? Why,
durn it, it were a mountain 1 I can’t
toll you, now, how they ever drug that
net ashore, so ye needn’t ast me. I
didn’t know at the time, even, an' I
never know’d, an’ I don’t b’lleve any of
the other fellers ever know’d. I got
thinkin’ ‘bout It ‘other day, an’ waa
gointer to ast somo o' the boys az helped
make that haul how it were ever aid,
but when I oome to go over who they
was I’m darned if th’ were one of ’em
bnt me a livin', an' so I’ll never know.
Boys, we’ll git some this trip. I’ve
heerd ’em a skippin’ fur a minute or
two.”
The shad were now in lively-play, as
sonnds of mnsioal splashing in the
water, heard at frequent intervals, plain
ly indicated. The seine was rolled up
in the stern of the boat, one end held on
shore. One boatman rowed ont into the
river, with the boat headed np stream.
The other played the net out from the
stern.
"When that's all ont,” said the old
fisherman, ‘‘they’ll turn down stream
and sweop around in a ourve t’ards shore '
agin.”
The old fisherman turned and walked
toward the river's edge. Suddenly one
of the shad on the pile began to move
slowly away from it. It moved across
the sand toward a dump of bushes on
tlio Dank, at first in an uncertain and
wavering manner, aud then, with a sud
den dart forward, disappeared. That
was startling to a stranger. At mid
night, in a weird spot, with no sound
disturbing the solitudo but the silvory
plash of- the water, tho shrill cry of the
mysterious peeper among the shore
weeds, and the echoing of the oar
locks, to see a dead shad stealthily leave
its equally defunct companions and dart
away in the darkness, was a sight that
was, indeed, startling to a stranger. The
old fisherman’s attention was immediate
ly called to tho mysterious disappear
ance.
“Dod wollop ’em I” ho howled, and
bounded along the trail of that shad up
the bank and disappeared. Instantly
another shad left t,-" pile and traveled'
off into tho busb.9* in another direction,
and t-lien the f trarjger noticed that of the
eleven shad,, there were only six left.
Five had eipaped. The stranger arose
and walked •V-arer to the men on the
river's edge. There was born of tho
knowledge that five dead shad had
escaped from their captors by an over
land route a feeling of awe sufficient to
make him feel that It was not well to be
alone. Presently the old fisherman came
A meek little chipping bird sat on
a fenco post near tho picnio ground
in Clifton, N. J. In nn npplo tree a few
roils away a robin wns busying herself at
her nost. Suddenly there was a flash of
something in thenir, nnd n sparrow-hawk
swooped down on tho chippy, aud tho
uext instant the hawk wns sonriug up
ward with tho bird in his talons.
A number of ladies were on the
hotel piazza, sorrowful witnesses of tho
capture. Tho robin seems to hnvo been
a witness of tho abduction also, and, to
the surprise of tho spectators, started in
pursuit of the ninrnudiug hawk. Over
taking tho retreating robber, tho rnbtu
at once attacked it ferociously. She
dealt blow after blow with her bonk on
the hawk’s body with wonderful rapidity,
each blow being followed by a tuft of
feathers from the lnrgo bird's plumage.
The hawk seemed dazed nt first, and
roso almost perpendicularly in tho air.
Tho robin followed persistently, and
kept up her ferocious onslaught. Then
tho hawk swooped downward slid tnrned
abruptly in nnother direction. Still tho
plucky little nssailnut followed, ami nt
every stroke from tho beak tho hawk ut
tered a cry of pain.
Tho mid-nir contest wns waged in a
nnrrow circle, so that it was iu contiuu
oils Hight and henring of the Indies on
the piazza. Tho excitement wns intenso
among them. They loudly applaudod
every blow of tho robin on tho hawk,
and uttered endearing erics of encour
agement.. Tbe feathers of the hawk
floated thickly about in tho nir. For nt
least a minute the tight continued, nnd
then tho hawk relensed his captive from
his talons.
The chippy fell liko a plummet to the
ground. To tho spectators it s(%mod
that the little thing hnd escaped from
the hawk only to bo dashed to death on
tho ground, when suddenly jt found its
wings, and, fluttering an instant, gained
a safe poise aud flow to a perch near tho
one on which it had been seized, and sat
there aa moekly as if nothing had oc
curred to disturb it in tho lenat. Tho
robin gave tho hawk two or three savage
pioks in parting, and then returned tc
her nest in the tree.
