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A BALLADE OF PARTED LIVES Princess, a song above the tides, Above the wintry winds that blow, Above the wave that quickly glides And dashes madly to and fro, Sing me of other days to know. Of souls tlxat in a garden reap Their wage of duty done below. Loose thoi* these memories in sleep! Tell me what dark, eternal idee Across that gpaee their shadows thrown Clouding the happy light tha* rides TJnto these lands of pain and woe. Brother and sister gone, foregc; Fairy hilltops and valleys deep. Conte,* or, if this be never so, Loose ye these memories in sleep! Ah, well, a splendid city hides The little boy of long ago! Beneath a village church wall bidee A slender mound above the snow, And thus the fleet years come and go. ~Foor bands of mine that cannot keep Backward the water’s ebb and flow. jm theee memories in sleep. anliness in place of the almost childish- upss. She is, in fact, improved by them, and so tiiiniis Dick of today. ■ Dick of 1Si2 dances three times with ; •‘my little sister Kitty, '’ and the th«rd j time she is carried array from him by ; a very tall, dark, haudsoine man, witu a small pointed black board, He wat .li es them, and a voice at his eibow sa; s: “What a jolly couple they make! He- 35 . Old Lord Easton’s nephew, and they av--i to be married next week, yon know. Dick of 1872 gees home, and in the morning comes to the conclusion that he had taken too much champagne, foi | he had dreamed all night that his room j was of gold hung over with pink moss A SEA DEMON. BYXHALLES B. LEWIS. tadno door to eaoapetrom the heavy About eight feet tack of the Ww them, which maddened him, ofawateM»ri.aBdth,. and the touch of them, which thril^ fcin» with joy and sorrow, pleasure Princess, for nil the world besides Guard yet the vines that softly ereep Over dead childhood's loves and brides. Looife thou these memories in sleep! * —John James Meehan in New . York Sun THE REASON WHY. »«I always wondef why it is yon have never married, Dick?” It was Emily who had said these words some half anghour ago, and Dick had found no answer for them, and he sits by the fire and ponders over them mightily, trying to find if £here be ax answer. Dick is five and forty, tall, ro bust, with a rather handsome face and florid complexion, and with bright gold en brown hair, but just where it makes little c-rinkl s above his ears it has tiny silver inroads running through it—an even race now between the gold and silver, but in these days of bimetallism wkc shall answer for the future? Ho is a very personable man, a true, honest, good fellow, rather slow at grasping an idea, but when he has grasped it it is sure to become a service able, clean idea. Dick’s grasp, firm and strong, would always purge it of any vice or vulgarity it might have possess ed before. He now sits quite alone in the comfortable library of his sister’s house. He smokes a pipe and thinks over tha6 sister’s question, ‘ ! I always wonder why it is you have never mar ried. Dick?’’ Then a curions thing happens. Ai the smoke of his pipe rises up in thick black clouds he looks quite through it back to the year 1867 and sees himself again as a boy of 20, just before he first sailed for India—such a jovial* noisy sort of boy, with a ready smile and pleasant w<: rcl fer every one, just noW much excited at tne prospect of the new life which is to begin with the voyage tomorrow. He is just entering a ballroom with a friend of about ids own ago. (“Jack Dufford, who cued in China, ” nmmiuri Dick of today.) I* is a very large ball room, brilliantly lighted and decorated with flowers and evergreens. It must be a regimental ball, for there are col ors stacked at one end. Dick of today tries to make them ont, but quite fails, and so turns his attention to what Jack Dufford is saying to Dick of 1867. “I want you to dance with my little sister Kitty. It is her first dance, and she’s the dearest little thing going.’’ And he puts his arm through Dick of 18ffT’s and takes him across the room to where there stands a girl in white muslin, such a dainty, fresh white mus lin, with little blue bowknots dotted over it, and this is all that Dick of 1867 sees as he makes his bow, but when ho raises his head again he meets such a sweet* dancing pair of brown eyes look ing at him from such a pretty, bright face, with a whole mass of light fluffy hair above and around it, and later when he puts his arm around her and they dance and he looks down into the hair he sees a wee wreath of blue for- getmenots half lost and very tightly imprisoned in its glittering meshes. It is almost Dick of 1867’s first ball, too, and he thoroughly enjoys it, but none of the figures are plain to Dick of today save only the white muslin and blue bowknofc one. Talking and dancing with it seem to fill np the whole even ing. and then, when the end conies, Dick of 1867 rolls it up, oh, so tenderly, in a warm, white shawl, and Dick of today feels his heart beat quicker as a little hand is put into that old Dick’s hand and a low girlish voice says: “Well, good night and goodby, Mr. Kenneth. E hope you will like India.’’ Then Dick of 1867 goes home, and be feels nervously excited and cannot sleep and thinks it must be from the uncer tainty cf liking India. The tobacco smoke clears off and our Dick wonders why such an old, quite buried memory should revive tonight, but he has not much time for wonder ing, for as fresh smoke rises up he see? fresh figures forming themselves behind *£t. Still himself, but older, browner and more manly Dick, this time of 1872. A ball again, evidently in a private house. There is a wide flight- of stairs, off it at one side a conservatory filled with flow- gave m n dden dart and disappeared tm a time, but fire minutes later he was back in his old position. He was thus ( fired upon and driven away three sue- j cessive times, but when he came back ! the fourth time he took up bis position i astern of the skip and swam so low :n ! the water that the shot failed to reach J him. * | He hung by the ship from 7 o'clock j in the morning to 4 in the afternoon, j At that hour the repairs werq about complete, and the men were laughing and joking over the persistency of the demon, when one of them fell from the yard as they were making sail. He turn ed over and over in his descent, but struck -the water / teat, first and was out of sight a long xnisut*. When he came naftoo, he shot hie full length eicroBtnw w*. milk wbjte ft eqlsr IN THE NICK OF TIME. AN INCJCINT OF THE WAR Hi’ TO NOT PUBLISH ZD. HER- One morning in the year 1863 as tbs English brig Fair Hope was to the east of the island of Ceylon, bound for the strait of Malacca, a man who had been sent alpft hailed the deck with the in formation that a monster shark was ly ing alongside. The craft had high bul warks, and the fish might not have been seen but for the man going aloft as - he did. This was the first authentic meet ing with a shark which afterward took Story of tKe First Expedition to Fort Kish er—The Sailing; Master of the Ella Knight Tried to the Enemy. Yellow Yerer. Yellow fever now belr*. western hemisphere, from it should be extirpated, as ^3 if the proper kind of interr--, X ,^1 lie opinion be brought to , -a subject. While the diseas* cnous to the United Sug ^ '2« The smoke clears off again, but Dick of today has ceased to wonder, and only waits, expecting mere, uncomprehend ing, however. Very soon more comes; still Dick, still, a ballroom; Dick of 1880, and quite a different ballroom with quite .a different atmosphere, and different tone about it; many men, few er women than heretofore, but all the latter are most beautifully dressed, and most of the former are in uniform. * ‘Government House, Calcutta,’* thinks Dick of today, and he instinctive ly looks about him for the well known figure which he now expects to come, but it is not there. Dick of 1880 is talk ing to Cranter. (“Poor old Cranter! Went under just ten years ago,’’ com ments Dick of today.) Cranter says: “I am going to introduce you to the most lovely little woman, clever, charming, everything desirable. Her husband nev er looks at her, passes all his time in England with jribvi Ruby, and all his time here with Mrs. Major Golightly. ’’ Dick of i860 and Cranter make their way through the crowd into ano^aei room where there is no dancing, ar.d seated in a low chair, in a listless atti tude, is a lady in white, Dick of 1880 goes straight up to her and says, “I hope I don't need an introduction to “Mrs.” — and then pauses — “Mor- tonn,” she finishes for him. He sits beside her. She is much more splendidly dressed than ever before, all in white satin, finely embroidered with silver, and there are diamonds scintil lating in the burnished gold cf her hair. But, oh, the change, think both the Dicks. "The face is thinner and less bright, the mouth is sweet and red, bnt has a pitiful droop at the corners, and the clear brown eyes are sad with un shed tears, but they look very kindly on j Dick of 1880. And Dick of 1880 talks a long time to her: his heart is filled with a deep, passionate pity. Finally they are interrupted by the fall, dark, handsome man with the point, eu black beard, who is noc perfectly so ber. As he comes~up the lady says: “-This is Captain Keim-tK Deyereux. I