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SEPT, !25, 141.
WENT MAD ON A WHO&
A Strange Story of the Ocean Told by a
.Naval Officer.
A Jaen Tit r 'titste Yi 414 1414111 by a Summon
V01111 11 On the siestetileu. , Deret
111100.11111 111 and Lowed lo Jils Shettli in
An A Aiello
811.31. ho
11 Whore tway ?"
" Two pointe off the wee thertbow, air,"
" Can you make her ant ?"
" No, sir,"
" Report to the Captain, orderly," Bald
the officer of the dock to the Marl Ile station-
ed at the eabin door, " thnt a mil ham been
reported from alof t two points off the WM.
ther•bow, but that the lookout 022101 1001(0
her on t yet,"
Mean thee a little gvoup of °Moms had
gathered aft, and the men ou the theeastle
had crowded, elcase to the wea1 her•rail, and
all eagerly scanned the horizon for 0 mil
In that portion of the Weetern Ocean wile 0
common thing to see.
It was a dull, threatening afternoon ii
Juno, mil thestoepalf•war Croyd en wasbowl
ing along clomehauled on the port taelc
about two hundred miles to the weetward
the Azoree,
" Hail the lookout again," said the Cap
tido, " if he can make anything oet of he
now."
" It looks like a wreck, sir," came bard
the answer from the topsail yard.
Now we could plainly make hor out a
she swashed and wallowed in the soaves
She had been bark-rig,ged, hut the foremas
had boon carried away elose to the deck
while the bowsprit and headbooms, held by
11, tangled masa of rigging, trailed !rem he
bow, The upper masts of the mein tun
mizzen were oleo eene, ani the mily rem
nant of a sail that could be seen were th
tattered rags that streamed from the !nab
topsail yard -arms.
She wite t.ory deep in the water, and nom
and then, as she fetched a limey 11110h,
sea would plunge across her (leek and gusl
and gurgle from the seuppete, and the only
sign Of life Wail the sea birds that, frighten
eil front their porch upon the vessel's Innen
choled round and round Mel with slut!
cries -uttered heir ilispleaeure,
The Croydon WaS 110Ve to r0 short distance
to leeward, and a boat at once deepatched to
the deserted vessel. Tho officer in charge
was ordereil to make a thorough 13084101i, al
Lo gain all the information possible coneern-
ing her, and if he should find that the ship
had boon abandoned, as seemed probable,
he was to blow her up with the torpedoes
furnished to the boat, as in her present con.
(talon she was a danger to navigation.
" Keep a good lookout for your recall,"
shouted the Captain, as the boat shoved off.
" for it looks 110 11 we might have some bad
weather before long."
lt was a hard pull to reach the wreck and
O difficult matter to board her, but by care -
1 management the boat was sliot under the
counter, and one of the crew seizing a rope's
end that hung over the side, quickly rateed
himself upon her deck, and then throwing a
line to those in the boat she was soon secured
ami one by ono the men clambered over the
stern.
A scene of desolation mot our eyes. For-
ward, the forecastle house had been
swept away and ono of the anchors, torn
adrift from its lashings, had pounded an ugly
hole in her bow. Aft, the WILV08 had smash-
ed in the cabin bulkheads end broken into
fragments the cabin fittings, while overhead
the splintered wreck of masts, hall by rig.
ging whitened by the spray, thrashed to and
fro with every roll of the Ail).
Across the etern in tarnished gilt letters
was 1(01 1102110, " Henrietta." Shelves lum-
ber laden, and th it was why she was still
afloat. But why and When was she aban-
doned 9 The mile places we could search
for any elue its to the mystery more under
the topgallant forecastle and 01 the wreck
of the °shin, for down below everything 1158
awash. 11 0 could find nothing in the cabin
to show that it hael once been the abode of
human beings but a torn and waterehaked
peaktoket under a pile of debris in one
corner. It was a gruesome thing to handle,
this discarded garment of its absent owner,
The pockets were searched, but the only
thing they contained wes a flat piece of
wood a foot long, perhaps, and 6 or
inches wide. But on this, scratched with
some sharp instrument, possibly a nail,
were these words : " Sprung Bleak 111 gale,
May 10th. Pumps choked • waterlogged.
Abandoned ship 13th, latitude 14,10 north,
longitude 30.21 west, : nine men, provisions
for me weeks."
That was all. These words had been dug
into wood as the most lasting way in which
could be preserved the record of their
disaster and placed in the pocket of the
coat, since 11(18 100111(1 most likely bo one of
the first things te attract the eye of search,
" Well," said the lieutenant In charge of
the boat, after wo had ail examined the
writing, " there is nothing more for us to
do but to blow her up, so get the torpedoes
ready."
" The recall 10 1(01510(1, sir 1" cried the
man who had been stationed to keep a
lookout on the ship, and sure enough a blue
flag with a white °entre streamed out from
the miszenroyal masthead of the Croydon.
"Very well I Look alive and man tho
boat 1" shouted the lieutenant, as glancing
to windward he saw a heavy squall of wind
and rain sweeping down upcn us, 11 11 had
been a diffioult matter to board the vessel
11 110111 muell more difficult to abandon hev,
but one by oto we managed to let ourselves
down the line into the plunging boat beneath
but not without many 0 match and bruise.
