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Feminine Xames anil Their Meaning.
Frances ih truly fair,
Bertha is purely bright,
Clara is clear to neo,
I.ucy in a star of light,
Felicia is happy anhnppy can be;
Catharine is pure,
Ilarbara from afar,
Mublo is very fair,
Henrietta 1b a Htar,
Margaret is a pearl thrown up from the aca,
Muriel i sweetest myrrh,
Aniplia is sincere,
Agatha is vory'good,
Ilridgot is shining hero ;
Matilda is a lady of honor truo,
Susan Is a lily,
Cclia dim of sight,
Jano a graceful widow,
licatrico gives delight,
Elinabptli au oath, pure as morning dniv.
Sophia is wisdom.
Lotitia is a joy,
Adeline a princess,
Julia a jewel toy,
Rebecca is faithful as the light of day;
Constance Is resolute,
flrace is a favor moot,
Charlotte is nobility,
Harriet an odor sweet,
Abigail is joyful as a robin's lay.
Sarah is a lady,
Isabel is fair,
Luanda is consistent,
Jemima sounds in the air.
Caroline is noble spirited and bravo ;
Jtyrtla is well,
' . ' Judith a song of praiec.
Cornelia a harmony ,
IVmcilla aucient of davs.
BY THE SAD SEA MAYES.
"Yes, Alf., the waves have always
to rue a sad, uncertain sound."
" Don't lie soft, Torn."
"But I tell you it is true. Just
listen, now, to the murmur of the. surf.
It rushes and recedes like the coming
and going of memories which one
would "
" Bosh I"
" There's no bosh about it, I am in
earnest. The restless sea always
breathes in my ears a tale in which
bitter disappointment is mingled with
longing regret for something swallowed
np in the irrevocable past !"
"Oli, eomo now, Tom, yon sicken
ine. You'd better turn poet", and pour
out the surgings of your soul on paper.
I nm sure you would be a success, at
least in the eyes of love-sick girls."
"Noj no ! Alf., you -are sarcastic,
you misunderstand me. I could tell
you a sad tale that would cause you to
t listen indulgently to such rhapsodiz
inprs as you now profess to b? dirgusted
.with."
" Indeed !"
" Yes ; and if you should hear it, you
would then understand why it is that
the sound of the waves always has such
a melancholy effect on me."
" Oh, teUit, by all means !"
" Will you listen attentively ?"
"Yes." ,
" And not interrupt me with any of
your discordant, unfeeling comments?"
"No."
"All right ; I'll tell it then."
And thereupon Tom Blanchard re
lated to my curious ears the following
account of a hitherto unrerealod episode
in his life. (
" It wai'tflo years ago, I was so
journing by the sea-side, and occupied
comfortable quarters in the ' Spray
House.' The season was gay. Beauti-
fnl girls, resplendent in all the decora-
tions of the fashion-artists ; watchful,
wary, gorgeous mothers ; eager, rest
less young bucks, like myself, with a
sprinkling of fathers, who oscillated
between the attractions of the place and
the stern demands of business, these
were the principal 'elements of the
throng that made glad the landlord of
the Spray House.
" You can readily imagine that I was
not backward iu participating in the
plcrsures of the place. 1 had plenty
of money, and ' went in on my nervej'
as the boys say. Oh, it was a grand
carnival of flirting ! Hearts were toyed
ivith, smiles were flung about, and
glances shot at willing targets with
luxurious looseness. The mad frolics
of thoso in whom nonsense held prime
sway nnde lively work for the anxious
matrons, whose grip on the reins was
only too infantile iu its weakness.
"One day there was anew arrival.
A worn, n with eyes like the reflection
of the midnight moon in still water,
hair sp in from gathered darkness, a
round, soft, perfectly-shaped face, com
plexion of alabaster whiteness, with
cheeks of warmest crimson an inde
scribable air which was irresistibly
fascinating. Ah, words can convey but
a faint, tame, insufficient picture of
Irene Vance !
" Sho at once created a sensation, and
there was a regular stampede of young
fellows seeking introductions to her.
She received the homage that was
showered upon her very quietly and
cooly, treating all with an easy grace
that,- to those who wished to approach
her beyond, a certain point of polite cor
diality, was fairly maddening. She
was an orphan, so it came to be under
stood, and rumor said she was possessor
of a snug fortune in' her own right.
She was accompanied by an aunt,
an elderly, . respectable, matronly
looking woman, who said but little, but
. who, I more than once noticed, had a
Tory sharp, observant eye. This, how
ever, was as it. should bo, I thought, for
Irene was besieged with attentions, and
it was well for her to be under the
gnardianship of one versed in the ways
of the world. -
"I fell in love with her, as was to be
expected, and did not endeavor to con
ceal my admiration. Bat she treated
in a provoking cool and unconscious
manner the bestowal of any marked at
tention, which conduct of oourse only
stimulated my desires."
