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RNAL.
VOLUME XXII.
WINCHESTER, TENNESSEE. FEBRUARY 13. 1884
NUMBER 49.
THE HOME
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EMTOK1AL JiOTKS.
Tub White House conservatory is one of
the finest iu tlio world. It contains 8,000
plants In the conservatory proper, and
12,000 in tlie hot houses. Tim white
hotiBe ia decorated overy day with about
300 plants, flowering, tropical aud foli
aire. The building and contents are
Tiilued at $!0,000, and eleven nicn.be
(tides tho head gardener, are kept busy
nil the time taking care of tho plants,
etc, Tlio annual expense of kecpiur, up
the conservatory in $5,500.
A sF.Aicm:n for truth writes from
Portland, Oregon, that tlio groat north
west is not Iho place for nion without
money. Ho adds that if men who are
down at tho heel and are played out
everywhere elso continue to push for
ward iulo Oregon tlio great state will
be a fool's paradiso by another year,
with more tramps than there wer t iu
New England just after the collapso in
1873. Clerks and merchants may at
well stay where ibey i re, and, indeed,
the fanner who has from i'MO to ?G(I0
will do better to stay at homo than to
spend it all iu traveling to an unexplored
country.
In ft letter to Edward J. Randall,
president of tho Keely Motor company,
the inventor announce that the me
chanical portion of his invention is com
plete. After the first of next month
"nothing will be left," lie rays, "but set
ting up tlio transmitter, wheu nil luliors
will terminate preparatory to opening
and showing tlio specific qimli ies of the
portectvibratory engine.'1 Mr. Keelyasks
thntasu table place fora public exhibi
tion, capublo of accommodating several
hundred porsons, be soeured for an early
day, Mr. Randall Imi sent out it circu
lar to all the stockholders announcing
there facta, and inferentially asking them
to hold themselves in readiness for the
greatest exhibition tho wor d has ever
scon. Tho "greatest exhibition." will
aka place in Philudelptiia.
A kumbeb of Now York capitalists
nave recently organized a stock com
pany for the purpose of advancing the
cause of crcmatiou in New York city
aud its vicinity. It is proposed to con
struct a crematory in Riverside avenue,
lojth of Olio Hundred and Fourteenth
street. The plan of the furnaco will dif
fer materially from that of Le Moyno's
crematory at Washington, Pa. The
movement has its origin iu a belief that
the desire to be cremated is more pop
ultr than is utua.ly supposed, and
steadily growing, aud furthermore, that
ultimately cremation will become a sani
tary necossity in New York and all largo
cities. It is asserted that by the meth
od of cremation (ho ashes of an ordinary
human body can be reduced by compres
sion to tho size ( f a small apple or
turnip.
Mr. A, M. (1. Skmixot proposes to
construct a Bteanier which wi 1 niako tho
tripbotwocn New York and Europe in
four days. The vessel will have virtu
ally two hulls, a lower and upper, tho
lower in tho center to bo deep, long,
narrow, and at tbo bows very sharp, re
ducing tho angle forward hy tho lino of
tho bows where they cut tho water with
the lino of the vessel's motion from one
f fifteen degre a, as now, to even threo
degrees. Wliou tho vessel is deeply
laden it will barely rest upon tho water.
The calculations show that a steamer so
constructed could obtain a fjieed of pos
ih y thirty-five knots an hour, and at
that rate four days would bo sitllioient
for passage iu calm water from Noiv
York to Europe in four (lavs. If Mr.
Knhilb.l . - !.':- ...l..l.l
-'nu. uiunua a aufla, it ID Jliuitlli'iu
that passongor steamers will lie built
sfter tho new fashion, while tho old stylo
atcaniers will bo devoted to the freight
traffic.
Boats and vosboIb run some queer
risks The common BWordfish hss
W known to plunge its sword
through the copper sbeothing, a three-
'Ben plank of bard wood, ft piece of
white oak twelvo inches thick, ft two
tod half inch oak ceiling, and finally
kto the head of a barrel of oil. When
I'll recollected that ft sword fish strikes
"a the accumulated force of fifteen
Arable hammers, its ve ooity being equal
that of a swivel, it will be seen that
' U a terrible monster to cope with
Whale,
also are terrible things to en
Winter. It is a common thing for a
hffi wha e to stave in a vessel and sink
" in a few minutes. In southern wa-
tfm rvn ! . ... I A J.ni,,l nf n
wantiful bubble with tentacles some
l' O feet long, armed with darts ol
Poisonous nature. Cuttlefish some-
tones attack vessels, and are regarded
u iuite dangerous. But these are only
'few of the perils of the creat deep,
It
uld require
a volume to enumerate
etn all.
