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I k J'S-X imi ' (i £7T| v p y ♦ £ a 3. l « VOL V. STORMS. BY REV. A. JAY BELKNAP. • *Tis said tlic Sea of Life is rough, That storms are wild and many, And that of sunny skies and days There's none, or scarcely any; But I have been upon the wave, And felt its varied weather, Aud know that sun, and clouds and storms Are well mixed up together. So, when tho waves dash wild and high, Aud thunders hoarsely mutter, When angry clouds o’erspread the sky And shade the turbid water, We’ll laugh with gleesomemerriment, We’ll sing a hearty chorus, Unto the winds and clouds and spray That harmlessly sweep o’er us We’ll be a part of all the Storm; We’ll share tho wild commotion Of all these giant bacchanals That sport npon the ocean; For all is well; our ship is strong, Our pilot firm and steady, Our gallant crew is tried and true, And for each duty ready. And when the storm has spent its force, When clouds begin to scatter, How pleasantly the sunsliine pours Its smiles upon the water! We ne’er could feci the calm delight Of fair aud sunny weather, Were sun and clouds and calms and storms Not well mixed up together. And so there is, behind each cloud, A soft and silver lining; And there, although we see it not, The sun is sweetly shining. So then wd’ll he content with life, And evermore remember That, in the year of life there is A June for each December. La Harpc, IU. PIRATE AND BUCCANEEI > 1. A TRUE ACCOUNT OF THE WONDERFUL CAREER OF THE “BLACK DOO.” In the years 1852-3 might have been seen lying at nuclior in the harbor of Rio Janeiro a barkentine of extreme beauty. built She was called the Black Dog and was for great speed. She was purchased by a wealthy house at Rio Janeiro to be employed as a slaver be¬ tween tlie Brazils and the West Coast of Africa, under the command of a young Baltimorean by the name of Jones. Harry Jones had been a shipmate with the writer upon a three year’s voy¬ age to the Indian Ocean and China seas. Not only were we shipmates, but friends. Harry was induced by great pay to leave the Gray Eagle aud take charge of tho Black Dog. It was a great strug¬ gle for him to give up his position as first officer of the Gray Eagle and go ou board a slaver, but he was ambitious to get rich. He made twelve successful voyages to the Coast of Africa during the two years’ time he was in the slave trade. The Brazilian government finally stopped the importation of slaves and the Black Dog was obliged to look in some other direction for employment. No country was open to her now where she could carry on her unlawful traffic. The owners had made a present of her to the captain for his fine luck and fhe great amount of money he had made for them in the slave trade. She was uow fitted for the east coast of Africa as a buccaneer. The captain had no trouble in shipping a crew, for at that time a great number of the worst kind of men were adrift at Rio, most of them having been employed on board of slavers. The next timo we heard of the Black Dog she the was in mouth the Mozambique Chan¬ nel, at of tho Black Sea, where she had captured a number of the Peninsular and Oriental Company’s boats, taking a large amount of gold and silver from them and then allowing (hem to proceed on their way. Afterward she was heard from in the Persian Gulf and along the Coromandel coast. No armed vessel could fall in with her to prevent her committing such bold depredations, until she became so and noted that the East Indian fleet had orders to capture her if possible. China Captain and Jones Eastern now left for the seas the pas fia p (S The ship Sheffield, whaler, under the writer’s command, was now twenty months from home. She had cruised along the coasts of New HolTand and and Straits of Timoor and was now oft the cast coast of Java. We had sac ce> -led in taking and stowing down 2,100 barrels of sperm oil since leaving home and at the high rates quoted for oil in New Bedford we could figure up a fine voyage already. We stood along to the eastward, until we arrived off the ls'! and of Banditti. The sun never shone bri hier, the day was never more beau tiful, the sea was smooth and the air soft and lovely. We were soon to leave the cruising ground for Copang, to re emit our ship with fresh provisions, wood and water, expecting to be in Hong Kong in April, there to refit for the coast of Japan and