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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1889-4-11, Page 6Tin Lao OE ORANGES, LEMONS, ALLIGATORS AND SNAKES. • Dr TISAVELmEn, Florida has /Nig been called the bud of eueshine aed fa:ewers. It was rematked by a 0ausidian, atter few weeke' tiojeurri here, thee the sunshine sew leave et laeme and the flowers you breng with you. Thee has been the eituation here exactly this winter. For weeks the on has not been visible, and, the rain has come down in toresets, We landed at Sevaunah, Georgia, by one et the Ocoee Steamship Co's, en -amens, ewe Men Or Ares:ere., every the, large boat a 3000 tons)) frontNew York direots Tie Image occupies about four deye, the setae length cif time as it takee to reach the Bermudas, A ad right here I would Wcivlse all pereons u search of health end pleasure by all meting to go to the Bsrectudiss in preference to the Southern Statelf, Fully two thirele nt the distance between merged foresee end, awenips. As far as could be seen on either side, them was no shore. Ocomionally the eolid laud would yen. ture up to the river, arid an orange grove would appear. When the boat syquld strike the trees, one would imagine that her whole aide woole be crushed in, but the was built for that purpose, and it didn't.affeot her. She would crawl upon rant -04.Y SUBMERGED 1.0O8 and elide off oe the other sidestiok her nose be between the trees at the side of the river, tied discovet some waiting, grinning dies on a kind of a pletterm with boxes of oranges, tar wood for the steamer. Then again, we wouldhe beilea by a "'pore white trash," offering a few eggs or Ahem for riale. Going en the eteemer would grimes be. tweets trOOS gewleg in her eleinnel, and weep under overhaeging branches, coai. palling all the peeseegere to take ref 'Igo In. bide, to avoid the free of the eanip obairs which were brushed overhoerel to be ob jade of 'curiosity to the mikes end piing& emeeae, ex, , awe eaceaelorine, p a aa tors, or gators, as they are called by the na- - as - from tee trein, s ewamp of themes; lives. Such sights ae the alligatora, snakes, viewed i dismal and miasminbreeclitig character,nd and turtles, together vvith the palms, p31' the rest ei the way the land is tow, and rneoc!te:03-- - mtargenes°14eirewallareOritntgif'r.itlealr2inatfear " We used to consider bun of rather a water soaked. Wherever a enado is Put -04. vibe traveller that he re j serieey. sulky disposition. At MOSS he would some- dowa s. feet deep, water will at, once beg throng a tropical wilderaerie. The times sit all dirinei time and not say eau a flow in to the level of the sod. orange trees seem eypreee is ale'Syfi ft sreouecl with a crape- dozen word's ; but; the inerrieut there was to grow on. then eort of land. Tney do better, however, on elryee eel In the whole ride between. sevaretnew Atm ST AUGUSTINE, eies. A BRUISM EXBO, CHUM SOLD rce FOOD. 00ILLIDED 'ME A OBCOOKLE. ine Creitti--n Rear.A Graphic Deport by a Native Chriethin .r*.d use lieptile Her Hare Than Her Active Interest in the Xonden Poor. &Tow or the FatitDistrict. The Chinese Famine Fund coMneittee 41 The ateatner Comet came down from Orel - New York recently received at letter from Ioeubqty recently with her bow atembroken tars, Julia B Meter, one of the moit pro- and several of her planks sprung, It teems minent miesioneriea in Mina, giving n thet while coming around a eherp bend in gravid() descrietien 4 the suffering's in the Dann Creek, known se Denger Foint, she famine strieken dietriate, sitruck a huge alligator, which ia claimed by She eent a young Christian Chinamen tin a 1 the Captain to hive been shout eighteen feet tour through the istrictand on returning long. This creek connects Lake ()verstreut he made a report of hia obeervations. Mrs. with the St, John' a River and is famous tor Mater. as well air the committee vonclire for Its floather Wand, whiola ere eamposed. the truthfolaeas of his statgments. The 1boanets, water lilliea and Blush other vegeta Chinaman tell4 Suding tbe richest man in a village he visited starving. "Yon can assiduity and 14uvceo3 at Vue 4 defenna imagine," he added, what the peer people and collecting information ceeneoted with mast euffet when the rich .are without eeea., the Centred Aeiae Qaestion, His gallantry Meny of the refugees from the famine was always COUtipionOus, and he bed the stricken diseriets me returning home to die, reputation of n good fighting soldier well having failed to secure work, or to have as a thoughtful one. ndejor Butler, who at begged ouough to Sustain life. Lueknow commanded the company in eneee "Late one afternoon I overtook an old man