Quiekly the men took their places on the
thwarts and the bow oarsmen stood by to
cast off the line that held us.
" All in ?" asked the lieutenant.
" All but Thomae, sir," replied the only -
swain, glancing rot the mew.
," Where is he—did anybody see Thomas?"
inquired the lieutenant anxiously.
'Sing mit for him one of you," mad one
of the men standing up in the boat put his
hands to his mouth and shouted through
them, " Thotnas I Thomas I"
And as he did so a Man mine rushing aft
from the forecastle house, but with much a
look of terror on lue blanehed face that few
of us reeognized him ae our shipmate.
" A skeleton 10 skeleton I" he screamed,
and then fell headlong on the deck.
" A skeleton," cried tho lieutenant
"Pull the beet in a little and I will soo
1011111 10 is."
The bow oarsman stooped to do so, but as
Ile did so henviel ,,en, than usual tore under
the veseers line that hold us,
already worn , ;Wed, stranded under
the added Anti,. ..11.1 the blinding small
broke upon 110 (11' , e,'rid the boat far away
to loam ard.
Bravely the emernen struggled to regain
the ship, btit the' boat was too funall and the
seas were heavy, and the Whill WW1 11011'
blowing fin is,,. and /timely at first, but
soon farter rust f,.,ttlA drifted away from
her. We could .0 the unfortunate man,
now running be, 1. and forth on tho deck
nasmenewmasapgamougui
111111.1110 011,14,111 11111111111 Mel 11011
On ille rail lei if about 10 p1ui 1111.0 llie
8011,
1.1 111111(, (11(1 we'll plekyou tip !"8110111.0.1 the
Perform ells ?reek,
lieutenent. 1 1111 the wiffil the worde ;
anti bore far away mid dhl
hoer them, or if he dill hie towage fullest
him end lie dared not (to it., anti Noon the
inlet mid rale (111100(1 111 about the vessel and
slint hini from our eights
Jt W51 a desperate pull to reach the ship,
and twice we wove 111 tleager of swamping,
and %%hen We caught the line thrown to tie
100111 the Croyden the boat wait half filled
with water. Thin night for us on hoard
the 81)11) wag 1111 51140118 0110, The squall
diet hail caught us la the boat was but the
beginnieg of a gale, and the Creplen was
soon lying to under etorm sails with barely
eteurage way. The 11101TI0ry of that poor
follow on the water•loggod. 'stele with his
ghostly 8114111140 Waii 00e1' 1(1008111, M111 few
of us who hail seen hie terronsteieltee
countenance got 001011 sleep thin night.
Happily towards morning the ;ale 81111)0021
signe of abating, and before the brettle of
day the ficie, W111011 hail risen so suddenly,
begun to go (lown, and seon as it. Wan
po881111001 oWereil a haat.
The Clroyilen had (1 ,11' set mere to leeward
than the wreek, but '01 Ewald soon make her
°01 on the horizon, end the welbsel2 cad
crew, with lei% and steady stroke, 00011
shortened the distalice. kc we draw nearer
the form of Thomis could lie seen, through
• tile glasses, leaning againet the rail.
" Thank heaven he's still alive 1 " ex.
claimed Mr, 'Berton, the otlirter in charge of
the boat. \Viten we came within hailing
distance we ehouted to Itlin words of cheery
• greeting ; but Thomas made no response
. until 'when within a few boats length he
t sprang tn the rail and, screaming to us to
keep off, hurled pieces of wreckage which
he had gathered 01)0121 111111 at the advancing
t, boat.
" mad " we cried ; " the night on
board has made him mad,"
•
We stepped pul I i it g, and 1 hen backed water
• to ker.p clear of the miesiles whieh the
maniac never 00,041.1 111r0Wing 118,
, Ordering the orate to lay on thew oars
• Mr. I1014.011 Inse ill the steen sheets and
said :
" We've emne to take you back: Lo the
ship, Thomas. Don't yen know 00 ? Don't
, you knew me? 111111 lir. Horton."
1. "Know you 1" shouted hack the poor
fellow, " of course 1. ITaven't I been
fighting to keep you nif my ship for the last
week? Hit 1 ha 1" lo laughed, " and I've
done it, too. One boat's length 000001 1121(1
I'll blow you out of the 10112011 1"
We hesitated, undecided what to do, Of
course we might dush 0(1 01111 board the shi p
but then there was clanger that Thomas, in
his present excited state, might throw him-
self into 11)0 800 and be drowned, and so it
11010 deemed best to act, with caution and if
Possible to gain a, foothold by stealth 01121
then to seize and pus him in the boat. I'Ve
pulled slowly around the sltip, 11Ir. Horton
by soothing words endeavoring to calm the
manaic ; who followed 018 115 we circled about
and -with many threats warned us to keep
THE Blit7SSELS POST. 27
THE EIVIPBESS EUGENIE, PEAIILS OP TEE DOG AND TEE CHURN. DIGGING FOE CAPT, TRBA.—
"A needling 5121(5 Prom M011113' 11111044+ tonsil, and 111 .0 0 nnint• 110 Wit. wenn. lint tail nag 10 EURE.
a nipeesinie tieLto." Tied hardest ef pe,•,pi.,
away.
