IIKMiDDLKIJUKUIHUST.
T. B. HAIITEH, Km ic ami I'iio'r.
y!hh!.h:i:t l;a, AVU :.
Great Hr:!:.iri has $5(10,000,000 ia-
d in our ruilwavs.
A -l-itlit r expedition to search for tho
Kor'.h IVi!" has been ori: tnizcd.
K:r ii-hnu n i;i Xnv York who ran
dlTnr 1 t talk fic ly pr. diet tli:it royalty
i'l ih'gii.ml will not ouilast tho Prince o'
W.U'S.
of thirteen chrgymcn itit rvh we..
f:i Cim iuui.ii oa the 1 . jt-. t of preaching
Ml":- fur 1 : T t ! ihihileti, twelve dc-
i'iiK ily oppovd it.
SCYTHBSONO.
fowr, weary nnd brown am! blif.h t
Vliat is thf word mrt'iinks y know, 1
Endless over-won! Hint thn frtcytlw
Fin;, to the bind.- of the p-juw lxlow!
Pry Ji.'g ti:at swing In tli gross nml clover, -
Sonii'thi::, still, tiicy wir as they pun;
Wlmt in t!; word tlmt over nml orcr,
Mil the Kcyilin to tho flower nml Rras?
Hush, nh lini!tli Scythe arc Hiving,
Hush, nml I:hm1 r.ot, nml full nsl ep;
Iiil.li, tin y ny to tlm Kriiwin sWfiyinK, y
Hush, .i-y nintf to fli clover ilii-p! C
llti h 'lis t'e.i' lullaby Time Is sitiKi'ag--Jlvsli,
niel lnvd not, for n'l tiling wv.
Uu-li. n!i !r.;,!i! mi l tho N.j-tli- nr. swing,
iir;
Oicr tli'- clover, ovor tho grass!
A:i'tivw Lanj.
Nearly iiiii; hundred of.icers of tho
army hive qur.Il:-l a interpreter
i.t f it ', I.-. ) '.r.cs thirty-ciyht of tho
U U : '. . " ( r I'.'in.J in K - .'all.
DRIVEN AWAY.
T'i.'j '. w Vi I'".' 1. oi" tho oiin:o:
t'.l. : ' C r.J.i is ih" pi i nij spot (if tills
nt, r. -l., i.ilag laenrce to the li.'-'
i. (f the t;.;i'.i'i!'..iir J toim-
tr: -.."
11 ' y
.'....i .:., :!,. fh-t ;':.;o begun t!ia
!;, of jv.;iiv i , ; : i Tl:c hili.i uro of
t . ;:.i.;..'.. i.i oT ..:r, I've nrvl tori
t't a t:"i! !'::a:; CjUal to i;;v tut
i I A: :tt i,; v.
I K NKMX 1 f rT.
T nm'i'.rinir in tuy (Iramlmotlicr fJoil
f ivy's r.n-!; -i- at th- window of the rant
loi.iii lo,.i,i,i out iiio!i the faiaiiy bury-lni:-.Siro;i'i.l
nt tlie Toot or the li'ill, tho
iic ;ii4.-li.i 'c on ilK miiiiiiiit, nail the
M rrimac, v. hirU wiiuU romul it. in tlie
ili-t.rn . Ili .-c, lift v war nt'i'. file iKi.'il
l .m: .ih hrr knillinj; in the nfttr-
lio..:i ;
Wa li
-vat
lii'l.)
1:1: l!
.M..rr ;h:i:i
'.iiiy love I to t.vlk, (iixi. ft I
- oui'iiti', many of Imt o'laint ol.
. v w ro a'liin v.scl o inc. Oneof
1 ! n i all, t'.t il. ha i a rrrtaiii rr-
laitti-r of this tiarr.it iw.
'l.' i'. as I fat near licr, Ilav;1
J i n l,-l.;ii. liiiivn iyis (ixi 'iJv r..
oi r li'-r Hti'. l-Iiowivl ! i)!tai I '.'i
I. : .;i r :'.::.t t!.': l.i!;y !ritr:T't
l'ni.. 'i M:.tc foot t;ji to the rnor
la. i, a:.. ,;i:.t in' t:J,.r.K,U,K),t)ii(), v. iiilis
'i'' . '.;!. i:ii;"v i'l - t :: m:: il of t'i. ( vll'-V.J
oi.iv ;;!ji;iit C-;7i,'j:)'.i;iii.