MacGregor was a subaltern, thus *peaks of neeeing weeelearrew. In se wag Be4ted hia indomitable ardour in his comatry's a4' maw awed whose face was distressingly eervice eeeceintoon's innetwen. sallow and thin. A haggard womaa waa. wearily followipg on foot. They stopped at an inn, and at first the innkeeper was un- willing to receive them, hut at last yielded to their importunitiee. When asked what they would eat they refueed to eat or drink, 1 Was euro they had no rrioney, or else they would not refuse food after travelling on such a bitter eold day. Incidents ea the Lire ot Diesel...general err Charles MacGregor. The rector& of a brave and experienced soldier areattractive reading, anaSir Charles MeoGregor has held dietinguishel positions in his country's aervdce. .ceie of hie brilliant exploits occurred IA Cbsns Whet a4119 head of twenty-five of Eamea Hem he tin - hesitatingly charged 150 Tartar horsemen who were etteosing a battery which he was. eseerting. Not wee his Courage his oely reeommeedetion, for he Was an in- defatigelde and capable ata ff officer in the field, while in quarters he lebearee with VICTORIA THE 000D, Ithe plant that takes root and hvea wherever it is biewn, seemingly pre kering the cypress to all ether% Maoy other serpenthke, parasitinel vines cling and entwine, and gradually choke out the life of the trees, leaving the gaunt, neared wade of the brencees, whieb, like skeleton hands, are held, forth in mute pro teat spinet attah an unnetural deed*, aleuy egret ef flaceled forests, swamps and revenge, as far utile eye eau reach, atter the aim hake gone and tee great iron basket on top of the wheel borne is filled With pine knots end lighted to thew eta the way out (as there are teeny ehtemele branching off which lock as 'ergo and often more direct than the wee' wo the higheet bed was nowhere tvrelve feet above tee level of the surrounclieg marsh. Oa one of these bleffr, as they are ealled, of about 50 acres in extene APP0T0III1Yg werf,t &Arena BOBle a huts or smell Shanties Ahem 8 x 10 Net, ;let higle went With net windowe, only emelt doer giving in gem, light end veratiletiou. Theo cottages are fever oemps, where many yeltew fever linfrerODS were taken kr laeletten dudes latit aeasoll'S epidemie end to be cured if pae able. In J iclorenville aloue there were Acme 10,000 cue; and some 5`...'0 deethe re - milted. Nally occurred in Sevaranah, as well AN in the mailer pieces near by tbeee teWAS. doelisouville heti populetuni et about 30,000. Savannah about 40,003. Dud - DOSS men in b eth pieces ;ell um dust if it were poseible 'to sell one at anything like the valne, they would et once go North, as during etuth epidemics they have to eimply abet up obeli and seek iv more beepitebie clime till the fever atetee. Of all the people I talked to in the South there wee not one bet would prefer liviug up Nardi if they could SO =cane its They all bey they would f ratbee endure the fresm cied SAWA of Wen a nerth-weitern wiuter, z zade mad ell, teen the eoutionednuiJ weedier with ell its attendant drew. bathe of nielarle, fevere. reritee, beg; mosqultate and limes and debilitanen, waervatiug,haekbeneedeatroyiegaemeephere Anyone, ane: living litre. even 4 tew weeke, cloak not stand upright If he stopS to epeek with you a minute, he wilts and droop, mad stage down ea one kg, or butes up tote =neat hem, post, or tree, or anything that premises bun emir euppert. elope ON Tata I.EISrnrIX TAMS. which are never on time, and erbleh rue over vilialeettely bad road be ample op percuoity is given t..e cote the little peculiar idea a the realdeute. Colored ladies and gentlemen, mud white trash, are iuvariebly feaniug ap aisaket gm:nothing, and nobody appear) to he doing anything. It must be true that they live eif the Northern either in the wiuter, and cif each other in the Summer, as azalea by a readout. It IS easily uuderatood otter a 'visit to the South land, why a Southern people have never yet ceequered a Northern Wien. Atter neirig over poor, Tersely settled kieutely Pioriia, povertyearteken Georgia, easy:geese, North and South Carelioa and Virmene, one Is aetouished how the 'Jailed - trate Stems held cut so long end fought BO well. le is really little to are mat Of the strong', active, pushing. wealtley North. ernServe, with 70,000 Canaulaus to help them, that they did not whip the Smith soon- er. 1 =net underatand where the greet aisles of the Southern S:atea came irom, where the sinewe of war were obtained and where they got their energy to fight as they did. Their country must have been nearly depopulated at the end of the war. It was absolutely ruined for the time being, and is only now recovering