"She had her carriage, horses, and
coachman, and it was not long before I
discovered the particular drive she
took each morning. Thenceforward I
made it my business to walk daily to a
point cn. the beach which I knew she
"' would pass, and soon it became a -part
' oi caoh forenoon's programme for me
'' to station myself on a certain-rocky,
perch, and look up from my book to
greet het as she! panned. These morn
ing greetings actually grew to be a part
of my existence. For her smiles grew
more free and cordial day by day, and
threw me ip.to an ecstasy that is always
felt by one who imagines himself on a
smooth course of true love. .i .
"One morning 1 occupied my accus
tomed position, and at the usual time
discovered Irene's carriage approaching.
Something, however, seemed to be
wrong. The horses were Coming at an
unusual tate of speed, and the coach
man waa islanding up in front of his
seat, apparently using his Utmost exer
tions to control them,
"After p, moment's anxious watching,
I saw, with a thrill of horror, that the
fiery steeds were running a way. Irene
was in danger!
"Full of fright and distress, on her
account, I rushed to the roadside. The
horses came flying along at a mad
speed, heeding net tha energetic pull
ing on the reins by the driver nor his
frantie shouts at them.
"My course was determined upon in
an instant. I braced my nerves for a
desperate struggle, and awaited the ap
proach of the running team. They
were soon close upon me, and I sprang
forward and seized the reins close to
the bit. I olung with an ironlike grip,
and lifted myself up from the ground
to avoid being trampled upon, as well
as to bring a dead weight on the horses'
heads. Fortunately, my grasp was a
sure one, and I was able to retain my
hold firmly. The animals were obliged
to succumb, and soon stopped, panting
and reeking with perspiration.
" The driver, as soon as he could,
sprang from his seat, and came to my
relief. He began to pour out profuse
thanks, but I, not heeding him, ran
around to the side of the carriage. I
was out of breath, and somewhat blind
ed with dust, but unhurt.
Irene sat upright, clinching the seat,
with a vildness in her eyes, and a
frightened flash on her cheeks, that
made her dazzlingly '-beautiful. . As
soon, however, as she realized that the
danger was past, the color fled from her
face, and she sank back, almost over
come. " 'Thank heaven ! you are safe', I
ejaculated.
"'Thank you also,' she said, in
trembling accents. 'Oh, it .was fearfull
How brave and prompt you were 1'
" She gave me a melting look that
penetrated to the very marrow of my
bones,
" ' Don't speak of that,' I said. 'It
is enough to know that you are unhurt.
" 'Is it, indeed?' she said, in a sort
of shy surprise.
"'Your safety would repay us for a
dozen broken bones,' I rejoined, with
fervor, ' let alone this slight sprinkling
of dust. What caused the horses to run
away ?'
"'I cannot imagine. They are
spirited, but seldom fractious. Some
thing must Jmye frightened them. I
can never feel grateful enough to you.'
" ' Grateful ! Please do not use that
word. It is cold, as compared with my
joy at seeing you unharmed.'
"'Is my safety then, so much '
She hesitated at blushed.
"'It is everything to me,' I said.
'Are you not afraid to continue to ride,
now?'
" ' Oh, no 1 The horses, I think, will
make no more trouble. James usually
manages them with perfect ease. I
think ho must be slightly intoxicated
this morning.'
" ' Then you must not think of in
trusting yourself with him agaim ! If
you insist on finishing your ride, you
will at least permit me to accompany
you.'
" ' If it will not be interrupting your
morniuff siesta,' she said, hesitatingly,
but, I imagined, with a very wistful
look.
" I assured her that it would be a
most charming interruption, and, wait
ing only long enough to brush some of
the dust from my clothes, sprang into
tne carnage uesiue her.
" lien we were unaer way, 1 in
formed her that our daily greeting, as
she passed my favorite resort on the
beach, was a bright spot in each morn
ing of my life.
"She opened her eyes in innocent
wonder, and expressed a doubt that
such a little thing as that deserved such
extravagant mention.
" I assured her that it was not a little
thing that a kind look from her
was a very great thing in my estima
tion. " She then suggested that I was given
to flattery.
" I disclaimed any such propensity
with earnestness, and then she became
pensive and thoughtful.
" After that we became more confi
dential, and talked in low tones.
" Ah, that ride 1 -I wished it might
never come to an end ! But it did, and
after assisting her to alight and bidding
her good morning, I walked about with
a swelling exultation and buoyant joy
that knew no bounds.
"After that I was with Irene much.