The enthusiasm among the spectators
was unbounded. If the hawk limin'
lost its head ho could have turned on the
robin aud taken it along with the chippy
to tickle his palate at his leisure. All
that oonld lie found of the hawk’s
feathers that had been tom from it by
tho robin were picked np by tho enthu
siasts spectators, and will be kept as
souvenirs of tlio unexpected and re
markable resouo of the chippy by the
A Savaoh HoLPntn.—A few weeks ago
jne of the soldiers quartered in the bar
racks at Nnples, having taken offence at
somo o' his comrades for calling him a
tinker, waited until bedtime, and, imme
diately after the signal for extinguishing
the lights was given, took down his rifle
and commenced firing indiscriminately
among them. Beforo lie could bo
secured ho had discharged uo fewer than
57 shots, killing threo men on the spot
and wounding eight more, ono of whom
died soon after being taken to tho hos
pital, while flvo of tho others nro re
ported to bo in a hopeless state.
Haking a Queen.
Bees do not usually want more than
one queen. In fnot, they will not have
more than one nnless tho swarm lias
grown so largo as to crowd the hive aud
they are going to found a colony, or
"swarm,” os it is eallod; in which case
each family will need n sovereign. As
soon ns it is clear to tho wiseacres that
it will be necessary to send off a swarm,
tho bees go to work to mako a queen. A
worker maggot, or if there happens to
bo none in tlio hive, a worker egg, is se
lected near the edge of tho oomb. Two
cells next door to the ono in which this
maggot is nrc cleared out, nnd tho di
riding walls are cut down, so that tlirco
ordinary cells aro tnrned into ono. Tlio
food which the worker worm has been
feeding on is removed, nnd the little
creature is supplied with a new kind of
food— a royal jelly. Clinugo of food, a
larger room, nnd n different position—
the queen’s cell hangs down instead of
being horizontal—tlieso threo changes of
treatment turn the heo that is develop
ing from a worker into a queen. Sho is
liffereut iu her outer shape, different in
ilmost nil her orgnns, and different in
every singlo instinct. Thero is nothing
else iu nature that seems to mo moro
wonderful tlmn this.
For fear that, ono queen may not como
out nil right, the provident little crea
tures usually start two or tlirco queen-
cells nt once. It is curious to watch tho
first, queen ns sho conies out. Sho
moves up nud down the combs, looking
for other queen-cells, and if she finds
ono, she falls upon it in the greatest ex
citement, nnd stings her rival to death.
Sometimes, by accident, two now queens
como out at. the snmo time; then it is
wondertul to see the bees. They clear
a space and bring tho two rival queens
together, nnd stand back to watch tho
fight. And it is a royal tight indeed; n
fight to the dentil, for they never givo
up till one or tho other is fatally stung,
Tlio viotor is thou accepted ns sover
eign.—St, Nicholas Jor June,
THE HORSE DOCTOR.
Wo liavo leant of n “euro nil," Imt wlion a
father i» taking a bottle of medicino for tbs
summer complaint to hi* family in tho country
lii* liorae luia a Biutdeu attack of cholera from
over-feeding, is given tlio content* o tho bot
tle ami U*oon restored, a* waa a ease wo liavo
just hoard of. Dr. Illggbr’s Southern Rent*
edy should certainly loliovo men of dinr-
rhoiH, dysentery and children teething. This,
with a bottle of Taylor’s (dierokco It uicdy of
BwectGnni and Mullein, combining tho stimu
lating expectorant principle of tho aweet gum
with the demulcent healing one of tlio mullein,
for the euro of croup, whooping cough, cold*
and consumption, presents a little medicikk
chert no household should bo without for tho
ipeedy relief of sudden and dangorou* attn -k*
of the lung* nnd bowel*. Ask yourdrnggi*' for
them, Manufactured by Walter A. Taylor,
^rop -ietor Taylor’s Premium Cologne, Atlanta,
Cottrin Amcm—"They tell me. Tom,
| that yon can bo heard a mile off when on
duty. How is it that yon can’t speak
above a whisper whon you talk to me ?”