home by way of Cape Horn. The lookouts at the mast he vls were skimining the horizon to catch the glimpse*of a spout of a sperm ■wl tie when the lookout forward re ported a sail three points on the weather bo v, standing down across us. We thought her to be some peaceful mer- the chapman, wending her way and along smooth coast With a fair wind a sea she was soon closing up with ns. I took my glass, swung it around my neck and went on the foretopsail yard, From aloft I could see her hull up. As somi as I drew a bead on her with my Ion? telescope glass, I was satisfied in mv mind what she was. Going and told at them once pn deck I called all hands WRIGHTSVILLE, GA., SATURDAY. JULY 20, 1884. I thought that craft -was a pirate. We had four gnus of fair calibre; two of them, however, were unfortunately stowed away below. We had a, score of muskets and as many mere cutlasses, but what would they avail with a craft of that kind. The pirate would want nothing of us but provisions—perhaps men, and of course we must submit. We were on the port tack, standing along on the wind. When ho was within a milo of us, we hauled up the mainsail and hauled the main topsail to the mast. He brailed np his foresail, settled down, his fore shy sail and royal, also his gall' topsail, run up a black flag aud fired a gun. She now kept straight off for us to crass our stern. We could, see two men aloft at the main and two or three more in the foretop, with their glasses looking down upon talking our decks, aud could hear them in Spanish to the officers of the deck. The captain of the pirate jumped upon the rail, and with his silver trumpet iu hand hailed the ship as she passed close under our stem. “Whatship is that, pray?” “The Sheffield.” “How long out?” “Who “Twenty months.” commands that ship ?” “H---.” “Will Captain H-piease come on board?” We could not fight him. He could lay off a distance and sink us with liis Long Tom, so there remained no al¬ ternative but to submit and go on board. I ordered the starboard quarter boat to be lowered away aud the crow to stand by. The pirate hove to close under our lee quarter, so that wo had but a short distance to pull. Wo drew up tiful alongside to the leeward of that beau¬ craft. Before getting out of my boat I cast my eye up along the lee rail, Such a sight to behold ! At least seventy fiv, men of the most desperate-looking characters looking down upon me. They were of all nationalities, all ages and all colors. Two fine-looking officers passed me the man ropes and politely touched their hats. As I stepped in on deck who should stand there to receive me hut my once most intimate friend, Harry Jones, cap¬ tain I of breathed the pirate, Black Dog. I must say i'onnd a little more freely when I into whose hands I had" fallen. He quickly ashed mo to send my boat, with its crew, back to the ship; evi¬ dently not wishing his crew to hold any conversation with mine, saying to mo at the same time : “This is no place for your men to be, with such characters-as wo have here. I shall keep you Jong enough to make me a good long visit.” Turning to his first officer he ordered him to keep the ship close aboard and report if any strange sail should heave in sight, whilst we walked into the captain’s private cabin. It is not enough to say it was finely fitted up ; it surpassed iu elegance anything I had ever soon. My boat was soon alongside the Sheffield and hoisted to the cranes. The ship braced forward her main yard and stood along by the wind, the Black Dog keeping along on her lee quarter, in hailing dis¬ tance. Great excitement prevailed on board the Sheffield, the officers and crew not understanding board the meaning of my being detained on the pirate. They thought the ship would be a prize to the Black Dog, not knowing the captain and myself bad been shipmates on a three years’ cruise. After a time we looked the craft over. Her complement of of¬ ficers and men, all told, was ninety, but at that time tbe^rew was somewhat re¬ duced in numbers. She carried four eighteen-ponnders on each side, with a Long Tom amidships and everything fit¬ ted for the business in which she was en¬ gaged. Upon the rim of her wheel, iu large gold letters, were these words : Black Dog—“The world owes mo a living.” She was a perfect vessel in all her ap¬ pointments. I remained on board one night and a part of two days. The time was occupied