"'Nary a Smith; David Whippcy; don't know Joseph ho quietly romurked. "Whippey; runaway sailor; you don't hiippen to belong to the Nantucket Whippcy, do you ?" "'Bytho junipin' General Jackson, but that is the identical placo I where in tho namo of all that's human do you be- lon,, and who are your lie shouted, thor oughly excited. " ' I belong in 13oston, but I have taught school in your home,' I answered, For a few moments ho Seemed lost in thought, and then for a long time plied me rapidly with questions about his na tivo placo, to all of which I answered freely as well as I was able. When he concluded, ho said, ' Mr. Seymour, you aro in for it with a vengeance ; if you do not work for them they'll cat you, and the best thing you can do is to get on their right side by becoming too valuablo for them to dispose of you. If you do not want that woman I will tell the chief that for two years you must bo singlo or your god will maim you so as to be unable to work, and at tho end of that time you will take several, so as to mako up for lost time ; for if any ono, after arriving at maturity on theso islands, unless he be comes a priest, when ho can do as he pleases, docs not marry, they stranglo him as of no account, and likely to bo a burden on the tribe; wo have no old maids or bachelors here,' ho added with a erin. '"How came my vessel to lose her hostages, and go away and leave uie ? inquired. "'I'll find out beforo I leave I only know that they sent for me to couio here and talk to you,' ho answered. As ho said this ho arose, and going out to where tho king had stationed himself a lew yards from tho house, they conversed to gether for some time, the kiug apparently dissenting from what was said; but finally tho objections, whatever they were, were withdrawn, for tho king came quickly into tho hut, and saying a few words to tho woman sho quietly gathered up her things and left Die, her face beaming with smiles. " Soon after she had gone, a young lad of about sixteen made his appearance, and Whippcy told nio ho was to bo .my ' man Friday, for tho next two years, and his name was Kaloo. Tho next day I began, with Whippcy's assistance, to build a blacksmith's forge out of nothing ; I say nothing, becauso wo had no tools of any note to work with, and nothing to use after a forge should bo niado. However, tho king sent a party of over five hundred to hunt forold iron, and while then were gone we pro ceeded to make me a fireplace, which was accomplished nicely, with a mud chimney. While they were doing this, I was pre paring to make a pair of bellows, by cut ting a pine plank which I fortunately fouud, in halves with my knifo, and using some canvas for tho sides. As the plank was only about twenty inches in width, I had to make up that deficiency in tho length of it. ' Towards afternoon the messengers for iron began to arrive with their old junk, and ono of the first ones chancing to bring part of a gun barrel, I was en abled to finish my bellows at once, which I did by covering tho canvas all over with some gum that exuded from a tree near by, and then nailing it temporarily with wooden skewer until I could manufac ture some iron nails. " I had finally got my forge arranged, and although tho bellows wero a little leaky, I thought it would answer well enough until I could repair it. " While I was looking for a suitable stone for an anvil, two natives came drag ging part of an anchor with the fluko to it, and that was a prizo. sure. Under tho direction of Whippey, the natives be gan polishing it with stones, and though it was as deeply pitted with the rust as a small pox patient is with diseaso, they never left off until it was as smooth us glass, as many as five hundred having had a turn at it. " We then procured a large block, and finding a saw in the pile of iron that now began to accumulate, I let it into tho wood firmly, and had tho satisfaction of having a solid anvil, if it was a rough one. " Finally the head of a coimer's ham mer was brought in, and now I was made. 1 soon had whittled out a handle, and a chief seeing me make a fire in tho forgo, using for the purpose some charcoal from a place where I judged they had been holding a human barbecue, pointing sig nificantly