L i:.!oii is t .ii-1 t, l.e full of t.;o:tey.
i: tho J: )'.r. n: ul'i of J,-b!) tiicru
v.cr loOJ j.iw joint.: -tuck :o::.m:iici
; ..:..;., 'il ati.I rci -t"i'cil t'.n iv, witii o
to'.al v;i'..il i",;;:.! li .:,,.') .OJIJ.Oi.".),
Th" "All;:i'l:is," Mill'l'.s Ji.tintin,',
v.-iii' t w.n ro?: atiy ji.i: .';:: .c.l in l'at i; hy
Ann tii'.ui, wiil !,a v iv.-t -ir.-J,ti'J
wia a thr '.:;!y la. ; (. a lull. U is oiuy
iin'hcvi v.-iilc a. hi 2'i I iai-iu's in li'tlfrtii,
This m.ihiM it i-..; M a n,lw..i: inch.
Tiio Ciiarli .: hi (S. C.) y,-!,,!it,l C-i.
'' ' si.itli::'. if !iii.'-,vati'tiiifo:i siioulil
li" iit.iv.i'.l f.;,' ),oc'u;c! io:i i f Kyrap it
I.:...:. I liia :.,. a l"oriuiiiai;c j-iviil with
r: aiir anil liia sa-iir Jwct r.i tho
...;;, ,' o j syniji hu;ij;iy. 'i'lm t.rt;!
c ' : a'.i'.-iiii ioa sy. i;;) i- ji:'oi:ouin.Lii tu ha
l.. -.::.::;.
I' jiiif i( . vi:: j;;u t. the Anit rlcm
;i'S wlih';i ai.ioa.i;; .i t.i J.Ooj.iitii)
m : .'.!. oh', ta; " i.i,: i'-.r I-iv.f, it J,
:"t l...vi' :...:'.'.:;, iat laoai",- aail feel !
!'::: i .iiy i l,,',. u ;,; i.i'.l. Vale ( 'o'-Ici', it,
U ,:; .'. o,i. I. i-'.U ; Jl.u var.l
I s ;.rh. a;ai l.'.ilu; toia t'olli'.o ri.'itl!rt
;;a. I i
ini'i J.imM lii-r iy, v.ilii prrfi'i t u-r tvity,
"My i:i ::r, 1 1 i.ti !j yori'II he : o! mai.'l.
Vi.ii'i!' u tliroiivli ui.'l through,
mi l no ! i r tlii ir v,onii'iifolK wcru tlmt
Jinii ' l," slip itil'li o, ri'll.-i lively,
"J l ame ia ir m iritr oia' invsi lf."
Ti.r f r. . hi't-y o tlie pio'l old ko.iI li 's
l i "il fal Ml-1!. imt it was my elioicc that
l. n.ili- it .". W in a was twenty-four,
.lo lni i ( ;..s faun' hark on a visit from tin-
t, w!ii:hiT hi. hail o.n' ten y ars r.
fori' to si ; k his fortnai'. Hi: was of tin;
J t; i "ii-r. tiirivinir New I'.ii','la!iil tyjic,
aii' vlv '!i'-irroii i in his in w home liu
ynnl tli-- Mi-sis, ijijij, ii'id promising tu
Inriiini' riili, n rill j is lainoiis.
1 had ri.iri -j) lailrd witii him occj.
tioii'illy inci' Jn; wi ld away. 1 had l.i'i'ii
his favoii'i- ntiioiio; till' i;iiN lit H' Iiiii I,
and was imt Mirpiisrd when hi' told mi'
oar liay lint his i hicf ohj, ct in coiain
li.n I, at iias tmii' was to iiidiuv inr to!
i a t lay I c wit a his.
It whs ia this wry room that he a.-ki'd
I. it'll- Privy, only four yrars old
tlii-i'. Ii'id roinc in tiri'd from his Jilav,
'ay I lit, nml falk'ii iisIlvii.
tid lor in v iirswrr K'.rioiisiv
liailu'd inti
.In-!:
Ml w:
Usly. My heart P-iid vrs, Imt I
l;i'l !.! tho child, and duty Imdi; tin'
no. It cost me ii dr. v.dfiil lain, it
ll l'i i!lli
o
8a
1 did not. hi'vitati
Vi-ty iVarkly I answered tl.:t this little
orphan in my lap was iny charge; that
my hrothcr Kjiiiiaim .onli never marry,
ni'd that my duty forbade tint 1 Khoiiid
have th; old home. .loshnil listened.
lie did r.ot remonstrate nor aivriie, Imt
I had never mi ii upon his face jiift Mitch
h i i pn'.si,ei ns it then hai.
"1'i r your own sake, I'at'caee," lie
"inl'li
'.-... " ..'...', u ( . I'i'.. in Ji.-.JIT,
r i ...li aiixii li I he ra.ioas fait that
frihi s nii.l h.U.' lii.t ; :.i:' Ian-!, livueat
s in : .i l.,;.i.. i'i s are lie.-l j:.i:d, in I'mriei',
ia !.:;;;!. Hid and ia the I'tolcd States,
wi::!.' ;iie .u 'i.ans of Turkey nml K.i.,ti'r:i
Ai; ;:lav..,:h v.iiluut a an.rur.ir for twen
ty 1 1 a', s a dav.
