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Conflicts.
orrfat l-.tt,1ps of life aro-tfiiending
I t liiKi't m well as by day, at all
.. .;.S in sll plaoes."
- t upon foitifltd bill or field,
o foemen meet with sabor and shiuld,
ra mightiett battles fought!
1 wtrfxre'a wild alarms,
- r ' f .r.non, the clash of arm,
st victotics wrought ! .
i into earth's sad hornet
temptation stealthily comes,
i bj wan despiiri
. (o assailed by tome merciless
, by hollow-eyed want or woe,
id mark the conlliots there !
? a mother Bitting at night
;.f r Urvug ohild, without warmth or
In the desolate winter time, .
1'Acei dread f ea with a courage true,
And a spirit whose noble itrugglei outdo
A hero's deeds sublime.
51 any a wife who watohes and prays
Through long sad hours, while her loved
one strays
With those wbo to ruin lure,
r-yely wrestles with unseen foes
' vtAj smiles while her heart's blood flows
From wounds that know no oure.
old yon maiden, strangely fair, .
..'itii her gentlesmlle and her patient air,
At her needle toiling still.
Ah t the eould tell of many a fight (
Bitterly waged by day and by night
With the leglona of wrong and 111.
Bat she's conquered the terrible army at
i last' v
Iu struggle is over, the peril la past,'
And victory crowns her brow.
;'.o mortal eye may see it shine,
let the erown is there, and Its light divine
Illumines her spirit now.
Ah, yea 1 these wonderful battles are fought,
Tueme silent vlotoriea hourly wrought
In the lowliest ranks of life ! '
While tome are wioked and many are aeak
While spirits of evil their victims seek
Will' be waged this unequal strife.
Only Qod and his angels pure
Evar can know what they endure - .
Wbo cope with these unseen foes;
" Only heaven, with its infinite rest,
Can symbol the peaoe of the viotdr's breast
. When these perilous conflicts olote.
, Enuliru sWntan Smith
A NARROW ESCAPE.
AN OFFICE U S BTOHY OF THB MEXICAN
' . .WAB. .
"It was (luring the Mexican -w ir.
when I was a sub in a cavalry regin ent,
that I found nnself on duty at Vera
Cms. Tempted by the high mountain
in. the vicinity, the beautiful soectry.
and, above all, the superb hunting, I
sallied forth early one morning aojom
panied by do one aave my Newfoundland
dog. - - '. ,
I was an ardent sportsman, my double-barreled
gun worked to a charm,
and not. until the deepening shades of
evening, adCbmpanied by an unmUtak
able: growl of thunder, did I gfve
thought to the flight of time or the im
portance of retracing my steps to the
city. V . .- . -
"It was about the time that the
blood thirsty and cowardly Canales had
oruoreu every jueucna vo join (aearmy,
and commanded that no quarter should
be granted to the hated Americans.
"I had aot anticipated danger from
the enemy, unless it might be in the
ehnpe of some small band of guerillas
larkine amid the mountain eorce. aota-
r tad more by the hope of plunder than
I,? imtriotio motives.
. "J will not attempt to say how many
thousand feet I was above the level of
the sea, bat I found the elevation aufli
riant, even for the tried and p radioed
rrves of a seaman, had he been placed
ray position.
V There is but little twilight, you
:. now, in the tropics. The sun had dis
appeared in the folds of an immense
imd whiou wai rapidly spreading it
. n pable depths darted lurid sheets of
i'ghtning, followed 'by the increasing
tour of thunfler, w.hich.already found an
-..La throngh tlA valleys ana gorges of
ae mountain.
"I did not fancy a wet jacket, and
u hint ling for ncy'dog.'an animal to
Lion l was warmly at taoned, was on
i'ue point of retracing my steps down
rouch mountain roa'. wl.n the
jingling cfVpurs and aoooutermenta, the
iiupling of horses, and the hoarse
orj of command Was sufficient for me
; draw back into a tall tuft of grass and
ii'sh bayonet growing benide me.
