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Drifting.
: against my heart, .
0 lauds held fattt in mine,
' i'fs that barely part,
t arms thatYondly twine !
:'un the silent stream
rrift b iu a dream.
i itiingf foliage near
: vii.h a mournful tone j
' 'i treta wo tear
i winda'k dying moan ;
' c silent atream,
-tl drifting, dream.
1 inkn in tho wont
ilJ fowl hurry by j
'i-i-ing to their rest,
y r.liant a lullftly ;
borne upon the atream,
' veiitly drift, and dream.
i be bittern'a lbnoly cry
Oomea faintly thro' the night ;
Tbe wild awan frtpui high,
Furanes her sileirtyligbt
As down the quiet atream
We alowly drift, and droam
' Ah 1 should our voyage last, .
Through all eternity,
The arma to.hold mo fast
Would welcome fetter be ;
Forever down tbe atream
Tc alowly.drift, and dream I
y Experience as a Lunatic.
The Confederate force of General
irly had gained the mastery in the
leuaudoah valley, and our demoralized
rtttalions were falling back precipitate-
through "Winchester.
Sheridan dashed upon the scene, and
s preBenoe checked the retreat and in
1 ,sed new courage into tho disordered
inns. Oar battery reached a knoll to
ue left of the pike, and unliinbered in
front of a timbered elope on the brow
i which the Confederates had posted a
! 'ftvy battery. ' The infantry line on
r front was advancing, and I saw the
aming crest of bayonets fall when
order came for a charge on the
;ble-quick.
r.right sunshine was streaming
ongh the open curtain, and seemed
i have awakened me from prolonged
aber, Slowly my scattered sense
red from dim unconsciousness, and
ought assumed definite form th
- of the battle-field again flashed
a me,
' What of the charge?" I inquired
i iously, making a desperate effort tc
".
The sharp, unnatural tone of my owi
voice startled me, and my strength wat
nequal. to rustle even the covering ol
.jy couch.
"Do" not try to talk now, Charlie ;
yoa will bo stronger very soon." It was
tuevoioe'of my wife. In a moment 1
realized that I was home, on the shore
of the northern lake. I glanced through
the window, and the waving branches
'-ssooiated with my thoughts of the bat-
e soene were not there, but 4ho snow
y heavily on the fleldu glistening in
ta sunshine. Many months have pass
el away, a blank period in my existence.
As I recovered my strength and com
prehension I learned tbe critical orJeal
1 had passed in surviving a severe
wound that caused a fractm.'e of the
skull, and neoesjitatod , tho operation of
trepanning1. "
Htill many jnpre months elapBed be
fore I was ogam "abrend. The war was
ended, and the people were rejoicing in
t he restoration of peace. I wus tender
ed and accepted the old position I had
resigned in rosponso to tho call to arms
teacher of mathematics iu the academy
of my native town.
The routine of tho position was famil
iar enough, but close attention to its du
ties shortly developed the fact that my
nervous system had not recovered from
the severe shock it had sustained, and
my mental powers were impaired.
As nearly as I could define the effect
produced, the injury seemed to have in
terrupted the harmonious action of the
brain, and the right and left lobes ap-'
j ared to operate independently, and
; ko separate and distinct CQgnizance of
i notions and sensations conveyed by the
ieJium of the senses; thought
etMimi to have itsdupliFsJ, necessary
i a complete impression! When I
. aled a single problem, Jind the solu
u occur red, immediately would tbllow
...j solution again, a if puiatoating from
i second miad acting iu conjunction, and
Iways a little slcyverin its perceptions.
This derangement,' Vexatious andxjn
iing at firsff eoifnued to increase as I
iuvoted myself to "mental labor, until
::aally I was compelled to abaudoumy
position in the I academy. . '
'J'he necassity was indeed a hardship,
m it left me without the means of. sus
' nance. My bravo and devoted wife
id tip nobly under the ailliction", and
titetUthat I should indulge the repose
-t my critrcal position demanded.