in rehearsing our told voyages he since we last met. Harry me bad become so noted as a buccaneer world. hip name was known all over the A brand was upon him worso than that upon Cain. “Since taking command of this bark,” be went on to say “it has not been my purpose to take life. At one time I lost forty-five out of ninety of my crew with ship fever. Night and day I was with them, ministering to their wants with my own hands, whilst I, the worst of them all, was spared to continue this cursed life. Well, my time is .short in tp,, se geas> I am already hunted not onJy p y t h e English but by the Dutch am j my own countrymen. But give me | )reeze and I care for nothing that car¬ r j eB ga fr 8 — 8 teara and calms are the only things I fear;” he concluded, and heaved a On the second day, before Dog’s foretopsaii was hove back and a signal set for my boat. It was soon alongside. We took a very large mo ii f rom the Black Dog, to be delivered a ( Hong Kong; also a large amount of Dills and valuables from the captain Brazilian con signed to the care of the Consul . depart jt was time for me to take my are an d bid my friend good-bye, quite likelv never to meet again. A tear rolled down hiB cheek ; he pressed my hand. i waB soon in my boat and on board the Sheffield. The Black Dog made all sail, steered away south for Macassar straits and in a short time was out of sigHt. She was next heard from at the U orth entrance of Torres Straits and the a0 uth end of Borneo, where she had cap ; ture d ft - number of ships. These ships i ji-xd large consignments of gold bars and ; g0 ^ dust from the Australian mines. It Marco was reported that one of those ships, the Polo, had onboard eight hundred thousand in gold, which the Black Dog had captured. News of her depreda¬ tions were soou spread abroad. The English fleet then lying at Singapore and Hong Kong was oraored to go in pursuit of the sea rover. One fine morning, when off the uorth end of Borneo, the English steam sloop-of-wav Hector fell iu with the Black Dog, lying becalmed close in slioro. The Hector boro away for tho jnrato. The captain of tho pirate saw that his chances were small, unless the trade winds should soon set in, by means of which he could escape by running through one of the shoal water passages. If lie could not thus escape he would run her ashore or destroy her. He, as well as his officers aud crew, would never surrender alive. The steamer was fast approaching, as it was a dead calm. Tho last extremity would he to touch a match to the maga ziue and blow her up with all on board. Tho pirate’s crow stood by their guns, determined to fight to the last. The sloop-of-war liad hoisted the St. George's cross, and in return tho Black Dog rim up tho Brazilian flag, with the piratical flag underneath. There was no mistaking now the character of the barkentino. As soon as tlio Englishman got within range ho commenced firing at the pirate. Her guns were of much heavier metal than those of the pirate and her crew more than double. The Black Dog opened or unlimbered her Long Tom amidships, hoping to do some damage to the steam¬ er’s machinery. Every shot from the pirate’s guns was tolling sadly upon the steamer. Her crow evidently had been well drilled. Tho pirate captain was walking tho quarter-deck quickly, giving orders, pulling his hair and muttering excitedly, “Oh, for a breeze.” Tho shots from tho sloop-of-war were flying thick and fast above and around him. The Englishman kept off to come up vstern of the pirate, so as to rake him fore and aft. Down came the Black Dog’s foretopmast and foretop gallant mast, all royals, the deck. yards, sails and rigging, upon At the same time came a shot in amidships, capsizing the Long Tom and killing a number of the crow. With all the top hamper upon tho deck it was impossible for the pirate’s crew to longer work their guns. The steamer rushed boldly alongside, two hundred men standing ready wiflt cutlasses and pistols to board the pirate as soon as she would be near enough for them to jump. As the steamer was ranging alongside tho pirate let go her four port guns, killing and wounding a largo number of tho steamer’s crew and doing much damage to the ship. The two hundred men jumped on board the Black Dog, her captain standing by with match in hand to lire the magazine. Just, as he was about to apply the torch a ball from a