Ti e dog crouched at my foet, growl
ouiiuously, as if conscious of the
r Lis master was in; aud faith, I
not much like tjie si1 ;rn I found
i bt;lf compelled to face
" A number ol Mexicia lanoers were
' f ore me, preparing to bivouao for the
Light, and my retreat down the road
m out 6t the question.
" High, precipitous rocks hemmed
':;e in on three sides, through which the
road I had traveled had been originly
, cut That outlet was now in possession
of the lanoers, while in front of me the
steep side of the mountain, verging al
most on to a preoipioe, sloped toward
the city.
" To remain where I was would be
only to court death, a nameless fate, an
unknown grave, for discovery was cer
tain to follow wheD the sentinels ehould
be posted.
"Cautiously I examined the smooth
sides of the precipice, covered here and
there by a network ot vines clinging to
the crevices and rifts in the rock for ils
uncertain life. Further on I beheld a
dark, irregular line disappearing in
the murky depths below. I strained
my eyes to the utmost, for the gloom of
night and the mints of the storm, which
threatened every moment to burst above
my head, enveloped all objects in daik
ness and uncertainty.
isut for once, fortune favored me.
and I never laid claim to being a favor
ite of the fickle jade. The dark line
proved to be a deep, dry gully, the
channel of some mountain stream, long
since dried up.
" Jiut how to reaoh the friendly cover ?
that was the question which puzzled
me.
"A sudden commotion amonor the
gayly-trapped gentry behind me soon
decided my course of aotion. They had
kindled a small camp-nre. were about
to cook their evening meal, and a dozen
men tail, strapping fellows were ra
diating from the main body in different
directions to perform the duty of senti
nels. " One in particular was making for
the friendly, clump of wide-spreading
limbs, in hopes, possibly, to partially
escape the fierce gusts of wind and rain
which had begun to sweep about the
mountain.
Dropping mv fowlinir-Diece. and
bidding my noble dog to shift for him
self, I swung myself over the precipice,
clinging to the network of vines, which
shook and complained beneath my
weight.
"The darkness had increased with
astonishing rapidity, an as I swung
over that rayless vsid I found it im
possible to pieroe the gloom. I heard
the short, sharp howl of my dog as he
darted off in search of me; then, amid
the rush of the squall, came the con
fused shouts of men, a straggling shot
or two mingling with the crash of the
heavj artillery rolling in the vast ex
panse above me.'
1 " Depending principally . upon the
strength and endurance of my arms, I
carefully and cautiously felt my way
along the verge of the preoipice, work
ing in the direction of the gully, whioh,
once gained, jsromised to afford me the
means of escape from the dangers which
encompassed me. ' . ,
"Broad sheets of lightning lit up
with dazzling distinctness the fearful
itoene, bringing out every undulation ol
the rocks, every crevice and blade of
(Trass; and once, when I had found a
slight support for my feet, and was giv
ing my aching arms a rest, I glanced
above amid the yellow glare of the
lightning and beheld the fierce, datk
whiskered face of a Mexican peering
over the brink, his eyes apparently
fastened npon me as I hung suspended
and flattened against the cliff, but a few
feet below him, while the electricity
twisted and writhed, like tongues of ia-
fernal serpents, around the muzzle of
bis carbine. ,
" It was a trying moment, my friend;
a situation well calculated to inspire a
feeling of terror in the heart of. the
boldest. JJut whether it was the rain,
whioh was falling in torrents and driv
ing furiously before tho gale, or the
glare of the lightning, winch prevented
the lancer from discovering me, I am
nnable to say. At all events I esoaped
his notice, the shot did not come, and
watching my chance in the lulls of the
tempest, I continued my perilous oourse.
" It seamed as if the flood-gates of
heaven had been opened ; and the scourg
ing wind, sweeping with terrific violence
around the mountain, disputed every
inch of the way which I gained with the
utmost difficulty, ofteutimes threatening
to tear me bodily from the oscillating
ladder which had served me so well.
"I had but little strength to i-pare
when I at last found myself crouching
on the muddy bottom of the old moun
tain gorge.