. autime she turtoed the fine .musical
ulties acquired in better days to good
ount, and we aqn tinned to live oom
tubly for a tyae on the proceeds of
r labor. Comfortably, did I say? No,
it grieved me constautly to see her toil
ho arduously with the double responsi
bility of household cares. And I knew
that her assumed cheerfulness was the
cover of painful solicitude she expert
enced on my behalf.
This anxiety did not favorably affect
niy derangement. It grew more marked
aud depressing. Vague fears happened
me by iluy, uud harrowed the loup,
sleepless hours of night. The strange
perception of a double intellect became
so far dchuod that the senses were svm
pathetic. The sounds that reached my
ear were repeated, as if by echo- taste
and touch were fanciful and erratic, and
at night weird, fantastic forms flitted
before my eyes, and real objects assum
ed the semblance of what they were not,
and drove me to the verge of delirium,
while the effort constantly exerted to
retain my reason only the more pros
trated the mental powers.
Ultimately my malady reached a stago
at which I seemed to realize both physi
cal and mental double existence. At
times 1 could distinctly see the form
aud features of my second self, directly
confronting and gazing upon my more
immediate self. And then my own
voice addrepaed me, and we conversed
together myself and my second self
now condoling in common misery, and
then in tantalizing and horiible impreca
tions. Tho terrible delusion became unbear
able, and I felt that reason could not
much longer retain command of the
disordered faculties. It waa a night
when my mental agitation had reached a
high degree. My wife had fallen asleep,
overcome with constant care and watoh
ing. I was pacing the sitting-room of
our chamber, about the hour of mid
night, as was my habit. Occasionally I
reclined on a sofa, in the hope of catch
ing a slight respite from the distress of
my terrible hallucination; but it was for
a moment only.
I lay down again on the sofa. My
brain seemed whirling in a blaze of fire,
and I sprang up stricken with madness.
The horrible specter stood before me
and mocked me with a fiendish grin of
derision. I grasped a heavy piece of
furniture and dashed at it with the fury
of a mauiao. The specter seemed palpa
ble to the blow, and yielded. I saw it
vanish in darkness that spread before
me, and my tormenting uecond self was
gone. I broke forth in frantic laughter,
that returned in a hundred echoes
around me, and sank exhausted, uncon
scious to the floor.
The morning sun was shining in npon
me when I awoke to returning con
sciousness. A cool perspiration oozed
from my forehead, i rose on my elbow,
and for some moments endeavored to
recall my identity and the recollections
of the night. Then a horrible convic
tion came upon me. Great heavens !
It was she I It was my poor devoted
wife the reality of the form I had
dashed down and destroyed in my
frenzy I
Overwhelmed with remorse, I rushed
wildly from the house and tied I knew
uot whither. The greater grief that had
oome upon me had reanimated my men
tal power, aud I became calm in despair;
but I Bhrauk cowardly from the desola
tion that my own hand had wrought.
It was some weeks after the dreadful
night I have described that I reached
New York city without detection, a
greater portion of the distance working
as one of the crew of a canalboat. 1
wandered along the wharves of the me
tropolis, eearchiug anxiously for some
means of escaping the country, and
longing even to flee the fellowship of
civilized man. The opportunity was
flually discovered in a ship about sailing
around Cape Ilorn for tbe Pacific coast,
on board of which my services were ac
cepted in a menial capacity.
I was soon safe from discovery and
pursuit, and free npon the boundless
waters free as one could feel with the
remorse of a terrible deed upon bis son),
and the abandonment of all hope of a
happy hour in life again.
I need not describe the experience of
a long and tedious sea voyage, and the
hardships and indignities piii upon me
in consequence of ineflioienqfiand total
ignorance of a seaman's dutira. To me
it was of little account. But the change
of life and scene, and the sea air, had a
wonderful effect in repairing my mental
and physical strength. It was on a
bright September morning that I first
spied the hazy shores of California, and
in a day or two thereafter sauntered
along the streets of San Francisco, alone
iu a new world, with only the compan
ionship ol bitter recollections.