Captain Tom (much smitten, but rather
nervous)—“Well—er—yon Bee, I haven’t
any authority over you; but if you’d
give me the prospect of having it some
dnv, I think you’d find I can make
plenty of row.” Would yon behove it?
Sho did 1
1 t.ook upon indoletico as a sort of
nu iii, : lot tho man is t illciently de-
.■droyid, though tho appetite of tho brute
ninv survive.
Bread and askings are the cheat**;
articles in Norway. Jhe reawn is gj
no girl is allowed a bean until *h« « 1
bake the one and knit the other Th? a
should be z lew in this ‘ count™
forbidding any girls having a bean 3
she is able to go around the
without tho aid of a dog on a string
Puck, K —
Potatoes. —At this season of tlm
year potatoes should bo put into boiling
salted water. This will make them
moaly if within the poesibility of attv
process to do so. ’
IIow the Indians Lire.
Being off the mouth of the straits, with j back. Ha was puffing as from a hard
Frank Carpenter, in an interview with
Indian Agent Hayworth, tolls tho Cleve
land Leader somo faots about tho In
dians. Ho says: "Among the five civil
ized nations there are the Cherokees,
Creeks, Choctaws, Chiokasaws and Sem-
inoles. They nnmber about 62,000 in
all, and they have a civilization pretty
well advanced. Eooh tribe has a govern
ment of its own, modelled somewhat on
tho Government of the United States.
There is an npper and a lower house of
the Legislature—a Senate and a House
of Representatives. Both are eleoted by
tbe people. The Senate they call the
house of kings, and the House of Rep
resentatives is the House of warriors.
This congress makes the laws for their
government, and the only restriction on
these laws Is that they be within the
taws of the Congress of the United
States. There is also an exeontive
branch of the government to carry ont
these laws, judges and oonrte to pass
Upon them, and sheriffs and oonstables
to impose the pnntshment prescribed in
them. They punish by death certain
criminals, bnt they shoot rather than
hang the offenders.”
"What crimes are punishable by
death ?" said I.
"Murder, horse stealing and rape,"
was the reply. "The first and last for
the first offenoe. Horse stealing is pan-
ittbahle for the first offense by imprison-
ajent, the second by whipping, and tho
tjiird by death.”
A Fortune for an Editor,
“KoiihIi nn ltcli4’
“KoHgh on Itch” cure* humors, eruption*,
ring-worm, tetter, *alt rheum, chilblain*.
Goon boltavior is tho best tost of vlr-
tne and amiability.
The chnneo concoction* of Ignorant men havo
sometime* brought dl*ropnto not only on their
own worthies*medicine*that deservo no credit,
but sometimes, with much injustice, on roiilly
reliable preparation*. Ladle* should not hesi
tate about Mrs. Pinkham’* Vegetable Com
pound, for this remedy has been tried, proven
and praised for year*.
Jennie— “Wliat is a dndo?” ‘‘Woll,
a dude is a 50-cent man in a 50-dollar
■nit of olothes.”
Pretty Woin.n.
Ladies who would retain freshness and vivac
ity. Try “Wells’ Ilealth Ilcnewer."
Own woman’s fear Is another woman’s
sphere,—Jlartford Sunday Journal,
Iiiatimtly Relieved,
Mrs. Ann L'icoiir, of Now Orleans, La.,
write*: ” I hnvo a son who has boon sick for
two years; ho has been attended by our lend
ing physleinns, but nil to no purposo. Till*
morning ho had his usual spoil of coughing
tnd was so greatly prostrated in consequence
that death seemed imminent. Wo had in the
Bouse a tKittle of Dr. Wm, Hall’s Balsam for
the Lungs, purchased by my husband, who
lotfoed your advertisement. We adtnlnis-
zred it and he woe instantly rellevod.”