"The earth yielded beneath mv feet.
sand aud pebbles swirled by; and rising
above the crash of the elements, I heard
the' increasing roar of some unknown
torrent as it swelled and gathered force
far above me,
" Nerved on by the strength of de
1 epair I rushed down the steep declivity.
reckless as to where my feet might wan
der. Completely blinded between the
mingled glare of the lightning and the
intense darkness that followed each
flash, I stumbled on, feeling that every
moment my steps were becoming un
steadier. j
" The wate was already up to my
knees, and rushing by with a force that
made me grip desperately to whatever
projection 1 could find along the side of
the ravine ,
" The inexorable waters rose vet
faster, and the danger of the tempest
1 1 i
grew wuuer huiu my sirengm ana even
faculties were failing fast, my feet were
iiiteu irom beneath me, and quicker
than thought I was rushing helplessly
along enveloped amid the spray and foam
f that maddening whirl.
"IthinU I inn '"Nave lost myself for
a moment, bat y'S, amid the darkness
and roaring ors, nearly strangled to
death. Another instant and I was
whirled heavily against some yielding
object. I rallied my strength for a final
effort. The next flash revealed the
wreck of a tree, with the roots still
clinging tenaciously to the Bide of the
bank.
" I drew myself up out of the rush of
the current, and crawled to a firm foot
hold on the shelving bank of the torrent.
"The cool rain revived me. The ter
rible strain upon my nervous system
had robbed me to a great extent of the
strength and vitality natural to my
btrong constitution. But my powf r of
enduranoe was great. I stumbled for
ward, feeling my way amid debrin of
fallen trees, pitholes and huge rocks, all
scattered promiscuously 'about on the
steep Biun ui vuo mountain, unm a iamt
glimmer of light streamed tremulously
across mv path. It twas a weloome
sight, and, prisoner or "no prisoner, I
made up my mind to risk life and liberty
and demand shelter from the terrible
storm, whioh still raged, but gave signs
oi abating.
" I was unarmed; the only weapon I
had sallied forth with had been aban
doned on the edge of the precipice, pre
vious to my attempting the perilous
fassage. I felt my heart beat faster as
neared the door of that tumble-down
ranohe, which loomed up, a huge, shape
less mass, amid the gloom and solitude
of that wild spot
"A moment s hesitation, and I knocked
resolutely at the door.
" Qutero vive r (who comes there?)
and I heard the cliok of a weapon.
" ' I am an American,' I replied, bit
terly, in English; 'a United States offi
cer, who has lost his way on the side of
"With a jerk the door was thrown
back on its insty hinges, revealing the
figure of a man of brawny proportions,
armed to the teeth, and of most villain
ous aspeoi.
" He held a flaring torch on high, the
uncertain light of which fell across his
sparred and scowling visage. Keenly
and deliberately he scanned the torn and
tattered remains of my uniform; then,
in a voice harsh and growling, he de
manded: "'What do you want here, and how
many of you are there?'
" I replied, in the best Spanish I
could master, that I was alone, and re
peated my doleful story of being lost in
the storm.
" At that moment, to my surprise and
astonishment, my faithful Newfound
land, who, by some keen instinct of his
nature had suooeeded in scenting me,
burst from the surrounding obscurity,
testifying his joy by leaping upon me
and baying in his deep, powerful tones.
" It was a weloome surprise to me. I
felt that I had at least one friend upon
whom 1 could rely in case of an emer
gency. "The man's appearance was indica
tive of a mixtured ferocity and cunning,
while hiB eye, wild and unsettled, lit up
with an expression I could not fathom,
as he ba-le me enter. ,
" Strange forebodings filled my heart
as I gazed about the recesses of the
hovel. It was almost bare of furniture,
save a table and two broken chairs, A
fire blazed cheerily iu the fireplace,
before which were stretched three dark
forms wrapped in tattered and greasy
blankets. The gleam of firearms, as
they lay piled in the corner, did not es
cape my attention ; and you may depend
I did not feel the .easiest in my mind
as I drew up before the fire, with my
dog coiled down at my feet.
" In my exhausted state, despite the
danger I felt was lurking about mc, 1
must have dropped off asleep, my head
finding a support against a projection of
tho chimney.