As necessity required 1 sought em
ployment, and managed to sustain my
self, leading a listless, purposeless 6ort
of life. But the monotony soon became
oppressive, and the apprehension of ul
timate discovery excited renewed anxi
ety. Frequently I fancied the recogni
tion of a familiar countenance on the
streets, that kept me in painful uncer
tainty. The day came in wich my worst fears
were realized. The miserable wretch
in whose house I was sojourning de
livered me into the hands of justice.
By what means he discovered my iden
tity I could not determine ; but I met
my fate boldly; for remorse had so far
embittered my existence that I dis
dained longer to struggle for its con
tinuance.
Gentlemen," I explained, as the
officers inclosed my wrists with iron
shackles, " take your accursed reward !
I am Charles Harden, the murderer,
from "
-They dragged me to the prison, and
the otlicers of the law came and ques
tioned me. I told them all, and they
transferred me to more secure confine
ment, lest I should escape again the re
tribution of crime.
Long I lingered in the Bolitude of a
gloomy cell, awaiting the final decree
of fate, until clm indifference succeed
ed despair, and gradually every emo
tion, even life itself, seemed to subside
in a dream.
But a day came when my sensibilities
seemed reanimating, like one emerging
from a trance. Slowly my mind mani
fested activity, and in time I recalled
my identity; then suddenly the recol
lection of my whole life flooded back
upon me, and all the weight of its great
burden ol remorse again descended.
An old man, whose kindly counte
nance had become familiar to me, as in a
vision, appeared and sought to rally my
despondency with words of hope and en
couragement. "Ton have had a long, bad spell,
Harden," he remarked, "but you are
coming around all right now, and will
soon be out in the world again."
Then I was not in a prison, but an in
sane asylum. Thank heaven, my wretch
ed guilt had not been discovered.
.And then I learned from the old man
the circumstances of my arrest as a luna
tic, and the nature of my affliction. In the
operation of trepanning at the hands of
unskilled surgeons, a email splinter of
the fractured skull had been left adher
ing in a position to irritate the mem
brane of the brain, and this trifling over
sight had caused the insanity attended
with such sad results, to blast the hap
piness of my life forever, and stamp my
memory with the ignominy of murder.
The derangement had been effectively
repaired by the skilled surgeon of the
asylum, and my mind rapidly recovered
its original power. But what availed it,
I reflected bitterly; and why had I been
restored from peaceful lunacy to a con
sciousness to which death would be a
relief.
One morning the old attendant of whom
I had spoken interrupted my gloomy
meditations with a Countenance more
than usually cheerful, that seemed to
radiate the light of some hidden hope.
"Harden," he remarked, "you are
growing vigorous again in both body
and mind. I have a message for you
that may excite you a little. Do you
think you can stand an agreeable sur
prise ?"
" Anything agreeable to hear would
indeed be a surprise," I replied. " But,
my dear friend, I fear the world could
now hardly afford a message to me suffi
ciently pleasurable to inspire any appre
ciable excitement."
" Well, if you are confident to that
extent, I will permit the bearer of the
message to impart it directly to you."
The old man withdrew, and presently
returned with a companion. A thrill,
premonitory of some great surprise,
startled me as I heard the approaching
footsteps."
I raised my eyes. Great heavens I
they met the old love-look of my wife,
ready to advance into my arms.
The ardor with which I returned her
embrace was assuring that my power of
nerve was restored.
The last great hallucination was dis
pelled, and a ray of gladness burst in
upon my "heart, streaming through the
dark cloud of despair that had hung
over me those long and wretched years.
laughed and wept by turns. And then
I drew the restored treasure of my life
more firmly to my breast, fearful I was
still iu a dream that might vanish and
leave me again in misery and despair.
" And how did you follow me here?"
I demanded, when sufficiently collected
to make the inquiry.