Peter Rupp, editor and owner of
the Ean Claire (Wis.) Democrat, will
start for Now York in a day or two to
claim a large fortune loft him by an
uncle who died recently. Mr. Rupp, in
conversation with a Milwaukeean who
has jnst returned from a visit to Eau
Claire, said that as .near as he can esti
mate the fortune left him aggregates
about $1,100,000, ftlK i that he now has
all the papers which are necessary to put
him in possession of the same. The
fortune oonsists of $380,000 in United
States bonds, now lying in the Sixth
National Bonk of New York and the ac
crued interest thereon for 18 months,
nnd real estate in nnd near Rio Janeiro,
South America, valued at over $600,000.
Mr. Rupp will take possession of his for
tune in New York and then go to South
America and inspect his business in that
section. In addition to the responsibili
ties thus oast npon him, Mr. Rupp be
comes the sole guardian of a daughter of
his deceased unole, aged 12 years, who
possesses a fortune of over $3,000,000.
Mr. Rupp will continue in control of tho
Democrat at Eau Claire, and says he
shall always hold it. Daring his ab
sence this season it will be under the
management of one of his sons. Mr.
Rupp is a plain, unpretentious middle-
aged German,
A mar ean do what he ought to do;
when he says he eannot he will noi
Life Preserver.
If you are losing your grip on life, try "Well*’
Health Benewer.” Goo* direct to weak spots,
Thr Wall street version of an old say
ing is "The man who speculates is lost.”
when yon have B tried H everything else and
failod try our Carbollne and be happy; ft wlU
prove its merits. One dollar a bottle, and
•old by all druggists.
Mixed Up.—A correspondent writing
to Naturen, states that the past winter
has been remarkable for tLe differences
In olimato observed within short dis
tances in Norway. For instance, whils
at Christiania the lee was from ten
inches to twelve inches tbiok last Janu
ary, at Stovanger the thermometer fell
to freezing point only once daring the
whole month.
We Hhoiilil Help One Anethsr.
Mr. Norman Hunt, of No. 109 Chestnut
Street, Springfield, Mass., writes April 10,
1880,paying:
"Having the affliction caused by kidney
and liver disnoso*. and after enduring tlio
aches, pains, weakness and depression inci
dent thereto until body nnd soul were nearly
distracted, I sought for relief nnd n cure
from my trouble, nnd was told by a friend
who had been cured by it himself, that the
best and only sure cure was Hunt’s Remedy
and upon his recommendation I commenced
taking it ; and the first few doses improve!
my condition in a very marked manner, nnd
a continuance of its use lias justified all that
my friends claimed for it—that it was a
sure nnd permanent cure for ail diseases of
the kidneys and liver. Several of my friends
in Springfield have used ft with the most
gratifying results, and I feel it my duty as
well as a pleasure to me to recommend Hunt's
Remedy in the highest possible tornu."
Mnniiftictiirer’s Testimony.
Mr. H. W. Payne, manufacturer of har
ness, saddlery, trunks, valise*, etc., Nn.
477 Main street, Springfield, Mass., writes us
under date of April 10, 1888:
"Gentlemen—I have used Hunt’s Remedy,
the best medicine for disenses of tho kidneys
liver, bladder and urinnry organs, aud have
received great benefit to my health from its
use, and X find that it will do just what is
claimed for it; it will cure disease and r<*
store health. I therefore pronounoe it thr-
best medicine that I have over used/'
Boston and Albany Railroad.
Albert Holt, Esq., paymaster Boston an,’
Albany railroad, at Springfield, Mass.,
writes April 23, 1881: “I have used Hunt s
Remedy, and my experience with it lias lieen
such that I can cheerfully say that I am
satisfied that It will do just what it promise*
to do, if used according to directions."
FOR CURING CHILLS AND FEVER
AND
Removing the Distressing Effects of Malaria,
AYER’S AGUE CURE
nAS BEEN FOUND SO
NEARLY INFALLIBLE.
THAT
We Authorize Dealers to Return the Money,
If tlio medicino is taken according to directions, without benefiting the patient
PREPARED BY
DR. J. C. AYER Jk. CO<, Analytical Chemists, LOWELL, Mass,
Bold by all Druggists. Price fl, six bottles for $5.
"Trim ling, which I would ask yon to
accept of mo, is emblematic of my love
for you; it lms no end." "Thank yon
very much, Mr. B.; it curiously rosem-
bios tuy love for you; it has uo bogin-
niow,”
''llntiRlt on Tootlifiche.”