thi itatistics of suicide in.the United
Hi .
ws during the three autumn mouths
1883 are roinarkble. During that
847 persons committed self-murder.
o """nber 133 killed themselves
121 in' October, and 93 in
The number of males wu
25H, females 80. As to condition 1 1 1
wero bachelors, 40 were maidens, 121
wero huibauda, 22 woro widowers, 42
wero wives, C wore w'dow and 2 wore
divorcod women. Tho ages ranged from
13 to 91, but the proportion of middle
agod and e derly people wai largely in
excess of tho young. As regards nation
ality, 128 woro Americans, 111 were Ger.
mans, 27 were English, only 12 wore
Irish, and the ot' ers wero of various na
tionalities. Poison was tho favorite
mode rf destruction, but ono victim re
ported to dynamite, and another impaled
himself on his own wooden leg. Th
suicides woro of all occupations, but
farmer were iho most numcro-is. The
causes for those ra-li acts wero, Insanity,
109 ; sickness, 30 j business trouble, 40;
family trouble, M ; lovo trouble, 20 j
dissipation, 21 ; destitution, 21; grior, 8.
Iho Southern States had somewhat less
than their proportion.
Tennessee has four iron belts tho
eastern, dyestone, Cilinboihind and west
ern. Tho eastern extends through the
state. The dyestone belt skirts the
southern base of the Cumberland table
land from Virginia to Georgia. Itsprca !i
into thoEist I'. nn'see valley a distnnco
of from teu to twenty miles. Tho Cum
berland belt extends into Kentucky ami
Alabama. Tho western lsilt lies west, of
tho central liasin and is for tho most
part east of the Tennessee river. Iron
is found in forty-four counties in tho
state, and the supply is practically inex
haustible. Heretofore the lack of trans
portation 'ncilMcs has greatly retarded
the development of tlicsr oro beds, but
the advantages he! 1 nut in the shape of
cheap manufaet ! in will ere long bring
Tennessee into tin-t. mt rank o indus
trial states.
Tun second volume of the census on
manufactures is full of interesting fig
ii ro . It shows among other thing that
the sloam power of tho country far out
runs its wator power. Out of 3,410,8:17
rso power iu all employed in nmnu-
lactures, only one-thud consists of water
power. These figures would bo Mill
more ono-si.led if the power of grist and
s.iw mills was excluded. 'Ihc.-e kind of
mills are chiefly driven by water power,
and they are not considered as strict y
manufacturing establishments. In innuii.
factures proper steam power is probably
used four to one. Wherever coal can be
laid down at three dollars a ton, water
power is no longer considered preferable,
no matter what tbo fall or quantity of it
may bo. Steam is n better servant at
all times than water, and it is rapidly
supplanting it whero the fuel supply is
not prohibitory.
Iu the grist and snw mills of Georgia
there are 30.G55 horso power, but ull tho
iHiwor does not add to tho wealth of the
tate as much as does the horso power
us d in our manufactures proper. c
uo in this wav 15,395 horse power.
I'heso are not immense figures when
Kimpared with those of tho great manu
facturing states of the northeast; but
tiny show that Georgia leads in mnnn
factures all the othor cotton states. Ten-
no see uses 14,379 horso power, Virginia
13,275, North Caroliea 7,002, South
Carolina 6,900, Alabamn 4,080, Missis-
sippi 2,613, and Florida 301.
Pennsylvania is the groat manufactur
ing state of tho union, using an,iii
horse power; New York commences
next, using 280,099; Massachusetts with
279,114, follow closely after; Ohio has
1-12,853 horse power, and littlo Con-
nrctieut shows np with 104 552. Con
necticut is a marvcjif manufacturing
industry. Thcryduly 600,000 peo
ple iu the littlo jnlto, but bIio nscs more
horso power than all tho south, exc tid
ing Missouri, West Virginia, Maryland
and Delaware. Tho south has no reason,
however, to be discoftgod, for she has
only just entered upon an industriu
caroor, and a few years will bo apt to
chango the relative figures vory mate
rially. At present the threo states,
Pennsylvania, Now Yo k and Massa
chusetts, uso more horso power in maim
factures than all the other states and the
territories combined. Atlanta, Corwtitu.
lion.