When we reached the other side a horri-
ble sight met 000 0700. Proppedup against
Ole stumps of the mizzen rest was the skele-
ton which Thomas had dragged front beneath
the forecastle, and the grinning jams and
sightless sockets wero surmounted by his
own ragged cap. Around the bones Ile had
drawn the old peajacket found 111 1)10 cabin
and the long and whitened fingers hung
limp below the sleeves.
And 50 tho ship plunged and lurched the
011110w
s sung to and ho and rattled against
Lha mast, while the shiny head bobbed and
bobbed in hi,leous salutation.
" Horrors I" °tied Mr. Horton ; "I can't
stand that Give way, my lads, and board
her I"
We shot tho boat through the water and
in an instant had gained the veseel's deck.
The moment; the boat touched tho side
Thomas Hod and, grabbing the skeleton as
he real with a swiftness born of the terror
that possessed him ,mounted the sigging mid ,
clutching the dangling bones with 01,0 1,0.114
and the shrouds with tho other, gazed down
upon (18 with fear -distended eyes. With
fair words and promises we tried to tempt
him down, but there he hung, a terror-
stricken maniac. If we approached he would
1180011(9higher on his treacherous sup-
port, until at last, erenching on the extreme
end of the swinging mast, he swept back
and forth with the rolling ship.
Every moment we feared that his hold
would loose, but ho, gave hoed to nothing
but our movements down below. There
seemed no 0001(1)0 for him now except by
the sea, and while some of us 100111(011 (1)0
boat and stood ready to pick him up should.
he jump, others climbed cautiously up either
aide of tho meet to seize him.
He betrayed no sign that he observed the
11.011 RS slowly they approached, and we
hoped that his madness was leaving him and
his own quiet nature returning, when just
es ono of his )1000110l'5 (101.8 11,11001 to stretch
forth his hand and lay it on him ho aprang
to his feet. With a wild shriek ho hugged
the skeleton close to his breast and hurled
himself into the sea, and the bubbles that
floated up from his fleeting breath as he and
his ghastly comrade shot into the moan's
depth marked hie grave foe an instant and
then were swept away by the hurrying
'.01(108.Half an hour later the Henrietta was
blown into a thousand fragments, and short.
ly after the Oros,den making all sail speed-
ily left behind 11011(110 floating debris of the
abandoned ship.
Is Beanty a Blessing?
Of the beautiful "10(11011 11101 I have
known, but fow have attained superiority
of any kind. In Intwriege they have fre-
quently made failuree ; why, I do nob know
tintees the possession of great lovliness is
incompatible with the posseseion of 0110(101(1amount of good judgement, So much is
expected by the woman accustomed to ad-
miration that she plays and palters with
hor fete till the ()rooked stick is all that is
left her. This we see exemplified again and
again. While the earnest, lof ty, sweet -
smiling woman of the pale hair and doubt-
ful line of nose hes, perhaps, one true lover,
whose worth she has time to recognize, an
acknowledged beauty will find herself mu,
rounded by 0, crowd of showy egotists,
whose admiration so dazes and bewilders
her that she le eometimas tempted to be.
stow herself upon the 010011 importunate
otie, in order to end the unseemly struggle.
Thee the ineentive to eductation and to
the oultivittion ot one's espeeial powere 10
looking.
Forgetting thab the triamphe Which have
made a holiday of youth must lessen with
the years, many ft fair one neglects that
training of the mind width gives to her
who is poor in all else au endless storehouse
of wealth from which, ohe eari hope to pro.
duce treasures for her own delootation and
that of those about% her, long after the
fitful 'demi on her hand/101M! sister's 0110012
had faded with the rotes of departed 81101.
11000'
Example is the sohool of Mankind, mid
they will 101(112no other•—n3urke.
NI, 1 Mee Lano lute reprinted the it,. ielr
(211 21,,,1(11(1100111111011 190)1(1last yetis 11211(01, 111111 ham added 1,, the;
many of her lettere. In
book ''L'Imperatrie Eugenio" lie call,' he
'11 mixture ((0 11105080(111011( 121111111005 11)1
indillbrence, of b.;prtt, and tutstevity', (if LT
mantleally ellivairons 88111.101e11111 1121111
111081 praiginal, 00011 humdrum 001111110
some,"
He compares the Empress to " a 1100011,,bird from mutiny climes, hovering 01110
yet 120101801110 to seize," Not bor
to wear 21 mown, elle brooked with dill
01)1(7 the restraints of mut ceremonial
The Emperpr, who 1,08.8 aware that Ma lov
match with Mile. do 11 math, wee coldly ro
gateled. by the 0100110,1 1(01810 of Europe
coustantly impressed upon his beautift
wife the necessity of a more dignified beat,
Mg. On one 1101(012111 lie laid a wager with
her that at, a forthooining State bell 1110
would omit to tesfertain beforehand the
order in wt, her 1.0108 should group then t.
selves around the throne. The Millirem
nearly lost her wager. A nolo sho
bled in pencil and sent up et the Ina 1110-
Meta 10 an English Coen 14 given by 91.