Instant relief for neuralgia, toothnehr, fnro-
u'lio. Able for “Bough on l oothacho." 15 A 25c.
Whrrf. there is much Itglit the shade
is deepest,
Pi8o’a Remedy for Catarrh in a curtain cure
for that very obnoxious cllscaso.
One always has timo enough if ono
will apply it well.
13 A P03XTIVX CUSS
For FcninI© C'nmpliilntnnnd
Wcnlmcfisci ao common to
our brut female population.
It will cur® entirely tho wont form of rcnmle Com*
plants, n.11 Ornrlnn trouble*, Inflammation anil I'lcor*
llmi, Faillnof and I)Jgt)H<'enn , nts, And tho conaequont
Hi'lnnl WfAknes*, ami In particularly atbuilod to thi
nmnjfo of Llf®.
It-a 111 dl.violv® nnd rrprd tumor* frnm tho utrnMin mj
kftrljr nf dovclopnici.t, Tlio tondonrjr toeiuicftroo*
bumom thero is chocked yi ry ojicodlly by Us tifio.
G-IVEN AWAYl
^=5* The "IJTTLB WONDER" 1
TIME KEEPER
Farmer*, mM'hsnlct, Lui1r.ru menorboyirsa
i Lsnlci, Luilnn* n B
lismliotn* Hunting Cutirnml
Kfvprr. Nn IIuniting or ckrsa tor,Vats
•hbroughlj nllshle teller of the time of 4a«
>ns illver nlrke I rare. Ser..l C l rents | a
stamp* to |kij p«.*ts|re, am, «ro Hl|
• anil you one of our New Cnmnnlra
Mndgos, finely flplthrd, eltgamlt mil.
plated, •“**
Prarident uif “
I>etnorrstle nominee, Jml ss j
lts.lge* tell Ilk® wild.lire ami wo <
•gent* st onre. We tend full tern *
Uo..k sml tbe Mltlc Wonder Time Keeper f.
ill who ordsr a bridge, limply to get i
' I'hntoirrnpti of the
President Ifcpnbllcan or
liber tills'|( S free prrient. Id*
K A CO.. Ceii tor took. Conn,
iiniinra, ei<(acii)
tru®
of tl.fk
can •'T
‘He* TOHBCV
t i.ooo WflfiKCS*
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n?.
Conn, V ~
30 DAYS’ TRIAL
iiJdSIjI i
Urn*,)
■tlmuliuitv, and .......
•t vcurivi Jtli.ntif'tr, Uondftchrn. N
rf®n®r»! t Dnblliby, f!. oplcoflnrsv P« |
carl •
SNARING
tho (itornauh!
uns J’rostrAtion.
elon nml Indigo®
: - - . . .ailiiff pain, waif at
ktid batl;.it hi}.la nlwaya pcrmanrutljr cnml by ft*« uao.
It v.’!ll r»t oil 11 wen amI tintirr nil ri: ctimaf Anrea art la
UAiiitony v. it ti tin, Inn a that kovhiii tlio rnklo a/atom,
Forth® etiw of KMnnr rompUlnta of cither er*, thl$
compound is unauriMwt d. rrlco$l.00. Six bottkafor $5.00,
No family should bo without LYDIA K, PINK IT A XT I
T.IVKIi PILLS. They cur® ronatlpatlon, blliouannaa and
torpidity of tho llror. 8A cents a box At nil dm/ifbits.
B00ls or AovmmBf,
I0NEER '
HEROES
T»® thrilling advtniuree ,f *•
with Indians, out'aw • and wii
from tho nrlint time# to tha
plolfa of Do Soto, LaSalle, Gii
Crockett, Howie, lloui'on, Ci
Pill, fjen*. Mile* and Cro«*V, great In
s < \ M M I’.l. A t < 11ox 4l«t.-i, l*iifind* !pl:u nr St. I.otiln.
Fauquier White Sulphur Sprioas Hotel,
Fauquier County, Va.