" There is your address," my wife re
plied, handing me an Eastern paper
containing the following paragraph,
copied from a San Francisco paper:
" Foil Stooktov. Au unknown man
was taken from a boarding house on
Sansome street yesterday, and brought
before the commissioners of lunacy, and
by them committed to the asylum at
Stockton. From what could be gathered
from his incoherent talk, his name is
Charles Harden, from New York city,
and he imagines himself to have com
mitted some serious crime. His insanity
is caused by a fracture of the skull.
which has been improperly trepanned."
Ana who was it that 1 struck down
and killed?"
" Your own reflection in oiuhpier-glass
mirror, which was shattered to atoms
the night you disappeared. .
And so it was my own second self, and
none other.
We remain in California, my wife and
I, for its air is genial and its skies blue
aud bright; and if at times I recall the
recollection of those long years of
wretchedness and despair, it is that the
contrast may render the present more
peaceful and happy.
Cremation in Germany,
At the cremation chapel in Gotha.
the only public place for cremation in
Germany, the remains of one Stier were
burnt, in accordance with his last will
and testament. The burial service of
the Protestant Episcopal church was
performed, as prescribed by the church
authorities iu Gotha. Tho body was
first conveyed to a sort of chapel or hall
and placed over a particular spot. A
hymn was then sung ; a sermon
preached, and a choral chanted by a
choir of boys, after which the body was
lowered into the furnace to slow music,
the clergyman pronouncing a blessing.
" Earth to earth " was of course not re
cited. Friends of the deceased were al
lowed to make speeches. The vault, a
low and narrow apartment, filled with
gas previously ignited, was heated to an
extraordinary degree. In one hour and
a half the coffin and body were con
sumed. In another two hours the vault
had sufficiently cooled down to allow of
the mourners entering and collecting
tbe ashes in urns, which were deposited
in ad adjoining columbarium. In the
funeral sermon the clergyman declared
that there could be no objections to ere
mation on the part of the Protestant
church, although it was true that the
custom ceased and burial took its place
when Christianity began to prevail,
about a thousand years ago.
The difference between gossip and
truth is that no one will ever stop to
question your veracity when you are
indulging in the first, but he wants you
on oath wheu you are speaking solemn
tacts.
Wanted Mr. Gladstone for a Clerk.
Many incidents similar to the follow
ing, and quite as amusing, have occurred
in tbe lives of eminent people. The
Jjondon Vty 1'rcnn says :
A curious adventure once occurred in
the London ofilces of the late Mr. W.
Lindsay, merchant, ship-owner and an
M. P. There one day entered a brusque
but wealthy ship-owner of Sunderland,
inquiring for Lindsay. As Mr. Lind
say was out, the visitor was requested
to wait in an a scent room, where be
found a person busily engaged in copy
ing figures. The Sunderland ship
owner paced the room several times,
and took careful notice of tbe writer s
doings, and at length said to him :
" Thou writes a bonny hand, thou
dost."
" I am glad you think so," was the re
ply.
"Ah, thou dost; thou machs thy
figures weel; thou'rt just the chap I
want."
" Indeed," said the Londoner.
man, " I'm a man of few words; noo, if
thou It come over to canny old Sunder
land, thou seest I'll gie thee a hundred
and twenty pounds a year, and that's a
plum thou dost not meet with every
day in thy life, I reckon. Noo, then.
Ihe Jjondoner replied that he was
much obliged for the offer, and would
wait till Mr. Lindsay returned, whom
he would consult npon the subject.
Accordingly, on the return of the lat
ter, he was informed of the ship-owner's
tempting offer.
"Very well." said Mr. Lindsay; "I
should be sorry to stand in your way;
one hundred and twenty pounds is at
present more than I can afford to pay
you in the department in which yon are
at present placed. You will find my
friend a good and kind master, and nn-
rer the circumstances, the sooner you
know each other the better. Allow me,
therefore, Mr. , to introduce the
Kt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone, ol the Ex
chequer."