from the terrible effrets of the great atruggle. They suede a brave fight, and deserved bet. tor Become. Yot now they certainly need all the help they can get from Northern go- aheadativeneas to develop the land. A Rale Infusion of Southern blood in northern veins will perhaps make future business men take things a little mime and not rush as though their very existence depended on "getting there" at suet ence a eecond. New Yorkers and Chicagoans would do well to marry into Southern families for the benefit a gen- erations to come. Future southerners would be benefited greatly by the present genera- tion looking north for their wives. There are millions of acres of land at merely nominal prices in the south wailing f sr the settler, but by all odds give me our 09473 north-west, with it wintry storms, where the anew and keen bracing air make the laziest man step ligntly and feel that he was created for a. purpose. They have here rain in torrents and a damp, piercing, pene- trating wind teat roaches the very marrew of the heartiest, healthiest specimen from the north. The trip by the little stern wheeler down the Ocklawaha River is au extraordinary ex- perience. The day happened to be a bright warm, sunny oue, fortunately, which brought out the alligaters in fall force. From Silver Springs, where the river rises, down a dis- tance of abotto ten miles the bottom of the river is full of springs and the smallest crab or turtle could be plainly seen, even where it was fifty fest deep; The water, clear as otystal, bubbles up from these depths, residue arty chance of fightieg, it was extraordinary to see the change in his keel and manner. aes Wee, the WY 140.4 I ever met on service thee I realty belkve loved fighting, lie did not kings whae fear or danger ware. My company was the centre one when we enter- ed tee Yellow House at ratioknew. Mee - Gregor remised. en ahead of the -men, and thoage 1 shouted to him to keep hack with the men, aa the piece was fell et the euemy, he would not mop. A eepoy etepped out and area his merriest riglat In his face; luckily 10 only blew bia cep off, and blackenel his fele, MacGregor killed the teem, mid turnedmend to me with a blackened face tumuli:1g with setisfactien. Ile dM nob seem go) nieke upantoet weird, depreeelegend me- to have the slightest Mee of the %vaulty lenehely Venire fairly incleecriheble. The narrow escape he had had. Atter we got dietetic° by the river from. the Springs te loto IStOitUQW as he was going through ehe lalke b 135 mile; as the crow iliee only 30 courtyard 4 a Imiatto a powstfal eepey miles. Palalke, on the Si. John River, ia a fine little town with street eters, there are *oar railways aud the ueuel big hotel, the Pat - nem Houee—big In price but little in gust- Ity- All the southern WAWA complain they are doiug nethiag. They say it is owing to the mild whiter in the north, but really I think to the yellow fever snare. Bsiog each a railway centre awl en the megnificeet SO. John Rivet, with geed etearaboat connection. I woeder that Pelalka has no gene ',heed sprang out on him, - MacGregor fought Mm with his award, and being a very good swordsman, and. as coed as the proverbial encernber, played with bim for a few mis. ntes, and then ran him through, and he waa in the beet of tempera far the xese of the day." OOOTIMiSS es=AUT. Writiug to his. father of tee deette 4his wick) by merriege. Col. ItUrraY of weenie received dudes the Mutiny, he faster. Tney eay is growing, but there :mall BY abla sad occurrence euotEmilY deem t appear to ba any vieible growth. It hels a fairly good country about in witb late of room for =tam. The millieus of item of flee Nude week" ha worth, one would imegile, all they are etkiug It only co take the timber off, yet the plots is all mall aft4 does net eppeer to Caine to eery reat iz- one feet in diameter is the trunk of meet, I know, ba left nearly deatitute, aud therefore 1 propeee to devote evety foirtlinis 1 gen apace to her. I thalt be lieutenant soon, it 1 ecu nos one already. That will give me 100 rupeesmore A mouth, and that, email as the Mulles 1 intend to give ever to auut MACGREGOR AS A SON. TUE LOWEST TnEus In ISM the Agra Bank, of which his tether was one of the Indian manegere, broke, and Mat,Gregor wrote to his father a very touehing letter, a 11111011 the billowing I had been asleep la my seat in the pato is an extract ;—'1 can hardly bring myaelf ranger o zaeh as the ttain was rolling through to think that you are ruined by it, yet I do Kentucky, aud was eroutedbera °punk' taX- not know how it CAR be otherwise. I ing the oboe in front of me. 1 did Uoll raise tremble to think of my darling mother and my head, but