met him at my first ball. ’ Dick of 18S0 only bows ana moves away, and Dick of today looks at the fading mist of tobacco smoke, and even when it has cleared, for the good reason that his pipe is out, there is a little mist, as of an autunm evening, between him and the fire. He is not uncompre hending any longer and knows now the answer to his sister’s question. He rises and takes up his candle, saying: “And I never knew it till tonight. Verily I am a slow man. ’ ’—Daughter. IV^wm no donbt the result of an injury u d wu a mark by whieh the shark wat known for several years after. It is £be custom aboard of a merchant vessel when a shark appears alongside and the work aboard is not pressing to give- the men a chance to destroy theii enemy. In this instance, owing to the unusual size of the fish, the captain was anxious to make a capture and carry the specimen into Singapore. Hooks were got out and baited, and for two hours they tried all sorts of tricks to in duce the monster to take hold. He was very wary, however, and refused to bite. There was an old harpoon aboard, and when it was seen that the fish could not be captured alive the carpenter got out the irons and tried to harpoon him. In the effort he fell overboard, and the shark seized him and disappeared so quickly that the dozen men who wit nessed the affair could scarcely believe they saw aright. The incident was re corded in the log and reference was made to it in Lloyd's Register for the first week in September cf the year named. So far as is fc/jowu this sailor from the Fair Hop* ivas ti: just grasped 41 when Iht shark seized him by the legs, aad those who were looking saw both man. and the life pre server disappear in.the maw of the znon-; cam* to tbs raffae*. bat nothing far- tber was seen.of the shark. ?Tfcuincident was logged and duly reported in Hew York. Hews of strange things at sea passes about in maritime circles with wonder ful celerity. The various adventures with the demon were soon knows far and wide, and every craft sailing for India or China kept a sharp lookout for him. ft he was seen between January and April, 1864, there is no record of it, but on the 15th day of the lattes month, when I left the port of St. Luis, in the inland of Mauritius, bound for Bombay, in tiie brig Charleston, the monster appeared alongside before we were 50 miles ont of port. This was the first time he had been seen so far to the south and was a distance of 3,000 miles from the spot where he bad snapped up his last man. The demon appeared to first wkito j ns suddenly, aa in all other cases. Whey, Deliver His Charge to ways an importation, its "A ^ ; ertheless so regular that cj, )p ' r ari i ! ?inumg c f the century only nine years in which it , ^ peared here. Its natural ground is furnished by the Thackeray's TKLnSrieas. Payn knew Thackeray intimately, and has some entertaining reminiscence* of his editorial troubles when Thackeray presided over the fortunes of The Corn- hill Magazine. Communications from his contributors, and especially tha would be ones, annoyed and often dis tressed him. Payn recalls his complain' ing of one of them with a vigor and ir ritation which amused him exceedingly. A young fellow had sent him a long story, for which he demanded particu lar attention “from the greatest of nov elists” upon the ground that he had a sick sister entirely dependent upon him for support. Thackeray was touched by the appeal, and, contrary to his custom, wrote his correspondent a long letter of advice, inclosing also—which was by no means contrary to his enstom—some , pecuniary assistance. “I feel for your i kim and tow him ashore. No sooner had -erm* ! they rounded Ihe stern of the whaler and taken a repe from one of the sailors position, ” he said, “and appreciate you* motive for exertion, but I must tell you at once that you will never do anything in literature. Your contribution is worthless in every way, and it is the truest kindness both to her for whom you are working and to yourself to tell you so straight. Turn your mind at once to some other industry. ” This produced a reply from the young man that astonished Thackeray a great deal more than it surprised Payn. It was couched in the most offensive terms conceivable and ended by telling the “great novelist” that, although he had attained by good luck to the top of the tree, he would one day find himself where he deserved to be, at the bottom of it. “For iny part,” said Thackeray (upon Payn showing some preliminary symptoms of suffocation), “I see littla sharks are around, their dorsal fins caE | be seen cutting the vfater here and there, i and they seldom come near