GENERAL NEWS.
In the ponitontinry of North Carolina
there are 118 whites and 894 blocks.
At Pratt mines, Ala., there are 500
convicts, including stato and county
men.
A French lomon tree at Daytona,
Volusia county, Flo., has 1,900 lemons
on it
Thk sum of $10,866,000 is invested in
manufacturing in the four principal eit
ies of Lousinna,
North Carolinians are reckoning
upon a great development of the oyster
trade on the coast
During the recent cold snap, Charles
ton, South Carolina, has the coldes
weather in 130 years.
The largest vessels over built in B itb
and other ship-building towns in Maine
were built of Georgia pine.
Montuomki'Y, Alabama, is gclting
excited over tho gambling question again
Sho seems determined to root it out.
Nearly nil Florida hotels get theii
meat und poultry from New York.
Canned vegetables aro almost exclusively
used. t
TnE Frigate Colorado, which has cost
tl, 410,01)3, has been condemned at tht
Brooklyn navy yard, and she will bo sold
nt auction.
MifWHHiH'i low by death lcsi than
thirteen persons to tbo thousand annu
ally, and this includes tho doah rate
among the negroes.
There aro now nioro than five hun
dred strangers prospecting for homes
and arranging for the purchaso of prop
crty in North Carolina.
The winter thus far is not consi Jercd
unfavorable to the wheat crop. Through
much of the winter wheat belt there have
been liberal falls of snow, general y the
harbinger of good crops of all kinds
The best macaroni consumed in this
country is. according to the Philadelphia
Press, made of California wheat. New
York, Philadelphia ami Sa-t Francisco
make more niaccaroni than is imported.
Sixteen yenri ago a law was passed
providing for tho uradual niHiuimissiou
of slaves in Cuba, of whom there were at
the tunc alwut 3S5,355. So well has
this law been administered, the planters
in many cases showing a willingness to
set even in anticipation of its provis
ions, that 285,000 slaves have ulready
boon set froo.
PoHTMAKTKR Gn.NEIIAL GrehIIAM Bays
if tho bill providing for a postofllco
building in every town having 2,500 in
habitants is amended Bo as to limit tho
cost of the building in each caso to f 15.
0( 0 and provide that they shall bo erec
ted under tho BiiperviMion of tho post
master general be will nnnrovo it. Hilt.
the niithor of the bill, says it will be so
amended and parsed.
One pound of rice gives 88 per cent
of nntnmeiit, and ono pound of beef 25
per cent. And yvt, says tho Jourmd of
Health, countless numbers of the poir
strain at ft p iint daily to purchase beef
at 15 cents per pound when they could
get a pound of lioe at ono-third of that
amount, tlio rice, too, having three times
us much nutriment as tho lcef and three
times easier of digestion.
SaTI'ihuy was n field day at the Ha-
vnnniiu (tui.; cunom-iiouso in loreign
clearances, tho total value of exports
tooting np o;stv 07,4o. The cargoes
cleared consisted of 11,795 bales of up
land cotton, mid 148 bales Sea Island,
85-5 sacks of cotton seed, 6,703 barrels of
rosin and 1,500 barrels spirits turpentine.
On that day thero wero soveiity-ono ves
sels in port at Savannah, consisting of
steamships, 3 ships, 34 barks, 4 brigs
and 26 schooners. This shows a rapidly
increasing export trade for Savannah,
and would do credit to n city of larger
pretensions.
Tun region around Charleston West
Virginia, is now being thoroughly tested
for oil. In tid ing salt wells iu the saline
belt crude petroleum has interfered with
operations to such nu extent that in
many instances the wells had to bo aban
doned. It is tho opinion of experienced
geologists that tho richest oil belt in tho
country is in the neighborhood of tho
head-waters of the littlo Kanawha. A
Pennsylvania yndicate has soeured 300,-
1100 lien s of bind in this section and in
tho sprint; operations will begin on nn
extensive scale. It is believed that the
successful iHsno of this experiment will
build up nn oil corporation that will in a
holt time eclipso tbo Standard oil com
pany.
How He Worked It
A drummer on bis first trip was seated
in the same ear with nu old experienced
kiiiubt of tbo road, and tlicir conversa
lion turned on their relative daily ex
Mouses.
"1 always manage to include in my
expanses," said the elder, "bats, bouts,
dvereoals. etc.. aud every drummer who
lias imy respect for bis noble calling
oiiL'ht to do the sumo. Mako tho hrm
sliiiid 'em."