made out that he was A youog sisters If the wrest la true. For my sake fellow of 22, or thereabouts, and ahe was IN write and tell me exactly how you tand. giri of 18 or 21 1 shall be miserable till I know; hut please "Reckon ee's asleep ?" queried the girl, remember that I am yeur son, that now it referring to me. has pleased Goa to do this thing, I will there of id," he replied, after taking prove that I am so. Remember, please, a, look at :he back of my heed. that I will plaeo every farthing have There was au interval of silence, out on courteous and conviderate in their trat eat- your diaposal—all is yours—you the Mae and werrauted faso oder, and then meat of panel:Tars, aa the class the.t tre by this train wat bo very main in vel - their ear stinted me when you. had. it, and he tit:erica.; lad knows I will not be backiteardeiterel— ng "Glad ye Oninei Mary?" demands. Talk about enoboeracy Eng. I1 I have now. And I will do anything "Sorter, Bill." land after tithe S. Augustine, Fine is a small town of about 3 0004 increased often to 10,000 in the win- ter. The place itself bus no attractions. It is not right on the sea coast, nor has it any other natural advantages that I could dis- cover. Tno old Spanish Fort, San Marco, Merlon now called, ie an INTERESTING ODD STRUCTURE about 200yeara old. The old city gates are worth teeing. and the new Ponce de Leon Hotel, eaid to be the finest in the world, builtby H. M. Engler, a Standard 011 fame, attracts si great many visitors. One oan get better acoommodation there for less money than any hotel I have yee encountered. The service is unsurpassed and the table cannot be excelled. The furniture, &stint, pictures, statuary end decorations aro simply gor- geous and costly beyond description. It le of Moorish architecture throughout, de- eigned. by t wo New York architects. The hotel, contents and land, for it occupies a whole square, is said to have coat 52 500:000. It has accommodation for 700 guests. Musics is aupplien every afternoon and even - nag by a large orchestra and frequently an eminent soloist delights the guests while dining. The dining -room will teat about 6r..0 comfortably. The whole building ie Hunted by the incandescent light, and the towers and outside galleries are illuminated every evening with colored electric S. F. W• Strange Pind in a Hollow Tree. R. A. Logsdon, of Cross Reads. Kentucky while out fax hunting one day last week, discovered his dogs whining around a large tries: which had been blown up by the roota, and his attention was. attracted by a lot of human bones in the hollow of the tree. Further search revealed an old flint -lock gum and keg of whiskey. The bonen were greatly decayed and much larger than the usual asze.Tne gun was eaten by rust and the stack had rotted so that it fell to pieces. The keg is a strange concern, and shows considerable ingenuity in its construction, the exterior being coated with a substanoe resembling pitch and is wen preserved. The whiakey found in the keg is said to be s most excellent article. Teem is a good railway to St. Augustine, which, judging from the price charged for the ...hence, 27 miles, 81.25, ougbt to pey well. In addition there ia charge of a dotter, if you tette a maaerch peitour car, so you won't home ta be check by jowl with a nigger. All the roado charge az least 4 creme per mile, and tome cheep as high as 5i centa per mile eriditioual tor Pullman fare, I reNr parti eularly to the through vestibule train to New York. Conduotors ana trainmen have, however, pertiettlar interactions to be vary ALgoST A CONTINUOUS SPRING with strong currents for many miles, till, by associatien with other streams from dark, swampy, noisesome, stinks sources it is graduslly marred and polluted till the bright, strong, bur. Tying: pure Ooklawaha, which began its long iourneY to the great ocean with such beautded, cleat, brilliant promise becomes a black, sullen, sluggish body, reluctantly rolling seaward to be wallowed up in be briny depths. Myriads of fish might be seen darting hitter end thither in search of hiding places as the steamer glided over them. As the water got mere discolored as we proceeded, we fre- quently sighted alligators sunning themselves on logs that were out of range of the wind and. in. the sun. Some of the satirises were eight or ten feet long, and some only baby ones, while tbe snakes and turtles which were preseet in ' abundance, were largo and repulsive looking. The river is very narrow, crooked and shallow. Oar little steamer would swing around some sharp turn in the river, and bump up against the trees on the opposite side. I can't say bank, as there were no visible banks to the river. 