a moving craft The first thing we knew the mon ster was running with the ship, and so 1 clofee that one could have tonebed him with a ten foot pole We measured his length by the rail, and then a tapeline gave us exactly 38 feet 3 inches The only weapons aboard were two navy re volvers, and the captain took one and I the other, and we fired 12 bullets fair into the body of the fish. I am telling you the plain truth when I say that he did not swerve an inch or seem to feel the slightest pain. The bullets certainly went into him, bnt when an ordinary shark can have two or three feet cut off his tail and still continue to swim about unconcernedly there isn’t much hope of pistol bullets ending his life. Knowing that the presence of the de mon meant a horrible death tu any man who fell overboard, the word was passed for eveiy one to be very careful of him self while aloft. The shark picked us up of a Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock. We had a fair wind for the north, and up to Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock he had not secured a victim. No matter whether the breeze was strong or weak, whether it was daylight or darkness, the demon kept his place alongside. We tried him with baited hooks, we stuffed an old suit of clothes and threw the figure overboard, we put more bul lets into him and worked all sorts of schemes to drive him off, but it was not to be done. If he sheered off at some demonstration, it was to return aft after a moment and take np his old position. His presence was such a menace and peril that all felt uncomfortable and nervous, and by order iff the captain the men were kept out of the rigging except when it became positively neces sary to- go aloft. When Friday came and no accident had happened, we be gan to take heart and hoped to see the demon leave us. In all those days and nights he had eaten nothing, and so easy was it for him to keep pace with us that one might watch for an hour and not notice a movement of bis tail* • While, we were hoping that hungfer* and the long swim bad about exhausted him the cook got upon the rail on the opposite side from the shark to draw a pail of water. A sudden lurch of the ship sent him overboard. I happened to be watch- iEg the shark at the same moment. With the quickness of thought he was gene from under my eyes, aiid, passing cinder the brig, he seized the* cook be fore the latter had time to cry out and before a man bad advanced to the rail. Four or five sailers got there just in time to see the victim disappear, and as tkero was no tinge of blood on the wa ter they could well declare that the shark bad swallowed him whole. A month later, 300 miles to the east ward of Mauritius the demon'arose alongside the Scotch whaler Albatross and followed her two days and got a to frighten the shark away from his sec- 1 man who fell from the bowsprit. Three ond victim, but he could not be turned 1 months later. * '* " This incident was not logged, as ! car, ho got a man who fell a victim to too demon, but others were to follow in quick suc cession. Three days later and ICO miles to the south of Ceylon the American ship James F. Bradwell, tea laden, was caught in a calm which lasted for six hours. Of a sudden men who were working in the rigging discovered the big shark alongside. He was at first taken for a small whale, and great was the amazement when it was known that he belonged to th6 man eating species. As in the other case, it was determined to capture him alive, and the men put in three hours’ work seeking to tempt him with pork and beef. The big fellow simply refused to take the hook, and his actions were so sluggish that it was at last believed he was almost dead. A boat was lowered in hopes that a noose might bo clipped ever his tail, and it was while the man with the rope was trying to perform this feat that a trag edy occurred. Ke was bending over the bows of the boat when he lost his hold end plunged into the water. With light- iiingliko sv.'iltness the shark turned and seized him, dived under the keel of the ship and was seen no mere. Five men were close at hand when the shark grab bed the man, and they were unanimous in declaring that the victim was bolted down as if he had been a five pound pieco of pork. That incident was also recorded in the log. and thus made authentic, but I do not think it was ever published. I got it personally 15 years later from the captain of the BradwelL The third appearance of the demon, so far as the record goes, was about two weeks later, and in the bay cf Bengal, many hundreds of miles distant. An English whaling ship named the Two Sisters was lying off