Le,110. " IA 11.1 a wager with the Emperor,"
she wrote. ''At State 181118 110 1110 15.1104
ill 51 1011(14110e upon youv Queen 01112211 01' sit
behind her 9"
At the Lime of Eugenie's 01011 00 Wiedsor,
when it 050 necessary to dress for
Stine dinner it 1058 dov
iseered that th
thee
trunk containing her gala costumes was
miseing. .A plea of over.finigue Wile 410110
10 be 80111, to the Queen as an excuse for the
lionhppenrance of the Empress, when one
01 1110 ladies of 11011011 placed one of her own
d1e8000 at the Empress's service, I was a
simple blue gown. Court holies and ladies'
maids sot, to )v11.12 to give the finishing
touches to the lit and to garland bodice and
skirt with 1100015. Tne Empress wore no
'ewels,e single blossom nestled in her golden
our. 1.1 hen she entered the drawing room
where the (Amn w
eas awaiting her, her in-
comparable beanty,set oil' by this 011n9(10 at-
tire, produced a sense taon.
110g01110 0(1,5 121 conversation a charming
raeot
oneme, I -Tee voice was harsh, but this
defeat was forgotten in the brilliancy with
whiclisho would tell a story. She mete quick
at repartee. The 1(111(101011000 continually
putting his wife on her guard against, talking
too freely with the high•boim holies whom
ahe admitted 1.' her intimacy. " They are
so many spies," he was wont to say. 101.
Leon Calls the P11110001 10 Menternich the
evil genius of the Court. She often took the
lend in scheming amuseineuts derogatory to
the dignity of the sovereign.
One day, for instance, the Princese pro-
posed a tramp in short petticoats on foot
through the Forest of Fontainebleau. Tne
Empress was delighted at the idea. Ono of
her ladies remonstrated with Mme. de Met-
ternich. 11 Would you adViO0 1 our Empress
to go about in curtailed skirts for the
edification of her subjects ?" " 011, that is
quite different !" the Princess answered,
" No ; certainly. I would never advice the
Emp-ess Elizabeth to go out walking in
short petticoats. 13ut then my Empress is
a royally -born Princess, while yours, my
dear --yours is Mlle. de Montija "
NI, Lano assures ns that the Empress was
not the spendthrift sho has been represent.
ed. Her taste inclined to elegant sbnplieity.
The Emperor urged her constantly to dress
more richly. The extravagances of tho
Court was far more due to the display
affected by her ladies than to her. She was
a clever artist, and seine of theportmits she
painted have genuine artistic merit.
The free giving of the in 0111'
11 pre40111 est al ti 1.0 11,111, i 1 lie rea./h8.1 111' 1110
11 1,0 have the root iner,r wed for the future,
14 Lift up your voiee, however feeble,
r agitinist the arrogant materlaliem 01111011 18
11 60e1' preaching that gotipel of hell, that
1' ' Nlan 0111111 live by breed alone,"
Ile who iloee ue good ge1.1 leme. lie who
11 cares 211,0 (0)' where will soonlind that, others
ioiI1 not cath for hun, An lie lives to himself
•1:! mo he will die to 1,11110,,1f 1 nobody will toles
1111 titan or be eorry bo ia gone.
In every loan there 1.1 a 101101111 C84, 011(1
N. inner elaunber of peculiar life luto which
•
Bain Superstittons.
In the Caucasian provinee of Georgia,
when a drought has lasted long, marriage-
able girls are yoked in oouples with an (ix.
yoke on their shoulders, a pricet holds tho
reins, end thus harm:wed they wade through
rivers, puddles and marshes, praying,
mcveaming, weeping and laughing,.
In a destriet of Teansylvestia, 011011 the
foetid is parched with drought, some girls
trip themselves naked, and, led by an alder
wonum, who is also naked, they steal 0. har-
row amd cirry it across the held to a brook
where they set it afloat. Next they sit on
the harrow and keep a tiny flame burning
on each eornee 01 11 for au hour. Then they
leave the harrow in the water and go home.
A similar rain charm is resorted to in
India 21111120(1 90001011 drag a plow across the
field by night It is not said that they
plunge the plow into a stream or sprinkle it
with water. But the charm would hardly
be complete without it. Sometimes the
°harm works through an animal.
To procure rain the Pernviane used to set
a black sheep in a field, pom uhica over it
and give it nothing to cat till min fell,
In a district, of Suinatea all the 0001011 of
the village, scantily clad, go to the river,
wado into it and splash each other tvith the
water. .A black cat is thrown into the
water and made to stvim about for a while,
then allowed to escape to thebank,pursued by
the splashing of the women. In those cases
the color of tho *111(11101 10 part of the charm;
being black it will darken the sky With rain
01011[19. So the Braohuanas bum the stomach
of an ox ab evening because, they eas,, "the
black smoke will gather the clouds and
°elm the rain to come," The Timoros semi.