Mr. Gladstone had been engaged in
making a note of some shipping re
turns for his budget. The Sunderland
ship owner, you may be sure, was a lit
tle taken aback at first, but he soon re
covered his self-possession, and enjoyed
the joke quite as much as Mr. Glad
stone did.
She Wouldn't Melt.
A day or two ago, when a servant-
girl opened the side-door of a house on
Sibley street, in response to a vagrant s
knock, her face looked so kind and be
nevolent that the hungry man had bo
doubt that a good dinner awaited him.
He had, however, laid out a certain pro
gramme, and he therefore began :
" My dear woman, I haven't had any
thing to eat for two days, and I wanted
to ask if you would spare me one of
these icicles which has fallen from the
eaves ?"
Well, I dunno," she slowly replied,
as she looked out, " I suppose we might
spare you one, if you are really suffer
ing; but of course you won't take the
largest and best?"
He stepped down and selected an
icicle about two feet long, and, in a
hesitating manner, inquired :
" If you would only sprinkle a little
fiepper on this I would be forever grate
ul." " It's rrither bold in von to ask it.
but I suppose I can sprinkle on a little
a very little, she replied, and she
got the pepper and dusted his " lunch
eon " very sparingly.
He started to move away, but, seem
ing to recollect something, he turned
and said :
"You seem so benevolent I'll ask
you to sprinkle on a little Fait as well.
I like my icicles seasoned up pretty
high."
"Yon are a bold man, sir, and it's
plain you have the appetite of a glut
ton, but I'll give yon a bit of salt, and
then you must be gone," she replied.
When the icinla bad heen dnlv Halted
the man expressed his thanks, but
didn't move away. His game wasn't
working to suit him. Some folks
wouldn't have stood there and seen him
bite off the end of a big icicle, but this
girl did. And further, when he hesi
tated to go, she indignantly called out :
" I know what you want. You want
me to warm the icicle in the oven for
you, and then put on some mustard;
but I'll never, never do it I"
The man moved slowly out of the
gate, and, as he threw his icicle at a
passing dog, he gave ntterance to his
disgust in language punctuated entirely
with slung-shots. Detroit Fret Presr,
" nth and Point."
Out at elbows A badly-fitted stove
pipe. The onion originated in Egypt. So
important facts leek out, one by one.
Happiness is often called a dream,
but turns out more frequently to be a
nightmare.
The bulk of a retailer's fortune is
most generally his show-window.
. You can take courage, advioe and even
smallpox, without being indicted for
larceny.
" There is a day of sunny rest for ev
ery dark and troubled night." So Wil
liam Cullen Bryant said, and you will
find that he waa right.
Did you notico that the days are grow
ing longer? Nf.xoIIaven Itegitter. Yes;
and so is the grocery bill.
" There's nothing half so sweet in life
as love's young dream," unless it be last
year's maple sugar, after a vigorous pul
verization in an iron mortar. New York
News.
TIMELY TOPICS.
There are 421 Chinese business houses
in San Francisco. In the Celestial direc
tory are included five boarding-houses,
four opium shops, three doctors' offices,
three pawnshops, a photographic gal
lery, nn undertaker s Ptore and two
newspaper offices.
Mnskrat farming is a rural industry
in Iowa. A good pond or marsh well
stocked is said to yield" ft profitable re
turn after two years, the trapping being
done in winter, when there is plenty of
leisure, and affording much amusement
to the younger members of the family.
A deputy sheriff at Richmond, Ky
being unable to collect taxes from a
resident, got a third party to admire the
resident's false teeth and ask to be
Bhown them, then darting forward
seized them. After living on soup for a
few days, the resident paid his taxes and
redeemed his property.
Indians in Utah have been induoed to
lay aside their blankets and put on the
dress of civilization, and to go to work
with shovels on a railroad. They had
been accustomed to loiter around the
stations of the Utah and Northern road,
doing nothing. Negotiations were
opened with them by the builders of
the road through an interpreter, and
about a dozen were prevailed npon to
take ud shovels and attack a sand-bank.