at tho ashes and gave a ghastly grin : however ho soon brought me a flint lock musket for repairs, uud Whippey tolling me he wanted fire put into it, I made an examination, and found nothing ailed it, but from long usaco tho main spring had become weakened, so I merely wedged it up with a piece of wood, and greasing it with sonio hog's leaf, put the gun together again. The chief had been looking black, us I ap parently broke his gun to pieces, but as it began to assume its former shape, his face began to be less wrinkled, and when I cocked and snapped it, producing a shower of sparks, from the flint, his de limit k new no bounds, and my fame as a blacksmith was secured by tho success of my first job. " The next day I had a roof built over jny workshop, and then had it enclosed in a square, to keep tho crowd from an noying mo, and 1 never worked there once after that but what I had a full audience outsido tho bamboo railing. " For three weeks Whippcy stayed with mo, during which timo he discovered that Captain I)arnsford had sold me to the king for an immense amount of tortoiso shell and sandal wood, and whilo I thought ho was making unhcard-of bar gains, ho was receiving pay in advanco tor my body ; 1 was hornhed at tho base ingratitude of the man I had trusted so; but when I thought over his anxiety for me to do odd jobs, especially tho few times tho king had been aboard, tho more convinced I became of his treachery, and I felt heartsick at tho thought of the lonely life I was condemned to lead by the villanyof my employee. However, it was no use crying over spilt milk, and so I put the best fuce I could on tho matter, and inquired how the hostages became free, and was told that when they had got mo landed ,they sent directly back to the vessel word for all canoes to come ashore at once, and also told tho captain they would keep mo and oat mo, and it they would let tho hostages go, they would givo their weight in turtlo shell, and 11 they didn t accept, they would try to tako the vessel. Tho captain made a grea pretence of going to fight for me, getting ready to hang tho priests and all that, but when they ap peared with their fourteen war canoes, they agreed to sell tho hostages back, and then tho captain was to go to Australia and get an American-man-of-war to avenge me, and so they sailed away without waiting; but said Whippey, ' he fairly sold you, and he'll manage to lose his crew, and you never will see him hero again ; but in fivo or six months you will seo a regular trader coming; and if you keep a sharp lookout and seo her first, you may bo ablo to get away on her. I have never seen a trader at my island, but they tell that ono comes regularly every year hero, and if you watch out sharp you may get off.' When Whippcy finally left me, ho gave mo many messages for homo, saying ho did not expect to seo me again, us it was only by great urging and leaving hostages for his return, that ho had becu allowed to come so far, and his timo was nearly up now, but if ever I got away and visited those islands again, to come to his, and ho would help mo out in trading, which I promised faithfully to do, although I de termined then, that if I once got away I would lot well enough alono. I little thought then I should see what a did a few months later, and mako thoFcjces bo the very place in tho world that I wanted to go back to. " For some days after Whippcy had gono I felt lonesome and dispirited, but continued in my work, aided by Kaloo, who not only proved to bchandy in work, but also able to teach mo Kanaka, and I soon got to talking it very smoothly. " Tho first few days I was nlone I oc cupied in sorting over the scraps of iron that had been brought me, and found quite a variety of tools among tho heap, such as gimlets, chisels, files, two saws and a part of a largo circular saw, which was extremely valuablo for gunlock springs, and what was worth its weight in gold until I had got fairly at work, a regular blacksmith's cold chisel. Having made everything snug, when I had sorted tho heap over, I took a walk for my health and to get the run of things. I found that Kaloo was not only a sorvant. but a spy over me, but I cared not for that ; 1 thought if there was a chance to