" The low, monotonous hum of voices
fell upon my ear, and cautiously reoon
noitering from beneath the visor of my
cap, I found that the three sleepers bad
aroused themselves, and were in deep,
earnest consultation with the gentleman
whom I had first acoosted. . -
" Straining my ears to the utmost I
oould manage to catch occasional frag
ments of senteaoes as they dropped
from the lips of the four comrades, who
were as promising candidates for the
gallows as ever I care to meet again un
der like circumstances.
"The howl and rush of the gale had
ceased but the occasional patter of rain
drops from the leaves and roof of the
ranche proved that the storm had but
recently passed away.
" ' Do you notioe the glitter of those
buttons v remarked one of the four.
"'Curse the buttons I broke in an
other fiercely; 'of what value are they?
It's the glitter of gold I like to see ; and
we have already wasted too much valu
able time. 1 for one say kill him. If
the Yankee dog had a dozen lives they
should all be forfeited, lie has come
here unasked; he shall not depart so
easily.'
'"Hush, Juan; you are too hasty.
The question is, will it pay to dispose
. . m 1 3 1 ll - 1 a
ox mm ourselves ana euare ins piunuer,
or take him to Canales? He might
come down handsome. Suppose the
fellow should prove to be an offloer of
importance?'
" Bah I You talk like a fooL Do you
not see he is too young to have gained
any importance. As for Canales, car
rajol you will get nothing for your
pains from him.'
" AU this I heard distinctly, and much
more which it is unnecessary to repeat.
That my life was doomed was beyond
all donbt; but I was not disposed to
make a vacancy in the corps without a
struggle, and especially after undergo
ing what I had in escaping from tha
lancers. '
"I felt the blood coursing through
my veins with renewed vigor as I look
ed the situation square in the face. My
brain grew clearer as the imminence of
the peril I was in grew more apparent.
" The dying embers of the fire emit
ted fitful gleams whicR fell aorosa the
arms of the sooundrels piled promisoa
ously together in the corner of the
ranohe.
" At that moment, and as I was cast
ing wistful glances at a carbine, the
beetle-browed rascal who had 'lighted
me in to the den glided across the floor,
slipping a 6tout bar across the door.
" Now, boys, finish the job, and then
share alike,' were the words I heard.
'Every nerve in my body jarred;
the blood rushed back to luy heart as
the decisive moment arrived. Up to
that time I had not Btirred or changed
my position, leading the scoundrels to
count upon an easy viotory, no doubt.
The odds were fearfully against me,
and as the four turned their wolnsii
eyes in my direction, the clear, ringing
notes of a bugle camo rising and falling,
filling the air with its melody.
" A wild cry of ioy burst involuntarily
from my lips, a thrill of hope pervaded
my whole being, es I listened. It came
frotn my own gallant lads a detach
ment Bent out, in all probability, in
search for their missing officer.
" My four friends had paused, their
hands on their murderous knives, un
certain and undecided how to act. They
turned for an instant toward the door,
leaving me to take advantage of their
stupidity.
" When they again confronted me, I
was in possession of the coveted corner,
with a rifle to my shoulder, looking
them grimly in the face, while my dog,
his hair bristling with rage, stood
bravely beside me, displaying his white
fangs to the enraged gaze of the greasy
four.
" ' Knife him, lads, before they are
atop of us. Put him out of Bight, or
we'll all swing,' but not one of them
stirred.
"That dark, doath-deahng rifle-bar
rel had a wonderful tranquilizing effect.
" ' Curses on ye I shouted the leader,
foaming with rage, as he dashed forward,
knife in hand. ' Are you all afraid of
the Yankee ? I let bim in here, and
this knife shall give him permission to
leave.'
"Perhaps the villain expected to
shake my nerves, and cause me to
throw away my shot, but I never felt
firmer, more determined in my life.
"On he came, brandishing his knife,
closely followed by his adherents.
' i covered his leit breast with the
sight of the weapon, and with there-
port the scoundrel tell Headlong to the
floor.
"Charging through the smoke the
remaining three rushed upon me, but
were met by the dog, who buried his
teeth in the flesh of one of them.