Tho fifth ffonson of thin favorite and popular Bnmmet
Roaort. will npon Jnn »17th, I*H|. It will b® oonduof'd
Bti(ktli*M ,, iB in»ni|{Aineut that Iiah madu tins llotal
o Homo” for thousands. Tnrtns $12.00 to 121.00 pet
woek. For particular*, addroun (unt I Juno 17th),
N. TICNNKY X 0(V,
National Ilotwl, Waalungtoir, D. O.
I/I-E* TRO-VOLTA 10 HI LT and other Kl.BCTRtO
I V Arn are ®nnt on Da,s’ Trial TO Mkl
gtfl-Y. TOIINO OR OLD, who are ...ffering fr5J
Nan you* Djcmiutt, Loat Vitality, WaitS®
\\ >AKNJtHAK.n. and all klndt®! duMAses. ftperd; r%
Imf and rompleto restoration to Health, Vioon and
Manhood Ouahantikd. fond at once for IlluitriUd
I'zmplilet free. Addrea®
Voltaio Belt Oo,, Marshall, Mich,'
rmpnrrnnl Itrif ttrllnn In th. price*r
VASELHE
irKTitoi.Ktiji jKi.ia-.t
Ono Ounce bottles reduced from 15c. to lOo,
Two Ounco bottles reduced from 25o. to 1 So.
Flvo Ounce bottlei reduced from 60c. lo 2lo,
The nttblle must not accept any but original ffoodi
bottled by us, ns th® Imitation' are worthless.
Chcsobrough Wenulacturlng Co., New York
EEDS.
hero-explorers nnd fighter*,
n't, ovrrour whole country,
,. *ot. Lives and famous ex. ,
luh. noon®, Kenton. Prady, 1
)ti. Custer. Wild BUI, Buffalo j
it Indian Chiefa and srorea of ,
Atlanta t Oeu
AN ORGANIZED 1IU8INE8S COMMUNIlt
*8th YEAR. BEND FOR CIRCULARS.
AGFIWK WANTED r. r ts. mtk* «
mmmmm
Red Sulphur Water.
CURES CONSUMPTION.
Rod Sulphur Springs,
Monroe County, W. Vq.
Pensions
to Soldlora A Helra. Sand stain
for Circulars. COL. L. BlNl
HAM, Att’y, Washington. D. 0.
SOLID SILVER STtM WINDING
FULL JEWELLED DENTS’ 8IZE
WATCH FOR $12,60.
Inspection before purchasing,'
J. Pe BTUVKNt* dc (JO , Jewelers,
Atlanta, Ua*
pares fl.60. Sell* HAi
t Prtt. Prtighi* paid.
tTFOMB Philia
5®
.. Han .
Derr rnlofl
Til K
P, O. Bex Mg,
OPIUM
HABIT
CURED
60 per cent, lo Affile
j lor KsirmTermt. •!«., IS
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TO LADIES!
Orcateat inrim emer.tasvtr si
fered. Now's your t mi to art ny
orders for our colei.reted Tea*
and C'ofTeea,snd secure abs»uU«
fnl Gold Band or Most Rom China
Tea 8ot, or Hards"ino Dsn rated
"tinner Set, or Gold Band I
For full particulars address
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and 8a Veaoy SLj
WITHOUT PAIN OR DKTKlf
TION FROM BUSINESS.
CURB GUARANTKID.
unicat Ions strictly cos*
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Druggist and Phanotcilt,
P. O. Box 192. Columbus, 01
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AGENT* WANTED atotTkiHr-i
Brown’s Iron Bitters com
bine* Iron with pure vegetable tonics.
It is compounded on thoroughly sci
entific and medicinal principles, and
cannot intoxicate.
All other preparations of Iron cause
headache, and produce constipation.
Brown’* Iron Bitters is the
ONJVV Iron medicino that
is not injurious—its use docs not
oven elacken the teeth.
It not only cures the worst cases of
Dyspepsia, but insures a hearty ap
petite and good digestion. ,
Brown’s Iron Bft|ers Is the
Best Liver Itq*uI*tor-re
moves bile, clears tbe skin*
digests tbe fo®d, CUBES
Belching, Hokt’tborn, He*
in tho Stomach, ate.
It is the best-known remedy M
female infirmities.
The genuine has above trade mark •
and crossed red lines on wrapper-
Take no other. Mode only by.
Brown Chemical Co,,
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