We walked, and rode, and sat together,
and occasionally had long, solitary,
blissful interviews, that seemed to me
like glimpses of some higher exist
ence. " To be sure, my public attentions to
her were little in excess of those she
received from some others she would
show no preference that might cause re
mark. But if I was occasionally piqued
at this, a walk in the moonlight, or a
half hour's tete-a-tete in a lolitary cor
ner of the verandah, would set matters
right, and elevate me to an exalted
point of beatitude. And so my infatu
ation waxed stronger and approached
its zenith.
" One evening-prl shall never forget
it Irene came to me in trouble. I was
sitting on the verandah, taking my cus
tomary smoke, at an hour when most of
the guests had fled to their rooms to
make their evening toilettes.
" Suddenly I heard footsteps ap
proaching, and the sound of voices en
gaged in hostile discussion. One voice
was that of a man, and the other was
Irene's. I was immediately all atten
tion. "The two came nearer, and turning
around a corner of the building, were
in close proximity to me.
"' Well, James,' said Irene, you
will have to .quit my service immediately,'
" ' Quit your sarvieoi is it, mum !'
said James, angrily. 1 recognized his
voice as that of her eoachuiau.
" Yes. I cannot tmt ill! with vour
impudence and your bad habits any
longer. Last night you were intoxi
cated again, and ; p. I ,
" Here Irene abruptly ceased speak
ing, having observed me, Jomes saw
me also, but was in nowise abashed,
Said he t I
" 'And if a lad can't take a dhrop of
the Crater once iu a while, where's his
liberty gone T By the powers, mum,
ye'd wish me to be as straight-laced as
any praste or parson I'
" He spoke with a tone and air of in
solence. Irene looked at me in con
fused embarrassment, and yet appeal
ingly. " I arose and greeted lie, 'ignoring
the presence of her coachman. But
the latter was not to be rebuffed. He
made some rough remark about re
ceiving the amount due on his wages.
'"What is it, Miss Irene ?' I asked.
"Are you in trouble ? And would it
serve you any to have me pitch this fel
low over the railing ?"
" ' Oh !' she exclaimed, CI beg of
you not to soil your hands on him.'
" ' Faith, an something more than
his hands would be soiled should he at
tempt it I' said the ruffian.
" ' Be respectful, you blackguard,'
said I, ' or it will be the worse for you.'
"With an exclamation of distress,
Ireno placed herself between lis.
" 'Keep silent, James,' she entreated,
'and listen, Mr. Blanchard, while I
explain. I have been forced to dis
miss James, on account of his bad
habits '
" ' Let the bad habits alone and give
James his pay, and faith he'll be ofT 1'
interrupted the coachman.
- ".'Yon shall have your pay,' ex
claimed Irene, turning toward him in
indignation. ' Do not presume to speak
to me again in that way 1'
"'An' it's yerself that knows how
I can be silenced," was the dogged reply-
"I made a restless movement, and
could hardly refrain from attacking the
teilow.
"Irene said, in a low tone: 'Let
him alone, Mr. Blanchard. He is as
stroncr as an ox. and would' kill you
And a fracas with a servant would be so
disgraceful.'
" ' Oh, I am in a terrible situation,'
she continued, ' 1 ought not to mention
it to you, though.'
" ' Do not hesitate,' I implored.
' You know what a privilege I will re
gard it to serve you.
" With a blush, and a pained look,
she said : ' I owe James seventy dol
lars, and all I have with mo is a check
on a New Y'ork bank for three hundred.
I was going to the city to draw the
money next week, not dreaming that I
should need it before that time. I can
not bear to ask a servant to wait. They
know nothing of such things, and can
make one a world of trouble ana em.
barrassnient.'
" ' Is that all your troublo ?' I has
tened to say. ' If so, you shall be re
lieved immediately,'
" ' Oh, I am afraid I iniposo on your
generosity, Perhaps 1 had better ask
the landlord though I dislike to ap
proach a stranger on such a suuiect
James was so noisy that I could not
help letting you know it.'
" ' Certainly,' I replied. ' I appre
ciate your feeling. You shall have the
money to pay this individual and get
rid of him, and the matter shall be be
tween us two exclusively. I will go
now to the office-safe and get the
money. '
"'Are you sure it will not discom
mode you ?'
" ' Not in the least. I am going to
New Y'ork in a day or two, and then I
will get the check oasned for you, if
you wish, and you can hand me the
amount.'