" I remember striking out with my
clubbed rifle, of parring rapid thrusts
and cheering on the dog, when, by
borne means, in the melee, a horn or
canister of powder must have fallen
amid the red-hot embers of the fire.
"It exploded with tremendous vio
lence, blowing off the roof of the house,
rending the walls asunder, and hurling
me to one side half suffocated and near
ly insensible. .
"When I fully realized what was
passing about me, my own troops were
removing the debris of tho ranohe from
my limbs, and the Newfoundland was
licking my face.
" It was, as I supposed, a party sent
out in Boarch of my unfortunate self ;
and they were returning from a boot
less search, when the report of a rifle
followed by an explosion and the glare
of names attracted their attention.
"Of course, my friend, we made
short work of the three miscreants who
were dragged forth from the burning
wreck. They howled vigorously for
mercy, but that was not to be thought
of in their case. A swing from the
nearest bough terminated their career,
and I rode back to Vera Cruz, with my
mind firmly made np that, daring the
remainder of the . campaign, nothing
should ever tempt me to wander alone
among the hills of Mexico in quest of
game."
' The Orange which Disappeared.
"In my hurry to leave the court
room yesterday, said his honor as he
hung up bis overcoat, " 1 left a large,
plump Havana orange on my desk."
Bijah at once began to rattle the
stove in a vigorous manner, and it was
observed that Irs face suddenly grew
red.
"I have no doubt that I shall find
that orange right where 1 left it." con
tinned his honor as he took-off his rub
bers.
Bijah rattled the stove until the pipe
shook its whole length, and his eyes
assumed a iar-away loos, as if he was
thinking of some one v Bhode Island.
" Bijah, that fruit is missing 1" sharp
ly remarked his honor as be walked
behind his desk. "It was left in your
care, and I shall hold you responsible 1"
" Mebbe it rolled off," suggested the
old man as ne rose up.
" And mebbe you ate it up i"
. "I lost a good jack-knifo in here the
other day in just such a mysterious
manner, whispered liijab, trying bard
cot to blush above hia ears.
His honor sat down without another
word. It was evident that he bad his
suspicions, and that he had determined
to find out the criminal if it coat ten
thousand dollars. Bijah tried to tell a
story about his losing a hundred dollar
bill iu Texas, but broke down in the
middle of it and slid into the oorridor.
Detroit Free Press.
Statistics or Tippling. .
Charles Roberts gives the following
figures in the London Daily News:
UNITED KINGDOM.
CotUaininn
alooKoL, nail.
Spirits, gallons 40,607,740 80,25.870
boar, barrels 30,267,631 1,618,382
Wine, gallons 17,671,273 2, 635, 6 'JO
Totals 88,446,654
UNITED STATSS.
24,402,942
Containing
alovhol. gaili.
29.117.600
483,718
858,650
Spirit, gallons 03,235.201
Beer, barrel 9,071.80S
Wine, gallons 6,723,46U
Totals 73,032, m
30,429,835
TIMELY TOPICS.
Several vessels laden with exhibits for
the international exhibition to be held
at Melbourne, Australia, in 1830, have
already sailed from the United Statec
The exhibition will open October 1,
1880. and all applications for spare
should be made not later than June 30,
1879. Buildings will be specially erect
ed for the exhibition.
It is estimated that when the national
census is taken in 1880, the returns will
show a population of over 47,000,000 in
the United States. If the basis of
representation remains the' same as at
present, and no new States are admitted,
the increase in members of Congress
will be sixty-six. The representation
will remain the same in the States of
Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Flori
da, Louisiana, Maine, Nevada, New
Hampshire, IlhodeJsland and South
Carolina. After the next apportionment
the national House of Representatives
will consist of 859 members and the
electoral college of 435. The New Eng
land States-will gain one member, the
Middle States ten, the Western thirty
two, the Southern nineteen, and the
Pacific States four.