the Andaman is lands at anchor while making some re pairs aloft. At 10 o’clock in the fore noon, without the fin of a shark having been seen, the demon suddenly rose alongside and lay waiting for his prey Everybody was astonished at his size., but as the repairs were urgent the men were not allowed to knock off to effect his capture. They did call to three fish ermen, however, who were in a boat near at band, and the natives responded. The shark prayed his old game and appeared to be scarcely able to move, and the idea fif the men was to noose ■inoo we have such neighbor/,!.! either bring about a refonaKth^j itaiy conditions and practices! tinue to run the risk of an auc J J ■ion of this terrible disease. nJLJ of the visits of yellow fever to tlSj try since 1800 are known deSj have been from Cuba, andof^] have been clearly traced to tCll Havana. Europe', protect** £? Cuba in this particular lies iiH moteness. A disease which kS vessel starting across the ocean to develop and nutfeit itself «> C J that the quarantine officials on tied night—into the broad ? fer side can discover it on the si 1 " Tal A Dt A th Cl *» t=ralAbl from Key West, there will J percentage of danger, kov^ the quarantine regulations ■ j the conditions remain as A 7 , less indeed we assume a - a'y of/ lute non intercourse with the island dj ing the summer months.—Dr Wd Wyman in Forum. On the first expedition to Fort Fisher a captured blockade runner called the Ella Knight was used as a government transport The cargo of this vessel was Light Battery E, Third United States artillery, and the Sixteenth New York Independent-Light -battery. About 146 homes, A* field pieoe*, 11 ouisso— and 12 limber charts made a valuable cargo. The failing master’s name was Ad ams, but as we sailed ante sealed or- gan, -teUbe opened off Cepe Henry Hght- house, the ranking military officer aboard, who held these orders, became- ranking or commanding officer of the ship..., Thisq^S^a^was Fwrt Lieutenant J. a Myrick of Light Bkttery E, Third United States artillery. Adams, a Baltimore man having some influence, was appointed sailing master in the United States transport fleet. He was a genuine Confederate at heart and bad in his mind a way to help tbs Con federacy, which was to await his op portunity and run the first good cargo in his chaige into the Confederates’ hands. - As a signal the flagship fired a gun over the'waters of Hampton Roads, and j the transport fleet of the first expedition, ' without outside lights, sailed out into | the darkness of Atlantic. . The Ella Knight was not the last to reach Cape Henry lighthouse, but when she did the sealed orders were opened and Adams was advised of the ship’s destination—Fort Fisher. ; Soon after turning southward from Cape Henry the wind began to blow strongly from the south. The sea be came extremely rough, the decks were wet and slippery and the horses’ stalls gave way. The horses began to slide back and forth on deck, so heavy were the lunges and rolls of the ship. At the same time the guns began to roll on the upper deck. Ropes were procured and the guns lashed through the wheels to prevent rolling on deck and knocking a , tole through the transport’s sides. Then I ropes were stretched lengthwise and j through the center of the deck, and sev- | eral times crosswise to help support the horses, but many were killed and many disabled. Some time past midnight Adams quietly turned the ship to the north and scudded with the wind. Then at the end of a few hours he turned the ship south again. His orders were to keep within sight of tha transport fleet, but when daylight came no transport fleet was in sight. He gave as his excuse that the ship’s engines were weak and that he could not make the speed required of him. We knew that the Ella Knight was a fast ship, and from that time on we knew that Adams was a man who would stand watching. By the middle of the day the storm had passed over a::d Adams took a reck oning off Gape Hatteras, North Caro lina. Then we continued our journey without much of interest until nearly daylight the next morniDg. All was quiet aboard the transport. As she rode through the darkness there was a report of a cannon, and the next instant a shell burst over the deck of the Ella Knight. From the short inter val between the report of the gun and the shell’s explosion the battery officers knew that we must be near the shore. Besides, the sound of the breakers from the heavy ocean swells could be heard lashing the sandy beach. • J o- iumihucu uy tne hp-i. lure and filth of tropical seauor- 5 conditions are found in certain ^ the Spanish main, which, l a <£?