sharpshooter, fired from the lore top of the Hector, lay the captain low on deck. The crow of the Black Dog was soon overpowered. A large number had been killed and wounded, leaving few to sur¬ render of that once large and brave crew. No time was lost in securing tho prisoners—forty-five them between iu number—placing decks, ironed and under charge of armed sentinels. Tlio officers of the pirate had all been killed iu the battle, the dead buried and the wounded cared for. A strong harder was • made fast to the pirate’s foremast, the othei end taken to the Hector, she steamed ahead with the pirate in tow, passing along the Pallawann passage, heading for Hong Kong. The pirate captain was found to be alive. He was taken to his cabin and watched over by the surgeon or the Hector. A large amount of gold and silver—some two hundred and fifty thousand dollars—was fonnd on board. The captain of the Black Dog had land¬ ed a large amount of gold at Borneo the day previous to his capture. On the 25th of March the Hector ar¬ rived at Hong Kong with -her valuable prize in tow. The Black Dog was con¬ demned as a lawful prize to her Majes¬ ty's steam sloop Hector, of eighteen guns, and sold at auction to the house of Jardine, Madison & Co. for $40,000, to be employed iu the opium trade be¬ twixt Bombay and China. Her name was changed to that of Antelope, and. for many years she was tho fastest opium clipper in the China seas. Tho captain aud wounded seamen of tho Black Dog were removed from tho vessel to the hospital, and for many days the captain’s life was ctespaircd with of. Harry had grown so much in favor the officers of the Hector aud they, hav¬ ing fared so well in prize money, would not appear against him. They would had never attempt to convict a man who shown such groat courage as the captain of the Black Dog. Those of the crew who recovered had shipped ou board the Hector, The captain still remained in the hospital. friend After bidding adieu to our of the Black Dog off the isiaud of Baniitti. the Sheffield steered away for the Java Seas and altogether captured 2,400 a number barrels of of whales, making the against sperm oil. As monsoons were us, we had to beat all the way up the China Sea aud a U' ved a t Hong Kong on the 23d of May. After . . , calling upon my agent and entering the slap at the Cns tom House, hearing ot the capture of the Black Dog and that her captain, was lying wounded in the hospital, I soon made my way there to see him. I found lmn so much improved that lie “We to give me a full recital of his capture, The large amount of valuable papers, English government bills, drafts and the like, which Harry had consigned to my care at Banditti Island to be tnkeu to the Brazilian Consul at Hong Kong, I now had the pleasure of giving back in- to His Harry’s health own hands. long rapidly improved, the so that ire lie was smuggled by officers of the Hector on board one of the Pacific Mail boats, then lying in port, and iu due time safely arrived iu San Francis¬ co, without having had any form of trial. From San Francisco he made his way to the Brazils, where he entered into a course of his dissipation ill-gotten and run through most of gains. In 1870 1 was in Baltimore with my ship, lying at one of the wharves at Fell’s Point. Ouo day who should come on hoard but Har ry; but oh, how changed! From the once fine, intelligent looking man to a perfect wreck, shunned by all. A few mouths afterward I heard of his death, He had fallen from a dock aud been drowned while iu a state of intoxication, “Ignorant,” said tho drummer of 1 1 is rival; “why, lie’s totally uneducated, Ho doesn’t even know the monkey and parrot story.” Feeding* Apple Pomace. I will relate some facts in regard to this subject. Years ago, when a girl at home, my father kept a cider press for tlio benefit of himself and his neighbors, and fed the pomace to horses and cows —not, however, all they would eat. One day the cows got at tho pomace and gorged themselves. The result was that they were sick—one much worse than the rest. It seemed to draw her all up, and in two days’ time, from giving a pailful of milk, not a spoonful could be got from her. Tho others shrank about half iu their milk, hut they could scarcely ually stagger arouud. They all grad¬ tlieir recovered, and in a few weeks gave usual amount of milk again. This happened not only once, but nearly every