10 appeared to he a passage through. soh, SEMISOr THEIR CUILDRES. MiteCi there if they bad eaten, and the an replied that with his wife and two children he had fled from the fanaine, hub e.ould thal no place where they could get euffitielet food o auetain lite, and an they felt that they must die they were retureing haute to die there. On the way they had Do you want to take gas 1" asked the ;sold their eeven.year-old child for a peek of (Nutlet of the young ledy /rho wanted the eorghuni seed, which they made Into C0iIe4. teeth 90, Theylhadihoped the eakee would list till they "Ob, 1 don't know," she said, nervously, reached their deetination, but theybetleely "I dread to Ole gas IN 17044 IMO of A °Pe left, and they were aixty miles from ledy who took gas and died iu the dentieVe 111Qarm, e'Thia W411t0 awe her life and to get Pulfreispluiseed neyee had guy troutho "Another time Mat A Utility of refugee -a "It meat have been impure improper who bad jrzet field their deughter for one dal, ly given. I've given gite to a thOiSaild mousy toprovide them with food until they 'Nell, I—I'm a1r4M.111 act aUly. They reached home to die. I know et many m, say some piseple do =eh cielleulens thLogs stances where num have aold their wives. and---" Saab things aro of daily oceurrence. It le "Ob, well; you needn't take it U you impossible ter tell 41 584 I have not told the &gee want bo." woret, I hey° wren =my lying by theread. "Wilt it hurt me I wonder?" Side deed from starvation and I 1141re 409U "10 Wal he over In a efreend," others dylog whom I hod no mem; a "Oh, I dread 10 as helpiug, Much AS WO may wuth WO OariliQt "FouU hardly know whim the tooth le AV* all who are etiffering kern dile dire cal- cut" "Ob, ye!, I will, I've heti teeth 04 "Tao fondue region la alleut eighty rain fore and 1 pet fiSitata every time." long and fifty miles wide and containe over 44 Well, ; memo if you want to," ens million inhabitants, 'Since this ealem "Flu dreadfully arida 1411 faints° ity bee wideepread and the suffsring an ter- "No, you wont,' rible, though all the world send =army only "I feel like le nem It's lamaid Lavine a vet eau he saved. Multitude' meet perieh, oneds teeth But one cent a day to buy good grain to add "Better *eke pa," to the dreedbil things they eat oill anetain "If I "ought it would be perfectly aefe life asatit wheat rip ma tbe lastof Jape, In I d " otter wade, $1, 50848 eave at WO' 1' I'll guarentee that it won't here you 41." Well, I will I "All right Slt In tide chair. Pot tide tube in your mouth, Lean back uow and Vas Multiage a Failure?" breathe =aurally. So -.—« "Den t talk—take full breethe, sand—""Oh, paean, depende marriege failure 'Veil, now, dot "L—i—oh, doetoreit won't—" Altegeddher on how yon look at id, mine "KIellePIrinauettlY.h. atill "V"" friends. I——va Mee dhose double -horse teams dot; you itee I guess Bitti'S gone now," eve the Aleut! t at der recce, to his assistent Nand mo my forcepr.° Hall it IIIInlatO tater aho goo' out : Id depternateeseroty mooch en der pair in der sleep, just like going haeln'tthe fainteat idea when you drew the I -I— Did I act ally ? I didn't feel it one tier athart, bit I It was to "Oh-oh—I—fa it out? I feel so funnY 1 Ref dlieopyxdre;"d pool tegeddher righdt oir et 1 Ton dimes oudt of nine dhe,y vas beddher tech out i I-I—lee me 400 the teeth— ughl It just seemed to me that—l'in Daddy 4.4 ae marriage a failure? Dar vote was in the thing's out 1 I've suffered evorythleg doubt; and—a little trione water, please; ugh 1 Dhote dot's ondt vould be in, dhose dot'a in Virhat makes it bleed so I My month's as vould be oud'e ; sore, 1 didn't know when—" Der man mit exberienee, goat looks and "Mike the (their es soon as possible dash, for another patient," says the dentist, and Gets ei vile mit sonic life hundord dousand she slides out and hulriee to the glass to in oath ; see howehe looks with that tooth out. Built, afotnereydeer honeymoon, *bare vas dor b Missionary Versatility. She haf der oxberionce—he hal der money, Tho Bithop 4 Bedford; in preaching on a recent Sunday morning on behalf 0 his East London Church Fund, at St. Jude's Church, South Kensington, referred to thei sensation which he said, was created by murders known air the "Whitechapel atroeities." He be. lieved tbat good would ceault in the main from the attentien that had been directed to the poor in theBast-end and the conditions under which they lived, but he strongly de- precated the cozaclusiou which had been drawn that, after alt that had been deny, ton as grow an Flortaa. The Ciesnet ti till. gs were aa bad, If not worse, than they the habit of running into therm iloatieg were before, liming