® ** regulations, haveT 3 if iM wont cf thexn. m. “ prerwl, dnrlag tb« ^ toRpIr ojtoel fcrU, -k wen, twiag frani** SJW owner* The Mtive. gneiiu, Bono to It, having njnallThid rt?' ip.<J#U.oon us tbu position is a Mtcdj's Narrow K-sp*. “Au hoo’s the guid said one farmer to another, a; , in the market place ana exeha snuffboxes “Did ye no hear that she’s dadj buried?’ ’ said Sandy solemnly. j “Dear me!” exclaimed his trij sympathetically. “Surely it nttk \ been very sudden?” “Aye, it was sudden, ” returned 1 dy. “Ye see,' when she turned ill t bad na time to send for the doctor! I gied her a bit pouther that I ha ing in my drawer foT a year or tsi| that I had got frae the doctor m bnt hadna ta en What the was I dinna verra weel ken. but shei soon after. It's a sair lo> to me. Il assure ye, but it’s semet thankfu’ for 1 didna tak’ mysel’- ”—Spare Momenta. Tiro Przyers. Bishop Leslie, “the hghtinghisb| before a battle in Ireland thus ] “O Grod, for our un worthiness we ai fife to claim thy help, but if we are] our enemies are worse, and if thou not meet to help us, we pray thee j them not, bnt stand thou e-ntel day and leave it to the arm The United Service M : ~.ai pares with this the supplivj an officer offered before oue of 1 ties for Hungarian indepeude 1849: “1 will not ask thee, help us, and I know thou wilt noil the Austrians, but if thou wilt yonder hill thou shall not be as of thy children. ” Health of Plants. It than the demcti turned and made for the boat. Tht> native craft was a frail affair, used cni>* for fishing on the reefs, and the shark struck it head on and stove a great hole in the side. * Ropes were thrown to tho meq floundering iij the water, <ut only one of them wa9 safely hauled aboard the whaler. One was seized and bolted down, and a seo- ond, who hung to the ship’s rodder, Was picked off a moment later. What ever came handy was hurled overboard to laugh at. What a stupid, ungrateful ers and at its top a wide landing, with ! b^ast the mall must be! If ever I waste the ballroom n-n&n-.na hriahf. nn-.sv mid i — — half hour in writing to a crea- the ballroom opening bright, noisy and joyous behind it. In the doorway stands the hostess, welcoming her guests. Dick of today tries to distinguish hsi features, but they elude him just as the colors had a few minutes before. He passes on in to the room. Again all the figures are blurred, until he comes quite to the up per end, immediately beneath the big hanging lamp, where there stands a very distinct one in white silk and a quantity of soft w;kite tulle, who has her back turned and displays a very .fair head with a bunch of pink moss roses at one side. Dick of 1872 speaks, and the figure turns and looks at him with a little uncertainty at first, and then a gradual, pleased look of recog uition conies to her face—that same sweet face, with its warm, brown eyes. Dick of 1872 thinks five years have passed very lightly, leaving* behind only a touch of dignity and worn- another tuie of that sort, Worsve!”—People. call me a horse or Not In the Same Class* “Don’t yon speak to Mrs. Brown any more?” “No, indeed. I’ve found her out a* last. ” “What’s the matter?” “Her talk about sprockets and handle bars wjis all put on. She has no wheeL ” —Chicago Post. How to Make Skin Food* Melt together 2 ounces of lanoline, 0 ounces oil of almonds, an ounce sperma ceti, three-fourths of an ounce cf white wax, half an ounce of glycerin. While cooling stir constantly, adding 60 drops of benzoin. Constantinop) e about 23 time* has been besieged aside. it aid not concern the ship, but was published at length in the Bombay pa pers later on. For the next three months there is no record of the shark’s doings, though he might have secured many victims from native craft and the incidents escape public notice. Early in the year 1864 the bark Speedwell, bound from China to her home port of Philadelphia, had just cleared Acheen bead, at the en trance to the strait of Malacca, when a sudden squall carried away her main and fore topmasts and several of her sails.' This was early in the morning, and while the crew were repairing damages and the ship proceeding on her voyage big shark came up astern and took up a position on the port side and only about 20 feet away. His length was carefully measured by the officers and recorded pt 38 feet 3. inches He bad been heard cf through the papers, and the crew were warned to be careful in their work aloft. In hopes to drive the monster away Captain Taylor brought out a heavy shotgun and fired charges of buckshot into him at short range. The leaden missiles must have penetrated to some exteat, as the demon to the south cf' MadagaS- man