Tlie iiU!iii.l'iL'i;!;v of postage !;;;iic'',
r.l.:,:h far tuti.ty-ei'it cai.l lias hceti
lariiedoil at Mow Vo:-k ' ity, is ti) ho
ti.i:-fi;i'c.l to I'iiil.ideloliia. l!iia,'k'.s
btivle of thai city h ivia' pal ia the low
est Mil, Tho husine-.H is a laro o:il.
Two hundred hand- will be employed
ntiil tho ui.naal output w ill boabo.a 110,.
Oi;i),o:)o to,:-.
' Voice, "I ll"lle Voll
k lie i he en wisely. Whether so or not,
I k.aiw ou too v.iil l i try to alter V air
leon:ti.
1 v.-;v
Coodbv!''
iia my han 1
for an iimtirat
W.i!
the
leu ' ! i : i .is lie siowlv will itown
a I until the turn hid hii.i froiu lav
The knapsaek by whii'i: tho weight ot
the bunlm car.iod is '.r.-asierred to thu
hip'i from Ilia shou'.dei': has been under
t:i..l lo soaie tiiiu; by ti.o autlioritiei of
the I'niti.'d States Wiw Department. So
f iv,i;ali!i) h i.e beoti tiin reports received
flia the o:lhi';s t.'..;:n it that the Ord
ti.i:n e JIu.i . i: h...i lii ea Of.icreil to lil.'.f.U
fui:'.:;ro two i i"'.:- .nil for ii. e in the army
The ullL't: i of several of tho Ihirop":;:,
Summers r.iauiij'jf t.'j ihe port of New
V : .., are ivyi:'i; to xu;tirci ;M?i.!.Hnir by
j.i'.'-.-.ie.v. Ti.a rule a'ai:t it li.ivo
lve.i striotiy c: fi.ivcd ujioii soaie of th"
lii.is, but e:itir;ly di.-fe.arded upon oth-C.-.
It h.:1 1-i.e.l foUMl by loll',' CXjH'fj
fi:to that it is a haul businis-. to tieal
wi.ii oa the hi:h se.i.s, just as it is o:i tho
dry land.
'Die Ho.-tou J,i(ti':'(tir si'.ould Iiavs
iuws'i-attd the laws of probability be
fore puhlishinii tho following hunting
tory, whieii certainly sarpasss nil rifent
ueUieveiiK'uls, even of our far AVcmern
tp'Jcialists. The iimeijoto in oiustiou
(.'e.cribcK tiie udvenlure of n duok-cutcli-in;r
old tomeut that used to hide in a
auebrake freii;eiited by swarms of water
fowl. Hi plan wiu to pounce, on thu
bird unaware and kill it lifter tlrain;
it ashore; but the bust time he tried that
t.iek hii cla. 'oi ficteiicd ia thu down
vi ju old jjreeiiheud drake, iitid tseein; in
ndviiiitaije, thu bird took winy ami flew
away with it would-bo caitur.
i i -, aril t'i n my life went on :u.ii:i the '
fauie a", il no interruption had occurred, j
u . ii:e Min e tiien has not lie: a iin
k'" v :i to ni", nor to the country.
.'M', nld hi, true name be uivin here, it
.o.;!d be i O'ui.i'd us thai of one .,ho:.v
Vo;ee ! is often been heard in the Senale
of th" l l ited States.
AV'ieii Percy was four'yeat9 old n;id I
tv.i nty-lmir. Kpuraini was twenty-six, I
ntnl we three were J lie Mirvivor. of the !
lone; line (,f li.dlards, (iodi'ieys, Kjbie;.,
M ills at, 'I what not, running back far be
yond tic War of the Revolution, who
had i xvi it in this ancient hotiiesteud uud
tilled this toeky farm.
In l he last two years death had been
busy with us. First, (iran. (mother Uod
frey, full of years and ready to depart,
mis hid by her fitherrs, and within the
twclve.n 'nth boih our parents wen;
?!riekeii down by tlie terrible scourge
t'iit l-itid the village that Niiuimer.
The) wi re carried to one cruve on the
s cue miniinir, while Percy picked clover
tops in the yard, mid Inulicd ns the lonjj
iroee.ssion tnoved toward the hi'l.
In the six or eifjlit year following I
t':iiik we were happier than ever iijjain
while I '.rot her Kpluaiiu lived, for those j
were ine years wiien rercy nwvet elulil
ish way and cutinin prattle tilled the
house with sunshine and music, nud be
fore any 1 roiibh onie ipiestion u to his
future h:td come in t i divide us.
(rod's bh -sine; and coaipa-s'i'm, after
our sore tribulation, seemed ivt'ii us in
tiiis dear r hild. lie was not at nil like
in, either in looks or actions; he never
v.:k. Kphraiui and I were dark, almost
sallov,, iike our father, and we had his
rlow, thiHi;;liu'ul speech and ways; but
the child was like mother, fair, biu"
ryed, with nil her lie;htnesH of heart nud
che riness of voice.