The younger man thought that a very
Bood iden. and on bis return from bis
trip bo included among other items of
expense. one nair of boots, 12.
Ilia employers expressed themselves
as well pleased with h's success as a
salesman, but objected to pay for tho
hoots.
On bis next trip bo was fortnnato
enough to meet his former acquaintance.
"How is it?" ho asked, "that your
firm will stand ovweoats as legitimate
expense wheu mine kicked on a pair of
ln.,t9"
"Yon didn't put boots down in yonr
expense account, mil you t
Mc....iiniv "mi,l tint vounar man.
"Well viol me a chump. You slaould
have dovetailed tho rrico of boots
utuimiH mid sundries. '
Hl.t ,w.vv. . , '111
wi,n tlx. viiiiiiiT Tinin ftinun snuniuteii
i,iu ..,.iin nt iiis tirm remarked :
VWe don't seo any memorandum for
't.r,,T ' or nnvtliuiff of tuat nature, iur.
I "
" " Mr. So-Hud-BO said softly, t
if. "You dontsee it. but there
is a forty dollar oveitroat there just the
sumo.' J'hil'i(lc'iiiia Jivemng van,
tli now comet
...... ..mM. l n a arwl cri.OKS. "I
ciirefm," adds the, Boston OWe, "tak"
a glass of the ri'it kind; otl.ck wise yon
may see two coicets."
TENNYSOXN KKW POEM.
Oneo more tlio Heavenly Tower
Miikes ull things new,
Ami dumc-a tlio rtul-pluir'il liilli
Willi loving bluet
Tlii1 hliielihirda lmvo their wills,
Tlio tlirnstlet too.
Open a door In licsvoni
From BUlrd of glass
A Jscob's lnd'tar falls
On greening grass,
And o'er tlio liimintuin walls
Yuuiik aiiRi ln nil's.
Before them fleets tho uliowor,
And Imrst the buds,
And shino tlio level lnnds,
And fliiah t lie floods;
Tlio stnrs arc from their hands
Flung thro' tho Hoods;
Tlio woods by living nils
1I"W fri-Hhly funned,
Light sirs fnuu horu (lis deep
All duwii the mini,
Is bn nthiiij; in his hk-cp,
Heard by tlio laud !
Oil, follow, lending blood,
Tho 1-canon lure !
Ob, heart, look down aud np,
Koroiie, secure,
Warm as tho crocus-cup,
Llko the anoff-di npa, purs.
TaHt, future, gllnipe and fada
Thro' some slight spelt
Bnnio gleam from vou'lor T&lo
Hume fur blur l.il,
And syii.,iinfcs, bow frail,
'ii aouiid and smell.
Till nt thy chuckle d nets,
Thou twinkling bird,
The fairy fnni-ies range,
And, lightly slln'd,
Itiug little bells of Changs
From word to word.
For now tho Heavenly I'owor
Millies all things new,
And thaws the cold and 1111a
'J belhiwer with ib w;
The bliielibirds bavo their wills,
The pnets, tuo.
Yuutlit Cunipnnion.
MARY'S L0VK KOMAXCK.
In the drawing-room at Heathcot, iu
the gray September twilight, Mary
Meredith and Felix Tratl'ord sat en
gaged in earnest conversation.
I really cannot see any cause for
your despair, dear l elix. Have I not
told you how dearly I love you? No
power ou earth shall ever force mo to
break my plighted troth to you. Have
you no eonliilciiee in mo?"
"All confidence, Mary; I know you
will bo true to mo.
"Then what is it you fear?"
"Everything. You aro voting and
beautiful, tbo rich Mr. Meredith's only
dnld, while I nm a poor clerk iu the
house of Meredith Brothers, with noth
ing but an unsullied reputation, Homo
brains and a good right band to help me
trough the world."
"So much the better, tin n, that I nm
tbo daughter of tho rich Mr. Meredith.
Dear Felix, papa esteems you, and bus
implicit oonildeiice in your honor. lie
invites you here, nnd allows our ac
quaintance. Why do you annoy your.
self about imaginary troubles?"
"Your father trusts mo and I must be
true to him, you and mysiilf. I will go
to him and frankly confess our attach
ment. I should feel miserablo other
wise." "Oo now; ho is in his study,"
Felix caught tho girl in his arms aud
Kissed her rosy lips.