"'You are very kind; but I -am
ashamed to suggest it. Perhaps you
will be willing to do still more. If it
is convenient for you to let me have the
entire amount of the check, I can pass
it over to you, and the transaction will
be ended. There are other bills that
can be put off, but it will be more
pleasant '
" ' Certainly to pay them immedi
ately. You shall have the entire three
hundred dollars, and I will deposit the
check to the credit of my own bank ac
count.' " ' My good fellow,' said I, turning
to the coachman, and speaking in a tone
of severe irony, 4 would it be too much
of a trespass on your good nature to
ask you to wait five minutes for your
pay ?'
" ' No, sir,' lie replied, in an humble
tone, apparently somewhat asliamed of
his unruly behavior.
In five minutes the transaction was
ended. I handed Irene three hundred
dollars, and pocketed the check. It left
me with less than twenty dollars in
cash, but that was of no moment, as I
could replenish my pocket-book on my
forthcoming trip to the city.
" 'It is just like a woman, in her
stupidity and ignorance of business to
be caught in such a predicament,' said
Irene, iu an apologetic tone, 'You
have relieved me greatly.'
" Do not embarrass me with thanks,'
was my reply.
" She was all smiles that evening,
though I noticed a certain uneasiness and
agitation in her manner that I ascribed
to excitement and grief owing to the
coachman's impudence. It is needless
to say that I was in a happy frame of
mind at having served her for the
second timo in a material, substantial
wav.
"We promenaded and danced to
gether, although she was still persistent
in declining to receive exclusive public
attention from me. My jealousy was
excited when, while I was in the midst
of the ' Lanoers, I saw her take the arm
of a handsome young Cuban, and walk
slowly with him from the ball-room to
the outer hall. By the time the dance
was concluded, however, they had re
turned, and she mingled with the gay
throng, casting occasional glances on
me, that removed all distrust, and made
me pity the deluded Cuban, who was
evidently smitten with her.
" When we parted for the night, it
was with a lingering pressure of the
hand, and an appointment for a ride Pn
the following forenoon,
"I now come." said Tom, with a long
breath, and, I faucicd, ft cynical twinkle
in his eye, ' to the painful portion of
this narrative.' ,
" When I. went down from my , -room
the next morning, I found a little tx
cited crowd in the hotel office. The
Cuban, who had aroused my momentary
jealousy on the preceding evening, was
putting ine room iu a tuwcnug rage, mm
Vocifernting something about having
been swindled, The landlord was lean
ing glnmly over his desk, with any
thing but an amiable look on his face.
Others seemed to be indignant, while
there were a few who laughed and ap
peared to be hugely amused about
something.
" I inquired into the cause of this
state of things, and you can imagine
what a horrible, sickening, discouraged
sensation I felt, when .1 learned that
Irene Vance, her aunt, and the coach
man, with the carriage and horses, had
departed secretly during the night 1
" There was no Jace to indicate what
direction they had taken. Numerous
unpaid billswere left behind, and three
empty worthless trunks.
" I won't attempt to describe my state
of mind. The power of the whole cate
gory of words at my command is utter
ly inadequate to the task. There was
no use in trying to evade the conclu
sion that I had been taken in sold
bamboozled- vietimijied.
" I was sensible enough, however, to
keep secret my connection with the
beautiful swindler, though, perhaps,
some thought it strange that I did not
join in the laugh against the Cuban,
from whom Ireno had extorted money
on some pretext similar to that by which
she had ' operated ' on me. I never
saw her, nor any traces of her, after
ward. A detective( to whom she, her
aunt, and the Goachmau were described,
said the trio were in reality husband,
wife, and daughter, and that they were
well known though exceedingly slippery
confidence operators.
" I never had the hardihood to pre
sent the check at the bank on which it
was drawn. My money was gone, and
my finer feelings outraged. The run
away and the quarrel with the coach
man were of course wdll-rehearsed
scenes.
" All this, you know, happened on
the seashore ; and now you understand
don't you Alf ? why it is that tho
murmuring waves and the rolling surf
breathe to my ears a tale of something
lost, yet longed for why they have to
me such a sad, uucertaiu sound ! "
That Pot of Paint.
An old lady who lives a little distance
from the small village ot Oueshy, vt..
went to the store in that place a few
days ago for a pot of paint, with which
she designed ornamenting her kitchen
floor. Sho told the clerk, who went
down stairs to prepare the decoction, to
put iu plenty of drying material, and
he honestly intended to do so, but miss
ing some iiomatiim from one side of
his moustache, the loss so annoyed him
that he omitted paving that attention
to the order which it required, and in
stead of turpentine, poured in a gen
erous quantity of syrup. That even
ing the old lady painted the floor, and
the next morning made an examination
of it, to test its condition. When she
opened the door, her cat, which was
following, 'playfully jumped into tho
room, and then stopped. The old lady
immediately shewed the animal, bnt it
uidn t shew. It pulled away and tore
one foot from the floor, and sat it down
again to pull up another, which neces
sitated pulliug up the first one again.