The picture that couiebaek to me most
vividly from those old days is that of
Ephntiiii, stern uud serious, even w hen a
yoan' mail, ns he read the llible aloud tit
ouriarlv bedtime in his htroni;, luisul
toi;c, uud bore with u patience that he
would not have exercised toward miother
the interruption caused by Percy' put
tint' his chubby hands upon the pac.
Tho boy Krevv up bright, ipiiek uud af
fectiounte, but not over studious. He
was full of fun and spirit, and hated con
finement. I date tho leiniiinr of our
troubles about him from tho time that a
ropy of "Itobiusou Crusoo" foil into his
hand.
Tho book absorbed him. Ho was thir
teen year old at that time, but ho naid to
lni', with all the gravity and positivenesj
of a ia m, that he could never bo any
thing but a sailor. I thought little of
what ho said at tho time, mid treated it
nsu mere boyish whim; but he uevcr
cli ue't' 1 hii mind.
Tin km almost Hfronteon whon h left
xi for the son. I think of what ocxurrwl
Ix-forc that day with pain and uorrow,
but it must be toM. It wm ono niht
after Percy had fjono up to hi chamber;
l'phrnir.i had b?cn pitting nomn tinw in
silence, nml 1 saw thrro wan onie:hin
on his mind. At last ho ixkc:
"Patience, that pervento boy will lto
tho reproach und disgrace of our lives,
lie is b"tit on f.'oiprr tu e."
I knew RoiViet'nitiir of Kphraim'n Ftcrn
will, but I h.nl not oft"ii Keen him no
aroused. He tried in vain to repress hi.
anjrer a. he continued:
"Tor a hundred year our father be
fore us lived here, doimr their duty in
the way that (Jod had called them, 'iliey
tilled the land, nnd were not asinine 1 of
their calling. There have been no
rovcri ii'T vagabond nmon them, no
far a I have heard; but here wo have
an idle, nhiftles fellow, too proud to
work on the farm, who must need jro off
and hcr l w ith profaue and rum-drinking
ailor."
I'scles n it was ti nr;;ue with him, I
could not bear tu hear him speak o of
Percy.
"Kphraim, pray don't wroaliim. He
is not prom! ; he doe not despise labor;
he i a 1'ivii'if nml truthful boy. My
heart is sore cnoii;,'!i to think of his
I'Mvin;;-us inth.it v.av; but I remember
how ilii rent he is "'
Kphr.iim roe, catidh stick in hind,
and cut short th.' iiisTusMon before it
ha 1 faily bv;;',iu.
"I am hi K'ir.r.iian: I fifand In the
jil-ieo of hi father; I know what i for
hi oviod ; I will i:evcr consent. He is
almost a nri:i, n:i I ouite able-bouied.
Ho you kivr.v that I a:n paying five and
three-pence n day for labor? Hevhnllbo
informed of hi duty to-morrow."
I hoped that the explosion which was
now to occur would bo in my precnce,
that I might stand between these two
bro lu r, i liiffcro.it iu age and temper,
and try to moderate their passions; but
it wiui not to be.
Nothing wa said on tlie subject nt
the breakfast table. When the meal waa
tinisiied, Ephraim said to Percy that ho
wished to see hi::i alone, and walked out
behind the barn. Percy followed him.
At noon Kphr.iim returned to tho house
nlo'ie, his face darker and terner than
before.
"Where ii Percy?" was my anxious in-
ouiiy.
"I do not know," he replied.
My heart wc - heavy with upt'tehenston.
other questions that I asked ho would
not a'tswer.
The day passed, an J supper-time came,
but not Percy. I thought I nhould bo
sure to hear whut had p. used between
them before another day, but Ephrcim
continued to bo morose nnd silent, end
I passed the most unin.ppy night that I
had known nincc our parents died.
A wc sat mute and oppressed nt an
other and almost untaxed breakfast, tho
door opened. I looked round uud uttered
a cry of joy, for Percy stood there, his
luunl on the door-hitch. Ho lookod very
tired, and his shoes wero white with
dust.
"I couldn't go thU way," ho said, 'so
I walked all night to come back nud just
say ;;ood-by. Eplvruim, don't bloinc me.
I've tried t"j think ns you do, but I can't.
I know I've tried your patic.ice, and I
want you to forgive me. Wo must part
friend."
lie took a step toward ths tabic, nnd
held oat his hand.
You disobey me; you quit this houso
without n.y leave," said liphrahn. "L'u
dutiful boy, ncwr speak of forgiveness,
nor oiler me your hand, until you have
ceased to rebel !"
lie 1-ft the room, and daring that last
twenty-four hours that Percy remained
under the roof, Tphraim saw him no
more.