boon rector of Spite), fields for more than ten yeare, he could beer testimony to the feet that elands without ohechIng her *peed. The Captain noticed that this particular Weald was rather large, but paid no attentien to ite for An opposition etvamer Was crowding him and he could not afford to check up. The boat struck the flaatine island with terrible force, breaking her bow stem, as above stated, aod thettering the boat can- siderahly. Tho passengers Were terribly frightered, and the ladies ran about eating iu plated tonna for help, and I t took seirOrai minutea for the crew to quiet thee° frantic. pasisengere. An investigstion was mule, The creek was red with blood ami the snort. ing in the water terrifie, 10 turned out that the supposed i419114 1444 139IbiAg more than a huge alligator, whine back was covered ever with )OW1E0 and wider UIiea, resem. bling an blared, obstructing the hide of the saurian from view. Instiincea of this kind happen frequently on the river, bat le is the grab time that a steamer was OVOX An bedly damaged 44 was OM 0941144t Having A Tooth Ont, A aseutrssr iternovEatxtrr in the eondition of the locality bad resulted from the Whitechapel murders. Thie ire- ProVensent was largely due to the exertions of the clergy aad ;he faithful laity, both men and women, who led devoted lives and eought the religious, moral, and eocial good ef the people. 1r was cheerio; to find that these exertions were appreteated by the public at large, wko showed, their sympathy, some by personal service and some by liber- al oentributions to the Rest London, 01:kw& Fends. which frona the ereeptienal dream, statteea of the East -end, required a large.ly- inCreesed itteonlo. It was most gratitymg to the poor people of the Keszaand, as. Well as encouraging to the workers, tokaaw they had the sympathy of her mast gracious Majesty. When the women of tbe Hutt - end humbly addreseed Her fdajestY at tbe time Wileir terror was upon their heart* hteaute at the Widtechapol atroolt1c4i tku reply was 84 necemity a formal one, through the Hanle Secretary, The terms used wore official, anti they foiZea to giro expression to the keen and personal interest which Iler Majesty Mt and always had felt, in the conditiou ef theme of heranbjeets who lived Itt DIRF.A.PrUtrx von, 111111P- Ati Good lie Any Other Way. What Made The Difference. you propose. I eau spare £40 a mont , per. " We's friends/fiat* we?' baps more; and I will send thia to be of "Shore." what use it ea; directly I have paid off the "1 never did keer fur no other gall." few debts I owe—or I will have one of my "Shoo 1 Now you is funning me." sisters out to live v.ith me, sending you "Shore its / ltve, Mary 1 wouldetreArry also any halauce we can save. 18411 do nogal in our hall ;section, no anything you tell me, only p ease lot me " Honest?' know in what way I OM help you aud Twill "True us encumbers. Pap likes ye, do it, even to reaping my soldier's career. Mary," That would be to me the greetest sacrifice; "Glad Wt.," yob I would not hesitate ono instant, if I "Andmam likes ye." could add to the comfort Of yourself and. my "Glad Wilt," darling mothr and Sisters." Sappy the "And pap was reatrying to me that if I parents of anoh a son! got :need 1 could bring my wife right 11° A MODE VAN WINKLE, a. "!our pap is good." "Put I oan't git mar'd, Mary." Wonderral History or a Made° Who Left "'Deed, but why not?" 00nm 47 Years Ago. In the Calcutta High Court, the wonderful history of a Hindoo "Claimant" occupied the attention of Mr. Justice Norris for some daye. Nundo Lel Pal, accordiug to his story, left the family house in Jon, sanko, Calcutta. some 47 years ago, in con- sequence of the harsh treatment he received from his brothers. He was then 17 years of age, and after wandering for some days in the streets, and sleeping at eights in the sweetmeat shops, he fell in with an Emigre, tion Agent, who persuaded him to ship to the Mauritius, under the name of Peer Bukkus. He took service there as a coolie Birder under his Mahommedan name, and in time format the language of his fathers, but retained a recollection of the family history. For many years he continued to serve in a strange land finding himself unable to save enough money fc r hie return paaage; and after sending home one letter he relingaished as hopeless the attempt to communicate with his relatives Eventually he obtained a passage to India from the Eniigration Agency on account of bis being too old to work, and he then made his way to the ancestral dwelling - house; where HE 701:7ND HIS NEPIIEw IN POSSESSION. His contemporaries, with the exception of some of the ladies of the.faraily, were all dead, but