season, as by some cliauco a gate would be carelessly left open, and the cows get at the pomace with similar re¬ sults. He fed it to the horses only a short time as it seemed to make them weak. We dried many apples in those days, and tried feeding the peelings and cores to the cows. The results were not so had as from the pomace, but there was a visible shrinkage in the milk. To make certain wo tried feeding them fcveral times, at intervals, but thoro was a shrinkage at tho pail every time. Wo were undecided whether to attribute it to the apple or the apple seeds. Why cows can cat apple pomace with impuni¬ ty, ns related, 1 cannot explain, except ou the hypothesis that there maybe us much difference iu the digestive organs of cattle as in tho human species. Some people can eat heartily of anything and everything, inconvenience without experiencing any could therefrom, while others not partake of such a diet without serious results. Our cows were of the common breed, hearty, aud in good order, but they certainly could not stand apple pomuce. The chickens often becamo weak ann staggered about, and we thought it was because they ate so many apple seeds. They twisted their heads about as if crazy. the Something must he done with pomace, so my father concluded to experiment with it as a fertilizer, hauling it out ou half of two fields at opposite ends of the farm. One was a sandy loam, the other moro of a clay soil. In tho spring the heaps were spread and plowed under. The result was very small crops on both fields thus treated, and nothing where the heaps had lain. But on the remaining portions of tlio fields, where no pomace was put, 'the several crops were as for good as usual. It took years these fields to regain their former fertility. So thereafter lie had the pomace hauled on a swampy patch which produced nothing but briers. It soou killed them out, and nothing grew thereon but a few stunted apple trees which sprouted from the seeds in the pomace. I am not suffi¬ ciently versed in science to give any reasons, but simply state the facts.— Mattie, in the Country Gentleman. The Dour Utile Baby. Katie, a well-dressed, pretty little wife, Iff years old, with a baby 6 months old in her arms, charged Spencer, her hus¬ band, 20 years old, in a Philadelphia Court with deserting and failing to sup {fort her and the baby. “What is the cause of this trouble ?” asked Judge Allison. Sir,” answored, sob¬ “It is this, she bing; “ho wanted me to go live with his parents, and I wouldn’t do it,” “And she wanted me to go live with uer parents,” interposed tho boy hus¬ band, “and I wouldn’t do it.” “My dear children,” said tlio Judge, go settle this little difference between you, aud wherever you live together, bo mutually forbearing, and I am sure you will be happy.” looked Spencer, and Sponcei Katie at looked at Katie, and both looked at the bahv, lying smiling in Katie’s arms. the “Katie,” said Spencer, as ho took baby up and kissed it, “the ” Judge has a level head. Let us go. He gave the baby back into her care, but as they were going out the baby (urned around aud laughed a merry little laugh. Papa took hold of the baby’s dimpled bauds and held them while he tickled the baby’s nose with the soft down on his upper lip. The baby’s laugh grew louder and merrier and the half-score of older wives and othei mothers waiting in the court-room to tell their dismal stories forgot their woes long enough to smile links on the spectacle, “See how the baby them together,” said apparently the oldest and saddest iooking of these. “Oh, my ! Oh, my 1 The dear little baby.” Be praised not for your ancestors, but for your virtues. AMONG THE DUNKARDS. A IIESUUIPTION OF TI1E1R PECULIAR RITES. Tlirlr Love Fenst nmi Metlioil ofUclebrnt iug tlio Lord’* Supper. Tho church was divided down the cen tor by a long table, and this table was divided in the center to allow passage between. At one end the men sat on benches ranged along tho table; the oilier end or division of the table was in like manner occupied by the women. A strip of plank with pegs iu it was over the men’s table, and was hung full of their immense hats. A staircase iu one corner went up into the loft above, where all tho congregation who havo to come any distance sleep on the floor and in bunks; they bring their beddiug with them, and, as they do not insist npon the separation of the sexes, a