A brief letter to me from Boston told
me that our truant had shipped for a
voyage to Canton. Ho put tho world
between us ut the start, and not another
letter was received by us from him.
Almost ten long year passed before any
intelligence of him reached us. They
were years of secret grief for me, which
only "the cares mid labors of tho house
made tolerable. Not ft day but I thought
of Percy ; not a night but I prayed for his
safety. I used to scan the murino nows
in the paper to rind something ubout him,
and for his sake I was doubly kind und
hospitable to tho blue-jackets who some
times came our way.
We rilled these yesrs with hard toil,
and the unvarying round occupations that
our situation utlorded. Thero was rest
and the comfort of coming nearer to God
oa tho Sabbath; there wero tho prayer
meeting and tiie choir meeting, and on
occasional visit witii a neighbor.
Hut it seemed as if tho lurger part of
my life had left mo with Percy. I had
known that he was dear to me; but not
before the sorrowful morning of our part
ing hail 1 realised how closely uy heart
was bound to him.
His name was never spoken between
Iiphraim and inc. Sometimes I fancied
that some of the petition which my
bnher oifered in his prayers must be in
tended to refer to Percy; nud once when
he read the chapter containing the story
of the Prodigal Son, his voico grew
huuky, und ho finished it with difficulty.
15ut he never mentioned Percy's name,
nor did be encourage mo to do so.
The Hith of March, 1S30, lives in my
memory as tho darktst day of my life.
Kphraim had gone to tho village after
supper, and did uut return till near nine
o'clock. The candle-light was bad and
I did not seo his face well when ho came
iu. When he had hung up his hat and
turned round I was seared by his looks.
"Whut is it, r.phraimi" I nsked.
He took a copy of tho Boston paper
of tho day before from his pocket, und
handed it to me, pointing ns ho did so to
a paragraph which reported that tho ship
Kininii Mont ford had arrived from Cal
cutta, and that the master reported tho
loss of Percy llallard, able seaman, who
had fallen overboard, while reefing.
Wu sat there together till tho candle
had burned low. The selfishness of my
own consuming grief possessed me; I
hardly thought of Kphraim until he
spoke. Vie sat with his elbows resting
on tlie table, and his gaunt hands clasping
his head.
"God humbles and smiles me to-night
for iny hardness of heart," ho said.
"You never knew what happened on
that morning when I took the boy aside
to reason with him. I did not reason; I
was hnrdi nnd tyrannical with him.
When I peremptorily forbade him to go
to sen, he tried to coax and persuadn me.
I cut him off with a stem command; he
answered ma shortly, and I chastised him
severely.
"Think of it, Patienpc!" Ephrnim's
voice was broken. "I beat him liko a
dog. lie ran awny; but his great heart
reproached him, and he came kick, peni
tent nnd weary, to n.k my forgiveness.
You saw nie you heard me. Pride and
hardn'-s filled my heart, nnd I I re
pulsed him."
Hi faco was turned from me; if there
were not tears in his eye, hi voice be
lied him. For mi hour longer, before I
went to tny sleepless bed, his heavy trend
sounded from the rhnmber above, ns he
paced the floor. The door was open nnd
the light was burning ns I parsed nlong
the hall. I looked in and saw Kphraim
kni'dingby the bedside.
Thereafter i "i;uo a dreary stretch of
years, in which I toiled, sufTered nnd
prayed. Our affairs went from bad to
worse. Kphraim was not the same man
after thnt night. The remorse that af
flicted his spirit seemed ulso to have
stricken his body, nnd he wasted into the
more shadow of his former self.
I tried to console and comfort him, as
dill also our good minister, but even iu
his distress of mind he seemed as fur re
moved from human sympathy uud influ
ence as he had ever been. Often in tho
night, when I awoko to think of Percy
as I last saw him, the deep nnd earnest
tones of prayer from tlie adjoining room
told mo that Kphr.iim wnswnstling for
the pardon which his abject spirit almost
declined la ndvanro to receive.
He, too, soon slept in tho tamily bury
ing ground. Poor, self-accused brother!
I have suffered, but never as ho did.
In better times r.::d with average sea
sons, I am vain enough to think that,
though a woman, I could have managed
tho jilncj with tho uvcrago prosperity.
But the crops failed, a. id then canio on
the war-time, when help was scarce, and
the demands of labor were high. 2Ce.t
tho barns were burned by lightning, nnd
most of tho stock perished in them.
With each new misfortuuo I nerved
myself for new efforts; but I came ut last
to realize that I was contending against
hope. Years wero piling their weight
upon Lie; my streugta was failing. Yet
I struggled on.
For two years tho interest on the old
mortgage which dated back to father's
time had not been paid, and threats of
foreclosure had reached me. Tho pros
pect of being turned out of this dear old
homo was rudely thrust upon me. I
could think of nothing else. I was
thinking of it one evening, Just at dusk,
us I stood at the door.