the latter professed to recognize him, and introduced him as " Uncle. ' On his putting in a olaim to a share in the fem. ilyproperty he was, however, met with a good many questions, and it was decided to treat him as an impostor. Hir story, as told in the witness -box in broken Hinduatani, of tbe events of his boyhood, etre upon it the aem- Mother—To think that my little Ethel blance of truth; but it was urged with some should have spoken so impertinently to papa force that the chain even if a tine one was to -day at dinner! She never hears me talk in barred by limitation under the .Act of 1859, that way to him. as the plaintiff had not perticipated in the Ethel (stoutly)—Well, but you cheesed profits of the joint family estate during his him and I didn't absence from India. Whether this Act or — the subsequent ono applied to the ease is a very diffieilt question, which ib became un - An old eider drinker who has a very red necesaary to decide, as the nephews agreed nose called it his "apple blossona.',1 to allow their ancient Manse) anetunutty for Little Girl—If I shonld die and go to heaven would I have wings? Mamma—Yes, my pet, and a crown and a harp. Little Girl—And candy? Nom. Little Girl (efter meditatimi) —Well, I'm glad" we've got a good doctor. . ; Boston boasts of a dog, the member of a family where fish is always eaten on Fri; days, that for some time past disappeared the remainder a his life. It is not often in this conntry, says the n Cadeutta English. man," that a Rip Van Winkle returns to life enter a prolonged'soj own in a foreign land, having survivecl two generations during an expatriation of nearly half a century. Nundo Lal abeence covers a ,period that has witnessed the complete transformation of India. . on Thursday evenings and was nob seen Inauguration week 1,467,583'words were again until Saturday morning, Investiga- sent.over Western Union wires from Wash - tion showed that the intelligent but hereti- cal brute spent Friday with a family where meat was eaten on that day. "Cause nehody lovas me." "Sheol Beckon somebody does," . "No they don't. If they did' they'd show it." There was another interval of :Benue bordered with forget -me -note and orna- mented with orange blossoms, and dnriatg this minute I think he seized her unresist- ing hand. I think she was ready to be seized. He probably equeezed it as he said: "So you reckon somebody doea?" "Yep." "Then why don't they myth?" "Waitin,' mebbe." " Waidn, fur what ?" "To he axed to say so." He was trembling wish excitement, and he could not control his voice as he amid." "11 they lpved me they'd %time my hand, wouldze t they ? ' "Reckon they would." (Squesza—zip—gasp. Hello, Cantrell) " And—and, Mary, if they'd marry me they'd squeeze again, wouldn't they ?" "Shore they would." . (Squesze—whoop—call up the parson! Then he leaned over and kissed her, and Cupid deleted a hornpipe up and down the aisle. Constancy. None. estrearen, "I am constant as the northern star, of whose true, fixed ana reating quality there is no fellow in the firmament." Shakespeare. Altho' we are parted by oceans and streams, 1 think of thee fondly, see thee in my dreams. I know thou wilt ever still love me the same, eeSo malting can sever our fond heerts in twain. If falsehood ba written thou wilt not believe The one thou lovest truly could basely deceive; Tho' beneath other skies afar thou.dost roam I know that thy heartis with me at home, And thou wilt return to thy loved one some day When hearts will be happy for ever and e. and crowded dietriete in the Beet -end and in the South of Loudon. The Q000n would have it kposett hew truly she fott kr the suf. feriuga of the poor and how deeply she was Interested in all efforts which were made to improve their condition, All S011eillea for Otto amelioration of tho eirentnetancee under wbieh they lived, and ell attempte to bright- en their lioee and give thent hope, were watched by fler Majesty with the iteeoest letereat. With thoee wb Went to the Beat mad the Sauth to indentify thenwelvee with the people IA their eves, rseeklug to be to them =esteems of hope, owl wbo etudied their difficulties that thezmight minister to their varied waste, no an, sympathised more thee eta the graciouflady who occupied the Terenr. No one could for & moment be in doubt as te the feelings of the Queen, bat he was eure, althoutth it would excite no ner, prise, 10 woula be heard with berrtfelt faction that the Qaeen &Aired it theallfi he knewn4liOW Oen) inpubised with all offer- ers, and that the forma lauaiusge of an till- clal letter rimet not be token as a mealtime of the feeliugs of her heart. Wonaen in the West Earl of London go