Your confidence inspires mo with
hope," ho said, and went away on bis
mission. Tapping at air. Meredith s
slndy door, and receiving permission to
enter, Felix npprouebed the old gentle
man, who gavo him his hand, saying :
"Why, boy, you are an unexpected
visitor. No bud news I hope ?
No, sir; but I want to ask of you a
gift so precious that I have very little
hope of obtaining it."
"Well, well, name it. I am always
glad to favor you if I can."
Felix was greatly agitated, bnt sum
moned up all his courage mid said :
"Mr. Meredith, I lovo your daughter.
I do not, however, ask yon to give her
to me now. Only let me hopo that
when I prove to you '
Mr. Meredith loaned back in Ins chair
amazed. It had never occurred to him
that this young clerk would dare to lift
bis eves to his daughter.
"You are an ungrateful, treacherous
scoundrel 1" bo cried. "Out of com
passion for vonr frieiidlessness I ad
mitted you to my Iiohso and my daugh
tor's society, and you, villain that you
are, have taken the opportunity to steal
into her confidence and win her inex
perienced heart. Beeouo. sir, and
never let me see your face again I"
"Listen to me one nionieut, Mr. Mere
dith."
Not one second 1 cried tlio old man,
ns lie violently urongut oowu w
clenched fist npou the table. "Leave
the house instantly or the Bervants shall
thrust you out." And as if to put Ins
threat into execution ho fiercely rung
the bell.
As Felix staggered along tbo passage,
his heart so oppressed with contending
emotions that he was scarcely conscious
of anything, be met Maty, who, alarmed
at the violent ringing of tho bell, was
rushing to her father's study. Felix
wildly threw his arms about her, kissing
her again and again. Then he toro him
self away and rushed from the house
Mary never knew what ocotirrod at
that terrible interview. Mr. Moredith
was deaf to all hor entreaties and tho
' rpr had disappeared. The poor girl
, ,.a fctiicken with brain fever, and for
weeks her life hung in the balauco. . Ro
peiiteiico came too Into to tho unhappy
father, for although sought for far and
near Felix could not bo found. At
length youth aud a good constitution
brought back health to the heart-broken
girl, Hut nhis I tho blooming young
lb-be of seventeen summers was no
more. Iu her place a tali, puio gin ap
peared, but with ft beauty that even tho
most fastidious admired. The golden
brown curls that clustered around her
temples lay iu rippling waves upon a
brow as pure as snow, and tne sott, ma
trons hazel eyes woro an expression of
snlinss that told of the hoart grief that
would lie hers forever.
Mr. Meredith traveled with his daugh
ter through all the most attractive parts
of Europe for a year. Then, nt her re
quest, he took her home. Mary had be
come a woman, a bright, intelligent,
glorious woman, and crowds of admirers
worshiped at her feet; but tho image of
Felix was still as ftenli as ever iu her
heart, and tho vows she had exchanged
with him wero never for a moment for
gotten. Therefore, all offers of niurriago
were at once declined.
Time rolled on. Mary had now reached
her twenty-eighth year, nud still re
mained a maiden beneath tho paternal
roof.
Ono cold winter evening Mary sat by
the glowing fire in her father's drawing
room. Her small white hands were
clasped upon her bosom, and her eyes
were cast downward until tho long lashes
lay like golden penciling npon her cheek.
Near her, iu bis great-arm chair, sat Mr.
Moredith, w ith tho snows of many win
ters on bis heml and his faco deeply
furrowed by tho hand of time. Thero
was an expression of cure upon bis coun
tenance. He looked troubled and un
happy. "Mary," said ho, continuing a conver
sation that had been going on between
them, "all my life I have made your
happiness my constant study and have
given you a luxurious home. Now yon
aro advancing in years and I shall ero
long be Hi piiiated from you by death.
How can I leave you alone in this cold
world? A home is now- open to you and
yon must accept it. It is not because I
owe tins man a very largo sum that I iu
si; t upon this marriage, although if you
refuse him we will be sunk into the most
abject poverty, fori would rather endure
all the misery of the situation tbiiii risk
your well-being; but I know you will be
happy with Mr. Ambrose for u husband
He is good and kind us well as very
rich."
"Kieh in what, father?"
The old man started at theso words
but at length answered:
"In honor and manhood," Mary said
no more. "The crisis is now upon me,"
continued Mr. Meredith. "In a few
short days I shall bo overwhelmed with
misery if you do not rescue me. Mr.
Ambrohu has asked me for your hand.
Ho has seen you many times and loves
you."
"And Mr. Ambrose makes my band
the price of yonr safety ?"