escape, and 1 was not smart enough to outwit him, then I deserved to rcmaiu. " Finding that thero was plenty of ammunition on the island I got in the habit of going a gunuiug regularly at some portion of the day, and soon was an excellent shot, and the king had mo, when there was no work to do, to supply tho royal table with irituic, which was no hard matter, tho river and bay being full of mallard duck and teal. " One day when I had been there about lour months, and could then sneak their languago quite freely, tho king invited me to go on an expedition with him to tho island ot Lauoa, somo forty miles off, where they had a wonderful whito woman like me, who was a great priest. "My curiosity was greatly excited. thiukingl might meet a feinalo Whippey; and I eagerly grasped tho opportunity for a chaoL'O. Concluded next week. Heaving the Lead. rilHE steamboat "Funny" was coming J down tho upper Misissippi, loadod with pig-lead. As she was going over a shoal placo tho pilot gave tho signal to heave the lead. The onlv man forward at the time was a crrccii Irishman. " Why don't you have the lead V" " Is it to heave tho load your honor J1 Where to V " Overboard, you blockhead." The Irishman snatched up ono of tho pigs of lead and threw it overboard ; tho mate, in endeavoring to prevent him, lost his balance and full into the river. The captain, running to tho edge of the deck, asked : " Why don't you heave the lead ond sing out how much wutcr there is f " " The lead is heaved, your honor, and the mate's cone down to Hen Imw much wuter thero is," responded Pat. AN EXPRESSMAN BADLY SOLD. 11 AllLY this month a largo box was Jk shipped from Michigan to Marys- vnio, toy wells, l'argo it Cos Express, marked and consigned " J. S. Dcvoe, Marysvillo, Cal." There was nothing unusual in tho appcaranco ot tho box. Such boxes aro constantly passing back and forth on tho railroad, and this ono attracted no particular attention until it arrived at (Jgdcn. In moving it there a disagreeable smell emanated from the box, which immediately aroused tho sus picions of tho express messenger, a gen tleman named Dalby. With the prompt itude and attention to business that in variably characterizes tho experienced expressman, ho proceeded to make a noto ef his suspicion and observation, by writing on the way-bill, opposite tho de scription: " This box stinks. Think it's a corpse, Dalby." The box was regularly trans ferred to tho Central Pacifio railroad, where a messenger named Shearer took it in hand and proceeded to verify tho complaint made by his predecessor, and having snuffed in tho atmosphere that surrounded tho box, ho, with all tho dig nity of Crockett and Wallace in tho lot tery case, wrote, " I concur," with tho further remark, " It stinks," and ap pended his signature. It so happened that John J. Valentino, Superintendent of Wells, Fargo & Co., was upon the train, and his attention was called to tho box, when he immediately concluded that it contained a corpso beyond a doubt, and ho wroto a letter to tho Marysvillo agent as follows " On Ogdcn bill of to day, case. Contains a corpse. Collect corpso rates." In tho proper time tho caso arrived thero in saf'ety,and was taken into tho of fice on D street. Mr. Condon, tho ex press agent, proceeded to open his way bills, and found those above described, as well as the lottor from Superintendent Valentino. Tho owner did not apply for tho property, and Condon filled with horror at tho idea of having his office ap propriated as a receiving vault made ar rangement for its storago in tho ware house of W. T. Ellis. Ho then wroto letters to Dcvoo, the consignee, but hear ing nothing of him, began to concludo that he had an elephant on his hands. But this did not comprise tho full meas ure of his troubles. Ho had received a corpse some nionthsprcviously in a dam aged condition, and in handling tho box had soiled his hands with tho leaking of the contents. Tho result of this acci dent, or disaster, for such it proved to be, was that ho was unable to eat anything that his hands touched for several days. In the present case ho assisted in get ting tho box into tho wagon, and tho job was no sooner completed than tho recol lection of his former experience came