Me a black pig for rain, a white or red one
for sunshine. The Gams offer 011121012 goat
on tho top of a very high mountain in time
of droughts
Sometimes people try to eoeree the rain.
god into giving rain. In China a !Me dra-
gon mode of paper or wood,reptesentang the
rain-god,is oarried about in procession ; but
if no rain follows, it is cursed and torn in
pieces. In the like circumstances bite Feb
oupes of Senegambia, throw down their feti-
ches and drag them about the fields, cursing
1110211 till rain fells. Some Indians of the
021.0000 worshipped toads and kept them in
vessole in order to obtain from them rain or
aunshine as might; be required ; when their
prayers wore not answered they beat the
toads. Killing a frog is a European rain
oharm. When the spirits withhold rain or
sunshine, the Comanches whip a slave ; if
the gods prove obstinate, the victim is al-
most% flayed alive. Hero the human being
may represent the god, like the leafolad
Dodola.
A Novel k3orap Book,
A troublesome scrap book to mako, but,
ono the ohildren will appreciate, is that 10
which evory page represents a romm The
first page should be a hall, then should oome
a reception room, perlor, dining room and
library in natural sequence, then bedrooms,
ploy room and nursery. Piastres of fund.
thee etth he out from the papers or from
catalogues 01 0001010 1011(10 forr touches of
pen er pencil will manage the perspective,
21 the mons arc planned to suggest those
with which the children aro familiar, even
greeter delight will result, Ant of paper
dolls ahould go with thio scrap book and it
Will be found et spume of almost endless
amusement.
only 1101 can enter, and 011t Or 011101 1,1
man 13 to bring revelation and etrengi 11 for
his brethren, to reveal tithe's of the Father.
We are inedu for wide continunien. The
2(11(11 11.110 leolates Iffineelf awes:, ',nil loses
the power he believee he is ev,.. ivatiug. Guy
need I, to have intimate e ,iitteunication
with our Id 100.1,1021 1112,1 101(11 110 [argue
variety as poesible, always exempting, of
course, the depraved.
Got a habit, 21 passion for reading, not
flying trent book to hook, Willi the squeani.
ish caprice ef a literary epicure ; but read
Aye tematicelly,010sely , thought f ully, analyz-
ieg every subject am you go along, and lay-
ing It up carefully and fetfely in yonr
memory. It ie only by this mode that
your information will be at the same time
ex temtive, accurate.
Pascal felt the need of work to be so ab-
solutely ne4essavy for perfect happluese
that he did 1101 liesitate to assert that the
want of occupation for our moral elm.
glee in the future werld tronIcl turn heaven
onto hell. Dr. 1.412:kook says that the idea
of work in the intermediate state eftes death
1101(18 10 redeem our image of the future life
from any selfish character.
Them are two toads for every young man
in the journey of life. Ito must decide
which lie will take, TI20 (me is a smooth,
easy path of convenieuce and compromise,
with no lions Lo encounter. The other is
by tio,l's ot everlasting right ; who•
ever treads that path must expect to be
battered, and to bare his name bespattered
with ridicule and rcpeolteli.
Evea the very, ablest, moatlaborious, and
most useful of men can itot afford to make
enemies right and left of high and low.
Virulent enemies are made by sharp words
111000 than by any other means. If you
allow younelf what ie doubtless to some
dispositions the luxury of an unbridled
tougue, you will hive to pay, for it Some
day the enemies you make will have their
innings, and may trip yott up.
Prinoe of Wales and the Jews.
The following is an extract from a let-
ter written by a correspondent now in Rus-
sia, who is in a position to apeak with
authority 2—"It is not generally known
that the Prince of Wales, after tlioroughly
studying the question of the Russian Jews,
has interested himself on their behalf to au
extent and in a manner that shonld earn
for his Royal Highness the gratitude of
every Jew in Europe end America. The
question is an extremely difficult *one to
touch in any way, for the susceptibilities of
R1188.15 Ill regard to her internal alfaies are
easily aroused. It 1)110 not possible, there-
fore, for the Prince to take any direct
measures towards the amelioration of the
lot of the Russian Jews, Indirectly, how•
ever, and hi rt manner that could raise no
question in the minds of tho most reaction-
ary officials, the Prince of Wales has ef-
fectively aided the efforts now being made
to organise measures for the relief of the
miserable and destitute Hebrew population
of Russia. I am told on good authority
that on more thou one occasion the
Prince of Wales has disoussed the whole
question with Mr. Arneld White, and that
among other results of his Royal Highness'
studios is that the Princess of Wales, (1110 18
acting hand in hand with the Peinoe in the
matter,has furnished ells White with let-
ters 10 tho Hessian Court, (('111011 010 proving
an 101 11101100 assistance towards tho solution
of this difficult question." " The action of
tho Prince of Wales in this matter " adds
the correspondent, "18 not without features
of peculiar magnanimity, for he was attack-
ed severely, and unjustly by Mr. Arnold
White in a, reeent book called Tries at
Truth.' 'If the Prime had acted as most
men would have acted under tho circum-
stances, his Royal Highness would certainly
have abstained from rendering aid to the
persecutedJews through the instrumentality
uf a person ho had little reason to tegard
with favour. Math is said against the
Prince of Wales that fs absolutely untrue,
but the many acts of his that show not only
kindness, but wisdom, remain unknown. I
think it 10 0119' fair to the dews that they
should know who it is that has so effective-
ly befriended themand in hoW generous and
unrosentful 0 spirit."