Martin Zabriskie, or, as he preferred
to be called Zborowski, whose will was
offered for probate in the New York
surrogate's office recently, was a re
markable character. He was a direct
descendant of Albert Sobieski, a relative
of King John III. of Poland, who eame
to America in 16G0, and settled on the
east bank of the Hackensaok river,
among the 4&daware Indians. Martin
Zabriskie is said to have built his man
sion in Upper Morrisania in 1838, at a
cost of $07,000. He made a large for
tune by the rapid rise of real estate
which he purchased in Morrisania. He
always contended against the payment
of taxes on personal property, even car
rying the matter into the courts. The
name by which he was called was always
a matter of importance to him, and no
one could anger him quicker than by
calling him, as the rest of the family
were commonly known, by the name of
Zabriskie. In his will he takes pains to
say that his name is not Zabriskie, but
Zborowski.
Fight With Bottle-Nosed Whales.
We redouble our exertions, and the
whales, finally yielding, follow their
wounded companion and fling them
selves on the shore, whore they lie wal
lowing in the shallow water. With a
cry of triumph, which is borne back
from the women who stand on the cuff,
all the boats are rowed for the shore,
each striving to be first to commence
the fight. With a final cheer the men
drive the boata in among the fish, leap
out and begin to strike right and left.
I threw away the lance and attaoked
tbe nearest with my long hunting knife.
Seizing hold of the monster's fin in spite
of its struggles, I plunged the knife
repeatedly into its heart. Its exertions
and plunges were incessant, frequently
lifting me off my feet and throwing me
under water. I managed to hold on,
and kept striking till, with a supreme
effort, it turned on its back. Similar
encounters were going on all about me ;
with wild cries and oaths the men
struck and hewed at the whales as if in
furiated, regardless of bruises and the
waves that swept over tbem every mO'
ment. While recovering my breath and
looking out for another prize, I received
a tremendous blow from the tail of one
behind me ; I was stunned for a mo
ment, and on recovering found I had
been placed in one of the boats. Quite
satisfied with my exertions, I sat still
and watched the strange combat, al
ready closing, as the poor stupid fish,
ignorant of their strength, fell easy vic
tims to their determined enemies. The
sight was strange aud striking. The
cloudless sun wub shining on the waves
of the bay, which was of a magnificeut
blue except over a large patch dyed
red with blood. Here each wave showed
a streak of crimson as it washed over
the glistening bodies that had lately
swam lords of the deep. Behind a nar
row beaoh rose the steep cliff, down
which were running the women and
children, their shrill cries rising above
the shouts of the men and the roar of
the waves. Gradually the tumult
ceased, exoept where a whale in the last
throes wrapped itself in a cloud of
bloody spray and deluged the men who
stood by watching. Lippincott'a Mag
azine. Digging l'p a Palace.
Tradition has long pointed out a cer
tain field about a mile from Wedmore
church, in England, as the site of the
old palace of King Alfred and the West
Saxon kings. This field is called the
Court Garden, and there have been many
stories of the treasure hidden there.
And now the rector, Mr. Sydenham
Hervey, has dug up in this place the re
mains of the palace where, 1,000 years
ago, the great peace was signed with the
Danes. Tho walls are massive, the
mortar of an ancient character, and the
whole appearance of the building speaka
its great age. A large quantity of pot
tery has been found, some Roman aud
some of the early English character.
Some of the walls are buried at a depth
beneath the surfaoe of the land of six to
ten feet; others, which are on rock, are
but thinly covered with earth,
Lore's Young Dream.
BTBorns.
A, yonng man woke with tbe kies of morn,
Carol and eing, light-hearted boy ,
On the woodland ochooa hi aong in born
What la the world but love and joy V
Singing be twines for his dear love's breact,
Bluebell and violet, daintily presBed ;
Tenderly fondled, lightly carenaod
Carol and sing, oh, dreaming boy :
ASTi-HTnorHE.