A poorly dressed man, leading a ltttlc
girl, came out of the obscurity of the
road, hesitated nnd stopped. His faco
was half concealed by hair and beard,
und his shabby diej prejudiced me
against him; but thu roll in his walk be
tokened tho sailor, and inclined mo ut
ouce to charity.
"We'er hungiy, ma'am slsy nnd
me," ho said in a gruil voice. "Some
bread and milk, please."
I motioned them into tho kitchen.
"Uo in there," I said, "nnd I will come
in a moment nnd get you some food."
I was gone no longer than was necessa
ry to bring tho lamp that I had left light
ed iu tho sittiug-rooui. At tho kitchen
door my feet were urrested by the specta
cle of the man's impudence. Ho had
actually gone to tho buttery, brought out
a pun of milk und a loaf of bread, dark
us it was, uud out of ft dipper ull of the
milk, ho wu giving tho child a driuk.
I was very indignant. "How duro you
take such ii liberty I" I uiked.
Ho turned his faco over his shoulder
to me, und tho merry expression of his
eyes stopped my scolding abruptly. He
spoke this time iu n voice that 1 knew
at once.
"Why, Patience, this is tho tray I
used to do, you know."
I did not faiat; but I must have
dropped if ho had not caught me. "0
Percy!" I sobbed, "has God given you
back to me?"
"Yes, sister. Whero is Ephraini?"
I pointed toward tho hill.
Wo talked so luto that night in tho
sitting-room that his little girl went to
sleep in my arms. The report in tho
newspaper couid not havo referred to
him, us he said that ho had never seen
tho ship limru Monfford.
Erouzed and bearded us ho was, ho had
the beaming eye uud tho laughing voice
of his youth ; but when I told him more
about Kphraim, his eyes moistened and
he was silent f or u longtime.
Later ho told me the story of his wan
derings which I put in a few words.
Ho had sailed lo uhnost every qunrtcr
of the globe, and in the first year of his
absence ho had twice or thrico written to
mo. For sonio reason I did not receive
tho letter. As he did not hear from mo
he became careless, nnd for a long time
was a wild and reckless rover.
Later, he settled iu Austruiia, whero he
married and reared a family.
"I thought I was happy iu those days,"
ho concluded. "But when, ono ufter
another, my beloved wife nnd children
wero taken from me all but Clarice my
eyes wero opened to my ingratitude uud
selfishness, uud I said to myself thut these
afflictions were judgments upon me.
Away oil thero on the other sido of the
globe I grew homesick for tho old plueo
uud tho dear, familiar faces uud hero I
um."
His words filled me with delight, and
also pained me, for how could 1 tell him
that tho place was ubout to bo suldf lie
was quick to see the change iu my face,
nnd asked mo what was troubling me.
Ho would have to know soon, und it
seemed bettor to tell him lit once. His
eyes actually brightened as he heard luo.
"Is that all f" ho asked.
"A1H why, you don't comprehend me.
I told you there was two thousand dol
lars and two years' interest due n the
mortgage, and"
Ho drew a leather wnlVt from his
piM'ket, and tossed it into my lap.
"There, Patience, cxamino thnt at
your leisure. You'll find three thousand
dollars in it; you can ue what's over to
fix up the old house. Fudge! !o quiet t
it's only a drop out of what I lmvn ac
cumulated. l)id you suppose I'd been
fanning oil in rich Australia for so many
years with nothing to show for it?"
I was laughing nnd crying nil nt once.
"You looked so shabby, Percy, I did
not think"
"Xo more would any one. But you
might expect that when I dideomo back,
all my boyish fun would co:no with me."
This happened one evening long ago
The year since then have brought to us.
nil the happiness thnt was forshndowed
in Percy's return. On this mellow Indian
summer afternoon my heart is filled with
joy nnd gratitude.
From the east window I seo I'ercy
nnd Clarice ns they stroll among tho
mounds iu the little enclosure where our
parents and Kphrnim nre sleeping. He
toM me on the night of his return that
the dear rhild should always be with me,
and thnt much of hi own time should bo
spent here, lie occupies the little cham
ber which was his iu boyhood; ho will
have no other.
Ah, is not life worth living, in spito of
all the cloud nnd crosjes, when it brings
so bright a sunset a this? Yea, not only
iu tiie world to come, but here, also, do
wc have our rewards. Yvuth'i Comj:i
io:i. A New I'sp for Watermelons.
The watermelon crop of Carolina,
Georgia and Florida is rapidly getting
to ) large more than the market re
quire. There is profit in tho business,
but what with the high freight rates, uud
the lergc yield of melons during a favor
able season, the profit is not n great as
the Melon growers would like, and tho
latter are louking around for some other
use to which they can put their superflu
ous fruic.