great many can he accommodated iu this garret. People acquainted with their habits said that they slept in sack¬ cloth and ashes while here for several nights. A door at the foot of the stairs led into the kitchen, in which a tremen¬ dous fire crackled under a great iron pot hanging on a crane in a spacious chim¬ ney that would easily burn a cord of wood uncut. From this pot a savory steam escaped aud made its way through the open door, pervading the atmos¬ phere with a most appetizing odor of beef. Soon there were prayers from first one and then another of the men, alternated with exceedingly brief and crude addresses. Hymns were also lined out and sung to very monotonous tunes. During all the time the men aud women at their kissing respective tables were embracing aud each other. It looked rather strange to see two men with Esau-like beards kissing each other. There were several negroes at the tables, who were embraced and kissed just the same as the other mem¬ bers, and kissed equally as freely. After these addresses, prayers and hymns had gone on for an hour or moro some of the men and women brought little wooden tubs and towels. Then one man or one woman, as the case might ho, washed the feet of another, after tlieir boots or shoes and woolen stockings were removed, kissing them both before and after it. Another, with his coat removed (if a man), and a towel about liis waist, wiped the feet after bestowing the kiss of brotherly lovo, as it is called; then gave up the towel and tub to some one else, who performed the same office for them in turn. This custom, as one of the preachers explained, “was to show their humility and brotherly love,” and also to follow Christ at the last supper. After this office had been concluded, praying, singing aud speaking went on as before. A man now entered bearing a great basket of bread, a slice of which, about nine inches long, five wide, and of au indefinite thickness, was laid in front of each person; next a spoon was put at each place; tliou dishes of soup with square bits of bread broken iu it were placed so that there was one for every four persons; then appeared Inigo pieces <>? boiled beef. Everything being thus prepared, one of the preachers ex¬ plained Scriptures that according tho to tlieir reading of the communion did not mean simply the taking of tho elements of bread and wine, but that the last sup¬ per of Christ was a feast, and their aim was to imitate Him exactly. After a blessing had been asked iu the ordinary way, with alJ standing around, they be¬ gan to eat the heartily. Without waiting to clear up table, they proceeded to complete their communion, by taking the latter part of the feast. This con¬ sisted of what appeared to be unleav¬ ened bread, made into long, thin strips eight inches long, an inch wide, and about tho thickness of a newspaper when folded. An explanation of the ceremony was made by a minister, and a sort of informal blessing oi the ele¬ ments was pronounced. The slices of bread were lying in a napkin, wiiiio the wine was in two patent medicine bottles labeled “iiver corrector.” The bread was distributed, one per¬ son taking a strip with two of bis com¬ pieces, panions, thus and breaking it into three again following out their idea of a preservation of the Trinity, as wine, they do on every possible occasion ; tho or “liver corrector,” was next tributed, poured into tin cups, and likewise dis¬ both among women and men. as the bread liad been. During and after the ceremony there was much kissing and embracing, and after the communion singing, praying and speak¬ ing were ngnin resumed.— Washington Star. It was at the race-track. Little Miss Dutiful was therewith her mamma, aud as Lieutenant Jackpot of the army went by Miss Dutiful ejaculated Lieutenant : Jackpot! “Oh, there’s ho is!” How handsome “Yes.” replied her racehorses." Kentucky mother; “he “Why, is just what like some do mean?” queried you the daughter. “that “I mean,” said fast.” Mrs, Dutiful, ho is handsome and Summer Squash Fritters. —To a pint of cold boiled squash add one egg well beaten, and two heaping tablospoonfiils of flour, a palatable seasoning of salt and pepper: beat over the tire a frying pan full ot fat, and when it is smoking hot dn >p the squash into it by the table¬ spoonful, lay anil them fry tho brown fritters golden brown; ou paper for a moment after they are done—to free