Wreek of 111 M. S. Tweed.
Naval letters from Hong Kong report the
sinking 01 1182' .Majesty's ship Tweed, har-
bour defence ship, during a terrible hurri.
oano, Notice of the approaching bad
weather having been given, various craft
ran into places of shelter, At midnighb on
1 Oth July the storm burst, and most of the
wurshipa hi the harbour got up steam.
About three o'olock the moorings of the
Tweed gave way, and two of her three guns
became unshipped, and in the heavy rolling
did great damage. So thick was the weather
that almost before the crew knew they were
adrift they disoovered thoy were ander the
sett, wall of Knowlvon Dock, and a heavy
sea dashed the gunboab against it, quickly
staving in the starboard side. She sank al-
most immediately. Aseaman, named Upjohn,
attempted by means of a rope to oliinla upon
the pier, bm, mining his footing, fell be.
tWeen the vessel and the wall, and was
dashed to death. The rest of the crow
reached tho pier safely.
A Frenoh Medioal Scandal.
One 01 1110 most absorbing controvereies
that has occupied the French tnedieal world
for years ha e lately arisen train the dieelee-
ure made in the French Academy of Medi.
eine, on the subject of °amorous grafting.
The 0580 (says a Paris correspondent) is
similar to that which reoontly scandalized
Germany. A doctor named by the reader
of the papar before the Medicel Academy,
had grafted on the healthy, flesh of 0, woman
some 00(10010010 tissue which had been re-
moved by an operation from ono of her
breasts. There has boon great cariosity to
leerti the namo of tho dootor moused. Tho
limiter is now in tho hands of tlte Home
011ice, end the Mfnieter of the Interior has
had a long conference on the painful subjeot
with Professor 13rouardel, the head of the
French Sohool of Medieino, and the recent
recipient of the honorary degree of LL. D.
trent Cambridge University.
• (littrii49og- .5102,00 are always 111 order.
A ,ety o live on a 1i10111, 58
0.1 temiyen,- men did when they Wore buys
tenth.% ne this " At home on the farm w
had it nunillee of tiOW8, NO many 1 12111 0111111
ing 1r11.8 too heavy a task for even the ne,
follfe, ;';,,t Mr. 1, rig,ght rt dog chine, A
i11011110.1 wheel, a sort of swine treadmill. 1
bream', the duty of l'en to, 0 large white ines
, to 1101,1that nimmtonons en.,10, 1111)
imtwithinithiling the tootheoir,o bit of moo
that WM faMIelleil on 11 141,11 within fon
inches of his 11050, Is Wen not Ilt all }MIMI 0
hili position and responsibility, Ile tnad
th it attempts to shit* Inn tusk, mud
twice sueceeded. Tie got to know when
"tinning (ley hum around as 1 ell ae 10217
one in the house,
0,1 the neeming of that, (lay lie (00221,
leiter I. built the kitchen door 02,111lie wa
fed, and 101 80011 118 Ito heard Ow note o
preparation—the bringing of the crean
jugs,
911 1)01110(1 the elturn, ote,— Ito word,
put m wards ;,,11,1 would not 1,s seet
again until night. Tile .111.9- 01 eli tuning Iva
changed, mid next morning a 11100e erest
fallen and astonished tio,g tea, lievor 8001
wheu he W8.4 '11,1102111 121,1 harnessed te tin
11
21
iturrhit artivity the scestur 111 MP, John,
1111118 'rive Parttime,
.101 the last 80810011 of the Nova Scotia
Legielitture a stock company was incorpor.
ated to met oh for eapl. Eidd's treasure,
whieli has been long auppueed to be belied
M Oak leland, Chester Bay, and gangs of
ineu 000 11010 at work 011 the spot, convinced
that they are on the (reek of the long•looked
1 lot rice ee. 'Jlie orgautzetion of the company
0108 the reeult 1.1 the following extraordinary
✓ deem= of thirty.seven years ago.
f Clarice% Johnson of Beinient ir Truro,
s a young man, had a dream. Two intel 011
ghoste Ladled 00 Mr. Johnson and told him
Lo follow them, asserting that they were
01100 Captain and mate of a pirate ship.
They took him let° 0 part of the Stewiack
Valley, 111 the forest, and showed him two
pilue (if human bones, which they tteeerted
were the mortal remains of those who stood
beside 11111) in the spirit. From this they
took him to a lonely pond on Oak Island,
1
A
1 near (Amster, and dwell several feet Into a
• pit, off of which was a tunnel. At the end
. of the tnnuel they ellowetl him a large
equare hoz, wnieh nue of them opened, re-
veling to Mr. Johnson's view piles of bright
1(1(21 51 111..11 4et the (lamb in 11101100 1 he look
otl po•,it ively foolish. He did Ids whir, but
with lowered head, and in eo,dtation evi
1101)1 19'. another Oeciakii011 he 01,0,1 alioi her
dodge. When they were about te put hitn
on the wheel he ritri up to his mistress, hold.
mg up one paw, allot:wig to be lame. Sho
thought inueli of the dog, and W113 inclined
to lot him off that day. ',rho next instant ho
wits Neon charging over a high fence after a
neighboe's cat. " Well," se el the old holy,
" if he can go after a eat like that 110 10 able
to clown." And he did, and never tried to
shirk his work again.