Colonel William Duncan, of South,
Carolina, ha mado a suggestion in this
mailer, which has received tiie approval
of n number of Carolina newspapers and
melon growers this is tho muuufacturo
of syrup from the melon.
Colonel Duncan insists that tho melon
can be more easily and more generally
raised than tho sugar cane, and a it
grows above ground it is moro conven
iently cultivated than tho sugar beet.
Hu has experimented in the manufacture
of syrup from melons nud finds it excel
lent, mora like preserves than tho catio
syrup, ho says, uud likely to becomn
popular with every ono who tries it. Ho
has mado the syrup und sold it, nnd found
no diliiculty iu getting u good price for
it.
Nor does tho vnluc of tho me'.on ceasn
here, for after tho juice has been extracted,
tho refuse remain excellent for feeding
to stock, nnd as a stock food repaying
the cost of making the syrup.
Figuring oa un uvcrago melon crop of
ono South Carolina county, Barnwell,
Colonel Duncan estimates tho profits to
the farmers if their crops wero mado into
syrup at $200,000, which is moro than it
would yield wero tho melons sold us
fruit.
These figures r.re likely to stagger tho
melon growers, but they are backed up
by Colonel Duncan from his own person
ul experiment. It is true thatthc.su ex
periment were on a small sc.de, und it
may bo that if every ono goes to making
melon syrup it will prove a drug ou tho
market.
Tho suggestion, however, nppeais ti
havo met with favor on the South Atlan
tic coast. Tho melon growers of that
section have had n great deal of troubln
with their crops during tho height of
tho season, uud havo received very low
prices therefore, nnd it is highly probable
that with this experience they will ac
cept Colonel Duncan's suggestion, nnd
test tho fact whether tho muuufacturo of
melon syrup can bo carried on profita
bly on a large scule. -Seie Orltan Time
Democrat. Tho Speed of Fishes,
The speed of fishes is ultnost an un
known quantity, being, us Professor G.
Browu Goodo says, very difficult tu meas
ure. "If you could get a llsh," suid
Professor Goode to n Vott reporter, "and
put him in a trough of water 1000 feet
long and start him at ouo end and niuko
him swim to tho other without stopping,
tho information could bo easily obtained,
but fuh are unintelligent and they won't
do this. Estimates of the speed of fish
consequently nro only approximated, and
moro or less founded ou guessing. You
can tell, however, at a glance whether a
llsh is built for speed or not. A fust fish
looks trim and pointed, liko n yacht.
It heud is conical shaped, uud its tins lit
down close to its body, liko ukuifo bludo
into its handle. Fish with largo heads,
bigger than their bodies, and with short,
stubby lius. nre built for slow motion."
"What arc the fastest tishesf"
"Tho predatory fish, tho.-o which livo
on prey, uro the fastest swimmers. Tho
food fish nre generally umong the slowest,
nnd r.re consequently, easily captured.
Their loss is recompensed, however, by
the natural law whicn make them very
prolific in reproduction. Dolphins havo
bien known to swim uround an ocean
steamer, nud it is quite safe to say that
their speed is twenty miles an hour, but
it may be twice us much. Tho bonito is
a fiiKt-swimming fish. Just what it
speed is I do not know, Tho head oi
tho gooso fish is very largo twenty times
as big as its body. It moves ubout very
little, und swims ut tho bottom of the
ocean. Tho Spanish mackerel is one of
tho fastest of tho food fishes. Its body is
cone-shaped and as smooth as burnished
metal. Its speed is us matchless as the
dolphin, nnd in motion it cuts tho wutet
like a yacht." Wathinyton J'oU.
The Dampest Place ou Earth.
The heaviest annual rainfall on tht
globe, COO inches, is ou tho Khasia
Hills, in India, ubout 500 inches of which
falls in seven months. This astonishing
amount is duo to the abruptness of tht
mountains, which face the Buy of Bengal
t'i
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ccnious factT
Melon wero found origin,,, .
The Mormons founded v .. '
1840. 'ni.,il
Bngo is a native of t!i c. .,
rope. 4!j
An Atlanta (Ga.) store U U:..
nf tinner. u"l.
In France a seventh son !n ,1;,.
ces'ion i called a tnnreoii. "
There i only one Inwjrr in w -cT.
J., a ity of over 10,io ,y'
It is an ancient belief ti nt 't':'
Hi. i.,i ..t . ,, "'aiuwi
"'" J " "Ci lirs every
renr. ; 'ftl
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Mr. C. W. Oldrivc vala, ,
nil un- nmitiLU T.atcr
rccrntlv.
Thfrn nro 450.000.000
mnniifnr tim1 nit it it ill.. IV
increasing daily. "
The New York Custom ,, ,
rflicirnt clerk, Willimi, ti.
who is a deaf mute. '"'"'
Tlie present English ii:iti,,;it
lie sunt to Have commenced j..