Then it tried the experiment over again,
but with the same result. Finally it
lifted one foot, and kept it lip until the
other was lifted. This gave the animal
the. appearance of trying to stand on its
head, but its plaintive cries indicated
that such was not its purpose. While
thus raised it attempted to lift the third
foot, but in so doing fell over, and came
down on its side in the paint, and there
it stuck, clawing the air with its paws.
and spitting forth the most venomous
sounds. The old lady got a board, and
laying it to the cat, suceeeded with
some difficulty in rescuing it. But she
could not understand why that paint
should be so moist. In the afternoon
she tested the floor again with her fin
ger, but the paint was still sticky. The
third morning there was no improve
rnent, nor iu tne aiteriioon. he was
astonished. When she touched her
finger to the paint this time, she trans
ferred tho finger to her tongue, then
opened her eyes a little wider, and
tasted again. After that she pnt on her
things, harnessed her horse, and started
for that store. And that evening the
clerk shaved off his moustache, and
buried his pomatum in the solitude of
the forest.
Robbing Himself.
The Manchester Mirror tells the fol
lowing amusing ctory of the barefaced
conduct of hog-stealers in the town of
Chicesier", N. H. : "In one instance
the thieves woke up a man in his own
farm-house, told him that one of their
hogs had got of out of the wagon into
the road, and asked his assistance to
put him back. The farmer got up,
dressed himself, and readily complied,
and the next morning, when he went to
feed his hog, on looking into the pen
found him non eat. He had assisted
the thieves to steal his own porker. At
another house the farmer heard a squeal
iug in the road late in the nierht. and
going to the door, saw a man struggling
with a porker. The same story was re
peated, and assistance given as at the
other house, and the same scene was
enacted at the pen in the morning.
A Sad Sight. At Birkenhead. Enar
land, lately, a clergyman was arraigned
on a charge of vagrancy, as he had been
round asleep in a Held in West Kirby,
Upon his examination the sad story
came out that he had been rector of
Luckington, and hal suffered from bad
luck. He wanted to be rich, and dis
regarding the warnings of the Gospel
lie put z ,uuu into mining speculations,
and lost every shilling of his money,
Compelled to flee from his creditors, he
went abroad. On his return he could
get no employment, and finally became
a homeless wanderer, having nowhere
to lay his head, and no lodging exoept
vue oia, com grouuu.
Tlio Discovery of Amrrlcrt,
Just as the sun was risinff over the
blue wyen of the Mediterraneaiij on the
third of Augiist, 1492,' three small ves
sels, two of them without y.ecKS, inn
with fotecastles and cabins fof the
creflrfi) Bailed, from the little Port of
Palos, in Spain, tinder the command of
Christopher Columbus, in seai'dl a
new world. It seems almost incredible,
that only four hundred years ago,
science had made such slight attain
ments that a council of the most learned
men of Spain, appointed by the Crown,
should have declared the assertion that
the world was round to be absurd.
What I" exclaimed these sages of
the fifteenth century, " can any one be
so foolish as to beiieve that tho world
is round, and that there are people on
the side opposite to ours who walk with
their heels upward, and their heads
hanging down, like flies clinging to the
ceiling ? thp.t there is a part of the
world where trees grow with their
branches hanging dowawaid, nnd
where it rains, hails, and snows up
ward ?"
The general voice of the community
pronounced Oolftnbns a half-crazed
fanatic. Even those who had been in
duced to embark with him had entered
upon the perilous enterprise with the
greatest reluctance. And as the Admi
ral spread his sails no cheers Irom the
shore greeted him. Tears, lamenta
tions, and dismal forebodings ori
pressed nearly all heartp.
UolUmbus steered first for the Canary
Islands. A strong wind drove them
rapidly along into the abyss of unknown
seas, and as the hills of Spain sank be
neath the horizon the timid and super
stitious seamen were filled with terror.
Already there were indications of
mutiny. On the third day out, one of
tho vessels was disabled by the unship
ping of the rudder, which was supposed
to have been intentionally done by
some one on board. The injury was
soon repaired sufficiently to allow the
crippled vessel to keep pace with the
rest of the fleet by their shortening sail.
At the close of the week, they arrived
at the Canaries, about one thousand
miles from the Port of Palos. Here
they were detained three weeks, ob
taining a new vessel for the disabled
one, which was found iu many respects
unfit for service, and in making neces
sary repairs.
On the Cth of September, Columbus
again spread his sails, rio was now
fairly embarked on his voyage. The
Canaries were on the frontiers of the
then known world. All beyond was
region unexplored. A calm kept the
vessels rolling for three days within
sight of the islands, but on the 9th a
wind sprang up and in a few hours the
peaks of the Canaries disappeared be
neath the horizon. It was a sunny,
serene, and beautiful Sabbath ; but on
board the vessels there were discords
and murmnrings.