A New York paper throws out this
curious sugpestion in regard to the ele
vated railroads : If an ivy or some run
ning vine were planted at the base of
eaoh iron pillar on the elevated roads,
we might in a few years convert a long,
unsightly skeleton of iron into a fes
tooned bower, giving coolness, shade,
pleasing the eye and even beautifying
the city. In France the general hard
ness, grimness and angularity of the
railroad tracks in the immediate vicinity
of cities and townc are quite concealed
by masses oi foliage. Paris, in the
shading of so many streets and boule
vards with two, four and sometimes six
rows of trees, has a motive, and that mo
tive is the rendering of the city more
and more attractive to strangrs, there
by tempting within her walls trave,
trade and money. When this is fully
comprehended here then more attention
may be paid to the ornamentation of a
city with the noblest site on this conti
nent. Fifteen Days on a Wreck.
Chief Officer Foot and Charles Cos
man, seamen, the only survivors of the
American shooner Eetella, of Portland,
Me., bound from Yarmouth for the
island of Antigua, west .Indies, with a
general cargo, have been landed at Fal
mouth, England. After leaving port
they experienced terrific weather. The
wind being very high they lay to for
uiree aays, waiting ior ine mry oi ine
storm to subside. During the early
morning hours, one day, a heavy sea
capsized the vessel. Of the crew of five
men, Cosman only was on deck, the
other four being below. Captain Hur-
sey and Chief Officer Foot and the cook
came on deck as she turned over. The
survivors then succeeded in getting on
the side of the vessel. The oook fell off
exhausted after three hours. The cap.
tain succumbed to the exposure and
fatigue after gallantly holding on until
after eight o'clock in the morning. The
vessel finally, by the action of the waves
and being full of water, righted herself.
Foot and Cosman managed with great
difficulty to make their way once more
to the vessel's deck. They laid planks
on the windlass and water barrel, which
served as their bed a&d resting-place for
fifteen days. either or them slept for
iho nrst tnree ciaj s, expectin ; . every
moment mai me vessel wouui bidk be
neath them. On the fourth day a barrel
of apples floated from the forehold. which
they succeeded in ceptnrirg. The apples
were saturated with salt, and cau ej the
poor fellows the most intense thirst.
They also Obtained a box of salted mack
erel. which they greedily devoured.
One day before they were rescued a
barrel of flour floated out from the
hold. They made dough of the flour
anl ate it raw, until a wave washed all
away. On. the following day, while the
wind was piercing cold and the suu was
about going down, the wreck the unhap
py meu were floating on was seen by the
Spanish brig Dorotea, wmcu bore down
upon them. It soon came alongside and
rescued the survivors, who were hoping
and praying for death to come to their
relief.
When the Spaniards took the men off
they had only seven apples left. For
their breakfast they had two apples
each and some rotten haddock. They
were in such an eroacir.ted condition
that they hod to be lifted from off their
plank bed, to which they bad tied them
selves to prevent being washed over
board. They speak in the warmest
terms of gratitude of the great kindness
they experienced at the hands of their
resouers. "
A German paper says that a few
months ago a very eminent German
marshal, who keeps exceedingly early
hours, found a young woman busy with
her reaping hooks in one of bis fields
long before tha other laborers were
astir. Inquiring the name of this fe
male, he presented her with a dollar,
and when, later in the day, his steward
appeared, mentioned the subject, and
highly commended his early riser to
him. The steward, who did not recog
nize the name, asked oue or two ques
tions, and then said: "That's Marie
Bauer, the cleverett field thief in this
pait of the oountry. Your excellency
may rest assured that she contrived to
bundle off a handsome aniouut of your
fine clover along with the dollar. She
makes hay when the sun doesn't shine.
ITEMS OP IXTEREST.
A bill-head The bust of Shakspeare. ,
The tines on which many persons are
impaled Valentines. .
None but tho brave deserve the hair,
is the way Sitting Bull quotes it.
Paris last year consumed 11,319
horses for food, being some 700 more
than in 1877.
Somebody has counted the news-'
papers of America, daily and weekly,
and they number 11,000 and odd.
"Everybody," says an exchange,
' likes radishes in Japan." It's a mis
take. We don't, for one. We like ours
here.
" To get , the sack " is from the
French but a young man does not
care where it is from as long as it is not
from his girl.