them from fat—aud then serve them. Tins is the bitterest of all—to wear tho yoke of our owu wrong doing. NO. 10. TILE JOKER'S BUDGET. WHAT WE FIND IN THE HUMOROUS PAPERS TO SMI 1.1, OVER. MORAL FOR HUSBANDS. Mr. Minks— “I don’t know what wo shall do. I have lost all my money iu the Grant. & Ward failure.” Mrs. Minks —“I am not surprised, Mrs. Finks was iu to-day and said her husband did not lose a cent.” “That is strange. He was in as deep as I was.” “But he drew it out three weeks ago, at the request of liis wife.” “My gracious, you don’t say so.” “Yes, she and I both demanded mon cy for our spring wardrobes at the same time. Her husband yielded, but you, my dear, refused.”— Phila. Call. QUALIFIED FOR A NURSE. Lady (in an intelligence office—"I am afraid that that little girl wou’t do for a nurse. She is too small. I should hesi¬ tate to trust her with the madam, baby.” look Clerk—“Her size, wo upon as her greatest recommendatiou.” Lady—“Indeed ? But she is so very small.” Clerk—“I know that she is diminu¬ tive, but you should remember that when she drops a baby it doesn’t havo very far to fail. ”— Evening Call. ‘•SPACIALLY JIM.” X ivns mighty good-lookin’ when I was young With Feci fellers t an’ black-eyed courtin' an’ Sunday slim, nights, a ine ’Hpacially Jim. The likeliest one of ’em all was lie, Chipper, tin han son , mi trim, But x tossed up my head an’ made fun o’ the crowd, Jim! ’Spacially I said I hadn’t no ’pinion o’ men, An' I wouldn’t take stock in him ! But they kep' np a cornin’ in spite o’ my talk. ’Spacially Jim. I got so tired o’ havin' ’em ronn’ (’Spacially Jim!) mind I’d settle down 1 made up my An’ take up with him. So ive wore married one Sunday in church, ’ i'waa crowded full to tho brim; ’Tivas the only way to got rid of ’em all, ’Spacially Jim. Century “Jlric-a-Brac — OUT OF DOORS. Some timo ago, on a very cold and stormy day, an auction sale was held at the New York Custom House. Among tho articles sold were a lot of old doors, bought by a gentleman from Staton Island. Mr. B--, the auctioneer, rather surprised at the purchase, re¬ marked : “T---, what are you going to dowitl* those doors?” The “Why, quick Mr. response was: wouldn’t have B--, you a man out of doors such weather as this !”— Harper’s "Drawer.” ENTIRELY TOO HIGH. Dealer—“Yes, these strawberries are perfectly fresh. Just received ’em this morning.” ?” Customer—“What is the price “Only twenty cents a box now.” (Examining the box.) “Too high; too high.” madam, cents box at “Why, twenty is at all a high. this time of tho season not It is low.” “I was not referring to the berries.” “To what, then ?” “To the bottoms of the boxes.” AGRICULTURAL RELATIONSHIP. “I can’t understand,” said a Fort Wayne man tho other day, “why it is that weeds always grow so much faster than my vegetables and seem to thrive so mucii better." “Ob, well,” replied the friend, “you must remember the earth is the mother of tho weeds and only step-mother t© your garden truck.”— Jloosier. . IT MEYER WAS LOST. Mr. and Mrs. Biirpeo have a great habit of arguing questions; now this is all perfectly right if Mrs. Burpee wouldn’t get angry and fly all to pieces for she has a regular whirlwind temper. A few days ago a heated debato sprang up between them, and as usual Mrs. B. got mad. “Hold on, Saliny,” gently chauced remon¬ to be strated her mother, who temper.” present, “don’t lose your “Huh,” growled Burpee, thought¬ fully, “no use to put in that caution; her infernal temper has got too big a hold on her to be lost.”— Atlanta Con~ stitution. A KENTUCKY COLONEL, At a soldiers’ reunion, a colonel whe hailed from Kentucky was invited tc make a speech. Ho mounted the stand and began a eulogy on the soldier. Wanning up to his topio, he exclaimed with passionate fervor: “The soldiers’ home is on the battle-field.” As he paused impressively, “You a veteran always iu the crowd hand yelled at up. running from were a great away home." followed this The silence which re¬ mark became very embarrassing, and the Kentuckian refrained from any further remarks. GONE TO PERDITION. “I was a fool not to follow my own judgment. 1 knew if we sent the boy aw ay from home he would go to perdi¬ tion,” sobbed Mrs. Blimber, looking read- up from n letter which she had been ing. with the “Why, what.'s the matter boy “Matter ?” asked I” Mr. exclaimed B. calmly. his wife, “he’s joined a baseball club,"