"No, "ho has not said no; but ho is
nware of my situation, and, knowing it,
sks the hand of my child. It seems to
mo as if God bad kept you free to save
your old father from ruin. What an
swer am I to return to Mr,Auibrose?"
"My heart was broken long ago,
Mary answered, looking into her father's
face. "I will marry this ninu for your
sake, but he must not expect affection,
for I have none to give. Tell him this
that he may not bo deceived."
I will bring him hero to-morrow
evening, for lie is anxious tnat the inter
view shall lie over."
Mr. Meredith was relieved, the fear ol
disgrace was removed from him, und ho
rejoiced iu the prospect of n prosperous
marriage for his daughter.
On tho following evening Mary again
sat by tho drawing-room lro. She was
alone now and culm, but her face was as
pale as Parian marble, The outer door
opened, and she heard tho sound of
heavy footsteps in the hall. Once nioro
tbo imago of Felix aroso beforo her ; a
cold shiver passed over her and unbid
den tears trembled iu her eyes, bnt by it
groat effort sho subdued her agitation
before her father, and the man about to
bny hor with his gold entered tho drawing-room.
Mary aroso and extended her
hand ; it was as cold as ice, but did not
tremble. Sho glanced at Mr. Ambrose
and saw a man of medium height with
brilliant dark eyes ; a neatly-trimmed
beard concealed tho lower part of his
visage. Ho greeted her politely, and
took a seat A short time was spent in
converservafion, bnt gradually a silenco
fell upon them which was becoming
oppressive, wheu the visitor broke tha
"Miss Meredith," he said, in a soft,
low touo, "yon are of course aware of
tho object of my visit hero? Pardon
me if I speak plainly."
Mary looked np but mode no reply.
Mr. Ambrose's voice was so kind and
goutlo that sho thought he deserved a
wifo who oould love him.
"Your father has told me yon have no
love to give me but that you will marry
mo. I, too, once thought I should
never love agoin, bnt the sight of you
has dispelled the illusion. Let me tell
yon my story. Long years ago I loved
A beautifnl young girl and she returned
my affection. I wus thon young and did
not dream that Fate would crush out
my soul's dearest hope, That (air girl
was my all, my very life, and I bad not
a thought of tho futuro separated from
her. Her father wus a wealthy mer
chant and I his poor clerk. When I
told him I loved his daughter he
spumod mo from his door and ordered
no never to enter it again. Oh. who
beanie myself con ever know tho utter
midnight of my blasted hopes I Crushed
and broken I tied iu my despair. In the
whirl and excitement of business I strove
to forget my sorrows. Fortuno singled
mo out as her especial favorite. My
wildest speculations wero successful and
money accumulated as if by magio.
Thus eleven years passed. I returned
to the scono of my unhnppiuess and saw
you. Need I say that all the old love
surged up in my heart again? Oneo
nioro I asked tho old merchant for his
daughter " the speaker's lips trembled;
he extended his arms as ho continued
"nud ho consents at last. Oh, Mary I
will you now bo mino?"
Mary cast herself into her suitor's out
stretched arms. After all these years
of misery Felix was restored to her I
"Felix TralTord !" gasped the old man
as ho started to his feet. "Felix Traf
ford. mv old clerk !"
Yes, sir; the sumo. Do you retract
your promise?"
"No, Felix, no. Tako my Mury niu'
forgive her father."
The happy suitor led Mary away to a
seat and sat beside her with Ins arm
still encircling her, ns if he feared be
might lose her again,
"Let us," he said, "forget all the pa-st
but its joys and lik to the future fm
what true love can give us, I am now
content, and yon, my Mary, are yot
luippy in tho restoration of your lover?"
"Ah!" she replied in a voice full of
deep emotion, "happiness is too pisir i
word to express my great joy " Ecu
in; (''.
Ueiileniint Kay's Views,
Lieutenant V. II. Hay, who bad
ehaW) of tho Point Harrow (Alaska)
signal station for two years, stated to tho
Hoiii'd, organized to take steps for tbo
relief of Grecly, the result of bis obser
vations, so far us it bud ft bearing nMiti
the subject in baud. Ho thought but
one course was practicable. Ho would
send a strong ship to get to tho ico bar
rier at the earliest possiblo date and
make her way north as sho could. If by
the last ot August or early in September
Mr. Clreely hud not been reached n
party with liouso nud supplies should m
landed for tho winter, when the vessel
should come south. Tho winter party
should send expeditions north to find
Oreely and relieve him. Ho should bo
brought south in the spring to some
point to bo agreed upon beforo tho ship
left. Lieutenant lluy described tho
methods of the sledgo travel, in which
he bus had much experience, and de
scribed the whaling vessels und their
equipments, of tho Northern Pacific.