. gold and jewelry, line, he yeas told, was
the Ceptain's treasure.
Then he svas taken down thirty feet fur-
ther and into another tunuel, and the
mates treasure, comosting of a box seven
feet square, full of gold and seeks containing
silver, was shown to hint He was again
taken down 100 feet to the buttom of the
,,haft and into another tunnel, and another
large box filled. 'with gold was 01101111 10 him.
.10.11 thin treasure Mr. Johnson was to have
01 (1 future data, except that the mate re-
quested that one-half of his treasure be given
to the Catholic Church. This Mr. Johnson
promised to do.
The bottom of the pit was planked over,
owing to quickeand, and front 21 912(0 a stone
tunnel passing out to the sea. At this point
Mr. Johnson asked the spirit of the Captain
11 110 was Kidd, and he anewered
"No, 9010 Red Beard, mute the terror of
the Atlantic Ocean. When we captured a
fillip we did not immediately p01 the crew
to death, but brought them to this island
and made them dig these ttuniele, pits, .te.
When the work was completed we pni, them
to death and buried them in one of the pits.
One dity we saw several men-of.war heave
in sight and we then knew that our hiding
place was discovered. The mate and myself
set off from the island in a boat and. landed
at a. distant point, entered a forest, and for
days wandered about, until, ovethome by
hungov and exposure, we died where we
showedyou the bones."
's'tt.point Mr. Johnson awoke f ram his
dream.
Two years ago the Captain, without the
mate, appeared to Ala Johnson io a dream,
and told him it was UM tO lift the treasure.
As a result of the last dream the company
was organize1i and commenced operations.
The East Wind of Saripthre.
The following ditlitulty in conneolion
with the dreams of JOsepli has greatly 03:814.
Cieell Bili11051 001111nel1iaior8 1 —1 t, will be
noted that the seven thin ears '10020 blasted
with the east wind." Here voa Bohlen
believed that he had laid the finger upon a
dustinet 1211012 of non- Egyption origin. No
writer acquainted with Egyptit was believ-
ed, would 1111V0 141104111 of the " east " wind.
The prevailing winds in Egypt are nerth and
south, while those which prevail in Palestine
are east and west. Was not this a distinct
proof that the honk originated among a
people acquainted with the phenomena, of a
country like Palestine, and not among those
who wore acquainted, as Nloses and the
Israelites of tho exodus were, 11 ith the
phenomena Of Egypt ? There is, however,
an Egyptian wind of a more deadly kind
than the east wind of Palestine. The Chem.
sin, 0000111011012 wind, Nowa from tho desert
of Abrabia and withers vegetation by
Its blighting breath. It °eyries along
with it particles of small dust, which
makes it dangerous also to human life. So
far, then, the difficulty finds a solution.
But the difficulty, in part, still remains
Why should the wind not have been do.
scribed as southeast ? To this answer has
been given that the Hebrew has only four
names for the winds. It invariably speaks
of a wind as from of the four cardinal points
and does not combine them as we do.
That might have suffioed ; but a communica-
tion from a friend (NH,. Stewart, of Lenzie),
who many years ago, having been shaken
by the writings of Bishop Colons°, resolved
to find out the truth for hitnself, and who
hos engaged in original resetyreh both in
Assyriology and Egyptology, enables us to
go 1 natter. "Tho Egyptians," he says,
" Like the Acadians tond many other ancient
nations, believed that all good came front
the west and all evil from the east. The
weet is the land of the good, the east, just
the reverse. With " the Greeks Isles of
tho blemsed" wore in the west ; "the isles
of the bravo," of our own Druidical fore.
fathers, basked in the 1300108 of the western
sun. To this clay in China one of the
prayers for the bride at marriage is, "May
breezes from the west blow upon her,"
though there is aothing peculiaely- pleasant
hi the west wind of China ; and I suspect
our own proverb—
when tho whirl is in the oast
"rls neither good for man nor boast,
hits had a my thological origin. Be this as
it may, the fttot remains that in Egypt all
evil was supposed to come from the east.
Hence in 1110 Egyptian ritual of the dead
there 010 (1107010 that the deceased may be
sent to the west and not to the oast. This
fact furnishes a key to explain the difficulty.
Tho emet wind is simply the bad wind, 01 100
wiud from the bad " airt," and so far from
Ole using of such an expression casting
doubts on the historical nature ef the nar-
rative, it seems to me, when rightly under-
stood, to have quite a contrary effect.