vividly to his mind so vividly, in fact as to take away his appotito, interfere with his sleep, and utterly destroy his peace of mind. In vain he bathed his hands in Florida water, bay rum, &e., drank cock tails to " take the taste out of his mouth." It was no uso. Ho could not cat, neither could he sleep. Once iu a whilo from pure exhaustion, ho would fall into a doze, when the box would plant itself on his breast, and the corpso sit up grinning in his face. Ho would awukon in a fright to find it " all a dream," and dropping off to sleep again, would seo myriads of rata gnawing at tho box, and having eaten off the end, proceed to drag tho contents out by the hair. It was too much of a good thing. Even tho " corpso charges" could not recom pense him for his sufferings, and when Friday morning dawned, after a sleepless night, ho determined to havo that corpso off his hands before ho again sought his couch. lie called in the sorviccs of Detective Casad to seek out tho cousignoo and to probe out the terriblo mystery, for as such his mind pictured it, to the bot tom. W lulu the detective was cuirat'cd in "working up" the case, Condon called upon coroner Hamilton uud notified him to prepare for tho interment of a corpso that evening, in the mean timo Mr. Dcvoo, who is a worthy gentleman, re siding in Sutter county, had received tho noto, stating that a box to his addross was ut tho Marysvillo express office, uud ho came over to got it, utterly uncon scious of tho excitement it had occa sioned. He proceeded to the express of fice, und udvuncing to tho couutcr in quired : " Is (hero a box for mo hero V " What namo, sir?" " Devoe," replied the visitor. "J. S. Dcvoe'!1" interrupted Condon. " That is the nuinn," was tho response. At the mention of tho namo tho clerks all dropped their pons and gazed upon him with wonder with curiosity. "What aro the churges!"' usked Mr. Devoo. " Two hundred und thirty-six dollars," replied Mr. Condon, with un expression of pity, und iu a sympathizing tone. " Two hundred two hundred uud two hundred and thirty-six whut?" asked Mr. Dcvoo, jumping buck with a look of uttor umazeuient. " Two hundred and thirty-six dollars, sir." replied Condon, and added softly, "thut is tho regular corpso cliurgo, sir. We ulwuyg ehargo double passenger rates for a corpse." " For a corps t" asked Mr. Dcvoe. " A corpso ? What do you mean ? I don't Know anything about a corpse. " Tho box contains a corpso, I believe," replied Condon, firmly, but kindly. " What did you expect?" " Well, I expected a melodeon," re plied Mr. Dcvoo. " If thero is a me lodeon in tho box it is mine, but if thero is a corpso in it, it belongs to eomobody else." "Well," replied Condon, "we will have to open tho box and seo what its contents are ;" so armed with a hatchet they proceeded to tho warehouse, Condon commenced operations upon the box with trombling hands ond palid checks. Tho cover was pried up in a short timo, and thero in the box lay, calm, still, and noiseless a melodeon. It appears that tho box containing the instrument had been niado tight, to pro tect its contents by filling tho seams with putty or some kind of cement; that tho box had been placed in closo proximity to a fire, which had melted this sub stance, and thus cause the smell thatlhad proved so offensive and created such a panic with Wells, Fargo & Co., from the general superintendent down. It is only necessary to say" corpso" or" melodeon," to Condon or Detective Casad to raise a row at onco. THE DUTCHMAN'S CANE. I DINKS I ish haben more exberienco in it a valken cane ash any single man in dcr sitty, und I know it dat I haben more podder mit do samo ardiclo ash any dreo men in do holo vorlt, I don't care vhero ho ish. A gouplo of veeks ago I received mit niincself a brescut gift from a olt friend, combosed of a valken cane stick mit a silver head on. Harry Vil liams ish do right one dat makes mit me dat brcsent ding. I dinks dat vas a gurious gind of dings to mako mit any one for a brcsent. If I got mine ghoiccs apoutsuch a ding you can pclicf it dat I vill ghooscs somcdings vhero I can got more uses outer den a olt cane stick mit a silver head on dop. A dreo dollar bair of Yankee poots or a gouplo few bairs of voolon