Atter describing his method of life at
Point' Harrow he said that in his party
of nine men during the first year and
eleven during tno second mere unci not
been a moment's sickness from begin
ning to end. The mean annual tempera
ture was 7, the mean winter tempera
ture about !i0. Tho lowest extreme
was f8. The men were required, in
addition to their regular duties, to spend
ono hour out of twenty-four in thu open
air. There wero seventy-two days with
out sunlight. In his travels Lieutenant
Hay never used a tent, but constructed
igloos.
Lieutenant Ray recommended tho
employment of some of tho voyngeurs
from tho ltcd ltiver of tho North, ns
lieing experts with dogs mid otherwise
qualified for tho work of the relief expedi
tion. A Coal Miner's Story.
Tho following may show that gratitude
to a Ilighcr Power is ofteiier felt than
expressed to tho outer world. "On one
occasion," said my informant, "threo of
11s wero crouched down in a tub. The
pony was going at a walk up u slight
. t u 1. .11 ...... 1...... ; i,.......,...i
nnu, L Kinw v vvjii jwu tiw in ui.iij"
but I must have raised my bead uncon
sciously above tho level of tho tub. 1
felt my lorelienil toucu a croBsneam in
the roof, and before I bad timo to reflect
I knew I was in fatal peril. The for
ward movement of tho tub jammed my
head between tho beam and tho edgo of
tlio tub. I gave myself a wrench trying
to get free; but I couldn't All this, of
course, passed in a f root ion of a second,
audi gavo myself up as dead.. Now
comes the most wonderful part. At the
very time my head touched tho roof, iu
tho very crisis or my agony 01 mum,
when the whole situation huhuoii
.l.A a4,.nru,,1.
Ho one nsu k'uumcu
it or spoken to it, I bsd uttered no
cry. The pony stopped. I drawdown
mv head and couched almost fainting iu
tlio tub. My life was saved. I nevor
told my companions until wo Came out,
when they remarked how pnle I lookod.
For weeks, whenever 1 went down tho
pit I was almost unnerved by this tcrri
blo recollection. And I tell you, sir, I
liiivn mail nf rlrownine people soemg at
a slance all the past scenes and doings
of tneir lives 1 uuver ueusu, u,... ...
it-bnt I tell you every scene nnd deed
of my life soomea to come oeioro mo in
a flash of light I saw everything. I
have novcr forgotten, and shall never
forget, tho feeling of that day. How it
wus that pony stopped and my life wus
saved, I cuu't Bay; but If it wasn't Provi
dence, I don't know what elso it could
have been." Chambers's Journal.
LranimoEn Cni!Es. The American
Liuiburg of Wisconsin is Green oountv.
Iu that county there aro forty-eight
Limburger cheeso factories, using nearly
200,000 pounds of milk daily, tho pro
duce of 7,855 cows, and making 21,18
pounds of cheese each day. Sixty thou
sand pounds of milk are also nsed dolly
in twenty Swiss cheese factories. TUere
are also seven American cheese 'lor'"j
using 2,300 oows and 70,000 pounds of
SSS d nuking daily 7,680 pound, of
cheese,
THE J0KE1VS BUDGET.
WHAT WB HIND IS THK II! MDUOPS)
l'ArKU TO fOUI.K OVEU.
TI1II UJj DO IT.
When winter's brooza
Di'imdea the trera
And naturo u tiles down to frcczej
When round tho dixit
Tlio wild winds roar
And cold comes thro'iKh tbo cracked old floor,
Our friends forget to shut the dnor.
itl City UliiiardL
wht rr wmmNKD.
AsTttoNOMKU "The new comet
can
Dow bo seen with tho naked eye.
Unolb Ham "What new comet?"
AsTiioNOMF.n "The comet of 1812."
Umxb Sam "Goodness gracious f
You don't say so I Even the comets are
coming back" for pensions,"
qctts a pippeiiencb.
Mns. Jones "Do yon know, dear,
that you promised to buy mo a seal-skin
suck for a Christmas present?"
Mb. .Tones "Why, no, dear; I hud
forgottcu that. When wus it?"