Many of the seamen had been com
pelled, by s. royal decree, to embark on
this expedition. As the last traces of
the known world vanished from their
sight they gave such loud expression to
their discontent that it reached the ears
of the Admiral. He did everything in
his power to inspire them with his own
enthusiasm, but in vain. Both threats
of punishment and promises of large
reward were requisite to hold in checic
the rising spiiit of insubordination.
To allay the fears of the ignorant crew,
Columbus resorted to the artifice of
keeping two daily records, one correct
for himself, and one in which he made
the distance which separated them
from Spain much less than it really
was.
Slowly the days came and passed
away as the intrepid Admiral, inces
santly combatting the mutinous dispo
sition of his crew, pressed all sail, and
from the bows of his ship kept an
eager lookout toward the west, 'while
every change in the weather and every
object was examined with the keenest
scrutiny. A weed floating upon the
water, a sea bird of unusual plumage,
any change in the color of the sea or
the aspect ot the clouds was subjected
to the closest inspection. The lead was
frequently thrown, but no bottom could
be found. .
By the first of October the little fleet
had travel sed two thousaud three hun
dred miles of the ocean, in a direction
almost due west. But, according to
the reckoning which Columbus exhibit
ed to the crew, they had only reached
the distance ot seventeen hundred
miles. It was delightful, autumnal
weather, and a gentle breeze wafted
them over a smooth sea. They had
fallen in with the trade winds, Jiitherto
an unknown phenomenon. But this
incessant blowing of the wind in the
same direction day after day, with no
variation, increased the alarm of the
seamen. It seemed to them that they
were being driven into regions where
there could be no possibility of return.
The crew became more and more
mutinous. Those on board the Ad
miral s ship had formed a conspiracy
to throw him overboard and immediate
ly to turn their bows toward homo. No
ordinary man could have controlled
such elements of disorder. But Colum.
bus, ever calm, dignified, and just, by
his presence alone overawed these
turbulent spirits. While sternly en
gaged in this moral struggle another
week of intense anxiety passed away.
To inspire the seamen with some of his
own zeal he ottered a reward, amount
iug to about one hundred and twenty.
five dollars, to the one who should first
catch sight of land. This gave rise to
many false alarms. Every cloud in the
western sky which could be thought to
vail a mountain peak would give rise to
the exciting shout of "land ! land !"
Columbus, consequently, found it ne
cessary to issue the order that whoever
should give a false alarm should forfeit
all claim to the reward. The clouds
were often so marred in the western
sky in forms so strikingly resembling
mountain peaks as to deceive the most
practiced eye.
Still the weary days came and went,
and no land appeared. The alarm of
the crew was continually increasing.
At length their murmurs became so
loud that the situation of Columbus
was almost desperate. He was com
pelled to assume an attitude of defiance.
Thoroughly arming himself, he de
clared that no consideration should in
due him to abandon the enterprise
upon which he had entered, ai ine
safne time he declared jus unuououng
faith that their voyage would prove
successful.
The very morning after this exciting
interview with the crew there were in
dications of their approach to tho land,
which inspired all with hope. They
picked up from the water a branch of
fresh seaweed, a piece of shrub, with
leaves Bfcd berries upon it, and a block
of wood curiously Cerred. Sixty -seven
days had now passed bin the high
lands of Spain had sank beneath tue
eastern horizon. It was the 11th of Oc
tober, 1492. It was a brilliant tropical
night, with a cloudless sky and a cool
breeze. The events of the day electri
fied with hope every man on board the
three vessels. Not an eye was closed.
All were on the alert. Columbus stood
upon the poop of his vessel with anxi
ous glance, scanning tho horizon beforo
him.
About ten o clock he was startled by
apparently the gleam of a torch far
away in the distance. For a moment
it burned -with a clear flame, and then
suddenly disappeSred. Soon it was
again seen distinct ana matspnwii.no.
Columbus was intensely agitatett. He
CUlieU lO BOJllO Ul liia tuJJJlMiiiuu,
ii-.i i. o.,,i
pointed out
i. , in ioi T mu
also saw it gleaming for a moment,
when acain it disappeared. Four
hours passed away, while every eye
was strained to catch a glimpse oi the
hIiotp. At 2 o'clock la the mornincr a
seaman from the masthead of th? Pinta,
which was in the advance, shouted
"land I land 1" Every voice echoed the
cry as almost immediately clearly de
fined mountains, somber and majestic,
apparently rose from the sea, about
two miles'before them. The vessels all
hove to to await the morning. A new
world was discovered.