from a Boston ship called the White Wave. During the game year, when the English ship Cape Horn was wrecked off Cape Town and some of the crew took to a raft, the big shark followed the raft for seven days and nights and devoured nine different men who fell or leaped into the sea. 1865 the demon cruised in the route of ships between Cape Town and Australia and was seen a dozen times. In 1866 he was back in the bay of Bengal. The last seen of him was off the Lakadive islands in the Arabian sea. He arose alongside of an English gunboat "one afterndbn, and, after taking his measure/ one of the guns was loaded with shell and trained to bear on him. When the smoke cleared away, the shark could no longer be seen, and as he was nevET met with afterward by any craft which made a record of the circumstaace it may be safely argued that he was put out of the way for good and all is impossible for piaa» Each commissioned officer quickly j unless they have plenty \ reached for his side arms, and they were ™^tt> ir soon on deck. J. R. Myrick (now major Fifth United States artillery) was the first to reach the pilothouse. Adams was at the wheel. Myrick asked him, “Where are we?” Adams replied, “I reckon we are pret ty nigh Fort Fisher—that was the or- | ders, wasn’t it?” ! Quick as a flash Myrick’s revolver swung under Adams’ ear, and he order- i ed him to turn to sea. Adams turned deathly white as he remarked: s '^TWe are in the inside channel. If we turn to sea, we will have to ride the t reef. If we ride it, we will be caught by the pirates outside of it,” meaning ] the Union fleet. But at the same time he gave several fast torus to the wheel, and the transport swung half way round and headed for the reef. As we gained it there was a roaring and hissing sonnd and the waves shone with phos phorescent light. Soon we were in the line of sissing, glowing waves. Qna K sudden bmnp of the vessel, and she bad crossed the reef unhurt and was sailing | in the old, Atlantic. Soon we saw the dim outline of a , . , swift steamer approaching us from tha most give up the idea — larboard side. A challenge name through ing or your conyictioo=- J must be ample room in^ P of£ , for the expansion and sir^aace oi j roots. __ fngiUli Recruit*. Every recruit must be a ject. The enlistment of as aJ* course, contrary to inrernatic 1 He must be unmarried fcnrew^ • bare driven many men wto but not with the consent of tbert ties. The married man w bG frj bimstlf a bachelor is years’ imprisonment with L- They v- or. net £0 particubr^ 1 delicious piece of doggerel that year represents a r ^ a ' leave cf his wife and i2W ; -5 • Farewell to you. dear Likewise my cin--- rt - f - Beheld, i come to ta* 8 Of frienua anu Nancy suggests sehmgj^™ i 4he furniture to pay bis i But Jack replies that i ed. Smart money won ! cross the main: | t t» You will see me rc« 01 ^ j i . When 1 return agu-i . Have you views on ’■.q^ a .s4 Variable Height*. “How tall be yon, Henry?” “’Bout six foot, I guess, with my boots off. How tall be you?” “ ’Bout six foot when my bair’s cut ’ •—Harper’s Bazar. | a trumpet: “Lay to, or we’ll send a shot through I you!” Adams rang the eDgine bell. The ship soon lost its headway and swung idly in the seas. A few moments later a Union*ensign appeared on deck. After learning the name and character of our ship he informed Adams that be had been under the guns of Half Moon bat- j tery, one and a half miles above Fort | Fisher. Then he continued: “I am Ensign of dispatch boat ] No. 2 of the blockading fleet. The bal- ] ance of the transport fleet is 20 miles | due east at sea. ” Again our engines were started, and ■ in a short time daylight began to creep i over the ocean and we could see the ] transport fleet steaming toward land. Nothing was done with Ad*ms, but ] I have always believed he intended to i beach the Ella Knight under the guns ing to be vaccinated or q | the interrogatory runs. q‘ . is reached: “I, ThomasA . oath that I will be j true allegiance to her and successors, and ^ duty bound, honestly I fend her majesty, her Ct '’m crown ™ d w"! sors. m person, against all enemies, ^ ^ 1 and obev all orders of heirs and successors and <- and officers set over me- God!”—Good Words. 71 a Oo« j- % — * said < “Mirier, - $ “ would you like to n* you wanted?” “Of course I would, reply- , ,. “Well, than, I man to man an tell you - ^ g _ Tt'g a good deal to kejs * of Fort Fisher.—Eugene Scott in New j -apathy an co-opem'/^g York Commercial Advertiser. j jjj the money I At the defense of Thermoovlse the ! without ing ton Star. - of Thermopylae shower of Persian arrows was so dense it cut off tha light of the sun.