about armed with small Equirt guns filled with dirty water, with which they slyly soil the coats or dresses of persons whom they pass. Then they meet the pereons, and, with elaborate bows, beg pardon for canine attention to the fact that the dress ington'among them, no doubt, some lies so or mat is splashed, and Offer te wipe it off hot as to burn the toes of the little birds with a clean white apron. Nine times out of perched along between the noise ten the trick brings a generous tip. A little book, printed in one of the lan- guages of New Gamin derives a unique in tere.t from *elect thnt from typesetting to binding it is the product of a misaionery who had no previous acquaintance with the trades of the printer and boblibinder. The Jack at all trades is in great demand in the newer parte of the world. It is mentioned among thequalifieritions of the German ex plorer, Reichard, that he is well up in the arta of the carpenter, mason, host builder, blacksmith, farmer, and machinist. There la a one -eyed chief on the lower elopes of Mount Ktlima-Njaro who perversely clines to be interested itt Christianity, but who is eager to learn alt ho can about me. chinery. Re bolds technical skill in the highest respeot, and wants to know how everythisig that reaches him from Europe it made. A missionary named Reid, who has a talent for machinery, has just been sent to Chief Meader°, to fill him with lents about 1 pellet every dime, in epoch "failures" as the technical arta; and while he is talking dot. mammary said hand crafts it is hoped he will be able to work in a few words edge Vas mrmairrgealaiig.e a failure? I ask mine Kat - wise about religious :matters.— [N. Y. Sun. u The African Slave Trade. Mid she look off me so doe I teals p000)' Vas marriage a failure? Eaf dot vas der ease, Vot veil to pecome off dor whole human race? Vot you diuk dot der oldt "Pilgrim faders' could say, Dat Came in der Sunflower th oldt Plymouth bay, To ace der fine coundtry dis peoples haf got, uth dhenhoetar dhem ask tr000liconondhrums asdl Vas marriage a failure? Sheet go, ere you 041, To dot Banker Mon Rillument, vhere Var. ren fell ; Dink off Vashington„ Franklin und "Hon- est Old Abe "— Obey vas all been aroundt since dot Bret Plymouth babe. I vas only a Dantseber, budt I dells you vot ; mY ZORN METE. O'a 1 fathers and mothers, Oh 5 sisters and brothers', Who freedom and liberty claim,— There are dark spots on earth Where, as yet, Freedom's birth Is known to its sons but in name! There's a horrible trade In man,'wornan, and maid Carried on by demons of earth,— Where, for base love of gold The poor Negro is sold, And borna harm the land of hie birth 2 Hark 2 that shriek, Blain and wild, At the death of her child All mangled, and bleeding and torn; 'Tis a mother's despair That has just rent the air,— .A slave to toe market she's borne 1 What a depleted host As they march to the coast,— Chained, haltered, and whipped as they This acre-weeri slave trade Is like Death's cavalcade, We "free nations" should deal it's death blow ' They are helpless and weak, And their cries to us speak 01 anguish, and sorrow, and pain; Oh 1 our God shall look down On our ease with a frown If they ory for our help in vain. Oh I ye nations of light But arise iu your night, . This " human. flesh traffia " destroy; Till that down -trodden race Shall at last take their place, 'Meng natiens of earth with great joy. Dims she say " Meester &ranee, shoat come here eef you blease," Cod she dake me vhere Yawoob unit leedle tweeze By dher shndg trundle -bed vas sheet say- ing elheir prayer, Und ahe say, mit a smile "Vas dhere some falterer dhere ?" Cnaxr.us POLLEN ADAMS. "Der Kioker Und Der -14ank." Der kicker vas von lively man, Who make a Inas vene'er he can Und raise der vind mit vordy fight. Ven efery clings vas not yowls right. How people like to kick at him; Bub who vould keep der vorld in trim, If he discovered not a flaw,' 1784 kioked on efrydins he saw? Und deree dot krank, who's alvays wound Und helps to make der vorld turn round: His field of ueefulness vas great. . D'hough oft he Ws in low estate. Ven e'er der kicker has hie say Der krank invents some potter vay ; Der kicker kicks ven dings ain't right, Dar krank wings potter dings to light. 1784 BO der two go hand in hand, I784 raise a rumpus in der land; Yet, if der vorld gif dem no thanks, ill boom der kickers and der kranke. EMILE EICKHARDT. Sir John Lubbock has a half -holiday bill before Parliament that proposes that when- ever two-thirde of the shopkeepers in any given district vote for a half holiday on some one day each week, all the shops in the dis- trict shall be closed at 2 o'clock on that day.