The Invention of the Steamboat.
When the little harbor at the mouth
of Sir John's linn was still more wild
and lonely than now, James Eumsey, a
working bath tender at iserKeieyopnngs,
launched upon it a boat that he had in
vented of a novel principle and pro
rjulsive force. The force was steam,
and Knmsey had shown his model to
Washington in 1780. First discoverers
of steam locomotion are tittning up
every few months in embarrassing num
bers, but we cannot feel that we have a
richt to suppress the claims of honest
Eumsey, the protege of Washington
The dates are said to be as follows
Rumsey launched his steamboat here at
Sir John's Bun in 1784, before the Gen
eral and a throng of visitors from the
Springs ; in 1788, John Fitch launched
another first steamboat on tho JJelaware,
and sent it successfully up to Burling.
ton ; in 180, Robert Fulton set a third
first steamboat on the Hudson, the
Clermont. Rumsey's motion was ob
tained by the reaction of a current
smiirted through the stern of the boat
against tho water of the river, the cur-
eut being pumped by steam, 'ihis ac-
tion. so primitive, so
remoto from the
principle of the engine now used, seems
mrdly worthy to be connected with the
great revolutionary invention or steam
travel; yet ashuigton certmed nis
opinion that "the discovery is ot vast
mportance, and may be oi the greatest
usefulness in our inland navigation.
James numsey, witii just a suspicion oi
the irritability of talent, accused Fitch
of "coming pottering around" his!
Virginia work-bench and carrying off
Ins ideas, to be afterward developed in
Philadelphia. It is certain that the
development was great. Rumsey died
in England of apoplexy at a public lec
ture, where he was explaining his con
trivance.
Does not Like it.
Anna Brewster, writing from the Luc
ca Baths, says: "Wherever we drive
we see peasants carrying small bundles
of chestnut leaves; every village house
has long strings hanging pendant, on
which are strung rich, large chesnut
leaves. I thought first that they
were some kind of air plant, until I dis.
covered that they were leaves that grew
Iryer daily; then 1 asked my driver
about them. He told mo they were
dried and put away for winter, to use
in the baking of nec-ji. And what is
uecci? They take chestnut flour, mix
it with water, stir it to a paste, then
make it iu round Hat canes about as
thick as a very heavily-made buckwheat
cake. These are spread between chest
nut leaves, folded up into them, indeed,
then baked on hot stones. The chest
nut leaves, which must be gathered in
August, are first soaked iu water be
fore they are used for the necci cover
ings. They are supposed to impart a
chestnut flavor to the national food. Of
course, I have been curious to taste
necci. So my padrona, or landlady,
baked some for me. I love Lucca land.
scapes and Lucca Baths, but may I
never bo forced to feed on necci. It is
the most villainous stuff I ever tasted!"
Tlie Churches In Kew York.
At the annual meeting of the clergy.
men of the Methodist Church in New
York, a feature of the gathering was an
essav by the Kev. U. C. lioss'on the de.
oline of Methodism in New York City.
He read many pages of comparative
statistics showing the following facts :
The Episcopalians have sixty-four regu-
lar churches and fourteen thousand
members, the Baptists thirty-two
churches and eleven thousand members,
the Presbyterians fifty churches and
sixteen thousand members, the Metho
dists forty churches and eleven thou
saud members. From 1860 to 1870 the
Methodists have increased iu numbers
twelve rjer cent., the Presbyterians ten
per cent., the Baptists twenty-one per
cent., and the Episcopalians fourteen
per cent. All these show a very heavy
fallmiz off as compared with the in
crease of population. Since 1864 the
Roman Catholics have built eleven new
churches, costing $1,707,000, the Epis
copalians twenty-five, costing 83,850,-
000, the Presbyterians nineteen, costing
2, 833,000, the Baptists nine, costing
372,000, and the Methodists fifteen,
costing 8805,000.
A Mr. Mitchell, a California agricul
turist, has gathered this year 600,000
bushels of wheat from a little patch of
40,000 acres.
Kerns of Interest.
There are'eighty Americans studying
music at Milan.
A warehouse wall fell in Cincinnati,
nj tiring two men.
Two-thirds of the town of i air 1'iay,
Col., was destroyed by fare.
Michigan rustic rowdies amuse them
selves by skinning sheep alive.
An anerry man is again angry with
himself when he returns to reason.
TiMllmnrfi and Johnson are tho only
ex-Presidents of the United States that
survive.
"Rfittpi bo despised for too anxious
apprehension than ruined by too con
fident a security. . .
Prof. Foneeter of Berlin, announces
the discovery of a new planet of the
tenth magnitude.