stockens vill douo me more goot ash a cauo valken stick. Still, ash long ash I don't got nodings to say in do madder, pesuro I have to maken dat stick ding do for do brcsent vot I must reuicinpcr olt Villiams mit. ' I haben more drouplcs mit mine mind, on acgount of dat stick ash I can't hardly stand. Certainly dats de fursd dime ash I ever own such a ding : for I can't saw for vot uses ish dat excebt ven a bceples ish mit a proken leg or vas got somo corns py his toe ; und mit mo I don t got neidher. fttill I dinks ash long ash dat cane affair ish a bresent mit me, I shall daken him along mit me vhcrever I shall go, so I can rememper olt Villiams mit it. You can't pelief de vorriments I habon over dat cane stick. I dooks him along mit me every blaccs von I goes out, und dat stick ish in mine mind de hole dime, so I vill be aplo not to forget him ven I lays him town und lost him dat vay. Somo dime ven I ish out mit mincsolf along mit dat olt valken cane ding, I leave him towu somevhere py a corner mit dcr blace vhero I stob a leetle, und don I goes avay uud forgot dat stick. Veil dat makes mo much drouplcs, ash I must run arount ovcryvhoro so I can find him again, res u re dat otden dakes a holo half tay's dime avay, mitout count ing de vorriments. Ono dimo I pangs it town ou do foot of an olt man along side mit mo, vich ding cuuscs him to mukou some loud swearing und scoulting mit nio more harder ash 1 can ever hcur pcfore. Das olt man can't got over it do holo cbening shust pe cause I hapbeu to knock his bis? feet mit a axidentpy mine cano stick. I feel ash 1 can mako dat stick all proken over his head, only I nodice ho ish a driflo pigger ash mo; so I don't nodice dcr scouutrol any furder for vot's do uso. Don't it Dat cano ish on mine mind from dcr dime ash I gets up in do morning uudill I vas in ped ugaiu at night, so I vou't lost him. Hut do most vorry I ever had mit him was yesterday. I goes out in do morning und stob in blcnty bluccs vhero I vus; und all ut onco, aider vhilo, I finds I don't got no cuno stick mit mo. Den I ish vorried. I can't dink vhero I must havo left him. I runs all dor vay pack mit every bluees vhcre I can dink I vas. Still dat cano ish not uplo to bo fouud, und nopody sees unydiug mit him. Den I pegins to got more vorried, for now I nm suro dat cuno is lost mitout fail. So I goes pack homo mit a heavey load py uiino stouiac ou ucgount dat 1 vus griefing, pekaus I havo no more stick to reiuemper olt Villiams mit. Ven I get mit mine homo, vill you pelief dat ? yes intced dar ish my cano stick all right py do endry corner, vhero I alvays keep him. Und ho ish not lost ; only it vas dat I forgot him, und don't dook him along mit mo ven t vent out. I pet you dat makes some gladness mit mo ush II never feel pofore. Yot, still I can't help it dat I swear a driflo mit dut stick ven I seo hi ui py de oornor, on ucgouut of do drouplcs ash he makes mit mino mind ven I dinks he ish lost. taX If a wonum wero to change her sex, of what religion would sho be t A he-then, The Great External For Man and But. IT WILL CURE RHEUMATISM Th reputation of thli preparation li io well wlak Hihed, that little need belaid in this connection w.n!.Af' " hM "' PA1NFOL ?.Eil7?jUrFKCTI0N3J. CONTRACTING MVS. 2i',F,?IrNESS AND PAINS I" TK JOINTS, 5T,,JL!KD8,,"healnKorB,!k1SI,RA1Ns,Bnuisics. II URNS, SWELLINGS, CORNS and FROSTED FEE?! 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Located on tho very borders of tho Torrid Zono, still her situation between the Gulf of Mexico ami the Ailantlc Ocean is such thut she is swept alter nately by the winds of tin) Eastern and Western seas, and relieved from the burning heats which prevails in other (Southern Wales s and thus it happens that by the joint Influence of latitudo and peculiar location, sho Is relieved, on the one hand, from the riirors of the Winter climate of the Northern and Middle States, and on the other,, from the extreme heat with which not only tho Southern States, hut In the Summer time the Northern States are characterized. Settlors havo not the hardships to undergo that nave been the lot of the pioneers who ojieued up and developed our harsh Northern latitudes. 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