A Mystery of the Oommuno,
The following story is told by a Paris °or.
respondent man in rags and with bare
feet was arrested as a vagabond the other
clay at Marseilles, and declared that he was
nom other than Gilbert, ex -staff captain of
the Commune under General Dombrowthy,
who commended the shooting party by whom
Archbishop Darboy was executed, He
assorted that he rave the Cardinal the mop
dd grace with his 000 15110(1, Doubt is thrown
on (110 01017 of Gilbert, however. The mart,
;,.%,,-11011 arrested as it vagabond, stated. that he
been condemned to death by a Council
f War ia 1871, but that his aentenee had
been commuted to transportation to
New Caledonia, whence lis returned
after the amnesty. Historians of the
Commune, however, declare that the
mon who really presided at the execution of
tho hostages were Uenton, a desperate abstr-
acter who had nearly suffered the same fate
himeelf in 1848, and Sieerd, a federal officer,
They had some difficulty with their soldiers,
rd. succeeded only by threats in forming a
ring narty. There were several volleys,
but no coupe de rare. Both leaders were
enbsegeently tried and allot. Authorities
differ as to the exact &toile of the incident
which is enveloped in considerable obscurity,
She Blies up on Springs.
For many years the Queen, aecording
to a London correspondent, has had
o meelmnical device to assist her to
rise in her (laming° and bow in response to
the oheers of the people. A, public prooes.
Mon is, for her, a serious matter, as the
shearing fa almost continuotte and the is
foreed in some way to respond or lose her
reputation for politeness- Ile device is
under the seat of her carriage, mut con-
sists of an arrangement ' V strong
springs.
They aro 1111111 illOW11 by se u eseleamee
for the Tiurpoeo until the eh- • to rise,
avian she famine% a hey, and .tt once the
springs 5110 1'010580d, and flying upward
force her into 9. half•standi.e.,,i pewit ion and
support her there. In this way nhe is re.
lieved of tho bthor of Soh,. • , thee, ovary
maser ef au hour, ft task e2 .1,11 w015511
of her ago and weight, would 1, e.e.7 ardn.
ous.
Death of Oko Jumbo.
The steamer Volta, which has arrived at
Liverpool from South-West Africa, brings
news of the death of the great Bonny chief
Oko Jumbo, a name which has been
familiar in England for many years.
Oko Jumbo was the rival of the
great °polio King da Ta, and it is a
singular coincidence that these African po-
tentates should die within a few days of
each other. Captain Harrison of the Volta,
in reporting the matter, states that when
his ship was lying at Bonny the firing of
guns was taking place day and night, Dad
would be continued for several weeks to
mark the importance of the event. Oko
was laid in state for about a day, and great
ceremonial was observed on the occasion.
The lo,ie chief had been failing in health for
O long time, and for three years before
his demise, 1058 totally blind. Oko Jumbo
visited England about seven years ago to re-
ceive medical treatment for an affection of
the eyes, and although he was greatly im-
pressed by his visit, he waS very glad to re-
turn to his native country. He, however,
evinced very little interest iu his
former trade, hut betook himseit to
his residence in the country, so that his
rule in Bonny for some dine past has been
very unimportant. 0120 (101121)0 leaves set --
oral sons, most if not all of whom were ed-
ucated ie England, but it was not stated
which of them had been selected to succeed
the deceased chief. The wars between Oko
Jumbo and SaJa, which occurred somefifteen
years ego, were read with much interest by
the British public. It was then that the
extraordinary names of Jo Jo and Oko
Jumbo first become familiar in England.
Oho Jumbo, like .10 Jo, was about seventy
years of age when he died. A correspond-
ent who hag seen both of the great chiefs
states that Oko Jumbo 11119 Ins in stature
than Jo Ja, but stouter, and not by any
means ill -looking, The remains of Oko
Jtunbo wore interred in the missionary bur -
M1 gronnd at Bonny. The principal chiefs
at Bonny now, and who exeraise the great-
est influence in the place, are Warriboo
and Dublin Green.
• A Courageous
Among the graduates of the year one
brave young woman has completed a oourse
frankly taken in preparation for matrimony.
Like many girls who make soolety amnse-
meats their chief existence, this youn.g wo-
man did not realize the deficienoes in her
eduoation until she had won tho friendship
and love of one who was her superior in
intellectual requirements. With the reali-
zation of her ignorance came the determina-
tion to study for selfdinprovement Entering
as it pupil at a well-known sal: ool for girls,
she took courses in literature, philosophy,
and other studies which would enable
her to write and speak with accuracy and
would teach her the best methods of thonght
8100 entered classes of politdcal economy and
studied the newspapers under oompotent
direction. Urging her teachers to eorreot aIl
imperfection:in her speech and manner she
made constant effort to attain the standard
which inight bring her to an equality with
her future husband, The struggle was not
easy. There were trials of pride m studying
with girls of a more youthful age; there
wore many moments of mortification from
the exposure of her ignorance. Determina-
tion to anoceed won its usual rewards. The
society girl, whose bright mind had been
=lava bythe routine of pleasures, became
renwi
o
ned n the school as one of tho most
earnest and satisfactory, pupila. When she
graduates this year into the relined home
that has been in preparation for hor she will
meet her husband on an equality mid enter.
stin his friends with a feeling of ohoorful
confidence. She says the:, the -whole world
seems more stable sumo oho has been sure
that her sentences are grammatical rtnd her
pronunciation accosting to the best authori-
ties.
.A. Wenn 1,,f.1e00, a rather
hard tasit.mastor—t.171. steeetchin',
Tam," Ploughman drilo • 0 A.y, 00' sae's
the wark 1"