The Postmaster of Pittsburgh, Vn., n
charged with having made away with,
over $33,000 of the funds of the office.
T)envpr disnatches cive a florid re
port of the riches of the territory lately
acquired from the Utes by the United
States.
A poor man, who was ill, 'being asked
v a crent. eman wiieiner lie
" o , XT . ,, , ,
11UU IMCU
hut remeciv. repneu. o, m u mn.c
any remei.y,
U, but I've taken lot3 of
physic.
A little girl
was asked what was the
meaning of the word happy. Sho gave
n nrettv answer, saving. It is to icei
as if you wanted to give all your things
to your little sister."
Just before tho bombardment ot
Alicante begun the German commander
offered to prevent a fight taking place,
but the English and French command
ers would not interfere.
Money, which had been active during
the second panic week, on best collat
erals, ranging from one-half to two per
cent, per day, closed Saturday night at
seven per cent per annum.
Ladies are gradually discarding ono
by ono the little trinkets and cheap
knicknacks worn on promenade depend
ing from the waist belt. The urnnreiia.
and fan are about all they can manage.
A movement is on foot to raise 1,000
at Halifax, N. S., to send George Brown
to Europe to row a match with Sadler
for the championship of the world. Tho
rnrei is to take place at tne tove oi
Cork.
X vnmnn and two children attempted
to iump on board the steamer Illinois
, L i i. rsl,.Tv,ln-iu
as sue was uauKiiiy um n tini"'n,
Ky. They fell into the river and were
drowned. Their names could not lc
ascertained.
One of the Salt Lake Gentile papers
ridicules the idea that George can
non will consent to give np his numer
ous wives for the sake of securing ad
mission to a seat in Congess a tne
Delegate from Utah.
Over 1,000,000 bushels of wheat is
stored in Milwaukee, awaiting shipment
to the East. The receipts of wheat at
this citv since January 1, laid, are
1,806,750, against 1,390,134 bushels lor
ti.p r-ovresnondinir 1
le corresponding time in io i .
,1Vonilc mrt one nttle fellow.
. . . . -,endoi. of his new
ent u to nnother with tho
. . . ,, . Vm, ;- .iressed
. i j Well torted the
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During that awful year, 1804, not less
than twenty-five Spanish cities and
towns, with an aggregate population ot
427,228, wero attacked by yellow fever,
which destroyed 52,559. Other ac
counts raise this mortality to 124,200.
A bov who maliciously scattered cay
enne pepper through a crowded hall in
Janesville, Wis., setting two thousand
people into spasms ot irrepressible
sneezing, was fiued fourteen hundred
dollars and sent to jail lor lour momns.
A novel annlication of ice was made at
St. Louis the other day, when forty-five
tons wero used to cool and thus contract
the iron tubes of the mammoth suspen
sion bridge across the Mississippi, to
allow the insertion of the connecting
tubes.
The fatal throat disease, first heard
of in Pennsylvania, lias made its ap-
fiearance iu a number of ew lorK vn
ages. It is almost exclusively con
fined to small children, and .baffles the
skill of the physicians, many deaths
occurring.
A whaler has arrived at New Bedford
from the Arctio regions, with some
relics of Sir John Franklin, consisting
of forks, spoons, &c, bearing the coat
of arms of the Fraukliu family. They
were obtained from Esquimaux who
had come from near the spot where
Franklin's vessels were abandoned in
1848.
Sidi-Mahmud, the late Emperor of
Morocco, has been succeeded by his
younger brother, Abbas-Muley. The
present sovereign is oi ine iamny nuwu
of Cherif-el-Fileli. This family was es
tablished on the Moorish throne 225
years ago, and its representatives have
reigned in unuroiien succession iroin
that date to the present time.
Mr. Methusaleh during his long life
was without uoubt the recipient oi
many honors, and since his death not
a few have been done to his memory.
But the greatest has been reserved to
the last. He will be in future princi-
pally known in connection with a brand
of cigars, every box of which will bo
ornamented with a correct iiKeness oi
the old gentleman."
Who can read without emotion the
story of two little girls in Green Bay,
Wis. The eldest was seven years of
age, the youngest only five. A drunk
en father left them alone in their room
for six days with only a small loaf of
bread for food. When the children
were found the elder sister was nearly
dead, having refused to eat of the bread
so that her little sister might not suffer.
A letter from the Gold Coast tells of
fresh misfortunes for the English. The
whole coast west of Elmina has re
volted, and all the tribes have joined
the Ashantees. A lieutenant with a
Earty of seamen went on shore with
oats. They had just landed when a
large body of natives opened a sharp
fire on them from the bushwhere they
had been concealed. Tho lieutenant
and eleven sailors wero wounded, and a
precipitate retreat was made to the
boats.