;.f William HI., 10St. ' ;
Ship building was nt ,
Mass., nbout 1C10. So ln -,n
building industry in this ci,ii,,:rv
It is said thnt the iui hIh r ',
recorded each month in thi. s,,r
lantic alone varies rrma t,
forty-five.
About n week's nxm ti,,-, v
thrashing machine w ii! , ,
voice fully an octave hi.
lolk know.
A Jefferson City OcO ir.ia i,,.
to make a living by fuller, i;.
parties and gathering up tie ,.:v..v j'
which they leave.
Toads from the sii::uv. ; ;, . .,.
the Philadelphia rice, rie ;; . ,
; feist on the fried Ims t;,,: ... it
' them sizzling hot.
The '. Minie rille we.s inv. -it )
cenncs, France, about IMi.l, I,-,- .j
who from n common soini.-,- j.,;. ,
self to n high rank.
A Pennsylvania bey fe.,:n,l , i
nest that contained clts "f f ..mi.;"
colors white, pink, blue a:.
All were of the same sie.
A Chicago detective h
pocket picked of iHim,
drawn trout n lniiMiiiir ."
make a payment on a kmi-i .
A goat at Dallas, Ti ,
upon n rattlesnake, we.lki !
yards, nnd taking a runnine st.ir
u loiuj jump, iilighiiii'j- with ;
bunched, anil cutting the snake i:i
Spiders have been known t'i i .
01 tneir wen una crawl ii"ua t. . :i,j
of the wall at the sound of i':i:.;i
ingly enchanted by the s,,,,;i,;s ,3
hurrying back to their hi iii:.' hu i'
toon us the music censed.
Tho latest development of tip lo;B
chine is a brass frame ini'luitig the dp
directory, which permits the vnluwi
be opened only when a cent lu lieni
serteil in the slot. It is ImikiJ
messing ny uruggisis unu i,;!itts sm
directories uro iu constant il in:J lijtix
public.
It is believed bv the M
the Judgment day painters uiliW
quired to furnish with souls ill mn
sentations of human beinu-s
have made. Failing in ;h.;;
will lo. e their own souh as
their presumptions imitation
Mf the Creator.
One method of keeping
track clear of sand ne:'r the
4 to soak tlx; road-bed v ita
In other tilaces it is inot'ie'l .;.ii;
armor of clay, Puli-ades are ir.
sometimes to stop drifiin.'. A:. t
method employed is t hi- c ult'. ati 'B i
hardy liliuits, such ns are unl ix'Si
same purposu on the Daui-h m.-l.
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Komanrc of u Famous Mint nil Witft.
David Andreas Saxlchner, nwniTi'ltii
Huiiyadi Jaiios, died recently niiiie
his way to Carlsbad, lie was a maa c
limited education, but practical id
extreme. After failing in several utlr-
takings, he established u "national d'i
ing-houso" in Buda Pcsth, in !ii
home-goods alone were sold. Louis K
suth, tho Hungarian patriot, rcmi'i!tJt
act us Saxlehner's clerk for several &
in consequence of which the btwum
creased enormously. While SuMf
was sitting ono day in hisotliee, an
entered and complained that hecouugs
no fresh water on his farm. He
Uored wells in a number of places, W
succeeded in getting only a pifuiX:
scented fluid, which he fcinil ta
Saxlchner was interested. lie nh-l
peasant to bring him a sample-li'ittle i
tho water, had it analyzed, ami J"1
to imrcho.su tho estate. Ho Y-
thousand gulden per ucro for the (i
uud established u factory as sneii r
sible. The water became popular at at
and tho red label upon the hettlei
inous trade-mark. Of late year,
Sale reached four millions a:iii'i:i!iy. i
.,,,.,),. sl,,vl..l...... . tl,... .
HH'SVI k-lll.lllll4 I11UI1J II1IK a
Aii Algerian Horror.
A performance which is tpite o'A
the common rut is that of the Ai'1
iu tho Algerian concert ut the I'"
position. The Aissaouas nre nut 1A
dancers, or athletes; they Ih Iomi; to
tribe where religious juggling il"'fl
grout honor. To please the Divina;
cut tho leaves of the thorny c:M.-tu."-"
their eyes project from their orbits. Plrfn
their cheeks with long ueclU-s, h!"
themselves bitten by vipers, t1
snakes or keep their equilibrium '
dagger, und ull this is accompli!1"1'
out shedding blood and without rr
eut Lain or iuiurv to themselves. A;,s
roasting for a few minutes over a to"
holdiug hot coals, they look intnt"
and give to tho head a rotary
which leaves them iu a sort of hypn
state. Then, at tho sound of a F'
lar sort of music, they perform hef""31
public all tho acts that I have ju
merated. It is terrifying, eveu nf?
nant, but all the sumo it is very
und is ono of tho great attraction! p
Exposition. Chicago Herald.