A wasp got up at the break of day
Tenderly spread the plaster on ;
And he opened the aeesion the good old way,
Four on the arnha, till it la gone,
And he ' stropped " his bodkin with auiious
care,
Be whet'ed hia edges, keen and bare,
Till he gleamed like steel in the morning air
King for tho arnica ! Tonr It on !
I'ATASTHOPHK.
Bun for the doctor ! Bun like sin !
Put on some mud till the doctor cornea ;
This is the hole where the probe went in ;
How it burns, and throbs like a hundred
drums.
Yell like a madman ; mutter and growl,
Trample the violets, rave and howl ;
Bcattor the bluebells love may scowl,
Shriek for the arnica ! here it comes.
Burlington Uawkcye.
Items of Interest.
A singular being A bachelor.
A poor fire is a pokerlsh thing in
oold weather.
A dentist ought to make a good actor.
He draws well.
A bouquet is a good scenter-piece for
the dining-table.
Jones' wife wanted point lace, but he
denied it point blank.
When yon come to the guideboard
that is illogible that is a " bad sign."
Aotious, looks, words, steps, form tho
steps by which we may spell characters.
No true gentleman will ask a lady if
her coral jewelry is made of sualing
wax. Storms generally are a mystery, but
you can always see the drift of a snow
storm. A prima donna is naturally a timid
creature, for her art is always in her
throat.
Histories make men wise ; poets,
witty; the mathematics, snbtle ; natural
philosphy, deep ; moral philosphy,
grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to con
tend. No man is the wiser because he thinks
he is not as ignorant as his neighbor,
for the latter may have learned some
thing that is not in the text books, but
ought to be.
Blessings on him who invented sleep
the mouth that covers all human
thoughts, the food that appeases hun
ger, the drink that quenches thirst, the
lire that warms colJ, the cold that
moderates heat, and, lastly, the general
coin that purchases all things, the
balance and weight that equals the shep
herd with the king, and the simple with
the wise.
A strange fatality attended the early
discoveries of Amerioa Columbus died
broken-hearted; Roldin and Bobadilla
were drowned ; Ovonda was harshly su
perseded; Las Casus sought refuge and
consolation in a cowl; Ojeda died in ex
treme poverty; Enciso was deposed by
his own followers; Nicuessa perished
miserably by the cruelty of hi party ;
Vasco Nunez de Balboa was disgrace
fully beheaded; Narvaez was imprisoned
in a tropical dungeon, and afterward
died of hardship; Cortez was dishon
ored; Alvarado was assassinated; Alniar
go was garroted, Pizarro was murdere I
and his four brothers killed.
Philosophy in Small Hunks.
After all, fame is but a phantom.
Riches does uot mean happiness.
Respect yourself, if others do not.
A scolding wife is a terrible alllictiou.
Modesty nowadays is a very rare bird.
Truth is (harper than a two-edged
sword.
Prosperity follows in the trail of h&rd,
honest work.
An hour well spent is worth a week
frittered away.
As a rule, puppies make more noise
than full-grown dogs.
What -is law without justice What
is justice without mercy V
You will oflen find as true friends in
rags as in silks aad broadclothp.
Never confide secrets. Lock them up
in the storehouse of your own memory.
No matter how much sense a man
may possess, he cau stand a little
flattery.
Jealousy and envy are the hidden
rocks on which many stanch vessels are
wrecked.
The fates are oftentimes very cruel.
But for every cloud there are two warm
rays of sunshine.
Happiness is something we are all
looking for. When found, introduce tho
stranger to your neighbor.
Homely people are nearly always of
pleasant disposition, and a pleasant din
position is the best of companions.
The kaleidoscope of time shows many
changes, but none nibre wonderful than
when a just man conquers his enemies.
Punctuality is a good trait in any
body's character, aud frequently leaves
an indelible impression upon one'a
memory.
Some men are of the opinion that the
world owes them a living. This is uu
error. You must make the world give
you a living. N w York Kxprenit,