.The man who wrote that "nothing
was impossible never tried to una tne
pocket in his wife's dress when it was
hanging np in clothes-press. -
Geologists have reported that there is
in Japan enough workable coal to pro
duce a yearly yield equal to that in
Great Britain, for one thousand years.
There is one mayor in Chicago, HI.,
but hasn't .Memphis, Tenn.? If orris-
town Herald. They ought to call in
the services of a Baltimore, Md.
A number of enterprising persons
have been engaged in collecting the
bones of the horses that lell in the late
battles between Russia and Turkey,
and have sold them to Austrian sugar
refineries.
There was an old woman of Blue Bell
Who, when told some bad news, cried " Vo
tell I
But I alway said so,
Aud at onoe I mnet eo
And tell all the neighbors of Blue Bell."
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A resident of Clarinda, Iowa, has re
ceived a rebuke from his pet canary
bird. He kept the bird in the room in
whioh he does a great deal of Bmoking,
and it finally quit singing, and refused
to even chirp,, until it was removed to
Two ladies, both of them a little dull
in the hearing, were in church one day,
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wnen me muubier uau iur ujb it:i,
" Except you repent ye shall all like
wise perish." They listened patiently
enougn, but when they got out the
one said to the other: "Jenet, wasna
yon an awful text the minister bad the
day? 'Except we pay our rent,
we're a' to be putten out o' the parish."
Two stories are told of two Japanese
students at Hartford. One of them was
invited to call upon a young .lady, and
he did so one afternoon. When he left
he was urged to "call again," to "be
sure and come "and to "come very
soon." The lad did not exactly under
stand what " very soon " meant, and
surprised the young lady by calling
again in a few hours. Another Japanese
was invited out to dinner, and wheu
the servant passed him a jar of current
jelly he gave the mold a dexterous
shake and emptied the whole form on
to his plate, thinking that there was a
mold of jelly for eaoh person at the
table.
A Terrible Story or Shipwreck, '
Chief Officer Foot, Charles Cosman,
Beaman, the only survivors of the Ameri
can schooner Estella, of Portland, Maine,
bound from Yarmouth for the island
of Antigua, West Indies, with a general
cargo, have been landed at Falmouth,
England. After leaving port they ex
perienced terrible weather, the wind be
ing very high. They lay to for three
days waiting for the fury of the storm
to subside. Onedayduiing the early
morning hours a heavy sea capsized the
vessel. Of the crew of five men, Cos
man only was on. deck, the other four
being below. Captain Hnrsey and Chief
Officer Foot and the cook came on deck
as sha. turned over. ; The survivors
then succeeded in getting on the
side of the vessel. The oook fell off ex
hausted, after three hours. - The captain
succumbed to the exposure and fatigue,
after gallantly holding on nntil niter
ight o'clock in the morning.
' The veEsel finally, by the action of
tha waves, aud being full of water,,
righted herself. Foot and Cosman
managed with great difficulty to make
their way once more .to the vessel's
deok. They laid planks on the wind-
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nuu wuior vuici, wuau bciiw bo
their bed and resting-place for fifteen
days. Neither of them slept for the
first three days, expecting every mo
ment that the vessel would sink be
neath them. On the fourth day a bar
rel of apples floated from the forehold,
whioh they succeeded in capturing; The
apples were saturated with salt, and
caused the poor fellows the most in
tense thirst. They also obtained a box
of salted mackerel, whioh they greedily
devoured. . .......
On the day before they were rescued
a barrel of flour floated out from the
hold. They made dough of a portion
of its oontents, but, a heavy sea spring
ing up, a wave washed it away. The
next day, while the wind was piercingly
cold and the sun was about going down,
the wreck the unhappy men were float
ing on was seen by the Spanish brig
Dorotea, whioh bore down upon tliani.
Soon they came alongside aud rescued
the survivors, who were hoping and
praying for death to come to their relief.
When tha Spaniards took them off
they had only seven apples leit. Two
of them were rotten. They were in such
an emaoiated condition that they had to
be lifted from off their plauk bed, to
which they had tied themselves to pre
vent being washed off. They speuk iu
the warmest terms of gratitude of the
great kindness they experienced at the
hands of their rescuers.