M11H..I0NKS ' About three weeks ngo,"
Mil. Jones "Oh, yes; I remembei
now, but that wus beforo tho gas bill
came in."
A OOOD MTCMORY.
Iu an Austin street cur were several
gentlemen who passed nway tho tinio in
telling jokes aud anecdotes. Among;
them was also a cranky individual who
positively refused to enjoy tlio fun, aud,
after each yum bo would remark :
"That's nothing wow. I heard that
years ago."
"Did yon ever bear tho anecdoto nbont
George Washington and tlio railroad
conductor?" asked 0110 of tho company.
"Why, certainly," remarked tho
cranky 'individual, "although I cannot
now remember the circumstances."
It was not until the laugh hud gone all
around that tho crank discovored how
badly ho had been sold.-if'cj-o Sifting.
NEEDED A I'lIArnt,
Not long ago n Chicago editor caught
a Chicago cx-Congri-ssniun lisiking over
anew house flic former was building,
and took great delight iu showing him
around and pointing out the features ot
the structure.
"This is the drawing room," said he;
"this is tho dining room, and this the
library. Here is flio billiard room, and
there 'is the c'-ip'l!"
"What du ...ai want i f .1 .' ipel?"
was asked.
"1 guess I need a chapel as nine 1 ft
billiard risim," quietly olmervod -o
editor.
"Well, I guess yon do," solemnly re
sponded the politician.
A POnnTKl'Ij AHHUltANOK.
Sho "Yes, Alphonzo; I know you
love nie now, but I fear you will tiro of
me. "
Ho "now can you talk so? Never
since the world begun lifts devotion boeu
deeper than mine. You do not doubt
the stability of tlio Unitod States Gov
ernment, do yon?"'
Hho "Oh, no I I'm sure that must bo
safe or my pa would not have put a
milliou dollars into United Stntes
bonds."
Ho "Did ho do that ?"
She "Yes ; ho told mo so."
Ho "Never doubt mo again. My lovo
will lust as long as tho United States
Government does."
A TERIIIII1.lt ItKSOI.Vl!.
"Do yon see that dudish looking fel
low over there, the one that lisiks moro
like an organ-grinder's monkey than auy
of the others?"
"Yes."
"Well, I hato him and I am going to
drive him into an iiisuno asylum, where
he will never be heard of again."
"Oh I ei 11110 now. Iu tho first place,
you would not do such a thing, and in
the second place, you could not"
"Hut I can, though."
"How iu tho world cm yon?"
"Easily enough. There is to lie a
grand party to-night, nud he will be
there."
"Yes."
"I am to write a notice of it for tha
six'iety paper, and iu less than forty
eight hours ho will bo so crazy that the
doctors will have him locked up."
"Goodness gracious 1 now Will you
manage it?"
"1 will spell nm name -wrong. even
ing CalU
DISCnAHOlNO AN EMM.OYEB.
"Your conduct has been such for n
month ptiBt,." siiid an employer to his
clerk, "that in justice to my business I
urn forced to discharge you. Do you
appreciate yonr situation?"
"I do," replied the clerk, "and I
would bo glud to retain it"
"I do not moan that Vo yon rtp
the situation in which you have plej
yourself through 1""" IE!? or
"It beins to look," eiml U"5 nnliuppy
clerk, "us though there wouldn't be any
situation to grasp.
"You still misunderstand mo. lou
1 ....mindful of tho duties mi-
lllivu w-m - T
posed uiion yon, nud iu consequence I
,,.,lulb.l to let you co. Aro you
prepared to accept the situation ?"
...t .1 . - 1 .1... ..1....I, l...w.l.tmiiiirf
Ull, yes, sum uievicin,
np ; "111 accept any snuuuun.
"Well, get to work," growled the man
of business. I'hiladctiihia Call.
A MoDEi,. A, enrions story is told ol
a statue of Dryope and Apollo, which
Mr. Robert Barrett Browning has re
cently finished at Taris. In the studio,
6ays the correspondent who tells the
story, I saw the model who stood for it
with the great live snake coiling around
In. and lir faeo was the statue's own.
I asked if it was not aimosa wuw
mane nor peso uiuo, -7. . hB
but the -fMfirTh.
was vory fond of the sew
from Senegal and Museum ol
8T T&SbW of this
SKSfJ'te? been fatal, tor he
Znt.Hit long and very large. But
I6"S much as tightened bis cods
"comfortably round the n.dru'
the weary hours and days in which she
stood witi him entwined about her while
tne statue grew.